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^ r ~ ^ _ - ? ? lewis m. g-hist, proprietor. [ . ', ' |it InitEptRbtitf Jamil? ttttajpaftn . ,Jor i\t iromotiim of %' political, Social, ^griatltaral anir ' femfrriaf'^nlertsti rf % ?04. : ' ;:i ;r^ TBB3IS?|3.oo A TEAK, IN ADTANCE. ; ... '"'\ . . '. . .' 1 'i ' J. ; " ; -. V '-J 'f ' ' ' " " - ' ' " ' j r' -' ' "' >>'/' ' '" " '" ;"' y" '," ' ? ' ' "' /-.I . VOL.16. '~~ ' " ! . YORKYILLE, S. O., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1870. ;^d. 12. -?:? . " ? r __II________I_IIL^: f rtitjjs of local fusion). Reminiscences op York. -* ? BY A SEPTUAGENARIAN. > . The land which is the present site of Yorkville, was owned by William Edward Hayne, Esq. He possessed thousands of acres called "tHe Barrens," including in extent ten miles from his furnace on Alison's Creek, with the exception of some settlements on the lowgrounds. This gentleman donated lots for ' public buildings, and afterward drew a plan for the laying off of the town which, had it been adhered to, would have' added to its beauty, , The first house built was on thespot now occu. pied by the Presbyterian Church, and was ownad by Robert Smith. Of him I know no more than his name. The second residence was that ,of 'HSentleJ^n^A leci^ve,'' a son-iu-jlaw of old i Mr. Jimmy Ross. His connection with that * * i ?x :i? worthy gentleman, ana a cuskuuiu~uj u<?t . toilet, I presume,;gained for him the pleasant . appellation Under which he was always ^ known. The site of his house was between H. F. Adickes' store and residence, where now stand a tin and shoe shop. The third domicile was put up by David JMcCall?a large two-stoiied log building?and was opened by him as a house of entertainment He, after a few years, sold out to his brother, John McCall, who thus became "mine host" of thelittle village. However, when Court week came, old Mr. Michael Moore and Mr. Jimmy McNeil were in the liabjt of carrying a wagon loaded with beds, cooking utensils, plates, &c., Ac., to the village, and renting a house owned by Mr. Beatty; and while the crowd remained, furnishing entertainment and accommodations. "The week following being always Court week at Chester, the worthy copartners and their impromptu hostelry,' migrated 1 thence, ready, for the week, to take in Bench , and Bar, as well as common folk. After the death of Mr. McCall, his wife still continued to keep open house. For many | voaro oKa micrht. ho truLv called the "mother of ' York," and was a woman, whose geqerous soul ' warm heart and charitable actions, are beyond ; all praise. She was beloved by all classes j i and with reason, for as friend, neighbor, mis- j tress, she had scarce a peer. Left a widow ? with five small children, she managed with ' industry, energy and economy, her home affairs ; bat in sickness and distress, no matter j whether among high or low, she was ever , ready to minister to body or mind diseased,' i out of the flowing springs of sympathy ever 1 welling up in her tender heart. 1 "Men'? dqe de*ert?, each reader may recite, 5 For men of men do make goodly show; , But woraan'a work may never come to light, So mortal man their tumoos acts may know." I Many now in Yorkville remember old Mrs. i McCall, and the kindliness that lived with her j to a green old age. Tie same beaming be- : nevolence seemed to have distinguished her , . girl-hoodt for on the occasion referred to in another number when in oompany with Preaf-" dent Jackson, of none did he enquire with more affectionate interest, than a "blooming lass of his school-days at Bethel, named Grizxy McKinney ?" At the time of the conversation with Gen. Jackson, she was my much loved and respected landlady. Universally, among her acquaintances, was her death lamented. The whole village mourned her loss. Of few can it be said, as of her, she left not an enemy. Her son, Mr. Hilly McCall, now lives in the vicinity of Yorkville, and knows probably more of its early history than any one else living. To him I am indebted for the name of Robert Smith, the first resident. Dr. Jbsiah Moore located in Yorkville in 1803, and was the first physician who settled there. He was one of Dr. Alexander's pupils, and received his first classical instruction at the Bullock's Creek Academy. He graduated afterward at an institution in Kentucky, and studied medicine with old Dr. McDowel, of Danville, Kentucky, and then returned to his native State to practice. Dr. Moore was a man of first-rate natural a"bili" - - - " " 1 l. ?_J ties, with a cultivated, weii-crainea minu. He was successful as a practitioner, and beloved as a man. He played most delightfully on the violin, and had a voice remarkable in the sweetness of its varied modulations, arid was fond, I presume, of dancing and society, as I remember he was one of the managers of the first ball ever given in Yorkville.. However, the social habits, which contributed to his popularity, lead to his early death. He contracted habits of in temperance, which induced disease, cutting him off in the medium of his days and in a full career of usefulness. He left a widow and two children. The latter married early, and all of them long ago left the State. Thus no memento of this once esteemed and prominent citizen now remains. How evanescent are the things of sense. How true the mournful cadence of Raleigh's linetf: "Even such is time, that takes on trust, Our youth, our joys, onr all we have, And pays us, but with age and dust; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways. Shots up the story of our days." [to be continued.] How Ice is Made.?The materials used iu the manufacture of ice are spirits of ammonia, steam and salt The retort is used for* the heating of the ammonia. A coil of pipe, through which steam passes, winds around the interior, 800 gallons of theamraonia are poured into the retort, and about 24 pounds of steam applied. The gas arising from the ammonia is conveyed into a pipe at the top of the retort. The pipe passes into a cooler filled with water and thence to the liquifier. It is now thoroughly chilled and deprived of its carbonic principles and becomes a freezing liquid. Connecting with the condenser is a pipe, which carries the liquid into a series of pipes that diverge through the freezing box. The latter is filled with a strong solution of salt and water, which, with the aid of the liquid I ammonia in the pipes, causes au intense cold, j the frost collecting upon the pipes where they i are exposed to the atmosphere. Into the freezing-box are introduced forty-eight brass boxes, filled with fresh water, each of them producing a twenty-four pound slab of ice, four inches in thickness, two feet in length and one in breadth. It requires four hours to freeze the forty-eight boxes. * An establishment for making artificial ice has been in operation in .New Orleans lor a considerable time, and has proved a success. It produces ice very rapidly and of excellent .quality. The ice is not clear and beautiful as .that from the North ; it is rather the appear.ance of what is called snow-ice, but it is very Iiard, containing a greater amount of cold than other ice, and dissolving less rapidly in water or in a warm room. It is sold cheaper than common ice, and there is a demand on the spot for a great deal more than can be manufactured. The concern is said to be very profitable. It would indeed be a singular .thing if the artificial should supercede the natural article in this laud of ice.?Exchanye. Ihe Jforii frilrr. , A ROMANCE OF LIMA. | ff fcH-A *?|? Many years ago, a young Englishman, 4 j medical student named Astley, went to Lima. The love of adventure wus strong Upon hhn, i aud all he met with in his own country was j too tame to satisfy it Proud of the profession for which he was studying, and trusting j to it for subsistence; sttong ab'dr heal thy in \ body and mind, he left England with a bold ? heart, aijd this was the life he led, and what A pame of it . : . ,ih. , > < At a time when the difficulty of procuring f subjects for anatomical study was great, and j when to procure them honestly was impossible, c and thaprtjudice ag^inerfi dissection was. so strong that no one was willing to submit the j body of any one connected with him to ex- t animation, it is well known that there were j( men who made it their business to obtain, at no small risk, bodies, generally those of the ? newly buried* whichjbeg sold tovtiu^eqps, ^ medicah-Students, or maeed" to iaiy xMrwlfo 6tood in need of the ghastly commodity. ? This class, known as "body snatchers" and 8< "resurrection men," has died out; since there a is happily now little prejudice against what has been triumphantly proved to be a neces- b sary branch of scientific study; but at the d time of our story their Mdeous work was a t] thriving and profitable one. / t< Richard Astley, in common with the rest of the profession, availed himself of "their der- v vices, and many times in the black night; his g door was opened to those who did not knock, h but who were expected and* waited for, and g< who entering silently, stealthily deposited a k dead burden upon the table prepared for its y, reception. Ola and young men, women and e children, all in time lay upon that grim table, e and Astley's skillful instruments cut theirjway tl to secrets that were destined to benefit' the a, living. n Though he was not hard-hearted, it was not unnatural that in time he should grow 60 n much accustomed to the sight of his "subjects" tl as to feel nothing but a momentary pity, as tl he put aside the . clustering cufls of infancy, it or uncovered the face of a man struck dowu a in the glory of his years. " . j'' a" One night, as many nights before, the a: stealthy visit was paid, And Astley took his t< lamp to examine the new subject. Neither d strong man nor teiider child this time, but a a poung and beautiful woman. The dead'face s< was so lovely that it did not seen possible n that the light in the closed eyes could make oi it lovelier. The fair.(hair had fallen back, h and gave no shade to the white brow, and the tl long, fair lashes lay in a thick fringe upon tlje g; riolet-tinted underbids. tl She was very tall and slender, and her tl bands, one of which hung down as she lay tl upon the table, were long and perfectly shapjd. As Astley. lifted her hand to lay it on *j tier breast, he thought ho.w beautiful it once ? must have been, since now, when there was d not the faintest rose-tint to relieve the death ic pallor of it, it was so exquisite. She wore rae garment, a long flannel shroud, very itraightlv made, through which scanty drape- ? ry her slender limbs were distinctly visible, g and below which her delicate feet were seen, si bare to the ankle. , :\\ Astley was troubled as he hyl never been v hofaro- TtlO- idea- n corpse as he had done ail otlifers brought to i n him in like manner, was repulsive to him, ii and he recoiled from it as from the thought 1< of sacrilege. But how could foe rid himself v of the lovely incubus? It whs possible that e the men who brought it might be bribed to take it back again, and if they should refuse? 8' but he was incapable of distinct thought upon ii the subject, ana could only determine that in n any case thebeautiful thing before him should J be treated with reverence and respect He i gently covered it from head to foot with a b long white cloth, and locking the door of I communication between his bed-room and the c room in which it lay, threw himself on the 1 bed without undressing, for the night was o nearly gone. j t But nis sleep was broken, and. his dreams : 1 were feverish, and in some way all connected j t with what lay in the next room. Now it seem- j t ed to him that it glided in through the locked i door, with hands folded on its breast, and t eyes still fast closed, and stood by his bedside, 1 and now the dream was that he had opened a f vein in one of the delicate arms, and that! i warm, living blood poured from it fast ; and finally he awoke with a cry of horror from a t ghastly dream that he had entered the room t and found that some unknown hand had an- ? ticipated him in the work of dissection. r The horror was upon him after he woke to t know it was a dream, and opening the door he 1 looked in upon the table. No change-fyhere 1 of any kind. The long sheeted figure'fty in the half light of dawn, as he had seen it be- f fore in the lataplight, very straight and still, f It was not until nearly noon that Astley t raised the covering to look once again upon c the lovely dead face, and when he did so, saw c with wonder not unmixed with terror, that a i change had come upon it He could not tell t what it might be; the deathly pallor was there t still, but in some way the face was not the t same. He looked into it long and curiously. Surely a change had passed over the eyes, for f though they were still fast shut, they looked 1 now as if closed in sleep, rather than in death, e He lifted an eye-lid tenderly with his finger; > there was not death in the eye; unconscious- t uess, trance, there might be, but not death. t He was certain now that she was not dead, though he could nna no me in ner puises. i For hours he strove to call backthe spirit, t until at length color returned, amPwarmth, & and life, and she lay before him sleeping i tranquilly as a child. He had placed her 1 on his bed, and now sat by her side with a i throbbing heart to await her awakening. i She slept so long and in the waning light ( looked so pale that- he feared she was again i about to fall into the same deathly trance, < from which he had with so much difficulty 1 recovered her. In his terror of that he cried i out for her to awake, and the sound of his cry awoke her with a start. ! < He had prepared a speech that was to < calm and reassure her when she awoke bewil- ] dered to find herself so strangely clothed and ] lodged; but she no more needed calming and ' re-assuring than an infant. She looked round i with a wondering gaze that was almost iufan- i tile, and her eye resting upon Astlev, she sat j up in bed, and asked him in his own language ; for food. It was evident that she had no recollection as to her present position. She ate the food which was brought to her with appetite, and would have riseu from the j bed, apparently unconscious that she wore no J garment but a shroud, had not Astley perj suaded her to lie down and sleep again. He left her sleeping, and went on to another room profoundly puzzled. Here was this beautiful woman, ignorant and almost helpless as a child, thrown upon him for protec ! tion, as it was clear that she did not remem- | j ber anything which would lead to the discov- \ j ery of her friends. It was possible that her ; ! senses had left her altogether, never to return; j the lovely creature might be a harmless idiot j j all the rest of her days. Her speaking Eng- j | lish was another puzzle. She might be an 1 ; English woman?her beauty was certainly of j I the Saxon type?or she might only have leajn- j ! ed the English language; but if so, how came , | that knowledge to have been retained when j all else seemed gone ? j i His perplexity was interrupted by the en- j trance of the cause of it. She stood at the ' i door wrapped round in ouo of the bed covers, I looking at him with a sweet, childish, vacant axpression, that was touching in its helplessaess. "I must call her something,'' he thought, is she stood apparently waiting for him to speak; her name shall be Mary." "Are you better, Maryland will you sit in Ihis chair?" - ' ' -1 ' She paid no attention to the inquiry, but ook the offered seat, and began silently xockng herself to.;and fro. It had such aghostly iffect to see her there by the lampr)ight,rpbed n the long white drapery, with her beautiful 'ace still pale, no longer deathly, rocking hertelf in silenpej tl)at~ Astley felt a sensation :ery like fear tprill through him. He must lo something, for he could' not bear this. He ook up a book, tha first that came to hand? t was an English one-randi offered it to her, isking if she would like to read.. ; ' She took .with a childish smile, and lay g it open upon her knees, began to flutter he leaves backward! and forward, playing dly with them. "Good heavens!" said Astly to himself, she is\tt.ai imbecile atany^rate; I must do omxjth jingfijithf litd*.7 But it was impossible to think with her besre him, and taking he*' by the hand,>.he aid, "Now, Mary you must go back to bed, nd to-morrow?" . She did not wait for the end of the sentence, ut rose at once to do as she was bidden, threw own the book, and letting fall the coviirlet hat had enveloped her, walked quietly back 3 the inner room. v.( Astley fastened the door, and felt as if. be ?ere goiqg mad from sheer bewilderment he mtttthaye 6l6thes the very first thing, and ow were they to be procured'without taking [>me one infccf hisi confidence ? Even if he new where to go fox them,, he did not know hat a. woman s q]ojLhes should, be. It ? was vident then thflt some one must be told of the xtraordihary adventure, ana it was evident hatitmust be a woman in whom he confided, s he required practical help of a kind no lan could give hiin. .; The. morning dawned before he cobld armge any settled plan, and finally he decided iat. hp. enuld not. if he would, rid himself of ie charge of her, therefore she should remain 1 his house, and he would tell all to. the one cting as his housekeeper, who chahbed to be bsent at the time,' but whose return he was xpeeting that very- day. He would bind her ) secrecy by the most solemn oath he could evise, and if she failed to keep it, why?at ny rate he was in a'terrible scrape,, and this ;emed the best thing to be dbne. The wolan returned -eafly'in the day, and Astley3 at nee told all, and implored her assistance. 1*0 is great relief she at once agreed to do all i&t lay in {her power for the unhappy youhg Lrl, and a few arrangements made, Astley left ie house for the day, determined to shake, off ie unpleasant impression .which the whole jinghad made upon him. Returning at night he foUnd Mary comfortbly olothea and looking less pale and ill. lis housekeeper told him that she hhd been ressed like a child, haying apparently , no lea of assisting herself at all. ; ; It would be impossible to describe minutej how intelligence dawned and gre\y swiftly 1 the poor girl's mind. It was not a gradual rowth as from infancy, but came in fitful latches. The greatest change came first, hen her face brightened from its sweet, blank acancy-of expression at Astley's approach, ud fhe^die hegiuiinjWiukAvpw^ hinul\kft.a_ iving child, and he with infinite patience aught her to read and to write. She also sarned to sew, and was not unskillful in such woman's craft; but what he taught was learnd quickest, best. Two years passed, and Mary had developed o rapidly that she was much like other women a knowledge and acquirements, but she had io memory of anything before her trance. Lstley told her the whole story, and urged her o try to recall something of the time before; ut it was in vain, her memory was gone. Lnd the present time was so happy that they ared little for the past. She was something ielonging so entirely to him, even her life she wed to his care, and loved him bo intensely, here being no one in the world whom she mew or loved beside, that he could not fail to >e happy; and the mystery of the bond beween them enhanced its charm. They were married, and still she lived in he same privacy as before;-her husband and lis love sufficed for everything, and she shrank rom entering a world of which she knew lothiug. Astley's acquaintances had long ago decided hat if he was not mad, he was at least eceen 1 \ % t_1_ ric enougn 10 mane nis society unaesiraoie, ind had fallen off one by one, leaving him lone but a profession. He had the reputaion of being skillful, and his practice was a arge one; hiks^are hours'Wetedevbted to his lome, which was his heaven. Two more years passed; years of most perfect happiness. Mary differed now in nothing rom other women, save for that blank exiseuce of more than twenty years. Her mem>ry of that time never returned. She lived mtirely within doors ; Astley had one evenng taken her for a Walk, and the unaccusomed sights and sounds of the streets bad errified her so much that he never repeated he experiment. . At times a longing to introduce his bean till 1 wife to his old friends and relatives in Engand was very strong, but the difficulties uf sxplanation, or of deceit, which it would involve, combined with her extreme aversion to he project, always prevailed, and the idea vas dismissed as if the thing was impossible. Six years had passed since the eventful light when Mary nad been brought as dead o Astley's door, when walking one day in the itreets of the city, he hod met an old flrlend, shorn he had not seen since his departure rom England. The recognition was mutual, ind Astley insisted upon his friend's returning vith him to dinner. The invitation .was corlially given and willingly accepted, and thinkng to surprise Mr. Holt, by the sudden sight if his wife's loveliness, he said nothing of his aeing married, picturing to himself what his astonishment would be when he saw her, Though he had anticipated some evidence if surprise, lie was quite unprepared for the jxcess of emotion displayed by Mr. Holt upon bis introduction to Mrs. Astley. The color left his face for a moment, and then returning violently died it crimson, and the words of acknowledgment were stammered out almost unintelligibly. Recovering his composure by a strong effort, he offered his arm to lead Mrs. - % % * . * l ! .1 !A Astley to dinner, out sne quietly aecnneci u, laying her hand upon her husband's. During the whole time of dinner Mr. Holt scarcely moved his eyes from Mary's face, who did not seem at all disturbed by his intense gaze, arrt^ took no notice of her guest beyond what hospitality demanded. Astley's suspicions were excited long before the meal was ended, and hisheart took a jealous leap as he thought it possible that his friend was falling in love with his beautiful wife. He cursed the impulse that had induced him to bring Holt home with him, and busily invented excuses for ridding himself of his guest as soon as possible. Holt's agitation increased to positive illness before long, and rising, he asked Astley to accompany him to another room. He was scarcely able to walk, and Astley took him by the arm and asked him if he was ill. "Ill!" he groaned; "I wish I were dead." Be sat down and covered his face with his hands. "You will think me a fool, Astley, hut the likeness of your wife to mine has overcome me." "I was married eiglit years ago. I married an English girl with your wife's hair and eyes; r her height, too, and with her sweet voice. I brought her, oyer here directly after our mar* riage, and we Hved the happiest life injthe world, for twoyeftjs?and then she died." y . AatJey was sHeyit. He could think of, no words or consolation that would not be a mockery to a man that had lost suoh a wife as continued, after a pause, "when I was away from her. I had gone a three days' journey, leaving her in perfect health, and I returned to find th^t she jjad died suddenly, immediately after my departuremand was already buried." "Tiow long ago?" askea Astley, hoarsely. A horrible light was breaking in Upon hirer "Six years. I left Lima the following day. T ? ?IAM mmma kni x never pvtju vusiyeu xici gioifc^ jchuhv to England at oncq; and now after these years I find your wife so like her in every feature that my old wound is torn open a fresh, and intolerable anguish has made me cry out in1 AstteV started up and laid his j iMenafs shamae rrKfa,*ntep rcvHM voice was hatah'and dry, and his bloodshot and staring. ;r i! ' * "Holt, for God'a sake let us do nothing rashly! Come with me to your wife's grave, and let us be very sure." 1 ; Holt looked up and saw all in Astley's face. "Speak," he Bhouted; "she is my wife! Tell me how.yo^ riiet her, speak quickly while I can hear you, for there is the sound of a cataract in my ears that deafens me." And he fell in a swoon at Astley's feet. He might have died in it for, all Astley could revive him. He stood blindly staring; at his pale face, but was incapable of so much as holding out a hand-to him. Holt, came to himself before lopg, and rising up haggard ahd wild, repeated his demand'that Astley should tell njm where he had met his wife. ; And he did tell him, sparing nothing; say\. ing plainly out,, thai she nad been brought"!? him by the body Snaitchere as ft subject; that ' she had laid as dead upqri his table for a nighty sheeted and shrouded like a corpse. M "And you dared-?' buret iii Holt, who was almost beside himsfelf. ' . "I saved her life,' said Astley, gentlyhe had softened as he thought of that restoration. "Will yon come with me the grave that we may be verysUfe?" ' "No, no, no," Holt moaned ; the fury was passing away,: and giving place to a dull sort row/ ^1 canbearmo more. It is as certain, , more certain than death/ that your -wife is mine. God holp us." Which of the men was the most to be pitied ? - There were some momenta of horrible si-i 1 lence, in which each heard the beating- of his i heart, like a heavy drum. Holt spoke again. > "Ask Edith to come here. Surely ebe can' not have forgotten me." . . i "Maryp-I call her Mary. It will only distress her. I give you my word of honor that she has 110 memory of anything before .the, trance/1 . . ; 7' ! But when he saw the passion in Holt's fade/' he judged it best for his sake that she shoul$ come. Since he chose to hear from her mouth what he had refused to believe from,his" friend's, he should ao so. She came auicklaat the sound of the loved' voice and glided intmhe^oom, lookipi^*;e an: anH nf ]ronfl ggjtajMMlMKHl stopped short as she caught sight of face all drawn and set with the effort to suppress his emotion, and then threw her aims around his neck with a cry of love and terror. But he unwound her arms, and for the first: time drew back from her embrace, j . "Mary, my love"?Holt's eyes flashed fire at the tender words and tones?"tell Mr. Holt if you remember anything in your life before you awoke from your trance in this house ?" "I do not," she said; "I remember nothing, I have said it so maiy times." "Swear it," cried Holt. "T swear it," she said, "by my husband/ Richard Astley." Poor Holt! J3e threw himself at her feet, claBping her knees and crying passionately: 1 "Oh ! Edith, have you forgotten me, your husband, David Holt ? Oh! my darling, you l must remember me, and how happy we were| for that short two years?" But she broke from his grasp and threw herself into Astley's arms, crying out: "Send him away! What does he mean! Send him'away! ' She was pale and trembling with terror.; * "Let her go!" shouted Holt, "or by?" The oath was interrupted by Astley. "Holt, God knows I will try to do what is right, and for her sake I.ask you to be calm." He placed her in a chair, where she sat weeping for very fright, and went on: i "You shall say dll you can to bring the past to her memory; and if she can remember, in the faintest degree, I will give up my claim to yours. But if she does not??h! Holt, I saved her life!" The struggle was an awful one, and shook him -as the wind shakes a reed. "Vnn +a)1 Vipr" sairl TTrtlt.'hifieriv : "ner haps 6he will believe what you say. At any rate, she will listen to it." It was hard to begin the cruel task; yet for her sake he undertook it, his voice trembling, though he tried with all his will to steady it. "Mary, love, listen. You know that you must have lived twenty years before you were brought here that night.' "I do not know," Bhe said ; "I cannot remember." "But it must have been so, for you were a woman then." "I cannot understand," she repeated. "I have no recollection of anything before that time." Astley turned'fco Holt with a look of agony. "\ ou see how it is; let us end this torture." . , "Give me back my wife," said Holt, fiercely. "You will not take her," Astley cried, as the thought of his doing so against her will struck him for the first time. "She is mine," said Holt. "Go on; tell her the whole story. If she does not understand it, she will believe it when you tell it to : her." The sneer with which the words were I spoken was a cruel one, but misery had made ! him cruel, and he scarcely knew what he said | or did. | And Astley told her all in a few words, i j She looked bewildered. "It must be true if you say so, but I cani not recollect; and, Oh! Astley, I love only ! you." j "She must come with me," shouted Holt, savagely. The demon had got the better of I him, and the poor wretch, mad with jealous pain, BpoKe Ditter ana unjust woras, tnat maue the terrified woman cling more closely to Astley for protection. , the scene must be ended for her sake, and Astley besought Holt to leave them till the next day, when, if they could but decide upon j what was right, it should be done. For her i sake, too, he condescended to plead with the 'I frant ic man, and seeing that Mary had fainted i in his arms, he laid her down, and led Holt I from the room, that the sight of her might | no longer madden him. His rage died out [ from simple exhaustion, and throwing himself into a chair he wept like a child. Astley roused him. "Holt, be a man. This is an awful tragedy. I wish to Heaven I had i died rather than played my part in it. There are not upon the earth two men more broken i hearted than you or I. Let us accept what is ! inevitable, but let us spare what anguish we can to that unhappy woman. Leave me now, I and to-morrow I will see you again." tloh rose passively. "You are nobjer than I," he said as he turned to go. .j, , It seemed to Astlcy that his %rjef was,but beginning-, wheh he tried to explain the whole' < thi% clearly to Mary.'! The torture of putting it into words was so intense that all befart was nothing compared with it, when at length she' comprehended, and asked : him if he wished her to leave him, even that agoqy seemed slight contrasted with what he endur- * ed in telling her that he believed she ought to doK * * > ' Loving as she was, she could not compre- 1 heid the sacrifice to duty which Astley was strwing to?make, and her thorough ignorance of the; world rendered it impossible to make her understand what her position would be, ! if she remained"where he was. ' And yet this' was a case-Lao: Aaltley tried to pCrsuaae himself?so extraordinary, so different from ariythinir that. hflo pvpr Wn in flip world Kpf/vrt' ' I that no law, human -or divine, could apply to B it But aboveall, the thought rose dominant, | that by whatever mystery of unconsciousness ^^W^o^meraory, she was still Holt's wife ? rleave him. v She rose up, cold and proud in a moment, y and would nave left him then, but at the' c threshold her spirit failed, and she turned c again to throw herself at his feet, iwith teaifc o and sobs. I' ' Night has veiled many sights of woe, the ^ clouds of night have man^ times been pierq- * ^d by cries of anguish, bitter' cries for faith * and patience, going up above the stars right to God, but night never shrouded deepef woe than this, bitterer cri^s ndver' pierced the 1 shuddering darkness. ; , ?. .: ?.??i' ,! c When morning dawned; they were both very & calm and still. Their tears jwere ; shed .^nd 6 their eyes were drjf. , He had decided' for thfc P right, though his heart was broken in the con - b fliet; and she, Woman-like, had accepted thr P right, hot because it was so,! but because h i h Said it was so. inwumn w '(i'n distal J shall die," shesaid, in a voice from.whiel i ? ItftTpSfon had departed; "f can hear ipi '8 more and live, but I can bear even this an< h die." , ' ? Who can describe'that parting? Wher c the son set, it was upon Astley, broken-hbart n ed and alone. Holt had taken away hie wife Seven days past, and Astley heverdeft.bii t; desolate home. He .made no distinction of u day or night, bnt day dawn; to sleep?if th< 0 stupgr which fljora time to time rendered' him ;u unconscious could he so called.?at any houi ;tl that deep came to him. . .. , .us . 'P Atlthe close of the seventh day he fried fmj 1 the first time to look his Mfi' bbldPy* iil tnej p face^i "I am not dead,'' he said, "therefbrhit n is.qlearwthat! this grief' will not kill me;" A That night he undressed and went to bed. \ ? The night six yearn ago, when the sheeted tl figure lay upon the table, and he dreamed! a fantastic .dreams .of .terror connected with it, S carte'to1 triind more difltirictiy/than it hadhver fi done before. His Sleep was broken and fever- C ish/and haunted by wild dreams. Twice he ftwpke feeling certain he hacLheard a knock-j si jnq at the outer door, and twice he slept again t o; when he found that all w.ae;sileni But he at awpke a third time in, the gray dawn, arid p heird the sound again,' a feeble knocking at | p: .j jj i? rr? UJC uuuci uwi muui ueugcu Buuueuij. XACI rose, determined to ascertain the cau8e;'hej cl pnbkrred and opened the door, and there fell! T f^^d^acrye the tfy-^ohLthe dead bodg oft ti * I si K A THRILLING INCIDENT. | ti He New York Commercial Advertiser says: i a "Oii of our oldest merchants, who formerly1 ^ caried on busihess in Beaver street, residing, ^ as i was the custom in.' old :times, over his' <j 8tor, tells the following thrilling narrative, ^ whih he occasionally relates with wonderful i h effty: : ...!,! I., -i >1 "i. party had been collected at his house to S givteclat to one of those little family festivals d whih brighten the dark trace of life,, and chef the human heart in every clime.,- It & washis daughter's wedding day; crowds of F heiyoung acquaintances circled around her, 1* ancas the father gazed proudly on the face of ? thepoung bride, he wished as bright a pitos- ai pec mignt open for his other children who a wef gambolling merrily among a crowd, si Pajing through the passage connecting the C loifr rooms he met the servant maid, an ig- ti nolnt country wench, who was carrying a tc ligted tallow candle in her hand without a c< caijlestick. He blamed her for this dirty ai coiiuct, and went into the kitchen, to make tl son} arrangements with hjs wife about the super table ; the girl shortly returned with heiirms full of ale bottles, but without the oi caiile. The merchant immediately recollec- of tad that several barrels of gunpowder had ? bea placed in his cellar during the day, and & tht his foreman had opened one of the bar- si rej to select a sample for a customer. ?'Where in is four candle ?' he inquired, in the utmost a* agjation. 'I couldn't bring it up with me, m foray hands were full, said the girl. 'Where ni dijyou leave it?' Well, I'd no candlestick, pi sol stuck it into some black sand that's there fo inpne of the tubs.' The merchant dashed al dc n the cellar steps; the passage was long an dark, and, as he groped his way on, his te kins threatened to give way under him; his bj brith was choked, and his flesh seemed suddeiy to become dry and parched, as if he alre^y felt the suffocating blast of death. At til extremity of the passage, in the front,oel- T< la, under the very room where his children aij friends were revelling in felicity, he dis- -S c^ed tne open powder barrel, lull almost to ^ thtop, the candle stuck lightly in the loose se ^bdb, with a long red snuff of burnt-out wick so ftpiflg the small and gloomy flame. This ar v*bt seemed to wither all his powers, and the at prry laugh of the youngsters above struck or fon his heart like the knell of death. He p pod for some moments gazing upon the light in lable to advaajfe. The fiddler commenced a ju rely jig, and the feet of . dancers responded pi (th increased vivacity; tne floor shook with m leir exertions, and the loose bottles in the bi dlar jingled with the motion. He fancied the sh ttidle was moved?was falling! With despe- St ite energy he dashed forward; but how was fii e to remove it ? The slightest touch would7 th iuse the small live coal of wick to fall into nc je loose powder. With unequalled presence f mind he placed a hand each side of the can- di Je, with the open palms upward, and the dis- gi pnded fingers pointed toward the- object of ce is care, which, as his hands gradually met, sti ras secured in the clasping or locking of his sh ngers, and safely removed it from the head of or lie barrel. When he reached the head of the pi ^airs the excitement was over; he smiled at be he danger he had conquered; but the reaction au [fas too powerful and he fell into fits of most nc lolent and dreadful laughter. He was con- of pyed senseless to bed, and many weeks lie iapsed ere his nerves recovered sufficient of }ne to allow him to resume habits of every- m ay life." nc in q After Dinner Naps.?The Herald of m Xealth says: "Many persons are in the habit J[ sleeping for half an how, or an hour, im- cc ilediately after dinner. This is a bad prac- er j be. Ten minutes sleep before dinner is worth or ie than an hour alter. It rests and re- oj hes and prepares the system for vigorous ar stion. If sleep is taken alter dinner it ca lid be in a sitting posture, as the horizon* ar position is unfavorable to healthful diges* ar . Let those who need rest and sleep du- or l the day take it before dinner instead of m r, and they will soon find that they feel nc er, and that their digestion will be improv- in hereby." in ACTS OF THE PGISIATUHE. r: : AN'ifcT . To alter and amend an Act! entitled "An Act to provide xor the Assessment and Taxation of Property. F . V. Sectioit 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and H&use of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by authority of the same, That the Act to provide for the assessment and' taxation of property, passed September 15,1868, be, and is hereby, amended as follows: Stri^ )ut from Section 63 the words "first Mon^m >f December," and insert the words "last Mo nlay in Octoberstrike out from section 66 of aid Act, the words "Third Monday of'Dejeniber," and insert the words "third Monday )f November;'strike oat from Section 67 the vords "fourth Monday ofDeoember," and inert the words "first Monday of December;", like out from Section 68 the words "second llonday of December," and insert the words aAw\rr% nllf UlOb irxuuunjr UX X1VTCU1UU I owiiag uuv itvui Section 69 the words "first Monday of Decem>er," and insert the words "first Monday of V^n]bdr7*TQliconV from Section 72 the" fords "first day of January," and insert the rords 'twentieth day of Decemberstrike mt from Section 92 the words "firtt Tuesday if May," and inservthe words "third Tuesday if May." : Itor ~;i' .'.ui ; Sec. 2. That Section 139 of the aforesaid Let be amended by insertihgafter the WOrd Auditor," where it first occurs 'dn the-fifth iqp of the Section, in the printed Act the rords "approved by the County CotUm rtsionrgi" : " 1-1 nun oil hi ! *r lit ' Sec & Bi'it further knotted,-That*da^all ases where the1 penalty- for nWvpaymetrt of axes has attached to property held byAsslgnes in Bankruptcy, iand / ithioh could ibbt or an not, be sold beforaithetirtbart whichtajws ecome due; and in; ,ajl. tjases where, sales of roperty for the se^eirant'of estates ordered y any Court in this State) lave not been, and] anndtyfor Mrant of tihie, be made'in season, ir thh pdytnferit df 'taxes'1 due thereon, the tate Auditory upon proper dridenoe, that the ixes due upon said, property haw not been, nd canpopM pai4,;u#tjla sale of sa# pfpprty k ijiade,niayretoit ftejepjlty whiclfibj iw attaches fop non-payment of taxes, Sec. 4 ' jnhle Treasure* of ' Charleston coup* f is hereby'authorized to ap'pbhft'three Bepties, teiobe dtfty itehali' be ih the oHection of taxe!* inlaid county:ti; Said Depties shall* each reeerray as compensation for liair wpyioeaj ithe same commissions an are aid for the collection of taxes to-the county 'reasurer: Provided, Thatthe.total ana punt aid to each Dqp'u ty," many current 'year. sh alJ i ot exceed the' siim df five hundred1 d6nat4: , Itid provided fitkhtr}' AttbC duiftfes of siaid )eputies shall beiconfiiiea to the collection of le simple taxes, and shall sot: include) the ollection of taxes* with penalties attached^ aid Deputies 'shalDgtee>lAieh- itttid' for the 4 uth^jKitformaacB, of; their, duty as said . uu-?_ nf i._il Sec. 5. The; collection of taxes shau not pe! Ayed'oi: prevented by any injunction, writ, r order issued by any court of office*, ex&Jpt j provided for in this Act, and in1 the Act! to rovide for the assessment and taxation of roperty aforesaid. ../ ??; .to ui in:;-; Sec. 6. Whenever any person, or persons, liarged with taxes upon the books of any ax Collector in this State, shall state in wn^ to said ^oll^ctor^at he, or^e^have ime, said Collector shall submit to the counV Auditor a full statement of the facts in the ase, which statement shall be forwarded to le State Auditor, with such additional inforrntion, relating thereto, as the said county Luditor may be able to give; and that said 'ax Collector shall not be required to proceed gainst the party or parties bo claiming to ave been erroneously or illegally'Charged ith taxes, by distress or otherwise, ;nntil the tate Auditor shall, in writipg, durqpt.himi to ? T ' : ' ' #41 Bpc. 7. In any action ^ proceeding against i ay1 Tax CoilCktor in tVis'Sthte, for the Jiurostfof recovering any property'ormbnef'alged to hav? been erroneously or illegally as*sed and collected, the party bringing such ction or proceeding shall make it appear that notice in writing of the,claim pft which such lit may be brought ^as given, tjo said- Tax1 bllector in pursuance of tnerixth.(6th) Seeon of this Act; and unless it shall Jie foade ) appear that said Collector has proceeded mtrary to the provisions of this Act, the mount recovered itf snch'&tfit Shall not exceed le Value: of the property or money aforesaid. Sec. 8. It shall 1m .the duty of the Attorey-General of the State to defend any' suit r proceeding against, any ;Tax,,Cvllectoir, or ;her officer, who shall, pe sued for moneys Elected, or prbperty levied on, or sold on acinntl of'iny tax, vheti 'the State' Auditbr mil haVe brdered such collector to probed i the collection of any sncb tax, after notice ) aforesaid;: or suit brought; and any judgment against such collector or other officer, Ilily recovered, shall be paid: in f^e mannft rovided in Section 81 of the Act to provide r the assessment kh'i1 taxation. of property Ui vCUiUi Sec. 19. All Acta or parts of Acte'incoflsisnt with the provisions of this Act are here/ repealed. c. Approved February 23, 1870. Alt ACT j Prevent aud Punish Bribery aud Corruption. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and rouse of Representatives of the State of South arolina now met and eittxng in General At' mbly and by the authority of the same, Whoever corruptly gives, offers Or promisesto ly executive, legislative, or judicial officer, 'ter his election or appointment, either before after he is qualified, or his taken his seat, ly gift or gratuity whatever, with intent to iluence his act, vote, opinion, decision, or dgment on any matter, question, cause, or oceeding which may be then pending, or ay be pending, or may by law come or be ought before him in his cfficial capacity, all be punished by impriiohment in the ate penitentiary at hard laboT* not exceeding re years, .or by fine not .exceeding three ousand dollars,* and imprisonment in jail >t exceeding oi^jreaifc \ Sec. 2. Every executive, legislative, or ju- < cial officer, who corruptly accepts a gift or i atnity, or to do an act beneficial'to such offi- i r under an agreement, or with' ian under- i anding, that bis vote, Opinion or judgment* 1 all be given in any, .particular manner, or j t a particular side of. any question, cause, or < oceeding which is or may be brought by law ' ifore him in his official capacity, or that, in *| ch capacity, he shall make any particular i >mination or appointment, shall forfeit his i Bee, be forever disqualified' to hold any pub- ] ) office, trust, or'appointment undertbelaws j this State, and be punished by imprison- i - .1 n. -n . , i .1 i_i em in tne estate jrenitentiary, at nara iaoorv i >t exceeding ten years, or by fine not exceed- < g five thousand dollars; and' by imprison- J ent in jail not exceeding two years. i Sec. 3. Whoever, corrupts, or attempts to < rrupt any juror; arbitrator; umpire or re? ! ee, by giving, offering, or promising any gift gratuity whatever, ,with intent to bias the i >inion or influence the decision of such juror,- ' bitrator, umpire or referee, in relation to any ' .use or matter pending in the court, or before i r inquest, or for the decision of which such i bitrator, umpire, or referee has been chosen ] appointed, shall be punished by imprison- i ent in the State Penitentiary at hard labor, < >t exceeding five years, or by fine not exceed- < g one thousand dollars, and imprisonment ! jail not exceeding one year. Sec. 4 If any person summoned as * juror, or chosen or appointed as an arbitrator^ umpire or referee, corruptly receives any gift or gratuity whatever, from a party to a suit, . xaaae-Qt proceeding, fen the trial er decision to which such juror* has rbeeur summoned, or Iftf iHobe^or^rfafiSSfof wliSitech arbitrator, umpire or referee has been chosen or appointed, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary at hard laeara. ^ bv fine not exment in jail not exceeding one-year. 1 Sec, 5. Whoever conveysInto a jail, house of correction, State Pe^eM^JsMlse of reformation, or other like place vt %nhnement, any disguise', instrument, tool, weapon or other thing adapted or useful to aid a prisoner in making lis escdpd ddth( irifia^ to facilitate the escape of any prisoner there lawfully committed or! detained *, or by any means whatever aids or assists such prisoner in his endeavor to escape therefrom, whether such escape is effected, or attempted, or not; and whoever ' forcibly rescues any prisoner held in custody aipoiywy .chafcyn of' an offence, < shall be punjfhed- by imprisonment in the State Penite?ary.pt hard labor not exceed- '3 ing seven yew; or if the person whose escape or rescue waaeffeoted or intended was charged < with an offence, not capital nor punishable by '' imnritnnntan'f t1i?n Vitt imnn'annmAnt. in th? State Penitentiary at hard rnbor, not exceed- J ing two years, or fty fine' not eioeeding five * bundied dollan. ! ^ ^ 1 j Ma Sec. 6. Whoever aids or;waste a prisoner in escaping, or,attempting tp escape, from an t , officer or person who hesitbe lawfol custody of < such prisoner, shall be, punished by /imprison- 1 m/anfc in the State Penitentiary at ham labor j not.exceeding two years,'or by fine not eiceed- 1 the ^yehnncUed,dollars. ?' ? Sec. 7. If a jailor or other1 officer wilfully il suffers a prisoner in his custody, upon.oonvic- : tioo of; aay{ roriteipal charge, to escape, he i shall suffer the like punish pent and Denalties f as, the prisoner suffered to escape, war (Ben- fl tepejed to. or would,be liable to suffer upoa the N cpnflictiou of the crime or offence ttherbwith Jho:?tQod.charged. .. , <i o o i . .. { u SBq.. S} if a sheriff; constable, Or other offi- J Cera, authorized to serve legal .process* receives I from a defendant* or . a?y outer person, any 8 money or otiieri .valuable thing* as a conside- ^ ration, reward, or inducement, for omitting -or 3 decaying to arrest a defendant, or to carry J him before, a magistrate* ar'/fbr delaying to j PWi^ ^.poa^pnriiBthd jj m?mm, i omitting or delaying to perform any duty,per- * titining to hi^-Office, be shall be, bunishea fey , [ fine, not exceeding Ifcree hundfreirdoHars. 1 In.the Senate House*: tho tweirty-fifot day of 1 December, in, the year of our Lord otie ( thousand [right hundred.apd sixty-nine. d.1 * |Hi$rritottf<>us gtfK&tng.: PROPOSED REVISION OF TjjUE B|$jUE. ij Two- weeks ago, at a (Convocation of the > bishops and clergy of the southern provinces '< - a t*_ l l m i -i j ill I : : _ v i ' ?4.i - or ringiaua, men in session in ljonaou, me i subject of a revision of the! OJd1 and1 Naif 1 Testament: was discussed. The: Bishop of > Winchester suggested that a committee Of 1 both houses be chosento report?in oonjunc- s tion with any committee that may be appoint- ( ed by the convocation of the Northern proy- c in$es?tW the djeiirabjeneaS of afevisita of the authorized version of the New Testament, either by marginal notes or otherwise. The r Bishop gave his reasons for the motion : 1st, * that "it was the bounden duty of the church 1 to see that what she put forth was the very c word of God. 2nd, that the proposed investigation was rendered Hecessary by the fact i that there was a widely-spread impression s that the New Testament contained 'passages t that had no right to be there. 3rd, tbat there y were unquestionably passages in!!which the a right word did not appeared in others where s the word had' now a different meaning from s what it bad at the time it was written. The j Bishop of Gloucester, in seconding' the mo- j tiodi declared that it was ntf longer possible i for an earnest man to ignore a subject of So \ much importance. He called attention to i Cjerta^n passages in the Testament, to prove. \ the necessity of the proposed inquiry, and re- 8 biarked that "one small letter made a great r difference in the meaning of a subject of the t greatest importance." The Bishop of Saint p Davids was also in favor of the proposition, a He did not believe that the revision which o had been called for would be found .to effect b any doctrine which. the church now held, s But whilst he would sustain the motion, for a fi committee of inquiry,there were, nevertheless, a three causes, Winch, in his opinion, Were Cal- b cnlated to prevent the Church from recom- n mending such an undertaking as that proposed:).let, the fresh discoveries, which w#re continually .being made in Biblical research. t< 2nd, the doubt whether a new^ version of the c Scriptures would receive universal assent, t< and the evil which would ensue if there should a be a 'Church Bible' and a 'Dissenting Bible.' is The third objection or difficulty," lie said, c "was that when the authorized version bed ii received all the amendments it deservedly it required, it would be'fonnd to have effected ? c very great change in many parts, and one ? wotlla be, that it would deprive a number of e the clergy, and still more iff the dissenting ti ministry, of some of their favorable texts; ti He referred to certain translations, and said r bis belief was that a revision would result in 1 great advantage, and increase the value of b the Scriptures to the English reader, not only d in public but in private, and prove the, extent a of that inadequacy and imperfection they b ought not to oonceal. The result of the inquiry y would alter,' to a great extent, unmeaning of e portions of the Holy Scriptures." The Bish- fi op of LlandafF approved of the appointment of a committee, ajiid spoke warmly of the desirableness of considering a revision of both fi the Old and New Testaments. He suggest^ o therefore, that the inquiry should embrace ? both. The amendment was suggested by the li Bishop of Winchester, and in this form the ti resolution was agreed to. * h t . -r ? ? ' t* AN INDIAN SQUAW DAGUEBBEOTYPED, n Lieutenant Boyle, who was some time ago oj degraded from the position of a reporter for a* a Louisville paper, to the rank of Lieutenant tl in the army, is now having some funny expe- h tiencee among the Camanche Indians. The ii last story we get from him?and as he was a d newspaper reporter it must bo true?is of an aid Camanche who brought his voung wjfe,qf whop he was very jealous, to, have herj da- tl iguerreofype taken. The artist got thp squaw lj in position, and stepped into his dark tent fot C some purpose. The old Camanche thought tl he'd take a look into that funny box the artist | had his head in and see how it was done. He d Inserted his head under jthe cloth and looked, tl and, oh! horror, there was his squaw standing $ on her head. He jerked out with a savage ?j look at her, and wanted to know, what caj>CTS u she was cutting before all the soldiers. -'She gj denied doing anything, at which: he toM her U ahmliori thftf lio Vm/t oocm V>or I. >' it He resumed hie investigation, stuck hie head under the cloth again, and there' was the . wretched squaw standing on her head again, d He gave a yell, and, rushing at her, gave her tl a whack on the head and told her not to try b that on again with him, but she stoutlv de- a died doing anything. And now to catch her at it He kept an eye on her, and raised the oloth slowly, and tried to look at her with one a eye and through the camera with the other, b He could not do it, so he moyed his head Blow- a ly down; and as she disappeared from the eye f< he had on her, there she' was standing on her head as seen 5 through the cam era,' He jerked his head up quickly, and there sfcewaf,spading placid before him. He jerked down.and she was on fae^head again. He 'thdh "walked off in'W brown study, and ae he philosophized, he conoluded that machine was exceedingly bad medicine that could stand a s^us^bh ner head in-half a second; so wrapped his blanket around him and walked on, but nothing could-ever iffduce him to have anything to do with daguerreotyping again.-~2i0insvi/fe bmmercial : j,? j m. u?{-Ji -xi'l Jk . - : . pa >-' tori?iottu V Modern Mortuary Paragraphing.? Some ghopl in . the Cincinnati Times has been gathering the .'following items from the exchangeeKana recommends them for variety and freshness: . A,( > .Iji John Smith, in Nebraska, said be could handle a rattlesnake the same as a snakecharmer. The churlishness of tbeI undertaker in demanding pay in fdvanc$. delayed the funeral four days. A circus rider in Texas trijedto three ? summersaults -p hon&hwk The manager sent back to l&w^83efestS^^^ following day for another snmflenault man. A man in NeW Jersey cduldn't wait for the " tars to get to the depot and jumped off Bis widow has sued the Insurance Company. Few men would attempt fo dry'dampened mmnAW}/)ni* in |4?a i" 1 1..^ luujwnuw in MIO UH>1JCU BIAJ V C< A UlltU iQ Canada did. His afflicted ihihily ltaold be glad of ahy Information as to hid whereabouts. ( Is Massachusetts the otherjd&y, 4 man bought he codd cross the railroad trackin idvance of the loa>mdtiyKu'TM'Wvice8 at h jwvewdreTefvimpi^lsim ^ ; A man .warned nisi Wife ia- Kew Orleans not 10 light theifire with fceraemiC.1 She' didn't ieed th4 wanting. < Her eiotbn'fit his second vife remarkably well. J ?' 11 A boy in Detroit disregarded hit' mother's varning not to skate on the river, asthe Ice ras thin.,., His mother don't have tb cook for lonimiyataha did by ona* tv&w e \ fys, .Brijqht , Side.?Look on the bright t ia.the right ride. . The times may be hard, mjfr fiff. make* them, jio easier to wehr>a ;Ioomy and sad couifteftagefer Itiiathe sunbineand not;thg ^oud that m*kee Jower. fVfJW-M MM* -1? ihiA should cheer. aoAM the Jfrnrt **th. imftT ^Jloa^Xwswhpya it p*?bfeftac: ^erhtosit.is as well tha^none should beffrre torn them. They give (sinew ana tone twliJe, ortitude and qourage. to man., That would be i dull sea, ahd thCmilorwWld never get; skill, rhett1 thefb wasbothihg to pycfkce v jab; Without and Sri&M him; and, above all, le'shdUld look ohflie bright side of things. iVTiat 'though things do look a little d&rjc ? The lane will turn, and the night will end in >n?d darf.11' In tlte IbbftHib' the ffHi balance igbta ftself.11 What isuf he6dihes well-^what b wrong, right Men &re hot mad^to h&rg lown their- heads of lifi, and those Wfc'o do, Inly show ithht thejr ' ire departing from the wtbs of true dommoftfeense' add *rijghjtj There s ittofo' virtue1 m onfe ftunbedm :than a'jwbole lemisphere of clouds and gloom. TjfiCikflj're, re repeat, look on the bright sffle of thine*. Cultivate what is warm' and gddal^hot the old and repulsive, the dark'imd ihorbee, '' 4' -.4 *,?-> y. f V Skating fob Life.?A. ifory Jsttld.Sf a nan who came on a pack of hungry wolves rhile skating in an overflowed forest in the 'Jorth-West. He threwasicfo his gun and ivercoat, and whitaed away for dear life. "It soon became apparent that he could tot hope to get such t ctearrnn qs to nut on 1 top speed,. and so leave tbem behind; bat le was a practised skater, a.'dab'atihe fancy fork acquired t on the: rinks, where people kale forupasthno, and learn <to hesitant ind swan-Jike^His outer adge and figurekatlng saved him* . Q? camp thpnasjvri foil >elt, their ^brea^ireaQhag^Mtlttt as he >ut on a desperate spurt, Yhe&'ifltoifc/ he flew ound in a beautiful circle, and! the shaggy vretehee, (^fned oa.by th^r.flwn teflnendoua mpetus, were * longway jp.fronfc white he rout, gliqjng off in a conpuy!diiflcttoik/rOVer ind over again did he. practice this maloeuvre in smaller, circles, < fill the; .Wolves hen)8elves, baffled* and. in tfieir ,sOge:snapting and biting at each: other, begin to flag ,na to think that after all they, were in chase f the shadow of a'man.?ii hungry dream of irnndti flesh.. Bound'and round went the kater,' still' with ja oool head and clenched 1st,"Working nearer afldnea^rer home.'until f* last; in the clearing of the forest, the puruers gaVe up, aridf, witlra howl of disappoint- > lent; fled into thk thicketia." ,ifc The Throat.?The common way of promoting the throat is to bundle and Wrap it up losely,' ihui overheating and rendering it iudet add seirtitj^ and mare liable tfr colds nd kiflsrmmation thflh hefbtfe.1' Thispractice 1 all wrong,;aftd rtSfflte'in' hidtffl eyi^ EspeiallVis this the eaSe with children. When, 1 addition to muffling the. tbtoat, the eXtremies are insoffltfiently clad, lis1 ik'often the see, the best possible conditions are present* d for the production ofSOre throat^Coughs, roup, and'all kindt of throat aff^octts. If lie neck is- kept overheated a1 pqgttOB' V the ime, when it n exposed, some f<S&* dN|barunrnmrnt. nf th? HHmnfc ??ll Waflha hferti" 'he rule in regard to clothing then^Sbeold e to keep it as cool as comfort trill allow. In omg so you will suffer much less from throat ilment than if you are always fearful of aving a little cold air come in contact our neck. Any one who has been accustc?^^^^ d to have his throat muffled should'b^careil to-leave off gradually and not-Blbat once. The Pubity op Ice.?In addition to the lot that ice is lighter than water, there is anther curious thing about it which m&hy per* 3ns do not perhaps know, viz: its purity. - A imp of ice melted will become puKe at dialled water. Water in freezing turns but of ; all that is not water?shit; &it,ooloringinatsr and all impurities. Frozen sea-water lakes fresh water ice. If you freeze a basin f indigo water, it will make ice as dear and 3 whitoas that made of rain water; When le cold is very sudden, these foreign matters ave no time Vo escape, either by rising or sink* ig, and are thus entangled with the ice, but o notmakeany part of it. : ! J .i : (! i IncqjcbTax.?A movemeat is on foot for le total abolition of the income tax, and is My to be successful., i The Ways and Means omraittee having decided to reduce internal ixation thirty ndllkms of dollars, it will be roposea to aboueh turn income ux, wmcn oes not .yield an annual revanoe of more mn-tweaajy millions. By suehVfcr Mimas lis, Cjoogres? will be able to seaoh tbe desired ad without being annoyed by attempted leglatiou Looking to a reduction of taxation on oecial interests rather than a general one ke the income tax.?Washington TeUgrtk* to * Baltimore Sun. -?h r 1, .?ij i. I#'The perfume of a thousand, roses soon ies, but the pain cauoed by .one cf their lorns remains long after; a syddenedtememrancein the midst of mirth ia like the thorn mong the rosea , J ; n( l f. '-M ... * * * ?~ #e^"Why do women spend so much time ud money in dress?" asked a gentleman of a elle. 'To worry other women," was the di* bolical but truthful reply, says a cynical illow craft. V.