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4 Good Example Of "Cheek."

Cheek Why, that's no name for it
He was an itinprant vcndrr of Iamp
burners, this ore, and he generally
gained his end wherever he was permit
ted to enter a house. The other day, while
travelling about the city. he wandered
into kous in the southern part of towr
where sorrow evidently rrigDed. The
lamp man, finding the door open, walked
right in, aud there found u poor woman
in t'ars. with friend or two trying 10
console her for the loss Of her husband,
who lay dead in the same room.
Can [ sell you my new patent lamp>
burners. ma'am?' replied the vcnder.
No, sir replied the woman between
her so5s, Il don't wish anything of the
kind
Please let me explain its beauties.
ma'am,' he said and I'm sure you'll
take one. You see this"
But l don't want it, SIR she said !;
L wish you would go away. Don't you
see nv poor husband lying here Leave
ue with my sorrow
oh, yes'm, and sympathize deeply
with you ma'am. Excuse me. can't
keep back these tears. Oh, ma'am, if
you only know what great consolation
these patont lamp-burDers of mine are,
on such OCCASIONS as these, you would
not be without one single minute Why,
ma'am, put one Of these in his hand
and it would light him through all the
darkness he has to pass through with
out any trouble, and when you como to
die he could hold the lamp for you
when you 60 to ascend the golden
stairs
And the precious scounlrel kept on
in that strain until he had sold half a
dozen to every female 10 the room.
Cheek , Oh, NO!
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Moscow.

The Russians love Moscow. 1t is the
idol Of every Russian heart. Her shrines
are to him the holiest in the empire;
hallowed BY seven centuries Of histori-
cal associations. Moscow has suffered
from the sgofd. tha torch and the
plague. Three hundred years ago it
was nearly consumed BY fire, in which
two thousand Of its citizens perished.
Fifty years later, the Tartars fired the
suburb. and one huudred thousand Of
its inhabitants perished by the flames
and by the sword. A hundred years
ago, the fatal plague so reduced its
population that it never regained its
former proportions. Within our own
century, and to save it from plunder by
the French, the people gave up the
beautiful city to the flames, the grand
est sacrifice ever made to national
pride. But when the French retreated
she city was rebuilt, and is to-day "a
thing Of beauty" Its too frequent re-
construction is the cause of the irregu-
larity everywhere apparent. Only a
few of the streets are strai shi; a palace
and a small hotel, adjoin each other,
and the rich and the poor are nearest
neighbors. Nothing is more noticeable
and attractive than the display of colurs,
rrd. white. green, gold and silver; with
which the public and private buildings
are oruamentch Rome has long been
celebrated as the "city of churches.
having one for each LAY in the year,
aud an additional on f.r l"ap.year;
hut Moscow can boast o. nearly four
hundred ttmphs dedicated. to religion.
Although the circumvolution of the
city is more than twenty English miles,
yet the objects Ct interest to traveleE
are confined within narrow limits. The
Moskva flows through the city. spanned
by noble bridges, and along its banks
are beautiful lawns, shaded by noble
trees.
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Enoch Arden Outdona.

Paris, which furnishes from real life
so many plots for qavpls aud dramas,
now sends US story which, If true,
makes Enoch Arden quite an ordinary
hero. A few weeks ago there appeared
in Paris newspaper an advertisement
saying, "a widow, young and good
looking, mothsr Of four children,
without fortune. desires to marry o
wealthy and honorable man. Address
B. B." Penniless widows with four
dependent children are not generally
sought after with much zeal ip the mat.
rimonia market, but this advertisement
brought three answers. These went
however, not into the handa Of the
widow young and good looking" but
into the hands Of her husband. In
fact. the lady in question was not yet n
widow at all, and the advertisement did
not come from her. Her husband, after
a struggle such as many men have made
10 recent years, despaEed of being able
to support his family. He therefore
decided on plan to save them from
want. When the answer to his advcr-
tisement were received he investigated
them carefully and assured himself that
one of them cane from a man whose
intentions were honorable, and whose
worldly goods we've abundapt. He 6S
ishcd his work by putting the gentle
man 10 the way Of communicating with
his wife and then he made her widow
by drowning himself.
OF the result the report says that the
man whose answer to the advertisement
WAS approved, learning tho true state Of
the case, took charge Of the education
ofthe children. Whether o wedding
will follow, VIC arc not informed.
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A Female Lion Tanner.

Eva Kleacht, a young Russian lion
tanner, is really remarkable sort Of a
girl. She was wrecked at sea with cir
Gus that was making the tour ofthe world
Most Of the company were lost. but Eva
was picked up by an American ship
and brought to New York. Tho
Russian Consul furnished her transpor-
tation to Paris, where she thought to
end work. but could get no honorable
employment. She would accept no other
and heroically gave herself up to the
police as a vagrant. She was sent tn
tho St. Lazarre prison for women. A
newspaper reporter, who happened to-
pass through the prison yard one day,
was so much impressed with her noble,
innocent face that he asked who and what
she was. He heard her story, Interested
friends in her behalf, and finally the di.
rector of the great Frarconi Circus Of
fercd her place. She accepted it, was
released, and now draws crowds to the
circus nightly by her performance as a
horse tanner.
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Sunshine and Clouds.

Ah !. this beautiful world. [ know
not what to think of it. Sometimes it is
all sunshine and gladness, and heaven
itself lies not far of, and then it sud-
denly changes, and it is dark and
sorrowful, and the clouds shut out the
day. In the lives of the saddest of US,
there are bright days like this, when
We feel as if We could take tho great
world In our arms. Then come gloomy
hours, when the fire will not burn on
our hearths, and all without and within
is dismal, cold and dark. Believe me,
every heart has its secret sorrows, which
the world knows not, and oftentimes
we call man cold when he is only sad.
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Gone.

There is probably no word in the
English language more expressive, more
heart touching. than the simple word
gone. 1t is simple word, yet hidden
under it is an interesting meaning deeper
than one thinks until called upon to use
the word In reference to his own loss.
Robert Hall thought the word tear
the most beautiful and expressive in our
language but has not the word gone
much of the same pathetic sentimant !:
The loyed and cherished Of the heart
and homc-perhaps a dear beloved
mother or father, n brother or sister has
passed away No expression coulc be
moro touching 10 the heart than the
word gone-gone ont of home and sight
fleYef With ii in this case the word
tear is q near kindred When We have
.eon our friends laid in their narrow
house, gone expresses the feelings of
our hearts better than any other word
We can hardly conceive Of the cause Of
a tear without the knowledge Of some
thing soRS,
Docs the heart weep over the graves
of the loved ones? Then something is
gone. Does it mourn over wasted time
and opportunities? Then something
is gone. Abundant as is our language
in vords, it Is hard to CONCEIVE how
we could do without it, short as it is.
Life is always changing, always maxi
ing voids in our fresids circles friends
laaying us 10 seek fortune or fame.
Twenty y'ars hence the friends with
whom we niugle at the present will be
scattered some may be i'll foreign coun-
tries, others may rise to high honor, and
some cad to aay, will ruin themselves in
dissipation. and finally die outcasts from
society. unhonored. and unmourned.
And gone is the only word which ex-
presses the souls keen sense of the loss
and absence. There is an expressive
NEED in the c1qnisitoly SID word which
we only see in its kindred word, tear
Daisy Lee.
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A Grecian Legend.

When Bacchus was a boy, he jour-
neyed through Hellas to go to Ne-ia;
aud, % the way vas very long, he
grew tired, and sat down upon stone
to rest. As he sat there, with his eyes
upon the ground, he saw a little plant
spring up between his feet, and was so
much pleased with it that he determined
to carry it with him and plant it in
Naxia. lie took it up and carried it
away with him; but as The sun was
very hot he feared that it might wither
before he reached his destination. lie
found birds skeleton, into which he
thrust it, and went on. But in his
hand, the plant sproutcd so fast that it
started out Of the bones above and bo-
low. This gave him fresh fear Ct ita
sithering, and he cast about for rem'
cdy. He found lions bone, which
was thicker than the birds skeleton,
and he stuck the skeleton, with
the plant in it, into the bone Of
the lion. Ere long, however, the plant
grew out Of tho lions bone litowise.
Then he found the bone of an ass. lar
ger thar that of the lion, so he put It
into the nss's bone. and thus made his
way into Naxia. When about to set
the plant. he found that the roots had
.ptwiuaa themselves around the bird s
! skeleton and lions bon" and ass bone
and As h. could not take it out without
damaging the roots, he planted it as ii
was and it speedily grew, and bore. to
his great joy, the most delicious grapes,
from which he made the first wine, and
gave it to men to drink. But behold
n miracle When men first drank o.
it. they sank like birks; after drinking
more, they become vigorous and gal
iant like lions; but wheE they drank
moro still, they behave like asses.
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Young Men.

A few days ago father in our state,
received from the sheriff the lifeless, dis
bonored body of wayward high-tem-
pered son. The Law did Its terrible
work of retribution, and then handed
the harmless body to tho family.
Nothing is said in the newspapers
about the mother, Let US hope she is
dead. Ifnot, she will plant roses over
the grave and think only of her child,
She will not think of the hardened.
dangerous murderer whom his fellow
men pronounced unfit to live. What
caused this terrible family tragedy a.?
Bad company, whiskey. and carrying
pistols, Will young men take warn
ing? Will parents see to it that BY
precept and example they try to train
up their sons in the way they should
oo2
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le-Bearing

Never repeat story unless You are
certain it is correct, and not even then
unless something is to bo gained either
of interest TO yourself or for the good Of
tho person concerned tattling is q
mean and wicked practice and he who
INDUCES in it grows more fond of it in
proportion as he is successful. IF you
have no good to say Of your neghbor,
never reproach his character by telling
that which is false. He who tells you
the faults of Others intends to tell others
of your faults, and so tho dish Of news
is handed from one 10 another till the
tale becomes enormous.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-06-11
Tho Negro in Politics.

The proper disposition Of the negro
vote is becoming the all-impertant ques
ton in the discussion of political affairs
in thi. State. OF course it is conceded
that all who have heretofore voted with
the Democracy have right to join the
Democratic party, and vote at our pri-
mary elections. but what is to bccom"
of the great army Of Republican voters
It is clearly the policy and intention Of
the white Democracy to educate and
elevate, as we'll as cxercis' the broadest
charity towards. their dusky companions;
but it is feared the Democratic party
vii! be s~amped by this food tide of
colore1 voters, who may prove as dan
gcrors inside of the party as they are
now outside of it. IF every one is al
lowed to join the Democratic party. and
vote at its elections, then we have not
oaly broken down the race line in poll
tica, but the party line also
In our opinion there is too great a
disposion to mrddle with the negro
vote, which, if let alone. will hereafter
prove not only harmless. but tractable.
1t can never BE- practically put on the
same footing with the white vote, but
unfortunately there are too many who,
thinking they can manipulate it, wish
to bring it into the Democratic party.
IF this Is done, it will not only destroy
the controlling influence Of the white
man, and cndanger his Institutions and
civilization, but will put the up country
Of South Carolina under the control Of
the low country. where this great negro
vote lies. Whilst we are in favor of
the liberal exercise of the broadest
charity, we cannot see that our late op-
ponents have done anything as yet to
convince us that they are in favor of
good government, which is the first re-
quisite ola good Democrat. We can
easily win upon the same line adopted
in the last campaign, by making the De-
mocracy an aggressive unit, aud byllet-
ting alone that portion of the negro vote
that we cannot influence or control
SpartanJug Spartan.
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The California Girl.

AS regards the beauty of the ladies'
here, l mean the native beauty, l never
saw Anything like it. These Spanish
girls, when they are beautiful, they are
exqistely so, with form and face that
a Ilehc might envy, complexion of q
mellow, brownish tint, pearly teeth
and such eyes! o, shades of Jupiter !
Such piercing, flashing, dazzling orbs,
that the diamond in the sunlight al
most pales alongside, And then they
possess luxuriapt trasses of hair. As
blacs as the raven your own Poe speaks
of in his beautiful poem. But with all
this surprising loveliness, there Is to
my mind one great drawback-they arc
as a class not ovcr-industrious. The
climate, perhaps, may have something
to do With that.
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Smart Boy.
We'll. sonny, whose pigs are those !?
old sows sir :,

We'll. sonny, whose pigs are those {"
old sows' sir,
Whose SOW Is it !"
odd mans SIR
We'll, then, who is your old man @
Tyonll mind the pigs, I'll run
home ond ask the old woman
Never mind, sonny. want a smart
boy. what can you dog
oh I can do more than consider
able. I can milk the geese. rid. the
turkeys to water. hamstring tn. grass
hoppers, light fires for flies TO court by;
cut the bdttons off dads coat when he
is at prayers, keep tally for dad and nam
when they scold at mark-o;d woman
is always ahead
Got any brothers p
Lots of 'em, all named Bill. except
Bob. his names Sammy names Larry,
but they call me Lazy Lawrence, for
shortness'
"Well, you're most too smart for
me-"
Travel on, old stick in .,he.mnd, I
shan't hire you for boss to-day
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A Noble Gift TO Virginia.

With characteristic generosity and n
fine sense of patriotism, Mr.. W. W.
Corcoran, of Washington, has presented
tho State of Virginia his superb paint
ing by the eminent French artist, Lami,
Of the srorming Of Yorktown, which,
until recently, has been on exhibition
in the Corcoran ar. gallery. In his let.
ter to Governor Holiday, bearing date
the 22d of May, begging the accept
nnce of the gift, Mr.. Corcoran declares
himself impressed with conviction Of
the propriety Of locating the work per-
mancntly in the State where the event
it represents occurred, and now offers
it to that State as an evidence of his
admiration for the 'old commonwealth.
Governor Holiday replies that the
painting will be gratefully received by
all of the people of the commonwealth,
and that they will cordially unite with
him in returning thanks. The picture
itself is eleven aud a half feet high and
sixteen feet in width, with a frame
cightand three-quarterin inches in breadth
Although it has not yas been definitely
determined where the painting will bt
hung, it is likely, owing to its size, tha
it will be suspended in tho senate
chamber, at the State capitol Of Vir'
ginia, on the wall directly facing the
President's chair. Such treasure a'
this, we need hardly say, will be prized
as much in honor of the estimablc givel
as for the sake of the precious memorie.
which are enbalmed within its can.
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BE Sure to Stop at the
Latham House,
CAMDEN, 9. &.
TRANSIENT BOARD, $500 PER DAY.)

nayAmple accommodations. Tables sup
r,;ed with the best the Markets afford. Eve
~ 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. wi'hou,
heavy baggage, will be conveyed to and
from any part of the town, not above De-
Kalb stree, at % cents.
sN.Connected with the house is hrs'
class Bar. which is located separately from
the house, and orderly kept,
n6rConveyanees supplied to guests on
liberal terms, either for city or country use.
ian8-ly s. LATHAM. Proprietor.
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DeKalb House,
BY A. S. RODGERS.
Most Centrally Located Hotel
in Town.
Terms So Per Day.

Commercial Travellers will have every
attention paid 10 their con.tori, and be fur
nished with SAMPLE ROOMS at this
House: and persons visiting Camden will
find it quiet and pleasant home
Sneciai rates made for parties travelling
together. and for those who wish to stay n
week or more.
sar In connection with the house is o
hrst-ciax Livery STABLR. whore ,hOrsss
and vehi1es can &c had at all times for
town or country use, at the most reasona-
BILE rates. Convcyances to and from the
depot at every train. decloti
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AT THE WINDOW.

Only to listen-lisien and wait
For his slow, firm step down the grave
walk;
To hear the click, click Of his hand at the
gate,
And feel every heartbeat through careless
talk;
All. love is sweet when life is young!
And life and love are 10th 50 long.
Only to watch him about the room,
Lighting il up with his qniet smile.
That seems to lift the world out or gloom,
And bring heaven nearer me-for while,
A little while-since lore is young,
And life is beautiful and long.
Only to love him-nothing more;
Never thought of his loving me;
p. oud of him. glad in him, though he bore
Nv heart TO shipwreck on this smooth sea;
Loves faith sees only grief, not wrong,
And life is daring when It's young.
All me, what matter? The world goes
round,
And bliss and bale are but outside things;
] can never lose what in him found,
Though love he sorrow with half-grown
wings:
And if love lies when we are young,
Why, life is still not long-not long.
And heaven il kind to the faithful heart;
And if we are patient, brave. and calm,
Our fruits will last though our aowers de-
part
Some day when speak, with folded palm,
No longer fair. no longer young,
Life may not seem so bitter long
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The wonderful auccess Of the telc-
phone is all owing to the fact that you
can attach one end Of it to mules ear
and swear at him in seven languages
without running the risk of getting
kicked.
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The Burlington Hawkeye is a caa-
tious paper. 1t prints one or two met
rioal contributions, and heads them
"Sowe alleged poetry"
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All Kinds

OF Canned Goods. Of best quality, apd
warranted full weight, for sale by
f.bisa = EtRktax = shEHs
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ADVERTISING RATES.
"Leafy June. "

gP Transient advertisements must be accom-
panied with the cash TO insure insertion.
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The tears dried up in her shining eyes,
Her parted lips took sanity peace
HIS shadow across the doorway lies:-
will her doubts gather. darken. or cease
When hearts are pure. noble and strong
Trne love as life itselfls long.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-08-30
The Profits on silver Coinage.

It is estimated that the direct profit
OF the Government in purchasing silver
bullion and coming it into silver dollars
already exceeds six hundred thousand
dollars. This profit. however. is merely
nominal, since the Government itself
holds nearly all these dollars in the
Treasury Of the United States. If it
pays them out at their face value in the
purchase OF silver bullion. the sellers of
the bullion Immediately hand them over
TO the silver brokers or the importers !;
and soon they are back again in the
Treasury in the payment of customs du-
ties at their face value, being just rs
good for this purpose as so many gold
dollars. The very FIRST payment of GUS
toms duties with these dollars cancels
all the profit Of buying the silver and
coming them.
The fatal objection to these dollars
We have in tho fact that their legal-ten.
der value is one thing and their real
value another. When the Silver Law
was passed their real value was about
ninety-on cents to the dollar; and now
this value is fraction more than eighty
eight cents. What it will be month
hence depends on the price Of silver
and what this will be depends on the
state of the silver market. At present
there are no indications that the price is
likely to rise; and. If it does not, the
time is not very fur distant when the
4l2a.grain silver dollar, coined Mt the
rate Of not less than two millions Of dol.
lars per month, will involve the Treas
ury the Unitod States and the whole
country in very serious embarrassment.
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Jno. Sherman's Grcenbacll
Party.

Tie Irish World, an old and stannch
Greenback paper, denounces the Green
back Adrocafe-whicb circulates largely
among the Greenbackers of this county
and its editor. Walter II. Shupe. in
unmeasured terms. The World shows
that the 6drOcate is published at a com.
plete loss OF $4,000 week that Shupe
ia the paid agent Of John Sherman, and
that he is slyly ENGRAVING himself upon
the tree OF the working.men and taking
therefrom its vitality. Shupe has been
making the statement that Peter Coop
er was furnishing the money to carry on
his paper, but the venerable Peter re-
Gently informed a prominent New York
Greenbacler that he did not patronize
the Adrocate, that he did not furnish
money to run it, and had nothing what.
ever to do with it. That the New York
Nationals do not place any confidence
in Shupe and his paper is shown by the
fact that they refused to admit him to
their State convention-in fact, kicked
him out. Here then is paper playing
the role OF currency reform and at the
same time working up sympathy for and
confidence in John Sherman, the very
man Of all men on earth most to the
Greenback doctrine. This confirms the
opinion we have always entertained of
this Greenback party that it was be-
ing engineered by the hard money men
for the defeat Of the Democratic party,
for on no other theory can we account
for the sudden conversion of men who
have upheld the Republican party in oil
the hard money legislation Of the past
thirteen years. They fear that the
Democratic party which they know is
the only true Greenback party-will
come into power in 1880, hence their
efforts to choke it off with third party
movement. The Greenback party dodge
ia simply very thin device of John
Sherman and other gold-bugs TO stop
the progress OF currency reform, inaug-
urated aud so far successfully carried
out by the Democratic party. If the
honest, sincere Greenback men Of the
country desire TO see their principles
engrafte1 on the policy of the Govern
ment they should vote the Democratic
ticket; but If they want TO see the coun-
try ruled by John Sherman and the
National banks, then lot them support
the Greenback candidates.-Slel. Dem.