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TII-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE 28, 1879. VOL. IV.-NO. 12. GROWING OLD GRAOEFULLY. Softly 0 1 sof ly the years have swept by thee, Touching thee lightly with tenderest care ; Sorrow and oae did they often bring nigh thoe Yet they have left theo but beauty to wear Growing old gra efully, Gracefully fair. Far from the storms that are washing the ocean, Nearer each day to the pleasant home light ; Far from the waves that are big with commo tion ; Under full sail and the harbor in eight Growing old cheerfully, Cheerful and bright. Past all the winds that were adverse and chilling ; Past a 1 the islands that lured thee to ret ; Past all the currents that wooed thee unwill . ing. Far from the pert of the land of tde blest. Growing old peaoofully Peaceful and blest. Never a feeling of envy or sorrow, Whoro the bright faces of obildren are soon, Nuvor a year from their youth wouldst thou borrow, Thou dost remember what I oth between. Growi .g old willingly Gladly, I wean I Rich in experienco that angels might covet Rich in a faith that has grown. with thy years ; Rich in the lovo that grew from and above it ; Soothing thy sorrows and hushing thy fears. Growing old wealthily Lo .ing and dear. Hearts at the sound of thy coming are light end ; heady and willing thy hand to relieve ; Many a face at thy kind words has brightened, It is more blessed to give than receive I" Growing old happily ; lest,.we be teve. Those Diamonds. "Now, .Jack, be very careful," said my sister for the fiftieth time, as she stood by my side on the platform of the village de pot, from which the train was about to start for New York; "remember the diamonds are worth ten thousand dollars," "Oh, bother, yes 1" I exclaimed, impa tiently ; "I am not likely to torget it. I guess you've reminded me of the fact often enough. Don't you suppose I know en ough to take care of them ?" "You're inexperienced, and. I'm afraid you'll be imposed upon." "Don't you worry. But here's the train; good-bye I" and I leaped upon the platform and entered a car with a sense of wounded dignity. My sister Alice was to be married two 'ays later at our country seat in the village of B-, and I then a young man of about twenty, had been deputed to visit New York city, and withdraw the family diamonds from their place of deposit in the safe of a certain bank. These jewels had been in the possession of my mother's fam lly for penturies, and wer nly gsed on grand occasions. During the greater por tior of the year they remained safely locked up in the bank vaults. They had not been used for nearly a twelvemonth- now, but were, on the following Wednesday, to adorn the person of my sister at the wedding. So many cautions had' been given me, and so much doubt expressed of my ability to bring the diamonds safe home to 13--., that 1 realized the respQnsibility of my posl tiQn ftilly, and determiedl to uae the utmost care to insure the safpty of the valuable heirlooms. If, after all that had been said, they should be lost, I should not dare to alow my face in 1-- again, I thought. I walked almost the entire length of the car in my search for a seat, but every one was ocoupied either passengers or their bag gage,. I was about leaving for the forward car, whon a soft hand tapped me on my shouldler, and turning, found myself face to face with one of the prettiest girls I had ever seen. She was a blonde, with a spark ling, piquant face, a wealth of golden hair, and a lithe, perfectly rounded form. Rais ing her eyes to mine, sho said with a be wildering smile: "Hero is a seat, sir. See I have removed my valise." Silo rescated herself, and motioned mec tQ. take my place by her ie, -which I did1 with tihe greatest alacrity, saying to m.y self: "Jack llaseomb, my boy, you are in luck I" 'I will confess that at that time my one weakness was a fondness for the society of pretty girls ; therefore I mentally congratu l ated myself on my good fortune in secur ing this fair stranger as a traveling comnpan, ion. I was conbelted enough to fanef my self alnOst irresistible, and I began to.exer else niy finaginar fwer of faoinalton upon the young lay Att ret shoW very reserved and replied to my remarks' on the weather and kindred subjects in mohosyl lablos ; but she gradually grow more talka tive,' and when we h'ad.been on our way an hour we had been. engaged in an animated and interesting conversation. My comnpan ion was very cotnmunicative, -and in a short time had informed me that her name was Laura Glardnler ; that she lived in:Hartford, and that she was riow on hec' way to the' home of he'r aunt in NeW York city,. whore she expected to spend 4'fortiih6 Blhd was evidenutly a ptrson of refinrneot'au~d culture, and I was quite fascinated by hr. -When I tqld her my pamne, e,ery ef Purpris? escaped "Whm l is. osil that you Ar6'Alice Bascom a brother?" she asked. "Ian," I roplied ; "you are acquainted wi J~iy sister?V" ps9j e ehe~b ahd I attended the N boardtg soeiool at the saine time. You muitst have heardhor me~ntion me." I Was6OtalPthat I never had, but I men tally teoly.e4 that tbis young lady's ac qualntatice shio~ bo oniltivAied by the fam ily in, future, "Do0 you renmatu lonig in New York I" asked my coinpanion. "No geoturn by eight r. ?.t, trai this "Ahl.'in ; I was in hos your ay *~ad og enopgh to permit df you i atm aan7 fos, 14she sumi~ anotlibwro thoe's eklg,boide*' ine atih6 which lay in her lap ; "may I then flatter myself that the thought of a future meeting is not altogether an unpleasant one ?" I thought that I was an Immensely elo quent and fascinating fellow, and that she knew it ; I think now that I was a fool, and have reason to suppose that she was quite aware of the fact. She gently drew her hand from mine, ut tered a half-suppressed sigh, and said : "It is by no means an unpleasant thought, Mr. Bascomb." "And dare I hope-?" I began. She checked my impetuosity, saying : "Remember, Mr. Bascomb, we have been acquainted but a few hours." "I feel as though I had known you a lifetime," I said; "so pardon me If I re peat my question ; may IFhope-?" "You may hope for much in the future," she Interrupted gently ; "for the present, however, It would be well to dtimiss the subject." Of course, I conld do no less than obey her bidding, but I flattered myself 'that she was considerably "struck" by me. On our arrival in New York, I asked to be allowed to escort Miss Gardner to her aunt's house. But she replied thiat her cousin had promised to meet her in the de pot. I at once conducted her to the ladies' room, where I requested the privilege of re maining with her until her cousin's arrival. But she could not allow even this, and I reluctantly took my departure. She was evidently anxious to get rid of me for some purpose or other, and I concluded that it would be impolite to oppose her wishes. As I entered a car to go down to my hotel, I looked back and saw at the window of the ladies' waiting room my fair traveling com panion, and by her side a tall, fine looking man. They were both laughing heartily For a moment I imagined that they were laughing at me. But conceit soon came to the rescue and banished that idea ; what was there in my appearance to exoite morri ment? The notion was absurd I Thut afternoon I got the diamonds from their hiding place in the bank vaults, and deposited them in a safe corner of my valise and said to myself : "Now, tnen, tne man doesn't live who Is smart enough to get them jewels away from mel" The valise was not out of my sight that day, and when I took my seat in the eight o'clock train that evening I placed it by my side, and resting my arm upon it, mentally congratulating myself on my superior saga city and shrewdness. Presently I drew the evening paper from my pooket and was preparing to make my self as comfortable as possible under the circumstances, when my eye fell upon the forii of a lady in front of me, the contour of which seemed familiar. An instant later I sprang forward, valise in hand, and ex claimed : "Good evening, Miss Gardner 1" For the lady was no other than my pretty traveling companion of the morning. She looked up, and I saw that her face bore the evidences,of recent weeping. "Ah, good evening, Mr. Bascomb," she said, with an attempt at a smile. She removed her bundles and I deated myself by her side which, I imagined, might have been rese'rvcd by her in expectation of my arrival. I placed my valise on the floor at my feet, "You are returning sooner than you ex pected," I remarked. "Yes, Mr. Bascomb," was the tearful re ply. "I received a telegram only an hour ago, statingr that my poor papa met with an accident this afternoon, and is lying in a very dangorous condition. Of course I started for home at onop." I expressed great sympathy, ofTered any and every assistance in my power, ana, in short, did all I could to assure my compan ion of the intense interest I felt in her wel fare. But my solioitude about Miss Gardner was not so great as to banish from my mind the responsibility which weighed upon it, I did rnot forget that I had In my charge ten thousand dollars' worth of diamonds, whi.ch, possibly, some clever thief might have his eyes on even now. I kept the va lise tightly locked between my feet, and I did not allow my vigilance to relax even when I was the most assiduous in my at tention to my fair companion. "Will you be so kind as to close the win dow ?" asked the lady presently. Of course I sprang .o my feet, and exe cuted. her bidding with alacrity ; not forget ting the valise, ho,wever. When I turned I half expepted that it would be gone, for I was growing nervous aa the diptance to my home lessened, but there it sat exactly as I had left it, Froma that time until the train stoppep at B--, at midnight, I did not lose sight of the bag. "Good-bye, Miss Laura," I paid, as I pressed her little hand and arose to leave the.car. -"'Good-bye, Jack," she responded, with a bewildering glance from th'ose- wonderful eyes. I was enchanted ; but already the train had begun to move away from the village station, so I was compelled to rush from the presence of 1y3 Duloinea at a moest undigni ged pace, pi'dtponing an expression of mny raptures till some. future time. . "Helre ye arc, after all, sir," said Patrick, the old coachman, who met me as I stopped upon.the, platform. '.Sure, the ladies have been very nervous about ye, the whole day, and they sent me to. mrpet ye wid the car rIage." I muttere4 something not very compli. mentary about the ladies, as I jumvped.into the vehicle. "Sure, sor," said Patrick, as he leaped Into the bus and started the horses; "did ye have any throuble in gettiti' the diamonds a feohere ?" "Certriinly not, Patriok," I replied with "ell, d'ye know, ser, there's been .a dale o'iNdrfin' about ye at the,. onse this 'day. ,)y 'the way, soi-,-execuse thefbey -wvho was that ,young lady I. seen -ye a talkin' to ini the car?f" "A young lady from Ilartford." "An' ye made her acquaintance in. the car, I'll be bound, sor." "Well, Patrick, perhaps you are not fat 'from being right," i repied with' smile. 7"Misther Jack," burst forth Pat, '"the glilswil e herui o y le, '1 he nonthsatha hsl"h daons eabe I'l t 1 'M stau mt the dianonds ' es any The Old Masters. An escaped Italian artist was industrious ly engaged in placing a fresco of white wash upon the fence of a northend resi dence, when a man who had looked so long upon the bloom on the rye that the cheer ful color had been Imparted to his nose, sauntered up the street. As he was mak ing a tour of America on foot and had a few minutss to spare, he leaned carelessly over the fence, and watched the frescoer's Operations. " How gracefully he applies the dazzling mixture of aqueous fluid and lime," said the man aloud, as to himself. '['lie artist raised his head, took in at a glance the seedy clothes and general bank rupt appeareuce of the man, and then re sumied his work. "There is the grace of an Angelo in the play of that arms as it wields the brush," continued the man in affected admiration. The artist turned red in the face, but as lie was then atriving paint around an iron stanchion, he didn't look up. "The g'enius of a IRaphaei lights'up that countenance, while the enthusiasm of a Murillo flashes from that eagle eye,".pur sued the man. One of the artist's eyes was game, and considering this remark sonewhat personal in its bearing, lie growled out: "Wtiiat are you given us, anyhow, you beer-jug." "is not that last effort a reproduction of Turner's great masterpiece," exclcimed the man, striking an attitude; "or do my eyes deceive me ?' "''tiey'll deceive you pretty soon, when I knock 'emt both into one," said the artist, scowling fiercely at the ian. "And, if ['i not mistaken," pursued the man, making an opera glass of his hands, "upon yonder panel 1 behold an exact reproduction of an exquisite Reubens that I once examined In the Vatican.'? "In jail, more like," said the artist, the short hair on the back of his neck standing out horizontally with anger. "Git off'n that fence an' move along, or I'll paint that blossom nose till your own mother wouldn't know it." "Descendant of the men who improved nature upon canvas, do not let your passio nate-" began the man, when the artist caught him across the face with the brush, covering him with the whitened mixture. The man promptly jumped over the fence, and a fierce engagement took place, in which the brush did active service. When the whitewash of battle finally cleared away, the artists head was jammed into the pail as if in search of i portipn of his left ear, which was missing, while the man, with the artists coat and hat in his hand, was proceeding swiftly up the street, his back ornamented with a fac-simile copy of Napoleon crossing the Alps, while his fiery nose looked out through three layers of lime like a flaming -messenger of truth. W1h a Madmuat, It was a fine but cold evening in the be ginning of March, 1860, and I was return ing to my school, the best in Ireland, in my humble opinion, vix: ]Poxtora Royal School. I had enme that morning from "the beauti ful city" to Dublin, where I had arrived safe and sound about 2 P. M., if I remen ber rightly. I remained in Dublin until the last train from that city to Enniskillen, which started about 5 P. t. The short time I had in Dublin I spent first of all in recruiting the inner man, which,by-the-by, schoolboys don't often forget to do, and af terward in making a few purchases, and taking a quiet stroll, At fifteen minutes to five 1 jumped into a cab and drove to the Dublin and Drogheda terminus, where I ar rived just in time to take my ticket. I took a third-class ticket--I know gentlemen don't often travel third-class, and I would not have done so then, but having spent a good deal of money in-Dublin on varIous rrifies, I hiad not sufficient cash to purchase a second-class ticket without encroaching considerably on my packet money~ for the halhf year, which I did not feel at allinclined to do. However I am in the trainl. "Whlere for ?" says the guard. "Enniskillen." "All right," he replies. The engine gives a fiend-lik& shriek, puff, putf, and off we go. The carriage I got Into was a riokoty old concerai, full of cracks through which the wind came ini far too large quantities to be agreeable ; however, I determined to make the beat of a bad matter. Fortunlately.I had two rugs, so I arranged one as a couch placed my carpet-bag as a pillow, but tieA up my overcoat, took a long swig at a flask wvhich I 11ad with me, and which I advise no oneo who has to travel in winter to be without, stretched myself oni my primitive couchI, placed my other rug over 1me, and was quickly in the arms of Morpheus. A considerable time must have elapsed before I awoke ; when I did so, I heard a sti'ange kind of jabbering. I1 was still but half awake when a loud peal of discordant laughiter rang out from the end of the car rIage, and ettectually aroused me. Aroused me, did I say?i It did more. T9 use a common expression, it frightened the wits out of me. I sat up now fully awako, and saw, at tihe furthler end- of tile carriage, a man of about fifty-five 6r sixty years of age,' of mniddle height, dressed in a threadbare suit, with a hat to matchl, and wearing a pair of spectacles, it was now pitch dark, and tIle lamp placed in the roof but only dimly illuminated the'carriage. When my first alarmhad subsided caused by this madman's demoniac laugh (r mad man he truly was), I became mysel again. My friend in the corner evidently now no, icod me for the first time, and at last rose f rom his seat, and walked towatrd me. 1No* I can assure you; I was in no enviable statie of min4; here I was, late at night, shtie up ina third.class carriage with amda, goodness knotsa how far from any stAtion, and without, any means of communicating with the guard. flowever, I though; ft best to put a>bold face -on the matteW I therefore rose from my seat, and adVaneed to meet my fellow-passenger, .holdisg, howe~ver, firmly in my hand rather a for-n. idable looking. elaspknife which I had ur ohsed-in'Dublin ;. but- the elderly gnte ta before mentioned owhen her6hp the window of the:oarrage, peaetob attracted~ by oniething outsie,f6 sto ed ~ t his hedout of thie wbi6~ and ndule UtMotli f itdi1e diso4w He thenl tt teMp6t'ia voice, "ii6n h c o th'1o"An thing happened ?" demanded my sister and a dozen of her young lady friends, spring ing to my side as I entered the drawing room. "Bother I Yes I" I exclaimed. "I've got the diamonds, and nothing has hap pened either to them or ie." "Well-well I" exclaimed my sister, im patiently, "open the valise I Quick I I'm dying to see thon I" With much dignity I fitted the key into the lock, and turid it. At first it resisted in on unusual manner, but suddenly it gave way, and the bag opened. I started back. 'Tho contents of the va lse were certainly not in the condition i which I had left them. "Why, what's this?" exclaimed Alice, who had already begun an investigation. "Why, Jack Bascomb, this bag is filled with old newspapers and bricks I It's not your valise at all I" I sank into a chair, unable to utter a word. "Didn't I tell ye so, sor ?" remarked Pat rick, who had lingered by the door. "And here's an envelope directed to you. I tore it open, and on the dainty sheet which It enclosed I read these words : "MY DEAn JAoK : It was all a put up job. When In the future you travel alone, beware of pretty and unprotected girls like Yours truly, LAURA GADNRIn." I will not linger on the scene which fcl lowed. The memory of it is still painful. My sister did not spare me, and I could not say a word in self-defense. My sister did not wear the diamonds at her wedding, but she did very soon after for they were recovered within a week by the detectives who were employed to work up the case, and to whom I made the liumilia ting confession of my folly. I was sum moned to. Now York one morning, three days after the memorable trip of which I have told, for the purpose of identifying a noted thief named Bill Travers, who was in the hands of the police. I found him to be the very man whom I saw at the window of the ladies' room in the depot in company with "Laura Gardner." "It's just as I thought," said the detec tive when I fully identified the fellow; "the pretty girl who roped you in was Travers's wife. She's an old hand, Well, you can go home now. You'll have the diamonds back in a day or two, I give you my word." Two days later the jewels arrived at B-. The story of the affair was in all the pa pers, and for a long time I was the laugh ing-stock of the whole neighborhood, Said the Herald,' "Mrs. Travers requested Mr. Bascomb to close the window. Of course ho hastened to obey ; and while he was engaged in a conflict with the bolts and springs, she skillfully substituted for his valise another which was its exact fac-simile. With this spurious valise the fascinating and fas cinated youth unsuspectingly departed. Young Bascomb evidently possesses a re markably Impressible nature, and an un limited amount of poffldenca in the integri ty and virtue of his follow-man-and woman. Let us hope that this occurrence will be a lesson to hn." It was. Couldn't Stand the Pressuro. A gentleman just In from a Western trip gives a laughable account of the trials of a newly-wedded couple who boarded the train at a wa statiou. He Pays as the train drew near t e station the whole car was aroused by the unusual din and noisy fare wells, "wish you much joys," and repeated kissinga of a jovial orowd of young folks at the depot. The newly,married couple, ar rayed in wedding costumes, and evidently fresh from the final service, took seats In the ncnter of the car and weie at one the attraction. In a very few moments both bride and groom gave evidence that there was seome more overpowering agencies than love at work In their systems. The groom turned ever a seat In front and elevated his pedals; lhe put his arm nmodestly upon the back of the seat, while the air from the windowv floated the white veil and the fla vor of orange blossoms over his fae, 3Ut bomething was on his mind, and he mo mentarily grew more restless, and twisted and squirmed In all manner of ways. The bride, too, seemed to have the same symp'i toira. She tried the easiest attitudes, no~w with head lovingly upon the manry shoul der, then suddenly arousing and looking uneasily from the window as if In expec tanoy of a disaster, or that she would meet ilhe frown of an angry father." Budden ly, when all eyes were attracted to the couple, the groom evIdently receiving a new and deeper twinge with misery depicted In every feature of his face, lifted his right leg and began tugging at a now boot which some wicked shoemaker had inveigled him into buying as a peffect fit. After pulls and tugs which made the vain. stand out on hisa face and tihe arteries 'In his neck throb like a small engine, lhe succeeded In releasing hIs foot, and a sense of happiness stole across his manly face. The bride sur veyed the smile, but It seemed only to in crease her misery, She wiggled, she fanned, and "finally in desperation she at tacked the bottons of her new shoes with as much vigor as her lord did his boots, 'aiiI one by one they dropped upon the floor. Bothi sets of feet were placed. in' prox Imity upon the overturned seat, and the bride's 4awl hid them from the vulgar gAs ebonnet was unlimbered from Its pedestal, and the blushing bride dropped eas1lf~ upon the shoulder of her husband, and securely slept, as the train whisteled and' stoliped and started. The passengers, relieved of all anxiety, had settled to cat naps and newspapers, and peanuts, w)ton a long whistle was followed by the brakeman putting his head in at the door and yelling "Uresson." "Groat. Jerusalem, Julia! wake- up! her4 we are,' shouted the 'bridegroom, "and there's thorm-infernal boots." liHe jumlied at them and tuge and sweat.and swore, but those feet hdactual ly grown about an Inch, and it wgs no go. Tfhe statiot was reached, wrhm only one foot mIas stuck half way In the og. The fair Julia'hid encased her pedals slip-shod, and'as "tlie and tid?" and railroad trains "wait for nio man,' they gathered their 'traps andweat out , just .as they wOre, "wlthat?onie ploy," to moot a crowvd of friends assembled to greet the iewly 'Wed. dod pair, As the train started, the brake nfab the ear, rinarking,' "1, tell yd11lAbat the depot ate hav ngg*fua ' the sudde 0 8 h~ '~ oex~ dRt4 see theJrb gbj, '. veAIc n~"atifiable hmen um .Bathing. Cleanliness is surely next to godliness. do not think an individual can be physi illy unclean and morally pure. One of te greatest causes of skin diseases is the ick of the use of water. There is et all mes and under all circumstances a shed ig of the epithelium of the skin. It comes iT in scales, which if not removed, will ose the pores of the skin and prevent the cc respiration that is constantly taking lace. One of nature's modes of disposing f her surplus heat and waste matter Is by nding them out through the pores of the cin. In fact so essential is this to the lysical economy, that if the body be cov ed with a coat of varnis for even a short me death will occur. Fiom this you will serve how important it is for us to keep rery pore open. To do this we must ithe. I will not stop to speak of the niefits to be derived from the employment Turkish or other baths, but bathe regu rly and often. Every man, woman and illd should bathe twice a week at least, id oftener when the employment followed such as to render it necessary. Now it ay be strange, but most people don't ithe once a month on an average, and one Oif of those who do, do it in such a way at no good comes from it. While spong g one's self off is better than not bathing all, yet it is not as beneficial as it should . It is not necessary that you have a th room, with all the modern conYenicnc . All you need is a warm room and a w gallons of water, some soap and a onge. It requires no skill to use them. so the bath if you would presei ve your alth. I remember of hearing a doctor 11 a patient to take a warm bath. The itient afterward said: "That's the fust ater that has touched my back in sixteen airs." The man that will not wash him if oftener than that Is a brute. Physical we are a nation of invalids. We can ver be aught else as long as we antago ze all the laws of hygiene by our daily res. The neglect of ekanhness is one of e most flagrant causes of desease. Then .cp your body clean, and my word for It nu will instinctively lothe and abhor all at is vile and filthy. A physically im ire man or woman Is an object of aver )n to everybody. Regard cleanliness as a rdinal virtue. Tie Name and th Origiu of ua ta. One of the most singular proofs of to foreign importation and perhaps of e late arrival in Europe of the cat is be found In its variors names. It is Id that none of themn came from the d Aryan source from which most of ir language is derived. Most of them, ke the familiar chat, are connected Ith the late Latin catus, which took e place of the earlier felis, when cats eove out the former foes of rats and ice. It seems to follow that eats came to the West with the Iomans, but hence d:d the Romans get the name id the animal I M. Pietet traces the 1me to the Syriac qato, and the Arabic it, out of which by an easy and natur process we make kitten. Qitt and to, however, are not the primitive na ve forms of the cat's long-descended 6le, and we must go from Syria to friea to fiad gada, kadiska and kaddiska. s for the ancient Egyptian "mab," at Is merely the "mew oat." and the pussy mew" of English nurseries. ere, then, in Egypt is a native ono atopie name of the eat, such as any iman being might give It when he ,st heard the peevish, prolonged 'tote his voice. The Indian names of the t are not very old, and they are easily plained. The eat is "tile housewolf," 0 "rat-eater" (though snakes are the ,tters of some districts), and tihe "lee micee." The endearing titie of the cat mies from the land whence the most easing speeimens of tile raee are al1so irived. The Persian cat, wildw or me, Is "pusechak,'1 which tihe A fghans onounce "pischik," and tile Llthu dlans, as old an Aryan-speaking race any In Europe, "puije." The En 15sh "puss" Is olearly of tihesame famn v of wods if "p)uss" in the long in is derived ftrom a Suanscrit word for "tail," there Is a citrious coiricidene tweeni the word used by Hlerodotus r tile Egy'ptian cat, "the ereatuare withl aving tail," and the term found iln mrsian, Lithuanian. and_English. An I'net'a "enseN. M. Treuvelot, a tfretgn scientifie obser r, has, been experimenting with butter es, in order so solve tihe disputed question to$ the use of their antonde. HIe'found at thley c6uld fly whlen deprived of their tennm but with some hlesitation 6f'move ont, it has been statedi by other entomo ists that they fell.at once without any wer of flght, When tenpoa blinded eQvering the eyes with .ni nk, they uldl fly with6ut dashids~ Into objects, pro ded theO antena were, left cri, ut if cit 'they fell at once. When blinded they I not pereive sugar by the antenue, but tile stm,wore touch~ed withit the tiny o aes at oiuce unrolled tn searchi rU. Whdin th6 stumps weth~ covered lthigammerabio, they were insensllite to e seducotiois oi sugar water.. K~ Treuved. Veonludesthat.the sense located in thle tonna ja not mer9ly that ol' touchm, heat rtaste, nor a co inAtioniof all 'th'reeo; t'6n that' diffeif e'sentially froth aui~ ox riebced by lhumani beings. 'It is a'k id feeling arid smelling at.a great' distantce. )*ost persons wo41 i~e tat te o a onomg in it:L f~n and eay s;-bt-it seemas thmt thle rose can .Ie made quisite also to aftbir~ , det1u0 te tIid ar~o WconeVO mtgteung hwaas f ~a4 d h* asked how he was ; he did not, however, deign to reply to my question, but gave an other horrible yell of, "Much he cares for that now." At last he turned toward me, and began c jabbering in a tone, at the same time slow- t] ly advancing toward me ; I, however, fix- It ing my eyes on his, remained perfectly still, ti and after a short time, to my great deligtt i (for 1 had no wish to to make a closer ac- 0 quaintaince with him), he returned to his c old post-the corner of the carriage furthest f from me. p A few minutes after he had done so, we 0 arrived at a station ; I put my head out of 8( the window, and tried to open the door, 8 but the door was fast. I then called P "guard," but no guard came.- The whistle e sounded, and off we went again. My friend ti in the corner was now asleep, or at least 0I lie appeared to be so, and thinking 1 could e not do better than follow his example, I b took another pull from my Ihask, and ro- b' composed myself to sleep. 0 When I awoke, the madman was bending la over me, feeling my pulset and muttering o something about taking a little blood fron at mte. is I remained perfectly quiet, and feigned I to be asleep ; he brought forth a case of in- bt struments from his pocket, and took a ]an- I" cet out of it ; lie then began to turn up my 9 shirt-sieeve, in order, I suppose, to bleed n me. I now did not know what to do ; I t had no wish to be bled (perhaps to death) hi by this madman, neither did I like to pro- b vent him, lest he should become dangerous. " Ie had now finished turning up my sleeve, e and was on the point of opening a vein ; U and while I was considering whether I U should submit quietly or hit him between hi the eyes, the train began to slacken speed. te My friend returned his lancet to the case, h and the case to his pocket, hastily pulled w down my sleeve, and, stretching on the seat, y began to snore au::hly. 8 I remained quiet-until until we arrived at 13 the station, when I looked out of the win- n( dow, and was heartily glad to find that I n had arrived at my destination. lI' I got out of the carriage as quickly as t possible, and calling a porter, I asked him k if lie knew the gentleman inside. le told P" me that he did very well. lie was a doctor, i who had been mad for many years, but was el perfectly harmless. le was allowed by the si railway officials to travel in a third-class cu carriage whenever lie wished, and was in the habit of taking short pleasure excursions now and then. I was very glad to get rid of the gent, as I think anybody in my posi tion would, and ant happy to say that f tlI never since traveled with a madman in a to third-class railway carriage. a The Khubar. 0I Ot From all we can learn, the Arabic word 1i1 khabar signifies news; and as used in India w it means a method of communicating news in some extraordinary manner which, it is alleged, science fails to unravel. The speed d with which the news travels is said to be tn greater than that of the electric telegrapli ; in but that we take leave to doubt. At any w rate, should yon walk through an India', at market-place to view the silks of Cashmere I or stroll into a Turkish bar.ar in quest of a serviceable saddle, your hospitable native 4 acquaintance will ask, "Have you heard uia the news of so-and-so, or of such-and-such qc a place?" Your reply being in the negative ti he may probably proceed to tell you what tii the khabar says on important affairs trans- A piring at a distanee. ' To your astonishment A you flnd, after a few days, or even weeks, LI that your loquacious Hindoo, Turkish, Arab or Persion friend has told you the truth with tolerable correctness The Earl of II Carnarvon, in his interesting little volume m "llecollections of the Druses of Lebanon," h makes this observation; "No great moral gI, or religious movement can be confined to o the country where it is first born; and through all ages, sometimes by a subtle and c1 almost mysterious agency, the spark of in- 03 telligence lies flashed along the electric chain ti by which the natIons of the East are darkly- va boumd to each other." And In proof of the og existence of this potent agency, he relates that durIng the Bikhu war (1845.6) therec were cases in which the news of defeat or D victory forestalled tile arrival of any letters '& on the subjeet ; and, further, that in the ta late Indian-mutiny the somewhat exagger- pi ated intelligence of Gen. Windham's ro- ar ptulse at Cawnporc actually reached the Indians of Honduras, and the liaorms of at New Zealand in a manner truly astonishing. Ei A relative of the wrhter of the present no- Il. tioo states that when in Jerusalem during r the Crimean war ho often found that the a khabar of the bazars anticipated the ordina- be ry chlannels of communication by many go days, and generally with but little der ture from accuracy. n;rious theories has been adduced to accouud for the marvellous rapidity with which news is transmtitted or inteommunicated among nations who pos sess neither the electrie powet -nor steam power. Some even allege that a certaIn ve mysterious phychie force Is brought to bear fil between man and. man, separated by long as distances from each other, in a manner th soewhiat :similar to the revelations w, .an sometimes hear of as givedl by one rOlative to to another at a distance. But be it as It lo0 may, there ean be no doubt that there exists .~ in Eastern countries some theahs whtereby t3 Intelligence is conveyed with marvellous C0 celerity, without the aid of either steAmn or vi electricity. '___________ A Olmsso bliot. Away over aidl up in Douglas County, Oregon, G. W. Smith shouldered his Hen ryrfeand strolled into the woods. -There was snow on the ground and trackis-bear t tracks-on the snow. Two upiles acros a Valley and up a hill the hunter followed th0 trail. All at once a huge cinnamon.,bear appeared ini the path, walking leisurely ~ Along. .The crack of .the. -lIenry, a sharp kever'beration among thte -crags, the thun-. douns answer of thie beast,, and. the hxuster took to his heels. On.boundod bruin. Smith turned. .I,# terrible moment' the l)ear ocsed.0Acd knocked the rifle Into the air nd it weuo ile grouads As he fel h Smit h ad th clear - e pf~ -a rifle, en Stunned' as he we lie thpnkd is lucky or tars that seefriqhl .hand had made It- efl self I:' theridk m~ne, for the far 'ias 8g l~ekd~'f~ ~er hs uerI tbu ritd 104 ato~h me1b~~ ad so it must he e a~tto11 11 NEWS IN BRIEF. -One hundred and eighty-three cot ton mills have been built iu the South slince the war. --A wealthy Philadelphian spent $1,400 in collecting rare china cups. Tley sold at; auction ('or $259. -Legislators in Missouri are paid only $1 a day on the theory that poor piay will shorten sesslons. -A ili was recently given in a mine at Gold 11111, Nevada, at it depth ol 1,040 feet under ground. --The late i'rince Henry, of Holland, left an estate of at least forty-one mil lioi dollars. -The largest steel rail mill in the United States is to be erected at Bald win, near liarrisburg, Pa. -Reuben R. Springer, of Cincinnati, is said to be the wealthiest Catholic in America. -The grain receipts at.New Yoi-k last year show an increas3 of 40,518,388 bushels over the prevlons year. -An elegant and palatial -residence at Newliort, R. J., which cost 400,000 was sold receutly for $201,000. -Iowa has 20 savings banks, with deposits aggregating $2,447,1U0; and 33 general banks, whose total assets anotiut to $3,783,005. -Twelve thousand prizes remain un claimed, and 1,800,000 francs still re main in the hatuis of the. adniistra tioni of the French Lottery. -In 1851 Great Britain imnported 71, 470,421 pounds of tea, Nt hile in 1870 the total imports of tea reached the enor m1ou1s aggregate of 185,098,190 pounds. -There are about 1500 articles taxed in our tariil', and the whole product of domestic manufactures in this country is ovee $4,000,000,000 per annum. --Tile bycicle mnania does not seem In the least to have diminished in England and a company to manufacture tlese imacliies has Jist been organized with a capital' of $175,000 -Maryland has 1,989 schoole and3,071 teachers, instructing 150,274 'pupils. The average attendance last year was 81,829. The expoudiirus for the suliools amounted to $1,593.259,00.. -Tihe pay mre'its for duties at the Bos ton Custom house for the month of April amounted to $1,428,358.441 i gain of $260,307,07 as comnpared witt4 the corresponding mionti of last year. -This has been a good season fof the Newfoundland seal fishing. It Is roughly estimated that 500,000 seals have been taken, giving about 100,000 cwts. of oil. -Dr. J. II, IIo.ith, of p3oston, a dis tinguished student of Auierican anti quitles and relics, is in Dallas, Texias, with the ,keletons of 80 tamous Indian warriors. - -Mr. iI. I1oughton, the oldest editor In Illinois, died at,Gailna receurly. He was appointed Anerltari Const I t9 the Sandwich Islaius Ilii 1809 byGederal Grant. -Senator Jones owns Santa Mon'ca, which is to be the fashionable seaside resort of California this samnier. It has 36,000 acres, for whici lie paid a quarter of a - million dollars five years ago. A peg-lg walking match of fifty hours Is the latest novelty of pedestri anisni. A one-legged man in Elmira has issued a chatleige to all residents of I'ennsylvania who have lost a leg by imipuatLion. -The sales of tobaccostamps at Rich mond. Va., on May 1st, aggre ted $200,000; at Lynchburg, $141,Ou; at l)anmvlile, $142,207; at Ptel-I'sburg, $100, 000. From Lynuhburg over 1,000,000 pounds of manifat,tured tobacco were recently shipped in one day. -TIhe area o1 gold mines in thme p1us siani empIiire occupies aibouat 2,100,000 1quare miles, and now fields yearly amiout 80,000 lbs. of gold, In value up-, wards of ?3,000,000 sterling. Th'ie to tal aimnount of gold produced inl Russia sInce 1752 has been upwards of 2,500, 000 pounds. --A 'iurmiouas incident occurred.i in tile course of the recent run ona tile Alders gate sireet branchi of the L.ondon and County hank. An enhightenied ,butclier camne into the banik oilee when the run was at hIgh tide and 'arelessly threw down ?600 ($3000) as "something to go on with.' -To judge from the San Francisco papelrs tuere wvould seem to be an extra ordinary maaingn debvelopment on' the Pacific Corst. 'They abound with' ani nouncemlents of new comDpales ilh $5,000.000, $10,000,000 ,or $20,000,000 capital, Ru then, it 6nly costs about five dollars to start twenty -miltlons capital In Califormula. -Last year 1,152,525 births.were re glatgreml in the United -Kingdom, pr 34 pe 00of the estimated population, which, Ina the' milddlg pf the y'e'ar,' was 38.881,906. Theia deAtha regibtered were 710,105, ior -21 per tlogi$and .of popula n111 awin mi exces QI Ii,I~.,vr ixcess in 1b57'". -n'.e ileport of 'the1Ainerlean Bible society for 1878 shO W re.p pts $10S;274. OIf this a unt$1%$55 p trouy, ga IIOfB Ii 6 5 lcoidso 145;500 copies; purthaal abrod$O5687, teal1AS,08 eqsis Iu, S 4a hayme, ---iig26 4 4iine'raty tbffouin datin o IthiewatWieratd d tho 21st of A p'r'l&dwitht more 4t64:V* ob8tom nten distin wIsbeV 0,jMq1 t', mot ,*iahMaChl d