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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., AUG UST 2, 1879. VOL. III.-NO. 7. TO-DAY. liso I for the day is passing, And you Jie dreaming on, The others have buckled their armor, And fort'i to the fight are gone ; A place in the ranks awaite you, Each man has some part to play, The p.ist and the future are nothing In the face of the stern to-day. Rti,o from your dreams of the futuro Of gaining some hard-fought field, Or storming some airy fortress, Of bidding some giant yield ; Your future has deeds of glory, Of hoi,or (God grant it may I But your arm will never be stronger, Or the need so great as to-day. lise ! if the Past detains you, Her sunshino and storms forgot, No olaims so un,torthy to hold you As those of a vain regret ; Sad or bright, she is lifeless over, Cast her phantom arms away, Look not back, save to learn the letson Of a nobler strife to-day. Rise I for the day its passing, The sound that you scarcoly hear Is the enomy, marching to battle Arise, for the foe is hero ; tay not to sharpen your weapons, Or the hour will strike at last, When, from dreams of a coming battle, You will wake to find it past I A Tragical Love Story. Whilst travelling in Brittany some year . ago I stopped at the village of It , i snall, unpretending place lying on th< northwest coast not far off Quimper. Oi the next morning, the weather being bright, I strolled out to take a last farewell of thc place. Afar from the village, and close tc the sea, was a small hut ; what, drew ily attention to it was its pretty garden lin front, and its close proximity to the church yard. An old, wrinkled, stooping Womar passed before me ; I asked her who resided 1 here. "Ahl sir," she said, wiping a tear, "b lat's a sad story." "h low so? " I asked. '"''here once lived there," site replied, the ieauty of our village-our fair Yo nan ; the villagers at night see her walking by the sea singing to the waves." I [ere she wiped another tear and piously crossed herself. I asked her to relate ic Yonanl's story. " Will.i-gly, sir," she s9a1d ; " come intc the churchyard." So we entered the small churchyard, and as we sauntered among the patlis the wo man began thuis: " Yonan was.an orphan, and lived hap. pily in that cottage; her only companion was an old woman, Manon by name, whc loved the beautiful girl with all her heart. Manon was proud of her, and called ter 'her child.' They lived a lonely, quiet life; the cottage was always clean, til windows laden with flowers, .the garder was full of roses, Yonan was always sc fond of them ; she rose early in tlic norn ing with tihe lark, sniled out of her window to nature, watered her roses, singing her favorite ballad, and the birds flew to he and ate out of her hand. " Yonan was tall and lark, the sea ali had darkened her skin, and gave deep red color to her checks; the long walks ren. dered her a robust, well-made naiden; sit gazed so often at the sea, that the waves seemed to reflect their blue-green tint ir her eyes, which were large and fringed with thick eyelhshes, the sun had burnt her hair into a dark, lustrous brown. They called her ' Sainte Yonan,' she was so pure and Innocent ; her low musical voice suited all cars. At last they all wondered in the village, 'who will win thee, our faIr Ye. nan ? ' Theli young men were shy, and) dhared not climb up to the height wher( Yanan stood in her own atmosphere oi p)urity. One night, she and Manon sat to. gether before the lIre spinning-it rained hard, Yonan was agitated and nervous. Manon looked at the beautiful girl who sal theip spinning, her black cross hanging~ over the white kerchief she had pinned across her bosom; there was no light in,th< room, the fire crackled merrily in the wict fireplace, and threw its warm rays in th< kitchen, casting the two women's shiadows' against the walls, reddening thne ulate, and the thin saucepans reflecting theJurid glare; a vase of flowvers, whiuch Yonan had gath ered In the morning, stood on the wooder table In the center, aiid a harp was by Ye. nan's side. A strong gust of wiad broughi the rain clown the 01(1 chincey, and made it rattle against the window panes: a knoch at the door echoed throughi the cottage, th< woman started, 'Manon,' she said, ' why does my heart throb?' She went out 0i the room, Manon heard the door open, and a man's voice say it was so wet, and, beinl a stranger, knew not whither to go. Yonar bid him come in. "A tall, strongly built man walked Int< the kitchen, his steps resounding on ti< bright stones ; ho had a dark, sunburni face, andi curly black hair thirowvn back ; wide, open forehead, dark, black, fiery eyes, and a thick, black, curly beard ; th< fire fell upon his face and added to hit manly beauty a softening, warm ruddiness Yonan stood by the door trembling anc looking at the stranger. "'I fear,' lie saId, 'I am disturbing you: if so, I will leave you.' "'0, no,' said Yonan, in a tremblinh voice. "'Warm yourself before the fire,' saik Manon, noticing his wet garments, 'yet are welcome' " The new comner thanked Manon, wh< rose to lay some food on the table, but Ye nan gently put her back and laid the choti herself-the stranger followed Yonan'i movements with a steady gaze full of ad miration. " 'I come from Quimper,' he said, 'm3 'iamne is Hlery ; I have come here for a slher * ~ time before leltving my country,, Brittany on. a long journey. across the sea * " There was aclashof plates, and Manon turning round, saw Yonan tilrn pale 'an st.agger, but she soon recovered and ben her face, whichi blushed like the. roses shi loved so much lery helped her, humbl~ excusing himse ff for all the disturbance hi gave them. -Yonan avoided his hand.--bu when she toiuched it ihi gli hit th K,bread, ashi*oat'an t iough ads fore the ie; phe oked at her-3u ?l he not admire the lovely girl with the fire i playing upon her face? 1 "'You play upon the iarp ' said Ilery < to her. ' Will you play for me?I "A few days after he had gone, Yonan I Cliic inl the kitchen, and said in a voice which quivered with happiness: "'1Manlonl, I have seen Ilery in the churchyard.' '''In the churchyard ? ' Manon asked. "'Yes,' Yonan replied, ' near a rose-tree. Is lie not beautiful, Manon ? So proud and handsone I Mlanon, you should have seenl how frightened and ashamed the others looked.' And she laughed, the roses re turned to her cheeks, ier eyes were bright, and1 MINioni was glad-, so glad l "'On another night, Yonan, tlnking Manon was asleep in her arm-chair, went out in the garden, but Manon was not asleep, and she could see in the garden through the window. which was open, and so MaInon could hear as well. She saw Yonan il the garden, the moon throwing her silver rays on the girl's lovely face; a 1111111, lery, joined her; lie came to her and folded her inl his arms, saying: ' Yonan, my beautiful flower, thou knowest how deeply I love thee.' "' Yes, Ilery,' she replied in a happy voice, ' and I have loved thee since that evening that thou didst knock at our door and I bade thee come in.' "The lovely maiden offered her pure brow to his lips, and he kissed her. "'IGive me a rose, Yanon,' he said, 'that I might. wear next my heart in remembrance of thee ' " Yonan's fair hand hi oke a rose which was closing its petal to sleep, and gave it to him; Ie kissed her white fingers. "'Yonan,' lie said, ' my heart bleeds to leave thee I' "'hiou art not going away, Hery ?' she replied ; ' thou art not going away ? 'Did I not say so to thee,' lie said, 'on that first night my eyes fell upon thee ? I must go, lovely Yonan, do not keep me; pray for me at night-nay, thou must not give way thus, iiy fair flower,' lie went oii as she laid her lead on his shoulder and wept ; ' give me courage, think of the clay of my return, when I will clasp thee to my heart a bride 1' "'Thou wilt always love me, dear Iery?' she asked. " ' For ever-that is a long timne,Yonan thinkest thou I will not pine for thee ? " "'I will long for thee, Hery,' she said, as the roses in wiiter long for the summer and sunshine.' "Ilery brought her in, and confessed to Manon his love for Yonan, She blessed them, but her teirs fell fastly at their last farewell. )Do not go,' Yonan said, clinging to himn1, 'I feel I will never see thee again I ' 1' Do not fear,' he replied in a sobbing voice; 'do not pine for me, I will return to thee, I say.' " The excitement was too much for her, Yonan fainted, and iery, blinded with tears, rushed away. " Yonan bore his absence with great for titude, She rose earlier in.. the morning, and Minlon heard her asking of the bird which fed out of her hand. 'Where- is Hery ? Thou canst fly to him; I wish I had thy wings ' Then she watered the rose-tree fromt which she had given him one, then went up a rock and sat there, with tears in tier eyes, dreamily gazing at the wide sea. Manon often surprised her there, weeping over others' sorrows. 'Poor, Innocent, unhappy Yonan.' "Soei months passed by since lie had gone, and one morning she took Manon to a secluded spot in the churchyard, where two roses grew tozether. " 'Manon,' she said, 'when IIery and I are dead, bury us here, in this spot, where I saw him after the night he caime to our cottage., "'My child,' Manon answered, 'there's many a happy day in store for you, and you wvill bury me first.' "'N~o,' she said, ' I dreampt the IIoly Virgin stood before fiery and me, beckon ing us to go) to tier.' "Manon crossedl herself and becseechced Yonan to return home. ''A year anid a hailf elapsed. No tidlings camie fronm Hery, yet Yonan was not ner vous. I1er eyes were now dreamier look lng, amid she often fell into long, melan choly miooods. The tears would ran dIowa tier checks, which were thinner amnd paler. IIer hands were clasped together, and when Manon spoke to tier she answered nmot. On a dark, stormy-looking afternoon Mianon saw Yonan seated on the rock watching the sea. She jobmled her, and asked her what ailed tier. "''Nothilng,' she saId, in a voice wvhich was growing very low and sad. Then she turned round and said, ther voice trembling with emotion, 'Hr scoming, coming 1cloudls are thick, he will have bad weather.' " Manon looked at 11cr bewildered, but Yonan went down the rook and in the cot tage. " Later on, it grew aq dlark as night ; the clouds1 were gathering together. Manon and Yonan knelt side by Ride and prayed. "'When we die, Manon,' Yonan wis pored, 'you'll bury us there I' "The stornm broke out, lightning flashed, the waves were heard roaring and dashing against the rocks, the house shook, the thuinder roared, peal succeeded peal, one flash was followed by the other with dread ful rapidity. " 'Did you not hear ? ' said Yonan start ing up. "The thunder subsided a little, a cannon shot was hoard. Manon shuddoredh. It was the signal of a ship in distress. Yonan shrieked and rushed out, followed by Ma non. 11cr eyes wore dilated-she walked erect. The sight which met their eyes wits dreadful. The rooks looked like giants; the sea could not; be heard; from afar, the thunder never ceased roaring. Manon en-1 treated Yonan to return, buit she only went: on, until they met some villagers hurrying dlown to the sea to offer wh at assistance Ithey could. "'The.name of the ship Is L'Eclalr ?' asked Yonan. "Mainon was astounded to hear a vlilager say it was. A great crowd was ainassed.' They nm'de their way toward srbck, led by Yonan. When they got up there, Yonan stretched otut tier hand. -The lightning flashed, lighting up the vfilager's scared faces, their eyes bent to the place which 'Yonan pinted Qut. Her face was, deadly jpale. hey saw'k sinkfng Vessel-boate crowded rowing - toward the coaeskmen swimming, all crying for help, but a wave upset the boats, passed pvet the swhrminers' heaids, eid hhshied thetoledet6ekeov, Sneo. a eight:had nevers been tesee496'bbfoie .; the tolling whves, a4 high lib nfouhin*, I carrying ali before thoeie ; tndhoetnM1 hore unable to offer any assistance. They >rought ropes with them to help those who yould cling ont the rocks. ."'Hlery! lie comes! he comes! Ah i to will be drowned !' Yonian shrieked. t l'he mon threw a rope over the rock, and I hey all clung to it, battling witri the waves, ,he elements oan one side, men ont the other, Jhunder roaring above-thus they dragged Ip the body of a doomed man. As light ning flashed, Manon recognhzed the body, mnd as Y6nan fell upon it, crying, 'Ilery ?, she sobbed and screamed. '"They carried the body into the cottage sud left it there with the two women. It was laid oil tihe white wooden table where, over a year ago, lie sat full of life now dead and cold. The faice had not been deformed, death smoothed and made a it look divinely beautiful ; his lips were losed forever, the arms which had pressed Yonan to hit, .eart were powerless now. The storm had abated and the rain began t to fall, the wind whistled through the 3 Diimney, a lamp threw Its rays on the dead man's face. A faded rose had fallen o t ite stones-it waas the rose Yonan gave him in remembrance of lier. Yonan caaie Lit the kitchen, her luxuriant hair hanging Jown her back reachingherknees, a vacant, lull look in her eyes, which sparkled and were so bright but a few days ago. She nrept up to him quietly, shie laid gently ler liand on 'his shoulder, and bending her lovely head whispered softly in his ear: 'Hcry ?' But no answer cane. She drew back and took his hanid ; it wats as cold as ice, and fell with a dull noise on the table. a Bowildered, site threw her arms round his C neck, anid pressed her warm, red lips to his I cold (lead ones, then, as the horrible truth Ilashed upon her mind, site started back wi it a cry of horror. 'IIIe is (lead, then ?" she cried ; "hal hal l.a I (Ione I Ie Twill no longer clasp me lit lils arans I No more kiss me, call me his bIeautiful flower I IIe is dead I No, this is not iery-my IIery ; this is a (ead miian -Manon, where is my noble 1iery I You'll bury ate there. Manon, and when iery ,omles home1, you will tell ii I am11 gone to te Holy Virgin ! - Hiery ? There - lae knocks at the door-go and open the door, V[anon. I at ha i hat I It wats only the wind I" Site burst out laughing, then shle took aer harp an( sang in a plaintive voice her >ld ballad. Manon's teeth 'chattered. Yonanl, the lovely flower of Brittany; Yo- I laai, our innocent maiden, was mad I" 'Ile old woman fluished her story in a 6 iobbing voice. I wfas deeply moved. She ?ointed to me the two grAves ; at tlo lcad ;wo roses grew entwined together. 1 read he name o1 the tombstones. They were I "I[ery" and "Yonan." "So she is (lead," I asked in a faltering r roice. C ")ied a month after that night," was the I 'Oply. I "And what has become of MaNaton ?" I I isked. "I am M11a1o1, 8;a'.)) C And the poor old woman knelt oat the a grass and sobbed bitterly. Chariots. it the museum belonging to the New York Illistorleal Society there are several arge portions of ai Egyptian charlot from % tor b bearing (late about three hundred t (Cars before Christ. There is a wheel 8 ibout three feet high, consisting of a hub, ( iix spokes, a felloc and a wooden tire. j l'ho hub is fourteen and a half inches long, b vith a iole five inches In diameter, al- r bough there Is no appearance of Its having a >ean lined with iro. The felloc is com )osed of six pieces, lapping over one an- 11 >lter, and the wooden tire oyer all is very d hick and clunsy. The spokes, however, j, tre symmetrically formed and somewhat tandsomely carved. 'The timber of which eso parts were made Is extreely hardI tnd heavy, aand as no such timber was or is , grown in Egypt, It must have been lanplorf,- f, ad front aanothier counat.ay. The wood seems d dmaost as sond as It could have been whten t t mnovedI over the soft soil of theo delta or ver the saands of the adjacent desert. 'Theo 1 hlariot had evidently seen service, as thte ~ ntarks of wear are still lainly visible upon a ts parts. There is ano atppearance of Iron L tavinug beea used( in its conistruction. Th7le r, rehicle scenms to htave been fasteaned togetht- ~ tr by mtortices, aand by atrips5 of hid(e, or g omeo other flexible material. Thaat thte [C;gyp)ltis were workers in Iron Is proved t' >y the Egyptian aanyll in the Baitisht Mu- g aecin, suipposed to be three thtousand years d >ldl, and closely reseambling In shape the mavils we nowv use. This chiarlot could not aavo borane thte usage to wvhicht vehticles are ow subjected int theo streets. Oan soft roadsR t mightt last for a considerable timeo. ( [Doubtless the Egyptianis spoke of their ~ uhiariots very much as we do of the palace t 3ar, boasting of theat as thte perfection of hte mechanic's aurt. Clumsy as thtey seem o us, they were lightt, often highly decor uted and soatetimes thea chariot was comt-t lined with a boat, so that thte entire vehilcle ~ould( be floated across a stream. Thte ~ [Comans must have puit pretty good work anto their racinug chariots to eatable themt to ear thte haard usage to which they were subl lected. No gentleman wvho now drives fast ~rotters was ever a more enthiastic lover f the sport than thte Roamans on witnessing t1 t well contested charIot race. Their artIsts belighted to p)ahit such scenes, and thaelrb oets to desrlbe theam. The Roman. had a bialdisha fancy of harnesig to thteir chtar ots all kinds of strange antmals. On great !estivals the spectators were entertained witht lions, tigeas, bears, stags, boar. and tebras, somtetimes.driven four In hand, I Ilananas. C Few people who see baananas hanging In I the shops of fruit dealers thtink of themt as no tIhan a tropical luxury. Thme fact Is, c lthey are -a staple article of food in some d parts of thte world; and, accordIng to ,3 HIumboldt, an acre of banaas wll produoe r as mubhl food for a moan as twenty acres of .. wheat. It is the ease wIth whicht bananas a Aire grown that is theo great obstacle to civ- Ii ilizatlon in somte tropical countries. It is so Ji easy to obtain a living without work that 1 no effort will ever be mad~ and thte meon become lazysand shiftless. 11l that Is need- a ed Is to stick a sucker into theo ground, and 1i it will at once sprout and grow, and ripen y its frualt in twelve or thi-teen muonths ath- g out further care, each plant' having fromt t seventy4flye to otte hundred'and,two to bauhakla*; and, 'ieti' that dld#' tw rtort fruitIg e Wsackor* spr1 utto rach s6 bahnl aronnd n all sas fj A Scientifno 1Horse-Cntekler. During the residence of James Findley ri Syracuse, Now York, he has caught imore ian two hundred horses, saving inany lives 'y his daring efforts, aed much property rom wholesale destruction. Mr. Findle, i an unassuming young man, but his brav -y is appreciated by the public. le was orn in Albany and came to Syracust somec ighteen years ago. Although only twenty bree years old, he has a wife and family, nd has served five years at his trade as ai arriage-painter. About twelve years ago aindley began catching runavay horses. le wias somewhat thiId It first, as may be inaglined, but he gained confidecce in him elf as lie succeeded and experiniented, and ow does not hesitate to throw himself in li pathway of the most infuriated steed. Eindley's first experience as a horse-catcher vas in Auburn. lie was waiting for a rain near the depot one afternoon twelve 'ears ago, when his attention was attracted y a runaway horse, which was dashing Dward him at a breakneck pace. In the vagon were scatedi a lady and her little hild. The mother was paralyzed with car and coul not speak. The little child creamed in terror, and the cheeks of the ystanders were blanched as they saw the rightened horse dashing furiously toward train of cars that stood across the street. 'he spectators all rushed out of the way, ild hackinen and draymen ran to a place f safety. Findley saw in an instakt that lie occupants of the wagon would be killed r they were thrown against the train of are. Without hesitating a moment he lanted himself directly in front of the in uriated beast and sprang at his head. He lrew the horse down, and although the eagon was overturned the occupants were ninjured, save by mere scratches. His icethod of stopping a horse I ats follows: Vhen lie sees a runaway horse approaching e0 plants himself directly in its route and uns with it in the same direction it Is pro ceding. Findley can run like a deer, and y the time the runaway horse is abreast of im, nine times out of ten lie is running as list as the horse. To seize hin by the heck rein or one line and bring him to a alt is but the work of an instant. Of ourse his act is one fraught with great anger, and he may be said to take his life i his hands every time lie attempts to stop horse. Perhaps the bravest act of his fe was performed on the seventh of May ist. A team of young horses was running t breakneck speed down West Genesee treet and across the market in front of the anpire louse directly toward the Syracuse avings Bank. In an Instant more they ould have plunged into the building. lndley saw them coming and sprang in heir path. le seized one by the check ein and vaulted on its back lightly as a at. By a superhuman effort lie succeeded .i turning the horses in their course, and rought them down to the ground. This rave act was witnessed by Patrick Lynch, (ho had a handsome bronze medal struck ff, upon which the deed was conunemnor ted in fitting terms, and presented to Mr. 'indley. An Encounter with a Panther. William Glenn, a young, powerful and thletic man, left Portsmouth as early as lie year 1794, and with his wife and three ear-old daughter. traveled northward un I the lofty tower of Mount Washington iut out the polar star. In a quiet, seclu ed dell-now comprised in the township of ackson-he fixed his rough log-house, and ullt up his family altar. Broad acres of ch woodland, yet unmnutilated by the de ;roying hand of civilization, stretched out icir green waving billows far toward El s' river, and the morning.sunshine looked own on the dell with a wealth of life-giv ig power in its warm beams. hIntruth, a lovelier spot than Crag Dell uld not be found for leagues; and, al icugh the nearest human habitation wvas 3ven miles away, the Glenns were a happy imily-living, as they did, in a little king em of their ownt, unmolested and un oubled. ,Th'le prettiest thing,.about the place was ie blue-eyed little Maggie, the sweet child 'ho stood by her mother's side one mnag ificent September morning, and begged to e allowed to go out to a knoll but a few >ds from the cabin, for whiortleberries rhich grew very thick and large there. At rst, Mrs. Glenn. demurred, for there was much danger to be apprehended from rat esnakes, which were quite numerous in me vicinity; but at last, won over from iscretlon by two round bright tears which listened in Maggie's eyes, she gave her Dnsent ; enjoining it upon her child not to o out of sight of the cabin. With a mother's pride and care (lid Mrs. ~lenn watch the little form unntil she sawv haggle at the knoll busily engaged in cap iring thme delicious fruit ; and therPwithi a heerful face she returned to her spinning. Ever and anon the busy hum of the wheel rould cease; and the mother's face pressed ue window to see if Maggie still' remained pon the knoll. At last she looked forth, ad a frIghtful change fell upon her as she >oked 1 Her cheek became white as ashes -a deadly coldness nettled in all her limbs; me would have shrieked, but her lips were maleA. There, on the bold rock which overhung ic knoll, where Maggie yet knelt in child Ih satisfaction, fast filling the bucket with hue berries, crouched an immense panther, vidently preparing for .the fatal leap. [othersl ju~dge of the feelings of that lori ar from human aid-her hus and at work in the interval tw,o miles be w-anid a panther about-to devour her nly child!i The golden hair would be dab led in red blood; the lips which had so ftea been pressed to hers in the rich kiss of ely affectiou, would be torn and crushed etWeen the ravvenobs'jIaws of~ the monster. In that hour Martha Glenn thought only f her chuild. bhe reflected not on the0 anger to which she exposed' herself, in enturing forthi in eight of the terrible ani ial, She6 remembered,Qply that her child -the child she had nourished at her breasts nd who, for six happy years had slept in or bosom-.'s in peril I Forth she sped, er hands upraeed-hor eyes fited lin ove ~s agony upon the horrible tableau. The panthex gate 11low growl of dollight, s lisa restless sycs fell 6a his mAew victim ; Is tell lAehed the griffd in his rae his md tongue gleateh ifagl 9e whilto leaYning tei,an.I la eeeied Uaihg dlg ofl-U"bt 7 h~-b UnOr@fdi4t fd id4li courage of despair, turned and attempted to reach her cabin with the precious burden she bore. - In vain I all in vain I Uttering a fierce cry, the panther raised hinself upon his haunches-his fore paws dug deep into the m!atted grass-a wild, maddened snort, and his claws were burled In the shoulders of the helpless woman Flinging Maggie uponl the fragrant heaps of mountain heather, which grew everywhere in rich luxuriance) I)Irs. Glenn preiared herself for the desper. ate and unequal struggle. Unequal ndeed for what was the strength of a frail woman, I opposed to the fury of a raging panther I Already the fangs of the animal were fastened with anll iron grip upon her left arm; the blood flowed in torrents (own her disordered garments; the pain she suf fered was past al mortal conception, and yet, in that fearful hour, the courage of Marthit Glenn did not fail her. A blessed . thought flashed across her mind-she scized with her unconflned right hand the strong cord which fastei)ed to her waist, the long, c sharp-pointed shears, which were then deeied necessary to the toilet of every housewife. The glittering steel flashed J bright in the sunlight, and with one power- I fut effort she drove the instrument to the 1 handle in the throat of her assailant. Ills cris of pain and rage were appalling and his teeth closed together through the t flesh of that torni and mutilated armi Not then (lid1 Mrs. Glenn yield I With certain death. for herself sihe would still save her a child, and with desperate and determined t bravery, sie plunged the shears again and I again into the neck of the infuriated beast. The combat grew terrific I Groans and howls fillet the,air, and1 Maggic shrunk be nliath an overhanging rock, and hid her little face in her apron. At length, by a lucky movement on the part of Mrs. Glenn, the panther's entire I throat was cleft (i twain, and unIlloosing Ilis i hold, he rolled upon the ground in a parox ysm of agony. Over and over-raising the 11 (try, gray dust in clouds, in the struggle 0 with death. It lasted but a little while - there wias a convulsive twitching of his strongly defined mnuscles-a grating of Ills ponderous jaws, a dying out of the light in I his fiery eye, and Ie lay still and motion ICSS-DR1AD 1 0 ''houghl faint, and abnIost dying from 1 pain and loss of blood, Mris. Glenn had suf- f ficient presence of mind to crawl back to her hone, foilowed closely by Maggie, who could scarcely comprehend the terrible af fair. Drearily, and in the most intense d 8uffering, passed the long afternoon to the I wounded mother; but in the smile which e welled up from Maggie's blue eyes when standing beside her, she felt more than re paid for all she had already, and all she mnust in the future, endure for her child's 8 life. d William Glenn was horror-stricken on re- g turning from his labor, at the frightful con- t dition of his wife. Ile dispatched Ills hired mian eleven miles for the nearest physician, and in anxious hope and fear lie awaited his arrival. l; At last-it wits near day-break-the man of science came. After gravely examining a the case, lie pronounced amputation of the h mutilated limb the only means of preserv- 11 ing life. Mrs. Glenn (lid not flinch from the trying ordeal, but bore herself through out with Roman fortitude. 1 Maggic Glenn grew ip a good and beau- 1 tiful woman-her love for her mother tIe 8 one great, holy and sanctified trait in her lovely character. Early in life she was united to a hardy young mountaineer, who took her fartier east to live in a pleasant home of his own. The old shears are preserved as a sort of U heir-loom-a token of their ancestor't 1 prpwess-by Maggie's descendants. n Big 1ird Cage. Mrs. ElIlis, who resides at the resi dence of her' father Mr. Samuel HarrIs, 1 011 West State street, Ithaca, N. Y. has in the southwest cornler room of tile I second story, one hundcred birds of ~ every tone and hue. The floor is car poted1 with sawdullst and furnished withl two small leafless tress, a bamnboo 1)0l0 fronm wh'lichl hoops suspend(, a large a dlih of water, egg shells and bird seed " ab libitum. There are many little boxes l andl cages, all with doors Open or covers off. The0 windows are removed I ini warm weather and gauze or wvire C screenls sulbstitulted. The only door ~ opening inito tile room 1111 also a wvlre a screen In 110eu or glass, ilsnsuing ventil- v atin anId a proper temperatue. In the I winter a fuirnatce register furnlihes the e required degree of warmth. Th'ie birds c In their quest for lime have pecked 8 patches or plaster from tile wvall larger ~ thanli the opent hand1. Some of' the birds, y are gorgeously beautiful in thleir con- a trast of' rih colors, and many mnagnifi- q cent singers are among the number. I Mr. Ellis said that1 two years ago his b wife hlad temporarIly p1laced a pair of canary birds in tihe room; soont there h were eight, then sixteen, and so ont un.. t til the aistoliiIng sight bef'ore us had C been reachled. "It is no mnore diflicuIlt n1 to care for tile huindred than one bird t ini tis manlier," added Ito "the birds t enjoy themselves and appreciate their V freedom, and it is more enjoyable to us8 1; to see thlem thus1." Mrs. Ellis can i identify ntearly every bird Of tile entire a1 number, tell its age, whether or not a t good singer, mlated or single. f -f Her Looks Glot thle Citron. In a pleasant little family of tis city ~ thlere is a brightl, black-eyed, golen-haired I 5-year old girl named Louise. Tile family a has a young lady boarder named Miss An- f nie. Tile young lady had some nice cake a and pt jar of citron sent her a few days ago a yher mother, and she hlad been vef'y liber- e al n ivdig her good things with thte family, and especially with little Louise. One morning Louise saId: "Mamma, I t believe I will.go np stairs and ask Miss An- gl nie for some c tron.". t "Ohl nlo,"remarked her mammpa, "you e have already eaten u nearly all of Miss e Annie's eitron; and den, it wold bo very nladylike to. ask Mtes Annie fQr it." My tat ht h ~ h r te Olioa ma e tse, Bit I E S. vill -Bishop Amos left a fortune of $250, nld 000. ots -WIsconin1 is live times as wealthy lo- as Texas and three times its rich as es. h 1innesota. ng -There were 103 earthquakes in 1878, a- thirty-nine of which occurred In Win op ter, and twenty-six in Autumn. -Pennsylvainia has 3,618 post-of1iees -the largest ntmber of any State in lid the Union. aid -The people of California adopted st the new Coubtitution by a majority of on from 0,000 to 10,000. le, -The Ilon. Artemus Hale, of Bridge water, Mass., Is the oldest living ex >r member of Congress, .i 90. [1 a -Clicago packers, since March 1, have slaughtered 804,000 hogs, against a 925,000 for t,he same period a year ago. Jle -A new regulation of the British Le admiralty, requires that candidates for tbe naval service shall be able to swim. lat -The total endowment of Public schools in the United States is given at $8,000,000, und an average daily atton P dance of 4,500,000 Scholars. As- -There have been 450 students in attendance at the Wesileyan Univerlity ek at Bloomington, Ill., this year, of whom id 125 were wonen. -The average yield of wheat per ke acre is 5% bushels in Russia, 12 in the er United States, 122 in Austria, 16,j in Frane, and 29yg/in Great Britain. -In the United Stattes the consunp k- tion of butter Is 16 pounds Per capita, ur while in England It, is only 7Y pounds he per capita. ?" -Since .Jantuary 1, 1875, $48,000,000 , of fractional silver currency has been paid out, seven-eighths of which is in k circulation, and the rest in the treasury. d -Forty-nine failures were reported li April, with liabilities of $1,199,883 ur and assets $033,141, as against; 73 in ior April, 1878, with lia bilities of $9,890,000. no -January 1, 1879 there were bellev )I- ed to be 34,766,100 swine in the United States, against 32,202,500 in 1878, and ad 28,677,100 in 1877. lie -On the 1st of March the total nuim ber of poor in London was 89,529-45, 80 013 in workhouses, and 44,516 outside, though receiving help. lat -An Englishman in a competitive ,hI- bicycle trial in London lately aCcom ed plisihed 1,300 miles in six consecutive le (lays. -The popuilation of Spain and the adjacent Islands is 10,625,860, including or 40,741 foreigners. This Is an Increase as of 952,321 since 1800. 'as -Thero tre 54.487 persons employed )'s In the Postal service of the United States, a greater nuinber than in all the 0: other departments combined. The number of postmasters is 39,258. --Tlie coul product of the Schuylkill to region for the year thub far is 9,329,900 go tons, against 5,150,418 tons for the cor or responding period of last year-an in lg crease of 4,177,482 tons. ly -During the year 1878 forty-eight railroads were sold under foreclosure nie representing $151,010,700 of capital 11- stock, and $160,014,500 of bonds and or debt. y- -he New York Evoning Post Fresh Air Fund for sending sick and debili tated children of New Yorkand Brook lyn poor for vacations in the country, amounts thus far this season to-$1142.92. l .-Prussia appropriates annually $2, us 012,340 annually for agricultural pur of pnses, and Austria and Hungary $5,495, 'e- 125; whIle France appropriates nearly 1 $10,000,000. -The Niagara Falls Prospect Park o Company have contracted for an elec 9- tric light machine, and intend to locate sy the lights in such positions as will ena or ble them to illutminato the, great catar ant on a magnificent scale. A Waterbury (Conn.) p.lumber, whIle doing a job which required himi 05 to lie upon his back, fell asleep and go slept three hours, which time was, of ly course, included in the bill which he hafter ward presen ted.. n, -The successor of the late Dr. Do Koven in the presidency of IRacine Col-. eg will be the Rev. Dr. Stevens i.Parker, who recently resignied the roe d torship of an Episcopal Church in ii. Eiizabeth, N. J. ~s, -irazil sells about three-fourths of as her coffee crop, or, in 1877, 1,800,000 a bags, to the United States, for whlh wve pay chefly in gold, the gold balance n- pai d in 1877 for Brazilian products as amounting to $45,000,000. mc- -At the present time France has 18, 'as 370,020 acres in forest, or a sixth part a of the whole extent of her territory. of tee 1,084,240 acres belong to the SState, 261,858, howvever, being -eturna ne ble as unproductive. tO- -Forty-six thoussand two hundred in. and eighty-six- persons emigrated last on year from Germany, very nearly 5,000 lhe mote than in the preceding year The rn nmeintepaust teni years is esti rig -A fund has beeni raised in Paris for no0 the purpose of relieving the pupils of he the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from military mr service. It has jiust been Increased ns by $4000 obtained through an exhibi og tiotn of old maeters' drawings. h- -Mile. Sarah Bernhardt wvears in "Ruy- Blas'' a dress that cost *1400.. esFelix, the great P'aris dressmaker, says ththat It is dIoilitf ul tou-make gowns for Is- this lady, as she never asks the price a of any thing that she orders, w. -Sado wa, the beautiful borse i'idden nt by the Emperor Williarp at the battle 0of Koon iggratz, has just died. Old age madle her feeble and she had to be killed tot to spare her further suffering. The 5ff animal has been stuffed. 20 -TPhe balance of trade in favor. of an the United States is growing rapidly. eh For the year- ending March'81st, 1878, hit was 200,000,000 million. For the dyear erndin. March 81st, 1870, the bal' dance was 284,000,000. ed riding up'to the State House, at delam ed bus, last week, heard a woman ory Out re that-her pooket book had bed 6 et1n, .and, jumping out, pursued and over r-t hauled the thief ad gave himn 1ntMaus. uttody, ditnh all the others that join us -iM ary Greene, of Proyddihne R. L1 , waA 0 years of a last 'ek 4Of this thei is s4 t~ io ib. *'She is deeorlbedl a ~i w~~41 edan4o~,~~* The Symptithy of the Court. Ile was fresh fromt the prime 1wanips and sloughs of Milpitas, t lie alluvial incrustations on lils bc vould be a Bonanza to the archwo pist searching for rolles of past a Io hadn't been shaved 81 rice '49, SpI of '50, and feeling recklessly exta lant, entered a First class barber 81 o get a store shave. The tonsorial i st went through the usual routine a vhen the man from Milpitas i tlaightened up in the chair, the art an his fingers through the jungle is lead, and said in a musing toi 'head's very dirty." Tle man from Milpitas was beft udge Buckner the next morning o harge of assaulting the artist witli ileee of chair, which lie broke for i urpose, and turning the whole ph ut of door8. "What did thIs man say to you ti astilles his coining here looking as 0 had fallen down the Guadalti haft?" inquired ills l[onor in inc red tones. "The durned galloot had the Cli L say my head was dirty," si lie man fron Milpitas, "and I do How no mizzable coyote to howl 11 biat aroid my corral, you bot Y Ife." "'Ie did, el?" said his Honor qui V. "And did he also re.ark tiatyr air was getting rather gray, and ad some flue dye of his own make "Well, no-o-r, not exactly Jedj ut the cussed little gopher said L ar would look better black." "Yes, yes, I begin to uinderstand,a c also inHinuated that the apex of yc elput was climbing above timi no?" and a vindicative glitter she i hIs Ilonor't eye, as his hand lii ntarily went up to his head. "I don't know nothil' 'bout apes a xen on the climb, but the blamed iud-hen said lie had some bar's grei Dr-."1 "Exactly. And lie talked about 1 ioney, the Rasmusjid and the wit rawal of Caratheodorl, and lie wailt ) sell you something to bleach t nd of youri nose didn't lie ?'' "I b'leve the gol darned Pilute loaf id say that, but what riled ine w uch a slouch as him tellln' ie I w irty, Jedge, when you know ther( enerally putty heavy fogs this time lie year, and I'm out in most of '4 urpose to get clean." "Well, as the provocation appears ave been great, I'll dismiss this chat it the next time you kick a barb round, and maltreat him, and ba im all to thunder, and don't have a jercy whatsoover upon him, I'll 11 ott heavily," and as the man from Al Itas went out of the door, Ils Iot1 LIded, soto voce, "and pity the line n: Lo8t In an Airliole. 'Ihe town of Tremont, Pa., his be reitly excited over the mysteric isappearance of Samuel Snyder, one a citizens. ie was formerly a foi ian on the Reading Railroad, but,jol d the engineers strike lin the spring 377, and has had but scanty and irre har employment since. One Sund iorning recently he wvent to a hart bop and was shaved, and on returni ome he heard one of his children e ress a wvish for some huckleberr. nd said lie believed that he would ut and pick some. liHe according hanged his clothes, put on a rou uit and started for ''The Swvami: bout a mile west of town, where t erries wvere kniown to he abundai [c did not return in the evening a is wife becoming alarmed, commur ated her uneasiness to the neighibo nd by midnight the whole towvn a roused and a hundred men aiid bc rere searching for the missing mnr Ic was mict found, and the search wv ontinued all the next day wltthout sm inss. A mong those engaged in it ii nydher's brother-in--htw, Eichiler, utcher, wvho had two la:'ge dogs rhich Snyder had made great pets. lwvays fed them, and they in con: uence were much attached to hI liehiler took the dogs with him wvh uinting Snyder, but lost thenm in t roods, and they also failed to reu o0ne that night. 'rho next mnorni rie searchers went out again, and sot f them visited an old airhole ont iountaln 81(10, about half a mile fr< lie town. There were indicatic here of somne11sturbance. The busl rhich grew around the hole had fret h-broken twigs; some of the leai rere strIpped off them, and the eam bout the mouth of the hiole was d urbed. They listened and he.ard tint moaning from the depths bo topes were brought and two men w< own. They found a hole about thn iet In diameter, desoebding thiirty fi erpendiouharly and then running t an angle of sixty degrees about set further. It had been driven as irway to an old mine, and was in su dangerous condition that the sear< rs couild niot proceedl but slowly a rith great caution. At the botth boy found both dogs, which show reat delight In seeing them and I htem to the foot of the Incline wh< nyder's liody was lying, partly cov d with dIrt. Theare were bruises abc tie head andd rms, and as the a retnd the mouth was of a treachere atture, it was plain- that th'e unfori ate nman had ellpped into it and 11 den hled b the fall It is euriemh