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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JULY 19, 1879. VO. NO 3. ON THE BAY. How oft at twilight hour We two went floating of! upon the wave ! The West resplendent with its sunset dower, The East all luminous, yet softly grave ; 1 The ocean spread around, Just ruffled, yet reflecting every hue, Marking w th foam each emerald islet's bound. And gliding back its billows to renew. Then the lone sea-bird sped Its trackless way with many a plaintive cry ; The winds swept slowly, and from ocean's bed Rose perfumes that e'en now seem gathering nigh. Leaning on idle oars We gazed on hills whose foot wore on the. sand ; Their crown% rose grandly where the sunlight pours Its last rich flood on rippling sea and land. In all the long, bright past When ocean, earth and sky in blest accord, Their'spell of light, song, motion round us cast There are no dearer hours in memory's ward. The cup our lips did press In that glad time was trembling to the brim I With its sweet draught of mortal happino-s,-- t Not wasted, lost, but grown far off and dim The Two- Ruths. Enoch Brown was the schoolmaster of the settlement. He was a tall, angular man, very stern in his demeanor, exceedingly exemplary in t his conduct and of undoubted courage. t The schoolhouse was situated on a little I knoll in the woods, and a purling brook wound its way lazily through the meadows 1 which had been cleared along its banks by I the settlers. It was a rude wooden struc- a ture built of logs and rudely and uncom- I fortably furnished. t Archie McCullough, a bi ight faced boy, I quick and intelligent, was the youngest < child in the school, and Master Brown's I favorite. One beautiful morning in sum mier-it was in July, 174-to be particu- a lar, on the 20th day of the month-he came Into the school-room beaming all over I with smiles and happy as the day was long. I Master Brown had already arrived, had swept out the school-house, dusted the i desks and benches and put everything to rights. I " Why you are early, Archie," he said to the child, with a smile, as the young lad entered with his broad brimnied straw I hat in his hand and his tiny dinner basket on his arm. t "Yeil, sir," the boy answered timidly I but respectfully, "I always like to get to t school early, but some of the boys don't want to come to-day. I saw one of them I in the woods and lie said he was going to play hookey." t " He must be a bad boy, Archie," the i master said. " Who was lie?" " He asked me not to tell, and I said I wouldn't." "It was not a good promise to make, my a child," Master Brown replied, " but hav lug made it you must keep it. It is as bad I to break your word as to tell a lie." The child hung down his head and was silent. Presently he looked up and run- 1 ning to the door, said: " Here comes the two Ruths." Two little girls entered, Ruth Hall and t Ruth Hart by name, smiling at Archie and curtseying to Master Brown as they came < Into the door. They were tiny things, I about the' same age both of them, and might have been mistaken for twins but for the familiar manner in which their names were occupied by their companions, I "the two Ruths." Other children followed t coming in one by one and tardy, until nine t had assembled. With the exception of f the two Ruths all were boys, and none of themi seemed anxious to begin th'e'duIltles of the day. "Has anybody seen Eden Tlaylor and I George Dunstan this mom ning?i " the mans ter asked. Eden was the biggest, boy in the school, being about fifteeni years of age, and George woe a year or two younger. No-< body had seen either of them, but just then they entered the school room to-i gether, looking very pale and thoroughly 1 frightened. "We saw Indians in thme bushes," Eden exclaimed, gasping for breath, and George, corroborated thie alarming news. D)ime novels were not published at, that dlay as at this to excite thme inagination of cil dren, so that Brooklyn boy are occasionally found wandering in New Jersey In search of Indians,. but stories of Indian.mnassaeres were often told gind the hunting groundls of1 the haWvanese savages In the Kitrochtlnnyi mountains were near enough to Enoch Brown's school for those relentless fo{,s of the whites to put. in an appearance at any time. ".You must be mistaken, boys," the master argued, remembering that similar stories had often Ibeon told by alarmed in habitants -which provedl in thme end to be without foundation. Take your books andI we will proceed with the lessons." A short prayer was madec by Master Brown and then the work of the (lay be gan. But scarcely were the opening ex ercises finished when a inoise at the door attracted the attentIon of the teacher. Suddenly it was thrown open and three Indians stood on tihe threshold. They were decorated with the war paint of their tribe and their tomahawks glittered ini thei morning sun. They glared into tIhe room and' Master Brown saw at a glance that their errand was an errand of death for< him 'and the helpless children under hisl chai-ge. -, Consternation seized the children, who were too much frightened even to try to escape, But even' if they had ~tried, they conI4 net have succeeded, for ther long narow windows out between two hog were so high fromt the floor that the little ones oouldt not have roc them, Hoping to save th0ir lives even at tihe sacriflee of hisi own, Mhete, 1ivsteppd to thme door, to trp and avert the impending blow. "~I 0 , et rUre 1me f .you will," lie crie in hia rrk1 tbes "hbut- sbare the1 lives of tee .iunnoment- cildren." <P1j1~fait dannllOt be as -you wlshj" on' o ~ a a4we "We came all.the way rpf the pJotinsp Wltere the smin sets ,to send you whete man of'your white brothera h aogn by tiwe fed an's hatohet' .Why shudwe spare the young bi ,nIthe two hinds thdlre l61 gbut The Red Sea. The Red sea is so called from a certain tawny tinge of its waters as well as for the red coral in its coast, but why the black sea should have that epithet it is diflicult to say, unless on account of tae scowling, thunder ous appearance it presents in winter, when it is swept by disastrous storms. The sea on the southern coast of England Is a pecu liar light gray-green caused by the chalk cliffs which are being constantly eroded and washed away by the ocean-billows. A very striking instance of water colored in this way is seen in Northumberland straight, Gulf of St. Lawrence, especially after a storm. The soft, reddish shores of Prince Edward's Island are eaten away and ab sorbed by the sea, which thus assumes a rich coffee-color, very vivid, and, when glistening in the sun, and tinged here and there with reflections of the blue overhead, extraordinarily rich in tone, and strongly resembling polished syenite. It is well known that the Amazon dyes the sea for hundred of miles beyond the land with the ochre-tinted slit it washes down from the pampas andi the far-off mountaifls of Peru. The warmth of the water in tropical lati tudes seems to have the same effect on the monsters of the deep that the climate has on the temperament of man, The barracu da is savage and aggressive as a tiger, and the cruel voracity of the King of the Canni bail islands is quite eclipsed by the horrible, treacherous, stealthy nature of that sea-pir ate, the man-eating shark. It is stated, and from what I have heard I am inclined to thing it is true, that the shark prefers white men to negroes, and will only attack and eat the latter on rare occasions. An English frigate's crew on the edge of the Bahama bank killed sixty of these monsters in one (lay's sport a few daysago, son\iner ens are they in those waters. This nught have been a means taken by the British Governnent to revenge Itself, as on some savage tribe, regardless of diplomatic re monstrances and the courtesy of nations, for the liberty taken liy the sharks with the crew of an English ship-of-war some years earlier. The Magpie schooner was cruising off Cuba for pirates when she was struck by an "ox-eye" squall-a wind coming with out other warning than a small round cloud in a clear sky, rushing with the rapidity of a cannon-ball. She was over in an instant, and, to make a long story short, the whole crew but two were devoured by a school of sharks which were lying in wait. Gliding :n among the horror-stricken seamen, they played with them for a while as a cat does with her prey. But the first taste of blood vas like alcohol to a drunkard, and in a few moments only two of the crew sur vived in a boat which had floated off from the vessel as she went down. After they had been in the boat several (lays, parched, starved and roasted by the tropic sun, a brig hove in sight, slowly passing two miles away with a very light morning air just filling the sails. As she did not seem to see the boat, one of the men jumped into the water and swam off to her. He was fol !owed by two sharks, which kept him com pany the whole of that long, awful swim. But lie scared them off by flapping his jacket-the shark is a great coward. Just as he was about to give up the race in de spair, the man at the wheel looked over the rail and lie-saw him. A boat was lowered, and lie and his shipmate were saved. Noth ing one sees at sea so sends an involuntary shdder through hin as to see the edge of the dorsal fin of a shark floating like ani up right spar on the surface of the water. You know at once that mischief is lurking near. A Combat at Ten I'aoes with Pastols. Two gentleman, of New Orleans, re cently repaired to the rear of Michaud's plantation, in Orleans Parish, a place on the line of the railroad. The desired loca tion having been secured, preparations were made for single combat, and in a few minutes, each with a heavy duelling pistol they faced about readily and steadily 10 paSces fromn each other, resolved to go through all the formalties and courtesies of thme code of honor with thme proverbial courage of Loulsianans. At thme wordls, "Are you ready?" the weapons were raised almost stimultancously with a firm and de termined grasp. Wheni the command "I' ire" was given, the pistol fell out of thme hand of one of thme combats, who was found to have received the ball In the right arm, thme missile entering underneath the elbow, glancing upward, and lodging in the mus cles under the shoulder-blade. TIhis put an end to the duel, and honor was satisfied. The doctor in atteadaiiee dressed and banm daged the wo(und, but preferred to wait un ill the removal of time gentleman to the city before proceeding to extract the ball, as the wouind was not serious. The whiilomi ene ica were then reconciled, and( mutual courtesies were exchanged. 'The wounded mnan, togethier with his seconds, was con voyed to New Orleans on a railroad hand car, as there is now no night train from Mo bile to this city. They arrived at 8 o'clock, a carriage was procured, aind the victim of the code was taken home, where the doctor who had attended himi previously pro :ioluncedI hin.out of dlanger, as n.o bones had beeii fractured and no vital spot In juredl. The other parties who lad re nmainedl with their uninjured friend repaired to a neighboring house where they re :mained till dark, returning to Now Orleans In a wagon b)y 11 o'clock. Thus this un pleasent luiundecrstaniiig hetvween two gentlemen extensively known In this city ended to the satisfact Ion of all without any serious result and with only the inconive nience to one ,of thme prinmcipals of a painful, though iiot serious, wound in thme arm. A curious circuimstance connected with the duel Is that the injured man would limfali bly have b)een killed had( lhe not he0(1ldia arm slightly bont, thu -coverlng hiii right breast, which the ball would have p)iercedi through and through, considering phe dis tanoe of only 10 p aces and( the heavy calibre of the dIiell ing pistols. Osohmere Shawis,, The manufacture of. shawls at Cachimere, wIth su'pplies all thle-world with a splendId article of dress, furnishes employment to the ihdustry of nearly. fifty thiouandu :indi vidutals. It wotild perhaps he difflecitt to determine with .aeggracy .,t,lp ,qmia,ftJty of shawls manufacturede annuaI ;* hbut the nmber of hooind employed i all'd 10o be ulkteemn thiousaryd, antd sig1osig fie shawls ate on ani average made' ~teaeh hooni, it Would give eighty thoudahd laith6 course of the-year. . shmpia b# ootipIed *Ith qn9 shawl, pr ~ q4tbe a fenmha%>y fine 4ne, above) year, W I9;99ter, ahi9pe+mlc or the CQiP4 hu ott f the pdd tnost so nch aha quaner of ~ e~ here would be tongues to tell who it was ,hat put the schoohmumhter to death. No, we must kill all or none." When this speech was finished the In lan sprang into the room while the others emained outside to guard the door and give timely notice to the fiend within in ,ase they were discovered. The contest with the schoolmaster was soon decided. 'he Indian fiercely attacked him with his omahawk and as Master Brown had noth ng with which to defend himself but his ands the battle was at very unequal one. le fought bravely, however, and It was ot until both his hands were disabled and is arms broken that the furious savage was able to strike him a fatal blow. Final y a blow upon the head felled hhn to the loor, and while he lay dying the Indian ore the scalp from his skull. 'T'lhe children were almost frantic while his bloody scene was enacted, and kept running to and fro in their fright, conscious )t the fate that impended over them. Some e'nk and hickory boughs had been :laced in the great chimney a few days be ore, and although they were already wilted mtd nearly dry, Archie McCullough sue eeded in concealing himself behind them. P'he two Ruths huddled together in at cor ter and vainly hoped to escape. the fury of he savage. - "Now, little pale faces," the monster xclahned, when the master lay scalped amd dead on the floor, " the Indian will hat you tell no tales out of school, as the vhite man say." The little ones were then killed one by me, each being dispatched with a si.igle )low of the tomahawk. When all lai dead ir dying, their scalps were torn off by the avage monster, who went hastily front one o the other fearing discovery before his )loody task was ended. All this time Archie McCullough Pat )ehind the wilted boughs in the chimney, ooking in childish wonder at the horrible 'laughter of his old school-mates. Think ng his work was finished the Indian turned o go, and in a moment the child would ave been safe from the fate that befel his ompanions. Unfortunately for Archie he boughs behind which he was hidden lid not entirely conceal him, and as the avage gave a last glance at his bloody chievemuent he perceived the boy concealed a the chiney corner. It would not do to illow the only witness of his crimes to -cape, and with maddened fury the savage ushed upon the child. "Oh, please, don't hurt mne." Archie mplored, but the savage was relentless. A fearful blow laid the child prbstrate, ad tearing off his scalp also, the Indian eft hi to die among his (lead companions. The savages departed from the scene of he massacre, and for hours Archie McCul ough was left with only the conpanionship >f the deat. Scalped and stunned the child survived, Pit was stone blind. A settler happening to come near the choolroom about noon, and observing the nusual quiet at a time wvhen it was to be xpected the children would be at play, vas led to look in at the door. The scene that met his gaze baftles de cription. Ten lifeless bodies lay stretched upon the loor. Archie McCullough, moaning and crying, was crawling about among his dead com mtions, running his fingers through their iair, and smoothing his hands over their aces as if seeking to distinguish them by he touch. 'The man looked ta grief and vonder upon the death scene which met his yes, and while ie looked the child touched at succession the forms of the two girls. "The two Ruths," lie exclaimed, cryitg vith grief and moaning with pain. The children were taken utp and buried n the sane grave with Master Brown, and he whole neighborhood participated in heir obsequies. There was a vacant place it ten hearthstones. for each of the mur lered scholars belonged to differenit .faami lea. Althouagh more thana a hundred years myve elapsed since the massacre, the story a told int the neighborhood of what is maownm as Browvu's School-house to this laty, as thte most noteworthy tradition of lie locality, and it certainuly is onec of the nost terrible episodes otf Intdiana marautding ta the early froantier. Archie McCullough lived to be an 01(1 nean, biut lis sight anever returned, anid the irlght lntelligencee of lia childhood 11ad leparted forever. A mnuatbling imbeetle he vould oftent try to dlecribe the terrible scente vhich-hiadl crazed hik brain, and to the last lay of lia lIfe lie would mioani and( cry over lie fate of "' the two( Rluths. " - strange staitIsties 'The agenuts of the Waiter Board, in a arge city, arc anow abroad with the assess nents for the coamhig year, noting down ncrease or (decrease lan famtilies, any litro luction of new pIpes, and( whatever is tecessary to aid the Board ini makhaig iup a pair tax oat each householder. It Is the luty of these agents- to ask various ques ions, and they .expect truthful replies. When sat agent asks if there has beean anty ne~rease in the family, or if a bath tub las teenm put in, teat out of every flfteeii citi 'sens hesitate, stammer, and rather seel.c to 3oonvey, the latpression that niothaing ha.s >ceurredl to cause an increase in rates. We ill know how weak huan nature sonme Imnes is, but the foilowinmg statistics, care rully comnpiledi by these agents, should warn us that truth is the beatoat light otf tafety. Durang the past year twelve citi ueans who htad ,'introduced btathi tuabs and failed to reamoember it, died after a brief ill mess, 'and in most eases each one seemed to mave some awful trouble oat his mind sand lied hard. Fouarteent citizens who had 3rancha pipes putt In and failed to notify the ugents were either taken dIown with a run f fever or went into bankrQtc tf. Four women who tried tW slam thle door on tgent's, saying they ditin't wantt to buiy any alothiea wringers that day 'have been laid iway forever, Three oltitens who used awn rountains and didn't report the faot, have been laid up with broken limubs for mmonths; and now hobble around pale and mmaciated, a sad warining to other absent rrintded persons., One' msun who solemnly mssefte4 to, the.guift,b~lat his faily bad met -increased wad taken 'with' 'St' V itus' Dantce the nekt day. ' After vainly employ ing seven or eight phiysiejans he sent a note ao the-Water Board admitting that I' lets' huad been born to the family tuid: tha l e ad lied abont it. .The,Beard t lr rates to thie-pre4me o(tdras nd i itwo rels'v e With d ritenio of n h~~ ih i*hadet oeqo9. lwn n usual number employed at most of the shopl Shawls containing much work are made I separate pieces at differet shops ; and may be observed, that it very rarely hal pens that the pieces when completed Col respond in size. The shop consists of framework, at which the persons employe sit on a ucnch ; their number is from tw to four. On plain shawlr two people aloii are employed, and a longnarrow, but heav shuttle is used ; those of which the patter is varlegated are worked with woode needles, there being a separate needle ft the thread of each color, and without tli aid of a shuttle The operation of thei manufacture is of course iiow. proportional to the quantity of work w%hicll their pattert may require. The wonren and childre pick out the fine wool fr<n the coarse haii and other heterogeneous matter, which i afterwards carded by young girls with the fingers Oil India muslin, to lengthen th fibre and clean it from dhi, and in this still it is delivered to the dyrs and spinner: The loom that is used is very simple an horizontal. The weavet- sits on the bencl a child is placed before him with his eyc on the pattern, and givep himt notice aft( every throw of the shdittle of the colom wanted and the bobbins tO be next employe( The Oostaud, or head workman, superir tends, while his journeynen are employe near hi imnmediately unilder his lirectioni If they have any new pattern in hand, c one with which they are not familiar, h1 describes to them the .figures, color an threads which- they are to use, while b keeps before them the pattern on whic they happen to be employed, drawn upo paper. During the opetatlion of manufac turing the right side of the shawl is uppel most on thn frame ; notwithstanding whicI the Oostaud never mistakes the regularit of the most figured piece. The wages c the head workmen (the eimployer furnishin the materials) are from six to eight pice pc day ; of the common, workien from one t four pice ; which currency in Cachmer may be valued at three-half pence eacli When a Inerchant enter$ into trade he frt quently engages several shops, which h collects in a spot under his own eye ; or I supplies the head worklman with threa which has been spun by women, and prc viously colored ; and they carry on th manufacture at their own hoies, having be forehand received instruction from the mcm chant respecting the quality of the goods h may require, their colors, patterns, et( After the goods are finished the merchan carries them to the custom house, wher each shawl is stamped, and pays a certai duty, the amount of which is settled accorcl ing to the value and quality of the plect The officer of the Governnent generall fixes the values beyond what the goods at in reality worth, and the duty levied on thl estimate is one-fifth. Most shawls are ei ported from Cachmere unwashed and free from the loom. Amritser is the great shatu mart, and they are better washed and pacl ed than in Cachmere; but of those sent t the Westward, many are worn unwaslet AnImal Yroguuatice. The lower animals j a state of nature or exposed in the open- fields, are very sum ceptible of atmospheric changes. Sheep ec greedily before a storm, and sparingly be fore a thaw. When they leave the hig parts of their range, when they bleat nuc in the evening, or during the night, we ma expect severe weather. Goats seek a plac of shelter, while swine* carry litter, an cover themselves better than ordinary be fore a storm. Frost is foretold by the ci scratching a post or wall; and a thaw when she washes her face, or when fro& come from their winter concealment. Tli gathering of grouse into large flocki the diving of sparrows in dry dust, th1 fluttering of wild ducks as they flap the wings, the dismal, lengthened howl of set gulls in an inland place, or around lake: the mournful note of the curlew, the shri whew of plover, the whet-whet-whe' of t1i chaffinch perched upon01 a tree, the crowin of the cock at unusual times, all prognost cate rain or snow. When the fieldfart redwing, starling, swvan, snowfleck, an other birds of passage, arrive soon from tl1 niorthi,. it inldicates an early and sevei winter. When gnats bite very keenil when flies keep nmear tile ground (shown b swallows that feed upon the winIg flyin low) we look for wind and rainl. But t1i most wonderful influence of atmosphtri chanlges is upon these creatures that burros in tile ground. The carph worm appearin in abundance indlicates rain. In like ma: nor the 11101 seems to feel its approach, a (day or two before lhe raises more hiallocli than) usual5; andl whlen, after a lonIg, sevem frost, lie begins againi to work, it will soc become fresh. Trhe effect of electricity am well known, both on the atmosphere an onl animals; and tile posilion of the aqueom vapors wIth the relaxing damp near tl1 face of the earth, which in certain atatt takes place, may give rise to tIs increase activety. "Thmere ie a Rteaper." Jasper Smith, a farmer's hlired man, wvi slnt to town to buy a scythe. After he ha taken several drinks to shar11pen his exper ence, he started out to buy the scythe. By tile time he was ready to b)uy hi scythe tile beer had( worked uip into hl hlead, and lie insisted on trying the blad before paying for It. In Is ardor lie cami nearly mowing the legs oft several pi destrians, andl when lie failed to lop off bitching post at oneO awfl blow lie thlrea diown the scythe in disgust andl refused t shell ouIt for damages. "Sun-beaten .agricullturalist, what mear such conduct?" asked tile conlrt as tli sheepish looking pr1isoner was brongh forth. "All I can remember seems like dream," answered the mnan. "You dion't rememlber of trying to mm~ an aldlerman's feet off?" "No." "Nor of mowing dlown-. bales of calle andi strings of strawv hats ?" "Well, I'll fix It so youm won't be so al sent-mnindedI next time. Youlr fine is us~ dollars." "That's a heap of moliey, remarked tli prisoner as hIe weunt down for. his sinkini forj. "Well, no one else had any. funa out of but yell. It wasn't like going.off 011 a eursion and dividing uip the scenery an eating ice cream of? -the same dish with croes-eyed&womnan,"..... *The. inan paid, but ho looked purpl around the mouth and the ntoses as he weri ou ad wen ijah called .to.hi4n that Ii h -f-highat he.turned.ahid replied a "Oh,-'hl t.emember; 4-yo 1dk ba) headi t'ke first time yeathtvn out o IRules. Never lie in bed in the moruing, unless you feel like getting up. Then, all anuthor ities agree, you should remain between the a sheeta. Before eating, run around your block until your legs are reduced to the elasticity e of rubber. and then have somebody carry you to the drugg'st's, where you should go through three course of indisc iininate (losing. By this time you will be ready for break fast. r Eat anything, and everything you relig e lously hate. Never indulge the palate in Its capriciousness. IIThe same as to the stomach. It can be set (own as anl axiomi, that whatever that organ asks for is ju. what it ought not to r have. r After breakfast, as some hygeists pre scribe exercise while others Insist on per fect quiet, it will be well for you to coin bute im your practice the teachings of both classes. 8 Jump over the ttd)le a few score of r times; then lie upon the sofa for, say, lf teen minutes. If you experience any discomfort upon arising, you should attribute It to an insuf 1l iciency of the first part of the programme. Resume the table-junping. r Spend the remainder of your time until e dinner visiting your friends and getting their advice and prescriptions for the all leviation of your peculiar symptomts.t It They all understand your case perfectly, 8and will give their advice gratis. t - Io to the druggist's and make the pur- 1 chases necessary to a following of their directions, taking thought, by the way, to engage ai drayman to fetch them home for f you. At dinner the field for acquiring health a r is illimitable. 3 First eat. everything that. " agrees " with e Mrs. Smith; then pay proper attention to whatever ' sets well" onl the tender stom - ach of the elderly maiden Brown; alter e which take in turn the things recommended a by Mrs. Johnson's grandmother, Mr. John- t l son's favorite physician, and the Indian - doctor of the mediumistie Miss Bloggs. a And now pay strict attention to the dray- t - mnu's load. You will need no other exercise, if you I e (to justice to the pills and potions recoin . mended by your kind friends. t If you feel no Iprovement by supper tune, you have indubitable evidence thatt 1 you have either omitted something or par - taken too sparingly of one or several pre - scriptions. Y Mak up your mind to make anmends for 0 your shortcoming by purchn,ting a (touble 8 quantity on;the morrow, and also by extend - ing your researches among a wider circle of 1 your friends. The evening meal offers further opportu nities for stomachic experiments. 'ne proper study of mankind Is man. - Never forget that. After supper, until bedtihe, pass your time in reading or conversing about the stomach and liver and upon like inspiriting topics. Never for a moment forget you have a stomach. You will have your reward. It Your stomach will never forget you. It will ever remind you of Its presence. Y If you are sleepy, sit up; if not, go to d bed. You thus bring your body under sub jection, which is a great p,oint gained. On the questio of open windows doe tors disagree. Therefore, hire a domestic to open and close yours through the night. It is even better If you can contrive to do e this yourself. It gives you exercise not : otherwise convenient of attaining. e In brief r Think only of your health. Follow everybody's advice. 'Fake all the medicine you can get. MAnd, if you are not untimely taken off, you willl live to be an1 endurling nmnumdt of tile correctness of thesBe brief directions, and( a Pest to all wvho know yell.1 ilorkley's Mlasnquerado, e --__ "Better go Dick," said Ned Hlatton, y "Lot's o' fuin. The grandest thing of thle sesn Nuthin' yet like it. Th'le masks e and1( git-ups all of the latest anid funniest c Parisian style." v IcIk Berkley took the cigar from lbla g mouthl, blew out a sp)iral clotud of smoke, and reflected a mnomlent. They were inl as Beckley's sitting room, and the door whichl a opened into the 1ha11 was slightly ajar., e Both iien had their backs to the door, and(1 n faces towairds the blazing gralte. e " I would go if I was sure I could keep d miy wife from knowing It," said1 Berkley. I5 " Why, to be sure you can," rep)lied lisa e friend Hlattonl, a gray bachelor of thIrty or a miore.- " Wha8t Is the use of being bound' ii in the iron bonds of petticoat government, tied to a woman's apron strings, and( miako both a slave alnd a fool of yourself all youri tife. I tell you mien like us5, who are kept s ini courts andl among legal l)pper and( d documents, need a little recreation seime -timies.'" 'My wife would iralse thuhider if sihe a knew of my going to a masquerade." s "The deuce I she needl never know it, o replied Hlatton vehmenitly. e At this very moment Mrs. Berkley was - passing through the hall, and paused at the a door, having heard her hulsbimd's remark. v " Let's'see. when is itti" asked Berkley. o "Next Tuesday night." " I'll go." a "Iso will I," thought Mrs. Berkhey, as e Bile disappeared unobserved fronm the dloor t way. "Iln my carrIage ?" asked flatton. a "Yes ; expecct me In front of time Lain lelh, for there we can dlrlve to Kruthl's or v Mrs. Purcell's for opmr costumes and( masks." Tulesday night.came, and ourF two friends a were at tIle imasqueradie. B3erkley was (dis guisedl as a Turk, and lisa friend In the more hideous garb of an Indhian. There was one faultless fornm, diressed as e a page of the olden tIme, whlich seemed to I be the admiration of every one. Our I e frIends were not long in finding this I g strangely disguised anid evidlently fast 1 young ly, and sheo made. -herself espe-4 t cially pleasing to Berkley. The latter4 a promenaded and danced with her,- and they I retired to another rooni for refreshments. a The eyes whieh gleaiied out from the holes in the mask.our hero dcard to bo th: t ehtthg ad -drikin akhgchamn o pagne with thle artful b)ek ty, he chuckled I to himself to. tlinkwht a nice trick he - hiamd yed6hl dlfd." epyc arme" ie .said~ pouring er which I ask, as we are by ourselves, hat we unmask." " Bah, Sir Turk. you to not pretenlt to iny you love me ? " of " More than tongue can tell." cl ''And that yout never loved another? " pl Never, by the jumping Jehosaphat." ti " Nonsense, I'll venture you have a wife tnl half-ti-dozen children." n " I swear by my heard I have not," rowed the Turk. i " Pshaw I we women know you men too well to believe what you say. Men must W inve some -recreat ion,' you know," said he artful beauty. " But know, dearest adored unknown," ni >egan our here, pushing his chair just as ;lose to the page as he could get. it, and ti >lacing one arnm affectionately around her di vaist, ''that I have found iny 'finily in ru, that I never loved fill I saw you, an' hat I adore only you. Now I have made hit t full confession, and after requesting the w >leasr"-e of seeing you home, please allow gc no to . eniove this mask that must cover a re ace of exquisite loveliness." to Berkley had evidently drank too much I hampagne, or he would not have been so il 'ehement in lils remarks. lie threw one ti rm around the young lady dressed in the al ascinatiug costume of a page, raised tibe fc nask, and beheld the face of hils wife. st "Consternation! taillle, let's go home," ai to cried: and in flfte:, minutes they were "' in a cab going toward their residence. fe Mr. 13erkley was a very quiet man for everal days, and Mrs. Berkley enjoyed her ti 'ictory in silence. A week or two after he affair, Hlatton asked his friend what A eeame of the girl dressed as a ipage, lie d vas coming it over so sweetly at the nas- ki tuerade. It( " Don't mention it, Ned, for I have tli worn I will never go to another ilasquer- ai de while I live." at Ned Hlatton thinks his friend Blerkley eLi vas bitten sonic way. 'in 01 The Texas Cow- Hoy. Iin 'Tlic Texas cowboy is a rare bird. lIe is a sort of happy jack of the willderness, a Ih try land sailor, who takes his fun in large 'i loses whenever lie gets to port port being st o him the nearest town with a dance Pl touse-his fun pure deviltry. lie can yell ouder in an unearthly key, swagger more and swear harder than any man of lils al nches on the continent. hlis dress is evi- B' lently intended to ape the Mexican coun- or erfeit of the Spanish cavalier, with ia m nteaking regard for home conventionalities 01 hrown in. Imagine the conglomeration I " laving no flxity of form it is wholly in- lit lescribable and varies with the whim of pw lie individual. Yet he Is proud of his ar ' make up1)," and pays particular attention 01 o the style of his hat, boot and spurs. I Che hat is an elaborate affair. Broad of caved, tasselled and thiselcd, it spreads its di ar-reaching shadow over the form of its ar estive owner a few acres beyond. Ills Pi mIly pet is his horse ; his only toy his pis- W ol; but lie would prefer losing hils horse e1 or a day to being severed from his six- pN hooter for a moment. All his strength Is n lils toy. Like the savage Indian, when leprived of his weapon his "heart Is on the bl round." A small boy could thresh him he lien. Give him the plistol and the ''drop" at m a man and he will rejoice in his ability I o '' bore a hole in him big enough for ia n1 ood sized dog to crawl through," as if the ir oring proceess were sometling to be ex- ti :eedingly proud of. ''his li because cow- 01 )oys are not hung often in Texas, and the In 'eason why they have not beein is because w hey have been employed and protected by al he cowman. We have had some very dils- tl inguished cowboys In this part of the b vorld. Bill Longley, who killed thirty- at meven men in the course of his brief ex- dI )erienee, was a cowboy most of his thn, a is was also John Wesley Hardin, better til cnown as Wes. Hardin, who has been to iJ di a man for snoring in lis sleep. These 'I' niscreanits have had iio such word as fair bi lay in their lexicon. If they intended to i let a quarrel up they first ''got the drop i m their victim, thien bullied hIm iuto active N 'esistance, then shiot hin "'in self-defense.'' le A Heavy Stockhiolder. ci A granger eniteredt one of our railroad of- fe ices the other day, andt founid a young mani ai vithin. The farmIng man spoke uip andi i aid :"Is this the superIntendent ?" Tfhe 8i ,ouang man11 was immensely flattered, andl cl uist to let himself down easy, said: "N-n-o, ki tot exactly ; not the superIntendent, but [ ui mm a heavy stockholder. Aniything I can b< lo for you ?" w "TVhe graniger sakl "No," andu wandlered A >ft into the next room, met aL clerk, and Iam >ointing with his thumb over hIs shoulbler re oward the departmient ho had just left., lie ci aaidt: 5t "Young manm, that, to be a hecavy' stock- ca iolder on this road." i Theli clerk took a sqint, saw who it was, ni md1( ejaculated, "Who ? Him I" tl "Yes," ceintinued the granger ; "big a 'tockhiolder is lie I" til "Yes, oh, yes," said1 the clerk turning li >urple in the face. "What amouint of stock doi you suppose re ie holds, now I" saId the curious granger. "Well," said the clerk, wIth the air of a i >arson at a funeral. "WTell, lie hols the tc luperintenident's horse, somrethmes." af Trho granger wouldn't hear to any thing sll ulse, so the clerk had to jgo out andI take l' omletlug. it Large Powder Blastn. f - til Some time since a blast of 12,000 pounds gi if powder was exploded in the quarry of is lie Glendon Iron Company, near Icaston, 1M 'a., dIsplacing 60,0010 tons of rock. Thre to ilscharge was discribed in some of the icwspapers as probably the heaviest charge iot slub-aqueous over fired in the country. ro this a California mining journal takes uxcoption, and says that much lauger Ik uiharges are frequently exploded in the lim Iravet mIies of that State. Very recently i lie Reservoir Ditch Company put off In sk heir mine, at Sucker Flat, Yuba county, et1 blast of 50,000 pounds of Judson powdler, ce very powerful oxplosive, and by which ini >etween 200,000 and 800,000 cubic yards Or >f gravel, some of it indurated into a hard re ecment, woefe so shattered that tho most of w t canl be piped off uinder the heavy head of b< raters thiete used. Occiomaally oven a sii freater amount of powder than this is ex- p >'the iarger hydraulic mining com- as a1f ho find It economiCal to employ In inch .i6ay charges as doing more propor'- el kon.tb execution than small ones. Tatha kitdof' a'91 pg& Is th$ 0t ou bA htkeh by tdo l eage s ttus1 (hf'rlpuse t ke au f reveg Mr. Whooper's Aflteti,n. Mr. Whooper came into Judge Perkin's liec the other (lay, and after drawing a uair close up to the Judge he took a seat, it his hat on the table, wiped his nose toughtfully, and said: "I say, Judge, what do you charge a an for getting him a divorce ? " "A divorce, Mr Whooper? You are it thinking of that, I hope? " " Well, yes I was," said Mr. Whooper, ith a mournful air. "Quarrelled with your wife? " "Not exactly--but-well, I reckon I ight as well explain the matter to you. ou see, I love Pandora well enough. I ink a good deal of her, but blame it, dlge, I can't stand her ridiculous ways." llow do you mean ? " "'Why, you see, she's a somnambulist is a habit of walking in her sleep. She ill get ip at night, any time almost, and > fumbling around the house in the most ckless manner. When site gets tired she'll rn in anywhere and roost until morning. have found her twice sitting on top of the mir barrel, sleeping sweet as a baby; three ncs I've waked her up in the coal binl, id once, when she had the'nightmare, I und her hanging across the back fence id she dreamed she was a pillow case, id that she had been hung there after the ash to dry. I tell you it tears a man's elin.s up like thunder I " " You oughto bear it with great resigna " Well, I have tried to; but I can't. bout a month ago, while she was mean rin around in the dining room, she eked over a table and made a terrifie use. Nearly scared me to death. I ought there were burglars in the house, Ad so 1 spriung a rattle out of the window, id fired my revolver twice down into the try. When the policemen came I let 'emt , and we benganI a search, With pistols in ir hands. Upon entering Cite dining room e found Mrs. Whooper sitting there, hold g an umbrella on her left arm, as if it was baby, while she was trying to feed it. with e vinegar cruet. Fast asleep, of course I it ashamed to meet the neighbors on the reet, now ; I can hear 'cim snicker as I go "No doubt Mrs. Whooper was sorry? " "Oh. of course, sorry I Apologized and that I " Said she'd never do it again. it only two night's later she had a vision something, moving her to rise, pick up y waistcoat and shirt from a chair, and go t and bury them in the asparagus bed. hen she came back I was awake. She i the shovel over her shoulder, and 1 titched her seize my socks and false teeth (d start down stairs with thei. I Jumped it of bed and caught her. I shook her til she woke, and then she tried to beg f by explaining that she dreamed she had scovered a way of raising waistcoats and tificial teeth on trees, so that she could ck 'em for me when they were ripe. That iman has the Insanest old dreams that er rattled around in a female brain "It Is merely her misfortune." "That's true I That's so I I pity her it what's a man to do ? You know the adboard on our bedstead? Well, it's out nine feet high. Last Thursday week was waked in the night by a strange >ise. I missedt Pandora, but looking ound I found her perched on the top of e head-board with an open umbrelfa in ie hand and a lAandbox in the othie>. She td on a night dress and a sun-bonmet and lie I asked her what on earth she was tout, she told me to 'give some oats to e off-horse.' 'I'hen she kicked the head )ard with her heels, uttered a wild cahoot, id the next minute she plunged head )wnward upon the bed, broke three siats id brought her aunt down stairs from the ird story, four steps at a jump, under the ipression that there had been an earth ike. When she camne to she said she'd uen reading in the papers about, he four -hand coaches, anid somehaw luhe got to 'eaming she was driving one for a bet. ow, I tell you it's pretty hard for a -man stan.d this kind of thing, isn't it?i" "Yes, of cour-se." " But I would have stood it If she lhdn't rriedl it a little too far. She asked me a W (lays ago to let her tie a string to her kle and to mAine, so that when she got up lier sleep she would wake me. I agreed. me said atrNng, mind you, but when she mue to do tho tying she used the stoutest nid of twine I Anyhow, all wvent well util last, night, when Pandora, while asleep, caime impressed with the idea that she a -erossing the Alps, or swinmig the tiantic ocean, or somnething, for she rose id went over to the staircase. Just as she ached the top landing her foot must,haiive ughit in the carpet, for she shiot down the mira head foremost, like a stone out of a tapult ; and, of course, as I wvas tied to r-, I suddenly went, boomuing out of be J ci the first thing I know I was lying on e floor feelIng a little uncertaini whuether~ volcano had all at once developed under e bedl, or whether a barrel of gunpowder 1(d exploded in time cellar. Trheni I felt mndora pulling at the other end of the p)e, and I comprehended thme sttatlon. then I picked her imp she said shte wasn't irt much, and I've no doubt she'hl Opend -night sliding uip and down time water out on the outside of theo house;' only e'll have to go it alone. This lets hief out. ngoing to get a divorce. IIow much will The Judge promised to gIve hinm thme in ramation next dlay, but lie didn't call, and e.supposhtion is that ho was persuaded to ye Pandora one more chanice. .,I$1t there going to be a painful domestic tragedy at hooper's some clay unless Mrs. W. iearns stick to her pillow. - Immportanace of n, OIean 8 ni,, Most of our Invalids are stch, and mii nS of more healthy people will become validsa, for want of payh) 4o ine tst or nary attention to the re uio4t1g pf the in. That membraneo is as a covering only, intoti6i ted piece of machine(y, searcel kOod its texture an'd sofisitiveness to M ar the eye. Mfany treat it with little ference to s prope1r fund fmit~ tI e enoting better thamau >ns tis s incons4tti 6rth in that is the Oddse of d ~JO* irtiona of the diseades itIev4 If claimed by ~o ln' 'I~ bulk,of a) therpa Q~ rned bckc~ a anaae/mmmnr