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_ _ _ _ _ __ EN anOb Le tatb. TfRI-W~EEKL~Y EDITION. WINNSBOR{O, S. C., AUG USTr 26,-1879. VOL. 11I.-NO. 89. FOREBODINGS. D lI Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow, ti Leave the things of the future to fato; ti Wiat's the use to anticipate sorrow? ci Lifo's troubles come never to late. w If to hope ever so much be an error, 3 'Tie one thot the wise have preferred w And how often have hearts boen in torror (1' Of evils-that never occurred I C Ci Have faith, and thy faith shall sustain the P1ormit not suspicion and care With invisible bonds to eonnare thee, B1uit boar what God gives to bear, cl By life spirit supported and gladdened, ai . Be fie'er by "forebodings" deferred, Ic BiL think how oft hearts have been saddoned f By fear of-what never ocourred! I, Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow, short and dark as our life may appear, * We may make it still darker by sorrow, Still shorter by folly and fear. y Lalf our troubles are half our inventiona ; And often fronm bledings conferred Have we shrunk in wild approlension 8 Of evils-that never occurred! ti ..._ _tl Preaching and Practice. I IV It was the Vay before the circus and four little boys sat on the back steps dolefully b( discussing that longed-for but unattainable he pleasure. They had asked, teased, insisted ie and liplored, but the powers that were had vetoed the bill.and the poor little fellows were almost hcart-brokei. gi "I wish we could (o something to carn J< the money to get in," said Johnny. "We might drop potatoes for old Smithy," I suggested Davie. He aug Johnny were of the same age and always agreed. 'Pooh ! lot's o' money you'd get I" ' sanuered another, whom the boys, for soine reason known only to themselves, called .j "Itabbity." His father was chorister in y< the qburch where Davio's father was dea con. ''Here 'tis after school, lie continued 's "and the circus comes off to-morrow after noon. You wouldn't have time enough to c got gthe money to pty myhl way in o even." "H1ao I You're a healthy one You don't lipose we'd pay more'n out own fare, o d you w" cried Johnny and Davie togevetr to "You caa pay y'own way, sid little Ted, who always sided with his big brother 1 .Johnny. "Well," said Rabbity, apoloetically, "I W thought you meant to get rich fore mkw o orn Ing and treat all yer friends. But then," ti gie added, with much sanctohnny, "I don't know's I cae ho golThere d low Bet to a circus."1tl "'Yaas," said Davle, scornfully, "ye a heard oer fathier say that, so you think it's la smlart . # 'Bet you'd go quick's we would, only give yout thle chance ;" and Johnny know- o ingly nodded Is closely-sheared heatd. te "Bet you'd go quick 'nough," echoed Ted. s "Oh, dear 1 1 wish we could go," sighed 01 Johnny, returning to the subject in hand. 0 "It's too dirt nean't we can't." Davie, was very near crying. "You see, times is so hard," said Johnny, "I reflectively. "Our folks can't afford it for the two of us, an' 'twouldn't do to let one t go, 'cause t'other'd be mad." l "You ain't goin' 'thout me," Ted de clared,.settling his chi In the pahn of a very dirty little Lind. U1 "4Well, that's just what I said," scolded Johnny. 'You see if they'd only give i father bigger pay, why, we'd go." "'Taint that that keeps me," said Davie, bi mournfully. "It that was the reason ci 'twouldn't be so hard ;" and he swallowed his hardships in a big gulp. tU "Why don't they let you go then ?" ask ed Jo nny, in amazement. hi "'Cause they're so mean they won't I" la "Won't let ltyou go when they got tIe f11 money I" Johnny stood right uip on his feet. al "Well, I gummy 1" T "No, they won't. 'Taint 'refine' or ai suthin'. They think Il get so't Il like it. n< Il bet PIl ride some o' them hosses yet, if ig they don't look out. They'd better let mc ai go while I'm lIttle an' they can pay for It, ti an' then maybe when I'm a man I'll lie tired si of it an' save my money." "What's the reason you don't go. Rab- w bity 9" asked Johnny. b "Well," said Rabbity, slowly, "my ci fathersaysthey arelialf drunk,and they cheat hl and lie, and if I go, I learn it. lie thinks te 'tain't proper, and I guess hoe's 'bout right, ui so I don't want to go." a "Pooh 1 Guess you don't need to learn as how to lie," muttered Johnny uinder hals i breath, 'at the same time puinching Davie. sI "S'pose you'dh like to go and get bad," ti returned Rabbity, who heard the remark. " "Ill risk gettin' bad. Just ~imme a fr chauco to gq In, that's all I want. tI "h~ere's somethinag I picked tup coming iri home," called lavie's older brother, as he o1 approac'ied the house with a paper in his di hand. "It tells all about them circus. There's et Barnum himself,' and here's all lisa horses 01 and thinigs," and hie threw the paper at them, and went in. It was like a match tc thrown into a heap of gunpowder. And tli the exclamatlons and elbow joggings that ta followed would have driven any one but a h boy crazy. .As lang as they could see they si pored over it, now admiring the elephants, tI and thou aquelinig in ecstasy at the won-- la -derfl- performances of the equestriennes. y, And when It was too dark toroadanyanore, O they discovered that there was to be astreet o, parade. Then they went in .search of w, Davle's fsther, it "Bay, father," cried Davie. "Won't il youttak6 us to the strebt parade to-mnorrowv p morningi It's free, an' we can see the a charlot. An' his horses cost no end of hr money .1" After much entreaty, the boys were told that If they would be good andlobedietthiey could go to the street parade, and they protied unliniited wisdom ahd dIscretion, and -wth'drew to the toad wvhere they sat down ii a roWand talked of the lions and eleph nte till the adly dared go hiomve. Tij pext ln6rnlug Davie was up bright and As ebon de breaktaat was over, his fathor shid: 'to*, if I am toglve you a lesneod must do eometlung for me an pleaure otht takem a basket and pick ' thlat'is ddno '4e~Il oo-star . whn '"0an't I do It Wyhear oiool?" 9" "No, you can 4ot oor you :needn't Datie 'iresblaly . and wvenit ou b aIgpbs k~iemd an~ a~ Vt3~~ ~dess avie's father was a deacoln. Ie was a be- I .ver in the "here a little and there a lit- I 0" system, and as the boys climbed Into C buggy, ho saw anl opportunity too pro- t ouH to be neglected, to "Impress them I ith a sense" of-well, their total depravi as mnuch as anything. Accordingly they y ere profoundly admonished un. 1 counseled I tring the drive to the city, regarding "the I 'ils of that form of (iSSipltiOn known as i reus going." "It has a corruipting influence on the anners," said the deacon, as loftily as if idressing a convention of Congregational lurches. "And it debases tile morals to I I unlimited degree. It creates a taste for w and sordid amusemients, which, onceI rined, can never lie wholly eradicated. I I tend to hitch the horse at, the upper end the town, where lie cannot. he frightened, id so injure himself, by the noise and * istle of the parade. An evil tendency I ice implanted in the miind is likea noxious ved. It will grow and spread aind even- - ally crowd out the good. This street t trade will Ito doubt draw mIally wli r ould be better employedl, aind will cause oem to long for the iItenser excitement of I eo circus itself, thereby causing then to aste money ias well as time. I hope that. I me of you boys will ever be tempted to ast( your time, energies and money in that ay. ' This last wis said so pointedly that the 1 3's felt that an answer Was neccssary I-st V should turn around anld take thei llM C mfile again. Itabbity spoke up. loudly "Yes, sir I" t "I'd like to jus' find money enough to t into the big tent," said Ted ; at, which Ilinny shook him, ahid whispered : "You (ry II) yer gab. i1e's tellin' us it to." "I ain't doin' to dry Ill) my gab. Dry y'own. He ain't (lot iothin' to say aut it, ainy way. " ''Oh, shut up 1 Be still I" whispered ilnny, in terror. "He'll take us homc if >u idon't look out. You keep still." 'Dess I've lot 's much ylte to say suthin' t you 'n' Dave has to be a talkin' to yer- f Ives all the tine," muttered Ted, half yimg. "Well, we won't. We'll keep still, %n't we, Dave ?" said Joliny, willing to I > anything to keep Ted's ( nitrary little t ngue quiet. Tile sermon wias resuneui again, and I ave aind Johnny, who sat on the back seat ith Ted between them, nudged each other casionally, and tried to sinother their I ggling at. the sight of Itabbity, who sat on e front seat beside the deacon, and listen l attentively, apparently drinking in every 1 Ird ; which so encouraged the speaker I at his discourse soon began to sound like ie of tile columns of "words of four syl. bles" i Webster's old spelling book. But tim drive was not loftand once out * the buggy, the boys gave tlicir whole at- t n0tion to the sight-seeing, And the adillol- i ons they had received had the fate of the c eds which once fell by the way-side. The t acon had his hands full *when the "pan- i anic pageant" appeared. The 4hree ) der boys forgot all their promises, and c ormed their way through the crowd that r ade the street almost impassable, to the ( irbstone, where they stood "rapt in as- c nishument," as the old anthem has it. a 3d could not follow, his hand being firmly I MId by the deacon, who vainly tried to at- I ct the attention of tile boys, of whoin e i )w and then caught a glimpse. "I can't see it," bhrieked Ted, jumping ith all his might, as he heard the music. The deacon held him ip to stop his noise, f it without success, for the shrieking was manged Into shouts of dehight. "If ever I get those boys home,"-said e deacon, vengefully. But there seemed to be a possibility that would not get them home, for when the at chariot passed, the boys started with e crowd, and the staid deacon had to trot ong too, whleth~er 110 would or 1no1, with 3d ill Ils arms. Trho day was very warm, ud Ted was heavy, and( thle deaconl had >t taken off his flannels, and lie felt likea noring his position, dropping is oratory, id indulging in a sulphuric eathl. To tell e truth h~e did say "Godfrey" - with con Ierable emphsifsi. Suddenly lhe came upon 111s party talking it.h ani acquiaintanlce. Btt h~e was too eathless to say anythmg, anld betweeon tileI owd and the determined boys, lhe found mself hurrying towvard tile great white nts at thle other end of the town. It was cele to resIst, s0 ho gave up the contest ud soon became almost as cager to go On .1.the boys themselves. There were the iumal scenes on the tlrcus-grouilt,--thme outing agenlts, tihe flaming show-bills, tihe ile-wornl "accidental cscape" of the wild man," and the mysterIous sounds1. om1 tihe tents, which the boys wcre posl ve were caused by the wild alnimlals rush g around loose ; and this and thle presence the blue-coated gentry In the crowdl rca red them quite mlaunageable, so that in the urse of time the deacon was able to start thle return trip. If tile deacon hiad talked all the way in town, the boys 1made1 up for lest time on e way hoeme, and more~ than that thley al11l Iked at once, and lhe could hardly hear a own voice when lie spoke to the hlorse. > they were left to themselves,-except. at once whlen they wvere bemoaning their ek of funds, he, said impressively :"Save mir money, boys, against the time of need. n1ce lost you never can get it again." No 10 noticed tils remalrk except Ted, and it as so simply wordled that , lie understood ,and accordingly, whlen they were passing e village store, he insisted on goinlg in, resently lie caime back to the buggy ithi stick of candy in-each hand, and another his mouth. The last 110 dlvided between Lo other boys. "What do you spendi your money for, so 3ar hiomeoi" asked the deacon. "For candy." The query was repeated with "why" ibatituting "what." "Oh 1'" said Ted, scrambling uip on the at. '''Cause you tol' us to look out not so it, an' I had one a' Lhemn nasty little 'ce.cent things, an' I as 'fraid I'd lose Iam, so 1 spemt h1im1, an' dot all this candy. tat-somlef"] Perhaps the deacon was not thoroughly itisfied with this result of his counsels, but e made no eign . About ten o'clock that same everning a ian, who looked mucli lIke the deacon, uiight have leon seen leaving the city, '-As e was passling the last street hi ma .ve icle, going in thesme dhection pakened1 p aind a voice called, "Ilallo, da4 1 I enrh. "Yes., very glad t~o iide. ~MV 1i0se was pretty tired, so I walked in t< light. llow do you do ?" "Firhst rate. Seems to me you're out li o-night. Must have been to the circuk Ial hal ha!" "Well, to tell the truth, I had a tickc ;iven ime, and 1-felt kind of obliged I se it. Ilad a little business in town an lad to collie in. But to be honest,-it s't a 1badNO 1s 1 thought. I wish you' teen there. Those horses are worth se( n1g." "Weil," said the chorlter, rather sheet hly, "I came in to see about those hyni ooks, you know, and I had two or thre rrands, and-well, I had a little time, an met some parties who were going into tit how, ind- I - wenat along with 'en qever went before,-didn't know wl.at ircus was ; but, ats you say, those hoss< re worth seeing. Those women had '01 inder pretty lice control." "I wia quite surprised to find those,-ci -bareback ridLers-(ressed. I had an idt hat-'bareback' '-referred to- the- er - iers, rather than the horseu." Thenl followed a long discussion of tit aerits of the different performers, whom ines were pronouncei as glioly as Barnum iiself could have done. When it leaked out. the "next day, as < our1se it (d(, that those two "pillars" ha ieen to tihe circus, there was a coune mong the boys. And Davie said, with :entleness that betokened a perfect hurri ane: "You can bet. on one thing, fellers. le' uike mc.to the next one I" Then Ie shut his lips together, and the ottldtt't get another word from him. The Napoleon Funeral. -The funeral of the late Prince Imperit if France, who was killed on the 1st c une in Zululand, took place on the 13th u uly at Chiselhurst, England, in the preE nce of a large assemblage. The body lai 11 night in a room at Camden Hous< arly i the morning the ex-Eipress eil ered the mortuary chamber, and remaine or four hours beside the cofihi, when sh ank into slecep from utter exhaustatior Mter 9 o'clock the troops (etailed' to tak >art in the funeral parade arrived frot Voolwich and halted near the north er rance to Camden Place, forming the guar if honor and firing party. Chiselhurst Corn non was then crowded with people, man if whom had come by special trains fron iondon. At 10 o'clock the Queen and th I rincess Beatrice arrived from Windsc, nd proceeded to the house of mourning ter Majesty brought several fine wreaths c lowers. Shortly afterward the Prince an 3rineess of Wales, the Dukes of Connauglh and Edlnbutgh, with other distinguisli iersons, entered Camden House. The fun< ail procession was formed about 10 o'clock4 nlid an hour later the first minute-gun c lie loyal Artillery battery announced tha t hd started front Camden House. Fir ame a troop of Lancers; then the Cadets lien the band of the Royal Artillery, pla) ng a solemn march. The Bishop of Souti vark and the clergy followed, and the anie the coffilu on the six -horse gun-ca inge, which had born It from Woolwich t 1hisellurst. The French National color nfolded the coiui, and on the lid rested plendid cross of camellas, violets, an ieartsease. The pall-bearers. were thi rince of Wales, the Dukes of Edinburgh 'onnaught, and Cambridge, the Prince c iloiaco, and the Crown Prince of Sweder rhe chief mourners were Prince Jerom anpoleon and his two sons Prince Victc ind Louis. Then came the dead Prince' avorite horse, "Stag" and three faitlhft ervants. Among the distinguished persor n the funeral procession were Prnee Lucle mnd Charles Bonaparte, Joachim and Lou dIurat, the Dukes of Padua and Mouche3 lie Duke de la Moscowa, a son of Mars'.a qcy, Paul do Cassagnac, Baron Haussman Lnd young -Conneau, the companion fror >oyhoodh of the dead Primce. The procca ion was closed by artillery and lanceri L'he Queen witnessed the procession fromi mall black draped building that had liee reted on the grounds. On arriving at thi loman Catholic Chapel, the Bishop < louthwark received the coffun, which i torne by oficers of artillery to the catafalqu >repared for it. The funeral service wa hen baegun. The Bishop of Southwark in onied the solemn preface; AMadame Lal secie sang the Ave Mfaria of Saint-Sacnm and then, walking around the bici lie Bishop gave the absolution. Th Ito endhed, the cadets fired $haree volleys c ausketry, each of which wus followed b he roll of muffled dlrums. The assemblag ow filed past the cofin, and as they lei lie chapel the building was8 occupied lby Elh tudlents, workmen, and deputations froe1 prance, w~hio walked reverently 'around thi oftln, strewing flowers, andl whiisperin >rayers. The cofiln remaiined In the chiapt intil night, whuen It was transferred to >lace beside the tomb of Napoleon 111. Whoa Emmuua I On the streets of San Francisco newt lays, people talk stocks and precious litti lee. One (lay a man wvas talking to at ther andi chanced to remiark in a lou nne: " A hundred andl fifty."i " Good gracious I how it goes up! " e laimed a man who had just come up. "I don't think so," continued the fir-a peaker; " but the horse can be seen at an ime" "You don't mean to say they've struc wac hroIn Sierra Nevadai" voelferate lhe new cenmer, thoroughly alarmed; tht :an't be, or the stock wouldn't sell for mundred and fifty." "I was speaking to this gentleman abet clling him a draft-horse for a htndred an ifty dollars, andc-" 1Ilere the inquisitive man rushed off with ' Oh, beg pardon ; thought you were tall n' stock, A man lunching in a restaurant one da iddressed another, just across thme tabli withi: "hIow's the croseuit?" "What crosscut?" "Sierra Nevada." " Nevq~r heard of It." "Olv,' whtat's the use of joshuin' .a r ii [f you've got any poitt give us tha tip. u 'i I don't uinderstand 'you' lingo, sir . 1tave just airyd here this morning frot he yellow fever distriet-fromt Meinphi The other man didlnot Wait-a second,l grabbed his hat and shot out of the doo teavng his lunch half-isaten. The tran} remnarked to the roretor t feormituti later that lie had oybotre oothe Onit a few days and was frn aa.3 He hf beooi asked mnnuolrby the' "blIts sawAAifnt~that~ outa ofdob th elija 'tie Prince's Death. 0 111 time examination Is to how the Prince . Imperial of France was killed Cokporal Grubb deposed-"Tio Kaflr Icane Up, t. saying something which no one understood o till I interpreted that he had seen a Zulu at LI tie river on the other side. We lost io - time inl Saddling, fetchingir our own horses. d The Prince gave the order, 'P1repare to mount." I took the time from him. lie took hold of his horse and said 'Nount.' The Prince mounted, but, before we got time to got our right feet into the stirrups e a volley was tired from the mealies. We ii were all seated except Rogers, who was e trying to citch his led horse. The volley , was tired from about twenty yards. The a Zulus shouted 'Usutu,' amid 'Ilore are the 8 English cowards.' I turned romid, saw a the Zulus amid iput spurs to imy horse. As I weit I saw 'ogers behind a lut, to the shelter of which he hald ran, ind I shouted a out 'Come along.' I saw him level his rifle - at a Zulu. I rode on with Abel full gallop." "Who was leading then?" e "Lietenantsa Unrey aid Cocrane. When e we had got a few yards from tihe kranls a a bullet struck Abel full i the buck, about an Inch below lils bandolier. lie was full f half a length In front of me. I saw they I were firing high, and so lay along my I horse. Letocq passed me, saying, 'Put a spurs to your horse, boy; the Prince is down.' I looked back and saw that the Prince was clinging to the stirrup-leather and saddle underneath his horse for a few lengths, and he then fell. Ills horse, as far Y as I could make out, then tramped onl him. I unslung my earbine to have a shot it time Zulus, but the horse then pluniged into tihe donga, aiti I fell forward on1 his neck and lost my loaded carbine.- When I recovered my seat I found the Prince's horse close be 'f side me. I could not catch him so I got behind it and drove it along till I camme in to Liout. Carey. lie then said, N.il-ut oie r must catch the Prince's horse, a. ' I re plied, 'As my horse is ragged I will catch - it and ride it into the camp.' I dismounted, 1 caught the horse, and rode It into the cUmp. I saw no more of the Prince." "What wats the last order given?" "The Prince said, 'Mount.' I had no order after that, but it the sound of the- volley I - watched Lieut. Carey.- We all of us put : spurs to our horses and galloped." - "How many Zulus were there?" 'I r should judge forty or fifty." I "What were the Zulus firimg with ?" 3 "From the whiz of the bullet that struck r Abel, I know they had Martini-H1enrys." ''Before you mounted how were you f standing?" "We were in line, the Prince I gave the word 'Prepare to Mount.' I was t next to himn. We mounted, but I did not see 111111 do so. H1e was, I think, doing . somethiur to lia bit. All of a sudden a volly v:1, 1 d at us, the Zulus giving a f treiendout shout. Time horses were fright t cied and we could hardly hold them.'Some t broke away and the rest bolted with us. When I got agross the donga, or about fifty yards from the-krail, I raw the Prince on foot, closely pursued by Zulus. Ilis horse was tlme gallopiug off In another direction. I saw O nmore of tihe Prince. I followed 3 Lieutenant Cary.. Ile gave no orders." s "Ii what direction was the Prince rim 1 ning?" i "lie was running after us." e "How many Zulus were pursuing him?" "I think about a dozen." f "How far off were they? "About three - yards from him. They all had guns and 0 assegais." r "Was any effort made to rally or halt, or s any attempt made to save the Prince?" i1 "No; we had only three rifles with us." 8 "How far did you gallop?" About two a1 miles without stopping." a. "Did any one ask about time Prince ?" "No; we were separated." I Trooper Letocq gave evidence as follows: i "Just as we were springing to our saddles Sthe volley was ired fromi te mealles at f teen or seventeen yards, I drolpped my -carbine amid had to disnmunt for it.- Ini re 1 mounting I waus unuable to got my feet into a time stirrups, my hmorse was galloping so B hard from Crighit. I lay across time saddl~le. I I pased thme Prince but was uniable to stop a for him, hlavin~g no0 power over the reins. O As I got clear of thme kraal I pmassed the a Prince. He then had 1hold of time stirrup-) - loather and thme camntle of tihe saddle amid - was trying to get, his foot inito thme stirrup, h ut lis horse was goinig ti fast. I said to hin', 'Depchewz yous, i" vousW pluit, 3 Moansieur, et mnontez Votre cheual.' f He made no reply. Hie had not caught I hold of time bridle; lie could not keel) ump 3 with the horse, andi~ I saw It tread Oin 1him t and the Prince fell dlown. The Zulus ware a firing all time timne, butt I coumld not see thmem. 1 I saw noe more of thme Prince. I followed a Lieutenant Carey. He was leading at first, !C but some of us passedi himn. We galloped two or three miles, tile Zulus trying to sur a round us. I saw Gruibbe and( Wmills coumld niot catch up to us, amnd asked Captain Ca rey to wait for them. Hie saki, 'We' wvili cross thme sprult amid wait for thoem on thme -other sIde.' Gruibbe tand Willis were three e 300 yards blehind us, for their horses were knocked iup."-. S "Were any orders given to stop or rally, or try to save time Prinice ?" "No." "Did any one of you mention the Primnco, or did Lieutenant Carey say anything about huliu? "No; all that I heard. Lieutenant t Carey say all the thnue was, 'Let uis imake ~'haste anti go quickly.'" [I A Slovent's Plea. t a "Why don't you black your boots? asked a tidy lienoite of a shmo~king by uimntidy Lt one. "Seems tonme you'd feel better If you dj spruce tip. "Well, I shall never black my boots. In time first place'it's too much work amnd in ~. the next it's an idiotic custom. What ad vantage is it to have boots black instead of Yred, white and blue, or no color .at all?" It nmakesnme mad to see rational creatures wasting their time and sweating with a brush in one hand ana a box of fAlthy black in time other. i'm souring on the bath-tub,. too. I'm getting to believe its nothing but au blasted Saxon Innmovatiou. Whmole nations ShavO livehd Wthotwshlinl thomeelves. Look at 8p 4I tahy an 'Mexico and Ithe-S~oti@ A d~ republies: Yot don't a 'see "the people scrubbing their hides off as .we do, b$ht the~y manag to rh '91642 very -comfortablf and. objo yRod .haUeh.. I tdon't mind3 going in fr a switn, That's 'tefreshinmg on a hot day, and I enjoy it as Qn thier animal doms. Bu~t il noter go int the wter just- tor the: ske. of bohest: Itdirts Let?'p go and hmave someothing.". 4 n' the te4 ~ess 'ing With 18'/ to'te d$9 0 On Mr. Swan's Mishap. During the rai'y spell Mr. Swan made ip his mind early one morning to rep-tlr a leaky place near the chimney of his roof and set about arranging a barrel on top of a dry goods boc on the rear and lowest part of his building. lie then cautiously climbed upon the barrel and from that to the roof,.knock lug the barrel from its position as he Sprang, and it rolled over near the back fe'lce. lie hadn't said anything to his wife about it, and when that good woman came otr soon afterward and found a clumsy box standing over the elstern she proceeded at once to removL it and also the cover to the cistern, wishig to see hiow it fared during so much rain, and Mr. Swan, who was singing softly to himself as he made his eXan Inations about, took no notice of her. Sihe was about to cover the cis tri again when she caught sight of Mr. Swan moving about in the most reckless kind of way, and uttered a slight scream. Mr. Swan crawled to the edge of the roof and looked down upon her. "What's up?"' he asked briefly. ''Why, Joseph I" she gasped, 'do be more careful, dear." "Pooh !", said the connentoit Joseph, "who's afraid ?" and lie crawled back to the chimney again, while Mrs. Swan went into the house. The roof being wet was exceedingly slippery, and when Mr. Swan began lils descent lie proceeded with the ut nost caution. When he neared the place where lie got up, lie turned tround, and lyltig on Ills stomach, lie p)ushed his feet over the edge Soon is only support was his elbows, and as ie felt thei slipping slowly from be icath him, his legs began to gyrate in x painful mauner,. and * * * "I Cuess lie went clear to the bottom," said the man who lives next door. "Ile tot out o' there sudden and looked {inder dazed like; then lie threw his aammer agin the fence and went into tie house. Then lie came out and deked his dog on to a flower stand and 3hased it out. of the back gate for bowl. ng. Oh, lie went mad, I know, 'cause :te went in the barn and slammed things tround and stayed there all (lay, and when his wife talked to him at night ie broke four cliirs and a table, and I didn't get any sleep till two o'clock. ilie told my wife she was going back to ier inother,-md the shutters are closed, m(d my wife says they ain't been imar ried a year. I guess lie's a ding fool, but then that clstern is about ton fet lee).'' A Battle With Hymn Books. The Rev. W. T. Ellis, of Worcester, Ntass., who clams to have beel an Nvaigellst for the last twelve years, las for several summers been in the tabit of holding somewhat noisy religi )1s services itt a tent in this village, rincli to tihe annoyance of the publc in general, and neighboring residents in particular. Ells' utterances have been 1o coarse and blasphemous, and his gatherings so disorderly, that he and Ils followers have become extremely Lnpopular, and cards have appeared in the Iccal papers, denouncing him as a hypocrite and a fraud. By some means receniitly, lie scutredi the Congregational Dhurchi, wherein lie intended to hold a ineeting. TIhe house was well filled with lis adlmir'ers and followers. Tis fact comiing to tire knowledge of thre Uhuirchi Cornmmittee, they ImmedIately took steps to break uip the gathering, Securing the services of Judge Fisher' sumd tile po01ce officer, they repaired to tire church. Tihe meeting was welt iunder way wvhen they arrivedh, so they wvaitedl for a convenienrt time during the services. Elliis, learning their mis-. sion, undertook to leek the doors, but not until seine of the comimittee andi tire pollenc officer got Inside, EllIs from the pulpit anniouniiced that lie would "stick there against all the powers of hell and the devil's imps who were trying to dislodge himi. Fired by this declaration, some of Ellis' friends nerar est the door imimedlately attacked thre committee and officer', and they were handled very roughly, One of them was knocked downa aind another drag ged over the back of a seat ank choked. The services were suspended, and all hands took part ini the melee. Tfhe ladies stood upon tile seats and onr couraged their friends by singing, "Hold tile Fort," and peltiing the hard pressed comnmitteemen -with hymn books, testamentil and overyrthing else they conlg lay hands on. Several of them in their excitement foil off thre seat on tihe floor, and were trampled by the combartairts and several injulred. Finally Judge Fisher's .stentorian shouts for "order" brought a lull, through not until ani excited lady, by a wvell-directed blow with a hymn-book, had drawn the claret from tire Roman nose of thl venerable Judge, After hrder was restored, Ellis and his wife offered prayers too irreverent and blas phiemous to give In detail. Vainly did the committee, Judge and pol ico-officer endeavor to break up the meeting, whIch lasted till after two o'olook in the morn ing. A~t the close' of the "services" Ellis, coming down tile aisle, approach ed the coinmittee and remarked:" You low, mnea,1y-mouthed lookhiing~wetches lof.the deyit, yotu look as~ tilonugli, yoms had but- now hopped~up out of hell, and the devif thad stuck syou up against the fence to drf. It would .make istomach silck to look Atyot. 1he'iets ip broke up W itofith fgb(Igg , s is #4 tjank ble$' A~e. There Mte 100 slbgAd h~ Idujvi o country. 6 Among tMe Glant cacti. Resuming our journey In New Mex iCo weoon entered the land of giant cacti, Was never more surprised than at seeing the wonderful development of this plant lit this region. Am satisfied that nowhere in the world sich size l attained. The specie called Swatara grows to the enormous height of sixty a feet and measures six feet iu diameter. There are tens of thousands of this specie. Most of them will measure from eight ilches to two feet in diamn eter and reach a height (f twentAy to tlhiirty fent. Some !ave no lir U0Y, nmt e i sebible a high pe - others have from one to three ari .;. They seem to stand I on the top of the .and, with scarcely any root, and m .t receive their nu trition largely from the atmosphere. They are capped with a beautiful flow or and then with fruit. -Tie Indians remove the fruit with a long spike pole t and used it in large quantities. The centre of' this cactus is pierced with a I hard, tough rod, which supports it in I times of storm. So firm l this support that one Is seldom found broken or blown to the earth. When in a state of decay you can extract the center of sup port, which resembles more than any- ( thing else a fishing rod. There are fifteen or twenty dilerent species of cacti growing in this region. The pole c cactus grows much like a large corn stalk. Each year's grow th is indicated 3 by a joint, and a rich tenacious gum exudes fron the surface, caning 'it to burn like pine whon it Is entirely green. There are two varieties of what is called the bulb. These grow in the I form of a ball and nearly the size of a a pint cup. Tite one variety is-armed with thorns half an Inch in length, the I other with a different kind of thorn, much resemblIng and about the length ofa porcupine's qtill. These thorns are as sharp as uedles, and require but i little pressure to penetrate their entire t length Into the foot of a man or the hoof of a horse. Thereis at strong, tall e bird on these plains called the road runner, so-called because It is very fleet of foot and Irequently runs on the road, before the stage. It Is the nat- I ural enemy of the tarantula and rattle snake, and when It finds either Of these animals asleep it surrounds the C unconslous creature with a wall or hedge of this prlekly plant, and then, to awake it. trows vne over on its body. e The animal writhing in pain, attempts f to escape, but in the ef'ort meets a ter rible death. Tim vn.loty hmbYvi, tho short thorns bears a' red-colored fruit, about the size of a small peoteil ; it is very sweet and the juice flows from a gold pen1 as beautifuk red Ink. There t is another species which bears a dil'or- C cnt kind of fruit resembling a cumd her about two-thirds matured. Tthe )ulp1) is of the consistency of the ban ana, but muoli sweeter and very full C of black, flat seeds, the size of a dime. As far as'1 have been able to ascertain a there.are three kinds of fruit growing I on as many different species of cacti in this desert land. Another kind, prized more than all the rest by the Indians, very much resembles our century plant I Tie wild Apaches have for ages d ponded largely on this sustenance. v 1hey boil the root, m-lake it into m %, anid thus eat it and from tile balance of the plant make a sour (1rink, wichl thecy greaitly enjoy. Much more mighlt be said of this inlteresting plant, bait 1 1 wvill return to our 1line of travel. As I the sun ascends towvard .the meridilana ( the heat becomes Intenise. TIhe ther nmometer in these valleys stands a part 1 of the da~y at 129f degrees. Our canl- d teens are often pressedi to our 111)s, and we satur'ate a hlandlkerchlef with cold water and lay it upon01 tile top of thae hleadI, anid, layinlg asidie our hats, corn- a mnit ourselves to the cooling ef'ects oft tile evauporation. Thaus thietourist mnay 1 salve himfself from stinstrloke or brtain fever. Uue of Ice.t To0 a person burninig up with internal fever ice is a comlfort beyond exp)ressionJ. Swallowing ice freely inl small lumlps is the chlief treatment inl inflammation of the-stonm ach. The constant application of ice, ponnded fine, and eniveloping tihe head withl it by means of a culshlan, or othler contrl vamnce, is tihe mnost relab~le renmedy for thlat dangerous malady, inflammation ofthe brain, I whiech so often sends its victin to tile grave inl a few (lays, or to thlat living death, the adhalouse!i Ini all inflamimations, whether internlal or exteral, ie dimmnishes thle size of the blood vessels, and thus relieves thle pain they gIve whena thuls swollen by thleir pressinig against thle nerves whichl ame al ways in the neighborhaood of tile arteries of thecsystemi. DIphltheria, and sioe'of the worst of other forms of sore throat, have' been arrested in a very-shiort timne by pound in~g a piece of ice in a bag, thlen laying thle hlead back, take the lumlps and -swallow' thlem continually umtil relieved, allowing them to be detained in the throftt as long as possible, thlere to melt. In all forms of diarrhea amul dysentery, where thlere. is great thirst, the gratinication of which by drinking any -liquid incfeasdes thle malady,' 1 are promptly controlled,' and in many cased perfectly cured, by simply swallowing ia' large lumps of ice as possible. 1Epilepsy itself, one of the most uncontrollable of human maladies, Is said to bb' treated suc' cessfully in-London !by the applicatien of' ice to thb spinal portion of the stem.... A piece of ice laid on the wrist wil oftep ar rest biofuseo andrdangeouis bleeding of the nose. sIn oronpybwater'as coldas 16e can make it, if applied freely and; ptistodily1 to the that dek~ and ih ittol'4he chetWith a e~ 6r e eo a1TQd* ~o1 ed y ~ eoal~hi FOOD FOR THOUGHT. With God caring for tie, we are strong o live; with God supporting us, we Lre strong to die. We are haunted by an Ideal life, and t Is beause we have within us the be rinning and the possibility of it. A man owes his success in his life York to the woman who walks beside inm. The sweetest thing on earth is a lit le child when it has learned to kiow mld love. flow contagious Is the laugh of some >eople; how Jarring that of others, ike playing on a worn out piano. After friendship and love come be levolence an'l that compassion which inites the soul to the unfortunate. The saddest word of tongue and pen : '1'm joing to pay, bnt I cah't - tell I' is not decided that woinen love nore than men, but it is Indispatable hat they love better. Natute has sown in man seed of know edge, but they must be cultivated to oroduce fruit. A man that keeps riches and enjoys hem not; is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles. When a man speaks the truth you any count pretty surely that he posses s most other virtues. If you sweep your own doorsteps lean you will have little time to criti Ise those of your neighboi. Donii carry your head so high that ou cannot see stumps in your way ver which you may stumble. 'The shortest and most direct road to iopulairity i for a man to be the same hat he wishes to be taken for. The innocence and purity of child iood brings bitter heart pangs to the in-hardened man and worldly woman. Love sees what no eye sees; love ears what no ear hears; and what ever rose in the hea t of wat love pre >ares for its object. People who cannot heartily love and into will never command the first or' :iow the clearing influence of the lat or, If the loved ones would come back.to arth only long enough for us to be for iven, it would relieve imtany a remorse ess heart. The object of all ambition should be o be happy at home. If we are not appy there we cannot be happy else vhere. It is better to wear out than to rust ut. We must not only strike the iron vhile it Is hot, but strike until itis made tot. It is a curious fact that on the track f knavery a misplaced switch will be ound somewhere, and- it is sure to vreck the train. A""' "' ta man who cares no more or one place than anotner and I wit how you In that person one who loves iothing but himself. It Is wonderful what strength and 'oldness of purpose and energy of will ocme from the feeling that we are in he way of duty. As the grave grows nearer, my thuol ,gy is growing strangely sluiple; and 6 begins and erids with 'Christ as the >nly daylour of the lost. We must- change our lives If we do Ire to change our hearts. God will iave no regard to the prayers of those Yho have none to His commands. Faith Is reason's telescope, pointed oward the worlds' that shine beyond, lie natural sight; it is the bloom of the ieart toward God. I-low strange that the stratas-of love nd hate lie so close together that it akes but little to bring te latter ipper nost, when under the pressure of un ~indness or in justice. Genterosity during life Is a very dif orent thing from generosity In the Lour of death. One proceeds from gen inie liberality antd benevolence, te her from pride or fear. A blush Is-Nature's alarm at te ap roach of sin andi her testimony to -the Lignity of virtue; it is a sign which Satiure hangs out to show w here'ehas ity and honor would dwell'. Genius that succumbs to misfortune, hat allows itself to be blotted by the lime of slander, and the other serpents nat infest society, is so much te less ;enius, for neglect is hut te flat'to an madying future. If, our weak, punybhands could reach: ip and rend te sun from his throne o-day, then wvere the same but a little. hing to do. It's'the Far-Off, the grea't Jnattainable, that feeds the passlon we mave for a star. TIhe cold Qhairh of life prqss~th he4Ye iy upon some weary souls, 3pd theys if untrue hearts clbg up thte air 'pasgsA [es Of the world i but 'some' time "the ;olden gate shall. 1e unloosed aid the ron bands broken down. TIhero are acts that n ed no poet to nake poems of them, for they wtll live' hrough ages and ages, on to etriitty. Ind when God olienas the sealed book, in the day of judgment, thtese poems if te history of lives Will the traced:in otters of red and.gsol beheathi the laustr's autograph. - . Childhood enters life at the east, ccorar ng Ia like a yourig *wallow: ben'esth he eaves, and lieing lit~le, lae pt qni reot under thte low-curved rgof. ut. me goes'into tlie naiddle of the Wor d.* Wow swells the ole - above himn and nanhood lis.erect still. hb WestwardyJ vestward is the werd .apde by and by1 se bends his head bine th the' roof~ ['hey say he is phi1, tba$ ife is ftearWl >ver-that he Is looking oa plaofte slop- -but it$ is 041iyr tija hmayolart ,lie rafters. Low an4 Qr de tondt, until with oi*qi'dtb te creeps ont jut bi* nae'~ harth, hnd Is seen n o not.e. -It is neesat$f to duee4 tte ihould bo an lahfl. M4t heiV~A ityo aiil W I