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Special rates mado for parties traveling 'together, and for those who wish to stay a week or more. tf&F In connection with the house is a lirsP-cliiiH LIVERY STABLE, where horses and vehicLts can ho had at all times fbr town or country use, at the most reasonable rates Conveyances to and from the depot at every train. declSti 411 Kin <1n Of Canned Goods, of host quality, and Warranted fuU w'elght, for ?nlo by fehlVtf SUfcUV 6r VOLUME XXXVI. SADNESS. BY TKNKLLA. There are moments of sadness in life, When silently over us fall Forebodings of sorrow and strife, Dim shadows far-reaching nnd tall. Are they warnings of trouble before, Thus vaguely and faintly defined! Or hauotings of that which is o'er, Yet leavetk its shadows behind ? Why hath not the feeling a name ? In tear-drops it sceketk relief; But, yet, it is never ike same, As sadness that cometh with grief. It is not that darkness abiding, When the Foul in fierce battle must cope, I With a sorrow whose banner is hiding. The starlight that gleameth with hope; i When the heart i's own bitterness knows, ( But keepcth in secret from nil. Though the torrent of feeling o'erflows, And hot tears of anguish will fall. Docs it come like a bugle-note, citing The soldier to arm for a fight,? I Like the grey elasp of twilight, uniting Joy's sunshine with sorrow's dark night ? Or it is a solemn-toned chant. And not the vague warning of grief ? The dew that distilled on the plant, | Not the frost that discolors the leaf ? I know not, but fain would believe The feeling betokens no ill. But comes the full heart to relieve, < And bid the flushed spirit be still. I Anil where o'er the spirit it falleth, Oh let not the warning be vain ! But deem it an angel who calleth The soul to its duties again. i A Marriage of Inconvenience, i Wiley Griskett bore the title of \ "Rogues' Attorney-General" on the i Blackhaw circuit. Ilis clients wero ] principally knuves and simpletons. The < former he helped to swindle, and the i latter he swindled. To which clas3 i Zitnri Bezel belonged wc leave the read- i cr to judge after reading our story. < Mr. Bezel did a thriving business i as a jeweler, till had times came, and 1 bil's came in faster than he could pay them. He hoped to pull through, if ( people would only wait a little; but i bad turns are precisely tbeso when people won't wait. 1 In an evil hour he bethought himself ] of Wiley Griskett, and went to him for ( counsel. Instead of advising a frank disclos- j urc of the debtor's circumstances, as an honest lawyer would have done, Mr. \ Griskett set to work in his own peculiar war. f nt'o iIia ralno nf vnnr stock and I .. ....V i, J assets V he inquired. Jl 'Thirty thousand dollar?,' Mr. Bezel ! | answered. 'And your debts amount to?' i 'Twenty.five thousand.' t 'Makeyonr notes for forty thousand.' t Bez?-I opened his eyes. t 'That's a pood deal more than T owe,' f lie answered ; 'besides, the creditors won't accept notes.' 'I don't 6ay y< u shoulJ make them to your creditors ' 'To who, then ?' t 'Sbamboy & Co.' 'But I don't know them.' 'No uiore do I.' returned Gnskctt, with a wink. 'Muke out the notes und ] then run away. As attorney for Messrs ] Shamboy & Co.. a highly respected firm i in a distant city'?here another wink? i 'I talce out an attachment as against, an < absconding debtor, cut ahead of every. \ body; gobble up the whole property and ) privately remit you the proceeds, re- t taining. of course, a reasonable fee. It ] will give you breathing time,' The tempter whispered, 'and once on your j legs again, you will be able to pay all ' your honest debts.' I Many a man has been led to steal by \ the same delusive hope of one day mak ing restitution; out none trio ics* was i he u thief, and none the less was Ziuiri | Bezel a swind'er in consenting to follow , the advice of Wiley Criskett. 1 What a race there was among the ; lawyers the day that Bezel's place was j found cloii'd and the proprietor missing, j Writs came out as fust as busy pens i could o'raft lliem; but that of Shainboy & Co., thanks to thcvigileDce of their attorney, was in the hands of the sheriff an hnnr before the rest. It swept eve. rvthing, of course, to the great disgust 1 of tho?c who had nothing left for them j but to grumble. Hut gruinbling was of little use against . the notes for forty thousand dollars, bearing Zimri Bezel's undisputed sigtia 1 ture. produced on behalf of Messrs. Sbamboy k Co., by Mr- Wiley Gnskett. 5 Mr. Criskett pushed matters ss rap- t idly as legal forms would permit. Bezel's , effects were sold for about the sum at which he haJ valued them. Criskett { rrceiptcd for tho amount in his client's t name, and pocketed it with an inward chuckle, while outwardly bemoaning j lirc?r* balance still left due to Messrs. < Shariibny & Go. , Within a month came the news of \ Zimri Bezel'ssuicide. Day after day ho J had visited the posUoffice of the little | country village in which he had token | refuse, to inquire for letters-.none came. | at least none from Wiley Griskett?and | one day nu raceivinp the u^ual answer, the poor dupe put a pistol to his head : and hlew his brains out. j i Ziu.ri Bazel's widow was an eccentric |, little body, and honest to the core. Sin- I, frit keenly h< r husband's fliph*-. and ', failure, and would nave felt it still more | had shoknown what had passed between him and Wilvy Gaskett. ' One niornioir she walked over to tho office of old lawyer Murofctch. Mr? yaref tch,'she said. 'I Iclicv I you hold mos^ of the claims u^uinsi my j lalfe bUSbUUtf.' The lawyer bowed stiffly. It was a sore subject, uud he had not got over being so far outgeneraled by Wiley Griskett. 'Can I trust you to keep a secret?' the lady continued. 'A curious question to ask a lawyer,' replied Mr. Mnrefefch; "you may speak without hesitation.' "Could you manage to set all the claims under your control ?' asked the little woman. There would be no difficulty in that. T think, soeincr there's so little prospect of their ever being paid,' was the ansswer. 'I propose to pay them.' said the widow, hrid'ing up. "You see. I have reason to know that. I am down in a certain person's will for a good round sum. When I come into it I propose to pay my poor husband's debts, and T propose to give ray notes, payable on demand?' 'Which wouldu't be worth tho paper they arc written on,' tho lawyer inter runted. 'Why r 'Void for want of consideration.' The widow looked puzzled. 'But is thore no way *' she asked. 'Yes?bonds under seal; a seal, you pec, imparts consideration The explanation wasn't very enliphtcninp to Mrs Bezel, bnt she was plad to know there was a way. aud in a day or two. Mr Marefetch held the widow's bonds for the whole of her deccaaed husband's debts, she exactiup a promise of strict secrecy, lest her rich relative if she heard of the circumstrncc might alter her will. Now of the proceeds of Zimri Bezel's property, pocketed by Wiley Griskctf in the name of his fictitnu* clients, nt 'east five thousand dollars, the surplus over just debts, of ripbt beloDped to the tvidow who, if the truth ever camo out. uiipht call Mr. Griskett to account. It must have been to head oft' any such ;ontiupeney that the cunnine lawyer made an offer of msrriape to Mrs. Bezel oarely a year after her husband's death. What possessed her to accept him, was one of those mysteries cfa woman's will svhicli none pretend to explaiu. The bridal tour was over and the iorcymoon on the wane, when Mr. Marefetch called at Mr. Griskett's office )ne fair morning. 'Ma}-1 speak to you in private f isked the former. With a curt nod Griskctt led the ray to a private room. 'May I inquire your business he aid. 'It is to demand payment of these jonds ol'your wife,' roturncd Marefetch, riroducinz the documents. * Wiley Griskctt turned pale as he rlaneed them over, there wa? no dispu,ing iheir validity, or that he was bound 0 pay them, for as the law then stood 1 man in marryini: a woman became reipepsiblc f>r her debts. I'll never pay them !' lie exclaimed. Why not 'I insist that they are void. The fool ?my wile, I mean?must have signed heni without consideration.' 'You forget the sral.' Griskctt trround his teeth. 'I have another argument to offer. Mr. Marefetch added 'The dav poor Bezel blew big brains out he addrecscd ne a letter exposing the trick by which ( ,0'l swind'ed him and his creditors. Of , Jourse, the letter is not lojral evidence. 3ut if I made it public, you mipht be "breed to the difficult task of provin? he existence ox your worthy clients, Messrs Sham boy Si Co. When Mr. Marcfetcb left, be bad n bis pocket Wiley Griskott's check, l'he latter, mad with fury, hurried to his lome, and with dastard blows, drove bis ivife into the street. ( Hut not many weeks after, when he earned that his wife had fallen heir to if'y thousand dollars, all secured in her W1I rifht?for the rich relative had beard of l is ta?e brutality in time to so titer her v.*i 11 as to punrd the legacy Voui any claim of l?i-?Wilry Griskett, akinp pattern from bis anciept protoype, went out and hanged himself. A World Rpuowned Pianist An esteemd reader of the JoritNAi. has kindly furnished us with the sub- ' oined notice of the celebrated pianist. | Joseph H. Derek, Ksq., who was recently n Camdeu and participated in the enter ainment at the residence of Mr. George Alden. It was clipped from the Xcw k'ork correspondence of the Charles-1 on Mercury of September 25th, 1858 tVc hope Mp. Denck will at an early lay find it convenient to pay our town mother visit. South Carolina may boast of another orodigy in art. Your renders, many of hem. will rcm>Mnher a child, a few fears ago, in Charleston, who, at six rears of age, was held to be remarkably jodowed with music. Joseph Denck, ? [he son of a German gentleman, well known in Charleston as a successful teacher of music, surprised everybody l?v his infant performances on tlm piano His mother, of one of the best families in Columbia, S. C.. was, like her husband, p'-ssesa-d of rare musical abilities, a passionate fondness for music and was besides a highly talented and accomplished young lady; indeed, some thing of a leader in the fushionablo oirelep of Columbia, twenty odd years ago. Their ron, now a boy of thirteen, inherits their tastes, with probably a far larger endowment ol original genius, entirely Ins own Proving bis remarka tile powers, at so tender an ago in j dfyrfoufcf WW pUiVuis rcfthrtd ify j CAMDEN, S. C., JUNE in? him a first class musical education in Kurope. For this purpose they proceeded to Dresden, Germany, where they engaged one of the Royal Chamber Musicians to teach the boy. Very soon, the professor thought, so much of the boy that he took the first occasion to exhibit him to his colleagues, and to the Drcdsd'/n public generally; causing him to play with himself, a duett from Ilertz, for two pianos, on the stage of I the Royal Theatre, and this when his ! pupil was hut ten years old. The boy | was received with wondrous favor, was i rapturously applauded, and the critical j journals, of the next day, were loud in his praises, prophesying a brilliant future fur him in the prosecutiou of his art. Put his teacher, almost constantly employed by bis duties in the cbapcl, was unable to bestow his lessons regularly; and the parents of young Denck engaged for his teacher the Pianist to tho Court of Saxony. This artist, holding one ot the highest places in society?in a country where artists are honored, and not held to be more mountebanks?introdneed his little American prodigy to the Court, and to the nobility geucrally. He was wonderfully impressed with the genius of the boy; and it soon became his greatest pleasure 10 assemble at his house all the artists of note in Dresden, to hear, from time to time, and to note the progress which his infant pupil was making. It was no unusual thing to 6nd among these visitors of Mr. Kragen, assembled at his musical re unions, the ladies of the nubility, and they even cumc\o the ehild's lessons, to hear him execute thn*e pieces, as if tind?*r inspiration, which they themselves had been laboriously studying for vcurs. lie played at their houses as well as at the rooms of his teacher frequently, quartettes 1 with the chamber musicians; and so great was his success, and the enthusi- j1 asm which he inspired, that letters were given him by the noblesse to London. Paris, aud even America. Hcnselt. ' Dreyshock and Clara Schumann, each 1 Daid him the coniDliment of attending ' Iiis lessons, pronouncing his talents, his execution and performances to be tuost extraordinary. Lizt left a dinner party : to hear hitxi play; and Lizt, as is the case, probably, with most performers, is as pood a judge of dinner parties as of music. He stood by the piano exclaiming, ever and anon, "Bravo! bravo !"| and when the piece whs finisl cd clasped ihe boy player in his arms, kissed him, and said "You have very great taU ents, my boy. you must work them well; he diligent; study hard, and you will be a man, a very great man !" lie then . turned to the delighted parents, and said : ' Thin boy is well deserving of j all you do for him, and if you will only bring liitn to Wei Bier I will myself attend to his instruction " As Lizt will receive no compensation for those he 'caches, so he undertakes the education ofthose only whom ho particularly fan- j ci"s. lie c\idently took a singular in-I ferest in the child. a?, indeed, did all the great artists who heard him play, i Joachim, thought him so uncommon a boy tint he warmly opposed the idea of his returning to America while yet so young, and bagged his father, again mid again, to send him to finish his cd- , Mention with Henselt. now the most fa- | raous pianist in Europe Ilenpclt, too,. >n hearing the boy play, voluntarily ffered to undertake his tuition. Joaahiuj wrote to the first aitis's in London on his behalf, and his letters were so com- j pliracntary that the boy was received j with open arms when he reached that city. In Dresden he wns petted and flattered to a degree which might have turn* d a much older head; hut it is one proof of the hoy's character, apart from hi* talents, that he still feels himself a child, is singularly modest, takes no niis up-m himself, and 6ci-ms scarcely to regard his own performances as anything of moment lie was greatly favored by Prince George, and by n.any of the Saxon noblesse. The Prince gave him letters to the Courts of Hanover anil England. The King of Hanov> r hud him to supper at the same tabic, talk-d with him during the rtpo?t, i.nd toid hiin that realiv be was very -- - --J v grateful to the Prince of Saxony for giving him the opportunity of hearing ;-ueli fine music. From the Queen In.- i had an iuvitatiou, which he accepted, j t" return next day and play before the Princesses; and from these he received the highest marks of favor. He took I letters from some of the Herman Princes to the Queen of England, and on th?birthday of Victoria, at Puckinghnm Palace, he played bi forc her Majesty. | J She (the Queen) went up with Ptincc j , Albert, to the piano, alter the perform- j j anco, and told the boy that he had 1 j played most beautifully, one of the most ( difficult of pieces. It is no small part of this compliment that the Queen pf | England, the King of Hanover, and ( the Priueo of fcraxony, grp all highly cul 1 tivated musicians themselves, and could judge of the merits of the players, not ] only as Princes, but as artists. Prince ( (Jei'rge of Suxony played duets with him, and on the lust occasion of his , playing before the Priuce, the latter k pt him nt the piano from eight till eleven. Of course, such a tax upon Ins infant power* was requited in 11 princely manner. I have not given you a tithe ol the particulars of this wonderful boy's career in Euiope. Here, in New York, where tho vulgar tusto requires a storm of drums, a la Julicn, ho has already won the laudation of that superior class, who really fee! and kjiow music; of which, spite of its un hoc racy. New York jesscsse.* a.| large and highly couipetent circle. He played ut the muuguruiiuu U u U'Av i 4,1878. piano manufactory, where most of the best artists were assembled; and his performances were regarded, as you may have seen by the press, as marvelnusly beautiful and powerful. His fiugerinc, though exquisitely delicate and discriminating, is yet singularly masculine, free, confident, and bold. He proposes to give some concerts in New York, and may do so elsewhere in America. It is possible you may hear him in Charleston, whore he was first heard; and I huvc uo doubt that he will make an impression quite as brilliant here as in Europe, where, undoubtedly, :?i ?i lilt; LUUSIC<11 ItttBUB ill U mnivani u*?m refined, and appreciative of thoso finer touches which are usually lost on the common ear. The only difficulty in the way of the boy's perfect success here, will probably lie in this: his exquisite delicacy; our people in New York need the stormiest music; blood and thunder, roll and rush, earthquakes and aval-inches, au occasional cataract, and frequ. nt volcanic eruptions. But, to the really musical ear. there can be no doubt that young Dcnck will bo regarded here as a prodigy of musical talent, even as he bus been regarded in Europe. Nemo. An Act to alter and amend the law in relation to elections. Pec. 1. Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, that each election hereafter beld in this State at which there shall be voted for members of Congress and Presidential electors, it shall be the duty of the proj>er board of commissioners of elections for each county to provide boxes for each election precinct, and two sets of managers shall be appointed for each election precinct?one for each box. One of said boxes shall | be labeled "for mcmb'rs of Congress j ?i ii?:J?.:-I -i^....... " mill i rt'siuum iui triiruiui?, ?i'iu uac i other "State, circuit and county offi-1 eers," and they shall be kept while voting is progressing separate and apart! aud not in the same apartment. iSec. 2. There shall bo two tickets 1 written or printed or partly written and j partly printed. One ticket shall con- j tain the name of the person voted for as representative in Congress and the j number of the congressional district, J and also the names of the persons voted i for as Presidential electors, with a pro- | per designation a'tached to each name as to whether he is voted for to represent the Stat* at large or a particular Congressional distiict, and shall be deposited in the box labelled "for members of Congress and Presidential electors." the other ticket shall contain the I names of the person intended to be voted I for as Stat? circuit and county officers, j and the offices to which such persons | are intended to be chosen, and shall be i deposited in the box labelled "State, circuit and count? offie rs." SKH. 3. It shall be the duty of the ' Governor, and he is hereby authorized > and empowered to. at least sixty days prior iu any feucu ciuuituu, iu iippum* n?u boards of commissioners of election, consisting of three members each, for each county; both political parties shall be represented One shall be appointed and designated as coin., mi-sioners of election for "members of Congrps* and Presidential electors." and the other as commissioners of election for ' State, circuit and county officers " Sec. 4 At the close of the election tho managers shall count the votes and make an original and copy return of the result, and within three days after the day thereof the chairman of the board of managers, or one of them, who may be designated by the board, shall deliver to the commissioners of election for "mrmbi rs of Congress and Presidential electors" the poll list and boxes labelled for "members of Congress and Presidential electors," with the original of. their count containing the ballots, and within the same time, and in like manner. shall he delivered to the commissioners of elections for "State circuit and county officers," the poll lists and boxes labelled "State, circuit and county officers." containing the ballots with a | similar original of the result of the I vote. Sec. 5. That in addition to the State j oanvnsser* now provided by law, it shall i be the duty of the Governor, and he is ' hereby authorized and empowered, at nt least sixty days before any such election as is above mentioned, to appoint a board of State canvassers consisting of five members, one from Congressional district, to ba known anJ designated as the board of State canvassers for " members of Congress and Presidential electors." Sec. It shall he the duty of puch hoard of State canvassers, upon the certified C'-pies of the board of county canvassers f>r ' members of Congress and Presidential electors," to make a statement of the votes cast and declare the election of members of Congress and Presidential electors, as is now, or may Iteren'f'.r be required by law. Sfc. 7. That the polls shall he open nt eight o'clock in the forenoon and close at five u'el ok in the afternoon. Sf.c. 8. All acts or parts of nets inconsistent with the provisions of this net he, and the same are hereby repealed. approved March 22, 1878. Mrs. Go nernl Guin'-s, being a*-ked how shp retained her youthful feelings to the age of over eighty years replied : "Limp and water ami u clear con" Science." NUMBER 47 A Modest YouDg Man. We love a modest, unassuming young uian, wherever wo find liiin?in a counting-room or a law office?at the.bellows or the crank?at the roll-stand or the type case?a clambunk or in the pulpit. Among a world of brass and impudence he stands forth an honor to himself? showing to others that he at least has hud a good bringing up, and knows what belongs to good manners. Ask him a question, and be will not give you a snappish reply or look cross enough to bite you. If you are looking for anything, he will tako pains to find it for you, if he cau. When in company with others, he does not usurp all the conversation; and endeavor to call the attention of others to himself, by boisterous language He listens attentively to his seniors and modestly advances his opinions. We love such a uian?wo do sincerely? and his company we do highly prize. If he meets you in in tho street, he pleasantly bows and bids you good morning. You do not Gnd hira standing at the corners, using profane words, or sec him at the entrance of churches on the Sabbath. He qnietly enters his pew, and takes his seat withont a flourish. He goes to hear and not to seeSuch young men there are. We often ice them. You will find some of them in printing offices, work shops, and other places, where to earn one's living is honorable. When they come ( up^n the stage of active life they must , succeed?it could not be otherwise. We would give more for a modest, unas sutning young man, for all the practical business of life, than for a score of , brassy, impudent rasca!s, who are not worth the bread tbey keep from mould- , ?"g. He Preferred His Mother Tongue. A bluff, hearty well dressed party in spectacles had ju?t banged his valise upon the counter and registered his name. "Want some rooms. Wife and babies meet me here to-morrow. Stop a week. Iinw are you fixed ? " * That'll be au fait," remarked the clerk. "Give you a nice suite?just vacated by Count Salamagundi and?" " Kh!" " I remarked that it would be nu fait and that we could g?ve you a sw'te." " Orfay?street Young man, what sort of things are those ? This is Boston isn't it ? " " Y'S, sir, that is?I?" " Well won't yon be kind enough to talk English ? It's good enough for me here." " Well," said the clerk flushing red in the face, "Anything to please you, sir. " The bluff, hearty party turns away strides in the direction of the reading room, but the word "boor!" which reaches him causes him to turn back and remark : " My friend, I aui no boor, I speak and write nine languages well enough to teach them in University. I love my mother tongue best of all. and believe that it answers all practical pur puses in this country, in your inter* coursn with roe be kind enough to use it and vou will do me a practical favor. 1 ?"JW6" ?? Hotel Gazette. A Half-Finished Wedding. In Cincinnati the young people are excited over a promised wedding that didn't take place. The young man and young woman had known each other from childhood, and were prominent in J society circles The wedding guests were assembled, and the loving couple were on the floor. The minister propounded the usual questions to the bride, as to whether she would take the ( man to be her husband, etc., when, to the surprise of all present, sho answered "No." Thinking he misunderstood her , the minister asked the question again, and she answered "No." This stopped , the ceremony, nod the story came out; Thqvoung man, addicted to tho use , of intoncating liquors, had promised re- . form if the lady would consent to marry him. and had signed the pledge. He ( had been on trial for months, but, as . . . . J __ ?1 the Driac turncu iu unu us mcj oiwu side by side before the minister, she caught the odor of whisky on his breath, and detected signs of incipient intoxication She closed the extraordinary scene by stating that she could not trust her future to a man who had broken a promise so solemnly made. Expostulations and entreaties were all in vain. The wedding did not take place,? Chicago Inter-Ocean. True Cheerfulness. Along with humility we shouuld cul tivate cheerfulness. Humility has no connection witli pensive melanoholy or timorous dejection. W hile the truly humble guard agaiust the distraction of all violent passions and inordinant cares, they cherish a chctrful disposition of mind. There cannot, indeed, be genu- c ine checrfulnoss without tho approba- a tion of our heart. While, however, we c pay a sacred regard to conscience, it c must he euligthcncd and directed bv * reason and revelation. And happy aro t tho individuals who can 6ay, " our re- , joicing is thu. in simplicity and godly ' sincerity, we have had our conversation ' in the world. An approving mind will i contribute greatly to cheerfulness, and i that equanimity which results from it, 1 from trust in God. and from the hope 1 of a bl? ssed immortality, is equally re- I mote from sour dissatiffaetior, despond- 1 ing melancholy, and frivolous hilarity. < It smooths our pith and sweetens oar ' cup, rendering duty easy aud affliction ' light. 11 ADVERTISING RATES. Time. 1 in. \ col. 4 col. 1 col. 1 week, $1 00 $5 00 $9 00 $16 00 2 " 1 75 7 50 12 25 20 00 > 3 " 260 9 00 15 25 24 00 4 " 3 00 10 60 18 00 27 60 6 " 3 50 11 76 20 50 31 00 0 ?? 4 00 12 60 22 75 84 00 7 " 4 50 13 25 24 76 87 00 8 ? 6 00 14 00 26 00 40 00 3 mos 6 60 17 00 32 00 50 00 4 " 7 50 19 00 39 50 59 00 6 " 8 50 24 00 48 00 84 00 9 " 9 50 30 00 59 00 105 00 12" 10 25 35 00 C8 00 120 00 t?" Transient advertisernents ranstlie accompanied with the cash to insure Insertion. Bald Mountain Split In Twain. Two years ago. residents in the section of the famous Bald Mountain were thrown into great consternation by continual rumblings and inexplicable noises heard in the bowels of the immense mountain. The phenomena attracted the attention of scientific men in all parts of the country. The rumbling lusted for about two weeks and then ceased. They had the effect of rendering the real estate in the neighborhood, that had been valuable, almost worthless, and ihe inhabitants hastened to remove from the neighborhood of the mysterious mountain. Last Friday night the noise began again ; the mountain shook as in the throes of an oarthquake ; immense trees and rocks were hurled down the mountain side, and sounds like the intermittent thunder wero heard during the night. This morning those who ventured near saw that the mountain had been literally split io twain, leaving a chasm of 390 feet ia .1 i r n .. 1 a /... icng?n ana irora o io iu icci in wium. So far as has been ascertained, the chasm is a bottomless abyss. As yet no smoke * or lava has been thrown from the crater, but early in the morning there was a strong smell of sulphur about the place. Josh Billings Tells About the Goslin. The goslin iz the goose's young child. TVy are yellow all over and az soft az a ball of worsted. Their foot iz wove whole, and they kan swim az easy az a drop of kastor oil on the water. They are born annually about the 15th of May, and never was known to die natraliy. If a man should tell me ho saw a goose die a natral death, I wouldn't believe him under oath bftT that, net even if ho had swore he had lied about Becing a goose die. The goose iz different in one respect from the human family, who is sed tew grow weaker and wiser, whereaz a goslin always grows tuffer and more phoolisb. I hove seen a goose that they sed was 93 years old in June, and did not look an hour older, than one that was 17. The goslin waddles when he walks and paddles when he swims, but never isTdives like a duck out of sight in the water, but only changes ends. They ain't so particular az some mt pholke what they cat, won't git mad JBj and quit if they kant have wet toast and lam chops every morning for breckfust. The Devoted Mothers. Many a poor mother in an humble cot with no money or position, has struggled hard to feed and cloth her little ones, to train them to be an honor to (heir country and a blessing to the world. Most of our useful, prominent men came from such homes. Oar churchyards are full of such sleeping mothers, whose hands arc folded over their breasts. No worldly eye ever saw the records of their lives; onlyGod and the angels. No tull monu- \ mcnt and high-sounding epitaphs mark their resting places. What a responsibility rests upon the mothers of this country / Life is too short to be spent in accumulating tho things of this world that must perish. The children do not stay with us long onough to permit us to waste our hours i'd tho pursuit of fashion and gaycty. What we sow now we shall reap hereafter. God gives to all mothers grace and strength to fulfil their duties aright, that theft influ ence for good may be Icfc from generation to generation. A Flying Machine. Experiments were made in Philadelphia on Wednesday with what is colled "Prof. Ritchel's aerial or flying machine." The machine looks like a velocipede on runners with a balloon canopy. The operator sits in a small *eut aud puts his feet in the stirrups. In front of him is a crank by which the main propeller at the bottom of tho tnachiue is controlled. Those padJles breast the air like wings. Another one serves as a rudder, being conaected with the etirrups by metallic bars. The balloon is twenty-five feet in length and twelve feet in diameter, fhe inventor says : 'The principle on Evhich I estaOlisneu my idea was inaioi ho flying of birds. I felt that if birds ould supply the impetus of flying, and iliaDge their course, invention could do he same for man. This cylinder that [ have arranged, shall carry about 9S jer cent of the total weight. The ope^ ator in moving the wings ia supposed to lossess the muscular weight of a dozen agles.' The person trained to operate ho machine made some successful assents, and those who witnessed the ex>eriment regarded it as a success. Mourning For the Dead. I saw a pale mourner 6tand bending ver the tomb, and his tears fell fast nid often, As he raised his humid yes to heuveu, he cried, "My brother ! ih ! my brother !" A sago passed hat way and said, "For whom dost hou mourn ?' "One," replied he, 'whom I did not sufficiently lovo while iviug, but whose inestimable worth I jow feel." "What wouldst thou do, f he were restored to thrc?" The nourcer replied, that ho would novor iffend him by an unkind word, but / vould take every occasion to show his f 'liendbhip, if he could but come back to liis fond embrace. "Then waste uot thy time in useless grief." said thosagc, but if thou hast friends, go and jheriah the living, remembering that ibuy will# ono day, he dead alo." \A