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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C.9 MAY , 1879.N BILEMiT SONGS. When the song's gone out of your life, 'fhat you thought would last to the end; That firab sweet song of the heart; That no after days can lend The song of the birds to the troos The song of the wind to the flowers The songs that the hoart Sing low to itself. When It wakes in the morning hours. You can start no other song, Not even a tremulous note Will falter forth on the empty air, It dise in.your aohing throat. It is.all $a vain that yon try; For the Spirit of Song has fled. The nightingale sings no more to the rose, When the beautiful flower is dead. So lot silence softly fall On the bruised heart'. quivering strings, l'erhaps, from the loss of all, You may learn the song the Seraph sings, A grand and glorious psalm That wi.1 tremble and rise and thrill, And fill your breast with its grateful rest And its lonely yearnings still. Toddles., I felt like a lady that morning. I was a lady, I thought, after all; quite as much so as Mrs. Jones, who lived in thegreat cupola house on the hill. Quite as much of a lady I said to myself, briskly,- as I dusted up my littlp shop, and arranged the sheeny ribbons and gay striped goods in the window. The window was hung with pretty lace curtains, and there was a globe of gold-fish in it that sailed about as courteously and busily as though they were getting their living as head clerks. It was a sweet, soft autumn morning; the village street was grassy and quiet,. and I hunimed a tune as I glanced cheerily out at little Toddles flitting about in her scarlet ribbons under the old willow outside. Bless her little rosy face I why shouldn't I be happy when I've her to look after? I was happy, and I hummed again that old snatch of a tune, and nodded gayly to TIoddlee, wondering vaguely to myself what was going to happen that I felt so uncannily bright. .Nthing-simply nothing; things were done happening ne long since. My way was straight and narrow, my days quiet and uneventful. As I sipped my coffee that morning I re member that I held the cup up to the light, and felt a certain sense of satisfaction in the translucence of the rare bit of china, It is so pleasent to know that one's own election may keep one aloof from from the ugliness and squalor of poverty. It doesn't take much to keep one person, of course, and I don't count Toddles for anything. It needs but the odds and ends of things-,a bowl of bread and milk; a cup of coffee, with now and then' a lively bit of ribbon-to keep the little onegoing famous ly. Yes, I always wanted to be a lady. And as I sat in my bright little rQoom I half felt inclined to forgive Richard Grayjthe heart break lie gave me long ago. .But If he had married me. perhaps he would -hate shut me up in some gloonly city house, to be a lady after his fashion, to stifle for want of a bit of fresh air, to walk softlylunder a thou sand pretty conventionalities, and to cease being my owa mistress. Ah I that .1 never could endure. So It is, perhaps, as 'well that Richard left me and went off some where-God knows where. You see, I like it-my little shop. There's something so delightful in seeing the pretty girls of the village, with now and then' a fine lady, hanging over my dainty wares, and trying the tints of scarlet and blue and orange with many a laugh and many a glance In the mirror. I call It my recep tion when they pour In of a holiday after noon. j love colors; I love grace and beauty; and perhaps I might have been a bit of an artist, in my way, if I'd ever have had the opportunity. Richard used to say .so. But ahi ho said many a flattering thing and- many a false one in those old days. And if I ever dreamed of any higher life than contents me now--well, I've given up dreaming. For there's Toddles, so'round and sweet and soft and real. . She leaves melittle time for building air-castles. You see, I Jove the child as If were she my very own. For she came tome one day, about four years ago, a -wee little baby thing; curled up in a heap on my door-step when I went to open the shutters. Wher ever she came from I never knew. Tod dles never explained ; she' just stretched up her little fat arms to me and gurgled "Tod die-doddle," and that was here sole intro duction. It was surmised that the child had been dropped by some traveling circus passing through the town, and I had excellent neigh borly advice about putting the treasure in the founding hospital. But one seldom takes good advice, and I didn't. -To tell the truth, I grew so attached to the child that I should even have been wick ed enough, I fear to regret any ond's turning uip to cilim it. 'But that's not at all likely now, after so, many fvears-,-no, not at all likely;'no more likely than that Richard and I shoiild ever ineet again in this w'df-d. And that-that is anmong the things that never, can l;ippen. Itwson this wise, our parting. Richanrd's mother was old and feeble and miserly.; She'd spent a good deal of money on hli--senthi to college, and expected, folks said, to "mak~le somethIng, of him." Bhe always expected t'o get her money's worth out of her attractions. Richard held her in ar tft of awe, somehow, though she was a little ilzend old woman that he couldi he, 4ft&d.with his left ihand. But I liked hiam . orspeo ng hIs mother. One day wd'wo,#pre sitting at twilight telkingsof the.futpre dreamily. as was our Nylittle oe," aid Richard, putting -lhis a 'about mne, "it half seems too bright 'd eI" I echoed. "Oh, Richard, if you tajk that way it will never be." Rlichari sniled, but his face grow over cast. I felt that a storm *as coiming. "Well ?" I -querled, seeing that he sat -brooding aund sIlent. "Darling,"''i said, soothingly, "I knew it would con laii to you; but how- caun I go against hny h~jer. ..IIr poor old . heart is bounid up W (u Apo~ and' ahe will never hear to. 'nti~~ that--" "That eeems to Idwer iouf' I added, is *a steely !oics, thatt seemed to out its way out of my heart like a keen 0old knife. * "Oh, Isb a&acOward-a oltroen," crled Richard, wrlagisug bib hands. "I was borr to bring trouble on those I love. Whio, .who shall I leav, to *uffer for me now, Janettet" * 'Ah ode who will may least about It,' I answered, hardily. My heart was throb bing heavily, like a clock that ticks the hour of execution; but I made no outcry, and we parted, In that final parting, silently. And I have lived silently ever since. One year after .that I heard that Rich ard's mother was dead, and then that he had married; who, I knew not-who, I cared not. lie had mnatried another wo man while my last words were yet ringing in his ears-right there before the face of the living Heaven, married another woman, and swore to love and cherish her, as he had often vowed to love and cherish mel But I did not seem to feel this bldw as I had felt our parting. I just fliung him out of my heart there and then, and my love and my silence vanished. I looked into the face of my misery with a smile, and I took this little shop In the village, and worked early and late, and made it thrive. Then, two years latter, came my little 'od dies to me, sitting like a lily on my door step, as if some angel of peace had dropped her there. I have named her Theresa, but Toddles has always been- her own pet nne for herself, and I like it because it is hers. The child has brought me peace. And I feel no vengeance against any one now. Nor do I rejoice that Richard's wife is said to have turned out ill, and spent the wealth she brought him. But I had forgotten the shop in all this reverie and reminiscence. There was a sharp twang of the little bell, and I heard a heavy step in the door way. I sat down my coffee-cup hastily, and hurried in to confront a great muscu lar fellow with a big beard and slouched hat, whose presence seomed fairly to. wipe out the little shop. This was rather a different type from my usual customers, and I was a little shy of him. He hesitated, and seemed bewildered when I spoke to him-men inever do get used to shopping-and it wa'soic time be fore I quite made out what le wanted. It was some sort of woolen goods--a scarf or a kerchief, I think. These were not very salable stock just now, and I had put the box containing them out of sight some where While I rummaged about, the stranger stood in the doorway, watching me in a way I did not like; perhaps he wanted to steal something. Ile looked needy enough and shabby enough. "IOh, here they are at last," said I, eager ly, handing down the package from a high and dusty shelf. The man did not seem to hear me. He was looking at Toddles, darting about like a butterfly outside. "Whose child is that?" said lie abruptly. It was an impudent question, and I felt my blood flush up hotly for a moment. But I reflected that this man logked way worn and weary; perhaps lie had come a long journey, and loft a little child like this at home. "It is my child," I said pleasantly. "Yours I" lie repeated. "Or at least," said I, "if not mine, it was left with me to be cared for." "Left with youl" echoed the stranger. "Ay, so I have heard. Left with lyou by the wretched man, the outcast, the degrad ed, who knew none else on whom to thrust his burden when his tinselled wife fell from the tight-rope, and died there, grov elling in the sawdust--knew none other. of whom to seek charity than the woman who had loved him." I listened as one stupefied with opium. What did this man know or goess concern ing me and mine? What object had he in view in lingering about the shop? But I said, coolly "That is a story that needs to be proved.' The stranger stooped and looked keenly at me. "Verily," said he, with a low, sar donic laugh, "lie has reaped his reward, it seems; he is both dead and forgotten." I began to feel afraid of this man, who seemed bent upon insulthig .or alarming me. I pointed sternly to the door. "Sir," said I,. "if you are satisfied with the goods, I beg you will take them away.. 1 have other things to attend to. For a moment after the great hulking figure disappeared through the doorway of my little shop I covered my face with my hands,. and all the past of my. life rushed entirely over mec. I had not outlived it yet, after all. Suddenly I remembered Toddles, and hastened to the door to look after her. My customer had disappeared ; the huge wil low trunk hid the road from view, but I felt relieved, for there was'my little one swing ing back and forth with the long pendants of the willow. Only one instant I saw her in the sunlight--one instant. There camne a rushing, tearing, and tramping, a terrible sound in the air, and a great bull, tossing his horns furiously, and with eyes glaring madly before him, came snorting and bel lowing up the street. The great willow was mn his course, and, 0 Glod I any little Toddles I Then I knew not whether I fainted or whether I screamed for help. I saw a tall figure leap out from somewhere in the very pathway of the mad animal, and the next moment Toddles, half laughig, half cry ing, was nestling in my arms. -'The man whoin I had sent from my door a few ininutes since stood looking on us yearningly-the man who had snatched my darling from its terrible peril. "Both dead and forgotten," he said. "OJeanette I Jeanette I do you not know me?', The rainbow ribbons in the little shop window spun dizzily round, and all things grew dim-before my eyes- For I knew that Richard Gray was come back to me. Poor and degraded, and deserted, perhaps, he had come back to me. Ho ljfted his hat, and, stooping' kissed the'little one, who did not resist him. "I brought you my motherless little one years agone. A beggar and~a sinner though I was, I dared to pray your charity to mny child, whom its mother,- flying from her home, would have loft to perish among the gewgaws and clowns in whose company she die'4. Yea, verily, my punishment has been bitter. And shall I leave you now, Jeaneotte, you and my child, and depart forever, .Jpdful ini your eyes for all years to oo, hateful when not forgottenf But something filled my heart just then, like the rush of a mighty river. I lookedl back at my quiet life, my bright little shop, the years of silende'and of borrow. I felt Toddies' warm heart beating against mine. He had saved her. And I looked at Rich ard Gray, and put my hand in his. Since then I have tried what it is to be a lady in the far West-a lady in a log-cabin, without china, or carpet, or neck ribbons, and Richard says I have sucedeeded. The character that needs law to mend it is haedip' worth the tinkering. One of the Uialiroads In the U. S. The Pennsylvania Railroad, not only from the extent and perfect equipnent of its main line, but from the number and wide-spread ramifications of its connections, Is a work of semi-national imlportance. It embraces in its operations the most extensive railway system in the world, and represents much more than one-eighth of the entire mileage of the whole country. In its stocks and bonds a large army of investors are deeply interested, as well in this country as in Eu rope. Any improvement in its financial condition or diminution of its annual reve nues, closely reflect the prosperity or the depression of general trade. Its reports, therefore, as they are pub lished from year to year, are of great signi ieance, and, like those ot the weather from Washington, indicate either clear or cloudy weather to the holders of its securities, and to our merchants and financiers. In the an miual report for the last flscal year, just pub lished in pamphlet form, all of these classes may find much to encourage and nothing to excite undue appreliensions for the present or the future. Without giving in detail the long rows of figures, which are full and coi plete, the result arrived at for 1878 is that after uiecting all current obligations, keep ing the entire property in good condition, and making a large reduction in the floating debt, a semi-annual dividend of two per cent., has been paid, and another and larger one honestly earned. This, in view of the extremely low rates imposed for a large proportion of railway service during the period of transition from inflation to a specie basis, and the' special disasters to which portions of all large railway systems have been subjected by such events as have. characterized the past few years, is not only satisfactory, but to all parties interested must prove a very agreeable surprise. But behind this exhibit of receipts, ex penses and profits, there are other points no less encouraging and Instructive. Necessity may be a severe, but it is also a good teacher, and one of the important lessons furnished by the statistics of the report is that the Pennsylvania road can make money even when the industrial exigencies require the adoption of exceptionally low rates on a large portion of its traffic, and that a very slight advance in remuneration wculd in sure as large dividends as could reasonably be desired or expected. This has been ef fested by rigid economy in the working ex penses, combined with the maintenance of a high standard in everything relating to the condition of the track and equipment, and efficiency in the plans of operating. The condition of the lines west of Pitts burg has also been, to a greater or less ex tent, a source of apprehension, but in these for 1878 there was a gain over 1877 of $880,648.48, and a profit of $716,520.07, lhe deficit in 1877 having amounted to $114,128.41. These railroads were, there fore,' not merely instrumental in br.inglng to the main line and its branches an enormous amount of tratlle, but were in themselves a source of profit Thus it will be seen that the Company, after fully providing for all liabilities In curred, enhancing the value of Its equip ments, maintaining all its lines in perfect condition without adding a dollar to the capital stock, but, on the contrary, diminish ing its bonded indebtedness, the lien due the State, and mortgages and ground rents, has resumed dividends with every prospect of. their continuance. Such an exhibit cannot fall to strengthen the faith of the holders of securi(ies and the general public. The T.ree oifts. Once there was a very poor man and he went out into the forest to cut firewood. While the sweat was flowing down his face from the hard work, an pId beggar asked alms of him. The poor man taking pity on the beggar, laid down his axe, and with heartfelt kindness shared hIs small piece of bread and water with the aged man. The old beggar having eaten thd bread spoke thus to the woodcutter: "Take your time, my son, and take the tablecloth for your kindness. Hereafter, when hard times comes upon you, and you are hungry, say to the table-cloth: "Cover the table." Im mediately the table will be covered and loaded down with the best of everything to eat and drink. I am the rewarder of the good. On account of your deede I give you this gift." After that the old man -disap peared and the wood-cutter set out joyfully for his home. It grewv darls on the road and he turned Into a tavern, and told the master of the house, his old acquaintance, of his goodl luck. Lest his words might be taken for a fable he made trial of the table cloth, and had a jolly supper with the tavern-keeper and his wife, on the choice food and drink which the table-cloth fur nished. After supper he lay down to rest. In the meanwhile the wicked hostess got another table-cloth, just like the one used, and put It in place of the wood-cutter's. He, suspecting nothing, rose up In the morning, hastened home with the fAlse table-cloth, told his wife the whole story, and to prove what he said, ordered the cloth to cover the table. In vain a hundred times he repeated the words, "Cover the table, cloth. *"It never moved. The poor man could not understand what the trouble was. The next day he went to the forest and shared his b'fread with the old man agamn, receiving a sheep to which it was necessary to say, "drop gold, my sheep," and immediately geld fell In showers. Go ing home In the evening he went into the tavern, and showed the master of (ho house what a sheep lie had got. In the morning he got up and drove home a sheep which had been put in the plas of hia, and mar velled beyond measure That it would not drop gold as before.. Again he went to the forest and entertained the beggar, and told him how it had gone with the table-cloth and the sheep. The beggar expressed no wonder, but gave him a club and told him that the tavern-keeper's wife had taken his cloth and sheep, and that he should get thefn back by means of the club to which lie had only to say "strIke my club," and it would beat down a whole army. He started home and on the way went to the tavern a third time and asked for the cloth and the sheep. When the tavern keeper refused to give them back he cried-out: "Strike my stick, -strike." it struck the wicked man and is wife till they wore glad to give back the cloth and the sheep. The woodcutter went home and told his wife the whole story, and in order that his house should gain honor he invited the king to dinner next day. The king wasn astonished, and toward noon sent his aervants to lee what they were . cooking, *ho came back with the answer that there was no ire in the kitchen. His majesty was all the more astonished when at midday he found th4 table bending under the choicest food and drink. To the questions where he got all these fine things, the woodcutter answered by telling him what happened In the forest, mentioning the cloth atd the sheep, but saying nothing of the club. The king, who was a real tyrant and oppressor, demanded the cloth and the sheelj; when the wood cutter refused to give them, he sent his ser vants to take everything by force. The club struck them down a moment. The king sent a larger force d this was also lost. Then failing into towering passion lie went himself with all tili men, but the woodcutter triumphed or the king was killed and his whole a . y defeated by the club. The country w4 now without a ruler and the supreme p wer was given to the former woodcutter. le was a real blessing to the people, 'he treated every one who was in povert and .misery with kindness and assisted th gladly, and so he lived in happiness -d plenty till lie (lied. Almost Any ing. Years ago, into a wh sale grocery store in Boston, walked a tal iuscular looking man, evidently a fresh' mer from somo backwoods town in Mai or New Hamp shire. Accosting the person lie met, who happened to be the rchant hinself, lie asked: "You don't want to a man In. your store, doyou?" "Well," said the m hant, "I don't know; what can you dd " "Do?" said the man*; "I rather guess I can turn my hand to alm t anything. What do you want done?" "Well, if I was to hi a man, it would be one that could lift w I, a strong, wiry fellow; one, for instan that could shoul der a sack of coffee like that yonder, and carry it across the store and never lay it down." "There, now, capt'n," said the country man, "that's just me, * can lift anything I hitch to; you can't suit me better. What will you give a muau tha1 can suit you?" "I'll tell you, " said 'e merchant; "If you will shoulder that skek of coffee and carry It across the storO twice and never lay it (own, I will hire you for a year at $100 per month." 'Done," said the stranger and by this time every clerk in the store had gathered around and was waiting to join in the laugh against the man, who' walking up to the sack, threw it across his shoulder with per fect ease, as It was not extremely heavy, and walking with It twice across the store, went quietly to a largs hook which was fas tened to the wall, and hanging it up, turned to the merchant and said: "There, now, it may hang there till dooms-day; I shall never lay it down. What shall I go about, 'bnster. Just give miu plenty to do. aid $10b per month and it's all right." The clerks broke Inte a laugh, and the merchast, discomifi'ed yet satisfied, kept his agreement; and to-day, the green country man is the senior partner In the firm, and worth a million dollars. 4uin Fighting, The military skill displayed by the Zulus is more common than might be supposed among the warriors of Southern Africa, some of whose exploits deserve a wider ce lebrity than they are likely to attain. One of the most remarkable of these titaught generals was a Griqua Chief named Titus Africaner, for many years the firm friend of Dr. Livingstone's father-in-law, Robert Moffat. In their youth, Titus and his elder brother, Christian, were the terror of the whole country, never, never happy except when making incursions upon the surround ing tribes or the Dutch and English settlers. On one occasion, having been robbe' of all his cattle by his chief enemy, Berend kcalled Nicholas by the Dutch), Titus made a feign ed attempt to recover the booty, and then drew off as if hopeless of success. But during the night he made a forced march of extra ordiary speed, surprised the enemy's camp, and, by sending half a dozen men to fire a volley iato one side of It,. drove the panic stricken crowd out on the other, close 'to where his rhain body lay in ambush. The moon had by this time risen, and the fire of the concealed marksnmen was se deadly that only Blerend himself and a few of his chief adherents escaped, leaving both the stolen cattle and all their own in the hands of the Africaner party. On another occa sion, in the heat of a severe "bush-fight," Titus and Berend suddenly came face to face. Both rifles were instantly levelled, and each being the best marksman of his tribe, the death of both appeared certain, but at that moment a stray bullock came rushing between them and received the two bullets, whereupon the superstitious warriors at once withdrew from the combat. An other of Airleaner's recorded exploits was to swim, at midnight, with his gun on his shoulder, to an Island in the Orange river, where ho awaited the coming of a hippopo tamus, whose lair he had marked, and laid the monster dead with a single shot just as it opened its huge aws to seize him. 1'ortuny'a Bod y Exhumed. The Spanish painter Fortuny died In Rome on the 21st of November, 1874, and was buried in the cemetery of San Lorenzo outside of the city walls, the .grave being dug In low, damp ground. Madame For tuny, the widow, recently caused the body to be removed to an elevated part of the enclosure. Through the glasses in the two coffins which contained it, the features of the dead man were distinctly seen. The face was perfectly preserved, although it had assumed the bituminous color of a mummy, probably In consequence of the embalmment. The forehead and mouth were superb, and the nose was intact. For.. tuny thus resembhled one of those Arabs whom he so well knew how to paint and make etchings of, and this resemblance was all the more noticeable by reason of the white linen wound about .his head and shoulders. From his nek hung a gold medallion portrait of MIle. Madrazo, who became his wife ; on one of his shoulders' was fastened the little boxof colors whiehi he used to carry with hinm during his artist tours, and on the other lay the portrait of Beethoven--his last work. Given Up by Doetore. ."Is It possible that Mr. Godfrey Is up and at work, and cured by so simple a remedy ?" "I assure you that lI s true that ha Is entirely cured; and with nothing but Hop Bitters; and only ten days ago his doctors gave him up and said he muss diet" "Well a day I That Is "remarkable! I will go this day and get some for my poor George. I know hops ara good. I The Largest IsLand In the World. Immediately north of Australia and sep arated from it at Torres Straits by less than a hundred miles of sea, Is the largest island on the globe-New Uuinea, a country of surpassing interest, whether as regards its natural productions or its human inhabi tants, but which remains to this day less known than any accessible portion of the earth's surface. Within the last few years considerable attention has been attracted toward it by surveys which have completed ourknowledge of its outline and dimensions, by the setteiient of English missionaries on its southeni coasts, by the explorations of several European naturalists, and by the visits of Australian miners attracted by the alleged discovery of gold in the sands of its rivers.- From these various sources there has resulted a somewhat sudden increase in the still scanty knowledge of this hitherto unknown lai-3; and we therefore propose to give a general sketch of the island and of the peculbir forms of life that inhabit it, and to discuss.briefly some of the interest ing problems connected with its indigenous races. It has-hitherto been the custom of geographers to give the palm to Borneo ats the largest island in the wc -1d, but this is decidedly an error. A c...eful estinate, found on the most recent maps, shows that New Guinea Is consilerably the larger, and must for the future be accorded the first place. In shape this island differs greatly from Borneo, being irregular and much ex tended in'a North Northwest and South Southeast direction, so that its greatest length Is little short of 1,500 miles, a dis tance as great as the whole width of Aus tralia from Adelaide to Port Darwin, or of Europe from London to Constantinople. Its greatest width is 412 miles ; and, omit ting the great peninsulas which form its two extremities, the central mass is about 700 miles long, with an average width of 320 miles, a country about the size of the Aus. trian empire, and with the exception of the course of one large river, an absolute blank upon our maps. Chasing Wild Horses. In 1827 many Mexicans, whose families resided at Corpus Christi, Gollad, and San Antonio, and also at the towns along the lower Rio Grande, from Laredo down, on Dne side, the Eastern side of the river, sup ported themselves chlefly by "running" that Is, catching wild cattle and by ius tanging or hunting wild horses then seemed so abundant as to be inexhaustible. The liorned cattle were never found In droves, but the horses almost universally ran to gether in large herds. In the course of a few years, say 1857, very few herds of inustangs were to be met, and almost no wild cattle, so persistently and extensively Liad they been hunted down and caught or killed. The grown cattle were hunted for their hides, which were then sold at a half dollar apiece by Mexicans-or the young cattle were caught to be gentled and sold at a dollar a head. Mexicans from the towns before named and from the settlements formed themselves into regularly organized companies, with a captain at thoir hoad, who directed all their movements, as con cert of plan and action Insured success. The company of horse hunters were called "mustangers," and numbered as many as from one to two hundred men. Each man had one or more gentle running horses, ge nerally kept in the but condition he could afford, as upon his horse's fleetness and staying qualities depended much of his suc aess In running mustangs. After having agreed upon a rendezvous, the mustangers provided themselves with a few necessaries, such as some coffee, if they could afford it (the greatest of luxuries in the field); dulee (small cones of hard brown Mexican sugar); a bag of pinote (parched corn, ground on a metate, or Mexican mortar, with a pestle-the inetate Is a -curved or inclined plane); a little shelled corn or wheaten flour for tortillas (or griddle cakes), the substitute, in most parts of Me xico, for bread; some lariats or ropes made of rawhide, carefully .twisted and greased, so as to be very pliable and strong enough to hold any animal when thrown as a lasso; some tini cups, butcher knifes, blankets (Mexican, hand made, of brilliant colors; good to shed rain but not for warmth), and arms and ammunition, for in those days Indians were very numerous as well as dangerous, and had net been beaten back hundreds of miles. They were particular fond of paying delicate atteni ion to mus tangers, and had an amiable disposition to relieve thenm of their animals and scalps. It was a great matter with the mustangers to go In strong parties and to be well and bravely led. The greatest mustanger in the whole country was a Laredo Mexican, named Roque, who had been many years (uncautivo) a captive among the Co manche Indins, lie was not only a dex terous horseman, roper, and shot, using al most Invariably a bow and arrows while his companins used firearms, but also a remarkably brave and able leader, full of daring tempered by judgment. Roque hmas, at my request to show me what exo cution he could do with his bow, shot through one side of a flour barrel and near ly througn the other side! iHe could shoot with wonderful precision and rapidity, see mingly taking no aim, but nevertheless striking the mark with great accuracy, the hand, as it were, acting in instaneous voli tion with the eye. Roque's brother, Ro mano, was also a famous papitan among the mustangers, but he was by no means the equal of Roque, though he came next to him as a leader of men. The acuteness and skill of these men in "striking a trail," or "following a trail," was marvellous. It appeared to be almost animal instinct. Others claiming skill as woodsmen and hunters could find a scarcely perceptible trail and follow all kinds of diflcult ground and concealments resorted to by wily In dians, during the daytime, but Roque and Romano could strike a trail aind fellow It by deceptive moonlight or starlight. Some times the mustanger made strong "pens" or enclosures of mesquite or other durable timber, cut into p1osts and set on end, fastened upright into the ground solidly some two and a half feet, and rising some SIX to eight feet above the surface of thle earth, each post standing as near as possible u1ext -another, and sometimes held most firmly in place bylong ploes lashed hori zontally in a continuous line, and fastened to tihe upright posts by rawhide binding all aboumt the ~e n, about two-thirds of the height. of the posts abo the-ground.Te pen or enclosure had the form of a horse shoe. but a little more oval. From each side, at right angles, projected a line of posts, aimilar in height, and fstened to the pen. Each of .thEse wings or wall6, ex. tending sometimes as far as half a mile, was intended 16 ston the mustangs or wild horsos in their flight, and to turn them, with the assistance of the mustangers, when they chased them at full speed in the direc tion. of the pen, right toward its opening; upon which the running parties from the different sides skilfully converged, inking care to close in gradually with conc.rted action, so as to catch the whole herd they had In chase in the cul de sac of the pen. In preparing for the chase or run, the nus tangers frequently divested themselves of their hats and short jackets and skirts, and either fastened the girth of their horses very tightly and shortened their stirrups, so as to give themselves a good grip with the knees or else they rode barebacked, with their long lassos, or rawhide lariats, ready to be whirled In circles above their heads to catch any particular animal they might cut off from the running herd of mustangs. To see these mustangers in full chase of their pray, was to behold one of the most excit ing scenes presented by the wild sports and occupations of Texas frontier life. In ge neral the Mexicans of the frontier ride au perbly. The powerful but cruel Spanish bit which they use gives them the most per feet control over their horses, and they can turn them suddenly, at full gallop, in any direction, as if they were shot dead, with out being moved in their seats. The mus tangers sometinies caught several hundred horses in their pen at one drive, in the manner described, and as soon us the ani mals were so entrapped the open part of the pen, guarded carefully my mounted mustangers, was closed up with posts al ready prepared, so as to form a perfect and continuous enclosure, imnpossibfle for any animal short of Virgil's Trojan horse to break through or escape from. The nnb era caught were frequently so great, and consequently their value so trivial, that they were sold for $1 or $1.50 a head, taken in quantity. Of course sonie animals, picked out for beauty, or "good points," brought more. Paint or spotted horses were quite numerous among the mustanges. The greater number of wild horses were under sized, say about thirteen and a half hands high, showing generally good points in the forequarters and poor in the hindquarters. But some of the animals were above fifteen hand high, and displayed not only fair size, but good blood, as fine American horses and mares, from time to time, had escaped from their owners and had joined the mustangs and bred among them. Where this had been the case, a vast improvement in height, weight, power, and symeniestry, was ob served immediately. Trapped. She had been so often importuned by him to let him come into the house, that her heart melted till it was almost as soft as his head. "But mn-d, " said she, my pa is burglar mad, and imagines every noise he hears in the house is one of them; and as lie will not allow me to keep company in the house, you must go as soon as lie comes home." He promised obedience. They had scarce ly sat half-an-hour before the old man was at the front door, fumbling with his key. "Oh I I must hido you, oriod tho girl, no she hurriedly glanced around for a place. She led him into the kitchen and persuad ed him to creep into a barrel, which stood in a corner. She covered hini up with a bread-board and returned to the sitting-rooni to meet her pa. The barrel was damp and contained an odor not altogether congenial; but lie dared not stir. The old man went armed, so she had informed hilm. Ten minutes passed, when heavy footsteps ap proached the door, which was opened; then the old man took off the lid and emptied the contents of the wash-basin over him I He winced, but was glad when the 'barrel was covered again, and the old man left the kitchen. Trying to shift his cramped posi tion, lie bumped his head against the lid, and It fell with a clatter to the floor i le leaped from the barrel, sought the cover in the dark and found It ; he juinped back Into the slop-barrel just in time; the lid was ad justed just as pator familias caine in with a lamp In one hand and a revolver In the other. "Facie me like men," roared he, savagely tramping about, "and I'll show yr u what a man in his own house can do." Hie searched around for ten minutes, then returned to the sitting-room. Julius began to wish himself at home. His love was dlecidedly cooled. But the catastrophe was near. A little pet dog slip ed into the kitchen and smelled himn out. He began to bark, which brought out the old man again, followed by his wife. "There's sonmc one in the slop-barrel," roared lie. "Scald him to death 1" cried his wife. "I'll fix him," said lie. "Here, take my revolvemr, and shoot when lie pods out his head, while I roll out the barrel. Then he rolled it into the yard, turned it upside down and called for lisa revolver. This was not to be endured. Our love-siek youth gave one kick and emerged from the barrel, and went for the fence. He scram bled over it e d ran for his life. He avoids that girl now, ior he has a faint idea that It was a "put up job" between her and her paa Too Much Sleep.' The effects of too much sleep are not hoe signal than those arising from its privation. The whole nervous systertn becomes blunted so that the muscular energy is enfeebled, and the intellectual manifestations are blunted. All the bad effects of inaction be come developed; the functions are exerted with less energy; the digestion Is torpid, the excretions are diminished, whmile, zn some instances, the secretions of fat accumu lates to an Inordinate extent. The memory is impaired, the powers of imagination are dormant, and the mind falls into a kind of dullness, chiefly because the functions of thme Intellect are not sufficiently exerted, when slep is too prolonged or too often re peated. To sleep much is not necessarily to be a good sleeper. Generally they are the poorest sleepers who remain longest in bed ; 4. e., .they awaken less refreshed than if the time of rsing were earlier by an hour or two. While it is true that children and young people require.more sleep than their elders, yet it should be the care of prents that over-indulgence be hot permitted. Where the habit Is for children to lie in bed untIl 8 or 9 in the morning, the last two ho~ at least, do not bring sound, dream less slep where the hour for retiring is 8 or 9 P. . but a.s spent In ''dozing," and in fact ucaexcess canlot fail to insure the harmfun results descri)e by the antherity quoted. What is caled "laziness" atong children is, in V4r many cases disasel and is largely duetoti a hi1 astAe tq causes inentiotied, tat origing $ )e on dations of halth, 'BR I E FS. -Tle newest ornament for a bonnet is a shell of silver, with a pearl resting in it and a bearded fringe of fine silver beads hanging from the 8hell. -Exteni8ve preparations are being made for celebrating the sixtieth anni versary of American Odd Fellowship, at il'ittston, Pa., on the 25th of April, aid at Reading on the 20th. -The new post-ofllce, now in course of erected at iaritord, Connecticut, lias thus far cost $580,000, and it is esti mated that La will use 750,000 before it is uompleted. -Tle Bureau Veritas, of Paris in giving the number of steamers register ed In 1878, makes Great Britain head the list, with 3216; the United States is placed next, with 510, and France ranks third, with 275 steamers. -Professor Dana, tile geologist, of Yale, although sixty years old, is a tre mondous pedestrian, and can run like a deer. In his excursions with his students they find that few can keep pace with him If lie undertakes to walk rapidly. -Gas manufacture In Paris contin ties to be an Increasingly prosperous industry. The collected revenue of the Parisian Company for lighting and heating by -as, in January of this year, was $1,317,145, or 7.28 per cent. more than the collections of the same month last year. -It has been decided to erect a new tower for the Eddystone Lighthouse about 127 feet from the present site. The focal plane will be raised to an ole vation of 130 feet, and the range of light extended to 17% nautical miles. Tflie now tower will be constrticted on tirely of granlte.. -The Sixth Annual Convention of the Millers' National -A asociation will be held in the city of Chicago, May 13, 1879. As recommended by the Execu tive Committee, a reorganization of the association will probably take place, and it is hoped as many members as possible will attend. -'hroughout France gardening is practically taught in the primary and elementery schools. riere are at pre sent 28,000 of the schools, each of which 11ats a garden attached to it, and is under the care of a muster capable of impart ing a knowledge of the principles of horticulture. -The memorial tablet beneath the wintdow of the room in which Keata died in Rome has just been utnviled with appropriate ceremonies lin tile presence of a number of English, Americans and Germans. Sir Yincent Eyro delivered all address and entrusted tihe tablet to tile care of the British Ambassador. -Suit has been entered by Washing ton county (11a.) coal operators against six miners to recover $7000 damages, resulting from strikes.- It is alleged the defendants conspired together to prevent men from working, thbus caus ing tile loss named. Teio defendants were arrested on a capias and committed in delfant of $2000 ball each. -A Maine paper relates that an Ells worth mai visited one of tile loggitig camps. and, on leaving forgot his mit tells. lie did not miss them tntil a tile away. He wrote a note and gave it to his dog,, with instructions to back to the camp and give it to the coo, whichi he did, and .returned in a very short time with the mittens in his mouth. -Fisk University, ' at Nahvllle, Tenn., has Just received the sum of $50,000in aid of the work theinstitutiotn Is doing for tire education of the color ed people of the South. The giftcones through Rev. W. H. Willcox, of Massa chusetts, who is privileged to ditribute nearly $1 000,000-the contribution of his aunit. M~rs. Daniel P. Stone, of Mtal den, Mass.,--ln the cause of Christian education in this country. --The Supreme Court'of Ohio has de cided that where a drunketn and unru ly passenger ia put off a railroad train, and is th en run over by another train, the railroad comipany is not lia ble. It wvas tihe duty of the conduictor th protect other pasbengers against him by ejecting hlimf, and if he was too drunk to take care of himself after that it wtts otnly his own fault. Similar de cisions have beeni made in other States. -Persns 10onti of statistics may be delighted to know that one day recent ly, a man on the top of the custom htouse In Newvburyport, Mass., counted sixty-five fishing vessels. Eachivessel, .he estimated, carried eight men ; each mian attended to about eight hundred htooks; so (if his figures were correct), about 416,000 hooks were hanging ag gravatingly on that day before the noses8 of the hungry codfish on the little stipl of Newv England coast witnin the line of his vidion. -Cornell University Jias just estab lisbed an experimen tal station whioh is prepared to analyze different kinds of commercial fertilizers in the laborhtory anid to test them in the field ; to exam ine seeds that are suspected to be adul terated; and to idlentlf'y and name g raises, weeds or 'other plants. The board of control is formed of .several professors of the university and of th~e chief offlets of several agricultural societios of this State. -Leo XII4 has made a valuable adidi tion~ to the Vatican Libraky in' the shape of one hundred and thirty-five volumes of the Mon fteur Universal of Paris. containing the continuous issue of that newspaper, without a break, from the clay of the publication. of Its first number,' on the 15ith of Novemnber, 1789, to the'end of the year 1881. The volutmes were offered for sale at auction at the startling price of $4000. The Pqpe gave an unlimited comission, nrnr they were knocked down to him at $8000. -Mr. Williams, United Stateston sul at Sydney, Autstral1ia, informs the Department 9tState-that the scope and plan . o the international -ethi i(on to be heki ther~e has' be~n" featli en larged. The'pEmning has beu pst tooned*to. the qM in 'e~br, 17.The Unite atie ha euit tecd 40,000. squiare t~tof'~ i4 r. A rtgu~tustMoirist, '~%vA4 'th tive commnisstoh6by for Austyat NI adelpha, t the seortaryei1, mission at 8ycnoy. ' e I es exhibitor0 to ~re 1Q ' po agents. .y si g duct is ,94 ee~ dur~fha a6