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F ^ > // :// ' / } '} -*9 S?/ / 1 r// / 3 yv , / r /?/ .., f I , ///- -A.' 4 2 ~ " ~~ - ; ' v\?-v~"- . YOL. XXXVII. CAMDEN, S. C., MARCH 13, 1879. . ' ""NO. 34. . \ .'r"+ " L.. V. ^ ?hc (Eamdcn fotmtal, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY ?AT? CAMDEN, S. C., ?Bi? C. G. ALEXANDER. Subscription Kates: (in advance.) One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 The Khan's Devil, by j. o. whitthb. The khan came from Bokhara town To Hamza, santou of renown. 41 My head is sick, my hands are weak; Thy help, oh holy man, I seek !" In silence marking for a 6pace The khan's red eyes and purple face, Thick voice, and loose, uncertain tread, " Ihou hast a devil!" Hamza said. "Allah forbid !" exclaimed the khan. " Rid me of him at once, oh man !" " Nay," Hamza said, "no spell of mine Can slay that cursed thing of thine. "Leave feast and wine, go forth and drink Water of healing on the brink, "Where clear and oold from mountain snows, The Nakr el Z^ben downward flows. '* Six moons remain, then come to me; May allah's pily go with thee !" Awestruck, from feast and wine, the kb&n j tp^oi-a VoKi> 7jKnn pon IICUV IVUU WUV1V ilHUl V. "VMVM *??. R jots were bis food, the desert dust His bed; the water quenched his thirst. And when the sixth mocn's cimeter Curved sharp above the evening star, He sought again the santon's door? Not weak and trembling as before, But strong of limb and clear of brain; " Behold," he said, " the fiend is slain." 'Nay,'' Hamza answered, "starved and drowned. The curst one lies in death-like swound. " But evil breaks the strongest gyves, And djins like him have charmed lives. " One beaker of the juicy grape May call him up in living shape. " When the red wine of Badakshan " Bparkles for thee, beware oh khan ! " With water quench the fire within, And drown each day thy dc ilkin!" ^ Thenceforth the great khan shunned the cup As Shitan's own, though offered up With laughing eyes and jeweled hands, By Yarkand's maids and Sarmacand's. And in the lofty vestibule Of the medress of Kaaah Kodul, - The students of the holy law ^ A golden-lettered tablet saw, / With theao words, by a conning hand, Graved on it ut the knan's oammaod: '.' In atlahfcbame, to him who hath ^No^raver' ^^n^^^'no^marabout Nor Meccm dervia can drive oat. "I, Khan el Harmd. know the charm That robe him of hia power to barm. i rvU ? far^.n To save theoiio- in Ui:k and relL" ? Youth's Companion. ROSE CLAVERING; *Or, A Leap for Life. W ^ AS ADVENTmte iN THE BLACK HILLS. 9 A i i ? W Wv ' * - C-. -V ' " "M And where does this fair lily of the Black Hills reside, Dick?" ? S About an boar's 'from onr camp here, leftinint. 8he is with her father?a queer old stick by the name of ^ Covering. He keeps by himself, and 1 am-Veered he will yet come to harm. The cursed Sioux are about, and Rose wcinld be a tee prize for some daring brave. It is said that the old man has flug piles of gold. He may have made hi^pile, or may not, but his darter? she's pnrtier than a prairie flower bending afore the mornin' breeze when sparklin' with dew." V Bravo, my old scout 1 Yon have poetry and the love of the beautiful in your soul if you have never seen the inside of a schoolhouse." " It's leetle book larnin' I have picked np, leftinint. But the works of nature and the handiwork of God I love," and the old man removed his slouch hat for a moment, exposing his gray locks, as he allowed the light breeze to fan his broad brow. " Dick, what do you say if we gallop down to the camping-spot of your friend. You have excited my curiosity regarding this mysterious beauty. I will tell the sergeant to look out during my absence, and he is fully competent to manage fifty men. Wo have been stationed here in he hills for over six weeks. I am tired, aud must have a little recreation." " You may git more than yon bargain for. There's Injun signs about, and there's no tellin' what moment you may run into a Sioux camp among these infernal hills." "Well, we'll take our chances. We are both well armed." A oV?o?r\ nrollrwv on Virmr hrnnnrVif a. anaif ... .... "w. ^he army officer and hiB companion to the banks cf a email stream, and riding to a group of stately trees, the scout reined up with a sharp cry of astonishment and alarm. The tent of the solitary miner had disappeared. Naught remained but smoking ruins, and the unmistakable evidences of a desperate struggle having taken place. Dismounting, the scout carefully went ever the ground, while the officer watched him with a face expressive of sternness and a desire for vengeance. " Thtre's only nine of 'em. But hark, there was a groan. If it should be Roce ?" and rnshing toward a clump of grass, the scout beheld the tall, gaunt form of a miner, from whose gaping wounds the lifebl<*>d was rapinly ooz ing. "Clavering, poor fellow! has it come to this ? I was afeered of it, and ? * X 19 my worn a nave come true. " My time is short. I would speak of my daughter. The Sioux have captured her. The young chief of a war party tore her from my arms and dealt me my death blow. But who is that with you? ?my eves are growing dim ?" " It is Lieutenant Paul Welch, of the cavalry." "Tour hand, sir. Men of your piofession are gentlemen. I once occupied the position of one myself. I have n package in my breast pocket that will explain all. If you recover my daughter give it to her, otherwise burn it aB it is. It can interest no third party." He was rapidly growing weaker, the eye was fixed, and the hoarse voice ! faltered : { " Chase the Sioux, recover poor Rose. I She in a lady," he muttered, then with an effort he roused himself. " I have gold for her?look?great rock, cross, full moon, shadow?dig "?and with a rattle, a terrible gasp, and the stout heart ceased to beat. Possessing himself of the package, the officer briefly penciled the vague and unsatisfactory words of the dying man on the back. It might have been the wanderings of a mind unsettled by the near approach of death, but he was determined to investigate the matter whenever an opportunity should occur. "Now for work, Dick. We'll bury poor Olavering, then follow on the trail of these red fiends, and Rose shall dither be resoued or avenged." Mounting their horses the two sadly turned away, sallying forth upon the. dark and silent praiyie. 8uddenlv the soout halted, and his hand pressed the arm of his superior with a nervous clutch. "Look there, lieutenant. Do you know what that means ?" Just under the horizon a faint glow of light was perceptible, above which hung a black threatening cloud, which rapidly spread over the heavens. Gradually the 6fars disappeared, while herds of wild mustangs, buffaloes and deer swept / : 1? i? luuuuBi^ uy% Then it was the lieutenant realized ihe danger he was. in. The Sioux had fired 'the dry grass from three differenl points, and with gigantic leaps the billowy flames were rolling, hissing arid ronrirg toward them. But old Dick had not been idle. He was too old and experienced an Indianfigbtor to be outdone in the peculiar warfare of the frontier. Leaping from his horse, he struck a light and set fire to the prairie in his turn. Rapidly the fames spread, darting onward, sweeping everything in its path. Leading their horses forward the two men followed close upon the track of the counter fire, while every moment the number of half-frantic animals in creased, -j Stretching fa* away in front and behind fhem, the terrible creacent rapidlj closed in rpon cthemen. Tbe glowing billows of writKrag flarno roared and thundered Jn .their entp, smothering the cries of the fc'jr animals, who perjshe'i by hundreds. became vt-j -md the Their Dorset became almost unmanageable; they were obliged to cover their own heads, as well as their beasts', with blankets. It was an awful moment of agonizing darkness, with the terrible heat blistering the exposed portions of their skins. The earth shook beneath the mighty tramp of an immense herd of buffalo, as they burst suddenly forth from the ear rounding smoke. A muffled, indistinct ory of warning from Dick echoed for a moment in the ears of Paul Welch, and then he felt himself borne furiously along, his horse'hemraed in on all sides by the frantic animals. Honrs elapsed before he suoceeded in extricating his gallant animalrfrom the ranks of the buffaloes, and as he stood, half suffocated, his eyes all bat powerless, the officer realized that he was alone in the smoking waste, hopelessly lost, surrounded by gloom and stifling odors, which rose incessantly from the blaokened earth. . \ It was agony to remaia stationary, and>-m hopes to gain a position where the smoke would be less blinding he slowly urged his horse over the prairie, waiting and hoping for daylight to appear. Gradually the atmosphere became clear, the stars peeped timidly forjh above his head, while a loDg gray streak, along the distant horizon gave token that daylight would soon dawn. As objects became more and more distinct, the yonng officer was finallv enabled to make out the rugged outlines, deep gullies, thick underbrush, and peculiar formation of the Black hills, into the lower portion of which his horse had wandered. Carefully he looked about him ,-m all aides, but failed to reooenize a singie object. Everything was strange; but the fact occasioned no disquietude to the officer. He had every faith in the judgment of his scout, and it wonld not bo many hours before the old veteran would be on his trail, followed by his faithful companions-in-arms. He had allowed his horse to browse on the fresh green verdure which had escape the track of the fire, while he plunged into a profound reverie over the events of the last few hours, and was oblivious to what was passing around him. The rumble of horses' feet, a ferocious yell, aroused the army officer to a full sense of the peril into which his absence of mind had partially betrayed him. Pressing his regimental hat well down upon his forehead, loosening the sword in its scabbard, and feeling for his trusty revolvers, he dashed the spurs into his horse's sides, while in hiB rear followed half a dozen half-naked warriors, yelling like so many fiends. It would nave Deeu maaness to nave turned back and galloped on to the burnt prairie, where no cover was to be found, but by penetrating deeper into the hills a chance was barely possible of escaping the painted fiends. The animal which Paul Welch bestrode had the repatation of both speed and endurance, qualities that were now likely to stand him in good noed. The turf was soft and epriDgy, the ascent gentle, and, having every faith in the well-tried animal, Paul allowed the howling rascals to gain upon him. He had emerged on to a small but level plateau that enabled him to take a survey of the surrounding country, interspersed here and there with scattering shrubs and trees. Cantering leisurely toward him, from opposite directions, were two bodies of Sioux, and with the band clattering in bis rear, but one pathway remained open to the officer, who began to feel decidedly uncomfortable as lie found h's chances rapidly narrowing down. Dashing the spurs into his steed, he for the first time urged him to his Bpeed. Bounding over a broad and level space of ground, which led to a small valley lined on either side by rough, jagged rocks, the gallant animal struck sparks i of i re as bis hoofs spurned the light gravelly bottom of the gulch. A shout of triumph, a feocous cry of joy burst from the throats of the warriors as they somewhat leisurely followed the broad trail. "Don 1 W/IIAVI Atrl nof nn/^oiKifaTi/1 fliQ X ?Ui TT OIUU UIU UVJU UUV4VlUbUUU WUV yeaning of that hoarse indication of 'satisfaction which was wafted to his ears by the light, cool breath of the morning. He thought it strange that no attempt was made to pick him off with heir rifles, with which the Indians were all armed, and turning the matter over in his mind as he plunged deeper and deeper into a country to which he was an utter stranger, he asked himself the question how it was all to end. The path grow steeper with every' bound of hiB panting steed; the aspect of the country had undergone a decided change, and in place of verdure and shrubbery, rocks, gravel and overhanging bowlders had taken their places. , - , . Th#rush and. sullen muttering of a npn mnnnfnin nfrporn fpll nnrlrlfinlv upon his ear, miDgling with the yells of triumph which now burst incessantly from the warriors as they urged their ponies forward, rapidly narrowing the oircle. Halting for a moment on a smooth, level ledge of limestone, Paul took a rapid survey of the dangers which surrounded him on all sides. His stout heart all but failed him as he realized the trap into which he had run. On three sides of him the painted Sioux were rapidly advancing, while before him yawned a precipice fully sixty feet in height, at the bottom of which flowed the dark waters of the stream whose mutterings he had heard. Now he understood the meaning of those yells of triumph, realized why they had forebore from using their rifles. They anticipated an easy capture, and a victim was wanted to torture, whose ashes might be offered upas a sacrifice to tk? spirits who. supposed to reside amid the bilk. \ ^ ThiB was to die a thouga*^deaths, in preference to wliich by determined to XL A V. ? '1A c? t>V? rwl IA niA/taa run tut) runt Ut rr'P.j uooucu vw On came the^arKprs, eager to pluck the fruits of tueir triumph, while the officer, wiih a h iiity prayer, pluDged his 8purs .into tbo smoking flarks of hie -cfcurger, guiding him to the edge of the precipice. The warriors paused in wonder and amazement as tbey saw the act. They had calculated on the precipice proving au insurmountable obstacieto the escapf of thoir intended victim, bdJ they cculoV not believe it to be the intention of the white man to Attempt the awful leap, which to all appearance was certain death. With his long hair streaming over hiB shoulders, feet firmly pressed in the stirrups, his left h*nd waving defiance to his toe, Paul urged the noble animal forward, encouraging him by his voice, nutil they reached the edge of the bank, when again applying the spur, they made the fearful lt-ap. Down, down they went with terrible velocity, without resistanco or impedi ment. " A plunge, a shiver, end meeting the full force of the torrent, the 6teed was swept away, while Paul despite his efforts was carried down the stream as if be had been a feather. His horse had disappeared amid the forming rapids, the steep precipitous sides of the rocky cliff debarred him from all hopes of effecting a landing, and floating on his back Paul held MB strength in reserve. The Indians had disappeared; the rough Bides of the rooky gorge and a Rtrip of the blue heavens above were all that he could discern as the current bore him be knew not' whither. He thought of his distant tome, his parents, the many friends of his youth, his brother officers, the Boldiers under his oommand, the old scout, and the murdered miner's daughter in the power of the savages. Loner forerotten facts and reminiscences of the past crowded through his brain, and he could not believe that he was to. perish in the unknown depths of the Black hills, his fate enveloped in mystery. A sadden sharp shock recalled him to himself, A whirling eddy had thrown him roughly agai nst the sharp projecting side of the cliff, and catching at a crevice, he succeeded in gaining a foothold. Slowly ar.d cautiously he drew himself up from point to point, scaling the smooth sides of the gorge, until his head was on a level with the edge of the bank. Cautiously he reconnoitered before drawing himself over the brink, but he saw nothing that gave evidence of an enemy, and once more he found himself in an unknown region of the Blaok bills, minus his horse, with only his saber and one revolver upon which to rely. The high ground where Paul found himself gradually sloped toward the broad and rolling prairie, forming a succession of ridges skirting the steep sides of a hill. A confused hum, a low hoarse cry reached his ears, and with faculties sharpened by the danger through which he had paseed, the army officer reconnoitered the depths below, of which he had an unobstructed view. An Indian encampment with a number of warriors departing upon some expedition was revealed to his impatient gaze, and as they disappeared, brandishing their lODg l.Jices in the air, Paul determined to have a nearer look at the lodges. Bringing into requisition his somewhat limited knowledge of woodcraft, Paul cautiously wormed his vay through the tall grass until he reached a spring on the outskirts of the camp. It was surrounded by a thick growth of bushes, r?? il./? ? r\t tv*k i . ili li,a /innlrl aK I rum IUO U'iUOU U1 W 'livu uv vwum VWserve everything that transf ired befor6 him. A number of warriors left ? guard the cimp lounged carelessly about, aud Puilwasonthe point of ^rithdrawing to the heights above, when be perceived a figure, evidently that of a woman, approaching in his direction. She carried a calabash in her hand, walking slowly and deliberately, the heart of the army officer beating with increased rapidity and excitement as he perceived that her costume was not that of a Siunx sqnaw, r Looking over her ?honlder, the woman quickened her movements as she per ceived that a nainter of warriors were watching her. A sLout, a yell of rage, and the braves started in pursiit. The fugitive, for suoh she undoubtedly was, immediately dropped the cala bash, and sprang away with tie swif t ness of an antelope. Paul noted the pale golden hiir, beautiful features and rounded forii of the fugitive, who he made up his mind could be no less than Rose, the farfamed daughter of the slaughtered miner. There was little time to think, as the fair fugitive sped raiffiHy along, her long [ hair streaming in th^rind, and the warriors in close pursuit Swift though Bhe was, the foremost warrior nad ail on; overtaken ner as sne reached the oppositcraide of the spring, and he was in the aot of hurling his lance as Paul levelfd his revolver and fired. The brave passodjto the happy hunting-grounds of hii people without aery; but the shot had ulahned the camp, and for a few moments all was confusion. Rose had uttered a faint cry as she caught a glimpse of r^aul, but never relaxed her speed, whili the army officer, as he beheld the Indiins mounting and preparing for a fight, vapidly retreated in hopes to find a more advantageous position where a stand could be made. He had but little hopes of saving his life; the odds W6re fair too great; bat if he oonld cover the retreat of the girl, who evidently knew the country better than he did, and- enable her to reach a plaoe of safety, Th^ftAdd-din satisfied. His saber flashed in his right hand, noniiMl* faa+ana/l tn hifl wrist bv S leather strap,"^trppn which he should depend after exhattsfeifpu.ifc e contents of thqjrevolver. [ ; *?T I* had reao^jf/?ne of the rfdfetos along which ran uhfringe of bushes, when a low famiL'-^voioo reached his ear: . v .. ^ Keep on, leftinint; don't turn your head. We are here, sergeant and all. The gal is safe. Bo?here they come." On swooped the Sioui in all the glory of their war paint sad feathers. With lances in rest, utteripg shrill cries, they: rapidly closed in on Taul, when a sharp word of command, the flash of rifles, followed by the ridey^ss horses gallop ing wildly to and fro..and all was ower. Charging upon tho lodges, the sol diers encountered the body of br.wes who had tamed baok alarmed by the noise that they had heard. A short, but sharp engagement' fallowed; the band TBtriiiY <J p, TD>Tjj^<r" buraed, after which t?e troops prepared to bivouac themselve* and rest awhile ou their laurels. Dick assumed full charge of Bo?e, who mourned the loss of her father, and to whose care Paul delivered the sealed packet containing the aeoret of the old miner. By the fitful blaze of the camp-fire, amid t'>e solitude of the frowning Black hills, Eager Olavoring'a true history wan at last revealed. * Ho hud once been a wealthy anc; re spected merchant of Chicago, but a younger brother for* 6i large amounts in his name and fit d, leaving him to face the storm alone. The yomger brother had been his mother's pet, and on her death-bed Etogerhad promised to protect and shield him. Nobly he re deemed the worcl he had given. The brother came out of the trial broken in fortune and reputation, his wife dead, with naught left 11m but the little waif of a daughter. __With her he had removed to this far West, oeyona une pwe ui uuu, pursuing the occupation of a hunter and Indian trader, peacefully gliding down the stream of life, watching his daughter blooming into handsome, and by no means uncultivated woman. IJhen the excitement of the Blaok hills spraad far and wide, he followed in the tracks of others, and the sad finale has already been told. Dick then related how he had' oeen separated from the lieutenant, and knowing the danger he incurred by scouting over the prairie alone, he rejoined the eoldiem, starting on the trail of his snperior. Everything was plain up to the very irorrrA nf tha nrpni nine, when it was ?vi TV*ow " **"v f r"""i ? ? - - dent Paul had made the desperate leap. Then Dick was in doubt whether his superior was alive or not. But following the course of the river as a forlorn hope, they had fortunately reached the ambush in time to satfe- both Rose and Paul's life. Nothing now remained but to find the treasure which Olavering had obtained at such a sacrifice, and many an hour of anxious thought had Paul expended on the 6 abject. There was but little to guide him?a vague hint that might mean nothing?still, for the sake of the orphan, he persevered. " Great rock? cross?full moon?shadow?dig.". Rose was consulted, but she knew nothing of the haunts of her father, and absolutely nothing of a great rock or cross. Accompanied by the entire force of cavalrymen, under the direction of Dick, a thorough search was instituted in the vicinity of the old miner's last restingplace. In a small gully running into the side of a precipitous hill, a huge rock was finallv found surmounted by a huge representation of a cross. At the full of the moon Paul and Dick secretly repaired to the spot prepared to unearth the buried gold; and noting the extremity of the shadow cast by the rongh cross, the two men commenced their labors. They were crowned with Bnocess, and four large canvas bags of gold dust and nuggets were dragged forth. It was the fortune of Rose Clavering; and Paul, with his escort, conveyed her to the nearest military post, where she was to reman tantil he could obtain leave of absence, and travel with her to the Eist in hopes of findiug some of her relatives. Months 'lapsed before he was enabled to carrv ont his plans ; but when he reached Chicago no trace of the name of Clayering remained- The machinery i of tbo police and law was pat in motion, but with no satisfactory result, i Every moment of his leave was ex> pended in the searoh, and when he songht Rose, at her hotel, his heart heavy ard sad at the prospect of parting with her, she listened in silence to Paul's regrets at his failure to find her friends, but started impetuously to her feet when he added that, with the dawn of another day, he must return to his post and dnty. Her face flashed and paled as she strove in vain to speak, her bosom rose and fell sonvulsively, and but for the strong arm of the offloer Rose would have fallen to the floor. His visit was prolonged. What passe&tietween them is known only to themselves ; lmf soon after the war department revived First Lieutenant Paul Welch's resignation, and in place of returning to his post amid the savage ftinnr h.3 Ancaced double Dassacre for the more congenial climate of Europe with Rose as his young, blushing brid e The Fuel Supply. There is one point in household economy upon -which the landlord and the gueBt will never agree. It is on the quantity of wood required to heat a room; Now the landlord is firmly convinced, and h grounds his convictions upon a long series of actual tests and praotical experiments, extending over a term of years which date back to the year he began to "keep tavern," that two sticks of wood, about two inches in diameter and somewhat longer than a match, will, if properly used, keep a bright Are, snapping and roaring, in a large stove all day, and then, if you cover them up carefully when you retire, they will smolder all nightlong, and you will only have to open the damper to have a nice warm room to dress in the next morning. He knows this, beoause, he tells the guest, he has tried it, and does try it, very succeasiuily in his own room every night. I never heard the guest dispute the landlord, but I can't remember ever having seeffJjMa look convinced. When I order a fire., in my"JT>om I usually have about this kind.of a circus, ,J[ say to the boy, in commanding tones: " Bring up some wood." ~ The boy looks amazed, goe? away slowly and just before the fire goess??ead out reliurns with two annfnls of wood, one stick in.each arm. ' "S The stioks are short, but thin. I seize them gladly and thrust them both into the stove. '' " Now then," I cry cheerfully, "Jmng up some wood I" Tli% boy disappears, and I catch: a passing glimpse of his white, terrorstricken face as he'i lides down the balusters. In due time, comes to the room,. ???- Tun4- m;ii> 1iaa?W t* solemn tread, the landtorcl. tronbls in hia face. "What do yon want?'' he aska, suspiciously. " Wood," I say, " wood. I wood ! My cry iB atill for wood 1 Fuel 1 Combustibles 1 Inflammable substances ! Vegetable growth and development! Wood!" " Why," he asks,, with a puzzled expression on hia face, " didn't the boy bring yon up some wood just now V" "Yea," I reply, truthfully. Audit sounds kind of oddly to me, but after all, I am glad I told it under the circumstances. The landlord looks wonderingly around the room, glanoes behind the stove, etoops down and peers under the bed. " Well, why," he says at last, in a perplexed tone of countenance, "where is it ?" "In the stove," I say. An expression of incredulous bewil derm em spreads over inn ijucDuiuuujg face. He asks, feebly and falteringly: ."Tes, but the rest of it?" " In the stove, too," I say. "What! 11" the good man shouts, "all of it?" And there aren't enough capitals and exclamation points in the news room to convey his emphasis and expressions to the typos. I regard his indescribable amazement with pitiless composure. " AH of it," I say. ^ He doesn't believe me. He stoops down before the stove, opens the door and looks in. His worst fears are realized. With a hollow groan he oloses the door and shuts the damper with such an easy, quiok, long practiced turn of the wrist that an inexperienced man can never detect it, and rising to his feet goes feebly down Btairs, holding one hand to his bewildered head, and the other to his throbbing heart. By-andby he comes back into the room, with the wan, silent face of a specter. He bears two sticks of wood, somewhat thinner than the ones the boy brought, but, on the other hand, considerably shorter. He shudders as he walks past J1 I VvA^Am A( me, UI1U lUJ B tliCUl UU wii 1U my l/wlulu vi the wood-box, and covers them up with a piece of an old envelope to hide them from my extravagant eyes. But I seize them from under his hands even -while he is hiding them, and not heeding the tremulous hand he reaches forth to stop me, I thrust the sticks into the stove, and say, calmly and sternly : " Send the boy up with some chunks." The landlord presses his hands over his eyes and goes reeling out into the hall. B e says, in a ghastly whisper : "Well, ef you can't crowd more wood into that stove than any man I ever see." And as he goes down stairs I can hear him sobbing, and telling the hall-boys they'll have to keep an eye on the crazy man in No. 72 or he'll set the house on fire. ? Burdette in Burlington Hawkeye. Lnkens' Pith and Point" Au Indiana woman of eighty-eight is cutting her third set of teeth with as little gnaws as possible. If you can't be generous without beincr Karrulous, keep both you pockets and your mouth olosed. An active mind is excellent medicine to a seared heart. "The bubble reputation" is usually bolstered up by ompty compliments. Waifs of humanity, that have no parents living, orphan and orphan feel the need of them.. Csemr thrice refused a crown, because he thought the Romans owed him a deal more than live shillings.?New York News. m TIMELY TOPICS. Franoois Grilhon, a rioh French farmer, qnarreled with his son-in-law, and set his-mill on fire. He then went home and burned his own house, and as the flames devoured it kept the neighbors at bay with a double-barreled shotgun. He then proceeded to throw a large sum of money in gold and notes into the blazing ruins, and finally blew his brains out in the presence of the horrified crowd. Natchez, Miss., is threatened with the fate of Vioksburg, namely, desertion by the river. The recent rise of the Mississippi river has thrown the towhead near the Louisiana shore, and there is now a current running on the Louisiana side which threatens to out away the bar there, and throw it upon the Mississippi side direotly in front of Natchez. t> . The inhabitants of Finland (Russia) bury the dead only on Sundays. To ! preserve the bodies for the day of funeral they are put in the cellars where ? milk, 'butter, cheese, eggs and other articles are kept. The doctors have ] taken ground against this custom, and have given alarm by declaring it to be one of the surest ways of propagating 1 such contagious diseases as cholera and typhoid fever. 1 The Russian newspapers complain i that the fluctuation in the grain trade oi Russia and the rapid 'change in < prices, are caused by competition from the United States. As soon as Ameri- . can suppliee are broaght to market, sale j of the Russian grain deoreases, and hence many Russian farmers are im , poverished rfhd cannot pay taxes. As the prosperity of Russia depends large- < ly upon the grain trade, it is important that full information oonoerning the ' crop of American cereals should be ob- 1 tained; and it is suggested in St. Petersburg journals that Russian oon- i buIs in the United States be required to I ascertain the state and prospects of the American crops, and to assist in ,\ promoting the grain trade of Russia. j The oft-repeated story that the \ Quakers are a decaying body does not , seem to be true, for an English journal ] asserts positively that not only has the stalling off in the number of members of th'ff*4?ciety been checked for many 1 y ears, Ni>ut a comparatively rapid growth 1 has alsoNaqcnrred during.the ilaa* few ] years. Thns^is marked' by the increase of some of tht^ older <*naeet&g8^of tbe body both, in ificglaud and Amefrioa^and by the spread of .the denomination into < other countrhp,) if even on ft smallscaTe.. "monthly meeting" his been . eatab f lished in Syria. .Some time, ago a j Friends' mission was begun at Mount | Lebanon, and there are a score.of members there. .2,: . The trial of a Chinaman for assault ! and ba'tery in the police court of San J Francisco has bronght out a strange 1 story of a Chinese girl's unhappy experiences. She said that her parents in I China had sold her to "a" gray-haired 1 lady' for twenty dollars when she was < ten years of age. She was resold to a I Chinese doctor in San Francisco named ' Lia Po Tai. This doctor has several I wives, one of whom sold her to a China- 1 man for $40. > Her market price gradually increased to $160, and by the ] time she was twenty years old she had ( chanced hands a dozen times. Recently ' she heard that she was to be sold to a | Chinaman living in the interior of the , State, and it was in conseqnence of her j refusal to go that the-assanlt was oom j mitted and the disturbance created that < | brought the case before the public, Quickened Conscience In a Dog. A correspondent of the London Spec- j tator tells the following story: "A young fox-terrier, about eight months old, took a great fancy to a small brush, : of Indian workmanship, lying on the drawing-room table. It had been punished more than onco for jumping on the table and taking it. On one occasion the little dog was left alone in the room accidently. . On my return it jumped to greet me as usual, and I said, ' Have you been a good little dog while you have been left alone?' Immediately it put its tail between its legs and slunk off to an adjoining room and brought back the little brush in its ? ^ -mrhora if. VlO/1 VliHdfln it. IOJVJ 14 VU liUlU TV UWA AW Mm* was much struck with what appeared to me a remarkable instance of a dog possessing a conscience, and a few months afterward, finding it again alone in the room, I asked the same question while patting it. At once I saw it bad been up to 6ome mischief, for with the same look of shame it walked slowly to one of the windows, with its nose pointing to a letter bitten and torn into shreds. On a third occasion it showed me where it had strewn a number of little tiokets abont the floor, for doing which it had been reproved previously. I cannot account for these facts, except by supposing the dog must have a conscience." Filthy Habits of Afghans. The Afghans are not a cleanly people; in this they present a striking contrast to the Hindoos, who are, perhaps, the most cleanly race on the earth. The olimate of Afghanistan is cold in winter, and perhaps the wild life which is so much the fate of all may have something to do with it. They have such an abhorrence of water that they never bring it in contaot with their bodies. Rainor MnViammArlnnq tVi?v ftrfl bnnnd to do certain ablations by their faith, bnt they find substitutes which are allowed instead of the water. There is one tribe who are said to get three new garments only in their lifetime, the garment being in each case a blanket. The first is given at birth, the second when they are married and the third when they die. Each blanket is understood to have bee n ceaselessly worn till events entitle the wearer to a new one. Clean clothes and the washing of them are not entirely unknown in Afghanistan, for they have a term by which they imply a gentleman, and it? is characteristic. They call him a " Snffaid Posh," which meoua white, or in this case clean dress, I ?% ADVERTISING BATES: .. ~ fail lin. Xool Xool. * l~Weok. Z37!7I $ 1.00 I 5.00 0 9.00 $15 00 a ' 1.76 7 50 12.25 20.00 8 ? 2.50 9.00 15.25 24.00 4 ? 8 00 10.50 18 00 27.50 5 ? 8.60 11.75 20.50 81.00 6 ' 4.00 12 50 22.75 84 00 7 '? 4 50 13 25 24 75 87 M 8 " 6 00 14.00 26.00 40 00 8 months. 6.50 17.00 82.00 50.00 4 ? ; 7.60 19.00 89 50 69 00 6 ?? 8.50 24.00 48.00 84.00 o ? 9 60 80.00 69 00 105.00 12 " 10 25 85JJ0 68 00120.00 1 ' " 1 ajL C Transient sdvertisements mast bo aoooa, ponied with the cuh to insure insertion. ITEMS OF INTEREST. , A matter of cores?Apple sanoe. A oheokeied career?A oonviot's. A man of pluck?The'fowl-stripper. ' To asoertain the age of a tree?Axe it. Flags are employed for signaling at sea. Every baker's shop has the stomach cake. William Tell was an arrow-minded man. A shot tower is usually about 180 feet high. There are 107,000 Hebrews in New York. There are about 600 newspapers in Russia. A man of push?The wheelbarrow trundler. The latest thing out?Oats On the back shed. - . ,< v . -u . A capital letter?One containing a remittance. The Bank of England has a capital of 572,765,000. There is a small community of Mormons in Paris. f , ..,<j The Scientific Monthly sajs snoring is an acquired habit. A sitting hen is a nuisance when yon would prefer her to lay daily. . Which is the best of the four season* for arithmetic ? The summer. A pair of ears that go on a head of jiviliz&tion?Pioneers and frontiers. In the year 1828 there were bnt three miles of railroad in the .whole United States. A Chicago baby began early to rise in ;he world, having been born in a hotel jlevator. .. u ;jVT,.. ( ,,, Nothing does so much for people's, looks as a little interchange of the jmall coin of benevolehce. "That's the long and short of it," as die etreet Arab remarked on passing a. tall wife and a little husband. " Pa," said Pet, " may I det. up and: kwot on your knee ?" " Certainly," %asl the ready reply, " let the little gallop." A somnambulist, in Fountain City, Wis., out off his finger with an axe; while asleep, a felon being the incitement. "Ton.ought to husband your ooal more,", said the charity woman. "I always does. I make him sift ashes and pick the cinders." ; A v .j t Beware of prejudices, they au^lfte. ^ rate, and'men's grinds are liksinrape. Prejudices: creeps in' easily, ftn it is > four or nve mmaiey i . s. To- know a man, observe bow be wins lis object, rather than how he loses it; !or when we fall oar pride supports us ?when we succeed it betrays us... Plletier, the French chemist, discovered guinine, the active principle ot Peruvian bark, abont sixty years ago, rad was awarded a prize of $2,000. A wag brought a horse driven by? ponng man to a stop in the street by ;he word "Whoa," and said to the Iriver, " That's a fine horse youEavS there." "Yes," answered the young nan but he has one fault; he was formerly owned by a butcher, and U ways stops when he hears a calf bleat.'* Elias Black, a farmer near Doyleston, Pa., has-sixteen harvests of hay and ?rain rotting in stacks on his farm.' When farm produce began to rise with the breaking out of the war,he held his nop for still higher prices. When prices fell, embittered by disappointment, he kept on stacking until he baa 820,000 worth hay and grain on his hands. a Terrible and Deadly Affray. , In the annals of deadly affrays in this State, says the Vicksburg (Miss.) herald, -we know of no oocnrrenoe so fatal in its results as that which occur red on board the steamer Sunflower, while lying at Johnsonville, the county seat of Sunflower county. CoL D. A. Holman, while in Johnsonville, on entering Dr. W. L. Lowry'S store, was accosted by Dr. Lowry, who ordered Holman out, remarking, it is said, that Holman was no gentleman, and did not keep his word, or something to that effect. Holman'departed, saying in substance he would see Lowry again. On the morning of the affair Col. Holman engaged passage on the steamer Sunflower for Vicksburg, accompanied by his father-in-law, Dr. G. 0. Walker. mi?TnlininnvillA HDTTlfl 1IItJ UUBL UIIITCU OU what earlier than nenal, and OoL Hoi man and Dr. Walker together went on shore, but in a short time returned. Perhaps a half hour later Dr. Lowry, as was usual with him, came on the boat to transact his business, and while en tering the cabin was caught, it is said, by the leit arm or back, by OoL HolmaD, who turned Lowry half way around and putting his pistol to his breast fired. Lowry started down the cabin, but in stantly turned, and seeing his clerk, John 0. Arnold, start from his chair (being shaved at the time), said: " Kill him, John; kill him, he has shot me." Arnold ran out of the cabin to attack Holman, and Lowry, walking to the cabin door, oocked his pistol and fired at Holman. At the same instant of time, perceiving Dr. Walker with a pis4~1 K,*? lie nnintwi his Distol at Wl m UIO U tau v J uv ^ Walker with deadly effect; Walker fall* ing and expiring almost withont a struggle. Lowry then walked in the cabin staggering, and fell, and in about two minutes expired also. In tho meantime Arnold and Holman were fighting outside the cabin. Arnold received a wound in the ohest, and died shortly after being removed from the boat, Col. Holman being wounded in the left arm and side. All the parties engaged are very highi*? Dr. Tjowtv was a brother IV icnpvviVMi ~y of Gen. Robert Lowry, and leaves a widow and six children. Arnold was a brother of Judge Arnold, of Columbus, Misa, Col. Holman being a prominent and talented lawyer, and respected in th? community in which he lives. Dr. Walker was one of the oldest residents of t! e county, and we believe had no oncmios. Col. Holman, the only snrvivor, was immediately arrested. X