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411 VOL. XIV. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER18 tied Yesterday. Bay you the sumnl.r's dead? died yestorday? Ab, no, it cannot be l no moan of pain Broke tho sweet Sabbath stillness; amid earth's Weilth of bloom, nor in the blue, low-bend ing - Skies appeared .the pallor incident to doath; The singing wit.<l breathed wnrnly on my cheek, And in the rich, (lark gree-nery of the trees I marked no change, save whoro tho gold of Ago iteolf did not interweave amid their "summor Tresses," so brief has been the timo since Juno Upon her fair young brows, the rose-crown of her Installation plecod, I cannot think her dead, The beautiful bright suinmerl IBut, if it bo the truth, Then that is why Iho wandering wind to-day In his despair, so often plucks and earthward Hurls the changing loaves, like ilocksof gold brown Ilirds, andi that. is why at Intervals the stin Dot h veil his face nnl ,larken all his light, In very grief that one so well beloved should die. Ahi rof 'tio w'l inw you y'rhri,. rSy friend, nd glald :orr in th,t was within my soul ias changed ino a dirge. -Far Ii Lul-o Morris, Chicago. WHO WINS? Delhi, that city of minarets, the sent in former years of the Great Mogul, whose rule dominated Ilindostan, and whose style and magniticence reached the cars of the inhabitants of the old world in such an exaggerated way as to make people believe that the streets were paved with L'old. In the year 1857, Delhi, though shorn of its ancient splendor, was still a placo to talk and (lrean of. The bazaars were filled with rare and costly merchandise, and streets of the capital contained nothing but jewel ry, which *v.as largely exported to Europe and America. But in a single night all this was changed, and instead of the hum of toiling thousands there came tho brazen notes of the war-trumpet, the boom of cannon, the rattle of musketry, and the steely flash of naked sabres. British valor was once more called upon to dofend the honor of Old En( land against a nation in revolt-a han. ful, so to speak, of devoted men were pitted against Sepoys, outnumbering them a Itundred to one or more. Two officers were seated in. a tent enjoying a weed and a cup of fragrant coffee after the toil of the (lay, on which a hard battle had been fou&ht against the enemy, victory declaring for the side of the British. '"This is a ange with a vengeance,'' remarked Ca tain Vauleleur, agallant soldier in a crack cavalry regiment. "A fortnight ago we were dancing at General CoghIan's party. with his swoet * grinldaughter, Cicely, as an engaging part ner; now we caper to dif'erent miusie, with no lady friends to smil en (olurageiment upOil Its." '-Quito right, old fellow," laughed Cvriti Benthorpe, surgeon in the corps, and,1 is brave and handsome a fellow as ever used lancet to relieve sufl'erin( humanity. "I'm afraid we were boti hard hit in that <luarter; an affection of the heart, which, perhaps, a rebel bil let will cure one of these days.'" "It's a soldier's lot if it does,'' said Vandeleur lightly. "I had no idea though, Bentherpe, that you were in the lists agn:Yst me; but we needn't be less frienda for that,' need we, old mlal?" "Certainly not," said his friend, whose face asstnel It more serious air as he added: "'Iiy the way, I wonder wIy we have received1 no news froI the old general. I hope the rebels are giv ing himi no trouble." "By Jove! I never thought of that. lut here comes Major Pringle, looking like another Bonmbastes Furioso, full of "Ilallo, you fellows!" said the ma jot., '"do yon know that sonme friends of yourl s arte in great pcril? I refer to the Cola rns; but before I say more just giove me11 somne b.randy-pawnee1C; thle aic enrIsed rebels kick up such a dust that 1'm wi eli-niight clhoked.'' Vatileur hielped the somewhat bib ulotis m1ajor~ to the stimulant, whiilst ex.: chiaauing scitis glances with Ben t-torpe. "We're sorryv to hoar that, Pringlo," remarkedl lenthorpe. "llow did the news reach ouircm? "A fellow brought a few lines from the general, rolled up!, andt hidden in his ear. A squadron of otir corp)s is to start to-night to relieve the beleaguer od little garrison, if possible, and to bring its menmbers in, ' said P'ringlo, hioldling out his glass to be refilled. "I should like to go, Pringle,ii re marked Vandeleur as he poedet out a bumper for his chief with a view of propitiating him. 4 ''So should I,"' put in lBenthorpe eag erly. "What, two of you badly hit in that direction?"' laughed Pringle. ''Well, wvell, i'm 1no lgy's man myself, and so won't, enter inTo rivalry wilth you fel lows. I have already doetailed yotu both in orders for' the smart little af fair. The trumpilet will sound boot and saddhl( at nine. We shall have a moon to guitdo us, thank goodness!" WVhen the major left, wvhich lhe did in a hurry after- his last glass of brandy pawnee, the friends sat on in silence for sonie minutes, evidently dely COln cernted about the fate of (icely' Coghi 1lan, a lovely brunette, wvitht laughing black ey05 iandi hair as (lark as a ray enl'sI wiing-juist such ia girl as to con quer a wvhole regiment of imnprossiona ble ofilers-tho very beau ileal of a soilier's wvife-gay, iimpulsivo, yet full of woimanly tendterness and genitlencss. ''See here', lBenthorpe,"' said Vandc leur, who was the first to break the si lotico that had comoc upon both, "'I love Cicely, soWdo yelu; lot us5 decido now wVho( shall have her." "'llowvP itn what wvay?'' "oaro both going to the relief of the p'.ace.-the man11 who reaches her side lirst, shaill win liar hand-that is, providedt she is willing; the other fel lo muinlst retiro griacefulily.'' lhlent hiorpe pondi(eredl over the propos5 al for a few mi iinutos, and then p)lacin.e his hand1( in Valndclour's, said wlih aIl a soldier's frankness: "D1onio withi youi, old follow, it's a biargalii. If you1 win, 1'll1 conigratuilato youi; if I, I s:all e (xpect.t the samno treat met t y-our hiandus.' Anytingmoreincngrouis than thus staking hove on the issue of a dhan Sgorouis expiedition could not be imnag inet. Love, indeed! when bullets not many hundreds of yards from where tile pair sat wore flying about like hail, seekun a billet in the corpporeal frame of som unlucky wight who was unfortu.at enough to got in their way. Round shot from long eightee pounders and shells from howitzer woro bowling about as if the vast mait an, or sandy plain, wore a voritab] skittle-alloy where Titans wore amu: ing themselves at a favorite pastimt knocking over human beings in lieu < nine-pins. But love is stronger than death, whic cannot quoll its life, for while the blac angel itself dies when the last gres trump shall awaken the dead, bot: small and great, love lives on for over sailing over jasper seas to the music e anoels' voices. 'ho moon had just shown itself ove a lope of mango-trees when the cavalr started on their errand of mercy, t rescue women and children from deat and dishonor, and to succor brave met who at that moment were battlin against great odds for dear life. Dclhi was soon left behind, and th boom of cannon becamo fainter an fainter, until at longyth it ceased alt( gether. The squad'ron rode throug silent villages, embowered in paln trees, whose tall tops looked fairylik in the moonlight which flooded overy thing. A few village curs barked defiancc and occasionally a troop of jackal made night hideous with their feai some cries. A short halt was called near a tanli or miniature lake, where the horse were waterel. and the men partook < such refteshment as their haversack affordecd. This done, they saw to their girthi and, remounting by word of commant lest the sound of the trumpet shoul warn the rebels of their approach, the; galloped forward, the clatter of thei swords and accoutrements awakenin; the echoes of the night, and soundinl ominously of impending strife. "By Jove! they're at it hammer an, tongs," remarked Vandeleur to Bot thorpe in a stern tone. "I'm glad t hear firing; it shows that the garriso are still holding out." "Yes. Now to rescue Cicely," sai Benthor pe with a grim smile. "Fc once I shall become a combatant officel and shall use my sword to wound an slav, instead of saving life. The blac hounds deserve neither pity nor con sidceration, they have committed a many atrocities.'' Every man of the British army share these sentiments to the full, and r' solved that, whenever the shock of ba tle cane, to neither ask for nor giv quarter to such dastardly foemen. Swords leaped from steel scabbardi and for a moment both horses and me were almost as motionless as statues. Thon came the clarion notes of th trumpet, sounding the charge, an away went our brave follows, straigl as an arrow from a well-boat bow, fc the enomy. The relief had come not a momer too soon, for when the first British sr bro descended on the head of a robt Sepoy, a hand-to-hand light was goin on between the garrison and the mut neers. Vandeleur and Benthorpo kept clos together, and thrust and parried, an grave downright blows, as they mad heir way through swarms of dusk foemen, whose faces blanched befor the courage displayed by British so diers, who, if well-handled, are alwa} invincible. At last Vandolour was able to tak General Coghlan by/ the hand, and t congratulate him. "Where is Miss CoghlanP" Ber thorpo asked. "She was safe a moment ago." "By Heavens! that,'s her voice call ing for help!'' exclaimed Vandeleur, as sp)urring his horse forward, he rode I that direction, followved by Benthorpt both o)f whonm saw the woman the loved in the arms of an oflicer of sowar (irregular cavalry), wvho was wel: mounted, and at that moment wvas ric iing off wvith his lovely p)rize. 'ioth men rode after the wretch, er ger to be the first to rescue Cicely. It, was a race for love, and promise to be a long one, for the rebel's hors wvas a powerful animal, and kept up good pace, in spit,e of its double bui then. Once otut upon the open plain th ohase became exciting, for the sowa1 seeing himself p)ursued, put forth ever eflort to outdistance hlq foes, froi whom he would meet no mercy if evei taken. Vandeleur being a light-weight, an a good rider, was gradiually headin awvay from his friendI Benthorpoc, who his horse caught its foot in a hole an 'This gave Benthorpe the advantage and lhe was not slow to use it, for h shot aheatd wvith a grim smile of plea: tire, and was p)leased to f11nd thatt hi wans giainin g on the sowanr. Suddenly the fellow wheeled hal. rounid, and taking dieliberate aim fire at, his putrsuer', whose horse was hit an fell uinder him. By this time Vandelour rode ui whien Benthorpoe shouted: ''Ftank, win her-save Cicolyt'' Vanideletur's answer was to wave hi hiand, as ho kept, straight on, like blood hot:und on the scent of deoath. ''By Heaveins!"' ho hissed betweoo his 'nhed teeth, ''he'll oscapoe imc af tei allI if I'm inot, careful!'' SuIAt(hingt a puist ol fronm the holstor Ie ired!, buit the ca!) only snapped \\Vith :ui anathiema: of' disgust, ho pro uicd its fellow, and boiing a note< shot. fired t his time wilth success, fo the sowar' reeled in the sadfdle, alnd fel to thet gro)unud, still, hiowover, holdin Cieel v im his arms. WVhen Vatndeleuir's swvord enitei'ed th rebel's bodly it, wa:s only just in time t< sive Cieilv's life; another monient,an< the feilow's dagger would have booe p)lungedi into h'er heart. * * * . The war is over', andit in dear ol Englandi Major Viandoleur iatands at th altar with Cicely Coghlani, Benthori being best man. 'Twas not 1911 tho hioneyimoont wV over that Frank tol his wife of the li tie incident of ''Who Wins?"' 'Ilihe London Sandatrd h as discovere that "diivorco is now so common in ti: Uiited States that martried people bi gin to look at the matter very_ much servants reard-a change of plc. g A Fancy Sketch of Amnrileatt Girls e ,e The London ilorldl ha inaitv':tl u quito unique montsi osty whi"h it it N ploased to call "the uncivilized Ameri s can girl," and which it describos-witi L. a wealth of inventivo fancy t:at mrs o make other pennv-a-liners .green witi t- jealousy-in part as f illows: "B- tit r, uncivilized American girl is mleant tin f girl who has not done Yewrope. Sit has never boon out of her own Nei h York or Boston; she is unspoilt by k Paris; she is a fresh Yankee, with all ,t her native raw material glaringly ex i posed. She is genorally very pretty ,her complexion is dazziing, her cver f are bri%ht and brilliant, her little foo and hand ravishing, andi her ii gurt r slight and slim as a wand of willow, y Make her speak (she won't want much 0 making, by the by) and her voice is harsh antd loud, her accent, is outrage i, ous, and her nasal twang unbearable g She has an immense amount of funl it her (that is, if you get hold of a goot o specimen to study); she has plenty o d wit and shrowd q.:aint humor, and shi . is never at : loss for something to say h She is -t romp at heart, and loves a bi of iur. 1tctiing dearly. She is n ) o very accomilishod; but she know, arithmetic well and thoroughly appre ciates the value of mnoney. She al wayl talks loud, as if she thought you wer< $ deaf. and always in haste, as if an ox press train waited for her just one min ute and no more." ,'The plan upon which this ingeniou: s writer has constructed the strang< If creature Io describes is not at first ap ,8 parent, but one soon discovers that hi method is siupy to deseribu what En , glish girls are not. The America1 I, girl, for instance, is described as bein, d pretty, and if there is one thing tha y every observant traveler in Englan r knows, it is that English girls, as : rule, are exceedingly plain; that thoi hands and foet are those of "thi daughters of the plow;" and their tin gors, so far from being "slight an trim as a wand of willow," are as ut o torly devoid of any poetic or gracefu n trimness as it Is possible to imagine From princess to beggar maid they ar d full and solid of figure, "stout beel ,r eating wenches," as old Marlow callo ., them in his day. As for fun, an Er d glish girl that understood a joke-muc k more one who could commit, the unpai alollod imprudence of making one o would be looked upon as hopolssl mad and consigned to bedlam withot d further ceremony. What would 1 done with an English girl who displa . od anything resembling wit, it is who o ly unnecessary to inquire. since th supposition is in itself incrodible; an , the intelligent man who ever encou n torod an English girl with anything t say which was worth- hearing, has vt o to be discovered. d "Absolute dignity of manner is ui it known to the American gin," proceed >r our wiseacre, meaning by dignity, R presume, that dense and awful stupid It ty which gives the average maiden i . English society the air of being carve l out of an illy made suet pudding, batll g over done. "She," lie continues, wori I. ing his portrait of the ideal creatut he is amusing himself with depictin= o "cannot walk slowly to save her lif d She skims along the street like an in o portant little water wagtaii, very pro y tily, but always more or less fussil ' The days of her life pass in nove 1, reading and flirtation--and she horse s is a curious compound of t!ood natur cynicism, aflection, worldliness, tende o ness and cunning; and with all li o good points considered as favora>ly r possible, she is never quite a woman. We grant that the being that ou World hack has conjurel up is "nev quite a woman,'' any more than i Mat .ame 'To'ussaud's wax figures aire quit , humau. We do not, unmderstandt th u. novel-reading imputation strayed int ,the tirade; certainlhy' Atmerica is nic the country of the universal circulatin a lib)rary and the three volumied niove: .but we can not fail to regret, tha:t th i.. subject of dress is passed over. Pr< ceedinig on tihe planu of maiking th . American girl whatever the Britis maiden is not, what at sp)lendid oppi)O d tuuity wvas here neglected of describin e our girls as dressed stylishly, richl a and in good taste, three rather dlesira .blo qualities as utterly beyond the En glish girls' roach ats ini the power of fly e ing oreof walking in any way but wit: -, a stolid anid substantial tramp!-Bos0810 y Courier. n IMosquitoes. A correspondent writes his trial d and tribulations from mnosqutitoes ai g followvs. "I live in Anne Arund<( n County, Maryland. near Patuxent Rib der, on a farm which is known by thi name of Terrapin Island. On accout '. of dry weather the mosquitoes arei 0 abundance. Sunday night, August 31 they seemed to receive reinforcoements 0 and attacked my house. From loss e rest by the insects myself and famil wore determined to sleep the nei digtlf sibe Bleing a mechanic, ha md a frame to go over my hed stead and covered it with a mosquit not. lBut the tormenting mfosquitoe soon (rove us from undler the nettint I came to the conclusion that the ne't a tin g was iiot fino enough. I pulled th a bed fronm the bedstead to the floor ',ook the frame and piaced it ovoir thi n tied, and used five quiilts. One 'placed over the top) of the frame, fonm around the sides, aund secuted( th , corners well. 'Then, thinking w would got a nap, my)self, wife, an -childI laid doewn, bu tin lcus than thirts mmijutes the pests were under the cov r ers so thick that the very niolse wonil waken a person without biting. would be thankful to know wvhat way] cani manage them.-haul,norc Sun. 3 Some campers on Lake W'innepesau I kee "ot the ma:stery over the miosqu ,i tes. '>y1 iun ing campho(r gumIi. AIter trying' every other drug they had ovei * heard of, they tried the camp1hor' gun: d with gratifying success, "'In twc e minutes,'' says the one who describollje Sthe aceim, ".'the mulnt itud incus hum hadI ~ censed; in five minmutes niot one o~f omr s win ged peisecuitors remtaiined witiri t, te wall.tofeour tent. Thien, nuikin; eove'r.i-r our one ir-d~tow with a mio squ11iio bar, we wel':0t to bed tand sleyp d tihe s:'hp of the jR-t, w,ith niever a hbit 10 ilOr~ at itiin frije t'ill odious11 fto*s," 'Tli remedvto was:i tied ini New', Jersey re a- Conitly'aiud d id nio wvuwi.- .atisfaco..i., Nail Laniguage. Since the now science of readin character by the handwriting has con: In, it is even said that the care take of the nails affects the handwritinl The long, almond-sbaped nail is groat support to the middle lingo which guides the pen. One can hart ly imagine a person with short, stubt finger-nails, which are covered wit skin, writing the long, graceful En,, lish hand which so delights the reci] lent of the note from a grando (iam It is said that poets and people wit imagination are apt to have long, tap( fingers and beautiful finger-nails. Th have a hand-writing in which the Ion up-strokes and down-strokes cut iti tho line above and beneath them. TI heads of their capital let'prs are largi This handwriting shows ardor and in pulse. When ithas a markedly (owi ward movement, this handwritin shows a tendency to molancholy. A aptitude for criticism is shown amot the people who bite their nails. Th< are cynical and severe, uncharitab and bitter. They write a smal cramped, and illegible hand. hIot over, there may be good-natured cri ics,. mna with versatility of comprelhet sion. They would have small but wel shaped nails, and their handwritin would be somewhat angular, showin penet^ation and finesse. The nails of a musician are, of coursi to be observed, although the pian sometimes injures them. 'T'ho gret mus.ci:ms have :t sloping hand-writin< There is, however, nn cccentricito p culiar to the handwriting of executit ntusicians, as witnessed in that < Beethoven. The linger-nails of mat] eniaticians are apt to be square an not beautiful. The handwriting of suc persons show a quiet movement of tt pen. The lines are straight with tl paper, the up-strokes and the dowi r strokes are short, while the capita are small and angular. Diplomac has a long, supple hand, and a lon: Sbeautifully-kept., s?ender fin"'er-nai 1 But the handwriting of a diplomatist not apt to be clear; it altways looks lil a snake gliding away. Tuere are t clear, gi,antic capit:'s like John Ha cock's-none of the line curves su gestive of generosity and expansio all is compressed and imipcnetrable. Certain inilexibhe natures expre themselves boti by lin-,er-nails and 1 the handwriting --both' are blunt at y determined. The Chinese have su it long finger-nails that one might alic write with the ends of them. The tc acity of the Chinese nail, which de not break, shows that they have mc 0 lime in their bones than we of a diff< d ent race. At one time. when go Queen Anne bit her finier-nails, it 0 the fashion for all the English arist< racy to bite theirs, and in those d the English finger-nail was not what s is now. Fashion exerts a potent int ence on man, savage or civilized.--1 , per's Biazaar. n Feeding the Doad. d y Early one morning, hacks and press wagons loaded with Chinam 0 roast pigs, etc., coimmenced to po , across the Stark street ferry on thc way to Lone Fir Cemetery to obser ' the religious ceremony coinmonly en t- cd "feeding the dead." A reporter this paper, who visited the ceniete - during the afternoon, fond a lar; 1f number of Chinatnen engaged in tli pious dity. 'I'hie roast pigs and chic ens were placed around on the grout ir among the graves of the Chinese, at at the head of nearly every grave ca (lies were burning. From the best i r formation to be obtained in regard r this cuistomi, it seemtis that, the food intendled as a sort, of p)ropitiatory offe o ing to the Chinese dievil. fThe offerin; 0 variedl accordintg to the habits ar 0 tastes of the occupantts of the grave I At the grave of one, his friend, aft. Sdigging holes in the hard groutnd wil *;a knife, stutck upI two candhler 'ind thc e laid ouit several sets of chiop-sm,icks at -as many small cupls, wvhien lie illt e with wmite; then lie pilacedl sonmc bowv Ii of rice and a p)ackage of cigarettes at -a small vessel of opiumt. Thien I % made several bowvs anmd genutilection ?' as if inviting the (lead friend or th e other piarty to set to. A inmber -fires were butring in the vicinity, at: on these were placed p)lcees of paptP a with squtares of imuitaution gold Ic. i pasted on thema representing gold coli other squares with silver foil, repr. sented silver coini, andi smaller squar< ptached fiull of holes represented ti b rass cashI, whIiich coin a s a hole in ti s center. Sonme burned small garmnen ,i made of pper, and thus fu rnishied .new suit to their deceasedl friends o small cost. After the pigs amnd chiic t ens had beent d isphlayed long emnouighi o ve the dlevil time cenoughi to satis himself they wvere carefully rep)lacedl the wvagons andi brought, back to tow f -Portland (Oregoinianl. Musk. I According to D)r. MAcgowan's et -lat ion regarding thle history of mius k a pirescented by Chiiinese wvritors, the mut s (leer is fotuntd t hroughiouit the miott .tains of Yuin-niani, Szechiwan, amid Ti .. et. T1hiis little animinal is t.o timid t h a it often dlies of fright. It feeds oni jilt ,per loaves atid reptiles. In the spir its p)ectuliar glan;dtilar pouch is great I swollen i and iniflamned, and the seer r tion is aulways voidedl by the (leer i thI,e samte slot andi t covered over w ii 3 ent ri Ih. Ini sutch phlaces deposits of mu.tt i of a siuperior q uali ty ate foun td, amnat iig sotnetimtes to twenty poutidls - weight, :atil of so puntgenit a niatmt I th1at if carriedI t hrougih a garden< woodh it prevenits frutti icat ion. Tlh [valuable sub hsltne nto sooner leav< the hands of the htunter tIhan skillfi mtanipul a tots aduiitrto (~It, for tI: wholesatle delers c.., whIo futrther so dh base it, for the tirade thtt there is fin a h9 in the mtixturne offe red very little it dIood of genulitte mtuisI, Say) ontly abot 10 por cent. Mlusk is said to ho (Ic truict ive to init estinial worms and an at tidIote to the venco:i of -erpentts. Everybotdy knows how 'hoi sutddc cessationi of t. thu ilrn g hand< mtusic causes remitatrks to be sihott out ini a tonie li e ta Ioootive y whistle. 'Tho othter i ht at, a Wec Point 1hop the hatii -ratshied outt a fe final bars antd sitltnly stopped, whlt the voice of ti love ly h ttl lIadyv ini pit was lieard y aw~P int at the1( top1 of hi lungs; 'Don't miy tnew bustle liar lIken ndnisyP" A Tragedy of Mount Waehingto g o Quiet and innocent as Mount Was n ington looks, his sides and slopes hal . been the scenes of tragedies that a numerous as they are sad. The me , painful of all these is that of a your girl who perished almost within stone's throw of the Summit Hou some thirty years ago. It was durit the last week in September, 1855, th a gontloman started for the summit, foot, from the Glen House, accompa h lod by his daughter and niece, at r reached tho Half-way House witho incident. But from there it could g seen that the mountain above the o was wrapped in a dense cloud, and tl the wind was blowing strongly throu; the veil of mist, and increasing in for every minute, yet, in spite of warnin that the attemptwould be accompani ( with danger, the party pushed on ai soon disappeared in the yellow bank ~. fog above. Thev soon lost the pa and began to wander aimlessly abc o the rugged surface of the dreary was which liy on all sides, drifting ov . the sharp rocks, which cut their han . and feat, chilled to the bono by the i .. wind that raged and tore about the as if it would dash them into the r . vines below, and overcome by th nameless dread which seizes frail h manity when faco to face with the u known. Still they struggled on, final o reaching the last and highest peak, i t which they partly ascended, but lie the strength of one of the ladies ga' . out, and she fell to the ground cot ' letely exhausted, and her father, bull f ing a wall of stones between her at the wind, sat down here with his nie d to await the girl's revival. But tl i night air was deadly with its burden o frost, and the rocks woro cold and p' e fless, so that during the long vigil sl . died, and from 10 o'clock that bitt Is night until the next morning tho tv watchers kept ghastly guard, and whc daylight came It showed them that thi were scarce 500 feet from the crest is the mountain, and that a few momen o more of active climbing would ha o brought them to warmth, comfort at . safety; they were wrecked at the moul of the harbor and the young girl hr ; died on the very verge of safety. monument has been erected to her ss the shape of a huge pile of stones, >v which heap each visitor always ad ii one. The slab near by bears the f< h lowing inscription:''Miss Lizzie Bourn ,st daughter of Judge Bourne, Kenunbun n.. Me., perished here September 14, 18; es aged 20 years."-Albany Journal. re +--- " -- r- Romance and Reality of tho Sw: Cott age. as )c. "My wife, who has always had ys mantic ideas about the Swiss cottag it thought she would like to stay oN lu. night in one. I had seen them, but s cr- would not believo what I said abc them, so, as our train arrived at Gene late at night, we concluded to stay o in a sweet Swiss village and get o first peep at Mont Blanc from t r- morning train. We stayed in a pictt n, esquo Swiss hotel, in a lovely Swi ur village. We will never forget it. '' ir floors were bare and had not seen wat to for seventy-two years. The tables LH- the dining-room were of dirty pil of without table cloths. About 12 o'cloc y we felt something biting us. My wi to said, 'it is fleas!' is "No, I said, they are bugs!" k- "'Fleas, I'm sure,' said my wife." d ''After discussing the question f, Ad ten minutes, I got up and lit a tallo a- candle and, for the first time in oi 1- lives, we found we agreed perfectl to We were both right. There we is 9,876, 4:51 fleas aiid 7,0412,842 bug's r- each bed. It, is needless to say that v is sat up lie rest of the night, and1 we: d into Geneva the next morning all jadi 5. out. Since then my wife has not r 3r spected Claude Mel not to's poetic d hi seription of his Alpine home. Tl1' n Swiss cottage, on a , "so examinatio d invariably turns out, to be a great bal d fullh of cattle, hogs andi meni. Tho on Is exception to this is when the owne~ d living near or' in towni, has his busine io ini his house. TIhio wagonmaker, iro 5, caiste'r and taiiner always lives in o1 0o corner iof hiis shop, fouindry or tanner >f The I ,rick -inaker eveni lives in one co d naer of hiis k iln."'-C Lor. Utica O)bser,ve Sicene oni the Plains, One of the most startling and romna s tic features of border life occurred r e~ ceiitly on the WVild llorse pirairie, thair Smiles north of L.os Angeles, when ts band of wild horses, uinfi er the lead a a noble sorrel stall ion, came gallopir itover thle pl1a is to reeolcnoitr a con pniy of surveyor's emngagedl in miakit toasro fthe triact. The band dhash<t yt->ward Captaini Kil lier aid hisH par'ty mi surveyors till within about 500 fee - when thle leadler hal ted in a gr'and Iprou d andl defiant mnan nor, with ne< Icuriveid, nostr'il distendled, erect, a nil on dr, parade, anid all the bar I- ran ged ;homlv es un each side of i (s like a s<il of cavalry in a batt k charge. After surveying the scene f, a- .a few miomen ts the leader gallop< b- proudly away, followed b)y thli bandt it the mnost,graceful andi dignified ma: ne. h seewas5 miostroat y w iith his nmost obedienit sublje.cts ini the fleet andi graceful mtionois, wvas wor'th ni of an artist's penlcil. 'Theire was a: h theri b)andi of w ihi L rses on the sant k prairie, u:ndeir the leaidershiip of a dati i- : nhioganxy bay 'sfall ion, wit lbl11ac ni mane, tail andh k nees. In this bani o there are two white hiorsies, while ti rrest:are bay andh sorrel mainly. Fe 5 people ar'e aware thaat at lie niortheru 5 base of Sieru'a Maidre, only thiirty miht Sfrom tis city, wil horses roami 0 thir n' iativye be:auit.y andii crop the ric gras'ses thait, grow on Wild Ilorse pra - rie. Yet such a Is th e fact, and the -slick a ppear'anmce an ii graceful motiot it 'are the iadinmratioii of aill beholders. - -Los Anycles (Cal.) Express. A ci'tao wh'Io npplied to the flre marshal tie other iday for a buildini permiit was refutseid on the ground thn iithe itire himiits proi ibited the erectic of such a sitructure. After sp)outiri It ias indiigntat ion mi round terms, 1 added: "'I woulni't, be found dead Wsuch a ehy; as this." ''As for that, kslowly repliedl the mnarshaal, ''it wor rimake mnuchi ditTerten ce where vou dl ).i a A Very Hot Taxpayer. h- "Is this the Unitdd States Weather ro BureauP" exclaimed an excited indi- r ro vidual in a molted collar and hot-as- an st blazos frame of mind, rushing into the M, ig United States Signal Servico office on y( a the corner of Wood street and Fifth so avonuo last Wednesday. ig "Yes, sir, this is an office of the bu- a at reau," replied the gentleman In charge. yo )m "Oh, it is, is it, ' sarae."Mcally ex n- claimed the perspiring indivicual. "It id is a part of the institution, is it? Well, at sir, it's a swindle! A barefaced swin- br be die on the taxpaying citizens, sirl it m That is what it is, sir!' And the hot ch at man grew so terribly hot that his face wC ih look.d like a bloom just ready for the Bc co squeezers. s "I do not conlprehend you, sir," re- cli ud plied the signal-service oflicer, with wi id dignity. ye of "0, you don't, don't you? You don't I th comprehend me? O, no. of course not. as] ut Certainly, you don't. That ain't what to we taxpayers pay out our money for, or o be comp)rehended. WVhat did your . Lis bureau promiso Saturday? Did'nt you W y say a cold wave was on Its way hero, o in and that it would reach us Sunday, and a- the weather would be cooler, didn't g. at you?" u- "Well, sir, what if we did?" n- "What if you did! Of course you n ly did. You know you did. You can't t p deny it. Where is it?" P :0 "I'm sure I do not know," exclaim- ar ro ed the official abruptly. "We do not g I- arrango the weather." th I- "You don't! Why, what are we tax .d payers getting for our money, thon?" oh o exclaimed the hot man. (n 1o "The bureau simply furnishes mote- sit >f orological information relative to the no t- state of the weather," answered the as 1o official, with dignity. kit cr "Information! Groat Scotland, do '0 you think a man has to be shoveled in- nil n to a blast-furnace before he knows it di: ty is hot? Do you moan to say we tax- ca :f payers support this bureau to tell us cal is what the thermometer is when our ca o shirt-collars are running into our boots? pu d If you can't regulate the weather, po h what are you for? A blind mule with d his tail broke off knows when it's hot Sc A and cold without your telling us. What fol n are we taxpayers iretting for our mon- fo1 to oy?" and the wild man turned him is self out on the sidewalk, a red, hot 1- hissing globule of wrath.-Pittsburg i e,. CI anicle. 5, Homely Girls. or "WPy aro you homely girls always si 98 the best scholars, the best workers, w and make the best wives?" This ques- y( tion was propounded by an observant ib and intelligent gentleman, who has fr been twice led to the hymonial altar t or and is ready to be sacrificed again. , he "Is such really the case?" tt ut "I have reason to know that it is. It 8, is natural enough, isn't it? The girl s1 or who is handsome In feature and forni ur concludes very early in life that these bi ie are her stock in trade, and with them er r- she enters the matrimonial market. soNino times out of ten she is soon off the C 10 hooks and at the head of a house. 11or h( or homely sister has scarcely entered her m in teens until she discovers she is madoaf to stand aside for the pretty-faced girls. an k All that neatness of dress, elegance of u o manners, and proficiency In the arts of bit making one's self attractive sho does, do deliberately and for a purpose, per haps, or possibly for no other reason r than, Topsy-like, she grow that way." o W "The chances are she does it solely sa for the purpose of compensating for her h lack of physical beauty." to "My observations lead directly to th athe o(>p)osito conclusions,"' repliied the w olilgetserver. "T'here is amuong ci at the great lawvs of nature one known as dthe l)aw of compensation, and I am thoroughly convinced that to it, the ~-homely girl is indebted for the tastes and (disposition that promp1ts tier to wi make herself useful when she cannot ini Sbe ornaimental." to ladie, if you had the choice of two ca rado,one beautiful and the other s hoely, you would take the homely fri ono?"he "Experience and observation both TI teach me that would be the wviso thing fri -to do. The first impulse would natur-" ally be to take the prettier of the two, f but, 1 woutd give the first, impuilso time to pass off andi act upon sober second .Thie oldi gentlemuaunmay b)e entirely Ir Sright in t,his matter. -Detroit Timecs. to n a MtatimIionlal Te'sts. c g Thie fol lowving "'poi nts' 'amre derived a- from thle expelrien ce of ani En gili la g~ dy of good social pos it ion, bnit, liimtitedl d means, whto, for sevoral yeats has been of taking "'clients'' in need of husbands, t, to waterinmg places duiring the season. ly In ten yeaurs shte si-ores twenty-three LA ~k successes and ino failures, this fishier a d of men. It appears that, dark girls go" id off host in spring anti autumn, andl ha m blonds at muid sunmmer; that the mar- th Io ket, is; apt to be (1ul1 in the beginnino ye >r of the season, and to grow bris8k to al. *d ward its (close; thiat very younig, fair in in men like brunettes best, butt veer slow- fif t- ly toward their lighter sisters as the Ci fair men03 grow o)lder,t and thiat tihe con- m;l r, verso is as triue of very young (lark hi hr men, that brunettes almost as invaria y bly p)refer fair men, irrespective of ne i- age, and that the pred(il~ctiont of kt e blondes is c01 ooly an opposite one; 'n, k that blotido girls wvork ofl very ill In at k raw, coldisti wveathier; tihat to coup1lo a |G dI fair- andi a (dark girl in wvalking, driving, ii e0 et(-., is gener-ally, but not always, good or iv policy, simco the intended victim some- y n times falls in love wit,h each in succes- w us sloon, and ends by taking neither; and, hi n finally, that whiilh mountains and lakes a' hi prove lively Iicentives to flirtation, at n 1- early p)eriodts, the seaside was decided- 1P r ly the stronger inm the way of landing as the fish as thte leaves turn and the days i grow shorter. Them largest dIrodging maclino in tiheo - world has beeni finished andi wiii be used In thme Sacramento atnd San Joa-it t (11u1 swamp lanids in Califo-tia. She n has been named Thor, and modeled af- a gtor the best dr-edges now in) uso( on the o$ oe Ithmnus Canal, cuttinig out a chanuinel sh n and building a levee at tho same !!F tol " Thie Thor Is 101 feet, lotn" and 61 feet o 't widle. and tias 34 iron buckets with a byf e; cap)acity of 1 ) cuibic yards each, wich ro enni be filled and emuptiCed fourteen ket times inor mUirante. An IVq .& "o WIT AND HUMOR. Who wrote the most, Dickens, Wat. i or BulworP Warren wrote "Now d Then," Bulwer wrote "Night and )rning," and Dickens wrote "All the ar Round." She held hin fast In her soft white as, and kissed him warm with a arning hug, For she was a girl of 1 upper ten, And he-well, he was a ggoned p,tg.-Merchant Traveler. How funny things work around? Sin rmght clothes into the world, and if wore not for sin nobody would go to arch, for had it not boon for sin there iuld be no clothes to show there. ston Transcript. "Papa," said a little daughter of a rgyman recently, "if God tells you tat to write in your sermon, why do u so often scratch it out ain?" o clergyman changed the subject by dug her how she liked her new dolL "What's this thing?" asked a man to w a- inspecting a music stord. 'hatP m. that's used on violins. o call .a chin rest." "Gimmo o!" e\t :med the visitor. "S'pose would n rk on my wife?"-Burling 4 Free i re.ss. Visitor to Nantucket-"For good s sake, tell me what you do here in o Winter?" Nativ--"Oh, we get on etty well. We go to bod at sunset d sloop next day till noon; then we t up and pray for night to come, It we may go to bed again." H-"In what respect does billiards ango my usual disposition?" She aively-"Does it change your dispo ionP" IIe-"Yes; in billiards I vor 'kiss' when I can help it, where ordinarily-" She-"You never is if anybody else can help it?" r'ho Chinose in New York are begin to learn American habits. In their triet the saloon-keepers now get up dAs in Chinese, which read: "Amert i cocktails for the morning, Ameri i sours for noon, and American nchos for night." The trade is ro-. rted brisk. L'ho teacher of a Chelsea Sunday bool reettntly asked her pupils the lowing (uestion, expecting "sin" an answer: "What, chiidren, caus the most trouble and misery in the )rld?" For a time no one answered, t finally a small, bright boy held up hand and gravely said: "'Skeet y, d arn 'emt."-loston Glob>e. A New York tailor has hit it. It is uply a double or false vest pc'k:et in hich to carry cigars. Those which mt smoke yourself are entirely invis le, but those you have for your ientls peep temtptin,ly out from over c edge. A man who wears such a cket and is cautious, may get a repu .tion among the cigar fiends for noking "ceilardooros," but he will NvO no end of money. The Somerville (Tenn.) Falcon ings the story of one ef the daught s of the dusky race, wuu had just ado her first visit to the Episcopal urch in that place. On reaching me she said: "Look here missus, I ver seed such doin' as that at church are. The peoplo they be's prayin', d the preacher he holler at urn to got and den lie gets mad and turns his ek on 'em, and don't have nuffin to with 'em." "Do you know Mr. l)udorP" asked o Newport, girl of another. "I can't I that I know him, but I have met ui several times." "Well, you ought cultivate him." "Why, is he any n,g, much?" "-I don't know how he illbe in the future, but now lhe needs Itivation about as much as any man ver' met."' Tihen they smiled softly .o eche othier's eyes andi went their iTey were reading the old farmer's ii, and the nephew, the principal teritot' naymitg the closest attention Its provisions. Presently the notary mue to the( clause, "1 bequeath to the vatnt that shall close my eyes 100 mecs." "Hii! Hello there," says the ir, "'just read that againi, will you?" C notary complies. "That's 100 mes saved anyhow," says the heir; nele only had one eye! Got the tihful domestic that time, didn't IP" F"rch l'un. It is related that a confessor once (d muiich diflicult,y in getting an'old sit woman, a regular penitent of his, recollect any sin. She couldi not re nimber that she had dono anything ong at all. At last, after e severo anmation, lie asked her whether she oild remember a sin of her past life. i. Anything sho was sorry fort tire, father," she answered, "I'm rry I ever came to this country!" 'LCman's 'Journal. "Yes," said the young man to the eture Committee, "I want to deliver emtperance lecture In your town." out don't, look like a man who has dI exper.ience in drinking," remarked 3 Chairman, suspiciously. "Have at ever been a drunkardP' I lectured through the South last winter, and Floridat, where I saw a swamp-snake Ly feet long, I " "Pardon my riosity, sir,' intorrup)ted the Chair in, hastily, "when do you want the 1l?"-U (ruphic. "Wall,' said the boot-black who sat xi.to the alley, and who had been oping very quiet for a long timo, ny gatl ain't stylisht nor hand some, d site hain't got small feet and a 'eciati nose, but she's awful good arted." "Hew goodP" asked the ie whIo carried threo cigar stubs in his. a5t pocket. "Well, the other night lhen I'd been eating onions and she sdn't, she rubbed limuburger cheese 1 over lier mouth so as net to make e feel emnbarrassed."-Dtroil fkree A p)air of pink horses, attached to a rick, wane seon stadig in front of to Maxwell House the most of the dlay )sterdiay, andi caused conaldoerable In. airy among the pedestrians as to how coy came to be so highily colored. The ickmnan who drove thiem explained to mont 100 pieople, but was aked the estilon so maniy times that lie came or' to the American office and got a >et of paper on which he wrote the lowing, wvhichi lie paRsted on the side his coac hi: '"Thenm hosses got pinked boin' left in the rains withI red fly. s on. It~ ain't no use askin' mtuore tions abunt It."-Nashav.llo [Tenn..)