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.4 *. I, ...............................4' ~ *4~ *44 j4i.. Ii 4fF ,. 4 . 1' '4 4 4 *4 ~ .4 ~4~** 4 '4 ~ ~,,,4 .~ 4 9 44 - ~ ~ ~'4., .~ -.4..-..- .- -.......___ _________ .. *------------.------ ____ ________________________________ Till-WE KLY~EDlTJoN ' WINNSBORO, S. C., DEUEi~L13ER 16, 1879. VOL 111.-NO i~ THE ALL. OF TH4 YEAR, 01 tI alos arf yellow, The apples 'aro mellow, 'The corn is ripe in the ear; The birds leave off nosting, The earth ibeglas-resting, Bccause 'tiq the oall 'o the -yar. Tho crickets are calling, The rod leaves are falling, The dy of theol6Yr wild beo is over, I esauo ti the fall o' the year. - Since Bummer is nittiln, friend it is tlt The heart shoal na ie'double cheer;. S9 lot us go smilinr With-lqvales orb g "g, 13. atiset st e 04l6"tb ' loear!. How It Was Cleared Up. 10*, 4 It was nearly trse o'cloQk when Mr. Gwinnett, who was hatrdly'ev6lkidn to be in a hurry, bustled into the front office with a check in his hand. "Here Kendall," calling m6 from my desk, "I must liae the money on this be fore the bank closes and there isn't a mo ment to lose." I clapped on my hat and took the check and was off. The paying teller, as I entered the bank" already had his thunb on the spring which told up the small ash with its pane of round glass which was accustomied to drop ory day so exactly at the instant tile aand of the bank clock pointed to three, that one niglit have supposed the samo machinery governed both. "You're jast 'in time,, said the 'punctual gillefal. ' ""And that'only aftersa shArp' ru dn you," I answered. The bad joke was either unnoticed or treated with contempt. Tihe money was counted out in' silence, the spring touched, and the gash fell. Within half a block I, ,uggrd. El nathan Gancho, a follow-c er , hastening to meet ie. "M31r. G(innett was obliged to take the first train to B- ," said EInathan, "and coildn't wait your return. Another leaves half an hour later, and lie wishes you to follow-on that, with tltQ money." "Where will he stop in B?'" "Ohl I had nearly forgotten to tell you that. At-at the - house." A glance at my watch proved that I had no time to spare. A. smart walk brought me to the deoto' ,ileho-tl' train' started a minute aftor I had taken 'my sead. It was night when I stopped from the tran . A*MnanWGI.U.an, UJIU irade me turn quickly. "Your name is Kendall?" said a sharp visaged, keen-eyed man, In a mixed tone of tiuestion and assertion. "It is," I answerel ''George Kendall?" ? I bowed stiffly. thlAking the stranger a little inquisitive. 11 hold up his finger and a couplo of polieenic.approaclied. "You must accompany these gentlemen and myself," said the sharp-visaged man. "May I ask vhy?" I returned. "You shall learn Ili good time," replied the other. "You might find it ombarass Ing to receive the explanation here." A hack was called, which all four of- us entered without'further parley, which I saw was useless. After a rapid drive of several minutes we alighted before a building with a bright light over the door.. The shal )-featured man immodlately. oitered,' folldf od by the two policemen and inyself. * A man hii uniform, behInd a desk, took down my name, age and such other partlc 'ulars, as 1 sepppoe, It Is usual to note on such occasions. Noxt I was pmut through a rigId search. Among other effects found upon me was, of course, the roll of bills I had drawn from the bank. . "Perhaps'you can explain how you camne by these,' rentarked the sharp-featured man dryly. "Certainly," I answered. "I drew thorn from the -E3ank to-day, on my employ er, Mi', Gwks:Vett's check with which lie sent me to bank for that purpose." "Isn't it a little singular," continued my * questioner, "that 'after getting the money instead of earrying It to Mr. G)whanett, you took the next train to B-?" ."Not at. all," 'l replied,, quickly. "i came with the money heo at Mir. Gwin nett's requcet" "How do yoin account, then, for his tel egraphhsg 'a 'doecription of you far and wide, and offering a reward for your ar rest?" 1 was thunglqratrel at ,the asnoundo-' ment, and mgr uhh nifdst.on'fuslon da intor.J preted ap'an additional evidence of guilt. I was locked up over night at the station house, and next day was taken back as a prisoner to confront my employer and an swer the ohargo of embozzlomient. I had, as yet, atertaine' n'o suspidlon of Elnathan Ganche. I felt sure he had fal len into some mistake, not yet cleared up, in communicating to me Mr. Gwlnnott's message, and was cohfident. that Gancho's testimony would put everything to right. -Judge, of my surprise and iudIgnation wvhen1 Oi thQvitnog atland, thie yla ln o: nied h in4zg given *mtany h/stfuotlonig from frin t re~e hiavit e n~after I told my own story, but it was heard with incredulity. The evidence oft he paye. n lg teller, Mr. Gwinnoe and Eiitlidfi Ganchie-overy word of it truoe except the t(4 s up 5PJ O O~ 5i 1ot ly the room for doubt, and I was fully committd for trial, I was nd6 long. In divining Ei. nathan Ganohe's motive. We hiad been rival enmItors of Marthai Hale and my love acoepted t46*6~~dl~'~a1 ( 614t9 secret piy d h .1 l . -ils parfidy wassnow apparent. isi plan was to fix upou~ n the- biand of a felon, th'us rendering myjuniori'with Marthm'Ini. possible, and opening tie way to a renewal of his own hopes4 The tiefatons plt was litt proaching trial, of the result of which spoke despondingly. "I wonder at your staying here to wa for it so patiently," said the jailer. "It's hardly a matter of choice," I at swered. . , ,"Well, a strong, active young fello lile yu ilght findlis way out, one woul There was a curious twinkle in the cu ning old eyes whict excitqd imy attention If i but 'old amdfeeble'," )io continued "Ivas to hinder you, -now for' instanc< from binding me hand and foot, and aft( changing clothes with m1e, taking tihes keys and deoarting 't your leisure?" "I'll do Lt" I cried, springing to m feet; an innocent man owes no 'sibisiejo to the law's injusticel" "Come, don't get excited," whined th jailer in a tone of mock alarm. "I'll no drivo you to the use of forco, which would be useless to resist." And to see the cheerfulness with whil he submitted to the substitution of his gar ments f~p ruine, one would have supp)sei it to I, boc6 a fi-lendly oxegange. 'WitI strips torn from my slie, I boun the docile keeper hand and foot, placed hhi in an easy posture on the bed, gaggvd hi mouth comfortably, took his bunch of keys locked hin i, pulled his hat over my ey< an(d 60011 was a free man. Beforo morning I was miles away, and a the next seaport town shipped as a con mon sailor. In a foreign land I began life anow, an -li a few years succeeded In gaining a coi petence. But of what value wasit, or eve life itself, when not shared by her whosi absence made till else worthless? At times I was tompted to wlto ti Martha. "But no." I said, doubtless sb t9o believes me guilty, Ilow caii site d otherwise in the face of the evidence an m3'y own flight?" One day I was mllet and recognized by a old friend travelinj. dbroad. Instead c shunning, lie met tie cordially. "Why have you never returned to visi your old home," ie asked, 'or at leas communicated withl your friends?" 'A strange question," I replied. "Yo cannot have fotgbtten the cruel suspicion. "Surely you have heard how all that wa cleared up "Cleared upl" I exclaimed with tha tremor of the heart one experiences at sudden gleam of hope which lie dreads t seo extingisied the neixtnoinoent. ''Quito cleared up," replied my friend "Einathan Gancho fell a victim to the epi demic last stumner, and on his death-bed i ficknowledged all." 'And ,artha Ihale?." "Is 1till 'singib and sf beauttful as ever though a trifle inelancholy at times. He friends say there is a certain person whos The next steamer carried me home where everybody bade me welcome, anlo Martha not the least warmly. She ha quite explaiped the mystery of tle jailor' cohduct. I ehad lived s a domestic it the family of Matthas fatlherwhen lie wa a child, and was devotettly attached to her Iow he and site plotted together anent im: escape, It would be a breach of confidence t( tell. Fire-proof Colnyoustions. Various combination of ammonia an borax have been suggested in Paris fa rendering textile fabrics uninflammabk Here is one, nplicable to all kinds c goods: Sulphate of ammonia (pure), kilos; carbonate of ammonia, 2.5 kilos boracle acid, 8 kilos; borax (pure(, -1.7 starch, 7 kilos; water, 100 kilos. It i simply necessary to steep the fabrics in hot solution composed as above until the; have become -thoroughtly impregnated after which they are drained and dri sutilelently to enable themn to be ironed c pressed like starched goods. A seconi composition to be used for thteatrical scene ry (or the mounted but unpainted eaniva to ho used for this purpose), and also wood work, furniture, door and window framer etc.., It is to be applied hot withi a brush lik ordinary paint. It is composed of boraci acid, 5 kilos; hiydrochilorate of ammoni or sal ammonic, 15 kilos; potasuic fold spar, 5 kilos; gelatineo, 1.5 Idles; size, 5 kilos; wrtoer, 100 k.dlos ; to which is adde a sumlent qtiantity of a suitable calcareou substance to give the composition snfficien body or consistency. -Another composition applicable to all kinds of paper, whethe printed or not, including securities, books etc., is 'formed of sulphuat'e of ammloni (puro), 8 kilos; boracle acid, 3 kilos; be rax, 17 kilos; water, 100 kilos. The sohi tion is heated to 122' degrees Fahrenheit If the paper be in sheets or printed,. it I 'shiipl4 linnjii-d li tljo soluiop, spread ou to 'dry, and' aftbrwiud presaed to'reatore th glaze destroyed by the moisture. Th above composition insure a high degree o incombustibility. The proportions of thi several ingredIents nre given as example only, and may bq varied as found necessar; in practIc.__________ Leo's tn Truokee. A shuito Is laid from the river's brink ui the steep mountain to the railroad, an while wve are telling it the monster logs ar '' g, thtundering, tl,ying, leain tlivw lt~c1eivhty. They, m~e witW thaee rlunderot,,a seonowh rar wArcof flirland smoke folow theom fire struck by their friction with tihe shut 'ogsj They descend the 1,700 feet of th shute ii fourteen seconds. In doing sa they drop seven hundred feet perpendicu a yr with a rdio oti ea. e'teard 'mile llistant. Logs fired from a canno could scarcely *have greater velocity tha they have at the foot of the shute. Trhel average velocity is over one hundred fee lah a secop throuighout~tlyqeodtire, afstajiot gnd, .gtnstant they. leap from th deep wate, has floated so as to be at rigi bngles wIth the' path of the~ descondin afo6isF6.t 'A huge log hurled from th chute clos'ves -the air and alights on thm floating og. You kno hwab.k hok,butg des quicky past for 'a shot distance then a crash like a reverberatlo ~g Uncle John o(n the Advent off Winite.1 t The Jast rose ot summer Ias faded and gone. Fans and parasolM have beeni laid away, and dusters have become an abomi nation. The summer of 1879 has taken its Y place on the shelf, and its joys and pleas tires, along with. Its dust., perspiration and heated nisery, noW exists only in memory. No more summer night strolls in the moonlight; no mgro delightful plunges In the water; no more mosquito music, and no moreilies in the butter. Well, let it go. There Are sone pleassnt features about suunmer,- but give me the crisp and bracing air of wintcr-tho invig oration which coinme from exercise in the frosty air. I never like the lanagQr and laziness that seem1 to attach to warim weather. When the ineicury is fooling around the 100 do grees mark on the thermometer, people secim to move and breathe as if they were maintaining lire under protest. You rise in the morning as if it was a great exertion to get out of bed, and even the operation of eating is performed as if it were a pen alty inflicted for some kind of crime. There is nothing like cold weather to stir up a man's energy. It brightens the eye, hastens the pace and stimulates the ambi tion. Even the averoge tramp, on a sharp and frosty moruing, enlivens his gait so 0 that you can see him move without taking - sight by a telegraph pole. ' Winter is not looked forward too with longing by the very poor; who dread the n9bpssity of coal and: clothing; but for tunately there are not many people in the United 8tates, proportionately, who are in danger of suffering from want. ' The ' "hard time" exist no longer. Business of a all kbids is booming, and everybody'fecla confident and happy because of the hus picious outlook. All who are ready able and, willing can get renumerative employ ient, and hence nobody need quake whei the whistle of winter Is heard. Winter In the country is the jo'llest of the seasons. Farmers don't have'the benefit of the theatres and. kindred amusements Ruch as we have In the city; but they have glorious sleigh rides, joyous social gather ings and many (accessories of pleasure that a citysfolks never experience. . City folks don't know what winter fun t is, unless there has been a mightky change since. I was a boy, some fifty years ago. It 3 takes the blood in the old mnan's veins juihp and thuhp even now to think of tho sleigbing- parties we used to have in the counti y. None of your starched affairs, with a driver perched up on a box in front and. tlhQ sleighers sitting liked starched niummics in the seats. - None of your dress parade sleigh-riding through streets, pass r ing hundreds of other sleighers, all starch ed and stiIY and conscious of being on ex 4oored-eno', mIo bumping onl a.i o ments, no twenty-five dollars to pay to the liveryman the next (lay for your alleged fun. Such is city sleigh-riding. But the country variety,when I was a boy, wasa very different thing. The old two-horse sled, with the box full ot clean straw. No seats, no starch, no dress-parade. A dozen boys and girls squat ted miscellaneously in the straw, with enough buffalo robes to keel) the party warnj. Tie whip cracks and away we go. Over the country roads. through the spot less snow, and nobody looking at us but the man in the moon, who seems to roug r ishly wink his left eye. Everyone Is talk ging. Eyes sparkle like the moonbeams in the snow, cheeks glow like carnation roses, and happiness reigns supreme. But the sleigh-ridos are not the only at tractions of country life in the winter time. * There are the singing-schools, the spelling Pbees and social parties. r Ah, yet', the sp)elling bees, how I used to enjoy them I T1wo rows of boys and girls, 1 hard-spellhng words fired at them by the r local school teacher, and the havoc made I in thme ranks by misspelling!i Well I re - member once wvhen all was spelled down a but myself and Matilda Jane Tompkins. - Matilda wmas a sweet little girl and I was sweet on Matilda. We *were on opposite 3 sides, of course, and as the hard words were given .f trembled for fear she would i miles first. At last I spelled Cincinnati - 'with twvo "'tt's," and thne look of pain she ) gave mec showed that she would rather 1 have mliseed herself. I saw Matilda Jane s about a year ago. She hias grandchmildren e lder than she and I were at the time of the ,spellIng-match, amnd she has got into the r habit of wearing her teeth In a glass of water at night. F orm of Lightning. SA flash of lightnihg Is a very large spark .of electicity ; just the same thing that one sees given by an electric machine in a lec ture on natural philosophy, the only differ f ence being that the best machioe will net give a spark more than a yard long, while some flashes of lightning have been estimated to be several miles ini length. According to their appearance, various names haves been Igiven to these sparks in Lthe sky, thoeugh In reality all the get'eral kinds are one and thne eame thing. On a wmarm eumnfer evening, 2 ene of ten. sees the cloulds on the horizon lit iup with brilliant glows of lightning unae a comipanied by any sound of thunder. To jthis appearance the name of heat .lightning I has been given, andsthe warm weather is .often assigned as its cause. In point of .fact,'th'e heat lightning Is only that of a thunder shower so fair off that, while the ob'server can sce the flash, no sound of thiunder-reaches him, and the Intervening clouds veil and reflect the flash until it be comes a glow Instead of the sharp streak t wmually seen. Where the flash, starting from m one point, branches out and divides into several pat, it has redelved thme name of r "forked lightning." This is usually seen t1 when the discharge is near the observer. ,Sintle flashes bearing a zipzag oi- crinkled e aspect are denominated "chain lightning," - probably from their resemblance to a chain thrown' loosely Qfn the ground. Again, a' when-severAl discharges .occur 'fre~m about t~ tho~Samlepige at the same time, and are ; scr'eened by rata or clouds so'as to light up the heavens with a broad, brIght glow, the Stitl of "sheet lightning," isappled. T'here. t' fiur comprise all the common orms. Thes6 8 '4, however, one rare manifestation, called r I ball lightnihg." In this phenomenon, a t hall gbcoball.' o~ ppargnt -fire rolls a sowly ?ln f round, sahd after a~ time e jaiddel es1oc, scattering' destruction e||ru recerd dr u~tr Feeding Snakes. As a feeder the snake is mighty irregu lar, and his appetite i8 always about four times too large for his organs of digestion. They have long since found tis1 out lat thei P.hiladelphia "Zoo," and the superintend ent Is just now in a dilonuna to know how lie will be able'to find the proper food for :thb seripent family under his c4re. Tlie smiall species of land snakes feed on toads, lizards, grasshoppers aid other members of I-ie inect and reptile world, and t times it is very dillicult to supply the d.:nand of these Insatiate 'varmints. " The king and calico snakes bel6ng to this same'class, but if famine should occur these two species are cannibalitically inclined, and would weather the hard times by swalkwing each other. In the big case In the snake house are twenty-six bons, the largest of which Is 1 feet In length and 24 inches'in circum ference. The business of the boa is sim ply to load his stomach to repletion, and then to tic himself up in a graceful knot and doze calmly for sevoral weeks, while .the spectators gaze on hm and speculate on his easy job, and what they.'would do were they to encounter him al in a juli gle with nothing hut a Barlow nife as a weapon ot defense. Though n ' particular to a shade as to what their d shall lie, yet your zoological boa is som ling of an epicure in his way. Nature hI provided him and other uembers of the cptile fan ily with an accommodating heiad, the roof of which in a manner lifts off pnd allows the introduction of toothsome naorsel that would crowd a quarter peck Ineasure to hold. Up to the present time these mon ster boas have been fed upon tabbits and rats, and just now rabbits and fas aire be coming searce. 1hey have been tempted with sportive and innocent little.kittens,and an occasional pUP has been placed at their disposal, and at times spring chickens and pigeons; but the boa cannot stomach a cat has little appetite for the dog, and goes squane back on the feathery tribe. Hence it is that his diet is reduced right down to rate, with now and then a rabbit to regu late his liver. Every zoological garden grows immense crops of rats, and rabbits are popped Into the world in astonishing numbers. But the appetites of the snakes at the Zoo have been telling oil both fain ilies, and the prospect is that shortly the supply will have to be obtained from the outside. Each of the twenty-six boas con sumies from three to four a month, and in the course of a year they - manage to con suime about four tonsof these little animals. Not long since a prairie dog was forced into the cage, but the big snake only wink ed at him and allowed hi1m the liberty of the cage without molestation. Having coiled its body about its little victim, and squeezed the life out of it, the snake pro ceeds to swallow it leisurely. I Iaving got it back of its jaws, it coils up gracefully, yrq8no a torpid state, and remains ob old ladies who peep at x1ilsfu 1'il from (lay to day. Napoleon as a Murderer. As men learn more of Napoleon, smaller and smaller does lie grow. Perspective was needed to bring out his real stature. Mle. do Remusat's "Memoirs" promises to do something to set the world right-especially in regard to the murder of Due d'Enghein. She relates that on the evening before it oc curred she noticed that Josephine was un nsually sad, and remarked it whilo driving with her. The reason for it she learned, was that Bonaparte had sent an officer to. the frontier to arrest the duke, and that Joseph inc's entreaties that the duke's life should be spared had been in vain. Bonaparte had answered: "Wonen must not Interfere in such matters." On the following day at dinaer Bonaparte remarked that Mine. do icemusat looked very pae, and asked her why she hlad not on rouge. "There are two things," lie said, "which are becomning to a woman, rouge and tcgrs." H~e seemed in very goodl spirits and joked with his wvife "with more freedom thlan propriety." Next morning the news reached Josephine thmat all was over with the duke. Hie had behaved with great courage, and refuged to hlave his eyes bandaged, only begging the soldiers not to miss him. Gon. Hiullen, who played the princip~al part in the arrest and execution, was richly rewarded by Na poleon, who, however, always mistrusted him11 afterwvard, and once said: "is pres. once disturbs mle; I do not like the recol lections lhe awakens in me." On the day after the execution Napoleon was silent dluring dinner, but when tihe repast, was over he said, as if answering hilmself, "At any rate, they know now whlat I am capa ble of, and It Is to be hoped that they will leave me alonie." He spoke about various French kings. "'Henry IV.," ho said, was not a great man, for lie wvanted dligni ty. A soverign must avoid being good na tulred. It Is foolish to remind people that one is a man like themselves. Alexander the Great showed true political Instinct, In tracinlg is descent from a god." Sheo Knows 'Em. Mrs. Duniway, of the New Northwest, at a literary reunion at Balemn, Oregonl, "toasted" thme gentlemen as follows: "God bless 'em I Thley share our joys, they dou ble our sorrow, theyrblo our expenlses, they quadruple our cares, they excite our mnagnaniminty, they incase our self respect, theoy awake our enthusiasm, they arouse our affections, they comntrol our pr operty and out-manceuvre us in everything. This would bo a dreary worldl without 'em. In fact, I may say, without prospect of success ful contradictIon, that withlout 'cm it would not be much of a world anyhow. We love 'em, and the dear boings cfln't he~lp It; we control 'cm and the precious fellows don't know It. As husbands thley are always conlvenienit, though not always on had; as beaux they are by no 111an11 'matchless.' They are most agreeable visItors; they are handy at State fairs, and indispensablo at oyster saloons. They arc splendid as es corts for sonte ether fellow's wife or slsoen and as friends they are better than women. As our fathers they are inexpressly grand. A man may tie a failure in business, a wreck in constitution, not enough to bobst of as a tbeauty, nothing as a wit, less than noting' as a hleltor for ivoman's rights, and eyon not very brilliantas amemnber of the press;y but if he is our own father we overloek hia shortcomings and .cover isa pecoadilloes - With thd divine mantle of chlarity. 'Then, as our. husbands, htow we hive to para.de thlem as paragdlnu wi ouAkers on th~e b61 defl te iOtur ot, se The Art or stealug. Although in Paris, and perhaps all over the Continent, our country Is popularly supposed to be the training school for the ablest thieves; and the headquarters of the pique poqucttes, there are evidences that the French capital can produce in abuiidance a hardly inferior article. Glancing at ran dom over the columns of a serious and well-informed Paris paper, we ind threo paragraphs close together, each containing an account of robberies effected In a mas terly style which would do credit to the East end of London. An individual arriving at the Orleans ter minus fell in with a man who represented himself to be a boot-maker from Bordeaux. They walked into the town together, and were presently met by a Pole, carrying a heavy hand-bag, full, he said, of gold and banknotes. The latter soon found an ex ause to leave the precious bag in charge of his new friend, exacting at the same timoei the deposit of his purse "as a guarantee of good faith." It is unnecessary to add that tie never returned, and that the bag, on be ing opened was found to contain lead and rubbish. On the same day, in i cafe in the Boulo vard St. Michel, three or four persons sat down and partook of some refreshments, after which one of then went up to the Dounter and asked for change lfor a 100 Frauc note. The five gold pieces were duly counted out to him, and he duly took them ip, holding the note in his hand all the ime. The moment he hald safe hold of them, however, he rushed out suddenly by 1 the door, and was quickly in a eab which ui1s companions had brought, toa convenient placc'outside This is said to be the fourth time that the same trick has been success rully played quite lately in this one ioiulevard. The last of the cases reported, and, per laps, the most ingenious, is that of a ites ;enger sent out to de!iver a valuable packet rrom one of the ladies' shops to a customer it Vincennes. lie was oppressed with the icat of the day, and sat down on a bench, when an individual accosted him with the iestion "whether lie would like to be inesmerised." The obliging offer was (e 3lined, but the mesmerist would not take my refusal, and begau to ''make passes" wer the face of the victim, whosoon sue mmbed to the charm. When lie awoke lie oun1d himself deprived not only of his ag of merchandise, but also his gold Watch and chain, his lint, and even his oots. The charmer must be a magician vorthy of a place in the "Arabian Nights." An Ainateur Mesmerist. At a small party i) in the Western Divi dion, one night last week, a highly comic roung man said early in the evening that ie had a bully idea for having some iun at who was e I 'Tell you what we'll do,' said lie, buh bling over with mirth as lie spoke; '11 3 mesmerize Jones-make him stand on Ills head, and think le's a tea-kettle, aind so on. It'll be awfully funny. I've been having a I littlo experience ip mesmerism lately, and [ can do it just as easy as borrowing JIvO dollars.' They ill said it would be a great joke and too funny, and so on and when 0oon after the unsuspecting Jones saild lie didn't think there was much in it, '0, you don't, ch?' said the highly comic young man. who, for the purpose of argu nent, we shall call Smith ; 'now, I havo been experimenting a little in these things, md there is a good deal In it.. Now, I think I could mesmerizd you if you'd let mo try. '0, dear Mr. Jones,' cried all the young ladies with one accord, 'please do let him mescerize you: It will add so greatly to lhe eit of the cycning,' anl so Mr. Jones aonseuted to be mnesmerized if it wvouldl af ford them any pleasure. Riathertohisown and ad greatly to everyone else's surprise, after a Few passes M[r.8Smith saw hisevictimpass55into the magnetic slumber, and then the fun began. The unfortunate Jones was mnadle to believe he was a terrier backed to kill i too rats in ten minutes, an~d so to engage in a fearful coimbat with his- teeth with a I pile0 of ottomans and sofa-cushions; and thlen was turnedl into a locomotive-engine, I rid wient up and dIown the room blowing aff steam andl tooting danger sigt als ; and~ i then became convinced that lhe wavis a sen iational lecturer, and sphlt his coat clear up 1 the back while trying to illustrate the 01) pressive calm which broods upon03 the Dead Sea ; and compelled to recite poetry anda play the flute on a ruler, and peCrformn many other interesting andl unusual feats to the dielectation of the audience, so that every one laughed till his or her sides were sore, and one tender hearted damsel remarked that it wvas a shame. Finally, they left I the unfortunate young man possessedl of I the hallucination that lie was a cat, keep- I ing patienlt watch over the register, from < which he expected a mouse to issue, while they discussed what to make him (10 next. 'I guess we've had fun enough out of the I poor cuss,' said Smith, magnanimously ; ''spose I take him out cf his muagnct. slumber ?' So lie called, 'Pijss Puss l' and I Jones came obediently to him3 on all fours, and rubbed against Smith's legs and purredI contentediy. 'Now,' said.Smith, 'observe that I will I m'ake a few passes In the reverso way, and 4 thus releaso him from the controling influ- ( once of my mind and dlispel the magnetic< slumber in which lie has been the uncon 5310o1s agent to mInister to our mirth and I amusement.' 8o he'made a few passes, but Jones (lid not come out of his trance; ion the con- I trary lie glared wildly around the room, ran hisa fingers through his hair, and, tear ing off his coat, howled, 'Thiim ChInese 1 must go,' etc. 'Why, lhe thInks lie's Dennis Kearney I' exclaimed everyone, and they looked in < surprise at Smith, who, however, retained] his presence of mind' and, though badly surprised, said: -'You see I stimulated his bumps of e quence and causation, as I may say ; nowv, however, I will dismagnetizo him for I g ood.' So lhe made a' few more passes, and1 ones sot off walking at breakneck pace down the room, yelling, 'Thuis is the 2697thk quarter-bet a bonanza mine t~o a banana I win.' Smith, looked s:mowhat more serious, and overybody said, 'Why, how singular I! and some of the guests remajtked,a '8mith 1 why do~t ou tak4 him out of the maug, netio'shumber at once? heJ'll \tpset the futhitute.' * i~afe4 Sit ad 1h~ thm's up 1 Wake up I Be yourself ! Comi out of this trance 11 Jones gazed at him pieasantly for an in. stant, then a rapturous smile broke . out upon his countenance, and, crying. 'Hence I Achmet,'draw thy cimetar and keep faith. ful watch at the outer gate of the sernagilt -the garden of delights-while the Sultan, the magnificent, the Lord of the earth, re joices his heart in the smiles of his oda. lisques;' before they had any idea of his in. tention he hugged and kissed every woman in the room, calling them all 'Fatima.' 'Perhaps he's going mad,' said somebody rind the lady of the house, turning pale, 3xclaimed, 'Mr. Smith, 1 insist that you restore that unhappy young man to him senses this very moment.' 'Great Heavens I said Smith, who had burst into a profuse perspiration, 'that's what I am trying to do as hard as I can, but lie won't come out of his trance. I must have forgotten something about the :)rocess.' Well, try and remember it, then, pretty juick,' said the lady, 'or he may be a rav ing maniac, and his blood-and ours wilch is worse and more to the purpose will be upon your head.' H [ere Jones took up a tumbler of lemon ide with much solemnity, and, advancing icross the room with a majestic step, halted )efore Smith and exclaimed: 'Saul, son of 1ish, 1, the Prophet Samuel, 1). D., anoint hee King over the people of Israel,' poured ,he refreshing beverage upon Smith's head ; .hen yelling 'Hurry up another wheclbar 'owfull of them briek8 lie jerked Simith's ogs from under him, and, seizing him 'by he feet, ran him oil his nose across the oom like a barrow, and jammd lls head igainst the opposite wall ; then, dropping he unlucky amateur- mesmerist, lie ad naced with a stealthy step, and hissed in t blood-curdling tone. 'Give me the dagger, and I will these rawny hands of mine incarnadine in the rillain's heart's blood ; scud him down lown, down to the deepct depths of per lition, and join him there, my dreadful nission of vengeance being accomplished ip to the handle.' At this one woman fainted, three got out >f the room, and the mistress of the house urned on the burglar alarm for a police nan, and adjured Smith to run for a doc or and take the man out of his trance vith a stomach-punp or an electric em >rocation, or something, before there had ien done a deed of dreadful note. Smith lid not wait to be told twice, but dashed nit of the house like a runaway flash of ightning, not stopping to put on his hat or vercoat, anid, as lie was going through he gate, ran plumy into the olficer who vas answering the call. 'You scoundrel,' cried the oillcer, as they ollett over each other, 'surroder, or I'll ilow your brains out with my club,' and le took Wold of Smith with so determilned ki%. gtoe evv butiol ioff of lia 'I was going for t tor- N 8a aging maniac in the houso,' gasped mith ; 'lomm1e go.' '0, tha,'s too thin,' contemptuously re >lied the policeman ; 'what are you giving lie ? Come along into the house, and let's ice how many spoons you have about you.' So lie dragged Ids captive In, 'giving him , hearty shake at every third step, and vl'en the door was opened, lie found Jones leated, clothed in lia right mind, convers ng on the weather. Explanations were unade to the ofilcer, and then Smith bor ,owed a new collar and some pkins, repaired is damage, and went home, after vainly ndcavoring to eave an impression upon he company that it was a put-up job be ,ween him and Jones to contribute to the ivening's amusement. Jones is not looked ipon at present as quite as green as they ook him to be, and Is decidedly the social ion of the neighborhood. The Cowboy of Colorado. I fe was a young mian of striking appear nce. lie woro a greasy suit of miiners' veralls, a heavy fisannel shirt, and a white clt hat with no end of a brim. His panits verc turned up at the bottom, revealing nrge but not ungaInly feet. There was a areless look in lis face and a hickory nut n his hand as lie stepped out of the Times levator at the fifth story. lHe wvas not long n declaring himnsel f the Whistling Cowboy f Colorado, and( it was bult a short tijne efore lie convinced everyone that his name vas5 well applied. Ho whistled 01n landing. Ie whistled on introducing himself, Hoe vhist led while the other fellow was talking. Ie waa a perpetual whistler, H~e told his toryb y means of a whistle in a miner key. t was not a had whistle, by anly means. Vhat it hacked in musical p~athios'was made ip in shrill force. Th'le rhythmical swell of uls themes was not altogether accord(iing to hicoretic p~rinciples, but the abundance of rulls and cadences made up for my trivial lefect of that character. It was a great vhistle, and i some resp~ects a diabolical vhlistle. It-was a whistle which would at ract attention under all andl any circum tances. HIls story, as whistled, was ibrlef, b~ut >ointed and interesting. llis name was Dan N'. Rheed, and lie hie. traveled all ever these Jnited States. Hec had sailed the briny ceani, soared am'ong the little stars in a hal eon, tramped the broad prairie, and stood ff! the traini-coniductors ini the most app~rov dI manner. Twenty years were all that he muld hoast of, but during those years ho and compressed into lis own life the his ory and exp~erlene of twenty adventurers. le walked once f rome Galveston to Boston, vhistlng all the way, and was a newspaper ero for a brief period. Dmling this trip he vas clased by wolves, bitten by rattle nakes, frozen to death, an put in divers )lidewells as a vagrant. Iii 1876 ihe went o Washington to Lnterest shimself in the >ardon of a friend in jail for some offense >r oilier. He bearded Grant in -his 'on. [ie whistled forbhim. Ulysses was captuir ud at one. He deducted six mnonths from lio time of the whistler's friendg gave the rhistlor a five doller bill, and advised, him o visit and whistle to Gen. ' Butler. But lie whistling cowboy didn't take the bait. Lie engaged himself with som6 Brooklyn eoplo and whistled seconds ,to. Arbuekle's ~ornet, at concerts, for a while,. Talmage santed to capture him, but the bot want ~d to come west. Hie caine, and was .cap ured by como ranohmien at HugoCol His risit to.Qhicago is; easily- lea edThe dose of the ranch sent som tsttlm 1 ere in ~)arge of the whisther and anotr follo*4 0 other felqW fraathe ifa olali an He ~arrIed the retu4ltaqh gwel FOOD FOR TiOUGIT. Words are to actions only the sawdust of the club of Hercules. It is only for innocence that solitude can have anly charms. Creditors and poor relations never call at the right moment. No nrin ever yet looked 6m the'dark side of li'e wlthout finding it. " Manr.er Id one of the greatest engines of inluence over giveni to mani. - Flatteryis a false 'oln. which han cir culation only thirough our.vanity. t Consclence Is the voice of the eu1; tihe passioub are the voice of the bv-dy. Tihe longer I live the -more hssutbd I am that; most men live in mortal terror of themtselves, & . In tie pursuit of virtue exercisogives strength. The more we advaLQPetfe less fatigued we are. She that has no one to love or 6nst, has little to hope. Site wants-thrredi cal principal of happiness. Lift not a foot until you have .pre vlously learnedi the nature of the ground on which you ageto treadi Every saint is God's temple, and he who carries his temple about hhif may go to prwyer wheni he pleaseth. If I might control the literigte of tihe househoid, I would gidranht64fhe well being of the chudmh and $t'te. Gentility Is said to be eating tWiat with a silver fork when the butchdr is not paid. Hidden virtues are often despi d. iniasmauch as nothilg extols it la ur eyes. - Bodily enjoyment depends upon good iealth, and iealth depends upon tem ie ranmce.. , The miau who studies to be revenged only iniages to keep his own wounds No evil is insupliortable but tit which is accompanied with conscious ness of wrong. When people's feelings have got a deadly wound they can't be cured by favors. Knowledge will always predominate over ignorance, as mnan governs the other aitnials. There are few doors through which liberality, joined with. good humor, cannot Mid its way. A cross word is a little thing, but it has made many a man's destiny for good or for evil. 1)0 thy beat to honor God in the use of' this world's currency, but make .it not thy welth. It Is no,. doctrine, however scriptural, ur view s of truth, however enlightened, that saves ts, but our Lord' Jesui Christ. Show me te man who would not go fi01wPwr AYd 1. WIll initted there. The purest joy Is unspeakable; the mioet impressive prayer i silent; and the most solemn preacher at a funoral Is tihe silent one whose lips are cold. A legalist hears tite command, and looks to himuself for strength to obey it. An obedient believer looks at the corn omand by falt~b, and to God for strength. No man, or body of mn, can look slightingly on oulture; and no Chris tian Church can be healthy if its first thoughts are not for thie abindoned and the poor. Men inay live anidst enmities, but will not escape tihe enmity and pursuit of their own sin. . This shadow at thiir heels will not leave them, which means destruction. If you will calmly consider the ac tionis ot' some meen, you will be p~erSU aided they are morally insane, so utter ly uinconiscious do they appear that they aredoing wrong. Our passions act as the winds, which propel the vessel;. our reason is thto p1 Iot that steers hieu. Withtout the windb, she would not move, wi~thout thie pilo$, site wouid be lost. They whio are ignoranitly devoted $o lte mere ceremoniies of religion nare f 1 lesi into thick darkness; belt lhdie'. in still thicker gloom who are solely attached to fruitless speculationig. If the :nlind, which rules., the body, ever so far forgets itself as to trqtmge upon Its slave, the slave never forgets or forgives thte injury, but at some tim'eb, will rise atid smite Its oppressor.; Such as are still observing upon oth ers are like- those who are .always abroad at othber mon'g hiouses, reform ing everything there, while his ovyn runs to rui'ha. All animals, w'hon in health1 de ihi! -gratifieation fromn 'thie food 'and md -agreeable, to them. But the tixails .highest eojpyyments are intellectual and abiritual. Me'' native dlspositions ,pge igg t distitictly perceived whilst ~the~ a e children' and wheh rthey are dyig-a the sun is best seen at- lisrisinir and his seti~ig. ,. Mien or great~ partp)ge .g9tenl ,wfp - tunmate ini the m angjnnt of ubI business, becatise' theoyaie apt t6 o'd of the commol i load by.th~e quni s of their iuagination. ' -- '. t lsea (Iiuty to contend earnestlyt19r thme faith," It is, howaover,,vqry faer froh beong a drty to fight every soarq crowv ai~d 'ombal'd -eohr spectral 44 that ohitnoos to ajipear. & ' The voice'of Paganismn is tho lainti44 ' or ihepassioniate bitery of the'p166:* The.vpioe o,'ristianity Is; t1~; ylasi .ance of the )erpr er the tU simp song of the deve . Kf'ndnesA saito linoWf99 eret fetantin of joy In thle 84tl1I it ca oc ihuereVealing .its 16. cahity. and cause $o ser4 its .wa trs p-u ward andi overfio~yIp~at 'ihit'amdithn ws .t~t