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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE 5, 1879. VOL. IV.-NO. 2 EXPEOTATION. Wo rodo into the wooded way; Below us wide the shado V lay Wo rodo, and meet the kneeling day; We said, "It is too late." "The sun has dropped Into the west; The mountain holds him to her breast She holds -and hushes him to rest, For us it is too lato. ''To see the leaf ta' o fire now, To see, and thon to wonder how 'T'ho glory pauses on the bough, While panting grass-tops wait." When, lo I the miracol came ou, A roadoido turn -a moment gone And far the sun low lying shono Tho forest ktood in state. Transfigured spr ad the silent apace, The glamoar leaped about the pl'aoe, And touched us, swept from face t. face. We or;od, "Not yet too lato I" But one, who nearer drew than all, Leaned low and whispered : "Suns may fall Or flash ; dear heart ! I speak and call Your soul unto its fato. "Tread bravaly down lifo's evening slope; Before the night comes do not grope ! Forever shines some small, sweet hope, And God is not too late." Mr. Delmayne's Ward. "Something must be done," said Mrs. Charles Dehnayne, decisively, "'that girl is getting more reckless every day." "What can be done ?" asked Mr. Richard )clnayne, looking helplessly at his sister in-law ; "we cannot shut her tip in a con vent." 'No, but we can find her # husband and get her settled." "But she Is so young." '"Site will be nineteen in May, and I mar ried at that age. It is a great pity that you were obliged to receive her into your house hold, Richard. Guardianship over a girl like I)orothea, was a great responsibility for a bachelor to assume." "I suppose so," was the reply, "but I could not refuse the dying request of a friend." "At first, I entertained hopes that she would improve by remaining with us," said MNrs. Delmayne, plaintively, "but she is wilder than ever. I am keptin a perpetual state of nervous excitement, for I never know what madcap pranks she will play next. I thought it (isgraceful enough when she donned a suit of Dick's clothes and went out on the night of the skating party, but this last Is still worse, if possi ble." Mrzs. Delntyne folded her plumip white hands and settled herself comfortably In a hItxurious easy chair, and prepared to enjoy her favorite pastime, which consisted of retailing Dorothea's misdemeanors. "You know Squire Ponsonby has been looking for a wife for a year or two-now lie is quite wealthy, is respectibly connect e(l, and would be a very suitable match for Dora." or"uire Ponsonby I" gasped Richlird, in amazement, "he is old enough to be her grandfather, and has a married daughter who must be considerably older than Dot." "Well, Dora needs a husband who is steady and sober-minded, she is so flighty herself. Besides, he looks fully ten years younger than his real age. In my opinion it would be a very suitable match. But it is all over now," she added, with a sigh, "he will never enter this house again." In answer to Richard's look of inquiry Mrs. Delmayne continued "I invited Mr. Ponsonby to tea last even ing-I had niy household duties to attend to after tea was over, so I left Dorothea to entertain him. She .must have neglected him shaniefully, for the poor man fell asleep, and the little huzzy seized the op portunity to play one of her practical jokes. She actually had the audacity to remove his wig and substitute an old1 red one that she found among the rubbish in the garret. 'The poor man (lid not discover the trick until lhe beceme the laughing-stock of the village. ,Dick happened to ,hear ot it this morning, and I thought you ought to be Iod about it." "hla, ha, Iha I" laughed Richard. "I can imagine howv ridiculous lie must have looked, strutting along in lis pompous manner." "I am certainly astonished at you, Rich ard," said Mrs. Delmayne, severely. "I ho~pe you don't uphold the girl- In her dis gracefuli conduct ?" "I ahiall of course reprove her," lie re plied. "Dot will improve as she grows older, I have no doubt ; she IA merry a~nd thoughtless now, but I think she wvill de velop into it splendid wvoman.", Mi-s. Denifnp east tin iuneasy . lok at her brothei'-in-law's face, 'as She left the room. She had, a reason for wj hing 1ot disp~osed of ;she feard that Iliel a dinlit fall in love wvith his iAkenating 'wafl, had that wouild nove- do, 'for if he were to marry' it wonld dash Mrid.: Delmdyne's hopes to the ground. She had determined * that her son -IDick, his- uncle's namesake, should be hin 'hirA' esIdes, her brother ia-law's elegant residence made a very comfortable hoe/for~merself apd fatherless boy, ahmd inaddniJ had nd intention'of l'osing it, hence she made the most of Dot's mis:. chievou~pcapades. -Just as inadame's silken skirts rustled uip statirs,, tha hall !door flow open and light footsteps dlanced-along the passage. "Dot I DQt I"- ealled Mr. D~elmnayno. T.fhe appellation exactlysuited the young girl who entered. -A dainty form,' a dark, - piquant face lighted up with a yditof black eyde, which sparkled With misohfef. -"Well, rl. Delm'ay~ I" she adtid, with 6 ay smflo which t-e dated salmpld in eelch soft ink cheek,4 'what is It, a lec; - Yesr .~tIraly utlecture yotr. Your conduct to Mr. .Ponsonby was very unlady-like." "I can't help It, sir ; I hats old .Ponsont by I 'and I Min confldentthet Mrs. Delmayue - Invited him here (6'wmake 'love t4 me; 'so I resloledd' to fri~Atrate her' kiad - initentions. She loft- ni& to''ehttertir" liim when I wds suffering to fluiishi a boiok; I gave him the late-magazines and hoped he would ainuse hinasef ; but no, he. wanted to play crib bage .~ I hate .thme game, and told him.'I never' played except for mobey.": -- . #1b "Why- Dot I".''.: ' "Well I'wamted to' him.ud Iiad the satid i' f'sei 1ihn lobkdhorifed. H le ased fd' wbne mrai o soon a%' heere covered his breath; and 1 Weptl to tl1,4Ii aidbbgamTo twmke116tho dohf6ed iUI whiQhI supp4eodint'uIt his lm'a" for I was soon startled by a snore-he had gone to slee), his head hanging over the chair, his wig awry, and his mouth wide open. Now, you must admit that the temp tation was strong, and you know I am no saint." 'No," lie assented. "Well," continued Dora, "a happy thought came to me, and I ran upstairs and got an old red wig that Dick used to wear when he belonged to the dramatic club, and having removed the squire's nicely dressed black wig, and substituted the red one, 1 had to stuff my handkerchief into my mouth to keep from laughing ; you can't imagine how comical lie looked. Well, I waited for him to finish his nap until I was tired, and then I went to the piiio and gave an awful thump with both hands. Ile gave a sudden start and straightened up ; I grave ly inquired how lie liked the piece. 'Char ming I' lie said. Ie looked at the clock, saying lie had passed a delightful evening in my very pleaisant company, but must tear himself away. If you could have seen those fierce red locks around that sanctimo nious face, you would have enjoyed the joke is well its I did." "IDot," said Ir Delmayne, looked grave ly at his mischievous ward, "I don't know what to do with you ; I believe I must find some one to take the responsibility off my hands. Mrs. Delmayne thinks you are old enough to marry, and-" 'The old cat I" interrupted Dot. "lDora," said her guardian, "you must not apply such a disrespect ful epithet to my sister-in-law. I cannot allow it." "Did I apply it to your sister-in-law ?" "I was speaking of her." "And I spoke of an old cat." 11er guardian adroitly converted a smile into a yawn. I"Yes," he conlitihued, '"I must find a nice young husband for you." "I don't want hilm very young." '"Oh, I don't object to Squire Ponsonby's age at all, if you don't." "'Ponsonhy again I" "Who then ?" "My dancing-master. lie is Frcnci, has lovely teeth and eyes, and I think lie is fond of mne," she said, demurely, "because lie presses my hand, and sighs, o, so sadly I" "The jackanapes I lie slall not darken these (10018 again I" "Then, there's Whitney's hea1d clerk. I am sure he admires me." 'A clerk I" disdainfully. "Well, there's the German music-teacher at the senhiary, lie Is a jolly old bear " "IDot " sternly. "I beg your pardon ; lie is good enough, but I am afraid I am not good enough to become a step-mother to his five children." "Decidedly not," lie acquiesced, with a smile. "Then, " said Dot, with a despairing look on her saucy face, "II will not have old Pon sonby, and there is nobody left but-you." Then, suddenly realizing the enormity of her heedless speech, she darted from the room. 'Nobody left but me," lie mused. "I wonder I never thought of that. I believe I am rather fond of the little monkey, after all. How desolate the house vould be wNitnout her 1 Not quite nineteen-j ust half my age; I fear I am too old, but since she has put the idea into my head, I think I'll try my fate." The tea bell aroused Mr. Delmayne from his reflections. I must mention this sub ject to IIelen, when I have time," lie said. "Marry that forward little chit!" cried madame, in dismay, as Richard thus ruth lessly destroyed her air-castle. "Richard, you must be mad I A man of your age to think of marrying when lie has such a coim fortable ionic, amid-all his wants attended to. Should you take such a step, Richard, I am sure you will regret it. You will find a great difference with a careless, ignorant child at the head of the house-hold, for I shall not remain to be domineered over by a saucy, independent girl." Dot stoodl by the window in the deepen ing twilight, awaiting her guardian, who hadt been absent several days on business. Suddenly she was aroused from a deep reverie by a wel-knowvn footstep, and she ran eagerly to the door to meet hiim. "Well, little girl, what have youbeen do ing during my absence ?" lhe asked, as he seated himself before a g!owing grate aind warmed his chilly fingers. "Oh, clear I" cried D~ot, "'I have been shockingly bad. I can't remember one half tihe wickedness I have committed. You must apply to madame for details. But to business. Did you find a husband for mce?" "Yes," ansivered her guardian, complos edly, "but whlether you wvill be suited re mains to be scen." "I suppose I shall be compelled to marry 1hn whether I an suited or not, " replied Dorothea, merrily. "Not by ainy means," answered Mr. Del.. naayne, gravely, ~ "Oh, ithat is very commonplace. You ar9 Mot. at. allbliko tile..cruel guardiains in books, who compel thleir wretched wards to marry the lpon'tbeyiselect for themy I am quite disappointed."t ' - "Oh, very wvell," said he, "if you wish me to assume the role of a tyrant, I will do so with pleasure. Tihe person I hiavo chosen will, I am sure, try te make you happy; but remember,.there is no appeal from my decision. ' "It le;really going to be romantic after all1I" cried Dot, elapping her hands. "When is my fate to be presented to me? If lie had only sent lis photograph my happiness wvould be complete." "I believe I have it,", arid Mr. Declmayne, coolly producing his pocket-book.. - Dot, becoming rather quiet, as hie carried on thie farce without a smIle, hleld out her hand for the carte-de-visite, aind beheld his own handsomie face thereon. "Welt P" lie said, drawing her to lisa side, and trying to look into her, downcast 'eyes. Dot hlid her )ilning head' for -a momenlt on hlia Shoulde ,' then, lobking up with a cernunggeolet, she said, frankly : "I have no wishl to appeal." It has~bgeomeM plnon to write the beginnitng of an elegant, interesting article and thea run It into somxeadver tisement that we avoid all such oheats and siplyleall'atteuitioni to the merits of Hop Bitters In as plaIn honest terms, as possible, to tndmoes peoplK' td gifo tlam onle trial, as no osne *eh' kioirs th1ii1'Val e.ewsr esa use afinng etse. /1LMThe maple. sugar garvest in New ~a Mile the present beasbn is vle "Ilaven't you got sonretiiing rather sort of-" "There is something I like in that. box." "To be sure. The samte as I saw. How ugly !" "Why iII the naie of goodness don't you get new styles?" V halt at poor- selecLion I" -'R1ubber buttons, girl! You are Imad !" "Oh I I did see this style?" "Ilow Inucht for this style?" "AhIt, yes! I remember you did say $1 a dozenl ?" "I wlant them for a gros-grain street dlress." "That is somith'ig like it. A leetle too large, though." "Alh did I ? So I did." The saleslady againit seals over to the fat customer, who says sie thinks she will wait until she flids out wheth er she will require a dozen or eighteen. Customer No. 2, with a tinge of as perity in her voice, I enarks to the sales wontant, who has returned : "'Show ite those in that liupper box ?" "Is that really the style I detested ?' "So it is." "O(i my I"' "How much better they look iII the box !" "1)on't thbey !" "Ilim."t Once more she clawed over the entire stock, remarked that New York was the only place to buy buttons, and said it wias no matter, as she only wanted six, and flounced ot. A Delayed Feast. After Bijah had told hin to make himself at home, and after he had leit a pound of mud on the new oak and green carpet, he began : "I didn't have a thing to eat all day yesterday, while everybody else had turkey, chicken and goose." "Do you toll or spin-have you a habitation ?" queried the Janitor. "I'm looking for at place in a bank, and I'm half starved," answered the mnan. "Well, you ought to have had a din tier," observed BrjAih, its he unlooked the cupboard. "UIere is part of my feast, and I shall cheerfully set it before you." 1ie placed before the man a plate of cold turnip and a slice of breakfast ba con well done, and told him to draw right up aind satIsfy his hunger. "Do you take me for a lank-sided hyena?" Indignantly demanded the man as lie waved the Naxuries away. "I'm hArd '-- '.aSh and my are old, but when I comse down to biled turnip and lean pork, I want to be con sidered a jackal I" "Isn't what I eat good enough for you "' shouted Bijah, as his ears ro dened up. For answer the man reached out his black paw and brought it down "slap" on the little mound of turnip, causing the provisions to jump clear off the plate. What followed no human being will ever know. The next scene opened with the man licking the plate in the humblest manner, having previously bolted down both turnip and bacon. "I'm a good mind to make you eat that India-rubber eat!" growled Bijah as lte put up the plate. "Don't sir-please let me git out of this?" stammered tihe terror-strieken mian. 'The idea of you finding fault with such a dinner as that! Why, you'd growvl about mince pie, unless both crusts were dweetenaed with whilte sugar worth 'loven centts a pound!1 When I htad you doubled up under the table there, I was a good muind to break your neck I'' "1 ama glad you dlidn't," sighed the fellow ; an d there being no reason for lontger detaiinig htim Ite was allowed to depart. A Lawvyer Htundozed. A lawyer had a wase ont his docket, in wichl, among other shitngs, he wish edl to prove that his elietnt had no mon ey, and to thtat ettd Ite cross-questiotned one of the opponent's witnesses as fol lowvs; "You asked my client for money, did you not?" "Well-yes, sir." "Atnswer promptly, sir. Let uts have nto hteaittalon. You asked him for mfoney-n~ow what was his answer ?" "I don't know as I can tell." "Buit surely you rememtber." "Yes, sir." "Thten out with it. Whtat was htis an swver?" "I'd rather niot tell." "Ho I ho!i You are on that tack are you? You wvon't tell ?" "I should rathter tnot, sir." "But I shoutld rather you woul I So, sir, if you do not answer my questions promptly and truthfully I'l1 call upon the court to commit you for coni tempt." "Well, if 1 must tell tales out of school here you have it. I asked him yesterday if hte couldn't lend me half a dollar, and Ihe told me he could not." "And you believed htim, did you not?" "Yes, sir ; for Iho said you had rob bed htim. of every cent of his ready rponey, and if Ito didn't get out of your htands pretty soon his wife and little ones would come to" "That will do sir. You can stop down off the stand." -The hog packing indtistry of Chi cago has doubled sinbb 1878. -Ca~iforntia htas 250,000 inhabitants, and taikW nf ha%ing more. How Mildness Subdues. Toin's sister Nell was ipretty, and a year older than Tomio, waited to show her autlor ity over him. Tom was rough and awk war(l, and just at the age when a boy re senits all meddling with his 'rights.' lie would put, his hands inl his pockets, his chair on Nell's dress, and his feet on the Nwindow-sill. Of course they often quar reled. "For )ity's sake, Tom, do take your liands out of your pockets I" Nell would say, in ler most vexing ianner. 'What are pockets for, I'd like to know, if not to put one's hand in ?" and Tom1 Would whistle and march off. "Toi, I don't believe you've combed your hair for a week." "Well, what's the use ? It would be ill roughed up in less than an hour." "I do wish, Tom, you would take your great boots off the window sill !" "Oh, doii't bother me, I'm reading." Tom would say ; and the boots refused to stir an inch, which of course, was very naughty. And so it would go from morn ing till night. B3ut little sister Bess had a somewhat dif ferent. wafly with stubborn Tom. Bess seemed to understand that coaxing was better than driving ; and sometimes, when lie sat with both hands )plunged in his pockets, Bess, with a book or picture, would nestle down beside himl), and almost before he knew it, one hand would be pat ting her curls, while the other turned the leaves or held the pictures. If she chanced to see his feet on the window-sill, she would say, ".Just try my ottoman, Tom, dear, and see how comfortable it is to the feet ;" and though Tom occasionally growled in a good vatured way about it. being too low, the hoots always came down to its level. When ever his hair looked very rough, she would steal behind him and smooth it out in a way Tom liked so well that it was a temptation to let it go rough, just for the pleasure of having her comb it. Yet for the next three days, at least, he would take special pains to keel) every hair in its place, siil)ly to please little Bess. As they grew older, Bess, ini the same quiet, loving way, helped him to grow wise and manly. If she had an interesting book, she always wanted Tom to enjoy it with her; if she wats going to call on any of her young friends, Tom was always invited to go with her. "I can't understand," said lady Nell, 'why you should always want that boy for ever at your elbow I lie's rough and awk ward as a bear." "Some bears arc as gentle as kittens," said Bess, slipping her arm through his, with a loving hug, while "the bear" felt a great warm glow at his heart as lie walked away with Bess, and determined to try harder to be courteous and "gentle as a kit ten" for her sake. Buying iuttons. An extensive dealer In notions, par ticularly buttons, on Chestnut street, Philadelphia, declared that the. counter -T., % tit Duttons are sold Is the nest, place in the world to study some of the ilexplicable ways of the gentler sex. "Though buttons," he said, "go but a short way toward rendering the life of man agreeable, yet to the opposito sex they seem to be necessary to absolute felicity. If you Would learn how they purchase the little articles, step this way." Behind a counter were four at teadants, doing their utmost Ln answer a thousand-and-one quesLous and wait unoon at least a dozen customers at the samie time. The customers all wanted buttons; all were inl a hurry; not one of then had decided upon any particular style or patternl or p~rice ; and1( each and ev ery one expressed a desire to see the whole stock at once, and wondered how iiir the name of goodness they could not get a dozen buttons or so withouit wait ing all day. 'Thec way it is done is this: A lady rushed breathlessly up to the cotinter, and, while waiting for the s~ileswoinan, begani to claw over every box within her reach, just to get an idIea of styles. P'resently a young lady snatches an'opportunity fromi a fat, fussy customer to ask what she wvanted. "TIhank goodness, you have comle at last," said the purchaser; "'I have been standing here an hour. I am ini a very great hurry. Please show me some buttons."' "What style?" Inquired the attend ant. "Let me see what you have." "Oh I this is your wvhole stock, Is it ?" "Goodniess gracious I seventy..flye styles." "No. TIhiose are too large." "It's really too bad ; those are too small." "Yes; something . like that; only more showy." "I can't understand it. I'm so easi ly pleased, too." "Tihat's too high. The idea I one dol lar a dozen." "Why, really I so you (lid show me them before." "W~ell, I never I DId I say they were too small 1' So I did." "Yes, but I want something real showy." "You really con fuse me with so many liatterns." -About this time the fat, fussy ens tomner glared at the saleswoman, who glided over to wicere she was digging down to the bottom of. a large box. Tme yoting lady protested on her sat cred word, for the fourth time, that she did not know how many buttons was necessary for the front of a princesse wrapper for am young lady of eighteen, ver'y large for her years. Customer N'o. 2 discovers the absence of the saleswoman and ejaculates, "Well, I never! I1 wonder when I am to be waited on ; I declare I will go i-ight out." S"Show me something for a gros grains street-dress." O~ goodness I how horrid I" "They are entirely too common" VgsuviuS. o The best ascent is luade from Resiia, 8 a town at tile base of the mountain, f and within eagy driving distance froiI Naples. A toilsome drive fron RCsltua (one can ride horses, or donkeys if pre- i ferred, .but a carriage. is the easiest mens) over a steep aild circuitous road, a in mainy places cut through solid bedq of lava, brings you to the observatory, two-thirds of the way up. Hero you c are obliged to leuve carriages, but don- w keys can go about a mile further to the I hermitage, at the base of the cone. 1 Now comes the tug in earnest; over 1,000 feet to climb, at an inclination of c about fifty degrees, over loose cinders, b which slide froi under the feet at r every step. It takes an hour of the most toilsome and exhausting climbing I to reach the top; the crater, the very mouth of tihe Devil's domain; all around you the masses of cinder and scorla are t smoking and giving oil sulphurous va poT. The Interior of the crater pre sents mottled and irregularly striped surfaces of rich and variegated hues, ot the bright yellow color of sulphur ri largely predominating. The form of P the crater is constantly undergoing se changes. For example, the old crater, bi which is very large, the circumference to, " being several n.iles in extent, is not f the real crater of to-day, for a new cone is now forming within this old crater. This cone had no existence six ionths ago, but Is already piled up to a height CO of nearly 200 feet. At irregular inter- W, vals of from one to three times per min- te: ute the crater of this new cone vomits W, great quantities of red-hot atones and I' and scoria high Into the air, which fall tel upon the sides of tie cone and keep o: III piling it up. From its side flows a con- W1 stant stream of red molton lava. The TI terrible sublimity of this volcanic ac- ha tion has to ba seen to be appreciated ; w' the most graphic of descriptions must TI fall short of conveying an adeqIate ril Idea of the stupendous forces of the to burning, fuming crater of Vesuvius. er What was most astonlishing to the du writer was the near approach one can tih make without danger, for we did not th stop on the brink of the old crater tl where tile ashes were even hot enough W4 to cook our eggs in five minutes, but bl we went down Into It, walking over ne immense masses of cooled lava, .and ar approached to within six or eight feet pr of the rod-hot flowing stream. But we L did not stay there long; it was quite too ye warm to be comfortable. If tile ascent se was slow and irksome tihe descent was an rjuite the reverse, for while it took us a Pa rat iers i, 8own iI five nilnute, bur- ga led almost knee deep in the loose, slid- ie ing cinders. As we were going down ly how we pitted those who were puffing lat and scrambling to reach the top. us ari The Headloss Cumlu. Ja Ja iI the parish of Edinkeillie, a place ij towards the centre of Morayshire, in sal the northern part of Scotland, there ia sal ii romantle and fearful chasm, suppos- do 3d to have been ,t one time the bed of ri the river )ivie, It has two entrances th at the tipper end, and the ancient to( courses which led the river into these ha successively are easily traceable. The mi lower extremity of the ravine termin- li ites abruptly about forty feet .high lhe above the Divie, that flows at its base. Thiis s[pot is one of a very interesting nature. Its name Gaelic signifies *-the an iollow of tihe Heads;" a name origin- lo, atinag, it Is said, in the following tran-. ab sactions. Near tihe upper end( of the ra' p vino there is a curious cavern,fornumed of by lhngo masses of fallen crags, that cover the bottom of tihe pla1ce. It ersters th Elownwards like a pit, and the mouth, wvhich is 110 more thlan wide enough to admit a mani, is not easily discovered. Heore it was that the brave Allister be Biale secretedl himself after the Battle of the Lost Stanidard. At this time tihet Castle of Dunphail was besieged by i Randolph, Earl of Moray ; and Alisater 1h Bane, who colid no longer hleadDi against hinm in tile open1 field, content- hi sd imiself with iarrassing tihe enemy. i Knowving that isa falther and hisa garri lem soin were red need to great want, ho and lit a few of is followvers disguised thtem- El selves as countrymen, and, driving a p~arcel of hlorses, yoked in rulde sledges, laden wvith sacks,the~y came to the edge ph of tile glen where Ranldolphl's beleag- HI uerinig p)arty lay, and pretending to be of peasanlts carrying ,meai from the low 1al counitries to the Highlands, they en- to treated their protection (romn one Allis- ge ter Bane, of whom they were afrdai , to rl'eir prayer being gralntedl, they tun- ce yoked their horses, and took carne to th leave their sicedges at the brink of the pr preciice, so that on~ a given signal a I agreed oni with tihe garrison., they tumn- at bled sledges, sacks, andl all into time as gleni below, and the garrison imak- th ing a sallie at the same time, each man dr bore oft' a sack 0on11is back, whilst the in pretended peasants sprang for their th horses, and were out of sight before su the astonished sentinels of the enemy do had well given the alarm. Randolph shi tWas so provoked on learning who tile At author of this trick was, that lhe set a an price upon his head. .A certain private th pique led a Cu mini to betray hits master's pa turk ing place. Is enemiels hurried to se' the spot to make sure of the game ; but ke when they saw the small uncouth-look- lhe ing aperture, they paused in a circle m< around it. One could descend at a time me anld the death of hini who shotild at- Li tempt it was certain; for the red glare of of theCumnin's eye in the obscurIty with- th and the flash of the0 darkablado, show. thi ed that he had wound up hisdatless 5pI soaal to die with the couraire of. A lion to I his crest. They called on hhn to arender at discretion. He replied F howling a deep note of defliance oi the dark wombof tie rocks: "1Let e hut conic out, and with my back to at crag, I will live or (lie like a Cumt I "No I" exclaimed the leader of his us; "thou shalt (Ie like a fox as thou 0I" Brushwood was piled up over e hole, but no entreaty for mercy as nded from below. Heap after heap its set fire to and crammed blazing Wn upon him. ils struggles to rce a wily upwards were easily re lied by those above, and a when suill muit quantity of burnriaY matter inrd enl thrust iI to iusure suIf.rcation,threy lied stones over the mouth of the Ile. When the cruel deed was done, d the hole opened, Allister Bane was und recining iII one corner, his head uflied ii Iis plaid, and resting on the in*rmel of his sword, with two or ree attendants arouid him, all dead. > make sure o1' them their heads were ,t oir, and thrown, one after an her, into the fortress, with (his lhor Ale taunt to the old ian : "Your son ovided you with meal, and we now 1id you 1lesh to eat with it." "It is a tter morsel indeed," sold he, as lie >k it up, kissed it and wept over It; mt I will gnaw the last bone of U be re I will surrender." That Good Dog, Jacr. T'wo girls, daughters of an EHglish untry doctor, were once out for a ilk together. It was an autumn af rnoon, sunny and pleasant. They %re accompanied by their little dog, med Jack, who was a clever little rrier, and Mnore than once had proved a claim to be considered, as indeed lie is, their protector while out walking. teir father often said lie felt "quite ppy when Jack was with them; lie is sure no harn could come to them." ie two girls pursued their walk mer. y. The line afternoon tempted them go further than they ought, howev. and by the time they turned the sk had fallen, and they were afraid ay would be late for tea. One of am prorosed to take a short cut rouge a wood with which they were -11 acquainted, havinig often gathered mekberries in it on a summer after on. The other agreed, and so they rived at the edge of tie wood and epared to enter It. "All the same time am rather afraid," said Dora, tihe unger of the two; "there have boen eeral robberies in the neighborhoodL, d I saw some very odd-looking mni as our door to-day, besides I an ,.n ,.,17 ^.. .t.., %V11li papa ve me on my birthday." "Oh, non icc " her sister replied. "It is near six o'clock now; and we ehall be e. Be sure no one will wish to harni ." "i wish I were as certain as you 3. But what's the matter with ek?" Just as she had said this, ek advanced toward them, and plant C himself in the middle of their path, down and whined. "That is odd," d Dora. "I never remember him Ing that before." The other girl de. led her fears, and attempted to pass 3 dog; but lie caught her dress in his th, and held her so firmly that she rdly dared to set herself free. One >re efrort she made, but Jack was res ite; so at last, seeing how determine i was to prevent their further pro. B85, she gave uip trying. "Well, mil, you stupid little brute !" she said grily, "I suppose we must go all that ig way round." So tihe two sisters andoried the idea of taking the short th through the wood, anid went hionie the safe high-road. When they ar red, how grateful, how unutterably inkful did thtey feel to their little atector, whose intelligence had been far superior to theirs, anid had saved am despite themselves. A man had sn found IN the wood shortly after iy had left It, murdered and robbed,, was conjectured by the tramps who d passed through the village in the >rning. Thus Jack had preserved Smistresses from meeting perhaps a ollar fate. Their gratItude, it Is need. ao to add, was profound toward their ble four-footed protector, who, we are td to hear, lived to a good old age. The limpeyan Viie sant. &mnong the Phaslanide the lImpeyain easanit is onie of the noblest speeles. lives amnouig the miouiitain heights the HImalayas, scorning the low ids, where lie hias never been knoivn descend. Of the color of this, gor ous child of the forest it is difficult give an idea, Bronze green,'irides it gold and pur'ple, radiant aaf5fsicn rouigh a golden haze, combdte Its lucely costume. On' Its head it wears ut e f glistoninggreon spiris, broad the top, each one delicate andl airy might be a fairy's parasol. During winter months the snow and cold lye these birds to congregatie In flooks the most secluded forost nooks of s mountains. Ihere the huniter,,may prise themi and feast his eye-I', Iin. ed, he have an~ eye f'or beahty-on iir won] rous *and glistening plumage ;the approach of spring they seotter d ascend to the higher lands, where ousands of feet~ab.ve the sea, they. as the warm monthsi In u-ndisturbegl slusiot The monauls are -easily pt incageis,'and utiless subjeot9o ated atmrosphef-d, they alo bdhe mnt easily, .T,1he AI$t.,11ylng pp601 ma were 'brgght 4 .pa by dy Impey, hence the 1 ghsh natme the bli'd. It, Is no'cssaty to' brovidh a cag witJya e 4?t' ' fetAi'd o the ga mafs~ n~, ,).,' 1lilt I H F" S -The inmiber of swine in the United States is 34,766,200. --Bananas have ripened this spring in Austin, Texas, the plants having stood out all winter. -The loss of trade in the Mononge hela Valley by the recent strike of coal miners Is estimated at $1,000,000. -New H1ampshire, Kansas, Minneso ta and Colorado now give women the right to vote at school elections. -Bordeaux exports nearly half a million casks of spurious liquors ininu ally. ---The present cotton crop Is one of the largest ever raised in the South ; It will foot up to over five million bales. -Tihe tax on armorial bearings Il Englanmd realizes half a million of dol lars annually. -Poverty and crine-those twin aisters-cost England fully $85,000,000 annually. -The Grand Lodge. Knighta of iionor of Pennsylvania, will hold their next annual session at Pittston, Pa. -There aire 4180 patients confined in the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum, near Trenton. -The contributions i Massachusetts for the families of Gloucester's lost 1Isherman, aggregate $20,000. --Tle London polie have received orders to arrest any person seen drop ping orange peel in the street. -On the 1st of March the total nunm ber of poolr in London was 89.529-45, 013 In workhouses and 44,510 outside, though receiving help. -Cornell University hae 403 students of both sexes attending the university, and only about S50 young men, against about 700 when the experiment began. --King lumbert, of Italy, has a face to which no picture does Justice, le has a remarkably kind and sad expres sioni. -The Lehman foundry at St. Peters burg has the portable printing press which was captured from Napoleon oil the retreat from Moscow.. -The last census of ParIs shows that the poptilatiol Is composed of 1,75-1,000 Catholis, 32,000 Lutherans and Calvinists and 23,500 Jews. - ie world averages an annual pro d uct of 681,000,000 pour'da of tea, Ch ina producin1g 600,000,000, Japan 40,000 000, India, 35,000,000, and Java 6,000,00b. -In the hollow of a tree sixty feet from the ground, P. W. White of Fdn ner, N. ., found i a thriving condi tion agooseberry bush about a loot high, -The Sing Sing (N. Y.) prison eatn ed In March $18,558.12. Tihe expenses were - $16,328,10, leaving a profit of $2,229,06. -Seals have bee6me quite plenty in the lower Connecetiut river, and some have been soun as far north as Rocky -The death is announced of Adulral Umlytn, uso rV Ulu ftV DoumIV,. a of Trafalgar. He entered the naVy in 1803. -The Duchess of Marlborough un velled the Balfe Memorial WVindow in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, on the 29th of March. -Stamford, Contn., rejected the char tor granted by tile last Legislature in corporatlitg the place as a city by a vote of 408 to 07. -Tile Indebtedness of Toledo, Ohio, arnounts to about one-fourth of its tax able property, and its annual tax rate is about four per centum. Almost all the places of amusentment In Boston, a city of about f9ur lpipsred thousand Inhabtan in a circle tile radius 6f Which is little mbre thjan one hundred yardls. -. j --A weather record, kept in the northern part or Vermonit, shows that there have beeni 120'days of aloighinug the past seasou, and 'that 42 inchoe of sno0w have fallen. -Thle honey crop of San DIego coun ty, Cal., in 1878, was more than 'f87 tons. Sni Dilogo. county produ~ed more honey than all the rest of the State taken together'. -Dr. .Jacob Damnpinan' and wife, of St. Mary's, Cheater county,. Pa., are' he lieved to be the oldest starried couple in that section of the State, haying lived in wedlock for a period of 68 years. Dr, D)ampman Is 89 years of age and hIa; wife 80. 'They have had 10 chiilren, 51 grandchildren, 54 great grandcil dren, and I great-great-grand chld. *-A San Francisco furor, Who offer ed to seil his vote for $500 to save the pr1isoner, a woman, from the penalties of' her,.crimer biase-bqen.?etenced to four year's Imprisonment In the State Prison~4'* -- 1Wa ;.e -The New York Evening Poufhas already starteda "Fr~J 4iy ,Fup ," for senin g siok am)(< ilatd Qhd ren of thiit city' td the roliy f6r bief Vacations. ,The dtuni Of $355 has thus far beon-enbsol-lhed. ., ar o *- Compilaint la niado iri: Gettyvsbmrg aboiui railg corn.): tbi pirgens of theGettysburg battledeld a~~tJvo beeni set aside as mionum'ental6 the W combat on dulp''s lll..:ariy of tihe old bullet'narked trees ll~vq beeg on vorted into ire ,fogd. ,.,, --Gene~ral R. E. I~Qee,' portdit palit ed b~y the southern artist Quer/v, was exht bited at tlie Coflten'nf'at E~ibltion, and theo state of Texac offer'ed fdt It $8,000. 1t was, lhover4' ye.y to Greenville, 0a., 1yhseeg was. g~p 1en tally btarn~ea.. . . -The rice" delds on' thh Ca~e Wear river, near Wilmington, 10 0.4 whfeho have. laini -iloe and grogn, lpf with *weed , si p e. the wa e claimed and plant f~ise b ov ralse 'at leati, use' of rd in the next flyetyo~r$.b ", L ,,fh j -A gentlegAnn bhjp,ty n *p~ a Which * # i6914't- dP' pbe, f34OW. hson haigfe lped hisfd n oeatte adeh to