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' - ' - - - - -~? :.^v -> -^ - * ' ^ ~ WINNSBOBO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JTJNE 4, 1884. ; ' ' . '.'; /l t HHaMBMBiaaaMMMHaaaBa She and L And I said. "She is dead, I could not brook Again on that marvelous face to look." But they took my hand and they ]et me in. And left me alone with my nearest kin. Once again alone in that silent place. My beautiful dead and I, face to face. And I could not speak, and I could not stir, But Istood and with love I looked on her. W?K 1a on/1 -tt-it-h -mntnwv find KtT2J2ST0 i surprise L w r I looked on the lips and the close-shut oyes; ;':y ^ On the perfect rest, and the ca'zn content, " And the happiness there in her features blent; t And the thin, white hands that bad wrought so much, , . : Now nerveless to kisses or fevered touch. My beautiful dead who had known the strife, The pain, and the sorrow, that we call Life; " Who had never faltered beneath her cross, Nor murmured when loss followed swift on loss; . And the smile that sweetened her lips away f Lay light on her blcsscu mouth that day. - *. ? U I smoothed from her hair a siiverthread, -; > - And I-wept, but I could not thiiiS: her dead. I felt, with a wonder too deep for speech. She could tell what only the angels teach. ' And over her mouth I leaned my ear, Lest there might be something I should not hear. Then out from -the 6ilence between us stole . A message that reached to my inmost soul: "Why weep you to-day who have wept before That the road was rough I must journey o'er? j y 44Why mourn that my lips can answer not rVThen anguish and sorrow are both forgot? "Behold all my life I have longed for rest? k Yea, ,*cn when I held you upon my breast. St **And now that I Me in a breathless sleep, B Instead of rejoicing you eigfa and -weep. "My dearest, I know that you would not break. If you could, my slumber and have rnc wake; . "For, though life was full of the things that W-, bless, K I have never till now known happiness" Then I dried my tears, and jvith lifted head HHI I left my mother, my beautiful dead, gap ?James Berry JBensel ? HOW FLORENCE MET HER P* FATE. A pretty blonde sat in the sumptuously furnished oarlor of a mansion on a [ fashionable street in Washington. She j was reclining in rather a listless man- j ner in a comfortable lounging chair j and her blue eyes had rather a dreamy ' > expression. y -- attire indicated "that was \ about; to attend some ent^rtagi^eSit or k ^atherin^, for it was composed-of ^somo *3 sofj^thicfc white material which fell in gracefbljfolds arouidThcr tall and lis-* some figore.5ie jjhort wido^ialeeves4 fell back from her round arms, upon rwtuca gleamed magnmcenc aiamoca bracelets. She was an. exquisitely lovely creature, this Florence Bradly, a ) woman who would attract and bold your attention among a thousand, ordinary beauties, by the wonderful way in which her graceful figure carried-itself, L, 'alone, if nothing else. ||| ' She was simply regal, and to-day she. H had arrived at her twenty-second year. * W The beauty of her wide, intellectual r . brow, and her eyes were what attractfc ed you most; a world of power lay in ? tbenK and-iyot. some of Florence's fashMf donable lady friends whispered to- each Other thai she was slightly eccentric. Hp "How oddly she wears her hair!" said one: and "How . independently 8K she carries herself! She is almost W masculine in her walk!" cries 'another. Ah, envy! It .is true thrZ Florence were none of those fringe / over he? beautiful white forehead, $ which the fair sex call "bangs;" neither did she , friz her hair; bnt let it wave in "all its natural golden magnificent and wonderful thickness, right back from her W* \ face, thus giving to her features the intliof a? Tiorhf-. tn wo. kWii ?CVUVV MiMH V* ? ? ?- .. v , f man's face. The male sex, however, found noth1 ing eccentric about her; one and all they were ready to fall down and worN . ship at her shrine?from the youn'srest r to the oldest?for, as I have said be* fore, she was wonderfully lovely," and her white, white skin, the purity of which was the result of perfect health ' and not of washes or powder, was the secret envy of every society woman in Washington. A knock at the door arousedTher from her reverie. HL "Come in!" she said in her silvery . Hor voice, and a footman entered bearing v * & bouquet of rare beauty, composed enf tirely of* white japonicas and purple helitrope. Florence started up in a sitting posture. "O James, who sent me that? How k * beautiful it is!" she cried, receiving-it Br gj from the 'servant's hand." 1 "A mo-n rvrrauvhi-. v? 1Cticc_ Wft said fc. his master sent' it with compliment*. By but didn't leave any name. - Se htu> ried off instantly, Miss, as soon as he r gave them to me," answered the man. "Yery well. Is my sist'er-in-law near} ly ready, James?" "She will be down soon, her maid |j& ' ? told mo, miss," and the footman reSi^ tired from the room. jK "Who can have sent me this?" mus~, ed the beauty, turning the flowers round W ' in her white fingers. Iiot* oroc rST\r?T> a jp UUUUVUiJ VJ vw Mjvv? ? tiny three-cornered pink note, right in; ? the midst of the bouquet, tied by a nar- . , '" I row violet satin ribbon, ip' With quickly drawn breath and trembling hands she untied the knot and' opened the dainty, scented epistle; and' these were the" words that met her B "Fair inaidon fiowcr, that dost so shyly Waiting t&y fate at some too venturous nana* - Keep thy still sweetness from the rifling bee; WT y kt not the winds so rudely wanton thee; v BIgom safe and slowly in the summer air; r Uirfold to lovo alone thy petals rare. I * There was no name signed?not even ' aninitial. Florence was puzzled, but ft - pleased and excited,- too. y "It cannot be any one of my circle of gentleman acquaintances, because they would have signed their name. It Km US I LKJ?. A vaunuv uuiiaj m wan. i be!" sh^ cried, with a smile and afaint ? flush, as she looked again, with pleased | eves, at the bold and beautiful penman- j ship displayed on the rose-tinted pa- I per. "I shall carry, it with me at any : rate to Mr?. Drummond's party; whoever the sender is, he will be there. But iiow will I know him?" j. Here Mrs. Bradly, dark and magniRcent in rose-colored velvet, point lace fed diamonds, swept into the room. Ber face wore an approving and affeoHbnate smile when she regarded her , ?V: ? I Ii sister-in-law in net oeaoimug jletoHet Flora, von will be the handjiji.ixl. the room," -she cried, over and kissing the girL "But, L-dear, if only yon would not antral hair swept back ttkso! Ifcis not fashionable. Ketou will be called queer Riress it more in the prejft Jane: I am satisfied my forehead as they Bence, dryly, and Mrs. Htam't they becom ' ing with. my colorless attire?" smiled j Florence, holding up her bouquet for her i sister's inspection. "They were sent j to mo by a nameless admirer. See, ; here is the note which accompanied ; them." Mrs. Bradly read the note with an exclamation "of wonder and delight, i and admired the flowers as much as ' Florence could have wished. "My dearest girl, they are just the | thing for your pure style oi beauty; ! t?ey make you look exquisite! But, who can the sender be? Oh, I have i.I It | must have been that wealthy Mr. Brico i ?the banker, you know, who raved i about you so at the Senator's ball ! three weeks ago. It must be he. Such j delicate taste!" "What, Jane! Not that ugly, vulgar, j old man! I hate him! No, he never ! t i r J:? j ! wouia. n3ve sucu taste us is uispiajcu here," touching the bouquet tenderly. 'My dear, pray don't speak so of Mr. Brice. I assure you he is extremely meh?very wealthy?and could dress yen and lpdgg you like a veryqueen. I should be happy if I could see you settled as his wife,1' replied her sister, sen-tentioasly. "Ugh! I don't admire your taste then, my dear Jane, and'I am afraid, if you are hot happy until you see me so established, then your chance of contentment is very slender, for you never I will see me so!"'; and Florence walked I away with a queenly step to be muffled in cloak and cloud by her maid Natalie. 'How perverse?" sighed Mrs. Bradly, looking after her sister's retreating form. "But she cannot help marrying "well; she.is so exquisitely lovely! I am proud of her." The two ladies were soon ready and I Mr. Bradly conducted them to" their } carriage. The. drive was a silent one, vand Florence leaned back with, bright eyes, trembling a little with excitement, and holding her flowers, the sweet perfume'of which filled the car riage cioseiy. When they reached the Drummonds' splendid mansion, brilliant with light* that streamed cheerfully from . Ithe-plate-glass windows, the street for-a whole block was lined with carriages. "We are a trifle late," whispered Mrs. Bradly to Florence. "Yes," nodded the girl. " When they were fairly shown into the drawing rooms, which were crowded, a murmur of admiration ran around. Never had Florence looked so brilliant. Itere-^as'a'^fC'tspwoiited. pink in her cheeks, ancf her large eyes-. sparkled' l?ke /jewels^ Immediately tie ladies werersurroucded^bj^acquaintances and . friends, and' a'dozen ^enttemen at! ' onee jsolicitoLthe -girl's hand .' for the first waltz; but she laughingly shook her golden head. She preferred not to waits just at once she said. She would rather sit down and talk to her friends. So the admirers were compelled to give it .np with reluctance and disappointment. * She made her way over to where the vrmncrest daughter of her hostess sat. Margaret Druminond was a silent girl, j without beauty, and was consequently J overlooked and snubbed ,by her elder ! sisters. And f?r this very reason Florence always was friendly with the lonely girl, and an intiruucy had sprung up "between the two so widely unlikfe in.; appearances. * They sat together discussing the different'guests. rAt,last Margaret said: * ?? ??? ?? mamvm'vwa Ttof U Conn i """AXiertJ UUUICS uiauwia mvuiiu.'uiuiu- I ders! Look, Flora, don't you think j him as handsome as an Apollo? I! think he is the very handsomest man I' i ever saw," she concluded enthusiasts ! caily, in a low tone. Florence look up and saw in truth, a handsome man, tall and straight* with 1 a handsome Saxon face, and eyes as j blue as her own. And wonder of won- I ders! Could it be? In his coat he j wore a small bouquet of iaponicas and hell trope. She had not time to answer Margaret before Mrs. Drurnmond and the gentleman came up. She dropped hee eyes in trembling qonfusion, and did hot raise them again until she heard her hostess'" .voice saying, as in a dream: . ' ...f; : "Miss Bradly, let me introduce you to Mr. Saunders. . He is one of my friends. I want you two' to like each other," and without further ado the lady sailed 'away a^ain, taking her youngest daughter with her, ind left the two people alone. Florence glanced up them The two pairs of blue eyes met J Mr. Saunders' were smiling; then, as they both rea lized the unceremonious introduction fiven bj Mrs. Drammond, they.both erst, out'.'.lauffhikg;*'which toot^away Florence?s- enwairassmerit. 39&y^were soon"upon friendly terms.' And directly the gentiemsn,saiot in a Casual way, "How well your 'flowers "become, yon, Miss Bradly! .They match your' dress to perfection."" Florence looked up. saw a smile lurking in his eyes, and dropped hers in confusion. Thero.was no doubt ^ AT/I V?TVirt X1SJY19 OULVs tviu UUOUU, UVUUV4 V* the-bouquet, the writer of the verses, was. before her. They dancfiff together, seyend times, "anS^wereVotifctthe hijsdsordest couple m^tedMrs. brtoa-oni^.S5i-Brad piston, ana a. spienoia - sn&cec ior ' each ot?er. Me -is ^cCTwn^-'rich, my ?lear. Mv girls admire "Sim immensely. _ But then, yon knew, they are all engaged?except Margaret, who is. too young." When Florence laid down upon her conch that night it was to dream of blonde hair and blue eyes. After that evening they met repeat edly, and tne gentleman canea irequently at her brother's house. One day when he came Florence was alone, her sister having gone oat shopping with a friend. Florence, feeling a* little indisposed, remained at home. She was playing Beethoven when he was shown in, but turned quickly, with a welcoming smile, at the sound of his voice. They talked-of that evening at Mrs. Drummond's party, and somehow?Florence could not tell exactly how?the gentleman brought forward I the subject of the flowers. She looked up suddenly right into his eyes with her clear, direct gaze. "You sent them," was all she said. "Yes, I sent them," he returned. "I 1 own it. I was the writer of the verses." Then, suddenly, "Florence, I had seen you at the opera. I fell in love with r you at first sight. I lore you now." She did not blush and drop her eyes after the manner of ordinary young women, but looked directly at him. "And T fell in love with von the first time I saw you," she announced calmly. What if her friends?her envious lady friends?had heard her! Would not they have voted her more strong-minded than ever? I fear so. When Mrs. Bradly returned from shopping, Mr. Saunders was still there. The wedding 1 was celebrated with great magnificence a month later, and the bride was lovely if she wa3 eccentric. k . MEXICO'S GRAND PALACE. j Where Thousands of Human Victim# Were Slaughtered. ' The "Palacio Del Gobemo" of republican Mexico was built by its kingly oppressors. This magnificent structure, occupying an entire square 675 feet id , length, built around half a dozen interior patios, or open courts, was com J 1 I - 1 } VM I mencea uy mu .azteus ?iiu uuiaucu uy Cortez and his Spanish vice-royal successors. It is situated in the east side I of the square, which is south of the cathedral. This square is the most beautiful in the city, being laid out after the European fashion, ornamented with flowering shrubs and eticlyptus trees, and adorned witfv statues by the unfortunate Caiiotta. Til is is* also the place where the famous Teocali, or sacred place of the Aztecs, was situated, and where at least twenty thousand of human victims were anntiaiiy slaugh' tered. . Passing in at tie" central entrance of this building, where dusky soldiers were walking'their beats, and many others "off duty" were lounging around, giving it more the appearance of a monarchial palace, than a republican capitol, we saw before us the ccpfe ^tral patio or court. It is about one ? - ? 1 . nunarea ieet square, buxtuuuucu uj large, heavy stone pillars, thirtyv?e?; high, supporting on its round-headed, arches a' magnificent balcony. -Thisalso being faced with' arches pwduces' a- very imposing aspect. Here sre were introduced to the officer of the1 day, who kindly showed us . the inters esting parts of the palace. ? f-c An opportunity was here afforded,us -for -seeing -Maximilian's carriage "oT state, concerning .the magnificence of which so much has been said. Astfte gua^^ppened a TJaaavily-locked &x5r our jjfes. fell upon^i ^Carriage of great splraflpr^at leSstP'^m feet high aid ! twentyjfieet longf -fcriiamented with rich' gildings covering' all the wood-work., fitmres of cherubs, arms of Mexco, sur-~ mounted by heavy silver work .and eight very large pannels of plate glass. These are thick enough 1 to Reflect" a | rifle-ball not striking it- perpendicular-ly, and even then the" only danger"; would be from the pieces of broken''; glass. Tho inside was trimmed vritll , -rich white damask -and silver brai<$|' This elegant carriage, drawn along tfeei paseo with its prancing steeds, wftH . uniform drivers, liveried footmen, "and" the royal personage clad in rich robes of state, was ^designed to impress the, lovers M parade and show. -"' A magnificent flight of stone stairs, twelve-feet wide, ^ads up. from 'tfie kfl TVMiin fw r 'flAAAT?>? yjck^xyj wv wuw tuum iwuia AU. ^ wuv.ovov/uu stor? Going up this stairway wo ^finct> the offices of the republic. The president and the secretaries of the army and nary have offices here. Here also is the hall of the senate, and above on the roof the central meteorological observatory with .the best telescope in 'Mexico, f ? :':. '. S" * H 11 We * passed "through several anterooms in 'which were huge marble vases, exquisite in workmaship, with the arms of'Mexico upon them. This : coat-oi-arms, wnicn was also .pamtca on the window-shades, consists of an eagle with extended wings sitting; on a ; er.cUis j>l^n.t - axui ovtrteotttng with a serpent. It is the old symbol of the Aztecs.- . ~ 1 We then came to the ambassador's ' hall, three hundred feet long and ; twenty-five wide. This room is light- ^ ed by" fifty candelabra and six very ' Targe chandeliers covered with crystal pendants. It is also arranged so.as to ; be capable of division into smaller rooms by means of crimson curtains; J Mexico has songht to impress its; own history on'its foreign ambassadors 1 by putting on the walls of this panthe- 1 VU Ul^ LIV/l biMiUO V4 4 UO AW^UVAAVMU MV{rocs. First comes Hidalgo, an insurgent priest, who was killed while en- 1 deavoririg to secure the liberty of Mex- 1 ico. His portrait is accompanied by that of another priest, Morales; then Guerrero; Iturbide, who attempted to become emperor; Juares,, the famous j Indian president; Diaz, who is likely to ! become president again next June: ] Mina Arista, who was prominent in the : negotiations that brought the war with i the United States to a close, aid lastly,1' \ r. not her priest, . named Matamoras, \ One American lias been admitted to this hall?namely, Washington. In this ] hall is a large painting; twenty-seven , leetiong, snowing ineDauiieoi ruema. h on the Cince de Mayo, when the Mexi-" , cans defeated the French. It is to bo . remembered that in this battle, when 1 the national existence was at stake, i the Mexicans, especially the Indians, \ fought with more courage than ever ; before. At one side of the painting is : a bust of Gen. Largoroza, the'leader of j the Mexicans in this battlo. .. c ( Thus this imposing room is designed ] to preserve the important facts and j factors of the history of tho republic,' j to immortalize its Mexican heroes, to ( stimulate" ^trlotism^and insure the ; devotioii of all observers to the future 1 welfare 'of the i%s&e?-Gor. Denver ; News. '<r^"V ~ r ' Iiasker's Romance. \ There has just appeared, under tho 1 title, vEyenements' d'une ume hu- ' maine;'la biography" of I>r. Edward ' Lsisker, late chief of the Liberal party ] in Germany. We find the following 3 love episode in. the work: In 1866 Lassker,. then injtiie flower of J ;his youth, and already, cfpbrated^as an ( 'orator.'became acauatrited witfi Miss 1 Rus3ack, the niece of one of Bis- } marck's wannest friends. Lasker fell ] in love with her, and his passion was reciprocated. Miss Russack bade her : lover to demand her hand of her ! uncle, who filled for her the place of father. The uncle refused point-blank, 3 saying ho would never consent to give 1 his niece in marriage to a man who 1 was the leader of the opposition to his 1 friend Bismarck?Bismarck, whom he" held to be one of the greatest of European statesmen. Franziska?such was the fair girl's name?then declared to * 1- H.l 1J ner uncie taac sub wuiuu (uuuuuva uui, whole fortune fa his favor, provided he would allow her to ruarry Lasker. But old Bussack was immovable in his resolution. Hdwaver,' returning one day from a visit to his friend Bismarck he sent for the young lawyer, and said tu h'.m: "I am willing to grant you my niece's hand on one condition, namely, that you pledge your- . self to abandon politics altogether and confine yourself hereafterto your profession of lawyer." Lasker, aft# a brief interview with ! the young: tfirlTrefused. ' , "We shall wait, he said, "until . your niece shall have attained her majority." He did not dare to add? "or until your death." The uncle left Berlin taking with him : his niece Frahziska, who died abroad ; six months later, after having refused ; the most brilliant offers of marriage ; approved by her uncle, who even offer- ' ed to add his own fortune to her own | as a dowry. This is why Edward Lasker never married, fit--1-- ? L ?? I . J. ivX ->-? > - -- Giving a "Stayer" a Few Hints. Young Spc jnoglc never knows when to leave when ho calls on a young I; lady. He likes the sound of Jils owr I f voice so well that lie talks on and on, | while the poor girl grows light-headed II with the tax on her .strength, and wish' ' es the mantelpiece of Elijah would fall I on the tiresome caller. ! T>1 _ 1-J.. T | _LjuyiCJ is ix juung iifcujr vu jj?ua?Vbi* avenue who made up her mind to give fSpoonogle a lesson. So, last Sunday *night, when he called, she wa3 as cor : dial as possible up to 11 o'clock. Then, having had a four-volume history ol jSpoonogle's life, with an extended account of his influence in politics and .business, she began to get dizzy and ihavea ringing in rher ears. At that : moment her young brother rushed into the room and said hurriedly: <4Pa : wants th,e_raorning.papers, si3!" Vl^L^tte'tbe'rJycStibale^^illic,,' she ^swered^gently. I heard the ^pooud^o"nwef took the hint, but diiwledjon^aboat the skating rink, and '.wiiat a'figiifo "He cut on spates. The' jiextJaterraptiQEt was from the head oi jth'e"?6dse, -who-etntered^briskly rubbing .his Hands.. VXP'"C2'? said cheerily; - ^'fef-S^oonogl^yon're OTtt ^^ ^ell,. tearly bird,1 etc. It's -going ta:hr&-a.?ne day:from present appearaaees.^ \.... ?fr-y i^hrihWcr!a . was rbtxatL hnfc ho rv?n. ?efeded tijepldj^f^Ifid:^em-drinking, come :^'.tfcis Jock "iioli fiyh from its firm ^aseti^-s^fe ;as fpniit truly" Air t&at sins. dettdfe'd.ancT eonvincmg. " A;h^rhonr iaassed ^nd tlie mother harried;in, " ': "Bear me,. :r?r lates1 ? :she* said, as she entered. **1 smetted the. coffee an ^onr ^%o" and ,ime^'<.b'rea]&ast was waiting* "but?ohl tood morning Mr. [ggiipe&T 2 rocliT^A ... Then-the sweet youth. tCok the hint, /^WtXrin(Y^^kirncoT^ tOT VHV MUAV4 VUMIiUMU^VMt. Aiw ^V? ^outi mto tlie hall and opened ;;ihe front ^por^t^-the hired gfrlisng a bell' and tlw^ sm^hoj y^ed ''Breakfast" oyerlie^alnsftits... . v ,! V.,. -Reporters asltete^tires. . - > :., '(Of |Ste^yewrs^btra'.jftk- newspaper reporters. ..'hicve viaadc themselves famous rbjr the detecfion pf crime. la several cases mysteries wlich had defiedvthe.trained detective lfctve been an- raveled," and the criminals brought ti> ^uStace'by-reporters. A short time :ago amurderer was so arrested, and that case-was but one of mamr." It - seems that the qualities which make a man & good reporter "make him a natural detective. He' must have quickness of perception and the ability quickly to weigh and; value information, and he acquires i ability I "in. .piecing together stray-scraps of information and forming of them a statement or theory as the case may demand. v A few days ago the story was told of the arrest at Blyth of a man charged with offering counterfeit money for sale. His1 arrest was brought about by ton Spectator. True, there noth mg very niysterwus vr vorjt jxi the case. Still there is the fact that a man had for months been offering counterfeit money for sale. The official constables and detectives had failed to put a stop to his practices, and the young man named was successfuL Of- course, we must not assume yet that the man arrested is guilty. He is. as yet only committed for trial, and it will not do to assume bis guilt till he has been proven guilty. Perhaps it will not be safe to infer that the official detectives may be dispensed with, and the ferreting out of crime be left to newspaper reporters. But the latter will do good if they do no more harm than put the "regulars" on their mettle.?Hamilton Spectator. ' "m * 'mii Killing; Gophers. " A big gopher hunt is reported as having been participated in by the officials? passengers and hands of the Los Gatos train of the Sooth Pacific Coast Railroad last Sunday, on the up trip.- A little this aide ol Hall's Station, in con?3>.nonfto afnrm thn trafiki with 3vUU?UVU V* vuw ^ ? w v , lie exception of the tops of the rills, w&s covered with water, and the train tad to make "but slow progress for something like three miles "Finally, reaching: a certain point, Engineer Bally coiflS'see hut one rail above the water, and to insure the safety of .the train he stopped his engine, put on a pair of rubber boots and waded ahead to make certain that the track was all right He noticed oir the rail in sight uumerous little animals, and a closer investigation showed them to be gophars that had been driven out of their boles by the high water, and their only places of'refuge were on the higher ground on the rails and the fence alongside the road. One of the little animals, not liking the near approach of the engineer,-revenged itself by biting him in the calf of the leg. The latter sras not pleased and got even by kicking the gophers into the water. The train hands and passengers, observing the peculiar antics of Baldy, sallied uut, and with clubs, sticks, pieces of coax ana ail manner ui weapuuo, uieuv Lt lively for tire little animals. Arriving at Alvarad^, the train hands informed the citizens of the fun they had had, and the latter went back and succeeded in killing from four to five hundred of the gophers. At Newark therain had driven out many of the animals, and sou** two hundred were killed: These gophers, with squirrels and field mice, are regular pests in the southern counties, and it is thought the late storms have caused the death: of millions of them. If this is true the -* -* nr\ dicooh-nns tA . swna uiajf itub juuio ov uw?gwvuu ?v. the country as it was feared it might? San Francisco Call. Has the Earth a King? There are "all - kinds of rings in the business and political world, but the greatest ring'of all is the one which some astronomers say is forming; oxftr " side the atmosphere of the earth- There are people who gravely maintain that the extraordinary sunsets and sunrises which have been noticed" for months '.fa <4no frt t'no fnrmatfnn nf ?. rinir irw? 41U UUV WW K?w V* ? ? > j V? rings around our earth, similar to those revealed with the telescope encircling the planet Saturn. .No scientist of note has dared, as yet, to seriously consider this theory, but these sunsets are, nevertheless, as great a mystery as ever. That they are due to moisture in the atmosphere, or to dust hurled up into the air at the volcanic eruptions last summer in Java, is now discredited. A lady has ventured the surmiSe that the red sunsets are due to an effort on the ?.->W-' r\f tho cnn orHnnh ifcoplf fft t.ViA qcvt standard time; but, of court. J, thiiy, Ls a joke. It is clear that thero are more things in heaven and earth, unexplained* than are dreamed of, not only by the philosophy bnt by the science of modern times.?Demoresfs Monthly. _ MAUSOLEUMS OF THE LIVING. How Busy, Bustling, Active Men Have ' Prepared for Death with Costly Structures. No name appears on the most costly and striking, mausoleum in Woodlawn cemetery. The structure is in Central aVenue, on the highest elevation in the gcqcnds, and commands a view of the entire four, hundred acres of the cemetery. The circular plot, 250 feet in diameter, it which it stands, cost $60,00?. The m&usoleum, exclusive of the ground, cost $50,000. It is a model, exteriorly, of the Pantheon, the most famous of the wonderful buildings that once stood in fhe'Acropolis at Athens.. It ^ i&irty-seven feet in length and ninSiton' feet in width. It is constructed' of : Westerly granite, sur-, rou^^diby thirty U&no^p^,. v Th& roofjs composed at fiVe plecesjof solid, granite^! each-' 'piece tkirty,:feet in length and six fisit in width?rare j>ro- r ducts oif '.thia -cru^rvi The tofel amount of stone used wascight hundred tons. The opened'door reveals an 7 aisle ten feet in width; at the' lend of wMchi is an ornate stained-glass window, representing the heavenly choir,- through which a soft, iinellow light pours upon . the interior like the-subdued light of a cathedral. There are twelve catacombs, six on each side of the aisle, . arranged for the reception of one body each.'! Each catacomb is eight feet in length and "two feet and a half in depth. ; :The face of each catacomb' :is a heavy slab of - polished marble.. The colors of the slabs vary. Some .are native stone and some imported; all very costly. Heavy bronze handle's .are.imbedded in each stone. The deilktsr of the varnltris of Tiolished mar We. ^he owner positively refused to . have Ms name: appear anywhere on the exterior of the rbuiidin^. This is tlie elaborate .proyisionv which has been made* byJay: Gonld forthe disposition :ol Ms body after &isi death. ::.,TJjafe iaa"us6lenmis:only one of very many-instances wherewell-known living' men hire made careful provision for death. : Indeed,; tl^ere is not one of the i&Snyr.beaatifal cemeteries of New Yorl; and vicinity. th3t does notcontain evidence that the busiest men have thought of d<iath, and iucve made ample preparations, so as to be certain r fl>of AaI* Vfriblioc in moffoT cVmlT Kft *** wuv ojaim* w carried out, even going so far as to, in many oatfes; : bequeath, anoney to the cemetery authority- in : trust, to be. nsed foc the cato of. their: places of burial -Very-nearto Jay <xotudvs plot is; that..of his business associate and friend* Washington! E. Connor. Next to thafc is;the mausoleum plot of H. H. Coot &e millionaire, .'who owns th& strikiag.granite : mansion at Seventy- > eighth street and Fifth aveztiie .and a residence at Newport Mr. Cook pud $20,0QQ for his plot, and .has cot- 1 tracted for his mausoleum^' On Chapel hill, close.by the receiving tomb^ 5i the 5 mausoleum of Henry A. Hurlbutt, the ' well-known banker and financier, one ^s+D^anc?W,society. ?',Mn~ Hurlbc^i mausoleum is a more modest structure than Mr. Gould's, but similar in' style of architecture. It has t:vc cohanns on each side of the massive doors. - It is . of white; Italian polished, marble, and the interior is lighted, like Mr. Gould's, with stained-glass windows. It is near the burial-place of Da Long. William F. Havemeyer, after holding a beautiful plot in Greenwood many years, finally removed the family plot to Woodlawn, where there is a plot set apart on Beech lawn. In the Center of the plot, is a figure of Hope, eight feet in height, mounted on a pedestal rising thirty feet tiigh from'a base nine feet square. Several family plots have been removed to Woodla-wn from other cemeteries.' Although the late Commodore Van UUIUUb lUAUO liU ??n? grave eiceot to ownVvery modest lot in the small cemetery at New Porp," ' Staten Island, some of his descendants will have prominent places - among! the noted persona -Who have bought? at Woodlawn. His grandson, Cornelius : Vaaderbilt, has a very-Bhowy plot at ! the junction of Central and Poplar , avenues. -- His daughter, Mrs. Horace F. Clarke, has a plot near the - receiv-, ing vault. His sons-in: law, <3eo!rge ' Osgood and D. B. Allen, also ownplots in the cemetery. Opposite Cornelius ; Vanderbilt's lot w. one owned by William H. Appleton, the publisher. Ad- . inininop it. ia thft r>lot nf A. H. Bamev. 1 who lives in Park avenue. The late j' Frederick Btftterfield, long before his. death, expended' $40,000 -In the pur- i chase of a . lot -and the building of a j mausoleum at Woodlawn. Christian Herter, of Herter Brothers, has a mau- | soleum of Westerly granite. One of the most remarkable mausoleumsirrthe" cemetery will be that of Collis P. HuntiD^ton* liic president of j the Central' Pacific railroad and one of the best known of Wall street mag-natac Mr. TTnirino-tnn. in the midst of many duties, has found time to lay f; some curious plans for his grave. He proposes to have a mausoleum of more massive proportions tUuu any yet constructed. He proposes to have the stones ofsuch immense weight that no ordinary, < car can carry them, Thestonesaretbbe j : brought by boat as near as possible! to 1 the cemetery, and thence transported < by rollers over country roads. Any bridges over which these stones pass must be strengthened for the purpose. The mosf noticeable structure from the railroad is that of Mr. H: M. Flagler, of the Standard OH company. His mausoleum is emphatically set on a hill where it can not be hid. The late Marshall 0. Roberts had a splendid mausoleum prepared for himself, in which was displayed the same ap^re Ciatlon 01 art icai niar^eu. uis iu?. And so, as one strolls throughout the walks and drives of this city of the dead, the names of thriving, active men may Be seen, men who would seem to be too busy to havb any time to think of death, too much ^ngrsSTaed in the"duties of life 'to gfte V thought to a sarcophagus; - Among the names thus noticed in a few hours' stroll < ?r were UIUSU UL lXLttUY* J. EL V. Arnold, James Flanagan, the brewer; William A. Wheelock, Kuntze, Del Monte, Hollister; Adrian Iselin, William H. Webb, W. A. Booth, and others who are particularly live men. Among the founders of the cemetery who have choice plots arc Augustus Schelil, Caleb B. Khevals, James D. Smith, and Charles S. Smith. They are men who in time of life have prepared for death, and. who have borne in mind the words of Gray: The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power. And all that beauty, all that wealth ere A-wait alike the inevitable honr: The paths of glory lead bat to the gravo, ?New Yorh Sure, He hadbcen. ridiculing her big feet, and to get eifen with him she replied', that he might have her old sealskin' sacque made oyer into a pair of ea> mnm. V? - , t ? ' dr* ' V' - I How a Cowboy Stopped a Stampede. | "One of the slickest things I saw in 5 my travels;"'said a passenger from the West, "was a cowboy stopping a cattle stampede. A herd of about six or eight hundred had got frightened at something and broke away pell-mell with their tails in the air and the bulls at the head of the procession. BuiMr. Cowboy didn't get excited at all when he saw the herd was going straight for a high bio# where they wonld certainty tumble down into the canyon and be killed- You know that when a herd like that gets to going they can't 3top, no matter whether they rush to death or not Those in the rear'crowd those, ah aad, and away they go. I wouldn't have given a dollar a head for that herd, but the cowboy spurred up his mustang, made a little detour, came in right iap&jnt of ; the. herd, cut across their patS air a .righ.tr- angle, 'and. jjaajlgea ;gs^iy/;ofl :9C 'tla? wild jnix?6tbctfinMng tighttbwardhun. He was as, cool aaa ^cumber, though' I. -expected.to see him killed; and was so excited I xould 'iiot speak.: Well; sir, when the leaders had got within a"bout a quarter of a iflile-?f him I saw theni try to slact up,though they could not- do it very quick. . But; the whole herd seemed to Want to stop, and when the cows and stcera in thfi rear got about where the cowbojrhad' cut across their path I was surprised to see them stop and commence to nibble at the grass. Their the whole .herd stopped, wheeled, straggled - back and went to fighting .for a chance' to eat where tho rear guard was.. You see, that cowboy bad Opened a big bag of salt lie had brought out from tne ranch to give the cattle, galloped across the herd's course and emptied the' bag. Every critter sniffed that line of salt, and, of course, that broke up the stampede. But I tell; you it was a queer sight to see that cuss out there on the edge of that bluff quietly rolling a' cigarette, when it seemed as if he'd be' lying under 200 tons of beef in about a minute and a halt"?Chicago'HeralcL' f Why Children Should EatHoney* rrv_ __ j a. _/ i.i 4 1. JL.UUU32U1U& UilU LUlI3 U1 LUUU3&I1UB W Ichflclren are dying all around us, whey ; because their ever-developing nature 'demands sweetness, crave and eagerly ; demolish the adulterated "candies** [and "syrup" of modern times. If these 'could be fed on honey instead they, would develop and grow up into healthy men and women. " Children would rather eat bread and honey than, bread and butter. -One 'pofirnd of honey, will reach; as far as: tw6 pounds of buttery and has, besides, ;the advantage of beingfarmore hedlthy and' "pleaaahtrtasted,: <and always remains good, while butter7 soon; be-" comes rancid and often produces cramp in the'Stomach, eructations, sourness", vonritii^'; and: diarfh^ft. Pore honey ahoald'Sways be freely used in every family. Honey eaten on wheat bread is very "beneficial to health. ' lie use of 'honey instead of sugar in for the stejnach, In preparing black-; Tberry or raspberry short-cake it is infi- ; intely superior. ' It is a common expression that honey fa- *. lrtmW. rmvincr rjf>tfeiri<r to do with the life-giving principle. . This is an error?honey is food in one of its most concentrated forms. True, it does Jnot add so mttoh to the growth of muscles as does beefsteak; bufit does impart other properties ho less necessary to health and vigorous physical and intellects action. It gives warmth to the system, arouses nervous energy, and fives vigor to all the vital functions, o the labprer it gives strength?to the business map mental force. Its effects are not like ordinary stimulants, such as spirits, etc*, but produce a healthy fiction, tho results of which are pleasing and.permanent?a sweet disposition and a bright intellect. Socialism in Massachusetts. The Boston Journal has received from an nnknown source a* copy of a pamphlet which announces that the joint committee -on ths inaiciary -will give a hearing on a hill, "The object of which is to provide a . home of its own for every family in the State." ' It is farther stated that the bill is planned. to assist those . who desire help by a loan of $2,714,000 by the commonwealth. The bill contains forty-six Bections, a reading of which discloses the following. schemer The common wealth, is to issue bonds'to corporations guaranteed by. the authorities of; the several cities and towns, at the rate at ' $$,000 each, and $1,000 additional for eacli 2,000 inhabitants over ' 5,000. These corporations are to be fanned by actual citizens of the ,city.or. town'in which they are formed, who shall become members thereof by paying; $6.. These corporations are- organized, for lie.sole purpose of.purchasing land and building thereon cheap houses, which sire to be sold to members of the corporation having no houses of their OWHf 1AJ M/i XJU. 4Wl*jr AV^W~ lar installments. the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the redemption of the bonds loaned bv the cities; bat no;: mteriest ls reqiured of those whopurchas'e houses. THe houses to be built are of the cheapest character, and so I6ng.as'.the cheapest houses can be disposed of those of higher cost will Jiot be built. In otlier words, the bill involves a scheme to make the common wealth find the capital with* which to build houses to bo sold to those who' have none of their own. The loss to the State is at least the interest on the funds that it loans to, these corpora-, tions. u. - . . m i It Could be Done. . He called a meeting of indignant citizens, in a town in lluneis, to petition congress to prohibitthe landing of any more French goods in this country un mine American aog wua rBuojmscu m France, wen s citizen arose and said: "Gentlemen,what would we do without French wines? Let us pause a little." r- iT ?: , This seemed to he a wet blanket on the meeting-, and after a long pause another citizen got up and observed: "Gentlemen, the foundation of this movement is patriotism; Parties are supposed to be willing to suffer more or less for the sake of principle. In this case, however, there" .will* be no suffering. Ifthe government will include Frenclrwines in the prohibition, Fll guarantee to putan adaitionon my saw-mill andJje turning out the "Pennine brands inside of ninety <Iaysi'^ "Anything of importance happened while you' ve been gone?" said the Vermont man to his neighbor just back from ajotirney: "I should say there had} Tvehad two hens die, my dee killed a woodchnck- and Deacon Tida swapped horses vjith a Frenchman. Oh, this tdwsHitebeeh lively."?Boston Fast-:: yd: _ ? ' . 1 ;'' Mexican Desperadoes. Tlio desperadoes in this section en* gage in many desperate and sometimes romantic encounters. One named Cel80 Rico, a man of magnificent physique and fine education, who speaks all mniiflm lan<yna<rfts. is a nerfect scholar and good lawyer, but who loves liquor too much, is employed on the Matamoras and Monterey railroad.. On last pay-day h* was gambling with some of the sharks which follow in the track of the pay-car on the Mexican railroads, and getting in. some dispute one of the fellows drew his dagger and made a lunge for Bico. The latter grasped the hand that held theweapon as it descended, and exerting his giant strength turned the point and pushed it with ease twice against the breast of his foe, \ checking it each time before a wound . was injficted, and thejgi, wresting the. kixrteira^T the Irian's grasp threw if * \ r* Quoth EIco; "Nowwho is the braver" i&Bp&r ' the reply. J?Goand' get yonr fanfe," returned Bicb, sad then when the man approached. grasped his own' collar-band with "either hand, near the bntton. andnre senting it, said: 44Cut me thus,7*acd flinched not. as the steeLin thehands of the man who' sought. Jus life severed the cloth and grazed hi^naked throat, leaving it unharmed. ~ A few- days;agQ;/l:nian. named Felix Garsia, living at tic Capole ranch, left' one woman and went to live with another. The discarded love became mad with jealousy, and firing up a dose; of jirmpim. ,woed gave it. to. vFclix, the effect "beinor to drive him insane.. Yes teMay he went to a wood camp, about ten miles from the city, and took an ax and.walked off vtith it. The owner.followed, and'wih-ti ifficulty succeeded in gettirig4he wea^oif "hom the insane man, who on losing it ran howling into the woods. He 3s' irow Wandering about .the ranch in a complete state -or insanity.?ilaianiorjas Cor.. BU Louis GlobeDemocrat. ..... Disturbances at the North Pole. - '-L.I ' : Confess has practically decided to send'ont*nii:^xpcditio'n to relieVe. 'Lieutenant Greelyand his party, and bring: them back to. their own coun try.. Ola sea'captains say. that in all probability an. expeaiuon coma mow reacn we. 'North Pole. There havo already been disturbances in that- region of a- yery unusual- character. > l^eber^s rarely make., their ,appearance:in Sie Kortb ;Atlantic Before June or .July; in- May 'tfcey.axe veiy rare; but this year., tkoy made their appcarance early in Febrifc ary, and vessels. were destroyed 'by thejn. off the . ,bants of j?ewiouadlan<f; 'during. that' month. The recent heavy fog's fliid raiiiy weather _have been at tributed to the presence of these icebergs in mid-ocean at ; this tmusual. season of the year. The earthquake and Volcanic eruption last summer 'at 'Java may'have nad its analogue somewhere in the .frigid zone, breaking up the huge fields pUce;. driving the bergs w?fi?raag T mike ;their appearance in the frigid as 4; in the torrid zone. There is abuhdant evidence of continuous volcanic action ' as/far nortVas'Iceland. Should these ' guesses of the sea captains prove 'true, ; perhaps the road may be opened this J summerto some point nearer the Pole than has ever been reached. It is- -a curious fact that we know more about the Polar region of the planet Mars / than we do 'about that of our own < earth. With a very ordinary modern . telescope the amateur astronomer can i distinctly see the extent of the ice ocean i which- surrounds the poles of Mars, j "Rnt wfl urill rtAVAi* hfl a.nle in evnlaln I our poles folly until some motor is in- 3 vented "which will, enable us to navigate theair.?Demorests. . j . m 1 * - . ' 'i Crashed Again. 5 The Keepitups had had a matinee for ] members of the family only with more 1 than usual spirit, and old Keepitup'was 1 tired of Jife. He dashed upstairs and 1 came down in a minute with a coil of ' rope on his arm. ( , "Do you see this?" ho shouted. "I do," she said very coolly. "What of it? Are you soing-to strike me with ' it?". "No," he replied, with -forced calmness. "I am going to let you have your own way from this time hence- *: forth. I am going out to the barn with : this, rope and hang myself with it." > Mr<? Keemttrb .cave, a aaick search 1 " '? ?7^".?O" > i ? 7 ing glance at the rope, made a sudden jump at him and captured the deadly < weapon. A fierce triumphant light shone in her eyes. "Not with that rope you don't!" she ahouted, holding it behind her back. "Not with a new clothes line that-cost me a dollar and twenty oents only a week ago you don't hang yourself! Not while I'm alive and have the grit of a ' woman you don't! You get aiongout **/? Vhito tftlro ?n nW tilrtw liflfl? IV MMMi ??-V. w-w .? that's plenty good enough to nang better men than ever married into my father's family. And be quick about it too!" she shrieked out of the door after him as helled away to the barn, unbuttoning his collar and tearing it off as he ran.. "Ton be. lively about it, because if thero's going to be an inquest ^ about this house I want it over ana out of the way Before bSBhg day." : Old Keepifup didn't do any hanging, but he went down town and shotliimself nine or ten times and came home at dark so drunk he let himself into the hen house:and his own dog, that bit him five times before recognizing him, had three whisky fits before morning. -^BurUngton Hawkey e. How % Millionaire Began Business. Josiah Mason the Birmingham pen maker, who spent half a million on his nativo town, did not acquire his wealth without much labor and anx- 1 iety. It fe interesting: to read how he ofice called upon a small manufacturer lor employment, and how the Old : Woaid tradesman, .eyeing him suspiciously, hinted that He was "frightened of dirtying his fingers.4* ToungMasonVafcswerwas addressed to his fingers, which he opened out, nnttincr the Question to them auietly: "Are you.ashamed of dirtying yourselves to get your own living? This took the old man's fancy and a result Mason began the business which ended as the greatest pen manufactory in the world, and gave him opportunities to create the art of electro-plating. She?"i think it's a sin and a shame to kill the dear, little feathered songsters. If I had my way Pd make a law against killing birds. Guess people wouldn't starve if they let the birds alone." Ee?"But what would the ladles do without hat ornaments?" She?"Oh, that's an entirely different tiling. Of course when there's an actual necessity for shooting the dear creatures, one must stifle one's feelings, you know;" f GLEANINGS. | Nearly one-fiftli of all tie children in ( Providence,.R. L, of school age, did . not attend s/?hnr?] s. <sincrffi " ',.-5?S \the year 1883. - -r^i From 1834 to 1831 sumptuary edicts -^g? as to dress were issued at Berlin- ln< last forbade women without rant tc wear silk dresses. There are eleven states in which wo- a men vote-for scfewl ^rect?rsL, J people will be surprised to leafcx that . v Kentucky -is one of the'states. ^ >?5?|S Theodore Irwin, of Oswego, K. Y.t | is ranked anions the -greatest living | .book collectors., ^nons laff othei ^ treasures is a Guttenberg bible. Mr. Peel, the new Speaker .-of the** British Parliaments sittfcg. in f official <. dress, is said,to look .exactly like .or? *<. of the* t^t s^^ k^ui^^th sma^t' -. . . >r_ r" Captain !Waddell, .who commanded the famous Confederate* cruiser, the anenaraoan, nas oeen elected command* erofan oj6ter;police-boatOT thfc ChesMiss' .Snsan -.PennimooB . Coopei; daughter of the foad! novelist, is a mod- * ! etmaidett ljsidy, ' who conducts at Coop< . erstoira"~^mdjLs5ial. school for 100 InParis-there are htriidredsof cases jJ| of involuntary suicide "by absinthemontb raj by month,; which arepassed&y as tin.' ^Hg noticed as cases of dea& irom.phthisis or pneumonia."" Tiie German Admiralty now thinks that-Itinust^alter its 6coast; defences, . - ^ inasmuch as ~ Krripp's improved monster guns are found ta-penetrate easily the strongest armor-plates. -There is a great dTopin'&e price of ^ patent medicines, -c^ing to rivalries among apothecaries. . .The J|I-a-bottle species; for' trance, now; sell ,at 15 cents apiece-and-still yield the seller 50 per cent profit" after the manufacturer n<m fAfe-prt ont his.75. *? ii-iv Tiie Boston Advertiser ssys that the State of "Massachusetts has made, a net profit of $3,285;002 from its enterprise of filling the Black Bay lands' In Boston, and-tfaafrthe-filling of the South. Boston flats, although only partly, completed, hamearly paid for itself: -.^Astronomers are. respectfully referred to the theory of theMaya peasantry of Yucatan in regard to J&e asteroids. - ^ Theysay the sky is inhabited; among other tribes of - spirits,- ly; afriendly -race called. Ba&ms, who are great smokers,, and the shooting:stars are the cigar stumps they throw away. j- l -ti criuu w. mu nwsswm im/uuwl asserts that'seventy miles a'day may be continuously (fea^by SusSjian "cavalry without any fear for Horseis t>r men-' A few years ago General Gourko, at Warsaw, 2 inspected a couple of sotni&s of Don, Cossacks, who had cleared 340 versts [ in three daysT-about seventr'fooginiles; 7 ^ ^4?riaay tawnr interior New York, - ^ IJIffl while recently in Wash5ngton," visited the House of fiepyesentatives, taking a seat in the gallery.. She was- quickly driven out bv the toljacco smoke rising from the Jobl)y and cloak ijppms below. -v'-. \ sue t runts congress tne Diggest smote bouse intfce United States.?Ulica Herald. Dr. Otto Krummel, of Gottingen, * . M who lias been investigating the area of oceans, estimates the superficies of the Atlantic, Pacific'and Indian Oceans at 194,787,425 square miles, and the total juperficies of all the seas on the globe ifc 231,915,905, while the total superficies of the continents and islands he puts at 34,354,950 square miles. Xoah Chenoworth,- of Gowboy.Han., ias a horse which he can, send, to the store, three miles distant, when he has lot time to go himself. A note coniaininsr a list of the articles wanted is tied to his mane,;and the packages are placed in a sack and. tied around .-his ieck. He goes and tomes in a hurry. . not even stopping to nibble ~ a nice bunch of grass or gossip with the other horses along the road. . : The population of Ireland is now very nearly the same as it was in .the year of the Union, 5,100,000, the great increase up 12 1841, "when it reached 8,199,000, having been entirely lost' But whereas, in 1882, on the passing of the reform bill, Ireland had- 82,32 per cent - * -L-? - -it. j xr: OI iHtJ popuittuuu Ui lilt? UiUbCU dom, it has now ^ut 1481 per cent, and its electors; who were 11.82 per : cent, of the whole in 1882, are now out 7.45. The diving for the . remains of the Greek and Persian ships sunk in. the great sea fight at Salamis has caused a flatter In archaeological circles. Little is known of the great gy-Iteys with their banks of oars of-the ancicnt world, we hate descriptions presented to ns in the delightful gossip of Athenseus of two ships built by Ptolemy Philopater, and one bniltby Hiero, tyrant of Syr acuse. But the description is wholly of the interior. "We read of rooms in these ships with columns of Milesian cypress and capifcals-of-?old"snd ivory, of mar- 44 bie statues of. Venus, of purple hang^ in^ and exquisite, oarmgs, of gardens * ^ with trees and. plants, and all. varieties Jfl||j|jj of b'ath-roomsT One of these vessels had forty banks of osrv&ut it. is aim- 'WHB cult to form an idea of whs?they 2H looked like externally from these descriptions. fl In 1867, while on the voyage from ~ Honolulu to Hong Kong, the lateMme. Anna Bishop and her party were shipwrecked. on a barren coral island, where they remained , for twenty-one J$jjj days. In the -vireck they lost all their nerSonal eflBects. Finally they set oat in a boat twenfcf-two feet long for one of tHei Ladrone islands,. 1,400 miles distant, and accomplished the journey in thirteen day& They fcad'bnt scanty supply of food and water, "which was exhausted before theyrcached their journey's end. While the; 'were almost starring a large fish leaped from the water arid fell into the boat There were twentys-two persons in the party, and the fish was cut into twenty-two pieces which were eaten raw. Madam Bishop has referred to', her share on Uiai occasion as one <u tue must ucxiviious tasting morsels that she ever ate. Money Xo Object. "I am on my weddin' tower," said a countryman, entering a Chestnut street dry goods store, "and my wife is "waitin* for me outside. I want to boy some socks for myself, and she. is too bashful to come inJ-V ~ "All right, sir," responded the clerk, "I will be glad to show you our half hose." 'Well, you see," went ou ;?he countryman, "a weddin' tower doesn't occur. only about once in a nan's lifetime, you know, and I don't bejieve in fkn snnH on nrvvrjairm - Srt von neediftshow me any half hose. Let me k>ok at your whole hose."?Ptiilav ^ * +*-..-?' JBa hJ8B8