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VOL. XLII. WINXSBORO, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3.1886. NO. 31. A Lost Frieml. M.v friend he wf-s: a frion<! from all the rest, \Vi:h chi!<l;jk" he ope'd to me bis breast. No door w?s loekrd on :!!iar. prave. or prief; No weakness: veiled. l.i'Wcii no disbelief. The help, the S'toit, and the wrong were bire: ' And, ah: the shadow only ebowed the fatr. ? I p?>vc hi:n love for love, but de-''p within I nuipnified each frai't.v into sin: E.ieh !:ill-tojj{K*d foible i:i the hiinset plowed, (yhspurm? vm ii ?i whfrr- riven*! virtues Sowed: Keproof bcesHK- r<'pr<>:jch. till common i^rew The capiiou* word ?t every fault I know. He smil'-d upon the c-nsorship, and bore With patient love tho touch that wounded sore: Tnti! at lenarth. so had my blindness prown, J^r ? Ho ki;cw 1 judged hfm by bis faults alone. Alone, of a'.l men. I knew him l>est. Kef used the gold, to take the dross for test! Cold stranger, honored for the worth th^y saw; Hjs friend forgot the diamond in the flaw. At last it came?the day he stood apart, When from my eyes ho proudiy' veiled his heart: When carping judgment and uncertain word A stern resentment in his bosom stirred: When in his face I read what I had been. And with his vision saw what he had seen. t/-u-? lot**! o rviuid hf* then have known? When his love tjjt mine had perfect grown; 1 > :J That when the veil was drawn, abused, chastised The censor stood, tut lost only truly prized. Too late we learn a man must hold his friend TTnjudged, accepted, faultless to the end. -i ?John Boyle O'Reilly. MR. RANDALL'S MARRIAGE. Just on the conlmes of one of our large manufacturing towns, there stands an imposing residence of brown stone, i elevated by terraces above the road, surrounded by stately trees, and with a wide extent of garden stretching on all sides. I had been employed in panel-painting one of the large bedrooms for some weeks, and my curiosity and interest j had been excited by the fact that the j master of the house, Mr." Joseph Ran-! dail, was a tall, handsome man of less * than fifty years, while his wife was certainly twenty years older, and a very feeble old woman. Yet never were any young'couple " wore seemins'lv devoted than this - 6ddly-cofitrasted pair: and I, living in the house with constant occupation Bh there, certainly had good opportunity g&ifor witnessing any matrimonial differlllPences, had any existed. w&By When my work was done, I returned Hy to my own home, and several months WJ ? later, by quite an accident,, not necesgpr sary to record here, I learned the story of 5lr. Randall's marriage. From early boyhood he was a "ne'er do-well." Money ran through his fingers like sand, and after his father, his grandfather, and his uncle had each started him in business, only to end in L failure, the family decided that he would never be good for anything. He was a v. ry handsome man, with a cttftege education, the instincts and makers'ora^-^ntleman, and kindly in ful, and too easily inlluenced by whoever took the trouble to dictate to him. At thirtv he found himself bankrupt. out of business, and without any definite prospects; and while he was seriously considering suicide as a way out of his ? - difficulties, he received an invitation to gtf visit an old friend in Grantley, a pretty I _ village near the seashore. I He found Granrtey at the- height of its summer season, and his own attraction very readily acknowledged by the ladies, who danced with him, strolled on the beach by moonlight with him, and accepted his graceful attentions with smiling pleasure. It was here that he was introduced to Miss Susan Harte and her niece and supposed heiress, Miss Maude Maxwell. ^ They were ladies of position, refined J-? orirl rr?tm'J7T rlTIf ]{>vijlv in Pthe freshness of her youth, a pretty x/ blonde face, and slender figure; the older one stately and digniiieu, showing in even- word a cultivated intellect and strong common sense. Bob White, Mr. Randall's friend, affrer the introduction, spoke his mind with frank if vulgar freedom: "Go in for the heiress, Joe. They say the old lady is worth a quarter of a million, and M:ss Maude is her only relative. Anyone can sec that they are tr> r>Mfh nthrr." And anyone could also sec every evidence . ?' v.vajti! in >i;vroundjnj2^.. ; dailyiase, thc-i^ Cannes' "vrcfe cf-'tire most costly materials, their jewelry was J superb. A lady'^ maid attended them, and they occupied an entire suite of j ' rooms at the only hotel. Friendship led-to intimacy, and Mr. 1 Randall did trv to fascinate the heiress. whose simpering prottiness covered a ] co-Id heart rtu?i a wrv commoaplaca I mind.:- * ^ IT To dress . well, to* be a beritre of at- j traction for bowing beaux, were the objects of her ambition, and her conversation never rose above the level of the smallest of small-talk. Though, he had always seemed to lack business abiiitv. Mr Randall was no J_ >- - * 1 >t IOOl, ami J1C XUUIHl UiUlSL-ll Ul tutu^ anu evening turning from Miss MaxwciiV vapid talk to the fresh strong mind that shone through her aiuu's conversation. * Miss Harte was an accomplished musician, with a rirh contralto voice, and love oi music had always amounted to a passion with Mr. Randall, so there P wits a strong bond of sympathy there. c?\mnu?r uwr.^ -uvor nli?l?'1tttlv. and it was only when closed cottages W- and a deserted beach told of departing f guests that Joseph Maxwell askeu himself seriously how his summer flirtation was to??HeiHe was not a conceited man, yet Maude Maxwell had let him see very I plainly that she had a preference for his society and attentions. Yet he shrank from the prospect of a wife with no idea above dress and gaiety, how K everricmy sne nugnt ce uowereu. Loving neither, in the true sense of HL the word, he certainly found more pleasK ure in the society of the older lady :md then a little demon of policy whispere<l ||| to Mm that, after all, the money was jra>* Miss Harte's. and, with her social position and attractions, she might marry, and- so deprive Jfaude of her supBffl^ posed inheritance. It.was true that, she was old enough I to be his mother; but a handsomer wo man, ami ono so thoroughly tasteful in dress, could al frays appyur younger than actual years warranted, and?he liked ben yes, he certainly respected and liked her. For two or three days he hesitated, shrinking yet from placing himself in the position of a. fortune-hunter, and then he. wrote a manly tender letter to Miss Harte, asking her to be his wife. He had sufficient tact to avoid fiowery flattery, to make sickening protestations, and the letter bore the stamp of sincerity on every line. An hour later his messenger brought an answer, and Miss Harte was his affianced wife. Escorting the ladies to their home, a magnificent country seat, Mr. Randall y """ would not have been a human had he not ooftgatolated himself upon the fu [ turc ownership of the wealth so lavishly [.represented all around him. He had said nothing about the future position of Miss Maxwell, good-naturedly willing that she should still lind a home with her aunt: but he sometimes thought he would give her a hint about assuming so much the air of mistress ->f the house. The wedding was magnificent, the honeymoon spent in traveling upon a \veddin<r-?rift of a cheque from Mr. Ran dallVnncie; and one morningt ia cosy confidence the subject of going home -arose. "Where have you ^ taken rooms, | dear?'' Mrs. Randall asked: "or shall you go to housekeeping?" "Rooms," cried the bridegroom: *\sli:ill you not return to your own house?" "My own house! I have no house. Joe," for suddenly the truth flashed her; "did you think I had money? i thought everyone knew that I* was Maude's pensioner. Oh,'1 and her face grew, very pale, "what a fool, I have been! I thought you loved me " "You were no tool in thinking that," was the quick reply, as her husband put j his arm around her; "I do love you. I I did think the position reversed, and that j Maude depended on }"ou; but never j doubt my love. If it was not very ar! dent when I proposed to you, it grows > stronger every day. it grows stronger j every day that we spend together."' i "But yet you thought me wealthy?" "A humiliating fact I cannot deny;" i and then in a sudden outburst of confidence. Mr. Randall told his wife the whole truth, dwelling somewhat longer upon his business attempts and perplexities. than on the hone he had enter tained of a future life cf a luxurious idleness. When he bad finished, his wife | S]K)ke: "You may not like to hear my father's opinion of me, Joe, though he meant it to be a complimentary one. Ho always said I should have been .1 man. for I had a true business head, j For ten years before lie died he was paralysed, and I was the actual head of I 1 - 1 ? >> n- no c I Ills CJU5IIJC5S, U1C Wi?>'"5 ... W . He loft mc a competency, which j was stolen from me by a dishonest trus1 tee; and I should have taken up some I occupation to gain my own living had not Maude been left an orphan, and implored me to live with her. ' It was scarcely a life of dependence, for she needed me, and her lavish gifts of clothing and jewelry I accepted in the place of the salary anyone else in my place must have been paid. I was housekeeper and chaperon, and we were very happy; but I never dreamed that I was supjx>sed to own her wealth. "Now listen to my proposition: The j factory my father controlled is closed, our i am an oni irieau -oi iuu y?ua, [ who carried on the business for a short j time alter nvv 4nr,- smV found | nrsT^norance of the details swept a way j all his profits. 1 will introduce you toy him, and the sale of my diamonds will give us sufficient capital for a modest I start You will be nominal master, as my father was, until you conquer all the intricacies of the business, gain our old customers, and can earn* on the whole without any assistance." Until then, let me direct and teach you, as I helped my father. When you are a rich man"? ami here Mi's. Randall's eyes grew dim with tender feeling?"you can buy me : some more diamonds." It was not a matter for hasty decision. Mr. Randall, remembering his failures, was doubtful of his own abilij ry, but his wife had her way, and b<j| fore their wedded life was six months old, Mr. Randall was engaged in ins new business. Spurred on by an honest shame that a woman had a better business head than his own, he did what he never done I ? t.:_ ?u..i_ , 1 l,,.. oeiorc?Llircw 1115 WUOIC syu; iinu mo business, and was amazed himself to find how rapidly he learned to guide if. Even* day filled his heart with deeper love for the noble woman who was so true and faithful a helpmate to him; who, with all the knowledge he lacked, never let one clerk or employe guess her real position. At home, in the evening, she showed him the result of her day's correspondence or book-keeping, and gave hint clear instructions for the next day's work. And he, learning all quickly, had sufficient Isense to let her controi the entire .business, until she herself, after two years of faithful work, said: "Yon can do without me now, dear. I resign.'1 They had lived very economically in those two years, Mrs. Randall governing the small house and one servant as oftfeientiy as she had controlled her niece's grand mansion or the affairs of the factory. 1 Bat ambition once roused in Joseph Randall, he resolved to give his wife a home as handsome as the one she had left for love of him. Depriving her o! no comfort he eoukl afford to give her, he denied himself all extravagancies that had become second nature. Cigars were thrown aside, clothing was reductdTo respectability, ignoring the many changes,ot fashion, rid;!!*, vas exchanged for*nr occasional drive [ "\*w T?.Vnd.,U f>nrT vi :)r hv voar Joseph * RniwKlL saw his business increase, hh> baak account enlarge. until be w.-is master of a flourishing business, and of the magnificent homo where Mrs. Randall had employed me to paint the panels of the bedroom doors. And as years robbed the devoted wife of her strength and the noble beaut}* of middle life, they took nothing from the love of a husband. who knew that to her be owed ail his prosperity. nc realized fully the life of indolent luxury he would have led, and contrasted it with the useful one to which she had guided him. A kind master, the - families of his work-people k;.ew they had always a friend in the head of the vast establishment in which the husband and father tnilnfl. Without r:hildroR. both Mr. and Mrs. Randall extended their charities far and wide, and when gratitude met them, Joseph Randall said: "The thanks are yours, dear. But for you I should be that dreadful object, an aimless, indolent man of fashion, what in days gone bv thev called 'an old beau.' " ? ? Suburban belle?IIow delightful it must bu to spend Christmas in a great country house?like Stilton Grange, for instance. Delightful stranger (from London?Yaas. Ky-the-by. her Grace of Stilton has just written to say .she ex4-Kava f/w f^Hrictnisic rcnolr ? to V AV*. VI4**?7V?*iWs; vv?. S'pose I shall have to go! Suburban belle?Won't you find it rather lonely? Delightful stranger?Lonely! A?why? Suburban belle?Because I saw in to- i day's morning Post that the duke and duehess and family are not expected back from Australia before February! (Coliaspe of delightful stranger.)?London Piin-ch. a i r No fewer than 150 newspapers in the ! United States are printed by colored : men. THIS CA:.SFOK"!A ir<>AI>-1 avsy.xu. A veiy sir.^uiar a::*! very lit:It; kaovm bin: is tiu* :va::?:u:ior chaparral cock. or.ir :< knc'.v.'i in Mcxicc and the Spanish si-rilon* r>t' the iViitc.l States, tiic pa;san:\ It b(M01i?T< '?<> '.!?( r:; <.'):> . i.iil has nbnc c: t-i:? i a-1 : i>v which ti:?i European cuckoo Isb^st icown. Jt i.-r. ! shy bird, 'wit is no". I-y any means :ui i unfamiliar obiec! in t:v .somhtrestern j portions of tl;t- Si:>;<-s an-.5, in j Mexico. S?>ini'liiuo> ?: vjiikIits ;::i into middle California. i.::=- not often. seeming to prefer the n:or< deserted, hotter, and sandier parts of: onthern California anil from there >tret*-:u"n?; its habitat as far east as middle lV\.a>;. It is not i)\* ar.v means a brilliantly! colored bin!, aliiiotijru s-anr of its laics are ver.* beautiful. i qc nrevaiiinj; color of the roadnmner i*. olhv which is marked with brov n and white. The top of ti e h";ul is b?ack blue. and i.> furnished with an reetilo t-rctt. Tiic eyes are surrounded by a line ol' bare skin. It is not a lar*;- bird, beinjf seldom twenty-four incises ;on<r, wis!i a tail tak . t- ri?*. . mg more than umi jengm. isie tail, indeed. is the most striking feature of the bird, bein^ not only so very long, but sccmin-rly endowed with the gift of perpetual motion. since it is never sril!. but bobs up and down, and sidewisc, too, into every i>ossible angle, and almost incessantly. But while its tail is most striking, its legs are most remarkable, being net only long ami stout, but wonderfuily muscular. How muscular nobody would be able to imagine who had not put them to the test. A traveller in Mexico tells of going out with his ranchero host, to hunt hares with a brace ot very fine hounds, (icing - ' ? - i - - . i . r over a ion<r $creicii or s:timy jikhii, relieved only by pilars and clusters of cactus, the Mexican ea!I< d the attention of his guest to an ak-n. comical-looking bird some distance from them. With the remark that the gentleman should see some rare coursing, the Mexican slipped the lea.-hes of the straining hounds, which sprang off as if used to the sport, and darted after the bird. For a moment it seemed to the stranger a veiy poor use to put the dogs to. but he was not long in changing his mind. Instead of taking wing. the bird tilted its long tail straight up into the air in a saucily defiant way. and started off on a run in a direct line ahead. It secKied an ineredible thing that the slender <Iogs. with their space devouring bounds, should not at or.ee overtake the little bird; but so it was. The legs of the paisano moved with marvelous rapidity, and enabled it to keep the hounds at their distance for a very long time, being finally overtaken only after one of gamcst races ever witnessed by the visiting sportsman. The roadrunner, however, serves a "better purpose in life than being run <low?_by hounds. Cassia mentions a most sinjuku',. circuyjstanoe among the peculiarities of the bird. It" seems"to nave a mortai natrcu oi rattlesnakes, and no sooner sees one of these reptiles than it sets about in what, to the snake, might well seem a most diabolical way of compassing its death. Finding the snake asleep, it at once seeks out the spiniest of small cacti, the prickly pear, and, with infinite pains and quietness, carries the leaves, which it breaks off, and puts them in a circle around the slumbering snake. When it has made a, sufneieut wall about the object of all this care, it rouses its victim with a sudden peck of its sharp beak, and then quickly retires to let the snake work out its own destruction, a. thing it eventually docs in a way that, ought to gratify the roadrunm-r if it have any sense of humor. Any one watching it would say it was expressing the liveliest emotion with its constantly and grotesquely moving tail. The lirst impulse and act of the as saultcd snake is to coil for a dart; its next to move away. It quickly realizes that it is hemmed in, in a circle, and finally makes a rash attempt to glide over the obstruction. The myriad of tiny needles prick it and drive it back. The angry snake, with small wisdom, attempts to retaliate by fastening its fangs into the ofteading cactus. The spines till its mouth. Angrier still, it again and again as sanits tne pricKty wan, until, quite ocside itself with rage, it seems to lose its wits completely, and, writhing and twisting horribly, buries its envenomed fangs into its own body, dying finally from its self-inflicted wounds. After the catastrophe.the road runner indulges in fpw <rr:itifir?d flirts nf it-i Inno* trill nnd goes off. perchance to find its reward in being inn down by the hounds set on by men.?John 11. Coryell, in Scientific American. An Anecdote of "?!eb" Stuart. ~ KT? rir-novn] T .rvnn'd'roof r X UX11 il U\ UtilWiU ^ivu^uv^v, iix the February Century, we quote as follows, " 'Jeb' Stuart was a very daring fellow and the best cavalryman America ever produced. At the Second Manassas, soon after we heard of the advance of McDowell and Porter, Stuart came in and made a report to General Lee. When he had done so General Lee said he had no orders at that moment, but he requested Stuart to wait awhile. Thereupon Stuart turned round in his tracks, lay down on the ground, TMit-., ctnnr. nmW his head and instantlv fell asleep. General Lee rode away and in an hour returned.' Stuart was still sleeping. Lee asked for hi in, and Stuart sprang to his feet and said, 'Here I am, general.' "General Lee replied, 'I want you to' send a message to your troops over on the left to send a few more cavalry to the right/ 44 41 would better go myself,' said Stuart, ami witn tnat ne swung nimseu into the saddle arid rode off at a rapid gallop, singing as loudly as he could, Jim- the cavalry.' ? - - 9m Sherbrooke, Canada, boasts a young girl with nerve. A young man at a party, who was boasting of his nerve, was challenged to hold up a snnxl! tin to be shot at with a revolver, when he weakened and declined. A young Lady present at once oile-ed to hold the tin, ...,.1 ^,-y ?nc!i.ilvTiir!v n-liilo if pierced by a build litvd :it a distance of twelve yards. She then held up a smaller object ?a small plate?which met with the same fate, and picking; up one of the pieces held it for a further trial. Her confidence in the skill of the marksman, who has been several times a member of the Wimbledon team, was not misplaced, for the broken piece was """in bit hv n b.illpt whilft in her fingers. A thrift}- little Batavia. X. Y., newsboy, who started in business four years ago with a capital of 5 cents, is now the proud possessor of a bank book with $250 on the credit side, all earned at this hucible calling. Fish-Spearinp- Through the Ice. About thirty year* I was stranded by the severe winter w. at her. which put :i stop to navigation, at the old army station of Green Bay, now a Hoiirishiug city in the great Srate 01* Wisconsin, at tin* inomh of ihe Fox river?at the south western extremity of :i ]?ii? arm of Lake Michigan. I had 1r?'?j!ii"iitK' noticed on Fox river a curious !ut of black dots on l!ie ice, in the retired nooks and coves along the farther shore. "What are they?" 1 asked: and the invariable re]).V was: "Tiny a:v Indians fishing." This puzzled mo still more, and 1 resolved to investigate. So one day I crossed tluj frozen river, and approach . 1? 1 nig one oi tnosc mysterious mac* uuis, found it to be apparently oniy a bnndIc in a blanket, scarcely largo enough to contain a human form. But, looking closer, I could see, first from one bundle and then from another, the quick motion of a pole, or spear-handle, bobbing up and down. A word, a touch, even agentle push, only called out :i grunt in reply, but at last one bundle dicl stretch* itself into a bright young Indian brave^with wondering and wonderful eyes peering at me from under a mop of black and glossy hair. A little tobacco, :i little pantonine, and a little broken English succeeded in making him understand that I wished to know how he carried on his fishing under that funny heap. Then I saw it all. Seated, Turk fashion, on the border of his blanket, which lie could thus draw up so as to entirely envelop himself in it, he was completely in the dark, so far as the daylight was concerned; and, thus enshrouded, he was hovering over a round hole in the ice, about eighteen inches in diameter. A small tripod of birch sticks crccted over the hole helped to hold up the blanket and steady a spear, which, with a delicate handle nine or ten feet long, was held in the right hand, the tines i-.itfinrr /-,n m]orn nf tllA llfilp. and the iWuuh W4-k ""~?* ~? end of the pole sticking through an opening in the blanket above. From the other hand, dropped into the water a string on the end of which was a rude wooden decoy-fish, small enough to represent bait to the unsuspecting perch or pickerel which should spy it. This decoy was loaded so as to sink slowly, and was so moved and maneuvered as to imitate the motions of a living fish. Crawling under the blanket with my Indian friend, 1 was surprised at the distinctness and beauty with which everything could be seen by the subdued light that came up through the ice. The ' _??? .:.u oottom oi rue river, six ui cijjiiL iwl yulow us, was clearly visible, and seemed barely four feet away. The grasses, vegetable growths, and spots of pebbly bottom formed curious little vistas and recesses, in some of which dreamily floated a school of perch and smaller fish. Each little air-bubble sparkled * like a gem. and the eye delighted in tracing and watching the mystery of; . beautiful water fonnations, where every crevice seemed a little fairy world, with changing lights or shadows made by the sunlight through the transparent Suddenly, from sonftrfrksgg?I could not tell where, it seemed to come by 1 "' "i-'o ' lovrrn "rlnrv " fir "mnnnjirpil pike." appeared on the river bottom. The watchful Indian slowly raised .the. decoy-bait toward the surface, the larger iish following it with interested and puzzled eyes. There was a sudden movement of the spear; down it darted; its sharp prongs pierced the unsuspecting pike, which was speedily drawn up and thrown wriggling on the ice. Then the blanket was re-adjusted, and the fishing was resumed. My bright young Indian friend said he could catch from twenty to thirty pounds of fish in an afternoon in this manner, and sometimes could even secure double that quantity.?J. 0. Roorback, in St. Nicholas for February. Taxation on the Line of Least Resistance. All parties would be happy if the public treasury could be filled by the touch of a magician's wand, so that taxes might be abolished. But, as they are a necessary evil, a scheme of taxation without lamentation is what is wanted. In the law laid down by Professor William G. Simmer, that taxation tends to diffuse itself, but on the line of least re sistance, is found a Hint ior tne oasis 01 this scheme. Turcot, the great French financier, expressed the politician's idea very tersely when he saia that science of taxation is to pluck the goose without making it cry. In hunting for the line of least resistance, and the most scientific methods of plucking, several interesting experiments have been made of late in different States, where new sources of revenue Have- been sought irom speciai nixes on. coqjuruuuua, icwjlroads, telegraph, telephone, and insurance companies, collateral inheritances, and other classes of property, which can be plucked without producing a cry liable to strike a chord of sympathy., m the popular heart. In most instances these experiments have surpassed in their results the expectations of the proposers. Large revenue has baen obtained without provoking even a murmur of disapproval from die voting classes. In "Vermont, for. example, no direct tax was levied in 1883 -and 1884, the receipts under, the corporation* tax law payi&g the espea&s-^if the State government The comptroller of New York received $9,569,161.85 in 1884, of which 81,603.612.75 were, paid by corporations. Last year, although the Wisconsin legislature authorized a levy of $240,000, the State treasurer was not obliged to collect any direct tax as the license-tax irom ranroaas, insurance, telegraph, and telephone companies was* sufficient to meet the current expenses. The treasurer of Minnesota states that "the revenue from the corporation tax is steadily increasing, and if' it should continue to increase, and the probabilities are that it will, ay it has done for the last four years, it bids fair to pay all the expenses of the State government." In New Jersey there is no regular tax, except for schools, as the new railroad and canal tax law and the tax on miscellaneous corporations maintain the government.?Htnru J. Ten Eyck, in Popular Sricnce Monthly for February On High brook itoaii, lYiount ucseri, "Mosslcy Hall." the new cottage of Mr. Blaine, is being erected. The site is a very pretty one, being well elevated, and commanding an excellent view of "Frenchman's Bay, with its numerous inlands, the villas on the other shore, and the lovely grounds of several snore-cottages located near by. At the western side, from the upper windows, a good view is had of Green Mountain and other points of interest. The main building is 61x28 feet, with a wing 32x24 feet. The main entrance is on the west side, and to the left of the vestibule is tlie reception-ir ->m, iixi4 feet. The ball is 18x25 feet, and to the right, on the east side, is located the dining-room, which is 17x22 feet, while on the left is the parlor, of the same dimensions. I The Postman On Walking1. All but doctors and men who sell liniment will be glad to read the advice lh:it follows about the proper way to walk in these slipperv times. The advice c:imc: from a very old ]>ostman. f,v I.ic UUIMV uvu. "You've seen postmen climbing up front steps, diving into basements, and scooting across s!'r<vts in the slipperiest kind of weather," :)? old man saiil, I'ra sure yon never saw a postman fall down, unless he. w::s very young and ine.~)>crienceil. Walking, you sec, is the most important part of :i ]>ost man's dutv. next to ringing door-bells so as to bring the giri oil the lirst ring. I can tell you in two minutes how to walk; and if you remember what I say you will never fall any mon\ "In the first place, you must go along with your feel pretty far apart. That is onu important thing. Most persons walk with their feet close together? Very close. That's all right in summer, but in winter it's all wrong. Your foot is likely to land on a round piece of ice Kt snow and slip sideways toward the. other foot, which is going along allright. If your feet are close together, nine times out of ten the one that slips will knock the other from under you, and down you go. It' it doesn't it will get s6 thoroughly mixed up with it that your ankles will curl all together, just like grapevines, and before you can get ihem straightened out, down you go anyhow. If your feet are well apart, as they should be, you have time to think, reflect, and get ready before the crash comes, and perhaps save a bone. Another important thing is to land well on the ball of the foot when you walk. If you can't get the ball of your foot down first, bring it down just as soon as you do the heel, anyhow. Come clown flatfooted. That isn't fancy heeland-toe walking, but it's business, and it's safer. And this is why. You may slip and fall a million times, and every time, if you notice anything, you will noticc mat it was your new mat suppcci, and not the ball or your foot. It is always the heel that slips. I don't know why, unless it is that the sole of the shoe, being broader, frets a firmer hold. These two rules, if you follow them out carefully, will save you the price of a good many bottles of arnica. There are some others, but they are not so important. One is always to keep the body limber as you go along; keep the leg:? limber at the knees, too. It is always a stiff, dignified sort of a man that goes down, beeause he holds himself so lat he is not prepared to lean quickly one way or the other anil save himself. I don't want to see the nation get round-shouldered, but to hold the shoulders too far back in slippery weather is not very good either; it "fixes ono all ready to fall. The best way to hold oneself is in imitation of those Indians that you see pictures of iroing along at a sort of jog trot, with their bodies stooping a little forward. Keep your eyes on the ground in front of you, as though you were following a trail, and look for very slippery spots, and observe the other rules; and if you are a can dispe- illation of "SoTding" your muff behind your back, trying to make folks believe you prefer tc"jcarry it that way."?N. 7. Sun. Will You Do It? The nursery is over-crowded. There are three little ones in it. of two. six and eight years of age, beside Jane, the nurse girl, who sleeps in the bed with tne six year oiu, ana yei you go to vuui room, oh, mother, night after night from your party, or lecture, or receiving at home, too tired or carelcss to think of anything but your own personal fatigue. When the baby frets and grows white and hollow-eyed, you wonder why it is that your children disappoint you so as they grrow up. He was a healthy, chubby little fellow, but he is becoming spindling like the rest, and losing all his good looks, and Clara, the six year old, is listless and acts more like an old woman than anything else, while Ethel tf\ flint: flPOTPP. wuoo auu ?.v VUMV you are never sure of her, and have gotten over the habit of calling her down to the reception-room to see visitors. There is precious little comfort to be had out of all of them, you cry. Now let us whisper a hint. Take Ethel out of the nursery, and put her into that room at the end of the hall, and opening into yours. 44TXM*., +K..+ ;<r. -rv-> T- sIvaccmti rr_vrw*m VAll T n \ limit uu^ iwui) j w. say. We know it, but we are going to have it for her. Very well, so far, so good. Now comes the greatest difficulty, what to do with Clara. There is no other small room for her connected with the family rooms, and she is too little to be shut off by herself. Ah! wc have it: you may take back your dressing-room. The large square room across the hall, the one with three windows, is justr the thing. Now put two small beds in it, and give it to the two little sisters for their"rery own. "But that is Tom's room; he is devoted to that place, and would never give it up in the world. It is his paradise." He will soon have another that he will like much better, for you know you never allowed him to invite the boys into this room, or to do certain things in it, as it has so many nice furnishings in it, and it is so sightly at the head of the front stairs it must always be in perfect condition. Let us have that large open room in the upper story. "What! my lumber closet?'' The very same. Now if you will look over your accumulation of used-up, broken, or unfashionable household ar4-Uo4 ova ollnir/ifl + A Tip cfnr^fl thPTO. uvico tuab o,L** uiivt? fcv w you will easily sec that just one-third of them is all you will carc to retain. These can be packed up snugly in that smaller room just back. The next step is to prepare the now empty room, using all the taste you have, for a boy's occupancy, and invite him up into it. Our word for it, the first thins he will sav will be "Jollyr "Well; you have turned our house upside down with a vengancc!" Never mind abusing us. Will you do it??Margaret Sidney, in Good Housekeeping. ? The Autumn of Life. If Autumnal days are shorter, they are likewise cooler; the time for storing away fruit in the bins has eoiue; the tints on the leaves are still scarlet and golden, the barren Winter is not yet. So let all these; and with buoyant heart, quickened with grateful memories, I resume the study-chair and begin a new lease of labor. No patience have I with +T,af- ofolo nhrtisp nhnnt "the shadv side of 60;'' if a servant of the Lord gets on j the side of the hill th.it faces heaven, it I ought to be the sunny side. Xor is that other nonsense about "the dead line of: 50" worthy of respect. The Psalmist i * ... , ? V _ 1J | did not believe suen stun, or u? ?uum never have talked about trees that for more than a half-eentury have been bearing-trees arc still "full of sap and green. ?Dr. T. I- Cuyler. F.vanaeb'<t. The Universality of Inventions. We do not often stop to think how little man lias or enjoys that is not the fruit of invention. Things which man has long had we cease to think of as inventions, and we are apt to apply that term only to modern things?to things frUr> Ai*irr!n r\i u*<? !,*nr?w Vi?t if will be hard for any of us to name anything which we use or enjoy which is not an invention, or the subject of an invention, in its adaptation to our use. The air we breathe and the water we drink are provided by Nature. But we drink but very little water except from a cup or vessel of some kind, which is a human invention. Even il wo drink from the shell of a <rourd. we arc usinsr a thing which, in the shape wo use it. is a human contrivance, and tin* contrivances which man has devised for obtaining water and distributing it have been among the most wonderful and ingenious of any which have occupied the human mind. Bountifully as Nature has provided water and placed it within the reach of man, yet we do in fact get or use but little of it except by the aid of inventions. The air surrounds u.? at all times and we cannot help using it if we would; but, if we want it either hotter or colder than we find it, we must resort to some invention to gratify our want. If we want it to oiow ujxm us when it is still," we must set it in motion by some contrivance, ami fans among other things have been invented for that purpose. A large amount of human ingenuity has been expended upon devices for moving air v. hen we want it moved, upon fans, blowers, and ventilators. How small a part of our food do we take as animals do. in the form provided by Nature, and how very large a share in some form contrived by man! We drink infusions of tea or eoftec without unnKing ui:u me eoinpouaus are nunnin inventions. How large :i place the milk of the cow has in the food of man, but how little of it coukl we have but for a multitude of contrivances! We think of butter as we do of milk, that it is a production of Nature; and so it is, but its separation from milk is an invention which has been followed by a host of inventions to effect the separation easier or better. , Su^ar is a production of Nature, _ little Known a few hundred yea*", Separated form the plants iu"-a,cl1 Jlls formed, it is an invention u , ,c savage who first crus', u sornc kernels of wheat between *,\? s^ones?:ini' ?ePar" ated the mealy mlerior from the outer skin, invited Hour, and the human mind has not yet ceased to be exercised on the subject of improvement.?Chauncen Smith, in Popular Sciaxe Monthly for February. An Inflexible ?/ui*or. ' There are soni^ infernally obstinate men in this world," said Frank Funai the other day, "bat I .struck eleven of the worst specimens last week I ever came across." "How was ~ ^TOll see, I was on ImjTTPf" . one ease I'd no sooner laid my eyes on the prisoner than I made up my mind l-~ "?'? ?vwl tUrt fActimnTiv nnlv iJU ? gUlXK>> 9 twviuiv/^j v-..j served to strengthen that opinion. To my surprise, I found, when wc went out, that the other eleven jurors were unanimous in favor of acquittal." "And of course you gave in." "Not much! I had a duty to society which I had sworn to perform, and I determined to do it if it took all night 1 reasoned with them calmly, tearfully, prayerfully, but it was no use." "How did you brinj them around?" "Finally I said: 'Well, my mind is mind up. When you fellows get over your dashed obstinacy wake me up.' And I just tipped my chair back and settled myself down for a good nap. Then I snored. Ever hear me snore?" Wc all expressed regret because we had never enjoyed that pleasure. "Neither had those fellows. In ten minutes they were wild. Some of them wanted to jump out of the window, but couldn't get it open. In ton minutes more eight of them gave in, and in fifteen minutes they waked .me tip and said they were satisfied I was right. The judge promptly granted the prisoner a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence and common sense, and discharged th<> jury for the term. That lets me oil'jury duty for another year." ? Millinery Trade Jicvieic. *9 9 mm Saving a Life ])y Telegraph. A number of the operators in the main ofnee of the Western Union Telegraph Company at New York aro graduates in medicine or medical students who are thus working their way through college. ^Occasionally tiiev have an opportunity to iis=- tlicir knowledge to <rood advantage. It recently happened that one of ihein had his attention attracted by a somewhat unusual me-?s<->,ge that was being clicked out from an instrument at Big Indian, near Kingston, N. Y. It stated that a certain physician atPineHill, three miles distanr. was wanted immediately io attend a young person who had just swallowed an ounce of laudanum. The student-operator asked at once for all the particulars, and on receiving them a consultation was held at the New York office. It was decided that it would be hazardous to nostnone treatment until the doctor ? I could be found and driven three miles to attend a patient in .so dangerous a condition. The council therelore telegraphed the operator at Biz Indian to see that the prescription which they sent was carried out immediately. They prescribed that powerful emetics .should be administered, suggesting homo made ones, such as lukewarm water and mustard and water, after which the patient was to be vigorously rubbed and whipped with switches to prevent sleep. This j unexpected order was faithfully carried i out, and with such happy results that the poison failed to act. The physician arrived an hour later, but his attendance would have been useless had the precious interval been wasted. Few more curious instances of frustrated suicide could be cited out of the entire library of fiction.?v'ijb: American, j j The following is one of the unrepealed laws of New Jersey, passed while the State was a British colonv: .-mm.... ?ii "J J J ;i i ? miui u, v* ., ? ?. rank, profusion, or degivc. whether virgins, maids, or wit! ?*,*-, who shall after this act impose upon, seduce, and betray into matrimony any of his majesty's subjects by virtue of scents, cosmetics. w;?<hps, paints, artilicial teeth, false hair, or high-heeled shoes, shall incur the penalty of the law now in force against witchcraft and like misdemeanors/1 m i ? "Wasn't that Mr. Talkaway to whom you introduced me this morning an old collef? chum of your.-;?"' asked Mrs. Gusher. "Yes," replied her husband. "Then why didn't you in\ite him to dinner2" "I wns jifrnid he'd come.,: f Hydrophobia Traditions. Captain Byrne, an intelligent Cherokee, who is in Washington on tribal business, is prompted to tell something about hydrophobia and the m:t!l<;one, as the information came- 10 him from hunters and Indians: "As far back as 18*25." Captain Byrne says, "the madstonc was used for the cure of poisonous snake bites and road dog bites. It norcr failed if applied within ten hours afrcr i ho bite. The madstonc wn> used by simply laying it upon the place bit ton." It would adhere to the wound as soon as applied and remain fast until tilled with the poison, when the stone would drop off. It was the custom to have ready a basin of water warmed lo about blood heat. The madstonc was dropped into the water, and in a minute or so would be relieved of the poison ii contained. Then it was applied to the wound again. This operation was kept up until the stone refused to adhere any longer: "This madstonc," coutinued Captain Byrne, "war. discovered about the spurs of the south end of the Blue Kidge Mountains, I think about thirty years ago, by OKI winters, in tuose aays deer were very "numerous. The discovery came about through the hunters' dogs eating the entrails of a deer toward the end of winter. The dogs were poisoned and died. This led to an examination of the stomachs of the deer. It was found that the animal had browsed freely on the poisoned ivv which grew * -i -1 ? .r . in green aounuance in uie spurs ox mo Blue Ridge. IIow the deer escaped any bad consequences from tliis kind of food was a mystery, until further search of the maw'or stomach revealed what was called the madstone. This substance was about the size of a horsechestnut. The hunters had various theories to account for the presence.s' the stone in the stomach, but they irom agreed that it took up the poig trial of the ivy. Curiosity prompt ;iud the the stone to various Rftsorb them was discovery that it wiyhe stone came to made. In this^na^e kites and mocbe used for afterward for mad dog casin bit*' bitesnlS)^ sa"ui Captain Byrne, "is the .x-adition of the discovery of the mad 5touc. The hunters and Indians iiatt a preventive for hydrophobia which went back of the Paris doctor's inoculation, l'ou will lind on the under side of a dog's tongue, back at the root, a small worm, about an inch long. The shape and size is plain. When the pup is three or four months old take a sharp knife and split the thin skin that contains tlin worm, and with an awl pick out the worm. That dog will be forever proof against hydrophobia. This is the Indians' and hunters' preventive. 1 remember its application fifty years ago. Some old hunters in the Blue Ridge country still practice it. If ihere is doubt about its value the experiment can be made without much trouble. Take three or four pups and extract the worm. Then wait for the next case of - - * ? *r?n uiad dog and let the pups oe omen, 1 u stake my belief that llie pups will not ^s^hydrophobin. concluded thcCherokcc, by a mad dog. The irritation ot the hy?!WfffWWff worm under tlie tongue does" it. There is in Western Texas a small black-andwhite polecat which might be called a natural hydrophobia animal. Any living filing bitten by this polecat at any time goes mad."?Washington Dispatch. ' The Woman who Translated Newton's "Principia." ( ther women, whose names are less known, wrote on astronomy during the seventeenth century. We may cite Maria Cunitz, daughter of a Silesian doctor, who published astronomical tables in 1650; Jeanne Dume. who in 1650 wrote a book defending the Copernican system against "scientific** attacks upon it Of more modern date was Madame Gabrielle Emilie de Breteuil. Marquise du Chatelet, who was for fifteen years the constant friend of Voltaire, and in her retreat at Cirey devoted her whole life to the sciences. She it was who first made known to France, then devoted to scientific Cartesianism and the doctrine of elementary vortices, the masterly work of Newton. This was a title to glory which might have made the fortune of more than one scientific man, ana ll ieil upon ? wumau. :uauuihuiselle dc Brctcuil had received a very careful education, but her natural taste for study and serious occupations did not prevent her from shining brilliantly in the society of the courts of the Regency for some years after her marriage with M. du Chatclet. One of the best evidences of her genius that we have is in the bearing toward her of Voltaire, who had no respect for any mental <pfts. He had returned from Great Britain full of enthusiasm for English science and philosophy, and occupied with the nf miL-ino- N"r>wtr>n known to his countrymen and dethroning Descartes at tlie Academy. It may appear singular that he selected Madame du Chatelet for his work; but the choice was not extraordinary after all. She had already made some progress in mathematical studies under the direction of Maupcrtius and Clairaut, aud Voltaire was looking for the assistance he needed to some one outside of the official scieutlic circle. The translation of Newton's "Principia" would be the best means of making known in France the ?nglisli geometrician and the admirable simplicity which this theory of attraction lent to the study of the movements of stars. This work Madame du Chatelct did well. But she did more than make a simple translation. The algebraic commentary which follows the translation is in large part the work of this lady, although it was composed under the direction of C'lniraut and revised by him. "We have witnessed two prodigies." said Voltaiiv in his historical int,\ ?!ia Priiir-min"?"'onn livyii that 2Cc\vton should have compo^-d this work, and the other tiiaU-a woman should have translated and elucidated it."?From 1!'omen in Astronomy,"* by E. J.uyrmHjr. in l'opi'l'.ir Scian.c Monthly for Fcbrwtry. A clerk having invested more or Jess money for several months in plaxing the game called policy. an?l having failed to make a single strike, i me <l:iv seized the owner of the pulley-shop hv the throat an?l liim a brazen robber and his game a swindle. "Gently, my friend."" remonstrated tiio other, "all the money whieh you have blown in here ha> I?;en taken from your employer's till, it is not you who has lost, but your employer." "Exactly," said the clerk, after a moment's thought, t "my deep interest in my employers financial welfare is the very reason that induces mc to pulverize you. I can't stand by and see him* deliberately swindled."?Detroit Free Pre.9?. O- o am ? ? ' California has ninety-seven banks in operation, whose resources are $153,j 000,000. Twenty-seven of I hem are | savings nank-j. WIT AND HOIOR j The Land of the Man in the Mooa: There's a country remarkably quaint -and queer, Where the air won't support a balloon, And everything's just as i t Isn't hero? 'Tis the Land of the Manin the Moon. Thero^j>eople don't bother with "parties", at ?iie crop of great statesmen's exceedingly small, . ' Bank officers nrvcr flee toward Montreal in the Land of the Man in the Moon. '? riTnrt 1?7?oil molfA mnof1 /Irrl rr"fr/>c i.ut iauit.-j MU UiiUkV WlVJVVAVil^UUlU ?? 4?V.1 In the Land of the Man in the Moon; Rascality's published, and honor jhiives In the Land of the Man in the Moon; The milkmen are honest, the liquors arc pure, Xo ajrents beset you with plans to insure, Quack doctors don't promise each ailment tc cure I In the Land of the Man in the Moon. ?Eufus Rood. A beautiful woman, with an artifii c i ally-high ten ed color, once said to Gen. J .Shields:" "How is that, having obtained so much glory, you still seek for more?" : "Ah, madam," he replied, with more ! force than politeness, "how is it that j you, who have so much beauty, should si ill put on paint?"?San Francisco Argonaut. - - - ' First passenger?"I have been over the country a good deal in my time and t ,1 t , v _ ir? a. nn? ZL T l Til ill K tne ureas JE.asieru oe; line is the best ballasted of them alL The track is perfect, sir." Second passenger?"'Commercial 'traveler?" First passenger?"No, sir: I am an actor." .Second passenger?"Ah, yes; I see.1,V y. T. Times. ciore Jim Webster being once mrvtiaven,f the court, his Honor askf*?g chickens you been in jail for s&\ no. indeed I once before?1' "Xi'awd foah His ini hain't. Praise^ "and mussv, nobody fern it gooib me yit. Hit seems as ef hain't ejected by de higher powers."? 1 vrarSiftings. The King of the Samoan Islands' has sent as a gift to President Cleveland a jug of li?juor, a drink of which will keep a man dwink for three weeks. We violate no confidence in stating that the President will not open this jug until the next delegation of Missouri officeseekers strikes the White House.?Philan dclphia Press. It is stated that President Cleveland v.*ill open the American Exhibition in London next May "by means of the telegraph wire." This idea is not new. We have heard of a man opening a cinrp hv means of a piece of wire. Sometimes the feat is performed with a nail.- It is against the law, though.? Xorristoiai Herald. Manager of star actress (to hotel proprietor)?"You can tell the reporters that Mile. Zam Zam has forty trunks on the way, one of which is filled with diamonds." Hotel proprietor (with a look of relief)?"I am* very glad to hear it, sir, but we don't want the trunks for publication; we want them simply as a guarantee of goo<ltaitn."?iv. i. nmcs. When Dick Thompson, of Indiana, was made Secretary of the Navy some one called upon Mrs. Thompson to congratulate her upon her husband's elevation to the head of the Navy Department She could hardlv believe that the news was true, and said to her visitor: "Why, Richard isn't fit to be Secretary of the Navy?he can't'even swim."?Detroit Free Press. "What a nuia^^rcoiorea peop^rtnere must have been at the political ^meeting last night! I see by the morning paper that nearly all of the vice-presidents were colored." Hostess?"Impossible, my dear. Let me see the paper. [Looking at the paper:] 0, Ool.' don't mean colored; it means Colonel."? Harper's Bazar. Bagley?"You are looking for a short cut to fortune. I believe?" De Guy? "That's just what I am looking for." * i _ _ mt _ ' i "Here s your cnance. JLue queen nee lays 3,000 eggs in twenty-four hours.*' "Well, I can't help that" "Hear me out. Put your wits to work and get up a cross between the queen bee and the barnyard hen, and you will be a millionaire in a year."?Philadelphia Call. "That young man will yet make his mark in this world. His forethought is wonderful." "What is remarkable about him?" "Why the very day he popped the question he first stepped into a lawyers office to know what a divorce suit would cost. He is indeed a remarkable man. and never makes a movement of any sort without stopping to consider the cost."?Philadelphia Item. A Lady Midas?"And we were bustled into the train anyhow, my dear Mrs. de Tompkyns: and'only imagine our horror, when the train had started, at discovering that we were actually in a second-class carriage!" Grisby (innocent- - ? ly)?''Dear me! Yes! Very awkward imWrl! Ymf <1 tnkMi third-class tickets. I suppose?" Horror of Lady and Miss Midas, who generally take a saloon carriage all to themselves!?London Punch. Poor fellow!*' said the feraaie friend of the fallen: "but probably your home surroundings were not pleasant/' "You're out there, mum,"1 replied the HiiercsuLijj cruuuiui; uiac nus a uiiliard-room next door, a bowling-allev right across the way, and half a dozen ~ saloons within a "minute's walk. O, yes. my home surroundings couldn't be beat. Pleasant? Well, I should gle!"?Boston Transcript. In Malta persons arc forbidden come to the opera "in short sleeveM^ wiiii naKCU leei. necan unuei^^iici why there should be an objee^gi to short sleeves, but why shouhLJ^gf feet be excluded? .Some of^^iRoiions of' etiquette are too absmjtfj^-anything. A society youii<*rafllruoesn?t want to stay away iromJJ^^jpcvs. simply because his onjx^turof boots are at the shoemaker's | getting half-solod.?Xorrixl&wii Herald.: i Mr. F:in?:is (to von no- lndv^?"Ah. L-?- \- O W / ? Miss Charmante, I have just come from the side of Mrs. Smith, who has been asking me about the beautiful young ! lady at the flower table." Miss C. (appearing to busy herself in arranging some flowers)?"Have you never known how I detest flattery?" Mr. F. (who thinks he may have blundered)?"O, but really, you know, it is dark over where she is sitting. One can hardly ! see you."?Harper's Bazar. It was a rather green parliamentarian who roso to a point of order at the last session of the Huckleberryville town meeting. When requested to state his point he said: "My point is, Mr. Mod orator, that the gentleman, -who made the prayer didn't address the Chair." j The Moderator said that the point was : an entirely new one, and he should deiVIirm trv mlo mwri it until I ? V Wf ?V V4**V1* nv/ XicfcVt CiULlV; j to look up the authorities.?Boston Transcript. Directory canvasser?"And your occupation, please?'5 Householder?"Manufacturer of plu<r tobacco/' Directory canvasser?"Rather a singular coincidence: the man next door makes shoes." ! TT i.TJT - | xiouseiiumer? xiu? js in;? a COIDCI: dence?" Directory canvasser?"The j explanation is simple. He makes shoes, j and is therefore a shoemaker. You I manufacture plug tobacco; ergo you arc I a chewmaker, too." No inquest.? I American Bar.