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She khren reutiuL DETOTtD TO 'OLITICtI, MORALIiY, FDUCATION AND TO THE GENERt" L INTRHEST OF THE COUN1rY. By D. F. BRADLEY &0. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1883. VOL XII NO 46 -V G ENER A.L NEWS. BASSAFRAS root is on u boom in Win ston, Miss., where a mill has been star ted to grind it. WiLKES county, Ga, voted on the stock law Monday, and gave a majority of seventy for "no fence." IN the southorn part of Louisiana many plantations will yield this year one and a half hogsheado of sugar per acre. F'r-nwo etudents are registered at the colored National School at the Lin coln Academy, at Tallahasseo. VOL 1UILLEniEw, of 'Ientnesseo, has gone to Mexico to work the Polk mines. Ie says they are worth S3,000,000. IT is clatinied in1 Atlanta that Atl: h:' people own at least twenty silver mines in Mexico, sill believed to be very pro ductive. ''HE Lady Ensley mining and mani facturing compny have purcltsel 75, 000 aeits of ore;land in Franldin,Colbert and Marion counties, Ala. IT will require four cars to bring the Escambia, county, Ala., hig tre to the Louisville EXpositiitn. It is 117 feet long, and will be used as I flag pole iss front of the exliotition building. B.ins for building the new Navy Iltis pital aL Hot Sprin: s. .! k., are rapidly coming in. I'here is .ti a propriation of 8100,000 for this pirpose. Work is to begin blv the 20th of August. IN It portion of Luke anid Attalit eotis ties, Ala., a worm resemltling the cotto worm has made its appearance. Several head of mtuis have been killed reeently by esttiug oats with the insects on thei. A tlirtu of 4,000 cattle, mostly cows utnd heifers, passe<l tri' gh Fort Wortl 'T'c-ci,, the c:ther day, for the New 1 Mex ito Ltind adl cattle (oinpasnv, ia IBeston corporation. A (oM'ANY organized in Washington, ). C., lately ls pturch:tsel six thousn:d acres of 1:11md in Polk county, Flat., :isl will raise ;risli(, lihm1 s, l,1ieu .s tad other tropcical 11ruit6. ''t 1' total munbss11er 'of fitililum its 8,nIh Catrolina thel is'st six lilenths1 is fort v eight. with l >ii,, i:tics auuimttmting; to 657, 755. Tfhv itulunler of failures for the corre)sl o';iing peric- of 1882 w:'s sixty eight, and the lialilitieM siui:inted to, 80$26,517. 'ru. Board of Health have issued a proclamti t'on tlat all vv ,4,+s fr. >i in foeted ports a-"rivin:. at Ps: :ai with yellow fever ton b) sard shill renitin ;it the qiiai sten si;at-i~n until frIst.. The re gret is general th:tt Ship Island l at.ion for infe.fted vessels ha1:s leen close,i. V's the ltUiited States LaInd Otliee it k Clh inesville, Fl1t. dlring the msontl ending Jtnl 30, .131 l +uest!e:t1 eitrie"s we:'e iitde, etbra;u"ing 17,7111.0Y, acres. Forty-six fina11 ln(>fs were mdtcle, eon taining 4,977.') teret:. ''Ihe tttcl r-e ceilpts of the otlice for the n1ith Wvere $75,018.27. TuH, Peters lac"e at Enicerprise, Fla, , ws sold r'eently, mulier foreel-msure of miortgaigi for $1 2,000O, botightf b y l'ed erick de Bariy. Th le mors'ttggor hit h1 foro -:fused $19,00) for it. It is sasid Lord Peters spent to o unhtii me ii4 antd mney4' ini Jaeksonsivi I(eI t ke' an itrange{ grove sutcc'essfuil. A<iner r.i agiving ant exh ib it 4f ths trad(e ini ('ritde anid mmmssifactuired phlos p)haite ini Ho uth (14r.olinia slitows flit sipmies o f fetiliiz'ers t'' havse ii tl'-riete from' .22,5X8) in 1871 I.s 130,001) tv 188. Thels siuineints of 4a t:.14e phts b jhasites ro s fritn 13:2.6;24 tos in 1 :.7s 't - 355i,333 tonis ini 1883. Much osf it p4oes abhro:id. psla's'ae"i i f Wt . I". lIIigght-:, st::e msile fr<ans O)xfeni, Alt., for $l5,)00 ashi. stist to it.. Hei ha;s onie oif tlinef'ist lis-nis it the Sout hs a:ii has boughi.~t 5 'timt of flit 11in(5st latisd ini Nosi th A labama4s~. If is uns dlerstoodj. that lie will improv'tte thle plarve lor ii siitnestr re'5sin 1. 8AnnrHCi iAitt, of lj{4*s4, TeX. , iiit i L1. Jaksonti, whl ile tliin isg ini thle doi 1 ' of the ecrib, atlcidOstaily stuc(k at ne4edle ~~wi wa's istick in in il 1he4 ih< s imt of her dret8ss ginsst thle doior, srunin g fthe nee'( d1 i abot tsn isnth an t as iuart1ifer ints lier breatt., strikinig th base o454 f h1e4 hieatt . ate'ly, buit shie dlied its al>uit t ni hour a ter' the aceidet. 'Tim~ Aika(ntsas ihieri tis hiave biein its fotrmted by (4>v. llerry thait fte sup-stuI si<. isf the lawltsniess now~% preva'iiling:. ini thst St:: ( tt musf 14' atYete by ls thi wn ('f10i Is iiilI these otf liw uabiding~ eit izens ott the51ir n spective~ i'ettities. T1hie ( isv (ernor1 seet no~ ntet'etsitfy fe'osicllinug out 9 ~timalitint it arreSt otlasws at a hieavy e'xptenst to thle tatle, whsen the4 shersi Ifs hsave atultorify tt summton its many phri 80ons as5 mayi, tbe i(eeed to tsake d1espera5 dles inthsoinstody. F'IoitnmA TLimses. Unio n : )ite of the' best tin gs that liss been~ donse 1by thie G4.or'giau Railrotad Co mmsissionm is the re ctt itdotioni tf anl (onler' re'qtiing the ratilrowuls sf that Stitte ts fiirnsishs mtentis for pro tting merchand stishist offered foir shipment',t fromtam e bytiti'4 ithe 114 weailter. A5 Nth rn oriii0 Weshterniiisi ritliad wvhib fhailed1 tto (do this wouitld 1b4 ('4tnsidertedl - teindiiit the timses, btl ins thle Soth it is shiipmientI, *f 'ourise gr'eatfly ts ifs inujitry. By suchl re'gutlatIions its this, the4'( tcons is 81(ion is ,iistifyitng its existtence. EhITOltRT. NOTIEN. IN ati elsabot'ratiso ftepo pec'ts of thet ttonti erop51, tih- N(w Yorka Financnial Chrioicile pu1ts the Itotal aieeage 6 ~this yeiar at 17,449,000 ae'rea, aigatinst 1, 590,000)1 acrie5 lst yestr--- ani iincreatse (5 5.18 per cent. Texas coimes lirst w,iit 3,102,000 acres4', andtt Geotrgiau comesi't nittt with 2,977,000. As to maituirity, tho plant is bactkwanit, hbult f lat'' fthe gr'owvt h2a8 been rapqid. a circular not.ifyiilg l)stmasters of the proposed re(luc(tionl inl rates, which goes into effect onl the first of October. The object of the department is to have th(s present stock of material redneeu(d to as low at point ats 1)ossihl. The now two cent stlml)S will h ready for delivery no tll fifteenth of September. ti: Cremation Society, of Phihulel phliat, is gradually growing, an1d now hasW Ia mem'n)b ershily of over forty. The oll (ers ay that, the l)rejudie againist ere inattioni is daiily gr"owing less hitter, and ex(lreH the llope tihtt with timio 41ud patiele theicy may at length olleeeed in ('stablishing at cremitory ill Philadelphia. Tin directors of the Suez Canal Con 1)uny 11111timol)lsly approved the agree msent relating to at second canal arrived at I betweei )oLesse)s and the Englishi gOvernment. but. the scheme grows in unpatol)mlarity in Englanld. DON'T GET EXCiEI). R THIE JtUI7( MA1)C T11 Ftt11.1CT Ol A (kit Jt)K:. gl -,l IS Mtarts to Tell n Wonttertn,l Story and t Only Esenpu' ein4elg I,lc(et1) Utib it lal t LtltIe by the Ietl tl a hs Frienidn ,. to Jtldge E. is very fond of relating most se marvelous stories of his exploits, which are always acconptnied by gestures . t c quall,y extraordinary. I" A few years ago the Judge was ''sum iring" with Ia cou1)10 of professional se' friends, Who, knowing his p])rOclivities to , the use of the long how, determined to -c. 1av4e a little sport at his expense. 111 'n the cour'so of their rambles they stopped to at ia hotel near somec famots fishing tr grounds, and planned to astart fishing at n t' iour o'clock the next morning. Judge " E., not caring to go, was not to be waked y when the others started. of Morning came ad( the two sportsmen slarted, leaving their tineonscious victim sllumbering )tI(eelflly. As they lassed c( through till- olfiee of the hotel they said nk to the eleri, 4ipping their foreheads sigaitienntly, "Keep youtr eVe onl that fri'nd of ours--be's harmless enough, lilt old-anid don't let him excite hii- r self." Of course flhe rumor that the new' gguest was "ia little ofl" spread through I" the hotel, and at breakfast the judge a was the centre of all observation; but stll)osilng (hat it was uile to the fact of ii:s being lie renown,ed Judge E., he WatS rather flattered than otherwise. Aftir 1rea:,kfast lie strolled into the ('dice, we,r, were assembled half at dor,- t1 (Iln of the c stt:, engaged ill conve1-sa- ax lion al'out the tnlateiious lodger. Not sh noIticing the l,u'ks of distrust (ayt upon f IiIn, lie begai by saying, "Fine morn. 1Ig, gentleniel.." No onl(' seemed to b 0 11 illined t() dispute tlhi"4 statement, and fo silonee reigned for a few llomelts. ,t Suddenly the Judge was reminded of W e" rtain wonderfull .x)ploits, and, risiug, h he h(gli; an auccoint of them, couched aF in the 1ost tlowery" language, and to u e:,force his remarks laid his hand on the n shouItlde r of his neare)'(st audclitor', who I hit fainj tag the lresence of the Su)- St l).,e.d hlinitie, retired through the near Vst, Ol)n door with more haste thaa 411 court ,.v."W Somewhait disconleer ted, the narrator stOkal in silenc'e for a few moments - le ut lnlwllilin g that so good 11 story silould a in iohcl, hie advanced and resumiedt t hie fill', (nplasizing it 1 vnigorou,,s , bilows oii the' clerk's desk. 4xeliningl, 'Now' ('114m your1self, sir,(1 "'B' wha li?" cried the0 Judge,hr iuighily mys81 tled. 4 "Thiere, now11, lhe calmn; dlon't excite t vaurel'if, or we' sh1al1 have to take lm 'lasurtes to re'strainl vou1.''" "Iliestraini me !Take mneasoures I'" faLir- t) Iy howled tile victim of the joke, in) a pt rfect ralge. "' Ud like to see y'ou." The cilrk was1 no0w thloroughily per-I 1 Sua:de'd 114hat for his own) personal safetyt st rol 1)1 asures 1'(1 lye )nces'sar'y, and was about t1 1)ut hliH thrieat inito execution - wheon , hidge E. 's two comlpanlionH re t'tue, and1( hurriied explaniations fol. Jiidge E. could only hush81 tihe matter upl by, a gener'1ous " trea~'t."' EvAen then the4 story lea4kld out, and now the Judge c:ni 11e stoppelod iln 11is most mnarveillous tale( bIy his aulditoris sayinlg, "' Now don't b: get excited."-harper's "' Drawc,r." a: a A Governtor's Veto, i (Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, iln k his veto (If the 1hill entitled "' Au act au thIorizig marr Iied womeni and their hius hands, livinIg separa4te and1( apart lunder a to sell and414' '4nvey tieir separ4ate real1i es tale fre 4( l 'ii r oI ~ f rights of dower and1( couLrte;v :4n11 444her1 inlterests," says: "' Legil , di'n an1<4 juldiial inlterpret'ationi have allready goneo a long way toward im piinlg thew sacr'ed nes and811( weakening the" streng) th of tile marriage r'elation. If t this~ bill should become a law marriage II in Pennsaylvaniia would ho. lit the more than11 a temporarl'01y conitract, of thle nmost " Her'ous rights an.1(1solen duItis5 (If which C' the parties might relieve themselves at '" their mutuial plieasuire. They are ablan (doned4 by this blill t1 (lie ftull efTeetao of thleir imme<hlate plrejud(ices, andlo passion a4 is given) futli venit to wvork the maost se- n rioous evils and1( destroy all vestige of " home or' mtuaiil prope'rty. The fruit of their . nfion,. the innlocenlt chilidren of h wedi ., are exposed4 without shlield or" gualrdianislhp fromY tile law to the worst b) conlsequlences oIf the inltemp)erate disposi tionis of the4ir partsf. Tfhe des'truction01 rI of home having b eeni beguni this 1hil1 in- I vites its comlelte de'sohationi. This1 oulghlt not to be and( it is to) be hoped never v will become the plolicy of our law. That1) f< p)olicy 8sh0111d 1)0 to conserve and( niot fa- f, cilitate the etxtinAi)in of the mnariaige re lation. The sacr''enes anld so-eurit y, of its homes are the glory and1( strength'of a State, 'a fortress at once and a temple.' a It is to be devoutly hoped tile law may* never relinquish its brooding guardian- I ship over thlem. For these reasons I re t,nrai the bill without my mammiovo : CORONA Cli. He is gone to the mountain, . co He is lost to the forest, Like a summer-dried fountain, T When our need is the sorest. s~ The fount re-appearing gl From the rain-drops shall borrow f But to us comes no cheering, -To Duncan no morrow I 1 The hand of the reaper m Takee the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Walls manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing, r Waft the leaves that are soares , But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot on the correi, Sage counsel in cumbor, t Red hand in the foray, b) Ilow sound is thy slumber? Like the dew on the mountain, 13 Like the foam on the river, at Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou are gone, and forever. v WALTER Boos'r. .1 alph Terrill's Courtship. , .1 in front a moonlit, dimpling sea ; on her hand a stretch of level beach, ostly and dim ; behind, the mighty, ack-browned eliffs, with hero and k ere a treo leaning far out, as though 11 if tempted to try the fearful leap ward the sea beneath ; and between 1, and cliff a pair of lovers. Happy, yet. trembling ; trusting all to o rosy god, yet dreading to dare pater, Ic milias! " It won't do, Nell. He'll never con ut I You remember he told me last " ring that he did not care for money, s it that the man who won his daughter , nst have performe(1 some valorous deed prove his worthiness of the precious t' ust. It's a queer notion, pet. Why, y beloved, it is an insult to talk of uning you! I love you, hut to win ~ in I never hope, except by the power that love!" (d The handsome fellow bent. his fae ward the girl at his side and a suspi >us saound danced ont across the glint ering Waves. t '' But, lalph dear, perhaps father ti ill-" c " No, Nell, no ; he never will," inter ipted her lover, again drawing her ose to him. " I know what you would '. y-that he may change. But it's im saible. Darling, we must either wait, tit indefinitely, or else-" n A second time he bent toward the I ,eet cheek and whispered a few words I the listening ear. r The girl starte(1. "Oh, Ralph! don't-t mn't! You know l at I could never (1o that ! What! run t vay-elope? Oh, my darling, do not eak of such a thing! I shall love you a r ever, but this I cannot do?" e The young man soothed his con mion with low words and tender, and ead his love and longing as a reason o r the proposal, but when the moon, d hose blushing face had been hidden -hind a great rift of clond, peeped forth v ;ain, the lovers had risen and were a oving along the beach toward the k ore frequented part of the shore. Ralph Terrill was only a young lawyer c ruggling into practice, while Nellie s evillion was the beautiful daughter o, 1 Jeremiah Trevillion, one of the I althiest men in the State. it By chance the young people had met, ( d meeting had loved ; but how hope F esly those only knew who had learned e foibles of old Jeremy, when over his ; ne his tongue was loosened. As Ter 1 hiad snlid, lhe caredi little for montey ta son-in-law; but for some unknown t ason lhe had fixed upon a hero for his mughter's -husband. To win Nellie revillion a man must first p)rove him lI a knight of ' 'ye olden tinme;" antd c chances of attaining such famne were wv enough in the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, so n thie edict ; and1 al ough Terrill had, by his gentlemanly ~ ~aring andl suiccessful pleading of cer in eases, gainted the~ esteem of his do red father-in-law, yet he knew too well at any hint of his affectioni for Nellie ould at once turn him from the door. nid so it wvas that the young peop)le ight, as yet, only love andI hope, but >t marry. One ally, however, they had in Nellie's icle, a retired merchant and an old bach "-Dwvight Trevillion-and to m they confided all their troubles. his sage o'id party listened and advised, it as yet no result had been reached 1.1 thte future remained dim enough, erc it inot for the light of glowving trust 1(1 love. They would watch and wait. Early morning on the coast; and as 0 bright beams of the happy sunt sned all the little waves awake, brigh t ling the face of the smooth beach, two alwart figures were seen to emerge omi a cottage and turn toward tho sea. was Jeremy and Dwight Trevillioni, 0 b)rothoera, b<-und for a day's fishintg. Th'ley en,tersd their boat, spre'ad their mnvas, and wore seen sailing gentlIi "ay blefore the light land breezo-a-loiie r these gentlemen were thorough ortsmten, and( desired no third party in eir trips. This morniing, however,'ere woy embarked, Dwight Trevillion lad *iretsse'd a half hope that some man ighat he stirring, wvhoso services thiey ihd entgage, "' to attend to the boat haihe they fished." lBnt his brother laughed him to scorn. "Bosh, Dii Why should wet ne(d bothaerintg ignoramus with us to-dlay ore thtan on Tu'aesday last, when w'e ent crabbifng ?" "Oht, no reason," replied the other, -sitatingly, "' only I thought if we anted to go far from our boat it would better." "Well, we can toss heor anchor over," plied Jeremy, "' and she'll wait for ius. ,n't let us htave ai man.'' Just as the chimes of theo far away llage clock tang across thb mootht wvalr a- six o'clock the Seagull ground her >refoot upon the fine white sand of a nail sandbank, perceptibile at low tide, ud the Trevillion brothers emb,arked. "Now for a jolly (lay," said Jeemy. a lhe prep)aredl his tackle, undisturbed. Stick that little anchor in the heacht, )wi, and we'll go to the lower point.." The other obeyed, and with rods anr nes the gentlemen strolled away to gling, and then, borne upon the crest oa a commtng watv?, boat and men were hurlei into the sea of foam that frothed about the Trevil ons ani,l four half-drowned tdventurere at ood knee deep in the risint can. "Great heavens !" cried the fair Nel lie's father, as he strove to keep his feet, and grasped the arm of his would-be son-in-law. "Great heavens I now we are lost 1" "Not so, sir I" cried young Terrill, peering across the white line of breakers into the night beyond-''not so, sir. Deputed by your fair daughter to row hero and see that you were safe, I em ployed this honest boatman and came came to and you in danger and to seek to save the life of one precious to het whom I love better than life itself ! And, sir, my mission shall not be in vain ! Stand here, Owen," he conbinued to his boatmian, "and assist these gentlemen. As for me, I will swim to yonder boat, which I can see tossing beyond these cruel waves, and return with it or perish in the attempt I Not a word, sir," i went on, as Jermoy Trevillion would have spoken. "I love your daughter. Let me show how much love can do for love's sake. Because I love her I will risk my life for yours, sir ! I will gain that boat and save you, or die I" And with these tragic words, Italph plunged into the sea. "Brave boy !-brave boy I" sobbed Mr. Trevellion, as the dauntless rescuer dis appeared. ''Oh, Dwight I -such a man is a hero I Such a man is worthy of Nellie, and she shall marry him if she will, do we but live to see the shore again." His brother only pressed his hand, and the three figures stood silent, braced against the hurrying waves that each moment burst against them, rising higher and higher. Suddenly a shout rang in their ears, then another, and al most before they could believe it, the boat loomed through the night before. them. 'Men ahoy I Stand by to take hold of this line !" "Ay, ay, sir I" A rope whirled through the air. Tihe boatman caught it, a little craft plunged into the surf close at hand, there was a general scramble, a flap of sails, and then the Seagull bore away with four drenched but happy men aboard, and breakers tossed alone upon the shal low. Ralph had won his bride. The praise of his prospective father-in-law knew no hounds; nor did he offer a word of oljec tion to the proposal of the longing lover that their nuptials be celebrated on the earliest possible dty. "Take her, my boy. You have won hor," sai( the happy old gentleman, on the following morning, when the two young people stood before him. But to this day Uncle Dwight h: kept silent as to his part in Ralphi' eourtship, and his brother will nevei know that he purposely tripped the anchor short, so that the Seagull might drift away; that Terrill was to be on hand for a re:-cue, and that the tidt never covers the sandbank to a greater depth than four feet, except in the most fu rious storms. I'he Outer 1lebrides. One mile from Mingalay lies Soutli Bernera, the southernmost of the isles a bold mass of gneiss, about a mile iti length and half a mile in width, sloping gradually downward toward the east, bu presenting to the western waves a pre eipitous front of about seen iundret feet in height, crowned with a magnifi cent lighthouse of granite and iron, suel as may defy the wildest storm, andl wart all mariners to keep as far as possib< from tl1'A dead(ly coast. It is said tha this blessed lighit ('anl be discernied at distiaince of upwards of thirty miles, bur practically the height of the crag em which it has bee'n placed is found to b< a disadvantage, as its light is oftei shrouded in mist, whIle all is clear be low. hLnely indeed is thec lot of the meni ii charge of this bieacon light, left to th'ei own resources on this ut'termost isle their ontly communricationi with the oute world being when, t wice a ye'ar, th lighthouse sto res are brought b.y steamen(r, wihichi enn only lie to for a im hiounrs, for there is no manner of anchor age, anad thle onily possible landing-plac is a shlv ing ledge' of rock, oni which h who wonuld go ashiorte must. spir'ing at th miomtent wh'len Ihis hoitat rises oni the cres if ia wave', andi( their make' thre b est, of hi way tot the sutmmit, byv scrambling up sl iipery, shelving rock. Once a year, too, a piriest from Bari 'oumnts here to visit iris littie fIoek, nun lering aboiut t wo setore-a flue, hard; 'self-re'lianit race. Their isle sutpplit patstunre for cows and goats, so thety lire lie blessing oif good milk ; othierwise tI sea-hirdis who congregate on thre cliffs. jill ins and auiks, guillemt ts and kitt waketst -suppilly their Ilarder with fret m eart in anmmirer and salt meat for wint use; also withI oil for thiir lamp js a feaithers foir heddiing. When'i fishing piossib le, the boats go off ~to wrtest hmr vtest from the sea-cuddies, hiaddocl heorrinig, floun ders, lythie andi sy titw, ruiel ci dlinigs, antd skate. Eels they will m touczth, hut dog-fi art' wtelcomt, andt ai r.amltedl and dlrited for wintter store. lIn the spinig time Itousand of egg are taken liy hosld cragsme'n, whot iadvt'm i oret aind soimtetiimts sarrifict' theair Iiv i:i this qulest.-- /C }hfyar lHoumt. A Newv Eniglandt Turni,ont. Newv Einglandi wagorn fac'tories ar turnring ot foriia'X i nex summr aiin imsii nilumber oif I wii-whei'lid r'arts. Somr Iryet an arranigemenit bty which they ei be' adtjusteto h iorse's of diffherent 1huil.h ra a tall bolar'' rt'<pures thait tIre ear 11 pijtched' att a diIl'erenit angle fronm the uised with a shiot onie. The large's , lt' oif t wot-whrteld carts, b uuilt for for paopl and haivintg seats rh unmg length' wise of thre hod,v, piassres under the nam if wagotitt. 'iheit carrge tdealers sa that the reason wh,ry t here are so man noveltites this year m the vehicle line biencnse the t radle is so dIull, anti t nainfactuirr have becen ransackin Steir birains for patterns which wvill hel stmulate it. A little later two young people met. on the cool piazza of the Trovillion ttage, " My darling I." whispered Italph 'rrill, stealing a kiss ; " your bright 'ect face pales the beauty of this urious morning, even I " " Oh, Ralph I" cried Nell, laughing what a Persian compliment' And, my vo, may I not say that the brightest urning is dull until I have seen your " My queen I" ej-ienlated the young ver, his eyes dancing. "But, dearest! is day more tli:ui all others will, . lst, be a briglit one to us. Come, 'ootheart. nit here a moment and I will 11 you." And he drew a chair to her 1e. I have a plan. If it succeeds >ur father will have given his consent our marriage before another n mrniing -ightens the earth I" And with Nellte's hand clasped in his, alih half whispered the modus oper idi in her ear. " Splendid !-splendid I Oh, Ralph, >u darling !" And her white, plump -Is wereabout his neck and two soft, no lips repaid the recital (Oh, my ve, then you will he ,vith me always !" eo continued, wit i a charming hlush. And Uncle Dwight heilped .e contriv', "Yes, sweet. It w s ils plan. i am it a factor in; it. But it. will be sure to ccoed if the weather remains fair. nd now, silence. Not a word of it until o end comes. Once safely wedded, if ,ur father must know, we can tell him. it a hint of any conspiracy now would se the (lay forever." With mutluli promises of secrecy th' vers parted. Slowly the day wore on. The morn ig sun grow older, and proud of his rength, beat upoi the earth beneati ith noon-day beams ; then regretting is passion as the hours 1lkw by, lie drove tpidly down the wvstern heavens-half i sorrow-fleecy clouds attending him, uitil just as the crickets began to chirrup, id the tide come in, he sanl: to rest in hank of rose-colored vapors far in the istant horizon. All day long Jeremy and Dwight Trc. illion had fished, luichiing beneath the iadow of the single point of rock that (e sand-bank boasted, and continuing wir sport until the shadows of the oming night and the swift-rising tide arned them to desist. Once dmiing the ftcrnoon Jeremy had proposed return ig to the boat, but to this Dwight ob -cted. " There's no need. It's high and c0ry ow, and will be until the tide tiu is. ,et us improve our time while we may.' Lnd so, the fishing being good, they had emamled. Now, however, they had waited too ang. Night was at hand and the tide oo. They must need hurry. "Wo must walk fast," said Dwight, s they packed up their tackle and fast ned their creels upon their shoulders the tide is higher than I thought." But you fastened the boat ?" said ihe - ther, in some trepidation. " You ropped the anchor ?" Yes," replied the brot her, ") but it ras tripped, you know, and when the rater swings it clear there's nothing to eep the boat at her moorings." " You don't mean to say that there's a hianee of such a thing happening ?" lid Mr. Trevillion the elder. " Indeed, I do !" replied the other, urrying onward " for the sea is coi ig up rapidly. You know the tide cov rs this place entirely. We must get to te boat I" " Good heavens !" cried Jeremy; r'this lhorril le ! Are we to drown, then ?" The surf was now lreaking upon the ttle bank in long, steady waves; itch momient the strip of sandi~ grew more arrow, andi b,ehind there could1( hie hea'r-1 1o roar of thle ocean among the rok -here they had eateni dinner. U etre at as1 no0 longer' posible. "I mean to say this," said the youniger ian; "' we are in a trap, and1( unless we aini our ooat, or succor comes from te hore, within twenty minutes the sea will "My poor Nellie !" groaned Jerenmy; uid together they ran onward.. Suddenly D)wight, wvho wan in advance, toplped with a sharp, "' Look I'' Through the night they could see b,e ore them tihe outtlinte of their b)oat. Slue van twenty rodls away, rockinig upon0 the wells and drifting from them I Trevillion tuttered a hong, hoarse cryI, mad threw up his arms in despair. "We are lost !" he groaned; " we (1hal1 both he drowned I'" And the waves apiped their very feet. "Hold on f" said the btrother; "' we're tot lost y'et. Can yon1 swim ? " No ! ' "Neither can I. We must shout. Per hap)s some1 fishing smack or plassinig lioa t may hear uts. Come, togetheior-nowi!" Their ;'oices rang out long and loudit iver the growinig roar (If the surf ablout them. No answe'r. "Again h" whispered D)wight, gathie: inIg his b)rcath. A second shout went blindly out into lth' darkness. Thbis time it wa&s faintly tiswered. Jeremy seized his brother's arm. " Listen!i Some oiie comes ! Heaven b0 thianke'd I'' The old man was trembling from his terr!ile fright. Another call brought a we(oond1 answer, anid then, as the ories oft the t wo men entinuied, the soun 1 of ars wan hcard nuear and still nearer, unii Iil a small boat conttainiing tw" men cold( heo distiniguishied ini the gloom, It stoppe5 d outside the surf, which was now break inig with a heavy roar uponl 'tihe how sand >anka eachm iinstant. rising higher about the Trevillions. "~ Beat ahoy' I" cried Dwuighit; "' come at and take u.s off I Our craft has drifted away and we shall drown I" "All right, sir !" responded a cheery vo ico, " we'll he there dlirectly !"' an'd igain the craft wan headed towardl thiem. "That's young Terrill I I know buis voice," saidl Jeremy. "A fine fellow, too," replie' D)wighit. '" He'll save us noIw, sutrely. IHe is bravo .-.ILook out! All!" Tl.he rescuers' boat had been1 caught by the tumabling surf and overturned. [is occupants were seen elinginmg to tihe .1(d0 an it rolled and tossed in the break ers. There was a moment of wild atrno THE ACT OF DYING. 1low People Feel W1 en 1,ife's l,at Chord tun5pN. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Oxford and an eminent. Enlglishl scientist, in an interesting work, eit i; led " Psychological Inquiries," gives thn following resulis of his professional e.perieieo of the last moments of life: Really, according to my ob servatioii, the mere act of dying is seldom, in any sense of the word, a very pailful pro cess. It is true that some persons die in a state of bodily torture, as in cases of tetanus; that the drunkard dying of delirium tremens is hinted 1y terrible visions, and that the victim of thatt most horrible of all diseases, hydrophobia, in addition to those peculi:r bodily suffer ings from which the disease hau derived its name, may be in a state of terror 'rom the s.pposed presence of frightful )hjcects, which are presented to him as reatlitiis, even to the last. But these and some other instatees which I might. adduce are exceptions to the general rule which is, that both metItal and bodily l;uffering terminates long before the scene is fiually closed. This as to the actual fear of (death : It seems to me that the Author of our existence, for the most part gives it to us when it is intended that me should live, and takes it away from us when it is intended that we should die. 'hose who have been long tormented by bodily prin are generally as anxious to die as they ever were to live. So it often is with those whose life has been protracted to an extreme old age, be yond the usual period of mortality, even when they labor under no actual <isease. It is not very common for any one to die merely of old age: "Like ripe fruit to drop Inti hia mother's lap..' But I have known this to happen; and : happy conclusion it has seemed to he Of worldly cares and joys. It was like talling to sleep, never to wake again inl this state of existence. Some die re niniiig all their faculties, and quite 1 tware that their dissolutiol is at hantd. )thers offer no recognition of external h01jects, so that it is impossible for us to form any positive opinion whether they 1o or do not retain their sensibility; ail others again, as I have already stated, who appear to be insensible an(1 un1 conscious when carefully watched, are found not to be so in reality; but they die contentedly. I have myself nevet known but two instanees in which, mn lie act of dying, there were manifest indications of the fear of death. J'h inlividuals to whom I allude were unex peetedly destroyed by hemorrhnge, whiicli, froni peculiar circumstances which I need not now explain, it was impossible to suppress. The depressing ff'eets which the gradual loss of blood produced on their corporal system seenied to influence their minds, and they died earnestly imploring that relivf which art was unable to atf'ortl. Seneei might have chosen an easier deafth thaa from opening his arteries. "What I have said refers only to the ast stge in the process of disso lution. There is no doubt tliat a pure and simple religious faith, antd a frm reliance (n the being who has placed us here, con tribute more than iniythintr besides to disarm death of its terrors, deprive 'the grave of its victory,' and smooth tle passage of the humbl le and sincere believer it, the termiintion of his worldly career. Nevertheless, according t) my own experience, and what I have lieard from others, the influence of religios feelings is, for the most part, not so muich perc'eltible at the momuent whlen de'athI is actuiiil ly imiiptendinug, as it. is at ani tearlie'r pe'rhid, wiheni the itndi viduanl, whot was previously in he'althI, or suppo.(lsted himseulf toi be so, first discove'rs that if is piroblab le lie will die."' How Colds are Taken. A person ini goodl health, with fair play, anys The Lanet, easily resists cold. But when the health flags a little, and liberties are taken withI the stomach, or the nervoius systemi, a chill is easily taken, and according to the weak spot of the indivitdual, assumes the form of a tt>ld, or pne'unmiia:, or, it. may be, jauin dice. Of all causes of "' cold, " probab ly fatigue is oiie of lie most ('flieient. A jaded man-coming homne at night from a - long day's work, a growing youth losing a two hours' sleep over ieening parties twoi or three t.imes a week, or a young lady a heavily "' doing the season," young chii I t dlren over-fed anid with a short allowance s of leep, are common instanices of t' a victims of "'cold." Luxury is favorable to chill-taking; very hot rooms, soft a chairs, feather beds, create a sensitive .ness that leads to cafarrhus. It is not, aifter all, the "4 cold '' thait is so nmehi fto a lie fearedI as the aiitec'teiint 'onitiont lS ethat give thle at tack a chance oif doiing e harm. Some oif t he worst "'colds "' hap -pen to those who do( not leave t heir house or ei'(ven their lbed, aiid those who iare hi most invulnerab'le arei often those whoi id tuire, and whoc by3 good slesIp, cold hath iig, andl regular habl its Ipresterve thlei tonie a "'f t hieir iiervous systemn andi cirenulation. Probihal y mnany chills are econtracd at n uighit or at the fag endil of thle day, when t tred peopile get the eqiuilibirium oif thelir e circulation (listurbend b y either oiver heated sifting.-rooms or underheated beiid iiroms and beds. This is specially the eaise with elerly peoplte. In such~l cases ihe mischief is not al ways done instanita ni oisly, or in a singlo night. It Often takes place insidiously, extending over lays tor even wee'ks. It thus appear's 'hat ''taking cold '' is not by any means asimple result of a lower temperature, butdepndslargely ton peCrsonial condi iosadhalbitsf, afbet ing especially flit erusand inmuscuilar enorgy of the body. A IIOMRale'K IIORsM.--Blair, tile bioyise ttrainer, says: "L1eoesbuirg is a sftraniger to t thle turf, amid has ino rotcord. When'I I r rr, tAok him away fr 'im his home'5 isime - ieago he was fte most homesieek a s ave evert hid to tden] with. For Y two days it was worth as much as a Y man's life to go narm him, but fhially lie S calmed down and allowed us to attend to 0 himr. Then it was that I found thait, g while kicking and tr':rinig thiirgs about p in the ear; he had badtly cut one of his hind legs." Amasa Stone's Fortune. (rath writes to the Cincinnati En 7uirer as follows: The great wealth of Amasa Stone, who committed suicide in [Develand, Ohio, now falls into the buds, in part at least, of a young mafl who was bred on a farm in Illinois, of )oor, plain parents. Possessing a sym pathetic nature, good sense and talents, e fell into the way of Abraham Lincoln, ho gave him a Secretary's place. He remaned with Mr. Lincoln during his whole term of the Psresidency, and was then sent to various positions in foreign Nounttries, acquitting himself well at all ,f them. He was our Minister virtually n France, Spain, and, I think, Austria. Finally he concluded tp give up these loners that lho had worn so well, and !)lunged into the hard life of the press. F'or a time he edited a newspaper at Springfield, Ill. I frequently received notes from him in those days, comment ing upon or encouraging publications of mine in the Chicago Tribune. At an other time he returned from Europe and began to write on the New York Tribune, making his column or two every day, and lecturing a little meanwhile. Here his eyes began to fail. In this discour aged condition lie met, the wife of A. B. Stone, brother of the lato Aniasa Stone. Mrs. Stone, though her husband was re puted to be worth a million or two, ad mired men of mind and career. She had a blooming niece, whom she introduced to him. The young lady was delighted nt ith him, as women have been in every land. When they married he took his bride out to see his parents on the Illi nois farm. Persons have described to me his anxiety ns to how his wife, reared m the lap of millions, would appreciate the plain homestead where he had been nested. Without any hesitation she called them father and mother, and gave them a daughter's kiss. Had she looked back but a single generation she would have soon that her own father began life as poor Joseph, the carpenter. Col. Hay settled down opposite his father-in law and became a favored son. Children were born to him. Even he, in the midst of youth, felt that money is not the wholo of life; and at times he has hmd to lay down his little portion of the heavy load that Amasa Stone carried of i".evitable, inexorable buminess. He was otn one of these journeys to recruit his health when his father-in-law passed away. A Dynamite Story. In 1865 a prisoner, who was con demned to hard labor in a German mine (a fate that befalls many evil-doers in Rhineland), managed to effect his es cape. lie ha<T hed at position of somlte little contidence in the mine, and when he dlecamped lie suce'eded in taking with him a small can containing about three pounds of nitro glycerine. Profoundly ignorant of the nature and fell destrue tiveness of the explosivo, anid believing, from the care with which he had always seen it served out in the mines, that it was of considerable value, he clung to his treasure with tenacity and eventually embarked for the United States, carry ing the can withl him and using it in his long sen voyage as a pillow. Arrived in New York, he sought accommodations in a Greenwich stxeet sailors' boarding house. There, ponding his search for a purchaser, he put the can in the public 1arroomn, where it was used by the boarders as a foot-rest when they blacked their boots. This went on for fully two weeks, and probal y thle little can was k necked about by careless mariners, who knew little, the daniger they were incurring. Onue day there was a fight in the barroom, and the can wais kicked b,y a stalwart German in his cffort to reach one of his opponen(1ts. Themi fight enided instantly. Simultatieously with the kick there was a general scatterinig of all the inmates of the room, a crash ing of falling bricks and spliniterinig tim 1hers, and1( a repoert like a seventy-four's b roadside. A horse that was passinig in lie street was struck by somte of the b ricks hurled from the buiildinig and pieces of an iron pillar that had been shattered, andi( was instantly killed; but., stranlgely enlouig, t lie men in thme bar room11 (etcaped withI slight b ruuises, the kw"kers even being only stunniied b y the shock. -Philad:/phuia Prcas. A Naval ('adet's Trouble. The most unfortumnate ease of klepto mania hais b)een brougit to light at the Naval Academy, Anmaiolis, which may result in thle ultiniate disminissal of one of the "' star " mmbers (Jr the first class. It app)lears flint for sonic time past the cadlets have been missing from their rooms articles of weairinig apparel, triok ets, etc. It was supplIosed that they had been stolen by some of the colored emloyees, andit sonme had1( even been dis charged on this aeconut. But lately suspicion fell uipon Cadet Bowman, of Michigan, a member of the graduating class, which was promptly reported to the authorities. 1 t, was not deemed ex pedient to aict, however, without further proof, and int ihe meant imue a quiet watch was instituted. It was aseertained that a b)ox had b,een taken from Cadet Bow mian f 's oomt ini a siurrepttiftious manner. -An orda -ly wyas dispastcIhed to the ex press5 otlice, where it was carried, and tIhe b'ox was ,* retd to the Academy .tunder authority o f the comimandlant of entdets. It wis op -ied ini the presence of ietnants I','tter, Manniey, Green and Cadet liowinani, and the latter (lid not deny tha;t. some of the contents did not belontg to hiim ; in fact, the strange demeanor hld t hose pre'senit to besliove thiat his nimid was affected. hBowman .was regelated to the hiospital for furthier ordlers. lie is a birighit young man standing No. 3 in the first class, and much sympathy is expressed for him. It is believed he will either hec dismissed or allowed toJ resign. It was stated that a pistol had been1 taken from him. Fear inig pe(rsonmal violence a guard wiitchea over l um. A Righteous Retributoon, A strange affliction has been visited upon01 a young man who resides in a town not many miles from Atlanta, says the Constitu/ion. Several years ago when lhe was a boy ho was acenstomed to pass ing through passenger triiins thatstopped at hist towni and( soliciting abams, repre seniting that he was a muite. H e (did so, niot 5o muich to dlefrautd ats for the pleas uire of p)erp)etrat ing ai joke((. lIe is now in Atlantai for trem ient o f deafness, and cannot h,ar a i'ord t hat, is spoken to him. The deaIf;h'ss its due1 to a disease huiehi attaceked him while in Texas some weeks ago. ie spe1)(lls on his fingers as an ordinary deaf mute does. Wr. nevor knew a muan wvho could ap. preciate the blessintgs of prosperity as did a Boston printer, who long since laid biy stick amid rule fo'rever. A "' fat take " o'f p)oetry fell to him. He seiz.ed it with avidity, gazed at it long and tranquilly thben called a " sub," put on his coat went off. " When a man gets such a it take na that," he said, " he can afford to loaf for a day or two."--Boaton Tran.