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> Vou XI1. ?’-g THE GRAPEVINE SWING. I wan a boy oo tbe old plantation, _ pom by th** il«*»*p bayou- fbr ffclmit «»tot of all creatlOQ. Under |Jtw orobini: bbie- ^hon ‘he 'vltui »*uine over tho cotton awi corn, to the Ionic Hlmi I'^P I'd epnn^r, ^ tth brown f««4 baawt, and a U&t brira torn, a.ml »»lun lu the icrapenuo Bwiiijc rtvrinicuiK b> the pra|>evlrie sw injr, LAU|ChliifC where the wild birda sing— 1 dream ami xigb Kor the dayi* gone by, J Bwlnglng In the grapevine awing. Out—o'er the water Ijjlee bonnie and bright. Hack U> the iuikm grown trees; tSTTJ^trr — fgi^OPHrimvatngti^t wmi a utm-t icrUgtrt,— > As a wiki roee to*<eU by I he brc^/.e the mockingJblrd Joihwtl in my tvcklesa glee, I longed for no angel'a wings r l was just ns noar heaven os I waAted to be^ Swinging In the grapevine swing' ' Swinging In the grapevine swing. Laughing where the w ild birds sing— Oh. to be u boy, With a heart full of Joy. 6w Ingmg in tiie grapevj^gw-Jpg.. , wM l^tn weary at morn Pm weary at night, I'ui fretted au>l sore of heart; Aod carv ia sowing my looks with white As 1 wend through the fevered mart I'm tired of the witrld. w ith its pride aod pomp And fame seems a worthless thing; And a swing in the gru|«evlne sw ing Swinging In the grapevine sw ing, lauiglnng where the w ild birds sing— I would I were away Krorn the w.^rld t<><Uy. — Swinging in the grapevine string —Samuel M 1’eck In Tnue*-Dt'mocrat “Oh, that will not come yet. After tea will l»e time enough.” 1 lookeil this time at tljo captain, who gave a smiling assent, saying.* “If Miss C,*ifiniqlt4el will |M*rmit tuo, I think I should like a row, too.'' “Certainly, Capt. fsttrslield, with much pleasure.’ - Then turning to me she sank “The captain can have the gig. and 1 will have the tjuartef boat.” “Lay aft the watch,’’ 1 called out, “and lower the |*ort 'planter Ixmt and the gig And. carpenter,” 1 went on, “let us have the oars up sharp. Miss Cj* tnichael is going to have a row before the hreyge BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., AUGUST ^9, 1889. BAKING FLINT GLASS. cwcounAatMfeNT for the fawmer. No. 52. P»tti*s 4)«n«roslty to Kellogg. An Incident in the life of the gift*!, warm fiemted and lamented CarTotta Patti is well worth reporting, although the VERY INTERESTING 'PROCESS comes. * - ~ W “Ay. ay, Rir.” respondedjho cjtrpfmter, and |^e dived down below in search of the oars to u Ijgw persons it may prove a twice told tale. \Vhen Miss Kellogg's music a! ability wns to be te-sted ni.tny years ago in New Yoffe a large number of cards were issueil tti the musical critics, ama teurs' and professionals, to the literary nml theatrical world, and to many high in the social scale, making a formidable audience frr tho introduction of the charming young girl. The tenor with whom thc-debutantc w;y intiythierd was VIVIDLY DESCRIBED. T" A LUCKY SHOT. The two Ixvats tvere lowered and man ned. 1 took charge of one and the caj>- tain of the other. * * ff ■ “Come along, Nep." aaid JTtlla, when Yhe had t;^ki : h her seat The dog. noth ing lotli, jumped into the.lxiat. ami took his station on the prow, as though he was lcxiking out for squall* “Phew!" exclaimed Mr Cheeseman, as we pushed away from the ship “hdw hot it is!” “Not so hot as it is at St. Kitts.” an swered Julia — . . • “Perhaps not.” replied the- captain; "but it’s-hot enough in all-eou.sei.*iu e.” Nep seemed of the captain s opinion, for at tins moment lie sprang overboard and la'gan swimtumg ulxuit in a manner w-irieh sjtowrd he enjoyed his hath ungenerous on the occasion, for, instead of singing his part, he merely hummed so much pf the tur :ia was necessary to gei ve a.-i a cue to. ihe mvlt-estral accom-, paniment. Weak and faint were the lirst notes Of the young novice; weaker and mon Lamps of Molten Ct*** I*' Rlj Turned Into ’ Tlilntt* of Ornnm* nt and fi*e—A IJusy Plat e Whero It Senna That All In Con fusion, but It Is .lust the Other Thlni;. Flint glass is either blown, molded or pressed, and frequently nlLthree meth ods may by seen together iu tho same umatinvfTniHTr The mmmrr wind is stilffln’ round the bloomin’ —; focus* tn*<».v Art 1 the clover In tbs paMur* Is a Mg dsy fot* tit* ' bi'ea, And Uwy been a twlngln’ hooey, sbovelwrd and on the sly. . Till they Mutter 4n their buzzln’. and staKKer os they tty *-■ — They’* been a heap cf rain, but thesun's out today A ud the clouds of the wot K|>etl U all dear si away. And the woods i* all tho greener, and the gfa.-** la greener still; It may rain again to-morry. but 1 don’t think It will Soma say thw crops Is mlnod. and the corn’s ’ (h'uwnded but. A -flint glass factory Is a most enter-.. Aod pr phasy tha wb**t will i>« a r<»urv> without doubt; But the kind Providence that has never falh*d ns hoi' SOi me vmtng inn tee; vvcaivcr , non-trembling they sbemed to grow, uiUj^nuidin: a getuiine stage fright had taken as if a gctuime stage ltosses*ion of her. Her voice fluttered for a nioinent, as if ahout to desert her. whet*, distinct and clear as a Udl, from .... , . , j. lliv center of tl,c I.OU-. tlicuir wMt.-.ken ><vm fru.ui a soul of lira; U|> and carried alol^ until the debutante : b " t «Hr Kh»v co.n«. rean, from molleu . gathered lhe e«»ura«ge ami heart,b> show tail flag medley of marvels. Ah' you enter the great building that surrounds tiro huge chintney the lirst impression is that you ate in a huiuan unthill rumbling Ue activity. Or peHiaps •*9- Iwitcr deserilwd its a pbinge into a -purgatorial chamlK-r of in- duatHbus demons. In the center the 0]x.‘nings in the et;grtrHf* furttnev flarxlc yet. WIU lx* on hosda onc’t m<»re at t ho "hvv.mth hour. I Ijetl . . * IVca tho moldor lark complain, a* hnawing* bl*h ^ an^ dry. Through the wavea of tho w bid and tho bluo of the sky? tv>w th** (piail *et up and whlsllo In artisapiiolntr ■od way. BYGONE YEARS. myaelf, out of one. and ftfty dol* tlie high <|Uality' wlw» jwv^w-^rd-,—whm» gradually the beautiful voice in the ttudi-' cnee fell away amLthe dillicult aria was fmi.'lu'tl in triumph amid ihunderonaap plause. The Tate of the fut are AnnTican prima donna wris that morning deenlol tiirough flie ready tael and unselfishness of tint little woman in tlieraudu-nee. a\ ho provasi to lie none other than C'arlotta i Some rears since, when I was a young fellow of siz-and-twenty. 1 was mate of a Wt^l Indian trailing regularly to Nevis t. KtHw—Hhe v'as a bark of^oO and her name was the Rolxut, •heaailtvl from Bristol. We were on • * We* m Wr" i^eur Iu r homeward paooage w hen the Incident 1 am alxait to describe t«H»k place. I must pretuLe that we luul fiutt (taoMMi*. gen*, two gentlemen amf two ladies, the latter the's ife and daughter ol a planter, by nirfue Carmielurol. The elder lady was alx>ut 45. ji handsome, gracious sort of womaii, xiich as a planter's wtlu ought to lie. and such as were not uncommon In the dayx of which 1 am writing. The daughter. vv;i»--alx’mt twte;uul-tweiity. a lieautiful girl, with all the Irowm lung graces nml fascinating channo ol a true Burn creole. We were twenty-one days out from Charlestown, and notwithstanding that old Unrk was by no means a fast sailer, we had made gexoi progress, and weie at near ax (xisaiide in imJ-«x'eau. It wai the end of July, and the Aeather ha<l lorou of the nnjst glorious description, and very^ hot; I Hit. after the sultn heat of the tropica, we did n\»t find it oppw/*- ■ive. For two days p:ist we had maAie Ittlle pr(*gn»ui. The winddunl tx/ertTigHt and vanahlw. and now it w.u> a dead a- calm. Thu ship wan motionless as far a£ progress was concerned;* hut her head was Ixixmg all round the compass. We had awnings up fi»re anil aft; for. where there wax nothing to-intercept life hunt- lag rays of the July sun. the decks were hot that the pitch boiled out of the •earns. - . .. The dinner was over; the sun wa* slowly sinking in the west, and u * had all come on deck. Lang anxious to get am much sor as we oouUl, for tlw caiiiu of a sugar ship is generally study. T!a deep, placid sea vvas more peacefully caitu than 1 had ever before seen it Not u flaw, not a ripple', not an undula tion broke the tranquil surface of the glass-hke sea. C>pl Sandield and tin two gentlemen. Air. Cheeseman and Mr. TlK>u»|>omH-wv*ee sH-lmg on the talfrai) snmking their cigars, and Mrs. Car michael and Miss Julia were reclining Ip wicker chairs and fanning them- ^^^-c*. At the young lad\ s feet lay a ^^^ge New fotindlaml dt»g belonging to' (Japt. Sarshel 1. blinking in the sunlight Mrich canto slanting in under the aw n- Sng. and now and again looking np inU he* face and ]>uttiiig out bis tongue, iu much as to say: “Its dreadfully hot. isn't itT v ' No one wlto has not seen a creole girl reclining at her ease can realize tin beautiful picture vrtiioh Jului C^rmi-. chael presented as xlie sat therelangiudh fbtimng herself. Apart from the beauty “I should like to follow his example.” * Tatti! exclaimed Mr. Thompson. “What aUmt the xharks?" replied Mr Cheeseman. — “Sharks!**cried Mr. Thompson; “there are no sharks in these latitudes, urw there?” - “ Aren’t there! I don’t know ko much ahout that,** said (..‘apt Sarsfleld • “1 have tx—n sharks in i*-n west, and even m Lhu lumiud. So tLal il*.mot e lhau probahli* tlialtheoe are some herealMUits “What's tliat they are Having ab» >.ut shat k*.*" a^ked Mrs Ikn.uh na* ! “Tlie captain is Ka> i:tg tliat (hero arc plenty of them in these latitudes,” 1 re- plied “Ilow beautiful the oft ship l.x.ks!" rctnarkod Jtih.i “1 uover saw her to such ’ advantage before.” Meantime Nep. aft"rcircling about l•ek’'’ twe*'n the Ixiats and the snip, had ap- parentlx had enough of jt and wax slowly aw imming back to. tlie ship. Suddi ulv thet e w as a eomsnou. i;t on Ixxtrd, and the second mate to«ik up the akmg trumpet and iiaihxl u.x: “fio.lt ahoy!“ he cried •‘(let the dog ot» board, tltero are two sharks coining down on, him!”. “til\e way. inv lads! Scott is right; l ean m c th. tr Miriv—I'ui!. my bdumea, _ puli’" And n charming pielure she glass in tlieTlozen “monkey |«jts r al>oul the blase. Scores of workers, Ixns. youths and men, throng in restless con fusion. It looks us if every one were running about on some impish deed of his own Taney. But stand still and watch closely, and you w ill see it is all a great system of human clockwork, eac h move ment lilting nicely into the w*hole effect. _LOOK8 UKK UK WAS PLAYING. Tho men at tho furnace, w ho seemed Fr hani; Ul« lieart In *tl<*ncean<l »nrrt>w all theitnyt L Uie chiptnuck*ii tieatiii a failumt IXs* tm walk, or due# he ruitT Don't tl»«* buszanlx around up tlu^ro. Just lika th«*y've ullus dope? Is they anything tho matter with the nxartcr’* ItmK* or voice T On a mortal be cwplahiln*. when dumb animal* rvjoicuf 1 hq akrolUhR through tho orchard. — Where iu clukiUoud I used to pUf • And kiU her the aweet •aHHed uloeaoma In the plrteiant mnoth of May pH Oow at the awret ruaart treat * Where the d<-ar ok! awl tig erat hang; Alvf —Mtwe wauhi be - — When oach in turn waaawung. In •von p*-ar tree eo (freon aod taQ, m i The ortohe each year tiuilt Utelr boot, And fed their youoR with luaedaamoM, Till they wem able to dy with the real, by hi the winding streamlet. Where we fhxiUtl txirk and cflipa; WBTattwtu me .Vutuy nwam.— And the chip* enortnoux rmlng oh I pa. But let me rrat on this mxtic b* at, , ..•* Ami think o’er the bygone yean*; For here tieorv* and I uxed to meet, And happily talk of tlie future yean, «« El nee then no much tuw happened, A'ihI ox the steia of old ace I ax-cod, I think of the happy day* of yore. And feel 1 love them more ami mofa, -IRflnairTtmm MR. ROSENBERG & CO. made.” sat s one who saw her. “marking - fir * to ^ v . il9 - tlmtslmg pitel.forka the time xviili h<*i' titTvftuui.l, in lier unx- i " to the dc \ ){h * to lon * lhrxr ictvto h> lur a woman ;*nd A btrang. r, ^dCilllllZAilLjm^athcrmg rm tal on. placing the a erv crown .,f suece,* n„ the ' TlUdr ptmlU«. When a RntHcientfr large otherwise-defeat.^isj.ir.itions. Iu HWT colletded the man wan-j uers df withiL \ou tliink he will cer- i tainly burn home one with that burning lutfT of lire.jlmy are alt hustling about him s«> incessantly. Hut ^fyflow him carefulU and you see l.im Rileatly hand Than 1st ua. .Mia and all, hoxv>ntr*nUxl with our lot; The Juno I* here this morning ami the xun tx shiti hiK hot — - Oh. let ux Hit our lira; tx with thw glory of tlrndny Amt l*atiixh ev'ry Uouut and late and *oriuy* fur away' - , _ Whatever be cxir atatloo.'* with Provide no* for guida. Didn't flar* a Ticket. A funny incident lmp|x'm<l recently on tie* I’raviJence division of the Old Colony railroad. A large, raw Ixmetl, the tu’ e to'anoUi r man, w ho Hfeiws tin) g/ffMl rrttTnrrkt BITin emeriti tin* twriw tho gTasH hit/) a largo gintgnihd sitrdownto train hold .up at the Koxbury si:Uion. rlay w i:h liDrizontal the it ixjavattons, icom ag. tm i.t <T^li» r ow n exqui-ite voicoj and never,” ht^-n.Mx. “until I la*ar thO wondruux voi<*e of ihe angels w ill 1 hoar Anything so sweet-ax h.-r lovely voice at that nt •ruin^.iNllJ ••' '-‘1 •''ft many years ago.”—lloxton Ttait^'rij*L Tin- W.irth of xit.'iM-e, Men great in deeds are often taciturn. fi-K s i!i« ir taciturjiity arl^e from the ihf- lidelitro w hicii (• i.J'H li'af wol'dx sh(<tlld ex ceed il< cds. or from aconticliott that safetv i* pnenote j by silt ue,? \\a-!i- ‘niudfa hole ui tho globe and enlarged it ingtog's rexervo made him stilf, formal into :* sMiunetrical opening, and now the and ill at > te in’c unpan ., but it ul-*) g'.i> is « « 1 d so t hat be inti do notltin; prewnt xl bi< plan* from bdtu; betrayed more to an enemy and tlie country from lx ing ing . fowM Iu Ip to help him? Instantly a deceived l». hi* promises. William the young man apjxars. and without a word Silent w:t» frugal of word*, becmrxe a re- lie h< Id* up to tho # <ax>l glass his long iliat cotjceah'd his d’-signs, evyh tul«* w ith a disk of red hot glass on the from tlmxp arjhig with him, wax ncot -i- end, which faxti-ns to iL Tlie man at stia to the ind' pendeuf i of t'v • N. thv-r- the b« :.••!« •rpatche* tho globe, jore it, lands. A w i i;-.T in I.. i ar ir>tirs xayaj£n*l ji^lLaVijaJ*is bar. Off the other UM that the mo-t dramatic.of Ki’entniei) w ax nius wT if it to L.e “glory-holo.” where Wallenstein, the antagonist of (rtpst&vmi, the brokep end Uquu'kly h'A.teil again Rik*1i fltu* ctmimstAmss. nrt tr> make us xotlsfVxl For the world I* full aiui the r.««-» full of dew. Ami the d**w t* full of heavenly km* vbat drip* for me ami you—. — ,— —James WTtlteo«uli Uitcy "Are you going In that drexa?" Mr. Rosronlx'rg, tmmaculate In fine ‘ Hucii and broadeloth, mood and surveyed . his w ife. . * J She. arrayed In a well worn black wlk,' 1 answered cheerfully, “Won t 1 do? U’a . the very best I have.” “Why. yes; but you surely are not going to wear light gloves? Everybody ^ I wears dark ones now.” >r j Utile Mrs. Rotten berg quietly fastened ; ; i one lart, and the other fifty oomcf iu as lira, Oarmt s thpra Of otamw if cither of ua need a fluid, ti»*f5-We arrange.that matter between ua But one thing, tMck, I pever ask her whai she did with hot money, any mors than ! expect, to ac count to her for the spending of mine. She has just a* good a right to that fifty, dollars, to use an she plffses, as i hare to three times us much. * “Why, man alive, my yatfe ia a splnp* did Qnancier. She was brought up to handle money, whil* I had toleara. Y«i see my father was a rich man said liamL .. ed me any sum I wanted at any timA. Then there came a day when he lost lit# pnqxTty. and when I began reading lawt I had not a cent to call my own. It waf pretty hard, 1 tell you, to keep down my. extravagant taste*. 1 had to begin at the foot of tho ladder and work up. But Amy helped But now ray business is on a Arm Exiting and there is no mor# need for her to umu her own money, t. rebelled againxt it at the time. What . she has of Iror own is safely Invested.; with the understanding tliat she shall have what 4lte desires for her own eit her it at a bench, which hat a bar on eneh side-.of him to tnl>o on Hack ami forth he like u toy, and tiro ghuo* keeps carieii !v cltarvging it* shapo. lie lias hole ui tho globe and enlarged it \ mmetrieal opening, and now tlie «.« 1 il s<* that he can do nothing Will anylxxly iu xil that hurry- !p to help Tlie ear was crowded, anil (xx>ptn were bt.mdmg. Tf>0 new comer xtopjxxl sud denly licsidc a seat w hich wax (x-eupi«xl by a young lady, who was Iffiried iu u novel, and bexide her re|xia(xl a |**t png dog. The other passenger* had xt<xxl from Ho.>toi*-U> this |x»int witlfwwt pro- t<Ttiug. Imt the late.«?t arrival took in tho situation at a glance, and said mildly: “1 would iiko to sit down, if you please.’ of the oflending gloves wi husband mereilesMly continued; • “You don't hxjk just right, either. 1 Secm.H to me a few beads or something of that sort - would have added to the effect.” , Mrs. Rosanherg gave an InaiKliblesIgh Just two days before she had priced some neat jet trimmings which she fan cied. at only seventy-live cents a yard. Hut Mrs—Rosenberg had not even money enough for this small purchase, so she luul carelessly nxked, “Could you let me haven couple of dollars. Richard?” And Dick had answered, “What have you done with tiro $‘4 1 gave you a few day* ago? I supixsro you have s|ront it all. women (lave no idea of tho uses of money.” l>tck had the habit of forgetting, and so exjx'Ctmg others to forget remarks like these. But his wife oflen thought them over. Before Iror marriage she had foamed at the leiut idea of Mr. Rosen- The young woman looked up drejmlly from tin) book,and lep.ied, wiUi dignity: opinions on the money question, , “The seat i.x engaged. w ,..i i “By tiro dog?” Here. ‘Nep! Nep!” cried' Julia, excit edly. - ;—^ lint Nt?p did net hear, or eJse j^iid uo attention, and swain slowly on. “IVir thing.’ " cried Mr*. ('irmtVhoc!; “be is swimming right into the bhark'* nioutli!” “N( pt Nep! N*-p!” shrieked Julia. “0»nic b;o k, come buck!” .- t The dog evidently Ic-ard lier. for he tumeil and Ix'gan to swim back. ••rnll. my lad*, prill for your livps!” I shouted, “.or it w ill lx.' all up wjUi, [cxir Nep.” At thi.-v moment, the dog. sev ing we were rapidly approaching him. re laxed lus efforts. “Nep! Nep! here. Ik\v, • here!” 1 cried, rxeite.Uy, and he again began to swim towards ux. Capt. 8.ir<!ielil had al-o realized the^ dog’, jK'ril, and the two lx>ats%fere be ing urge 1 through the water at racing S|x‘(xl. It *ras a moment of' intense ex citement. Julia and lier mother sat pair and ni«*iiq[}le*5>, w itli theirliau I* ckojavk^ * The dreadful mon*t<Mx wore-anout a ea “tJle’j iPflgtl) fjoin the dog; hnd we Ye rap idly nearing him'; but we were xome- \Vhat nearer, and ;us 1 thought, wo were outstripping them. “Well done, my bonnicx! Hurrali! hurrah! wo (>haU beat them yet!” 1 shouted. At the moment a puff of smoke burqt from the Hhip's side. “TTfefe was a ro port ntvvl a splash in tiro water. The st-c- ond mate had loaded an I lired one "i the earronades, and the ball had struck of her features and the striking fairness’ at least one of the sharks, for when the of her skin, her figure was almost fault- doromutiun cans, d by the shot striking Adolphus., and* tiro Commander of the "emjH ; r<»T* ttlinl/V in the thirty years’ war. lie insisted tliat flie dyejK--.t)ilenee >li<ui!d reigt) aroutid him.’ Hi* officers i ■ .k c-prC tluff ~iui tohJ o •’-. ■ • r a; i m xhv«M disturb tlioir getural. Tliey knew th.-it~a elunnberlain had b'en hangtxl for waking hi n witlmut orders. at’.<Vthatan oflleef who would wear clanking 'spur* iu till! commander’* presence had Iroeo s*’eretlv p’.it to death. In the room «>f hi'q>alaee thoVr,ant* gli led a* if phatk .ti.m*. and* a dozen seiitinclx uidved .youht! his t( nt cha’rjb d to 8'cure the silence the general d,..«u:ded: C'Uai.is wrre stn-tcdied noroas Uio ^Jrecta in order to guard him ftgaitrot the disturlr.uice ^jy»uuds. W.tUeasteiu’s t’a- irurrdty. w hich made him shun speech,.and hi* love of , silVnce, tli it caused him to be irritated • at tiro sluhb^t were due tojiro constitutional tempeianiertt. He never Kinilid. he nc\yr a.^ked advice from any one, and he could not erulure to Iroga/.ed at. even w hen giving .an order. The sol diers, ivle'ii he oi’u.-.-wd 4uu camp, pre* tt-ndrxl vt< i "m ree him, know ing tli.it a --Turimis hiok wtnil-1 -brtti ment.—Boston Budget into S4»fi;n>x, Than ho hurt ios baek with it to the bench man, who renews hi* play. A couple'-of minutes more mid suddenly you perceive that lie has made a jK ifeet lamp shade, which a stroke deta< he- from tlve iron rod iuto a small U vl of sand. A small buy carruxi it off ou a stick t<> the annealing furnaqp, and now the gatherer i* on hand again with a fu.-h lump of moLil to begin the pro cess again. Yuintuthc next man sitting at his work nr d you notice him linishing a sum., r Charge into a lamp chimney, bha) ing tlio top In a nvoM. lb*re i« IT man amusiny liini: elf with a stuAll bunch of wdt gW* on hi* rod. You tiro sure he cun ha\e no Kt-riotix purjxjso iri turn ing.'tud bauling it into those ritlioulous sh;ijx *. Quickly a boy ht iz'-s it from him ;;:id voti cannot Uace him. It haa ,o:i“ over to a fancy vase, where it was ka» in Hr Rywmetry. in tho curve of ks lino*, and* l»cautiful in it* flexible «inu- Oxity. She had. too,* that natural grace, that untrammeled case, that refined vo- luptuousnexH of attitude uml movement which tire the natural gifts of tlie creole, and which no art can counterfeit. But fhc crowning charm of all was her sweet and gentle disposition. Mrs. Carmichael was - a general favorite, but Julia was queen of the ship, . Capt. SarsficM, the gentlemen, and the ship s company gen erally were her devoted xlavcs.- She had been siuing in silence gazing out on the calm sea. Suddculy-she turned her liead and spoke; ’Capt Sarsfield,” she* said, In n soft, musical voice, “.I think we are going to bare a breeze.” * “Certainlyl By all means, my dear [young lady. I see no signs of it at pres- it; but if you say there b a breeze com-! ig, there is no one on board this ship ronld think of contradicting you.” “No; but—Capt. Sarsfield”— “Not another word, my dear lady. Ir. Turnbull, see al? clear for a breeze.” ‘Ay, ay, sir,” 1 answered. “Forward, i there! Run up the fdretopmast staysail; r fivere a a breeze coming.”. , -“Mr. Turnbull,” rtMimnatraUxl Julia, 'you are too bad!• You are worse than ! the captain. What will the men ray?” “Bay. Miss (Jbnnichel?—that tho ad- Hilral haif > giy%*^lufLorders, and me must oliey. So Ivol > jKiYell there with the hal- yards. WtflcTi sido will you have the ft Irlratued?" _ ’You uiay trim ft to starboard, Mr. irnbull." she replied with great gravity. the water had subsided they bad di'..p- pearetl and tho water w.;* dixColoud with blood. “Bravo, Scott!” I cried, “that was a lucky shot; tho right thing to do and done at tho right time." Tho next minute Nep was alongside and wax hauled into the boat, find t\. ringing cheer camo from the mon on lx)ard and was taken up by us in (ho boats. It is not to be supposed that Ned un- the calendar, dersttxxl what all the cheering was about, , .. — hut ho responded to them by fctufiding upon tlie thwarts and larking vocifer ously. It w;w quite evident licit he Imd no idea of what u narrow squeak for his life he had had.—All live Year Round. yTimo to ISu-forni tl»«j <';iJ«-n«tar. An ingenious Yankee, wuh an eye to adjusting himself to his environment, has mov.-l a reorganization of t e cal- i endar v Winter: he e )ntcnds, slnuild Iro-! gin on Jan. 1 and include March; spring -Irotild commence elude June; July. August ami Moptom Ix-r sii<uiI<1 constitute summer, and tin fall. Ix'ginning with (IctolxT. should not end till alt r Christmas. His new cal endar would play the misclfh f wTU)' tra ditions. but it would come nearer to ac tual exp'-rCnce than d » x the present antiquated Kurojvean article. The pro cession of the equinoxes i.x Lx) slow alto gether for the Aracricaujcliumto. Fa^'ls are on the side of refomit and if the weather does not s|x.*euily repent and bring forth fruits more meet T-r repent ance than rank grass and dropsical jKjia- toe.x, the newly established department of agriculture will be called on tt> revise Brooklyn Citizen. ouc'h lx nclv lias its own little task of skill, an l lo-ep* repeating it over and over, and each lx»rrt>f tlie multitude (tlroro tfro two or more tw' every man) has his own them puuiaii r q4mi- (*lurtlut'es. He pops up always in tlie moment and place where he is needed. _ \Vukki.vQ in tk.vms. All tho worker* arc* busy a*’their wita can make them, for they work by the pivee, and the number of things made d *t> rmineth^ir wages. They are grouped into sets (;r “.shops" of three or four, .who Ych, “liaathe dog a ticket?” No answer. . “Oh. I’m hoitv he hasn’t a ticket, t**- rauxe FH have to bounce him off the train.** ^ ~ And wlthrmt a mornent’a hesitation the dog'waa lifted by the mi|xi of live neck t<) the window and dropjrod to the ground, and the vacant seat wax taken by the stranger. The young woman was paralyzed for a moment. . — — —" The train was only moving slowly as it left itoxhury. and the pug was not harmed, •caiwpering off f«»r dear life. Hi* mistresM, as s*x>u r.s she graxix'd the yHm*tion, screamed to the approaching conductor to ulop tho engine so that she might recover hei* i*et. The conductor was soon informed tvs to the cause of tlie M-nantioa, awl quietly M.l H.e U anvicptionul hour, woman that she ought get off at th* next station if she wished to and hunt for tho dog. She did so. to tho d< liglil cd. d to complete the orpament S«r t Q f Uie crowded car. —Ihwton Cor. New York Tj jUmie. fJouil to Travel On. There are three trades or arocatiom that afford those engaged in them oppor tunity to travel and see the world, and those tho printer*, the. cooper* dnd the barbers. In either case a man, master thereof, can visit any portion of this country and always l>e certain of work. Tlie typo can walk into any English printing oflice in the country, or the and most bitterly had site repented it . Howeseed of. a liberal education, in cluding the languages, slve was able to turn variousaci’otnplishinents toacuount and thus command several hundred a year. Sumo two thousand dollars had been saved and were now lying in a bank, anmmlly drawing interest. But of this Richard Rosenberg knew nothing. He only knew that his wife was iu easy cir cumstances at the time he married her. The next afternoon, having a half hour qf nnuauAl ifisUTfe, he-thought he wouldjust run up foTom Garretts office for a few moments, - Tom was sitting with a ponderous hook of the law open before him, and in which he was trying to get interested. He pushed aside (he voluhie, however, os liiS friend entered. “How are you. Dick***bo said, rising and placing a chair for his visitor. “Tin* Tom carefully [ inserted a mark between the leaves ( of t his law book, replaced it ou the shelf, then settled himself for a cozy chat They had not gone fsr in their talk when the door quietly opened and in walked Mra. Garrett. - After greeting both gentlemen slro came to the desk, Atid in a grulle, digni fied manner announced: “i shall need another five dollars, Tom. if you can spare IL I meant to bring enough with mo to do my shopping, but I didn’t." And to Dick s amazement she held out her band in confident expect ancy. i ume .uaron, .-pimg | vv Cr k t«>g.-tbtT and tthare profits U>gether.-j world, for that matter, and earn his sup- 1 “A fiv«? No, I really haven’t it I with April and -in- oii ^ wGl understood grade of division. : |*t. He can shift from Maine to Cali-' have a two and a ten. Here, you would gn constitute a shop, the fomia, from Manitoba to Florida, and, He needs recommen dation, for he lias the available knowfl Generally four ■mu t skilful workman (tho blower) at wherever ho goes, find work, tho head, the gatherer (a young fellow) no letters of credit, hone of next, and t,\v<> boys, bne handling molds | Autograph Collcctliif. “Are you fond of autographs, JMnt. MuMiroom?" asked tlye jjestlrotio young lady of'the practical Visitor. ' “No, I don't go muclM>n 'em. but my son wlio's away at college lias a big col lection ofJtlittJiandwi itin’ of great cele- hright*. _1 reckon I’ll surprise him somo when he gets Imek this summer.” : ... msjr- —- . . .■—b-;- , Th ' ''; K J “p “WY-ll- yc sue, sonin of them cele- ! u ‘ l l V 1 1 . r . brighfs writTmci) pnorVrirtn'Wai ! f»a(T- , ' 1 ? all tiro mupes copied off in a neat liand in a big Ixjok You ha\e_no ulee bow much Ix tu-r they look. Thtit-otiier truck that nolxxly couldn’t make out 1 just burned iipT^’—America. A On4***r Miu«* of Vitlmibl** WcmhI. Forty miles al>o^ New Orleans i* the old bed of tlie Carre crevasse: Fifteen years ag-o tn^ralher of Waters burst his liolts and swept tkretigh then* to I^ike Routcharfrain. Five years ago the state of Ixiuisiaija, with the assist ance of tho Mississippi Valley railroad, rebuilt tlie Bonnet Carre levee, but it could not restore altogether the condi tions prevailing antecedent to the cre vasse. The river in tlie ten years it j Kissed through tho swamp piled up its sands against tlie big cypress forests there. It ha* left behind a buried for- sand ha* deadened or tools, and tho oilier carrying the prod ucts to tlie annealing oven. The only way to learn the glass trade is through long apprenticeship in these four stages. And no apprentice is permitted to enter the full privilege and wages of a master workman without the consent of the or der. By this severe means of apprenpice- tihip the glass workers keep the skill of their trade In* th^Lr ow n control, much liku the old Venetian artisans, and prac tically dictulo their own prices to em ployers. Tho best wages in tho glass Industry aro received by the window glass blow ers, sometimes reaching • $13 j»er day. The master me Iters rauk next, though they, seldom get more than half that amount. From these earnings the price* slope dowu to tlie small tending lioys, who are iLiid thirty cents for ton-hours’ work. The blower's occupation is lalior- ious, but not mlhoalihful. lie work® eight or ten hours at a stretch, linishing one melt of gbis*. There are four or five melts every week, each requiring six teen hours to fuse, ten houm of blowing and ten hours of flattening. The work pense*. ——; Dick Roocnberg U«t<n*d attentively, Interrujiting with a word now and then. r _ When he camo to go be said, “I’ll try« yttur plan. Tom. wills my wife. I.alwayt, •tiin'cbow fdt ii tf » irgmaii w am made for buiineta In fact, Fve most- always been with Belle when aha made purchases and paid for ttietn mjMlf.** , “My word for it, Dick, you will hnv* more mofroy at tlffiend of a year if Mri. Rosenberg boys her own tiling*.** Tliat evening there were no callers* and Mr. and Mr* Roeeoberg stationed, themselve* in the library jvith books And. work. Tlie lady of the-'touee* worked fitfully, watched thafiamce in the fkm>, ing tire, hesitated, opkued her mot^h to s|>eak once or twice, at last gained oour* age and gave utterance: , “Mra Franklin came In this afternoon to ask me to go shopping with her to morrow morning. She ha* seen some good® she would like to consult tneabont, and os 1 said 1 needed a drees, she sug* gested (hat I get it at the some time, t didn’t know whetlier it would beconve**-- lent for roe to liave any money now or. not If it is«not, perhspe I san have, enough for car fares, and then I nan help her with her things." Bello trembled as her husband begsh.. r First he laid down his paper and pushed it aside. « . "Tho very idea of your having to coma to mo for car fares] Np. 1 dos^'mean if isn’t right,” as he saw the moisture gather Jn lira Roeenherg^ eye. “I have ^een Meaning (ho did not say for how long) W- have a little talk with you upon the. money question. Belle, 1 always thought. it was tlie man's place tb manage all the, matiny. I will tell you how ft was ia my hoipe. My father waV a poor boy.*, M- was sent out at 10 years of age to shift for himself. He did all kinds of hard, cold work, and received hard, oela. treatment He tried seVeral trades, tnd, at last decided to go into a factory, leaijp all there was to learn about the busfc*sss»,_ and get np by degrees into a good bast- ncfm. Ue did so. “In my early years he had quits a good •alary—several thousand dollars a year. Hu* there was'ons thing I always ok% served, and that was that' thpugft ue. gave liberally and spent lavishly him-, •elf. he never trusted my mother with • much money. Uo trusted her, but thoss ■ wore not cays when women were ex pected to control things- Tliey always^ asked ,their husbands whst to do and what to buy. Any way,Tt was so in my. father’s family, and in his brothers 1 fam ilies, and other families 1 knpw about “Why,' my mother had no mckstbooM- of her own. She always Went to'tnj. father for every cent • “When 1 mafried, I suppose^ fh* i ought to keep my money in my ©wfi« .hands, but I have mads np my mhuJ that I have been ail wrong. To-morrow is your birthday. Bells. Fm going to celebrate by beginning to live as I mean to go on.” w i To Mrs. Rosenberg’s surprise he was holding out to her a new pocketbook of tho most approved style. Mrs. Rosen berg took it, and the faint color in hsr„ cheeks deepened as on examining It id always by tlie piece', and in teams or treed, and a aloniclo tiiill ea «- h of one ruas- j a ml younger asaist- them into sbin^J^e witli ail thirntiTiffily vvi'h wliicli tli.ic machine works. —Nv'v Ihere are in opieration abontl60fur- Oileans Times-1 kMuocrat. na' (**. at u inch tliero aro employed :—: 1 ; alxait ftmr tliousand Llowern, gatherers, flattener* and cutters. They aw bound tojpther by a union that dictates the qnai’.Lity ( .u !l vv w rLm»*> iniilfir*, Hn>. Dfnrstiitex In th«* Wr»rld. . There is m the civilized worhLnn fi**cr- sge of one d»*af mute to every -LaOD of “Take a pull of the starboard sheet.” 1 called out. “Well, there! belayt What j.F'V .»»' ot V r Wf>r,ts ’ '* ari) next, Mi*s Julia?” “Lower cue of the quarter boattr, and take ra® forwrow The sea looks very 1 * beautiful, and I think it would do me good.- 1 elevated my eyebrows, and sold: . “Whst about the breexe, Miis Cat- nrichacl/' _ . , ti,^. . • at leaxt l.OOO.OW of this afflh te.i ctass. In thq t nited Statrv th< re are HS.iXH); iu Great Britain in ticrinany, 2'i,- 000, in i* ranee, 80,000; in Swe-i**ir, 2.000: in Norway, T.IOO. in Denmark, 'J*. 1 ' »0; i • Holland. 2.300. and in Swttz<'i Im J (the country above all otliem wirore deaftu x- k pre^alriit), >C,0vX>.—iM.xnt frvrFrv-j». 1 lie C'oinmou I ly. Tlie common fly lays more than me -hunihtd eggs, anil the time for eug lUv- , ing to qialui ity i* o ily alxnit two n\ eek*. Mos,t of us have studied geometrical |»rq- grexsion. Here wn see it illufitiated. Sup- |x>xd otic fly Comiuencea “to multiply-, and repfctiw.ri tliq caith” about June 1. ! Juiro 1'), if all lived, would give lot), j ».') of these Hie fcuiKles, July ! . edge. The same is true of the coojr-r. - Where barrels are to he put together th^re he can fnm employment. And what with beer- barrels, flour barrels, j whisky barrels and sugar barrels, there are always barrels to make. Likewiso the barlicr. Let Jiitn walk into a sliop in Portland, Ore., or Portland, Me.; into one at New Orleans or Duluth, it mat- ! tens not, a good barber can as easily shavo the attenuated check of the Yan kee as the dark visage of tho Creole, and ’ need never want employment The clerk, the cashier, the salesman, tlie bookkeeper, the* writer, all must have J longer time to manifest their capabili ties, must have a measure of acquaint ance, must have that winch we know n** , confidence; but thqse three, the printer, ■ tho barlx'r and the cooper, need no char acter from Uroir lost employer.—Tukalo JourqaL Choked *a I)«-ar to Death, Tho champion l>ear story comes from Edgewood, N. Y. A man named Brown, living live miles from that place, discov ered a l>ear feeding on seme berries. Taking off his coat. Brown stealthily . crept within “throwing" distance, w hen he covered bruin’s head with the gar ment. Before the bear' etrtihl free Wm- tkilf from t^i® covering Browfegot cl enough to get his lingers around its throat. Jle squeezed hard and the hoar slowly succumbed to tlio s<|ueezing pres sure.and foinieajl.—Chicago Tribune. i better Piko the ten, you may ueed it be fore you are through.” Tom C(xd^ transferred tlie bill to his wife's hand, at the aanio time saying, “I ... . , ^ 4 siipjiose you have no time to Rtop, Amyl^-dhoovered a fifty dollar bill neatly “No, indeed,” she laughed. “But T would like to show you something if you are not too busy.” Mr. Rosenberg, sitting apart from the window to which tho two had with drawn, could see that tho “something”, proved to be handsome samples of pas sementerie. “I want ono of these for my new satin," ho heard Mrs. Garrett say. “Which shall it be, Tom?” Tom gave his undivided attention to the trimming, and,* (tossessing a good deal of taste, was able to help his wife out of her dilemma. “Thank you,” she said as she neared the door. “I will get some'of this twelvo dollar kind.” Then kho walked away. - — “I’ll lie hanged, Tom Garrett, if that stuff costs 'twelve dollars.' Y’ou don’t get any more salary than 1 do, and I cant your*. to give my wL'e so much to *pend on these days for all folded and lying within. “It is only what I propose to hand, ou^athe beginning of each m£tb r,” said her husband, looting on with pleased interest. Just fancy, reader, how she leltl 8h* who had been accustomed to come and* ask for the sym of ten centsl Mrs. Franklin and Mrs. Rosenberg did their shopping together. And it must be owned that Mrs. Franklin was sor*. prised at the number of dainty trifieA. that Iyer friend purchased. When pt last she spent |4 for half a dozen handker-, chiefs, she exclaimed: /‘Edna, do yoo? think Fm. growing extravqMant? I had; a large birthday present, so yea see* I can afford a few things." ftut in a few days Mira. Franklin ob-. begin served to her husband, “WhaFY long to dress my wife as you dQ_j_ birthday present Belle Rosenberg had^ Why I should think I was a fool *<> ha ™ ijflptr <* money in “ tharohe needs." beads. How do yfcu manage ttT I. As for Mr. Rosenberg, he never re-. T i “I don’t manage it, and 1 doo’l dress my wife, os you term it. She gels w hat she likes with her own share of the money. I never interfere, except when Fm asked, a* was tho case this after- gretied that he decided to make his wife. I rtner in home affaire. He' no longer, occasion to be ashamed of her *p-. pearance in public, nor needed he to W* ment any undue ei&evaganoe in h*fr. noon.” I “Dick, you are not robbing you:set”,. But kbe wore a sttini^ng^gwnirTasl . vv the interests of your house, qpr "Unv- ed Drok, who felt.-bound - tiling are you?" she ventured one day., to sift this “woman and dress business," sdding, “I do'wish every wife'Could have as he called it. to the bottom. “I want ■ acr allowance.” to know how you manage it. Sly wife And Mr. Rosenbergmfillltglygrowled,* in a handsome woman, but I was' aetu- **1 believs every sensible man see* U> t|. naiiilierof bp|>renti('eKthat may betoken (generally not more tliau iwo to a fur- i ili.it prohibits any foreign work- iiirm I rom getting a place in tho Lietories, or any glass ffotit being made Li tho :uoi;U»* »,f July and' Aug*ist. The aver- ;ge lime they liave worked in tiie last Der< ropnient of tiro Street Rui1wt«j-. Tho first street railway was operated in l&>2 from New York to Harlem. It did not ap|>ear in Boston until 1800. The Bupp>so wouldgive u i:i~ mr crrrri^ A-n.vp-j -<iui rtniw* , 1iair , beerr’hwe- than eight first “horse car” Hne was-opeued on the Baltimore ami Ohio line prior to tlie in troduction of the kteaij} engine, but was not designated os a street railway. From »eom|»asaUvxMy^»eeMi begsnmng a reus aiiy ashamed of her last evening T really want iror to have what other tt onron have, but I just can’t keep giving her money for gewgaws, and that is what Under it would amount to* TfiaTUs wife ffas utioa. or otiier uutoward circumstances tq in- lerferd, U,209 flies. Suppose O.GJff o4 thcae are females, we might have, July Ml, Aaj.—v Yuris ick-^rstss aiontlw and a half. Much of the time .j*t h.is bi'en spent in ■trikes or disputes uitii the luanu/ucturers shout wages.— Uar^vr s Ma^uiUs,, ' s. .. t Tom gave s prolonged whistle, half 1118 breath. “I u*U you I don’t manage my #ife at sllrt-Isis all Lean do u> stusnd to my side enterprise has sprung up. Today there • of the house and my business. I earn a are 2u.u00 car* in umj in the btreets of couple of hundred every vuunth, carry on cities in the United Statea, mpiiring the ^ ^ expenses, farmsh the v services of ltJU,W0 honro*.—DtUoit Frr ' ! krv**. - * The Soothem fiereela 'Fhe western lumbermen are attentiou to tbi houec, Lay tbs pcovlaiMM^ and clothe 'n.Fv