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VSA VOL. XIV. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 9 i iliin ( Poet. ,n flo -lcling hrI. t fint f,tiln on <owny wing ?'outl tt ,; Wit I' to.-herlu4lls to sotr an1l singI ]Ol'oun ini ks, cm whomt the4 no (4iloor" oo'r has I'o lock yotu In, "till i1lent and all lnnitedl" 1'heso I)ootia Onil irreeat In other 'lays, It1 Wilting no%w, 'VIb141 havo to innl' thiIr Thy thought t1o inuch, aind, on I hr ' hinking lIwnt, Withli'i trole couplets verc Content. lIut wo' 4 1ll4 who rnsh l\" nm- ren:nts 'he inv: Nurc of a (.oltl.=tith or it ICentsl OIne for n, anide only on', could tervc 1inm wo(rPe --- Let no 1(IVe poet viit e410 on blank verse. I f yo0 orinitlit yi;is::u;c,it:; lo sure that Ari'ter' hus: woniul cl"spI')' It. Keel) 0% the grnss! Ittcn:a1~n-r In or old walt? Ilc insipnhlienit , a1ui1<l1h11 his I.n1i1 IIecc.n " tsophListlIc tc". an4l nt41 r -rc"c 1 Amsrht , t en otion y)u nr.v o4ba,nc"c' to feel; Tis i"x" ert!h'e "e4r14 'ti i 44n st ill-b'I:l. .%On)V c "..s 44o Ii'.nu th hearl, hull 1'rom (I4! 11.4,|. 'i . I m'y 4ilIe - 4nan4-r 4un4: phill? eIt rie"s 1 lo t " IIw 'i- in's elt04a1 - tlor t .ag;az. ins w"nto v\'e :"c:ix min tnhs atllead i ). fe,llow;ngr myi" :,4lvl t ,; uou'\," e" 1e uere<d ' Ynni i', I-'* 1ot to Sign in 1'111 . ,r ini,l.i') nau', i / l(t In th,i i " 'nr. , ..;!, ", r-\ " 1 4401 no ii<bhl4, , n::,,h"-.-; v th,,,,n:ht nu4 1nul. 4t 1.4' in 44in4' 1('entury. .,Ihe w1a- y'o:ln'r : lI deliate, andl fair 4ith11 1h fairne-; of pr:ily. Ma11trk Mla11eri1n rtouei b,y her side, a world-worn m0.1u of lhirl -live: not nec essarily a1 111a1 w.-hoiml 'he world had tau<trhlt her ernt'l vt., but a 11an41 who had bulfl'e'tedl forttune, who h:141 earned his livin. 1rm1 1 boyhood by t"lo-:o a)pli Cation to work-lc, tI ha:t ,1:;,l left him no tiltuc1 to 1 (In,me at 14;'? of soc'iiety. Yet fo',r a;l ""lrultt;s was: :in honor b11)le man." h fh a 'oi far the inferior of the ,1r:- v1 gIrl h -id4e hi- n thant lie couil not Summ1 n sull4t Sliie'ient nt"rve1 to tell hert1 how dea1:ri' shtr w\"a; to him, 11111 ho)\w he wviI;ewd to mal'rrv le' am(l Show the world til frc""1 c"re"aiure, with her fra.nk, spaking eye, a- the brigIt fairy wh wa to 101 11him up w\"anet am4el lnw, V ri d I th'uh1 Ill th le4 fit ture. '"\Itruc-l!c!" called a1 hit h tr'el vliCe, a1ml the g)Idecn oppI)ortulitnity" was lost. 1e'm'l1le':1c Cn1tered thO Sitting-rooml wvhoso p;leas :nt, w\'hi!e-curtained w\-in d[ows opecnedl upon th e ho)nev'\sucllkle emb1);we-red[ Vrr;lt;ua up,on which therv had been simntlinge. :'heu entteredW l It) meet a you.1-", attractive ma:1 n advan:4, inl tIw::rel Iwtr. ".M r. 'I're.ntumrh it, my .ar. is not a . qu1aintedl with. Atr. _hm:lg. id her mo4 li(er softly, - o I thou htl I 1::, better \al )1o." l4rmt4 l turnt'(d back t o the 1piz:a w;ith hc'r ;;rac efull, frankl.:nr. "1r. \lan:ne rin, let, mne intr<ouce you to A 'Ir. T te r.1 " T 4:he n:)4 ti, but M\[irk"!c \::lnne"r int14 . -. I ... :11:::u::t. t11 1 be4414an44 mlakin ii: hi :e1.. u. The young m:an h dl edl him with a1 look borering n dilik1, d was doublltlt';, only too we!Ill le"ased w\he4n the first, calk.r took hli; departure. Theod ore 'lTremInnor wa: ; 1 0.d414:it1y a favorite; w\'illh .1lrs. ('h-lhoroll g' h, and of this lle was doutlelt 11s :nar11e, "i-'1 her 111:1 ' el in- r:n " ft) - th(" young. 1an441 aIs at vi lit' :t hI-"r" h44 e' wa"1' open I l had l d 1 byei t,\ ' h i n i,t' h tr. Yotung'Tr,"mnnr knt"\w whyt i at tent ons t(4 \lr,. ('he b4e)orouh'- t:migh; tt'r were" e"ncoetura,_ede. H is f"ather;" h:' d rc', nt't!v died, : 1l he was 1epulltedtl to b worh pr1)Ity to the amnotn:t t;f 1,t"ar y lo 1 million. 'the Chesbourough we \-r); also wvealthv\ a:d of a~ g 4f4:nily". timeC ~4 141r 41. 1:er I 1l4f t iehl4 becau4(se(.'' 1- ne 'o wII her moth1 r d111( ned4 ('-r 44o 4 w.: by maci:w14-, and'14. he k4' w. ea 141 1with: tO\lr rlI oins in441 youn. Tremn(or, 1I'(l4r. 14Iirs. 1('hesborou444 4gh, t4 the44 la1t m1]i and1(1il Tremnor. 1('roni4in-C 14o1 call 4nd (tak4e an1:4 it of his w 4'ith(V im(14 ih) not1( only (4o44d 4slowly,~' but( rarIly. lro4era daswewll over,''l1)4 11( (44 aId(p4 ur0n 1'4erIc' * aj'iiolla:4, ((14k14.-w ((44, heiore11 entering hrad, tha t111 1(14thing1 11flresieon th's4 fol 14ni 41 1ht 11( '1'he ex111c 1gluv lif 411' the- lohl4 1:44 143l41)(Tremuor's4ony reat3 I inl I 1 the iy' Tht he w14 111 inth l ife1111 of a1 fa,h-1 k ineyoung man14 o she as 1ellware lrl, wot ((4sh4' <lid (44 ait 4'ViM)w. ('l Had44 any1.4 4444 1(4hi44 -r1 d the114''01 tord' Atn l proert his father1144)1 1'lef1t, him 11pe1dily nogh, 41nd4 (n444ow1y thebt his1 fash1ti 1n folly031 have' 144d 1him1 into thiaehinki.rc ohi;fui Aos 111mme1 ag:un4 to me. S(114( po1i1i1 i)CH honyo)'WIO LLi---iIln oe h iout o the0 iitioyfhsfrn But an unconquernblo drowsine had taken possession of Mertmelle, a1 conscious that Sh1o was yielding to kind of sleep, yet utterly unable throw it off, site at last lay back in t carriage in a state of complete tn' O S(.ou t les3?. . * * * * TIhe m oon1 ilooded fields and woo with it< ot"aline sea of light. In Iticent spl nlor the ocean rock to and fro upon the beach, while i moanings died away in the diist:anc and left a s;Ilettce tnblroket and pe fect. Not far from this bleak shore, w.1 its itll ruined lighthouse, ittight I a ,cen seen a boat out upon the waters. Slowly it neared a point of 1,m about whlic"h somue lishermi nt's hu were gathered, and tI her it 1 ew . a boats lay rocking upon the waters. To reach this poinit, however, ti boluatn must pass the pr"omontot wlie stood the old tower like stru ture we have lescribedh. As he drew iear" sonethin Iis,o fiit cry reclied his ear. 1He listenle it camne ngain, aiti1 seetet to e lcanal fromt the lighthous". Then a small1i 0llim lit up1 (the h11 w indow"; it 1lashed, thien tluttered dION -dowtn the rugged Old gray wall to t1 ,romid. lie imnale all speed to land at ti nearest i oinl of safety, : nd made h way at once to the i"lithouse. As le reachted lie si"ot, Ie aga heard a wona .'s .t:eem, and it w plain tI- t sunme one was calling f help It tie -iunmit of the edifice. lie -ra g up the broken stairva D)ark.r mal htdrker it grew, lit only I th-- ewca ionaIl 'le Im froi a slit-lil winldow. II stru k Im .t Ie, o .i his way. Sutdtlenly he 1 e:r( just ahead ci li! "lther fe- i tre:lin the windling(; stai way. 'TIhey halt (I, but the man froi the boat per"sever"ed. :and present1 Stood facing a fashionablyv-:attired your lii; face was white as chali: lie a temlptc(d bravado, !owCVer, as l. sa determnination 1t on Ith fact, of his pi ser. "Mr. 'I'helodore '1'r;niinotr, wh.t dol this mean?'' "It means iihat ou' re a cursed fot al yot'd het ter Iurn back andi about your hu, ine.s.'' "Not until I tind out who is in di inl this building at such an hotr, said the other. he spoke he attempted to pam:s ti nia:, who now completely barred b1 A he took it ste; forward41, the (tl natcliled front his oeket a re' olv' and took aim. A\nticipating this, his coljppa1;h dtl I, with one blow against Trot n11r ' Ahoulter, hi:tself :1tul his weap<t ".ral step: lh>wt him. "It t wVOrk, o' a nmoment, and11 the next w:s ru(shlingr up thle stair=. I" it-mnor, si t uggling Io his feet, setu dcd do n III st airs, and liedl tltrot1 foot- p iat : li!tih. till lie rechie~i oint trIlctc s1t1 1 ( :ttringe and tI e r. "Dlrive liikt' nau-stop for nothing' to - - Statimo. tout will be wi paid!"' .\ml the next trait whithih left f L,lun carr ictd away T( heo-lure Trel >o n h w y , Ito 44t e coa!i'!t!t. ;.f alttwh!il. ,' \ernieltc ('he..b l"on! lookedl up1 from the r"'tten plamkswthe u- h:t ain, he;riig naught hut tl w:tves :nll the scuttle of rats near hind, to 44 Ountet witIt a shudder t fa -e, not of the one she most drea< and expected, but that Of a deliver --t he face of her frient, Maik Mannli, lloiw lie cam e she did niot atsk. B ri Iv she ttohl hnt of the evet;ng's pie formanciei-of thle 'ircumstti.Iantes whIlit ht:al tph ed her:j ini Tremnor's power. "' Ikntew inothinug sine wre left, il retauanitit till I topnedt( tily teyes t) fi1 mynel a~I lon e hter'. Yet , I recall tIl t'ircuti anc 'tes, atnd gutessed at thle recs h'r'e. l1Iark- --what is that? iIe mm comle at any1 mii oment. WVhere canil I hlave gtonit?" "I net Itimi on the staiilway on h way up. Butt hie will not co:no tim Vent' nothling; het is hut toti well lla dl to 144' afhtr meietinig mec. Coin wit ht nit Mle rmelle--\-~l iss (Chesbort)'t thmy boaimt is near'. I will get you s:a lionmi to yourt moltheri." Mermelle bt'oke into1 wild sobs (of r' ''Ohl, whlat kind fate wats it. tat se you to til detliveriancte'?"' -hte iriste, :tit at templdtd to feel hi wayv, with b : Manntring orii a guide, dowI stanit's. Bitt Mainnttrin plted al strong at :taiout hir, antd bore' her btelow itsi Al-- (io'noboroui was ill ai condiitio ter, witih Mmlark Matnnering fot' a ou paion ilt: her way into th Ie lion siforo'lokini t iitrnintg. moniitanctes. Whteinat- Inst slth id s -,b' to-e andt seiz'edl Mark by the hiatnd "Whal,t -what gir.-t iiitng," ' si tmoth'stly, '"mtil it- is agiieat thinig, at it i. tis-: I love vote' tdaughiter' dear'l :ante if I cantii~ I iher great weatlth, 4an give her'i tie prottction that.i honorbha nan nn bstow WOi ' Mru-. ( 'hitstbotreogh - htsitted', buit Sihe i a' h t m ll a n tt WVit hiout a wtordI siht took the line litr dm rg:h iteln ph1-etd it withlin, th of lMark Abunnria.it. elates mi thet St ait i'. It has ito telegr'ap IiiIhiunt t iage titde o~f twelytil nile,s. Iie Priine o Wa:les is only' forty-fib Uitt i ytou countt his age ont the liti tInrtee '5 pl.m by thle funi lies had, hu li uetst three hiumitredt, says Li& B08. -> COL. HARNtsY'S rEVENGI". 1d a "Ned Tumnttlin('" ICeminiscenler. of the to Seminole War. 10 1- When the massacre of the (:aloosa hatchio ended the truce which ha'l for * a brief time suspended operations Is against the Seminoles, writes "Ned Buntline" in the New York lWurld, tho ,l war opened with renewed activity. The ts naval force on the coast--to which (lie vriter hereof, th:-n i midshipman, act in g as icutenani., was at tached --con sisted of the topsail schooner Flirt, h Wave, enid Otsego, commanded re - speetively by Lieutenant. Commanding J. T. McLaughlin, Lieutenant John d Rodgers (late admiral) and Passed Midshipman Edtlnund 'Templar Shu brick, about whom I will shortly write a tragic history. The army force con 0 sisted of the 3d artillery, 6th infantry, 2d dragoons, and a part of the 7th in fantry. The 8th infantry cane later, under command of Col. Worth, who Ssoo11 after was promoted, and, reliev . ing Gen. Zachary T''aylor, pushed ac tivo operations ntiil the w::- was prac tically endel. I ai thus p:articular 1 now t)ce:nuse inl these pape. s alI the!se 1 uarties wvill have a place. e Col. IIarney was raging mad when hie reach(.( Key Biscayne onl our"schoont cr, sweari'rg the bittere t ve"ngreanc"e on is the red niirderers of I is brave lmen. For it was murder in the broadest sense. '1'he men fell not as sohliers in battle, but. were surprised inl bed, shot )r down, slain and seal: edl, with no chance for resi.tance. On the island which forms ('ape Ilorida there were several cotmpanie of the 3:1 artillery and two conpanit s of tie' :h dr..goons. Harney :!s lieutenant colonel ranked all the officers at the post, and the naval men having a la1 ge number of cypress canoes that had been made expressly for our use in following the Indians up the river, lagoons, and bays aloIng the coast, made his plans easy of ac("om shinent. Calling for voluinteers to go on the - expedition. the brave 11arney soon had 20) picked mnen, sailors ant soldiers, ready for a start. I forget just now the namies of all the oflicers who Went along. I am almo,t sire that (eneral ticrlln1n, nmow retired, was one--or he was at the rost . a licutnaat. I know that the late (;en. Ord was there, as w ill be seen in later lines i:i this sketch. Lient. l{odne"y, of Delaware, a gallant I dral;oon, also ('apt. ult onl, of t he same regiment, Francis Key \lurray, John I Contee, and Lieut. llogcr, were in the naval contingent. 'r onung man," said Ilarnley to mm .vh(en we were littintr out the canoes, ",have you :rny smal, stroig ro; e on board of the Ostego?'" "Yes, cohe tI. 1Iere is a coil of ~ deep-sea lead-l ne, t hi ch will hol I a 'l tratin of 5) ( pounlds, andl it i; small, as 1t is the very thii:!! timd t he oil of rope to myI boat. I'Il inake good iis ,h of it b'fore wVo giet b a"k!' le ans.cred, clinchio lis remailr;; ' th one of hib usual liter oa-th ag ainu-t lhe "nlurtder ing red niggrr. ho nake the story short, we g'ol awatv:y jusit after dark', pro ti:,ionedi Yot ten (lays, but armed and mu1n1iitione( for at week's stt dv tllighting, if it cai to that. We hi:u l (i iv bot:Is and t a noe, verasini aboiut :;evein men iE ca I. We lllied - -ilent y as pos-i hli)e up to oI l':ort 1).I"las, at the mouth of the ILittl: Mi:Inni riv t. ::uid enterin t pi he.! rpidiyi i up ito the et r t gla es. I:;r.t thiing lci tnlld on one takin'Y the 1:1dianls by surprise. 'le tI stritie t tnii rs werni''-g i nu to fire a +ull, o t' ti gi- :in order ini :i loud i t :-i u- ail I he otin-r. lii>~ c t ini r- o1- : onie i oubl lbe kepth to ui l,oo all ii t to . a-. up thI shia ld w , .I,-0 . 8tr : 1 a n d i:l t. o :i r l i t ol itdistanit i.sh:iuls ini xit ot' OurS. Our aw I .ii n Ic .ii .' .- i I -w ' cbu it evi e issga ofI occuimtloi, bult no0 5 gi of iv alarmn to showv that our piresenlce in the glides had been dIiscoveried . We knew that we were iieair thle hiauint of "Sni i(Jone s," or Arpu aka, the oblct chief in the S,emiiinoe iiation, andii of Ch(ilkik, the iant ishiing~ cihie<, who was sup piosed to be at thle headit of t'.ie party tha t oimmiit ted thie iias:acr- we were A\ll 's'y, i stling andI sleep Rig a< much ras~ wei coiiM, wie laid hu. e:ttimg cookei provisionis, mai:kning no tire, and nat tinig foi niighit to covetr our fuiit her ii ove mi mets And.righit glad wve were u lien Scm,aiid just clioudy enouiirh --iot too dlark- -to cover our appr ioace to (lie ~slanid, whlich we k new was ocenpied. 1Every man was now on thle alert. Aims ver'e inispeut ed, ord(er' g iveii to keej in line uniii Iilose0 to thle island1(. Thleni 0certa in (let ai led boats were to lay off arilountd it to cut oIl escap-e, wvhile threo rlanding parties wvere to ad vance and su rpr'iso (lie enemv.n noti a shot to bo Sfired uiit-il we v.cr'e discoveredl by (t Indi(ianis. '"Th'len," said 11 arner, withI a itteroat , o for work. ~Kill o captuire all yout see -youing oir 0old, hoC or she. Spaire thieni only as5 they spar ed my poor boys over oni thle C aloosa. hatehije!'"' O,sowvly anmd steadlily, miillied p)adI dis rimg aind falling withI miealsuredl endIenice, we~ pushed thIirough shall ow water Jid stillf saw-grass. It was not itmorei thin iisix or' smeni iiles, appiar aently that we hind to go, yet we were till near midniiigh t gettIing intoc position for ac-tion, cl os up I to thle t reeoveredl Sislan md. We had so fa r heCard no soumnd except (lie occa, ion al yelp of some In ofdianu (dog on thle island(. I it now, un at ers t and(ing their orders, thle oilleer Is of eachl det achenii it mo( ved forward. I Iarnuey and his.. draigoonis, with eiar ines, took t he centetr, thte artiillherymen, armied with muskets, the iighit; the nia vy mtren the lieft , supplied with United Stats:iger titles. - Sooni thle hanin ig part its were ont shiore. Yet no sounid of alarim. "i- or e ward" came lie order, pa:lssed i hi pelrs firom oIllic r to muan, 'dlong thli lbne. Oii --and( soon1 a scenit of smoko gr'e-ts ouilr nostiils. St ill onwiai d, and1( a chorus of yelping (curis break the still hniess of the nii ght. 'd 'For'wardl-d oule (iuick!" m Then ini a few .i 'Is woe burst itt a villago of , itnane houses sith smoldering fires arind and among them, andi a horrible yell and a scatter ing fire from the startle I redskins greet us as we rush in, firing as we go. It was the quickest bitof work I ever saw, yet, the surprise was so complete that it was har"dly like a fight. Fifteen or t twenty shots on their side, a full volley I on ours, and we had nothing more to shoot at, for all who were not down, deati or wounded, fell to the earth in ti suhmissian, excep)t four or five, who fled oil' in the dark ness among the trees ' and shrubbery. Among these was seen the gigantic ihikikai, dropping his rifle P from a broken ari as lie ran. A brave private in the 2d dr&igoons--his~ name was Hull, and he was made a sergeant soon after-saw C'hikiki as lie ran, and followed, carbine in hand. Ile never lost sight of the chief, tut kept .ni until he could get a sure shot. Wounded 4 and bleeding Chikika found he could not escape. IIe halted, threw u1) his left uninjured hand, and cried out in his broken English: N "No shoot! me good l:ljun--heap good! No shoot" - "Take that, for Caloosahatchie!" shouted 1Hall, as lie sent a ball through the chief's heart. An instant later ho I tore the scalp from Chikik's head, and then ran batk to the vil.age to present it. to Col. larney. Tie colonel was standing by some wounded oflicers and t mien of the commani:d lookintgsternly at the group of territied prisoners and a small I ile of cad ald dying India::s. "Bring that coil of rope fron my boat!" he cried out to one of his ien; I "'and be ---- <11iiek about it. We'll na e a hangin '- before suniiri'c!'' A i Armiless W'oman's Feats. ''Nowv, let me shiow~ -oni what I canI 0do. )inner'll be hero in just a mom ent. Thread a needle! Of course I can; see?"' and suit.ing the action to the word, Mrs. Thomson picke<l ip a fin - ne, die with the large and second toe of the right foot, held it tightly be tween the tii"s, and taking some yarn in her left loot, rolled the end deftly on a small smnooth stone, put it to her mouth by bending lier body almost 1 double, and deftly .nserted the yarn in the tcedle, more easily than a bar be for threads a large needle with ve: v fine tIiread. Next she took a hani some tidy on which she was erocheting and w.tlh rem arkable deftness held the i work with her right foot while with her left she guided the needle inl and out, eatehing tee threads with ease andl fashioning the ligrure as fast as "my lady" in the sitting-room does with her soft haml . lier right eve giv ug her some troule diuing this work. she defthy pushed bari: the spectacles\which she wore and with the second toe rubbed the eyelid. Tt;en she bent forward and brushed i ack a few :tray I airs from her forehead. Taking ii the pe i he tween the large am ee and toe of h1ir left foot, and holding a slip of t aper with her right toes, she wlote in a fet inine hand, small an,d rather neat: "lie that lends to all shows good will but I tt e sense. Ann E.. L. 'hon on. Iorn without armns, IDe. 23, 189, (Ga." This written, she put tle l en down, took ip a blotter with her left foot, placed it over the wr itini, aini dried tl - ink. 'l'akin(g ump a patir of large scissors with the largc' and third toe of the left foot, she eleverhy cut off t e port ion of the paper on i bithi he had wNritten. "Iere comes my dinner. Notw yot Call see me eat--tiot that it's suci1 a sight, bit you lmay find it odd to se, one eat with toes inste:ad of lingers." Alr. Thomsonl spread out: a napkiin on the platform, andl pla.cd on it tlie ditner (of ai personi in good( hlIthI. Mr's. Thiomisoin tutrnedi aroxiund ini hier seat, took a tupl o: teh ini tier foot, st irredi it til withi a spoon bel in he(r right toes, and. half hnd inig, hxalf ris inig the cup to tier lips, dr ia Ik olithie tea and p)llaed the (-upi oI !I: 1 p.a 'r.i Th'len she grasped a tlat-hand led lier knife ini her left toes, caught a for k bi tween the: tirst two toes oif her ri''lit foot, an icu xt somie steak inixto piece Part of it was tonugh. but she had(( no m ore trotuble ini (-utt ing it thanxi ai or dlinary p)ersoni wouild hiave. A piece of meat held on the fork was t ranisferred'x to tier mouth, anti w~as followedl by a piec.e of biread( br oken from a slice by her- larige and( seoiil toe - As soxon as she had hiniishexd t his nove'l meal, IAlrs. T[honmson coiitinued: "I1 for got to tell you about. my~ school in g. (O, yes, I went to school. T1hie pupils weire -ind, an.d I hiad a little iaised platforim for my use. I held iiy books ini may toes, aiid readi andx st udieud as well a's the rest of the girls. I held a slate in my right foot and the penelil betwveen the toes of my left anti mnagedi to tig-~ Tire as wvell as anxyone. Aly righit lib is shorter t han my', left, and I learnted to write w,,ithl my left. foot, as you ha vt' seeni. I learned aill thIxat was tauxighlt. in the commnon schio(ihr of Geoirgia biefore the war."'--Detroit imes. A well-educax:mtedx person who possessC5 Cs a c,ol lege shieepskini, i-cads his I iblxe, his Shxakspeare atnd the tiaily paxpers seldlom uses lilorei thxan 8,000) or 4h,0 t wordis in actal ''onv',ei'sat ion. Acxc-u.. rate tin ikers -tnd close re-asonters, who atvoidI vague and gneraxl expr essionls andt wiit till theyx fintd a wvordt that ex netly is thetir iiieaing, emloty a larig er stocxk, andx x n eloientI spemakr' m:niy iise to) a coinuniandx of 10,00)0. Shuaks pear-e,w~ho dispilamyed ax grca tr x--a,xriety of ex prion0 t hani pirobiably any wr-it er ini anly language, p roiducedx aill his pl )ays with aboiut. h:.,u0x w,ordd. Aliltoni's works al-c built op with 8,01,0, aind thiof Old 'l'estamin t .says lli that. it hias to i say w',ith 5,416-2 worsil-. In the x Enl Iish lanlgualge thierx aixe, all tol, 7'0,000i) wolrds. Ilishiop Wi'ill inam Thayler-, w,ho is abi ou t to go to A fica t) enigago in miissionarmiy wvork, tils dleterm'.mde to Itah the na tive.s English by thle phioniet ic systemli of f Mr i. El ias L oniglxy oif (Cininni ati, xonie of lie oildest andix best-kniown~ phionograplh er-s andx sipxlliing reformextrs of thle Unxitedxi Stattes. iIe blxiieve.s thIxat thiis stp will la rgely aidh thle spread~ o(f r-eligion. If Ic quai:intly says: '"If tatughit txo rxead the I >ld oil hoxgrapihy, as5 soon as they'', aretr Cnaled'x t) mllerl-standt the lixily Scrip-i tuires t he Il)evil woui li brust undxer their eves all mnnaer xof infidel andI x-orupt mng reaxdinig max:tttr, hut. tIme puriity of lie fonetIix'c11 abihabt hias not yet been deslfilmh ini thti. w:x ' MAL'Er<i. ANI) ANGOICA. o>tnet'iIng Alcwtvu n5crrt of Pecty tinat .11tny Laille- I'relet- to Smtinl I)oj;. "Is it possible," asked a reporter, that Malteso and other fancy eats ar'e aking the place of dogs as l:dlies'pets? 1, is said that in Washingtont ladies go ut shopping taking n itlh thenm Maltese ats fastened with gilt chains to ti it irdles.' "Well, I don't know whether cats ill over supplant dogs in the atleetions f the ladies,", laughingly replied Su: ,eon 11. Gl. Dovey a. :t he ,a t in Ik of ice at No. 2G West Fourth street, in ront of a door marked '"l'rivate," vhere both dogs and cats were for sale nd under. meredial :nd sirgic"al teat nent; "but there is no doubt that the d'altese an(1 A ngora (at Iave be;omue reat favorites. Still, there is to r 'eat r demand for t: e fortnl(r than there vas three years atro. The Angora cat las probably increal:rtl in popular fa -or, and now, oin any line day one mary e ladies driving in Central 'park with he beautiful creatures in lii I.t<. L'he Malte e, too, are often taken for a Ir.ve, atind both they :i([ the Angoras cemr to enjoy the fresh air fully as nuch Is t heir iist reses clo. No, cats tre not often taken out w"alkinr. A at is not fond of long walks where ero are no fences to elimub, and logs nay b.. encountered, but the Ilazy lux try of it earrigo seems to stilt them. ['le Malt es :tit Alrora uat.; are cery" loeile and a:1ietiotnate. 1The \lalte-e, )robal;ly, canl be onlre easily and thor nighly domesticatel thatn any other (If he felino tribe. 'T'hey are less expen ye than the p eerle=s A ngora, but still hey come pretty high. I ann sell a till-grown manle for about 'l , :::ad nale kittens for from Ik to 1t) ea,.h. l'he females are c"heaper, bIin'g wIorltI thout, $2 ea-h. A well-grrowii altt-e 'at should weigh about t welve plout. ['hey ar long-live1, aml, if lrl)erly reated, shouild ; tI a ore of Vem-' .f perfect Maltese I at shoul he alto rether slate-c'olorel, without a partic'le' f White. Most of then have six toc tnd ve-y large feet, i it ther mtiay bi) ItIe-bre(l and h,\*(, slall f(tlt :m1 only IVe tm.s. They" t':une u1ri+i:lll tr'0111 le island of Malta, it ti-lav' Amir. ca, or even Newy York stati, produmes uore Maltese cats than Malta tlm,ts. "'The i\altenc eats, a s a ruh-l,l, -u-t' rartly', but they are us"l:lly ktept -o :asely confined to the houe, amd of ten ec o injtulie'tltsly, that they atre imble to it iinlig -t'ion, tl r' il liver, unl filt-. W1henl the tits alppear <it':ah s likely to b e >se l behiil. 1hel a-r' )ro'lght to tme often wthen tIer -i Ill lime to treat them. Stil t m e I ai "alled upon to attend a cet all etedl bvith whatt owner thine'wnfrltk i - an ab tlea-:, or a tumlor, but whie .re,liently tents. eessfully. With d ogs < ancer i-- nur.l more comlmon, :und I Often hat(. to rt mlov'e it. Somnetimes I use ethur, Somle times not, as theeir-cumstanc11es r'equire but I can save .ife far more fr'e(enlhi tlam :-urgeonls w..ho treat hum11a:m pa "A litter of Maltese kittens nitnher. from thbree to Seven. T1hc,t rrow, qunicl: )'y, and are v'tJryt' playful anid inlt(erest inl, l he Angorl eat is a s <lilltreut as po.sii ble fromt the Mlaltese. iy wife t:k xilursive char'ge of tur st'(k, an<l is as levloted to theml as though Itev tere t hiltre. The Anttra c:ne, ail .'Ollns yet, :ro Ptrl l,t i A raise a1 ro(I al; Ill tl i li ' .nli-rt):t. '1 )O . "r e if v"ariouls eolors pure white, I>ac-k, 01hite an<lt hhtck, yellow mad tl h ite, raly andite, ha ltee 'sml wh\e and nTtha-Cot aI ll' artalikee-'tifl. Soei far is vey expriencant gong,h pll iut' gta thos o ae of lTeir earl tre soit agl atit farlp:-t, (If ther-cott ot'v fcongsr.Tey fronts fro ten i'v--li(ve' y thirtyt ti y ars I piteY1 they ioe'rato or mle anittis itital'ete. I am itlffi tuEgoen a les i5: forifemt h-.kit ise.t>. mtal (ora,i tl ilt I t Ik, tll han-, lliliet mall animalI thatI~ lite. .F n iTerrait (f-tta5 tr Housel'cott. teiataei aniti mera its ofv ter-ct'ta vor fcing; s t' fronts. When proper-:nt ylt I bured t Il is. asluI.tl tiervou to >fiany-fdescitin t - iibu. hl h igtii of the :lites~ t huiblig-stnes, bird gr.netier thanthatf'rtan ton; i isin> aborbnt grat e. WYomian's Devotlorl. My son, 1 am pained to lcarn tha you are becolning sonewhat cynical il your views concerning tho natural tend eIcies and qualities of womaukind ii general. Reneinber your mother wa ia womn1lu. The only thing I cnn recol leet: :t all dero;atory to her blesset memory is that she was too coy witl roil andt household boot-jack. The n11t ural consequence is, you are rapidl; running to seed, and fast 1 ecolning a tit subject for condemnation by al memubers of your mother's sex. 'You inother was a good >v)nuan, but sh list escaped being a perfect mnotle whell she held her hand aloof from the bllnll of your self-esleem. It is a wonider to ine that the Lort do 't permnit the spirits of departt< lnothers to eon' back to this reablu jus to shake the no u nnse out of their oil spring, or paddle them with the pro verbi:l gobltc'n slipper. You snee'rIig' reinark, in the easta inanni1er akinl to your (lass, tlhat wo iall's devotion is a sham1111. You ais, a<hl,that tl e grette:.t devotion of we nan is laid upon the shrine of fashion Now, niy yotug liinb of the sidewal posture, your mother was a huly c fashion. I cannot say that she Nvor out your father's patience teasing f a sealskin saci<ue and a forty-doll bonnet. I have no recollection of tli> still, she may have done so. Once, I well remember, you gof int a street fracas :init had your Grecia nose den0isled of its pristine line c beauty. You ran to your mother; sit app1ied a t\wenty-dollar lace handket chief to staunch your life blood, who a ten-cent towel would have sufficed She didn't stop to <ilestioln the taus of the fraca;. No; hiut she ruined tlia ele,r:ilit hit of lie in the utter abat dloieut of ma;terial instinct :ad noth erly devot:in. The genuine cause c yol' iliasaI l u rga i's disaster waS--yoI tried to walk t1\er a poor little st-ce Arab, who proceeded to do you up :if ter the style set downi in hIlie volumli knowni ias "''he Manly Art, of Self l)e fence. 'i'it, li1y soi,is a saliple of wo\'ln dce'otiou; a specitinen of elfl'et withou eong)r behind the ret iurnis to get at ti l'ntlse, 'ltile yout are i11uniu. hli e r1irliiih ais, busiy earagel w%ithI tIe lini' plhcrieal ivories on a ;reen-baize t alb there's a light inl a senihle girl's ipa Ior not bIirliin for the. One of the" day \on will open y'olr eves to It fact that the livts-liui,el uechlanie a the de:dlwood oii' yo, :l-o ~ot the gil 'ui thouight you hi i, sure pop. Att hle's gone andi muarried lier, yout'll li1 aiuil a big hunp of n:is:aitiiropy an sw\ear that wom:i;ui 's tevotiton is 'all tnyth. '11o y, you've -got to coine dowin fro your perch. hlie re are too iany of tI pri ne :n-tiles, hlnio stun, Iloatin arounl this piart of the globe. for w, 1ieuin to ye arn after such game as vt ame. You iuist ilp ihis vapid i;n - t:It u s of your fool It lr:in a: n iml-k l i:n to hiz, else you'll get left wItt tihe eake of lcltnest ie ;li-s is passed. -A winnt:It's hseart ju'-t gushes fou is io ptu ilevot io,n. If yo-. 11o1 rec,"\e suine of tlie 4llhieid l irops it I,ec .(Itu :re Iroving Iy your dlai o111u'1s :1114 oing that Noul are on 1\1'thiy of :ii1 exi.ten et'l i%lich is envi t Ib tim cohl hillyl .u i 11u m shee A "' / "b b , d acheh -'s prolri >iol . //. i. /G :c r, i l i'atin />i i ''iam-. 11. li.. l ' h 1 'h ii it 11e 1" ti.- illi:t'ntte Tr i- ii u t!:- .i I i for.' I e ient liii pu'itti or~ vaiey itut1 ! enee libr:i-pforti tory, ut w;/ gi:a.t' itti 'I ~ ci i~ tli' of ir0t w ii ii -i ii I i-i liiut ' \ r[l e feru cdii ii 'i or t ale an. .b -iiiI li- -\hIo''Iii iiti'- :iud th <lii I I ii lii lii" ii i iii:i,t li ( a 'l V *',i tt ' irs o l( n is hi-edn' In - w :i: .1 l :e -btheri ith ert. ohuihnuii . i o te geteac. r:oim o-t ii thrt-h i. hatf ''hor dii I jith' ' I tislaiit 'X't y i eite lik partie:ui at ,i irt of iii hY other WIT AND HU3IfOt. The Jersey farmer felt the shake On Sumday's sudden fleree earthquake, And shivered, as If racked withp lIe looked around In mortal dread, And, seeing nothing, shook his head, Hut feebly smiling, simply said: "I've got tho blasted 'uhakes' again. -Now York Journal. Dr, Paxton, of Now York, says that - the Scotch arc the only people who i have succeeded in solving the difficult problem of combining punch with 1 piety. The latest freak in ladies' head-gear is called the "pen-wiper bonnet." It has a hugo rosette, simulating a pen wiper, on top. Must be very handyfor reporters in public gatherings.--Bur lington Free Press. t Twenty-five years ago there were fif ty eats where there is only one to-day, - says a statistician, and the Philadel phia Call adds that twenty-five years ago there was one set of furs where there are fifty to-day. At bay: le-"Ilow snubby you are with these young men. That last one is <ute broken up." She (who lives ikn a collegiate town) -''I really cannot , help it; I am 'o tired o: educating oth e er peophe's ehihdrenl."- l.i/e. r A men dicanit apptroached a Westehos ' ter man on the ears, the other day, and saul: "l)ear sir, I have lost my ler," to which the W\este"hester man replied, as o he hurried aw:y: "My dear iriend, I at have not seen :nything of it." - Wrcst.. f chester Locai Xe ws. "Is your overcoat at home?" asked ia merchant of his clerk, who came n sliiverii into his ollice. "No, sir," he cheerfully replied; "but my ulter is at my uncle's.'' As neitherof them knew what the other thought, the business of the day procvededl as usual. A lawyer in one of the courts lately threw an inkstand at another's head. t Ihe court recquired him to apolo-izo for it. 1le did so, and added, "Whlle,l am about it I may as well apologize be forehand for thro~wing anotherinkstand at him the tirst chance I get." s What is the difference between the t man wt:n is "transfixed with horror" a and a l'opard's tail? Answer: One is "rooted to the spot" and the other is t spotted to the root. (P. S.-If the leopard's tail is not spotted to the root, this conundrum is declared off.)-Nor -risltw 11kralcl. c The wcll-groundvd belief that money e is all-powerful hais sustained a severe t blow. A theatrical company is travel 1 ing over the State with a play called ''Power of Money,'' and it doesn't pos Ssess sullicient low e' to draw a house d big enough to p,y their hotel bills. a .rristown Ih rtHl n 1er Dying 1t iuest.- Lily is very ill Sdangerously ill. ller mamma is very anxious about her. "Say, mamna, amt L going to die?" asked the little pa tieut. "Hush, child; you surely don't want to break your poor n:other's heart?" "No, ma dear; only, if I di,', I wvant you t. i all ay dolls .)to mnourninug!"--Xwudays/.lrl 1- Parson Whangdoodle Baxter distin 't gushed himseli once more at the fu ', neral of an aged colored man: "Our ly diseased brudder was married foah ly times during his life," said Whangdoo -- dle; "but only one ob de widows am so ts fortunate as to be able to survive him - long enough to be present on (is heah sole1nmious oceashun. "-Texas Siftings. An inspector, who had been explain ng to a class that the land of tlto world was not continuous, said to the boy who happened to be standing near (est to himu: "Now, eould your father* twalk round the world?" '"'No, sir,'"' was pr-omptlIy aniswe-ed. ''Wh 'notP"' '"Because lie deQad," v' a' the altogeth-. or unlookedl for respor se--All thec Year Roeund. H Je had just hou his hair cut and re Itur'nedl home,.'in "u!'' lhe says, after i examining him5elf in the glass critical - ly, "I guess I shall have to go back to - the barber's shop again. This' 11 never t (10!'' '"What's thie matter?'' says his f wife; "hias he cut your hair too long?'' I "'No, confound him; lie's gone and cut L, it too shoirt. I'll make himi cut it over 3 agan' '.--FJrenche Paper-. S There are a numnber- of very eligible young mn of Pemnbina County, Dako ta, but no0 youngv women. Although it is not sprmng, thie young mienl's facy light1y turns to thoughts of love, and :>oling their issues, they have (depulted one of their number to go to Boston andl securo wives for the rest. It is commnendable for the young men to take utothienisel ves wives, but wvhy go to The Tartariy yoiung man who breaks his engagemenut with his girl does Ao at his pci-il, for then lhe has to engage himself to the next older sister'. If any thing happens to her ho has to take the next one, and so on dowvn. rThe family that matrimonially catches a Tartar (doesnt't let go its grip lint il grim death ha:s been very busy, for TIartar families are alwar;s blessed with a large bevy of girl.- 'terMAceian. A Texas cattleman imarriedl a refined young lady beoni ginig to the bes't sooie.. ty of D)allas. Afriend meeting hinm shortly after- his marriage co)ngratulat. ed hin on his happy fortune. "'It's all r'ighit, but I had to make sacrifices,'' recpliedl tIe niewly-miade husband, shak mui his headI. "'What sacrifices?" "lFve hadl to give up going to bed with - my boots and spurs on when I comie home tired."'--Texas Sif'tings. At a scowing circele all the women were talking, andl some of the subjects got hlelssly confused. For instance, the subject of crickets and church cboirs, "I never heardl such a horrid noise as they made last Sunday,'' said one0 woman, referring to the choitr. "'Nor I eithier,'' said another, thinking sho refeirred to the F"allecrickets. "They say they make that inoiso W.itht their hind legs.'"-- Cl/eland Leader. .Col. Elliot, who is the To'ras Commis sioner at the New Orleans Exposition, has got hiimself into troubhle. A Dallas youth, who imagines that lie is an art ist, hi-ought him a beautiful landscap,e lie had p iainted, andl told himn he want ed it exhibited at Now Orleans. "Cor ainy, sir; certainly,'' replied Col. Elliot. "'But I want a car-d put on it stating that it is not for sale.'' "Idon't think that thierec is the slightest necessi tfor-that," reniarked Commissioner Elliot, taking another glance at thq work of art, Te.rus .9{finas,