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TRIl-WEEKLY EDITION. W1NNSBORO9 S. C., A UG US 19, 1879. VOL. 111.-NO. 86. THE OLD BAFN. Rickety, old and crazy, ShIngleless, lacking some doors, Bad in the upper story. Wanting boards in the floors, Boams s!r ng thick with cobwobs, Ridgepolo yellow and gray, Hanging in helpless innocence Over the mows of hay. How the winds turned around it Winds of a stormy day Beattering the fragrant bay-seed, Vishing the straws away ; t3treaming in at the eranilies, Spieading the clover smell, Changing the dark old granary Into a flowery doll. Oh, how I loved the shadows, That clung to the silent root, Day dreams wovo with the quiet, Many a glittoring woof ; I olimbed to the highest rafters, And watched the swa'lows at play, Admired the knots In the boarding, And rolled in the billows of hay. Palace of King couldn't match .t, The Vatican loses its charm, When placed in my memorf's balance, Beside the old gray barn. And I'd rather scont the clover, Piled in the barn's roomy mows, Than sit in the breath of the highlands Poured from the Appen no browa. REUNITED. On a wild October night, Elsie Raymond sat beside her solitary fireside in deep thought-in thonght that, truth to tell, was tinctured by sadness. It was not often that she sat thus, for she was the most cheerful and busy of little women, the best of sisters and aunts, and the kindest of neighbors. This being the case, she found little leisure for thought or solitary musings, for, in soma one of these relations, work enough was al ways provided for her. But to-night she seemed to have arrived at one of the halting places in her life. Her young sister Sophia, the last of her charges, had that morning been married. The old gray homestead had been left desolate when her smiling face went from it, at least so Elsie thought. True, she had a tribe of small nephews and nieces staying with her, while their mother, Elsie's sister Mary, and her husband accompanied the bridal party on their tour, but they had long been asleep and there was no token of their presence in the somewhat prim-looking room, - except a great basket of playthings in a corner, and a row of shoes, headed by Willie's .''new boots," and closed by baby Elsie's tiny bronzed slippers, that were ranged against the wall. Elsie's father had died suddenly, the vic tim of a fatal accident, and his widow, overwhelmed by the sad and terrible be reavement, soon followed him. With her dying breath she commended her youngest children to the care of tl'cir older sister, and exacted from her a promise that she would devote her life to them. The girl could hesitate at no demand made in the las,' feeble accents of her dying mother. She lifted the little unconscious babe from the feeble arms that clasped it, and holding it close to her bosom, and looking upon the tearful faces of the little group gathered around that death-bed, gave the required promise. In an hour her mother had ceased to breathe, and Elsie's life-work had begun. But it was not until the sad ceremonies of the funcial was over, and the little family had returned to the desolate home, that Elsie fully comprehended all that she had undertaken. None who have truly loved will fail to comprehend the struggle that for the fol lowing weeks went on in Elsie's soul. It was no slight sacrifice that was demanded of Elsie ; duty and love, her' promise to the dead and her vows to the lviing, were the antagonists that contested every inch of ground. John Francis loved Elsie full well enough to have aided her ini her life task. Hie saw no reason in the duties she had un dermtak(en wvhy sheo should not fullfil her vows, andl In becoming his wife divide the burden of her responsibilities and care. But she thought differently. She felt that she had no right to allow his generosity to lead him into such a sacrifice. He was young, and life lay bright and long before him. Should she allow the shadow of her care to project across the sunny path ? Should she seek to lay upon his shoulders the burden that weighed her down and doomed her to a life of lifei Shte could endure and sacrifice much for the children, so dlear to her by ties of blood-thme sacred legacy of her dead parents. But to him -they were nothuing, save for her sake, and she might have seen him grow weary and dilscontented wIth the untimely cares that marriage with her must throw upon him. So Elsie and John Francia parted, as they feared, forever. When her lover found that no arguments nor prafers could change her purpose, that she had solemnly recorded her vow to the dead, and was fully pre pared to perform it to the uttermost, even to the sacrifice of her dearest hopes and most cherished wishes, he disappeared from the neighborhood without a farewell to any who had known him. After a time a letter came to the parish clergyman to tell that lie was safe, and about to sail for a foreIgn land, and from that hour, for all those twenty years no tiding of John Francls had fallen on flsio Raymond's ears. When she know that - he was gone and would not return, she very carefu~lly gathered together every little me m~ento of the happy season of heor love, and locked thoem in the casket ho had gIven her, thenceforth to be the shrine of her affec. tiofhs. ' Then, sternly and uncomplainingly, sheo turned to her life task. Year after year rolled on. Elsie spun and wove, and directed her maidens and her farm laborers, and taught and nursed her brothers-and sisters, and in all things~ strove to supply to them the place of the parents they had lost. In time th1 efiids of her heart healed, at last they ceased tobedat every touch, and she learned to fn oaein the- affee tion of her children, as she called them, while habit made 11cr duties light, and al.. most pleasant, The midnight hour had already passed when Elsie roso to retire, Her long, lonely vigli hnd nado her timid and nrosand sho could hardly repress a shriek of - alarm, nae just at that moment a hteavy lifook was heard at the outer door,, and resounded thrdugh the hiqes But~ Elsie's only though was of a gui-. moiia to soesitk or digbed, for inthitt qniet neighharhon, peopl wore BOWda abroadt at night ou less urgent, errands ; 80, smiling at her causeless alarm and still trembling in spite of her bravery, she undid the fastenings of the door, and threw it. open. A tall man, wrapped in a long, dark riding cloak, stood upomn the threshold. By the light of the flaring caidle RElsie held, she4 could not distinguish 'mis fae. She ()nily saw the strange eager look of a pair of very bright eyes, as the st-raniger bowed !in answer to her sailution. "'Madam," 'lie said, "I am benighted, as you see, aid in trying to reach the next village have lost 1lly wily. 1 am drenched to the skin, andi my horse Is too weary to go farther through these iiry roads, and see ing a light here, I have ventured to crave a shelter for him and myself, for the remain der of the night. L assure you that you will find me no ungrateful guest," '"Sir," Elsie resumed, simply, "the doors of Raymond farm have never been closed to the weary wayfarer. Enter, and a ser vant will care for your horse." The stranger bowed again, and passed her silently, as she held back the broad leaf of the door. What was it that, at the sight of that tall mulied form, caused her heart to beat so wildly ? She put ip the bar that secured the door and then preceded her guest to the apartment she had left. She stirred the snouldering embers, and threw on fresh wood, which caught the flamcs that soon leaped cheerily Ip the broad chimney. Leaving the stranger, coiv ering over the blaze, she went and called the gardener to take charge of the horse that was neighing iml)atiently at the outer gate. When she caie back she busied herself silently, in preparing refreshment for the stranger, who still sat beside the hearth casting curious glances it her a1s she moved about. Thrill after thrill shot through Elsie's frame, as she met' those bright, strange glances. She had begun to feel al most frightened at his singular manner, when he suddenly addressed her: "i1Madam, " he said, pointing to the row of little shoes, and the overilowing basket of toys, "I see that lon1ely-as is thi's house, it is not desolate. Human flowers, that brighten so many homes, bloom here. You have little children, beautiful and loving, and doubtless a good husband. Pardon me, madam," lie added, observing Elsie's emotion, ''we who are lonely wanderers up and down the world are wont to notice, with somewhatof jealousy,the tokensof do mestic happiness that are denied to us." lie was silent, as if waiting for an an swer, and Elsie, conquering her emotion, answered quietly : "There are children here, but not mine. I have neither husband nor children ;" and a faint sigh struggled up from her heart as she thought of what might have been. Just then the gardener came stamping in at the ldtchen door and showed hims)f, shaking the water from his garments. El sie turned to the stranger. "Your meal is prepared," she said "when you have partaken, the servant will show you to your room." And bidding her guest good-night sho went away to her room, and lay down upon, her bed, but not to sleep. Through the long hours, until the late autumn dawn, she tossed restlessly upon her couch, thinking much of the strange guest, and marveling why his image mingled so continually with her vision of the past. The next morning, when the breakfast hour was passed, the stranger spoke of his departure. "Before I go, mmm," he saild, "I ought to inform you who I am, that yogi may, at least, know you have not bestowed your kindness on one unworthy. "For twenty years I have been a wan derer in other lands, a sad, lonely disap pointed Ialln. Yet I have ever kept one hope bright and vigorous, the hope of re turn to my native shores, and the scenes of early happiness. "I wvas born and( lived till imanhlood in the midst of a region much like this in which your hlome is situated. I was anl orphan, but I had a small11 competence and( many friends. My guardliain had( a daugh ter whom I loved, 811( who acknowvledged that my love was returned. We wvere be trothed, b~y the coinsent of 11cr p)arents, and our wedding dlay was very near, when strange misfortunes overwhelmed my Alice. First 11er father died a suddcen) anld terrible death, then her mother dlroopecd beneath the blow and shortly followed, leaving to Alice the care of the younger children, and exacting from hecr a promise that she wouldl never leave them until they were all pro vidled for. I would willingly have shared thle heavy burdens that now fell upon Alice, but she refused to bind me1 to her life of toll and self-sacrifice. Silo laid hlei love and all her brIght hopes0 upon the altar of duty, and I, appalled by the sacrifice and miad with disappointment, fled from the country and became a wanderer In .other lands. "Elsle, I promlised to return when your task was ended I I am here I Have you no word of welceome after all these years of separation ?" Hie had no need to ask, for Elsle lay sobbing in the arms opene~d to recelvedl her, while tihe little ones looked on wonderingly; and tile old gardener to whiom the secret had been imparted the nighlt prevlous, stood with clasped hands uttering sjacula tions of thanmkfulness.. "Elsie, shall we ever part again ?" "Never," said Elsie, wIth her quiet sim plieity ; "never again un~til death ;" and she looked up In lise face with the 01(d con fiding glance that had greeted hm a score of years before. Very quietly tile middle-aged pair settled down at the old homestead, which was beautified and adorned by the wealth John Francis brought from foreign lands, and( dearer far to thenm tihan alny palace honme, with tihe store of memories that people its dim chambers, and all the green demesne which'had witnessed their early joys, and their reunion after weary years of separa tIon. Basrpn Rtothischlld's MaxIm. Attend carefuhuy to details of your busi ness! lHe prompt in all thIngs! Consider well, then decide posItively D~are to'do rlghti Fear to do wrongh Endure trials patiently! Fight life's battle bravely', 10anfully I Go not In thle society of the vleidusli Hold integrity sacred! Infure not another's reputation or busi Join hands only with the virtuous! Keep yolir mind from evi hotughtst. Lie not for any consideration I *Never try to appear whlat you are nofr, Obaorvo good manneras! A Terrible Disaster, Recently the passeliger train south on ihe Keokuk division was lift.iag it self right, oil' the rails. Sie was run in hg So ftst tihe noise of* tle Wheels was rattliig along about two ltind rett yards behind the train, doing its level best to keep in sight, bul. losing ground every J1ump11). Suddenly the train stopp-d. A way out between stations, no cattle ont the tr.wk, no water tank Ii silght, not.hilnig apparelitly to stop for. S'Ice pullied up so close to anl orcharl that tihe farnier catie out and141 sat oi tile fence with a gun in his litind and it cot, ple (if bold, ba1d logs, looking deceit hlly plat taggin alongat.his heels. He' evidently didn't care about, set ting up the apples. The pass engers were ali4rimed, not at the determined neutral ity of' the farmer, but; at the sudden stoppage of the train. They knew soneth ing serious had happened. f'resently tho fireman came walking dow it alongside the track, looking care fully, as though he lad dropped his diamong ring out. of the cab window. "What is it?" asked the first passen ger. "What Is the matter?" asked the se cond passenger. "What has happened ?" asked .he third passenger. "What broke ?" asked the fourth pas seager. "Why did we stop?" asked the fifth passenger. "What's tip?'' asked the sixth pas songer. "What's broke loose ?" asked the sev enth passenger. "What done it?'? asked the eighth passenger. "Broke a spring hanger," gravely replied the fireman, and passed on, and all the questioniig passengers dvew their heads buack and closed their win dows, and with great gravity was re peated the flireinan's statement to the other passengers who had not, been able to get to a window iII Limtle to ask the fireman anything: *'Broke i spri ng haniner. "'Broke a sling hammer." "Broke a screen hanger." "Broke a string hammer.'' "Broke a sting ander." "'Broke a scene hannei ." "Broke a steam hammer." "Broke a swing hanger." We all supposed that whenl a spring hanger broke, it just. tore the engine all to pieces, stood it, on end and rained it Into the ground, and then ran on ithead tore up the track, set lire to a bridge and blew pI) a ctulvort. The average passenger has an idea that a spring hanger owns about the whole engine, that it is d'ne of those things that can even swea'r at a brakeman and walk ip to a baggagentan and call him a ''wood en headed, flat backed, trunk liftin' hurricane of wraith,'' and consequently when a passenger Is told that the spring hianger broke, he has an Impression that it will taike every last (lollar there is on the train to set thb old thing up aga in. A Bad Scare. During a residence in Peru, business took me in the neighborhood ot' Sara yacu, and having several days of leisure before tie, I dietertmined to visit a local ity which in that part of the world is eonasldered celebrated. Nothing miore attractive than 'the neighbors can be cotnceived. It is, perhaps, as picturesquie a spot as any on the globe-silent, fresh, myster fous and surroundited by a mass of trop ical vegettation of the most magnificett character. The river which flows at hand, is lovely, the water limp~id and tewupting; but I was soon made aware that bathing was out of the qtestion, the place being literally crowded with calintaus and alligators of the most hid eotis taspeet, which hang utnder the overhanging botughs to capture the uin wvary and Incautious. Scarcely a month passes without some fearful accident oceturring, and while I was there,- a huge monster* stnapped up a beautiful girl, whlo was stooping to 1ll1 a gourd of water.. I myself shotuld have run a great risk but that haiving been warned, durig my sttay at the mission, [ collected all the idle boys in the vIllage afld set them to watch the banks and shout, whieh they dId to such an extent as even to alarm the most ferociouts sau rians to a distance.. I was most kidly received at the missioni, and inivitedl to make the eon vet, my homne dluring the whole of my stay. The convent is a squmare building with two wings. Thie pirinicipal reception chamber, which is also the refectory, stands in the tmidsale, while the side squares are divided into rows of cells, six of which are occupied by the monks anmd their friends whilie the others are used as ent rep ots, shop. Oeliar and barn. It happened that on my arrival the issionl was full, atnd at first the good fathers Were ptuzzled how to disapose of me, when 1 miyself proposed to sleep in church,.DThis chapel, which is dedi cated to the 'Virgih, Is, though very small, divided into a unave and~ two clhpels. Theli place was venitilated by means of four windows without, glass or shtutters, which enabled tihe air to pass freely. In a climate as hot as that of Peru, tils did not, at first, sight, appear' alny inconvehience,- I theroefore unrolled my thin Cotton mattress, the constant companion of my travels, and prepared my bed, Having ridden a conpiderable distance, I was ftigtuden4 q(offter partaki tg of' a very hospitable l1 pper, I retired to m)y couc I iI Sca rcIl o1 ie I m1tgigt, have slept ten m111inutoe, when I wias awoke by a strange noise. I rose sitting, andl follid the pila(c iII total (thirk ness. Now, I had carefuly Iriim ined the lanip before lying iown, and added a supply of oil, bit, soliellow or other it lad gione oit. Oroping my way, I st'rove to 'eel for the lamp, bit to Imly su rlprise could not. discover it, while a stralt.ir t apjeiiil noise inade me1 awitro thlt, I w:ai not. alono. Now I a1n inot exactly at eqwaiilr, blit it, woblil be vaiii for me Lo il.y that t felt. sioewhat uneasy. Ohisms I did not. f'or one mnomienit believe ill, but(. I lie Indians o' the village did not. hear tie best character for honesty. "WIIo collies?" I cried in te iit.ivo dialect. No answer I recollected having removed from the head of' lily bed a broom, which n% as very miiuch ill my way, andlt determined not to be robbed with imipuinity, I struck right and left. At this m1om1ent the 110011 cam1e out from behind a cloud in all its glory. The secret was out. Through the open window a number of night birds, owls, bat-s aid many others tnknown to' temperate Climes, had colle inl search of food. Tihe oil smelling very powerfully had attracted their notice. Their rlust proceeding wats to snuff - out tile light with their winmgs, after which One an(1 all rushed to banquet oi the savory liquid. My indignation was so 11113 aroused that'[ struck wildly in every direction, nor (id I rest until every bird was forcibly expelled. 1 lily down again to get what slumber I could, but when, trext (lay, thl(e qies tion of sleepilg arose, I strongly ob jected to pass the night inl at place with anl Open) window. A Tolophonic Pot-Fouiri. The telephone has kicked lp a big row in the bosom of two families already, and that harmless-appearing instiruient is tile prime C cause of a young mnan going about with his eyes draped in deep mourning and a humpbacked nose. It seeis that at young man whose marriage is of such recent date that his honeyimoon is not yet oin the wane, conceive( the brilliant idea of connecting his "hower of love" with hR place of busi ness that lhe imight speiud his leisure mo m.ents in Haying sweet things to his newly acquired more valillo fraef ion. By 0o0 of those singular epincidents which* fate often throws in Che path of nllfortunlte huti InlIs of all classes, there happened to be unikniown to the young ImIan-on the samle circuit another family the husbhnd being the proprietor of a front namo tle same1 as that of the newly-wedded man. And the fact of the two members of their stations having a similarity of sound when called tended to help mix imatters up. Things went along nicely fQr a few days gind the young couple had held som0 very Interest ing Cooing Imatelles, when one (lay the fa till mistake was made which led to such terrible results. Husband the second was an1 extremely practical man, and wats chief engineer of a grocery store. Ilia telephione was attached to his desk, and, tile other day, while all the poetry and romance of hia soul was absorbed, while his 1mind wrestled wvith the p~robleml of how mullch 7 4-5 pounds(1 of codfish amllounlted to at 37j cenlts 1)er pound1(, the signial was sounded'( and there camxe wafted over tile wires: "'Johni dear, haven't y'ou time to love 1me a little-I am11 so lonely." Johln's eyes looked as if they did not be lieve his ears. lie hadn't hieard aniythinlg like that before 131 fifteen ychxrs, and( lhe didn't propose to in) fifteen years to come1, so lie grabbed the telephlonie and curtly ans1 .wered: ''Shot youir dalrn~ed yawp!~l I h laven't got 1n0 time to be foohin' with you1 no0w." Eldora, wvife number one, was conlsider ably taken aback at what she supposed was an evidence of the coolin~g love of her Joh~n and 81h0 resolved to get evenl withl him when lhe came to tea. Meanwhile, Johnl, p)oor soul, had1( beeni switched off, and breathing his words of unldying affection to the wife of the elder John. The lady had1( been! Bomclwhat as tonishled at first, but thinking that her hus 1)and( was growlig aiffectiona~te again, as In days of yore, she began returning suitable answers, aind was highly enjoying a re tition of her 01(1 coulrtinlg days, when her John came)1 in) unnlotlced by her, and quiet ly stationcdi hiielf where lhe could hear her remarks, lie was soon) rewarded lby hearing her shlriek into the telephonc---afte~r the usulal manner of the ladies: "Yes, love, and I am just dying for 901m1 of those sweet kisses you promised me1 when you returni." Hie waitedl to hlear no more; but snlatch ing the telephone lie quickly Investigated tihe location of tihe sender, tore oult of thi 1 house5 and down thle street, rushed in upon John thle jun~ior, whoum lhe found tryinlg to< ascertain what tile matter was at the other end, and without waitinlg for prelimninary remarks, grasped hin by the coat collar and slung him over a stool where the bridge of his nose came in contact with the0 rim of I a coal liod, bunged up both eyes and 4then demanded an apology. As soon as John cotuld ciatch what little breath was left aroundl loose, anid recovered somewhat from lisa surprIse, lhe said: "4There must be some1 terrIble: mnistake." Tihes explanations followed, thie two hlusband~ called first 0on Ekdora whoin they found sitting ini the hallway with a band box In hler lap andl weepiug hysterically. As. 5001n as she was calnoed and reassuredi, the wife of John sonior aas sought and found sittin~g staring in a dazed sort of way at tho telephone, niot able to understand whiat tho matter was. * Thie two Johns then and there resolved to t lbanish the; telephone from th'elr1 families forever, anjl that is tihe reason thn company lest two subscribers, anid a butcher noldl two pounds . leoan beeogak to a sad-lopklng. ' paan cdjgaomppnion, whth a be hdker chief bou/ around hlis eyes, .. - 21e riot too prpodIgel: the kettlo when I too (til '1uts Out the fire. .. Theoi~' er 1e 1mpera1M wVIn. II 1 ,1140 P(rlill el e 1 'ii110 4 tii' W ill. ' W l The text of thee Prin'c imp erial's will N Mrit been producd for pulicaion. 11 is written i 1-'ench. The fllowlig i a e inm lslal it'n : Dole al (allitden I'lace, t'himellititxl, l 1 N 244th daty of ebur.1879,. This is my) will : 1. 1 dile inl lte ('tholie Apotoliv ald Iotonliin inwih a ornl. 2. 1 desire tit mi1y body m11111 1w placed wlar that' of my, fatr.lii pending Iite time 8 wheteiy Shall bo(1 lt 11111sporteil Io w ItVho Ile oun1d4 ler of 41ur1l housei. relno'es inl 11h. midst of the P1ren1ch pe-ople, whoml We iave. like himn, dh-arly livel. N. ly h11t tonriht will bet for my ro1ntv. It iS for ' ranll(c thmt I wou1ld wVisli 14 (Ile. -1. 1 hope timt 1 n11N 11m4,1t.r l ill pre rv r melt, when.1 Itl am( no mre the atffeelion. 00l 111-m110ry w'lh I 811111 cIetishn f or ltr 11tutil Inly hist, momnent. 5. L.et. mly private friills, Inly servantts Aid tIe part isalns of the eanse(' which I rep resent he convined that my13' ackiowledg- C meits toward them will only en1d with mily c life. f 0'. I shall (lie with ia sentii1ent of pro foutid gratitude towai ier Majesty the Queen f 1lglaild, toward iall Ile ro3'al family, and toward the couitry where I have received. diiig eight years, so eor lial a1 hospitality. c I constitute mily well-lieloved motlher, IeI Iampress Egl(lg ie, ly 8ol( legatee, she being charged with attenlding to the follow ing legacles: I leave 200,000 franes to my coui, i. Prince .1. N. Mlirat. |r I leave 100,001) francs to M. le Iaron 1 i Corvisart, ill acknowledgement of hlis de votion. C I leave 100,000 francs to Mile. de I ar- - minlat, who hias always shAownI hersell so at tached to amy liother. I leave 100,000 franes to 1. A. Filou, mily old tuior. - I leave 1110,000 franes to M. Lj. N. 11on neai ; 100.000 francs to M. N. Espinasse ; I 100,000 francs to Captait A. lizol, iy oldest friends. I desire that, my dear mother shall pa2y a pensionl for life of 10,000 franes to P'rince I L. Li. lonaparte; at life pension of 50 011 francs to M. iBachon, ily old equerry, and a life pension of 2500 francs (ach to Madame Thierry andi to Ulimann. I desire thatti all 1my other servanits lie never deprived of their situations. I desire to leave to Prinice N. Charle's Iolliaparte, to the Ihike de lBassanag :m1d to 31. Hotilier three of (he most beailiful 2 sitivenirs tha1t 1113y testaimenttry e'xecitors Shall indicate. I desire to leave alsio to tenecral Simmons, to M. Strode and to Monsignor Goddard, three souvenirs tha. ily testamentary ex ectitors shall designiate aioing the articles of valie that belong to me. I leave to .1. P. Plietri miy pinl pointed with 1 stone (cat's eye), an1d to M. Corvi sairt mlly pinl (perle rose) ; to llle. de [,ar minat a medallion cotliainiing the portraits1 of liy father and molter; to Mladitme1 Lebreton 11y enameled watei, orn'taienited With 11my Cipher mll dialliolds ; (o Al I. I Conlneau, Espinasse, Bizot, J. N. Mutaitl., A. Fleury, 1. de llourgoing an(1 S. (tori-v sart, my lr-Ils and uniforms, ex(ept. (Ile last that I may have worn, and that I leave to 11y Illother. I leave to 31. D'Entraigues a pin mounted With a filne pearl, round in form, Which was given me by ithe Empress. I beg of my motCher to be so kiid as to distribute 1.0 the persons who during my I lifetime have manifested at.tachmnent toward Me 80111 jewels Or objects of less value which imlay remind theill of me I leave to Aladame lt Coitess Clary 213 2 pmmoilloitted with a fie clear pearl ; to (It Dic de 1 1tescar, lily Cousin, iiy Spanish swords. (Signed) . NAPIo.nox. The whole of this is written 123 1113 own) I hiand. , 1 have o need(8 to rccomnd( my13 mlothie < to nleglect, nothing in order2 to dIefend1( the I memzor'y of 1113 grealt unicle and( of 1my3 fat hler. I heg hecr to remem~inber that, so lon1g aIs ther'e s1hal11be loniapart ists, the Implleial - eause will have representatives. Th'Ie (dut1es $ oIf our' house toward'( the coun11try' wVill' not 28ease( withI 11y3 lifc. A~t 1113 dleathl the tatsk o~f coti iing the wo'(rk oif Naplon OI an 111( Napoleon III delIves uiponI the eldest son11 f Prince Naipoleon, and1( I hope) that, 1113' wel-belovedl mlothera, ini second(ing hhn11 with t dll her power', wvIll give 1us who shall be no( I mlore this last and1( supreme proof (If hir r lffectionl.' (Signed) Na Poti~.. Th'Ie 20th1 of Febr'uary, 1879), at Chisel humrst. t I noinate1111 Messrs. Rouher11 and1( F. Pietari 3xecuItor1s (If my will. (By F.. Pietr'h, I mean Franceshinh P~iet.ri.) Forestue and~ Rainfiall-' Manuy river's have totally3 disappeoaraed yr have beeni reduettvd to mere streams111 by an irtional fellIng of thle for'ests. a [i te northeast of' Germiany, the Narph I u11d Gold1 rivers exIst only in nlame. a i'he classic lanids of antiquitty are rich a n1 8sa( lessons of def'oresta'tlonI. The Ilprinigs and brooksof Paulestlino are dry, t mud the frititfiulness of thie land1 has dis tpeared. Thle Jol'dan Is four feetd ower than It was In the New Testa- a nlent days. Gr'eece and1. Spaini stuffer 2 ever'ely to this (lay from the effects of *t lestroylnig their forests. Mlny parts of d he kIngdom of Wurtemnbnrg have been t 'enidered almnosa barren by tho felling s >f trees. In Ilungatry thie periodleailly '6turilng drotath Is uni~iver'sally attrib- a ltedl to -thte extermitati of the for- s usts. We attribute the prtesenit tunfriutit- s uitness of Asift Minor 'and Greece to he destrutction of the wvoods; steppes, la 'ulins and tombs haetken the plaed >f what was the highest culturie. Star- f tinla andi Sieity wore once thle granarie'sa >f Italy,. btut have long since lost the e 'rutattftlness sung by the ancIent po0ets- n )n the other hand man enni improve t h10'cohd~itionl of tile land in wiel lie el ives, more slowly indeed, btit as eer- o ainhy, by cultivating and pr'eserving y ho f'orests. .In earlier years. reliable ti ttluhorities .have told1 us thatt in thle h )elta of npper Egypt there were only h LY wo ogshx days of pain.1 theoyeai', ut fI hatsinceh intelj .9hemet All 'l ausdisme 20,(40ftrees to bo, 1a, tod, a heuabrof.Jye pf rain in .the eyear (1 ais inoreaedto forty-five or for tytsi~, L Miho Sud$ datikha. prodneed Yarchark- h b14 reulIts. Ismaa is bit onI w I. .1s a sa ily d I eseI, , but since II rolluInIII h31 a' bot-ii4g 14 :Is I I ratvd wiI aial w I r, t reI-:.e II, I 13 (a I b t hi t Ilaats ave spr11% ng u 8 ip s i1Y I4gi itd , with1 the- revappoa rancev of* Ithv vet tatl ilin thle teJllate it:I.z tn gel il o 11fl4 -ln y arz ( a-1) ]',il %I w i n4 I o1wl i Io I (s rI i In, If I u t 33 I 13y', 1868, to May 1869, Iirtien ial eI TIe'11rded, a11111 once suli44 a rai orml, that the nativsi- 1okei ulpoin3 14 :t up. . ;\t'e ri: 11,1 -It hI :i : vory s i ri k i It., in o I e f1 1 I h3ange ot' elitniat e 1 tbin" p41l .t.4 I 113 eth at8 1 re-i l 4 (11 I lo-, ti . I -I(It1I I l r ef 'hc hs thiel railr-114 ;111 S 10 -,4 r T riI II gi ori 11( )n1113 I. \ :t I t i 1 i e.: I4n (tI for it w vee 141 :1 aki Io 1.1t iII t ret ch o f* bar rennes I4I4IIs oi whiebI to i II read wnurthena %eems to rest. It, Is urnse that rests onl it calledi dow it rro 1om14 leaven by inan. F ive htindr<1. rli's ago anl imense orest Stood Ae groillid where flow is i othjiig 6, sell of, Stolle. Velletianls came at fwed down hes,lit143ti ts i ordetr to pr Ire ood for piles )d(1 IlcatiI IIrp 1 es. A 111ih Mar1friai041. Tel. Welding was lit at kraal about I files from tihe camlp. Shall I ever fr hatt drive, as' We jolted over. stones lit 'h11atve tnlt-hills, and humpied in and o. 11 holeis, tile ou ll e 111 me1 goIl i 31 fu a:11ll , till wve reailly expieted thait, lthe ca iolid towrn over with us every m114n114e Vi tS We apprched Whie( k11.11l, our* a 11111we Will Ieel4d by llt h1411ieks, yells am1l hows i he Wedding paorly ; anood, onl surmont3'1iil ridge of grouind, W calile ulipo a4 cor iny all inl "full fig, " prticin one of1tli 11111cesq. The ien wore hIr h1Ime i laick feathlers, wileb orovered lt hi heal aId shiels covered with cow-hide, Il 1111r111i sticks, which they waved and In lishied inl ai very warlik nui umei4r. 'I'll( Vero er timlially i motioil , s1 un3pin ;rtliilng lnd Sh uti ngit , 1'in at last t ll inl tkind of proessio11, whieb Ilnoel il vard th( ku1111, n110cilg . all t iitw way. i-ei low lnd Whi ne 1 w431' 1arri, i n-, 11Ire tIl 1111l11y excitlld 1,w 'IIul hburst from t rnkI Ilk 11lio wViith 1a Ilihit ,tppillg 1c-tio evenil yards ill divatce. ie wgouild ilt top, am3id wNith 111 I)uer al IvS and1 s Iirun -yrations, ouidd o(I througih hie motions ililli his I aIIIro nIf lt1 s, con 1iiing 3t1e mids hle(- plaudits of his companlion i hey caught him 1up), whenl he would ill i mly it) bie succeedied by anl exeiled rivu aiger to ('til if nlot to oultdo him. 'll wo0 sister of yIIIhe b 4ride, 3legan4ly attired Lifew rows of green, Whitile and pink hed comlpani(ed I Ils jovil crew, sihriekling Il acinig about as. if possessed. - The fathler 01. bride wilsc e, 11 , lt o, distingntistilI Iom 13he other "bralves" bly the( ext Ira long1111 If Is ta4il o31 feaiterS, Which illing from 11 op of his hed amd rea'ched all down J: me.A hsineetn omlpanly pr lded, they were mle llI1y women431 inl pa1l ill dressed (t) alike ill the Same e lI Ill i impiplit3y,who ran to Imet. Iivthe's3reai4iI ilet h(op of their voies and1111 Imkln m'el 1 )ectuhar trenomlous Shrill. noise, which r nind31ed m e more of 111t01111" thlin an. hing hle. Th bese fell into the ran1lks4, lid t alargec comlpanly o)f youngll gilIs ml :11ildren, hol) aill rushed to (me Il ih i ipeariig to ble )ad Witli excitement. TI vh3ole body then advinced lait, a 11111jes 01o1 (of pace , a111 (Ing 11 n1 step 0orIa'rdWi h'e" Same m4V omient)' , rai isilg their lield ivin allistm anlld a yLlld .o on heow. to "hsort ofpradteroun tlin fr00 owfete kraalwhereathe idrew up in Vlii wo( olartihreef deep an conue to sla ng and shtinga waVin tof arms, positio lie old fashoed ote manmuvoer, acror mnyid themselvesl .,y agso' ng, hic o 1st Invte perpetufaliu reition ofihr mal's in rioo oey I, havt onlyertim hambthi tunmbl te cot, hic isored i hoeronyal Shmea pnsions. l'heo~l ar urrg ndd"you wol bggey ofsiter3s ni ymath, Izin rendo copoetn ma fah he~ dancer smingh atsek and a knif bser han d erdrs cnsiaked thf dead a ang lled th reag to n her moutr w nudi of he period.ut It, watoe 1n0e 'inedls rter, mswathe obsee, contm rous exprbeson o her horntenance, wht a vdny the higes okdtile pal libr. pole, and theellnrulyheCow. won" rs. Gamp'pasedur of tnrl let se. he a saittl enorious i 10ebnarrtLonit on e gye leasto (11 uthorites, whk o garishe orb oad atr udlience. and shsecldtshe Jsiotki sther baoned syflulie- of~ hedes av't lie na fallelosid resinc wit umble, cowl cotav to sforebod <e ovrt."' Sa~hepaused a momentp. an ro ~w sal beer-Jug from? huerU ahn orlsfd," "Ityt cops my fee4ni dtI e meln ats"B o t"'%NNt II-)! 41-1.. Ir!" 111114 lia hill . naaI. n1 w k and (ex 1 14' diIun 1.v I'VIn . %%a, I p 8it f l oblec-t1 as. Ihe. appln e4' l I 1 b11 Owhe l'1lb e ('b4dr1 14 le. haiveen innseIm.o son-cting,".. but he- kiitew lImt wh lal, Ami Soint.1x>Oh's m phaint , andi Ito' was filled uit 1lh in' u iln abl. eIn-a 1,41r thll- 1,111-. Suelth-n-Ily. theu inil ' 41 his \%if', llalli, 4 wth-d ill his aIrst asl llis, I ifne pi : llc ei-r Wlo' t h hench, aild hi- mank bac-k tin lte nailing hir suip "You i \i -( harges. yill n\it h ust.<ault ing. - i.. : It 1a11I 11ninI).- he-r, I Ille-IuI4ry,4v. W hat14 4 a1 ve 01 14 ,:ay ." pIker .1 wI ic.' AI ITrray. I "t 11nwh. 'Air," m ut- - li . rv 1 . 14111y. I i I ll r1, a v un -b, I I It 1111 r. " - iudI ; i I It ' i\-, I.min 1ve 1 1 lilk- a 4 Ir 11,11ld. 'r I ,1I,, w' , - l I i i)llu, ' t ak 1 mp I "WhI:k t '"1 444 tln-Ih-k 0, a1 she1 towered a toe hinm inl her. wl:0hl. her black eye..4 lashi 'I o and hI 4i14-4ks h uh111'(Ime tl. "Yoi didn ' assault Ine, you initolerable lit1le Swhelp. Youk didhn 'tailding mIe tin' YOU m <lin't t ell Inw t hat youl (m'y took me' for. dluk and 1141ot ftuk onl y our Imrg ainyou litt I- red-heatlded Cuss, you f' N N-no, it --h1111 it-i, II n'y " "lDidn't, You Itry to murIIder mne, you imup o' dari Ikne, ss, by shyvin' at broad atxe ait Im. Ani' nlearly broke myi) skull ? e "it d1--dihil't hit youl." "INo, but you'd wish it had, yout blood lhirl y lly e1 44tion, you '' "A! it wasq m-iny b--broad litchet, ain' 1-1 2as on'y 1 -in ' 141 it aw1y wl when y.u it J--jerked it on---out o' 111-mly hal'. I i dn't I II I~ 44:111 24 I1111' "You didi't me'4anl ! No, you're too m4ean filr anyth~lillr. Too imeanl to' live, and, ligh, I donet know' htow\, I ever4 comlie u 11wi t01 ItSuich it horrid crenalt.r anlyhow." .I, "i [ohd on4 , M adameI',i" aid hi 4 1'lor. "11. st rikes mei( t hat you have at very srn vocabiiry . your disposal." Ig 4 neve~r haid any envalry ait miy disposal, lA il! j' "I'll swear. to it fl tlis ilie Is "OhI, d-dear m-me. Now shes aigoin'i tio-to commlit, p-per-jury, groanled 11(enr1y. SheI( lola-d ait him as if' she( co l conun11it i"You'l ln2' gl'to i'veln hail to appearl ,r, foil. I. ' l e lIgi4i11 144I1114I 4' 144k1' fo 1ra, Ileulry," maidl His Ilonlor. ll-how much1014, a1sked I lenIry. "Five h'mired (l'1rs.'' .Y " h, flear, I ca.. neverl ge.t tIlt," he( ro1:me1id a,. lit. wajS.Iett\ way by wo olie ver's. Sh past!111.sed 4own. an! d out' a deter IinIed, terrible. Specimen of the women111 who " i a oin ' to 1 l. t aIIly 1111 IIle' 14r. Ni, sir-, not by at jlag full]." lt Thle ih(gar Mllanl nud likes DengUist. i t "'e Ih y 8 e11 n Imly a'ppear ing It" I 'indivihil e11tt'1n-d o le of our proii11 Sover the Sigrindulre of at wetll-knlown phlysi4 cianl. The chi'ggrist imlmlerlately procee'deed ofto pult it up1 I necOrl'hme1e willh hirlphie dirCtionl. When e had inisheiil he 111manded thel' mimlite package411 t'o Ihe pur chas(r1 with at laant lTwent' y-five en 4, y) a " I "Th(4 e I nIaIn( receive I I 1he pre1r1i ion, w e111t 4 down in his.4 poets, pu2lh1d ot 'llilve .41 1 cenIJs. b1 it on the conner aind started to gfo otIlt. r I "ill Ina -he l, a i h (1111rggit1 "y mou've unnt1e it nust ke; t wenity-five cents." C "All right," was the'rM, v f enill ; V there it. is. "TI is ony-iicet," w s Lihe re.. jgind ' yer. otyive e1i1s w ." 0- 42(111dt - (II I 4.1 14eieijtiC CIIyl 1ly.' L. "I Itll yo(Il rI it N- - 'IV enI1 s - there it is," aind the munl -walkedI towant.( the door. Then owe drfggist gIialt anlgiry, en(1me1O1 ifrom binI'41 d the e4t) imter nd happilg the m tanl oni the shoub la, yelling : 11 y fried, te price is twenty live i t "What b1yutiakl-me f1.o w0 the responsa ;~t,1( "I ntI o foo. 10fThers yofr livte cenrI1 on thed couter FivgneloI 11n114 here iti1 i)1Cs. '111)1100( 10,11( One11( ~ poe aaemt was plmae t1o1 expan th cllrliltieec beholdn Uoth co,n- theo repetat bring, f h o ca 1818ol "Thre1ou fCiv 124h cenJt" oef teo str(. Stourned It thams of iow cothInd in1'O r the rear-y p1he store,101 w ofere laughing' towmslve 0 ie v er his; toul~e.~~kcon koWy, 112aet' ol-- sind the, 's as wdoaf s a mler. Yuare1sol toidpsone. "Weoldd' c are," replie d theial d~orug gste got ~l hris cked made1IoI( tro centso theI pcrptlion anyway.44o"~at Ab anrer's ofNe'rul$,w Plug e4.1 ere1 d nmeto ofueaut,ifyngvhs swtglit W III singr bt for ' thetake hofbirs oti Ia kointhi panwrap oesa' no .recommend .t th dicovry. nerday cati~ spragora athoe ennry.Thebir escpe, bt it g ohi on.% ~T bir owne imeiteyto 4n tiehnjn hcedottefeteso -,tecnr' hed th4 uncosltl