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Per I):i#v. \?/irnorcial Trareler* w i} 1 have crcry Minunin j I In their en t ?r. ari>l he fur bikliel ?vii!i SAMi'Li: K<?(I\1S at lb;s llnuir, aii l jier-oi'S vi?itiu;; ' ainijeii will till I ll .1 jdiet lltlil pleasant lid.lie. Special rale* ma > fir piiri.es traveling together, ati l for those who w!?h to s.ny ti week or more. tlcjf III connection with the house i* a firei-clas* 1.IVKKV STAIAI.K. wlnie horses and vehicles can he ha I at all times for town or countij us?, at tin; most reasonable rates Conveyances to ami from tin depot at ever/ traiu. UeeiSn I VOLUME XXXVI. : A Kiss AT THE DOOR. W? were standing in the doorway. My little wife and I: Th > polden sun upon her hair I Fell down so silently. A small white hand upon my arm, Vbat coulJ I a-^k for nj ire Than the kindly glance of loving eyes, As she issed me at the door? i I know she loves with .ill her heart < The one who stands beside And llie years have been so joyous Since first 1 called her bride 1 We've had sojnnch of hap; ine-u Since i\e met in years before, lint the happiest time of all was When she kissed ine al the djor. I Who cares for wealth or land or gold, Or fame, or matchless power? It does not give the happiness Of just one little hour. With ore who loves me as her life? I She snjs she "loves me more"? And I thought she did this morning, When she kissed tue at the door. At times it seemed that all the world, With all its wealth and po'd, Is very small aad poor indeed Compared with what 1 hold. And when the clouds hang grim and datk. I only look the more For one who waits my coming step To kiss ine at the door. If she lives till age shut' scatter The frost upon her he id, I know she'll love me just the satne As t lie morning we were wed ; Cut if the angels call her. And she goes to heaven before, I shall know her when 1 meet her, Fcr she'll kiss me at the door. BELLA'S PROMISE. ? "I 11 wait fur you, Ralph, no matter li"W long it will bo. I'll trust in you. and wait for yoc." The speak. r was a fair-haired girl, not exactly pretty, but with a delicate, 'oval face, glowing with health, soft, i truthful brown eye?, and a slight, trim figure. She stord under the apple! trees, loaded with blossoms that per-1 futacd the air. the setting sun shiuinjr { slantly on her head, and a stray white ' petal front the apple boughs lying on | her fair hair. ' It won't be very long. Bella; only three yens." said her companion, a tall, > handsome youth, with curling chestnut : hair and dark blue eyes. "We are , boung?you, only seventeen?T. twenty; i three years won't seem long to cither of us." A shower of snowflakes fell on Bella! fr?ni the apple boughs above ber. "Let t.s go in ; it is almost tea-time," j -lie said, brushing them from her j hair. The young tnan dr w her hand through his arm. and they sauntered up the gar- : den walk. Ralph Truuiain and Bella ?olton | were companions hiht child' ood. Ralph had li st both par nts at an ear'v auc. and hed hi en left in tlie rare of 'S.juire , ?eUon, whose wife bad died at Bulla's i btrtli Ralph was as dear as a son to 1 the 'Siiuire, who i'undlv hoped to Stc : liim u artied to R.dla; but an unexpected event came to change the current of ihe young people's lives. This event . I... , .a'.. IVnni ?in undo ' .v?. .J . I . . of Ralph's. Iii-' father's brother, who hail !org been ilio'iirJ.f. dead, having 'eft Iiyun* in I:i-- youth, and though diligently searched l??r, his rdaiivet> had diseov* ered no tract? of his whereabout*. It s?'i tl'at lie Rati settled in IlorgI\< ii?. and bavin? amassed a 'urg'e f .r? tune. wT'ie home to his brother, b? ing in ignorance of his diath. The letter, addressed to Ralph Turinain was. of coarse, forwarded to young Ralj h win), upon op* tiing it, discovered that it was for his father, and was front i is long-missing uncle. Roth he and [ 'c'quirc Seitoii In-t no time in nnsw? ring the letter, and informing the absent man of bis btothei's death. As soon as possible, a letter reached Ralph from his uncle, requesting him to collie to China, and promising to make him his heir. 'J hough sony to part with hiui. 'Squire S? I'oii could not. do otlicrv* i>t* than to counsel him to go. so preparation* were made lor the journey, and Ralph was to start on th? nooning 'i?li towing the commencement of this story. "Well, children," said the 'Squire, who sat smoking in the p< rclt. as Ralph and R? II i stood ti-fore him. lie was a 'stout, Inarty-looking man of fluty-five years, with a good milured expression on his c oin''nance. "Well, children, don t look so down-1 carted. Bella murmured someti ing about si l ing if tea w as ready, and entered tIre h"U-e. R si| li threw hciis-df down on the sit | -. ami survey* d the scene before Inm widi a sigh ' Aie \ou so. rv to have the old place, iuv l?' v f llii' "Vi*. s'r,' r-plicd Kalji'ij '-lis!?" ' ]!ut wbut. "I ? I sIhmiM ftol L-.pj.'er if tlur\ia> an im nt Lctvnu l>c!ia and 11.3 " N'i>. no, my buy. '! I:< iff must lis tin i-vj.?a "tin lit Itimc'i ti \i-n; in I Is roc v?.irs c*?t] r 1 r l? til u 11 v (l aii^o \m;r it;*n h. 11 i.s List (hat .on slii.u J L'.tli Li: lire " "M:>y I cnnsiJi r that yn'ir Una] dc. t-i-ion. .Mr. Frlton ?" iiiijiji-r l tl.oyouun man t r ivoiy. ' Von, Ma'pli." ri'Jilii <1 llic 'Srjiiiri', r p'ai itijr his pij 0 11 iwf 11 ;.i- Iij?-?. Ni-xt inntiiiii^ 1! ii| 'i 'i 111 main l< ft t!i Lou i' id Li- cliiiiiliood in liu<! his uiii 'i- in II ( li l> >. A 11 on 1 > aft01 Ins i'i pa'tuic, I? La mi.d Lei I at In r r? ( ivi'il li ins J'oiii liiui li.* was in l.ivoij(10I in 1) tvas about to snI lor (ihitia in one ol Lis uncc's ves8" !s "You si e, llci'ii.' Lc v oH\ ' uiy uncle bus uot iorgotuu tLc lend ol' Lit CAN tiirtli. T!'C vessel I utn In s il in is named ' The litis ? of Cauauu.' " Alter that no news from Tlalph reached the Selton's, so they tonc'uded hat he had sailed for China, and did not expect to hear front him again until the next spring. The summer passed, and autumn cane, with its ripened fruit and golden grain; a little later and the IV..st s-t in. ! and the trees waved their leafless branchrs in the November L'as's, when li< 11a. sitting one n)oniiig by the cheerful win <1 fire in the dining r^om at Se'?nn Hall, awaiting the appearance of her father for breakfast, took up a newspaper that lay folded on the table. Turning it over, a heading. "Lost at j Sea," caught her eye. She glanced over it, and read : "New York, Nov. 20th.?The brig ! 'John Lawn nee,' from Singapore.; Drown, master, reports having picked j up, on the 3d of August, iirthe Indian , Ocean, hit. 20 d< g. 15 min. south, long. ' 75 <h'g. 13 min west, a long boat, bearing the name 'Rose of Canada,' with j iho body of a niun apparently :i sailor, j in it. It is supposed that the vessel was i wrecked in uiid-occau and that the oe- i cupan! of the boat perished froui expo- 1 sure and starvation. A blanket and an 1 empty bottle was lound in the b a'." No cry escaped from Bella; she sat clutching the paper, her eyes strained j on the paragraph. Five minutes later the 'Squire entered the room. ' flord morning, Bella. Kept you waiting, eh ? Well, lot's have breakfast at once." No answer. * Hoi in. chiltl, are you so interested in that paper, that you can't leave it ?" Still no an?wer. "Is the child asleep? Bella!" lie advanced and laid bis band on her shoulder The touch seemed to break tlie spell that b >und h?-r; with one wild cry >hc sprang from the chair,' threw up her hands, and dropped senseit s-? at her father's feet. Raising her in his arms, the 'Squire j Oiled 'he house with calls for help. All that day, and for many days after. I*, 11a Selton lay unconscious of j what was jassir.g round her. 'S'juirn FeUou. in searching for the j cause of Bella's swoon and subsequent ; illness, discovered tbc paragraph con- j i ccrning the "Hose ?f Canada." '1 hough j he greatly feared that Ralph Tiumnin! had perished, yet he set to work to dis- |, cover, it possible, a clew to his fate, j i lie wrote to the captain of the ".John ' Lawn nee,' wrote to the consigner* of the " K-.se of Canada" at Liverpool, an-J wrote to Ralph's uncle at Hong-Kong. Two of thc-t; letters wciv a: swen d before Christmas, the captain giving the particulars of the long boat; the cmsignoi.s iiiforming the 'Squire timt Ralph Trumain had saibd in the "Ro e of Canada." wl ich had undoubtedly been lost w ith all (hi b> ar-2. Jiong b'forc the last b-tifr bad reached the'Squire. Bel-i. much paler and thinner than usual, had taken her accustomed place in the household; be- ' fore spring came In r form was ns iootid and her eln eks ns pink as cvci; but ; that she crieved for tin playmate of her childhood, and the lover o| later ytars, was plainly t c( u in her quiet, sad man- j tier. n-iccpi? iiv and Bella recovered iier old cheerfulness. Suitors came. but she encouraged none. Her everyI day life said plainly, in the words of ; Marian Gray : 1 can lore no more, | !\fv heart lie* buried beneath ilie sea, Vet why should 1 give my <Uy? io ci i*T, There is plenty of work in the world f?. r j rue. And work site did; the poor of the ! country round blessed her; riot a house did sickness or sorrow enter but IMIa Helton found her way to bring sunshine to n any a darkened houic. I 'Stjuire Helton had loomed for Ralph j as for a son, yet lie hoped that 1M!:? would forget him and marry. Only mice did iic IIHIl'iol) tile blll'ject lol'.l'a. j wlnn a rising young lawv-r ask<-d ll-r her hand in ln r tweiily-sec <i d year, ' ln-lla, my child.'' lie said, ' why I won't you accept young Granville? li t wou'd make y-u happy, and 1 wi-h so j UiUt h to see you settled. ' P ar papa," Heila rpli-<l,"I cannot j Hoinetliinj wnispcr* tome that Ralph i? s; ill living. Five years ago 1 lol l him I would wait lor hiut, and I will keep my word." ' God grant that ho is living," said i the 'H(|'iirc. solemnly, '"but I can scarcely hope it: five years is a long time , India*'" ' I know that papa, and still I have hope," was the reply, and so tlie subject dropped. | And the uais passed on, bringing no tidings ol l!:i);.h 'J'ruuiuiu, or ' 'J he li i.-c ol (/'ana la ***1: it'ltt *:} .*+ **** ! Again ii was May, and the apple-. b-o-S'inw loaded with pcihitue the air I aroni d s 11 ii Hull. Tin* miii u.i-sink- ! ing slow y in tiie west, its rays lighting up the windows of the ' ouse. as a lair- ' t ailed woman pished out ol a side door and walked toward the orchard. Pouti i i ;,t iln- far end she Ktopp. d. anil ieutie el . against an apple I re *. j i.x?i en years to-day," she tnurn.illed. 'and it seeii.s list' a ilnan; sixlc o \e r- sine" I prom sed to wait for \ u ' < >. Ha ph. i! Iph ! i iv [in r lost Ka'pli ! living or dead, do Voli LtioW I am waring for you still A soft biveze rustled tlie apple boughs above her, ami a shower of ! hiosso.us It II on her head, as she stood, her foreheud >tst.i g against the tree. A i, slip on tho grays startled her, and ?!k [DEN, S. C., FEBRUARY turned round. A tall, sunburnt man, wuli li>ii?r Lrowu beard and curling chestnut hair stood before her. For a inoiiirnt lb'lla's heart stepped beating, and she vrevr pal**, but tb? very next instant sh? sptang toward the nctvcomer. "Kalph !" ' 75oih?!" ? ' i iii .\ria ino ion:: prieu iu\cit? ?.iic itunited at last. The first. words D.-Ua raid w< re. ''Gome to pap. Ralph." and si e led him ; to the porch, where 'Squire Selton sat j dozing. "I'apa," she s-iid, "here is a. gentle-, man, and old acquaintance, who xvi>h?-i; 1 to see vou." 'Oh?ah?yes ! Very happy to see you;" said tin- 'Fqaire staitins up "I believe I don't remember you?Ralph I" Upon getting a lull v:ew of his visitor's face, 'Sqire Fclton had rccogniz"d him ntoncc. "Yes, Mr. Selton, it is Ralph; hare: you a welcome for hint 7" "A thousand, uiy boy, a thousand." 1 cried the 'Fquire shaking bands with Halph as though he intend-d to wriag off his arm; -'and there's that lady"? ', pointing to Rtdla?' site has waited ail j, these long ycrrs for you, what do you say to that? And Delia, chi'd, ?ce if'i, tea is ready; we unisn't let cutiosKy pet the better of hospitality." Ilefc the j | Squire stoppo.j for want of brcatlc j | After tea Da'ph Truusaoi ga?e tin* 'Squire and his daughter a dctad of his | J- 1 1_. |..J ... .L? auventure.*; ivw n** v*;i^ wrn^ru ?u im: ] India a Our an, and fast. wi'h two com- 1 | panions. nil an unhabited island. *w h?-ro , ihoy rem lined for fourteen yni t, and i , were at length rescued Iiy a vessel |i"Uiid for China, whither they went. I ' ( 1*1 on reaching China, Ralph !<{arnel that his uncle was dying. and ha-tend , to him. lie lingered for a i' w reeks , after Ralph's arrival, and died, 1- iving ; Ralph his sole heir. As soon as osm- ; | Me after his death, Ralph startr for1 | Canada, returning to his native la id a ( wenlthy man. ] The following day the n? igh bnCio.nl * was electrified by learning that llalpb ] Trumain. who, for sixteen years, j had ( been consider* d dead, had rctumoJ. * Two we.- ks later there was a willing , at Selton Hall, which every oik* do- ; elarcd to be the grandest tiicy had lever i s?en, and Inking fairer beneath her bri- < da I veil than ever she had looked it| Iter , youth, Bella Selton bccanv the "wile i*f him whom she had ninuriiel a? , dead years before, and yet clang tV the ; promise she hail made?to wait for liirn | no matter how long. ^ ; Two Great Armies. ' i The Army of Hie I'ofomar mitl , the Army of Aorllicrii Virginia in l*C!. ! t It would not be unint r *stin?j to know tlu Ftrcn?rth and organization of the t.vo armies on the eve of entering upon this. their final. long-st and nio*t active ; and iabotious campaign, The army of | Northern Virginia numbered, of ail , Brins. f)O.O(il); -12 000 of i ji^pre^ate , was infantry, divided into three corps ( and three divisions eael.?th three corps commanders and fnven of the nine division rontmtndrs being West , l'oint graduates. 'I he cavalry com- , niaodcr, the child' engineer. chiefs of , artilicrv, quartermaster and commissary Were all graduates. The medical director had been a surgeon in the L'nitcd | States arttiy. The army of the Potomac was re- | portid by the S-crelary of War to be , 111.1 (il>, compo.vd of the three corjs. Second, tilth and sixth, in wliich latter , the ninth had recently heen joined. It is probable tliat tbo strength of tb:s :;r- ' , inv actually present n ay iliffet l'mm 1 , that in the Secret try's report?may j, have been less. Without knowing tlie i , strength of the cavalry and artillery, j they may be istiinated approximatively. j and tins.' two armies. Iuc? her with the ; ( overestitintc ot the War Pep oinient. ! , may he stated at 2iUHM?, leaving 121,-j l'jti for tlu. infantry. I he s con 1 and tilth corps hud f< lie divisions eaeli, the other two three ea'dt. The corps run- ; uiaiidcrs ais'l chiefs (if si:;if of i!ii-> ar- ! my were all p'laduates of ilu academy. ( Mast of thi* di\i-ion cinutnandcrs a:e believed lo be graduates. ' ( In mlJition fa superiority <T titi:u> hers, ilia Fnlcrals v.?itc better led, 1 clothed, armed ?ml equipped, La<l the Ui' ans at providing for t o* sick and Wounded in a niauiici' tb"? ('uufedorati s cull! I not. In all these essentials with tlicin were no deficiencies. Their ii..iis|i'?:i.iti. n was heller, the eotoliiioii of artillery and cavalry looses was latter, as well as the more abundant ! means of keeping t licm in tint state.! (icneral (Irani is cr?ditej with the fnU lowing words, and it is believe 1 tiny exprcs-cd bis design: ' To hammer j continuously against the aruicd force of tin1 enemy and liis rcsnurecs until 1') 1 nun) attrition, if nothing else," \c. i 'Mure words make the impression that i (IriiTi.l <i imiii heheved he had a sevioii* und'Tlakiitj; mi hand, and il hi- plan did nut pmpMM! t ? malm a ixt v r nine- , ty days' affair id' it. it ceitainiy did J id'iirly indii'ati'that his annirs were to fir. lit as Jnirjr as there was a man left or an allied enemy to oppose.? (>' 11. M. ( . ti i/c>,.i hi I'!; ii'iii'itjili ,n J'lnn.i. Ina street ear, in Philadelphia an old >rcti!li'iituti was seat d iii one em nor, I and the ear was full. A hevy ?|' lair ' oiii s, of all a^es and \\ mitts. swarm- d j in, mi l limit* were no seat- Whereup n the gallant old limitlemaii *>houted; 'I,a | dies, I shall he im m happy to give my seat to any one of y ou who is over thirty two years of age." All remained standi ?ua* . -XL L -?; ... , . ? --?zir~ *.lii t " ' 12, 1878. The Sumter Cotton Factory. | At a meeting of the corporators of: the Sumter Manufacturing Company,) hold last Friday evening, the following officers were elected : A. W. Sudor. President; J. J'. Laurent, George \Y. i Kcardon, W. II. Kpper*on, K. \V. Moise, Directors; 1). >). Winn, Treas-j urcr. 1'icparations for (lie commencement I of the work on the building will he be-1 gun at once, and pushed vigorously. We aic grntiiii d to know that the j prospects ot having a cotton factory at ] Sumter, now a.'sutnc the shape of cer-[ tainty. All our people who can should j lake stock m the entei piis', so that they ' may imp some of the benetits oi its! success. There is me point to which we di rect the particular attention of ih? planters of Sumter c uotv, and one which they should not fail to take hold of It in that they will have the priv- ' ilege of subscribing to the stock of the J company in cotton, payable next fall, by ! which time the mill will he in operation, j i We hope to si c our planters give the i enterprise all the aid they can in thisji direction, and assure them that there is, I every reason to expect it t > ho a good i i investTurnt. While Northern factories| arc considered to be doing so well to! givo a dividend of < igi t per cent., | i many Southern factories double and: triple that amount. , t '1 ho size of the building will be 17i>' ' feet l- ng, GS feet wid* and three sto : i lies high, ami will !> built of brick. All \ t the nrruiigi tmnts for machinery, ap-j' p!iane<-?, and fur skillful workmen to,, put tip the Mime, hive been mudc. |r All the ii'Ctssirv castitips. such as 11 rol'.iiinis, eratinp1, v ntihitois mi l so on.; < ivill li<> iirule at the Ilnuser Iron \Vork<- \ )f this place, thus <;iviajj patronage and i ' I'MCouraitemcut to home enterprise ! I Mr. Sudor eon;inenc< <1 lo work nt j t this factory in 1 ST?, and n?? t \vith|t iiv.ny difficulties. such as the insecurity I if investments under Kudic.il uiisru!e.;s jut lie continued to work from year toj year, until our home povctnmcnt was It restored to our own people, pivinp s.? ! j uriry to the investment of capital,! ivlieii capitalists from abroad could be . neourped t-i come auonp us. when Mr. | smler rencw.-d his c(Torts with redou-1, b!.-d cuorpy, which, alter a lonp and ar ! i luous struuple, have at !a<t been crown- ; ?d with success. ( His election to the presidency of the1* :oinpany was only simple justice to him ,} ind showed a proper nptreejption ol'; bis uiircmhtiii.r zeal and crcrey iu i ( wnikini: tip the enterprise; and his elec-!; don ensures the speedy completion of i [ht work. j. The factory wili i ulerd he a prcat ac|Ui?ition to the town, and will com* , ploielv revolutionize business; and will ] doubtless be followed bv otI crs. j /; ??" Southron. i Tho Boy Philantrhopist. i J lit? was a boy vriih l!t cents in his!, list, lie counted the money at the corner of W oodivatd avenue :it:?l </ >n- ( ares'* street, tnnin at the corner of .Iff- j Ferson avenue, arid nncc mote en tiri--, w?dd street. and there was no more ?.r; | |e?s* He v as a h <y who wanted to do ( eood witli his money. iii-> heart was', l Iitick fu'l of | liilanllii -f-v, and coll- , faincd not one grain of selfishness. , iiis first desire was to buy nineteen bar- , rtls of flour f r nineteen poor and wor- i | tl?v widows, but after fi.ru>in<r a liitle'. , i * he fouml that he couldn't do it. Then j, lie trot the idea that he uiiirlit offer ai] iT"id modal as a prize t<> the Woodward !. ivt.ntic ear diiver who shou'd drive Iiisj. L-ir t'.e nearest to one mile in an hour,' i but l e re| lied that some would drive in 1 j ::ii hour and thirty minutes, some a sec- J, and slower or a second faster, and the , strile might result in the death of tlircc \ hi f.'iir hor-os. j, ' 1 think HI conic right down to jaw- i I r' iikeis at once," be said, as he sat lO'Wii in n doorway. "I kiu buy nineteen jawbreakers, and make nineteen bi'Vs Kappv, including myself. Jim!, dim:" ' ' ): I iin came down ftoin 11 ?; corner, and j the philanthropist said : ' Jim. if \? !? h :d nineteen j iwbrcak-j [ lts. what would you do wif 11 eni ?" ' Kit i Vi ry il'inird one in forty sec- |' cuids by the watcdi," was the piompt j r-I'lv. ! Sam! Sam! calh d the plii'anhtro-j pist to a lnf iH.u k across* tin* way. The shiner came o\cr. and was a>k- j < rd: Would one j iwlrcaker make you'1 happy'."' far ji.-t about ten setvnds,'' answered S.iui. '1 lie philanthropist walked away fiom their., and as lie mured a eandy store, lie in used: "I fiotror that one jawbreaker will i make me 1: J?|>V lor half an hour, and ; that nineteen jawbreakers will last me i 111 < 111 > ( 11 ilu\j lt\. nil intr t1u*f!i ::U*;lV i ail happiness pone in ten seconds, ami all jnwbrcakeis are gone in l*?rty. i>i;*t ( it better for 11:0 to cat the litill nine teeii '{ Wuulii tills wotbl im any better to morrow ii' 1 sowed eighteen jaw11leaki is liioa 1ci-t ? (<'a- ing bread on the waters is j.ll right, 'cause bread won't sink, but one < ' them jawl r akers j:ots i iulit t bottom, like a bunk o It ad.' lie cut' red tlu? store, shelle 1 out his change, an 1 said : ''( inline the Worth of this in jawbreakers. ami piet-c to tin up tnu pick ape so it'll In k as if I was carrying i homo an old codlish.' The coloretl brother is not as popular I in Massachusetts as he used to be. One was sent to j lit for life last week for as* sault on u lady. NUMBER 31 Couldn't Play. Charles Rich wanted to explain how; it was. anil when lis pot I lie word "go," he b"a'an : 'Well, I and 'iiother fellow sat down to plav a game of euchie for (he beer. I shuttled and ho cut.' 'Cut you with a knife, eh ?' asked his Honor. 'Then, sir, ho cut the cards. Then I dealt' 'You dealt him a Mow ?' 'Oh.no; I dealt the cards. Then j we began to play. He threw down a! king.' ill'L T" * 1 I .1 . 1 _ I \\ run a rung uiu ne ir.row uottr? what i.< Mr. King's other name V He threw down the king of spades, sir, and I ti>uk it.' 'You U ok it, oh ? Bid you take it kindly, as an insult, or how? Or did you take it and put it in your pocket.' 'Weil, .lodge, if' you can't play euchre, I can't go into particulars. It was a'd in fun, you sec. We had a dispute about the last trick, and lie called me a liar Mid ran out doors. I was try- i ing to catch him when the ofiiccr here caught uie. I'm very sorry, sir, and I hope this will be a great moral h ssou to use nevi r to?to?' , 'To what ?' 'To let a man outruu me, after call- ( ing me such a name as that.' 'Charles Ilich, I know nothing about , he game of euchre.' said the court, af- , er charing his throat. 'If a Congress- , linn should want to sit down with m< | 0 while tl.c time away. I would be a ncn toy in l>:s hands. I can't tell a , lack f'toiii a fi'?t has*. nor an are from j 1 left liehl. I'd he just a* opt to carom t 1 c red 1 all as to pass through the mid- t lie arch. 1 don't know whether it's ( vhite to [day and m.rc in two moves, or t o see who cmn get into tiie king row ? list. Ihit Charles Uich, T do know j f hat you are fined fire dollars for dis-|j urbing the peace, and if tl.c other man j iad been arrested, he'd have got the ,i mine dose front tho same bottle.' The prisoner couldn't play against bat lone baud, and lie paid up and dc-! nrtcd. j Character. Character is so utuch more tliau v? alli> or knowledge, fame or power, hat itjis the measure of the man. When t man is placed in a prominent position >f any suit whatever, we say at once, 'What is ho worth?"' not l-What docs 1 le know ?" but wlnt sort of man is 1 le ?'' That is the mometitous question s hat involves all. AH others are second- ( try. Wealth, knowledge, fame and 1 power are uiost desirable accessions Cor ^ \ pond man; but otherwise they add) strength in a wrong direction. I won- j' ler if the young mcu and boys in ourj5 ni'l realize that eharact r is the most j1 important capital in any and ail bust- j aess transactions It' a man of large ' business is looking for a partner or em- J ployee, v hat do<-s be require first and ' most if all ? An honest man or boy. 1 Wealth and position, with iheir first re 1 juisite, will be no detraction, but noth- ' ing without it. What | i!'ar> are I ? a building, what ' the fi.u Iat'on i\ and the corner stones j( :h< reof. so is a good character to a man !1 r woman, boy or girl. The wise man : -aid, "A good name is rather to be eho- I <- n than riches." and be bad no lack oft1 wealth lleuieiiiber, boys?and it will j liariu none to remember?that what you j ire is of infinite importance; while what j von have i* litjite in its value; its end is 11 he crave; while the r..n?er will crow i, ni'l enrich it> p .ssessor through all tlic I; i^es of i:i ni' itali'v. Strive lor it as . for your life, iVr life is nan.cht without j it; il'a man die fir his house, lie is an , .'Verlastinc hero ; while il he dies for his ; ivealth, he i< a sordid fool. We honor ; it in death, if not in life. "So teach us , o number our days, as to apply our | hearts unto wisdom." , A '-Loafer's Paradise." The Ohio Sidfe Journal publishes 1 letter from lieucrul (7omly, in which ' Honolulu is sketched with a free-and* 1 asy 1 and, ::s a loafer's paradise. The natives, he writes, are the timst careless, ( improvident, hiughter-lovinc people in ' ihe world. They have no w.i.ter to lay 1 by I t?even the proverbial rainy day ' ii-cds nothing there; so they dance and ' sine, and deck iheu.selves with garlands ! nil the day long. Mill go here w''h ere at carlands ol the loveliest flowers mid green leaves hanging ju lestuons. around the neck and sbouluers, down ( tin- body, around the ha'?everywhere. j These ni'm are not the fops and loafers < ... .i . ir. 1 Ill IIIC liicc. lilli liii' nuiMiip ........ rho herdsmen. the buckmrr., oven the j diayitn1 ft co about adorned in tlie unst ['Xijui^iie taste, with flowers and leaves ' wreathed into forms of beauty \\liioli eoiiie to an American like;; revelation in art. Tltcy have no wealth?nothing j that Would satisfy all American?but: ibey are always laughing. singing, playing jewsharps or making floral wreathes. The Hawaiian knows that there will never be a winter's day to provide for, and that it will always be the same? yesterday, to day and forever. "Mrs. Sprigs, will you lie helped to; a small piece of the turkey?" "Ye<, my dear Mr. Wilkins, I will." ] "What part would you prefer, my dear; Mrs. Springs?" " 1 will have a couple of the wines, a e..iip!e of legs, gome of the breast, the side bone, some lilting, and a few dumplings. I feel very unwell to-day." Wilkins fainted. Make no m >re vows to perform this : or that; it shows no gr-at strength, and ( makes thee lido behind thyself. | ADVKKTISINO KATEi*. ! Timk. 1 in. J cot. J cel. 1 col. ; 1 week, $100 $5 00 mko Jl.UO IJ " 175 7 .*.0 12 'lb- 20( 0 ? 2.00 9 00 15 25 24 ?0 4 " 8 00 10.01) IS CO 27 1.0 " :: r.o 11 7 0 20 50 ill to u ? 4(H) 12 0O 22 70 84 <K> 17 " 4 50 1.120 24 70 87 (H) 8 " 5 00 14 00 20 00 40 00 Is mos G 50 17(H) 512 00 50 00 4 ' 7 50 19 00 119 50 59 00 G " 8 50 24 00 48 00 84 00 9 " 9 50 80 00 59 00 105 (0 12 " 10 25 85 00 68 00 120 CO S'i'~ Transient advertisements must t.e accoiauutcd wtththe cash to Insure tnsertlou. The True Wife. Wlmt tin you think the beautiful word 'wile" comes from ? It 's (lie word in which the English and Latin languages conquered the French and fJroek. I hnre (he French will some day get a word for it instead of the the dreadful word femme. Hut what do you thick it comes ftoui ? The gre.it vain; of Sa\nii words is that they mo:.n Wife means ' weaver." Yon nust either be housewives or licit :uiotbe; remember that. In the deep 'ensc yon must I'iliier wr-nw men's snul embroider them, or Ued upon anu bii:.g them to decay. Wherever a ti ?:n r-^e comes, home is* alwjys : enr-.! Jior. The stars uiay be over l.< r head, the glow-worm in the nightcoid ?.*'? may be the fire at her feet; hut 1: -.::.e is where she is, and for a noLle wu.nun it st reaches far around her, better than houses ceiled with cedar or painted with vermillion, shedding a quiet light for those who else are homeless. Tl.is I believe to be the woman's true place and power. A Man with Thirty Children. The Strohl family, of this county, is probably the largest family in the United States. The head of the house is Nicholas Strohl, a Pennsylvania German, now ibont seventy-six years old. Iiy three wives he has had thirty children, twenty even of whom are linng. Ilis first wife pre-entcd him with eight, his second with ileven, and his third with dcvcn.^The youngest child is now Jirec )"?ats old. and was horn when its *stilitr was seventy-three years old. Of lie twenty-seven children, nineteen are liarried.and their families average about debt children. Mr. Joel Strohl, one of he well known farmers in the lower end, ind child of his father's first wife, has >cventccn children, and is not an old n un oj any means. He is the fath-'r of two oairs of twins, a distinction which h's ather, Mr. Nicholas Slrohl. ntv r ittaincd. If tlie families si ou (1 gx lier ogcthcr there would be ov?r two hund'cd persons present. They ncirly all cside in this eounty. Old Mr. Strohl s still hearty, and Lids fair to live for nany ycurt.-Mauch Chunk (Pa. ) Coal Gazf He, 18 tli. Mark Twain 012 Wcmer.. In all the relations of life, sir, it is but i tribute to woman to sav, she is a briefc. [n whatever position you place her, sir, die is an oruamcnt to that place she oc-? mpics, and a treasure to the world. As 1 sweetheart, she has few equals and no superiors; as a cousin, she is convenient. SVhat, sir. would the people of this earth ,)c without woman ? They would bo !carcc, sir, almighty scarce. Then let is cherish her, let us protect her, let us ;ivc our support, our cucourageinent, ? >ur sympathy, our selves, if we get a diance. Woman is lovaLlc, gracious, <ind of heart, beautiful, wo?"hy of ail respect, of all esteem, of .0 deference. [ say, blessed be woman. A es of old cean, she is the purest gem; of the mine, he rarest jewel; of the garden, the levies! flower, of the heavens. i".o biight;.<t star. What more can 1 say? Of ill creatures, she is the u? jifus itffrat m J to my heart of hearts 1. clasp the orecious treasure, metaphorically speak ng, of course. Society Blackmail. *0 Presents have a great deal to do with his grabbing propensity of the fair sex, vhich increases in strength the higher | he lady is in the social scale. Young iirls should never ho allowed to accept prcscuts of any real value frout their admirers. If only young ladies who are dways laying traps to win, what they ire plcasedrto call "bets," could hear arhat is Niid of thriu by their victims, hey would not "Let." Then the habit f levying booty from all acquaintances in a marriage is a bad one. It is the blackmail of good society. Generally a number of vulgar rich people give very xpensive presents, in order to see their names chronicled amongst t he donors, md with a keen tyc to obtain some sort * jf a social return. This obliges many I the real fiieiuls of the girl to buy ar ides for tier, wiiicti costs more tuau Itev can well afford to jay These narriage preterits are bccuaiiug an i:tolcrablc tax. A Devil Fish. A devil fish of gigantic size has beci 'aptured on the coast of Newfoundland. [t was found by fishermen dyinst ??n the rooks where the ebbing tide had left if. flic creature's body is 10 I'ect long. ending in a caudal fin two fret and a half icross. ana is armed with 10 huge tentacles. two of them o0 feet in length, and the otlicis 11 loot. At the base of the arms is n powerful parrot-like beak, above which are two deep-set eyes each eight inches in diameter. The arms ate slender and lenthcrv, broadening at the base, are supplied wiili several thousand suck* is in dcubh- reus, by which the animal's prey is >cv/.c 1 wit it a grip from which there .:?? _ m up- . ami dragged inward to be !.i '. l i e a powerful beak. The bixly and Hi s were a dusky red when f .up ' b it h..vo since become perfectly v.I \o. The setting of a great ' li, > the setting of the son. to mi 1 s of our life is gone, shad-.- . . i < uing fall around us, u i \ seems but a diut reflection if ! '' a broader shadow. We loo! f .war i n' to the coming lonely lu in . i:.e Isoul withdraws itself. Tb o ',ie >-ai& arise, and the night is hoi**. ~ Mental gifts often bide bo ' .y dm-ois.