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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER:! BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. 0.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1881. NO. 30. VOLUME XXVL f{|| I To-Day auil To-.Morrow. If there conies somo joy to me, Would you have me stay, With that joy to sweeten life? " Yes, Ili art. stay te-dav." Well, the a, i: I havo a I'reim Of some coming sorrow, Shall I wait to fuel its fear]? "That will do to-morrow.'' If unto some loving heart I've a debt to pay ? " Ah! that is a might debt; Pay it, Heart, to-day." If I'm forced from hi:tor wrongs Cruel words to borrow'! "Then, dear Heart, there is no haste ; Keep them till to-morrow. " Duty, Kind lies? aad Success * Lose by slow delay ; Duty hath a double right When it claims to-da*; iununcss men it it must wait; Success w;]l not stay? Unto them comes uo to-morrow If they lose to-day. ' But for Debt anil Doubt ami Anger, 15 nt for useless Sorrow, Better yea should wait a <!ay; Keep them for to-morrow. And p. s every day s tc-day, .You icay patience borrow, Thus forever to put oil Such a bad to-morrow." I Tho Millon'e nnanHHannhfor iiv/ itii:ivsi \J v/i uiiu vimu vj u iu i | Tho summer afternoou waned at last; the flanr'ng sun declined toward the horizon, and a cool, soft breeze, inexpressibly delightful after the heat of the day, began to blow. Since early dawn Lizzie Dupout had been toiling at her needle, but now she threw down hor work, and leavinir the old mill stood on the rode plank that crossed the mi'I-race, and looked eagerly over the fields. "Oh, wbore canDossybe?"' shecried. i " That dreadful interest which must be i got ready by Saturday ha3 made me forget her. I ought to Have listened < to grandpa. I am sure something has happened to hor. She never was away ] so long before. I shall never forgive ' myself. What?what," she cried, sud- I denly clasping her hands, "if she < should be drowned ?" Lizzie Dupont had not always been a > reoiurnc ut mo uiu Liiu, ucpcuucuu vii her needle for support. She had once : been, and tli&t not so long ago, the i petted daughter of a merchant prince i in New York. Bat her father had failed and died soon after of a broken ] heart, and L:zzie would have starved if it had not been for her maternal j i grandfather. " Come to me," he had ' written; "I am old aud poor, but we < will share our crusts together. If you t have grown up to look like your dear mother you will bo the apple of my 1 eye." So Lizzie, ignored by htfr ] father's rich relations, had found refuge in this secluded spot. : Refuge ami pcace, but hardly happines?. In the days of her prosperity she ] had become acquainted with a young j linglisnman, tho sou ox a tit lea lamiiv, j i and bad plighted her troth to him, j Just before her father's failure Ross j ] Devereaux had sailed for England, intending within six months to return and [ claim his bride. But from that day to ? this Lizzie had never heard a word about him. i , At first she thought her letters had 11 been miscarried, and in the faith and trust of her young heart had continued ; < writing. But, at last, and afler discov- t ering the heartlessness of her father's j relatives, she began to believe that even I ? Ross might be selfish al.?o. " I am y - poor now, and he deserts me," she said. "God help me! But it is, I snppose, t the way of tho world." ] Lately a new trouble had come upon 1 her Her grandfather had been failing i all winter, so that a man had to be hired ! j to work the mill, and this had brought j \ them into debt. Already there was a j I mortgage on the mill, for the errand-: j father had never been a prosperous < man, and now the interest had fallen f i nto arrears for nearly a twelve-month, j Tlio holder of the mortgug'.* uas a cruel, i avaricious man. He had often threat- ] ened to tuni out the little family, if his j interest was not paid; and two weeks before he had served a written notice, i that, if the arrears were not forthcom- ] ing by the next Saturday, he would be as good as his word. Every day since s Lizzie had risen by candle light and < worked till bedtime. " If I can only < get this embroidery done for Mrs. "Wat- ] Ren," she said, " by that dreadful duv, j I may raise part of the mouey at least, { and perhaps then ho*will wait for the 1 rost." But, this afternoon, a ne v and greater ] trouble had come. Dossy, her little j J put sister, had been missing all day. i The child often spent the mornings playing in the woods, but invariably j returned to the noon-time meal. On ] this occasion, however, she did not < make her appearance. Lizzie was I alarmed, and would have gono to seek hor; but tho grandfather took it more i coolly. "She has stopped at some of i the neighbors," he said, "she will be home for supper; don't fret, dear." < Lizzie, thinking of the coming Satur- ; dpy, had allowed herself to be persuaded | that all was right, and had gone back to | her work. But, as tho afternoon wore ! < on and noDossycame, she grew serious- ! ly alarmed. At last, throwing down her i needle, she came, out, as we have t=een. j i "Oh, Dossy, Dossy!" she cried, when j : r.he had scrutinized the landscape vain- j Iv in every direction, "where are yen? it v.toa win oniy spare yon, Gear?it j:c i will give you back to us alive?I will never repine again at anything." i Bnt where was Dossy ? Was she really | lost? To explain this we must go back to 1 the a^rnoon before, arid look at Dospy, ! 1 as tiho sat in the ol<l-fashioned garden, | swaying to and fro in a grapevine : fcwing, puzzling over the troubles of! iha family. She was watching a bobo- j | link that sang in the heart o? a lilac I bush, and talking to herself the while. ! "What a nasty, ugly old man that landlord i'," ?he said; "and he made poor L'zzin cry so the other day when ho was here. Ho says he'll drive ns from our home. Why, then," with sudden consciousness, "we'll have no place to live in, and I shall never heir you tine:, birdie; nor have my llowers, _ 1*1.1. r\u i r\ i? m uvr uiv mucus. me ; vyu, mu i Sho sobbed a little, then shook off i * her April tcar3, and then fell to think-1 iug in earnest. If they only had some j money. What if sho con id get some ? She puckered her brow into a frown. Jnst then some market r.irts rolled by, : laden with produce, on ihair way to the j neighboring lit He town. On the front j Beat of one pat an old woman, with a ; basket of flower-, on her knees. A sudden thought flashed on Dossy, and the puckered little brow cleared np. Why couldn't she sell flowers? Her garden was fuli of them, especially ot pansic-s, j such punsies as were not often seen. | She jumped from the swing so quickly ; that, she lsindsd headforemost into, the grasses below. But, nothing daunted, j she regained her feet and began picking j off tho golden-heartod pausies unci | English daisies by Landfills. She I would do it; yes, indeed, she would, I and make ever so much money, and ! they wouldn't have to leave iho mill, and grandpa and sissie wouldn't cry any more. She fell to work nrranging Lor bouquets for the morroiy, lier eyes fairly dancing with delight. She put them together quite tastefully, and by the time the summer moon stood over the pines she had a long row set up amid tho evergreens, that the dew might keep them fresh. In tho morning, as soon as breakfast was over, she wonui ser one. Dear, innocent Dossy! She had not | the 1< ast doubt that she would succeed, and bno slept but little that night in her excitcment. Over and over she rose from her little bed and stole on tiptoe to the window to look down on her treasures. The morrow dawned cloudlessly. Breakfast over, Dossy ran down to the garden, crammed her posies into Lizzib'a market basket, and taking it on her chubby aim trudged away, fortu nately unnoticed. On she sped, past tlio lr.ng, long line of fences, and down into the vevv heart of the town. Her cheek j were crimson, her breath came in gasps, she almost stumbled with fatigue. but at last she reached the market-place and stopped in a littlo corner where the shadows fell cool, and where on old blind woman was selling laces. Flere, feeling a sense of safety and companionship from the old blind creature. sue sat down and began with deft hands to arrange her posies in front of , her. What a pi flint c she made in her , white frock, with itj shovt, puffed j sleeves; her eyes ablaze, her amber ringlets blown about by the morning breeze, framed, as it were, by a border of vellow daisies and golden-hearted 1 pansier,. At the silvery call of her 1 sweet bird-voice, piping: " Who'll bay j my pansies V" ono and another pedestrian looked back, a few smiled, and some stopped and purchased. Pres- ' ently a farme.-, who had jr.?t such a lit- j tie one at home, bought one of her ' Dosegays, and paid for it with half a 1 dollar. Dossy was in raptures. Then ; another gentleman camo along, this timo a comparatively young one, but r tall and dark, and with a bronzed face, f " Won't you buy a bunch of pansies, 1 sir, please ?" said little Dossy. i Tho stranger, who had not noticed 1 her before, stopped and looked for the si little piping voice. s " Please, sir," said Dossy, holding up a posy, "only twenty-five cents." r Tho young man flashed a keen glance -j at Dossy, and drew near, smiling. R " To be feuve I will," lie said, pleas- / ? ii-- it 'r r? ~ 1.^ .. autiy, "II Oiljv lur mo cttibu ui j vui ^ bright eyes. Twenty-live cents you < said, [ think,and he tirevV out his purse. q " Yes," ^said Dossy, apologetically, ^ imagining he thought the price too high. "You see I have to ask a good v ileal,", and she shook lior curly head with a grave, important air, "for Lizzie must havo the money by Saturday, r>r we shall bo turned out of our pretty home." As she finished she tendered to her auditor the prettiest of her posies, which sho had just selected for him out .if her store. n The stranger, all this time, had been looking curionsly at her. The color w went and catne on his face, his lips trembled, and he showed other signs of ^ amotion. " Toll me," ho cried, earnestly, "my . ilear, what is your name?" ft He drow close to Dossy as he spoke, md seemed to be looking in her face, " is if for somo half-remembered, halffancied likeness. b " i>essy," she answered,"" uossy l?upout.1' w His answer was to catch her in his \rtrvs slid kiss her again and again, his roicn trembling with excitement ashel jried, "Dossy! my little pot Dosey, .lon't you know who I am ?" . *fl But* Dossy stvuggled from his embrace, smoothed her curls, and answered u haughtily: " I asked you to buy my pansies, sir, ir md not to kiss me." The stranger bro?e into a joyous _ laugh. " and I will buy thorn," he replied, "every one of them. Bat don't rou really know me, Dossy ? 1 am Ross " Devereaux. Why, you have safe on my w inee many and many a timo." Dossy at this stared at him curiously, b: rhen she uttered a gleeful little shout ind sprang into his arms. if AU T lmntr I" ohn r*n*n<1 it T rn. V1-1J A auvn ? ouv VAAOUl A AV nember von. Won't Lizzio be glad? al {Von't she stop crying now ?" ci Ross Devereaux's swart cheek crim- n soned. "Take me to your homo," he ir aid, " to your sister. Is she here ?" w " No," answered Dossy, " we live at p grandpa's, at the old miil out of to^n, gi :ou know." sc " Let us go at once then. No need v< o sell pansies auy longer," cried Ross Oevereaux, eagerly setting the child on ler feet. Lizzie Dupont stcod as we have said, gazing across the meadows, heart- f} jroken about Dossy's prolonged absence, tl Suddenly two figures appeared, emerg. a] uc from the woods beyond in the 0; lirection of the town. Sbo gave a j( ire.it cry oi joy, for one was certainly fr Dossy. But who was the other ? Who ir >cas the tall, handsome man who held t( Dossy by the hand ? Could it be?no, c] :fc was impossible?not yet ? w At tins moment, vnuo sne was stm g uncertain; while lier heart leaped into jji lior throat, and then stopped beating, w irhile she felt dizzy, and abont to fall, md had to clutch at the railing, Dossy's a, companion, dropping tho child's hand, ffl Lrted forward, for ho had recognized Lizzie, and came hurrying over the meadow, waving his hat. He reached faille stile, was over it in a bound, and T) ihe next moment was at Lizzie's side. "Thank God I havo fonnd you at w last 1" ho cried, clasping her sinking }r term. " Poor, timid darling 1 Did you 4. think I had deserted you ?" < ?> What Lizzie would have replied, if c, nythiog, wo do not know; but ho gavo 3 be'r no chance; hurriedly, as if life and o; 3eat!i depended on it, ho went on to ^ tell his story. e; "Not one of your letters ever came ti to hand," he said. " They were inter- ^ rented, sis T discovered at last. I ~ wouldn't mention how, under other cir- ^ cumstances, but von, at least, ought to ^ know the whole truth. The fact is, dariing, that while my parents were eager to sj welcome you as a daughter, 1 had a jr cousin, an ambitious girl, who had al- S( ways lived with us, and who, it seems, | jr wished to marry me, not, of course," he i j] snid quickly, " that sho loved me, butj merely to secure the title and position, j v, Well, to ruuke a long .story short, she ; bribed tbe postmistress at the villago j ^ to give her your letters, so that I never I heard a word from you, or ubout you, ! w till, at last, in despair, I came oyer, be- i j fore I intended, to solve the mystery f( "Came over?" said Lizzie, faintly, [j and guiltily, conscious how sho had j 0 misjudged him. j 0l "To be sure," repeated Ross Dever- ^ eaux, franklv. "Ah! little skeptic, ?i yon doubted me. did to a?' I ]} "Indeed, indcod?" began Lizzie. ! a. But ho stopped her with a kiss. j ^ " Then it was," ho went on, " that L S1 heard for the first time of your father's death. But no one could givo me any ^ information of your whereabouts, I did not know your relations in New York, t] but I found out their names, though it was some time, and one was at Newport and nnoiher at Saratoga, and a third at Virginia Springs. Before I , could do anything camo the news of my father's sudden death, and a summons i ? home, for I am, you know, his heir as ' to both the titles and estates. When I ? had been at De?croaux hull for a week ^ or so the postmistress camo up, trembling and penitent, for I was dow sir ^ Ross, and she had discovered by this A 4l.?l T r. .1 ^ 8 mi1iu lUUb liiV i'UUMU utti .IUU IU uvj juuuj Devereaux. Then the vila plot was . revealed. Darliu?, ever nuce I Lave , been wild to discover you. I hurried up my business and left England at ^ once. But for a long time I was foiled. ' Your city cousins, on whom I had re- . lied, eouid no!- tell me where you had 1 gone. All they knew, and they told it N with evident confusion, was that your v mother's father had sent lor you, and 1 that he lived in this State, and in this [ part of it. So 1 have visited every square mile of this and four otbercoun- j ties, and only lighted on Dossy by accident, to-day. I didn't even know j your grandfather's name." There was much more to tell, details 1 with which wo will not tire the reader, ' eager questions and as eager replies. Lizzie could hardly ciedit her happiness. * jjossv (tancen r.rounu, snouting m giee. , If you ever visit England, and should ever go in the neighborhood of Dover- ' eanx hall, you will hear everybody ' talking of the beautiful Lady Dovoreaux whom Sir Ross brought home ' from America. Should you sco her ! you will recognize, as wo did, in the gracious matron the Miller's granddaughter. "J'OthiDg is small or great oE itself; it becomes so by the spirit we put into it. There iB no peace for the man who mates his starting point from himsolf.' The number of veitebrated animals is estimated at 20,000. FOIl THE LADIES. Ni:\vw nnd Note* lor Women. Tho best nnd most intelligent political writer in France in paid to be a woman. Juliette Lambert is her nom do plume. Empress Eugenie lias greatly failed of late. Her bands are doubled up with rheumatism, shj has a bloodless face and walks with a cane. Mis3 Annio Cutler, of New Haven, and a student of Smith college, was iwarded the ?200 prize for tho best entrance examination this term. Mmo. Pereo, a staid wife and mother, took u medical degree in Paris recently \mid tho applause of her masculine rivals. She was induced to study medinoe by an American lady physician who brought her through a serious illness. There is, according to the employnent agencies, a corner in servant, girls n New York, the demand far exceedng the supply. Swedish, (icrni'in and Scotch girls are mostly preferred. One igent said he wanted 500 or 600 girls. The perjury for which John Jackson, >f Burlington, Iowa, has been sent io state pri.-on for two years ccns-isied in lis having placed the figures eighteen n the shoes of tho young lady of whom le was enamored, so that in taking out , marriage lice.n?e ho could swear that he was over eighteen. The ladies can well retort upon the aen for extravagance in dress, as a New "ork correspondent shows. Here is , bill of particulars of a swell dress: Jane 5)5, Bilk hat $7, collar twenty-livo ents, scarf S2, searf pin 830,fall overcoat (!(), shii t, $4,undershirt ?2, ceat and vest 75. pantaloons, 815, accessories $1,shoes 9, seal ring $10, watch and ccain $250; rand total m the neighborhood of 500. Fanhloii Jioten. Beaded plush is imported for milhcrv purposes. White wool dresses are much worn >r day toilets. "With black lace ruffs no white is worn ext to the neck. Light-colored heavy wraps are rnnch orn this winter. 331ack remains the favorite dress o .merican women. Canary-colored moire is very faehionblo for brunettes. The richest of materials are employed 1 evening dresses. Very long trains require four straight readths of material. Pale-colored moire basques are worn ith dark velvet skirts. Plush basques with moire collars and tiffs arc much admired. There is a perceptible decline of mcy for feather turbans. Sagging Louis XIV. puffs are seen pon imported satin toilets. Drab, mode and tan colored hosiery l solid colors are fashionable. Tho deep-pointed Greek apron retains in favor for the front of dresses. Quaint and tiny Queen Mab poke onnets of white plush or beaver are orn by little girls. New French tea gowns show a com- j ination of pale-colored heliotrope and \ igc-green satin, brocaded with silver [ owers and leaves. A flounce is going to be a formidable j Bair, and, if it should keep on, by the ad of the winter it will consume a3 luch material as should go to the rnakig of a dross. Velvet a third of a yard ide is doubled and gathered or box laited, satin is doubled or lined and ithered very full, and Worth flounces >me trains to tho waist with doubled alvet. llcads and Hats. Whether the mighty sons of Auak wore ats at all is not of so much interest as le question of the circumference of leir heads. We read a great deal xnit the size and bulk of the giants of Id, but such extreme stories of sizearo joked upon with just suspicion. Very equently, when the armor worn by the ien-ftt arms of the sixteenth .ml sevc-nsenth centuries is examined, the con.usion is that the knight thus protected ns less in size tban the man of to-day. ut. the bulk of tho body may ave increased or diminished, but hat about the size of the head? i the hat we wear to-day as big ? the one donned by our graudithers ? English hatters?a consurvave set of mtn?declare that in their usiness tho diminution of the skull is uite apparent. Whereas thirty-live sars ago, when they ordered au jsortment of hats, the following ere tho proportions: Sizes of 21 iches, none; 21 1-2, 1 hat; 22 1-2, ; 23, 1; and 23 1 2 inches, 1 hat. I 0 day they order and sell hats cf de-1 reased circumference: Of 21 inches, hats; 211-2, 4; 22, 3; 22 1-2,1, and of 31-2 inches none at all. It might be I orth while to learn what has been the sperience of our hatters in regard to ie American head- coverings, and fac>ries making hats by the thousand light determine whether the American tad was diminishing ia bulk or not. here are, however, no reasons to Rnposo that a diminished size of tho head lould mean less of the thinking or itellectual power. It might be conding to know th.it by dint of selection, iteilectual people producing their kind, 10 osseous stucturo may have been ;esened, while tho quality of the brain as improved on the principle that it i 1 not always the biggest box that con- j lins tbo finest materials, l'erbaps the liolc explanation, as Professor Flowers rites in Nature, may arise from the ifferent fashion in wearing hats. In >rmer days the hat was slouched on ie back of the head, and it had > lio bigger, whilo to-day we wear ur hats on the top of our heads and :>ck thorn. One thing about hats hich physicians declare to be true is )at the hard black hat, which binds the rows, induces baldness. They agree s follows: That the circulation is indered, and the smaller veins ^hich apply the hair-making material and L-avo the bulbs at tho base of the hair ave their fluids sensibly diminished; i ence> so many heads that are without a j tiatch.?Nero York Times. " Wliy Ireland Wears the Green. i The London Truth publishes tho folowing communication : In your note* n tho Order of Saint Patrick in yes- I erday's i-sue of your paper, you sng-1 ;e.st that tho existing blue ribbons | hculd bo changed for a green one, on ; he ground that such nn alteration ! rould be well received by Irishmen, j iVill you allow me to point out that this j ug^estion arises from a totally unounded, though very common, belief hat green is the national color of Iro- j and ? The truth, however, is that I ;reen was never heard of as a national ir party eoler rill 170S, when tho Uni. od Irishmen adopted it, for the following reason : The ancient flag of Ireland ras a golden harp on a dark blue [round, as now depicted or emblazoned n the Irish quarter, tho third, of the oval standard, . nd tho revolutionary eadere, being anxious to nnlte together nil classes of Irishmen, jeing in that respect the exact :onverse of tho present agitaors, and to join tho Orangemen to the est of their fellow conntrvmon, adopted jrec-n an thr-ir distinguishing color kvliioli is, of course, by mixing together gold and blue At the time, therefore, )f the institution of tho Order of St. Patrick, in 178:5, the only and undoubted rational color was dark blue, and that irmlil itrrtVtnlilv liavn llPPTl til?f)loi' of the ribbon but that it had already been ippropriated by the Order of the Garter, which was originally light blue, but had been altered by the Hanoverian monarc r to its present color to distinguish their knights from those whom the two pretenders continued to invrft with the old light blue ribbon, (Hence, by the way, thii expression "true blue.") Under these circumstances, it was originally proposed that the St. Patrick ribbon should be orange, but, as it would have savored too ranch of party, it was ultimately determined that it should be the old color of the Garter?light blue. irf frny A Congressman in Damascus. Our consulate here is under the charge of Mr. Meshaka, who provided us with a "oavass," whose appearance was both authoritative and picturesque. His name is Selim El Havet, and hie golden embroidered and braided jacket, above Ins widely flowing white pants, with his silken turban of red and gold, gave ornament to his genius. Ho had genius for command, and, if naturalized, would make an excellent scrgeant-at-arms. Children gave way to him; people grown looked after him, and honored us because of him; and soldier.-} saluted us because of his relation to our government. The bazaars, once unknown as pathways for carriages, now were free to cur landau, when his presence was seen as its directing force. When he organized us for our observations this morning?it was with a carriage! A carriage is as strange in these narrow I streets as a white elephantine vehicle of the king of Siani would be in the Bowery. When, therefore, wo went out of our hotel, under a low door, metallic, and four feet high, and mounted our carriage, we had no idea of the perils we would undergo and oveicome from loaded camels ard donkeys in the uariow ways. These bazaars of Damascus are celebrated, but they are, liko those we saw at Broussa and Constantinople, scroened from sun in summer and snow in winter. They consist of long covered wooden sheds for each trade, open stalls whore goods are displayed, und the smoking salesman sits comffirtnlilv r.n n vnrr in n" liia lift!#* wareroom. There is no limitation on the kind and number of Asiatics who throng these cool, dark thoroughfares. What a medley of men and miscegenation of mankind! All colors, from ebony to ivory, in face and wardrobe; all shapes of matter, men and womon, and all sorts : of movements, jabber and cries ! The lieree, dark Bedouin, with bislight turban tied about his dark hair by a rope of black wool, and his weapons handy iu his sash, is here. Ho is being ' measured for his clothes, trying his tobacco or buying his shoes and saddles. We exchanged some civilities ata tailor's stall with a sheik from near Bagdad. My wife said to him, that if she were stronger, and wo had more time, she : would like to visit the famous city of ' Bagdad known so far and near. He i gare a quick, honest glance, and said: < "We will assure your safety and ease, i Go with us!" These Bedouin promises ' arc kept with fidelity, and but for trusts ] of Amrt rr*rv iili/Mil/1 Ijottq ' ' vnol^o/1 11 nrln t? I HO HKHi-llJ HO lUIUUlU UUTO X UUUUI ' bin belt" and taken bis offer. < Wbat happens in these bazaars when two caravans of mules or donkeys, with panniers loaded ten times the size of the animal, meet each other? What if a string of camels strive to "lumber " through, and what if our carriage, which can only go ono way and cannot be turned around, be caught in this Eastern imbroglio ? This happened to us once or twice; and a mad camel (and when mad they are very bad and mad) dashed by us. His ropes caught our carriage and but for the quickness of otsr dragoman we should have been upturned or inturned into a shop. Fortunately there was but one step from the carriage to a silk stall; and my wife was ready for the step. Nobody here will get out of tho way if they cun help it. Not even a dog gets out of the way, though instant death stares him in the , t;I,~ ;ii : iulc. JJIUU tut; uu win ya/io sleepily and half curiously at you; and like them ho will cry on tho least suspicion of trouble. You pick up a stone to hurl at a dog, and he howls until you throw it or hit him, and then he goes off quietly. Although our cavass was a Moslem, and sat above with the driver, sworded'asaknight and pistoled like a Bobudil. and all recognized him as authority with tho right of way to him, yet the dreamy turbaned folks about in tho bazaars, crosslegged, or on low stools, with their truck to sell or coffee to drink, never moved. Wo crashed in one of the four legs of a stool, and grazed the man who sat on it but he smoked away as if nothing had happened. It was " Kismet!"? Congressman S. S. Cox. The Graves or Lorenzo Dow. In response to numerous inquiries Dr. JI. E. Nagle favors the Planters' Journal with what he personally knows concernicg tho burial places of tho eccentric old preachcr. February 4, 1834, was ouo of tho most disagreeable of wintry days ever ex i tv v.: C V\ n 'ru^ I : pUIl^IIUUU iU \1 tVUlllJgLlHJ, JL/. \J. JL11U i J snow, mixed with rain, fell rapidly in ; ( clouds of sleet, and, being driven by a i i cutting, piercing northeast wind, made j the weather terribly uncomfortable to ! ] thot?e who were exposed to its fury. Be- t sides this, the roads weio muddy and ; { almost impassable. I f Notwithstanding this condition a ( largo funeral cortege, composed of 11 many of the most prominent citizens of! > the republic and city of Washington, j i attended the remains of Lorenzo Dow ] to their burial-place in Holmeads eerae- 1 ] tcry, at the intersection of Twentieth ! J street and Boundary avenue. At that j <. time, and for many years afterward, j * that was tho fashionable, and, in fact, j i the only prominent burying ground in ! t tho capital city. A sandstone slab was i < laid on tho grave, and for many years it i was usual for those who venerated the dead man's memory to make pilgrim- j ages to his grave. At last, Holmeads ' ( cemetery fell into disuse, and was i 1 abandoned. At present it is in a con- t dition of neglect, dilapidation, and i 1 decay that makes it one of tho uglictt j t and most hideous blots that disgracc ! ( flia linnefprl riirilizaMnn nf tlifl mORt I f beautiful city on this continent. Among the many admirers and oldtime friends of the eccentric preacher was Mr. Corcoran, the famous banker aud philanthropist. After he and his compeers had established Oak Hills cemetery in Georgetown D. C., as a popular aud wonderfully beautifully city of the dead, he doriated a pretty and prominent site for tho final depository of the famous preacher, aud p.o after a silent rest of forty years the ashes and slab were removed aud placed in their present position ou tho 17th of April, 1874. To find tho location of the grave you turn to tho right, after passing through the porter's lodge, and then follow tho pathway southward along tho fence, from wnich line mauy romantic views are seen, aud passing the lowly head- ! mr ulra 4-1? rt olmAOt; rilAO/?11VAfl i DbUUU Liltit Ui?lAO LJlXV tuiuuou uwovuivu 1 and neglected gravo of Salmon i P. Chase, tho imposing monuments of Stanton and others of note in tho history of the republic. At the turn by the grand gate, wViero the roud curves to the westward, the pathway goes on almost straight southward, and at'tor passing over the steps of the second terrace you go about ten feet eastward, whore will you find the stone slab which marks tho gravo. It rests at an angle of forty degrees on the slopo of the terrace fronting south, and is iu a good condition of preservation. The following transcript is a fac simile of the arraugement of the inscription: Tho liepositcry of Lorenzo Dow Who was born in Coventry Connecticut, October 18th, 1777, died Feb 2 1?31, A. E. 50. "A christian in the highest at vo of man Fie is A elave to no scct, takes i.o private road But looks through uaturo up to natures God " A large tract of waste laud in Southern Algeria Iihh been leased to 11 Frenchman who lias determined to make it pay, despite that it is valueless for agricultural purposes. His intention if; to convert it. into a lion and panther preserve. These beasts are to bo lured | into the preserve by old horses, mules, ! nnd asses which have done their life's j work. A luxurious hotel, supplied with i ! a Paris'.nn chef, is to bo erected upon i the estate, and from this headquarters \ will sally forth the budding sportsmen 1 who Hock thitherto enjoy the excite: ment of lion hunting. Those who are | particularly bold will be able to shoot . their game in the open; but ambuscades I will bo provided from which tho less i valorous can make it hot for the lions J while remaining in safety themselves. THE HOME DOCTOR. A Hint For Cold Weather.?Dr. Foote's Health Monthly advises pntting on an extra pair of stockings outside of tlio shoes when traveling in cold weather. Fon Cuts and Bruises.?One of the most convenient remedies, usually to be found in every kitchen, and which lias proved of great value in hundreds of cases of cuts, scratches, brnises and injuries inflicted by tearing the flesh on blunt instruments, rusted nails, and the like, is made by dissolving bicarbonate of soda or potash in strong cider vinegar, and applying it during the effervescence, or soon after. Particles in the Eve. - Old and young 1? i 1? UltJ U1 It'll &KJIK51J blUUUiUU I 'J small hard particlca of matter that got under the eye-lids. Wlien children suffer in this war, their parents may not even sucpect the cause of the trouble. Tho irritation may go on increasing for years ; for tho inflammation strongly resembles catarrhal conjunctivitis, which has quite a different cause. The conjunctivt, (as tho termination it is in medicine always means "inflammation of," conjunctivitis means inflammation of the conjunctiva) is a mucous membrane which begins near the edge of the lids, upper and lower, lines them, and then, turning back, covers also tho eyeball. It thus forms two sacs. It is exceedingly sensitive and is very liable to inflammations of various kinds, all painful and some very difficult of cure. A foreign body boneath. the eyelid soon inflames it. Such a body beneath the upper lid is not as readily detected as one beneath tho lower, and it is harder ; to remove it. A child that had long suffered from what was supposed to be catarrhal inflammation, and for which it had been energetically treated, only to grow worse, was brought to l)r. Broosa, professor of ophthalmology in the New York university. On tnrning i back tho child's upper eyplid.the source of the trouble was found in a small bud of a cherry-tree. Relief and cure followed its removal. In all such cases i the main tiling to do, is to evert the 1 lid. The lower lid is easily turned : over tho linger. If tho pirticleis be- ! neath the upper lid,press tne lid against 1 the eyebrow and have the patient look : down. Then seize tho eyelashes and 1 a/lorn nf Mio lifl on/? tnrn t.Vio lid nTiir>lr1v over the thumb. Remove the speck 1 with a handkerchief, and show it to the patient; for ho will often feel for some iime as if the object were still in tho . sye.? Youth's Covipanion. A Pictish Tower. Not far from Leavenwick is the island of Mousa, celebrated for containing tho most perfect known specimen of u Pictish tower. Tho island was formerly peopled, but is now uninhabited except by a few native sheep, taken over for grazing pui poses; but in the eyes of infiquaries tho little islet, only about a mile in length, is of national importinco, on account of tho ancient "burgh" erected thereon. The tower is ciroular in form, and fifty feet in diameter, and rvas formerly, no doubt, shaped like a ;licebox?wider on top and botton than in the middle. Lees than fifty feet in I lieight ia now standing. Tho stones < [ire laid together without cement, but i littcd together with a skill which has : ?vell enabled the edifice to resist the i lavages of time. The tower consists | ur two concentric walls, each five feet thick, with about the same space be- j [ween them. This space was all the j barrack-room allowed the hardy war- ' riors of old, the inner circle evidently forming tho courtyard. Between the two walls of tho tower winds a cork- ' screw staircase, communicating on its way up with a series of small chambers, i placed one above the other and ventilated from the interior courtyard bv i narrow slits. An interesting legend | tiangs around the venerable castle ol Mousa. About tbo year 1320, by the rights of Udah succession, Harold rod Erlend were joint earls of tho 3rkndy and Lhetlands. Tho widowed mother of Harold, tho dame Margaretta, a woman of groat beauty, after tnany adventures, attracted tbo notice ii ai3 honorable suitor?naroiu s partner, Erland?but Harold from some )au*c was adverse to Lis mother's nup,ials, so the pair fled together to Mousa. Harold pursued them with all fury, uiid ;o quote the old chronicler: "Anon ' led tho Damo Margaretta and Erlend nto the fort, within tho dark recesses J )f which they nestled like two pigeons n a dovecote." The "burgh" A'as beset with troops, 1 )ut so impregnable was the construc- 1 ion in thoso ante-gunpowder days, j1 hat tho besiegers could not reduco j! hum to submission except by cutting j; )u the supplies of food. This he did, ! * md awaited the result of a tedious j1 iiege. But Harold had powerful foes ! * :o coDtoud with elsewhere, and finally istencd to tho advice of others, who : jersuaded him that lie had bettor retain 1 Eilemi's friendship than provoko his jntnity. So, as Torfceus goes on to 1 ay, "a conciliation took place, aid then ] ivith great joy returned tho parties to heir heveral pursuits, well 8ft tis tied with ' ao!i other." ilhiilnm I ilosofoJT and IlieCzar. A correspondent ia St. Petersburg re *ovds an amiable action lately performed ] tho czar. During the last few days ho chief military procurator, Filoso- : on, ana bis wife have returned to Kus iia ana reappeared at court. The story 1 )f their absence is a curious one. Under ,be regime of Gurko it was an easy ;hing for any ono man or woman to be : iicbeted as "politically suspected," and 1 iealt. with accordingly. Mme. Filoso!oS was a cultivated and generous lady, 1 ind she employed her fparo moments j1 n frequent gifts to poor and promising i' students to aid them in their careers. A j student of science or literature was ,; egarded ipso facto by the Gurko schoolj )f politicians as a doubtful character ;! f not already a Nihilist there was no saying how-goon he might become ono. Madame Filosofoffs gifts to youths of :his class brought her into bad ropute, md although no proof seems to have been found that she really aided any professed revolutionists under the plea aiding scient lie or literary aspirants, she was suddenly informed that she must leave Russia and reside abroad. Her husband, tho chief military procurator, was in despair, but hia influence and office could not procure a remission of the hard sentence, which reduced liira to the condition of what the Gerrauns call a "straw widower." At a court ball shortly after the exile of his wife, ihe late Emperor Alexander II. went np to FilosofotI and kindly asked him why he looked so wretched. "Your majesty knows," he replied, "that I am a lonely man. I am do longer young, I am constantly ill, and I need hardly tay that I miss the society of my wife." "I can feel for you," said the czar, "and I wish that your wife could return to you; but," added he, after a pause, " I find that it is quite impracticable." Early the next morning, whilo the procurator was at work in his study, a courier arrived from tho czar, with a ncto in the imperial band writing. "As your wife cannot return to yon," said tho document, "you had better ro to her. I grant you an extra leave of absence and 2,000 rubles for traveling expenses.? Alexander." The present czar struck a line across Jladam FilosofofFs name in the list of " political suspects," and she and her husband, the compulsory and tho voluntary exile, were thus enabled to return home, ami, as cur police reports often conclude, " without a stain upon their character." The friends of the Davenport (Icwa) i Academy of Sciences ciaim tiiat tuar. institution possesses tho only evidence that, has yet been discovered that tho mysterious mound builders had a written language. It has in its museum two inscribed tablets which were found in some of the mounds, and which have attracted attention from American and European archaeologists. Mr. Prett, late president of tbo academy, believes that tho evidence of the genuineness of tho inscriptions is sufficient, but the fact must be regarded as still very much in question. Coin, Coin is presumed to be from the Lath: cuneus, a die or stamp, and itself reallj is a piece of metal converted into money by a.legal stamp. There is a tradition that Pheldon, king of Argos, first issued stamped silver about 746 B. 0. The earliest coins struck, both in Asia Minor and in Greece, were stamped upon one sido only. The first coin in England was made by the Romans earlyin tho first century. The shape varied? square, ronnd, oblong?until the middle ages, when round coin was adopted by all tho Enropean nations. Gold ? ;? ? a L i coiuu were iirnu lijpueu m A-xauue uj Clovis A. D. 489. About tbo same time they were issued in Spain by Amalric, tho Gothic king. In both countries they were called trienties. Tho first Amerioan coinage was by the Virginia company in 1612. The flrstmoney actually coined herewas in Massachusetts, in 1652. Thirty-threo years Inter Connecicut and "Vermont made copper coin, and throe years after them Now Jersey also made opper coin. Coins ore among tho most certain evidences of history. In the latter part of the Greek series they illustrate the chronology of reigns. In the Romaiseries they lix tho dates and siiccessi of events. Gibbon observes that if ail our historians wero lost, medals, inscriptions and other monuments would bo sufficient to record tho travels of Hadrian. Tbo reign of Trobus might i :n i !.: ? uu wriiiou irom uih uuiuu. .Another word belonging to this class comes from the Roman coin issued by Scrvius Tultiu?, aud boro tlio imago of a sheep [pcciis), and was thence called pecunia, the term subsequently applied to money in general. Some coinB have derived their names from their weight ?as, for instance, tho British pound, the French iivrr., the Italian lire/ some from tho metal itself, as the cuercus, the rupee, from tho Sanscrit " rupya," silver. Other coins have got their names from the design, as the American eagle, the angel, testoon (from teslao, a head.) Others from the head of the state, as the sovereign, the crown ; and others from the monarch's proper name, as the darie (from Darius) the Phillip, Louis d' or, or the Napoleon. Then, again, some coins have got their names frnm nlarpn. Tho florin, whifth has different values in Holland, BavariaEngland and Austria, ia so called be, causo it was first coined in Florence. The French franc took its name from tho first syllable of the inscription francnrwn r?r, king of tho French. The sou, which circulates in Franco as the cent, does in the United States, is from the Latin " solvhis" which was the name of a golden coin is3ucd by some of the Romon emperors. The guinea derived its name from the coast of Guinea, in Africa, from which was brought the gold from which it was coined, first in the year 1664. They were called in and succeeded by the sovereign in 1817. The English pound was originally a pound of silver, which was divided into 240 pennies, by the Saions. The shilling has been assigned a great many derivations. The moat plausible refers it back to the German "schill" or shield. so that shielding, finally reduced to shilling, wonid indicate a coin on which the prince's shield is stamped. The ponny is a coin of a vast antiquity. Its familiar shape, as may be generally known, is a comparatively modern alteration of the silver form in which it was known in ancient times. The American cent began to make its appearance from the mint in 1792, and was prepared by Robert Morris, the great financier of the Revolution. The dollar or thaler is said to been first struck in the dale or valley of Joachim, in Bohemia, in the sixteenth century. The first coinage in this country commenced in 1794. This silver coin circulates in Spain, Germany, Holland and Mexico.?Troy Times. Variations in a Man's Height. A contributor to the German MilitarWochenblali who has been lately employed in mustering and examining the recruits drafted this year into the. German army has established, by a long series of careful measurements, not only that the height of a man varies very considerably at different times of the day, but also that this variation tabes place with great regularity in every individual man. The amount of this variation in height is, however, not the same in all men, bn? depenJs on the size and age of each individuals tall man losing more in height than a shorter one, and a yonng man more than an older one?assuming that in all cases the m?n are fully grown. In the ntlLUU UiUU l/uu UIUUUIIU v* luuubivu au height depends mainly upon the number of Lours lie has been standing or sitting sinco rising from his l;oJ. W liile lying down tho height of a man increases; while standing or sitting it decreases; and therefore under normal conditions n man is taller in the morning than in the evening, while to some slight extent oxtremely fatiguing exercise or work causes additional decrease of stature. The greatest difference in height in a Jay hitherto observed in any man is four centimeters, or a triflo more than one and one-half inches; while tho contributor of a paper to the MiliUir-Wnchotijlatl has found, as the result of a number of careful measurements of himself, that while every morning he measures immediately on rising exactly 172 centimeters, or five feet Dight inches, his height at night varies 171 to 1701-4 centimeters, or from five feet seren and one-Half mcnes to nve feet seven and one-qusrter inches. The spine of u man, in fact, consists of twenty-iour separate vertebra, between every two of which there is an elastic cartilage, aud these cartilaginous divisions become compressed by the weight pressing upon thom when a man is standing or sitting. Test, lor Water. A simple test is to cork up a small bottle nearly full of it, in which a piece of lump sugar has been put. If by thus excluding the air and letting it stand in tho light for two or three days there is not a milky cloud seen, but the nlnor -if nrnr Iia anil acmroseeu io every uepaiLiuem and commanding oflicer of the several army corps, only requiring the dates to bo filled in for dispatch in ton minutes. Ho was assured that all the horses belonging to private people throughout tlio conntry were marked off for tho regiments and batteries to which thoy would bo attached in war time,, and alao tho hoax and the train by which each , horse would be die ered free from tho phosphates with which sowage wati r is impregnated. To ascertain if water contains iron, take a glass of water aud add to it a few drops of the infusion of nutgalls, or suspend a nutgall in it by means of a thread for twenty-four hours. If iron bo present, tho water will become of a dark-brown or black color. Prussiate of potash is a still more delicato test for detecting iron. If a crystal, or a drop of it, when dissolved, be added to a glass of water containing iron, it will immediately become of a bluo color. To ascertain if water contains magnesia, take a quantity of the water, and boil down to a twentieth part of its bulk; then drop a few grains of carbonate of ammonia into a small glass - e ?i.? xt~ ? ??,:n Ul Wttltif. liu liiiigurnia Hill jrcu uc j/iccipitated; but on adding a small quantity of phosphate of scda, if any magnesia bo present it will then mako its appearance and fall to the bottom of the glass. In this experiment it is necessary that the carbonate of airmonia bo in a neutral state. All Heady to Fight. General Roberts, of Afghanistan fame, was sent in August last to Germany by his government to attend the annual maneuvers of tho Hanover aud Scbleswig Holstein army corps. The Prussian system and its perfection of organization, in his opinion, constitutes the most finished and easily worked lighting machine tho world has kuown. To such perfection has its organization been brought, ho says, that in one night any army corps can bo mobilized. He was told that in the bureau of tho general staff letters were ready stamped WISE WORDS. ! To indulge a consciousness of good' , ness is tho way to lose it. [ Good company and good conversa' tion are the very sinews of nature, i If conscience restrains thee to-day il will to-morrow and all thy life long. All that a man gets by lying is, thai he is not believed when he speaks the truth. There is no sadder truth to the human mind than the irrevocableness oi the past. Any ono may do a casual act of good nature, but a continuation of then: shows in part the temperament of the individual. Ttl 1 _ ?1 ? 1 _ t 1'L? -treasure ana pain giiue vy uh iikc shadows; life vanishes in a moment; it is nothing in itself?its value consists in tho use of it. A brain is a very hungry thing, indeed, an-1 he who possesses it mu9t constantly feed it by reading or thinking, or it will shrivel up or fall asleep. Onv condition never satisfies us; the present is always tho worst Though Jupiter should grant hi3 request to each, wo would continue to importune him. If there are any genuine perfectionists in this country, men who haven't committed a sin of any kind for sixteen years, they can get good salaries as bank cashiers, Tho habit of fretting is one that grows rapidly unless it bo sternly repressed; and tho best way to overcomo it is to try to look always on tho bright side of things. He who learns and makes no use of his learning is a beast of burden with a loaucu noons, uomprenencietntneass whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of fagots'? Fame has no necessary conjunction with praise ; it may exist without the breath of a word ; it is a recognition of excellence which must be felt, but need not be spoken. Even the envious must feel it; feel it, and hate in silence. What a world this would be if all its inhabitants could say with Shakespeare's shepherd: " Sir, I am a true laborer; I earn what I wear; I owe no man a hate; envy no man's happiness; glad of other men's good; content with my farm." II ow44 Suspects" arc Watched in Francs If a man in France be arrested ox merely suspected he must say who lie is. Concealment is useless, for the police will not release the man until they have exhausted all means of ascertaining the truth. Ho may give a false name, or say he is a foreigner, but the authorities of the place where he professes to have been born will be written to and if tho information ho has given bo found incorrect he will be liable to six months' imprisonment for being n vagabond; nor will his trouble end there, for the police will take it for granted that he is only concealing his identity because he has committed some great crime, and he will bo placed under surveillance till his life becomes so burdensome that he will tell the truth to get a little peace. French criminals of the lower class scarcely ever try to conceal their identity. In the course of fifty years the Prefecture have had manv cases ol Englishmen and Americans who gave false names and whose identity could not be discovered because the English and American police could afford no assistance in the matter, but they can only quote one case of a Frenchman who obstinately resisted all efforts to ascertain what his name was. This wretched man had been arrested for a petty theft and stated that he wa3 an Italian. This proved to be false ; at least it was discovered that no person bearing his name had been born in the commune which he described as his birthplace He was kept in prison fifteen months and questioned eighty times by a Judge of Instruction, but to no purpose, so tbat he was at last tried for being a thief and a vagabond and sentenced to a year's imprisonment. On his release he was treated as a foreigner?that is, he was expelled tho country by order of the Perfect of Police, and being convoyed to the frontier between two gendarmes, he was given up to the Italian authorities as a suspected criminal. The Italian police system being like the French tho vagabond was taken to jail and asked to give an account of himself. As he persisted in telling palpable untruths about his birthplace he was kept lur several iiiuams m uiuuuuo mi-u sentenced to six months for vagabondage, and on tlie expiration of Lis term he was sent back to France. This time the French did not arrest him bat they watched him. The unhappy man seeking for work as a stone mason soon found employment; but gave his master a name different to that under which ho had been sentenced. Tho police were dowu upon him at once. Having ascertained that his new name was not his own thoy got him sentenced again to a year's imprisonment, and upon his discharge they told him plainly that he could expect no peace nntil he made an avowal of his identity. He was consigned to a "Depot do Mendicite," or depot for incorrigible vagabonds, and there committed suicide. Who he was ha* never been ascertained; but the relentless pertinacity with which he was hunted to death shows what a grim due) it is which the French police wages against criminals. If this unfortunate man had given himself out as an Englishman and had got himself conveyed to Dover, his troubles would have ceased when he touched English soil, for the British police would have had no right to worry him or to ship him back to France. Life in Lapland. It always amused me, writes Da riNoillfi 1^'a n T.orwl nf fha niolif, Snn," to sco the Lapp babies in their katkcm or komsee. These aro made of a single piece of wood, and arc about two and one-half feet long by fifteen or eighteen inches wide, and arc slung round tho mother's shoulders, who often endures fearful storms in her winter wanderings. In cold weather an extra skin is thrown over it. The infants aro kept in their cradles most of the time till they begin to walk. The Lapp babies were kept very clean, cuch being thoroughly washed every day. The Lapps are less cleanlv, however, in their houses and surroundings. Here is a sketch of a Lapp vifiuge just before the spring hegira to the pasture lands: The hamlet was full of life. In summer, as we have seen, no one is at home. Every house wa3 full of Laplanders, coming to see their friends and relatives, or to leave what they did not wish to transport, and to buy Hour, coffee, sugar, etc. They slept, as usual, on the floor, on skins; the houses at that time, being very full, were particularly dirty, ami coukl not do cieauea uu tut crowd had left. In each room half it Jeore of people had quartered themselves with the family, where they cooked their meat and lish, the bones and refuse of which were often thrown on the jloor. All were either smoking or snniling (for they are great snuff takers), singing, playing cards, laughing or talking. The welcome to their friends was hearty, because several months would elapse before they wouul meet again. Oji such visits tho gue bring their own provisions. The ho alitv of the host is unbounded conc mg lodgings; he generally receives a hirge piece of reindeer meat or a pair of gloves or shoes when a friend goes away. During liis stay the tfuest treats bis host and family to cotTee, and they return the compliment with the same beverage. When they aro very good friends the wife will bake bread for them. The principal food is reindeer rnpat, but bread, butter and cheese are also used. Tho amount of collee drunk by Lapnriders is verv sreat. In this worlo a man ia likely to got what ho gives. Men's hearts aro like a whispering gallery to you. If you speak softly a gentle whisper comes book; if you scold you get scoldcd. With the measure you mete it is measj, -Bred to you again. Business Law in Daily Use. If a note is lost or stolen it doss not release the malter; he must pay It if the consideration for which it was given " and the amount can be proven. Notes bear interest only when so : stated. Principals are responsible for^ the acts of their agents. i Each individual in a partnership is responsible for the whole amount of . the debts of the firm, except in cases of f a special partnership. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. pariy iiutiucu. Tlie holder of a note may give notice i of protest either to all the previous indorsers, or only to one of them ; in case of the latter, he mast select the last indorsee and the last musb give notice to the last before him, and so on. Each indorser must send notice the same day i or the day following. Neither Sunday nor legal holiday is to be counted in reckoning the time in which notice is to be given. If two or more persona as partners aro jointly liable on a note or bill, due notice to one of them is sufficient. An indorser may prevent his own liability to be sued by writing " without recourse " or similar words. All claims which do not rest upon a seal or judgment must be sued within six years from the time when they arise. Part payment of a debt which has passed the time of statutory limitation ! revivos the whole debt, and the claim holds good for another period of six years from the date of surh partial payment. If, when a debt is due, the debtor is 1 out of the State, the "six years" do - - a t l *:i 1. ^ , T# ! | not uegin tu run uuui uu muiuB, xi ! | he afterward leave the State, the time forward connts the same as if he re[ mained in the State.?School Journal. : Jilght Experiences of a New York Piloti Boat. 1 We ran westward all night under short sail, taking casts of the lead at in1 tervals. Soon after ten, the atmosphere 1 being thick, but not so much so as to prevent us from discerning objects at 1 the distance of a mile, wo discovered a ' fisilin ?-ship ahead, evidently running 1 fcr New York, and probably in need of ' a pilot. Edging away toward her, we lit our torch, and had the satisfac; tion of Feeing her send up a couple of ! rockets in response. At the same time | she bucked her reefed maintopsail and hove to. Running down on her he side, wo also hove to verf near to her, 1 and proceeded to launch the yawl. It 1 was a wild scene as the little boat vanished into the darkness, perhaps never to be seen again. But her crew carried a lantern with them, and after they had left tho pilot on board the ship, we were ablo to shape our movements by this little glimmer bobbing up and down like an ignis fatuus in the misly dark. As the night wore on tho fog ! grew so dense that we brought up our An agreement wimouu consideration is void. ! A note made on Snnday is void. Contracts made on Snnday cannot be nforced. 1 A note by a minor is void. A contrtiflh made with a lunatic is void A note obtained by fraud or from a person in a state of intoxication cannot be collected. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. Signatures made with a lead-pencil are qood in law. The acts of one partner bind the rest. " Value received " is usually written in a note, and should be, but is not necessary. If not written it is presumed by the law or may bo supplied by proof. Tho maker of an " accommodation " bill or note (one for which he has received 110 consideration), having lent his namo or credit for tlio benefit of the holder, is not bound to tho person accommodated, but is bound to all other parties, precisely as if there was a good consideration. No consideration is sufficient in law if it bo illegal in its nature. Checks or drafts must be presented for payment without unreasonable delay An indorsee has a right of action against all whose name3 wero on the bill when he received it. If tho letter containing a protest of i non-payment be put into the postoflice, any miscarriago does not affect the party giving notice. Notes of protest may bo sent eithor to tho place of business or residence of the i | six-pound brass piece from tne iore peak, and fired it at fhoit intervals; j this was docc, not, as olc might sapI pose, to keep vessels from coming into I collision with the schooner, but to inform them there was a pilot-boat in the vicinity. Bnt this verj fact required redoubled vigilauce on our part, in order that wo might not be run down. In (he middle watch we were startled, juet after firing the cannon, by the answering whistle of a steamer hoarsely coming down tho wind, and close at fTkrv Avnifamonf nf f V> n mnmonf I U LI LIU ?L jLIVJ CAV>lUt7UIVUU Vi i.uu iuvwvuv [ was intense. Again we fired the can| non. The whistle drew nearer, and all i at once the colored lights of a steamer loomed out of tho dripping mist, and her huge bow emerged from the gloom, so near that it actually seemed to overhang our deck. Passing close alongside, she slowed up the palpitation of her mighty engiae a moment to make sure of our position, and then vaguely glided out of sight.?Century Magazine. Crane Dance. The following yarn is from tho Chicago Tribune: A haunter from Minnesota describes a crane dance seen by him recently in that State. At a mile distant from where he and his com- j panions stood were seen, on a low, sandy | spot of ground, fifteen cranes in a ro\^ There was ono which appeared to be the louder, who strutted up and down the line like a drum major. First tho center pair of cranes would waltz out about five feet from tho line, salute each j other, tonch their bills, and polka | around to the ends. Then the next j pair would come out, as did the first, ! and repeat the perfomiance with peri haps more skill and grace. Some apj peared very awkward, and were apj pareutly beginners, while others were ! graceful in their movements. After watching them an honr or so, the four hunters went toward them with the intention of getting near enough for a shot,but the revelers became frightened, and llew away. The Hunters say iney never laughed so heartily as they did over this remarkable performance. A singular occurrence took place at the Alexandra Park races in England recently. A betting man known as "Hoppy," because he is lame, attempted to leave the grounds without paying those who had made wagers with him. His movements being understood, a cry of "Welsher!" was raised, and several I thousand persons quickly assembled. The man was attacked iu a furious man ner. and his clothes for the most part were torn off. The noife soon attracted ' a number of policemen, who fought 1 their way through the mob and stirrounded "Ilcppy," who, but for the I timely assistance rendered, would have j boon most seriously injared, if not j killed. He had conducted his bettii'g i transactions from a wagonette, and j when he was taken away by the police a 1 considerable crowd roamined behind. | A call was made for p:i;?rr, and showi crs of newspapers, r.-rr c;irds, letters, j books, etc., cauw ;r the multitude in i response. In :t few j-eeouds the vehicle I was almost covered with inflammable 1 1 *' > 4. articles, UllU lilt" oui mu iu, mo woodwork of tlio trap, cushions ami i lining voro soon in a blazo, tho lookorsj on cheering lustily. The appearance of ! the lkmes brought a strong body of poj lice to the spot, and after prreat diifi! cnlty tho carriage, well alight, was | drawn out of the burning heap of paper, j The shafts were broken oil to stir up the lire, and the harness wa3 cut into pieces, tho horse being allowed to stray away. ? From surveys taken in the Province of Ufa, Russia, it appears that the fori mer forest area of 17,577,000 acres has now been diminished by more than 3,500,000 acres, and yet the population j is only three to the square mile. Amends, * I Storm is not good; but when storms pus And clouds are fled and aim grows mild And waves plash softly ono bv one, And weary eartb, her conflict o'er, Lies like a lorely elec-ping child, We feel a joy. unknown before In tree and flowor an:1 xaiiv-waahed grief, : < ;.-a9 A now significance in sun. I Pain is not mveet, bat pain is best fHis cold hand has the magic keys Which unlocks treasures to onr eye# - ,:_39| Hidden in daily trivial thingsj And common comfort, common eaee; I Hospito from common sufferings, The morning's task, the evening's reef Arc to us riches past all price. ' Life may be hard; hut when life ends, And all tho hard things arc gono by, yM And every ache has beon relirwJ, j And every tear is wiped away, And softly on tho ravished oyo Breaks the clear dawn of Heaven's day, M Joy shall for grief make such amends . . That wo shall wonder that wc grieved. J ?Susan Coolidge. HUMOR OF THE DAY. ;,|g The fop is only a man who thinks Jj] "swell" of himself I Last words of tbo gosling: " It's all - j down with me."?Wit and Wisdom, Yon can't eat enough in a week to last ' ^ j ! you a year, and you can't advertise on that plan either.?Yonkers Qcuette. \ '' Bard out," as tho poet said when ;'i\S he found tho street dcor locked against -:M him.?Marathon Independent. An Arkansas man was lynched tot rauug u xuiuu uu oauuttj, iu woo our other man's mtie, by the way. Don't throw away your old flour bar-* /3? rela. They are useful. It has been found that an ordinary flour barrel will V'-jjg hold 678,900 silver dollars. The moat truthful and unobtrusive ^ man in the community will, in one week after he becomes the owner of a getter dog, develop into a talented, gaudy ancl K*:; ostentatious liar, There are three prominent phases of a young woman's life aU visibly connected: As a baby, she's lugged. As ; young woman, she's hugged. As a wife > she's humbugged.?Springfi?Ul Sunday fM Newt. "You cross, crael husband!" sobbed, "vou have b-b-broken nij r.^al h-h-heartI"" "If that's the case," said" Wk the c. c. h , " you will not need the new hat that you were talking about yegterday " " Yes, I will 1" she exclaimed, f|jH with sudden vehemence, " I'm hoartwhole on that subject"?Philadelphia: |?| Slobson says that if you should walk-, >? up to one of the nobs, those who are the dandies, and ask him to lend yon fifty . ':.'M cents, he'd say he didn't have it, and *|1 nine times out of ten he would be telling the exact truth. Those who wear thefinest clothes and like to swell around .,:yH on the mash have seldom any more y2S money in their pockets tlxan brains in :*S| their heads.? Rochester Express. v SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The kernel of the date, on the anthority of M. Georges, is a very poor ^Js article of diet. He asserts that the ab- \ sence of staich and the small proportion of albuminous matters do not allow it to be classed with any of the ordinary nutritive maiters. M. Houzeau has lately published ft z 'M (representation of the milky way on a ;'m large scale, showing the equality of ',r;a luminous intensity by means of curves. A great celestial circle, consisting of thirty-three bright masses, is apparent, and in the centor of this our solar world' M is very nearly situated. A most remarkable d iscovery has been made in the Sweetwater country, in -iH, Wyoming Territory. It is a deposit otymk sulphuric acid iu its natural state. ;S| The odor, chemical action and gener^^SJ appearance of the stuff demonstrates to be a pure quality of sulphuric acid^^Jg The ground is impregnated over a large area?100 acres or more?and parties'' have filed claims uncn it. When the rapid increase of the earth'flmotion was observed, the idea was ad- *' vonood tlinf. tlift mnon's nrbifc was otow*? Jit ing shorter, and would end by coming^tpl down upon us. But taorc recsnt calou1 Iation shows that, instead of the moon *3 coming nearer, our day is growing . longer, owing to the friotion of the <^9R tides upon the earth's surface, by which <; '<? tho speed of the earth's rotation is slowly diminished. A Christmas Farm Scciic iu Montenegro '/M Arthur J; Evans in his account Christmas in tho Black mountain* [ wr'tos: .'*"^'^3 The ceremony in the church over the .10 congregation wended their way to their ' /3 respective hemes, there to find the ~?jk | Christmas roast meat done to a turn. 3 Before, however, sitting down to the festal meal, some further rites had to be performed. First, the Domachitza, tak- - "~3 ing with her a dish containing corn, a ^ cup of wine and a pomegranate, begged me to accompany her to the cattle stall. She then entered tho stall set apart for the goat3, and having first sprinkled them with corn, took the wino cup in ^ her band and said: " Good-morninf, litf-le mother I The peace of God be on ';,j thee! Christ ?s born ; of a truth He is *^S? Lorn. Mayst thou be healthy. I (kink , to thee in wine; I give thee a pome* gran ate ; majstthou meet with all good lnck!" bhe then lifted the cnp to her %fJ| lips, too a sip, tossed tho pomegranate ^ over tho herd, and throwing her arms 3 around tho she-goat, uttered a blessing. ;-ij At the <md of the service tho beauti* ^ ful old Slav rite, called the "Peace of God," was performed by the whole congregation. Every one approached his neighbor and kissed him or her on both cheeks, saying, " Hristos se rodi" (Christ is born)!" To this tho other t replied: " Va istiau so rodi (Of a truth He is born)!" and returned tbo kisses, and this was repeated, till each had kissed and been kissed l>y all present. In Ncrthwest Bosnia, and I believe wg other districts, it is usual for the house father, there generally known as staryeshina, or elder, to take a bit of cheese, and of the Christmas roast meat to bo r consecrated by the pope at the end of the service, an J the consecrated morsels g are eaten on the way back. A Modem Hercules. William Hood, of Seymour, Ind, when in the prime of life must have been a dangerous adversary. M:\nv stories are told of his prodigious strength that will tax the credulity of most people. It is related that on one occasion when nn infuriated ox attempted to gore him, he seized the animal by the horns and held him until a yoke was placed upon his neck. It was an ordinary thing for him when augrv to knock an ox down by a blow with his fist. These incidents gave variety to his life as an ox-driver. His feats of lifting were marvelous. It is said that he could easily lift one end of a log that was sixteen feet in length and two feet in diameter, and load it upou iiis wagon. Once he stood laughing at five men who were trying, ineffectually, to move a huge rock so that it could be placed upon a sledge. Taking their places, he raised an end or tne rock and shoved it on the sledge without assistance. Hood died the ether day in abject poverty, his health having been poor the last fev>- years of his life. Hsrr Holtz has concluded, from tho comparison of tho statistics of thunderstorms and tho damage occasioned by them in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, from 1854 to 1880, that while tho inoreaso of thunder-storms has been - ' small, the risk from lightuirig has been j... i i_r? very iargeiv augmemeu. u.c i/cmw that the change is partly due to the use of iron in house-building. The shortest and surest way to live with honor in tho world is to he in reality what we would appear to bo; and if wo observe wo sha;l iind that all human virtues increaso and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.