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DE'VOTED TO 1'OLITICF MOIKALnlY I:'UU.UI'ON AND) TO T'.E GENElIRL INTREilSC OF Te CONI By DF.BALY& C0. PICK ENS, S. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMIBER 20,1883..VO XTr_ n : bE TO FACE WITH'DEATR. e read to ad Thbv ives Ia gpat catastresske. = lliitng is more ouriois than the fa g $s one of a oowd, seems tc tore #errible to a :llt than simply g his own indlidual "death. Un ionably there seems to be no kind tt tleath more dreaded by men thau 'her from sudden catastrophic 4j. 4i~ aat of the ping Theat.ro at 'ina and that of the Olyde, for in. a a0-.qr (rom pestilence. No doubi i pereetly true that death cannot uc 11ared in the same sense in which n iril. Or a pleasure can be shared; you gltlot, I all probability, be conscious i'the strength of companionship after 'o begins to flicker low, nor are there gJ6ve one or two people in the world ilh whom most men would covet the Pnse of companionship in such a mo .uent as that of death. Still it is some avhat curious that death on a graid scale always seems to be more terrible, even to separate individuals, than the ordinary death by units. Of course, terror is very catching, and, therefore, the terror of a crowd always enhances the terror of the individual.3ut though that ex plains the supremo agony of a sinking ship or a burning theatre, it does not in the least explain the additional dread of death which plague soOWs to inspire in individuals, for botween the inhalitants of a plaguo-stickon city there is always very much less active sympathy than there was before thepestilence appeared and it is rather through the growth of mutual repulsion than through the heightening of a comlnlol sylmpathby, that the influonce of pestilenco is chiefly felt. Perhaps ik will be said that men ,lo not fear death'the more on account of *ho number dying around them, but my as that number makes evident the :eatuess of the risk. But that can cardly be the explanation of the matter, rwise we might expct, a much ireater terror in every man to whom the doctors so frankly acknowledge that 'death is imminent, so that wo ought to find in a healthy inhabitant of a plague stricken city, whose chance of death is probably much less than one in t wo As a matter of fact, very few patients -t icken with ordinary disease, who are tl -ht death is inevitable. show anv panic alill, whilo the perfectly healthv man, surlhunded by pestilence, is Io') of tell conSuned with L earrur which rend ers him absoutely unfit for the discharge of his duties. It seens certain that the selfish terror inspired by tie sight if dying crowds does unnerve nen in a manner in which a sentence of death passed upon themselves would not un nervo thenm at all. We wonder why thi, is, and suppose the reason to be that is is only a great risk in combination with the chance of escape that unnerves a man whom the prospect of certain death would not unnerve at all. It is the eager passion with which all the mind rushes into the alternative of prolonged life that really unmans a nature which would be steady enough in facing cer tain death. Mingle a great fear with a vivid ray of hope and you will turn a 4 head which could hold its own against imevitable fate. The tumultuous (.I - ment in the ease of plague is, we be liove, the ieltish desire to escape rather tlai the actual prospect of death. h1le paie felt is really the panic of tempestn oa.s hope rather thau the pallic of fear. Extinguish the hope and the panic will +ftenlcease a completely as if you had extinguishced the fear it.self. The Cyclone Season. O)ne the fieest of the many torana s that have occur:ed within the last tour mont his was flhat whbich swept over southernl Michigan on Monday, ,linly 23. It played havoc with farm houses, barns, fences, orchards, and forest trees stand inig in its track. Several women and children were k illed, one woman, ac-cord ig to the telegraphic in.patches, being p ieked up by the wii.d and torn to pieces. It was early last spring that this ex traordinary series of storms began, and 6very few wveeks have passed since then without brinigi-ig news ot t1 i fatal de(s tractive work of one or more whirlwinds. Sometimes several tornadoes have oc entrecd ner.> simultaneously in diffe'rent pAlces. Disastrous rainbu)lrsts and thn der storms have aiddedl to the extratordi nary character of the weather, and oinly evidlence of a similar coindit ion of atmos pherie dlisbul-balnee extendling all over the world is needed to give verly str-or g t'onfirmnationi to the views of the sun Sspot theorists, for (luring all these stormy months, and up to the present moment, the sun lhas been spot ted like- a leopard's skin, and plainly agitated 1by treme ~jus disturbting forces. Some shred A.f the required evidence of a world-widd extension of met er(ological disturbances have been obt ained, but the record is very incomplete and unsat is tactory. There have, fer instance, been e,.traordinary rains inl some parts1 of Etrope, includiing watei sptouts in) Huni v, and we have heard of dlestrucetive d aations in India, or a terrible huir al at the Samoan Islands, and( of floods in Bhenos Ayres. Still, no t of nature, pyohiiably, would he to look -upon all this as Proving 1-splots have, anythin~g to do) u ith her e,specilly rince previlous oh en peidubtf Sill -sha Bunt it mayi~, per-haps, avidence furnishe-d by Sstorms (of the last I wo) is favorale to thle sun , and that it would not re treat dea~lumore of the same sort uco to inicline the scales of judg ocidedly in favor oIf the theory. ever the causo may 1)e, it is'cer it it would be hard to match the e recoIrd of 1883, and, judging io telescopic aspect of the sunj Sthe last six mont.hs, an inhabitan t alt orb would hiav(e to be a pret ty tr citizen to be able to recollect 'a owhen ;.un storms head beeni so fre.. tand.so 11erce.-Ncm York ,Sunm. Titn BRAZILIAN ARMY is in a rather disorganized condlition. The ex-Minis ter of War in Brazil gives a melancholy account of tlio laxity of dlisciline, not merely among the rank and file, buat elsm lmong the higher omeiers. One of I hies. '.olo11el, on hearing t hat he h ad lb-cu: sed .over, wont to the War D)epar[ - , t,abused the ofieials there, and~ swore that if tihe Eimpe2ror did not ser juisticeo-done he would let them know wvhat tfireo hundred bayonets could (1< -i'. the'streots of Rio JTaneiro. T1hae host Atahs in many' parts are eiinks of financiai corru ption. -some ollice frequentl: receive for medicine f<ur or five timer their activo pay, and1( loehes are hired four or five times a month at e&ghty 'cents each every time. Electric collar. are supplied at the coat of tfens nf thou a~ns of 4ollare, And "'feeding battles ry the aunts for over tift.y thou lir tihouigh,'' adds the '-x so1iasticalhly, "the militar; la es ighchilxon," STX L .(TLfE MA IDENS. I'll toh jou a story, I'll sing you a song,. it's not very short and it's not very long, Of six little maidens : in whitu they were dressed, And each was the swcctcst and each was the best. Invited for four-well, now, let me sco: Waiting was dull, so they got thler at three. ] 1 here were litt'o Miss Katie and Nellie and 3uo, i int little Miss Bessie and .Polly and Prue. ft might have been Juno, if it hadn't been May, The first of the month. and a beautiful day; I hey kissed when they met, as the ladies a do Kate, Susie, and Nell ; Bess, Polly, and Prue. 1iey danced and they skipped( and they sang antcd they played, And they fount d pretty groups in the sun and the shade ; And I saitl, when they asked me of which I was fond, "'Brunettcs are the dearest. and so are the blonde." \nd that night an I bid them adieu at the gate. Ctss, I'olly, anti Prne, Sue, Nellie, and Kate, ltow I wished that '"good-bje !"' could havo been "how-d'y'-do !" aind I t:aid: ''Conc at three !" so as to get then at two! 'hat Terrible Scar. Midnight had t.olled its solena chime, vet still the weary watcher sat besi,e f -he hearthstone plying her husy needle. [ier eyes were dim and stuinken, her 1 -hoeks thin and pale, her lips pinched I ad purple, and her slender fingers so 1 <hrivelled with the icy chill thiat was c 'ast palsying her that the pliin gold e -ing on her wt-diing finger and tho y timble that she ihi-did wer, every now t Ltd then dtropltitng itto her lap. Her itlicate fo?am was sivilerinia e en undtier hao heavy shawl that she ha:l Ihrwn 2 .tout. her shonlt'rs, antd shi o i oil (ften wit h a wistful glance it the little 1has :et of fuel that stood besi-2e the fire place. Another hour passed and the clock t ruek one. "Io must scn0 he here now," whis pered she in a lilf-frighteud tone. 'I will lay aside my work and make tuings as cheerful as I can." So she bruh11ed the ashes from the hearth, drew the coals together, threw mt them aliantdii of the careful'ly- :aved Itel and fatinled 1 t h faint fLa' t :I it 1ashed high in the chimney Then shc ooked about the roon to swe if i v,, could be miendcd; 1-ut the few arti.lt it I ield were all in ti:.eir wonted plaees, mt everything as neat as the luaiiIs of 'tve could make it. An armi-citir was i Irawn from a corner close to the e,'ack- t !iug fire, the dressing gown thalt. hung< 1)1mo it spread out anew and t pair of -lippers were upon the fender. Ih t !amp was trimmnied afresh, the ltble i Ilusted, and beside it was plae,d a knife dmost as bright as thoaglh the tl.LtIe hal i heen silver instead of steel. "I have done the best I can," said the i nlo watcher, as again she satnk itto her 1 chair. "Oh, if I were only stre of one i kind word," she cotlinued. "Itrk !" She started up and listened. "It is he and how he bangs the gate ? I shall have a fearful time with him." She hastened to the front (ltaor and gently opened it. A man staggered in, and reelii g this Way and that, reaehed f'inally the rot n) his gentle wife li:tl made so lrilgit aid cheerful. But what was her rew:rd ? A volley of oathIs so foul t hat Iit seemedi t as if an army ef fiends hiadt spoken:1 with one voicec. He cursed the ntiggtard Iy fir, though to make that she antt he-'rchil dreni had becen half frozen all day; hoe swore at thto patchett dre'ssing-gttwn, though out of her otwn thin warhriobe she had planned it; lhe raved at the b read and meat, though hter own lean itger-s had earnied thtei both. Antd wh-en, aegtl like and woman-likie, too, sito gave him a smile for uwery frowni, an eanleai epithet for every ealli, and would have wountd hter atrms ab)out himti to wiin htimt b)ack to reausont antd himself;' lie raised his heavy hand and dealdt hier a power ful blow; nye, he struck her-i till over nervem qtuivered with ainish, and shtu his wife and the' mother of htis becauteouis chaildrent ! And now. wvhen shte hiav pro.ut rate btefore him, lie taised huimself to kick hier frora thence. A slight ytttung hand pushetd off' the b(oted foot even a, It was falling on thte trembilinig womiiani, and a voice, agonized in its tones, ex claimed: "'Forhiear, my father, ifr though yom wife, she is yet nty mother, aid 1 wii save her from your rage !"' The eyes of thto dunikard quail mhoment bteforte thle iupturni-ted g azi ;his first-htorn, so mntifailly holy was th - iok that btemaied frnoit his tearflI face thon a fiend ishi glato butrned ini his ~own, and exclaiing: ''You, too !--- must T level nmy httas hi(ld erie I ennu findit peace ?'' lie se-ized Il< glisteninLg kiife and st rutk his chItil. * * * * * * * "W\ill lie live ?" moaned the peoa mother to the surgeon, whien lie hm! b)andaged t he boy's head. 'iel is v-er palo and( weak.'' fatal--,yet witht (care lie miighit survive. ''Mother,"''--t here was a panthots ini te toLne thait drtow her eyes eta rnest ly to thei' petlker, a st riplinig of aboitt 17'years "mitither, T ant going away.'' "Awaty !--and where, Ernest ?" sit -iiquired. "I eannot say,'" lie rt-pliedt ; ''(1. must diirtect my steps-ht go from he, i ? must. The cturse of the drunkard's sonis 5ont me. Notne wtill regtard me nanot eveni give met woratk. A\ lid mlore. mot:her, if I stay lieu-c T must forget in Bil, for how c:an I hotntor may fathot whena lie so dlishonotrs hi msel f ?" Very long,did the boy talk atd pleat er-o he woni the teairful consent ; lint sh,' gaveit atliength, and, with alit t'eknapi sack on his back, his mother's bale ii onei1 pocket and her slenher tpurse ian I L. -other, E est went forth iui the~ g,ea )woarld'$jo A, not so- miuch fortnn a-cut fam, yth@pg - -y w-4 "Do you ask," said he, when he agtl.h slumed his theme, "(10 you ask why I lfund hero to-nlight and speak thcse hings ? Why, I not only speak but [eel hlm? Look at this," ho said, lifting h glossy locks from his left templh. 'Lo yeu sec that sear on my forehead ?' 1i the bri.illi:nt gaslight it was per etly visilble' to mlany i watchful eye; it as ia ghastly frightful-looking sealr, lrrng the beauty of a brow that niahit therwise have been a painter's Inmolel. Slowly and solemnly did the speak:ter tter coch word, then as le stood pish ig back the raven hair, lie contnime,d After the drunkard had felled his wife : the flor lhe would have kicked her rostrate form but that her young son ashed between the two. What did the runlkard do then ?" lie exclaimed in a oice of thunder. Another pause and a reathless hush. More slowly, mere elemnly did it speak: "Iie seized a tlife," he continued; ''ave, and the one. o, his gentle wife herself had laid 1c ble his plate for himl to carve the ith-1 yr worn anl weary fingers had c... >"nstain his life: he seized it andl.. -: ts I" and he pointed to his forhl. To my grave shall I carry this sear a, t till I rest in my grave shiall I cer > plead for the drunkard's children .' With these words fresh on his lipsh ithdrewv. There was no applandoh. it a silence as of death rested in it it hall. Ere it was broken b)y praN hymn an aged mall, older though' I 'cled with grief than years, tottcrcdl )n01 the platform. Trembling in everv 'rve and muscle, lie leaned again:t the" .sk, and finally grasped it for supp any tim1e" did his lipq move ere le uld utter an audiblg soumd, .end whet li:d speak his words were r aitier feIt ., heard. " son has spoken,'' he f .Aid, ''now1 't the fat). With the s('ar1 on his I.rehead yet bleedhnl my : Ernest, my rst born, my noble ho.. X,- -ent from his none to seek among 01ansg's the peace s father would not. tive hii on his own earllhstOne. Ter. years from umat time, no week ago te-night, that sol ied i his father .croi ia gutter, atnd'instead f spurning iinm as I fallen sinr h 'k hin, to hishome as thiough ie had een me angel instoid of the de ,oll of youth. )cep is the scar oil lis fore mad, but deeper are the sea's'011 i . wart. Te have heard him-ye I. bet the storv and the sight 4e your sal at ion, as it even now is my ow, V' The old nian was exhausted and fell ack into his son,'s arilms.--Trut1 A Slimnlar Case. A singular divorce ease is before the urts of New York city. .Tn his ni avit the plaintiff says that he arrived i this country in .l;tlanry last, and on pril 1 made the acttuailtance of a young manll:l. It was ia case of love at first ight, and while they were spending an veing together the (Iestion of mar mgec+ caelo up in conversation. Iler clahlives re)res"elted that. a (e"terdiog to le law and customs of N. Y. State it was ecessary to have the elgagoimnt rati ied by an ofticial at the City lall, lie bl jected to these summary proeedings mo the ground that he was not sutli iently acquainted with the vonn~ lady ior hier anltecedents, a;:d that he desirel irst to consult with his mother, who vias then on her way to this city. It was epresented how:ver, lie alleges, that lie cerelolny at the City lHall was ncrely a matter of form, and not at all tinding on one of the Iichrew faith, and lint I lie real marriage must be suhse iuently consunmlated before a Jewish Ia)b)i. Accordingly, on the morning if April 2, the plaintiff, who coul unot peak a word of Eniglishi, went lefore mne of the Aldermen and was unwillingly niaired to his fair miamaorata; hlieiing bat thle ceremiony was merely a Ihe rothal. He conitiinued to call onu Miss hioses, being unaware, as is alleged, hat she was his wife, anid on A pril .15 narried her accordinig to Jewish rites. Carly the necxt mornig his bride went uisar.e, and was so vioileint that lie has iever since been able to live with her, nd( lhas even found it necessary to coni ne her ini an asylum on Blackwell's slnid. He states that she has been a unatic for soma~ years. HeI has learned liat she has occasional luieid intervals, asting for p)eriod(s from live (lays to two iionthis, duirinig which t imres shie real zes thint she is men tally unhl alanced; mnt has been assured b y physicjis that f she miiriied iand b ecame a mouther a inrianienit eur*e wouild be aff'ected. Thelu daiiitihY further charges that she was 'njo yinig one( (of those qu11ie't periods at he time (of thir iicquiaintanice andi( mar inge, anid t hat her relatives mnaliciouusly 11nd(e him thle instriulmenit (of her veri'y miprobabl le recoveriy. (OnI ihse groIund(s w i k to hiavo the marriage annulled. 'he bride is now inl the' asylum the phiy iciiins (of whiich wouild not allow tht tapers served upon(11 her, fearful oIf lie results if this was do01e. A (COMPANY hits been formed in T'ari*, vithi a c'apit al (If t150.001), "fior thle pur ose of draiggin g the Rtd Sea to recover lio charit ando arms (of P haraoh." P1haraoh may have ownied a pretty gor enus chariot, buot it has been in the wa er so long thait we don0't bielieve it 's vorth much no(w. A iiiucihibetter 'me cnn b)e pulrchalsed for less thait 51 50, - 00 A nid as for PhI Iaraoh's arias, unless h y ire let riied, t hey would lbe (of ino nort vahio than lhii legs.-- Nor.riRfohwn (leraid. A LOTr o1 Trar. --Durinig 15 years 501 libel suits, with dlamaiges a~.ggregatiing two tmlill ionts of ollars, have bee brouimi ghi against the Baltimore Americian, andl the paiper hsa paid onily 5500) to thme dhis tr-essed( 'omuphldinanits. 'That's ahout as gootd as go inig ilnto bus1ine(ss and( failing on a b asi., of onei-quari t 0' (If onei peri ceniit., says IBurdet te. Say thant a newspapier ain't a good commercial iinvestmeiit. A SwINDLE.--A Colorado swinle0 is to buy a lot of "'remnlants" of Teaxas hierods, mostly barren cows and bony steers, have them "'bookood," compIuite the increase by ordinary rtules, and after a while, nell the lot on thn range, of course, without counting. It, is said that ini this way herds of 2,000 hayo ben sold and naid for en 10.000. A HOTEL WEDi1N . flow it I Prepnred tpr and CQrrted Out, "Well, now, take a wed(-, in a hotel, and the man and his wife start out on a p'erfeotly fair and square lasis," said a prominent hotel clerk. "It's give and take from the word go, and that's the correct thing in matrimonial life. This is the way it is mnaged. The groom and the bride's father come hero and make all the arrangements two weeks lb'fore the event. If they are wise they will also pay all bills in advalnce, even to tipping the ha1ll boys an<d waiters. Thent they will not he bothered by de. mands for money during the festivities. The bride aid her mother anj friends come to the hotel some ho,' o( 'e the ceremony and bnsy t rns A' ' I the toilet.. A suit of rooms - "4 at thei li4. posail, with abolte',Y everything it Iband. Trained atf,..endants of ill kiin ire at a lomienlt',"" ,'al11, and 110 cionvenl ncPe is lacki ,- The groom has also a oomn, which .' used :1? 1 sort of cons4ola ,;on apartn tet by the friends of tht 1" ceased-I ' mean the friends of tlh r. lm. ''All this time the clergyman and tei nemhers (,-)f the bride's and groom's 'anilies . are receiving their friends inl he suite of pailors. At. the proper mo nenlt tit iiProcession is formed, and Ihey dI lar 'h iunto the parlor and are married. ['hen ti.ev all file into breakfaast or sup. >er, whichever the case mr.ay hb, without c: ng to the usual trouble of putting on ,heir wraps and fighting their way to their carriages. After all this is 'over the well-balaanced and evenly-Osmated couple drivo off together. Tlms every thing is accomplished 'without bust"., confusion, or unfairness, and there is 1t0 danger of the bride or the holy guests catching cold by exposure at the church door." Are there many hotel weddings ?" ''Bless you, yes. Many are not on the elaborate scale I have just outlinled, though we had one here last week at which there were 400 guests, and evc.n more extensive ones take pfaee. Som11e. times people get married at a hotel be cause there is sickness in the bride's family. There lire other instances whero a wealthy groom has hesitated to ask his swell friends to his sweetheart's humble home. Suhel a case occurred receutly when a millionaire toy mntin facturer married ole of his factory pirls. ie was announced as a native of a smaall town in Massaehusett-<, but the deception was so thin that even the em ployees of the house saw through it. She was a lovely girl. "A large proportion of hotel weddinps are Contracted by p, ople living out of to,"u. They come to New York for the. tone 01 (be thing, you know, and as th.e' seldom have friend9 who keep llohausi here, they reasot to the big hi14,th4 Some of these couipie, 01r utited ;Al tit pubbec parlors.sinply atnd g1'itl /, Whil( others are joined humbly in -a singlc room. Inl such eases one of the lote proprietors or the manager ('ar the clerk e,r laly be all of them, are.+ ealled in t( witness the eremllony. uch %cddiug: are usually good fun fou 1s, and wesome. tunes give the newl'y mlar!.:ed couple fi little dinner, and we alwakys kiss the bride." - The clerk sm'iled a gentle adieu to the reporter at, this poit, gracefully assumnaed another pStalre, and resndccf his haughty surveillance of the port,,r. Hints About Canning Frults. There are various lnethoids practiced for preserving the fruits anid borries which are so plenty in many sectin at this seaisoni. Mrs. George W. Ladd, Bradlford, MaIss. , gives her methiod of caning fruits, for which she was a,warded tirst prfemiumal ait tine last exii.. tionii of thle Essex Co unty Agricul turial Society, mis follows: "As the seaon)1 (if ripe fruit advances, I prepanre suech quan tities (If Myrupl as I think I miay needi, in this way: Three ponis of granmulated sugar to onae gaillon of water and bil t wVenty' minutes; thijs I put in glass jairs, wheni cool, aind set aiway for future usae. pea'lches5, pears, appIles, plums, p)ine- ap-) pdes, rhubarb, erab-alesC, and(, in fact, alls fruits of this kinid, I peel, iquarter and1( plalce ini a dlishi of colhd water (to pre ven'at dliscolorationl), unitil I have pirepIaed eno5ugh1 to fill a jair; I thlen p)a(-k t.hemii as solid ais possible ini a jar, andl then till thne jar with thli syrup pIreviousl.v pre pared. I thienaci a(00 wire stanid in the bottom (If my preservuing kettle, on whaich toa pla1ce thle jarf, then fill the kle i with cold waiter iintil the jar is two'( - thirds covered ; leave tine jar opena, just cover the( kettle and1( bil unitil the fruit is suafileien t ly soft, halve really a little b oiliang syruna, it nmeded, to fill the janr faillI to overfloawing. Thleni pilice thne ruae hi and arou' tnd thIe nieck of the jarf andi screw thne coverf or as I ighit ly as possib le; thaen ini from th1 re< to five minutes give the cover anmotheci tunrn, in order to lIe sure it is air t ight and you will hianve no mortal troauhh wI t hi it. I use jarfs withI metallie porIcei hIinu n i vers." F"or cainllg herries iad small frutit Mrs. Laddl gives the foillowiaig diree tions: "Pllace the firmt ini a hpreserina kiettle, and1( then andd j ust water- enougl ~ to prev'enit buraiing and boil froma liv to ten mianuies; thieni place a wet toawn arondi( and under the jar, then fill tin jar with thne boiling fruait and seal n naa diatehy. I do not use aniy suigar un:ll ii openl theom for the tiale. TIli'he prese y earlI have filled 150 jaras aand hnave no( blrok en a sinagle onae. Othiers varly ill above methods somewihiat. The namb object biy all m1ethnods is t(>lheait thei fruit suffciently to drive oaut thie air ail destroy all germns, thean seal immaedi a l. anid keel) iai a cool, dlark pla1ce." A HIONoL,ULU NEwsP'AP1R lias he0(1 pubsihiing somio excessively pilaini tai to1 Kinig Kalankaua. It tAlls him that no0 one amnonlg his advisers commanlds put111 lie respect, that the puahhi moaney i I eingp sqnanderedl to grantify persona vaunity, tI at thle publiic woIrks arme shaume fually neglected, that thle (Goveranmen contract systear. is a scandal, and tha only tine ren. kahle pIrospeIrity of the 'aart'ion restrains the people from gilng ient to their opinions. "~ Let that pros perity have a slight cheek," it says, "an ih' whr.la affair will dirop like a pack o drnken father would not give iminl in his home. Yearn Passed away, and there cano n, idings from Ernlest, save that after tlt irst one, and each quarter brought the" notler a remittance, and each succes. niyo quarter one of a higher figare. Velcome, too, were they all ; for, bu,it or such generous aid the workhouseb ad slaimed her and her children ; for d,li. vard, still downward, went her huslind, ns absence no longer counted by hurs, )mit weeks and1 monthu. In a bustling city, many milcs from Ns native town, a stranger one nvg1 ound him in a gutter, half rozen. tarved, weary and sick. Liko 1 good Latnaritatn, be picked him up, ant as h(. nis too weak in~ walk, placed his in onwveyanlce and had him taken to his Aws home. A warm bath, elem m1 lents, wholesome food and a Bt l bed 'ere freely offered him, and passie as hild when worn a;:. languid, l? suf red them to deal with him a t.( hose andi soon sank into a deg, r" esiing slumber. It was hours ere he awoke, an the, e seemed as in a dream. Thitith atter in which lie had lost hi co t ciousness was now exchanged for alown:, ed, with pillows white and soft assuow, ith snow-whito counterpane and ima'-k angings. Ili, rags had disappired. uid in their stead he saw hir ) rahe<1 1 a fine linen. The dirt Ww washd from is faca and land., his hair was conb'e, uad his tangled heard neatly shyn. To put back the curtaius. Glad, ge 'm lnbenms were stealing through 't(" rimlson drapery of an alcoved winQ%w nid their brilliant light showed it Ifty hamber, with frescoed walls, a cart m Ori,'ntal !ooms, and furniture tht, prince might covet. "It is a dream " r(athed lie, and he closed his eyes. . ight footsteps aroused him soon, andtm n e i mielosing them again lhe sawv bendinig rer him a noble-looking man in life-s :ly prime, and besido him a lovely )Iman, ail in the eyes of both ]'1rge rar:s were standing. "TeL.']l me," said he, eagerly, ''do I ream, or am I the poor drunkard sc I ren1t ly cared !fo?" Yiu are sick and we must lninister It 'on,'' re plied the la div. "Sick ! :y, sin sick,'' he said. ''But en do not know how vile I am, or von mbld cast me out at oilee. .Listen. I ye broken the heart of myiV wife. I ha0' Iriven my only son from iome: ay, a. alf killed him tirst; and I have ill-treat.-( IV other children till they fear m' .ore than the evil one. Will you ca' Or mhe now ?" He lttuost skrieked out the quest:.( 11d it seerie't as though life and le:l t ng on the answer. "Ve must forgive over as we won e forgiven." t'aid the master of tIh< onm-e. "While you ca' be happy, st:: ith u1s." A week p1assed away, Snad still the old aan tarried in that beau,_fnl home, now oying gently with Lily, t:o wo, deli Ate babe, and then plalyi g gay pranks c ith Harry, the pride of lie household, boy of four s1uminel.s now dreaming a the pleasant chamber where he first t woke again to Manhood, and1h th1eI lolling 11 an arm-ehair in the prlor, tears and I miles chasing each ?ther over his vrinkled cheeks as the ivoly lady of the nalnsion sang, now a gtY dit ty and then solemll hymn. But no never offered 1 o cross the threshold "I dare not," he Vould say, when shed to ride or walk "there is danger I 11 the stret. and tlhi; ('lml1 is so vry t wteet. If it could o14y last." And then 1 i1 would sigh, and s.>metimes weep and(1 1 ob) like a chil'.1. "There is to be a grand rally of the riend(s oft teimp erme e to- nighit-the new iO<s~ slendd lh.ji is to hbe inaugurated. itomerIs wvill w'are. miusie ring, and1( adies smile' ! Shill .1 invite yiou, my life, to accomnpar y me ?" said thie mans er oif the house. ''Of course, af:er sneh a progr'aimme," aid she, gayly, "'ar.d you(1 may dependii( 1pon1 liy goinig, MoO. How soon must I in ready ?"' "'In an hour's time,'' lie replied1. "'I v-ill send a carriag3 for you, andiu meet -ioiumy'self at thle door of the hll . 'I e nre that you are ready, for there will he I treiienddois einwd." "'I will he in time --trust me for that. 'idii she, and hastened to perforni hr luties to the little ones; but what wa ier astonish ment whien sie returned to lie piarloir, all honnieted atad cloaked, to ind her stanger guest iwdtinog hier. "'I cannot surely he t nptedh thier, aid lie, ini a low~ sad( voice "b''ut if vo v'ill suffer me to irida wih you I 'w il (lalhy go. It may ho thia ti shall com dete there the salvatidh hero coo ininced. Gladly did the lady aei iiesco in thei -equest, amid they were s( n at the (door ,f thle thIironiged-hIiall. Ni her husbanud. - mit an imitimato friend of in joined themc here, and led them to >mie rcserv'ed wats near the plat form. There huad been stirriin music by thle >and, fervent priiyerxshby hue cl'rgv andl bililinig specbes from iEatorsi from di nit parts of the countr tho hieart s ot ha t vast mulIt ituude weret romusedj its thlie' .id iiever b eeni bemfore t 4the dangirs of he cu p. Then, while et t hey were ad -ited to the subl ject, topresident anI) aiiunced "ai voice frC our hoin. I'hiero wias a breathles~ silence for ii -inmenit, aiid then long tid loud icclami -nat ionu giree&ted the go if S3amiaritani of mur sketch as hen howej to the waiting throng. It Inad seeme eto them as the last speaker him:hied hui voice, that the theme, world wide as i t, was quito ex hausted, but so impa ioned w~as thei ''loqiuenoeo that no0w 4 stored1 it, thatt thiey hung upon eve-ry rd na if lie haid ipokenl of something fr hi from hueavenm. Where others had gef r'azed, lie ini lhividualized. lie did *t take the nas. >f drunkiards, hut only ine out of themi ill, and lio portrayed la course ini such viviod colora that the udience seemied gazing upon dissolvin iewys rather than istenmng to chosen iords; and so wrought lip were they sat wheni lie pie iircd that horr-ile sc< in thle trangedyv 'if drink, 'where the I shand l'ees t'o thle floor the wifo wI hi once slept so' wevoetly upon his boso the wife that is he mother of his chil en, they seemedi n oIhear tIhe gentle and roniged one fall, ond sobis and sighi I e forth from the assembily. The speal paused till they were quiet, wipmng, m riwhile, the teams !'r' his owg cp% AARON 1URilt's LOVE LETfEItS Wh6at a Veteran Now 'nrk Edmier iis Nay About Timen. In his anutoiogrtphy, Thirlow W tells sone interestiing Incts ouilt I correspondence of Aaron Burr, whieb learned from M1r. iatt hewI L. JF who wvas ]liirr's literairy 'xceto'lIr. 1 nearly forty years, Mr. . )nvi" w.s t only reliable friend whloiu li'rr h1: )uring his abtence in EIur l be corr sponded oily with his daiight r :i,d X Davis, the Litter beinlg the only pera who weleomed t he returit of. theo o po11'dtir-Vice President. 1)avis inforned Air. Weed that Coloi Burr's first itliuiry on Ilndig was Mrs. Eden, a widow laly, once hlpp and 1)ro-perouSly situated, but. who i during 13nrr's ab.sence supported hers 1and two daughi)teris as a Iaundtr1t'e Colonel Burr's first professional serv after his refurn was in bringing the w uown ejectment suit, 'which, after t . us of litig1 tion r-sulted in favor ti Misses Ede"n, wh o, has Mr. Pa info ed Mr. Weed conftidentially, w the 1 i ural daughters of Colonel Bu Colont irr made Mr. Davis his liter: executor, with the iuderstainding tl witlh te n terials be(lueathed to hin history of life sluould be wr'it t ['he colfilden ' d female corre npondetl of Mr. Burr co -titited a large port of these materim , leaving Mr. Iavis, far as lie uiderst 1 the views of Colo' Inrr, at liberty mtlke such use those letters as he right think prop Mays Mr. Weed: "'The preservation -f such lettc eare'fully tiled, iand, thiu e'it her anm ymous or with initials, lii1ving t foil name of the writer indrsed, WAS act of treachery and baseu of whic hai>pily for society, few h iml h-in have been found1 :i aable. L1a Coloi Burr looked upon the matter with, ey and from a staildpoint still IOre um'ir tnral, for on the day before his n'iel w: General IHamnilton, in ia letter to I <ahighter, Mrs. 'T'heodosia Allen, ie I ueat led, in the evenit, of his fall,tla r.onlidecntial letters to her, indlimtil the boxes in wvhich they would be i4n and instructing her to read them nti\l iurun all such as, if mado public, W0i1 injure any person. As, however, 1Ln ilton istead of Burr fell, those lett< were preserved from 1801 to J43t , a then he(ineatlied without instruction Mr. Davis. For two or three years I fore) Colonel Burr's death I oce'"-' 1)11 visited him iin compan)iu' iili Mr. D)a mul althoigji gelt.erally retieent, lie tiolny):.timeis drawn into couversal "out early and interesting events, ,vays in the morbid spirit of a dis I'oinlted man. His manner(9. was (ip m1i1d subdued, and although seldom (lulging in hitternes' of llnguaglze, ''ever sp)ke applo iIIgly of any of .stillguistihed mnut with whom' he i becn assoc'iated. I frequently visi )I'. Davis while he was preplrin,g life of Burr, aind had free access to 'blue boxes' which cointaiinedt the cot lent ial female correspondenev. 'I letters were from ladies reaidisg in N York, 'rontoii, N. J., Ihilnr'lphia, I Rihelond, Va., New tven, Coi Albany, N. Y., Troy, . Y., etc., it lmost of themtt from ,i m's of We known families. Jn uomue Cases the c respondenee jvo literary or platon but gener1JI-v of a moro (Iestionia I"har1'Ic'tei Inl several instailc's the I ters ( 'ttraced a period of several yea oncludig with charges of treachel falsehood andr( desertion1. Mri. Davis m )articnlarly anxions to restore all st letters to the persons who wrote the T'wo packages were delivered by 1 I )1vis )e'rsonl,nly toladm It'Sresidiin;g in 'ity (If New'i York. One paIckagte t riansmittd to a lady in liiind, X through Genieral Scot t. Alr. D )a .1ge to1 a hiigh mly repet'table Judy wi whom I was ae<pinited, buit when I elow il itut.14 to'o deite duity lie er miittedl thenm to the Ilatmes. nt is dilw t' nmemory of liy oJld friend D)avis I I shiould saty t.hat, althlonghi a 1po44r nii hvmgt. uponi thle weekly coin oisatioin wo gnicai:s r'eceived' for lettters writ "thme London TIimesa, his hioiior tand ' grit y resisted1 large off'rs (of co(ii>PPn n on for' Colonel Buiirr's conithhlii.udi e i aoindeiice. 'Te-e late MaIjorI M. Noah was ntot only liberal int his (411 'filmone(y, but implot,imte it his 441a1s to Mrli. D)avis. All, hiowno 4troved inieffec'tiiti. Mr. Ihis ma1d14 'Ind (If tIme mlatte'r bIy conisigrang1 all :t tei's I tat hmatd io n re'(i i(tm-n1g the wiriteris to the flamnes."' A Veteran (Gone. C3aptain ,Tohn Leitch, thle oldest t ain ini service of then Cunardit ('44mp1 .42nd per'haps the oldlest commlilander' ei ing tile Atlanttic,died1 as sea T..'utsday, -.lth. Owiing to t ailinlg health thie' :iin asked to be traimsferred to thle Mt te'rranea'tn fleet, and ninetI years ag: made his isH.t trip across, tiking oni lie Cunard steamers withI him. N hieni Cap1talin Leitchi hiad commanlti t he Saragossa wrihih rins fr'om Li poo444 l u the Med(iter'ranlean. Ilo ackn(iowIledgedl to bo by3 far te (no' man11 aboard a chip during the most ing miomenits4, andi( was kind and( coin create to those under his coimmand, mai careful manalgemenit and wa' uilness earned~ for him the reputatio bIeing a saifc culstodian of humaniti freit andh imaniy perso)ns abou01t to ci'oss Atlaiitio woul often wait long p)eriod1s to sail acrossi with genial captain. Captain Loitch botrnl in Scotland, and at the time of deaith was about seventy years of lIe had been in the service for over I years, and those who know him and reaud of his dheath will regret to hi that his last resting place was in the t(em of the sea, He was buried from own vessel, the Baragossa. DIVIDEND mN ENGJAAND.--TheI I dividlend per annumn among the j stock bainks of England is that of .Londona and Yorkshire, which r';id per cent., while otit of thirteen 'corp Ions, eight paid ten,per cent, or ii s'e paid eag) fifteen pr cent, or um anud one, tl irm.in ham, paind:t per cent. as It ha uring the. past years with e,ntire regularity. Sin ivdends are COUhnf 9)) the@ (Jont1 9f Eirope, TAKING ALL OF TH E A WEEL DRAWN PICTUlWOF vwih- r AND DEVAT. The Boy Base elil Club Sd tke Welcee lloea Is Receive*. -'There is probably no prouder period in the life of a boy than when ho first bolongs to a base bail clu d puts on a rod cap and goes with l "elub to an adjbining town to play a match against a rilal club. To a boy of twelve years there is no position on earth that he would exchange for that of pitcher of such a club. The other day the editor of The Sin was going into the country, and a victorious boy base ball club, that had just defeated another club, got on the train at a station t7 go home, and the pride that was visiblo on the faces of the victorious boys was only equaled tt by the look of sadness on the faces of the boys belonging to the rival club which was at the depot to see the vial visi tors off. Residents of the defeated vil Ie lape, grown persons, were at the depot, smiling sickly smniles at the victorious boys, as they got on the cars for the re turn home, and the same citizens looked he cross at their own boys who were do d. feated, and as the train moved off with the elated rod caps, the loca?'luo caps - I slunk to their homes down bach streets, 1T their heads down, anxious to get out of c. sight of the neighbors, who were ashamed of them because they got beat. ,el The defeated town actually had a or gloomy, forsaken look, as though a lV great calamity had befalleh the commu a'd nity. The local sqiire, who was on the elf depot platform,' end who had acted as s. mupire of the game, seemed to feel the E,,4 prevailing sadness, as though lie feared ll his community would lay the defeat to W hinh, ni make renarks about his ruling (, at a critical moment of the 'game, but is there was a look of conscious mnocence re on his face, as though he felt that he r.. had (lone us he would be done by, and ry was willing to suffer martyrdom if nced mit be, at the hands of his disappointed and i a gri(,ved neigllors. 'Tho 'bus driver who ,n, had brought the visitors to the depot, e, wIls alstio grieved, and tyhen a J)Qy be. M) longing to the defea'ted club, )t into so tho 'hus to ride down town, the driver iel said, "Here, you go out of that 'bus of you are no good," and the poor boy, r.who had rm his legs off, felt the shame that comes to the llsucessful laborer rs in this world, and he crawled out of the n- 'hus, the laughing stock of the crowd. Ie Tho editor of tho local iper was at the an depot, and he looked as though the de h, feat was a fearful blow to him, and it gs seenied ats though his next week's paper e would contain a sarcastio article - the es throwing of the gami]o b- oo umpire, it- whose wife's sisto, lives at the success th fil town. is ]n how diiTerent it was on the cars, e.. with the successful club. Citizens who se had aceonlpanied the oys to the camp ig of the enemy were all smiles, and mado td constant, inluiirics as to the bruises of the to short stop, the sprain of the first baso ld manl, the black eye of the catcher, which a. he wore proudly, and all was happiness. -rs The players who were Ro tired they ad wanted to lay down, walked up and to down the cars with htall hats, and canl - vas bag bases, the pitcher held the ball 113 ini his hiand, andi 'ouhl(in't hielp tossing"g tis, up toln top of the car to catch it as it ias cale down, wfiee neighbors woftld look ion on from the other end of the car and al- say, "le is a daisy." Tho dirty, per ap- spiring boys were very lippy, happier iiet than the president, or any illlionairo on in-. eatrth. It shovel t 'e ditferen,co between_l he sucecess and1( fiire better than any small the timg we ever saw. 11d1 The trin lipprached the station teti whlere the itoys lived, and all was hurry. his They hlurried thriough tihe ear', and he tried to supipresst the smlil(, of satisfac 1f1- tion, or' look dignitied, as though defeat.. 'he inig rival hail 'lubs wa'ls an every day Pw (occurrenceiQt with t hem, which didl not a., (-late thiemi at lli. But whlen the train ni., st opped, and half thoe nbi was at the mal depot to meectt the vis -s, and thiov ji. web wel'omned with Hales, anId han~d aru- shakes, and1( mtothiers woulid pick out ic, their boeys, who went away in the morn dle mlg so (leanl, and1 camlii back lat evenling It- 5o dirty, and1( kiss thiemi, thie IO>ys looked rs, 11s tilonaghirt w11 as a famailiarity they ry, ouhld not enicouirage, andl they would '1as pull away fr'om tieO loving miothlers, and chI get into0 till c'rowd where the'y could1 be ml. e'ei' d Iby st out 1lungs , insteadl of being hr. kissed. Thell local editor of the victori he tons toWvn, w~as tIhere with it umbihrella 11s 1mid his face was aill smiles, an11 i h shook ) a., hands with the b)oys as though they had vis broulght the milleniuma back with themi[ -ins ad of lame backs. ithu ai the ti-ain moved off, and the vic4 :le- torious biase-hall boys were formed itj mi- line, to marcha dowin town, onie carr . to inIg at brooma, as a tokeni that theyh int "e'(l(aned. out'' their irivalls, anld the' ' it, men'i standtinig aro'uniid laugh ing, and1( a t of iig as thougkLthe cougley1 was safe, 1jil .'II old andll y,omlIl womenii, 'an d girls, lo ok in il onl lov)in gly, and11 wavinig hianidkereliie'f5 5a- at thet v'ictoriiouis, happy-hearted kids, it or- remindeld us o'f a regiment returning \.i- r< m tile war. Few of those who we'l c'oim< d their victors, tihoughit of tho poor, 'l~ defeated fllows of the other side, who we-re carryinlg heavy hearts abolit with aln Ihm. It is so with evethling,;'very [li where. Stccess i-I what take~s the cako, to while failure takecs thel cr'iius. Boys, always sne'leeld, if y'ou cant, bult rememtli he te ne(1lxt timethfie other ('roud( may wipe youi out, and11 thon you will kniow lw it isyoulrselves. miy. Ilow Thecy StrIke in France. Ilyi1 Thme city of Marv ilies hats beenl, duir. 'lalt ing the pr''eent nsn11 it, the scene of twc edi- niew strikes, the motives of which are heo out of thie comrinoni rain. On the 6th of of July about 1,300 I'ie'dmonteso employed llt' in the St. JiI.t Oil Factory lefts work dod andl tried to pre.venit their. count'ymenu Le-I theo Aagdalen Pactory f'omi working. was1 Tie main cause of dliscontenit on the lest part of the wourk men was not th r small [- pay-froi 55 to 80 conts a dlay for d(- twelve hours' work-but the t54mnny of the comlpanlies, which keep 41 doors chi- closed during working hours, sq'that the oI(f men are comllehd to buy fr-o the ini t, sido caliteens what they need for break tIle fast or hunch. They 1i~ fhlr half an thy hour11 for break fast ana an bug,for lunch, the a practical reductipon of an hou' and a was hlalt in the wvorkyng day Thte other Ins strike was that as 2,00 wtiters em.. age. plOyed in the hotels, restaurants, cafes, If y and saloons of tile grt seaport. It be wil ganl on the 12th inst imt, the first demandl arn of the knighta of thi~ white apron bieinig Liot- the liberty to wear jmnoustachi. Tfhey his refused to su~mnit I nager to the custom obliging the~m onIly to wear' whiskers anid took tho grouad that, wvhen out of rest work, they ire- riotaken for lawyers, "ij whc, so they sidl, deeply wounded fiv their sell-love. nm-a- 'SArj George," said the mar-ried mtai ore, wvhose ~uife had been ill, "i've diis ore charged4 thalt nurse woe had, and I'm rity ttakting he~r p)laeomyselIf now." "Takin five ber plado'" inquired Geop-r "Whti ilay part of hekwork ca'n yon 40r mm T' ? enD ''Oh, I ca~ o Rabout all," ggrn nk "1 enmaa.. ~