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It is almost dinner .time,' said:$siers mother. Tmotediately the child arose, raised- her sweet lips to kiss mam ma, and followed the uurse from the room. 'It is perfectly wonderful how much - influence Mr. Irving bas over that child I Just tell ber to do any tbing, and say it will please him., and'.that isenough. I-never saw any-J.ing..like it,' said Mrs. Wallace to a friend sitting beside her, who answered t1 have, and I would not e4a courage-cr rather I. would en deavor to overcome that influ ence.' 'Now,, my dear Georgie, what is troubling- that wise head of yours.? What means that grave look and anxious light in your eye? - 'Faonie, I'm perfectly astonish ed at people whose duty it is to watch over and guard their little ones, especially their girls, from sorrows, ' planting in their young hearts seeds which may grow to be thorns, and treating children as though they were void of any deeper thought and feeling than the appreciation - of a doll or box of toys. I am sure some children of five years .have hearts that love as :devotedly and suffer as keenly as many of maturer years. You are shaking your head. I want, to tell_ you .a little story to prove my assertiog. We have half an ou betyefore dinner; * ii you lister'?' 'Yes, certainly ; but it. mast have a happy~ edding,' ai$wered Mrs. Wallace. 'I canmot promise; perhaps the end has not yet-come. You know Hettie-Le Roy ?' '.i do, certainly ; a lovelier girl I never- knew. Why she bas never married bas been a source of won der to me.' dAy,and to many who know her not so well as I. It is of her I am going to tell-you. -Twenty-five years ago, when just as loving, too, a young man crossed har path. We will call him Joe Hewberry. He was the class mate and dearest friend of Hettie's brother. At a party given during the Christmas holidays by Mrs. Le Roy, Joe, to pique one of the girlsf attached himself for the evening to little Hettie, dancing - with her, promenading through the rooms. with her tiny bandi * clasped in his, much to the an noyaoce of many bright-eyed maidens, who really were envious of the baby girl. 'Joe was handsome and very fascinating, a universal favorite with the ladies, young and old. Several mamnmas tried to draw' him away from his 'little love,' as he called her, and mnaneuvered tc get her from bim. But all in vain until wearily the sunny heac dropped, and with her arm' around his neck,' her sweet lipe giving the good night kiss, she sank to sleep. Gently then he resigned her to her nurse's care 'Every day from that time he came to the house. His home wa quite near. At the sound of hir voice Hettie sprang forward witi outstretched arms to meet him *I have seen her, with her band ii Ibi[ look'1-7t rap in his face for bk'., seetningly perfectly bap py. - Of course-.tbis was noted be the iManily and commented upon The child's older sisters and brothers could win her to do theii will by saying, 'I'll teli Mr. Hew berry if you don't, and he won'l lov you then. 'D:tily sbe gathered a littlt botuet for Limn, and when ti autumn daya ,tDn at d flower, were few, the 'little love' wouk watrh-e.icely be slowly openin= buds, lest some one eise shoult S.'S-the deys pased by for t w< fetr,an-d -then-for a time Nbt was separated from the one sh had grown to love so dearly. 'Better tban a. brother ?' tbe) would sometirmes ask her. 'Yes,' would come the wbisperec answer. Bet'ter than sister?' 'Yes.' without, any hes'tation th< whispered auswer.cone. -Than father and mother ?' 'And then the deep blue eye; would grow so earnest, and tb< pretty lips would part and clost again, as of unwilling to utter the words she feared might wound When pressed to answer, bei eyes sought mamma and papa, aE if imploring their rorgiveness, anc 'I can't belp it ; just a little rpore, she murmured, and buried bei head irJ.oe's bosom. :Sbe clcng. around his neck anc begged to be with him when the our. of patiog came. Witt Iiiq Qses o . speey return hI managed to sootbe her. 'Perhaps the child rpight have in .ti been' weaned from thi strange attachment if they ha. ceased to talk to her of him. Bul possessing, as it were, a magi wand to guide her actions, the3 used it.frealy.,' 'How well I remember her ai she stood eagerly watching tht postman, as he came from door t< door. As nearer he drew, she be came so excited and anxious thal her heart trembled lest she shoulc be disappolnted. But the lettei came and with a wild cry of joy she pressed it to her bosom, and rat with it for her mamma to read. 'His absence was short. He re turned, bringing her for a Christ mas pr<eseort a pretty little chair to which was attached a locke with his portrait. For Joe sh< learned to read, to write ; for bin she would grow brave, and witi his hand holding hers, she had hel first teeth drawn. 'When ill with fever, tossin restlessly from .side to side, his hand could always quiet, hia voice soothe. Without a mnr mur she would take from him tbi nauseous doses. 'Ho w will all this end ?' asked ber mother once; and light ly she-repiied : 'Oh, all right, of course. Sb will learn to love some one nearei her own age when the prope: time comes, and be will be mar ried long before then. He has distant cousin whom, I am in clined to think, he is engaged to I am very sure their parents ar< anxious for their union.' tAs Hcttie grew older, a littI shyness crept gradually into he -manner. Still the love was there Once, in a moment of con fdence she came to me and asked : 'Do you believe Mr. Hewberr loves Cora Cushing better than h loves me? Fred says he does that he remained by her all tb time at the party last night. wish I was old enough to go t parties! And I wish-indeed do-' 'What, Hettle ?' I asked, as sb hesitated. 'I wisb Cora- Cushing didn live in this world-indeed I do nodding her bead decidedly, w bil striving to forCe back the tears. 'Oh ! Ob I Hettie, this is drea< ful l' I said, drawing her witbi my arms. 'Well, then, I wish Mr. Hem berry and I lived somewhere else where Cora Cusbing wonida come,' she sobbed. 'I assured her that Joe did oc love Cora Cushing ; that Fre was,.only teasing her. Joe was soddenly called away by the severe illness of his nearest relative, an uncle. Tbere was on. ly time for a hasty good-by, my 'little love'! Make haste to grow I fast and be a tall girl when I come back he said kissing her. -His going was so suddlen she did not seem to realize it. I was glad it was so. But how I pitied th little ting. w bet day afier day. as sihe had done for ye ars. site sat and watched. 'Maybe be might come,' she said once to rme. I etttrs came often to Fred, with messages of love for her, with sometimes a little note ac compaying a gift. Food enough to kep her loving little heart from the suffering be gave, and fuel enough to. keep. the love brightly huruing. But he came not, nor promised of his coming. - Time passed' on; the pretty child grew to be a beautiful maiden. Youths -gathered about ,. her, and friends bad ceased to talk of Joe. Other names were mentioned as his bad been, yet none could win an answering smile or blush. I knew for whom her love was kept. 'The waiting, yearning look in her eyes gave way at last, and a joyous light broke forth. Joe: was coming back. A letter to Fred brougbt the glad tidings. He wrote 'I've a secret to tell you, dear boy. But no-I'll keep it for a surprise, in which you will rejoice for my sake, I am sure. In a few days I shail be with you.' 'Again, as in her baby days, Ilettie began her watching. Oh, I know her heart was singing a joyous .song, though the swe. lips gave no sound. 'She stood in the porch, wait ing his coming, clothed in fleecy white, roses in her hair, and a bright smile playing upon her face. 'Hettie l' 'Fred came toward her. The boy's face had lost its usual look t of merriment-his voice, its care less tone. e 'Hettie, Joe came by the train y awhile .ago'-be paused, darting an anxious, searching glance at his sister's face, 'and he was not alone. I'll not Jet him surprise you, little sis. I've hurried home to tell you his wife is with him.' S 'The light went out of eye and Sheart. The blush faded quickly on the young face, and, w biter than the dress she' wore, she put r forth her hand to grasp the bal ustrade. 'Fred sprang forward to catch , her fainting form. Like a broken a lily, he bore ber in. And when .Joe came she knew it not. S 'For' many days her gentle spirit hovered between the shores, [Somnetirhes, since, i've almost re gretted that it passed not away to the other and brighter one. SBut she was left with us for a wise e purpose, I know. r 'She has never seen Joe HIew. . berry since his marriage. Three Syears after, she sent to his little . girl who bears her name, the chain -and locket she used to a wear.' 'Where is be now ?' Mrs. Wal. , lace asked. r 'I nave not heard of him for years. 1 know not if he lives.' 'Thbanks for your story, Geurgie. But I wish its lesson would nave been powerful.' s 'True. I must profit by it ..without delay, I will send Bessie e home to-morrow with mother. I The change will do her good, anc a break the spell.' I * * * * * * A few days after this, Georgie e Clark came to see Bessie's mo ther, and said, with a brighi t smile 1' 'I've come to change the ending e of my sto,ry 'f tue other day. It. fact, the end had not then-comee I. Here are Hettie's wedding cards n her Joe has been a widower ove1 two years. Hear what she writet r. to me : , 'Forgive me for keeping my 't happiness from you, my dea friend, but I have not been able tc t~ realize suffciently that this greal d joy was fair me to speak of t< others. Now that it is so near 1, and he is wiLh me, surely it muni be. You, .whos. ba k.wn so I much, must know all now. He. me lov.ed and..wasspledged to her be- in i fore be kr-ew;tee. You will be tiot glad to know this.; I was. Had I cat known it, it would have soothed the greatly the agony of bygone us; daym.' . ter 'We were at Hettie's wedding to yesterddy, a happier, lovelier no brid 1I never saw. of - ------ ------- -- sta t1a7trans. Foi[ TI, HERALD. e LETTE FIO COtRtA DO. me quei Special Covresponcencc, sbe PtUFLo. o-L..,Sept,28.1882. blu NarJ every. new-ho visits tbM partof Co oradefur.tbe first dif ie,' .eve it p.rtiatlc -rr formed rboTilt be rehaDI is rieviously -Tb dYappintedat to arid aspect of shE the plains.aud fi dc si bard to be- an lMV tIat the applicatiop of that ,% na gt; waterTcan make every inch of'tese barren-lookin- otb he :.bl :ads. iteratly 'bloi omn iiketh the rone. -)ne "can -bardly imag- t e tine a inr rayloigcu-thE try' tin that lying abrout here. tb If we except the spots here and ca there that have been developed rat by irrigation, there is nothing to ge be seein bt sand, 'dry buffalo grass, sage brush, and prairie as dgs. Bt it is wonderful wbat a t trarsf'rruation irrigation produces deo in this comparat.ively rainless 7 area-upon this 'barren and dry be thE land where no water is' of the the Psalmist. A stream of water bere is worth more than a dozen Sp silver mines. They say irriga- th tion is simply scientific harming. The tiller of the soil here is a chem it whose laboratory is a certain area of land ; everything but the water is at hand-the bright sun, the potash, and other mineral in gredients, not sashed out of the ar soil by centuries of rain. The arc climate secures him always from thi an excess of moisture, and what Op nature fails to yield, gre:'ntr or St' less, according to the season, he supplies from his irrigating canal, esi and with it he introduces, with- of out labor, the most valuate fer rol tilizing ingredients, with which Qn the water in its course I hr^ngh the ter mocntains has beevnii charged. sa3 After what I have seen of its re sults I am thoroughly satisfied of COl the beauties of irrigation, and if cul these whole piamne ced uo sub. o~ jected to the process what an be Eden this would be. But-.there is $1i where the trouble comes in. It U is just ga didicult to irrigate art without the necessary conditions po: of situation as to water, eL.c, as it a would be to'invoke rain from the be clouds. Hence these barren plain~s WE in this year A. D. 1882. tat The country about here as well n1 as about Canon City anid Colorado of Springs,- and further, south in lv New Mexico, is largely devoted to taa grazi.ng-both cattle and sheep th. being -included in the industry. bit Although in many respects the dol sheep business is~less attractive $ than cattle raising, it deserves at- no tention as an important and ho growing industry, which is doing is much for the prosperity of this an region. There is, to be sure, St something exciting, arnd in a sense lit romantic, about the steer and his Y0 breeding, while the sheep is a ch quiet and modest animal. One can pe fancy the broad-batted 'cow-boy' of on his fleet horse and throwing in his lasso at full gallop, ais feeling an himself a sort of Spanish toreador, th anid perhaps imparting a spice of it danger to the chase by flaunting a red scarf in the eyes of the lordly bull. But the Mexican sheep her-n der, on the other hand, plods mo- of notonously after his flock, and all ne the chasing is done by his shep herd dog. Only one man that ~ I have heard of was ever able to find any thing alarming int tbe nature of this simple animal. De' :siring a supply of mutton for hisI table, he shot one of his neigh. ca bor's sheep, and was overtaken by a the owner while carrying it away on his shoulder. 'Now I've caught you, you rascal,' said he ; 'what be do you mean by shooting my be jsheep?' Sternly and grimly re plied the accused :'I'll shoot any mnan's sheep that tries to bite; m lowever, it is not for the excite nt or amusement there may be t that men pursue the occupa- a of herding either sheep or tie. It is the 'almighty dollar' y are after, like all the rest of and, as related in my last let ,there is enough in it hereabouts make it interesting. This is * t ' less true of sheep raising than :attlc herding. It may be here ted that between the flock and herd there is an irrepressible fiet. Bitter_feuds hase.sprung between the cattle and sheep n of this vicinity in conse. m:ee of which whole flocks of . ep t:ave been poisoned in a' n ht, and some years ago several ody encounters occurred. The iculty is the sheep and cattle I not graze on the same ground. e roving steers stampede the ep so that they often got lost, i cattle stand and trample so g in the water that the dainty ep will not drink. On the er- har.d. cattle dn - 5not like *p, and refuse to herd where y have been, for one. reason t they knaw the grass so close re is nothing left. It is a clear e of 'incompatibility of. tempe- h nent.' and a separation has ieraily to be effected. )f the profits of sheep raising carried on in this region, and methods and life of the her I shall not have space to tell in this letter. My next will devoted to that subject, and n after a glance at the town of eblo itself, and also Colorado rings, the handsomest place in State, we will go down into a w Mexico. SPOT. HE UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE." - From the Greenville News. 'We are glad to know that our c icles under this head have l >used public attention. This is c best proof that the subject is e portane at this time in our a .te." ' ' t 3eginning of an article in our t eemed Charleston cotemporary n the 18th instant, and'we bor. e c and use it, being always a ick to utilize words giving bet. expression to what we have to e r than we could ourselves. - 'he- mainrpointof aur-esteemed t emporary's article is- the cal ation that a man hbas tot n $109 60 of taixable propertyi ore he pays one cent of the .500 appropriated for the State aiversity. That main point, we glad. to see, is not our cotem rary's own, hut is advanced by correspondent. We are glad, sause it is utter nonsense, andt dislike to see our esteemed k nonsense. The $12,500 is t a special tax. It is a portion the general tax and falls exact equally upon every, dollar of table property in the State, and man who pays on $50 bears proportional share.of the bur a with the man who pays on )0,000. tesides, the question is t one of who pays the most, or w little any one man pays. It whbether the State can honestly d wisely give anything for a ste Universit.y with 56,000 il 3rate voters and but $2.60 a ar for the education of each ild-with one of the largest rcentages of ignorance and one the smallest educational funds the Union-and whether the Iount proposed to be given for s University or any amount like 1 would not be wantonly wasted. It is wonderful to note the mber of men who see the vale. a thing after it is beyond their ich. Tbe most miserable pettifog. ag in the world is that of a in in the court of his own con ence. Happiness is a perfume that one nnot shed over another without Eew drops falling on one's self. Vulgar minds refuse to crouch neath their load; the brave] &r theirs without repining. Old mon's eyes are like old en's memories-they are strong. t for t hings a longway off. DIPHTHERIA. Remedy Worth Trying, to Say the Least. Herr Hoefft ba' created a pro )Und sensation in Germany and ,ustria among 'nedical men, for ne remedy which his book gives, y nd a hicb has proven effective in or nousands of the severest' cases. - t is simple, and as the disease-is be lost always more or less prevaa ya mt in America, it is appended, Ib -ith instructions, &c. de Herr Hoefft forbids absolutely ti Il internal medicine, because: C very purgative. and emetic rmed- I :ine wilil have in all cases a per- th icious effect. Only strengthen- e< ig nourishment, like bouillon, p gs, and so on, will bold up the _th ital powers, prevent the usual 8i alsy, and secure a quick cure. el ,t the same time Hoefft forbids tb be touching . of the larnyx with ei tpis infernalis, (nitrate of silver),- bl ecause its use, in consequence of le s fragility and the danger pf the b hild swallowing a piece is not to 's e recommended. In the first p lace are necessary pretty thick P nd pretty soft hair brushes, 0 ,stened on a solid stick, like a 0 eavy pen-bolder. It is better to a ave several of tlie'e ! u-h 3, and sE specially the physicians should W lways carry with them such 49 rushes, and the necessary medi- .W ine in large quantities, and at- W he same time it would be a good w bing, if, in every house, brushes G od medicine for immediate use s were at hand. The medicine is i omposed in the following man. 0 er: Dissolve sixty grammes.of :! cidum tannicum in one hundrad # ud twenty gram mes of hot wa. h er, and add to this solution ten fc rammes of kali chloricqu, and b here is a remedy with which you W an successfully overcome every b ase of diphtheritis. The manipu ation is easy enough. Take some f the above solution in a little. c ish, wet it with the brush, and in i quick .movement,.giiding over a he tongue, carry tb6 brush into P be thrQat, turn it right and left " ,round its axis, draw it forth, lean it in a glass of water, dry it, f ,nd repeat the procedure three-to ix times, according to the masses f slime and boletus in the throat. f, 'his operation must be repeated b bree timea a day, and, if it is possi- e le, by the physician himself. If I be-children are intelligent enough, i et. them gargle as often as poasi o le with cold water, or a solution a f kali chloricum-teaspoonful in e cup of water, while as to chil- s iren under four years the throat: 1 ,ud the mouth must be cleaned- e vith another brush, an?d a solii- t ion of kali chloricum. Besides a his, the mouth must be brushed very hour with a solution of four ,~ ~ramimes of borax and thirty t ~rammes of raspberry syrup. The s nain point is, therefo:-e, no inter 1, mal medicine ! In cases of tenes-. e nus a few little clysters, of two . r four ounces of cold water will e le sufficient. Add to this a ourishing but light diet-veal or hicken soup, soft eggs, the flesh if an anchovy,- and so'on-and et the patient drink only fresh ~nd cold -water. It must not bet or'gotten that diphtheria is a very ontagious disease, and therefore lhe patient must be separated rom all other members of the amily. The brushes for one child annot be used for another pa ient;. the sick room must be lisinfected ; the wash bow' and ,be dishes must be cleaned with ~ar bolic acid and water. l.n short, r'ou cannot be cautious enough ifE r'ou would prevent your house 8 'rom being the scene of a horrible a spidemical disease.-. -r C Good work, like the spring buds, ieeds only to be seen ; no praise >f it can approach the privileged rision. Taking things as th.ey comeC sn't so very difficult. It's parting J with them as they go that's hard. The changes we personally ex- ' perience from time to time we ob- a itinately deny to our principles.< Men's evil manners live in 1 brass-their virtues we write in NE Y RKFoa .: $uLD. ! EW YORK FASHIONS. fl XMze ry$bxbroided costumes--Bed. Upon your felt or velvet bonnet u may place a dore, pigeon, hawk. ow, partridge, wild duct, or the like -not all,:but any one. Your choice ing.- made, proceed to flatten down ur - bird ; -passiug your velvet or rib 0 -triwming. over the body and un xc the wings,. allowing ..the head nestle eisher on your. :back hair, or look reproaehfully. from the front. alone, however, am responsible for e. adyerh.of discontent just employ. I since tbe fashionable--intelleut ap -oves. of such ornamentations, and inks them. 'sweet.' All sufficingly reet, indeed, because one sees. little se combined -is the way of bows or a like. Again you can group sev al little' birds. together, -the assem e cluster being reckoned equiva nt to the single large one. -Cocks' ads- likewise -are highly esteemed; metimes two together fight a per 3tual battle, while masses of cocks' lumage depend on either side. But e can hardly go astray in the way feathers. 'Tis a season of them, d oftentimes different kinds are wa 'together in a patch work sort of ay. Ostrich plumes are indispei ible, and the broad brimmed straws ith velvet. crowns are so covered ith them that they will be worn all inter. Felts are in immense demand, )lpred tosuit costumes, while dressier ,yles are of velvet,..shapes being vey ach like those of ,last summer potes, or pokes with .a minority:of ide brims. Flowers are hardly seen, iough a few very lEge ones of velvet. ave been imported Nevertheless, r theatres, etc., there are lovely little Dnnets. made entirely:of flowers. A ord, too, as to yoar. winter's um rella, since there is an improvment rorth .mentioning. In. buying, ask ir one having the new spring acting tch. for holding it open or closed. 'he. old wire springs so unsightly, od liable to get out of order are com letely dope away with, and undoubt Ily. this is the greatest step in ad ancea since the invention of paragon ames. HELP YOURSELF. What is to hinder your devising r yourself one of those soutache em roidered 'costumes that are the spe ial feature of. dress this winter? lothing at all, if you have sufficient ogennity and leisure. So many yards tf cashmere or ca'mel's hair; so much antache- braid to match;y have the esigli stamped ; set to-work and in a sort time, behold your costume. Eery stylish are pyramidal patterni overing the . front breadth with inches for sleeves and corsage, but B a change, come dress patterns, rovided with bands of various widths, rhile as to the making, there is more be said than I can possibly tell you, :> I would refer you to Lord & Tay >r's Fall catalogue, where are not oly illustrations . of all new styles, ut a series of ably written articles on very department of dress. OUT-DOOR GARMENTS. Happy is the woman who will pos iss a redingote of embroidered woo] a match her dress. With admirable >resight, provision is made by whicb -outside world shall know that de has that costume, since the outer arment is cut .to open down the -ont, disclosing the embroidery. The Bost illogical reader may now further sore surmise that if a dress can be mbroidered, why not a rediingote 2 he conclusion is most reasonable, o many more yards of wool goods, ac iuch more braid. -You are fulls quipped, and beyond peradventure, re fashionable. As to colors, there re olive or forest greens, brown, blue, uby, terra cotta, plum and the wine olors. Different shades of each, oi lack. ACK.ETS. The day of jackets, however, hat ot departed. For young ladies, em roidered ones of cashmere, etc., will ften be preferred to the redingotes uast mentioned, and of 'course are aore easily gotten up at home, be ause smaller. Velvet jackets too are 'ery stylish ; coming ins all new colors ,nd if made of nonpareil velveteen osting two dollars a yard. are by n< neans expensive. lIt durability oat ie depended upon, since, the gres ompetition in velveteen and the de ermination not to be surpassed, ol iedeed equaled, led the mannfactarera to seek improvements, which have resulted in the production of a fabric .*obut b a ith-6ute'rii, thoughi there are nyany 'itaons. It is not obli gatory thatethe jacket should match the ebti t in color, and we shall find pettff ects produced by con trasta;-or again, a black dress could be tariifl ' esivened by a jacket, >ti nore or less b-right j.hue. Gaines or crianson. would not betoo gayso.- -j cording -to preaent ideas, while a., choice isf given ambng forest or olive greens, terra c tta blue, brown, pus ple or plum. Basques differing from the skirt are too cnvenient to be relinquished, and this Fall, seem as much in favor- as ever. Either of plain fgoods or brocade, or striped .with.plaiskirt. But indeed there is no rule and any contrast that looks well is permissable. LUC Y CARTER. A SOUTH CAROL N KI-LED.-. The Charlotte Obaerver tells of the deaih" of Albeit Wallace, a South Carolinian who has long resided is Mecklenburg where he was known as 'Prince Albert.' He fell- from a wagon on Friday and broke his neck. The'Observer saye Prior to the war he was a man of wealth, owning a great 'imber of . slaves and a large amount of real - estate. Unfortunately for himself, he fell into the paths of inteiperance - and let his fortune sli' from his hands. When sober, he was a genial, > kind hearted man, a good citizen, and a warm friend, but when sduering i from the bite of the worm that dietlr not, he was reckless; wild and uncon trollable. He was married nianp'years ago to a Mrs. Cross, a dughter of Col. 8. Bird, of Edgefield, 8. C., and a relative of Gen. M.-C. Butler. His ' wife, who survivei? him;- ezms from one -of the most inHussia families of South Corwlina, and' the tiiedtion of :hr name'will recall two very-xciting incidents, that occurred in:the past history of that 8tate. Thefirst'was a .dueL between: Tom Bird, -her brother, and Gen. .Louis T. Wigfafi a suitor. for her hand, in which Bird vat kill ed at the -fint fire. This.duelpe curred in -Edgefield at the court house door. The. second incident was a -duel between Preston . 'Broob and Gen. Wigfall, in which both-principals were badly wounded. A short time. after this.second duel;she-was married to a Mr& Cross, and after hisdeata she was miarried to Mr..Walkeoe. She has now in her possession the pair of duelling pistols used~by Gen. Wigfa in his .duels. Mrs. Wallace, though' about 55 years old, still retains much of her former beauty. Time has.laid his hand gently upon her and even now she is a handsome woman. THE CONET COUGH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SCUN-SIE Are you aware that the comet -has a serious effect on the health of a ma- - jority of the people who gaze upon it? It does at my house. They all get out of bed and stand ' 'we and thin night dress until, warned by increased chilliness that they are do ing an imprudent thing, they skip to bed- again. Have you the comet cough ? will be the question for some time to come. . Vic. New York, Oct. 5. Aunt-'Has any one been at these preserves ?' 'Dead silenee. 'Have you touched them, Jimmy ?' Jimmy, with the utmost deliberation -'Pa never 'lows me to talk at dinner? Woman like money for what it will bring them; men honor and worship money for its mere posses BLon. It is good discretion not to make too much of any man at first, be cause one cannot hold out that long. It always seemed a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort of taent-almiost like a carrier pigeon. The' best jorio of a man's life is that devoted to little, nameless, un-' remembered acts of kindness and'love. Men approve deeision of character though it .be against the, aid de spise a time-server and trimmer. The proper way. to check slander is to despise it; attempt to overtake and refute it, and it will outrun you.