The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, February 12, 1878, Image 1
THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
Published Every Tuesday,
At
CAMDEN, X. C.,
bt
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Kix .Uuulkx 1 23
i OR. I. H. ALEXANDER,
r Dental Surgeon,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Office over W. Love's store.
l?r. Alexander will make a professional
visit to Camden about the 5th of March.
XovSOtf
DR." T. BERWICK LEGARE,
DENTIST,
GRADUATE OF THE BALTIMORE COLLEGE
OF DENTAL SURGERY.
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AN 1' T1CINITT.
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CAMDEN, S. C.
taST1 Office over the store of Mr.
S. Wilson, in tlti* building of Ilobt.
Man, Esq. Entrance on Broad
street.
May 24-ly.
J. D. DUNLAP,
TRIAL JUSTICE,
BROAD STREET,
CAMDEN, SO. CA.
" * ?l care
lillSini'jS Cliuumcvi
will rec-'ive prompt attention
juneTtf.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
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~ W. L. REPASS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CAMDEN. S. C.
v.Mi practlc? in all tlie^ State ami Federal
Courts. Jan??f
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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nov&tui
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Architect and Builder,
CAMDEN, tv UM
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attended to.
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twiil receive immediate attention.
Mcrchltf
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AND
SIGiiV PAINTER,
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CAMDEN, S. C.
sept 23.12 ni
lie Sure to Stop at the
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CAM HEX, N. C.
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attention paid to i!<? cuthfoil of finest!".
CKsT ?' ei-sons stopping at the !..? I ha in
Ilouse will hi-conveyed to and from I lie
depot free of charge, l'as.scii^ers, without
heavy baggage, will be conveyed to and
from any part of the town, not above licit
tilb slree*. at " '? rents.
nected with the heme is a first
~ ?i :? I1.00I1. I m norntelv from
C..!** IK 1 " vi. .= . , (
die lioune. nm! crderlv J;"t t.
fray*Vnveyuiices fupp'tid Id u'io.-Ss on
liberal tern*. eider for city or count ry use.
juiiK-ly S. I'- J/ATIIAM, i mprietor.
DeKalb Houses
I V.Y A. S. ROI>GKRS.
Most Centrally Located Hotel
in Town
'Fornix SV! 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
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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*
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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*.
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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.