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k_ WEEKLY EDITION. WONSBORO. S. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1882. ESTABLISHED Df 1844. When Birds Fly Home. j work, and at the house-doo * p.irnPiT i wife naet tbem with a smi ? _ little ones drummed eagerly - When birds fly home to Southern clime,, window-panes, or ran a raw |W \ floors are few upon the mead, passage to claim the first fo: -"A shadow comes o'er nature's face Some pale widow passed K? - Which makes the heart feel sad indeed; a little parcel in her handF ^jr For then allVoodland sons are hushed, cake which should make am The insect orchestra has played , darlin25 for the lone da' j ?-?- - - o ? Its grand finale, and chilly winds j spent in work fcr them. Are mustered in a death parade. Over and over again did ] kS The trees keep time wi:h solemn moan, sore, weary and heartsick, 8 Their leaves lie mingled on the ground; tie domestic revelations of t The brooklet late with cheerful voice', which she had nc share. Steals slow away with doleful sound. she witnsssed them her , lower and lower. mffrt . The glis'eniDg -cythehangi dulled with rust, "In this great city there i The hay-stacks *tand like tombs, the kine fcome, a welcome, "for eve ' Low in the lane, the creaking press, me>? Bhe thought, blinded b Brinca fnrt'h thft Klrwl r?f fmitFnl vino ' - x- " ' * * * ? ? , sce cneQ [q jorce oacs. " All things proclaim a mournfal change my darling's life had been Outside, but round the hearth is seea God ! how happy I conld The cheer which tells tbe husbandman even in the humblest cf th Has for the season carefc! been; with Frank!" WjP There songs are sung, there blushing maids One by one the cheery we Give ear to love's bewitching strain; away, and the doors and wi And when long years have ro:led away, closfd on the fireside group Their hearts with joy revert again. "Perhaps some of these jx ?J. Wiiliam Pope. he willing to shelter me till thought Ethel, who was grc ? ; and faint from inanition, f w- eaten not meg an mat cay. H- ft? TFT? TTTDATTr'TJ ATT She searched for her purs* lAvij 1 il&U U VJH n wrto ask the question of a woman in mourning v ho had ctrr t 1- a __x J -otv ,? ter- The purse was gone! 'Ton fnljy nnderstand me, Ethel? Throwing open her cloak i Unless yon do as I wish in this matter, of hortor to 8earci, its intiet yon cannot remain an inmate of this folma that het watch ana bonse. I will not have snch an eram- taien t00 , pie of disobedience set to my own Where or when she bad Ix ttanghtem They are at an age when she knew not. Itwasnseles theymay be badly influenced by it, and thought oyer that question. m senongy harmed." only to face the terrible fac Mr. Scepnen Cnrliss, broker and spec- was" entirel. Tlthoat re,0, ttJSLJPritteUSfSSJ^ strange city, and to decide ^ course stie was to pursue, i looked with a frown of dislike on his Hunger and fatigue were L swarthy face at the delicately beautiful gotten in the overwhelms, girl who waa pouring out his second cup this discovery. Some words of coffee. fell vaguely from her lips as A wealthy widower, with two plain into a side street that looked daughters, he had married, in a mo- narroweP than the others, ment of weakness, the beantiful widow But she scarcely knew wh of an acquaintance who had died deep- saying; 6he only walked < ly in debs. His wife retained her good stunned by her appalling siti looks, and was, af;er a fashion, dear to she heard the rippling of # by. 3nd knew oy the cold t But Ethel, witn the face of her dead 5jew toward hor thai shestoc father, who had been hiss rival at school rivsr's brink. and in business alike-Ethel had been By day this narrow street i K| obnoxious to him from the fost. And ^ene. At nightfall, being* now that she daily and nightly attracted warehouses and leading to i the attention in society which he felt was deserted and quiet. that his own daughters onght rightly Ethel leaned against a i to receive, his mind was made up to be looked out upon the dark ris nd of ber at the earliest possible date. forest oi its twink Ethel Vere was proud as well as beauii- For one momeut a terrible ful. She tried to hide from his notice posted her V. the wound that his words inflicted. <.0ne plunge, and it wi But her lips trembled, her dark eyes trouble," she sighed, leaning jgS-r moistened, acd it was some moments wfcarf. ?.?And Frank will r before she could reply: back. "What have I to look J / "I Ranked Mr. Winslow for the hon- _what t0 hope for_if ? live or he had done me," she said, at last. She was V0Tmg) 8trong, hea "But I told him of my engagement the dark m"ood coald EOt lor to Frank HartwelL I think it ungen- With a shndder 8he drew tlemanly of him to renew his proposal, at a*** ^aiio ? aa?!'rkCaim0t ??**-; 4V v v with anxious, questioning eyi & . "Then yon oast fad another home," The door of the nearest H* 555SS?? stepfather. ''lam in ear- opened softly. Two men ca nest, Ethel. Winslow is neh; he is a third remained at the dooi reepectable merchant, md he is quite flaahof adark-lanternwasthr foolish in msfondaeas for yon, I am the girl's fignre and face. R ?g J*"* for yonr own good in nrging yon ^ cab fa r( If to marry hiia. You will say so yonr- beiow at the comer, and tb t.- ?df in ten years hence if yon take my Ion know what to do/ m ??** B? if yon persist in refnsmg Junk the doorway. Wf iim bewnse yon were on<? engaged to -All right," replied-he oth [i that imfortnnateyonng sailor, who has Ethel, frightened, yet sc gone down with hg ship, yon mnst take lieving that they conld be s Mop?tlie consequences. ^ _ her, h*d tamed to when wfsmr Say no exclaxmed Ethel, most man seized her by the sj wlgkbrokenly. "1 do refuse, I must refuse. tbal; wa_ Miss The Only let me remain here till my mother is W3lting for *Toa down Yc W returns from Florida, and then I wiU ^d, irving to speak in agi r%' find another home. assuring tone. " "Your mother is quite too ill to be "You are mistaken. Iam disturbed by this nonsense, Ethel. I ing for any one. Please to 1& , ^rote to her last week There is her replied Ethel, white with ter : ; ^ answer. You must decide this very "Look alive, Ben I" said tfc day.^ And she wiU not be here for three the door, with an cath. "1 e^jss to-. the cope here next, at this *a w.?? T. ?8 letter m herhS^ so," Mid the secoi Ethel hurried to her own room. Hot, streefc blinding tears fell over the words which Snatching Ethel from hiscc the ?eak and delicate wife had written fce ?laoed one hand by her stem hnsband's order. month, and hnrried with her <6mce poor Frank is lost to yon for- that et^d ^ th, 8hadoar at t ever in this world, do, my dear child, tha Qfrao+ be guided by Mr. Corliss " The last ?<A . . , lioSren: "Marry Mr. Win,low, and in "1 ve got her safe and eoont the borne o." wealth which he wiU give throngh the winoow, as soo jo? and I may yet see some happy hL; anTstt "A home of wealth, and that man its Jf? m^1' 'or if we ar?.?ot master, and I the wife of another than hTO *?m* of b; Prank!" moaned the poor girl in her ors will come oafing by, anc desoair. "Oh, Frank, my darling! prey ^see trouble. Now, mrss How lightly they all speak, and think, jnst aeep qmet, he added, and write of yonr loss, when it has ' P?or,glr' strngg. wrapped the whole earth in mourning arms* f8 g?1Qgt0 for mV eves and heart." '< " 0nl7 ,be st'I!: She rose and be^an to make prepare- take Jack Chapman s word :o tions for her decartnre. She knew that . f D<^e ?J J1 s ru^PI.cS her mother hadno power to protect her P1"11!? ^ ^ard bJ Etne! in a strife between Mr. Cnrlik and her- ^th the creaking and swan self, and she wonld not.snbject her to great ships at anchor along t the pain of witnessing the misery which The sound of sailors smgt she conld not lighten or avert. ohoras tir.00S11 J*1?. Within an honr her trnnk was packed camf, ? T0'ce, whose light f&M- ' ready for removal. In a small hand- wonld have had the power to * a i ? v v. she often thought, even fron j!s. vaxi36 sne piacea sacn articles as auo - , , mL^t would soonest require. She wore her 0155??;. . Wn plainer street dress and a thick veil. _ "N?' 'h?nis- ,Yon m Tf K| - , Conn tic ? the contents of her purse, she } muf . m-' r oneB at jfc. fovnd t&t she had bat fifteen dollars for! 1 =om,m ^memfmeDt 9^ in the world. r.a,d tbe s?*Ve '2neS' B' "But I hire my watch and chain, been reported lost, yon knoi and a handsome waidrobe," she mentally m0Bt^ P48'' and heart. pondered, reviewing the situation. -'I snre, has monmed for me. I will go at once to New York, and I can Baltimore at once When I Kl' find some kind of work, no doubt, in a ?,,/ ^ yonr in Tery few days. Anything will be better ^ ".. . n i than to ask Mr. Cntliss for money. If ,J. ? ^a-T : . ^f0u - I ahonld really need any, I can write to J^ood night, captain. K"5'~ mamma." The voice was near. Tho Without bidding farewell to a person d 'a"lmI 8teP'"% D?f-r? I . nnder that hostile roof, Ethel left the With oae effort. j. P 1....jin on wit) ruugxi uaiiu umb kik Mr. Ourliss, glancing over his paper k fcy the window, saw her go, noted the PraEkI SaTe 1 P% ^^e vJise, and whistled softly to him- *( Confound yon! W,llrox ftesenay^e an ~ witn ^^n^heMhS' ri-VgT au or>ler for Ethels trnnk. Mr. Corliss . j i j aw the man himself, feed him liberally, j118 grasP> *** cne ai0TUmc ^sassa-4'"1"" 081 kii' J^o^h^hnS^re1^^ "Who is Sling me? Wha hSScS chuckled, returning to Ethel, Good hesTeD8i Etbe] ^.Bat the hoars went on, tm twilight S^SL-S? JStftsriszSh^eSdd^ * d6SP6Iat6 plunge into the great wond. had opeIied the opposit3 c ^Rr:/ * * * * * i carriage and vanished. rihe It was nearly dusk when Ethel Ben, held himself discreet reached New York. The lamps were the distance. The horse, tb twinkling in long, unending lines est element in the mysterior flk throughout the streets when she timid- for obvious reasons was uni ly entered a hotel and asked for a room, plain it- The door of the ^ T Young, lovely, unprotected, coming j whjch Ethel pointed after rec on foot and with no luggage, it was lit- senses, was blankly close tie wonder that the "gentlemanly clerk" answer was made to the rep found that the bouse was full. mons of* the angry sailor 1 But his wondering stare, and the aud-! within. ible comments of several well-dre?ed J Nothing could be done, e: loggers n*ar his desk, sent the hot; duct Ethel to a respectables blwd surging to Ethel's cheeks, and j shelter, under the roof of h -i hurried her trom the place at a spetd ; aunt, and leave her there ui which soon outstripped several idlers j ments could be made for on the pavement who were tantalized | which came off within a spr * bv tbe glimpse of her fair face as it j Frank Hsrtwell. aftrr ihe il fcv-ftwhed bji ! hnd wrecked him with one KWhat am T ?/v VL j>??a am T fn j (nnr>i^ nnnA fnTfino in anni VTUao CUU JL \JL\J i VTilUXC OU Jb W J 1V/UUU J,VVU iw*waiiu BEaSSlf go?" thought the poor girl, when she j picked him up at sea, and cc By had reached a poorer and safer part of to China, where, in a she Ksg^--./ ,.- the city, where she conld pass unmo-! foundation of a respectable : Jested among the crowds who were too been laid by him. g^sj-^ - . much abso-bed in th?-ir own troubles "And being a rich man so have leisure think of hers. darling, you may go an< What a waste, wh^ta aesert of houses mother farewell before wo the great city stoned to her, who there Floweiy Land.'' said Fra could claim no home! : never a.jain shall you fac It was the hour of reunion among alone." the humbler classes, who depend upon * * * * mr - ^ the day's earnings for their daily bread. J It was nearly a month a pS.'- | Fathers were hurrying home from marriage that her husbanc r the good mystery of h3r night-adventure near CONFEDERATE WAR ST( le, and the the pier. ' j npon the He was summoned to a private con- Ab Incident ot the Period when s i down the ferenoe one 3ay by the head of the Jackson W a? Unknown to fj od kiss. great shipping; firm by whom he was In one of the Pniladelphii along, with employed, and offered the command of interesting reminiscences of -the toy or one of their finest vessels, then about occurs the following: On the ends to her to make an immediate voyage. April, 1861, a portion of the 1 j'a absence. "I owe yon this, or, rather, I owe it of the Virginia Military iustitu to your wife, in common gratitude," in line to receive marching Sthel, foot- said the merchant in a low tone. " I issued by Governor Letcher. \ ee these lit- know that neither of you have spoken tachment, consisting of 16o lappinesH in of the events of a certain night, and you i cadets, was to serve Each time must continue to keep silence for my nucleus of the * army in heart sank sake. I have a daughter, Hartwell? mond and was to dri my only child?and very dear to me. volunteers as they reported for s a place, a Bat she is weak, fond of admiration, Camp Lee, now known as th ryone, save and with no mother to watch over her. m nd Agricultural fair groui 7 the tears Recently, while at school, but how, I fact, Camp L^e was used for tl And yet if know not, some rascally foreigner con- pose prior to the war. Well < spared, oh, trived to make her acquaintance. He writer (who was one of the have be>jn, persuaded her that he was a nobleman recall the varied emotions whi ese homes, m disguise, ani the poor foolish child the souls and hearts of those agreed to meet him near my warehouses soldier bojs, many of whom, s lcomes d:led on that very night, and to marry him, din of war in many a hard foug ndows wore after which my forgiveness was to be found soldiers graves, while t >s within. * a>ked. By chance your wife happened shell fell thick and fast. ] ;ople would to be on that very spot just as my years composed the little ba morning," daughter, with her maid, who was her for brave and during deeds >wing tired confidante, neared it. "What the two of them gained fame, ra: or she had girls saw and heard thoroughly fright- reputation that gray-haired ened them. My child .hurried home, well might wish. The cadets as if intending ana confessed everything to me, and sh* t egged and petitioned tneir co meek faced is no w safe at my conntry-seat, with her ant and the governor to alL just passed good aunt, who will watch ever her inter and to enroll the entire b hereafter, and teach her better things, as a part of the regular army of in an agony Through her confession I got at the feJeracy. This was refused, ve pocket, she whole plot, and punished every one con- erlv, by the authorities, as th chain had earned in it. It is now my happy task was the only thoroughly trair to reward ycu for the share you uncon- drilled organization, taught an )en robbed sciously had in saving my poor child ticai in the science of war and is to waste ff0m a fate that would have been worse studies, in Virginia, and as drill , She had than death, lou will tell your good and ofS.iers they proved more i t that she wife the story, of course. Then let it to the South than they could ha irees in a be forgotten." And now, Captain Hart- in the ranfcs. With faces ting upon the well, let us mo see your ship." geuiiine sadness that portion or< Thus ended Ethel's troubles. In a remain at barracks stood at alike for- foreign land, as in her own, she is while the joyful faces of thos g shock of happy, as a loving heart must be that showed the feelings of the bo^ of prayer i8 mid through all. war. The professors one by 01 she turned Would that thus safely and sweetly called for bv the "detail," ord< darker and might close the story of every ead and and each addressed the coznmai lonelv wanderer upon the city streets. wordd calculated to stimulate : at she WS8 ?r?=ar.lrr and finnnafils as to a ? >n, almost from Lore to Hate. duty. aation, till A few years ago, says a Rome letter, . Approaching from the town TOer there was an eminent American painter, iagton with long and raP^ s*r ireeze that whose pictures are ranked high in this well-known form of "Old Ja >d npon the aQ(j o^gj. countries. He was noted in 'be l)CjJ3 dabbed ^*jor J^ckso. , Rome for bis indifference to the belles one of the faculty of the institi yas a busy vogue. One season a mvstericus recognized. ' Three cheers fo lined with Qernjan ^idow appeared in the English Jackson,' shouted some one. _ 10 pier, it an(j American set, of distinguished cheers and a tiger for Old ... , figure and stately manners. She was at jelled out many otter youthful ailing an^ once set down as a princess, at least aQ(l .^h a "Hip. hip. h rer witn its -jhe American was straightway fascinat- heartily given by nearly three 1 ing lights. with the reserve of the stranger. He boys, the hills and valleys temptation jnvjted her to sit for a portrait. He paid Lexington rang. Our eccenti n a At. court diligentlv and incessantly; but it feasor being called on for a U end the ssempd with0ut efrct. Presently the quietly stepped in front ; over the ja(j gej. on a tour tQ yenjce< g^e cocQiaaEd, raised his faded b. ever come Was no sooner settled there than the from his head with hisu^hthaiu forward to pajnter was a{; WOrk on the mosaics of *n8 closely under his left arm hi Saint Marco. Persistence like this won sword, which had flashed ^on ? its reward. But the lady hcd to relin- field m the Mexican war. Oast l5 quish much to gratify her. love. Siie flashing eye up and down the 1 \ wa* a countess, inherit ng a fortune of replaced his cap on his head, an round er ?20,000 a year so long as she remained h*8 act^0E 8A15 38 , single. If she married she was to re- ?lear:, sharp voice: "Cadets, wr warehouse cejve a mQre pittance?something like draw your swords throw awa ;me ?r~l $1,500. The announcement made scabbard." Leaving the si uan a great stir in Rome. The painter and 011 the ground where own across ^-g retnrned, set up a luxurious bad cast it, and placn a -t home in a wing of one of "the stateliest bare blade upder _ his lefc a ' J - ,, of the old palaces, and everybody wheeled and with his usual rap* ;, ? ^ ,^e chanted the praise of the couple. It returned to Lexington, where saia tne wag B00n remarked, however, that the actively engaged with the Rev. 1 , painter became more absorbe 1 in his dletou in organizing an artile er art than before, that he was never pres- Pan7' An order from Governor I arcely be- t at ^fg'g gne dinners ; that he received liter, caused poking 0? ^C) ana ttart jnrire ws proposed pJ tho Tore- Seem?d to grow colder and colder his he assumed charge ol the cadet rm* .. wife eeemed to grow more passionately ment. conducting the de c gentleman f ,Jnd o{ him. She became the wonder to Richmond, from which place >nder, he an(j admiration of Rome. In the t-tudio ordered to Harper s Ferry, w acious and ^ delicate hand saved the painter military genius began ?.rs o , .. every detail of manual toil. She touched the attention of "be Confedera < not wait- ?kQ cojor3 oiled the canvas and what b me oas?, __t a.i i? ??a ThA Wolf as a Reformer. - " nui'j bu?b uuy tjjuso uaii. uuuciswui" " _ ror' . who have seen the painter in his inspired On a day a "Wolf who had been 'e in moments. ing deeply for a whole wees stai Con 11 have Suddenly there was a violent explo on a walk through the forest. . sion. The husband left his wife's ing a Jaclsal, he said: Ld man in bouse, and Rome was for a moment "My friend, pause- for a litt breathless. The curious sought Miss while I give you a few words of >mpatnons, greW;iter, as the painter had been in a You are a cross, snarling creatur over h^r certain sort her protege; but the kind by men and despised by all the ci to a hack ^le WOman refused to lay the miser- of the^'orest Let me hope tl he end of abje seandal bare for the buzzards of will mend your ways and reform the Pincian Hill and the corso cafes. "Ho I ho! ho! but you are a i," he said, ?0 ^maDce that I know contains a specimen to give me advice, n as they chapter so complicated and exciting, the Jackal. "Whv> it isnt a ;e. "Run, -j^e estrangement of the lovers began since you devoured an old won r yourself, on the wedding day. On the bridal chasei a Professor o.E Elocution t of this in journey, as the two were leaviog river!'' lessed sail- the 8andv wastes of Berlin, the wife The Wolf passed on until 1 I then we 8Qddeniy"opened the door of 'he coupe Hyena. By that time he had re y, do you aE(j attempted to throw herself from his cheek, and he worked up in a surly foaia rnphing over a lon? trestle at sweet smile and observed : led in his the rate of fo;iy-five miles an hour The "My dear Mr. Hyena.^youw nappeu wj horribl9 suspicion that her husbaact's an ornament to socicty 11 you w? motives wer* mercenary was alleged as your nails and clean your teetl r that. the<Hnse of this act. Had the rash me hope that you will cease you neet aould woman succeeded the unfortunate dations ard become an honest, c mi# painter wotild have been hanged as his tions animal." ng of the wjfe's murderer?the end she sfcerward "That's nice talk from an old he p:ers. owned she sought. The husband, who lie-s in ambush for chi n? a brooding over this hideous opening of replied the Hyena. "Why, if air. liien married life, grew to ha>e the woman he half as mean a* you are I'd wai v so?n was tied to more and more, until to dying Jacfe-Rabt?itto kickme to W3benlier? be beneath the same roof be- The Wolf next met a Fox, ai i the sleep came jnsuoportable. The two aro now the usual salutations regardi .... living in Rome separate?she adoring backward condition of the ci y kind; but her lost lover, and he detesting Rome reformer began: home be- because she is in it. Those who know "My friend, I feel it my duty 1 0n, T ?rw!._ them ofteu the wife, as the painter you to quit stealing spring chiol ' '1 Dave saunters ou^ui ? tee walls, furtively get your living in an nonest r, for some f0Q0Wirjg and -etching him. She is Show the world the.t you war I am very miy convince that jealous women good and respectable and you i m ?vL v separated them, while he refuses to be beloved and honored." come dsck 0f the subject. The verdict of "Taffy 1" grinned Reynard?' yitation if tlle worj(j iS( however, against the man. a chip! You old villian, you ? . , ? He selfishly deprived her of a princely own up to some of the dozen nignt. income, and now dcic3 out a pitiful al- y0u have committed !" , , lowance to eke out the $1,500 to which The Wolf next met an Owl, a Step?the ker 020,000 per annum was cut down thev aad compared notes the i v i_ when ahe married him. % dd: , , ~ Z ei' uMy dear friend, why is it tha i laid over Freaks of LiShtniDS. tte j^kal, the Hjai)aJnor the ; Finlay McCoy, of Knox county, Fla., receive my advice to reform ?" nel I am whiie hoeing corn during a thunder- ?.Mv venerable fellow traveler arnrm iua.a insfcantlv killed bv light- mWi;?,Vi tho Owl "roform f-houl I hold your Dingr. * at-home. Wash r.p-clean < ,avaiely. while driving cows from pasture, den?quit stealing aad nrarderu i 1TPm Frank Evans, of Bloommgton, 111., was som0 decency into your own fai i upon Her billed lightning and his body terri- ^ come ana Bee us." bly mutilated. moraIj : TiRge was ^ negro of Camden county, N. C., It is the men in the State pr . . ^ stooped to kiss his Daby that lay sleep- most lament the vdckedness iog in its cradle, when a lightning etdera.?[Detroit Fr?e Press. , how came 8troke killed them both. * with'a sob Lightning struck a barn near Cleve- Old and Sew Egypt. II into his *n w^,e^ two boys, John Barns, The old and new capitals ed away. aged seventeen, and John F. Lyons, form a not inapt symbol of th< own safety, aS^d fourteen, had taken shelter, in- which has parsed over the toor of the 8tantly hilling them, but doing no dam- Cairo, the old metropolis, th messeneer aSe tiie building. 3ubuibs have been Ktartlingly . ? - - - - - -- - . ivaA hv fhA tasta cf the late ] It aloof in Lightning instantly ?Uiea Mrs. Jacoo e only hon- Beichert, of Monticello, FJa , as she was ^snJai* shll retains is business, in the act of closing the window blinds ^c^''ay anc* **11, windowless ible to ex of her home, shocked to insensibility her the narrow, tortaous, filthy 1 warehouse to son, and threw down her husband,' who 85ua^ crowds, and ?Pea> sovering her was in the yard. <*?P8 ? a SeD e Easter? a o-na * v above it on a steep, rocky bi , ^g^ha/-ng.rb0ih ^elf ^eavily accesaibIe by one winding p* If suin loaded stood in theohamber of Wallace the f;trong walls of the citade by any one Brock s hou^e, Fairyiew, N, Y where whicl, ^ oli Mehemet A1 it was struck by lightning The gan rft like a spider in its web, rea ccepfc to con *as not discharged, although the stock loos^ the thTindel. 0i eighty he ind pleasant was torn to splinters. np0Q the city below at the firs, is widowed A cunon3 freak of lightning occurred of disaffection. Ismailia, fonj 1 at tbe kcuse Alexander Avery. Cen- named bj Ismail Ps3ha, at the a weaainar, treville, Ala. None of the inmates were of thei Supz and Sweetwater.: iT6 t v'i! but the sho?s of each were de- one of those dainty little lo .uck wnicn g^oye^. The stroke fell on Miss Josie which seem to have come bod j * P' ,ra? Avery's neck, and passing down the a French play. Wide stree ' body threw the shoe from one foot with paint ad houses, trim boulevi mveyea nim terrific force a great distance. The shoes the shore of the Bitter Lake, >ra ame, the QQ t^e f^ Qf ^er motber vere cnt t0 pai^j 0{ Ismailia is no frowr ?r 11116 na pieces, whiJe Mr. Logan, a guest, had his ress, bnt an ornamental white , shoestrings to n completely out? the very much like an Italian ho'.; , my sole of one shoe vrenched off, aod a gnn-boats anchored in the Is l;i hole torn in the cth<=>r. crush with ease any riot in _.i m. ~ ! ~ _ bat -in outbreak in Cairo 1 ns. Bnt There is a Cmnaman in San Fran- cor;nil, inHopd se the world cisco with red hair. His countrymen rreat him with superstitious respect. At Prcfessor 0. V. Ri Jey has ii * fhe table he has the best of everything, in the national museum at "W;; iter E'her* all ceremonials he takes pre- his collection of insects," cc I solved the oedenoe. 150,000 specimens and 30,000 s )fLT. Some "Queer Dishes. * DIAMOND DIGGIX What about worms, for instance ? I Stonewall do not mean the common earthworm, of A tnik wirb 0newbo unm vi-i amc. whose agricultural efforts Hklr. Darwin a rica?something About the i i Times' descunts in so learned and interesting mond ln the World. the war a way. l^je earthworm, so far as I am A gentleman, who has b 19th of aware, is not used as a staple article of diamond mines of Africa, aattalion food in any part of the world, but Louis reporter some icr.eresti te stood merely as a resourca among certain ation about what he had seen orders, tribes of Indians in time of famine, and " The process, as usually Chi:3 de- is no more to be classed as an ordinary to excava'e solely. The dii piCKea article 01 diet mm inem tnan leatner touna in small spaces?tn: as the or canvas soaked in grease is with ns; fields do not cover any grea Rich- although both these, as well as other was estimated that at the cl ill the curious things, have often been bad fiscal year when I was in dntv at recourse to by cast-away sailors in the value of the stones produced :e Rich- attempt to satisfy the cravings of hunger. $175,000,000. id3. In The annelid I refer to 'is a marine "Diamonds are found at r iat put- species and i3 looked upofc as a ereat no particalar place in the loss the luxnry by all the nativas of the South imbedded here and there i cadets) Sea Islands, it lives in the coral reefs, and gravel. Neither is there a cb filled and from the middle of October to the -ule bv which they may be I gallant end of November comes to-tthe surface but they are fo.-nd in the sai imid the at sunrise in immense numbers; and as the miners discover gold c ;ht field, great is the commotion and excitement mines and placial deposit. 3hot and among the people on the first appear- The value of the stones foun Bjys in ance of the little stranger. [ Its arrival according to the mine. O ,nd, yet is always heralded by feasts;-and durin* visited wa3 working 5,000 a 3 many the Balolo or worm-month, all the natives the lowest computation by nk and wax fat and lusty on this their favorite enced dealer the average yi( soldiers article of food. The worm ^8furiously was ?3,000 in value. I a a whnlft nnnp.fcnn.1 in its ftrynAAranee. to a number and v&ri^trv r?f r?.<y mmand day; and the months in whirls appears ranging in value from $30 fc >w all to are respectively called the lifclesnd big carat. Diamonds increase i attblion Balolo months. From earl^ dawn on the rate of 100 per cent, to thf the con- the expected day, scouts are placed on cent in weight." ry prop ^the hills and rocks commanding a view "While abroad I was fortun is body of the reefs; ancl no sooner does the to see the largest and mos ted and long-expected shoal appear, ihan all the diamond in the world. It wa d prac wooden drnms in the neighboring fortnne to learn of a very ] military villages are sounded, audi the entire the hands of a slave who hai masters population, big and little, tjoung aud escape from the coast, and ralnable old, sound and lame, rush to;the beach; away from the mines about! ve done and while the able-bodied ones ?elp to it was not then known that h ed with launch the canoes, the remainder sei: to ten away with anything ver ierea to work to dig and heat the ovens, or to in the shape of a stone. E 'rtiot " /-l-ici^noa fVio nf ft cnn^ or Wi? arnnrt^ fnr a -norin/3 r,f e to go worm season. i- through every vicissitude, rs as to Fleets of canoesswarmnggpith people, many difficulties before hin. ae were all armed with nets, at once-put off and to gain. passage. Finally h ired off, scoop up the worms in hage" quantities: board a boat which chanced ii id with they are then taken ashore ..and handed beza river. Twice he was c military over to the cooks, who, after adding a servitude, uatil by two e loldier's certain quantity of cocoaHDUt milk, finally made a safe arrival i specially prepared for the purpose, tie There he inadvertently be of Lex- them up in young banana leaves, whiich quainted with an African w ides the have been previonsly passed over the bad been brought from sl^ei ck," as fire to tonghen them; and^then bake don and was then freely 1 n, then them for sometime in an t>vea, when servant in the family whose\i ite. was they are read/ for consumption, and This woman could speak hi r Major are often sent round as presents to and, after becoming better j ' Three triends, just as game is amons^onrselves with her, he divulged his sec: Jack,'" Dr. Stradling mentions-ifchit a ants, her that he had been a slav voices, but does not appear to? have tasted tude for years in the diamon urrah!" tbem ; allow me to tell hi^that they Africa; that by providential mndred are "dear little things" w3j^? properly had made his way to London aruimu irieo. in taeir own int*, prawp, sweet u?r mat ne wanted 10 ODiain ic pro- and satisfying; but cnriot|rly unlike tion in reference to getting hi speech, ants in appearance. They %re gener children to London. The bla of the ally much esteemed as ic<^f by the in h6r ignorance was not at iue cap natives of most of the!' cauntries in him what to do, and she appl i, cla^p- which they are found. .V? After hearing the story, s trnsty Porpoise and whale are also edible, them to apply to the British many a I have tried both, and fotUj& porpoise the Provincial Building. I ing his liver excellent, and notr.;^p^>e distin- them, and upon explainin< ine, he guished from that of pig.^^G^the flesh, Consul, the question arose, an d, suit however, I can hardly speak so highly, questions, what recompense 1 in his as it requires both good [cogging and a make the English govern men len you long abstinence from fresh meat to to such expense as he had asfe y your make it at all palatable. OoJptncestors, demurring a good while, on a aabbard however, were of a differ?ifc'-x^mion, as the great fear he felt about It i he in olden times it was highly ^.teemed, officials know ha had such a lg the and we generally "find -ihei^porpuss" he finally admitted that he hi rm, he figuring as a distinguished dish inmost stone. Upon further inquiry d stride of the great banquets of^m^Ie ages, he requested the gentleman he wa- But if the flesh of IheDor&o&a.is coarse and make an examination. )r. Pen and indifferent, that of &i&iig cousin cised great caution for one ry com- the whale is still more so?aifil the only ignorance, but finally he brou je~cher, time I tasted it, I foun? tfcti&eat ex- a large, srale loaf of bread ar U JrtCk- n ?^O-TOWTC IUTnarcawaraK^r-re^; [an, and permeaud with a nausetfus tas1: and the loaf was cut open he negc detach- smell of train oil. The tongup, however, the safe arrival of his family it safely is said to be much better, but it never tection against his former ma he was has come tinder my observation, vided the value of the diar ere his Whale's milk is by no means to be such as represented. I havinf attract despised. him advice, was given an inv s amy. Shark, the full-grown fish, is detest- be present in the Provincial able?tough, and of a terribly rank when the examination was ma smell. It is rarely eaten by wnite men not prepared however, to bel ponder- except under pressure of extreme neces would have the satisfaction :ted one sity ; but the natives of the South 8ea? what is considered as the la Meet- view it in a different light, and look most valuable diamond in ti npon the monster as a special luxury. When the Ipaf was cut opei le time Moreover, a New Zealand Maori knows lievedthata .tamond would b< advice, no greater treat than a shark that has Eta'ton Gaiden experts we p, hated been kept until high enough to be un- and they were loath to be reat ires approachable within twenty yards of the stone was as large and vi aat vou any one but a native. But with a young the owner had represented. /? * shark of the brown variety the case is size of an ordinary orange nrettv different, and I well remember, during vealed; and thereupon it ws sneered * five months' residence at Opara, claimed by some present tnat month having many a good mes.i of fried cut- a vtry low grade and oi lan and lets cut from young sharks about four quality. On a more thoroug] into the feet long; and at last we came to look tion and partial cutting it wa upon it as the best fish there. In taste represent a weight of over ? le met a dQd appearance, it remindei one more It was fuoseqaently shown to covered of sturgeon than anything else. It of the largest diamond dealei a sad, likewise resembled the letter fish in don. Its history was traced having gristI9 instead of bones ; and rately as possiule; the slave wa ould be was much superior both in firmness and money was put up and his )uld c"t flavor to the British dog-fish, which I children were at once sent 1. Let afterwards tried.?rChdmbers's Journal, slave was treated like a lo: r depre # manor, and tne last time 16a onscien- Tne Magnificent Cisterns of Ancient was riding in a fine carriag Cartilage. joying all the comforts and 1 wretch Stumbling over broken blocks of London. ldren T masonary, among which the lizards, "The diamond was purcht I was sole inhabitants of the city, were run- syndicate of capitalists, and at some ning swiftly, I walked a 3hort distance experts pronounced it a very death!" past the site of Didc's palace, and men. Its owners hold it at j id after came thus to the place where the only and have relused an offer of ng the extensive remains of thci greatness of for the stone. Shortly after ops the Carthage are to be found. These are from the hands of the black : the cisterns which once furnished a present owners, it was exa ;o advise portion of the water supply of the city, admired by the Queen of En >ens and Ju^t as Prof. Owen can Teconstruct an the Prince of Wales. manner, exrinct animal if only a tingle bone of "The diamond district prop it to be its skeleton has been preserved, so it is eighty five miles long three 1 rill sc on an easy matter for those who have seen Some very fine stones are fi these wonderful cisterns form an ap- miles from the present ope nf +v>n ffio ar? fninnd within ; can7 OD puJAJLUiato luoa Ul ginuucui Wi Ui?v> ?MV ?? a better city to which they belonged. They are from two to six miles. Tne < murders ?ast subterranean structures, wif;h in the deepest places are abo heavy vaulted roofs, intended to shut The strictest surveillance is p nd when out from the cooi water in fhe mighty the men and women who w< reformer tanks the heat of the African sun. But mines. Guards are kept th time has made many a breach in the time, and a workman does t neither great arche?, and the light of day in mnch of a show in getting a^ Fox will consequence streams in npon corridors stone of any great value. and chambers, which 1,800 years ago there are not many siaves w ," slowly were jealously shrouded in midnight in the Brazilian mines they i d begin gloom. Some of the cist-erne are cir- ' altogether. The mine owne: )ut your cular in shape and look like nothing sc use some slaves sent them ag?drill much as enormous wails; the majority, querors of the various trit nily, and however, are of oblcng form. In every are many English, Scotch, case the masonary is of the meet sub- workmen employed. Some c stantial description, bhowiug how well have obtained stones by is on who the Phoenicians did their work. Even them, but they cannot swalh of out- more remarkable, however, than the valuable ones. When they < quality of the masonary is that of the escape they write back to fr * ~J~ 4,1 wA^rra Ar.nron lining 01 cement upon bim w&im ui tuc wcm uuo juvuuo v^ w&c?u cisterns. It is as perfect to-day as on late the owners have been ii of Ec jpt day, probably more than 2,000 years the letters. A woman secret 3 change distant, when it was spread apon these stone about her person and country, walls. The very mars of the trowels but others tried that and wer ough its U8ed in spreading it are quite distinct, In South Africa a great ma Parisian- and here and there may be seen the stones are found in the vicin Khedive coarse imprint of some workman's Town, but there are no real he high thumb?a sight to ponder over at one's there of as great value as the houses leisure. I had a strange "eerie" feeling the central part of the counti anes, the upon me as I trod the long covered cor- are perhaps as fine as those stall-like ridor that runs the length of the whole the old Brazilian mines. j. High series of cisterns, and thought of the many diamond dealers who < Inff, only time when abore where I now walked tmguish~these ston#s from th, tc wer tb? tumultuous life of a great city had ones. The most ready met!: !, behind rolled in its majestic fullness of power, tinguishing them is to unset i used to Most of the cisterns were half filled microscope to the wrong s id? tri Iftt, with rubbish that had fallen when the stone is only finished brilha avy gnns arches of the roof gave way; but pres face side. A coronet was so ; whisper ently I came to some which seemed to don dealer while I was thei aded and b? comparatively little injured, and at without any trouble. It w junction la9* to-one that?so far as I could tell? genuine, and was placed in :analg, is was &s perfect as on the day when the setting, while the worSmans y towns Phoenician left it, ajd the cool waters tbe best character. "When hi ily out of were first allowed to flow into it. It came in he tried his method, ts, gaily was a beautiful, dimly-licrhted chamber, the back of the stone in wa' irds fttud ^th walls and roof and floor white and the microscope to the froD i and the clean; and it contained pure crystal view discerned correctly h ling fort- water to the depth of five or six feet, diamond, or rather imitati< mansion. So bright and refreshing was that water, ceived its finish. A great : el. Two so great the, contrast which this coo), diamonds are palmed off on ike could 8hady apartment presented to the bam- " Ismaiiia, i^g heat and glare outside, that I A Florida paper says thi would be looked about to see if there were any radius of eight mi'es of S means by which I could descend and State, ? here are 2 992 orai bathe in this vast tank None, however, I containing 165.235 trees, an leposited ! were visible, and after a while I had to | only five per cent, of the ti ishingtcn leave the arched corridor, and to return i bearing, they produce 2 500, >mpiising to the blaze of the sunshine,? [T. W. j annually. The entire Rut ipecie3. 1 Beid. * j produce 50,000,000 oranges. G. Canine Sagacity. GARIBALOP On the North road, about four mile* ^ itfd Central frotn the cit7> sa78 the Elmira, (N. Y.,) The RomaDce atnudro"srL ^aizest Dm- Advertiser of recent date, lives a highly With the leading ev< respected family named Stetson, con- Garibaldi, which have een to the listing of a young-man and his wife and called by his recent d gave a St. the a?ed and infirm sire of the lady have become well a :ng inform- The old gentleman is crippled with the of revolution . He said rheumatism to snch an extent that he XUI., speaking o' h applied, is cannot loave his chair but is wheeled called him, waw familia imonds are about the room by his daughter. The But with his Anita, th< at is, the Stetsons are the owners of a large pow oassionately loved, and ,t area. It erful dog, half mastiff and half New- helped to make him th ose of the 'onndland, noted for his intelligence [ea8 leader th?t he wi Africi thp and sagacity throughout the whole ^th th* oppressed < aggregated neighborhood, while a near neighbor ready tQ fignj their bat possesses a little shaggy Scotch terrier altogether unacquainte. andom?in Between this ill-assorted pair the -tory is better worth ' mine- bat strongest friendship has grown up, the tn8> for bers wa8 a cha in the *and <^gs being almost inseparable. Mr. -levation and noblenes tny regular oceison cas oeeu ?- **?"> decree leu Demna ner >icked ap ; had reached a denth of 20 feet, but had courage and heroism, me manner uot yet walled it up, when about a week jj was by means of lust in the a8? he and bis wife found it necessary cpora the (raise of a gr< As regards to visit Elmira on business. The wife Garibaldi first met the d, it varies <^ew her father's chair up to the window became his wife, ae mine I in the sunshine, and otherwise rendered 1835 he took a^ns in a len, and at him comfortable, and left him watching \merican R?pnblic of 1 an eipe i- the crambols of the frisky, strangely BraziL He was ordere ild per day matched friends. the Brazilian coast, fo iw a great Mr. Stetson had notmore than dnven youth he had been .bre< nes there, out of sight when the little terrier fell lifeJMiile hi* General, ( 0 $500 per ioto the well, which contained about attack the enemy by la n value si two feet of-water at the time. The olo after he sailed the vess< 1 same per dog was almost frantic and lost his violent storm, and of canine presence.of mind in a wonder-" whom he had on boai ate enough full? undignified manner. He would drowned. t va.lnn.h1o look down into the well at the yelping, Garaibaldi saved hi: : mvTood paddling teirivr, and then howl and ming a mile, and helj rich one in run to the window, scratching on the others by stopping 01 casement and otherwise exhibiting all placing floating _ arti 'cad h"?pn the evidences of almost frantic grief to aanssii vessel within re i TMr bnt attract the old man's attention. Sad- skillful swimmers. Th< K denly he paused a moment and looked he was wrecked was in e haa got- seniy mi* his scattered Sfc Catherine. The i ^roamed *enseL Sirs. Stetson, before leaving showed him no little k n mo Z for town, had taken in the washing them giving him a hors S?had banging on the clothes-line, coiling tip rode to a hill callec , the lime and laying it on a bench. The is a solitary dwelling, x A ant on mastiff had seen the workmen draw up rocks and mountains, m pails of water by means of the rope, and accepted hospitalit; ^finpdin and an idea seemed to strike him. a widower, who had ? Jo Seizing one end of th<3 rope in his teeth daughters, the younger n T^nr? he ran to the well with it and com- Antonia, of refanedchai ImT at menced slowly drawing it up to him manners. The conrtsl camo av- wii 1 oman wno auu wwcimg m muv wo enai^g m a najjpy rvto T,ort helpless old mail at the window, who bridegroom, attended I was watching the proceedings with soon again on board a: w T breathless interest, then saw the old dog war, and when, not lc kWno' commence pnlling up the rope by walk- baldi was engaged in is tongno, glowly aWay from the well. Slowlv conflict with a Brazilia !et^Uin? and carefully the sagacious old mastiff yoUng wife, notwichstai ?in aervi- drew np the cord, when np over the trusive gentlenes, ins A naifa of sfde of the crumbling walls came the maining on deck, chee: PSpane he muddy, dripping form of the almost ex- and thus helping to sec Hp told hausted terrier cl.ingine: to the rope which after five horn ' in forma- with his teeth. When Mr. Stetson ana f husband gained. In ai . wifp and his wife came home the old man at- counter which soon foil Jk woman tempted to tell his story, but it was so a?aiu took and held th< ',ip totPll incredible that they could hardly be- She next appears with t iPd tome lieve it, but upon Mr. Stetson's going land, riding by her ons I advised out to the well he found the mud- enduring wi h him nun Consul in daubed rope lying where the old do? all the yicisitudes of a hart Ipft. it- anrl the nrints where- it had TT 1VU 7 r ; -- ? W 4WU 5 to th~ cut into the soft earth sides of the veil taken prisoner, She m icrag other were plainly discernible. _ disguised by the cloak he conld An odd toilet, made for a lady in soldier which she had p t for going Newport, is a black and pold brocaded ou$ food or a guide, :ed. After foulard silk, with plaited flounces edged miles on horseback, a If ccount of with buttercup yellow lace, headed by way by night, and li itting the a band of black velvet, put on bias of flashes of lightning, as treasure, the goods. Tee short tunic, with full violence was racing, id a rich Buckingham puffs over the hip3, is found her husband, fro: and delay trimmed to correspond, and the Camar- been seoarated for eigh to come go bodice had a deep collar and wide interval had been one Ho exer turnover cuffs of black velvet, edged jety and suspense, dur of such with yellow Ince. A Tuscan straw had prssed through ten ght dowo bonnet in the Langtry shape, trimmed jov 0f their meefing "S were soon a itiated for wreath of roses, and a black and Rold he to respond *to the < and pro- foulard parasol, -trimmed with, yellow campaign, and she to st stf>r, pro- iace, are en suire. ness which detained he: QOnd_ was iMa.n nf rttn.Knawn Phrases. alonf' ?n4 an .*? r tendered v"= . her fcrst c&ild, Menotci, itation to "A little bird told me." This saying tember 16, 1840. Twel Boilding some to ?9 Tise<-1 by those who do not ?njta departed : ae. I was wish to disclose the scarce from which horseback, with her ieve that I certain information is obtained, cocies ^er 8on across th of seeing from Ecclesiastes x., 20: "For a biro ^er, w}1jje with her ' rcest and of the air shall carry the voice, and ^ ]iorge< They were tie world. ?hat which has wings shall tell t~e severe storm, from the a few be- matter." , she songht snch shelter areveaitd. "Deadlock." Jast how thi3 expres- dismounting, tying re called, "on arose, as applying to legislative tree, and obtaining the lieve that bodies, is difficult to trace, since organi- Mounting agai] iluable as zaticns of this character have been at ba(j cease<^ her hor3e It was the times equally and stubbornly aivided throwing her and her c when re- on certain questions since "time imme the ground. The child is at once <norial;" and there seems to be no fitter ^tit WHiS not killed, a.: it was of Oxpres&ion for this particular state of r0(^e onward again un : inferior things. The origin of the term is un- \iontevidean army, v a examita- doubted'y derived from the fact that m fonn(j husband, a s found to forests hunters have often ccme across ^eld a .subordinate com inn the skeletons of deer "with horn firmly trivia ffsrw not vftt end* i a number interlaced, showing that the animals wag ge^jug fortfc 0n a r3 in Loii- QiU^t have engaged in combat, and, get- aQ immense Brazilian U as accu- ting entangled in such a inanner that were frequent and viol* s believed, they were UDable to extricate thera- were swoi'en, so that wife and selves, had died of starvation. Hence ^jenotti, was often can for. The the dead-1 jck. tied up in his handkere rd of tbe "Half seas over." This phrase, _ as ?g ^oni^er as he swa w him he applied to a state of drunkenness, ongi tiorseback. The heroic e and en* nated from op zer, which in Dutch a^ foeadful hardsh usuries of means over sea, a name given to a stupe- shrinking, ai fying beer introduced in England ^ from though them all. 1 * vLa T Atfl in inAhrio.t.in<y 1 ttt. . . .. y. ?*__ ? ISGCI DV 8. 1 Llt3 JUUW VViUiUii^o. fan ... ? ?? the best draught was also^calle Un up see/ree?e, mti Itsl SS; '^C^^mhioh is Satfeheoft ?3,000,000 nearly synonymous with reveling, is defenae of Borne again it passed demed from the name of a large glass,. France, she distingrisl man to its railed by the Danes rouse or from the c ' and hnma^ mined and German words, gar, all, and aus? 4iciq ? gland and hence drink oil out. l TJL1 "Under tbe rose." This expression ?rnT)ri j J er is about took its origin from the wars between the \fOT1^r,-?V; -p -IJ niles wide. British Houses of York and Lancaster. annd sixty The parties respectively swore by the thag waitin~ f -w Hinge, but red or the white rose, and these oppo- vhichiv0^ ?eadJ a radius of tue emblems were d.splayed as tha th h .? excavations; ?RES cf the two taverns, one of which _QQ ' ' at 6u0 feet, was by the side of, and the other 0pD0- fitacr?, _f f ~ o, ilaced npon site to. the Parliament House in Old tnegbonge wat'r wasb ^ Ho PaWYarA. Westminister. Here the ^ w w ere all the retainers and servants of the noblemen ^ VJT not have attached to the Dnke of York and Henry , ray with a Vf. used to meet Here, also, as die ".'J?"L i'?f . ? In Africa Inrbances were f.eqnent messhres. ^ ch> orked, bnt either of defense or annoyance, were Then he hurriedly7 fle york slaves taken, and every tiansaction was said ^ Jv ?7 re of Africa to be done "ander the rose," by which X-Ir ?Ifn afterw by the con- expression the most profound secrecv n -J* A . >es. There waS implied. According to other* thi ? ?ied ??v a iock I and Irish term originated in the fable of Cupid ( ?f the latter giving the rose to Hajoerates, the sod ,0Ted ai>d heroic Anito swallowing of silence, as a bribe to prevent him v,;g death. )w any very defraying the amours of Venus, and L moo #? thfl emblem of Growth of Parmius-in HO illfcfcixtj aII UWMVW UV?VJJ,?V%. . ^,-w ? iends, tell- silence. The rose was. for this reason, A census bulletin jt di, but of frequently sculptured on the ceilings o! that the number of fai nteroepting drinking and feasting-rooms as a warn- States has increased f ;ed a large mg to the guests that what was said in 1S70 to 4,000,000 in 11 got away, moments of conviviality should not be of fifty-one per cent, e caught. repeated; from which what was intend- the increase of populj ny precious ed to be kept secret was said to be held about thirty per cent, ity of Cape "under the rose." Roses were con- period, the agricultur 1 diamonds secrated as presents from tfce Pope. In the past ten years pro >8e found in 1526 they were placed over confession- rapid and extensive, rv, but thej als as symbo s of secrecy. Hencej ac increase in the numl taken from cording to some, the origin of the taken place in the Soc There are phrase. western and Pacific cannot dis- ' crease is shown to be the richer The Piano Sacrifice Game. Alabama, ninetv-one iod of dis- A New York letter tells of a swindle in Florida, ninety-e and apply peculiar to the great cit j as ioiiows: id seventy jjj ujuimjuih, * ide, as the one house on "West street, ther?- sixty-eight in North ntiy on the has been for five years advertised "A une in South Carolina Id to a Lon- fine piano for sale at a sacrifice for $100; and 185 in Texas. 1 e for $100 wonh $500." Several hundred pianos at once significant as thought mnst have been sold out of tbat house.. They indicate the soc a splendid else how could an expensive advertise- change that ha3 tak ihip was '>f treat be kept standing all the time? South since the war a is oM senior Ttie truth is the pianos that are sold tent to which its once He placed there are worth about $50?that is to have been cut up ink er, 'applied say, perfectly worthless and useless, Iowa there has been a it, and the and a very handsome profit is made out Din* per cent, in the ow far the of everv gull that buys. The lady that m Mianesota ninety-j m. had re- does the selling is in weeds, "just 415, in Oregon 114 j many eham about to break up housekeeping." and fifty-one. The great the public.' is mostly in tears. The supply of tht- hus taktn place in th ? commodity seems as inexhaustible a5 rat? of increase rangi: at within a thepianof. pight Der c*-nt. in Mor anford, that . , 900 per cent, in Dak< i,e proves, The rivets of &OULU Carolina, near the f farming sh( d, although coast, contain immense quantities of JUn* in the r??ito ees are now phosphate rock, used for fertilizing, St t >, cbvicwl 000 oranges Gigging up and selling it has be- settlement t iiL.b pa is e?id to ?>?? ? mammoth industry. by 8L0P* Herala i m "k'* * - ' - - - .^?3 S WIFE. Deserted. ' WM ~ - ?mtm . . , Bright sea, far-flooding all the pebbled sand, ism ot Her Adven- t?. . A, . , , , * fe. x im^iDg the loamy pearl? from stone to stood 5nts in the life O' Thv lullaby, low-murmured to faestiand, been freshly re Sounds like a lover's tone; eath, the public And yet I know, elsewhere, cqnainted. Thf Some other shore, as fair, , " as Pope Ler Thy waves havo kissed, and left it dry and lope, is death, lateh . ,, ,. , *. r to ail the world g sun8iune> gleammg on my cottage -will, 3 wife whom he TracinSthe sh^o^ of an ivy spray, : whose influence Eow tenf2erl7 golden touches fell e brave and fear- 0n 00111111011 things to-day f >?3 >e fffmnathizinc Yfct, beneath other skies jvci^^llcrGj 9-11(3 Some Isjid b6nxgiit & ucsy ^ ties, the world ii- Deserted by thy glory, cold and sjsyfhe Celling ^tha& ?^the3ou<3warWinSunderneath thee#**? racter of greater ^ eager Iove ??ng P48310^0 and 8l>liU? s, while she in no My heart 18 tremb,inS ami<i summer leaves husband in lofty With ????* responsive thrill; Yet far away, dear guest, an event which There is an empty neat iat disaster that Which thou has left forsaken, void and stflL W?a S00D *'**r ^ bright sniiehine, bird ol song dirine idot?thesS It?? tteJigM, the lay; Jg Jrnguay against the lasses that w?r* nine, 3?y *"*?* m?7 be their day,' ; ; r from\is early Yet* thc "** ***sgK - " *m 1 to the seafaring r j- For predous things gone by Jaoivarro, should 1 shaI1 ^ ^ my raPtare>come ldjit 1 nd. The night -&rah Doudney. el was sunk in a the thirty men flIJMOBOUS rd sixteen were Regular army contractors?sanguis- tnself by swim- a?7 battles. >ed also to save It isn't the girl that is loaded with i his way and powder who goes off the easiest. :cle3 from the Nothing but pure politeness makes a ach of the less bald-headed man lift his hat on meeting 3 coost on which with a young lady. .' frffcJwf60/ Three defaulting bank cashiers are just now waiting ^ntence. A year or ^ ? two ago we should have been compelled e on which he to safwaiting pardon. . I Parra. There . * ... . .n the midst of A Florida alligator which was killed he was offered ot^er <**7 had an empty two-quart f. His host was ing hi*ifcs stomach. Alligators never _ two beautiful 8toPto meafiure their drinks. " of whom was "A reputashun," says Josh Billings, racter and gentle "once broken, may possibly be repaired, lip was short, but the world will alwus keep their ? - o?o nn tf?a anr.h vhara the krack was. marriage. iiie ? >y hi3 bride, W3S " Dear me!" said Mrs. Partington, aother vessel cf the other day, " young girls nowaday mg after, Gari- are not what"their mothers used to be. a fierce naval Half of them are sufferers from nervous n war-ship, his prespiration!n iding her unob- Florida has grown an onion as big as isted upon re- a No. 7 straw hat, and it is figured that ring the sailors it would scent the breath of 175 people jure the victory for twenty-four hours. Might as well s' conflict her grow for a crowd as for a half dozen, tother naval en- The first lager beer saloon was opened f wed this Anita in New York by John Bechtel in 1840. 3 post of danger. jt ^ currentiy reported that the busitlT17-? th! ness has increased, for taxes to the 6 anf amonnt of $14,000,000 a year are now ger, -a lgne and npon lager beer consumed in In one of d? enemy she was _ * . ade her escape, D^'t carry a million sovereigns in of a Brazilian yonr pockets for fifteen years. In that rpcured With- we are they will lose in she rode sixty weight, by wear and tear, one-half of trge part of the one P61 or ab?nt S25.0W, .and **?*? ~ ???i iry>TVi-kM-QTlf itATT) ?t th A ghted only by ouio OUAU OU ww? r i i w _ "iSSMBHH a storm of great PreeeEt price of things. At length she " You can't lick one side of me," the ai whom she had man bad remarked before the battle. t days. As the After it was all over, he had a broken of intense anx- nose and a pair of bal?y bnnged-up ing which both eyes, and his uninjured antagonist sugribe danger, the gested that he "might not be able to ras correspond- lick one side of him, bat he guessed he gain separated^ i&oronghiy," ana a" Dys'tanaer added : : demands of the that he had licked one side?the outtffer from an ill* side. r. While thus ? r? u ki ~T ? ifriendly people, 1 Fa>h,oniWe Amusement. , was born, Sep- 111 Washington, soap-bubble parties ve days after his are among the fancies of the day. Like from "St. Simon ?omDion parties and Germans theyright hand hold- aff?r<* an opportunity for the distribue sadle in front t,on of gifts> which, unless conducted left she guided great delicacy and good taste, overtaken by a <luickly degenerate into vulgar ostent-e , fury of which tI0n of wealth. At a recent event of as she cold find tllis peculiar kind the climax of the her horse to a evening was reached before eleven protection of a o'clock, when a large china punch bowl - it. ----- filled with soap-ruds was placed upon Li mtcr tuc iam _ soon stumbled, the centre-table of the rear parlors, the hild violently f o carpets having been piudently screened '8 head was cut, w*th Lnen, ostensibly for greater Gonad to-the mother lenience in dancing. "Long nine" itil she met the eighteen clay pipes were produced, and pith which she tried to see who could blow the ad in which he biggest bubble* Three trials were mand. But her granted each person, bat all whose 3d, for the army babbles burst were compelled to desist, march through There were five judges to estimate the * jresfc. Toe rains size of the bubbles and to award the int, the streams prizes, which were old knickerbocker the infant boy, PjP*38* plaques, and other dainty souve ied by his father 10 the successful blowers. The hief slung from fan was immense, for many grown folk m the rivers on 5116 children at heart. 5 mother endured ^ Philadelphia counterfeiter named ips of thisjnarch "Gopher Bill" has been arrested, and id camr -Safely ^ exchange thinks the authorities ; | adopted th? course suggested by his di returned to his nam?' lit with him to A six-year old was seated in a barbels agers and hard- chair. "Well, my little.man/' said the ar. During the barber, ''how would you like your h??T st the forces of cut?" "Oh, like papa's with a little led herself by her r?^d hole at the top. On the 4th of One of the United States codsuIs in iter the fall of Italy began a magazine article twentyle were fathered years ago, with this glowing state* in the village of oent: "Julius Caesar was a consul; na. They were Napoleon Bonaparte was consul; and bo leir pay. While Was I*" on drove up in Life's pleasures : "Am I hurting you ly ill, lay beside badly ?*' asked a Boston dentist of a i physician who 'ady whose teeth he was fixing and who " -- lL- 1?4 was emitiae horrible groans. 4Ob, not o ner in tue mm w was carried into least, but I lo?e to groan," was roaght, she tasted reply* gave waytowhat ThePopalarI*?W-GIass. ;bnrsts of incon- Very stoTlt; persons will buy a mirror irged the family that gives them a more slender appear-. onor-ibJe barir-L anc3> and the thin and angular wiU d from Austrian ciloose the opposite kind. It is related y pursuing?fled a man> who was called a joker, that ard at Varese and *n. dressing-room of his stout and J it is said that he slightbuilt friends he had mirrors - -'7~~ " , )f hair which he pkeed that would compliment their rememento of his spective persons. Some mirrors of the i until the day of Reaper kind will make the face broad in one position and narrow in another, and the person using such a one has the United States, only to turn the glass to suit his partiolst issued snows alar fullness, or Jack of it. It is one of ms in the Uoited the delights of a shop keeper's life to rom 2 660,000 in observe the characteristics of persons .80. or at the rate who buy mirrors.. Some will not look Compared with in them. Others staie at themselves ition, which was with great earnestness. One woman anringthe same was heard to remark: "I shonld like &1 development of to know how I look in this glass with 768 to have been my best dress on." The most striking The sunuard mirror of the day is a ber of farms has long, narrow one that rests npon ite ith and the North own base, which stands n^on the floor. Stares. The in- The miirorthat rests np.n a marble 102 per cent in slab at some distance from the floor is in Arkansas, 129 not so near the style as the one meaight in Georgia, tioned above. An ebony frame with ifty in Mississippi, gilt ornamentation is the proper bit, Carolina, eighty- refh-C-ing furniture for pari >r or the , six.y in Virginia more pretentions drawing-room. These 'he>e figures are are the latest, and cost fifty or seventyand encouraging, five dollars. The wide mirrors for ial and industrial mantles are nsed, and soms prefer them, en place in the As said before, the Amencuu mirror is nd snows the ex- not equal to the foreign make, that is great plantations to say, we can apply tne quicKsmer, > small farms. In bat the glass must be made abroad for n increase of fifty- fine mirrows. The largest house in the number of farms, country is in New York. It imports line, in Nebraska glass from France and Germany and and in California makes the mirrors at home. Mirrors est multiplication are twenty-five per cent, cheaper than e Territories, the formerly. A great many mirrors are Dg from sevectv- sold every yeaT. Being fragile, a "P3")?'* 1 tana to. up ward of moving rarely takes place without the >ta The marked destruction of one or more. ries The greatest len^tu of La^e Ontar-o y due to the rapid is 180 miles; its greatest breadth is 65 ct of the countrv m>le? ; its mean depth is Oa * hers.?[New Xork vation, 261 feet; area, 6,000 Equar?