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_O.XV ____-IKENS, S. C., THIURepAY, APRIL 30, 1885. 1( A12 The First Cloud. They stood at their altar one slort year ago; He vowed from the troubles of lifo to do fond her To have her n hold her for weal or for woe, She spoke t responses in accents most ten der. To-tight, in the gloom, they are sitting apart' Oh I has all hor wifely devotion been wastedi She mopes there in silence, a pain at her heart; The lamps are unlighted, his supper un tasted. Their sky, orst all cloudless, is now overoast; For joy there is sorrow, for gladness dojee lion; The serpent has entered their Eden at last And loft ito 'lux all on the flowers o at Oh, well may there be in her bosom a pain, A grief that she vainly endeavors to smoth er: To-night he has told her, in languago quite plain, She can't cook his meals half as well as his mother. A SEA-SIDE ROMANCE. "But how can I help feeling neglect ed and miserable, Ned? You scarcely look at me when Miss Lovel is near, and she is your preferred partner in all -things now. You walk with her, you -sing with her, you drive with her, you dance with h,and it makes inc very wretched." "Now, Mollie, if you're going to ho jealous!" "I'm not jealous, Ned. If I thought you didn't enre most for me; if I fan cied you cared at all for any one else, I don't think I'd remonstrate with you at all. I would just take off this," touching the dialond on her hand, "and hand it back to you. I'm not jealous, but you are not very kind to me, Ned. "My little get, you do not see things as I see them. One owes something to society, especia.. when one is at the senside. If you would otly remember that I love ; u too well t.o find fault with anything you can do, and, if you would become a little more of a society character yourself, I would o perfect ly happy. Why, you scarcely take the least attention from any onc but me, and so many aro willing to ofl-r atten tions to you. Now, dear, kiss we once; I must be off; I am to drivo en the beach with Miss Lovel. Not jealous, my pet?" "Not jealous, Ned, no," and she turned from him, but without giving the kiss lie had asked for. "She is jealtnis, though!" the young fellow thought, an ?ng as he watchet. the pretty, straiglh; figure going away from the nook in which he had found her out to the stretch of sand, against which the waves were rolling, reced ing, leaving now a mass of seaweed on it, now returning and bearing it away --a very coquette of an ocean, now kind and now cold, and always fair in the sunlight. Ned Tremaine hurried over the beach, whistling as lie went, and he presently caught up with ills amainced, Who. In the pretty ;;-ss of cream and black, with her wide sunhat pushed a little back on her blonde head, was looking very beautiful and animated-and smiling in the face of Lee Stone, the nost incorrigible male flirt at the beach. "Where now, Tremaine?" the latter called out, as, with a nod, lie pursued his way. "For a drive on the beach; will see you later;" and Ned had gone by, re suming his whistle. Mr. Stone smiled a little and spoke a few words to Mollie. She colored slightly, followed the tall form of her lover a moment with her eyes, then gave a gracious answer, and half an hour later, v-hen Ned and Miss Lovel met the pretty light carriago on the beach, in which Lee Sonoe took his 4aily drive, they received a p)leasant ne from pretty Mollie, who was his .comipanion, an d who looked as though she was thoroughly enjoying his so eiety. "She certainly lost no time in follow in g my suggestion," Ned told himself, ~half in surprise; "and she has evident Aiy found the society of Stone anything iut boring." 'What a handsome couple they wnake," Miss Level said, with a certain gleafn in her steady gray eyes. Ned colored suddenly; lie dlidnl't quite know why. - "Perhaps you dlidnl't know that Miss Annes is my promised wife," he said, a tridle coldly. "Oh, but so many engagements are brokom in a summer at the seaside, one never mi that ver-y much," the lan guidl belle said, indifferently. That nighit there was a hop at the ho tel, and N'ed had mode up his mind while dressing to be a litt,le more at tentive to Mollie; but, to hiii surprise, he didn't find Mollio Annes shrinking under her mother's wing, as hiad been her custom. A number of her old friends had arrived while they were at dinner, and they were ab)out her; be sides, Lee Stone was quite pr-onounced in his atte.stions to her, ant while she gave him (Ned) a smile from the dig tanuce he found it quite difllcult to get 'iar her; then a l ioht tap on his arm , -med him that i1iss Level was ask m why lie was so preoccupied, Mollie andI Stone went circling e the waltzers, ho followed .Miss Level, bpronouncedl flirtation,'' 'r, when lie and Mollio - .rrace watching, the and strand andl n/ g slowly along Ii knew who "nts before 'lace that l.'ders of 'cross his come from one who is said to count his conquests with a cruel pride, and to whom the world gives no higher aim than to fascinate, and-remain care less. Am I too plain? Forgive me." "I forgivo you freely-as I would for give you all things, Misi Annos; but neither you nor tie world fully under stand me. I may scem a triller; but, wore the woman I love to love me in return no smile would be to me so sweet as hers, no presence half so dear." Mollie had been watching the couple on the sands, going slowly back and forth in the moonlight; now she lifted her sweet young face and looked at him with a sort of wondering pity. "Do we all wron- you, then?" she asked, gently. " Rave you failed in your wooing? Can you not win where you love?" His face flushed a little at her words, and sho, watching it, was struck by its strength and beauty. How did it chance that she had never notieed eith er before? "I am not left the chance to woo or wini her," he said, slowly; "she is an other's promised wife." "Ah,' she said,, pityingly; and she gave him her hand in a sweet, woman ly sympathy, never for an instant con necting his words with herself. He lifted the small hand reverently to his lips, and, drawing it through his arm, turned toward the beach. As he did so he found himself facing Ned Tremaine and Laura Lovel, who were coming in from the moonlight, and lie noticed that the young man's face was quite white, while there was a half-scornful smile on the lips of the fair belle of the seaside. lBut the two couples passed each other in silence, the one going dou n to the stretch of glittering sand, the other going in to the dancers. A week later, and Mollie had just )mo in from a long hour, peaceful and calm, spent with L,'ee in a quiet nook among the rocks that overhung the ocean. He had been reading to her there some of the sweetest. poems given to the world by genius. IHer leart had thrilled as he read, and new, strange feelings had sti:-red it. When lie clos ed the book ho had looked up and found her eves filled with tears. And now in her own room she was asking herself how it was that what she had but commenced for t,he purpose of an noying Ned had in one brief week slain all her old resentment against Miss Lovel and made her thoughts turn con stantly, not to Nvd Treiaine. who was her aflianced husband,but to Lee Stone, who was teriucd the greatest male flirt at the beach. What was ehangiig in her life? When she nowl met Ned aid iaura it did not pain her as it used. Was it because a handsomer face, a stronger and nobler face then Ned's was constantly near, ready to turn to her with devotion, ready to light if she smiled? A curvnnt hroke hnr pondnrinns by bringing her two messages-one a bou quot of white flowers, with a few feath ery sprays of fern among their white ness, and one crimson rose gleaming red from their center; and in it was a note from Lee, asking her to go for a drive with him by moonlight; the oth, er was a few angry lines from Ned,ask ing if she remembered that she was be trothed to him while she allowed cv cry gossip at the hotel to chatter of her flirtation with Lee Stone. "I have been patient, waiting an op. portunity of speaking to you," lie wrote, "but you will not give me one, so I write to ask you if you wish our en gagenient broken; to all it would seem so." She trembled a little as she read, and her sweet face changed color; but she wvent to her des5k, drew from it every letter he had ever sent her, formed t hem and his ring in a package and wrote him the followving note: "It was I who was first taught y p tience, while my existence was forgot ten for one who was what you bade me become--a society character.' WVhy should I fancy that you wished an in terview with imc of late? It is not so long since you couldl not spare a me m'ont for inc from Miss Level. D)o I wish our eng-agement brkn Perhaps we both wish it, Ned; at least let us break it, sinco0 I so disp)lease you.I send you your letters and( ring."' Then, although a clioking sensation was in her throat, she poeonedl a brief note to Lee:. "'I will be p)leaised to go wvith yeou;'' that was all; and in the starlight-the moon rose late-she went with him out over (lie beach andl far along the coun tr'y. Was it stirange that lie noticed she no longer wore Ned's ring? Was it strange that lie told her of his love, and that she listened silently, beliovinigly, with a strange flutter at her heartP Was it straiige flint when they drove back, liingerimg besi 0 the sobbing oceaii, another rin o shouldf deck her linger andl ianother 10>ond should lie upon her life? W'ell, two others walked up on (lie strand, two whom te gossips called lovers; atmi yet when it was told that Mollio Annes waus to p)lace her hap iness in the keeping of "thie flirt of (lie beach,'' 0n0 man who hecardl it tuirned wh'ite as dearth and11 shran k from the sit of (lie beautiful woman besidho him, although nmen called her fair, and ma ny sa id she had won him from his faith; yet Mollie wvas too happy to re gret , althlouigh shle still somnetiimes re0 B11 Nye' en thle Et iquet(te of Whiust, T1hiero are t wo kinds of brute verte brates. Oute wears hair, andh has the deccency to st :ay ou t of doors; the ofther wears clothes, awil makes money. and insists oin comingr i.doors aiid p)laying whiist aind abulsing his plartnler. One hangs by his fail to a forest tree, andI behavesi himself; (lie other hangs by his uirse-string to dlecenit society, and( -skes himself ob)noxious. The blood 'it one human bciing is uipoin my s. It is the blood of a man who) whmist agaiinst me one evening, Ided his partner unmtil (lie tears 'o her beautiful eyes. lie -... ...had a right to do so because - wife, hut that didn't make - en -e with the cordhmer's jury. Ii. , might-y fine-looking wvid 'trget the part- I took - - - ih of human life is 'I'IIE AWFUL TOICPEDO. What the Naval Engagernent ,f the Fn ture May lie-An Uncortuln Fight of One Against a iludred. The role of the torpedo.hoat, reals a a translation from Figaro in the- New Orleans Tlm,s-/koocral, is terrible, and those who direct its movemc..s are exposed to the greatest dangers. A single heavy shot may scatter it to atoms, and when it approaches tho enemy a hail of balls from the it itrail leuses and ritles will do terrib!e execu tion on board. Therefore, the mero fact of embarking on a torpedo-boat is a guaranty of bravery. Figure to your self the situation of the oflicer in com mand of such a torpedo-boat who is ordered to sink a ship of the enemy's squadron. All his surroundings con stitute one vast danger. The very sea that hides and protects himl) during the first part of his expedition may in ain other moment tosl his crlo hither and thither upon its watvas. His ad versary will seek to r:eld! the boat with a rain of steel, east-iron and lead. The torpedo itself. which e:rries such terror with it, might be touche,l with a missile and explode, bursting the tor pedo--boat into atoms. The combat conioerle. Tfh ves sels of the fleet have gpenel fire. Shells rain in all directions. One of our cru'isers, can non:ade, liaviiv on the starboard side by a fol meaeiuting twelvo Krupp guns, is simnuuii:l)musly attacked on the l:rho:hrd sihie by one of the enemy's iron-elads. She has al ready suffered severelv, ant her posi tion becomes critical. A mast sitnal from the admiral's ship is given, and a torpedo-boat starts. The watchful en emy has observed the signal. He knows the danger, and at oiiCe concen trates his fire upon the little gray speck which is shooting rapidly toward him. Three miles separate them, and the torpedo-boat must make that three miles in ten niniites. If it is not sunk before it has traversed that distance the iron-clad is lost. Therefore, the cannoncers point their guns with the most scrupulous care. The first shells pass wide of their mark; but the aim is rectified, and soon the shells fall so near the torpedo-boat that they throw the water over it. Now one has fallen right at its prow, A geyser jet of wa ter thirty feet high conceals the tor pedo-boat; the enemy believe it has been sunk, and utter a tremendous cheer. But the projectile has only ri cochetted and passed over it. The wa ter falls back in rain, and the bravo little vessel reappears all streaninn with brine, .s though it had emergca from the sea-deeps, and rushing on at full steam in the face of death. There are only nine men on the lit tle vessel, and they are going to attack a sort of leviathan carrying an immense crow. It is not the fight of one aoainst ton, but of one against a hundred, Not a single tyord is uttered beyond the necessary orders. ''hose iuon, whom death already touches with his fingers, are silent and grave. And do not suppose for a mnoment that they do not think of the danger. On the con trary, they think of nothing else. But it is not of their oii dangor they are thinking, but of tlhe danger of failure. It is not a question of their lives, but of the success of the enterprise. It is essential that the torpedo-boat shall reach the enemy's llaiink and rescue our cruiser. After that, if the torpedo boat sinks, so much the worse! Every nerve is strained, every eye is directed toward the object in view. Now the boat is only live hundred yards away from the iron-clad. The fire of the mitrailleusos mingles with the showers of shells and swveeps (lie (leek; everythintg woodeii is sp)linitered to atonms with grapie-shot. Ain inices sant fire of repeating rilies from the mast tops of to iron-cladi plays over (lie torp)edo-boat, and Ithe balls, enter ing through thle fewv Qpeninigs in (lie decks, have already dtisab)led three men. T1hey lie in a corner, to which they have been able to drag themselves, for there is no time nrow to atteind to them. They may be thought of in two minutes more-after (lie fate of all shall have been decided. T1hie torpedo-boat has almost reached its enemy. Thle success of (lie expedli tion is nowv assurmedl, for the shell bat tories are powerless to harm (lie tor pedo0 boat at such short range. The rifle fire, terrible as it is, can iiot sink her, it can only kill somne of her crew; but thant is of ino great conso qu~oee. Now is thie timie wheun the cap)tain needls all his surey of eye andt coolness of v. ill; niow is thie time that his men must execute orders wvith (lie rapidlity of light ning, for if (lie torpedlo be fired a second too soon it wvill fail to (10 its terrible dutty, and yet if there be ai delay of a mnoment (lie torpedlo b)oat imulst dash51 itself to p ieces aiginst (lie sides of its mighty adIversary. Nowv tho boat seems ahniost ready to touch (lie enemyv's vessel. iIand-gren ades5 flui'ug upon her (leek rebound andi burst; one man is k illed; thie captain has receivedl a terrible wound in (lie face, but, sumiimon ing all hiis strength, lie supports himself erect against the iron wall by a sublime efTort of will. Livid, drenched with blood, but ter' r'ible ini hiis calhni resolve and bravery, lie keeps his eye still uphon (lie enemy. "'Ready! Let her go!'' The awful missile is launched. An enor'mous surge app)ears in thme water, and( a fright ful crackling noise is heard, followed by a terr ible cry of distress. Thme pigmy has coiiquiered (lie giant. "'11ar'd a starboard!"' And (the little vessel, sudtdenly3 wheel ing arioundit, steamus away at full speed, while (lie enemy's iron-clad sinks to thie butthm. Te'n iiinutes afterward thle torpedo boat nuas returned to its post hueside (lie adi.iral's vessels. The admiral sends fce thie captain in order to congratu late him. Hie is carried to him upon a bier. Menwhile thie fight goes on. A neCw exped~itioni may pr~ove neceiSary. A p)rovisor'y captain is at once appoiint mnatedl crew; and (lie torpedo-boat Is readly to fulfill another mission; it has another band of heroes to diret it, Until lately it was (lie general belief thiat chewing (lie splinters of a tree struck by lighitnin g would cure thie toothache, and that suebr splinters would inot burn when thrown into the fire. 'reelanti. In a recent address, Prof. B. G. Nor throp, of Connecticut, said: "A brief histocy of Arbor day wil show its a-rns and results. The plan originated with ex-Governor J. Sterling Morton. the pi oneer tree-planter of Nebraska. lie secured the c.)-op."r.,t :t. of the state board of :tgr:cudure soae: t we've years ago, when thce governo: wa: thus in duced to appoint the 4econ! Wednes day in April as a day to be devoted to tho economic tree-h11nth g. The old theory that trees would eot thrivo in the "Great Ameienn )esert" had formerly discouraged tree-planting. By pen and tongue, witi argnients from theory and facts from his own practice, Mr. Morton succe,ede-d in (reatinggreat popular interest in this work, in which ho was ably seconded by ex-Governor Furnas, who has longerv:d the United States depart ment of a rieub:. ure in the interest of forestry. 1 lat'lv examined the groves on Mr. ilortonl's t-state.in which black walnut abounds, growine from nuts planted by him in 1 (7 a 1866. The circumference of onte of those planted twenty yeats ago, three feet above the ground, is four feet and three inches, and the girt of one eighteen years old is two feet and three inches four feet from the earth, and its height is twenty-five feet. As an experiment I have just planted personally and by proxy in Clinton and vicinity about 150 nuts grown on these trees this year. The experience of tree planters in Nebraska favors planting the nuts and the seeds of all tap-root trees where they are to grow. For forest planting in that state, tho black walnut, takes the lead of all hard woods. A general and remarkable interest was awakened in Nebraska in the observ ance of her first Arbor day, and it is said that over 12,000,000 trees were planted on that day. '1'his enthusia,-u was not a temporary el'ervescence. Each successive governor has continued thos to recognize this day. The inter est has been sustained a'nd increased. The State board of agriculture annual ly awards liberal prizes for the greatest number of trees planted by any otlo person on that day, as well as prizes to those who plant the largest number during the year. Hence, Nebraska is the hanner state of America for eco nomical tree-planting, having, accord ing to the reports frotn the several counties, as I am informed by ex-Gov ernor Furnas, 244,356 acre: of culti vated woodland, or more than twice that of any other state. It is not strange that the originator of arbor day should be recognized as a public benefactor, nor that, during the last campaign, when party lines were so closely drawn, as a candidate for Governor lie ran some three thousand ahead of his party ticket. Though at first aiming at economic tree-planting, Nebraska now observes "Arbor day in schools," and the schools were last ,year invitelt to pli;nt "iemlorial trees. '1he example of Nebraska was coon followed by Kansas, which claims over 119,000 acres of planted woodland. The governors of that state issue annu al proclamations for Arbor day, and it is now observed by teachers and schol ars in adorning school-grounds and 'n0s. The Iook-Store e ht"eper. A book-store ought, in a sense, to be a public library. It ought to be a sort of intellectual headquairters and start ing poiit. It shoui'd bestow its betne fits upon the conmiunity in which it stands, and that community should re gard it as something worthy of prido as well as of support. Its proprietor is, of course a usiness ian,who wants to miake imoney. Ihtt thte htigher his ide(a of his functiotns, the more moticy lie ought to mtake'. More intelligence is neededQ( in the readin-r of books than in cobbiling shoes or weighjng sugar. lIe shoubhi be thle i;rbht-h and man to thle minister, thle ed1itor, thle school-teacher, the lawyver, thie phtysiciatn. lie should t ake :oun tsel of thie educated antd weoll to-do elast ses in thle comininity ; and shldt( put ont his shelves thle~ books t hey wait , aniid should welcome t hem to hiis pilace of hbusintes . Hie is himsel f a tetachter and 1preachier, whose miotal atnd initellectual itntlutetnce itaakes his buisiness ani ethicae:l as w~ellI as a coim mneehd one. lie has a "'hight calling" anmi ough lt to take a becomning p ride in it. If lhe sells pae-aaig sta tionery, brotnzYes andi kiik-knitacks lhe shouhl( c trei ebe th at theso, howvever iremuni ierat ti'e, are0 bt, side-shows. If heo covers is witidows with ilash, il luistratedl journals or saiglithto graphs lhe shows that lie has nto cothi.. dence( itt the initelh.etutal part of thie toiwn ami1( no powert to tma ke him11sel f at tra(ctive to it. Is it all a mete imat tert of prolit? By noi tmeatns; butt if it wvete mtore mtontey as- well tns more rep itttion is to bc got ) bywork ing for thle best. and wilsest andu we; I-to-do classes thantt foir thle Saturdl ay niight p~u r chiasers of the .-Itory' paes Outdoor IAfe. Man seems planne i fotr outdoor life in a mild (limiate, wit ht jutst a leaf or two of sheltetr for a rainvy daiy. His tature will bend fot a time' to the con ventional burdens of an art i icial civili zation, buit replantt 'tim on first ptiniici >les int thle outtdoor zatrden of life and uis reocuperat i v forces wvill reb)onuid with thio elastic enotrgy oif steel spritngs relieved. Our fashionabile friends would lose caste were they to uise) their neigh botr'.s secotid-biantd clothing, lutt they will dlally try to purlify their own blood with theirt nieigihboc' s secotnd hianid or tetn-timtes used breath, pioisoned as it always is, evetn wvhen exhaled by) yeolng and heal thy persotis. Man, ini comtmolt with other wvarmn blood di creatutres, getnerates a suluis of heat within his body. Otutoor sleepers fitnd that no miatter how cold tIhe surround lng air mtay be, if dry, einough of the out,tlowving heat may b)0 (dammted back andl retaitned by suit:ahle clot hing to sus tain the vital futnctions in health and comnfort. Until domtest ic aurt cani supply our lunge with cool, ist-miortgaged air, in warni r*oomts, its votaries will have an important problem to solve. In the mehantitme out-ca:"persan hovel dwellers wvill e,ear the best wrated blood ini the laud. Am--I'erican A Beverely, Mass., man, has a pomt peian lamp alleged to be 3,000 years nld. An Hour Anong tho Skilled Workman in a Type-Foundry. In a walk through a type-foundry yesterday morning by a 'ines reporter the following words from Motley's "lRise of the tlutch Republic" wero quoted by the foundevr, wvho accomlpa nied the repor ter through his establish ment, in referring to the art of print ig.: "'At the very epoch when the great ness of Burgundy was most swiftly ripenig, another weapon was secretly forging, more potent in the great struggle for freedom than anv which the wit or hand of man has ever de vised or wielded." "It may not be generally known," said the type-founder, '"that the first quarto bible printed in America was the work of Christopher Sauer, of Ger mantown, who there in 1735 estab lished a typo foundry, but it is to see how t.ype is made that you come." ''Let us begin with the metal room." About the place where the anialgan of which type is made were piled hun dreds of bar of the metal. At the fur ther end of the room a master work man threw into the great kettle cer tain proportions of copper, antimony, lead, and tin. This is the amalgam, the exact proportions of which produce the useful met a that must be hard without being brittle, ductile but tough, flowing freely and hardening rapidly. A bar was broken in two, and the beautiful, spar ling grain of the metal shown. About the apartment were casks of glittering antimony, bars of yellow copper, dull bricks of lead, and blocks of tin. As the composition melted the man at the kettle stirred the molten mass, and when the proper degree of heat was reached ladled it out on the molds t4at lay on the brick floor at his feet. Above the metal-room the bars wero fitted for the printer's use. Before a machine known as a punch-cutter sat a man surroiunded by a bowilderino ar ray of deliea,- ,'--c and guagos. "There are % &yiow':re'v. of note for this part of work in the United ates," whispered the reporter's companion. "It requires a delicacy of touch and perception that is not easily acquired." On the end of a piece of steel the work man at the punch-cutter was forming a letter. He worked rapidly yet with caution, frequently testing his gauges until the letter was complete. Then other letters of the alphabet were formed finishing the series. One by one the dies were placed in a stamping-maclinie, an oblong piece of copper put under them. and then the great lever was brought down. Tho impression was left deep in the copper. This oblong bit of copper is termed the matrix. From the punch-cutter the matrices were carried to an adjoining room, their fitting up for the mold. The slightest variation or irregularity was said to be fatal to the appearanceo of the typo cast in them. Perhaps the most interesting things about the foundry are the tiny casting machines that pour out an endless stream of type as long as they work. '"These snug little fellows' said the type-founder, patting with his hand the odd little mass of machinery before which he stood, ''can throw out more typo in one day than a man, working ton hours a day, can count in a month.'' The casting-maclino is the invention of David llruce, Jr., of New York. The metal is kept fluid by a little furnace t 1nderneath the machine andi is project.ed into the mold by a pump. 1'hoe mold is miovable, andt at every revolution of the eranik is brought. to the spout, where it receives a 0fresh ehar'ge of the metal. A spring in front of thu 1mohl( holds close to it. a copper matrix, and the stampil of the letter on the matrix is dIirectly3 opplosite the aperture of the mold which meets tho sp)out of the pump1)1. In boxes the new-nmade type is car ried to the dressing-room, where arouind large stones thie boys are kept busy rubbing awvay the rough edges on1 the type. T1hie lads wear leather glove fingers for protection. As the type is rubbed smooth each letter is set up in long lines. Pr'om the niimble-finugered boys the lines of ty pe pass into the hands of tho d resser, who hads beshI id himl ai powerful mUagnifyigeglass. Th'e dresser deftly slips a line of type inito a long st.ick similar il shape) to that used by p)rint ers, face downwaird, screws them up tight, and1( with t wo ra;'id movements of planing-tool cuts the grove in the bottom of the type. his opecrationl is known as giving the type legs. "'They mulhst have something to stand1 on,'' saiid tihe good-natured looking dresser. After that, withI the magnify i glass, the face of thle line is criti ecaYly inspected and imperfect ones thrown aside to be retiuned to the mat.ng of ty'pe,"' said thei founder. '"Atterwardl thle difl'erent letters are pult upl inl what we call 'p ages,' and are readly to be sent out.'' The ma trices andt mold, of which the foundry hias a collect ion 11um11ber ig manzy thiou. ands, are kept, wihien not in use, in a Iirep)roof vauiilt. They are very vahi ablle, repr iesenliting, as they' do, t ho col lect ion of inany years of laibor. A complete font of type may b0 coim p)risedl under(0 nino1 heads, as follows C~api tals A, .sminall capi tals a, lower case e, figures, poin11ts, spaices, emi and en quand rat es, two 1and( thrnee em q uadl ra tes, and( 00i accnt. l'in itens divide a font of letter's into twoe classe.s-up;per-case andl lower yase sorts. Th'e ulpper-ease ar ecapi tals, smaill capital letters, andt refer meres; thei lower-ease consists of small letteirs, dloule lettersl', higures0, poinits, '1d( qjua:drates. -l'/ hdidelha Timbes. TherCle has1 beeni dIiscovered near 'Yu ba l)aiu a fugitive sheep, wvhich, in swinuni, throuuigh the mauddly water, had be'omfe thoroughly covered with "sl icke iis,"' in whiiich miiuch grass seed hadl ber- mi'od. A t hick (frop of greeni grass is nlow gro a i:ig upon0 the sheop's back. Isoth thle sheep and grass are being; care1euy guairded, and when thie hltter lhas reaheud its full growth it will be harvested converted into hay an1d preserved as one of the California enriositits How Stud-Poker in Playe". As numerous references have been made lately to stud-horse poker, the following description of the fascinating game, taken from an exchange, is re produced. It was evidently written by some follow who had run up pretty hard against the buried card. Stud-horse poker Is dangerous, be cause it has the air of innocence and fair play. Five cards are dealt, the same as in other poker, with this ex ception-that all but one card are ex posed, and it is upon the strength or weakness of this hidden card that the players win or lose their money, as the case may be. For instance, one player may have an ace in sight, another a king, and so on. Should any one of these pair the "down card" it would constitute the strongest hand. The players can only judge from the cards thrown around by the dealer as to what pairs are out. The highest card or pair in sight must do the betting. hais gives the player holding a strong pair, one of the cards of which is ex posed, the other hidden, a decided ad vantage, as the others may not be play ing him for a pair. The tables form a semi-circle, and are so arranged that ten or a dozen men can play at one time. The dealer, with his chips, sits in the center, and requires each man to "ante" one chip, which entitles him to draw two cards, the first one of which is dealt face down, the second being exposed. The betting then begins and continues until the cards are all drawn out. This looks like a very fair game, and probably would be were it not for the "rake-of'," or percentage, and oth er little points which are kept a secret among the favorites of the green-cloth circle. The percentage taken by the house absorbs at least one-half, and is so great that old and experienced gan blers will not play their money against the game. Where the greatest evil ex ists is the cheapness of the game. The chips in the majority of the houses are sold at the rate of two for 6 cents, the player being retquired to buy 50 cents' worth at a time, or as many more as he desires. Should luck run in his favor he may make a good winning off a half dollar: In nine cases out of ten it goes the other wiiy. This, then, is' vhere the fascination comes in. Each player imagines that ho can play the gamo betftr .than some one else, and that there is a fo.une In store for him if ho only has nerv4 ad follows it up. Young men who could not bo induced to play their money against other games of chance are daily bOng caught in the meshes at "stud-pokut," and once in, they find it hard to extricate themselves. "Fifty cents' worth, just for amuse. mont," says the smiling tempter; and the half-dollar is exchanged for a small stack of ivories. The cards are dealt, and the leginnor, at the end of several ereased fourfold. "Great game!" cries the novice. "No good," growls the capper, who has been losing. "Try again," suggests the dealer; "perhaps von will have better luck next time." lie does try again, and the rule invari ably is that either he or the dealer has all the chips when the game closes. These, then, are the recruiting-posts for the gambling-housos. Let a man once become a victim to "stud-poker," and it will cinch him like the Old Man of the Sea. The best friend that comes to the rescue of these poor fellows is the law. It is the only thing that can save them from utter ruin.-Virginia Enterprisc. A Thousand Pounds to One. Nearly every one who has played whist much must have had at times a Yarborough hand-that is. a hand In which there is no card above a nine, Peombridge says lhe has held three of these hands in the course of two hours; but this Is, of course, altogether unus ual. TIhe name given to a~hand of this sort Is derived from a certain Lord Yar, borough, who lused to offer the attrac tive but roahiy very safe wager of ?1,000 to E1 that a hand of this sort would not be dealt. If Lord Yar borough had not calculated the chances, (or had them calculated for him,) he acted with little wisdom in betting at all on such a matter; but if ho knew theni lhe acted with little fairness In offering the odds lhe did. It will be found that one hand in about 1,828 is a Yarborough, so that Lord Yarborough ought, to have wagered ?1,827 to El instead of ?1,000 to ?1. It Is said that he lahi this wager many thousands of times. Supposing lie offered ?1,000 to El to each membler of a whist p arty, for 10 dleals, on about 91 or 92 nights, in each of 10 years, mak ing In all about 396,5GO wagers-i. c. 20 times 1,828 he would1( have lost about 20 times, or ?20,000. and wvon about ?36,500, mak ing a clear p)rofit of about ?16,500, or ?1,650 pcr annum, by this seemingly reckless system of wagering. An in stance, lastly, is on record of a hand containing~ four twos, four threes, four such a hand might well believe himself especCiall,y selected for punishment by the deities or demons, whoever they may be, who preside over the fortunes of whist players. Yet such a hand Is bound to occur from time to time,when so many play whist. The chance of holding such a hand Is, In fact, exactly the same as the chance of holding all the trumps, viz., one in 168,753, 889,000. F"or there are only four possible ways In which such a hand can be made up. It must hold( the 12 lowest cards In the pack, andl one five, which may be of any of the four suits; hence there are four hands having no card higher than a live out of 635,013,569,60, or one cbance of such a hand In 158,758,889,. 000. Yet I have no manner of doubt so foolish are mon In regard to betting -that if a Lord Yarborough of to-day were to offer ?10,000 to L (instead of ?158,'T58,389,000 to ?1) against the occurrence of such a hand he would lind miany takers. -Richard A. Proctor, in 1Longmitan's agazinae. The Tkutsche Medizinal Zeitung gives an accouint of a series of earefulex periments made ia the Prussian army as to the utility of serving schapa to soldiers in active service. After pro hongedl trials the army surgeons ab n doned the use of spirits and give t*# or' coffee In place of it Keeping Tbeir Costames eseebs "Actors and actresses are mighti distressed when they appear In a m role," said a dramatic manager ef Ix perience, "lest some other actor or so tress should manage to see or get a dei scription of their costume, and elthes reproduce it frst or else make it a sub ject of gossip In professional circles. If isn't easy to understand their feelings when a costly costume has been bought to find some one else reproducing it on the stage. The dress of the actor and actress is part of their capital. It is not thought to be stealing in the pro fession, however, if an actress can get the best of her sister actress by appro priating her ideas. The arguament need Is that if one cannot guard her psbfe sional secrets, then she had better not go into the business. The stories of the pains that actresses havq taken to learn what a popular riTai Intends to wear would fill a book. To be outwit. ted in this way is a disgrace, and now. a-days it is rarely done. Indeed, It is not so attractive an amusement as it used to be, for in first-class theaters actors haven't a word to say about what they shall wear. The manager dictates every garment to be worn, both in design and color. The reason is that the picturesque, effects of stage grouping are closely studied, and an effort is made to present at every new situation a new picture to the eye-a picture that mig t be a model in every way for a painting. In the matter of color the tone is carefully studied, and all the tints in walls, carpets, furniture, and dress are selected according to the laws of harmony or of contrast. "In minstrel or variety perform ances, however, such nicety canno4_;" of use, and T erformers select a'lter they please for a costume. W re they oet their clothing made is y. stery. if by accident you should leans the ad dress, and should ask the milliner, or dressmaker, or tailor. or shoemaker for whom the bonnet. or dress or suit, or shoes are being made, you would be met by the polite and firm reply that the gentleman .r lady who left the or der requestA that It should be kent secret. At dress rehearsals where per formers .e required to appear as they propose .o perform on first nights, the actress ill often appear in street cos time, a.id put in excuses, sometimes llausii4o, often absurd, to account for the on.ission. Some popular singers and antresses I know, whose dresses are :imired, have resorted to learning fie knack of dressmaking, so that they may be sure that their secret is safe. To their friends they say that those dre.ssmakers are so unreliable that the"" the actresses, were driven to making their own costumes. They have been held to be weak and foolish for :inr jealous of each other," added the maniager, 'but it seems to me that if tiey.are,, they, are to he excused by the Duin- o flI. s . Fruit-growing as a Businesse. .Fruit-growing, as a business, is espe cially adapted to some regions, and to some restricted localities. This truth, in relation to certain kinds of fruits, is well comprehended, but, regarding others, less attention is given to it than good judgment demands. Outside of certain well-defined areas no one would think of planting peach orchards and vineyards for prouit; and more than this within the past fifty years the adapta bility of certain localities for the profit able production of these fruits has greatly changed, in many cases the re sult, probably, of deforesting large tracts of country. There is too much indiscriminate ad vice given by the press in regard tofruit raising. Again, tree dealers and nur sery agents, seeking a market for their wares, circulate wild statements about the profits of the industry, and at a time like the present, when the p rices of grain are low, it is not diffioult- for them to induce numerous persons in almost every community, who have not special fitness or experience for the work, to undertake, at least in a small way, the planting of orchards or small fruits. It requires no highly gifted seer to porceive that most of these efi'orts will he abortive. The fact is,the wrecks of ill-conceived fruit plantations arc strewn over the whole country. We have no desire to say a word that may discourage anty one from engaging in fruit culture who wvill atten)pt it in a rational and business-like manner; but we would warn the inexperienced to look on both sidesa of the subject, and it has two sides, one of which is not the rose-colored one that is usually painted by newspaper writers. The fruitegrower needs to have a eourageous heart, and an abounding faith in his pursuit. He has numerous enemies with which to contend and to conquer; unfavorable seasons are not infrequtent; numerous insects and para itcuniare constantly disputing pos sessionso his plants, trees and fruIt; a general business doepression, or an ex cessive supply of fruit often deprives him of all or nearly all profits. But these difficulties are probably not greater than those attending many other pursuits.--Vick's Magazine. The Comte d' Hlorisson, in his re cently published "Recollections of the Siege of Paris," relates that Eugenie Was compelled to leave the Tuilerios in such haste that she could only carry away a small traveling bag containing her purse and some pocket handker chiefs. These Dr. Evans, who accom panied her in her flight, washed in a streaml when they became soiled. As Sir Walter Raleighi acquired much red nown in history for throwing his oloak upon the ground that the feet of hl Queen might not touch the mire, D)r Evans Is certainly entitled to eq1ual honor for his gallantry. Gustave Petitpierre, who died recenk ly at Geneva, desired to invent a syw torn of writing qually suitable for . languages. Ulnipaphy was hisP and his dream' he saw in it th step toward the establishment- of universal langruage foretold by prophets. He had acumlte the subjects a great variety of which his friends who shared ' ideas often urged him to pU~IA he was never sufficiently awe the completeness of his work to with their request. .