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AivA Th [-WEEKI 4Y EDITION. WINNSIX)HO,9 S.. C.9 C()E{1,17.VL 1.N.12 GIVE HIM A LIFT. (ivo hi a lift! don't kneel in prayer, Nor mora' ize with his despair ; The man is down, and his groat need I ready help, not prayer and creed. 'Tie timo when the wounds aro washed and healed That the inward motive be revealed But now, whate'er the spirit be, Moro words are but mockery. One grain of aid just now'is more To him than tomes of saintly lore Pray, if you must in your heart, But give him a lift, give him a start. The world is full of good advice, Of prayer, and praise, and preoaching nice But the generous souls who aid mankind Are scarce as gold and ha'rd to find. (live like a Christian-speak in deeds ; A noble lifo's the beat of creeds; And he shall wear a royal crown Who gives them a lift when they arc down. Zaidee Clare's Pride. Not a word had sie uttered, not a sound had escaped her lips, but she sat looking into the speaker's eysC with a strangely wistful gaze wholly unlike the )roud beauty I who had been the theme of conversation with almost all of her acquaintances, for her apparent coldness and indomitable will. t "Have you no word of congratulation, Zaidee ; have you nothing to say ?" asked the young girl, looking wonderingly into the fast whitening face of ZaIdee Clare. t "I wish you every happiness In the worl, I Rell." She spoke at last, recovering herself with an effort. "We are to be married in the fall," Dell I continued, turning the brilliant diamond on her hand, where It Ilashed like a tear, I not noticing the compressed lips and frozen< face before her. "We shall go to Italy and Switzerland, in fact wherever I please, and you ltay be sure 1 shall please to go almost everywhere. I I knew you would be glad ; it is such a comfort to have a friend to talk to. Re member it is to be on the fifth o1 Septemi ber. I wish you would be my bridesmaid, however. 1 shall see you a great many tines before then and we can talk over it." With a breezy laugh and a merry nod the visitor departed, taking with her all the sunshine in Zaldee's life. Zaldee Clare was an heiress, young and 1 bewilderingly beautiful, with at face an(d form of unequaled loveliness. 1Her eyes were large and black, not with the hard brightness that so often accom panies eyes of that color, but great, shining, velvety eyes that seemed to betray every eilotion with i strange fidelity In one so proud. She lad a pretty way, in somie it would look like affectation, of letting the full white lids fall slightly, veiling the dreamy glory of her eyes that only shone duskily through the fringe of thick black lashes. 11er hair was marvelous In its length and luantity, and of a rich browt that ran Into rare, golden lights. She was, Indeed, beautiful, wanting for t nothing that wealth could buy, a haughty, petted child of luxury. With the utter abandonment of her na ture, she loved Mark Reyburn, and yet oh, inscrutable fate-he loved another, at least so Dell said. She ran up stairs, lightly hummling Some11 merry ballad, that those around her might not see the horrible burning heartache she was trying to hide, trying to keep from showing inl her eyes, or, from bursting in a' long, quivering so) through her lips. Ala I what a to-morrow of yesterday. Only last night lao was breathing love woAds In haer ear, Is eyes looking d'aep into hers, ; his hands clasping her-and niow H~e shaould never know fronm hecr what shec suffered. Uie was not worthy of her love,j and1( she would root it out if it broke her heart. Hecr first imp~ulses was to conafront himl witha hils perfidy ; baut his words were smlooth anad sweet ; he mlighat add to lisa 821 wIth falsehaood. Alh, no0 I shlo cold never believe in him again, or in anyone, she thought, saly; andc thec thought of seeing 1h11m was too mlucha ; she could not bear it Used to her whime and fancies, her pa0rents thought nothaing of her sudden an nlouncemlent that she wvas going to see her Aunat Jeannie in 11cr quiet, out-of-thac-way little seasidle home. "'When are yoaa going 1113 (lear ?" asked her mnothaer. 1 am1 tired of everything," was the rathier impartienthanswlre "Whtalg ay, toark he hoe "Notng us, hniel thi ote;. i cnans (lidin elaAnton,-1( TOllhel mohe loforkedl sarlye iro 1 thon rea ablvfce ofl and daghte, andt rnardy tigeda sandthough otshe secivedt trugh ofpingr like anreatin hor godicstasI. i "child strangernc, myis e wore childbr orfen ieytee "Iveray Id a stu eadynoie ande so eot1ion, for the net emir, ae sto se f the vsomeand goknd t full p mya goi th and as npprochail s ahrough~ ordin ers le an d, here aou heri nd bhld lMohr, usa wish wt~edr A qive nthed ofad voice alnbe trayed emotion, andth ne ainte and va Wuaf h ommkn fultopfr 1 givig orwd e, airy threoi adut he plats nd irdinlier usae sef-oecot.e mnner luldteimtst - Three I was lae-ionder and ferfuly fThen hoseongeig to slneg o doaught ande -lgray lsten th wid, airy IoramsI adl itf tooh ook-ne. It sto n an receinncat tou -tesa. hs et tog sughg o ule h nmtst ser a nghret wo e when c torly aosee; fad an.ya e o autberor dotl auhels 1 tic ree te ocdfcesemdtokIng' bu1$t to'd Arady eers inot laoit were and. [ing her to return, and ht(,. could give io (asonable exce for staying much longer. One morning, nearly three months after lhe had been there, a sudden the uglht caie o her-it was the very (lay that )ell had nentioned aW her wedding-day. The full force ot her Sorrow camiie upon ier with the thought ; she had tried to live t down, but the relentless thigers of mem >ry tore the wound open afresh, andl with iinding tears in her eyes she leaned against he huge, bleak rock beside her. She had wandered froin ie house; her ,hamber stilledl her ; she watled more air nore room to still this pain which was eat ng I ato her heart and bratinl. Once or twice site wrung her hands in lpoter.t miilsery, the c:hokiig sobs4 shaking ier slight figure frou head to fot. and trangling it her throat. With an aching bet, her heart returnasto ,e thoutght of Mlark's wedding, with i drea -iness that blotted all that was beautiful nut of the u ibilue lWaves (fhat (anliced nerrily, now at her feet, now swiftly rnn ling out to sea curling Crisply inl foam aupped ridges. Who wts that comiing down the path roi the house, she wondered vaguely, as he turned her iCtid, impelled by some trange instinct. Neirer and nearer the figure came, and lie c'lasped her hands together over her osom to quiet the tumultinous throbbinag. Surely-sirely, it was Mark. The world eemed slipping away from ner, the roar of ie sea sounded int her (-ir is if muillied by listance. "Ohl, mly darling !" The words thrilled her, a:-d then came Ie terrible realization, that for an instant mis presence had dispelled, that lie had no Ight to address her in this manner. "You forget yourself," she said, coldly, .r heart aching and beat in fiercely, "you orget that- " Ile hat imprisoned her iands, and was ooking down into her eyes with a grave uaestioniig glance. She ceased to struggle, an(] waited vaited with proid, high head for his words. t moment, ie stood there, then dropped cr listless hands, and folded his arims, eeping his eyes bent upon her face. "Zaide, what imeatit you by this note? I ou disliss m1e without a word of expla maton; is this the way you love ate ? At rst i thought I would not seek you, but 'ou have so grown into my life, my heat, hat I have broken all barriers of pride, nd have come to ask What I have done, o repair the fault, if by anyt% fault of mine have offended you, and then-oh, God -to bid You farewell." The peculiar, shifting light fell aeross is face, and his voice rose and fell with lie liquid intonation of the sea. She looked iusteadily at hini as he censed peaking, and still disbelieving him, she ,athered her dress up haughtily, an([ tried o pass him. Ile put his hand out ald stopped her. "You shall answer me," lie said passion tely, his voice vibrating with inward emo ion, What have I done ? what have I done ? )ne word, dear, only one word. Do not et us part forever, for the sake of' pride." Site turned prondly toward him. "You are tie )0os, detestable creature hat walks the earth--a flirt. Your place 1 not, here, but by the side of your wife." "Wife," hie Said inl at momlent, falling tack a pace or two." "'Are you not married, or-going to be ?" he faltered, a little wonder struck at tihe learly honest. air of htr lover. "No, 1101 almt I likely to be, except to ourself. "But Dell Somers,'" she said, still puz led, but growing Very white. le burst into i loud laugh, and she tgrily turned away, and commencedt walk ng swiftly toward the house. "'One momet, dear," he gasped between aughing aind trying to keep up withI her. 'Dell wias married1 carly thuis morninig to --" and lie gave out, breauthless. '"Whom 1" she askedl, stopping short. '"My ftather.'' She saw it all thea--they had the same ilame ; lhe wais by' no0 metans anI 1( o ldia, 11nd had always fancd D~elh ; btai she hiad tot dreamed of this. Blinded by pridle and( eaulousy she had1( asked no quest ionis, hiad ecludled herself from aill further kniowledge, ad(, in fact, nlearly niad~e herself miserable or life. She smiled through her tears as ho gath.. tredI her to his b~reast, thtis time withlout nay resistliance ; ludicrous as it w~as she huddered when she thought of whiat the 'esuilt miighit have becen, Ijorxesl in Mextco.. I lorses tare bredC( ini great numilbers at the ralrious haciendas in the provinces, some of h1e largest est ales having eighty or a huni bred thlousand cattle and fifteeni or twenty housantd mules and horses. The p~astuirage a green all tihe year round, 0and the animals eceive 110 other food. T1hey multiply as lie birds do, and with tus little p~rofit to their >wnle''s. Generally speaking, they run vild unttil wanted, when they are caught vith a hrtsso, hioodwintked, and1( immeldliately nlounitedl. For the first fifteen or twcnty ninutes they exert their whole strength to ,hrow their rider, but findig their efforts mavalling, patienltly submlit, and generally tive but little trouble afterward. Owing ,o thleir mulnense tumbers, horses are sold rery cheap, the average price for anl un1 >roken herd being eIght or tell dollars a leaid, wifth but little demandii~ at that. It otmethnes occurs that the governmlenlt pur ~hases a few hundred foi the army, but, enerllhy speaking, there are very few oc ,aaions whlen theoy can be sold, Mexican iorses, as a rule, are not handl~some, and{ re seldoml more than fourteen hands hIgh; ttill, they have nothIng of the peeuliar mild of thet pony about thiem. Fed~ on.. Irely upon grass, they yet endure more atigue and are capable of maintaIning a apid gate for a longer thme than the grini ced horses of other lands. In the towns m~d Cities thley receive the scantiest of care md thle meagerest allowance of food. Tied ip thie whole day-Iri the stifling courtyards, hey stand patIently awaiting thiet' evening neal. Frequently they are turned loose ogether, when it requires the use of a lasso o catch thiem. -So familiar with this hi Itrum~lent (10'they' become that time moment he animal feels the rope- about its neck It ttands stock still, when without it it would lot atier itself to be saddled or bridled, '-It Is proposot1 to erect a st atus to f4ayetteln) DruId HlI Pairk,lBaltlmoro, et a Cost of $12.000, la I esthnated that the people of Wew Tlrk paid $80,000,000 for home. nadte lage' heer last year. The Wolf usd theo Fox. A wolf, once upol) i time, caught. a fox. It happened one y(liy that they were both going through the forest, and the wolf said to his companion, "G0(et ie some food. or I will eat you up." The fox replied, " 1 know a farm-yard wlere Ithere llre a couple of young lambs, which, if you wish, we will fetch." This proposal pleased the wolf, so they went, and the fox, stealing first, one of the lanbs. brought, it. to the wolf, and then ran away. Tihe wolf devoured it quickly, but was rot coitented, and went to fetch the other lamly by himself, but he did it. so awkwardly that he aroused the attention of tihe mother, who begai to cry and . bleat loudly, so that the peasants ran up. They thein found the wolf, and beat him so un mercifully that he ran, howling and limp ing, to the fox, and said, " You have led ie to a nice place, for, when I went to fetch the other lamb, the peasaits eanme Ind beat mile terribly." " Why are you such a glutton?" asked the fox. Tihe next (lily they went again into the flelds, and the covetous Wolf said to the fox, "Get, ie something to eat how, or I will devour you I" The fox said lie knew a country house where the cook was going that evening to make some pancakes. and thither they went. Wien they arrived, the fox sneak ed and crept round the house, until lie at last discovered where the dish was standing, out of which lie drew six pancakes, and took them to the wolf, saying: " There is something for you to eat I" and then ran away. The wo f dispatched these in ia minute or two, and, wishing to tnste some more. he went and seized the dish, but took it away so hurriedly Che, it broke in pieces. The noise of its fall brought out the wvoman, who, as s0011 as Ste saw the wolf, called her people, who, hastening up, heat him with such a good will that lie ran home to the fox, howling, with two lame legs! 1 What a dirty place you have drawn me into now ! cried lie ; " the pea sints have caught me and dressed miy skin finlely I" " Why, then, are yon such a glutton ?" said the Fox. When they went out again the third day, tihe Wolf limping along with weariness, lie said to the Fox, "Get me something to eat now, or I will devour you!" The Fox said lie knew a man who hadl just killed a pis, an(1 salted the meat down in a cask in his cellar, and that they could get at it. The Wolf replied that lie would go with him oin condition that lie would help him if lie could not escape. ''Oh, of com11sc I will, on mille own ac count,!" said the Fox, and showed hin the tricks and ways by which they could get into the cellar. When they went in there was micat in abundance, and the Wolf was enraptured at the sight. The Fox, too, had a taste, but kept looking around, and ran frequently to the hole by which they entered, to see if his body would slip through it easily. , Presently the Wolf asked, "Why are you running about so, you Fox, and Jumping in and out?" I -I want to see if any one is coming," replied the Fox, cunningly; "1 but mind you do not cat too much I"I The Wolf said lie would not leave til! the cask 'lwas quite empty ; and meanwhile the peasant, who had heard the noise made by the Fox, entered the cellar The Fox, 11s soon a s lie saw hin. made a spring, and was through the hole in a jiffy ; and the Wolf tried to follow his example, but lie had eaten so much that his body was too big for the hole, and lie stuck fast. Then came the peasant with a cudgel, and beat him to death; but the Fox ran away into the forest, very glad to get rid of the old glutton. Sam Patch Sami Patchi was an impostor, but In his brief career he always p~erformed all that lie promised in a straight-forward and honest, way. ie niever resorted to the use of rubber strap~s, coils of wire, or a para chute, in order to render his leaps free from applarent danger. Sam Patch, as lie was familliarly called, was a native of Paterson, N. J., thme son of "p'oor hut honest piarents," and1( for some years lived there alone ith hIs widowed mother. H~e is said by some1 persons to have been a lazy, shiftless and dissipated fellow, but I was assuredl by aii old and1( repultable merchant of the pla5cc, a few years ago, who knew Sam well, that this was not so. The same gentleman kindly took me to the place where lie made lis first leap into the Passaic river, of som11 eighty or ninety feet, and which lhe re pealtedl several times. During the summer of 1829 Patch wvent to Niagara Falls, and mladIe one( or two successful leaps into the seething wateirs belowv. In October of the sa~ime year he camne to Rochester, and gave out that lie wold~ leap fronm a small Island above the upper falls. This was the last of October, and was an occa'sion that called together more people than Rochester over saw before. Full fifty thousant were on hand to witness for the first time a daring feat that no other man hand ever attempted In this country. On this occasion I took my st and below the falls, close to the water's edlge, anld nearly uinder the p~rojecting rock from which he was to julmp. Promptly at ,the hmour announced Sam made lisa appear ance on the spot, and greeted with cheers and a tiger such as any human muighit be proudc of. After surveyIng the vast assenm blage for a moment lie romnaved hIs outside garments andh tied a red banmlana around his wvaist. Soon lhe waved a farewell to the people 0on all sides, wvhich no doubt sent a thrill through mnany a oosom, aid, with arms extended, leaped into the waters be low. I shall never forget the sensation as I looked up and saw him coming down. Just as he~rcachied the water-he brought his arms to lisa side, and went In without a rip ple upon the surface. In an instant lhe re appeared and swam ashore, with no injury pmye a slight bruise on lis slin against a sunken tree. lIe wvas taken upon the shoulders of Lomne present, andi carried up the bank, where -he received the hearty congratuilations of all the vast, admiring erowd. On the nInth of November follow ing heo made another and lisa last leap ; this tine fromi an elevated platform twenty-five feet hiigh, making the whole distance of the leap I15 feet. .eIt Was a chilly, unpleasant day, with some ice in the river, and, to protect himself from the cold,, ho drAnk rather too frdbly of brandy, s 'we notiged in following him close on to the islandJ from which he was destined never to re turn. H~e ascended to the p lace of 16aptag with apparent ease and coolness, and, after looking out upon the sea of heads for a tuoment, he, ase before, removed all his xarment4 except pant. and shirt, and, tyingr the bandanai again around his body, he motioned to all a last farewell, and walked off to almost instant death. He struck the water on his breast, and as it closed over hinm we felt sure that for him this was "the last of earth." Diihgent search was at once nade for his body, but all in vain. Early the next spring, however, it was found floating at the mouth of the river at Char lotte, with the handkerchief still on. iis remains were decently interred In the vil lage cemetery. Some10 may wonder what became of San's bear, that was also to make a similar leap shat same day. If I remember rightly, it was bought by one of our village barbers by the name of Sears, who fed him a few months till he becanie quite fat ; then lie killed him and added the "bear's oil" busImess to that of barber ing. For a year or two after that Old Sears, as lie was called, might often be seen on the street and in stores with a basket containing several dozen bottles of bear's grease, together with one of the feet of the feet of the old bear himself as an evidence of its genuiieness. The bear, as we woll remember, was quite a big fellow, but lie must have been extremely well fatted, Judging from the great amount-of bear's grease that Sears disposed of. The monCy that Sam collected, and that paid for the bear, wats all sent. to his mother at Pater Jameson, the 1riah Nimrod. Mr. .Janieson, the young Irish Baron, who for the past several years has journeyed from the Green Sod to engage in hunting and fishing sports in Montana, was unusu ally successful this season, his wagons re turning to Ilelema, recently loaded withi the antlers of elk, miooses, (leer, mountain sheep aindI antelope, and the pelts of grizzly and black bear, mountain lion, lynx, wildcat, other splendid troplhies of the chase. These valuable possessions, carefully preserved and packed, have gone forward to the old coun try, while Mr. Janesoti, disbanding his party of four, and accompanied by his body servant, starts soon on a journrey around the world, sailing from San Francisco for China some time In September. In this con-' nection an adventure, in which Mr. Jameson and a bear were the sole participants, is worth relating. One night last mouth, while biyouacked on Cascad6 creek east of the Muscleshell, well defined tracks were left about the camp, Indicating that while the party peacefully slept, the premises had been invaded by a huge grizzly. The fol lowing morning, while breakfast was pre paring, the young Irishman, armed with his trusty rifle, started down the creek, trailing the beast a half mile to a point lead ing into a thicket or under-brush skirting to a considerable extent the stream on both sides. Making a slight detour, James pusli ed his way cautiously Into the thicket, the slight noise of his carefully picked footsteps being mufiled by the rollicking waters leap ing and tumbling over successive falls, Halting suddenly and parting the bushes the intrepid hunter esplied his game, leisure ly at rest, scarcely thirty yr.rds away. ie concluded the bear was his, and with steady aim at vital parts sent two bullets in rapid succession into the broadly presented side of the beast. There was a fierce growl, and the wounded animal, parting the brush and saplings like grain stalks, pushed vigor ously toward his assailant. Unable to get another unobstructed shot, and understand ing his peril, Jameson, with great presence of mind, quickly retreated toward the creek, the bear pursuing and close at his heels. There was no tine to halt or turn aside, and reaching the bank the hustled sportsman, holding aloft his rifle, leaped for the water, landing in a pool to the depths of his armpits. A moment later and the enraged brute, bursting through the willows and saplings, confronted him on the margin of the brook. Jameson, prepared for his enemy, with promptness and .recision put two more shots imto the great beast, and in the very act of taking to the water after lis prey, tumbled to the ground dead. Jame son, scrambling out of his unpremeditated bath, returned to campl, intercepting on the way two of hIs comrades summoned by the report of his rifle and hastening to his aid. After breakfast a team was hitched up, and strapped to poles the linge carcass of bruin was hauled up to camp and skinnedl. Th'le heft of this monster was placed at 1,000 pounds(1, and the pelt, exhibited to a numi ber of men esteemedl to be good jud~ges In such matters, more than sustained the estl mnatedh weight of the beast. Jimy's Last Ride. James Brant, or as lie is better known, "English Jimmy," was a Montana stagc driver. Many years ago lie took the reins on the route between Butte and Deer Lodge and served the public faithfully. Jimmy's horses loved hIs affectionate pat and stroke about as much as they did their oats. liHe rarely used the whip, carrying it, Indeed, for the purpo of playing tunes with the lash in the sharp~ moumtaini air. One morning, a fe 5e~ agc, Jhumny's horses jolted out of Butte with a coach-load of men, women and children. A passenger Bat with him on the box. The stage swept along the road at a good rate, and soon the first relay, Girards, was reached. There the horses were changed, Jimmy ?e marked that the horses were not his 0old friends, but strangers to hIm, lie directed the stableman to arrange the harness care fully, as the team was evidently spirited. When all was ready a mischievous boy called out, "Now you go, Jimmy " at the same time slapping one of the leaders with his hand. The leader reared and shot head long away. The four horses sprang imme diately into a dead run. JImmy threw his every musole into the lines. THe called out, "Steady, down there l" for the benefit of the passengers, gritted his teeth and bent to his tasks. The horses dashed on at thme top of their speed. They were crossing a level plain and making dead for a narrow gully, down which the road ran before It crossed an insecure, unwalled bridgo. Jimmy filed his eyes on a farm house in the distance and on his route. Hie knew that If ho could reIn his horses through several piles of soft grass shocks near the bouse he could save the passengers. lHe told tha6 men to be rdady to jump as they ran through the grass. "Take the babies," said lie, and, as the coach swerved under his powerful arm and ran in among the shocks, the passen gers leaped or rolled out, some bruised, but not badly hurt. A few minlutes later JInimF's, body was picked up utnder the 6ridge fr'om which the coach had been thrown to the rocks below.. The poor fol low's log, and arms wore broltenz. The MQ14ttna Miiier says that he uttered .pe: i "(Girard, this is Jimmy's last idbithe did his duty" Ife died in ani honr. A M-Cem. One winter eveiiIg about fifty years ago, a post-chalise with a single gentlemiall in side k drove ill) to tlie North of Scotland, where plissengers Who were going to cross to Orkieys usually spent the night. The gentleman, whom we will (all Mr. MlT , was tlie owner of i hirge estate, and ati old house which hild belonged to his family for iundredis of years, in the imainland, or chief of the Orkney Islands, alnd was now about to visit his prope'rty. It was a blustering, storily night, but that only made more plasant. tie cigar d1111( glass of wliSky, an1d tlle crackling of thu wood-lire by which MacT. sat chatting with tile landlord, who walS inl old friend both Of lis father an1d himself, and who was proud of entertain ing tile "youing li rd," ats lie called him, With his wilIeSt tales Of adventure Oil tle sea. They <lid not, however, sit lite, for the Orkney pket sailed very early li tie imoining, i.d AlacT. Hon found himself in h1is cozy well-appointed little bed-room -- 'The wind was clilltiig a grand lierserker melody, inid tile sell was roaring Ia deep bass accompaniinent. MacT. loved those sounlh, for they had often been the lullaby of his childhood. and sooln fell asleep. For some hours lie slept without nll image or tihought reaching his miind ; but at lenigth, whein the iorniing wias gliinnering gray iln the East, a strainge dreaim canid to trouble him. I Ie dreame(t that Ie was inl the liln ient hanleting hall of his old hiouse inl the Mallmld, sitting at, tile head of i very long table. The baniuetting hall Wias now in reality alnost a ruin, Wit ill his drea Meac T. saw it hung with a hunudred lights. The table was lilted oil both sides, alld lie thought, lie glanced curiously downii its length to see who his guests were. As lie looked, hie shuddered in his dream. Those who sat at. the table with himN were all his dead ancestors for many generations back. lie knew their faces aid dresses well from their portraits in the picture gallery. Next, to huin sat, his father, who had died about a year before. And att the bottom or the ta ble sat a fair-haired man ill a dress of skiis, who was a Norse chieftain, the foun der of the family. It seemed to him tllat he sat. for some minutes as if spell bound, while the spectators imiriiur, d to getlher in low, hollow tones. At leigth they iial rose, and slowly, one3 by one, in turns, left the 111111. But before they went, each one paused at the door, and turning, raised his hand in a warning attiitude, fixed his eyes on MacT., and said in a deep voice, tile wort "Bewarc ''"The packet starts in twenty minutes, sir," cried a loud voice at the door, rousing MacTl'. suddenly from his sleep. Confused lit first, yet soon iemembering where lie wias, lie sprung out :f bed and began hurridly to dress him self. Being a bad sailor, his first glance was naturally enough at the sea, close to which the inn stood. The wind had risen in the night. The waves thundered on the shore, and the little Orkney packet wis tossing ill) and down like a limpet shell. As lie gazed, his strange dream arose up with sudden distinctness before AmacT.'s mind. Ile was infected with a good deal Df thorough Scotch superstition. 13c.ides lie did not much like the look of the sea, mid so lie resolved not to go till to-mor row. 'Tlhiat Ialy the Orkney packet was lost with every man on board, and MacT. 1id his lit-tle .Wife who was left at loile with the babies, had to thank that warning diremil for his life. The Power of Kludinems. "There is one lchapter in my life's his Lory that I have always kept locked in my heart," said John I laviland, as lie faced the little group in the parlor ; "but to-night I feel as if ii. was my duty to open it for your Inspection,and 1 (10 it for the love of woman -for the love of a woman who madoe me what 1 aml5 worthy to be, the husband of a gool woman." "W~hy, .John I"' said M1rs. lhunviiand,soft ly' approaching-babe still had1( held tight to her bosom-" you frighteii me." "Let's have the story." said( the rest of the group, ccrtaini that, somieting goodl might, be ainticipaltedl; and John commenc ed, at lfirst a little tiid~, but gaining conil detice as lie proceeed. "When I first came to New Y ork, ait thc uge of twelve years, to seek my fortune, I call myself a precious chaip wvithout dIan ger of being alccusedl of an unusual degree of self-appreciat lon. 1 was qjuick to learn everythiing, the bad ias well as the good. My emplloyer used priofane talnguage. I pickedl upl the oaths that lie dropped wIth a nautualness that surprised even myself T'he boy)3s in the ofilce all chewed tobacco. This was a little the hardest job I ever' at templtedh, but. after two weeks of nausea andl kidescribable stomach wrenchmigs, 1 caine l[f! victorIous, and1( could get away with my paper a day with the best of 'emi." '"True, every' word of It l'' saidl the peaker. "One afternooni I was sent, with a noto from my empiloy0er to a house In the upper part of the city. I hadn't anything to iead, but 1 hiad plenty of tobacco, anid with that, [ proposed to entertain myself, duriing the bwo oi thre'e hsours I must spend~ in the pas1 sage. For sonic distan)ce I dId not notice whuo wvere beside mue, but by-and-by a lady said(, very softly and pleaisantly :"Would you please, little boy, be isore careful ? 1 mii going to a party this arternoon, and~ I shiouhld hate to have my dress spoiled. "] looked into lier face. It was the uwectest 1 ever saw. P'ale, earnest, and lov *ng, to my boyish heart it was the face of su angel."' "W hat (lid you say I" Interrupted Mrs. ilaviland, her bright eyes filling with .tears is she sawv how the memory of this beauti rul womaii affected her husband. "Say I There was very little I could sy. I think all I did for some tIme was to look. "I managed to (dispose of the tobacco, lowever, aiid wiped my mouth very care ruily, all of which I felt certain she saw md mentally commented upon. "IHave you a nmothier, little boy P" she iext asked me in the same low tone. "'No, ma'amn,' I answered, and felt my 1,hroat filling up, and I knew I must swal low mighty hard to keep from sobbing. " 'You have a father, then, I suppose I" she kept on. "'No, ma'aim, no father.' "'Brothers and sisters V' " 'Then the little boy is all alone in the world' "'All alone, ma'amn. '''How long hass his mother been dead?' and the dear woman looked away from my taco, and waited till I could spea~k "'Two years, I answered. "And you loved her I' eame-next, "early,' was 1 I~Quld sa. Sd(he waqsielent fot misthent, and. then she said so sweetly--oh, I shall never forget it. "1'And what do you think -your dear mother would say-how (1o you think she would feel-to know that her lit tle boy was guilty of such a disgust ing iabit as this pointing to the tell-tale quid which I had vainly tried to hide beneath the seat. '''1 must, leave now," she continele ; 'but here is my card, 1111d, if you colle to ile 'most any evening I shall be glad to see you, and perhaps we Italy he of some see vice to each other.' " 'She gave me her little gloved hand, ani1d to my dying (lay I shall never for get* the sensation of tlint moment. I could not bear to part witi her; without her I thought I could (o nothing-with her I could grow to man's estate-i man in the truest sense of the word. From that mo ment tobacco never piassed my lips. "As soon as I could summon courage I called upon tile lady. Well dto I reimiei her how my heart heal as I waited in tle elegant parlor for her to come down, and how awkward I felt as I followed my guide to her private sitting room. She got at ev ery point, of lily life, and before I bade her good-bye it wis arranged Ilit I should spend two evenings of each week at her house, and study on tle occasion just. what she thought best. "No lover ever looked forward to the meeting of the mistem of his heart 11ay more ardently than I did to these ieligs with my friend. "I grew careful of 11my' personia: appear ance, careful of lily conversation, and strove in every wily to) lie worthy of t lie no ble friendship. Two years pissed in this delightful manner-two years that mialde mie. My friend not only attended to my, studies, striving also all the while to sow the right kind of spiritual seed, but. she pro cured for me a businiess situation with a friend of hers, where I remain to this day. Nobody but (ol knows what I owe this woman. )uring tle last three milon1ths of those two years I noticed that she grew con stintly paleand thin; she never was betrayed iito speaking of herself. Soinetimes, when I would ask her whether she felt worse than usual, she would reply : "Oh, no i 1 1am only a little tired-that is all." "One evening she kept ie by her sofa much longer than was her custoil, while she arranged lessons, and laid out work, it seemed to ile, for months. 'Wily so liucl to-night.?" I ilquired, conscious that lily lieart ached, and vaguely suspecting the cause. " 'lecause dear,' she answered, '1 do not want you to come for the next week, and I fuml anxious that you should have sufficient work to anticipate as well as to keep you busy. I think I can trust you to be a good boy, John.' ' think you can, mna'aml, ' I answered 1lm1ost Sobbing. "If I should see your mother, my dear boy, before long, what, shall I sa1y to her for you ?' "Then I knew all, and my grief had no hounds. It's no use to go now. She (lied two days after." Otteeln Victoria Pop~ped the Question. On J unt1e 20, 1837, William IV. died and Victoria, then a young miden, iscended tie throne. It had been planned in diplo matic circles to have her marry Alexander, the brother of the King of the Netherlands, hut tila project failed, for Prince Albert of Cobourgh caime to England in 1831) and won the heart of England's Queen. On the 14th f October her Majesty informed the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, of that import, mit but delicate fact., and the following (lily the Prince had an audience with the Queen. The two lovers were plhiced in a very pecu liar position. Tile social position of Vic toria was so superior to that of Pince Al bert thlat 11e couild not niake the first ad VanIce, nIor offer the lady his5 hand, as Is usually the ease between lovers now-a-days. It was rather for her to make the proposi lion, and1( offer her hand, anid shec acconm plish5edl the somewhat unulsual task in a very skillful mnlner. With a gracious smile she hlandedl the Prince a smlall boui mlet of flowers, wvhIchi he placedI as near as possible1 to his hleart. As lhe had1( 110 but tonl-hole or pocket In that region of hilsclose lltting unliforml, lhe took Is peniknife, cut a slit, and1( s1lped inl his precious tokenl. i~e then1 expressedl his thankfulness and leas~ ire at being so well receivedl at thle Engish81 C'ourt, andl especially at his reception by Queein, Inl reply to whlichi she ask~ed him the tell-tale question : "If the country pleases your Ilghness, so well, perhaps you would niot object to remain with us I PThe Prince replied that was the great dleaire of Is life, rmd( tho Queen, feelinig that the dlecisive mioment had1( comeI, thouighI quivering with womianly delicacy, confessed to hhn hon1 estly 110r great love for him, anid assured him11 that, it would be thme cause of 11Cr grealt st happiness If h~e wold conlsenlt to make thme sacrifice necessary to become the hus1 band of thle Queen of England--for lhe ould 1)e nothinag more than her husband, imd would have nothin~g to (d0 withI poiltIc II affairs. Tile Prince was charmed, and 2apitulated ulncondhitlonally. They were iarriedl on thle 10thI of February, 1840. rl'eir marriage was, In every way, a happy ne, and1( their wedd~ed life unalloyed until leathI selzed thle Prince as his prey. Calu nny and intrigue never poisoned the sweet sess of their famlily life, which stands to-, lay as a model, not only for crowned1 headsI lbut also for thle humblest of - human kmnd. A Feat in Potato Digging. GIreycourt and Chester, two viliages sear Newburg, N. Y., were uinusually ex lted recently, over a woniderful feat in po Late dIgging, wlich was accomplished on the Greycourt Meadows. Thomas Finan, of Chester, one of the pioneers who re elaimedt thle Greycourt lowlands, and who is a veteran grower of potatoes and onions, offered to wager $10 that ho could produce a man who would dig 100 bushlels of pota toes in ten hours. Mr. Finan's money was soon covered by George Hloward and A. B. Bmith, who thloughlt that tihe feat could not be accomplshed. Mr. Finan produced his main the following Monday morming "Jack" Whitmore, a sturdy laborer, who resides in Chester. Jack went to his task at seven o'clock'in the morning.. He usel an drdinary jpotato fork, taking two tows at as time, throwing out a hill on one aide and then the other. Three men, and a portion of the time foui', wore kept busy plegiing top potatoes. Whitmiore stopped-about ~ heat at noon-ime,' and when ho quitwok at 5.15 he l~dtttrne I out qth ground .10 n ibahols of tatedW Dulkng $1da Wbtiuodid ntt0 a droIgof stimftn ikjnd oftitkl~ BRIEFS. -Thie drills at the artesian well of the railroad company, in Altoona, Pa., have reached a depth of a thousand feet. -ThieWsconsini State Normal Schools have droppod Greek trig~onometry and astronomy fron. their courses of study. -There wore 271 labor strikes i Eng land in 1876. successful A; compro mised 17; wunt back to work on em ployers' terms, 250. -England's debt, to state it in ronnu nit m bers, stands at about $4,000,000,000, and yet site enjoys the best credit in the world. --India produces from 240,000,000 to 280,000,000 bushels of wheat annually, being as much as the production of -France or Russia. -Dakota Is larger 1s larger than New England, aind Its people are beginning to agitate Its division Into three Terri tories. -In the Pennsylvania coal fields the average pay of the miners Is $2.per day, of the laborers 1.28 and of the boys fifty cents. -Tie Sons of Temperance number about 90,000 In North America, the Temple of lhonor 20,000, and the Good Templars, whose order extends to many nations, number some 450,000. -Kansae has now 559 churches, 69 of wih ich are Baptist, 5) Congregation alist, :13 Lutheran, 22 1piscopal, 152 Methodist, 99 Presbyterian, and 15 United Presbyterian. --During July 12,710 Immigrants hinded at New York, against8089 In the sane month last year. For the year eiding July 31, the inerease in Immi grants was 29,100. -Tho Western Union Telegraph Company purchase about 20,000 miles of wire annually, which gives some idea of the enormous extent of their business. -A recent official return of the na tional debt of Great Britain puts the exact figures on the 1st of April last at ?778,078,840. In 1878-9, ?803,127 was paid off and X0,2811,123 added. -Some gentlemen in Tarrytown. on the Hudson. have offered to give one thousand dollars for a monument to Washington Irving, and also to give the land on which to erect it. . -The remains of an old furnace or forgo, long since dismantled, which supplied the Continental army with cannon and ball are still visible on the Black Rock road in York county, Pa. -The raising of bees has become a business of great profit amnong the far mers of Washington county, Pa. It pays better than wool, and the dogs are not as hard on the bees as on the sheep. -Eight horses have been sent from Chester county, Pa., to England, These animals were selected with special refe rence to size r.nd style, speed being a minor consideration. None ai- less than sixteen hands high. -ThQ old church In Broad street, London, wherein John Milton was bap tized In 1008, was torn down last year, and on the buildings erected on the site is placed an inscription and a sculptur ed nead of the poet. -The United States have 25,000 floitring mills, affording employment to more than 60,000 persons. Their annual product of flour is more than 50,000,000 barrels, some of the large mills producing 2,000 barrels a day. -Judge J. L. Rice, of Keokuk, Iowa, who died last week, bequeathed $10,000 to the Library Association of that city for the erection of a building, $5,000 to Willianis College, of* Massachiusetts, and $1,000 to St. John's Elpiscopal Church, of Keokuk. --The corn opI of this country in 1878 was 1,250,000,000 bushels. The crop) of 1879 ill probably equal if not exceed the crop of 1878. 'Te export of corn from this country from Se ptember 1, 1878, to AuguLst 31, 1879, will p~roba bly reach 85,000,000 bushels. -A 'Toronto Magistrate has ruiled that shaving is a work of necessity, and consequently is lawful on the Sabbath day, and some of the barbers of the city, who object to keeping open shop on that (lay, have determined to appeal against his decision. -The Army and Navy Co-operative Stores of London comprise 13,000 share holders, 5,000 life members and 18,000 annual subscrIbers. Th'ie capital is ?00,000. Last year the profits were over ?12,000, although prices had been reduced. -The Rev, George Schamback, Pas tor of the German Lutheran Church at Newark, N. J., sued Christian ,Volk, an undertaker, to recover $18 for nine funterais lie had attended at the call of Volk. 'rTe suit was. decided in favor of the undertaker. - -In 1869 there were 89,308 shops 11 conised for the sale of tobacco in l'aria, and~ the numbers of each'. year have gradually inereased till in 1878 there were 41.749 retail dealers in tobacco, Of these 28,861 sold tobacco alone, while 12,888 wore also engaged as official agents. -The San Francioco Board of Under writers have voted to give Captain Armstrong and his daughter $500 each for the courage andi fortitude they dis played in bringing the ship Templar in - to port against adverse winds, and after many of the crew had beeni lost from yellow fever, -The Municipal Council of Paris re cently decided to have the statues of 106 tersonages arected on the facade of the restored Hotel do Ville. 'Among them are Beranger, Berryor, Cavag no, Go rot, Daubigny, Delacroi,, DIdt Bale vy, Lodru-Rollin, Michtelet. Alfred De Mus et, Regnault.- George' Sand, Scribe, Eugene Sue, and Hlorace Vernet, -The elder brother of the P o Wh~ died recently, of apoplexy, s eoubt less Charles Peob who tesided at RonmetA r6 f Santa Chiara. aThe *0~~ Baptist, it nut-ried1 :s.tMt 04 fai h tei'rd i t~~