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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBOIIO, S. C., JUNE 17, 1879.OL. I.-NO. 7. THE END, The course of the weariest river Ends in the great grey sea ; The acorn, for ever and over, Strives upward to the tree ; The rainbow, the sky adorning, Shines promise through tho'slormi ; The glimmer of coming morning Through midnight gloom will form. By time all knots are riven. Comploxal though they be And p.Jaoo will at last be given,. Dear, both to you and me. Then, though the path may be dr.cary, Look onward to the goal ; Though the heart and the lead be weary, Let faith inspire the soul. Seek the right, though the wrong be tempting Speak truth at any cost ; Vain is all weak exempting When once the gem is lost. Let strong hand and keen eye be ready, For placu and ambushed foes ; Though earnest and fancy steady Bear beat unto the close. u The Ia avy clouds may be raining, But with evening comes the light ; Through the dark are low winds co+mplaining, Yet the sunrise gilds thQ height And love has.his hidden treasure For the patient and the pure ; And time gives his full measure To the workers who endure ; And the Word that no law has shaken Has the future pledge..upplied ; For we know that when 'we awaken We shall be satieed. John and I. "Come, John," said I, cheerfully, "it really Is time to go; if you stay any longer I shall be afraid to conie down and lock the door after you.' My visator rose-a proceeding that al most reminded me of the geni emerging from the copper vessel, as lie measured six feet three-and stood looking reproachfully down upon me. "You are in a great hurry to get rid of me," he said. Now I didn't agree with him. for lie had made his usual call of two hours and a half; having, in country phrase, taken to "sitting up" with me so literally that I was frequently at my wit's end to suppress the yawn that I know would bring a troop rushing after it. He was a tine, manly-looking fellow, this John Cranford, old for his age-22-and - every way worthy of boiug loved. But I didn't love him. I was seven years his se nior; and when instead of letting the worm of concealment prey on his damask check, he ventured to tell his love for my mature self, I remorselessly seized an English prayer-book, and pointed sternly to the clause, "A man may not marry his grand mother." That was three years ago; and I added, encouragingly. "besides, John you are a child and don't know your own mind." "If a man of nineteen doesn't know his own mind," remonstrated my lover, "I wonld like to know who should. But I w'll wait for you seven years, if you say so-fourteen-as Jacob did for Rachel." "You forget," I replied, laughing at his way of mending matters, "that a woman does not, like wine, improve with age. But seriously, John, this is absurd; you are a nice boy, and I like you-but my feelings toward you are more those of a mother than a wife." The boy's eyes flashed indignantly; and before I could (levine his intention he lifted me from the spot where I stood, and carried me, Infant fashion, to the sofa at the other end of the room. " I could almost find it In my heart to shake you I" he umttered, as lie sot me dlown with emphasis. ThIs was rather like the cou tahip of William of Normandy, and mattei-s pro ised to be quite exciting. "Don't do that again," said 1, with dig nity, when I had recovered iny breath, " Will you marry me?9" asked John, somewhat threateningly. "Not just at present," I replied. " The greatbhibdsnme tdllow," I thought, u.s he paced the floor restlessly, " why couldn't he fall in love with some girl of tifteen, .instead of setting his affections on an old maid like me.? I don't want the boy -on my hands, aid I won't have hiha1" " As to your being twenty-six," pursued JTohn, in answer to my thoughts, "you say its dowun in time family ;Bible, and I sup pose It must be so y bat no one would be lieve it; and I: dontt care if you're forty. You look llse a girl of .sixteen, and you arc the only woman I shall ever ;love."~ - 8Oh, John, John I at least fivemlillions of men haive said that same thing before In every kniown 1Iignage. Nevertheless, when you fairly break down and'erf, I rel&nt,. for I am digreeefully .soft-hearted--and weakly promisethen, and there that I wfll either keep my own nante or take yours." For love Is a very dog lb the manger, and Joihelokt3edrgdlant att)iis -concession, It - was a comfort to know that if lie could not gdt eri the flieC himsef,no nepa w'ould. ' * ooeps A sort of family . ehlpwreck had wafted * 9h4 to my. thresbold. ,Our own household wssadly broken,up, sind,Iformd myself invalid father, a.large house and very little money. What more natural than to take *bbarders? And &mong . the first wereMr. Cratiford alidi his 'soi, and sister who hmad just leen wrepked th'eselves'b the deatii of the wife ind rujother in.a friga land.'. Qfne of thpse 0hiden, unp*pepu deaths, thltt leaves tag survivere in rg. 4 condi itp b tit is so difficult 16 imagine tlui gay worlding whyjhas be,ettealed bencet ano e~r state pf,beIpg.. : -.. ,r.ranfo;rd was one of mly-admifrationi from the. urst. ;Tall, p ale,. with .dark:hal arid eyes, hel reminded me of'.Danite, onli that he'wad handsonlmrand ho hihd sucha pei i o*er),tl1t wa qimite r of him.! .re3in evide nthig wrapped up Ii Johp, arid pa.tient..with Ils. slstor,swieol was asking quite enough of hristian ehari ty une..e u,frMrs .iegrove wa an u aedniue,a Ru ~a.talker not find at all alluring. They seemed to have set their hearts upon me as a per son peculiarly litted to train John in the way he should go. A special interview with Mr. Cranford, at his particular request, touched me con siderable. "I hope," said he, "that you will not re fuse my boy, Miss Edna. le has 'set his heart so fully upon you, and you are every thing that I could desire In a daughter. I want some one to pet. I feel sadly and lonely at tines and I am sure that you would just fill the vacant niche." I drew my hand away from his caress, and almost felt like hating John Cranford. Life with hin would be one of ease and luxury; but I deelded that I had rather kept hoarders. Not long after this the Cranfords conclu ded to go to housekeeping, and Mrs. Shell grove was in her glory. She always caie to luncheon now in her bonnet, and gave us minute details of all that had be done and talked about the house in the last twenty four hours. "It is really magnificent," said she, lengthening out each syllable. "Brother has such perfect taste; and he is actually furnishing the library, Miss Edna, after your suggestion. You see, we look upon you quite as one of the fanily. "That is very good of you," I replied, shortly; "but I certainly have no expecta tion of ever belonging to it." Mrs. Shellgrove laughed as though I had perpetrated an excellent joke. "Young ladies always deny these things, of course; but John tells a different story." I rattled the cups and saucers angrily; and my thiouglht floated off not to John, but to John's father, sitting lonely in the library furnished after my suggestion. Wasn't it after all my duty, to marry the family generally? The house was finished and moved into, and John spent his evenings with me. I used to get dreadfully tired of him. le was really too devoted to be at all interest ing, and I had reached that state of feeling that, if ' summarily ordered to take my choice between hin and the gallows, I would have prepared myself for hanging with a sort of cheerful alacrity. Llocked the door upon John on the eve ning in question, when I had finally gotten rid of him, with these feelings in force; and I meditated while undressing on some des perate move that should bring matters to a crisis. But the boy had become roused at last. He, too, had reflected in the watches of the night; and next day I received quite a dig nified letter from hin, telling me that busi ness called him from the city, for two or three weeks, and that possibly on his return I might appreciate his devotion better. I felt inexpressively relieved. It appeared to me the most sensible move that John mnade In the whole course of our acquain tance, and I began to breathe with more freedom. Tinio flew, however, and the three weeks lengthened to six without John's return. le wrote to me but his letters became somewhat constrained; and I scarcely knew what to make of hih. If' he would only give me up, I thought; but I felt sure that he would hold me to -at weak iroise of mine, that I should either become Edna Cranford or remain Edna Carrington. "Mr. Cranford" was annonnced one evening, and I entered the parlor fully pre pared for an overdose of John, but found myself confronted by his father. le looked very grave; and instantly I imagined all sorts of things, and reproached myself from my coldness. "John is well?" I gasped finally. "Quite well," was the reply in such kind tones that I felt sure there was something wrong. What it was I cared not, but poured forth my feelings impetuously to my astonished visitor. "Hie niust not come here again I" I ex clahmed. "I do not wish to see him. Toll him so, Mr. Cranford I tell hihn that I had rather renmain Edna Carrlngton, as lhe made imc promise, than' to become Edna Cran ford." "And he made you promise thisS" was the reply. "The selfish fellow? But, Edna, what am I to do without the little girl that I have been expecting? I am very lonely-so lonely that I do nots see how I can give her up. I glanced at him and the room seemed swimming round-everfting was dread fully unreal, I tried to alt down, and was earried tenderly to the sofa,. "Shall it be Edna Oarrington or Edna Cranford?" he whispered. "You need nlot break youir promise to John." "Edna Cranford," I replied, feeling that I had left the world entire and was In an other sphere of existence. If the thought crossed my mind that Mr. Cranford had rather cheerfully supplanted hIs son, the proceeding was fully justified 'duri'ng -the visit which I moon'received fraom that 'young gentleman. I tried to iake it pltdin to -him that I did no wrong, as I had iiever professed to love himi though not at all Buro that I wouldn't'i'eceive the shaking threatened on a previons occasion, and I endeavored to be as tender as possible, for 'felt very-sorry for him. Te nmy surprise, Jbbinlat\ghied. "WVell, this Is jolly I" ho exolimend. "And I'm not a villain, after all. What do you think of her, Edna?" He produced an Ivorytype in mm rich vel vet caso-a pt'etty little blue-eyed simple ton; 'she looked like' wtat 17r. "Rose," he continud-"Ilose Darling; the .name suits hier, doesn't It? She uuas staying at my uncle's in Maryland-that's where I've been visiting, you know-and she's such a dear little confiding thing a fel. low couldn't help falling in love .with her And she thinks no end of. me, you see; says she's afraid of me; and all that.":' John know thatm I wasn't a bit afraid of him; butlI felt n olderly sisterly .sort of inte est In is happinese, and had never Jilke .idm,so' well as at that. si6ont, And this was thme dreadful news that lis father had come to break to me, when -his narra tl#e was nigiped in the iAti by my revela tions0,- and the interview ended .in am far ,mqe s~tIfatory imner than either of us h4~ ancnp o in omi d ft44 OtJhfe 1)R steady muaftEd, aV feff 41erbe don A Y* tMi Y ttfo096nVbAit'Na $t be ni d by *ieIo ~m'1ty enin be Sveited n'ation s Sap4,e f 9eat Lobsters. - When the young lobster leaves Its part it seeks refuge in small clefts of the rocl or crevices at the bottom of the sea, wh< It passes the earliest days of Its existen In a vagabond state, for a period of from to 40 days. During this thne it undergt four different changes of the shell, but the fourth it loses -its natatory organs, ai is therefore no longer- able to swim on t surface of the water, but falls to the bottc lying torpid and motionless, where it i mains for the future ; according, howevc to Its increase in size it gains courage approach the shore, which it had left at birth. The number of uenmies which t sail the young embryos in the deep sea enormous. ''housands of all kinds of Ils mollisks and erustacea are piursuing it co tinually to destroy it. The very changii of the shell causes great ravages at the periods, as the young lobsters have to u dergo a crisis which appears to be a necc sary condition to their rapid growth. fact,. every young lobster loses and remak its crusty shell from eight to ten times t] first year, five to seven the second, three four the third, and from two to three t1 fourth year. Aftdr the fifth year the chanj is only annual. For some days before ti change the animal loses its usual streng and vigor, lying torpid and motionless; at just before casting its shell, striking I claws against each other, every limb seen to tremble. Then the body swells in t unusual manner, and the shell begins divide-it seems turned inside out, ti stomach coming away with its shell. ] like manner the claws are disengaged, tl lobster casting them off much as a pers would kick off a boot too big for him. F several hours It now continues enfeebh and motionless, but in two days the ne skin becomes hardened, and within 48 hou the shell is perfectly formed and hard, lil the one cast off. Below in his native eli ment the lobster reaches the age of 1 years, and loses a foot or claw without fe, ling the loss, for he well knows it wi grow again. When suddenly alarmed I: a peal of thunder, or the report of a cai non, its shoots its claws immediately. IN part of the lobster is poisonous. The s< called "lady" Is simply the cartilaginot stomach, and would not be good eating bi cause it is tough. The delicious "toi ally" is the liver, while the impregnate eggs form the "coral " and are consider< a delicacy. The lobster is often caught in kind of trap, or "lobster-pot,-" as it called. It is made with narrow strips < board or lath nailed upon strong hoops, , as to give it an oval form upon the .tol Inside are placed stones to sink it to a cc tain depth. At each end of the pot is network of cord fastened to a small hoop the centre of the net. Tough this hop six inches diameter, perhaps, the lobsti struggles to get the bait placed inside 'tl cage. But when once in he finds himse a prisoner; for lie cannot retreat at the san door by which he entered. The situatk of the trap Is marked by 'at buoy, und visited at interval to remove the game ar make room for others. They are sometims caught with merely a piece of fish tied I a string-the lobster convey the bait to h mouth with his claws, and will let yc draw him to the surface if you do it quiet] so as not to alarm him, but If he is frigh ened In the least he is off like a flash. Ye must grasp the instant his horns are out the water. In this country the lobster found from the coast of New York nortl ward; the bept are taken on the rocli shores of New England, north of Cape Coi Fishermen at Marshfield and Plymouti Mass., catch from 50,000 to 100,000 year, which are sold to Boston dealer Great numbers have been put up In cal and shipped abroad. The packing houses Portland, Me., send large quantities in ti to England. . It Is said that the demand f canned lobsters in America equals t1 supply. OM Tunnmeiug Pete. Old "Tunneling Pete" was what Ito w; always called, and if he had any other nan It was never heard on the Pacific coast. Is said that he was from the lead mines Galena, Ill., where they to tIs day tell. ho Ihe burrowed his way t,hrough the limestom from cave to cave in search of "mineral making the caye .lsas found his abidib pllace. Even in those days he was neatr always underground.: How he managdd endure thme light of day long enough cross the plains has always been a mystei to all who knew him. Some assert that. I traveled only during thte night, and othe that lhe wore a huge pair of goggles of bla< glass. Old. Pete. landed In California 1849, and as soon as he struck the gold< 'soil took pick and shovel, and wvent. out sight benbatht it. During the ten years 1 rmined In California lie was under the grom most of the time, only coming out to ti light of the 4ay at night, as a son of Er would say. Old Peo. was a regular groui mole, and like thmat little animal, appear to hate the l,ght of the'sun, whch kept hi winking, and blinking, eyen when his ey wer# half olosed, as they~ always were w~hi he was on the surface. In California e Pete mined the gravel banks Moxie, fashion, running coyote holes int them t they were a greater puzzle than was t fanmed labyrinth of Crete. 'What Ite d vIith the gold he found no one ever kne as Ito was never seen to have any in I possessiQn, nor was he ever seon to purcha either food or drink. It was the same the lead mines, arnd a story cpmo .frc Galena that he was not.a hukuan b)eing, b a~ gnome in disgrace In some shape With t behi1gs of hiraoe. H1e was soon here< the Comstock soon after silver was founi but straightway disappared under groupi No otto,saw hini opi is,a~ $ithmer or kn< he was cbmning; tIhe flst- thtiation had his migration was when he was, seen he; There weri those amnong the pmyospectors that (lay who sw'ote that old Pet4 had inem ly extended one of his California hmoles a so "oome square throttge the Sierra Novs mlounftainlS," It is reported .that after t day,of his arrival ho was not soon for oi two .year1, yhep he. finally .eanAo out n4 where the town. of Sntro now standhf-som 'now say that Mr. Sutro followed in on "< Pete's hole" when he dmxg his tunnel, oth wise he could never hate found his way he Oom ,ock, Teso~ get ht$ 'w don by h30 VOrg.ptlkp 'w& rees ln toth ->Spr ..aidto have ien in a terrible 10,a' 14uppQ m4hoWradoop. eno0n under th hannel of the Carson a 44bsawnk 0g'n binjn ad4i he gathered up his drifting-bar. ntck, and shovel, and crossed over the hills to Flowery District, where lie set to work, and was out r of sight under the base of a big hill long c before morning. He was seen on the sur c0 face, in the twilight and of moonlight nights, two or three times each year by the miners m of Flowery until about three years ago, id when he seemed to have disappeared for lie goo(l. No one cared much whither he had m gone, for he was an unsightly old man and n exceedingly snappish and disagreeable. One morning about six nonths ago some r, Indians rushed Into the village of Flowery to in a terrible fright, saying the "devil" had appeared in their camp. A few miners Went with the Indiana and found old Pete is sitting in the middle of their rancheria be bside a big hole, through which it was evi dent he had just risen. The old man's eyes ig were glassy and his gray hairs were matted with clay, like those of a badger just drag ged from his hole, and it was easy to see that he was on his last legs. He said he had conie to the surface to get a mouthful e of fresh air in order that he might have strength to die. He had just life enough left to say that lie lied been away up under l the roots of the Comstock (luring the past. e three years, and had there seen more wealth o than Fair, Mackey, or any mining million aire of them all had ever dreamed of. id "They will never find it, though," chuckled s he; ''they will never find it! They will never go down to where it is. They will become discouraged far above, up among the twisting clays and cross-courses and it faults and great horses of porphyry. I must (lie now, but none of them will ever find . what I have seen-no, never!" So saying, >r the old fellow suddenly pressed his hands ) to his breast., a rattling came from his throat, (I lie fell back upon the ground, gasped, and t clutched the gravel with his bony fingers, a e tremor passed through his frame, lie straight eied out, and was dead. 1) -- -e-~- - - A Woman's Hair. Il y There is a lady residing in Omaha who has the most beautiful black hair-three 0 feet and more in length, soft, glossy, way ing, the pride of her husband and envied by all the ladies who know her. She has been in the habit of having her servant give It a good washing with soap and water every ( few days. One Friday night the customary d cleansing was done, and the servant at a tempted to (1o an extra good job. Sie had the water hotter than usual, used more f soap, and folding the long waving tresses on the top of the head, she rubbed and rubbed them until they were covered with r_ white foam. After a little time she poured a cold water on and rinsed it, and dried it 1 with a towel. After waiting awhile she q got a comb and brush, but to her astonish r ient she found the great roll of hair as 0 hard as a brick. The eomb would no more If penetrate the solid roll than it would a stone e wall. It then was washed and wetted and. 1 rinsed again, and to the utter amazement 1 of the lady and servant, the mass of hair d was harder and more compact than ever. , It could not be i..rsu.uded. coaxed nor o combed out of 'that giarled mass. Here was a pretty state of affairs. A consulta tion was held and the servant was sent for a professional hairdresser, but it was so late at night that none could be found. Early on Saturday morning the lady bundled up her head and went to a worker in hair. It iwas beyond the hair-worker's ken. It had now become so hard that a knitting needle could not be pushed through it, and the ' lady was told that the only hope was to cut it off. ' That was a catastrophe she could not think of without weeping, and besides. hOr husband was away gud. what would lie 1s say to come home and find her hair as short as a school-boy's. She could not possibly have it cut off. Then she went for a hair >r dresser again. ie This time he came, and a moment's ex amination enabled him to explain matters. "Madam," lie said, "your hair has been 'fulled' j ut on thme same principle that they full cloth in a fulling mill. There is no is way to save it but to leik it.out one hair at Ie a time." [t She told him to go to work, 4md for five )f hours lie toiled awvay. At the end of that w time lie had it straightened out, with the e0 loss of about. one-hal f of the orlglnah quan "tity. And so enidethi this chapter on a g lady's hiair. o A Stranigo People. ~y Dr. E. XI. Heath, in a paper on "Peru e0 vlan Antiquities," describes a strange peo rs pie living ini a town called JEten in seven k degrees south latitude and about two miles n fron~ the sea. They numiber about four mn thousand, and1( speak, beside thme Spanish, a f language which somne of the recently brought 10 over Chinese laborers understand, but there id is no other siiliarity between the two poo ie plea. -IThey intermarry uticles, niece's, li brothlers ad sisters, nephews and aunts, itd that Is, promniacnoushy, amnd with no appar dent cut'se of consanguinity ; but they will m not perinit any internmarriage into their nnm es bor, tr *ith the outside world. They have mn laws',customs and dress of their own, and Id -lIve by bi-aiding lists and mats and weaving mf cloths. They will give no account of the Ill place Whence they came, or of the time ie they 'settled. at Eten. History does not Id. -nention thieir existence before the8Spaniard. 6 arrivedlJ There are no sick or deformed liI persons among them, their eustom being to se send a committee to each sa"k Or Qld person, in and those who are reported ipast discovery 1m or 11sefulness are promptly strangled by the ut pnbl excumtioner. Eten orders it, they 10 say, anid with Eton's orders there is no in >n terferenco. -A Paussiomately scien'1fld Physicianm. pf e. 'Paul Eimile Chauffard, who was a Pro of fessor at the Academy of Medicine in Paris, 9- and wtosp. :death was announced a ,short mid ine,ago, Qried the ley. of lila art to its rgau frilies iil its. ,. On being consulted two or hie tireOliOntms:.agg by a. maiMl who was. evi er d uily.suffring from sone acute form of ar ski uJIease, he looked at hIm attentively, ne an4 then, as a strange light sparkled in li Id eye, e9 0xlairned ~r. Jt.rpiordinary ~~ unparalleled - in6on. en rldpatientoeagerly lnquired if it he aa 'bad case," A'I rather think.it is,"'repled the Doctor, 4 on~ Diet I gsspe4t% a tient, lo .~ofor $ ~ sseti)y s9np disease Ijt o~Rght eo, V a ntirely n ~ utnowwe. . n~oQd i hth naa serice.aan4t., if htI Auntlo's Robbers. Black eyes, blue eyes; grey eyes-thre pairs, all as bright as diamonds, and all beg ging as earnestly as did the three littl tongues below them-for auntie to tel them a story. ''Another story I" exclained auntie "why I've told you two already to-day." "'I know It auntie," said black-eyec Will, always ready with an answer, "but you see how it rains so we can't play out, and 'sideQ-I gues I don't feel very well --myI head kinder aches." "And we're creOlc tired playing in the tnat tic,'' put in blue-eyed baby Bess, and I (o want to Jus' cuddle in somebody's arms, and I'll keep jus its still as any little mice.'" "She'd think you're big enough to say attic 'stead of nattic," muttered Robbie, the owner of the big gray eyes ; "but say auntie, won't you tell us a robber story ? "Yes, yes, auntie, a robber story," clt oed Will, while Bessie "cuddled" in aun tie's arms and prepared to be frightened by the horrors to come. ''Can't you think of a truc robber story with lots of fighting in it ?" he added. Auntie, like the little old man, had to ''scratch her head and think,'" for she could not say "No" to the little pleaders. "A true robbers story,'' he said smiling, ''well I'll do the best I can. I'll tell you about t band of robbers that once lived in a country a long way from here." (Bessie gave a great sigh of relief at the last. words -"a long way from here.") "They were big, ugly-looking fellows, regular savages, like all the people of those countries. They did not have nice houses like ours but just dug holes in the ground, piled Iin a lot of cocoa nut husks, torn into strips, to answer for beds, and that was all the furniture they cared for. They drank salt water instead of fresh water like ours, and used to car-ry about with them wherever they went two bags, of skin which they filled every morn ing in the ocean, which was near their home." "Why did they carry water around with them all the tine?" querried Will. "Well, 1 think they wanted water very often, and being away from home much of the time, they wanted to have it handy," replied auntie. "It is in that country the cocoanuts grow, which you children are so fond of-and these queer old robbers like them even better than you do, for they would not eat nothing else." "No beefsteak, auntie ?" asked Robbie. Beefsteak was the chief of his diet. ''No, they were vegetarians," replied auntie; ''that's what people who eat no meat are called. But did you ever see any cocoanuts as they grow on the tree, chil dren ?" "I have," shouted Rob, eagerly "the mish'nary that preached in our Sunday school showed us one. You couldn't see the nice white part that we eat at all, only t big brown thing, with 'nawful hard shell covered with t funny kind of stuff-I do' know what you call it-hair, I guess." "Yes," eaid auntie, "and that hair as you call it, is what the robbers used for beds, and the white part inside -Is what they ate, and as they had no tools, no ham mers, knives or axes, with which to break the hard shells, they used to climb up the cocoanut trees, and fling the big nuts down as hard as they could throw them: 'I'hlis geuerally broke the shell; and they could dig out the fruit." "But, auntie, tell about the fighting part," said Will. "Oh I the fighting part I" said aunttie. "Well, these fellows were always called'the robbers,' yet most of the fighting was done by another tribe, and they had a funny way of fighting, too. They did not know how to make any.kindof weapons, but really they needed none, for they had imensely large, strong hands, and when they fought they would seize their enemy with a terri ble grip and then run off-leaving the hand and arm still clutched in the flesh of their foes." "Why, autle, y'ou don't mean that they could take their arms off-rcall.y," you aren't telling true, auntie." "But I do mean just that-only you see the loss of an arm was not mluch to oneo of these follows becaulso a now onie would grow in a little while." "Pho01 you're just making that up, aun tie," said .incredulous Will, slhruggitng his shoulders.' 'Not a bit of it Willie, it's all real lion. est truth," replied auntie, laughingly. "But real menh don't have new arms grow when their are cut off-'cause dont't you know that one-armed beggar thtat camei luere yesterday t Ho said Is arm was shiot off In th.e war-and tliat was ever'n so long ago." "Alh, Willie, boy. I( d(d not say tha~t my robbers were men. They are robber cr'aba, and every word I told you about theml is true," laughed auntie, "butI haven'l thne to toll you any more, for the supper boll will ring in five minutes, and six little hands must be washed, and three little heads be brushed, so as to be ready in season." "But did they carry th'e-bags of salt wat. r,auntie ?" questioned Will. "Yes-they have two large bags or sacki attached to their bodies, which they keel constaultly filled with salt water," replied atuntie as she trotted off up stairs with baby Bess pI)ck-a-back. Elphasntine Burgery. During the late wind storm in the vicini ty of Philadelphia, Pa., a large lantern or top.of the elephant hlouse in the Zoological Garden was demolIshed and pieces of the heavy glass fell into the cage occupied by tile elephants. The female elephant i1 walking around the enclosure trod on one of the fragments and, being in her bare feet, received a painful wound. S3he set up howl that made tIhe roar of thte storm seen the sighting of a z.ephyr by contrast. i companion, was found to be comforting hea as well- as lie could by trying to roar loude: than she (did, and by letting a half pint teal of sympathy now and then roll down his trunk, which was wound tenderly about ti wounded leg of the prostrate benst. Dr. Chapman, surgeon to the Zoologlea~l society, was summoned. She was secured by ropes and thrown on her side on a bed of straw, treatment which evoked from her.somes ex tra efforts in the roaring line.' When Dr. Ohapman began to probe softly around thu wound with a lancet howvese slioWet an elephant*s,ianti~;so o a frie by easing her bell' ng a, hodig. th infured foot perfectl stilt r Claa successfully ronmvdh rgi~.g*a stoed he flow oR *o 4fh 'te*un jAnd in A iinutes at agn ok ~fqtiolokhIge atbA4 ' ' "~ Soup and Troubl,e. A man clad in a new but poorly-fitting - suit of store-clothes, and bearing a heavy look of trouble around his mouth and across s brow, went into a restaurant and taking 4 A seat apart from all other diners, shoved his hat under the table, sighed deeply, and called for soup. "Anything more!" "No." The hot liquid was mrde black with pep per, and then followed a swishing, gurgling sound, at quick Intervals, like the plashing of the tide. At the end of three minutes the bowl was emtpty and the waiter again 811111111011C(l. "lore soup." It was brought. "Anything morel" "No." Tears gathered in the eyes of the gloomy man, but he brushed them away with his napkin, and plunged his spoon again into the steaming soup. The elbow crooked and straightened with the regularity 01 a heart-beat, and presently the waiter was beckoned once more. IIe stepped up with visible irritation, but catching an admonish ing look from the steward, bent forward with suavity. "More soup," said the man with a plain-1 tive voice brimming over with emotion. "Anything else?" "No. " "Hadn't I better bring in the kettle this trip," said the waiter. "You might," said the man, with a sigh that Jarred the table. "I've got heaps of trouble to drown." "We've got a gruel that will (1o more with less bulk," said the waiter. "It might hit the right spot sooner." "I've never found no balm for a wounded spirit that could walk around soup-'special ly if it's hot and tolerably high-seasoned. 1 don't know whether it comes of being hot and fetching on the sweat or not, but it reaches for trouble every une, anid gets away with a heartache quicker'n anything I ever tried; so you may keep on with it 1 I guess, till my mind gets easy enough to tackle corn beef and cabbage.' '1'he waiter was softened by the humble j grief before him, and much regretted his thoughtless chaffling. le felt sympathetic, and longed to soothe the aching breast. "You're in trouble then?" he ventured, tiilidly. "1 am pardner-deep," said the man, as he reached over for a fresh pepper-box. "Lose your property?" "No--no. Worse'n that." "Friends--near kinfolks maybe?" queried the waiter, with a sober look. "Worse'n that, a good deal." "You don't say I I'm real sorry, sir; I but maybe 'twas all for the best. "No, I'll be dad-thumped if it wasl" ex- I claimed the stranger, choking on the soup, and getting red in the face. "Does it ever do a man any good to be swindled?" "Why, no-surely not." "Well, that's just what. I'vn honn, and in the meanest, dog-gonest way that any 1,ody ever was sold, too. 'ardner, I've been the victim of a base. deceivin' one eyed schemer. I was married last Mon day." 'rhe waiter could only make big eyes, and catch his breath. The s(td man pro ceeded: "I said married, but swindled was the word I meant-took in shameful. 1 mar ried on 'spc,' with every prospect of get ting both money and beauty, and here I ant euchred blind. She was a widow, living in good style, in a bunkum good house that every body said belonged to her, and so I thought there wasn't much risk. She was as pretty to look at as a ripe watermelon, but turns put to be a bigger fraud than a green pumpkin." The poor' lctim broke down with emo tion, and had \o pause and mop his -eyes. "Pardner, t1tem shIny, dazzlin' teeth, that wilted me t,he first time I saw her grIn, turns out .to bc sham, shop-made, and not even paid for yet ; and so help me Hieze klah, one of her eyes Is glass, and she sleeps with her hair on the back of a chair ; but the worst of It all Is that the house was only her'n as long as she remaIned sIngle, and now the regular heirs have served notice on her to vamoose, and she actually expect,s me to find a house and pay rent on It. I've boen to see a lawyer, and all the consolatIon lhe give. me is that I've got to grin and bear it, 'cause the bargain was for better or for worse. Fetch on another bowl of soul), and have it i,xtra; warm." 'May be," said huisband to his loy ng spouse, "you wouldn't be so handy dis playing those big feet of yours if you knew what occured when I took your shoe to be mended." "What was'it?-let me know instant "Well, the shoemaker took it in his hand gazed upon it in silence, and then burst inito tears, and wept as if his heart would break." "Well, what was the numbekull dry Ing for ?-quick, let me know I" "Well, poor f'ellow,'he said he doted on his grandmother-fairly doted on her. She nursed him, you know, be.. cause his mother was feeble-and so well, he came to this country 15 years ago, and first he setup in the vegetable ine, and Aot along pretty well, and was about to send for the old lady, when hard times camne, and he broke. lie went~ into fruit then, and after that into milk-into all sorts of things you know; but lie got disappointed every ti'ne, till his business fetched hIm out at last, anid lie sent right oft' for the old woman. She landed four weeks ago, but died 'The very same night. It was very hard, after all his toiling for fif teen years, to get her over at last, and have her die on his hands.. He-he well, he was disgusted. Hlowevet ' he laid her out, and he and hiK fridnds -sat up with her, and by and by the memory of her virtues softened his bitternees and turned it tros tender. trief. 4 sett1q4I melancholy,, that 1hung abont shjs spIita formuany days. Ho,ver, by striying to keep his thoughts emsployed on oi.1gt suldees he was Aially be tining a I egin sone littIeO'f ola hed FOOD FOR THOUGHT. ''Ihe higher up the mountain you climb the higher you can see. We are as liable to be corrupted by books as by companions. 'lhe great misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune. One can not bear to pay for an arti cle he used to get for nothing. Age that lessons the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living. Example is always more efilcacious than precept. Few things are impossible to dill gence and skill. A man used to vicissitudes Is not eas ily dejected. One smile for the living is worth a Llozen tears for the dead. atziness is a premature death. To be in no action, is not to live. )lvinu vengeance comes with feet of Lead, but strikes with the hand of iron. Absence'destroys trilling intiiacies, but it invigorates strong ones. To the blessed eternity itself there is io other handle than this instant. Let us search ourselves in the first place, and afterwards the world. Ragged clothing cannotdebase a man is much as a frayed reputation. If evil be said of thee, and it Is true, ,orrect It; itf It be a lie, laugh at it. Employment 1s Nature's physician, Lid is essential to human happiness. If every year we rooted out one vice, ve should soon begome perfect men. No one will dare maintain that it is )etter to do injustice than to bear It. It is more profitable to look up our de ects than to boast of our attaninients. A man owes his success in his life vork to the woman who walks beside lim. The sweetest thing on earth is a little hild when it has learned to know and ove. Bodily enjoyment depends upon good ieaith, and health depends upon tem )srance. Knowledge will always predominate >ver agnormee, as man governs the ither animals. Human life is everywhere a state in vhich much is.to be endured, and little o be enjoyed. After frientiship and love come bene olence and that compassion whilh uites the soul to the unfortunate. Ilow contagious Is the laugh of some >eople; how jarring that of others, like >laying on a wornout plano. The innocence and purity of child ood brings bitter heart pangs to the in-hardened man and worldly woman. Peoplo who cannot heartily love and ate will never command the first or now the clearing influence of the lat or. It is better to wear out than to rust ,ut.. We must not only strike the iron vhile it is hot, but strike until it is nade hot. Life would surely be a dreary waste f one could not'have his picture taken very time a new collar is introduced nto the market. Only they who carry sincerity to the ighest point, In whom there remains iot a single hair's bre.adth of hypocrisy, an see the hidden springs'of things. Good pictures are great teachers. A Inn work of art hanging in one's house ipeaks to hini constantly in language )f tender beauty th}tt wins its way to he heart. A superior capacity for business, and L more extensive knowledge, are steps y which a new man otten mounts to avor andl outelhines tihe rest of his con emporarles. How fewv realize that the strata of ove and hate lie so close .tge&her that t takes but little to bringthe latter up ermnost, when under the pressure of inkindness or injustice. ,Great works are~ performed, not by rtrengt.h, but by perseverance: he that ' h'ail walk with~ vigor three .hurs a lay, will pass In seven years a space iqual to the ciroumferencce f the globe. The liberty of using.harmless pleas ares wvill not bQ disputed;. bgt it Is still to be examined. whi.t .pleasuares Ire harmless. The evil of any p>leasuare a not In tihe act itself, but in its conse Luences. Suoch is the taeoflfo tli, 'one are iappy but by 4 o of hange. The ehan 0t tig ~hen we have mad it-the next ish is 0ochange again. The World is not yet xzhaausted, - Whatever fiolitates our orli is more ~han an omen ; it 1s a 'catise of success. this is one of' thos'e pleasiiig usrprises vh ich ofteni hapgiens to act ro' resolui Ion. MIany thi ngs.difficult, to designi rove easy to, performarle, We smile at.the ignorance,4 Jhe say ge who cuts down the sr' xorder to reach the fruit; but the fa~if that a alunder of.- this descriptomis made by svery person w ho is eyer eager and im patient in the pursuit~ pesge. In the'decline of li sapie and. Srief are of sh'ort dirntiou' w eher it ~ethaat we bear easily wIhat' *o have borne long, or tha, findino- ourselves n age less regar4d wee~ regard - >thers; or, that 1' loo it Ight re latrd ubon afflitibne, t&s ioi ekn.'w shat th'e hand of death is about to p ut uiend, . The life that Ia devote i .W knowled e pasqs silently awy aI~ Initwy liti 0 Jive sifled byeyer3 in pub hearg to iquire~ n Il'adlil<quir le,i h ,bsns of a0 deholat. lie or. te an nor Evein ai 'a lilt ~ 4~11The. be an easy d*~ 4dt*I~I nde si ye 4et4f h , lo