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,10 Till-WEEKLY EDITI(ON. WINNSBORtO, S.CX O\ EMBER '2918.Vl.11-N.30 MY HUMBIAE BUT BEAU 1FUL HOME. Oh, g ve b. When day is declining, And stunshino is floo.ling the went, My ivy-clad mo umd, where reclining, I oan watoli tiho birds sooking tho:r rest, Arid list to tioir twittar of sorrom Whilst through the dow-broezo they roam, To nestle aud dreatn of to-morrow, In mly hu1nablo but boautiful hoie. Then give me, when moonlight is shedding Its brightness o'er iloweret and tree, And stars lbko an armny aro treading To nature's own music so free. An I thei lot mo pensively wander Boneath the dark forost tree s rosain, And thore on its lovoliness pander, In nmy humble but beautiful honie. When morn tho gray Orient is shcoting With purplo and vermilion hot. And myriads of insects are greeting First rays of the Sun bursting through ; Then let me gaze out w.thout noaur -, Whi'o vapors liko sh.eted ghosts roani, With a heart fIlled with innocott pleasure In my huntlo but boautifil home. You may tell me of famo and ambition, Of pomip and wealth's dazz ing array, Of those who are h'gh in position And homage r. e.ve every day ; But give m the one I love dourest, Away from mto novcr to roam, Then thou like an Eden appearost. My hniuk but beautiful hwmo. A Woman's Story. I ladi just entered my seventh year when my father, M. Veile, gave me a new mother In the person of the handsome and imperi ous widow of one Colonel Lalor, and a brother in Mrs. Lalor's only child, a boy of twelve: Albert Lalor, with his handsome face, strong will and pleasant ways, soon be came my master, ruling my impetuous spirit with a success'that no one else could. Madame Viele looked onl with a proud, self-satisfied smile, and more than once I heard her murmur in her sweet, imperious tones: 'They must marry, Philippe. Your VI must he my Albert's wife.' And my father would laugh and nod his head approvingly, evidently well pleased with the idea. But these happy days slipped by all too rapidly. My father died. Albert 'was finishing his collegiate course. I, in accordance with my father's will, was sent to Paris to be finished under tie care of his old and valued friend, Madame Duponte. Four years laser I returned to my step-mother. It was near the close of a bleak winter ay that I reached Gray Fell. But bleak as it was, my handsome, stately step mother met me on the steps of the great pillared portico. 'Ah I' she exclahned, half under her breath, as she held me oi a tmonent and keenly scrutinized me with her great, lus trous black eyes. Then a warm smile parted her lips, and kissing me tenderly, she added: 'You are beautiful, my child-far more beautiful than I imagined. Albert will be charmed. Alt, a blush, dearest? You have not forgotten my old hope, then I But come, come, dear; the air is bliterly keen.' And gathering up the shining length of her black satin she swept queen-like before me, pausiig only long enough inI the hall to allow a kindly word or two to the nassem bled servants. Then, with a rare condescension, she led me up stairs to my chamber. As we entered the dressing-room she glanced at the timepiece and turned to my maid: 'Take mademoiselle's wraps, Mianton,' sihe said quickly and imperiously, 'and then lay out some of her handsomest dresses;' add~ing enmilingly, a her eyes returned to me, 'I shall sutperintend~ your toilet this eiveninig, myl3 dear. Ulnner will be served in less than an hour, and 1 wanit you to ap pear at your best when you descend to the dlrawing-room. Albert shall be dlazzled at first sight.' When we entered the brilliantly lighted dirawinig-room it was tenanted by twvo p~er sons-a handsome, kingly-lookin g man, whom I recognized at once as my step brother, end a tall, slender girl with heavenly blue eyes, pearly skin and a shinm mering crown of p~ale, goldeni hair. A faint dlamask tinted the girl's chteek as we entered, antd I noticed that the gentle man rose with suspicious haste from the ebair very close to her ownt. I fancied, too, that he had even more hastily dropped one of the dlainity white hands toying with a bunch of blue forget-me-nets that mat ched a tiny cluster half hidden In the Ilossy gold of her lovely hair. I had heard of tIs fair girl, and that her home would henceforth ho at Gray Fell. But for the first time it occurred to me that sihe might be destined to step between me and the man I had slowvly learned to think of only too tendlerly. With a shmarp, jealous pang I extended nmy hand to Albert Lalor, who hatd hastened to me, his fine eyes glowing with admira tions and pleasure. ils greeting was cordilal, and evidently pleased his mother. 'Bttt why don't you kiss her, my son, as in the old d'ys ?' she smiled gayly. Aad with an answerintg smile, Albert bent his grand head and pressed his bearded lips lightly to minee'~ 'Alt, what a charming blush I' laughed my stepmother, touching my gmowing cheek caressingly with hof soft, whIte fingers. I smiled, btut my 'heart throbbed pain fully under tihe ruoy velvet bodice that be cama me so well. Beneath the pressure of those bearded lips my wayward woman' heart had leaped from tenderness to a f tall, fierce, passionate love. I lifted my eyes, lustrous with the new * born feeling, to the handsome, smiling face or my brother, and again my heart swelled with jealous paina at -sight of its unruffled calm. But the next moment Madame Vioe claimed my attention. 'Vi, deatrest, my great-niece, Peri Ilol brook.' She smiled, .I tt'rned my eyes from Albert's face to me'et the eager half-afrghted gate of the -.golden-haired girl I could not but adlmire. I bowed, and somewhat coldly accepted the pp~ftered hand, and answei'edtite few .musical words of gentle welcome. Then I involnarily flashed a silft glance -mat Albert. Ah, ~ the Aood leaped throug y tt Adho hated 9h h graceful and sweet. Yes, I hated her, for there could be no mistaking the brooding .enderiess and passion with which iy stepbrother was regarding her. hut only Ioi fia instalit (lift h I is eyes betray him; an1d as the t pleaslt hours of the evening tiew by, I grew half uliposed to laigh at miy Jeious pain. N1 vr. wvhen Illy stepniotlVr followiet ite to liny rooml I smuiled lightly. 'Pert is ver~y lovely, mammallli, 11m11 .\Nh1rt seo Is to admire her. 31ladamle Viele turin<*d at glanve up1olne e that covered my face with at llood of color. 'Nay, 11ay,' sh1e lauglied softly the iext ins':m3t, winding lier arim ca'1reSsinugly atbtout InI(. 'You ha1ve Ito cause for jea- -Ilouy, my love. Albert is hleairt-whole, an11d knows Well that it s Illy wish to see hin voll husband. Knowing this,' Ahe adhded witi haughty sterness, 'he Would not dare brave me by lov1inig another.' Then, witl a sw ift teturn to her foriller teilderness, 41e Conl1 Iiiued : 'My dear child, I truist, yOu caln make m11e liaippy by lovinig iIiy hai1nd.iom1e andIl noble son ?' 'Don't I'awh into jealousy, Vi. Peri 'm a good and bwamitifiul girl, but Albert gives her ly a cousitily affection. ''llolgl she is 11 wy1V dependent ipoion me pecuniarily, I pronised her lying lo'thier. to giv( hpr i lomle at iay Fell, ats you know ; and you i (!nni see, ily love, how very unplhasant it would nmke it for you to brood over a foolish Jealousy. So, dear, put all that non Rense out of your charming head and rest aureat that I am right. My eyes ire keen, and in the eighteen montis she has been lit Gray Fell must inevitably have penetrated a secret of that kind.' 'Of couirse, manma is right,' I murmured as the door closed on her imperial form, and I suinione( Maton. But, mlly maid dismissed, I sat down in m1y re(InIIug-gown 1111d stared at the glow ing coals, my though:s andi feelings ill an anxious whirl. After a time I rose, sigh ilg impatiently. 'I Can't stee) ; I will go down and get. a book." With the words I crept out into the hall. I had traversed half its lengmti when the sound of stealthy steps Oil the stairs sent me with bated breath behind the heavy damask curtains of a window near Ime. Burglars were in 111y mind, but I made no outcry. The next minuite the steps passed I few feet from me, and I wis quickly undeceived. A voice I well knew murnured in hushed tones, 'Don't griive, my darling, it will all come right. Only he patient., lily own.' And I felt more than heard the soft kiss that finished the sentence. 'Oh, Albert I Albert ' she breathed fal teringly. 'Where is It all to end I We have done very, very 'wrong, dearest. And oh, Albert, 8he loves you I I saw it ill those great,. passionate, dusky eyes of her's to-night, and in a vague terror of the future I stared almost wildly at her as Aunt Ray preslented me.' 'Nonsense I Do you want to make me vain I' laughed my stephrother softly. And then lie murmured in graver accents: 'You say we have done wrong, darling. Remem ber that we had to choose between two evils. Remember that my mother pos seses tin iron will. She would have groundt us both to powder rather than con sent to what we' 'Yes, yes, I know,' sighed Peri, before lie could finish the sentence I was panting to hear. 'Then cease to grieve, darling,' lie whis pered. 'And now, once more, good-nilght.' And I know lie folded her close to his heart for a brief moment. As their doors closed noiselessly upon their retiring forms I crept weakly back to my chamber, pride, anger and despair clutching at lly heart-stri ngs. With a stifled cry 1 flung myself pas sionately o the rug before the fire and buried miy face iln the tiger skin covering -a ple of soft, yielding hassocks 'Lost I lost to me l' . moanled in miy fierce agonly. And then, starting upright, 1 panlted with vengeful breath. 'But what mfeaint that unlfliishled senltence ? Clan they' Anid then I plaused and( stared breath lcssly at the glowing coals. "Ahli I Iwill wvatch I I will watch I' I muttter'ed later. And I shivered at the sound of 1my3 own low, relentless voice. I did wvatch. Nlght~ after night they stole an hour of blissful peceC in the anite-roonm of the (1111, old library, and night after night I was ruthlessly on their track. But in1 vainl I listened to their fond speech. Tile un1nn-1 Ished sentence I had caught In the hal ablove reminedti'c unfiiishied, Blut 0one wild, bleak night, a maonthi later, miy task was ended. With stifled breath I noiselessly crept from the library to iiy stepmlothecr's chamber. She sat ini her dressjng gown before the fire, lost In an enchanting book. At my stealthy aud unceremonious entrance she glanced upl.. 'Great Heaven 1' 9110 cried, dIropping her book and starIng at mel in alarm. 'Mre you ill, VIPt I laughed a hatrshl, short laugh. 'Only transferred into a Nemesis, mammila.' 'A Nemesis l' echoed my stepmother in slow tones of profound amazement, thle next Instant adding lImpJetuously, 'You look like a beautiful spirit from Hades I' I shrugged my shoulders with another harah 1aug11. 'Come.l I said Imperiously. 'Come and I will show you ray HadeslC I' She stared at m6 wonderingly, and half shrunk as my iey little hand clasped hers. 'Softly, madamo l' I whispered, as we loft her room. Directly she was standing at the slightly or en door,~at which I hiad so often stood. I felt.her nialls sink deep in the palm of my hnd as her blazing eyes rested on the scene beyond. I heard her breath come in swift, angry gusts. For a full mInute she stood thus. Then, dropping my hand, she flung back the door and swept into the dimaly lighted room.. The pair sitting so lovingly before the fire started to their feet, Pern with a sharp cry of anguish. Alber't's first words were given to lher: 'Be brave, my love I' ho smiled downi upon her in accents of melting tendfrness. Bunt his lips were. white and his eyes glowing. 'What ineans all thIst' demanded Ma. dame Viele, in awfully hushed tone;, gaz. lng from one to the othter with an anger b fore which ovei my fior'e spirit~ qtuaied. - It means timy mother'f reblied IbtunfalteringIa ho paced forwar~d j~1d girl bwos 34udoa Liat for three mouths Peri lia beei My Wife' 'Wife !' yasped Ip Stepmot her. satar lI Inug back ts if s1l( la rceie a blow. Aild then she screamed, pleadingly: 'Not Your wife, Albert ?' 'Yes, mother, imly wife,' lie returned, aily and .11irmly, while gIeat tena rolled over. Peri's white fStee. We grrievedt to dII it secretly, mother, hu!' Aly at epmillotier lifted eli hand. She had qluite recovered herself now. 'Silene!' sihe conl iii-d in those awfully hus1heill tone1s. 'Ask no( forgivenes ? Ask no blessing I Peri, go ! Lieave I hoi u lsaiae, low aull for'rer. (.'o or stay, ats you will ; Iut kIow that froi this hour I never speak t you agiain. From this hour k1now y'our. blessinjig my hitl elrest curse 'Mother' 'Si lene!' aigainii coimalinlied mily Sep nother, inl fearfully concentratedl tones. 't,) ! Not a word ! Plut that creature forth it once !' poitIinug her white finger at Peri's bowed head. 'Say you forgive, iother,' pleaded Albert. 'Say' 'Silence ' aniuo.t thundered Madame Viele, tier face ghastly as th1e dead. Ite turned away then. 'Come, liny darling, we will go,' he mur nired with infinite Iendernss to l'eri. And catehilng up at cloak and hood she lnd east there only a few hours before, Ie vrapped her tenderly in them and led her o the (loot. h'lcn thl(ey paused and looked back at %[adamdI Viele. 'Farewell, mother,' they said, softly, 'an1d Ieaven forgive us al you ' Madaie gazed stonily at them without mvord or gesture, and they sighed and turned waway. Directly the hall (oor1 clanged heavily %fter them. As It did so mily stepmother urned calnly to mne: 'I am sorry for you, Vi,' she said brietly, n stern, even tones. 'Let us go to bed.' And with firm stem anal erect form she ed me ip to mily room. There sho kissed n1e good-inight, saying calmly as she closed he door: 'From this moment they are (ead to us. 9ever mention their names again !' It was all over now. I had sateld my rengeance. 't is Nwell 1' 1 said, I1 iy head touched n1y pillow.' IThe dIys came and vent. 31y step nother was erect, cold and imperious as :ver. Not by word, look or tone did she )etray her secret suffering. But at the end >f a. year she had lost every vestige of youth md health. A pale, gaunt old woman, she iat in her chair now. One morning she called me to her. It vas on my nineteenth birthday. 'Vi,' she said, curtly, 'it's nall )ead S.a ruit.' 1 gazed at her, dimly comprehending her ineaning. Then she slaid: 'They have a little daughter, Vi, and bey have named her after mo--Ray Lalor, Vi. Shall we have them back, VI ?' She looked at me wistfully. There was L brief strife between thu good and the evil, m(d then I replied: 'It is Dead Sea fruit, mamma. We will inve them .ek. I can look upon Albert is my brother now.' 'Thank Heaven ' exclaimed Madame Viele. And three (lays later Albert, Peri and le little lay Were established at Gray Poll. A Frightful Full, A most remarkable accident happened at tIe Hlale and Norcross mine, Colorado, oil the 22d. A cage wvith six 111en was coming up1) the shaft at 11 o'clock---the hour for "hanging shifts. When about six hundred feet from the bottom, at a point where here is an irregular place in the guides, the age suddeneuly lurched to one side, throw ng the men01 to the other, Patrick Hlolland, who was oni the outside, was crowded off. [nstiad of falling to the bottom and being lashed to pieces, lie was safely lodged onl u wall-pite. Thel oth~er men on the cage mtpposed lhe had1( fallen inito the sump, of somise. When they reached the aurface they got the usual sacks and boxes and itar'tedl back to the stunp) to gaithier up the Iraigments of the body. As they app~roaed dhe place in the shaft wherc the man was. hrown off they heard a voice below them Lelling them to go slowv. They (lid not know what to make of the strange (dis :-over'y, never' supp)Iosing it possible for Ilolland to be anywhere else than at the ottomi. When they sawv hhn safe oil its narrow perch 111ey col scairely believe heIr eyes. Any one who has ascendled a uhaft knows how rapidly the wall plates lit by when the lantern is held so as to riing themi to view. Th'le cage from whIch Rolland was thrown was coming up1 at the isual rate of speed'(. Hlow the mani could possibly have been1 lodged oni 0one of these pieces ot' timber without beIng jamlmedl by lhe cage or knocked oli aus It went Past him is a wvonder. The wvall plato Is a square imber, fourteen by sixtecen Inches, so that here was very little standing r'oomi for holland while he was waiting for the cage 0 comie down and rescue hhn. If the shaft had beeni so light that lhe could look :lowa any colnsiderable dIstance of the sIx imndred feet between him and the bottom Lie would scarcely have had the nerve to aling to his narrow footing. T1h~e darkness f all mininig shafts Is a polnt in favor of die miners preserving their coolness when placed In tIcklIsh positIons. A cotuplo of pump men will throw ai foot-wide plank icross a shaft 2,000 feet from the bottom md1( work upon It as though they were not ive feet from the bottom. The darkness >f the shaft prevents the thought of the uw ful abyss below beIng constantly present. Hte (ot Thei luilgo Gui Him. A Memlpis reftugec came through on thes W1em1phls. and Charlesten railroad the other 3vening atnd stoIped at WVauhiatchlo, the auar'antine statIon for Chattanooga, where 10 was met by the enterprisIng ofihcers of Lhat enterprising vIllage. 4fter he had icon thoroughly Inspected, the ref ugee remarked: "See here, mIster, do yotwlIve in Chat anooga?" "Yes," said the officer. "Weoll, do you propose to stop momi that --tow?" "No sIr; we propose to see that you don't "Well," remarked the refumgeo, "I'mn glad of that. I would as soon have a spel of the yellow fever as to stopin that burgh I want togo thirdugh at the rate of twventy mIles an hour with tile ear windows dpwn and i Wlliol4 my use then. A nla survive Zh. ylo fver, bhut an hou~I Okattg i Mtkh. "llaking is Few Inquirms." Detroit vas visited by the the "l'm. Jolh Clurk Jonus, Fsq." a resileit of 11 towisliship not over fifty liiles floan G'Ireen Ville 31 Ch. Tlhe " ollorabtile" stood about six fe(t lisgl in his boots, had hair and whiskies abhou)t I lie color of light oak grain lig and when he spoke he had%4 a habit of draw n down his left eye a1 shilppin his le't leg. Ife was elected Justie ol I h Peace sone time since, an114d nlow, a he .X plainedl: "I am sort o1travelin' on lily dig. and at at caulkerlatin' to cll ll ithe )etroit .Juists ane how they 'e up." IeIo was accoinpitit ied Io one of the it iliroul l'oundries" oil Griswold street, iltrodneed by name, and the way he got don% n to business was charming RIemov ing his hat. and blowing his nio. ' witIh great vigor, 1ht! extelided at five-eent eigi r anud 1sat down with the remark: "Iilave a smoke? Now, then if youi are busy I woll't take up over two hours iof your lime; if not. I want to talk to you ill (daly. Glosh! I wish I had your place in Detroit. You lilist have three or' foii cases i week." The Detroit Justice imodestly replied that hie solletimes had11 thIrty. "Thirty law suits a week!" shouitd t it "lon." as ie slapped his leg withli trellien douis force. "Why, I never average over two, even Ii the wet seasoi, and if I Am onisidered the bigges. gull ill mlly collity what Ilust folks think of you? I suppose you run11 over half the towin, donl't you?" The Detroiter bluhed atid viled an imlswer by picking up the strnnver's card 1a(d asking how he got tile 'lon." before his iamiue. "I put it there," was the honest reply. "4li a Justice of thie Peiiie isnL't Just us much of an1 '11on.' 1s an1ybody .lI (lse, hlien I w'ant to know why. Don't look had oi the card, does it? Generally takes a st ranger down at pIieg or two whena I shove it under his nose." After some gent rd conversilt ion regard ing'law books, the "Ilon.'' remarked: "'Now I wNant to ask how you fellowki work up business down here. )o you lay in with a fighter to raise rows and riots and slip around yourself and plait Ithe seeds for law Suits?" The Detroiter indignantly repudiated the idea. "Well, all right-no harim done. I 1ion't (1 that way myseIr, either. I never -ncourage a ma111 until lie conei s for the papers. Another question: DO tile lawy('rs ldress You 'is 'Your Honor(" The Detroiter pondered over file idea for some tille and then answered ilIt he thought they (id. "rit's th1e way-that's correct. There is a chap up our way who used to address this court As Jones--plaill Joiies. .Just be fause lhe got a little more mail than I did it the post oflice, and because lie had the mnly eight-day clock In towin, he undertook to make a hollow mockcr, of 'is court. Did lie succeed? Not. by 11 saada of llackstonel I decided against Ills client ivery tarnal tilm, and When Ito found lie 2otldn't bluff ie he came right to time. When tiis court is In sess son she is oil her lig.; and th1e majesty of tile law has got to be upheld If I have to call out the mellishey o (10 it." There was SOmC scatterintig Contv'rsation relative to witness fees, and then the "I on." suddenly broke out with: "Oh, here's Another thing. Do you De troit Justices always decide in favor of the plaaintift?" Tle Detrolt Jusflce hushed deeply and hesitated to reply, when the 1111on." re mat-ked: "I don't always do it. If the defend alits lawyer is a pity good fellow, Aid if lie seems to feel the repect due to 1my posi tioll, I give him a verdict now and then to lecourage' him." They 1had( 80ome futhler talk about jury decliions and~ the straniger rose 40 go, say mlg: "Wecll, I'll call again this afternoon. As o juries, they are blamed frauds-blamed frudl(. Wh'len a defendanilt demanlids a jury nlyiort e dlematnds to he hanged to umr Why, just look ait thle [(lea of a jury oolin~g awvay two or three 110311 Onl a1 case htat you 01r I could dlecidle according to law -according to laiw boiled righId downi and3( dIced 11130 for the occaiSon." The Half-wauy HlouIKO. In 13y3 childhood, miy favorite place for play was a large flat rock half-way between ny own 1home3 3and( thle home1 of our nearest rleighblor. Thlere we meit nlearly every (lay nu pleasatnt weaither, and1( manyl1 haOppy hours we spent in plays wichl ch~idren only can llpprecite 0or enjoy. When0i ouir tatsks were :lone or less5ons learned, Addle and( 1, andI somtetlmes our younger brother and~ sister', wVould turn our eager step~s towtard thtis 01(d rock ; and, at a givent signal, Jemite, Dhrist ie and Nell would jolin us at thle half way 1house as read~y as we were for ani hlouir's play. Near thle rock, by the troad-l side, wve had removed tile sod from at circu lar plot of ground, filted It with nch1 earth Fund planted flowers of mianiy kmnds. To' be sure wve often hatd to work hard to keep rlown the wee~ds and grass, and1( in dry weather tile flowers had to De watered; but we did It all willhngly because it was oui own especial p~rop~erty. Near by was an fther smaller rock whIch often served as a liouse for prtrt of us; and so dIvidIng into two familIes, the eldlest of each famIly act. lng ais "mother" and( "doing tile honors," we made and returned calls anid vIsits in great style. Sometimes we carried bIts of cake, pie, etc., from home to set before our gluests; bitt of tenler prep~ared our own food. There were gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, each in theIr season, withIn a few rods of our rock ; and close bly were two large Giravenstema trees whIch eachi year yielded tus rich red app~les. T'hese fruits we could use as we pleased, and from them we preparedl many a meal. [ cannot but smile as I thlnk of the pies we timed to make. I wonder if my little read. ar a can guess what we used for pi0 crtust. Well, I'll tell you. Our "motliers" would send us after ber ries-and apples, and rasplierry leaves; and we veI'y obediently went and getnerally re turned with a good sdpply. Then the 'one wh6d ,had company to tea would take a raspberry leaf, place a spoonft . of berries or a slice Of an apple Uponi )tfand cotej with another leaf,; this w& called & -plo. 10 took lots-of 'ples for each tha time, but we- ner'er grew tired of there.' Slices of apple. Wescalled bread Atnd cake -blerries rvid fortsgie4 4These rate (hllelea wdre ea 'ond eod piote (Oo6thsome by tlie ad' of et1Qfips of su aalwk ph we~r 1v'en our tel paities. Our dishes were broken *hits of china which we had collected and kept fur our own use. Besides those of our company already spokeni of, there were two large rag-babies and old Rover, our neighbor's dog, who always came with the girls and was a great favorite with all of us. Ile was the kindest, best-natured dog I ever Saw, anld we used to have lots of hun with him). Slometimevs we dressed him up inl jacket ,and cap, and led him about by his fore-paws. lie ilade a very re specltable-looking dog and seemed to enjoy it hiugey. lie used to play "hide-and seek" with us, too, and I think he under stood the game as well as any of us. We Ised to throw some garment over his head to blind his eyes at the sanme tiie telling him to keep still until we "cooped," which lie always did, and then would hunt till he found every one. low he Wouli wetIg lis iml when we praised himt for it I Well, those happy days of childhood are past, but I often recall them, and I always feel so glad that we played pleasantly. I eainot renemb er that we ever quarrelled aid sid cross, angry words to each other. Wien I see children quarrelsome it makes mie sad, for I know that they will regret it deeply in the days to cotme. Children ca inot always be together. The ditys, weeks and years pass all too swiftly, family circles are briken, schoohnates separated an1d sent tired, and childhood, fresh 11and free, Is gone forever. Of the little company who played so happily on the old way-side rock, two are sleeping tie last, long sleep. The rest tire scat tered-onte here, otto there--far from tihe places we loved inl childhood. And so sad memories often mingle with ithe nappy ones as I re-visit my dear old home, with all its familiar scenes, chief iuamng which will ever ho "The Old 1if way Il1ou1se." Ouste,r's i'ancer. John I eafarr left Fort Lincoln in 18715 its a packer for Custer's little band, which rode to their death thiat bright summatner's dtay on tle Little Big Hlorn. When the figlt began the ltpacktrain was three miles distant and I witattacked by the Indians. The pakers were seven inl number, and were immediate ly scattered. Only one escaped-.Olhn Leafarr. The intattnt after the atttick the horse which lie rode wits shot dead. An other hoise, without saddle or bridle, stood close by, and Laefarr noosed a rope, plhced it on the horse's miouth, jumped upon his back, and started it a full gallop. The firing anki yelling were cetseless. fLaefarr had only rode a few yards when he wits shiot thrtougl the neck ; a bullet plowed his cheek, and the In lians were fast closing In aid heading him off. Another bullet, struck him in the I high. He killed the nearest Indhm, but it was no time to linger, for lie wits headed ol on both sides, and a deep, yawintg prlepiec, twenty feet wIde, was before hii. The desperate boy headed for the elstiit, prefeiing death there to death it the hands of the Indians. Urging lils hersew to hias highest speed, lie made the featful a,, and cleared the gap, but the noble hlorse fell <k ad at few rods fromn t -e pli eil i :c, riddled NN i.h bullets. John craw'e from under him, and as lie started to run wits shot in the body. italf a mile d;stanit was it belt of timber, whose friendly shelter he was seeking. Barefooted, weak and( fatint from loss of blood, and the bullets raining after him, the boy kept on with all tihe speed lie could over the prickly pears and sharp-pointed stones. The Indlans stopped on the othmr side of the precipice, ald the boy succeeded in making the tim ber. ) ere lie lity three days without food or water, itad ye y weak from the loss of blood. The fourt I morning lie got up and attempted to valk, but only walked fifteen oir twenty feet when he fell down exhaust ed. There Crow I ndians saw hi as lie fell, made signs and started toward hhn, bitt lie did not know a Crow from a Sioux, andiu emiptied his revover at them. The Crnows finally came up and took himn to lleini's comminiand. Arnri ving t here thle boys tol him his hair was white, but lie did be lieve them until a mirror was procured, and he wtas aippalled to 11nd( that Is halr, which lIve datys before was black as a raven 's wing, wats niow whlai)te assnow. ie wits Siken Otn a steaimboat to F~ort Lincoln, where lie remained five months ini the hos pital. and fInally recovering, drifledl inito Montana. AIrM. Joseph Cooper, who Is now wvorking a towboat hine outside of the Towboait As socittioni, at New Orleans, and who has In consequentcel no rIghts and privaleges with recgardu to the telegraph line of the Associa tion,lhas lilt upon a novel method of gettIng his despatches transitlted fromt his tow boats to his ofillee in tIl cIty. Last year, Iwhen Capt. Bick wits outside the assocla tioni, that enterprising shilp-owner b~roughit se-veral dozen Blelgiain carrier pigeons and was triaining them for use, when Iho deelded again tp enter the association, Ihaving no fuirther utse for the birds, lie (lid not know what to (do with them, until Mr.' Cooper camo aroundi~, matde inquiries and bought them. Mt. Cooper constructed a cote bacck of lis oillee, and therein put the pigeons. In a day or two these latter be camefl dlomestiecatedl In their tnew quarters. For some time past they hamve been regu larly emuployedl in bringing .in messages from the tow-boats at the pass, andi Mr. Cooper is dlelighited with lis arrangement.. The cci r'or-pgeon In tIs servIce is -swifter than the telegraph. For example: When a Cooper towboat takes charge of a vessel say at the distance of thirty mniles off shore, a pigeon Is turnted loose. The fleet bird cir cles around a moment and strIkes a bee-line ifor home. The dlstanice straIght is about 100 til~es, which the pigeon traverses In about one hour and a quarter. , Should an association boat meet a vessel so far from land, a despatch'canm not lbe sent till three hours thereafter, I. e., not till the vessel is towedi to the telegraph station at P'ort Eads. Ilow to I)etect Poison Ivy The poisonf ivy and the innocuous kInd dlIffer in one pat ticuhar, whieh Is too easy of remembrance to be overlooked by any ona who is interested enough in the brilhi ant-lined leaves of autumn to caro for gatht ering them-the leaves of the former grow in clusters of three and those of the latter ini fives. As somebody has suggested In a juvenile story book, every child should be taught to associate the five leaves in a clue ter wIth the fingers on the human hand; and given to understand that, when thesee numbers agree, they can be brought, ~lo:o contact with perfect safety. ItA spare our readers no )ittJs etuffern t At peainuind ditink theIr OceBb Vol d a An O)pitns Del. A noted opium den, is located in P'acille street, Snll Franlllsci . The front of the building bears (li appelance of liaving withstood storiml iind w'eathier for many a Year. Ilere ind there are patches of paint, but m1ore ofteni the boar Ids 111e plin. There is also a narrow show-wildow eing the legend that heer enn ho obtainetI at five cents per glass. The doorway is narrow, arl the inlter1ior is hidden fro1.psses-b by till old blind screen. I Tavingi once gained almittance, tilhe visitor foiunt himself in front of i har witi nothing remarkable about it save thatt he. bottles atid gisses had a1 dinglier aind dirtier look about them tha 11s11111, evel for so low 11 place. le hind lite bar was the proprietor, anll ohd, wicked-lookiig fellow, blear-eyed fnd ulln clean. The harll and saloon aire but blinds for tie unwairy. Near the back of the sa loon was a narrow (oor- leading to apart ments4 above. These are used ats opium dells, and in them squilor, dirt an1d fith reign Silpiremle. One 1ooln was stllare, III by 12 fect in size. migvanged on oie side Were bunks with straw mattresses, black amid shiny with filth. lik-ehies were raied along the other side of [tie room and il abouit the centre stood at small11 rickety table With tie opiumii pipes plionl it. Tis loomli Was presided over by an (lld r110 tiy plaj(Ced am~long thle sronighrd eyes and lallguid Illmvemllnt4 indieh ting that sie wis thI vitiim (if the deadly drug. Ever~ythinlg abhout her poinited to th'e* fact that nothing ill nis wori enn he iafny tlhing but a dreary blnk to) her; her wanlts and ambitions are satiated withl a pipm of opium. The reporter ente-red the( room and wts mect by at sickeiiiig odor, ats if tie very air and wialls were imr-egnatedl with death inl its Very vilest form. The room at tile time waks ucpe by anyl) onei butl he attelndan11t., willo listh-ssly aisked if tie visitor desired it) smoke, to Which aafil ir matlive answer was givenl. "Tnngive mle your. monley anld I'll till your pine." The mn11ely wats handd(1 her; shei( took up sev eral pipes, put tile SteIs n111e ifter alother inito her. mloulth and begran blowingr ino themil. When 14he 11inally% found thm one she( Wanted, shte quickly ru~bed thle mloisture oly t(e lloiit-piecec- with the dirty sleeve .f' her dress anld handed it to thle visitor, saty ing, " 'I'lere, fix it for yoursel f---liere's t lIl stulff."1 Onl beinglt t4old thalt the reporter did not understantd nmnipuhaiting it, she deftly put her long, hony folrefinger 111o t1e1 j11r' coltaining the opiulll an1(d rolled a m1111111 quaintity of it bet w(en her thimial a n - fl ger ; she then placed it into a small ole ill tile piie, saying : "a that. ellullgih, or dl) yott watit more't" On being told that it was suflicient, she pointed it) one of tie bunks9, to which the reporter, with at shud dler-, retired. At af small lamap onl Ilt table the pipe is iighted and ia few pulls tkliein. The sensation is iidescrib abltsie; i sleepy lat ruor pervates tie whole body, a ple)aJsalit tingling from head to foot elles, and with the fitth and hist. puff, dreamy 'ionsclious ness overtakes the victim. De Quinvey's confessions of an opiti-ent er do not, de scribe those of ani opiim-smoker, although the feeling muist b)le somehIllit similar. The stringest dieams overtake the unconscious sleeper, the pipe falls from his liands, his face becomes livid, and tihe Visions that. pass before his dirgged faney lire simply delicious. No dream of pleasuire, no fan cied beauty ca1n equal the senieii and forms called uip inl the Visions of the ol)ill-Smll(o ker. After half an hour of perfect coiteint and rest the victilm) Wakes up to find that with (lie dawn of reason comes the waiking, racking brain. The head feels aboit tenl tieics its usuial size, and the feelillg about the heart is most, painful. Oin the report er'S 1awakelling lie found tie rooll)m occupit'd by others who had arrived in the lmeantime One nmn wis already asleep inl the blink above. 01 tile beich. awaiting their' turn, were two females, on of them closely veiled, but1 decently dressed. Th'ie otheri was of the lowest class5; yet. in spite' of her squalid1( appearance, her bloated looks, the0 crime1 depicted inI every3 feature, she too~keld its if some1 th1ne ini 1her lIfe she must18 tiaivo been1 very3 attr'activ'e. 1Icer hair, tum11 lted 01nd uinkemlpt, wasl fime and of bieauti.. ful color. Tile eyes were lar'ge and11 wuel1 set, although It blecamle pailinful to look into them,11 their expressionl beIng so) wild, so wvretched(ly unlhapllpy ; her ham118 la er smalll 01n( wveli-formed in spite0 of their redne('ss andl dirt, they showinlg in stranlge conItras1t to) tihe closely-veiled woman~~i sithchig next to her, whol( wo're kid gloves. "' I here's yourl pipe," said1 the old croneii, hand)(inlg it towaird thie two womteni. 13(th1 1mad(1 a jumpil for it, and1( the closely-vield female hinig the 0on0 lneat, secured it, wIthout any1 ceremlOnly, showing (hat sihe wats well aequlainlted wu iih (lie place0. She lIghted her' 1)11)e, took her bun11k and( was soon lost to every thling save that whdih (lie 0opium1 futmes crea~tedl In her The 13ull an11t tile Devit Fish. One (lay time witier of this article was walking In Mumttu, Japan, near thle sea beach, wheni hie hleardi the bello0w of a bull1, amnd wenlt in the dlirection of the no01se. IIe was then1 witness of an extranordlinary com1 bat between seome cuttle fIsh and( a bull. An enormousl1 potulp~e, withi bright purple eyes and tentacles slix feet Ilng, hadl attack 0(1 the quad0(rn1ped. Thirowing Its arms11 aroundl~ the body, thie monster tried to make for tile water with its captive. Meanwhile, othecr octopi, in) large mi'mbel)rs and of great size, swarmed on to the shore, which seem ed to be alive with their 1big, round( heads. Momeo of them assisting their com1radles, 80011 like himn attacked the butlh, dbraggIng I dowvn to thie sea. Their quarry, however, made a brave reslstance, and succeeded in goring its first foe in the 1head and belly amid slhak lag itself free from its emibrace. Before It cotuld escape0, however, it was fIrmly held by a still larger mons~ter, while others took solicitiouis care of the wotunded one. The unfortunate beast's bellowig attracted a crowd of fishermen to (lie spot. One 6f these, stroniger and braver thman his fellows, his limbs swayed In strav bandages. and a sharp knlfe in hits hand, boldly r'ushed to the rescuo of the bull and cut throulgh the tentacles whIch inclosed it. Other poulpes then attacked the ishier, to whose aid hIs follows hastenied, and a flerco fight ensued between meon amid monsters, in whIcli the former were vIctorious, many of the squids being killed, while thie rest CseAped Into the wtetr. Two of the tentacles wound round the bull were so heavy that one man alone 'could not cai'ty them. One Wa twelve and the other Six foot long ~ 16 lar er of'. the two was p e a~tI. 'In sectioM at dlifeo'te e;mtt lte haddlies #rd the, 5&1O 5l p a=====i===o=====m E P6. --Jerry Tulis died In Cincinnati, leavinig an estate Worth $2,000,000. --Thecoisin mptioni of Southern cot ton by Southern mills list year in creased 26 per cent., that of the North . ern ill.i 2 per ceit. -TwVo thousand Ien arie now ema plYed In the Rald win locomotive works Phi lIdel ph Ia, antd a large portion of tihelim are'i% working over-time. -Tiere ire still Iearly 5,000 women andl gIil s CIIIe)loyed Lbout the coal mi gnes In the United Kingdom of G,'et Britain Inild Ireband. --Sweden imports annually about 1,)00,000 toil of' coilI. Tho Yield of the Sweislih coal pits for 1876 was about D0,000 tonls. --Oranges, lemonsi, olives, and al monds are to bo cultivated ii Florida soon by a large number of' ItalIan solon Ists, now on their way to that State. -The extreme length of the State f Penisylvanla is 310 miles, and the p)reClse bTeadth, f'r'omui the bordQrs of New York to the Maryland line, 100. -The peaniut crop o' Virginia, T1en nessee and North Carolina Is estimated at 1,825,000 btithels-an increase of aboiit 500,000 bushels over last year. --Eighteen new Austrian peers have inst, been gazetted, but only a f&w of L, em aro known outside of Austria. iTlhe title of one is Baron Max Wash Ington. -R-eent ilnome tax returns show halt iluety personis In Great Britain, xe(ci-sing trades and pro essIons, have licomes over $250,000, and 994 between p50,000 Inid $250,000. -During the year ending Sept. 30, 20,827,924 poitdb, of leaf tobacco were <oid iii t lie tobacco warehouses at Dan ville, Va., at an average of $12.01 per 100 ouiids. -The 1United States prodnces annit illy between 4100,000,OCO and 500,000,000 ptiids of tobaet'o. ''he world's all un11al procluet Is estimated at from 1,',0.000,000 to 2,00,000,0(0. -A NatIonal School of Art Wood Carving has been established In Eng land to rovive the neglected art of earv Ing III that.country. It offers twelve free scholir-slips. -l'rie Bismarek's house at Varzin will aiccolimodate thIrty guests. In the omrse of time Prince Blismarek will I)robably rebuild the hotise and make it itlo it kiludof castle. -The steel works In Western Penni sylvanila turned out 111010 Ingots and rails last month thi i at any sImilar time shice I-heir establishment. All of them have more orde 9thni they can till. -A yoting woman in Hamilton mounty, Ohio, won a prize by prepar Ing a good dinner In sixty-live minutos. One girl cooked a dinner in lifty-four milnutes, but it was notgood. -The number of suides of late years has greatly increased In Saxony. The stat.lsItles for 1878 show that there were 1,126 cases of suicide eommitted, at wlioh 215 were women. In 749 eases leath was caused by hanging, In 217 by drowning. In 88 by shooting. -The New York City MissIon reports for September as follows: Forty mis iar I es, 1,039 visils, 298 meetings, 285 plelges obtained, 205 families aided, 15,000 tracts dlisl rlbted, Riwelpts for 1hi mon th, $1,705,33; payments, $2, D81.23. -About 380 steamships areemployed in the Atlantic and Paoific trade of the Uiited Sates, and with tite exception uf two from l'hiladelphia, not one en gaged lit tihe Atlanti and European transportation business, carries the American Ilag. -Archer, lately Lord Falmouth's lockey, Is ini the happy p~osltioni of hav ing ma~lde his f'ortune before lhe is 25. Ele Is nowv to receivo $5,000 a year as llrst Jockey to the Duke of Westmuin iter, and another $5,000 a year fr'om iino ,her 8011rce. -in a reenit German dlebito, Herr l'ledemauniil stated that there were ini lermnany 7,000,000 land proprietors, 2,000,000 ot whomi were untaxed as having Iicomes under$105 a year. Out of the actual taxpaiyers there were niot more than 150,000 wvhose incomes ox need $750 a year. -Switzerland has been visited this year by 1,400,000 strange,-a number which exceeds by gevra thun the average of the last fouar years. Of this total one-fifth are' said to be Ent- ~ glish, Germans, and Austrians; five tenths RussIans, one--twentietha Frenoh aind Daines, thr-.:e-twen tleths Amerieans, andi( other nationalities onie-tenth. -An Amercani engineer has been studying the grat wall of China. It Is 1,728 miles long, and, being built without the slIghtest regard to the 00on flguiratlon of the ground, is sometImes carried 1,000 feet down into abysses. Brooks and stuall rivers are bridged over by It, and strong towers on both sides prtc~t large rivers. -St. George's Chapel Windsor Cas tle, has been reopened afte renovation. A beau tiful miemorlal of the late King of the BelgIans has boon placed in the chapel b~y the Oueen, bearing the in scrIptIon: "Erected by hier Majesty Queen VictorIa, in loving memory ot leopold, the first King of the Bel.i ans, who was a father to her as she was to him a daughter." -Tho magnitude or the late Marklc H~opkin's fortune may be estimated f rota the fact-that the pleasant sunus of' *5,000,000 in bonds and $3,000000 in gold coIn belonging to Mr. Hl ktins have just been ,discovered lying ithe T'reasuryi t Washingtou, where. they j have boe overlooked by the executors.' hlue of the estate i4 said to year 19,05,00 tt1tqSiWore put up i ~ Tervalue was 1~ob.Z the. la fiurnighe 06Q lpacka oN~ 1ersey, '50 wre, , ~eW York yI9f. Massae tusetts,. .000 u)v 102,000; Paoifid co~st, tdra anid othier Statoe, age ht* been owlcu4,~ pouinyd~ -l~~t