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- - - -. - - -62- -1.... TR - E K Y ED T O .WINNSBO RtO, S. C., MAY 2, 1879. VOL. 1I.-NO. 48. THE OLD COUPLE. They mat in the sun togother, Till the day was almost done, And then, at the close, an angol Stepped over the threshold alone. He folded their hands together, lie touched their eyelids with balm; And their last breath floated upward Like the close of a solemn psalm. Like a bridal party they traverse The untisen mystical road I'hat loads. to the beautiful city Whose builder and maker is God. Perhaps in this miraclo country. They will give h r lost youth back, And the ilowers of a banished springtimo, Bhall bloom in the spirit's track. Ono draught of the living waters Shall restore his m'auhoo l's prime, And otornal years shall pnoasuro The love that outlives time. But the shape they loft behind thom, The wrinkles and silver hair Made sacred to us by the kieses The aug6l imprinted there. We'll hido away in the mealow, When the sun is low In the west; Whore mopnbeams cannot find them, Nor the winds disturb their rest. -lint we'll lot lio tell-tale tombstone, With Its age and date, arino O'er the twor who are old no longer Iil their Father's house in the kies. Who She Was. "Hubby, dear," observed Mrs. Simpkins, mildly, one morning after breakfast. Mr. Simpkins imnediately put down his newspaper and ranuned both hands deter minedly into his trowser pockets. Twenty years' experience of married life had made him wily, and lie knbw that this bland form of address presaged a persuasive attack on his pocket-book. When Mrs. Simpkins wanted money she addressed l/im as "hub by, dear;" in their ordinary domestic inter course he was plain "Mr. S." or "Simp kins." "Hubby, darling," said Mrs. Simpkins, "I really must have a new bonnet this spring. I'm quite ashamed to go into the street." Mr. Simpkins groaned. "I saw one at a Broadway store yester (lay," continued Mrs. S.; "a beautiful thing, so stylish and so cheap--only fourteen dol lars." "That's always the tune," blurted forth Mr. Simpkins. "Here's corruption in every department of the Government; silver worth only 98 cents on the dollar; and but what's the use of talking of economy to women V Mrs. Simpkins arose, and passing over to her husband, sat down'on his lap, and put her arms around his neck. She was no longer young. 11er check had lost some thing of Its beautiful bloom, and her figure Its girlishness, but there was in the action that which recalled to Mr. Simpkins the days of long ago, when lie was proud to hold her thus, and when he would cheer fully have paid for a hundred bonnets a year if she had asked for them. I"My dear, " lie said, relenting a little, "do you know what $14 will buy?" "Yes," she said, sinply, "it will buy that bonnet." Mr. Simpkins sighed, and his pocketbook came slowly forth from his pocket. "There I" lie said, handing her the money; "I can't see the sense in a woian having so many bonnets. There's a whole barrel ful up in the attic now." Mr. Simpkins arose with a gesture Qf ini patience, and Jamming on his hat, stalked Iowa town to his busines. lHe stopped on the wvay and bought a $12 box of cigars, and lunched that noon at a fashionable re staurant at an expense of $2.50; but, then, these things were necessities, and Mr. Shnlpkins did not have a barrelful of 01(d .cigars In the attic. Whether it was the remembrance of his wife's little act of girlishness that morning, or whether his heart was tinged with a slight fecling of remorse for his unigracious ness, Mr. Simpkins took his way home up Broadway that night with warmer feelings toward1 womankind thtan lhe had known for a long time. In some way every woman lie met appeared attractive-a psychiologi cal phenomenon which other men besides Mr. Simpkins have obseryed in their own experience. In fact there was scarcely a woman wvho passed -him that' afternoon whom Mr. Simpkins did not notice, in re spect either of eyes, hair, teeth or dress. "I declare," lie said to himself, "1. had no idlea there were so many pretty wvomen in Newv York." lBut when Mr. Simpklns 'eached 10th street there descended from a 23d street stage a vision of suck perfect female lovell * mess as made the heart of Mr. Simpkins fairly leap Into his throat. Olad in what seemed to him the most-elegantand bewvitch ing of summer costume, and wearing the most piquant'of hats, tied beneath thme chin with a bow of chierry-colored ribbons, the long ends of which floated saucily over her shoulder, this celestial being tripped acrossI the street to Stewart's raising her snowy eskirts as she went, and displaying en pas sant ain ankle numleiently bewitching to cause Hiram Powers in despair to smmash to infinitesimal atoms all tihe graven images lhe had over attempted to make. Mr. Simpkins stopp~ed short and gazed after her. Hie was no longer a youing man, but the fires of youth still-smohlered within his breast, and seemed now to burn~ with an ardor as fierce as that of.twemfty years ago. "Bly Jupiter I" lie exclaimed, "could anythin g ho more lovely I" Without a moment's hesitation lie crosse.d the street and entered Stewart's in pursuit. At that moment ho. would have given the price of fifty bonhets.for antothecr single glimpse of that one with chcrry ribbe. But his search was in vain. 'rho lady had disappeared. Upstairs and down, ina thme elevator, around the rotunda, thrpugh every dopartient of the immense estfibh liment, went Mr'. Simpkins, so many tines that the -clerks began to oyo.hnm with curiosity not unmixed -with suspicion. At last' in de spair, Mr, Simpkhft gave up the search and sadly wended lisa way homeward. "It was a dream," he said to himself, softly. "An infatua'tig, beautiful- dreami. I might have known it could not last;"" At the upper-table thatenight Mr. Shmnp kins was unusually grave and reserved. Blewildering kid button boots att~4 from tyo adgar 1)ow) err cold ,~t Oie ribbp O pated in hstesf t e #rna resolved themselves into white petticoats with the snowiest of frills. "My dear," said Mrs. 8.,. "what makes you so melancholy ?" "Eli ?" said Mr. Simpkins, stai'tiug from his reverie. "0, nothing.. Doocid tired. Hard day at the ollice." "Poor old hubby !" said Mrs. S. sooth ingly. "I--got that bonnet to-day, dear." ''Mr. Simpkins grunted. "Would you like to see it t" queried his wife, doubtfully. At any other time Mr. Simpkins might have said "Yes," but now, with the recol lection of those cherry ribbons uppcrm'ost C in his mind the inspection of any other bon net would have been torture. . "'No," he replied, shortly, "I don't know anything about such gewgaws. If it suits t you it will suit ite. ". Mrs. Sinpkins was silent. "I'll go to Grace Church next Sunday," t the thought, "and have my revenge." Mr. Simpkins that night dreamed that he was in heaven,- and was being driven aboutd the streets of the New Jerusalem in a 23d . street stage by a swift-wiijed angel, robed ' in cherry-colored silk. Ile went to his place of business next day, still in a thoughtful. and rellective mood. Why the recollection of that beatific vision should remain with him so persistently he (id not know. It gazedl up at him fronM the pages of his ledger, and floated before t him in the smoke of his cigar. When at last lie left the ofllce and started home again it accoml)anie(I iiiii ul Broadway. Ic ha1d turned into Union Square and nearly reach ed University Place when Ie caie sudden ly to a halt. By all the gods of Greece it F was she. She stood with her back toward him, t waiting for a Broadway cur. Those liebe like shoulders-the cherry ribbons. Ile could not be mistaken. Mr. Simpkins stood still a dozen yards behind. The bar came and stopped. The lady picked her way daintily toward it over the muddy crossing. g Again the snowy rulies and that ent rancing. a voluptuous, infatuating ankle I Mr. Siip- s kins followed and took his stand on the front platform, crowded as it was, Ile could not see into the car, but, by nearly a dislocating his neck aid several timcs losing b his footing, he managed to observe every passenger as lie or she got on or off. On went the ear, past 17th street, Iast 23d, i past 30th street. It seemed to ir. Simp kins that the lady would never get out d again, and as lie went Mr. Simpkins busied himself with a thousand vain conjectures. fi Who was she ? Was she married or single? a Of what nationality? Was she beautiful ? A Ile had not scen her face, but the possessor of such a figure, lie argued, could not be d otherwise than beautiful in feature. Young? Yes, -she was surely young-and patrician, a too. No plcbeian ever owned an instep like that. In fact, so sure of all these things did Mr. Simpkins feel, that lie almost t dreaded the moment when the young lady should descena, anu -perhaps, ni meeting him face to face, destroy at a single blow his proudest illusions. Ile had not long to wait, for at 34th street the conductor's bell rang, and the lady got out. She crossed the street, and with Mr.-Siipkins fQllowin. in a transport of admiration, entered an of- w fice on the corner. Now, as Mr. Simpkins' ludk would have 0 it, this ofilce was the real estate office of i Mr. John Bigler, and Mr. John -Bigler was a brother-in-law of Mr. Simpkins. Mr. Cc Simpkins halted suddenly, ii sone confu- a sion, and "walked round hiself," so to b speak. The lady passed in without notic- a ing him, and disappeared from view. Mr. e1 Simpkins stood for a moment irresolutely in t the doorway, and then fired with a sudden t determination, dashed up stairs. . r The oJ1ices of Mr. Bigler were situated on a. the second floor. They consisted of two ti rooms, an outer one about teii feet square, A called by Mr. Bigle' his "reception room," " Mnd a larger and more luxurious one within, tc reserved for the purpose of confidential in- at terviews. As Mr. Shnpkins expeted,- the P lady was in the private room, liut the door n stood slightly ajar, and as she sat with her ~ back toward it, lie could see her earnestly tI conversing wvith the villainous Bigler. At ' that moment Mr. Simpkins caught Rigler's fi eye, and beckoned frantically 'to 1im to b come out. .Bigler, thinking from Shupkin's b excited maniier, th'at the house might be on 0 fire, came quickly into the outer room. As ~ lie did so lie swung the door wide open, re- C vealing to Mr. Simpkins' entranced gaze the e lovely object of his pursuit, her head rest- ~ lug upon her small and delicately-gloved 1~ hand, her lace shawl droop~ing gracefully t4 from her beautiful shoulders, and that pret- ~ ty foot peeping saucily from beneath the 9 folds of her dress.' 11er head wvns turned t~ away, and her eyes bent evidently upon the q floor. 1 The sight was enti'ely'too niuchi for Mr. 1 Simpkins, and lie seized Mr. Bigler's arm with such energy that the latter fairly t hoWdt the devjil's the mantter)" exclahnedl Bigler. ~ "Who is she ?". cried Shupkins, pointing t toward the private room. - "Intradace mec. ~ In heaven's name, whlo is it ?" "Who's who I" asked tile biewildered. r Biglar, struggling to free himself from, Mr. r Simpkins' grasp. "What in the name of ~ common sense Is the matter with you I" ' "That divine creature in there," .said ~ Simpkins, wildly, "I must kniow her. 'I 1 saw her for the first time yesterday. Shue's 1 the mhost lovely woman I ever met. . I fol lowed her here today. Such a figure I Such ai step I Such an--an ankle I Bigler, I I must know her. TIhero are, chords, -Big- 8 Icr, In the human brcast which, once struck, I render no man responsible for his actions. l Who Is she ?" "Whoi 'That I" exclained Mr. BIgher, following Mr. Simpkins' gaze towat'd the C op'en door. Mr. Shnpklns nodded eagerly. Mr. Big- i Ier looked at Mr. Simpkins blandly. Then ~ lhe lookcd at the lady, and then again' at f Mr. Simpkine. Then lie became seized by I a violent Internal paroxysin, and commeinced f dramuming his handkerchief into lis mouth. f "That ?"lie exclaimed, as soon as lie had I in some measure relieved himself by 'this a proceedling ; "why, you blasted fool, that's t your wife l' Given Up by DooArn. "Ia It possible that Mr. d1odfrey is uip arnd at work, and cured by ao simple at rentedy 9" "1 arsure you that it is trile that h'o is entirely cured, and .with' nathhing but -fop Bitters; aind only ter. 't1hypsago hIs doctorsegave him up anid sald'ho 'muss "Wetll-a day I That is. retsd kablel I ,~l, gg.thigday and'get ee my) 1 p~9j eorge. I know hops' are 0oo4.' 1aC vl' > Tho Tyranny of kutiilon. "'lhere ! look at that'lady, Sarah. That lakes tlvetiies since I've been in town to Lay I've en 'em do that. "Do what, m1a VI "Why, reach over and snatch lp their kirts, and thein make off as grand as the ueen-what queen wis it, Sarah, that howed off so that King Solomon writ Ia. ong hl)out her? BUt this must b.e the very itest faslion." "Why, tItey've been doing that, ma, for ver so long." "Is that so? Well, that's generally the ray here in Missouri ; most everybody gets lie good of the latest fashions before we do. Zow watch m.e, Sarah, and-see if I do it in lie correct style." "oodness, mia, you, can't do it; you are 3o fat." "I'oo fat, am I ( You'll see that your iother's agoin' to do everything tt'at'a in lie fashion. Now look, Sarah." -The mother, a substantial lady of two uindred poundsl avoirdupois, measured the istance with her eye between her hand nd the ample skirt beneihth it. She was esolute, but Saa, the daughter, was fear til. The.irst attempt was not successful. "Now, ma, don't try any more. You an't do it, you arv too fat. Don't try, ou'll break something.'' it what Missouri woman of ambition ,as ever deterred from the enjoyment of 10 very latest quirks of fashion by a trilling' reak ? She tried harder than ever. It was lability to grasp the object this time that lile- it a failure. Mhe gasped for preath, lit felt encouraged. "iM[a," said the anxious daughter, "they ring it up with a kick-this -way-some lies," and she illustrated the fashionable edal motion. The mother promptly tried it, and as romiptly-abandoned that jiethod of doing ie new fashion. . . * "That sort of a kick may do for snips of irls, Sarah ; but your mother ain't no colt nd I don't reckon there's aniy call for senl le married women to be frisky like. that ith tioir heels, even if it is the' fashion." "We'll give it up till we get home, i; ere Won't he anybody. round to see, then, ad you needn't care if something' does reak." "I might iever have another chance to low 'em. I can do it as good as the fash mablest, and I'm bound to do - it right hether things break or no. You'll see me o it this timie, Sarah." . Bit,- sad to relate, she failed to do the shiionable act.. . Things did break, to such i extent that both mother and daughter 'ore hastily pinning up the damages.. When mother and daughter passed on own the street and witnessed the fashion alc' skirt feat accomplished again, the tother tossed her head scornfully. "I ain't got no chance to be in the fash n, Sarah, till we get home. But when iat back porch is cleared off and nobody I'll, du do it, ir it bursts every corset ring in Missouri. Winter in tihe Pyrenees. 6ne of lie'rov pia. :Xnces hich may be described as an essentially ietr rpqaonco is Paull, once the Capital the Bearn, and the birthplace of Henry 1., whose tortoise-shell cradle is still to be en in one of the chambers of the ancient istle. Pan has acquired a new import ice within the last twenty years, having ]come a favorite resort of Englishmen id, above all, Anierians during thp wint - months. The rainfall of Pau is greater man that of London, while, to make mat rs worse, nearly the whole of it falls du ng the six months of the Pau season. Bit gainst this fact must be set the dryness of e soil and the absence of damp in the air, 'hich are such that the effect of even venty-four hours' heavy raif is soon obli rated. Then, again, those who have to ibmit to the rain at Pau cah be recon ansed upon01. the first fine day by. that mag ficent viewv of the Pyrenean chain, which impressed Lamartine that lie declared ic' sea view from Neaples and the land low from ITau to be the two most beauti ml sights wvhicly hie, traveler as ho had een, ever beheld. The paiiorama is a most eautiful one, as viewed from the tcri'aces the Place Rioyale 'and tles adjoining otels, or from the gardenis of the Castle, ubracing, as it (lees, nearly 'all the high it peaks of the Upper and Lower Pyrenees pon1 the French,siste of the frontier, froni ie Pie dui Midi above Blagneres do Bigorre >the solitary Mont Perdu, round which angs simch' a wealth of legend. But the iagniflcent view Is not the only or even ie chief attraction of' Pau, which, all uestioni of climate apart, is one of the xost pheasant of winter quarters. There no hac'k of amnusemnent andl sport, while t the same time therfe is not that admix ire of 'the gambling clentent whiehi the rOp~inqumity of Monaco brings to Nice and lentone. The large Anglo-American col ny at Palu are hot in any way Puritan, iough they so far maintain home traditions s not-to allow of anyr card-playing at the nineli Club on Sunday, in spite of the re catedl efforts of. a miniority to repeat the 110., But the maiu feature of tihe Pau ason 'is the pack of English hounds, rhiich, after having been for several years nder. the maniagmeont of i~Iajor. Cairns, is OW huiled by thie"Ehhrl of l[dwth. The resent master, who in lis younger days ras one of the finest horsemen' In Ireland, as 'formed an entirely now pack, consist ig of sixty couiphes of hounds, which lie ot togetlier dlfring last summer, some from o>rd Spencer and some fromi Hear Majesty's ennels at Ascot, and which -before bel'ng roughit over to Pau were hunted for a few. reeks in Ireland. Lord Jlowth hias mount d thie Ber~fanat of thb hunt very well, and1( :> far as the suiccess of a hunt depends pon the ability of its master the Pau pack liould take very high raiik. At Pau the ax is not hunted as In Great Britain. Tre~~ too much woodland and too many foxes r that, anid thle mbdhe of procedure is as ollows: A drag'ls laid on at the place of icet, and the hounds run this drag for bmout forty mniniites, after which they find ienmselves on the track of a haged fox whaich lia been let out at a place prevlous y agreed upon by the huntsman and the iab who runs the drag., Marny of those rho coine out to the nict are unaware of hisa Innocent fraud, and whmen toey see the ounds ri~miing Into the bh fian after a~ inick forty-Ovea minutes the are iniclied ooexclalm, "Here's spp.bIndeedl" ''I~nc mau hounds meet three'days a weelt, on ruesday, Trhursday and Saturday,- and there a generally a large field, many hailiesabe ng unfailing in their presence at' the meet, ind, con Icuous in the frn:ohl~h Jst 'ups. s'h iter $90,rt pf ~9QI9Sd als in (ra o Pu an# t e secondd steeple chasting On WC(llesday will bring I us a lot of. visitors froi Biartitz, Bordeaux ' and Tarbes If the weather remains favora ble, several of whom will be going on to Nice, where the annial races will be held. Lawn tennis Is the favorite amusement of the ladles at Pau, though what with dlii ners and dances they must find ample em ployment for thbif tiine, as there are few pleasure resorts In which so much hospita lity is exthang i among the visitors as Pau. Pau beln* a largze town, the shops ire as well supp led as the most fastidious coul I desire, and several English shops have been opCiied for the special benetit of the Anglo-American colony, whose spiritu al wants are also well provided for. The winter season is. not very favorable for imountait clibilog, but a few adventurous spirits make their way fron time to time through the Valley of Argeles and Pierre fitte, .Nestalas to Cauteret, Bareges de Bi gorre, by way of the Tourmalet, and there is some good. rough shooting to be had in the hills and valleys about Pau. For those who areunable or unwilling to use their legs, -many places of interest can be easily reached by rail, chief among them being Lourdes, which is within an hour's Journey of 1,1111 aud which is well.worth the visit of all those who cant appreciate beautiful scenery. Chiaue ishots. Young man, Ch,Is Is the best advice I can give you just now : Act natural ,or do not act at all; always be yourself nothing more, nothing less. . We should remeomber this, the world Is uore inclined to give us credit for 'what we are doing than for what we have done ol' intend to do. After a man has made a reputation, to prevent infringenment, it would be a happy thing If lie could havo It patent ed. The tuan who vlll agree te work for nothing, is the hardest kind of a mian to satisfy, when you come to settle with hilm. I io.ve seen folks spend all their prin elpal, and thea try to live on the liter est of It. This Is gloomy. To let yourselfjiown to any man's level is easy eno*li, but to get back to viere you camefrnm and not tear your clothes Is pure b usiness. IMy sweet youth, you were given two ears, and one to6gde, and two eyes,for a wise purpose. What do you suppose tihe purpose was? Many people ire afraid to be natural forfear they will be called common, but the truth is, we are never so strong 110 so Interestig , as when we are per fectly natural. Money can i e a man notorious, but cannot make him respectable; but one-half the people do not know the d Ar 6. -,aere is -any such ,t ing as perfect happiness, and what little happiness there is, 1s largely coi posed of this mean ingredient; we are happy just In proportion its we have got something that otliers have not got, nor cannot get.. Probably the great pu'eesses of life have often most been Teached by know lig how to take advailtage of our lucky nioments. My dear boy, lay this up on your up- I per shelf-If you lit ti e bull's-eye nine I ,ty times, and miss th hundredth, the world never forgets the miss and cannot seem to'remember the hits. If it 'were not for the risks, there wouldn't be any fun living in this world; dead sure things (enough of them) wyill demoralize any man. Why do we love lbtle children so -much ? Is it net' on atecozmt of their1 simplicity, all of it, spI~rngs fronm their faithl - It is not after all a~ much what wve entjoy, as what we expect to get, that. makes us happy. . The mant who wvill a1t forget any thig 'is 'not agoing ~o learn much more. TIhere is one rule wvl chi I believe has no exception to t;' w en. a mam falls don-i on the Ice, whier the water is an inch antd a half deep, he ntever feels proud of the job). A bout one-half of thm trouble in this world is wnan ufacturec to order out of ntotiing, aind a large si re of the other hals the resutltof n knowing -the true value of thiiigs. 'The world htas many 1 ople-in It who are ver~y -respectable mpiy because they are very proper'. .The Prpn.o03 Ife. Netween the ages of f'o f-five and sixty gt man who )has properly gulated himn~elf may be considered in t prime of life. 1lls mapaturdstrengtht of nstittion'rend ere hmhn almdst imperviou -to an attack of isease, amil experience hias ie soundness ('o' hid judgment. Illis nind is resolute, firm aiid equal; all lis fun ionis are in thte highest ol-der; hte -ansutnc inastery over his business;- builds up) a competence on the foundation Ihe has laid l.a early' man hood, and pases thrbtigh peritod of life attendedl by mapy' gratifleations. I laying gone a year or two over uixly, he arrives at a stand still. Buit -athwart tlise is th6 via duet called the turn of life, 'which, if erossedl in safety', leads to the valley of "old age," round which. the river winda, and then beyond, without moat or cause way, to eflcet ble passage. 'The bridge is, however, constructed of fragile saiaterial, and it depends how it is trodden whether it bende' o-ri' *ake. GOlt ' i1iipidst are also li0 th finity to witylaf tihe traveler, and thrust him from the pass; butt let htim gird up htis loins and provide a.witht a fitter staff, and hto may trudge on in safety, and] with perfect composure. To quit meta phor, "the, turn of life".isa turn either in to a prolonged walk or into the grave. Tho system and powers.-having reached tho ut most expansion now being eiter-to close like the flowers at sunset or break down at once. One eoji olticstihulant, a single fatal of itementt, ,y fo.it, boyzidits striotl ith a &rflppyoprops amid t withidr~'aa bf a tItoforo a .i 111st in beagtly and vigor que al (has n st l . On the Circult. II the good old days of Michigan there wasn't any mney to speak oF 1loathiag iround from hand to hanild. Wlhei a householder wanted meal, lie scraped half a tdozai coon-skins to gether and made a trad. If he wiant ed meat, lie killed it; and If there was need of whisky, It was a very poor man who coniidn't find a wildeat bill or a bo gus half-dollar down ii his pocket. One diay a circuit preacher, hunting for it place iI which to spea4k to the dozen or twenIty settlers in Oakland County. hialted at, a forlorn-looking cabin beside tlie trail and asked for dinner. The iquatter's wife extended a very cordial Welcome, and said "It's lucky you come along to-day,as I have got a new bag of meal, lOts Of massafras for coll'ee, and some of the L)est coon inutton you ever tasted 01-. 3o down to the ditch and wash up,aid l'i have the dinner ready In te min ,It es.'' When the preachor returned he be atu lamenting the hard times, and the act that Ie hadil't seen the sight of noney for several weeks. ile was hecerfuilly trying to do good. but he .rankly confeseed that lie could do liticl better if lie could now and then icar thejingle or money In his trowsers )ocket. The woman looked wise, but mie no reply, and by and by the good nan resumed hIs journey. H is horse vas picking his way along the trall, ibout three miles front the cabin,when native, six feet high and attired in oon-skin cap, hickory shirt, and Indl an leggings, came after him on the un, yelling out: "You thar I whoa I hold on, you P" When lie caime up lie asked: "Are you the traveling Bible who talted back there for dinner and cat up whole coon ?" "I am a clrcult-rider, and halted oack the:'e and eat more or les of a big tink of delicious meat," Answ ered the 1ood man. "'And dildn't, you tell my wife you veru dead broke for cash ?" "I intimated as I now recollect, that was not Lurtrdened with any great mount ofcash." "'Well, my wife Is the most infernal ard-blow In the Territory, and I'm the icanent lIar in the diggils, but yet we iust keep religion b'iling. I got home ust as you left, and when site told me bout. your being hard up, I went to vork and molded you these six half. lollar pieces. There's a lectie too Lit tb 1PAidsMAN1'1h '106u4 doti-1a3ll now lid then, they will pass on anybody xcept a land-broker I" Sone legends say that the preacher (]in't take then ; but legends Are not Iways rehli!ble. A Filendish Ilevengo. On the 21st of June, 1844, six young ierchants were drinking wine at the otel European, on the Rue Riveraine, n Bordeaux. They Were in the bt-st of spirits, for wine had risen rplidly n the market, and that very morning very one of them had made thousands f francs by advantageous sales of laret t the Wine Exchange. "Boys, if this stroke of luck contin tes for a few mon ths," .said Md. de St. ndrieuix, laughing, "wve'll all be rich efore we know it. Waiter, more hampagne I" The merry company consumed a trent many bottles of the effervescent vine. Finally they were almost in- a tate of intoxication, and when in that onditinn the natives of Bordeaux are eidedhy dangerous. TIhree young officers of the Third loyal Regiment of the Line .entered he roon). 'lThey smIled superciliously is they perceived the condition in whiceh the young wine merchants v'ero. "Have some wine1" shouted Md. do It. Anidrieux to thema. One of the officers, a young Sub-Lieu enant, rep'lied proudly:- . "We do not drink with such trash as "Trho next moment St Andrioux had grasped 'the young officer's throat and ummeled his face with his fists where ipon the other young wine-moelhants lcked the three officers out of the room. Next morning St. Andrieux was cbal enged to mortal combatby Md. A dolphe 1e Val-Brieux, Sub-Lieutenant. TIhe luel came off the following morning. 3t. Andrieux fired at his antagonist, )tut missed him. The Sub-Lieutenant lired into the air shouting. "1 (10 not want to kill that wretch 1" The news of this duel reached Bor leaux thle same day. S t. Andrieux was so mortified that he did n~ot dare to ihow himself in public.' He sold his business out and disappeared from the 3ity. Val-Brieux and his regiment were transferred a few weekcs later to Algeria. Tihie Sub-Lieutenant's father was a wealthy latnd-owner in Touraine. He lived at the splendid Chateaux de Lua vogne, withi hisonly daughter, Jacque ine, a pretty girl, but, like the rest of her family, imnieasureably proual. One day old Mr. do Val-Brieux's Donfidentlal steward, IRafiolle, was found to have embezzled nearly two hundred thousand francs, with which he escaped to Brazml.. This crippled Vak'Brieux for a timne, financially, until he engaged as Rdf folle's successor~ a very adroit yoting awhe sai that his neatne wcds Jpan Andre. Andre caused his employer ti write proimisory notes to the atnount o upward of one million friancs, wlel lie had got discounted, it Is true at al most ruinous rates. Val-Bricux, glad to have extricate< hiimrelf for the time being from his Il nancial troubles, became dissipated lie was frequently under the influeinc of liquor. One morning his daughter came t( hin, and confessed In great distres that she had been se'duced. Her fathei wanted to know who had ruined her. She eftused to tell. In his-rage. Val-Brieux shot hinsel through the head. Andre took charge of the estate until Val-llrieux's son, the Sub-Lieutenant would arrive from A frica. When ti< young man arrived, he said to Andre "I have seen you before." "Yes, so yout have." "Ah, you are that drunken fellow from Bordeaux. Get out of my chat. cau 1", "Indeed ! Get out yourself. 'T'lii place belongs to te. I have mort. gages on it Which you Can never pay. You are a beggar. This Is my re venge 1'" St. Andrieux told the truth. le had purchased all the notes signed by his employer, and had taken for the amounts mortgages on the latter's property. The Sub-Lieutenant in hils despair, blew out his brains. Allie. Jacqueline was sent to a con vent. St. Andrieux sold the estate in Tou raine at a heavy discount, and went to China, where lie established an import ing-house; but he (lied a year after his arrival in that cototry. After the Lion. Captain Aylward tells a droll story of a ren contre between a bushman and a lion. The narrator was acquainted with the man, and has no doubt of the truth of the story. The bushman, while a-long way from his home was met by a lion. The animal, assured that lie had his victim completely in lils power began to sport and dally with him with afelineJacosity wlhich the poor little bushanu failed to appreciate. The lion would appear at a point in the road and leap back into the Jungle, to reappear a little further on. But the bushman did not lose his presence of mind, and presently hit uyon a device by which he might possibly outwit his foe. This plan wits sgested by the lion's own colduqA2 yjere that the. the rigit, and, feeling pretty sure of the lion's whereabouts, resorten ) the course of quietly watching his move ments. When the lion discovered that the man had suddenly disappeared from the path, lie was a good deal per plexed. le roared witli mortiflation, when h espied the bushman peeping at him over the grass. ite bishm in at once changed his position, while the lion stood irresolute in the path, follow ing with his eye theshifting black man. In another moment the little man rustled the reeds, vanished, and showed again at another point. The great brute was first con fused,and then alarm ed.- It evident began to dawn up him that le had mistakeni the position of mat..ers, and tihat he was the hunted party. Tihe bushman, who clearly re oognize:1 what was passing in his one my's mind, did not pause to let the lion recover his startled wits.. He be gan to steal gradually toward the foe, who, now in a comiplete state of' doubt and fear, fairly turned tail and decamp. ed, leaving the plucky and ingenious little bushman master of the 'situation. *A Olever Rogue. A gent,1emani of great experience in the commtercial world cashed a check at a London bank for ?1100 taking the whole in ?100 notes. Hie was only a few yu~ds from the bantk wvhen a per son resembling a clerk, bareheaded and with a pen behind his ear, touched him on thte shoulder,. saying: "Beg your pardon, air; will you allow me' just to take the number of thtose notes again ? I won't keep you a min ute." The gen tieman taken off his guard, handed'the notes over to the'supp~osed clerk, whom lie followed iato the bank. After giv ing the former time to reach the .top and return, he met the gentleman at the door, saying: "P'lease walk this way ; that gentleman will attend to you in a minute," pointing to ii clerk who was deeply engaged. . Fiye minutes elapsed before the gentleman could draw the clerk's attention to htis case, and lie was thunderstruck to flid that the officer knew nothtintg aboutt It. The other clerks were interrogated, and they were equally in the dark. Of course iio time was lost ini going to the Blank of England, but too late; ite clever rogue had been before them and obtained gold for'the notes. Not sorry. You will not ho sorry for heari'ng before judgment. For thinking before speaking. For holding an angry tontgue. For stooping the ear to a~ tale-bearer. For disbelieving most of the ill retorts. For being kind to the distressed. For being patient toward everydody. 'For doing good to all men. For asking pardon for All wrongs. For speaking ov11 of no one. For being courteous to all. -Tomato p9afnsr In the lower pari of Harford cotal,.M bhr~Aiy pr pai-ing for thi~ 0o it~ tracts htaV been in , upy at BRIE FS. --''here are 002 chartered lodges of masons in Illinois, Withi a membership - of 38,610. -Out of 972,000 pieces of baggage carrieu over the Pennsylvania railroad - lies during the. yearn 1878, only one was lost. -Ex-Senator Simon Cameron hts rented, for $0000, a year, the, elegait residence of Ex-Governor Shepherd, in Washington, D. C. -Mrs. Maria Gillett.A grand-niece of Ethan Allen, and for fifty sfears ia member of the Sbaker coinmnilty, lately died from the bite of a spider. -The Professorshi'p of Botany in the University ofEdinbtirg is vacan t. The emoluments of this position are said to atm ount to about $9000. -About $25,000 worth of wild ducks were sold from 11ayre de Grace (,NW.) market durlg the season just OJosed, which is considered ia poor result. -William J. Aydolotte, of Maryland, and George If. Bagwell, of Virginia, have been appointed to kdjust the boui dary line betweei the two'States. -A capital stock of $100,000 with power to increase to $500,000 is being subscribed to In Bufilo, N. T., for the pnrpose of building a newmus hal at that place. ai -A pack of walveh was recently seen in Mlacklick township, Arnmstrong county, Pa. The farniers spread aroun(d poisoned imeat, anlid several dead wolves have recentily been found. --Mr. Yutng Wing, the Chinese Sec retary of Legation, at Washilnton, has lateh, givun to the Yale Collere Libra ry 400 Chinese books, in addition to a like gift some two years ago. -''he Ienn Hlardware Company of Read i ing, Pa., are engaiged On a con tract for $100,003 worth of egg-beaters, anid are allowed three years in which to complete the work. -A little girl named Brademore is ly-ing dangerously IiI nit Coneiaigh borough, Cambria county, Pa., froni violent exercise in rope Jumping. Another child I1 expected to die at the sallie place from ti. is cause. -The late Dr. Charles Ives, oftNew Ilaven,' CoW., bequeathed $10,000 to Yale College for the support of poor sttidents in any department:. the same sum to Beloit College, and $5000'to the New Haven Orphatu Asylni. What Is supposed to be the largest tree in the Southern States is a itulip bearing poplar near Augusta, Ga., which is 155 fee high and milne fPet in dlitmeter, its lowest branches beig 65 feet from the ground. --The ex)erinimy s ivth. tLilpptrie light in Portsmbit 6u Me. h14- Le are reported to have been d0lt suc cess.- Thitrastilts e1'dir# %liatils factory wihyerj4i lilghtc.g edtmeen trated onl at particular.. pggpow over a distaie. schools, found that of 9803 boym; 301 or :1.88 per centum were color-blind in greater or less degree. and tlit of 5429 girls, only two, or .030 per centum were uihllcted at all in this way. --Mr. Johnson, ari Anieriei has taken the first science scolarship at Trinity .College, Dublin, th9 authorities having decided that lie has a right to hold it, as, althcigh lie was born ii America, his father was A.pritish sub ject -Miss Tsetta Rist, for' forty-three years ani organist in a London church, died a short tinqe ago and left a "con silerabloe" sum Ila the, hands of the trnstees to be applied forever to the dis tribution of gravel on steep and slippery rosd ways in London. She had seen to it personally during her -Ifetimo; -A curious pair are two .brothers, in H~artfordh, Conn.,' employed at the same ilaee of busimness'some miles from their homeis, who had a falling out a dozen years ago, anid have never spoken to each other since, though they ride to and from wvovk in the same wagon, p~reservig a moody 'silence toward each other, with no other. compamilon. --WV.lhmelmn djd a kindlyact at Colum bus, OhIo. Just before hIs arrival there a woman dIed wvho was ver foid of mussic, and had -omkeriy a'ntiei tet the pleasure of' hearing himn pla A message was sent .to ;WIlhelm I, and lie vi'altedi time house of death asyJ request cei time privilege of playIng a regulmem, as Is tihe custom 'in 'his owns Geran home, which was grantell. --Mr. George WV. Jilateadi, the last of tihe famous iHalstead brothers, of Elizab'ethm, N. T., died at mhidunt il1y, in that State, receiitly, Of pineeufnonia, aged 81 years. Two years ago the'eld est brother, ex-Ojiancellor. Halstead, died at Ellaabsithi, saged eighty-flve. Last year iExiCongressmiutn Hlalstead died at Tfrentoit, aged eighitgkhree years. -Potter,-the'trans.continential tralvel ler who arrivedat Sant F~raneseo vith his whieeibaarow not long ago, m~ade tihe whole distance from Albany- to San Francisco, about 4000 miles; in 172 'lays. Hie made gtn average sof 23% miles a day, or a little more than four miles more than lie agreeti tomaie each dhay, in erder tp wvin his wagerouf, one thousand dollars. ,. --Mr. H1. D. .Cone, a prominent paper mamnufaturer of Ilousatonie, Mamss., ini cominetion wIth shis .wlfe, founded a free library there Itg A869, which Is open to all people inthegn ty as wvell as to isi O o ,9r V9h It has now twentysix himrey og ies. Mr.' Comie emp oys. th$ It'li ign, pays all thme expehsoa h imself, (aecept no assistance of any kitg. .-Fifteen poitraltstui #l-y bert i8tuairl are now n. Antong thtesti s t, po lbt~~ er gy:ili Ed ward VrjtI th4imof nntoe.'$tSird'1 o k. s in his house' thertra't ofh Ifutl t~ d ward Thiorit6 paiitdd b~ tart when 'the Ehgllsnian was s'tiaro the Britlish Lghtfo it efd of' -AThere wvere'dietH 41%1 1Q way po'stal'I1erk 6 monithief Jamniarjq lettersaqd 1112 maktng aa pleqosi of