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TRI-WEEKLY EDITTON. .WINNSBORO, S. C., MAY 24, 1879. YOL. 111.-NO. 49. SNEVER MIND." -. What's the use of always fretting t - At the tr.als we shall fihd r Ever strowu along our pathway.? 11 Travel on and "never min ." Travel onward: working, hoping, Cast no lingering glaneo boind At the trials once encountered, Look ahead, and "nover mind." What is past is pist forever; * Let all fretting bo resigued ; It will never'help the matter- h Do your boat, and * never mmd." e And if thoso who might befriend %ou, Whom the ties of naturo biud, b Should rofu e to do theIr duty, Look to Hoaven and "never niind.' Friendly words are often spoken . When the feelings are unkind, HP Take them for their real valuo, Pass theim by' and "never mind." Fate may threaten, olouds may lower Fnemies may be combined ; if your trust in god as stea if .st, sa He will help you "'never mili.p." te A Romance or the Pistoi.! Barney McBriar wis the hero aid the terror of Mad Mule Flatt. lie was by pro fesioin a shlootlAt, t wenty-one fears.of age. h Ilis sole stock im trade consisted of two navy revolvers, at cotple of derringers and aI bowie knife. 'liese articles Oe'ver left his pewson. lie sustained life, mainly, by swallowing daily an indefinite ainmber of t "whiisky straights," for Which no barkeep er ever thought of demiaintling pay. 1Ie rialed Maid Male Flat with a rod of iron. I is four pistol barrels were four literal riljing rods of iron. Hiis body was a(iorned with comely raimient, he lodged and fed stimptuotsly; his linen was of the purest I and whitest ; yet like unto the wild lilies of i the valley, lie neither toiled nor spun. The Isratelitish clothing dealer groaned heavily in spirit when larney Mcriar entered his est aiblishient and ordered of him a suit, yet, (h lie ventured no remuonist rance. Why Be eiinse' it. is unhea'tllty to irritate a shoot ist. 1s ihrney lilriar was a shootist. At the tender age' of mnIIe years, l1arnaey 3lebriar's school narm one day boxed his car's. Whereupon little naney whipped in otit a howie kmtfe, tle present of it Texas tI unuce (whose last Idvice was never to taket i blow froti aIty manl), Itaid With it he ex plored the digestive organs of his female preceptress. The schoolmiarn was ever aifterwatr(dl ailieted with chronic (yspepsia, Itie effet of this cutting reproof. After this octirrence the 'oard of 14hiaetlion at Mid 311htle Flat were uaitable to procure anay more school-marms. So, little I Marne's edlcati.ion was for at tiile neglected, alth1otugl le tianmiaged to keep himself inl practice by playfully shooting two of his little brothers, who were thereby nmimed for life. Peleg I laddama kept school at ltall 'Tail (hit1h,0. The interesting little Barney wats sent to gi ,Ili-. Hladdamaa's sentiary. When Mr. Ilhau- s dai heard that lie was to le piatronized by i1 the yout.hful Mcfriar, lie made his will and 1) had his life insured.'"The wise man fore seeth 'evil, and lidoeth himnaself, bit the sim ple pss ona and are punished. " * Peleg IlIad- it diIm next provided himself with a doible harrelled shot-gtami. The jtvenlile Mielriat c heard of the 'military preparations of lils ftittire preceptor with coolna ess, merely re marking, "I'll get him yet." It was it bright. May morning in June- X .PelegI Iatddamit wits rmnaing his school under 1 , a fill head of steam. Suddenly lie deteeted h the sainguinary Mclriur reading the '"Life of Sixteen Stringed Jack,' "''(ive Mie that hi book, you, sir," said Peleg Haddam to g Barney MciTriar. "I won't.." Peleg- 11a(1 dam snatched the satfron-colored voltume from his grasp. In an instant,'little Biarney jerked oit laI six-shooter and blew oft Mria. IIlhitlam's heaito I IThe school he'ing wtit h ott a head immitedIiat ely brok e upi. Un ddam a wvas literredt along with the schaool-maiarm, anod the untfortuatei pedattic couple formi edl a nuceleus foar Biarney Alchlriar'~s ceit'tery.li Puablc opiniona wias printcipally on the side *) of the gallant Mellriar'. lie breamie anii object of intere'st anid symipathy3, andio henace- ai forth wvas nto longer regiarded lay his elde(rs as a child. Tfhe Hloard of Educaitioni exper' itenced ia great diliclety in getting tanothier tar'get for Barnaey, its Bull 'Tail Fiat wats avoided by all paripatetic pedagogues, At lentgth a dischtarged conivict stnayed inato I camp, anad unaware of the risk lie ran wits 0o itnduced to take the school itt thliarty ollaris hi a month and "'board arounmd." U Tihe discharged conicit. pr'ceoptor', comt- Is plaaiig one miorining that lie wias obaligoedI to sleep, whlile botardinig ini a Dtch family alomng wi'th four of hafs puipils,- iaraney Alc Bri'ar, ivhio allowed not one1 to iabuse the inhtabtaits of the Flat save himaself, ''cool-- a ly bled~ the typ~bf 'thme contvict'& hietaidoff." g IH[ thehi kave litlf up1 to the htithloritie~s. w Forty-six of the leadinug and~ iluttaial citi- e zens of the town at once offered to give d bail for Barney Mclhriar. 'rThe (lay of trial t camne. Tlhe Cour't, after der.ceing Ghin Hop, a .Chbinamain, to, t~wo ye'ara', ipt. at prisonmiietif at Ban'Qtintin, for Atealig a g patir of boots, called thpease of the People ai vs. McBriar.. Mcllriar mair(ohed praoudoly p into the court room. Thelu trhda lasted foura _ hiours. Forty oi' fifty' witnesses testified invorabaly,as to thoc-moral character of, thle dlefend~ant. The jury wore out five mhi- d tes, anmd retuarned a verdict of "Not Gul- q 'ty.". The couart theniaadjouned, atndevery- ft haody got drunlk.. Manty young. amen reek- a onedl that nighit as 'the proudest 'prirod of fthi existencee, whlen theay were for'tnate enotughito hie -introoducd to; Mr. Mcl~rhir aid take him lay the hand, lie wits the lin ohf the daty,ndl tafter' killing a couple tL of strangers that aight, left the ntext mtorn- o hng, tattended hay a largd concteCti (of i friends.' Six yeats land elapsed. Bunny Mcliria and his friendo McShtoot were scatted sm~ok- 0 lng on the plazAza oif the Magnolaia Hlotel. Li Batrney was regardhtg, with ana obstrvimt b eye, his oemetery oat the hi lelse, whIch~ h.Id I inerdded c~uhhOrably ini ize, andi wats laid a out ini a neat anad tastefual imaner. Occa slontally a citizentof to 'Iat., minuaus amn arm, a nose, ana ear, or a leg, ihnped paste theu lipingoetd~hoe of 'iey apistolairy skill. Blarney had baeun readhaig .Maltmus (on p)opu-i Iltato thamt .muorning anid felt'-that somte thlig shoutd hdno to provenat thet fright-r fual indornae $6' the htupnnn raico. Moreover, ~ he lhad kilean 'dii for~ threl& id'e. ils copauclenqies~trollblod ih, . MTiore's. Ott E grftve needel~d. to malho the~ nuagnhe'or egetma J the loft handi rovf t'hd6hrd pl at of m (j "Mo~rlywood" was lajd out41n16dhr spr ate pints. Otno for noliticianis, on or r iscetlliiieius (iiiaiion. ' At that mo. ent two well dressed strangers rodo up to le door. "1 say youi, that's Iy horse," 1ared .1clriar to onv of the strangers. I Mt him I wo Years ago. Ile hsill my - braild I tiw off sholider." "Why, ly deril sir, bought-'' "You lie!" cried McI ritwi, ishing forward, pistol in hand, and seizing Ce aniinail by the bridle. The straliger ade at mlotion with Is han11d ats if' to draw pistol, whien MBli'iar, wit hoti at iolent's 'italtiol, "blew t(e t1) of his head off, id Alcthool, who, duigthis ailt erentilonl, yid arfll kept the other stranger COv ed, also "blew Ihe lolp of his head olf." 'llang it, we're no better oli nlow tIhani 'fore," said lellriar. "low so?" said lcShoot. "here were six graves on one side anid ven oil the other before, while now.the imber is still ieven, since there will be V(en1 on onie-side anid eight oin the olier, id Mcllriar. During the converisat ion the two sinilgers ed inl a1 quiet, unlohtriusive manniller. "Never minfl. I'll make It il right," id McBriar, and so saying, le leveled lis stol ait, at traveling book and fiewspaper ,ent plssing bky, 1111( skillfully '"blew the 11 of his head off." "iere, take tihiese menl Itald lmry them," i( )Cllriar to a1 passinig tramnp, giving iml at dollar. McBriar and Mc8shoot gave theimlselves > to Ile .Juistice of theli Peace. "'Juist itil C homicide, warn't it?" said t Jhe ustice. ."Of' course it was," Said MBellriar. "Why, e (:usses, both carrviedl 'oni(caled we'apons. "' "W~ell, I'll let you off this time, but you list be a little more careful, boys," said e Magistrate. "q), you dry up," said McShoot, "or e'll blow the top of yoir head off." 'I'll n Magis't. rate was silent, but, ihe iisuilt ats not forgot ten. 'Tlait, unight, MelBriar and IicShioot were ated in the Magnolia, playing poker with . cttle drovers. Ill coisiderit ion of the et t hat ,erllir held as nmany aces as he ailted, and ha1d every loinget- in the room legraphing to him, it is not singular that had already wvoni sone two thousanld llaris. - .Jis then at voice wais heard at the door, ying, "cllriar, coie out here a m1l0 ent." . ellriar stepped to the door, put. out his 'ad. and the last vision oil which his m1or I eves rested was thle outraigedt Jlstice of C Peace, behind a large double-harrelled lose gum. The iexi momeit. cime i t limt ng report, and 1iriar had "the top of s lead blown off." M(letht ran to the assistance of his friend, it lie was )'omp11ltly met by the other bar 1, and off went the) top of his head. Quiet now reigns in Jiull 'ail Filt. Forgiving an Assault. .1olIn Quincy Adams, when irritated, wis A> the miildest-mnnlered man that ever sat Congress. But he was a Christian, and word of apology, evein from one who laid 'ossly insulted him, would banish all re itimiet from his heart.. One (liy, somie irty-four years ago, wil( MI r. Adams was isy In his seat in the House of Represen Iives, at page approached an(d Said that a r. Sangster desired to speak with him it e door. (1oing out, the old main was miet , .hat person, who, in an angry tone, ex tiimed: "You are'wrong, you ire wrong, and I ill kick you!" First, thrusting hls right hand in Mr. dams' face, he drew back to strike him. it the old gentlemaii wis too (puick for 8 Cowardly issilllint. In an ilistant the an's wrists were scized, and he found imiself powerless in Mr. Adams' vigorous asp. h'le bystanders interfered, and migste' was locked up ini jail. Thence Ie rote a letter to Mr. Adams, apologizing r the assault, and attributhig it to sulden IsiO. lie was triel, and Mr. Ahams, ing called as a witness, described the sailt, bt satid that1, fromu thle momenillt lie c'eived( Snigster's alpology, all resentmecnt 1(d been -erad~icated, andl 'that lie woul ivo beenu pleasedl if the case hiad not ben 'osecuted'(. he court, howv'er, sent enced e assalilanlt to t hirty dlays' imnprisonmlent (d oneC kunidred dlollars ihue: Lobster' )altetting. Thlie lobstei' is often cauighit in a kind1 trap or "hobster-pot,'' as it is ofteni Lledi. .it Is made wvith narr'ow str'ips board' 01r hatth nailed .1upon stronig >Ops, so) as to give It an ovi formi utpon 10 lOp.. :Inside are' lhace'd stones. to uk it to ai ceritain depth. A t each end the pot is a network of' cord faustenedl ti snflf hoo0p)In'thit (cntreO of t~ie net. hroughl the hoop of' sIx inchies In di tieter, perhiaps the lobster truggles to' )t the balt phaedd hisIde the cage. But hen1 one~ in he9 lnds himtself a prison '; for hi" ecfanot r'etri'at ith~ie .8stime >or b~ high-i'he enter'eh. stI ittta on of' the ti ap Is mitrIkedl by a buoy, 1(1 Is visited alt intervals to remove the ine and inake room for others. TIhey 'e somectitmes eanigh~ti ,inerely a lope of flIh tipd to theo end of a strliig -the lobsteor conteys the .bhIt to his oudth with hIs'claws, and will let your '-aw him to the surface if you (10 It miethy so as not to alar1m him, but if ttrhtened :m1 the least- he Is 'off like tliash. 'Yot nit gtlasp hhn tihe in ant hiIs horns are ou t of thle water. In als cotuntr'y the lobster Is found f'romu ie coast hof Now York, Notlnhvard; in bjesty nre talken' otn pe roghy. shores C Ne'd Ihnglan~d,. Northu.of Cape Cod. Ishoiee at , MalrAhled -andl Ply loti, Mass., catch- fromn 50,000 to 100 )0 a year, 'ihi- aire sold to Tios mn dealers.' bilent numubers have seri -pit upj in canis and( shlipped abroad, lip packing honses of Portlanyd, Mo., nd( l'arge quantities ini tills to TiC:gland. Is said thamt the demanti for ennlned >bsters i AmrerIen eqipais tlhe Btubply. elven -Up by D~octra "Is It possible that Mr, Godfrey is up nd at w61it and eut-dd by 'so shrapie a smedy?" ' . . "I1 assur'eyou that It Is trate that he %s atIre~ly dtfretleadd with( nothinig but lop flittrp,; apid only' tes days.4go his octors Aave hlm up.' and said ho' must -oPW a' " -* "Well-a cayl. Tha~t'is imelcsblh I Wdjt'this day and get some (or may nm- Genog I'kndw' hontf 1ifdd. ', Thriitiann Adventures With .Igers- i 1h. .WilsoN tells' the following stories ill relation to interviews with tigers in New U ranada. 'On the Magdalena river a fellow traveler pointed out to us his farm, and also ( his two dogs, which gaze at uas 15 We pass ri at some distantce from thle shore, and which Ie- assures uis, are masters in the art of trail- al ilg (lie tiger and briiging him to bay while a himself and comtrades surrontid him with strong spears, 1upon which he rushes to his destruction. These spears have cross pieces 9 at the distance otfeighteen inches from their poitits, in order to keel) the .tierce brute at a Ill safe (distance after he is peietrated by the spear. - The lnters here fear to attack tie sI tiger with tihe rifle, because, if not lit in a vital part by the first shot, they will inevi- IN tably destroy the hunter, because lip terr ble charge 1nust unnerve the stoutest h teart and steadiest. alim, so thatt it would be only a very Idcky bullet that would arrest. his pl fearful onslaught. The tigers have killed %I thirty-three cattle on the farn of'our fellow lasselg(r during the last two years, 1111d( he ind his aissistats have killhd twenty-one tigers in retalitition. 'Their favorite mode of attack ipoi grown cattle is to stealthily ti approach and spring upon them while sleep- b ing, and bite thetn through the nape of tle r-i neck, just as their: smaller feline relatives 1 (do their prey ; but they often dispatch horses 11 and mules by a single blow of their power fil claws.upon t lie head, after which they eat away the breast and neck, frequently s8 returining for a second meal tIie following night. It sekjtomat 1i1k man, tfnd only when pressed with hunger,-or when tle victi is otind sleeping, then lie cleaves open his b skull with a terrible stroke of his powerful paw. Whlen attaeked, howvver, he does not fail -to return the aggression with fear ful earniestiess. . -. Our captain relates one of 1the former cases that happened to his knowledge dur- o the last year, viz. : It. is the custom of wood- st choppers along the river, when their baits are in iso4ated spot s, to cost.ruct I highiseaf fold or garret, to.which they ascend to sleep by-a ladde , which they draw up after them; ( but one who had not. yet finished his' hut, located at the epitIieice of a Considerable Si creek with. the Magdalenu, had neglected li the usual precaution.of luiilding a fire and w keepiig it burning durinig the night ink order i it) frighten away the tigers that might he prowling about lis camp. As it. was a bright ( tuoonlight night lie chose,. instead, to sit by his door with his rifle, on gllrdt, while his wife sleyt. Towards morning .th wife awoke, aid instisted on relieving her ihus- d band of the watch, in order that lie miglit get some sleep anid be refreshed for the next it day's labor. lie consented, and when lie awoke in tle morning the wife was missing. Eagerfy lie sought and called aloud for his imlissing CoIlpalion, but all in vain, till on nearing the creek lie discovered in the samid a trail as if sonething like a body had beei dragged along, and tiger tracks by its side, tI letit a painful probatbility to his horrible sus- t picions. Followinig the trail it s001 led in to the water; prouring his caioe and rifle lie struck the trail on the opposite side of the creek, and not far awtiy, came 11pon' tlid mangled, half-devoired reimains of his mis- k sing wife, with skull crushed in, slowing thit dealtI had probably sImprised her so a inmsttanaeously that site had tim) lie for outcry. Knowing the habits.of the fierce brute afser gorging himself, the itusband w peered about itn the direction of the tracks, W ani sooi discovered him asleep uider the it elge of the jungle. Creeping to a sure ils titice and Itaking careful aim Ie sett a leaden miiessenger Iof deati crashing .through its. brain. With his owni hands the woodiatn performed the mournful task of gathering tIte mutilated remains of his loved com plnion into his calloe, to which lie also dragged the body of lier slayer, aid com- st menced his soleiiI retreat to the nearest ec hanilet. It A pamsonger told of anothereise he'knew, I of recent, occurrence, in iyhaich a ma andi~ his sonm caimping for diec night, had bilt the ~ usual Ite, whlich the tigers seldom iapproach ii wraipped themtiseives in their blankets aind 0. laid themselves downt to sleep with their ft (log beOtiveen them as gardiant. TJowards b; maorning their fire..had gonie olit andui sud~den- te ly, strainge, ruashing, bustling aind yelping a nioises and1( cries stairtledl themn from their sluumers. Sp~riniging to their feet andl( stair-n inmg wikthly about them niothting was to lie ." Seen, except, thne 'og was8.mlissipgad, with- -A out donaut lad paid thne penalty allotted to la sleeping senatiniels. At low stalges of the bl water iti this river,' tiger tracas tare vety b anmerous uplonl the sand, and we arc told b these animtals tare not, unfrequetntly seen swimintg across thne river. . The alligator5 wvhich in(est these tuarbiuletit waiters, and( ~ -whieb do not fail to anuattch the luckless ho- ai mo thtitt faills io them, respects the precs- I enee of this auguste quatdruiped, perhiaps, oni ci accouti of the terrilie weap~ons with wvhli a his plowerfuil pauws tre trarmed. Our cap1- ~ tain recently saw one of these respeetable cairnivflra swimmtinag the river butt a short, " 'distance tiheaid of the boait, anid guave 1him1 V chaise .with the. itntenution of. running him 0' down. Tlh6 brute rdachecd shoail waiter, hiow- hi ever, whena the bot wp~s very near to himt, i antd looked back over - his shoukdter At is'b puraisuers with) an air of dignlifiedl hidiffer "V'ho Truth the hiole, Truth, aund" 84 T'Ime othfer daty It wats neocessaty for j1 Alr Pint der to go hiltoconart asa w~iness. a' Mr. Pilnder knows the nature of ant b oath, atnd ho i't a in awho would pbrjuire himselhf foa the blgglst and best s, Cagrm InAittehilgan.. Mr. Pinuder wtas,.orim dered to) standt upi, raIse his righteluad, 'j and swear that lhe would tell the truth, si the whole truth, an'd 'nothIng butt the u tthl ienu,16 'sat dlown 1nd( it iw- ti yet. began : n m "Mir. lader, y'ou IIaw the afaiur, dId n "Well, state to the jury what took plaCe." ''Well, I waea sitting In the' honse, a and my wIfe suddenily called--" "N~ever mInd youjr ,wife, Mr. PIn.. b der,"' Jnterrumpted the lawyer. ' 8 "Why, shr,'mny wife called to-" u "Never mind ybur wife, I say!i I e warit to know wiaut yot u9iv.', '. - ' Mr. Phider had been sworsi .tostell a the truth, and the wholA truth.' but rIght at the outset, the lawyer'Motidt:9 fi lofdftid p ejth' r'at3. ,3hgn be 3egan~ - ws strin igy ouge, yhon --' ; "i dog amt t9kngw wh')atbappet- a 2,A. youtiouse. AKiIght took place s the street, and if you were on the )ot I want to knoW it." "Well, I heard loud talkiig and I want to know whether you saw the 4fendent strike the plaiutill," liter Igited tihe lawyer.. .ir. Pinder had sworn to tell all Jout it in a truthful mainer, but he as now ordered to leave out more tan half of 'the whole- truth" and be in where it sulted the lawyer. "When I erossed tie street a wo all said-' "I don't care what a woman s-iid, r !" shouted the' lawyer. What that woitan said should ha-ve -en told, according to the oath taken, it the lawyer wouldn't have it. "Wehl, I saw two Iaen fightig-the alintli and defentidant here," observed I, Pinder. "Do you swear that these were the en ?" Mr. PLinder had sworn to tell "the uth, the whole truth, and nothing it the truth,',' aMQ the lawyer turned ght about and h[Aited that he might >t have seen) theieni lie had sworn saw "''These were the two meni," he an Vered. "'Ail you siw b ows struck ?'' '1did.'' "Now, we clalia that not a single ow passed !" shouted the lawyer. . ''l"e was defending a man with a ack eye atid a bitAted nose, who had -enl arrested while fighting, and Alr. indelr had seen the igh t, and yet he aimed that Pitider didn't see i blow ruck. "4I heard-' "No iatter-what you heard.'' Mr. Pilder ladfaeard plailutlfl dare fendant to strike him; and he had vorn to tell theitrith, and yet thle wyer forced him, luto perjury. Ile ouldi't let hIn tell tle whole tritth >r even half of It. "iDid yout see blows passed ?'" restim I the lawyer. "i did.11 "And you saiv the.plintiffstrike the 3feondanit first?"' "No, sir; the defendant struck rat."1 "W hiat! IDo you know what you are vearing to? Didn't you just take an tth to tell the truth in this case?'' "'I did.'' "Ani'd now you are trying to mislead io jury by suppressing part of the uth-by telling what you wish to and ippressing what, YpI (o't "No, sir. Just as I heard--" "Yoyp Jeard,'t. We don't, want to ow what you heprd I" 41r. Pinder didn't want to suppress tythilug,- but lie was- forced to; he anated to tell all about it,. bitt they otililu't let hint; lie waiited to tel the hole truth, but they wouldn't have . They made perJiure himself whik vearing to tell the truth, the whole utlh and ntothing but the truth. Englis Excursion Steamers, The Tintnes fleet nunber sixty-two eamers, most of them marvels of In mvenileice; long, narrow, black and w in the water. Tihe passenger on .ek has no protnetion from the sun, mn or dew, and below hIs only refuge In a dlreadful little cock-pit 'twere ihy ironjy to call a cabIn in which 're eshiments,' elly spiritual, are sold v the ecckneyest of ecckneys. One fea i'6 whieh illustrates the aston ish ing an 'cihron Ism embodied in the boats is the ejna of- communication between thme tptaln on the bridge and the engineer bell or speatkiig-tub.e watild certain.. be, thie spfest anmd most economical, itt appareptly beaqause tihe first ferry ats emp~jloyed an in termnedlary small )y to stand uinder the bridge and re isi the captaIn'% orders, the samne me tod-hiis been countinded int the latest Ikhitionis to'the lect. The cdptaIn mo ons with hits hand, ."Stow her I" tills the~ lntermnedlary, and the enigi dier repeamts, "#low her 1" suilig thme ,tion to the word. Again the captain otionse "Stop her l'' calla the obser int smnall boy, and( the engineer ech.. sthe instruictions to show that lie has sard them. The boat's couild tiet be rger' than they ai'e, dwing' to the ridges a'cross the rlver, and' as It is ie'y are comnppled .to .lower their noke-stracks, ,in l'assliig tunder the 'elhQe, w hich to an -A merican who ~es 1t for. the first tline Is a soniewhat artlinig operation, while to everybody Is disagre'eable. 'im hpipe--is hinged thle~buse, anid utr -it Is-turned over th'e lauldkbi'ttmtnouk smnoke' beelouds the isengei'sseted asterrl. Thipse are yes 4tl by wh~a1& Louidon .tri&velis ' Vest linster,, Birttersea, Qhielsegt and I(ew. hey miake frequent landings on both des of the river, and rarp exteisively sed' by people going east or west, as icy aib imoi-e expeditIons thant the onm ibusses antd muceh ehe~per thani om ib'uses or the uunder-g'rbuund rallways. t all seasons, however, they have syn Ir 9f festi'vIty dlerived fronm a p~ortioni . .pleasurr~seekers; who, with that ngllsh fondness for the water 'which, heks 'gratitleation even if the sea is WventydfHe a~'ay And the tidle is tur Id as the Th'iames at London bridge. on141% t~openeo oorpeoteeein. the nepXnitiJng passager'upa~the: rifer and iol. like great' travelers inbdisembark Abnd' of two oI'twed piebe, eadit torlet, porhi's, 'i#atcomri tpA fe ffuielt'onae'gro (so compo n , ti ,vegabond ri.tgrha unen.t8 pf; th London ,estreets4, MdWitjt0'hwhday 'element,,arhL while W:alt'tin1As the bbatsa rd croWded-they Iraditanfted4wrdatN* 'LAm "A MonthAfterwards." An aged man came Into the ofilee re cently. Deep eyed sadtness sat Onl lils eyebrows, like a frog oi the shore of a mill pond. Ills attire was faultless in regard to ventilation; in fact he looked as if lie was a model of sotue house that manufactured ventilators. Ilis shoes showed two long slits for adinittingair, which could come out of his knees, el bows or hat, the whole system of ven tilation being perfect and compl etc. lie hung his hat up on the third hook from the door; being the one set in diamonds, and drawing our new mnorocco footstool up to histeet sat down and opened lire. "I am probably the only survivor of one of the Most desperate charges at Gettysburg," said he. "I was oii the very spot which the rebels and the Union soldiers charged over ten times, and I never stirred out of my tracks. I was right wherellteen cannon balls tore upl the earth in every direction, tearing men to pieces and finalily lling ing back the torn armnies in confusion." "Did you escape?" we asked. "6I did."' "You eseiped ? But you were wound. ed ?" "No sir, I was not touched." "You were not eveni wOuIMded ?" "Not m111uelh.'' "But certainly your clothes were pierced with bullets?" "Not a bit of it. Karry a bullet." "And yet you want tuoney. No sir I Had your head been shot off, or a ean ion bal torn you in bits, or 229 bullets been lodged Ih your body, we milght have given you ten cents, but as it Is charity must begin at home. John bring uq a ive cent cigar." ''.ltit I'm tile only survivor," per sIsted this old veteran. "Then go and hire a hall and charge ten cents for the exhibition." "Exhibition be hanged,'' said lie. "Give me ten cents and I'll tell you how I didn't get killed," It was a tempiting balt and was taken. Then lie sIdled towards tlie door as lie remarked: "I was on the very spot where that charge was maI-e, I stood where the bullets fell like raini, but 'twas a month alter it happened." A Tramp's Soup Slone. A lady at the outskirts of E.ston, Pa. was tile victim the other day of a tramp's practical joke. Even in these vagabonds there is an occasional v3iu of humor whiei is wortih preserving. The Incident happened In th k wise: About the imiddle of the afternoon a tran)p put in all appearance and alskedl politely If he could be permitted to cook for himsolf a plate of soup. "11 have the ilgredients with me,' 11e said, displaying a cobblestone about the size of an apple. Tie lady very natu rally looked at him in surprise. "You can't make soup out of that rock, cati you ?" she inquired. "Oh,,yes, iadam. That.la what we call a soup stone." "Well, I should like to see you do it?" and she forthwith made Up a fire in the stove- and the tramp commenced operations. He filled a stew pan with water, aind after it coinmieced to boll, very carefully deposited the stoile in a pan in the water. "I shlaillhave to trouible youa for a lit tle seatsonilng," lie saidi, arid -the ladIy hastened to get him) ani onion, a i~ce of meat, and a tomato. Theslce wvere dareful-ly cut upj and~ put in to boil along with tihe stonle. In a short time a de liclous plate of sOtii wats prepared. 'The lady tasted it and~ was delIghted with the flavor. The fellow sat dlown and ate, anid his hostesq immedilately added what was necessary to make a substantial meal. When he left lie said that lhe could get plenty of soup stones 01n his way. and( lie we uild leave thlat one wIth her as ani evidenlce of how sincerely lie appreciated her kindness. Shle was lirmlly convinceed tit she hlad come into pos80ssion of a treasure. That nighit she told her husband of tdhe circuimstanlce. ie listened to tile re cital and1( theni iniquiredi Innocently: "Don't you tlhink thle mneat andI the oinion and the tomato woul~d hlave made a verry good plate of soup) with out the rock ?" Gradually the trick began to dawin uplon her, and if you wvent to make thiit lady mad, you have only to ask her for the loan of her soup stone. -Origin of the IlTurkey.. All that seemls to be known about the origini of the turkey is that it-is a natIve of America, and -was introduced Into Englanld in tile times of Ileniry tile Eighth, by WVil Strickland, lieu tenant to Sebastian COkbot, lBetjamlin Franklinl, 01nce ulpon a time, is. 84a(d to have remarked thbat thle wild. turkey, instead of tile eaigie, should have been made the emblem of the Unlited States, as the log cabin of the pIoneer in Is (lay WAS surrounded by these birds. 'rho first turkey seen in Fratnco was served up at the wedding feast of Uharles IX., 1504. Since thbat, (day. tur keys have been the nueces for wedding feasts and Thanksgiving~ dinners, andi that is all we know about the bird, un less wetepe'at, Whltt 1. already too well kflownl, that newspaper men have al ways 1ielgI.hat a cut from the forward park.of sa turkey's carqesp, smothered ti. gravy and surroun%)ed by about a pound and a half of artinicial intestines, 1 a ish not in the least det-rimenital to .pan oe.hesitpet t9 tac'kle whp i fa; voaWhlalioatunityils affordet. ~. , A R1kikit Kid. The envoy tha camne t'rotn l'atsy 11iitits' salooni receiitiy to get a warraint for its proprietor was ioar ise, sqltat and bill-necked. IHe leaned across the bar of tle Jefferson Market Poliee Court, New York City, and wiiispered confi deuttially, "Say, .Jedge, Piatsy Burtns waits to slut down on a kid that's beeln skinningi. him." iA kid! Skinnhing him? Impossi le,'" said is lionor. "Where is the anilma!?" "le's a young rooster,'' the applil eant went on, " what - dishes otit the booze ini alsy's drutin. Ills lionor looked perplexed. "Oh, it's poultry you're coimpiltainig about,'' lie remarked. "I thought you said it was a k ( iust now. Well, what of the rooster?'' The applicant tool' a. long look at his Iloniotr and fumbled lils hat lining ner vously. Thun lie began again with an air subinissive biut reproachful. "Say', Jedge, don't you play ie. I'm givin' it to you straight; h1on1o1 bright. 'atsy feels dead sore over the thing atitd wi ttts the 'ottg terrier itatid ill) before yout. The < udge dropped ils eyeglasses helplusisly. "L~ook here, mnv friend,)" he bitrted out, "If you cane here to conplain ab t it a Whole meinagerle, siy so; bit tlis. parade of flesh atid fowl I. distracting. [,t us t iderstantd eadi. other. Kid, ioostet' or ilog-la Ilatty's I trotible w it one otr all ? The applicant lookied about him hopelessly. Then ie said : "'iis looks like a dead open and shuit. Yott dl'1 seemn to tu inihit, to ite at, . all. lie re's the schee. There's a jiggetr belihid 'atsy's bar that's crookeil, and lie wa nt's Itinit take nl it, See ?" "Olh, Patsy has a saloon. It Is the person who disp uses the beverages ie hals trouble with." "'lhat,'s tho racket, .1edge,'' and the applicti it ainped hils feet with delight "You 've got it dead to rights. "Yott see Patsy sets this bloke in hIs siebaug at setdinag along the old stuil', 41td every thing goes hunkeedore till le sees his tlbs sporting it super and togged outtto the Qiaeti's taste. Well, Patsy's pooty fly, lie is, aid hte dropped to the Caper. So hie Spotted the fellor, and eiteled Im workitg the t tdamipr.'' I "Working Clhe uinmper?" "Yes, collaring the boodle."' "Collaring the-My friend, . for heavons sake, be expliclt.'' Ills lottor nolled. 'IV bat do j0ou 11mean11 ?"' The applicanit ttirted the ould 'n his moniqh over and over again dson ident 13 bit made nao reply. At last, ht blurted out, it despale: . "I lang It, Judge, it's clear enoligh. 1le was tlapplg tto till.' "0'Tappiig the till ?'' tiid lis Ilontor stopped to reflect. Then his face brightened lip. "Alt, I so," le said. "lie was appropriating money to lils own itse in the toroprteLor's abseie." "That's the talk," rondiu this appll cant. "A ppropriathi' the receipts is the go. You've got it, doWn itle, Jedge. ThI'at's what IAe odger (id appropriate'd-Piatby Burns' receipts. So Piatsy senit tme rottid to see if you vouldi't give him ie collar and imake haitt producee. lie's a 1)ad1 lot, he Is, andt~ you aight to give Ithim a stretch." "Whtt" cried lis lionor, '''would you be so barbarous tas to have tte hauig the man11 ?"'] "Who's talkini' of htangian','' asked thte other ; "whiat I said is lhe ought to get ta nip.' "G(et a nip ?" "Yes, go up theo river.'' "I see, I see," grotaned the Justiee.1 "Go to Sing Sitig. My friend, we will try to accommodate you. Bitt this 001n versation is trying to a manl of my COnt stitutin. Gho to Ptatsy Buts, I beg you. Te'll hun to bring hIs' gicvance lhcre ini persotn, atnd for' lleavent's. sake, let htlt bring a1 little or the ver'nae'ttar alaitg.'" ,' Thel applliennit bow~ed is head sul ienly. "Maybe you're ril'gt, Jede,'" said hec, '"an' mnay be you aini't,. but,. It does seem irough Oin a1 oiitizetn anid taux-payci', if' lie ctan't gotijustlee unliess he's swal howed 2a loio dictiontar'y and' erahnmed downt jaw-breankei's fit to bust himr. So long," and( ite stalked gloomtily away ini qugtSt of Patsy uns.. Soarintg and1 Naiinng of B~irda. Mr. Belt, describing the mnovem'eint of a pair of black vultures stilling on the wind, says :-"Tlke all bli'de that soar, bo0th oyer sea and land1(, whteit it is calm the vultures are obliged to ijaii their wintgs whben they tly; but whet1 a breeze ia blowIng they are able to': tree~ their specitie graility hes a fulerum by a' titeans 'of' whleih the~y presont Lholr bodies and'otstretcheod W~flngs and tils at various angles tp thienljyl nijter.' alhly sail. Hoyw often Wiihhabeajpiled oh southiein adtas, Wnenindlt ft broathobf air $vas.stirrinig, haVe f, seen ' the alba tr'oss, the petrel, atid' the capp-pIg6'en restinig on thf waioe.r,6gsj Niii f fleulty, and Qtnly-by t ipn $~,ot n1 of their lots~ wings able .t9.4y at,.ai j But when A t breeze sprang .;p they weore all life anid miction wheeling in gracefiql blroles, now presenting onie alde, nOrW tlig othe,' to VA'W U1 e 'dy against~Itg4 Tteigg&hbq~pg , .mn~d @flahth ~hsdetanu FQO FOR THOUGH.T. itighteotisneis 18 immortal. Exainples - are the. best lessons for Light cares speak-great one are Iimb. If it were not for hopes the heart wvotld break. hionest men's words are as good at .heir bonds. lie hath lived III who knows not howv o die well. As love speaks no evil, so envy spepaks io good. Childreni are certain cares but nll -erain I c nforts. Ali hotur of pain is as long as a day f pleasure. Choose ia wifo riither by your ear' Jhin your eye. Attentiin to little things Ia the econ )my of virtue. Blesulsngs are often not valued till ley are gone. All between the cradle and the cofln Is ncertain. CharIty begins It home, but should tot mid there. 11t that. gives hIs heart wvill not deny I1s ioney. Dost, thO, loVe life, thienl (10 not qnaui ler thime, for that is the stil' lite i nade of'. (ooil thoughts, like rose leaves, give )ut a sweet siell it' laid up in the jar of uetilory. Ti'e wealth of' a man Is the nuimber )f things that lie loves and blesses, ,hat lie Is loved and blessed by. The most terrifll storm of real woe lin Laui's heart .rarely ilnuugs Its fioth ut1d foamt as high Ias hIs lips. ]Iil Is like a ailglhtmiiare; tIhe l usanlit mil 'begin o strive w1th It, to besti1 ouirself, it Is already entded. The praise and blame whleh hang o:n ,ie lowest boughs, anid I may be easily lIteked, aire generally worthless. D onestle rtile Is founded 111)011 triuith Ind love, If It has not both of' these, it. s nothing better than ia despotism. Mleasuro Uhristianity by its teaclings. d 1n1ot 1by the short-sighted, selflisi ,ractcees of a few unwortby followers. Some thoutghts are prayems. There Ire Moments wheln, wlatover be the titude of tihe body, the sol I. on its ille's. Thiere is J ust nov a gcreat clnor and lenmiul for "uulture," bu, It is not so iiiich culture that Is needed as disci )i1'0 How great one's virtue Is best appears 3' occasIons of' adversity - for occasions lo not make a man frail, but show wlat, lie is. The hardest ir e a man can lead on 3arth, the tuost fertile ofinlsery,Is to be tlwIys doig I1s Own will and seeking You destroy th'e divine jmage in your ioul by kadiess. All nature rtJolvos Iin tA (;r&itori- W, uld1 you remain In a orrowful 8llence ? , There Is lin Christianity light enough 'or loope who sinegrely wish ,.see i, uld da'kness eiotiglh to ednfound those )f LII opposite (ispositton01, if thou carry the cross villingly, .it ivil carry thee and bring thee to thy de dried omen-to wit, to take place where ,here will be an end of sufering. Never refise to receive an applogy. You mty not receive friendship, but 3ourtcay will reqiire, when an apology 4 o bred, that you accept .of It. A pIlls that are oupwardly fail', gilft and rollod.lu sugar, but within are full I )f bitterness, even so lustful pIeasure 8 no sooner hatchied, but-ropentanee is it hand readv to supplant her. We love our frienids all the tmno-, when we ar'e absorbed ini working for hem11 that we seldom think of' thami, as vell as when telling thetn of' our re cards. Wealt~h bears heavier on talent-. than >overty. pnidor gold pnouptiis and itones who knows how .man y a spiirit ial gIant may be' eruished dbwdi andt iurtledI. You will generally su ffer for wishing o appear other than tyhiat -you ar'e, vhie bier it be riclher, or' gregof~r or'. pore. earned. Th'let nintsk soon becomes an nstr mniuent 0of torture., . -ie whio spends hisa'life ini accumiiiat nig knowledge which a never adapted o the wvantp of society is' a literary hiser. 'lls gaiings bhiar iio interest, md( hie de1frauds mianklud of' their Jdst luies. .But little do meon. pergelveywhiat so~i udo Is, and how far it, exCtends~. For a wioW~d Is no cenmatif ;mn's faes are Jut -llke pictures in a gallery,-and talk ut a tin klng -Qymbal, wjmer~e: thereis tio love. 1 If' moti wvpul pse as duth'ih jlgnee *n rooting out vIcba a'g ama~l .r nee as they do In pi'oyoli~ gle tibus ~here would( not be so gi'eateVlssom nor' sonmuch relaxatIon in.ngongatqrigs. There iss.still such a rpaUI~y asjpp leeiual hionesfy, even In qur 6asy gotpg dlays. It does mator what a man be LiO'vds, tihough some 'bf'.xs? have' ti'en forward and t'oolsh enortgh to say that em Wit did not. ,l~1 e' b)lacedd sblemnityy 0la tlons," or momenudry 'eldvatten of Lhe sraI to QOph WI) l,94JenlIP reQyyn Galling An$1afelo1w4diroatdthe RQiId~~ ara v if Iif ou it twhbhinvIted b 90tt Dw 4*o 0i1, lw roe "I 7. AI anoth4 19144% 16% 6t$ MA d sever h a kilt Id Wnett~ 49 de