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- -;t1 -2 T R.- --Y --D--I.-...- ._........... . . . . . . . . . _____ _ _____ _._ZIet. .wa,e-tbe.- ___ f.. TRI-WEEK(LY EDIT1ION. WINNSBORO, S. C., NOVEMBIE~R 13, 1879. VOL. 111.-NO. 123. LITTLE PHIL. "Make me a headbiard, wits or, smooth and painted you l10, Onr ma "ho (ied la,st witc-r, an I Hator and Jack and me Ii 1t Hiniday could hardly flod her, iso many now grave about. And Bud cried out, 'We've loit hir,' whelk Jack pave a little "Isont. We have workied anil tiavoti all wintor--boont huagrv no.attininH, I own ilut we hi tle much fr.am fathor undur the Old door stoie. Jito never gops thero to oe 1er ; lIo hato,d ler ; scolded Jack Vhon ho beard us talking about her and wish ing she'd como back. But up in the garret wo whisjor, an-l have a good time to cry, Our beautiful mother who k.seod us, and was'nt afraid to dio. Put on It, that she w-is forty, in Nov, mber sh, wont away, That she woas the best of Tnothers. and wo havo'nt forgot to pray; And wo mesn to be at ulo taux ht u---be lov ing and true and.squaro, To work and read, to lovo her, till we go to lier up toro. Let the board b: white like mothor" (thd stali chin quivered hero). And the lad coughed something ui,der, an I conquered a rdbol tear. ''Hero is all we could koop from fathor. a dol lar aud thirty cents, The rest he had got for coal and flour and partly to pay the rents." Blutihing the white lie ovor, and dropping the honout 0.%eC. Vhat is tbe price of headboards,%tith writing and I andsono sizo ?" "Three dollard ! ' a young roo wounded. just falls with a moan, and ho, With a face like the ghost of his mother. sank down on Itis tattered huee. "Tirt a dollara ! and we shall lo so her, noxt w,nter the gravos and the snow !" But the boss had his arms about him. and cuddled the head of tow Plose up to the prat hoar 'a shol or, and womanly tears fell fast "Dear boy, you shall i.over lose lier, 0 oling to your sacred past I Como to-morrow, and br:ng your sistor and Jack, and th board shall bo The bt-st that the shop can furnish. thon como here and live with me." Wbon the orphans loaded their treasure on the rugged old cart nxt day. T..e murpriso of a footboard varnish, with all that their love coul-I say ; And "dlith St. John. Our Afo(her!" baby Jack gave his little shout, And Bud, like a unountain daisy, wont daiclng her doll about. But Phil grow white and trembled, and close to the boss lie crept, Kiesing him I ke a woman, shivered and laughed and wept : 'Do you think. my honofactor, in Heaven that she'll be glad V' "Not as glad as you a'e, Philip, but fnish this j .b, my lad." A Wilful Woman. If you don't take compassion on such a devoted 1>ver, and one who is so good and worthy of you as Mr. Crichton, all I can say is this," said Mrs. Hinxmnan to Alberta Graham, with much emphasis, as if she were leading up to a crushing crisis, "I shall have no patience with you, and shall think you are acting very foolishly. Now, as Mr. Crichton's wife-" "It has not been proved yet that Mr. Crichton desires at all to have me in that capacity," said MIss Graham, with a little laugh. "'And If it were, my own inclina tion goes foir somiethinag in thenmatter, I slup. pose.", "'Your' own inclination ought to be for wvhat is good for you," said Mirs. IHlnxman, sententIously. "Sarsapiarilla ? Brimstone and1( treacle ? WVhat is it yeou give your children In the spring, Emily, especiailly the naughty onesa?" "Yes, that is just what you are like-a very naughty child, and you ought to know hetter at your age. And so I hope you wvill," concluded Mrs. IHinxman, shaking her head at her friend, as she rose from tier wrIting table. Friendls tried and true they were, since their schoolfellow days some dozen years ago. Mrs. IJinxman had soon married and settled downi to housiehioldl cares antid peri odIlcal babies. Alberta Graham, beautiful, clever, and attractive in all ways, had, on the c.ontrar'y, taken tier full p)leasure out of life, and nowv at thirty was better looking than she had beeni at twenty, andl, what wals to 1be expectedl, conlsIderab)ly moro wil About a muonth ago she had come on a visit to her friend Emily Hiixhiam, andl there she had met the Mr. Crlechton spokeni of a wealthy neighbor some forty years of age. As Mr's. Hlnxman prepared to leave the * ~ room, she saidl: "Thereol I shall leave you .now to meditate ont my good advice," and Miss Gralham, rising too, openied a glass dloor leading out oin a balcony. Alberta sat down .there, doing for once extrctly as hIer friend had adlvised her thinking over her advice. But (did she care for Mr. Crichiton? That was the very thing she had been asking herself for (lays without getting any settled answver. "And if I loved himii I should nlot be in doubt.," said( Alberta to herself.. The glass (100? behind tier suddenly *opened, and Mr. Crichton himself, whoehiad come ove'.on a,ilsit, wjth tise mission writ ten op li,fece, asked permission to join~ hier on ito balcony. If Mr. Crilhton's face betrayed his mission, ho had come there 'quito pi-oparod to follow uip the mute ap peal by word of mouth. "Emily has sent lIhmoon purpose," thioutghtAlbort. Io -a eviently full of the toder sub jett n(e'o.long wfa saying, hi Minit lig a surptiao,to, you, ~ I IeV lo $ GOdel )in ItentiohB VfainIy, andl said Alberta, who was zigzagging, so to speak, in her replies. "Then surely you1 can give me an an sHwer," said he; "there call be no diflinitiy in that." "None, of course," roplied Alberta hiasti ly, "and one thing It is mly right to say-1 will not be bothered aid worried and perse eitted about a thing that is eiitirelyl my own Concern)." "Never by me," said 'Mr. Crichton, tie sm1ile of i mollient ago elainginig to stulden gravity, "if I am to understand that you look upon lily attentions in that light. I love you far too well to give you a mo ment's pain. Do you mean that that is you- ai nswer ?" "Yes, that is 1mly answer," said Alberta, with unnecessary vehemence, "and I par ticularly beg I may hear no more on the subjebt."1 "That you shall not, be sure. God help me to bear tis as best I may !" and in a moment lhe was gone. She was wilful, but she had not expected this. In a few minutes lie had vanished from view aq he returned to his solitary home. And then sie was quite sure that sh loved him. It was Just a yenr later. Alberta, with her parents, haod been staying in the samc city, when sie got a letter from Mrs. Iiinxman asking her to spare her a few days, and she concluded to accept the invi tationl. Alberta did not look back with pleasure on the year that was gone. It hand come to pass that. Alberta had failed to gather imuch enjoyment from any of the old sources. A regret, a contrition, an insatiable yearning Iaunted her, and spoiled everything be sides. And now that Emily's letter hand come, Alberta could not resist it. Though she did not admit it to herself, she felt somewhat strange that the first day of ler stay she did not meet Mr. Crichton. 'The next (lily passed too, and then caime the last evening, and a very beautiful one it was, making Alberta's heart ache at the thouight of leaving on the morrow, although she (had inwardly known but little peace or satisfaction throughout tie visit. But tlere was something in it of relief however. Mr. Crichton had conic over to dinner, and they were not allowed to sit long after it, for the children had been promised to go and see the field where some workmen were burn Ing charcoal. So off they started, Mr. Iinximan with Alberta, Mr. Crichton with Emily. The children were in ecstasies. The glowing hills of fire made a sceie that. set them shouting with joy. As the shades deepened, the fires came out brighter. The whole field was a network of bright edges, spark ling and darting like fire flies, and full of mystery and romance. They were all get tii4g childish and merry, and ' the children were half beoide themselves with the fasci nation and adventure of it till. Something of last year's cordiality flashed out again between Mr. Crichton and Alberta in the unguarded gaiety of the moment. It was much too delight ful to be left, but the night was drawing on, and after repeated re prieves, the children, hot and excited, were collected together, and the hlomeward jour ney began. In returning, tIle genltlemnen running race, and playing with the still excitedl chilldrens Emiily and Alberta fell behind, and reached thle hall (100r alone, when they.found a bas ket had been left behlind. Nothing would (10 for Alberta but to fetch it herself ; she saidl she had wanted all along to sec thlat field again, and forbidding Emnily to say where shle hlad gone, she0 was off round the coruner of the house. It was not far to go; only a shIort cut across two fields, and the gate was reached(. Presently she became aware that one of tIle gentlenmen hiad fol lowved her. She stoodl In tIle dark end of thle field under thle trees, from behind which thle rising moon01 now sent tongues and1( shlafts and tremubling mysteries of light across the shadow. Her white diress, hlowever, be trayed her, and, mluch to hecr annoyance, lest she should have been supplosed to fore see tis consequence of her coming, Mr. Crichton in a few steps was at hler sidle. "I am so sorry you should have taken the trouble to comle," she saId. "'I b)eggedl EmIly not to say 11 had come to fetch It." "Has something bleeni forgotten ? I have not . spoken to Mrs. Illnxman since, hbut, seeing you return to tile field In a haurry, I thought you had lost something, andl that, I' Inlghlt be of use." "Thank you; It is tIle basket; but I know exactly whlere to find It." They went a fewv stepls farther on and foumd It duly awaitIng thlem In all Innocence In tIhe charcoal field. Mr. Criqlhton took It up, and they turned their st.'ps homeward almost in silence. Al berta walking very fast. Once she gave a little slip, but recovered herself. "The grounhd Is . very slippery with thle djew. Won't yell take my arm ?" said Mr. Crichlton. "No, thank you; I shall1 do very well," said1 Alberta, slipping again in proof of it. "Is thlere any occasion togo quite so fa'st ?" lhe asked; "the nighlt alone deserves some notice. One could rarely see a finer." "No," admitted Alberta as they stopped still under the trees, 'In moonlight, shiine and shlade,' to look at- it. All tIle ,open cot'mtry was spiritualized by moonllght; dow and enchantment were everywhere. Al blerta and Mr. Crichton resumed their waljc after a few tague coanmonplaces of admira tion; niow ini silence, now with a constrained word or two that showed that silence no ticed. Tien Mr. Oriehton said, rather aib rupily: "Xou areogoing way or,6 t', an 3~' to bear It quite In silence, or admire this moonlight, or enljoy the'present ias I might, for thinklig how soon it is to end." "I (1o not. gee why ly goiigslould Imake iny dill'ereice," said Alberfa. "Possibly not," he answered, "Plossibly you do not, lunders aid, either, how a 1111111 Cln get to care for a womian No that he cares I for little else besiles. Porgive me, how- U ever, for saying this. I have no right to trouble you. I have not forgrlotten tnthe coin mainds you laid on me to leave this subject alone. It it had not been for them, I sholi have much to siy to-night-but no doubt I you wished them obeyed ?" It "Of course f did," answered Alberta. e "And you wish it still ?" e ''1 do." "Then that is enough for me," said Mr. Crichton, with such a depth of sadness in his voice as he held (lie gate open for her to pass, that the painful contrast to his nerri- t ment with the children so short a while ago I was more than the warm but. wilful heart s beside him couki stand. "But," began Alberta, and the stopped l short, with her face in the moonlight grown suddenly hot. "But whalt?" Said Mr. Crichton, gravely, for there had beeni a few minutes' silence, and his thoughts had beei full of gloom. 9 "But," repeated Albert a, with a ripple of " latighter in her voice, "supposing there hal been no coinaids, Whit. was it you would V have said?" "Is that a fairquestion ?" lie asked, hadling 9 and looking at her in a mixture of surprise and doubt. "Quite fair," said Alberta, looking aniy- . where but at him. 'Then I should have asked you once more h1 to be my wife, and to give me love for love, 8 if fin ever so small a degree.- Your answer, r if you please, Miss Graham?" concluded s Mr. Crichton, a sniile upon his own lips il now. 0 "As you like it, then," said Alberta, s steadily, for she knew her own mind and r his well lit last. And with a fervent "God bless you for d that !" Mr. Crichton drew her closer to Ills side. 9 And the moon perhaps never smiled upon a happier pair of lovers than the honest hearted gentleman who had lived in hope and the wilful woman who had given up her wilfulness to love. An Odd Character of Parin. Baron Taylor died not along ago in Parir. le was ninety years old and still sprightly. Only ten years ago lie was in active life, and t h8is namie was in the nelwspap)ers daily. As s long ago as 1824, lie was the " royal com missioner," charged with the direction of a the Comedie Francaise, and he weathered a the various storms which were provoked f during the warfare of the classicists and , romanticists. Had it not becn for Baron a Taylor's efforts it is doubtful if Victor ji lugo's " Hernail " would have ever been e produced in the first theatre of France. The . Baron managed, however, to remain reason- 1 ably inipartial uitil the struggle was over. I I-le was of English-Flemish parentage, but r his father was naturalized in France. When a youth lie devoted himself for a time to literature, but finally studied art and became a most accomplished critic and connoisseur. Ills many missions to Spain, to Egypt, to buy the obellsks, to other countries to hunt up panintings whlich the allied armies haud carriedl away at the time of the invasion, are hiistorical. Louis Phillippe on1ce gave him 1,000,000 francs, and sent haim to Spain to buy wvhatever lie chose for the French miuseumn. lie retuirnedl 126,000 francs out of this million, and( on1 the (lay of his return had not money enough to buy his dInnert wvith, so that lie went to the house of a friend to dine. It never occur'red to hini that Louis Phillippe hlad initendled to allow 1 1him1 to enrich himself. The galleries of, Versailles are filled wvith treasures from Italy, Greece, Turkey and( Asia Minor, gaitheredl together- by the care of Baron Traylor. Hie wrote well, andl his mnemloirs ought to be interesting, Hie kniew every body of aniy consequence in Europe. In 180)7, Blismarck wvent personally to thank him for the services wvhilch lie had rendered to"indilgent German artists, lie had been a imembei of the'Academy of Fine Arts since 1847. lie was the founder of a great nun.. her of charitable societies. When lie wasI made a Senator, in 1839, uindter the empire, lhe gave away (lie larger part of Is sailary t of 80,000 francs for beneficent purposes. HIe was dlevoted to his library, whlich eon-t tained1 the finest theatrical collection in Europ)e. The old gentleman wvas comlpelled to part wvith some of his literary treasures after the war, being In temp1~orary financiail dlisiress, and it nearly broke his heart. No WVomin. During 800 years no woman Is knowni to I Jiave entered the grounds of the monastery( of Camnaldoli, Italy, except once, when a IprIices of the house of Medici, who had a great desire to behold the place, digulsedt herself in man's clothing and wvas admitted. e But so sile#ken with remorse was she On be- s hioldig td sacred spot, that she hastened I to the people to confess her fault, and as a a p)enance she commanded to build a new cottage in the enclosure, whillshedl. I This monastery is one. of the few institu- 1 tions of the kind suffered to remain in Italy.< A recent visitor says that what are called ii cells are comfortable little dwellings. Each si Is surrounded by a wall, and has its garden, c twenty feet square. A little pIazza, with a the trunk of a tree planed and squared for 1 a bench as its only funiture, runs along the t side of the house. Entering the door, 'you find yourself in a brick paved vestibule,c with an empty chamber where a spirlng of a water is flowing into a basin on the left, and a the living rooms on the, right. Thiesoecon sist of a study juat large enough for one 1 person to enter and sit dhown a dining and sleeping room9 withithe bed Liit, into the s 'wall in the fashion of a shiip' birth. A i 'emall table, two:chaire and a cupboard comn Iplete-the furniture. Food is pased to the occupant through A hole in the outer' wall all ben prpred in a comtaon kitcheon aidA I bt?lt. t14hepr~ 41n04 . .dy They eat:1tate naP pohno of f i t 'I lt Fronut, (Inte. In all ags tile fron gaite hsbeenl ree44' ize-d a Ian inlpispells:Ible Me-lent (of real oliriip), Of colrse. girls haye beell otlei in) brownit -4cimn holuse de-void of r-ollf yar. 11d1 of every species of practical ate, bilt ill sleh unse-s Ile poetry of love 111iiii is lacking. Avvwrding t1l u-kle, )IrIIwil and Spellcer, domemlic ha.1ppilness xist oilly in collitries wilu-re fri,nt gates hol,iml. WhIy is it tha20 the4 Prenlch mri esarlaranp by th<-. pInIs (1f thle ridt. 11114I groom, an<( ire( bellee based, not pon llvm-, blt uplon coivekie ? And 'hy, ill oiur3 favored 11an41, are marriages riang( without the*fightest reference to le old people ? It 1.4 plI)IINy, becatuse inl 'rance the front. gatte is re aid its true ses are 11k1(iown), while inl our rl--1l towns very house has its( front gale, and thle lwrest child knows 1 uses. French mar lges, contracted wiitout the sweet inthu nces of lie gate, are too frequently unhap y, but w%ith us the hie path of domnestic liss lies through the front gate, and it is >o plain to be easilym missedl. Aiong lie tomans ihe wire wias little better than a lave, and onl Sunda(1ltlty nights the young 111 larrie(d lIjjllman, inste.ld of sppe(dillg his venling in tie "'1diml, religious light of tile nck pirlor," 31s Milton beautihilly says, ,ent to the circus or: th(! amphilheatre to 'itness at gladatorial walking imatch or (lie titics of Ilie Tahn111ge of th(e period. I'I'ie iscovery of PompeIi explains why court liip was a lost art ininong th(! Rllnial. 'here was not a1 gate of any kind inl th(% 'hole city walli, and we have every reasonl ) suppose that nothing aatilaligolls to our3 ront. or back gates existed hlllronghlou the1 ide exteit of (th( lRonum Empire. It. is ill our1 Western St(tes t1a1t th(, front itte 1has8 reir'hed ils highest development of n aid to courWship. As is well kniown, iere re two schools wib rh radically i their theory, of the tru -, thod of using te gtle. 'I'le Concord school, of which Ir. Ialph Waldo Emierson is the leader, olds that young mn and young Women iould lean oil the same side of the ga(e ie inner side being regrded 3as preferable. 'lie Western school, On the other hand, ill ss that tile young 1lady should lean onl the ier side of the gate, while the lover ]ceans nt the other side. Though the %estern 'lhool lacks a leader of the fame and expe 1ence of Mr. Emerson, it has by far the reater mber of adherents, and to the un rejudiced minid there eai be but little oubt that its doctrine is the trie one. It is easy to comprelend how the front The originally came'1nto Use. The original aIr of lovers who first. it ilized It had doubt !s sought at place where they could enjoy ivacyN, while yet. aflr oft, th1e u1n1syipa eliec fathler an(1 th wiiyfariiig small boy. 'he locality of thle front gate, commnanding s it does a full view of the house from ,,hich the father may emerge with his eartless boot, and the public street, along -hich the casual snall boy may wend his rh1stling Wiay, Would natuillly be selected von by lovers wholly without engineering istincts. - Experiliee soon showed that lic front gate )ossessc( other unequaled tragetic advantacges. To the eyes of th1e ublic the lover on lthe outside of the gate lways seems to be in the- act of going Way. When any on3e except the avenging ither drew near, the lover would remanrik, 'Well,. as I wats saying, I m3ust. really go ; " nid thenl, Whenl thle ObJCtionafble person1 ad passed on, the sweet sorrow of proloig d parting Could begin again an(d last 1111til 3o appewance of a1 c'lderly gentleman 1ith a club 3at the front door seemed to oint to the propriety of an3 immediate and mal parting. Fall Leaven. It seems a11nost sacrilege to mar the sym letry of a well-grown tree by cufting or re1akiing its branches. A few ima- some mnes be remlovedl without detractin'g froml s beaut-y; but whlenI the grounid is strewnl elih leaves, it is needlesk to do tils. From nchl p)rofus5ion rare selecetionls of coloring lot.tled, mIalrbled, st riped, blotced(, or hladed--canl be ma13de that are una31ttainab11le a single blranch~es; and1( these maly be so) ar ist ically comin~ied an3d mounite3d Oin wires as8 serve the pulrpose3 of naitu3ral brancehes. A ow green leaves greatIly enhauice tile bril 3lanCe of 1the more0 highIly colored. 13011 (3(s and yellows becomoe more Vividl in eon rast wvithi green-a facet too oftenl ignlored, ltaher 810311 wIre 18 nleededi for the main toei of a~ garlanld or ai branceh; mlore slen .er to strenigth3en and( renider pliant the leaf toe. Connnon wo)rsted, Berlin or Gecr iIantownI, ini red, ma~roon or brown; is ex ellent for winIding the stems) to wii'es aifter lie mianlner of ar(iInCial flowver sprays. Car'e I arranging the leaves, accordin1g both1 to olor and1( size, is necessary to give 1atisfa1c rry resuilts. A bouigh or a branchl should eginl at thle aipex withI a very smal311 leaf, 1n( the leaves gralduaIlly increase In size '1ward1 tho base. This being alIlxedl to the 11111 steml by w13ining 1th0~ eiosted, otheir wigs, 'Biihrly made(1(, can be added0( as the work pr'oceedls. 'rho bebt way to prepare the leaves for 1I imlpuIricties--is to p)res#. them31 be(tweenl 1(ean3 whIte papers under aireliht. Where ne has not p)ressinlg boards designed es eciaIlly for this puirpose, the papers0~ con lIning thle leaves can be laid under a heavy ox or a1 pile of books. After two or three aye the3y shoul3d be flly dIrled an3d smoothedc( v'ith ai warm3 (not hot) Ironi. If a~ bit of vax or of palrafinIe be rulbbed on the face of lie i'oni juset as each leaf is lronIed, a gloss nd ela3sticity wvill be Imparted and1( at the 3111 time1 1130 colors heightened 313nd fxed. icafy branichles are most8 easIly dried inI this my, withlout p)revious pressInIg, By mneanis of wainn sand small31 boulghs of ~3ves can be dried with thleir. twigs and1 saives in naitural position. Seeding mnaples nily three or four Inches hligh, that are 50 bundant arounld fuli-grownl mlaple trees, re very lovely drIed in tIs mlanner. A 011mmo03 wire sieve, a quantIty of cleani and and a box, the bottom of wleh can e easIly removed, are the tmaterhals needed. let the sleve within (1he box, and( In the in orstices of the wIre-work place the0 stemis f the maples or th~e base of thle branelh, with~ every leaf posed as us.ual, Pour thle and, heated to blood warmth, through a taper cone or tunnel a1roun3d and upjon the0 ranches and leaves till all are covered. let the box in the sun or on the back of a love or ranlge. If in the sun, two or thIree lays will be requlired to dry them31; on a tove or range, wIth . constant, steady rarmith, twenty-four -hours will probably ufflee. At the-end of thatin remove the ottom of the box and let the *end pass out, e'h littlitree and branoho will t rmain eIn IeIy,.v~ Iefon' riadoNlly mevlted %alx or- paralllinle should fliish the . Arritlge the 1ec's inl it (11ad11 of 111d, lay genInlo,,_ upo 1th1sufaceq, and1( youl haVte at pretly pardor orlianimnt. 'Th'le leaves of' the11111leaplead :(mk, ad1141 of t ftew woodly shArolls Suieh 11s tile herry ing planill-, N1 repay eIl Ipain a1111i for preservatt i4nl. Ov lheinmples, a .1-err in (the- red Iapit. ), whose foliaglp tilr-Is deep crimisonl inl ItI1um1 u1, d141 A. m1eumrinum (the 411gair nae) -.Xibiting, -Ill 4h11ilpe4 of red anid yIlo smtmsInth l e1 Ieaf --from mar11olin Itnd orang11e lo delicinte ellerry and rose-color or pIle cre will be sul11livient. Select from th(! onks (ortecus coceinea (theI(, scarlet oak), with its growing red leaves, anld Q. discolor (the .wamp1ll) white oak), with rich brown deeply scalloped leaves. These give e'lgance of foriml and beiauty of color. When pressed and dried they ire very effective ats decorations. The leaves of the sumnes, in their atu tuni tints of claret and crimson and gold, are fine material for wall bouquets. Re seibling ferns in their phinaled form, they groulp Wpll Withj thlem, and1(at(1d briIIllnne to the-ir delicate huem. The mostM. desirab1le are lum capallina l. ty1phina, and R. 1l/a hn'a. These hang out. their gorgeouis ori thimmes iln rocky pastuel and by 1b1ar1ren hillsidos just as suuner visitorsf are hastenl ing, homeward; and aill Ilhe winter-after they have been nicely pressed--like (1he' ballilers from old bilronlill halls, they will h(Id glory Nd1111 grindelIr to ily 111 hm ble homle. The boughs of some okw ti(.tes aire mo erooked aid curved as to reseible the mit h-rs of deer ind when covered with li(Ilelns 11(d droopi lln a1r8 e fl1ne orlla mnents for anl enitran1ce hall or. library. These ar-e usually ancient hemlocks or junlip1rs, andI( ire foind in damp lo1nllies. Nliny pretIy llings mayli lbe Im111le of th1se Ilossy bioughs, such ats valses anild stand10s for dried grItaitsties or- pressed ferns itid simnacs; ulso hilliging baskets for holding pot4 of living plantits or dried leaves and flowers, land easels for supporting 8ketchies of ruril scen ery. A little ingenuity iln eutting and triminhg the branclhes and inl whirlilig 1them into the desired slilpe, will make of the most, refractory boughs very beautiful ob jects. Use fine anneitled wire to keep till firm anld steady. Tile liCIIhns thit cover the( fallen limbs of trees, ol dilapidatted fences, and the bowl ders scattered lere and there t11r-owuh tie woods have ia beauty pecullarly their Own. Wooden brackets to which their lavender and gray ruffles aire glled adorn at room and serve many useful purposes-are especially desirable to hold a pot of growing vines that will drop gracfully over and about them. Collema laccru, resembling rosettes of pearl gray lace, ori a full blown rose carved in stone, may be found in moist woods. This handsome species is very desirable for covering old picture frames lending ia quaint attraction 1o the dingy and discolored surI face, wich they should liealrly hide. Vases of box-board or of wood, covered with these lichens, allre,- handsome receptacles for branches of autumn leaves or ferns. A wooden cross having these lichens so closely glued upon It as to hilde its material looks as if chiscjeld iln some arabesque pat tern from solid granite. Such a cross should rise from i base covered with the more common flat species that abound on rocks in pastures and by the way side. Jainus Gordou itsIennett. A recent writer gives the following )ointed account Of Jam111es 0ordon Benneti, the proprietor of the New York JIerall. "I met him at the Union Club a few hours after his arrivail. I never saw him look so handsone. Imagine before you 11 tall, sim 1111n, about forty-five years old, bis face florid, and his hair prematurely white. Mr. llenlett's eyes are very singular. Ile has what, a horsemn lis 'watch-eyes ;' that. Is, tile iris (If the eye Is light gray, whlie thle pupil or' central dlot Is whilte. Walker, the flllibluster leaider, bad the same restless 'watchi-cyes.' Mr. Bennett's wite hair is like that worn by Stokes, who killed Jum Fisk ; by Frank Lord, tile son1 of the late M. H icks Lord ; andl 113 younIg George Law. It Is caused by3 dr1inking. Chamlpagnec duICes goutI. Ilennlett. is a1 drIinker, and( nlot 11n eater'. If lhe had thlree dlollars to buy a mea21 l'with, lhe would speind two dlollars and eighty-five cents for chamipagnme and1( lIfteenl cents for a sand(wichi. Bemnnett is really one of tIle 'h)uudest.' lIvers 1in tIle counitry. lie sIde the big house 0on W'ashingtoni I leights left b)y huis father, heC hasi a big dIoule-hous1e onl Fifth Avenue, ai house in Lonidon, a 'shooting-box' In Lanucashire, and( now a yvila lat. Newport. All these thlings cannlot cost, lhhn less than11 a hund1(redl thousand11( dIoi lars per anmlim. iIe spends Is mIoneCy like a king, and1( Is really admihred1 in New York. M~r. Henlnett, thlough a man of talent, has1 reatlly very little to do with the lIIerald. ils business is simply to call about, four times a week and1( 'shake the boys upl.' One of Mr. Beninett's pecuiliarities Is 1110 'shank Ing up' mlanlia. One nhighlt, after a echami paigne dinne2r, lhe flew downi to the ofilce, shook up Connery, the mlanlaging edlitor, and1( thlen wrote a ioose, shishinag editorIl, pulttIIg thle pIrice of tile JIcrald dlowni to three cents. lie not only shakes up hits newsp)aper, but lhe shakes up Is friends. Ils trouIble wvith the Mays was causedl by his app)earling at, tIle May residence at twelve o'clock at night, 'shaIking uIp' the dloor-bell, cleaInig off tIle lhat-rack, firing a shlot (or two inIto thle mh-11ror, and then givIng Miss May a pocket-pistol to defend herself withI. R.eligiously, Mr. Bennett ought to 1)0 a Shaker-thloughl in fact lhe is a CIathiolic." TRIO Unworked (told Fields of CaHl1fornsa1. For hlundredIs of miles along the wvestern1 base of the Sierras are gold-bearing velins and placers, alwaltInlg development that will yield a profitable retuirn to the energy anld money of tile capialists, whlo will yet seek thIs fiel as8 one of the best and miost relia ble to be found 0on the globe. -lere will be foulnd every facility of a kindly clhmate, accessibility, cheap and1( avaIlable power, and every concomitant thlat Cal i make thle business p)rofitable above tIle cost of produc tion. Tile gold mines of California, not withstanding the vast treasurers they have given to tIle worl, are comparatively un. worked fields. Tile gold-bearing veins are practIcally without limit, and the dead river channels are only begInning to yild their inoxhaustible stores. ThIs is not an over-drawn estImate of the gold fields of California, and far-seeing men are begirnni to realize the importanco of giving more attention to thlem .as a source that will b lastirig and reliable in keepingu ait equaba poupdton'e the moetpl thtt p inetly th0O1* rge~tb WReI ad4utr Sucking Deatl. Not long ago a wel dressed traveler arri Ved at the Ilotel de France, St. Petersburg stating (Ihat. lie Was Mr. 0oph --, colonial aigent, 21nd thimt he Wishede to stay 1 Short timlIe in Jhitomir ipon buiness. A roomli onl ile seemnd floor Of the hotel wa asiged to him and lie spent two or thre, dlays inl Walking a111lit tihe! sh,cee:4, tilliolgi thle weather wasm 111n1slialily w<el and MtormlY. ()ih tile .1ur h 1111 eveningy" he ret 1ired to hi4 roo'n 'arly aint lbeked himself i. Next moninip Ie wias valled at his usual hour, but ret<tie( 21 antmswer to tile summons. A nler a gooo del of fuitile knocking and slioting til hotel proprietor became alarmed liat his ten ait's pr ' -teted silence, aid caused the doo: of tile I )?>, to be brokei open. A terribic spectiae: 10 '!8enited itself to the aissemllble( liouselo!, . Mr. O--'s body was lyinl o tie buic -edstead, from which the mat; tress and bed-CIOtICs hald been removed - a sheet, partly covered the legs of the corpse which was Other-Wise inl It aStite of nudity its left hand pressed tightly upon the region of the heatl, and its right hantild colvilsively clitchiing the i jr. 'I'le eyes were widc open, fixed inl a gIlasSy death stire, tind thc fetitures distorted with agony. Ani oppre8. Hive odor, ais of- scorched fait, pervaded tilt room11. No wound wats perceptible upon the body, but thel chiest. was tranisversely barre(I ill SeVIerl lAle.4 by dull red Stripes. A. son a1s the police, accoipanied by the loca IIIediCll olice', ha.-Id miade its tippeaI'antice Orl lie eee of th1is horribl! tragedy. the corpse wis turned uplionl its face, when tite cause of deathik bectIame known for the first. tihe Ip parent to the terror stricken spectators. A deep and broad burn wats exhibi(ed in the middle of the back, ind the Apinle WIH found to be coipletWly cillbonlized. Upon the Iloor, underneath the beds(ead, were dis covered thle wicks, embedded lin i litthe blotch of (ol tlearile, of three candles, which had beei taken out of the candle. sticks anid 1Ixed u1 onl 1 planking Onl 21 layet of ieted grees, and tlie 1tune of these candles Mr. 0-- had laid upon the skele. (onl framiework of his bedstead, anIld sufTered his Spine to be slowly colguiled itil he died. A inuscript., placed ulponl 11 table close to the bed, contained not only at resumc of the reasons which prompted this unfor hunal e man to undergo self-inllicted martyr. dom, iut minute details of the torturing process by which hlle had chosen to destroy his life. It wam written lin four ingiages -German, Russian, Polish and Czechish and connmenced in a firm, bohl hand-writing, the last few pages, however, being scarcely legible. In this letter Ie related that lie adopted this pecullar mode of death to dein. onRtrate whether sulclevs were cowards or not. Tie latter portion of it wts evidently written while stretched on the bed of torture. The caume of the act wll; undoubt(mdly a love disllpIoilitmncit. Ill his man111sIRscript he curses the being who caused his death, and mays if he is able to revisit the earth Ie will leave her no single moment's peace. I II SIoW PUIRnO. A imisance that tronbled Europe fifty years ago is beginning to attract attntion here-t-hat Is, putting alu1m in the bread we eat. The bread must be " light" that it niay be digested; that Is, it 1us1t, be filled by the well-known cells we are accustomed to see ii it. Where beer or ile IS brewed th8ose who understand healthy bread-making procure yeast, which " lightens" the brend better thia any substitute, and is wholesome. Where yeast is not readily to be obtained, "baking-powders" are resorted to, anud out, of tlem come mIschief. Bicarbonmate of soda and cream of tarttar, or tartrcle acid, tire the usual constituents of t good baking. powder. Cream of tartar sells lit sixty cents to eighty-Ilve cents a pound. This high price hIs led "cheap baking powders' to be made of alum as a substitute for som< or tall of the cream of tatar. Alumi wvIll maitke bread look witer, so thait bakers cati ma)2ke lnferior' ilour' sailble as brtead( by ItI use0 ; and1( they use0 it, ini some) p)laces callingR It "'rock," so that, no0 inadveurtet, exp)ressionl mayi3 let "'outsidiers'' know~ that ahnin is uIsed. Ahlun is ani ijurious article to the human contittioni ini large quanittitles, 0or In smatll quiaintities oft.en repeaitedl. It is the small quantities, takeni every mneal, that do thc mlischief in breaid. Ahunu Is cheap-threc cets a po0und(-to the plocket, but It takel whait is so saved ouit of the stomaIlch andi takes It with fearful interest. Alum is an aistr'ingenlt, and1( is usedl by3 dy3ers and othere 218 such. Taken frequently oni thle hiuinani stomaitch, It produces heartburn, Ind(Igestlon,; grip)ing, cons1tip)ation, dlyspepsiaI, and1( kin dried troubles resuilting from IrritatIon (If the muhcouts membrane, p)rodulced 1by the astirin gont properties (If lum'if. All thiesc aro nie thlings to b)e InIflicted by thle breatd eaiten children, growing girls, persons of weekly frame and sedenitary occupations, this alum bread Is poIson most especially. If the r'eadler wants to know somnethiing of alum, let him sucke a lump of It, notIce its effect uphonl tine miouth, which is something like that, of an uInriple persimmon ; then let 1hi1) reflect, howv it acts upjonl the tender, deliate coats of the stomaCh. Dr. HIenry A. Mott, thec celebrated anlytiel chemist, analyzed twenty-three of the baking powders most I1 use, and founid ahun ini all but one. It is time we took mieaisulres to top this bread. poisoning that kills our lIttle ones andl( per. pletuates dlyspepsiat andl cholera. Afraid of Animals' GIhostwA Among the many strange customs of say. age nations, nlot the least curious are thc ceremonious observances offered by them to the wild beasts wiclh they hunt and kill. TPhe boldest, native hunters of Br'itish India wouhld shudder at the thought of heaving thc corpse of a slain tiger till they3 hiavo singed off its whiskers to the very root, without whleh precaution they firmly boliove that the ghost of the dead monster will haunt them into their graves. lIn many parts ol Russia the killing of a wolf is not thought compllete without cutting off the hlead. andl right fore-paw. The Lapps . and Finns, whenever they kill a bear surround the bo'dy with loud lamentations. One hunter ther asks the dead beast, "Who killed the?"9 and another answers, "A Ruissian," wher all tihe rest exclaim in~ chorus, "A cruoe (deed, a bloody deed I" hoping by this mean to divert the boar's resentment from thenm selves to the Imaginary Russian. Skulls 01 brown bears, nailed.to the trees by th<t Tnditgne, in compliance ivitht some natli superstItion, are often found sby Carnodiat camping parties in the woearotiddLak Simcoo' and the ~ 9hr %~I Ix4 kil a pQar Vl9&'~i A History in Coins. John II. McCall, the well-known railroad man1111, has atimsed himself of late years in imaking a collection of American allver and copper coins. and the result has been that lie is in possesion of one of the finest ex libitims of the kind which any private pwrson can boaist or in the country. It is a i4plendid reminder of by-gone eventsto pick tip theti ancient pliecei and think of the varied scenes that have happened in the year or thwir coinage, and the more strange things that have become history since. Mr. McCall has a sample of every sliver coinage of dollars made from 1704 to 1803, and again from 1836 to 1879, with the excep tion of two. Also of the half-dollars from 1795 to 1869, except that made in 1802, very few of which are in existence; the (juarters ats far back as coined, except thoso of 1823 and 1827, and the tens, five and threes. Samples of pennies from 1798 to 1879, inclusive, appear in this collection, as well as the half-pennies from 1808, being 82 in number. The twenty-cent, five-cent and two-cent pieces, representing more modern dates, lire among these coins, while the col lect ion of tokens which had uch a mushroem growth during the war days contain 248 pieces, no two of which are alike. It is a study to go over these tokens which received their birth when change was so sacree, and at the volition of individuals. They repro sent lill kinds of business, from the nillk dealer to the undertaker; the hatter and the clothier ; the druggist and the confectioner ; the dry goods anr the hardware man and saloon keepers without number, all redeemn able in sunis of $5. Every imaginable de vice Is stamped upon these tokens, and they are decorated with all kinds of inscriptions from "lin God we trust" down to "One country; one flag and and zwel lager." The rarest coin In this collection is the silver dol. lar of 1836, the first one that was coined after' 1804, commonly known as the "flying eagle," very few of which are extant: the well-remembercd nickle penny of 1850; the half-dollar of 1815; the cent of May 1, 1887, which wias substituted for shinplasters, and (he cent of 1839, commonly known as the "booby head." Beside these coins, which fill a large box, and are, of course, of no small woight, Mr. McCall is in possession of sanples of all the script ever issued by the government. This collection has been made merely for amusement and instruction, but several times the owner has been offered large sums for it. Perhaps no other of the kind is more perfect, and as points On which to Iuild past political histdry the coin aro interesting keepsakes. Lilies, Many cultivators of this beauitiful tribe of plants are much annoyed at finding them die oif just previous to their flowering, the low. er leaves turning yellow, and tl4e stemovent. tially decaying. Upon taking up the bulb the ensuing autumn it will be found to be more or less decayed or rotten; this Is especl ally the case with L, auratum; the goldei.. banded lily of Japan, some of the new Call fornian and Oregon speeles, and our native species, some of which like L. suparbum, seem to defy cultivation; even the strong growing L. lancifoliun and its varietes, now common in our gardens. Our own ob. servation and experience, as well as those of a friend who is an enthusiastic cultivator of this tribe of plants, lead us to the conclusiqn% that it Is owing to the excessive heat' of tile surface of the soil, which destroys the fibrous roots formed at the foot of the stoi, just above the bulb); for many lilleshave twosets of roots, one set stout and comparatively fleshy, issuing from the baso of the bulb, and the other set inuchmore delicate and fibrous. Acting on this conclusion, we have planted bulbe of some of the species that annoyed tio most by their (lying off, among groups or _ clumps of dwarf-growing shrubs, and hAvo found that lin sich situations they thrive finely ; throwing up their flower-stems above the shrubs, and blooming freely and beauti. fully. T1hus planted,thelr roots are deep shaded, and therefore more moist and cool thani w~hen exp)osedl to the full bulaze of the sun, with its attendant drying and intense heating of the surface soil. It also agre'e' better with their natural situiation, as many of them, like L. supcrbu~m, as most of onr read(ers must haive observed, grow in thickete throwing up tall stems above the shrube loaded with blooms. Somne, like 4, aura hun and our native L. oanadeneo, grow in open grass fields, but in such situations the . grass always keeps tihe soil moist and cool. 1 Offecal salnaismin Europe.' *Ofiai salaries are very low in Germany Y compared with those in England. The on-< tire salairy of the Imperial Chanelhlom', Prince Bismarek, from all sources, both as Prussiani Minister and Chancellor of ths u Emp)ire, Is only 54,'000 ($18,500).- This' highest salary of a Prussian Cabinet Mins,',i ter is 80,000 marks. Pensions are on the d a same moderate scale. Thiey are settled o~ analogous princiles to those whieh govern the English civil-service ptislon' system - tihe pension amounting to asm any tieths of the salary whichl was oing ee'. ed at the time of retirement as there hliqa$~ been years spent In the service of the Ten years are added to the record of stlo~. in all cases where misconduct has not -~9I.. for censure. But where the salary excededs5) 12,000 marks ($8,000) only the hahfef au, excess Is taken into account. Dr. Falkc retiring Minister of Public Works a T ucation, entered the service of the 8taW, 184'7. He has consequently 88 yo' public service plus ten. .IHis salary as )e Ister was 80,000 marks, whicha becQ~fs duced to 24,000 for thie purpose of lag his pensIon, which will be 420ot amount, or little over the half, naml,1 200 marks ($8,800). . , The Cobra atm ibinner aW . ' I was assisting once at a b~a 44i big dinner party, and we had' albi' tremecly vivacious, At last the lde to depart, when, just past the uJi of a very prety girl who had be~ band neighbor, there glid4 a c forthivitht-nade for theo w hind us, but was ittackefilkUd it could escape~ Theyuo naturally, ot rathertet~1 came round tsu tten t x wb sidering altle e omiteri ing the progre4s of t*44zh on sevoral diffei'ent' oect widch onoce W t.which st 0 oh