The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, September 18, 1879, Image 1
TRI-WEEI.LY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., SEPTEMBER 18, 1879. VOL. III.-NO. 9
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AHow I love the hour of twilight,
When the chldren gather niear:
And; drawing close their chairs bosido me,
This petition greets ny ea
" Please, dear sabtor, tell a story.
Toll just one, now, only on ."
Speaks anottier .ittlo ploader,
Yes, it is the best of funt."
In my lap the youngest nestles,
White arms round my nook ontwine,
And from out the miety shadows
Her blue eyes look up to mine
While in answer to their pleading
For " one more--oh, just ond more !"
Mixture quaint of truth atad legod,
Bring I from my little store ;
Muatehes wild from dim traelition,
Mixed with tales from Indian lorp
While between. in fasmuy's gardens,
Fairies dance about tho floor ;
Pictures old from history's pages.
Wearnug stilb the bloom of y. utit
Itarest gen ian riohest sett ngs
Frotn the holy book of truth.
Darkness gat':ers-shadoA lengthent
- Sinks the head upon the hand ;
While I sit and droalu. aid wonder,
Of the future-shadowy land ;
Will my darlings gem tho,r pathways
With pure thoughts and deo's subliu
Iloly Father I guide and keep ' i'm
All along the shores of tine !
The Wife's Appeal.
'I he wise people--tlitse wio manage
their neighbor's affairs in theory much bet
ter than they (1o their own in practice
shook jtelr heads in solena conclave when
Mr. lHepworth married the second time;
but aill added shade of venom was In their
councils when the village paper notleed, In
a flowery paragraph, ti birth of a son and
heir at the great house.
Poor ( laice," they said, "has no
chalnce now. It was !-.d enough when
Itcpworthl married at chit of a girl who, of
course, cared for nothing but his mtoney ;
hul. now there is a son, there is no hope for
Clarice."
A young, fair woman, herself in the
very spring-time of life, yet having already
taken the holy ties of wife and mother into
her pure heart, knelt In one of the rooms
of the great house-knelt to bring her
beautiful face nearer to the cradle pillow
upon which rested the soft cheek of her I
lliby ho''.
'T'he lchild of wealthy parents, she had
narried the man she loved and who loved
her, and had gone from one home of luxury
to preside over another.
She was very beautiful, and many had
thought It a great sacriflce when she mar
ried a man as old as her own father, yet in
her sweet humility she only prayed to be
worthy of the love bestowed upon her.
A low knock at the door aroused her,
and rising to her feet she answered the
summons.
Upon the threshold stood a woman, a few
years older than herself, who led by the
hand a hatklsome boy who had seen two
sunmmers only.
The woman was poorly dressel, in a
shabby mourning suit, but the child wore
dainty white garments.
" )id you wish to see 1mc? " Mrs. IIep
worth asked, smiling upon the child.
"May I come i?" was the woman's
question in return.
'' Certainly. You look tired "
The stranger accepted a chair and looked
sadly aroundl the room.*
"Everything ia altered," she said in a
mournful voice. "Perhaps I had1( better
stayed awvay. Mrs. IIep)worthi, you have
heard of Clahrlee Mandersont? "
" I have not," was the reply. " I amt
almost a stranger here. We have been
traveling ever since I was martled until, a
few months ago "
''And you ntever heard of me ? " saidl
the stranger, the tears rislig in her eyes.
"''[len my errand here is indeed hopeless.
If, in is new happiness as your husband,
my father never event spoke my name, it is
useless to hope lie will forgive me."
" You father ? Mr. I Iepworth youir
father? lie told me lie had lost. his only
dlaughiter."
"Not that I Ias (dead; I was lost to
him by my own disobedience. You love
miy father?"
Just a smile, prondo, happy andi tender,
answered her.
" Then you will uinderstand mec," said
Clariee, " when I tell you 1. lovedl iiy huts
band better thanu father, home or duty.
Father would not hear of our marrIage,
-and sternly forbaide me. to speak to Lucien
Manderson, assuring nie.that lie w~as a for
tune hunter, a~ gambler, ansi unworthy of
my love. I wouild not believe thi . TIo
me ~ he was the nob)lest atnd bestot men,
anid for hinm I left all to ily.secrotjy fromii
home and father',. I haVe .leda .li1terly
l)iiished. Whten-th1oteiNpldJr ng for
giveness was returned to'ice by my fatheqr
with a few brief words castlbig ,me fronti
his heart amid love, niy hushand provet)
whiat I hiad so fondly hoped was false. Hie
had married the only child and presumned
heiress of Ilepworth, the luillionaire, and
found himuself burdened with a penniless
wife. I spare, you the history of the four'
years of -nia6led nllSory that followed.
Th'Jen 'my hiusba'nd and oldest chIld d1ied of
conitaglotli fevd, hteitenthms later, on
theo very day this boy Was born; I heard of
my father's mharriage, . returtled here,
hoping for pardohghbitt hd 11bae wves shut
upi. 'When ye ei.io, .1 deterined to
muake one more effort fpr forg(feopits, hop.
lng you waftid plead foi me' Thihin if he~
was an,outoftst ffott ile#30 ~Mop6y or
strantger th'e gift of hsbIrthr1ht
"If my: pht'ar WI)L 1C9 i dthere'
Clhe Wioi haitgit lea QiW#th tde
of tears from her face, and came agaii,
smiling, to the anxious group.
" Cheer up, Clarice," she said bravely ; co
"what is your little boy's name?" tri
" Stephen. It was the naine of 111y we
brother who died. My first child was a
called after my father." W
"Stephen,'' said Mrs. Hepworth, open- tie
ing her arms, "comie here, darling, and an
kiss your grandniother:" mI
'T'le child sprang at once to the lovely to
grandmother, kissing her again and again. co
*utting him into his mother's arms the NI
young wife lifted her own baby froim its str
cradle and left the room. ex
in the(i da rkly-furnished library, Mr. he
Ifepworth was leaning hack in his aria- cl
chair. to
A light step roused him from his reverie wi
and his wife stood before himt. att
Over her morning dress of delicate rose col
color, that suited well her fresh -young it,
beauty, fell the long white robes of the man
infant she carried with all the pride of tot
miothterhiood.
oler husband opened his arms to enress ultt
both, and laughed as he said ; Ml
" Oh, these mothers I 1)o you suppose, thi
madame, that babies are admuitted into the ]
sauct uns of legal gentlemen ? " 80
" I do," said the mother, " if the legal he
gentlemen have the additional honor of O'(
being their papas.'' wl
" l,isten to this most conceited of moth
ers, comparing legal honors with the own- as
erstip of little pink roly-polies like that I " Co
" )id you know, llirold," said Meta, dri
her lip quivering slightly, as she felt the tl
deep import of her words, "that, this is til
my birthday, and you have given me no su
gift?" feI
'" You are impatient, little wife," he an
swered, thinkii'g of the costly bauble that. or
was to come without fail by noon.
" But I would like to choose my own in
gift," she persisted.
" What can I give my rosebud that. she pa
ha1s not already ? " col
" Does not your oflice include the power J ill
of pardon ? " she asked, her sweet face to
paling wtitli earnestness. II<
"Ii at limited degree it does," he replied, sh
"' but, dear one, I shouldn't like it to be ch
known that I had shown clemency to a bo
crinnnal upon your solicitation. You nill
would be constantly annoyed by the loving si
relatives of scamps trying to move 1me to w
pity through your intercession." lie
I But this is not a case of roguery, larn
old-only a true penitent ; one who erred u1
in extreme youth, was led from a path of
duty by a love as warm and true as our
own, but mistaken. Oh, dear husband, do as
bu
you not know for whom I would plead?i b
Cannot you guess for whom I would beg as
'Clarice," tie asked, hoarcely, " who al]
has told you of her? "
"She has come herself- to seek your for
giveness."
"She is here? "
"Yes. You will forgive her? For the t c
sake of our own boy, Ilarold, let this he a fr<
home for her and Stephen." , l
Stephen " lie cried, starting. Ci
" Her son. IIer husband is (lead. She
is widowed, poor and-lonely. Lot her re- thl
turn to your home and your love, Harold. .
There was a moment of silened, and the slh
mother softly carried the strong, right hand
of her' hushand in her own until it rested Jo
upon the hiead of the babe in her arms.
He k,oked down anid said: p1
"I will grant your blrt.hday wish, Metia- an
TPake 1me to Clarice." -W1
With a tend(er, loving kiss upon01 the band
that still rested upon tier child's head, Meta co:
1led the way hack to her own pretty sitting
room, where Clarice awaited the result of m11
tier errand(. Ju<
She wvaitedl, wvitht fast throbbing theart.
and trembling lips, for the wordls that were go
to give ther sorrowing lonely heart p)eace Yi
and rest, or the stern mandiate that wvould
close the doors of hionme upon01 her and hecr 1)u
boy fore vor. ie
IIer gratitude could necver fail, she felt sh
slure, for the beautiful woumn who had( so) ed
lovingly undertaken the oilice of miediiator
omi lien behalf, and the tears rolled dlown thi
tier cheeks as shie tthoughit of the unsieflfsh
tenduierness of tier stepmiiothier.~A
As shte heard the steph coing across the
widle hiatt towardi the room where she was
seated, tier agitation baecame too great for ax
p)atient waiting, and she stood uip, holding11
her child by thme hand, tier breath coning "
in quick, panthlig sobs8, tier eyes dhilaitd
with s1usese and tier whiote figure quiiv
ering with intense~ emotion. (1da
1t was t,his eager, flushed face that met ,
the father's eye as he opened the door-the d
face of the child to whom tie had guveni the
entire strength of lis love for years. (X
He forgot hier waywardness, her dtisobue
dtience and1( the six years of absence. b
lie remiemb.ered onily tthat she was his lio
only dhaiplhter, the ehildi of his (lead Clarlee, t
And lie openeid h's armshu, with a snilhe that
carried love and forgiveness to the sore
heart. -I
There was a cry of: ll
' Father, dear, dear fattherl " to
And they were foled fast ini each other's dam
armis, whiilpi Meta drew .wondering Stephien dki
into an inner room anid closed1 the door. sol
*It.twas not, long that Stephenl was witpi- hh
hold front hula grandfitther's kIss, for fathaer hhi
amnd daughter alike ,urned .to the gentle ini- roi
fluenaco thafi bad tnited thiem once more. - drt
* The gosaIps aire divided in theIr optiinins be
a to thei eacet anloift ok htIred.amid jeajl- 13
ousy exIsting between thi young widowed ar
dlaughlter and the youiig wife at the great ac
hiouse, bunt tt would be quteolbeyond the hi
pqwer of their.iarrgwrininida to undernand ""
snich true sIsterly love a.a oiA e toon
Olticea Manderegn and Mr, IegWou~b
fNJhjoleotrarai?eopfoud A~
rA itonecd hd ed ti hrM
A Halloon Line.
Several publieltions have recentil
been made in regard to a projected lin
of balloons to run between Spanisl
Fort and New Lake End. It has beet
found impracticible toconstruct, with
out great expense, a railway hetwe
those points, owing to the swampy nia
ture of the grotind. The detalls of tl
contemplated balloon )iave not bee
correctly or fully statei, and are glve
below. The plan is got original si
far as the principles in-olved are con
cerned, but the applkelttion is genius
It is well known that, while balloon
have been constructed eih are caia
ble of sustaining very 1 rge weights,mt
successful method of, directing thi
course of the air-ship h s been devised
The plan referred to a 4ve utilizes tht
full lifting capacity of $,he ballopn at
provides the moans ofq controlling it;
movements, Spiles oiIl posts are sei
along the lake shore, ma ing a completi
circuit, resembling a . lograph line
Along these posts on th' top are pliacet
guide rails, of a peouilar form. Fit
ting thesb rails, and sl ing freely of
theni, are riders or 4ttaehliments t<
which are made fast tile guide rope,
holding and guiding the balloon, ant
so arranged as to braeolt against tht
wind from any directton. Fitted it
the posts are pulleys, pver which i
passed a wire rope, making a complet
circuit like a belt and gliding on tih
pulleys; and this rope i moved at and
proper F'ate of speed by an engine sta
tioned at a proper point in the circuit
The balloon la miate..i.i anm elipticii
form, the length twice the height an<
pointed at the ends, thus giving thi
least surface for resistance to the atino
sphere. From this suspended by tih
uetting which envelops the balloon is at
iron frame, on which the ear is hunj
by double ptyots,siminlar to a siilp's bin
nacle. The weight being in the car i
remains lia its proper position. beinj
braced by the guide ropes, while th<
float or balloon oscilIates above it I
moved by the wind. 'T'lid car is fRttet
with a grappling attachment which
passes through tackle in ihe frame ant
to the car. The moving wire rope I;
seized by the grappling ptook and thi
car and float move forward, drawn h
the endless rope and gniged by thq rud
(ders which slide along tiral1,Ifron
which It is impossible foi' them' tp be
come detached. I f it is ,neceessaiy .'
stop, the grapple cain be $et go installt
ly and the car stopped.," Auly numbe
of cars cal/ T' u4e1i, following eael
other at short intervals. The guld
ropes can be lengthened at will and th
car allowed to float at any desire
height, being under perfect control
I'lie posts having only a weight of th,
guide rails, and no grading being re
qluired, it will be seen that cost of con
struct.in is comparatively small. 'I'hi
plan appears to be leasible.. It remain
to be seen how it will work when pu
into actual operation. It the attemlp
is successful, the aerial route will b
extensively patronized. It Is under
stood that a company is be1lig .formei
to undertake the enterprisp.
Hunting Orang-OuTange.
"'o get dow.i to business, Mr. Ilorns
day, i'd like to liaten to your own ac
counmt of orang-outang huintlminm i o
neco,'' quothm a y'oumng moan wit,h a peu
cii anmd note-bookc.
"'All righmt; fire uaway 'with' you
quecstions anmd Ill keejp evien wIth you,:
replied time naturalist, as lhe gav
anmothmer twIst to the ix padding wviti
whmichm lhe wvas winding thme wooden-tri
skelet,on and iroi' rod to f1i1 out one c
the largest heast's hid(e.
"-When and hmow did you, get settles
downi to bu,siness as ahunter in Oormneo1
"It was In the fall of 1878-I think 11
tihe nmonth of September, that I shc
this specimnen upon01 whiichm . am no~t
workliing. iIe wais inm size Anmd weigh
next-to tihe largeston 010 secu'd-velghi
a little more than 170 pounds. Tm
orange ihabit time river coilntry an'
adljacenmt marshes, whmere thmere is quiit
a growthm of scrubby forest. One day
as several of my piatIve assistants ai
myself were p)a(ding'our boat lazil
downi the river, we heard one of thmos
howls, or growls, or bellows, whici
could not beirmlstakeni for anything els
thani thme expressive voice of a good bI
midas. We kepta close lookout,anmd by)
and-by I caught the first -glimpse c
one of those great, red, shmaggy. knee
up in a top tree. Thlen I saw tihe ugh;
01ld monstor lazily reachIng from bougl
to bouigh--and the sight of: such al
orang, reaching six or seven feet ever;
time, was a Mpcctacle. to ghid
wvaited my opportunmity, fixed tihe sLoe
of. mny guin anmigly agalinstiny:shmo.l}(g
amnd direw a bead1( on hmis majohty. TIh
rifle ball lodged in his great, broad cesi
and his huge, ugly forainswavod a~ litti
in the struggle b. tweenom lifeoaid death
Thien diown Jt c'imie ith a rattlin~
crackling erash, almost fallIng into omi
boat, -which wvould certainly hmdv
swvamnped us. OhmS how I wvoit.d like
shmoot that ol fellow ov,er kk ilf now
'There iyas, game foriy pu, such: as ti
American hunter would hardly fee. or
coutraged to dream of. I :ht sx e
eight,tf the natives tb asi0i"eO,an
th0y at once doolarea thttly a tm
larget mials they had ever seen. "A'<
cordingly they gave :iml eJ n4n
"TIajah-Ped'ang," or, In vo'Ids
time.Goveruofor ~e(14img. ?,ii~ re al
nietAnre to 4.a atig thing 4UhtIf
the form-of nian orchbeest) aa.
There'aK the Differeneu.
Alr. lowerman and wife left for the
mntry. One could tell that their
inks were not over half full, as they
re pitched Into the baggage car with
crash. They began a week ago.
ien the subject wits broached he Raid
preferred to pack his own trunk,
ii he didn't propose to take a whole
mnth to do it, either. All lie intended
take along wvas an extra sult, and he
ild throw that in most any way.
ght before last he began work. It
tick him that he'd better put in an
tra pair of boots as a foundation and
flung 'em in the corner with his
an shirts. The shirts didn't set
ride very well, and lie ibraced them
th two pairs of trowsers. .Then. he
ifled his Sunday coat pockets with
Jars and culls and found a place for
used his white vests for "chinking,"
ii the balance of his clothing just fit
I in nicely.
'The man that takes over ten nin
is to pack a trunk is a dolt.!" said
Bowerman, as he slammod down
lid and turned the key.
4Irs Bowerman had been at it j ust
-en days and seven nights, and when
r husband went up stairs at ten
lock she sat down before the trunk
thi tears in her eyes.
'You see how It is," she explIned,
lie looked down upon her in awful
.itempt. "I've got only part of my
-sses in here, saying nothing of a
usand ot.her things, and even now
lid won't shut down. I've got
Ah a heaiaclhe I must lay down for-a
v minnutes.''
5he went awa' to do it and Mr. Bow
nan sat down and mused :
'Space is space. The uise of space is
knowing how to utilize it."
[temoving everything, he began re
iking. lie found that. a silk dress
tid be rolled to the size of a quart
C. A fres',ly starched lawn was made
take the place of a pair of slippers.
r brown bunting fitted intothe niche
3 had reserved for three handker
Iefs, and her best bonnet was turned
ttom up tn its box and packed fulLof
derulothing. lie sat there viewing
flicient empty space4to pack inI a
ole bed when she returned and sail
was the only real good husband in
sa world, and she kissed him on the
se as he turned the key.
'It's simply the difference between
sexes," was his patronizing reply
he went down stairs to turn on the
rglar alarm.
flhen that wife* opened that trunk
t night-I But screams and
rIcks would avail nothing.
"When Judge Meet" Juidge-"
kt ten o'clock Johin Judge, a sun
rned citizen in a red shirt and torn
users, threw his hat on the floor in
mt of tL.e bench of the Jefferson
irket Police Court, New York
y.
'Aha I Good morning Judge," said
Court.
'The same to yersel' Yer Wur
Lip."
'ilow long have you beenI a Judge,
bn." -
'Longer nor you, I guess, sur, only
s not acoushtomned to take may sate.
the samie soide o. the bench as Yer'
.i rshulD.*'
'Whien judge meets Judge, theni
mes-" rt.imairked H is Honor.
"Thmin th;ere's sure to b)0 throubie an'
reover, whini tihe ollecer says w'an
Ige got drnuk."
'lie could scarcely stand iup when I
,hin in Thompson street last night,
>ir Honor," said the oileer.
'No; sor," said John, "I was aft,ber
ttin' In six toil av coal phin this of
er kerm and hot me between the two
ophiers wvud his elbow an' shtagger
mie.'
'Surme it wasn't thme whisky cautsed1
Sstaggering."'
'Yis sor'. I'm no Judige o' phusky.
1 was--'
'You woujjln't be here."
'WVell, I won't say aigin that, but I'll
Yer Honor's pardlon, an' beg Yer
nor to be a little laynment botune
rsel's, that Is wvan juidge an' another,
was the ehi ainge o' the weather sill eted
, Yer Wu. .hup."
'Well, a change of quarters for fiye
vs will do you good."
'Ho ll hauvo to go down for folve
ys?"1
'Only five days this t,inme," said1 the
urt.-e
'Well, tlPat's not so bad, but It migh t
wvorse," said John, pieking up his
d anid nmarcbilng .after his captor to
3 hiomie of the "sampiller."
A Ilomanoe.
A p)romislig .young mnani of Mays
ie, Ohio, son of on1e of its esteeimed
irhants, was eng~aged to be miarrie(j
a b)eautiful youing lady, who, a fewv
ys before thle wedding took sick and
d. 11er berieved lover was , [ncon
able, and( .rosolvedl to put an end to
life. -He first wV'ote thIs letter tfo
parents: "What have I to live
? I often think of drinkiing to
wn my troubles,-but that wvould not
showing respect tO the onie [so0(lear.
lovced, Rather than leome a drunka
I I will end It all by a dose of prumssio
d, My last wish -Is, that i may be
r,ed next to Dora, aid. that two
umunhents be erected ever ohr gravep
eost not loss than $500." Then ngro.
idod to the room of his late betroths4
throe himself on her death.bed,
Aieggd :the dtug an'd bred h
't flo as bmurIed p,toe hogsn
pgyAlamonunivaL #IU .b
liuring my stay lit Borneo. H4e was a
young on-not longer than an eight or
ten year old boy. When we discovered
hin he wias in a tree which stood out n
alone by itself. The darkies cut the In
tree dlown, and there he was. We had
forked sticks already for hin, and we o
put one of these over his neck, thus o
)ininlug him downu to the ground. 1 me
would rather have ptt my head against
a buzz saw then than into his mouth.
lie was as mand as a tiger, and took Ht'
10 pitlius to conceal his ferocity. On i u
the contrary, he displayed it to the '
very best advantage. After we had al1
secured him safely we tantalized hiin,
just to s6e how far he would go in his
anger. .le actual 13' becitame so eniraged c
that he took one of his own lingers be- a
tween his teeth and bit it titrtougi to ell
the solid hone. Then, when we got
hii into the boat, he ainutged to get tr
h
hold of one of the fingers of his dead
mother laying beside hnia, and bit, that l
ulite as fiercely as he did his ow n. I tt3
i.e( a rope arouind hils neCk and took tit
him home to hteadluarters. There 1 ar
assigned him to a bath-room, where he
could have every.hing his own way. lis
lint he wias surly and wouldn'teat much sh
of anything, though I did my level best
to ke0p Jilim supplied with the deliclcies Otat
of the season, and especially with boiled th
rice, which is deemed good for the ge
orang-outang when in captivity. But ill
the only hung upon the rafteras with ca
those long atrns of his and wouldnl't eat,
except when lie tried- to eat, mle. I Il
,nuldn 't induce h1im1 to become an a(- re
I mirr of inine, and hie pined swaay, as8
I orang-outaings a tways do in captivity.
Their disposition seemis to be such that
they prefer death to bondage, and this cl'
a is probably the reason they are so sol
1 dom seen even it the best of inenager
les. One night, we heard a heavy thud
- in the bath-room, and when we went w,
t in to see what was the tmitter there lay st
the little mias, whose own obstinacy flt
2had been the death of him."
"Now, Mr. llornaday, people will i11
1 douhtless be curious to know what you l
think about orangs or gorillas handling th
clubs In lighting man, as has been alleg- Vt
e ed by soie persons clainling a know
3 ledge on sucih subjects. flow is it1" ea
F "I do not believe t,here is a beast in
the world that does anything of the w
kind, I am aware that one of our re- m
cognized authorities li natural science
has stated that the gorilla will utilize
almost anything lie can lily hold on for
r a weapon. However, 1 Iave my dloubts
on that point, confirined by considera- 8
a ble observation and experielice. r
e
Coddling a Streak of Lightning.
3i
At night my husbanl eome:s home 81
wii a ,rusl, hangs his hat t1pon the
floor, throws his coat upon' the first
chair, sends his boots flying in anether bi
tfireetien, works his feet into his slip- fe
pers wlilie unfolding his paper, reads, tit
cats, reads again until bed time, throws hi
. his paper dow it for some one el.c to pick- al
1 up a'ni rushes oil to bed. This Is the it
piograute, with exceptions, until Sat- as
urday night. Sunday morning he bolts
his breakfast and tears around while
getting into his 'Sunmiday best' and1
- rushes off to churcb ; comes hone and f
- bolts his dlinnter (nev'er eats), read,s a
- little, sleeps a little and away he goes
- aigain. WV hon 1he tries to keep quiet lie
is sure to maiike the more 120ois1; if lie
r' startLs to go ar'ound(12 a112(mud ddl h l im
*sure to step) imat into it; if lie crosses is
F) the room carefully he is siur' to kick til
I the table lug or fall over a chair; andb
ri let him go to at table whier'e a sparn clean
f cloth hats been spre'adl 2nd( you ill see t
more 01 'dhecorative aIrt' in) five inuttes thm
1 t,hon you eveir dr'eamed con1id( be accoin
plished( in) so shor t a time. ITe Is tsm
'a pera2te, ntatimirally kind hearted, attendls1)
t strictly to business and pays his debts
y like a111man1; wats on1ce (chatty and 40-l
e niestie, font(2 of' his failiy and (home, b
h)bilt has1 alilw'ed himself' to dirift with
e tis rusihiing, r'ead.ing habIt, umngli now
inothing could break it uip shor1t 9f bremak-n
e ing his neck, Fancy a wife trylmig to
coddle such a streak of' light ning.'
A 0a1no of Cmuoneoence,
The 1Rev. 1)r. NfAeleod, faither of' Dir. Il
e Norman MacIed, passing thirotgh the er
crowdl gathei'ed before the (door's of am
M
.new church ho was about to open was
fstopped by an eldlerly mnan wIth :"Poc.. L
8 torf t you please, I' WVIshi*to sp)eak .to,
y you." Asklag If' lie could not waiLtmn- n))
a il'after worship, he replieri that it was Ii
i1 a mlatter npbin his coniseiende. 021
y "Oh, since Iis li matter of conscience,
I i],uncan," said the good namturied 1niin
k ister, "I. wlil hear what it isa,
"V$Il'ell, dodtoi'," samd Duncan, thd
0miater ha this. Ye see the cldek -y'dhu n
'der on the now chu'reh~ , 'ow the'rb 1k
ealiy ito clock there, only the fae&p i
one; there is nio tr'nt,h ,there, only onop tl
' n twelve hours ; afa in.nay mind. hat
8Wog, very Wrong,- and .qinit.e
a'antthe enhsL'ioneu, that .the're
shoulhd be a lie on the face of the,hot;se
~of the' Luorid.", ; ; 'A. 1f i- -
"Ihe doctortroiiatd to consRiher the h.
manrtteru. hlle ,P said hi',3.'ii% g.lad .
BoO y'ou 1ook1ng so gell, mNi. Y h al
i* ou,ig.), i uineffbet yu for ldi,i
e ars, bulii avsft0),edo
t .'31Cha doctor I" exelaimod ti IuI,.a a
'peeting Dttunoana "Now ye are Joking.
Iis lqpg #Jpeo L liad amy. heir,'I4
awered lain l' tone of, reo e Oh' (a
V ti ounanIine tu dgin~ Ift tfe t%fi()
9 efh ittal
The 'rofcort*u and tio Parasol. -
We are acquainted with a good
tured and at the ritne tine astute old
ofessor, who iaintaiis that it is quite w
possible for a man to properly And r
rrectly hold a parasol over thie head a
an attractive young lady. lie ,him
it has wrestled successfully with o
iny, 'lato and Sophocles ; lie , ha
'ltten historicaI works; he under- 1
mids many languages; he is well
sted In philosophy, psychology and id
ttaphtys1es ;but when it.comes,to hold
4 a parasol so that the shade will
unbar on the features of a lady, he
ely admits that he Is at Sea, tnd that s
ery university lin the land should
d to its otllier at.ractions' a' parasol
air. .
Laast, summer lie took a walk in .Cei
il Park with a young lady. 7 eloret
oy had Journeyel far she ittrusted t
01
r parasol to himi. lie held It most L
thetically for about live min1utes and W
on it shifted out of position and his A
In began to tremble.
.You are not shadiig mile at all, ''she 1
pod, "you are throwltl; all the i
tile on that hovse over there.'' et
l'he professor apologised, and once h1i
)re got the parasol where it would do sl
e 'most good. It was beginning to g
t a little heavier. Ills arm trembled nI
:e an aspen. lie thought he was tlI
rrying a keg of nails. t1
"Now, then, you' goose," she broke A
, "you'll have me all sutnburned di- ft
Atly. lI old it up so; see?" 0
l'he professor saw. lie wis longing s
a chance to get, under a .tree so he
uld get a irest, but she wouhl ttbt go
ar one; she had an Idea that a g .od
n bath was just what she needed. a
"Is not that a lovely Scene ?'' she I1
trbled, "Just, look at the pretty a
'etch of waving grass dotted with t(
wers I
"Delightful, delight ful," rtiplied the vP
of'essor, at lie worked his other liantd fI
ound andt deposited hils elbow on it so
at hits parasol arm w%ould not drop VI
,t by the roots. ti
"And there's that little hterd ol'sheep
lmly grazing-well, now 1 declare,
onry, that parasol is all out of the p
ry, can't you hold iit for ward ia little
twe?"
lie does as directed, but only places t
nself in a more painful position.
"Won't you have sono tecereiuln, t
audie,'' he whispers. In ithe hopes. of
,tting into a saloon in which lie can,
st his armu.
"I never' toulgh, it," she replies.
lie would like tochange hands Ilrst- L
to, but lie doesn't want to itnllj, h,is la
Isery. He' feels so weak that. his
irt sticks to his back, and' his collar t
ems to evaporate. His heart. 'l'itts
cc the linute-h atnd of at c)ock. lie I
atces himself and actttally uses his
et to keep the shade mlachine In posi- c
)n, and then she calmly takes it from
in and tells him that men dont know a
ything, anyhow. He' lets. her 'take
and puts his hanl ii hIt ooat podket, $
if lie feels that it canIt sup ort its
vu weight. It
When they go out togetiier now she
ilds the parasol. He lets her do it too
' they are married now.(1
The Niglatmuire,
in some p)arts of' G.erm4ny .the night
ire is siinply called Mar or MLahr't. It 14
a mare or horse flattre. At te sames
no It remiinds us, by namne as well ais
some of' its attribmites, of the Ver.!ie h
irits, deptarted sonia, or' stofin phain- ~
ms-the )faruta,wvho assiat i(hid a Witli
cir' roaring tempJest-song In ihe bat-:
i he has to lght--even as t4e Vailkyrs
sist Wollan. Th'le sp)eciAi connecG,lon r
the. North-Grman Mar with the "
'ilkyrs, or shield-maidens, those terri
S choosers of' vietims that 'eamne on
rseback. from the Cloudh}itl of the.h
hnle creed, Is p)rovauble. thrQligh'. t.iQ
mue whIeh the nighitmareo 5till beig r
Oldenberg. It la there sailed .die
(al-Rederke-thatt Is, the Little Bt(,t1i5
dIer, or LIttle Cairrior of' the Slaitp.
115 spectral flgt're as the femiinine ar- c
l1e shows, is coniceivedl as a maioin- a
ce all Yalk yrs. Jlesides the WaclR- t
ike, tl'or Ia another' Germnan night- 5
sre form, called Ru-.leie-Riding t
alden. .Th)8is ne, too, reintd3 118 of r
e IIorse V'al-Meyjar', or lBattle Mauld- a
s. TlhoValkyr character' of the Gort"
an Ilfar' domes out eveti tnore'strongly a
a noetuirnal wlvJch-hlantomi-also s
110(1 l-ider'ke--.wbioch uses- the d
tihe mhornhag those animais are sai a
l1e f'ot'cd In' t.h'it: lhie -quito ex- t
usted( and( ,eoveredl wIth s%heat. Qt.,h- I
WIsp the'y t'ue well1feilby aid tihriy- rJ
(inatidie ais of' ostig lgures t
at, bestrides them,; wheretss. -thuoe e
rsos lit 'thie stable t,hat are n06,udh.V 4
a' Little -Battle-Idei retlialn ib'at. ?
4I' We&seam to g4t thdbuperiorEfrece' s
i"arenfldivlide treoineont df tihe steedis.
Set ca9:l69str i ~e ee reCip
lla, as wj.11 as sIifled-maIdend t'i4'
te as thia9A9vgith t0eitur7,-1thd~ belIef
igoredl In,GotNndbty that Aoms- oryteny~ I
pposed td,'be wlteheeywErei'iiadsa;
Won It
dda, between Th'or and -tarlbard,
)dhli) metitions witch-like "riders of
to night," or nobtourntal horse\vomen,
horn 'he lures away from' th ir hus
inds. In' the 1'die Hong of Ilolgi
so, Niglitmares, or D11ght-Itders, are
eitioned in the sense o,f setni-divine
Titanic ,pectral forms, who ride out.
'the tuoUths of rivers or to selt, in or
sr to deliver pl)' the heoi Ylkings to
at, the (estructive goddess of the wild
1d seething sekl-waves, and tcousort
egir. whose name. ('4'1agpr'') still
tigers in H:nJish boatmQu's Ipguage.
hus, we get, "Night . Mares,'' or
Night Riders,'' aiwtys in a. Valky r
nso. In fo[k-tales still iurrent in Ger
an.y quite lately-or,for aught I know
ren now-it is said that It ftr or War
iderike of the firat nettibned kind has
methtites been captured by mean s of
o key-hole, or knot-hole in the bean
the room in which she had penetra
d at tight being stopped up,when she
as discovered to be a tbeautifttl maiden,
any a "Mture'' so struck a man's fat
r that lie married, and had children
'otn her. unt, when contsutned with
ingi g for her spect.ral home, site ask
I him to diraw the plug frot the knot
Ae, she suddelt ly vanished. '1'he tale
tows the ease with which the tuessen
'rs of the forner Stort-Ood Odin
'ide their en trance and oscape through
to smallest opening where his and
teir element-the air-comes ini. The
urut character of the Teutonic M(ar
rms is also apiaar"ent feoum the facility
theirs of penetrating through the
a llest, holes.
- A Glass of Itiftodado.
He wa)s a dappr little gi;ll y as tidy .
5 a ni'w pin, and as he entort:m'' one of
le "saiple rocnis" ott, oodlward
venite, 1t,roit, the othei' day 'the bar
'tder ttentally remarked: a
"''hat fellow will call for' chant
igne," but, he wa's niistaken; the little
l low leaned over tfio ba'r aiid said :
"I want a. tr bler two-thilrdA full of
,ater amid some -piec01' of pie4 ice inl
e tutimbler." , i + A
it was handed -hint and.helaAked
"I)o yot ever hate a lemnottontt the
"'Vell, gently s(iueezo "uo10nto the
mubler.' - ,
Tile squeezing process tQo,kIplace and
I little man contiut1d
"Do you ltave'raslspborries out here?"
"We do."
"Well pit two into the ttnilimer."
'i'hey were added and he ut his
'tud to his brow, tiIed iard t collect
is memory, and stiddbn'ty ehlaimed
"Al I ,ycs-i ngar tI ltritlyI could
tink 61' it. Add a itponfui f&sugar."
AVhile lt~was bbing.1idtlednthOe little
inn dropped on to-titroekernels of cof
se, a.powdered eraoke' aqrd; a bit of
heese and then said : - :.,
"It' you keep.Akuadeira you,n add a
poontfu'111 . . s ".i 41 i
.Tihe Aia(lEJiralew.as. sudetl, ejto glass
haken., ap th,,Jittle wan",ppened a
)II ingroeco,eap.e tyglIgh be tp,yk fron
ice,poqk,et, tppk oy.i.qt.jj iy straw,
nrel'ully'out otf itt 'uih yo toi
nip end tnd said:
"Owing.tot1o pli"vaft i f malarial
iseases ini 'foda r vdt'dIiidYifriy I kInd
the beat way to eiin'ry tu!o\v'n straw
rath1 rhte& As isllNh kliiders hgtes, you
nowv,'to tite 'everybody's' a'ti-kwv, yon
now, esjieehl'ly olitWesthlier&."
lie pin tied is hanidkeii \n der his
hina1 bitushed back huig.mnstdhe and
egant dratwLig..: Tlhae bar'-ke~ee's pet
og came.Ip when1 thie.gjples, wyas half
raj,nedI, ipid. the lI,ttsl.e .mA~n eok the
taraw.from,hlis mouthi and.*sli:
"Pivease,.rinoyetypulr dawg to the
ad" ti.Vg" way eSuQrted Qut, andl
rhena the bair-tenader,,'o re'igie lse lit,tle
~It ifadV disa >)lp'eIaed gn ti le glass
Wont uap on te Octtar Door.
A farmer of Cynthitana townshtip
mino to town one dlay this week to
take a few purchases. It happened
:tat he called itt ain elstaiblishmetiu
ithere an elevator' is in nse. In or'der
a furutish the articles dlesired it was
ocessary to go Into dn upper story,
nd thle salesman said to thte customer,
'Just get on, and we'll go up." The
tartledl gianger looked ardund and
rdd, "On wvhere ?" He waus given the
esired Information,-atnd- they started.
p. The ut-lWtld fli'glit wa evidently
ttametig now to the' tfatmer, who at
tsted his<appreciatlon of IVbytremuark.-'
sg, "This beate all haaioneyidon't it ?'4
'he salesmnan etnilingly(ssidchoh ratiser
fionght it did.e In'.thd nieutltne a son'
nineit he e oing
topped to th ybathwerevgd said,
XQ4a%aau.ee son ; I camie
p on tht4 eellat depr, and it's up horo
a4bsienthb:l da nbt a obh ~6tootsf
A"ltdeb