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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WVINNS1Oo, S. C., MA Y 3, 1879. V 1II.-NO. 40. LIFE'S WEST'WINDOW. We stand at life's west window, And think of the days that are gone; Remembering the coning sunset, Wo too must rentember the morn; But the sun will set, the day will close, And an end will come to all our woes. As we watch from the westoru easoments, Reviewing our hSPpy youth, We mourn. for its vanished promtse, Of honor. ambition and trut, But htpes will fall and prid6 decay, When we think how soon wo must away. We stand at life's west windows, And turn not sadly away, To watch our children's faces The noontide of sparkling day But our unn must set, our lips grow dumb, And to look from our windows our children cc me. ltill looking from life's west windows; . And we know we would not again Look forth from tho eastern lattice. And live over all life's pain. Though life's sunlight be brilliant, its sunset is sweot since it brings longed-for rest to our weary feet. Uncle Maurice. It Is with'mn's lives as with.days-some dawn radiant with. a thousand colors, others dark with gloomy clouds. That of my Uncle Maurice was one of the latter. lie was so sickly when. he caie into the world that notwithstanding these anticipations, which might be called hopes lie continued to live, suffering and deformed. le was deprived of all the joys as well as all the attractions of childhood. Ite \vas oppressed because lie was weak, and laugh ed at for his deformity.- In vain this little hunchback opened his arms to the world the world scoffed at hin and went its way. However, he still had his mother, and it was to her that the child directed all the feelings of a heart repulsed by others. With her lie found shelter, and was happy, till lie reached the age when a man must take his place in life; and Maurice had to content himself with that which others.had refused with contempt. His education would have qualified hin for any course of life; and lie became a clerk in one of the little toll-houses at the entrance of his native town. le was always shut up in this dwelling of a few feet square, with no relaxation from the of ilee accounts but reading and his mother's visits. On fine summner dlays shte cameo to work at the door of his hut, under t'hc shade of an elematis planted by Maurice. And even then, when she was silent, her pres once was a pleasant change to the hunch hack ; ie heard the clinking of her long knitting needles, lie saw her mild and mourn ful profile, which reminded hih of so many coiriageously-borne trials; he conld every 1ow and then rest his hand -affectionately on that bowed-down .eck, and exchange a smile with her. But, this cenifort wak sooin to be taken from him. lls poor mother fell sick, and at the end of a few days he had to give up all hope. Maurice was overcome at the' idea of a sepa ration which would 'henceforth leave. him alone on earth,' and abandoned hinself to boundless grief. - He knelt -by the bedside of the dying -woman-; he called her by the fondest naies ; he pressed her in his arms, as If he could so keep her alive. I is mother tried to return the caresses and to answer hhin; but her hands were cold, her voice already gone. She could only prcs.s lierlips against the forehead of her son, heave a sigh and close her .eyes forever. Those who were present tried to take Maurice away, but he resisted them and threw himself on that now motionless form. "Dead I" cried h'; "dead I She who had never left me; she who was the only one in the world who loved me I You, my mother, dead I What, then, remains for me here below ?" A stifled voice relied: "God I" Maurice started, raised himself ,ap.. Was it a last sigh from the dleadl, or his owna con science that had answered -him ? lIe (lid not seek to know, lie understood the an swer, anid accepted It. It was then that 1 ti-st anew him. I of ten wvent to see him in lis little toll-house; he mixed in my childish gameis, told ime lis best stories, and let mie gather, his flowers. Deprived as lie was of all external attrac tiveness, he showed himself full of hindness to all who camne to him, and, though he never would p~ut .himself forward, lie had a welcome for every one. Deserted and de sp~ised, lie submitted to- everything with a -gentle patieice; but those who might otherwise have promoted him as his services dleserved were repulsed by lis deformity. As ho had no patrons, he-found his claims were always disregarded. They preferred before him those who were better able to make thoeelves agreeable, and seemed to be-granting him a favor whon letting him keep the humble office whecih enabled -him to live. Uncle Maurice bore injustice as he had borne contempt; unfairly treated by men, lie raised lis eyes hIgher, and trusted in the justice of Him who can niot be de eived. H le lived in an old house in tihe suburb, where many work-people, as poor bult iiot -as forlorn as lie, also lodged. Among these neighbors there was a single woman, who lived b herself in a little garret, into which camie.l th wind-and rain. Bhe was a young girl, e~l .and silpit' and with nothing to recomnbiend hli her wretchedness, andl *l~et' eslgiurtipn to y~ She was never seen spe4Riiftby tr woman, 'and no song cheered hier Bat he. wdi'ft without nuterest amd tbttrelaxation; a depress in'$glooW' sl enivelop) her like i shroud:.U&&?jtion 'rtjfedted 'jurlce; lie attemptodt sk td hier ;~ ad rcblied milldly, but in few words. It was easy to see that she preferred her .silence .and~ her solitude fd' the ilttle imnchba~ck's 'good will; lie perceived it 'and said no nipte. 'But Tddet needle was hat'dlysuflcienit for her -supporti and presently work' 'failed her. Maurice -learned that thme poor girl was in want of everything, atil that thettrades men refused'tb give huel' credit. . Ho Imme diately w .to'tbrem anid piyatoly engaged to pay themi for what they supplied Toinetto - Things *Oetqn this wliyfor 0'veraj months. Tme y9ufl 'ress-m elr continued out of work, uanlil se was atIlns frightened at, dhe bills she- I)qa ontreid with the shanatpe W t etn h ast1Ot a .~ ered. Het ftrifaitsAes ato run tUncle Maurice and tlpanmk him on her'knigq Ifoi -habitual reserve had given way to a .but af dannaat faltan 'Ic ui.d 'n If...t1u.# hid incited all the Ice of that numbed he Being now no longer embarrassed wil secret, the little hunchback could give gr. er elticacy to his good ollices. Toiuette camte to him a sister, for whose wants had a right to provide. It was the I time since the death of his mother that had been able to share his life with anotl The younir woman received his attenti with feeling, bat with reserve. All M rice's efforts were Insufficient to dispel gloom. Sie seemed touched by his ki ness, and sometimes expressed her sens' It with warmth ; but there she stopp I Her heart was a closed book, which the tle himchback might bend over but cm not read. In truth, he cared little to (o he gave himself up to the happiness of ing no longer'alone, and took Toinette her long trials had made her ; he loved its sheo was, an11d wished for nothing else still to enjoy her.company. This thought insensibly took possess of his mind, to the exclusion of every th else. The poor girl was as forlorn as hi self ; she had become occustomed to the formity of the himnehback, and she seen to look on hinm with an affectionate syni thy. What more could lie wish for? I til then, the hopes of making himself ceptable to a helpmate had been repelled Maurice as a dream; but chance seen willing to make it a reality. After much hesitation lie took coura and decid*ed to speak to her. It was evening; the little hunchback, much agitation, directed his steps towa the workwoman's garret. Just as lie V about to enter, lie thought lie heard a stra voice pronouncing the 'itaiden's name. quickly pushed open 0h- door, and perceiN Toinette weeping and leaning on the she der of a young man in the dress of a sail At the sight of my uncle site disengan herself.quickly, and ran to him, crying 0 "Alh I come in-coime hi I It is lie that thought was dead ; it is Julien ; it Is my trothed I" Maurice tottered, and drew back. A s gle word had told hin all. It seemed to hiim as if the ground sl< and his heart was going to break ; but 1 same voice that lie had heard by his mo eI's death-bed again sounded in his ct and he soon recovered himself. God v still his friend. Ile himself adcompanied the newly m ried pair on the road when they wcent aw aund, after having wished them all the I piness which was denied to him, lie returr with resignation to the old house In the sti urb. It was there that lie ended his life, ft saken by men, but not, as ie said, by t Father which is In heaven. le felt I presice everywhere ; it was to him in t place of all else. When lie died, it was wi iai smile, and like an exile setting out for I )wn country. Ie who had consoled him poverty and ill health, when he was sufft ing frot injustice and forsaken by all, it made death a Lain and a blessing to him. The Admiral's Duck Story. Wheon Admiral Horatio Binnacle, t veinmable retired sea-serpent, who lives WVest Seventy-seventh street, saw roast dii :n the bill of fare recently, his alwm pleasait face took oii an added ray Clieerfulesa, but those who sat near hi rbservel that after lie had eaten his porti his brow was corrugated. Later, as itood before tihe parlor lire, the Admit said: "I lived once, gentlemen, in a hot which the boarders left In a body. We h one night for supper roast duck. It v nerved in rough, Jagged pieces, but i thoright nothing of that ; perhaps the cai ing axe was dull. It was rough? Tli was to be expected. Tasteless? Of court But when we had nearly finished It, c Commodore Zelotes Finnerty held up piece on the end of a fork, and said: "Admiral." "Commodore." "Nails I" ''And sure enough, getntletmen, as Conmnodore turned that piece of duck his fork I saw sticking through it the 1)01l of three nails. It~ was a wooden dc (luck thtat we had eaten, servedl byt landladiy because It was cheaper thtan dlucks that are sold in the poultry maa k She w as safe in her assutmption that would not discover in the taste aniy di1ff once between that and many other duc we had eateti from the same table ; 1 unfortunately she forgot to pull out t nails. "It was too much for the old Comn diore. lie wvent to his room, got out old-fashined, alligator-mouthed carpet-i: that lie always carried, and began to sti lisa dunntage. His examp~le was infeetiol WVithin half ami hour every bit of baggaj from trunk to grip-sack, was out of I house, and the b~oardlersa were seeking oth feeding grounds. "No, I don't mean to say, gentlemi that the duck we had for dinmier to-nit was a wvoodpni duck; ;undorstanud me, 1 s: no nails, but--I" , Colorado Agates. Agates are found in profusion in. Middle Park, -Colorado. They occur large patches, scattered over theo surface chips and larger fragments, and occurim also, in massive ledges. Only a very sin percentage of them, however, contain, I curious and delicate crystallization of hi known as moss. The great agate field south of the Grand and west of Willia rivers, on a high sage plain. It Is six eIght miles in length, and nearly as great width, though agates are not found all o' this area. It has been culled amd pick over by hundreds of people. There is agate patch-or several of themi, small extent-on the divide betiveen Troubieso river and Corral creek, north of the Gram In all these localities the "moss" Is black datrk-brown&-thp usual color, Niear Gra river, org $he~ northi side, and about th: miles west of Hot Sulphur Springs, it mnallh arpa where red moss agates are foui -that ls, tiie "moss" is red, ~or .reddi hirown, Instead of black. Red moss aga are rare and durious. No search has e' been made in any of these places bone: the. nientalisurfne. of .the ound. 'I agates gathered have been piced up on surface, generally in broken fragments, t showed the moss nttirally, Sl ont., s1,soo,, ouTo umit up, sIx long years of b6 rIdden slbkness, oogting $20~0 per. toti '$1,200.aalI of this expenille u stopped' by three bottles'of Ifop Bitt< taken by my wife.: She has-done I own -housework for a yvear sine whi Outthelos's'f ittayyshofvdM 6oi hadvik1MAG~t M fAP ith a bna*d irt. -tMnae Carlo. h a !at- To one who travels in northern Europi be- one of the most curious places to visit he ,Monte Carlo, the Gambling iloll of Europ, hrst the only place, since play hats been forbii he den at Weisbaden and Baden aidtien, whei ter. it is legalized. To make the pleasant Dins trip, let one leave the car at Monaco. It aU- the dwelling place of the Prince of Monac< 1er land is but a short walk from 31on ar111 ad- Monaco is at small principality, one of ti of oldest, if not tile oldest, inl Eur3o)e, no ed. under the protection of France. A sho: lit- walk, and tile long,4niooth road, leading i Uild tho castle, is rCIelIed. It Stands, 31 low, plil 80; building, simple in its architecture, on3 ti be- top of a high and picturesque blu tiff, whot ats wiesterl base 1 washed by the waters of ti: ber Ity. It is open two days inl a week, who Alt the prilice is lt holle, but the (lly il quel tion being neither Tuesday nor 8aturd3 ion1 I had not the pleaire of going through il ing Leaving the plai, bare yard, the road i mll- bounded by at luxurious growth of gert Ile- niums, cacti, celtuiry plantS, llg trees 11 Ied others of at tropical growth. Nlow we ha31v Pa- scarlet gerailiis running wilI ad uncare 71- for by the roadside ; nov alon33g tihe wate c- fi-ont, under the shande of oican(lers, 11ow i by a1 gradual slope, with charming villas alon ed the road, and we turn to tie right. A parl fiely cultivalted, is before us, on the rigl , tile I lotel do 'aris, (ad just inl front a soli white stoIe blildillg, shining With 1 1111 in dred lights-it is the "Salle 3airesque d ird Casino de MOtile Carlo." lieyond are elet ra tric lights, and over the roof at scalTOldin3 ige is visible, (and two towers as yet u1lnilise( He They aire adding to the lImilding, and nigh 'ed .and day the work goes onl. There is mone ul- there to carry it on. Let us listen ill. Dr. polite attQIndint opens the door and we ar31 ed in3 a1 marble hall like at grand ollice or waitl ut, ing roollI. The walls are delicately frev - 1coed, and the niche halls are lit i) by elet )C- tric lights 03 the rgiit is at cloak-room anm heyond a reading room, where one ea: 3n learn of tile world from a huinlred journal of differelt, nationalities. Opposite tile ell ok trance double doors open into the prince he theatre, a gorgeously gilded and decorate< h- room), Where performs one of the fi3est or rs, ciestras ill Europe. Two m1ore doors ye a3s remain for uts to enter. One to the' m11a1n ger, if lie ma1y be s* called, where, if one i r- thought to be a miior, lie must apply for. Y1 Card of admission1, not to be granted if t1n1 P- der twenty-one. Baut acons~tanlt line o ed men aid women aire going into the othe tb door. Enter, (and you aire ill tle galblii, saloon. It is ill two parts, the first contain n'- ing two, and the larger four lairge greei he covered tables. The rooi is magnificent uis marble floor, variegated panels, easy sofas Ie elegant chandeliers and 11lwers; but 'tis n3(o ti the room which demands the attention o .18 the eager crowds who surrou(i the tatbles M (;old, silver and bank notes ire rapidl, r- changing hands, andl(! fortunes are made ai31n Wd lost at the turn of tile wheel or the falce o the cards. Pretty E4nglish and Frenel maidens are watching tile numbers as thei come up, and daintily putting down five lie numbers. Old lad ,lis are there, too, fat ant a3n fidgety; 11e11 Who play by system, nigh nk after night, some losing, so11 gailing ya young men talking the early steps; fau of V -men playing for themselves or tile es m *orts whomth m tey may fhid; spectators wlE :m have come to look on, aind, lured by thi hke hope that they maty will, are venturing cob 'al after coin; while amid..a ll, coolly, (Iietly, sit the four croieq)c)8, or bankers8, rapidil se counting, taking in and pouring out ione, ad with their.little rakes with wonderful cc as lerity. There lire two gaines here, roulett< ve and trente-quiarantite, the former of which i v- the most interesting of the two. And o at this I will try to give some explianlation, a 3c. playcd inl Monte Catrlo. The table ha3s it id the centre a round bowl in3 which i a mounted a silver-mointed wheel, its peri plery divided by little partitions into thir ty-seven sections. Tliese are numbere from zero to thirty-seven iln a certin ordler and( the squares are alternlately' black am11 lie rcd, zer'o anld the numlber next 0on its righ nn beinlg black Arouind tile bowl, above th Its whieel, is a1 groove. After the bets arc maldi ry by those who wish, putting down upon01 ti le table thleir' severail amllounts, anywhere fron he~ fly'e franc10 to six thlousanld, one of the ban13k 3era turn~s the whieel 01ne way, ando the bail, ,v 8311311 white 0one, is whirled aroun~d ti 3r- groove 1in an opposi5te3 directionl. Soon1i ks slaceks down and1( drops into 03ne of thle sc lut tionls of the wvheel. Th'le color and munlibe hie decido the bets. In betting, bets 31ay3 bh m~ade 0on a sin1gle numb11er, wvhen, if fortu 0o- nalte, the winnler receives thirty-six timle 110 his5 stake, the banlk having the odds, thlrei ag' per cent., in1 its faivor. Or 011e mayft bet 01 >w odd or even, blac1k Or red, undl~er elghittee is. or over eighteenl, on the first, second o :e, third dozens, onl threes or sixes, the return lie being ill proportionI to the chances risked ecr The bank a1lays 1has tlle 0(dd1 of abou three per cenit. A groat many31 bets are nmad n,~ at once, and, 3as the wheel 8stops, tile stake lht are raked in, except thlose winnin13g,,atndl th iw ownlers of thlese are then paidI very rapidly SOme have great rulls of luc0k, and1( it is sai thlat a prominen101t Amelricanl tobacIco 1mer ehanl~t 1made1 570,000f, but as a rule thlos lie 'who pmy13 loose, and thalt, too, heavily. 'Ph in play goes oni atternlooni and( eveing unitil 1 inor 11.80, whlen It eese, and withle an1011 ig, p)0n101 the baink reckonls upl Its gain. Mlon~t sli Carlo being the onl1y 1)1ac0 where pilyin lhe Is legalized, a hleavy license is 1paid( to tih on Prince of Mona~co, and1( this forms his chio Is reene or inl The DaiH of the Giltowe. 'er. ed- A abort tIme ago twvo negroes wer< nn huing at Newv Kenit Court hlouse, Via ne ginla. After the hanging the crowd Ld. of wites wenit away, but .the negroee or hting about the field and around th iid shiallowv graves of the felonis unltildark'h -ce They had dletermnetd to hlave 3a ball but a according to som13 sutperstitlin amifon ad them it could not begin unltil aifter tht tes tnldnighit hour. A large barn near th rer field was swept cleani bj hiundr'eds o ithi willIng hands. -At 12 o'clock it wva he crowidedl. Oil a smnall stage In a corne lhe the stand for the musIcians were place 1ted, which .was occupIed by four banj players and one fiddler;. in the mik die of the room was another stand, upo d. on which the mani who called out th tr, figures stood, It was a weired scenti as Boys stood in the corners of the roor ~rs with pine knot torches, which filled th, ot place with black smoke, and made h's murky llaht. At 12.15 the festivith 'Y' bfan. Petof Jehndsonia btfrly tobat -" khand neannfa@d tha .Stand .in tb middle of the room. and sang out in stentoriai voice "'Choose your part iers.'' Tile st-ra ely made up orceles 1S tra strick ip 'Th h-4Mississippi Sawyer,' a wild Elilopian t ir, and tle daneing e began. As tihe mJ sie wenat on, tihe mu r sicians and da' rs grew wild and is wildor, until the shouted and sang as though possessed by the devil. Such exclamiat los as * could die dis mo lelL !" "1Oh, Lord, how ba ppy I s !'' and the like Y 4 beard, especially 0 from the women. At about 2 o'clock. n Lucinda Macon, a old Voudou negr:si e suddenly made lie appearance in tie e barn. 'lhe mu1,idans and dancers stopped In terror. ''Tie old hag slipp ed lIto the middl of the room, and then began a serlei of strange incanta tion scenes. The '!trick" doctress was s dressed in an old blue and white check dress and had In i r hand a large huit die tied up in a re handkerchief: She e opened It, and afte muttorig a lot of r gibbcrish in what te negroessay there i was an African di leet, she said she g had the rope with hich the inen were hanged, and that aer she haid touched t any bit of it, that pilece would secure ithe possessor agalhist the evil designs of any person who tricked them or pol soined thei. She cLit it up ini small r bits, and over each bitshe muttered and sprinkled something from int old jug, t and theni site sold it for tifty cents. The rush for these pieces of rope wasgreat The men fought for them. ''his cere inony was kept tipfuntil 2.3U A. M. . The rope did not. go around, and when . this became known, those who did not I get a piece acted like tiends, and begged Stihe hag for a tiret d only. She told s them that nothilg else would effect, the charm except small particles of the clothing iII wihich the ien were buried . A lar,.;e party then started ol' to the t grave underneath the gallows, for the - ptiPose of disintering the bodies aiid a bringing back the garments. They soon returned it horror to the bali room, ai earing t.hat they had seen the r two men whao were hainged walkiig aroind tile grave. The hag added to the exe;tement by declaring, at the top I of her voice, sing out; th words, that - Smith and Christian had not died be cause she had given then a charm. Tite secret is that the visit of the dancers to tlhe grave frightened eIr two resurec tionists who were after the bodies for the doctors. Tie dancing and singing was kept tip till five o'clock. It wivai k announced by Voudou doctress that all who danend at the gallows ball would be able in dimeao ne inwo !&q w in- -- . miatter if they lived to be ulnety-oie. Moving Day. "Moving day with all its attendant horrors, will soon be here,"saId Jamwc "and I dont see how I am ever to get through with it. It brings nothing but work, work, work." "Why, yes," replied Grandfather Lickshingle, "it Is a terrible day for i, poor miei folks, and no mistake. See in' as how this dre'ftil day has rolled around and battered me over the bald ? an' hetling pate upward of a hundred times, f ought to know a ilttle some i thlin'about it. Work well, I should say so Glit III) in the mornin' before breakfast. sit around till Its ready, then eat an'ofl dlown town after a wagon. And right here I wv'nt, to say that the standin' premium of a million dollars in gold offeredl by the United States Govern mont to the man that llinds a wagon iv lien he wvants it hats never been claim ed. No mortal man ever finds a wvag on without hoolin' round a whole square, an' Jest this kind of work is knockln' years and years of userutiness - out of some of our best young mien. e WNell, after the doggoned wagon is found, you must gIve the driver your old as wvell as your newv address, as the newvspapera say, aiid that's enmough to break an ordinary mian's back. By the time you 're pretty well fagged out, ani' r you send the wagon to the house while a you go on (down town abioutt your busi ness, an' your wvife finIshes up what ever ilttle odds1 an' ends' there may be to do about the movin.' Oh I it's dre' ful, dre'ful I an' it raises the blisters on nmy hands to think of it;'' and grand father bowved his aged head on his cane andl groaned. re~aen Cloth Romance. The Asiatic gambler is the most reckless; it seems to be his secondi nature, andi he will not scruple to stake lisa wife, Child~ren, 3or, as a last venture, one of his own limbs, his life or liberty, becoming thus the slave of his anttagonist. And hier.e I am reminded' of a flue point of lawv once extant among the ancient Hlindoos, and touching upon thlis very question.. A wvarrior staking his last farthing on chance, finally put tip his lib~erty, upon losing whiichhe bethought him - of his beautiful wife. Luck being still a against him, she was summoned as a slave S before her hiushand's antagonist, and escaped Sthe life of serfdom by tihe adroitness of her first query: "Did my husband lose me or hinself first? For if he played-away hinm self first lie could not stake me." There is a story of a similar case as having occurredi a in an English-speaking country. It was B during the plague in England that a yotung f captain of the kitng's body-guard pledged a the key of his house against all tihe winniings r of his adversary and lost. Thh wife's honor was saved through the medilum of a terrible avenger, .the plague, one spot of which liavIng appeared upon her throat frightened -away the winner of tihe key. Trhe story is a a long one; there was a duel; the husband e was killed; the wife (lied of the plagne,and the cause of all this woe, the lucky game Sster, was only cursed b~y the wierd plague prophet "to perish ini everlasting tie, IN PEQ thuere'f ltntthlg so hecomes a man as tmodest stillness and haumility, -unless he Is engAged in the life Insur-. * ane or some analagous business. The Bronze Age. It Is well knownt that caves forime the first habitations of man, not ont: during the stone but also the bronzi age. Throughout Europe inhabitet caves are found. The most Interesting perhaps, are those of Central Prane and those on the banks of the Meuse Tle latter have the alvan tage of beling in three planes, represeting three suc e(tsslve risings in the river which Irre gatel Its banks. The preseit super posed iayers of ituian remains of thret Coist ivtltle ept chs-that of metal, of polished stone and rough stone. Tie latter, which 18 beneath the other twc Is no longer found on a level wit-h th other two layers, which were then be. neath the water; for the Meuse at DI nant was not less than three leagucs wider. Besides the ituluan remna in there are boies of mainothus. hyenas, reindeer, aiulmals which were then inl Frauce and Belgium. The inhabitnts of the eaves made earthen vases, but knew not the art of baking them, al though they had fires. M. Dtipoi ( L'llomme pIudant l'Age de la Piere), from whom the following is obtained estimates that, during the period of the mnaimoths, the widith of the Meuse at Diinnt decreatsed fron twelve kiloine turs to f'ou r ,IIIndl red meter.?, whlehi Is the distancI'e of the caves in tihe centre. To-day it is but thirty meters. The middle layers, just beneath those of' the maInmmoth, corr'espond to th peri od of the reittteer. The grottoe., wiiehi tre termed pits of the M itons 0: Chatheaux, of Frontal, are striking Cx amiples. The remains of human nldus try are buried beneath a bed of yellow clay wi hich coveirs them. Il tiose, nO buaes of Iainiotlis or lyenas aII found, but only those (if sonme speeles now living: the wolf, fox, leet', wild goat and reindeer. There are yet n" polished stones; there is n1o tratee of metals: the potteries are inade by hand but aire not baked ; siall stones, piece of bone, teet.h of' animals, or fossil slells with holes, composed the orna mnents of' these peoplie. Thle llrd layCI corresponding to the Inferior cav eris on thd borders of the Meuse, Is that of polished stone; It is the epool of dolmnens and the laustrne cities Of Swi tzerland, Savoy and Italy. Yellow clay dihappears, the reindeer. elk, wild bull an1d cast'or have all disappeared. The lateliets are made of polished stones, with holes for inserting hatn. dies; the pottery is inow baked. This epoei has left bohild but fe' remilns ill UtLVt'1i'l , Utt, ti clull t l 11 I tlte earth of the fields. It Is here that bronze makes Its fltst apppieartiance, and though scarico inl Belgium, it, Is found Il great quatitles it the central con it tries. ''he caves of the broize age in France and in Savoy are of two kinds - these used as dwelliIs, an1d those, whether nat-ural or artiIcial, for sep uilchtal putirposes. As ott the Meuse, the inhatbited pits of the idhdle states are fouid along rivers, and belotig gen erally to the period of transition 11romi polished stone to bronze. They are scarce, aund among the most important. are those of Saint Saturiln, a large no olithile station above Cliambery ; those of Savigny near Albano, of La Salette, and of Louvaresse (Isere). The people of the neolIthie petriod who wittnessed the arrival of' bronze Inhabited the [plains and often the bordetrs of trivers. T1hie banks of the Saone fttrnish us with many stations, of whien tite stuecessive epochs appear Int suplerposedl layer's t It Is especIally at the con fluence of streams atnd about fords that they niay be petr ceived. DtannOnd Stealnng, "'Beginning here in St. Lottis, foi' in stallee,"~ stid a dealetr, ''I trememiber a ease that, while not sttrictly speakIng a tobbery, had r'ematrkabie feat~uries. I sold a soltaireo ring for $500 to a lady living in Lucas Place. About a year after'ward a man walked Into my pla1ce, and throwing down a ring, asked mne what It was worth. I at once ree oginizedl it as the one I had sold, and I quecstioned thte mant ver'y closely, ie claimed to have come by it honestly. I talked f'or. a long time, and at last told1 my clerk to go and get a pollceman. Before the clerk got out of the st~ore the man let down compJletely, and told me that heo was a p)lmber; that thttee months before he had been called to a house in Lucas place to fix a wvater pipe, which wasR stoppe)n up. He foutnd the rIng In the pipe, said inothing of It, and walted three months to give theo loss* titme to blo0w over'. Str'ange that lie shtould come to may ptlace, the only one in thte city where the ring would be recognlizedi. lie sawv that heo was fonnd et,, made the best of thie job, retulrnedi tile rIng antd securedc( are ward'( of $200." Otne day a respecttble looking genttle mian with a yotung lady, to all appear ance his wife, Catme lnto the dianmondf dealer's and spont several hours look ing at dIamonds. One cross and. ear rings, valued at $5,000, seemed to strike thbe younig wIfe's eye. TIhie husband dlemurre'id at the price. "Well, v'ell, I ill tink about it," salid lie, as they depar'ted without buyIng. The next day the wotman dirov~e up in a coupe, and said: 'My husband desires to see those diamonds agaIn. I think he wlli buy. ie is sick in bed ; will you go to the Southern with me or will you send a clerk. Warned by a previous bitter experienice involving thte loss of $1 .000, the dlea'.or did not. send a clerk, but went himself. TIhe egulple had a suffe of parlors .on the second dtoo'. 'Meh young ledy -was quite engaging.-'N husuband was.. .leeping. Would tho gentleman wait a few Ionuents? lie would. The lady was unustially Inter esting, and susceptible to charms of womaii, the time passed agreeably to the (iam1ond dealer. The young lady gott i) and entered the Inner apart tuent, bit returned i mediately with the an nouncement that her husband was a wake. With the sweetest. at'ection of' enthulisin she picked ) the case of Jewels. and with "Let, me show them to illy ittsbad, '' d isappeared withia. Ta'e door seemed accidentally toblow Alt. The diamond m erealittit Juiipei ip, and ats he did so bie heard a key turn lin tle lock. Ile at once recog ul'zed what w1s up, aid sprang to the door opeling into the hall.. lie found it locked. lie iats a prisoner. The solid door mocked him. lie was desper atLe, in an inustiatnt, he drew lia revol ver', placed it to the lock, Ilred, it was shattered aid the door swunag open to his touch. Like a madlman lie tore along the halls,down i the statirs,th rough the rotuinida, and a rou 1nd to le lady's en tranice, Jst as a lady in a carrilage gave the order "Relay Depot, Eatst St. Louis.'' Ile leaied into the win dtow of the carriage iad said, "Will your h usband tat ke the diamionds, nadame ?" She gave hfim1 one long, sea reihig look, (Ittletly sald, 'Tfie price is too large, and then they are sucl harti things to keep," produced -the case from the recess of' her muilf' and handed it to ha1mn, saying, "4I slaoi"" have been ticker.'' S11.. looked ti the liatonids, sl 01at they were all right, lbde the woman goodi day. Waih in the houir she and hor confetler ate hal left. the hotel. A Logend About .ate. There is it legend regarding the ill troditiction of' hace luto Flanders. A poverty-stricken, but phis young gIrl was dying of' love for at young intn. whoase wealth preelmded all hopes of mariage. One1 night as she sit weep ing at her sad fate, a beatiftal lady en tered the cottage atid withliout sayLiig a1 word, placed oi ier knee a green cloth cushion, with its bobbins filled .with the fiane tlbread, and which oi Aittiini evenilgs flo:ts in the ad, and whieh the peop)le call 'Ills do lai Vierge ' The lady tholigh of roiallt.r bearing was at pract,ical manufactaurer. Site sat down in silence and with het atilmble lingeirs tatught the unahappy maideii how to make all sorts of pat torns aind compl icatedt stItches. A. dayligit aI)rMolaICl the aallen hald na& etu [Sul alt, aili awte Illysteriu Vis Itor ha- (isappeared. The IPt ice of tht lace soon amaude the poo' gi irl rich1 . Ste mnarried tle mani of' her cholce, antdt su rounitdod )3y a f'auilly, lived happy and rich, for site kept, the secret for hierself. One evening when die little folks wo-re pray'ing roid heor knee by tlie fireside. aid the itisbaiid sat, wailtChing ti happy groulp, the lady suddeily alp peared among them. Hot bearing wa distanlt ; site seemed stern and said, aN this time addressed her prottge in a t retibling voice :"Ilere," she said, "you enjoy peace and abindance whil without are f'aminae and trouble. I lielped yot ; you have not helped you nelghbors. The angels weep for you and turn avay their faces." So tl niext (lay the womiain at'ose, andt going f'ort~h with her green cutshtion andl the bobbins in heor hands, wenat ft'om ct tauge to cottage off'eriing to all .who woutld be tautgt to iiusta'net themaz it the art shte haad hter'selt' mirtacutloutsly lear'nedl. So they ailso becamte rich, antd Beigittm becamae f'atmous foa" thI laamanufactur'e. Odor of tsplcee. An intercelting ar'chumologieal obser' vation htas 'ecenttly been imade quite ac cidentaly. It Is woell known thiat tin urnms founid in Roaaian burIal-grounds, and1( contatining- the bone r'emainms of cr'ematedl bedies arie often covea'od with cliy cups or dishes. The object of thaese dishes was stapp)osed to have been1 to contatan spices, which senit forth agreeablle odoas dttring te progress of croimatoan. 11ca r l)ahtlem, a w~ell known Geraniaa archiaeologist, wvas able to verily this view in the following muanne' lit htadi obtainedl a dish of this kindi which was broken, and aifter' eniting It hat placed it upon) ai stove for thet purpalosO 01 dtrying the cementt. Shortly aftet'ward he noticed a strong and by no mns unp~lleasanflt odoar proeedlfiig fromt the hieited dish. It sems, therefore, that the latgredients burned In the dilsh somn fifteen centuries ago had left traces be hinad, whieh annaouncaxed theIr presen~ce upon becomiag heated. Ilerr Dahlemn reuaratks that the odor was ntot unlike that of storaux. .A (Iunning Beast. Onc of the largest andl most ferocious ani. mals in South Ameriea, is the .Jaguar--a terriblo native tiger. Besides being large and inmmensely stroang, It practices extraor dinary stragctic schemes in procuring food, which indieate something above mere In atinet, because circumstances are constantly requiring some variation ina theIr foraging expeditions for prey. Humnboldt says when they find a turtle they adroitly turn it ovet on Its bac0k. It is then helpless and totally - unable to offer resistence ini that condition. WVith the most cruel manifestation of felimn character, the Jaguar then leisurely knaws out the quivering fleai~ between theQ shell and carapace. Another of the Jaguari reasoning manOeuvers Is to quietly follow the margin of streams.' At sight of a fbis near enouagh to be appr'oacd with a quick, dash of Iispaw the gano i's thrown high and dry above the bank. Fortunately fo the country thie Jaguar ha a mnatch~ in the aroat serpents that infestdiplcal Ameriea. nera twnling gf topfeo of these moni trswinds iilpself-r his body, anfr crushes out life ~ M~ b ntes lito fragments at the sa~e FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Do not rip up old sores. Doing nothing is doing Ill. Every couple is not a pair. Fire and water are good servants, bit bad masters. Great pain and little pain niakes a man weary. Give a rogue rope enough and he'll hang himself. Ile lively, but not light; solid, but not sad. Civility is always safe, but pride creates enemies. Better break thy word than do worse in keeping it. Never write when in anger; your writing may condemn you. 'Ie Iong0st and darkest of all nights is the night of despair. Vhen rich rogues are merry, honest folks may go Into mourning. Ile who loses his temper In an Argu Inent, loses the argument also. The character that needs law to mend it Is hardly worth the tinkering. Be respectful to all men, that you may command respect. Belit is not in our power, but truth fiuliess is. The Cirlstian life Is not knowing or liearing, but doing. Blessed are the homesick, for they slIall coMle Lt last to the Father's house. Moderation nl the sliken t''I' run nitng through the pearl -.aan of virtues. We 11011 .uem virtues, though inl at fo,,, Mi lahor vice, though in a LJove clin excuse anything but ineall ness; i)ut mneIniess kills lve and crip pies evecn natu ral a ffections. Advice is like snow ; the softer it. ia I is, tihe longer it d wel Is upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind. No man was ever cast down with the in juries of fortune, unless lie had be foie been deceived by her favors. Great things are not accomplished by idle direamus, but by years of patient s4idy. They that do notiing are in the read lest way to do that which Is worse than nothing. Kind words are better than gold, and t(he voice of a frienad alis saved many ta i man fron ruin. Be happy if you can, but do not des p1se those who are otherwise, for you know not their troubles. Some of the grandest things which iave been achieved were by those whom we thotught our inferiors Narrow not your mind to your own selfishness, but give it a broad field flor your fellow m1en to work in. Loves sweetest meanings are unspok en. Tile full heart knows no rhetoric of words; it resorts to signs and glances. All the blows we strike should be for ait puirpose: every 1nan11 urivuen sanoulu uu a rivet in tle machile of tile universe. lie who who toys with time trifles with A frozen serpent, which will af ferwards trimi and inflict a deadly wot und. The chief art of attaining is to learn but lit-tle at a time. The widest excur slons of tile mind are made by short flights, frequently repeated. bt. Bernard puts it well when he says, "Huimility is, of ilt graces, the chliefest wheut it doesn't know itself to be a gIrace at all. Give a Inana such a heart as tae Son of' God describes in the beatitudes, and a whole universe of sorrow cannot rob him of his blessedness. I thInk the first virtue is to restrain Cihe tongue; lie approaches nearest to the gols who knows how to be silent evon though lhe is in the right. D~uty, though set about by - thorns, many be made a staff, supporting eve nl while it tortures. Cabt it awvay, anld, like tihe propheot's wand, it chaniges toat snake. Groatness stands upon a precipice. andi if' prospemrity, unbalamnced by moral sualsion, carries a man ever so little be yond~ his poise, it overhears and dashes him to pieces. Though the Word andl the Spirit do the maIn work, yet suffering so nbolts the door of the heart. that both the Word amnd the Spiriit have easier enitranl ces. Blessed be the man who gives to the poomr, albe)ls only a penniy ; doubly blessed be lhe who adds kind wordis to lhis gif't. Say not, because-thou canst not do everything, "I wvill do nothing.'' A man who can give up dreaming ad go to his dlaily realities; who can 4nmother' downl lis heart, its love or woe, lfnd take to the hard work of his hand ; who defies fate amnd, if he must die, lies fightimng to the last-that mani Is lifo's best hero. Tr'mutlh Ia ai way sconsistent Wit11 itself, and neoeds nothing to help it:Outt It is ilways near at hland, and sit Ulp 'n our lips, and is ready to drop onW bfore we are aware, whereas a lie is trouble some1, and needs a great many more of the same kind to make It .good. A great haigheroad of. human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast, well doing, and they who Are the anost persistent and work in the -trtell spir it will Invariably be the most success 'uli : unm"" treads on the heels of every right effort. bgot a guU name is best wo ygo leeds. There is no sure way or Ibeing well thought of except by. deser'ving .veil. "You have a little world ,efore you," wrote DanIel Webste~r Wt.4iend "fill it with good deeds and yogi will ,ll1.it with yo..r ownsglory.' Trhe only part of the. conidnetspfany me,- in whioh he is amenable t~o qolety, s that whioh conceruis others. the part whieh merely coi)cerns )iself, ils independonne is of rIglit ateu. Over imself, over his oyvn oly and ind, she individual is sovodei . This. seems5,to m9S A greMttu ', says Carlyle, in auny exile or ch Qw latsoa iver, that sorrow was notgv is for' torrow's saige, bu aaa* 4 111i is a 1ess00 ,totna 1 to fearn 8Q9mOWit 490T~, ~~ me 'Many llavi ~atani hoRV to leave hiiMi; o~wtmh amaomao