Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE 26, 1879. VOL. IV.-NO. 11. BON VOYAGE. Thoro's not an' hour but from some sparkling beach lo joyful nen, in fragile ships, to sail By unknown seas to unknown lands. They hail The freshening winds with eager hope and speech Of wondrous countries which they soon will roach. Loft on the shore, we wave our hands, with pa o, Wet cheeks, but hearts that are ashamed to quail Or own the grief which sollishn,ss would teach, Oh ! Death, the fairest lands beyond thy sea Lie waiting, and thy barks are swift and staunch And ready. Why do we reluctant launch ? And when our friends their heritago have claimed Of thee and entered on it, ri h and free, Oh I why of sorrow are we not ashatod ? The Exchanged Overcoats. Several young folks were assembled at Mr, Lawrence's one evening for the purpose of- amusement, and after they had quite exhausted their budget of fun, they re quested Mr. Lawrence to tell them a story. As lhe delighted in pleasing young people, he readily complied with their request, and asked what they would have. ''Yours and ljenoraL !ve story," echoed several merry voices. "Well, then," said he, "if you will be seated and keep quiet, I will tell you about our courtship.' Ihey seated themselves around him, and with Lenora's lustrous black eyes beaming on him he began. "Lenora was sixteen and I was twenty two wheni my story begins. I was visiting at Uele John's in Benton, when I became acquainted with her. It was at church, the Sunday after my arrival, that I first saw her. She was a pretty girl, with black eyes, lark brown hair and red cheeks; which charms, you see, she stil retains in wonderful per fection, though many weary years have passed since then. As she was an intimate friend of U ncle'J oln's family, I soon became acquainted with her. We met often, and spent many happy hours together. The result was that scarcely a month had elapsed ere I found myself so deeply in love with her that I resolved to tell her how dear she was to me, and ask her to be my own sweet Lenora. Nor was it lonj before I had an opportunity of executing my resolution. We were seated on a rustic seat in a beau tiful spot. in her amother's garden. It was i pleasant mnormng in May, and nature was dressed in her richest garb. The flowers were in full bloom, and the ground was covered with a velvet. green. The morning siul shining from a blue sky through the rich foliage that clustered above our heads, lent a magical lustre to.the scenery around. It. was a spot that the artist might be proud to have reproduced on canvass. We had often sat in that same spot before; but on this morning it possessed more charms and more fascinations than ever. With Lenora's head leaning on my shoulder and her hand placed confidingly in mine I believed myself the most favored of mortals. I thought, if I could only have such a dear girl with me all the - time, I would be the happiest of men. It. seemed that she divined my thoughts, for she asked inc what I was thinking about. I told her that I was think ing of the short time that remained until I would leave for home, and how lonesome it would be so far away from her. A tear stole down her rosy-cheek, and her head hung lower on my shoulder. I put my arm around her, drew her to my breast, and somehlow, though I never could tell just how, I asked her if site would be my wife: Her reply, which wvas a sweet "yes," senm ed to haave almost transformed that little garden spot into heaven. I held her long in my arms and pressed passionate kisses on her lips. When we p)artedh, an hour af terward, we hind vowed to lbe forever truc 'to each other. After that our ameetigs became more frequent and life was a thouis and times sweeter to me tihan ever blefore. Several weeks hand passed pleasantly away, when the time for my retuarn home drew near. It was about the middle of July. Having gained her parents' consent to our marrage, 1 promised to return h1i September and claim my bide. With a farewell meeting with Leanora, ir which all our vows were renewed and manty parting'tears we-c shted, I took passage in ii stage-coach for Clifton, mny fatheri's home. It was eighty miles disetant, aind I was thare< days In going. The first thing I did aftem I had received the congratulations of mn) friends was to wito to Lenora, to tell hei of my journey over the steep) andi rockJ road among the mountains andi hills on tht< old coach. A swveet correspondencee ensued and through the long summer .days thal followed the greatest pleasure that I entjoye< was in reading Lenor-a's letters and writing to her. - About the first of September I received lette- from Low Rowland, requesting me t( come to Greencastle and spend a few (dayl with hinm befofe htis dieparturle foir Califor na., Lew and I had been schtoolmates, an< were very intinmate friends. For thte p)as -thi'ee years Ite had been clerking in a druf store in Greencastfa; but becoming wear3 of such a monotonous occupation,, and no being satisfied with the small Income derlvc< from it, hto had resolved to seek more ro mantle andl profitable emp)loymenit in thea gold fields of CalifornIa. Thte time tor my return to Lenora waa only two weeks off. However, I dleter mined to coinply wvith Low's request, anm on thte dayd after I received his letter started for Greencastle. As I ivent by rail -way, I was only a dgy andi nIght on th~ road; and oat the followilng morning I wa In Low's room in a hotel in GIreoeastle I found . him In good spIrits. HIe wa niaking preparations for his journey. Of course:I took an opportunity to wvrit antd toll Lenora of my trip, atnd assured lhe 4that if. a kind Providence favored I wouh be. with hter at the ap1polfnted time. The three dlays that I spent with Lev Were pleasantly passed. In the forenoon o the third day, Low's comnradle, who wit going with hiam, Arrived in Greecastlo, an< Iusisted on taking the evening train. Accordingly everything was arranged anad about, seven o'clock we repaired to th deyot to await the arrival of the 9 o'clocl -westward bound train, ThrowIng aside ou *overcoats and hats, we seated ourselves fo V As'paon it wbiuhastle of thte all pl~6Ah i)~tisounded in our ears. I at u aa i i thon t the oar, and as th train began to move away I pressed their hands, wished them a prosperous life and stepped from the car, glancing, as I went out, at the serene faces of the passengers, little suspecting the horrible death that awaited many of them that night. I stood, on the plat form until the noise of the train (lied away in the distance, and then went. with a heavy heart to the hotel and retired to rest. When I arose on the following morning I discovered, with much chagrin, that Lew had takcly my overcoat Instead of his own. As far as the value of the coats were con cerned, I had lost nothing; but several of my letters from Lenora and some other papers wete in the pocket of mine, and these I did not wish to lose. I took the eight o'clock train for Clifton. My attention was so much attracted by the scenery that was presented to my view as the train sped on its way, that I soon forgot about the exchanged overcoats. All the day and night the train went swiftly on its way, stopping occasionally ro receive or deposit passengers or to obtain i fresh supply of water. As the train stopped at a station a few miles from Clifton, just at the dawn of (lay, I was horrified to hear that the train taken by Lew and his comrade had been thrown from the track and several of the passengers killed. I dreaded to hear the particulars of the disaster. When I arrived at. Clifton, the town was much excited over the wrecked train. Full particulars had been received, and I was surprised to find my own name among the killed, I immediately remembered the over coats. There now remained no doubt as to my dear friend being among the killed. My parents were saved from great agony by my arrival home before they had learned that my name was on the list. After spending two days at home I once more took passage in the stage-coach for Benton. There were several other passen gers, and the time passed pleasamtly away during the first day an([ the forenoon of the second. But then an unexpected difficulty retarded our progress. One of the wheels of the coach broke antd had to be repaired before we could proceed. This occupied the remainder of that (lay and all the next, so that the evening I should have been with my Lenora found mec several miles away. Immediately after the accident a measen ger was dispatched to Benton with the mail on horseback. I was absent with two or three others getting timber with which to repair the broken wheel when he started, and knew not that he was going until he was several miles on his way. Ilence I (lid not send at line to Lenora explaining my failure to arrive. However, I consoled ily self by thinking that the messenger would make matters sulliciently plain, and all would yet be well. On the morning of the fourth (lay we re sumed our journey. As twilight began to change into darkness, the coach drew up and stopped in front of a large brick build ing In isenton, and the passengers alighted and dispersed. 1 walked along the street to the residence of Lenora's father. I knocked at the door and was admitted. There quite an unex pected scene met my vision. Instead of Lenora and her parents meeting me with extended hands, they did not appear con scious (af my entrance. Lenora sat on the sofa, evidently pained at the contents of a letter which she held in her hand. A pack age of papers lay beside her on the. sofa. Near her sat her father and mother. I stood for a moment in utter amazement. Not a sound was to be heard save the sobs of Lenora. In astonishment I drew near to where they sat.. The young lady who ad mitted ile into the parlor did not offer me a seat, but advanced with me to where they were in silence. As I drew near each face was turned toward me. Lenora's eyes benaed one moment on me, and then she fell faintinig into my arms, her only words being, "It Is John." We laid( her on a bed and1( administered such restoratives as 5soon produced consciousness again. While this was tranisirmg, her father unaraiveled the cause of the mysterious circumstances which haid just taken lace. It, waus late In the evening of that (lay when they heard of the messenger's arrival with the mail. Lenora wvent to the ofice hlopinlg to receive a letter from ime explain ing my nion arrival. She received a letter and a paickage which she supp)osed to be from me, and returned homle. HeIr first glance at the contents sent a pang to her heart. It was from a gentleman in a dis tanlt town, stating that John Laiwrence hind baen 1k111ed in the recent (disaster, and his papers amid mon~ey had been senlt to her. By the time her father had fluished these exp)lanatilons, Lenora had so far revlvedl as to sit upl amid listen to my story of the ex changed coats, and that It was my friend, Lew Rowlaind, who was killed. We opened the package and found, be side my letters, over $200 in bank notes. I wrote to one of Le'v's brothers In regard to the money; but before his repl*y arrived I receivedl a letter from-Lew. He was not (lead, as reported, but had only received a slight injury, from which lie had recov ered. lie hiad loaned his overcoat to an in valid young muan, who wvas killed when the dlisaster occurredl. As lie had on the over coat that contailnedl my letters and p)apers, It naturally resulted in the mistaike that was miadle. With Lewv's assistance the money was restoredl to the proper p)arties. A few weeks afterward Lenora andl I were married. In the following spring we mlovedl out lhere on the farm, where we haive 1ived and( loved ever sinee. T rahe iigOperatin Ont an Eye. a remarkable surgical operation. T1he eye of a workman In an iron fouindry was ijured by seome molten Iron being spattered into it. Under medical treat ment the wvoauded member soon healed but with the uapper and the lower lids' stIll fastened .to the sight of the eye. T2o remedy tils difficutlty Dr. Van Duyn separated the uindumly joined membranes with a knife, thereby inee essarily remioving a part of the eon Juncltiva of the eye. .in the anticipation of this loss the doctor had a rabbit in readiness, under the influence of ether, atnd at this stage of the operation took a llce of the conjunetiva frQm ope of the insejpsible animals eyes and lmmedi. ately placed it.upon that of the Injured . man, whore It speedily adhered,'aid now hae become a part of .the human The Tea BlIxern. had To mix different kinds of tea is to bring ali one or other up to a given degree of strength lug or to endow it with an aroma, or to mpart Ing to it a particular color, so as to render it die more marketable, and otherwise enhance wh profit. Consequently it involves the distur- All bance, and a very complete disturbance, of of I the original package. "Give ime only fgro something to work upon, short of decayed Ile] leaves without vitality," says the packer, trec "and I will show you what my art can the accomplish in the way of bringing up an its Inferior tea to a higher grade and so setting retl off the package that it shall appear to have ma been undisturbed, or in accomnodating teas p0l to wrappers not their own." With an introduction from the tea mer- sug chant, we make our way to the packer's thh establishment. The building is dimgy, its mit style out of date, but it has broad, deep, cid undivided floors. and On the ground floor, as we enter, we see chests and half chests in blocks and rows, Cla and heaps of matting and China gra?0 twine. you Ascending a stair like a ladder, we reach cati the next floor. There the air is so filled oth with tea-dust that it. Is difieult to discern - an object a foot in advance. Men are mov ing hither and thither, some taking ofT chest will lids fastened by tiny iron clamps, or cutting shte with a fine instrument along their edges the 1'v leaden sheathing, or- emptying the contents of I of the chests in separate piles, or running ad like mad with scoops from one pile to anl- but other, adding or subtracting, according to I di the directions of the mixer, or at the same high bidding, throwing powder into and bre; stirring an iron pan, this last scene in a far boy recess, the figures in the dusty gloom seem- gui ing like demons working hidden spells in we] the most approved style of theatrical witch- caln es, with bony fingers plunged into a caul- rak dron. This is the famous "firing," or tiu rather no-flring, though carried on without any firing. The dust thrown in clings to the leaves and gives to them a natural bloom thn --not to be detected by the microscope, Sw whichl brings them up to a remarkable color. strc The scene is one of fraud iii full activity. lers Supplies never seem to fail. So much for the mixing. sho The actual packing, as distinct from mix- dlel ing, is an extremely ticklish and equally unscrupulous job, for the tea returned to ag chest is not the same as that taken from it. Daintily is the tissue paper impingng on the tea, disposed; the lead is so thin that nothing less than Chinese art could solder em it, so line strips of paper are pasted over the cut edges. The (liinese label has been carefully replaced. In refastening the lid, Iknc the wrenched iron clamps must be left as they were. Now coies the gumming of the disrupted outside paper; following which for is an examination of the chest to see that strt there is no aperture from which the aroma clrii can escape. Any aperture found is closed. There are chests, wnich denoting high mo grades, have not a particle of original tea returned to them. Great, indeed, is the ag metamorphosis, when oven superior grades eve change appearance and character to suit the kn< market., or give way for mixing with other km grades to middling or. lower. I t. . ,- A Bear Story. . lt -- tra Wit, 'twas nearly fifty years ago when cor Elial Parmelee built his one-story log house wa right out here by the corner of the road that job leads to Cornish. Elial was as curious a littl sort of feller as ever lived. He was shoe- ed maker, harness-maker, carpenter, mason bro and tailor. A regular "Jack-of-all-trades;" cab and what was a little remarkable, lie was Jin good at all of 'em. His wife was as true a o' F helpmeet as ever a man had in this world. an' She was a spinner and weaver, and a mas- tak ter hand to knit ; and when you come to make bean porridge she hadn't her equal in Claremont. She used to p)ick berries 'of all kinds in their season, and always took the baby --as they called the youngest of a brood-with lher. bel One time she got interested In picking raspb..rries, they were so thick, and had lint strayed a leetle further away from the boy ed than she expected. All at once she thought anm of her darling, and leaving the b)ushies fair- Jin ly red with berries, sihe hurried back to di whore she left the baby, andl, horrible to aft tell, he was gone! I ld wilth anxiety, she hart ran hither and yon, screaming for her child. cal Bhe looked in every place where It seemed 0' possible for him to go; she crawled under yet bushes, around stocks and stumps, and p)ale do and faint, staggered home with the awful news. Ellal started, and his wife followed as fast as she could, but no boy or traces of him could they find, save the little white cap his mother had made for himn a few i days before. o h i'obody can tell the feelinigs of that father th< andi mother unless they have been placed in tio similar circumstances. A fter they had tired wI, themselves all out in their search they sat fec down, broken-hearted, In the place where fo( the b)aby was left, and tried of every possi ble chamnce that could befall the child. All am at once Elal started up with : in "I'll bmet my life a bear has carried oft eat that boy.' an "Oh ! no ;" says the mother, ''don't say mt that !" "Yes; I believe It. I have heard of such be things ; and probably a she-bear found the Y0 baby asleen and has carried It to her den. tIc Of course ) .a heard no outcry ?" mna "None ; and1 It may be that sihe will not tin harm the boy. In heaven's name what can n be (lone?" dij .''Well," said Ellal, after thinking for a wi, little, "it may be0 that we can save Im, we can find the bear's whereabout." ii,i fal No sooner camne they to this conclusion eli than they ran to notify their neighbors. mi The news that a bear had carried off one of use the Parmielee children went like wild-fire an< among the Inhabitants, and within anm hour cli men and half that number of boys, a 1 'filtey, shot-guns, axes, iron bars, any- a thycould lay their hands on that ed would kill, or help kill a bear, were mnus- Sh tered and ready for the huint and fight. It tie had got well along into the afternoon, and an It was nigh four o'clock before they started. thin Mrs. Parmnelee went to the place where the darling was left, and we began to hunt for s tracks. Between the bushes the grass was s soft and mighty poor for tracking anything to but Elial found a broken twig, and we .till judged from the way It was leaning that fet site had started toward the place known then oat and now as "Barnes' Swamp." It has been at cleared ever so imuch since -then, and thou- it satids of great pines cut off all around It ; b)ut you know to-day It is the ugliest hole on in town, about. She had taken a round- hei about course, and struck in on the north ca: aide of tIhe swamp ; but we had.surrotmnded coi it, and'my brother 13111 was the #irst to flnd fu her tracks as she loft a spring where she had by piobably stopped to drink. They were big iot oes-nearl~y as ong~ a mian's foot-print., and wo rds rom hbuuddy spring pot a ieight'of them was to be found. No o'a0 OR seen the bear. No one had seen any ig that looked like a den. The sun was ost down, but tried to help us by light up the dense thickets as it threw slant rays anong them. Hlope had almost I out of Elial's face, when a scream, here she is," came from one of the party. eyes turned aloft; and there on the limb t tall pine at least twenty feet from the and sat Bruin with the unharmed baby I back was leaning against the body of a , while with her right fore leg she held boy as tenderly and carefully as would mother. We had cut her off from her eat ; and the rough bark of the tree had le it easy for her to climb-as she sup ed out of our way. Vhat was to be done ? Forty plans were gested in a jiffy. One suggested one ig ; another something different. Ten tutes went by before anything was de d on. Elial's voice rose above the rest, I we stopped and heard him. lie said: 'Ben Sperry, you re the best shot in remont. We will all get under the tree; shoot the bear, and God willing, we'll h the baby as he falls. There ain't no er way. It'll soon be (lark and then" ere his voice broke In sobs. Zuickly fifty pairs of stout arms arose, ile I looked at old smooth bore to see if was all right. I tell you good folks, stood up and been shot at in the war .812, and would again if I had a chance, I have shot many a wild-cat and bear, never (lid my heart thump as it did when rew a bead on that crectur. t was as still as death, and not even the ithings of the anxious men and eager a could be heard as I drew my trusty to bear on Bruin's heart. Crack she t, and first came the baby-safely ght, alive and well-and a second after, ing the.bark with her outstretched claw ibled the dying bear. ou think you've heard men shout ? Well ought to have heard the yell that split t stillness as the sun set on Barnes amp, while Elial hugged me with tears aiing down his cheek. The young fel cut two saplings, sharpened them, drove iu through old Brumn, fore and aft ; and uldering the load, marched into the set aent. amid the rejoicing, hurrahs and eral jollifications of the whole town. A 2Heavy Poker Gano. L man of thoughtful aspect sat on an )ty beer keg in Commercial row. His nent was mean and he looked hungry. nodded to a reporter whom he had own in better lays. 'I'm lookin' tough, ain't I ?" he said, hI a sad smile. "You needn't say I ain't, I'm as tough looking as any tramp that's tck the town for a year. Will I take i ik ? Would a duck swim ?" nd over the hospitable beer table he re Ged the lid from the trunk of his woes. 'Poker done it, my boy. Two month I struck a game down here and lost ry splitter. So did Jim Tuffnut-you nv him, don't you ? A pretty good fel , eh ? Well, that's a matter of opinion. tought so once myself. lows'ever, m( Tuff nut bein' strapped, went off on the up an' took a cont-ract to split a hundred ds o' wood up to Prosser creek. That two months ago, an' we finished tihe and we thought we had ought to have r le blow-out on the head of it, an' I foot it. to Truckee-a good nine miles, and ught back a gallon-o' whisky to oum in. We got to drinkin' an' bye an' by( t pulls out the cards and proposes a game even up. We played for fun at first, then I spoke up an' proposed that we e a hack at poker. Vhat'll we play for?' says Jim. For the wood,' says I. Done,' says J i. 'One stick ante.' No,' says I, 'two sticks.' Two sticks goes,' says he, and the game ;un. 'WVell, sir, wve played all nighrt. Once] J Im dowvn to half a cord, but lie crawl up again, and I (dealt myself four four I backed 'emi withr every cord I had. r had four eights. Blast my hide If thae fer would give mre a coule o' (dollars, 3r eheanin' lie out o' $75 worth o' th< (lest work I ever donre ini my life. Iii ted me a tramp, sir, and ordered me ou ,he cablin. Oh, I'll get even with hin .Thrankee, I'll pay this dollarif I nevel another, you cani bet your life on that.' FoodI. LPhe use of food by different personi iuld be regulated in quantity om iracter, or 1hm both, according tc mir ages, their health and occupa. ns, time seasons and the clhnate hi deli they live. Milk Is the only per. t food for Infants. It is the best id for children and youth up to thm of sixteeni. Old people are weakem their digestive powers, partly be. lso their whole systems are weaker, 1 partly because or their dzimiished isular activity. Their food shrould less in quranitity than that used by uiiger personls, and of easier diges n. In~ summer and in warm cli tes less food by one-third is needed, tone of tire system being lowered, [I persons thus bel.ng unable either te rest or to assimilate as much as lii nter or ini colder latitudes. So alsc sugar and starch--the latter in. des fine flouir-boing mainly heal king elements, should be but little id In summer and in tropical regloom 11 largely used in winter and in co1ld mates. Corn-bread, whinch contalim arge per cent. of fat, is bettor adept. for food in witer -than In summer, Demakers, tailors and peeple of se tary habits generally needi less food, 1 food that is more easily digested. mn thme farmer and all persons whc irk in the open air, Still every body uid have enough of active exercist be able to digest a generous diet. A nker needls a good supply of brai d, such as is liberally furnished in ~meal; but he must not use his braini the expense of vigorous muscles, ior is 'muscle9 that hayo to work not hy the stomach, but the lungs and art. The sick of ,course need food 'efully adapted to their partculan idition,- and those wie are not ir I health may greatly help themelvel rejecting whatever they find injur is sethem, deh tmay 'bond to virtuo but virtde indelindtA mnin. Fne Art In Kioking. Recently a couple of miners were seated were seated on a bowlder alongside the road to Sutro, discussing the kicking powers of the mule. One had just returned from Sutro, and the other was on the way there, and having met near the rock, they sat down for a talk. "1 ave you quit over there ?" said the one c who was eastward bound. "Yes." "Why ?" "Mules." "'"raid of 'cm ?" "You bet. I saw one alongside an old boiler kickin' off the rivet-heads one by one. 1 Never missed one. I was just going on I shift, and, when I saw the mule and heard there were more of them Inside, I weakened and threw up my job. I've got a wife and three children dependin' on me, and 1 don't take chances." "The worst mule I ever saw," said the other, "was in Pioche s<one years ago. It was one I owned. One day it rubbed against some nails sticking out of a post, and it turned square around and drove those nails in one by one, ulsing i single blow of the hoof with the iron shoe on for eactt nail. It never missed its lick, and always drove 'emi just in to the head. 'l'hen lie saw a few tacks on the post, a little lower down, I which were only half driven in, and lie drove them in. too, with light taps of the hoof, just as gentle and easy as could be. One (lay a man1111 cale along and set out ia can of nitro-glycerine and giant sowder. lie wanted to get the mule to kick it and get killed. I saw him about the corral with the can, and knew what was up. At first I was going to stop him, but then I thought if my mule was any kind of mule at all he could take care of himself. yo I just watched. Well, the mule saw the can, and walking up smelt of it, and then squared himself for the kick. The man was sneak- I ing off, and, just as the mule was going to kick the can, he caught sight of the feller, and changed his 'position so that. his tall was toward the man. He lifted his tail just like he was takin' aim, and let fly his right hoof. The can went flying through the air and lilt, the man square in the rear just as lie was gettin' over a fence about a hundred feet away. The thing exploded, and I never saw the man again. 'I'he next morn ing Pat Holland came out in The Iecord and said that the town had been visited by a shower of blood." "Mules are immense when Ihey git roused." "You bet." A Great Billiard Game. A wonderful game of billiards was re cently played in Cincinnati, Ohio, between Jacob Schaefer and George F. Slosson. Schaefer lost the bank for the lead, and Slosson started off with 14. Evienty not. yet ready to settle do jn to work, Schaefer could somewhat coax but 5 out of the balls, missing closely a fine shot for position. Slosson did a little better in his second in ning, sitting down after lie had put in 9 rather awkward shots. Then Schaefer got up, chalked his cue, and fired a one-cush ioned shot clear across the table, requiring the greatest accuracy to make. Ille tallied on the effort, but. the balls were yet wide apart. A dozen draws and cushion shots were required before the refractory spheres could be handled to his liking, but at last he brought them against the left hand rail, a little below the middle of the table, and the work began, which, when finished, was to astonish the billiard world. With a preci sion that was absolute, and the graceful freedom of the arm and wrist which is characteristic of Schaefer'K play, he worked the balls along the rail, turned the corner with a matter-of-course air, and settled theni on across the lower end. Occasional ly a nmasse shot was required, and there wits a large prop)ortion of the double kiss shots, for which Schaefer is so famous. Onice the balls broke in a linie, and there was no way out of it eixcept by a risky long kiss. lie banged away as if the p)osition was the easiest haginable, and, catching the second( object ball oii its return fromi the cushion, made the count, amid1( appluse so tremien dous thtat it shook the phasterinig from the ceiling. Schaefer called the referce's at tention to the particles of dust that had fal leIn on the cloth, and in accordance with the new rule, the referee carefully removed the little obstructions. This was done several times ait Schaefer's request, unitil finally the auiihence was requlestedi to be a little milder in its demonstrations. It was useless, how ever, for, as the wiry little Chicagoan rolled out his hunidreds, there was no restraining the spectators. After playing for thirty-one mitntes, and1( stopping but once for a sip of water, Schaefer nussed on a fine carom, but not until lie had miade the enormous aiid tun p)aralleled1 run of 690. The shouts were perfectly car splitting, and the excitement very great. Slossoni got up fromi his seat and wont to the table with the air of a man who plays because it is lisa turn, and not with the fainitest hope of winning. The balls were left handily for him, but lie was in no humor to handle themi judiciously, and after scoring 21 lie again sanik back in his seat, his total score being 44. Schaefer commenced forthwith his play to bring the balls to the raIl, but they broke very badly, and he sent them across the back, and( uip and down, and around the angles, thirty times or more, before they finalmly consentedi to go to the fence and stay there. Once there, however, lie attended to the rest, and unever stopped till lie had scored a run of 805 and the game, making his average 3888j. Throughout the gamne Schaefer made In all eleven masse shots, some of them seming ly -impossibhe, and missed not one, lie neover froze, and judgement was niever once asked on a dispuited count, so distinct and clear-cut were all his plays. Slosson left the hall overwhelmed with the stulpondous dlefeat lie had sustained, and( doubtless con vinced of the uselessness of ever again tack ling Champion Schaefer for the emblem. 'rTe latter was literally in the hatnds of his frieiids, and was almost pulled apart by en thusIastic hand shakers. Theo,trayliug. Tn relation to the haunts and habits or this fish a noted fisher says, thte Au Sable wends its winding way through the unbroken wilderness a distance of 800 miles. It is navigable for small1 beats its whole length, and for most of the distanace Is as unobstructed as the Mohawk from-.Uuloa to- the Hudson. Many who have the leisureo float down .thei optia'e 800 miles, and Aned grayling an)d deer (in sheor season) every foot of the way.: in Aishing for gra5lhings he needbil llahtatOrtia trout rod and wrai >bliged to handle the fish exactly as te would have handled trout. 1e hinks a grayling is not equal to a trout f the same size in either wind or bot om. The haunts of the graylings are he counterpaits of those of the trout. it a rule, they are found in shady ilaces, in swift water, in "holes" of >f moderatate depth, under or by the ide of fallen logs, and on clear gravel y bottom. But of course, like trout, hey occasionally show themselves else vhore-in open and shallow places,but ever (I may say) among weeds or rass or in still water. What may be heir habits and haunts at other sea ons I cannot say ; but when you fish or grayling In August, cast in such )laces as you would cast for trout in iay or J une-before they have left the wift water for the spring holes; and f you are fishing on the Au Sable you vill have all the sport you desire. Se nuch for the haunts, habits and vim of he fish. Now a word in regard to heir flavor. The first ish I killed ex ited grave doubts on this head. In naking a critical examination of him i$ a botanist would scan ia newly dis overed flower or an entomologist a trange bug-i d< tected an odor which had never noticed to be emitted by ny other fish I had ever taken. The nystery remalued until I laid my hand mn "HIIallok's Gazetteer," where, on >age 385, 1 found this entry: "The ge i0r1 name (of the grayling) thl/nlfttu8 s derived from thumalos, the Greek erm for thyme, from the impression hat the fish possessed the odor of this terb.'' Thus what had puzzled me was atisfactorily explained ; and it is to the redlit of the classic anglers of Greece hat they had the good taste to give to he fish the name of the herb of whose roma they were reminded whenever hey caught him. With my first dish )f grayling disappeared all apprehen lon in regard to their flavor. It is su )erb. The 8lesh is white, compact and laky, and as free from bones as trout tr salmon. I think, too, It would be -eliRhed, continuously, much longer han salmon. My verdict therefore is hat grayling are as toothsome as they tre gamy, ar.d that It is almost as pleas int to eat as to catch theill. The Art ol Prolonglng Life. Persons living in marshy districts, all >f whom who are neccessary ixposed to miasmatic axlalations, vill find that lime juice mixed with water mnd taken freely as a beverage, will prove tl exellent preventive of malarial fevers. I'hose who are suffering from intermittents will find that antiperiodics, which are ,heaper than the quinine, the great type of he class, will answer as good purpose if aken in the only proper way, that is, a full )r even heroic dose one hour before the ex tected recurrence of the chill. When dis ributed throughout the intermission in very nnall doses their effect is lost, and disap )oilntment follows. The medical gentle nen who so carefully prepared the tabulat !d reports of the mortuary experience of he Mutual Life, of New York, have shown n their admirable analysis of the causes of leath, that the proportion of loss from con nunption has been 10. 17 per cent. of the otal mortallity of the company, and 19 per 10,000 annually. Such figures show the mmense importance of more effective me ,ods of treatment, and we are glad to ob ierve in tile Mledical Record thle (1etai15 >f treatment that, so far, has8 been very rmomising in its results. Thie theory of sure is to clear the lunlgs bly a mnechamnical affort, chleily bly mianipulating tIle muscles >f tile thrloat so as to cause more forcible >reatihing: second, to establishl perfect di festion, third to promote a process of heal1 ng tile tulbercies, so thlat they sha111ll ecome )hlliky or callcified masses, fourth, to comn )el tile p)atienlts to take plenity of fresh aiir, iunliht, and out-door exercise. To seure >erfect digestion, a special (iet is ordieredl n each1 case, anId the food Isaechanged as the ower of assimilating it, imlproves. TPo Iromote the calcifying of tile tubeCrices, tile alt of limec, whichl aure founed ill mlost veg 3table and animal food, must be supp)llied n a soluble1 condition; thle thleory is thlat 00 muchl 1hea1 in ordinary cooking dles roys the natural comblinaltion of thlese salts wVithl albumen, and1( renders thenm insoiuble o a weak (digestion. Out-door exercise is egalrded as5 s0 huportaint thlat the platienIts re- instructed to go out ill rain, snow, .lamipness, or even night air or dew, tile ibit thlus acquired neultralzinlg tile danger >f catching coid from such1 exposure. Only trong hlead-wind and extreme hlot wealther iced be gulardled against. Th'le patints leep withI tile windlow open, silmlrmer and sintIer. A DInner Supplued by an-Enakle A veracious gentlemnan resh(iIng near (Cen revillo, Md., says thaat as 1118 son and( him elf were si.andling near Is house5, thley de cried thlree dalrk objects about theo size of mall birds far up inl tihe air, circling and1( larting ithber and( thlither. 'We watchled ~losely, and aifter awhlile, tihey alproachled nore nearly tile earth. We then0 dIscove'red hlat thley were two ductks and1( a bald ealg; ,he0 eagle endieagrinlg to cap)tulre tile (lucks,. md1( tile d1<s0k (xertinlg thlemselves to elude heir pursuer. Far away in tile dlistanlce ye could dliscern the mlainl fk>ck, frour whlicih he0 two (ducks had been separated, flying leadily to tile cover of tIhe forest. Thie sigle wold pounce first upon one and thlen -elinaquishl it, in order to captuIre tile othler. D)ropping that, 110 wold return to 1his first mapture, seemingly like the (log in tile fable, reedy to secure both. *Tis was kef>l. up or some time, whlen the eagle, aunly larting forward, struck one of tile birds w1th~ his talons, then swooping uIpQn tile )ther struck thlat too. Thadiret bird fell At >ulr feet; we 1had hardly time to pick it up l'henl tihe olther fell, with the eagle folI&.u ng. We picked up the second one, aad heeagle observing our preence flew craigaway., On oxamnto t was ound that the 041 had strnek the dtme)#i mn the head, neary severig the te4ds'fron heir bodies. Thywete, flesed oatWW* >acks, and we had them ooe for dlinhe Otur i8AtiMt ~ Iph th e olation, ia th 11 dkh jI~*t HOw to Make an ierbarttum. Having seen a query as to the ar rangement of a herbarium. I ventu re to write a few directions on this sub ject, which I have proved by my own experience. The first thing to do Is to collect the phints. They should be carefully dug up with a trowel, so as to preserve the root intact, as, to form a good specimen, it Is necessary to have the root, leaves, flowers and fruit. It also adds to the value of a specimen if the seeding is shown, the autumn tint of the leaves; if a parasite, the plant oi which it grows, etc. When going on a collecting expedition, it is a good plan to carry a few shoots of newspapers In a portfolio, and to place the plants llat between the pages as soon as they are dug up. If this is not convenient, they will keep fresh for some time if placed in a tin case or vaseulumn. To dry them, the surest way Is to lay them be tween a good many sheets of blotting or newspaper, with a board at the top an-l bottom of the pile, and a heavy weight placed on thetop of all.. Change t,he papers every two or three days, and take care tr keep the plants quite flat and with a good many sheets of paper between them, or the thick stewus will crumble and bend the thinner ones. The sheets of paper on which to mount the plants must be rather stout, and of a uniform size-sixteen and a halt' inches by ten and a half inches Is a use ful size; but. of course, this must de pond oI the taste of the collector. Botanists differ very muca as to the best method of attachling the speei mncus to the paper. Some attach them by means of strips of paper secured with pils, others gum or glue the spec Imnens, others fasten thilem with gum lmed straps of paper, or sew them with a needle and thread to the paper. The best plan however, is to combine the last three methods, and to secure plants of a medium size, such as the butter cup, with narrow gummed strips of paper; thick, woody plants, such as the oak, with glue; and such delicate - plants as ferns and grasses should be tacked to the paper by means of u needle and thread as much the color of' the specimen as possible. -Weak gumi may be used for the large petals of flow - ers and for large flat leaves; but when it is used the plants must be again laid under heavy pressure to dry or they will shrivel. The plan ' followed in for slgn herbarla, is to lay the plants between a double sheet of paper with out fastening them to the paper at all. When managed in this way they art' more easily examined; but the great. disadvantage of this plan is that bot I the plants and their labels are 'very apt to becoie Inserted in the wrong sheet among specimens of totally different species. When fastening the plants to the paper they should not all be ar ranged precisely in the centre of the page, but should be fastened more at. the sides, otherwise when the plants are laid one above the other, the packet will not be nearly flat, but will be higher in the middle than at the sides. The Force of Habit. Aniong the many picturesque tradi tions of the Russian army there is a striking instance of the force of habit, the subject of which was a Russian of' fleer who ser'ved at Sebastopol duriig the Crimean wvar. As soon as General Todllebeni's defenlsive works were so far advanced as to render time city proof against anmy imnmedliate assault, the of' floor ini question was sent to announce the goodi news to the Czar. A fter tmrav cling night and day over the steppes for mnore than a week, lie at lenlgthm reached Moscow, where Nicholas thenm was, so worn out that lie had barely tIme to place the dispatchm h) thme Enm puer's hmamids, iien overcome by wearimness, lie leaned back ag'linst time wall and fell fast asleep whiere hie stood. T1he Czar having read the dispattebmes looked uip to ask someo questions of the muesseniger, amid at omnce perceived that time latter was in no po6sitmin to reply . iIe spoke to hin, touched him, even shook him, all to no purpose. At length lie bent down close to thme sleeper's ear anid shouted at the full pitch of his voice: " V'asho bl(nmgorodie loahadi gotovi," ( Your ilommor, time horses are remidy.) The sound of the words' which had been constantly in his oars for time last ten days and nights 'acted like magme upon time sleeping messenm ger. lie sprang to his feet atomnce andl was ovemrwheinied with confusion on discovering whmere lie was; biut time Czar laughed good-humoredly, amnd die missed him wIth a high comnplimentc uiponi his promptitude. dhmerok. (;heek.~ A man "green from time statcs" was Ing In a car on time "M., K, and T." long ago. Behind him sat a couple of In (limin striplings belonging to the "Cherokee nation." The man from the states, after leaving Vinita, pulled out his flask and took a copious drink-. "Say," rem)arked omne of the young .In~ dlians, "don't you kniow youieould be put mn the penitentiary for that herO V'" "Ts that ao? O rablous, said. the stranger. unse Inspector will be inlor g ,immed1 te# ly amid he'l smell the wimIky,aid. the friendly i'edskin.bt1 kd "hat'i ' do WIth tedbt? e the alarmedI grflner. .~ "Give it to me anhd VHthw ou o the wiridow," sad thp 5us *ooe ~e~Ii4I Jt~~ W: