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The evening was intensely hot: not a hrcath of air eiivnlaied through the open air-[torts, and the gentlemen, as if by one aecord, had removed their coats and vests, whieh had become a burden, after partaking of the elaborate viands which Nelson's steward knew how to serve wit it rare skill. Champagne, bowls of broken ice, delicate long stemmed glasses, and bunches, of fragrant No. 1 Manillas, now adorned the table, and clouds of smoke, in fantastic circles, were eddying above the heads of the a.-semblcd guests. Nelson >at at the In ad of the table, his shirt collar unbuttoned, his loosely knotted silk handkerchief Mowing across his broad breast, while his neck?graceful and white a< a woman's - was fully exposed to view, the bright beams of the cabin lamp falling directly upon him. Ill vivid contrast to the delicate tint of the skin, :uul t !u- dark, curling bran I, was a bright crimson ribhon-like hand encircling the ina-k ul' the stalwart commander of the Oriental, the singular appearance of which prompted one of the party to make an emptily regarding the strange-looking mark. "Do vou want to hear how I became branded,-Jenkins ? Well, if the rest of tin- Gentlemen an; in the niood (o listen to a yarn, and if Hill Meadows, there, will lend me a hand at the proper lime, 1 shall be delighted to oive you the particulars. I cannot refuse you anything to-night, Ibr ii is our last meeting and to-morrow's si tting sun will liud ine far down the Yangt.-e, with Shanghai many miles a>tern. Wiiat do yon say, Meadows, shall we is-ay the hist ?rv of the crimson stripe?" "It will certainly prove interesting, and ift./,., ,-,.n ,.il' I'll take mi the thread." "A!! right ; ami after we have finished, the gentlemen 111 mu.-i decide for themselves whether 1 It iv i- :t!ivtiling tangible in dreams. I host.: mystcrcm.- visions that haunt the < I ?rinant brain when slumber soothes the body and tin1 s>>t:i lav t<? wandi r whore it ii.-teth. At least, tiii- i- my theory." "Fiveyeai> ago I had nimntand <>f the old Charger, with liili Meadows as my chicfmate. We had loaded at < aleiilta, having chartered to carry a cargo of knickkmicks to Singapore, and were dropping down the llooghly, anxious to sight the 'Sandhcnds'and get a sniff of the fresh sea breeze, more for Meadows* sake than anything else, as he was suili ring from a species of jungle fever, contracted while lying at ('alctitta. "About I'oar o'clock in the afternoon, a heat, dispatched bv the consignees, overtook me with a nicssage. It was simply requesting me to drop my anchor tinder foot, and wait for three passengers?an old I'ar.-ec merehaiit and bis two sons ?who were anxious to reach Singapore. In addition to the passengers, the consignees informed me that I lu re was a 'package' which, in the hurry of sailing, had been overlooked, and it possible tliev would be' gratified to have me call at the oliico and take charge of the sntnc in p?|-so!i. Tbev Wel'e clever, libera! minded geiitieuou. .* ? 1 resolved to eo:i:e t>? an 1 proceed up the river in my gig. 1 had about eight miles to pull, and anxious to get back as >o<>ii as possible, I left Meat lows, who was feeling better, t clew up the light >ails and look after the -hip during my absence. W e had a lair tide, which swept the light.pulling boat along m a bri-k rate, enabling me to -ti p asluov and reach the office before du-k. " fhe consignees it 'h'gized for tlie trouble tliev hail oeea.-i' ;<eil me,but pleadetl ill extenuation tin' -'"-h price paid by the l'ar.-ee for J,,. "l hint-elf ami sons, together x.i*4it the omewhat weighty contents ??1' the afoiv.-aid 'package,' which cotisi.-ted of seven th-m-and dollars, sai'cly parked in a camphorwood ho\ strapped with heavy hands of brass. I was to il-.liver it to the branch house at Singapore. "The Pars, e, who, by the way, was a wealthy and influential merchant of the place, was to meet me at the oilier; hut three-ipiartcrs of an hour paved by, britii:'n?; no tiding Iroin the old baboo. ! wa- rapidly losinir all patience a.- 1 beheld the -u:i disappear, for, ayou a!! kmw, there is m? twiliyiit in India, and darkness follows rlo-e upon tin* setting sun. J?y my re?pu-.-J. the junior partner dispatched a tiios nei r to tie- boat*.- crew, telling them to return the -hip. wiiile in a brief note t'? Meadows, I informed him that I -Iiould hire a native boat with wiiieh to tiaii.-port my important p:t-s'-n-_'ei- and freight aboard, not earing to r\p? - mv men to liie beavv dew and noxioit- vapor eoiunion to the eiinia'.e. It ai>: iil l\ III HI' V.?v iimr w hen inv passengers presented I liem->| v< >, wit si a number of followers bearing cashmere shawls, sine muslins, rare laces, ami ??;iu-r traps, destined for tin.-Singapore market. " logel lief We proceeded Id ( he ghaUt, wlitTe a crowd dI' 11 iisv boatmen assailed its, eacli one enlarging upon the superior accouimodati>>!!.-? of their craft. A gatulilv-paintcd boat, with luxuriitit-lv-cii<!;ii.tieil .-eats, manned by six neatly-attired natives, was selected. They Were t!: uhiie.-i ?it* t II I'S >:t I is. tile must spot h-s (if cummerbunds, and their manners were .-nave ami plea-ant. Tim Par-co's im-relumdi.-e \va- pa-'-ed, i'nllowed hv the vem rahle owner and his two .-.ins; then the canipimrwood trunk \\m d> pi-in d in the stem ,-iieet-, with a caution from me to handle it w'.;!i . ai , a- it contained treasure to a considerable amount. It was a fnoli.-h remark mi my part, hut I did not dream of danger; besides, 1 iiad a m-vcr-failing revolver -towed awav in my breast, pocket. "Stretelling inv-elf at full length on the eii-hiou.-, 1 lit a cigar, while the Parsec and hi- son- curled theins- Ives up for a nap, their i i . : i' ... i i ... i .. i... i i I.I . : it. H I ~ J I! i mv ||].- vniliame ua;e> ni ,-jii\ an.! velvet ' "Hii???iii^ :i in?r{i<?:i *?1"tii?-ir wares. " Pile lii;lil i.ars w.-re s!ii|>]i--<! in tin- r??\vlueks; s!uwlv iii.- !><iai wn- fnrceil <>ut fmui aiunl.-t t!ie nuniei..I.- em ft ivin-j mi eitic-r -i?le, ami a- lie' elear waler uf tin' riv. r \v;>> ifaiiie'i, the oar- iiiji|?e.I with a I"iiu', regular str'.ke, the crew k' -piii" tip a !>u, inii ieal aceo:ii|iaiiitiie!,t thai Mi.-eiisih!v proilin-eil a ilruu-y l"t< !iriagainst which I ili'l lint t pill hie t:i V-e! f tn -tt tte.jle. 'Tin; hfnail -1 111 e .-n p- uf the yliatll Wcle left a.?tefii ; tiie lights uf the city twinklintr in the distanee, ea>t myriad nlieelion- mi tincalm, jilaeiil surface uf the water a- we ?xii?Ii*? 1 rapidly an-iiir. 1 in- heavens Were ek-ar, the -tars shinni" with all the -pit mini- peculiar tu a iruj'ieai skv, u hile tImti-aml.- uf whirring lire flips llitti i| i!iI'uiiyh tin* .-it 1?ry air. "1'ira !i111 1 watei.t<l tin- vaind -celery 1 >i. l:. ?! t-i inv halt dosed eyes with a ii-tlc.? ? !! i-.'V. Villas, c:ilit ?n!ii? nteriiiuiiiiny tempi. - ami il- eaveil pahuvs n| llie < tmrah. . nr u|,| Kajilis uf the M nun I liyna.-ty, wi re rapidly pa-! ami left in tIn- -.lislanee. >hip? "t all nat i. n- -wtiny In I la ir a.iieln !>, t lie lia-li uf their am-lnr lantern- failing iipuii the iea/ht, yi:-teniiiu river with a plea.-ant i-fleet. .Mi tie -i We pa-- d. nlld tiiell Until III" was tu lie n hut tlie iiimi.lv hank-"! the llunyhly, which ea.-l 'huh, .-"inhre .-ineluw.- aeiu.-s tin en 11 iv e\pan-i- >.f tin i iver. 1 he Illnle'iuliV | he -e. I., TV, tucethcr Willi tin- luvv, nui.-ieai eiiant uf the huatnieii, I" I lei I 11 le In P-l, illnl I think I lllll-t hilVe * siu 111 iu-ri <1. How long 1 was in that state is niori: than I can say: hut I was abruptly ai'iiiisciI by a sudden, violent careening of tin? boat. 1 opened my eyes, ami in an instant realize*! what was going ??n. I say in an instant, because what I am about to describe all happened within a few seconds of time. "The boatmen bad ceased pulling, gently laying their oars aside, and, with the fatal mutual dangling from their hands, stood revealed in their true, colors, viz., toih.r llnii/ ? . " The terrible silken coril had been adjusted around the hare throats ol'the doomed I'arsce and his sons, the swarthy, keen-eyed followers of Howhanie, stood ready to 'set taut' their instrument of death whenever the signal should he given by the chief of the miscreants, while with broad palm-leaves they fanned their unsuspecting victims into a deeper, more profound slumber, from which they were destined never to awaken. I?ut with me it Was dilicrcnt. I owed my life to :iii accident. "< )iu: ?il" I ho limp?, in craw ling alt to adjust the silken bow about mv nock, stumbled over a small pared 1>?-I?to the I'arseo, and, losing his halance, ti ll heavily across the ^iin\va! if the ! ?,::!. !; was t!:at which had awakened tile. In an instant I was on my feet, with my hand grasping my trusty revolver, hut the agile, athletic scoundrels, educated and trained to their work, were too ?jniek for me. I heard the sharp twang oi the roomals a.- they cut into the soft, yielding flesh of the I'ar.-tes, heard tie-short. guttcrai death gasp, then found myself battling desperately, alone and unaided, with the remorseless new,whose cruel black eves seemed to emit sparks of lire as they eJaicd into mine. They had divested themselves- of the stealer portion of their clothing, ttiid their bodies, which had been oiled, slipped through my gra-p. ! e-sayed to use the revolver, hat it. wa.-wre.-tid from me; not, iiowever, until I had succeeded in discharging one of tiie ban- Is. lint the hail was buried harmlessly in the dark rolling waters of the I looghlv, widle the thugs redoubled their exertions to overcome me. In my desperation, I shouted ;il"iui<! lor .we.-mows, but not with any hope that I .should receive uid from that quarter. "Twice the llillgs succeed")] in throwing the mutual over my head, but with almost superhuman struggles 1 threw it oil", and, bursting from their grasp, threw myself headlong into the dark rolling waters of the I loughIv. "I am an expert swimmer, and you can depend I put forth my very best efforts on that occasion, iJiving deep below the surface, I swam downstream with the current, heading in for the right hand bank of the river, in hope to escape the bloodhounds ainoiig-t the gloom or rushes that grew t<? a luxuriant height. L*tit i might as well have attempted to escape tiie rapacious .-hark in mid ocean. "1 was forced to eoiue to the surface lbr air, but before I could clear my eyes from tinwater the boat was upon me, the sharp cut water striking my head : at the same instant the iron grasp of the thugs clutched my wet, tangled hair. Again I shunted aloud for .Meadows, as I was dragged, panting ami wellnigh exhausted, over the gunwale of the boat. "The river was alive with phosphorescent I...l.i ,-l- tin.. 1 Ji,.,,iin.r nil) ji, ;t I ] (iilVC lo"" _ lions. Tiuil fact accounted for llio ease siin 1 prcciscth-.-s oftlie thug- iii following my trail under water. ' 'flic aspect of 111? tii'iiiainciit had changed am! largo masses o| iluik, thnateiiing clouds lloatcil across tie haif-ohseun d licavcn.s. 1 If wind. in lit fnl g'i.-;.-. w ?i <ioWii the i. wi, a.- if moaning lorth my last i~i-?jtii<-rn. Although taken at a disadvantage, ami scarcely con.M'ious of what 1 was doing, I struggled wihilv with the slippery, agile natives. (Mice i caught a glimp.-c of a dark, ohscurc object through the gloom, which, to my distorted fancy, a-.-umed the shape am! proportion.-of the Charger, ami, colliding all my powers into one grand cliort, I again shriek, d forth the name of Meadows. lint the wild utterance was choked in mv throat. I felt the awful strain of the roontal ahoiit my neck. My hrain was on lire ; myriads of light.-danced h. fore my lia!f ci".-i d and .-training eye-hall-; my In-art almost stopped heating as the toiigli silken cord cut dc< per and deeper into my tlc-h. With the rapidity of lightning all my sins and evil deed Hashed he fore me : shadowy forms ami sir ing" whispers resounded in my ears; then came a Idank ; a dark cloud appeared to ,-ettle around me, enveloping my entire peisoii in it- -aide fold-; then all was oblivion. "Now, Meadows, do you proceed with tile denouement of tin: aii'air, while i help myself to a glass of champagne. I'oti toy soul, I feel a disagreeable sensation about the region of my windpipe every time 1 relate the ad wnluiv. Wh.tl arc you stamiing i:n'p vvh:i yniii* eyes as big as saucers for, stev.aid ? You've heard tin- story a ?.i<>>:<-ii times. (Jive urn ,-ome ice ami jiav ni' ? '? a!'. t: < ! t?? I lit Wants u| tins gentI -nii n. " 1 lie ni it-ti I it hi ui ail w.i-111 > w centred u j m ?i i ' aptaiii Meailnw.-, a I.til, wirv, powerful man. wisii sharp gray eye-, samly complexion, ami possessing a voire like tin- growling ni ili.-taiil thunder. Willi a rapid, nervous utterance, characteristic oi'the man. he Ic-yan a.- tallows : "A> soon as Captain Nd.-on Innl left the ship, I turned ail liaml.s t??, clewed rip the light sails, lei, the topsails run down on the nap, hauled up tlm courses, hauled down the jib-ami staysails, leaving everything living in ease wc should make a start again that night. Hut I If!t pre!i v certain that the old Charger would not lie under way again that night. I did not eat any supper. .My mrvcs were all unstrung, and a slight liu.-h of the jungle fever crept through my veins, which did not tend to improve sav spirits. Leaving orders Willi the s-'CoIld male to Le p a good lookollt for I in- captain, ami ! give me a rail whenever the boat hove in sight, 1 reined to my stateroom, feeling decidedly under the weather. When the gig was reported in sight, i hurried on deck, received the captain's note, lead it, and in response to the second male's cmpiirv as to what lie should do wit h the I mat, . I told him to drop her ash in. Somehow it struck ine that I might have occasion to use it in a liurrv. "Again 1 dove h- low, I?ti 1 this lime I entered the eahin ; there wa- more air stirring ia the captain - ipiart' r.-, and mv blood, ll >w iiij; sin:/ir;~ 1 i!y ilirimyli my v* ii:.-, ? 1 literally on li:.'. I^?I ii11tr a ei-.'ar, 1 twnk |m?sosi. n ii!' tin- !u.\i!rii>!i-!y-ri;-i:i"!;i-il lra:i>uiii, ami. |i!ci;ii!_' U| a in.uk from tin- raliin t:iI>I *, read myself i.. >|.. ji iivi-r uii. uf < wen's siramjc, iina^i'iatiw hmks. "Win llmr il vva- [In- state uf niv inalili, tim li Viii tl nnidiii"ii t,f tnv M.i.d ujnT.ilin;: nil my in iAiiii- ~y {.-m, <u win lin i lln- inmk I liad In i ii read in;.:, wliieii may iiaw inl'liiem-ed i he soim w l.al excited rmuiili-.M ul'mv lirain. jii'ixliU'cil the i11yr:ii:i? et!let or vision 1 am almiil in relate, is ni-iie ihaii 1 ran sav. I tin mil attribute ii l i any particular puWi-r, unless indeed ii aa- llie unseen, iiivs'h ii..ii.amin-v heln-vid !?v si in ii1111 emanate limn tin-1 ?i ii I ! a 11 I !ui llm j ?r? ?? ? limi nl'loved uin- oh aitli when threatened itv-liildi n overwhelm-. in-: ilaii-ji r. "A -Iraliyn scli-aliuli 1 <i ! -lily pervaded my entire system : an unnaluial hui.yaiiey ypjf..i: ii I.i lilt ii.i- iHH!iIv lin.'n tin- iinii.-mii w ln-K I lia.I in a n j -i:i. I limited a- Il wi i-i- ilii !': li sjiani , ami, Mirnin^, In In-lil niv n|In i scilMnmli.-iii:- mi llm ? 11~iii??11- in an i a- v, miliirai |:Ii -ii. I,i aviny' llm caliin, ! was ii:i|? lied l?v an invi.-iiile jiuwer tu sallv forth lulu tin- 111 11!. I" lol|o\v list- course ul lln river mild I lev.a d i.vi r a lni.it lliai \va> i-oiiiiiij; iVi 'in tin- i.i j 'p< i.-ie liireei inn. A sinuiilai brilliant li/iil a|i|'eaie.| rh\i-l<>pe tin little craft, which instantly nltr:irlc<| my attention. With st:iftling ?li-tinc-tm ss tin- features of the crew were reve:ih?i to me, the supernatural gleams of the light playing on their dark, swarthy countenances with an effect, that struck me with dread. Theirturbans had heeii removed, exposing a strange mark branded, or mure properly speaking, tattooed, on tiie Joreheads. It represented a slip knot, the fatal noose of Kalce, the badge ot the bdlowers of the ( i01 bless of I )eslruction. A rapid system of signals was being made u-e of by the crew, tlu ir eves glowing like the fury orbs of the cobra when aroused bv ini p mding danger. 'The form of Captain Nel. ... ....v# ..I ,...i.iv .lit,.niiiio lie was an JU Al liUllit.M" ? < - j parciitlv asleep, with one <>l*tIn* !> <:itmt-it leaning over iii:n peering into the fact of my unconscious superior. "The brilliant light sii?i?h-nly vanished : 1 was surrounded Ijy darkness, and with a start 1 came in myself, my name rin^fiiijf in my cars as ifshoiited aloud 1 ?v some one near at hand. My head had .slipped over the edge ol the trans >m, creating a disagreeable sensation, to which 1 at I l ihiited the eau.-e of my dri am. h'.i; lie voice calling ine by name wa-' so real, that I imagim-d tin- watch had called tile, and that Captain Nelson was returning to the .-hip. "Wiping (lie moisture from my lace, I hurried on deck. There was no one stirring hut. the anchor watch, am! he had not heeii aha ft the mainmast. Taking a look at the weather before I r< turned to the cahiu, I noticed that a change had taken place; the wind was rising, ami heavy masses of clouds were drift ing overhead. I was on the point of calling all hands to make every thing snug alolt, hut upon second thought concluded to wail a little longer for the eaplain's return. It was lin n half-past ten o'clock, and I did tint think he could he far oil". Still I thought it strange that he should he detained so long, and inv brain was full of conjectures a.- I again sought jIn- transom of I ho cabin, ami composed myself to sif ]). "I appeared to b>- Urn bodily from the cabin, carried along with inconceivable rapidit v to a point. wiiiTt' tin: river made an abrupt turn marked by a solitary trunk of an aged date ttec. It was in plain sight front win-re v.e had aneliofeil, I having examined it through a glass before sunset. "For tin: second time the boat, we revealed tome; the crew*, di vested of their clothing, were standing tip pulling their boat slowly ami cautiously now.* the river ilist?-.ad o! down as before. In vain i looked for Captain Nelson ; lie was no win-re to in- seen. There were various dark objects lying in the bottom of tin: craft, but they were enshrouded in gloom, .-o much so thai I could not make them out. I!ul I felt a~-un.il tin: one i was looking after was not there. " Suddenly one. of the strangely-marked crew, who had taken up a position in the bow. turned toward his comrades, waving bis baud as if in token of silence. His face was simply hideous in its half-revealed expression of ferocity, for I should have mentioned thai the light, so |>owerluI aim rcruigeiit upon in-iir.<l occasion, hail been shorn of tlie greater portion of its power. It. was with consideraide dillicully I inade on: all thai was transpiring. "1 lie men, in obedience to 1 lie signal, ceased pulling; ilie hid.-on- wretch in the bow haiud over the stem, his long, ninseiilar lingers working with a convulsive motion not 11T:! i !\ I' the eontol't ioU of *l si-riio'il. 1 IM >11 III... < '. r.- < ! ,|ie. Of >'I I. t j :il! my luo'.i 11 i<*>, ail'i I watched, with a terrible curiosity, hi--lightest movement. "Shooting forth from the dark waters, the load of ("apt. Nelson hurst upon my startled vision ; his hair streamed about hi< pale features, while his eves conveyed an expression ! am powerless to describe. IJatltcd in a profuse perspiration, trembling in every iimh, and with nerves strung up to their utmost tension, I leaped from the transom as my name in tremulous accents seemed to lloal through the cabin. "Wrought tip to the highest pitch of exciteni..i.i t i-i.?i,1 v..11 ti, .r.i in si'tit'eh uf the eantaiii without further delay. That I had received a warning from tin- denizens of another world I no lotigei <11ini?ti-(I iu inv own mind, and thai N'dsoii was in soiiio deadly peril I li lt assured. Snatching up inv revolver as I passed my state-room, I sallied forth on derk, mined iillt tin; gig's crew, and inside of live niiiiules wa- ptiliing up the dark silent river as last as live brawny pair of arms could propel me. 1 lie weird, fantastic shape of the old date live loomed up through the gloom, hut save the whistling of the wind, the splashing of water a> the oars dipped iu the luminous ch-aunt, ami the creaking of row-locks, no other sounds disturbed the solemn stillness oj tin night. \\ a- it possible I had allowed my.-elf to he so inllueto'ed by the idle phantasies of a dream? I had seareely given myself time to r< lleel, and was on the point of returning to the -hip, my brain bring both clearer and cooler than wlmu 1 left the Charger's cabin. I hade the men lay on their oars: at the same instant the sharp, ringing report of a revolver echoed along the river hank.-. " M live way, lads!' 1 shouted, in an instant plunged into a fever of excitement. ? I I l lie captain is 111 uangcr, and upon us impends his life ui' death.' "W illi renewed vigor lite men laid hark, the tough ash blades hemline beneath their powerful efforts. N\*ith mv revolver ready to my hand, I guided the boat in shore, the men doing their utmost, evidently startled by the vehemence of my nianm r. "A long, dark object, close umler tin- bank loomed up through tlm darkless. The gleam of a light ft II dimly upon the wal'-r, while luc uiiiid.-!:tuai/ir sounds of a struggle luaehed tny straining ear. "Like a flash of lightning we lore alongside, the sailors tossing their oars, ami grasping the gunwale of the strange boat to deaden our headway. >o great was the impetus that the native era ft was jerked abruptly forward, knocking the hall naked crew off their lift. Kevolver in hand, I leaped into the stern sheets, where I beheld Nelson lying silent ami motion!- ss, with a rooiual drawn light about bis uei'k. To lo<'sen il was the work of an in-taut, ami b<-foiv the water thugs eould iv cover from their siirpri-e, I h:tit hrought my revolver into play. With a Inavv thud one of I lie scoundrels fell hack dead, while the remainder were driven overboard by a savage charge the gigs crew. "With all possible dispatch \\e rclnrind to tin ship with the thug's hoat in tow. Ncl.-oii, ,-lill m-eii-ilile, was conveyed to the cabin ; but the I'nr.-et ami Ins .ns were be\oml ali human aid. "for hours I work-d over the captain, wailing aiiNioii.-ly f?.r a physician to arrive. Imvin^r tli-j'.ilrluil tin1 male Willi a tr<.-li boat t rcw, t'? iia: I'ilv !ur one. Jle ami-a! la-l, .-ii|?]dicd \\ilii all tin- ian >-ai v i: 111 ! < 111 111 > tn ir.-n-1 i I at i' tin- |>a'ient. Stu i'I'uWIim! tin1 dnriur cllni l.?, and 1 liaii tin- >ati 'taction <>! Weleomilin Nci?un hack l" !iir, after hi.- |m-i ilotis adventtir>- will; the v.ati r 111ii:- u| tin: limi^lilv, iln- mark i?l wiin.-f handiwork In- will hear In hi.? ?;raw. "In regard In tla .-tran/** .-imiiaiit\ c\i>linn between Ni'l.-oiiV :i> 1 vt-itltiii- ami tin- dream.* v. Iiii-ii iiiijn ilt il an- In .-ail\ imtli in I he n .-cue, a- I -aid 1?<-l? !"?", I have im 1 henry In advance in eXjdalialinii. It |??- ihlc that Ne!.-nii'.? in i in 1, 1?y Miiiic Mihtle inlhieiice, ,-n wmkid II|m|| aild enlitrnlled lllilie as In |>rndl|ee tile elii-el I have de.-rrihed ; hut oilier head.-, nmiv aide than mine, inu^l snlv tin- <|iie-|i..n. All I can do i- to n lalc llicyam an<l .-lick to facts." At a late Imiir t!u* < mpauv hroUe up, ami for many a ilav alter tin: <)riciital had sailed, the details of Nel*"ii - ;nlveiiltirc ami .M- a-lnivs' dreams were the -uhjects of cndh-.?s discussion and argument*. ^Uiotdl.tiu'tnta ?t a tl tut). I :i.l- Hi? V- w \ 'I'mii- . it. it. rimiii!-:i:i<Ai\ ? !xti-:isvi In a loDtr interview on the political situation, had with i:\-.\tlornc\ ( iem-ral ( liamherlain, he stated that while he believed many of the complaints of niis^overnnieiit. and corruption which had lie n made in relation to tin- lb publicans of South ('aiolina, at the same time lie could n<?t hold that partv entire 'i i i i... ... ,i. ;.. IV !'< -|j( >||-1 nilIlllli ill* IVII" v, 111.11 in.iiiv >>1 i m charges in::?|i* against it Were falsi*. W hen tin: I % c[)ii i>l i?*:i it parly nf South Carolina was nr<r:iiii>:f<l, it i i k-l<*i-i i on! .of t unity of its voters wore hlaeli men: tin ?v-t of I he party con-isii 11 of whit :>. !: >' ami a. verv few native white-, who joined with them from conviction or motives of sell-interest. The negroes, of eourse, were extn-iiiely ignorant, ami while they were intensely loyal to the I nion, and intended to do well, yet they were m.ves-arily eoiilrolled hy the whites and a ft w negroes who had been educated. < hi I lie other hand was a solid array of native while f)eiiioerals, who represented tile edtieatioii and political experience of the State, hut who not only placed every opposition in the way of the advancement of tin1 hhieks. hit! -'....it ..lit i r..! ? .1 (V, .1,1 mi lit ie !i fllii I'S. 1 hi V looked upon tin; Koroiistnietion ('oiivi.'iilioii :iti<l the cm ire pruce.-s of reroii.-l ruction as soiiw thiiiL' that wa- certain to pa.-- away, not ivcooiiizisiir I lie fact ilia! the Stafi was pas.-in/ thiou/h a eri.-i-. Indeed, Ilu-y could m>i conceive that I ho political power of their oh! ('oinnion weal ill was pa.-.-in/ into the hand- of t!io.-o who hail iorniorlv boon their slav -s. If, ML thai tunc, the >oiitliern element <>i me State had heeti more wise and less haughty? if the native leaders had thrown away their pride, and conic forward In aid in the reconstruction of (he Slate, lliev might have so conciliated the Macks that they ( .aid have retained practical control id' the Slate governlacni. 1'he colored race was at that time open to advice and political friendship from their former masters, and a few of the whites had sense enough to sec; the opportunity. The .rival mass of the unlives, however, resolved to have nothing to do with the negro government, except to stand l?V and see it. perish of its own \\. allies-. I nder such circumstances, t!ie new constitution was adopted, and the lir.-i Kcpuhlican administration went into power. flic logical result soon followed. The le-gislatmo hc-came the tool of men who Inn! schemes hy nc aus of which tln-y could appeal to the avarice or the ambition of the majority, ;iiii 1 bribery and rurruption were .-*>'111 llie order of the day. A! lids time, iit yaii v.!i:;| had resulted in one of the jrreat evils, liie peat disgrace of tlie IK-publican party in |In* Stale, lie referred to tie- is.-tie of Slate bonds. Without "Join;; into details, I lie .-la riling fact remained lite same. In the slinri space nf three years ilie bonded debt of South Carolina was inerca-ed .-nine ten millien dollars. I his was under ihe administration of (iovcruor Scott. Mr. ('hamherlain Weit'ii i. ! Ulid-i'ah' i . .,y no :? spoil* siltie (in llii.- ili.-a.-lt'ou lllMVae. IK: 1 i< 1 not think il was the fault of any one man, or any .-e; of men. I'iie entire party in power wale blame f?<r allowing the e.\p? inlilures so largely to exceed the receipts of thejrovernuieiii as to furiiish a motive lor Ihe exercise of doubtful powers in the i>.-uiuc of hoiids. Ihe Legislature was to blame also for (Incase with which il-sauetioti eoiild he obtained to measures which cave apparent authority for the increase of the debt. The rank and tile of tin; parly were so inexperienced that they did not properlv understand >>r estimate the evils which wcie certain to follow the had i i.: i. ... ..... 1 ifiivcniimmii :i 1111 corrnpiioa wiiicd ?cn: j i> i milted to prevail. In J.S71, the l:ia?| year of Scull's administration, these evils became :ij?parnit, even in llu: most ignorant. It became known thai tin* a<.rirrigate bonded debt of the Stale was now upward <?i' si(5,000,000, and the credit of Si in tli Carolina was mined. This was followed Iiv a suspension of the payment of iniensi on the Slate deln, and an indisposilioii on llie pari of the Legislature to do anything to relievo the troubles which had lieeii mainly brought about hv it and its predecessors. As a Consi (|itelicP of thesi diliiculIits. .<").< )00,( KM) of the Stale debt was repudiated, and ihoso wlio purchased the bonds in ooud faith were left wholly without remedy, tor if the State attempt, d to pay the interest, the pt ople would he entirely unable to bear the additional tax whir !) would have to he levied. The last Lejji lattice repudiated tinso called conversion bonds, and passed a bill to consolidate tint remainder of the debt lathe i.-sne of new I muds, one for two. \\ lieth* or this mode ol Intidin" would ho suceossliil 11 ..... I .1 .. r ... ..r 11... I I l IM'I in* Mi'.M U, il> mil l\\> Ml DM hwiiuholders 11:t 1 come forward to make llie cx. change. Toward ilie close n!' (iovernor Scott's :n 1minislratiou tin; i.-siit* of w hat is known as the Him- Kidge scrip, added S1,<SOO,000 inure to I lie li.-l)! ..I tin.* Stale, ami tin* issue, or over issue, of legislative |iav cortiiieates, increased it a hall million iii'?re. The courts of tin* State afterward derided that the i>-ue of the l'.iue 11 idge scrip was utieoiisiit ntional, hut the ?ji::-s!it'ii of its legnlilv was still a matter ot einharrassnieiM to the limine. s of tlie Slate, and would remain so until it was finally disposed of. |-\.r ihe past three years there had I teen a large annual <! !i< ieney in the amount raised hy taxation to meet the appropriations made hy the Legislature. Ihe reasons for I hi se deficits were to he found in the limrisioits legislative expenditures. Tln-se, in the .-pinion of Mr. ('hamherlaiu, .. . .i ... i ;..i. i...i .i,.. ,.,......1,1 ?ii:i??n ?il';iiinirs. The fault or misfortune of liic llepuldieaii party of tIk* Si;iI? hud heen that the ma>.-i!.- ot'ils voters were ignorant ami ineNpejieiiced, ale! tli-' leaders for tin; most part. |-i<i!lii;:tl ami corrupt. The Kepuldireus of the Nurlii did Hot sillHeieiitly lake into eon.-ideratiou the material of which the party w::~ compiled in South Carolina. They forgot that there were not avaiiahle men enough in tin State to fill all the minor oilier.* with credit to the party. This was one of the yivat Collides. The ina-ses of the party were in-t as hone.-i as tiny were in .New Knydaml or New York; hut owiny to tin want of proper heal leaders, a* Well' a- to the fuel that tiny were tint hoidei- of property, they had In-cii unable in 11-:? 1 i/.? licit ii: tin* cmi 1 lie evil.- nl' misp .\i nimciit must reach ill.- Inw(.'.-I of llic jm-?'|(Ii*. The nl' |i-i;i.-l;:tivr cm rujilimi !?:nI I'm1 these r< a.-t?ii.~ been im re prulmim ii !ha!i ii possibly cmiM been in a cmiiiiMMiitv n! irivater intel im-nce, nr where |>i<ijn : i \ was in11re ? j11:111 v Iivitl?*? 1. !l was impus -ib!c in make a hmlv m lejrislat'ii. lee! liie inndens ul taxation, or tin- cvii.m extravairalit expenditure, unless lin v were |u i>.iiia!!y inli ie. tril. In a Word, the j?i?.-t-nt deplorable ei-ialiiimi ul' all'iirs was Id lie traced I" tin- inactivity and criminal rareIi-.-iic.-.s ul the I n-ucierals, ami in the I nek 1.1' know h liy.- ami the corruption of I lie liepublicans. Ill rni;M Ml.Mill A I'VI.-A I'.l.l . As a i'i suit nl i he nii.-Dnvci niiiciil ami ollieial cl inic allmlcd tn, ami in emi-i ipieiieo el' I In- t I'll I ll I'll I tie Insures iit the rnmlilimi (,| tin; StaU;, which wen; licin^ made by the New ^ oil; Tinit-it, the leaders of tin; party had arrived at tlx; miiclu.-inii that their political success depeiidcd upon their reformation. The ina.?cs, too, were hegiuuiu<; to understand that t he perpetuation of the Republican party depended upon tin: election of honest ami educated men to cilice. Mr. Chamberlain believed that the ootid work .-lioiild tie commenced by a latyre reduction of the expenses of oovernincnt. These expenses could easily be reduced one third. I lie extraordinary expenditures of the Leoi.slaltire, and the coiiiinoent fund by the < iovi rtior, should he entirely done away with, and some equitable f rm of adjustment agreed upon in relation to the public debt. To carry out tln.-e reforms llie parly needed tin; support of its friend-all over l lie eoitiii ry, as well us the support of the Federal administration. The people of the -I...el.I ii..i faith in the trood in lent ii'ii.-: lift lit: colored race, or in their final success as voters. They had committed many errors in the past, ami wi-nhl doubtless eoinf11it many more in the future; hut they wanted to do right; they had no desire to humiliate i.r oppre-s the o !;i|e minority, and v.I: n experience and education had opened their eyes to the responsibilities which had hecn .assumed hy them, there was no doiiht that they would correct their mistakes, and forever discard the leaders hy whom they had hceii brought into disgrace. TIN: A\<;I:I, 11 IHI.mox. Many years ago a celebiated Italian artist was walking along in the streets of his native city, perplexed and de-ponding in consequence of some irritating circumstances ofmisfortune, when lie beheld a little hoy of such surprising and surpassing beauty, dial he forgot his own trouble and gloom in looking upon tin- almost angel face he fore him. "That face 1 must have," said the artist, "for my -tudio. Will you come to my room and -it Ibr a picture, my little man ?" flii.- little boy was glad to go and see the pictures and curious things in the artist's room : ami lie was -tiil more pleased when he saw what seemed to lie another hoy that looked just like himself smiling fruin the artist'.- canvas. The artist lock great pleasure in looking ;it that sweet Jaw. When he was troubled, irritaled, or perplexed, he lifted his eyes to that lovely image on the wall, and its beautiful teatures and expression calmed his h. art and made him happy again. Many a visit ?r at his studio wished to purchase that beautiful face; but though poor, and often in need ol money to purchase food and clothes, he would not sell his good angel, as he called this portrait. So the years went on. Oftentimes as he looked at the lace on glowing canvas,he wondered what had become of that boy. "1 low 1 should like to see how he looks now! 1 wonder if I should know hiin? Is he a good man and true, or wicked aud abandoned ? (>r has he died and gone to a better land ?" (hie day the artist was strolling down one of the line walks of the city, when he beheld a man whose lace and mcin were so vicious, so almost iiend-like, that he involuntarily stooiurd and "azed al him. I I "What aspectacle ! I .should like to paint that figure and hang it in my studio opposite the angel boy," said the artist, to himself. The young man asked the: painter for alms, Ibr he was a beggar as well as a thief. to my room and let me paint your poiiraii, and 1 will give you ail you ask," said the art i-1. Tlie young man followed the painter for a skeleh. When it was finished, and he had received a few coins for his trouble, ho turned to go ; hut his eyes rested on the picture of the hov ; he looked al it, turned pale, ami burst into liars. "What troubles you, voting man?" said the painter. It was long before the young man could -peak ; he Sobbed aloud and seemed pierced with agony. At last he pointed up to lite picture on the wall, ami with broken tones that seemed to come from a broken heart, said : " Twenty years ago you asked mo to .-it for a picture, and that angel face is the portrait. Heboid me now a ruined man ; so bloated, so hideous, that women and children turn away their lacs from me; so fiend-like that you want inv picture to show how ugly a man can look. I sec now what vice and crime have done lor me." The artist was amazed, lie could scarcely believe hi-own eyes and ears. "How did this happen '{" lie a.-ked. The young man told his sad and dreadful -lory ; liow being Jin only son and very beautiful, iiis parents petted ami spoiled : how lie went with hail boys ami learned all lln-ir had habits ami viees, ami eanie to love them ; how, having plenty of mom v, lit: was enticed to wicked places until all was lost ; and tln.ii unable to work ami ashamed to lay, lit- lagan to steal, and was caught ami imprisoned with thewor.-t criminals; came out more depraved to commit worse ci imes than before ; how every bad deed he performed seemed to drive liim to commit a worse one till it seemed to him that be could not stop till it brought liiin to the gallows. It was a farful tale, and brought tears to the artist's eyes, lie besought the young man to stop, oileivd to help him, and tried to save hi 1:1. Hut a!.!- ! it was too late. Disease, contracted by dissipation, soon prostrated the young man, and lie died before be could reform. The painter bung his portrait opposite that of the beautiful boy ; and when visitors . asked liim wliv be allowed such a hideous I?i.ikit?tr face to be (In re, in; told them (lie slorv, s:iviiiir as lu- < !??se? 1: " 1 let ween i lie am.'ei :iml tin; (Union there is on!;.' twenty years of vice." l ite lesson of this |:iic is the tale itself. ^ on wlm read it can tell wliat it is. Think of it often and heed it always. ? lilifoltMATION IN Ft-'. MA I.I. l'ltKsS ? lioslolt da hides in everything. Jler women are as re.-1 less and as I'oiid id' agitation i\< her men. l lie latest sensation in that city is a movement on the .?nhjeot of female dress, which was started ninU r the auspices, not of woman's rights families, Imt of a cluli known as " The Woman's Club, ' which is said to be composed of ladies jiroiuineiit in society. A certain fashionable Ihistoii dress-maker, who attended Iiy invilalioii, exhibited a style of costume she had invented, which seems to have made :i prolbuml impression ujmm the flub. The fundamental ]uiiifi|ilo of her improved dress i- s:iid to he a knit ur woven uiulervest of someelastic material, to which, by means of buttons, tape.-, Sir., are attached all the nether garments, lioin hoe to petticoats, the weight of all the.-e i- thus made to re.-t upon the .-boulders instead of the waist. Mrs. the modiste,anme.meed, in reply to fjue.-tioiis. that she had long worn these improved garments and had discarded corsets entirely, though she weighs J 7-? pounds and measures L'7 inches around the wai.-l. A female correspondent of the Philadelphia /'/*<thus describes the next stage ol a lady's tttulerdivss which was exhibited : "It was a garment combining a chemise, underskirt, eor-et eovcr, if' corset.- are worn : habit skirt, with bosom, and umlcrslceve, with buttons at the wrist to receive ettlis and at the neck for collar or mulilcs or ruehing. This remarkable garment, including so much, was without either gather or plait, but was graceful and comely, and created ipiite a sensation. It also served to support a houp&kirl, or its equivalent, a white or other skirt, and the skiit of the dress proper, all depending en-I tircly upon the shoulders iorNippon, ;um m< weight so evenly distributed tintL tliere is no y undue strain in any direction. In illustration | of tlie freedom allowed by this dress, the exhihilor raised her arms above her head ahL'h as she could reach, saying as she did so, 1 ''I feel this motion throughout niv clothing to the souls of my feet, and as I walk I feel its J support in i verv part." . - . ' .llAKK-SIIMTS 0I-" rOYKlM'Y IN 1'ARIS. I Poverty iu I-'ranee is a thousand times more ' active, more ingenious, more untiring in its 1 elllirts after subsi.-teuee, than is that of any j other country. It is only after a lotto and sharp struoolc that the wrestler with Pate j sinks to the earth and declares himself vanquished. Apart from the minute economy, ? which is practiced in every branch of eon- 1 sumption, whether of food, or fuel, or cloth- ' ittjr, there are numerous odd trades, to which 1 ? ? ? = i ... .. i;....t;. 1 MIC lUUlgCIll II'-OIL III Hi ili'i lu ff.'"" " 11(ifmI. Knough lias already been saiil about I the rag-pickers whom one meets so constantly at night, with their baskets siting on their banks, ami armed with an iron hook and lantern. Among that class are often to lie found those who have known better days, and I have been told of one instance where among their rank- was discovered a once noted phy- . sician, whose professional career had been ruined by an unfortunate operation, resulting in the death of the patient. A few weeks ago a female rag-picker, aged fifty-three, and 1 a married woman, committed suicide for a love, and among the members of her own profession, present at her funeral was an ex-Prefect of the Seine, and a man who had once kept a 1'ushinnahle store on the boulevards. . There are oilier trades, to establish which must have called for a certain amount of in- , ventivi' talent. There is ilie vender of smok- J ing-tohacco, whose stock-in-trade is formed " from the ends of cigars, picked up in the , * streets in front of the cn/t-i and the theatres, f and these cigar ends, chopped up fine, form his merchandise. It has been estimated that 1 in Paris, the consumption of cigars, amounts 1 to three hundred thousand daily; so a vast : number of cigar-stumps reward daily this enterprising dealer and his numerous associates. Then there are the numerous lire-sellers and the "guardian angel." The lire seller goes round with a brasier of hot coals in a little covered wagon, lined with sheet-iron, and for a sou he heats up the loot-warmers of the market-woman. He makes his appearance at the market - as early as lour o'clock in the morning in winter. The "guardian angel" is o o O a strong fellow, whose business it is to go J round to wine shops and convey home those consumers who are too drunk to go home by themselves. Some of the large taverns have s a "guardian angel" ail to themselves. This 1 n r> . celestially-named individual must not ipiit the drunkard confided to his care, till he is 1 beyond all danger from police or from thieves. ' Sobriety is his primary qualification, and the first dav he is found drunk he is ignominious lvdiseharged. " t % ' The potato-maker washes, scrubs, skins, and polishes old potatoes of small size till they ' assume the silky, light-colored skin of new potatoes, and may then be enveloped in tissue paper, and sold as the earliest productions of j the season. The ham bone maker, the leech- j letters, the bird-feeders, all exercise odd professions. The item-collector is the man who t scours Paris in search of items for the daily ' papers, one of which, if found and carefully j written up, may bring him from one to two francs. A ..'ic.ulful accident, or a fire, a run- j away horse, or a mason fallen from a high scailijlding, are to him precious prizes. Unfortunately, he is often obliged to draw on ' his imagination for the material for his work. The most horrible of all the little trades is indisputably that of the sorter, or person whose business it is to sort over and classify , the rubbish collected by the rag-pickers. In the miserable dens, where this industry is car- | rieil on, it often happens that the lamps die out, and refuse to burn, so fetid is the atmo.s- (j phero ari.-ing from the filthy masses accumulated there. The sorter either dies soon or t abandons his profession for another; lor no , j human life can Inn" cmlnrc the miasma < nrendered by the dirt in which they arc obliged to work. Old) HICKORY'S PISTOLS. "1 >," who has been writing some interesting " reminiscences I'or the Franklin, Kv., J'utriut, " contributes the Iblluwing to that paper: a 1 saw some time ago a brace of dueling 1 pistols, in the possession of Thomas Rutherford, of .Sumter county, Tennessee. They were steel barrels, lluted within, and highlv \\ ornamented with silver. The history I reeeived of them was as follows: p .Many years before the brilliant triumphs |] of war had lifted (ietioral Jackson high above t all competitors, into the Presidential chairas f Chief Fxecutiveof the nation, it was his ens- f torn to have some one take his nlaco in the s '~ v . * dirty street broils which miirht come up. At d tin' lime to which 1 refer, one Ferguson was > ihe man, a regular knock-down and drag-out <> ' ~ 0 C suit of a fellow, dreaded by all who wore ever > .so fortunate as to conic in contact with him. t An uncle of ('olonel Rutherford, by the same (| name, visited Nashville, to sell a line pair of match horses. Ferguson o lie red to purchase t them on short credit, ami to give General (J Jackson for security. This arrangement was (> made, and the horses were his. J Mure .Mr. 1 R. left Nashville, he learned the character of e the man with whom he had traded, and was I told that if he ever asked for the money on t the note he had received for the horses, For- [ guson would whip him. e It happened that Rutherford was a rough * I i .1. >ti i ,r \ lit liinir itci I liilii 1>? ! I i?r than a I] ground sc:if!1<- in cU-Jcu.-c ??i* I?is rights, ami so t ho was impatient fur the day of the coming u cuiillict. Karly on the morning the note fell t due, lluthorford visited Nashville, saw the (j man F.. presented the note for payment, telling him at the same time what lie had heard of him, and further said to him that if lie i] didn't pay the money right away, without a ;1 murmur, he would thrash him like si dog. A c word, and the hlow followed. Never was a v man more thoroughly thrashed than Fergu- > son was on that oeeasioii ; in fact, he was sup- 1 posed to he dead for a time. This aroused <> the Cieneral's sympathies for the man who ,| had received such a cudgeling, and to resent it was hisjfirsl impulse, hut in a listicull' he n would only he a child in lis hands, and so ;l challenged him to light a duel the next morn- J, ing, distance ten paces. Though li. had no n experience with lire-arms, lie instantly ae eepteil I in- ciiationge. j At the appuintcd hour all partii-.s wore at tin- place of rein lex. voiis. All preliminaries matlo, the distance measured, the positions w taken, the words one?two?at thin juncture p .Jackson, who was a dead shot, having eyetl his antagonist closely, saw there was no flinch in him, hut that he wasas cool ami deliberate | as if nothing unusual was occurring, stepped (| forward and addressed Kuiherford as follows : n "My the lllernal, sir, 1 Would dt.-pise myself ii to sacrifice such noble material as you are ,r made of. Sir, plea.-c accept these pistols from 0 one whoever admires true courage and pluck, j; .-uch as you have to-day ilemonstrated ; and j, accept them from me as an evidence of my p high appreciation of you as a man who dares p to defend his rights." t, (ieneral .Jackson paid the nionev due on \ Ferguson's note. l iver afterward the Rulher- o font family have been -Jackson's warmest sup- si porters, and none lamented his death more v than they. The pistols will be kept in the It family forever as priceless souvenir-. 1 ,-t Yi*itt*r in the I'ohjtcrhnic Jlulldiu gives the f?>1owing description of the method of making hermonietcrs at a manufacturing establi.-hnent in Chester, Pa : 'l'lit! glass tubes, as received, arc about a ,'anl long. A boy picks them with a hard, tccl knife, breaks thorn into tin: lengths rejuircd. The bores, which arc flat, are coni>aivd by means of a lens with those of ten aainlard sizes, ami the tubes assorted accordugly. They arc then passed to the Idow>ij?c table. Kach glass-blower lias a foot belows, ami uses an oil lamp. Melting the j I ass at one end of a lube, lie blows it into a jiilb by pressing the sides of a hollow india nbbor ball attached at the other, proportionng the size of his bull) to the bore of bis tube, ind ascertaining the size by using a pair of allijiers. While the bulb is hot, the tube is 11verted in mercury, which, as the Imlh cools, ini tially iills it. The tube is then withdrawn ind a short india-rubber tube attached at ts open end. Into tiiis mercury is poured ; bat in the bulb is boiled to expel the air, vhieli rises ui> through the mercury in the ndia-rubber tube, am! an atmosphere of tlm rapur of mercury now fills the glass lube ami >ulb. As this condenses, the mercury in the mlia-rubber tube takes its place, when lliiubc, with any mercury remaining, in it is relieved. The tube is now wanned, and the >pcn end of the glass tube is hermetically enled. The bulb and a portion of the tube are imnersed in melting ice, and the height of the nercury marked; they are then transferred o a bath of 02 degrees Fahrenheit, and the might marked; next to a bath at 02 degrees 'ahrenheit, and the height marked again. The lengths of the three spaces of 00 degrees ire now carefully measured. It'they are exictly equal, the bore nf the tube is assumed o be uniform, and the degrees laid off on the mass scale 0f the thermometer are all made if the same length. If the space of the thirty legreeseach are not found to be exactly equal, hen, by means of a highly ingenious dividng engine, the degrees on the scale are made o increase in length as the caliber of the ube diminishes. When the plate has been livided, and the figures and letters punched, t is passed, laterally between two rollers, to cniove the burr lei't by the tools. Were it oiled lengthwise, the accuracy of the dividng would l)e impaired. The plate is then ilvered and lacquered, the glass tahe attach :d, and the whole slidden into the well-known apanned tin ease. Tin; PuWKit or .Mind ovkk I?oi>v.?'The eerelions are arrested or made active hv icrve influence. Nursing mothers who give vay to anger or other emotions poison their wo milk, whereby the infant's heart is often njured lor life, if he he not killed outright, flic bowels are purged by bread pills (as was nice proven on a large scale by the Emperor S'ieholas . provided people are told they are o he purged; eighty out of one hundred boslital patients have been vomited by a neutral emedy, when told "there had been a mistake nakeand they had all taken emetics." Much ea-siok noss would he avoided if people could >e made to believe they were nut going to lave it. The stigmata, or marks of the nails hi tin. S.iviiu-'s hands and feet, have been dainlv seen to appear on llie corresponding tortious of the bodies of certain of his more derout followers, among whom St. Francis of As isi must 1)0 specially named. Vet ought we not o lose from our sight the possibility that these iccum-nces, however unquestionable they be, ire yet simply owing to an action of the iiniginution, whereof a notable instance is related upon authority of great weight: A motlix saw a window-sash descend with violence ipon her little child's fingers, whereupon she icrsclf was instantly seized with extreme tains in her own lingers, which did afterward well and inflame in such a manner that she ras long in being cured. The fakirs of I itIia are sometimes able to divest themselves f the signs of life?respiration and eirculaion being stopped and bodily temperature owercd?for months continually. The pain ftoothace vanishes at sight of a dentist's hair : neuralgia once disappeared as the leeurer was about to enter on an operation foils relief; most functional, and even some urinific, affections ( as dropsy) may be cured by ivinga patient the idea that he is to be cur ' -? n ^ * i i! * . i* i <1 ; iltld t lie Well nttesiCU lisi Ui muuciii urnelcs is in the sumo category of facts.?Jh\ imvn-So(nurd. Fi:i:din<; Mkai. t<> Cows.?Tlie best way i) give meal to cows is either to mix it with /iili some cut hay, moistened so that the meal ,ill adhere to it, or to scald it and give it in lie shape of a thin gruel as a drink. In the rst place it is necessary to perfect digestion hat the saliva should be mixed with the aid and that the I'ood should be returned coin the Jirst stomach to the mouth lbr a eeond chewing or rumination. This is only one when the food is bulky, requiring coniderable chewing. In the second place the* ullet, or passage from the mouth to the toniach, in ruminants,opens directly into the hird stomach, having intermediate longituliual openings closed by lips, by which the ood enters the first and second stomachs. It" he food is bulky and solid, it separates the lips f these openings and finds an entrance to itlier or both the first and second stomach, f otherwise, it passes over the closed lips and liters the third stomach. In the first case, iv a periodic inverted action of the gullet, he food is thrown in small quantities from he stomachs to the mouth, where it is redued to a soft semi-liquid condition, in which tale it is passed easily to the third stoma* h or digestion. Iu the second place it misses his process of rumination, anil is therefore iot in a condition lor perfect digestion, and lit* meal is seen to pass awav in considerable uantitics unaltered.?American AyriciilluriA. C--/y The Reverend James (iallalier, who receded the Reverend William II. .Milburn s chaplain of the House of Representatives, omtncnccd his ministry in Tennessee. He i'us one of the editors of the old C'alvinistic laga/.iuo, and a strong champion of the 'reshyterian faith, a man full of humor, with ;reat tact in avoiding controversy when wis!om so directed. In one of his horseback rounds a good Arninian family entertained him very kindly, ml as he was mounting his horse to leave, is ho.-t said to him,"Now, Mr. (iallalier, tell :ie what you think about falling from grace." "1 suppose you want to know my real canid opinion said the minister. "Yes, that is what I am alter." "Well, then," continued Mr. (iallalier. "1 ill tell you in a few words?I'd hate miglitir to try it." Lit.in mm. Rojts ll.wkmi Attuai tim. 'i?wi:n.?The Hanville, \ a. Tinas says that uring a recent storm in that town, the lighting struck the dwelling of Win. Crumplon i lour dillerent placid. It ran down the tin utters at each corner of the house ami tore if the bricks below the water-spouts about ?ur feet from the ground. There were four ew lightning rods from the ground up to the )p of the chimneys, and a lifth-pointer to the >p of another chimm-v. The house was covreil with tin. No serious damage was done. \ e have no faith in lightning rods. In our pinion tiny are a useless expense. The iuanee given above of a house that was proided with lour rods being struck, ncverthe;ss, in lour dillereni places, goes far toward isiaining our position.