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Spf j ?, 'A vA tit 1**1 ?"'A* V \^*cr omVv iSw rj ?!?:"?< .-as J>3?' . ?{.f Ci; f *3IH3O0tfD 3HU J Jin FRANK P. BEARD, Publisher. VOL. X. ?A- 1 ?? " BE JUST AND FEAR NOT, m j'ja TWO DOLLARS A Yt AR GAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1883. NO. 1!). ^ers?baro TILE P$OFL$'& rt'IUSUID AT CiHDKH, I. C. FRANK P. BEARD. Publisher. t _ ill ? mmmmm^krn 111 hum II I I? lion* for thlt p.ni*r should liofcc naino of tho authcr, uot ucccs u fcnt ?* an evtitant* of good . ^b^Mrfltco %Vr^t??Dly on on* Do particularly cartful In giving U> U*v? tb? letter* plain and dis T nr. Gazette Job Printing Office I i bettkk prepared than any other office In town,* to executo tu tUe uiust attractive sty to* every descrip tion of Job Prtntlug. such as Pamphlets, Bill l,cttcr and Note Head*. Law Brteti, Tosters, DoU^vrs, Circulars, Kami UllU, Wijd.og, Vls'.tiujj ?pJ Address Cards, Buslues* Card*. Lsbok. Jk. Work Jo no lu Bronir, Ked, Blue ana Black. The public must rv member that the beet U always t!io chcajicit. Wo do wot k at Charleston Prices, and guarantee entire satisfaction tu our patrons. We keep constantly on hand the largest stock o? Facnrs and Cards lu town . jtg' , ? i ? ' * '.J7 { T'i > 1 Bewiri Yes, call him mad who daree to climb The rook-etrOwo path of- Troth Too who would never dream to peer Beyond tbo ken of , jrouth? You who never see the teed s r\ Till the bursting of the groin, And can never feel the sunshine Glowing just boyond the rain I Call Mm nlrxd who, poshing forward I full a century in the van, iMants his banner on the hilltops? Claims mnn'? loader1 is a man I ' And if you must stop and linger, Afraid to braasl the hill, I T Btnnd back in lower darkness ? Mako room for him who will 1 Float in your idle vcs?els Close within the harbor-bar ; Mnko it dance among the ripples, Though you may hot venture far; v Lie and wontfcr at the water* . . i-ilrotohing out ?o wild and free, ftor&iwhere tfcr& a better jailor J W?o wiUdarp to pattoteal v ; Bloopyou thon in perfect safsty Closo within your guarded fort ; Make tUo_Wnr of Eitfth a pastime# ? And theJPIghtJjf Life p sport i Linger, ''if yodnflnli, fn ploasurv, i While the woary hours lag j Bomewhete there's a bolder sailor Who will carry on the Flag I Call him mad 1 And yot forever Some grand loader will be there PuHhing upward to the sUtnmit ? fuelling up toward clearer air. Yqu stay iu. lowor. darkness, J- ? Clwiphig. clpeojOUT clanking chain Borne one yet wfu'ittik? It froiA you, Making free the heart ant) brain I . * ^Qtoroe R. Farrith. ? 4 A SILENT ACCUSER, r It was the loveliest place for many miles aroUnd, the Jlttle, red farmhouse standing isolated in the midst of an orchard, half-\vayup the hillside, and shut in by a strip or woodwhioh pon cealed it from the .village below, y. j\ This latter defect might have been remedied byvjudiclouB openings here1 and tliero ; but Miss Phuspe Rowel was ?f theoM-fa?hloned,conHCrvatlye kind, an# often remarked that what had K""tvgood -enough $pr her j^lherand Ddfuther was good enough fpr her.* 1 -ucntly; she wMppposad'to all id improvement on Mr farm; *?*>, Had bfen $he dfruse it's ^dismissal, Who; , jr^fcslvo vord^r, could j U>. do*; w5 wi^^tXArrL. Stephen Wtis WOWng^St^Fatmer Lawson'p, five miles up the valley, and he hoped to bo able soon to purchase a fittlo place of his (Avh, and to ask Bessie Brown, Miss Vhcpbe's comely, rosy-cheeke<l maid, to share his home with him. Whether or no 1 Jessie would eon ent, was a question with the gossips ; /or, though Stephen was goixl-looking #.nd clever, the glrHlid not soom par ticularly to fancy liiin. Some hinted' at a liking which was supposed to hav'Ovexisted between Bessie and Miss Phrvbe's nephow, an orphan l>oy whom she had grudgingly "brought tip" and assisted \o educate, and who had disappointed heir expecta tions by falling into idle and dissipated habits, instead of working steadily on the farm. J Three years ago she had given him a little money and sent mm . away to' seek work for himself, chargjng him never to return or writo to her Until he should be sett l .d in some steady em ployment. Ho had gone, West, ( made some, money, ;?\ml. ivs his f^unt heard, wasted it inunsu.e, y t'yl sppquJatioh. Thence forth she " had' gfv6n Ufni tip;" ad Wile expressed It, eonvincpd that he would "never come to any godd1." ' ? ? But :Pne bright, mild day In early spring, about bIx months after St< Greer had left Hill stopped at the a few mile? froi for a frugal buj He was pop desired to pass' of the atablenL the long-absent! **? The man diA^d^l^rever, Ivetray his knowledge ; anMUweuest, havlnW partaken of the mwflflfaFhftrt Ordered, went on his way, replying^ in att an swer to a quest led), that 1m should not r<^W T>oti^ 'ifi?H lie had leftj 15?j5^rtreef Traw:(RBCa?r f/H^gJhtf ^|a4dl^lJr)b|islHl fcbout <h?] flower, ^orders, raking th^ beds ah<T planting seeds, stopped for a few mp-, Mr?* Winteroy mentioned their lato guest, and their suspfeiortsJ"gf j hM Wing Robert Steel, ,Nft?s I'liceM Rowel'Hl nephew. /.il" 1 |>{ /rtW'?/ not likely," Stephen fo ' market; car elossly. " I f ho were Robert : Steel, what fodUte V(/Uk| ho Have for( through the If f farlVk ind not ?,o< / IrnicllprdA^i^ WfS standing by and not , lpth t<) tease Stejtficn a "Folks 'nsed to s*y there wa? ?imofsthan ordi nary liking botweon them two; and that was one reason,) I fancy, of his aunt's sending him away. She wasn't , willing to lose Bessie's services, whojiJ she knew she couldn't get another like her1 if she searched the country round. Now, I'll lay a 'wagor the lad '11 stop to see . his old sweetheart; f and if you're ont your way up there, Steve, you'll lihve a dhariceto make his acquaintance. HfeV a Mo-looklng young fellow, 'spite his shnhby clothes J , ? 8t?ph<-n flushed a llttle,v?l*t madi< light of the subject. ? I . Karly the next morning the littlejnn and the village frere In rt state of great excitement. Miss Phcebe Rowel had l>een found dead In iwd, with marks <if fibers mxh> Ned %nd- the .bureau In wldch she kept her money had br6ken open and its oontcmtN far and neaf people hasteneil to the scene of the tragedy, and poor Bessie was well-nigh distracted with the multitudinous questions with which she was plied. ' &eW but little to tort. *On the' SVi?^ iay m?S Ph?be had Permit ted to -go to a merrymaking at in the village, on condition , ?1 being back to her work by sun riSQ-noxt morning. * She. hail returned punctually at tho appointed time, and found David I Barnes, the old man who had Stephon Greer s place, quietly attending to his early morning duties. . - > To her surprise sho observed her i vS85- bedroom window raised and 1 the blind open, and surmising some thing wrong had gone to the window and looked In. bJh? 8ffw0^fiM Phoebe lying upon the bed, as if asleep, but no answer being i returned to her repeated knocks and calls Bessie had called David and in duced him to break open the door of the room, when they discovered the, old in. T-'lte dead and cold. "ian's feet, w/nSE'J? his stocking^ otitside the window, #nd a feijr thfesda of coarse woolen cToth appdaretir caught' tip&n a I nail on one side of the sash. J The secretary had not been forced] n? ft the lock, and none of tho contcdt# of the drawer had been disturbed except the money and an old-fashioned silver watch that had oelonged to Robert Steel's father, j nJ f.? th.e ^t,nty party was Bessie had not the least idea. As to David, a* euimple. Pious soul, who had spent his! whole life jn thi3 neighborhood with-;: out a word of ill being said of him no onA^r%an,ed of w? s nn? ??^{Pp8e who, on hearing the news, hastened to<the scene of thai crimo, was the innkcoperj^yintorby* ?,nco the magli ?f th? hp4 *?*** Steel at his hoJ. havK sttange speech and be-; ?jJF his seemed at once to clear up the SSiSasiter tryia search of the Supposed culprit be waa discovered w the nearest raU w ay station, Jnto the village so- I curely handciKTwJ.and lodged m]ni). I ?klAta JiSSl'"' protested | ffioSfPil0y,ilie^t t0behad0n the new 1 rtiilroad, ho had started thither bv a '}$$ ?? W?i ?t .taping to that after leaving the FarmerVnest, and oominc I hill th, T the little red house on the hUl, the temptation to call and speak a few words with his old sweetheart Bessie, was too strong to resist ' In the early dusk he had passed through the orchard, but, to his dismay encountered his aunt instead of Bes B16. On hearing his account of himself ' she had been kinder than he anticipated; had given lum a good supper, and, as t , >%as important that he should reach his destination in time, had gone with 1)ed^??m' whence she returned with a new flve-dollar bill, to help him watch Ti Knd !,ls Cher's silver 5 to migl,t now b? 'nlvufj!?* hir? 16 r??*in all f<4aml l'is meet V?? ufci1 tl>0 morning ? and t being. a mild moonlight night, he awiir^Tti 8d i IUf lourney? sleeping ?.nith?a forge. " W",'H"10 This was tho account ho crave of ihm of tin WtaMUon of his posses sion of t|l?o. watch, which lattor Bessie -rpiuotantly idyntiUed. .. 2nly ?V,? p?r8on believed him, and iJfrVwas Bessie herself. The rest of peopl? 8ai(1? he muftt nave concealed somewhere along the jB^WWeipemboied that he know of eSK^EBHPS06 where his aunt Was ac J8l . op 1,10 ^ey ot her secre f?!Z^Sr9i~Accm,nted tor. its being 1 ^ broken open. ?K.tlH:n, the circumstantial ?B25S*u? t^1 !?? him, his foot-prints hK2$llS!fc fie size of tliose found IS?^lT?-w,ndow- whl,e tho wool NgjJJMMW found upon the nail were itiin?, ! T I y half H (lozen seif-coni .direction of the house. 16 Lul^lf?XlKW' 1n tho uS lV' ?n(, i?!i1d t^e oath that Jh^o W ,W^ W / and, fur binrfl? ? ? ? I a rtmall handle not lound, upon him when ar Sgsw??aftas5" 1 * It was In the early April that this tfagUttl went occurred \u* Vho I f illniclo farm, and trirt trlat or Robert Stool would not oomo off .'or some months. .Meanwhile the Httlo red farmhouse wan deserted, except by David Harnes, WW retained charge of th<t place; for lleasie had gone to live With her afint in the village. ?, , , , , . 4 , ' w fehfc httdnot.VWitorff ihfe' Hillside farm <df, Many wooks since that fatal event which had given it an evil name lV? the coudtfy. ? Hut one day a neighbor, having Bridie business with David Harnett, induced Bessie to aooomp'any her bad* to her old hoiiie, )| r|>|l and hare when she left it in April ; hut she now* f6nhtfJVirt 'all thd l\1xnrian<M of early J ttjip !rt ffill foliage, Mis? rhoeWa fyivontoros^ ah'd pinks hf , bloom, ?n<lfuo ga'rdoh-WHlks and flowerbeds choked up \vith,grasrt and wmdm < ? ? ... r Hwivath the window by, which the 'bdigl^r^M entered had sprung dp quite wilderness of weeds. Bessie's compandor 'ftppfrtHeht'd tbi?L spot, in order to get a glimpse g)t thn room within. At the same moment a ! strong, spicy* odor arose from the trampled weeds beneath the window. " Why, Bessie," she said, in surprise, "I didn't know as you had sweet alyssum her?." "Is that sweet alyssum?" Besslo answered, indifferently, looking down at the delieato little plant " I don't know how it came here. "I never saw it before." "That's odd. I never knew of a bit of sweet alyssum in this neighborhood except what Mrs. Winterby brought from her sister's last spring. Mebbe she gave Miss Phoebe soine of the seeds. At any rate, I'll take away a sprout. Dear, dear, what a lot of 'em there is springing $mong tne grass I and here's one growing in the moss and dirt in the corner of the window sill. The wind* must a' blown 'em here, I'm thinking."* Bessie made no reply, and she was unusually silent on their way home. Tho circumstance had set her think ing. She tnetv that Miss Phoebe had never had any Seed" of sweet alyssum. How, then, came it to bo growing on the place1? virgin the scattered man ner In Which iV.gjew tho soeds mUst have been dropped accidentally, and on the sill of that very window bv whiclj the burglar had entered the house. ; (She knew, she felt In her;in most: tofcar*, tlia^. Xtobert Steel had n e ver Crossed that "tvindo w-sill . Who, then, had lelt that .mysterious trace to rise ujj in silent acous^tion against ? Host less and , hgitittsd, Bessie slept notieTliat lltghtT THo next morhing, before tho sun was fairly risen, found her on hor way to the Fanner's Rest, it was a distance of apme five or. njioro fniles, yet she thought not of fatigue aa she steadily tramped along tho lone ly road through the increasing heat. She had invented a littlu business errand to Mrs. Winterby, and on i'hor arrival, having dispatched this, she adroitly turned the subject to thd gar den, of which she knew the landlady to Ke: so;pftWffr- Of eoUWe she was in vited to see it. .and it was not long ere sho descried tho plot of sweot alyssum of which she had heard. "That's tho only sweet alyssum in this part of tho country," Mrs. Win terby observed, proudly. "It's a very skeerse yarb and powerful sweet smelling. I dare say you never saw any of it before, Bessie?" " Only once," Bessie answered. "I suppose you never give away any of the seeds?" ,, " Well, I hadn't any to spare in the spring? not more'n a'thiinbleful that I got from my sisfcer. Lambkin down outh. Mrs. LuWsdn wanted some powerful bud, and I did send Iter a lit tle pinch; but when I asked her awhile ago how it. was growing she said she never got it. I'll have plenty to give away this fall, and you're welcome to some, if you want it, Bessie. It's a nice thing. to have in a garden, smellln' so sweet of an evening; hud 'some folks like it- put away in a clothes press. It keeps away moths, I've liecrd." "I'll be glad to have some, I'm sure," said Bessie, adding: "It's a pity Mrs. La\yson didn't get her seed. Who did you send them by ?" I " Hy Stephen (Ireer, one evening when he stopped jest outside tho fence here, while 1 was fixing my flower-beds. - IIo, asked what I was planting, and when' I s'aid *weet nlys suin, lie said he'd never heerd of It, but | once, when Mrs. Lawspn was wishing for some, because it used to grow in hor mother's garden. So then I gavo him a pinch, and he dropped 'em in his wesklt pocket, careless-like, instead of tying 'em up in paper; and that's the way, I take it, they came K> be lost." } J heart Vi'iftbeatjng so fast, as nearly to choke ner. To conceal her agitution she stooped down to examine tho plant, as she said: "* "That wasn't like Stephen,, Greer, lie's always careful and ciutttons. How long ago since you saw him Imfetlme V" i "Well, nigh upon two months ago. i| ? now 1 rckillect ? 'tw|\tU0 oven " liobert Steel stopped ffteffe to got n>er. I know it, because he hadn't !t?mly got out of sight wlfwMStephen &Uio along, and my old jttah got to lot^ng hmY about hi in and |Wl$ Uessie, Poor lad!" she added, with, a sigh; yjtwonld a b<;en letter if awM never wfa o bcek;to bo tlrt-oWed ifWfhe way i of sich awful tomptatlon; for you can f convinco me that a good-mftored, kind jySftrted lad such uh ltobenF^s could ha' planned xth-h.a thing in <A>lW .11. i If his Hunt hadn't Lejl so h^rd, _iiin from a eHild he'tFu^f turned ; ids good m anybody." fltobert never Rtola that ?nonev-^-J Jer murdered Mls&, 1'lflDl" said nnCT|)e ile, standing <jree4, ai^f^eaking such firm and nlinojt exifltant inis that :the .^anlMfr . "\ta^ Hied. J sjJf Then she took a hnaty leave and hurried homeward, flusl^i* oxcite?l and with anroccasional ffwing ex clamation of u Thank- G<^^ on ham trembling lips. % Oh, blessed little plant, appear in In, that fetid iWlwlaWC?flfce an accui nil angej^ to clear thp JnnpopnV wd p tit out the.gutfty ) i And wlth'tMs thought in, her h \rt shohurried straight to the lawyer iio i had* ly^ett chosen as Itobert St jl'p counsel. i ? J Wo havo but llttlo moro to ad< to this truo story. Following untlio< etr' rio fojti^atttly, /m? almost Wraflerf Htl off orOd, a clearer wwo of clnflms <1?? tlal evidence was mado out ag? rial Stophert Greer -than had scrftjAagji flat Uobcrt' Steel.' " * ' 1 On hearing the whrthi fitepher In order to defend himself agaihAt LIul fchargo r?r murder, voluntarily plei leyl guilty to that of burglary. . . He had, he said, on that fatal c en fug, romainvd in tiin village ^ilh p ttio Afft*U>u6M wnaut 0M(f^?4k. w starting homeward, neliao been Ir mijutjy to turn a littlp out of his flt|!(ty))iiitiH<4? *hcihtr his t llobert Steel, was really at the \ h^n^wMh $ lfpr'ft, hA^fie kit '?window mnd another In that, of PhrtiboVreriim -Glancing throng. latter aa hW parsed, his attention w? festefflff *4lng tjm bid lady At an open uhMflrtg a bill from alkrge bnri()le^>f brtoJ( tibtes, Which Rho then h'ro<^o<lw*o 'ftjjr\co in, a little fHtfrir rtVWWer, aud'bMofcg It, finng the key on a nail l?ehlnd them-cn-tary and left the room. Proceeding next to the I ' ' ? " A I kitchen window, he saw her talking I earnettly to a young mun, as the latter sat at the table, eating jandit instant ly occurred to hittt tliat here would be j a good opportunity of helping himself to the money, the sight 01 which had j excited his cupidity. Cautiously raising tho sash, inch by inch, he stepped through the window, , unlocked the drawer and possossed himself of the roll of bank notes. All , this had taken some considerable time, | and meanwhile'^ Bobert Steel must have left ; for, as he was in the act. of j shutting the drawer, Miss Phoebe ap- : peared at the open doorway and in- I stantly darted forward and seized him i as he endeavored to escape. A struggle took place, and to compel i her to relax lie* hold, he had seized her | by the throat; but lie flrtnly protested i that he had no thought or intetttUra of | injuria h?r. He wished to escape un- i recognized, and when sho staggered toward the bed he had hastily effected his retreat through the window, catch ing his clothing on a nail as he sprang to the ground. It was in this way that the 'seeds were scattered Ayhicli, had now arisen from thjr ground; in Silent evidence again him. Stephen Greer was sentenced to a long term in the State's prison. When at the end of those weary years he came forth a free man Hillside w?s one of the most prosperous little farms in the country, and Farmer Steel and his wife, Bessie, as happy-looking a middle-aged couple as could be met with, while a family of stalwart sons and comely daughters were growing up around them. There was ? line p-nrden at Hillside, stocked with rare and beautiful flow ers, but it was observed that among these tho simple and unpretending sweet alvssum seemed always tho fa vorite with Bessie. ? Susan Archer Weiss. Men's Heads. oTtastC HftiflV,;; terer'? , Mteaco^Hi TwidUertu The question whether our heads nro smaller than those of our grandfathers has been attracting particular attention in European circles. The subject was first agitated by writers for Nature, London, ono of whom, Mr. F. P. Tuckett, insists that the average size of hats lias decreased one size within the last twenty-five years, which means, if the criterion is to be trusted, a diminution of three-eighths of an inch in average circumference. As Mr. Tuckett adduces in evidence of his assertion the testimony of leading hatters in London, ho is probably right so far as that part of the case if concerned. ttut there are, as Mr. Charles Roberts explained in' a re joinder to Mr. Tuckett, various rea sons for the average decrease in size of hats, without accepting that gentle man's views of the cause. In the first place, men wear their hair cropped more closely than they did years ago, and, in the second, the fashion noNv is to wear one's hat on the top of the head instead of pulling it down over the ears, as was done by men of the hust generation. Again, the tall hat is now worn by a large class of persons who are uniformly small-headed, such as clerks and shopmen, who formerly did t\ot nffdrt suclw* luxury, Mr^lle, on the other hand, iiiany persons Of the larue-hcaded class, clergymen, and others, who wore tall hats only years ago, have 1 now giyen thqm. up. ( and prefer the soft f?*lt ? tJ6- the J uncomfortable sec tion of stove-pipe once in vogue. The only way to get at the truth would be to dxnmlne.the statistics of eaoji } class separately, and to make an allowance of a quarter of an Inch for the present mode of wearing the hat and cropping the hair. Hut if Mr. Tuckett's view is to l)e accepted, then, while the head has lost in size, there has been a gen eral gain in weight and vigor of body; for, comparing the statistics of factory children In 1838 with those of 1873 In tjlfO tlfctf |$illdren of ten year*; of ago are now as tall of stature and as heavy as children of eleven veaj-A of . ago were forty years ago. There is aitgrertt variety, how ever, in the ?lz<? of , heads in the in tellectual classes in England. Accord ing to Mr. Tuckeit, Lord Chelmsford wears a C.J hat only, and the sizes of some prominent people he gives as fol low?: The late. Dean StJ\nley, 6|; Lord Deaoonslleld, 7-r the l^rince fof, -Wales, 7; Charles Dickens, 7A;'LorU Sel bourne, 7J; John Bright, 7A; Lor i7jfc? Mwmuig&i jtM %:ottnn Miyjludsione, 73; ThacVeray, 78; IW 'PhilliVjJk# 7ff * hi* JCiltah, tho eehjbrated musical conductor, 71, and ,Lh? Artfhblshal>*ef York; 8. Tile pre late most possess ? head of twentyrl foW Ifiches in circumference, whiltJ ge,; tljat *ori I that of Dickens W,?l > V. . /BMickerar beyond the avonige, a fid tin pumpkin-Wml of Louis l'hillipe was yery lafgk , ,.,r ; ; . * " 1 l? ? n ^ Gastronomic Vagaries, ,*w ferent rmans klmost | [fane* | 'Ulgar , An 1 fiango ! [biros, ] PQUl VS of I theso ! tabled Hone*! Itacles j wAs a ] llotnA 1 with- 1 L'OCk. ' the , the iteem. : and ;e, but The Itli the | of tho to tlife} ' larks ' eaten jo Idea ' r?*n?^lv j xn over' eetr ie.h - were JiOW.,, i,U . Oqese *ere also highly r they w^re eaten not with A'iWi stufTed with small green apple ?dank 'Mid teAK-wtrn mrvvd iltlcto the otangri and not tl) lemon; and they Were prefefcn. hfittheock and woodcock. As f and iwiyhe# tye^ro usrtnll nt the end of a meal, wlth*!t] th at it wa&ld prove d soyerftign a^alrtst 'Affections of the bowel jects of the Ctesars was the ammon thrush, These birds were miffed and fatted in large establishments near Home, and brought very high prices. The artificial rearing of these birds, which are excellent for tho table, would prove an easy matter."4 SAVING MANY LIVES. I *f the Old Llshtkceper Wh* Hu Uwi Over Tlilrty-onu Vonrt on a. a ?land In Lon( Island Hound. Captain Oliver N. Brooks, who for thirty-one years has kept burning the light cn Faulkner's Island, in Long IMand Sound, l?*\s resigned and left the sceno of his faithful labors. The New Ilaven Palladium, which gives an interesting sketch of the captain's life on tho little island, says that he has assisted over 100 vessels which have been wrecked or grounded on tho treacherous reef. AJbout seven years sincothe freight propeller E. W. "Wood ward was stranded on tho reef during ? terrible winter's storm. The crew were taken off by Captain Brooks and remained several days on tho island. Suddenly tho vessel floated and drifted to another position; the crew went off and were unable to save her. A gale setting in, t'.o uien wero unable to return, and wero in immediate danger of perishing. Cap tain Brooks then collected all the cordage on the island, and at ono time had determined to tako down tho beds and use the bed cords. Splicing a long lino from the different sized cordage, he and his nephew, who very fortun ately was on tho island, dragged thoir bout on the ice as far from tho shore as possible. Brooks playod o".t the lino and allowed the boat to drift down upon the fated vessel, white the ne phew directed tho frail craft. Fortu nately tho boat lloated within three feet of tho steamer's bow. and by means of this life lino tho seven sea men on board wore rescued, some of them more dead than alive? owing to tho severe cold. Tho rescued men re mained fourteen days on the island, and when Captain Brooks landed them at Guilford he was obliged to remain on the main land six days, owing to the severe weather. On several occa sions of storm tho islanders have been cut off from tho shore for four weeks, In 1839 Captain Brooks rescued five persons from a stranded schooner. Tho crew took to tho rigging, and tho wifo of the schooner's captain was lasiied to tho masthead. Just before tho res cuo tho mate, in climbing into tho rig ging, with tho captain's babo, dropped pit into the sea. In some years thirty vessels have touched bottom at tho island. Very many vessel would float with the re turning tide. Eighty total wrecks have occurred at tho island during Captain Brooks* long term of servicc. Not many years since Captain Brooks went out in the night at great personal pej-il and rescuod tho crew of tho old schooner fWgm?^pv .For his bravery and humanity he has received many tokens of reward. Four steamers of tho lighthouse de partment stop at the island at stated intervals, viz., the Mistjqtoe, which carties engineers' supplies ; tho Fern, with oil, coal, etc.; the Putnam, of tho inspectors' department, at*l tho Cactus, which carries general supplies and provisions, and is usod as a buoy setter. Tho Fern calls once a year, \>ut the other steam ers more frequently. Captain Brown; of the lighthouse board,' offered Captain Brooks a furlough of ono yoar and tho promise of a good position on shoro if ho would rom^ip in the service, but the veteran light-master declined. Tho captain's family consists of his wifo and two dautfhtert-^danghters true and brave, who have shared their father s peril in the rescue of many a poor castaway seaman. Mary onco accompanied; tor father out in the boat and assist in the roscuo of sev mwmm almost frozen men. This daughter is an expert at^Mp oar, and has several times as/dsteid Jior father in soasona of at Tho Greatest Iron Work# In the World. Tho firm 6f Frcrlorich Krupp owns nn(1 noaltny I(*^$Tor famuiw? Inhabited by about 16,000 people. Tho varlouB colonics aro transversed by wide fttreeto, llghtorl by gaH, and are sup plied *ritn good ahd'rtdmrient water by l.io aqueduct of tho factory. Tho> an nual font for -family lodgings of fftim two to Coyr vljfCQH (beside celbfcr and attic accommodation) varies from sixty-six to 180 marks (a mark Ih al>out I vii ha tip ; MtM r w? ,rk rnon ' ran find board and lodging at a largo Iwnrdlng-^ortftc, "cftpabW of holding 1,800, at eighty pfonnlge (twenty cents United Htates currohcy) a inan a day. For more experioiiced and l>otter paid men a special board ing establishment baa l>eoiy out up | at which they oan live for ,?>ie marj ten pfennlgfl (27| centfc Vnltcd States j currency) per head and day. Thero j ^ar? 150 Jodglnga wrtfujide /or the fore- i mftn aiUlqHlt"l3 Ofltju (uHoi"y. There in also a common bakery, which turns i out annually 130 tons of white and 2,100 tons of black broad ; a butchery, ^ukNhiM'fcn WW.*' I"'" pie from 450 pieces of largo cattle and 1,500 smaller animals pAr annum, besides shops of every description, a selters-water manufactory,* a tavern j called " Kssener 1 1 of," seven beer j saloons with billiards, l>owling-alleyH, ota The colony of Kronenbcrj has a daily market. The trading places, shops, etc., give employment to 270 persons, and their annual transactions amount to 2,250.000 marks, all the sales being "cash." On principle, no profits aro to be made, and thus far subsidies have been required every year, tho management of the shops, etc., not being an association on tho part of tho workmen, but an undertaking on that of tho farm, and conducted on Its account for the bene fit of the workpeople. Tho east-steol factory has a hospital, a house for con tagious diseases and a bath-houso ' Special caro Is taken of tho sohools. School-houses, with twenty airy school rooms, are placed at tho disposal of colony Altendarf ; Kroncnberg and Schoderhof have a private school, con ducted by one rector, eight ma!o and 1 four female teachers, besides two as sistants. Tho pupils number about 1,000. For instruction in feminine handiwork thoro aro two Industrial schools, ono for adults, tho othor for school-girls ; the former under the direction of an Inspectress and eight , female teachers to upward of 700 pupils ; the latter conducted by twelve female teachers, one-half of whom are I widows of former workmen. Interesting Facts About Iron. Tho manufacture of i.on imple ments and the extraction of tho metal from iron ore, says an exchange, readies back to the earliest record of the race. The- boo* of Genesis tells us that Tubal Cain was an "instructor of every arti ficer in brass and iron." Travelers have found iron in positions indicating its use in many of the earlier struct ures of cities ancient of the East. There is hardly a country of the pres ent day, however uncivilized, but that tho people aro skilled in the use of primitive iron-smelting furnaces, and they produce many articles for agri cultural and household purposes. It is well known that during the Roman occupation of England many rich beds of iron ore were worked on an Im mense scale, while tho rich deposits of debris and cinders left by the waste ful habits of the invaders aro being worked over again with profit to tho present operators. The chemical nature of iron and its combinations are as universally known as it is widely distributed, entering largely into the coloring matter of human blood, and abounds in plants , and minerals, and the red color of some j earths and rocks is due to its presence; I in fact, common clay is composed of ' oxide of iron and a part from which ! ordinary alum is extracted. Iron and platina are tho only metals that are ! capable of being welded at red heat, ' the union of iron and steel is seen in j tho manufacture of axes, where tho j steel is joined to tho main portion of 1 the ax which is of iron. In the pro- j cess of handling iron in the several j processes of hand forging, annealing and tempering wo of this day can lay J claim to no superiority to tho Phccni- ' oians, Arabs and Porsians of long ages past. But when we look at tho enor mous quantities now produced through out tho globe we see the many uses to which it is put, and tho prominent ! part it plays in all our commercial and ? industrial enterprises. One chain of i mines alone, the Lako Superior iron j mines at Marquette, aro producing 2,000,000 tons of oro yearly. Now Jersey, wo believe, has tho j credit of being the first State where bar-iron waft madefroih tho oro. In 1674 iron works were established in Shrewsbury, Monmouth county ; and from 1725 to 1776 many forges wore built in Morris county, some of which are still operated. These served vain-, able purposes to the American caus^ia the war for independence, in tho oAstl ingpf cannon balls and other implfe rnents of warfare. In 1845 PeWr Cooper, the almost, eontenarian, gaged in >the iron business at Trenton, and erected the largest rolling mill lit that, t^rne in tho United States for tho manufacture of railroad iron. Now wo have immense mines of iron oro in several of the New England States, j whllo New York Is largely represented In tho list, some of the most oxtensivs I producing mines being found In the Empire State. Pennsylvania, of course, in prolific lh this tefcpoct, and in most ! of tho Southern States iron is produced ! in largo quantities. The consideration of tho multifarious 1 ukos to which iron is' put points to the ! fact that the supply must new Is be im- ' mouse to meet the demaptt. All our ' ships of wnr, uiuj ?coup S^e^fhefs are now constructed or Iron ; initny lar^e warehouse#! an^lmftst ftftircly huUt ' of thiil mAtM-ia*'\v hle m&ndleu* 1UH. ! of meohalflVal, agricultural and house- i lipid (jr tides only bewilder tho mind In ! ofiomj^to the qnau fUAj We need only add that in the '1>o&cffc ^ of the land in our own country lie Im bedded enough t>t' the ore for every conceivable demand of the merchant HeWftrrf what y6h 'uy1 of ofbi'r*,- H** calwe yoW oYily reveal yourself thereby. A man does not think to look )>ehim1 the door ijnltp bo has some timo stood there himself. ( ' ' All tht*' knowledge we mortals can I acquire is not knowledge positive, but knowledge comparative, and subject to tho errors and passions of humanity TOK TH V IT* SEX. Expr?i ..v . ..ikliigv The following is (: hu an interview with a dealer in husiiry : The r;.^i I r oxpi nsivestockings grows mere v oh "i every y< ar, There would pos.tvi ;\ appear to be no limit* to t U;* Uu^'iii to which women will go i:i the way <?t' expense fur their hosiery. Only a few years ago it occasioned remark if uiy lady not of wil-lly fashionable lnbln paid more than ten dollars fur a pair of stockings. Now we sell hundreds and hundreds of pairs at pi ices rang ing from forty-live to sixty dollar-. Yon sec, in tho present style, ti e hosiery is depended on to give the finishing touch' to all toilets and tie* nicest discrimination is needed in selecting colors and texture. American women now go to greater lengths than Europeans in this r - spect. The custom of having the <?? at of arms or monogram worked in g 11 1 shreds ' on the instep ef t: *i ?? dress stockings is now qu.te general and hai led to the g neiai introduction of those very 1 ? ? w eui Dipppc slippers. The fashionable e< lor now is blaek, and the general impress ion among women is that the leg never allows to better alvan'age than when cncased in a black-ribbed stocking with long and narrow clocks. The real Balbriggan, French li-lc thread and silk sto< kings run" in < (juisite shades, and leaves almost noth ing to bo desired. The in tep# in many instances are of real point lace and reveal the color, what 1 may w ill term the cemplcxion. ot the lady's lot t through the interstices in the laee. Then, too, there arc many popular fan cies in stockings that so- m grot-vjue. but are still in demand. Mili'arvst ic!. ings are sold largely about the time of the West Point commt ncemeut. Tin y are of cadet blue, with gold bars and stripes and various military insignia worked in them. Then we have stock ings with tisli worked in them for limb ing excursions, and also a special line for hunting. Fnsliion Notov Silver jewelry grows more and more popular, and some exquisite workman ship is exhibited in this direction. Birds of every description are used to decorate mulTs. Duplicates of those selectefl for the mutT are generally worn on the hat or bmnid which accompanies it. Some of tins' ornit hological etligies are too large for good taste. BoWfi'-of black or colored plush or velvet are now tied round the throat instead of lace, but colored laee is also in favor, especially red and dark blue. Silk handkerchiefs of pale terra cotta, saffron or bright red are still popular and in inos.t eases becoming. Th?> fancy remains lor black si 1 U stockings, with low black slippers, b r r?ll evening toilets, yet tjiose of rose or pink like the dress, with slippers to match, are also used. While silk stockings and white slippers are, how ever, worn by brides and bridemaids. Stylish military rodingotes of dark blue cloth have the, standing' collar, pockets, cuffs and double-breasted front trimmed with silver braid in Roman designs. Down the back of the skirt is set a double row of large silver buttons, in designs of old Human medallions. For outside wraps plain velvet is , very fashionably worn )>uth for large and small confections and many red- J ingotes and long casaques are being ; made of it by principal modistes. The trimmings are of fur or oY jet pend- ! ants, and exceedingly wide j>a>semen- ; terio bands. White, gray and black are said to bo just now the colors most dear to 1 Parisians. Black velvet hats are ' relieved with white ostrich tips, or ! white-breasted pigeons, and eilgt d j With ft cord of silver, gold or steel. Gray is trimmed with steel or silver worked black laee, with an occasional j dash of terra-cot ta color, visible in the I lining of the hat. Skirts of black lace are veryTashlon- 1 able ; they aro made over terra- *olia| colored silk or red satin skirt*, mid j sometimes over lavender >1t Orange. ! With such skirts a very stylish bodice : may bo in the shape of along coat, made with revers and fastened in front with two large plain gold buttons, and 1 shoiying al>OY0r and below a white j The burinesf of ViilLg rind eat chin^ ?llififttortpruytilgiio^M'mjittit)!! lot quite ft number t>f p ersoiiR in our St.aM\ sa< s most a day's work Urakimh Ulrge one. J Alligator oil, tvhleh lift* f^ flr^t/'ft most unpleasant sftiell, is tm\c(f TmrnV as ft j remedy for rheumatism. I^SElicriiien I sometimes eat portions of tlKffltiiinal's body. The fiushftf the tii^l, '^fjiftn^ookisl, ii 'said to be liko . vv#l .iniJook and! like pork In taste. Younjt ones are. bought by dealers at $2 to $1 ft dozen, if not over one foot in length. TUey fftph ft mueli higher price when retailed, iu tli'ejr are htttttjtoXeep alPt'e. ' There is an increase in tno seUipa-, priee of fifty cents to |fl every ad- ' ditional foot over a 6eftaln length, : Alligators sixteen to eighteen j riches ' long are often found by dor.en* in shal- ' low water, and they Ifirtt 'tye handled without trouble, proVldtel the did one does not take alarm. Most aligator flpUe.fu.are. Usiftlly turtle-hunters as well, pulling out The animals from holes - ? ... ? '? n%e'on". Hi " ) raised seven l?oys," said an A i fcanaaw trinn, "And all but one was horned to death Ty n enw, JAko wan hlowed ut>, Him w<*h killed l?y a wild tfo^, and Nat was flun^ from a liorrfbl and killed'," ' "What was thA othet hon'n namoV" i I K?od :i l"?y hh rfwlll/nti; ahA RliI J Iff | That liny could write hia natno ? -ywhar, and ho could read this hi# rIiow prihtin'." ?' And ro Ihoy worn all killed hut ? "Yen," nald th^old man, with a sor rowful Rtflh. And whathoramnof Ltflfl?" "Why, flir. tho governor took a fool (nh notion and wouldn't pardon him, and he waa hnng." Tho Ilusband to Ills Wife* If I should die bcfoio you, lovo, I pray you do not keep Your woo beyoud tho first few tear* '1 1 10 w*>rld will Imvo you weep ; But ?iy, "I make his hoavcu less By moaning thus in drofiuess." And plant iny violets, whit? and blue, Al>ove my place of rwl, And tend them with those dear, kind h&nds I l.dvo so oft caressed. And say, "These flowers woro hlB last will, And for his sake I watch them still." And when the spring that I so loved Shall flush the land wiih lifo, I pray you seek my quiet gravo, But not with tears, swoet wife ; And if tho flower* ii> litoom shall be, Bay, "Lo ! ho sends his lovo to me." ? Harper's ISaxar. HUMOROUS. A charming woman ? A witch. A humdrum sit ? A military band A pair of slippers ? Tho orango and banana skins. When a hog becomes mad he fairly bristk-s with anger. You can never expect a blacksmith to give up all his vices. When does water resemble a gym nast V When it makes a spring. Clothes don't make the man; it's the man that makes t ho clothe*. ? Htntts Km ii. He said her hair was dyed; and when she indignantly >aid, " "i'is false!" he an id he presumed so. The wind seizes the four-dollar um brella as quickly for its victim as does the dollar one. ? lSnthilp Express, lSMting p.i|u r was first discovered in 1 K?">, but it lias been mighty hard work ever since to lind any when you want it. "I aim to tell the t.nth." "Yes," interrupted an acquaintance, "and you are probably the worst shot in America." Scientiiie men have lately discovered that the < Tab does not crawl backward? It is marie that way. It is going for w ard all the time. Artificial limbs were discovered in the days of Abraham, for the Bible tells u-> of his having a handmaid. ? Xvw York Comim rrial. A coach on the Pennsylvania -rail road is called "the bride's car." Pre. sumably for the reason that it is coupled to the mail car. A professor wa? lecturing on " After Man, What V" A listener re marked that it was "generally the sherili, c>r some woman." To a n iid (ofTee as 1 1 i >- a 1 h . Ten and coffee are natural allies, but. they arc also i\atur:d rivals. As agaimd alcoholic drinking in any form they art? combined. It i.s over the un occupied territory, alter alcohol has been driven away, that the contention botween the two liomes. Taking the world through, the general verdict seems to be in favor of tea. Two of ?he largest empires in the world ? China and Russia ? are tea drinkers. In Bokhara and Sainarcaid, and in mo>t parts of Central Asia, the teA-urn is l'orevrr steaming. On the other hand the Arab and the Turk, and with them the whole western part of the Mohammedan world, are coffee-drink < r>. The dt cision of Europe is not ab solute for either .side. It seems to be very iiincli d? terminer! by what we may call the accidents of the case. The na tions which can get good tea drink tea. Those which can get both drink both. England claims to be one of these, but the preference of England is beyond all doubt l\?r tea and not for coffee. The unfair choice is very largely compen sated for in the Unitod States ? the chief coffee-consuming country in the world. Englishmen, too, would prol> abiy make more use of coffee than they <lo if they could once be induced to overcome the initial difficulties of hav ing it prepared as it ought to be. Tea c.m be made easily enough. It may be strong or weak according to fancy. It is tea in either case. Tlift right plan, we aro assured, is to put plenty of tea into the pot, then to adil a. little more tea; and, this done, to leave it to chance whether the liquid (.?')nes out strong or weak. But, whatever wo njay think of weak tea, there is no good word to be said of weak coffee. Coffee must he very strong if it is to deserve the name of coffee at all. It is a generous drink, and it is for generous natures. The lit IJi- art \ winch the frugal housekeeper u-esin hiakingtca are not to bo thought uf ui malting coffee. There must bono economy in the amount used, no filling up of the pot;'no making theRamo ma leiial nerve twice over. That tea should ever be made like this is bad enough, but there may bo tastes so de pi in ed as to put up with it and to sen nothing to object to alnmt it. The fuan has yet to be found who can oven mako pretence of liking weak coif op, rlil ut (Ml into ten times its proper vol u mo and us dukicnt in fragrance as in strength.- I.mulon Times. .* , . , I it I_? Useful JUrrts, ' When Michigan wan invaded by thn army worm, the blackbirds did excel lent work for the suffering farmers. On the prairie myriads of these birds, yellow i.irds and robins were hovering ? over the place most infested, evidently making a meal of the worms. Justin , front of the rigid, llank of the army of Sfojhrt* Is a cornfield, and all AltVpg the enst feifefr*, Which so parities If, fiVmi the meadow, a line of blackbirds were sta tioned in ih good order as if marshaled for a light under a military leader. They would lly in a solid iiihss to M,e ground as if ^Hacking something then fall back to the position on tho fence, from whion th?y' repeat e< lly ad vanced in a body. "Those birds," said a gentleman, "are protecting that corn." Surely enough, examination showed that the pent iferous Insects had come up to the fence, but bad not gone an inch beyond, and none eon Id be seen on the corn. *Mut a largo number of dead worms could he seen on the ground where, t he birds had been east of the fence f< is certain that the birds had made havoc with the worms, and it. really looked as if they had ft design in it to keep them out of the cornfield.