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*1ll-EEKL EDITIONWINNSBORO, S. C., SEITEMLR II, 1879. The fairest action of our human life, Is scorn ng to revenge an injury For who forgives without a further strife. His adversary's heart doth to him tie And 'tis a firmer conquest truly said, To win the heart, than overthrow the head. If we a worthy enemy do find To yield to worth, it must be nobly dono But if of baser metal be his mind. In base revenge there is no honor won. Who would a worthless courage overthrow, And who would wrestle with a worth oas foo? We say our heart. are groat, and cannot yield; llocauso they cannot yield, it proves thom poor : (lreat.hoarls are lashed beyond their power but sold ; The weakest lion will the loudest roar. Truth's school for certain doth this same allow, High heartodnoss doth sometime teach to bow. A nobler heart doth teach a virtuois scorn; T.) scorn to owe a duty over long To scorn to be for bonofits forborne To scorn to lie ; to scorn to do a wrong To scorn to bear an injury in mind To scorn a froo born heart, slave like to bind. But if for wrongs we needs rodress must h'tve. Then be our vengeance of the noblest hnd; 1)o we his body from our vengeance save, A""d let our hato prevail against his mind. What can 'gainst him a greater vengeanco he Than make his foe more worthy far than hoe Her Love or her Life: The road that led from the smatll railway station to the businegs part of the pleasant, town wouid for nearly a mille along the banks of a picturesque streaml, across a voden bridge, and up 'a broad avenue flanked by handsome villas. .l ust.across that bridge, at the close of a dark, sunless day, I stopped before the tall gate of a plain black iron fence, and scruti nized interestedly the grounds and house within the rather. grim enclosure. 'The place attracted me irress'ably,although the uilding was decidedly not a miracle of are.hiteetural art, nor were the great shiver ing pines behind it suggestive of anylking particularly cheery. The low polygonal structure was of brick, red :is jasper, heavy crimlson curtans shaded the (intaint win (lows, and the only door visible was broad and solid, and panelect in curiously carved oak, black with age. Weeping willows and mountain ashes bordered tile wide gras sy walk, and the scentt of hidden violets filled the air. Back under the pines I saw a tall, me lancholy figure moving to and fro, his dark, handsome head bowed, and his white, shalpely hands looked behind him. 'I'll clash of the iron latch startic(j,,him; he looked up, smiled, and ti. once.)lurried to wards me. "You have come," he of ervod laconi cally, but affably. "How do ydu like the place?" "I can scarcely decide that as yet," I re t.urned smiling at his eagerness; "hut it looks to me something like the nest. of a wild bird who by mnistake'builded in a garden of roses. It. Is very tihlike the gay, modern mansion on the other side of the avenue." "I hope you do not, regret having bought it, Philip ?" he commenced un easily. "Not at all, Horace," I assured him pronptly ; 'my business keeps me In this town at least seven months of each year, and I.am heartily tired of the noQisy hotel over yonder. I like the quiet of a ret.ircd home, and I shall employ a housekeeper and make a bachelor Paradise of the houise you are leaving." "'I have somec fine old wine you must taste before youl go," lie remarked as, after conductiing 1me thlrouigh the open dooer and sp)aciouis hall, lie led mec Into a large, dhm room. "Thanks for the wine, if it, will 11elp ex pedite our slight task of busIness," I said lightly ; "I must catch the next train, you know." lie acknowledged miy hint withI a smile, alnd left 11e alone. I draw back the crimson curtaIns of a broad wvest. wlndowv, and gazed( curiously about the apartment. The ceiling was de icatcly frescoed, and the walls exqul stely painted in seine pale-pink tint. The scatedorwthdainty red rsebuds. A tabl ofroseoodandmarble stoodl in thle centre of the room, and .as T aat down be sideit golen eam romthe setting siun flashed through the pre utiso h window and lighted a large pictuire on the wall before me. It was the life-sIze paint lng of a woman-a young creature whose for'm was all queenliness and grace, whose yellow hair was woumnd In; great snaky coils about a haughty but: :aust lovely hlead, whose laughing, imocking lips were as red as rubles, whose akin -was as daintly white as the leaf of a lily, whose eyes and brows and1( lashles were dark as night. She wc)re 501me 01(1 Venetian costume of purple vel vet, draped witih cloudly lace and sownl with moony Yearh. . With a .shudder I tuirnedl away from that ictured vlslon of wickedl, smiling beauty. "it Is the Portrait of Horace Chichester's renegade wife," 1 thought. I knew very little about the domllestie sorrow of my friend. I knew that lie had married one whom lhe had loved passionate ly, that she had ;doserted him, and his trouble had inade hi a misanthrope and1 a wand1er,er; but Ijnmg hcth.ihg more. Al though we hiad leen; Qoilfdehtiai associates in our coliege days,. we hiad boen for sever al years* almost strangdts1alfd ne I -did not care to qluestion lIi$m of a dreui le that he evidently did not.wl*h g dIiiise. But I had no kindness or m6roy fot' th e ilfe who, I believed, had mad6 him the wook lie had become, and whoen I had never acen, . MTtat day hie spoket le~o hier1V th. first time. We had llnished our business and our wine, and lie had accompanied me to the gate through the gathering dusk of the Spring evening. "I shall travel," he said. "I Intend to find my wife wherever she has lidden from me1. I sinned to win her, and if I cannot have her love I shall have her life.'" I could not bear to look upon his agon ized countenance expressive of misery akin to madness, and as I turned my eyes away, a line of cabs came rattling down the slope. From the window of one nearest., it beautiful young face shown for a moment like a star thronith the twilight. I saw the janlty hat with its sweeping white feather, the dazzling hlue eyes, and then the cab rolled On. ''A traveling operatic troupe,"explained my companion, observing, but not. rightly understanding my evident sudden interest. "It Is hilled for a concert at the Academy to-night. "And I have lost my traint and must. wait for the next," I answered rather ir ritably. "G(ood night., Chiehester. 1 shall take the weird old road around the cemne try to the station. It will be a glorious walk in this unl)expe+ted loonlight." The full, unclouded moon was rising as I loitered on, now around a curve where the stream widened like a sheet, of silver, and now under a dim arch of budding trees that shook their scented dews upon me as I passed. As I reached the bridge, a tall, slender wolan. wrlpped in a black cloak, hurried out of the avenute As she saw mle, she littered a sharp, startled cry, and shrank as if in fright. At the sam2e mlolenlt her hood fell back, and In the splendor of the moon light I aw the white face of 'the stranger, who had passed me anl hour before. She was trembling nervously, and sceeed so helpless and bewildered, that I stopped in stantly. "1 1111 sorry I start.led you," I apologize:! kindly: and then noting her doubt ful, crit ieal glance, I supplcmented: ''Or perhaps you have lost your way?" "Not at all," she disavowed quickly; "I 1111 going to the station. WVhen I saw you I thought-" 5he paused, glanced blackwatd appre hensively and shuddered. "('an I help you lin any way?" I asked, puzzled. 1I think not." She smiled as if my voice had calmed her, "I only wish ocatch the traill, that I may meet the New York express at the inext station." "Are you not afraid of the long walk along the river?" I inquired wonderingly.. "Yes," she answered, frankly, "'I aml. But nevertheless I must go. I was to sing in t.he concert to-night," she went on hur riedly ; "but there are reasons, imperative reasons, why I must go to New York at once. The manager was angry---quite furious, ndeed--so, to avoid a scene, I quiet.ly ran away." She said Ihis with such charming nctivec that I laughed, and that laugh made uts friends then and there. She seemed inno cently pleased when I informed her that I, too, was on my way to New York, and should be glad to care for her comfort onl the journey. But not until we were whirl ing away through the moonlight on the idi(lght express did the shadows vanish altogether from huer most. heauteous face. But thlat wild rush through thle delIclAns air seemled1 t.o inspire her, and often she wou01ld laugh like a happy child. I parted from her at last at the house of an elderly lady with whom she residled when not traveling. '"You have been very good to0 rie," she said, as I was leaving lher. "Have I commended myself to your friendshilp ?" I queried. Herm answer was satisfact.ory, andl for weeks I saw her every (lay. I knew she loved me, and I knew, too, that I had loved her from the first. But atlwiays when I spoke of marriage she seemed troubled and1( tundecided. ''We are just as 'happy now as5 we cani hbe, Phillip," site would say sweetly. "No, we are not, Edith," I would pro test ; I want, you for my wife, and1( 1 mean to have you." But at lengthl she yielded, and wve were qulietly married. I was very proud of my wife--proud of the admiration that followed her everywhere-of the honor andl rever ence she won frem all who knew her. She was a heing madle for love and( for a husband to adore. No ignolhe human paissioni Or emotioni ever dist,uurbed her' sweet soul; alnger ando hate and( all p)etty feelings were thIngs her nlatuire could niot know. After' three months of content and happi ness, 1 took Edith to my hiomie, in thle town wvhere I first. met her'. It was early In May. ThIe scent of wild violets was in the an', the trees were buddl(ing aund the grassy lills wore golden withl dandelions. My grim old1 hlouse, set among itsi pines andt weepilng wdllows pleased her. "I shall have that picture taken dowvn," I said to her one day. "I cannot bear to have ev'en the portrait of poor Chiehester's wicked wife in the- same house with you, Edith." "Ohnchester lI' she repeatedl, her blue eyes fixcd on my face with a look 1 could not understand. "Yes, dear," I resumed. "Ilorace fitted up tIs place for that woman before she do sortedl him and ruhtmed him--body, brain amnd soul, I fear." "But that is not the picture of thle girl who was his bride, but never his wife," averred EdIth, wh1o had grown stratigely pale. I looksed at; her in itte wonde.' "I know the whole sad, shameful story," pursued mny wife steadily. "Hforace Chich stor' donceiyed a mad passion for a gal1 whoa had not. the slightest feeling of friendship for him. lHe came to her one night with a pitiful, false tale of her father's dishonor. i 'Marry me now, this hour, and I shall save a your parent from a felon's fate. Refuse me, and he will be in prison before another I day,' said her cruel suitor. Site was scarce- y ly more than a child, and she believed him, y and in her terror consented. An hour after I her marriage her father was brought, home dying, and his last words were a protest a against Horace Chichester's diagraceful act r and unwarrantable accusation. She be- It lieved her vows to be no longer binding, a and refused to see or speak to her husband over again. Though he never held her i lis arms or kissed her lips, though she has steadfastly resisted his claims, he has pur sued and hunted her to-- " 1 "'l'o death I'' thudered an awful voice b at the open door. t For one moment I stood motionless he fore that. savage apparition, and then I I Hung my arms around my poor Edith' b Hut I was too late. There was a sharp re- i port, a smoking pistol was dashed down at i my feet, and, with a wild shriek, the crazed Chichester rushed out of the house, through the lmioaning piies, on towards the river. Edit Ii locked her sweet ara; around my i1 neck. t "lie has killed me. Philip,'' she sighed c faintly, and with her lips against my cheek n she died. at ''hat was the end. Aly love-life was i over forever. a I understood now why my poor girl had so abruptly left the operatic troupe that ' night I first saw her-she had seen Chich ester as she drove past the gale where we C were standing together, and it was from Li him she was fleeing. The picture in the cc dii old parlor was an ideal piece, and was in the house when he bought it. Chichester's body was found in a shallowf of the stream, with the white water-lillies Ia drifting over his upturned face. hi It was -well for me that he was found thus, for I know not what rash thinkr I h might have done in the first agonies of my p grief, with poor Edith's young life calling upon my love for vengeance. Ieild This, Girls, tI Learn to darn stockings neatly, and then always see that your own are in order. Ik not let a button be ofY your I shoes a minute longer than needful. 0 It takes just alout a minute to sew one hi on, and oh, how much better a foot If looks in a trimly button boot than It ti does in a lopsided affair with all the " buttons oft. Every girl should learn to a make simple articles of clothing. " We know a little Miss of seven who could do all this, and who also made the whole of a blue calico dress for her self, and pieced a large bed quilt. She was not an over-taxed child, either, h but a merry, romping, indulged, only daughter. But she was "smart," and at she did not (lie young, either. Indeed. as we have selton known children "too smart to live." Very few die of that t< complaint, whatever their grandmoth era may think. So never be afraid a v bit of' overdoing the business. help at all you can and study over the business 'e daily. Once get into the habit of look ing.over your things, and you will like it wonderfully. You will have the in- b' (dependent feeling that you neced not wait foir any one's convenience In re p)alring and making, but that youl can be beforehand with all such matters. a 'lThe relief to your weary mother wvill a be more than you can ever estimate. h St.ron 4 Tea Sil General John Bleatty, on one occasion g whe~n on a long march regaled himself wlth,what he supposed to be tea, buta was in reality, tobacco juice, and had t been concocted from a paper of chew-d ing tobacco which the General had handed to the servant by nisatake. The General thought once or twice that the "tea" seemed slightly lipregnated with flavor of toLacco, but attributed It to the fact that ho had been smokinga more than uisual for some tinme before, b and that the tobacco taste was there foire not in the liquid but in his mouth. h1 When tihe General returned from his t< mot-ch, he happened to mention to lia servant that the tea tasted like tobacco u Juice, and was astounded at r'eceivingr , the reply, "It is terbacker juice, siri" e "'Why, yout must be an Infernal fool' ii John," said the somewhat horrinled t General, "to give me tobacco Juice to drink I'" "Can't help that, sir; you g, gave me paper o' terbacker and tole me t to make tea of it. Did jest tas you tle me sir." The reasoning was conelu- b sivo, and the General was obliged to t content himself with pom'ing the rest, of' the '(ea" out of his canteen. Something That?s FooIuh, Tlo think the moure a man eats the fat ter and stronger he becomes. To conclude that If exercise is good, ti the more violent it is, thie more good b~ is done. To imagine that 'every hour taken l3 from sleep is an hour gained, TLo act on the presuimption that tIhe s4 smallest room in the house is large 14 enough to 5sleep in.k Tro argue that whatever remedy al causes one to feel Immediately better,Is K good for the system, withotut regard to a ulterior effects. To eat without an appetite, or to con- "M tin ue to eat after it has been satisfied, y. merely to gratify the taste. -h To oat a hearty supper for the plees- ki ure experienced during the brief timo~ f4 1$ is passing down the throa$, at the Q expetlse of a whole night of disturbed i sleep, and a weary,waking Iia the mori. What lim Wife Wanted. I, At the farmhouse gate the other t iorning, Mrs. Whitehall said to Joseph i1 s he was ready to drive Into town: a "Remnember,. now, wfhat I told you. 11 want a spoo1 of thread, No. 00, ten ards of calico with a dot in it, and a p ard and a half of;Ibrown drilling to t no the waist." \ .losph drove int he city as straight P s a bee line and a tappy as an old gi- t til'e when the olrae14. Is out. lie sold I Is butter and eggI Nvas on his way to dry goods store ben.Phe met a man d rho once came vet 'near marrying his t" Ister. This wds I' son enough why o icy should drhail bther, and they It rank. When a in meets a fellow who a light have been h it ier-in-law if a s tule haun't kie gt.he prospective ride aross the d river, he can't. . ilwlvhen to stop inking. Farmer fi Vhitehall couldn'ts tnenber whether e imbibed seven o 'evenf.een glasses, ut the result was same. When he nally got ready t o his trading lie ittered a store and aid: 'I "hiir, I want sI cty spools of dots e 'iz a waist in 'cm I ni That was as plai li he could make it o I any of the half ( Zen stores lie en- a ared, and by and ie suddenly dis- ei ,vered that lie n n't In the right d4 iood for trading. e foind another ti tioon and more be , and It was even- t< tg when he enter a .ieotelry store ti ad said : "Shir, I want a y rdatiiia"lalf of dots ti Iz shixtv in 'em !'. - lie was turned oit, and late in the ec vening lie fell dows on the street, too a# red to go further. ; As the ofilcer rais- fI 1 hin upl he mnurmbred: 01 "Slir, I want ton'yard di'illin' to line w r shpool thread wiz.'' ' Ii Ile wis quite sober when walked out i >r trial, and, moreover, a little anx- a ms to know what had become of all al is.vest buttons and one coat-tail. A ")o you feel better?" kindly asked k is honor, as Ie looked down at the a risoner. "No, sir-I feel worse," was the an ver. "Nice time you had rolling round In y ie street ]ast night." "Squar' '' began the man, as Lo faced t< ound, "this Is the lust time I ever S ade a fool o' myself with both eyes b )il! I've got 'leven dollars down are in my vest, and you kin take It all you'll let me go. I'll bet a cuennter to ole woman didn't sleep a wink last b ight, and shu'll putpt)e o' the boys on Ii hoss and send hin up the road after e this mnornin." "Then you plead guilty ?" "I do. I'm.,guilty, and em idiot to ea )ot 1" t "'D)o yo'u want dust right out for \ 3me ?" \1' "Do 1? Why I can't hardly stand I ill. I want to meet, the boy as fur out i I kin, and I'll tell him I got u psot." al "Can you remlemiber what your wife al Id you to get?" "1 kin. She wanted sixty yards of aist lining, a yard and a half of dots, al id ten spools of calico, and I'll get a, in as I go out." 17 Well, you may go." itt ''Thankee I Whar's my hat-good- ai ve." Womannm Esoapeo fromn Wolves. In the year 1849 (lied ini the town of al reene, Me., an old man uiied Thomn- hi m, who had a thrilling wolf story of fr is own to tell, though the experience vi as too early for his memory, lie being 01 the time a baby in arms. Alr. George h ,Verney relates the adventure in the ewistOwvn .Journal. Mu's. TlhOmias wvas at fisherman's wIfe w~ho Ii ve< ini the TI >wni of Bruniswick, M~e., wvhere Bow- vt >1n College now stands. A t one time ii at mid( not COmeC home, she start.ed oii 'ot to Hlarpswell. a distance of ten iles, to see him, carrying her young- qi t child In her arms. Returning with - load of fish on her.back as well as the fc irden of her babe, she heard a wvolf , )wi in the fom est, and teror quickenedli 3r pace, although she was already fain sink with fatigume' She was midwvay of the flyve miles of bI ibrokon woods witen the howl of the as olf again smot,e her ear, and this time I her voices, one after another, joined P~ 'lThe pack had gathered on her all!I She must climb a tree, one would w ,y'; but she d'd net. She (did not even a irow away hpr fish, er Thei wolves gainedl uponi her moment at f moment, the great gray 'voives of " 1e North, that stand as high as a man c iien they rear. It was a mile and ag rif to the nearest house when she first tI mighit a glimpse of tihe appi'oach of thme s 3mons . ft She had for time last t wo miles walk- at I at her utinost speed: It was now me to ruin. Yet st,ill held( firmnly her U tl>e and her fish. it A qularter of a mile more, and swift as sho-had passed it, the wolves ore wvithina a few yards. $he could e their white teeth and hear their d boring breath above her own. She M osened and threw down.a single fish, al id ran. Th'le Pack discovered rare am mie, and fought together for its pes- n ssion, 1b By7 the time it was eunten the brave si oman had gota qilarter ofda mile in ad-. m lnee; -but the pack were soon at her ta sols again. A nothiertlfih heoked them ti md their snarls and yelsas they again a~ mught eadh other for a bite 4f the say- i r'y freh.h codfish, hur ried ,the labor- ~ us flight of the weary we nml Ifel'bdAaenmyedh h.?y tb aktng It ikd received fromi til aid nace at hi iigth cried lustily, calling the wolv > renewed pursuit. III Valin the po tother tried to soothe her Infant, b nothter tlsh was followed by a fre; ight and precious delay of the pal Again and again the action was r eated, tuntil at length the barking v hunge dogs alarmed the wolvt 'hile the almost exhaust ed mot her ra ast the friendly brutes to the door to farmhouse, thrown open to receh er*. The great (logs are traineod to the uty, and no sooner was the fugitive to house tlat they also retired in got r<ler to the same safe st.ronghold, lea ig the foiled wolves to rage outsid nd tall before the gun1s that we] )eedily brought to bear utpon them. The weary mother found safety an 3st, but whether she saved any of he shi tradition does not relate. Tito Locuiot. The Hebrews had several sorts >custs which are not known to it lie old historlats a(d modern tral ers remark that locusts are very i eirous inl Africa, and In mnany plae I' Asia-that sometimes they fall 111 cloud tlpuan the country, aand eat It mery thing they meet with. Mos escrihes four sorts of locnsts. Sinm iore was a prohibition against usin vlusts, it is not to be qiest,oned th; lese insects were commonly eaten I atlestlane and the neighboring conI es. I)r. Shaw, N lebuhr, Russell an any other travelers In tile ealstel' unitries, represent their taste a ;rceable, and inform i1s that. they al eeluently used for food. Dr. Sha serves that when they are sprinkie ith salt, and fried, they are not ur ke, in taste, to our fresh-wat,er era, 3h. Russell says the Arabs salt thet id eat them as a delicacy. Niebul so says that they ire gathered by ti rabs iii great abundance, dried, an apt.for winter provisions. The ra es of the migratory locust have bee ,:partiel r tttes, so extensive as 1 y waste the vegetation of whole di icts, and even kingdoms. In tI mar 593 of the Christlian era, these ht cts appeared in such vast numbers r cause a famine in many countri fria atnd Mesopotamia were overru r them in 537. In 852 immen:i varms took their flight from the ca18 'n regions into the west, ard destroy I all vegetables not evenI sparing th trk of the trees nor the thatch o>uses, after deovouring the orops c >rn, grass, &c. Their daily marche ere observed to be about twenty mhlt Leh ; and it is said that their progret as directed with so much order thr lore were regular leaders among thei ho flew first and settled on the sp< Ill was to be visited at the san >ur next day by the whole leglon heIr 11marches worn al ways i dertake sunrise. in 11-11, incredible hos iicted Poland, Wlallachia, and all tI hjoining territories, darkening til in with their nuImbers, and ravaglin 1 the fruits of tie earth. 'he yeai 47 and 1748, alforded a mi emorab. stance of tle ravages of these Insect Germany and other parts of' Europ far north as England. A12t,werp from a Chaurch~ Spire. After wvandelring th1rough1 the cathledr' d( its chapels we scended the spire1 veC a yiew of the city. Five hiundredl as uirteen stone steps) load to the top), anid tl ow repays tile clim2binig. You look dow I the narrow windh112g streets and ti 412ses with their smalh 00ourts, tile p)eOp nak like children. the parks and gardei retch out as8 far as you canl see to the bht a-like hlorizonl of Flanders and Hlollan<o lie Scelodt looks yellow and silent, Li: seels aleep 0on Its breast, the sires < e churches rihse up below you, the ol ,uses8 by tihe (quay lean downi to theo wta id the guide shows tile house8 of Chiar e F"ifth, the 01(d Spanish 1101180 anId U: wer necar the watier of the (lays of tile Ii diaitioni-and1 n10 one knows how (11( it -and( the bells and2( cihhnes are all1 ringia r the Fete Dieu1, and1( youh go dlown to 11hi 0ecrowdos ill holiday attire, pou1rin1g froi mee8 and church. TIhe houses are 11un2 Ith garlands of paper roses 11nd( lighte ndies and imallges of the Madonna ani inuts. Oldl women withl long cloaks an oad flapping lace caps counit theIr beat they standl( waiting withI candles in the mda(1, and1( through the stree0ts 'where tIl o0nessionl passes0 thley are sprinkling wihi n1d, and1( over thatt daltSies and1( green leave ie crowds 1line the narrowv siodewalks, tl: slice clear the streets, not a horse < 1lgon to be 80021, and1( amIid( the ehhining< thousand 1)0lls the procession1 leaves LI: thedral and2( colles slowly dlownl tl~ reets. A band plays a solemn gran arch, a ehorus of niale voices foliow, the >me thle onicials and1 dignitan~es of thi by in black suits, bared heads, whil oves and1( caIrry'ing huge lIghted candles en the altar boys In scarlet aInd whil riniging inicenise, ai processionl of piests I il robes, hearing banners and crucifixo idl th10n a goldlen canlfopy uphe21ld by fot 'lests and und1(er it the archbishop carryit e host, chtildrenu dressed In white thro >wers befere It and the pophle all kneel passes. wonderful Tencity of Life, Thiirty-three years ago, an Egyptis sert snail was received at the Jirith uiseumn. The animal was known to 1 lve, as it had withdrawn Into its 81101 id the specimien was accordingly gummeco outhi downward, on to a tablet, duly la sled and dated, and left to its fate. 11 iad of starving, this centented gastropc inply went to sleep, in a quilet way, *at Iver woke up. again for four years. TI blot was theni placed in tepid water, ari e shell loosened, wihien the dormant s ddenly resuscitated hImself, began wall g about the basin, and finally eat for hb rtralt. Now, during thee four 1ear e snail had never eaten a unionthful 4 y food, yet he was quite as ivella as )trishing at the end of "the period fts i id been at Its beginning. J3cic JakFinehart. )r Jack t"inehart had a noted name It in Texas, in A riz-na, in Kansas, in New Mexico; not a gamb,ler fron'i'ex as to the Black Hills but respected the 0 name. An expert gambler, an uner ring shot, unequaled as a companion on a spree, he was. nevertheless, serupu Il lously honest, teider-hetrted, sensitive i and easily provoked to tears, lie had one love allair, and it was the rinance in his life. I don't know the history of it. Nobody does but .Jack, and he "was not comunicative abcut it. It. seens that his brother was equally In ' volved about the girl, and, after nuch bitter feeling and exchanges had been e indulged inl between thein respecting the lady, they came to an understand d. ing thoroughly typical of ti'e hard, un 'tr compromising nature of western qu,i'. rels The understanding was to the ef.ect that the in pledged themselves never again to speak to the girl, the f penalty for an infraction of this rile 9. being that. one brother should kill the other. This was the compact. To alny i- one ftiiiliar with the history of the -' West there is not,hing straug', utinat e urial or startling about It. Tie broth. P era separated, and each went his way. ' This was some years ago. ''his sum e ier Jack sought, out, his brot.her, atd g found hiim in Deniver. Hie told hit t briefly that he had broken his oath,and It that he wanted the cothpact kept. - There was nu.thing about Jack's de d neanor that indicated fear. lie war. ii tmelancholy -ind quiet. This indeed Ls was his habitual man ner. lie wits firm I In hits determination to die by his broth 1 .r's hand. The witness of the coi d pact was in Denver. lie was found by Jack, and the fact was narrated to him. lie offered renmonstrance, of course; n Jack was as tirm as iron. Hils Influence r over the wItness, and the desire of the e latter to see it out and put inl as many d obstaeles as possible induced him to ao company his friend. '1'he brother was n waIting, and tuey walked out on the 0 Platte river bank. It was late in the ;- alternoon. The sun was making count e less beautiful shapes and colors over ' the niountains. The air was cool and s dry, and the earth looked very fresh andl([ green. It was a singularly invit u Ig aspect, and the world never ap e peared more tempting as a place of res idence. '1'he men spoke not a word,, but strode steadily along, Jack In front. e The witness was alarmed and horrified. lie knew not what to do. It was,.Ln. possible to inlluence those men; but he could not now back out. They at last reached a quiet spot in a shady valley. t The Platte ran beside them, and would carry the body of Jack along with It in a ow motnents. They paused. Jack drew t Derringer and examined It care fully. Apparently satisfied with his inspoetlti, he cocked it and handed It t.o his brother. Then walking a few c rods he turned a two-thirds profile to o wiard him, presenting his heart as the mark to shoot at. There the Texan g stood, with his arms folded and an Ox o pression of quiet melaicholy on his face. "I ain ready," he said, casting a sin gle glance at. his brother, with whom lie had previously shaken hands, and then tnr'ninig his gaze toward the rivet'. The brother took (iClbibeate aim, and pulled the trigger. Tihie catrtIdge did not, explode. Jack fluing a quick look Sat it, and1( seeing his brother about to n try againi, on1cC more gazed at the rivet'. e After another long ahn11 the brother e suddenily t.hre'w the pistol into t,he iv s or andl wheeled a bout. Jack advanc-.d In anger'. "You're a pejurer," hie saidl. "'I Swould have killed you.'' d 'The brother' did not reply, bitt turnt r 0(1 atnd walked toward home. 'Jack followed with the greaitly re 0lleved wItness. lie did not utter' a word unztil they p)arted In D)enver. Hie made repeated efi'orts to induce his d brot,het' to carr'y OUt tihe cotmpact, aind ai soeemed more anixIous to (lie the more h~le rnoected upon01 is escape. lie apj d pear'ed to court death with moody anx lety, and1( lonigafter' this affair had eens a 0(1 to torment lhim, this stranige, res5t r less desireC to meet death by vIolence e seemed to haunt him, A t tht ree o'cloek eon the morning of hIs (death (he ro.. mained upi beeatse lie was fillied with eh ufoatIng sense that death wvas ,comig), lie wvalked down SIxteenth e strect witih a frIend, and said : C "It's contling, comlig, I feel It in the (i alt'; butt I don't know how, anid I'd "' lIke to knowv, I've got tihe 'sand' to dlie a game, and I'll die ini my boots, but I'dl like to know how it's comting." , "You ought to go somewhIere,Jaick," ni said his fr'iend. , "TIhere is not a sp)ot in thIs wvestern r counitry where Jack Finehtart, Is not, in gdanger," lie replied. At ten o'clock lie was atteniding to Ihis duties as yard-master. A switch. ,ongitie was goinig dlown the yard be [hind a piassenger' tr'aln, ancdJack,knw, n .lIg the engineer to be a Deonver & Rio hII Grande man, and being dllstr stiul of e him, jumped on the step and relalo'tg wIt,h him. Tihe rloketty engine wvas 'goinig very fast. It wont off the rails 'and fell over, and Yard-master Flne h iart was crushed to death 'and badly. m nitilated. The engIneer was also d killed.. C '. T think that a man who was cover d ed from head to loot with knife and pis, ol scars *a man whose d46t1 was manay ties duo, perhaps, fr6m'ti hands of Uother, men, should thieef ttat laselby a ; alofagdp. fudera Was a* f tendel byg1at n an ache die h A'eme o fago id sli Anoatotes of Napoleon. One (lay the Emperor Vas ilding by a window,through it he saw a tailor at work. Being inclined to have some sport, the Emperor stopped opposite the window which was open, and cried out "What Is your employment, my fine fellow ?" "I am a tailor, sir,'' said the man. The reply waR so appropriate that the Emperor took the Cross of the Le glon of Hlonor froa his own breast,and maie hlint a Topographcal I Enigineer on the Spot. In the earlier part of sprilg, Napo leon was in the hablitof rising early and walking in plit dross by the side of the Seine. One morning in the course of llls perambulatio's, ho onceountred Jne of' the fraternity of wash'erwomnia comnionly known as laiundresses. See lug her drinking something, the Em peror said: "What is that you are drinkluig, madame ?" ''Water," said she. "Water?" said the Einperor. 'Yes: one miust needs driiik water wheln one can get nothing else.'' 'ie Emperor said nothing at the mo ment, but the next day the old woman was surprised upon being Informed that his Majesty had been so pleased with her exhibition of contentment, that he had assigned her a pensio01 o'a hin(red thousand francs per year. A farmt laborer was walking with lils shoes in his hau'.l along the road, when it happeoned that the Emperor was passing. "W13hy do you not put your shoes upon your feet, iny good fellow ?" lie said. "All ! I may injure them oti the peb bles of tIhe road," said the peasant. "Why, then, by avoiding that, you may injure your toes," said the Em peror. "True, sir, but they will get well of their own accord again, while a shoe out of repair, will cost something to mend."' Napoleon admired his economleal philosophv so mtuch, that ho illmedi appointed him liinlster of Finance to the Empire, with the title of the Due -de abot. mediately after the battle of Aus .' ftz, Napoleon was riding over the in,$of battle, giving directions as to :,hie wounded and dead. In his pro ess he saw a caimp follower, who appeared to have been wounded in the cheek. "You appear to having been doing a soldier's duty." said Napoleon. "Oh I a pitch plaster vill Make It all well in a day or two," 'I'ho Emperor, struck with the intre pidity of the man and the originality of the renly, made himi a Marshal of the Empire on the field, and ever after held him in the highest respect. Reptiles in the Stouitch. Dr, England, of Newark, New Jer sey, lately took five lizards from the stomach of a colored woman in that place. When called upon the doctor exhiblited twvo of the lizards, preserved in alcohol. One Is four iliches in length and1 tile other about two and one-half Indes. T1hey are of a light mud color, amnd are perfectly formed. The larger one Is half anl in1ch in diameter at the thickest part, near the shIoulders and hlead. D)r. England said thlati when he drew the large one from Luqy Davis's thlroat shle ecreamed so loudly that a score of colored pleople flooked'lnto the room. When they saw the lizard crawling on the floor they stood with mlouths agape and eyes starting fromi tihe sockels. lie never saw such a ter rified set of people in his life; Lucy Davis's ease, Dr' England added, was all unulsual one, although lizards h1ad before existed in the stomlachls of hu-i man51 beings. Hie tempted the largest lizard up in Lucy's thrloat by puttinig a decoetion on her tongue. Whien the head( or tile lizar'd appeared, lhe seized it with an instrument andl quickly pulled it out. "WVhen I was a stude,nt with the late Dr. E. P. Whetmor.Q pf Brook lyn," said D)r. England, "I. as.slated in a some1whalit similar and. ver'y pecullar' case. Dr. Whetmore wassumiponll Lo attend a lady living r.ear Flatbysh. lie took meC with him. We st'rived at tihe farm in the afternoon, and saw, the pa tient. Dr. Whietmore toh'her not to eat anything that evening,'and he would attend to hler the next day, Early the next morning the old doctor without saying anything to nib or tile lady, procured a pan of frdsh, warm milk t rom thle barn. 'lHe eartled thle milk int.o tIle house, and told the lady to sit In a chair near the wlnd6w. Hie then bandaged her eyes, and made mue hold( the pan of milk close to her' month anId no.triis,. In a-.few minutes the lady began to bresthe as though she was being smothered.. ,.D Whet. mnore, who had been -apziously looking down her -throat, suddenly.nserte4 an Instrumen t, and in a few sepo.rQs p)ulled .out a milkt snake, Th.e,bui Went into convulsions, but soon recovered. T1he snake was as beautiful a stpo9@gin of a~ milk sukke I ever saw. It w.nses.i twvo feet in leghand.half anriah olrcumference. it was ot 1lupe. color, Wvith creams'bre~oe lady recove 4d he6 l cause ob r I ;