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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MAY 8, 1879. O NIGIr' ON THE TWE ED. Night lingers--but tho wormu ! nold Tile misfts along the river slowly croep, The dull trees heavy with their wlegiat of - leep Their leavep around them oosely fold. Fat fallas t'ie Uight-the thiol'(elning shailws grow, And like a lifeloss mnaqs the. great earth lies; 1 'eound h horo exoopt V-o night-bird's ' c rlea4, Nor motion. b t tile rivor'ti sluggish flow. Thero tie black city 1101(111 its Hlout place, The flitting lights have viWishod ono by one; The crowded thousaud, with their day's work done, 4ro sIumbariug somowhere in Its dark om1 . brawo. Tile light is gone. anid 'larknoes covers all Tie river-miits, tile troos, the distant Mille, The sobbing of the tmy mountain rills - Darknejs has fallon o'er thom aa f* pall. The hours creep on--o ! quivering li;ht bams pass Frorn red to rood along the rive r shoro; The birds are whispering that the night is o er. The milout river gleaina like tinted glass. Tio west is glhumnering-graya -and redn and blues, Growi. to splendor like a thing dIvino, And in the east, over the mountain line, Comes morning, floatitig on a tho.isand hues. Diamonds. "lOh, you ought to see the iew genitle man !" exclaimed Nellie Ford, as sio- rnsh (id into the boarding-house parlor, where tihe three eligible ladies of the house were lounging. "Such -magnilficnt diamondl .Just think, lie wears a pin as large as a fry ing-pan and a ring to match, and he's a Californian, an1d isn't man-led, and lie must be as rich as Crosus, for he's taken the rosewood rOOmns all to himnself. Ile is. look ing for a wife, too; [ heard him tell Mrs. Crumpet so myself. Isn't, it splandidl " And Nellie clapped her hands and waltzed around 11e room. A rich bachelor looking for a wife ! The ladies, as If electritle, started from their apathy and eagerly besieged Nell, who had been favored with a look at him, with all sorts of questions concerning him. "What is lie like?" asked Miss Bell, who doted onl tall men. "is lie tall or short ?" "Well," said Nell, hesitatingly, "he isn't very tall ; inl fact, lie i' rather short and prelty stunt too." "1 !" exclaimed M iss Bell in impat ienco and disgust ; "but he must hauve lots of money, though," she .added, "'so one can overlook defects. Is he handsome ill the face, Nell ?' "'Not rery,," said Nell again. 'You see, his face is pretty red, and his hair too." "Ah I wtather-beaten from exposure lit the mines," said 'Mrs. .ee, an interesting widow, on a sharp lookout for nimber two. "Such a delig ful. rinm-^- -I * * .1 he nse t l orimans are so chivalrous, ai such worshipers of our sex; and so liberal, too, their gifts are often princely." Here Mrs. Lee glanced comiplacently at her pretty fingers as if i her mind's eye she saw tile new gentleman's big ring flashing there. . That evening brought our new guest, whom (not knowing his proper name1) we had christened "Diamonds"-a name that stuck to him to the end of the chapter. After dinner lie hold a kind of a court in the parlor, at which all the lady-boarders of Mrs. Crumpet's establislnent 'vere pre sented. And never Oil any one1 occasion, had they so vied Witli ec01h other in splendor of Costume. . ''Just think," said canid~i~ but wvorldly minded Nell, '"if it wasn't for the maun's diamonds, quite likely weo never shonid speak to hhn,-for goodness knows there's * nothing in his looks to recommlenld him." .The others, less candidl, would not agree with her. Is diamonlds and elaborate dress rather enhlanced than hid a ruinlanly look lie had, which they all called his charminig piratical air ; and lie wvas sweetly and playfully comp~ared to Captain Kidd, Byron's Corsair, and scores of other dlarlings of romance. He at onice became the lion of the house yes, indleedl, in mere ways than 0110; for, lIke the roaring lion, he wvent about seeking whom lie mighlt dev'our, but was sensible enough not to roar to scare away his prey. lHe was consulted on all nmatters of busIness by the gentlenien, who would sit absorbed listeners to his accounts of mining, and( desciptions of the countries he had traveled through. But no one seemeId to notice tihe fAct .that-he neover knew anything about the matny personis whose nanmes wer'e muentioned( to him, although the life lie decscribed as having led nmust have brought him in close contact wilth many of thenm. It was Impossible for an outsider to tell wvhich was Diqmond's favorite among- the ladies. -After breakfast, hei wvould lounlge, maorning p)aper in) hand, Into the parlor, wijero the widow and Miss Bell were sure to repaIr. Both ladles bore this partnership, wlt~h good nature, as each one managed plenty of undisturbedl interviews with him. Dia nionds improved these interviewvs so well that he soon~ became the afilanced hiusbandc of tihe widow, and the ardent and favored suitor of Miss Bell. So each lady being uinder' the blissful delusion that she was the sole object of his choice, could, In her sweet securIty, illow him to be gallant to her friend ; lhe was so gentlemanly. * "We will keep our enlgagemlet a sweet secret, darling," he said to the widow, "un til my birthday, just three weeks hence. It seems) a long time to wait, dear one," lhe *said, caressing lher', "bu~lt It woldc give mne such pleasure. .to make It known on 'that day. How atonished they will all be, Won't they get ? Now just set your little head' to tInking what pretty things you would like me to get for you. Do not be afraid te tellayhiat, you fancy, for whaitever mney caln pnt'chase my wilfo shall bave." There was no aced to makb any' Auch reques~t of Mrs. Lee, for her little head had First catne hits 'dIamond ring-add pin-each, asNellig said, as lrgpeas a, frying- atn iilohi she: already looked .nlpon as hoe own "-is15 had tnst4fo a gntletian ts matike sheli a'dlisplay, E' ehe said 1 to lorelif. "I and edel talklim Into giving th&n t< me;- Wor ~ allb j ans I er< are- th, L . te I tible little school-girl Nell both tagging aftei himl all the time. I believe they actually imagine he cares for them." That evening Dinanonds being left alont in the parlor with Miss Bell, drew close tu her, and bending over her, said tenderly, and almost sadly: "if you had not said somethinig I heard you say once, I would have the boldness tu ask a great favor of you. " "'Why, what did I say ?" asked she co fiettislily. "Youl said yon would never live out of New York.' "WNVOll, what of that ?" "Why, my home is in Stn Flral Pr iceo, he aild, signihicimntly.. .lust. theln, to Miss Bell's great vexation some one entered and interrupted limt; bu the next day sho did a great deal of shop ping, and began making her tro .ae im mediately. The aftermnoons of Diamonds were devo ted to businiess visits dowi-towl, so lie said, and as he liked a willk for a constitu tional, he generally managed to piass Nell's school just as it was being dismissed, and had the pleasure of escorting her home. During these walks he so ingratiated him self in her favor, and dazzled her by de scriptions of his wealti and his honme in California and of the mnagnificence he in tended to lavish oi Ils wife, that she finally consented to elope wit I him, partly because it wits romantic. "Dear mamma will be sure to forgive mie," she thought. And she pictured her self coming with her husband, in her own elegant carriage, to ask her mother's for giveness and receive her blessing, and of then tarrying her off with her to her home in Cailfornia, which her lover had so glow ingly described. The evening assigned for the elopement arrived. Thme (lay folloiwing was to be the much-talked-of birtlhday of DI)iamonds, on which he was to make known to the house hold. his betrothal to Mrs. Lee, and on which also lie had, in a tdider, significant tone, reqjuested Miss Bell to grait. him a private interview. The household were Assembled in the parlor al usuma,, engaged in merry chat. Diamontds, Miss Bell, Nell, and Mrs. Lee formed the liveliest group; and ..the hearts of the ladies were beating high with their varied emot ons. Little the three imagited what was passing in each other's minds. Poor little Nell trembled like a fijghtened bird at the dreadful thin'g site was about to do, and began to repent her rashness.. "pIn another hour, " she thought, growing Lizzy as she looked at the clock, "we must start." She dared not look at her lover ; she half tIhought she hated him, and fervently wished she had some girl friend Who could go with her in her flight. She Was growing more .and more nervous. and had just thought: "Oh, how I Wish something would hap pen to prevent it I" when there was a sounsd f strange voices Ili the hall, and after a ilight commotion, a man walked coolly into the parior, with the exclamation: "Ahl, here lie is I" And walking up to Diamonds,n le slappet lm famillary onl the. c.bt giIi gle >ther. Diamonds turned pale, but made no at temlpt to escape.. "Was going to bolt to-night, wasn't you I" mid the officer, for subih lie was. "I've been up to your room, and saw all your duds packed." The excitement was dreadful. "What is the matter I What does It all mean?" cried everybody, in'a breath. "It means this,"- said the detective. "After a long chase I have arrestedl him for shooting a man in Colorado, and abscond ilg with his money, besides leaving a wife and two pretty children Into the bargain." "The awful wi-etch P!" exclaimed Mrs. Lee and.Mliss Bell sinmultaneously, clasping their hands in horror. "Oh I4 cried Nellie, faintly, dropping Into a seat.. Diamonds turned on them with r. fiendish grin. Kissing lisa hand and bowing to thenm in turn, lhe dlelivered hhnself .a~s fol. lows: "My sweet Nellie, our elopement wvill hmave to be postp~onedl for a whiie-sorry to dhisappIoinI youl. In half an hour wve would have been off. "Dear Clara, we ill have that little talk ome other time. "My own Helen, good-bye," bowinig very low to thme widow. "'I am sorry our niarriage cannot take plaice quite as soon as wve intendeid." '"The mnan must be crazy," cried the lady. ''What oni earth (lees lhe miean?" Nellie buried her face In her mother's lap and sobbed hysterically, but was finally comforted b~y Fred. Itall, a young gentle man wvho had long been. attached to her, butt at lie had no diamonds, it is 'to be supl p)Osedh that lie had been slow to find favor in her eyes. The door closed en Diamonds for the last thnao, andl he left three wiser, if not better, -wonmn behind hitn1. .How to lireak effllud Hlabita. Understand the reason, and all thme -reas ons, why the habit is injurIous. Study time subject until there is no lingering doubt In your mind. Avoid the lalces, the p~ersons, and the thought that leads to temptation. Frequent the places, associate with theper sons, Indulge in the thoughts thlat lead away from the temptation. Keel) busy ; dleinetss is the strength of bad habits, D)o not give up the struggle when yout have broken your resolution once, twice, a thiousapmd times. That only shows how much need there Is for you to strive. When you have brokenm the resohution, just think the matter over, and endeavor to underst and why It is you failed, so that you may be on your guard agalust a recurrence of the same circum stances. D~o not think that it is an easy thing that you have ~undm taken. It is a folly to exp~ect to b~reak off a b~ad habit in a day, whIch inay have been gathe~ring fom long years. (liven Ut. by nioctiora. "Is It poessibi~o Lhat Mr. Godfrey Is up aadidt1ork, niid'en~rediby soihnple a remedy ?' "I assure you that it is trie that h. Ii enirely cir~ed Mid W*itl nodbug bul Hup Bitterat;.and only ton days ago hi1 doctors gave him up and salid he aluel "Well a day T Jhat,,i remarkable! ill this Alay and get 0som for mn) poor G66. i k~oehops arb goad.' I Moderatinn Ia the sllken strine enn Abraham Lincoli's stories are quite a much a t part of his Administration 11 the Emancipat ion Proclamation. President Grant told a story eloquently when he wits "'un bent," but he was not in the habit of telling them promiscuously. President Ilayev does not originate stories ats Lincoln did, but often quotes theil. Charles Stunmier never knew wiliat a joke was. Ilmor wias ei firely absent 'from his natuore. Mortoni en joyed stories, and told thei solnetiiles, I'umt Ie was llways a1 very busy m lanla, and when hie w-asn't inl bed, muffering tortulre iuldis. eriblaible, lie was geinerally It work. Gen. Sherman is an inveterate story-teller, and you can catch iiiii at 111111y liel(qliaiers, surrounded by his staff, reiating his expe ieices, of whichI he 1eems to have hadil an unusual amlioulit yf nll anmsing arllineler, or describiig someW futiniy sight he lus seen, or some funny thing he 1118 heard. I i has a very keeni selse of ti( ridicilouis, and is griliic in deseriplion, aiild very suerssful inl mlimiery. Vice-Presidenit Whleelr en joy0s i joke as well as ally inan ill Conigr'ess, but seldom perpetrates one. Conkling is ilnimitable when lie chooses to be. Tihere i is no imil inl ailic life who lias coniversai tio.i. powers e(ual to his. I b- e.m he in terest iRig oil lilly topic tiRhit mailly enter a coil versItioni, and when lie fairly lets himself out, 1s he did iRn Fuihglind a1 year agoi last sum1-riiii, people Mare lit him imitil lley lIre overcoliv by faseinatlioll. Ilille is equallv accomplished, but does not, display himselff as Conkling does on stated occaonsow. B31tilie is mllor-e geni.1l as8 a1 Commnil)Ii lilg, but not so iyvrotechnic ill his displays. Glen. Butler can make him5elf as interesting Its any13 man11, when hie chooses, but his hinor generally is of a grim kind, and lie tries to lila ke people uncomifort abl(e. If Bhller should sit down lit i dhinnerl' table witi twelve srangers, before the coffee was reached lie would find the telder spots inl each IIIii's 1m11m01'. lIe las a (isa:greeablle way of .finding out the weaknesses of thre whom11 lie Coloes inl cont1at, an1d a11 (1lceited a(ss or 1raggart iever' willnts to Ileet I[hith'-r a second time. lie puts this flcllity of alliking people un1icoliforl able to i very good use sometimes; but he isn't always dia greeable, but can lie as charming as8 sweet sixteen when lie chooses. Mar'in J. Town seld, Proctor Knott, Sullset ('ox, ('haruRles Foster, and 1)r. Silewart were the strv tellers of the last Iouse. Paper' Napkins. laper. iapkins are in Increased demand. t A Boston firm have sod(1, some 250,0m.t of themii since they were iltro(luced 11 yeir ago. The place of mni1i1ifactulre of papei' n1apkiIIs is not. divulged. They are said to be all imported froi Japall, but. a suspicion pre vails that some of themi are produced by ini genious Yankee pfaper mikers, who mire lwell content to mnopolize their limaintifailct ure for the present. The napkins are whole saled lit froi $6 to $10 per thousand, and ire retailed at. at dollar to i dollar and i half ai hundred. A pirty of two or three lmid pecnse V\\nI ill ('T e 'i-N1iiid to '\vASWtr ill use, also, the host or hostess is relieved of all fear of having his table linen stolen; and if all absent minded guest does happeni to pat, his napkin, in his pocket after lie has finished eating, he n'ed lot suffer aiy More remorse than if lie hadt(] pocketed ai apple core or i nut. shell. A Rocky Mountain Nimnrod. - '"Eli?" said Uncle Gabe, with a. hewild ered look. ''Oh, nothing," said I; "go on, don't let t me interrupt you." "Wien I was (own in the San JIuan coliun try, 'bout five years ajo," continued he, "a prospectin' around in Cuningham's Gulch along of two or three more of the boys, we saw somec goats cavortlin' arounid on whaxt app~eared to us to be the tip-top of the miouni taini. We maude up our mli'nds that those goats belonged to us an' p~repared accordini'. One of us pulled off his hoots an' began to clmb1 up to drive the critters down while the rest on us amnbnshed~ at the only place where we thought they could comec. Pete -that's the feller that clini upl-Pete when lie got to the top found that lie wvas about a1 hiunidred foot above the goats, which was stand(in1' on the edlge of a precipice, mlor'ni 300 foot, high. Pete riz up~ an' hollered an' thrcew stones at the goats. Tlhie critters (did niot 8st1) a iiminit to hold a couill 01n what they should do, but juIst gin' one jmnpll and( over tile precipice they wenit. We thought we had 'cie lre-and~ though we'd a leetle ruther shot 'emn-ymt we didn't hey no0 special conlscienitious scuples agin eatin' a goat wh ich had conunitted suicide. Ikit'we dlidn't eat any of thenm goats, 1101 by no mlesil. Thley just camne flyinI' downi thalt perpendl~ickleur rock fer mor'n 300 foot, 'humupty, humplilty, humllp, ' touchlin' the wahl onect ill 'bout, every sixty foot unitil they reached the bottomi whar they landed all right all' struck out like 'lighutnini' for thb tilinber. I 'spose 't would a killed 'em If they'd julmpedl straight down, buit'ye see they knew a tiick worth two of thiet, all' by touchinl' the rock as they comei 'twas 'bout1 the sanue thing, ye see, as goin' down stairs. Now, I've hecerd folks say the goats jump off of hlighi rocks an' land on their heads, an' bein' kind of ac eus~tomeld to buttin11' it dlidni't hurt 'emi none1. TIheml stories Is a llttre too tough for mie, on' I advise ye, stranger, fer to t'ake no0 stock in an'ythinl' a man11 tells ye that1 lie can't say lhe saw hhnself. Goats IR knowinl' critters, thar's no dloubt~s about. that,, but they dlon't do half the wonderful thinlgs whIch fellers as haos no regard for truth let Ioz) they dho. I did( see otue thing onet, how shmndeaver, wvhich . I never' saw anything. lIke it afore. "'Twas down among the ISaiigre. do Ohriato range whar' I was lookin' arounid lost fall. I saw an old goat walkin' 'bout-half way up a big pi-eciplce oii a little shielvin' path, which the same)1 1 saw1 p~eteredl .out 'botittj middle of the cliff. Thle goait ddi''kgw .thib,.aai' canie trottin' alonig s p*a'n' Aessy ifs you please. Pretty Ia~~oi.caine akid follerin'1 an' then I Iwi~-dhto41 was agQlnI to glti out Iof that scrapk - T to path kep' get'tini' nareit an' idarcrer till If' couldln't a been mlor'n1 six iln aws,,w. an'.then: it ,ended Atltogether. TJ e6'ild stope mnl seeniedt kind of surpri c; it-sehelooked down-'twas Itout 500 feet, I. guess-then she l'ooked uip Ian' then she seenied to b)e thiinki' the mat ter over. All at oncee she 1-I? up on her hlind le an' stingin' one of 'emt over the edge tulrned roundIon the tother as If on a *pivot, an' thendra pin' down ,on all . ours *ive a jnmp- o4d.t 'e kid au'' trotted back. rho kid didn't sop to 4o0to 11h endsp( the Ipath, but juet riz pg m' cople'd thq old6one's motIons exactly. ."hhImaea Vn a'raDar I kQQa, 1ust I don't believu no 1lh stories 'bout goats, Jumping off rocks an' lightin' on their heads." Upele Gabe calmly knocked tl< ashes out of his pipe and with a growl of disapprovaldof the men who were digging ill) the streel for the waterworks, picked upi hiv gun and114 departed. Coniatia Aniong the Anhieontg. The ancients were very fond of testing the valor and dexterity of wrestlers in the arena. The combatants were selected from among the most brave and skilful men, anI the judges Who he'ld the victorious garlands were persons of Jhe highest rank and inleg rity. These combats, however, were peci liarly ferocious. The parties fought with their fists, als do our prize lighters; bit, they frequntly introduced balls of iron and stonie, with which they often struck fatal blows. Thd introdliced the Cestus which wts i heavy glove or gauntlet of' thick leather, -stlif led Witi nails which were equally destructive. .Elhian speaks of a Crelan Panomtist who dropped dowi dead while they Were taking him to the judges to receive -tle garland. Another prize lighter, havlig received a blow in the mouth which knocked in all his teeth, swal lowed -theipi logether with the blood that followed, to 4onecal from his antagonist ani injury which ,Inight have induced him to continue thoePonteat. There are many in stances in an(Alunt timlies of ferociois bravery, which at the present day would be discard ed with indi nation. A bravo champion who had beel. twjee crowned at the Olym pic gaimes, fc.ght and conquered all who mtered the li aagainst him, except the last. 311te--a man o owerful frame, who rushed ijpon him, se Led him by the throat,.t rip ping up his h.eIA at the same time, and lctually stranred him on the spot but Cre te expired f .a violent effort lie broke off he toe of his adversary, which gave him mIehIlt pain that ho died instantly, and the judges ordered his dead body to be crowned with the piInI !f victory. It was the fash on for the Roman ladies to attend these 'Alihitions, and now and then they would itep into the lists and have a set-to them telves. Tiacittis and Juvenal both speak of t; and although the Rtoman ladies on these )censions were not as thittly clad as our nodel artistes, yet they were dressed like he SaniIiI os-wearing a shield c'aleulated ,o protect the breast and shoulders, and rowing more narrow at the bottom, inl )rdel to be used with greater convenience. t wits during the reign of Nero and Domi in that, those worthies introduced female 0ladiators, and Nero exhibited in one show our hundred senators and six hundred (luestriins. These may not have been -alled duels, but savage pructices; and if adies were Insulted in those times, they >rocured no champions to fight their batt les, mt. redressed their wrongs themselvep. 'evertheless, trifling wrongs-abusive latn ;uage, giving the lie, or striking a blow v'ere not In those tiles, as they are at this lay, considered Just grounds of mortal oibilt by dubi. .Judicial trials by combat vere common Iin the barbarogs1 (et. Dar -I me ,%,'-.rvama of fhog of Iontargis," In. I., are not acquainted with ts origin. The tight between Miicaire and the og belonging to Aubry took place in 1371, t the Isle of Notre Dame. Charles tfie 'ifth wts present when the (log convictedi lacaire of Aibry's murder by over-power jg him in the tight, and for this crime lacaire was hanged. A curious trial by iattle took place in t620. Queen Cimidbage, :onsort of the king of Lombardy, a celebra ed woman both for beauty and unimpeach Lhle virtue, had some insolent proposals nade to her by an impertinnt, court-fly by he name of Adahulf ; but instead of hand ng him over to the laws for putishment, lie mercifully banished him. In a fit of evenge lie accused her to the king of hav ng a lover, and that she Intended to poison iii in order to marry that lover. TIhe Ag, blided with rage, huured the queen n a castle. As she was related to Clotai're, dng of the Francs, lie demnandedl that she thould he tried by a juicileal contest. Ada utlf was commanded to meet a cousin of he queen, called Pithen, who in the con est got Adalulf dlown and cut his throat, rhichi establishied the Innocence of the iueen. Tihe clergy were also liable to trial ty battle; andl Louis the Fat, In his charter >f the Abbey of St. Maur, admitted that the >riests possessed this right' The bishop of Angus ordered certain monks to imaintaini heir rights to tithes by cudhgeing each )ther ; but William the Conqueror would tot permit clerks of abbeys to fight without lie permtission of their diocesan. Priests n those timeos were good fencing-masters, md, as chaplains to the army, had( a fair )ortioni of the fight. H ow 5muetta are Caurht, in Maine. On the coast of Maine smelts visit the rivers about the 20th of D~ecemiber, and1( re inains almost all winter. For about two inonths they take the hiook readily, 'andi arc eaughlt in conslderable n'umbers th rough lioles cut in the Ice. Fo'rmerly, on cold1 cilays, it wats very severe fishing, without uhelter, except by p~iling uip cakes of Ice, eivergreeni boughs, &c. Last winter one of the fishermen imadle a canvats tent, andi it provedl so comfortable that it has now be conic the universal custom to fish In themt. There are now on the ice, shove -the bridg es, two village of these canvas houses, much resembling an Indian encamnpmentt in winter quarters. A light woodecn frame, wvith a sharp roof, is put together, and thec whole coveredI with a light canvas or cotton cloth. Ini somel instantces the covering is painted, to. resist the piercing north-west windas. 'The ordhinatry tent is about' six feet squaire; occasionally one Is larger, for two p~ersonis. VTe interior Is p~rovlded with a stove and a bencht, upon which the angler sits while Ilsiting. Tlhe whole rests upon runners, amnd can be easily moved from place to p~lace., When the fIsherman reaches the place lie cuts a hole through the ice, places Ils tent over the same, builds a fires, closes the door, drops hIs lInes through the hole and wvalts for bites. Each man uses four lines. T1hie bait usedl in this vicinity is the clami worm, which Is found in the clam flats. The upper end( of the line is fastened to a rack above the fisherman's head, whuith the hook from six to ten feet below the surface. The fisherman sits on the bench beside the stove lund patiently waits for the fish to bite. There is act much skill in tbis kindl of ang lhng, fol' When a smelt takes the hook the niotion of thle line conveys the fact to the fisherman, andl he quickly hauls him in. The fish ite hetter ont cold; stormy days. From tea to fifteen pounds is a fair day'. work for one man, pe hbliend, privately, ,eOmt A Wonderfui Inituner. In the early part of the present century running matches were as popular as at the present time. It was then excited by the wonderfni and almost incredible perfor lalnccS es of one m1an1. This 111111 was Me-nsenl Eirnst, born in Bergen, Norway, on October 1., 17111. lie wa t son of a sea cap taic, and when still a bo ,y entered the E'in lish Navy. Although his powers as a run ner were displayed eVeil in his bhoyood, he made three voyages to the East Inidies, and laid completed a three-years' cruise on the frigate Caledonian, before he Imlh a vipublie exhibitioni of t hem, which he first did by running a race in Iondlon, whei nileteeln yea1rs olh. 'T'lhou11gl up to) this t i hle Ithad not) traiiing, and had evein lace-d at pedes trian's ordiniry opportuiities for imuseular developemnent, Ite wa24s fami1ed 111rolghout Ile nvy a1s it rinier, and wonderful stories asm to his extriaordiniry powers circulated itilong all braunches Of t-he service. At last a heavy minn11 (if money was wagered by the (llhicers Of his ship that Menisen WOlld rn111 from London to PortsmI1iolthtl, it distanice of seveiity-three mils, in less thian ten hours. Tile feat wits litempt( an1d accollisheild, the (iStanice liing covereud Iby the yo)uInig sailor in.exactl nine hours. Shortly after wards lie raint from London. to Liverpool, distlice of I .5 miles, in thirti-l wo hours. Although t0hi. iCTeRSt'ul a4 rm'm11er, Mlnseni did no0t quit th 110 u lafter linig dib inguished i % bravery in the h1battle of Na varino, foupAit th-t. 241, 1827. Som after liat htle ie bemike ai profsst-ioial runnier, and1(1, aifter wilnning a muner of lesser matches, wias induced to miidertake the great feet of Muniing from iris to Moscow. lieI started from the Place 'endome ait four o'cloek ill the afterloolln of Jiunii I, 18i, and entered thll Kiremlil lit ten o'clock .%. m., of June 25; laving acclmplished the distalce, 1, 7-60 lih-s, inl thirteen1 (IlS 111d eighteenl hom-s. This feal creiled a (lecided selslit ion throughout 1i urp, 111d the emi - ploylme1nt of Mensen as a 1 collrier extra(ordi nary by kiings and princes beene a popular am111lusemet inl Eluropeanl courts.. Ile ran11 from Country to colintry aind from colut to court, heirinlg coIIgIat uilat ion, endolence, or (lspatches of greater import:ntic, and whenever miatched against the r(gular Illolulted Collriers easily succeeded in hent mng them. lie alwaiys carried Willh him at MapT, ak Compass, anid ats Imany histquits anld ounces of rispherry sy1rup, as there were to 11e (1aysH OCCullied On1 his jOlurneV. In willter he took witi him a pair of 'lig, slender Norwegian siow-shoes, 11n1d in traveling lie alwllys chose tie most direct line, turning out neither for lloilltins n(or rivers, bnit climbing the olne and swinming the other. lie never wiilked, but invariably run, keep- t ing ill) i long, swinging lope for hours it i tile without rest. ills only refreshment. one hiscuit andl(] one oumee of' raspherry Hy- i rup per day, and t wo short rais Of ten or 1 fifteen milites elaclh ill twenty-four hours. These rests lie took while stainding i tree or other ollject (if support. At such times ho covered his fa(e4. withli a handkerehief and Wlept, an1d after 11c1 21 n2p h21le Would pirsue I easy when compelled to b1e- (uiet. no,,i '1.. 1i not sit still for ialt tinl hour without feeling aI sense of sulfointion. liIe wis 11 Vei'V 1-011 able 111111, 24 favorite Withi all Who knew him, and wa14ts 11a1de muc11h of by his Iovil. patrons. Inl 18:1, he Started from Mnillch i at I v. m., .1111 e 11, Withl dispitcles froi the (inlg of liavaria lo his soi Otto, Kilg OI (G1reece. ''hiese (lispiatcesli were delivered at Naupli lit 9. %. mS., onl .1 ily 1; or seven dalys sooler than it they hli d been Sent by the re gular' post. II 8:14, while in the employ of the lritish East. India C(ompany, Melsen I was charged with the colvoying of dis patches from Calcutt2a to C anti(ople through Central Asia. The distance is 5,11 1 miles, Which the Imessellger aceom- t plisled in lifty-ninte days, or in one third of the time Made by the swiftest caravai. On this Wonderful journey he made lis waly across te'rriblle desertsi, awful salt swamilps, wheire, for' hundicreds of miles, he sawv no2 living hieing, and2( throlugh count ries whose inhabilitants wer'e sava'lge robb~iers, 2and( whoi( livedlIl ini stalte of conltinualll warfare. iral powvers, and( his fameo spr'ead~ far' and2 w',ide. One~ of the mo1(st intere'stinig pro b11oma1 of the ago being thle discolvery oIf theu sources of the Nile, it was suggested that this wonderful man01 he emp11loyed1 to follow the course of thle river to its sources, and( thus deterinie thiemt. Prince Puitkher Mums kani, who had himlself traveled extenisively in Egypt, and1( had madloe several ulnsuccess fui aittemipts to p~ene(tra2te the heiadwaters (If the Nile, oIffered( to2 defray all expenises and1( rewaurd Meniseu handsomiely If hie wou2tld un consenC1ted( to mallke the allttemplt, and2( on1 May I I, 1842, set out fromi Mluskanl in Rilesia, whence he ran to Jlerusaleim, where lie had some1 biness11j to aittendo to. T'lenee 1conl tinuied lis way to Cairo and( uip the western baink of the Nile, through 4Lwer and1( MId dlIe and( Into Upper Egypt. Here, juset ouit. aide of tihe village of Synnle, he was seen oii the morninig of Jian. -22, 1843, to stop and rest, leaning agaInst a palm tree, with his face covered by a hiandkerchief. Hie r'ested 80 long that some1 pers5ons tried( to wake him, buit they tried in vin, for he" wasi dead1(. H~e wans lburied at the foot of the tree, andl it was years before hIs fiIends 1in Eturope knewv whlat faite had biefalhen him. Foumndlat hie IDuty. It was a winter's nIght, many13 years ago ; the ground wa~s covoeed wit h frozen snow, and black snow choiuda hutng overhead, while an intense cold1 was made(1 stihl keener by the dlrivinlg wind wvhuich scuiddedl along over the counitry 51ide, carryIng In its teeth a storni of Icy snow flakes. Tfhe clock ini the Parish towecr of Gray's chimned the hour of nine, as Talbot, the post-boy, prep~ared1 hinself anid his horee "Beauty"' to carry the mail bagsg, filled with theIr valuable letters, on to Checetham, ni1ne miles away, over a ruiggedl road, up lull and( down dale ; for In those (lays there -were no Iron railroads traversed1 by snorting engines, pulllng and1( shiriekiing on at the rate of forty or fifty mile1s in the hour, and dilstanceshtad to be reached by fast trottinlg and( hIgh niet tIed horses. It wats a dlangerous deed( to ride over a lonely country on such a nIght as this ; hut no misgiving. clouided the lad's brave spirit. lie was soon standing before the office door, patting the sleek coat of his favorite, when the door opened and the Postmaster ap peatred with the bags. "You'll have a hard lime of it to-night, Talbot, my boy," 9aid hie. "I am thinking w~hether you Ouglht to go thirough all this." "Go through it l". was the reply. "What would tiley do at.Cheetham in thb morning without their letters? We're not afraid of it, are we, B3eufly ?" "But this. is the worst night I have ever known ; you'll be losin. your way. Wlt can tell the difference between road, ditel anld tield inl tis snow F" Bitt Talbot took thll hgS fromii the speak er'a hand, and slung them on isA back. "Lose oir Way, indeed ! Vly, sHi knows every inch of the road ! Don't you Beauty I It wonl't be the first time n'e'vi cantered along by hundreads." And i 11aughecd lightly, springing to the saddhi with ak bound; hbill hie adkded qulietly, "'l1 will be a rough ride to-night though, and 1 shall not he sorry to see tIe lighis of Cliee Iham. If I get there all right, it wli! Ie on to mny Score, that's Jill; for they'll know I aim not afraict of a bit of wath'lier, Md the win't have to say to ine alit I shirked. (1o4)ud nigtril, mir." Ilie hiltoned his c4t titIghly Iriouiild himl, Sirned the cola1111 tilp over his ears, pulled hi, 'ap down close, gave Ileaiuiv the signill 11n1i gtlloped awty into I lie dark. ". h, well, you ire a brave fellow, ani *l'l see yoil doii't lose ainiythling by it,' siid Ihe postnuaster, as he closed ihe tdot', mil ,1at dtown by his own fireside. As Talbot, onl his trusty si'ed, rode dep 'r inio the lontely comtriy the cold b'caeic mlore terrible. lIe Wats Covered Withi sntin 111t fr-oze inl o a cot ing of ice over' hinm, and e'vervt him, tided it) sentd lis coul rtge dowin as low it he It-lmiperatilet itsellf; hit le fought mntii. Fully to keep up his spirits, althugh it w itrd4 wNk, for' aitch at night 1a this hald not )t1n kiiowti foryes. Ine nIt le--t wo miles-thilee iilea of I lit -ond( grot over, anid (heelham sit ilmill six mlihl-t tw W'i Straight IAonwtiirdl lie urged lilt way, vltere all Was ilartk before an11d on illwt'r lidel, SatVV nw andl thent when11, as. he rodle piiekly by, lit culd, lirough a coil AigIe viimow, see at I clieeiful firelight gil'ami, .vhl le fatcied there ua grolpil of thippli 'Iildtei arounl Ihle heN'rlh, withI thi r fteIrli mId mtiithier, ail ll elsee makinog hiome aright anid ha~ppy . Then, perhap111S, hel thought11 of him ownVl iole In G (rays, of lie t1hers 111 sisters hiere, of his mt r, wilching an1d lok iing mixiously thitigh ih ltlice, wonideriig low he col d be firing iti tall I his, id prtv nig fervenly for)I her boy, whio woui Ihe 1ome agitin tnIt the mrIirow it ill weint wtll. Iht e'notgh of thil he must keep till hotight for'himselt tiow, and tlight igiiist his drowsiness ereepiig slowly over .hit. Phere wis work to be dotie there were inil btga to le preserved anild lelivered. Thalt was his work, an14d lie would to it. ix miles of the jotirnicy over ail sill three 1io'e to Cheethlain. lie had lost all sentse f feeling by this time, andt scarcely knew r the reins were in lisa iind, while tie tears hll, would come froze upon his cheek. 'his was a light with terriile foes, bull 'leethaiti was only two miles aiway now, nd courage must live a littlo longer. A way id away ! Soho, Beauty ! FtrwartlI 'hlt was the word. Two m14en1 stood out in High trI eet, tit 'heeltham. One wits the Post mnasterof that wi, ad the other an hostler waiting to L-ed Beaily 1111d bed her down for the night. 'he elouds were dispersing, the stnrs shoie dtl one of the, sltampijiing his n1 1ihed feet pon the grouilid. 'Very likely not. low goeR his time, it up yet I" '"Well, lie oight to be in very soon, if e's coinli1g lit all," was the reply. As they were speaking, a tore with its ider came galloping in ; it Was Beauty overed withl foam, who, with h11(er butrdeni, ow halted before them. She knew the lace too well to need any reigning in. "elio, ''albot !" said the Postast e'. 'That's the way to (1o it I Nine miles gainst wiId iad weather, and true to your ie within a minute or two ! Unstrap the lags, boy, and theni conie in andci have a rarm." But there wias n(o illove. 'Coime, off with you, my man ! yotu eemI overM fond of this, miore1 thiatn I am n ly ate." Still no0 aiiswer-silent andc elrct he sat n t he sadkile. The host let' iraised his lanternl to the ladl's ace; thle featutres were rigid, thle eyes open vide. "W~hy, he is ill l'! lie exclaimedl. ''lie Is rer'y bad1( I What shall we (10? 1 believr ic Is dlyiing, sir." Not dlyinig but deatd, for Death had iiet 11hn 0on the waty. F"ound~-foundi~ at lis luty.' Th'le Postmaitster'lifted huimi off ini his strong irms, but with difliuly, for thle boy wta ro0zen fast to the sadd(le ad lisa knees wei'e >re'ssedl tightly to thie horses shtles. ,Just is lie wa'is taken do(wnt his face caime near Betiuty's head1(, wuhien the~ panulting sleetd tmllfed~ at it, expectinig the tmaster's kindly u'vord and1( touch. Ah, Heaty ! You wuill iever see your master tany mloreC I If y'ou 1ver0 able to think at all you never thought you were carryitng his lifeless body the: lasI nile of the jouirney. TIhe Iitense cold hiad pierCedl lis brave aeart and'(1death had stolen uponi hhnit in the gise of sheep, raipidly sinking ito a slumi ier to know no waking in thIs wiorklL NothIng Mean Aboti6 Him. A man ateppedl inito a sample-room (downa owii a (lay or two ago and hnppe'ned to ueet a friend there. " Iave a beer ? " wais thte fist que'stloon. ''It's a little too early,'' relhied thte in vlte'd one0. "Wtell, take a little wihisky ; Ptt ill warm you upI." "'I dlon't. thInk I care abotit whisky."' ''Try a lit tle rm, then ; now whait do you say to a good, sharp, seducitive hot. spleed rum, eh I " Deliver me from rum ; I nlever couml~d drInk it without getthlig sick or cautching aI beastly cold." . "Won't you try some1 sherry ; thalt's more poetic, anid will maike you feel good for thei balanece of the day? i " Will you kindly excuse mel from taking sherry, si'? " " of course ; bult won't you trya cigar'? " "Not if I know myself." "What's the matter; you're not offend ed, are youtl? "Not at all." "IWell, thlen, won't' you take some thilng?" " o 1be sure I will; to be sure I wvil: drink with you." " Well, what will you takei" "I'll toll you whuat I'll do, sir ; I'll taka a glassful of. water and. you gve me the toll cents. Hlow will that Wo *, ohi" " That won't work at all," sid th6 othe indlgtnantly, tnd then he took a %irInk alon and w~lked~oto h~to .The faith'of the ghaid is Awas .ti work of It.964 A Japanese Hediciisltaber. Of furniture, in oie senase of the word, there is, inl a Japanaese houise, ah1niost none. The casual visitor sces no sofa, chairs, talblesa, stoves, curtinis or hat-rack. In the parlor, or room for receiviig guests, are seen in the tokononut, or raised space at han(some sword-rack, flower-vases, bronze.s or litc(iered ware. In the ladies' chamber will be fonid btrcaims, itirror or toilet stands, needlework-hoxes, eahinets, racks for dresse's but all thees are Liliputian in size, and it may be seen at a glance that they are to be ised wheni kneeling or sitting on the floor. The fact (l(hat everything is done on 11t floor <-xplains in great part why the Jutainese are so courtly anid ceremonial in lithir 'ustioms. What' is at hedehmber at night, is usually put to some other use dirl m Ig the daiy. liedtimle come, the sliding loOr closets are openled, anid the bedclotheics brought in. One or two quilts are laid upon tIhe floor. Near the tipper one is laid the pillow--a block of wood with a sm1a1l pald. 'h paipt pillo hw-Case, in at well kept house, is ienewed every, v day. An enormouts and thickly padded loose coat, ainide of silk or cott11on, is laid oi top, and fIts nicely to tlt botly. This is the covering. On this sort of ouenh aill .lapaniause haave slept from tilie immemorial. Among at few of the richtest families the lthling is of silk. With Ite griaaI itmss of people it is of the usual dark bhn'l, qluilted vottonl cloth. Teobject of' the1 Ja1panlese pillow isa, evidenltly, 8o to rest Ith hItadI 11 anot t disarranaige the coiffurte. Wil h 1 he wan1, this is a Matter of ilpar lance. sitce it suailly recpuires aan hour Inr I wo a r flit work of arranging the hair. I 1t1-1n (he priest, whose laid is shorn, does ntot use at pillow Of Ihe usual kind, but at mot luxiriois onte niade rouid and re m!"mbling ours, though much smalle' r. This is ailled the haqzu--makiera( or priest's pil low. In a .uilaiantse lotel I always called Ior om- of fIIh laiei r piattIeri. III siinner, whe lt i 114 tluitat imsaike tiair appear'aitce (for .1lpn is equally favored with the rest or t- world with Ihtese pests,) mosquilo etis art ft011d inl tvery houaseoltld Ilait can afford ti-imi. 'h'e ntting is good antd sir'onfg, hliuaglh rather coarse. It is mostly pink Ir grtei. The neits (kaeho) are niade inl th) 'orml of it ehae. Tl'hey aire Iung by niss rings iii tht' woodwork on the corners f the raom, occipying narly the entire splac of the room. 'ihey thOroughly a nswetr their puillpose. Whent a Jalpilese widow choost'5 to consider it leap year, and %% islis to sectire a piat ier', she simply hints Ito i firvored suitor thlit, at' iloquilo-aict Is too larg'e. Flor te healy's naips a smialler oti it MPtvided. Go Tot .1ige- " Nw, yoing inan1, I eiteice you to twenty years at hard labor in the Stait I'rison for killing that man with at cart rung. It'll lie a warning to other young uen who spend flir evenings in har-room uiot to go to such vile places." Othler Youing 3Alan-"Plae, .sir, where siall we go ? " jludge.-"' (o 1o church. Other Young Mani-" Whaat, every evena S' 40) Ley~ 're anot opeli, either.'" J udge. .1 udge--" Well, go--go-to a dime con Other Younag Mai'-" Whatt sha1tll we do flt' oter five week evenings3i " j Iatdge-" Go-go-to see some respecta . ble young aidles." Other Yontig Man-" They wiant oysters, ice cream and theatre tickets, Judge. (aii't ailrord 'em o.i seven dollars a week." .Judge-" Well, go-go-go-go to your r1oo0Ms ad s(ty and beome a Judge, like me." Aliy Other Yoting Matn.-4 Judge, it's tjougl work stidying after working all day. Did you get to be at Judge by studying? " .J1iige- " Wh 1y yes, of course.' Other Young Man-"tStuidyinig whati " .Jiudge~ -"' 'olitics, (If course -- niO -I mneana I studied r'eadlin', ritini', arithmetic and law." Any Othier Young Mani-" Yes, Jtid~ge. Where do y'ou spendi your evenaings, .iudge t' .Jtuige-"' Wetl, I genealluy dine at the chlb and then taike a irun around town, drop~l in iat a theatre antd at the Fifth Avenuet, or a lacer tunntel, and somethnes I take a spini arouttnd the corner at or up to - , sttop ; what ami 1 saying i Young man, I sp~endt any virtuous eveings inu the bosoma of my virtuou~ts faily, and retire at tean to my spiniig hedstead.'~ Othe'r Youmg Manu-" Well, JTudge, we can'i afford these luxua les until we are elecd .ludges. Wish you'd( tell us where to go evenings." .htudge-" Go-go-go to the dlevil I "' All the Othera Young Men-"'Yes, Judge, we're goinig there." Economay on the Farma. On the fhymn, and in all the various de tails of rural and dionhestle lIfe, pruidence andl just eCc)oomy of time and means are iucumbaient in an emnennt degree. The earth itself Is cdmuposed of atoms, and the most giganit lc fortunes conshst of aggregated items, Insilgnificant hai thenikelves, Individu ally consldered, but majestic when contem plated In uiiaty .and as a whole. In thei anagemnent of a farm, all needless expenidI ture should be systematieally avoIdeud, and the Income made to exceed the outlay as fair as possible. .Pecunaiaty ambarr'assmaent should always bie regarded as a contingenoy -of evil bodig, and If conteinded gaint with eneorgy and persevering forti g, must sa' be overcbome. D~ebt, W but little hope of Its removal, Is a sR latonle dragging us dowat, andt crushing t11 life blood out of 'us. Be careful thatefore in Incurring, any pecimiriry respon'ilbility which does not presenut At clear deliverance with the advantages, which annhIlgent. action ought always to insure. A farmer who purchases a good fahin and ftupay down one-third of the price, iIot gage for the other two-tid, a~~6e the heart and resolution trk -ht fully and welhl, enters upl ..htto success. lie 'will labor wi th eo eo1 cgng knowledge that each dp ya Oxtto will lessen his Indebtednesstth )Igjlu rearer to the goal whealh sal he " trled and becomes a fr'e h6I6 i~~ oer lng soee. - But ltWif, ~~y i Avery deprtiient; b' ~ ~I as in thbbarius and in.t . late lif ~ r tui e Aprudeno t1h$ r~ 6n~oioh'. to g -e j pq~. .