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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. Published Every Tuesday. At CAMDEN; X. C.f ? BT TRANTHAM & ALEXANDER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (//? Advance.) Oue Year *2 <0 Six Jfoufh* 1 23 DR. LH. ALEXANDER, Dental Surgreon, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oflice over w. D. Love's store. i l)r. Alexander will make a prrfcssional visit to Canulon about the oth oi' March. Nov20t f DR. T. BERWICK LEGARE, DENTIST, GRADUATE OF THE BALTIMORE COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY. OFFICE?DEK A LR HOUSE. Entrance on Brond Street Dr. A. H. RIIDEI, tv. niiincv. s. C.. OFFERS HAVIMi LUt'Al be i.i , . . _ fc his professional1 services to THE PEOPLE OF THIS PLACE AND VICINITY. OfTice. next door to that of Trial Justice DeI'oss. (lecll-3m Wm. D. TRANTHAM, Attorney at Luw, CAMDEN, S. C. jfc^Office over the store of Mr. S. Wilson, in the building of Robt. Man, Esq. Entrance on Broad treet. May 24-ly. J. D. DUNLAP, > TRIAL JILSTICE, BROAD STREET, CAMDEN, SO. CA. Business entrusted to his care will r-?* '?e prompt attention juneTtf. J. T. 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Fept23.12m Be Sure to Stop at the Latham House, CAMDEN, S. C. (tra>8text Board, $2.00 per dat.) :o: Ample Accommodations. Tables supplied with the best the Markets atlord. Every attention paid to the comfort of Guests. t&T Person* stopping at the Latham House will be conveyed to and from the depot free of charge. Passengers, without heavy baggage, will be conveyed to and from any part of the town, not above DeKalb street, at cents. J&*Connected with the house is a firat class Bar, which is located separately from the house, and orderly kept. JfcF*Conveya ices supplied to guests on liberal terms, e.incr kit my nrcumiu; ?5>v. jan8-ly S. B. LATHAM, 1'roprietor. DeKalb House, JIY A. S. RODGERS. Most Centrally Located Hotel in Town. Terms ^2 Per I>ay. Commercial Travelers will lmve every attention paid to their con fort, and be fur nished with SAMl'I.E ROOMS at this House: and persons visiting Camden will find it a quiet and pleasant home Special rates made for parties traveling together, and for those who wish to 9iay a week or more. In connection with the house is a first-class LIVERY STABLE, where horses and vehicles can be had at all times for I town or country use, at the most reusenak ble rates. Conveyances to and from the L ut hvviy ;r:nu. UvviVi, ft VOLUME XXXVI. I AM DY1XG. ' Raise my pillow, husband, dearest? Faint and fain'er comes niv breath; . And these shadows stealing slowly, Must, I know, be (hose of death. Sit down close beside me. darling. Let me clasp you warm: strong hand, Yours that ever has sustained me, To the borders of this land. For your God and mine?our Father Then shall ever lead me on? While upon a throne eternal. ! Sits lus loved and holy Sou; i I've had visions and been di earning O'er the past ofjoy and pain. Vent by year I've wandered backward, Till 1 was a child again. I Dreams of girlhood and the moment When I stood your wife and bride. How my heart thrilled with Love's triumph, In that hour of woman's pride. Dreams of thee and all the earth chords Firmly twined about my heart? j Oh! the bitter, burning anguish When I first knew that we must part. It has passed?and God has promised Ail iliy footsteps to attend ! ' He that's more than friend or brother, 1 ...... lit' 11 ue Willi you iu iiic cuu. ' There's no shadow o'er the poitals, Lending to my heavenly home? | Christ has promised life immortal, j And 'lis He that bids mc come. When life's trials wnit around thee, And its chilling billows swell, Thou'it thank heaven that 1 am spared then, Thou'lt then feel that "all is well." I Bring our boys unto my bedside ; My last blessing let them keep? I But they're sleeping?do not wake them; They'll learn soon enough to weep. Tell them often of their mother. Kiss them tor me when they wake: Lead them gent'y in life's pathway, Love them doubly for my sake. Clasp my hand still closer, darling. This, the last night of mv life, , For to-morrow I shall never Anuu-ur u-ln.n mil call me " wife." Far? tliee v eil, inj noble husband. Faint not 'neath tbechastening ro<l; Throw your strong nrra 'reuti<l our children : Keep them close to thee nn.l God. THE LITERARY WIFEIt was n 1"W thatched cottage, troliiscd in vin<*, that stood upon a vtrdant i green sward. This cottage was white a.: tl?e dripping snow, pr?.sentipg a fine I contrast with the gre< niKHn around it ? i white-veined ivy and other vines hung jgricefully fmin the low, drooping caves. : their tendrils clingit g to thn snowy boards. Upon the whole, the exterior I el this cottage was romantic and picItttresque, the interior neat and tidy, and the iutnatrs consisting of throe, liaby Nelly is sleeping in her downy crib, in dreamy cuu.nninii n with I lie I angels that hover near lor. Nelly is the household pet, a sunbeam to her parent-' existence. A y-'ung looking mother is seated at i her desk, dashing off with unussutned i rapidity, page altet page, in a hold and regular chimgraphy. 'Tis Emma Clayland. a "literary wife." She, the once spiightly ano lovable Kmuia, is sonie[ what changed from strenuous thoughts nd close confinement; and. dc-pite her husband's fr? (ju<-nt retjucsts for In r to 'desist ftoni wtiting. sliu resolnt? iy dines, with a tenacious spirit, to her . heart's idol, literature. Herbert Clayland was a matt of cultivate <i tastes; a lino and prepossessing :' xtcrior was his. A titan of business tact, but not of talent, he aspired uot to tiic knowledge of a Newton, nor the , genius of a Socrates. Therefore, h?-1 could in do wise set a true value I " !,.? t.klanf rioc. ! oi apprcciuiion up'u niv iinviiv j/.., sesscd by his wile Kruma; and while viewing it in a light of deprceiution, he did not r:ghtl) balance her woiih?did not duly consider the genius that lay buried in her uclive mind, only awaiting the proper touch to call it into motion, which touch would in coutse of time germinate into beautiful and sublime thoughts, and weave for her a never i lading laurel. Herbert Clayland entered into his wife's room, and, with a voice whose ; tone battled 'twist smile- and frowns, he said ? "Emma put up your writing! I wonder at your patience in remaining at the desk so constantly, scribbling away on a nonsgusieal essay; it would ; kill me." Etuuia, puslu d her manuscript aside, ! and, turning to her husband, replied,? " 'Tis not a laborious task to me, dear husband; 1 derive a pleasure from this occupation; writing Is my forte, and, with p<-n, ink and paper around mo, ' and little Nelly asleep, 1 aui perfectly happy." Herbert smiled, and r pea ted,? "Perfectly happy ! If it makes you happy, Emma, continue to write; hut i estimate it as a labor that will yield y<ni no profit, ami I would m t wear my life out at the desk fur a mere pleasure." "Do not discourage me. Herbert; I might derive profit from i*. some day. Pearl divers do not cxpc;t to clear tin bottom of the ocean at a mii^io iiivo. neither would ihey rxp-ct to suppl) the queen's palace with pearls; repeated dives must bo made bef're the sought-for prize i> pained. Patience and perseverance are twin sisters to success. The intcllectu d trade is a tediouf. one, but the delight and pleasure that an active iuiat: nation affords counterbalances the numerous pitfalls that darken the way of the ambitious." "You seem to appreciate that yours is an intellectual cxi-fi n *e " "I experience delight from the belief. An intellectual 1 tie is roaliy within the reach of every ouc who tarncbtly desires it." "And you desire it ?" ' 41 do !" "Compare your literary jewels to j fiuWcr* ofi truiUute4 wtfvlw." CA1V "To me my productions arc treasure?, hence anything but valueless." ' You indulge in a worthless pastime, Emma." "You may consider it such; but do you not liuewise indulge in pastimes that bring you no profit?" "Sometimes." "You have no taste P?r writing; what arc your hobbi.'S ?" queried Emma, in a kindly tone, at the same time drawing her chair near Iter husband. social game of whist, a mint-julep, and the like, kill time pretty well with me, Emma." "And nre not. altogether innocent, j llcibcrt, lor with tbcui miuglcs vice. Writing is a harmless pastime, and, j when perfectly free from blemish, it elevates the mind, and adds to the intel lectual principles ol~humanity." ' That may be true; but, tiie fact is, I never liked literary women, nor never shall," continued Herbert. ' Indeed!" replied Euitua, n little piqued. "I muke one exception." ' And that is whom ?" "The writer bearing the mm tie plume of Celcstia. Most lady writers are always straining at subjects that they know nothing about; but Ccleslia has proven with her pen that she i? a sensible woman." At the termination of Herbert's speecb, Emma trembled visibly; she knew not what to say?she too had read "CelestiaV productions, arid was interested in their purport. At that moment I>aby Xellv was awakened and demanded attention from the young mother, who there and then made a firm resolution never to write in her I husband's presence again. Time passed, and Herbert had become estranged; be did not love home oUai U A lltAfltiil VTlrtl An/kllfkl V ll'ltl Oil lie Olll'UIVi. i! UMM UI'I iiavui'vii 'i j % settled over the better part of his nature, and he endeavored to demolish its reign by spending his evenings abroad. The cloud of languor that draped Emma's hitherto happy spirits was i not an assuming of deceit. She was sorely troubled, and grew weary of her husband's late return home on each successive evening; wire it not for her passionate love for writing, how drearily and slowly would glide the wheel of time ! She thanked the All-! wise for bestowing upon her the treas- | ured gift that she possessed, that she had I fortunately been reared iu the bound? of a civilized, enlightened country, haviug around her the advantages of culture. One night, Herbert entered with clothes dripping in water, haviug been caught iu a heavy rain, i'muia hastened to prepare dry garments for her husband, and perloruicJ numerous other acts of kindness. "I expected to find you asleep, little wife," said Herbert In a kind voice. 'Doubtless you did; but I can not sleep when you are absent, if I were to try." "If you cannot sleep wliiio I aui absent. why don't you auin^e yourself by writing ? You used to be very fond of it." "Ah! you Jo not like 'literary wo men.' and you shall not be displeased by finding me at the desk." said Emma, leaving Herbert ignorant of the fact that she had been writing. Herbert smiled reluctantly; he well remembered his words, and would fain recall them; for, an) thing in reason, he thought, "to amuse Euiiua," while he and liis comruJcs were in the height of hilarity. Might passed, and the rosy dawn was breaking in the east. Knowing >1 at Euitua had left her couch, Herbert axcluimcd,? "What are you doing up so early, Emma ?" "Attending to Nelly," wag the young wife's reply. Hut she did not menticn that previously she had been writing. **** * Weeks anil months glided into eternity, and Herbert Cluylnnd enjoyed the realization of another birthday. He had been away the greater part of the day, mingling with his friends in town. Late at evening lie returned, and, on entering the door, observed Emma turning the leaves of a blue bound book "Another trashy novel to take up your time." said Herbert, with a reproving scowi upon his brow. And, leaving the room abruptly, he braced his chair against the broad trunk of an ?i?ed apple-tree, and pulled his hat down over his ey. s in a morose mood. " 'I his is your birthday present," said Emma, kindly, as she approached her husband, presenting the book. "I do not care for it!" was the gruff ri?}iuurf. How. wr. lie opened the book, and saw belbr- linn, " Poems and Sketches, By Emma Cluyland." "Did you write this, Emma ?" " Ves !'' { Foolish child! Vou have ruined 3ours?'H !" "Why so? Ex pi ii in !" "Vou have copi.d from Celestia." "I urn Colcstia, dear husband. my articles first appearing in periodicals under tlie 1101,11/1 and next as you ' see tin tn hefiire you " ; "Why did you not tell tne this." "Vou do not like literary women, I consequently I kept it a secret from }) ! you I On finishing the sentence, s',e drew from her pocket an envelope of raftron ; hue, placing it in her husband's hands, ; who upon opening it, found it to eon , tain a chock on the bank of E , calling for live hundred dollars, payublc I to Mrs Ennna Clu\land. "You see. Herbert, the ambitious I pear 1 diver, ? will ^ow U^iu to ewut itlen [DEN, S. C., FEBRUARY my profit.'' said Kmma. with a smile. I Herbert eamc to tlie wise conclusion that literary women were not so bad, after all; and, after this memorable birthday, he always enrouroged Kmnva in her writing, by which she soon rts alized enough money to malce the* low thatched cottage the treasured home j _i .1 sicau, wn^ruiii uiujr c*uu uuopmcu for many years, thus proving to Herbert Clayland that there was something i in a man's having a literary wife. j PA11TY ORGANIZATION, j Proceedings of the Ntnfe l)emo> I orotic Executive ce. I The meeting of the State Democratic j j Executive Committee in Colambia on Thursday and Friday lust, whs one of great importance, as being tho initiat-ory step of the campaign of 1878. The first business of the meeting was the election of a chairman to fill the vacancy occasioned by tbe resignation of the Hon. A. C. Haskell. ?>u motion of Gen. John sun Hagood.v Gen. J. D. Kennedy was unanimously elected, and thus was accomplished the first and oae of the most vital movrtf in tho campaign. Popularity, intelligence, liberal views, eapcrienco in anga nidation are the chief requirements of llie position, j and Gen. Kennedy unites all tbrso in a ,-nr,.*i rL'nl.l? doirrpn \. young man, a successful military commander and a popular political loader, lie lias been most fitly cltoscn to prepare the Democracy of the State for victory in the approaching campaign. It rrill he seen by the recorumcndai lions which the committee make that they have come out stjuarely for nominations by primary elections, in placo of the old and much alu-ed club meetings. Tne committee, after a full and earnest discussion of the situation, and the various propositions received and submitted bv ti.e vaiious members, finally adopted the lnllowiug recommendations: That the State Executive Committee I of the Democratic party of South Carolina recommends an immediate reotv gatiizalion of the snuie, in view of the 1 campaign of 1878, and that county I conventions be called as soon practice- j ble in the several counties, to elect offi- j : errs to serve for the next two years. I Where local clubs of the last cam- 1 ' paign are in existence, that they be re* j organized by the election oi officers to ; serve for the cu-uing two years, and as i many additional clubs formed as may be j deemed essential to the success of-tl>e | party. Also, thut the committee on registration forthwith malic a complete registration or all voters, classifying them as white and black, Democrat ajid Republican. That the county executive committee consist of lit* county chairman and the presidents of the local clubs. TL.? .1 - l... fl! i nut i in: cvjuui > i'iiiui in?iII uf uuicio chairman of tlie county executive committee, and of all county convention*. That the system of primiry elections by ballot be adopted as the mode of nominating candidates for county officers and members of the General Assembly. While the principle of primary elections should bo at once announced, it is the decided judgment of the Slate Executive Committee that the nominations by primary elections should not take place until a later period in the campaign, and in regard to vwhich further recommendations will be made hereafter as to the details for conducting i lie said elections. The following instruction to county chairmen was also adopted : When the county convcnt'ons have elected officers, the new county chairman will at once report to the secretary of tho Slate Executive Committee, giving the names and postofficc addresB ol the officers chosen, together with the nanus and postofficcs of thu presidents of the local clubs, and the number and memberohip of the several clubs. The fiiegoing recommendations are, based on the following unicies of the constitution of the par y, adopted by the istate ('onvcntiou in August, 187G. and are intended to show what, in the opiniou of the Executive Committee, is the host mode of carrying out those articles : Article 1. There shall be one or more Democratic clubs organized in each election precinct, each ? f which clubs shall have a distinct title?"'Jlic Democratic Club"?and shull elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a recording and a Corresponding scciclarv and a treasurer, and shail have the fol lowing working committees, of not less than three members each ; A commit tee on registration, an executive committee, and such other committee us to each cH:l) may seem expedient. Art li The meetings of the clubs should be frequent, alter the opening of the canvass, aid some member of the club or invited lp> aker deliver an address at each meeting, if practicable. Art. Tim prcsidttit shall have power to call an extra meeting of the club, an 1 members of the club shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Art. 4. The clubs in cacli county , shall be held together and operate under the control of a county executive committee. which shall consist of one member frjut each club, to b? nominated by the clubs and elected by the couuty convention, and such other members as the convention may add. The executive committer, when elected, shall appoint its own officers and fill all vacancies which may arise whon I the convention is not in session. The tenure of office of the cj/ewlivo . com* giiuei ?UU b# uutii tip* twt gegtrti r 19, 1878. campaign. unless sooner removed orsus- [ ponded hy the county contention. The present county executive com-; mittces shall continue in office until the ! first, meeting of tho county conventions under the organization. Art. 5. County Democratic Conventions shall be composed of delegates elected by the several local clubs?one ! delegate for every club, and an additional delegate for every twenty-five ; ! enrolled member.-?with the right to i each county convention to enlarge or j i diminish the representation, according ; j to circumstances. This convention j shall be called together by the chair- j ! man of the executive committee, under j such rules as each county may adopt, i and v/hrii assembled shall he called to j order by the chairman of the executive commit'ce, and shall proceed to elect from among its members a president, one or more vice prcsiccnts, a secretary and treasurer The convention shall | proceed to busincss/and when the same < 19 llillJ.M'.llU, II aiiilll UlJjlfUIIJ Slliv UIV. Art. 0. The mode and manner of I nominating candidates for county offi' ccs or for delegates to the State, Judi! cial and Congressional C?>nvcntiou3 shall ! be regulated in each county by the rc[ spective county conventions. A Chinese Wedding in Novada. Evening before last u curious wed! ding ceremony was performed in the | city, by means of which a Chinese ccu| pic were made one. The marriage took place at the residenee of Mr. Lannan. The bridegroom was Ah Wan, atol the bride Xau Yin?. The i'ev. father Magruth. ns-i-ocl hy a Ohin<-se interpreter, performed the ceremony. Ah Wan had sonto doubts regarding | the holding powers of the 'Mclican' j marriage ceremony, he having doubt- j less observed that a thing called divorce j frequently enabled the woman to takti , an unceremonious l-ave of her hu?band | and openly deny him, with all the pow! crs of the law on her side. lie was,; therefore, unwilling to trust to the i 'Mclican' ceremony 4 straight.' lie1 wanted the big Chinese god, IIin. in* , voked during the busuics", us well as . the American god, and any other grds that a woman would be likely to be afraid of. He had just paid S100 in good Americau gold coin for his be | loved, and lie wanted the b-nds such as would bold her like hooks of steel. It was for the purpose oi' ringing in the Chinese god, 11 in, that he had | brought the interpreter with hiut. Tito | interpreter explained the Chinese part J of the business to Father Magrath as ! Wfll as he could, when that gentleman j concluded to make a mixture of the ) two ceremonies, j 'Schtand up here, the pair of jces,' [ commanded the reverend Irishman. | 'Join yc-r hands,'said his reverence. The pair clasped their own hands, aa ; though in prayer. j Father Magrath stamped his foot and i said to the interpreter : 'Let the man 1 take the woman's hand.' 'Ah Wan, tokoe suee Nan Ying shu j mi,' cried the interpreter. ! The man then took a good strong! grin on the woman's wrist, and Father , 1 Magrath concluded that he could finish j ' the ceremony in pidgen English with- ; | out the assistance of the interpreter. C..m ta . ( A1% W'un vthi lik?tn tJiis ! LHIU 11 w 1111 *? ???| JUM | 1 ono piecee woman much good 7' ! "You bet,' wid Ah Wan. | 'Nan Ying, you likeo this one piecee | man way up good ?' 'Me likoe this piecee,' slid the gen; tie Nan Ying. Coom si to yc son toy mi,' chipped iu tho interpreter. 'Si long yc son toy chowee/ said Nan Ying. 'Flic say she likeo him all samo one brudder,' said the interpreter. Ali Wan,' said Father Magrath, 'you j niver eatchee no more woman but this i one piecec. do ye moind that ?' 'No more cntehee,'said All Wan. 'Nan Ying. you catcher no more mau i hut Ah Wnn, do you niidcrsthund ?' j 'Niso tan-tan. fi sum ho pol tzin ?' j I chipj i d in the int< rpn-ter. 'Mi ton wo,' said Nan Ying. j 'She say all lightee,' explained the j I interpreter. 'I hen in the uauie of the Almighty j | and the great 11 in. I calico you nil sauie j 1 one piecce meat. Yo two are uion and?' 'lliu, Ilin, mi ton, Isin chow toy,' j yelled the interpreter, as he let oil a i bunch of fire crackers. lliu. Hit), my toy!' cried the man j and woman together. 'Mai. and wife?man and wife ! Do von uioiuil that now?' cried Father, Magrath, coughing tho smoke of the ; craekcis out of his throat. 'Ilin, Hin, my toy !' ciicd the inter- , pretcr and all hands, as they lighted some colored paper* at the hunch of; | spitting crackers. Hin, Hin, my toy!' shouted Father Magrath, 'and if that don't make you ; man and wile, ye are a pair of tough cases.' ? 1 IT--. 1 ........ I several Americans?mums uuu i tlcuien?witnessed this mixed eereuiony. Aficr it was over, the new husband t<>hl those present of the diffii-ulties of his courtship, saying the owner of bride had insisted upon having six hundred dollars for her, but be finally got her for four hundred, lie seemed to think be lind made a great bargain. Hut when a gentleman present explained that bad bo married the woman, American law would have given her lo liiui without his paying a cent, Ah Wan became 'wan' indeed. lie was almost mad enough bito himself, and ho look'd at tkc woman as though he felt that bo bad been cheat* *1 idtoi; idh? Vfcy ?hv City NUMBER 32 A Tough Customer. Gen. Charles Clarke. ex-Govenor of ' Mississippi, died a few days ago at the age of sixty-five. lie served in the Mexican war as a volunteer, but was sent home invalided, as a consumptive, by the surgeon* 'I heir verdict Dr. Warren Stone, the highest authority of the Southern faculty, confirmed, one lung having perished completely, and the Lieutenant was advised to go home aud lead the q?iet life of a planter, avoidiug all excitement. whereby he might prolong his life for eighteen months, or perhaps two years, lie went home, Lut did not die; indeed, aftrr serving in the Legislature and several public offices, he was alive to head a Confederate brigade at Shilnli. As lie took a parting glass with Col. W. H. McArdlo, a veteran Mississippi journalist, he said: "I think you will have a good chance of publishing that obituary which you promised mo thirteen years ago. I huve outlived all the doctors, but I am not so confident that I shall escape the Yankee balls and shells which I shall be compelled to face to-day." After the first day's battle Gen. Clarke was borne to the rear wrapped in a blanket saturated with blood. "You can publish that obituary oow, he has met with a soldier's death," was the remark of one of those who bore him. and the obituary was shortly afterwards published in the New Orleans papers. Shortly after the bnttlo of Baton Rouge, however. Gen. Clarke was seen again at New Orloau*. lie had been shot through the body rt Shiloh and left on the field, to be taken prisoner, to recover and to be exchanged, and at Baton Rouge a rninie ball broke his thigh, near the socket. Dr. Stone was the surgeon who now brought around the man he had condemned to a speedy death in 1848. and though his leg was shortened several inches, Gen. Clarke lived to be Governor of Mississippi, and to die fifteen years later, (|uictly in his bod, having buried several generations of doctors, gone through two wars with Ann Innrr Konn ttriffr* IaI'j TilP finnrl (in tl'.P ,,,,w "Vl " ",vv """ "w" y fit-lil of battle, and seen his obituarj published. Our Tongue. Mr. Washington Moon has written a new work on bad English. Some of the errors which he singles out are decidedly amusing. For example : A furrier, lamenting in nn advertisement the tricks played on the public by unprincipled men in his owo trade, "Earnestly requests ladies to bring their skins, which he promises shall bo con-! verted into muffs and boas." Another advertisement Tan thus : ' Two sisters war.t washing." He must have been a f (range sight: "lie rode into town, and drove twelve cows on horseback."' A gvntleuian advertising for a horrc: "For a lady of a dark color, n good trotter, high stepper, havingalone tail." Better, more amusing, more instructive and more credible is the foilowing illustration of the inevitable ambiguities involved in accural language. One gentleman observed to anutlier : "I have a wife and six children in \r-.? i.tul T n.ipas coir ann aP I Imui " ?\Yere you ever blind ?'' "Oh. no," replied the other. A further lapse of time, and then the interogator resumed the subject. "Did 1 understand you to say that you had a wile and six children living in New York, ur.d you had never seen one of them ?" "Yes, such is the fact." litre followed a still longer pause in the conversation, when the interogator, fairly puzzled, said: "IIow can it be that you never saw one of them ?" "Why," was the answer, "one of them was born after I left." The Dardnnolia. The Dardanells, toward which so much attention is now dirctcd. fairly teems with historic and poetic memories. Its navigation was first attempted by tho i Argonauts, under Jason, in their search j for the Golden Fleece. Abydoa Xerxes built his famous Dridge of lioats for the j invasion of Greece, and it was here that | the loves of Hero and Leander, becime world renowned. I a under, who lived at Abydos, ou the Asiatic shore, was in lovo with Hero, the beautiful priestess of Venus at Scstos, and regularly swam the strait to meet his mis-' tress. One dark and stormy night he failed to appear, and when the luckless Hero visited the shore the next morning the waves hud washed (lie d?nd body of lior lover upon the sands. Overcome by her loss, she plunged into the sea, and the spot became ever alter sacred to their memory. On the 3d of March, 1810, l.ord Byron swam the Uardauells nt the same point in seventy minutes, lie was accompanied by a Lieut. Akcnbead, whose name has been handed down to posterity in the line: "Which Leander, Mr. Akcnhead and Idid." The swim from Abydon to Sestos is still repeated yearly by lLron-inspired tourists, ar.d will probably continue to be as long us the glamour of poetry and tradition hangs round the spot. There was once a mayor of an ancient lorough who was a staunch teetotaleer, and well known to bo so. lie attended the festivities promoted by a neighboring borough, aud somebody who knew the mayor well put a glassof milk-punch close to his plate. The mayor saw the glass, he could nut resist it; ho took it up aud quaffed it off, aud set it down uguiu, ttfieg ; "iiuri, vrbvt 9 wrr 1" AbvkimbiNi; KAIES. Turn. 1 in. J col. ? cel. 1 col. 1 week, $1 00 $5 00 $9 00 $15(0 2 44 175 7 60 12 25 20 00 3 44 2 50 'J <*) 15 25 i MU 4 44 3 00 10 50 lm-O 27 60 5 ' 3 60 11 75 20 50 :tl l o l3 " 4 00 12 60 22 75 .".4 7 44 4 50 13 25 21 75 27 00 3 44 5 00 14 00 20 00 ^0 oO 3 inog 0 50 17 00 32 00 60 00 4 44 7 50 19 00 39 CO Ou 0 '4 8 50 24 CO 48 00 84 t/l 9 44 9 50 SO 00 59 00 10r ;.?> 12 44 10 25 35 00 08 00 320 CW Transient advertisement n.ust i>e enicd with the cash to Insure in-ertkn. The Lcafer. Tiie loafer iz a thing who iz willing to ho (h'spized for tho privilege ov abusing others, lie occupies ail grades of society, l'roui the judge <;n the bench clear down to the ragged otittcr who loans against the lamp posts and ti'rs flizc in August, lie has no p;ide that is worthy, ami no de'.ikacy tliut cuy boddy kan hurt. During liiz boy hood he kills kafs, and robs all tho hen nests in the neighborhood. During his middle life he begs all the tobacco he uses, and drinks all the mean whisky he can at somebody else's expense. During biz old age lie winter's at ibe alms houses, ar.d fuintners in the sugar hogsheads, and when he cums ?o die, he iz buried in a dicb, with hi:, old eh met on. The loafer cares nothin for publik opiuyuns, and this alone wi'.i make cany man a loafer. The loafer rrther covets disgrase, and when a man pits oz low down as this, he haz got az low down az he kan git in this wor'i without digging. We hav no reliable r.cl onnt ov the fust loefer, and probably shout Kitr no jKa loo* Anfl Kill ir n.P m.ir.O!1li they liav existed about az long na man hnz. If Cain want a loaicr, pray what waz he??Josh LiUvufs. Crab Her! Grab Her I A good story is currem in Lower Feoria. 111., which has the additional me it of being strictly true, at least so it is said. It seems that a Milesian gentle* man of somewhat advanced age has a son, who recently went to his father and proceeded to inform him that he propnsed to coinn it inatrimony. On reeeivi?g the announcement the o'd gentleman said:'Well, my sen. to whom?' 'Miss Jane so and so,' replied the sen, naming her. ' Do you love her?' w*,s the enquiry, to which a satisfactory ausvrer was iriten. 'Is she a good girl?' 'Vo; as nice a girl as there is in Lower Peoria.' Well my son. how are yon goin< i, sop. port her, has she any mm oy ?' *Ves, father; she has SI.500 that i linow "f.1 'Then/ said the old man, ri?ing from his seat, catching hold of his ? u yellin g out the words, 'Grab her. uy Lo\: 21 ah hor. Don't wait to ask ou; body's eoiisent.' Inasmuch as the wed ling "no.* off a few days ago. wo rsruMC that in" son followed the father s .dwic mi i "crabbed" hor. A Boy's Composition on Wood chucks. Woodchuck? is a very curiou* animal. It is made of hair and eyes and has two front teeth, and can fee a man with a. gun when the eyes are shut and bwte.J. I have seen a dog shale a woodchuck till both were black in the lace. A woodchuck can snivel up his nose, and show his teeth, and look as homely as I can without trying. They sit on ono end and eat with the other. A woodchuck can get home faster than a gun shot. He is round all over except his feet, which are black. When eaten they retain the flavor of their nests, and seeui to have becu cooked vitbout being pared. A fat woodchuck, when eaten properly, is no Iaoghiu' matter. They come up under the head of "domestic animals," and thin* there ain't uo p!a"c like home when a dog gee* for one of 'eai. Wear a Smil-. Which will you do? smi'c nod make oflmrs linnnv. or be crabbed urd turkc ?rr/? 1 everybody around you miserable i on can live uuiong flowers and sirgirjg binN or in the mire surrounded by fog* nu<! frogs. The amount of happier < ? which you can produce is incalculable :t ;( :? will only show a stniling face, a ki..d heart, and speaking pleasant w-ird-t. Ou the other hand, by sour looks, oro\; words, and a fretful disposition you can make hundreds unhappy ninicst beyond endurance. Which will you do ? Wear a pleasant counteoancc; let joy beam i.; eye and love glow on your forehead. There is no joy so great as tout which springs from a kiud act or pleasant deed and you may feel it at night when you rest and at morning when v< u ris?, and throughout the day when about your daily business. Our Boys. Tenth thcu: self reliance, tea I: th. -n to make fires, teach them how to saw and split wood, teach them, everv d d*y, hurd, practical common fense, teach them how to darn stockings, teji'-ii th.ri how to oat what is set btf'w ? them ami bo thankful; teach them h..u ^ their boots and take proper care t' H**ir V clothing; teach them how t m,y tie -;i:l mean it, and yes, and stick t1 :i; > . h thorn to wear their working clothe like, kings, teach them that stead.* Ii tbi's no better than riotous living, f .eli ?ht < tlint the further one goes be; . !? ? income the nearer he gets the jnor house; teach them not to h:vi. thing to do with intemperate and diamine young men, or with idle or 1 ivoioua young men. Interest. Multiply the principal by ?i?c number of days, and divide? If at 3 per rent., bv 7l>A0. If at G per cent., by GuOG. If at 7 per cent,, by ;">1 ft. If at 8 per cent., by 4' - >. If at 'J por cent., by iOO?j. If at 10 per cent, by 3G00 If at 11 per cent., by ; 11711. , If at 12 per cent., bv lit) >0. If at 13 per cent., by 27GO. If at 14 pei cent., by 2571. If lit 15 j or cent., by 2400. ^ Bikcd uLy fencu posta are in use in fc'tfiligh CoMutjr, ft.