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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., OCTOBER 23, 1879. .OL. III.-NO 115.4 EVENING IN THE WOODLAND. Tho shadows of ove woro stealing. with their noisoless fairy foot, And the evening bol was poaliig Its melody low and swoet. I loft behind me the city, With its hot and stilling air, F or my heart was sad with pity For its toil, anid grief, and care. I sought, with the freo light of heaven, Burcoase of the weary strife, Where to sylvan sconos were givon Tho breath of a purer life. And by grassy nooks I wandered, Adown by a woodland glado, Where a tiny brook moandored 'Neath the silent leafy shado. The beams of the sunset golden Shono into my heart's dark night. And I thought of the promise olden. "At evening it shall be light." And the holy oalm pervading Filled my soul with glad deep peace, Like the joy of the day unfading, When the night of tears shall cose. The Marked Cheek. 'Is this Mr. Ruishton's?" It was a handsome young man who asked this question. And the girl who had opened the door for him, in that pretty country place where the richest people were not very fashiona ble, was Mr. Rushton's only daughter, Fanny, herself. "What a pretty little soul I" he thought. Then, as she turned her head, he won dered for a moment whether somebody had just slapped her on the left cheek, there was such a singurar mark there, exactly like the scarlet print of a palm and four fingers. But that mark had been there all Fanny Rushton's life, and it was her one grief, her perpetual torment. She had grown morbid about it hi these early (lays of womanhood. But there was no cosmetics and no arts of surgery that couli remove it. There the red mark must be as long as she breathed, its hateful scarlet attracting the first glances from every stranger. "Mr. Rulishton at home ?" said Luke Robbins with a bow. "Yes," said Fanny. Then she ushered Mr. Robbins Into the parlor and went away; and In a few wio usments the mill owner sauntered ri. It was a business Cale. The busmness was easil completed, and then Luke Robbins rose to depart. arThe hotel Is a long way off and I should b pleased to have you stay aell night with us," said the old gentleman. "There are one or two spare bedrooms, and supper will be ready i fifteen minutes. Let us have the pleasure of your company." "Thanks," said Lu Robbins. "You are very kind." Then he thought of that pretty face with tho red inarkupon the chek. Despite this mark e wanted to se it again. It sat opposite to him at supper time. "The be t and kindest face in ge world, te said to hiseilf a dozen tinds. And he did his best to win a little chat frn the shy grl who cold nt rtd her oorenttle maniy g say her thert tl ight n ne wazza peerwr. Mr s. Ruwasbton kee a clle piece ifm oneho candu sotimepart covesImposile "Or, Ruhton aafer mngty aibl Fan tempts shtodonsethmelfwn poundit hserp mThroughe the venigmshad rueired "She gal' finey-u brole, and suchsterigh moodn ed;ad.h"oo ure alt . black' qu wite damp, Wed btter rtite A wnde hetr yscosr pa will asbe sdared, visitor soeetevolct hed hrmund hrs Poolitl an.gv wy e er JI i fotys bent soke ingle eytak diferant viesbfuf sometime shpssbe '-Oh, wot to bedutofu dream of PaaisFan nda neda so all thappyrc int memro aSc partinpessrezet am, and brgh again. young qubin. damhe'dbattrln rettrl. ting wond whte supo thauo wis ba vuey wih tmn.Aroung mranfatH doe wose vthaor s sonin-eclaw." reundM. sdton.mslf M'Wate afoty tatnd isl"etytk dNeerelvewsv ofe atethates, a wiFanny aen gret drea fPraie anny'tda motes elt hat thmeoryh thi auto anot prissure was teligibl, and ah knWthat atiy tha mark isadvtaght young rbbinly Se'sa darting sitl thAn heyi sem-ildaw~shv ih said topa "wme pedno p-tfomo "Whay aoitnha mr.". with Fany'a great fodeal.o7h~g~to Fanny' mloer foelt that hough thisa suio w a otric, nwas il, n h cnwta ll ed mark wasgo a sdvntg to erann. "H 4etap1 eaasmehn,"si mama there were long hours In which hIe( never remembered her existence. Twice a week, at. least, Luke thought enough of Fanny to buy her at hotit, or some iusic, aind so spend two hours oni a dusty railroad for the sake of seeing hler. lie felt her love for him in her very fin ger tips; lie saw it in her eyes; he lcard It her voice. Hle was a man who is happy in being be loved. And it was not old Mr. Ruslton's money that made him decide to offer himself to hler-, despite the red mark. Yes, the next tunle lie went lie woulkl isk Fanny to have him for better or w orse. And knew that she would say: "Yes." There are evil moments in every one's life-moment's that change one's dest iy for the worst. - If only it had rained one morning; if only Fanny. had fallen ill ; if only she had not undataken that trip to the city just when she did, this would have been a (If ferent story. She used to be shy of going into the crowded streets alone, and, even with her mother wore a veil, and felt uncomfortable wheu any one looked at hier. But now she cared nothing for strangers' eyes. Soichow her blemished fac.e found favor in his. Let them stare. The prettiest girl living was not so happy. She went smiling along. She made her little purchase with a light heart. And then she saw Luke Robbins-yes, really Luke himself-coming to meet her. "Looks as if some one had slapped her in the face," said a giggling girl's voice. And he turned his head. Ile saw her, and went to hier at once. ''Oh, I'm so glad to meet you," said Fanny. "I suppose I ought to start at once.'' "And I'll go with YOU as far as N--, where you can change carriages," said Luke Robbins. Ile saw people stare at her as she passed. Part of the staring was at the mark, part of it at the pretty face and figure. le grew very grave. It was a terrible blemish. In those moonlight lovers' walks in the country lie had forgotten all about it, but in the crowded streets how it forced itself upon him1I Everyonc stared so. In the carriage which they soon stepped Into, a little child opened its round eyes, and with a child's innocent impertinence, pointed its finger straight at the mark on Fanny's face. Its nurse slapped the small palm at once, and turned scarlet herself, but that (lid not mend matters. At the station there was a crowd. Luke had passed Fan.y in first, and stopped to pay the fare. "Two," said ho. "The old lady ?" asked the man. "No," said Luke. "Oh, that one with the red sear on her face," said the man, lowering his voice. "All right." "Confound you I" said Luke, in a rage. But the man had meant no rudeness, nor hlad Fanny hleard him ; but Luke was excitedl, confused, agitated. ie hardly knew why then. He handed her out of the carriage ; then lhe pressed her hand. "Good-bye until we meet," lhe said, and stepped to the platform. "Here is your train comhig up." There stood one of'thioso white-bearded, red-checked 01ld gentleman who iiffect to be "judges of Women," in a wvay that is in sulting to every womani, since it places hecr on a level with wino and horses, having nothing whatever to do withi anything but her personal attractions. "Ah I how de do ?" said this 01(d gentle man. "We let our sisters and cousins take care of themselves for thle most part. Pretty figure rather; good step); hut con founded ugly rcd mark. A man wouldn't like that, elh, Luke ?" "No," said Luke ; a man wouldn1't like it." Something rustled to his elbow. "I-I loft my parcel, Mr. Robbins," said a cold little voice. Fanny stood there, so pale that the mark looked pure scarlet. "Thanks. Don't trouble yourself." -But he went back with her, and 110 would have pressed her, hand once more, only she kept It from him. 81he had hleard Is speech : "A man wouldn't like it." Shle-had heard the speech that causel the answer. Agd as lie looked after her as she entered the carriage, two tears came into his eyes. They trickled down upon his cheeks. lie wiped thlem away. S uddenlyho felt that he loved Fanny Rlushton from Is soul-that his cowardly sort of trouble that the remarks and glances of strangers hlad caused him would never make him ashamed of himself again.. * Fanny, my darling," 110 said to himself, "Fatm.% my loveo, youlr taco is dearer to me for its bleisah, and ydii shall know it be fore I sleep, You should, were you a beg gar. i'll hide it front the wo'rid's cold eyes on my poot darlng; and I'll love jdu ail the more foriLt. Hoe fol1o*d after h~ 119 all (iito rden pah~ in the 41 sakedforMs. 'rny "~ehaiet*i l~jie or Sher ~t~x~sha' iaI e's heart stoodi still. A presentimeit of evil filled his mind. In the gathering darkness, two anxious men Went folth, hopinli against. hope. "She stepped out on the plat form stid denly. Either sie was hewilkiered, or she did it on pirpose. We were going full speed. She had a blue dress and a white hat, and there's a red mark on her face. They'll know her by that." That was the guarld's story. That was the story that Luke and Fainy's father heard at. last. Did she st(p out on purpose, or was she "bewildered ?" God only knows-no living being. Luke tried to believe that what she had heard him s11'ay d nothiIg to o(1 withi i(. lint. it was too late no1w to tell her what lie felt--oo late to hide her sweet face on his heart. lie could only stoop over her as she lay in her collin, and press the last kiss his lips ever offered to any woman upon the cold cheek that, even in the death hour, bore still upon it that fatal red mark. Tiant Other way. Zeb. Cuttle came Into the village post-ofilce the other (lay In a towering passion. He wae literally boiling over with wrath, " Where is the man ?'" lie denianded, furiously. "Where Is lie? Show lilm to inc" And he turned ip the cuffs of his coat-sleevas, and spit. on his hands. I want to see the man !" "What I. it Zebulon 9" asked a by stander. "What is it! I should say it was enough ! Somebody said 'at my father didn't know as much as old Squill's poodle dog ! Where's Sam. Cnrter?" "Here lie comes." "Ho!-Yes. Them words was spoke to him. Say, Sam ! will you just tell me who it was 'at told you 'at my fath er didn't, know so much as old Squills' poodle dog?" And in Zeb's flashing eyes and clinche flists lurked destrue tion dire and dreadful. "bartailn'," said Sam. "It was Ton Waterford. Aye-aid here lie conies.'' At that moment Ton Waterford en tered the ollice-a youthful Hercules, standing six feet In his stockings, and built like a Tau'rine chief. Zeb looked at him and gasped. But lie had gone too far to back down now; so, with bold front, though a close observer could have detected a paleness of the lips, lie wen up to the new-comer, and demanded : "Tom Waterford, did you say 'at my father didn't know so much as old Squills's poodle dog?" "No, Zeb," returned Tom, with a broad grin. "You've got it mixed. What I said was this: I said that old Squills's poodle dog knew more'n your father knew I" "Ah-Ol-Aha!-tliat makes a dif ference, I swan, Tom I I'm glaO you didn't say it that other way, 'cause 'f 'u had, by Jimmy I I should 'a been mad I" A tpany Choice. During the excursion from Pitts burg to Niagara- Falls, and while at Cleveland, an i nelden t occurred which will never be -forgotten by those who heard of it. Tihe Ken nard House, ini that city, was crowded with guests, wvhen an eccentric and wiltty dlruggist of Smithfield street ap~peared Late at nIght at the hotel oflice and do manded a lbed. The clerk replied that there wvere onily two vacant beds in the house, one whereini was quartered ri Pittsburig morn ing newspaper muan, anud the other room wherein was a P'itts burg evening newspaper man, who were ivith the excursion. "To tell the truth, they are both pretty drunk; so you may take your uhoice as to whlch room you wvill sleep In.'' The druggist said that on general irineliples lhe would take his chances with the evenI ig newspaper journali1st, is they excelled the morning men in no ways than one and lie would tloubtless be so drunk that he would be tLorimntly quiet all night. He went to bed and was soon sound asleep. The !ournalist, howvever, awvakened abot twelve o'clock, and1 thinking it a long tIme between drinks, dressed himself unconsciously, in the druggIsts clothes rind sallIed out to make a night of It., E~ver andt anoen ho muttered as lie treated all present: "Funniest thing I ever heard of. When I went to bed last night I only had twenty-fiv~e cents to my name, and now, P've got over a hundred dollars (showing a corpulent roll of bills), and I'm bound to spend every cent of it be f'ore morning." Hie dId. A Sensitive Fihirman. A gentle-looking man with a fancy fish-rod yesterday wvent Up to Belle Isle to hook a few hundred pounds of bass. W~hile fishing from the end( of a pier lie got his hook fast, and after he had been in that condition for an hour or s9, a mant waiting for a boat dawn happenied along and asked : "Hook caught down there ?" Well, it is fast to something, and has been for a long time," was the re ply "Then why don't you hail away on "Well, you see," argued the gezde I~serman as he manipulated the re, "f it is fast to a fish J, went to tire him ~ut, apdf if Wsfasti to a eplio I dpnig Waht fbto tuh pIqtdt piees. Tle Good Old Deacoln. Elishia Hlawley, of Rtidgefield, Connl., WI t SOIdir of t1,he ievoltitit-1oni Ittid 1 deaon. ie mw it good Imlanl of busl nes8s, biut he ieverI ch arged :a mani one cent more thaii the article Wa4 wothII. The Goldeni lle was hils rule o' life. Onle day he learned that it wvidow had bCen reduced froiml i cop) etenc0y to poverty. lie visited ier. Fearing that lie iight "oun d her feelings If lh0 shou0lid olrer m11)onley or chart y, he said "MadmitI, I thim L owed yoiir lato i sbauid 1i'1s dolin rs, anld I've o:n1e to pay It o you Its It Is legal represen ta 1,Lve." 'llow was that.?" askel (ie :1ly somew hat starded. "I will tell yol. Abont twelity-fIve years ago, soon after you were iiiiINied I made hiilttire for your Isbatid to the amount. of two iidred dollars. I have beei lookIng over the accouit, anid id thatt I rather overelarged Iil in the price of some oliiis-that is, I could have al'orded them at somiewhat less. I have added 111) the interest, ainid here, iaditl, is tho money." Tiho tears came in the widow 's eyes; sle half suspected the deacon had con. structed the debt by stAtiAg that lie had made i overcharge. What was 110 to (10 ? the i1oneoy was oil tle table, and the (deicoll had left the house. A Chiunk or Gold. One day while I wits att work in the drift on1 of' our party who was baling iII the shiift said : "There's somelitihig big had Intppen ed ip above, Tom ; I hear a great buz zig and sh6uting."' "Perhaps it's a Ilght," I Suggested its I struck my pick in the soil aid ui earth6d a nugget as big as a walnut. "Perhaps It's a find," suggested my miate. "There's a ilnd here,'' I said, as I crawled out o'tlie (rift aid exhibited the nugget I had just taken out. Thei t heard the clamor, also; it was like the imurmur' of distailt waves. We shook the rope and reoiv ing nto aiswer to otIr shginal, coicluded that sounet liig importatit; hi-.1 happened its our mutes above had eviditly left tle windlass. A moment litter it shadow appeared above and Bill's voice was heard shout Ilg: "Come tip, boys, and see the big lid."' "Where is it. I asked, oii reaching the surface; but I scarcely ieeded to ask,for it must be where the crowd was collect ed some fifty yards distiant from our claim. The crowd was large and every moment increasing, but being brawny and broad-shouldered, 1 pushed my way through It, atnd was almost overwhelined with astonishment at the sight that greeted my vision ; It wasn't a nigget, it was a boulder. No wonder the millners were excited. The spectacle was enough to excite most phlegmatic indi vidual that ever breathed. It was a solid mass of gold as large or larger thain a leg of mutton, and not unlike o1e in sh1a1pe. This wits the mass which has since been ' widely known as the Welcome nuget. A fac simile of It may now be seen in the Boston Museum of matural History, whore the weight is gIven at 2,105 Ounces, and1( the value at $41,822.70; the fu rthier information is Iinmparted that the nugget is the largest piece of gold found. This is an error-. A larger nugget was foumnd att Bendlgo lead on Feb. 0, 1809; It weilghed 189 pounds 1 0ounce '[roy, or 2,200 ounces. I had beenl mentally conlgratulatinlg myself Oin tile (discovery of a nugget as liargo as a walnut, but the sight. of all this mass of gold took all tile conlceit ouit of me. Nevertheless I was glad tile nugget had been found, for tihe claim from which It was takent was right in the directIon In which wve were work ing, an~d our clalam was daily growving robher in1 ore. Th'le Welconme nugget, as large as it was, did not enrich Its finders, for there were twelve shareholders in It, anid it brought them less thlan .?1,000 apiece; it would have been a lucky fId for a couple of mates. Tihe man who dug it out fainted (doad away before lhe unearthed it. WVhen his pick struck it hie reached out his hutnd to pick upj the lump; the light from his candle shone upon It and revealed its nature. T1o his surprIse, it did not yield to hIs' touch. Tihen lhe began to feel round It with his hands, and it grew In size untder his exploring digits. lie gave it a wrench but, It did not budge. Seizing his pick le began to dig arotnd- it, and as its proportions grew uder his eye the spectacle overcame thin, and lie fainted for joy. A fare ra. A curious spectaclo was winessed the othler evenling. As is well known the Chinese kite resembles a bird I some particulars, anud when. flying in air is readily.mistaken for'one. On the eyening stated sflle stiall boys were flying otne of these klies, ,which was-up quite a distance. It was hoticed that a number of birds beganto aurrodnid the kite, and. the longer the ;kite remained the number increased- until, pexhaps thirty. had gathered . around it,.- an~d from all appearancesd 'ero' endleavor# Ing to ascertain' the b eleOs.'to'whioh thik nydescript belong 4 ,1oy Would dloat a$ a'distance, and gat ntehtjyfp thekite, and then. with r) SWQ6p pas~ t,' olose'a gall~9 a'in4 then wou di turn around# e once mtore at lie l 1(Abfr4,. b out. shy / i Or prearrting-ed, aild 11' at binboling shoi(d be struie-k twi'e inl Ile sai. phlee the( course would be the(, Saile both i.nis, no imtter how eriooked its patil, luovitlid ,everything was in pre -Iesely th1e sn111)e positIi)nI thlri iouglhoui1t. h1e house; lelce Its path cal be sulipplical by a proper irraiigment of' metal. A very s11111 a lliotilt of, Co42 et. d li liletal, 11o larger than ia telegr.ph wirie, will conduct unll orim-y igitilng str(ke. I'lihting Aeldoml, iU ever, groes beelow tlie top 1loor of 1 house pro'IIed with rism or water pip., or below" thel uipper il llI, loor 1111at, coi dtainl theil. i aI wooden1 houlse not, luovided wit~h pipeus, it is mlor e tilifettilt, to state its coitrse be horehiaitl, ailthough it will gunerilly strike the. chilliney 11d ei1( at tie well or drainl, It' near11 Lite houSe ; its cotirse throigh the house being governed by thle dillecrentt ainouant of' mois1ttire inl dIII 1'erent tiilbers, Plaster, c., in the i'b seice of any tiial conditor. A light nling-rod does not attract lightning, strictly speaking; it, simply conducts it. like any other metal. A tin root' connected with the earth by water sprtor tuoetal Inl an1y forinl, makes anl excellent hghting-rod; there Is no need of seiniting your till root' 1'rom the wood withli glass; tle electricity will niever leave ietal for wood 11' tle metal eontitnues to moist earth. All metals coindilut sufncielntly well for it lightling-rol. The principal req u isi (1Onl is ia pertfitetly Con) tino 11u11s r(l goilng inl the ilost, direct, lit, firoi tile high est, points to tile moeist earht.h. Theor it1cally, copper is six ties better than Iron, but practically, for a lightning rod, iron is n)early ias good t Conductor ats Copper. It makes very little differ Once what Shape o1r fo0111 the m1eta2l Is worked into, provided it, is stiong and silbstanital. Sir W. Snow larris Is perhaps the best aitthority oil light ning-rods, but probably to be on the safe side. lie recommends a large rod. lie advises the ulse of' a irod tihree-qutitr ters8 of atlt inch Ill diatnletecr, atthough lie admits that probably never inl the experIence of mankind halt, a rod ote hal11' Inch it diaicter been Inelted, aitl in every case vhere a roti t a(q r ter-Ilich in diameter is beenl melted it has been In the form of a chiain ; 1.h1Is of course, giving small connecting poilts between the links, oil'ers grea t, resistaneO, consequently great heat, anid CXplosionts it every link. Ther Is lit tle doubt but. that a solid iron wire one quarter of' an Inch li diameter, will condluet anly ordinary cllrge of light ning inl safeLy, Observing the necessary arrangements, thle mlost Important of, Which Is the ground connection. Tako it Out of That. A yodng m1an from tile hills, withi a new linen duster on his back and i Inge iiev uibrella under his arm, stopped llp to thie general delivery at, tile Post Olli and said Inl at half con Ii dent(a1 whisper that he would tako a stamp. The shade of ite Father of his Country-a green 8hade of lili-was Instantly inl tle hands of thec young man for inspection. Ile took It tip (cu1 riously, examinted tihe obverse to see If thie p)ICtitre was all r'ighit, and1( scri'in ized the 143verse4, fcaring that hie woid( dIscov'er an insIl3ilclency of mutellatge. 'Then lie 1la(d the stamp1j down'i and1( 8sa1d lie wvouldl take it, wIth (lie air of' a man12 whio ia bond thait nto man1 shall get thie better of htimin aI trade. Postmai~ster' May3O hooked up1 and1( smtiled fasent, a1 thlolighi we thought he smiled four' (do1 1l1rs' w"orthi-whiile the purllchase8r be gani( toiut up) (lie mon01ey3 thlat was dc mtandled in exchanL~ge for Uncle Samn's lIttle chiromo. Thi'ough seven coim par2tmen1ts of a leather ipocketbook (lie y'oun~g manl~ rummnlaged, lIke a woman11I aifter' a flea; his trowsers plockets were explor'ed ; his Vent vaults were made to dhIsgorge theIr fr'eight of silver and bills; and yet lie had niot found such~ denoinatlon of money0 as 1he seemedl surie of possessing. After one more1' (live into tile caiverns of Is p)ocketb~ook lhe gave up1 In disegust, and( reachIng Into his trowsers pocket, pulled out a nickel, and said, with an air of severe disappolntmenlt, "Well, you'll have to take It otut of that!I" Indian Stage rive~8rs. A corresponldent witing fr'om Las Vegas, New Meoxico, says that hie got thie superintendent- to tell hIm abiout htis stage lIne, whlichl runs from Vinta, Indlian T.ierritory, to Las Vegas, New Mexico, about 000 miles, and' passed thirong'- some of' thle most danger'ous Indian country In tihe wor'ld. It has 108 dr'ivers, thIrty of' whom are native IndIans. T1hie line carries the UnIted States mail daily and what passengem1 It can get, althoughi the stuperintendeM is as yet the onily white man who has Deen~ over tile entire rotute. "Can youi trust your Indilan dirivers ?" I asked. "Oh, yes," said lie. "E~verybody said at fit-st thtat I couldn't do anythIng with thomn; but I hatd to (10 somethIng, for the redskins had 't habit of kIlling the white drivers in some localitIes. t got some of themi broke in at last, how ever, and they do very well, They like the salary, for it enables the'm to put'on style above their brethren, and Iteil'you they do like to dress. ,1t eat6)(es tl1e 'squaws, and the young rr n like lhat as wvelt a~ yot follows dloIwnf Eaty, ne clay an IndIah driver ran oft after, a buzftal9, anld #s ghe y~o oi three dayus 1~ #ent mnto fa itIo and Iiniele sam's ma.11 as inc1on1 Verned Its if 110th inig hiad happenlled I discharg(I hhn111, a1111 it taight. the (oth eraI it lesson. "Yoti ought to se( them h11111t. pa lbs at ieniit. If11' they val get a glimpse Iff a siuigle star, (hey Vnn find their wNay tihe darkest night. that ever blew. Soiie of' thei are great astronomeiirs. They Itve all idea that there was once it great flood which covered tie whole earlth, EIverybody wVIas drowned blit SeVII Chiefs, who were strong eno1u1gh to liIIII I) tihe to) of tl! ligliest, 111m n.. tain Inl thle coinniry. They would hv been dest royed alSo) hadl they io pt sny ' to (ilt GIIat, Spirit so terveitly that thelir ski pplienttiois wNere tilswered, They lived to agreat.age and replenbish ed ite earth. When they died they be eaine a brilliant, star in the leaven. These Indians know tOhe prielal stars by the niuns of' departed chlefs. This belief' Is prevalent itiong nearly ill the savage udiatis in the sout'hern part of the Indian Terlitory." "Are any of your Indians desperate characters?' "Sone of them. Six of my drivers saw the Custer inassacre. They proba bly took part in It, but they citlin that they were ie3arI by herditg ponies. They describe the whtole bloody fAir, but will not tell wil) killed the whites. Cilster had mlaniy f'riends, and thley aire afr-aid of' theml. "IHave anly of, youtr [ndltns ever seen the ears- ?'' "Yes, sevell hiefs went, ip to V'luita one dhay, atil I go~t them to look ait at lo comotiYe. It slideily wh istled and blew off steamt. aind yot ought to have seen those seven indians wilt. They fell down oil their knees in consterna tioll and begani to pray to the Great Spirit. I gliess they thought tho en ghie Was the reat Spirit, but I don't know Its to that.'' "Ilack Tracke)rs" in Atltrala. The settlers of V ictoria are so Imtich vexed by bush raigers, who invariably disappear whienl they aire "waVfnted,'' thiat they have sent to Quteenslitnd for black trackers. That It shoild be n(ee essary to go to Queensland to 11id blacks in possessoin of these faicultIe ,ay3s nIot ver'y mu11ch, per111Hp, for' our1 success in keeping the aboriginal atllVe. ll EnIglatid people may be Inclined o ranik the belief' in the saivage power of tracking with the belier in, the hitz,( wind ol' the tre-isure secker, or th1e( ex plorer for ve is. The eleverness of the wild11 hunter Is supposed to exist only in Cooper's novels. In Australia It is very welI known by experience tIhat the blacks will recogn ize the tracks of at man111 they have not seenl for years and will hiunt it over tracks of' bush wirero the white 'nanl Is lost. Thie greiat.story of tie sletithi-hound (talities of te. Murri is unfortunately mixed li) with a ghost. Ili the eyes of Science and perhaps coumon sense, It is therefore a record of halli elnationi. Tie tall, however, has often been repeated and perhalps never col tradleted, that it (rinken old sqtter, returninlg from market, saw sitting on a gate, it lian Who had lately left his slationl Ind the conI)lny for Engliand. T1e sqittter's wlfe' refused, ofcottrse, to believe that a mant wh 0 was Inl England coul ho aittIng onl ani Auistratlian gore, bunt thec sqttter af'ter another inatervIewv with the figure, consulted the local imagis trittes. T1he~y senit at black tracker to inspect thne spot1., itnd his proceedlings wecre not tnlinterestinlg. lie first (do tected Ro~ne intte spots of blood on tihe top) rail of the gate, He then wvalk ad to a lnghboring pond, thr iew hlim self Ihiat on thle groutnd andl watchled the surfae of the wvater. After a few miniutes lhe r'ose, threw a stone into tihe pond, and saId, "Yotu fnd white followv there."'1'The pondo was dragged. anld the whIte fellow discovered In an atd yvanced state of (decomposi8tI on, wvh eh haid made itself appatrent to the black fellow. We need not go further Ituto a story of common place murder and clover concealmeont. Some p)oInts In the tale may nlot satisfy the skeptIc, but it proves the strengthl of colonIal belief In black trackgrs. WVarmu and Coldi Hathsg. An article of a very interesting and instrulctivo nittuire, Onl tile phlysiologi cal action of bathus, wvas published In a late number or tile London LatnCet. Suimiming up, the writer notes that warm baths pirodulce an effect tIp)On the skin dIrectly contrary to that whichl Is brought about by cold wvater. Th'le cu taneous vessels dilate immedilately un der the influience of tile hleat, and~ ali though the dilatIon Is followed by con traction, thuis contraction Is seldom ex cessIve, and 'thle ultimate result of a warnm batth Is to Increlise tile cutaneous cIrculatIon. The puilso anid respIration are bothl quIckened in tile cold bath. rTe wvarm bath Increases the tempera Lure of the whole body, and by lessen ing the necessity for tile Internal pro dutiton or hecat, it dlecreaises the, call whIch is made upon certain of the vital piocesses, and enables life to be sus ained wIth a less expendIture of force. While a cold bath causes a certaIn stigY ess of the muscles if' continued, top long, a warm bath relieved stiffnes's arnd ratigue. The final effect of botfyhos umd dold baths, If tile temperattie; bd ndderate, Is the same, the- dtfterpneQ seiog, to fde the Words of Brain, that ciold ref'reshe4 p sthf ulati t he' IhQfl5n hea og 4 phly(o1 Jng t erai~ , ~I fe ~mitt. yet (Q O'0% hQlWtk New Track Tester. 'I'h 3 PnCllsyvanila railroad has h1fadl a new track tester bllt at Altoona. It Is i irty-two feet long and is finished in side with hard wood. In the front left corner i8 a wash-room and water closet. I a the cen tre of the car stands a station ary walnut table oi which are fixed three machines through which pass strips of paper like the similar arrange ment in the old telegraphing machines. Over each of these machines are sus pended three peneils in such a way that iay deflectioni will cause the pencil to drop oil tle moving paper and make a airk. in the centre of each machine are I wo magnets, one of which Is Con nected with i a clock and the others with liuttoin oi each side of the car. Every flve seconds, measured by means of the clock, electrielty is sent into the magnet and ml arlatuire attract which causes a pencil to drop on the paper, thus giv ing a record of seconds. At the pas sage of each mile post a button is toucheld by the person in charge of the car when a similar process Is gone through with and thus a record of the miles is kept. The machine of the left side of the table is a register of the gauge. It is connected with an axle betweena two small wheels which rest on the track. In the axle is a spring which keeps the wheels on each side pushed tight against the track. In this way anty variation from the standard gauge Is noted. Thie machine on the right shows the condition of the track surface. Thie pencil is connected, by means of [a rod or crank, with "the spring of the car and any inequality in the surface Is immediately registered by the jar gven the spring. The third machine registers any difference In the elevation of the two rails of the track. This Is done by means of a heavy pendulum swung precisely lit the cei t re of the car which under any sway ing of the car inalitaiis the perpendle ii har, aidi the car's variation Is imme diately registered. The car Is almost ready for its first trial, which will be inade shortly. A Deisporat Struagglo with a Stuer. Tihe cattle-pems at Butchertowin, Mis soirl, were the scene of a terrilie com bat recently. 11. Smith, a butcher of powerful physique, entered a pen to drive a steer Into the slaughter-house. The steer became enraged and made a rush athim. Smith dodged the animal and struck him over tihe head with a club which lie had in his hand. Smith then tried to escape, and m111le a rush for the fence, which Is about seven feet high, but the steer wheoled around and dhaslied after him. Smith had no time to make his escape over the fence, and he turned and facett the animal, which camme rushing at hin with its-head bient low, intent on goring him. Smith jumped to one side and again (lealt the beast a terrific blow with the club. The steer, however, succeeded in wounding him lit the left side with his horn, and in an instant had turned arounl for another charge. Smith called lustily for help, and at the same time threw away his club and took a large clasp-knife out of his pocket and openied it. Th'ie wild brute was again on l~he mian, and( cautght Smith on i.. hiorits, onec of them penetrating his ab do11mn. Sith clutched the other horni, and~ with his right arm dug lis knife in the brute's a ight eye. Tihe steer bel iowedi and1 turned awvay for an instant, andii again ciamie at his enemy. Thme horns of the animal struck Smith on his foreheadl, but glanced off, inicting, however, two wounds. Th'le buteher at the saute time slashed thu steer across the throat. Smith again clutched hold of one of the horns, and buried the kiiife ila the steer's left eye, thus blind.. lng him, lie clung to the horns, al thougn the beast in its agony bellowed anid tried to shake him off. At this criclal point Smith's cries for help brought some half-dozen butchers to the scene, two of them with guns. Thley took aim and killed the brute al most instantly. As soon as the shots wereO fired Smith fell backward, cov ered with blood and unconscious.. Driftwoood. The night is darx, the air is raw and chill and (lamp, the storm is raging. An old and emiinently respectable citizen, is sleop lng the sleep of the just with the snore of the wicked, and the private clocks, on their resp~ective brackets and mantels throughout. tihe city, are tolling, as well as they know hmow to toil it, the hour of 1:80 a. im. A violent jangling at his door bell awakes the eminently-respectable citizen. Shuddering lhe crawls out of, bed ; mut tering, lie gropes across the floor. Swearing, uinder his breath, ho falls over a rocking chair. At last lhe finmds a nmatchi, lights a lamp, and desceniding the stairs opens the hall door, ad admits a gust of why~l that blows out the lamp and a. torrent .of rain that drenches him to the skin. "What is wanted?" the r'es1petale citi son asks. "Are you the resident~ qwpor of this propertyi" promp~tly inqmzires tfe'jaler. "I am," wonderingly t'elios the etnin. enthy respectable citizeit.' "Were yen in bed wheni Xf gt" A "I waslArophed the eahimnenty tsp ta ble citissn. *"Tiiat wss right, Gohoe the a0 r "that lf the out f i fte d h ~~~A