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Cl 51w rutr 1) VO1El) TO 1'OLITIt, XORAIIY, FDUC '1I N AND TO 'I'JE UENEl&l, INTERCEST OF TilE COUNl. Y. By D. F. BRADLEY & 00. PICKENS, S. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 8. I,,3S VOi. XII. NO THE o apge eCrg of .Volusia .4nevwt) Fla., is estimated at $200,000. TusRs are no less than 303 localities i: North Carolina where geld is found. HUNI)RDS of bushels of tomatoes ar 'thro;wn away in Florida evary season. Tus vegetables of Brooks county, Ga. have yielded a net revenue of $100,00( this season. TuirrEN thoussud pounds'of red pep per were re.eived at Laredo, Tex., .a fep Vyu ago rom Mexico. Tim building, of the observatory fo3 the great McCormick telescope at th University of Virginia was begun Ias week. Tim, grading is finished on the Yazo< stud Mississippi valley railroad and thir teen miles of track have been laid on thn Jackson end of the line. MINERAL lands are selling in the east "ern par! of Marion county, Ala., at $1 per acre. Tim contract for building the Army and navy hospital, at Hot Springe, Ark. has been awarded to Cyrus Fribtol, o that place. His bid was $86,335. Con. Knco has sold his ranche and cattle, near San Antonio, for $4,000,00C to an English syndicate. This is said t< be the largest ranche in the wcrld. IN western North . Carolina there ar< fifty-nine peaks above 6,(00 fcet, nin"t; three between 5,000 and 6,003, and 14? betwein 4,000 and 5,000, a total of 29C .aboo 4,000 feet. Monnan never saw saw "'so much buil Kling going on" as is under way this sum mer. Many of the buildings are of ai inporing character, but the majorit; of the middle class of citizens. Tun whole town of Knoxville having beon aroused by a distant mysterious ex ploswi one day recently, investigatioi Was made, and it proved to be men fish ing in the river with dynamite. Fon ingenious methods of murder, aI Oxford, Miss., negro gets on the preni rm list trying to poison his family b; lpuuttuig the head of a moccasin snak ink, the coffee they were al,out to drink Tun Paine Institute will be opened a Augusta, Ga., in October. The aim c the Pai11e Institute is to train yoing Ite groea for the ministry, and thus furnisl the means of enlightening and educatin their race. Ar.s P. )Moiii was thefirs t Co: 'federate soldier to draw i pension unde the Tennessee law allowing $10 pe nnouth to Confederates in the army. Mr Morris had both eves shot out in th battle of Stone river, )eccnber 31. 1662 BY pouring oil oi the floor, and settint fire to it, then gouging out the charre portions by neants of a sharpened pik and a piece of scissors, and then repet ing the operation, three prisoners in th CJorpus Christi (TLex.) jail very nearl nucceded iln escaping a few days ago. Ti's plans of the Georgia mnatch fact< ry, now going up in Gainesville, hav been changed, and its capacity has hee' doubled fronm the &rst arrangement. ] 'will be0 in full operation in sixty dayi It is rumiored that several ether nmanm factuiring establishmnents wtill soon1 b) added0( to the intdtustries oIf the towni. A LARo3E roofing factory is to be ereci 'ed in Chattanooga. Mr. L. Sagendorp :The Stuperintendent of t'. New York coin pany, will organize the stock companiiy 11 an early dlay. It will be composedl : the wealthiest bustiiess mionu in the city andl will be licensed by the original coim pany to mtainufaictuire twenty dlifferen afyles (If roiotinig. Mxuxrnis Appeal :Georgia has reache the dignity of ieing ''the great mtelo: enttr (If theo South," and it is antticiplt ted that before mtany years ant anumi great ntelon pilgrimage to Georgia dum the melon season will lbe organized b our colored citize~ns, with low railroa and steambioat fares. I vidently Georgi has a great mtelotn futuo b efore htet. ALAIA MA's imiprovementt does ntot seer: to be conineuod to her tmineral interest and rmamufacturing. The laat censu shows that the tnmber of farms hav' nearly doubled. In ten years the e,r. 4 ~ crop htas increased about fifty pter cent. the oat crop nearly qtuadrupled, the cot ton dirop) increalsed nearly sixty per eei thte wool produt dloublhed, and the htog increased over soeenty por centt. "'Tum PolN I'' (on Lookuuit miountiiit the propjerty oft M'iss WhIiteside, of Chial tanooga. Wishing to residle hereaifteri B3osto)n, she has offered the Point f< sale. As heretofore staoted, a comipani o" Cintcinnatlans desire to piurchalso thc prop)erty. It is no0w satid thatt a Chaitta nooga firm will bie a paurty to the jni chase. In the event the sale tatkes pla<( sonme very extensaive impihrovceents i contemlatedl. A GOLn mtineO lias been discovered o the land oft Mr. Gravitt, seven miles eni ed Cumuming, Ga. Years ago says t11 Clarion, D)r. Steven:son, (If Gajinesilo discovered1 anid tested a vein on this Ian but for sonte teaison noit known niotkitn ws (10n1 ablout it. Recently mtore tes ing and1( panning hats been done, ando.tli output and the recults were oif such character that some) geitltemtein in Oani eavillo closed a trade last. Saitutrday nigh with Mr. Gravitt, payiig him $13,0( for the property. Tih:y ,ill proceed once to r' up mtechi.ery and( place il mine in No. 1 warkinig order. "Warr our Fish Disappear" is il title of ant article in theo American An le It is because small boys witht bent p hooks aind pockets full ot worms are floed to fish in the streams after V city sporta have goue home disgusted. Timan is a young fellowv ini our neig oorhood who has been making a dai practice of attemipting tsing "1I me like ia soldiei' die. '' eseems orave deathi, and they do i.ay thtat one the neighbors whlo hats a mliisket is yi p gtosooonodt him, FLIRTA TION. 11 hat Is flirtation ? Really, How can I answer that? Yet when she smiles I ee 11s wiles, And when he lifts his hat, Ies meeting in tho ball-root, 'Tis whirling in the dance t With something hid beneath the lid Besides a simple glance. 'Tis walking in the hallway, '1is resting on the stair ; 'Ts bearded lips on finger tips (If mamma is not there.) 'Tis going out for ices, 'Tis buttoning on a glove; 'Tie lips that speak of plays next week And eyes that talk of love. 'Tis tucking in a carriaga, 'Tis asking for a call ; 'Tis lifted eyes and tender sighs, And that i 1 -no, not all. 'Tis parting when 'tis over, And one goes home to sleep ; Tra Is, my friend, best joys must end But one goes home to weep. ELLA Wulr.an. AN ALGERIAN LION STORY. How I came to be sitting, in very good comnpny, one glorious September even ing, in the little moounliglted garden of the hotel at Algiers is neither here nor there. My companions about the round table, which was garnished with slim bottles, glasses, and piles of cigarettes, were all Frenchmen-three old Algerian colonists, - the fourth an ex-Lieutenant of the Navy, 'vwho had exchanged a life on the ocean wave for that of a hunter in three-quar ters of the globe. Before dinum r I lha:d picked up in the t tilon )u Chailun's goh illt-book, w hich 1 f had never seen 1 efore, and imy saying _ something about, this turned the conver cation in the garlen upon wild beasts and the hunting of the n. Some wondcl ftl stirics were told, es pecially by the x-satdlor, though not bit more wonderful than many one hear:, from old Indianh slior-tmen. r For the matt, r of that the most extra r ndinary sporting story I ever heard was told by-of all hmen in the world-a hare hunter, capped therewith a snake-and elepahant narrative, quite unique of its kind. Presently, a short silence, caused by 1 the uncorking and tasting of a new bot. tie of llerinitage, was iroken by the eldest of the party, who had not said - a,uch before. iIe was a good-looking a man of fifty, with beatrd grayer than his T tead, and a merry tuinlle in his eye. What he said I shall repeat for the sake if clearness in the first person, just as c told the story himself. b "The adventure of which I am going i to tell you, gentlemen, hapened to me a t ..oo l many years ago. It was my first serious intervie w with a lion. Like most serious things it had a comie side too. - "I was a young man then, and had Li ocen sonic half dozen years iin Constan tine farming in partnership with a friend, an old colonist, whose acquaint ~nce I had made on board ship coming out from Marseilles. " Our business was corn and cattle t raising, and we did very well together, antil my partner died of a fever, and after that I took d. dislike to the place. I thought. I would shift. may ground into - this province, Algiers, p11511 toward t the frontier, and get a grant of govern mnet land and make a farn of it. So, getting a neighbor to give an eye to things in my absence, I started on my prospecting expedition. " I say 1, but. I should ay we, for there were three of us, sworn comradles as ever were. " 'First, there was your humbtle ser vaant ; secondly, there was any haorse Mar Ienago, and a bletter naever looked through a bridle. He wats bared heto ween a Unarb si-re and an English mare baelonagiang to the colonel of chzasseaurs of whom I blought him in town, whleni his regimtica w-as goiaag home, Hie stoodaa ahloant fif son hands two, carriied the Barha head, and( the rest of his body waUs all hoane and Li muscle. His temper was as good as his i courage was high ; me he would follow about, like a dog, but hie hiad onie failing, anud that was an inLsupler:able ob jetioia to the close proximaity of anytbinag, ex. . eept one( thting, t hatl s toaod oan four legs. a We all have our peenali-aaities, alnd this sis his. Bipeds were aib very u ell, lmut rouiiltiply the legs by twvo, am(l le let fly immaediately, and never missed his aim. "Such was Marengo. SThairdly, there was Cognac, the r faithfuillest. the most honest, the oddest, anad the wickedenat little dog the world ever saw, lie was more like a terrier ~'thana anayting else; with a short yellow cot,aIx's head, very long cars, anda very snort tail. Tho shr illness of his baark pliered your ears like a knife, buat the awfulnaess (If his howl -lio always howled if left alonaa-hIaills d1eaipit ion. Duiring thme fouarteen yearts I had hinm, hae aa seldomn left mse day or~ night. Oai a joulr ney ho wouald rain baeside me, and whenc tired1 get up~ and sit in my wallet. The great p)leasaure oif his life was to steal he hiand people and secretly lbite their legs. "i ' By somae tamteriouis allnity, hn ad M arengo wvero friends from the fiast. They nowI sleep nder the saime tree. "' Vel-l, we startemd, anld after going ILhad decided on a location, aand turned my face homanewaard. My direct ion wa~s by Alma, to straike the greait road that ruins uinder the Atlas eastward inito (Con.. t ",t was abaout 8 o'cloIck one moraning, awhon I had1( been1 some1 two ho(urs iln the saddle, that I emergedl fromn a naarrow valley, or ravine, through which thie road rana, on to a sandy plain (dotted ae with bushes and seriub. r.'"I had just laid the reins on Maren in go's nieck, whien suadadeanly lie gave a tre '1- oendoais shy that pitched inc clean off. The next ninaute, wvith a hiorrile ronr, a lion spriang righat at his head. "I niuale sure lie was on thae top of' h im, h- and so ho wvouldI have been, buat, mes ly MIarengo wheeled short round like lig~ht 'et eing on his hind legs, the streamuing to reins caught the bIruit's forepawv, auad, 01 as it were, trlppedl him, so that lie fell Ssideways On the,r'oad. iorno down, but the throat-lash broke, bu: ho bridle was pulled over his ears, and, hut eco11verlng himself, he damted away (oi non a grove of trees that stood by the nil vaysi . "So intent was the lion on the horse, on hat he paid )to attention to me, lying on lefenseless before him. ror "Crawling swiftly along the ground, uv 1e pursued Marengo, whom I gave up im< or lost-for his chaice against the lithe of )>ute among the trees seemed hopeless. foi " However, as luck would havo it, coi herp was anl open space about a dozen ag 'ards across. In the centre of this in flarengo took his stand, with his tail be oward the lio-i and his head tiuried harply back over his shoulder, watching pet im. " He stood quite still, except for the t light shifting of his hind feet and lift- UK ng of his qtuarters, which I know meant nischief. co " The lion pro)ably thought so, too, ho or he kept (olging to try and take his p))onent by a flank movement. 1it thef >l hore sew his gane, and pivoting mn his forelegs still brought his stern funs to bear oi the enemiy. "Soon, with a roar the lion made his pring, but Marengo lashed out both leels together with such excell("nt judg nent of time and distanlce that, catching r lim full in the chest, lie knoeked himii ill of a healp to the ground, where he lIv tn uotionless. Then with a nei -h of tri- ai imph and a flourish of his ice] s,away lie fic anltoped tlhrough the grove out on to he l'latin and was safe. .11 "The lion lay so still that I thought 1e was dead. or at any rate quite hore de MO -oma/, ald was just running to pick up ho bridte and follow Marengo, w.henl lie tlf at up on his haunches. This made n c "I top. ull "As ho sat there with his head loosely c,tgging from side 'o side, and month -m tlf open, lie looked quite vacant and it diotie. lIt'l "Snddenly his head stopped wngging, (l te pricked his ears, and by the fl:,sh of bo I s eye and chnged exl)ressio)n, I knew fal uo had seen mo. "Only one thing vas to he done, and we" [ did it. The outermost tree was liig(l mtid low-brann'ecd. '1To it I r.1n, an,l Iup) 1ll t I seramlni d, and had just perchcd ja iol , fork about fifteen feet above terra- 1,11 Irma as the lion arrived at the bottom. '1 "Looking up at me wit hi t wvo red-hot I1b :oals for eyes, his long nervons tail lash ft' ng his sides, every hair on his lody ci urned to wire, and his great cl:,ws pr"O I'uded, lie chatterell at mle as a cat clat- CO krs at a bird out of reach. His jaws h:1 mnapped like a steel trap, and his look )ii was perfectly diabolical. When h(le was tired of cbattering he stool id growled. 1i " Catching sight of the bridle, he walked bI to it, smelled it, path d it, and then < f'ame hack and lay (town and glared at -h tile. u1r Siy carlbine-confoitud it !-was sting but at my saddle. My only weapol, Iesil(s bi: my hanger, was a pocket-pistol, doulble barrelled, and what in those dlays we ra: called a breechloador-that is, the har- ri rels unscrewed to load, and thei screwe(1 fil Di ag:im. :1 " It would have been a hiaim1ly weapon t1 against a iiian at close qnuarters. f:,r it b: threw a good ball ; but for a lion ! Be- tu sides the beast was too far otl. "'hen the thouln,htt flashed into ny 01: mind, where was Cog,nc? 1,,: I supposed lie had run away and at hiidden somewlelre. if the lion got sighit 1l of him, it would, I kntew, he soon01 all over with the poor little fthlow. atn " All at. once-( there aros(', close aF hanld, ttn tm awful anl f:miliar yell. It nad a tl strange, muHl(ed ton(', hut there iias n b; mistaking Cognac's v(ice. to "'Again it ('alle, resOuittlt, long-drawn, il an(1 seplhr.l.- It seemt-d to coine m from inside thle tree. Where the deuite l was lie'? P "1Thie lioni a1 ppeai'ed utt terly astonished,w tha:t they were almost intsid. out. whenic fi'omt aomofl hlce among(t' tie roots of the tree there po>pped a sma,ll yeIllow~ hieadl with lonig ('ars. " 'Dow, dow, Cognaite !' I criedi in my agonyx; *go I ack, sir' !' ~ "A cry oif detlighit, ('ut shortbyap c'ous wh'inec, wats h eisj pl, as lit sIt w,ard. the lion, lie Ibarik('et efit ly, "' With Iia low giowi aind iulng main, "Unek'l wenit C'gnaeit into hIlis cave ai fi'om iuisile. the hole, the lion tried to( (claw himi ouit. Oh, how 1 trembled for Cogimw! " But lie kept up iineh i et isiless tihe (f Snapipinig and snaoiig that it wais safety. "' All theo same, to 'see the [grt~ 'in. *iidly beaast d1igginlg away at lit V or i1 ittle dlog like thtat wasi more1II t I . hite d, andc as lie lt, o'e upil I Gri a't his blooed-shot eve, iIe shook its be. i,1 aId .1I gave him the oitheri barrel. * *"uWith a screte oIf rage hue bountdd t ba'tck. hiead and( inulted( hin with j1(ie ''it Ie was not to be~ drawniVu agIn,O and( after a bit hie lay do'wn intriher (t' iand pre'ltended to ~ go hsleep.j~ g lw barked lit hiim till lie was t ired, and thIn it r'etulrned into his (listlIi. "R'loadinlg, T fountd I hadit only thri t onliets left, and11 conchlided to 'eserv themlI forII a Crisis. "Ift was no' past nooni. To bIeguik the time, I limioked( Ia pip~e ori I wI,sn a song, anld ('lt, miy namte, C(I, . (ad Mt renlgo 's ott fth tIree, Its in spalce for thlion'su, which I (detni .1 ihiuld h(1 ( W\elliigtm . I wh-hed1 hel woultd go awSay. I f.ivingj some1 milin Thel liont l(gnt' h>) li:mt, wvithi hits ce I mouhlth. ie w.ma a Ii'sy anii disre-pu 0 le-l(ookling brutte as everI I saw. * lookinig at mte, walhkeud off and wenlt a lert' iy Ix'(own1 the~ roahd. ' Slipping: to thet grouund, I caught ny '"'It, wht had( crep't outt directly, m.il it r look hinl t':l'('i1hv r'ltn( fo1r illy ctlimp In i hollow about two uilred yards oft. 'l'hat light green ige-willows, water I I ad tit cul ig brute sniited it (llt ? 'Anyhow, it was a relief to stretch ' legs after sitting six mortal hours a brtch. TI'he lion disappoareI md te lusles. 1 strained my eyes 'r the phtin, but could see notiinugi :t ving. Then I gave Cognac a drinl a milk and i a few bits of bread-cake, which lie was very grateful. Of use it was no use beginming a race uinst a lion with only 201) yards start an.v nul ber of miles. The tree was j ter thtan that. t 'All the sam1e, he was a long time; rlaps he was really gone for good. h! there Clone his ugly head round a corner again, making straight for i whenl he was pretty near I kissed gnac, 111 thre"w a bit, of cake into the s le. '1'iTeu 1 elimbed again to my'l reb, Cognnl' retired growlin1g into lits tress, aund the beast, of a lion Mounted c ard over its lit before. "He looked quite cool and cotnfort le, and had evidently had a good nk. "Another hour and he was still there. "While I was wondering how long he ily meant to stay, and if I was -des ed to spend all nigh t on a bough like lonkey, a nd on very short commoniliis. got tup, and walking quietly to> the 1 t (if the tree, without uttering a sound, Iig upl) at me with all his might. 'Ie was (titte a yard short, butt 1 w startled ihmt I nearly lost i1ny 1balance. 'His coup having failed, lie lay down lit undt'r the branch I was on coach his hand on his paws as if to hide his rlilication. 'Suddenlly the thought came into ni ad: Why not mal> :a devil, and drol >n his back ? I disnmisscd it as ridicn s, bit it came a-:in. As we have all, hiding our EInghi'h frienil here, beel t 1"1, you knlow whant I ni11.tln--nollt n1 'An ant;gcl, bt ilm puh'n1iowder devil. t, S( lootd ! Well, it s:eemrs feasible-1 :l1 Iry it. 'I lia plienly of l>owt1 in my little -1, so l>uring sene into my hand 1 ti:, netad it wtell wvithl spit tle a.1. c:ldedl awa.y till it cameu t/ a titav Vc 'ius of black pastc. ''len 1 ftiiic'tnn litle erater, which I filled with a v grains of dry powder, and set it Mtill y n t ihe 1l'ulicht. "t M batr.l; shiook so with excil eme:tn I ild hatlly holdtl f Ilit t :md stetl t I struc amd struck--the lid1'r ig rll--n1w Ytesutvius. \VI:il', whizz ! The lion looked up1' recliy, bit I droIppeld it. plulp tiii tI ck of hIts leck. Fo an instait le tli'd t sct4lm to knto\w 'what olitt( IlaippoAetI Ali willi an an-grN firwl1 ll h li}thnIr d tore savagtety at the fiery flea on his ek, whic sant a shower of sparks into 1 mouth autd nose. " Again and gain lie tried, and I lieu ve1 wildly about, using the most hor dle lioli't lhniig,le, and no womtler. the d,l,'il ihad worked well down ltnll hi"; ,,rasy hair, and( tmust lmvey l; 1it like a hunildred hornt'ts. HiI ci himir and mnano burst into a flanu. tl he shrieked with rage and terror. " Thle he went stark simiig 1:nloa, 1,iping his tail letweenl his legs, lai? ek his ('ars and uIlslted out of the gry' Iiett v in les an hulr, alld dIsapp1a1'rtl I the raivuine. Almost as mlad as the lien with joy, d feeling sure It' was gone for good, I mlled tl dowi tJie tree ind ran ofl al".mfg e road as hard as I could, with (;ognllt rking at my heels. By-and-by I Intl pu4ll up, for the Smlt \i as still very hot : t I watlkedt as faist :as I coubld, ho>kinl" t all the tiime for 1lanrun;o, who woild t, I iliww, go ver'y tar 41 from his master. Ienly 1 sp iied hiii in a litollow. A iistle, mald, ut~hininig with dteligiht, In >tIed up1 aitd laidl his hieadl (4n myi "i fuviy himrry T imtd forgttteln it idh-4, Imt with myv belt, andi li:nllser hif 1 extemorisedl'.44t a hial ter, ftietd (ne d round his no(se4, n1141 eatchiing uip ing ill thi' lionsh ini Aflrca to catch nw'. "'il'i .r were stil t wo 14la x r i b f4r rd1 iriding 1 tlid it. T1limt wt al t hret' 1us enijtyedI 44ur .11upper goeis ' i:h1out4 ying. AI4ul t14mt, genitlement', ii liy Iry." We agreed ' it waUs '.on44dtrfull..1lU//w II1l1lltln IBoldage !ll Al'izola. URi nUN! 111.4 sb,Avi:s OwNi: nY THE~ 'iI NAvA.10 i I,As -THiiiEl ri41ATi sUF" D. M. Riord:u of4 th Na1 j T5l. 4genIcy wrvite. fit mt Fort 1)aetuw, Ai i (4n11, filmt a b:ody~ n c4'ntly' killed bty 14 slaive (of14' 444 the nodere. Thle (owners1 4f 1laves lmv4e alw:14 s lw l Imit, Iity haive hsttlute po.w'overi~~i item, andl ty hinik als lif t l. t illing tn 444of1 ita m a hemn, find m-t I twrd ithem t al i itve' wnd4( whlo I totk 4) - in teitrest ini a lead slaIv44 . I l it:n-n ii2 from Fr.misco' al>4'Ii ' tt 4 11ga' e i tt fwit' Itfi Iw otr tcorn4 four ftnet'I i4<:m ago. All thir i thie nonlii A. Io a '-r.id hiiis ight to4 41e frt'. w1 kn'iin of4 the boy was4445 kithel t. of hid l K ot co 4144iti . I hl~es r 4't::.'i il .4 n , ' , m l d m ue hat l tie - 41 41 1w 4m 4. h 11 u Ii , whoit' ar Ih'l in la i' . 41 hIt n lt b--L 1444' free.'i 444. sa1il t I old. 'II "lit i ru4in4 th<m, .' On1 i: sillain1 44t'i d t CROSSIN ' TiE CIHANNEL, A Story of the Men told by Crofl'ut. "'I sleep-and, dreaming that I'm Istir(, I 1ind >inyself aud(lenly on the floor, beneathi a pile of ia d(tzen or more who've ttumhld and pitched together; inl (iluite embarrassing 'tis, for we are nl:cltintetd and ' <uiite at sea,' and the itroduction, we all agree, without per mission, salts ceremo!nie, is a sign of bI'stering w1eathler. " A wave goes over the clumsy jutink, at dame is deposited inl my hunk, and down at the door a territie ntonk is try ing to cling to a lively trunk and utteritig sup1tplications ; three >iouls nuns from their perelies fall and land against the ullopsite wall, and spectres sprawl along the hall in utterly changed relations: Ie man who was sleeping is up insteal, and the man1 who was 1tpl is now abed thus Nature, as atrds have always said. is full of her ctml elsations. "A woman siricks, as I leap to th( leck. 'The ship is sinking ! We'rn rushing to wreck ! The life pres'rvens have vanisled I The rudder's broke at( we're going down I oil, save me, John , I know I shall drown, tny voyage of 1if, is finished I ' I ereep where the life pr' serverm are stored. A great sea, sky wart sailing, comes down oi the deck frt the gulf of clouds. A dutchman cling to the liarboard shrouds, and lifts li voice inl wailing: ' Ach I Gott in Him :nel I' he nutkes his moan, 'vere ish i r'st of to flatt 1 gs g nie ? I ftided bln forty or 1wentV. In such an awfuli' shtort like dat' (jist then a great wav( knoeks hini flat. drenches him, carrie: aIvay his hat,) 'dere ought to be more a: a plenty.' ' ' See here !' says 1, ' what's this -ot say ! tit fie 4 preservers you've tn)ceu away?'i collbr1 him -' whalit you done wt"itlh 'em, hey ?' My imeanting he ditmlh tches, andi(1 Ie:als me d1( wi with 11111t tcred vows a ladler" as st, ep as the Lill 1llows, to tho stalls %%lwtre sailors the atItle hel(.e, aditi the(ire eiglit striake andt spie'kled cows art tied uip siigly b4e' t w.cn the hws ju st riuier tihle forwari Iitches. Aliid eve y c.1v is a sailint-' (r.Ift ! for each is tcvered above and :1l>a ft, over aid utd'r aid fore and alt, u ith1 life preservers enough for a r: fi I.shed to her hull securely, around ti1,rs1,(lt11rheal,eteeth< hotis tool undelr theit tail, beatwveeiin In ,-gs, anid set lilk a sail across the haclk :u wc;ath(ir i gale, seaworthy are thl. i-rtely ; mid fed with a lavorous eseti h-",t, in the c"rowdd( hlold] Of theotae S'lit, they chw the 'td of sweet con. tent seren'ly itid leitir'ly. "A huxom m11ailcn is weeping nigh it .tat little cow with it ir:tint il eye ; she ungs its head wvitl a land 'good bye,' tuid s:a she knows it will have to dit' cuiopaed with her high and stormy cry, h-r father's liintive groan and sigh arr iit ly a s1iunnwier zc1phyr; it souuids abo ve the brl'aher"s' roar, expressing thet w isl thut the ciws were nsiire, or the I.mp1test les:; or the iluatt bat!l mnore--ol, .h- litter, alas ! there aire oil' four on ihe neck of her pitted helf(r ! S'1'he passengrs gat ler, et' by one, to asc('rtainl the e:tse of the funt, and, getting a glimp iw of whmt his been dlone, dlisp)erse the glunt wilth iaughter; but close to the heif(er thm girl abntles, till, se-ing her grief, 1)hl Nclptul:e hid1("s his he1adl, and( the mnmo the- sturna divides, alid out of the dlrkl: the vessel glides, 'uii( the wave is suuith iIlreaifter. IEM1El) IN BY FIE. A mllner I,npriM,nc1et In nt Ntu(t witIi Flerc, The Salt Like 'Tri,nc says:-Supet inteiletit I 1iil it't with a thrilliug al vettre at tihe imu'ini of thie tre bomi up ini the Ophilir dlistriet the othitr da. it' thus reltites his t'xperieince: "'I wr httai't thle noi.s' I Itiought it was soml v'isitorms tcoiing tdowni so I took my canLi ittt thii iintliini to toy i.miz:rni'titit I ste litltar iin'te wats til fire', thei' imtuth a of inig ii'a .'oi wll oft tire. AIy firs buit I f'iine t his iumpiossile, andit as tht :iimitl a' beaun l ruhing. dotwin tht shaft wits etimp, lll toi retre iat to the lowe ;iirt of iiim minite aitl awatitetd tIme fate hought'was turtly vtine.la Iti' was aitl -nAiar ienstio, ittinigi undsrgount 3) e; t, a 1i h i i and', ii abot ort itui'w't tif i el ifta, ert snek~'s,hi Ioui utail c., lrin otvter'iwini. *ep weret:i' no~t' ut er ft sitin iel wtas i f 'thi tvery Lirousi s I gr p ee myt~ fway up toward ~ti the wi>th of ith iec oftii tiat pow<h-ir purl. iithae ni1 'atbriight ylw gIlrlii, al ihat itei s mixe itht <hI ed gtne cas beufil I iilook an l butiali the rustanc<a .'' a ~t ', il i dn itl t al i ,r l ad tuani i hai1, biu. I was agai 'tomplld loir i wt downth'eshaft exharstlywhi h.-erof wo.b gn,iys lenvel't in, astW I han.e if git kite'g utiofwy toiregurd< ihose. woub' ubetir favorabil. tint k :ut. haveu ing toi war,itl foret sn t fllsr U naly fannw'ingikii thtiii'tkI wih a lad enl caling 1u to stoe iftnyon had t The Armagaw R lra111er, i A. A cattle-dealer stopped at a house of an Arkansaw small farmer, and called to a man who was drawing water with an old-fashioned windlass that cried out with an alarmingsereak at every turn of the crank. "'Light I" shouted the drawer of water. The man dismounted and approached the well, "I am a cattle-buyer," said the man, "and I'd like to talk business to you." "Can't talk business till I give theso steers as much water as they want." "How long will it take you ?" "Blamed if I know. They ain't laad no water for two days, and the well's seventy-five feet deep, and the bucket leaks; now make the calculation." "How long have you been drawing ?" "Since sun up; and the're jest as ram pant now as they was when I oom nenced. I don't 'low to do nothin' elao fer several days yit, for by the time one gits 'n(ungli, the other one is spilin' for some. " "Wily don't you drive them to the (reek ?' "Thar ain't no creek in the neighbor hood." "Why don't you drive them to the river ?" "'Cos they'd rush in and drown their selves." "Why don't you drive them to the pond ?" "They won't drink that sorter water." "lon't you want to sell them ?" "I would if I had the ole woman's con senlt, an' I think she's willin'." "Where is she ?" ''She's jes' gettin' ready to go over to see one of the neighbors." "You'd better consult her before she I:eaves." "You don't know that woman like I do. It ain't safe to )ester her w1hen sie's gettin' ready to go any whar. We'll hafter wait till she gits thar." "How far is it?" ''About, nine miles." "I see you don't care to talk business." "No, I ain't so powerful keen." "If you'd pay more attention to busi ness you'd livehetter." "Don't wanter live no better'n I am. Suits inc.'' ''Are vou making any attempt to ea cate your children ?' "Yes, an' they're gittin' along fine. Jim hit a nigger with a roek yisterday, Bob sassed a jestice of the peace, and . uek ain't afreed of the devil. That's a mighty good showin', let me tell you;" and the windlass screaked ai:d the steers rolled their eyes. "Are all of your children boys ?" " They might have been ef it hadn't been fur one thing.'' " What was that?" One of them was a gal." " Where is 0," now? " " Married to the trillin'est feller I ever seed." " Well there's no use fooling with you; good day." "Good day." And he turned the crank, nuttering to himself: "Nosin' 'round here Iryin' to find out who's got whi::ky. A man haster he night*y (Iart these days."-Arkansme 'T-at e//cr. ' A Proliflle Potato Patch. About 1855 or 185G a man by the name of 1'arker, who lived on the Mokelumne liiver, in .n .Joaquin County, made Ioath before the Commssioniers of the San .Joa<ptin Agricultural Society that h le had r-aised 2,500) hushels of potatoes ton an aerte. The story was so atstoishit itng t hot a coiniiit tee wats appoinited t o inivestigatto it. The repiortedl that the grtond was plant ed as usuiial in the sprtiing, andi maitur-ed a largo crop) of p'otaitoes; that biefore Ite potattoes wer'e ti thtle .Juneii rise of the river sent the wa tter near to tine surface, piroducing a setl d(rop oni thle surface, the gr-ominl bintg ne'ar-ly covered with the pottoes Whiien the wate'r went diown, a month or~ two later, a third crop set ini and mai ured belot w the' first. The Comminitte d hg several hills, which pro duced from stevenity-five to eighty -sevten poiundsM each. Th'ie top) potiatoies wire siburhined and1 ni ! othlless for thle tabile ; thle first cropi wasi',('f ('outr.w, wor-t biless, andit but a small quanitity of thle lower oir tii erop was .. tood. The- igginig and wtighinig of t' ditt'ced~ it fignres' cons'ii-idrabl, 1 mt noi it'a itt.a hiss tI Int 1,200 bishels fto fte t ere. Theii girounild s itt irly x h:.u-di, *.. ,Vtn Li.'i (Jl s.po ( ( '<t/. )T ! n Could ntot Steep. Amasa Stone, ft'( Cl--l and millit s 'idre win> 'oimmite'd snilhe, did Ho iw --;mise lie could ntt sh.' p. lli many niiillioniries tare there whoit would give r lt'(p us wiell itighits as Pat who take iiian of their hitri-t, or thle poor' manli - i)V w ohork in their' ganlensii. Everyv S ilfliti on <h>thrs a imant aiiml aites aft er hit los'- a compeis tenicy, isi a weight upton hi brini. Hefi dioies not enijoy thle montey, nd tinbod els' ('tin. What doe ss it rfit ai miint to gailt a btushel of moitiney, t:i lay awakeit nightIs aid see spitoks and irvt' is ion it ,tik e. A illioiiaire who Ia ifitIh hull hitnls, atnd forget thatt hie ,ti wfrth a hltired diollarit, has got an n'-y vtinw', but ftew of tilemi c-ant do if. he spectacle of a man11 who has got six~ millioin dotliars, lo wiing his britin itout, - tughiit to make thlousandtis who are richi 4 nilulio are rustling for more, stop ndt .. 'fink, aitd then quit business amid gt NOT ITLITERIATES.-According to yot 'iin Miller-, G'enerail Josep1h Latie, y'ars ago a United States Sentatoir from O"' gon, so far from being thle illiterate per-t onu hist pioliticatl einemiies descibled, wa:s oneint of thle bes'it reiad min he ever no-f. k IITe taulght lhim to reatd Pfittnth matil t ch:lsi(.s. Gentierali Lante kcnew thieii so) -well, adds .Joaquiin, "'thatt if I mtisreaid a 'ing~le word ats we lay undtter thlei oalks heu t,ikiing upj itt the btirds---hie wonhill correc't m ie. He, wroit in1i t old-.faish ioned,l full, roundti style, every letteor l ike ter of (th e 1rettst lengthil. Usaing the stimplet Stxoni, lie ailwatys said mutch in little- a ilitr tof tevery writer tf evr. fth g. T'I'ntty speel'ien(tttiolnof L'unitts it } th lA)imRR' 'RAD.-It is said fil tht the grea'it''t, dread of a gambler is titt hie will bte paraily zed. Theiy nearly ill exceet to die from a shook of som111 4 kin:d.' it may come from the fact that ai grent maniiy of them have gone that way. ritl If a man with a wvitheredl arm or seg ud should happen01 in a gamblling house tihe ded:dler wouldt quit the chair. Another th read of gamblers is a man who comes he iln to play with a cane in his hand. 'Bhat as reare a4 bad lucki to the@ hom, TIE CORONATION TOILETS. )rexaee Worn by the -zarIhn at M1oscon - I)renit of it Prl"NInMil ltu,iNis. 'The f1,llow ing diesses wet"ro made .by 1'oi tih for the Empres. of 1:ussia:-A ourt dress to be worn at th( receltion t Moscow of the Notalelcs on the day fter the coronation has a train four ictres long. It is of pale rose velvet anid i emlroidered with a tine silver design, opied from the coit mantle worn by lario Altoinettr at the fete of the )iuiphin at Versailles. The petticoat-or he " ' sarafaln," to Use11 a lissianl expres ion-is of white satin, withi silvery em ruidery. The two pamnenlmx inl front re sep,arated by lmttons of diamlonlds id tassels compose(l of cluster"s of dia 10ids. A ball dress has a traini of white atin emblroidered with silvt'r daffi)dils, urrounded witIi i garland of narcissi. 1e front i.; of whiite 'r1)e, with crystal earls interspersed with roses and nar issi. This dre:s is for the ball of the olilesse. Another hall dress, to he orn at the soirro which will be iven by the City of Moscow to the Czar, as a train of ercpo raye imd satiu paille rc1e, the str:1les ell)roidlered in relicf rithl silver sprays and the front em Iroidcrd with live garlands of silver ;vain with1 a fringe of wihl flowers. Ai 11ber toil(t. is an opera ,1rss Of the ,,)tuis S ize style; It in is t"n rose satin, +ith ihrge hoilets woven in the tissue; he front of eree and ro:e satin, inl re i,"f, with lar!e tifts of xwan'l down ain1( assels collitsal of cluisters of 1earls. or the f,s;iva,l day, whi:ii the city of foscow gives lioior to the Czar and zarlian, there is a dress of grel-n crepn le Chine, cere11l with b1,lieiched can ,rie enlbroi,lered with Vailei ciellnnes eith a large elinllrtue and knoits of moin ,)se. Ch!apacap a1ote of rose velvet. )u the or,-:Sion of h,"r arrival ait 'Moscow he I":u 11a1;s wone a costume of crepe dle liiiie 11aillt', witlh lave trilmmings, amd fithI ia eeirtune (,f <iblili:ls and a short honk to mattch; chapneat do p)aille, immed wit h, ma.."s ro.,tes aid cllsters of f velvet d:alli:as. l)11CSS or rIlr- can.U )t'CI:SS. 'lhe- follo"t in; arc" the toil""ts whielb \ortth' oiltal f,,r the Grand Den 'hidimir:--t a:ort dre" s of crepe d1, 'Iine, trimmnlnd with iloinee: ot wh1it, ilk and nuslil. (mb1r(idered with wlith 1s(5. A gri int .iutnre of moire b lanehe. it h Jarge ho<liets of lil.S inl the cenit -. velv'et cour"t muantl(", ( pinlle, Nwith pa1h ose, andl eals, (iden-! d with 1)-r imp .ri:ai rills, set ot w% ith rieh I,'llniissanee <le igus. The sanifii1 is of rose salin, emi )r4)i1leled with silver and trimmlied with insters of p: nils and marabthout. On o asioil of the hill of thu 1nob1lesse si ill wear a toilet of white erepe, cln ilerell vith silvor violets intersler:se,l i1h i'arma viol,ts, a grand eeintire of li.unlonds, wili it cor,lon of violets. At in- city of Mosowv hall herl toilet will 1, f silver giav erit llroideraI with ilver roses intl trianon style, trimunt ith glIarlands of roses andlil silver hazei tis. 1For the oper(ia lshe vill weaar: a -Obw of tliite ('ina:1 erepe b)roelIe over a rhli!e satin jn1n', the whole richly rinanel with etsede:l of pear"ls. TL' (rs "e ],:11ilii arnais is fasteled bV 'rranii sand hir y" t:aeils of pearls. O'n ito (i:y of iihe \':Ieww festivities siie will rear at Short Wattc;li dress of Chini:i repe and sat in m'rveilleux of gris perle, rilmo-d with in1s:rtions of Ma:lines laea .11 relicvel by h lws of plm-11-clored elvet ribb)ont1. 'Th," h:ait is of gris peru 1e1 e, trimmtod wcith gris perle anld loops f 1 11u - coI re<1 velvet. 'Tree 'laiiting in New York. Theli New Yok atl says:'I 11v Acelord'. :a0)lil 11 to i rcnly Iii.4sedI ml sigin'al,1 myi person in tl tii5ll t of Ne Yor who41 is'lial to ighwa iax---wII hichVl~ mel ils clafh ii x epin to' the extint of one11 Sxiemptio nt I ilw askdI till'~ ith year,~tl I-r phI n. T he-I'iiII I1 thiw Iwll 1111 di11 Iacs I(,1 ut allow csdibl choIi - as11 hould (lIad til theIIl'~'' lr: ita thmgin 111f1 (Iur many~t tsandl ofi ilf h an- VI'lIl I untry~ 114 rod linIto biI Sway (hat linil un:nIt wi i 11 notinit et ( w I' traini thi-y do now I nI a I ndIl i.1t Thwl who mui t do1 1 nt If liI pI"ht Il"f II hi I I . tou 'h 'rid \lti Il'w I (irar:a '- tilf illt'p its (a1n w hi trhnne hout ahi alc w or 111b Tis mayi Still fI te CoO'mah ,9 4 1 1,h ' eo ct n e n t hi ;nleu. yo p:ivt to1n.''y in- 1112l of his hIiCOrt wi 'utw Ii. i lfac n ny