The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-09-26
scnoolmaster,s Fahle.

A venerable teacher once related to his boys
the following fable A certain Knight was
confine4 ina high tower, at the foot of which
his wife used to come every dar and weep
At length he asked her why she. did not. seek
to release him, instead of spending. her time In
tears. She inquired what she shonld. do, and
he told her the way BY which she might read
ily aid in his escape. So she procured a large
black beetle, ahd after tying to his legs very
small slken thread, she put alittle ;buttefupou
one of his horns, aud then. placed him upon
the tower.
Attracted by the smell of the butter which
seemed to be Just above him, he travelled up.
the high wall, dragging after him the thread
until he reached the window of the room in
which the knight was confined. The captive
warrior then told his wife to tie to the thread
strong cord, and to that still larger one, anc
then a ladder of ropes. When this was done,
lie gently pYledup the siken thread, and after
that, the cord and rope, aud last of all the lad
den which he fastened securely, and SO easily
let him down and escaped.
Methinks everv little scholar can tell what
the teacher meant by his fable. Ignorance is
the name fthat tower, and tFom it all ought
to be anxious 10 escape That little sken
thread is the alphabet and that small cord the
little words that are first learned, and which
: help the child to attain.larger ones, and thus
to bring in the instructions of the wise and
good that help TO free him from his captivity.
And like the captive knight he Who would
gain his freedom must use the means himself
No one can studyin his stead. uempst him
self draw these silken threads Of knowledge, or
he will remain ignorant forever. Viii my
young readers, when they are somewhat dis
posed to think it hard that they have to study,
and when they wonder why they should have
to learn this aud that lesson, lemember, the
knight and>the tower!
One Of THE RorHscHILDs.-Tbe Stable
alcyen thoroughbred English hoRses-of the
late Baron de salomon de Rothschild, were
sold at auction, in Paris, recently.
No wonder, says one of the papers, that
young man died of disease of the hearth He
could not live without intense emotion, ire-
quently renewed. Gaming on Change and at
the card table, were his favorite amnsements,
and it waste cure him of the fatal sports, that
his father, Baron James de .Rothschild, sent
him TO America some years ago lie had lost
$4,000 ip one speculation on Change. His
father shipped him at six hours notice, and re-
fused to allow him to leave America, unless he
promised that he would not indulge again, in
such gambling, BUT the young man could not
resist the temptation Of excitement, and despite
his promise, he would gamble. This greatly
distressed bis father, and more than once pro-
duced temporary eoolness between them. Eve
ryi day three carriages would stand before the
young mans door from three in the afternoon,
until one at night. If the weather was fair he
would go to the Bos de Bologne5 after the
opera, and ride about there until twelve or one
o'clock at night. / may mention, to show the
free use made ofhis purse, that he was so un-
expectedIY shipped to America. His friends Of
Jockey Club owed him $4,000; and it is
said that after his death it was discovered they
owed $4,000.
YELLOW FEvoR IN CHARLEsToN-It is re-
ported that the yellow feyof has made its ap-
pearance in Charleston, and that there. are
some fifteen cases in the city. It'll ,alsos said
+, that some deaths have occurred from the dis