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WINNSBORO, S. C.^^DNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1884 ^ B ^ The Ancient Miner's Story. Oh, yes, I'm fixed as solid, sir, as most of folks I you see; 1 At least, the coyote. Poverty has ceased to j snifZ at me;. , . , , I That mine is worth a million down?that is, it to is to-day; E What it miirht cost tc-morrow, though, I i couldn't exactly say. . A boy in old Connecticut?this dream I used 3E& to hold; _ i I&k What if the cellar of our house should spring j a leak with gold, 5 ?V/ . - <.? r j Mb And I from there at any time a shining lump ' Bl could bring 1? .. ? , j & rvegot a cellar ia tbis.roci that's just that l Hp sort o' thing. Wr ^^^The sum my father slaved himself for twenty j HP rs t0 pay Wp rVefHm^ut of that there hole in less than j Wjr Tf T eould leadMft??iLP von path, Td make r ^ him smile, at leastr*""*-But his old labor-hardened hands arc moider- > - ? ing in the East. J I'd pack my mother up.this hill, and open to ! k Enough-to grre a'beircflttoi all'the poor she 4 ?& knew; P Td pan a heap o' happiness (put ?of her .dear f old face; ? & > J A J > * But mother's struck a lead of go-fdin quite a j different place. $ S My jn'rl? Wc>l m^b&jaus is soft; bat since the question's put, (I wouldn't tell it to any one except a ."tenderfoot"), k "We used to climb those Eastern hills (she was W ?rtharmiQg yitch>. mmt j*tg? And nrcspcct ao>hivt ve-Would d?wben I fle^ld farafrhadn*fl^e hearf"to let"us""' marry poor. So I shook off Yankee dust and took a "Western tour. 8 , " " Y~ *> My trip, it lasted several years, "The'old man L grieved, no doubt, / I swore I never would come back tiE I could r buy him out. You don't know what it is to hunt and dig j rJLf\jUX.u.aj vw uo-ji, L Torstrike a- vein that; almost' shows, then j dod?es clean away, Totf do? WelVyes; but have you "etSrVeS, i ' and besr?fc<f, andnlrtost'died. " "~ ~ With treasures that you couldn't find heaped | ^ np on every side? And ihea-her letters wandered, like; then I . papered Jo an end; ?* > . I wondered'onit for a while; theft wrote a p1 schoolboy friend; And.justaslhf.d struck this mine, and my W heart beat higrli. Xhere came a Letter up the gruich?it was my : } /ftfedd'rteply. ; " "S'oe.'s bg<|n a-wandering-in her mini; the | ^ other afternoon She went within the asylum walls, as crazy as ! a !oon." ******* A rush a,cros6 the barren plains, a snailish | railroad rige,' \ ~ 1 ; .' ! AncKr"was in the asylum, too, a-kneelinff' at ! 4 her side. ? s ^ ? v I thought she knew me, just at first; but soon ^ f ?be shrank away, * j ' SL And never looked at me again, whatever I J might sajv r . . / '< U She wanaere round, or crouches iu a western ^ window niche, J And says 4"3Iy love will come to me .Tthenhe has 'struck it rich.' " No worclbr ^oa&jtar^ae. ".Oh, but tie Eastern ATad^cmerhTnjr seefia'eS to always" eayr "Go back and love your pold!" n; And I came back; and in this hut my purpose. - is to stays' A miser with his treasure bright already B ; , .stoweday$y- >. > ; Tm President, cashier, and board, of quite a wealthy bank. With none exccpt myself to please?and no ontf els? to thank;: But nothing jnakes. my heart boat fast?and I am srrowing'oid. With not a thing- to love or leave except this r pile of gold. . &S But I have learned a thing or two; I know, as sure as fate. When we lock up our lives for wealth, the rgold key comes too late: And that I'm poorer now than through those happy days in which i-owned-a heart, ano^iid not know that I had struck it rich. ?Will Carlton. A JIBSOTJftCE. /; v? .j* . J.v -.V V?' Fannie Gerrard was engaged to be married to Harry Raymon \,,r the nephew of a wealthy physician, whose'" extensive practice was expected soon to descend to his young relative, in uie ? meantime, Harry wenfroif on a long . sea-voyage with an invalid friend, leavB ing a be troth airing on the little, white R hand of the lovely girl who had promised to be his wife when he returned. The ring was handsome and unique, with its splendid solitaire, and their combined initials ia.tiny diamonds, im- . bedded "inside the golden hoop; and of . course Fannie valued it for its beautv, 1 -* 11 - - ?xi?i~ I as weix as iur me j.<jv c ua. ?yjluuu jl? the pledge. But 'when news came to her that~the ship in which her lover sailed had not been heard of for many [ weeks, and that it was considered lost, i having been last spoken in latitudes where a terrific hurricane had done fearful damage, their'- th& ring became ra sacred thing to her, as the last gift of ^ the dead. **- -$ ?5 Fate.had brought otfier; trials to the poor- girl . since the loss ; of; her lover. >Her f2thef"lfad died, and" subsequently her mother's money, upon which they -were almost dependent, had been swallowed up in a lank failure, f k It became necessary for FannfS to eke b, out the small remaining income by are turning her accomplishments to ac|?. count. This she did cheerfully, and even thankfully; but, -with all her ef forts to be economical, necessity bore ; hardly upon the small household of which she was now the sole stay. It was then that the thought of parting with her precious ring occurred to ber lor the nrst ume, aunougn aii ner | ? ofh:r jewels had gone long since. The i ^ - idea came to her with a sharp pang that was almost an agony; but having j once come to her, it became a settled I purpose. | JL - need no" reminder to keep me ! a true to his memory," she murmured, I while heavy tears overflowed through Bp the long, curling lashes, and. loll, glittering rivals, upon the diamond whi6h i she raised to her lips, and kissed again i and again with passionate fervor.' Having made up her mind to the sac- ! - rifiee, Fannie ph&oni - her drooping hat, : ? and tied a black veil tightly* over her j I fair, sensitive lace;-then, with- rapid ! steps, she left the house "and hastened i to a jeweler's, at the windows of which j ,$he, had oftesh stopped ..to _ adnin. c the ; dazzling contents. B / ? "J&j* your own?" asked the old -man, j BP ** '^th' a^.eafcSinglc^k in"2u^ieeh,'grey wk' eyes's&ihe jj'onag:girl,. who had made | her request in such low and trembling flfi '"Oh, yes!*5 she- answered, simply, unconscious,of suspicion. ,"It was my engagement ring,1/* and she colored W* faintlv, then paled again with painful thoughts. V "It is arvery" valuable one for yon," i the jeweleFlfontinued, slipping it on 1 8 the first .joint of his finger, ^nd glancW ing at Annie's neat but decidedly shabby-raiment- ~ - "The gentleman was rich and so was : I, then," she answered, quietly, check- 1 ins her,ri?og indignation with the selfHt control which experience had taught pir her. . % . - . | Then looking into her questioner's face,, and. finding it to be a kind and fatiierly^d?^;'notwithstanding some V* V/AUiVOOiVU, OHO IViU. iVlXLL , her story inhn impulsiye burst of con"The gentleman to whom I was engaged to be married'went away on a long voyage and was lost. at sea, " sle said; "and then my .father died and left i & us poor, so that I have been obliged to 11^- sell my jewels. I -kept this till the last Will you please to buy it, sir?" i The old, man, being a Scotchman, | BaiMHadMatMHaBMainnDoannBEa v VUmph, umph!" and polishing his j spectacles, murmured "Puir lassie!" i Then he told her he would value her j ring, give her a receipt, for which she i had not thought of asking, and told her to come back"in the morning. About ten minutes after Fannie i Gerrard left Dugaid Blaikie's shop a young man walked up the street with i long," rapid strides, watching the | passers-by and the objects'around with : a half-curious, half-familiar, and wholly ; pleased attention. He was a tall, handsome voung fel- I > > * ! low, witn a oroazuu moustache, arid a pair of fine, observant blue eves, looking out from under magn¢ eyebrows, and lids heavily fringea like a girl's. He entered Mr. Blaikie's shop, and drew out his watch. 1 /'I wish you would be good enough tb examine this watch of mine," lie said pleasantly. 4 'Something has gone wrong with ; it "all of a sudden. No sooner do I arrive at home, safe and sound, thans it becomes refractory, after serving me'~faithfully through 1 'hair-breadth 'scapes by flood and , field??especially by flood! 1 hope it is j not ominous?''^. _v v- ^... - I And' the returned traveler laughed as Jhe*handed the time-piece to "the- old I 'man. ^ -m r>-rr> nlftrrmnrr than a ! broken ^main-spring." replied Mr. j Blaikie, . smiling.'- - "We will have it jreadjjfocyou to-morrow, sir." And then as he watched the stranger -ga-out, with- his youthful, swinging stride, his mind recurred to the girl who had fold him'of 'the lover "losl at .sea," and he sighed over his work. , Harry Raymond- had not gone far before he was accosted by the ringing voice of an old friend. "Hallo, Raymond, old fellow! Where in the name of all that's wonderful have you sprung from?" Why, dear boy, everyone believes you long since at the bottom of the sea, or blown away by all sorts Of simoons, typhoons, or whatever you call'em!" '"Blown away as much as' you like, old boy," laugitfed Raymond, wringing bis companion's hand 'heartily, "but not under water yet, as you see. But, come?give me some land" news, won't you? This is' my first day in London, and I haven't seen anyone yet. - How is?everybody?" ' - "Well, much as usual, Iexpect. But come over to my rooms, and maybe I can be more definite." The youag man slipped his arm "tKrough Raymond's, and they sauntered on together. ;; . j ' l'Oh,_ by-the-way," said Jack Gordon, suddenly bursting in on one of his own speeches, "you have just turned _np.itt.tame_to betoo late ior the marriage of an old sweetheart of yours? Fannie Gerrard. -Married an old chap with heaps of money, too." t,What?what did you say?1' said Harry, clutching the arm that lay on jiis, and stopping short in' the street. "I said that your old flame, Tannic Gerrard, was married yesterday to old " ' - ?hi: :? vm.? JMLr. JKrODercs, tae muiiuiwuc. n ny, what's the matter? What are you 'staring at? You look as if you had. j .seen, a ghost!" . j Harry Raymond drew his hand j across his face once or twice before he ; replied. "I beg your pardon!" he said. "I | . have just ^remembered an important | engagement! :-I-^?-will have"'to'leave 1 you now."" " ' **" "v "Oh, I'm sorry! But, never mind! Drop in . in the evening, and have a chat. Good-bye, for the present! Delighted to have met yuu!" 7 And Jack disappeared around a ! corner, savagely condemning his "long tongue7' and thinking all kinds of hard things of the girl who could so soon forget a fellow like Raymond. Harry Raymond walked on with bent head and downcast eyes. All the ani- j .mation and brightness were gone from j his face?all interest in his surroundings tranished by a few carelers words, j - -- ?* 1. I married: no xcjjt\;iuu? ma-iiivu . to another,' and my heart true to her j through-all! Oh, fickle, faithless heart cf -woman!" 't And, with a harsh, bitter laugh, ho ; drew his-hat,-over his.browsraDd strode j on, he -knew not whiiSer, until night j found him in- his own rboms, worn out j by fatigue and misery. ."Why am I here?" he groaned, his j head buried in h;* arms, which were ; wildly thrown out upon a table. ""Why did I fight so desperately for my lifo ; when danger assailed it? Why? For ! hor "FooL fool! to fanev she i would grieve for me!" Ah, would to ; Heaven" I had gone down with my more fortunate comrades!" And so passed the first night of Har y Raymond's return home. When Fannie Gerrard entered the j Jewcbr's next morning, she was somewhat embarrassed to. find a : young ' gentleman talking to Mr. Blaikie, and : withdrew shyly to. the furthest end of j the counter. The old gentleman, recognising her i at once, bowedplcasantly, and in a few j moments came to wait upon her. "I will buy your "ring for fifteen.; pounds," he said. "Will you part 'with it for that?" Fannie's face showed her disappointment. "I thought it was worth more than ; that?intrinsically,''' she said. "Twice j as much, at least7' The.Scotchman shook his head, and pressed his lips together, for although ; he was interested in the "puir lassie,". he di'd not forget the precept that "beezness is be'ezness." Fannie's eyes filled with tears." She was the most unmercenary of human j beings; but how paltry the sum ap- j peared compared with her valuation j of the ring! She looked at it with longing eyes, j half-tempted not to make the sacrince at all, when she was startled by a voice beside her: "I will buy the' ring; for twice as mucn, since,, tue laay is so anxious 10 obtain a good price for it!"" Well did Fannie Gerrard know that voice, though never before had she heard it ring with the contemptuous scorn as now it fell upon her ear. With a strong inclination to scream, which she. suppressed to a- gasp, -she turned and involuntarily held out both hands, while a look of mingled amaze- j ment, deiight and love shone in her face. Then meeting nothing but a strange smile of scornful bitterness upon the features that . had become to her those of a saint, and where, hitherto, she had seen naught but glowing tenderness, she drew back as though stung.? One piteous look she gave toward the old man who stood watching his A 'ill 1 J strange patrons wren an-aosoroeu interest, then, she shuddered, reeled, and would have fallen to the floor, had not Mr. Biaikie caught her in his arms. He bore her into an adjoining room, and calling his daughter, left the fainfcing girl in. her care and returned to where Harry Kaymond stood, with a pale, set face, gnawing his moustache. "Is the young lady better? I am a physician. Can i be of any use professionally?" "So you arc her lover?the iau who was lost at sea?" said Dugald Biaikie, not noticing his question. "What do you kdow about me?or her?" Raymond asked sharply. "Enough to know that you have caused sullicient trouble aud grief by your absence, without breaking the bairn's heart altogether, now that you have come back. . Hech, mon," continued Dugal, falling into broad Scotch unuer tne lnuueuve vi k.wuviuviu, u.i lad ever had less cause for caulunesi or suspeecion." Harry Raymond's lip trembled and his face flashed. "You do not understand," he said. "She was my betrothed wife, and 1 return to lind her?married." "Married!" exclaimed Dngal, blankly. . "Yes, married to a wealthy dotard; and anxious to get rlu of thai ring, lest she should be disturbed by its unpleasant associations." And as he thus expressed this suggestion of his fevered fancy, his voice was raised ia resentful passion. The bewildered girl heard the words, and standing in ilia doorway witii a face of marble pallor, and her si en tier figure proudly erect, she said,? ' "You are strangely mistaken, Mr. Raymond. I am' not married, nor ever 'have been. I wished to sell my ring because I was in absolute need of money. However, it. is yocrs now, r without any equivalent!" ' . A?,l k.ni/v-ltttr i->f t.1>A AUU >> 1UU ; head, she would have passed lnai by; j but Harry suddenly turned and caught j her in his arms, and before she could | protest, she was ceated on the sofa, i with her repentant lover at her feet. "Oh, forgive me, darling?pray fori give me!" he pleaded. "I was hasten! ing to find you immediately on my ar! rival, when "l was told that you were I recently married! But I was mad? I'Wicked, to doubt you, and I throw my-. ?eif on your mercy!" ; And he seized the little hands, nerv! ously clasped together, and covered | them with kisses. "It was my cousin," she answered, ' reproachfully. "Ah! but I knew naught of her, and ; to me, sweetheart, there is but one. : Fannie Gerrard in all the wide world!" And as he then proceeded to clasp I that particular one tcrhis heart, she j was obliged to accept the cunning ex! cuse and forgive him. j Fannie still wears her diamond rinsr, | though Dugald Blaikie has since sup! plied her with a plain gold one, that she values yet more highly. The Kinds of Life Not Worth Living. A life of mere money-getting is always a failure, because you will never get as much as you want. The poorest people in this country are the millionaires, and next to them those who have $500,000. There is not a scissors grinder in New York or Brooklyn so anxious to make money as those men who have piled up fortunes for years. The disease of accumulation has eaten into them. That is not a life worth living. There arc too many earthquakes in it, too many shipwrecks, too montr rvorrHtirtnc TflPV hlllld their castles and open their picture galleries and make every inducement for happiness to come, but she will not. So also a life that chiefly strives for worldly approval is a failure, The two most unfortunate men in the United States for the next six months will.be the two presidential nominees. Two great reservoirs of malediction have been gradually filling up, and about midsummer they will be brimming full, and a hose will be attached to them and they will begin to play on the two nominees, and they will have to stand and take it-^the falsehood, the caricature, the venom, the filth, an'd they will be rolled over in it and choked with it. To win that privilege a hundred candidates are striving. The Same thing is seen on a smaller scale in the strife for social position. 1 Good morals and intelligence are not necessary; but wealth, or the show of "-* - > T? woaiui, is ausuiuieiy luuis^cu^aiuic. j.u don't make any difference how you get your wealth, if you only get it Perhaps you get it by failing four or five times?the most rapid way of accumulation in this country. If a man fails once he is not so very well off; but if he fails twice he is comfortable, and by the time he fails three times he is affluent. But when you really lose your money, "how' quick they drop you! High social% life is constantly in a _ change?insecurity dominant, wretchedness'dominant, and a life not worth living.?Dr. Talmage. The Fashion in Dogs. One of the commonest studies of man in New York is woman in her fashionably changeful aspects. She is a kaleidoscope for shifting her bits of .sweetness and lignt at every turn of the ^seasons. It is not three months since Irt.I n nnnr e1r\rr in ViOT* nromiA iUU iu M(vMv?v promenades. - The brute's neck was 'bigger than his peculiar brainless head, and so there had to-be a harness around his body to attach the leading string to, while the mistress daintily held the -other end. The pug has been already put aside into disfavor. Of course she loves.'him still and cherishes him in the retirement of home, but he has been superseded as a pet for publicity, and the do? she now leads is a- huge mastiff. The hitching point" at his end of the cord is a mere collar, and the harness i_s on her own parson. Sometimes it is a'wide bracelet of stamped or embossed leather, with a staple in it, and at others it is a belt. In either case Mm ntilitv of the device lies in reliev :ng the-bauds from the tiresome strain of holding the canine giant. However, there is artfulness, too, in? the matter of the belt- Piease consider a slip of a girl, weighing no more than a hundred pounds, even if we admit the unreasonable proposition that she does not wing her way along angelically, I instead of stepping solidly on the earth ! like any other ordinary mortal. Then picture"to yourself a dog outweighing her by halt "His collar has more circumference than her belt. Between these two circlets is a cord, kept taut Nr- fliA cfr;ii?tir>or ahead of the dopp and the resistance of the girl. Don't you see that the contrast afforded by the two crcatures is all to the advantage of the two-legged against the four-legged? Is it not clear to you that the sturdiness and dullness of the one mates an effective background for the frailty and brightness of the ether??New York Cor. Baltimore American.' . ; - There is one official in a great English library who knows how to do a pleasant thing. A distinguished novelist one day received a package con i uu vAvwgVYVJLU auu auucu copy of one of his own stories. With it came a letter fresh from the librarian explaining that he had sent the book t6 'show" its author how much his work i was appreciated in the provinces. I ' ' I The Wrong Path. An English scientific person is en- j [ ga<:cd in teaching his dog to read, and : ! a German scientific person, wholly dis- ! regarding the finer feeling of his dog, ] has actually succeeded in teaching him j to speak a few words of German, j These two facts are supposed to justify j i the hope that in time dogs Will be able j ' to converse freely with men and read ; our books. It does not seem to have i occurred to the scientific people who j are striving to bring this about that it j would be simpler for them to learn the dog language than it is to teach dogs English or German. ^ The language of the dog is not a dif~ ** ' 1 - -c_ Ucuit one. iVjlosx peopie louii&iu* nu- i ; agine that a dog makes but one re; mark? "bow-wow-wow." in like man- ! ; ner a grossly ignorant person,'on hear- j 1 iug two Japanese conversing' in fheir j own language, would imagine that j Japanese consists oaly of a few almost : i inartiqulate sounds.. In point- of fact, i the dog not only^has- a large vocabu- I ! lary of spoken words, bat he adds to ! these 5, system of gestures by the aid of which he can express almost any ] thought. His tail ?lon? ia mow elef! ant than s*Spanish woman's_fan, and e can conduct a long .evening's..'conI versation with his nose..and .'ears. A j man of ordinary intelligence, studying ' under an accomplished dog,:- can, by the aid of the .Meisterschaft system, ; learn the language in less than three | months,-while it would probably - take | years to teach a dog to read English ! words of one syllable, or to speak cor- j rectly a dozen words of English. j It is pleasant t'o:find that the scien | tific world has discovered tne impor, tancc of establishing free communicaj tion between men and dogs. There is j very mnefi. that dogs can teach us. A I profoundNewfoundland . jLog, well i versed in Ills'native" philosophy,' could ; deliver a'lecture on ''the intuitive cogj nition of tramps at~ the back door" j which would far surpass in depth and j interest the best philosophicaLwritings | of Sir William Hamilton ;.-and the Brit1 ish bull-dog could give" us- instructions I in Carlylism which would-enable every ; man "to beiiis own Carlyle. The views j of rats and cats entertained-by able I -terriers1 would seem extremely novel | were they^ presented to .the public. The } terrier does .not disapprove of rats aad fpic.e;per$e. * On the contrary, he often ieals;i&spsct ai^ifcteB'iwinj'ration for a reallpbeaotiful and'accomplfshed cat, hut.foir all' that he. shakes her up at the first opportunity. The reason is that every terrier who is able-bpdied .and of good moral character is a member of a secret oath-bound association devoted to the extermination .of rats and cats. This, association originated 3gesf-ago, andithe terriers have perpetuate# .jt, doubtless because p? .their revereijpO' for riradition'r:;. The " terrier puppy; who is sworn into the association on two crossed: tails of deceased cats, is not at liberty to give qua: ?er to anyanimalof the oat- or rat species, But he seldom has any- active personal hatred'of then}. * Themisfmcterstandingsbetween'dogs and men "which-are now so frequent would- be almost entirely avoided could all speak the dog language. How often doesTa xnaiL to, .whom .a strange dog affably wishes good-morning imagine that he is insulted and about to be attacked, and how familiar is the spectacle of the timid man cowering because a terrier has, without the least idea of hostility, simply touched the man's leg with his '.C-. ih in order to ascertain if "U~ ^ vtt lofo ?r*-f/vnrn n t.inn c tr> t.Vi A liO LitAO a.i.LJ 1U.IU luiUiJXiMwtvu . whereabouts of cats. The motives of | dogs are so often misconstrued that it J is greatly to be desired that both men ! and dogs should speak the same language, and thus dwell together in peace and confidence. A Fampus Gambling House. Pendleton's gambling house was one of the sights of Washington before the ' war. The entrance was through a narrow, lighted hallway, opening from the avenue near the National hoteL A pair of stairs at the farther end of the hall were closed half way up by a door fastened on the inside. A lattice was opened on the ringing of the bell, and a colored man scrutinized the new-comi ers to see if all was right If there was no apparent objection the door was opened, and the visitor proceeded up stairs, where there was a large front parlor, elegantly furnished, with a center ta'uie on which were the leading newspapers and magazines of the country. Around it one generally found several gentlemen, some of them members of Congress, reading and discussing the news of the day. The back parlor was more luxuriously furnished, and at one end, in a massive gilt frame, was a life-like picture of a huge tiger, with fiery eyes and open mouth, apparently ready for a spring on his unsuspecting victim. Beneath this picture was a table on which was the lay out of a faro bank. In a box were piles of bank bills and gold pieces of different denominations, and in another box were the "chips," circular pieces of ivory, inscribed "$1," "?5," "$25" , and "$250," which were purchased by . playeis as a matter of convenience, orir) htr tVift hantpx at. tho end I of each game. There was a supperroom where a free supper was served every night. The cook was the best in Washington, and at Pendleton's those who did not fancy the poor fare at the hotels and the worse eating &t the private boarding houses, could feast on turtle soup, "oysters, terrapin, canvasback ducks and venison. The best of wines and liquors were also supplied. Mr. Pendieton belonged to an old Virginia fimily, and his wife, who lived on Capitol hill, went hi the best_ society. After his death President Buchanan attended his funeral.?Ben Pcrlcy Poo're. Our Leisure Classes. "Aw, well, don't you kr\ow," said t.hfl distin.crushed titled Englishman who was being entertained at~a prominent club the other afternoon, "What I miss here in this country is the exist| ence of people who are not in business aDd money-making?you have no leisure class here, don't you know." And his friend told him he was altogether mistaken; and, when thoy went out for I a stroll on the street, pointed out to I him an organ-grinder, who was play! ing dolefully upon his lugubrious inj strument, and piloting a monkey up : the side of a house after pennies, while I a crowd of several hundred lined both ; ; sidewalks and filled the roadway, and ' when the performer and his compan- ! ion moved on accompanied them in a j body. And later the pair observed j ninety-seven persons watching five men j who hoisted a safe into a four-story : window, and eightyrsix others who ! killed time by inspecting a dozen Irish- j j men engaged in-digging a cellar. . And ' the Englishman expressed hin' self as j [ haying gained a new notion of Ameri- I ! can society, and learned that the leis: nre class flourished in this country to a j most extraordinary degree.? Boston j I Journal. . 1 f The Vision of a Dinner Pail. A portly but amiable old gentleman, with a shiny silk hat pushed back upon j his ruddy forehead, and a reckless profusion cf gold watch-chain dangling, from his waistcoat pocket, leaned against a post on the Montague street pier, in Brooklyn, shortly before noon, and with lazy interest watched the-loading.of a big clipper ship with merchandise from the neighboring warehouses. \ , , .?, , .<5 * xne. gnucr 01 wmu-iossea ioam suuue | in his eyes from the troubled expanse i of water out in the Bay, and the labor- j ed puft of -a little hoisting-engine on the pier and the droning call of a sailor on the ship's deck made music in his indifferent "ears. As he stood there indolently watching .the scene something down "behind a big dirty hogshead glittered in-the sun and caught his eye. Years and years ago, in the far off past, he had scen:'just such a'glittering at noontime-on in any-a-weary day, and ho could not mistake it now. It was that white and penetrating dazzle caused by the unrelenting gun''^hi'ningr.clcar and ^ full upon a:-W-kf!fgTiBfl,S*$jBcL tKntier-; paii:?Qncasoon sneh an Illuminationcarr never be forgotten. The portly old gentleman took a fresh braoe against the i pd<jt and gazed blinkingly at the radiant j magazine of dyspepsia. It was .the-j regulation' dinners-pail, with two rings | around it and a small tin coffee cup j fitted over a tin cylinder on the greasy ; cover. * A wave of memory seemed to sweep I up and 'take possession o+ the old j gentleman, for a smile broke across.his j face, and lie went over to the big hogs- j he^S and gazed vacantly down at the ! white' tin nlJiiL Then he sat on the i edge of the wharf in the Ice of the hogs- ; head; arid1 d'angted- his'"feet over the ! ' waiter. A moment later he put out his' j haiiij timidly, and touched the tin paiL : There was lio illusion, it was a genuine dinner-pail, such as the Pilgrim Fathers : m&iit have carried in their war of j examination against the basket-carry- ! irigj/Quakers of jftew England. There seemed to be an affinity between- the dinner-pail and the old man, for in a short time the cover came off and his ; hand wont into it on a tour of investigation. A tin tank of black coffee came out;' and underneath was a slab of cold boiled beef as thick as a board. The old gentleman forgot his shiny silk hat anefhis elaborate gold watch chain, and j /drifted back somewhere in .the past, f wh?a life was yotinqr, when the burden [ wis* heavy and ambition strong. He > hela the pail between his well-clad ! A-wl m ia +1Va? cl o r\ r\$ V*rv/%^ j&..LlQTC2f UUU ta&iU^ up CJUO CUkiu v/A UV V^x j id' ijoth hands be??p to eat like a half- J starred Indian. A'chunk of bread of home-made stability came next and j ' foHcftved the boile'd beef. Then an J egg was found. * . t^ThisiS' something like, this is," said '- the^ portly old- gentlemen, in glee, as he rshulked off tho sh'ell and laid bare tb#?reehish-yello\v color of the solid yolk. "That's the ^ way to boil an eggf' *' Two cold boiled potatoes, soggy with mush cooking, went the way of the otk'er things. Then the home-made mince pie was poised for a moment in ! ^ disappeared, and the pail was i - > f-here, yon old duffer, whose dinner have you been eating?" demanded the big. heavy voicfe of alabormnn trliot +-Viof -momont lirroa in XXI^ XXXtilX uuv UU tuuu iav f v *** sight from behind the hogshead. The amiable but portly old gentleman struggled to his . feet "Yours, I suppose, " he answered calmly, flecking the crumbs from his coat with a white silk handkerchief. "Why, do you know," he continued, as the labor- i ing man made ready to explode with wrath, "d'ye know I haven't had such a genuine home-made dinner since I , swung the pick and shovel on the first i ; section of the Union Pacific Railroad : years ago. There! Don't swear! It's ; all right. Come up to my house on Pierrcpont street and my cook shall 1 give you my dinner. Fair' exchange, i you know."It's an even chancCwhcther ! you get the gout or I gefc: the dyspepsia?a mere toss up, I might say. Come along." And the honest laboring man, wiping his hands on a piece of waste ancl polishing his fa.cu on his coat sleeve, went with great alacrity.?New York Times. : i m -? UA Dream in Marble." That beautiful dream in marble will stand in my memory, tinted with- the rose of dawn beneath which I first beheld it, and flushed with the soft evening sun when I parted from it, .and between the dawn and moonrise, as I returned to it again and again, I beheld not one Taj, but several. As the statue atMenon was said to emit music when the sun touched it, one may say with- i out fable that the changing sky of the day brings forth varied architectural harmonies from the Taj. Now it is of < the faintest snow-blue tint, now purest white, and again pink in its response to dawn or snnsoL One cannot see it ' of a sudden. I met an intelligent lady of- fho who was disaDUointed in I : the Taj. Toward the evening I met her seated before .the edifice in speechless admiration. It is vain to ^attempt to describe this wonderful monument or tell the secrets of its fascination. The Taj occupied 50.000 men twenty- ; two years, and cost?3,174,802, and it . was a small expenditure to give the : earth such a jewel on her zone. It would require a volume to explain the < flora of the Taj alone. - In its mosaic ornamentation the rarest .flowers and leaves are traceable, and the way in which these things twine and frame < the sentences of the Koran remind one of the pleasant fact that the materials of the ancient literature wore the leaves, bark or tablets of trees, still preserved * in the words by which we call them : paper, library, book. < At the gateway to the park of the Taj there is a' very interesting little ; museum of Buddhist and Jain antiquities discovered in the neighborhood. - ?>0H16 OX tncse urc very them are Hindu deities, who seemed to . have laid aside much of their sensual and fierce aspect, and I think one might in this museum trace the growth of some new religious movement through modification of Krishna and Vishnu up to the flower of them all? Buddha himself. Beside the Taj flows the Jumna, on whose banks Krishna :! dwelt among the cowherds and milk- j maids, chartned the lowly with his lute and danced with the rustic beauties ! those marvelous dances where each j believed that he was her partner. It j is a peaceful, languid river, with alter- j nating meadows and sandy beaches, ; where in the bright warm morning the _ mild-eyed lotus eaters were visible, ; seated on the yellow sand or bathing ' in the sacred stream. The whole land scape was a picture of pastoral ccauty. ?Moncure I). Conway. A student of -Yale college has just been expelled for stealing books. That's the last thing in the world we should have expected a Yale student ; would steal. I: . THE MASSACRE OF CAWNPORE. A Visit to the Scene of uThe Blackest Crime in Human History." Cawnpore is a thriving manufacturing city of some 125,000 inhabitants. In commercial importance it is . only second to Calcutta and Bombay. It furnishes the railroads centering there with more traffic :than any two or three interior towns put together. Its greatest notoriety, however, is .associated with its past. Here was perpetrated what many have called "the blackest crime in human history," the horrible Cawnpore massacre. T shall onlv review the scenes of the massacre which are necessary- in. connection with my. visitatiba;Qtthe scenes which it invomd. * Early one morning- after Chota Hazree, I rode over to the Memorial Church in company with a- citizen, The Memorial church, as its name implies, .is an edifice of .the "State religion., 'erected tear-the scene -of- the -memtit'able-dfci fens? of 4fea?ratW^eler.:.j JEhechurch is a splendid European-built structure, with, memorial . tablets,'^ exquisite t$e floors; and all the appointments of ahigh toned house of- worship." Indeed, the, building- is-so modern: and elegant, without regard to the climate, that in summer it is found impossible to use it. Summer services, by the way, commence at 6 o'clock in the morning in this part of the country, universally, . Just without the church was the intrenchment of 1857, a miserable mud wall about four feet high, every vestige of which has now disappeared. Here 1,000 persons defended themselves for twenty-two days against the hottest kind of fire from thousands of pagan foes. Of the number 556 were women and children' and only 440 men. The suffering of these .women and children, was almost beyond belief. They had no shelter save such as their distraught male protectors could improvise for them. The thermometer went up to 140 degrees in the shade, and the sun's rays penetrated , every part of the intrenchment. Many perished from sun^r: stroke or disease. "Their food was scarcely sufficient to keep them alive. When they wanted water they, had to risk their lives by venturing out to a well, which is still to be (seen here, in plain, view of the enemy. Shot and saell wrought sad havoc, until the 27th oE June, when the men ordered a S6mi? surrender, chieiiy on account of the dying women and children. -2fana Sahib, leader of the Sepoy mutineers, had promised to honorably conduct the party to the Ganges, embark them ' and send them down the river in perfect safety. Accordingly the people who werq not sick emerged from the entrenchment ancl ponfided themselves to the protection of the treacherous Han?. It was understood that the sick should be returned for. " . The eager prisoners marched .down to the river, and embarked from the Gate Chowra Ghat.' No sooner had they be'e-n loaded upon the boats than hundreds of unseen natives opened fire upon thorn. Their boats were stranded and though they did their best to return the lire and get off, they eould but become easy Ylutcxaa ?? tills, tlic' foulest instance of trcachery in military history." Only three men in ail that company of 1,000 escaped death, and but 206 women and children were left Among the massacred were a few Americans. Thesfi women and children were then dragged to a building which has srone down into history as the House of Massacre. They were crowded into two small rooms, twenty by ten feet in dimensions, and kept there' until July 15th, when, by the order of this same Nana, they were every one slaughtered. Nana had heard of Gen. Havelock's ad* vance, and while he boasted of the strength to vanquish' him in battle, he gave orders .that this most shocking deed should be carried into execution, lest by any chance a rescue should be effected. But even the cruel Sepoys. rebelled at the thought of such a crime and Nana had to hire five butchers of the city to enter the house and carry out his will professionally... This they did, and the five men consumed an hour and a half in taking' 206 lives. They were paid one rupee per victim, or in American money, about $80 jointly, for. the bloody deed. Then by order of Nana, the bodies were dragged to a well in the immediate vicinity,- and cast down, tho dying with the dead, into its crimson waters, fifty feet below. It is a matter of regret to every sympathetic traveler to know that this in- , human monster Nana soon after disap- j peareci, and has never since beenheard r>f. c/-> thot Ho iirnVinHIv t.hft "'1 vv? f- ?J ?:?i I punishment he deserved. When Gen. Havelock, the pious soldier, arrived .at Cawnpore and repaired, to this Assembly Koom, he foundr that he was just thirty-six hours too late. The floor was still ne'arlv ankle deep, with coagulated blood, while .shreds of fiesh and tufts of hair told of .the barbarous violence that had been administered. The cuts on the walls that had been made by. the butchers' knives were low down, showing how the poor victims had crouched before their assailants. In the meantime the sick who bad been left behind in the intrenchment had also been slaughtered. There were many other massacres .'in the country around that were as shocking, but none that were" so..wholesale.. I have talked with men who saw as mere boys the forms -of European women cut open, a bottle of 'gunpowder inserted while they were still alive, and then the whole body blown to atoms. How. different is the Cawnpore of tola}'. Jhese scenes that were-so bloody in 1857 are now the fairest spots in India. Lovifcg hands and an appreciative government lihve caused: .lovely flowers to spring up out of the ground that was so drenched with innocent blood, and marble memorials tell the sad story.?Cor. New Orleans TimesDemocrat. A lady writer in the Rural New Yorker says: "'.'A mother who allows, her boys to grow up'ignorant of wholesome cookery and the line art of sewing fails in her duty.' Henry Ward Beecher's mother taught him at an early age to sew; and for lads full of activity, who cannot be kept qui<5t, sewing is an excellent pastime for discipline. If boys sewed more and romped less, the girls sewed less and romped more, the gain would be mutual. Then, too, if every member of the family knows how to prepare a meal the x-eiief io the mother or wife is- almost immeasura'ble." The roc was the boss bird of his day. "Sinbad, the sailor," knew something of it?in his mind. Marco Polo heard of him in Madagascar, and declared that it was like the eagle, measuring sixteen paces from wing to wing. But the Persian authorities give.the wildest account. They represent him as carrying an elephant in his beak and one in each of his claws. High Style on Wheels. I crossed Madison square and wandered far up Fifth avenue, with the palaces of the millionaires on either hand. Here there was a change of scene. .There were-not a.great many people on the sidewalks, but the street was* crowded with superb equipages, in \yhich the wives and daughters of the millionaires were airing themselves. TKa nrnc rr-oT/a oil nf tViA Anon enrf so that those who rode in them could get the full benefit of the fresh air and see and be seen to the best-advantage. I perceived no disposition to. hide any lights under a busheL . The horses were such as would fill the. heart of my old friend' Dr. Ferris, oi'Fort.Bond, with delight Their . weH-grbbmed skins ?jlitt?re? in .the; sun almost as brightly as.lhe gold .and silver trappings on jthe harness aid carriages. Almost every carriage had* one or two postilion^' believe', that 'is' . what they, .call them?and a .driver in -'front,. /All' otr$ese: yere 4ressed.. .in "The^ yfote snjowy-wiiite.gloves and silk Hats w;th oockades ofbiack feathers, which" were fastened to the 'nuts with'large .button's of siiVc'n Their, pants were what are called knee-pan is, I believe? after the style..of Oscar Wilde and the Revolutionary fathersl They were generally of a vellow.color. had a row of glittering buttons down each leg, and ftttbd so tightly' that they s'e'emed to me to be constantly on the point of bursting. 01 course, they wore stockings below their knees. They wore ;boots also, with low and broad tops, from;which a number of pretty silk tassels hung down, The postilions sat like statues on their seats, with their arms.crossed in. an exceedingly dignified manner on their breasts. They seemed never to speak a'word or to move their heads,, or even bat their eyes. They looked steadily ahead, and so solemnly that I couldn't help but wonder what the devil thev were thinking about. They seemed to me the j very picture of dignity on a monument: yet, in spile of all that, I could not help but believe that they felt themselves to be asses. I am sure . I would feel so if I were .in their places." Their special duty, so far as I could make it out, seemed to bo to march up to the heads of the horses and stand there like statues while the carriages stopped. The ladies in the carriages were not so solemn hy a good deal. 'On the contrary, they left all the solemnity and dignity to be used by the postilions. They chatted and laughed merrily, and bowed and waved graceful recognitions to their acquaintances whom they saw on the street. Bless me!-it was ail fine, very fine, even in-, eluding the solemn. posiiiiorL3.--Cor. Galveston Sews. A Pen. Picture of Sam Ward. Stephen Eis&^in his" iust published "Off-Bicd Portraits of Prominent 2^ew, Yorkers," thus makes a pen-picture of Sam Ward:, \D.opi-nun ut Saiher ^ j u. ' iauu b restaurant one aay 10 enjoy some -wild trout, which is cooked there to perfection, we noticed sitting alone at a table near us a short, stout old gentleman, with_a ruddy, pleasant facei. a bald head, fringed with silver gray," round, shrewd, intelligent eyes, and a closely-trimmed gray mustache. At first sight he might have been mistaken for a retired colonel of the French army, and he certainly seemed to be enjoying his dinner with French gusto. But.between the plates he. read by matches, from a little book, which, when he laid it down to resume his knife and fork, we saw was an edition of Horace in the original Latin. John . Sutherland himself, with all the dig-, nity of a Scotch lairdr waited upon this literarv eourmet, who feasted upon the I best of viands and the best of epicurean J | poetry together. 'That gentleman,'said we, as Mr. Sutherland passed to give [ some .order to the waiters, 'must be Sam Ward.' The.reading diner looked up from his book, as if he had hoard his name, bowed a recognition, and renewed a former acquaintance. When. our seat had been changed, to Sam [ Ward's table we protested against the \ introduction of a book during dinner, j 'I agree with you,' said Mr. Ward I pleasantly; 'but I do not like to dine alone, aud when I have no other friend present, I invite my Horace.' " A Bit-of Timely Philosophy. Happy is the man these days who holds no stocks in railroads, car companies, banks and other transitory enterprises of this fleeting world.' "Blessed are the meek, for they shallinherit "the earth," said the Savior, looking down serenely from the hill on fhe humble people of the world around him, and on the earth, the enjoyment of which was their sure' possession; Quite likely he uttered those wbrds in the spring time, certainly in some open season when multitudes could fouow him and listen tb outdoor teaching. There is a wealth of comfort and' even lurury in enjoying the freshness of spring, ite familiar but ever mysterious development and its clothing on of nature. "Those who thus "inherit the earth" can afford to be indifferent' to anything moro than a fair competence, a comfortable livelihood, from the monev counters of the world. Many who are far from humble in circumstances are so cumbered with the cares-of the world and crusted over with sated appetites that they have a very pitiful share in the.ihhcriiance in-the simple pleasures of'life.A happy home,* in modest circumstances and sensibilities, alive to all the innocent delights-of life, are more comforting-to the hearts of men than any amount of fortunechasing am:d the vicissitudes of Wall street.?Springfield Republican. Keep Your LT&s. . In the.desire to make a girl feel at home and pleased with her place, the young housekeeper is sometimes apt to take,her too closely into her confidence, especially if she is a pleasant girl and useful in the house. But it is a very /lonffnrnnc Tvrn/?t.?fiTif} almost alwava j makes trouble. All may go well i enongh while she is with you, but in j the chances and changes of life she ; mar and probably will drift into some | other kitchen, where all the news she ; has gathered in yours may be rehears! ed without stint. She will not dis! criminate with regard to those things you havo enjoined'her "not to tell." In fact, these will likely be the first points | "fished out" of her by "some meddlesome woman. There is a surprising enjoyment in being the first to "tell news," and an inexperienced, undisciplined girl will rarely be found who can resist the temptation. You can treat a girl with perfect ; kindness and yet not give yourself into I her power. Keep your own counsel ! about your own affairs. Do not let her j sympathy or great interest beguile you --i-- w'i r> 4- TTrtn rt yr\ riAf /tnifft : ILLi/U I'ClUtmg JVU aiu avb \^uiw ['willing, .to have told over in other | places.?Rural New Yorker. - GLEANINGS. - England's army contains' 63,050 En-' ' glishmen,. 14,415^[nsEinenr and. ,2> 45S; 'Scotchmen. There are 81,717 clergymen aid 17,* ; I 267,878 church communicants in. the t United - States* f : . { i The black poodle, with . his hair shaved into knobs,_is the, correct thing ' ' - -".M in. canines' in Engtandlust how. .., j, The great organ at Westminster . bey, which has been 'reconstructed,'^' 1 said to be now-one of the largest-and > finest.instruments in JEurope.- :d;xi -, ><< l>c.a According; to the Napa (CsL\ Resort* . er, not only is-the opium habit prevalent among" the youn^ men of the'town, ' 'l but a few girls are also opium fends.. . New York city is to have a new park' which' will be'-'on the picturesque heights ' beyoii& High Bridge, and yea- ^ eluding the romantic^cliff ioveilooki^g,, ,, . '^^S^es^is^i^^opr,m ...the', diar*' "" ' two years ago; woukLJ?: willing to sell: <? it now for An engraverafc-Eersailies-is safch-to^ affirm that he has. discovered a;meihodr "".! : ^ for taking photographs in colors, being ^ able thus to'reproduce the . color of "the individual or lahdScape photographed ' ael egg, measuring tea *ana cme, quarter by eight inches, .wafe the "ctHio' ' : a Gridley,;. CaL, henlaid Jastw^ck. ; When broken open ^two. perfect, eggs, each in a separate sneH,"were, discovered inside. ' _ . . The society news of the Spart^Cfeofgian reports the visit" of 7 Mr. Edwin . Swmt to that town, wearmg-lite1 same ruffled shirt in which' .he' was: married . twenty-two .years,; ago?a line-looking ... shirt-to.this day. .; There is. a clause . in. the .^MSssonri game'law which prohibits non-residents' ~ shooting game" within - 'the -state. law has been found a nuisance 'to the.' > sportsmen of that state, and ^efforts are being made, to have it repealed^ . * Emile Zola denounces cuhrent !Eh.glish fiction as sickly sc-ntimenialism, "catering exclusively'foFyoung girls,'7 but be may console himselfwith -the reflection that his own-books rirebyno ' means calculated for. that class of '. . readers. . , ;:i , Tennyson wa? thought to have touch- ". ed bottom when lie descended to take a place in the order to which Lord St Leonards belonged, but an American publisher has had the cheek,.ta offer him ?20,000?not to read or to lecture, but to exhibit himself for^three months' .'athisconntiV. . The Luke Yobrhees" cat^e"range; of. Wyoming is the largest in tie" world,;; no doubt It composes 1,000,000: acres.'! of land, 40,000 of which, are; inclosed with a a barbed wire -fencej^dhasa water frontage of thirty inil^s." The range will freely accommodate - TSjOQO1** cattle. It has now ^OQO head. $ f&l s Texas is cow supposed to. have a'f population of .about 2,000r000 people. Of the cities in the state Galveston, % with 65,000 people is the largest- Houston has oyer 20,000, Fort Worth over 20,000, San.^pXopio more than' 20,000, jfi and there are^a number'tjf cities rang- ~v"* ing from 10,GQfr to 15,000 ^ Did you ever hearof biacm^-4x?ts ? * without blacking?. Jt js.done. here. _I went on board the American wardship ~ Essex the other evening ani. sawfhe' operation." A banana skin is used,' and 1 with gOotl effects I thought' at-first that the rind simply served to moi^n ; blacking which nad been previously r applied, but I ' was assured 'that' tie' shoes of the officers aboard _ had. not seen any blacking since lie.sHp 'ca'me f he'rei'qnite a number of weeks ago.' - 11 throw this hint gratuitously for:the-J" benefit of t he American, bootblacks.? Canton Letter,. ,r ... .r" The wife of Attorney General Brewsv^r is described as "perhaps the handsomest woman of the Cabinet fcirela^ She has a plump, un wrinkled: face, a.; rich growth of' silvery. haij^- aod a. pleasant snijle.* She /was a daijghter of. Robert J. Walker, at one time secretary of the treasury, and after an unhap*' py marriage with'-ja -frenchman she was employed in the ^treasury--department; Her husband- having:,-. <&ed/; Brewster liruried, herv and the. twoar^: most h.appiiy mated."" ~ '"I." Recently we'were" shown 'a curiosity* in the-shape of aquHt It is- caHed th^' "Grandmother Bowers Album Quilt"-; It was gotten up'as a. family record o?; the Bowers, family, beginning at, PoHy, Bowers, litis mother ", of * Job Bowers,' and quiiio'i jnst after the' war. -It-gw^s a complete iist--of the child?enr grand1-* children and greatr^andchildren np to l the time h was quilteiL. .The squares. are cat to represent' * trees.'i The Urst tree lias thirteen limbs, with <~a flowery at the top'of each limb, and a name in each flower. And so.Oon. 16$ the fourth geireration^:i-Tire total number at th6 time the was finished was 244.?Georgia Su;i. oj :xl Professor Reuger, 'oh-'feeding:-.Jas; monkeys,, in Torquay, with eggs, ob-> served that at first-.they smashed them and then wasted much ot their cbn-' tents; but they soon learned to 'hit one . : end against some hard body: and pick off the bits with their paws, and if they - . cut themselves once with any sharp. tool they would either not touch it 3g3in or handle it with the greatest^ caution. Lumps of . sugar were given them wrapped up in paper, and; some- " tinier a iiYe wasp was putfo try them, so that in: hastily opehirfe the pa^erthey got stung; 1autr after Aad once occurred tkey always heidth? packet to their ears to,; detect. say movement. .. . . . Perhaps the _iuost curious 'battaEoii in aa army is tEe Nonvegian. Corps , of s Skaters. It is composed of picked'.men armed with rifles, which-they use with great precision. The skates. used, "are admirably adapte&for traveling, , oy&c rough and. broken ice and frozen snow, being six inches broad and between nine and ton inches long.;- The= soldiers can be maneuvered upon ice oT -oyer .the snow liajlds of the mountains .with a rapidijy equal to tnac 01 tae oest-iram"ed, caralry. As* an instance of the speed at which they cangei' it is stated that a messenger.attached to. the. corps has accomplished" 120 miles, in eighteen hours and a halt over mountains. Kate Eluld is very angry at Felt, a Mormon elder. He once'told 'her,'in Boston, that no Mormon practiced poj lygamy without the-consent .of .the first i wife; that women did not.object to poi lygamy, and that polygamous families J were filled with the spirit of peace. I She .finds, on visfting Salt ~Lake City, ! that his matrimonial careeris not proof ! of happiness incidental to. celestial I marriage. She declares, that when lib ! said that women never complained o* \ polygamy and lived harmoniously In it j he quite forgot his mother's'experience, : that of his father's plural- Wives, and | lost sight of his owa .second veife?fl Leland Stanford offers GenTCrfaht ! and his family a home as long as lie