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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., OCTOBER 28, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO. 130. ONLY A DREAM. I had a dream. I thought that you andI I Walked aide by side along a murmuring stream, it vas in early spring; the sweet wild flowers Nodded their heads above the watera horm; The happy birds sang out for very joy * Of living. And we two wandered idly on Or stopped to pluok a wayward flower w hioh chanced To fringe our path; sang merry songs in snafohes, Or grew as silent after. Till, suddenly, We came to wh re the brook and riv.r meet, And, mingliag. flow as one forevermore. We stopped to rest ero we sbould homeward turn ; And then, with sudden impulse, turning 'round, You look'd with your dear eyes into mine own, And said: "The brook and river flow as one, And why should our two lives less perfoot be ?" I answered not a word; my lips were dumb; But, suddenly, iut , my life there came A gladness that I had not known befor. And then you atoopod, and kiisod mte on the mouth ; I trembling sighed-and with tio esigh ax, ke I And then I knew that I had only dreatned. The Emperor's Choice. Mlichael the Second lay in the sepulchral chapel erected by Justinian, in the Church of the Holy Apostles at Constantinople. It was in the autumn of 829 that this Ein peror died, leaving the throne of the East ern Empire to his son Theophilus. Married at an early stage of hisgreatness to Euphrosyne, daughter of Constantine VI., Mlichael haa suffered a degree of ob. loquy which lie could not avert, in conse quence of his marriage. Euphrosyne had already become a nun, when lie accident ally saw her, as she was returning from matins, across the courtyard adjoining both convent and chapel. From this time her liage haunted lim, night and day; and when at length lie came to the throne, his first act was to obtain a dispensation from the Patriarch for the beautiful recluse to share it with him. There were those who dared murmur against the desecration, as they termed it, and the sovereign's life was embittered, and perhaps his death hautened, by the re ports that often reached him of the disap proval of his subjects. Euphrosyne, how ever, made as exemplary an Empress as she had ben irreproachable as a utin, and mourned her husband's death with as true a grief as if she had never abjured the world. All her remaining affections cen tered in her son, Theophilus, who ascend ed the throne when lus father died, in Oc tober, 829. To please the fastidious taste that chap acterized the new Emperor, and, perhaps, to guard him against the temptation of in. vading the sacred precincts of the cloister for a wife, the Empress assembled all the most beautiful and graceful aiong the maidens of Constantinople to a fete in her own private apartments. Previous to their coming she informed him of her object, and desired him to select a new empress from among the many fair and high-born ialden,3 who would grace it. Perhaps it was only a whim that prompt ed his quick answer; but he eventually carried it out, hi a way that accorded with his quaint and quiet humor. Seizing an apple of pure gold from aniong the cost ly ornamenta of his mother's cabinet, he said, "Look, mother I I will openly pre sent this apple to the maiden who most shall meet my approbation in your circle, this evening; and that maiden, whoever site may be, shall share with me the throne. The Empress approved, and they sep nted, to meet again when she should be surrounded by the flower of beauty and grace in her own apartmeit. The evening shadcs were deepening into dlarkness, when a young andl very beautiful girl, dressed with fairy lightness and taste, stood before the massive steel mirror which gave back her flashing eyes and crimson cheeks. She was robed in a long, trailing garment of transparent silver tissue, looped up at one side with a knot, of white ilowers. The shoulders were partially bare, and the short sleeve was gathered up by a single spray of delicate lilies. Across the bosom the robe was drawn into graceful folds p~artmig in the center, and decorated with diowers. The hair was braided into a heavy knot at the back of the head, and a wreath of tiny greent leaves encircled the knot. Except the flowers, there was no decora tion. All was in the strictest sinlilctty, but aii air of lndescribnble elegance and re finemnent pervaded her whole appearance. As site stepped from before the large mirror she met the eyes of a young man, bearing a strong family resemblance to her, fixing themselves earnestly and adimiriingly upon her. "h on will go withm me, Justus?" she asked, as he approached her. "It it is your pleasure, Tfheodora," was the reply, "I am only too happy to attend you." tie bent toward her and whisper ed. "If 1 could b~ut know that I might hope for your presence always-" "Hush, Justusl" said shto; "'I think you must remeniber that the subject is forbid den as one likely b (ldest roy the bonds of friendship betweeni us" "Amnd Is friendship all that I must hope for?" he asked. "All!" she replied. ''Methinks it Is a great boon, the true and pure friendship which 1 have heard described. Blesides, are you not my own relative ?.--dearer than any save a brother? S isters' thildIren we are Justus." And site laid her white hand upon his arm with a sisterly freedom that disarmned him of all resentmenat towardl her. "You will go ?" she asked again. "Yea, TFheodora-and as a brother only, If that Is all you cant desire me to be to you. But I shall make a sorry attend ant.*" The two p~assedl out together, and just as thtey were about to enter the quaintly-do corated Greek chariot, another chariot, with wild, prancing horses, nearly ruin against them. "Th'lat is Eikasia's carriage," said Theo dora, when her mionentary fright was oiver. "id you observe w~hat a beatifuhl tlhng it is?" "I sew that it was built in the form of a sea-shell," lie replied. "Eikasia has taste as well as beauty." "Yes," said TJhteodlora; "and1( oh, Jus tuesI how grandly b~eautifut she Is! how full of glorious strengh and miajesty I1)Do ydu know that I shrink away into nothing beefde Elkasla ? She seemse to overshadow mae with her comanding presencee." "one hair from that golden braid exceeds her charms." "Nonsense, Justus I Do you think me so vain as to be caught by such rhapsodies, my good cousion I Keep your flue speeches for finer ladies .than 1." When Justus and Theodora entered the reception chamber of the Empress, Eikasia was already there. She was dressed inag nilecently in a rich green robe, embroidered with gold stars. On her head she wore a coronet composed of gold and emeralds. Her train was three yards in length, and was of white Persian silk, bordered with gold stars on a green ground. A broad girdle, in which gold was curiously inter woven, confined her loose robe in folds around her waist and a chain of emeralds drooped from her white throat, setting off its exquisite fairness. A pale, olive hue was faintly lighted up with a struggling crimson, but it was the eyes that lighted up the wondrous-the deep, passionate eyes, whose glancss seemed absolute to burn with the fires of the spirit within. The long lashes that shaded them rested on the cheek; and the dark eyebrows were penciled so evenly that every hair lay in its own place, and seemed as if it could not be spared from the general effect. Eikasia's hair was of that peculiar tint of purplish black that is at once so rare and beautiful ; and, unlike Theodora's she wore it in long curls, that fell over her face, partially concealing the paksionate look that sometimes welled out from the very soul in moments of her intense en thusiasm. Won by that look-for slie wore it now -i person, entering the room, walked slowly past the others who were standing in gioups, or reclining on seats about the apartments, and stayed his footsteps only when lie reached the spot where she was standing. Addressing her in the grave and senten tious tone of the period, lie said, "Women is the source of evil." 1er quick eye caught sight of the golden apple. She divined immediately the cause 01 this, and the use to which he was to ap ply it, and her dark eyes glistened with a proud yet happy expression as she quickly answered. "But womau is also the source of much good."11 She turned aside to speak to Theodora, but her words were bitter and sarcastic now -for there was an air of sweetness and purity in Theodora's face, that. contrasted with her own passionate nature. The Em peror, who saw it, too, was disenchanted in a moment. All her beauty faded from before his sight, and lie turned away dis enthralled. What was itl Did her.tones jar upon his nerves I or was lie attracted to the other maiden, whose blushing cheek attested her modesty, and whose sparkling eyes pro claimed her intellectuality? Who knows, save by what followed? The apple quiv cred in his hand. Hie advanced-stopped -went on, in Corporal Trim's old fashion, hundreds of years afterward, and placed the bright, shining fruit in the hand of the fair Theodora I Never before had such a blow fallen on the self-complacency of Eikasia. The words died on her lips, and the tears forced themselves into those large, black orbs that burned so brightly a few minutes before. it was like rain after lightning. She had not counted upon this. When the Em peror had entered she looked proudly around, inO the memory of that last glance in the great steel mirror was still vivid en ough to assure her that she would bear off the palm of beauty. Now, the veil had fallen from her eyes, and she saw anothei preferred before her I A few moments of that forced gayety which disappointed pride puts on, at first, to hide the keen pangs that are crushing it, and then Eikasia was gone; and the party, following her lead, as usual, broke up. At the door, Justus stood ready with a mantle ot fine wool to guard TVheodora from the night air. She was trembling all over with the strong excitement of the evening. Jus tus thought she was shivering, and lhe wrapped her up still closer. Could lie have known that she was (lead to him fronm that moment, the poor youth's constant heart, wouldl have bled (deeply. In the monastery of Santa Maria Emkasla secluded herself from every eye save those or the good sisters andi her confessor. She had felt the throb of ambition--she now wore the garb of humilhty. Tihe brief (liy dream had faded, but its going dIown had efti none of those bright hues that the sun leaves at parting. Henceforth, life was painted for her in those sombre shades of gray that are too (lull already to subside ito any other tint. And while Eikasma composedi and sang pl)Sms, t~o euro the fever of a soul panting for the gift of love, Theodora was preparing to ascend the throne beside him who, had he not beeni Emperor, would~ have equally shared her heart. The Empress Euphrosync, after her son's marriage, retired to a monastery to pass8 the remaiinder of her daysi one sigh to the memory of Michael, and she was lost, to the either world. Theodcora accompamied the Emperor on one of his visits to the nleighboring con vents. A nun attracted her notice by the height and beauty of her figure. Her face was almiost entirely concealed, by the broad bands which she, more than the others, had drawn closely around it. But the full red lips, unfaded and blooming still, and guarding a row of pearls of unexampled beauty, brought to her memory the proud Elkasia, as she stood, waiting in the palace hall, for the distinction she was so sure would come to her. Elkasia's eyes betrayed her emotion. The Emperor spoke to her courteously without remembering her, And the "last straw" was laid on the pride that hadl been her ruling passion. She answered hun in a low murmur that sounded little like the tone that so jarredl upon lis nerves when, years ago, the golden apple seemed so ticarly within her reach. Thus we struggle-ah I how often-like wountled birds, against the destiny that seemed so cruel-yet how recklessly we thing away the golden fruit that might be ours; and somewhere away among (dim cloisters in which we have hidden our grief, we sometimes catch a glhmpse of our coveted prize In the hands of another! What wonder, then, if we beat time bars of the dreary cage in which we dwell I No one can over estimate hIs own weakness, or tihe dangers to whichi ho is continually eXposed i no one Gun overstate the strength and comfort of constantly abiding in Christ. There is no faith in believing what is true unless we believe IL because it iu How the Winter In ithe aerirats Grow Longer. Professor Legate has just returned fro a trip into the Sierras of eight days dur tion. le had with him two assistants an his own vehicle for the transportation u his instruments, and campedt out most < the time. he object of the professor trip was the study of recent interestin meteorological changes in the elevate regions of the Sierras. Ie was led to b< lieve that during the present season th warm belt had shifted south. Beginnin at a point just north of Lake Tahoe, tit snow has not melted away as in forme years. There are now banksof snow fior fifty to 100 feet in depth at points wher heretofore it this season no snow has lain Nearly the whole of this snow will remni where it now lies until the snows of wintc again set in. Up toward the head water of the North Fork of the Yuba River, wherl no snow is usually seen at this season, I has but little more than begun to disappear In that place are to be sepn huge banks o snow, under which flow tile waters of th stream, forming arches or natural bridge 100 feet in heigit, and from 200 to 30 feet in width. As nearly the whole of thi snow will remain until snow again comes the accumulation next year will be stil greater, and the whole region around th head of that and other rivers high in th mountains will probably lie tider the sano tne year round. It was for the purpose of ascertaininj the cause of this remarkie change of cli mate to tile northward that Professor Le gate went on his expedition into the mno-an tains. Through the results obtained b; observations made at many points witi various delicate instruments, but jprincipal ly by means of careful thermometrical tests the professor has cstablished te fact tha there has occurred in the rail' f tile Sierri iivadai Mouimtneat8 thi S. it a grant isothermal chauge. Ile finds thait te waru current of air which ever since the settle ment of Cahfornia by Amiericans-and pro bably ages before--has moved upwar from the Pacific seaboard to the Sierri Nevada Mountains and thence turned am flowed to the northward along the wes side of the main ridge of tile range, thu giving to all regions in that direction i warm climate, no longer moves in that di rection. It now comes ip from the side o the ocean and pours east ward directl) across the crest of the Sierras near Lak< Tahoe. Professor Legate has satisfied himsel that this Wonderful change, which is leav Ing all the northern parts of the Sierri buried in snow, summer and winter, i caused by the denudation of tiiber whici the mountains have suffered through a bel beginning at Luke Tahoe and extendinp some twenty miles souLhward. Througli the great. gap thus left by the sweepin away of the ioresas now flows the warn current of air which formerly moved-witli something of the circling.motion of wate; in an eddy-far along the mountains to li northward. Professor Legate says it imusl not be supposed that the change has bec caused merely on account of the gal) o trough left by the clearing away of tht forests. The denudation of the ground i the principal cause. The heat of tile sut pouring down upon the broad belt of bur( ground now reaching across the mount ain causes at that point an inunense ascenldii column of heated air which draws in from the west tht- current which formerly move( to the northward and now all cmssex tht( Sierras, passing in an upward and eastwar< direction. Professor Legate is of the opliniou tha tile only thing Capable of chaiging the is othernal line which has been recently ne eldentally and disastrously estabished is th< creation, at. sonie point well norlh, of an other broad belt of denudittion, the intlu. ence of which will be to draw in that diree (ion a portion of the warmi currenit of ii mnoving up to and1( along the western slop)1 of thte Sierras, iand thus partly restore th<. eqiuable temiperature that, fornmerely pre vailedl. lie thinks the railroad which is t< run in tile direction of Oregon from Reno and1( which is to strike aind till thie grea pine forests of tile Sierras well to the n10r h will after a few years effect the desires change. Poison in F4ootd and 4jhi1.dren's Toy,. The Paris authorities have reccently bee1 preacing a crusade against the use of 1)oi sons. It seems some flagrant istane have beent detected. The poisons which hlave been selected for su1ppressiont by thi Parisian police inclu'hc a kind of yellov sackoloth in which Amneric~an hams Ittve in certain eases, been packed for the Eutrc ieani market. Many of these are quit harniless, and keel) the comimoditles freal and p~ure, buht ini some1 chiromate of lead ha beet.,11sed1 to renderi the sacking watei proof, if not, air-tight, and, though the rc suit has been attilinedl, the hams hiive beci poisoned. A peculiar kind of salted lien ring lias also been liaced oil the schiedul of datngerous comiestibles, as the analysi allows that tile solor is obtained with b1 chroimate of potash. Bunt a more insidi ous attemplt has been dletectedi in the ens of childreni's toys colored with peolsonou palintS. TlheO Fr'ench auithorities when the; commlaence a crusadle, geenrally conutinue to the endto, andi their efforts differ tbotih ii energy andi success fromi the capricious atnt diatory proceedings by which, in thi counltry, slightly poisonous food is often al lowed to be sold with imnpuniity. Eating Without, nt Appetite. It, is wrong to cat without an appetite for it shown there is no gastric juice in LIh stomach, and that nature does not ntee, food; andl not needling it, there being n juice to receive andl act upon it, it remtaltn there to puttrefy, the very thought of wIce should be sufficient to (deter any matn fret eating withiout an appetite for the reinahl d~er of his life. If a tonic Is taken to who the appetite, it is a milstalken course, for at oinly result, is to cause one to eat mnor when already an anmoumnt bhas been1 cate beyond what the gastric has been able p~repalre. The object to be attainedl is larger supply of gastric juice, and1( not larger supply of food; and whatever fails I accomplish that c4esirable object falls to hasi any eflciency towardi tile cure of dyspepti diseases. The formastion of gastric jul04 is dlirectly proportioned to tho wear ait tear of the system, which Is to to be ti means of supplying, and this wear au tear can only take place as the resu of exercise. 'Te efficient renmedy for dy popsia is work-out-of.door work-bent lcial and successiul in direct proportion it is ngrormbhen internating and profihbl Patch Fine. From Wilnington, N. U, southward and a1 nearly till the way to Florida, the pitch - pine trees, with their blazed sides, attract 1 the attention of the traveler. The lands for ,f long stretches are alost worthless and f the only industry, beyond small patches of s corn or cotton, is the " boxing ' of the ! pitch-pine trees for the gum, as it is called I and the manufacture of turpentine and re . sin. There are several kinds of pine trees, n including the white, spruce, yellow, Rou imany and pitch pmne. The latter is the only u valuable one for boxing, and differs a little r from the yellow pine, with which it is i sometimes confoanded at the North. The L owners of these pine Ilands generally . lease the privilege for the buisiness, and i receive about $125 for a crop, which con. r sist.s of 10,000 boxes. The boxes are cavities s cut Intothe tree near tie ground in such a j way as to hold about a quart, and front one t to four boxes are cut In each tree, tile nun . ber depending on its size. One mnan can f attend to and gather the crop ( f 10,000 3 boxes during the season, which lasts fromi SMatrch to Septeiber, Abottt three quarts ) of pitch or gmn is the average production c s of each box, but to secure tli-s alliount the 1 bark of the tree above must be hacked f 1 away a little every fortnight. Doing this 3 s0 often, and for successive seasons, re Siovc the bark as high as can be easily r reached. while the quantity of the gum constantly decreases, in thtat it yiekls less, , spirit, ts the tui pentin is called(, and there I .the trees are abandoned. The gim is scraped out of the boxes with a sort of wood- 1 e spoon, and at the close of the season, s after the pitch onl the exposed surface of C the tree has become hard, It is removed by 11 scraping, and is only tit, for resin, produc- 1 Ing no spirit. The gtin sells for $1.50 a I barrei to tile distillers. From sixteen bar- C rel of the crude gum, which is about the average (ur utity of the stills, eighty gal lons of turpentine and tell barrels of resini atre made. ie resin sells for fron $1.40 ( to $5 pet Larrl, according to quality, and t just about pays for cost of gumi and distil- a hug, leaving the spirit, which sells for for ty cents a gallon, as the profit of the busi - ness. iniense quantities of resin await , shipment along the line, and the pleasant odor enters the car windows as we tire whirled along. Afte- the trees are unfit for further boxing, and are not suitable f-r lutmber; they tire sometimes used to mauu- : facture tar, but the buisluess is not very r profitable, And is only done by large cot- f palites. who can thus utilize their surpluits labor. The trees are cut up into wood, t which is piled into a hole in the ground i and covered With earth, and then burned, I the satne as charcoal Is burned in New York. The heat sweats out the gum, 8 which, uniting withi the smoke, runs off C through a spout provided for that purpose. U A cord of wood wiil mtake two barrels of I tar, which sells for $1.50 a barrel, an( costs thirty-seven and a hatif cents to f miako. The charcoal is then sold for cook- I Lug purpose. r Generial in1inihgton. The Or'alcc, published in 1791, writes thus, as to the personal babits of General Washington: "lie is very regular, tem perate and industrious; rises in winter and suinier tit the dawn of (lay; generally reads or writes some time before breakfast: breakfasts about seven o'clock o three I siall Indian hoe cakes, and as many dishes of telt, and often rides immediately to his different farms, and remains with his laborers until a little after 2 o'clock, then returns and dresses. At 3 o'clock lie dines, coninionly on a single dish, and drinks from half a pint to a pint of MAdileari wine. This, with oIne smilall glass of punich, a draught of beer and two dishes of tea (wnich Ie takes half an hour before the setting of the sun), constitutes lia whole Sustenance until the next daSy. 1ut his table is always fur nished withI elegance and exub~erance: and(1 whether lie htas company or not lhe remains at t he table an ho)ur in familiar conversation, then every one is called upon01 to gIve some absent friend a toast. After lhe has (lined, hie apl)ies himtlself to butsiness5, and( aibout 9 o'clock retires to res'; bitt when he has compan1~y lie aittend~s p~olitely upon them till they wvish to wvithdraw." Bhit It is of interest to observe the impres 81011 Watshington made~l upon0 another class. IFor this purpose5 let us ttake the description of one who evidenltly knew him well, and( understood exactly how lhe ratiked in the estimattioni of those best quatlified to judge of his character and1( woth. This dlescriptioni I - p~erha~pn conltamts one statemetnt tIhat maty strike somei as ne0 ., yet more that one prominent biographer hats preparedl us for it, in sayinig that in his youthl Washington had thle smuall-pox. Upon the whole, It will not appear muuch newer thtan the fact brought, out ulpon the last 22(1 of Februtiry as very new, namitely', that throughout the revolu tion lie servedi his counttry without pay, ati astounding fact, in the eyes of ollce-htolder8 and polititicitans. The writer iti Thal.P/ila -delcphia Mone/ly of .11une, 1798, sp~eaks as follows: "General Washmlgton is a tall, Swell-made mantl rtither large bonecd, and1( -has5 a tolerably geniteel address. H~is feat uires aire malfnly andu bold, Ils eyes of a blishl cas5t and( very lively; his htair of a dleep Sbrown; his face rathier long anid marked SwIth the small-pox; his complexion sun burnt and without much color, and1( hIs couintinance sensible, composed andl thought - Sful; there is a remarkable air of dIgnity Sabouft him1, wvith a striking (degree of grace fulness. ie has an excellent undlerstandl ing without uch quickness: as strIctly just vigilant and generous; tan affectionate huts h~and, a faithifuli friend, a father to the de servIng; gentle in Is mlanners', ini temper: rath~er reservedl; a total strtanger to religloous 3 priejudilces; iti Is morals irreproachable; lhe I was tnever known to exceed the bounds of ) most rigidl temlperance-il a word, all his a frienids and acquiaintances universai.j allow a thait no man ever unitedl In his own person 1 a1 more perfect alliance of the virtues of a - phillosophier with the taletnt of a statesman t :ind a general. Canldor, sincerity, affabllIty a alnd simplicity seemi to be the striking feat-1 e ures of his chlaracter." 2 in opening thte old magazino In whIch ra the foregoing sketch is preserved, the read a r feels well nigh hike one who comes upon it some1 forgotteni album, and1( finds the photo I) grap~h of ani old andl fannlitir friend. Wash o inlgton here app~ears, not1 In a cloudl of in c conse, not as a demi-god, and yet not as a s Commtlon mani. llero we have, in fact, very Liitiearly the tradlitionlal or, it might b)e said(, e the "Immortal Washington" of the average ti appreciative Amierican. Tihe vindication of 1 W ahing tonl, theorofore, would consist simu m- .ply in presenlting the man as lhe was. - The brief sketch quoted furnishes many s a topic upon which It would be pleasant to 'I dwelt The statement that Washingtnn was stranger to religious prejudices, for In itance,recalls his reply to the address of the Roman Catholics, who engaged their lives md fortunes to achieve American Indepen lence, as well as that of the Jews. At the mine tune the religious opinions of Wash ngton were not colorless. lie was bred in he system of the Church of England, as it >btained in Virginia, where the system was olerant, as some have thought, lax. Yet, vhatever may have been the tendencies here (luring the last century, the system vas preserved in its integrity, and Wash ugton was in sympathy with the established >rder observing all the forms. In the earlier )ortion of his life, before his time became >thorwise absorbed, lie was an active vest yman. lie was also an attendant upon :omununion. In the French and Indian war io would officiate in the absence of the chap aln. He read the burial service at the uneral of Braddock; and Lee Massey, vhose discourses, preached in the hearing if Washington, are carefully preserved, aid that lie never knew so "constant a hurchman" as lie, saying also that his be iavior at church was deeply reverential, nd produced the happiest effect upon the ongregation. In advanced age lie may not iave attended the communion in public as ormerly, but of this we have no proof. Lhe proof however, is also wanting that ie actually did maintain his former >ractice. When the period arrived in vhich till eyes were fixed upon his novements, it wou)d appear as though is natural reserve modified his cus. nma in general, and that he retreated ore within his own deep nature. The ame was true with regard to his Masonic onnection, for though remaining a true member of the brotherhood lie seldom vis Led the lodges to take part in their affairs. le, however, never relaxed his habit of hurch-going, and was in his place on sun lay morning with unfailing regularity. Vien traveling, as for ilstance in New 'ngland, after' -attending the Episcopal hurch in the morning, he would appear at lie Congregational house of worship in the fternoon, showing what is called his free loum from religious prejudices; while his last eords in his chamber at Alount Vernon eere: "It is Wel." The Comilexion. I asked a druggist what particular article r line of goods he sold the most of. lie eplied without hesitation, "Compounds or improving the complexion. The num er of these preparations is surprising; iey must be generally employed. I have oticed that while nine gills out of ten ave a singularly smooth, perfect skim upon heir face, the doctor is constantly con tilted with ieferences to roughness a nd ruptions on other part, of the boiy. Girls re not generally as healthy as boys, -but lie skin of their fuees seein much smoother han that' of boys. This difference, it Is air to presume, comes of the bottles and RAXes folund at tle ai)oticary's. I have ead, and you have all read, of the analy is Which eaieful chemists have made of a ;reat number of these preparations, aid In his way we have learned that they are ioisonous. Arsenic is a very common in ,redient. Not one of them, the analysis if whieh I have examined, is tit to rub on lie uimman skin. We all rejoice that tile itir pr-eparations so generally employed to olor the hair a few years since Iave gone Rut of fashion. They poiosoned us, doing , great deal of hariii to the brain and nerv >us system. These preparations were gen rally less poisonous ihan the coiplexion luids are, but were taken into time systeni l the amne way, by absorption through tile kin. Tile iipression is gaining ground mong the medical men that a certain class I nervous affectionsi, too colinion among ,ur girls, originate in the flilds and pow ler which they employ to improve their omlplexions. What a gain it wouli be very wiay if they would keep their faces lear and bright by f requent bathing, exor ise, Sisunsine, andl pure air I As things iow go, ithey aire not what they seem: but f they depend upon the natural methods, hey would not only secure a bright, beauti uii face, but they would lhe bright, anid IIappy from top to toe, all the way through ,nd not simply oii a smll portion of the urf ace. They Dona't Knmow Mo. A ragged zmani of leisure who was sun ling himiself on the warf lit the foot of riswold Street, h)etroit, wans accosted by a econdl, who was a little more raigged, if 'ossible, withi the inquiry: "'And which piarty are you hollering for his fall?" "Neither," was the brief reply. ''What, aint you fixed?"' "'Not ai fix The best offer 1 have had1( IS he pronmise of two dlolbars for two moniths if hiollerig." "Only two dollars? Whly, what sort of aim lection is thlis going to b~e, and PresidentIal 'ear, too? Did you take it?" ''Take It?" echoed the other, as lie pulled Sloose patch over his naked knee, "I (lid lot. I've been thinking and thinking for a vhole week past, and( (10 you know what 'ye mnade up mind to (do?" "No." ''I'm going to let the country go to her lestructioni Yes, sir; I'm going to see her >lunged into the dlepthls of iinarchy and iever raise a hand to prevent. Two dollars o save this counitry I They don't, know me, ir-they don't begmn to kiiow met" And then the pair sat downm on a salt bar -el and imade a dinner of hamrdl apples and a >iece of salt codifilh. Outdoor Gamesu. Physical exercise can be, and often Is, sarriedl to excess; but every one should raclice it within reasonable limits. A gentleman should not only know how to rence, to box, to ridle, to shoot, to swim, %ld to plhay at billiards, lie miust also know iow to carry hinself, and how to dance, if Lie would~ enjoy life to the uttermost. A rood carriage is only obtained b~y the help >f a dirilhlig master, andl boxing muist also lie scientifically taught. A man should make himself able to defend himnself from rufians, and to dlefendh women from thmem mlso. What fencing and dIrillng are to a man, lacing and calisthenic exercises are to a young woman. Every lady shoukli know how to dance, whether she intendls to dance Ii society or not ; the better thme p~hysical trining. the mnorograceoful and self-possess. edi she will be. Bwimming, skating, arch. cry, or games of lawn-tennis and croquet, ridling, and driving, all help to strengthen the niuscles, and to take the young out ito the open air, whibhl makes these gaimes dlesiralhe. Th le subject is one that too much cannot he said of by parents, tea~ch era, andt edumcational reformers. Such trainimr shol commenn a ihlidhood. How tihe Pyramids were Built. From the far distance you see the giant forms of the pyramids, as If they were regu ularly crystalized mountains, which the ever-creatmg nature has called forth from the rock, to lift thenselves up toward the vault of heaven. And yet, they are but tombs, built by the hands of men, which have been the admiration and astonishment alike of tile ancient and modern world. Perfectly adjudsted to the cardinal points of the liorison, they differ In breadthh and height, as is shown by the imeasureeniuts of the three oldest, as follows: 1. Tie Pyra mid of Khufa-height, 450 -75 feet; breadth, 746 feet. 2. Pyramid of Khafra--height, 447-5 feet; breadth, 690-75 feet. 3. Pyra iud of Menkara-height, 203 feet; breadth, 35278 feet. Thte construction of these enormous masses has long been an insolu ble mystery, but later generations have succeedled in solving the problem. Ac cording to their ancient usages andcustoms, the Egyptians while still sojourning in health and spirits. were ever mindful to turn their looks to tile region where the departing Ila took leave of life, where the door of tile grave opened, where the body, well con cealed, at length found rest to rise again to a new existence, after an appointed time of long, long years, while the soul, though bound to the body, was at liberty to leave the grave and return to it diring the day time, in any form it chose. In such a be lief, it was the custom betimes to dig the grave in the form of a deep shaft In the rock and above this eternal dwelling to raise a superstructure of sacrificial cham bers sometimes only a hall, sometimes sev eral apartmuents, and to adorn then richly with colored writings and painted sculp tures, as was beconming to a house of plea sure and joy. The king biegan his work from his accession. As soon as he mount ed the throne, the sovereign gave orders to a nobleman, the master of all tile buildings f his land, to plan the work and cut tile stone. The kernel of the future edifice wis raised oi the liniestone soil of the desert, in the form of i small pyranid built in steps, of which the well construct ed and tinished interior forned tm thu S eternal dwelling, with his stone sarcophagus lying on the rocky floor. Let, us suppose tiat this first building was finished while the Pharoahs still lived in the bright su1n light. A second covering was added, stone by stone on tile outside of the kernal; a third to this second; and to tills even a rourth; and tile imass of the giant building grew greater the longer the king enjoyed existence. Anti then at last, when it be came1 almost impossible to extend the area Af the pyrunid further, a casing of hard stone, polished like ghss, and flitted tic nurately into the angles of the steps, cover ,d the vast, mass of the sepulcher, present ing a gigantic triangle on each of its four laces. More than seventy such pyramids )Uce rose on the iargin of tile desert, each telling of at king of whoin it was at one ite tomb and monument. Had not the greater number of these sepulchers of tile Pharaolhs been destroyed almost to the foundation, and had the names of the builders of these which still stand been ac Duritely preserved, it would have been eaay for the inquirer to prove and make -lear by calculation what was originally iud or necessity, the proportion bILWeen tihe imissest of the pyrimiids iiad the years of the reigns of their respective builders. Iileo for Living. I am no doctor, quiaclk or pill-vender, yet I have had a pretty good long life and a lhappy one. lay I nol, therefore, Just give my ainnple riles for health in hopes 1ome poor traveler on the up or down hill nay look at them and perhaps be benefitted )y them? I practiced them for many years ind they have done m1e gool; perhaps 'hey Ily (10 good to others. They are inexpensive, and imay be easily aban doned if they cause any harn. 1. K~eep in the sunlighlt just as mulich 1as p~osslble. A planlt will nlot thrive witlhout the sunlbeam~ mulich less a man11. 2. Breathle as muhlll fresh1 air as your business wiill permit. This malikes freshl blood, but it will nlever bo found withlin tile four walls of your building. Beneath the open3 sky, just tlhere, an~d there only, it comesC to yell. 8. H~e strictly temlperate. You cannot break organic law, or any othler law, withl imupunit y. 4. Keep theo feet always warmi and~ thle hlead cool. Disease an~d death begin at tile feet more conulnonly thlan we thlink. 6. If out or order, see which of thle above rules you hlave not observed, thlen rub yourself all over withl a towel, satu rated with salt water, anmd well drliedt, and begin upon01 thle rules again. 7. Look ever on tile brighlt side whlich is tile heaven side of life. Th'iis is far better than any medicinle. Trhee seven simple rules, good for the vali or in~validI, if rightfully observed, wouldi save, I aipprehlend, a great deal of pin, prolong your life, and so far as hlealtha goes, it makes it worthl ha1vmg. Lost Hins Mat. A bare --headled man, who hlad on a long 1linen (luster, rushled into a hatt store inl Lit tle Itock recently and( said: ''l want to buy a hat." "Whlat kind of a hat?" ''Soft. Whien I got oif the stage I couIld nlot ihid mine. Hated like thunda~er to lose that hmat. Paid $5 for it. I'm always los ing something. Can't chlarge It up to the house8 thlii time. Thiat's thle fouirthl hat thmat I've tulrnedi lntoxne acIS~iecounit in the last two weeks. It was a daisy. liere I'll take tIs hlat. '[here's not imlich style aiboumt ite-too muech crownl, too little brim -but then its the best you've got. Yes, I'm always losing somethling. I expect I'd lose my 1head( If I uould chalrge it to thle house84. Old1 hose, hlere'li your health." And, thlrowving down thme price of the lhat, thle commlercial trave!e: cilppedl it on his head and started for thie door. Just thlen a little boot-black stepped bii withl a ha~t he0 had pickea up~ along the ruo:te of the stage, whlich proved to be thle mkme pm. perty. 'The1 owvner grabbed it, flung the b~oy a quarter, and( said: By time everlasting Ihancock, tIs makes one smile. My luck's turnedl. 1 can bust ally bamnk in town. Where's your fare, youmr pico tand all thlat funny business aroumnd your snlie town?" Turning to tile hat mall, lhe remarked: llaven't got muchl use for tis new lhat now, govenor. Keep it? Of coulrse Il keep it. Ill try it on tile house once more. Blap hecr down as street car fare. Ta', And withl hiis hands m his pockets, which wvere cult in the side0 of his pants, the ul stored iniihvidual saunuteredI coolly out, to take a drink, FOOD FOR THOUGHT. le submits himself to be seen through a microscope who suffers him self to be caught in a'passion. If you would be satisfied to do what you can do, rather than what you want to do, you would be happier. Every man is a good pilot in a smooth sea, but when the winAblows then we find out who knows he most. If you wish to be s happy as a king - look at those who haven t as much as you, not ht those who have more. When death, the great reconcller, has come, it Is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. If you have talents, Industry will strengthen them; if moderate abilities, Industry will supply the defficiency. The voice of conscience is so delicate that it Is easy to stifle it but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it. The best kind of revenge is that which Is taken by him who is so gener ou8 that he refuses to take any revenge at all. To be bofn of the Spirit is the essen tial thing, and there must be the wit nessing of a holy walk and conver sation. Every person has two educations one which he receives from others, and one, more important which he gives himself. There is a gift that is almost a blow, and there Is a kind word that is muni. ficence; so much Is there In the way we do things. As sins proceed they ever multiply; like figures in arithmetic, the lIst on the left stands for more than all that went before it. Man is anl animal that cannot long be left Il safety without occupation, the growth of his fallow nature is apt to run to weeds. If Uhere is any thing more poigiiant than a body agonizing for want of bread, it is a soul whiloh ib dying of 1%utiger for light. Enter upon life Is ioi;ni wish to retire froin it, and spend time on earth as you would wish to spend eter nity in Heaven. The worthiest people are most injured by slanders; as we usually find that to be the bept fruit which the birds have been pecking at. Though the life of a man falls short of a hundred years, he gives himself as much pain and anxiety as if he were to live a thousand. A man of Intellect 18 lost unless he uniLtes energy of character to Intellect. IV hen we have the lantern of Diogenes we must have his stair. A gentle person is like tho, river flowing calmly along; wiiile the pas sionate mian is like the sea, casting up mire and dirt continually, The only gratification a covetous man gives his neighbors is to let diem see that ho himself is no better for what he has than they are. It Is wonderful how silent a il can he when he knows hIs cause is Just, and how boisterous he becomes when he knows he is in the wrong. Kn owledge always desires increase; it Is like fire, which must first be kin dled by some external agent, but which will after wards propagate itself. Since ilie generality of persons act from impulse much more than from priniple, mni are neither so good or so bad as we are apt to think themi. Only they who carry sincerity to the highest poinlt, in whom there remains not a single hair's breadtirof hypocrisy, can see the hidden spring of things. Mortality is an event by which a wise ian can never be surprised; we know that death is always neai', and it should therefore, always be expected. A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another .man than this, that wheni the Injury began on his part, for the kindness to begin on ours. There are some people who think that eternal viglance is a terrible sum to pay for liberty, when a sort of easy rnn slavery can be had for hslf that price.. , ruere are errors which no wise man will treat with rudeneus while there is a probability that they may be the re fraction of sonmc greas truth belo w the horizon. Events are only the shells of ideas; and often it is the Iluenat thotight of ages that Is crystalized in a moment by the stroke of a pen or the point of a bayonet. The worst slander often has in It some truth from which we may learn a lesson that taay make us wiser, and If we wvill, better, when the first smart of It is over. The humble man, though surroun ded with the soorni and reproach of the world, is still in peace, for the utablity of his peace resteth not upon the world, but upon God. IHumor is a very important element in every man's life. Neither man nor plant thrives in the shade. 1t is nec essary however, to see that itis good humor rather than bad. Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advyan tages; and envy feels not its own hap piness, but when it may be compared wvith the misery of others.. Profanity never did any mapi the least good. No man is rIcher, hkppler or wiser for it. It commends no'one to society ; it is disgusting to refiued peo ple, and abominable to the good. Blessed is lie who gives to the poor, albeit only a penny ; dloubly blessed be lhe who adds kind words to his gift. $ay not because thou cans't not (10 everything, "I will do nothing.'" hlowever early in the morning you. seek the gate of access, you find it al ready open ; and however deep the mid r.lght hour when you find y'ourself lz4 the sudden arms of death, the winged prayer can bring an instant Saviour near. And no nation, whatever he its nat ural resources, shall survive the action of those divinely appointed laws by wvhich'i righteousness is miade to exalt a nation, and sin to be a' reproach to a- y people. It is at this point preoiiely thdt men may expect help from Ptdvidence-at the end of their own possible egort, at a point where they have done all they can to help themselves,. TIo help themi sooner than this were nottse." To do for man what he can do .fpr .tdmseef, were not wise-not good fok man aI growth, either ini knowledge er1 ritue