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VOLUME XXXV
tE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
AN
Independent Family' Paper.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
WILLIAM D. TRAXTIIAM
SUBSCRIPTION RATK8
One year, in advance $2 00 j
iz months 1 25
Three months... , 75
All transient Advertisements will be
etarged Oh* Dollar and Fifty Okxts per
qcarc for the first, and Oss Dollar per 1
Square for each subsequent insertion. '
Liberal contracts made with those !
desiring to advertise (
Transient Advertisements must be
paid for in advance.
Always in Time 1
TO . ,
Accommodate his Customers! !
J. W. JKcCURRY !
. 'Pegs to announce that his Stock of 1
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Which is constantly repleti- *
j'sh fisl uinjt never more com- (
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plele, nor the assortments
more varied and attractive. J
All that is asked is a call,
and he will guarantee a sale
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upon terms that cannot fail 1
to give satisfaction.
J. W McilRKV. \
April 12 3m
NEW GOODS!
NEW~G^DS rr
AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL. 1
Tiie undersigned, hnvin? opened n Store
in the building of Mr. Robert Latin on the
"east aide of lJrond street, nearly opposite
Clyburn's Block, respectfully invites an inspection
of her stock, which consists of
DRY GOODS.
GROCERIES, rc
BOOTS AND SHOES, o
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IIATS AND CAPS,
HARDWARE, WILLOWWARE,
GLASSWARE, CROCKERY,
&c., kc. &c. ?
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All of which rill hp sold at prices that M
cannot fail to give satisfaction. I'
MRS. P. TOBIAS. "
March 20. Sm
NEW DRUGSTo
my friends and the patrons of the late "
firm of Hodgson & Dunl&p, I announce that
I atn receding new additions to my stock of
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
Toilet Articles, Faints. Ac., '
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11 of which I propose to sell at prices to guit
theft imps.
After eleren year's experience, I feel that
I know the wants of the people, and shall <
spare no efforts to satisfy them, both as to
* 1 114 ? - ?.?.!ftftO /?f irAAtU*
me quality ituu puvuvi ?.
I shall endeavor always to treat all custom
era with courtesy, and expect to merit their j
confidence by & closr and personal attention '
to business.
Prescriptions entrusted to me will be cnic
fully and properly prepared.
My store will be open rrgubtrly on SaaJay
from 10 to 11 o'clock, a. m
. J. Dl^LAP.
September 21. tf
THE PLACE
To Buy and Noll !
The nndersigned respectfully informs the
public that he is selling DRY UOOD3. Clothing,
Roots, Shoes, Hats and Caps at the low
est prices.
also
CORN. BACON and all other GROCERIES,
at prices to suit the hard times, and of quality
to fljease the people both of town and I
country.
a 11 my goods can be bought cheap, but
rnly for cash.
The highest prices will be paid cash for
Wool, Hides, old metals, Rags, &c.
ff^One door north of Leitner & Dunlap's
office.
SIMON WOLFE
April 6?tf. ,
CAMD
iday??j?j>jaaca?S? ???
flMl ColumbiaJitgili If.
PUBLISHED
Daily, Iri- Weekly and Weekly,
AT
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
BY
HOYT, EMLYN & McDANIEL-1
JAMES A. HOYT, Editor.
The Daily Register contains the latest
news of the day, all commercial, political and
other matter sent by telegraph, full local reports,
editorials upon all current topics, and
rraxuk and agricultural departments.
The Daily has a circulation extending to
all parts of the State, is circulated in nearly
every Slate in the Union, and is constantly
increasing; therefore, us an advertising medium
it cannot be surpassed.
The Tri weekly Register is issued every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings,
\nd contains all the news of two days iu one 1
issue.
The werkly Register is an eight page pa- j
per, containing forty-eight columns, etnbra- j
sing the cream of the news of each week.? (
This paper is within the reach of every family,
and we are pleased to state the fact that
its largo circulation is rapidly extending. 1
~' - '? ^ Ul.U i
The Kegtelor is now iue vrgan 01 iueo?>c >
Grange, anil all mailers of interest to the ,
Matrons of Husbandry will be treated in their
lppropriate department. The Agricultural
?nd Grange articles will appear in each of
jut publications?Daily. 'J'ri-weekly and
Weekly.
iewm* or oupounil IIUP? T
DAILY REGISTER.
)ne Tear S7 00
lix Months 3 50
Three Months 1 75
TRL WEEKL Y REGISTER.
)ne Tear 5 00
>ix Months 2 50
Three Months 1 25
WEEKLY REGISTER.
)ne Tear 2 00
fix Months 1 00
'hrec Mouths 60
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JOB PRIMTIMG.
The best and cheapest Hook and Job Printng,
of every description, promptly and satisactorily
executed at the Register Office
All kiuds of Law blanks on hand, which
te will sell at the lowest prices.
JAMES A. HOVT,
H. N. EMLYN,
W.B McDANIEL,
lay 31 Proprietors aud Publishers.
FREDERICK J. HAY,
SURVEYOR.
CAMDEN, S C. ;
)FFEUS his professional services to the a
people of Kershaw and adjoining Coun- F
es 5
August 2C-tf. t
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MULBERR YDAIRY. ,
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I am now prepared to supply regularly Hi 1
esideuts of C'auulen and Kirkwood with 0
esh milk, delivered at door for Thirty o
cnts per gall n Parties wishing orders e
lied will please call at the Furniture Store
f J. J. Mackay, where they can purchase
ickets. S. MILLER WILLIAMS. s
Feb. 1-tf. a
WHO WANTS TO IUiLD i
Wehaveon hand a large quantity of the )
est seasoned lumber, all sorts and sizes, 1
ihich we propese to sell for cash or good f
apers, at the lowest market prices. For |
ualily of lumber, wo refer by permission to ^
'rank P, Heard, or to any person who has
rchased from us. 11EED & HURT. 1
ec 21-tf t
Bugging; and Ties.
15,000 jards Bagging, and
20,000 lbs. Tics. For sale by .
Septmbere 7 BAUM PRO'S. '
W A TV nn TA
To borrow Three hundred to a Thousand '
)ollar.?, payable January 1st, 1878. The beat I
iecurity and liberal rate of interest will be
;iven. Address, by letter, "C," 3
May 31 Care Camden Journal. j
SODA-WATER I
AT I
C. J. DUN LAP'S Drug Store.
Beef and Tongues. |
That nice Fulton Market Beef and Smoked
r >ngues. For sale bv (
BAUM BRO'S.
March 22 tf |
GRAIN CRADLES, "
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For sale by JAMES JONES.
May 24 tf
ICE CREAM! ICECllfiAM!
The undersigned is prepared to furnish
the best of ICE CHEAM at her store ontdoor
south of Cnpt. Clybum's block.
* MRS. J. HUCIfABEE.
June 21 * if
Lime! } Jmtt!
On hand?WO barrels of superior Lime,
which will bo sold at prices to suit the times.
I aui prepared to furnish Merchants and
others with Flour, Corn, Bacon, Lard, Hams,
Mackerel. Sc.. at lowest prices.
Orders respectfully solicited.
THOMAS I. JONESJune
21, lni
>ETY, SOUTH-CABO
A Vivid Scene in Florida*
The Feast of Sharks anil the Gulls?The
Battle of the Sharks and the Alligators j
?TJic water reddened with their
Blood.
A correspondent of the New York Sun
gives the following graphic description of
scenes witnessed on a barren and nearly I
in accessible point 011 the coast of Florida, j
If you will look at. the map of Florida i
away down tin eastern coast, you may sec
a sput marked "Jupiter," or^'Jupiter Inlet."
8omc maps make it "Juniper."?
This is wrong. Its namesake was old Jup
ter, the s'avo of an army officer, who
v ds stationed at this point during the j
urst bcimriolo war. jupucr is uciwceu
latitude twenty six and twenty seven dcgros.
Although only 120 miles nortli of
l ey West, it bulges to the east nearly a
dey.ee of longitude beyond Cape Canaveral.
It is probably the most iaaccehsib!e
and barren nook on the whole Floridian
coast, and can be reached only io light 1
draught boats, sailing tho whole length of
the Indian river. Sharp coral reef frin?
zes its shore, and high hillocks of white
saud, sprinkled with thick clumps olscrub <
and cactus, rear their heads above the in. 1
let. The livoly sand crab catches fireflies
on tho beach, and huge turtles deposit i
their eggs in tho sand. This attracts '
scores of bears from the swamps and ham- I
tnocks bordering the Everglades; for I
them the turtle and its eggs are a tooth- i
some delicacy. Spotted tiger cats play
imong the sand hills by moonlight, and i
n. fi.r.. p. i.gj ?liwn) -fn j 1
post of king crabs or more substantial <
iict. The largest puma ever seen in the t
i'tate was shot in this region by the kecpr <
?r of the lighthouse. It was as formida
ale as a Iloyal Bengal tig*r. and measured <
)ver thirteen feet from snout to tip. t
The shallow salt water swarms with t
ish. Schools of mullet and pompino
1 .at. In fh n Kiinli.rht nnd cavalhj. bona- I
ish, blucfish, red b::ss, drum snapper* and
groupers are here in myriads. Jew fish t
lave been caught weighing over GOO
rounds. SawO-h, the size of vouog
vhales, surge through the narrow chanicls,
and ravenous shasks from twelve to
wenty feet in length Loop a rigid block, a
do outside As the tide rises they como ,
ritliin the inlet in search of prey. The j
?ass and other fish that have been feed. t
ng upon th"t mullet, become in turn the f
ictims of the shark. The smaller G-h (
lart to and fro, making the water boil in
heir efforts to escape. Millions arc slovj- j
y but surely driven into a small bay by 0
he sharks, who whip the waves into f<?am
n their hungry fury. Penned at last, ^
he doomed fish leap in the air with tor- f
?mA .-'""tig "'' 'i""" ?-"p ?
haiks charge \vill) a rush. Their jaws j
nap like pistol shots, and mutilated Ush |,
rc scattered over the water. Schools of
K?rpoiscs join in the slaughter, and occa.
tonally an old alligator shoves ofi from j
he chore, sinks himself liko a submarine
nttery, wild steals a bountceus meal.
Nor is an alligator the only free feeder,
flic air is filled with thousands of lilac
eathcred terns and gulls. Full well do 0
hey understand the situation. The rush ^
i their wings is like a breeze in the for. j
st of pines, and their screams are deaf- g
ning. lly plutooni. they dash jnto the
gita.ed water, and soar off the roaring
urf each with a fish in its bill. Tho very a
ir sparkles with fish, for the gulls loss j v
heir victims up until they catch theui by ^
he head. Then they arc easily bolted. o
ligh above the terns float flocks of gray
>o!ieans, larger than geese, and grave j
,nd formal as judges. The wind whistles
>cneath their great wings, but they make ()
10 audible expression of satisfaction.? ^
dropping into the waves with a gfoat
plash, after a few lubberly maneuvers J
hey fill their pouches, and sail away as ^
hough the whole affair hud b<.sn arran4
;cd fur their own exclusive benefit. A j
)a-ty of stalwart herons pace the strand ^
n their Austrian uniforms, and pick up
he tiny silver fish slopping ashore during
hegeneral commotion. And last and
rust, our littlo Northern kingfisher, clad .
n a sky bluo suit, springs his little ratio,
and hangs on the outskirts of the <
jjttlc, picking up the choicest tidbits? )
Such i? an every day scone at Jupiter du- .
'ing the sutnm r and full.
A liglitliou.se is the enly sign of civili"
s.tion at Jupit/r. It towers 1 GO foot
from a sand bill on the main land, and is
i plain brick shalf crowned with arevolv- j '
ng light. Heavy eastern gales combined .
villi the action of the gulf stream, some- j .
iuies, shut the inlet. About fifteen years
igo astro) closed the gap. Millions ol
n.lt water Csh were darned in. Thon'a
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long rainy season loiioweu- 'i no -tup
North, Allokehatclm ai d Lake Worth
rivera, which otnty into tho India i river
within a n.i!e of the in Set. poured ou|, vol.
limes of fresh w iter, hat Um ocean had
Jone i 19 work well, nod the d.uu remain*
id intact. The fresh water passed through
Indian river inlet, fifty miles nocthofd'l
piter.
The salt v.atcr at Jopiter became ires!'
All the oysters died. I rlliion* of tidierand
hermit crahs g.?eo up tho ghost. Tli
mangrove trees turned a sickly yell and
the thousand* of iuscots that draw their
nourishment from saline disappeared ?
Schools of black bissjloft the fresh st roams,
and appeared at Jupiter. Solid acres of
fresh water fishes piled themselves into the
bij?ht of the inlet, and fought for the S'i
water that ooked through the sand it high
tide. Tho alligators of the Kvcrgladosgot
wind of what was going on. They cauio
down the Allokchateliie and Like Worth
creek in scores, nndlatlucked the fisbdnnr
mcd in the bight. The slaughter was astonishing.
The water turned to blood, and was car
pcted with dead fish. The alligators were
reinforced until their number was r-tr
mated at five hundred They gorged
themselves with iisl, and dozed awaythcir
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IJNA, THURSDAY
.ia_ss
in.' rajs of the sun. The beach was blaek
w ill their mailed bodies. At night their
muttered thunder fairly shook the fouoda"
lions t>f\iho lighthouse.
Onr <%r a north wind arose. It, gath.
ered in'fjtongth day by day until its fury
was tbatjii gale. It began to back up'
the watey? in the i.1 let. Rain foil, and j
the waters increased in depth. The wind 1
shifted to the 'northwest. \ high neap
tide followed. As it began to fail, a thread
of Ircslf water found its way over the
sandy barrier Wbithin twenty minutes
the dam wis burst, and the pent up waters
were roaring and rushing into the
sea. The army of alligators was caught
in the flood and carried outside. A terri* i
fio fight ousjod. The neap tilj had
brought hundreds of cu irtnous sharks to <
the coast. They scented the fresh water
atiJ made A.r the inlet. Frantic after
their enforced fasting during the storm, i
they attacked the alligators. The noise i
td" the combat waa hcarJ above the roar of
tiie ocean. A son of Judge Payne, of!
Fort Cnpron, who witnessed the scene, tells i
me that he Paw sharks and alligators rise
on the crest cf the waves and fight like
dogs.
Many of the killed floated belly upward
and weic afterwards rocked ashore by the
waves. For days their bodies driftpd to I
the beach. The doad alligators had lost I
their legs and tails. The sharks in some i
Jasos woir^uearly bitten ir.totwu pieces ?
The currnit of the gulf stream strewed the i
shore as north as Cnpc Malabar with dietr
errfcalses. Clouds of buzzards, and i
;ven the D.hama vultures woro drawn to i
he beach ny the '">fT 1. Mr. Payne fan? i
nes that tjic sharks were t.ao active for I
lie aligifora, Lilt others suy that the per- '
:ontago of bodies on the beach indicated f
hat the weight of metal was in favor of t
lie irotrelatl reptiles. 1
(
The Laws of (he Sfiite.
Vn Act tu provide fir the ct s ouy of a
oflicial b nds of County ofliear*, and lor c
the examination oftho same fro u ttuio 1
to time. _ a
Section i. IJo it enactcl ly the Senate
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>11 J UOU.-USOI l\ pri'SC'llUIIHB III |||U Clitiv j
>f South Carolina. now mot. and .sitting J'
11 General Assembly, and by the authori1* < '
y of the s.uno, That Section 7 of chaj t- j a
r 23, of title 7, of" the revised statutes i e
d'South Carolina, be amended by striking F
ut the words "'State officers'' and insert. : ''
ng in lieu thereof the words ' public offi- 1
era of this State." j ?
Seo. 2. That the sureties to the several ' 1
toiids of tlio county olficcrs licrein refer- i
od to, and required by law, shall be in ; 1
' . " C. "Nf -'ns of the rcveral co'in- ' 0
les in which laterr-prtmojmw ?wj*?enrtrty rlold
office. j r
Approved Juno 9, 1877. ?
t
^n Act to prohibit the sale of Seed Cot- c
10 i I o:ween the time of the setting s
nud rising ol" tho sun, and to regulate J
the sale of Seed Cotton. '
licit ciinctcil by the Senate and Hou?c s
f Representatives of the Stat; of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of tho u
ante; ?
Section 1. That on and after the pas- ^
ago of this act it shall not be lawful for n
,ny person to buy. or sell, or receive by j t
ray of barter, exchange or traffic of any ^
ort, any seed cotton, between the hours a
f sundown or sunrise of any day. 0
Sec. 3. That any prson who shall vio. s
ate the provisions of Section one (1) of j,
his net shall, upon conviction in the Court ^
f General Sessions, or of trial justice, v
io Gned in the sum of fifty dollars, or im a
>ri*>ncd in the county jail for a period of ;|
hirty days, or both in the discretion of ^
ho court, c
See. 3. That all acts, or parts of acts, v
noonsistent with this act, bo anil tlic <j
atno arc hereby repealed. I
Approvc.il June S, 1677.
The Misses Vance, of Memphis, Tenn., ?
iavc been auiotig the most famous beau. (
ien of the South, and one of them, Miss ?
5usic, obtained some literary reputation E
t few years ago by a popular story of a ,
a^hiouablo Southeru life. A few days ^
since another sister, Miss Lula Vance, .
ichicvcd a reputation of another but ccr. ?
ainly not less valuable sort by an heroic (
ittcuipt to rescue a drowning child. At
1 pic nic party just below Memphis, a
ittle son of Mr Alexander fell into the (
Mississippi, and Miss Vance, an expert :
swimmer, who was near him, jumped into >
:hc river without a moment's hesitation, i
ind had almost reached the drowning boy, i
when lu sank beyond roeov? ry. Mean. |
while one of tlie gentlemen in tlu> party
wi swin.:ni:>g out tj the rescue, hut dis*
ir ling his ni l, she reached tho sltore <
tviihout difficulty. The chili's h ?dy was 1
dinrily after recovered, but life was ex
linot. I
Utile May Ijad been on a visit to some
f her mother's friends in t'an.ola. and
whih- there !iad heard th* Sunday school
r. vino so well known, 'Come to Jesus, 11 (
will wash von white as miowSir. After
licr nuiv.Vl ;it home, not'ft-clirif; in a very
playful inooJ, alio sealed herself in her
little rockin?( chair and bewail sin<;inp.
'''nine to .Jesus?' which seemed to he all
she could rem .>mWr of tlio hymn. After
repeating the word several times she was
ash< <1 !?>* her auntie, 'May. where is do.
sus V May answered, 'Over in Tnnady !'
'Well, what docs he <1?? ?' 'lie works,'
said May. 'Works at what ?' To which,
after some hesitation, the little one rcu
plied, 'lie washes !'
Sliakspeare asked -'Wh it's in a name ?"
If he had been studying Kastcrn war
maps he would have found that thirtyfive
consonants and three vowls wore in
most of thorn.
g: J. way is: BBMMBMMnMMMMMi
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, JUNE S*c, 1877.
Si'iiator M. C. Butler's Reply.
(From the Columbia Register.)
Our readers will remember the lvicn?Jly
letter to General M. (J. Butler from the
cashier of Chanibcrsburg National Bank.
Mr. George It. Messcrsmith, which was
first published in the Register on the
IGtli ultimo, and which has since been
extensively copied throughout the United
Stares with favorable couirneuts. Mr.
Mcsscrsmith, it will be remembered, although
a staunch and decided Republican,
congratulated General Butler upon
bis election to the position of United
States Senator, and in the warmest manner
returned his thanks for the courtesy and
dignilied soldierly conduct of Gcncrul
Butler when he was charged with the
custody of the band and its cashier, during
Stuart's raid on Chanibersburg in
1SG2. Thu Philadelphia Times publish*
cs the reply of General Butler in a recent
issue, and we doubt not that its
liberal seutiments will produce a different
impression among the Northern people to
that usually entertained in regard to 3sn. 1
Butler, The reply is as follows : <
s
Edgefield, S. C? May 13, 1877.
Mr G. R. Mrsscrsmith ; <
My Dear Sir?I received your very ?
kind letter of the 28th ultimo, and beg i
'.o reciprocate the sentiments of kiudncss t
tnd good will therein expressed. f
I have not forgotten the occasion to 1
which you refer and never shall. It was I
l terrible night, and I am glad to know I
hat you remember the pleasant side of
ho picture. Why should wo all not
loso, and forget the passions, heart tl
turnings and wounds of our fearful strife? d
!Ve nil fought well, did our best, and I \
"eo! no dishonor at surrendering my sword n
o superior numbers, and I am sure no a
mnorablo man who is a true American 0
tilizen would have me dishonored by it. t|
President Hives is elevating the states- a
nanship of the country to a higher plane j,
md must succeed in his -new departure' a
?n that lino I trust in G<>d he may and C/
hat wo shall henceforth have less sectiou Hj
ilism and partisan bitterness. h
The country North as well as South 6|
cquireM peaco and quiet and the devel- d
>puient of a kindlier and more natural <?
eeling. Republican institutions are just j
is dear to us of the South as ever and we tl
!* ?!' flw.l ? nrnf'ittnal nrUn tn fltnii* niirw.
lete Iriumpli and perpetuation. \W \
lave a now era in South Cur.dina. and .;]
indor llnuiptou'ri administration we oon- b
id-ntly anticipate a stride fowird in cvo M
y departujent of l.fo, which will bring r(
lappincss and wealth and contentment in ai
is train to all classes and conditions of g(
ur people. The millenium has not come ^
i joice If I should pass through your ei
ity I will do uiysclf the pleasure of pay 0|
ngyou a visit, and beg that you will not ?
omc to South Carolina without calling to tc
co mo. 1 shall bo most happy to have 0I
r>u make a raid on Edgefield and take uic h
risoncr in my own house, and then we r<
hall be even Very truly yours, See. t<
M.O. Butler.
Tiie Natives of Lapland.-?The
a II arc physically a fino race, and are
; nerally honest and industrious with an ^
ir of independence and straightforward" j,
iPM. Like the poorer Swedes elsewhere, jf
hey are greatly given to tho uso of to' ^
lacco in all forms, and besides smoking 'j
nd chewing in tho usual approved meth- q
ds, they actually cat larger quantities of y
iiuflf, helping themselves, as the Iliglr ^
midcrs do, with a horn or spoon from a ^
mv. The women liavo pleisaut faces, ^
rith rather refined expression. There is
1 ?linm P
' SlfOng KKllliy rnuuiuanvii rnuwug uivui, ^
nd the type consists of large grey eyes,
irown hair, rather fair complexion, a free
arringo, and not ungraceful figure, though ^
villi full waist and largo hands and feet.
The older wouieu look worn, but never
lave the haggish and almost brutalized
ook which is not uncommon in old wo" v
nun in other Countries who have Jed hard, u
nit-door lives. The general expression of
:ountenance is somewhat pathetic, though p
hey accui contented with their strange, o
lolitary and jobless life, and wo could a
lever get any of'them to confess that they '
iVould oarc to change it, nor even to com- a
lain of what, as it appears to us, must be !|
he terrible monotony and hardship of b
lie long, dark winter. ^
llow a Chinaman Would Open
Jourt.?There is a Joss house on the j
illey in the rear of a building on Kearney (
ifreet, between Pine and California, Sail J
Francisco, in which is t !sc room of the j
nineteenth district court. In order t<. j
prevent annoyance to the court by the t
iois. s in the .loss temple, an arrangement a
xisi.-d ov which, on a certain sign with ,
'Iiinesc characters beaur hung <mr of a }
viti low ai iIn- alloy. nil u nig Mi-Hi' ss in
lie ICdlplu is until lIlC sigll IS
atiled in. A Chinaman who speaks .1
modicum of Knglish, and hail heard I hi4 1
[Hitiipniis declaration hy which the sheriff j
1 pet s court, to wit: * 11 our ye. hear j
e ! The honorable, t!.o district k]
>mt is n w open pursuant to adjournment"?tried
his talent at interpreting j
die sign ahovc mentioned with the follow k
in?r result: "lli-yah, hiryah, lii-nyh ! (
11iin disiick court nine ton limes, alloc ,
-ame open pretty soon in a jug."
Tf the maiden State is Miss, and the
religious State Mass , the sickest State is (
Turdy 111. (
1
The season is just getting along far j
enough to make a man begin to wonder (
if the soda water at tho drug stores this
maimer will taste as much like whiskey
as they did inst year.
Nothing makes a bah! headed man madder
llun to be accused of not having
cleaned the hairs out of tho comb.
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NUMBER 51
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Not Much Ahead.
A man with the most lonesome expression
an artist ever conjured up for
canvas, halted at an eating stand in the
Central Market tho other day, and said :
'My good woman, I have been - robbed
of eight thousand dollars in this city.'
'Poor man !" she promptly sighed.'
'Yes, robbed of eight thousand dollars,
and I am a hundred miles from home,
and hungry and penniless.'
'And you want something to cat V
Yes ma'ru.'
'You shall have it. Sit right down
here.'
He sat down and she gave him some
coffee, a piece of meat and some biscntt.
When lie hud finished eating, he said :
'Madam, did you really believo my
story ?'
:No. Sir,' she answered.
'You thought I lied, did you ?'
I knew you did.'
'Hut you gave tne food.'
'So I did. My boy found a dog yescrday,
and gavo him more than he conld '
?at. I simply gave you what was left to
lavo filling the slopjpail.'
Mo/lo r?! ' hcrtuti Vn innn a a kie mAnfk
?'iaunui| vv^iiu vuu ujuti | a a si 10 lUUUbU
lommenccd to draw around, 'oiadam, I
lon't sec whether I'm ahead of tho dog
ir the dog ahead of me on this thing;
>ut I know jou are ahead of both, and I
eel sick. You playdd it well, and if
here's any dying declaration in my case
won't mix you in. Bye-bye, old gal.?
'm failing fait.?Detroit Free Press.
A Guiltless Man Condemned.?In
lie year 18G9 five men entered the rcsiencc
of a clergyman named Schroeder
Vallvillig, in the Duchy of Lux"uibarg.
jurdcrcd the servant, and left tho clorgy"
tan himself for dead. The latter howver,
recovered, and declared that among
be number of his assailants ho recognised
young man named Gillcn. Five men,
icIuJing Gillrn, wore put on trial, and
II d-Miicd the crime. Gillcn, even succcdod
in proving that at nino p. M.,
uirtly before t he commissi on of th- crime,
c was in his bed. However no: withsanding
this and the efforts of ? very
isiinguishcd counsel, the case, went so
rongly against him that be was concmncd
to death, and even his father ad* ^
litted that the evidence proved him guilj.
The sentence parsed on the five coniets
was subsequently commuted to pon"
I servitude for life, and freui the time
e entered prison Gillcn refund all con)lution,
and, it w?s n ?tcd, never ?poke
> any of his fellow prisoners. Whenever
a opportunity offered he vigorously as>rtcd
his innocence. And at length a .
ay arrived wheg^^jQ^ ^n^}'
r tour avowed on his deathbed the guilt
r himself and three of those condemned.
As to Gillcn," ho said, ''he had nothing
> do with it; wo knew nothing whatever
fliim, before orafter." The government
as ordered Gillen to bo discharged. He
tfuses the pardjn. and insistsjou his sen*
mce being reversed.
A Leoal Firm.?Thcro were two law*
era in partnership, with the peculiarly
uppv names of Cutchom and Chetum.?
'cople laughed at seeing these two names
i juxtaposition over the door, so the
iwyers thought it advisable to separate
lem by the insortion of their Christian
amcs. Mr. Catchem's name was Isaac?
Ir. Chetum's, Uriah. A new bosrd was
rdercd; but when sent to the painter it
'its found to be too short to admit the
hristian names at full length. The
ainter, therefore, put only the initials
cfore thu surnames, which made the
latter still worse than before, for there
ow appeared, '*1. Catchem & U.
Ihctum."
At Southern hotel bar an eager cootro*
crsy was pending 'twix various generals,
lajors. etc., when aquito fellow observed:
1 happened to be there, gentlemen, and
ossibly may be able to refresh your menu
ries." Thereupon he proccoded to give
succinct acccount of a smart action.-?
What might have been your rank, sir?"
sked the hotel koep-r. "I war a private," /
b<>ut to .start next day, he demanded his
till. "Not a cent, air; not n cent ?
fou're the very first private I ever met."
lie was praising her beautiful hair, and
t'g^ing for ono tiny curl, when her litle
brother said : "Oh, my ! 'taint nothn^'
now. You just tfught to hav been
tow long it lianas down when she lmngs
t on side of the table to couib it." Then
hey l iughed. and she called her brother
l cute little angel. :ind when the young
nan wis cuing nr.d In ??.? d that b >v yelling,
1.* th-mc'it the l:td *.v ? ttk?'n suddenly ill
A story is toM of a shrewish Scotch"
r.innn who ric?l to wean her husband
'roin the public horse by employing her
rother to not the | nr' of a ghost, and
right m John on ! a way home. i<Whn
ire \<>usaid the guidemnn as the ap*
larition ro?o bef>r?> hiui from behind a
>ush. ' I :un au!d Nick." was tho reply.
Pome awn,' mm." said John, nothing
taunted ; "gic's a sliake of your hand; I
un married to a sister of yours."
At a prayer meeting in a Providence
jltureh recently. Deacon nrose and
expressed himself thusly : "My frienda,
vith great sorrow and regret I havo just
earned of tho decease of our beloved
Hrothcr . Let us now sing "Praia#
Sod from whom all blessings flow."
The Williamsburg Republicoo, ore of
the tew Radical papers loll in South Carolina.
has passed in its cheeks. Cause?
the cutting oft' of public pp by the Hem*
ocralio party.