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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSB1llO, S. C . , ((0 IER 11, 1879. THE WORKMAN TO HI WIFE. Como. Mary, throw your work aside, And lot your troubles bo; Leavo caro aud toll and smoke awhilo And spend an hour with me. We'd sook the cowslip on the bank, The primrose in the lane, And happy sights and sounds afar Shall make us young again. It's long, mji love, since you and I Ilave board th j blaokbird sing. Or caught, by running bzooks and woods, The glory of the Spring. It's long sinco you and I have trod The paths whore hawthorns blow, Thon Mary, fling your work aside, Anti lot your troubles go. The troes shall bond to woloomo us; The flowers shall clasp our f(ot; The very boos shall hymn our praise, In murmurs soft and sweet. The winds a all swell, with ready voice, The chorus high and loud), And we'll forget the world, my wife, And all its busy crowd. A thousand things await us, love Blue skies and balm air. Groen ilds, whose very sight shall make The heart forget its care. Then never sigh, be glad to-day, Throw sorrow to the wind, Nor pause till we have left our ills A Summor's hour behind. SANCTITY OF AN OATH "Abolish all legal punishient for per jury," said I, dogiatically, at tpe end of a desultory argument with some of the other c lerks in the San Fraifeisco Mint, '"and nut Onec witness in a dozen would speak the truth. As for their oaths-bah i I They don't care that for theim"-snappmng my fingers like the cluck of a hen. "I don't know, boys," said John Flem ing, who had taken no part in the discus sion, laying down his pel, and squaring about upon his stool; "I don't know that I can say anything on this question worth listening to, but if you will stop your con founded ilgnring a moment I'll relate a lit tie experience of mine that may be of ser vice to this young gent'o an who knows so very much about the nature of an oath and most other things." There was a general snapping together of ledgers and all manner of books; Gov einmet clerks do not require much of a pretext to Nto work, We all gathered about John,like bees about 1yinottus, and he began I was a witness, ouce, In a murder case at Pinkerton's Bluff, on the North Sandy, just above the falls. Bob D---, a friend of mino -knew him in the States-was charged witliiaving killed Dave Thatcher, known in all that region as Bet-you Dave. Ie had been a born debator, had Davn. Ile was never known to agree with the opinions of any man at the Bluff, upon any question under heaven; and lie made use of the one arguent-"I bet you five dol Thl iomonilt he heard any one make an assertion, epress o, belief, or hint a rmnor -frequently before posessing his mind of the speaker's full meaning-he'd bet him flye dollars it wasn't so I When nobody was talking lie would try in all indirdct w ay to entrap som1 one into indicating,an opnion uipor) s()o subJeat, ad then he was down 0 upon h111hm w|it that cveilasting wager. lie would put up the money, too, and what's more lie wouli commonly win ., unless there was a dead sure thing against hilm ; and this wils so frequently the case that it kept him poor. If, i DAtve's pres once, a man dared afirim that his dog was yellow, quick as lightning caie an offer to bet him five dollars lie wasn't ; and it camc with such positive energy that if the man S hadn't seen lis dog sInce moriing it, was te chances to one that lie would back dlowni, or haggle for time to go and take another look. Isnever saw D~ave myself, it Wqs gitr his time t1'at I caime to the Jilug; but (4l fupmo of bije ctraordlrary wagers, tind the no less extreoqrllingry wva'y In which lie soniotimes won them was hi everybody's mouth. QOn tlpo fifteenth day of July, in '5l8, Dave and my friendl Bob D- paissed the - hole evening together in the bar-room of fo Sptread Eagle Ihotel, and during the inie 1ph lost three straight bets withi him. - bouut nine o'clock they depup'tcf thley', quarreling about tho nianner in yip liob Ii ad been sIhoucod but not convinced. Daye WyQe never -afterwvard seen alive: bilt the inext spring a dead body, almost, piast recognition, was dliscoyered hidden gwiey in phe~pperal, niear the side of the T qadi oyer which the two mugt lpave passed treaph their hiouses, Jbout two mt leh from to~wrn. ly everyody said the l(d4 fitlKg br Yle, d~~ !15 it hijd aq bglyt t-not egmo q1 bi let1 suph qs one m.ih Ilaye 8omewlterc Il his -yst in, but a~ coin p'aivel fresh one, whic b ad' "passed througli -tlie hieart--Mob was taken 'Into puqetocly, chargcd Wyith the need. ' Inthe fe naWlt~ t. q ther sd6I (eerm i~e to .tn by the rlend whom I' had known in the States. 4t the trial the court room wvia packed with people, and the'tide of publie opinion got sQ strongly igqnst the prisqnpr that the ,Ju1Jo had tq rw he Is -shoqtor e Un~ $q Ju lepp. geopo q~~' .~W~ pegspg lulJBoi) ejeI fthe prosecni oen, eeyone qf'ghm madp ti 'gs l1t ycry back fo'r fobert,' the tat i'estld' is pae. TI en the ettornoy fqr the 4iefenco Je anepply SId: ounnr; I i 11 mp eq p1cIi flW sitment, gn4 I jIl pihbt onp Wltnpsg. By h~~ im ghl prgvp qn ql 'b, pp gjyO lI the0 '4." MI q i 'W rt' that?" abuouted the Pig triot Attorney opping pon lug fp=40~ *fussy a~ little r o~als over enorteud lgw her toye a dleaf Jus106 'of th6 Peae; "Will yourprovo'tihat thle prisoner was not on ldpamah 'own road theo night of the alleged murder?9" ".No I I'll prove that the deceased was not.'1 There was a mnarked~ senoiation in court as my name was called, and I was soleman ly sworn to tell tih0 truth, the wl119 ~19 g gi a l e ta . i88," 5 hn, c rcunlsta talI' "1, a ~'1ing alig 'the river bank, on the side' of' tdwn opposito the Spanish Town rggd1 ~d Just aboe the f,118. T'VI2 q~ ri. bei16o7f6 if 4i werei yqq-trjnt'h elk g iler .becqugo le in't anybodya - " anealto the Cnntt n swurOnhnd the' little rascal, springing to his feet, "if I'm to be insulted in this way -" if"Keep still, will you," said his I[onor, f "and let the witness proceed." I had matdie a favorable impression iat the start, and it gave me confidence. I resumed: "It was a warm moonlight evening, and the mist rising above the cataract, was less (kIIse than usuail; so I could see tolerably well. Just at the brink on an overlangintg t rock, I saw a tall bent figure in gray clothes, wearing a slouch hat--a very bad hat; I don't see more thanl a hundred worse ones in the room. 'I There was a unile all arounl, and then the District At- C torney asked me if I had known the de ceased, Mr. Thatcher, in his life-tiie. I replied that I had lot-hadl never seent himl. 1' "Itteiemiberlthat, gentlemeif the j ury, h said he, with a conceited smile ; "rememi- ,i her the witness had never seen nor heard of the deceased. We l.l't mean to colitro vert the witness's statement on that point, It ir," he added, addressing the counsel for 1, the defence, and smirking as if lie had got t (old of a good thing which he would hold in reserve as a final crusher. " i "Cuss you I" roared the Judge, '"keep 9 your mouth shut, will yi I I The witness d vil procced." "I approached this person oil the rock," ) I continued, ''and said, 'Good evening."' (I " 'Bet you five dollars it ain't ! said lie, y lurning sharply about. ti At this there was a general snigger from ! lie spectators, and Dave Tiatchier's widow* who sat near, looked up with a sudden hope t I her face that was cheerful to see. I re mined my testimony: "Do you see that oak on the other bank?" ,ontinued tihe man on tile rock, lointing to e I conspicuous pine. 81 "I thought the fellow must be a mani c, tI Ind I did not know just what to answer ; t it presently replied that I wis not certaii xhmther I saw it or not-it depended on a1 ,ircuinstances. s1 "le was silent for somen moments ; theni a to shivered and chattered his teeth. a " 'Snow before morning,' said he. 'Per- a laps So,' said 1. 1non-conlmittally ; 'seemus 1i1 hickening up, but that may be an optical si lusion.' w 'hen lie wanted to know if I remen- I )ered walit year General Jackson was elec- fl ed President-'wiasn't it in '52 ' .I told d( lin I did not recollect. After a while le b ad carelessly : L "'They're talking, here at . the Bluff 1), ibout running Ben. Franklin for next Presj- t lent.' A "I made no reply. Theu lie caie ill) to cc 1i and laid a land on my shoulder. 'l1 t'See here, stranger,' said lie, 'is there lit ny subject you feel at honic on ? lave you ho ;ot any hobby-any opinions ?' i "i tia not sure,' I replied ; 'some peo- a 1le have Opinions, and so10 don't have ti a1y. Som1o that (10 have thlim don't have em all tihe time ; those who have them till lie time often forget them," IfWell, I swear ' sid Ie disgusted, 11 I'm going to jump over these falls-bet o on live dollars I will ' f "I said nothing and lie continued : 'I to lall be exactly three seconds and a half etting to the bottoml-won't I, now 1' 'I Tpsblnyb itt o thilnHi htt-maybo a little less-maybe just that. don't remember jumping over tiny cas- b( ades inyself.' b "Ile gave ie one look, laid oRf his hat, acked up to the brink of the prccipice,anl wt troppecd himself down, hanging on to the dge with his hqlnds. Then ie lt go, faill 'ig thr:eO hundred feet into tho boiling 'hirlpool below I" "i1Iay it please the court," shricked the ittle District Attorney, hinging forward t ponl his feet, 'I wunt, to pit on1 <uestion i o this witnosa now I You say, sirl, you I( iad never seon the deceased 3Mr. Thatcher pj to the noinent you met him on the rock l -and neveir heard of him--and never heard )f any of his relatIons. Now, sir, oni yourli atht, on your Bible oath sir I how do y'ouib cnowv that tis man you saw go over' the ills was D)ave TIhatchmer ? Iow do you d now it sir ?" "I (ton't know it. I know it, was not he. C L'qr jitt beforle he lot go the r'ock h'e looked ~p at me, syitl1 hble nose above tihe edge, 11d( said: "You think I'm Dave Thlatcher, dlon't "'I told him lie might be,or 11e might iot. "'Just so l' lhe said, desper-ately, as hisA en~ra began to slip). Bet you five do1lar at There was a good decal of loose talk h1j 3ourt after tis, but tespectators would t lot listen to it, anid D---was trhumph- se ntly acquitted, being borne through thle bown oni lie shoulders of the jury, to the ausic of a braes band andl the cheers of h utyc hllapher's whidgw peqe I fl9ittin~g iup t4 h'gudspim hfqdstffnp pyco' v h#f renmeits of thp unknown dead, and was :oing to -have it inscribpd w~li her late Ii musbqnd's nqmue, qnt4 w"hat' she 'still re'gar4 :d as8 tile meinner of his death1 wilen 'BobA itopped the proeedinfge by mhirrying herep he quest'oi of th e advisability of swearing n witnieses in court," said I whlen John hiad kt finished lisa yarn. g "D~on't, ehi It's got this to (do with it. There wasni't a p'laoni In tIeo State Whtich n halud not brpken out of a thousang~ time.-I~ ii wqs to preoily (cllig' lie 'i Tie Queen--The Wife. 0 b Long years ago--byt this Is g it ,q pg ~hlavop liq cpgpo (qqcwnr qqly to ?4(o w-~ e ~ues Vitoit (n the eqrly Wedded life, vi 'd gne of thoqo sqiils-wltb h'e~ 'M s- M bind,qf the'spyt ifhig~h \yW ~ifbi4 i Qth ms e (1eg'.TIIhp mif too 1 hng (, qihlot)y for ev'hilp i4u4 ofter theQ I?ppeo of m lpurahowcto( his door a4nd rapped, ti 'bdt"said she "come niit,t" ti "No, I will not," answered the PrInce II within,- "Oonio, go away ; leave me C alone." 0 The royal temper waxed hot tat tII( "Sir," 8119 NI l'm t a~ . ~ ~o due 4mmeigely. Enterin thot - she i nate, sno x(ow I-i ent. Fr 4ongtim o t gC id qbrt ho said, speak tg me." -I ~'o"he answered, thrqwing her arms Abont oI~nok, "Tour wifo begs it., Afte stalldiig lit the gate und lookimg :)r the Ilre,and betting iti' on Fourth street, I the floutr imiill, or solelwhere "Bo now, lie suddenly starts u) ias if an idea had truck her, and s..e says to herseif, "I'm oing to that fire, uld it's nto use of talk ig. " Then she begins to get ready. She Lands before the mirror and twists and irns her own lair in all manmer of mays to see in what mmitier it will malike le Imost show ; then site spikes on one ozeni of plffs, and hangs on the frizzes so l(y will look 'like sea-weed around i laim," and vowing that her arums are just lady to drop off, she CIIst ole Iiore an roving glance at her hair, aid voles eight Seven that it will do. What dress to .ear is the niext qiest ion before the icelilg Ourse. To decide this iiolieitus (uiestion, to goes to tie wardrobe ; bit like dame lulbard, "when sle-canie there, t Ie ward >be was bare,'" as it werefor all her dresses 1ad been worn somewhere before. Final 1, sie sclects one, which, wheti |buttonted p) will not permit her to take a long breath though she airms, and is ready to swnear, lilt i8 "Just as loose as Caln be," blut at the line tie admhits that wheni she gets that ress ol she can never button her shoes ; as ioes can not button themselves, they are ittoned by proxy, and with ii hair-pin, 11 ic buttoner is not in the place where "I al ays put it. ' She i also of thie opinion tat 1her feet have swollen by reason of hav ig worn around the house those big slip rs, and "you had better leave two or ireo of the last buttons unhuttoned." She en proceeds to put on her outer garments id flatters herself that she will be ready in half a Jiffy." At last the climax is reach I when she goes for her new bonnet. She cwers it on the back of her head, and en looks fourteen ways to see how the iag sets; turns sideways to take the arings ; then a little to tihe nor'-iior'-east d takes the latitude and longitude ; then .0 pokes it a little here, bends it there, Id mashes it indiscriminately, so that it ill not look stiff and set ; then she seizes hand-glass and takes a retrospective of r head andti all appertaining thereto. Now e adjusts her veil so that the lower edge ill come exactly to the tip end of ier >se ; then she powders a little, so that her ce will not '-shine like a bottle," smooths wI thie corners of her mouth, puts on her St smile, ind sails Out to find the fire. )! she starts, she moves toward the (door, it returns for her gloves, and glances at e mirror to see if her rigging is all right. ,ain she heads for the front door, but ies back for her handkerchief, and as c passes the dressing-case, sie casts one igering and positively list appearance )k lit her rellection, settles her collars, ills downi her cutis, and inaking one final d successfil scoop for her' train, leaves e house. She is out, and so is the fire. Mo01u41 AgentMs The Tom Bell gang was for many years e terror of the mountain districts in Cali rnia aind Nevada, and many tales are told their lawless deeds. My father was in rested in the building of the Donner Lake igon road, and lin ant oncounter with this ig managed by strategy to save a large in of money. lie was traveling oin hiorse ck and carried some of the money in a It and a portionI in his boots. lie was companied by a friend whose routo lay th lils a portion of the wiay, but to hii did not coikle the fact that lie was car iAg ny oonsidertble siim of ioncy, as a friend wis naturally a timid man and lie Li not care to add to the fears whii alt tdy possessed him. About ten miles from eir destination their roads divided, the itud going to the1 place where the work en weie quartered and my father to tho muse of a friend whoro he initonded to pass e night. Ie jogged along leisurely fori a 1l" or more, and as it was now about six the evening, was thinking of hastening s atop~s I oirdeir to reach his stopplinig-plaice fore dark, not expecting aniy tvouble in yhlit, when lie was sudldenly jolined ;y horseman. The civilities of the daly were changed, anid thiey rode en toe~ethier, coni raing uipon' topics of current ilnterest, work the loQ(1, mining in thu neighlborhlood, n. At length thle stranger asked careless where lie was going, and asked~ if lie was t Mr. , the contractor. Paipal sa11ide as niot, Ibut that they came up together, d( they h111d sep~aratedl a fewv miles back. L the next, by--path thle stranger left himi, 1( lie learned the next morning ihbgt 'lia Iilind1 had boe gqundedTh1c( by 19ond( agents, d ald ila 'prqtestaionbs would niot niake om11 beliovo that the right man had gonie p other way. It seemis they hiad a de iption1 of thel man11 they wantedl and of .0 road lhe was exp~ected to go, but the ~olnmess of lisa denial and~ 1his goinig aniothet' ay coupled with the fact fAgit his friend's .'criptionj wgs4, in goimu respects, shnilar, 'tog s1om og~ the (rapk. As this gang ey'e rpbhers, gnid not mi-derers, probably ved te oilier mnn life, for at thiat time .ghwiayaimen were linoiwn to. hmqve iamtore eni simiply becaiuse they haud nto monoily. poor t6nster oni thu muntains was8 Onic nipped by a couple of mina and lis money smnanded, but whien they foud lie had( mne they contenitedl themselves with both cekhig him hicartily arnd cursing him for' a 3ceitfuh beggar for traveling without money. QO of my relatives ug hiygiboelgia, ombcy of ta 84j francisp0 goimeurcial sue ha oton said lie wvould not submi't ibein''robbed without resistanico, but 'ould be certamt to shoot; any man who at inipted l't. Ie always traveld wycU-atm I andi for uniate~ noypy met nlthu any rob gs qti l bhreo yog~rs ago. Ife hiad puie teayy colletions to make through the umthierni part of Califottnia, and 1mqone town here lie 5tpped 'had 697yd ms tg egl1 Poni. As ho pqm agt af~ opc e wheye a c~~d'~ " iey m~n e~taanig at the obi notthn'fia n n4g W iiiat been enr pilag WIII a member of the rm and aid atg other thiings he had ta--~ en abuggy to go to several small towns in to viciatynd would be back in twvo or tree dlays, that hie was thlen goIng to the very stable for his team. Just as he turn :I to leave the store thle samemanpr~ ut before hhnr Oghsw lol a pp d Wl.,Fa ~'C.h ureIont , a was his custom, and sent 'coeA toavin Franeisco. A few hi g frtlaigtown he limo ag, warm, he was bcgnn ~~ tenjoyti liieah of the shie'de, wfen the hp~ree sud. eilytpe and' rofused~ to m a asem er I was met square In the faco may one bfrb'ths wasth ra nho I had s~eenl one with, a holO in it lar're en2ougi to crawi into. ''lbrow up you hands !" As the ilnes Were hinnging on th dashboard, I had nothing f( )ainder Il(y do Ing it, at once, which 1 d1d, like it ltth manitil. The fellow's pal the went througl Ime, an1ad while doinig so, if ny armins droppet it little, 'highetr, ' was the s tarp order. fa( Ip they would go as high as - could reach. I had only thirty dollars, wiich seemed (t suirprise them as they though*It I hand thtl money they had seen ame collecting, so they cursed m(e andl([ their hick, looked at my3 watch to see the itie, exantined yIII wea. 1)1)ns, and put them all back n their places said that was a - iice diinold ring foi a poor iman to wear, bt di l not take it, saying they only wane'id mtoiey, as i these times such things always gave a fellow away. They then told me to sit down, gave me the linies and said ifl) looked back before I rettehed tle iext looe they would blow m11y brainas otil. I did 't look li tack. Whenl lie caime hontac lie niJflked into the house andl([ Itd his pistols d< v1, saying he would never carry themtt again. When ask ed why, he said 'twas of 1to se to carry weapons," and told 11 the 1t3-y I have just given. It is Ielated of JO (1ninl M lriet, the fatmous bandit chief, that the dIy after one of his most daring expl its he rode up1) to a siloon inl a mining Camll welt inl anl (anik with the crowd and heard his own story told over anld over by the excited throng anl what they voutld!do if they ever medt himt. Ile asked if tIheC3 haid eve'r Me him. Noite of tlien had, put. they could ill describe "tlie imturderintg greaser,'" anud would he iad to meet hih-- lie sooner I1I(he better. Joliqtin tlhfni ordered a drink, Went to the door an4 mointed his horse, rode I) to the bittr, lened down ind(t took the glass, draik to the crowd, tossed the glass ont he floor, and qu~ck ats hgli niig drew his revolver, (tashed the spurs into his horse and shouted back at :them : ( "Car rajo Americano I Ilereis Joiquin Murieta I Aiid before the biewilde(d n1tlers had col lected their senses lie was ot of siglt. Wit,, tieo'tUtmaa'atia ol0 aimtii. A lady of dhe Sevenath D trict of Worth County, Georgia, hits bccon iinsane oni the subject of religion. I ler ( tim enta tionl was first Iotiee( about a iont h ago, Sool after the close of at protracted neting at Union Baptist Church, near her htOne. She itat tended the different services very reguhirly 1111( seemtted deeply impressed and iroubled from their first. commencement. A short while before the meeting closed, she joined church. Uoing back home, ber incolierent, nmaddened and rambling coatduct Wits no ticed by ier husband and clildrenl, and they became terribly excited iand wrought, ,1) about it. She went raing albouit the house an1(d yard with a bucket of water, baptizing every thing inI her pitlhway. She baptized her husband aid ea-Jh onte of her children, and while doing this stIng the most beautiful songs-songs ,that she ithad heard but once or twice. Although ani utn this), she reads any chapiet i ine "ite" readily, pronouncing correctly and distintct 1y, ppying attention to punctuation points, &c. She preaches nearly till all the while, and, our informant says, uses the choicest Words and displays great wisdom and knowledge !n the hatndling of different sub jects. Although not, a iason, shie ktiows aill the mysteries of that mtysterious craft by heart. Doens of Masonts have gone to see lei', and they till come away dumb founded. 1ler husband has coie to the cciolusioni that ahe is a witch. She hits at tempted acts of violence, but its yet done no harm. lie, with outside assisitlco, tried at onle time to incarcerate her in on1e of the rooms of the houtse, btt te doors became utnmanto.ible aid wouldn't sity locked. Site hai't slept, itn eighteen days and nights, and (uiig that tilie lias taken but few mi'orsels of food. This is one of the strang est cases we have ever heard of. 1u drtedsB are flocking to see the frenzied wo mlaili. Duealtiug. Th'lere htats beent a tt:eetutlous exectitment in the armty ian l'a~iis, OmtisedI by a silly antd (linastrtis (11due1 ait St. Gera'iin between t wo ofilcers. It. appears thiat one of thtese yotung geaentmn inseulted the other' at the tablle, wvhereupoa a duel with sabres was fought tat the presece of the tuual wit ntesses andt~ the maister' of tatms. B~oth of the eflictrs wer'e wvountded alt thu tlrst en countter' and tjc wi'ttnesses dleclarled honoer plislod, but thet oflcer wvho hand givent the intsutlt dlesired~ to conttinue the fight. The duel now bccaime serious and( the maister' at-arms felt it his duity) to iterfere, bitt bie wias too hate. The siibre of thte insnitetd pierced thte 'teck of the~ inaiulier, cuathtng several arterics, Ati the gniafortunatte fellowv of tho regimtent at once. tr, i'ed0( the suivl ving ofilcer and( witntesses andt~ end(elivca'ed tn puntiish the latter by giiig thlemt eah1 A1f, tegn dlays of prian but the~ supot lor auth ogity---thtft mtystoriotts enttity which does 80 manity providenutial thangs Int Franice-atter fored and thme soivivintg prnilpal anid the witnesses wvere set fae. the reatson alleged being thtat it was not wise to compromise their fuaturte mIlitary catreer by impxlsag them for simlhy dutellin~g. Th Cotoe felt it hIs duttv hnwtoer,Toi infeorm thte oth er t1ndtr Oflic.&' of the reghnetnt that the dritt atmotng thonm that should provoke 4 ne~w duel would be r~moa'sely reducell t, the ranks. I knew it the Rluinn ymry, a most amlible and negoQnmplished gentlean who had b'~een thtce times yeduced toj the ig foi- ttuelhilirg,. and who, at thie ago of (orty, was only a lieuttenant, When~i 1e might have boon a division41neval,, hal it not boon (or bu t imrapzr, which~ wvge speor . Ig - ~3Ime tc~oa .t hIs utsual excclett sp p ikethtgnder itn ta lety sky A (Qw sud 1ogampl g tiintoFbo tqrmy would. s~ttle the oweling queostlin, SMIper Tirowinug, The atlotent oustora of throwing iat old1 slipper after the brIde as shte heaves heor home is still In mnany places believed tin' brIng luck to thte happy coutp3le hut it may be questioned hoer the old 'shoe was tht,X n luol only. It is stated In 9 'lo, yWi, tha "tie receciving'of a shmoo Wh an evIdence Atnd symbol of rj~tog resdgning'It." Thie la is (ainu1 liu teronom ,gt9M ' wie e the eoremonuy Is to'6t.' 'And 4t eea Aa pht r h p maCn plucked off his shoe an oflred it to hIs neIghbor." Hentce the throwIng of a shoe after a brIde was a symbol. of renunciation of dominion sand authority over her byfa~thtef g9unan gn g yept og 44~a by t a rd groom, even if' acoidental, was an omion thalt the authority was transferred to hi. A Struggle Witli a (Ao.l, In 1t 1 was a student at the old "Farim. ers' academy," at (Joshen, N. Y., near New York city-at least it is about sixty-fIve miles from it. One night in November, Mart Paines and myself were coming home from ai dancing party at. Snake hill. ''lhe night wis dark and cloudy, but the Clouds were occaionally broken a little, and thus gave lie moon a chance to peep out and show uts our route. Ve were walking home alone, having left a group of girls behind in charge of Ned North aid Bobby White, two of the b03's who liked to be with the girls better than we did. In those days I was not. very timid, and I was quite as strong.as I ami ncOw, but a real, earnest, rotigh-and tumble test, of my strength had never liei 'alled for. We were trudging along tihead of tho rest of our little party, when suddenly Paiiies startled ie with a proposition to cut icros lots and go through the cemetery, which would shiorten our journey a little, and give uts a chance to gel into town fir- ahead of 0our compalions. When Mart and I got to the cerner where the stile crossed the feIce lemialing ilito tie silent dwelling place of tihe dead, I felt for my match box toget ii "lucifer" with which to light a fresh cigar (smoking is no new habit With imie, you see), and somehow I managed to drop tle box, alid as it struck I Ie wooden stile with a sharp, metallic ring, we heard a well-defined "whist," that was hil f 1 word and half a low whistle of warnilig. We two lads instaitly sun11k to file ground, wiggled Ill) close to tle fence, and began to look and listen in or. dle' to see where the noise eaie from. In a moment Mart niuiged mie and whispered, "(4rave robbers, by thunder ! " And sure enogh-ias just then the moon came out and we saw two viiii nous-looking chaps, who, to my distorted imagination, at flrst looked to be about eight feet high. While the moon was shining they stood perfectly motionless; huit a moment later, when it had withdrawn its light, they stooned down and restinied their disreputable op pIrations. By this time we grot t heir heirings pretty well, and I, who had beeni grasping Mart's hand,suddenly felt him begin to tremble At first I thought it was fear, bt a moment. later I knew vhat was the matter whiien he fairly hissed in my car : "Charlie, that is Amy's grave, alld if you will staid by me I will kill or capture the hellhounds who are trying to tear lier out of it. - them " I had never imagined it before, but inl i twinkling I grasped the idea of why he had been so sad since beautiful, haughty Amy 11-- died, -and I wts in a liolielit as angry as he was. We listened and watched and made out. that there was one negro and one white man in the graveyard-the negro being a eertain big, splay-footed moke from "'Fiddler's Green, "1 a classic portion of old Goshen, Where the niggers have lived ever s .ice their York slf111s i wis once tihe custom inl ti.t state. The other clial) was smaller, and was evidently a man of the kind who preferred to let others do the hard work. lie gave orders. Now these grave robbers don't dig open the en tire grave. They simply dig a hole in be Side the grave, smash ill the coflil box and casket, and withi a hook or rope drag out the poor dead reinant of mortality, doblile it ip 1ad thrust it into a bag, refill the hole, re-place the tairf and drive off. By the time we got our plan of attack upon them digested they had dug their hole and were making arrangements to smash the cofllin with a sharp crowbar when we up and at 'em. The fence near the stile was broken down, and we had ('ell selected one of the square pickets as ii weaponl. They use oak pickets down there, Charlie ; heavy oaik, abaut. an inch square, and they were excel lent things to break a man' head with, at. least a wvhiite man's head ; but I found a col ored nma'a skull a hard nut to craick. We made a dash over the graves - and were upon thiem before they got fairly turned to face uis-foir the scaimps dlid not rn, ais I thought, they would. I selected the wvhite man,~i but, as we closed1 npon themi 1 foumd I had the African to deal with, andh I let hhu~ have it withi all my might, stumbling as I struck, and falling upon the ground wihth the ghodul on top, my heaid and lis heels bc ing in close proximity. Tlo change cads was a short jot), and1( just as I was fasteniug' my grip on his throat lie got, onie of his long' armas fr'ee andl dealt me a hortiblo blow he tween the eyes, and1( at the tune mnoment I saw a lhish, hietrd a shatrp report, teiard Mart yell, and~ then all became confuised, for I only knew that I amd that terribly.. atrong blnck devil were lookc~t in each oth er's arnis-that I had his head "in chau cery, and1( almost had 0on0 hanid on his throat, .i never shall forget the agony of those few mnomients when we each fought for life. They seemed as hours as we wrIthed and struggled over the graves. If I could have got him11 by the throat I could an have fIx ed hin, but we each humi to uiso a hand for priotctioni, am1l. it siOn delope~htd into a mere quieallon of endulirance'. 1 had1( no thnme nf brogthi to. caill for help, and, lideed, I am not sure thiat I thought of it, I only thought of how to choke ott thait black and hideous flend, and at the same time keep hIm fromi pling to Ids feet to chioko me offT, I almost pramyed for an arim six( Inches loniger In order to get my dligits airound hla throat, for weo were lock~ed in ainol a queer shape that, althougli t hud Ids head uder my 'arm, I caitd not get my hanids on hia t1\om~itn (ntnd for a, time I almost (do spahgedh1 ulinti. the big folLow2 hy ani effort thtnt mnust lAAye atrained hia muscles not a little, mianagcid to get to lis knees. But I was too quic1k for himi, and1(, breakIng all hiods, I sprang to my foot .and struck him aquire In the face. I could lilt hard In those days, CharlIe, amid, after staggeu' ing, him, I closed wIth hIm aga*ie amutnsk lng him by the throat I-Mell, I uess I banged hIs head, niet aga~inst the pretty hneadstonio tha~t Is sacred to the memifory of Ngjay' Winslow's diiughter. They told me afterward that Wob Wtite and the gIrls hea~rd Mi~tt ye.,~ and hecard the pistol shQt gn a niomen~t afterward sao 14 mnn sprtng o'yer the (enee,. heay li Swagon ~hiat had been standing In~ th witdofv, then anuely, with acry of pain , 1 out enA huoment later hearing egro n4 me panting aind struggling Stre graveyant, Bob had made a break orwhore I was, and had got there :just as I had battered the ugl~ness out of the b.lavls ghoul's head and had fainted away'. .1ti4 then Mtgrt revived (hie ltali we bpeon hurt bjidly, buL a b et leg an ugly ridge along hit rihi loitemp and they tied the neg~ro With hilwn roes, and wont to lool after' the .hjte ghoul. He' was there sure enough. Mfart had broken his right foreo arnh with that ook nicket. Ma the fellaci the wheel in elibing into the wagor1 anid tite pail cauised 1 him to fall. The tomble knocked his hiead( agaIlnst a clod. and it made life at blhaik for him for a few mo ments. We recognized him 11s a nice yoing man) who had been loafing about. town, for som1e Weeks, and we thought, Ie was too badly hurt and scared to need muchli watching. It'lt while we were loadiig the legro ilto lie wiagon 11or "nice yeYoung 11aln,'" who WaS i prfessional supply narent. for a certain college, hand given 11 the slip; but we litayed by (in coloed friend un1til we saw him safe behind the prison baIrs that niight, and if ever you are-( detailed to go downu to Sing Sing to interview som1e great prison bird nqu1ire for No. 2,82t, and that 1 Nick Parmlee, the Colored Orange cotIun ty grave robber, sent up for i long termn for that. night's work. Ile killed a keeper afterward and they made him i "lifer." I did not get out of bed after that for two days, and to this hour I am n1o1 over fond of lonely graveyards. A Seai1i1Ck H iumlorist. We left I'ortland in tle evenimg an11d i bit of a storm. There was a heavy sea, with its isiual depressilng ilhlltices. The sea grew roigher, and as tile pitching -.:d rolling of the good ste am...1er New York ill erenvised my13 spirits. did not1 rise. Your SIilits are 1101 11)t to ris', 1 find. ty are te only thilgs about you1 that, dol't rise, however. My subject, of refledion having elIded my rather inactive mind, I became sensible of a kind of i sort of a languor that sug gesterl repose. I did not feel like standing 111 and silngilig. I wanted repose. I wan't. particular what. kind of repose that of the grave would have suited ine perfectly well. llit there was no grave handy. Alid when I went out and looked out toseaward andt([ gazed lat the landless expanse of angry, tossing waters, I didn't see any material to make a grave. And then, when I returned c to the stateroom, it. begall to dawn upoll tile, very diily, that. the repose was about its seldom its the grave. The ocean 11111de ie feel as though I had swallowed it I whole, ami I was afraid I would have to spread a little to hold it. I believed I would retire and abandon I the struggle with my feelings, for I felt I I was oil the verge of quoting poetry. I stood oil 11my feet and took off some of my i things. Then I Wnled up1) agiillst the door It and took off a few. Then I stood on my i head an1d got off on1e or two. Then I lly I down o1 my back and kicked off tlie rest of thei. Then I looked u) at iy berth. It Wls 600 feet fron the tloor and was M still going. v I Cast. fin anxiols, despai Ing glance at it, reached out1 and dragged a traveling shawl a over me and tried to warble i merry stave it Whel0 0 1 it1m 1)Yissaae or u1le imeria- .T tionlal Stealmsh11ip Company, I did not Col tract to sleep in a skyrocket, and that, I i should not. get into berth until it came down b close enough for me to grab at it. 1 The sense of itter foilorness, the feelings v of desolation and gonenesl ; the impression, generally correct that ever3 well personi Ii the ship is laughing at you; the saddening 1) thought that there is n1o chance of dylig ; the depressing knowledge that there is no help for it, an1yhow ; the confidence that nobody 18 going to do anything for you, an1d 01 the philosophical resohition red cent if they a don't; the 1ope that, you will be over it by ) 5 morning ; the fear that it will last, a week ; r the forlorn hope, n1ow and then, tlit the pilot will get frightened an( tIe the ship up I to i treQ ait s011e place only for a little t while; the despairing se1se of disappolIt - K ment that steals over you ats it becomes evi- - dent that the pilot hasn't the remnotest -' thlought oIf doing anlythin~g of thle kind ; and at, last the fervent, ealrnest, despairing wish p, that the boiler w~ill blow usp, the ship strike i a1 rock, caitch 0on fire, capIsize, he run downl I by an1 iron steamlshlip, get, struck bly light- a nling ando sinkI in 600t fathoms of water, and 3 d. It all most51 p)owerful quick, too. Th'i~s Is the final spasm'. i WVhy, evoun after I fell asleep, I dreCamed ti that I was a boy again ; a hlappy, guileless, dI barefoot, boy, and1( that I wvas in Peoria, sit- i1 ting behind the wvoodshied In thle old d yalrd onl Mon~roc street, where the p)ostoflice no0w at11ands, making, in boyish solitude, miy r' maidlen efforts onl my first and most81 ser- a reptitious cigar. And( I dlreamed that11 the a cigar was just about half sm)okedi out1, and( 73 was lyin~g on the chopping-bhock beside me, y and that the curItalin had just, rung for the second( act. Anl irislhman's P'rIe (If Ilirthi. 5 An evening or two sin1ce a on1 (If Erin i, was telling a crowdl about a mnan wvho fell into the South Utah shaft last wInter break- a ing both legs anid lyIng atL the blottom of the g shaft(1 80ome three daiys before lie was dis- o coveredl. lie said: "It wvas only by the1( 1 mercy o' (God that ho wvas at 1last, found. a By a1 wonderful chance-divil knowvs what I sint 1h11m I-a man51 wint linto the tunnel gropin' and1( gropin' his way along toward y thle ouild shaft in the lre 0' the same. As ra he was stonlpin' along there Ill the (lark hei heardl the eall of a voice. It was faInt like ~, thue call of a sick man or the' groan of a e ghost. The voice was repeated. TVhe man r' was 1101d In spite of 1118 frIght, andl he gropedl ahead andl soon came to the mou01th 1 of the winze. Jie lIstened and the call of t the voIce was repaitedl. It came up from e the bottom of the ould shafte t " 'Is It there ye are t" said the man at t thle top. " 'it is here I am,' said the fella at the 1 hottom~, "Alr ye far down P' says the Celia at She top. '- 'I'mCkni .,anfl' the folla at the bottlom, and dlvil of a bn ore do I know 1 of how the iy~or fella got foud."t lNo wanted to be Loved. Williamt (the father of Frederlek the Groat) was two-thirds crazy. ThIs benIgn mionaroh, who greatly endeared himself to his subjects by kicking and cuffing theml, was walkIng in the streets one dity, when a ~ quiet and timiideitizen, seeing hmu approAch, fled1 in terror. ' Tihe king (nlloweod the fugItive, and1 St las$ ovortooik hinm and grasped him. by the cellar, "Why do you run away C" he demanded. "Your Majesty, I was afraid of you,"' was the reply. "Afraid of me, you scoundel I" replied i tho king, at the same time making -It -very 4 119eIg for the Oiott with tfr royal cane, I 'dot fei anedh ~c,"vack,) T -F- '.J& -L.JL.J '.I j.J7 NEWS IN Bl iIEF. -Wm,. Quiiby, of Mundhaim, N. .. lias 120,000 pOch trces ogl his farm. -There are 447 patients iII the Mor ristown (N. J.) HlospItal for the Insane, and 434 in the 'rontonl Iustitution. -Orin Gotham, of El)l)ig, N. H1., ate 3(; piacelis on i wager, and they killed him. -The Fiench Mint at Bordeaux has been abolished, and henceforth the uolniing Is all to be done in Paris. -lowa raised 2,950,000 hogs the past year, leading all the States in the Uniion. -The official census returns show that the population of Kansas on the Lst of March last was 848,970. -The tobacco crop of the world ItiouIts to 1,300,000,000 I)ounds. The U uted States produces nearly one-half. -Boston drinks iifteen thousand gal lons of soda an(1 twenty thousand gal ons of root and tonlo beer every day. -The expenso of President Gambet a'$ recent fete in Paris Is pit at $32 000, w'ilch was defrayed by two patrfotic ady admirers. -Six tanks containing 1,500 barrels )f oil were burned at Red Rock, M[cI(canl coulity, Pat., on the 25th of A ulgust. -England enjoyed but twenty three 1tours of sunshine during the week mudilg August 13th, although the sun vas above the horizon 105 hours. -Fourteen hundred boxes of cheese vere oil'ered for sale at the Meadville Pa.) Exchange on the 25th of August, mt no stles were negotiated. -Tle total of the subscriptions col ected in England for the widows and irptans of those who died in Zululand mIlloulnlts to $00,000. -It Is a singular fact that since 1842 here have bcen yellow fever cases li iew Orleans every year, with tile ex options of 1861, 1862, 1803 and 1865. -Peter Siple, of North Ferrisburg, , ernont, has six daughters who aver ge 217 iounds each. Ills whole fami y of eight persons weIghs 1,702 pounds. -In 1807, when Daniel Webster Ived at. Portsmouth, in had fi red m1o- * occo pocket-book, which is now in >ossession of Col. Hoyt, of Cincinnati. -it Is reported that the yarious Mor ion congregations in North Georgia re orgalizing for the Immediate exo us to Utal. A great many native 1ormons will go. -The United States buys more and iore Canadt horses yearly. In 1875 .'e Imported only 214, valued at$28,955; tile last, year tle number was 0,032, aluied at $391,235. ---Ninety persons exercising trades n'l professions in Great Britain have icomes exceednag $250,000. About .;uaMI ,}} I& in comes between -lIltherto the Krupp firm has made nd delivered to the various States of 4uropo and Asla more than 20,000 can 0115, only a very slight percentitage of bl1lehi have burst. -The Municipal Council of Paris has oted to turn out all tile teachers of the ublie schools in that city who belong > the religious congregations, and ap oint lay instructors only. -Tie people of the United States pay ver $70",000,000 a year for spirituous ud fermented liquors, an(1 only $95, )0,000 for eduncation and $48,000,000 for Cligioni. -Unlike his predecessor, Archbislio yley, the present Archiblshopof Bal more, Is op)o8d to the simple Gro orian music. AModern muisic will liu ture be sung in the Cathedral of that Ity. --VThe cranberry crop of Ocean coun r, N. J., is said to be rutined, owinig to 'orms11 driought, scald and grasahop ors. kaglei wood towniship, produecing 1 Inually 20,000 bushels, will not yield 300 bushels. -Mrs. G ninness recently gave a ball I 1L0ndon1 at ai cost of $20,000. Man il p)ieces of stephanotis, banks of gar 11n11a, and blocks of ice into wnioh owers were frozenu were among the e'corations. -Professo'r Louth, of Munich, Bava la. has publishled a book to prove that hlierogiyphaical inlscription) on a mnon mlettdisco vered in Lower Egypt by Siaritete-Boey shows that the monument 'as erected by Moses. -On1a recent Sunday evening, 1,200 eirsons in St. John's Roman~ Catholie hurch ini Rochester, Miinn., stood up nd( rep~eated, after Father Turner, a alemn plIedge of abstinence from all itoxiatinig drinks for one year. -Thie R1ev. Ekwin Post, M. A., mem er of the New Jersey Con ference, and yrmerly Professor anid Vice President f Ponnington Seminairy, has been e Icted Professor of tihe Latin Language nd Literature In Asbury Universlty, ndiana. -The capital invested ini British rail umber of miles open,'1,33 the'cap :al per mile, 201,505; tihe proportion of f orking expenses to gross receipts was B per cent; and the proportion of net evenue to capital, 4.25 per cent. -Excursions to Charleston at large. y red uced rates are being organized y the South Carolina Railroads, in rde" to indIuce country storekeepers a be~y their fall and winter stocks in hat city, instead of goIng north or buy. rig by sample from commeroial travel Sra. -According to the report of Fish Varden Orr, julst issued, there were 00.400 shlad eaught in the different Ishieries of tihe Jersey shore of the )eleware during the past ses n. Or his amount 35,0CO were eau~t at the ilouester fisheries and -ba Shore. eventy-two gill ne were employed.. -R.. Sltgymskcey, of Kittanning, 'a,, possesses .an ancient pie , of fur aIture. It is a chair whieh bolnged to la great grandfather,'GeneraI Perifer Prazer, of the rovaluttenary ari7, I s one of six chaira .wbietyr Were pnr. ihased when his great gra father W'as narried, and is estimted $ abot& .10 years old. -The owners of the GreatM astern iave at last determined to couivert the great shi ntoa ia i~~a wenondloi ,ollers, will Eoin 01 t~~4u~r~, loed tht .