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Power Of a. Sweet Voice.

There is no power of love so hard to
get and keep as kind voice. A kind
hand is deaf and dumb. 1t may be
rough in flesh and blood, yet do the
work of soft heart, and do it with a
soft touch. But there Is no one thing
that love so mroh. needs as a sweet
voice to tell what it means and feels;
and it is hard to get and keep it in the
right tone. One must start in youth,
and be on the watch, night and day, at
work and play, to get and keepa voice
that shall speak at all times the thoughts
of o kind heart. But this is the time
when sharp voice is most apt to be
got. You often hear boys and girls say
words at play with quick, sharp tone,
as if itwere the snap ola whip. When
one of them gets vexed you will hear
voice that sounds as if it was made
mp of a snarl, a whine and bark. Such
a voice often speaks worse than the
heart feels. It shows more ill-will in
the tone than in the words. It is often
in mirth that one gets voice or tone
that is sharp, and sticks to him through
life, and stirs up ill-will and grief, and
falls like drop Of gall on tho sweet
joys OF home. Such as these get sharp
home voice for use, and keep their best
voice for those they meet elsewhere,
just as they would save their best cakes
and pies for guests, and all their sour
food for their own board. I would say
to all boys and girls "Use your guest
voice at home. Watch it day by day
as pearl Of great price, for it will be
worth more to you in days to come
than the best pearl hid in the sea. A
kind voice is q joy like lark's song to
a hearth and home. 1t is to the heart
what light is to the eye. It is light
that sings as well as shines. Train it to
sweet tones now, and it will keep in
tune through life." ----
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mountain, which may seem to be close
at hand, when, in fact, it is scores OF
miles away; these are illusions of sight
that are familiar to US all. There are
other forms of optical illusion, which
depend upon the principle that motion
may be quicker than sight; such as the
extraordinary tricks of the juggler, or
prestidigitator, which is now the favorite
title Of the professors of this science,
the continuous circle of fire produced by
whirling lighted stick in the air, and
the fantastic movement of painted
figures in the popular toy known as
zootrope. And again, tho most mar
velous illusions may be the result Of an
excited fancy, as when one sees specters
and hobgoblins. III
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josh Billings Proverbs.

. p q q. .
"There is no woman stationed on the
face of the earth who trie, so hard to do
right and fails oftener than the average
mother-in-law." =. .aa se-
can enthusiast is au individual who
believes about four times as much as he
can prove, and can prove four times as
much ss any body else will believe"
''Falling.ln In love is like falling down
stairs; it's hard work to tell just how
the thing was DONE"
"Mice can live anywhere comforta-
bly, but in church they fatten very
slowly in church: This proves that
they can't live on religion anymore than
q minister can.": ~ ,,.os 1@g
.;The worst tyrant in this world is a
woman who is superior to her husband,
and let's everybody know it."
tMIin1a- il lika tha measles. Yop can't
have it but once; and the: later in life
We have it the, tougher, it goes with
u.s." 81 .....
"Great thinkers are not apt to be
great whistlers. When man can't
think Of anything else he begins to
whistle" =" ..' -
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I the cause of a great nation revolving
against q real tyranny could not but
feel proud of our near kinship withthat
incompatible soldiery 80 designated
by their enemies-wbich, on ffy bat
tlefelds, maintained contest such as no
other race has ever in modern 3times
maintained, and at last, when all hope
was gone, held for six months, with
forty.fve thousand men against ons hun.
dred and fifty thousand, a slendss line
of earthworks thirty miles in length
who marched ont $4,000 stroneS and
after six days retreat in front Of a
countless cavalry and overwhelming
artillery and infantry pressing theh on
all sides, surrendered at last but 5000
bayonets and sabres. It is this people,
the flower and pride of the great Eng
lish race, on whom q more terrible,
more merciless enemy has now hilen.
There can be now no division ofTsym-
pathy, as there is no passion to Excite
and keep up the courage needed i6r the
occasion. Yet the men and wonen of
the South are true to the old tradition.
Her youth volunteer to serve and Die in
the streets Of plague.stricken cities as
readily as they went forth, boys and
gray-haired men, to meet the threstened
surprise of Petersburg-as they volun-
teered to charge again and again. the
on-crowned hills of Gettysburg,
and to enrich with their blood, and
honor with the name of new victory,
every field around Richmond. Their
sisters, wives, mothers, and daughters
are doing and suffering now as they
suffered from famine, disease, iucessant
anxiety and alarm throughout the four
years Of the civil war There may be
among the various nations of the Aryan
family one or two who would claim that
they could have furnished troops like
those which followed Lee and Johnston.
Stuart and Stonewall jackson but we
doubt whether there be one race beside
our own that could send forth its chill
dren by hundreds to face in towns desc
lated BY the yellow fever the horror ofa
nurses life and the imminent terror of
q martyrs death.-London Stanaard.
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Shall We know Each Orner There 7

Hope responds Yes and wo delight
to sing of the time when we shall meet
our loved ones beyond the river, and
renew an association that shall never be
broken. But sweet as is this picture,
it fades away before the fact, startling
though evident, that our souls do not
know each other here. The most in
innate relations known to eartL do MOTH
inc more than establish an acquaintance
between the bodies. The souls Of man
and wife, if stripped of tlleir tenements
of clay would be utter strangers to each
other. They know each others bodies
they have studied each others actions,
and sought to read what is written
about the soul in the face and form,
But much of what constitutes the roal
character remains unrevealed by eye or
tongue. There are aspirations and fears,
eager longings and passions that ,bea>
tify or torture which are known only to
tho individual and to God. Christian
Hope however looks beyond this period
of separate existence to time when all
the graves of earth shall unclose and
the sea shall give up the dead that are
in it, and soul and body ahall be United
But the slender ray of light thrown by
Revelation across this abyss, forbids III
cherish the expectation CT KNOWING
each other there. We are told tba
they who shall be like unto the angels
and that the relations formed on eartl
will be unrecognized. Fathers and sons
mothers and daughters will be all OF
perfect terms of equality. Those rela
tionships have been established to NEE
the necessities of our present form o
existence, and when this necessit.
shall cease, they will be abolished
Adam and bis latest descendant vii
stand before the throne, linked indee
BY common humanity, but equal,
the sons Of God. Such answer return
the Bible to that pathetic query OF
loving heart: "Shall we know eac
other there ?" But let us abide in hops
All will be right.
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Illusions.

The natural world is full of illusions.
The apparent rising ond setting of the
sun, the gorgeous clouds that prove to
be ONLY dreary mist when you get
caught in them, the mirage, that reveals
things lying below the horizon, and
shows US ships sailing keel up in the
air, the full moon, which, as it..emsrges
from the horizon, appears to be twice
as large as it does when it is over our
heads, while, if looked at through o
tube or measured by an instrument, Is
found to be of precisely the same diam
eter, the coming together to a point Of
two right lines when seen in perspective
the mistake of supposing the train il
which we are seated to be in motion
when another train at our sidc begin
to start, the deceptive idea that we hav
! of distance, as in the Instance Of a luft..
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UShut Your Mouth

Gatlin taught the world the impor>
tance of shutting the mouth and breath.
ing through the nose.: It would seem
that this little book, entitled "Shst
Your Mouth" is bearing fruit In Ger
many, and where new thoughts receive
more attention from physicians than
anywhere else in the world. Respira-
tion by the mouth is easier than by the
nose, but it is not so safe. The nose to
certain extent, fits the air for entering
the lungs: The sense Of smell warns
Us against breathing an air loaded with
poisonous vapors. The moisture Of the
nasal cavities to some extent saturases
the air, and makes it less irritating to
the throat and larynx. The mucus OF
the nasal passage and the hairs catch
the dust before il. goes far enough to
harm: On the other hand breathing
through the mouth dries the throat,
and in children may cause false Group,
catarrh, and it may 30 effect the eusta>
chain tube as to cause injury to the ear
and deafness.
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How They Die iu Bulgaria.

When the head Of a Bulgarian family
perceives that he is about to die, he
sends for the priest and begins to bar
gain with him about the cost of his
funeral. The moment be dies all the
pots, pans, and kettles in the house are
turned upside down to prevent bis sou; lou!
taking refuge in any one of them, and
great care is taken to prevent either
man . or animal--especially a cat or dog
from stepping across his body, as
otherwise, in the opinion of his fam
lily, he would turn into vampire and
be continual nuisance to them and to
their neighbors. The body is buried
without any coffin, in shallow grave,
and left there for three years, during
which time many offerings of food and
wine are placed upon it, At the end
of the third year the bones Of the dead
man are dug up carefully washed, put
into linin bag, laid before the alter in
the village church, and, after receiving
the blessing of the priest, are buried fOe
good.
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Always the Same.

They had been engaged about fifteen
minutes and she nestled her head a lit
tie closor under the shadow of bis monu-
mental shirt collar, and whispered, And
now what are you going to call me, Al
gernon p Birdie ? he whispered raptu'
rously, while his voice trembled with
tender emotion, always and ever,
nothing but Birdiel' And she fairly
cooed with delight. He kept his word,
although with the growing precision OF
middle age, he has become specific and
does not deal in sweeping generalitle!s
any more, and SO it was that day before
yesterday neighbos going in the back
way to borrow the ak, cup OF sugar
and the oistern pole, heard him call her
an 'old ssgs.hsn. '-RawkY<.
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climb the steps, ....
NO; he must have been stolen He
has been stolen by burglars shall
never, never see him again-neverr
Don't give way, Julia. Be calm.
will 60 at once for the police
Mr.. Atkinson dressed himself hur.
riedly. and dashed down stairs and out
into the front street. He met a police
man almost at the door, and in frantic
accents laid the case before him. The
policeman sounded an alarm, aud soon
had six other policemen at hand. They
entered the house, and proceeded to
examine the fastenings. Everything
was right, and one of the policeman
said:
I'm my opinion the burglar is in the
house yet '
| 'Well 90 for him. said another. So
they drew their revolvers and proceeded
to search the building. Presently Mr..
Atkinson heard the report of pistol
in the kitchen. He rushed down.
I think I've killed him. said police
man Jones. Bring q light quick T
And killed the baby, too? thrieked
Mrs Atkinson.
BY George, I forgot about the baby
said the officer. .. a-"
Then the light came and they found
that policeman Jones had shot his dog,
which had followed him into the house.
Then policeman Smiths pistol went off
accidentally, and the bullet hit the
kitchen clock, which at once struck nine
hundred and eighty. one, and the confu.
sion and racket 30 unstrung Mrs. At
kinson's nerves that she went into hys-
terics and emitted successive yells of a
terrific character. This brought Miss
Boggs down from the third story in
alarm. 49,. ....
what on earth is tho mattere she
called.
Matter p said Atkinson. Don't
you know that burglars have broken
into the house and stolen the baby :?
Why, we've bsen having the awfullest
time you ever heard of for the last two
hours ....
why, I've got the baby upstairs
with me- said Miss Boggs; I've had
him all night =. .v
you have p exclaimed the party in
q breath.
Certainly
DO yon mean to tell me- asked At
kinson, with supernatural calmDess,
that the baby was quietly sleeping in
your room all this time p 80,
Yes .......
Atkinson simply looked at her. He
felt that language. was unequal to the
expression Of his feelings. Mrs. Atkin,
son few up stairs, two steps at time.
Jones pulling his deceased dog by the
tail. Atkinson went to bed with raging
anger in his soul; and the next morning
he put sheetiron bottom, fastened with
rivets, upon that folding crib.-Mas
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VOLUME XXXVII.
HELPING PAPA AND MAMMA

Planting the corn and potatoes,
- Helping TO scatter the seeds,
Feeding The hens and the chickens,
Freeing the garden from weeds,
Driving the cows to the pasture,
Feeding tbe;horse in the stall,
We little children are busy,
Sure there is work for us all,
Helping papa:
Spreading the hay in the sunshine,
Rsking it up when it's dry,
Picking the apples and peaches
Down in the orchard hard by;
Plucking the grapes in the vineyard,
Gathering nuts in the fall,
We little children are busy,
Yes, there is work for US all,
Helping papa.
Sweeping and washing the dishes,
Bringing the wood from the shed,
Ironing, sewing and knitting,
Helping to make up the bed;
Taking good care of the baby,
Watching her lest she should fall
We little children are busy,
Oh, there is work for US all,
Helping mamma.
Work makes us cheerful aud happy,
Makes us both active and strong;
Play We enjoy all,the better
When we have .labored so long,
Gladly we help our kind parents;
Quickly we come at their call;
Children should love to be busy,
There is much work for US all.
Helping papa and mamma.
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Mrs. Atkins0n's Baby.

The Atkinsons have had terrible
time over their baby. Mr.. Atkinson
sent home folding crib, with the Stats
made in two pieces and hung upon
hinges. When they opened their crib
and put the mattress in it, Mr.. Akin
son omitted to fix securely the catches
that hold the stats. % Mr.. and Mrs. At
kiuson went to bed early that night,
and about eleven o'clock, while they
began ssseq ls qa1sh tie 1RsS8RSSu TRs fssa Ra
was that the stats slowly descended, and
deposited the mattress and the baby
upon the floor. The baby being par
ticularly, wide awake, crawled out into
the room, and seeing light in the en-
try, went through the door just as Mr..
Atkinson's aunt, Miss Boggs, was COM
fling up the stairs to bed. She picked
the baby up, and finding that its father
and mother were asleep, she carried it
to her room in the third story, deter
mined to take care of it during the rest
of the night. -.
| About an hour later Mrs. Atkinson
woke, and thought she would glance over
at the crib to soc how the baby was
getting along. No sooner had she done
so than she jumped from the bed in
alarm. The baby was not there The
bottom seemed to have fallen out of the
wholo contrivunce. Her first thought
was that the baby waslyiug under the
mattress smothered to death. She
pulled the mattress aside, but there was
no sign of the baby.
Then, wild with alarm, she shook
Mr.. Atkinson, and told him to get up
Atkinson growled out, in sleepy
, cone: -
The paregoric bottle isin the closet;
go aud get it YOURSELF
'Alonzo! shrieked Mrs. Atkinson,
you don't understand. The baby is
gone ! 1t is gone !-stolen !-kidnapped
murdered, maybe! Oh, what shall
do s-what shall do e' d..
Now be calm. Julia, said Atkinson
, getting out of bed; don't get hysteri
cal. The child, most likely, is under the
, bed ,:,a-.- E-s%
r mo, it isn't; no, it's not there = ex'
. claimed Mrs. Atkinson, upon her hands
, and knees
Possibly said Alonso, beginning tt
0 feel uneasy, 'be has crept into the closet,
0 let us LOOK
3 This is horrible ? said Mrs. Atkin
. son, clasping her hands.
J, DO you think asked Mr.. Atkinson
D that he could have crawled into
bureau drawer and pulled it to afel
him ? ...
Certainly not r said Mrs. Atkinson
!, You know he couldn't
Il think I hear him now. he ha
:, fallen out of the window 7 said Mrs
p Atkinson, as a faint wall foated up from
/ the back yard.
No, it's only Mrs. Magruder's ca
yowling on the fence replied Atkinson
as he closed the sash. Have yo'
y looked in the bath tub in the mex
: rooms Perhaps he has gone to take
q bath
Drowned I know it! I'm sur
4 of it + yelled Mrs. Atkinson, rushin
into the bathroom.
Hes not here said Mr.. Atkinson
Gould he have gone down stail
and fallen into the sugar-bucket in th
r pantry" .
l. We must search the whole house IL
L. him. said Mrs. Atkinson.
l. So they began the hunt. They locke
N everywhere. In the clothes hampe
ID in the kitchen cupboard, in the pariIo
% in the pantry, and even ic the celia
10 but without avail.
le He couldn't have gone up stairs
to said Mr.. Atkinson, because he can
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Another famine in ireland is threat

Another famine in ireland is threat
eued by the failure of the potato crop.
The Boston Pilot states that the present
season has been almost repetition OF
that of 1s47, in which and the preceding
wear there were half a million deaths
from famine in Ireland. The potatoes OF
last year were almost a dead loss, the
WELD in some cases not paying tenth
the cost of planting, and now from many
sections comes reports of blight to the
haulms and taint in the tubers. i
famine comes it cannot be fatal as II
the previous halt dozen visits during th'
century, but it will be bad enough.
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A Splendid Tribute.

Tho younger among Us cannot per-
baus remember the keen warm sym
pathv with which the English Of 1861
65 witnessed the heroic struggle main
tanned by their Southern kinsmen
against six. fold odds of numbers, and
odds of position, resources, vantage
ground, simply incalculable. Even
those who. from sympathy with the
Northern States, were uufavorable te
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BE Sure to Stop at the
Latham House,
CAMDEN, q. C.
fTRAssrEyr BOARD, $500 PER DAY.

wAmple accommodations. Tables sup
nlied with the best the Markets afford. Eve
ry attention paid to the comfort Of Guests.
my Persons stopping at the Latham
House will be conveyed to and from the
depot free of charge. Passengers wthou,
heavy baggage, will be conveyed to ana
from any part Of the town, not above De-
Kalb street, OF 25 cents.
EFConnected with the house is first
class Bar, which is located separately from
the house, and orderly kept.
@Conveyances supplied to guests on
liberal terms, either for city or country use.
isnS-1y S. B. LATHAM, Proprietor.
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BOOTS. SHOES, &C.

The undersigned respectfully informs his
friends and the public generally that he
may still be found at his shop, one door
west of the postof6ce, where he is prepared
to execute promptly and in the most stylish
and durable manner all jobs that may be
giyen him. He will also make or repair
harness. or in fact anything else in his
line. He only solicits call.
ku1. eff ........
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Water-Purifying Chain Pump

Acknowledged to be superior to any other
pump known. No valves to get out Of or
der. Bucket and chains made Of galvan-
lied maleable iron. The foulest water
made pnre by the use of this pump. 10
feet or less. $40; each additional foot, 80
cents. This pump may be examined at the
Latham House.
ianS-tf LATHM q PEhhlNS. .
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-. WOLFE,
CHEAP DRY GOODS STORE.

ALSO,
Buys and pays the highest market price
for green and dry cow hides, sheep, fox,
otter, mink, raccoon and rabbit skins.
Also, rags, wool, tallow, beeswax, old iron,
brass, copper, &c. jsnltf
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ADVERTISING RATES.
A Pithy Reply.

gV Transient advertisements must be aecen
anied with the cash TO insure insertion.
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PHOTOGRAPHS

Mr.. W. s. Alexander being in Camden
on q short visit. will open his Gallery for
the accommodation of his many friends and
former patrons. He is prepared to take as
8ne Photographs as can be made il The
State.
Copying and enlarging also done in the
best style. -,
He has on hand a splendid assortment Of
Picture Frames, Chronos, etc., for sale at
the lowest cash prices.
Give him o call.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19
GRRENBACKERS AsTRAY.

The Greenbackers even in this
early stage of the game have "'sadly
ianked." They have, in spite of their
vows and oaths, called on q hard
money Democrat, one who would not
stand on the Jefferson City platform
because it was too saft to run for a
prominent Office on their ticket.
Now talk about your "c,o,i,n."
What do you think your old Dad
Pomeroy would say if he could see it?
Now, gentlemen, this 10 q shame.
II you can't find q nan in your party
ft for Office. If you can't get along
without bowling at the shrine of Wall
street Bankers and putting in office a
man who belongs to q railroad cor
poration and swesrs by Don Morri-
son, we will whittle you q man out of
pine. Some times We sympathize
with you in your seeming earnest
ness, but now we have no sympathy
with q party that is 90 far inconsis-
tant as to praise God and vote tor the
Devil. "