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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION, WINNSBORO S. , MAY 31, 1879. WHEN ALL IS DONE. The sun comes up and the sun goes down And bHie day and the night are the same as one, The year grows green and the year grows brown, And what In it all when all is done. Grains of sombre or shining sand Sliding into and out of the hand. And men go down in ships to the seas, And a hundred ships are the name as one; And baokward and forward blows the breeze. . And what is it all when all is done ? A tide with never a shoro i sight setting stead ly on toward the night. The fisherman droppeth hit' net in the s' ream. . Ani a hundred streats arb the sine aS on0; Tihe maidou dreatnotti her love-lit dream, Aid what is it all whon all is done The fIsher's net*tle burden breaks. And after the dreaming the dreamer awakes. Mr. Paimleaf's Proposal. White and glistening like a mannoth bridal veil, the December sun lay over all thip Now .lampshire hills; dark and teli cate, like the tracery of lacework, the leaf less woods held up their boughs against the dazzing winter sky-and the Reverend Peter Palinleaf studying over i embryo sermon in his own especial Rsam1( tlun glanced up where a blackbird was whitling in the casement, and thought to himself what a lovely world the Lord bad made. When, all of a sudden, a shrill voice ailed through the entry: "Peter, the horse is ready." "What horse?" asked the Rev. Mr. Pilmleaf. "Our horse, to be sure.!" said Miss P'au lina, his sister. SWhat forV" demanded the parsou, star Ing through his near-sighted spectacles it the door. * "1'o take you to Mr. Darrow's." "Whiy, am I going to Mr. Darrow's?" further questioned the mian of theology. "Well, ' neverI" said Miss Paulina, bouncing into the stu-1y, with a yellow pocket handkerchief tied around her head and hier sleeves rolled in a business-lite fashIon up to her elbows. " Peter, you -grow more moody and absent-minded every day of your lifel IHave you forgotten our discussiomn at the breakfast table? Wly, you are going to Mr. Darrow's after a girl, to be sure!" ''A-girl !" repeated the young minister; dreamily, rubbing his forehead. "Oh, I do recall sometuing of the conversation A' hired girl. "lYe," nodded the lady briskly. "Sihe's going to leave Mr. )arrow's this morning, hecause the family is so large and work so heavy. She can't find that fault with our establisliment, I guess. Ask her how much wages she wants, and how old she is, and ask her whether she has any followers-a follower is the one thing I can't tolerate, tell her-and be sure you bring her back with her bundles; as I must have her or some person to help me before cousin Phil linda's folks come from the city.". '' But suppose she won't conic!" salid the young minister, dubiously, fitting on the lingers of his gloves. "''hien you must make her come," said Miss Paulina, hurriedly retreating, to look after a certain kettle, which was noisily boiling over, at the back of the house. And thus, charged with his mission, the Reverend Peter Palhleaf got into the one horse cutter and jingled merrily away. Mr. Darrow's farmhonse nestled under a hill, in the protecting ahadow of a cluster of evergreens, with a green fence in front of' it, a red barn at the rear, and a colony of dovehouses at the sunny southern angle; and Mr. Darrow himself, a ruddy-faced, ol derly man with a fridge of white whiskers around his chin, was shoveling away the lpearly masses of sno0w ini front of his dloor. "Eli " said Mr. D~arrow leaing on the handle of Is spade, as the bells jingled up in front ,of his gate, and theon stoppledi. "How? Why, it's the mninisteri Good morning, Mr. Palmleaf-good morning I Tihiat there Sunday sermon o' yours was a~ masterpiece. Me anld Squire Sennex-" "Yes," said Mr. Palmicaf, leisulrely alighting, and tying the horse to the post. "I have called on business this muorninlg." For Mr. Paimleaf was emphuatically a man of one idea, for thme time being, the "hired girl" had chased all theology out of lis head. "Ehil" said Mr. Darrow; "business?" "l've have conme aifter a young womanti,"~ said the minlister. Mr. Darrow dropped the spadle in tihe Smiddle of the snow-drift. "Do you mean Dolly?" lie said. "If that's her name-yes, asserted lime minister, solemnnly. "You don't mcani that-it Is to 1)e an engagementP" cried ,Mr. Dlarrow. "Well, y'es-that is, if we suit each other," said Mr. Palmleaf, mildly.1 "JerulsaelemI" said Mr. Dorrow, whlo hmad always heard that Mr. Palmleaf, like most men' of genins, *alg sai '1 Oecditrie," but had dover realized it before. "Hae1 o spoken to her?"laeel "Certainly not I" answered Mr. Palm leaf. "Of course I shouldn't think of such a thing without seeing you first." "Iery straighitforward'6f you, I'im sure," sai the farmer.. "But, of course, I cani have no objection, if Doily hekself is suited. Thloulgh,") atid lie smnote one redi mitted hand upon his knee, "new I come to think of it, you've.never seen Dolly." "19 1" said .the minister serenely. "But that-need mnake nuo (differencee."-~ "Jerusalem 1" -again uttered the farmer. Jt wasn't the way I- used to look at things when I was a young man. "Tastes differ," said Mr. Palmleaf, a little implatienit at this hongthenied discus sion. S"Oh, of course you can see her, " said Afr. Darrow. "She's -in tihe dairy, skim mning 'milk..,Dollyl D~oill" raising lia voice to a wild b~ellowV.' "Ilere'W lihloRv crn M.aimleaf,- wafita to: see yod I TIhorp~' athe doo,'just to the loft, str.t ". Andi, ~R in hiser-sighited way, the muinis tet; sttayngl ,in9 .irrParrgw's *atlry, whrlsy dheoke'd gr, wit1m, jet-iblack hair, bjilI~el aa f(-d a lo'u,"olive-dark. brow, aid eIs like pools of'eserry *mne, . was skimming the-cream 'from multitudin 'tYdun 'womnanr"- said Mr. Palfileaf, turiF a e azed. Nle ) g.1~Q theiretfoo trt 24 othr st Za.%exlain' ' h Palm Indeed, sir, I never thought of such a thing!" said Dolly, all in a flurry. "Hlow old are you?" questioned Mr. 1ahnnleaf. ''I am eighteen, " Said Dolly, in conifis loll. llave you any followers?" 'Sir?" fluttered Dolly. "Beaux, I mean," elaborately explained the clergyman. "Of course, I haven't," said Dolly, half inclined to laugh, half to be angry. "Then I think you'll suit me,' said Mr. Palmleaf; "or rather my sister. Our fa nily is not large; the work is light, and Paulina is a most considerate mistress. Get your bundle.'" "My-what." said )olly in bewilder ment. " Your clothes. I am to take you back with me Immediately,'" said Mr. Palhnheaf. " Paulina except company. It is essential that we obtain hell) at once." Dolly Darrow looked up with cheeks crimson like any rose, eyes full of deep b)rown suarkles, and lips around which danced a perfect galaxy of dimples. W lit a minute please," she said. "Certainly," said Mr. Palmleaf. And lie sat down on a wooden stool in the corner, and fell to meditating on the "thirdly" of his uncompleted sermon, while Dolly ped up stairs, three steps at a time. "Father," cried sHil, flying into the pres mnce of her parents, "tile minister has mis taken me for Bridget!" 1 li?" said Mr. Darrow. "You don't tell mie, sait Ars. )arrow. "And lie wants to hire ile," said )olly, ier eyea gleaming with fun. "And I'm going. Quick-where's my hlamt, and hlawl, and m1111illers?" Airs. Darrow rose ill) in tile majesty of ier black silk gown and gold watchelhain. " l)orolhy Darrow, said shel, "you're never goilg to hire as a servant?" " Yes, I am, " said Dolly. " Its better hlan private theatricals. le's so nice and .bsent-minded, and Paulina is a jewelI h do make haste or he'll he tired of wait ing!" And Dolly succeeded in carrying her point. fifteen 'muinutes later she had got into thU cutter, withi a parcel, which Mr. i'almleaf stowed snugly away under the ieat, and the minister drove home with se ,ret exultation. Miss Paulina was in the kitchen frying ausages for dinner, when Dorotihy Darrow walked in, with cheeks like carnations, .tair blown all ver her face, and the bun le under her an. " Here I am, Miss Palleaf," said she. "The hired li]., at your service. I" Miss Paulina started. "Why, It's Dorothy," said she. "And [ sent Peter after-" "Yes I know," said Dolly brightly. "But. Bridget was gone, and lie mistook ne for her, and lie has engaged mne to work lore. And oil, Miss Paulina, please don't indeceive him. Because I am a smart ittle housekeeper, and I can help you just is much as any Irish girl could. Just. give ne a trial, that's all." Miss Paulina had a shrewd appreciation f joke; her hard features relaxed with a Imille, ts she stood looking down at the rn liant little burnette. "Well," said she, "I don't mind if I For one mondil othy Darrow ofliciat !d as hired girl at the parsonage. Then lhe lcale to the clergyman, one day: "Mr. Palmleaf,". said she, "I ain going o leave the placi " Ir. Pahnleaf looked up1 imn amazement mud dismay. "I hope, Dolly," sidd lie, "that neither ny sister or I have unwittingly offended rou?, "No!" said Dolly, patting her little foot in the staring green' leaves in the study .arpet, "bnt oh, Mr. Palmnleaf, I have done vrong, and I earnestly beg your pardo'n!" "1Dolly !" cried out the Reverenid Peter, n mild surprise. "Because you arc so goodl and( true," obbed the girl, "and( i alm not a hliredl girl, md I onily came here for a joke, and I can't ear to tiling Pml dle-de-dleceiving you 1" And D~olly began t~o cry piteously, behind he corner of her apron. "You cameo here for a joke, elh?" saidl lie minister. "Y-yes, confessed D~olly, behind her pron. " Well the~n," said the nmiister, gently lrawilng her towvard hin, "suppose you Itay ini earnest?" "Sir?" faltered Dolly. "My (dear," said Mr. Pahleaf, "I have 00 used0( to you aroundl the h~ouse. I shlouldi is you terrible if you should leave us. D~o you thmnk I am too old to thlink of a )loomning wife like you?" "'Not a bit I" criedi Dolly indignasntly. "Old you!" "D~o you like me a little bit?" "A great deal," said Dolly, laughing andl >luishing. "Then you will stay with me-always?" Anid D~olly promised that she would. Eiverybody wondered how so bashful a nan as the llev. Mr. Pahnsleaf ever muster id courage for a proposal; but nobody mew that an "engagement." begun for a oke turnedl out sobler tarnlest. Thoughts fronm the Frwoneh. InI some people mounatams develop legs, ni oth~er wings. IHe who travels alone is dependent on iobody and at the merey of everyb)ody. Thlere is only one thing less endurable han a fool's folly-to wit, a wIse man's. It is a. little qlueer how giving- the law to ,he world in fashion consoles us for no onger givIng it the law in anything else. "Thle niost intolerable 6f traveled folk are uhose who have come back from everyi~heire without havings been any where. Anm Englishmlan never travels withlout lie fleld glass, .m German without Is spec acles, or a Frenchlman without Is eye glass, ileal 'distinction is to be ob~tained not by loing anything different from what your seighlbor does5, but by doIng everything Letter than lie dohs. ' ..Adver~seak Obeantq. It has, beo'p s0 common to write the bi'nmll'.* an, 0legant, -Interesting tlpIQoknd. 4 04 r~NIato*ome adver gasmwent that We avoid al Snch cheats nxd sintply call &tteitop to 4 inmetts ogg itrh paihqueaterms jsimione trial, asan hon OfOho kno*~s Uk6Niavaeillii evar uaa ahvt~nip etsa Aneedotes of O'Connel. lie was examining a witness, whosi iebriety, at the time to which the evi dence referred, it was essential to hii client's case to prove. lie was a fellov who may be described as "half foollsl with rogury." "Well, Darby, you told the truth t< this gentleman ?" "Yes, your honor, Counselor O'Con iell." "How do you know my name?" "Ah, sure every one knows his oWL pathroit." "Well, you are a good-humored, hon, est fellow. Now tell me Darby, dih you take a drop of anything that day ?' "Why, your honor, I took my shar4 of a pint of spirits." "Your share of it I Now, by virtue of your oath, was not your share all ol It-all but the pewter ?" "Why, then, dear knows, that's trw for you, sir." "The court was convulsed at botl question and answer. It soon, step by Step, camne out that the man was drunk, and was not, therefore a competent wit. ness. Thus O'Connell won the cast for his client. lere is another Instance of his read j tact and Infinite resource in the defeis of his client. In a trial at Cork for murder, the principal witness swore strongly against the pr'loner. He par ticularly swore that a hat, found near the place of the murder, belonged to th prisoner, whose name was James. "By the virtue of your oath, are yo sure this is the same hat?" "Yes." "Did you examine it carefully before you swore Il your information thve it was the prisoner's?" "I did." "Now let me see," said O'Connell, as he took up the hat, and began to exam fie it carefully in the inside. He then spelled along the name of Jues, slow ly, thus: "J-a m-c-s." "Now, do you iean to say these letters were in tle hat when you found it?" "1 do." "Did you see them there?" "I did." "And it is the same hat?" "It is." "Now, my lord," said O'Connell, holding up the hat to the bench, "there is an end of the case. There is ne name whatever Inscribed In the hat?' The result was an immediate acquit. tal. Sinpson's Experience. When I met Simpson one day after I had been absent from the city for sev eral months I noticed that lie had a de pressed look and that he wore a wig. I asked him the reason for assuming the wig, b'it he said, "Never you inid I" add appeared to want to avoid the subject. When 1 reached my of flee I asked lism ii, and I pressed him to tell me what was the matter, Final ly, he consented, and locking the door and pulling down the window blind, lie said: "You know old Partridge the phlre nologist?" "Yes." ."You know he has an awful pretty daughter, Sally ?" "Yes." "Well, sir, I was in love with thai girl, and I thought she loved me. And so, one day, I called at Partridge's p~lace to kind of soundl him to see if I stood any chance. And tihe old man, you know, hie was a little reserved, but lhe told me that any man who wanmtedl to get a favor from him could do so by permitting him to shave off his halr and map out his scalp. Said, you know that lie wanted a living subject to lee ture from Instead of a plaster bust." "You refused, of course?'' "Well, you see, I was wild about hisi daughter, se like an immortal idiot I let him practice on ine. lie took oil every h air clean, and then got r. stick ci caustie aiid laid out my scalp in towni lots, with a picture in each reservation, eJust look at that! Isn't that infa mnoums?" Simpson renmoved his wig. ils hiead looked like a globular checker board, with frescoes of the most amazing and id ~eous characters 'daibed in to cluel square. Ther'e was a pizi7e light in pr1ogress upon hIs bump of combative. ness; two black doves that looked li buizzards were billinig upon his bumja of amativenesst a grimy angel with parasols for wings, stood on his vener ation bump; and on his bump of philo-0 progenitiveness there was what up pearedl to be a comic picture of~ "len little Indians standing in a line."'' was lihe most startling spectacle I ee beheld, andl I said( to Simpson "Old fel'owv, Ipity y'ou! " "P'ity mec IIlumuph I Why blame it man, (10 you' know thamt those frescoes will never comeC oflf? Carry them te my grave, just as they are. And them you know, Partridge wasni't satielied with that, lIe saidi that my humpi o1 acquisitiveness was a great deal tot small. And when I asked him wvhal hie was going to dho about It, lie said 11 must be swveiled up someh~ow. lie said if he ever had a ron-ln-law 1 must be a man whose .amnativeness wai strong. So that fetched me and I tokt him to go ahead. Ile first propose( sawing out a squ:are Inch of my skul and setting in a hump that would abou pueeL his views ;.but I was a little shy you know, and so he said he couki either cup me like the man in Mar ryat's novel, or else work me up somi Qort of a lhydraulIo pressure, or sumetor or something." "Welb all I knowr is that I was kerj in that office for four nights and thre days wiLi a bucket on my head, pi there to hold the machinery down ; an that I was so delirious most of the tini that he had to strap rmte to the bookcasi When I came to, I found I had a bum over my ear as large as a four-cent lot of bread, and old Partridge you knoi' was standing there exclaiming,"Sploi did I Splendid I" and decorating with a caricature in caustic of a mise grasping a bag of gold I I'll kill thi old idiot yet, if I get a chance !" "You recovered though '" - "Yes; and next 'day a artridge sat he must have a cast of that noble buimt at all hazards. Said he wtuted it t use to illustrate his annual address b( fore the Philosophical Society. S( like the incredible ass that I am, yielded. Ile put me down on the sof plugged my nose with quills, and the daubed some kind yor white mud ove my face. I stood it patiently till thI stuff hardened, and then the old mai took the mould oil'. About an hou later lie had a bust of iue, without hal and with a bulge on one side that look like a cancelope skewered on a water melon. lie has it on his table now with busts of murdurers, )irates, plek pockets and paupers." "You got his daughter, though ?" "That's what i was coming to. Af ter lie had finished the bust, I though I'd done about enough, and so I asket himl plumply if I could have her. An do you know what the beastly o1 buccaneer said ? Actually rose up an' said that Sally was engaged to younj Jim Duncan, and the announcemen would be made on Tuesday ! Laid in right out I The girl had gone back oi Me, fixir and square! And so here am. I bought a wig and went off ti hide my misery." Then Simpson sald good morninj and left. Lt struck me that his cas4 was rather hard, taking it altogether. Carryug Pistol. Georgia has a stringent pistol law Tlie penalty is forfeiture of the pistol, I ine of fifty dollars and,at the discretioi of the court, imprisonment for thirt3 days. A short time after the law wen into efleot, Judge Lester was holdinj court In one of the mountain countle of North Georgia, and, right in thi midst of the trial of a cause, he asket the attorneys to suspend a few mo ments, and told the Sheriff to lock th4 court-house door and let no man pas out without permission from him Then said the Judge In his firm, deeld ed way : "Gentlenqn, I saw a pistol oi a man In this room a few moments ago and I cannot reconcile it to my sense o duty as a peace ofilcer to let such a vio latlon of the law passed unnoticed. I may be that it is my duty to go befor, the grand jury and indict him, but I that man will walk up to this stand an lay his pistol and a fine of one dolla down here. I will let him off this time otherwise I will go before the gran< jury and testify against him." . The Judge paused, and an attornei who was sitting down just before thi stand go, up, slipped his hand in hi hip pocket, drew out a neat Ivory-han died Smith & Wesson six shooter, an< laid it and a dollar down before the Judge. Judge, as all right," remarked the Jug,"but you are not the man I say with the pistol." At this another attorney, sitting im mediately in fronlt of the Judge, got ul and drawing out a small Colt's revolver laid it and a dollar bill upon the stand "This is right again," said the Judge "but you are not the man, I speak of. Thereupon, a large man, just outsida of the bar, walked around, ran his han< in his borom, and drawing out a hug< old army pistol, laid it and a dollar oi the standl. "1 declare," exelaimed the Judge "if this don't beat all; you have donl right, my friend, but you are not thi man that 1 saw with the pistol." This process went on until nlineteei pistols una nineteen dollars were lyin, on the Judge's stand. Then there wa a l'ause, anid it appeared as if the crow wvas pretty well disarmed; at least, I there were any more pistols in th house their owners did not seem dit poscd to give them up. "Gentlemen," resumed the Judge ''here are nineteen persons who havy acted like men In thIs business, but tha man that I saw with the p~istoI has no come up yet, and now," continued he puliing out hisa watch and looking to wvard the far side of the court-house "I will give him one minute to acepj my proposition, and if lie does not do I in that timie, I will point him out to th' Sheriff and .order hilm to be takena nt custody." immediately two men from the bacl part of the house began to move toward the Judge's standl. Once they stoppe< and looked at each other, and thon comning slowly for ward, laid down them pistois andl .their dollars, As the, turned, to leave, the Judge said : "Thi mail with the black whiskers is the on that I saw with the pistol." Then Judge Lester gave a short -lee ture upon tihe cowardly, foolish an wicked habit of carrying concealo weapons, and assured his audience tipa In l uture the law would be strictly en forced. The Court proceeded with it regular business, and ft is needless add that in that county the habit c carrying pistols was broken up. Speak the truth ; yld not to anger iv hen ased of the itttle thou hmaBt ths hresteps thou shgR1-gue 43 A fire Inj Ohina. it A person w ho was present at tihe late (I tire in liong Kong, China, says: "I e trust never to mee such a sight again. 3. Tihe long road shaded with trees load Jp lug from our part of the town to the if populous part, was alive with Chinese r, carrying their goods, women huddled - together over beds, baskets, stools, it clothes, crockery-anything and every r thing I the way of personal goods. it Small-footed women totteredl along, held up by their children ; while others bore some good bit of bronze or some d family treasure. Several sewing ma p chines lay oi tie road, and I met a su 0 perb Amerlean plano carried along. Sick people borne past in blankets tld 0, us that the hospital was on fire. Still I we made our way to the front, through a the smoke, up a street of small houses, n mostly those of small P-irsee merchants r 'Who were huddling out bales of cotton, D silks, embroiderles, framied pictures, a etc., while so great was the -mass of r broken looking glasses that walking r became difflcnit. At last we reached s the cordoln of soldiers . and beyond it a - blazing mass was all that remained of the clvil hospital and eight other large - houses. The governor and general stood there; and C'iq governor samid to me, "1 had to blow it up to save the I - Jail;" and then lie whispered, "God 1 C knows what we may have to do; there I I are nearly one thousand prisoners." I Now camie theshrill blast of thie bugle H I "Stand oack all.'' Out caIne from the I smoke the englueer ofleers-, having Just j K laid the charges to blow up the rear of ' t the hospital, which adjoined the Jail- s yard. Another explosion of bricks, blazing bits of rafter, a shower of' sparks and blinding smoke and a gor a geous cloud of colored flame showed the drugs stored In tihe hospital were I alight. Thei came a commotion which I did not ituderstand. Soldfere marched I up, fresh cries were raIsed, and a strati- t ger coming up said, "You had better stand up on the rise of tie hill, for they are about to bring out the prisoners,' It was like Chei riot sceine in "Barnaby t Rudge." I could hear the order "fix i bayonets,'' and then down through the crowd and dust tramped tihe soldiers, t with about one luindred hancuffed crea tures in their midst. When X atnd I B returned we followed the governor through the back entrance in tihe Jail, Ipassing through the central police stam tion, where the Inspectors who aire ) married imen, have large quarters. S Here English furniture, books, orna ments, dresses lay about drenched with - water. Time governor of the jail told I told mne that the jail was saved by the blowing up of Cite civil hospital, but f that the danger tiien was from tihe po- C - lice station stables. Very soon they 1 t were gallantly broken open, principally i D by sailors, atid huge 1)10s of Iay f handed from man to man and thrown < I down tihe steep streets; and that night ' r many homeless Chinese were cuddled f under the hay. Now the block of build: I ings in front of time Oriental batik was to be blowni up. I hastened thither, i through a never-ending scene of dis a tC ess, to find tihe bank hung over with B the handsome oarpets soaked with wa- c - ter. Within doors pa.,er were being packed in safes, bank notes. In fire- a a proof boxes, and1( so sent down to Cue I harbor escorted by soldiers andl placed< a in steam launtchies. I watchedi Che r blowimng up of Ross' tailoring establish- a ment, a fine block of buildings. Sev.-t - eral fifty-pound charges of powder 4 were laid, the bugle sounded again amid ,Ross' ceased to exist. This however .saved our enid of the townm. Words < ,cannot tell the scene in Queen's road, *one of the sights of Chie city, for here s are (or rather wvere) tihe curiosity or 4 I bird shops. The place was deeply lit- I a tered with brokenm glass and1( shattered Svases, burning slhke and ganzes, smas~h- I ed ivories, lovely lacquer cablinets in Sfragments. 1 tumbled over a lot of I a hares, ducks, geese, p~heaisants, etc., a the whole of a poulterer's stock. The fire brigade, mostly volunteers, were I still working, looking thoroughly e.x C hatusted. Before one shtop anm 'rish lad 5 declared lie could inot let time birds be I I burned alive; and though lhe was f walrnled that a fIfty-pound charge was e in time house, heo dashed ini, broke open i -time bird cages with his axe, and~ a flock of little canaries was all over Queen's road in less than five iminumtes. By six 1 o'clock in thme evenimig all wams over, simouldering rulins 'mmd faling walls oniy left... ,On the 14Ith of September, 1828, there - mnighmt have been seen two travelers mraking their way oii foot across the hill-country to t the east of Macquarie IHarbor, Vain Die t men's Land. Of all parties consisting of two persons movig at time samie time, upon Chic earth's surface, or at sea, we may safely 1 Saffirm Clhat thmere was none placed in such, strange circumstances as were time men we 'write of. Others, like themnselves, might I 1have been escaped crhmininals, dIreadinig lest I thmey should be pursued, and broughmt back' ,to chains and labor; others, like themselves, 1 r mighmt haye been suffering time acutest pamgs of hiunger, not to be alpeased by grass anid s nettle-tops, boiled in a tin p~ot, whmieh was all Chic food they could procure; but oven a therr their circumstances would have beenm commonplace, compared to the position of -the two men in question. By reason of famtmness anid the diffiulties of time way, i their progress was, very tardy ; yet slowly as thme leadher advance, who carrieb an axe (or thby would never have made their way at all) the other man kept well ibm thme rea afor lie was afraid of being killed and eaten. A few weeks back, these men, who were 'fcall CGrenhill and Pierce, liad thi e m, m panions---Traverse, Badnianm and tathe~s -who had fled wlthk them frois- 049al eglo in hopeto nak hIir r They woere sopni |afoe e ~ ~r of zgani but statI~ *~ t ~ certain step, gradually overtook thein They had drawn lots which of the 1iv4 should (ie, and the fatal slip had fallen t< Badman. They then drew lots whicl should kill him, which fell to Traverse who put him to death while the others col lected wood for the fire. This dreadfu provision lasted thein some days, and thei it became Y a thews' "turn to die." "B' the thne he was all eaten," says Pierce, fo: we have his own confession, "Travers through fatigue fell lame in his knees-s< much so that he could not proceed; Green lilll proposed that I should kill him, whicl I agreed to." But now even this supplj was exhausted, and the two men were alon i the wilderness, each pretending friend ;hipl), yet each seeking the other's life, Ih >rder that lie might prolong his own, Neither of then dared to sleep. The strug gle resolved Itself Into which could hold oul ,he longer against the overpowering desirt tor repose ; and Greenhill's constitutlot wvas the first to give way. Pierce snatchet its axe and slew him, and with recruite( itrength, and carrying his ghastly victuali -vith hin, nade his way to a bumian habl. ation. Convict to begin with, it is probable tha his ian had but little sensibility of an3 lort, but the rapidity with which lie becani lemoralized was frightful. Having beer eiitted to the penal colony, he again niad( its escapE from it in company with otil lhomas Cox. This nan had very eagerly )ressed the attempt, although Pierce fron1 xperlence knew something of its uttei oleessness. "I had irons on at the time, ut Cox knocked them off for mue with the xe. We came to King's river, which Cox aidi he could not swim. I :emarked, tha ad I known that, he should iWver have een my companion. The arrangement or crossing the river created words, and I lied Cox with the axe, and ate part of ihn." They had been in straits for provi tons, but there seems really to have beeti o necessity for such diet.. Had not Pierec ire idy partaken of title food four times, ic would certainly not have touched It ; my, lie even appears to have b en actuated >y the very feeling that prompts the savage; ie de. -ed the flesh of his eneny. After a day of lone wandering and priva Ion, lerce's heart failed hin, and lie de ermined to go back, and give himself up. '1 threw most of the flesh away ; but some carried in my pocket to show the com nandant, that Cox was dead." One of the vardens at Macquaric Ilarbor, therefre, pon perceiving a signal-fire in the direction if King's Itiver-which was a commnion en ogh sign of somie escaped convict getting ired of his freedom-took boat thither, and ound out the Anthropophagite. Having onfessed that he had killed Cox, Alexander 'ierce was executed, June'21, 1832. The Quaker's Eggs.. A Quaker grocer in a country village Pecame notorious for selling eggs. he village gossips were ready to tes ,ify that he bought large and fine-look ng eggs, and where he could find so naiy small-sized eggs as he daily sent ut to customers was a mystery they ould m.t fathom. There were two nysterlous looking holes in his counter bout the size of an egg, and curiosity vas excited to the hIghest pitch to as ortaln what use they wore put to. Lhe only answer anybody could get rom the old man, when questioned oncerning the use of these holes, was: 'My friend, If I tell thee the truth, It vould not benellt me nor thee, and I Ion't wish to tell a falsehood. It Is a >ity lying is a sin, for It comes inl so iaay in trade." At last, It was resolved by some of the pinsters to watch his actions through he cracks of the shutters after lhe hind losedhis shop for the night, and thus indeavor to fiud out their use. This esolutlont was put into exocutioni and he ladles caught the *grocer passing ggs through the holes by the light of penny dip. All those that passed brough the smaller hole he placed in tie basket; and those that passed brough the larger onie lhe put in anoth r, andl all that would not pass through lmher lie placed in a tin pn' and took hem to his own house. On his way thither, lhe heard the rust ing of the women's dresses, and he saw hint lhe was caught; so he called them o htim, and In the blatndest manner, aid: "Sisters, ye have giyen yturselves niuch trouble to appease thy curiosity, ad I wIll therefore explain all to ye. (o see, I sort may eggs Iuto three sizes my means of these holes. T'he largest use in my own fuamily; the next size eli a half-penny cheaper on a dozen han any of my neighbors, for cash; hte smallest I send to those who will muy no other way than on credit." Tihe ladies were satIsfied with the esson in trade, and spread the news ~broad. Underground (Jurosite. At the cIty of Medina, in Italy, and bbout four miles around it, wheniover lie earth Is dug, and the workmen rrlve at a distance of sIxty-three feet hey come to a bed of chalk, whicho they lore wi th an augur, five feet deep. L'hey then withdraw from the pit be 'ore the augur is removed, and uponm ts .extraction the water bursts up hrough the aperture with great vi, ence, and quickly fills the newly made veil, which continues futll anid' is af.. ected nethier by rains nor drought. lut wvhat is the most remarkable in this uperation Is the layers of ,earth, as 'we escend. At the depth of fourteen eot are found the rumas of an anoierit ilty-paved streets1 botsses, floor. ; and ifforent pIeces of afiation work. , ndh his Is found soft, 00sy oartht, made p of vgtbes; St twenty-si2 feot, arge - trees4 :with the walnts stll tioking to thme stemr and the leayes.aM tranches inA ~rtt ~(ate Ut pt. ar FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Be not proud of wealth, nor complain of poverty. le who does not soar high, will stf fer less by a fall. The torment of envy is like a grain of k sanid In the eye. Envy not those who have, nor des pise those who have not. The e ror of a moment becoutes the sorrow of a whole life. The more talents are exercised, the more they will be developed. Mind your tongue I Don't let it speak hasty, cruel, or wicked words. Never exhibit anger, impatience or excitement when an ageident occurs. The integrity of men is to be measur ed by their couduct, not by their pro fesalotis. Never enter a room nolilly; never tfall to close the door after you, and never slam it. . Unhappy is the man for whom hi.i (wn mother has made other mother. venerable All that-ls wise has been theught al ready ; we imist try, however, to think It again. The gem cannot be polished without frition, nor ma-i perfected without trials. The man who combats himself, will be happier than lie who contends with others. Never exhibit too much familliarity with the now acquaintance; you may give oflence. Men show their character in nothing more clearly thia by what they tl.ink lauighable. Expression is of more consequoec than shape-it will light up features otherwise heavy. All virtue lies in a power of denying our own desires when reason does not authorize them. The mind hath reason to reiem ber that passions ought to be her vas sals, not her madters. Never faill to onrer the easiest and best seat in the room to an lavalid, or elder ly person or a lady. Generalizations and great selt-conctit are always preparing the most lament able mlahaps. Never neglect to perform thp com mission wlhith the friend entrusted t. you. You must not forget. Ordinary apprehension, or a corrcet view of human affairs, is the gencial heirloom of common sense. People do not reflect that they may soon die. If they did their quarrel 4 would quickly terminate. At present let us remove what is bad; which mustalways be done before good of any kind cau spring up. Persevering mediocrity is much more respectable, and of unspeakbly more use than talented inconstancy. In everything the consent of all na tions is to be accounted the law of na ture, and to resist it Is to resist the law of God. Let every mail sweep the snow from before hI s own doors, and not busy lin self about the frost on his neighbor's tiles. Who will feel the tenderest participa tion in joy let him not look at pappy children, but atthe parents who rejoice to see themii happy. Though the life of a man falls short of a hundred years, ie gives himself as much pain and anxiety aai lie were to live a thousand. True friendship Is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and with stand many shocks of adversity before it is en'itled to the appellation. A man to be a success'must not be a pure idealism, but he must have ideas. lHe does not want to be sun-dazzled or sun-blind, but he must keep hirm from knooking himself against the wail.. The glospised of some people are the looked-up to of others. Were It not so, the little ones of the earth would not be able to hold up their heads under the contumely of the great ones. 'The wise main makes equity and jus tice the basis of all his conduct, the right forms the rule of . his behavior, deference and modesty mark his exter ior, sincerity and fidelity serve him for accomplishments. Witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls 8allpplng off'a brokeni spring; but a word of kind ness is seldomi spoken in vain. It is a seed wvhiich, even when dropped by chance, springs up a flower. All the paths of knowledge are con neoted. They all run into eachr T1hey are all one. There is nu4~ the things we mtjat learrl, In o~4l to have what may be called knowl tge of any one thing. . If you would be exempt froma uneasi ness, do nothing whioh~ you. know or sispect is wrong; and .if you wish to ci joy the present pleasure, always do everything in your power whieh yo't know to be right. Some unknown philosopher obaerves : "A little girl who can put oni a squnare patch inay noli be so accomplisheud as one who can work a green worsted1 on a yellow ground,a bht she is of fa, more value in the communityA" The great highi road-of hPqitah woe' tare lies along the old highway of'stead fast well-doing, and thaey Who re the most persIstent and Workis e trest spirit will Invariably be th6 mo siue cessful; success itreads on tihe heels' of every right effort. *,~, The only certain test by whleh we can gecertain the sinoef1t .0 r re gard for our rlis the liawith whidh we reed 'l~h~e~d their happiness, and aa e.d~~int, the more especially wi on v #Ainehs rats. He w~o1~ p 1t. ,is 11a. bleto alc yj4#i jraters no t@ood ma)t~ ta rabgip tiei~ di~ ,a;p uch~o bettr 8400(10 s$ rtglMti d1i~iiW~iE $ 9VMAB~; h EBR~i P q# YM