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VOLUME XXXV1L ^ CAMDEW, S. C., SEPTEMBER^e. 187?Q| THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. ' I Published Event Thursday At CAMDEN, S. l\ KT il. 11 . ALEXANDER.! SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (f.i A'iranct'.) r One Year AO Six *Jon Jhs 1 W DR. I. H, ALEXANDER, * I " Sui'pooii, COUT it I A , S. 0. ' ;H i Office over W. D. I.ovc'p store. n Tin. ,Lwnr is now on a professional visit j t" (''amdon. and will remain here for n few \\ weeks. NoviOtf j DR. T. BERWICK 1EGARE, I DENTIST, L graduate <>! ' the baltimore college OK MEN rAL VL'RUKRY. j . OFFICE?DEKALB HOUSE. Entrance on Broad Street ; \y Wm7 D TRANTHAM,| ATTORNEY AT LAW, BROAl> STEET, J 0l Camdon, S. O. j d, ~J. D~ DUN LAP, ! L< -r*Tr K T. ITTSTICE, ' A ? BROAD STREET, L< CAMDEN, SO. CA. T, Business entrusted to bis care T) will receive prompt attention juncTtf. ' XTTTiax ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Trial Justice Otflce over store of Messrs. .taunt Bros. Special of attention itivcu to the collection of claims. ?p( jTwT Df.PASS\ be ATTORNEY AT LAW ^ AND * Trial Justice. V ! 10 Business of nil kinds promptly transacted. W. Ii. DkPASS* | by ATTORNEY AT LAW, M vt c p j w. v. w Will practice 111 al! the State and Federal .. Court a. Janwtf in T. H. CLARKE, \ ATTORNEY AT LAW, ki CAMDEN, S. C. de Offlce?That tormerly occupied t>y Capt. J. M. Davis. " JaD'J9tf J. D. KENNEDY. P. II. NELSON . KENNEDY & NELSON, *n" ATTORNEYS AT LAW, H CAMDEN, S. C. ba Ortlcc forme lyoccupied by Judge J. B. Kersliuw. TV nov&Jiu I?H010?.KA1?U8 ! " I Pc Mr. W. S. Alexander being in Camden ' on a short visit, will open his Gallery forf - - ...i I the accommodation of tns many iiieuu.- ?<iU former patrons. II? is prepared lo take n? j jjr fin? Photographs as can be made in th*i( State. . Copying and enlarging also done in the best style. a* He lias on hand a splendid assortment of dr Picture Frames, Chromes, etc., for sale at the lowest cash prices. dive him a call. gr FREDERICK J. HAY, [?h Architect and Builder, fei CAMDEN, S. C., Will furnish plans and estimates for all id kinds of buildings. Contracts taken at ne moderate figures, and promptly and carefully attended to. Orders left at the Ca>tntx ocnsAL office will receive immediate attention. P* Marchltf ni MER(DXKY A KUED, M Auctioneers. St! CAMDEN, S. C. , . ? . sk -.^.i nAiiMfuMiAn rriuir Orders soncueu uuu , , anteed. febl^tt' s' j ro JOHN C, WOLST, \G PLAIN, ORNAMENTAL, * AND SIGX PAINTER, j? Paper Hanger & Glazier, j ^ CAMDEN, S. C. : jc sei't23-12in Riddle's Hotel, J! * t k -kir*( a orntpd n tt fi j .Li A IN OXiO x xjxo v. u., , V1 tl Paving purchased the Hotel formerly occupied : by ilr. Jones Crockett, situated on Malu street, I , ain prepared to receive transient and permanent; |i boarders. , Good ai'coinmodationii at reasonable rates. Stables and Lots free to drovers, ? JaulSlf J. M. RIDDLE. ul Be Snre to Stop Mt the j it Latham House,? CAJIDEX, S. . ! /TRAXSfEXT BOARD, $2.00 PER DAY.) v Si :o: i . jfeg-Ample accommodations. Tables sup-! ' plied with the best the Market* atrord. Eve-1 5 ~.r attention oaid to the comfort of Guests, j XJ i Ijigf* Persons slopping at (lie Latham House will be conveyed to and from the depot free of charge. Passengers, without , heavy baggage, will be couveyed to and I ? from any part of the town, not above De- j Kalb street, at 25 cents. t gfc^-Conneeted with the house is a tirst T class Ear, which is located separately from the house, and orderly kept. JBQP't'ouveyances supplied to guests on | liberal terms, either for city or country use. S jan8-ly S. lb LATHAM, Proprietor, j t 411 Kiiitta | v Of Canned Goods, of best quality, and j * warranted full weight, for sale by febl 2tf KfRKLEV&S 1TH t The Novelty j'i C1UAMPA0NE CIGARS. Call and see |r ) them at KIRKLEV & SMITH'S , Cigar* and Tobacco. i Always 011 hand, a select stock of Cigars, j 1 Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Pipes, Cu 1 garettes. Cigarette Papers. &c., for sale by I f?b!2-tf HIBKLEY & SMITH, j, sEYOND THE STARS-WHAT? L'is easy Jo trace the soul to the hour That deprives the form of its breath: ut xvho shall follow the spirit's flight, When it seeks the portal ofdonth? 'ho rcrul the nil tlmt hiOes from our view The future, beyond the bright stars'.' 'ho follow the spirit's upward flight, When it breaks through our earthly bars? hat?nh! what is our future state? And where, oh where is the goal Inch Christians say is the resting place And home of the deathless soul? it beyond the dark blue sky? Beyond where the stars now shine: here the nneels sing tVir song of praise To the spirit of God divine ! 1 in life be the end of all our hopes? Is the struggle with dentil all o'er? I p is there a life beyond the tomb, i Where the soul lives evermore? jcm the soul exist when life lias floxvn, Or sink, like the corse, into night ? n? rnthpr lielievo the brilliant mind ! Still continues its upward flight. ' l it us think that the soul can never die-That its mission will never end: int there is a land beyond the sky. Where friend will still meet friend; t 'i at, freed from the turmoil and ills of life, ( From tts troubles, wound and sears, { lis soul will worship the God of Light In His mansions "beyond the skies." * * s THE FATAL WAGER. ! ?"? . r There was Hastilian blood in the veins ' the darlcsfaced man who galloped into !ios, iu Now Mexico, at the close of a f lautiful day in mid autumn. His , iwsiqtic was faultless, his restless eves t irk and pierc'njr, and the uplifted a imofhis sombrero disclosed a lofty f rehead. A great moustache, whose f n<i hairs were blown behind his ears , r the wind, added to his personal c Inroir.ent. 1 This man was Benito Marmajo, a r ild, reckless fellow, famous, among r, ings, for the summary manner in c hich hp swept rivals from his path. r Imost incredible stories of his love.-mang arc still told in the Jowds of New j exico. and the meanest poems has his c ;eds at his tongue's end. * j. Let us record his lust act. I Straight to the most prominent drink- n g house of the town rode Benito Marajo on the evening aforementioned t e found the usual loungers about the j ir? young bloods of rank in the tertory, and his friends and admirers. v His first act was the treating of the owd. and when the licjuor had disap- n ared, one of the loungers said, ban- (] ringly: e lTo-morrow night the beautiful Se- c ira Inez becomes the Northerner's ide. Who among lis has sho invited her nuptials ?' The young man looked at Marmajo he spoke, as if his words were adessed to that individual alone. The Mexican's face flushed. 'Not Benito Marmajo 1' was the ating response. 'The senora is free choose whomsoever she may; but ose who are asked to the marriage ast, do not always attend,' Tho words conveyed a subtle meang, as the speaker's look and the manir in which they wcro spoken indicad to his auditors. 'Thirty ounces of gold that the brideoom docs not kiss the bride to-morrow ght." As the last words fell from his lips, nruiajo, the Mexican, drew a well-filled irse from his bosom, aod tossed it upon e counter. His companions exchanged F .trtled and significant looks. t 'Who takes my wager?' (he darkened adonis cried, ''cfiantly, his eyes , recping the cordon of faces that sur- ( unded him. 'Thirty ounces of gold! j ome, souor, cover them, and Jose, , e barkeeper, shall hold the yellow , akes.' I A moment's silenco succeeded, when , young man who had entered the place , time to hear the offering, exclaimed, , i he elbowed bis way toward the Mex- , an ; 'I'll cover it, senor Marmajo ! T will ut thirty ounces of gold on your purse. , id wager thirty more that they will Did it down.' - /?-? .L. I I A slight cheer went up iroin mo rowd, and the handsome reprobate irned smiling upon the youth. 1 'Ah. is that you, Signer Iglean ?' ' o exclaimed, extending his hand. ' fou must be one of the disappointed ' DOS. J The young man blushed deeply, for ' , was generally known that he once Dught the hand of Senorita. who stood 3 near the alter. ' Whether I am or not, it doesn't af ret the wager,' he replied, nettled ouiewbat by the Mexican's words. [ cover your purse thus, Marmajo. 'hese senors are our wituesses-' 'Aud Jose, here, the stake-holder? 'Si, senor-' 'Good. Now, Jose, lot us have the iest liquor that your house supplies.' The wager was sealed in draughts of olerable liquor, and Benito Marmajo rilhdrew from the convivial company ,tid remounted his lithe-limbed steed.' nfioi- fn.mnrmw senors.' he JL/ay nivit iwu.v.v.., aid,with a smile to the few who were able o wish him adieu from the porch of the louse, and touching his horse gently nth the spurs, ho was soon beyond the loundaries of the town. One by one the drunken revelers left he drinking place with brains too beuddled to think of the covert threat lly cancelled by Marmajo's wager. Fliey did not drcatn of the blow that vas hovering over the head of the young Sorthcrner, who had entered the ternary and won, over the adoration of jinny Dative beaux, the hand of Senora Inez. Beautiful, wealthy and good inaiden, i descendant of ooe of Certez's mailed followers, had been the been tlio belle of the country around Taos. Her father's Inrge hacienda swarming with cattle, and boasting of silver mines of errat wealth, in the course of tiWrnrnkh becotue hers. Thus 9he was the richest heiress in the whole couutry. To all her admirers, save Richard Compfon, from the States, she had turned a deaf ear. The handsome Marmojo had courted her smiles in vain, and the youthful Tglcan had poured the story of his passion into her ears. % M -1-- ^ U*- A mfirinnri flinf, wnne sne mou^m ui mv ? won her heart. And it was to be n grand wedding. The bride's father had invited the officers of the territory, and the wealth and beauty of the country were expected to grace the occasion. But Marmnjo ouo of the disappointed suitors, had wagered thirty ounces of gold with Tglean that the American would not kiss Inez on the wedding aight. * * * * * * It was getting dark on the night of . he wedding when a uiouuted man drew cin under the branches of a tree that 'tood near tho edge of a narrow i>lexi?an road. He wore a broad-brimmed sombrero that shaded bis face, but the nrnstache that almost touched his ihoulder, and the hands, small as a voman's proclaimed his identity. It was Benito Marmajo. The coil of a lariat hung from his >addle's pommel, and he seemed to be iwaiting the approach of some one from he southeast. Immovable as n statue, ! tnd speaking not, he sat upright in his addle, but his eyes were restless and ull of anxiety and -expectancy. He , ras cot far from tho house of happy seoora A few moments gallop would >nve brought him to the house already inging with the laughter of the wed- ' ling guests, hut the Mexican with his JpaniRh blood did not intend to visit the oarriasre board. At last he started and uncoiled the ariat Then the tread of a horse beame distinctly audible and a minute ater an object appeared in the moonieht that slumbered in the road not far j way. , 'Alone/ muttered the watcher, as- | onished, and then, with the lariat ( [angling from his baud, he said; | 'It is well. Now for the thirty ounces Fhich Tglcan staked.' j The horsman continued to approach, ( pparently unconscious of the dare- i levil Adonis of New Mexico, whose j yes were fastened upon him with the i ;lare of the bullock's orbs. J( 'I know 'tis He?the hated American 1 lissed Marmajo, as be prepared the iriat for a throw. 'Would to Jesu that Leon were here o see the deed. The boy always ^ >r?des himself on the u?e of the cord.' j Leon was the speaker's brother, a ( >oy whom he had not seen for several j ears, but his image was enshrined in lis heart as the only person ho had j :ver loved. Nearer and nearer came he lassoer's victim, galloping over the ( larrow road, now in the mooulight, and , iow again almost lost among the , hadows. All at once the lnriat de- j o nir/?lo nrnnnrl Marmaio's 80m v,,vvu 14 W,IV,W ? - V >rero. Then it shot towards the horsenan and dropped over his head like a loose of death. The next moment the Mexican's itepd darted forward ; and the victim vas jerked violently from the saddle, is the exclamation 'Jesu pity.' fell rom his lips. The internal noose had pinionrd his irms to his siedes, and a smile of mali:ious triumph crossed the Mexican's ace, as he looked over his shoulder tnd saw the object which bonded over he ground at his horse's heels. Through he chapparol and into the unobstructed noonlipht the Mexican urged his steed, vhich seemed eager to escape, as it , were, the dreadful thing that the Jasso ( Jragged behind him. 'The thirty ounces are mine," said , ;he lassoer, looking hack, and then ] laughed. 'Marnmjo knew when he , jet that the Americano would not ki9S ( ;he senora to night.' His horse did not seem to tire. Over j die gently undulating ground and in :ho golden light of the moon he bore i bis reckless rider, whose heart beat fast j with devilish triumph. The 6purs. i jingling in their sockets, ever and anon touched the blood stained rowels, and the wind sang through the rider's wanton hair. Bouncing over the ground like a ball the Inssoer's victim followed In his wake, staining the stones a dreadful crimson color that looked rrknctln in lli/i Wdirit licrht No CPV welled from tlie bruised lips. They had long been silent, and the hands which a few moments since had resembled Marmajo's had been battered into a bleeding pulp. "On, still on ! Was the fiend never going to draw rein ? The wind blew back the froth that dropped from the horse's mouth and uow and then it fell like suow flakes upon the victim of his master's revengo. % ? 1\T? n * rtAnl.l nrtf <A f ll O i\n Jiai uiaju wuiu iiuu nuv iv vuw w><%> of the world he stopped at last. Upon the border of a stream that ran through the country to the more pretentious Gila the reprobate drew rein. The moon, high up in the beavenB when he flung his lariat, was near the horizon; hut its beams fell upon the water, and the wild flowers that beautified it's banks. Marmnjo dismounted and with a fiendish look walked towards his victim. 'Well, my love-making Americano/ he exclaimed, 'I fancy that Scnora Inez would not see much beauty in your face were she to seo you now.' A dreadful sight met rhe lassoer gaze when hu over the mai whom dragged is horse' hejkior twenty miles. ITie semblanc ofhumanity was all that had withstoot the journey, and over this the Mexicai stooped with a wild cry. He had dis covered that the lariat had droppei over the head of the wrong man ! Bu another and yet more terrible discover] waB yet to come. Upon the breast torr by rocks aud briars, glistened something that attracted IWarmnjo's attention Snatching it eagerly, he hold a locke in his bond. One glance at it and h< staggered to his feet with a piercing shout?oDe loDg, loud cry of killing agony. For a moment he swayed to and fro then with a cry of 'Leon, my brother I he fell forward upon his victim, anc irlucd his lips to the battered face. H< had not only lassoed the wrong man but his boy brother, Leon. In the agony of that moment the joyful past come over fhe Mexican's mind, in speechless misery at hie brother's side. . By and by he remounted and crossed the stream. The object which he had dragged at the heels of his horso now lay in his arras, and he was talking to it like a mad man. All this time Richard Compton was looking into the dark eyes of his young bride. Marmajo had lost bis wager. > With much anxiety the loungers* ol Taos waited for news from the feast. and when it came they looked a? one another in wonder. 'lie must have ridden off with hie brother, who passed Taos, inquiring for him,' said one. 'Yos, but no one ever dreamed of the brother's meeting, and Richard C-nmpton, the American, never dreamed ol his escape. A Prairie Dnol. A. TERRIBLE TEST OF MARK8MAN9HIP. ' .? Some five years ago Adam Goldw left bis native county of Shannon, Missouri, .there ho is engaged in cattle raising, or Northern Texas, where ho passed ,wo years, and there one of the most ixciting incidents of his career happeneJ. His fame as a marksman jaonc ;he Texans soon became notorious, fa ,he vicinity of Goldie's ranche^lived William Darrell. or as he wa.^moro familiarly termed, Bloody BilTT This Bloody Bill was a noted ruffian and lesperado. His feats in marksmanship i?orc likewise astounding, and probably 10 man in the Lone Star State excelled lim in handling the rifle. He became ealous of Goldie's fume and mawged to pick a quarrel with him, which resulted in a challenge. After a short consul' nation they decided that a duel should De fought, but, inconsequence of the extraordinary skill of the parties, at a bog distance. On the open prairie, about two miles -- t x mi distant, grew two pose oas trees, jlhwj ivere four hundred and twenty yards lpart and were the only trees on that pot. All around was open, timberlcas prairie. It was decided that Goldie ind Bill should both take their rifles ind each take up a position behind iheir respective trees, and then blaze iwny at each other The Texans hoped by this means to prevent blond, died, or at least to prevent a fatal termination of the duel. The preliminaries being settled, the whole party mounted their horses and rode out on :he prairie to the selected spot. Goldic !ook up his position behind one of the trees, and Bill ensconed himself behind the other. The remaining party of the :rowd then rode to a slight undulating sminenco to the right, where they were to remain as spectators, One of them n;?? airrnnl fnr tlip het>innin<> nna iu fci?? uiv c D jf the combat by firing his rifle in the air, and the report was to be tho signal to the duelists so begin with their bloody work. Goldio waited anxiously the detonation of the rifle, which suddenly sounded on the nir. Then began the duel at the longeBt range ever recorded. Ooldie advanced from behind the tree in a kneeling posture, when, whiz ! his sombrero was perforated by a ball from Bloody Bill's rifle. Quick as lightening he dropped full length on the grormd in time to escape the two other bullets which came in rapid succession. He lay still, kpAi-nrlif. hia riflp into riosition. 33 he was stretched upon the ground, and then remained immovable. Presently he saw a diminutive figure which he knew to be Bill (who was nearly one inch taller than Goldie) advancing cautiously from the shelter of the tree Quickly taking aim ho fired twice in succession and then retired behind the sheltering trunk. One of tho bullets he afterwards discovered, had passed through tho lobe of Bill's left car There was a cessation now of firing foi some time, when Goldie espied his oppo nent's head and shoulders exposed Quick as lightening his rifle was at hit shoulder, and the detonating report wa; hpard. Bloody Bill's hat was carriet away by tho bullet. Goldie now rathe: rwlr.nnr.nil frftm lllH sheltC! Iuuaui/iuuoij uuiuuwM m wm> .... _ and became the target for six balls ii rotation, one of which mado a holo ii hia coat.sleevo and another tbrougl bis pants. Ho beat a hasty reXreat. The duelists remained gazing at th distant trees, each watching for the in distinct form which represented his ad versary. Each peered cautiously fror behind the tree, endeavoring to ge sight of each other. Uoldie at last sai Bill again advance, and tho forme stepped rapidly to the front and quick !y brought his rifle into position. A! s most simultaneously me ctear, suarp n report of twa(nfles rang on tho air, and s both men fell. Goldie monnged to e raise himself and crawl behind the 1 trunk of the tree. He had befn a wounded iu the left shoulder. Presently . he was joined by the Texans, who had 1 been witnesses of this most exciting t duel. They had already ridden over to j Bloody Bill and fonnd him dead. A j builet had penetrated bis temple. r 1 Stingy Men, 1 I despise a stingy man. I don't see ' how it is possible for a man to die worth ' fifty millions of dollars, or ten millions ' of dollars in a city full of want, when he meets almost every day the withered ; hand of beggary and the white lips of o n .4. i ii iannne. now a man can wunsuwu an that, and hold in the clutch of his hand * twenty or thirty million dollars is past ' my comprehension. I do not see how he can do it. 1 should not think he ! could do it any more than he could 1 keep a pile of lumber when hundreds 5 and thousands were drowning in the sea. Do you know T havo known men who would trust their wives with their hearts and their honor but not with their pocket-books?not with a dollar. When I see a man of that kind I think he ' knows which is the most valuable). ! Think of making your wifo a beggar ! Think of her having to ask you every , day for a dollar, or for two dollars, or to humbly beg for fifty cents! 'What ' did you do with that dollar I gave 1 you last week ?' Think of having a wife that is afraid of you ! What 1 kind of children do you expect to have with a beggar and coward for the mother! Oh ! I tell you if you have got but a ! dollar in the world, and have got to !. spend it, spend it like a man; spend it as though it were a dry leaf and ynu the owner of unbounded forests! That's j the way to spend it. I had rather be a beggar and spend my last dollar like a king, than to bo a kine and spend my money like a beggar. If it's got to go, lej^t go ! Get the best you can for your family?try to look as well as you can yoursolf. When you used to go courting, how nice you looked ! Ah, your eye was bright, your step was light, and you just put ou the best you could. Do you know that it is insufferable egotism in you to suppose that " a woman is going to love you always looking as bad as you can ? Think ol it! Auy woman on earth be true to , you forever when you do your level best. A Sailor's Duty. Of course there are times when a i sailor's duty will be rough, rude, and. i stormy, like the taging elements around him. During the stress of a gale, and while the ship is being navigated through difficult aDd narrow channels, a sailor's i first and all absorbing duty is to watch , the hand and listen to the voice of the officer in command, and unhesitatingly i obey. Work?hard, coarse, difficult, dangerous Mfc>rk?becomes then the ori der of the day. and leisure thoughts and leisure fancies, and things gentle i and refined, must be postponed for leisuro hours. But even in the darkness i and in storm, amidst the fury of the gale and the wild sweep of the threatening i waves, amidst thunders and lightnings, i terrors from the sky and terrors from the deep, it is wonderful how a serene, devout, earnest mind, previously disciplined by its studies and reflections, may take in a deep imbibing of beauty nud consolation. It mentally sr.es a i latitude of calui above in the circle of i the storm, and inwardly hears, amidst tho deafening clamours of excited na! ture, the sweet whisper, "It is I; be not afraid!" There is no reaton in the : nature of things why even the most ilr.r oo!1ai-o oli/Mllr) hnf VlV flYlfl VitT I IllCiaiu ui oaiiuu oiiuuiu ww, ~j .u? -j, and after much training, attain to this spiritual susceptibility, this capacity to take in grand ideas and holy conso' lat ion even in the midst, of life's sternest trials and darkest terrors. How a Farmer was Swindled. A treasure up a tree was seen in the watches of the night by a peddler who was sleeping in a farm bouse in the Shenandoah Valley, Va. He told his dream to the farmer the next morning, and on three successive nights he had ' the same vision. Then he prevailed ?Ko fn -icmmnnnv him to i | the forest, whore he pointed out a large oak tree as the one he had seen in his | dream. It was apparently sound at the butt, but about twenty feet up a limb had been broken off. The farmer did not feel like humoring what he supposed ' to bo a superstitious whim but the old fellow seemed to have a confidence in his vision, and offered one-half of the spoils if he would help him cut down the tree. | When the tree fell there was a rattle of coin near where the limb had been [ broken off, and a small hollow was found there. By a little chopping a larger cavity was found, and within was ' a masa of silver. Both seemed wild with delight, and on counting up found 1 .- i asnnn Th* j that the pile atnoumeu iu su,vuv. r peddler expressed his unwillingness to carry around bo much silver in bis 1 pocket and inquired where ho would be j likely to get greenbacks for his share. 1 The farmer having considerable money in his house, immediately transferred to the peddler ?2,500 in pnper money and took charere of the entire bulk of silver. The peddler disappeared, and when his partner attempted to pass some of the silver, lo ! it was counterfeit. He ^ was tho victim of a gang of coiners. r > It is said every watermelon in Toxas U contains a chill. meivneaive Aoaicaies. Tlio New York Times states that the Khedive of Egypt has abjlrtJated his power as ruler, and his jrlnce is filled by Nuber Pasha?pre Khedive re* storing nil his esplws tn the t^tafj*' Thus has falleru^i great man of the East, who hasyverwhelmed liimself and his nation byshcerppoflicacy and prodigality. Fr<W-b?tng the richest man in 41 1.1 L- 1 1 3 J i tut; n unu uu nun ucrn reuuceu 10 comparative poverty under extravagance and shriukage in values. His fortune has gone, and with it his political power. In truth, the Khedive is not the best example of public or private life, and has fallen a prey to his own follies and excesses. As long ago as 1875 he was represented as a poor man of vast and heavily incumbered estates. He then owned 450,000 acres of land, which was about one-tenth of the cultivated soil of Egypt. He then owed $25,000000 on this estate, at ten per cent, interest, besides an enormous floating debt. The hard times pinched him until he was forced to sell his shares in the Suez canal, which had sunk for him $87,600,000; of which be received from England $20,000,000. The successor of the Khedive is a Christian, and was removed from the ministry three years ago because he inpisted upon certain reforms whioh were not palatable to tho old Turkish party. He is western in all his ideas, and versed in European polities and modern finances.? Washington Republican. An Eagle's Fight for Her Young. East week, wlule E.J. Campbell was engaged digging wild ginger on the side of the Roan, about one and a half miles from the Cloudland Hotel Bakersville, N. 0., he found the nest of a gray eagle in a fallen tree*top under t.be cliff of the mountain, containing one young eagle. While examining the nest and its contents, suddenly he heard a loud noise, and before he could ascertain what it was the eagle had struck him in the face with her bill and claws, and taking a circuit through the air, alighted on a tree about 200 yards distant, but in plain view of the nest. Again the parent bird mode an attack, aiming at his head, bat he avoided her, and she struck hirn on the arm; making a alight wound. Sho returned to her post of observation, but as soon as he attempted toTtrueft ^ftFffeSraoircaimhg The "young eagle, she made a third attack, when Mr. Campbell struck her with a stick and brought her to the ground, where, after a severe struggle, he succeeded in killing her, She measured seven feet and two inches from tip to tip of her wings. Tho male bird was not seen. The place was a wild, untrequented part of the mountain. It has generally been supposed that the eagle always built her nest in the clefts of rocks, hut this one had her nest in a fallen treetop, some feet from the ground, but in a spot seldom visited by man. This bird is the one known as the gray bald eagle. A New Way to Pay old Debts: A proposition has recently been made that the national debt can now be paid off by the imposition of an annual tax $20 on generals," $10 on "colonels," and 85 od "majors." There is no donbt of this. The enormous revenue that would accrue from such a source would in a very short time wipe out the entire debt. After this it could be applied to the settlement of the labor problem, as the fund would be sufficient to make a handsome distribution per capita for the whole country. It is a wonder that General Butler and Mr. Kearney have not thought of this before. It would bo no use to impose a tax on any title below the rank of "major," for Captain Vance, the appointment clerk of the Treasury Department, says that so far as bo can discover he is the only "captain" left, either in the Union or Confederate armies. This is sad, but in lieu of "captains," a tax might be paid on "judges." Even in the present dull times there are not less than 2,000 "judges" in Washington alone, and the "generals" and "colonels" are simply countless. Many of them would doubtless find it difficult to pay the tax, but sooner tban part with the title they would manago to squeezo it out.? Baltimore Sun. Happy every day. Sidney Smith cut the following from a newspaper and preserved it lor himself ; When you arise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a bappy , one to a fellow creature. It is easily done ; a let off garment to a roan that needs it. a kind word to the sorrowful, 1 an encouraging expression to the striving?trifles in themselves light as air ?will do it at least twenty-four hours. And if you are young, depend upon it, it will tell when you are old ; and if you are old, rest assured that it will send you gently and happily down the stream of time to eternity. By the most simple arithmetical sum, look at the result. If you send one person oniy one, happily through each day, there are three hundreed and sixty-five in the course of the year. And supposing you live forty years only, after you coin* mence that course of medicine, you have made 14,000 beings happy, at all events for a time. The hat worn by Napoleon at the battle of Auntcrlitz has just been sold in Paris. Documents proving its genuineness accompanied it, WM. \ _advertisinq/6atks/ - TIME.~T"IX? } cojr 1 c?l* 1 week,$l 00^ -$6# ^$9 00 $15 00 o ? 1 75 7 50 12 26 20 00 3 ?? 2 60 9 00 16 25 24 00 4 .? 3 00 10 50 18 00 27 60 5 ? 8 60 11 75 20 60 3100 fit 6 ? 4 00 12 50 22 75 34 00 7 ? 4 50 13 25 24 75 37 00 8 " 6 00 14 00 26 00 40 00 3 moB 6 50 17 00 32 00 60 00 4 7 60 19/fc 39 60 69 00 8 50 \20OOj* 48 00 84 00 Y" 9 50 J0\nfry 69 0^->J05 00 iiji? i ? P? / ^y10 ] ~u w \ j iV~ T^sl^Vaft^ryiacliieQW rauat ty aceom'?afiTeil with the cash y InaWc Inertly.' "Luxury. Flood, tbc California millionaire, is building what will, it is said, be the 4* tinest private residence in America. " * Jphe grounds include 1,400 acress ' y on San Francisco Bay, comprising a natural park ready for improvements to any desired extent. The house is 100 by 200 feet in area, and resembles a French chateau of the old style. Verandas ? surround it, and the roof is broken with many gables and two towers 140 feet high. The entire exterior is very ornate. Among the apartments art eeveral parlors, music room, dining room, breakfast room, billiard room, library and wine room, the latter being of uncommon size. The dining room r v , is one hundred feot long, so that great dinners may be given in it; but moat of it can be shut off, leaving a room of comparatively small size for ordinary use. Five years will be consumed in completing the house and its surroundings. Mr. Flood also contemplates a city residence of corresponding magnificence. How Hljjh Can Men Liye ? Mr. Webber states that in Thibet he has lived for months together at a height of more than fifteen thousand feet above the level of the sea, and that the result was as follows : flis pulse, at normal heights only sixty-three per minute, seldom fell below one hundred per minute during the whole time he was at that level. His respirations were often twice hs numerous in the minute as they are at ordinary levels. A run of one hundred yards would quicken both pulse and respiration more thau a run of one thousand yards at the sea level, and the higher the level the greater the difficulty of walking or running fast. He crossed the shoulders of the GurJa Mandhafta at a height of some twenty thousand feet, and found the greatest difficulty in getting his breath quickly enough, had frequent and violent headaohes, and found that his native guides and companions suffered much moro than he did.?London Spectator. Light aa a Motor. A working model of a very interesting machine id now being exhibited in a wMMHB New York shop window. It is the * . invention of an Englishman, and consifts of four disk* attached to arms M radiating from a central revolving post. 7""" il One side of each disk is paintod black ^ and the other white. The black sur face absorbs and the white surface ) J repels light, thus revolving the machine. In order to avoid friction with the atmosphere, the machine is placed under a glass cover, fr^/n which the air has been exhausted. It is not heat that moves the disks, and that the motive power is light alone is proved by tho fact that the machine will work even if placed in an ice house. The light of a caudle will cause the machine to revolve slowly, and a calcium light will incite rapid revolutions. The model on exhibition is worked by ordinary daylight, but it is not touched by direct rays of the sun. It is in the shade. A Parable: Once there was a mule. It had a pair of limber legs with bcels on the end of them. Mule thought bis master did Dot give him enough to eat. So no fVio Vinac mna nnsaincr hphind vug uaj no biiv vwuw ?? him he lifted up his heels and boosted him to the other side of the barn. This is what Mr. Mule calls a strike. He thought he could get all the corn he wanted now. Presently he wanted wnter. He didn't get it though. He wanted corn. Ho didn't get that. Ho A went to bed that night without his supper. Next day he didn't have to work; he didn't have to eat, either. He could not imagine why that master of his did'nt come to feed bim. The next day was the same, and the next, liefore that mule got anything to cat again he had grown so gaunt and gentle that he was willing to keep his heels on the ground. The strike had ended. ^ Tne First Locomotive. The average citizen will be taken by surprise when told that the first locomotive engine ever placed on a track on this continent was "steamed up" and started just fifty years ago the 8th day 4 nmiaf trial trin was made at UI - r _ Honesdnle, Pa., by tbo "Stourbridge LioD," an ongine built in Stourbridge, y Eogland, and the credit for this pioneer enterprise belongs to the Deleware and Hudson Canal Company. Mr. H. Allen, now 77 years of age. and a resident of South Orange, N. J., was the man who pulled the first throttle valve on that Jay, and to whom the chargo of building the engine was entrusted by the company when he was sent to Hngland. A Bright Face. During a recent service at a country English church, the clerk left his desk for the purpose of replenishing the fire. He blackened his hand in the operation without knowing it, aod afterwards wiped it across his face leaving a large 1_ . , black mark DeniDu. ?> nen ne reiurncu to his scat he hail to read the first verso of the hymn, which strangely enough commenced, "Behold the brightness of my face!' causing the whole of the congregation to burst into laughter, much to the astonishment of the poor clerk, who afterwards received a severe reproof from the rector. % * Why does the new moon remind ono of a giddy girl *?Because she is too _ M young to show much reflection.