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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JULY 31, 1879. VOL. THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS. What should I seek, and what desire, So that my days may joyous bo? Where shall I find the hidden fire For faith that never may ceaso to be ? First, in myself my search must rest Ere it go forth upon its quest. Bright my own soul, pure my intent, So shall I walk to find my joy : Self in the common welfare blent Swift to upbuild, slow to destr.y Knowing each heart hath secret good, Often not known or understood. Welcome must each true impulse seem Felt by brother, or friend, or too Nev6r be hold in light esteem The blessing another's work may show. So must the measure be just and fair For another's goodness, toil, or prayer. To walk where the sunshine loves to fall, Or kneel in the shadow, subdued and still Hear every voice that In love may call, Patient In strifo, resigned in ill. So shall each day hold something blest, And the soul attain Its longed for rest. 0 thou whose heart is a world of care. Whose thoughts in a fever come and go Strive, wAth the strength that Is born of prayer, Peace in thy spirit first to know ; And seeking ever some human good, Find a crown of gold for thy.oroms of wood. At Great Cost Hartley Chne, the master of Mapleton, had a terrible temper, a fierce, ungoverned spirit, which almost every one connected with him feared. H[e had lived fifty odd years in the world, yet people prophesied that it would yet be subjugated at great Cost. Not that he was a brute or a tyrant. He was generous with his dependents, tender with his children, just with all men. It was only when his indignation was aroused that he was terrible in its uprising. Few dared to face its volcanic force. Fortunately for the peace of the house hold, his two children, Leigh and Clarice, were not like him. Both were blonde, sun ny and facile. The former was abroad with a party of artist-friends. The latter was at home-her father's pride-the mis tress of his house. And these two children had no mother. She had djed nineteen years before. at Leigh's birth. Clarice wai two years her brother's elder. Fair, graceflil an' good, her father promised himself great things of his only daughter's beauty. Love and wealth lie had bestowed freely upon her: rank and title should be hers when she married. But for Clarice's marriage lie was not yet ready. She was far too dear and necessary to his daily hap pliess. Therefore, Clarice kept lier secret like the grave, that she loved lier half-cousin Allan Larrimer-another genial and sunny spirit. These young people, congenial and .un spoiled, became committed to each other becuuse "gay youth loves gay youth," be fore they realized all that their confession of mutual affection involved ; for Hartley Clmne would not be likely to consent to Clarice's marriage with Allan Larrimer. He was an American, undistinguished, and of ioderate wealth, and it was the de sire of his heart that Clarice added a foreign title to her other graces. For this reason Ie had invited Count Herman to Mapleton. Count Herman was a German, fat and face tious. He was not the only titled man to whom Hartley Uline had proffered his rare and costly wines, but the count's good hu mor was particularly agreeable to him, so that lie found it pleasant to imagine him at some distant day, his ally and son-in-law. To be sure, lie was twenty years older than Clarice, alid shd laughed at his rotun dity, and cared nothing for his title, but her father considered the match not only possi bile, but probable, since lie approved. It was a happy summer, though Clarice shook with terror when she thought of her father discovering the tender connection which she had formed. For, fear as she did a promise to marry Allani, she yet, with great sweetness, freely confessed her love, and enjoyed to the utmos"t the stolen mo ments they could spend together. -But when they could no longer meet in lonely rustic places, by appointmient, from time to time, and Clarico could not receive him ,with any frequency at home, regret dimmed her happy spirit. In vain Allan expressed his willingness to face her father's anger ; her panic of terror at the suggestion quite disarmed him of his purpose. Winter set in. For a time, only notes passed betwveen Clarice and Allan Larrimer. Suddenly there. came a change. Leigh was coming home. "Yes, my boy is coming home," said Hartley Chine, rubbing his hands h1 pride, and joy. "What shall we do, Charlee, to lease him?9" "What have you thought of, papa ?" "A reception on the night of his arrival. All his old friends here." "Yes, we will I" she replIed, gladly. $o invitations were issued, or(crs gi venm, and preparations commienced. . Hartley Cline had planned a masked par ty. It would be all the merrier to have Leigh surrounded by 30 many unknown friends. lHe, the host, would wear a dom .io, andl for a moment, at least, defy Leigh's bright eyes to descry him. Eharly in the evening all would unmask that Leigh might recognize his congratulators. When the household was the busiest,, Clarice stole away to her chamber, and hastily wrote a note: "AI,1,AN: We are expecting Leigh home to-night, and a masked party of his friends are invited to Mapleton to receive him. This gives mie opportunity to see you with out causing any one to suspect how glad I shall be of the meeting. I was getting to despair of ever seeing you again. Wear a troubadour's dress, with the i nclosed-ribbon pinned to the sleeve. You will'find what you need at the costomer's, Sechrist.- Come preisely at eight. YouR'owN CI,AIOE." Tueloslag a knot of rose-pink ribbon in the sheet, and dispatching the note by an outside mesengere (larice returned to heir task of arr#ang d1e)rs fpr the rooms with brighter yh id warmer cheeks. In the afterniobnr a noto of reaponee was placed in hor hand : "M DARLING COIANI9 I, too, have been In despair of ever seing you. again, For all my, promise pot; to peoquaint your fatherwith AuiU Oe,Ihbave behnalniost on the pi of ~ong to hm; stath ~ t 41, anId nad g a tglit to eieo Biftj sleeve, and a black domino; and we wii have i happy evening in spite of fate. ALLAN." As soon as Clarice had snatched th meaning from the sheet, she hlid it hastil, in her bosom, for her father's steps wer approaching. She shook so with fear a the sound that her trembling obliged her t hurriedly eipty her hands of flowers an fly from the room. "Get your supper now my child, anid b dressed early I" he called after her, as he en tered the apartment by another door. The warin, hearty voice filled her with pang of shame for the deception she wa practicing, "lI would-oh, I would tell him if dared I" she said to herself. "But I havi -I have a right to love so good a man a my cousin Allan I" She composed herself with difllculty, ani entered the supper-room. At the table oh aunt Dorinda detailed some culinary wo, connected with the evening's refreslinent and she soon escaped from the room alnos unnoticed. liBt glancing back as she closed the glas door, Clarleo saw her father stoop to thi carpet and pick up a paper. Pressing he hand quickly to her breast she found Allan'i note gone I Sick with terror, she leaned against th Wall, and sawi her father, slowly unfoldini the note, pass out one of the long window of the supper-room upon the plazza. Ther she went, alnost blindly, to her own room As soon as the first shock of alarni wa over, Clarice hastily penned a note to Allai forbidding lhim to come, and sent it to hin by one of the house-servants. "Get, It to Mr. Larrimer within half at hour James, and I will give you that foi your sweetheart," slipping a ruby ring fron her finger. The mulatto showed his teeth and sippet alertly away. But Clarice's hands trembled so that sit could scarcely thread out the great braidsoi her fair hair. She was glad her maid had been pressed into other service, that sh( might hide from the girl her white face an( shaking hands. At last Lucille came hurrying in: "The people are coming, Miss Cline, ant your father wants you." Dropping on her knees, Lucille loope u), with clasps of dead gold, her mistress', nisty skirt; and, catching up fan and bou. quet, Clarice hastened to take her stand al her father's side, as the first bevy of laugh. ing guests trooped up the broad steps, un. der the moonlight, among the flowers. Not once dared she look at him, and he di not address her. When the last guest had arrived, he cov cred his face with a domino and entered th< crowd. And Clarice? She yet stood in the greal arched hall, under garlands of roses, fain with apprehension, and anxiously watching for James' return. It was eight o'clock. If the man slhould miss seeing Allan, the latter was liable t( appear at any moment, and her sinking spirit told her that It would be at the rI of his life. Suddenly her lips broke apart, her eye, dilated. In the very thickest of the throng, in the centre of the principal apartment, stood a figure in a troubadour's dress, o pink ribbon on the sleeve. A domino con coaled the face, but the sunny hair, wavinq under the plumed cap, was Allan's very own. Like one transfixed she stood. The trans, parent nails of one small hand cut Into th< soft palmtt. yet she seemed In some horrIbb trance. She dared neither advance nor ad dress Allan nor retreat from view, yet shi knew some Instant measure must be taker to prevent her father and lover from com Ing Into collision. She looked down the rooms ; the forme1 was not to be seen. But the next instant a door swinging wide, she beheld him a Allan's side. She turned, andI would have fled in ver3 terror, but the sudden sound of her father' voice transfixed her. The terrible tempo; of Hartley Cline was aroused, andl forget ting all else he covered his unwelcome gues with maledictions. What taunt flew back she could not guesa but a herculean blow suddenly felled thi troubadour to the ground. A scor~e of hands seized the madman, foi lhe was little else, so terrible was the au premacy of his passion, and forced hin aside, while others tenderly raised the pros trate man lhterally wveltermng in his b)lood HIls head had struck the projectig arm o: a bronze statue as lie wvent down, frightful ly gashing it. A physician pressed through the crowd and his band removed the (dominlo. A whita boyish face was revealed, one that had late ly comne far over the seas, to be0 met cruella indeed. No other than Leigh Cline. "Your son, sir I" said a voice, sternly, ii Hlartley Clime's car. "My son 9 HIe p)ushed them all aside, with a rude irresistib)le force, and bent low over th senseless face, like one growing blind. "L~eighi, Leigh-my boy, LeighI I though -no matter what-I tIogtGo,hm dying ougi-"u,h For a tremor shook the prostrate form then it lay very still. They lifted tIhe young man softly up amid bore him to lims chamber, the physicla1 shaking his head as lhe followed. Thme guests dispersed ; the crowd incltes away. Hartley Chine stood alone In the re buiking stillness of tIhe lovely rooms, ani lifting up lis voice, wept. What sob echoed his 9 His daughter flit ted through the hall, speeding on some em rand of the physieian's orders. Then al was still, until the latter caine quiet.ly (lowi tIhe stairs. "I can do nothing more, sir.". He, too, was gone. Hartley Clino believed that lis only so lay dead in tihe chamber above. That terrible night whitened lis abundu ant hair. All through Its hours he walke the floor. At length, in the still dawr Calrhee, wite as a spirit, touched his arm 's"Father, Leoighi breathes. We tink 11 Hartley Clin0 sank into an armchair. "Oh, thiank God!I thank God !" he erld Fathmftilly, liunibly, thrnough long week lie muurbed his faintly-breathIug son back I life. - At first Clarlee feared to address hi father, but lie was gentle and kind" wit her, with all. For.he had changod-uttei ly, utterly changed. That dominant test er was broken 'at last. Hie had nearl idthred his oWn son, itad ori)v tllpetard rmoll had dlioplined him. thos intreso ared to4q unesto how I e ~a4f taM~petb iin tr'ubaedonrM I donilio. Deeply' disappointed on receipt of Clarlce's second note, which James had proiptly delivered, Allan, attired for the 3 evening, returned his dress to the costumer -the only one in town-and strolled rest 3 lessly down to the depot, where he was the first to welcome his cousin Leigh. From him, Leigh learned of the Intended reception, and thinking to outwit his father by appearing himself in character, all tin known to Allan, Ie hastened to the rooms of Sechrist, and unconsciously chose the costume the other had just laid aside. The ribbon, which Allan had forgotten, was yet pinned to the sleeve. Thus dressed, lie had hurried to Mapleton. Assaiied by his father, whoni lie did not recognize, lie committed his first unfilial act, by return Ing insult for insult. After his convalescence, Hartley Cline, changed to the most casual observer, took pains to win his daughter's confidence'?" "When did you cone to engage yourself to your cousin, mny child ?" "I have jmiade no engagement, father,' she said, sobbing, more overcome by. his gentle manner than aught else. "Indeed, I never meant to deceive you or do wrong; it Allan gave mc riding-lessons--and we learned French together, and lie was always kind and full of cheer. lie inade ine very happy ; and so, when I knew how dear Ie was to me, I let him learn it. We were happy for a tie ; since, I have been mis erable, for indeed I did not want to disobey you, father." "You shall marry Allan, If you wish, my t love. " "Ol, father, not if you (10 not wish I" breaking down between love for both. "I do wish it., dear I" There could be no doubt of the altered and softened spirit ; llartley Chme was changed bit, as had been once prophesied, at great. cost. Fair Play. A nobleman residing at a castle in Italy was about to celebrate his marriage feast. All the elements were propitious except the ocean, which had been so boisterous as to deny the very necessary appendage of fish. On the very morning of the feast, however, a poor fisherman made his appearance with a turbot so large that It seemed to have been created for the occasion. Joy pervaded the castle, and the fisherman was ushered with his prize into the saloon, where the noble man, in the presence of his visitors, regnest ce tim to put what price he thought proper on tMe fish, and it should be instantly paid hin. One hundred hashes, said the fisher man, on my bare back, is the price of my fish, and I will not bate one strand of whip- I cord oii my bargain. The nobleman and his guests were not a little astonished, but our chapman was resolute, and remonstrance was in vain. At length the nobleman ex claimed, Well, well, the fellow is-a humor ist, and the fish we must have, but lay on lightly, and let the price be paid In our presence. After fifty lashes had been ad ministered, hold, hold, exclaimed the fish erman, I have a partner In this business, and it Is fitting that lie should receive his share. What, are there two such madcaps I in the world, exclaimed the nobleman, C name him and ic shall be sent for Instantly; you need not go far for him, said the fisher man, you will find him at your gate, In the shape of your own porter, who would not let me In until I promised that he should have the half of whatever I received for my turbot. Oh, oh, said the nobleman, bring him uitp instantly, he shall receive his stipu lated moiety with the strictest justree. This ceremony being finished, he discharged the porter, and amply rewarded the fisherman. Novel Mode of Pae_-ng 1liowerai. (.,hoice flowers have been sent across the continent from California by a nov el method, which fs described as fol lows: A large potato of a California variety, the largest in the world, was cut In two and part of the pulp scooped out of th e centre of both pieces. Into the halves wer~e laid the "Occidental bloom," and the potato was joined to-i gether again with a strip of thin pa., per about the edges. The moisture from th.e potato kept the flowers fresh (luring their Journey, and their color was as beautiful on reaching their des tinatlon as when first plucked. T1he odor, howeover, was gone from the flow ers, and they gr.ve forth a decidedly) "Potatoish" scent. We presume a scgoped-onit piiumpkln wouldl answer the purpose equally as well, and afford greater room for storage, 3 ow to Beil Pigskin Osps. 1 A merchant In Bangor, Mo., many years ago, opened a store in one of the thriving towvns in the northern part of that State, where lie found sale for a great many goods which had become "out of fashion." Among othecr articles sent to hiis country store were a lot of pilg-skin caps, which, however, proved too ipuich for the genis of lisa sales men, and they lay In stock a long 'time. One day the merchant visited the 'town where lisa store was located, and noticing the pig-skini caps, Inquired if any had been sold. "Not one," responded the salesman+ "no one will buy them." "Very well, said the owner, "have them all .taken to Sthe back part of the store, brushed up Sclean, and put in the window next Monday morning." On the ensuing Sunday the merchant made hisB appearance at the village Schurch, dressed in best broadcloth, with a heavy gold watch chain dangling from his -vest, anmd a pig-skin cap jauntily set on the side of hisa head. On Monday the sale of 1the pig-skin caps commenced, and continued until the whole lot was disposed of. Anm Elephaint Fair, The great elephant fair of India is ann.ually held at Sonepoor, on the .Ganges. Thousands of horses and ele 1l phants may be seen, and the bargain ,driving and deceit of elephant sellers -seem to be fully as great as the triokt eof horse-dealers at hom'e. The price of elephants has risen enormously of' late years. In 1885 the price of elephants was ?45 per head.;. a theiBengAl Gof o ernent requiring seventy of those ani nma'is in 1876, the summ of 4150 each was .r pan'tioned, but not an .elephant could hi be procured at thlat price. ?150 Is now, the lowdst rate at-Whioh foung animals -and 'those cbiety tewtatei, can ' b Y, ought 'T'dsl~ o y prse,tiond jJe 1lootnierh 'q Q strain 6t e Shark Fishing off Jersey. in the summer of 1878, a wealthy gon leman of New York wished to secure a nan-eating shark, none of which had been mumbered among his curiosities. lie un tosomed himself to a certain medical gen leman' who offered to command an expe lition to the coast of New Jersey to catch >ne of these creatures, and the offer was eadily accepted. Men, boats and drag lets were secured, and the expedition pro =eeded to the Jersey coast, near Elizabeth. Iodgings were found among the fishermen iving along the coast.- Every day the )octor and his hearty crew pushed their >oat through the perilous surf, and rowed lut a mile or two front land. The nets vero set, and the crew worked patiently ill day. For three days the Doctor and his nell, clad in rough clothing, and weiaring >ig-brimed straw hats, worked in the lot uumer's sun. Every night they landed in tremendous surf, an operation which was tendled with no little (anger. On tie bird day, in the afternoon, their effort vere a succ!ss. They caught two sharks, I lne a little fellow, the other it mionster; t le wisi more than thirteenl feet long. How I to struggled to get free I The nien stood iy the oars and rowed withi might and itain for the shore, the shark pulling int >pposite directions. The oarsien had tie lest of it, however, and after at long and aborious pull they reached the shore. Pirst, the boat had to be landed, then the tets must be secured to- stakes driven into I lie sandy beach. The shark, had to be aken to the city upon a catboat which wits .t anchor in the Shrewebury, lialf a Mile t istant.. The boat could not be got nearer nd the shark safely put oil board, oil ic ount of the high sea. The Doctor had upplied hinself with a ottian's repiairing t ioat, upon which to t isporl the shark I cross the bar to the riv . The shark was I dangerous fCIloW-a ct which was tho oughly appreciated by ,the Doctor and his t row. lie was then - triggling in the 1eshes of tie nets, making the W%tel fly in t very direction. In ordeir'to get him ashore he( float must be slioVbd under him and I lmlled in by m1a1n strength. It would be langerous to approach him in front, as hei night, with a single snap of his iniglty aws, sever a man's arm or leg, or, in fact, lite him in two bodily., So the nets were i Irawn about him and lie was slewed< ,round, his tail pointing inland. Then the len dashed into the surf and pusled the loat under him. He was thus hauled I shore, the process being witnessed by a lultitudo of spectators from the country ound about. Finally, the monster lay r Aigh and dry, and the Doctor and his cola- I orers paused for rest, the (lay being very ot. Then came the most laborious under tiking of all, the pushing of the float across I he strand. Rollers were laid upon the t and, and the float propelled from behind. i he iimmense flsh was confined by wooden t pikes placed on either side. The Doctor E vorked with a zest. le not only coni ianded the movements of the crow, but il la wn s1ulivutlur LU to wilcel. Nowly he unwicldly mass was propelled across the tot sand. The shark was restive. A part I f the force were kept at work pouring I rater over hhit to keep him alive. The I calding sun made this all the more dil- f tilt. The monotony of the passage was I elleved by the struggles of the man-eater. he men fought shy of his deadly jaws. rhe Doctor, at a certain point, passed a i kandspike, to one of his assistants, aui in Loing so placed it near the monster's mouth. t0 quick as lightning the huge jaws napped at it, and bit it in two as if it iad leen a reed. The handspike was of white >ak, and at least two inches ill thick less. Respect for the shark was by this in- 1 ident increased. It was 4 o'clock p. 11. vhen the bulky IOad reached the bank of he Shrewsbury. The float was pushed off nto the river and toward the boat. The iver was shallow anid the men waded by lie edges of the float and1( pushed it along. [Phe passage of tile river was also enlivened )y thle followinlg exciting events: One of he men got too near the monster's tail; a noment later the mani wvas struck a power ~ul blow and knocked inito the water, lie Ippeared to hlave been stunned, and disap-1 3eared. Tihe doctor (lived after hlim, and e lie camne up, struck lisa head against tile otromn of tile float, ie crawled from un ler it, hlowever, in time to see the man, bhose rescue he had souight, rise above thte murface but little hlurt. .Th~ie shark was ushed toward tile catboat hleadforemost. ils snoult touched the boat's side. Th~e. reat jaw opened againl anld took a nmouth ~ul out of the boat's timbers as large as the ead of a barrel. Thlen th.e shark hnters nioIe thlan ever realized what an ugly cus omer thley had to dleal with, still they vere determined to preservere. Tile cap) ain of tihe boat, however, was dlisgusted. "I never want to see anlothler shark, and I pant $20 for the damage (lone to my boat." lis anger was finally appeasedl, and by a rood deal of liftmng tIle man- eater was umbled upon the deck. Life-Saving Hatred. We entered a barber's shop 0one mornIng n Limehouse, London. A sailor was being reparett for tile razor. is snowy white athlered 01111 and rulbicund nose suggested he idea of a red carrot on1 the top of a ~auli-flower. -Most remarkable, lhe persist-, ud in whistling during the operation of havlng. The professor of the tonsorial art vidently had his hands full, it requiring he most careful dexterity to escape slicinIg ho whIstling phenomenon's puckered sheeks. The tune lhe essayed 'was "Tile Jampbells are Coming." When the little 3ockney barber got through, rejoiced at isa muecess, lie shouted : "Well, now, i've ihaved a man dead, a man mad, and ta man :lrunk, but I'm blowed if I've ever shaved a, man whistling before." The sailor hiava ing got thlrough his ablutions at the wash atand, in full tune, voluntarily informed us of the cause' of his musical fervor. "I'm a MacGregor, you must understand," 'he commenced, "and exactly this day twelve month I was In death's grip In the hospital in Sierre'Leone, brain mad withl the coast 6f Africa Yever. The doctorA and all had gi ven me up, anid they wero oly waiting for theo brleath to be out of my y or de oenoy's sake before they burled it. But, of a (od's mercy, I thought I h'0pmd theb pipes playing 'The Camp)heffs are (Iomina,' and the deevil lilfnself coukdi Abt' hold me. Up I ot and away out of the hiospital I went, lie a hinted deer, boiling Witli rage agen te (Yampbells. The rain'wan pouring he torients; and it was a gq6i~otr iefore they secourd Inc and brougi me back. 136,fth tokie tha fev 4nia'ed my ~ ~P~b t . Ti 's to fe Doa 'e : 1 I'* A Wonderful Fountain. One of the most wonderfil natural phe nomena ever witnessed was seen by a large ,rowd of people a few days ago at tie house f Mr. Peter Taylor, who lives Just outside f Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. For sonic t ime Mr. Taylor has had a number of men bor ing for water in the southwest corner of his rroundw. When a depth of about 150 feet iad been reached Mr. Taylor heard a peci iar rumbling sound, apparently issuing from hole, an11djndging that. something IIsual ivas about to happen, warned his mnci to nove to a safe flistance from the well. icarcely had they done so when a fountain f muddy water shot. straight into the air wvith terrific force, carrying up the boring ipe with it as far as the fastenings would Olow, and scattering imud, water, and itones in all directions. The subterranean toises appeared gradually to increase in vio ence, iadi as they did so, the expelling orce, whatever it was, seemed to be pro )ortionally augmented until the cone 1haped column obtained a height of fully I 5O feet. Some idea of the mysterious sub erranean power which supplied the motor 'or this exhibition of natural water works nay be conveyed by the fact that stones veighing fully live, six, and even eight >ounds were shot up into the air to a con Iiderable height, while showers of rounded >ebbles of smaller size fell like hallstones ipon a circle of several yards around the iole. One large sized stone struck a tim )er of the derrick in its upward course, and Olancing off, was thrown several hundred rards into Mr. William Taylor'sgrounds on lie opposite side of the road. The wind vas blowing pretty strong from the south it the tile, and the result was that the roof >f Mr. Taylor's large briek house-one of he largest. in town-and its south side were wrpattered with the muddy water, there wing actually a puddle of clay, pebbles mid water several inches deep on the roof. ;howers of the same mixture were carried Over the house and for some di8tance along he street north of his lot. After the extra irdinary spectacle had lasted for nearly an iour and a half, the fountain appeared to ntake one last grand effort to do bet.ter than ts best, and then gradually to lose its as ending force. The series of jerking leaps, or the expelling power seemed all along to ie irregular and intermittant rather than ntifnuou.9-becaine weaker and weaker; lie steady whirring sound vhich aecom mnied the exhibition, and which can best ie described as resembling very closely the ioise of a steam fire engine, gradually les ened, and at about 5. 30 Mr. Taylor Nas ather relieved to find that his magnilleent mit Inconveniently powerful lawn-sprinkler kad disappeared, for the present at least., vithill subterranean recescse. The rumb ing sound continued for a few imintiutes aid hen ceased. though the water which filled ip the pipe to within twenty-threo feet of he surface of the earth was disturbud for onie time afterwards by a bubbling noise. The Mountain Tarn. In a lonely glen, surrounded by lofty nountains, and miles from any habitation ics a siall loch or tarn, around which tra litioll hiath cast a legend of the 0(1011 time. 3ituiated anild the Granpians, the scenery s wild and rugged; such a scene anild vhich t,h e wanderer may pause and feel that he hand of man has neverdisturbed Nature n her solituie. Years and years ago, when he turbulent state of Scotland rendered life mnd propert3 insecure, a large amount of reasure was supposed to have been thrown lito the loch, there to escape detection, and ,o await the return of peaceful tines to en ible it to be recovered. It had been thrown nto its hiding place in the night by those who possessed it, and the secret had been ioleimly sworn to on the naked blade of a lirk-an old form of highland oath, hold o be binding and sacred. Time passed, md( qilet timies or necessit,y inIduced those who hold the secret to attemplt to recover Ghe treasure. In those primlitive clays ap)pli mces were limited, and thle first attemlpt railed from inlability to reachl the bottom. Mionthis were spent in the lmnufactulre of rope from hides, in hopes the dark wa Ler wvould yet give up the coveted treasure it held withlin its inky depithls. By differ enlt routes, inl tile lone hlours of nighlt, the hollders of tile secret, assemblled on the shIores f thlis IIihlland( tarn, and vainly tried to reachl the bottom. Fathom after fathoem wvent dowvn, but to no avail. Again and( aigain, wit.h increased lengths of rope, did( theose midnight seekers after gold prosecute their task, but to end( in disappointment. TPhe 10o1h yIelded nothing save now the al most certain fact that it was ulnfathlomablo. Years rolled aiway, anId no further attempts were mlade, since dispirited thley agreed to abandon thme hlopeless toil to fathom Lochlan Kin Dhloan, or theO bottomless loch, as they then styled it; nor was It ever again at temp)tedl by those whlo first essayed it. leub lequem, howvever, to their last failure, anl incident occurred thmat in that age of super stitlon, cast around the loch the weird be lief thlat it was haunted. In a baronial keep lived a chief mf all thle rude1 pomup of feuldal ,pride. Ils lady had dIled, and loft himw an only dauighter, whlo, now grown up to womanhood, presided over the hlouIseolld. Hecr fathler's temlper was haughty and imperious, and he ruled overy one airound-him with stern sway. As was the cutom inl those days, 11e had long been at enmity with a neighlboring chief ; buit Love laughs at Highlland pride as .well as at locksmthms. is neighlbor had a son, who beenme enamored wvit!i the maiden. But how was tihe fatal gulf of feudal strife to be bridlged? Time went on. Stolen in terviews, when by 'accident they met, or when her father was absent, were all thst thle young hearts could glean from tIle stern hate of both the parents; till, unable to b)ear the long, weary weeks that occasionally prevented their umeetinlg, tile young chief tainl determined to beard tIle lion in Ils den and demand the hand of Is daughter. Ac comlpalnied by an escort, he- arrived before the drawbridge, and denlanuded an inteiview with thme chief. 'Fie interview over, the young chieftain with a heavy heart recrossed tIhe drawbridge, and doffed lis bontmet to a fair form on the blattlements. It was sorne time before they agalin met. The chief had used harsh words and harsh measures to his daughter; but "Love will. fnid the way ;" and at the next nicoting of shei overs they had arranged to elope.j The strong pmower of woman's lovo nerved her foO :ho deed ; the eoldl heartless hom~e she wits tedut. to leave seetned to palliate thd aet. TXhe torn pborary als ntdo of tl gaffeded:oiIor9 tiit.evnbg about two in ''.in washeard. To turn was to encounter foes be hlind (as well as in front) if foes they were, as doubtless the flight of the lady had been dis covered at the castle; besides, the nature of the ground and darkness reudered flight hopelesm. To move a little to the side, and quietly await the chance of being passed in the darkness was all that remained to the youthful lovers. The night had hitherto been (lark, but still. The wind was now sweeping over the (lark moor, and hurry ing the black clouds acros the sky with in creased violence. The young chief felt the fair hand that held his girdle tighten as the sound of the horses' hoofs were heard ; but no scream, no sign of fear. All as yet had gone well, when a gleam of moonlight lit up the scene, and revealed a party of horse men some thirty yards distant. There was no ime for deliberation; the young chief tain dashed his spurs into lia horse, and with a bound the noble aninal was crossing the now moonlit moor at full speed, holy pursued by the chief and his party. "'Capture, but don't lIre," was the brief command. At first, the lovers outstripped their pur suers; but the double burden began to tell on the young chieftain's horse, and the dis: tance between them lessened. Tile chief was gaining on them at every stride, ayl the pale moon still shone oi the scev. Suddenly, a if tile earth had opened aft their feet, over the precipice that overhangs the L,ochan Kiml Dhoan, leaped the horse and its riders. An exclamation of horror, a wild yell of agony from the chief as lie he held this fatal leap, a dull, heavy splash ill the deep water beneath was all that re sponded. From that 1101 it. was shunnedI as a fatal spot. 'The story of the treasure had beenl handed down from father to son, and a party of stout hearts again resolvedI to brave the dangers that surrounded the scene of the hidden gold. A night was lixed. But scarce had the task began ere ati armn and hand, holding a naked(i dirk, is said to have risen from the water, andi ai unearthly voice to have ejamulated "For bear." Such is the story if the h1aunlted loch as told long years after on is deat.h hed by an old and wrinkled man, tihe last of the hand that met that night. Two "Old Malik" In MAlichiganl. Some time ago a notice appeared in the Western papers announeing the death of ome of a couple of old ladies residing in the township of Kalamo, Michigan, who haud moved into the woods when. that country W8as ab1nost a wilderness, andt([ cleared tiem upl) a farn and cultivated it. just, as the 'lor(ds of creation" are in the habit of to ing. Their names were Raclhel Mitchell and Samantha Wyman. They were in no wise related to each other, aind had never met until they had grown to womanhoo(tI, aind lihd neither of them done any omt-door labor until they reached middle life. Aunt. IRachel, thesurvivor, was born at. Monmouth, Me., May 11, 1809, aind Is, therefore, a little over 70. Aunt Samantha, who died April 13, was born in Vermont, May 31, 1011. Buil,u time In'tween 183d anm 1840, catching the emigration fever, they came westward, stopping a short tinle at, Ypsi lanti, but finally settling down to their trade in Marshall, where, with their needles, they eaned the farm on which they] have speni so man1y years. In company Witlh another family- they reached the vicinity of their land oil the 7th of January, 1811). The snow being nearly two feet deep iand the country all almost unbroken forest, tile scene was one to appal the stoutest heart. The nan who had movel with them was discouraged at the situation, and wanted to return without unpacking. Ills "woleln folks," together with Samantha, were cry ing, and but for the brave heart and deter mined courage of Aunt Rachel the next day would have seen them on their back track. She saild she had come to stay, and sh1oud never return until she was satisfied that she coukina't live there. 'rhe question of re turn being thus settled, they p)roceeded to busiess and finding a vacant log house moved into and( occulpipdt it untIl they couldl build one of their own. From this tiame Rachel emp)loyedh herself at, out-door work. even to clohoppng down timber, loggling, brushl-piling, and every kind of lath- .hat men do in a new country. Saalita's health wvas such that she wvas ab)le to (do bt little hard work out of dooers, and1(, in fact, di(l not (10 all of tile houisc-work, much of tils being also (1011 by Rauchel. For some years after lRachel huad been in the habit of (loling everything else on her farmi, sile hired mcen to sow her whleatunltil shle finially found shle couldi do that as well as any of thiemi. Silo related many of hecr early adlventures in tIle woods. One evening just at dark tile violent squealing ot one of hecr hogs ap prnised hecr of thle fact that a bear had seized it, and wvas making for hIs haunts in tile forest. Calling her dog she gave hot pun suit, andt finally succeedled in rescuing the porker from thle jaws of bruin, but in so damaged a condlition that they had to kill aad dress it before nmoining. She said that she got so that sheo could do as muchl chop ping as a man, .and preferred out-door to Indoor labor. Her farm is nearly all imn provedl and well stocked with sheep, cows, hogs, fowls, etc. It has a good orchard apud fair buildings. There was one thing, however, she said, that had never been on their farm, and that wvas a mortgage, and they hasd never been seriously eambarrassed with intebtedness. This is something, no doubt, thuat many of thecir neighlbors cannot say.' Aunt Rachel is only five feet hligha, but very stout, weighing about 180, and quite rugged for one of her age. Ohairles Dickens' Home. Charles Dickens' beloved home - the dream of Is youth, the delight of his praime -Gads H1ill place, is now for sale. He bought it for $8950, but improved it so much thlat it will now bring five times that mum. When he died a reserve price of $50,000 was put on the property, at which it was secuired by-his eldest soin Charles, who nowv offers it to the highest bidder. In addition to the associations connected with it Dick ens practically rebuilt tihe house, and added considerably to thle land brigl,nally pertain ing to it. Amiong othIer things which Dick ens did for the hottse was to make a well, tile progress 'of which 'was some.what a serious matter for him, lie used to say, "It is'quito a railway terminus; it. is so. iron and so 'big." Dicens made under neath the read theO .fdious tunnel which ponnected his lauin with. the shrubbery, in which was placed. ths. slili mpre famoug chalet presented to: hini by Mr.. Fecholtei' Up to' the last D)ioe's -wMu ifnDrovt his belove4esideio 'i .last th1n * di Ion the btu )~ ~h~~dal Death from Thirst. 'ihe death of two young men was recent ly anounced on the plains of Colorado near Carson's Creek, fifty miles south of Los Animas. The young men, S. Mactier Win che8ter and Samuel Johnson, together with three others, left Medary's surveying party to join the main camp. A misunderstand ing occurred between the line and camp parties, and the two drifted apart. Tle surveyors wandered around for several days, in hopes of help being sent to their aid. A correspondent writing from Trinidad, June 16 gives the following graphic account of the country, and the unfortunate fate of the Baltimoreans: "Our party from the main camp went in search of the lost men. Searching south from the Santa Fe track, and east from this point, we found sterile plains, noticeable principally on account of the absence of that much abused fluid, water. A few petty streams, strongly im pregnated with alkali, and situated at great iistainces apart, furnish water for a large iinount of stock, and redeem from absolute worthlessness a vast, domain, which at firsi sight. would Impress the the stranger with [lie belief that its only mission was to pro ilhce cactus and rattlesnakes. Without ionie guide it is dangerous work to track ieross these desolate plains, and even "old 1,iiers" calculate their chances very care fully before trusting themselves to the ten Jer mercies of a land where misdirection nay mean death. In the light of these itatements it is not hard to realize that the lon-appearance of our belated party caused ierious apprehensions in camp, and that an miniediate search for the missing men was ,oinenced as soon as it was conjectured iat they were drifting. The five left our nain camp on June 5, intending to survey torth eighteen miles to the sixth correction inc. Erom the point they reached they roposed to walk six miles east; expecting .iy that time to find the caip moved ahead, itid waiting for them. In the event of this ailing, an over zealous Informant had as iured them that they would at least reach 6vater ; and without a thought of the awful ixperienco which awaited them, the men i(farted out for a day's labor of unusual teverity, cheering themselves with the pros )cet of rest on the morrow. Alas, for two >f their number, that rest has been a long me. Night found the weary men tortured )y thirst, and completely at sea as to the vbereabouts of the camp. The nearest vater was over Lwenty miles distant,- and he prospect of trudging back over that long itretch wias disheartening and demoralizing o men already weakened by privation and .vorn out by overwork. Three struggled )ravely on and reached the Carlso, and were iae, after being forty to sixty hours with mt food or water. The other two toiled on lve or sIx miles, and waited in the vain hope )f being found by the searchers they knew ,vould be sent out after them, until it was 00 late for further effort. They rested ider a huge rock, which offered them the )oor mockery of shade, to chase away the ,oir1 0 delirh,m1. nr 41.... A.1 .,. siv,, I.. jase the brush was torn, and the ground .lawed and tramped In mute witness of the tgonized struggles through which the un .ortunate men had passed before the weak less of our frail humanity succumbed to itffering, and death eased pain. Relief did ndoed come tinally to one, but it was tco ate. Mac. Winchester was found the after ioon of June 9th, just as lie was breathing ds last. We hurried him the following lay on a sunny hillside, whose base is washed by the precious water lie failed to reach. As stated, Johnson's body has not been found, but of the fate we can only con jecture one thing. After the long and faith fil search which wias vainly made for him, It Is hardly possible that lie can be alive. Both young men originally came from Bal timore. No blame can be attached to any one for this unfortunate affair. The line imid camp iartiles misunderstood each other and1( drifted apart. The men became demoralized and trusted in a for-. lorn hope, rather than make an effort to mave themselves, until effort was unavailing. it has been many years since the plains of Doloraduo offered a grave,to those who per ishied of thirst, and let us hope that It will be many, very many more before they will ffer another." Antielpating the Ghorious Fourth. "I want to get up a little display of fire-. works for the Fourth," he said, as lie steppledl into a pyrotechnic establishment. "What have you got ?" "Oh, most everything-rockets, candles, pinwheels." "How much for a pinwheel about this use," inquliredl the Intended pturchaser, as he carelessly pointed to a "whirler" about eIghteen inches across. "Look out for your cigars there, sir," said the (dealer, excitedly. "You'll-" But it was too late ; the lighted end had found the "touching off place" of the pin wheel In question, andl with a wvhiizz and a siss the "piece" wvent .flying all abbut the store, sparks of fire from it communicating to other pyrotechnics, until the whole es tablishment was in an uproar of fizzle, pop aind bang, Roman candles, sky rockets, fire crackers and blue lights chasing each other aroundi the room like a lpt of pedestrians in a walking match, and before the fire depart ment put a stop) to the display ther,e wasn't enough fireworks left in the place to satisfy the longings of the wee smallest of the small boys. Moral-Don't take a lighted cIgar into a firework store, or something like the above may happen. Oieopat2r's Needle. About eighteen months ago'negotiations were begun for the pur#iose of securink to the city of Now York the grand obelisk now standIng at. Alexandria, in Egypt. About $100, 000 was rak%bd, and U toi an nounced that the Khodive of Eg$vlt has of fered this magnificent monument to New York. city. It is a companion to the obelisk ~ ~ transported to England frotpAl,exandtl ~' two years ago, These obelfsi a of rose colored syonito and1 are -~ tra's Needles." Te e height and each cou sista tA4osot They.stood on the h ~~ge 1hit Alexandria~ for iti ) Igeon rnioQred there ~l rrom ~arn[ and I3I be' oo4 tp