The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, June 11, 1878, Image 1
THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
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At
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taf Persons stopping at the Latiinm
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lieavy baggage, will be conveyed to ami
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street, at lid cents.
tSsjT"Connected with the house is a first
class Bar, which is located separately from
the house, and orderly kept.
iarc onvcyanees supplied to guests on
liberal terms, either for city or country use. i
jantt-ly S. It. LATHAM, Proprietor.
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Most Centrally Located Hotel
in TownTerms
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Commercial Travelers will have every
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.Special rates male fur parties traveling
together, an<( for those who wish to stay a
week or
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first-cianw S.TARf.R?.whxrejiorse* (
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town or country use, at the most reasonahie
rates. Conveyances to and from the
depot at every train. declSti
f 411 KIihIn
' Of Canned Goods, of l.ext ouality, apd
warranted full weight, for snle by
febliltf ShUIU.
1
i VOLUME XXXVI.
AT THE WINDOW.
Od\v to listen?listen nml wait
For his slow, firm step down the gravel
walk;
To hear the click, click of his hand at the'
J-'*1?. And
feel every heart-beat through careless j
talk;
Ah. lore is sweet when life is young !
And life and love are loth so long.
Only to watch him about tho room,
Lighting it up with hie qniet smile, 1
That seems to lift the world ont of gloom,
And bring beaten nearer me?for a while,
A little while?ainoe love is young,
And life is beautiful and long.
Only to love him?nothing more;
Never a thought of his loving me; I
P?ond of him. glad in him, though he bore ,
My heart to shipwreck on this smooth sea;
Love's faitli sees only grief, not wrong,
And life is daring when 'tis young.
Ah me! what mutter? The world goes j 1
round, ! '
And blies and bale are but outsute tilings; i
1 can never lose whnt in him 1 found,
Though love be sorrow with half-grown ;
wings; I i
And if love lies when we are young, ' i
Why, life is still not long?not long. ! |
Ami heaven iekind to the faithful heart; '
And if wc arc patient, brave, and calm, <
Our fruits will last though our dowers depart
; ,
Some day when I speak, with folded palm,
No longer fair, no longer young.
Life may not seem so bitter long
* -? **** ? :> 5
The tears dried up iu her shining eyes, |
Her parted lips took a saintly peace;?
lf|? shadow across the doorway lies:?
Will her doubts gather, darken, or cease? !
?When hearts are pure, noble and strong, ! I
True love as life itself is long. Jl
])e:ti* Smith's DuelTHE
WAV SAM IlOl'STONa SCOUT ,
DROPPED COM. MORTON. i
(
About two voops after the Texas t
revolution, u difficulty occuroJ between f
the new government and a portion of
the people, which threatened serious | t
consequences. Writ fly, the constitu* 11
tion n.ade Austin tjie permanent eapi- |
tal, but empowered tlic 1'rewdeat Jo i
ordcr^the temporary removal of tho (
archi^^in ease of danger fr??ui a for- t
cqrn crremv or sudden insurrection, s
Thinking tL? exceptional emergency
iiad arrived, as the |L>oii);nr?hes were \
committing lavages wiimp signt of mo <*
capital President Houston, who then r
rt sidrd ar Washington on the Brazos, ]
dispatched :?n order *oe;&;t?nding his \
subordinates to send the j?rato record* i
to that town. \
If is iu.p'^sil.h* to describe the c.t- *
cifement which the [>r?'itiuliration of t
this order fais'd in Austin. Tiie j
keepers <f bottle, boarding bouses, i
^rroc.cri* 3 and fufn bap kit were aghast.
The measure would he a .death*Llow to I
their business. A mass m-cti/ig was ' \
called, and 'he farmers of 'he surround- '
iug country, who were all mote or less
{njefp?.ted i" 'he question. catne in. |
After maity frxj speeches, it was un- t
anintously resolve<f to p/rwfit lbs re. ]
uioval of the archives. F<>ur hundred J
armcl men volunteered to guard trie '
State Uo])*c. The commander of this j
f-irce was (-'oiouel Morton, who had i
distinguished himself in th? war f^r j*; '
dt p ti'ler co a"<l in re recently in twn'<
d"sperate dpels. in both of which he i
bad cut his antagonists 'p-nrlv to pieces !
?itl the h :wit-knife. Indeed. fVr?^ ' 4
his reputation for virdictiveness, as i
well ns courage, it was thought that j
President Houston would rtoounce hi* i
purpose as soon as he should earn who
au the leader of ?he opposition. Mor- |
ton swore that if the President succeeded .
in r< mnvinj* ihj records, he would him- i
self bunt him down like a wolf. He i
wrot- 'he lie'o of San Jacinto to that
effect. The latter repli'd in a note of
licooid brevity ; j 1
' If the people of Afistifj do not send j i
the archives, I shall certainly come n^a i (
take them ; and if Colonel Morton can I [
kill me. he is welcome to my ear-cap." I i
Oo reception of this answer, tho j j
j;uard was doubled around tlie State ; i
House, phone;, sentinels were stationed
alonir the road Icadiny to the papi?al;
aruu d men patrolb d the streets, aud a
select committee went into permanent
scsiOon in tha city hall. ,
One day < iiiv com tnit tec were surprised
hv the sudden nr|?.*;.?a??yj! of a
stranger whese mode of entering t tic 1
roiim was as extraordinary as Ids looks j
and dress. He did not knock at the 1
closed J.J'T. hut elimtiinif a small bushy,
topped live-oak whi.Ii yrc.y hesid: the
wall lie leaped throupli a lolilv win- ,
? - -1 .1.. .1 tL.;n |
ilovi lit: was i , ,
earned :i and 1 envy i ifl?? in Lis
baud vi.r- at tIn? bnitorn ?>f Lis left
suspender a larj?<- Low is knife. and Lad !
in Lis leathern boll a cmip'u ??r? pi#lo!v '
1 all'the I'Mititl' f Lis jiuii. He was '
Jail, s'raiuLt a- an .trow, active as a
|. rillnr in Lis motion*. II* Lad a',
(kirk e-'iiiplcxinn. luxuri oif jet'y hair, j
and pioremy Linen eye?. j,
"\VLy?r?* y?>u, who thus presumes to
intrude au>oti<; {i< nllcnieii without invi
tatiou / dcuiiitidcd Colon I Morton, in
Lis Lis most 1' r eious ma'tier
Tl stumper return, d hi-stare wit'
compound interest, and Lid his lotij;
bony finger ' ii Lis lip.
Who are yon H speak ! or I'll cut an
answ r out of jour heart !" sh luted
Mot ton. The strauuer removed hie
I finger I'mu Lis lip and laid it. on the
uhtlr uf his ii)..r!Sir*us knife,
i Th^ffcryfJ?dotli?Wr'?w4iis-?i.vn knife/
Lut was sci? d and held back. "Lot
him alone. Morton, for God's sake !
exclaimed Lis friend*. "Do you not
that he is craxy ?"
A? this in incnt Judge Webb, a man
of shrewd and courteous manners, step1
ped forward ani addressed the intruder
I courteously t
"My pood friend, I presume you
have made a mistake in the house.
This is n private meetinp where none
hut members are admitted."
The sfrnnper did Dot appear to compreh?
nd the words, but he did the
courtesy. Waltiinp to a table in the
centre of the hall, he 8' ized a JH-'D and
traced one line?"I am deaf"
Judpe Webb took the raper and wrote
a qlies:ion : Will you be so obli^im1
as to inform us what ia your busines- (
with this meetinp ?" <
The strnnper at once handed him a
letter, inscribed "To the citizens of 1
Au?tin." He broke the seal and read it
iloud. It was from Houston ;
"Fellow Citizekb.?Though in em>r
md deceived by the arts of traitor?, I will
jive you three days moro to decide whether |
rou will surrender the public ncliives. At j
he end of that time yon will please let me j
know your decision."
"Sam Hoiston." 1
I
i *An<i;nr. tl.ia t ho deaf man waited
Tor a few seconds, as if for a reply, and '
lien turned and was about lo leave the ]
ball when Col. Morton sternly beckoucd (
bin back to the table. The stranger ]
iheyed and Morton wrote :
"Vou were brave enoueh to iosult ,
tie by your threatening, now give me j
satisfaction ?" (
The stranger penned his reply . "I ?
mi at your service !" .
Morton wrote again: "Who will |
jc your second ?" ,
The stranger rejoined ; "I am ton .
.'onerous to scok an advantage, and too (
iravc to fear any on the part of others, (
herefnre I never need the aid of a fee- j
>nd" '
Morton wn?tc. "Name your terms." (
The strancer wrote without a mo. |
nent's hesitation ; "Time, sunset this f
'veninc; place, the left bank of the /
'olora-lo. opposite Austin; weapons. (
ifle?. and distance 100 yards. Do not ,
ail to be in time." j
Ho toco walked across the floor am) c
iisappeared through tho window assud-1 {
It-itly as he had entered. I c
' What," exclaimed Judpc Webb, 'is (
f possible you intend to fipht that man, a
Colonel X Me is a mijie, if r.ot ?. ma- t
tiac. Such a meeting, I fear, will s
adlv tarnish your laurels " ?
' Vou arc mistaken." said Morten, ]
vith a smile; -'that mute is a hero who (
:ii the records of a doz^n battles, ,
md at least Itaff as many ploody duels. 1 :
Besides he is a favorite emissary and j
? i f it ip t"
osoni Ii'icno oi iioumimi. n * nu>?.
h? tpe-d. fortune to kill him, I think it
rill tempt tho l^roj.ti|ej,o jrcj;rajjt his |
o? -y tinst venturing "ny more upon I
he field of honor."
4 Y"tl know him then9 Who is he ?"
isked twenty voices together.
Heal* Smith."
44!j>t?, ?.h?t ctni'ot he. Deaf Smith ;
ru* killed at fan Jaoioto. -' uaiU du<itr&
iVehh.
"There. apain, your Honor is mis'ateu.
said Motion. -The storv of his
Jenth wa? a nior>- fierinn. itott?n up by
Houston to save the life of his favorite
My) fiif, tfffp venfitcanc-* of certain
rcxans on whose conduct pe hud ncp-u
ts a spy. I found that out twelve
uonths a?ro."
i in"
" 1 licit >011 are a mailman yuuincu . ]
'xotuipifj im'pbff. "D.af Smith was
never known to miss his piark"
"The thing is settled," paid Morton;
'I hare ncreed to meei t<im. Th?re
^an be no ig falling before
such a shot, and it I kill him it*will bo
the (greatest feat of my life."
Towards evening a vast crowd assentbled
to witness the meeting, and so
jreut was the popular reck'essncM as to
flairs of thjs sort, that bets were ofTcn-d
?nd taken on nil sides upon tjie reapli-.
At s.UDsct the two men arrived, with
long, heavy rifles. took their places,
back to back, at a signal walked slowly
and steadily off in opposite directions,
counting their stpps until each had
measured fifty They both completed j
ihe given number about the same iustant,
and wheeled around. As the
distance was great, both paused for a
few seconds. The face of Col. Morton |
<va? enlui and smiling. The face of
Deaf Smith waB 4p ^tefn and impassive |
us ever. The Colonel was in proud* |
cloth; the scout in smoke-tanned lea
llier.
The two rifles exploded at the sauio 1
niftai.i. (,'ol'i'tol Morton sprang into
die air and droppe d dead. |ieaf omith i
quietly reloaded his rilllo, nnd walked
awuy int<> the forest.
Three days afterward, fleneral IIous- ''
t->n, aco'>i]M):itii< (] by Deaf Smith and
ten other men appeared iu Austin and
removed the State papers.
l)iaf Smith was one of the most ex- 1
'inordinary characters over known in
ijie West. He made 'tis advent in '
Texas at an early period, $nd continued
to p-sido there until hi,i death, whieh
occurred, I believe, about 1850. Hut,
although lie had many friends, no one 1
( v. r h-arned where he bad been born
or any particulars of bis previous his*
tory. When ho wus questioned on the
-object, he laid his flnger on his lip
His i ye wa- quick and fir weitip as uu
cable's, and his nose as keen us a raven's.
He could discern "bj< cts miles
away on the praitie, wben others snw
nothing but earth and sky; atid the savages
U?ed to declare be cpuld r^tph the
scent of a Mexican or an Indian at as
L'reat a distance us abuzratd his diunnr.
lie c>'ild n?*ver !> purs-taded to si cp
mider th? roof <>f p bouse, or even un- .
der a teut-eloth.
The wor.derl'ul aucreii* of the telephone
is all owing to the laet that you
can attach one end of it to a mule's car
and swear nt him in seven Innguag-e
without running the risk of gett;np
kicked.
CAMDEN, S. C., JUNE
A Horrible Plant.
THE MAN-FATINO TREE OF MADAGASCAR?HOW
IT SEIZES ITS VICTIM.
If von can imagine a pineapple eight
feet high, and thick in proportion, restinp
upon its baso, and denuded of
leaves, you will have a good idea of the
trunk of the tree, which, however, was
not the color of the banana, but a dark,
dingy brown, and apparently hard as !
iron. Fro?n the apex of this truncated \
cone (at least two feet in diameter)
eight leaves hung sheer to the ground,
like doors swung back on their hinges.
These leaves, which were joined at the
tree at regular intervals, were about
eleven or twelve feet long, and shaped
very much like the American agave, or
century plant. They were two feet
through iu their thickest part, and three I
feet wide, tapering to a sharp point that
looked like a cow's horn, very convex,
the outer (but now nnder) surface, and
on the inner (now upper) surface
slightly concave. This concave surface
was thickly set with very strong thorny
hooks, lik<* thos,? upon the head of the
teazel. These l?aves, hanging thus
limp and lifeless, dead green in color,
had in appearance the massive strength
if oak fibre. The apex of the cone was
* round, white concave figure, like a
imallor plate set within a larger one.
This was not a flower, but a reeeptacle.
ind there exuded into it a clear treacly
liquid, honey sweet, and possessed of
riolent intoxicating and soporific properties.
From underneath the rim, so'
:o speak, of the undermost plate a series
if long, hai^y, green tendrils stretched |
n every direction toward the horizon, i
These were seven or eight feet long
ach, and tapered from four inches to a
half inch in diameter, yet they stretched
mt stiffly as iron rods. Above these
from betfeen the ppper and under
up) six white, almost transparent, palpi
cared themselves toward the sky, twirlng
and twisting with a marvelous infant
motion, yet constantly reaching
ipward. Then the nntjves surrounded '
me of the women and urged her with I
he points of their javelins, until slowly
ind with despairing face she climbed up i
. ii r 3 J ? 4U- I
ilC ^laiK tn inc in'E nuu eiupij un wit i
umuiit of the cone, the palpi twjrljng
ibout h?T " Tisk ! Tislc !' (Drink !
Drink !) cried the men. and stooping
die drank of the viscid flu'd in the cup,
ising instantly again with wild frenzy
:t her face and convulsive chorea in her
intbs. Hut she did not jump down ns
'ho settled to intend to do. Oh. no !
The atrocious cannibal that had been so
!}*rt and dead came to sudden savage
ite. The slender, delicate palpi, with
he fury of starved serpents. <|uiverrd
or a moment oAr her head, then, as if
iy instinct, with demoniac intelligence,
astened upon her in sudden coils round
ind round her neck and arms; then,
?iiil(* hep aw pi | scfeainh and yo[ tnuru j
iwful laughter ro#? wilder, to be in*
itunfly strangled down again iut<i a !
turgliug moan, the tendrils, one after
mother, lik?> gr^en serpents, with bru;al
energy and infernal rapidity, rose,
retracted themselves, and wrapped her
ibntyt 1,1 tola &iVt fold ?ve?.
with tbo ci net swiftness ana savage tonicity
of anacondas fastening upon their
prey. It wis the barbarity of the Lao
:oon without its beauty?this strange,
iof|-ib|o murcjor And nor the great
leaves rose slowly and sti$y like fjio
irms of a derrick, erected themselves in
the air, approaching one anotner, and j
rlesed about |.be dead and hampered 1
nctiui ^ith the silonVtbjrcf of any byIraullc
press and the ruthless purpose
)f a th*nib->cr-w. A moment more,
ind while I could sec the basis of the
nrne?!nt? innro tif'btlv fft?
^..V? ? ......y ?
irard each other, rtow t|iulr interstices
here trickled down the stalks streams
)f viscid honeylike fluid, uiiogled horribly
with the blood and oozing viscera of
:lic victim.?Letter from Carl Lcche.
the dsscovercr.
Moaoow.
The Russians love Moscow. It is the
idol of every Russian heart. Her shrines
are to him the holiest in the empire;
hallowed bv seven centuries of historical
associations, Moscow lias suffered
from the t?word, the torch and the
plague. Three hundred years ago it
was nearly consumed by fire, in which
two thousand of its citizens perished.
Fifty years latei, the Tartars tired the
suburb , and one hundred thousand of
its inhabitants ncrished by the flames
and by the Rword. A hundred years
ago, th? fatal plague so reduced its
population that it never regained its
former proportions Within our owg
century, and to save it from plunder by
the French, the people gave up the
beautiful city to the flames, the grandest
sacrifice ever mad- to National
pride, lfut when the French retreated
'In' eitv was rohujlt, arjd is to-day
thing of beauty." Its too frequent reconstruction
is tlio cause of the irregularity
everywhere apparent. Only a
few of the streets are straight; a pa'ace
and a small hotel, adjoin each other,
atid the rich and the poor are nearest
neighbors. Nothing is more noticeable
and attractive than the display of colors,
r- d. white, grot n, gold and silver ; with
which the public and private buildings
are ornnuiented. Home has long he n
celebrated the "city of churches."
having ouo for each day in the yur,
ind uii iidd.tional un- ( r l-apyear;
hut Mo-cow can boast o' nearly four
hnndrd Mnplv* dedicated.'to religion.
Ah hough the circumvolution of the j
city is more than twenty Kngli-h miles,
yet the objects of interest to a traveler j
are confined within narrow limits. The j
Moskva flows through the city, spanned
by noble bridges, and along its banks
are beautiful lawns, sbuded hy noble
trees. i
gill
11, 1878.
Tho Nesrro in Politics.
The proper disposition of the negro
vote is becoming the all-iinportant question
in the discussion of political affairs
in thi? State. Of course it is conceded
that all who have heretofore voted with
the Democracy have a right to join the
Deoiocratie party, and vote at our primary
elections but what is to heconf
of the great army of Republican voters?
If is clearly the poliey and intention of
tlie white Democracy to educate and
elevate, as well as rxercis- the broadest '
charitv towards, their dusky companions;
hut it is feared the Democratic parfv
will be swamped by this flood tide of!
colored voters, who may prove as dangerous
inside of the purty as they are ]
now outside of it Tf everv one is al- 1
lowed to join the Democratic party, and
vote at its elcrtions, then we have not 1
only broken down fho race line in po!i- 1
tics, but the party line also
In our opinion there is too great a
disposion to meddle with the negr> 1
vote, which, if let alone, will hereafter 1
prove not only harmless, but tractable.
It can never bJ practically put on the '
same footing with the white vote, but '
unfortunately there are too many who, 1
thinking they can manipulate it. wish '
to bring it into the Democratic party. (
If this is done, it will not only destroy r
the controlling inflaenee of the white 1
man, and endanger his institutions and J
civilization, but will put the up country (
of South Carolina under the control of c
the low-country, where this great negro c
vote lies. Whilst we are in fivor of '
the liberal exercise of the broadest s
charity, we cannot see that our late opponents
have done anything as yet to 1
convince us that thov are in favor of r
good govern men f, which is the first rc-1 ^
quisite of a pood Dctqoer^t. We cun
easily wiq upon the same line adopted '
in the last eumpaign, by making the Do- :
tuocraej an aggressive unit, and byjlet-js
ting alone that portion of the negro vote j
that we cannot influence or control.? 1
Spartanburg Spartan.
Gone.
There is probably no word in the
English iapgqage more expressive, more
heart touching, than the simple word
gone. It is a simple word, yet hidden
under it is an interesting meaning deeper
than one thinks until called upon to use
the word tn reference to his otvn leas. |
Hobejt l(all thought the word tear |
the' most beautiful and expressive in our .
language but has not the word gone
much of the same pathetic sentiment *
The loyod and cherished of the heart
and home?perhaps a dear beloved
mother or father, a brother or sister has
passed away No expression could be
more touching to the heart than the
word gone?gone out of home and sigh'
f'fTT VVit'O M in this 0380 the word
(oar is a n^nr kindred When wo h ive
seou our friends laid iu their narrow
house, gone expr'sst'S the feelings of
our hearts h- tier than any othnr word
We can hardly conceive of the cause of
a tear without the knowledge of some hinSS'T.jy
" I
fhn lipiirt wp.-n nvpr the finves '
~ "MV r - ? - - r* | I
of the loved ones? Tlicn something in ^
pone. Docs it uiourn over wasted time j
and opportunities? Then something 11
is gone. Abundant as is our language ;
in yords, jt is |i^rd to conceive how 11
we could do without it. short as it is. c
Life is always changing, always mnk- x
ing voids in our firesid* circles ; friends
leaving us to sees tortuno or fame.
Twenty y<-ars hence the friends with
whom wo mingle at ihe pr-spnt will be f
scattered ; 8>me may he in foreign coun- (
tries, others may rise to high honor, and t
ao-M)c rad to s;,y. wiii ruin thomselves (n j
dissipation, and finally die outcasts from (
society, unhonored. and unmourned. (
And gone is the only word which ex- j
presses the soul's keen sense of the loss (
and absence. There is an crpreasiyn* (
neK4 in the ez^msitoly sbd word whioh ,
wo onlv sec in its kindred word, tear.? |
Daisy Lee. ,
A Grecian Legend.
When Dacehns wa9 a boy, he journeyed
through Hellas to go to Naxia, ,
and, a* the way was very long, he (
grew tired, and sat down upon a stone
to rest. As he sat there, with his pyes
upon the ground, he saw a little plant ,
spring up between his feet, and was so
much pleased with it that he determined
to carry it with him and plant it in ,
Naxiu. He took it up and carried it (
away with him; but as the sun was
very hot lie feared that it might wither (
bpfore he reached his destination. He
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thrust it, and went on. Hut in iiis
hand, the plant sprouted so fast that it
started nut of the bones above and bo- 1
low. This pave him fresh fear cf ipj
withering, and he east ah'?ut for u remedy.
He found a lion's bone, which
was thicker than the bird's skeleton,
and be stuck the skeleton, with
the plant in it, into the bone of
the lion. Kre lonp, however, the plant
prow out of the lion's bono likowise.
Then he found the bone of an ass. larger
than that of the lion, so he put it :
into the nss's bone, and thus made his
way into Xnxia. When about to set
the plant. In- found that the roofs bad
Utwitiad thetneelv.s around the bird's
sk. ' toil and limiV b. n.- and ass* bone,
and as h - could not tike it on' without
datnajrinp the roots, he planted it as it
was and it sp< eddy prow, and bore, to
bis pri-at joy, the most delicious grapes,
from which be made the first wine, and
pave it to mon to driuk. Hut behold,)
a miracle ! When men first drank of
it, they sank like birks; after drinkinp
more, I hey become vigorous and pal-1
j iant, like lion?; but when they drank i
[ more still, they behave liko asses,
NU.MBER 48
A Good Example of ''Cheek."
Clieelc I Why, that'* no name for if.
He was an itinerant vender of lamphumors,
this 01 c, and he generally
gained his end wherever he was permit*
ted to enter a house. Theotherday, while
travelling about the city, he wandered
info h hotii in the sou: hero part of town
where sorrow evidently reigned. The
lamp man, finding the door open, walked
right in. and thcro found a poor woman
in t ars, with a friend or two frying 'o
console her for the loss of her husband,
who lay dead in the same room.
'Can I sell you my new patent lampburners.
ma'am?' replied the vender. ,
'fto, sir,' replied the womstn between ,
her sobs, 'I don't wish anything of the <
kind.' (
'Pleaso let me explain its beauties. (
ma'am,' he said 'and I'm sure you'll j
take one. Y?iu sea this?"
*TCill T rl/in'f tronf if nil* ' a Vt a esiil
>./u? x viv/u % " '?iiw on , c"c naiu j |
I wish you would eo away. Don't, you t
>ce mv poor husband lying here ! Tjcavp
ne with my sorrow.' s
'Oh, yoa'm, and I sympathize deeply f
villi you ma'am. Excuse me. I can't
ceep back ihose tears. Oh, tna'am, if
ton only know what a great consolation
hese patont lauip-burocrs of mine are,
>n such occasions as these, you would
jot be without one a single minuto Why,
na'am, put one of these in his hand
ind it would light him through all the
larkncss he has to pass through with?ut
any trouble, and when you eorno to
lie lie could hold the lamp for you
rhen you co to ascend the golden
tairs.'
And the precious scoundrel kept on
n that strain until he had sold half a 2
lozen to every feai^o in ihe room, f
3beek:Qh,na! 1
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Enoch Arclen Outdone. i
Paris, which furnishes from real life )
o many plots for qqvols and dramas 1
iovy sends us a story which, if true,
nakes Enoch Ardcn quite an ordinary
lero. A few weeks ago there appeared '
n a Paris newspaper an advertisement
laying, "A widow, young and eood 8
ooking, rpoihtr of four children,
vithout fortune, desires to marry a 1
wealthy and honorable man. Address
I>. 1>. J'enniless widows with four
iep^ndent children are not generally
lought after with much in the raat imonial
market, hat this advertisement
>rought three answers. These went t
lowover, not. into the hands of the g
widow young npd good looking," but c
nfo tho hands of her husband. In J
'act. the lady in qu-stion was not yet a ?
ridow at all, and the advertisement did a
lot come from her. Her husband, after I
i struggle such as many men have made t
n recent years, despajped^f being able fi
o his family. Ife therefore e
li cided on a plan to save th*in from ?
vant. When the answer to his adver- p
isenient were received he investigated t
hem car-fully and assured h inself that n
mc of t!:?ra came from a man whose p
utentions were honorable, and whose v
v ?rld.y good? vppye abundant. He fur i
shed his woyk by putting the gentle- s
nan in the way of communicating with f
lis wife and then he made her a widow r
iy drowning himself. f
Of the result, tho report says that the r
nan whose answer to the advertisement o
rss approved, loaraiqg the true state of h
ho rase, took chareo of tho education
if the children. Whether a wedding:
rill follow, arc not Informed.
A Noble Gift to Virginia. *
With characteristic generosity and n g
inc sense of patriotism, Mr. \\r. W. v
'orcoran, of Washington, has presented t
ho State of Virgiuia his superb paint- 5
ng by the eminent French artist, Lami, a
if the storming of Yorktown, whieh, <]
intil recently, has been on exhibition t
n the Corcoran ttfr i;t?Uery. In his let- S
er to flovemor Ilolliday, bearing date <]
die 22d of May, begging the accept- t
ince of the gift, Mr. Corcoran declares c
himself impressed with a conviction of 1
the propriety of locating the work per- |
mancntiy in the State where the event i
it represents occurred, Hfol now offers j
it to that $tafo as an evidence of his i
admiration for the 'old commonwealth/ j
Governor Ilolliday replies that tho
painting will be gratefully received by
all of the people of the commonwealth,
and that they will cordially unite with i
him in returning thanks. The picture !
itself is eleven and a half feet high and i
sixteen feet in width, with a frame <
eight and three-quarter inches in breadth, i
Although it has npj yet been definitely
determined where the painting will be
hung, it is likely, owing to its size, that
it will bo suspended in tho senate
chamber, at the State capitol of Virginia,
on the wall 4ireot\y laciug the
President's chair. Such a treasure as
this, wo need liardly say, will be prized i
as much in honor of the estimable giver
as for the sake of the precious memories
which arc enbalmed within its canvas.
The <;pVfoni'* th'iAs
regards the beauty of tho ladies
here, I mean the native beauty, I never
saw anything like it. These Spanish
girls, when they are beautiful, they are
exqisitcly so. with a form and faeo that
a lleb? might envy, a complexion of a
mellow, brownish tint, pearly teeth?
and such eyes! O, shades of Jupiter 1
Such phreing. flashing, dazzling orbs,
that tbe diamond in the sunlight ajr
most pales alongside, Ami then thoy
possess luxuriant treses of hair. As
black as the raven your own Poe speaks
of in his beautiful poem. Put with all
this surpassing loveliness, there is to
my mind one great drawback?they are
as a class not over-industrious. The
climate, perhaps, may have something
to do with that.
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"Leafy June."
June was m> named from Judo, one
of the fabled goddesses of the heathen:
It was called by our forefathers in Britain
Weydmonath, or meadow-mouili,
when the cattle (lid wejd or feel in the
meadows; also Scrcmonath, or dry
month.
The 21st of this month is tho longest
doy in the year. In London, it extends
to hbout 1G hours 34 oiinn'es; iD Dubl'ii
16 hours 57 minute?; in K-Iinbugh, 17
hours 32 minutes; and in the most
northern of the Shetland Is'unds. it is
18 hours 35 minutes. During tlio
ireatcr part of June, there is no real
niirht; the twilight is from suns-1 to
sunrise; this period is therefore truly
;al!ed Midsummer, or the middle of
summer. Midsummer Day always
F.lls on the 21st of June.
In the early part of this month, every
,ree and shrub puts forth its brightest
rrcen. Hence the poets have called it
'I 'afy June " It is a time of sunshine
md flowers, of beauty and melody. The
ield nra in full blossom with clover,
ind now is the season of hay harvest.
Smart Boy.
'Well, sonny, whose pigs are those ?'
'Old sows' sir
'Whose sow is it
'Old man's sir.'
'Well, thoo, who is your old man ?'
'If yo i'll mind the pigs, I'll run
lome ond ask the old woman.'
'Never mind, sonny. I want a smart
>oy, what can you do ?'
'Oh ! I oau do more than considerible.
I can milk the geese. rid* tlx?
urkeys to water, hamstring th.? gr.iss?oppers,
light fires f.?r flies to court by;
!ut the button* off dad's coat when lie
s at prayers, keep tally Tor dad and mam
vhen they scold at a mark?*o!d woman
s always ahead.'
'Got any brothers ?'
'Lota of 'em, all mimed Bill, except
dob. his name's Sam?mv name's Larry,
mt they call me Lazy Lawrence, for
hortoess.'
"Well, you're most too smart for
'Travel on, old stick-in-the-mud, I
han't hire you for a boas to-day." '
A Female Lion Tamer. M
Eva Kleacht, a young Russian lion ^
amer, is really a remarkable sort of n JHpt* '
;irl. She was wrecked at sea with a cirns
that was making the tour ofthe world
dost ofthe company were lost, but Eva \
?as picked up by an American ship
nd brought to New York. Tho
tu?aian Consul furnished hertransporAt|i\n
t/V TXlWlO **? llrtPA ek?
k'j i at niinu oun liihu^uu iu
ind work, but could pet no honorable
mploymcnt. She would accept no other
nd heroically pave herself up to thij
?olice as a vazrant. She was sent to'
ho St. Laiarre prison for women. ?
iewspapcr reporter, who happened to.
ii83 through the pjiaon yard one day,
ra* so much imposed with her noble,
nnoccnt face that he asked who and what
he wns. He heard her story, interested
riends in her behalf, and finally the di*
ector of the great Franconi Cirous offered
her a place. Sho accepted it, was.
elcased, and now draws crowds to the
ircos nightly by her performance as a
lorse tamer.
Young Men.
A few days ago a father in our state,
eceived from the sheriff the lifeless, dis- ' i
lonored body of a wayward high-temmro/l
on.Il T .1W fJlil ita foreiW'a
rciWM #V#U| XIIV H VIIU I?g iv| | llftu
rork of retributioo, nod then handed
ho harmless body to tho family,
fothing is said in the newspapers
bout the mother. Let us hope she is
lead- F not, she will plant roses over
ho grave and think only of her child.
!he will not think of the hardened,
laogcroDs murderer whom his fellowDen
pronounced unfit to live. What
:aused this terrible family tragedy?
dad company, whiskey, and carrying
jistola. Wilt young men take warnng?
Will parents sec to it that by
3recept and example tliey try to train
ip their sons in the way they should
Sunshine and Olouds.
Ah ! this beautiful world ! I knownot
what to tlnnk of it. Sometimes it is
ill sunshine and gladness, and heaven
itself lies not far off, and then it suddenly
changes, and it is dark and
sorrowful, and the clouds shut out the
day. In the lives of the saddest of us,
there are bright days like this, when
wc feel as if we eould take tho great
world in our arms. Then come gloomy
hours, when the fire will not burn on
our hearths, aud all without and within
is dismal, cold and dark. Relieve me,
evcrv heart has its secret sorrows, which
the world knows not, and oftentimes
we call a man cold when he is only sad.
Tale-Bearing
Never repeat a story unless you are
certain it is correct, and not even then
unless someting is to bo gained either
of interest to yourself or for the good of
tho percon concerned tattling is a
mean and wicked practice and he who
indulges iu it grows more fond of it in
proportion as lie is succesful. If you
have no good to say of your ueghbor,
never reproach his character by telling yf *
that which is false. Ho who tells you
the faults of others intends to tell others
of your faults, and so tho dish of news
is handed from one to another till the
tale becomes enormous.
The llurliugton Ilawkeyo is a cautious
paper. It prints one or two met.
rioal contributions, and heads them
"Some alleged poetry."
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