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Palmetto Oi*phan Home.
AX EARNEST APPEAL TO THE CITIZENS OP
SOUTH CAROLINA.
VOL. XXXI. CAMDEN. S. C., THUESDAY, AUGUSTS 1873. . NO.497
Dear Friends and Country mm?Having
been entrusted with the benevolent work of
providing a Home for the Orphans, and other
equally unfortunate children in South Cnro<
/dina, we. thus make an earnest .appeal for
help, in this great work.
The Palmetto Orphan Home was organized
last April, and is now progressing with
encouraging prospects.
The Board of Trustees have adopted a
Constitution and By-Laws which dehne the
nature, design and mode of operation of this
Institution. Its direct management is to be
by a Local Board consistiu^ of nine persons,
in the city of Columbia, which Board is to
be subject to the direction of a General Board
consisting of two persons, from each county
in the State, which is to be called to meet
annually in Columbia, at such time as the
Local Board may appoint.
In the choice of persons to act on these
* j nf fho Institution.
.Hoards auu ui me uwucio ?. ? 7
110 partiality is to be allowed on account of
the religious sect to which persons belong;
but all appointments are ? to be made on the
'bhwd principles of humanity and charity.
The Constitution does not limit tho ages i
at which the children shall be received; but
leaves that at the discretion of the Board,
who arc to decide from the nature of each
case as described in the application.
. The Board are desirous of purchasing
suitable and valuable property, now for sale
at lopiigures, for the. location of the Home.
We are, therefore, confident that our appeal ,
to the generous people" of South Carolina will
at once bring many liberal donations and
pledges to effect the permanent establishment
of tho Palmetto Oykav Home, which will
* be the best monument to the memory of onr
' dead we can rear in our State.
The Board ha^e appointed Tilman R.
Gaines General Agent to organize Aid-Committees
and to raise funds for the Home.?
And the Board will take pleasure in acknowledging
all amounts paid to him or sent
erectly to us at Columbia. Donations may
?Ai/Wniniy and
bemaae id money, provis*vu&, b
v anything that may be made useful.
All applications for entering children must
be made to the Board.
Address,
Dr. J. W. Parker, Ch'm.
i * : ? * ' r - Columbia, S. C.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
S B. Ere 11, Seo'y.
,, ***Papers friendly to this cause, please
publish.
A Noble Benefaction?The Trustees
of the Louisville Medical College, (Louisville,
Ky.) have created one of the most
liberal benefactions ever conferred by a public
Institution. They have instituted one
Benificinry Scholarship for each. Congress ton.
al District in all of tbe'States. By this means
very many poor but deserving young men
will be enabled to obtain a thorough medical
. education. Any one wishing to take
advantage of this Benefaction should write
to Dr. E. S. Gaillard, Dean of the Faculty
of the Louisville Medical College, Louisville,
Ky., wheu lie will receive acollcge catalogue
with fall information in regard to all that is
necessary for him to do to secure one of these
Scholarships. With proper delicacy the
the names of those who have* secured the
Beneficiary Scholarships will bo known only
to the Dean of the Faculty.
Jn accordance with the old Hippocratic
oath, forbidding physicians to cbarga the
families of each other for services rendered,
therFaculty of "this College will make no
charge for teaching sons of physicians, and
as no physician charges a clergyman's family,
the sons of clergymen will receive the
same privilege. The -next College sessioh
begins October 1st, 1872. As the lecture
fees charged for each student who has not
obtained a Beneficiary Scholarship, amount
to 8120, annually, the public can appreciate
the extent of this benefaction.
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Sandspouts in Nevada.
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For several hours yo^tcrday afternoon
there were visible from this eityon TwontyTW>rt
five or six tall colums of
sand, backed up by as many whirlwinds.
At sea these would have been waterspouts;
but upon the desert they were only what wc
might call sandspouts. The columns appeared
to be ten feet in diameter and one
thousand feet in height. Although they
waltzed about over the plain for two or three
hours; they never camo near together nor
ever lost their distinct cylindrical form, and
when they did go down, they went down at
once??all falling togather. Those sandspouts
are well known to old prospectors,
and seem to indicate a change of weather.
We have frequently seen hi' the Forty mile
Desert, east of the lower sink of the Carson,
not less than ten or fifteen of these tall sand
columns moving about over the plains at
the same time. It is seldom that they come*
together, but when they do they dart forward
like two flashes of lightuin9, and un
explosion like a blast ends aH, and the two
eelumns of sand at once fell to the ground.
Tbosa who have not been upon our great
deserts and have never witnessed these
grand sandsponts*or wonderful mirages have
but little idea of the romantic grandure of
there apparently uniuteresting wastes of
pand.? Virginia (Nevada) Enterprise.
A g*? well on the Little Kanawha Va.,
900 feofc deep and ftw-lophes bore, has a
two-inch pipe loading fton* If a point a
jaile-distant, wherej it^ feedsrth^furnac^s of
twenty-eight steam boilers of twelve-horse
|K>?or amh, besides lighting fifty stores
nod a Isrgo nnwbor of private illumination
jets. At Veoaogo, V*-, gw Vow from wells
under a pressure of two hnndred pogn/tfsto
the square inch, and, iosteud of being burned
uudcr a boiler, it is used in engine cylinders
instead of steam.
A Fight with a Cow.
On the farm of Jacob Hittingcr the wellknown
ice dealer, on Sunday, occurred one
of the most desparate struggles with u mad
cow that has ever been known. While Mr.
Thomas II it linger, his eldest son was going
through a field during the forenoon, he dis- i
covered a'strange cow among the squashes, i
tomatoes etc.. and attempted to drive her off. ;
At Jjrst the cow started to go, but in an iu- I
stant she turned upon him, and with eyes ]
flashing fire, tail in the air, and head down. .
accompanied with fearful bcllowings, she i
sprang toward him. Mr. Ilittingor is a man '
of about twenty-five, a fine specimen of- a i
strong, well-built man. and weighing two 1
hundred and twenty pounds. Finding that f
his only chauce of escape was a closo ngiiD, i
he stood still and waited the attack, and jnst t
as the infuriated beast would have gored hiui ?
through, he seized her by the horns, and then *
began the struggle. In an instant young t
Hittingor was down and under the cow but v
still clinging to her by the horns, which was l
his only chance of safety. For a space of a
fifty feet square the ground was plowed and d
deeply torn up by tho struggle. In the a
desperate efforts to get away the beast actu- e
ally raised Hittinger to his feet, and then for p
the first inouieut did he have any control of d
the -beast, which he 'Used effectually and a
drove her from the field. While uudcr the t
cow, Mr. Hittingor said he once attempted 0
to get bis hand into his pocket to-'get his 1<
knife, meaning to cut her tbroat, but even s
then he had a very narrow escape from in- a
stant death; as she raked her horns from f
his stomach to his breast, but he was fortunatelydying
a litlle on one side/and the horn ?
which he grasped so firmly was the only one ?
that touched him. The animal was imuirtli- l<
ately seenred, and Will probably, be killed, t
Mi- Hittinger was very much exhausted after a
tho struggle was over, but in an hour or two d
was entirely recovered. lie ows his life' to
the fact that he is a strong powerful, cool,
courageous man, and his many friends will
congratulate him on his successful-fight with
an enraged cow.?Boston GlobeWe
take the following, from the ShroveR
port Telegram'. a
University op tiie South, \ r
Sewanec, Tenn. July 15, 1872. j v
Editor Evening Telegram :
As promised, I drop you a few lines from ^
this p5int, which has grown to be one of c
.ntnvna* tn fTin rvnnnlo nt* the South. ?
glCUV iUbVIVOV W %UW
This high mountain of Middle Tennessee ?
has upon its summit a University now in
operation ivith an able corps of professors, a
.whifch, in my humble opinion, will expand, *
as the necessities of our section demand, into *
those grand proportions rta earliest fathers *
earnestly prayed for arid ardently worked to F
establish upon asurefoundation. They have
gone to their graves; but the spirit which 7
animated them, tho profouud love of their 1
own people?the high appreciation of cdu- ^
cational advantages within our own borders a
/if !,? iitiro and t'.nnsftr. ^
?VUC1& tOlATliOb 1V)V VI VUV ^U.w ? -w..- ?
vative teachings of the Church of their duty
they felt imposed upon them, to toy the cor- ?
ner stone of au institution that would stand 8
like adamantine wall between the best ele- P
ineuts of Southern civilization and the tidal b
waves of tho restless ocean of sekptical materialism?are
all here, humbly represented .
by their successors. Bishops Polk and Eh J
liott, before they were taken to their final
homes, bad completed a mission inaugura- a
ting this University, which, I trust, ccn- P
turies hence will keep there memories fresh r
in the heartr of their grateful countrymen '
of the South. How could their virtuous and 1
honorable lives be better commemorated than .
by the endowment of Professorship to be !'
called after their names I Their design and 11
that of their associates was to found here a ?
University with thirty-two colleges, nnder s
the control of the Bishops of the ten dioceescs $
of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi,, Arkansas,
Florida and Texas, and such clerical and lay
students as mignt be elected from their dio- ^
ccses. Over nine thousand acres of land on ^
the top of this moutain, covered with grand
old trees of many varieties, among whose c
branches circulates au atmosphere as pure "
anil ueiigntrui as tne unriu can conceive ui,
and whose wide extended roots arc inoistcn: ?
ed by water that bursts into bold and beau- a
tiful springs iu every nook and valley of the v
mountain, were flecurcd before the war.
The picturesque beauty of the site, the c
lofty height of the elevated plateau, the ?
flplendid views of the beautiful valley below, ?
the distilled and purified, air exhilerates one
to that point of appreciating how "the
dwellers upon the mountains" look down
with contempt upon "the dwellers of the
plains." This beautiful site is now dotted
with neat cottages, handsome dwellings and 0
tasteful University buildings. A small vil- ]
lage of traders and workmen has sprung up ,
near thoTailroad depot, and I am told the t
population on tfce domain of the University t
already numbers, about five hundred exclu- T
sive of students. The place is readily acces- ^
-ti l- j ....
H1D1C irom U16 1AUM1Y111U UI1U vnun/iiuuwy* c
Railroad, by a railroad called the Tennessee *s
Coal and Railroad Company, whioh, starting t
at Cowan, in a valloy (itself one thousand
feet above the sea,) climbs the mountain by
a devious path of nine miles, and lands the ]
traveler at Sewanec depot upon the grounds ]
of the University, within a half mile of the (
chapel and houses of entertainment. ]
The society here is that of the real old* <
I planters life oftho South. You meet none
but accomplished ladies and refined gcntle; <
men, whose poverty has put them to work 1
for a livinsr, but from whom neither time nor i
misfortune can take that charm of graceful
W)d capy manner, which I have always
thought WW Offp of t|fp pponliar ehflraeterjstics
of tho Southern gtutry. All hayn aoceptcd
the situation with Pfduf resignation.
I believe one might be here a long time, and
without hearing a word uttered against the
Of tb* ^erul-Q^ernuient, although
all aro Sonthcvuovs, ami ull hayo hccij grpat
sufferers in heart and fortune by tho disasters
of the war. They are a Christain people,
and accept the results of the struggle a:s of
God's accomplishment, and not as that of
against whom the lost battle was waged.
One of the greatest advantages presented
here is that the students board in the families,
and are under the social influences of
these cultivated ladies and gentlemen. There
is no steward's hall, and I have never seen
is well behaved and gentlemanly an asscm- j
blagc of young men and boys. ])uring the
present year ,there has been an'average of!
ICO students in attendance, and I hope in a
lew years there will be several hundred.?
n?c expenses are email. This added to the
ithcr advantages ought to make this the
argest educational establishment in the
South. It has grown steadily and surely,
ind all that it asks is patronage and libcraliy
in endowing professorships and fellowihips.
The model is Oxford, England. A
tranger is struck with the Anglican ensoins.
The commencement exercises were
'cry interesting and highly creditable to
10th professors and teachers. The exaxiintions
were rigid and thorough. Several
liplomas were conferred for the first time,
nd we of the Beard of Trustees now considr
the University an established fact. Our
icople will soon learn to appreciate its grand
lesign and capacity for usefulness. I must
dd a new feature has been engrafted upon
he University this year, by the election of
leneral Gorgas, a layman, as Vice Chanccl?r,
and by a provision to educate twenty
cms of Confederate dead each year, free of
ny charge for tuition, and at reduced price
or board
Every Southern man who is proud of his
ection, who can appreciate thc.subliuic in
aturc or intellectual conception, and who
jvca pure air and refineu society, should pay
his place annual visits, if possible. 1 guurutco
he will Dc delighted as I am now. Par,on
this long and hasty letter.
Yours truly,
Gko. Williamson.
, A Fatal Waterspout.
The Denver News gives the following:
A waterspout occurred on the Central
tage road, in Golden Gato gulch, four miles
bcrve the town of Golden, on Sunday nftor10011
about 4 o'clock. People residing in the
icinity report having seen, just abovo the
lighest mountains, numerous dense clouds,
rom which a conical pillar, resembling conIcused
water, was seen to desccud, and alaostmuiulUmeously
a deaffentng peal uf thuri"-"
ler was heard. ' *
Mr. Jack Virdcir, with his wife and sister
nd a . Miss Blood, daughter of Lyman C.
31ood, had been at Golden, and were rourniiig
home in a double carriage. They
eachcd the point indicated above, when the
>eal of'thunder came and the waterspout
lispersed. Presently a violcift commotion,
nth confusion of sounds, was heard high up
n the mountains. Then came a tremendous
orr nt of water, bearing trees and boulders,
nd calculated to astonish and terrify by its
nagnitudc and violence. The horses, seeing
hat they were to be sacrificed to this prodiious
volume, took fright, and shying toonc^
ide, upset the carriage, and all the occu01
its were Ditched into the bottom of the |
- - - - x- ulcli.
Iii ail instant, before they recover
heir feet, the wave, with perpendicular
rcast of ten or twelve feet, was upon them.
Irs. Virden clung to her husband, and ho,
ya miraculous chance, got hold of a limb,
nd held fast until the flood subsided: .The
oor girls?Misses Mood and Virden, .aged
cspcctfnlly twelve and fourteen years?'
'ore^ less fortunate. They were carried
own by the mighty current to aii appalling
c'ath.' After the torrent had exhausted
;s fury, and a scach for the bodies had been
istituted, that of Miss Blood, mutilated bcond
recognition,%as found buried in the
and, all but one foot, about a half mile beond
where the accident occurred. Her skull
ras denuded in places, and her body was
rightfully gushed. Lyman (J. JJlood, her
itiier, who had been down to the valley, and
ras returning on horseback when the accient
took place, and had joined in tjic search
or the bodies, was the (irst to discover the
orpse of the girl, though he did not rccngizc
her. for he supposed her to be at home,
.'lie body of Miss Virden was recovered
omc three miles below the scene of the dis:?
l.nlimrt ;n<M*nsf, a tree and I
,vv., J.-.,.... ... #
liavc read it literally. In oriental cities
[here arc in the large gates small and very
low apertures, called metaphorically '-needle's
jyes,' just.as we talk ot windows on ship,
board as ' bull's eyes." These entrances
arc too narrow for a camel to pass through
in the ordinary manner eveu if unloaded.
When a loaded camel has to pass trough one
of these entrances it kneels down, its load
is removed, and then jt shuffles through on
its knees. Lady (Jorden once wrote from
Cario: "I saw a camel go through the eye
of a kncedlcrtkat if*, the low arched door ofan
inelosure. - Tie must kneel and bow the
liciid, to creep* through: and thus the rich
man must humble himself."
Is it a Sin to Lo'vo Thoo? <
t
Is it a sin to love tlice ? ]
Then my heart is deeply dyed'
For the life-blood ns it gushes,
Takes Us crimson from love's tide;
And I l'eel the waves roll o'er me, ^
And the blushes mount my brow,
And my pulses fjuickcn wildly, (
As the love-dreams coins nnd go.
I feel my spirit's weakness,
I know my spirits power,
I feci my prouil heart struggle, '
In temptation's trying hour, c
But amid the din of cohttict, j
To thee still my thoughts incline, (
Yielding all, my soul has murmured?
I am thine, forever thine !
?. t
Is it a sin to love thee ? ?
What were existence worth, t
Bereft of all of Heaven <j
That lingers still on earth ?
Friendsiiip's smiles like beams of suushinc,
Sheds its gilding o're the heart.
But the soul still erics for something more v
Than friendship can impart: f
Frozen hearts, like ice-bound Krie,
That no sunttner day can melt,
Vainly boast their power to conquer v
What their hearts have never l'elt. tl
But T envy not their glory, T
Mid tlie rapture that is mine, fi
When with earnest soul 1 tell thee,
I am thine, forever thine ! j
Is it a sin to love thee ? 0
Gentle voices o'er me fall, * 0
Though I press warm hearts around mo, p
J have given thee my all; jj
What though rigid fate divide us,
And our hearts and hands nro riven, ,
If on earth we love each other,
'T would a foretaste be of heaven; W
Ami in some impulsive moments, tl
When our dark cj'es flashing moid, p
When I fc?l lliy form so near me, ^
Hear thy heart's quick pulses heal;
When I feel?may OoJ forgive uic? "
T could everything resign, It
All I liave on earth to hope for. a
To he thine, forever thine! (,]
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Thrilling Adventure. . b
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On Saturday, between 2 and 3 o'clock, tl
Maj. John 15. Steward, who lives on his b
farui near the north base of Stone Mountain, I
thought he beard the voice of :t man in c
distress on the sleep side of the mountain, n
Upon looking up he saw the bead of a man, tl
and saw hitn waving his band;? for succor, ci
The man called to Maj. Stewart for a drink p
of water,sand said that he had but little ci
minmv. botiia would give it all to bo ^aken o
fi'Om the place he was. 31 aj. ittewnrcl asked is
him if lie was not hoaxing lum The man \ ic
replied that he was in earnest. Mnj. Steward }
was a gallant wearer of the gray, and has a g
heart always open to the cry of the distressed, e;
Cautioning the man to keep quiet, he pro- 1
cccded at once to town and obtained assist- d
anee.
The news spread like wild-fire over town,
and every heart ran out in anguish for the
conditi m of the unfortunate one. Those
who went to the veseue made "quick time"
to get there. Men were 'stationed at the 1
base on the north side to signal the party on j'
top at what point to descend.
Securing the rope to a cedar tree firudy I '
embedded between two massive rocks, Col. ' '
J. T. Williiighain and F. P. Julian made the j j1
perilous descent to rescue, the man. About ( .
three hundred feet I'roui the top of the uioun-; 1
tain they came to* him. lie was lying in a 111
gnlchjor water course, furrowed out of the j"
rock by rains. One foot was jammed in a '.
crevice, and the other bent under his body. ,,
Tie was hugging the rock closely, while one
hand was grasped in the strap on the collar
of his coat. A small tablet of rock two or
three feet long and a fjot or so wide, was ' ?
nil iliii.wMs hntween ' him and a fall of some ]
aid, \TIIUIV IV .?.* * ?
fas stripped of its clothing.
A water spout equally prodigious descend*
(1 upon Guy hill a few years ago and floedd
a stage coach containing Generals Grant,
iheruian, and Shoridan, though they were
ar enough removed to escape disaster.
"What is society, after all, Uuta mixture of
he inistcr-ies and miss-erics.
There is absolutely no bottom to tlie pit
f degradation into which .men voluutariy
throw themselves. A saloon-keeper,
rained Holmes. inGalvn, 111., was on a eoni-nuous
drunk for ten days, during which
line his horses were left to starve in a barn
veil stored with hay. The famished animals
levoured their manger, stalls, and each
other's manes and tails until they had not
trength to gnaw, and then sank do\vn and
lied.
" * 'I'.m.MT/ . i r
How a uamki, UIIW 1IIIh;uwm a ii n |
hjvk ok a Nef.mi.k?The passage from the
NTcw Testament, ';It is easier for a camel,,,
li.iu llinilV COO(l 1ucii, who
twelve-hundred feet to (he ground. ILid ho J P
moved two or Mire feet either to the right 0
or left, he would hav. been prccclpitated to P
to the bottom, twelve hundred feet, and on- C:
ly a horrible mass would have been found to
tell the tale. I'
lie had lain there from Friday evening
late until Saturday evening about 5 o'clock,
a period of nearly twenty-four hours. His "
anxieties mhI sufferings .were intense, no ^
doubt. His feet were swollen,#lacerated
and blistered by the hot rocks; the sun pour- e
cd upon him its fiercest rays, causing the j u
most excruciating thir.-t and producing ul-j "
most entire blindness. i>eath seemed to j b
stare him in the faec oil all sids. licturn |
without friendly aid he could iiol. He was r"
afraid to liiovo either to the right or to (ho f"
left, or get up. for that terrible fall was be- 3
ncath him. Without succor lm must die a
lingering, torturing death of thirst and star- ^
vat ion. j'
In adjuring the rope several rocks were
in the way, and fearing the rope might dis- "
lodge them and bring them down on the mi- [ w
fortunate man, they were removed and", '!
thrown off in stch a direction as not to strike |t(
on the spot occupied by the man. Yviih a | '
crashing noise they rolled to the brow of j'-'
nn n lino with him. and then ;'1
iill; |ii
plunged down tluit terrible di.-tiiuee, .burying
themselves in tho earth at its h:i*o. ' j.
Reaching the place, the roapo was tied j {,
around the man, and, assisted by Col. T. lb v
Willingham, lie was cmiduotrid to a place of
safety, and 31 r. Willtiiglnm returned then | j,
and assisted Mr. Julian to get bade. I"j.oii !,,
i caching the summit the rescued man was j p
so thirsty that .lie would have emptied a | v
bucket of water at one or two draughts had j >,
he been suffered to do so. He was carried : tto
Col. Williughain's store and cared ibr. ,,
Much praise is duo to Maj. Stewart, Col. |
Willinghani, and F. 1'. J ulian, for their | ('
praisworthy and humane effort. ,
On Friday evening the man alluded to,
reputed to be a Mr. McCarty of Villi Kiea,
Carroll County, went on the top of Stone j'
Mountain, taking with Vim a bottle of 1
W'hi.ky. ile drank rather freely, and, per- (
haps, 'was ligli.-headed. He started down ' i
in search of the "devil's cross-reads," and ' j
lidding the descent becoming abrupt, he j
' pulled off his boots. He had mt gone far :
when he recollects falling and scrambling. \
His boots were teund by Master (loorg.j i
Jones, with an empty b >lt!e at the foot of a i
.
cedar (top; some 100 feet above where McCarty
was found. Jlencc if is suppose that
lie fell a:ul scrambled together some 40 or
iO feet. He recollects leaving.his boots
dicre. The accident occurred about night-.
rail. : " -'
It is doubtless one of the 'ftiostfYniracnlonr
;scapcs from death 011 record, when it is
cou.jiderod that death seemed inevitable
rom falling down the steep, or from starva
ion, or Hint, lie hiiouiu mil time cnsir.ncc ana
iscapo without serious injury. That this
irovidenlial escape will have its influence ?
>n him we cannot .doubt. He cxprcsswd a
lesire, as siun as lie-got safely to the top,
o join a temperance society. The .sermon'
m the mount to liim is a more effective one
han a hundred temperance lectures. Sun--. .
lay he left for home.
Queer Contrasts of California Life.
California is a land' of .' most
ronderful enntfatfS/''' Dtif **mountnins are
ipped with snow, when our rallies are earteted
with flowers." Our hills are parchedihen
those of- the States farther* East" are- .
cckcd in all the holiday, foliage of Tunc.?.i
n the moral.aspects of the country there,an}
mnd liko contrasts andr wild dcpa^-tur'cs ,<
rofli the old established order of things,?
?or instance, on Last Sunday morning at len ,
'clook, or a littlduficr, on the South Ic'orner |
f Maiq and First streets, a SacQnd Avenue
readier,. bible1" hqp.d was earnestly duscjuit
ig upon the Apocalypse, and warning. the.
ickcd to prepare lor the "Second Coming." j
ipproaching from above by Main street, ,j
? i-.i i -.1 it., rr ir
uijuuu uuwii in ufmtimi me lurii vuivin tu
lie music of fife and drum. Tlieu came a <
erfcct burst of melody from, a German baud t t
t the corner of 11 row a and First., In a few
linutcs was heard the slirill whistle of the .
)comotive, bringing up (o our beautiful city
thousand happy visitors, with more music
lat made the spring air fairly throb with *
arraony., Chinamen in pig-tails and bine c
louse# looked upou the pageant out ef their
liuoiid eyes. A thou.saiid'looked on from t
very nation under the sun. gathered to' tf.a '<
ic procossion. And just then rang'out the
ells , from the steeples of all the churches, ;
'rolestaut and Catholic, calling men tu'pray- ;
rs and worship. Saying nothing- 'fif the 1
loral view of the situation, there was sorneling
wicrd and bizarre- in all theib strange 1
entrust of dress, habit, purpose and princi- f
ie, which could not bo equaled anywhere on
irlh, except in California. It is the land c
f contrasts and contradictions; ITerc East "
'"West and Winter rcsffrrrttlw>w!y
are exalted and the high cast down.?
leu mcc-t on one-common plane, and the T
cntleman and the scavangcr on a holiday, J
in scarcely be distinguished. There may ,,
e souic good in all this; how much of evil we ,
o not know, or inaccu wictncr tticre is any. ]
-Xcjhi Importer.
Pleasantries on Ministers. ]
The Boston* Trm'tlcy says : ' Of two BcSr j
m chnrchcs near together, one some weeks |
incc lost an able preacher and (lie other still <
as a poor one. Kcce'nfly two gcutlcuipn* :
iio arc officers one of each church, were
ilkinp: about the vacant pulpit and the rcp:,
csesentatlvc of the destitute society .said hp
oped they would get a .good preacher for.
le place. The ether gontlcman, with, a '
icrry twinkle of his eye said, '*! clou'} .know,
f any society more in need of a good preach- 1
r than yours." '-Yes," slowly responded
?o otlier, "we "have been accustomed to it.'\ :
'here was no farther conversation pu that
>p?c- v o i
Two friends of two other churches also erf' (
le denomination, also met the other day, and
r i ii.- l *
ikvubsuu inu prcacmiig ui luiui iVQgvutivv;
rtstors. "Your nlluistor uses the ideas of.
thcr men said one. "J)on't ycu wish your 1
astor would ilo the same ?" was the siguiiiv I
ant response. ;.
"Is your pastor sick?" inquired one gen- J
'oman of another. f:Xo," was tlic reply,.
why do you ask ?" "I heard lie was going
a Thiropc on a vacation." "Yes, but he
. os on Business also." "Ah, that aecouuts
>r it." - i
"T see your pastor out daily," said, anoth- (
r gentleman to a friend, the papers said he ,
as sick." ' "Only sick enough to make a |
rip to Kurnpo necessary, if his, people w 11 .
tke the hint.' . "T
wish you would give me niy marriage j
iutifirafe." said a man the other day to a
lergyman who had married him about a
oar previous. ... . .
"I Tow long ago was it inquired (he minis-. (
n\ who does a large business in that lhie,
nd did not recollect the stranger. "1 don't *
now,' was the answer. "Cannot you tell 1
bother it was three months or three years?' 1
as the next inquiry, "ideally said the model 1
u-baml. "T have had so many other things *
> think or', that T have really l)?ve forgotten. '
11 gb.mt i(." A search of his- record cna- ;
led the minister to comply with his vcucst.
<
t'r.iMr.ixa Vines.?The double Wistaria ]
one ol'the new and beautiful plants sent
> Kaslern Florists from Japan . The Wist a-,
ia arc among our most valued climbers, and !
s llicy are used more for (ho general effect :
rodueod by thcUmm than for the beauty
f their individual flowers, the doubling in
his plant is a manifest advantage. That '
,dwell in the ordinary varieties is a simple '
ea-liko Hower, in the double one becomes a
isctlo of dark-colored petals, and a raceme
f these are very showy.
Tii!< iilaiiL will he much used (o beautify I
-liiji:.-o.s and-buildings, as soon as a stock <
t" it shall bo propagated. i
.A Pennsylvania young man had a lady /
fiend who was the fortunate possessn* of;};. i
tall'dozen gold lisli. He went fishing one
lay and ca*;iit a pond trout. He porscrv'od
t alive, thinking it would ho a nice coui.iiiiioii
ibr a gold fish and concluded to sur? i
.rise the y .ung ladv bv putting Into tho
upiariutn while she was away. The stipriso
.Yas-coninlciy; ibr die trout swallowed ail
he gold lish. and then calmly tnnn d over
jii its dorsal*iiir and died of :n d:g->:t!vu
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All Transient Advertisements will be charged
0?* Paw-nvjapr a-inarj fofttcgnffvl^KYKN)
rc-tir*CfwwpfcrSqniwe *fW fifcff*sfffl&eqneninsertion.
"~i!i!ST?nTf~~f-t-*OUR
CHIP BASKET.
The flower of the Democratic flock?the
crown ess. *
/{fitl Ilr 113 VniActl^\4ic^is th^nanio
of a New Orleans society.
John H.' ft&fKi'h* htfcf taken a serious
turn and bought a lot injan Albany cemetery.
The London A 'fJtcuasum says tTiat by the
ueuth of Mr. BenYictt, jonrtr.iKsm' lias lust
its chief Ishuumlite., ',?! j . i
Aif Albany minister, by-referring to* his
record of forty years' ixgcrieocp, finds fewest
marriages in summer.
I . , ! 1 ' i, < /'.lh}' % lh '
An Ohio hen hatched .out a inixc(Ju tyrod
ftfchidlcbhsj and dC 1 iberqlf ely ^kTlfed *11 the
black ones. <Th1flm?y^:>efrud,'":tfifi!Mtr1i]iay
not.., ,, ... *.f..i* kO
\ v * ' ' ' # '
What's in a n: me ? Dbmn irr Yttfinfti^ for
Governor of Nebraska f LoMwy'^fbT': Gbti^rres 9
m Tennessee ;-.and Hobby-for thnigre/s in
Texjis. .;?t. t : -> aiu^V t<?
Whatsis the difference bctwcofTt
le.y candidate for- Vib'^f * PrCsidlcHt*other
b:id boyi;?: OnoiS'fGratz JTf&wfiy arti^'tho
athe^s vo. brdts grown/ h i*
George Law sa:d recentlyffnvo
about a m'ilfion up^fldufclf in United States
bonds, and if Mr. Greeley should be elected
r yy n .i ...i! )) r?
L wo'.nu scji uieni out yuwuui?lHi>>-;-iX
The library ot a<Minaesots^?dga who
lately died'contained over $00, ?gJjWW$^on
Masonary. , f ,
, {. r. I. V.* *? *-!
% Jm s..rr?oP9!P?..tettfci'WWfite
?1 a head 011 their wives, for.s the bendit. of
dic-Mor.'-,f" 1 ?
, .' ji ii?*X
Mr. WHIliam OullcnBryant jirgjj^o&jto
mild a public 'library in liis 'natiyc town,
yummington, Mass. ' ***
Ifow do they tffeigh eel? with sch?<*?, wVen
!,cId have no scales? I ' >
A Richmond paper anno"^fb^rcaryJfcufcwfeU
bought $6j909)99&: Worth *'of
'bones" last month. ? ba utft <.? t?
A Boston paper. printinghlistvtftlHi^rich
nen of Rrpoklino^" beads tbaii6b?i4b *iks. .
f; J- Bowditch.";' H y% . n'jibrtii
Louisville Cour/rr-Joi&Ral informs acdr cspondont
thatNilsson wryj nut thcoyq&bo
ought at Trafalgar. "...
? Tt . . -Ji- ?*l - <* " ?*
A Nantucket storekeeper advcylisfiuliipr
(ale, "Quart bowls, of all s<^rts and jSjzqg;
nnoncnee apiece,. arid various prices."
"Clod mado.us men" was inscrilbclf jrpoja vagon
filled with women 'Hi" the Fifteenth
\bicndincnt jubilee irt Louisville. ;,M fc""'
A grocery store at Wdtcivflle', ?Ief,u u(ffsdays
the following notices* 'kWndttS'A'iifl
Syts 0?A11 Kind, Cigars,; jTababooe)
Pipe?, Crackers, For Sail UftfcdJ f,Al?W?Api)les
Per the Peck Or Per.the ?e^."irpf -a?
Under the r.eccnt ^ctj of^Congrc^jpestitiustersViil
be allowed, uujlcr rc^uhiti^jfe^j'
the Pofefoffi'cc Department, to Registeri "QC
if expense. letters eofihifriftgv'ft*a^fl/)d^t 'An*.
L'cncy intended for redemption.' *" y4 -? '
* ' ' ' 'i. <* , j m j mjixAtitKBLl
. A law-nas-Deen oncrea ni xne uuuucL-uuub
Legislature wliicli does away with iirrt%-.4fid
provides* eoi$nemcul a# punishment- 'ibr
drunkenness in all cases.
"My son," said a preacher-, to a: wild i-byy,
laying his handpu lii^ hcad.^bbeljcsvc^aiau/
has got hold of you." "I believe so too,"
iaid'tlie boy. frying to get'bis band ofT. *
The^tsscssnient roll of tlie State of Cali-.
Ibrnin amounts, in the aggi-c'ga'tc, to ?800,.'
1)00,000, a verry large ineeefistf." Thfr VtiKia-1'
tion of forty cr years' remains. ?'<b ?? i
Not a few people thefe are wbfo fancy tfiintf1
that, M^croady is dead- The dofttlr- Of ibe'
xreat actor was., reported and liis-obitaan^
written "a* few years ago: but, in
still lives, and 'is fcii'd to be lade and bcarly.
His age is 70, ntid his residence. Cholfcnfiliiii,"
Koglaml. .!. ' 1 1
There is a. society of tbo Moriffons 'in"
Paris, who-conform t> the social and spiviflal
habits cl'Salt Lako .City. .It wn? only
:h 1*0ugh the statistics of diflorpnt religions,',
recently published by t*!ic .Minister. oi\Ju:>- 4
;ice, that this fact became known.
The child violinist who performed at .<,ho
llostoitJubilee was a Gvb-ycav-old "boy from
lirooklyn, named JVisrft Imhbert. Ins'porbrmauc.os
were very creditable, though- lire*1
ipncjirjincc in the Jubilee programme was -<
criticised- ./
Miss Kate Field made and after-dinner
speech in London. She said it is uselcs to
alk of the equality of the sexes so long .\s 1
ncn sitdowu to turtle soup in one room, and
,vouicn ptaiid up to tea and. sandwiched, in
mother, waiting with becoming humility .*
!os admission to a Barmecide fo.ist of reason ,j
ind flow ofsoal.
One day. down the avenue proceeded the .
I'irniliftil I 'nnllinn' OniJOSltC 1 lift ZVTotl"t !>.?-- ' ?
.1* it ; A
l-itan he was met by the Hon. William Kd- *4
logg, of Louisiana, who thus addressed him:- *
-ilali'j! How goes it, Conkling-.'" ' Sir/'* *
wiid the blonde, drawing himscjf up j^u his;..* ; '
Full length, "that is no way to speak 11> *i
linked States Senator. 1 am Senator Cockling?Senator.
sir.'' '"So am I Soriatrrr." ; %
mswcml Kellogg, f und it's no usoi putting
m any of your (1?d frills with me. L hin </>
known as Bill Kellogg." AmUhcLouifauun
left. '
; j
According to Justin McCarthy, Mr.
GSrceley's dress would be considered <juiio -?u
degant and fastidious in tin: Knglish I'aiiia.!
nicnt. Gladstone's clntliM ?eem to IkF, jt s *
tlirown on with a pitchfork, as the old phrase .
was. Disraeli looks like an ancient picture
i>f a dandy from a Look of mouldy f:t#hious.
Fright dresses like a plain country manuiae:
turer. The MsltTjuis of Salisbury* is. as shabby-looking
as-and old cloth'esman.1- And one
old member .wears a^cold tluikr as in fashion
when George the lVurtJi wasjUogent. Tito
coat lsas a jour dollar: ii is long in tlie waist
and long irt thc-skirfs. pinniped out in IV..at
like tha'-breast'of - p"rr?*-:u #r a pantomi u:
prince. * *