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TOTj. XXXII. CAMDEN, S. C., THTKSDAY, JULY 34, 1873. NO. 47.
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The Railroad Question in its Ecomical
and Political Bearings.
The farmers' movement in the West for
cheap transportation and to cheek railroad
monoply begins to have an influence aud to ]
take shape in the politics of the country. <
The Iowa liepublican State Convention, I
which assembled on tho 25th for the purposo ]
of nominating candidates for tioveruer and \
other officers, took tho subject up nobly. ^
Among the resolutions, mostly of a partisan
political character, passed unanimously by 1
* *l?Af t h A 1 l.AVT? 1 ? * <A? t?l?A /I
liiu V, wi'U ui'ii nan 1110 umivmui^. i vw- >
solved, That the producing, commcrical and t
industrial interests of the country should t
have the best and ehenpest modes of trans- r
portation possible j and while actual capital .
invested in such means of transit, whether 0
by railroad or otherwise, should be permit- f
ted the right of reasonable remuneration, ^
abuse in their inauagcweut, excessive rates,
oppressive discrimination agaiust localities, ^
persons or iatocrstsshonld bo corrected by _
law, aud we demand Congressional and Le- e
gislative enactments that will control and M
regulate the railroads of the country, give to f
the peoplo transportation et fair rates and pro- :i
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leui lueuj zil^uiim uiii-viiit: iiuuocs. xucu, ^
again, in other resolutions, referring to the n
mission of the republican party, the Conven- ^
tion says, "it will now be derelict to its spir- n
it and duty if it does not protect all our peopie
from all the forms of oppression, whcth- jt
er by monoplies, centralized capital, or of w
whatsoever kind the oppression may be;"
and, "that we insist upon the right and duty tJ
of the State to control every franchise of w
whatsoever kind it grants," meaning the ^
grants to capitalists and corporations for making
railroads or other improvements, declar- tj
in<v r?f oamn 4tmA f"V*nf OTA ia r\r\ TTlell
lug caw tuo oauio biuiv tuuv kkviv id uv n idu p.
to do injustice to those who invest in such
enterprises. It is 'worthy of notice that the ^
^^L'onveiitioo, while avowing its faith in the jD
ML republican party, declares that to carry out t]l
these views it is "the duty of every Republi- w
""can to oppose the election of a bad man aud ^
incompetent official; whether he be a candidate
upon our own or any other ticket." ^
Admitting there is some of the usual bun- jU
enmhr in thnsfl resolutions which characterizes i;i
those of political conventions generally, still ]
it is evident tho republicans of Iowa arc ^
awake to the issues that arc looming up, and
that they intend to uso them. Their Stato jy
is agricultural, more largely so. perhaps, than
anyotherin proportion to population,and isat
"** a greater distance from markets for Its produce {
than many others Foelitig, then, tho necessity
of an outlet for their products, which means ot
ch^pCTT^waspoilatiou to the seaboard, the
ft i>. lij
movements of the the fanners throughout.tho p]
West agaiust the Railroad monopoly f?nd its tj
high charges. Among the farmers' granges (l
and other cognate associations in tho West
for curbiug and regulating the railroad inwhich
heein to couuttheir nieuibcrs j
' D v
hv million!), Towa Las a large number.
Thongh these combinations have not ha J f?
time to crystal ire or show their strength p(
the)"arc increasing, and must, before long,
become more united and effective. 'JLhc material
interests of a vast section of the coun- j(
try must give direction to its political action. t|
Cheap transportation, consequently, being of
primary importance to the agricultural West, J(
tiro railroad question will necessarily enter
into the politics of that region, llow to 0
solve it is the difficulty at present. The c
people sec, and indeed feel, the necessity of t]
1 -il.! 1>~? (n l.ftmn nr linw I
lining .viuicimnj; ; uuv nucik uvni<> ?. . ^
(<? proceed ts not so apparent. There is the (
difficulty of invading invested or chartered n
right.-. Then the railroad power is strongly n
fortified hy capital and by it< influence over- tJ
public men, legislatures and the judiciary. J
Nor is it clear to tho reformers whether they ,
should go to the State govcruicnts or the
federal govornuicnt for a remedy. Tn their j(
inchoate movements under this stntoof things
the farmers' organizations exhibit some fear
that the politicians or political parties may t(
defeat their objeet while pretending to favor j.
it. But are thpy not independent of one or
other of the old political parties ? Can they c
crystallize into a power in the Republic (
? Tlio f.i? I Ktnfo Convcn- ?
Vi illiwuv UVUlg r??' J ? v
tion his taken the initiative to bring them j
into the republican organization. Will the j
democrats bid higher or do letter? Or ;
will these organizations remain a power in (
themselves ? The answer must be left to the s
future.?X. 1'. Ilnrnfil. '
An Krf.ct I'o*tukp.? V writer on health r!
very justly condemns the habit of lounging, I t
in which large numbers of persons indulge, I v
hs injurious to bcahb. lie says:'An cfcof o
bodilv attitude is of vastly moro" importance ?
to health than it is generally imagined. Crook- 1
ed bodily positions maintained for any length i
of time, are always injurious, whether in the i
sitting, standing or lying postnrc ; whether i
sleeping or waking. To sit with tlio bodv ;
leaning forward on thcstoma<-h,ortooncsidc. 1
with the heels elevated to a level with the :
head, is not only in had taste, but exceeding- i
ly detrimental to health, ft cramps the <
stomach presses the vital organs, interrupts (
t bo free motions of tlio chest, and enfeebles 1
the functions of the abdominal and thoracic
organs, and. in fact, unbalances the whole
. 1? c-cfrt?, Manv children become
JJIllBCUlUK D10?vm*. ^
slightly humpbacked, or severely roundshouldered,
by sleeping with the head raised
on a high pillow; when any person finds it
easier to sit, or stand, or sleep in a crooked
position tlrin in a strait one, such persons
way he sure his muscular system is badly
deranged, and the more earful ho is to preserve
a straight or an upright position, and
pot back to nature again, the better.'
ft is said that some of the Boston ra1 .,
teeners convicted of selling liquor.
are in tho hahit of paying substitutes to
ktvo out tlie terms of imprisonment
which they havo heen sentenced.
Frugality And Extravagance.
BY THE REV. A. W. THOROLP, A. M.
Amonsr the practical lessons which a care
fill parent will constantly inculcate on liis
diildreu, and tli-i pithy maxims that will be
'ailing from hit lips, almost without his
mowing them, none can be more important
n their nature, more incessant in their inluence,
or more permanent in their result,
han those which bear upon money. It is
asy to make too much of it, and it is possible
o make too little. Where the one aim of
he head of a family is plainly seen to be
ich, and the constant burden of his talk is
n the power and importance of money, his
hildron will inevitably bo trained for their
ather's Mammon-worship, and the air of
ilthy lucre they daily breathe will insensibly
mpregnate their moral character. If, on
he other hand, they see money treated as a
latter of utter in difference; if before their
- - y
yes, day by day, expenses .arc incurred
ritliout inean9 to meet thorn, nn3 the last
uestion ever asked about anything is what
- will cost, there will be a tendency in the
ther direction to impair quickness of the
loral sense in money matters generally,
abitual jsclf-indnlgence will seem to be the
atural order of things, #and to wish for anyling
will mean instantly to try to procure
. No doubt in many ^persons there arc
hat may be called hereditary ideas about
loney: some are born frugal, others ex avagant;
and be the circumstances of life
bat they may, the original bias will assert
self from the nursery to the grave. But a
reat deal may bo done by carefully educang
children in the true value of money as
iean3 to an end. * * *
Every.one has some weak point about
oney, and almost every one is extravagant
i some things and penurious in others. A
ible nature is noble with money. It is just
hat one would have expected of gallant
!ing Amadeus, that he should insist on renrinrr
(lio Wimirinl rmf. r?f liia ntvn rilirso
mall-natured people are small with their
oney, and to get sixpence out of them is
ke drawing a double tooth. Wasteful peole
are oflcn stingy; for this is their only
ay of recouping themselves for their imrovidence.
Stingy people are often wasteil,
jnst because they are stingy. A stitch
i time saves nine. Timidity often defeats
s own pupose. Rome in tho end had to
ly as much for the three rcmaiuing hooks
* the Sibyl as would have bought tho six
herg ;and a little outrage in buying is
lip is sure." Rut it docs not need inspiraon
to see that no one should consent to be a
utcc for others who is not prepared to take
jc necessary trouble, or who is not qualified
y tlic proper experience for fairly doing his
est. Money committed to us for a particlar
purpose should, in the absence of disrotionary
power, be strictly spent on it, or
esh instructions procured. With certain
ersons it is a necessary precaution, not only
) indicate the way in which your money is
> be expended, but to take carc that it gets
iiere. ?>omc people have a deep crack runingfrom
head to foot through their moral
aturc. If you send them money for a
hild's schooling, it is spent, on a silk gown ;
r tho check that you intended to fill their
oal-ccllar is as likely as not to go f or a
rinkct. Where sonic people make their
inney go much farther than others do, it is
ot necessarily because they are so much
lore clever, but because they give their
linds lo it, and fool it a duty, as well as a
lcasure, to make the most of it. If in ellost
always those who hare /> as! money who
themselves most, and I'none, who have
tout iinltih/r themst hen h ant. J)o you doubt
i?the reason is clear. "When you have
nmcthing to lose, it is matter of importance
otto lose it. If you have nothing to lose,
a plunge a little deeper under water ran
urt no one hut the unfortunate tradesman
rho gives you credit. In solemn truth, there
an he no kind of doubt that excessive expendiuro
of living is one of the great vices of
he time ; and it would be wc'.l for all of us
f the power of the pulpit were more frc?|uenty
and vigorously exercised in sternly disonntennneing
the selfish thoughtlessness
hat buys what it caunot pay for. and in
tigmatizing a. deliberate and persevering
xtravacanco by its proppr name of fraud.
Yet carefulness about money has its own
langers. When an Afx>stle wrote to the
'hurch <>f God, "Let your conversation be.
rithout eovctousness." and a Hebrew prophet
igos before him sternly denounced the then
rrowing habit of adding house to house and
i Id to field, it w;> became then, as much as
low, every virtue has a tendency to dcterio ate
into a cor responding vice; and if to waste
nonoy is a fault, to love it i< a sin.
Sow it is Much easier to come to
ove it than sonic of us uiuy suppose. To be
dways worrying about small expenses, or
rcgrciung pan i'iwck, or miking iiixnii puu
jr even comparing to.) closely ami anxiously
>nc year's account with another, will secretly,
but inevitably, mildew the spirit with a
kind of sordid earthliiicss. To give away
will become harder, for we shall soon fanov
wo cannot afford it; and what at first was
hut a a just carefulness about daily spending,
if not watched against, will presently change
even a liberal man into an utter screw. And
then your punishment will come in the shape
(iod sees you to need, and in tlm. shnpt you
will most dread. Hither the wealth itsell
will he taken from you, and the id >| of gold
shattered before your eyes ; or some child or
heir for whom you were destroying your very
soul is taken from you, to (lie incorruptible
treasure of the better country : ami then the
I'salmist's sentence eoincs home ? you as
with the thrust of a sword-point?"He
heapeth npriehes, and cannot tell who shall
gather them."?Somhnj M<nj<r.uv.
Only for Married FolksYou
haven't been married quite a year.
At the ti.uo in question you are living* in
the pretty little surburbau villa which your
fathor-in-law obligingly bought and furnished
for you and your wife. It is a quiet.
lovely lit tle place, just outsido the great city,
whose roar comes down to you in a.sort of a
subdued musical way. You arc the happiest
man alive. Having wooed, won andiWtrricd
the loveliest of her sex, it is quite reasonable
that you should be.
The evening previous you sat upon the
porch and smoked a cigar. Your wife came
out ami sat with you a lilt tic while. Never
did she look so lovely as she did then in her
loose wrapper, With her golden hair sweeping
away in lovely braids from the handsome,though
pale, face. She doesn't talk much,
but simply places her head on your shoulder,
and you sceui to know instinctively that she
i is crying. It is not a boisterous grief; the
tears come as gently as docs the dew upon
the roses in the garden beyond. There is
a new. strange light in the deep blue eyes,
half sad, half joyful. Somehow you feel
wretched, and remorse seizes you as vigorously
as it would a pirate. You have a choking
sensation in the .throat, and come to the
conclusion that the best thing for you to do
is to go out and drown yourself in the horeopond.
, ,
* a /? - x. i _ n 11. x.
imicr your who goes 10 ecu you skuik. w
your own temporary apartment. No one.
takes any notice of you in the house. That
estimable lady who is partly responsible for
your wife's existence, looks at you as if you
were on show in a mincralogical cabinet, and
she was en deavoring to determine to what order
of fossils you belonged. The room in which
you camp has been hastily flitted up for your
reception It is full of old boxes and barrels,
and you arc continually falling over the one
and tumbling into the other. Finally ypu,
drop off into a sleep, to be awakened ^bout
two o'clock in the moring by a spectral figure
clad all in white, holding in its hand ft
phantom lamp. It turns out to ho your indtlicr-in-law,
and not the ghost of some dead
1 - _ .ll _ lfixl 1*11 .
lanamuy come 10 cone?: a muufimj, as
first imagined.
"And bo quick about it too!" This*is.
shot after you as you jump into tho night
from the front doorstep, after having put
your clothes.on as if yuu were poparing 'for
some comic lightning change. How youjacQ
along the street, running thg.risk of being
shot at for a burglar by elecpj, rftrul
watchman! And how yon jmll the doctorty
bellv when that individual's residence
last reached 1 Yon halloo up to him,'
" a n r l" I"
dressing. His buggy conies round to" the
door in a jiffy, and in a little while you and
lie arc at your own home.
Then begins to reign the mystery. There
- . 1 /v ."*! 1
is mucli~ running to nnu iro, nuu iiunjj.-.
roam over the house lilee erratic fireflies.
Too nervous to stay indoors, you take the
porcli again, and light another cigar. In a
a moment your wife sends for you." T only
want to kiss you, dear, and have you ki.-s
inc." Flow the moisture comes, to the eyes,
as ynti bend over the pale, patient face,
turned up from* the snowy pillow. Von le ss
her, pat her check, and your tears eemc raining
down to mingle with hers. Then you
arc hustled out of the room, and roam around"
the house like a maniac.
An hour or so passes by, and the doctor
comes down stairs and find-iyou in the backyard
puffing away at a cigar, which went, out
an hour befbre. lie extends bis band and
says, "Allow me to congratulate you." You
put your hand on his shoulder, and whisper
in his ear. He puts his hnn 1 on you shoulder
and whispers in your car. Then you say.
"Ilully," and maybe execute a limited horn
pipe. ITe gets in his buggy and drives
awav.
The time comes when y<n are admitted.
There is an elderly femni bu-tliug about
and oceassionnlly boiling 1 mclliing over a
gas-stove. You recognise her as the nnr \
The windows are darkened, and on a little
stand are the flowers you ut in that morning.
Their fragrance steals gratefully throne!)
l _ _ -_J
the rn'>m ami then into your neari.
Yen never felt ho tender and poetic in i
your lil'e. On tiptoe you approach the b^d.
Your step is as noiseless as the south wit 1
sin<rin?r through the bowed lattice, hut it is
sufficient to wake the slcpor. A <"|uick
flush of pleasure cotncs to the white check,
j and she beckons you to lean over. There i !
one sweet little ki>st and she wh: -pars -in
your ear, "I atn so happy." Then she tun.
down the cov, rlid, and you s n a .-inn'I pinl.
and wli'fc face, hardly as hi as your ham!
The movement wakes it. ate! two clnibiv It
plow into the eyi-s. and then ' s.piar - aw
at existence." It may even utt r a shri.'l
lost plaintive cry, and men i i<- um
and takes it up. while you. > i'li'?>\v il head
at flic I'ciMJc, thank Hod I' r the hli.-s loins
lmv( n you
Pretty child!? happy mother!?ecstatic
father! The radiance of the honeymoon
was glorious, but this new .-ear floods ruin
life with iis divine ra vs, and ?0D)8 to glid all
the minni* time Would it were alw:i\>
so!?X. V. M.t,7.
A rjunitif old ?ront Ionian of an active' si irrii??r
<Ii-j1.1-ir i<.11. had a man who was at work
in his jrardi'ii win) was t!ic rover. <?.
" I<iiii'H," -aid ho. did you cv t son a nail
" (-ortainlv." said .foii?s. " Then you inn.-t
h ivo nicl him. " -aid (ho old i m. ' l.?r yon
in vor could have overtaken hi'"."
An old lady Helling ankod. as i^ usual,
"what iho news "The l it' I.*'Mid the
"I'll :in::; < !? 11?, "i. thai the 1 s have
the Modoov" The ' Id lad; stim K her
knuckles oil the counter and evei aimed, "I
h"j>e the last one of cm will die "I it !"
J A Painful Separation.
''' o had been united for ii long thne, and
for many years I had no fault to find with
Tioj qrarcct disposition and her unalterable i
fidi ity. Night and day she was with me;
she ij^vcr left inc for a moment; at table she
nlu yfc ate the things that f preferred.
i. was happy, for she was beautiful. Some
ma ?>lmirc the. oriental beauties with their <
dai locks, their brunette complexions and
th-i '^voluptuous glances; others may cele- 1
bra k'thc goddesses of the North, their soft :
bin eyes arid their slender graceful forms;? :
slid ihc was tiny indeed, but she was white
as fltJrv. , l
Iga licr hair "! \
SMiliad no more than a billiard-hall. i
it she had pretty eyes ? !
Aewas blhid.' * j
J?*:peat, however, that I loved her for i
ahj?*s was beautiful; and you would have :
atffircdrher yourself if you could have seen
he* ^reclining'silent and motionless on her j
anjpil of criinscn velvet.
vtboped for a union without a cloud, but i i
fatjjbad decreed otherwise. Is there any- i
thivg; ^enduring in this world ? The finest <
writ? will turn sopr, and the most faithful I
eor$9*won *dl sometimes he corrupted.
'*Wit Wa? in my ease i
t-omMhoncediv?petty attempts to vex f
vty'tp wideh IU first paid but little atten- i
to my'habitual good humor; 1
cacp ^ . however. she grew uioro trouble- <
80fite;&J/^drc8sed roproacncs to nor, which i
sh^Mllifed without a word of reply. Was i
thi?B?nce an avowal of her wickedness? I ?
hftfipwuiaivofe to think so, for wc lived to- 1
amicably during the entire sumWfirkr
came, and my domestic troubles 1
repJbmeftced with, redoubled force. I tried (
tojg ffchcjt^lr With mildness, but in vain. I
tlu&rrcd h?r; it was equally useless. i
jVBk! it is too much," I exclaimed one t
cau stand it no longer ! 1'ou must i
4*1 see bow powerful is the force of hab- i
itjtt ?elt utterly incapable myself of sever- t
ineg^be bond that united us so closely; my t
raSfttion /ailed utterly. i
w Plria there arc several agencies wliicb I
tarcTfhargo of unions. All, from the hum- <
jfiBprorkman to the richest "fils de famillc,"
dH^gfrish to enter the lists of matrimony, <
^Hffad there irirls rich or poor, blonde or i
yHpte. Thoro one can take bis choice of 1
j^Bdrookcd, the straight, the fat, the thin, i
HBe'ing, or Arnold, the spirituellu or the i
places
I? started accordingly with her. But i
strange to say, she was perfectly charming <
all the way, and I had nothing to coinpVm 1
of for a single instant. Perhaps she divined j 1
where wo were going. For my part I was 1
temnted to turn back. j'
J - ^
"Suppose 1 do not go to this gentleman," 11
T said to myself. Then remembering all she ;1
had made mo suffer, all the torments she had
inflicted upon me, and reflecting that there j
might be still more in store for me, 1 was-; j
convinced that T would he a tool and a cow- |
anl if I did not obtain a separation at once. |
The next moment T was introduced into a |
parlor where there were several persons seated
awaiting their turn. They were all called ,
in One after the other. After about one hour |
of anxiety a servant came to me and said, ]
.Monsieur, it is your turfi; please walk into ,
the next room." I went in, taking her with ,
inc.. i
The person before whom I found myself'
had on a long dressing-gown, and a red skullcap
on his head.
'fou wish me to take her from yon /" lie ,
said. And at the same moment he look hold
of my arm.
"Oli. no!" I cried; let me keep her; do
not tear her from me !"
"Coward!" said the man in (lie red cap,
pu-diing me hack in a chair and seizing nic
by liio head.
Ah?ah?all?!?"Here, Monsieur, here
is yonr tooth.?-('ourr.'cr <1 ; Ktntf-L'.iis."
Nature wont he rohbed! I Tow many
times have you heard the old saying? Kx- ^
perlciue^i fathers and mothers urge upon ['
youthful sons and daughters that they should '
have a regular hour be an early one. so that I
by an abundance of sweet sleep they may i
not fail of the best measures of physical and j
mental growth. Hours of sleep, tho sleep of J
exhaustion, arc tho hours of accumulation.
Some one as sorts that tlm greatest preach- '
ors have invariably been great sleepers, j
I hietho fact that the pastor sometime s finds I
himself compelled to write late Satunly night j
ho. h his sermon, explain the lack of force
ii hi* pulpit efforts on the Pahhath ? due
f a minister's first duties is to himself, by
rest. and in all ways to keep himself in a
v.h ! siaiie and nerlect a frame of body, and
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mec ol' spirit, us it is possible l??r hiui to
." ('lire.
A female lawyer in Chicago lms just won
her first caso. Sho combined nil the cle1
jiionts essential t<>.success, being only ninelecn
years old, of very attractive appearance,
just admitted to practice, and having for
' !i i client a hard-working washerwoman who
was compelled to sue u butcher !*>r non-payment
of rent. Against the cloi|Ucnt p i unit
of dm young lady, the argument of the
cidicr's male attorney were of no avail, ami
jury bron-'ht in a verdict after but t v.<? |
lies' deliberation in favor of the washer- j
woman.
Kiirb' furlongs make a mile?The Crand
llapid- Times sav- tin re is a firmer near
.laid -on who has .a mile of viing < lies. 11
In- lour boys and four girls. 11 is name iI
I hi long."
Modern Literature.
When one looks on the ever-increasing
multitude of books, lie can but ask, who in
the generations to come will read them ?
Supposing literary productiveness to continue
as active as now?and haw. can future
readers do more than keep up witli the
literature of their own day ? What will they
do with the writers of the past'/ What with
the many products of the present generat ion ?
Of eoursc, by degrees, the fifth, fourth, thirdrate
authors disappear from public sight,
and their names livconly in antiquarian catalogues.
But what of those whom we are used
to class as fir.-tand second-rate?the men of
genitufand ofprc-mincntability?the Scott.s,
I ho Dickonscss, Thackcrays, 'tho'Bulwcrs,
the "Brownings, the Tennysons, hot to speak
those renowned as theologians, metaphysicians,
historians, scientists? Will thoy be
read fifty years hence?
It is not easy for a man r.P one ago to
fudge what .a coming age will admire and
loom worthy of preservation. There is,
indeed, ad ideal standard of excellence; and
in proportion as this is reached, the chances
)f immortality increase, but the literary ar:ists
who work for posterity are very. few. 1
Mot one writer in a thousand aspires higher
han no please the popular taste, and thus
icquire anjimmediate reputation. Literature
s more and more a trade and a means of
ivelihood, and must therefore address itself
:o topics of .popular interest, and aim to treat
hern according to popular tastes. No one
:an reasonably find fault with this. But it
shows us that popularity is no pledge ofpernanent
reputation. Time works great
changes in the relative position of authors,
rho names that the world will not willingly
ct die, were, in a few instances among the
ibscurc of their own'day. *
It is a question whether this great litera- ]
y fecundity is favorable to the highest re- 1
iults. It might seem that when such great
lumbers arc authors, tli-6 probabilities are j
lugmentcd that a certain number of them .
fill do work of the highest kind." Where ,
here are hundreds of Jamses and TroMopes
md Mnlchos. there is trreatcr likelihood of
>eing and Thackery, or one George Elliot. '
Perhaps this is so. T5ut, sotting aside '
genius?which is always a law to itself, and
annparativcly little affected by its surroun- <
lines?tho highest order of talent is quite j
is likely to be smothered as to bo. stimulated
jy tho warm and murky atmosphere in which
t now lives. Like trees in a thick forest '
tfhich check each other's growth, so these '
jumberless literateurs, by mutal action and
'oaction, arc kept in u mediocre, condition,
ind.cach booouies a kind off*? eimtfeof the j
rrt, ert?V.a
ndividnnllity, which gives - to books thcifi
diarm and power, is scarce possiblo to one
>vho docs not live a somewhat isolated intel- j
cctnal life. A man whose daily food is
from the newspapers and magazines and reviews,
and who measures himself by his con- '
cmporaries, will scarce bo heard of n qaar- '
Lcr of a century hence.?Churchman.
Scenk in a Smoking Car.?The follow- ,
ing amusing incident occurred recently in
:hc smoking car of a C. 0. and J. C. railroad
train, between Shelby and Cleveland. Says
he Cleveland Times:
A woman with a poodle dog entered the
?ar just piior to the departure of the train 1
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Iter dog on the seat, turned over (he back I
->f another one, so that each scat faced the ]
other. Together, she ami her canine companion
thus monopolized the entire seats. ]
Appearances seemed to indicate that the car
was one exclusively for the convenience of
those addicted to the use of the "weed;" but 1
of this fact she wa- soon advised by the conductor.
who advised her at the same time
that the accommodations in the other coaches
wore superior to those where she was
tl.cn. However, she insisted on ^remaining,
urging that her presence would deter the
occupants of the car from smoking, and she
would consequently experience no discomfort
from tobacco fumes. Long before the train
reached this city, however, a gentleman sitting
direct!}' in front of her produced his
case, aud, taking thcrelrom a cigar, began
puffing away at it. in a manner which seemed
peculiarly calculated to aggravate the
woman hack of him. Tn an instant strategic
ie movement, she wrested the obnoxious cigar
from his mouth and threw it out of flic
window, exclaiming. "If there is anything
i do hate, it is tobacco stnoke.'' The passenger
who had witnessed the affair were con""'^"'1
I nn.lonr hui the nffendiui? siliu
kcr supjtrefoil whatever emotions may have J
been struggling fur expression in words or j
action, and maintained throughout the sauie ;
imperturbable gravity which had character-1
i/cd him IVoni the first.. Calmly rising from 1
his scat, ho opened the window nearest him. !
fastening it np. and reaching over the seat-1
hack, took up that woman's 'poodle dog |
and threw it out oi'thc window as far beyond
as possible, at the same time saying, "if there
i< anything 1 do hate, it's a poodle dog !"
Here is another one of those delightful
facts of science : Feeling is a much slower
than sight. If a man had arms long enough
to reach the sun, and were to touch that
body witbthe tip of his fingers, he would '
never find out whether it were hot or cold. ,
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fiiaf (lie 50iiI is jicnuaneiif, und live from
thai belief, nixl .men existence will ^cem per
tii.iiieiit ft ii: The world becomes I he veil of
a bri 'ldorjJ'irv thai lies behind if; the mind,
e. iisciuti ( | n i.n il rooted beili", dot < linl
wait for immortality, "but is paxsod froui
I dc.it U uutu life.''
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Trne to the core?A good apple.
A tablo of interest?The dinner table.
ftvcry woman may be said to XL at forty.
Cruelty to animals.?Torhwing physic to
the dogs.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without
light.
Intellectal farming?Harrowing a man's
feelings.
Back pay?Settling for a coat; or getting
thrashing at school.
The band to accompany a lady vocalist?A
bus-band.
*
A man was arrested recently for being
intoxicated wjth delight.
What is that from which, it you tako
the whole, some will remasn ? Wholesome.
A gentleman in a fit of absent-mindedness,
told ilnothcr that he had two sons?both
boys.
Why is early grass like a penknife? because
the spring rings the blades.
Very Certain.?The surest way to loso
keep drinking other people's.
Tho book to whsch reference's most frequently
made nowadays?the pocketbook.
If your uncle's sister is not .your aunt,
what relation is to you ? She is your mother.
Pat was asked the other day if he understood
French. "Yes, yer honor, if it's spoken
in Irish."
A young man who was asked by his sweetheart
what phonography was, took out his
pencil and wrote the following, and 'said it
was phonography: " U R A B U T, L N."
Why is 3*?an who makes additons to a
false rumor like one who has confidence in
ill that is told him ? Because ho re-lies on
ill that he hears.
There is a time for all things. The time
*>'eavc is when a young lady asks you what
and ol a day it is lor waiting. . # .
How would you express, iu two letters,
;hat you were twice the sire of your compan- ^
oos ? I W (I double you.) 'if
A cloth saturated With chloroform and
lpplicd to the wound, is said to be sure cure
for a rattlesnake bite. *
Did the man who plowed the reas^d afterward
planted his loot upon his native soil,
sx-Iords are all alive and doing well?much
better than the last victim.
A schoolmaster, on being asked what was
meant by the word "fortification," answered,
'Two twcntyfications make a fortification."
Mrs. Thompson, who died near Glasgow,
Scotland, recently, in the eighty-fiftth year
)f her age, was the daughter of the poet
Burns.
The cost of maintaining the public schools
)f New York for the coming year will bo
*3,35(?,T)00. Of this sum the teachers will
receive a little over $2,000,000.
Beast Butler's favorite exercises arc said
to be walking for his health aud running
tor office. It is said he has gone <o Fire
Island to get acclimated, as his chances appear
good for a warm latitude eventually.
The Australians never sue for a divorce.
When a husband gets discouraged, he takes
his wife to the brow of a cliff to view tho
gorgeous sunset, and over she goes..
A (leorgia woman is credited with raising
a largo family, although not out of her teens,
it was her mother-in-law's family, and she
did it with a keg of gunpowder planted in
the cellar.
A youth and maiden were dancing the
lancer. In the course of the insane convertion
wfiieh the dance nccssitates, he took to
questioning her about her accomplishments.
' J>o j-ou paint ?" Ho asked, lfc wonders
what 011 earth she got mad about.
A Portland man was eau<rht fishing for
trout 011 another man's land the other day;
the owner remonstrated, but retired in silence
before the majestic answer. "Who
wants to catch your trout? I'm onlv trying
to drop in this worm."
\ Ttrnnl-K-n sr:i r.infcain. iust returned
t - ? ^ WV"V " " ~K 7 # - -
from a tour of the Holy, Laud, expressed,
himself as digested with Jerusalem. ''It is
the meanest place I ever visited. There is
not a drop oi'jiuuor in the whole town fit to
drink."
An Irish physician was called to examine
the corpse of another Irishman, who had
heen assassinated hv s one of his countrymen.
' This person," said he, after inspecting tlio
body, ''was so ill that if ho had not been
murdered, ho would have died half an hour
before."
A nicely dressed gentleman applied for a
marriage license at Povcr, Tennessee, last
week, but when he spoke the lady's name
the polite County Clerk suggested that, if it
was all the same to hint, he would prefer
that lie .should name some other party, as tho
one mentioned had become his wife the previous
eve n in*;.
"l>o you like chickens?" asked a remarkably
modest Nashville youth of his sweetness,
a- lie was walking about two feet from her*
on hi> way fVoni the ehurch, last Sunday
night. "Certainly 1 do," she replied; "why
do you ask such a <|iicstion as that ?" Became
I thought if you liked chickens, you
wouldn't object to taking a wing," and ho
crooked his arm in an irresistible manner,
Sweetness took a wing.