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TRfI-WEEK(LY E DIT'ION. W N S O ,S.C., MAY 27, 1879.VO .I . HOW THE PARSON BROKE THE SABBATH (I the grave of l'arson Williams, Tito grass Is brown and bloatied, It is nore than fifty winters Hince I lived and laughed and preachod. lint his motnory in Now England, No winter snowas can kill ; f his goodhos and his drollness Countios logonds linger ttall. And among those t'roasurod logo ids Most Orthodox, on grace, When a sound of distant thunder .Broke tho qutit of the pla..o. Now the meadows of the Ciouby's Lay full within is sight, As lio glanced from out the window Which stood open on hisi right. And the green and fragrant baycocks By the acros there did stand Not a meadow like t to coacon's .Far or near i all tho land Quich and loud the claps of thuder Wont rallin, tirough t- a skies, And the Parton saw his Deacon Looking out with anxious oyo. "Now my.brothron," called the Parson, And ho called with might, and main, "Wo must get in Brother Crosby's hay, 'Tin our duty now most plain !" And ho shut the great red Bible, And lie tossed his sermon down Not a man could run moie swiftly Than the Parson in that town. With a will they worked and shouted, And cleared the fouis apaeo And tile Parson led ilio singt,.g, While the sweat. rolled d' wn his face. And it thundored llercer, loudor; Anit dark grow east and west; But ih flay wis uador cover, And tie Parson had worked the beat.. A nd again fi pow and pulpit Their placis took composed; And the parson preached his set mon To' *ifteenthly," where it closied. A Terrible Mistake. Seeinig my advanttatg I puisited it, and in a few minutes I saw signs of yielding. ihe went to a small e(ik on the table, un locked it with a key she icarried about iher, and look a sealed piteket. from it. It was direeled to Alax. "'lhis is tile paper i-received friom Mon sie'n deII hamrose at the Assembly-rooms, she said. "1 Whenl You have read it, Mr. Edwards, you will know why 1 lef, why I have deprived mny boy of stel rihelits anid rank." Site broke into a bit tr lugl as she spoke. I tool;k I le lpacket, opened it, and as I read it couhl nol prevent a Cry of surprise. It was a copy of I lie regisl er of marritage solemnized at. a i Devonshire village het weent lrederie Maxwell, laron I)anesford, and Ellen Mar vin on the 17th of August, 1867. 1 felt the (01ol recitting from Itay flace at Ihe i 1loughtil wlich was heal itng itselfI into my brain, that Max had married Jeanne de la Migiortlin while his first wife lived. ilurriedly glaneing back I recollected that. by Ilne dealth of his brother' in thi lunting-telid Max had becoie Lord Danes lord in 18117. ".onsieur de Champrose," sahl Jeanne, breaking tihe silence at, lti, 'hiad known me before, I-left France, and lie said lIe loved me. When I came to Danesford, he followed, and by some ehautee he fomuid but this, and ihreatened, if I reminied with Alax, to assist- -to prosecule him for-If I left. him, he would spare him. I loved A1ax too well nlot to Come away. She was living they told ue." She spoke simply and slowly, in a weak timid voice, with her face turned towards met. For a miomenl, its the pasl catte back to me, anid I saw the greatness, the uinsel Iishiness of her love for' Max, Ite ul ter dis regard for' self and care foir him t hat, she tias shown, she whom we had tho~ughat so base, I conkti not) speak. "'Can you~i forgive meit, Lady13 D)anes ford a'' " I am' not a wicked wife, y'ou know! Ohi, Mlr. Edwards, you could hard 13y have thiought so? It. wtas too wvretcheda to thaink of it then, or I might havc guessed. Youi will be huis fiend still ?"' she went oit pleadiniagly. "'You will not give him up?' T[oo tuche moved to speak, I bent and kissed the little tremubling tiand [ hield. after at tfew mlomletts. " It wats itn 1867~ that Max eame' to the title, but I amt not suare at whlat t inlkof the yetar. You will - let. Alice comte to yout somaetimes will you nolt?"' I added bretiking off' abruptly3. It. was hatrd t) pas's thlat eveing withI Max, to look at. the worn wearay face and - thlink of the secret we hpossessedl. I couald not he satisiedl withotl. knowing theit date~ of his br'othler's ideath, bait I feared to ask for It last I shouild arouase sutspicionl. A mtere chance revealed It to mae. A lice was busy wvith sonme phiotographls alt a liable n ear Maxwvell's couch; amoing t hem was I lie iHuaguenot picturet, a copy3 of Milhais' world-.1 k nown i chef/-d'wuei ''. "' What. daiy it August is St. ihartholo mew's D~ay ?"' she asked, innoticent 13y, ob tainting for' me the informialiti I wanitedl. "T'Ihe twveny-fourithl," L or'd IDa nesfotrd r'epliedl (qutietly. "I hatve reisaon to treametm het' it."' "' Why, Max?'' I said, thinkitig of the seveteenth. "It was lie dlay on which poor Fred met. his detathi," lie said ; atnd I could hardly retain I le exelamiation of joy' which spr'ang to) miy hips. 'lThe next day I wett to D~evonsire, hlidied up the little villatge, and searcedt theit chutrchi registry. Tlhere, stare etnought, was the marrIage, and th loincumbhenl., a * kiandly, sImple o1(1 mani, told(1 me thet sad littIe story (of Ellent Marvin, Lady IDanes lord. She was ai young country girl of great beauaty, whoam L~ordi Danesford had lovedl wvIth all a young muau's plasslon aind u nreasotning alttachmnt. Th'ley had been married tquietly one fair .Auagust moirning, juast one week befpre lie meet his dem)a. 'Thea yoiung wife rettrned honie to haer father whlo kiaew niothintg of haet marriage, and hi a few weeks htad fadled away, idying of thtat udisease which naever khls, thecy say-a brok en heart. TIhat all these clrcumstances were kntown to M. deChamprose 1 had no dlaublt. .ile had taken advatntage of Jeanne's "jenm lomlay In love," her tgnor'ance of Engli laWs and chastoms, andt her inability to i giure into mnatters, to take a terrible revenage foar her rejection of hais suit. 1.0 was with a light hiear't that I returned to towvn and imparted any htappy neOwn t6 Aliee, whlo cried for very joy ad gladas, av-1 m..i.. toll u.lial Alie, I saki, - I helki mly dear wife inl mlly armtis. " Youi will do it best - I should blurt it all ont and per liaps do him harm. Meanwhile I will go for Lady )aunesford. Trembling a little, and Wiith tearful eyes, Alive went down. Max glanced ip) as she entered, and seeing that soiet hing troibled her, said fiuickly " What wa* it, Alice? Is anything the itatter?" "Nothing," she said. "I have been hieiiiing at story fr1om1 ililtonr whici made me Iake a "baby of imyself"--such a tonching story, Max. Shallhi I tell it to youi? It is a story about a woni's great love for a nmln, so great that to save him from a disgrace she gave up all her happiness." MIax smiled inlcreuI()oushy. Alice went on, touching lightly on some parts, dwelling tenlerly on others. Max listed ill silence, but witi a gleat of ilter est in his face. "' Alice-ielI mue-il is not her at ory ?" lie caught her hands ill his, almost hurting her inl his iitense eagerness. "' lIut no-it cammot be !" "The11 name of t hat noble wife, so true aind devoted, was Jeanne," said Alice, smiling throutght her tears; "'the ialme of the husband whom she loved so devotedly was Maxwell. It is all true." "Tell me ill!" was all he could say, and with her hands still in his she told him all there was to tell, aid hiding his face in his ha1nd, Lord Dianesford cried like a child. Alice stole away; Jeunne, white and tremn bling was waiting for her below. Alice took her hand, and leading her to the room where he was, opened the (door softly. She watehed her enter, aind, going to lis side, pilt her artis round the bowed head and draw it to her breast. Site saw Max clasp his rmuts round her Witi a cry of love and joy; and, closing the door, Alice caie luietly away. "'lax''" whispered the slow sweet voice of his wife, after a long paulse, dluring which lie had drawin her face down to its old resting-place, and she had clasped his hands il hers, "ean you forgive my doublt ? ('ant your love me arain ' "I 1iu8h, my dearest I" eame t lie tender answer. "There can be no question of forgiveness between youi and me. It was a terrible mistake: but Wife, I have never censedl to love you." There was muclh to tell and much to hear when Alice and I joined them. Max had been expatimling onl ly "generous friendship," and Jeanne, Witli tears, thanked ie for it, while I could only ask her forgiveness for my old doubts of her. She told us hur life in London, at first so lonely and sad-"almost saidder still, if not so lonely, when our boy came, looking at mie with your eyes, Max ;" of the news she had heard long afterwards of her maid Flore's departure froi l)anesford with M. de Chamuiprose, Iid of how she had thought of her husband (aly allnd night, Iaid loiged for him iagain with such a longing-and here Max drew her closer to his heart. We id lmuch to tell, too, and together we dis cussed the untinely fate of Frederick Max well, Lord Danesford, ind Ellen his wife, and wondered whether ie had ever meant to bring her hone to- the Park as Iris wife and)(] ils mistress. I may mention here that, when we Went down to Devonshire, Maux Well liuted up the girl's relatives, homely, honest peasants, and behaved to them with every liberality and kindness. l)anesford is no longer deserted, and af ter so long ant absence, t lie household rejoice to have their lord and lady with them again. Max is regainied lis Old health and spirits, and Evesham-who by the wiay, alis never quit.e forgiveni me mily long-past. accident-lias orders to buy a perfect pony ats can be procured for I lie I [onorable Max, Who takes to his father immensely, and is never tired of twisting Iris hands in the sil ky, golden luxuriance of beard, and of looking iinto the blue eys, merry again niow, sio like hris own. Bet ween hrusbiand~ and wife the old1 love exists, buit stronger, triter, tend~erer. There is almost ai reve renice in Maixwell's love for .Jeainne, while in hers' theo conisciousntess of the graive doubt of' his truth and1( honor, mantkes it y'et tmore intense, more t rusting. TIhey' arte p~er fectly happy1)3 in eachi other; timd if peLople say' thait Lady D~anesford has lost the bril lincy of her' beauty, there is in her imanner now an earniestniess, a depth and tenderness, which Is infinitely umre chtarming and1( more fascintin tg. Tlhey htave both been through the "deep01 waters," but. save for t~re naturral regrets for' thre three yea'lrs which were so laud, but which might. haive beeni so happy, there is no0 necessity' to look mourn fuill3' at thle conisequtencees of thait "Tletrrible M istauke." T htd a jackdaw that uisedl to follow the carritage totr tmiles when we dreve out it the counittry, but, If we wvent to thre town, about a mlile and a hal f dlistanmt, Jack wvoul re mint .on the walls of tire old castle, outside the towni, tuntil we retuirned, atid thieni fly trio un and round the p~ony's htead, Ihily3 alhightting on the splash-hoard. If we mtac any other conveyance, he alwaye flewv off inito the hedge. I likt wise had a little blue tit, whlo used to settle 01n t~re ttll trees near the house, arnd come dowvn when calledl, talighting often on my3 hread anid she ill hers. A lady, an acquaintance of inte, had, she say's, ai ctnnary so tamie thart it used to pull t~re hair ourt of lien- cur-s to linre Its nests with. Th'lis very severe winter has tamnedl thre wild birds lbi this neIghborhood.- My wvindow is constantly besIeged by3 threiti robitns, fintches, sparrowvs timd b~lackbirdls, colme ttying upl dlirect ly it, is openled, for I amii iln the habit of feeding theum dluring frosty w3enthrer. Onue, a redblreaist, is thre mnater, lie is such a gtcedy little fellow; Ihe etits his fIll and then sits on thre lte, keeping all the other birds at baly, and1( ut terinig such shrmill shrieks, I ami often obliged to go and( dirive him off so thatt they may comae aird pick up a few erumb~ihs. A y'ountg friend of mhiteC puit a whlole loaf out, a half quaitrter cut it twvo, anid It was so amlutsing to see Bobby, after thte birds had picked ou~t t~re erumttbs, (lecne himself In the shell, arid sceam (out (defined to all lisa Advertisning Cheats. -It has brcomo 50 COmmlioni to Write the beglinnfrgs.of an elegant, Interesting article and tihen rutn it intto some adivor tisemenjtt that we tavuoid all suoh cheats aind simply call attention to the muerits of IloplBlttera in as plaIn honest terms as poSsIble, to hndt ci people '. give them onie triahg as,..n nefws their value will ever naee anytlhhgelsea. Ton. 1Last. season, ending inl January, 18i8, the exports of green teis t'ron Chiia to the United States aggregated about IS, 000,000 pou1n1is, while tils seasoni, jlust closed, It will not, exceed 13,000,000 pounds; a redunetion in inantity of about three per cent. On the first of January the st'ock of ShanghaI, accord ing to the mail advieus, was only 22,000 half chest, of 00 poinids weight eahel,or 1,420.000 pounids, and these have since, according to the cable advisos, beeit bought ulp, so the Shanghai market. Is now elosed. Tie short crop has already advanced three per cent., and further advances on the present, itar ket.)rices ir ladicated by all the lairge importers of tea. The (uantity of Con got teas exported this se.eson from China to the United States was less than. 1,000,000 pounds as against 2,000, 000 pouis last season. The cause of the short, crop arises from the policy of ti Chliese to lessen the production. Tea importers say that the (linese are shrewd and longheaded,no imatter what, others mkay say about them. They fund that large sales did not a!lways produce corresponding. profits, and that the cheap prices at which tLea had been sold lin former seasons had not, paid for the eultivdition. They tlhere fore apparently resolved to lessen the amnotnit produced, and pay more at tentlont to the quality. The result hats been a large decrease in the supply,but lie 'fine chops' are said to be better and the q itlty far superior to that of for iner s easons. The unexpected short sapply hits caused many of the tea buy els in China to find the market closed without, having secured the quantity of tea required by them. The supply of 4Japans, although larger this season than the last, will n.ot compensate for the reduction of the crop from China, Statistics recently received show that the crop exported this year amnounts to about 24,000,000 pounds as compared to 20,000,000 pounds received last seasoni At the last mail advice the stock oin haiid at Yokohama was very small,anid 'good mediuimi to) filie' has advaiteed from three to live cents per pound at port. There has been a general ad vance on the best kinds or Japai tea of from 12 to 15 per cent., and a corres poiding ativanee many be expected, and has partially taken place in the mar kets. The mixing of' teas has already been adopted by somie of the import ers, and .1apans have been mixed with China teas to t ake the place of the shortened crop. The fact will help to Ieep up (lie prie3 of the Japans, evein if the increased importations had not been more than counterhalanced by the reduced supply. It Is asserted that many of the very coitnon tees will ntot appear in the market at all this year, as the growers had found that the care required for their cultivation had been. to a gieat extent., thrown away, and couild be ti.ned to better advmintge by giving more attention to the growilng atid prepat Ing of the finer 'chops.' Hare and 1o111uds. The hunt of hare and hounds is thius des cribed by an Americam pittron of (lie sport: '"A place of rendezvous having been agreed upon, tle members assemble for 'the meet. A couple tire selected as 'tht hares,' the rest of the club form 'the pack of hounds.' A start is allowed the hares in advanice of the pack-in a 'slow hunt,' of 10 minutes; in a fast hunt,' of 30 minutes. 'l'The Iiares' carry svithl them bags contain ing pieces of white paper. At a certain dlistatuce front 'thet meet ' is the thrtow om' Uponi arriving htete, 'the bargs' hegIn thirowing out, pieces of piaper, whlich is (lie scent.' TIhie time havinig Clapsedl, the pack start tinder the lead of the ' master of the hunt, ' who is l ikewise, the 'pace miak er.' Upontiiding 'the scent' the 'Tally hol" is given, ' the pack ' carryinig hunting horns slung over thteir shoulders. Thheii the chase ~i~it' ens eaross mieado0ws, plouighed fields, throligh woods, over lulls, ditches, brooks, stone walls, and fences, after the flyinig hares, whlo dIrop 'the senmt 'at each 100 yardls. A certain inumnber of hours aire fixed, att lthe expirationi of whicht, if 'the hares' itre not run dowvn, thte huint is b~routght to ain end. In a slow hunit thie en tiie 'p~ack ' keel) together uitder the leatd of the 'pace taker. ' T1his is the most poput lari, as it. gives 1the poorest runnimer a chance util 'the finish,' wheun a breaik is maide,1 and a hard race ensues for the honor of he I ng first at 'the death.' Ini a 'fast hunt' a racihig paice is maintalined throughout, and thte slow mn arc soon left, miles behind.' Th'lis decRription is amerely a bef outltne; and, in referring to it, Bell's Life comt ments on the ommaission of till mention of "falses," iad says Americans will find the hunting horns tathier in the way. "'The Westchester uniiforni of a scarlet jacket iad black jockey cap, velvet leggings, .and1 the black velvet, collars and cuffs, and cap with gold tassel of the 'masler of thie haunt,' will also hardly be stitable for 1had( weattther and plouighted fields, iiiless, ide'ed, the compeC titors putt. on fresh uniforms each time, and we think that after a while they will have to comae down to the more servicable rough jersey and1( ordiinary 'universIty' dratwersi in vogue with our packs." Oii goIng routid the gatrden, I per' ceived what seemned a simall plece of cheese appa~mrently Iloating I,. die air straight before me. On comning up to It, I found that it was sulspendied from a. splier's web, wvhich was spuin ight, aicross ,thie pathi. The firlhst hast~y thoughat wvas that thIs siderCI hadl foundm~ a p)ieco.Of cheese behow, and(, takIng a fanicy to It, wais thon dirawing it ipinto its web to eat It. Fuirther examiiinagon htowever, showed' thmat the substanmce was not oheese, bitt a small p~ebble much resetnblIng that edibl6, evidently takena fromi the gravel walk, beneath. TJhere wvas nothmig for the spider to at.. tacht his web to ont the walk, so he lhad selceted a suitable stopie to balunee his web being attached to.trees on eit er aide of the walk, and weighted be 1dw by thestono, so as to be i'n nearly a perpendleular position. 'The stoine was connected with the web by a three fold cord, the strands of which were at tached to di1terent parts of the stonle. I visited tihe web) two or three hours af ter' te spider had fI tliled it, and foutiud that his iilgeniity had been re warded, as the web conitained, besides % large fly, of which hie was diinl1g, More small 1lies than I have ever be fore seen Ii it wet). Neither myself, no0r those of mny friens to whom . slowed the web, have ever seen any tiig o' the ki Mid before. Pecrhaps otir readers will be interested ill su1e1 In example of' high Instinct in a spidet, tmd those who are more versed in nat Liral history than imyself may be able o remember other examples of the same kind. That the stability of the web depelded upon the weight, of the tole wag shownwn iv l I put ily hand .tader the latter. The resiult. wias Litat s I raised miy hand the lower part of ie web graduially collapsed, but when he11 stone was again sati'ered to fall Cenitly the web resutmed is proper lape. The wet was about live feet roin the giouid. 8pider engineering s a most interesting subject, and one Ahat I have spelit hours in studying. I ave worked out most of the problems it connection with it, but tite weight lodge I have not as yet been able t. ex lain. Some spiders will Ise ties ; but )LItr, of exactly the same species, Nill use a weight, although the Olr mtistances itder which both built are pparenitisV alm ilar. ]ilt how does the pider raise the weight? This I could iever .explain to my satislactioni, as eite of the weights are so large that t is suereely possible they coul lift hem by a 'dead lift.' Besides, they vill put otn one, t wo or more weights it a few honra before wind, to fix their ;kructures. The industiry and ingenui. y of the spider passes belier to all hose who have seen theli at work, bit 10 more profitable day canl be Spent by , young-enginieer than a (lily after a tIOrm in a path through the gorse vatching at spider reconistrititig its iveb. This is the legitimate wity of' see ng the work done, but there are other lodges, such as breaking down the .vebs, and watching the poor devils re 'onstruct, themlt. A Uauptur uf First, Tiia.ges. The first schooner laichled inl this coun ry was built at Cape Ann in i 1714. The irst lime was made itn New England and mtned in Newbury, Mass., by James Noyes. The first cotton factory in the United States was established at, Beverly, ims.,- 1787. It continued in operation tit i 1802, and then stopped, ninety per cent. f the capital having been sunk in the en erprise. The first cast-iron edifice erected n America was.tipon the corner of Centre mnd Duane streets, New York. Samuel F. B. Morse, of telegraphic fame, studied >minting iln Etigland, and was the firat per ton to deliver a course of public lectures ipon Art in America. The first sucesaful !xperiment of burning anthracite coal in an )pen grate by Jndge Jease Fell, of Penn tylvania, February Ii, 1808. The tulip vas firs intro(diced into Europe by the e ebrated botanist, Conrad (lesner, about the ear 15619. Its beauty soon made it so ich of a favorite, and there was so great t desire to possess it that what is still (nown is the ' tulip miai " sprang upt) inl Lollind. One plant was regarded as mak ng its possessor rich, and wits often given is a ituificent namrriage portion to tite tideo. Motre thantt two thoutsand diolhlara Vere given for a sitngle plant-a great sum n that. coutrly and in those days. Inaflamn ntable gas was first, evolved fr'om coal from 786 to I189. A use of the gas was first ittempted at Cornwall in 1702. The fIrst lisplay of gaslights wvas miade at Ilouiltont t Wa1tt's "fotundiry, att liirmninlghtam, oin the >ccasionm of tejoicings for peace In E'ngland a 1802. (Gas was permnanently used at the :ottoni mills In Manester, wherie one housanid burners wore lighted in 1 8ti5. Jas-ligh~t wars first introduced iln London, Autgust 1(6, 1807. Pall Mali was lighteod n 18091; London generally in 18 i4. (Gas vas first introdiuced at Baltimore In 1821; Lt New York in 1823. The first Methodist ntecting-hlouse built in New England wa'ms ~rectedi in Strattleld parish town of Strat ordl, no0w TIrumbull, New 1 haven county, 'onni., iln Septemlber, 1 7891, and was calledl ' .ee's Chapel," from R1ev. .1 ease I ee, the plostle otf New Enigland Methodism. The text was1 inl Lynn, Maas., 179)1, a few nonthis after Mr. Wesley's death. It was aegunl Juntie 14th, raised ont thc 21 th, iand ledicated on the 20th, the frescoing, car >cting, cushionintg, atndl puttitng in of pas and other '"dainty fixings" heitng of oursc omitted. VTe fIrst antnual contfe ence of the Methodists in New England vats heold it this house by Bishop Asbaury, tuguist 1, 179)2, the precutreor at, a great mmtaber. on thme samet alpot. . Thet first hie hodist Conferenee in America was hteld in iladtelphin in 1 773. It was consisted of eni preachers. GranidfaterickNtslingte'n V'iew of It.. Glrandfather Lickshinmgle threw dlownt the >aper~ int disgusat, andto exclahned: "'It makes me sick, by gracious; it nuakes me sick!"' "What makes- yott sick, grandfathtei'?" isked James. "Wh~y, Itere's aniotheor coachman ruins away with i employer's daughter." "'Jt is certainly too band," saidi James. "'Andi they get, mtatriedl the minuie theuy ire of uighit of her fat her's house." '"The poor1, silly thing." "W1uell, 1 IAhaouild saty 'the poor, silly hhtg!' I shoutld also say thle sap-ntead, the thaIllow-pate, the crazy, crack -braltined it aeille," continued grandfather, int a tower-. ng rage. "Th'le poor creatures are just from boar hang school, " said .James," with theIr teads ftill of rotmantic--" "Who's just fromi boairding - school1" rolled grandfather. "'The poor' silly girls' are.".^ Whlo's talkini' abotut girls? " yelled theo old nan, a little miore savagely tan before. " It's the coachmain I'm a-hittin' at. If I taad a son, an' lie was a gobd coachthen, in' Ite woutld disgrace himself by ratmnin' sway with his etmphoyer's gIddy dhalghter, I'dl spendl my plentsionl montey itu rIotus Ilvi' ant' I wotldn' leauve him one red cent to trub against anothter., Now youtliear your aidgerandrahe qnote 8lmkheaanis The Farmer's Strategy. Farmer Evans- walked rouid his wood pile and surveyed its dimished proportions with a considerable lowering of his slinggy eyebrows. "Soimiebody's helping thei selves, le thought ; "I must set my witi to work to discover the offender." lie sal down on a log, rested his elbows on him knees, and after scratehing his head awhile, by way of brightening his ideas. lie settle( his templeis in the palns of his hands am meditated. The resut of his cogitatiom llUst have been satisfactory, for lie rose by and by with a qieer smile overspreatling his weather-heaten face, and walked itito the house, chiucklitng, '"I'll do it ; that'll let the cat out of the bag! lie found flarry Bailey, a young likely. looking farmer, inl tle kitcheni with li daughter. "That young fellow is courting .einie, sure enough !" thought the old gentlemanm, as lie discreetly pissed into the sitting-room. "Well, lie's is likely to make her a good husband ats any one. If she likos him, I shan't object." And lie fell into a fit of musing over tle Ilemory of the gentle wife who had been lying under the flowers since Jennie's birth. Meanwhile, in the kitchen Jennie was tripping about, engaged in some household work, and flarry was watching her with love-lit eyes, and could not make up his mind to tell her lie loved her. The Rev. Mr. Walker, of the Orthodox Church in Belton, had prepared a discourse for his sinfuil congregation, uipon the subject of endless puinishmnaCt. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus was his basis, and lie hurled the anathemas of wrath at the bllack sheep of his flock as though he were an avenging angel, and many iemibers' of his congreigation felt guilty terrors. Little TPimi Bates shivered in hisshoes, and th ouglit. of the pie he had taken the night before and then told his mother a lie, anid debated whether he should confess, or run the risk of the punishment fulminated by the pair son. Bnt lie did not settle the matter that time, for the minister wias suddenly brought to a full stop.in the midst of his discourse, and the congregation electrified, by a tre imondous crash and report in their midst, as if heaven and eatrth ha(d come together. Farmer Evans rose to his feet simultane ously with his frightened diighter and tlie rest of the congregation, and poor little Tim was not sure for a moment that his future had not begun. The cause of the noise was found to be an explosion in the stove, through the infernal agency known as gun powder. flow it ciaie. there was a mys tery to all except Farmer Evans. I larry Bailey, who made the fires and found tihe wood fori a stated sumb came forward with a white face and explained that the thing was unknown to him. The farmer walked homeward thinking, "Bad, bad! Fi'm very sorry that he's that sort ; I never suspected him of all others; and Jennie likes him." The farmer's first impulse was to nip in the bud the acquaitance between Jennie and young'llailey ; but his natural kindly feeling ultimately prevailed, over his anger, and on his next. meeting vith the delinquent he abruptly addressed him. "You are courting my daughter?" Ilarry Bailey admitted the fact bashfully. ''And you make the fires for the Ortho (lox Church ?" continued the old an i. I larry assented. "And furnish the wood ?" 'Yes," said the young man, growing red and white by turns. "Perhaps you would like to have the mysterious explosion in church last Sunday explained? I knew iy wood-pile was go ing somewhere, iid I put a small charge of powder in one of the sticks. I need not say that I was surprised to find you were the thief, and you dared to con courting my daughter I" Harry qualled beforo the stern, clear glance of the old 1111111. "I know I'm too mean to live, much les to love her," hie broke out. "1 dlon't cx pet you to over-look it. I--I had a hard year on the farm ; you know what. losses'I met. I mneanit to pay it back again, but I don't expect you to-believe mec. One thing I beg-don't toll her anything about It ; I couldn't bear to have her think so badly13 of me." T1he 01(1 man regairded the ashamed, re pen~tan~t face with p~ity. "Look here, Iirry, " lie said ; "I'll for give you and will not mention it to a soul if you'll look me in the face and promise solemnly to be strictly honest from this time forth." Bailey caught his hand gratefully, and he felt lisa rewvard begIn as lie saw the shadow of a now hope dawvning on the i roubled-face. "'I soletmly promiise, " lie said, ''never again to touch a penny's worth that is not lawfully miy owvn." "At the end( of the year you can have Jeninie if you want her, anmd we'll unite the farmna." With an overflowing heart h~arry stanm mered his thanks, and the farmer unever re gretted that hie had1( giveni hhn a chanice to redleemi his self-respect. -Just in Time. Whien Charles lIfollingworth, then only a young clerk, marriedl a banker's heiress, against her father's will and took her home to the few poorly furnished rooms lie was able to lire, they were very haippy for a whIle. All seemed to go smoothly untIl a small legacy was left to the young husbiand, which was expendled In furniture far too fine for their p~resent condlitioni, and in dresses which were unsutable for a clerk's wife. Th'len, indeed ; the young p~eole began to comn p~ete with more we-althmy families, and the young wife never knew into what terribke debts1 they were plhmgIng. Charles went home on~e evening to find lRosa in teals. "I've been so frIghtened, love," alhe said. "A dreadful crazy creature lha been here, declaring that our great mirrors are not p~aidl for. I ordered him omut of the -house, and lie shook his flat at mec. IIe said lie would 1)e paid, and that, we owed- hm for every thing. Whlat did it mecan, Chairles ?" "TIhat lie was crazy as you say, dearest.'' "Oh, I'm so glad," saId foolish little llo sa, smiling. "'I thotight there miighit lxg sojnething at the bottom of lis talk ; and since It isn't so, you wIll give mne that new garnet velvet dress that I spoke of, anid a now pearl spray for my hair- pearls be come me so well. You'll let me have it to morrow, Charles, in time for Mrs. Rlush land's dinner ?" "If ['can, Rlose," said d lares ; "bmi what wouild you say If I were ask youm t iyear yotfroJd d 'e 'thlgI nte "Wha jbk I crIdtf o163, todgmdkIot "You shall have the money, lRosa," said Charles. Ilis face )had turiied very white, but she did not see It. After a while he arose and put onl him coat. "I nmiat go out a while." he Said. "I have business to attend to." And she saw him uncoRsclosly take from his bosom the keys of his oflice desk. "Ghoing to the ofilce to-night I" she asked. "No, no. Why should you think so?" lie said, and turned fiery red. Rosa felt frightened. She could not tell why. Sie went to the door with her hus band, and watched him down the street. Thefn she went back to the parlor, and pick ed ilp the daily paper. Te first paragraph her eyes fell upon was the arrest of the con fidential clerk of' a certain firm for embez zleient. "Ile was honest until extravagant women made him their prey," added the writer. "JExtravagance is the road to ruin." h'll paper fell from Rosa's fingers. Sud denly a flood of light seemed to illuminate the darkness of her life. "I am an extravagant woman," shle said. "I am driving my dear husband to ruin. To-iight he tmay , do something to 11pply my foolish wants that will covet' him with inramy and part us forever. I will follow him.'' A great waterproof cloak with a hood lay onl a chair near by. tOSAI seized it anld wrapped it about her, and flew out into the st reet. She turned her steps as if by instinet to wards her husbaid's place' of business. It was a large building, and the janitor stood it ile door. ''My husband is in the oflice, is le not V" sit asked. "I'm to meet. lilt hore.'" ''Yes. Walk ip, ma'ami,"' said the old man, and Rosa flew up stairs. She Opened the door. The gas had been lit, and its rays fell over the head of her husband as he H'at vi his desk. She crept softly i) behind him and peeped over his shouildmr. Ani empty cleck la1y before him, and opposile stood a paper hearing Ilie signature of his emiploy cr, which Ie with CI(arI'e ul strokes W1as copy ing letter for letter. 'Charles I" shrieked losa, and her whil e hand deseided upon the paper. 'Cliirle! "' 'I'he man started to his feet. "t(lod led me here, Chiales, " sobbed Iis wife. "Oh ! Charles, is this the fli'st time?" "The very first, Rlosa," said lie tman. "it is my fault ;'" said itosa. "My ex triavagaic'e has umaddened you. B1urn that paper and Come awaky. " , In a mIoment more the CheCk was a lii tle heap of ashes, aniid Rost sat upon her liis 1)111's knee, hidiig her head on his shoul der. '"We will sell all the furniture, all that. we own). The rest we will give back. My Jewels shall go. I will wear calico. We will be honest and forget, oun vanity," said she, "and I will be a true helpmate to yoi inslead of belig yoIur btinle Ind curse, as I have been. '' Then they went, homue together. Neither ever forgot that, evening. And though people pitied tie banker's daughter for her himmble surrouildings, she was halp pier than she had ever been in her life Wily Liitp xpoide. Te ;Yeicenic Ameritin tells wherein the danger of kerosene lamps consists, and gives these valtuable hints in regard to pre venting explosions: "All explosions of Ie trolemn lamps tre caused by the vapor or gas that collects in the space above tihe oil. Of course, a lamtp contains no gas, which comumenees to form as the la1hp warms UP, and after burning a shorr the sufihleint gas will accumulate to formti an explosion. 'lhe gas in a lamp will explode only whent ig tilted In this respect It is like gunpowder. Cheap or Inferior oil is always the most dangerous. The flame Is counmunicated to tle gas in . the followlng tmanner : hie wick tithe in the lamp burniers i5 muade lar ger' than the wick which is to pass through it. It woutld not (10 to hiavc thte wick work tighttly iln thte burner ; on the contrary, it is essetial that It muove upl ando downt wit perfect eiae. In this way It is utnavoidlatle that space in thte tube is left alonig the sidles of the wick auiflcient for thte flame from the burner to pass dowvn into the lamp and( ex plode the gas. Many things occur to cause the Iflame to pass do)wn thec wIck anid ox plode the lamp. I. A lampil may beo stand ing ont thte table or manttel, and a slight puff of air fronm the open wIndow or dloor imay caulse an exploslont. 2. A lamp may lie taken up quickly from a table or matntel and1( itstantly expkld. 83. A lamp Is taken into an entry where there Is a draught, or ottt of doors, and an expliosion ensues. 4. A lighted lamp Is taukent up a flIght of stairs 0or5 isised quickly to place It oin a mantel, resuliting in an explosion. lit thesie In stances the mischief is donie by the air nmovenment, eithter lby sutenly checking the diratught or forcing air d;'wn the ehhuney against the flane. 5. Blowing down thte chinney to extInguish the lightt Is a fre qument cautse of explosion. 6. Lamp ex ploslons have been catusedl by musing a chimn ney broken off at the-top or' one that htas a piece brokenm outt, whereby the dirauight is variable andl the flame unsteadly. 7. Some time, a thoughtless person putsa small sized wick in a large- burnt'r, thus leaving consid eralhe space along thte edges of tihe wick. 8. Ant old burner, with its' air draughts closed ump, which ightfutlly should be thrown away, Is sometimnes conttinuedi in use, and thme final resulits is an explosion." A tRharplletort. Some thought It saucy ; others considered it a well-deserved rebuke;bual med It was ini a horse-ear, 'one rainy evening. A man entered and( asked a leasnt-hooking youth comfortably settled in a corncr, to give ttp his place to hisa female companion. A cheerful answer in thme aflirnnative was given; but for tIs politeness thme accommo dated parties retutrned no thanks, On the eontrary they appeared to take it for granited Lhat every attention woul be shown them; kept up a silly chatter whieh greatly' annoyed time other passengers, ordered the conductor in a lordly way to leave thoem off at a certain street; cast scornful glances across tihe aisle at a poorly dressed widow,' with her aritte full of bundles, and, after a little whisperIng, looked again 'at her, tijen at each other, and then bmiras out laugh n, whIle their' noses turned ump disdainfull. The yroung fellow who 1iad surrende ~~ lb ethainthe meantimn% '*tljed tp the teat platform. Wften the dar' stoppedito &llow thme obhnoxious pafr toget o thls Iaside'td let thtefn pdets. -~' ' suit tho I idi~u! p the to the Pse .8,~b Tito Man Who Took.1 Once upon a time ihere W p was always gruimbiug add an thought that his wifeld estpe the household. One . v t, time, he came home atl yecars. swore in a terrible inpy friend, be not so angr! feared man ; "to-morrow we 4. m in I will go out with the mK fIeld, and yott can look a',.tm Well, he liked this, and said glad to do so. Early the foi ilg the old woman threw the I her shoulder and started1 out hu with the harvest hands towork. bmand was to take'care of'"the ho commenced first to churn butter, he had been churning a little w1141 came thirsty, and weit down I to draw some beer. Whie he w his pitcher, he heard that tte pig house, so he started with the fat; hand l up the cellar steps, so'as W pig before he could turn over thieO but. wheI he saw that the p 1 overturned it, and stood lc cream that was ruiing on the caie desperate, forgot the beer. ran ifor the pig as fast as. he (0 O cauight hinm in the doorway, who Ot him dead on the spot. .Just thei b lected that lie had the faucet nA lut, whenl lie retuirneld to the ce30 beer had already run out of the li then went into the milk-rootL enough creaI to fill the Ch-Ir begani to chlran, to get yi lk i'W' nier. After he had ch membered that the I( the stall and had not h drink, although it was thought It would be to iasture with her, so he tl 11) On the roof, as there which grew sonic grass. itaiihng close to a steep - t' i he pliced some plailks3 to the roof it would be ens ilp there. ulit he was af "Ihurin, as the bIab was eni' the floor, anld would perhap it) he put the churn on his b it, but first to water the ier on the roof. For thi pail to get some water fr when lie leanted over th Ilowed out of the churn avkn n1 tili into the cistern. It was getting noon, aid still lie had no butter, so lie alded to cook some mush, for which Iing a pot filled with water on the *' Wheni that was doio Ie thought that p laps the cow might fall down from th mud break her legs or her neck, so h tip on the roof to tie her. One l' rope lie tied roumid the neck of t letting the other mnd down t& himney fastened it routid lls o Lhe water began to boil in the pot a baid to stir the mush. While he was d I$ lhis the cow fell off the roof and pulled h ill) in the chimmey ; there he stuck fast, an the cow dlangled oitside between heaea mid earth, also tuable to get loose. IN"' wife hadl waited aid waited for her husband to come aid call to dinitner, biut nothing wasf heard from him. At last she foumd the Liliie too long to wait, and started to th'e house. When slo found the cow hanging im such a dangerous position she cut tIle, rope with the scythe ; wheni of course hIer% Imsband fell dowii through the chhliniey& id when she entered thd door he was standing on his head in the mush pot. "who was GUy Fawkes?" The name of Guy Fawhes Is known every child, taught or umtaught, but. of thosc Mlders who are ac(uaiited with the great historIcal fact which has rendered the name at Uuy Fawkes motoriousi, 'fdw know who the man really was. It is not unfrequently maid of him that lie was an Italian by birth, and that lia real name was Gluido. Not so. "'Guye" was the name bestowed on hint in bap~tliim. lie wats a native of York, and it is In that gratnd 01(1 cathedral city that lias fanmily associations still linger.- Thereclis ubundiant evidence to show that the patents Mf (Guye, as also lisa granidmother, w('ee niemibers of the Protcstant Church. In one af the earliest books of the parish of St. * Mlchael-le-Belfrey,- 1in yhilchothey resided, accur the following entries. Amtong the names of those who were communicanits on the 27th of July, 1578, ar'e Mr. Edward IFaux, et mater e'Jus et tucor oifuN; and the 15me1 entry occurs on the 2d1 of February, I578-4, and 'gain on ChrIstmas day in thme tame year. Guy's mother was a member af the Protestant Ihturch during her first hiusbaund's life, but there Is every reason to believe that her second husbaund, DIonis hlaynbridlge, was a Catholic. HIs relatives, te Percys of Scotton, wore also zealous Dathiolics, and It ii. supposed- that Percy, the after-accomplice of Guye Fawkcs, be longed to that family. Is wife was Mar thla Wright. Those had become perverts to the Catholic religion through the ,In iluence, It is believed, of their, brother-In law Percy, who, a convert himself, Is de scribed as "an enithuslastic devotee," Guye Iawkes, (luring lia residence -at Scotton, would naturally be thrown into' the socliety. . rif Percy, his connections the Wrighits, and that of three others of the conspirators, namely, Tlhomnas, Robert amid Jqhn Winter. These brothers belonged to an old Ronman (Iathtolle family who held large. estates, In Worcestershire, and were sufferers from. the severe persecutions to which Catholics were at that time exposed; but their mnother was a slster' of Sir William Itigleby,' of Ripley, whose property lay in the inniediate vitn Ity of Scotton, and who had internmarried with some of its.famnilles..' Burroufnded by influences such as those at .,t e vr outse~t af his career in life, it is hardly to 1)0 3w# dered at that Guy Fawkes was led to*4Mrt the relIgious priteiples in whieli-he hta bin educated, and to become imbued witi ft spirit of fanaticism. w e~ evqntual1 led to ply eO t to a iz tha Trbason up~o English 'photographers avoid t$e1 i on the #ttgr'0 3yp wboltQUuall a ghastly stare, having a elok thme point.trh th e ~l sbeing o t or te1y te -t&t63~