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ABBEVILLE PRESS & BA>TNER.j| BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY o, 1879. NO. 35. VOLUME XXVf/jafl Night od the Farm. Tis dexfall on thi lonely firm, The flocks are gathered in the fold, The dusky air ia soft as balm, The daisies hide their.hearts of gold. Slow, drowsy, swinging bells are heard In pastures dewy, dark and dim, And in the door-yard trees a bird Thrills sleepily his evening hymn. xne a&TK, cine aeeps are iuii 01 stars ; One lone lamp in the hillside glooms, A mile away, is red as Mars; The night is Bweet with faint perfumes. At bedtime in the qniet house, Up through the wide, old rooms I go, Without a lamp ; and not a mouse Is stirring. Loudly, to and fro, The old clock ticks, and easterly The ancient windows open high ; Here the sun's kiss will w&ken me, With bird Bongs welling np the sky. ?^Inna Boynton AverilL THE VALLEY OF DEATH. A Tale of the Laat Afghan War. CHAPTER I.?AN' ASIATIC BEAUTY. Evening in Afghanistan, on a fine October day in 18il; the city of Cabul lying outspread in all the beauty of its countless gardens and many colored towers beneath the sunset glory, the massivo tomb of Baber, the Mogul, standing out like a giant sentinel against the crimeon sky ; the red light fading slowly over the wide green plain around, dotted with white villages, and framed in a rinfi of purple hills ; the little river | dancing and sparkling amid its cluster- | ing trees, and here and there along the ! endless raufcs of wooden houses a few I turbaned figures gliding forth to enjoy j the refreshing coolness of the coming [ night. But the peaceful scene harmonizes ill with the stalwart figures in white frocks that come tramping along the ; main street?showing the light hair and i dear blue eyes of the Englishman be- j side the lank, wiry frame and dark, lean visage of the Sepoy?heeding as little the fierce looks darted at them from ! either side as the gleam cast on their bayonets by the setting sun. Afghanistan has been invaded and ! overrun. The great Ameer, Dost Mohammed himself, is on his way to Peshawur as prisoner, and sixteen thousand troops hold Cabul in the name of Shah Soojah, the new king, whom British bayonets have forced upon tie "men of i the mountain." But the invaders, flushed with their ooot vir?tnrv and ill-restrained bv their commander, are already beginning to ; lose their discipline. An experienced leader wculd augnr mischief from the sonnds of boisterous merriment echoing on every side, and to and fro, as unlike as possible to wary soldiers in the heart of an enemy's conntry. ' At the corner of the principal streets three or four of the loudest brawlers had halted and spread themselves out as if to stop 6ome one who wished to pass. "Holloa, Bill 1" cried a rough voice; " 'ere's a prize. Who'll bid for a share ?" " Share and share alike, as good comrades ought!" shouted a second, with a coarse laugh. "Let's have a look at the little baggage." And, so speaking, he tore away the vail of the slight ffgure which his comrade had seized, revealing the face of a young native girl of sixteen. The next moment the aggressor started back with a howl of pain, as the small knife, which is every Afghan woman's inseparable companion, gashed his ex tended hand from side to sice. But the frail weapon was instantly wrested from her, while half a dozen strong hands seized the struggling form in their brutal grasp. Just at that critical moment a blow, which the late Senator Morrissey him self might have applauded, Bent tue foremost assailant sprawling on his back, while the others recoiled right and left before the shock of a tall figure that came bursting in among them, scattering them in all directions. 41 Now, then 1 who the deuce are you, shovin' in where you ain't wanted ?" growled one of the soldiers, pugnaoiouflly. The new-comer deigned no reply, but silently threw back bis cloak, displaying to the startled group the uniform c.f a line officer, ond the badge of their own. regiment. " By Jingo I" muttered theohallenger, with a look of dismay, " here's a pretty job." "You call yourselves Englishmen?" cried the officer, in a voice almost inarticulate with passion. " Is this how you keep up the honor of the old flag? You shall hear of this to-morrow morn j ing, be assured of that I Be off with you 1" The crestfallen brawlers slunk awsy without a word. Then ?he rescued girl took her protector's hand in both her own, and pressed it lightly to lier forehead, with an almost royal dignity, which, in one scarcely bejond the yelars of childhood, astonished even the unimaginative Englishman. Though voted a model officer by hid superiors, and an insensible brute by the ladies of the Peshawur garrison, Captain St. Clair was not yet so thoroughly "pipe-clay " as to have lost his appreciation of feminine charms; an*1 ho could not but own that this young beauty of the wilderness, with the Are of her Afghan blood in her deep, lustrous eye3, and the supple grace of the Oriental in every lino of her perfect figure, made such a picture as he had seldom eeen. In spite of himself, his voice softened as he asked, in her own language: Have they hurt vou, my dooi child?" . "I would have hurt them, had they not snatched away my knife," answered the Afghanne, proudly, as she pointed Ito the blood drops that had fallen from her assailant's wound. " The daughter of Akbar Khan knows how to defend herself!" "Akbar Khan!" echoed St. Clair, recalling with a sense of vague uneasiness for which he could not himself account, the name of the terrible chief whose influence among the hill tribes was only second to that of the Ameer himself. "But how came you here, then, when your father is far away in (ha unnth 9 " Kp "I came?to visit?a friend of my H father's," said the girl with a momentary Ml hesitation which did not escape her BS qnestioner. Ha "She's lying, the little fox !" thonght M he ; " but it's no business of mine." affl "I was going back," she continued, "to tho friends who are waiting forme H in yonder village, but I found the oity 31 gates shut" B " If that is your only difficulty," taid $S| the captain, " it is soon mended. Oome m with me." ' A few- minutes brought them to the J39 eastern gate, and two words to the senfjyM try sufficed to open it. Bfl As the girl passed through the deep, E9 shadowy archway, she looked wistfully [H back to her preserver, and paused for a n moment as if about to speak. Hg But the words, whatever1, they were, pi died on her lips, and Sc. Ciair strolled n| back to his quarters, with a*, half-smile Ub upon his face at the thoughts of a ro manM whioh the sentimentftl mbaltetne ihii \ I would have rejoioed in falling to the lot | of an " old stager " like himself. Little did he dream that upon this ! seeming trivial occurrence hung not merely his own life, but that of every ; man in the English army. CHAP. n. ? GATHERING OF THE VULTURES. Sixteen days had passed since Oaptain St. Clair's adventure,- and the night of | the 5th of November found him slowly pacing the Btreet where it had occurred. *_ i>;/i I <10 IIU DIWU UIUOJU^J 11IUUCU KJJ 1UO ; shadow of a projecting corner, two Afghans came slowly up the deserted street. Just as they passed him, he heard one say to the other : "All is well, then: for the hill tribes are with us to a man if Akbar Khan but lift his finger." j " It is said that the khan would have held back," rejoined the other, " for he knew that the Feringhees (Europeans) are strong; but when he heard that these dogs (may Allah consume them 1) had insulted his own daughter,Guleyaz, when she came hither in the last moon with his message to the chiefs of the city, he swore that not a man of the unbelievers should escape; and he will keep his oath!" And the speaker's voice was lost in the distance. St. Clair's heart grew chill within him as he listened. His worst suspicions were now fully confirmed, and the benumbing sense of secret treachery (of all things the most abhorrent to a brave man) oppressed him like a nightmare. Scarcely knowing what he did, he stepped forth as if to follow the two conspirators, and found himself face to face with Guleyaz herself I There she stood, in the ghostly twi ligttt?calm ana Deaumui as ever, dug with a sembre light in her large dark eyes, such as one sees in those of the hungry tiger, when, after a long and weary circuit through the jungle, he sees the deer which he has been tracking fairly within reach at last. " Feringhee," she said, taking his hand, " you showed me kindness onco, and an Afghan never forgets either good or evil. Death is waiting for the English host, and I have come to Bave you ere it be too late." " It is you, then, who have betrayed us ?" said Herbert, with an intensity of scorn which no words can convey. The taunt struck home. In an instant the tender, cliuging woman sprang up into an offenJed queen. " Betrayed I" echoed she fiercely. "Is it treachery to aid my own race against its enemies ? Why did the FeringheeB come hither to waste our valleys and buru our homes? Why have they taken our own king from us, and set up in his stead a dog unworthy to tie an Afghan's eandals ? But woe to them! Before the full moon shall have spent her light, the dogs Bhall lick the blood of every Feringhee in Cabull" Herbert shrank back appalled, eo hideously changed was that beautiful face by the Budden tempest of passion. But this movement of aversion checked her rage in mid-current, and the warm, womanly heart beneath asserted itself once more. "Do not be angry with me," she whispered, pleadingly; "no one sliaii ! harm you while I live. Hear me?the English are many and mighty, but what avails the tiger's strength when he is once in the toils? Every leaf on yonder hills is an Afghan warrior, every twig a loaded rifle. Escape if you can ; I will guide you out of the city, and bid my friends keep you safe till all is over. Why should you perish in vain ?" As she spoke, there came over her hearer'g noble face a smile of grand and commanding scorn. He drew up his towering figure to its full height, and met her beseeching eyes unflinchingly as he replied : " Do you ask me to desert my comrades in their sorest need, just that I may save my own life ? Thank you? such meanness does not run in our blood. If we are to die, we will die like brothers, shoulder to shoulder, striking hard and deep to the last, with the old English flag flying overhead 1" The girl looked at him?a look which, through all the horrors that were to come, he never forgot. Grief, aDger, tenderness, wondering admiration, were ; all miDgled in the momentary flash of those marvelous eyes. Then she pressed ! his hand passionately to her lips and I was gone. Ha! What was that sudden glare that ! broke out over tho whole eastern tide of I the tows ? And what conid be the : meaning of that dull, distant roar, like j a far-off sea. swelliDg ever louder and louder, till the ear conid distinguish the sharp crackle of musketry, the crush of falling buildings, the clamor of countless voiceB, ami nign over au. tne tern Die ; war-shout, " Allah Akbar !"?God is ; victorious. Just at that moment four soldiers, torn aDd blood-Btained, came marching past, carrying a helpless, ghastly, dust-begrimed figure, in which even St. Clair : himself conld scarcely recognize bis once gay and dandified junior lieutenant. "It's all up, old boy," said the lad, faintly. They have fired our quarters and murdered poor Burnes and ever so many more ; and the whole town's up to help them. Nothing for ibjjut to die game." " Nothing, indeed," muttered Her bert. " God have mercy on us all!" The next moment he was hastening at full speed towafd the scene of action. CHAPTER m.?THE VALLEY OF DEATH. All great historical catastrophes?Armada wrecks, London pestilences, Saragossa sieges, Moscowretreats? are wont , to prolong the agony which they inflict, and to let fall their vengeance drop by : drop, instead of mercifully ending ail ' with one crushing blow. So it fared with tbe ill-fated invaders of Cabul. The murder of Sir Alexander | Burnee, the noblest of the countless martyrs in that disastrous year, was f only the first drop of the coming storm. I Then followed blow upon blow, the | rising of the whole surrounding country, ; the destruction of the reconnoitering 1 parties sent ont too lato by the commander-in-chief; the capture of the British stores, which left the troops almost without food, and at length, on the fatal 1st of January, 1842, the ' crowning madness of the "convention of retreat," by which the whole army gave itself up to its destroyers, accepting the assurance of a safe passage homeward from tbe very men who had | sworn the death of every JBritisn soldier ! in GabuL Foremost in every combat was Her! bert St. Clair, recklessly exposing bimj self to all dangers; for, soldier a3 bo ! was to his very finger-tips, tbe sigbt of | an English flag dishonored and an Eng* ! lish army in retreat, bowed him down with a sense of personal disgrace, and made him careless of life after such a humiliation. But, to the amazement of all who witnessed hiB reckless daring, he came out of every fight as scatheless as he had gone into it; and. the conviction gradually forced itself upon him, with a j thrill of mingled bitterness and delight, that the Afghans had purposely spared his life, and that they had done so because he was the man whom their great prinoo's daughter secretly loved. Meanwhile the course of events went inexorably on. On the fifth o! January, in the depth of the terrible Afghan winter, the forlorn army?two-thirds of which w?re men reared ?mid the bars* ing heat of India?filed through the gate beware of Cabul, wearied, dejected,half-starved, sake?a ill-supplied with ammunition, to com- An h< mence its long march of death. door w? j For a time, however, it seemed as if " Fo j the assurance of safety were rr-nlly to for you be kept. They passed" the great plain Led 1 i without firing a shot or seeing the face a seemi of an enemy, ar.d even the most expe- ed a w > rienced officers began to hope that, after line of all, their worst apprehensions might statues, ! provo unfounded. In th But they little ;knew the man of the with whom they had to deal. Akbar stately i Khan was not one to let slip the prey the sp ; which he had once ensnared, and the with tl 1 jaws of death were already gaping for overBha ! every man of the ill-fated army. had ne^ In the gray of a gloomy winter morn- As . iiior flipv rvimA in fiicht. nf tlifi nass of fwhow Koord-Cabal, through which lay their one rap shortest route to India. At the first rememi glimpse of the black, tomb-like gorge, her eye shnt in by frowning precipices, over Then which brooded a weird, unearthly si- then A1 lence, the boldest felt their hearts sink, "Fei but it was too late now to draw back, and as ( Rank on rank, with the ghostly mist speak ' | closing around them like a shroud, the of the i doomed host want down into the valley angry, of death. j need e And theD, in one moment, the tragedy i for us: began. you asi Far and wide the air was rent with as a frii the Afghan war-shout, and each rock, we res] each thicket, each hollow, was one kind, ai blaze and crackle of musketry, every neB8. bullet telling fatally upon the helpless ranks, < mass below. of a Fei Surprised and outnumbered, t.'ie your w< : English still stood their ground man- and my i fully, and attempted to return the fire, For i ' but against ambushed marksmen hun- pulse tl dreds of feet overhead, what could they eyes thi ' do ? In a moment all was one whirl of his ow j fire and smoke and hideous uproar; yells Few m | of rage, shrieks of agony, savage curses, unmove , the shouts of officers, the neighing of knew tt : frightened horses, the crash of falling such a i I rocks, the groans of the wounded and tam de ! dying, all mingling in dismal chorns Afghan with the thunder of the battle?blood in the : flowing like water, and death coming the Eng j blindly, no man knew whence or how. as ever. What need to dwell on the multiplied mercilei j horrors of that fatal day? how the en- his voic trapped men, famibhed, wounded, hope- " Pri ! less of escape, fought stubbornly to the and I tl last; how the worn-out officers, with but we j their swords dropping from their frost- crown i bitten hands, still cheered on their English fainting men as gallantly as ever; how take th one handful of heroes fought their way derer. out of the deadly valley, only to be Even slaughtered to a man by fresh enemies dered to beyond. their to Of sixteen thousand who left the speech i capital, only a single man reached silence. Jellalabad alive; and one day avenged A mo alike Rohilcund and Oabul. prince's Through the whole of the dreadful a look o struggle. Herbert St. Clair had fought ?the a among the foremost, reckless of life, courage and caring only to have his fill of spoke t Afghan blood before he died. deadly 1 Man on man, the white-frocked mur- "Itii , derers fell before his deadly aim; and Thep the rocks*above began to echo with the i minglin cry of " Kill the Ingleez-Bashi I" (Eng- j the dooi lifih captain) while bullets fell around ! " Go( him thick and fast. But althongh his j uniform was torn to rags and his cap The s i struck from his head, the death hail the ane i still failed to reach his life; and the the dun; | superstitious mountaineers looked with been cai ! secret awe npon this man whom no Befor weapon could harm and no peril dis- corpse i may. stood C But the end came at last. A sharp, warning ! U-l.il L u:_ l./l rvT suaaen paug buoi mrougu mu icn oiue ???** ! ?a sick dizziness overpowered him? turban < | the blaok rocks and the rolling smoke, to bim \ ' and the eddy of struggling figures, He ot j swam before him in a mist?there was a dream, i j rushing, roaring sound in his ears?and complet fne fell heavily to the earth. door. Outst ! CHAPTER IV TRUE TO THE LAST. Benj When St. Clair regained conscious- powerfn | uess, ho was too weak and weary to ed Herl ; take much note of his surroundings. Pausi His chief ieeling was one of overpower- that all ; iug exhaustion, mixed with a vague went sti sense of having lain insensible for weeks and ope or even months since the fatal day of behind Koord-Cabul. Little by little be began What ' to notice that he was lying upon a clearly cushioned-couch in a large, high-roofed collects chamber, the walls of which were hung j ings of with the skins of wolves and tigers, damp, c , mingled with pointed helmets, silver- drop, w hilted yataghans and long mountain only s< rifles. silenco. Through a narrow loop-hole in the , 0Qe 1 ?u ? i.:?u 4-1,,-?i, lamr>. Wttilj WLIiUJLi xovuaicu X VO 11ULUCUOQ tuiua- ~ m A w nesB, he caught a glimpse of a Bmooth seized t green valley far below, dappled with h*m onT clustering trees, amoDg which a tiny . At lei ; Btream sparkled in the sunlight? a suffi- interval cient proof how long a time must have them, i elapsed since the gloomy winter morn- ^hich i ing of the great battle. cool nig j At that moment a light step caught stars sh his ear, and, looking round, he beheld V Th( onco more the long dark hair and lus* | 6u'de, j trous eyes of Guleyaz. j armies < He was about to speak, but she sign-1 now* I ed to him to be silent. j reach tt " The angel of death still hovers over j "And you, and you must beware. I will tell ; sudden you all you wish to know. The Ferin- ! tremor ghoeB are slain, every man; anJ the ! weepinj coward whom they set up as our king ; Joa has fled for his life. They who struck ' "Wb you down were men of another tribe, ! answer* who knew nothing of my father's j the dev nle<1cp! lint onr iiftoole reeoirnized von matter among the fallen, and bronght you i have Ba away?ani here, in tbe halls of Kara- I K00n 11 Dagh, you are safe as beneath the | " Ntr bhadow of the prophet's tomb !" | throwir The word "Kara-Dagh" (Black a8 M hit mountain) wjh a revelation to St. Clair, the cart There was no further room for doubt, sneak o He was a prisoner in the mountain stronghold of Akbar Khan himself! Come v j called ( Day succeeded day, and the wounded ! went, il uffioer, thanks to his own native vigor as | us ^wo 1 well as the untiring care of his charming | years nurse, began to shake off the fatal tor- HOyej_ + por which had held him down so long. ! pi0:_?,r After a while he was able to leave his j.. g couch, and, supported by the arm of J t, Guleyaz, who seldom left him, to ven- . * . ture forth upon the battlemonts, where r, he eat for hours drinking in the lifegiving mountain breeze, and feasting ~enfje~ | his eyes upon the glorious panorama be- ?urea i low. j I From Guleyaz'herself he had learned | ?j.j that her father was himself in the strong- | ,, hold; and the reluctance with which i .P', ehe gave the information recurred to his ' a ^ memory more than once. money^ The reason of these precautions was ' ma7 1 at length explained by a piece of news 8^eenVa ; which made his heart leap, when the ?,r,ee 111 ! careless talk of two sentinels brought it altuou8 ' to his ears, viz., that a second English reaus w ; army was advancing into Afghanistan to avenge toe destruction 01 us preaeces- ; 73, sors. | : No living creature is more thoronghly ; j3 P8.1 accessible to female influence than a ; | strong man suddenly made helpless; i j j and Herbert, with the princess1 arm : 'supporting his weary head , and her J ; musical voice repeating some stirring j jE?S>' native war-song or romantic Eastern ; ...... legend, was happier than he had ever i Qn tl been amid the rush and carnage of the pence " battle-field. the cei J But this pleasing dream was destined <jeep j to a sudden and awful awakening. One morning when St. Clair's strength was so completely restored that thoughts of escape had already begun to haunt : him, Gulejaz rose to leave him muoh before her usual time, with a long, lingering, beseeohing look, which her last This words terribly explained: veryva " The Feringhee warriors are on their men wl march hither, and my father is angry, of an ui This day he will send for yon, and, oh, several of offendiDg him, for your own I ind mine 1" our later, the curtain that hid his is lifted, and a deep voice said: llow ub, Ingleez. The khan calls jy his guards, St-. Clair traversed ngly endless passage, and enter- ; fide hall, around which stocd a armed Afghans, motionless as 1 e center sat the principal chiefs tribe, and midmost of all the 1 figure of Akbar himself, in all lendor of barbaric adornment, : le folds of his jeweled turban dowing the fierce blaok eyes that 1 rer known fear or mercy. the prisoner entered uuieyaz : as seated beside her father) shot id glance at him, as if to bid him >er her warning, and then oast s down as before. a was a momentary panse, and cbar spoke: inghee, you are a brave warrior; 1 jhief speaks with chief, so will I with yon. We have slain many Ingleez, and their brethren are ; War is at our gates, and we very good sword that will fight ' Hear me; we have fought with 1 an eneihy?we now embrace you snd. Ton have been valiant and : pect your valor; you have been j ad we are grateful for your kindDwell among us, fight in our [ jail yourself an Afghan instead ' ringbee?and my wealth shall be !1 jalth, and I will be your father, 1 daughter shall be your bride." 1 one moment the brave man's 1 irobbed wildly, as the large deep j it had so often looked love into n rested on him imploringly. ' en could have met that glance ! >d; while, on the other hand, he ' lat to refuse such an offer from ' man would be rushing upon cer- 1 ath, in the cruelest form that ' ??u "Dt-II I VUXJgCUUUCJ UUU1U UOYiOD. UUU " face of the terrible temptation, 1 ;lish heart within him beat true , He looked fearlessly into the ss eyes that watched him, and ie never wavered as he replied: ace, you have spoken plainly, lank you. Yoar offers are great; re you to offer me the Afghan tself, you could never tempt an . soldier to break his faith and e hand of a traitor and a mnrDo your worst?I defy you 1" the iron men around him shud0 hear such words addressed to errible leader, and the daring vas followed by a dead and awful mentary spasm of rage shook the grunit'e-he wn face, succeeded by f stern and reluctant admiration avage's instinctive admiration of , even in a mortal enemy. He it length, with a calmness more ;han the loudest anger : 3 enough?take him away I" . uards led forth the captive ; and g with their heavy tramp came mod man's last words : 1 save old England 1" ilence of midnight brooded over :ient palace, when the gloom of geon into which St. Clair had 3t was broken by a sudden light, e. him, white and rigid as a n the spectral glare of her lamp, Juleyaz, with her finger pressed ;ly to her lips. In silence bIio it to him the tunic and gaudy af an Afghan warrior, signifying ;o put them on. jeyed mechanically, like one in a md the moment the disguise was e she led him hastily to the iretched on the floor outside lay ;inel, evidently stupefied by some | il narcotic, by whom administer)ert could easily guess, ng a moment to assure herself was still in the castle, Guleyaz raight to the end of the passage ned a small iron door, locking it her as soon aB they had entered. s followed Herbert oould never recall. He had only a vaguo re- . >n of traoking the gloomy winda dismal cavern, from whose j ozy Bides tlie water fen drop r>y > ith a sullen plash, which waB the j )und that broke tbe eternal ! af these drops extinguished the j but Guleyaz's burning hand | ds own in the darkness, and led ! rard he knew z /t whither. igth, after a seemingly endless j , another door flew open before j ind St. Olair, with a delight i qo words can convey, felt the j htair on his cheek, and saw the ' ining overhead. ire lies your road," said his jointing down t.he valley. " Tbe af your people cannot be far off klay Allah keep you safe till you lem." I cnri 9" apIta/I TTftrliprf wifh n. i < impuise of tenderness, as tho { of her voice told him she was ji j. They will know that it is e 0 have 6aved me, and then "? ;0 cares what happens to me ?" j j jd the girl, passionately. "When ? r that refreshed it is gone, what , how soon the flower withers? I j ved your life?I care not how j 080 my own." Ij ?er, by he-wen !" cried St. Clair, !, ig his strong nrm around her, j ? whole soul were poured into j >68. " I am not such a cur ns to ; 1 ff in safety, and leave my little j ( lb to these mountain-wolves. |. ?ith me, darling; and may I be j soward before the whole regi- \ J : anything but death ever parts j! igain I" ! j 1 later, the story of that flight! ried the faith of the guests at j i - i 1 i-_i ?i.*11 i 1? I tunc parK; uut sun uuruur uju , ^ d it to recognize the savage ama-11 3abul in the beantiful and high- | dy to whom Sir Herbert St. i as wont to say playfully : c dear, I've been telling these t ten about our Afghan adven1842."?David Ker. \ ie Original " Greenback." IJ Mason, a Philadelphia dealer in ( rare coins, has a piece of paper ( which he values very highly, as , >e termed the corner-stone of our i { ick system. Its size is about j, iches by two. The paper is Btiff, j) h brown with age. One side ' i follows: i ""THREE PENCE. ,319. Three Pence. : This bill shall pass current for: ice within the Province of Penupyl-: a, according to an Act of Assembly:* o in 4th year of King George III.: Dated the : 1 18th day of Jane, 1764. : Lish coat: Three Pence. : I, AnnB. : J. W. Wharton.: 11 ie obverse side the words "throe j are printed in each corner. In i iter is the statement, in clear, pe: : i Printed by B. Franklin and D.Hall, : 1761. : ancient " greenback," whioh is i luable, was found by some work- i to were investigating the interior 1 aderground vault in Chester, Pa., i FARM. GARDEN AM) HOUSEHOLD Melectlnc andTrnnaplnnllnft Trees. il A Pennsylvania nurseryman tells ub hhat the German element of the popnla- f tion in parts of his State will, as a rule, " have nothing in the tree line unless it is * largo, and this partiality for overgrown stock is of great advantage to the deal- ?ers, who would be forced to destroy annually many hundreds of jnst ?>uch JJ specimens were it not ior this demand. " Believirjg that they thns get the mcst for their money, they are really obtain- " ing the least, as young, thrifty trees, i with smooth bright bark, and straight leading shoots, will give a bearing or- " cnara in advance 01 tne overgrown ones, r Young trees -with forked tops will be P the first to split dnring hard storms, ri therefore no matter how handsome in other respects, always avoid this defect. ^ Before setting examine well at the base ?' of the trunk where the roots emanate; ^ should any " borers " be found, out with 1E them, so that the tree may start fair, j" As health in any case is preferable to bl show, the young tree with long shoots, P( indicating conclusively the evil effects tr of strong stimulants, is muoh inferior to HJ one with short, well-ripened branches. ^ Of course it is hardly practicable to JL' attempt to save all the rootlets at dig- ^ gring time, but it is quite possible to a follow each large root very near to its cl end. If planters would onlv consider 8' the uses of roots there woula be much fewer instances of mutilation, and con3equent ill-success in orcharding. Oceajionally, however, roots will get bruised J* in digging, and then the bruised portion J1 must be cut away smoothly. In setting V the tree never jam the roots into a little fcL bole insufficient to hold them in a naturil position, but insist on having every little rootlet as near as may be just as it b< ?rew. As to depth, better plant too shallow than go to the other extreme, "( is in the former case there is small dan- P1 ?er of injury, especially if protected by nulching. " Few things are so important as firming the soil around newly-planted trees; i neglect Here is a principal canse or go "* nany vacant spaces in young orchards. " [f presaed down as solid as possible, the m soil will retain moisturd a far greater length of time than if merely thrown loosely into the hole, promote an early ti] start of the rootlets and Bmall fibers, 01 md prevent a loss which would follow a P{ jessation of growth. Something plausible is Baid on both j sides of the question of pruning trees at | ;he time of transplanting; but the weight 01 }f argument seems to favor a reasonable fl. shortening in. As a generally accepted aT rale, trees seldom make much growth Bt ;he first season after removal, and if the roots have not worked properly in their ^ lew home, the conscquence will be small Fellow foliage. Now if a portion of the tl ihoots are cat away in advance, the top jvill usnally present a better appearance m it the close of the first year. Pruning sc vill caijse accelerated growth, whether he tree has been moved or not, hence p] ts importance when other agents are at work to retard griwth. Some orchard- w ists prune too much; others not at oil. el Hie happy medinm bringB best results. Mulching rarely receives attention je except from those whoge long experience e3 las clearly indicated the necessity of preserving the roots at a regular medium m temperature, avoiding alike excess of c( Irought aud moisture. The necessity for it is equal?winter and summer?in fc winter to guard against sudden extremes ai )f temperature; in summer, as protec- je iion from hot sun. Be careful not to a] Dury the roots in a mulch several inches Jeep, as this would certainly injure tho ^ ree, and instances are known of specinens killed outright - victims of too y( much kindness. The material (which may be anything light, open and porous) jE ihould extend, in a newly-planted tree, is far as the roots spread instead of g, jeing heaped close around the stem.? LYCUS i(///V i/il/u/n>, | gj Household Illutn. fli When a drying rack is used dishes 8( ihould not be wiped. Fine china should never be put into lot water, as it spoils the enamel. ! Cool rain water and soda will remove ^ nachine greaso from washable fabrics. w Tortoise shell and horn combs last bi nuch longer for having oil rubbed ipto it hem once in awhile. cc A tablespoonful of ammonia in one iD gallon of warm water will restore the C? lolor of carpets. j A polish for black walnut may be nade of a quarter of a pint of raw linseed >il, one tablespoonful of muriatic acid, ind a little vinegar. When lvory-nanuiea Knives turn yeijw, rub them with nice sand-paper, or imery ; it will take off all the spots and estore the whiteness. Do not have 13 mnel or woolen dish ags, as they retain the grease, and so ? cecp putting it on instead of taking it >ff. Old towels are the best for this ' jurpose, and they should be washed cc md boiled as regularly as the napkins md towels themselves. cc Do not sweep carpets any oftener than t s absolutely necessary. 'After dinner b< iweep the crumb3 into a dueling-pan vith your hearth brush ; and, if you mve been sewing, pick up the shreds jy hand. A carpet can be kept very 0j leat in this way ; and a broom wears it p rery much. BIt is a good plan to put now earthen- 81 vare into cold wator and let it heat in gradually until it h ils ; then cool again, hi Brown earthenware in particular may 1? so toughened iu this way. A haudful | ef )f rye or wheat brim thrown in while it is ! se soiling will preserve the glazing so that | is t will not t>e destroyed oy acm or i xc lalt. ! fn The best way to clean-wash leather j ?* jloves is to wash them with nearly cold loap ami water on the hands, and rinse yell. When half dry, stretch them and at jull them till tliey become quite soil; ;hey require constant attention from the j*' loinmencement of the washing until 31 hey are dry. m As far as it is possible, have bits of j ** oread eaten up before they become hard. | , Spread those that are not eaten, and let ;hem dry, to be ponnded for puddings, )r soaked for brewis. Brewis is made of ? ;rustB and dry pieces of bread, soaked a jood while in hot milk, mashed, salted | ind buttered like toaBt. Above all, do jot let crusts accumulate in such quantises that they cannot be used. bj til tL Geography Bees. It was spelling matohes last winter, pi but this season the enjoyment is geog- m rnphy bees. Bee it ever so humble, bi Hmro'a iinthinor likft frfiOffTflnllV. Firfit ie IUV4UW ' O O 1 ^ ? they givo out easy places; big cities like ai Detroit that every body knows about? n< then they get down to plaoes like Chi- th L'ago, New York, Philadelphia and di Boston, aud at last those who remain th up are floored by asking about obscure cc towns, such as Toledo, Pnmpkinville, u] Sourkraufc, Cleveland, and placc-B of wi that class. If any person remains to Fttnnding after such an ordeal, the war st dispatches of the Asian campaign are read from some newspaper, and appal- ar ling names like Polliwollygobles, re Afghugnirkestrick, Dargjjextovgpqzjj, n< etc., mow down the remainder like the at unrelenting swath of Time's scythe, tn These geography matches are epidemic, h: ind^are^dcvaetipg the Western States, ti The Fifih Serve. It seems probable that the circulation 1 the brain alone may be increased, ad mental processes quickened, by reex action from the. skin. There are to nerves, known as the fifth pair, hich are distributed to the skin of the ead, and the mucous membrane of the jrea, nose, and mouth. These Brves are closely connected with the cart and vessels, and by stimulating leir branches, the circulation may be reatly increased. It is a curious ict that people of all nations are acistomed, when in any difficulty, to imolate one or another branch of the fth nerve, and quicken their mental roceeses. Thus, some persons, when nzzlel, scratch their heads; others ih t.hf>ir forehand, and others stroke r pull their beards, thus stimulating te occipital, frontal,or mental branches f those nerves. Many Germans, hen thinking, have a habit of strikig their fingers against their nuses, id thus stimulating the nasal cutaneons ranches; while in this country some sople stimulate the branches disibuted to the mucous membrane of the jse by taking snuff. The late Lord 'erby, when translating Homer, -was icustomed to eat brand ied cherries, no man will eat figs while composing leading article, another will suck locolate creams; some will smoke ciirettes, and others will sip brandy id water. By these means they stimu,te the lingual and buccal branches of le fifth nerve, and thus reflexly excite teir brains. Alcohol appears to excite ie circulation through the brain reflex' from the .mouth, and to stimulate ie heart reflexly from the stomach, ren before it is absorbed into the blood, tiortly after it has been swallowed, iwever, it is absorbed from ths stomih, and passes with the blood to the aart, to the brain, and to the other irts of the nervous system, upon which begins to act directly. Under its inaence the heart beats more quickly, ie blcod circulates more freely, and ins tha functional power of the various gabs in the body is increased, so that ie brain may think more rapidly, the uscles act more powerfully, and the omach digest more easily. But, with lis exception, the effect of alcohol upon ie nervous system may be described as ie of progressive paralysis.?Conttmvary Review. Bay Wauled. A few mornings since a lady living 1 Clifford street answered the bell to ad a bulky boy with an innocent face id peach-colored ears standing on tue eps. He explained be wanted to Bee 3r husband, and she answered that her isband bad left for hiB office. "I amtbe boy who sweeps ont all te offices where be is," said the boy as 3 backed down the steps, "and this oming I fonnd a letter in the big, irap-sack." " Well, you can leave it," she relied. " I?I gaess I hadn't better," he half hispered, as he showed the small pink lvelope. " Boy?that is?boy, let me see that tter !" she said as she advanoed and [tended her hand. "Oh, 'twonldn't be 'zactly right, a'am, 'cause I know he'd gin me fifty snts." "See hero, boy," she said, as she felt r the dollar bill left her to buy coffee id tea, "you take this, give me the tter, and don't say a word to Mr. Dout finding it." "I don't believe it's much of a letir," he remarked." "Never mind?hand it over?here's rar money 1" " Mebbe there hain't a word of writigin it, ma'am." " Here?give me the letter?now )!" She took it and entered the house, id the boy with peach-colored ears sw down the street like a cannibal ring to'dinner. In about forty seconds the woman ime out, looked up and down the reet, and the expression around her outh was not happy and peaceful. I he boy had seemed to doubt that there as any writing inside the envelope, at she was not quite prepared to teur open and find a printed document tmmencing : " Whereas, default hav- | g been made in the?eonditions of a srtain mortgage," etc. She wants to >ld another interview with tho lad. this meets hiB eye he will please call jtween the hours of eight and ten | clock a. m., when she feels the strongt.? Detroit Free Press. Value of Old Coins. The trade in old coins is not n light le, nor are its profits small. Fictitious lines have advanced 100 per cent, in : j ?t;u yeura UIJU tut) it'liueuuj jd aim uy I ard. In England there is much deand for okl American coins, and(Hectors average 100 per cent, profit 1 their sales. In this country these i tins are becoming very scarce indeed, j he onts and half cents of 1793, which I jlong to the first series of copper coin- j je in the United States, are in great i jmand, A coin of 1787 was designed f Franklin, and is extremely rare. One : the silver dollars made in the old hiladelphia mint in 1791 is in the ritiflh mnscum, and cost that institution L,000. Silver quarter dollars coined iono ic\n 01 nn ! I J.OAO ttid Vtuiill i?iuu cavu. uuici , ilf dimes, issued from the mint iu j i02, are also at a premium, and all j forts to obtain any of them to complete i its, even at the figure of 8100, have, it! said, proved futile. Silver dollars of j MM are oxtremely scarce, only live, so j r as known, being in existence. Three ( these are owned in England, and are | lined at 81.000 each. Half dollars of r96 and 1797 coinage are worth ?50, j id the same is offered for a 1799 cent i a half cent of 1796. In Philadelphia j pes a numismatist who has been in the i isiness for twenty yesra, Every sum- j er he goes to England for two months 11 id sells the coins he has collected. His 1 ime is well known there, and he visits ' 1 the principal towns where he finds ! en of wealth willing to pay handsome \ rices to add to their store of old and j xe money. ? Paper Barrels. It is claimed that'the new paper flour irrels are not only chcaper but more ght and durable, as well as lighter, lan those of ordinary construction. By j i improved method of manufacture, j lese barrels are composed of straw j ipertTpulp, which is run into a mold | ade into the shape of one-half of a irrel cut vertically. The pulp is sub- ! cted to a powerful hydraulio pressure, j id, when reduced to the required thick3ss, the ends of the halves are cut off; i ie pieces are then placed in a steam rier, the sides are trimmed evenly and i ie; substance thoroughly dried. It >mes from the drier ready for making i> into barrels. There are three heavy ooden hoops and two hoops fastened gather, and, into grooves cut in the i aves, the paper halves, which have an 'erage thioknees of three-sixteenths of : i inch, are slid. The end5 of the baril are made of paper of a similar thick- . )8p, coDBtruoted on the same principle i the sides. The barrels are manufac ired entirely by machinery, and the lives ore oat so trae that two pieoes of ie same sice will readily fit together!? rode Journal, OUTLAWS AT BAY. Mounted Policemen In Anatrnlla MnrroaniN ed In the Bunh and Shot Down In Cold Blood. A Melbourne paper says: Considerable sensation has been caused by a murderous attack upon a party of police at Stringybark creek, near Maosfleld. A few months ago Constable Fitzpatrick endeavored to arrest a young criminal, Daniel Kelly, at Greta, on a charge of horse stealing; but a rescue was made by the prisoner's brother, who shot the constable in the wrist. The two Kellys, for whom a reward was offered, have since been at large in the ranges forming the watershed of the King and Broken rivers. They have been joined by two confederates whoso names are unknown. Two parties of mounted police were recently dispatched in search of them. One of these, numbering four men?Sergeant Kennedy and Constables Scanlan, Lonigan and Mclntyre ?camped Saturday last at Stringybark creek. No special precautions were thought necessary, because the party supposed they were a long way' from Kelly's whereabouts. About six a. m. on Saturday, Kennedy and Scanlan went down the creek to explore, and they stayed away nearly all day. It was Molntyre's duty to cook, and lie attended closely to camp duty. In the forenoon some noise was heard, and Molntyre went out to have a look, but found nothing. He fired two shots out of his gun at a pair of parrots. This gunshot, he subsequently learned, was heard by Kelly, who must have been on the lookout for the police. At about five p. m., while Molntyre was at the fire making the afternoon tea, and Lonigan with him, they were surprised with the cry: " Bail up; throw up your arms." They looked up and saw four armed men close to them. Three carried guns, and Edward Kelly two rifles. Two of the men they did not know, but the fourth was the younger Kelly. Mclntyre had left his revolver at the tent door, and was unarmed. He therefore held np his hands as directed and faced round. Lonigan started for shelter behind a tree, and at the same time put his hand upon his revolver. But before he had moved two paces Edward Kelly Bhot him in the temple. He fell and died in a few seconds. Kelly had Mclntyre searched, and when they found him nnarmed they let him drop his hands. The men helped themselves to several articles. Kelly aBked where the other two men were, and said he wonld put a hole through Mclntyre if he told a lio. Mclntyre told hi'm who the two absent men were, and hoped they might not be shot in cold blood. Kelly'said, " No, I am not a coward. I'll shoot no man if he holds up his hands." He counselod Mclntyre to advise Kennedy and Scanlan to surrender. Kelly then caught sound of the approach of Kennedy and Scanlan, and the four men concealed themselves, some behind logs and one in the tent They made Mclntyre sit on a log, and Kelly said, " Mind, I have a rifle for you if you give any alarm." Kennedy and Scanlan rode into the camp. MoIntyre went forward and said, "Sergeant, I think you had better dismount and surrender, as you are surrounded." Kelly at the same time called out, "Put up your hands." Kennedy fancied that it was Lonigan who called out, and that a jest was intended, for he smiled and put his hand on his revolver case. He was instantly fired at, but not hit; and Kennedy then realized the hopelessness of his position, jumped off his horse, and said, "It's all right; stop firing." Scanlan sprang down and tried to make for a tree, but before he could unsling his ritle he was shot down. He never spoke. Mclntyre, believing that the men intended to ehootthe whole party, jumped on Kennedy's horse and dashed down the creek. Several shots were fired, but none reached him. His horso, however, was wonnded, and after riding a short distance he had to abandon the animal. He made his way across country to Mansfleld,gwhere he arrived on Sunday afternoon.^A search party, consisting of police ana volunteers, at once went out, and recovered tho bodies of Scanlan and Lonigan; bnt Kennedy was not to be found, nor could any trace of him be discovered. French Humor. A sort of humor seems to be extracted by tho Charivari of Paris out of the regicidal maDia of Europe. The Charivari gives the summary of leading European news as follows: " Russia?In view of tho return of the P7.r.r to Sfc. Petersburg, prudential measures have been taken. Three hundred polico agents have arrived from Moscow. The garrison and the neighboring troops are ordered, etc. " Germany?In view of the return of the emperor to Berlin, the police have takeu precautionary measures. Fifty persons suspected of socialism have been arrested. Troops have been echeloned so as to protect, etc. " Italy?In view of the return of King Humbert to Home, careful measures for security have been provided. At the station'many detachments of troops and ' police have been placed, etc. "Spain?In view of the return of King Alphonse XII. to Madrid, the police agents and troops, etc." But Charivari notes that " in view of the return of " President MacMahon from his hunting tour, " the guardians of the peace?c:o just as usual." Were an emperor in the rebuilt I'uilleries, it could probably bo written to-day of Franco as it is of Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria and Spain. For against the last emperor of France more regicidal attempts and plots were mado than agaiuev any "of his contemporaries?one in 1852, a ior.Q ? 1CKK o n BtJUULIU 111 10KfiJ, ? Liiiiii 1U 1UUU, ? iwuuu in 1857, ft fifth in 1858 and a sixth in 18G2. Were he reigning to-day he would scarcely escape the mania of assassination.?New York Hun. Facts About the Human Body. The skin 'contains more than two million openings, -which are the outlets of an equal number of sweat glands. The human skeleton consists of more than two hundred distinct bones. An amount of blood equal to the whole quantity in the body passes through the heart once every minute. The full capacity of the lungs is about three hundred and twenty cubic inches. About two-thirds of a pint of air is inhaled and exhaled at each breath in ordinary respiration. The stomach daily produces nine pounds of gastric jnice for digestion of food ; its capacity is about five pints. There are more than five hundred separate muscles in the body, with an equal number of nerves and blood vessels. The weight of the heart is from eight to twelve ounces. It beats one hundred thousand times in twenty-four hours. Each perspiratory duct is one fourth of an inch in length, which will make the aggregate length of the whole about ninA ilno The average man takes five and onehalf pounds of food and drink each day, which amounts to one ton of solid and liquid nourishment annually. A man breathes eighteen times a minute, and three thousand oubio feet, or about three hundred and seventy-five hogsheadi atj&f per hour. Famous Violin Makers. No one oan Bay just when violins wei invented, bnt it is certain that, thong the principle of thifl instrument?string sat in vibration upon a sounding-boar ?was known in the earliest times, th world still went on harping and drnni ming, playing on pipes, tabors, lutei dulcimers and other instruments, c which we have no patterns, for moi than five thousand years. The first violin is said to have com from the workshop of a studious old ir strument maker, Gasparo di Salo, wh lived in the village of Brescia, in north ern Italy, toward the last of the six teenth century. He gave the violin it present shape and size, and its nam ? which signifies "little viol." Atte him, in the same town, came many othe makers whom we need not recall, till w come to the famous name of Amali. Andreas Amati lived in the neighbor ing town of Cremona, and spent hi time mading viols after the fashion o the day. Bat it was a poor fashion, h thought; and when he heard that Gas paro di Salo had made grt at improve ments and changes in the instrument he journeyed to Breecia, entered Gas paro's workshop, learned all that wa taught there, and then, burning wit] new ideas, he went home and estab lished in his native village the celebrate< school of Cremona violins. His son were brought up to their father's trade and they handed the secrets of it to thei sons, who, in turn, altered and shape* and invented, seeking perfection. About hundred years after Caspar* di Salo had sent his violin into th< world, a young man named Antoniui Stradivarius was among the pqjiils a the Amati sohool. He was a slow, tilen youth, not remarkable for anything ex cepting his close attention to his worl (and his careful study of his master's in struments. Even after his apprentice ship was over, and he had started hi own workshop, he clung to the old pat terns, copying them in every detail both fanlis and merits, and often sign ing them with the nama of his master Nicholas Amati. But one day he seemi to have waked suddenly to clearer sight and he said to himself: " There's more musio in wood anc strings and horsehair than has ever ye been brought out. Antonius, that ii your work to do." Bo he set about this newly-reveale< | task with that qniet zeal and infinit* I nofianxa wliifllt rsa den/M-iliA hv thfl Hindi I word " genius." For twenty years hi shut himeelf up in a lonely workshop Ail the long time between" early man hood and middle age he spent before i work-benoh, with compass, or tool ii hand, experimenting with his materials testing, studying and applying thel properties and resources. He was fifty six years old before he was satisfied tba he had reached the best results of hii studies, and then, full of knowledge anc power, he began, in 1690, to make vio lina with wonderful rapidity, sending them throughout the musical world where their surpassing merits mad* them and the name of Stradivariu famous forever. Wheu we think of the slow growth o the violin, advancing only by centuries we can scarcely understand why a thin ? so slight, so apparently simple, shoulc have required 6ix thousand years for iti perfection. But what was the problen which the makers of the violin had sel themselves ? Simply this : No instro mefit expressed the shrill, clear vibrant quality of a soprano voice, ' Beside it, the tones of harps, lutes, guitars anc spinets were hollow and vexing. Eact violin maker then sought, with his bit< of wood and strings, to put the air it motion, to gather the sound-waves anc oonflne them in. the wooded shell, anc to send them back to us in tones whict should be brilliant, flexible, true anc mellow as the loveliest singing-voice? a vnir?A withont a human bodv. and vel one which should thrill us as if il started from a human soul. Tlrs was an immense problem, onlj to be solved by couutless practical experiments. llie theory of aeonst:cs, which our latter day pli losphers have made to plain, bad not tbtn been formu lated, and these oi l wcrkmrn groped ir the dark, suie of nothing111 tbev testec it. Tbe hast alteration in the carve ol the lims, or thickuesj of the wood, orir the pr portion of one part to another, cost years of study, with daily cc-m par.'sons and failures. The material! were few; bat a thousand variations, ol souud, volume and qaolity of tone coulc be produced from them. It would be foolish to say that Stradivarius and his fellows worked withont f method in a bap-hazard way; bat ihej certainly made laws for themselves, anc these laws aie based npon scientific principles so exact that Professor Tyndall himself can use nothing which nmvpH and illnsirates his lectures on sound bo thoroughly as a Oremona 7ioHd. As to creating a human voice, thai is done eo exactly with every shade and torn of expression that singing-masters eay no voice can be perfectly trae which has not been trained by Ihe violin, instead of the jangling piano-forte.?M. I D. Buff, in St. Nicholas. : Words of Wisdom. Who would not be honest if they kne* ; its sweets ? A talent is perfected in solitude; 8 character in the stream of the world. We are more learned in principles oJ duty, than skilled in the performance oi lit. Who is it that ever was a scholar thai | doth not carry away some verses which I in his youth he learned, and which, ever j to old age, serve him for homely lessons \ A handsome man or a handsome I woman is not improved by a shabby 01 Diauifiuijr unuo, o\j uuu uoouaumuicD axe . shown to a disadvantage through a styl( marked by illiteracies. What a grand power ia the power oi thought ? And what a grand being i? man when he uses it aright; because, after all, it is the use made of it that ie the important thing. Character comes out of thought; or rather thought comes out of character. The particulai thoughts are like the blossoms on the trees; they tell of what kind it is, " At ! aman thinketh in his heart, so id lie." j How the universal heart of man blessef ; flowers I They are wreathed round tht ; cradle, the marriage altar and the tomb, i The Persian in the far East delights ii I their perfume, and writeB his love ir | nosegays; while the Indian child of th( ; far West claps bis hands with glee af j he gathers the abundant blossoms?th< , illuminated scriptures of the prairies, The cupid of the ancient Hindoos tippec j his arrows with flowers, and orang< | flowers are a bridal crown with us, t j nation of yesterday. ! Bayard Taylor's Lines la an Albutq. Long ago, when Bayard Taylor was s young man, he wroto in the album of t young friend the following lines, wb'icl reveal the character of his aspirations ai that early age : " Upon the world'a great battle-field the brave Struggle and win and fail. Th6y proudly go Some to unnoticed graves, and some to sianc With earth's bright catalogue of great and good. Who, urged by coneciooBneeB of roble aime. Standi breast to breast with every evil thought, Subduing until etiicken down, shall pus In warrior glory to Lia long repose, And his good deec'a rest like % banner-pal? Telling tl e faith ho fought for to the world? Upon bla memory for aeil coming time I ' Bataxd .Tat to*.' Somehow or Other, '--'Jp g e Life has a burden for every man's honldei^p H h 8ome may escape from it a troubleb and care'v^Bj [8 Miss it in youth and 'twill eomt wben' wranH| :e And fit ne as close as garments we wear. ' jj~ Sorrow comes into oar lives uninvited, ' f^k M Robbing onr hearts of their treasurea of e Lovers grow oold and friendships are iHghted^jB Yet somehow or other we worry aloog.' fl 6 Every-day toil is an every-day blearing1* '* Though poverty's cottage and crust m satjg^E Weak is the back on which burdens are pressiogrJi 9 ^ But stout ia the heart that is strengthened-*J r Somehow or other the pathway grows brighte^jB r Juet when we mourn there ia none to bfr- ;,? Hope in the heart makes the bordeaseem ,'r.fl j And somehow or other we get to the end. I ITEMS OF 1KTEBEST. . \\ : JCjIgUMWU BtJVOUtyr t usuti - " s The prodigal's return?Gold come tOrl I - ^ sieigh-riding affords k. k. ? cold^^jl 8 A man takes no interest in a bod ing I ? vestment. 9 j Fan for the week?A'faroe in an 1 sane asylum. . - J 3 Nothing was made in vein, eicepl^j 3 human blood. | a The inebriate's song?This is the way jf I t I long have sot. 1 Eleven cheese factories are doing well : in Eossnth county, Iowa. I ] A refined gentlemen?One who geta.^ 1 ' refined for a second offense. 1 a "Quite a cold snap," as the fox re* I . narked when the trap took him in. 1 , It is said that the speed of a oo metis ] - eight times greater than a telegraphic , message. ^3 9 The Chinese new year begins on the 1 > 5th of February, and they celebrate ao-''?S | J A New York shopkeeper has writtffltffs j , on his door: "Every one shuts this 1 door but you." j 1 The individual who was accidently'^ j 3 injured by the discbarge of his duty 'ftfS I a still very low. ] 3 The tuberose grows wild in Venezuela, j and also in great abundance, being th6/^x * principal flower there. j 1 "Set solid," as the printer said*rhen 1 the chair be sat down wasn't there, and : $ I ' he landed on the floor. In one street in London are nearly i [ one hundred stores devoted to buying . and selling old coins. ] The first printing office established iri??i - Russia, in 1560, was destroyed by.fb&gM I superstitious populace. ? It cannot be that "all flesh is grass." -v| 3 Grass gets its dew?about the only b thing that does in this world.. . Silk pookefc handkerohiefa, and bine factory cotton will not fa^M&p* ' ped in salt and water whUag|K^^^w^i< j A man and a lion met one Bat they'll nev^r meet agaMTK, 5 For the man ran away with all HUVSggr V, -t i And the lion with all his mana. " 1 - "A short tale of n waggish nature is :? now in press," said Jones, whon he 6 stepped on the tail of his wife's favorite ' Health is just as contagious as di*?-1 ease. Few people realize this. We 3 imbibe vitality from strong and healthy -Jgjj j associates, beyond a doubt. [ Skating is a very healthful exerci*e? t It not only puts in play all the mnsolfg ; [ U1 IUO ICgD nuu m U1U, uuu *m ? . lumps for future phrenologists to feel I of and report on. . \ An official retorn showo that the num- 'jd ber of condemnations for crimes in r Prussia -was, in 1873, 11,692 ; in 1874, *,% . 12,844 ; in 1875,12,126 ; In 1876,18,197 , and in 1877, 14.849. .Sjga J Mr. Baker, of Oshkosh, has a son of ' seven years who reads in three lan- ?r' ' guages. He is the flower of the family.. ' ^ I ?Meridcn Recorder. And is un-. \ f doubtedly well-bred.?Rome Sentinel, ' 1 A young lady said to her lover: ' % 1 "Charley, how far is it around the: %-:i world?" "About twenty-four inches, . V;: I my darling," replied he, as his arm en-, circled her waist. She was all the world . JSC* to him. ^^2 In the midst of a quarrel?"I don't*'" j k know what keeps me from breaking you^fl^ , head I" "Well, I know what keeps me [ from breaking yours. I'm a member of, , the society for the prevention of cruelty: . | to animals!'' ' ? i There is an old nobleman in Fern who i always asks his body-eervant three qnes-^, - :? . tions upon rising in the morning : 1. " ; How is the weather? 2. How are the/'^* I horses ? 3. Under what form of govern-", ment are we living this morning ? " ' . ' 1 The Atlantic ocean, if it were to be/ ' drained, would be a vast plain, with ?r*.^ mountain ridge in the middle naming parallel with our coast. Another range .. orosses it from Newfoundland to Ireland, >. . :. on top of which lies the telegraphic ^ ? r cable. The first weeping willow in England * -V k is said to have beea planted by Alex- . . ander Pope.^He received a present of r figs from Toby, and observing a twig y t in the baskeWreadv to bud, planted it.' * * From his stock all'the millions in Eug- j * land and America are believed to have *, j sprung. ' > Have only such friends as will advanoe*v ' , yon in piety and virtue. Friends shouljj " ? : give each other good counsel, and siim*.^*^ 1 ! ulato each other to the love of goodness. , ^ r Do not exact from others that they love '! you as much as they can, or as muc'i as '. s;they oufht; but exact from youiielf.. , that vou thus love them, f! - ^ ' - 1 j The lSianu or Jersey, iu mo juug.^.^ ... Jj channel, produces a remarkable variety* ' 1 of cabbage, called tho Jersey-cow cab- i i:$ ' i bage, which growa to the 'height of . 1 three or four feet, and is cultivated for ' j fodder. The stalk, -which is tall and * ' j very straight, is ctften made into walk- , % ! j ing-stick8, and, when smoothed off and j 1 j varnished, it is similar in appearance to % ' >, bamboo cane. ?'ka* 1 ; The school is still; a baud is raised? > " May I go out, please, sir?" ?' . #? Aud 'tweoa his handkerchief aadjuoae * j Do ruddy ataim appear. l " Why, certainly," the master says; Jjk * The urchin straightwav goes ; j ; He takoa his cap from off its peg, ; The cranberry from bis nose. itewi Spangler, who has been to York | State, came in to-day to tell of what he 1H j called a wonderful sight. In riding through one of the interior towns, lio HH Haiti ho saw a crowd of twenty or thirty BH boys, and everyone of thom was bald? gflB and as he closed the door after him, 1#^ Spangler shoots off the Parthian arrow, | * " ' '?? " Tlifl vil. Uva j "snow-Danea, you mun, ... 11 ain.?Boston Transcript. t I A railroad company suspecting dead- 'fjjM heads pnt a detective cn the track. One ^9 , day ho heard a paeeenger remark thafc |M ifc was very easy to go from B to l i D without a tiobet. He watched 1 the speaker and was surprised to ec-e qjH I Him hand the conductor a ticket. Get j ting into conversation with' the passen- ? Igerhesaid: "I'd like to kpow yonr plan for traveling without a ticket, and don't mind giving you a couple of dollars for it." " Done," said tho man, Socketing the bill "Wheal want to