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FRANK p. BEARD, Publisher. VOL. XI. Gazette. BR JUBT ?4" OJT. ^3t-- T7-- t-r7 ? r ? ? : ^ ? ? CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY. S. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1883. TWO D0UAJ1S A YtAR. NO. 12. ?- ? - fewlM m feette. TJIK PEOPLE'S PAPER. Pl'HI.IHIlKU AT CAWUKJI, H. ('. FRANK P. BEARD, Publisher ? To CorpfspoiHlfii(*. All MfumiialcaUoiit for till* tbculJ Ua ac eompeuted by tbo ni ne of tli? author, uot doc? Wliy for publication, but m an o'Wnim of ro<4 faiUj on the part of tbo writer. AViitoonly on oue ?ldo of thepapor. Be particularly carcful tu glTlug D1BN and da tee to ha*o tbo letter* plain and 41? Unet. THE ROSES, O'er dew-kist grata hor drees Is drawn? 1 watch her often a* she goes To greet the tiny bnky rc m That blossoms with (lie budding dawn; Lightly across the level lawn A fragrant breath of summer blows Her ringlet curls apart, and show* Her crimson check ore it Is gone. 4a Three roees, radiant and. rare ? ^ i Her velvet cheek? the faint first flush Of morn? tho freshly opened bud j I loro them all so richly fair? But beet? her delicate pink blush? A damask roae of gentle blood. Frank D. Sherman, <? th? Mdf^attnn. A WILLFUL GIRL. "It is really too chubby; I ought not to wear it, had I? I ought not to go.** '/Dear, you look so pretty and so dainty in it, what can I nay? I'm sorrv, but ? " "Oh, well, if you like it; perhaps it's only that I have worn it so many times; the lacc is mended iu ever so many places; it's really such an old friend, Esther, that I am tired of it, and must get a new one somewhdro." " Tessy, Tessy, I can't bear to hMrjau talk liko thrit, not oven in jeBt.^^f^e pale, sweet face of the elder sister had grown poler still. There was a pained look in the soft eyes and her breath capie quick. "If you want a now dregu thero is some monet, son&o silver laidlfcvay in the box there -but we can get along ? and you must use.it." She stopped; H seemed that tho crowding tears jyould not let her go farther. Her voioS gjl9 out. " Esther," and the pretty young girl took that pale, quivaring.-.faco in hep: two slim hands ? "you thought I wat' in earnest? You thought I qould toko thft money? You could think -^o TSadly as* that of me? No, I will nevpr jpko again. I will always be in dead eaffi?. I have noticed before now that I get intoX great deal of trouble bccauBO ' of jay foolish habit of joking. And now ? now kiss me." ^ Was not that sad-faced, ^ontlelaidy, with tho tears noi; yet rtujte Vanished from her own oyeB, proud to'touch with a soft carcss the round cheeks turned so prettily toward her? "You know yourpretty way of joking makes one of my greatest pleasures," she said; "and I ant a' foolish old s woman; but if vou want the dress? "Willst An mir nicht cincri kuss gebqn ?" called a cleiji" voice from the opep window. Doth woiftfln turned ; a pleasant faco? blonde, with a blonde beard, and pleasant. blue eyes, smiling frpm under thick waves of curling fair hair ? was peering in at them. "Oh, Joseph, is it yotf?" two voices spoke together. This smiling apparition, Mr. Joseph Muller, held out a dewey knot of flowers; all green leavos, white buds and tiny tendrils. Thoir exquisite fragrance filled tho room. -T It is my contribution," he said, flush ing behind the curtain that ho pushed back with one hand. " I g6t them as I came along, at Floyd's." "Ah! an! how beautiful! How can we thank you, Joseph ? Oh, why was I not born a flower, just a white rose liko this? Then I should not have to trouble about a new dress. Now Miss Esther Payne 1" The blue oyes of the young man had beon from the first fixe?f on this slim, fair flower-bud of a girl, who wns hover ing over his gift in an ecstacvof delight. The eyes flashed now with pleasure, as she took a spray of buds from tho bunch and turned to hor sister. "You may put these right there, If yovr please ? there in that bunch of curls ovor my forehead -f-o; that improves the matter." " 8hn has been fretting about her dress," explained Miss Payno to the young man in the window. " " Her dress ? Why, what is tho matter with it ?" he asked, opening hiB eyefl wido. " It is old, and It is old-fashioned ?nd it is ugly," ejaculated Tessy, with emphasis. "Why, I was just thinking how pretty it Is, and I wondered if you made it new for tho occasion," remarked that stupid young man ; t " all that green color with the white, just like an apple and a bud; I thought you must be a flower-bud your self unfolding." Miss Payne smiled, but Therese made a dainty face. . "The lacc is mended all ovor; but, then it's real lace? real Mechlin," she observed, bewildering her masculine ad mirer with grave technicalities. ltappily, no only saw tho face, the btown hair ruffling on the forehead, the lovely eyes that laughed at him; tho low, sweet voice that patroi^zed him. "Oh, Blume, weisse Mumel"he re peated, rapturously. "Please don't talk in that awkward German," criod Tessy,: pettishly. "It only makes me think of my school les sons, and I can't understand it ^either. How ran I tell whethejr you are laughing at mo or paying mo ft compliment?'" The young man laughed. "Oh, Blume I" ho repeated ? " oh, flower I I was paying you a compliment, ft just tribute." "And tho other ? when you first eamot" Joseph blushed and fidgeted. "That? oh, that was just nonsenso; I must ask you to pardon it," he stam mered. The grave, soft eyes of Miss Payno looked at him as if she would say sho had no fear he would say there to them aught that would bo displeasing. Bhe 8 Untied At his dress, and then said, oubt fully: "Were you going to the park? were you on vour way?" Joseph shrugged his shoulders, smi ling ; "I shall go presently. Bui I shall ?wait till the brass band and speech making are over. I don't wish to be deafened and disgusted at the samo time." Both of tho women laughed at his un mistakable look of distaKte. Therese nodded at him from over her shoulder, her little white hat, with its bluebells and| snowdrops, making a shadow for Mr eyes to shine out of into his. ",Ob, querulous musician I I wonder thst a young man who had such an CAr for discord can't make better music of his o*w, especially when ho is tho owner of, beside tho eat, a genuine Paganini violin. There, I have got- some of tho Southernwood on mo, and if they smell me in advance they will think a whole village flundav-school Is comine. Oood 4 ~ good-bye." e two young people went away in directions, and Miss Payne, left ie, safc fojji 1#?# time In t^ HU1< sun shin 1 ? * ? rr^u stronger than her tears and held its place on her placid mduthjr^For it was Teaay she wu thinking of, the pretty brown-, haired maiden betwaen whom and utter loneliness and hakuettness in a hard world there wm only her own frail life and ? Joseph. Joseph* loved the charm ing, home-sweet Tessy ; Esther was euro of that. But Tessy? Ah I 6he was the " wcisse Blums," truly? the white flower about which the twin might clrclo, sing ing its plaintive song till It should die. "I wish ? oh, I wish"? -fad Esther clasped her handa?togethor with nervous forcp ? "1 wish Tossy could lovenim. 4I could die happy then." pffr The largo tears rose and fell. /f Solely, a girl's heart was not so hard to win^if knows the way." And th<? Rouble was that Joseph did fiot " know the way." lie was good, ho was gehtle and kind; he would fl^^and stammer when tho merry little 'maid asked him bat to do something for her; then ho would rush and stumble over his own feet a^dozon times in tho effort to oboy her? ?and Tessy would laugh at him. \ WWilUt du mi* nlcht elnen kuss geben?" " I think," said Esther to her self ? " I think if Joseph wduld say that to her some day in eamestfand claim tho kiss and take it as his right, he might win my littje Therese." But just hero the troublo ?as. Josoph waa afraid. His gre'it lovflWor the pure young girl, thft**S^hito$flower ? 0f his long, made hirti'tf cowafd. " But^t was a , noble cowardice, and might go far to | help hifin Bomc da/to Jufeh heroic deeds. It was llfte wheriTcSy returned. Jklips raino had* been sitting gloomily in tho room whew shaded lamplight and flooded moonlight/ floured, thrtugh flpen window and-O^WgAe the place a bower 9I golden dusBBg^y ? *Jr* * t , L Tossing aside her' hat and little white* shawl Tossy flung hortetf on-tho flt>or at [\m sister's feet* . Esther pla^d a loving hand>? on the sbf* brown, curling love-, locks vailing tbat bright head. * "Did ?u have ^ happy day, my Tessy?" *. * * ?'Oh, ves," wan the answer, given wit hi magnificent in difference. r, .J l7And ? was Joseph there ??Lf At * 4 'A Josef ? you mean old JoroT, the band fcasfcr? of course was there. jjflow could thcro bo a brass band without old Josef to lead it?" replied again 3^ Tes8r."i * * . . Miss Esther' Pavno touched with W finger of gentle rc proof naughty lips of the speaker. " a* . t A "Did you think I should IftquUe alter sucll a person as that? *' H "Oh, thpnTyou meant, your friend Joseph ? the one that makes qufctatiaps in German to show that he is learned. Yes, certainly he was there, but I d|d not sco very mbch of him." ? , " But why? " And now Miss JPayntfq face grew grave, her voice fell. " But why, my Tessy? Surely ? " " Oh, I don't know." Tessy staretchcd up two slender white hands, clasping them indolently abpye her head. "M see, Esther, when h'C first made his appear ance on the scene we had left the grounds. Most of our girls wore in tho big pavilion Setting our tea at the tabic. And that' orrid Nellie Marchmont , turns there, and Joseph stopped at her tnble and atayed there a long time." ** ?* " Well, what then?" Tessy had paused in her recital, and was lying, half-kneel ing, her soft, flushed cheek resting on her Bifctcr'fl ?rm. She smiled a little gravely when Esther spoke. "What then? Oh, nothing but this, first, I suppose I should not have minded it, but I got a hateful fancy that, it was only because of her dress that ho lingered by her, that ho was ashamed to beiieen with me." ( 4 Tessy I " Oh, I know it was mean of mo; bvit she was beautifully dressed. Bho is dark, you know? dnrk ; and she was all 1 in dark tissue, with broad bands of gold | on her arms and waist and in her hair. It was very becoming to her, and I sup poso Joseph paid her compliments in Oormnn." " Child 1"? and Miss Payno pinchod with a stnilo the little pearl-pink ear. "Well, at all events he, couldn't call her his ' weisso Blumo' ? his white flower? could he ?" quoth Miss Therese, triumphantly. Bho sat up and rested her chin on nor arm to begin again. " And so when I10 at last began to make his way across? meanlnc to speak to mo ? I was engaged to aanco with llarry Wlstar. I really hadn't time to wasto on Joseph. They ? tho other Josof was playing my favorite music. - Tho witch stopped nnd began to hum ono of Gounod's sirs. " And I really didn't see him." " Ob, Tessy ! how could you do so? and Joseph is so kind." ThorO wcro tears ready to break through tho tromblo of Esther's pained voice. " Kind 1" broke in Miss Tessy, indig nantly. " I don't know what your ideas aro; but I call it far from kind to snub mo so. And, after all, I don t think he would have minded it so much ? so very much? but a shower eamo tip while wo wsro dancing, and wo all rushed back to tho pavilion." , Hero Miss Tessy paused again. A dimpling smile stole into her round rosy check. , v " Thoro wns a little spot of marshy ground on the path, ami tho rain had made it won e. Ho when wo camo to that ? you see I had on my light shoes Harry threw down hin ooftt, nnd nothing would do but I must walk over it. And when I looked up. just as we entered the pavilion, what an expression there was on Joseph's fnco ! I do believe ho was swearing to himself? in Gorman." UMy dear," said Esther, timidlyj "don't you think with mo that Mr. Wistar's attention was a little out of place ; that it was consplououa ?" ' Miss Tessy vouchsafed no reply to this. , . , " Don't you* think, dear, you might have reached the pavilion safely, as tho others did, simply by walking on the baro ground? ' " 1 am tired and sleepy ; I must go to bed," said Tessy, suddenly getting up. ThAn sho glanced at Esther's face. " Bmilo 1" sho commanded. " Do you think I am going to say good-nlght to | such eyes as these? Hmilc at oncoi Tho grieved look melted swiftly into tears. With loving nrms twined around each other's neck the two sisters cried silently. But their good night kiss was tho sweoter for thoso tears. In tho qulefr days that followed, per haps because they were living nearer to gether, more in sympathy with each othor? these two sisters noticed, Esther that Tessy was more than usuallv silent, that under hor joyous laugh shone tho glimmer of crowding tears; but Tessy that Esther grow more thin and wan. that her strength seemed to be consumed by some eating fire. ^ J her chair, and knelt by her tide In the old familiar way. the pretty bronze-brown love locks ruffling over her l?p, the white arms soft ly upthrown. r M Dear," said the elder sister in a low voice, "you never sing for me now." " No, answered Tessy, slowly.' "It must be ? I don't know why ? unless ? I don't think of it." " You did not wait once to think of it, Tossy, you sung because you must." " Yes, that does make" a difference to feel the music in one. When a bird is being cooked and eaten I suppose it do es nofieel like singing. " "What in the world do vou meaD, child?" "Mean? Nothing; I never mean any thing; that is why I get into bo much trouble." The girl spoke in a mocking way, but a moment after she began, more seri ously : 14 Do you know, Esther, I was reading this morning the old story of the knightly lover who had a beautiful bird (hat his ,ladv coveted. He was very poor, but ho would not sell his bird. But one flno day tho princess sent a message that she to dine with him, and as he had nothing in his larder tit for so dainty a lady, he bade his cook kill tho bird and I sowrejt."* Here Tesey paused a moment, for a I sound as of tears was in her voice. Sho put her hand over her eyes. & s v". It is such a tender story, Esther, I can*t tell'it as it ought to be told; but the young knight must have sat. and looked at her ? can't you fancy her? ? while she sat at his table and ate his fru gal dinner? and then? elio said sho would love- him ? bo his own tfrub' prin cess ? if he would give her his bird." . "Well," said Esther, derailing, "the princess did .get vtho bird in one way i ( not in another. And *1 wonder if the -young knight quito loved hor when ho eawher eetftg ^ ~ ^ '*Gh, you hard- hearted' woman," mod Tessy. 41 But 1 thought of that, too." - ** Then rising with n (fuick Phange of manner, she said: " I wonder Jf Joseph would contribute his beloved violin to make a fire for me if. I worerfroezing?^'. Etither began to unde#i?tnnd. The next day^Jkliss Payne was not ao well. Sho was lying o%the sofa in tbo little parlor when Tossy camo and knelt bv her and took hfcr two hands. fcTho girl had a <u range, sad feeling as irshe were lost in a wood, with noonotosh6W her the way otit?; "I don't know what to do for you,^ she sobbed. " HhrfH I send for some one. ^h, why' does not Joseph--" w Sne stopped puddpnly, but Eqthcf hoard, and the next day ^.message found its way to tho young man, who answered in person. ? *< I M walked freight up to father's chaft^jrhon he oame in. did not know you wore ill," he said; and oh, the sense jpf comfort, of rest, that tho invalid felt %hon sho hoard his voice? when she looked into Msfcloar eyes. "Ie it anything .serious? ...I am so sorry." Esther smiled gently: but* he grew Save with a startled fear when ho saw e change in hor. "It is not painful ? only a little troublesome; and I should not' mind it. so much, but Tcss-y frets over me." Joseph looked for tho first time at Tossy, who was sitting apart by the win dow. She barely glanced up as sho spoke, bnt there was a bright red flush in her ch<ek. And hor eyes? how soft nnd appealing they were as they looked so briefly. Perhaps he had been un necessarily harah with her; she was sp young? just a slip of a girl, a whito flower unfolding. Presently Tessy slipped from the room. "Come closer, Joseph," began Miss Payne, nervously clasping and unclasp ing her hands; "I have but a moment, and I wish to say to you ? perhaps I am meddling- I am sick and have many fancies; but Joseph, if I wore a young man, loving a shy, half- frightened girl, I should sny to myself? I should always say to myself this truth: 'A faintheart never won a fair lady.'" Joseph looked at her; his fane turned red ana white, and then ho burst, out into a curious, hysterical laugh. M God bless you, Miss Payne. 1 be lievo you are th^ best woman in tho world," he said, earnestly. Ho kissed her hand, how cold it. was I how wan and sad and tired she looked! but- not a meddler; no. When Joseph took his leave, as ho walked along the hall he heard behind a door half open the notes of a piano and a low voice singing - Tessy'B voice. Jos eph hesitated a moment, then picking. up courage, repeating to himself with a queer little smilo the words, "Faint heart never won fair lady," he pushed the door open nnd went in. Tessy was there alone, playing and singing softly to herself. She jumpe?? up when she saw who her visitor was. l< Stay," he said, quickly; "I did not come to disturb you; I came to listen." Tessy stopped and stood silent, with bent face. "Won't you sing me one song ?" he pleaded. But Tossy turned away, and began to gather up hor scattered musio sheets. "I can't sing in German," sho an swered, coldly. " My songs are all simple ones. They are only English songs, not worth listening to." lie looked at hor, hesitated once morn for the last time, then took a stop for ward. "* < "Why do you treat mo in this cold Way, Tessy?" ho burst out. " Have I offended you in any way? ..What havo I done?" "Yon? No; it. is nothing, only ? ? only ? " And then it was all over, and Tessy was sobbing hor grief and joy and ro sontment all out togefhor on Joseph's shoulder. Ho drew her thus close for a little space, and then he drew her out at arm's longth away from him. " VVillst du mir nioht oinen kuss geben?" he said, laughing; and then Tessy lifted a flower fair face and Joseph took his kiss. " Ijlebohon," he whispered, tenderly, and oh, tho beauty of that old, swoot German word as Joseph spoke it! " IJebohen, shall we tell Esther now?" Then he looked at her more ( lonely. " And you have got on the beloved white dross. You must always wear it., oh, welsso Blnme." Tessy laughed. "Come to Esther now," she said. But, alas! Esther was asleep Asleep, and hor darling was safe. ? Ocorland Monthly, Among the 50,000 postmasters in the United StAtea, |8,000 a year is the high eat salary and five cents the lowoat. There are forty'sovon who receive one lit THE MADSTONE. w Its SaeMHfal Application M ? New Oilcan* Boy who bii bocn Iflttcn *Y a Untold Dug, A recent issue of the New Orleans ! Timet- Democrat says : It will be remem i bared that but a few weeks ago the in | tereBting little boy of Marshall J. Smith, I Jr., was terribly bitten and lacerated by I a rabid hunting dog, the pet of the household. The event caused an unusual ' feeling of dread in the community, and not a lew put away their canlno compan ions lest they might ^ive evidence of th*? dread disease, rabies, nnd spread dost rue , tion in the household. Mr. Smith, almost immediately afte his bright little boy was bitten, resolved to try the ofhcacy of a well-known mad stone in Virginia, the reputation of which has been known for uviny years all over the south. A poet -mortem ex amination of the dog by eminent physi- ' cians here proved beyond the pcradven- | ture of a doubt that it had tho veritable rabies, or, as it is more commonly known, hydrophobia. To thoroughly prove that the dog was mad it was kept in confinement until it died, after it had torn and lacerated it self. Then the post mortem examina tion by .welt-known physicians showed the nrooettce of every sign of rabies. Further proof that tho Itnimnl was suf foringTrom hydrophobia is shown by the fact that anotherflOg, also the property of Mr. Smith, which had been bitten, waa placed in a stable and carefullv f watched, arid forty-one days after it had krecoi,ved its wounds it died in a frenzy, ' afteriihowing eVery symptom of the dis- j ease. rt^oth avoided the light,- refused food, ^fere restlpas, snapped at any ob ject and could hot lie still, would.recog niic their master for a moment and then relapse. in a paroxysm. Rabia$ was posi tivply ludicatqd. , It wn.VthercToro^eali^e^ that the sci ence of meaicino knc>V of no:! remedy, and that in all the vnluimnoujr pharma copoeias was no extract^Jtfncture oi1 drug to neutralize the deadly poison of the dog's fangs, llorice an experiment reputed for years successful-,' was not only justidable but advisable. 1$ \yfs that or nothing. ^ v V fr ? Accordingly Mr. Smith, ipn "learning the oxact* location pj this remarkable madstotac, left Hey Orleans by tail with his child and^ eoon arrived at WatTcn tofll&f'duquiei' courtl^, near tho residence ef the ownfrr of the stontf No boater description of jVhat followed can be given than Mr. Smiths own recital : v "I went to Warrenton Ifcrifl found the atono in'possession of Mrs. Luk$ Wood ward, an elderly lady of Fatiquier county, who resided some distance from the town. She, having recoiled intelligence \ of my coming, was there awaiting me, i This stone, which is celebrated' jo; :to past cures, has never been^owncd by any f tarticular individual, but lias always iceii kept in tho custody of some one bfunch of thogJVoodwnrd'family. * " When itr- was shown its was. about thMit of a man's tinger-joint, and it was ubout the color of caniiocl candy. It did not look exactly like p^stone, but rather more like some composition which,"* by long use and absorption, had hardened into a dark, semi-transparent mass. On the side which is applie^to wounds if4s smooth and flat, ana"oH*the>*onposito it is neartv 0val. It had been broken years ago, and^ho pieces were held together by a band of silver.- It njfyenrs that, many years ago, when i^ was applied to a* child, it adhered tenaciously ty n wound, i and the little thing grew restive * by its pressure on his leg and ran out of doors, when the stone dnopped^flLand, falling on a rock, was fractured. When put to cther its efficacy was found, however, to >c the same. " To the nakod eye thp surface of the . stone appeared smooth as that of ordi nary stones, but when the two physicians; who had been summoned to be present during its application placed it under a microscope, tno surface was found to b$ porous, and the pores were filled with ab sorbed organic matter. It. was not heavy, and was what geologists term luminotin stone. ? . *' When we reached there it w*| six days after my son had" receivea his-' wounds, and there had formed over them' a crust such as usually follow wounds of that nature. ?Ho had bfiell bitten in cloven placcs about tho fico, and each of them had to bo raised and tho healing surfaces mode fresh by tho knifo of the surgeons. They w6re scarified, and bc foro tho blood was thoroughly wiped away tho stone, which ha? beon "Im mersed in tepid water, was applied to each wound separately. Tho first wound on which it was placed wns a very severe one on the brow. Mrs. Woodward took the stone from the witter and laid it very gently on the blood-wet surface. It rested there, nnd then the lady, with her thumb and forefinger, attempted to move If sideways from its position. It did not move, and significantly sho called attention to tho fact. It adhered like court-plaster, and the attachment scorned tenacious, The child had boon put under tho influoncbof chloroform and slumbered pencofully. After tho stone had been on about twenty-five minutes it gradually lessened its hold of its own accord and slowly slid oft toward*' tho temple. It wns nut in tepid water again. " On immersing tho stone aftex it had been applied an oily substance or film would lssuo from tho stone and riso to the surface of the Hater. It resembled somewhat glycerine, and was glutinous and thick. Wo applied the stone to the wounds on two occasions ? once the night I arrived nnd on tt.j following morning, and a curious thing wns that it. would not adhere to wounds to which it lind not been applied before. Wheto once it had adhered and fallon Off it would no more attach itself. " The old lady at. the time they wore making ready to apply I ho stone told mn that I might, go homo at once and givo myself no further trouble if the stono did not nttach itself, for the wounds were not those of the bite of a rapid dog. Sho said she had ' with these old hands applied the stono in 220 cases successfully, nnd had yet to heftr of one easn proving fatal afterward.' "Tho little fellow's wounds healed rapidly, a crust was formed, and now there are but few sears left. "f want to say that the Woodwards nre n family well-known in Virginia, nnd are considered well off, to whom il would be an indignity to offer any re wnrd. It is purely for humanity's sake that. Mrs. Woodward offers the use of the stone, and she travels long distance < to apply it to the suffering. She lives in the village of Hectortown, in the mountains, nnd had to ride seventeen *nd one half miles over a rough moun tain road to meet me at Warrenton. She ?ays sho has 110 object in deceiving anv >ne, as she would deceive no recompense for the use of the stone, ami its virtues tfere for the benefit of mankind. It has >eon frequently applied to tho wounds made by deadly snakes and always suc oeMfuIly. Wore the days of railroad# people would oome irom long diatances in ox wagons and oi horseback to try it* powers.'' x . < "J; It Is gratifying td My that Mr. Smith's son is now enjoying the best of health, and the family fipmtieved of an incubua which must have been terrible. Boomerang; Throwing. I The party of nAtivo Australians now in : America Rave, at. Philadelphia, an ex hibition of their Aklll with that peculiar ' weapon, the boomerang. We quote from the '/ Y account of the performance : Their physiognomies were correct . copies of the pictures of Polynesian hor | rorssecn iuola geographies. Their noses were flat. Their eves were deep set. Tlicre were cannibalistic suggestions in the shine of their huffc white tcqtb, and the hair of each would have supplied n drove of Shetlands with manes. Through tho nose of each whs thrust a long bono ?kcwer. Each was said to he a portioa of tlie feroor of nn enemy vanquished, slaughtered, deviled and devoured. The boomerangs, which they held in their hands, looked like crescent-shaped paper knivc6 about, a foot and a half in length. They were made of a hard Australian wood resembling oak, and correspond with tho breech-loading shotgun of the American Nimiod in being strictly sport ing implements. The war boonu range are heavier and sharper. Tho "black trackers," so called from their use by Australian police in tracing criminals, advanced cautiously to the center of tho lot, which is two squares in length. Dfeu-dah-ra, the only man in the party who wears a sl^irt or speaks more English than " Givo mo a match," took his stand with his right arm full of boomerangs. (Then he seized one in his left, raised" his arm and, with a quick turn of the wrist, sent it (Spinning northward. The thing took a rising course ? at its highest about a hundred feot from the ground- until it nearly reached, the end of*thc long lot, then turned swiftly in mid-air and took a straight lino' back. Losing its momen tum, it whirled undecidedly above the. fioint of its departure,, striking terror nt$ the hearts of the lispembled small boys^ijbd guests. Then it came down with a swift buz/., and, cutting a swathe of circus-lot weeds for n* yard or so, finally ?quivered and lay still. Keener Cunningham explained that the high wind had caused the delay in dropping on the part of the boomerang, ana that on the previous trials in a calm it returned directly to within three feet of tho spot whence it was thrown. The eniiro boomerang battery immediately . unlim bored. Tin-in-dal and Cotugandal, with inarticulate expressions of delight, began I >0 open fire at the row of urchins on tho | Fifteonth street. fence. The boomerangs threatened in each c?so to decapitate a youngs tor and then, changing their minds returned with lb flexible accuracy to the savage marksmen. Oringin-lel kept the ' guests in a stnto of trepidation on the i Broad Street side, while tho rest of the rrUie slaughtered herd-, of imaginary I kangaroos. Tho performance was fol- 1 lowed by a war dance. How to Float. The human body weighs a pound in tho water, and a chair will corry two grown persons ; that is. it will keep the head abovo water, which is all that is : necessary when it is a question of life or doath. One, finger placed upon a stool Of Chair, n small box, or a picce of board wlU easily keep the head above water, while the two feet and the other hand ihrty be Used as paddles to propel toward the shore. U is not at all necessary to know how to swim to be ablo to keep jfcfrom drowning in this way. A little ex 'periepco of tho buoyant power of water, and faith in it is all that is required. " JVehave ^seen a small boy who could not fWim a stroke propol himself back And forth across a deep, wide pond by means of a board that would not sustain five pounds' weight. Children and all others should have practice in the sus taining power of water. In nine cases out* often, the knowledgethat to be able to sustain a pound weight is all that is necessary to keep one's Hchfl above water will serve better in emergencies thaa the grcntcs^ijOXperionce ns a swimmer. A person Unfamiliar with tho buoyant power of water will naturally try- to climb on the top ofa the floating object on which ho tries t^save himself. If it Is large enough, that is all right. But it is generally rtot largo enough ; and half of tho struggling group is often drowned in tho desperate scramblo of a life-and death strugglo to climb on top of a piece of wrock or other floating object, not largo enough to keep them all entiroly abovo wator. This often happens when pleasure boats capsize. All immediately want toj?%et [^put of tho water on top of the over turned or half-filled boat, all aro drowned except those tho wrecked craft' Srill w holly boar up. If they would simply trurft Jhe wator to sustain ninoty-nlne hund^dths'of rheweightof their bodies and the disabled boat the other hun?4 drecUh, thoy might aJJ; be saved under most circumstanced. An overturned of water-filled woodon hoat-^will sustain more peoplo in this way than it will carry. It would keen tho heads abovo water of as many poojplo as Could get tlioir hands on the gunwale. Theso are simple facts, easily learned, and may soino day savo your lifo. ? Allxmy Journal. Changed Ills Opinion. Recently a tenderfoot from this city woxlnonoof the arid districts of Arizona, and being thrown in contact with an Hon est Miner, fertdoavored to draw the native out. " Little cloudy today, ain't it?" asked the Tenderfoot. " Yas," said tho Honest Miner. " Looks liko rain -don't yon think so?" " No," said tho Honest Miner. " Indeed 1" said tho Tenderfoot; "why, from the looks of the sky I'm cer tain it's going to rain." " Wall, p'r'aps I it in. young feller, p'r'aps It Is," replied the Honest Miner, indulgently, "but I ben here ten year, an' it. haint rained yit." The Tenderfoot concluded it would stay dry. ? Nt/n F'ranciMO Ari/n?fiuf.. Little Family Foxes. One of tho most malignant of the fam ily foxes is discourtesy, and ho creeps into households where ono would not. suppose for him to find even momentary hospitality. People who are ordinarily polite, well bred and genial, are some time-^ guilty of rudeness in manner, and speech, and action at homo, of which they would be aslmn ed in society; Parents are often hasty or fretful in their way of addressing or reproving children, and children forget the respect and honor due to parents. A great deal of unliap ninens overclouds homes which ruight l>e bright in the morning but for tllys habit. Of the 107 students iri th? TexAs uni versity forty are women. THE GAHBLEBR' PABADI8B. j Hon Gambling 1* KoconrsfMl In th? TfrrUorr of nont?na< Writing from C51endive, Montana Ter- , ritory, a correspondent of tho Chicago i Tribune says: The Montana system of faro /or revenue only is interesting. At Helena, at Butte City, at Livingston, at ! Missoula there are only op?n doorways between the sidewalk and the gambling tables. The favorite game* nre faro and studhorse poker. There are a few rou lette tables. Iveno, which only a few years ago held the first placc in the ! Western gambler's esteem, has almost 1 entirely passed out of sight. Faro al ways holds its own. but the fashionable . game of the hour, particularly with ireaih and unhardened sinners, is stud- I horse poker. This variety of poker is said t<> be se ductive to youth and inexperience Its 1 {>cculiarities are that tho bank always lolds the deal, that the dealer turns all but the first of the five cards dealt to ; each player before the draw face upward i on tho table so that everybody can sco 1 them, and that tho proprietor dorives a ! rertain and largo percentage from tho game, even when it is squarolv played ; : while his facilities for crooked adminis tration ore thought to .be superior to thoso afforded by any other gambling game known to civilization. ?^Almost every saloon and billinrd-room of long standing haa its one, two, three or four faro anu^Btudhorse-poker tables handy to tho street cntrancc. During the day dealers aro ready to accommodate the casual guest who may desire to play. Tho stress of business, however, is be tween 7 o'clock in tho ovening and 2 or 8 in the morning. Then the saloon is thronged with men from the mines, cow boys from the plains, tendcrfeet from the East, aud citizens gen erally. The solid resident drops in and coppers the acc or takes a few nands at stud poker with ag assured a sense of decorum ns fortifies the Easterner in his evening invasion of the village inn for a game of billiards or of dominoes Crowds of men throng around the table' and hang eagerly over the green baize. There is usually good order, except when ?omo drunken fellow makes a disturb ance. Thero are a good many pistols in the room, but few of them aro visible. A revolver sometime* lies on the table close to tho dealer's right hand, and a | square of plate-glass rests on top of the piles of silver dollars and double-eagle gold pieces that advertise the resources of the bank. In one town 1 visited a number of iIicmi establishments with the, sheriff, who ac companied me rather in the capacity of guide* than of protector. Tho ailable sheriff knew everybody, accosted every body by his first name, had a pleasant word for the bank authorities, a joke for vthc prospeious player, and a bit of judi cious advice for the. hesitating novice. Ho seem en to be regarded by all the gamblers with affectionate admiration and esteem, rather than with suspicion Dr fear. On his part my friend tho sheriff deported himself like a good-natured schoolmaster, who unbends while super vising tho innocent recreations of his little charges. The play was nowhere higher than in Butte City, a nourishing mining cauip whore money is plenty. The great mines distribute largo sums. Tho monthly pay-roll of the Alice is about. $-10,000, tho Colusa's $40,000, while tho Anacon da's has been $75,000 a month. Much of this money finds its way to the faro and stud-poker tables, and part of it croes ultimately into the treasury of Silver Mow county. In all the gambling places in Butte two placards were conspicuous. One was tnis : : POSITIVELY : ! No Chips. Irs"ED Excf.it von Cash!: The white counter, tho lowest domonl nation, is generally worth twenty-five cents. Atone faro table the schedule of prices was as follows: Whitos Fifty cents. Reds One dollar. Blues Two dollar* and a half. Yellows. Five dollars Here is another placard seen every where ; ; NOTICE! '. Boys under Age Will Not Bo Allowed to : ; Gamble In or Frequent This Place. ; By a law enacted about two years ago tho ponalty for allowing minors to gain- j bio or watch the gambling is a fine from $10 to $100, or imprisonment from ono | to thirty days. The law must bo pretty | well enforced. I saw no boys at the r tables. Tho whole, business of gambling in Montana is not only licensed and regu- 1 late'd by law, but it is made, to contribute i handsomely to tho revenuo of the Tori- j tory. The proprietors of every salo n where betting games are played are taxed by tho county according to the subjoined i tariff: ? For a Konoral Hoonso, every month. . .. it 10 . For each roulette tao'e, per month l.W i for each stud- poker table, per month . . KHJ j Or each faro tabln, i>er month 25 ! The Chinese name <( tm, per month 20 , ^nfTlie proprietor of a saloon running } three studhorse-poker tables, three faro | banks and a roulette table would therefore ^ have to pay into the county treasury evory month $r>(ir> for his several licenses, ; or $0,780 a year. Onr (Jolil nil (Jnlng Hack. " Did you ever think that all the gold J the del vers in the earth are working so , hard to get out of it is being gradually put back again?'1 asked a Cleveland den tist. " It's a fact. There aro about 17,000 dentists in the I'nited States, and they pack into the teeth of the Ameri can people a ton of pure gold every year. I guess about five times that weight of less precious metal, such as tin, silver and platinum, go the same way. Now, those inotaln nre worth $1,000,000, and in the. twenty first century, all the coin will be buried in the graveyards." " Is the decay of teeth increasing or diminishing among tho people of this country?'' "Oh, Increasing. Two hundred years ! a go one person in five had sound teeth i A hundred years ago, but one person in I twenty-five had perfect teeth, and in the nineteenth century age of reform, our ! very latest statistics show that but one person in eighty has perfectly sound J teeth." The Mexicans are pushing ahead in ( the use of tho fiber of the (actus for i manufacturing paper. The government has granted certain persons tne privilege of gathering the cactus found on all gov j eminent or public lands for the period of ten years. In return, the parties oblige i themselves to build, within two years, at. ! least one paper and textile mill in which | the plant is to be used, each mill to cost j not less than $150,000, the government giving a premium of $110,000 j The Bad Boy. My pa saw me riding the bicycle, paid the bad boy to the groceryman, arid said { ho could do it as well as I could, if he could once get ou, but he couldn't spring | up on it ouite as spry a? he used to, ana he wantoa me ana my chum to hold it while he got on. I told him he would ? get hurt, but he anid there couldn't uo ' boy tell him anything al>out riding, and so wo got the bicycle up against a shade tree, and he put his feet on the treadle*, nnd told us to turn her lo< se Well. , honest, I shut my even "came I didn't want to see pa get tied up in a knot, i But he did lfo pushed with one foot, j and the bicycle turned sideways I then he pushed with the other foot, and it began t<> wiggle, and then he pushed with both feet, and pulled on the h andles*, J and the front wheel struck an iron fence. | and as pa went on top of the fence the hind wheel seemed to rear up and kic k him, and pa hung to the fence and the ' bicycle hung to luin, and they i oth went ' down on the sidewalk, the bit: wheel on ; pa's stomach, one handle up nis trousers | leg, the other handle down his coat col lar, and the other wheel rolling; around | back and forth over hi? lingers, and he j yelling to us to take it o!T. I never saw two people tangled vip the way pa i and the bicycle was, and we had j to take it apart and take pa's ' cost oil and and roll up his pants to get I him out. And when he got up, and I shook himself to sec if he was ail th^ro, ] and looked at it as though he didn't | know it was loaded, and looked at me I and then at my chum in a sort of a ner vous way. and looked around and scringed 1 as though he expected the bicycle wasj going to sne ak up behind him and kick | him again, he wanted nte to go and get j the a\ to break the bicycle up with, and when 1 laughed he was going to take iu<' by the neck and maul the bicycle, but I reasoned him out of it. \ wasn't to blame for his trying to gallop over an iron picket fence w ith a bicyclr 'cause I told him he better keep olT of it. I thiuk if men would take advit? from boys oftener they wouldn't be so ipt to get their suspenders caught on an iron pickc' fence and have to be picked up in a basket. Hut there is no vise of us boys telling a grown per-ou anything, and by keeping still and letting them break their bones, we save getting kicked. It would do some men good to l>c boys all their lives, then they wouldn't have to imitate. Hello, there goes the police pa trol wagon, and I an. going to a>ee how it rides on the back step." and the boy went out and jumped on the hind end of the wagon, and then picked himself up out of the mud and felt of his head whero the policeman's club dropped on it. ? IWk** >'? in. Wanted Information. 8iLmV?'"Vf!if,1(i Whil? st?mble upo? ,],e sign, Information wanted," mi l ml,,. r me!u,hTl|ithnl1 ?l,r !,d vanre l ck of i.ff nU-St !,flmif tU" Wtfliif.il lack of information. Hut we have lonnrl the nughty problem is *>)ved tho Xr^l ,n?- 7. lhe ov?-'-l??d train sorhe ? ' y1I'M.,h? PRr'y "ho has ah is to , / ">? guilty one and he montioi ed" Z 0,0 ,1,,slr".1 hereinbefore . ,V1,S !,n aiumated interro KsXH" 1 ,lM!8scd l,'>' Wc an. h . If, " saw any one hunger nnd co M siV/ w'"- MvA infor,mit ??? j, CoI(' sl,ced facts as this bov did hln?um 1 1 in,gc h?y- ;uul lie didn't look but hnV h?inpT-v like most boys do , 1 he turned his great, soulful oven on is and squeezed knowledge out "of us that we hadn't used forvear* w? . down from a shelf jn Memory's hall "all series f,wdh r"LL'n "V"isticB and antique tones and such things, until we )' ,i jssjm1 flry nn<l wr:nt to w?rk ?? madenfli impromptu facts and home made. statements Hnd domestic lios sr. that wo wouldn't starve right thero'and r &w^r and I more, too. What a fine, manly ^ youlhhad^ul!1', insn,in,:lf! min'l that h'c t ook^th a J ~a n d good^ani fl"ota of noun'ln";,'" into 8om? other nir, but he never Ed Jo follow, and finally we wen- r ' . wafk in TU b^savi^Iu^S. ?f ??"? wo f o rma t i o n ' ' W a n't e d* ' ' " w.'YhiTof "t}'\ piilrlr*, vomit, "inkinR, shaft VV,' liv,- ? Z .wdT, a.y. boy xr, Character Told fro,? the JSkHtod /"HM,V VlUh n lie shvh : < haraeter from them vifW ",,tl'?rity "*** ,,u" m nre di Mded into three different, kinds h,,i with round-pointed lingers, those wit )? fluunrf lip,, nml Ertirz; r? ' '???^1",..?"' Xr::;.S:ri!r::r tamed chanw tr-rs. and to t|?. f professional men who are neither vision nry nor alto^rther sordi.l. The hi, ado interest! 'ml,r",P ? ?",se Hn | i. ,, i,r" mate of a hand it 'n"M"r whal ki"(| 1 n "n 1(1 " '? joined to, I, mm a |0J?,t rp presenting each of those types > ' . H v'?h,? of the finger that \ ?o?roS t , palm stands for the body, tl?. ?,iddln d i viRion represents mind, and t lie |, ;?},, , joint spirit or ho.,1 If t , .K " H' I""**', om".'";, ? character weakened with a too abundant imagination, ifrent. idmlitv. and a ha,, |ig toward tV?, theoretieal rather tin, , ie prar tieal \\ |,t.n t),(, mjdd|(. ,l( I nger la lf?ii(r it promises a loi/iml balanced mind, e?,,eein||v if # |,/ , Fifty cents admission is charged at the California ostrich farm. The Gazette Job Printing Office 1? BKircti than any other oSton In tu? ?, to eiocut!" tu thnjunet at IrAcU YKaVjr ko rrtj (Wecrt^ <tou of Job Printing. gueb u raujpihloU, IMU Hon.!*, l.oUar and Note Honda. I,?w HlWv l'u?U'(V IHx1*wr*. OlTvuUm. Hand Hills WnkUnjt, Vltftlng aKil \ddi\?? (^vit.v l?o?lnp*? Cjmla, [Abata ?I*. Work June In Brooie, Jtivt, It hie ina Bl?ck Th* jv?bltc must roraembex that the beat It ftiaaf ? (be ch<N?i*vt. I ffditn work at Chnrteeton Prlcoe, an<t g<aar*nto# I entire a:\tUfaottoii looiir petTon*. Wr kp/>|> constantly on bond Iho larfMt ?took c? P?per* an<t l'?rO? 1 :i U>wn . THE PINES' THOUOHT. Within til* shadow of ourselves we stand. And sc'> n thousand brilliancies unfold Whore autumn woods, in gorgeous rain, hold One Into, hist revel I'pon every hand Riot of color, tloiii.ii in jonip nnd state, Decay mngtuticent, inconstant blase ? We have no part or splendor in these day*, They shall b'.> changed? we aie inviolate; Tlteir voio-s shall bo hushed on every hill, Tbeir lights l*? quenched? nil color fads nnd die ; And when llioy stand like specters gaunt and nt ill. With nake 1 houghs against the fnr, oold sky, 1 s> ' we shall hide the flying moon from sight. And lend the wind on many a roaring night. ? /u/iW C". Marsh, ta (fie Century. Pt'NGENT PARAGRAPHS. I A dead lock ?A woman's switch. Who says it is unhealthy to sloop in feathers? Look at thespring chiokcn and | 8oe how tough ho is. When a unman smiles from oar to car, it's real mean to say that her mouth goes I back on her. ? Chicago Tcttyram. Parwin says that the monkey can bluA> Ho certainly ought to when he sees tno | way his descendants are cutting ur ? Drir I linijton Free Prcfif. A traveling man. .vhn boasted of his intimate acquaintance with several kings 1 nnd ijuoens, was found afterward to be ft , professional poker player. ? Marathon In ilcjtfwfnit. ] ?? Is there anything wrong in kissing?" ; lv asked her, as they stood together at the gate. " Certainly there is," she re plied, " or there wouldn't be any fun in it."? Ji>r/i<\"(tT F?*t- /'Jjjtns*. A Pennsylvania paper believes that buttermilk will soon supersede, beer na the national beverage. That can never be. ButtennilR is not intoxicat ing enough 1 for political purposes. Piea>/iu\e. "I cannot understand what offended Mr. Pudtay last night at the party," said the high-school girl. "Heand hiscompany took their departure in high gudgeon very early, however." " Why, 1 thought they left in the carriage they came in," re | >1 ied Amy. ? Derrick. The buckwheat cake season is upon us, and therefore it is well to advise all house keepers that the cakes this year should be made light and full of small holes. The nearer \ oil get them to resemble a porous planter the more fashionablo they will be. J'hiUuUljiUia Chronicle. A young man in Wilkesbarre became insane on the day he was married and | was committed to jail. An old bachelor says it is not a remarkable occurrence, be cause every young man, in his opinion, must be a mental wreck when ho pops tin* question.- -Xorridotcn IL'rald. It is stated that a Texas hen sat Xo V three days on a nest ftil of liailstQjjcs before she discovered that they were, not egga. The funniest part of the story''Fn^ClH|i-. :? did not hatch out an i(H.'-hoii^.<ii&*jfa?fr^ijf Hut perhaps the Texas liar wan nLOTvlfjK-V good health. ? - Vorrixtoicn , . r ( iaine-Miine : Shooting toawitr^u; "There's not much here be is there.'" K eeper -- ' ' Ay, mixtur' whiles! There was gentleman here 'at killit iw kii'M kit the hairnet o|T o' a near haun baggit the laird 'imsel' a' in ono day."? /."iiif'in The other day the morning papers ap peared without containing a word about the movements of Lord Coleridge. We were left in total ignorance as to whether he wa-i in New Zealand, New Jersey or "snmn oih" r seaport town." This should n<>t occur again. His English friends may think he has boon murdered in the streets of New York by wild In dians. .Y'irri*f<iini Ih raltf. Mt'Bin i\ thk hkir. "The man who hath no music in his soul Fr fit for troa-on, stratagem and sp >i Ik. *' Bo sang th' immortal bard, who could cajole 'Kwoot harm' ny from politics' base toils. Hut woo to him who wears now, creaky shoe*, And saunters slowly down the broad church ai-ilo; For, as ho painfully plods | ast th" pew*, The music in his sole will each wad rile. , ? iV. Y. M<u nh\y Journal. " How to (irense n Wngon Wheel. The ('>><<c/i Milkers' Magazine endorsed (lie statement that Ow people uro awaro t lint they do wagons ?? 1 1 1 < I carriages morn injury by greasing too plentifully than in any other way. A -well -marie wheel will endure constant wear from ten to twenty five years, if care U taken to n?e tho right kind anri proper amount of grease; out if this matter is not. attenrieri to, it will he. used up in five' or nix yearn. Lard should never he used on a wagon, for it will penetrate the huh, anri work its way out around the tenons of the spoko, thus spoiling the wheel. Tallow is the best lubricator for wooden axletrees, and cas tor oil for iron hubs, but many of tho mtentaxle greases are also excellent, and lavelhe merit of being cheaper and more I convenient to handle. .lust greaso enough should lie applied to the spindlo of a wagon to give >< ft slight coating. This is better than more, /or the surplus put. on will work out at the, ends unri he forced by tho shoulder bands and nut washer into the hub around the out side of the boxes. To oil an iron axle tree, fi rut wipe the spindle clean, wet with spiiits of turpentine, and then Apply * few drops of castor oil near the shoulder ami < riri. Due teaspoonful is sufficient for the w hole. F,x I re in nl y I'olite. To pro\ e that France once deserved the reputation of being a polite nation the 1'aiis l/i l.ihcrtf calls to mind that in ria\s gone by the Due do Coislin, al though very ill, insisted upon seeing th? Spanish uml'ii^ndor, who had called upon him, to hi^ carriage, 'flic ambassa dor w ished the duke to remain whoro ho was, and, to cut short, a friendly alterca tion, left tho room anri locked the door behind him. Do Coislin, fearing lest French politeness should bo beaten by Castilian courtesy, jumped out of tho w indow, anri was standing, hat in hand, at I lie carriage door when his visitor left the house " You might havo killed yourself, M rie Coislin," sairi the, Spaniard. " No matter," replied tho duke, "what was necessary was to perform my duty.'* I>ollnr? and Sense. " Dollars anri cents aro a mighty valuable eonsirieratlon in matrimony,'' vdd Mr. Illipking to his wife. " Yos, rie.fir, I'm awaro of it." "And it is seldom that it is equally divided. Have you noticed that?" " Yes, dear; 'i* our own cAse, for In stance. Yon had all thedollaraand I had I afl the senso. " ? AfircAttnt- TrhveUr.