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4 \ 1 x T JM- ' "',*" ' VOL. XXXII. CAMDEN, S. C., THUKSDAY, MARCH i3, 1873. NO. 38 r . THE 5E5 JOURNAL. AN INDEPENDENT FAULT PAPER PUBLISHED BY * JOHN KERSHAW. SUBSCRIPTION RATES On* year, in advance.... $2 50 Six months 1 50 Three months.... 75 i<)i>wtig?Tni>ni4 nrnsl hn naid itvubivuv a?fv? - r _ in advance. Washington Correspondence. Washington, March 1. the agony over. The great Credit Mobilier trial is over. It was a grand and impressive sight while the pleading was going on?when the elegant and courtly Poland recited the evidence given be fere the committee and gave the reasons for the action of that body?when the eloquence of Qen. Banks resonnded in ringing tones on the same side which contrasted so strangely with the impressive, severe and eonvinoiag judicial manner of Mr. Merrick, alao of the committee, who made by fhr the beat speech on the side of the resolutions of the Committee. Messrs Voorhes and Butler evidently felt the greatness of the occasion, for thongh both art successful criminal lawyers, they never before plead at ao august a bar. With words that brought conviction, and in tones that thrilled the < " ? vr?i? i e i.:? vast assemDiage, mr. voornes spu^c iur um friend, Mr. Brooks, no# his client, and his great reputation as, a lawyer was added to by his legal argument, while his force as an orator was acknowledged to be unsurpassed, as his voice rose and fell in musical tones, swaying his hearer* to his will, and when he had inished there was a moment's dead silence ere the spell of his elouuence was broken, when aronndof apple use succeeded. Had a rote been taken then there would hare net even been a vote of oeuaure. Such is the wonderful power of the orator. Ben .Butler aade, probably, the best speech of his life. He was cutting as a raior, witty, sarcastieal, irooieal, and I was about to add, eloquent,' but his harsh, grating voice forbids it; his speech, however, was most effective. Butler brought tears to Oakee Amos' eyes by bis panygeric of himr. The old gout had no idea how good and noble j a man he was until Butler told it. Ben a pitched into the press, and thanked God s that the newspapers had not nude him. The ] press gang, with one aooord, said, "Amen," 1 at they woo Id not like to be responsible for t sueh an abortion on hnmanitj as Ben is.? t Mr. Yoorhee closed his remarks in an ap- i peal for, not merej, bat jastice for Mr ( Brooks. The ineoneisteneies and oontradio- t tiona, as shown by the rotes on the different e amendments, was -evidence sufficient to i prove that the Honse did not know exactly what it was doing. Even some of the oldest j Kliamentarians were puxsled. After the t se had by a rota declared that it had c not jurisdiction to expel members for acts < committed during a previous, it turned right t round and. assumed jthe power to censure i Brooks and Ames. There can be no doubt of the guilt of all the accused members, and 1 there was a general desire among all classes i for their punishment. Instead there has \ been a letting up. This much the people i know, and they do not care about the tech- c nical reasons that prompted the votes of ] members against meting out even-handed i justice to the guilty ones, though there is a ? feeling of satisfaction that Measrs. Brooks t and Ames were not made scapegoats for oth- j era equally culpable, and those who voted j ?* nit fha crrnnnris nf in- o ^VIUM ?uy 1COVIUMVUa ?uv -- ? % justioe, fin fully justified in to doing- Bat t Congress has not, in the estimation of the t people, done their duty in the matter and the effect of a want of confidence in the hon- < eaty and firmness of Congress, is to be de- i plored. Ben Butler attacked the press for < their fearlessness in showing up this matter t and letting daylight in. The Chronicle and the Republican here, both small sised or- i gaas of the Administration, are also out on j the same business, and the press is being j held up as a terrible engine, even the New i Tork Times, the Grant organ, catches it.? ] The Philadelphia Press, Forney's paper, in J speaking of the terribly corrupt condition of j legislation says, "The press is the most trustworthy exponent of of popular rights, ami in the hour of the country's shame, the pro- < pie turn with increased confidence to the jour- i nalist who defends their interests and denoun- ; ees their wrongs," and "on the journalist, therefore, and not on the legislator, will the , people rely for a_repr>?aentatiTe that is en tirely hooest." This bu toe true ring ana it is the opinion of the journalist* all over the country, despite the howl* of Butler, Harlan of the Chronicle, or the scribbler of the Republican. AM KXCEK8BNCK. Old Zack Chandler, ths Micbigander, is one of the prominenees or proturbonce* of the 8enate, a sort of carbuncle or when, which to conduce to a more health condition of the body Senatorial should be lopped off. It will be remembered that a few years ago hs went to Europe in a blase of tinsel giory, with his ebony colored servant* rigged out in gaudy livery, with tfto court of arms of the State of _t:A Michigan on their surer Douoaa, wuiuu were as large as small saucers. Ip London, be disgnsted evcrr bodj by bis dflbnken capers, and was the butt and laughing-stock on accoannt of his snobbery. In consequence, be swore after the manner of Hamilcar against the Romans, eternal rengeanee against Mr. John Boll, Esq The Duke of Michigan? Chandler?then tried Edinburgh, but the . canny Scot was too sharp a chid to make game of the Chairman of the United States Committee of Commeree, and while with their tongues in their cheeks and bursting with laughter at the old galoat, they flattered him to his heart's contest, and feted and dined end wined?no, i mean wmsneu uiu( ?to his entire satisfaction, no small job, for the Dake is capacious. The result is, that inee Zack has come back from " furrin parts" he has been the bitter and uncompromising opponent of every measure looking to the revival of our eomraerce, especially that with Europe. This he has been charged with on the floor of the Senate As there are reasons for everything there must be also for this, tie is down on Mr. John Ball yet, indirectly assists in helping his fcoodHMfc II b fiW/il tiff* to torp business scots gave him material reasons for Buch a coarse as he pursues. It is known that he frequently receives liquors, Ac., Ac., from abroad as presents that are marked "free/' showing that his efforts are duly appreciated. Is it not time that this unprincipled drunken lout was removed from a position which he does not ornament and which he uses to the detriment of the country's best and most vital interests ? INAUGURAL ADDRESS OP PRESIDENT GRANT. Washington, March 4.?The following is the Inaugural Address of the President: Fellow Oitizent: Under Providence, I have been called a second timo to act as Executive over the great nation. It has been my endeavor in the past to maintain all the laws and so far as lay in my power to fnr the best interests of the whole peo pie. My best efforts will bo given in the same direction in the future, and I trust by my four years experience in the office. W hen my first term of office or Chief Executive began, the country had not recovered from the efforts of a great internal revolution, ind three of the former States of the Union bad not been restored to their federal relations. It seemed to me that no new questions should be raised so long as that condition of iffairs existed; therefore, the past four years, so far as I control events, have been consumed in the effort to restore harmony, the public credit, commerce, and all the arts of peace ind progress. It is my firm conviction that the civilized irorld is tending towards Republicanism, and government by the people, through their :hosen representatives, and that our own great republic is destined to be the guiding itar to all others. Under our republic we luppbrt an army less than that of any Europe an power of any standing, and a navv ess than that of either of at least five of hem. There could be no extension of terri oij on this continent which would cull for noruae of this force, bat rather might snch ^tension enable ns to diminish it. Tho heorj of government changes with the genral progress. Now that the telegraph is nade available for commuuicating thought ?together with rapid transit by steam?all >artaof? contiuent, are made contiguous or all purposes of government, and commuuiation between the extreme limits of the jountry made easier than it was throught he old thirteen States at the begining of our i ation al exiatence. The effects of the late civil strife have >eeu to free the slave and make bim a citi:en ; yet he is not possessed of the civil rights vhich citizenship should carry with it. This s wrong, and should be correoted. To this correction I stand committed, so far as Executive influence can avail. Social equalty is not a subject to be legislated upon, nor ihall I ask that anything be done to advance he social status of the colored man except to ;ive bim a fair chance to develope what there " 1 -? ?? 1? fr\ O^KaaIh 3 gOOO ID D11D, give aim bvv.sk w hvmw.., ind when he travels let him feel assured .hat his conduct will regulate, the treatment hat he will receive. The States lately at war with the General uSovernment are now happily rehabilitated, ind executive control is exercised in any me of them, that would not be exercised in iny other State, under like circumstances. In the first year of the past administration, Lhe proposition came up for the admission of Santo Domingo as a territory of the Union-, [twas not a question of my seeking, but was i proposition from tho people of Santo Domingo, and which 1 entertained. I believe now, as I did then, that it was to the interest of this country, the peoplo of Santo Domingo, and all concerned, that the proposition should be received favorably. It iras, however, rejected, Constitutionally, and therefore the subject was never brought up again by me. In the future, while I hold my present office, the subject of the acquisition of territory must have the support o f the people before I will recommend any proposition looking to such acquisition. I say here, however, that I do not share in the apprehension held by many as to the douger oftbe government's becoming weakened and destroyed by reason of the extcntion of territory. Commerce, education and rapid tranrit of thought and matter by telegraph and steam, have changed all this. Rather do I believe that our great Master is preparing the world, in His own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies wili be no long* * ? ?dE-?itihirn will 0r r?0juirco? i'ij courui iu vuc *u?uiv >* ?*. bo dirootad to the restoration of good feeling between tbe different! section of our common country; to the restoration of our commerce to a fixed value as compared with the world's standard of values, gold, and if possible to a par with it; to tbe construction of cheap routes of transit throughout the laud; to the end that the proceeds of all sections may find a market and leave a living ? 4- to the .rcmuneriuiuu iu m? juvmuv..., ? ? maintenance of friendly relations with all all our neighbors and with distant nations; to the re-establishment of our oommerce and a share in the carrying trade of the ocean ; to the encouragement of such manufacturing industries as can be economically pursued in this country; to the end that the exports of home products and industries my pay for our imports?the only sure method ot returning to and permanently maintaining a specie basis; to the elevation of labor, and by a humane course to bring the nborigines of the country under the benign influences of education and civilization. It is oither this or a war of extermination. A war of extermination engaged in by the people pursuing commerce and all industrial pursuits is expensive even against the weakest people, and I <fom?dr?UiiDf and C>ur superiority of strength and advatntages of civilization, should make us lenient to tho Indian. The wrong already inflicted upon him should be taken into account, and the balance placed to his credit. The moral view of the question shonld be considered; and the question asked, Cannot the Indian be made a useful and productive member of society , by proper teaching and treatment? If the effort is made in good faith, we will stand better before the civilized nations of the earth, and in our own consciences, for having made it. All these things are not to be accomplished by one individual, but they will receive my support, and such recommendations to Congress as will, in my judgment, servo to carry them into effect. I beg your support and encouragement. It has been and is my earnest desire to correct abuses that have grown up in the civil service of the country. To secure this reformation, rules regulating the methods of appointment and promotion were established and have been tried. Mv efforts for such reformation shall be continued to the best of my judgment. The spirit of the rules adopted will be maintained. I acknowledge before this assembly, representing as it does every section of our country, the obligation I am under to my countrymen for the great honor they have conferred on me by returning me to the highest office within their gift, and the further obligation resting on me to render to them the best services within my power. This I promise, looking forward with the greatest anxiety to the day when I shall be released from responsibilities that at times are almost overwhelming, and from which I have scarcely had a respite since the eventful firing upon Fort Sumter, in April, 1861, to the present day. My services were then tendered and accepted under the first call for troops growing out of that event. I did not ask for place and position and was entirely without influence or the acquaintance of persons of in flnence, but wan resolved to perfom my part iu a struggle threatening the very existence of the nation. I performed a very conscicn- 1 tious duty without asking any promotion or command and without a revengeful feeling towards any section or individual. Notwithstanding this, throughout the war' and from my candidacy for the present office in 1868, to the close of the last Presidential campaign, I have been the subject of abuse and slander, scarcely ever equalled in political history, which to-day, 1 feel that I can afford to disregard in view of your verdict which I gratefully accept as my vindication. , . , . Gen. K. M. Law.?Gon. E. M. Law. who was distinguished as a gallant officer in the Confederate army, left this place?which has been his home for many years?on Mon- ( day last, and will make his future home at Tuskegee, Ala., where he intends to engage ( in the business of planting. Previous to the war, Gen. Law filled a Professor's chair in the King's Mounntain Military School, which position he resigned, rouioviug to Alabama, and at the commencement of hostilities entered the servico of that State as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fourth Alabama Regiment, and by promotion attained the rank of Brigadier General. Returning to a people with whom he has been heretofore so intimately associated, Gen. Law requires no word of commendation ; while for his future prosperity he has the well wishes of his many friends in South Carolina.?YorkvilU Enquirer. The heaviest corn crop ever grown in the United States was that of last year which the Agricultural Report states at the huge total of 1,100,000.000 bushels. Not only is this the largest crop, but it is said to be corn of better quality aud of greater intrinsic value than usual. Iowa was the banner corn growing State, her averasrc being nearly forty-ono bushels an acre. Unfortunately for some of those who would not like to havo Iowa corn, it takes the price of four bushels of said corn to get one bushel to the Atlantic markets. This is ono of the reasons why the people are demanding cheaper transportation between the West and tho East. The death of Dr. Lushington promises to revive, for a brief period, the scandal about Byron's separation from his wife that Mrs. Ilarriet Beecher Stowe peddled to her own profit in the sunt of about 850,000, and to the disgust of all right-iuindcd people. Dr. Lushingtpn died at the ago of 91 years, and was a contemporary of Byron and the other wits of his day. Indeed, it was he who was the confidential adviser of Lady Byron at the time trouble between her and her husband occurred, and who said that her "dufy to God and man" alike demanded that Bhe should be separated from her husband. Later, when there was some effort to bring about a reconciliation, Dr. Lushington refused to aid it, and it is due to this circumstance that nothing came of the negotiations. At the time of Mrs. Stowe's scandalous publication in the Atlantic, and subsequently of the same nuked nastiness long drawn out in tho form of a book. Dr. Lushington was appealed to to come forward and put the question to rest; but as the information came to him in a capacity doubly fiduciary, that of a personal friond and a professional adviser, lie very properly refused With his death the possibility ceases ttiat nil tho doubts as to tlie cause ot tno separatum U1 JiUlU it II Li I Lady Byron will ever be removed, utiles*, which is scarcely possible, he has left behind him some statement of what he knew about the affair. An Iowa doctor, last week, thoughtlessly lanced a pimple on a patient's noso with his vaccinating lancet. It took beautifully, hut the patient says that both for appearance and comiort he would almost as lief have the tfmaJl-jftx. Antiquity of the Scriptures. Few of us ever stop to think how old the Bible is. Yet "the Scriptures are believed by candid critics to contain the most ancient forms of truth now known to men." With the aid of chronological tables, any one may easily make profitable comparisons between the antiquity of the books and that of other writings and events. The Scriptures contain the only authentic history of the world before the flood. We find in the Pentateuch one or two stanzas of poetry composed in the antediluvian period. The Hebrew statutes were enacted a thousand years be fore Justinian reformed the Roman jurisprudence. In the Bible wo have the record of chartered rights secured to the peoplo more than two thousand years before the Magna Charts. What a sensation would be produced if the first chupter of Genesis should appear for tho first time in one of our newspapers tomorrow! Yet there can bo no doubt that chapter contains the oldest writing, twentyfive hundred years before the invention of printing. Xenophon's record of the conversations of Socrates, in his Memorabilia, seems an old book to us, yet similar topics wore discussed in Ecclesiastes six hundred years before. The works of Tacitus, Plutarch and Quintilian are not modern, yet the books of the New Testament are older than they. . At to tho book of Job, its age is beyond conjeoturo. Those who make it as modern as they can are compelled to place its origin at least one thousand years before Homer. When Priam was king of Troy, Job was of remote antiquity. The namo of Alexander hai no modern sound for us, yet when AlexQn?in V?n KaaL' nf .TnK mitrhf. uuuui iuvuucu kjj i tuj viaw wv? vi vw have been read before him as the work of an author more time-honored then than the name of Alexander is now. The writings ofConfuciusare modern compared with most of the Bible ; and the most that the Hindoos cau justly claim for their saered books, the Vedas, is that they were written five hundred years after the death of Moses. The Koran is a book fresh from the press compared with the Scriptures. Dr. Upton. Deaths in the Great Minnesota Snow Storm.?There has either been a a great misapprehension of facts on the part of the Minnesota papers and of the correspondents generally regarding the number of lives lost by the terrible snow storm which swept over that State ou the 7th,of last Janv*?y, or elae efforts are being made by the >fortne*rt* vmitherit-ies 4o co?w?eaiithe true loss. It will be remembered that immediately after the storm the accounts given by f?n?l CnnllAU ftf f hfl lllSS pVlOVlia 41 vui viiv ovvuvu vi >mv - of life placed the list of the frozen among tho hundreds. Names, places and circumstances were given which bore every appearance of having been the truth, allowing even for the natural tinge of exaggertion which might have been expected from the excitement that prevailed. Now, however, the report of the Storm Commissioner, appointed by Governor Austin on January 4, to make a personal examination into the circumstances of the casualties in the storm, is in, and only eighteen assured and two supposed cases of freezing have been found, nnd these were in Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Jackson, Nobles, Rock, Pipestone, Cottonwood, Watouwau, Brown, Nicollet, Le Sueur and Murray Counties, in South-western Minnesota. Of these twenty, eight were frozen in Watouwan C'ointy, four in Martin County, three in NobLa County, one each Faribault, Browu, Cottonwood and Nicollet, and two in Blue Earth County. If this be the sum total of the loss of life, however unfortunate it may be, the Minnesota papers erred in giving false impressions of the number of those who had fallen victims to the fury of the storm. A Stranoe Monster.?A gentleman recently from the Shclton, Laurel district of North Carolina, some forty miles from this place, informs us that the people in that "densely thicketcd" country are greatly excited in regard to the appearance, upon scverul different occasions, and in several different places, of a huge mountain monster, the speices of which is unknown. Mr. George Anderson one of the gentlemen residing in the Laurel country, being one of the persons who saw the monster, also furnishes us with the following description ui 11/; "I was out in tho junglo hunting up some lost hogs, when all of a sudden there came into my path a beast, the appearauce of which, I must confess, caused me to quake for the first time in many years. Aside froiu its strange and unusual appearance^ tho unearthly yell it uttered on preceiving me, which reverberated and reverberated through the forest, was enough to shake the senses of the most daring adventurer. The animal was some hundred yards distant from mc, and appeared to be a huge black bear with mane und head like a lion, but had horns like an elk upon it. Its tail was long and bushy, with dark and light rings around it to its extremity. Its eyes gleamed like a panther's, and its size was that of an ordinary ox but somewhat longer. Just previous to making its appearance I liaa anot on m* s?.. ut u (quarrel, and felt little prepared to meet such a ferocious boast without any weapon of defense. I immediately set about reloading my rifle, but had scarcely bciruu when it started toward me. 1 retreated in as good order as possiblo, and must say I did some good running?not looking back until 1 had reached an open spot, when I found the animal had disappeared in the Laurel thicket. This is no story. Mr. Editor, gotten up to searo naughty children. I nui not the only one who has seen the monster?several have seen it since I did ; and, as sheep and calves i are lately missing, it is presumed to be a 1 carniverous bruto. Many have fortified their : homes to prevent a night attack from the i strange monster, the like of which was never 1 seen in these mountains before. Some think ; it has escaped from some rambling menagerie, while others superstitiously think it is sent to warn people of some great approaching danger.?JoneshoroTwin. Eaylr and Advertiser. Home Adorning. j ' The best adornment which any one, however knowing or skillful or active can bring to any habitation is a uniformly cheerful, smiling face, and the loviag spirit which irrrdiates it. That brings sunshine within the household, better than anv which can come from without, and peace to its happy possessor, as well as to all beholders. One who bears within him, wherever he goes, a genial and generous disposition, a benign aspect, kind words and gentle manners, with, when tenderly appropriate, the sweet influence of golden silence also, possesses a degree of mortal beauty which reflects itself to all eyes, from everywhere arouad him.? The home, where such a one goes out aud in, at morning and at evening, is to the weary, aching hearts of others the very gate of heaven. Butthere?are physical, intellectual, artistic and moral adornments that belong to a perfect home?to the preparation of which, in the end, all tho growing family history should, at all times, powerfully tend. Even a plain home can be made to have an air of universal welcome in it, by scrupulous neatness and order, and by a few trailing vines without, and summer flowers within, and with plenty of light and air in its scanty apartments. In most homes, in these privileged days, engravings can be, at least a few of them, easily obtained, to be hung upon the walls or placed for more careful aud studious observation, in well-kept portfolios. Stereoscopes are cheap and promotive in their way of the aesthetic enjoyment and culture of a family. | Music cau be brought iu some form to lend I - -i a. _? * ?f . US cuaruis lU lUU UMUJUJUI1 tcuuo ui iciuiuj gladness. Pleasing effects can be secured by a little skill in adapting colors to each other, in the choice of carpets, wall paper and furniture, and in their harmonious disposition. Much do books, choice books, grace auy home, or any hand in which they are found. A home, however lavishly garnished with wealth or art, and all the more so for any such pleasing and gratifying contrast, seems to be utterly tame and spiritless to oue visiting it, who finds it void of books, or of all books but those which are cheap, and frivolous. Even a newspaper or monthi ly magazine of any character, lying around i in a house, advertises the fact at once, that : there is some intellectual vitality within its walls, and that mere material things do not | shut out all higher thoughts from the hearts i of its inmates. Why Auat Sallie Never Married. "Now, Auut Sallie, do please tell us why you never got married. You remember you said once that when you were a girl, you was engaged to a minister, and promised you would tell us about it sometime. Now, aunt, please tell us." "Well, you see when I was about seventeen years old I was living in Uticn, in the State of New York, though I say it myself. 1 was quite a good lookiug girl then, and had several beaux. The one that took my Ain/?V tvne n rntinrr minister- a verv Dromisinir C..V.J J B_ ? r .. ^ young man, mid remarkably pious and steady. Ho thought a good deal of me, and I kind of to hiui, and things went on until we were engaged. One evening he camo to me and .put his arms around mo, and kind of hugged uic, when I got excited and some flustrated It was a long time ago, and I don't know but what I might have hugged back a little. I was like any other girl, aud pretty soon I pretended to be mad about it. and pushed him awav. though I wasn't mad a bit. You must know that the house where I lived was on one of the back streets of the town.? There were glass doors in the parlor, which opened on the street. These doors to, I stepped back a little from him, and when he un close I Dushed him harder than 1 intended to; and don't jou think, girls, the poor fellow lost his balancfc and fell through one of the doors into the street." "Oh, Aunty! Was he killed ?" "No. He fell head first, and as he was going I caqght him by the legs of his trousers. I held on for a minute and tried to pull him back, but his suspendeis gave way, and the poor young man fell clear out of his pantaloons into a parcel of ladies and gentlemen along the street." "Uh ! Aunty! Aunty ! Lordy!" "There, that's right; squall and giggle as much as you want to. Girls that can't hear a little thing like that without tearing around the room and he-he-iug in such a way, don't know enough to come in wheu it rains. A nice time the man who marries one of you will have, won't he? ' Catch me telling you anything again." "But, Aunt Sally, what became of him ? Did you ever see him again ? "No; the moment he touched the ground he got up and left that place in a terrible hurry. I tell you it was a sight to uo remembered. How that man did run ! lie went out "West, and 1 believe he is preaching out in Illinois. Hut he never married. He was very modest, and I suppose he was so badly frightened that time, that he never dared trust himself near a woman again.? That, girls, is the reason why 1 never married. I felt very bad about it for u long time?for he was a real good man, and 1 | have often thought to myself that we should have been very happy if his suspenders hadn't given way." ADVERTISING RATES Shack. 1 M. I 2 M. j 8 M. ? M. ; 1 Y. j j I I. 1 square I 3 00* 6 00 8 OOi 12 Od 1C 00 2 squares 1 6 (Mi U 00 12 00, 18 00" 26 0# 3 squares i 9 00, 13 OOi 10 00 24 00 85 Of 4 squares 12 OOi 16 00, 20 00' 80 00 48 0# J column 15 00! 19 00 24 00 34 00 60 GO 4 column j 20 00 30 00 40 00 56 00, 80 CO 1 column j 80 OOj 60 00| 60 00 90 00,150 (Ml All Transient Advertisements will be oiiargif Oxb Doli.ar per Square for the first andSBViced ty-kivf. Cexts per Square fur each subseque\t insertion. Single insertion. $1 ;?0 per square. OUR OHIP-BASKET Words that burn?fire and blazes. A Chicago paper speaks of a suicide as a fool-killer. Be temperate in diet; our first parents ate themselves out ot house and home. A country editor reports money close, but not close enough to be reached. What is that which has its head at one end and its mouth at the other ? A river. The man^who tried to sweeten his tea with one of his wife's smiles, has "fallen tback on sugar." No person should sleep alone in cold weather except widows. The bible hath said the "widow's mite." A young lady of 16, who had worn short dresses, positively told her mother she would wear them no longer. A librarian, arranging his books according to their subject matter, put "Irish bulls" under tho head of agricultural. In Detroit if you ask a grocer for burning fluid he hands you a bottle of old rye neatly labelled and ready for use. A Dutch lady in Ohio, writes over the signature of Wilhelmina Juliette Charlotte Apolloblundcrruberblesthenthunger. " I came near selling mv boots the other day," said John to a friend. " How so?" | " Well, I had them half-soled." 1 A young man at a party one evening being asked if he could play the harpsicord, wanted to know if it was anything like seven-up. Mrs. Snidkins says her husband is a three haneed man?right hand, left hand, and a little behind hand. A Kentucky grocer has over his stall this impressive moral injuuetion : "Any man or boy that takes one Apel without Leafe is a little rogue in his harte." We are told that "the evening wore on," but we are not told what she wore on that occasion. Was it the "clothes" of a summer's day? t " I hate to hear people talking behind one's back," as the robber said when the constable was chasing him and crying, "Stop thief!" An Alabama editor has found a new premiuln toofier to subsoribers. lie will name' his new boy for the patron who pays for his subscription the longest time in advance. A merchant iu Topcka recently lost $450 in cash. As his with and one of his clerks have not been seen since, ho is appreheusive that they were murdered for his money. In the mountainous districts in the extreme east of Hungary, at this season of the year, a fair is held of the luarriageblc young men and women. An enthusiastic Nebraska editor says, " Nine months of the year in Nebraska is summer, and the rest is mighty late in the spring." A Milwaukee - ladv had several hundred dollars worth of point laco clipped off her clothing by a thief while she was at church singing ' Strip uic of the robe of pride; clothe me in humility." There have teen many definitions of a gentleman, but the prettiest and most pathetic is that given by a young lady. "A gentleman," says she, " is a human being combining a woman's tenderness with a wouinn's courage." A Chicago editor, upon lean ing that New York sewing women only get four cents for making a pair of pants, wrote a halfcolumn editorial on the meanness of man, and offered to pay five ceuts rather than to seo the women suffer. A dentist not a thousand miles from Bristol, Conn., was recently extracting a tooth from a young man under the influence of touching gas, when he (the young man) suddenly became uncontrollable, and, jumping from the chair, ran with full speed down the street, the dentist calling at the top of his voice, ''Stop him he's full of gas!" Nothing makes a Minnesota husband so mad as to fill his boots with buckwheat cakea in the raw, and then laugh at him when ho pulls them on. Mrs. Suiith of Winoa, will indorse this statement as soon as the swelling on her nose subsided sufficiently to enable her to read. A Hartford subscriber writes that he is just recovering from small-pox, and will bo . on in a few days to renew his subscription. We hope he won't mind a little thing like that. We will send the paper and wait for themony. Wo will wait cheerfully. We ain't of that avaricious kind of people who will grab for money as if for life. We despise such things. There's no earthly reason for his qpuiing on; we will wait.?Danbvry Xtic.i. Josh Hillings was asked, ' How fast does 'sound travel ? His idea is that it depends a good deal upon the noise you arc talking about. "The sound of a dinner-horn, for instance, travels half a mile in a second, while an invetashnn tew git up in the morning I 1 * i have known to DC > quarters uv an nour goin' 2 pair of stairs, and then not hev strength cnuff left to be heard." Endeavor to do your work quietly. Anxiety and over action are always the causes of . illness and restlessness. Wc must use our judgment to control our excitement, or our bodily strength will break dawn. We must V.^%. K.^f Am* <">im Itahlf) it fii Ko vnn rCIIU'UIUVI UIUV UUI W?? vwv%.v in .V MV ?.VM by a strength not our own. It is a battle that does not depend on the swift nor upon the strong.