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TRI-WEEKLY -_1J EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. ., 12, 1879...O.. ----... NIGHT AMONG THE HILL8. So still I So still I 'ho night comes down on vale and hill I o strangely still, I cannot close y eyes in sleep I No watchman goes bout the little town to keep 11 safe at night. I cannot sleep I So dark I So dark 1 ave hiere and there a flittering spark, 'he firolly's tiny lamp, that makes he dark more dense. My spllt quakes ith terrors vague and undefined ! see the hills loom up behind. So near I So near ! hose solemn mountains, grand and drear, 'heir rocky summits I ' Do they stand Like sentinels to guard the land ? Or jailors, fierce and grim and stern, o shut us in till day return ? I hear a sound A chirping falut-luw on the ground, A sparrow's nest is there. I know The birdlings flow three days ago ; Yet still return each night to rest 'Aud oloep in the for aken nest. No fear I No fear ! Sleop, timid heart ! Sleep safely here I A million helpless creatures rest Seourely on Earth's kindly brea t ; While Night hLr solemn silence keepa, lie wakes to watch who never st eps. Love In a Hood. "An express package for you, sir," said the porter, as he came into the room where Reginald Hathaway sat by the cheerful grate lire, smoking his evening cigar. "Indeed 1" said the gentleman as he took it from the porter's hands, mentally wonder ing who had sent it and what it contained. As he untied the outer wrappings of the package a little note dropped out and Iath away instantly recognized the address to be in the handwriting of his favorite cousin Sue. "I had quite forgotten that it wants only a few days of Christmas," he said to himinself. Sue never forgets me when she dispenses her gifts." Opening the note he read as follows: DEAlt COUSIN REOINAI.u.-I send you these slippers with my best Christmas wish es. 1 think they will be a good fit, because I had them modeled after that old shoe you left here last summer, a reminder of the pleasant tramps we had together at that time. Always your loving CousiN SUn. 'The gentleman took the cover off the box, and, unfolding the soft tissue paper which inclosed the Christmas gift, saw-not a pair of slippers, but the prettiest little blue and white hood lie had ever seen in his life. "Great Casar! what does this mean ?" he exclaimed, as lie held the soft zephyr head-gear in his hand. "So Sue's trying to play a trick on me. Perhaps she means to give me a sly hint in the matrimonial line. 'lhis is certainly very suggestive, but it will take more than that to make me give up my comfortable bachelor quarters and hab its." le immediately sat down and wrote: DEAR Sus.-I received by express to bight a blue and white hood. I dare say it would be becoming to some styles of beauty, but I am entirely too dark for that combina tion. Furthermore, It is too small for this weighty head of mine, so full of legal wis dom. Ali, Sue! it is In vain to spread a net In sight of any bird. "Misery loves company." Because you went ' and got married last year, you want your friends to .do the same. A very pat hint, but I must certainly return the hood, without weaving any threads of romance within Its soft tmeshes. My motto is, "Let well enough alone," and I am well enough. You mar ried people say you are happy (except to ayour lawyers), and you feed on the madder of your delusion until your bones are red Swith it. It's right enough you should. Somebody says something about slaves hug Sging their chains. But to come to the 3practical point. I suspect you made a mis take, amnd this hood is intended for one of those "dearest, sweetest girls," you used to rave about In your school days. I shall await your commands. In the meantime I shall put it on the topmost shelf in my closet-so far from sight th~at It shall not have an evil influence over me. True as in the old days, R EGINALD. -The letter was sent in the evening mall, biut the hood was not resigned to the top shelf until the next morning. "I suppose the bows are what thoy call 'gaslight blue,'"he said, as Ito Isid the hood down in lisa lap. I wonder what kind of a face It is Intended to grace-a blonde, of coutrse," and the gentleman folded the soft tissue paper over it, and leanuing isa head on thte back of his easy chair, resumed his cigar, and was soon off in a reverie of smoke-a reverie which was very inconsist ent with the letter he had wrltten. In a few days an explanatory letter came to hand from the Eastern cousin. "Tuiat husband of mine,", she wrote, "made an awfuj mistake. Ho sent you the Swrong box. Trho hood was Intended f9r Love Scraritob,' ivh6 has just moved to Denver. She is the em iodment of good ness and lovelinessLa' ~at deal too good for you, so you need not be so conceited as to think I am making a manwuvre toward getting up a match for you in that direction. 'rTho slippers have gone to Denver. I have -written to have them returned to you, -Please forgive my blundering matrimonial -alliance, and send the hood on to Love at Denver." -The hood was duly returned to the box, -and then Re ginald Hatliwyry began. to ~e Stroubled about the addredss Of coida juer real na&me is not Love, he, reasoned; Sue -always give., her friends pet names., It would be very presuming in me, a stranger, to address a lady by.her prt name. Just like a woman!i forgot half her traps tyhen -she goes off ona journey. After a hialf hour's deliberation, hie concluded to leave off the first name entirely, So the box was directed to Miss Scraditopi, Denver, 061o -rado. The next avening, after Regiheld r4eooxved -1his express paokkge, anothier one was delil, ered at, the residence of Elisha Scranton; ,in _Denver. "It is for yo, Love," said 'the father, -"as there Is no other MiWSeotanto) .In-the. house." 'For me !a~ " 4 1 1 ~ ou --ady, as she le er seata th p1I6ase. In an instant the outer wrappor was toni ol! andi the little puots acoopaning~ the p o fe ld dflor at the address. 'Then sihe read aloud ti contents. DEAu Lovx.-lere is the hood which crocheted for you. I selected blue at white because you always look as "swe as a peach" in those colors. I only wish could kiss your good face when you get on. In haste, your loving friend, Sun Asit.sy. ''Sue Is just splendid!" she exclaime lifting the cover of the box. But in an i stant more a look of disappointment cover her face. "There is no hood here. ma: ma," she said. "Only a pair of slipper and they must be for papa. Of course thu are a great deal too big for me;" and sl laid a No. 9 slipper on the carpet at placed her dainty No. 2 foot beside I "Yes, they must be for you, father; at Sue, who Is a grand elmoner about Chris mas time, in her multiplicity of cares whi sending Christmas gifts to her friends, h forgotten to inclose the hood." "They are too big for me," said Al Scranton, who was a small man; "th: must be intended for some one else. Mr Ashley will find out the mistake and infor you of it. Meantine do not let our tre for the evening be interrupted." And the loving father led his daught back to the piano, and bade her sing tl good old songs of his boyhood-"Bon J)oon," "Ingle Side," and "Kathleen M vourneen." 11er voice was specially adal ed to those songs, because of its peculi sweetness. "I don't care anything about your ope atic songs, Love," he said, ''but it does in heart so much good to hear you sing tho songs which are so full of pleasant mcm ries of the days that will never come to ine The father pressed his darling child his bosom and imprinted upon her cheek warm, loving kiss. He had always put i from his thoughts the day that might coi when aother should take her from him. "Of course, nobody could help lovit her," he said to his wife that evening, aft Love had retired to her room. "But it w have to b a paragon of perfection in tl shape of a man who will get my consent take her away from us and our home." In due time the exchange of exprc packages had been made, and "Lov< Scranton looked "sweet enough to kiss" her blue and white hood-so the young mi of Denver said. Reginald Hathaway's feet rested eve evening from their daily labors in the coi fortable slippers. The ci.cumstance of ti exchange had been alnost forgotten by t gentleman until a few weeks after Chrit mas, when riding home In the street ct one afternoon, he found himself in a se opposite the identical hood. He was po, tive that he was right in his conclusion, 1 cause he was sure he could swear to t] identity of that hood if he were called up to pick it out of a thousand. Glancing the face within its inclosure, he was at on struck by its remarkable beauty. Brov hair and blue eyes, and such a perfect co plexion I Of course, he dared not look the lady as much as he wished-a strang in a street car. But he was privileged pull the bell for her when he saw her ma Ing endeavors to catch the conducto attention. Her "thank you, sir," echoed as awe music In his heart after lie sat dow .:loi in his room that evening. "Where and when shall I ever see It again?" lie said, to himself. "I ought have seen where her destination was, bu of course, I would not follow her." The next day Reginald Hathaway r ceived an Invitation to a party at Judj Courtland's. At first lie thought to send regret, but for policy's sake lie knew it w best for him to accept. He was a risi young lawyer, and Judge Courtland's atte tions to him were not to be scorned. Reginald Hathaway was what the ladi called a "splendid-looking man," and whi he entered Judge Courtland's parlor th nIght, with such grace and ease, the artille; of bright eyes fromi all corners wvere level upot him. "ify friend, Miss Scranton, from De ver, " said -the daughter of the hostess, she prea'nted her visitor to the stranger. Instantly the gentleman recognized ti face he hiad seen In the horse ears a fc days before. Love Scranton, all unconst ous she had ever heard of the gentlem before, was perfectly natural in her manne and met him as she did all of her frlen( guests. The nanme hind escaped her hearing soon as pronounced amid the crowd newly-arrived people surrounding hn ~Regiinald Hathaway had two waltzes wi :Love Scranton that evening, and was fort nato enough to wait upon her to the supp room. "Do tell me what that gentleman's nati was," said the lady to her frieind, Ma Courtland, after the guests had gone. ."Which one do you mean ?" she asked, "The one who.took me to supper," si replied. . "Oh!I that was Reginald Hathaws Isn't he fine looking and entertaining ?" -'4Hathaway--Hathaway," sai MI Scranton, "the name sounds familiar. 0O I remember'now. . I think lie must lie 8 Ashley's ebusin," a;nd then she "related t mistake about the Christmas gifts. "Love in a hood-Love In a hood I" a claimed Mary Courtland. "What. If mnateh should come from that eplsoil wouldn't it be romantic ?" "Such things always happen in booke replied Love, "but I never heard of the In real life." "Well, I have," replied her friend. could tell you of some romances in real 11 that happened among my friends." *"I don't know as I care to weave ai romance about Reginald Hathaway, as y: call him," said Love Scranton, "especial toiuight, as I am so tired , and ,sleepy;i daanced in every set this evening." ."The party call," whioh'B the lawy was always looked upon as a bre and on necessary for etiquette's sake in 'other eat -in this patticular one was an anticipati pleAsure. it was made at his earliest ce 4enience, Thdfe~ being other callers at tl tihe, no allasioni to the hood and siippt were made. But the next evening,' whi Love' &crantqn found hiersQlf aeatc4 Regjinald Hathstway at ,tho opera wai for tho curtain to rise thie story caige oni 'I know that we' the 'ldentieal hoc when I saw it in the borde e4t," said t) gentleman. "I had It .in h?oseic you k'now, for nearly a woc,ndatn vory pretty ornament in inys qru_ tI realy am sorry I over parted *1 When lIlald Ijathawy hiukoI otthe t te ti e ot~ld w, to to friend, Miss Courtland, the fact that she had never seen a gentleman she though I half as nice as Mr. Hathaway. So when id Miss Courtland received an invitation foi et herself and friend to take a moonlight sleigh I ride a few evenings after, she declined witl it a woman's never-failing excuse-headachc -but whispered in Love's ear : "I have learned to know that two is coin pany, but three is a crowd-especially unde: certain conditions." That evening when Reginald Hathaway i helped Love Scranton into the sleigh, he had no intention of love-making, but h 8 little knew that Cupid had stolen a marei to upon him, and had hidden himself withih the warm folds of the buffalo robes. t "Do you know, Miss Scranton," said the j gentleman, "what a dilemma I was in abou your address, when I received Sue's lettew lc to forward the hood to you.' Just like s as woman, she did not give any Christiai name but 'Love,' and of course I knew tia r. was her pet name for you, and not a, prope one for a stranger to .use toward anothe stranger "But everybody calls me Love," repliec the lady. "I have been called by tha name ever since I was a child. My rca r name is Louise, but it has never been given ie to me, only at my christening." le There was something so fascinating in a- her eyes and in the tones of her voice, thai t. IegInald Hathaway alinost involuntarilj ar said: "If everybody calls you 'Love,' may : r- nqt call you so, too?" y "Of course you may," she replied, look se ing into his face with the sweetest of smiles o. Just then Cupid took advantage of the . position and shot an arrow of love so dee] to into the lawyer's heart that lie said: a "If everybody calls you 'Love,' may : ar not claim a particular privilege and call yo 1c my love ? I do not like to have anythinE in common with everybody else." ig Love Scranton had been influenced by er Cupid's presence in the sleigh as much ax ill the gentleman, but the situation was gettinE ti. to be a serious one. "What would papi to say to it all I" She did not answer then but she allowed her lover to take a warm ,s loving kiss from the pretty face encased i C. the blue and white hood, which was so ver in becoming. en "Here, wife," said Mr. Scranton, a fea days after. "It has come-I knew it is ry come some time, but I didni't e'xpcct it se 1. soon," and lie handed his wife a letter fron lie Reginald Hathaway, - asking the hand o lie his daughter, adding that he knew he ha< i her heart already. "That's the way," sa the father, as he wiped a tear from his eye at "Thus it is our daughters leave us." d. "Here is a letter from Love, too," he e- said. "'Do, dear papa, say yes-I know lie can never love anybody else half so well a >n I do Reginald. If you refuse to let m( at have him, I will never marry anybody else ce and be a cross old maid all my life.' That'x mn what she writes," said the fr.ther. "I sup i- pose we will have to give her up, wife. at wish that man. was in Ilalafax-taking ou er child from us just as she is old enough to be to companionable for us." k- "It Is no more than you did twenty yeari -'a ago," replied the wife. "People look at things in different lighti et from different standpoints, though," he ne added. The wedding is to come off in.,.pril er Love Scranton has gone home to get ready to for the great event. Reginald Hathaway t, directs a letter to Denver every day. Coushm Sueis delighted with the prospect, and says C- "That husband of mine tells me that hi ge made the mistake on purpose, and is de a lighted that his scheme succeeded just as h< as intended it should." ig n- Hotel Deadbeat. es "Yes," said the affable clerk at the Pal an ace, the other day, as lie lifted his stomacl at up on the office counter, and selected an ry other toothpick, "they are up to all sorts o 3d dodges-these hotel beats-and we fellowi have to keep a very sharp lookout for 'em a- bet your life." 11s o "Do-oh!" "Now, for instance, about four month Ie ago a nice old gentleman came in with w rati'er fast looking young man, who hac d- lust arrived from Now York,. he said, an< mn engaged a handsome suit on the fifth floor r, The old man took me aside, and said hi L's was forced to run over to Hong .Kong him self on the hiext steamer, but that he wouk as leave his son wit.h us. The latter, he con of fidentially explained, was just then sowinj r. considerable wild oats by the wayside.' 'I: th fact,' said the old gentleman, with muel u- feeling, 'he'is so dissipated I dare not leay or any money withl him, and I especially do sire that none be furnished him by you io casnier-not one single cent, remem:bea ry For fear, however, lhe gets into any rea trouble during my absence I will deposit ii your hands this package of gold notes. Us le. it freely if Imperatively negpasary, p~ut di not tot him suppose yomg have any such do y. posit, as lie would'bc all the more reckies and dissipated.' If anything should hap as pen, we were to write to the old party, cai 11i Rothschild's Hong Kong agency." 10 "Woli and theme?" 10 'EWelltiie young fellow 'raised merra Ned aroiund this edifice for, about threi ir- months. Hie beat amnith and I out of $401 a at pedro; gave queer little supmper parties1i1 e, his room; got drunk sind tried to hold th< elevator.man'shbead overboard so that th< ," next landing would out it off; was .ohase( m round the corridors by some married maa with a pistol nearly every night of i. ,hite I .and, in fact, was a regular snorter in ever3 fe way." "Should thlink so." iy "Of course he never paid any board-w< m 'didn't expect this, having. his 'governor' ly bundle of securities locked uip all right ii I the-safe. MIut one d y he;d414 semnething Si blkme'd outrageous th'a %6 'obuldn't st n< or It-had a chicken flght in the ladies parjor, ly er something-.s we wrote him a : warnini es note," ~ . , ,' 3d "What did hie say?" n- "Nothing but 'ta-ta,' and left the .hote ie that ver~y day ; vamosed-disappeared Am Ira we didn't get any remitt noefrom iIong an ong, we opcplthe , 1ast week >y a dv hatdao 6uau pws fum it'?" ig "Dlng-tern . WQUOn i" "JKot msh Iuck, 8ontucan:bo doni ~,with real good-ahem! . h' there> we e nothing in that bundie but aofple of elk a, Mor#ing Catt. Think of- It, Mornin ~a CaiWs Ugh! It nmkes me sick to 11l0 of it even dlor,"- aiid the geig ho~0 M ci th litdhmnaifh down again, a~ ~ A Good Rore. "I can't explain what a real good horse l is," said one of the best natured dealers in the street. 'They are as different. as men. In buying a horse, you must look first to u his head and eyes for signs of intelligence, n temper, courage 'and honesty. Unless a s horse has brains you can't teach him any thing, any more than you can a half-witted d child. See that tall bay, .there, a fine-look ing animal, fifteen hands high. You can't ti teach that horse anything. Why? WYell, al I'll show you a difference in heads; but tl1 have a care of his heels. Look at the brute's "I head--that rounding nose, that tapering 11 forehead, that broad, full place below the e eyes. You can't trust him. Kick? Well I guess on! Put him in a ten-acre lot, where he's got plenty of swing, and he'll kick the horn off the moon." s The world's treatment of a man and beast has the tendency to enlarge and in- t" tenalfy bad qualities, if they predominate. li This good-natured phrenologist could not bi refrain from slapping in the face the horse whose character had been so cruelly deline ated, while he had nothing but the gentlest " caresses for a tall, docile, sleek-limbed sor rel, that pricked her ears forward and look ed intelligent enough to understand all that was being said. "That's an awful good mare," he added. "She's as true as the P1 sun. You can see breadth and fullness be- b, tween the ears and eyes. You couldn't si hire that mule to act mean or hurt anybody. hI The eye should be full, and hazel is a good Si color. I like a small, thin ear, and want a 8C horse to throw his ears well forward. Look w out for the brute that wants to listen to all '' the conversation going on behind him. The al horse that turns back his ears till they al- ly most meet at the points, take my word for w it, is sure to do something wrong. See st that straight elegant face. A horse with a tlI dishing face is cowardly and a cowardly gi brute is usually vicious. Then I like a w square muzzle with large nostrils, to let in el plenty of air to the lungs. For the under w side of the head, a good horse should be c< well cut under the jowl, with jaw-bones dI broad, and wide apart under the throttle. fc So much for the head," he continued. ni "The next thing to consider is the build of in the animal. Never buy a long-legged, stil- P1 ty horse, Let him. have a short. straight bi back and a straight rump, and you've got '01 a gentleman's horse. The withers should at be high and the shoulders well set back and di broad ; but don't get them too deep in the b< chest. The fore-legs should be short. Give i me a pretty straight hind-leg with the hock ni low down, short pastern joints, and a round hi mulish foot. There are all kinds of horses, g< but the animal that has these points is al- fc most sure to be sightly, graceful, good- in natured and serviceable. As to color, taste ti differs. Bays, browns and chestnuts are I the best. Roans are very fashionable at u present. A great many grays and sorrels ti are bought for shipment to Mexico and tc Cuba. They do well in a hot climate ni under a tropical sun, for the same reason A that you find light-colored clothing most tI serviceable in summer. That circus-horse ni behind you is what many people call a call- cl co-horse; now, I call him a genuine pie- IC bald. It's a freak of nature and may hap- hl pen anywhere." ti - -++---- vi Water Watohlog. al tl C. F. Latimer, now in Colorado, is a LI water witch. He was recently interviewed of by a reporter who.propounded the follow- h, ing questions : I "How do you propose to proceed ? h Where is your instrument ?" "Here it is," replied Mr. Latimer, pro- h ducing the stick-a forked twig, each prong p being about a foot long. "I take a fork of r< this stick in each hand, holding the point sc upward, and walk over the'ground. If g1 there is water or other substance under- ci neath near, the point will be attracted to- rc wards it. It will be attracted by anybody, M - by a stove as well as,any thing else, as you a may see." Here the young man undertook u, to Illustrate the rnodus operandi upon the b stove and the bewondered reporter saw it ~ gradually bend over towards the heater, a with about the same deliberation which of characterizes. the "devil" when he attempts , to rekindle the fire. It went over and at ci last pointed towards the warming pan like re the finger of destiny. di "Bravo 1" exclaimed the reporter. "Now e, can you tell.rpie whether there 'is 'siver in al the pile of ore lying on that table 1" The - specimens referred to were from, the suiS- i posed new carbonate district in Boulder o, county, the character and value of which ~ are not known. L Mr. Latimer said he thought he could ~ toll. He had not, however, yet had any y experience with ores, lie would try. But he must have silver on the stiok in order to b determine the presence of this metal in the r ore before, him. Could any one . furnish si the necessary silver? H alf a dozen editof's Ic and printers said "certaInly," and went Ic in their pocke, and were all on the eve-of - u furnishing the requisite piece of coin, when 14 the office boy, Who had taken the hlnt from -, -'the foremaka, returned from the business of- i flece with the necessary amount, which was ~ brand new froin the hand of Dr.' LUnder- o man.- - "Some alloy in that," saId Wr.. Latimer, L "but I guess it will do." So saying, he r placed the dhhie in a alit at the 4rid of the , rod, -ahd took it in his hands' as before. gy Gradually, but surely amid persistently,; the it rod went over 'ivith great'dgnt - until the t Ivorter- tonched one particular piece of ore a top rdek, and very shabby i*appearance. "There's silver in that* piece,''-said* Mr. Latimer. ... "Sure 9" "Oure as you live. You can hank en t This piece wias then taken out of the pile, and the red was' held over the remaining portion''with"he siame effect,I thotkh -in came 'down more --deliberately. - AThera'. 1 ,' id thl 9x o enter, "but It's rit on the bIamer. .Th# stick went down, but in going turned toward the ore,' thus carryidig otit the theory of me manipu-' lator,i that "likb -draws -like."" That's hIs motto "Ot:170i yo 4id wtr, with the, rod, as Senyou tell whether %t ib water' or other matter that attracts? If you 'gb'' n)ihI r o d #o r div6 r what the atraction -it water , a" 6 1 I ~ a en4ig;e we Wanut to hunt for silvero Mealyr ott' the stick ; ifwewant Id we god ogr' 00%it oop Ii; is~j toad aero a A Chinese Marriage. Charles Samison, and interpreter of Clii nese and English, born in China, but educa ted in San Fra'ncisco, was married recently, si a la Chinoisc, to a young Chinese girl named Ah Quy, which, being translated, w means "Alice, the Angel." At about five o'clock the female chaperones conducted the ii girl in their charge to the rooms of her fu ture husband, but before she crossed the fc threshold of the door they threw a heavy handkerchief over her head and shut out everything from her sight. This, they toldi lier, was to warn her that in entering the i married state she was groping in the (lark future; but that, with implicit faith in the husband and relying upon him to guide her, ti she need not fear making a misstep. She was then conducted to the first room and the room adjoining, where she met the man bi that was to become her Iusbani. Ile was standing by a bed in the room, and as she approached the handkerchief was removed f from her head and both sat on the edge of 6 the bed. In sitting down lie intentionally sat on a portion of the long silken skirt she al wore. She made no attempt to remove the 8 garment, and by allowing him to remain seated on it gave proof that she was his 1. captive and willing to submit to his orders. O had she, however, drawn the garment to ward her it would hare been proof that she ai would not be submissive, and would not 4 abey hims unless she felt inclined to (10 so. The pair then knelt before a small altar, bi from which hung ancestral tablets, and each s< Dffered a prayer, after which they went into the other room, where they seated them- I selves. One of the chaperones poured tea bm Into two of the cups and offered these to u the groom and bride, telling each to take a sip. This being done they took the cups I. again, mixed the contents, and, returning , them to the pair, told them to drink, saying to that as their lips had touched the beverage they would draw inspiration from each lther by partaking of the mixture. The g bride, accompanied by the chaperones, fol lowed by the groom and some relatives, formed a procession and left the house, amid the explosion of firecrackers, and tl marched through Stout's alley to the res- ia taurant on Jackson street, where the guests had assembled and were waiting on the third floor. As the party ascended the in stairs an orchestra played an air which a d' stretch of imagination might construe into P a wedding march. As the bride entered the room where the guests were assembled S she was supported by the two chaperones, V and had her face hid from view by a large 1B fan. She was then led around to each of the guests, and as she approached she cour- 'T tesied three times. The guests returned the g courtesy and then recited a proverb, to n which the bride replied. After having gone through the ordeal 111 times the party p sat down to a banquet got up in the highest 1. style of Chinese culinary art. The first a course, which lasted nearly two hours, be ing over, the bride was escorted to her e home again. During the evening a w reporter, who attended the banquet, was ti asked by the groom to pay a visit to the i bride. On the way to the bride's home the groom said: "I have been married in the true Chinese fashion to please my Chinese f friends. The ceremonies last several (lays, and at the expiration of the seventh day I will go before a justice of the peace and be married in the American fashion." The reporter having been shown to a seat in the b bridal house was requested to wait a few '* minutes until the bride was ready to come, tc as she was very bashful. In a few minutes ie the bride, supported by an elderly Chinese female, came from an adjoining room. She ri was attired in a new dark silk gown, which sc touched the floor and hid her feet fro n view; ec on her arms were heavy gold bracelets, and ii on the fingers of her left hand two gold rings. Her raven black hair was pomaded sc and dressed with artificial flowers and gold p pieces. As she entered the room she held fi a large fan in front of her face, which ese cs lowered three times successively, end then bowed three times to the reporter. The 0 elderly woman then handed her a tray on -i which wore several cups of tea, in each of kc which was a small rose. Trhis she in turn Li presented to the reporter, who took one of al the proffered cups and according to instruc tions said, "Thank you." She then pre- o sonted the tray to the groom, who also took A a cup of tea. The bride then offered some k. sweetmeats, which were partaken of. J While the reporter and the groom were 511)- 11 ping their tea the bride backed out of the ns room, hiding her face from view as ese did "You see," said tlie groom, "she backs o out of your presence; that is a sign of res- am pect; if ese did not respect you ese would di have turned her back on you as she left thes f room." A Durning Bath. 3 s1 A young man named Godfried Holder, of ti Johnstown, Pa., met with a horrible accel- b dent In the converting department of the ti Cambria Steel Works recently. Mr. Hel der was employed on tIhe converting p1at- A form in the steel works, having charge of t the metal troughs which lead from thme j, cupola to the converters; and while passing 01 from one vessel to another, over a plank o wich was stretched across the pit under- t neath the stack, laid there for the conveni ence of the workmen in repairing the con verter!s, a mass of white hot "skull" metal ~ about twenty feet long, from three to four inches thick, and weighing nearly two tons, having become detached from the brick work b by cooling came crashing -down upon him tI from the mouth of the stack, breaking the tI p lank on which he stood, and precipitating ai him face downward to the bottom of the pit, when the mass separated into two pieces, one of which, weighing about a ton, i fell on him, completely covering him from y his head to his feet. While a number of 3, his fellow-employes were collecting about 01 him with crow-bars, etc., preparatory to -6 making an effort to release him from hiis y frightful situation, those who stooped down te and looked under the mass of metal could see that lie was enveloped in a bright flame, b and witnessed his agonizing efforts to escape a -while every nmovement of his arms, legs, 3 or body only increased the horrible torture. 9, In a moment or two, which must have y seemed an age to the imprisoned man.who i. waa slowly burning up before the eyes of ci his friend they gt her lars underneth the "sktl and pried it up about a feet, ji end he was rgedforth-a mass of hiws hi big, seething fcll. Every vestige of clotl bg wasbflrhed froni his body with the eeton o'his iea shos h hich the water or the mineral has upon ie rod ?" "It is electricity or magnetism and noth g else, as I can prove to you by standing pon glass sandals and making the experi ent. These are non-conductors, and the vitch is not influenced in the least." "There is then some science about the vining rod ?" "Oh, yes ; it merely obeys a law of na ire. Some of these days the divining rod id the dowser will not be laughed at as cy now are. Why, doesn't Edison go on the same princip: when he talks of venting a machine to discover the pres ice of ores? The Miner lode, in Clear reek County, was discovered by R. A. iner, of Illinois, by this means." "Can you tell the depth of the body you eck ?" "Oh, yes ; the switch commences to rn at an angle of forty-five degrees from 0 object. To arrive at the depth requires it a sihple mathematical calculation." "And how as to the amount ?" "I believe that that can also be deter ined. 1 have an uncle who can tell, but don't know that 1 can." ONtrich-Hunting in Fatagonia. Far-stretching and apparently boundless ains, of absolute aridity-diversifled only , the deceptive glitter of the salinas, or It lakes-over which wander two or three inters, with vagabond instinct and a de re to be free from all social obligations, ich is the picture which rises in our minds hen we think of Southern Patagonia. hese dreary pamlpas, home of the ostrich id the guanaco, extending uninterrupted for 30 or 40 miles, swept by fierce winds, ith a sterile, sandy soil, covered with ones, present to the view nothing more an an occasional tuft of coarse, withered 'ats or a patch of stunted jume bushes, hich furnishes a poor enough nocturnal ielter. Suddenly, however, the traveler ho has fallen a little in the rear of his nipanions will be surprired at their sud mi disappearance, and on following their ctiteps will find that the plain has termi ited abruptly, and that they are descend g in a zig-zag and almost vertical preci cc to another plateau, some hundred feet .low ; or it may be that they have reached ie of those grand ravines or canons where one it is possible to find a stretch of ver ire or any alluvial soil. Yet Mr. Beer hmn tells us that the sober, hard Patago an landscapes, with their impressive still %ss and their grave immensity, had for n1 a stronger fascination that the most >rgeous tropical scenery, and for a time he und himself quite able to enter into the toxicating fee.lag of (e'ight with which e ostrich-hunter shakes off all conventio ii re-luirements, and clad in his fur calpa, Ith his horses, (logs, and bolas, and one or ro stauch companions, commits himself the free life of the plains. The Patago an ostrich is of much less value than his frican cogener, being a smaller bird, and to feathers fetching an inferior price; it is t, therefore, love of lucre, as much as in ination for a free, unstrained life, that ads men to devote themselves to ostrich ilting. - So prolific, however, are both to bird itself and the guanaco, which pro ides the captor with lasso, reins, bolas, id even shoes, as sustenaice that one of iese careless easy-going follows is able to >tain everything which he counts as neces try, as well as the few luxuries for which e cares. Mounted on one of his hardy Wses, he follows his five or six grey )unds, who give chase to the prey, and hen within distance swings his bolas round Is head and discharges them with such recision that they become firmly twisted mad its body, effectually keeping it pri mter untill he can come up with it, and ve it the coup do grace. The bolas are ther round stones, or pIeces of lead cove d with leather, and united by a thong. uch skill is required to throw them well, id not a little cleverness is also needed to tanage the caps, or long fur robe, made yr the Indian women, in which the hunter raps himself, and by which lhe is effec tally protected from the searching winds the pampas. The horses, nmbers of nichi roami wild,.over the plains and are iptured and trained by the Indians, are of markable endurance, 'TO or 80 mIles a iy being as nothing to them, and at the id of such a journey they wihll start off rter ani ostrich as gamely as If they had 3en only just saddled. They will rarely, wever, allow thiemseves to be approached u foot, even b)y their owner, and the only 'ay of catching them is b)y the lasso, al ough, when once It is bridled, the horse ill stand on one spot for hours, and not tempt to run away. Saddling In the pam as is a serious operati6n, since bed and ad-covering are always carried with one. wQ or three folded blankets are first noothly laid on the hore's back, to be fol wed by the "carona," two thick p ieees of ather sewvn together, upon which is placed to saddle, firmly scured by a broad ather girt, and over tIs, again, are rapped sheep-skins, furs and other cover gs. A pack-horse convey a the tsent, pro Ialons, and cooking utensils. The dogs, f which there were 18 in the company to 'hich the :writer attached himself, being to foodl-providers, must of course be tole ted; but their thievish propensities, as 'ell'as their tendency to creep dripping wet to their owner's furs and pass the night lis close proxi.mity, do not always render emn very pleasant companions. The Mfusk-Ox. The musk-ox measures only about five ud a half feet from the tip of the nose to te root .of the tail, closely approaching in ze the smallest of Highland cattle, but Is ue~h stouter In proportion and more comn uetIy byuilt, the structures differng in the ortness ampd strength of the bones of the eck and length of the dorsal processes hichi support the ponderous head. The eight is usually greatly over-estimated by ayelers and writers, being placed aprirox satel at 500 pounds; 800 pounds would rlbe,nearer the weight of the largest. is.error Is doubtless due to the apparent so of the atimal which owing to the huge ap of wooly hair writh which it is covered, giv,on rise to the common statement' tl~ vals In size the largest 12nglisep bul eke. ,Tie dutor hair or fleoce:felong and ikhcwg ri black in ,o or,'fcuntly *oiq4y grsly, anid pong,to the meha ng far below te midde of the . Un eaththe saggy a co n al ars o th anmal ti thuelf NEWS IN BRIEF. -Iowa has 224 brass bands. -The bullion value of o'tr standa'd Iver dollar is now just $0.8372 in gold. --There are $10,000 nlis of telegraph ire un'ler ground in Lon'.lon. -Plus IX witnessed the death of one andred Cardinals during his life. -Mark Twain appears on the IIart rl tax-list assessed for $67,850. -King IIumbert has been forbidden smoke by physieians. -Atlanta, Ga., has 275 female clerks t her stores. -The amount of United States frac unal cirrency outstanding is about 0,000.000. -A dynamite cartridge factory has ten established in Saginaw county, .ch. -A carrer pigeon made the distance om Monson to New London, Conn., miles, in 61 mint'tes, on Friday. --in London the Fishmongera Comp ly has given $250 to the Female thool of Art. -The Irish people of Wilkesbarre, ann., are raising a fund to erect an 'phans' asylum. -There are 80,961 children of school ,e In Ilaltimore. and of this number 1,778 attend school. --The striking glass-blowers of Pitta irg received $5000 In help Irom outside urces. -A ustrians smoke more and more. 1877 the whole amount paid for to ceo was 40,000,000 florins, against ,000,000 last year. -From the debris of the coal mines, rance makes annually 700,000 tons of tcellent fuel, and Belgium 500,000 nis. -The Confederate monument in Au ista, Ga., cost $17,500. At each of the rners of the bast) stands a ma-ble fig re of Lee, Jackson, Walker and Cobb. -The Pen nsylvania Railroad, during e month of April. averaged daily iout five car loads of emigrants for the rest -The amount of timber rafted to arket this year Is estimated at just )uble the amount sent last year. The 'ices are only fair. -The vestry of St George's, Hanover juate, London, has resolved, by a )te of 33 to 20, not to allow a statue of yron to be placed in St. James street. ---The potteries in the vicinity of renton, N. J., are reported as doing a )od business just now, and are run Ing full-handed and on full time. -It Is proposed in the oil regions of ennsylvania to invite the Marquis of orne and the Princess Louise to make tour of that territory. -Thue Clarion county, Pa., papers ate that the lumber season has ended ith them, and the prices received for te timber were better than those that tve ruled for many years. -A Corning (N. Y.) man lost a roll bills containing $175. An honest hlow found the money and returned to the owner, and he was rewarded ith a flive cent cigar. -The out of lumber on the Kenne e river, in Maine, during the present ason, wil amount In the aggregate 65,000,000 feet. or about 12,000,000 as than the out of 1878. --Officlal documents show that the ttio of deaths per one thousand per ins employed In England is less in nal inining than in the navy by drown ig, and one-half less than on railroads. -The managers of the Woodrutf lentife expedition announce a tem )rary abandonment of the grand af Ir. 'i'tiey have spnent $10,000 and re ived nothing in return. -This year 796,140 men will be call I out to do military service in France. he iinumber will be distributed as fol ws: Ton the active army, 479,100; to 0e reserves, 144,570 ; to the territorial 'my, 118,000. -TLhe twenty-first mnusicail festiyal tile German Saengerbund of North mneriea will be held at Springer Mus al IHall, in Cinceinnati, on the 11th of .ne. The grand chorus will embrace 171 singers, besides 150 instrumental usicianis. ,-.Mr, II. J. Jewett, President of the rio railway, receives an annual salary $40,000. Col. Scott's yearly income a President of seven lines, Vice Presi antt of eleven, and director of thirty >ur, Is over $100,000. -For the three mouths ending March , 1878, there were imported into the nited States of iron-pig, bar, hoop, teet and railroad-7,252 tons, and for te same period this year 11,928 tons 3ing an increase of imports as between te two perIods of 6,094. -It requires 300,000 cubic feet of the nest quality of pine lumber to make io yearly supply of lucifer matches >r thne United States, and it takes 100, 10Ocordseof fine hard, wood to make .ir shtoe-pegs. It takes 40,04 0 ti.$ supply our 90,000 miles OL -The City of Pais comm sar the publication- of a genei~ 4gI ry of the artistic riches coniahf n a 1e diff'erent municipal edinies ~ he pital. Two volumes haye already sen Issued. The number of edlflces in me twenty atrrondissements.ib so great 1at the task Is far from being termin ed. -The latest estimates of church ac >modauion In England gives the Estab-. shed Church 6,600,00 sitting4; the. esleyan Methodists 1,702,724; the idependents, 1,211,161; the Baptists, 8,785; the Priitve.Methodists 748,. 17, and all other religious, bodies a tal of 1,560.08-uiaking a grand to .1 of 12,681,400. --Of potatoes, Ireland prddades 28 ishels to each Inhabitant; the Ger an Empire 18.1 bush~s HIolln *4.5; elglum 11.06 Frane10.; yqn5a1 9; Austria- ungary 8.~ a~~ nand 4.6; Great Briti a It 1. . In :other Buf'opean State op Is quite Insignificaat., -Ope ordh'arlos)i~n Arhi -laW, Mrs. AlfrdTnjpu III as met.a terh'b16 deAt - lhere her huai4le f9I 4 are been 4Y