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_...^ ' '' " ? .! ii -- ^ '' i i f ^ WIXNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27,1886. NO. 26. - Hf' parish of a ride Ejwvc<l to run WKBtf half-rmic in hero. ^wpray-stone: Bay the * sr>riii'-* so ^alonc." Bsupon it. steps, like ms; HR-'> bonnet, lip?' ol'l ash-tree." ft Morgan's cow W milk-white sea. for a life-long vow, for; owe me." In This fliirk well? Kpitchcr, if you let go; Hn;' like a sea-shell, BMy""to and fro." ifflgjlpo ebb in Newton bay, Bas the tide grows less, the world's success." way for love to flow; in^s in a woman's breast, K own heart it must go, |?ry to nil the re>t." ^^t cup of your hand, my ^B^^^ttercd stone above, ^ftr of Saint John." nrsay? My heart drops low; HK>ld. and my hand too flat, Elsured by bandfuls so? !H|>w that I love you?without jjrela the gleam of the faint light. Emselveson the limpid gloom; r lull pa!in toward her lover, prepared for the words of cart rose. and the cold hand of her faith sprung', sweet re** than the old saint's well, ebbing tide of love?a tear, nore, in December Harper's. rinsome Elsie," * with a to her frii-ml and confi Int. olil Nurse Barnes: "but i otten pws what to do with ine, and I cer|'ly don'r know what to do with myS arc they goingto do with you?" K| the factory. He thinks 1 might Mselve .shillings a week, after I had stIT Perkins, the housekeeper/' went on Elsie. "I was there a week in the spring. Oh,"?with a long breath,? 4,it is the prettiest place! One room all full of books, don't you know, -and a hall where they hang nothing but pictures. I used to creep all over the place, when the squire was gone out on ranf? Aire P<vrL-?n? W5 tatinc ifcUU i.TXiC. Jk V4M.MV .. W ? 0 her after-dinner nap. I used to sit down fc? in the silk chairs, and fan myself with the big scented fans, and make believe 1 was a great heiress, with lots of sertvants to order about.'" "Oh, Elsie! that was making very bold," said Mrs. Barnes, with an awestricken shuddfif r _"^s t " confessed Elsie; "but \t was only making believe, after all, /'and nobody knew. But I saw Mr. "RflA-pn twiop. and he talked to me lust tas kind?oh! a deal kinder that Uncle Joseph does. And he told me the names of some of the rarest flowers, and offered fco lend n e books out of the grand li? But Mrs. Perkins told Aunt /iy that I am too idle and awkward W* errice. So now I don't know " ier I am to be bound to Miss s tl: e dressmaker, or sent to learn tifi'rial flower trade." -niost a pity, ain't it?"1 said Mrs. ; - looking sympathizing]}- atElsie. . -jst then, as she surveyed the large \drfc *e*. the cheeks glowing scarlet at' icir stain of gypsy sunburn, the lit |iceful figure in its outgrown gcll: die fancy suddenly crossed her tni^a tkat, under some circumstances, rfelsie Liaj* might be almost handsome. "You see, I &?re 110 one really be-jlonging to me," j?aid Elsie, sighing., r'Evcn Uncle .&o<e-uh was only my pother's half-brother. 4nd they don't |;naw -what to do with me," "What would you like best to do?" said Mrs- Barnes, who was paring potatoes for the one o'clock dinner. "I should like to be an authoress, and write book?," said Elsie, with kindling. ^'Bfess me, child!" said Mrs. Barnes, I "what do you know aDout authoresses." "Nothing," confessed Elsie; "that's fie trouble. Or I should like to paint *?ctares, and to be famous; or be queen h' a country that was at war, and lead r ^soldiers to victory, mounted on a R*-black horse: or do something very it and grand, so that people might er forget my memory." fis. Barnes' first started and then *hed. Pour soul, there was perhaps a, |e when she, too, had her wild dreams t 'gl impossible imaginings. Hgjy Jsncii things cton i nappen nowaaays, said she. 4-"W omen have to R; 5?j?>, and wash and sew in this counmm?t r^e t0 'Dat^e or P&int grand tores. Better leave off thinking of jfSes," cried Elsie, with a start, as the fjr ~ck struck twelve. ? "And Aunt Betsev Jptbe wanting me to set the table. 1 B >tsfc hurry home. How she will scold EkT ibe sure."' if J Bet to Elsie's infinite relief, when she tched home, Aunt Betsey met her with *Corae in quick, child,"- said she, ad change your frock. Mr. Raven is "Oh!" cried EJsie, with a skip over e door-step, "am I lo be Mrs. Ferkin's F ' "We don't know," said J&mt Betsey mysteriously. "Time will show. Don't fLljlSt jump about, my child. Try to take |pL&ort steps, and be a lady. And, oh, RftShat a dreadful tear that is in your BjBress. Never mind now. Run quick Kid change it as soon as ever you can, fHfrd then come down to the best parlor." K?ut long before Elsie Linn's simple et wasniade. an awful fear took posBion of her that Squire Raven nad ; to tell Uncle Joseph of the big; ffih of hot-house grapes which she sub w spring and gave |l|e Billy Snillen. in the road, the Bslv she was at the Manor House. ciu.K lritc " chck vith herself, "hanging there in hine, all purple and fragrant, khad just got over the scarlet ?r little mite!?and did long BL I knew it was wicked, but ^kon came over me so suddenjgftldn't help it. And now if Has told Uncle Joseph, and iBBl * /v/Mr?/? f/v m/v I IS gUlllg IAJ 3CUIU U1V deep inspiration of horea, but she must face her kire it as best she might. Bt frock, which was .scant / and faded enough in all conscience, she descended with a heavy heart to the "best room.'' Bring her in! Bring her in!" said Uncle Joseph with & chuckle. 4,I never yet sold even a yearling calf without giving the purchaser a chance to look at his bargain?ha, ha, ha! And if you reallv want the child, Squire " Mr. Raven rose courteously and put a chair for Ebie as she entered, with drooping head and cheeks aflame. "We are old friends," he said; "are we not?" At the sound ot his gentle, measured accents, the prickings of Elsie Linn's conscience became intolerable. She lifted her large startled eyes to Mr. j Haven's face. | "I'm very sorry, sir," said she. i "Please, I'll never do it any more." [ "Do what?" said Uncle Joseph, stari in?. ? r ^ , ? j. 3 t "i am quite at a loss 10 unuerstauu ' you," saiu Mr. Raven courteously, f "The grapes, please," faltered Elsie, I getting redder and more confused than j; ever. "I didn't pick *em for myself; it fi wxs for little "Billy Sniffen, and " ? "Never mind the grapes, Elsie,'1 said [ Mr. Raven. "Let me see?how old are I you?" "Seventeen, sir," said Elsie in a low voice. "And I amseven-and-thirty!"saidMr. Raven slowly. "Do I seem like a very old man in your eyes, Elsie?" She shook her head, and then, em "boldened by the fact that Uncle Joseph had disappeared, and Aunt Betsey was drawing water at the well, she added: "When I write my novel, I shall make the hero just like you. I won't call him Raven, lest people should find out; but Ravenburn, or Belraven, or some such name. You won't mind, sir, will you?'1 Mr. Raven smiled a strange, serious smile. ? "Elsie," said he, "would you like to come and live at the Manor House?" Elsie's dusk face brightened. "Oh, so much!" she cried. "But Mrs. Perkins don't want me; she says I'm too flighty and too young." 4-P. I qui rnn Miisnndorstnod mp." said Mr. Raven, with another smile. "I don't mean as Mrs. Perkin's assistant?I mean as my wife. A sudden crimson flooded Elsie's face, neck and throat. All of a sudden the scales seemed to fall from her eves; the world stood before her in its true colors. She was a maiden out of the % pages of romance. Robert Raven was' her lover. He took her hand tenderly in his. t "Elsie," he said, "could you teach yourself to love me? For I love you with all mv heart." yes!" and laid her flushed face acro^o uu shoulder, and wept and smiled in turns. * She had entered the room a child; she went out a woman, leaning on her or>ro TTrnn Tin.mSAnf* Yi(\ tieed the change, and Aunt Betsey * vaguely wondered what had ccme to , "our Elsie." So Elsie's problem was solved. She s went to bo lady at the Manor Jlouse, to * gladden the heart of this modern King 1 Cophetua who had fallen in love with the nineteenth century Beggar Maid. } And as her dark beauty bloomed out ! into perfect loveliness, people wondered \ that they had been so blind. But Mr. Raven said quietlv: } "I knew it all along. When first I ' saw her picking daisies in the park, I knew that she was the most beautiful . creature in all the country. I fell in 1 love with her then, and I have been in } love with her ever since." But to Elsie the whole thing secins like a dream out of the Arabian Nights. ! m i mm Joke on a Journalist. Last May a year ago the junior edi- ' tor of the Lakeview Examiner, with 1 some little assistance from ourselves, ' placed two dozen Klamath Lake frogs, i a quantity of mucilage,- and a handful 1 of tacks into a bed occupied by the cdi- * tor of the Linkville Star. When the veteran of the quill shoved . his legs be- f tween the sheets and the tacks penetra- 1 ted his tender pink skin he set up in t bed and inquired of yours truly wheth- , er our bed had any insect, inhabitants. , He said he was experiencing sharp pains . like wasp stints, 1 We remarkedr care- ' . lcssly that while such pains were al- j most invariably followed bv paralysis, ^ we hoped he would live until morning. ) He made ^another direunder the covers. \ up the , journausfc^ i uui C iinwc, , stretc^^sjS4^^fS^f>nd with exul- . taut crba?si>^pi^d ^double clog on ; ' was xnoretharihe <x>u!cL stand:' He: -gay e a yell, and sprung into-' thcTniddie-of the xooiii'W'ioos, Loos/' he-'cried; "I'm , gmfer^iogcold?the ^paraljSSas-' st^lra' , in7^w^Sng--twodoctorsv ?*preacher, and a|jgtifcii'of whisky, for'I'm nearly a go?e&8>^l^i*?tt-a^froaa^iniped out , of tiieiiw'.aiid struck ^hii^.iRthe small of the back. As he had strack a light , the tiEse-honored. jour^Mst compre- . Iflaffce, and as -hepHedthe;l^d:shoetem a corner he remarked, gobd-n^^edly "Gol darn von-scamps?I wouldn't had such a * . . r , - * * * it v;j flight lor a nunarca aoiiars. v> u iaiu it all to Beach, and tried to induce the Star editor to shoot him on sight? Yreka (Cal.) Union. ?. ^ ^ Raising Pears in the South. , Gen. George Sheridan has often been mistaken for the other general of the same name. He was at the white house once during the Hayes administration when a delegation was announced. It was a horticultural convention which had called to pay its respects. Presi- . dent Hayes asked Gen. Sneridan lo-ac-' company him to the reception ~ room", most of them thinking it was P. H. Sheridan to whom they were talking. Gen. Sheridan finally became reticent, and the president sougm to engage him in further talk. The conversation between them ran aborit like this:. . Hayes?General; have yon much fruit; | in Louisiana? > Sheridan?Oyes. We have oranges and apricots and grapes in profusion. Hayes?Do you have any of the hardy northern fruits?apples and pears ? Sheridan?There, are a few apples raised along the northern boundary of the state. . " *. Hayes?Do you ever raise pears? STiorir^nn?ATwavs. if we have three of a kind. There was a moment's icy stillness, and then a big, fat fruit-grower, with a roguish eye, unable to hold in, began to snicker, and in less than a twijvkle of_ an eye they were all guffawing. The"" president himself laughed with the rest. ?Neio York Tribune. A man living at Rod Wing, Minn., has a pair of golden candlesticks which he says he dug oat of an Indian mound at Waukesha, Wis., and which he thinks are the golden candlesticks which formed part of the decorations of Solomon's temple. A MUSKK.Vrs i?KK!LS. Trapping: the Lic;!e .\h-v.\ tl?e New j Jcr cy Vmr.IiP". " ' "It is not n:v >.-:iry i?> <r-> to the no/th- I .%**? ? lntitlul.i tt\ to fl-lll <lla?fV|.4fif|]i. VlU I*' * - % .< ?'-? ? ...? . ?%-v ? - ly. Jersey will d?? !'t>r 1?-is<-:*r=. So spoke an old indigenous X: \v J-.-rsey fisherman a> h sat <?n a sugar hogshead which rested on a S.mt!i >tsv.-t v:er and tapp-d its head merrily with j hi/ big split-leather boots. 11=s scraggy I whiskers and weather bronz >!. pleasant I countenance, says tiie Xcw York Tim<$ i showed that lu; was nay of lho?e happy persons who had passed the period of life when youthful ambitions and aspirations never to be obtained had passed away, and peace and contentment were now accompaniments of a frugal life. On his head was perched a cap of black aw/1 ,*( ffimilov rn ? t n-ri n 1 iiu, ami in ^tuiuui iumviii.4 peeped from deep pocket? of the old tarstained coat. N , What started the old man was the presence of a pilo of steel traps, which glistened in the sunlight of a warm fall da}'. He eyed them furtively and heaved a sigh. The traps did r.ot look at oil n? tnov l:>vi>l ;i t;U10"lt'd heap, with the four-foot chains spread out in every direction. They were of the latest pattern, light, but of strong, stiff springs, thou<rh not differing in any'essential particular from tin; ordinary rat-trap that many a mind-beclouded tenant at a late hour has put his foot into while groping in the coal-cellar. At the end of the chains were little round rings, which would be used to fasten them to stakes. ."I suppose." continued the young man, "those fellows will be sent north to be used in mink Irappin*. Ei' I only had 'cm in the meadows near my place I would make the musk rats howl. They're thick down there, and I mean to make it hot for a few of "cm myself this winter." "Tell me sonu thing :ib:)i:t trapping," asked a'listencr. "Waal." replied the old lisherman, "you looks as though you needed :i little of it to spread them shoulders of yourn and harden them muscles." and he pinched the thin, soft biceps of the young weakling's arm. There is nothing better to strengthen young fellows and build 'em up than trappin" and trampin' over the meadows and through the woods. There ain't any money in it to speak of, but some fun, I should say." T 1-/-v *U ? 1 /\ri 1 !w. TuVj i. iltVU IUL- v/ia ijiv v v i,*v, ? coast and they are full of nniskmts. while the streams further inland eontain but a few. The muskrat is a respectable animal to trap, lie is wary and on his ?uard in the more populous districts. In value his p -It is not wortii much. Tin- prices paid for them vary ^-I^o^ucHr.ts "piece, accordingto he condUioi^^P^ ^ur< il!1^ a^? ^ie :ondition of tK? market- Some years hey brin? nuul^^^)ll> money "1"1" >thers. The pelts im1 ffiw?' aats. Sometimes they are done up into 'urs and sent int-; the country to be sold under the name of river mink, ui :ourse, as to a pecuniary return, there s not much to attract a young man or x>y in this small trapping, but in it In vill learn much about the mysteries 01 :he brooks and tlie secrets of animal ife, while the exercise he gets is bracng. The cost of axes, boots and traps vill amount t^ as much as he gets for ;he skins. "Waal," continued the old man, 'there ain't much play in trappin', and ts mostly work ?hard work. too. You vant to be well prepared for it. In the irst place you must have warm clothing, for you will be out in most all cinds of weather, and nights, too. And n the morn in', when you get up early ,o go look at your traps, it's cold ami *a\v. You must carry an ax or big latchet with you to drive in the stakes :o which the chains of the steel traps ire to be attached. They must be driven n tight, too. or the animal will pull hem out and away he will go. trap and ill. Then you want a big bag to fetch em homo in when you get any. These hings. with a good set of steel traps, .vill do to^ commence with, and then the ripper may put in box traps unci derise means of alluring the beasts. Some people use a little bait in the shape of i piece of turnip or apple to allure 'em. A. piece of sweet apple is awfully good bait for a musk rut and lie will fy hard to get it. A drop or so of anise-seed on the pan of the trap is also quite an attraction for 'em. As a rule, however, these allurements are not necessary, and sare to cover up the trap will be sufficient. The muskrat is a wary animal, and won't step square into a trap when he sees it. H<-*s knowin", and if it ain't ivell hid he will step around it. But there's other things to catch besides muskrats. Ye see that cap?" and the r>1il mon tn'-it- li<< lit>:nlov:n* oft" *'Yo see that cap? That's made out of catskin. There was a time when cat.skins was -.worth. 10 cents apiece, but they ain't worth nothin' now. In a season's work you wiil probably run against one or two mink. too. Real mink. foo. Yes, anil in New Jersey l'w eaturht quite a lot of 'em first arui last." Catching muskrats is a common winter pursuit for fishermen ami others in vT ? T --- ' i jjteWtierSCY, Slim im;iu arc caught. Tin* money got for them helps keep the poor coastmcn in tobacco. The muskrat does not conn: out of his lair in the daytime, excrpt on rare occasions. Sometimes, on very dark, cloudy days, he may be seen swimming across the pond or down the river, with his head just above the water. He is an ugly-looking animal, of brown fur, black, webbed feet, with white claws, and long, white teeth. lie is a fast swimmer, and his powers for staying unaer tne wmcr ure ciuuumi?. m ui^nt. they come out to feed, unci wander miles over the fields in search of food. They travel over the same roads on these occasions and make little paths, which in-;trapping parlance are called runs. The steel traps ara often set in these runs, and arc carefully covered over with light material, dried leaves, and grass. The unsuspecting rat, as he travels along, will probably get caught. It is always better, if possible, to catch the lively little animal in the water, where he will drown. If 011 dry ground 'siFllw. +V.11-V luirn ninorlit flUU LilU V'i ll*v, UU|/ I.tt.v. the leg pretty well down toward the toe, the rat, not being able to pull away, will gnaw oft" his leg just uoovy where the trap holds it. This is often done, and it shows the pluck and courage of the animal as well as it.s endurance. Many is the time the trapper will be rKcoiinnintY>d to find onlv a stumn of a ? A. leg in his trap or one or two toes. .The mnskrat's home, if tin* stream or pond has a, high bank, is a little hollow place under ground live or six fret from the water's edge. The entrance is under water. The hallway, after" it has penetrated the bank, will turn up above the level of the water, and there, in the " * * l- * l. - little dry suDterranean cnamuer, ne spends the day in sleeping or is busy storing: away food for winter. The trapper is happy when lie linds the entrance to these houses. He will spend time in poking with a Iohl' stick under tin1 bank for tKese places. "When found he places the trap under water just in the entrance. If the rat is caught he . will probably drown, as the weight of the trap and*his efforts to get awav will i lire him, and finally, exhausted, he Tr\ crmoll Mil AS UC1UW *? UIVI . frUV ? v/ith low banks the muskrats oftea ;i build houses of cornstalks or grasses "VN'hole families live in these edifices, which are sometimes built several feet above the level 'of the water. The entrances, and there are usuaily several, are under water. Inside they are fitted up into chambers?cozy little places f lined with soft grasses. A favorite mode of catching the rat in his own house is to cut off the top of his domicile aud 1)1 ace the trap in one of the little rooms,. carefully covering it over with a part of his soft bed. The rat when found alive^ caught in a steel trap will fight furious- ; ly, and many a blow on the head will he receive before he will give up. He is courageous, and on his own part will make the attack, as voung and old trappers will testify. When there is no way of escape he immediately gets ready to resist. A dash is made at the trapper's leg, ami if he onco strikes a howl '< ol'pain will escape the poor trapper, while the long sharp teetli will noia on witj^a ffrip that would' shame a bulldog. Too venturesome amateurs somelime come home with fingers hanging by shreds and big holes in their hands, the result of too much freedom with their prey. The box-trap is the favorite for streams, as it is easily made, and often several rats are taken in one in a single night It consists of.a long;, straight box, rectangular in shape, made-with entrances at both ends lirgef:ejlongh to admit the rat comfortably-.; la tne cnas are placed gates 'iaatTO' of stfif wire,... slanting toward the' inside at the box^' so that it can be lifted Tip eastty byttie rat going in, but cannot be' op^edroutwartl. Spaces are Mt be^^n wires so that the "water can 'run :through. easily. The box is sunk in the-midcSapf^a stream and securely anchored witfar-big.. rocks. Then a row of stake8 is'; driyen^-j from the box to the shore, firnSfcimbeddcd in the bed of the stream. They are usually run a little up the stream so as to form a sort of fence down to tne trap. The rat coming down the stream finds himself between two wsdls of stakes and can not get through. He follows along to the-trap; then he dive# under in his efforts to get through the blockade. His nose comes in cont&ct with the wire gate and it lifts easily; he passes in and on through. At the lower end he meets the lower gate, which slants in, and cannot open it If he turns back the same difficulty meets * *.xfa?? An/1 Tn o cnArt tirttA Jili.il III, lilt; UlUU VUU. A i* U? uuviv V*4MW he drowns from lack of air. Sometimes, in a stream thickly inhabited by rats, the trapper will fina his box full in the morning when he makes his rounds, and the next night he will -^robahlv fin<] ^ more. In the spring, when the rats are "runnmg anJ1 jfJlJiU'i ming long distances, the box traps will j. yield a large return for the capital ex- t pended. It is a job to keep them in re- a pair, however, and when big storms T fiuiin tlin will lifcelvbe washed V out by the floods and perhaps the trap r go floating down\*fae stream. Here is j v. here the hard wortc comes in. c Another manner of getting the rats is c to flood them out A small box trap is ;.. placed at the entrance to a house, and 8 just below the stream dammed up so jthat the water will rise to such a height s as to drown them out As they attempt j. to pass out the main entrance they get in the trap, or if the trapper is a good c shot he will kill the animals as they r swim away. Moonlight nights there i* snnrt in shootino'the muskrats as they arc swimming in 3ie ponds. f t Fay Templeton's Idea of Marriage A Now York rej>orter, who has been ? interviewing Miss Templeton in regard to her husband's (Billy West) applica- c tion for a divorce, obtained the follow- 8 ing: "What Billy says is true,1' said ? she. "I did agree to give up acting when I was married, ana I intended to when I promised, but I couldn't get 1 along without it. You see, I've been brought up to it, and couldn't help it ' That was the only cause ot trouble be- J| tween us. Some people have an idea * he did not treat me well. That's all } TL WTO n A mAM C JlOUStyiSV. J.JJUZW ut;ici TT oo t? ujuiv. good-natured fellow in the world, and * we're on the best of terms still, for that ( matter. He always comes to see me ( when he's in town, and never goes away without a pleasant little chat J "Why did I marry him? Well, that's * just what I was asking myself to-night ? while I was dressing. I guess I haa a J mania for getting married. They say it * strikes all girls sometime, and I think I ( was struck pretty hard. Then he was a j darling, handsome, young leuow, ana * thought a good little mite of me. When ( lie asked me if he could have me I told him I guessed lie could. I was starring in the south in comic opera at the time, and lie was with the Barlow, Wilson, Primrose & West company. I had ' known him for two years, and I was 1 three years younger than I am now, 1 which would make me just?well never 1 mind how old. I had trouble at home ' and was tired to death of one-night 1 stands and cheap hotels, and thought I 1 saw a good way to get out of it all. We 3 were married at Nashville, Tenn., one ] Sunday in May three years ago. "Was the sun shining? J?ot a bit of ' ?1-- ?. Tf 3 JIZ XIUIT Ul<S Uii.ua nacu b siuguxg. aw was raining pitchforks and I wore a j little green ulster to the wedding and a J dress with one of the sleeves torn out. The Nashville papers all agreed it was c ' grand affair, though, and gave us a ' great send-off. I remember we stopped 1 at a very cozy little hotel?a perfect little gem of a place. The proprietor : could not do enough for us and the serv- ' ants were as attentive as if we were tip- j ping them with gold dollars. You see this marrying was a new experience for 1 me and I remember all the details. I ! think I could describe every piece of j furniture in the room, let alone the carpets and wail paper. We had a jolly j time of it for a few weeks, and then I ' wanted to get on my stage clothing and exhibit once more. Billy protested and 1 I concluded that I loved my profession 1 better than I did him. He tried for a while to <ret me back and then we came 1 to an understanding. Both of us want I the divorce, but I don't think we can get itlffifli ucjtfe- Mgr. when the third year of our separation ^fitt-espire." J "It's been an experience to~meT-and not a very unpleasant one, either. If it had not happened I might have .run across some person nowhere near as agreeable as Billy. I was in for getting married, you see, and I did it All that remains is to get unmarried.". Highwaymen in Uoston universally complain that the business there is a dismal failure. No true-bred Bostonian would ever give a cent to a plebeian robber who should say, "Your money or your life!11 and before the highwaymen can ejaculate, "Your pecuniary , assets or your existence!" his intended victim is away out of sight?Somervillt . {Mass.} Journal. 1 THIS PASTIME OF A SULTAN. , Sadyck-Pasha relates the following, from the private live of Abdul Azys, late emperor of Turkey: He was accustomed to remain in his poottxy-yard for whole hours, feeding the fowtfrom his own hands, admiring and' caressing his favorites. Not seldom" through his ennuchs, did he call the fair inhabitants of the harem, that they, too, might participate in his favorite sport Sometimes he ordered his wives and odiasqties to catch some of the birds wMsfcfne himself pointed out The running and jumping of the women greatly amase&the sultan, and those who distinanSked themselves bv their skill and agility, "received rich presents. BSwidesthis. in the basins and ponds of the Various palaces and kiosks were assefiibled iarge flocks of tame water-fowl; burfj& sultan was especially fond of figlfting cocks, to which he" gave the names of emperors, kings, statesmen, and other important persons. Among the^r cocks were Franz-Josef, Garibaldi, Bis&iarck, Napoleon, the Czar Alexam^r ^mperDr William, Fuad Pasha, AlUrtiFa, and so on. iTe number of cocks constantly increased. It became customary for every digffitary sent to the provinces on some statt affair to present to the sultan, on ius Yeturn, either boasts or birds. Once a certain Boitor, a veterinary, in the rftnk of a sub-colonel, MechmetEfFekoi, sent to Asia Minor, brought back an uncommonly large and belligerent rooster, and presented him to the palace steward, asking him to give his iame to the fowl. The bird was brought to the palace at a time when the padishah was* very angrv with his ministers, Fuad and Ali. Noticing the largk rooster, he ordered him to be let loose on the feathered namesakes of the ministers. The new champion attacked his antagonists with such ferocity that the rooster Ali was killed on the soot and Fuad was carried half dead from the battle-field. Tke sultan became pacified, and inSuired who brought the bird, remarking jougbtfally that its owner must be an undaunted man, if he could train such a rooster. Immediately the secretary of war received an order to promote ftiechmet-Effendi to the rank of colonel, and on the occurrence of a vacancy, to that of "commander of a regiment ' A few days after this, the sultan be came'tjtssatisfied with Garibaldi ana the Italian king on account of their propaganda in Albany, and ordered that the roosters bearing their names should light witto the newly-acquired warrior. In.this ease also military fortune was on the side of the latter, and his former fortunate owner was promoted to the rank of Iyva, or brigadier general. This rooster' had also conquered the cocks William and Bismarck, when the emperor being for some reason dissatisfied with Germany, had used the same method to cool his temper. Or another occasion, disgusted with j^is ministers, he ordered ali the roosters ^ylTrggJheir names to be brought into he arenato'^ilsiitBoitor. A ferocious ,nd bloody battleocclfr??Cd- the result of rhich was that only Boitor fernariied on lis feet, but slightly harmed; for tfns> oosfcer tourney the General Mechmet-'* 'asha received the rank of general-in;hief. as commander of one of the five orps of the sultan's army. "^Ptssrascir^sccratary'of war, - IIus eyn ~Avnv, although he was well disused toward Mechmet. coming from ihc 1 ame military school, could not restrain 1 limsclf from" exclaiming; "To whom shall I give the command 1 if the army corps, to thee or to thy 1 ooster?'' The new general-in-chief answered: * "To neither of us. I beg but one ] avor of you: dismiss me from the miliary service.'" Mechmet-Pasha was an honest, traight-fonvard man; he did not wish ] n (Winnc a ruviitinn in wVlioh hp. Would >nly be injurious to his country. The 1 ecretary of war asked permission to 1 end him as governor-general to one of : he provinces, but the sultan refused. "Let him remain here and raise roos- 1 ere; that will be useful." Thanks to the rooster, Mechmet-Pasha lad, in the course of a few months, atained the rank of a general-in-chief. Cmthfulness and common sense presented him from accepting a command >f any army corps, a place for which he elt himself unprepared. Therefore he lid not lead the Turkish soldiers in the lisastrous campaign of 1877. This sad honor fell to the lot of other generals, who had acquired their posiaons as easily as he, and for similar tervice, confirming by their example the vords of Napoleon L, that "with good eaders, badly organized and poorlv slad armies can be perhaps made availtble: but with the incapable, even the >est provided and well-disciplined solliers make but a very poor army." A Log Chute. One of the most interesting sights to >e seen in the Sierras is the manner in vhich logs are sent down the valleys or river canyons from the timber heights ibove. A contemporary gives the folnwiricr PTiinhifi dfiseriotion of one of hese scenes: A chute is laid from the river bank up the steep mountain to the railroad; ana while we are telling it the nonster logs are rushing, thundering, lying, leaping down the declivity. They iome with the speed of a thunderbolt, ind somewhat of its roar. A track of ire and smoke follows them?fire struck by their friction with the chute logs, rhey descend the seventeen hundred feet of the chute in fourteen seconds. In ioing so they drop seven hundred feet perpendicularly. They strike the deep svafcer with a report that can be heard a mile distant Logs fired from a cannon lould scarcely have a greater velocity ill on tVint' Jin vo Mf- thp font of the chute. rhe average velocity is over one hundred feet in a second throughout the entire distance; and at the instant they leap from the mouth their speed must be fully two hundred feet per second. A sugar-pine log sometimes weighs ten . tons. What a missile! How the water is tossed in the air! Like a grand plume of diamonds and rainbows, the feathery spray is hurled to a height of a hundred feet It forms the grandest fountain ever beheld. How the waters foam and settle, and lash against the shore! One log, having spent its force by its mad plunge into the deep waters, has floated so as to be at right ang.es with the path ? ? j i oi me aescenamg muusw;r&. mc muutu of the chute is perhaps fourteen {&&., abov^-tii? surface of tEewater. A huge log hurled from the chute cleaves the air and alights on a floating log. You know how a bullet glances, but can you imagine A saw-log glancing? The end strikes with a heavy shock, but glides quickly p.ost for a short distance, then comes a clash like the reverberation of artillery, the falling log springs vertically into the air, and with a curve like ? lallf iwf/\ rrrtfA* A a iuwAvt acma9 iiiiAJ uxiu ry o, ivu^ uiy tsnce from the log it struck.?Sacramento Bee. An agricultural school for girls has been established in France. Draining Enormous Marshes. Few people! are probably aware of the great engineering undertaking in which Kus?ia has been engaged for years, draining the rinsk marshes, ihese are so extensive as to secure special designation on the ordinary map of Europe, being, we believe, the only case of the kind, and in point of the area are very much larger than Ireland. Situated on the Russo-Polish confines they have become famous in Russian history as a refuse for all manner of romantic characters. and have remained an irreclaimable wilderness in the midst of a prosperous cora-growingregion up to within the last few years. In 1870 the Russian gu\ci iuiiciit mat luuft. m uauu ociivu^ij the abolition of this wild expanse, which, owing to being: perpetually more or less submerged and covered with a jungle growth of forest, prevented not only communication between the Russian districts on either side, but also between Russia and Austro-Germanv. Consequently u^large staff of engineering officers and several thousand troops were drafted into the region, and these have Vm.vn rr->anAn flio' rm/Wftfalnwor cinop Up to the present moment about four million acres have been reclaimed, thanks to the construction of several thousand miles of ditches and of canals so broad as to be navigable for barges of several hundred tons burden. Just now the engineers are drawing up the programme for next year, which comprises the drainage of 350,000 acres by means of the construction of 120 mires of ditches and canals. Of the 4,000,006 acres already reclaimed, 600,000 acres consisted of sheer bog, which have been converted into good meadow land, 900, 000 acres of "forest tangle," which have been prepared for timber purposes by cutting down all the underwood and thinning the trees, 500,000 acres of good forest land?forest oases in the midst of the marshes?hitherto inaccessible, but which have been connected more or less with navigable canals and thereby with the distant markets, and finally 2,000,000 acres have been thrown open to cultivation, although only 120,000 acres have Knnr? onhifillr /w?rmioH rm tn nnw sides making the canals and ditcho?.the engineers have built 179 bridges, bored 152 wells from forty feet to eighty leet deep, and 425 from twenty feet to forty feet, and have made a survey of 20,000 square miles of country hitherto unmapped. When their task is finished Russi3 will have effaced from the map of Europe one of the oldest and toughest bits of savage nature of the continent, and a few years will suffice to render the Pinsic marshes indistinguishable from the rest of the cultivated region of the sources of the Dneiper. From an engineering, geological and scientific point of view, the work is one of special interest, and capable globe-trotters, anxious for a novel theme, might do worse than spend a lew months amid the fading Pinsk marshes, describing the changes in progress.?Engineering London. Cupid's Posloffice. Throngs of hurrying people were hast<?rvr>2: along oneJ^^tb'^-"-?Tcat thor trie light the varied countenances of the scurrying multitude. A reporter stopped at ?to- 1 baceo shop which was quite like the majority of its kind. The tomahawk of : the figure at the door bore the legend, "I'll hit you real hard." Through the ' 2urtained doorway could be heard the twinkle of a mandolin. A muffled form ' ivent in. It was a brigandish figure, Dapped with a cylindrical hat The reporter heard the salutation and answer: ' "Buenas tardes, Senorita:" 'Buenas tardes, Senor." Within five minutes the brisrand reap peared and a brace of letters "which he had clutched in his gloved hand were J there no longer. The reporter ventured ; to open the door and found himself in the peristyle of a Cupid's crosstown ' temple. The presiding priestess was dozing upon a divan behind the ciga- 1 rette counter. Above her hun? a case < with numerous pigeonholes filled with perfumed letters of the billet-doux kind. ] It was a "quiet" postoffice, and the senorita, was the post-mistress. Men < came and went, bringing letters, leav- < ing letters, wreathed in the same made- : to-order beatific smile and all pronouncing in the vera- same manner "buenas i tardes," which was the password. Sud- : denlv a secret door opened from the i * " e ' /J-*. ...? nanwav 01 ine nasnv uai ?uu?u uuuci which the dubious shop was situated. -"Alma mia.*' murmured the young lady who entered wiMi a heavy tragedy accent and a well-developed Delsarteau sigh. "A letter. Rosic. or I die." A letter was produced, forRosie never disappoints her paying customers. Tranquillized. the young woman drew her veil tightly across her face. She had 4.1 A TUor? oY%ocI'AH IIULICCU UIC .7uu of the senorita: "How long sincc hubbic was hen;?1'' . "An hour ago." was the distressed response. "Have yon any more of those dear little cigarettes?" she articulated, and after pocketing a package or two the young woman was off with a rush. The reporter asked the postmistress how business was. "Madre di dios!" was the reply. "Thanks to the ever increasing progeny : of fools, business is good, and the holiday season as yet not at hand. I get a dime for every letter delivered, ana am so popular among my patrons thatrwell, the perquisites are not inconsiderable." Then the reporter was permitted to examine the letters. Some were written Ill Xlllll ittcuuc aviij/n aiivt n/uiv Hoboken or thereabouts. Some bore the name of a well-known club and others came from where the a1x>riginal tribe is worshiped exclusively.?A* Y. Herald. Midnight Sport in Mississippi. "A hanging,v said Col. Barbour, "is very old sport for us Mississippians. Down in the Yazoo country, where I live, when we grow tired of bear-hunt^ ing we get up a hanging party just for a change. You see, we locate some fellow who has stolen a hog, and on' a moonlight night we send out invitations to the neighbors, and request. them to' join us in a hanging partv. They always accept and come well mounted, and we go to the spot where the game is hived and string him up. I recollect,, lastjall, when thcj driving and duek-hunting, that we got up a little impromptu affair one night in honor of a Texan man who was on a visit to some of his relations, and before daylight we treed four of the meanest men the Yazoo swamp had ever seen. Pay me a visit some "time and I'll introduce you to the boys and take you out with us some niorht. Come down this fall, if you can, for we have at least ten men spotted, and we'll have five or six nights' rare sport.1'?If etc Orleans Paper. " . ^ ^ " Gen. Robert Toombs recehtly defined a fanatic as "a man with ' big notiona and very small points." " , A TERRIBLE REVENGE. Millionaire Janes' Scheme for Getting Even with Millionaire Garrett. The bitter enmity which arose some months ago between Robert Garrett president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company, and Mr. Henry Janes in regard to the portico which the former has put on the front of his house, adjoining the Janes domicile on Mount Vernnn nlor>a cjvc-s a RnlHmnrp teleoram. has assumed" a decidedly interesting phase. Mr. Janes last summer applied for an injunction against the completion of the portico and gained his case. Then Mr. Garrett took it to the court of appeals, where it now is. During the past twenty-four hours the residents within the precincts of Mount Vernon place, sacred to society and the famous group of Barye statues, have been horror stricken" over a report that Mr. Janes had said that, in case the court of appeals decided against him, he would give his house and ground next door to Mr. Garrett's to a colored orphan asylum. The property is probably worth $150,000, but as Mr. Janes is a millionaire and the partner of Mr. Enoch Pratt, who recently gave the city over a million for a free circulating library, he will probably not suffer from want through his generosity. Of course the weauny iviounx. v eraou peupit; me wuu with anxiety, knowing; tnat if Mr. Janes should desire to wreak such summary vengeance on Mr. Garrett there would be no law to prevent him. An acquaintance of Mr. Janes, in the latter's absence to-day, thus described the situation with ^rim humor: "A finer location -for a coiored orphan asylum could not be imagined. The ground is high and thoroughly drained. A few WAnl/] A /3 ?-V-> * Wl T? ? V Oiigut aicci ativus wuuiu iiumixttuiji xiu Mr. Janes1 house for the purpose. The cellar is dry and large, so that it might easily be cemented and converted into a croquet ground. Colored orphans are usually very fond of the innocent game of croquet. Gratings would have to be put at the front windows of the upper stories in order to prevent the orphans from tumbling out and cracking their heads on the hard cement with which Mount Yernon place is paved. The climate of the square is all that could be desired. The view is exquisite, particulorlrr f/i r>o?+ omVirflmno' in <15 rection the Barye lion with his fierv tail in soulful repose, a big boarding-house on St Paul street, and beyond the gray battlements of the city jail, surmounted by a be'autiful green cupola, and further still, a small section of Old Town. The effect on the minds of the orphans of the close proximity of Washington's monument could not be but highly beneficial. Every morning they could sit on the front steps of the asylum, clad in clean bibs and smocks (relieving cach other in platoons), and imbibe a comprehensive Idea of history bv gazing upon the finely-executed statue of the Father of his Country. "Another desirable feature would be the contiguity of the Peabody institute. They could be taken to the nicc concerts and*lectures frequently given in that institution. and without necessarily tiring their legs might gain useful notions about music and travel, which would be of great benefit in after life. A ^weekly visit to the Peabody gallery v develop their knowledge of anaton?w"?iTten upon rows of white marble steps in Mount Vernon placc that are scrubbed clean every morning. The orphans could sit upon them and toss jackstones without being in danger of soiling their clothing, an advantage possessed by few of the other sections of the town. "As for Mr. Garrett's brown stone portico, they could swarm all over that. For recreation they could catch on behind the stylish equipages that are so numerous in the square, and might steal rides and hoot at the coachmen in their gp-qdy livery and shy pebbles at the horses as they prance proudly along. It probably would not take long for Mr. Garrett to get used to the orphan asylum. After the first great shock of discovering one or more of the orphans climbing r\ror tVio ViaoV funw stAiliinf bis hot house fruits aud frescoing the front, of his mansion with bizzarre patterns in butter and molasses, he would settle down in a state of expectancy and accustom himself to being surprised at nothing. At first it may annoy him? when serenely dreaming that he is standing over Jay Gould with an upraised tomahawk, in the act of scalping that subtle and acrobatic financier?to have his dream rudely dispelled by the piercing shriek of one of the orphans, who has eaten more than he could comfortably digest, or who is engaged in a hand-to-hand combat with another orphan for the possession of a sour ball or a toy drum. But having been several times thus awakened Mr. Garrett will 1TtrfvtfAr firoz* fKo gruw ilitiUCUCU. 1U LliVJ o viiiiv vuv orphans can slide down the hill that slopes toward the exclusive St James hotel, or down the Monument* hill, and they can skate in the fountain in the Barrze plaza, or throw snow balls at the windows on the north side of the plaza." Should Mr. Janes carrv out the plan with which he is credited it would enormously depreciate property in Mount Vernon place. "The Mighty Dollar." "The Mighty Dollar" is probably the most successful plav, financially speaking, in which" the Florences have appeared. It came to be written in the following manner: Mrs. Florence, while abroad, was constantly amused at the ? * * j _ J r rencn pnrases wnicn goou uaiuruu auu oftentimes wealthy out uneducated American women made use of with such an amount of misapplication and mispronunciation as to create the highest amusement at their expense. She thought that it would be a first rate idea to transfer one of these persons from the sta^e of life to the mimic stage. She spoKe to her husband about it and he agreed with her views. He also had had a character in his mind for a long time?that of a good humored but not overscrupulous lawmaker of the OTeat west. Thev went to Ben Woolf, a (Sever journalist, and had him write a play to order with these two characters as the prominent features. Woolf did as directed, and the "Mighty Dollar" was the result At first it was named th^ "Almighty Dollar," but theApa^^ public which can tamelrac^f to Ingersollsbla Hi fm]i] not submit 464ffeUseof the word "Almighty," though Washington Irving, one of the chastest of American writers, had given this very name to the dollar. Thus it was the play was changed from the "Almighty" to the "Mightv Dollar." In the characters of Barcfwell Slote and Mrs. Gen. Gilflory, Florence and Mrs. Florence have appeared over 2,500 times. ?Brooklyn Eagle. Thp. <rreat Yuma bridge across the Colorado River was destroyed by lire and rebuilt within a week, t'he material being gathered up and sent forward at distances varying from 50 to 750 miles. < This is said "to be the quickest time on record for such a piec^ of work. J WIT AND HUMOR. Mary Anderson is accused of h&v learned the abominable English prac nf turning the toes in; and the Alb Times wants her to turn the rascals o ?Omaha Herald. "Beware of overeating, says a me cal advertisement; "it causes dyspep and death." Yes, beware of overeati Death, you know, loves a dining sha ?Philadelphia Chronicle. A girl at Memphis has horsewhip her prospective father-in-law for deavoring to induce hid son to break the match. This looks like a sole warning for the young man.?Pittsbt Chronicie. J: J J j.1 V -u-a, uiu you reaa in me paptsi; uu Vaccinating Bees' in Maine?1' as Mildred. '*Why, no, my dear," repl the old ladj. "I did not even kn that bees ever took the small-pox.' Pittsburg Chronicle. Scene: Reception in Philadelpl Young gentleman?-'Waiter, bring a spoon for the ice-cream, instead of fork." Waiter (from New York)? cuse me: I clean forgot I vas this ni " ?in Philadelphia." { It is rumored that one of our ma. zines next year will publish an Am can novel the scene of which is not 1 in Boston; but it is not safe to bell such wild rumors until they are verift ?Norristovm Herald. A poet says: "There is alway&^A.^ rise somewhere." This is comforti %? To the man who is just going to ' there comes the bappv consolation t? somebody has to get up and go to wo ?American Hebrew. , The stingiest man on record lives Hart County. It is sworn to and s scribed to by many witnesses that always gets behind a tree to look at watch for fear some one will ask h the time of day.?Eartwell (Oa.) S A correspondent traveling in N mandy tells London Truth that- in Church of Elbceuf the other Sunday r,_ aftnr Tiic c/>rrrmri '*Mr Ha parishioners, please put only silver the plate, as it takes such a long time , count coppers." "You say that the women of Timb too have their noses bored and.w jewels in them?" "So travelers asser "Then a Timbuctoo woman must like the Puritan yacht" ' "How do v ?? make that out?" "Because she has n scenter bored."?Boston Courier. The Enquirer overheard a little 6year-old girl say to its mother last even- ' *ing: "Mother, I believe God thinks Tm dead." "Why?" asked-'the mother, somewhat astonished at the remark. " Cause I haven't said my prayers for a week."?Richmond (Ind.) Enquirer. "I never was exactly buried alive," saia an oiu. cierK, recounting ms ex* periences, "but I once worked in a store that did not advertise. When X came out my head was almost as white as you now see it Solitary confinement <lid iV-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. "It's through no fault of mine," complained a tired-looking young man, "that I came into the world. But I am here, and the world owes me a living.*1 "Yes," was the reply, "the world owes you a living, but you haven't energy and, spunk enough to collect it"?N. Y.Sun. ^ have faith In his woodpile, hope in a bright future, and charity that reaches out beyond delinquent subscribers, Faith, hope, and charity comprise the most difficult tripartite ialliance there if in this world to keep up with-?Baker City {Ore.) Soger Brush. Young Contributor (to country editor) ?"Will you kindly look at this poem, sir?" Country Editor?"Certainly; we are always anxious for good poetry.[Reading.] H'm! On Linden, wb<& the sun was low,' etc. [Handing it back:] Sorry, sir; it's very fair, but not quite up to our standard. A call was made at the post-office this week for a special-delivery stamp. Postmaster Hawes asked where Jthe paitj wished to send the letter, JLJtxe applicant said it was to go to Cuthbert, when the Postmaster tola him that Cuthbert was not a special-delivery office. The applicant replied that it didn't make a bit of difference with him, that he pro posed to try the new system anyway.? Lumpkin (Go.) Independent. "Papa, what is a tornado?" asked a youthful seeker after information. Glancing nervously around the room to see if the coast was dear, the old man said: "You have often heard vcur mother blowing me up for bringing company home without previously notifying her?" "Yes, sir." "Well, that is as much like a tornado as anything I know of. But you needn't tell .your mother that I said so, however."? X. Y. Journal. She had just dropped in for a meriting call on her way down-town. "Do you know, Cicely dear, said she, "that it is awfully warm; but I suppose I must wear this fur-trimmed dolman-- anyhow." 40,1 didn't notice you had it on. Is it the same one you had last year?" "No, it isn't, I'd have you know. It's brand new and von knew it." It's a very bad practice, th? making morning calls; always leads to the shedding of tears.?Hartford FosL A wealthy Dallas lady, just coming .from church, was accosted by a raggeu ^ urchin, who begged her for a dime. ^ "And what would you do with~ ^ if I guve you^pne?*^ asked. ^^Kay, "Please, ma'am, I'd buy bread," replied the lad. "Poor child," piously observed the ladv, "you know not that man liveth not by bread alone. - I have no dime wita me, out 11 you win wmu to my Louse I'll give you a couple tracts written expressly for little boy? :i-? on the awfulness of gluttony."?Tcxtu Siftings. -v3-"O, Gawge!" "Yes, darling." *! fear, 0 I fear, that my parents will oppose our marriage." "What makes yon think so?" "Why, you know, Gawge. * ma thinks you're a tiirL She saw you poking the'fire "In the grate last night. and she said vou did it too welL bhe , iU.i. ! .saia no youug mall uau mat iwist uj the wrist who didn't sit up with a goo<! many girls regularly. O, Gawge, ar* you me?11* "Deceiving you? o,otffo?SfcL,lt tw*st w^ea "went into tie' r?tJi?" businessopening; oysters. I arj aiX. U IiVs." " "0. GfLwgeT'-CM^J^ Diamond. Lieut Greely's theories respecting the^y North Pole naturally rueet with much li!? T7?1 ? A T*. / OppUMUUU ILL All WM L113 i.KJLm tune during his imprisonment in the Arctic to upset the conclusions reached by Sir George Nares and his companions respecting the Palseocrystic Sea. Having controverted what the English explorers "assumed to be facts, he cannot expect to have His own tfceones pass unchallenged Lieut Greely believes that there is an ocean 1.600 miles in diameter, round about the Pole, that never freezes; and conjectures that the Pole it? self is the centre of an ice-capped land covered with ice from 1,000 to 4,000 feet thick. These conclusions are rejected by prominent Arctic authorities in lan a. .... _z. ? * / J