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ESitfWV ?-v U '" V?: 7/^* * 1^1 ^ourmr. BatovCbtwwWidaikttNhMlamr, J, !% wo In otuutgofu) (lory sinks; V Ifc* Ttxnc moon dlpa bar aUrar pro*r 1 Id that roM wara-io, dimly bUaka o Tha herald of tha quiat era! 4] And Utrooftb tha rhythmics sOcno* feSs ?i ?* ' Tfcathrobof raaper hymiM, thattoara n Yaa dfctant wood which night ?thrpn?. * fe Aad whQe tha niUmn treaa at prayer, u OMtlMrtMrajMio Mtaatai. Z AD awthl majarty they wear. 1 Uka prophets oCeternltlae! Uhheedful of tha clamoroua world, 1 Or. mindful thua of Ua dark **'" ? With mimt haoda of p?K? upheld. J In pleartlnf for Its heavy pain. g thrift stalks devouring Durkneer forth \ la alant the pes; and Twilight pals 1 YMaeber meek reign *mid dying mirth. While heaven bepia her stany talo. And through the tender even eons, * The last Tow accents of the day t Blend with the far teoedlng throne 1 Of Joye that passed us on the way. 1 ?Lulu Ourran in Youth's Com par'on. ENRIQUE. ? i Enrique was the child of some Spanish, op, more properly, Spanish-Amor- t icon, people who had been friends of <3 Mr. French, and who, when they died, ? had left their little boy to his care. * Both his wife and he had taken a strong fancy io the pretty orphan, and <3 had final ly adopted him. t The sttminer?the dry season?of ] California was just beginning, En- < rique was a little fagged with his 1 studies, and it had been deemed advisable to send him to tho coast to' re- f cruit. Pescadcro had been selected as < at once healthful, and possessing the < proper attractions for the little fellow, 1 ana the time had como for him to bo 1 made ready. But just as everything ? _i i i ul i i.;. I I ? oibo uou ucvii urnuiKVU, 1113 uuiiru ungaged at the house of a fatherly ranchero, oven his littlo trunk Drought down from the attic?when, in short, all things were ready to bo got ready ?what should occur but a startling stago coach robbery? When Enriauo got out upon the platform at Redwood, there was a tall, spare man with a faco heavily bearded and much sunburned, ready to show the passengers to the stage. This personage proved to be the driver himself, ana Enrique looked with deep respect at his tall, strong figure as he moved about directing now things should go, and nodding his head authoritatively. At last everything seemed to bo arranged; Enriquo and three of tho other passengers?all women?had been disposed .of inside, a stout old gentleman and a toll young man Had been given seats upon tho box, and the driver mounted to his place. Ho received the reins graciously from an assistant, pulled his gloves a little better in place, and gave tho signal -to the horses. Away they went at a great pace. First they cradled and bounced along the streets of the little town, then proceeded moro slowly across the black, flat open country covered with tarweed that extends to tho beginning of the foot hills; and at last, moro moderately still, up the hills themselves. ; Now it was very uncomfortable, for a while. The sun poured down, tho llllffi men tin anrl v>a rvifweoliinr? Kmaava 1 found its way into the deep cut road, f The poor horses clambered and sweated I i Tiftj TftbGimaix" 0uUlWu 1 put up his umbrella and grumbled. < The passengers with Enrique com- 1 plained and "Oh-deared." I At last they reached the little ham- : let of Seci-sville, and here the driver i stepped the hones. They were glad i enough, poor brutes, for the moment's rest, and crladder still when water was brought and they were allowed to plunge their heads up to the very eyes in its coolness. Then forward again, and presently the way became more agreeable. Tlio < road wound about more exposed places. ' little putfs of nir reached them, ana ] now they rolled down into little dells j where the cool trees almost met overhead. 1 "I hearn this mornin' how tho driver was coin' to carry three or four guns with liim, after this," said ono of tho women, who sat by Enrique. "I didn't see nothin' of 'cm," she continued, "when I cot in, but I s'pose he must havo hid 'em round somewheres. Can't be ho would tempt Providence pot tqIfllfCuftnirrotner woman, "Ihope tomorcy he hain't took 'em. jSYhftt ttOT'doafr" agents? I'm" sure, for my TVfivt T fiYiniil/1 aw wll I ?| gvr AVI all uall D UV1U 1 jest as submissive as they could, s'pos'n' the agents did come." i "And I think with you." said the j third passenger, a lady like, rather pretty young woman, somewhat bet- 1 ter dressed than the others. "Wecould . do nothing to resist a gang of men ] fully armed and determined. I am j sure, for my part, I only came today | because I thought it would bo an unusually safe time. Lightning rarely j strikes twice in the same place." i "That's what father said," here spoke \ up Enrique. He judged it a fitting time to say a word, and was heartily j tired of keeping still. "Ho thought ? the robbers would keep away from this stage for a while," ho went on, "and , hide, maybe, for a spell, liko mice." The bright, animated countenanco j of the boy, and especially his great, j dark, Spanish eyes, had been observed by his fellow passengers for some time, t but his rather shy manner had pre- j vented their making any advances to- ( ward acquaintance. They were glad , to hear his voice, and at once replied to < him. They had succeeded in finding out most of his brief history, and had ^ learned that he was nearly 10 years < old, when they were interrupted by the coach stopping. i The passengers all glanced out in q aomo alarm, but were reassured by \ discovering that it was merely a pause , for a way passenger. He seemed to <] have come out of a kind of gorge, and appeared to have come across from an-, ? other road. He was a short, stoutly s built mah, dressed in a.grayhu&dess 'c suit, was smoothly shaven and wore 1 green spectacles. He appeared to bej about 45 or toernaps 60 Vears old. ' n 44I think I will- ride msidevifc there is room," he said,' in a pleasant,' rather, s low pitfch?l yjjifip. As1 he #j?ke .Jiq , ?J came upjo the coach door. i E "Plenty of roqrA,^ said the flrivci* ~ fie descendbtfiw lio.sp2>ke nener Wt in, J1 the stranger. The others" rriado room' " for him promptly, and ho was soon t? seated beside tnd pleasant young lady, f iic iiuu uu uuggagc, out carriou suopiy **. a stout cane. There was something attractive about tho man's face, and all were n 8leased with him. Perhaps they 01 loueht ho would be a valuable aid in P case there should bo trouble from tho 11 MMdafl "fimt* " now the rood begun to aaoend once tore, and eoon the ooaoh had reached lie loftiest altitude of the tripe The tv rhole Bant* Clara rallej lay spread ut like a map at their feet, and far in f? be distance loomed the blue peaks of mi ho northern spur of the Coast Range. A. lie air here was thin and hard to _j veathe. Wnd one seemed almost neigh- ^ tor to the blue summer sky with its raoery of white low lying clouds. The driver now urgea his horees m ittle, and they bowled along at a good ace over the mile or so of smooth oad that extended along the summit, l toon they entered upon a narrow. ci rinding way, penetrating a growth or ow branched trees, and with its course ut out of the side of the mountain ike a shelf. 80 onward till at last a hev reached the open again. It was >i?n noon now, and time they reached iVeeks' ranch. ^ A tremendous crack of the driver's Q) "hip. a swinging, cradling gallop, o md they tore around a low hill, ana ^ a a moment were descending a little ^ leclivity to a large farm house. " A dexterous, back handed twist of he whip, dropping it in its socket, a j Sick gathering of the reins in the a] vcr's hands, now a firm foot on the >rake. Prestol it was dona One udden jerk, and then a jolt "How are yo, Mr. Weeks!" says the v. Iriver. It was an old trick with him. _ md why should he not he ooolt Bat | Enriquo thought that it was a won* lerful performance, and his admiraion for the driver increased. The passengers hastened to rid them* wives of what dust they could and sat lown to dinner. This was presently j >ver, and they saw the four new horses rj aut to. in placo of the six that had ^ wrought them hither, and then they . ook their places again. R "Why do they put only four horses *: n place of the six?" Enrique ventured R x> ask the new passenger, as they rl started. 8 "Because," said the man, with a aleasant smile, "the way is now mostly V lown hill." "Thank you," said Enrique, much 7 gratified. The man smiled again. y ' 'He's a first class chap," thought the : lad to himself. "I reckon ho likes *>ys." fj Tho fresh horses now seemed dis- _j nosed to *how their mettle, and the _ Irivnp WflQ willing fVinf fVinw ahniiM 3o tlioy dashed on bravely for a while. a md during the interval noon* ?omw v lisposed to talk. A few miles further f ma they camo down to a slower pace, v ind now tho way was growing wilder ind more rocky. R "It was along here somewhere, I a was told, that tho stage was robbea," y said the gentleman witn tho spectacles. _ His hearers started. "Great Joshua 1 I hope the' ain't none round this time," said the old ? lady, who had been formerly for war. ' "I told Mr. Dillyhock 'fore I left this ? mornin'," sho went on, "that jest as likely as not some of the critters might ? pounce on us. He only jest laffed at * me." ^ "And I told my husband," said the ^ other older woman, "says I. Mr. Pen- 8 nidge, if I come back deaa to-night, j you mus'n't be surprised," and he said j fie wouldn't. I do believe he didn't a feel jest right about havin' me come, r though, tnily." j The young lady and the gentleman imilod in spite of themselves, and even .. ".m'Ll'.J. TL. 1.. ibattered on. Soon they passed through the romantic little village of ? San Cfregorio. Here tho two old ladies ^ mado some talk about "gittin' out and Btoppin' over," but made no movo to ^ carry the idea into execution. Now c they wero whirling through a desolate t region, and presently the horses wero ^ holding back, aided by the break, down a long and perilously steep hill. Looking out Enriquo saw, on one ? hand, a nigh, bald cliff, ana on the other ? frightful ravine, and still further on a long succession of gulches, 1 precipitous cliffs, and bare, rocky hillsides. Always on the left rose the | frowning, craggy mountain. He drew in his head with a little sigh. "What is it?" asked the young lady, pleasantly. "Nothing," said Enrique, trying to sznilo back. Ho was ashamed of the depression this wild scenery gave him, and liko the little man he was, would not say anything to disturb the others. -JtoutfriStar' W came to "Yes/^they heard the driver say, "I "drive slowly" said a voice, which they recognized as that of the tall young tnan. * "Get your pop ready," ho added, next moment, *T[ do believe there's a joing to be business." , J Tho young lady turned deadly pale. 1 mu uuiur women uttered dismal " / roans. Even the man in the glasses . looked disturbed. As for little Enriquo ? bo did not quite understand it all, But J felt strangely excited. , "Hellor said the driver. "Why. Lhem fellers are comin' down, ana 8 mean to show themselves. Bold, ain't * they?" "One, two, three, four," answered r the young man, rather irrelevantly. _ "Four of them." ? "Yes, they've got down into the ? road, and are waitmg. Drive on." Hero Mrs. Dillynock thrust her lead out of the window. She drew it a n abruptly. "Great Joshua 1 There's four men " irmed to tho teeth, a-standin' down r{ here in the road. What will become ? )f us? Oh, dear, why did I ever leave ? ny home and poor Mr. Dillybockt c Jndearl Oh deArt" "Be quiet, madam 1" This in a stern n mice from tne young man on the box. 'There may be no dAnger at all, and * f there is wo must have absolute u [uiet. You must be ready to act as w ro direct." g "Who is that feller?'' faintly in[uired Mrs. Dillyhock. tl "T t.Viinlr in ' . ??.v ao ?? oiia-rurj'wu express 1C nessengcr," said the gentleman with m pcctacles. "I noticed that ho looked se arefully after a box he took up with 01 lim." The poor woman groaned, but made m 10 other rejoinder. di Now tho stago jolted on again hi lowly, and presently camo to a nalt ac nee more. They wcro now just be- di eath a huge, towering clitf, while on th lie other side was a fearful ravine. A di ittle to one side of the cliff tho moun- h< kin receded less abruptly, and hero F. rcw a few stunted trees and bushes, pt k. kind of sheep path hero appeared, nd it seemed to havo been ov this bat tho new comers had descended. (n Enrique thrust out his head onco qv lore. Far away to tho south nnd ar ast ho could see where tho road re- yc cated itself, in a white, indistinct ne. Just below this it appeared & ioro. plainly again. He baa heard I ' v*. -jfar ii ?J a tamer wj ton near raoaatra ere wee a place where the egad oand about in such a manner that ? tree distinct sections of it eoold be en at once, one shore the other, e knew that- this must be the plaoe. hey were then upon the upper of , teee shelves or terrace*, He was en- ? >l?d to see the^two sections,'because * ie road there curved. All this took but a glance, and he f oted it ecaroely realizing thai be did 1 k Then he leaned out still further, J id looked eagerly for the four men. ' There thoy camex. guns in their ends, and dressed in rough, coarse othes. But what interested him iost was the fact that they were not tasked, as foad agents were said to be, ad that they carried their weapons in peaceful manner. 4'Hn 1 w a rvatdw a/ Kurt 1am w |?a VU1I m VI uuUMMOf UV j lought, ""itn a glad jump of the sari. Then his eye happened to rest a the uppermost distant curve of < 10 road. Something was flashing in j 10 afternoon sun and creatures like j orses were seen to be in motion. ' "A party of men with guns," he 1 ud to himself, "and they are riding ! readfully fast What can they be . fterf" He sank back in his seat too much ccited to speak, or scarcely to think. . ust then "Well, Buckskin Tom, ow's the old "body! I used to know ?; acka." "Don't know you, Mr. Chandler," ley heard the driver say. "No; thought you didnt Well, me nd the kit of us here have been hunt* 1', and we're pretty tired. Beckon ou can give us a lift to Pesoaderny." They heard a low murmur from the ox at this, and it was apparent that tie driver and the express messenger rere talking. Once or twice they also tiought they heard the tones of the tout passenger. "Can't accommodate you," spoke up tie driver, at last. "It s only a mile i Bennett's ranch. Beep the road ro're going a mile, and take the first urn to the left. Only half a mile rom there, and Bennett will keep you ill you are rested." Once more Enrique ventured to peep rom the window. Ho witnessed a ight that gave him a thrill of astonishlsnt and terror. One of the four len was standing near the window. nd Enrique saw that one of his long rhlsken was hanging loose from his ace. It was evident that the man rare a false beard. A glance at the other three strange rrf howed that they also wore an unusual mount of hair about their faces. It 7as evident that they, too, were dis-uised. Scarcely had Enrique made this tartling discovery, when their felow passenger with the spectacles drew >ff his gloves, and made as though to save the coach. Tho boy, glancing t him in surprise, saw that he was umbling with some object in an inner ocket, and the next moment he proneed a small revolver. His mouth tad a fierce, set look now. and his eyes eemed to shine through his spectacles n a way that terrified the ladL While Cnriquo yet stared at him he deliberately cocked the revolver, deftly ipened tho coach door, and swung nmself out upon the step. The next moment he pointed his re istol shot rang out from the box, and he man witn the detached beard LroDDed instantlv from eio-ht. "Wo on your whiskers "better, next I ime. Tiger Rod I" thundred the voice >f the express messenger. "I'm on 0 your game. Give cm the lash, Iriver i" As ho Bpoke the crack of the heavy tago whip sounded, and the coach n&ao a great bound forward. Meantime, how had it fared with the nan with the spectacles? We havo seen that he had raised his listol, and seemed in the very act of Iring it. It was at this precise monent that the messenger himself had iredl and in doing so had changed his loeition. On firing he had leaned far >ver toward the driver, so as to avoid 1 return shot, and by so doing had aken himself out of the would-be assassin's range. And now the stage vaa flying forward at a terrible pace, itf^sSmg^ItdSTa 'ew second, and then flaugn^d^Tg^f. . [his was io avoid the return shots of lis friends, which now came tng<ny last them. Taken completely by surprise by the ct of the messenger, and not prepared for the headlong plunge of the torses, they had been unable to make n effort to prevent the escape. The voung girl sat dumb with right, the otnor women were crouchog in the bottom of the coach, also ongue tied with terror, and poor little VnnilA Vtolf at/wl In kin nl... kt. mm-mrnm ?U Ui9 |/iCK^7| HID Teat eyes fixed wildly on the men nth the pistol. And now the ruffian seemed to think . second opportunity had come. )oubtless the messenger was in his ild place, and could be reached by a old outward swing. It was evident tie effort must be made soon, too, as ae man might look down and disover his enemy. Swiftly the wretch swung out from , 10 step. His revolver was once more used. Then came the climax of En- , ique's life. Ho saw the pistol raised, ( o saw the man's cordy fingers j Linched upon the door frame. The one supremo suggestion of the loment came. At tno boy's feet, 1 here he had kicked it about All day, < ras a small iron wrench. Stooping ) ko lightning the littlo hero caugnt it ] p, swung it aloft, dashed it down ] ith all his force on the clincring fin- < oral \ There was a yell like that from the j >MU,t . -1~: ?# ? " - uva( vi a uviuk 1VU11 US U10 HUU1 ' oscd.' his hola and fell, bruised and 1 aimed, into the road, and Enriuue lw him no moro. Tho coach rolled i the messenger was saved 1 ? The coach dia not stop until Ken- ] stt's ranch was reached. Then the i river dismounted and the women told y im the.story of Enrique's opportune t ;t. You may be sure that both the i iver and the messenger whose life 1 e boy had saved made much of him t j ring the rest of the trip. He was a 5ro at Pescadero for a wnolo week.? II. Costellow in Tho Youth's Com- J inion. ' 1 One clay Ray and Ernest wcro plar-- c g together, and as they occasionally 1 larreled. their mother said: "If you o naughty again. 1 shall soparate >u." In a little while Ernest called: I liamma, please come and separate > JTJ Jiu a uuugutjv j ~'th? ***. IKI6H mm -J < MSlilbnSStaSg^Sf EeroS t JE ta uiauJwfcW?r^bdino down from -u Una taBaamfflL The prooeaa cinoo M t trai first *w? on (ha primitive ^ umd Item, and Ihesabeequentmanip- *, datkm to prepare it for the only far- ^ neat far which it la preeminently 3 mi tad, the Ootha More (big coat or g >verooet), baa been handed down from g >ne jjenew?? ?oo of the Iriah people to g mower unK uw preenuv uuy uia y wpidiy incraaring steam power looms ^ it the Irish mills ars engaged in man- a afacturing frieses which are, making -j> their way t>y sheer force of real merit +1 in the ben markets of the world. Z The chief features which distinguish ^ frieze from all other cloths are its abso- a lute imperviQusness to rain and its .? ?xtraorainary durability. In these it r resembles the famous blankets of the a Narajoe Indiana Of course we are ucw speaking of real Irish frieze, not ^ the counterfeit article, which is now f( ijuite plentiful in the American market These points of excellence am secured through the peculiar method of manufacturing the. longest and beet w wool, selected l&Kn the best Irish * but*tldtaSTdi * manding muoh tune, caisr and aiten- 0 tion. h Nothing but washod wool of the it longest and strongest fiber is used. f( This is first dyed, and afterward, when ^ spun, is doubled so as to resemble yarn; In fact it is a softly spun p woolen yarn, which has not been ? treated by acids in any manner, so j that the whole natural strength of the 0 wool fiber remains unimpaired. This -i - Si * la 1- 11 yarn is men woven, aiier wuicu itu g put through the thickening or tuck- ^ mg process, as it is termed. This lat- f, tor la practically a somewhat pro- n longed washing or sousing of the cloth in a carefully prepared solution, g] slowly heated up to the boiling point, 4 and then as slowly cooled again. This p shrinks and consequently thickens the ? fabrio which comes from the loom to fj such ah extent that it becomes almost n impossible, after cutting the goods, to q separate one thread of the cloth from the other, so closely are they allied and so int^raepfcnclent on each other. > The final operation is the dressing and finishing of the goods. From this brief explanation it will be perceived in what the chief points of the excellence of Irish frieze consist Dyea in the wool, the color is permanent; untreated by add. the natural virility of the wool fiber is preserved. Hm Syi'Uw and Mule. The favorite problem of thinkers and teachers, since thought began, has been to find some engine of education which should reach the character as effectually as the ordinary means of training touch the understanding; and in the opinion of many, not men alone, but nations, music was such an engine. "Itismusio," said the Spartans, "which distinguishes the brave man from the 00ward." "A man's musio is the source of his oourace" It was their music which enabled Leon- j idaa_and higthre^ hundred to conquer < It was mxial/ which taught the Spar- I tan youth hqfvr to die in u? wrestling wring or on the field of battle. These claims are audacious, surely. Yet, when we consider how the rhythmi- j cal tread of the brave man differs from j the agitated gamble of the coward, j how musio is the art of human Joy, \ and how Joy and repose of mind are j the main elements of manly fortitude, ] we shall at any rate admit that there , is a stromr affinity somewhere* our , only difficulty will be to acknowledge ' that music, deliberately applied, could . over be the direct cause of these re- } puted results. 1 To achieve the end desired Spartan * boys passed their youth in learning \ tunes, hvmni and son cm: this was their sole mental culture. They were , taught to dance and keep step to the ( measure of the songs as they Sang i them. And. grown to manhood, now ( perfect warriors, xnarchod into cattle ] ?nd's5Kflfc, I1 intoning thRu* aongs, moved steadily , Into the thiokest of the fight, un- \ disturbed and irresistible. The band j that leads our armies to the field of < battle nowadays is a scant survival of Spartan practice, yet even in this music by proxy there are many elements of incitement to oourage.?The . National Review. , llihliit Sa th? Um* tat j The old Arab geographers describe a i way of taking fish from the waters of 1 the Red sea which must have been i convenient for the people of that re- \ gion, if it were not very ingenious. The people supply themselves from ' the sea without craft, or without i standing upon the shore. They use, < while swimming or diving, little nets, 1 which they themselves mare of woven < grass. * v 1 They tie these, to their feet, and by i slip knots and- lashings held in their < hands, they draw fiat the snare when < they feel that a fish has entered it All ' this they do with exceeding art, and 1 with a ounning bred fay long expert- i enoe. They also teach land reptiles to 4 drive their prey.?Youth's Companion. Mrs. Jacob Greenup, of Bonne { Eerre, Mo., thought she heard her eld- | est son, e young man of 27, singing 4 s favorite song in his bedroom. She knew he must be at work at a saw t mill, and, feeling nervous, started out > foscohisn.' As ?1m? stepped ihrough ? me iron* aoor men were carrying the { Lifeless remains of the son into the * raid. He had been killed by the <j bursting of a saw. % 3S2?o Elliott, of Baltimore, is prob- B iDly the oldest aeronaut in the world. a Bie began ballooning in 1884, and has c nade 187 ascents in all, in only one of vhioh was he seriously injured. His 4 high was broken on this occasion, m uod he osassd his aerial flights. Now le is 84 yearn old and practioes shoe-' In Milwaukee all the fire department rires are laid under ground in cast tl rpn pipes that oca* ll oents afoot e( [he plan works well, Is cheap and is g ertoinl v within tin reach of nearly! 01 very city. i ti _ . ' : i n Theentb^ TjJut ot imports si fhf c ort of New York dnrijur um last flaciuJ' <1 ear was i t< Harehpxl MicMa^ to points: politile retreat of hie amy. on Paris after xe defeats at Woertn ana Forfcacli in 370, and. secondly, the part which le marshal played in aasistingaiM forward frustrating the attempt* at monarchical restoration in 1??44 he marshal, as was well known, lought the Ccsuts da Ch&nibord wAad ery foolishly. The crown waa ready > his hand and he had only to make move to grasp it. He was, however, issuaded from it by the Gombeen da hambord, who, having no children nd hating the Orleans princes,, loathed io idea of raising her husband up on igh simply to make the throne secure ? his cousins.?London "World. A Mmltr In Bads. Plunging about on the levee in the lackneee the other night a reporter isoovered n retreat, toe novelty of t"hich tmpckedWm. aUfaa heap. It ras a lodging house, but there were o beds. The guests did not recline n the floor either, nor were they ung up on hooks, and yet they slspt. he room was perhaps seven tyflve set deep by twenty wide. About iree feet from the wall and extend-, ig around it was a rope fastened to' osts placed at intervals. It was bout five feet from the flqpr and was Lightly slack. Underneath it were ther ropes similarly stretched, the rhole resembling a rope fence. With 1 1 AL!. A 1 1st. icit imcu vu uiis supuurv, tuiu wiui oth arms thrown over ft to keep from tiling, were twenty-two persons, io?tly colored, but among them aevral wretched white men, and all were leaning soundly. The plaoo was imly lighted, and the old aarky prorietor eat patiently waiting for more nests to arrive. His charge for lodgig. or rather to hang on the ropes all tight, is but five cents. ?Louisville JourierJournal. Cm* Qualities ?f Taipsatlas. After a housekeeper fully realises he worth of turpentine in the houseLold she is never willing to be with>ut a supply of it. It gives quick reief to burns; it is an excellent appliation for corns; it is good for rneuoatism and sore throats, and it is the juickest remedy for convulsions or Its. Then it Is a sore preventive gainst moths; by lust dropping a nflo in the bottom of drawers, chests tnd cupboards, it will render the garnents secure from injury during the lummer. It will keep ants and bugs rom closets and storerooms by putting i few drops in the corners and upon he shrives; it is sure destruction to >edbugs and will effectually drive hem away from their haunts if thorrnghly applied to the Joints of the ledsteaa in tne spring cleaning time, rnd injures neither furniture nor Nothing. A spoonful of it added to * aril of werm^ water is^ excellent for abor.?Brooklyn Eagle. Bobfon 1b CoagHd. Stuart Bobson, bv the way, was once n congress. Revelation of this little mown fact was recently made when tie was introduced to the "Father of he House," William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania. Said the comedian in [lis high O voice, which pipes as naiurilly off the stage as upon it: "I am jlad to meet you, Judre Kelley. I ivas myself in the Thirty-first congress." Old "Pig Iron" looked at the ictor in amazement, and in his deep mws voice replied: "You were in thh rhirty-flrst congress! Why, mv dear dr, I am old enough to be your father, ind my services in the house of repreientatives only began with the Thirtyleventh congress?' Then Bobson. without a smile upon his face, squeaked tgain: "Yes, judge, but you see you began as a member, while I waa a fiad to see you." The high apostle of protection guffawed heartily as he extended his right hand and rumbled: "So am I. "?New York World. Hiking Camphor. The mode of preparing camphor for commerce as practiced by the Japanese is a species of distillation. The wood is cut up into chips and these ure put into a tub fitted over a large iron pot under which a slow fire is kept The pot is partially filled with water and the bottom of the tub is pierced with holes through which the iteam from the heated water passes. Fhe tub has a close fitting cover, and i bamboo pipe connects it with a series >f other tubs. The steam passing ] hrou^h the chijes separates the oil ana j wipuur irviu Hum, ana in tBO last ,ub the cooled extract fall* upon itraw which catchee the camphor :rystals while the oil and water escape tnd are held in slower eompartmenl rhe camphor ia collected and packed or market, and the oil is used for llnminating and other purposes,? 3ood Hbusekeeping. wif A stingy man never loses an opporunity of getting something for nohing, and his efforts to bring about his end are sometimes -very amusing. Old Mr. B , who lived some years go in a Connecticut town, was what its neighbors called "very dose," but, rrmsping as be was, there was one hing he would not accept, even for 10thing, and that was intoxicating [rinks of any kind. Be was strictly emperate. One day he was asked to drink with everal of hw? neighbors at the village tore, where drinks wars sold at tan such* "No, thank ye,"he replied: "Inever rink, gentlemen: hut, if ire all the me to you, I'd take a gimlet intead.?Youth's Companion. Nothing ean be more certain than lat the cuaracter can be sustained and lengthened only by its own ensr> stie action. The will, which is the Mitral force of character, must be rained to habits of decision; other* dse it will be able neither to resist ril nor to follow good. Decision gives is power of standing firmly, when ?yield, however slightly, i night be aly ths first step in a downhill cornet Uh J CM Win. A pontlvTlMUBOBf (he ladies of (hit peri of the stela is the use of tobaeoa Some will chew it like veterans, while others are content to smoke. Bat by far the most common wav of deriving enjoyment from its use is to take it in the form of snuff. Whoa a number of woman get together the snuff box is nearly always produced.' with the instruction to "take a dip" as it goes around the circle Than they will sit and gossip, interrupting the flow of conversation with frequent expectorations into a big spittoon or the fireplace. A snuff tapper 8 cm mi consists 01 a small un eannister about an inch thick by two Inches long and a wooden brush. The latter is about three inches in length, and in size resembles a slate pettciL It is usually out from black gum or eome other tough wood. One end: is chewed and splintered by the teeth till it looks like a small paint brash. The splintered end is dipped Into the snuff and worked around till a little ball has been collected. The snuff thus secured is rubbed over the teeth and gums. Usually the stick is held between the teeth till the snuff hssall been absorbed, when another dip is taken. For ladies who object to a eannister and brush a small .snuff wafer has been invented which can be oonoealed between the lips and teeth. A grocer's clerk asserted emphatically that fully 00 per cent of the women used either tobacco or muff, or both. By thinking men the tobacco habit among women is considered one of the worst nxrils wifti which Arkansas is obliged to contend. ?Osark (Ark.) Cor. Omaha Bee. The Tmi Hwdlnrehlcf. In some parts of the Tyrol a peculiar and beautiful custom prevails among the peasantry. When a peasant girl is going to be married, before she leaves ner home to go to the churoh her mother gives her a handkerchief, which is called the 4 Hear handkerchief." It is made of newly spun linen and has never been usea. She is supposed to dry her tears with this when she leaves her home and when die stands at the altar. After the marriage is over, and the bride has gone with her husband to her new house, she carefully folds up the handkerchief and places it unwashed among her little treasures. 80 far it has done only helf its duty. Her children grow up, marry and go away to new homes, each daughter receiving in her turn a new 44tear handkerchief," and vet the last present, the present received from her mother, has* not fulfilled its object. Years roll by, and the once young and blooming bride beoomes e wrinkled old women, end outlived, perhaps, her husband and all her children. At last, when the weary eyelids are closed for their long sleep, the "tear handkerchief is taken from its resting place and spread over the placid features of the dead.? j New Yon Home Journal. Wfca* Stake* Wrinkle*. "It is customary tossy that wrinkles oome from worrying, but the truth is that most of them oome from laughing," says a well known physician. "To know how to laugh is fust as important sa to know when to do it. If. you laugh with the sides ?f your, face, the akin will work* hfcee in time, and wrinkles will form in exact accordance with the kind of a laugh you have. The man who always wears a smirk will have a series of semicircular wrinkles covering his cheeks. "When a gambler who has been accustomed to suppressing his feelings laugns, ? deep line forms on each side of his nose snd runs to the upper corner of his mouth. In time this line extends to the chin snd assumes the shape of a half moon. A cadaverous person with a wax like skin is very apt to hftve two broadly marked wrinxles, one running up from the jaw and the other under the oye. These meet at right angles at the cheekbones and look as though they formed a knot at the apex. The scholar's wrinkles form on his brow, while the scheming politician's come round his eyee, where they look for all the world like the pokes of a wheel."?Now York Mail and Express. JUH U|SMiuiStaut valuable things, i^y jwople are toned up to their best cowHiTori i>y mowing inat much Is expected of them. The desire is strong within them that the good opinion which some one has formed of them should be upheld, and they make strenuous efforts to this end. Whoever has had much to do with children knows how powerfully this motive will influence them, and added years seldom decreases its force. To preserve the influence, however, it is essential that only that should be expected which can be rendered.?Once aWeek. _____ II Was m Pratty Pool. The funniest incident of my^rip was in a deeping ear. It was in the morning. when the passengers had got out of thsir berths, and only several sets of curtains were drawn in front of still slumberous persons. Suddenly a foot was thrust out between two curtains. It was small, white end symmetrical?not more than a feminine number three?and the merest bit of ankle in sight looked soft and fine. The men glanced at it from the corners of their wicked eye* The wo| men deprecated the exposure. Then a bold, brasen fellow went right , straight to the pretty foot, grabbed the I auKie, ana uung tfio whole member rudely into the berth. . "He wouldn't treat,his bride so," mid ?. woman close by. "It must be his sister." Then tho head of a 10-rear-old nrchin emerged where the foot had been, and a sleepy, angry, boyish voioe said: "Look here, oam, you let me alone. Next time you ketch hold of my foot that way I'll kick the gis ardoutof you." There was a subsidence of sentimental interest and a risibility of mirth.?Cincinnati Enquirer. oil Cr Ml 9mm (ha The students of Oberlin hare petitioned for a democratic form of college government. of llio students, by the students and for the students. Tlie faculty trill not grant the potition, but hare concluded to try a conaultation system. Each class eolecta three of ita members, who aro to confer with a committee of tho faculty oq college regulations; but these oommitteee havo no power of legislation or arbitration, and it is probabto that On this account it will uot enlist the sympathy of the students.?Boston Transcript. Jt-V M WViH &S2B ?????imtwmmmrnm??^?? f 1HI Don't Wait ij Until your bate bmnnw dry, this, sad I1 ' I gray bafcw firing the attention needed I a I . to ymirri its twenty and rltality. I i.fl Keep ok your toilet-table a bottle ot l|l Ayer*a Heir Vigor?the only droning K|l yon require for the haiz^-und un a little, 11| daily, to pteaerre the natural color and JuH prevent baldness. I Thomas Monday, Sharon Grove, Ky* ^ writaa: M8ereral months ago my hair H oommeneed falling out. and in a few H weeks my head was almost bald. I tried many remedies, but they did no good. I Anally bought a bottle of Ayer's V Hair Vigor, and, after using only a part V of the contents, my head was covered 1 with a heavy growth of hair. 1 recom- 1 mend your preparation as the best hair* . 1 , restorer in the world." f | "My hair was laded and dry," writes , ^ * l Mabel O. Hardy, of Delavan, HI.} "but 1 after using a bottle id Ayer's Hair Vigor "it became blaok and glossy." Ayer's Hair Vigor, J bold by Druggists and Perfumers. U . Pimples and Blotches, ] Bo disfiguring to the faoe, forehead, and ~ nook, may be entirely removed by the j use of Ayes^s Sareaparilla, the best and safest Alterative aadBiood-Puridyevy ? rJ Bisoovered. * DrMI. O. Ayer A Oo., Lowed, Mast. BoMbyDrusftou; $1; sisboUlssforgi. I PIEDMONT AIR LINK | RICHMOND * DANVILLE J RAILBOADt f GREENVILLE k COLUMBIA DIVIS101V CONDENSED SCHEDULE Ia effect December 16, 1888. (Train* run oa 76th Meridian tin*.) j ' -ryi NORTH BOUND No. 64. No. 61. Leave Cha'aton 7 00 a. m. Leave Colambia... flO 26 a. m. Arrive Alston - 11 22 a. a. ^ -A save Aleton - 11 26 p. a. Arrive Union 1 26 p. a. 4 26 p. a. Arrive Spartanburg. 2 60 p. a. 6 46 p. a. Sroa. uda ^ " Flat Koek " Hendersonville? Asheville- 7 00 p. a. "j Hot Spring* I ] . ' Pomaria 11 66 a. a. U ir'rlve Proeperltj... 12 22 p. a. I " Newberry..? 12 89 p. a. Laurens...? 1 Ninety>8ix-. 1 46 p. a. 1 " 'Greenwood--, 2 80 p. a. I M Greenville.?, 6 20 pa ? Abbeville 4 00 p. a. " Anderson 4 40 p. a. Seneca 6 00 p. a. " Walballa 7 00 p. a. , Atlanta 10 40 p.m. 80UTHB0UND, No 66 No. 60 ' Leave Walballa-... f8 00 a. a. < Senooa 8 80 a.m. v ' Anderson. ... 9 41 a. a. 1 " Abbeville 10 60 a.m. * ?4 " Greenville..? 9 80 am. s ' Greenwood... 12 28 p.m. flg " Ninety 8ix.... 1 12 p. m.. Wj " Laurens " Newberry-...- 2 82 p. m. " Prosperity..? 2 62 p. a. J Arrive Alston - 8 SO p. m. Leave Hot 8prings. *6 60 a a Leave Asheville 8 25 a. a " Hesdsrsonville j " Flat Rook..?. " Saluda " Tryon J " Spartanburg., fll 66 a. a. K " Union 1 40 p. m. 9 45 a a f Arrive Alston 8 80 p. a \ " Columbia..... 4 40 p.m. j " Augusta...?. 9 05 p. a. " " Charleston via 8. i Daily. - ! fDaily except 8unday Through Car 8ervioe. Main Line Trains Nos. 64 and 65 daily between Columbia and Alston, and daily except Sunday between Alston and Greenvflle. rhmaghysseagsr ooaoh between Cha'atoc " and Morrl*town? via 8. C. Railway, Columbia sad 8partanburg. Tlekels oh sale at prinolpal stations to all point*. On train No. 60 and 61 Pullman sleeper heween Charleston and Hot 8prings, N. C., via A. C. L., Columbia and 8partanburg. Jas.. Taylor D. Card we 11 Sol. Haa Ate't Gen'I Gen. Pate. Ag't. Pate. Agent. Traffic A/anaColumbia, 8 C{ get. AN END TO THE HORBOB EXTRACTING TEETH, I Am prepared to extraot Teeth withota pain or danger, bj the dm of Gm. I guarantee all of my work to giro eatei faction. L. E. MBA DOR. May 4 18 ft y ? Col. John Bimu llicma Tou Colombia, 8. C. r.ilon, 8. C. HA8KELL ft YOUNG ATTORN IE8 AND COUNSELLORS, UNION, 8. 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