The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, June 12, 1879, Image 1
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
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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