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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR ? EDGE FI ELP, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895._VOL. LX. NO. 43. Ii is slated that new frei?bt cara or dered by the railways Of the country since the first of tho year represent an outlay of $10,000,000. A mo6t excellent wag-quoted, with approval by the grave and sedate Lon don Spectator-recently described modern fiction aa "erotic, neurotic and Tommyrotic" The States are rapidly doing away with the days-of-graoe law. Among those where it has been abolished are California, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Ver mont, Wisconsin, New York, New Jer sey and Pennsylvania. ? With the money obtnined from the sale of ,the Gospel Hymn books, Mr. Moody carries on much of his school work. He receives twenty per cent, of all receipts, and aa over 20,000,000 copies have been sold Mr, Moody's share already amounts to $1,250,000. A board of trustees receive and dis burse the money. Buying off distasteful titled hus bands is thought, by the New York Advertiser, tn have established a bad precedent, but the rich Amer'can father-in-law is ever generous when his daughter's happiness is in view. Twel ve thousand a year to the average titled foreigner is a sum that has the dimensions of a barn door. A literary woman in New York who had been carefully building a story suddenly looked up, relates the At lanta Constitution, and saw the figure of a friend, then in Washington, in one corner of the room. She gave a cry of surprise, and the apparition vanished. She wrote immediately to her friend, telling the incident. The next day she received a letter Jrom Washington saying : "A qneer thin:; has just happened to me. I was sit ting in my room orying when I dis tinctly heard you oalling my name." The two letters had crossed one an other in transit. The other day the osophy brought two souls togother, so the happy pair claim. Strange, if true, to be sure.' The eup raoes-a competition upon which there has been expended this year something like $300,000-should serve to remind us that, while there is value in such a contest, it is still one in a method of water communication practically obsolete, says the Boston Traveler. The '?ge of dependence on wiud is past. The age of steam is hore. This is a good time for those who.out of the use of modern methods, have built up enormous fortunes, to remember that even a good and will ing horse sometimes goes the better fox a bit of encouragement. We need stronger, safer, moro comfortable, swifter steam vessels, or we need the application of electricity to naviga tion. If there are $300,009 to be spent on fancy yacht sailing, should not there be a somewhat approximate sum available as prizes for stimulating invention and experiment iu the direc tions indicated? Tho Atlanta Constitution relates the following: 1 "James Low, of Newark, N.J., is dead-legally dead-bat he is able to walk about and talk with his mouth, and this fact causes no ead of trouble. Low disappeared some time ago from tho deok of a steamer, and proof of his death was sent to New ark. His relatives and friends ac cepted the news in good faith. An executor was appointed, and in duo time he disposed of the dead man's estate and divided tho cash among several heirs who straightway spent it The other day Low had the un mitigated meanness to appear in New ark to the great discomfort of his heirs and the disgust of the executor. Tho unwelcome visitor is raising a row about his estate, and threatens the executor with a law suit, li is not convenient to restore his fortune to Low, and the executor will make a fight upon the ground that when a man is legally dead he is dead to all Intents aid purposes, so far as his former property is concerned. It will be an interesting case and it will be a warning to executors who distribute a man's estate without being positively certain that he is in his grave or deaj beyond a doubt. When the law pro nounces a man dead it seems like iheer impudence for him to contradict it" *_ Slgnaliug in a ?og. A novel arrangement for signaling at sea during fogs has been placed in position on Winter Quarter lightship No. 45, now repairing and refitting at Wilmington, Del. It consists of two safety oil engines, supplying com pressed air to two upright boilers, which in turn are automatically acted npon by timeolooks, placed above. These open and close the whistle valves alternately every fifty-live seconds. No steam power is use I, the power being derive 1 from explosions of oil vapor. The pressure of uir is regula ted at forty p juuds, and gives a shrill blast at each explosion. The new ap pliance is expected to prove effective in maintaining and operating the fog whistle when coal might not be ob tainable for Jue), and in transmitting a clear tone for ina uv mile:-.-New Orleans. Times-Democrat. A crow in Belfast, Me., has ac quired the habit of atteudiug the fam ily church, and a cat in BiddeTord started a burglar scare by getting mixed up in some sticky fly paper. NOVEL BICYCLES. THE WHEEL PUT TO STRANGE AND CURIOUS USES. Rapidly Laying Telegruph Wires With a Bicycle-Discharging Can non by Meuns o?s "Bike" -An Ice Bicycle. THE New York World de scribes a number of novel uses to which the bioyole will be put. It says : E. H. Wolff, of New York, who has invented many novelties in the bicycle line, including magazine rapid firing gun, controlled by the cyclist, and a tricycle cannon elsewhere desoribed, has just made public his last appli ance for rapid1 laying a provisional military telegraph or telephone wire. The illustration thows the general idea. On the handle bar of the bicyole is FCC ii roo" a bracket constructed to hold .j FOR LAYING TE ihe necessary equipments for estab lishing a oompltie telegraphic line, as well as a telephone line, if desired. A telegraphic transmitting instrument and a receiving instrument are mount ed on this bracket. When the bicyole is supplied with telephonic apparatus, the receiver is preferably suspended by holders from the front of the bracket. Any suitable construction may be employed for throwing either tho telephonic or telegraphic ap paratus into the circuit. In laying the temporary line, the end of the wire on the reel is made fast at headquarters. *nd, as tho rider goes forward, the wire is unreeled. The rider, from time to time, secures the wire to some convenient objeot, suoh as a tree, either directly or by the use of suitable insulators. To en able a long line to be laid, the bioycle is provided at convenient points with means for holding one or more extra reels of wire. At the end of the line tho rider grounds the battery wiro by the use of BICYCLE a suitable plate provided with a bind ing post, to which latter one wire from the battery is secured. The plate is provided with a head, in order that it can be driven into the ground. The end of the wiro may be secured in the pintle of the ree), and placed in electrical connection with the battery through the metallic frame of the bi cyole, in which case the rubber tires of the bioycle will give a perfect insu lation from the ground ; or, at the end of the line, the wire may be cut and secured directly to the binding post at the battery. With a wheel constructed as de scribed, a telegraphio or telephonic oircnit can be quickly established be tween headquarters and outlying posts, or between two or more outlying posts ; and reports received and instructions given with great facility. . Bicycle Cannon. The Superintendent of a bioyole company is engaged in the perfection A BIOYCL: of two applications of the oyole idea to modern warfare. A jealously guarded secret is that of a rapid-firing magazine gun attached to the handle bar of a bioyole. The deadly weapon, discharging four hundred shots a min ute from its fanlike arrangement of glistening barrels, is operated by the rider, the same power that propels the wheel being used to fire the gun at will. A platoon of oyclists mounted on these death-dealing engines would work great havoc upon a mob or an enemy at dose range. The other engine, not as yet per fected to the satisfaction of the inven tor, is shown in an accompanying sketch. It is called the "American Flying artillery." The small oannon is to be a rapid-firing breech-loader. Two men ride the maobine. The am munition is carried on another wheel ol similar construction. In action the riders dismount, swing the carriage around, fire a volley or two, and then remounting, resume their flight. This novel piece of field artillery wan shown on the day of the opening of the Har lem ship canal, the naval parade being f abated with one hundred guns as it passed the foot ol East 118th street. A Bicycle on Ice. The bioyole does not go into com p?ete retirement even upon the arrivai of winter ice and snow. In fact, the bicycle will be one of the big things on ice daring the coming season. From the suggestion thrown ont by a boy who lashed an ordinary skate to tho front wheel of his safety, and was en abled to make good time over the sur face of a frozen lake, two enterprising young men in Chioago have invented and patented an ioe bioyole, and formed a company for its manufacture. With the first perfected model ona of the inventors made a mile in one minute and twenty seoonds, and this can be improved upon, the skill of the rider being the only limit to the possi bilities in the line of recorda. Tho general features of the ioe bicycle are conveyed in tho out. The change fro n the normal bicycle to the ioo ni.-, ?bi ne can be made m five minutes. The rear tiro is deflated and the toothed band of steal slipped over it. The tire is then inflated until the ten sion is sufficient to hold the band firmly in place. The cut sufficiently LEGRA.PH LINES. explains tho attachment of the akato device. The blade is hollow ground, render ing lateral slipping impossible. The weight of the machine remains unal tered. The device is quite cheap, costing less than $20, and for that rea son cycling on ico is sure to become popnlar if not the reigning fad of the wi u ter. Awl ul Accusation. A terrible accusation was that con tained ia a complaint sworn out yes terday by Jacob Gorgoschillitz against George, Steve, Frank and Jack Tulda, as well as little George, of the same family, says ?he St. Paul Globe. Mr. Gorgoschillitz states, swears and avers that the foregoing five and sev eral Thidas "did, on or about the 7th day of September, 1895*, speak, utter, enunciate, uso and employ, with felonious and unauthorized reference to himself, the said Jacob Gorgoschil litz, certain and divers words and ex pressions whioh would tend to provoke CANNON. an assault, namely, to wit, that tho said five Thidas did, ono and all, de scribe and apostrophize the said Gor goschillitz as bologna sausage." The warrant was at once placed in tho hands of every detective of Chief O'Connor's force. Shark Fishing. Among the great variety of fish that are caught on the coast of Southern California, says tho Los Angeles Times, the shark is generally regarded merely as a curiosity. It is a fact that sharks are caught for commercial pur poses, and the industry pays very well. MoGarvin, a fisherman who lives at Alamitos Bay, a few miles south of Long Beach, makes quite a business of catching sharks by means of stout lines fastened to stakes on shore. He recently caught as many as eighty in ono day. The ohief value of the shark is in the oil, although the Chinese consider the fins of the fish quite a delicacy. E ON ICE. College Boys as Conductors. Among tho employes of the People's Traotion Company, of Philadelphia, last summer, were about fifty college students, many of whom served as conductors. They earned on an av erage fifteen dollars a week, and were able thus to lay by quite a sum for the coming year of study. The Superin tendent, speaking of fifteen of them, stu dents in the Jefferson Medioal Col lege, as they handed in their resigna tions one day, said that they made the best conductors in the employ of the company, which was very sorry to to lose their services.-Now York In dependent. The Powder-Monkey's ItetorU Once, when ono of Farragut's gun? boats on the Mississippi was just go ing into action, one of the powder monkeys was noticed by an officer kneeling by one of the guns saying his prayers. The officer sneeringly asked him what he was doing, and if he was afraid. "No, I was praying," 6aid he. "Well, what were yon praying for?" "Prayiug," said the Jad, "that the enemy's bullets may be distributed the Hamo way as the prize-money is -principally among the officers." II ULE II OF TUB Vt QUEEN VICTORIA AND A FAC SIMILE Ol GRAPH RECEN OLDEST HOUSE IN NEW ?ORK. Southampton Has the Relic Which - Claims This Distinction. . One of the few relios left of the < early Colonial days is still standing at i Southampton, Long Island. This town ' claims the pre-eminence of being the : oldest English town in the State of : BATHE HOUSE, BUILT IK 1648. | -.-- I New York, and the ancient house io- i forred to was built by Thomas Sayre one of the first settlers. It was erected in 1648, and has been handed down from father to son in an unbroken line , for ten generations, the present owner being the direct descendant of the builder. ] At a time of threatened Indian out break in 1666 it was one of the rally lng places of the inhabitants in case of a night attack. The descendants ( of Thomas Sayre are very numerous, both in this State and in New Jersey. The ancient mansion, which stands on 1 the main street of the village, is an object of curions interest to the multi tude of oity residents who find in that quiet village by the sea a summer rest ing place. The massive timbers and oovering of thick cedar shingles are sufficient to insure its remaining for years to come as a our ions and interesting relic of a long past age. Of no other house in the State can it be said that ten gener ations have been born and died within its walls.-New York Herald. The Theory ol Sharpening Knives. Yery few people realize that a very sharp knife, under a microscope, is nothing more nor less than a 6aw, having teeth and points. For this reason a draw-cut on wood is muoh easier than when the knife moves with the grain. Drawing the knife baok and forth, therefore, has practically the effect of a saw, although the teeth i are so fine they cannot be seen by the : naked eye. For this reason the baok- : a a d-f or th movement with the knife : severs the fibers much more readily and on some woods more smoothily* New York Ledger. He Predicts the End ol the World. The end of the world, announced by the German weather prophet, Dr. Falb, to take place in 1896, has been postponed by the dootor owing to un expected obstacles, until November 18, 189(1, between 2 and 4 o'clock in the morning. In this announcement, PKOFESSOB PALB. Falb agrees with Brother Philippe Olivarius, of the Citcux Cloister in France. According to a manuscript written in 1514, left by the monk, the city of Paris is to be destroyed in 1<806, and tho end of the world is to Uk? place ia 1899, ? HER AUTOGRAPH-FROM A PHOTO TLY TAKEN. It Bnlned Mice. The young dude had a pet silk um brella, aays tho Cincinnati Tribune, ind he lived on Walnut Hills. Every jne in the hon*,J liked that particular umbrella better than any other, and would use it in spits of him. He hid it finally so securely that he could net find it himself until he chun ced to come across it while hunting up an old coat he wanted to do some extra gar den work in for his mother. He remembered just where it was, and yesterday he took it out because ho was going to Hartwell to spend Snn rtay. He jumped into the car beside a sweet young lady with whom he was very proud to bo seen. They alighted at the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets, and while waiting to put her on a Covington car, he raised the um brella to protect her from the sun. There was then a smothered shriek or two and,.a commotion. Three wriggling baby mice baa fallen ou the young lady's bat and dress. They rolled into the gutter and a handy pup gobbled them up. The young dude'i spirits were at the wilted cabbage leaf stage all the rest of the day. iittle j it on Unique Nests* A curious Australian bird is the lit? tie rock warbler (Origma rubricate), whose method of nest-constructing is probably unique amoug birds. Mr. Gould writes: "The true habitat of this speoies is New South WaleF, over whioh part of the country it is very generally distributed wherever situations ocour suitable to its habits ; nrater courses and the rooky beds ot gullies, both near the ooast and among the mountains of the interior, being squally frequented by it ; and so er elusively, in fact, is it confined to NEST OF THE BOCK WABBLEB. such situations that it never visits th? forests, nor haye I ever seen it perch ing on the branohes of trees. It does not even resort to them as a resting place for its nest, but suspends the latter to the ceilings of caverns and tho under surface of overhanging rocks in a manner that is most sur prising ; tho uest, which is of an ob long globular form and composed of moss and other similar substances, is suspended by a narrow neck, and presents one of the most singular in stances of bird architecture that has come under my notice." A Peculiar Crime. Neligh, Neb., has been the scene of one of one of the most peouliar orimes in the history of the State, and there is no clew to the identity of the perpetrator. The entiro family of W. 0, Brown has been worn out with watching at the bedside of a sick child, and when opportunity offered slept more soundly than usual. When Miss Jennie Brown, a girl just bud ding into womanhood, awoke she dis* covered that during the night she ha l been shorn of ber tresses by some one who had come in through the window during the night. When she went to sleep the night before she was pos sessed of a beautiful head of hair. One-half of it was gone, tho thief evi dently being afraid to disturb her sufficiently to secure the portion from the side of her head which lay on the pillow. The hair on tho ex posed sido of her head was cut off olose to the scalp, and the thief ha l taken his flight without waking any one in the house.-Chicago Times Herald. _ Lapps Dress Alike. To this day Lapp men and women dress exactly alike. Their tunics, belt ed loosely nt tho waist, their tight breeches and their wrinkled leathern stocking", their pointed shoos-the whole appearance of them, in short, ii identical. SMALLER SLEEVES. 1 NOTABLE FEATURE OF THE SEASON'S STYLES. rho Enormous Proportions of Last Season's Sleeves to Be Reduced -Ostrich Tips for Hats-Win ter Coats and Jackets. ONE of the notable features of the new styles is the decrease in the size of sleeves. There is little probability that mall sleeves will come in for a long imo, for the large ones have been ouch more comfortable and easy io aanage, and everybody is satisfied nth them ; but last season their enor mous proportions made it impossible 0 wear anything in the way of ordin ry wraps, and women who had those rhich were ever so handsome were ompelled to put them aside, and ither buy new or get along as best hey could. The latest sleeves droop 1 little over the elbows, and are reu onably full at the tops. The straight nrtion from wrist to elbow is fairly lose-fitting, and is in most of the new nits entirely untrimmed. Some cos umes, however, have deep, turned iaok oufis ; others have plantings ; ot la rs are trimmed with bows and bands f velvet, and a few havo passemen erie or lace. Large puffs from elbows to shout ers are used on dresses of light rn erial; but the tail jr costume and loth dress have the drooping effect ast described. Outside garments are, for the most .art, either in jacket shape or in short tasque style, with points in the front nd an elaborate arrangement of rimming set on from shoulder to raist-line. One of the ham.? mest models of he season is made of black poplin. ?he skirt is the usual flaring shape, md the bodice is oloee-fitting. A jac ket basque has large leg-o'-mutton BEAUTIFUL A? This strikingly beautiful cape is i ind the newest garment out for evenii ileeves and extremely full skirts, fin shed with buckram, and so full as to itand in scallops around the hips just jelow tho waist. The shoulders and mtiro front of this jacket are covered iy a cape-shaped arrangement of black latin, folded in jabot fashion from the leek to the belt on either side of an daborately braided vest. This braid* ng is one of the features of tho new mits, and is done with heavy mohair )raid, about three-fourths of au inch n width, skirts having elaborate de ligns on the side seams from waist - ino to hem. A trimming which is to be quite lav shly used is velvet, either in ribbon >r in bias bands turned in at the edges ind lined with buckram. These bands ire used to trim the seams of skirts, ind aro also set from the shoulder teams to the waist-line. Velvet collars ind cuffs are used on wool fabrics of di sortp, as well as on silk. Lace is to be quite as much used a it has been through the summer. Dresses of silk or line wool are trimmed with lace, about eight or ten inches deep. This is set on in shoul der ruffles and in bertha fashion; sometimes it is laid flat and sewed lown upon the fabric. Nothing is more certain than the popularity of ostrich tips. Hats, near ly all, are trimmed with them; thc Qumber in each case depending upon the use to which the hat is to be put. Two or tbreo are a modest number, if tho ohapeau is lor general use. Severj or eight are not a large collection if thc hat is for dress occasions. There are no favorite fashions ir plume arrangement. Tho fancy i; for artistic grouping, and the mon picturesque the effeot, the more in thi mode is it. TIPS FOR HATS. A PRETTY WINTER HAT. I These trimmings make the beac covering as large as ever. Th? "small" bonnets are even larger. For they are oftenest in toque Tarn o' Shanter shape, and the feathers and knots stand ont at aggressive angles. The real theatre bonnet for the winier has not appeared, unless we are to suffer from a scourge of these orna mented Tam o' Shanters. Not that they are not very pretty on the woman by one's side ; they are. .But, onjthe lady in front of us, they ire not contributory to our enjoyment of the stage performance. I have hardly seen a prettier winter hat than the one here shown, says the fashion writer of the New York Press. It is a black silk beaver, with orna* mentation of black miroir velvet, four rich blaok plumes, and a fa'l of green blue satin roses over tho back hair. These green blue, parrot green, navy blue roses, seemed odd enough at the beginning of the season, but they no longer appear objectionable. "Madmoiselle's hair is arranged in a large soft knot at the back of the head. Tho portion which ?H curled and eau eli fc over the can is th? same straight hair which was parted in the summer, and drawn down to conceal them entirely. Fashion has concluded that hor young charges aro not suited by plain madonna effects. WINTER COATS, CAFES AND JACKETS. Velvet is a very great favorite in the making of fall and winter ?pen, jackets, cloaks and redingotes, black velvet particularly, though the deep shades in brown and green will ba used. Fur edgings and spangled bands and points are the garnitures. There are very few medium lengths in coats ; they are either sh >rt or long, and the puzzle as to how the jaoketor coat was to go on over the immense dress sleeves has in a measure been solved by the introduction of stylish, elegantly fitted models, thatare sleeve less, this omission concealed by a pretty cape that nearly reaches the waist. For unpleasant weather this ?D NOVEL CAPE. lovel in design, elaborate in embroidery ig wear, over big sleeves. will button across, so that tho cape cannot fly open, thus making a very comfortable cool weather garment. The redingotes of plain ladies' cloth, fancy diagonal, rough checks and English cheviot in various patterns will be very fashionably worn during the winter. These have immense cape or sailor collars covered with braid and edged with fur, and large Cromwellian cuffs likewise trimmed. A COVERT COAT. All men find it necessary to have i light covert coat among their stock o outer garments, and the well gowned woman, who prides herself upon al ways having the corred thing to wear, now buys ono once if not twice a year Just now t:he style for these coats ii to have them quite short, with skirt! ut the back full enough to allow th? skirts of thc gown to stand out well loose fronted and buttoned under i flap, and with the front so oleverli cut that the curve from bust to hip i not distinguished. FURS TO DE GENERALLY USED. Jt is more than probable that fur will be again most popular this sea eon, judging from a hat one sees a the leading fashion emporia. Fur are not only seen on mantles am jackets for outdoor wear, but ar used to trim costumes of every de scription. Sable, as usual, is th ultra favorite, but blue fox and silve fox aro also mnch patronized. Ther are, of couree, cheaper furs than th above mentioned, which are vcr; effeotive and decide Hy mor J withii reach of ladies whose purses are no elastic Are you taking SIMMONS LrvEE REG ULATOR, the "KING OP LIVES MEDI CINES?" That is what our readers want, and nothing but that. It is the same old friend to which the old folks pinned their faith and were never dis appointed. But another good recom mendation for it is, that it is :3ETTEB THAN PILLS, never gripes, neve:" weak ens, but works in such an easy and natural way, just like nature itself, that relief comes quick and sure, aid one feels new all over. It never fails. Everybody needs take a liver remedy, and everyone should take only Sim mons Liver Regulator. Be sure you get lt. The Bed Z is on thc wrapper. J. H. 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Its inhabitants, so far as esS?Sy^ C9UCCrned' 0?Ccr aQ ifllCr" The Hovas are no longer savages. They are subject to laws and regulations and obey an absolute authority which pre sides over their political destinies and de* termines their social condition. This power is vested in the queen, and though in reality she wields no visible power in the actual ruling of the country, yet her influence is so great on the minds of her subjects that nothing, even the most un important action, happens in their lives in which her name is not mingled, in which her influence is not felt. Her wishes arc considered supreme commands aud slie is regarded as a divinity. When she gives an audience in her palace, her visitors are obliged to observe the greatest ceremony. They approach her with reverential salutations and genu flections, the number of which are de term i neil by their caste and honors. Every morning her bodyguard present arms before her palace and before she arises intone the national byran, the "Sidikina," to which everyone listens standing and uncovered. When she goes to any public ceremony, she walks under a red umbrella ornamented with a golden ball, through a respectful crowd, who emit cries of joy, clapping their Lands in unison. The queen's husband, the prime minis ter, is a man of the people and is really the head of thc government. It is he who directs the policies of the Irmcnian king dom. Surrounded by his secretaries, his staff and his aides-de-camp, who are counted by the thousands, he exercises the power which thc queen represents. lie is perfectly familiar with all that is passing in Europe, where several of his sons have been educated, and he is ably seconded by skillful advisers. Marriage among the Hovas presents one peculiarity which is indigenous to Mada gascar; it is always preceded by a novitiate, if it may be termed, which prevents any unpleasant surprises to the married couple later. They are authorized to make a preliminary experiment of the linties and rights which will follow their union. The young girl is introduced into her future husband's home, and after a few days is returned to her parents. After these form alities are complied with, the husband's family address an official demand to the young girl's family for her hand or they signify their refusal. An orator in these affairs repairs to the home of the future bride at the head of a deputation composed of the fiance and his family. He expatiates on the object of the delegation, goes over the titles, qual ities and genealogy of the future husband and winds up by making a formal de mand for the young girl's hand. The father or his representative replha in a eulogistic speech, enumerates the conditions of moral conduct, and wise administration necessary in the house hold, makes a discreet allusion to divorce or an amicable separation which will al ways be permissible in case of incompati bility and terminates his address by grant ing his daughter's hand. Then the flanee gives some earnest money and acquires marital authority. Ever after the wife will be counted among his goods and chattels. She becomes a piece of mer chandise and may in case of necessity enter into legal transfers, whether for debts or crimes. It is therefore to a husband's advantage to add to the number of his wives. This is what he generally does. Polygamy in this sense adds to the wealth of the household Cats Livi.ig In Trees. Two cases are reported-one re cently and the other in the aummor of 1881. The latter was in St. James' Park:, London, when a stray cat made a nest in a tree some forty or fifty feet from the ground, and her kittens were seen to be disporting them selves in the branches like so macy squirrels, _ A HISTORY will live, though writfcM ever so indifferently.