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TI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., OCTOBER 2 VOL I-NO THE WIND AND STREAM, A brook came stealing from the ground, You scarcolv saw its silvery gleam Among the horba that hung around Thto borders of that winding otream A pretty stream, a placid stream, A softly glidnig, bathful stream. A breeze came wandering from tile sky, Light as the whiseIr of a dream; Ho put the o'erhanging grasses by, And gaily stooped to kiss the stream Tito pretty stream, the flattered stream, Tho sh.y, yot unroluetant stream. 'he water as the wind passed o'er, Khot upward many a glanoing beam, Dinpled and (Iuivered more and more, And tripped along a livelier stream. Tio flattorod stream, the simpering stream,' Tho fond, dolighted, silly stream. Away the airy wanderer llow To whoi the fields with blossoms toom, To nparklhig stream and rivers blue, And left alono tiat little stream Tho flatter (streaun, the olioatod strean, Tito sad, forsakon, lonely stroam. That careloss wind no more came back, lie wandiers yet the fields, I doom, hIN on its molancholy track Compla'ning went, that little stroam The cheated stream, the hopoloss stream The (vor-murinuring, moaning streatn. The Last Sixpence. I know, mrlother dear, you would not feel happy if you could not, Contribute your mite otiie pale-faced girl of twenty, pressing ,I - her aged companion's hands the six uiiwe which constituted all the monetary welth they possessed. "There's quite eniough bread and butter and tea for break fast in the morning, and if I get. ul) very early, as I nean to do, I shall have finished Mr's. Smith's dIress by three o'clock, and she's sure to pay ie directly I take it to her." "iut we've no candle or liring in tile hloiiSc." "Don't, you trouble about' that ; when we c e hack from church it'l be quite time for hard-working folkslike us to go to bed; so 11lhat we shan't wiait a light, and our landlhady will lend us a shovelful of coals for to-morrow ; so don't say anythinig miore, but take the sixpence and come along, for the church bells have almost eansed." For a few seconds the aged woman hesi-. ted het weenl her chlaritable inetinatlions andt( solicit ude for thle orphan girl who call- t eri lier 'n lutnel , U ' 0K~~ nunoor LI~ ln ansy timt 0 her companion's face, and 1111(iling written there the mle desire that predomiaiit.ed within her own breast, she placed the coin in her pocket; Without a word more on either side, the two females quitted tIle room they oceui pied, and proceeded through the . narrow streets teeming with human beings to the chuirch, whither the bells had invited Iemlu. To nearly every depth it is said there is a deeper still ; but Mrs. Willis aund her pro- I tege, Lucy Marks, were certainly amnong the poorest. In (lint very poor district. Adversity 'niikes as -'acquiitited wit h stranige compali'ons, anld' Alfred Willis, r when he (Iuittedi England two years previ ously to seek his fortune in A ustralia, little (IreamIt that the comfortable home in which he had lert his mother and bethrothed wife would have been so sooni broken up, and that by slow but sure dlegrees they would have sunk to the poverty they now exper ienced. - JFrom the age of fourteen Lucy had been .able to earn her owvn living, so uhat wvhen Alfred, after losing nearly all his capital gayc ump the grocery business lie had been dehlded into taking, lia only anxiety waP -a proyision for his mother. The $2,500O lie had left wvhen lhe was clear of lis businessI lie, in a too confiding moment, lent to a man in whosm lie trusted to the utmost, with directions that the Interest therefrom must be paid to lis mother ; lbut ere Al fred had reached lis journey's endl his friend was a bankrupt, and Mrs. Willis was pen nihes. Troubles seldom conmes singly, so just at this time Lucy was seized with rheumatic fever, anid for six months was ulehlk to touch her needle. Thiey were aloiie In the world, for Lucy w~is anm orphiain, and Mrs. Willis, whilst having 110 relatIves of her own, knew noth lng of tier late husband's ftmiily, who years befor-e had foundued a home in another land. Rapidly theIr few. worldly possessions were dhisp)osedl of, unitil at last they wei-e glad to find selter in the small-the ver-y small-front room they now occupied. TIhey had heardh several times from the much loved Alfred ; hut owIng to the un . certainty of hils movements theoy had not been able to reply, so that lie knew noth Iig of the misfortunes that had befallen them. Ills last letter was a brighit, cheer fui epistlo, full of hope, annaounniing tha he~ wats now far, better circu1mstanced than when lie left England-; that lie intended -returning homd by the Juno, the next steanmer leavIg Mel hourlie.-' ,To crown their sorrows, a month before his expected return news camne that tihe JIuno had foundered In mId-ocean-some dhozen men01, amnong.whom Alfred Willis was not inciludedh, alone survivig to tell the sad tale, What a sweet relief was it to enteor the portal of GIod's hiouuse, and leave behind theim the crowded streets andl the mob of listlesq !oiterers and, frivolous pleasuire-scek S ers I Outside all was noIse, bustle and confu'soin within, a'p~endeful calmi, broken onily b~y the silvery tones, of the aged minis ter, os' ?n almle earnest language lie plead * ed It.cauise very.dear to his heart, The Sunday service was the on~e relaxm ? tion Mrs. Willis and( her adopted bnjoyed; Swet or fine they weore nevnss'mentj andI n occasions such as the present, when relief for certain purposes in connectio)n with their religion was asked for, tine plate was never handed :to them in valin- Never, however, i their recent experiences of poverty had their circumstances been so low as now. Lucy for the past month had been unable to perform her usual quantity of work, so that the wage-fund upon which the two women solely relied had diminished to i correspoiiding extent, uniitil their sole remaining coin was the sixpence the dispo sal of which formed the subject of discus sion ere they left hcme. The vicar was well ac :na ited with the resources of his conp-g'gation, and knew they could not contribute much to the cause lie pleaded ; but, as he re remarked, they might at least give a por tion to God's service and that. the widow's mite tendered willingly was dtearer in Ilis sight than the gold grudgmngly contributed by the wealthy. But even at this appeal, when Mrs. Willis observed the hectic flush )pon Lucy a cheek, and noted how the ex ertion of even walkIng to the church told upon her, she felt half inclined to harden her heart in favor of her young companion, and to keep the last sixpence in her pocket. But Lucy read Mrs. Willis's thought, and whispering in her car the words "God will provide,' the money was given upl) inl a trice, and the old lady's heart leaped for joy at the self sacrihlce which had been ac complishied. . "Now, mother,"' said Lucy, when they ;ot within sight of their abode, "we wont ;it up in the (lark talking, So as to lose the rlow our walk has produced, but go straight .o bed, as I must be up early." LounIgr'g against the door-post, with his (ands in his pockets, and surveying tie mter world as well as lie could through loids of tobacco smoke lhe was diffusing, vas the person Mrs. Willis and Lucy owned is their landlord. "There's a gen'elman been here asking Or you," hP observed to Mrs. Willis, with tug at Lis pipe at almost every word, land said how lie wanted you partic'ler. i'ou see what you lose by going to church. le left a note, I think for you upstairs. I ti(hi't speak to him myself, but my old ooman did, and if you iant to see her 'ou'll find her at the lied Lion, in the jug Mr."I As neither Mrs, Willis nor Lucy had any visi to seek their landlady in such a place, hey borrowed a candle froimn lodiver. w.o vis not (lite so biadly off as themselves. in irder to read the note said to have been left a their room. "I'm afraid it's from Mrs. Smith, mother,'" aid Lucy. "If so, it's a blowing up, for I old her I'd make an effort to have her lress done for :her by last night, and, as '4o know, I did iy best." If the room in which they lived looked minviting in ile day-time it appeared far Iore (118111111 when viewed by tle depress ight of at utllow caindle. But the residents vere pretty well used to the aspect of the 1lace, and therefore devoted their attentionI a the note directly. Thie flickering flame evealed it lying upon the table. Lucy held lie candle and took the note ; but no sooner lId her eyes rest upon it thain she turned to ,a ashy paleness, and leant against her ompanion for support. ''Mother, mother I" she gasp~ed, "'I can ct. trust miy eyes. Readl, readl-aiid uiickly I" Mrs. WVillis seized the slip of paper, but ecr eyes saw the same handwriting anid the anie wordls as Lucy: "Don't go to bed iiitii you've seen Without a word the two women wvound heir arms around each other, and' wept ears of-allent joy ; for uanless some villian mus trick had been practicedl uponi them, he vhio had for years been thec chierishied dlarl nig of their hgarts hadt been given back to ,bem one miore. Ay, and was.in-the room even now as lie juickly let them know, whien lie thought heir agitation had somewhat abated, and hant lie could safely emerge from the hid nig place hie hind sought beneath the bed. [earing fromi the reslidents of the house in A'hieh lie left his mother and .his betrothed hat they odeemedl him dlead, ando fearing he effect his sudoden appearance might inive upon01 them, lie had left the note with .n their sight, In ordler to announce the fiact )f his existence as gently as lie could; wyhilst the frequent visits madeO to the lied [blon by their landlord and landilady gave 1dm opportunity for secretly returning to hie house, and seeking a hidoing place where lie couhld watch the effect of his ruse. The compassionate fellow-lodger who landl lent Lucy the candle waited a long time ire It was returned; indeed, as a matter of fact, that particular illuminating medium was not returnedl at all, for it had nearly buirnt itself out crc any one remembered that It had been borrowed; but really there was every excuse, for Alfred had so much to tell: How at first lie hadl been minfortu in Australia; how, in a fit of dlespeiration, lhe had resolved to try the dilggins, anid wvas woniderfuilly successful, getting lit less than six mionthis some nuggets that realhzed htim $10,000 ; how lie redolved not to take hise money with him on board the Juno, lint have It sent over on sonmc future occasion; howv, when the steamer f'ilidered he had managed to secure himself to ta broken sp~ar. ando after forty-eight hours' exposure- hadl been piced up1 by a passing vessel; and finally, the dlIfhIculty lie had had In finding his mother anod betrothed In their niew abaode. TIhien, with tears In their eyes and a smile tupen their lips, they told him of thae dispo sal of thue~r Iast sixpence, and of theIr con fidimr trust nin who, alter a night of sorrow, sendeth joy in the morning. And truly their sorrow had passed away eveii as a tatle that is told. Recovering Lost Thubor. That timber in considerable quanti ty and of substantial value is daily found floating on the surface of the St. Lawrence river Is well known, but that large deposits of timber 'te sunken at the bottom of the river at various polits adjacent to Montreal is a fact that will by no means be so readily credited. Such, nevertheless, is the case, and daily the timber is brought to the surface by gangs of Inhabitants and others, who sell it to dealers. The bot tom of Longucuil bay, near the shore, would appear to be literally covered with timber, and during the past few iontlhs a number of mnen in canoes.and provided with chains and grappling hooks, have been busily engaged i bringing up the logs, Iloating theimi ashore, where they are hauled atway by horses and piled for sale. The timbor consists almost entirely of white oak and walnut. It has been estimated that most of it has been In the river at least from thirty to forty years, and has formed portions of the numerous tin ber rafts that, lin transit from the West to Quebec, have been wrecked or danh aged In or above the Lachine Rapids. The length of time it would require even so dense a wood as white oak to become sufliciently soaked with water as to sink to the bottom of tihe river and cause it there to lie as a stone,war rants the belief that it has been there at least during the period named. Our informant states that the timber 1s in a perfect state of preservation, the action L' the water or insects having in no way impaired its texture or affected Its value. Soei of the logs brought up at Laigueuil are two feet in diameter and f'rom thirty to sixty feet In length. I'liey command, when delivered in Slontreal, from thirty to thirty-live Cits per foot. Timber bes of' similar iharacter are stated to exist at many ,oints along the river below the city, Avhere logs like that of Lonigueuil oc mr; indeed(, it is difileuilt to know the mumber or extent of layers of valuable 'vood resting on the bottom of the no ile water highway that flows past that -ity, and Vhichm a short time only umay Mulen ini Mines. Colliery mules so.ietimes live many rears without seeing daylight, as they ire only taken out of the mines when vork is entirely suspended. The mule tre used in hauling cars of coal froim ,ho various parts of the mine to the loot or slope of the shalt from where it s hoisted to the surface by steam. The nuiles go to work with the miners and -oltilnue until evening. They are sta iled inI the mine and are carefully at en1ded to. Stratige to say, coats of niles working in colleres are singu arly smooth or glossy--and miners at ribute it to the coal (uist that settleson Jhe hair and polishes it. The lead nile i) a teai always carries a miner's amp attached to his collar ;but mIIn2 3's say that thme lampi is unnecessary as hie mules nevei' get oil' tihe track in the lark. Ini some1 places where it is not, ~onvenient to haul the oars mules are rimned to push51 them, and it is not un ommoin~i to see a dozen of the anlimais ~vorkinmg 1in that way. Iln p)ushlig cars ,he mule is p~rovhided with a heavy Lreast-pad instead of tihe ordinary lhar ness. The11 ample time tile mlules have ore retleetion does not .however, seem ;o improve their dispositions, as every sinning report contains accounts or mn ind boys who have been kicked to de ath r severely injuredl by them. Owing to :1he coinstant teasing of time drniver boys, mules occasionally become so savage that they cannot be approached. Hlow Adams ItandleId ai Musket. In 1777, John Adams was apypointed aoiimissonier to France, to take- thme plhace of Silas Deoane, and embarked on b~oard tihe lloston frigate. Ini thle course r~f tile voyage, the commainider of the lBoston saw a sail, wvhiich cariedjthe llag of the enemy, and tile tempitation to0 engage with her was so strong, that, itithough contrary to his orders, which were limited to carrying Mr. Adams to France, lhe dectermlined, if possible, to c'aptuire her. Having obtained the p~ermisslon of the commissioner, lie made sail in chase; and when coming upl with theO enemy, hie represenited the danger of remaining on deck, and in stated upon Mr. Adams' retiring below, out of. gun shot. Having seen his charge safely deposited with the suir goon, the captain retuned to the deck ; thme couirses were clewed up, all hands beat to quarters, bulkheads dow n, decks sandced, maetches lit, and the fight begun,. in the id tst of it, the captain saw, to his surpr~se, that Mr. Adams had es caped his confi nenment below, and, with musket in hand, was doing the dutyv of a marIne with great dexterity and corn posture, lie immediately wvent to im and said, "My duly, sir, is to carry you unhurt to France, and as you arce-un willing togo tunder hatches of your own accord, it Is my. duty to, pult you, there;" and seizing the future President of the reptibi in his arms, he had hin eon veyed to place of' safely, and took meas uires to keep him there, whioah were effectual. Genius is somethiie arrogant; kpiow A P'roossor's Quickness of Itotort. Dr. B---, who was for many years assnelated with the University of Vtr glinia, was noted for his quickness of retoilt and some of his repartees, whilell are fading out of contemporary mem11 ory, are worthy of preservation. Once, many years ago, being on a visit to Washington, he thought he re cognized a Irlend In the man who was Iinedilately before imin. "How are you?" lie said, clapping the supposed friend faumiliarly on the shoulder. "My name Is Hu, ir." "I beg your pardon." said the Pro fessor. "I was looking for the Colo nel." On another occasion, as he was walk Ing, looking intently at something in the street, a man coming in the oppo site direction, who was gazing with equal earnestness Into a shop window, ran shoulder to shoulder agalist lin. Tie stranger drawing himself up In extreme hauteur said: " JVhy did you run against.me ?" With equal severity the professor answered in exa3t imitation of his ques tioner's tone and manner: "For precisely the same reason that you ran against mue," and the er'ioun ter nded fin a good natured laugh. A gentleinan coming into his office, one C1ay said: "Doctor, why do you keep your room so hot? It is like an oven." "I must," lie answered promptly, "for It is here that I make Imly bread." Many years ago this incident was told In one of the magazines, but the point was somewhat missed, as the con tributor made it bake instead of inake. On a visit to a New York publishing house, against which lie had a claIm for six hundred dollars, lie was usher ed Into the olice where one of the firm sat ol a high stool, pompously sheliing letters. The professor stood awaiting recognition, but.no notice was taken of 1imz1. Finally the snmall business ma1n twisted himself around on his perch, and said in the most superellous of tones: "What?" "That," said the professor, handing the order for the money." The butsiness was settled ylIthout an other Word. A very tiresonie clvil engineer had loke and to rid imself of the uuilsiuce sent him to Dr. R- with his engi neering schemes, as to a congenial and Sympathetic soul. H e therefore camte withI high hopes, anld unfolded hIs schemes several times with wearisomne multiplication of details to the devoted professor, when the listener's Impa thence made Itself felt. The engineer continued to say. "'. list one Ilolent, Professor one thing more." Finally his hearer's much tired patience show ed signs of utterly giving way, where upon the patentee again said: "I only want to show you one thing more, Irofessor. I have Invented a short mlethod of boring mnountal is, wvhich I thijik will prove very valna ble." "My dear sir," burst forth the wear ieed listener, "'If you would only invenit a sihort miethod of boring individuals you wvould confer a lasting fatvor on tihe race." The enginecer departed. Hils Wish. ie steppied Intona green grocer's wilth a vacant, weary, careworn look on hIs face. "Do you want some potatoes?" "1 never eat them. I can't remember exaetly what I caime In for." "Perhaps you want some coffee ?"* "Ain't It funny I can't remember ?" remarked the stranger, as lie scratched hIs ehin wIth the back of his hiand, anjl scannedi everything behinid the counter, in a wlld1 but Ineffectual offort to brush up his memory. "D~o you want milk ?" ".No, that ain't it." "Is It macaronii,muistar'd,ehow-ehow, soap1 or wino-jelly ?" ''None of them , sir."*' "Possibly you wam.t a small measure of beets?" "Indeed I do not. Then his eyes sparkled and hie said: "I have it now. I remember whait I came in for; It aill conies back to me like a dream of love." "What do0 you want?" "WVell, nowv, it's as plain as (lay. Wasn't It funny I dildn't think of it bd fore?" "It was rather strange; but what will you have ?" "You won't get mad, will you ?" "Well, then, ll toll you. I just steppiedl in here to ask you if you'll scratch my back a little for mes, I have prickle heat." A lig Jami of Log. Trho bIg Jam of 10',000,000 ogs, on Carratunk Fails, Maine, is broken at last, 0,000,000 -logs going out at once0, which was said ~to haave beenm a grand( sight. It took s~txty-i v6 ninen th~rteen days to break the Janf and get the roar over Carratunk Fails.1 A por tioni of the ledge was removed I'y blast ing. sOmar Olarkhad- a ore &' of fIfty me ncarde from the time the first log stdirted on Moose-river, thea on the main river, utl this tina, a I not'ai accident of any kind-has hmapp el to a man, nlot en the j~aipfng 'a oe. This naakes.8,000, 'logs th t have ndssed (Iown~ the riF thi* seas n' GrindimIX Tool. Edge tools aito itted up by grinding. The sharp grit of the grindstone, be Ing harder than the Iron or steel, cuts very small channels In the surface of the metal, and the revolving disk car ries away all the minute particles that are detached by the grit. If we were to examine the surface of the tool that kias Just beei removed from the griid - stone. uider the lens of a powerful mi croscope, It would appear, as it were, like the rough surface of a lield which has recently been sacrifleed with some ilpl~3elt that had formed alternate ridges and furrows. Hence, as these ridges and furrows run together from both sides at the cutting-edge, the newly-ground edge soms to be formed of a System of minute teeth, ralther than to consist of a smooth edge. For this reason a tool Is first ground on a coarse stole, so as to wear the surface of tihe steel away rapidly; then it is polished on a wheel of anuch liier grit and final ly, in order to reduce the serrature as much as Possible, a whetstone of tle flnest grit must be employed. This gives a cutting-edge having the smail est possible serration. A razor, tor xamnple, does not have a perfec, utting edge, as one may perceive by viewing it through a microscope. Be ginners are sometimes instruEred, when grinding edge tools, to have the stone revolve towar1 the cutting edge, and sometimes from it. When the first grinding is being Alone it is a matter of indidll'rence whether this is done or not; but when the finishing touches are applied ni-ir and at the very eO(go, i grialder can always complete his task with more aeeuriicy if the peripliery of the grindstone revolves toward the cut ting edge, as the steel that is worn away will be removed more easily; whereas when a stone runs In the op posite (ireection, the grinder cannot al ways tell exactly when tile side of time tool Is fully ground up W the ecIe. This is more especially true whben the steel has a rather low or soft tenmper. The stone, whew. running from the edge will not sweep away every particle of the metal that hangs as a 'feather" but when the stone revolves toward the edge, there will be no "feather edge" to deceive the eye of the grinder. Stroot Lift) in Venico. Ven ice's great iyzesIsII.< P ,: Lt, I. oi any other city. The common-place shows of the gulde-books are flat and disappojntIng; the prisons, duingeons, Bridgeof Sighs and so forth. The school girl glamour thrown over these places is tuainly traceable to By ron's sentimental wash of verse. The unbalanced poet's Judgment on the his toric events of Venice is about as weak anl ( vicious as hIs dgmant on other matters and'his ignorance of fact is ap palling. The daily picture of Venlce. however, is something of which one never tires and which changes ever with the hour. Gondola life is some thing deliciously dreamy and luxurious in the soft light of day or under the sheen of moon and starlight. Let dark night come and rain, however, and these long, narrow, deep black boats, seen mysteriously from the faint point of light on theIr prowv take to them selves the likeness of floating collins steered by tihe shades. The eff'ect Is inadescribably sepuilebiral. You seem to be alone in the waters of Hadles amo'ng the spirits. . The gondolas are all of a funeral black, with black (draperies over the dark cabin. Many centuries ago a Venetian law ordered this pattern and color, for what reason I do not know. The laws of Venice (10 not change, and the gondolas are all black amid ghostly to this day. The streets are niarrowv and blaze with light. Their narrowness-somnethmes not over three feet-makee a very little light serye to brilliantly illuminate them, and the jats ini theO shop1 windowV, kept open till late at night keep them bright and blazing almost wilthout the out-door lamps. TIhirough them the people surge in constant streams-all nations, all classes, all colors. Yom study the wvorldl, but even thme Venetians them selves p~resenlt. 50ome strong contrasts, for they In thne are madle upj of the blood of many people. One strIking contrast, which you soon note, is that the Venetian men~ as a body are (lark, their women blonde. Thie so1 uds, too, itre polyglotta, and everything Is Inter national. It was lmy first sight, for instance, of Greek money which I reeivedl several times in change. Tall Fish Stories. "I was a t tile wheel," said Mr. Youlng, of the bark Kentish TVar, "some of the men being 1ll. It was a bright;, clear day, andl while I was enjoying thme f resh breeze whlichl was blowing at the time I heard some of the forcabmn passengers say, 'There Is a fish alongside I' Look in~g Out on the starboard sIde I saw it, lying on thle water lazily sunning it self. IIfs eyes were open and its fins were goblig just enough to keep him It the top of' the water. It was about six feet by fonrteen, and was the finest pleciele of that species 6f fish any Of us5 had over seen." "$lx feet by fourteen," said the reo porter medItatively, trying to bring all his 'arithmeticoal knowledge to bear harmonizing this statemnent with that conltainmed oni tile iok. "I could net see it all at ounce," said Mr. Ti.hatoher, (diviing the reporter's thoQMi~th, "lint as near as1 Iqouf k( make onit tha i'ts adoit the sig~e of It, I don't thinkl Mr. Youtng'estimate at all exageratedat ~aibn 0- Aa hanO with tii liar. 1)oon1," Mr. Young remarked, "and I Renerally try to keep one on hand. On this occasioi, unfortunately, my har. poon waiis on the main deck, or I could liave had the 11811 on board." "Anything we could get with the harpoon," interposed Mr. Devlin, his talk beginning to flow as freely as the exciting catise "we gathered in the ii terest of science or anybody else." "Any sea serpents?" quierled the re I orter gently. "ea serpents! I should say so," Devlin answered cottldenttly, "I've been all overi the world since I first wenit to soil. I've been ii Greetnland butt not at ill seasons of the year at the same time. I've been round the Cape or Good lope i good many times. Tte Niagara saw the biggest su i1sh olf the Cape that ever I saw or read about." "When was that?" "Ii 1873--in 1869-before the war when site was taking the Japalese to their own country." "Bit tihe sea serpent?" "Tell him about the sea serpenit, louig," Devlin replied. "We did see something very like a sea serpent, Mr. Young said. "That was oil the 20ti, the day before we oi1 cointered the suntish. It appeared on the nuzzen crosstrees, and it was prob ably LIhirty feet in length. Other gen tiomen besides Mr. Devlin saw it." "It wias in seetions," Mr. Devlinl re marked, impatient over the common place description of his friend, "like a tapewormt. I couldn't see it all at once, but each section -was-well, let ic see tell or fifteen feet long." " What was Its color ?" "Brown or black." "Are you suare it wasn't the remains of a garbage scow ?" sung one of thie sailors eligaged In cleal t,;g tie brass wot k, a la "inarm" "Bring aut, the bottle of ocaweed, yooi"g," erled DeviIn, and then turn rug to the reporter, ie said. Ilpressive ly .-- 'Renieniber, 1l'in a seiLen ,ie The bottle of seaweed was prodtlced. It was really a very beatitilul tiig 01' its kind, so beauLtifuil in faCt that it, would attract general attention and ad mIiration ii a cabinet of curiosities. i'hlere were tferns and sea helries aid miiaute sieeUlmenIS of shritlups aild crabs tile alize of a pen and a 1ih in ll size and shalpe very like a whiplash. In color looked more like a silake thamn a Iih. "v hat kind of ,lih Is tits?" tile re porter asked. "It is like a sucker aboutt the Iead but its body resembles a gar-fish," Mr. Devlin said. "Atid its color Is zebra-like," 31r. Yoing alded The reporter rose to take Ills leave. "'Before you go," Air. Devlin sald, "lt, lite tell youl about tite meteor we saw oil this Voyage. I have Seent ne teors in tite Grecian Archipelago-ev ery where-rai im ig downi all roind the sky, utt I never saw one shoot ip be fore.'' "That is so," said Mr. Young. It started near Lite horizon." "'On a line with tihe Ilailniast," In terrupted Devlin. "It started near tihe hlorizon) and seemed to follow the path of tile milky way, upwar~t1d, upw)~ard, dlescribinig a scamleirele in the heavens. 1 niever saw anything more beatiful, and I wilsh that I coutld wvrlte, so that I might write aboutit." "It is somteth'ntg for thle astronomlers to settle," D~evlin answered. ''Good by," said the teplorter. "Good by, and1( be sure yott give uis a good repjort," eried a nuimtbet of voices aifter~ h1m1. Ho Wo~uldn4' Mtop Hie slid Into thle office ats if' he was greased. We ktnew the very mlintet., thtat lie caime throulgh the htole that, thle carpenter had left thtat thtere was going to be trouble, anld we were not miistaken. lie said( that lhe was related to Adam and Eve, and lie looked so, and also as if lie hadn't washed hihnself sinc6 his ancestor (lied. After lie had1( sat down on1 aI chaIr andl laIced his feet on the udesk, lie iuformed uts that lie had been all his life collecting Conutndtumis. Hie had about three hundred in his pocket and would like to readl themi to its. Then31 he 1)ulled( about a pinit and1 a quart of papel)r out of his p~ocket. "Why is a baby like an oyster ?" he began. We diidn't. know. "Neither (10 1," said he. and thien he laughed so 10oud that the clock stop "Why Is a dead1( baby lIke hlalf-past six ?" wvas the next one 1h( lired at us. We' told himt we didn't know, and1( guessed he0 didpn't, too, buit lie said that htad fooled us agaIn, for lie did. "Because its almiost heit ven," said he anid the sniort that lie gaye kntocked the Itik stand oil the table and started the clock going again. "Why Is a lamnp-wlek like a three dollar and1( a half bitll-terrior p)up?" was the next ohe that reachteud us. We didni't know. Neither do I," said lie, and lie broke tile press wilth the yell that hie gave," 'iJy ;graciouis I ketch you evyery trip." "Why am T like China?" "Because yout're near Jiadeal" we shrIeked. "F~ooled1 you agnli-you're-," "No, you ldi't," said ,we; "we guessedl that one right." lHe insIsted that we were wt'ong. but unoloss that man's sinis were forgi'ven before he cntered our oflee, we wei' right.* An American Jockey. There Is no dispute as to who Is the best Eiglish Jockey. Ills name 18 Fred Archer, and his record Is as follows: In 1878 lie won 229 races, out of 019 tin which he rode. T his was the largest number of races ever won by a jockey in a single season, being in excess of the total attained by Archer In 1877, when lie won 218 races, or in 1876, when ho wias successful .207 times. This year, up to August Ist, lie had won 107 races, in a toatl of 313 mounts -or an average of Say one-third. The extraordinary victory of the horse Falsetto'' ati's revealed the champlioi jockey of America. who happens to be a colored boy with the decidedly Celtic name of' Murphy. The New York Times contends that 1 is quite the eq tial of Archer, and to prove this as sertion give the subjoinoed sketch : Mur. pihy's riding in the 'iTravers Stakes race, July 18, and in the Kenner Stakes race, August 22, were the two finest exibi tions of skill in the saddle that have been seen in this country In imanly years. Murphy has a steady hand, a (uick eye, a cool head and a bold hieart -four qutalilfeations absolditely neces sary to the success of every Jockey. That lie is very observant during tihe progress of a race, and is (uick to per ceive the weak points of an adversary, prompt to take advantaew of them, was signally illustrated in the run for the Travers Stakes. Asked, soon after the race. why he weut ip to iarold and Jericho at the half mile, onl1y to fall n'way again, lie. replied :IV oil, I diEd not care 'or Jerieho, buti, Wilhi" ' thJougnti SpenIdthrif'i. W48 .I,.. crangerous n1orse, 1 wai ted to . up to laroli to see how lhe I ,b 80 1 tapped J'4t5Otto %Iit1 tne Spur one r me, went up1) to them, felt or arold, found him sprawl ings over the course, and saw lie was out of the race, I fell back to keep Feakes friom thinking I was at all dal ger'ous."' Ile, was thein asked how lie hlappnetd to get between Harold and the pole oil telt ttu. "I didn't iitend to go on the turn," wias his reply; "bit when we started toward the stretch, 11arold wv'as tired and unsteady, and lie leanied away from tile pole, and gave mue room to go in. I thought It better to runiil for the positioni than to have to rouid him, so I Jumped at Che chiattce, anid wenit between himII and the rall. I compel lIarold to cover more ground on the turn, and beat him good, for le' was very tired, and Just before we got to the stretch I left hitm and went after Spedtithrift." No explanation could be better than that. Murphy has al ready had thirty-seveni mounts this year and hias won twenty-flve, besides riding a dead ieat, and this Is a much better average Mihan any Englishl jockey canl show. A Hair nreed's nevenge. Thanks mainly to a Metis' or half breed who Is in the service of thie lud son Bay company, a Sioux warrior was found guilty of stealing a horse, and condemned to pay the aiimal' value by instalieits at one of the conipatty's forts. Ott paying the last installment, lhe received his qutittance from the man who hiad br'ougsht him to Justice, atnd left tihe ol110c. A few moinents later the Sloux returned, advanced On his noiseless moccasIns withini a space of the wrtiting table, and leveled tnts muns ket full at the half' breed's head. Jusat as the trIgger was pulled, the Metis raised thte hand with which lhe was writing and touched lightly the muzzule of the gun ; the shot passed over his head, but his hair was singed off int a broad mass15. Th'ie smtoke clearintg away the Iidltn was amuzed tosee hilsetnmy still alive. The other looked imt full in the eyes for ant Iistatnt, then quietly resumed hiis wvrithng. The indian siletntly departed beig unpuIirsued; those who would have given chase be mug stOp~ped by the hail' breed with, "Go back to your dinln6r, antd leave the affair to mel." Wheni evenitig caine, a few whlitea curious to see how the atidr wvould end accotmpanied the Metis to the Sioux en campm~t~ent. At a certaini dIistance lie bade thiemi wait, antd tadvanced alotie to the Inidian tents. .ilet, '. one 0of these sat the bailled savage, s'ingintg his own deathi-hytmn to thle tomi toim. Hie told lis friends ini the spirit-land to expect hiin that night, when lie would bring them ali~the news of their tribe, Hie swvung his body backward aind for watrd as lie chtanted his strange solfk, but never onice looked up-not evenl when lis foe sp~urnted him with his foot. lie ontly saung oni and awvale dhis fate. Then the half breed bents hi htead and spat down etn the ec'ouchblig Sloux,and turn'ted leIsurely awaysa druieler re vengo thiani if lie had shot hun dead. "Your folka gone aniywhiere this summer?" iniquired one beotblack .of ainother at the post ofice. "Has your'u 1" ws the eOvasive re ply. "Stay, Jim, what khid of a boy are you ?" asked the first,' After a long pauise. "Me ?" Well,' I never give a fellow away." "Theni, if you Won't.letao~i that my moder had to tstay, at ,,ome to wash foxr her regular custopmera, I won't say. anything about yogr father, wvho is takhing his vacationi .,in the Woric 'lihey hook. hands e ~vr~and both will'kan mum,