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T =============_==?==_=??-=-===. > VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN, S. C.,. OCTOBER 24,1878. NUMBER 16. ' ^...??mmmm_____wmmmmmmmmmmmm______mmm=s^=ss=^^^^=ss=5SBS=s=!^SHSS^ffB 1 - - ' " -* - '* i:uii.?u.j I TiUol, it?,t^oo/< TTrM-in I A filftim AgainstParii. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL Published Every ThursUai At CAMDEN.; s. a, by G.G.ALEXANDER SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (In Advance.) One Year i- 00 Mix JtfonlliM 1 25 DR. I. H. ALEXANDER, Dental Surgeon, COLUMBIA, S. 0. Corner Gates and Plain Streets. DR. T. BERWlCK"TEGAlR^ DENTIST, GRADUATE OFVHE BALTIMORE COLLEGE ^ ; OF DENTAL SURGEBT. OPPICE?DE'KAiB HQUSE. ; Eatraaoe on Broad Street ' . ?m. D. TRANTHAM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BROAD STEET, Camden, S. O. J. T. HAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Trial JuftMee Office over store of Messrs. Baum Bros. Special attention riven to the collection of claims. J. W. DEPASS, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Trial Justice. Easiness of all kinds promptly transacted. W. L. DEPASS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, v . % T ^ .Will practice in .ail lie State ami .Federal Coarti. Jin!?tf T. H. CLARKE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMDEN, S. C. Office?Thai formerly occupied by Capt, J. M. Parte. .. , . Janttg PHOTOGRAPHS ! Mr. W. S. Alexander being In Camden A a short risit, will open his Gallery for itaMeoaanodotion of hijmanj friends and former patrons. He is prepared to take as fine Photographs as can be made in the State. Copying and enlarging also done in the best style. He has on hand a splendid assortment ef Picture Frames, Cbromos, etc., for sale at the lowest cash prices. Give hla a calk. . . ** - ? - FREDERICK J. HAY, . Architect and Builder, 0 AMDEN, S. C., estimates for all Atlnds of buildings. Contracts taken at moderate figures, and promptly and carefully attended to. * * Orders left at the Uemdxn jocssaioiuu* Will receive immediate attention. ,na Marchltf JOHN C, WOLST, PLAIN, ORNAMENTAL, AND SIGN PAINTER, Paper Hanger # Glazier, CAMDEN, S. C. sept23_12m - ^ ^ rtiuuie v> i iului, LANCASTER 0. H., S. 0. Having purchased tlie Hotel formerly occupied hjr Mr. Jones Crockett, situated on Main street, I am prepared to receive transient and permanent boarders. Good accommodations at reasonable rates. Stables and Lou free to drovers. Janioif J. M. RIDDLE, Be Sure to Stop at the Latham House, CAOTDEN, S. . (Traksjent Board, $2.00 i?er dat.) :o: tf^Ample accommodations. Tables supplied with the best the Markets afford. Eve ry attention paid to the comfort of Guests Persons stopping at the Lathan House will be conveyed to and from th< depot free of charge. Passengers, without heavy baggage, will be conveyed to anc from any part of the town, not above DeKalb street, at 25 cents. J?*Connected with the house is a firs class Bar, which is located separately fron the house, and orderly kept. JfirConveyanoes supplied to guests or liberal terms, either for city or country use ian8-ly S. B. LATHAM, Proprietor. Ore? lOulattrtNOTJile? Aru?*au<l. 3e.8uppljCo.XaihTlll?.T?ns.-,V^P BOOTS, SHOES, &C. The undersigned respectfully informs hi.? friends and the public generally that hi may still be found at his shop, one dooi west of the postoffice, where he is preparec to execute promptly and ia the most stylist and durable manner all jobs that may b< S^iven him. He will also make or repaii harness, or in fact anything else in hii ic line. He only solicits a call. ** ISAAC YOUNG. VA Aug- 6?tf ^ 8. WOLFE, CHEAP DRY GOODS STORE ALSO, Buys and pays the highest market pric for green and dry cow hides, sheep, fox otter, mink, raccoon and rabhit skins Also, rags, wool, tallow, beeswax, old iron brass, copper, &c. janltf Water-Purifying Chain Pumj Acknowledged to be superior to any othe pump known. No valves to get out of or der. Bucket and chains made of galvan ixed maleable iron. The foulest wate made pnre by the use of this pump, b feet or less, $10; each additional foot, 6 cents. This pump may be examined at th Latham House. jan8-tf LATHM St PERKINS. BOOT MAKER. W. C. Young, having opened a shop on Broa Street, one door below R. J. McCreigbt <k Son Gin Factory, In Mr. G. S. Douglas' old store, r? , spectrally solicits the patronage of the public. H win make or repair * ? Boots, Shoes, Harness &c. On the shortest notlbe and In the most duxabl "SSrV* MY MOTHER. F H j I hear, the evening winds among The hoary forest trees, As falling leaf and bending twig Are rustling in the breeze; But oh ! the music of the leaves? Leaves meetly strewn and sear? Reminds me of thy sweet, voice, Long silent, mother dear ! It brings to.never-dying.mind Those oft^remembered hoursr, When I, & thoughtless child, with thee Would waud w 'mong the flowew, r; And pulled thoir fairest, while ye smiled Mair sweet than tongue can tell: The gowan aye was thine, and mine The bonnie heather-bell. And bow ye twined them in a wreath, To place them on my brow? To tell me that a pretty king Of flowers ye crowned me now;" Then how my happy heart would'beat With love for all, and thee; And loud I laughed, and danoed and sang, In childhood's harmless glee. Then all was spring, for new-blowu joys Sprung on each passing hour; Or Summer, for they ne'er could die, But ever freshly flower.* Ah ! dark clouds dimmed that sunny skyNow winter chills the year. For thou wcrt summer's gentle queen, My long-lost mother dear! Still, when the bright, the summer sun, Shines lovely from above, And pours on every hill and dale A golderi-tidi oflovjs," f wander to those early haunts And think fall long of thee, And ponder if thy spirit keepe A loving ward o'er me. And when thy dark eye ceased to shine, Thy kind- toned voice to speak. And when thy gentle hand no more Conld oat me on the cheek. No eye there was to watch o'er me, No voice to whisper mild. No hand to lead, no voice to cheer A weary little child. Vet still, In sunny dreams, betimes,^ ' iee thee By my'side, And, if I've dene aught wrong, methinks I hear thee gently chide; While sadly in thy downcast eye Appears the briny tear, To guide my frail, though willing, steps, Iu truth, my mother dear 1 But when I walk in wisdom'6 ways, And let my words be mild, Methinks 1 hear thy praising voice In every wood-note wild; And thus, oh mother! lead my steps Through every changing year? My heart to God, my lipn-to troth; As tboa Troaldst, mether dear! " * T. C. Tattibson. FOTT3STID. , 'Young ladies, thiB is Miss Delmar,' All eyes turned towards the madame, as, leadiog a little dark figure by the band, she came among us. It is an embarrassing position to meet for the first time the gaze of fifty critical eyes ; but Miss Delmar bore it bravely. Then and there I took a fanoy to the little thing with her sweet face and greai j pleading eyes. ... - . Ours was a fashionable school and Miss Delmar'i dress was very simple and of cheap material, but it was wore with that indescribable grace which be. tokens the lady, and which no mor< outside elegance can give. ^ ^ j ? o 'if I J- ? 1 1UUUU X U?U UVb w?u? ?? my quickly formed estimate of her, ace before long we became the dearest o of friends. , I noticed Ruth never mentioned bei parents, and that when the other girli i were eagerly inquiring for ezpeotet letters she was always silent. So on< day, I asked her ; Ruth, are you an orphan ?' Instead of answering, her dark eye filled, and putting her arnft around tir neck she burRt into tearB. I neve | asked her any questions after that, fo [ I knew thore must be some sad story I iu her life, and not for worlds would 1 - give her pain. i m. j j a?:_i? ?i 1 line pasBUU ; uu?j iuc ^ms n?c ? k preparing to go home for vacation?] with the others; and much to mv joy i Ruth consented to go with me: I hac . written and asked papa, and be nevei having refused me anything in my life wrote back a card of invitation. We were home. How good it seemht , to roam over our house with a compan ion ! I never had had a sister, and lfcj ' mother had died, leaving me, a little ? lonely girl of six, to be the only mis J tress of 'Ormsby Hall,' as oar place wa I called. t I felt very glad when I saw that pap j was pleased with my friend, an< r Howard, my brother, usually so indiffer ' entjtQ strangers, treated her with the mos marked courtesy. . As the weeks glided by, I began t - notice a strange change in Howard Fie, who had never seemed to care fo . the society of ladies, began to mak excuses to be with Ruth and me, join a iog us in our walks; and dropping hi , beloved law books to take up a croque mallet. > Ruth's dark cheek had a brightc tint at those times; and, with the rc trance of eighteen, I at once made u * in my mind a love story, and brothe r Howard and my friend were th ' 'dramatis personae.' But my prett dream was shattered when one da J Ruth came to me with a very whit 0 face, and said that she must leave m e and return to school. 'Go back to school! and before me Why, Rutbie !' And then, still with that whil pained face, Ruth told Die the reasoi My brother Howard had told her 1; ,g loved her, and she had refused biui. s- Taking her by both arras I held b( e off to look into her face. 'Rnth, you do love him ? Do n< J deny it, for T see it in your eyes ! Wh do you refuse him ?' Then she spoke. 'Sadie, dear friend, let me tell you my story, and that will explain why I cannot enter your family as your brother's wife, and your sister.' We sat down together on the sofa, and as I held her hand she told me her sad story. Her mother had died, leaving her an infant, in the care of a dissolute father, who while she was still a mere girl, bad committed a robbery. and been imprisoned. Then she bad gone out into the world alone and friendless, until she had found a place in a large family to take caro of the young children. By strict self-denial l>? aiMit snnncrk mnnov In n?v' fnp O'.v ...v. - r-v her education at madnme's, with the intention of becoming u teacher. That was all. t Pressing my lipa.to her soil cheeks, I said, impulsively: 4Why, Ruthie, is that the oaly reason ' you refused Howard T ' 'The only reason/ she repeated, sadly ?'yes, and surely reason enough. I?' Here an unexpected interruption occurred. The draperies parted from an alcove near, and my brother stepped into the' * Toom. J r? 'Cl~ ' Ruth gave a little cry as she saw him, (oh ! how noble he looked 1) And well sho might; for almost in a single instant ber slight figure was clasped tightly in bis arms. Then, regardless of me, be spoke? reproachfully, but oh, so tenderly ! AdJ , Ruth just let herself stay in his strong - arms, and did not Bhrink when hs lifted her face to read his answer in her soulful eyes. I stole away -they did not heed me. At last I had a sister. Howard told papa all of his prom* ised wife's story and the dear old gen? tleman spoke, as I knew be would, words of kindness and counsel, and laid his hand in blessing on my Ruth's dark bead. - 80 Ruth gave up her idea of going . back to school, and we were happy as happy could be. This week we were to give a garden party, and all the young and old of. the neighborhood were invited. Some of the older people preferred to stay in the parlors, and there papa brought Ruth, to sing for tbem his favorite Scotch airs. Of course, I was there too, and Howard was not fat off. n ~ Ruth looked lovely that night in ber white drees, with creamy rosebudsnestling, as if thoroughly contented, in I her boscm and hair. I had never seen . Her wear any jewelry before, and I noticed on her round, white arm an , elegant bracelet. > As she sbt there, the jeweled clasp i ot the bracelet on her arm gleamed and * caught the light, and I saw old Judge r Morris, my lather's dearest friend, start i violently and bend forward, looking iu? > tently at the playcr't arm; a look of aupt pressed excitement was in his face, and afler she had done I saw liim go and 1 speak aside to Howard, awhile. Then , tbey left the room together. > The hours swiftly flew by, and it came time for the party to break up. 5 The ffext day Howard went away (on business be said.) He returned, in a | few dnys, and one morning, shortly after, ' the bell raog, some one wished to ' see Ruth in the library. Wondering who it could be, and fearing, she knew r not what, Ruth went down. A time 5 elapsed, aud she came back. As she * went to the toilet-table and took up the 9 bracelet that was lying there, I noticed the strange expression her face wore. : 'Ruth, what is it? What has hap8 pened ?' 7 Stooping, she dropped a sudden kiss r on my forehead and exclaimed : r 'Oh ! Sadie, bow can. I ever thank [ you enough V Before I could speak sho was gone, . and I was left alone with my wonder' ment. ' After a while Howard came?he, ? too, with his features strangely work 1 ing. p 'Sadie, come to Ruth,' he said. >. ' When I opened the library door I j started back, for there, sitting aide by side, as close as if 'they wero lovers, were my father's dear friend and toy \ Ruthie. As I entered, Judge Morris ' rose and took my hand in both his own. His eyes were full of tears, and his 8 voice fullered as he said: a 'Miss Sadie, let me give you a j father's thanks. Through God's infinite mercy you have been the means of il bringing me to my long lost child.' All was soon explained. Judge Mor0 ris had married early in lifo a beautiful French girl, and after some years an x infant was born. The mother died p;o0n e after, and all that was left to ?*ne fce. renved husband was his chil^ jje bad f in his employ a servant T/bo had lived ,t with him a few yearst and in whom he had great confider.ee; but after a time r he began to suspect him of dishonesty, and after obtbining sufficient proof he p taxed him with it and then discharged T him. e That night his little girl was missing, y Rewards were offered, but no clue to j his lost child could be found. The cabc inet containing his wife's jewels was e gone, too, and it was conjectured that the thief Bad fled to a foreign country, j The bracelet with the jeweled clasp which had attracted his attention on e Ruth's arm, he immediately recogDized 1 as one of his wife's ornaments. le He had spoken to Howard, as i had noticed that night, and Howard's ''busijr nesa" the next day was to the prison where Ruth's supposed father was jt confined; and on obtaining permission iy to see^the prisoner, my brother had gained from nim tho confession that ' he' and Judge Morris's servant were one and tbe same, ana tnai me cuuu uc uau stolen for revenge was the girt Who bore the name of Ruth Derlraar. Ho had given tbe bracelet to Ruth, and told her it was her mother's. As Judge Morris paused, Ruth raised her lustrous eyes, which had been bidden on my shoulder, aud then, with one thrilling cry, as if unable to be parted longer, tbe newly found parent and child were claspod in each other's arms. f Ruth did not go back to school, but went to her father's home. There, after a little while, Howard went, too. Judge Morris could oot consent' 10 iec his new found daughter leave Mm, and tho vouDg couple agreed to i^.ako his homo theirs. * In H!h own Tomb. , > _ About fifteen ye*TO ago the Jute William Niblo, of Niblo's Garden^ built a handsome tomb in Greenwobd Cemetery. He expended a great- deal of money upon it, and it naturally became one of the attractions of that pensive resort. Among tbe eccentricities of that veteran manager was that of visiting this tomb on sultry Summer afternoons and sitting there, novel in band, until tbe shadowing of the grand path before the door showed him that evening was ne&r; 'One day Mr. Niblo passed through the lodge gate as usual, saluted the attendant in hisycustomary courtly style, and wandered away. That night Mr. Niblo did Qot return to his home in New York; Nothing was thought of it, a9 ho had such a number of friends whom he might visit and remain until late. Bnt^rhen the morning a^ojye^. the* room Jjnoccopied Md HU* ledVuadistnrbed, | fben alarm I seized the household- Search was made, the dabs, places of ffttblic resort, the theatres, all were visited. He had dot Ifcetr ami there since- the eight previous. 'Then one remembered the visits to the Greenwood tomb. When those who were searching for William Niblo reached" the gate of the cemetery they were toet by the man in charge. He remembered that Mr. Niblo had bean there so many days before that it bad become a custom, ''What was the matter? Mr. Niblo lost? Oorne to think of it, I didn't see him go out of here when I.locked .up. >He must be in the tomb*" The toml b'^as an orna-1 mental door let into.-jfhe solid round I surroundings. It is massive, thick, un- J inviting, and seems jost th?x aperturo for a perpetual borne o?th? . Beyond . it is an airy apartment, in^ which the sunlight flitters. When Mr. Niblo entered his favorite resting place that summer afternoon, he sat in his accuse coof Anon of! Vila honk mid fWll to I VV/IWU -?V- ?.w - -- J reading. Tro wind rose, the vault was filled with ur until a propel I iag force was generated, and then euedenly there came a short, sharp click, with semidarkness after it. Mr. Niblo was shut in. The vault door had sprang to. He wis found sitting composed in the tomb, and by no means so much agitated as were any of those who were looking for him. He explained the accident, his shrieks for assistance, and" Jlieh his relapse into a calm and philosophical consideration of the circumstances. Ho knew that no one could hear him call, but hs felt that the active brains of bis friends would seek him out, and that sooner or later he would be liberated. * | ; t What a Ply Did. Mr. James Howard, of Walker, married an interesting young lady Darned Sytnonda about a year ago, and they have lived cosily and happily together ever since. But the* other riotbrug, at breakfast, an inquisitive asd hungry fly dropped down From bis perch on the ceiling, and, stretching bis legs began alrirminishinjr around for his breakfast. He crawled slowly around Mr. Howard's coffee cup once or twice, sniffing the delicious aroma, and wondering bow he oould manage to get a drink, when bis foot slipped, ho lost bis grip, and in a moment more was floundering around in the liquid. His struggles attracted the attention of James, and he palled him out and playfully tossed him across the table. The nnfortunate fly alighted ip a wet and bedraggled condition on 'Idrs. H's plate. She indignantly 'grabbed him and flung him back into her husband's plate. James gated steadily at ner a mumeai, uuu seeing blood in ner eye, deliberately pio^ed r.p the fly, and, with a hand tumbling with suppressed ra?e, thre^ hack on her plate. Then began a regular game of shuttlecock betryeen the two, and that fly flew back and forth until he was completely worn out. Then the young wife, bursting into tears, seized her bonnet and rushed from the house to the residence of her parents, vowing she would never come back, and James went out to the barn, swearing to bimeelf, In an hour or so the father of the much-abused wife came over with a team and removed all her baggage, and now they "meet" as friends no more." They have separated for good, and two lives are rendered miserable by a single mishap of a flxt On onnVi amnll fViinrra <\n rmr do. "J b" - stinies depend.? Carthage (ifo.) Gazette. A man committed suicide in New York recently, who mnst have had a vixen for a wife; Hie name was Barnmood. At the close of a few lines, in which he stated bis intentian to take his life, was this sentence : "Tell mv wife to go to h?1!" and a photograph of his wife was found with the eyeB and mouth blackened with a lead pencil, under which he had1, written these Nrords*The meaneft t woman God ever made 1" A"JOU t*U4[A/0?U W yWMTruth must be told, though other hearts acho. The boy who was sent up from the Oentrel Station court two wrelcs ago for Bijah to wrestle with, and who, after being soundly spanked and talked to in a fatherly manner, seemed on the high road to moral reformation is no longer to be seen around the Twentieth street station. Was ho drowned in a barrel? j Did he fall upon hia head? . Did he go to sleep in tranquil state And wake up cold and dead? Nothing of the kind. He laid his plans to work under Bijah's good nature, and he succcoded. He picked up edncatiou so rapidly that ho could spell " cat" and pig " inside of two days and belere the third day he couia tell the difference between Lake Erie and a brickyard. He needed no more spanking, and Bijnh gradually allowed himself to become delighted. Ho laid in gum, jjeannts, plums and a new spelling book, and .'eft the boy in the parlor while he went out to gather a few early autumn leaves fer a widow woman with her shoulder out of joint. Returning heme after tbreo hours' absence, the old man almost fainted a!*ay 88 he opened the door. The glass t*?8 had beer? removed from the iodia?ruber cat and Btuck to the table leg; the engraving of Yosemite Valley had been touched up with rod ink; the autograph of Ibo Czar of Russia had been enlarged with crayon, and the lounge stood on its bead in the center of the room in the most humble attitude. The boy was nowhere to be seen. Bijah rushed in and looked for him behind the doors, in the corners, in his table drawers and apectaclo*case, bnt the reformed youth had dropped from the window and gone on his selected route through the great mad world? Had departed like a shadow, Had vanished like the dew ; . Had gone away without delay To begin reform anew. ' "And to think," groaned Bijah, aa he looked around upon the evidences of total depravity?"to think that I oDly spanked him once instead of fifty times !"? Detroit Free Frets. Romance of a Poor Young Man. A poor young clerk in San Francisco read a beautiful and affeoting story'of bow another young man similarly satuatedjjras onoA applied to for alma b,V a miserable o*ld beggar, and when lie bid given the beggar all he had, the latter. threw off his disguse and revealed the kind youth's rich uncle, who immediately fell on his neck and wept., and afterward left him countless gold. Oar poor youcg man was much touched by this legend, bo he quietly left the paper where the senior partner, who wa* his rioh old uncle, could see it, and then laid in wait for a beggar. The very next day one came into the store, and as soon as he started on his sad story the young nan burst into tears, bended the man all the money he possessed, an oroide watch, and even pressed upon him another clerk's n? w ulster that was lying on the counter. When the beggar was gone, the ben??' evolent young man turned to have, bis uncle, who was watching the whole proceeding, fall upon his neck. Instead of this, the capitalist fell upon his back, with great vigor. He kicked the philanthropist out, with a harsh remark, that he didn't want any such blamed fool about his establishment. \nd now the disappointed victim of romance i> carrying a clothing store sign around, and wondering what good it does these story writers to put up jobs on mankind. Graoeful S'peeoh. The value, to a young lady, of a copious, elegant) and expressive vOcabi ulary, can hardly be overestimated. Were she fcever to use the pen in epistolary or rhetorical composition, the beaut'y and charm of cultivated con elation would be a power that would | 'add to her influence among intelligent persons more than all tbo jewels ever worn. Add to this the fact that wo ?. 4;Q Vi.f n-inninnl WSDndn ? 111 itu a luuguu jo uvi ^i>uvi|?.. ..?j, next to her eye, at least?in appeal aod menace, in raillery and scorn, in love and guidance, in song and prayer, what is there to equal a woman's speech ? While nature does much, reading and writing do more in cultivating fluency and felicity of speech. Read the best English, and avoid the cheap and sensational literature of the day. Avoid vulgarity and slang in conversation. Use the same care in purity of language while talking familiarly in .private, that is taken in public speech. But the best training is heart training. Here, as in oratory, it is out of the abundance of tho heart that tbe mouth speaketb. If a law of kindness is within the heart, there will bo "milk - - * . J9 and honey on tne tongue. Among the young ladies who sat at the receipt of customs in a Western church fair, and retailed kisses at the nominal value of ten cents each, was a vinegar-visaged old maid, who had crowded herself in on the gauzy pre? tence that she felt it her duty to do her share towards helping along the good cause. When it came time for closing i the young ladies turned over to the ' church treasury from five to ten dollars apiece, while the ancient female handed I in a solitary dime, the value of one kiss , that she received from a blind man, f whose taste was so vitiated by tobacoo' chewing that he was unable to detect the imposition,?DanviU< News. It is said that Theophile Landreau, of France, and John C. Laodreau, of Now Orleans, will file a claim with Congress at its next session to collect a vast sum of money from the Peruvian government. Nearly half a century ago the Government of Peru made a law offering to any person who should make new disooverics to add to the wealth of that country one-third of the value of such discoveries. Theophile Landrcau, a scientist and explorer, discovered deposits of guano in Peru, from which the government derived millions of dollars revenue. Landreau's claim of discovery ?oa in 1 Rftfi hllf. thfl PflV "i,u > ? ? o- ernment was unablo to pay a one-third interest in the discoveries, and a compromise was agreed upon. Just as the claim was about to bo settled the Pardo revolution broke out and the national treasury was exhausted in trying to suppress it. Since then the chronic revolutionary state of the country bas prevented the discoverer from settling his claim. John 0. Landreau, of New Orleans, is a brother of Theophile Lan* dreau, and advanced tbe money to prosecute, his discovery, receiving in retnrn therefor a half interest in the prospective rewards. As Lan * dreau, of New Orleans, is a naturalized citizen of the United Ssatea, be claims tbe assistance of this government to aid h,:?u in tbe collection of his money. Tbe full amount of the one-third rights of the Lano 'eaus is said to be over 8100, 000,000, buv the claimants are willing to make a compf0?'8? with Peru for a portion of that aum.-'"~-^u' York World. Mode of Recoffnition Ajxi^og Ants. Tbe combats and communication? of ants aro among the most interesting pbenomena. The Bev. H. 0. McCook has given an account to the Academy of Natural Sciences, at Philadelphia, of some experiments he bos made to determine what is.the mode of recognition amoDg ants. He has studied the pavement anta (Ictravioritim exxpitum) which he has observed engaged in continued combat for over a fortnight, the warriors being only the workers.-. There is no distinguishable difference between the ants of the fighting parties, yet they recognize each other infallibly as friends or foe. They challenge all comers with their antennm; if they are friends they pass on; if foes they straightway interlock and "fall to." Sometimes many ants are congregated against one. which j is being iorn limb from limb. Mr. Mcs? Oook surmised that recognition was based upon a certain odor emitted by the respective factions. Ho found that if they were enveloped in an odor of eau-de-colognc, while not at all deprived of activity, all became harmonious; those who were previously emgageeb in battle unclasped one another, and they went on for several days, amicably feeding, burrowing, and building. The same experiment was tried on tbe carpenter ants, which behead their enemies; their hostile proceedings were not stopped by eau-de-colognc. An Infernal Machine. Infernal machines have been employed of late with fatal effect in several cities and towns of Mexico. A New X, A A A 1 Xorlc paper says ; "At can nagvi, ? little town five or six miles from the capital of the country, a party of sis ladies and three gentlemen assembled tc open a box assuming to have oomefron Southern France, and to contain som' Lourdes water and a number of rosa< ries' that bad been blessed by the Pope One box opened, another was disclosed and as they were trying to get into th< seco od a tremendous explosion tool place-, and every person but oue was iu slant ly killed. The box contained nitre glycenne, and was evidently prepare* for assassination, though why any of th parly mentioned should have inourre* any such deadly enmity it ie impossi ble to toll. The terrible box, It is saic wes sent to one of the ladies, remarkabl for her amiability and benevolenci She was unmarried, and a great favoi ite, and it is surmised that a semi-ad venturer who had proposed to h.er an been rej ected, had adopted this m.stbo ofreven;;o, Such a thing scarcely sctm credible .to us;Tmt in Mexico any thin criminal may happen may happen, wit or without provocation. There ar men there who appear to practic assassination lest they .may grow rust in their murderous art. courage. A great deal of talent is loi*t in th world for the want of a little courage Every day sends to the grave a nunibe of obscure men, who have only *{ mnined in obscurity because their timid ity has prevented them from making first effort, and who, if they oeuld .^av been induced to begio, would in a probability have gone great lengths \ fame. Tho fact is, to do anything 1 the world, worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking ol the cold and the danger, but just jump in and scramble through as well as we can. It will not do to be perfectly calculating risks and adjusting nice chances. It did very well long before /i i _? _ the tloou, wnere a man couia suppon his friends upon an intended publication for-a hundred and fifty years, and then live to see its success afterward But at present a man waits and doubts and hesitates and consults his brother and bis uncle, and his particular friends i until one day he finds he is pjxty yeari of age; then he has lost so much tim< in consulting bis first cousin and par > ticular friends, that he has no time t< follow their advice. ADVERTISING RATES. ... - ? , Time. l.ia. i col. $ col. > 1 col. 1 w?ek,$l 00 $6 00 '$9 00 $16 00 2 " 1 75 7 60 .12 26 20 00 3 ? -2 50 9 06 16 26 24 00 4 " - 3 00 - 10 50 ? 18 00 ?? 27 60 6 " 3 60 11 76 20 60 31 00 6 ? 4 00 12 60 22 75 34 00 7 " 4 60 18 26 24 76 37 00 8 ?' ? 6 00 ' 14 00 - 26.00 d 40 00 8 mos 6 50 17 00 82 CO 60 00 4 ?? 7 60 19 00 39 60 69 00 6 " 8 60 24 00 48 00 84 00 9 ** 0 60 80 00 59 00 106 00 12" 10 26 - .36 00 j 68 00 120 00 . tar* Transient advertisements mast be accempanled with the cash to insure Insertion. Orased by Loire. A story of genuine romance in real life .comes from Maysville, Ohio. A promising young man ofj the place, sob of one of its most esteemed' merchants, won nncrncrofl t/\ lu? an/in m.irripH tn ft beautiful youog lady, who, a few days before the day set for the wedding, was taken sick and died. Her bereaved lover was inconsolable, and ho resolved to put an end ty bis life. He first wrote this letter to his parents : "What have I to live fur ? I often think of drinking to drowu my. troubles, but tbat would not be showing respect to the one I so dearly loved. Batjber than to become a drunkard, I will end it all by a dose of prosaic acid. My last wish is tbat I be buried next to Dora, and that two monuments be erected over our graves, to cost not less than $500."- Then proceeding to the room of his late betrothed, he threw himself upon her death-beil, swallowed the drug and breathed his last. He was buried beside her in the cemetery, and a monument will be erected according to his wish, f V 7' l* U O O Tarantulas. The nest of the tarantula, occasionally found, excites ;the admiration of both old and young, and, indeed, nothing could be more ingeniously contrived. .'It is'a subterranean houso about the size and shape of a coooanut of medium crowth. and is made nf small pebbles and grains-of sand glaed together witlj. some viscid matter. Its interior ia lined with silky -material as fine and white as. satin. Jnat at the surface of the ground is a circular opening nearly an inch in diameter. This lid is lined with the same silken stuff as the nest, proper, abd at one side has a hinge made of many i-stranda of the same. This door .the.tarantula can open and close at pleasure. When the lid ia closed it is impossible to find thi nest as owing to the ;aaod and gravel on its upper side it presents the same appearance as the surrounding ground, from which were gathered the materials of which it wat constructed.? Virginia City (Ncv ) Enterprise. Twelve days without Food. The steamship City of 0 heater tailed from Liverpool September 24, and arrived at New York October 5. On hor arrival the hatches of ber orlop deck were opened for the first time since they were put down at Liverpool eleven days ago. Underneath them a mau was wt'oaud, barely- Alive. He hadL. lived without food ar water during that, pe ' ? ? ? . ' em % ' ' % * * nod. and he most have suttered almost as much from want of air an front his fast and thirst* He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he is in a fair way to recover. He said bis name was James Donnelly, that he was twentythree years old, and stowed himself 1 away in the vessel in order to get pas-a / 1 sage to this country. Joeji Billings on EditorsJosh Billings says .* "An editor is a male whose bizness it is to navigate a nuzepaper. He writes oat editorials, grinds ont pcotry. inserts deaths and * wedins, sorts ont mannscrips, keeps a waste basket, blows up the printer, steals matter, fites utfaer people's battles, \ sells his paper for a. dollar and fifty 1 cents a year, takes white beans and : apple sass for pay when he oan get it, > raizes a large family, works nineteen 1 hours ont of twenty-four, knows no * Sunday, gits abused bi everybodyand * onst in awhile whipt bi somebody, lives * poor,- dies middle-aged, and often ? broken-hearted, leaves no money, and 3 it rewarded for a life of toil with a free c obituary notice in the nuzepapers. D'Iseaeli.?The London Jewish World, seems to set at rest the question ? as to whether Disraeli was ever bap* tized as a Christian, stating that the " ceremony was performed July 31,1817, ' he then being but thirteen years of age. 8 According to one authority it was tho '* poet Rogers who persuaded him to sub* - .. .? ? . -i . ii mit to toe uorisuan rue; accorquog to " others it was a Mrs. Ellie, the wide of a j literary man of some repute, who loot ? advantage of tho temporary absence of * bis father to lead the boy to tbe baptian mal font. However this may be, thsre ^ is still to be seen on the parish register 0 of St. Andrew's, Holborn, an entry e certifying that "on the last day of July, y 1817, Benjamin, son of Isaac D'Israeii, gentleman, and Maria, his wife, residing in King's road, was baptized by J. Tbimbleby." 0 Genius is a steady fire to which pa!* tience, industry, carefulness and cautiop r sorve as the appropriate fuel. Another [" fitful flame which manifests itsolf with some baB been mistaken therefor, and a the world has gone needlessly astray, .? and many a career made worthless iu consequence. 0 As storm following storm, and wave ' succeeding wave, give additional hard> | ness to tbe shell which incloses the > p earl, so do the storms and waves of ! jit \ add force to the character of man, 1 B. \d habits are the thistles of tl e 1 heart, a"d every indulgence of them is 1 a seed from which will come forth a new j crop ot 'rank weeds. Insult not misery, neither deride in' tirmity, n or ridicule deformity; the first ? is inhuma the second shows folly, aud ? the third p ride, 3 _ ? 3 The true pleasure of.temperance, and - the many bei refits that follow sobriety, o cannot be ima tyned by those who live dissipated livsi