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rIl-WEEKY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., NOVEMBER 8, 1879. VOL. 111.-NO. 121. WHARUM WEINEST DU SO SEHi Comuo sad misfor,uno's pinioned thrall, (Jne sorrow's placid look ; Throw o'er your ohoson.one the fall, Thu network of your book. Why should we sigh at fited stroke ? Why mourn for t easures lost ? Or why despond ? the stars invoke 'To guildo us from t:eir post? Golconda's bank-4, or Ophir's cove Their luore lios uufurled ; Thos. are alluromonts. look above, Gol woos you from the world I Ilid sun shines bright o'er weary heads, Ills flow're sprinA 'noath their foot, Ilis b.rds sing sweetly 'bove their beds, Our ears their oarol groot. Then why despair? but welcome thou Misfortune's'stern behost I Aurora smilos, tho peaceful bow, Uod's earth for you is dressed. Then como misfortunes piniojed thrall, Come sorrow's placid look ; Draw o'er your chosen one the pall, The not-work of your book. Something More Than a Clerk. Laura Carlisle stood where scarcely a half dozen women in the room would have dared to stand, directly under the blaze of the chandelier, her cheeks crinisoned with excitement, her eyes bright as the jewels which flashed In her brown hair, lier heavy garnet satin robes sweeping against the sim ple muslin dress of her cousin, Katy Carlisle who was as differant from her as the tender twilight from the brilliant noonday. Yet sweet Katy, even in that s)nple dress, with eyes blue as the turqu6isc sash which bound her slender waist, was no less attractive than her haughty cousin, and so thought Floyd Laurence,as he stood chatting with them. It was not lack of beauty which often cast Katy in the shade-but Katy wias poor, and a golden bait is soonest snapped at, you know I "On, I do think so much of a good old familyl" said Laura, who, 'having heard that Floyd Laurence belonged to one of the F. F. V.'s" desired to create an im pression. "Why, I wouldn't look at a prince if lie did not come of a good stock. "Princess are generally supposed to do so, Laura," laughed Katy, a mischievous twinkle coming into her eyes as she met Floyd's glance. "Oh, of course I meant if they could do otherwise, " said Laura,reddening with vex ation at her mistake. And then, glad to change the conversation, she turned to Mary West and began to inquire about some beautiful lace she was wearing. "I got it at Warburten's," said Mary smiling. "Oh, I must get sonic to-morrow, if there Is a yard left," cried Laura. "I shall be sure to go there right away. Yes, that is our waltz, Mr. Laurence," and taking his arm she moved gracefully away. "IIem-yes--they are pretty girls-the sweetest girls I saw to-night," soliloquized Floyd Laurence, in his own room that night. "But I wonder if Miss Laura would smile so sweetly if she thought I hadn't a cent in my pocket ? Love's wing's you see when tipped with gold, are beautiful to view I Confound the money I It makes one suspicious of everybody. But I do wish there was a way to test the truth sometimes." lie sighed, lit a cigar, and sat down to smoke away his fancies. Suddenly lie sprang up, tlung the cigar into the grate, and began to pace the room. "By Jove! I've an ideal" said lie. "Miss Laura Is going to Warburton's to morrow ; now Warburton happens to be a friend of mine-I think I will go there too. He'll enter the thing, I'm sure; and I've a faiicy to see if Floyd Laurence behind a counter, and Floyd Lahrence in Mrs How ard's bail-room stand just the same in Mliss Carlisle's estimation. Ileigho I I wonder if that pretty blue-eyed cousin wvill coime -with her ?" -After dinner necxt day, Mliss Carlisle's carriage stopp)ed before Warburton's store, and the haughty beauty and her cousin Katy entered the wide (leers, and crossed over to the lace counter. "Show mo your finest Mleclin," began Miiss Laura, but stopped in utter aniaze mecnt, as she recognized -in~ the polite clerk her partner of the night before. "Mr. Lau rence," she exclaimed. -And Katy opening her blue eyes very wide, rep)eated the exclamiation. "31.'. Laurenceol'we did not expect to see you here I" "Why not ?" asked our hero, smilingly. "We were net aware-we did not kniow that you--" began Mliss Laura, haughtily, and Floyd finIshed her sentence." "That I was Mir. Warburton's clerk?i Oh, yes, 311ss CarliMle I What style of lace would you prefer?" "Thank you-I do net care about the lace to-dlay. Katy, come, we are in hasto." She turned and swept her silken robes away, but I(aty, her cheeks scarlet, lin gered to give-one little hand to Floyd Laur ence, and said cordially : "Mfr. Laurence, remember, you prom ised last night to call upon me. I--that is we shall expect you." . And Floyd, as he ventured lightly to press that tiny, little hand, said fervently : "Thank you, I shall surely come I" "The ideal The very idea l'' cried Laura Carlisle, indignantly, when they were in their carriage. "What does Mirs. Howard mecan by in troducing such persons to her guests?9 i'll never forgive hier. To think I should have danced with a low clerk !" "Why, Laura, I am sure lie is a perfect gentlenian," said Katy. "Gentleman, indeed!i A conmmon clerkI pretend to be a gentleman, and aspire to good society Ii Katy Carlisle,you are a little iot I" "At least I like him as much now as I (lid last night," said Katy, with some) -spirit. "Very well, indulge your low tastes, if you like," retorted Laura scornfully. "I shall certainly not cultivate his acqu'aint-j ance." A few evenings hater, as -Laura stood robed like a princess in -Judge Grover's clo gant saloon, she saw Floyd Laurenemak ing his way toward her. "Hie here! iAre people all gone mad?i lBnt he won't dare to address me I" she thought, her brigl4 cheek reddebing an grily - Bu edid dare, coh ng up to her with .a frank, gentlemanly gr1 etig. Latira look Sed full in hil eyes, wl. A glance *hlch nlight have iturnod pilm t ione, huud.hpr power equaled her will, and turned away in haughty silence. Floyd's handsome face glid not even flush ; lie only elevated his liue eye-brows, while a curious smile curved his mouth. just its at soft voice behind 111111 Said, impul s.vely 113r. Lauirence, won't youiffiake hands witlh me?" IIe turned quickly, and then, indeed, his face did flush and his eyes kindle, as lie once more held the soft little han(] he had held once befoie, with a strange thrill in his breast. "Are you brave .enough to acknowledge the acquaintance of a imere clerk, in this place, Miss Carlisle," he asked. "I don't care whether you are a 'clerk' or a 'king.' " said Katy, innocently, smiling up In his face. "You are a gentleman,and 1 like you." "Thank you," said Laurence, drawing her arm within his own. "Then, perhaps you will promenade with me a few mo ients?" "Yes, for I wish to renmind you that you have not kept your promise to call on us." "But I will," answered Floyd Laurence. And as he looked down into her blue eyes, there was slntething in his gaze Which set Kitty Carli3le's tnder little heart ill of a flutter. Well, Laurence called at Mr. Calisle's handsome mansion, a1nd purposely asked for "the young ladies." Laura scornfully do cllne( to go down stairs, but told Katy that her "aristocratic" acquaintance was wait ing to receive her, and she entertained him to the best of her ability. She succeeded so well that Floyd Lau rience came again. And on this second call, unconventional little Katy, who was alone In the parlor, opened the door for him herself, and met him with a frank wel coic. "So then, you still like me ?" asked Floyd, as he stood in the centre of the great parlor, with the little hand she had given him clasped between his own. "Yes-I-I think so," said Katy flutter ingly, the roses coming and going nervous ly on her fair cheek. "But 'liking' won't satisfy me any long or," said Floyd, with a rare smile. "1 want something else-something far warm er, sweeter, stronger I 18 it in your dear -dear little heart to give, Katy darling?" And Katy, giving him a sly glance, as he bent down and took her in his arms, whispered again. "Yes, I think so I" * * * *' * * * "It seems Katy is about to be in rried," said old Judge Howard, meeting Laura, it few weeks later. "Yes, little foolish thing I returned Laura, colorig with vexation. "I'm sure I said all I could to prevent it." "To prevent it I What possible objec tion could you make to Floyd Laurence ?" asked her old friend. "Why, Judge Howard! think of her throwing herself away on a common clerk? "My dear girl, I don't know what you are talking about," said Judge - Howard, with a perplexed look. "You surely know that Mr. Laurence Is nothing more than a clerk in Warburton's store I" "My dear young lady, I surelv know that lie is something more than a clerk for anyone. le is the only son of the Laur ences of Virginia. Haven't you heard of the great Laurence estates?" "Judge Howard I you must be mis taken." "I am not, my child. I myself, hold some twenty thousand dollars of his money in trust. Ilis father was my friend in boy hood. Your cousin Katy is fortunate, Laura, for Floyd Laurence is a match for any one to be proud of." "Is lie really so wealthy ?" persisted Laura, doubtingly. "He has an income of at least fifteen thousand dlollars a year. I speak from ertainty, iny dcar girl, not .from hear say." Poor Laural - She tried to conceal the the bitter disappointment ranklhng in her heart, but it wvas hard to know that the golden prize had slipped from her grasp, andl only through her own fault I Neverthoicss she put the best face pos sible on the matter, was very affectionate to Katy, and cordial witht Floyd, and -very fond, long after, of referring, with studliedl carelessness, 'on every possible occasion, to "my (dear cousin, Mrs. Floyd Laurence." A stago Aunnhilator.. Recently as Mr. Macauley, the actor, was about to get on board the train, a queer looking man stepped up to him and asked for a few moments' conversation, which was pleasantly granted by Mr. Macauley, wvho has less airs abont him with strangers than any other actor in the profession. "I'd like to see that annihilator that you have-that gun that shoves out like a tele scope." "Certainly, sir; I have it In my valise. It frequently comes handy when strangers fool with me." The actor went into the train, followed by the stranger, and soon produced his "annihilator," which the other grasped eagerly and began to work, his eyes gleam ing with delight "That's a disy, by jove it Is I What's its range?". "I never really knew how far it would shoot. It carries a pound of powder to a pint of shot, and the charge spreads out in all directions."' ."I've got a little racket mnyself," said the stranger, pulling out an immne'nse six shooter from behind. "That's the boy that was the terror of [Ploche for years." "Ah I Are you the celebirated Pat Hol land, poet and fighter of Ploche ?" "I am ptetty well recognized through the sagebrush country by thiat name. When I haul this machinery out It clears the street quicker than a squad, of New York police could do. Jt. I'd like to buy that annihIlator of yours, for a sort of coipanion piece, as it were, to mine somethng' to balahec me on the mother hip." "To tell 'yoti the 'truth, Mr. Itolland'" replied Macauley, laughing, "thIs affair of mine Is only a'sham. It doesn't,. shoot at all, juist meant ter the stager you know "Holy Mosesl You don t nlcan to say that you can't kill a'man with it (* "Exactly I" "Good bye, sir. lieo been. gola' to go Voum night after .night, supposin' this weapon was the real cheese, and I'm sold. I itsed to dreamn about it a1ght after aIght an uwto find out it's a faud 1it to *Here P'et eat downh on theo car-stop and wept Ike A eWId~ Smilten with Circua,s Fevor. After the performance was over at the circuls a young inan called on Chliarini and he said lie wanted to see him on private business. The old veteran took him Into his ollice and received hi with his 11sual pol1itenaess. "I cane up aill the way from Carson to see the show, and I'd like to join," Said the young man. "Oh,. I see, " said the circus man ; "you are a well-formed, hearty-looking young fellow,..and I like to enc-urage such as you." The youth's eyes brightened. . . "You do not chew, smuoke or drink, I lol;e ?" "Oh, no, honor bright-except soda anid beer. "You must leave off these bad habits. They weaken the muscles and paralyze the nerves, you can stop drinking, but your salary will not be large till you have over come these tendencies. A little. lemonade -circus lemionade-is all the p'erforniersl drinK. Call at eleven o'clock to-morrow morning, and I will see what you call do. You mutistn't expect over fifty dollars per week though at first. We never pay high salaries until we know just yhlpt a main can (10." - The delighted Carsonite weaK.away and next morning was on hand. Chiarini took him to a tont where there were three immense Bengal tigers caged. lianding hin a curry-comb andl([ a pair of shears he remarked: "Your duties will be comparatively light at first. You will go into the cage and curry the tigers down every morning, and about once a week cut their claws ; keep 'em down pretty short, so that when they attack the tiger tamer, Wilson, they won't lacerate him very much. Some times, but not more than once a mouth, you may have occasion to file their teeth. You just throw the animal on his back and hold his heald between yourt knees. If he acts rough belt hini in the nose a few times. Keep belting hinit until he quicts down." "Haven't you got a vacancy an the art dcpartmnent ?" asked the young mllan from Carson. "Is art in your line ?" inquired Chliarina. "Yes," drawled the young man. "In the circuses I've always run with I was employed to paint the stripes on the ze bras. I killed so muany tigers keepin' 'ei straight that the boss wouldn't let ie han (lie 'em. He said I used 'em too rough " Chiarini swears that the terror from Car son shall have the first vacancy. Witche's Night. From the earliest times men have been trying to look ahead. The ancient Egyp tians had oracles where their gods were suppoSed to answer the questions of men by dreams and other ways; the ancient Qrceks also had faimous oracles, which peo ple caime fron far-off lands to consult ; the Romans killed certain fowls or animnals,and guessed at the future by the looks of their internal organs ; the Hel-rews and the Ba bylonians lad their own peculiar ways of finding out what was to happen. The world has not outgrown the longing to look ahead. The Hindu to-day sets a lamp afloat on his sacred river, aud-judges of the future by the length of time it burns ; the Chinaman consults his "wise men," who pr,ctend to understand signs; the ignorant African takes notice of the cries of birds and animals ; the Englisl-not long ago tried to learn by help of what they called "witches ;" and Opiritualists, even now,be lieve the predictions of a "medium." No serious attempt to look into the fu ture has been made for a long tine by in telligent people, aind the old customs have become a frolicaqmc trying of "'ciarms," especially on one night of the year. It is curious enougha that the nIght selected is thae eve of the festival of All Maints, which was established In thec sevenith centur'y by a Pope of 1Romei, In honor of all the sainlts who haad nuo particular (lay assigned to them. Thle Romnans brought this festival to Enagland; there it became All HIallows, and the even ing before it, Hallow-even or Halloween, andl that was the nighat sacred to charms and gamnes. In the sevcateenth century, England gave up the night to feausting and frolicking. Nuts anad apples were p)lenty from one end of the Island to the other, aand ''Nut-crack Night" wvas the name given' to it. In England, thae revels were for fiun,such as diving for apples floating in a tub of wa ter,, anid, of course, getting very wet ; or trymag to snatch in the teeth an app)le on one cnd of a stick which haad a lighted can (lie at the other end, and, beIng hung by a stuing, could be spun around very l ast, so thaat the players often seIzed the canadle mn stead of the fruit ; or a playful fortune-tell ing by niamling nuts, roasting them before thec fire and watching their conduct ,when heated--whether they burned -steadily or bouced away, or burst wvitha a noise, each movement of the charmed naut being of great impiortanice. -One nut test was tried by grinding and' nixmng together a walnlut, hazlenut and nutmeg, making into pills, witha butter nd sugar, and swallowing them on, going to bed. Wonderful dreams would follow, wvhich was not surprIsing. In superstitious Scotland, the nIght was given entirely to serious anld sometianes frightful attempts to peer Into 'the future by means of charms. -One way of trying fortune was to throw a ball of blue yarn out of a window and wmnd It again from the other end.' Near the last something would haold it fast, when the winder..must 'ask,. "Who holds I" the answer w 'uld name one whao was to have importance In the -ques-. tiouner's future. Anothaer Scotch custom was "pullig kale-scalks.?'" A young person went blind folded Into the garden, pulled tdp the first kale or cabbage. stalk lie touched and car rIed it Into the house. Th'ie >whole' future was read from that ,stalk c the site Iiddi cated thae stature of thec future partner in life; .the quantity of earth at the roots showed the amount of ia, or her fortune ; the taste of the jAth told whmal the temnpor woud .be; and when the stalk was placed over the door,.the fir'st name of the person' enuter-Ing was the fated name. The Island of Lowes on thec coast of Scot land, had some curious customs. Yourig women made a "dumb hake," and baltedI Is before the fire with certain ceremonies and lih perfect allep9e, .eXpeeting to' see p ders; gid the people also sacrificed to a sea-go called Bihong, throwing a cmpof a,19 nto tihe sea and calling on hIm to give thein plenty of sea-weed to enrich theIr groafnds In.atiother Be*tch idl%r udg iito bAtn fiidin* a WdmbWed sieve, and Stali alonie, w Nitl both doo0 o0peln, to sAe her fate. Thie fishion of trying charms is now nearly outgrown among English-speaking people. It survives in Americat as a pleas ant frolic for a social Lrathering. In our own day, young people "1sow hemip-seed, " "cat apples before the glas." "go down the cellar stairs backward,"'}holding a can (Ie and a mirror. Ti'hey To "1)01) chest nuts," "launch walnut, shIelis," ''holding ta)ers," and try the 'Itlired saucer" test, of the future. In some of our cities, the boys oik Hallo ween collect old ten-kettles boots, large stones, etc., and deposit thei In clean ves tibule.4, ringing the door-bell and running away. : . Thus the 31st of October-4set apart, by a Pope as a religious festival-becane, In su perstitious times, "Tie Witches Night;'" crossed the ocean its a season for frolieS and ends with a street boy's jbke. Liniburgor Cbee. As Its name ndicates, ihbirger had its origin inl the province of L1in,irg, in Hol land, where, with its pectuli4ty of -shape, siell, process of making and i-uring, it was formerly exclusively made. IThirty years ago its production in tihe Unit4d States was almost unknown, it being tt that 'ime thought, on account of the difftrence in cli Ilato and pasturage, impossibi to produce it here. Tlhe sane notion A regard to Swiss cheese prevailed, and ponsequently numerous quantities of both wJre inl)orted from Europe to supply the larg denaii in this country, But it ha1s beO4 found that both can and have been prodpced in this country ii such perfection t1at the vqry best judges are unable to detedt any differ once fron the imported articlel lit Green County, Wis., hundreds of toos are made annually, more than twenty factories being engaged in its manufacture.! In Dodge aind Jefferson counties large quantities arc also made. The cheese is made,in factories capable of working the milk (from 100 to 400 cows, rarely exceeding the latter num ber, as more would require a latger area of country than would be desirable on account of distance to the factory, qs the milk is hauled and the cheese made twice a day usually. The makers generally buy the milk front the farmers at a price agreed upon for the season of six months, begin ning about May i. The process of manu facture in its first stages does not differ from the usual way, except that a lower temier ature is kept while tle curd Is forming, the anintal heat alone in summer being often high enough. Great care is taken to. use pure milk, free fron taint or filth, and ceanfliness being requisite in every stage of the making. Upon the curd being formed it is slowly and carefully cut into squares, pieces the size of (lice, low temperature and careful handling being necessary to avoid breaking the butter glolriles, upon which the richness of the chceso depends. It is slightly scalded and stirred, niost of the whey drawn off, and, without hel;ig salted, the curd is dipped out into perforated wooden boxes or molds, about five Inches square, and left to drain without any )rcs sure being applied. In a few hours the packages are carried into the curing cellar and placed edgeway on shelves, like bricks set to dry. E'very day thereafter they are rolled li salt and replaced when they have absorbed enough salt; They are turned almost every day, and the slimy moisture which exudes is rubbed with the- haind evenly over the surface, which serves the dodble purpose of keeping the cheese moist and to close all cracks, into which flies might lay their eggs. This outside moisturedecomposeswhiletliecheescripens, and being mostly composed of albumen, like fresh meats, eggs, &c., the same results follow the decomposition, and in this case the Limburger odor is developed, which never forsakes it, And sticks closer than a brother to all wvho touch or cat it. After eight or -ten weeks it is packedi in paper and tinfoil, and is readly for market-in consIstence, contents and nourishmont the richest cheese that can be made, butt to the untinitiated, a malicious and predetermined outrage upon 'the organs or smtell. "Military Honor." A sergeant of dragoons has beeni'before a court martial at Berlin on t hie charge of assaulting and mutIlating a farmer of G.ru nan. 'rTe soldier Was In Grunair on busi ness, and was quartered at the house of his: victim. Hie made .himself obnoxious to his htost in various ways, and finally, coim Inug to dinner drunk, lie took out his saber and laId it on the table beside his plate. The farmer asked hin what lie (lid thtat for. "Nothing 'less titan a saber or a saw will cut the meat you give me," was the reply. The fhiimer went out -antd broughtt in from the'barny'ard a pitchfork, wvhich lhe laid down on thp; other side of the war rior's plate, rqumarklug: "You need a. strong fork for such a knife." Tfhe sergeant took umnbrageo at this sar casm- and 'commened(, incontinently, to carve the' author of It with is saber. The -latter resisted, and was badly'hurit. Ho made a complaint, and the authorIties arrested the man of war; and hatnded him over' to his regiment for judgment. - "Cali you offe'r any excuse for your vlo lenee ?" asked the president of the court martial. "To be-sutre I can," was thte reply. "What is it ?" "Ilonor, sir." "Honqr I" "Military honor, sir. Have not I, a veteran of two wars, the right to joke with such a-grubbling civilian without his ex ecising lis gross wit on me In return? /A'1 thd divine Schiller says-." "We are not trying Schtiller here. Y ou aro sentencedl to three -months' arrest, double guard (duty for six months and, the loss of a (tripo" . A Preventive df florse Stealtng. The establishment of a system of hiorAo passports -Is under consideration by the Rtusin governineont' Thd mleaisure is sug gested, not in view 9f,political daalger frors th6 A4(iieo rade, biut in order to prevent a nifortu.ne ata often happens to the horses themtse.lvse smely::htorse stealing. Ac cordig to thi curious project, the birth, peculiar elgas and, death of every horse must be recorded and the prorrieter, of, a horse or' horses, is 't be fgrnished with a horse passport that will entitle him to the posesseionof saiditorses or horses. NoWf as a horsedtluef;cannot possibly steal ,b6tIj the horse and 110 passport, he cannot suistain his righte to thie possession of astolen horbe. This the bsehon of ths wit and wisdom of~ the itsian ioa1la i this metter. 11111 Slike Acting Devil. When we were boys, Bill Slke and I we were great cronies. With me there wa nobody like 13111, and with Bill there wa: nobody like Hazel. We were both what would be termed hard cases. If any mis chief was done In the neighborhood, 131] and I were sure to come in for our share o the blame. About Christmas times we always had i deal of fun, such as building rail-pens anil putting calves and pigs in the upper story hanging plows, 'hlig kettles," or anlythinj we could lay baucls on, high up in trees, t( perplex the owners. I recollect ono Christmas eve, Bill and ] set out to have a rich time of it. Bill wa. to fix up, and act as devil, and we were t< go around and frighten the youngsters oul of their wits. Accordingly, we arranged i grum-looking red cap with horns on it, tan placed it upon his head, aid then made i false-face for hin out of red flannel, wrap ped himi in a white sheet, and started, There were several boys with us, and b3 them I was unanimously elected to gO be fore and give the old folks at each house ( hint of what was going on, So that w( would not, get ourselves into a scrape. The first house in our route was Unch Jake Bund's. I went In, made Somne or. rand, and s01 soon 115 possible slipped th joke to the old mian and woman. It wa all right with theim, and So I went on an( reported to my companions. In a- slorl time B1ll, alias devil, poked his singulai looking head in at the door, and, greal scrumiption ! such a scatterment as tool place. Girls, boys, cats, and everythinp else, excepting the two old ones, tumble(i up stairs like an earthquake. In we al bustled, and such a laugh as we had ; an( how the girls slapped our faces for fright ciing them so badly. This was a gloriot beginning, and so we were almost crazy tf get to the next house. After partakmng of sonic doughnuts, andI some other little cakes that had been ci out with a thimble, and which the girlk called kisses, we started for Major Allen's. I went on as usual, and knocked at tht door. "Coic in," said a sweet voice. I obeycd the command, and found Jane, the Major'i only daughter, all alone. . "Where's the old folks?" asked I. "Gone over to. grandfather's," she re plied, sweet as sugar. "Very sorry," said I, "for I had im. portant business with the old man.'' She assured me they would be back in i sho-t tine ; and filling a plate with "homi ny" from a large kettle, where it was boil, ing on the fire, she invited ie, 'with 0110 o the prettiest smiles you ever saw, to sil down and wait till it cooled, and then eal some with her. I looked at the big, plump grains, al bursting open In the plate, and inhaled thi delicious odor that arose from them, then I looked at the sweet face and sunny sule oJ miy would-be-entertainer, and you'd bettei believe I wished13111 and the rest of th< boys in Guinea. I felt sure that all th< fun we could see would be nothing to com. pare with eating "hominy" with Jane Al. len, yet I dared not act the traitor. So ] pretended I had no time to spare, and bid ding her good evening 1 hurried back t< my companions. "Boys," said I, "Jane's all alone by her self. It wouldn't be right to scare her s< bad-let's go to Brown's?" "No, by guni," said 13111, "1 wouldn't m188 that chance for a hundred dollars. Bi slighted ime the other day at singing-school, and now I'll endeavor to pay her back foi it." I still remonstrated, but in vain. Bil was resolute, so I had to give in. As we neared the house, Bill said: "Now, boys, whatever you do, don't sa3 a word, nor laugh, nor nothing, and arte I've scared her~, we'll slip off, and( she'l never know who, nor what It was." We all agreed, and after wve had beei stationed around the chimney to hear lie scream, Bill walked in. "Good evening, Mr. Devil," said tI< same sweet voice that, a fewv minutes be. fore had bid me to conie in; "good even. Ing, I suppose you are used to warn: fluids;" and .forthwith we heard 11 "sp)lurge" as if a gourd lad found its way into the pot of boiling hominy, 0ond thael came a splash, and a cry, not such a one ai wle exp)ected to.heaar, bait onie of Bill's gen uine squalls on the highest key. We all ran in and saw the hot water drlpping down from 13il's cranium, whaile lie was stamping around like miadniess, tearing tht horned cap and false face from his head. Jane, the mischievous little elf, was stand Ing up by the cupboard, laughing as though she would go into spasms. Fortua Daitely, 13111 had received nO0 lastinag Injury, buit 1 assure you It put an end to our fiai for that nIght. The joke had beena turned upon us when we least expectedl it, and sc we went home, feelIng rather done for. T1hie story soon, got out, and for a long timci Bill went by thec name of Mr. D)evil. A P'anthera Story, One evenmng as I was sitting In the haous< of a neighbor and old settler, Mr. Payne, latoning with great interest to his stories of early times in'Texatsj the-tmalk tiianed on tht hunting of wild aimmnals. Now, Mr. P. ii none of your big story-tellers whaom no 'ont thinks of- believymg, and besides, if witnes ses were needed to prove the truth of this, they could be readily produced, for one o lils nephews was with him at the tIme, and the heiro of our story was eonfined to bed for two weeks with wounds received in thet fight. The story, as well as I can remnem. ,ber, ,raups as f9)lows:, *One .dark Winter nIght Mr. Payne and lis nepnew, Franak, took the hounds and one small shot-gun and sallied forth Ii search of any small game, such as coons 0o wildcats, and not being prepared for any thing larger, e7tpected 'no conflict such au awaited them. -Near Mr, Payne's house oni the west, and not very distant on the north, lie ranges of very rough hills, which we call mountains, andi toward these the hunters bent thebi Oourse, They walked leisurely on until, on reaching the brow of a mountain, they hepr the dogs, who had gone far in ad vance, raising a big row with. something and immediatelyastruck a lively run to so< what was on hand. Mr. Pa ne, haowever, hearig Do of'.his dogs seriadag frh ,lout cries as of great suffering, outran is om. panion, who was a mere bo, and was first on he Kll pa$iong Tlu darliess was s0oat hMnbt: Intil ho ,ia n'parly rum aanst the combatant., could he' discove wht kind of ananimnal ho was toi bueounter But when ho estopped, only'~ a"o1 step from It, lao found IC to be a ery large pan ther ; and the worst of it all was, it had got a deadly advantage of his favorite hound, and was about to make atin end of him. The animal was fearfully large. and a enraged beside, and Frank, who by tle way had the gun, was far behind; but the old hunter could not stand by and see his faithful dog killed without an attempt to save him, and taking very little time for consideration, he opelled his pocket-kilfe, the only weapon at hand, aid "1 went for lhin." Thrusting his left hand into the panither's mouth lie Caught hii by the tongue, anld with tle knife in his right cut a gash be tween his ribs, and forced his hand and knife in at the opening, thinking by this means to reach his heart, aind so dispatch >him directly. But no sooner had the pan ther felt the knife than lie liberated the (log, and forcing the hunter to release his tongue, caught him by the left am, and with his fore paws around his shoulders, sunk his sharp claws deep into the flesh. Then it was that the hunter dirat realized the rash ness of his undertakiiig and his Imminent peril, for although he worked manfully with his knife in the INanther's vitals, his antagonist was lacerating his arms and logs terribly. But his faithful dogs, who knew full well where the greatest danger lay, had a death-grip on its hint legs; and Mr. Payne said, when telling me the story: "I i knew my (logs well enough to trust then I for that, part of the work." .1t8t, lit this time Frank, who had no idea of what was going on, came running ill) with the gun, and placing it. as well as lie could in the dark, with the muzzle pressed crosc against. the panther, lie Ired. The t brute instantly loosed its htold on Mr. Payne. and the dogs, knowing it had re ceIved a deadly shot, let it -go, and lay (own on the ground exhausted. Frank then helped his. uncle to get home, and went for a doctor to dress his wounds, which were bleeding considerably, and 811ar1ting e.1111st beyon11d OndUranCe, "That thing couldn't have been a pan ther,'" said Mr. Payne, when his account of the fight, was ended, "for it was too large and heavily built. It was jus. waist high to me, and looked like It might be half panther and half lion. Frank and some other boys folind it (lead the next morning, not fifty yards from the place where we gave oie another such a scratchin', and when they cut him open to see what I had done for lilim with my pocket knife, they found his lung and liver pretty well gashed. But the strangest part of it all is that Frank had shot him in the miouth-a inigity lucky thing for both of us, for that small shot wouldn't have done nothin' but make him mad hittin' him anywhere else. But I got out o' that serape alive, and If Old Master '11 forgive ine for gittin' into it, I ain't likely to offend again In the same way, you better believe." MtrImonuia l nrokerago. A singular meeting took place recently lit in matriionial broker's olilce, in San Francino. An apparently middle-aged mnanl applied lit the counter one Sattuday, and asked for a housekeeper for a bachelor, wearing a telling smile on his face at the time. After a moment's conversation he was asked point blank if lie did not want-a wife. His reply was In the aflirmative. He was told to come the following Monday at live P. m. It happened that a young woman called the same day, and after some beating about the bush, declared she was looking after a husband. She was request ed to call again the next Monday at 5.30. Everything caie on serenely Mondray af ternoon. The two principals came to time and were directed to an adjoining room. They had not been there long be fore sounds of some distrbance reached the ears of those attendance lit the offlce, and the woninn gave vent to a shriek. One of the assistants . went to the door, and found that matt.ers had( p)assedl beyond all expectation. Thlle girl held the mani by the hair--at least, she thotughit she did. An effort to relieve hhnim of some surplus sca.lp covering Insteadl of p)erforming the dlesired object, dhrew a wig from his head, and-l*the fellowv applearedh quite ai young man. Thie woman screamued, ''My brother," and fell to the floor in a fahrt. Thoi t.wo others unitedh their efforts to resuscitate her,whichi In a short time were so successful that she arose, grasp)ed an chony ruler lying on the (desk, andl struck the clerk a blo0w that lhe wvill not soon forget. She then left the of tfice for parts unknowvn. The . man in hIs turn, abused the clerk like a pilckpocket, andl cuidavoredI to strike hiim, but did not meet with mnucli success, lie then depart ed1, leaving the cler'k a mitdder,and p)ossib)ly a wilser mian. Ameorican SumpornitHiona. Tro eat wvhiile a bell Is tollIng for a fun eral causes toothache, The crowing of a h len indiceates seome app)roaching disaster. WVhen a mouse gnaws a gown, some mis fortune may be apprehended. lie who hass teeth wide aaundler muist seek his for tune In seome distant hand. Whoever finds a four-leaf trefoll-shamnrock, should wear it for goo(i luck. Beggars bread should be given to children who are show in learning to speak. if a chi less than twelve months old lie brought into a cellar he be conmes fearful. When children play sol alors on the road 81(1 it forbodes the ap proach,.of war. A child grows proud If suf fered to look into a mirror while loss than twelve nionths old. lie who proposes moving linto a now house must send. be forehand bread and a now broom. Who-. ever sneezes at an early hour either hears some news or receives somne presents the same day. The first tooth cast by a child'should be swallowed by the m1other to insure apoew growth of teeth. Buttoning 'thie coat on awry, or drawing on a; stockIng insidle out, causes matters to go wrong dur ing the day. By beniding the head to the hollow of the arm the initial letter of the name of one's future spouse is represented. Women who sow flax seed, during thepro cess, t11 seome confounding lIe, otherwise the yan will never bleafih white Whien women are stuffing beds the mnenshould'ndt remain in the house, otheotwise the feathers will come through the tick. 'When a Stran ger enters a room he should -be oblIged to seat hImself, 'if'only for a momeont as h6 otherwise takes awaiy the -ehildren's sleep with him. The: following' are om 9 death: A dog detatching on the' /W6K hiowl.ng in a partieulafd manner iu owt hooting Ihi tihe neighborhoqd of tlie house. Domestic harmonyu ibe preservedwlien wash day corhes, Isn'order to iiir '.fing we'atiho, which Is itidiensabl,a telce.re moniy is generally performed out o doo6. -~Twelve mnllidn cant oft ce Swere put up in/Blaithote ti1 u consuming 400,000 buslelw 9f :l, NEWS IN BRIEF. -Wi. Ii. Vanderbilt employe 27,700 Ieil. -'Tie tax on commercial travellers in Texas ias already brought $44,000 to the State treasury. -Philadelphia pays over $80,000 a day for oysters, and New York almost $200,000 every twenty-four hours. -There are in t,be United States nearly 1,000 Universalist churches and over 700 ministers. -A cord of stone, three bushels lime, and a cubic yard of sand will Jay.100 .cubic feet of wall. -The yearly production of soap In Fiance is estimated at 220 kllo3 (about 480,000,000 pounds.) -Twelve years ago Texas shipped only 75,000 bales of cotton. Last year sihe shipped 1,000,000 bales. -iius far In 1870 there have been 1,347,991 barrels of salt made in Bag inaw valley. -Of the 185,000 miles of railroad completed in the world in-1878, nearly one half were in the United States. -The population of Greece, 1,547, 894 in 1870, has now risen to 1,079,775. In 1838 It was 850,000. -In the silk factoriesof Italy 120,428 women are employed, besides 20,070 in cotton, and 13,707 in tobacco factories. -During the.past year no fewer than 300,000,000 acres of government land have been takeni up or sold to settlers. -According to the most recont cal culations-those of Poterman-the po pulation of the whole world is now 1,424,000,000. -The exportation of American cheese has Increased during the last quarter or a century from 1,000,000 to 00,000,000 pounds. -Ohio Iron mills have not been so busy since 1873. Mills at Lancaster, Portsmouth and Urbana have heavy orders ahead. -The celebrated Kennedy cattle ranche, Texas, on the Rio Grande, has been purchased by an English coin pany for $950,000. --Quite a brisk demand for American windmills has sprung up in the British colonies, West India islands and South America. -The bankrupteles in the "wholesale trade" in Great Britain and Ireland were 2,172 in 1877, 2,642 in 1878 and 1,533 In tile first half of 1870. -Tie pork-packing at Chicago from March 1st to date is 1,498,000 hogs, against 1,518,000 for the corresponding (late a year ago. -The foreign and domeetle oyster trade of this country exceeds $300,000, 000 annually, and we ship abroad 50,000,000,000 oysters every year. -There are 800 men at work in the CoatesvIlle4Pa.) iron mills. An in crease of twerity cents a ton has just been put en their wages. -Mr. Jamys Gordon Bannet is re ported to have boulit at the Munich art exhibition Adain s "Cromwell" for $3,000, and a canvas by F. A. Kaulbach for $5,000. --One-fifth more aiding and flooring is needed thau the number of square feet of surface to be coyered, because of the lap in the siding andi matching of the flooring, -Tie wages of laborers In Canada range from forty cents to one dollar a day, and some skilled mechanics are working tor from eighty cents to one dollar per day. -Straw hats and bonnets to tihe value of froiTs $15,000,000, to 20,000,000 are manufaetured in New' En land every year. Nearly all of this 'business is confined to Massachusetts. -West Virginia factorIes have star ted up. So great is tile demand for naIls at the Wheeling .mills, that they have advanced the price fifteen ce.rits per keg. -The Duke of Norfolk, thle richest and most influential Roman Catholic peer of England, is building a Rloman Catholic church on blle Shefild estate which will cost $00,000. -On theo 81st 'of becember 1877, there were 58,400 post-ofliuies in. Eu rope, with 223,517 persons employed, or one0 postal estab?ishment for every 5,184 inhiabitants.' -Charloi,ta Patti was born in 18'40; Marie Sass, 1838; Adelina Patti, 1843; Nilsson, 1847; Orolzctte, 1848; Marie Roze, 1849; Judic, 1850; Hlellbron, 1852 -Five thousand five hunidred and eighty-four white and colore'd children have been enrolledl in tihe Rtichmond (Via.) schools; lack of. accommodation made 11 necessary to reject 105T0. -Th'ie Treasury Department has placed $I5,000,000 in gold to the credit of the Superintendent of the Assay of fice in New York, to, be used in pay. menCit t'orforeigni gold coin and bars. U' $e lrtse ~ 9ap ples fro te * 1845, and they. brought1six and eight dollars a barrel. That country no0W re ceives 90,000 barrels ofa A merican ap pies per year. -During the past bight years wool growing ini California hias inoreased nearly 500 per cent,' and the territory now has 760,000 'sheop, which will yield the pretent year nearly 8,004,000 pounds of wool. ' -Last September a cqzded was taken 'of the Japanese IsltindU. Tile total p'o palation of the ernpire,Waf 84,388,404. Of these, 1,080,771 dWell in~ -Yeddo, or, as the inhabitants name 11, Tokio, in 206,900 houses, being abot 4.87 occu pants 'for each house. "' -The total sttenh e t the Freznch army next year will 'be *908.800 moen. Of tis number 407,796"W111 'belong to the active army; 818,869k' with 2,850. ofllce1s, to the resorte of' tid active ar my, and 149,000, with'.4,800 Wftlcers, to * the t.rritprlil Armny. (S ,They stlrcit r toms for ~ieyoreno~ltne4Qi89 #ee . 861 as' oOldot 1f iJl&. to$al relpta.of,Iriternted the 0O*tt f