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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL? Roese/ay, At CAMDEX, S. C., BY TRANTHAH A ALEXANDER, j SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (/#? Advance.) Oue War 82 <0 Kix Month* 1 23 DR. I. H. ALEXANDER, Dental Snrge^ \ COLUMBIA, S. 0. I Office over W. D. Lore's store. The doctor will make frequent professional visits to Camden. Nov20tf nR t RFRWinK 1EGARE. n \ffsn fVf\. Wonn?s HIS PROFESSION VL SERVICES |TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS PLACE AXI> VICINITY. i Office, next door to Jthat of Trial Justice DePass. decll-3ra ?m. D. TRA^A^,:, Attorney at Law, CAMDEN, S. C. g^g^Office in the Camden JOUR* , nal office, Clyburn's Block. ^ J. D. DUNLAP, TRIAL JUSTICE, J yt BUQA9 STREKf, , , J' ^CAMDfcN, -60? &. ^ -J Business entrusted to bis care will receive prompt attention juneTtf. J. T. HAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW | and ., Trial Justice VTUeo??>r *torcotNess;s. Jlmim Bros. Special ! . atfrftian^Lven tothe orii$fc?rf)r c^hji J. W. DEPASS, ( ATTORNEY AT LAW ^l);J 17 t Trial Jnfttice. < Bu*lne34of all kla li promptly .traiucbte 1. ' W.^DsPASS,, Pfl ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMDEN, S. C. I "Will practice la all the State and Federal Courts. JanSStf T. H. CLARKE, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, 7 4CAMDEN, S. C. ?dice?That formerly occupied by C'apf. .T. M. s Davis. Jau?tf F J.D.KENNEDY. P. II. NELSON ? KENNEDY & NELSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, i CAMDEN, s. c. 1 f Office formeljr occupied by Judge J. B. Kershaw. nov63in ; J - , t FREDERICK J. HAY, i Architect and Builder, i CAMDEN, S. C., ' : i * Will furnish plans and estimates for all | kinds of buildings. Contracts taken at | . moderate figures, and promptly and carefully attended to. ' Orders left at the CaMDts ocbsal office ( wiil receive immediate attention. i Marchltf JOHN C. "WOLST, I PLAIN, ORNAMENTAL, !; AND SIGN PAINTER, , 1 Paper Hanger $ Glazier, |i , t CAMDEN, S. C. 8cpt23.12m j, Be Mure to Stop at the j Latham House, CA?DEa\, ?. C. II (Transient Board, $2.00 per dat.) :o: 11 mple accommodations. Tables supplied with the best the Markets afford. Eve- , < ry attention paid to the comfort of Guests. < 1'ersons stopping at the Latham . Ilouse will be conveyed to and from thep depot free of charge. Pdssehgers, without heavy baggage, will be conveyed to and 3 from any part of the town, not above L>eKalb street, at 2"> cents. I fltarc.n nectcd with the house is s first class liar, which is located separately from the house, and orderly kept. JfcaS^Conveynnces supplied to guests on liberal terms, cither for city or country use. jnn8-ly S. 15. LATHAM, Proprietor. I DeKalb House, j BY A. S. RODGERS. Most Centrally Located Hotel in Town. Terms Per Day. Commercial Travelers will have every attention paid to their comfort, and be fur. i nished with SAMPLE ROOMS at this House; and persons visiting Cumden will | fin 1 it a quiet and pleasant home. Special rates made for parties traveling' together, and for those who wish to stay a > week or more. tnr i" connection with the house is a i first-class L1VKKY STABLE, where horses and vehicles can be bad at nil times for town or country use, at the most reasonable rates. Conveyances to and from the depot at every train. decl8ti All Kinds Of Canned Goods, of beat quality, and warranted full weight, for er.lt by ftbll'tr KIRKLEY & SMITH. VOLUME XXXVI. THE MYSTIC THREAD OF LIFETj^ro il'SWftstic thread of life Wijd early Srreafh'd ^jth mine alone, Tnlt destfly relentless knife At once must sever both or none. There is a form on which thes* eyes Have often gazed with fond delight ; Ry day that form their joy supplies. And dreams restore it through the night. fh#t e iI'a lee'wiese ftlu4all Affection's toft of on tfct <jkc#fc : Bnt. paJMtHtt on? > - - ? Proclaims more love than words can speak. There is a lip which mine hath pressed, And none had over pressed before, It vow'd to make me sweetly blest, And mine?mine only?pressed it more. TtertfiS a W^m?aD my own? Flatn pitllowed oft this aching head A mhnth which smiles on me alone. An eye whose tears with mine are shed. There are two movemcnts'that thrill [n unison so closely sweet! That pulse to pulse responsive still. They both must heave?or cease to beat. There arc two souls whose equal flow In gentle strenmsso calmly run. That when they part?they part!?ah, no ! TU?y,cpnnot ^art?these souls are one. 1J Fojg J FIRST LOVE. BY DUSTY FOOT. ' am I your only and first lovo T" asked i bright eyed girl as she reclined her classically moulded brow upon the shoulier of her lover. t.KT_ T J!. ..ah ..a nni mv nnlv nor l^U? J JU11a, aib uw uij vii ij mv* | ng . fiu>t lave?T liavo loved anotheT. j L&jjlydbrs bafbrt tsSr^l I Ttvefl at> i ither, and I love that other still." ' Lovo that other still?nnd bettor { ,haq uie! Paul, why do you tell mo liab?'' said the, rafsing- Her dark blue I '"yea aod guzidg steadily in those of her over, half in astonishment and half in ' i 'orrow, while her jewelled finders tightined* M^tfMroiy oi J At pirn, it You ask'ea me, and' I"tin:"j iwcred you with sincerity : you would lot have uic deceive you, would you ?" ; "You love her still, then?" "I love her still." ;'And better than you do oie?" better, bgt as well," ''AtWJ wtil lo*?her still ?" ''Until death, and even leyond death : ?over ber last resting place 1 will strew ipring's earliest flowers, and bedew the j ipot with the purest tears that love ever ihed." "Hansotner tlmn I is sho not ?" "Iler eyes ate os black as flight, and | ier hair in glossy blackness outlives the vings of the raven. She hasn't your 'wect blue eyes, your soft brown hair; ,'et, oh Lclia ! her eyes have been the iweetest eves to me that ever looked the ook of eternal love." "Paul, why do you wish to break uiy I irart ? Why have you taught me to love fou bo wildiy?so blindly?and then io the . nidst of my happiness tell me that there 1 s an impassable barrier between us * This night, Paul, we must part forever! 1 [ would not have believed this had an)ther told me ?" and her eyes grew dim ,vith tears. "lie not too rash, Leila, lie^r me to 1 lie end ; you love me too dearly to part j with me thus ! Think you that you could tot share my heart with one that I so learly love /" "Never, Paul, never !" "You shall, Lelia. and must! Listen "or a moment while I tell you of my first eve, and I am sure you will be willing a share it with her then." "I will listen, Paul, but will not share four love; I must have all or none ; I im selfish in that respect?and who that oves as I do, is not t Forget me Paul, >r forget her forever ! "Forget her, Lelia ? Never ! I would lot lose one jot of her pure affection for j - " lu?.J . I he laircst iace mai ever jiuuuru , lot for the girdle of Venus or for the ovc of a second Helen." "Then, Paul, you are lost to uie forivcr ; we must part. Farwell to our :very dream cf a brighter future. I love rou well, and am too proud tothare your ove with aught created. Oh , Paul! ,*ou have wrongeJ me deeply and her 'zrjuisitely chiselled lips curled in indig* lant sorrow. "Stop, Lelia.oryou will deeply wrong ne also. 1 met this loved one, as I said >efore, in one of the Rweetcst, sunniest rales of our broad Illinois; wandered with hand in hand, for lon_r years, bo* 1 ide the sparkling waters of my childiond's home. First, by her sinile of ex- j |ui?itc sweetness, she taught my heart hat she loved with unutterable fondness, md never have I doubted ; my trust in ier ha. ever since been steadfast and "earless ; nevor has her eyes looked coldly jpon me,and never will it till the death ingle shall dim it for the long sleep. [)ft in the still hours of the night have [ been awakened as if by the gentle fannng of tho sleep-god's wing; and beheld hat face, thoso eyes gazing upon me tvith all the beatific tenderness of a guardian angle over a repenting prodi; and a kiss would fall upon my brow more soothing than the dew of Hebron. The same gentle band bu. held me along life's flowery way, and beside it-t unrurtled waters ; and if ever my arm was raised to do a deed of wrong, or my heart steeled to eonccive it, that gentle, admonitory voice came whispering in my car, and stayod tho oue midway, and drew the iron from tho oilier. And I do well remember, in my manhood's riper years, when deep sorrow fell upon my aoul, and I fain would huvo drunk c oblivion iWmi'the winQ ^ups firry britn, that same dark?eypd woman Came aha hade me. in the name or (iod, to sliun the fatal snare, and twining her arms around my neck, while her eyes beamed with l9fe^~d?ppe?i utppiuition,. flic poured Oil' Vpfr* \fc whiers, told rue of purer hopes and brighter aims, and in my car whimpered a golden word that has outlived all sorrow. Lc. lia, would you know the name of my first love / ,'Tis my mother*!" . , *l'dh, Paul! I'll f?>r<?iVe you andsliar^' your love?indeed I will." ' I Kncwyou would; Lelia. Second love is as dear as the first." Ail Army in the PotomacTIIE 8TAMPEDB THAT FOLLOWED THE BATTLE OF BALL'S BLUFF. At this moment the hostile lines were within stone's throw and both prlvancine. The Federals, seeing the fall of their leader, hailed. Some soldiers seized Baker's body and jatt1 with it rearward. This started the rest, and a pcncral retreat took placo. though scv P"'f '? - "'"it efal brave fellows uiovod so sUwij that J hand to hand'fighfg ranged acres' thb* line during the next ten minutes. Many of the Southerners also stopped at the canMMv, which they wheeled arouod and, endeovorad to fire upon tlieir lute owners, but could not succeed. Afterward one of the guns was found to have the ball put in before the powder?a vtjry good reacon for its refusal to explode when solicited. ?h? temporary failure to pursue enabled G'nl. Cogswell ?now in command?to rally a portion of the survivors on tho brow of tbo bluff, but he wa<> himself bleeding from a wtnid ; O'l Devahs was in lUao eocdi!> tion ; all regimental order wa* lost, ana the huddiingof the rncp on the hill i rend'red the Confederate fire, which was rapidly closing in on all sides, so much the more fatal. < Suddenly thh Sevct^ecntbiMississippi 1 came in on the flank with a terrific vol- I loy and endod the battle. Then cn-. i sued an awful spectacle! A kind of II Bbivcr ran through th" huddled mass I u|>on the brow of the cliff; it gave away; i rushed a few steps ; then, in oco wild, i panic-stricken herd, rolled, leaped und i tumbled over the precipice ! The de- < scent is nearly perpendicular, with rag- i ged, jutting crags, with a watorlavcd i base. Screams of pain and terror filled I the air. Men seemed suddenly bereft I of reason ; they leaped over the bluff with muskets still in their clutch, threw themselves into the river without divesting themselves of their heavy accoutrements?-heuoc went to tJm boUpm like i leud. Others sprang down upon the ( heads and bayonets of those below. A i eray-baired private of the First Cali- i fornia was fount! with his head mashed i between two rocks by the heavy boots of i a ponderous uTanitnany" man, who had i broken his own ncak by the fall ! The 1 side of the bluff was worn smooth by | tho nutubpr siloing down. < ? ?> -? p- ... _r , All me auernooo a ncauy Mruum ui i wounded mcu had been painfnlly work- i ing down the zig-zag path which led to , the narrow beach, whore the boats i touched to convey them across to liar- i rison's Island. The large battenux had | already secured a full load when the 1 rout began. The rowers "shoved off, but i a great wave of fugitives rolled in upon i them, and hardly had the boat reached j mid-current than all went down, and j scores of hmqan beiogs, previously i crippled, were swept aWay to unknown i graves ! The surface of the river seem- ( ed full of heads. Man clutched at man, ! and tho strong, who might have escap- i od. were draRicd down by the weaker. Voices that strove to shout for help were stifled by the turbid, sullen wuters of i the swollen river and died away in gurgles. It is straoge how persons about | to drown turn to their fellows for strength ; they may bo in mid-ocean, wjth no chance for any. yet will they grasp ona another and sink in pair*. Captain Otter, of the Virst California (an opposite name for a swimmer), was found after tho battle with two men of his company clutching his neckband. Had lie attempted to save them, or had they seized and dragged him down? One officer was found with S120 in gold in his pocket ; it had oost his life. Colonel Duvens escaped by swimming his borse nereis to the uland, though both were slightly wounded. The "Cake Walk." There is weepin,' wailin, gnnehin' of teeth and a pr< bibility of an appeal to the organic law of the land and the civil right* bill and some other tiling in Hal tiiooi'o. The cause of this trouble is a formil notice by tho Mayor of that city that hereafter he will license no more 'cake wnlks." The 'cake walk is an instif .1 f Inn nnoiilinr tn the coloretl OCOnle. Bill! I - ? . . I of which they arc extremely fond. It, means a coolest between two or threo ' hundred couples?male and female? more or less off color, who for the pound : cake which is put up as a prize, prom- I onade around a hall for several hours, j the couple which does the most "gallus' walking being awarded the prize, nod hearing for the tiuio being the distinction of being the rrrnv: Je fa n envoi colored society. The results of hose rivalries is generally a score or two of heart-burnings and so many affrays, the disappointed couples rarely being sutisGed with the verdict. This has been the case in Baltimore, and so many noses, cars ami throats have b Jen slashed as tiic result of the 'cake walks" that the Mayor has resolved that cither the "cake walks" must ccuso or the colored population cease to carry razors. I Good namo for a wood-cuttcr?-Hugh. ?' ? H 1 \U i i AMDEN, S. Ci APRIL 2 i f ._u .1.1 II" ' Nomlaating CotfVotlona i i. . . MEAN THAT THE TEO^LE 1IAVE NOT SENSE ENOUGH TO PUT UP PROPER NOiMIXBER. This convention business, says Speight's Daily Paper, is the Trojan horse that wire-pullers* jmd self-servers want to bring in every time. If the people haven't sense enough to put up proper nominees they hayqn't sense enough to vote at all. This thihg of conventions and their necessity means that, if it means anything. We don't know whether the people havo sense enough to take cure ol their own political affairs op not, but for One of them we want to try our hand on Tt. Ahd we don't see any necessity un^er the sun for a convqntion, if tnc people are competent to make their of n nominations. It will i be seen that with u Democratic control in any county a nomination is nothing else but election. All else is going 1 *' 1'? ?ttflin* too ?in/lnr?. I nirougu me uiunun. ?? ?!, nv uu?v.- . sfand by a primary election is a plain I open handed came. < Let every Democrat in his precinct I go and put in his vote immediately for I t^e nominees he wants, and let every I man's vote count Tor itself when the i voters coroq, ud from fuch precinct club, t or gathering, speaking for itself aud to ( the count in aggregating the votes of i the couiuty to determine the noruina- 1 tions. Count the votes and let thoso 1 who get the highest' Vote take the per- 1 simuion. If the people are fools enough t to elect dishonest and incompetent men c to suit local or other prejudice?, it is not \ a bit worse than to ty Sold out to rings i and ring masters wb(V (githcr their ofrn i nests every time. 'Wo Just want tho t thing dono fair, that is all.' We want g thc.poople of the btlttw to take an intwr- i est in their own affaire and talk it out g in ''Meeting." . '8nme of the grandest \ men the Slate ever produced have come ( out of the humblest walks of life and we j want to see the people of the State walk 1 to their places like mfen and not like s iny man's chattels. Give them?no, i let them tnke their own affairs in their s bands and attend to it like men, and t choose honest, brave, uncompromising r representatives, people of Carolina, v ilie.se arc the men you want, and they 1 can't bo squeezed out of a clique or j I rincr. Every time the mouse comes, t ind the mouse is soiUbody's cousin, or brother-in-law. or tool. That's what's the matter with Haunoah ! (j Violet Ink. t In 1871, 1872 prid 1873, two young j men (twin brothers), T'rcnchmen. were c often met in different parte of Franco ? and England, dressed alike, and by | tftnt/iKJnrr flmm I VintT WPTA RPPT1 biuovijl nuiv.Hi.ji, ?..vu. ...v; r to enter counting houses, banks, iusu- i ranee offices, green grocers, merchants, f and stores and shops of every kind. r They carried no luggage or large sam- t pic cases, like commercial travelers or H Jruipmers. These two young men were f the celebrated brothers that mado cfear, J in three y? ars, between them, over s ?100,000 sterling, without one cent of a capital to start with. In 1870 they t made the discovery of a very rich vio- j let writinfe irffr. TWey puC.il# up Tn fi bntrtes.^rfd sold it for^a., Effglish en/- ^ rency. Hut they were very poor, and c could not advertise or commission it, H and they struggled hard, but could not ( get ahead. They walked from shop to t shop, occasionally selling a bottle. One j dark, bleak Saturday night, in the city j of Paris, out of money, footsore, dw? a heartened and hungry, they entered n ( cafe to trade a bottle of their violet ink t (if they could) for their supper. The | keen proprietor tested their great dis* , covery and was amazed. IIo offered j them five francs to teach him their so - t secret, so that he could make his own r ink and never have to bay any more. ( The brothers faltered. It was hunger ., on one side and parting with their sc- t cret on the other. They decided to no- j cept the frenchman's paltry five franc ( piece and make the violet ink in his preppncc. They then determined to Fell that secret to all France and Kn* gland. The fire francs carried them over till Monday morning. From that c day foitune never failed them. They 1 each tonk n pint bottle of the violet ink < in their pockets, and visited storcp, 1 banks, offices, and everywhere that ink * is used or sold. They asked a mo? ' mcnt's time of the storekeeper to show f him their Wiping done with this ink. < Then they told him he could make that t ink for a trifle per gallon, lie could 1 sell it in his store or use it for his own ' business purposes. Five francs was I thoir prieo to give the secret; They ' found hundreds of thousands ready to ' buy. Three years they worked selling ' this secret in this way. Very many t days they made 500f. and fiOOf., nnd in 1 Kr.gland they were known to make even ) more than that sum in a single day. 1 They retired in the full of wortn ' over half u million dollars, every dollar ' of which was made selling the secret for ' making their elegant violet ink.? Sf. I fjOtu* Rijtultlirnn. 1 An Kuglish clergyman relates thnt j two Kuglish sisters had an audimcc with the lato l'opc Pius IX , and as i they were withdrawing one of them lin- ( gered. The Pope asked her what she wished, and she, being a convert to the ' Roman Cntholic faith, answered : "The ( prayers of your Holiness thnt my sis* ( fer may he converted from Protestanism, so that we may not be seperated ( after death." The Pope, placing his hnnd upon her clasped hands as she knelt, answered : "Drughter, those who love God will not be seperated in the i next world." I1 !> n. ?7 7- 7r *17 ,v;~ 3,1878. , . ?- , Lag 1 i Why Cen. Joe Shelby Believed in Sorrel Steeds. "Skoboloff is a fifalist. and what brilliant soldiers are not ? He rides gray horses in battle and has had as ipanv as four killed under hiui in ooe day '' This paragraph at once brought to my mind a similar superstition on the part of Gen. Joe- Shelby.-- of Missouri. under whom I served throughout tViA n?t 11 ha tn r? ? I I ia aaIa* tr >1 a corrnl iiisj I'll* lie tTdl. II10 WMU4 n ua ruiici., lie firmly believed, and used often to say. that he could never be killed in a fight while he rode a sorrel Horse. And the fact scorned to beur him out in this, 1 fie wounded three tipies .^uriog the 1 war. but never once while ridipg a sorrel horse. lie had twenty-four horses killed under him in the various engagements where tic was not hi*, and in uvcry single instance, whqre the horse was hit and tbc rider escaped the horse was a sorrel. Once, at Springfield, a ball struck Shelby fair in the middle of [lie forehead. It knocked him clean from his stirrips?something difficult to do, for he was a splendid rider, and back over his horse and heavily upou :.he ground. Those about thought him icillcd. but he was on his feet in a iccond and on his horse in another,, laving, in the cooi tones of an ordinary conversation : "I cannot be killed tolay for I am riding a sorrel horse." s lure enough, the brim of his large felt t iat had caught the ball-and broke it? I orce. It knocked him from his saddle 1 lt:d drew hjo^d, but beyond this no r ither harm was (jonp. Indfeeii, I have t vatched Skobcloff's career closely dur- t r?e the KUMo-TuVkish war, and accor- r ling lo my idoa of thing*. there is u nucb in common between this dashing f oldier and Gen Shelby, both had the h mine power over men. both were n upremely indifferent in battle, both b vere superstitious, both loved hard s i;;hting, desperate charges, and enter- \ >risrs that wee considered impossible u loth were military dandies?that is to c ay both were fond of gold lacc, showy a tniforms, silver spurs, floating plumes, g plendid saddle strappings and thorough- c >red horses, both always said to their s nen, "Come on," never ''Go on \" both a rerc idolised by their soldiers, and f >oth had the sumo fatalistic ideas of the t lind of color their horses had to be to * nake the riders safe. fl Cod's Love. Suppose a meadow in which a million laisics open their bosoms all at one f ime to the son. On one of them, ^ vh'le yet it is a bud, a little stone a ias fallen. At nnco crushed and 1 ivcrshadowed, it will 6tnjggle bravely 1 igainst all odds to expand its petals i ike the rest. For many days this * ffort is continued without success, t The tiny stone (a mighty rock to the I lower) squats on its breast, and will v tot admit u single sunbeam. At length p he flower stalk, having gathered a trength by its constant exertion, ac- t |uiros foroc enough to overbalance the It rcight and toss the intruder off. Up t prings the daisy with a bound; and in p n instant another flower is added to t he vast multitude which in that niea^ p low drink their fill of sunlight. The it un in the heaven is not incommoded ? iy tho additional demand. The new c onicr receives into its cups, as many h unbeams as it would have received, al- 'v hough no other flower had grown in all he earth. Thasitisthe sun,finite though t be, helps us to understand the abso- ^ ute infirmitude of its maker. When ,n immortal being, long crushed and urned away by a load of sin, at length ^ li mil i'1i flm nnwer of a now sniritual ? - , - ? . ife, throws off the burden and opons j rith a bound to receive a Heavenly father's long offered but rejected love, j he giver is not impoverished by the j icw demand upon his kindness. Alhough a thousand millions should arise ind go to the Father, each would rc- r :eivc as much of that Father's love as j, f he alone of all the fallen creatures had ( !omc back reconciled to God. c r North Carolina and Ceorgia. < Perhaps the soldiers of no two States ? if the Confederacy wercon more'eordial t erms with, or had a higher regard for c inch other during to war than those ( ropi North Carolina and Georgia. They 1 rusted each other in battle confldontly, t ind joked sack other in camp inces- ? lantly. An imusing incident was told is the other fay of a conflict between he two at Malvern Hill A colonel of i Notth Carolina regiment, with a part, s n his command, was making his way ' Torn that battle field about half past 10 ' )'clock at night, when ho was suddenly s laltcd by u squad of men drawn up " icross the path, about half a mile from I he field of ha'tie. "What troops nre i lingo ?" called out the challengers "A I mt of the 20th North Carolina," ro- ' jlied its commander, Colonel (now < governor) Vance ; "what do you want?" t 'Now, inv friend," began the officer of ] he squad, taking it for granted the * Vorth Carolinians had fled the fight, i 'you've got as much to fight for as I v lave; can't you rally your men here t ind make one more stand ?" ''Look 1 icrc, my fried," said ^ acce, stiffening s jp in the starlight, "beforo I argue that t with you, answer uic one question : f lidn't you come out of that fight#first ? c Aint I behind you ?" A loud laugh t revealed a party on horseback near by, < jn approaching which the future Gov- i ?rnor of North Carolina found the fur% Onnririn (lei). A. H. Hire UUVfi urn \ji ___ Colquitt.?Rahbjh Obst rver. A natural man desires carnal things | ns he does food. Thus may wo tell what wo desire. i 1 !' r ' ' " - ' trrf? X, NUMBER 41 i mJL Great Ou~iosity. Silver Springs, Blorida, w one ol the greutitti curiosities in the South. It bursts forth in tlicmofet fertile-eoun-i ty in the State. It babbles up i? & basin near 100 feefc dee^x aadon acrls in extent, and seedingv fVorriit' a deep' stream 60- to 100 frit wide,' 'and oir < Undine: six td oijrht ttSlei to the Qeklawnhit Ri\'er. In -the spring itself sixty i bests tnny lie at antfhor^-^uile a fleet. The spring thua forniSiO natural inland ] port, to which three steamers now run I rJ*guferly fr<Sta the St. John's, makihg close connections with the ocfrao steam-crs nt Pdlatka. The clearness of the ) water truly, wonderfui.- ;,Itf soidw eben rtioro transparent tboh air; yuuero the'bottom eight* feet below the fhot? 1 bottom of your fecit, bho txacb foroi c jf the pearliest pefefefc, the ouAlieo au<h jolor of the leaf tibat has aaefc, aod all; prismatio1 oolers ?f! the raiubow Ira p reflected.' Large fish swim in it, *ery scale visible, and every mbveucnt distinctly seen. If you go over il he spring1 in I bsat you will see the a insures in the rocks, from which the S irer rushes wpward liko an inverted jataract. 1 . I I ? ! . , < <r ^9r ,.y > C Iii this simple word lies the true ecrefl of hnman success* (t is the tl aH*d>an whioh solves the difference be*> o wren one man's history hbd another's, rho ojkn manie oflife* Cerlyla iwfls lot wmnjr wfien he pronhunoed Lqbor ha very essence of herei?u?. One of l h? ancients went AirtUer, and calb'd a ^ he anirerml conqueror. In the luile d| int. the slow snail, and (ho "forbla M >lk" nf the ''amies." it supplies the 0| nolc of sine, ?p?cd and strength, and in B< nan. where its operation# are directed y lit^ht frodi wirfiio ttud vo$ ?highj ^ carce anything seems impossible to it, Vho of us has dot seen its beginings it? m indcrtakinss in conflict with every diffi- (j, ultyj gradually but surely master all. rid, though often .baffled and defeated, u ;ain at last complete and brilliant sueess? ' The only way," said Dr. John- ^ od. "to briog anything to pass is to ^ :o doggedly about' it." AJr. Wilber* oret amended the maxim as follows, t o go about it cheerfully, thankfully, w rith unshaken faith in God, and mi- B] linching perseverance. * Improve the Tirpe. ^ In all the nctions which a man per- w arms, some part of his life passes |j Ye die while doipg that for which a lone our sliding life was granted. Nay, hough we do nothing, Tioio keops Sj it9 constrnt pace, and flies as fmt in | dleness a9 in employment. Whether rc piny, or labor,-or danco, or stuJy, he sun posts on, and the sand runa. , hour of vice ia as long as an hour of . irtue. But tho difference between ;ood and bad actions ia infinite. Good ctions, though they diminish our .n( ime here as fast as bad actions, yat they al iy up a happiness in eternity, and will ecomnenso what they tako away by a * ilentiful return at last When we ai radc with virtue, wc do but buy * lensuro af the expense of time. So 11 t is not so much a consuming of time s an exchange. As a man sows his p< orn, he is content to wait n while, that ic mar, at the harvest, receive with ad- 8 antage. * ? VI Telephonic Dangers. tl The Hartford Post .records an inci- ' lent which is a timely warning to the a wners of telephones. It says; r< On Sunday morning, when tho sud- b len flash of lightning was ^een and was bllowed by a snafp peaf 'of thunder, s< Jr. John A. Stevens was using the v elephono extending from his home on ligh street to the drug store in the Totel Capitol. The clerk of the drag ai tore had his ear listening for a com- w nunication from the doctor, when siui- si ? v t? .1 J._ tlfancously with the peat or inunacr, ei ic received a severe shook in the car, u he report sounding like the discharge r! if a gun. His power .of hqaring was b nore or less affected all day. Dr. u Stcvcus saw a flash of electricity play fi ibout his end of the instrument, and on a xaniinntion it was found that all tho n lelicate wiro had been entirely destroy- t id by the lightning. Ilnd the doctor a )ccn speaking at the tube et the time of c ho flash he would probably been dan- w jcrously injured. I ? a Josh Billings on Birds. u The quail iz a game bird, about one . iize larger than the robbin, and goes so ast that they hum when thoy fly. d fhey have no sona, but whistle for mu- n ;io' the tono is solitary and sad. They p ire shot on the wing, and a man may tl )e good at arithmetic, fust-rate at pars- it ng, and even be able to preach acceptn- it )ly, but if he aiu't studied quail on the fi viug, he might as well shoot at a streak E if lightning in the sky as at a quail on ai he go. Kriled quails, proporly sup- o jorted with jeliys and a Champagne u jharlie iz just tho most difficult thing, n my humble opinion, tow beat in the rhole history of vittlcs and something * o drink. I am no gourmand, for I r' ;an cat broad and milk flvo days out of c< even, and smak my lips after I get o hru, but if I am asked to eat brilcd d |uail by a friend, with judishous ac- f ompanyment, I blush at fust, then how n ny head, and then smile sweet acquiesmeo?in other words I always quail b nyself before such a request. * . y The man capable of defrauJing a iridow would chase n mosquito for its fat, says a Western editor. Many men v linve been guilty of chasing a mosquito \ for its blood, continues the Xorristown I Herald, and thoy wcro not very mean r men eitbor. I v. ADVERTISING RATES. I Time. 1 in. $ coi. | col. 1#3T 1 week,.$),Q6f ?500 ,,$900 $1G W vau 20(w a " 2 60 9 00 16 55 24 00 4 " 3 00 10 50" IS 00 27 60 7 " 4 5QHUM9/M #6 27 00 8 " ?i|0, 14 09, 20 00 40 00 3 'MTTO* 32 00 60 00 4" TOO T9W 39 60 69 00 ? '? 8 60 24*00. 48 00 '84 00 9 " 9 60 .30 00 59 00 105 00 12 " 10 25. ^ 35 VJ ,(>8 00, 120 00 tz~ Transient WiifAtFemems uingr1>e accomwjth the caoli.to Utsine fiisertioji. t Ic ISuepecBe. ( ,Th$ Klwira C'vid/e.tfll\9 this story:?* "Why. nvy.dear, what is,the matter? What Ifcifi yott'm&ir? Yon look so <JeprpvedLi ? H caohof lis-h-aiul yet?oh, relieve this ki'linz suspense! Alexander, liavo'you ftilcH : sa\?l "his wife with :h?pe*!Handfc ? !> ' 7 r .* .!'No, w^deej; n?jf eredit is yet unuipaircfi, and business is looking up " "You can't mean to?" 'lay, dear,' that four old pcin in the head has come jack?'* iioiJcmyo J 1 ') l"^' .*!un > i *J? * '! "You haven'thad to pay the note for I ftbr Wbthe^jJiepV?'' * " ' "No." K J>*'t ?1 ?r /ch**jtiL tf "Have you?now tell ine, Alexander 3idlack, h?vjtp>j))i*a4 attack '! li'Tnan r !!/ . J-obiI cashioV brOtrtn ' his Mar< . pin i! if*' > "No." "frow I know-'-Iexpecleirfit-^-I knevr t alltWi tftntf-^-f'fleTt nita ii woukl be o. r Mr. l)ci(MKiir baa teked yo*i for kB#*!?. ?I? , v..,, "Xo, nothing or the kipd. lJTbeb tell ma, Wtttotft anlief adnata, tfhai fcha l&ftpciroed; I *u Var ,it j let,me kfpp. t^worat." "Well, t^liat jbreecbea hu'ton .that I )Ya you a^iat ha* gof tFred At hanging nf 'bjr one threMy wdlicre ie i." ,1 :. r,.T :Tr >. !! i? V.Wtylo { ,Ij break a husband's eart. The absence of content, the iurtw^ffirn of opfeety IfU drew a4i dheerlrab^hdnie)i(thb forbidding Ibose, and iher.namelcFs nytlect?,.witho.uta crime iiong 'litem, l?2ve ti'afroWed in 'the f.. .. .. I f r ?. arek the heaftX owe of Many & uian ?d pkw??di|hfeie, (he r?ach of W?> l? ^ffc-P/ d?ijV despair.^ 0, i^y woman, before that p'pnt arrives, well'iiH VhirM?Tlcil(bWs of her youth, id ehttwlmprlbe* ifar idea of that ineful^ipfu1, jtwaken and keep the romise hha so kindly pave. And lbucb she' May ildt be Injured?not to injuring one?'the lorpotten, not >e forgetting wife?a happy allusion ) the hoar of peaceful, love?a kind'y oleome tc a comfortable home?a Title of love to banish hostile words? kiss of peace to p&rdoc all tha past? id the hardest heart that ever locked self within the breast of selfish man HI soften to her charms arxd bid her vc. an ahe bas hoped, -bet years of mtsblesa bliss lov^d, Ipving and con>nt?the soorco of comfort and the iring of joy.' '* "1 " -? /.I Tho !Permilet? Mem. Rlessed is the man who w ponnni83, for he is ncOer stricken?for a dolir. Tho dead-head annoyqth him not, either is he pursued by the book ;en't. & He Is not grasped by Fhe lightning A selhtr. The lqnch head tnrneth ray for him. The trinket vender pasith him bv. lie is not asked to iovest i church lotteries. He hath no friends fo cocktail, he is oor' and hath no enemies. When ho riseth in the morning his lomach is not rebellious from over lading, neither doth bp chjnk his sil ejr aud say : "How shall l get nu 01 lese dimes?'* ' When hoeateth he is not vexed by maltilode of dishes, if if bowels, by ?ason of his sparingnoss, are not troaled with revolutions. His land will never take unto them* slvos wings, neither will the iro de* our his water lots"Why, howdy do, Mrs. Orippens; re all the foils pretty well?" asked one oman of another, whom she met in the :reet the other day "Oh, yes, tolrably so. thank you. Father is laid p with his side again, and mother's heumatiam has got so bad she hasn't een able to get down stairs for a drek, arid Martha tfanc had another t yesterday, aad Billy cut his foot with haiohet, and Tommy can't speak bove a whispor fora sore throat, and lliza has a gathering in her ears again nd the baby has Had four spells of roup, and my husband can hardly 'ork with his sore eyes, And I thought 'd die last night wi^h the sick hcadchc, but we're all about as well as com* ioo. flow's your tones v There was a nepro (harried in Tallaoga.Ala , a few days ago, and a few linutes after the ceremony had been erformed a rejected suitor of the bride irew bis arms around her neck, and, i the presence of a number of person?, iflictcd upon her eight or nmo stabs, rom which she died almost instantly. r? then mounted tho court house steps nd proclaimed ; "I done it; hang ute, r kill mc, just ns you please, only bury to by Liza's side." a . m A poor young man once fell iu love ith an heiress, and the passion being ?tvtrned, it only wanted the parent's onsect to make them happy. At last leetihg tho father, he asked for the aughter's hand. "How much money an you command ?" I cannot comland much," was the reply. "What re your expectations f" "Well, to ell the truth, I except to run away nth your daughter and marry her if ou don't give your consent. When a learned man, intoxicated rith his reading, takes a first step in the rorld it is very often a false step. If ie takes counsel only of his books he uns tho risk of sever succeeding in hit Kitjecta.