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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE 3, 1879. VOL. IV.-NO. I. OPPORTUNITY. In harvest thue, when flels and woods Outdazzlo sunset's glow, And so)thom clang music through the land, It is too late to sow. Too late I too late I It Is too late to sow. In wintry days, when weary Earth les cold in-pulAes sleoe, With not a blossotn on her shroud, It Is too late to reali. Too late I too late It Is too late to reap. When blue-eyed violets are astir, Mnd new-born gr.ssos creep, And young birds chirp, then sow botitues, And thou betimes'shalt real). Then now I then sow! And thou betimes shalt real). Marrying A Clod. Godfrey Prime was a very rich and sue cessful merchant. He had no wife, and but one -child daughter - whom he adored, and upoi whom It was his delight to lavish every thing she asked for,, If money would bum it. Annis Prime was beautiful, and she wa besides, a girl of considerable sense ; tot much so, indeed, to he easily satisfled in he choice of a husband. She had many suitors, but none of then suited her. One day the merchant came home to hi splendid nitsion, looking like a ghost, Ii was ao pale. His hair had grown severa degrees whiter since he went away in tll moring. 4oibng to his private room Ie locked tih< door and loatded his pistol. "If I kill myself," he said, 'Annis wil be obliged to marry Some of her rich aid tirers, because she will have no home with (Alt. I could never endure to live and se< her suffer the miseries of poverty whiel her rearing las so ill-ft ted her to hear. " Then he took the p1ilot 1in his hand int looked at it calmly. "Shall I blow out my brains or shoot my self through the heart?" "Yott will do neither if you please, pal, said Annis herself, coming forward fron behind the curtain of a window in whiel she hand been sitting ever since he eniteret Slie room. "What is the matter? Why d vou wish to kill yourself?" "A nis, " said the merchant, sadly, "eve since your imother died I have lived ouly for you. All I cared to get wealth for wma for you. Bit of late I have been unfortu nate. I stand to-day on the verge of bank. rIupt cy. " "Vell, I am sure that Is bad enough.wil I. out your killing yourself," mid Annis "lDo you nungine, oh, foolish papa. Miht al the riches of the world could make ill) ti me the loss of you?" - h'le merchant started and looked down a. if ashamed. Then ho opened 1i armis wih and his daughter flew into them. "Promise me this moment, papa," se said, "'that you will never, never think o steh a wicked thing again?" . "A1y darling," answered the merchmi with emotion. "I never will. Now vot inust make tme a promise. I can stem tht tide, I think a month longer-posibmly si, weeks. I should nlot Care imlyself how Soor I he crash came, if I could see you providet for. Will you not, In that time, choot yomtrself a husband from all those who art So anxious to marry you?" Annis made a face. Then, seeing how% anxious her father looked, she said: "I'll honestly try, papa. lit, whoever I choose must know the truth about yotu aiTairs before I will marry hin." "Certainly," said her father, "but I an sure It will make no difference. You art too( sweet and1( beautiful to be loved for anty. t hing butt y'ourself. " Upon the following evening, when An nls receivedl comtpany, she made a- caref'u toilet. She wvas a black-eyed blonde, and sht wore a pale greent tIssue' of silk, looped witI wvater lilies and sea-grasses, and water lilie: In her yellow Iloating hair. She looked at siren ;t b n9gsiren was eve1 so indifferent to the homage1lavIlthed at lie feel. One after another they camte-thec tall, the short, the fair, the dairk. Shte hookem in b~lue eyes, and site looked in black ; bhu niot a heart-beat qutickented, even. whten th< handsomest man Int the rooim bowedI lot 1hefore her, and murmured flatterlitg word: n honeyed tones. -All would niot do. .BShe felt a pomsitive aversion to some of thei, and having every thlug shte wanted, because of hter fatther' indulgence, site could not reconcile hersel to the idea of umarryinig a main for whom sht (lid not care half as imucht as she did for lie canary. he the gomnhwal eay.udui whthe gherchavely while he gootd limx 3ousl, and inothinge mnimes n spoke: y Pap, shve sa"oug tarek o rlsdze to rom, anod therh~ lieet invet itchsyoue than it b aftunewihon '"louid' know hat sioebtt ie, wah hert fatther dispmlea. "Bt gir haveit acriswty and knol, the-augter lookedly. hint so loigld ait ce a Iave oug t of gthen w r e ytfun stewmrooms, and the cuofok wasiee glh wmeck leina. Won-tb hoolen ta, Thnae une mercan t laebth n notatgetmhdipese. .,elto v The tir y' sc an sy a ncain voievs hene al was to oin, ahn< hle was the habt o ging hr everthin took wantd, So, the endtsof it walsl. hele hlerd ashe lied iths . dla ea Godfreyo pido~, saveohId fArm t wreck. tHeowas- an- honog~rae antlini I unt, evete all wIas load, udon hum bl d Ja th V: $ t $4IJth a bI upi aoogu wt ae ablmee tod * . .~ ,L~ wo tIthe flymef y~ouj95p :4 it t. tinguish that It ilad four legs and a head, aud that would be all. I never cotuld make any difference on paper betweent a horse's head and at diog's head. I don't think I should ever stieceed as an actress, aid thotgii I have a tolerable voice, [ shoild he fright ened if [ were to try to sing in public, that I Could not litter a note." "Ah, my child," said the father, "if You had only married some one of those rich admirers of yours I" Annis laughed. "What is the u1se of saying that, pipa i? Not one of them has been near us since your failure. I always suspected their devotion was iot to be trusted. But if onle of them uid care enough for mue to come forward now and offer to pay these dreadful debis, I be lieve 1 would fall in love witi him out of sheer gratitude. I Would marry a c/od, to see your name clear of debt. " 'T'le father and daughter lid come out for a short walk at evening, and neither of them noticed that as Anis said these words a gentleman who had been walking beli.ind thei, passedl them slowly, with a lingering glance into the girl's beautiful face. Some days passed and then a very queer letter came to Annis Prime. It reai : l"DAn Miss:-i hav watcht yu offen whit yu didunt no it. i hurd wat yu sed -too yure fother ahowt Illarriun ennay wit 0hoo kood 1)pa iIz dets. I kan doo it, and if yule have mee, will ime a clod, but ive got the muinny. Ware n wred roze In yure hare,, when yu go out to wauk the nextyme, if you aksep and the jent that gives yu a bokay will be ie. MCol." Annis spelled this st range episl lie with soie diflictllty, for It was miserably written aside from the spelling. Then she showed it to her fat her, and laughed till she cried. 1 " lte spells rose with at 'z' anld red with an 'a.' But I think I shall- 'aksep,' ppa, it you don't object, Just for the sake of thie 'lhokay.' Youi'll be with me, you know." Accordingly, the merry girl, when site went to Walk 11hat night, wore a red rose coriteltishly below one ear, Where its crim son Und velvet beauty brought out the golden. tint of her mat liless hair ravishing ly. ler father was with her. They had not been walking long before they noticed ai proaching them the strangest specimenl of -humanity either hiid ever beheld. lie Was tall and awkward inl lis move mIents, Iis hair hung long IIIII straight upon lia shoulders. Ile wore i very broad-brim med slouch hat of soft. felt, a swallow-tail cQit, and plaid uIimentionables, with pottent leather boots, narrow of toes and Ihigh of heels. In one hand lie carried it boutquet, Which he held at arm's lengthIt, as if it were soiething explosive. "lere lie really is, papa, said Annis, with a smothered litaugh. "Now be sure., - you are civil to him." Site accepted the bouquet. which the at ranger proffem ed her smilingly, and her father politely invited hitm to go home with I tem, which Ie did. -Annis noticed, with some surprise, that her bouquet was mnde u) in exqisit e tomsie. But that she attributed to the florist of whom the "clod" had probably pirchalsed it. But what surprised her most. was to lind, whenI the eyening wits over, and the strange gmes had departed, how much she had really entjoyed It. Ini spite of his oddities and.awkwardness, the "clod" had cotilrived to be interesting. "lie has title eyes and good features, pa pa," she said, "and if lie would cut his hair and dress With some regard to taste lie would please ie better than any of those others whom you would have liked me to marry, and whom I am suro would every ohe have instAntly withdrawn their suits and they' known the condition of your affilrs. I wondeC if lie is really so rich is lie says?" ''Have l(o anxiety about the money,'' (said Godfrey Prime, to lia daughter, after au few (hays. "Thle fehlowv has comie most uinex pectedIly itnto tanl immeinse fortune, ie could paly miy debts and1( set mte up in buisiness again, if lhe chose, without missing the money. And lhe standls ready to (10 it if you marry hinm." "I1a1 readly," saidl Anis, gaily. "'My heart warms to him alreaidy." The imarilage took 1)1ace soon. Thei merchant was rein.tatedl in his busil ness,~ and in a gr'ander and1( more flourishing iimner than btefore. 'rThe splcnded residenice which lie andi his daughtter haid inhabited before lis baink ruptcy wvas repurechased and refurnishedI in the muost mlagntificent manner. Only otte thing troubled Ans 11cr ''clod" still remaied a ''clod," (do what she wouldl. All her efforts-though she had made him cut his hair andi banish his rain bow sulJ-couild niot uitke hhuit aniy different fl'omi what lie was af. first. But lie was devoted to her; andi, because of his riches, everybody couirted him11. Is very awvkwardness became the fashion, and r il most ungranunatical speeches were. passed0( from tongiue to tongtue as profound wit... Besides all this, lie htad a good heart, so macli genuine kindness of dIsposition, lhe ing always ready to succor the unfortunate. and Ite loved her so well that Ann Is COld( not hevlp lovintg him in return. "Dlear Clodh," shte saId to hm otne day), disparingly when,' Ir spite of all her Instrue tions, lhe would flame Qiut in a faincy neck-I tie, and( persist in saying "hIaln't" for "hattve not"-"'dcar CilodJyou are too stuid~ fotr helief; butt soimehtow, I can't 1he11 loving you, in- spite of thtat." Thie ''clod'' siled andl kissed Iter tmost tenderly. "I have been stupid," lie said, "and you hatve been more patient thtatn I deserve. But frotm this hour you shtall see, a chmange in Annass laughmed induilgently. S~he.hIad re t signed herself to see hhnti always a "clod." ltt, to he~r attateument, thant euvenintg when her p~arlors wvere tilled with tlie elite and fa~sfiloniahb of theelty, hlerliusbiand presenmtedl hinself attired In exqisite taste, and so Saltered In every other resp)c~t that onily thme eyes of.loye could have traced In thmis ele gat gentleman atny of the characerIsties of the ''clod.". bverybodiy stared, amid Annmis, unmderst and Iiis that Ito had been playing a part, was gieved and offended. "How eouhd y'o'u, alt-?" sheo nakeid hIm re proachfully. "I don't know how I can ovei' forgiv ~yn| - 0.Het- htiabnd fanglied ifh ier face roguish t I'dt ~ gin tor~ the. spume reoward ndoitfor vo e il go back luulI hi Foxt r9szRIIy :Look inithe dietlor. "IlHeig NeIghborl1y." The first. person that called oil us, whet tle ioved to Truimplelown, just after on wedding, wats 'Mrs. Colton. As her hus band owned the house we were to live in as well as that. occupied by his owl) ftamily and wits besides the proprietor of the two finest farms Iin the vicinity, 1 felt quiti flattered by the attention. "I always liko to be neighborly," Mrs. Coltmn said. When the doctor came home, for I hat married a physician, I told him what a pleasant acqialintace I had made. "'Evi dently i wolan of inf1ience," I slid. "11 was so kind in her to call it once, and es pecially to promise to be so neighborly. My husband of course assented. A few days after, as I was getting sup per, a red-headed, unkemet urchin thrus his head in at the kitchen window, and said in a high, 1111111 tone, "1 Ma says, can't yot lend her it mess of flour for supper an1 breakfast ; conpany's comed, and she hain got none; and pa's gone out, and won't bi back till night." "And who may your ma be?" I sid, wonderingly at this cool proposai, for it the place Iin which I had lived until imy. ktirrriage, we hadt not beei accutomed I such free and ea.sy lending and borrowing. 69,111s. Coltonl, 1111'am1." "Oh !" I replied, and that only. "And ma says,"resmned the shrill voice, "if you could spare it, some butter aml1: 'lasses." I took my hands from the dough amo proceeded to comply with the request, for I wished to be considered "'neighborly;' but I thought to myself that Mrs. Coltor Imight have sent to the store for what Ah< wanted, ats it wts hardly a three miiute walk distant. It certainly wits what I should have done, instead of appealing to v person almost. a stranger. lardly a (lay passed, after this, tllit th( shock-leaded boy did not thrust his head into my kitchen door, and ask for th< loan of something; and as my husbanl had to make a practice, and so sought. to b( popular, I cotilinued to be ''neighborly, and lend whatever was requested. Now it was eggs, or meal, or at bit of fresh meat., or butter; now it wits a book, at magazine a flat iron, a pattern for a dress, a fewv clps, or somethig else. Of course I expected the things to I dilly returnad), or at last what represente( thom. But (hily after dlly passed without. meal, or butter, or tggs, being forthcoming; am though the books and Imagazines cm11111 back, the latter were soiled andl([ torn; anl1(: as for the flat-iron, it was absohltely rutstedC from neglect. At. first, I thought this failure to returt "in kind" the-result of forgetfulness; bu when the favorite book eame back, witl the fashion plate missing, I could no longe conceal from myself the truth. Yet I went onl, complying, long after I had arrived it this conclusion. "lie can't keep thc thing i) forever," saidl my hushand. "1 Let 115 lose a little, miy dear, rather than giv offenCe. If we get Mrs. Colton's eln1ty, I shall never be called in there, or to any of her relatives; a country physician, espe cilly, in a neighborhood wvihere he is not yet well known, has to study policy more or less." But at last Mrs. Colton's "being neigh. borly '' began1 to cost so mull1cht that w( could no longer afford It. If a beet wvap killed or a deer shot. she knew of it ats soon as ourselves almost ; and lo! at. the kitchen door appeared the shook of red-hair, and I heard the nasal twang, "Ma wants to know if you can't lend," etc., etc. Finally I got distracted, "I can't and won't stand this any longer, practice or 1no practice," I said, one day, to my lhuCband. "1 If that woman sends lere again, or even comes, I'll have it out with her. If she was poor I wouldn't mind It. She'd be welcome to borrow. But as she's far better off than we are, her borrowing is simpl~ly mnn ess." My hus 1)and( made(1 nto reply, but gave 11e a qluizzi cal look, for lhe had learned, by this time, to kn'ow, that, whein my m1ind( wits mtade up1, I wals "d(readlful sot," as m~y 01(1 aunt usd to say. A few mlornings after this the crisis cante. Otur mteat for the fall and witer had( julst beent br'ought in to lie cured, having been fed and1( killed itt a farmter's i' few miiles off, and( the smoke-house wats being got ready by the farmter's mient, when Mrs. Colton' made(1 her appearance. As soon1 as I hteard heri open the gardien gate, "1 seed It. afore hand," like .Josiah Allen's Wife, ''and knowed there'd lie a qualrrel," for I diIvined heri errand~ and1( at once resolvedl to settle matter with her, for good and al1l. " Mornin', Mrs. Mace," she began. " I seedi the boys pass8 tihe house, and thouigt 1(d come and1( larit what'M thte news dlown yontder. I haln't htearn fronm Jane," (her sisrer-in-law, who lived neatr the farmner in qulite a spell; her youngest gal was sick, last I got word from her." "I hitve htad no conversation with the farmter's men." I said with dignity, "' had beent too busy'." T1hen, fearing I htad been too plin, I addeld, in a mlore conci liiatory tne: "'But I will ask themn, assoon as they comle-In from the smoke-house.", "Well, do(. 1 wvant to knowv ratle bad. I don't thlink Jannte'll ever raiso that gal. she's too likely and peart; uisual smart tc her age. Ain't you gittin' In y'ourI meal rather eartly? Seemts to mec 'tis." "'I think not. The weather Is quitt cold tlreiady, and1( the dloctor say3s we'll havi an early winter; and( it's better to be earl~ than late, Isn't It I" ''Yes, that's so in most thIngs. But w< ain't ourselves pulttin'-in our mtent. yet., andl so I guess Ill borrow 50ome fromt youi. M~ ole mtan'll kill fore long, aind then I Cal give It back." "I am11 sorry to seemu disoblIging, Mrs. C'olton," I said1, nierving my3self with greal effort, for when It canto to the point, It was more dlflicuilt to face thte enemy thait had sulpposed, '"but we reatlly canlnot sparn anty of tihe moat; there Is only juist entough, hardly that, to last use." "'iu I inowv, i'd itever hiave thoutght you' refuse me anythilng; andh 111 always trylnI to be'so "neighborly," cried my visitor. "Tro be0 frank," 1 sanswered, for now m~ blood! was uip, "I object to biorrowing.] never (10 it mtyself. What I cain't .pay foi .or earn. I (do wIthout."I Fots and moment Mrs. Colton looked al me a ff. I had been thte "Great Entmy' htimself,. hoof, horns antd all; then she gav< ant atidIble ftniff, and~ tturnied to hter read headed scion, who had accompanied lher. "Come, son," she cried, "let's go Folks e talks so big about yearnin' things and pay-In' for 'emn, won't htavo muchl to d< It 'W1th afore long, They'd bettor not hokh qitsuha hi1gh head," shnie. coutlied darting btk on iewfth a Pe~thhan look o dethance ithd soti -"ort le ad trafrie:ndi with naboora. 'spnally when they're on, a 'pothecary's wife, and poor as Job's tur key, if they Is stick up." Of course the Colton's never culled my husband in. Of course also they instigated such of their relatives,! as had already em ployed the doctor, to bend for his profes fional rival, when the next case of sick ness occurred. But though this effected our income for u time, it did not ruin us; and when the year was up, for which we had leased our house, we moved to the other side of the village, and ceased "being neighborly," in any sense, to the Coltons. "The 'pothecary," as she had called the doctor, did not trouble them. The change proved a wise one in other respects, also. Our now neighbors were very different from our old ones, more cul tivated, better bred, and really, "neigh borly." They took a liking to us from the first, and my htsba d so11 worked his way, through their tnfluence, Into a hand ome practice. We now own the place where we reside, and it, is, by general con sent, considered one of the handsomest in Trumpletown. . Occasionally I meet Mrs. Colton in the village streets, but she Is always oblivious of my presecce. Once it a wedding at a church there was a crowd when we camne out, and she was pushed close to me. I shall never forget the gesture with which she drew away her akirt, as if I carried in fection with me. Sie wats tired, you see, witI hi me, at least, of " Ihnxa Nmlonnoi.Y. More Natural HI8tory. 'What 1iuhn1iial Is this?" "This is a baby. lie is now about. three years old, and at the wickedest point of his earthly career." "What countries does the baby most in habit ?" "He ca1n be found in every inhabited country on the globe, the ame as mos(ui toes and bolls." "Can they be tamed?" "Yes, quite easily. After a little judi cious discipline they cease to struggle, and become subservient to the will of man." 'Does the baby eat grass?" "Yes, or anything else. They swallow pocket.-knives, thimbles, buttons, spools or an1y other object a little smaller than a tea cip. If offered milk they seldom refuse it." "Do they graze through the day, or only at night?" "eI'tiy are always grazing, paying not the least heed to the hour. When not ac tually cat-ing they generally give utterance to a peculiar cry. Strong m1en often jump out of bed at midnight in the coldest wea thei upon hearing this cry." "'Whait m lean1ing is attached to this cry?" "Men of the deepest thought have agreed that it signifies to wake up the neighborhoqd and hove some fun.'" "Of what benefit to mankind Is a doies ticated blaby?" "They are of no earthly account for the flist few years, but by and by they can slide down hill on a cellar door and carry articles ou'. of' the house and tiade them for a wood en sword or lose them in the grass." "Do you know of any Instances where the baby has attacked the household and killed or injured any one?" "Such instances are related by such emi nent naturalists as George Francis Train and Texas Jack, but we don't pti very nich faith in them. lowever, if the baby Awas maliciously provoked there is no know ing what. he might do." "Are they a healthy animal?" "No. On the contrary, no druggist could make enough profit in a year to buy him a pair of Arctic overshoes but for the presence of a baby In every household. There is hardly an hour In- the day that the baby does not demand peppermint, paregoric, milk, sugar, cordial, cod liver emulsion, ipecac, or something else costing money." "What machinery is made use of to com pe01 the baby to take a dose of castor oil ?" "Tlhere are several patent miachines for the purpose, but most peop~le follow the old rule of knocking himu senseless and getting the (lose Into his mouth before lhe recovers." "Is the bald headed baby more domestic than the others?" "Not a bit. Ho kicks aroulnd after the sonic fashion, and( has even a wor'se tine lighting flies and( mosquitoes." "What music do they seeim to prefer?" ''A base drum Is their first choice; but they have a hearty leaning toward1 the sounid of the stove handle knocking the nose off of the pitcher with the emnptyings in It. ThIs is all about the baby. Talking at; Table. Tlalking at table is onme of the very best dligesters ; there is no tonic knowna to equal it, if It is of t~he kind calculated to p~romiote hilarity anid good feeling generally. Most parents lire prone to prohibit their child~ren from laughing and talking at the table; it is unp~hysiologlcal ;It Is a cruelty. Joy ousness promotes tile circulation of the blood(, enlIvens It, invigorates It, sends it tingling to the remotest p~art of the systemi, carrying with It animation, vigor and1( life. Th'le louder the little ones laugh the better; the faster they talk the better, for then they eat less in a given time, consequentty chew their food more thoroughly. Discard con troversy from the (dininig table. Discourage all subljects whIch livite political or re ligiouis rancor. Let every topile introduced be calculated to instruct, to Interest, or amuse. D~o not let the m111 ind run on)busi niess or previous mishapsor1 pitst (disappoint nment. Never tell bad news at the table, nor for an hour before. Let everythimg you have to commnunicate be, If p~ossible, of a gladsome, joyous, hilarious character, calculated to bring out pleasaniter remarks or agreeable associtionms. On the other hand, never administer a reproof at the social1 board to either servant or child; find fault with nothinig ; speak unmkindly to no one. If remarks are mode of the absent, let them contain sonme wordls of comnmend~a tioni, which, if repeated In their hearIng afterward will kindle kindly feelings, and thus will thoughts of the family table come across the nmemory it after years, when we have been scattered and sonme laid in their lost .resting, place, bringing with thenm a sweetness of emotion whlh makes It a pleasure to dwell upon tholn. A d ver't sing Otheats. It has beo so common to write thb beginning of an elegatut, interestng article and thon run it into some adver thsement that we syold all such c'ieat' and sitmply eti attention to the meority of Ilop Bitters ii) as plain Ifogest term> as possible, to indec peoplotto give them one trialf ab no one #110vkn~ws shelf Val# ill etIs df dg 4 A rnavo Boy. A low yeare' ago a lad who was left without. Ifather or mother went to New York, alone anl friendless, to get a po sition in a store aa errand boy, until lie coulI command a higher position; but this boy had been in bad company, and had got into the habit of cal ling for 'bitters' and cheap cIgars. Onl looking over the papers, he notic ed thati a merchant wanted a lad of his age, and called there aLld made his hits Incss known. 'Walk Into the olice, my lad,' said the mrchiant; 'I'll -attiend to yot 0011.' When ihe had walted upon hils custo mer lie took a seat near tihe lad, and es)ied a cigar in1 his hand. This was emiotigh. 'My boy.' said he, 'I want a smart, honest, faitht'al lad, but I see you smoke cigars, mid, lin my exper ience of iminy years, I have ever fouind cigar simokimg lads to be comiected With varIous ot her evil habits, ami, if I am not iiiistaken, yott are not an ex ceptioni. You cali leave, you will not stilt tile., John held d(own i his head and left the store; amid, as he walked along the strect,, a stranger and 'rilendless, the counsel of his poor aother came forcl bly to his miid, who, 1pon her Oeath bed, Called him to her side, ami placing her emaciated hand upon his he11ad, said 'Johiny, my dear boy, I'm goiig to leave you. You well know what disgracenaimd mnieryyour f'ather brought upon us before his death, and I wait, you to promise mae before I die, that you wlli never taste one drop of the ac cursed poison that killed your father nor tobacco. Proinise me this and be a good boy, Johnny, and I shaill die lin peace.' The stialdhig tears trinkled. down Johnny's cheek. He Went to his )odg ings, amnd, throwing im1self upon h is bed, gaVe vent to his feelings in sobs that were heard all over the house. - But John had itoral courage. lie had energy and delermill')ation, and orQ ani hour had passed lie made up his 1mid neVer to taste amother drop of 11 (u1Or nor to smoke another cigar. le went straight back to the mer Chant. Said he: 'Sir, you very pro perly sent nine away this morning for habits that I have been guilty of; but. sir, I have neither father* nor mother, and though I have occasionally done what I-ought not to do, and have not followed the good advice of my poor mother on her death bed, yet I have now made a solemn vow never to drink another drop of liquor nor to smoke another cigar ; and if you, sir. will only try me, I; is all I ask.' The merliant was struck with the decision an1d energy of the boy, and at once employed him. At the expira tion of five years this lad wits a part ncr in the busiiess, and is now worth $10,000 The Tragedy at Sioan's. "Do I understand, Mrs. Sloan,." paid the magistrate, "that you make a charge of at tempted infanticide against your husband?" "Well, not exactly that," replied Mrs. Sloan. " You see, I--" "lOne minute-permnit mie to explaitn," exclaimed Mr. Sloan. "Your honor, the situation is this: We have one baby a year mand a half old, amnd then we also have twins just two months old. Igittle cheruibs, both of them. Their mother's turmn-up) nose, perhaps, but my eyes.and amiable expres sion. "'Ills hair, too, your honor," sid Mrs. Sloan, "h ia hair-red I'" " Before we were married; may it please the court," said Mr. Sloan, "she was fond of alluding to it mas auburn, 1hut no matter. She went yesterday t'o a woman suffrage convention. I stayed at home with the children-three of them, your honor! 1 have only two arms. When two of the little folks cried I would set downi a silent one and carry those that screamed. Thleni the one I put downt would begin, and i'd have to pick hhn uip and'laly dlown another, and then It wvould scream. -I tried to carry thei oddi one pig-a-back, butt it was 1no use, he would slip (downi and bump his niose on the floor. Imagine the aittuationl. It was hard. I was necarly wild. Only two nurs lng bottles, and the third baby yelling like a Crow Indian, while the twins wecre feed lng." "Couldn't lhe suck his thumb?" asked the magistrate. ''Mrs. Sloan won't let himi. She closed. the gate of joy, so to speak against her owni offspring!I Absolutely prohibited the child from sucking its own thutnb I Nero, in lis worst (lays, never went that far, I imagine." "The historians forgot to mention it If. lie (did," said the justice. "PrecIsely. Well, I got along aq wvell as I could, wheni in Comles a boy with a note from Mirs. Sloan saying that Mrs. Gibbs, the vice-president of the convention, wantedl her baby out of the wvay while lhes was conferring with the selett committee on ways and means, so In domes the ser geant-at-arms with Mrs. Gibb's-baby for ine to take care of. That made four. Your honor, if Mrs. Gibb's baby grows up and blecomnes a missionatry, be can preach to heathen ini Africa withouit Jeavinig homne. IHe lies a voice like a fog htorn. So lie turnel)d in and cried, and the other babIes cried for sympathy." "It wvas hard,' "sid ti niagistrate. "lIard i WVell, I'm an ca~ommiodating muen, so I put one twin in o? e cradle and rocked it with my right foot, arid I plit the other in another cradle and rocked it with my left foot ; then I sat Gibb's baby .on one knet and Johnny on the other, and, by it peculiar action of my legs k'ept all four i. motion at once.. You understand? Well, sir,'just as calmness began :topreva1#, in comes the sergeant-nt-armse again with the secretary's baby. Said )frs. Sloan had sent it wvhile the secretai-y Wyrote tip hert mninutes, and wouiln't I look after it for "Was it asleent" hY'6 ono~ rr % and " ito N~tit nwLnqoxg left lung ! It whooped and hallowett in mclh a manner as to alarm mie. Then Libb's baby joined Inl, and they gave a hiet. Pretty soon our three tuned up for a Ahorus, and-well, suppose a whole orpbn Isylum should suddenly have at spasim of 1tomaich ache, and you can form some idea >f the racket." "Could't yoi uillet them by singing to Atem?" "No, sir; you couli't have heard a ans-drum in that room. " Vhat, did you do?" . "I gave the family Bible to one twm and put Webster's Unabridged Dictionary >n theIap of the other, merely to play with. I thought I'd go down stairs and ret some milk for the whole crowd. I did. When I camte up, as I had only two numrs ng bottles, I emptied a bottle of hair re lovator, which Mrs. Sloan uses-" "I don't!" exclaimed Mrs. Sloan. "And a castor-oil bottle. I put the milk n these and* in an old paregoric bottle, punheled holes through the corks and han led thein around. When I came to tile wins, they had the Bible and tile dictiona ,'y lying right on their bosome, and they were blue in tile faco; too heavy, your ionor! So I had to pick them up and ioise them a couple of times in the bath )ub'to bring them to; and when I got back nto the room with them I found Gibb's alby in spasm from the taste of tile hair estorer, and tile secretary's baby had swal owed( the cork, and the other child looked is if the caster-oil bottle somehow had not igreed with it. A minute later in conic %lrs. Sloan and the secretary and Airs. Gibs, md they hustled me out. I don't know yhut happened after thut, but I believe it vas old Gibbs put Mr. Sloan up to charge ne withi murder." "The case is disinissed," said the justice, mnd the Sloan's withdrew. Mrs. Sloan has iired i nirse. Pinylmig Detective. Old s- lived in tihe city of U he proprietor ofi a well-known tavern. le was von Deutscher. Seldom was he meten by at dead-hliad, ani he made his 3rligs accordingly-that few meni ever ot Isqti'are mea0i at his place for notih ng. One day, howpver, a genitilman, hoiom we will call D-, made a bet ;hat he would dine upon-: at certain day it S--'s expense, $5 being tihe simiti a 4ake. Mr. D - went to the tavern it tile apinOIIteed time, and, in1 a very 3xelted maniuner', luitforimed milne host ,hat11. he Vacs a detctive oileer in quest )1tll I individualII who illul Stolen $10,000 rom a bank. lie had received iniror* nation that the thief would dine there iat day, Mr. D- said lie would tep in at (Inner-time, aid, If tIe idi idual wats there, would seat hinaselt' it the table. but lie preferred not to ar -est 111111 in the house. His plait was ;o let 111111 eat, then follow him out aLnd make the arrest. The so-called detec Ave sat (o*n1 to at stmptitous meal, ey ng atstratiger who sat at his right hand. 'he unsuspicious stranger finished his ietal and. took his departure, followed )y E- and the landlord. D- told Ine host to'call the man, and lie would go and get the help of a brother >Aleer down tle street. Detutscher iniled the stianger, who suddenly ttopped. "I was Just about to return i1n( pay my bill. 'How much do I owe rou?" "Fort.f cents," said S-. '111re is your-money, sir, and my ad tice to you is, never follow me again, rou old Sour Krant!" ."You scoun Irel !" said the landlord. "I vill have rou undei' arirest!I" And tile twvo menl tlmost came to blowvs. D--, whlo waus ome distance off, looking on the scene, vas convulsed with laughter. The bol uterous mirth of- I--- re'acheod tihe andlord's ear's, and -hmediately, like iflash, he smielt a nmouse. Turning on uls heel, he started for home, with tile tnrses of' the stranger ringing ini lis ars. For once lie owned lie was sold. The Sea Gunt. One of the most remarkable and at the ame time pleasing incidents, showing the )0wer and influence of human kindness and eontleness, even upon tihe "fowls of the sir md1( beasts of tile field," has come to our tnowledge within the past rew days. .I'The neident occurred on board of tile light-shiip >ff' Frying Pan Shloall, and is to this effect During the prevalenee of the severe storni >f the 1 2th of September last, after the larkness of night had set ibl, rendlered loubliy gloomy andh forbidding by the how Ing temptest that thundered through the 'Igging, broke with furious violence over lie staunch vessel, and sent the salt spray n phiosphoresent clouds over the very mast ieads, one of the seamen was leaning lis mlhow upon the p~ort rail of the ship, watch ng the storm as it raged in all its grandleur' md sublinity, when a large black bilrd lashed through 'the blinding mist and lit ipont the r'ailing near where lhe was stand ng. Hie took the bird which proved to lie in ordinary seagull, all. .wet, and: drabbled )4 the storm, ahdh warnied and dried it in il bbsohi, after which he' placed It in a lit tie-bed improvised for tile occasion, after ii'st feeding it, as if it had beenj a little shilld. The next mornIng, the storm hav ng 'subsided, our seaman turned .the bIrd oose, of course wilth no expectAtlon of ever teeing it agoln. Very much to his surprie, lowvever, on the very. nokt nighl ,- at About the same hour of Its previous isit the gull igain put its appearance,'ailfghtihg upon lthe rail of thie ship as before, when it was red,'careksed'aid caredi for ts' on the occa tion of its firet dall, tt'd 'from that time u~p ao the fith of N6y,'nely twbinonth~ wlfen tho hitest' infou'nation' Vas -receit itoin the shuip, the bird had coptnited Its nightly risitn and been ieguhltfed and donsigned to& ita olittle bed, whete It *o61d remain intil r'eegIed the inext 'ndthii' ' Thiar is rid fancy sketceh or draft.'f64 . e himagina& tion, bult Is an "&kr thls 1a0% fromi , loure entiresy'i'liabhe'nd (rtist*oithy. As the be o'cI~olet heirey ,*nd de pats wihott infj arj to te Awer ~& 'l)f hUith OM sFio wheM o ejttle. Iy.Aeolfineato spoak Mhat he think~s oM S tr upt hupinnI . with what helprn1 Educated Cattle Traders. In Colorado thiere is a class of highly educated mien, engaged in the cattle trade. The men are stinburnled ad wear flaniel shirts while on the ranelh but none need mistake them for com tuon or ignorant persons. They are, in very maiiy cases, geitlenil of, eti ture and standing. [in .ni circle of ranchmen whose acqualutance i have formed during my stay, there are sev eral men of large wealth and se holarly attainments, who traveling in the W est for health, became interested in the cattle business, enchanted by tihe wild open air life, and have Invested lin stock, roughed i& and enjoy the elimate, the freedom and the excitement, ,F well as the monov It brings. One geni tiemani-mine host-was In the navy, but likes the billowy prairies better than the deep blue sea. . A neighbor is one of the fintest special geologists li America. Traveling in pursuit of hiis profession, lie gaw there was money In cattle, and so left his anthetle Boqton home for a tent on the plails. A nother scientist, whose name is known on two continents, has during the past year gone heavily Into the business, and two liarvard graduates are on ranches ad oining. Two young men, educated in Germany, herd their own flocks, and live temporarily in a dugout. At the ranch where I was entertained, I saw three youths, brown and bashful, come every evening home with horses, aid rIde away in the early dawn, at break ieck pace, after the snort-ing herd. They looked like any farm boys ; yet In the evening when work was over, andl they sat on tile steps with the fanmily, their talk was wonderfully bright and interesting. Two of them had traveled in Europe. One was the son of Ox Senator Conness, of Califox'nia ; onie was Mr. Pope Yeatman, nephew of General Pope, U. S. A.; the third was the sop of Fred Law Ohmstead, of New York, Tihey are as well read boys as one can find anywhere. In delicate health from city life and study, tle% went out there to "rough it,'' are stot and well, busy from morning until iight, riding all day over the blossoms and fresh grass, and learning the cattle business, will, no doubt, in a few years own ranches and herds of their owin. Old Bread. In the Poiipeii Museum at Niples, ai s to be seei loaves of bread charred black, Uilt otherwise perfect In form, and not much unlike, in size and form, the loaves.of tle Dresent day. Think of bread 3800 years old. Other artieles of food have been found; as well as a great variety of household Iino.enents, colors, &c., to say nothing of the rare sculptures, broizes, jewelry and coli, &e, The mosaic floors and frescoed walls in many of the houses are almost as bright and fresh loQklng as if newly painted. Many of these mosaics are rich and beautiful and artistic in a high degree, while the columiis,altars, fonm tains, &c., in the religious temples, forums and rIcher private dwellhings at test to the beauty and luxury'of these cities, of which Herculaneum Is con sidered to have been the richest, since greater and rarer works of art have been found there than at -Pompell. To the writer's mind it seems a pity to have shorn these ruins of most of thelir statues, furniture and ornaments. Why not have left them where they were fouhd, and then roofed in the ruiins and made them the museuni in.. stead of carting them ofi' to a modern museum in Naples ? -How much great er would have been tihe interest, aiid how much more instructive, had such a plan beein adopted. All interestIng feature of Pompeii is found ini the re markably wvel, paved streets, In manay places worn inll deep ruts by chlarhot wheels, showing that they must have been very old at the time of the city's destructIon. Trho uost remarkable 'relics of Pompeii are the humin.bodle~s tihat have been fouimid perfect in form, covered with a hard crust of cinders; if they are broken as son'ie of them have been, they crumble to dukt. 'We saw the corpse of a dog preser'ved in the same way. Theevidentes tnd toshiow that comparatively few of 'the inhabIt ats perished. Momst of' them hiad tIme to get away, anti were not destroyed withI the city, as we think ls the popu..1 lar bjelief. lie Wanted fler Inmured. A good-natured lookingyolung man of 253 accompanied by a modest-fip~earing young woman of about the same age, evidently his wife, and jusat made s'o, receetly called upon a Grisvald st~reet insurance sagent to see about insuring her life. After somec pre liinary converfiation the agent inquired what s(im they had in mind. "I want hecr insured for at least a million dollars!" promptly replied ,the . husband, as lie rcached~ over and patdhton thme head.pted Thi6 agent figluied iip the6 pihnum andl stated the anount. ' Th'e wfe 'tiied pale ~death, and the hiusbahdilosti a. pound of eshia ini iiate,.1... "But tak a ilialler pum,. sAve or teni "Not a 0ent IOM'n it mifloiP'iclaimed the husband. "If she ain't *ortf that, she ain't wor'th iotlhlp 4nd as I cant'tehalk upi for a millio we'~" gunn for ar Jip&l~y Wi:o fin adthe dayto~long, finil life Magrs, m, .~ die a0og 111iy~ daspa in1,IRiaiondat it ia .bett,a'o (1Injfld~3 $f$q es9r it. 11 e the olace a sort .to' to tear mutor ttrayv #a~