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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., DEC EM-BER 11, 1879- VOL. III.--NO ALONI. ghe stands beside the cottage door To watoh the dying day, 1i r raven lair Is sprinkled o'er W th flakos of silver grey; Aid many a line of sadness sears That palo yet lovely face, To mark where slow and silent tear. Have left their lasting raco. And still her whispered th aughts wi!l toll Of scones that are no more, And scan the once-love I fortns that dwelt On mon'ry's shadowy shore; Again tile little cot to dock, That now so nimpty stands, Again to feel aroutid her neck The touch of -iny bands. low long, the weary spirit cries. Within this world of pa*n, Ero 'neath the never-fading skies I meet thom-once again? And as she views the silver night, Blow creeping to the west, A murmured prayer in faith takes flight To Him who giveth rest. His Second Wife. What! her dowry ten thousand, and her age under eighteen.! You are a lucky dog, Hewett Of course,, it's a love miateli?" "I flatter myself, yes, on the lady's part, at least," and the speaker, a tall, rather handsome man drew himself up sup ercillously; "though, in fact, it is a family arrangement." "How is that?" "Why, you see, Colonel Harding was my father's General Hewett's, greatest chum. When dying, lie left me and my future to the former's guardianship; a trust he saw no beit'er nor more friendly way of carrying out than by an engagement bet ween myself and his daughter Kate .the sole inheritor of a rich aunt's wealth." , "oie people fall into pleasant places, certainly! When is it to be?" "In a month. I fancy, sice the Colo nel has been such a dotard as to take home a second wife, lie would rather his daught er's room than her company." "Possibly. Deuced pretty woman, Mrs. Harding-eh? Very sparkling, self .willed, and fast, I'm sure! Ta, ta! Remember, I ain booked for the Benedict ceremony." The two gentlemen between whom the above conversation passed on the steps of a West End club, now parted-the one ad dressed as Hewett, known among his less jamillars as Captain lIewett, proceediug to -go by train to Colonel Harding's villa, at Richmond. Arriving there, in due course, lie was speedily introduced to Kate and Mrs. Hard ing; after exchanging greetings with whom, lie was summoned to see the Colonel in the library. The ladies were surprised at the haste displayed, and could not refrain from remarking oi the subject. "Whatever is that for?" Kate remarked, when the offlcer had gone. "To sign your marriage settlement," i smiled Mrs. Harding. "Nonsensel By the way, mamma, do t you not think papa has looked altered lately?" "For many days, Kate. I fear some thing is wrong." "Then I fancy lie mighttconfide it to yen instead of the captain. "True!" Mrs. Harding's lips preceptibly contracted; then she added, "Kate, I for got to tell miy maid about the trinmmings for my dress next Friday. Would yon mind doing so?" Rising, the young girl wenit on her mis- I mion, when the other's entire maniier I changed. Her expression became grave, perplexed. She cast aside hier work, und I leaned her head on her hand. "Can my husband possibly suspect?" I she murnmred. "There is a change in him! Kate sees It, tool Then there must be I a cause ! Can lie have found us out? If so, everything is ruined - ruined!" She paused: then added, "I must be certain-; 1 I willl" HurrIedly throwing a shawl of Kate's, that laid on a sofa near, about her, she I passed through the openf glass door into the flower garden. Goipg to thie side of theo villa, cautiously] she crept through a shiubbery of lilacs and 53 rlngas until she came within slgght and hearing of the two in the library, the wvIn-< dow of which was open. Captain Hewett was leaning back in a 1 chair, the Colonel, a -handsome, elderly, militury looking man, sat by the table, 1 his brows contracted, his features expres lie of pain and anger blended. He had evidently been s'peakingvehiemently, and exclaimed, as the listener came with range, "I wouldn't have believed it of her! 01O all women, I would have stacked my life .oen the fidelity of'- Constance i When.you tdthat you had seen a fellow loungIng Utthe villa, I thought nothing of it; but Mfickson, the under-gardener', declares that It is true." Theolistener became lived with rage. Her sitspkIeous wore well founded. "What do you intend doing?" asked Hewett. * "That Is my perplexity. To'accuse her, on the word of an under-gardener seems propoeterous,') and the Coloznel uneasily drummed the table with his f~ngera. "Something must-be done," ho~said, "or Ishall go mad. I can't atippor't this terrl blo suspicion, for-il don't mind confessing i tto you, George, who so soon will be. my ~*n--I love Constance devotely, What 'I 'athat? Why, the wint Is -ogen, UtI;w want noi eates4ioppers,' Optaiu IHewett compiled, bingbefore 4,lepht brh~ and looked artnd. the Colonel's wealth, It is nothing," ihe said aloud, resuming his scat. Trembllig at her 'arrow escape, Mrs. lIar(ding hastened from the shubbery. Just as she emerged, aht ran violegtly against a "ol)ertt Teil me, what are you doing here?" "Ten thousand pardonas I tought "Never inind what you thought. Why are yon here? Quick, go to the door. If in live minutes I call you, comue,--if not, go atwiy. - lie raised her haud to his lips. "llow good you are !" he said. "I only cine to say I have prepared everything for our flight on Friday. "I Iuh" she answered, as she lew fron himi. It was the morniug of the event ful Fcrl dlay that Colonel Iarding entered Captain llewett's apartments at Rlichmond. "George," he exclaimed, "no man ever was In greater perplexity than I. For the last month I have l'een engaged to the Dunderbulls to dintier to day. This morn Ing Constance declares-looking well and hearty-herself too ill to attend, but urges me to go." "I'll tell you, what, Colonel. If you re fuse, you may only raise her suspicion. You had better, therefore, go and I'll watch ror you. Perhaps this time something may be discovered." "I was thinking," began the Colonel, Ioubtfully, "whether it would not be best to ask Constance right down the truth?' "Absurd! If a woman will stool) to ( :olve a husband, she would not hesitate at x falsehood." "That Is true. Wel, George, let it be as you say. The Colonel' went to the dinner, and the gentlemen had long been left to their wines when a footman whispered to the officer ;hat he was wanted. Making an excuse, te withdrew, and found the Captain in the tall. "Come home," said the latter; "I must 1peak to you at once." Tie Colonel, growing pale, followed him nto the road. "What is it?" "Bear it like a man, Colonel," returned he other, "Your wife Is unworthy your 0ffections; site has fled with her lover. I aw them. They are now .in the train go ng to the city." "Oh Constance - Constancel" Ie rroaned, "why have you brought this dis ,race upon mct" And lie grasped the hedge, to save him rom falling. Rocovermng himself, his nood changed. - "George," lie exclaimed fircely. "Come, ve will follow them. The villoin shall an wer for the wrong lie has (lone me; bit ell me all about it." The Captain stated that a cab had passed im on the road to the villa. In it lie had ecognized a strange gentleman and Mrs. Iarding. Ile pursued, but only reached lie railway in time to see them leap into he train. The true statement was this: Captain :wett had scott a cab waiting near the 'llla. Concealing himself, lie had perceived gentleman, escorting a lady tilckly recled and cloaked, come through tie break n the hedge, hurriedly cress the interven ng field, enter the cab, and drive off, after ~lying the direction. Ihad he piut his htand out, lie could have tayed them. Bitt that - was not lis plan. et its go behind recall and forgiveness, hat was what lie thought. IHurrying straight to his dressing-room, lie Colonel secured his pistols. "I have never used them against a fel ow-being before," be exclaimed, very tern and determined, ''but a bullet shall each hIs heart or mine. One shall not cave the field." "Why, goodncess, gracleous, my love, tow early you are back! I hope nothing a wrong I" exclaimed a pleasant voice. Bo0th gentlemen swung round on their tcels, with an ejaculation of surprIse, for here In the doorway, looking chmarmitg In ier evening dress, was standing Mrs. larding. "You here, Constance I" "Here! Why, wvhere .should I be, my ear?" The Colonel hooked at the Captalin, and 'ice v'ersa. "What ia the matter?", asked the ady; "anud--gracious, Edmund, love! - vhat are you going to do with those ple-. ols ?". "I--- I was going," blurted out the Colo tel, half angrily, "to take with them the lve of. your lover, Constance!" "Miy lover! Burely, darling, you never ontompted suicide!" "Suididei Constance, can you look me n the face and say you have no other e han I?" "Yes-tel', sir!i But can you look in aine, and say you ever were cruel enough o suspect mue of such a sin" The Colonel dropped instantly. "You have!" she went on. "Prayo vhiat grounds?" y "Tha6 of a man having been seen. to nter youtr room, admitted by you, and n-in-your supposed flight thIs night in fly with~ him." Mirs. liarding burst into S. peal of laugh or. , "Why, Edmund, that -was Kate's over!" she cried. "(ate'si.' both gentemen rcperted, N'l,,Do not blamex the poor girl, r 'yott io ef shave driven her to this top,-aslm Oaptal H~ott'. pardon for eagtng ald the'lad,' withi a aalk~ 10,U0 yfOPA4fuse1 14tVdef his father, you ordeired your daughter to accept the Ocneral's son. She- her heart se. cretly bestowed elsewhere - said 'Nay;' you plaid 'Aye.' When I became your wife, Kate made me her confidante. I planned--yes, it was wicked-1 planned her elopement with Rlobert Kenway, the msn she loves. I see how all this hap pened; this gentleman watched here while you went to dine. Charming! Ile waited and spied to see his own iroperty stolen! Capitain Ilewett, I compliment you! Now, gentlemen, I will leave you to yourselves." She (uitted the room as she spoke, very haughtily, and retired to her own, appar rently the most Injured party. A brief space after, the Colonel caine in. "Constance," he said, "you have done very wrong." "Sir, how have you acted, in suspecting a wife who was foolish enough to love you? she answered, proudly. 'Do you love me, Constance?" "Better than-than-all-the world!'' was the answer, given beetween a sudden burst of sobs. A woman's tears were the only enemies which had ever beaten the Colonel. Ile caught his pretty wife in hi's arms, and cried, "Constance, forgive me, and let us say no more about it." "And Kate?" she sobbed. "I'll pardon her, for your sake. "'You dear, dear Edmfund I There I That kiss Is for a rewardl" And that is how Captain Ilewett was checkmated by Colonel's Harding second wife. Mininr in Colorado. It is estimated that there are at least 100,000 men prospecting in Colorado this summer. These men do not waste their thne, but work hard from early morn until late at night, climbing and tramping over the roughest of country, and digging In the hardest of ground. Led on and on by the wildest of enthusiasm from one place to another, now in one country where a rich strike is reported--then over the moun tains to the next place, where a fortune is sure for any one that comes-but it turns out about the same in each case; it is disappointment everywhere. Come with us along the Chicago creek near Idaho, with your trout rod; fishing has been good, and as a black and stormy evening approaches we will go back to a good shelter and a comfortaple night. But as we struggle along over the rough ways of the canon, let us stop a moment to view but one of the many .prospectors scattered over the Rockys. Ile is setting on a rock beside the prospect hole, that hole in the hard ground which has cost him days of exhausting work to hollow out, his head slightly turned to one side, Is resting up on the hand, which in turn is supported by the handle of his pick. The long, white beard, flowing over the rough miner's coat, belongs to a face witI a discouraged and Lired-out look, while the eyes. with their far-away expression, as if th ; were gaz ing into the distant past, show plainly enough that he has not struck "pay dirt." THis lone man as lie sits there in the ap proaching darkness appears to be in every way In smypathy with surrounding nature. rhe black and ragged rocks rise thousands of feet, upon eithsr side, while, scattered over them, the scrub pines, hanging from every crevice give out their mournful wail in chorus with the rushing waters of the creek. In the background, up the canon, is an Impenetrable blackness, while over [lead from ridge to ridge the threateuing clouds are arched. With one except Ion the sccne is 01n0 which Ruskin aptly calls moun tain gloom. This exception Is a cloud at :ne side of the gorge brilliantly Illuminated by the setting sun, and from which Is thirown a single stream of light across the valley, touching the hair and the forehead f the miner, and bringing out his feature. n strong relief. Let us hope the miner's iloonm has an Invisible stream of light across its dark track In the shape of some pleasant tnemory of the past. Thme old man proba bly knowvs there is but one bonanza for ten thousanmd prospectors. Still, 'with 'I e fasci mationi that leads on the gambler, and igainst far more fearful odds, he wll try It agam. To-morrow he will perhaps cross >ver the mountains to Leadville ; and as thie chances are ninety-nine to one that he will not strike; he will either get out of the mountains, add one more to the 860 silent ileepers, not covered by the sod, resting In thme carbonate camp's city of the dead, or, .f ho has friends, be one of thme scores ship pod East for a final resting-place. One imndred thousand prospectors in the muoun :ains, one-quarter of them In and around [Leadville and Ten Mile; thonsands upon lhousands of prospect holes, and less than Ifty paying mines in this locality; thous muds around Silver Cliff, and half a dozen paying mines-these are facts the -prospee ors does not appreciate until It Is too late. [I thme first place the vein is to be found. I'hat may be comparatively easy ; but will .t pay to work It? is the Imnportant raiestion, [f it will pay, has the miner thme eupital to levelop It? Suppose a vein a, few Inches lick running through solid ,rock; It cost rom $25 to $50 per foot to run a shaft or ununel to take out thme ore. ThIs ore, after ihipiment, milling and other expenses, will >rdinarily just about clear the cost. Tihere ire scores of mines that are considered good itrikes that turn out just this way or miuch vorse. Do Monfteys Bi1mn? .I was always under the Impression that they did not like wetting their fur or hair, sut at Sangua, Central India, when I was stationed there, I had a little monkey that was oxceedingly fond of swimming and living. One day, on taking him 'to the pond at the bottom of my compound, lie jumped off my shoulder and dived (like a man) hIto thme water, whieh was three or four feet deep; ho hai hisi chain on at'the tIme, and when he dived In the ~chain caught in some grass or root at the bottom and kept the monkey down; hie was; just able to come to-the top of the water, Feel ing his chain had caughit, lie dived down, undid thme chain, and continued to swim with the chain in his hand. Hoe swain just like a man, -as far as I could see 'from the mrotion of his arms. Several of my brother offiecf came t9, see him ,swlimming, of which Jis was yer fond, wwhummng very Vuletly, ad ounnm ytr~n to catch the The l mountain, divided into two peaks called Great and Little Ararat, forms an eiptical mass of about twenty-fle miles in length from morthwest to southeast, and about half that width. Little Ararat is an elegant cone or lyramnid, risim with steep, siooth, regular sides into a comparatively sharp peak. Great Ararat is a huge, broad shouldered mass, more like a dome thami a cone, supported by strong buttresses, and throwing out rough ridges of rock that stand out like knotty muscles from its trunk. Tlie latest mark which the hand of nature has up on this mighty mountain wvaN made in 1850, and the story is it pathetic one. Near the mouth of the great chasm, with its crown of tremendous precipices, there formerly stood a pleasant little Ar menian village of 200 houses named Ag hurri. The dwellers there were pastorid people like their forefathers who fed their flocks in the Alpine pastures and cultivated a few fields which were watered by the glacier stream. 'lhey claimed that the vine which bore those delicious grapes was Father Noah's own, and that the ancient willow, the pride of the village, had sprung from one of the planks ofthe ark! The little monastery of St. Jacob had for eight humdred years stood just above the village, on tho spot where the legend had appeared to the monk. With tho exception of the wandering Kurds, the inhabitants of Ag hurri were only dwellers on the mountain; in their village its traditions centred, and there they were faithfully preserved. Tlius Mr. Brice relates the fate of the unhappy mountain village: "Towards sunset in the evening of the 21st of Jtune 1840, the shock of an earth quake, accompanied by a sub terranean roar, and followed by a terrific blast of wind, throw down the houses of Agliurri, and at the same time detaehed enormous mamses of rock with their subja cent lee froln the cliffs that surround the chasm. A showor of falling rocks over whelmed in an instant the village, the mon astery, and a KIurdish encaimpment on the pastures above. Not a soul survived to tell the tale. Four days afterwards the masses of snow and ice that had been precipitated into the glen suddenly melted, and forming an irresistable torrent of water and mud, swept along the channel of the stream and down tihe outer slopes of the mountain, far away into the Aras plain, bearigi with them huge blocks, and covering the ground for miles with a deep bed of miud and gravel. Since then a few huts have arisen, some what lower down the slope than the site of old Aghurri; here dwell a few Tartars, and pasture their cattle on the side of the valley which grass has agaii begun to clothe. But Noah's vine and the primeval willow and the little monastery where Parrot lived so happily among the few old monks who had retired to this hallowed spot from the troubles of the world, are gone forever, no Christian bell is heard, no Christian service said upon the Mountain of the Ark." Thu abuse of Chloral, The persons who become habituated to chloral hydrate are of two or three classes, as a rule. Some have originally taken the narcotic to relieve pain, using it in the earliest applicatson of .it for a true medical an( legitimate object, probably under medical direction. Finding that it gave relief -and repose, they have continued the use of it, and at last have got so abnormal ly under Its influence that they cannot get to sleep if they fail to resort to it. A sec ond class of persons who take to cliloral are alcoholie inebriates who have arrived at that stage of alcoholism when sleep is always disturbed, and often nearly Impos sible. These persons at first wake many times in the night with coldness of the lower limbs, cold sweatings, starting and rest as dreamings. In a little time they bcie nervous about submitting theim selves to watchfulness and restlessness until a confirmed insomnia is the rc sult. Worn out with sleeplessness, and falling to find any relief that Is satIsfactory or safe in their false friend alcohol, they turn to chioral, and In It find for a season the oblivion which they (lesire, aud which they call rest. It is a kind of rest, and 1s, no doubt, better than no rest at all ; but It leads to the unhecalthy, states that we are now conversant with, and It rather pro motes than destroys the craving for alcohol. In short, the man who takes to chloral after alcohol enlists two cravings for a sin gle craving, and Is double-shiotted in the worst sense. A third class of men wvho be comne habituated to the use of chloral are mna of extremity nervous amnd excitable temperament, who by nature, and often by the labors In which they are occupied, be come bad sleepers. A little thming In the course of their daily routine oppresses them. Whait to other men is a passing annoyance, thrown off with the next step, Is to these men a worry and anxiety of hours. - They are over-susceptible of what Is Bald of them and of their work, however good the work may be. They are too elated when praised and too depressed when not praised, or - dIspraised. They fall to play character p'arts on the stage of this wvorld, and as they lie down to rest thiey take all theIr cares and anxieties into bed with them, in the livellest state of perturbation. Una.. ble in this condition to sleep, and not anowilng a more natural remedy, they re- ] sort to the use of such an instrument as1 chloral hydrate. They begin with a mod-1 crate dose ; Increase the dose as occasion seems to demand, and at last, in what they consider a safe and moderate system of employing It, they depend on the narcotIc for their falsified reposed Sagacity of Horsern. An old horse wandering about In grass and water--vainly no doubt for it was du ring a severe drought. Comfng to the great bare market place, and~ finding a knot of men talking there, ho singled out one of them, and pulled -him by the sleeve with his teeth. The man thinking the horse might possibly bite, repulsed him, but as it was not very roughly done, lie returned to the man with the same eception; but lie was a persevering animal, and praecLecally dlemostr ated the axiom, tha "perseverence gains.-the day," for upon his taking the chosen sleeve for the third time hetween his teeth, the man awoke to the ideit that a deed of kind nless might be required of him; so, puttIng his hand upon the horse's neck, lie said: "All right, old fellow; march on." The horse at once led the way to a pump at the further side of the squar'e. Three times was the bucket empiled and replenishbd and empied before the '"great thirst" was assuaged, and the grateful brute -almost spoke his thanks to his friend hy rubbing biB nose ently against his: arm after which he walked of with a gr~at sigh of relief. Th10 Indian Summer. Indian summer is certainly a very char acteristic aid periodical phenlW ell(;n in all these high American latitudes, as it in Central 'Iurope. though probably i a le&p marked degree, and there are reasons for believing that it exerts its softening influ enees up to the Arctic circle, tempering the first waves of. winter cold that descen(h upon Arctic America. But it does not ap pear to lavish its charms on the far South or lower latitudes of the United States, where, indeed, they are not much needed. Although it is often prolonged into Dccem. ber when a caln, hazy atmosphere fills the sky, through which the sun, shorn of his strength, sinks diy after day, like a globe of fire. The Indian Summer at the Provin cial Observatory in Toronto, Canada, bs been occasionally recorded as early as the 6th of October. The average date of its distinct appearance there. deducted from fourteen years' observation, is October 27. Search for explanation of this phenomenon has not escaped scientific investigation. As either pole of the earth is turned around the sun after the vernal equinox, and solar effcet increases in the (irecion of that pole until a thaw of the winter's accumulated ice sets in, when an interval of cold occurs, eaused by the rapid absorpt ion of solar heat, and thus the frequent ''cold spells" of the later spring months is often accounted for. When, on the contrary, either pole is turn ed away from the sun after the autumnal equinox, the converse process takes place; the higher parts of the continent are chilled and the ensuing condensation of the vapor in.,the air liberating its heat, raises the temperature, and thus an interval of com. paratively warm weather or second suni mer follows. This simple explanation of Indian sutmmer first advanced by Admiral Fitzroy, is corroborated by the fact that the inerease of temperature attending it is the greatest in the highest latitudes of Ameri ca, where it is descri)ed as sometimes "op pressive"-just where of course the earth's crust In October is undergoing ie most rapid refrigeration, where ice is forming ad consequently the heat of the condensa tion is most freely liberated from the lower atmospheric strata. Theheat generated by condensation is familiar to all who reflect on their sensations when a shower is being formed in the clouds by this process on a miltry day. Were it not for the compara Live dryness of the air in the interior of the continent, or rather if it were moist enough it this season, the cooling of the earth would produce clouds and rain, instead of the '"dry fog" as Indian Summer is tech nically called. The phenomenon in ques Lion has. it would appear, been more the lheme of poets than of physicists. But of minor importance In a meterological point f view as it may seem, its further inves tigation might furnish a chic to sonie prob lems of our climate which are yet unsolved. 'The file particles of dust which often fall Dn vessels in the open Atlantic, near the L'ape Verde Islands, when subjected to the microscope, have proved tallies on the W;n(s, serving to fix the direcrion of the "'trade whnids" from the African coast, and thus clear up one of the questions of ocean neteorology. Many no less striking exam )les of seemingly unimportamit phenlomena leading to Important discoveries abound In he history of science. A louso Cure. Of all nervous diseases, tetanus is one of ,he most determined and objectionable, It s usually induced by over-indulgence in usty nails or fish-hooks, and when it once akes hold of a patient it Is nearly impossi ile to drive it away, One of its permanent lymptoims is the closing of the jaws so ightly that they cannot be pried open with crowbar. When it is remembered that vomen as well as men suffer from this ilis -ase, Its tremendously powerful nature be ~omes evidcunt. Hitherto there has been no eomedy-'which could be regarded as a spe ~ific for tetanus. In the last century the sual treatment was to knock out a few of he patient's teeth, so as to pour a little bran ly down his throat; and then to order his :ofln. With the progressof medical science, iarious -other remedies were suggested, imong which the subcutaneous Injection >f curare, a particularly deadly South m.nerican vegetable poison, gave, on the vhole, the best results, and, frequently, so air got the mastery over tetanus that It dlled the patient before the dlisease could dill him. At last, however, an ingenious Lfreneh physician has apparently hit upon01 a emedy before which tetanus yields as readl ly as toothache yields to the dentist's for eps, and which iil of course, supersede mirare and allsother remedies. The Freiich loctor In questioin was called to atteiid a ady suffering from tetanus. In his rep~ort ie says that she was a married woman of hirty-one years of age, amid that p~revious o his visit her family physician had tried ~very known remedy fortetamis, Including mrare, without p~rodulcing any effect. The >atient was lying on her back, with her aws tightly closedl, and the muscles of her ,hest and throat were so rigid that she was mnable to utter a souud. The doctor at >nce sent Aut and procured a live mouse of he usual si'ze and voracity, to the tail of vhich 1h1 attached a strong horse-hair. ?lacing the mouse at the foot of the bed, ie permitted It to walk the entIre length of he patient's body. No sooner did the pa lent notice the mouso-then she sprang up, oudly calling to the attendants to take it >ff, and denouncing the doctor as a horrid, icartless wretch, who ought to be ashamed >f himself and Suillotined on the spot. ['hero was no recurrence of the symptoms >f tetanus. In fact, the doctor .adds that he lady's jaws were so thoroughly and ermanently unlocked that the husband, vho Is, of course, Ignorant of law, has hreatened to begin a suit of damages igainst him. The success of this expert nont encouraged the doctor to try the nouse cure in other nervous diseases. IIe easoned that thme administration of mice owerfully stimulates the nci'ves of a fe nale patient, and enables tihe nervous sys em to throw of any disease with which it s afficted. Soon after the incident just elated he met 'with a violent case of hys eria. The patient, a,. married lady of hlrty-seven years, was subject to biysteri 41l attacks, but this particular one was it unprecedent violence. Among Its promi eont symptoms was an absence of whis cor on one side of the husband's face, a rknclock and an . almost irresistable ndny on the part of the patient to lie n thme floor and kick the panelling of a 'qseWood bookcase. The doctor at once gqrelved that -mnite hi strong doses were ndicated. IHe the fore ordered ;that a nouso should 'be ~inIstered, every ten ninutes until the vfolop13e pf the attack tia~to Thort mhedse rm .&rwus the pa tient's body, but there was no perceptible clange in her heels or voice. The second mouse, however, entangled liseif in her hair, ai her recovery was almost instant taneous. She, sat uap and stid that ;i the doctor would only take that mouse away, she would get right l) and see aboutt din ner. No further treatment w'as necessary, and the faet that the' diseasme has not re turned leads the doctor to cxpress a strong conviction that the cure Vill prove a per imaent one. Tihe mouse cure has also been tried with tie very best results In an attack of paralysis of the left leg, which was in a fair way to prevent the wife of a Parisian banker from making a call on certain of her husband's relativcs, and inl at case of nervous prostration which suddenly at tacked a lady when her husband had re fused to take her to the seaside. Both of these Cases yielded promptly to the exhibi tion of mice, and there is no room for doubt that the cure wits due solely to the remedy employed. Printing Paper. The principal ingredients of this paper are straw, rags and wood. A mill of this kind affords a ready market for all tile straw produced in the country for miles around. Tihe strav is piled up in great stacks near the mill ready for uso. The rags come Irom all parts of this ('ount ry and Thrope. The wood is bought in the pulp from firms who' make a business of reducing wood to a fine pulp. Regarding the processes which these materials undergo while beingconverted In to paper : In the first. place the straw is cut il) fine and passed through at famnng mill, which separates it from atll tie grain and particles of dust. It is then put into huge rolary boilers, running under eighty pounids of steam pressure, where it is boiled and cleansed in a si rong solution of caustic alkali, after which It, is emptied into vats and tlrown up into wI 9ahling eiginies filled with water; there tle alkali is extracted, and chlorine is added for the purpose of wliteniig It. After remaining here until the pulp is thaoroughly washed, it. is enmptied imto large vats, where It is left to bleach twenty-four hours. 'The pulp in this stage is as white as snow, and is on(e mlass of fine silky fiber. The rags are first carefully assorted, and everythiing not composed of cotton or linen is discarded. They are then cit uap anad dustedi by machinery, after which they are boiled and cleamsed witht a solution of lime in other rotary bpilers. Afterward they pass through the same pro cess as the straw until they, too, arereduced to a beautiful, white, fibrous pulp. Equal quantities of rag aand straw pulp tire mixed together wt'h a lesser quantity of wood pulp. To this is added a small portion of kaolin, or white clay, which is used to fill up the pores of the paper, and give it a smoother surface. Tle whole is then puat. into a beatng engiae, wiere it remaains until the different ingredients are tlaoro lily united. This olpentiQn uasually takes about three homrs. Mere also tie blue coloring is added -a blue white being considered the best shade for the paper. From the bealing engine the pulp is pumped uap into another engine, where It passes through the lst stage of refining, and is dropped In a liquid form into a aninenso tub. It is now ready to be pit into form. There tre two kinds of madines for this work, the Fourdriner and the cyinder. The Fourdriner, tihe latest invention, and the most perfect ma chine now Iln use, is used at this mill. The fibrous liquid is then poured from the tub through a strainer into the machine, where 1. is cauglat on an endless slive of very fluu wire, which filters out the water and retains tlhe fibre. Tils slieve contliually vibrates as it moved along thius thoroughly nitinag the fibre, and when it reaches the section box, all the water Is drawn from the pulp. This sheet is carried over numerous drying cylinders, heated by steam ; then over the cylintder rolls, whecre it receives Its final gloss and fluisht; and Is finally wvonmd oat spools5, weighued, 'wratpped, - aarked and( st~red(, ready for shipmoant. Coffeeo. Thtis now u'uiversal baeverage was first ian troduced itto Enaglantd in the reignt of James I., butt It did atot comte Into gceneral use unatil a late period, it 1600, by ant act of Charles 11., a tax of fouarpenace wvas lamposed oat every gallon of coffee sold, and every vcender of thec artilcle was obliged to take out a liceatsc. it 1 675 all thec coffee-haouses it Londoan were closed lby proclamation, as b~e Ing the resort of evil minaded persons antd se~htiontaries; yet, as had beent the case oane hauntdfed years earlier at Constantinople, thte people were soona after left to dlrintk coffee when and whiere they pleased. Up to thtis period, and for some timte atfter, all thte coffee consumed it Euraope wasq brought, from Arabia. Thela trade was very profitable to thec Arabs, whlo prohibitedl thae cXporta tiona of p~alnts froma Ycean under severe p~enatltles ; and~ It Is said that thaey diestroyed tihc germinmating princeiple of thae berries, so as to prevent foreigners raisintg a crop froam seed. But abouat 1080, Witsen, buargo mastdr of Amsterdam, persuaded thte gove ntor of Java to procure some coffee hterries fromt Arabia Felix. Thelase wore sownt at BatavIa, ad in 1600 one of the plants tihus r-aiised was sentt to Hlollantd, where it was planted in the b~otanlc giardent at Leyden. It floutrishued, bore frault, anid from thre rapened seedi othter plants were propagated, froaa which thte D.utchacolo ny of urinaam was sup j. plied. In 1714 a younmg tree was semnt from Amnsterdamt as a present to Louis XIV., and preserved In thme Jardint des Planates at Paris; aitd thais tree, it is said, fturnishted plants for lhe Frnholne In Souath America and the West Inadies. It seems somewhtat singu lar thaat trop~ical counitraies, thte natutral abode of thae coffee tree,'should have beent indebat ed to Eutrope for It. Yet so It wvas, and from this smtail beginninig htas grown tap 'an' Iam tmnse coammerce. I'utttng a 1101ad oat It. When a French manufacturer makes a pipe for smoking with, he puts a head on it. That Is, the bowl represents a htead of some distinguished man. Trhe principal pipemaker it Pais hia just published somte statistics about the sale of his pipes thtat ought to shlow who are the most popu lar people in the gay city, The head of Tiers in clay stands first on the list'a th a- sale of 57,500 in the year, the he~ of Gamibetta second with 43,200, and -the htead of Gr-ovy third with 28,800. Ca poul comes igumrth with 28,120, and Opte .wayo'ehaor ha paurprts to be it, fifthA with 2 '780 as against. 2,1$0 for Judo'O hecada 'Evon allowin ff~r the anti-Bona. pat~tist feeling whtich is 'uaning high' in Paris it, i difflenit to see why eth ibui Carmelite Ntum. "Ourvocat ion,'' said a Carmelite nuu, is a solitary one. We are hidden from the world, and pass our tlc in praying and making sacrifices for the felicity of souls. One of our duties. Is to smstain the seven canonical hours aronnd the sacrament." "What is the routine of your daily life?" "'Ati a quarter to five in the morning w rise. Onea sister strikes what Is called th remedial rattle--a sort of small wooden gong-and signs a short sentence calling the sisters to morning prayer. From 5 to 6 o'clock is the first of the canonical hours, is which we sing the Deus in adjutorlun meutn.' At 7 we have mass, if we are fortmnmte enough to have a priest to cele brate it. For the last week we have - been without a priest, mid we hope and pray that his eminence the cardinal will send us one. At a quarter to 8 we have breakfast -a cup of coffee and piece of bread wi:h out butter. After breakfast each one of the community takes up her portion of the household work. At 11:15 we examine our conscience to see what we have thought or said of wrong since daybreak. At 12:30 we have dinner, for which we have gener ally good appetites. No meat is allowed, save in case of sickness, but we havo vege tables, eggs, milk, and everything else that is necessary. We eat on a ibare table, with a skull on the board to remind us of the uncertainty of human life. The floors of our chapels and cells are also bare. After dinner we have one hour for recrea tion. We are very cheerful, and as happy and gay during that time as any wordly people you know of. We spend the time in our rooms or walking or sitting in the garden, according to choice. We have good religious books to read and no cares to trouble- us. At 1 o'clock we rest for one hour in our cells. At 2 o'clock we go down to the choir to vespers, which on solemn festivals are chanted in Georgian music. After vespers thirty minutes are spent in spiritual reading, either alone In our cells or in the garden. We lire allowed no newspapers, because reading the excit Ing events of the day would tend to dis tract our thoughts from religion. At 3 o'clock we are allowed a cup of coffee or tea, and for the two hours following return to our, respective tasks about the house. At 5 o'clock the bell tolls again, and we spend one hour in prayer. On Saturday after noons we sing '"Salve regina mater miserl cordia." At 6 o'clock we go over our rosaries, and at t6:30 have supper, which consists of cof'ee or tea, bread and butter, and now amnd then a little sweetmeauts. After supper we have another hour of re creation. At 8 o'clock the bell is rung, the "De profundis" sung, and we go down to the choir to sing Compline. At 9 o'clock the bell rings for matins and laufls. We examinc our consciences concerning what we have done or said silce afternoon, and afteaward read the "polut" or subject of medilation for the next morning. At 10 o'clock we retire to our cells, and the lights are put out. One of the sisters strikes the rattle, sings a small sentence, and then we all go to bed and sleep. The Now Wall Papers. Nearly all the newest papers; are imita tions of woven or embroidered stuffs, and in some the grounds are so skilfully manipulated, and the patterns so well drawn and shaded that It is hard to believe that they are not the work of the loom and the needle. The most gorgeous of all seems to be a cloth of gold wrought with suallowers and their leaves in sapphire blue, producing hui effect gorgeous enough to warrant one in hanging up a bit of the paper, as one would a Japanese fan, for the sake of its coloring. Walls covered with anything as brilliant as this tolerate no furniture less splendid in effect, but re quiire rich, heavy brocatolles and masses of dark carved wood, anid windlow hangings birighit of hue and stiff with embroidery. Moreover this brilliant gold background kills-tho color of every blonde who comes near it, andl makes her look lIke a faded danguerreotype, so that only brunette house wives are likely to admire the paper. Less muagniittwnt, but very pretty anid bettor for general use, is the poppy p~atternl on a back ground of b~lue and silver; and several comn binations of gold andl silver, olive andl blue, present effects that wouldl be good both by natural and artificial light. Some papers have a grottndl that looks like faded pink silk, almost coveredi by a flowering vine in (1u11 colors. Another resembles olive raw silk, with a garnet brocaded pattern out lined in gold thread, amid gold grounds almost covered with floral designs are in numerable In variety. The tapestry papers are in olIves and( blue grays, and their pat tern Is almost invariably fruit and foliage. - - The Japanese patterns represent stuffs in which the fans, hand-*screens and vases are mingledl with a purpose that does not re veal Itself to the eye of the casual observer, but which produces perfect harmony, and they may be b~ought both in light and dark colors. Trhe most beautiful friezes are those that accord with tihe pattern of the p~aper, as, for instance, those which accom pany the Japanese designs, and which .rep. resent Japanese plaques and vases. In'one style these objects are depleted In garnet and several shades of elate blues, and in another in silver, pale blue and vermilion, the0 fofmer matching the darker and the hotter the light paper. In another style of frieze one sees a Greek sacrificial proces-'' sion depicted in fresco colors on a buff ground, and a third is Egyptian in style. Dades are lesS used thman formerly, be~ cause so many new houses are built with wooden dadoes that it is not necessary to Imitate thlem with paper. Modern Denntilons. Blankrept-a man who gives everythng. to a lawyer, so his credijors wIll be surie to get it. Asmigno-a chap who has hdthe deal and gives himself four aces. A bankr -A place where people put, their money so it will be handy when onher people Want it. A depositor-A man who doilt know how to spend his money and gets the cashier to sliow, him. Hresident-A big 9 . fat maa who promises to boss theb job andl afterward subleottit. A dIrpetor-On0 iof. those men who accep a trust that dod d ... involte tihe use of either their eyes ft th)iW ears. Cashierm-Often a than *h unde~ takes to support a auf i'~l~6 ; ~ and a .brownstoneo 4tO ~ 4 ~ and be honest~ Col 4t papet aSoQb4 legts~o # hi~~