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fA P-P* ' . -4-4 ' - - - - --4 TIWlLEDITION- WINNSBORO, S. C., MARCH- 5, 1881. ESALS D1 ESALIHD 85 AT FORTY. Tho sun of life lis or-pued th* lino, T6lestumer-ehino of longthenod light Fade Tana faill-t i whore I stand, 'Tis equal day and cqual night. One after one, as dwIndling li6 Youth's glowing hopes havo dropped away, And soon way. barely leave tho gloam .. That O4diy soares a wintor's dry. amn n log.- .In not old; The flush of inorn, the sunsot calin, Pal:ng and dooponing, each to each, Meot midway with a soemn charm. One sido I see the summet fieldi. Not yet ditrabod of all their groi; Whild woeserly, a'long tho lulls, Plame the first tiBt'ef frobty sheo. Aid middlo p3int, where clonde and stora Madd battle-ground of this my lifol Where oven-matched, the night an I flay Wage round me their Foptember strife! I bow me to the throat .nlug galo;. I know, whon th't is ovorpast, Among the peacoful barvest dpys, An Indian summulr comes at last. A Backwoods Elopement. 4Therp ain't nothing here but the woods, n the river, 'n. a 'few shiftless neighbors, but if you k1nst d it, we should like to haVe".ou st.y," Fmrked Mrs. Savage, when Marianne and-1 proposed spending a month pr so at her hospitable mansion. A winter's trip into the pine woods re gion had inspired us with a desire to visit It when it was green, instead of vhit'e, and as Marianne was somewhat of an invalid this spring, si1 believes in pine breezes, we started, on tho day of April, for the same obsbUveapot. We ich'theOast winds and the sea fogs I belind us 'we found clear skie, frbsh brgezes, arbutus blosoms, antd MafV par te whiche s'it if in vogue lin this partVo the country. -.' Not thle forlorn, paper wreathe(), bare..headed,' shivelring affairs wbh ard0fpltiful-in the suburbs of the largeit New'.En'gland citi'es, on the first of the flowery mohtli, bilt merry tramps after arbutus tlowers, the. parties composed of young moetand hi4idens, as well. as bjildr en. Dinner Js uQually spread in ime vacant logging 0auor, if it be wardi enough, un dpr. tlie trees outside, while last year~s lpa es fall Into t4q drinking'cups, and i aiet deal df fun ndollity prqvailq. We encounter ny of iliese gypsy parties on our w mi Bangor upward, and ,eah 'one 4 med merrier than the . Dusk i".oepigo like a mist over the *ttle lainlet, 'cut'like an oval froni'the %Udbt of the forest, when we reached there, our,,long day'sride. It was three s awa fropi the scene of our winter's Tle river,, p long releasod from its prison of iio, Avas singing the wildest of spring songs. Pale gre6h birches, only in the bud as yet, were shivering against thodurk velvet background of the pine wooi, Frogs were calling tragically. , from' evoeri direction, and as we aliglited'ft Mrs. Sav ag's door, we could smell the odorous rQh of kine, and hear the pleasant sound Wthe dripping milk litb full pails. The liilmaid.. arosy-checked, moolV-faced girl, r uq)1dd from the shed near by, 'Pail i'hand, while 'Mrs. Savage herself, stood onjthe doorsteps to greet us. "Hurry, Phiebe !" she admonished the milkmnaid ; "s8upper's all ready now, and I expect nothing but ivhat these ladies is half starved." 'Tho cheer of a woodflrc revived our s-mewhat droopiug dpirits. . The voices of frogs and extrein. wearineja aro enough to dlepress the stoutest 8ou1s. ' Mrs. Savage, "Pitbo, mnydarter," and "my son, -J lin,'" comp~oso the family. Mrs. Savage wears her hair short, anid looks as dietornlined as checerftil. When not I about her hbuscwprk, she majces log-cabiin quits, qnd hooks rugs. Phiobe has. stuaw coloredl tinglets, ehe is niineteen jcars of age, sho~sweeps, washes the disheli, end, whlen John:is busy' does the milkmng. John looks mailf, but seems~ quite overcothe by shyness. ,11e wearnvred shirts, is employedt mn getting'out lumber in tle day tiniia, and in courting in the evening. All this we learned before, noon of the nex~t dlaf, and we also learned1 -that the first of May "ms rather early ini the season in the bacli woodis, if there are no east wmids, a'nd the skies arc clear, .Early the next inoingiii we took a little trampJ iinto the woods. We found the pie turesque ruins of an 01(d camp), its crium b~hng logs beautifully dlrap~ed with moss, a lovely little, round pond(, bifnking brightly undecr green frigges, -a plenty of the pinkest arbutus blossoms, and a drift of white moosewoodI b~uds and dlelicate ferns. We hieardt the low, sweet, long song of a bird that we had1( never heard before, but the woods were wet, andl the air was so chilly and~ (lamp that we wore glad to make our way home in a very short- space of tine. "I amn initerestedI In Plhebe and her weep ing," saidl Marianne. ''After all, hman nature is mnoro interesting than any other kind, at this season of the year, esp~eially." --1 who love iaturo much as sinners cani, hMo her whore Bho JiiOst granidour silows in I qjuotedI. "'Mrs. Savage saidl the elder was comning to-highit, andt I aim anxious to see' himi. lsan't thecre 011 some cctioni be.. tweenCi this expected cyent andi Phiebo's weeping ?' "I il. aginedl that her tears were evoked by the pathos offthe 19ew Vorfi .Ledgcr," suidi M~arianne. "I saw them (dripping profutely lovel' the first psger while she plied the dish-cloth this mnorninig.' We went home to fhind the house as redo .ent of spices as on Tfhanksgiving Day, and Mrs. Snygigo In a >erfect bustle of cookery. PLhbet1 ethdo w pre. 4inte blistered with tears, and she waus beating eggs witli an air of manrtyrdlomi. "TI ie older,; Uo'a4lls ogd, Qf sweet meats 41. a Child, ai11i I'm a trying to git up soime thiing that lie kinm cat, thoughkeibe's ac', tions put me all out, and .i hardly know what I'm dolig of.' .Who ever heard of a girl'a crying the hull enduring time, for t wo or thireo day's, coz her beau was a coing," said ite olddr rkdy.* "'lie ain't my beau, no miorn'n another at~hld ~I Wnave him for a beau," a~p ser-ted the tearful (damlsel, wviping her tyg with herat@, "m1j14 thihak you wvouldt be 41ahamed to call hnim thak before fol "I - #trahge t1hatth l ne$ Wlltknow wVhen theny're wel o . The elder's the genteblest . dhAiNIM all~ .f say nothmig of the privilege of piarrying Into the gospo, so to speak. - A Phebe reckons she's put upon the worst kind, caz I kalkerlate she shell marry'lin - He'll nake an awful good husband, 'n lie's as fond uv her as ken be." "I should think he was," gasped Phebo, handling her egg-beater like a weapon of vengeance.- 'Taiu't me he likes, 'n all the neighbors know it. lie ain't got no, property himself." IIPhebe Jane Savage, what air you talk ing about?1 excl'aimed her mother, in a, tone of exasperation. . "If yotjiu't kyer ful you'll lose hitnafter all. There ain't a girl rotind here but what would jump to git him-girls better off'n you be, too." "They're welcome to him, 'widerer's peak,' 'n all," said Phebe. "lie-" . Maianne and I retreated to the sitting rcom. .The fire snapped cheerily. The birds were singing outside, and we coului see- from the wihlow we sat, the bold peak of Katahdin, softened into. a velvet cloud by distance, over the tops of the waving trees. Marianne busied herself with her sketch book, whle I idly watched the an ties qf-an inpish kitten, and meditated on PhObe's troubles. The elder was expected before teatime, and we dd not desert our post by the win dvow until he made his appearance. lie traveled in what they calleu the "commo dashun," a primitive conveyance, driven by a jovial young man from the eud of a stage route, several miles below. lie was a tall, ungainly man of forty or thereabouts. Ile wore shiny black bioadcloth and a tall hat, resembling a stage countryman in his Stul day best. His hair was black, oily and curling. His eyes were beautifully blue, but looked both sleepy and sinister, and when lie moved his hat we were amused to notice the "widower's peak," which P.hebe had mentioned so scornfully. The ex pression of his face was a strangimixture of both indolence and sharpness. lie car ried a gay carpet-bag in his hand, and in variably swallowed before he spoke. le addiesed Mrs. Savage as "Sister Savage," and rushed forward to grect Jier with a smile'which was sultry in its sweetness. P1106e, without paying the least attention to-the elder, was exchanging a great deal of mysterious banter with the jovial young man under his very nose. "I am afraid that young man is on the downward road," sighed the older- view ifg.-their proceedings irom the window, Ater lie had reluctantly entered ithe -house. }irs. Savage looked alarmed, and Last ened to call Phebe, who did not hasten to Lhake her appearance. The young mani was to remain at the house all nitght, as the roadh were bad, and his horse was disabled n some way, and:pot uiitil be moved to w'.ard the stable with his weary steed did :he exhibit the slightest intention of de *riving herself of his society. The elder strode toward her with iw iroacliful tenderness, and attempted to im ?rint a kiss upon her glowing chgek. 'Quit I" said Phebo, repulsinghim, with 61na r L'usah - .- .. IPthebe Jane I" .ejaculated hoek mother, eprovingly, I"Lor, Sister Savage," said the elder, ,#Ui another sultry smile, "girls ,.will be )ashful, you know, and we mist'nt blame ittle Phebe. She'll get over if in time, .11 varrant you. Wiinien folks ain't often cbry backtward as far as 1 am conc&ned." And lie beamed all over with still com )lacency., Mrs. Savage turned one admiring eye rom his visage and another 4threatening )ne from that of her daughter, .and pro !ceded to perforin an introduction between is and the elder. His affability was cx reie, and addressing us each as "sister, " e 'commenced a theological discussion, while Mrs. Savage and Phebe busied them-| ielves in prepariing supper. But as he had be discussion ali to himself lie soon oveied of it, and favored us with his deots hn pohities and tempel)rance at great ongth. "kiain't I seen you down below ?" lie muddenly iniquircd, from the midst of his lisquisition, searching Marianne's face 9th a somuewhalntpu~izzled exp~ression. We were both considlerably startlca, for is his speech was extremely free with the [lamfe of is Satanic majesty, the "down below" wma naturally suggestive of a very bjectinable region, it was a great ro ler to -find out thbat, lie only meant Barnog ifter all. Phebe and the strange young man, wthio seemedo~ by no0 means strange to her, ap.. peared rather excited andh wtere inclined to laugh at, the chier, during the solemn exer &aies of supper. The elder regarded him with severe (disapproval, and remarked cheecrfuilly several times, that he knewv one or two young men who wore going straight to destruction. Evening, however, fotind P'hebe denmure. the yoting man a ecpy, the eler still ini a thieological, but not so severe a mood, and eatsting lover-like glanes toward lie maid of lis choice. Butt AMrs. bavage looked anxious, and was continually dropping a stitch in her kiiitting. "\lIy 801n JOhn"' and the strange yoting man, who scemedl to be fast. friends, retired early, pleading fatigue. TIhien Phiebe, in spite of her mother's ie monstrating glances, retired also. The Oldemr asked permission to smoke a pipe. andl no objection being expressed lie ptiffcd away, tuttering a little ex hortation between the wiffs. "So Puiebc is engaged to the elder ?" in quired Mlarianne when the reverendl gein theman had taken his diepartture for the night, and we sat with Mlrs Savage by h 11residle.yth -"Why, yes, I hcalkerlate they'll be mar rid. -She's awful bigoted though, 'n says she wvon't have him." (Bligoted Is the word used for all sorts of objectionable behavior it the A roostook.). "TIs young man that driuv the elder-up kep' school- in our dlees trict an' courted herm spell winter 'fore last,, 'naP 1'hicferd lie's turninahei. htead agin now." ,'"A marriage ivith~ him semns a great (deal mtore samtable," I venturbd, fehng (deep sympathiy for the lioor dlamsel. "Thie ol der is so much ler thiaii Phiebc." "'Yes, lndeedh,"' saidl Marianne, warmly, "you ought.to marry the elder yourself, *1re .'8pvage "-.' , '8akgd altvel" rendarked that lady; "the elder's enottgh stghtt too young and hand.. some for nlie, i'mi bound to have hiim ;in tilb,fpmily, though,. cf 'tla only to spite the ,Widter Jones, that's a setting lier cap tt hini like alipossesed, hd is illers a whis poring somiethipg againat, Bhebe iamjlis ear." <Tl o neyt In ~ri, Nrtavage wasasr tl l'l de obgd hJuv is: rea cigek inglc this-ho shogag9pped iritu, .the hall and Phebe's name echoed with un usitl emphasis through the- still house. But there was no response. She called again and again, but only silence prevailed. "I declare that girl's growin' more and more slttless every (lay," she muttered to herself, and ran swiftly up stairs into lice daughter's bedroom. The room was empty, the bed had not been occupied at all, anl Phebe's clothing had disappeared from the nails in thi closet; so had her father's old hair trank, which for years had s ood in on'e corner. There was an envelope on the table ad dressed to her mother. She tore it oper and read with feelings better inagined thai d-.sribed -- "DEAII MAHM:-Seth t'eckham and-i ii a, goin' over to Pataguuipus to p lde Wright to marry us this morning could stand the elder fur a pa, but not iiuk us. band. (ili and see us when "you gil through yore suninner's work and the boarders is gone. ., PHmnnR JANE1. 'P. 8. I shall send after my hefer and fetlier beds and Rochin chin. p'ilets and all my things next week." Mlrs. Savage, -as she declared,-was "dret ful took aback," but determined to make the best of it. The elder, on being in formed of the elopement, seemed to bie imore affected that they should have gone to Elder Wright to be married than any pangs of unrequited love. "They night at least have give mte 'fie privilege of marrying them, though 'taint likely Seth could afford to pay a great deal of a fee," sai he, regretfully, A day or two afterward he informed Mrs. Savage that it had been rev.-aled to him that there was a providence in Phebe's refusal to marry hun, and heaven had or dained that he shot4l' marry her ilustead ; and ,.-a. Savage accepted the ordination f heaven. A Uuman Gobbler. About twelve miles north of Lawrence burg, Ind., in Manchester Township, on a dreary road which is rarely trod by any. body but paupers, and which, if it leads anywhere, might lead to the mythical sec ton of 11ades familiary known as the "Hif alf-acre,'" is located alot of dilapidated, broken-down, rookish old buildings which taken together, constituLes the Connty In tirinary. In the rear of this forsaken spot stands an old stone-pile, covered oVer oy a roof, under which existed a being which resenibles masculine humanity, but which exhibits all the traits and characteristics of a turkey gobbler. This "thing" is called B3radley, and has probably existed abut lorty years. The antecedents of the crea ture qre unknown further than that it was picked up in. Lawrenceburg Township iome fifteen or twenty years ago, f nd car ried to the infirmary and thrown into a cell n the stouce building dedicated to the hope essly insane. When seen by the writer ia o, w lit t pfa oh Ele-was squatting, and appeared to rest en irely upon his feet, while his body swung )etween his legs, his head nearly on a par dIM with his knees. "This," said Mr. Duncan, the infirmary Superintendent, ".s iis uniform posture iwhen not moving. In he position you now see him he will re nain for a half (lay and even a day at a Lime." Bradley was dressed in simply a blue di-illing loose slip made in the shape f a bag. From his mouth protruded a liandful of tobodeo stems, all of them eight >r ten inches long, and in his hand he held Inother bunch of stems of the same weed. Lie was surrounded by a lot of tin cans and ,ups, from which lie never parts; no more loes he part with his tobacco btems. Witi; hemt perched upon his cot lie toys constant y and, save when eating, he never ceases ,o wobble in his mouth the stems, In a e w instances the ~experiment has been tried )f dlepriving hun of his toys. instantly he creature has become wiid, and making Snoise precisely like a -turkey-gobbler, lie ias dlashied about, his cage furiously, but -ing his head agains'. the wall, as if intcut >n self dlestr uctioni. Th'ie experimient has dwvays had the same result,aind when agaim ni possession of his trinkets and stems biradley has invariably assumed his accus ,omed roost and become calm. Save the loise of a gobbler no sound has never conic 'romn the creature's throat. Durinig the 3ohd weather, because of his meager dress, Bradicy us always kept egnfined. When mmmuer comes, however, lie is occasionally rusted out doors. On such occasions lie iniforimly wanders off into the lots adljoin ng the infirmary climbing trees and feinces mzd balancing himself on a limb or boardL, In, squatting down, roosts there houmr ifter hiouri, frequiently uttering the singular "oblety goblety" sounid. llis tin-cups and1( obageo stemis lie always carries with him >ni these expeditioneS. In speaking of tIs singular Specimen of he hunman, Dr. Kyle, who for years has seen the Infirmary Physician, said: "I1 imve again and again seen Bradley, while )1f in 111e fields, get frightened, andl then 5een him in a steoping p~osture (lie has .ever been seen erect), with his traps gathi red upon his arma, the stems sticking out >f his miouth, run as no (log anywhere in hids whole region can run, When he conies to a fence he runs up over It, using his lbowvs and feet, and in the operation is imliost inistantaneous. in sp~eedi tho cr-ea Lure can alnost outstrip) a fast horse." 13radley has very coarse hiidr all over his face, lie obeys only a few commands, but does not recognlize his name. Whlen slowly moving over the gi-ound lhe frequently hops, inmsteadl of planting one foot after the other. in his habits h1e is as helplees as a baby. llis food is priincipally granivorous, bue rarely eating anything-ather than that food made from grains. B3y everybody who has seon lirauley here it is regardled 1s ono of naturois monstrosities. A ilaEssn ini Enz~iluih. What aqueer blunders ,these forecigners amake I A Gernman woman living on TIenth qtreet, Philadelphila, had a severe attack of dramfifs the other dlay', andl a dloctor was called in. lie gave her seine ginger to re lieve the pain. Necxt day he called again, anid said: "Well, Mrs. iBumnmenschlager, how do you feel to-day ?" - - "ktlst-straghdlt, -doctor," wvas the reply; "shioost so- goot as never Vas I" ."Do you' feel any pain?"l~ asked. "Y ll, I got!" t Ilddle 4ain 'in may sthufliclk, but itdonA hurd e.c-" ITheorkoithat dodtor's f a Brouted nog AWwirerfmlho dqo'r o1*dIbeilnd lgmagd burst alltlhd buttnna~f his coat byto.tn io achediv4ha stree'A0.t ter'egmerica -onthly The Time .o' .0pay. Tihe ga)ant Irish soldier, Geneial Bligh, of Sepoy faie, while ho4diug the comamie sion of captain i a dashing marching regi ment, was on a trip of pleasure, with his wife, in the north of England, and having come one day to a small Yorkshire inn, the larder of which was well nigh empty, he ordered all thi host had on hand in the shape of food, V- be served lp for his dmii. .ner, after which lhe joined his wife in an upper room. While the host was preparing the meal for his guest a - party of sporting gentle men of -the country entered the inn, and called for refreshments. The landlori was sorry' to inform Ilim that all his larder contalned of food had been bespoken by a gentleman who was at that moment wait ing up stairs w.th his wife to have it served. - Who was the gentlemhn? The-host could only tell them that lie was an Irishman, and seeied to be a very quiet, good-natured and harmless body. (The Captain was traveling in citizen's clothes.) "An Irish gentlemanl A potato, with pepper and salt, will answer for him. Go up and tell him so." But Bonifaco preferred not to do so. "Then," criedone of the party-a 'squire of the neighborhood, with more money. than sense--"take up this watch to the gentleman, and ask him if lie will send us wor't what's the time o' day, for we can't tell." It was a habit in that section, when one would intimate to another that be didn't have much faith in his good sense, or in his judgment, to show him a watch and ask him to tell what's the time o'clock?" The host, himself fond of fuii, and feel ing assureta that the last callers would get the w->rst of it, took the watch-a very valuable gold repeater-and went up. stairs and did the errand. Bligh took the watch and looked at it. "By imy lifel it's a beauty. Tell the gentleman I'll be down presently, aiid shall take pleas c in expounding to them the iiiystery o time-telling by the watch, and I'll fetch the watch with me." The host returned with the answer, and shortly afterwards carried up his guest's dinner. The 'squiec was for a little tinie, furious with the landlord for having left his watch behind; but lie finally cooled off, and h-aving called for a gallon of beer, he sat down with his friends to wait. After he had finished his neal, Captain Bligh opened his portmanteau and took out two great horse-pistols ane placing them under his arm, he took the watch in his hand and went down into the barroom, where the sporting gentry still waited. "Ah, gentlemen, I give you a good day. And now who is tie nan that wants tle time o' day? I shall bO delighted to en lighten him." , They did jg.Atpqjjoks of the man look; and just now there war the tiger Manifest. "Come, come, gentlemen-I am Captain Biigh, at your service. A short time since, the landlord brought to me this watch, ac comhpaned br a message which I have conic to answer as such a message richly deserves." And he significantly tapped 14s finger upon the pisto1s. ".Now whose is the watch? Is it yours, sir?" to the 'squire himself. The 'sduiro denied the ownership promptly. All the watches in the world would not have tempted him to expose his a life to the terrible Irish captan whose j fame was known to him- I Bligh then applied to the next man, and i then to the next, and so on to the next, an I all denied the own'ership. "I am happy to find, gentlemen, I have I made a mnistake. Tou will pa'rdon me, I am sure. I thought the owner of thet watch was here." ie then p)ut the wvatch into his p)ocket, slipped the pistols into Lhe p)ockets of his I blouse, tumned to the bar, and settledi his bill, then bade the comipany good evening, after which lie joined his wvife on the porch, at the door of' which his carriage was in wvaiting. Captain, afterward Genieral Bligh, kept the watch to the day of his (teath, often telling the story of its capture, when lhe left it by will to his brother, the well knowin (deian of .Elphin. A Weoird visitor.4 I was terribly frightened 0one night, in Quieenislaind by a dead man riding up to my 4 camp-fire at miadnight. I was quite alone. I I heard my horses neighiing and another I answering in the Milgas bushes, so I got, uip and put wood on, niaking a bright blaze < and presently into thec circle of light caine I a horseman, hbcndig over his p~oimmel, I with his large stiraw hat slouched over his a eyes. I took my revolver of1' my saddle1 0 and~ sung out. "'Good night mate! You. travel late. Will you have a drink of tea?" Not a word of answer. Just then my two (logs, who were snillng abouit, set up siich a terrible cry it made me juimp again.. After a bit 1 began to opeii my eyes to the' state of affairs and mustered courage. enough to walk up to thme horse and take~ hold of the reins. While doing Sc) I touch edt the ridg's hands, which were coldh as ice, I trieW~ to get him off the saddle, bat it was of no use. 11is legs were out of thet irons andl wound tightly around the mare. I had to cut the reins Iromi the grip of his liagers. I packed him on the horse wheni sunriac came and led him into 'Tambo, where I found lie was well-known .as a (digger, lie had set, out thence that morn- I ivg-afier drinking nearly a bottle of brandy--to go to a place distant above forty miles, and I was only twelve miles froim the township when lie p~aid his ill timied visit. There w~as no doctor within I 200 miles at that, time, llowever, they < held a kind of inquest, at which the P. Al. talked learnedly of muscular contraction and sunstrke, and( wits p~uzzled to decldej whethem the brandy had anything to do with'it, as lie could swear from his own experience, that the liquor was. flirst-class. lie plraisedl me more than 1 deserved, for 1I had halh a mind to run away at first. When I am campedl out, even nmow,' alone, 4trange thoughts of that nocturinal hiorse man come Iito my head. If any one had told such a story to me I should hardly have credited it--I mean that a mianslioukd stick (0' a hio'so 'in that way without kiny other1 help than his-saddle straps rfiforded. Ills1 little .idare was very quiet, thotugh, aiid was I evidently attraefod by the souind 'of may Launching a ship. Not one-half the people who witness the launching of 'a vessel can toll how it is done. They hear a great sound of pound. Ing and driving of wedges for half an hour or so, then a loud shout is raised, and the ship starts slowly at first, but, gradually increasing her speed, slides with a steady, stately motion from off the ipile of timber and blocks where she has been standing for months; and where, but a moment be fore, the huge creature towered aloft, noth ing remains but a debris of timber and planis, while out on the water floats one of the most graceful works of inan. When the ship Is about ready to launch. her inniense weight rests principally upon blocks some eight or ten inches square on the ends, and perhaps .3oime fifteen or eighteen inches in length. These blocks are placed directly under the keel, and it order to launch the vessel it is necessary to transfer the weight of the vessel to the ways,-two long lines of heavy timber reaching about two-thirds the length of the vessel oii either side, and about mid way the bilge or botton. These ways are simply two lengths of tiiber with at thick layer of grease between then, so that a1s soon as the ship acqiuires any momineitulm they will shp one along .the other. To transfer the weight of the vessel on to these ways so that gravity-the stunt or heaviest part of the vessel being much lower than tie bo w- will cause her to move, is the whlolo secret of launching. To (10 this, between the top of tile ways and the vessel are driven pine wedges, which, of course, raise her somewhat, and so relieve the blocks under the keel of part of the weight resting upon them. This done, workmen Lake their places under the vessel, and with tron wedges cut and knock away the ,locks. When these aire removed, the en .ire weight of the vessel settles at onceF tipon the greased ways, and the result is ,xactly the same as woulk be if a person ihould seat himself upon a sled pointing lownhill upon tni icy slope-away she oes I There seems to be a strange sort of fas -ination for ilost, people in tlhe launching )f a large vessel, and in our ship-building )orts it is 'not uncoininon for a thousaid )ersons to be present to onjoy the specta :le-Potter's A nw: ican Monthl~y. Burned in Melted Lead. .'The establishment of the St. Louis smelting and Refining Company, in St. Lodis, was destroyed by lire, and John Villiams was caught in a stream of molten netal and literally burned by inches. The Ire was caused by the bursting of a cupola )f one of the furnaces, in which about 1 wenty-five tons of lead wats being smelted or ieining. Williams, the engineer, was itanding at the door of the engine room. Ie started to get his coat and dinner )Ucket. The molten lead, which was run. ling on the ground in every (tirection, had A-4. r'V th" 1ii111idlncr ,,,.d 1 11 arrow stream (had mado .its wiay directly cross the path between Williams and the lace where his coat was hanging. As lie vCit forward he gave a little leap, expect- t ng to clear til, streai, but tripped over. s Lalling, lie dropped partly into the hissing i )ool that had began to widen and spread c mit. Just at this point two men near by iaw the cn'ineer's distress, and started to y )ull him, out of the puddle. lie, however, teceeded in picking himself up without, livig tile metal a chance to burn him3 eriously. lie even went and got his coat, m3d wa*s returning to cross tile leaden lood at a narrow point, when ia secoid in erruption came along from a different di ection aind caught him. This time it Wats mpossible for him to escape. Tle two non tried to reach him, but tile consuming nass wits covering the whole Iloor, run 31ing small clhnnels in every direction, so halt tile na~en couldt not, get near the strug ;ling engineer. Hie was seen1 to fall, andi, gli elfor-ts to rescue hima haivmg failed, tie muildiing burnied over and( about him, 31n1(1 lhe r-uins fell upon01 him. Thec ilordo That **ied of Orief." One of the San Friancisco p)apers haivinig 1 mUblied1 11n accounit of thle deathi of ai iorse frmi grief lat losing hlis maister, thle < ~hronmcle sent 31 reporter to verif y tihe stat e- < nlent. The3 groomi was31 interviewedI, with lie followinig result: "Yes, sir, thamt, thar wver tile cui-istest I ase I ever hern tell on. No more thar in't 310 such caIse writ about in books, iltheri,"' and~ th~e sta1bleman5 remo~vedl a brief 1 1'. D). pipe fromt his teeth, lindi rested Its < :heerin1g bowl oni the reporter's ar'im to fix lis attention more closely. "Ye see thlat, i 10s Were0 a1s 80ound( a1 hanimial iln wind and3( 1 imb as5 ye'd see at a prize fir in the 01k1 1 01untr-y. Ocntle as 31 kittenl, and1( a pet, for i lhe chiilren." Th'e stabbleimn hpausett to I ekindle the lire In his pipe, whlich time rain, t Iripi)lng froml the repor-ter's ulster, hald 'l tuhedl3. . t "When did it (die?" ask1edl tihe reporter, t ad(ly. - "The hoss died( Saturday last." c "What ailed it?" -t "Lung fever. "When did itsa master die?" t "Trwo weeks ago to-dlay."" "Well, what ls there curious about- thait?" sked time rep'ortcr in amalzemont,. 11 "Cuiriousl why its curious enough, I shlud ( ay,-wheon thitr ain'tt another hoss -sick in a his istabie, 3and( we've got a1 hlundred of a hieim here!" Efrlocts of Tea on the s~kini. If you place a few drop~s of strong tea ipon a piece of ironi, a knife blade, for in- 3 tance, the tannliato of iron is formed, vhichi is blatck, If you mix tea withl irnoni lhngs, or p~ullverizedI ironi, you can mlake a I air airticle of inik. If you mix it with r resl uman31113 blood, It forms with the iron 1 >f ti e blood thme tannate of iron, Take c ilmant skIn and( let it, soak( f or a time In trong tea, andC it will become leather. Now, whien we remember that the liquids ;: &'hich1 enter the stomacihl are rapidly ab- a iorbed by tile venous absorbents of the c itoimach, and1( enter int:> the circulation ad~u~ a ire thrown out, of the systemi by the skin, c ungs, and( . kidacy%, It is probablo that a c klik so common as tea, and so abundantly f Jsedl, will have some1 effedt. Can It be li )0ossible that 'tannin, introduced with so t 3111c1 iiquid-'prbducing respiration, will 'I iave no effect on the skini Look at, the ca-driokers cf Russia, the Chinese, and he9 old women of. America, who have so 6 ong continuedl thle habit of drinking strong a oa. Are they niot dark-coloed andI lnsuh. c Buralars' X'istakes. For two years pst the oflicers of the se cret service division of tie government have been endeavoring to unravel the mys tery attached to the attempted robbery of the United States sub-treasury in Philadel phia, Pa. Up to this time they have met with indifferent success, and the chanees are thy will never be able to ascertain with distinctiveness who were in the plot. As the case stands now it Is a matter of suspicion against some of tile boldest cracksmen in the country. None but thieves were concerned, and they refuse to give information which might, lead to the detection of their e-ifederates. The story is an interesting ' iut for a mis alculation on tile part ''bers they would have succeeded sing Some $12,000,000 of coupo. . cash. It would, have been tile largest hail ever tade in this country but. for their stupid ity. The large vault in Treasurer Eys Ler's oilce, in the Custom-house building, :oitainis two apia irtileits. III on1e of these it is customary to store the cash aid cou. po)0s that are presented for interest. In he other small coin is kept. The fact mecame known and a gang was orgamnized ,0 in1ake a raid on the )laICC. Prollilelt, )In tile list was Jillily Logue, now in the I-astern Penitentiary, who had $70,000 oil laud hesh fromi a bank burgl try. There ,vere a couple of well known New Yorkers m(d two fellows who had escaped from the Kings County Penitentiary, believed to be Lorter.and Irving. Another of the party vas a new man, for whom the country has eeii scoured but without avail. Logue secured a flue residence in West Philadelphia, where the whole party ro iided. 11e was to be reimbursed for his -Xpenditures out of tile procee(s of the 'obbery. As warrants and requilsit ios Were out for the luen on al sides, they telected Fairmnount P'ark as their place of endezvous. Their favorite resort Was the luiet retreat at brawberry mansion. Here hey met daily, after taking an airing and nipped out their plans. It was found iecessary to have une of their number in ide tile Customi-house, so this happy plan vas bit upon: One day a reverend-looking gentleman, vith clerical-cut garments and It white :hoker, waited upon Collector Tutton and nformed him that lie was the Rev Mr. ?addock. The oileial knew of this :lergyman. The shan minister wais ac iompaiiied by an innocent-looking young nan who he stated was one of his parish oners. Dr. Paddock would be so iuch ibhged to the Collector if he could only rive the young min1 something to do olie light, work, such as watchiman-as tc was in need, and his health would not Ldmit of exposure. Collector Tutton was xceedingly pleased to see Dr. Paddock. dr. Tuttoi's rector In Downingtown and )r. Paddock were in fact well acquainted' nd Mr. Tutton talked freely of Downing own's spiritual needs. To the reverend )oliticians, while a ninister's endorsement vas nearly always a safe guide. The shan lergymaln got quite sliaky when Mr. Tut on touched on Downingtown matters, bult o00n switched off the conversation anl1d voided eibarrassmnent. It ms now- dis losed that "Shiocy" Miller, who was mixed i) iln th bo us naturalization .businiess, nd was sentenced to two years' imprison lent in the Eastern penitentiary, person ted the Rev. Dr. Paddock, and was a arty to the job. The young man recommended by him ias appointed and made a watchman. By strange coincidence the fellow wias as Igned to that eid of the buildimig where lie sub-treasury is located. For weeks lie ias attentive to his duty ; but all this time e was gathering points and familiarizing imself with every part or the building iud with aill the personsi empi~loyedi ini it. 'hese fiacts wvere made knowvn to the gang f which lie was a mlembe~r, andl some o1 is coinfederates visitedh the place to learn lie by-ways. TIhe robbers exhiibited no unidue haste in Lioviing upon01 their prey', hut waited until lie timie whieii the quarterly mitcrest on the J. B. bonds fell (due. They~3 knew thart irge sums11 of money wvere stored ini the 'aults. One Sunday morning it was diis overe d that a hole had been miiade in the sidle *f tile Custom-house wall, large enough to dmiit the paissiage of ai lmin's body through . A closer exaiiinatioii revealed the faict hat this led directly into the vault. Th'ie lace had been cilaned out, but1 the rob era had b~eeni fooled. In this atpartmlenit udt been storedi the pennies amid siiall olis. Next to ii, and wvith only tihe thick ess of a few bricks, was the huge pile of iterest mioiney. It hais beeni prestunedo( hat the thieves helieved they had struck ags of g.old, and that ini the darkness they lerely felt, of thleml to Jearii whether they fere coin or not,, aind iimmlediaitehy palssea bem out to their confederates to carry to pla1ce of safety. hitetead of goingr further ie job) was5 for someu reiisoii iabandonmied at bis time, and~ after an outlay of thousands f dollrs the buirglars capjturedh but, a couplhe f hunildred dollars worth of pennlie~s. It is bought that, daylight camne too fast for biem, and they were comnpeited to vacate Lie premises, which was a good thing for lie Government. Inivestigatmons were made by the offierts, nd detectives were p~ut to work up the ase. Thecy never discovered much. Su piclin began to ploint to the watchmain ppjoinited at, the "Rev." Mr. PaddohO~'s istance. 1t sudhdenmly was revealed to very 0110 that no one knew anythinmg coil nrniing this individual, lie was sent for y tihe collector'anid toild to 8s11( Mr. Pad ock to the oflico. But lie did niot. Th'lat oung man left, aind to tils day lie has ever beuri seen or heard of. T1hiis job 'roko up Logue. When ho was arrested or the Portuondo iobbery, lie hiad little money on hanld, but gave a mortgage on is house for a certain sum of money, con itioned upon the fact that If thie mlortgaige ,as not, paid at, a set timne the house was a be sold. As part of the bargain, a roinent, lawyer of Philadlelphia. it is 0id, agreedl toedutcate amnd care for Logue's bildremi until lhe served his three years' sintenlce. Th'le mortgage has been fore ieosed, amid the children are in want. One f the secret service menC1 tracedl a hot of ennies to the culstodly of a couple of well nown thieves, but they made a satisfac ry explanation of where they came from. 'here the veIl drops. -For the aigh6t perfornimnoss of aivink in BIostOin receipts of $22, 94 tire rep~ortedl. TIhie attendanceo ex eeded Bermnhiardt'a averageby 27 por 0ant BRIICFS. -Gold leaf Is the 230,000 part of an inch in thickness. -Now York pays $8,240,905 interest on the city's debt. -The total Indian population of Michigan is 10,141. -Quteen Victoria has an Income of $3,000,000 annually. -in Germany the ladies take their knitting to the boer garden. An ouitbreak of rinderpost Is rep)rt od in Derbyshire, England. -John Clay, a brother of Henry Clay, Is living in Kentucky. -Gambotta is . a liberal host and keeps open house all the time. -Petrilled grass Is found about the mineral springs of Calistoga. " All prosecutions against Cuban in surgents are to be abandoiloed. -Lord Beaconsfield's "Endymon" paid limn about 50 cents a word. -Uhlicago consigned $1,000,000worti of wild gamne to Europe last year. Plttsburg Is to have a $500,000 liotel, a stock company being the builders. -The state debt of Wisconsin is $2, 252,057; that of Maine is $5,88 ,800. -On a single ranolhe In Texas 1.000 lambs were killed by this winters cold 1lap. ., -There are 35,013,000,000 matohes consuied annually in thei United States. -Our Indian wars from 1805 to'187I) are estimated to have cost the govern ment $22,080,000. -The balance of trade in our favor on last year's business with the orld loots "1p $73,000,000. -A femalo salmon as-a rule darries. about nine hundred eggs to every pound of her weight. -New York saloonkeopers, of whom tLere are 10,000, are said to control 75, 000 votes In the city. -Kellogg is to get $O00por night for a twenty-night eugagenent at the Grand Opera in Paris. --The inioes of the Unife. States have produiced during tihe past seven years $280,000,000 in gold. -It is estinated that' the British army the coming year, will cost the Lreasury over $100,000,000. -The Greeks have for 200 years had a imolopoly Of the trade in dried cur rants in tihe London market. -Walter Scott was born in Eddln burgh August 15th 1771. ills father was a lawyer or convoyancer. -in Missouri last year 482,089 of the children attended school, leaving 240, iIJ5 who received no 'elooling, -An Indian farmer deposited in a bank last wook $2,000 that he had had burilUd In the earth for 17 years. -P1hiladelphia has forty-two night ..,.hnnlg In ,,ninro ni.,, ...&. .. .-, attendance of over three thousand. -TIo increase in the population 01 Pennsylvania, as shown by tihe present census, is 700,905 over that of 1870. -Of the seventy-six United States Senators only thirty-three were born in the states which they reprosent. -The Parker Memorial Chapel, in Boston, which cost $110,000, will be sold to a leading Spiritualist for $15, 000. -At a recent paper exhibition in Berlin, artificial teeth made of paper were shown. A German InVoted thei. -It is estimated that the cost of the Whitaker co.'rt oh inquiry and of the Whitaker court martial will be -about $10,000. -The cx)olSe of the White iouse and Its occupants iast year was $110,. 04, of which the president's salary was $50,000. -T1he first completo translatton of' thme Bible in English *was printed in 1522. A perfect copy of it was sold in 1838 for $1750. -The annual sale of pews cf Ply mouth Church took place recelktly. Thie'flrst pew was bought by itbraco 11. Ciaili for $700. -During the year 1880 $32,283,279 worth of gold colin was tur'ziod dut ofs the UnIted States nmines, and $27,409, 700 wor th 0of silver... -A harp, dilscovered in Egypt In 1823, had several remalining strings which r'espondedl to a touch, and awoke f rom a rest of 3000 years. -The Journal Ollolal of Pais has been pur'chascd for $120,000 by the Frenich Government, and will, here afteri be the oflicial organ. -lFrederic R. Guernsey, of T/hs Bos ton Herald, Is preparing for the estab lishiment soon of an 'Anglo-Spanish conmmerclal paper)O at Lioston,, -They are very exact ini RussIa. The wellfed government oil ais report that 701,028 peasants are starving in a certalin district In that empire. -Pu blec schools irt Tennessee during 4880 numflbereCd 5,522, against 3,492 in 1875. in 1880 the teachers imployed nmber 5,0M4 against 4,210 In 1875. -The University of Berlin durIng uhis winter lias more than 4,000 stud ents, the largest number ever yet reached by any German unlvez'sity. -The Manhattan Elevated Railway Company has ordered twenty-fiv6 now Bald win locomotives, similar to,thoso now in use on the 'ihird avenie line. -Trho. Paterson (N. J.) rolling umill has spent $15,000 ini 4ormng an artesian wvell througn 2100 feet of red sand-, stone, only to strike a stroats of salt ' waiter... -Wade Hampton no longer. goes about on a crutch. He has a wooden leg to replace the one lost by the klokI of a mule, andl Is able to walk without -Con nectlcut has $00,000,000 Invest ed In manufacturing establishments, umoploylng 00.000 persons, the 1inniual product of' whichis estimated at $120, 1)00,000. -Lord Wentworthm, grandson of Byron, was married December 30th, to Mary Caroline Stuart.:Wortiey. The bride's white satin gown w 1s em broidered at the Royal Sohool t'Are Needlework, and- her vell was anitique Brussols. --Thme Very Rev. Paclileo Nono, D. D. 0. S. A., the present provinolat of the Augustinians in America, was recently ap pointed by his holiness Pope Leo XIll. superior-general of the Order of St. Augustine tenroughout th'e entIre World,