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o 4 * , y # . THE CAMD'EN JOURNAL. -? Published Every Tuesday. # *AT CAMDEN, S. C., # jT BY ^ tlUNTHAlT& ALEXANDER. # % A 8UBSC^irTIO%RATES. (In Advance.) One \>ar s2 < O *Sly Month* 1 25 ? ? DR; Alexander, >ont;^L Surgeon, COLUMBIA, S. GT OfR?c over W. D. Lovc's'store. The doctor is n* w*jjn a professional visit to Gaftden, and will rAiain here for a few *1^5 * * Nov'JOtf JR. "L* B6RWICK LEGARE. dentist, 6RAf>rAl M>g THWBALTIMORR COLI.EGS ** ?.-vtWy; 5JUGERY. TiffK Ai V, 6 01SE. 91 Eutrancefn BroadSfreet #m. d. trantham; Attorney nt Law, CAM&EN, S. 0. ? flie Camden Jour? nal office, Clyf^irn's Block. J. D. BtfNLAP, TRIAL^USTICE, BROAD STREET, CAMDEN", SO. CA; m entrusted to Lis care will receive A9ipt attention juncjr tf. ^ . J. T. HAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW *+ # a?d Trial Justice ROfflce over store of Messrs. i'.auin Bros. Special attention given to y>ecollection of claitns.j J. \SDESvss, ATTOR*' at LAW AND Trial Justice. nsm?n of tu klii<JB#pioiapt!j tninractod. ? a i i i > ? !> W. L. DePASS, 4 ATTORN^J AT LAW, C^MDEN. S. C. Will practiced; all the State ana Federal CoarU. # 0 Jauwtf T. II."(JCAKlvK, L ATTORNEY AT LAW, $AMDEX, S. C.. ^rjoe-Tfcat tornaerlj .M-eopieU toy jr. D. KENEDY. J*#I. NELSON KENNEDY & SELSOX, ATTORNEYS AT.LAW, j CAMDEN, S. C. Office formely occupied by Judge J. B. K^shaw. ?. nov63m , - % rv *TV> t " FREDERICK J.ifAY, Architect and Builder, DA#DEN, b. C., o Will^fcnisb pt&ns and estimates for all i kimis w building. Contracts taken at moderate figures, aodprfiinptD- and care- j fully attended tj. , # Orders left at the Cawntx ncBSAL office ?riil receive immediate attention. Marchltf | JOHN C~ W PLAIN, ORNAMENTAL, j; tSIGX PAINTER, Paper Hanger ? Glacier, CAMDEN, S. C. , O *cpt23-I2m y ( RiddfeV Hptel, j LANCASTER C. H., S. C. ' ; llavlnir purchased the Hote! formerly occupied t?y Mr. Jones Crockett, situatedou.Muiu street, 1 i kHi prepared to receive transient and permanent i' t-oardera. Good at-.-mnmodations at reasonable rat'-s.; ^tallies and i>oU free to drovers. 1 W Janl.Mf J. M. RIDDI.E, Be Sure <o Hlo?? lit the _ ?... * 1 - I | ^ Latham mouse, % C tfh)FX, S. t*. '] (T*AJI?L^t *oak?, $5.00 r>:a iur.) j *0@rAinpIc #ecotniA0''ations. Tables sup- ' plied with the best the tickets afford. Eve ' I ry attention paid to the eKHSJjfort of (Ktests. ' DaiT Persons stopping at L'ie Latham I j House will he conveyed to aCd the depot free of charge. Passengers, witl^V*#' heav^ baggage, will fie cOTrveyed to *UJd ffom any part of the town, ntfl above DeKalb street, nf^o cents. ^; Jg^Cornectcd with'the house is a first < ' class Bar, whioJi is located separately from . the house, and trdjgly kept. j |^^Cenveyanc<* supplied to guastfl oh | ' liberat terms^cilbej for city or country use. I jaft^-ly S. I^^ITIIAM, Proprietor. De&alb House, ! BY A. S. RODOfcKS. |, Most Centrally Located Hotel ; ia Town. Terms I*ei* Day. Commercial Travelers will have everjr attention paid to their comf'trt. and be fttr nishel Hmt: ROOMS flt this! House; nnJ persops visiting Camden -will fin I it a quiet and pleasant home. Special rates made for parties traveling together, for those who wisfi to stay u week or nioW. ?JT In connection with the house'is a first-cla^s LIVERV STABLE, where horses and vehicles can be bad at nil times for town or country use, at tbc most reaccnv We rites. Conveyances to and from th* depot every train. declBti *?: T*m T~~~ Of Ja*fc?d Goods, w>iUm. and Warranted weight, ftbl2tf KJRKLCY dnmitST j . h ' I I : VOLUME xxxvi: THERE IS NO DEATH. Th^re is mo dentil! Tiie stars go down | To risf up >n some fairer sliore; And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore. Tliere is no dentli! T!ie dust we tron 1 Shall change beneath the summer showers | To golden grain to mellow fruit, Or rain-bow tinted flowers. The granite rocks disorganize To fc*i the hungry mos? they bear, Tiie forestlenvcs drink daily life From out the viewless air. Th',ro is no death ! The leaves may fall, LTho lowers may fade anil pus* awn)-; They Oftlj wait, through wintry hours, The coming of the May. There is no death! An angel form Walks o'er the earth with silent tread: He bears our best loved things away, And then we call them dead." He leaves our hearts,all dessolate. Ho plucks ouy fairest, sweetest flowers : Transplanted into bliss they now Adorn immortal bowers. The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones Made glad these scenes of sin and strife, Sings now au everlasting song Ainid the trees of life. And where he sees a smile too bright, Of heart too pure for taint and vice, He bears it to that world of life, To dwell in Paradise. Born Into that undying life, -Th?y leav?us to come again : With joy we* welcome them the same, Except in sin and pain. And ever i?cnr us, though unseen. The dear immortal spirits tread ; For all the boundless universe" Is life?there arc no dead. *** AS FATE OUDAINED. A woman, outwardly fair and beautiful as the flowers in Iter hand ; a woman. of whose inward loveliness these were no extravagant type.' So I thought as I came upon her in the summer-house, fashioning bouqui ts. But her beauty was naught to me; ! X had sought her only to say : 'I am going to be married Gysie.' Koses and lilies; fresh, fragrant, and. ; uodcr htr deft fingers, blending with j wondrous grace. She did not start ; j flic diil not evince surprise ; slic quietly J fastened a flower arid said? 'I congratulate you, Hugh.' I was f?ft2ii(?'l Uyaio was not wont to be short. I stood silent, scarce knowiug whether to be displeased at the brevity of her answer, or pleased with her earnest tone. Hut f-lie supplemented it quickly placing her little white hand in uiiuc. 'Hugh,' she said, this i? a surprise 1 for mo , but I am very, very glad. I am glad because 1 believe that you havo based your choice in love. You see my flowers? What bott-r can 1 wis'n th::? that your mutual affection may he as warui-bucd as tlicc lillies, and?and?' Tho white hand slipped away : she paused, apparently ia!?iit on replacing a rebellious bud. 'And as true as your own bhic eyes, Gysie,' I murmured, boru of my young bye. 'If you like the smile, yes.' she replied, smilingly, ami ill eniiljugly she listened whilst rapturously I p?u;ei the stc-rv of my betroth d. revealing to her, as I would have done to no one t>Is<\ the depth of my enraptured soul. for, to urn a iil^c aisfcr was Gysie ; from childhood I regarded her a a such ; and though an odd impulse had Jprcapted uje to keep my happiness for a few ! Jays after my return horn'.' a secret from her, when T revealed if, I could hold nothing hack. 'I am so i*l.i.I. Ilusrh ; so very t'la 1,' j she repeated, softly, when I paused Tlio bouquets lay uni.hod in her basket, aud ere 1 could answer, she tiuu 5 e. ! A bit provoked at her unexpected ' departure : a Lit foolish ! IVIt tco. She was bored '.v<r>e, she hurried away to laugh over my extravagant lovers soul. It had had a lofty flight, i knew, bgt ?this was unlike Gy-ie. Still. she had never seen me thus. She hud chosed ihe .'east offensive role, I reflected as I wen? home; west to jhower passionate kisses on the lair face that smiled up from, my dressing table ; to leu! upon the letter waitiug there. How fond my eyes drunk in tho lov? inir w ords ; h .w my fond heart thrilled is I read: 'It is so lonely since you went, dear Hugh. Ket )?o our separation I did aot rca,how much i Igvcti you. Oh, f i.rau i( UlUV not he long.' Y'~r * ftjine'tv.is an ordinary Over's tale. I had <t bj from college to a distant city, tlioro to begin my law practice; then-, as fate ordered, to uiecc u fair-haired ^trl who from the outsot, held too rap* live, and to whom I bowed with adora. lion as boundless as unie-traincd. A month engaged; then uiiexpcctcl ev.'.'Mb bad c.?!1<m1 iue hour-. There was pain Hb M>p?i-t;on ; fhero wa? pain in 1 absence still; yet, this d?y, 'tpid its' pain a sweetness, since, othyrwLo, I might not have read (be words . 'Jicfore our separation I did not realize how uiuuh I loved y iu. Oh, i ' i... i ? pray it HI'iv D'ji i 'If t-btU.U' t, Lo.iI murmurdl. 'My daiTii*^ if Miiit, i/vle An J I pushed. lioui ihitf n.on>?nt, w?ili n ' quit*'. Icpuzio'l d'-U'iuiiiKitiuii, the b'isi> I no** which had stimuli ncil inn home, Kut l'.ilo dallied. Diys an I weeks; the r<s wer<* f'mlin^ in (jysie's ; garden. a;. 1 Mill fn.r!'?rce, I -fayed. At flri t I rmiii ! i- Jiifnit in ! " >*; I' was ^ to , .i.j Live-; "'i ii)y darling's miniature Jj'it u u i<v l <i?i.? wi.an Tl.lSv! tli U*t ; ia* v'J t i ti^utlr, i^d w.is ou tli'u jk i111, ct uny f?uri?t?n?? tfih-shn^kl< s which sol dto^ej#iO lliin:. :ri! ! TN A j. j||& * ??c? < ??? ?pbp???? Suddenly, there came a blank. Pays pissed, and no letters came to my table. Despite my repeated inquiries, I found no answer there. I?ut the blank only made nic cling to my passion with daily increasing trust and hope. So, still the sequel came. It was a tempestuous, rainy evening T walked homeward, part Gysie's garden, to see the wind beating down the roses ; to see the la?t lillies bent, wilted to the ground. I walked homeward, with no presentiment that so, even were my hopes. The lamp-light rested on the smiling picture; it flickered gaily on the cnvci . i :.i. It'J'U Ut'UlUt*. A moment's pause, an instinctivc shook ; then I tore it open with a joy. ful cry. It were easy to read : 'I have made a mistake, Ilagh* I j believed that I loved you, bat I have changed. T have no excuse, save t!> >t I love another, and so, must, break my <>ri<r.igcm> nt with you. You wou'd not have it otherwise V That was all. I stood a minute,spell bound, clenching the dainty message i*i my hand. A minute, bewildered ; then, with a sud- | den, frenzied niovcmeiil I struck the smiling picture with a fore: that hurled it. shivered beyond recognition, at my feet. I could have chosen no better calming medium; without thi* effort my fn nzy sank; there remained to me but a v.igue sense of suffering?a vaja'o 'on.'ing fir she sympathy I was sm>3 to find. And, instit/ctively. half meehancally, I strode foitb into tho tetnp-8t, never pausing till I stood in her presence, my hands still clenching the letter, my anguish w tit ten unmistakably in my : face. She stait-'d involuntarily. Vgain lier little white hand sought mine. ''Hugh," she said, "dear Hugh, what ill news?" Dili lliC twil It'ULu, i Iiu i' iiuui nyi >4^ , were, as in former days, the key thai j unlocked my* soul. 0litijjinj* to her hand as to an anchor, looking dec;) , into lier eyes, I told lie.* tny story. I poured forth my bitter nnsnish as unreservedly as I once had done my joy. sat calmly listening, calmly; witnessing my storm of woe. Still calmly, when pausing, I b ut my head upon her hand, awaiting her soothing words. Then, softiv, she spoke my name : Hugh!" Strange lionr for the revelation, yet ; in that hour it came. Came, despite my own k?cn suffering, with a con vie* tion overpowering as sud len; with a i c uivieti hi as overpowering as sudden ; I with a certainty not gainsaid. No. 1 did n?t mistake, I felt the little hand tremble; I heard the voice that would not be silenced, speaking in Inr own. One poor word, but in it site had thrown li r soul. i uid not u ptake. I I.at which 1 h id never suspected; that which, in the outpouring of gr at hapj ine>s she had concealed s.? bravely; that which in witnessing my suffering. she ha 1 no striven to mu-t r?in it* final mornn.it had burst forth triumphantly, beyond her power to quell. S mntiifltn iti wlii11 T Tf?:i:-iined lost to Buffeting. aw. -.st.i Lcn. =1- I r sacrilege, to look up. Then again she spoke my nam--; her hand ci isc l syutpathoticailv over tniii . As IV-m a <!r - !? awakei ruN-d my eyes?to see O3 >ie, c.ilm, t ndcr. as ol' old. T!io days pas-od Au'umu c ang-d 10 winter, a'.'l winter lo spring. T i.e vines in tiysi s t: id n ware downing their green; in tli ! nines <.f ?lie dead iiiio.? uuT tin fn-h otic- w<re bgiiining to bloom. So 1 111 ns J, waiciting them on tin? eve of toy propo-nl departure fr? 111 home. 1 had delayed it thin long; at first from a i.-..t, d'vad >1 the old scenes; a s!.linking lt'olii lie iiielu>ri. l!;ev must awake. latter, when fro d from these a.> though lhoy never existed, from a h.aging i cool 1 i:ut subdue. For, odilly. us with nature, ?o vtg? it with me. In the home of my dead Ulie* and rofs the lYesh ones aro hastening to LI 1O1O. St:augc fato that plays with hutnaii hearts. Without that revnatiou. this had never been; f had gone through life dead-heat ted, biin 1 to the deepest emotions my :oul po-st-icd. I?ut so, happily, it was ?>* ia.t.id <?radua!iy f'r.iiii t!ie sw-it eveniii<_r. the e; mi.; lifted?lilt- <1 to show the n w I vc cntlironc 1?less frcuzicd, j?o!c';a!i-*o ti an its y ?iiij^ prtv.Lxvs- ir. hut KrviJ, devoted?a luye th..t ";*!i novo:- die. Noyerili-iesM, iu vain, i hi.', ij vc .j blindly, I had h at a irt..aiiiv I (*oulJ nut rcclaia./ for. to l.< 1?ilioi^li iuliuitdy purer and deep'!" 1 knew it?to iter whom u.y Inst alicvliun had slighted I 1 lushed to oiler my second love. To reuiuti; ?t;u hx fclh-nf, the time hudjup- 'i. 'ilu-je niUit be no further j vacillation; on tho u:Trow i mu-t g"* , i It was a dicary journey 1 was forced to take. 'I lirough lever and delirium, through many weary liotiis. through I'.l'g U-h" S li'.Cll whioh i emerged to bear i #<r^et voice I say : 'din, 11 ugh?d-sir Hugh, I '< have lovi-d y..u s >1 e ti. i.li: i i'V? A suddrnk av. |i i; ' > ir t lie - tine vole- nil!'tk I i s:r, : "ton have been very nek. d -r llm-h " to ;*ra.-j? the dear w ut hand; to | "tr form, ii! L.| t -|i)! t u i iii y f./ L?Ni.ii 1 > . rch her to i ii ii j ? liudncbs to sje tik iiii.ru illoil'.' i 'se I'-ving words; to led her lips on mine; tenderly IllII ? i CAMDEN, S. C., JUL1 'o hear her siy : "TJ?i?!i, dear, thi-* is a surf-rise for me, but I am very glad." Tn know that my treasure was regained, that Gysic would he my wife. Two Sides of a Story. What's the matter?' said Growler to the black cat. cs she sat mumping on the step of the kitchen door. 'Matter enough.' said the cat. turning her head another way 'Our rook iv v. rv fond of talking of hanging me. T \v'<h I earti'y s -iiio one w uld bang i her.' | 'Why, what is the matter?' repeated ! Grow'cr. I '!Tn*:n't she beaten me, and railed me a thief, mi l threatened to be the dea'.h [ of mc ?' Pear, dear!? raid Growler, Tray what has l>ro:jght it about V Oh ! the merest trifle, absolutely nothing, it is her tempo*. All the servants complain of it. 1" wonder they haven't hanged her long ago.' 'Well, you sec,' said Growler, 'cooks arc awkward things to hang, yoa and T might he mana^i d much more easily.' 'Nut a drop of milk have I b.id this d iv,' said tv black cat; 'and .such a pain in my side.' Hut what,' said Growler?'what immediate ciu-a?' 'Hav-n't T told you?'said the black cat pettishly; 'its her tcmp-r?what 1 have to suffer from it! Every thing she breaks she lays to inc. Such injustice ! ?-it is unb arable !' G-owler was quit*' indignant; hut being of n r-fl-ctivc turn, attrr the first gun' of wrath had pissed, he nske.l: "But was there no particular cause this morning V She chose to be very angry because T T 14I Kor * Cri 11'\ f fi/> 1 1 UI1V .i-llu cat. 'Ilnw, may I ask?' gently inquired Growler. 'Oil ! nothing worth telling?a more mis akc of mine.' Growler looked at her with such a questioning expression, that she was compelled to say : 'I took the wrong thing fur my breakfast." 'Oh !' said Growler, much cnligk* tone 1. 'Why, the fact was,' said the blackcat. ' I was springing at a umu?c, and I knocked down a dish; and not knowing exactly wh?t it wi?, T smelt it, and ju>t tostud it, atid is was rather' nice, and ? 'Vou finished it?' suggested Growler. 'Well. I should, I believe, if that cook hadn't come in. As it was I left the head." 'The head of what ?'said Growler. 'How inquisitive you arc !' said the block cat. 'Nay. hut I should like to know,' said fir >wb r. Well, then of some grand 8>h that wa- meant f r dinner.' Then,'said Growler,'say what you I nloiSc; hut now I've hoard both >id.-> j " * T i i .. i. . .i:j..?. < i l;io story, i uuiy wonucr sue uiuh i hang you/ The Japanese Hell. One of" ilie curious articles exhibited at Tiffany's ig n scarf of pray "anion crape, vhjch ppitrays tlie internal ve-1 :;iou?, according to the Japanese idea, j Am scarf is nin" yards long and a half a yard wide. The first scene represents J Satan < n earth seeking new victims. The arch fiend appears as a sulphuric, y< liowi*h green d'-mon with |.rotru<l;r>ir tu rns, cloven foot, and a demoniacal exi res-ion. luring his victims i ? ? !.:? to t and plunging th<"n into fi ;y depths. Th y appear to f II into a tic-?t ofhnrniug scorpion", win re they a re tuutaiizi ! bv n glinip-e of tlo'ir fri< n<is enjoying th- !::* !vv- in n lake ot'eool vat< r In I t!:" next sc.'iic Satan lakes the form of an immense dragon, with his victims crouching in terror at his feet. They arc uinvi'e-slv d"tigg<d into e -urt. and he iudge is represented as condemning thein !<? he tied to rocks and n? have red hut lead p ur d down their throats. They are then chased bv liv< nas r". i null :i fi dufopui '. 11iv?- .mi] other I s' iip lie-tiuni'liU '["he victims are next portrayed as being tortured by ! :;vii ..u i!'?'ir Jiii:l?s sau?-?] ,,flf an,] hy 1 mii-,' thrown Into a ivv, Ivlng whorl of five Satan next any,cars to he look in:: on* lor new victims on a lie <1 of hat tie. Some of the-''' victims are made i to hug red liot stove pipes, while Satan , himself. with a smile, is fanning therr. i Otli -is arc swimming tu nuis ot blood, I snrrm:i li i by lauyhitig demons. Oih- ; ers s'ill are sealed in a Cauldron of red hot sulphur. having their tongues| pu!!>d "'if. Some are represented a? j can-v -.t heavv hnrdet s < t' eoal an i i :i.r .?:!. it ir.i . li'i: lire hum i/w : vi i:iiiil- .* i' inie Majesty i- u -x' | icpic.-eiit- 1 a.? ! eding I is .-abject.- v.itlij i ie . ] i ! > ii ri.ti i I \ 11? give ihe.n sir,null with which to endure greater tortures, ?Xcw York l'i ihune. A (tO"Ci Sign. Sonic of t!i : tlc.rgia papers note the fact that negroes in that State have in many eases become owners of hn;u steads whieii they lake pride in cullivrMn:' : 'on'in" .'Mid niakiti" liome-i'ke slid eoioh'rfat' I III- di. po..|fiii;? punttoward it. ' . ttien and improvement. It ought ti. he . in lursjj -I everywhere. The man who has a home that bcloi to linii will lie more industrious as a producer o!" wealth, m ue frugal in hi 1 liah t-, mor attached t his Slate an 1 a in lie, C'p .'.'i i ?n W o ?:iiei? lo l?oio }d;?i i > . ami lives witii li:-. lainlv in lion which he do s net own and on lands which lie has no motive to im II r 9,1878. prove. The nc?-o who m -k s his sub sistonce in part or wholly from liis own acres tilled by himsi If and liis family, becomes thereby all th "inure useful and respectable. This identifies hiru with i the community in which be lives, and in:.las him more interested in social order and more obedmnt to law. It increases bis ability to educate bis chil jdrcn and rear them in the habits of in1 dustry This love of indepen dence. this spirit of s^lf-dcpend'Tcc, deserves to be | ncouratscd by liberal homestead exemptions. Labor d >ne by nctrroes on their own 1 ir.d-f-r self support bom-fits the public and strengthens ihc State as mucli as if done for hire on lands belonging to others.?Xnr OPr Picayune. Doge on th'j Entile Field. i The suggestion of tho TJ'rhr Zr.illing I is that :i race of dogs should bo attached i to armies in their campaigns, or at least | to the corps of ambulance service attcn! ding up ui them. an 1 that after every j ba'tlo the dog3 in question should be sent forth to range over the field of battle in march of tho?o wretched wounded soldiers who have not been killed outright, hut. who have hidden them.. selves in some refuge, and after figuring in the list of "missing" men too often perish miserably before any relief can find them out. It seems that the i idea of employing dogs in this way is by , no means a new one, but was brought : forward two years ago at Dresden, j when some do28 qualified for this pur! pes- were shown in an exhibition, j | Since that time experiments have been made by m-ans of crossing t! e St. IJern :ml with a view to obtaining t!ic more suitable breed, and a very satisfactory result is s iiil to have been arrived at by the German fanciers. The precise : mode of employing the animals on their , bcneQeient mission is described in the Vienna pan?r, which explains that the doe is furnished witli a leather collar j and plate, having marked upon it hisnumber and the division cf the army j to which he is atraehe.l. and the Geneva Cross. To this cellar is suspended a small leathern bag. containing pencil | and slip of paper, and even a little Ian- j torn in case of his being sent out at j night. The wounded man. upan being ; found, opens the b ig and writes his nam if he ran upm th* paper, together with the nature of his injuries j and on the leturn of the animal to the I ambulance assistance is st nt under its guidance to the spot where the sufferer is concealed.?Land and Water. The Sweet Giil Graduate. The Augusta Chronicle and Cousfitntiunitlist s.iys that there are few fairer pictures in the modern gallery of sight- i seeing than that of the young girl step- j ping from the college rostrum to the , I lower plane of life. Trembling between ! ' tin* days of girlhood, where the j >ys of j sweet companionship and the little per- i i plexives of the s'udy room composed the enitome of her life, and the real wirld. where m itnr r efforts full- r joys and, l.if st corf ninly, dapper sorrows await h'?r, the cra.C of transition cannot fail ? > frit .mi int-T-'sting imtge. Stirrounded bv admiring friends ami fond rclati >i:s. accompanied by brightest flivvers and sweetest music, the uifiden in blushing consciousness knows of but <'!i" more important period, the gladsome day when vows arc whispered before the bright church alter. If tIn n* i-' something n<>ble i'i the h flu h-d with manly pride, emerging from his p-d'i'gp chrysalis. th?re is moro 1 in ffab'p tcnd'TncsS in the slight femi< ii ui . (lifting giZt'l!*?like," Vj , ' he worl I. I. le with v. .n an lu-w is far iii'iro real and ui uc'1 more earnest than ! n the older d .ys of Si nth rn indep t.? < li'iiey. and (ema c education, i is a pride 1 t" ?! c::;re, assumes a far hardier tone:' and d wj .ps injo an extended currieu- j luai. To thcui s- rrow may come soon 1 cnougli ; f r tin present, away with '< . .ir. -; bring flowers and scatter seoiib of 1 kindness bt f.ro the ' sweet graduate's" !1 _ | Banishiner Trouble. *>rhc? disposed t> grumble over tiling. that i;ani;;;t be I.e!j.i.d, I :uu ?cminded (fa neighbor of uiine who onco >urprLed me by throwing away an old, rusty knife. It was oue of a set of silver plated knives, and had been spoiled by carelessness. I asked her why she threw it away. -It is not worth while to be uncomfortable,' she said. 'Life Lstent, itO'i 1 bciievo ,n being a., happy ' is I can. and will be happy so far as 1 can control circumstances. Yfliat's the use i f keeping a rusty spoiled knife on the sh'df, where it would cut me every ' time 1 looked at it by its unpleasant ilIwIC^ci io i.iy ^arcio-^css / t ou sue, j :e'.i!.? it this theory, 1 li.tvc thrown it away I irt' i d to pursue the same ottiin oviiything that Ir? ublcs me. W hat I d n't like 1 shall put away if I can; 1 wiH not rat unpalatable food uur, ; associate with disagreeable people, audi 1 v/hcti I '.V j! di :."ii.tru^i_u n. blue t put on my things and lako a plca.iaut walk, or call on some oliccriful neighbor, and come l ack checrv myself, with a good appetite tor tea. IVoplo wbo arc un ap:?v. n ' or. nled, and wh? just endure die. d m't ki.ow lmw :..m'1i tluy ti.i I' i w nit i.l a liille elf -ft' ; m their J part t.i make thorn-elves happy.' Is i. .t tin* 1,** 11 which InesO Worua em- i le i;. - woilli learning The phono graph may bottle up the f voice and p.-* it down to 'utir;.* ,.gv-. ; j ! i,i ti.e-iiiie* mat iwists the face of a i ,> lie seek- solitude and gazes upon i<is ii mie in print for the first time, | will always have to be guessed at. NUMBER 52 Fooling With a Quaker. He was a peaceable inok;n<? man. with a (juiet looking liormv attached to an unattractive l. okiiur sh igh, with utr anstentalious bells, lie wore a wide riuitmd lint, shad-belli-.d cont, and he dro"c easily down (he South Easton hill, journeying from Hacks oouuly to the land of Northampton. He was observed hy a fellow of the species 'rough' whom much loafing had made impudent, and who lifted up his yawp. 'S a-n-y. hat; where arc you going with that man ?' 'Verily, friend, I journey beyond the river,' merely responded the Quaker, 'and thither trootli mv hat. also ' '.Hold up on J take a fellow along, can't you !' called out the man of wrath. 'Nay. friend, my business and inclination forbid it.' 'I'll soon fix that.' and the fool ran fownvd and jumped on the runner. , Verily, friend, if thee insist on gettiyg into my vehicle, I will even help thee,' and the man of peace reached out a right hand as resistless as an oyster dredge. It caught the youth around the throat worse than a four-year-old diphtheria, jerked him into the sleigh, and slammed him down ainoug the straw, where he got tramped upon by a pair of No. 13 cowhides until he thought he had got caught in a shower of piledrivers. Finally he got a kick that lifted him clear over the side of the sleigh, and ruu his head into a bank by the roadside, where he dwindled down into a heap like a gum shoe discouraged by a street car, and uiarmored as he rubbed his ensanguined nose in the snow : I .wu\'n 1.1..-.?M ? ........ .1 li ??-- I " > >' *4 UUI6' o u a I'HI i IIUU^IIL IUU cast-iron mau'd gone around with steam ! up an' disguised as a blamed old Quaker ?' Wasto and Want. Either man. must be content with poverty all his life, or else deny himself some luxuries and save to lay the* b?se of independence in the future. But if a man defies the future, and spends all ho earns (whether his earnings be one or ten dollars a day) let him look for lean and want at some future time?for if will surely come, no matter what lie thinks. To save is absolutely the only way to get a solid fortune; 'here is no other certain mode. Those who shut their eyes and ears to these certain facts will be forever poor, and in their obstinate rejection of truth mayhap will dio in rags and filth. But no ! They take a sort of recompense In cursing fortune. Great waste of breath. Tli. y might as wcil curso the mountains or the eternal. For I can tell them fortune docs r.ot give away good and substantial goods. She sells it to the highest bidder, to the hardest and wisest worker for the bloom. Mm never make so fatal a mistake as when they think themselves creatures of fate; 'tis the sheerest folly in the world. Every man may make or uiar himself, which ever he may choose. Fortuuc for those who by dilligence, honesty, frugality, place themselves in a position to grasp iiold of fortune whou it appears in view T':-! best evidence of frugality is the five dollars or more standing in your; name at the saving* bauk. The best ev-; idcncc of honesty consists in dilligence j and frugality. A Polish Robinson Crusoe. Fifty years ago a schooner, out oo a! fishing excursion, ami driven from its course liy an adverse gale. made for St. Paul, an island m the South Indian xcau. The captain, a Frenchman front 1 1> ur ho it, effected a landing and was ( surprised to tint] there a l'olc, a brother if*(lie illustrious Koskiusko, in quiet I obsession of the island, which he had' ecupiod jsiuce 1S10. How he cauto, whether j lac. d in exile, forced or vol-, J untary, is unknown. The Frenchman,! i busy, energetic man of the world,, turned his discovery to some account,! and so? intj the capabilities of the Island 1 made for Port JjOu'i^. Mauritius, freighted11 his schooner with seeds, tools, poultry j uud stores and returned to St. pauls;' determined to establish a permanent I Ujhinpt station. lli' found the .Polo still j1 the s"le possessor of the island- Setting (1 vigorously to work with two colored and a while mau whom he had brought with him. they commenced the process of civ-1( ilizution by digging up the ground and planting the seed. Thsy b*ii* also two small woode^ houses uud a shed for their stores, constructed a landing place and made every preparation within their power for establishing a quiet, snug fishing i.arbor Skiing things tltus in i progress, the Frenchman, loading his craft with fish, ret it rued to port Louis . . .It I.- ..... lU-in .1,., l, fi I" IIP 111 III'' A *? *. 1110 ir-laml. on receiving from the^rench linn I wo thousand dollars by way of com pi ii-ation. Patent Hone. An intelligent Parmer of Dog Moines County has invented a henephone, modeled on the principle of tho telephone, by which one ebl reiiablc hen occupying tho central llice in the henery r^its on all the nests about the establishment, leaving other fowls lVt.e to lay eggs, scratcn and cackle. As soon as a new nest contains tho full complement ofi eggs, it is connected with the central office by a copper wire, ami the business is settled. The only trouble with the machine is that it sit-' so tt hatches out tin j w rue tain nest eggs with the I others, so that one chick in every nest : is born with glass eyes, and tho tanner has to buy and train a dog to lead it around. This makes it cgp?n?tve.? BitrliiiotO'l il/Lt&Hryc. ' ? -* J V;<? -? i .fife, ADVERTISING RATES. f JK Time. 1 in. J col. Jicd. 1 col. 1 week, SI 00 SO 00 S9 00 $10 CO 2 ? 170 7 00 12 25 20 00 JK- .. 3 " 2 00 9 00 15 25 24 00 Jfc 4 " 3 00 10 50 18 00 27 00 . 5 " 3 00 11 75 20 00 51 CO S 0 ' 4 00 12 GO 22 75 34 00 8 " 0 00 14 <M? 20 00 40(0 3 nios COO 17 00 32 00 50 00 SL 4 " 7 50 19 00 39 00 09 00 TJB,.C " 8 50 24 00 48 00 84 00 9 " 9 50 30 00 59 00 105 00 12" 10 25 35 00 08 00 120 00 . Bp C2f~ Transient ailvcrtlRements must he accom- ^ panieil with the cash (o insure insertion. \ I Paradise among: the Pagrans. jl Japan seems fob? a country where jflP' men never lose their temper, where wo- ' > > t men and children are alway9 treated f j| with gentleness, where common laborers bow and beg pardon if they happen acs eidcntally to jostle eachother, where popular sports do not inflict suffering upon the lower animals, where a paper screen is a sufficient protection against fill inlrncir.n nvnn thfit nf Kurfrlnr* find where clenlincss takes such a hish rank among social virtues as to be carried almost to iudicrous excess. Japaueso manners are certainly very different from our own, but the Japanese area thor- JB| oughly well bred people. 'Manners arc - :.y/* J-t.* not idle;' urbanity, gentleness and consideration for others are not mere superficial accomplishments ; when such national characteristics are found combined with courage, energy and intellect, it may surely be acceptcJ as an ev> dancc of an advanced civilization. Foreigners after living in the interior of Japan for a considerable time, on returning into 'civilized socioty,' have even stated that the manners of their own countrymen appear to them vulgar and almost brutel, accustomed, as they havo bpeome, to a courtesy singularly free from scrvilo or uierceuary considerations, A Destructive Earthquake. . . During the recent heavy earthquake fcj shocks in Venezuela, the town of Oua, about thirty-five miles south-west of Caracas, was entirely destroyed. A terrible shock was suddenly felt at about 8:30 in the evening. The ground seemed to roll like sea waves, throwing down BJ the walls of the houses, crushing many, and entangling others in the debris. . The roofs were made of light material, which caught fire from the lamps which ? were overturned, and a general confia- ^B gratiou ensued. In vain the poor nnfor- 7^* tunates who had escaped tho falling walls endeavored to gain open ground. The flames spread rapidly, and the people on the outskirts of the village were unable to otter any assistance. Tlio shrieks of the dying wore to be heard for a long time above the crackling of the flames. Fully three hundred lives ' were lost at Cua that night. Repetitions Jj of tho earthquake were looked for, and those who had esoaped were in a con- .Sm slant state of terror for a number of * . days. Word was sent to Caracas, and subscriptions were made in all the largo . towns of the neighborhood to aid the S sufferer?. The President of Venezuela started for tho scene, and on the way j was thrown from his carriago, owing to the roughness of the road, but was not seriously injured. Siiocks were fc't all f over the country for several days. Not at Home. A sign on a house on Crogao street, Detroit, informs tho public that washing is done there, and it was quite natural that a mechanic working near by should take a bundle undor his arm and call there, and ask a boy on the steps : Bub, is the washmoman ir. V 'No sir,' was tho prompt reply, 'there's no washwoman here at all.' "Jiut that sigu says that washing is dooe here,' remarked the man. 'Suppose it does,' remarked the boy in a higher key, 'suppose it does ? A. lady may become the victim of unfortunate corcumsfanccs to such an extent that she is willing to wash and irou shirts and sheets, but that doesn't mako a washwoman of her. docs it ?' 'I thought it did.' 'Humph ! If you draw a buggy down to the shop to be repaired that doesn't make a horse of you, does it.** The man was silently turning away * \L when the boy said : 'If you want to find the lady of unfortunate circumstances, go round to the - .ide door, but tho washwoman is not at ^ lorne.' Manners. Young folks should bo mannerly. IIow to be so is the question. Many a good boy and girl feel that they can not behave themselves in the presence of company. They feel timid, bashful and selfdistrustful the moment they are ad* dressed by a stranger, or appear in company. There is but ono way to get over this feeling and acquire graceful and easy manners, that is to do the best they can all the time at home as well as ^ abroad. Good mauocrs are not so much the result of arbitrary teaching so much as acquired from habit. T^icy grow upon us by use. We must be courteous, agree* able, civil, kind gentlemanly and wo- a manly at liuuto, nud then it will becom? a kind of second nature so everywhere. A coarse rough manner at houic begets a habit roughness which we can not lay off if we try when we go among strangers. The uu>st agreeable people we have ever knowu in company were those who? are perfectly agreeable at home. Home is tho school for all the best things, cs-. pccially good manners. A large car denotes generosity. A small car denotes fickleness. A deformed car denotes a freak of nature. A cropped ear denotes a freak of justice. An car that has been partially masticated is a sign that a Chicago editor has visited St Louis, li'earsareof unequal size it is a sure sign that the intellect is not well-balanced. An ear pointed at tho . top is sharp. I Mr. Mackev, of California, has an income of ?35.000 per day, but whal good does it do him? He cau't driok over ton glasses of soda water per day> and he's got to die 011 his merits, th% j same as tho rcat of us. i