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TIRI-WEEILY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MAY 13, 1879. NO nt PINE TR4. leforo your atoms came together I was full-grown, a tower of strength, seon by the sailors ont at sea, With great stornas m( asur ng all my strength Making my mighty minstrolsy, Uompanion of the anciont weathor. Yours ! Just as muoh as the stars that shiver When the frost sparkles overhead ! Call yours as soon those viewless airs That sing in the clear vault, and tread The clouds! Less yours than theirs 'I hose flsh-haw ks swooping round the riv or Iu the prnimoval dopths, embowering My broad boughs with any branching poors, My gums I Npilled in prcclous drops Ay, even in those elder years The calol building in my tops, Along any boughs the panther cowering. Beneath mny shado the red man slipping, Himnself a -Al.dow, sto.i away; A palor shadow foll3ws him ! Races may go, or races stay, The .cones upon ny loftiost limib The winds will many a year be stripping. And there thu hidden day be throwing His fires, though dark the dead prime be, Before the bird shako off the dow. Ah ! what songs have beou sung to me Whiat songs will yet bo sung, when yon Are dust upon the four winds blowing True to Herself. 'l'he Novenber afternoon was dar kening Into night as Florence and I irove front the cemetery where we had seen our father laid to rest. I was twenty-two that summaaer, an: -the aill taced bride of .lbert Freenatnt ; but, since nmy father's failure and death, I had not seen in ; aund my heart told mle only too plainly that the love which had been given to Marion Wilde, the fa vored of fortune, lad not beeni tLns ferrel to Marion Wilde, the homeless orphan. Florence, thought younger tnan I wats married ; had her home and husband, an(l so could afford to look calmly on my father's faillure and death. But 1-what was I to do? I iust begin the world and earn a living for myself. Ve stopped before the mansion that lad so long been hoine-that after to night lwould be home no longer. "I wish to speak to you, Marion," Florence said. I led the way to the library. "'Well,"' I said, sitting down ini the gloom. ''What is It, Florence?'' "It is this, Marion : Whal do yon ileal to do?" "I don't know."' "It is time you did," saId P lorence. "You must earn yoar own living. I tell you quite frankly that I cannot of fer you a homie, alad you muaast get some situation. To-morrow you inuist leave thIs hiousre. You have no money. Where atre you going?" I dropped ny head on the table and burst Into tears. Oh, thie unspeakable inisery of' that moment t My sister had never been overstocked with affection for her family, and thoughts of the world had always filled a large place In her heart; but it did seem as it she might have given ne tine to bury my father before thrusting me Into It-andl not mny father only, but my lover also, for he wvas not (lead to men, and nmust 1 not bury him out of' my sight?'' "I have been thoughtful for you more than you have been for yourself," pursued Florecnce "I have foundh you a temporary home. Mr's. Brown is In wvant 01f a seamstress. I have spoken for youl; her' ternms are liberal and you go at once." Marion Wilde go out as a seamnstress! Howv coolly she talked of it. "You wvill go there to-morrow morn Ing, when you leave here, andi while there 'you can advertise for' another place. I must be goIng, Good-bye." "I dId not answer', uand she was gone. 'P'huen I sak dowvn in nmy loneliness, poverty and misery, and 1 erled utitl I could cry no longe'r.'' "'Oh, Albert, Albert!'' I cried In my great grief, is this the love you have pr'ofessed for me ?" And so the long nIght passed, as all nighats must; but the morning found me a changed woinan. It seemed as it' in that one aight I had givent up every thing that had been dear to me. I did not lireak my heart, elther'. Albert Freeman should never' (do that, when any heart broke, it should be for a wor tiler ohjtect. No I I thanked H~eu ven that I l'wid learned Albert Freeman's un worthiness so soon. With no choice left, I took my way to Mr's. Brown and remained for' three months as a member of the family. One morning an advertisement in the p~aper attracted my attention, and I de termined to answer it. It was for a copyist. A few minut"s later I knock ed at the office 'door of Edwin Graham. Hie was a, barrister, and one of the most talented n~sen of the bar. 'TYoum ad vertisedl for a cop~yhst," I sa id, "'and I came to see If' I could (d0 what you require." "Wihl1 you write. sonmethaing for me ?" lie said, and he placed some writing materials before me. .* I wrote soveral lin', which he excam.. hned and said wvould do. I found his terms liberal, and carried home a large roll of papers. It was ar r'anged that after this the clerk was to call for my writings and bring me or der's. Min' Graham called occasionally to give m~e directiow' a bout thela#v pap6rs. He w~s a man of abehit thirty-five,very kiudl in hisa mapp~er, and occasional ly brogit me o bok to read. His hit tie kindnesses were vory wecome to Ie iII mny great loneliness. - I have forgotten to say that I had gone to reside with an old lady whom I had once befriended duriig a long ill ness, but who had since received a small legacy which enabled her to live comfortably. In time my writings grew to be other thani the Copying of law papers. First, I wrote a sho.rt sketch, and sent it to one of the leading perlodicals; it. was received and .paid for, and I contintied writing. Soon after a new book was given to the public, aind loudly applau dled. A few evenitings afterwards, Mr. (G raham called and brought tme the book, saying he wished ie to read it, as lie felt sure L should like it. The ac:tior was unknown, he said ; she on ly gave a filetitious name; and all the elforts of the public had been unsuc cessful In ilading Iter out. I said noth Ing. I chose to keep ny secret. I had made up my mind to give up copying, and told him so. lie looked at ine iI tAIrprised way for a momlenilt, then 4aid: 'may I ask why, Miss Wilde! Are you to be married ? Tell mie that, it. Is not soII" lie took my hand, then went on, hut riedly: "I love you You cannot be surprised at this; You must have heard it, before. Tell ie that no one else has a c1lha Lin Your heart.'' I told lhim the story of my past life. "'You cainnot care for e second love," I s:iId. Btit ie only Clasped ile in his arls sayiylg, "Your second love is lore pre elotis to-te thani the first love of any other wothan. - I told hilm that evening who was the authoress of the book, he so mutch ad mired. A look of proid joy came into his face. "I thought it wos like you ; it made me think of yout wien I read it; but I did not dream of this. Why have yout kept it sucLh a secret ?" "Can you wonder?" I replied. " ilave I not learned wihat it was to be loved for mny good fortune, and then forsaken iv ien it forsook me ? I wished to be loved for myself alone." .Only once have I met Albert Free man ; it was seven yeairs after muly faith c's death. He didn't know of' my marriage, ain'd begged tme to forgive him. "0, Marion I'" he said, "You would forgive aid pity me If you knew what I had suffered. Only forgive m' Altr ion, and let me wiln your heart once more. Promise to be my wife, and nothing on earth shall part uts." What a lood of bitter memories op pressed mily soul. "There was Ia time long past,' I alnt swered, "when my heart Was all your own ; but you east itback as worthless. 11ave I not suf'ered, thini youV I would not trust you with my heart if it were ever so free; but it Is not; I have given it to one that loves me, not for my gold, bit for myself; I am married to a good and noble man, and I love him with my whole heart." Disadvantages in Life. Sitting at the foot of a boarding house table Wearing tight boots with a big wad of (cotton darning on the heel. Walking through a crowded ferry boat withi a year old baby on your arml. l'assing the club or billiard roomn ilthout 'dropping in to see who's there.' IHaving a bad cold in the head amnd no handkerchIef within hailing distance. Being asked what time it Is wh'len youtr twiele is keeping your watch to suit time. Endeavoring to perstiade a tailor that the longer your bill goes over the sou er~ wIll tihesunm of resumption rise like0 a forty cent sky rocket. Carrying a scuttle of coali up staiirs while the partaner of your joys stainds in the hall and~ yells, 'Oh, Ilenry,what a dirt you're making on my new ear ptet i For the first time in one's life asking a girl If sihe wouldn't like to go out some eveinig next wveek, and have lier coldly say 'No, y'ou musn't keel) late hours I' TIaklng off onie's shoes in thne lowe' hall to wvalk up stairs niolslessly, andi Juast as the 101) is reaehied to (drop one 81h00, and heairing it going to the bottomt lhke the gong of eterity. A Hiananted Hotse. A house in Mayfair belongs to a noble lord. It was let seime years ago to a Bra zilian Minister, whose wife died there. This house being recently in the market, was purchased by a friend of the owner. On this tihe wife of the owner wrote to a friend, and begged her to rescind the pur 'chase, the reason alleged being that shte wvoldl have nio peace in the house, as a ~ghostly woman in greeni had the unpleasant kanck of wandering about the staircases andi rooms,t!and occasionally passig through a indow and airing herself on the balcoany. Thel peculiarity of tIs ghost is that she ap pears by (lay as well as by night. Manyr attempts have been made .to grapple with her..but they all proved futile. Now, I do anot believe in ghosts,' but whio-i this mys terius visitatit that actually prevents the sale of a house hii London?9 "Is it possible that Mr. Godfrey is tup and at work, and cured by so simple a remedy ?" "I assure you that it is true that he is entirely cured, and with nothing but Hlop Bitters; and only ten days ago lisa doctors gave him, up and said he 'Must diet" "Well-a dayl T hat ts remiarkable I I will go this day and get some for my poor George. I know hops-aro good,' The lousecleaning Dinnia. Jolhtn Jcobs hat been iarried niine or ten tioliths, and thought lie was pe culiarly blesed. Ills wife was mild and gentle and his home peaceful. As he left things iI the iorn Inug so lie found them when lie returned at night. If his slippersj were left reelining lin negligle lin thet -uiddle of* the parlor floor after break lait lie knew Jiust where to id thenm before sipper. Some men might hiave oljeeted to tis arrange mlient as ca reless ani prodigalblit Johii did not. lie wilited peace, a[nId for the first ten ioitis of his mtarrie( i 'e he got it. The dremili was broken iup lIst week. Jacobs got i) one of' those ex Ceptionaly titne mornings, wheb Come so seldoml this time of the year', an1d foud his lisuially tiaridy spotuse Ilrealdy I till and si.ippiig froin roomn to 10011 witlh the firo of'st tubborn resolitloi us- I II rpinug tile (rleamily, resined expre sX jii- I sioni ol' her eye. She as ioistelilg I her linlgers mad Imiakinig hieroglyph ics i on fihe wimlow-panles, peeling Iilder dloor.-im:its and w lash-stailds, lowingi clouds of1 dust oill the inocenlt books that lay ron1d the roomii, aInd carrying oi generally as t lhough she IltI sud- t denly ch liged iudivilitally with sOineI JolinR eR1t hiis 1111111ti11:11 Mealll i sil ence), notwithistiainding madamil held his I plate up to ith light beiore she wouhl I allow him to touchIi it, anld then tested 1 it mulich ats htle had seeni her do the wIn dlow-p: ines. This wason Tuesday. Wlien he eime hime that night le lookei inl VinliI for his slippeI's, and folnd Ilhe vollu me of' Mr.s. .Joh uson's '-G arter" outl inl Ohew hakyard ider the coal-shed. ()Ii Wedn04esibly, when lie e'tu for the QillCe, Itei'r a SCr'ap brei kilast , lhe inot el alit-.1- I am hai1d her head tied ill) lin it wnite iipkini, and venturing to ask it' it ael (cd, i-(l(OVCti for reply it SiggestUion "to go about his buisiiMess for 1 stupid." 1 On hi Is way down he took the piecai tiolt to mop it the olilee of' the fim ifly physicianl, andl( letye anI order l'or- him1 1 to call lat lils house'. Wheu he wenit homile at nool, co)ntia iry to hlls ustial customi), he round a erowd on the other corner looking. In tently toward his domilulle. Directing lils oWn eyes that way', he saw IIItaiiti on top of time roof, scrubbing it oil' and washing down the bricks of the chim ney. Finding It was no use to ring the bell, lie elWibmed over the back fence ruin ing a twelve dollarpair of breeches. lie to1nnt most of the f urniture out in the backyaird. and the balance obstiriuct ing I lie stairway. Il his 'iiifrantic alorts to get ill) * stairs lie dislodged a piano stool, which let down a chamber stove, which precipitated a waslistaid , vhici started down a wardrobe, which tii bled t promiscous collection of iani boxes, eaal-scuttles, wash-piter, 11111 sic racks, &C., down on his ldevoted hlead. Tihe next morning whenl Ms. .Jacobs relieved him from (Iurance i and got his wounds dressed, she condescended to explain to him that she was done housecleaning now for one year, and I lie said he was so glad. Nothing more was said about It for a while, and then Mrs. J. rema-ked that she did not know how some poople lived in s0 mluch di't. The Fuel Suppliy. T1here is oine po01nt in household econ Omyi3 upjoni whilch the landlord and1( the guest will niever' agree. It is on the quantity of wood requIred to heat a r'oomi. Now, the landlord is hirmly conviniced, and lie grounds his8 convic tions up)on a long ser'ies of' actutal tests and1( pr'act,leal exp~erimenits, extendingf over a term of years whieh daites back to the year lie began to "keep tavei'n," that t.ao sticks of wvood1, about two Inches in diameter and somiewhat long or than a match, willl, if prioper'ly uisedl, keel) a biright flue, snappIng and roar lng In a large oven stove all day13, and then, If you1 cover them uip carefully wvhen yon retire, they wvill smoulder all night long, and yo9u wvil only have to open1 the (hamper to have ia nice wVarmf room to dress in, the next morinlg. He knowsa this, becAuse lhe tells the guest lie has tried It, and does tiry it very successfully in his room ever'y night. I never hieardo the guest dlispute the landclord, but I canl't r'ememiber' ever hainilg seen hilin look .convinced. When I ordler a fire In my roomt I usu ally have this kind of circus. I say to the boy In commanding tones:a "Brig up soime woodl." Tiheo boy looks amazed, goes awvay slowly, anid Just before the lIre goes (lead out, lie returnis with two armsf'ul of wood, one0 stick in eCh1 aim.. The sticks are short, but thin. I seize them gladlly aud thr'uist them both Into the stove-. "Now,, then," I cry ceerlfully, "bring tip some) wood I" Th'le boy dlsappear's, and I catch a parting glimpse of bis white, terroi stricken face as lie slides down the banisters. In -due time comes to the room, not the frIghtened but with liea Vy so1lemn tr'ead, the Ilndlordl. There is trouble in his face. "What do you wvant?" lhe asksu piclously. ~-I "Wood," [ say, "wood I woodl I" my cry Is still for wood 1 "Fuel1 1C(ombus tibles ! Infiamablo substances I Vege table growth anddevelopmeiit I wood I" "Why, "lie asks, with a pulzzledex.. pression Oin hIs face, "didn't the boy bring you up some wood just now ?" "Yes," I reply truthfully. And seemas kind of oddly to mel, but' after all, I am glad I told it undei the oir. ougpstanceos. ThE landlord lookid wuiideelngli iron ad the room, glances behind th ;(ove, stoops Owntiand e's .iunder th 'ed. "Well, why,'' lie says at last, in )erplexed tone of confibence, "%wher it ?" "Ill the sto0," I $say. A n expressidn of incr'edtlotus bewil lertieitt spret 8s over his (qnestiottiln 'ace. lie lp " tfeebly and ialterlainly I' Yes, but . rest of it ?" "1In the stovt% too,'' I say. '"Vlat !!'' site good Imlall shoutb 'All of' it.?" '.All of' it,'' isay. "Ie doesn't believe tile. lie stoop town before tho stove, opens the doo idl looks in. fis worst fers are real Zed. With a hollow groati lie cl ose he door and shuts the damiiper wit ch ai easy, ,(ilck, long practleei n n of the wrisp taliiai i ne tperleneel nati ean never eteet It, and rising t 1ls feet, goes feebly down stairs, hold ng one hand to ils bewildered head In I the other to his throbbir.g lieirt ly-aid-by lie comes back to tile room vith the wan, silent utice of a sp'c'tre to bairs two sticks of wood, somewiii hi 11nner t hana tle ones the boy brought mit. Oil tho other hand, consideaibl borter. lie shudders as ie walk list tie, atId ilays then down inl tlhi 1)t-tom of' the wood-box and cover hem1 Ilp nWit.hi a piece o' all old enlvel pe to ilde then from my extravagai yes. Biut I seize them Iroini um. Ier hil inuds, even wiet he is hiding them I.(id not, lieediln; tle tremtilons ha III We retcles forti to sto) Ite, I Li1rtis he sticks into thestove, and say. calm y and sternly : "Send the 1.y up Nwith some cliniks.' The aidlord presses his hands ove it- eyes and goes reelinr out, into thi tall. lie says, in a g Wihst whisper "Well, if you calni't crowd 1uore woo nwo tihat stove than atty man I eve Ancl lie goes down sttlais ald it eni ear li him solbbilg, and telling the hall. loys they'll have to ke'p lilt -ye! Oil 1ii1 raizY la111 i No. 72 or lte'll set, th4 mOilS oin lire. The Wild Cat. I was plodding along I,, it wagon f'ron e'omeo to Mtttiee, over anll exCeCrab1)l evel road, in the hot noon sun of I lily dity. The dilver was a hardy fel ow who looked as though lie could out ung a bear and loosen the tightes 11 0' liLrl. with a idie -<oiKO, 11 et heo owned thitL he had been fright nted by a wild cat so that lie ran fron t, and then lie told the story. which 1 :lve you partly in his own words: 1 Va1s driving along. this road1( inl a buggy vith as fast a horse as ever scorned ti vhip. when some tell rods athead of us tist by that big oak, a wild catleadinq bree kittens, camo out of the wood rossedl the road and went into thos mtshes on oiur heft, and I thiought Whai ice pela they woutild make, aid wishie hld one. Wihenl I came up1) I notleet lie of the young 01e in the edge o he bushes but a few feet off, atid eiard, or i6hought I I arl the old on tealing along deep it the woods. prang out, siatched the kitten, tlren% t into the buggy, Jumped lin and start (I. WIien I laid hands)(18 on it, it iewe .ud( kept me10Wing, atnd as I grasped th< einis I hiear'd a shiar'p growl and hrashing thtrough the bush. I knev lhe 01(d one was11 '-comi1ng, and the nex tnstant she str'eamned over a log at lighted In the r'oad. She ran with oi' eyes flaninig, heir -hair brIstling an<~ tot' teeth grinning. She turned as ot pivot, and gave an nhearthly squtal is she saw me racing away, am >Ounided after with stuch yellsasudh fur: mid gainied onl me so fast that for ver: 'ear I threw tile kcitten oit and lashe< lie tiying horse, but she sear'cel: >auised for that, butt bounded on vbilo, qs though r'ecovery of her younj a ould not .suffice withotut revenge tWheni I saw her at my very back leely breathed, until her crying shhld recalled her. llero at the top o his itch I looked back and saw lie tanditng, wIth her' young one in lie nouth looking after' mn as though sh tand half a mind to drop the kittel ind give chase again. 1 gave the hors c ut, and dId not feel quite safe uinti had got some miles away. I made ul~ ny mind from that time forward to Ie ro.ungkitteens alone and mind my owi Irish Wit.. .A countr'y rector anid his lady wvere me day ridIng in a gIg In the town o lgo, and on the fly road observed mnall, ragged boy tending a goat vhich hie held by a string. "Say,.boy vhat's your nlamie?"'ask~ed the inis or, - "Patsy, your honior," ainswere< le wee fellow, with a bow. "Well 'atsy, can you tell tme how many goi here ~are?" said the dIvine with I mdge to his wife. "Don't. know tha ir, answer'ed the boy, making a sec md1( bow. "There's but one Gohd, ima uhild,"' said the lady and the gig drovi m. Ilow Ignorant those poor Catho los are," remnark~ed the minister. "Ye; led help them," repliedh his wire L'hree honra after as they were return, iig, the boy was in the .samae place TPlease, were you ini Sligo, sir ?" ask gd Vatsy, "Yes, my little lad," rephiei ;he rector, why doe you .ask ?" "I'i .Ike 'to know from you, how man: shimnoysare there in Bligo?" "Chaim icys, you little rogue, liow do I know [ nekr counted them " jThen,.si r, if -yotu can't tell hov nany chituneys there are in SlIg vyhere you have been,-howcould .1 tel iow mAny Gods there are In heatven wherd IJ hev~r I e l' V ainzer lin at seal Skinm Sack. It was a fearu:l battreed up eitizen ess that wailtiod lito police headIair tors tile other katty an11d deanuided a warrallt. "C'ertainly," said the 1'. A., picking iup at blnk. "What is the scotidrel's iiIJIe. 11111al ie " "It vasnt a tuan, it was thlat..ugy, s)itetLl itissy, Mirs. 31c iilfey. I'll IhaIv h r heart's blood !' "You doll't illeats to say' that it. was a wonalm1 that battered you p i)n t hat, fearf'uil mann11er?'' "4'11 (ell yott illi about, It. Yotu see the diststitng creattire lives ]text to "'Andt this inorninag I was~ just polish nlug u p oir Cak eh basket-real Silver your hoior- hen wihat shotili I see golmg pist the winlow bit 31ris.Guireioy startini olit fo r at walk Ill .t svIll skil "Yes, llaliailile, but' "Te iea of' her in at seal skiii when she can hardly pay her rent. I just ni to the window to sm. i* it, w:s a sual skin or ir, aiid lentaeii 4on to it-o -" "I insist, ly good oml a "Anid I leanied--anil I le'anettl-and the firs. thilng Ikiew, I ell owean out oil liy hIai." "SAnd( that's wii.t ilred youl inl this inlln er ?' "Exact'ly, sir. Now I %anlit to get. L Ier atrrested ati( solit to j1il for tel years, iV yot1 cuil tix it that waty. SeII skin saik, indeed !" iut the olicial ieirtlessly reflsed to L interoere, and te feaitle w reck walk edl oil', contsoliig herself, % wit tile re ileeloll hiat it was waish day, antid that ait all evelts, sle. cotli cut all tie clothes' tied to her bach felnc an1d let lown the Mlc(iuiey linen 1illo tile diii. ato ~a amiiera was Euchrlet. JohttI loilleid, was stal-lilig in the Street, ellt raneo of, liooley's .item. pii1.ing w%ith exxt.rie satlislactioll tihe process.3iol tIIat, Wis passing Into the hou1se1 , wilel his Ittent.ilt av.ts espeelally draw to two young m11en1 with noIsIly checkered tilsers and enl ormllouls (iamlllonlds, Who were conafer rinig Ill some earnestness With the ju ior llooley, who presides lit the bix of lice. "Want at pass, I slilpose," thought .ie. "Dona't get it this ti), atll tite salme." Presently lie saiw tile treals thle pair. approachled. "8ay I youtr inme Scholleli ?" aisked one of themll, "Yes, sir." "4Are0 yOI tie mnger 01 tIis heird Show ?" "Do you liss the perfesh ?" "The wha.? " "T he perfesh." "4 Whlit'. tia ?" "A w, don't sorew yoirself too high. Do you paiss the pelt'esh " "Do0 youl mlean thle professilonll "ily, cert--he peoresh." "That. depenls-lI-who-r11eC youl ?"' "We're 31eGlannaan aid M(laber ty. - "What do you do I'' Eachi put a haid to tile other's nbearesit shouldiert) and( dianled thtree or four' steps8 as they sang: Oh, I hate to toll, Unti thou I musat. widinig upi by31 ratislig their 11111 and1( sta-IRin an~ 1tatll tttde. "S8ong and1( dan11ce men, are yout ? Sot ry, but i nn't pass5 yPou."' - "'Wh---w evll, I'll be blam.11'd,"'sa1id one, Increduiilouisly as.'tonla~hed. "Y1oui doni't pass tile pertfosh ?"' "'Why,'' exclaimned Alir. Schtollei, '"I c ani't let you In ; I'm1 Iurnin11g people away from the house thait want to pay I moniey to get ini. Ilow do you suppose08 I can afford to give you room ?" -'"Theit wV0n't, yout paISS its ?" "No." rfield, Is It!'' (producinlg a piece of pa per). "'Yes, myl name(1's Schlolleid." "O4ot ai peneil ? Lemmae taike It."' Mr. Sclhofleld lot himti take it. "hlow do y'onI speil that, ungodly name of youirs?"' (pr-epaing to naote the spelling). "S-k-o-w-. Do'youa know what I'm goin' to do?" "I'm goun' to glve It to you iia .theo p lerfesh. I'm goin' to write you up1 "Oh I Youa are, atro you ?" And here about Mr, cbolld began to look ox tratordliarily qtIlet. "Yes, I am, S-k-o-hue l I cant'tspeli that beastly oibl nlame-write it downa., yorself. I want to get It just riht, I wnto e you have It so thait nIobody'il be able to jnhstake it." "Gimime thalt papor anad pencIl," 8sa1d Mr. Schlofleid, with suiddenl energy. I'hlere It for you plain enou1gh. Thr "(writIng algainst the wvall), "J. B. Schoild, bigawvd. Tiheae! send1( thaht w~herever you like, and teli 'em I dlon't pases hlamnfatters nlor beats,.In 'the perfesh2 or ont of It. D'ye hear ?" "All right. You'll hoar from us agaIn!" "Not if I can help it, I 'yon't." ."The boats," sollloquIzed Schofld, ,,when they had gone. "Wrirte me tip, will they I'?' ir. H1ooley called him up stairs as this juncttre, and the incIdent was soon~ Sfo'gotten. Half an hour later )u.i N ich~ols stopped at. the do'er with."Mi'. Schbofield,I thought you were givinag no ggst this week1 "Well, look at tIis. A cotiple ol glue brothers brought this in% a little while ago. Ailr. Schotleid looked at, it. Tiiere was no mistaking the trick. T'ie gentle men of "the perfesh'' hal taken his 'wrathiIlly given signatit re and writtena over It the simple preface, " Pass Two. "1Where itre they now ?" te aked. "'Insie. shall I fetch them ott ?'" "'Not by mv means. Go take them in to onte of t Ie boxes, and senti thetm a a <jitart bottle it. my expenise. No Tlne for Sentiment. At a fitt'llititre atjtiolt It widow seem ed to be ttite anxions to possess herself of a second-hatnl stattd, aniId the only biler iI opposiIin wais it long-bodled Young mnl, Whose teatil anld wagonl were hitched aeross the. street. Otne of the crowd slipped atontil to him anld salid: "6I presumi e yott have retlitgs for thte poor. wvilow, whIo Is tr3in gr to )tet along ai editeate her children ?'' "'Yes wa the w i(reply. "Well, then, don't bid iigains, this wjilow onl t hat, stand. I thi'nk she sni pects 1that, there is it secret drawer full of greeithacks In it., aiind ithe itney will be a great, lielp to her. Hlemenber the witlow an1d the(, fathlerless.4 "Two oloIlara and a tina ter !'' Called the long-bodjtid yonnaig mtat110 t the anle tioneer. "What! liave you no stultI itient'! exclaimctl ith citizen. "M1ister man, there's t time for si ii ment, and i titime 'or hny itng stantds," 1eplied tie teainster. "This is tto tme for sentiimeit-I biti twety shillings!' The witdow went it (inarter better, and the yoting iat settled her by bid ililng three and a half. The statid was knocked down to imi1, tnd its ie placed I it, inl the wagon ie sit d to the citizen: I tion't watt, (o Ibe the metants of a' i let ting the widder and the fat,herless, bt business is busi ness, you k now. In' goiig to pike for * hotin and kntock t~his 'ere stand to pieces, and I' site wants to) borry an1y Ioney 'l he It Inan11 abot it." Had tDroi"" They tell a st-ory ot a bra.keinen ott a weserit trailu, who wi.tle dreamtintlug at nliht, untatrlued lie was on the plat, fort oli'is car dirtiing across the )ilains it, a featrfult ratte. Thi danger sial Wat gu aui singling tunseil to ote side he saw inl the distanceti tie red eye oft a locomtotive coming with hlea- I long spted toward h0im1. lie seized the brake and twisted It, round with fran tie veheene-meanwhi his ears were issilled by the mostt f'rattie sithrieks, wihich in the coI ln ) Iisione iis took 1'or tihe screams of the loconotl ive, I lint imagilie his horror when on1l a a-lkening Ie found ie hal seized hlls I wife by the eIars and had ntearly twisted her heal from her slIcIIdetrs. The eX 1wieIICe ol' tlis COetric riaIilroader was Otn at par with that of a Well known I genti Leman of hiiis couantry, who in t Is dreams imagined lie was it it fierce dis cussioni with a political opponent, an1d to elinch the argninent. imlled the itose o' hIs aitagonist. Unfol)rttuntely it was his wife's niose lie putlledl however, aitd that tihgnamnt fetmale r'ealizinig theo I .sittiiatioii In iani Istant., went 1or him tiotmethin g of' Lihe fashiion 4)1 a cata untttni.'s ansaitit upon ta rival wildcent. Thei4 conIllict, Wias btrief, blit intere'3tlitg. WhIienl the gentitman IIinallhy endeti the - strunggle by rolling onut onl the thootr, the blood( was trickling down his face fromt hailf a dIoz/en wyountds, and thteire wits ahou~it enough htair ont his hteado to make tan Iidiatn saili) lock. Sintce theni the genitlematn hats disciourtageud dr'eams and The Enr'. 'IThe ennal of' the ear Ia narrowest at its center anid idens att eachl extremity and at the innter: end the dr'um is placeOd. No attempjt should be made(1 to putsh any lnstirtiment ito the ear f'artheri' titan it cant be seent, for it may lacerate1 the drumn 01r even the dlelieate orgauns of heatrinig. If foreignt bodies areO pushl ed beyond the niatIro'w portIon of the cannal, thtey will go stIll further on to the drtnu atnd cautse intensae pain anad tnoise, 'lThe best means to get such art tieles out of the oear is to throw' with miodieratte force a attream~ of war'm water' I fromi a syringe agalist the obstnruetilon, which wtll Ilially wash It out. Somec times a dleleate hook mray be benit f'rom a wir'e or hair-pitt, alnd itniuated aroun md the object whence It catn be ox- I tr'acted. If amn insect, as often happens, creep intto the oar, it m-ity lie killed by a few drtops of glycerine or' sweet oIl, which wvill suflocate It, andO thent it may be syringed out. If a btitton Is in the nioso, usually a slender hook will withmdr'aw it-If not, withi a small I glok coiveredl wIth cotton-wvooh, ptush10Idowni if possible, uponi thto floor of the nose, and thence thrmotigh into the throat, whtence it will be coughud Otut of the mouth. $Iio DIdnt't. 0e6 1t. "Give me fiye cents, mister'?" quoer ried a corputlenit woman on blturray street, a 4aty or so agoi 'You don't scorn to Vo mnuch 'its need," replied the paa'ty solicit~d. "'You are a pretti svoll-dressed, ,.Ieal thy-looking woman, ani .y~u have a., large basketful of grocerles.! e 'OYes," ghe 'responded, "ebut I. a'n five Atits, 1vant tO huir~e a boy tocis ry isybalke$ tp t~hetif for~ pti ' . Sil4 di et Tihe Great Pyramid of Egypt. 'T'le Great Pyramid was originally four huittidret anid euighty feet high, and each side of its base measured seven htindred and sixty four feet, dimein simns slightly reduced by its use as It tiUrry [it later times. 'The successive Muslim capiltals of Egypt, of which Uairo Is the latest, have been built of tile monuIments 01' Memphis.-Tlie city ruld its teIl)les have dltiapp1ileaed, and left scarcely a trace ; yet the larger pyr imnids have lost but a sm11al proLportion A their materials, and where there are iarks of ruit , it is rather iule to the fforts of explorers thal Lo tile actual riemoval of the stones from the site. icell from a'ar, on what Horace well ailis their loyal site, ttle vastmess- ot' te pyramids strikes its; its weapproack lithe, and begi to distinguish the 'otir ses of' Stonle, th is impression wanle-. o return with nIll oppressive force as we st~anm beneath them. All othber works o' iman are dwarfed 6y them, but it imist, be remembered that no >tttr works of' inan1 occIlpled a whole tailoll, as it is all but certain the rreatter pyraimiIs did, for one or cyani iwo geuteraons each. No publio ,vorks save tile pyramids are kniown of he M1emphite kingdom. When true mhlic works begin, py raimids become ar less costly, like that of the wise ing who excavated tile Lake Muris. Vile oliject of' each pyraild was to on omb i single mimmled king; some imes two sepulcbral chambers mity oint to i double birial; lit on case an 'arly 1ituonument, UIhe thbird pyrai-1d, mwien to have been enlarged by a later overeign ; but inl general each 11101111 nitit seems11 to laVe beell designed for ill entombuent. The pturpose of so rast at labor 18 n1o longer a mystery, i' V(,- may asstume that the Egyptinls hld h1e preservatioU ot tile body to be es enltial to imm11ortallity. It 1.a Certin hit all Egyptian tombs Were c(An ti-ticted under tile intilenco of a be lef iln tih Immortality of the soul. l'hte inal ait of the pyramid builders ,ats that (1acih heiad of' tie religion aitd tate sh1ould rest securely in these vast 1outltlerts, whose lorm is i type 01' nttnortallty, resting on the solid rook, heimselves solid anl ildestriuctible, wet, pointing ileavellward. It Is a veakness ot' practical naturo to laug Ih vith Pliny at the pyramids, ats mecro nionum ilents of hmnvanlity. .. uV nSt. Chiltiesi Broom, a farmer of Sullivan coun y, N. Y., while lately setiarehing for an old leed, concluded to examine tile contents of i chest which had beei ill his possession indllistllr)etd lor lif'ty4wo yelirs. It colitailled id papers, md ill opening theim he dis ovlered at package tied with tape. After le tape Wias, exposed to tile air for two 1ours it became ai fine as. 1as'. ' Ii the nekage Mr. Broom found live letters of ,rieat antiqlity aid of s1ome public impor aice. One of the letters wats dated at York own), I'll., October 5th 1777, written by lohn11 Ifticock, then President of Congress nforming Governor Clinton of New York hat Congress had appropriated $500 for lie Crection of i monument to tile mtiory )f General lHerkimer. This is tie $500 of viich ex-oovernor Seymour spoke in thu peecl recently delivered by him ill lHerki ner couity oil tile subject of raising lloley o erect a miontiment in ionor of General *lertkimeril. It Is said( that tlte $500 halvel level' beent patid, aind on the strenlgth of this eitter tile people of Herkimer will petitoon jongress tot' Its paiymen~it, with interest for t01 years, to lie (Iepeded for thte puirpose IlameId. AnlotherI of tile letters was datted Lt Kingstont, Oelobe1' 17th 1777, signed by domorris, 111formninig Governor Clinton of tihe 'etreat of Gen~eral Biurgoyne. Th'le third valS daitedl October 10th 1777, siginetd by lohno Jay, to Governor Clinton. The fourth vaS dalted Aiugust 1 7th 1777, signed by3 tichard'( M~orris, who atdminlsteredl the fIrst 'residentiail oathl of' oilee to GIenerar Wasuh - tngton in Wali street, New York. The 11th letter wats written by Peter B. LIving tont, August 1777, to Governor Clinton1, in elation to the Medieal Decpar'tment. of tile )oontinrmla it airmy. Theo Amearlean~ Flaig,. Tile flag of tile United States was or'igi mlily adloptetd by an Act of Congress Junie .4th 1777. It was5 thten composed of thir een stripes andt ornatmented with tirteent tat's, becauise there were thir'tedn separa'te tates rep~resentedl In thte UnIon. ilIn'(94 enator0 Bradley, of Vermont, moved thlat lhe flag conlsist of fifteen stripecs and fiflteen tars, Kentucky aind Vermont having been iddetd to tile inmber of States, and this vas adop~ted. In 1818 Congress went beok o the thirteen stripes, wIth a new star for acht new state, anti this Is the present regu ation for' the reglalr flag. In 1799, whdn lhe revenue flag was adopted; Trenniesse mdt boon atdmitted, nid th'ere'Were theu six ,een sttes, so the flag htad sIxteen .stripes. Ll'his hans neovor been chatngped. Thu . thje 'evenne flag htas sixteent perpen %Iuliar Itr'ipes5, thei umnion being white wlih the latiollal arms in dark blte and the rbgtlar' lag> has thIrteen. horIzontal stripes, the malon being blue, wIth a whIte, starfr svery staite. nlodel of ,the t'.l Is, sid to have u6~ii ~he wlpg of a-bird; an'd Aki ailmI eb ran cahi always be 1Mad" feo)iiCW 1rd's w'iris, joinell bi a ipo o , I1hotfan of the high prled 414 9i3Wa in: tile form' of ja halt flr~~ '6 feathors 'of 'ditoentnlet s $ii)I,. Woere the fatis oa~to'et Off~njil ptocessiend, a'it At tn 99 Itgjj'tIaeseved as inflitth b a Innimj of war;:Tbiik lK davd boon in the hablt df( t4 "