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.'0 TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., DECEMB 'ER 18, 1879. V FI4WERB OF MRMORY. Th.q drifted ziowhidfol4iugi deeo old W)Ot, tso'ont s'bai bripg; Our Elainty flowers shall go to sleep, And will not wake till spring. Tio soft blue sky ho'll turn to gray, The blossoma mako to fall, Then shall be steal theun quite away And we forget them.)t Nay! even tho' his touch shall bring The frost. and chill, and snow, In meinory, still, the b rds shall sing, Atnd still the flowores blow. TIe purple Pansies, one by one, . BSM lift thor'ffairant lieadi, An.1 cooled by ria n. and lkased by sun, sh ill light the gardou-beds. The summer sunlight , tilliastall'stream, Th losos deeper glow. Tit wt n aiturtlunis brightly besag, And fainting broeizs-blow. The Tulips still shall plant their ilrea, Tho' winter wtndis are high What lo ing heart of beauty tires In memory laid by? LADY MARGERlY.' Isidor Vignaux I" Lady Margery's hand trembled slightly, and her face grow color less; but sh j did not glance up .froin her eseritoire where she was writing Invitations upon satiny, perfumed note-sheets, bearing the gilded crest of the honorable house of Edes. "Who is he, in y d9ark' she qp4tloned carelessly'ofb i' indolctt, Saxonfair liu band who lounged near, smoking fragrant cigerettes. "A rather nice sort of fellow, Margery; French, and not very young, you know. I met him on the Continent last seasoti. "But is not 'ori list'fuhll enough, Garnier? Of - ourse, I will invite him if you wish, but do you think it well to ask people hei-', about whom we know so little, now that 111r1. i "Is a-baby yet," laughingly Interrupted her husband. , "Why, Margery, the girl will not be out for several seasons; so do not commence to .worry your head about settlembntofsr hidr. 8 As for 'his YigpatpA lie cares more for a quiet game of ecario than for any piuk-faced girl in Chlisten dom. Not that I'm so-partloular about in viting him only lie is .staying with Creigh ton, aknd I can scarcoly avoid. it." "Very well; as you say, of course," re. joined Igdy Edos,7giin1y;ijt'ahnjgt'd ez cite thb 'curl fty of'her husband by too pointed,an, exhibitlon of i dislikeoltot. this stranger's coming. "Though, what are-the addi?' ohe er claimed, passionately,: daligg ' down 'hdr pen when Lord 1'des kla4 16ft th. rooni, "What have I to liop from .sidor when once lie comes here and recognises mei And yet a reprieve ever so slight, Is like a spar to a drowning wretch." Again the lady's jeweled hand moved rapidly to ,ud fro over the paper. Bht when she had completed the note- -which summoned to her home the man who had the power to dtaolate, she arose and paced the floor In-an agony of dread and despair. , Yet an hour later, when she sat at . lun.. cheon with the few guests already assent bled, there was no trace upon her' haughty face of the seciet bitied in her: heart; no more than when she 'tiood; hanisohiie, cold, and proud, before the stranger her husband introduced with such - carelds' pleasant freedom-- , . . - * "Lady Edles, allow me. - Mddsicur Vig nmaux. I have ledged myself tothi~n hin omu; one of the bes,t cross-fild .rlders In ~he district." rt "Ah, rmaeiti, tord des has ,beei prm isinit me all i anner ofsports anl plo sures, but e ias ot inlted tinghsaf. What deight, itea6d, 'couldeompare witps being the guest of so charming a hostess?" and the Frenchman bowed gallantly. Yet not the moat observant wstehpr could have detected that these two had shot -be fore.-- 7 . - -~A Only LadyMarg'ery know that these keen brillianti e'yes hold a sneering codselousnehss whthinatheir'.dbpth of d'aswhen their owner - had not been wont to greet Garnier Edes's wife as he greeted her now. .But shid did' og htf jbff~re t la bry/ sciousudes. No matter that the cloud overshadowing her grew blacker and more threatening ; she would meet her fate proud to the last. And this haughty spirit 'Iuido)r Yigtiht admired. Knowing to the full his power over this woman lie liked to feel how lie oould torture her;i how utterly from her high and hitherto happy position be could disthrono and de -grade her, tioa an ed'#t~h6 bringing in of the dessert, a fairy figure, with eyes blue as a sunshiny sky, - flit1 1.to the room. -"Ah, ahi, shie loyes, this eAoreur is child itas hk iiI 6 2i,21 i l IA ipyut~ tl btut not' to be compared to her dark,p *pasaonate self." Yet Yignaux keopt his gaze upon Miriam and r0jistored e vow co~\cuaing he. 1?c Ady Ndds A~tiih~ s h ghts? he F a i ed'O asi , 'noted the fait, ZI was i high favor with the gaots 4d enjod the spirits. It seemsed that' he cotdwl eipnse And Lady Edes? She endured liot tho slightest bete o p. Vignaux coun f<not _cve .Atlhat.she writhed under his hdt exalted or insinuat iug complements And who should guess, who could know of the bitter night vigils she kept, when she stole softly froim her dress'ng room to shed hothcar,.hslen tears at Miriam's bedside, or to bend above her husband's unconselons form in an agony of deathless and dreading love ? But still the blow that she expected had not fallen, though the guests were prepar Ing to 'ay fdretell to-thbli noble' hosts. Sometimes Margery drew her breath In a sudden spasi of hope. Perhaps Vignaux meant to spare her. 3.t whet shq wps dre foN dinner the last day 6f the rnh s tay, and came out Into the upper corridor; she was un deceived. Vignaux adva;ced to meet her. "I will see you in the billiard-tooi while the gentlemen are tI)J a table," he whis pered wlh e y oepp, as they were jin,'bg t Lady Edes marvelled how she lived through that dinner hour, though hors was the most brilliant repartee, the readiest laughter. But Vignaux siw the unutterable woo that dilated her eyes as her glance, while Icavinuthi rooii'r ttdgupof her1Ebffisand's face. - en imibutes a1n'see stepj Aito the billiard-room and found her enemy await iIng her.. "Pray be seated, Lady Edes," he said, gallantly, as she stopped, haughtily, a few steps from him. 'i She threw lier head back pr6udly. "No need, Mr; our itirview must be 3 brief.? "For fear that you will be discovered here ? It would hot .b' nearly so unpleas ant a fact as a certAibtrti th'ould f'veal. However, We will be quits conornilng that upon one condition, Margery. "bame It." want to iliarr.1or ea' daughter, "H1er forty thousand a year," suggested Lady Edes, heornfail3f. "Of courso 1 like the monby: but let me toll you a truth, my ldek eyed! beauty. I could rcnoune'ltJfOr y'our sweot-sake*; but a { lc.0 you will not come-bah I you idol- t Ize that fair effeminate husband of yours-so c I will make a second choice and marry the pretty Miriam." "You never shall I" > Lady Ifes fce Tya6s full, now, of con dentratcd$oaslon, F'. 'No ?" said Vignaux, with tantalising coolness. "Perhaps you are not. aware that despite your little precautions, I have seen a the girl daily since I came; that sheis mine,' soul and body, by right of the most pas Bionatd and abandonqd- love; thati iko a rashiind pirecipitate' Argery Vare, we Mrce c know she:Is ready'to eh6tinbe friends and t the world for my sikb." Lady Edes rcgatded him for 'a midute in silehthorror. G t She did inot dotli$tthe 'man's -nasertions. She knew him-Capable of-deadly'fascina-I tidn and diabolical duplicit t 91 will saveIiii onifmda dud fro t herself I" aliecIled;"i''a td.. " ~ .' "But adhldt cost Ia'Hide i counted tht Itik if if too large a sum for you i po yy. 'Yod~t ljiirf about my marrla'go a ' toll you l'ndvid/ w'l ? I wouftlsoonerI kill hoi.Vtth my oni and' tlin' seo her 'N nsnsort o not ait tlmf In heroics. Ilow wilt yotu hel, 'you.rsel~?' '' 'O 4vll tellii 1us'ht~b a' th& trigh-r' ~ how a wid, romaitn, au tpued' again'st school gir -Wes:coa*e fio.m 'her- convent - IIdMQanA into i lpied inara $14than uves'turer and' gaqplWer r''etw he 3~ ad mande. away,.witty pp'ini fortupie, he I discovered to her his- true character and-the ~ deetop afrpiea~ her, pnd-' "B~ah I Tell what youhlike!.Aleip.Llgh *4 that you acknowledge that mucjt qf your1 past 2 I will add to It how readily you came r thero t flw d 1ce lme o ty .alousofo ii girl of high degree whom I wished to. make my w'fe ; how you interfered with that marriage, and fearful of* my vengeancet geuI d a fls,spaieo and character and anl 0teproud position of .ady Edes' Think you your noble husband will; sver forgive you the deceit which allied hIs high name with your disgrace ? That lhe will -t take back to his arms the whilom adven bureess t" Ah yoO nsb d te II yet you can hesitate to buy your present higu1 position at the cost of wedding to me that pretty pink-faced creature, who is none of yours'I" ilnot see her wronged. -Go your way -do your worst-but you shall not tempt me" 4 " giv you until to-mor w'd aw. to re a %~I'e tory of youl- past ; and it Is only thiat I have yet 1 a'ttlp4 pgoring fanoy for you that I offer 1 you the oliance to buy my silence." 8'9' halI 14lIxIn theo ier temper had been listened to, she paced he floor in intense excitement. 'WeAlth, position, honor, love, heaven!i 'o forfeit thom all when I can purchase dience. Why should not I save myself? lidw can I be degraded in Garnier's eyes? DhbGarnier, GarnierI God :alonoe.knows tow I love you-that I believed the intensity f niy passion could atone for my allende to onx regarding the past.' We have beei very iappy, Garnier. Can I give you up?" Oh,.tie blitorness of that struggle between *ight adawrong.!. Rut, at the last pure, heroic, self renunci riug love saved Margery Edes from yield ng to evil. "She is yo.a child, Gsrnier," she said, it length. "I will never sacrilleo her, I )romnig lovO, r 1P ny. owil, atid I will -ych6Ildtj ihd 'm.iyslf.' I will let her >O four all. When you read the truth, md know how I have cured for you. and hat I shoso to give my lifo for hor,. and for rour honor, you must- at least remember me )ltyingly.. And with white, set face Lady Edes ought her own roooni, That night she dismissed her maid and at writing till late. Then she donned a ood and long mantel, and so attired crept oftly to the corridor. But the gaunt form of her elderly servant n6t hdr there, and pushed herback, motion hgi 'Lithidblfted,. wrmnig Anger, -and ollowlig .io' tho dimuly-lighted boudoir. "Take off thqse raps, my lady," 'the wo nan Nilspered. 'You need not sacriflce 04649 h, rtir vibtlm' to .the ,treichery nmi diho- 1f the n who lies in yon loi'clianbie. You are very brte,imy dear. IVon D/ct I -worship-you,I hato shim oT have SPred you I I heard his threats 'oahave hen'slnned against ;but my lord hall'never know. Be halpy. Isidor Vig Ao,\e &dead. I was his wife, his truewife, rears ao; , Ie cast me off and took my hild fromumd;- he alofe knowstv.wbat fate to.,qqnaifdd t. When I found he held the at 4i hi liAsise in h's hamis, and that you rould' sacriflde yoursolf, but pot my lord or is ejld,I s4Id, I will save her. Isidor de. rves nothing at my hands. . I have left a ote at his side sying who I ani and that I tid'the deed. For the rest, your safety Is nyour o*n hands." ,,The strange, woman stole from the room, uid es'caped the rrasp of the law when all bi country side was ringing with accounts f tho.tragedy. -And, Lady Margery Edes breathed a rateful prayer that slwe had been so strange v but awfully saved from tenptation and leath. Vatshitngton's Pow. Christ Church, 'in Alexandria, Va., some ix miles below Washington, is an object of imch interest. It was coinpleted in 1778, aling the place of a chapol that could not ave possessed much elegance, as it sold for 7. 10s. The year prior to leaving the hapel Colonel George Washington, then h[rty-three years of age, was chosen one if the vestrymen. I is name is aflxed to lie contracts for the new chnrch, which or minuteness of specification would serve . a model for modern building committees. ames Parsons agreed to build the church oe ?600. 'The shingles were to be of he best juniper, three-fourths of an inch hick, eghtoen inches thick, and to show ix inches." The. mortar for the outside ralls, which were of brick, was to be two llirdls ihne and one..third sand ; tihe mortar or the inside walls was to be one-half lime ud one-half sand. "The arches and p~edi ients to be ini the Tuscan order. Tlhe altar blce, - pulpit and canopy to be Ionic." hit it appears that contractors even in those avly days had some of the failings of mod rn time. James Parsons failed to fulfill ip contract, and the vestry mande an agree ment wvith Col. John Carhyle for the addit >aal sum of ?820 to. complete tihe work. hii the 27th of February, 1878, the church caving been formally delivered to the yes ry, ten of the pews were offered for s.m!o. 'ow. No. 5 was purchased by General Vashmngton for . ?86, 10, the highest price 'aid. The pews were sqnare, with seats a three sides and the back nearly as high s the head of the occupant. But in 1816 na;11817 sme of the old square pews wer e 1viddnd the idmainder, in 1821, Wash agton's among the rest,. but In 1837 it was estored to its forangr shape. It was again ivided, but soon restored to its original ormn and so still remains. In 1804, George Vahilngton Parke Custis, Mrs. Washing on's grandson, .wh~om Geoneral WVashinigton dopted, presented to th'e lidrish 3Viallhing on's Bible, published In 1772 'nd now in so on the altar. The building has been Little by little remnodelled to suit the modern austes. The old pow of Washington le al owed to retain its oriu:inal shape, except hie back is lowered like the rest. Visitors odlexqu'dria ge in large'numbbi-s to attend inday motnlng.services at Christ Church, ud sit in the pew where Wsshington wor hipped.__________ * %.)=tensive *Ie F'arm. the village oheeton, Ontario, Janm da, there is eq ~farm which is prob 1M1i 6d 'ot the, 1h 3s xtenstvo and suie. . ithinaof tit kind i h ok.I dh Ihs btf iu bo-yafd.e itudted at the ~ngle of a square,inile of country. 'The Syar, sofar, has gyov,cd ,favorable )d0be. 6t'hiey fri"%20 stodka of bpbe. rho hives used aure QbIQog pin~eiwood b~xos, ha cubi~ cea ty Q8,240 in. tite in eet io eld for thie.yr F0 000 lbhiof honey foihIs '19, QOdo ittle worker4, In whli daoe he 'weh nt etween *7,000 and$10,000 for the yoar'i iodtiit, 4ihidut 'rtalh fnto rtdede1ij the ate'! of swauMs Gi of aiol bois lul tatonienfe#hish *e fide :h0 Affe la o thwotent'beingidgeod year for),di lees net afree' with4 some 4fatonns A Monster Seripent. One of the most intrepid wild beast taners in Europe, Karolyi, a Magyar of colossal stature and ex traordinary physical at rength, has recently fallen a victim to a dread con tingency of .his perilous. profession.. 1He was performinug before a crowded audience at Madrid, the other day. ove of his most sensational feats, which consisted in Ullow lug a huge boa constrictor, Qver twenty feet In length, to enfold his bpdy in its tre mendous coils, when suddenly a piercing cry escaped him,'which waogrcoted by the public with a round of applause, under the supposition that its utteranqe constituted a part of the porformance. It proved, how ever, to be the outcome of a strong man's death agony. The gigantic snakehad tight ened its coils and crushed poor Karolyl's life out of him with one terrific squeeze. As his head fell back and his eyes became fixed in a glassy state, the. plaudlits (lied away and were succeeded by the stillness of utter consternation. The snake and Its lifeless victim swayed for a second or two of inexpressible horror, and then toppled over on the boards of the stage; but the boa did not in the lerit relinquish his grip upon the corpse. which remained 'for more than an hour Imprisoned in its hideous r thraldon, nobody dsring to approach the lithe monster, of whose powers such ap paling proof had been given. At length it occurred to one of Karolyi's attendants to place a bowl of milk In a cage within sight of the mighty serpent, which slowly a unwound itself from the dead body and glided into its den, irresistibly attracted thereto by its favorite dainty, A post c mortem examination of the unfortunate athlete's remains discovered no fewer than eighty-seven fractures of ila bones, effected by the constriction of the 4erpent's coils. r ills death must have been Instantaneous, as the spine was disarticula'e~d in several places. a Tite tuman Ctr. c a The Internal ear is a wonderland, a dim- u inutive one, it is true, but really great-as tonishingly great in Its very littleness--a fairy land, full of the realizationsof dreams to be found In oriental story. In a space of less than one-half of a cubic inch, ex cavated out of the petrous portion of the e temporki bone, there are to' be found curt osities which the finest museum in the world can't afford. In the vestibule are r iniulati e lakes; here, with pebbly otoconia h or otolothes bathed In its depth, there, with a whole forests of hair-like rods, looking like c clusters of reeds, growing in the shallow t' water of some pond, while the whole Is al- a most constantly tremulous with wavelets of h sound transmitted from the objective world b without to the subjective world within. Hero in one place are to be found peculiar r winding canals, each swelling at one ex tremity into strange, vase-like dilations, or 8 amipull. while In another. hangs a chain h of minute bones, curious caricatures of d familiar objects, all uniteditogether by the a smallest ligaments, and moved by muscles N ao tiny 6ko ek. 441 4 ivgy w hi fr? than a single grain. [lere, in a recess o the bony cave, stands a wonderful small shell tower, with several palrd of spiral v stairs, or scaim, leading from the hisse, ' around a modiclous of bone to the helico. b tremus sum mit. Nor does this tower lack 11 for rooms or windows or doors. 11erc, P within a peculiar spiral rooms, with a bony " ledge for a floor, the bastlar membrano fo. t a carpet, and the membra tectoria for the fl ceiling, we find the most minute, and yet d one of the most exquisitely formed, musicat t instruments in all the world-a- veritable harp or piano, with no less than three thousand strings, so wonderfully formed, 1 so delibately adjusted, that It trembles In tl responsive action to the slightest sound- b now vibrating with tremulous delight as the 81 incoming waves of sweet and delicious 1 music float over its strings; tIen grating tA with tremulous disgust ait the passage of J) hard and discordant noise. Ever faithful V and true to its trust, It imnitates perfectly f every sound which comes to It 'frm the d outside world. Beneath the sounding a bpard of this delicate little Instrument as a h nervous arrangement, which far outrivals nI the powers of the celebrated telepihone. Hlere innumerable pearl-white threads or V filaments, attached to the harp string or 5 corsican fibers, Loar onward i:a some mys- a terious manner, all the music of the instru- a ments above, In all its original accuracy ~ and distinctness, with all Its variations in 5 pitch and quality, and here by a process, 0 imitaf.ed in the phonograph, -the, mnusic is n sealed up, and properly labeled, tind stored a' away in some one of the accre~t recesses of 'I the brain, to reappear again, it may e scores of years thereafter. be C Death of Capt. s~il.c TFhe solemn session of Admiralty, was f th~at which met at the Old Bailey, in Miay C 1001,. when Capt. Kidd and nine others I were arraigned for piracy .and robbery on the high seas. All were found guilty ox- I cept three, who were proved to have been 1. ap~prentices. Kidd was also tried for the t: mtarder of his gunner and found1 gulty. a All the other men pleaded variousl i and two of themi had undoubted ly surrendered themselves wIthin the tinzo y limited by the proclamatIon. Col. Pas*, a the Governor 'of West Jersey (now the a State of New Jersey,' adjoining that of r liew York), corroborated tIlls statetnent. fr was shown that they had not surrendered to d-comumisson of four specially sout. ot for tihe pi~ryose, anid' they were condemned 'to die. -This wva, as far as the.writ~r can q jude, abhad &ase. Aniother 'seaman. A DArby'Mullins, saId in his defence that he c ~sofed under, the King's comissignf and 1, 'had no right to disobey any cormmands of E his supetior 6filcer;' that in 'fact, tpe men91 C Were noted llowed to questiltehial author- e *fiya bebatise it would destroy all disejlilo; I atid that evenT if -utlawfiul acts weri com..- : nitted, the officers kere the' pe'rsons to I answer for it-notthe men. lHe was an-: t swered that serving as lhe. did, only gtipled I ,iiunit6 dotht wheh 4m lawful. 'He re- -a plied that'the date of 4 eamg~n nmust bO bad a Indedif e-were punished Ip both css foi- obegini'ndnffor notoldbeyb his~oflesrs c s,'il that If, ;i Wei' allowd~s dbishiit6 his. ',rior'g ~ theid wo' r e ho'such < t 4nas nld oil thW ~1 s4%.~ This y 'Ieiibue'defne availed hit noliing 12e j had takedi a blidto d tlie gintkler, and )hnd < tnutiplepoiligg ttregard 4t the coin. mnissid 'mfttpet h*.d acted~ in accetd. e aide 'wit thedutetorndof pirates and te. 4 booters. The jus brug aim IngiI1{ty witlitshe ret. KIdd's 4:oce 9 no'I inasated thth h4a Mutf, . a ad no occasion, being then in good circum tances, to go a-pirating; that the men md frequently mutinied; that he had boon breatened in his own cabin, and that nine y-flve deserted him at one time and set Ire to his boat, so that lie disabled from iInging his ship home, or the prizes he ook, to have them regularly condemned, which prizes, he said, were taken under tirtne of his commission, they having ?rcneli passes (false). A witness, Col. lowson, spoke highly of his previous rep itation for bravery. 8o much of his own tatement was doubtful or false that lie was ound guilty. When the Judge put on the >iack cap Kidd stood up and said: "My ord, It is a very hard sentence. For my )art, I am the most innocent person of hem all, and have been sworn against by >erjured persons." A week after the lodies of Kidd and six of his mien were een by the passers-by on the river, hang ng high, suspended by chains, a warning specially to the seamen of and entering he port of London not to turn pirates. A Story of the Farm. Fifteen years ago there was a certain amily of plain farmer folks working on ented laud in one of the central counties orth of Sau Francisco bay, and having een fortunate in obtaining one or two very ood crops in seasons when the most of the tute wis a failure, they had perhaps ten r twelve thousand dollars in cash, teams ud implements. At this juncture the head of the family, ing of the restless western type, con luded that it was advisable to make money mater. So halpening to travel across the wer San Joaquini in early spring of a wet esen, he was charmed, and forthwith ented, for a term of years, a large tract of ind in that valley paying cash rent. There ras a good crop the"lrst yeai, but three uccessive failures followed. Then a half rop came, and more failures. Hoping gaint hope, they stayed, unable to leave, nwilling to acknowledge a mistake, until very dollar was gone. This was in 1871, the process of losing 11 they had having taken seven years. 'here were five children, the oldest a girl apable of teaching school, three boys old nough to earn men's wages, and a little Irl. The oldest daughter obtained a school ian adjoining county, and made regular nmittancea home. The boys sought work, ut everything in the neighborhood was at stand.still. The father, upon whom suc essive misfortunes had told heavily, went > the nearest town and sold his rifle, saddle ad sone long-treasured valuables. Then, arnessing up their only team, they left the arrcn place, called by courtesy a inrm. Night after night, as they sat &bout the )>riug camp-fire, they asked each other, 'What shall we do ?" At last the mother ?oke, witn a woian's keen home-love and miging, as one night they camped In the ry bed of a stream, near a shaggy peak, bove a valley of fertile farin; "We are randering without a motive," she said. Let us work. nd win and beein ,P-1t1VjL1eie dututuifitu r plan. The next morning they went Into a large alley town where they had acquaintances. Vithin a week the father and the three oys were at work in the harvest field; the iother became househoper in a wealthy imily, where she kept the youngest child 'Ith her; the oldest daughter was still aching at increased salary. A family irm company was organized, it being un erstood that every possible dollar went )ward the one purpose of buying a home rhich all should own. This was the iother's plan, and its effect was marvel >us. It made men of the boys; it made ie father forget his former losses; It rightened the wnole outlook. Every cent ived was deposited where it drew interest. efore long, some leading gentlemen of the >wn became Interested in the home-buying Ian, of whinh they liad heard, arnd did rhiat: they could to procure steady work yr the familly. This, however, was sel em needed, for their steadiness and nxiety to earn their wages were reumarka le, and they were soon in constant do and. At thme end of the first year the home urehasing company made a creditable iowing. The daughter, teaching at $00 mlonthl, had sent $400. The~4 three sons nd their father had averaged $80 a month ple'co beside. their .board, and they had pent nothing they could help, so that 1,200 represented tneir pile; while tile other added $150. These three items ggregate together with the interest, $1,808. 'lie beginning was made. Four years of steady, uncomplaining toil allowed. In 1876 their accumulations, omipounded semi-annually at seven per ontumn, amounted to $9,880.72. It would ave been more but for seine slckness in the lnmily, They then chose a quarter section f good fertile land lying north of Ban 'rancisco Bay, in one of the Coast IRange alleys. The prIce was $60 an acre, or .9,600 in all. They paid $0,000 down, ought teams, moved on the place, paid me balance in one year from crops and out ide work, andi are making it one of the rettiest farms in thlat whole region.. This is a truthful account of how a farm ras lost and another gained in its place by plucky American family, whose idea of " home-buying company" ought to be oimembered. A Itetto of the Fast. At Gazs, on the 6th ult., an Arab was uarrying stone at a place about four and a alf miles distant from the town, and uin arthed a niarble figure of a man. The fol awing are the dimensions given by an Arab ye witness,'namely: "Three feet from top f head to end of board; 27 Inches froin ar tio car; from top of torchead to mouth, 81 inne; from shoulder to shoulder, 54 aches; Z rom crown of head to waist, 81 aches; and 04 inohes tihe circumference. of he neck ; the total height 1. 15 feet. The 6ir hangs id long ringlets down upon' the houlders, and the beard is long, Indicating wman of venerable age. The righmt arm Is iokon in half, while the loft arm is crose ver' the breast to thib rIgh shoulder, wher6 ho hand Is hidden bythe drapery of a loak covering tihe shoulders." There is to inscription eitheon the figure or on the edestal, and the latter 1s: a hug block, arved sIn one piece with the go. It was Duod in a recumbent position buried In the and upou, the top of a hill hear the sea, vidently removed from its original sie rhich is unknowni is estimated weight 5 12,000 pouinds. :'1 Tan nhaisnian had -a good~I en he e f% A Ulnssian Legend. There was once a young Russian princ who was as cruel as Russian princes alon can .be. Ile made nothing of insultinj and abusing any one; he woulI ruthlessl, lead the chase across the fields of youni corn which Were the peasants only hope) o subsisencee, and make nothing of tramplinj down women, feeble old men or childrei if they were in his way. On one occasion, being more than half intoxicated, lie saw a beautiful chld play in the road before the door of a poor peas ant's hut, and rode deliberately over It, an( when its mother with frantic cries rushe( foril and lifted it from the ground. It wa quite dead. The poor woman's grief wa so great, tile dead child was so beautiful and the wrath of those who witnessed the scene was so intense, that even the cruel prince could not be quite indifferent t( what he had done. Having watched the woman for a while lie drew his purse from his pocket and rode toward her. " Ilore," said he. dropping it Into her ]al), "here is money enough to make you rich amoug other peasants. Doubtless you have more children, or will have. They are always plenty, one more or less, what does it matter? See, now, you are rich stop crying." But as lie spoke, the woman lifted the purse in her hand and filung it in his face. "Take back your blood noney," she said. "My child was worth more to ie thian all the gold In Russia. But listen, Insolent prince. A poor peasant woman can do no harm, but she can see . the harm that is .oling, My mother was a wise woman, I also can see into eternity. The horse that has been the death of my child will be the cause of yours cre long. Yes, lie will rid the world of you-thank heaven. It is written. I read it. Go, and leave ine with myl dead." As the woman spoke the prince turned pale. lie was very superal.icious, and tihe belief im prophecy wts strong in those days Without making an answer, he rode away, His followers at his bidding scattered the contents of his purse amongst the crowd, who at once chamnred their curses into cheers, and the broken hearted woman was left alone. As for the prince, he rode home as fast as he could, and so great was the impres sion made by the words the poor peasant mother had uttered, that HiE at once ordered lia horse, a great favorite, of which lie hiad been fonder than lie ever was of any living human being, to he sent away to a distant portion of the country. The ani mual was to be cared for as though it were a were a human being; a house was to be built for him and lie was to be closely con fined therein, if he, the prince, himself, over visited that country. Of course these orders were strictly obeyed. The favorite steed went into a sort of royal exile, and the prince used to ride other horses, when lie trampled down other peasants' corn. People remembered the prophecy,' how ever, and many secretly hoped for its ful flienmE.. The lmaDDv nother had the reptifui u i an cya, "t .....a a i.. lieved in by those of her natiou. However, time passed on. A year went by-two-three-four. Tho fifth came. During all time the prince had heard no tidings of his banished favoritc. At last lie inquired about him and heard that lie had been dead for a long while. Laziness and overfeeding had killed hin "So cried the prince, "lie will not be my death at least! A dead horse can kill no body." And then, as though the creature were an enemy who had been thwarted in some evil intent, the desire to see lia dead body and triumph over it, seized upon his inas ter. Attended by a great train, lie set out for the place where the horse had lived and died. The remnains had been laid, with re spect ini a sort of tomb built for the pur pose. "Let me see them," cried the price. Ihis word was law. The tomb wvas open edl. Only the skeleton of the poor beast remained, but inside this the prince stood wvith an absurd look of triumph upon Is couniteinance. "So!" cried lhe. "You were to be my death; were you? Ah, al you cannot run away with ime now nor~ throw me. See how quietly you allow 1m1 to kick youl" As he spoke lie bestowed upon the skull of the dead hnimal a disdaiinful kick. But on the instant, his laughtor turned into a cry of anguish, an~d his couriers saw him writhing oil the ground in agonly; close about his legs was twistcd a black and hid eons object with fierce eyes and darting head. It was a veinomnous serp~ent which had c0o10(1 itself with~n the hollow of the skull of the dlead horse, and wvhich kick the prInce had given aroused to wrath. The sting proved deadly. In a few hoonrs the prince was dead. They bore him home to be buried in the tomib of his fathers. No one grievedl for 1h1im; and at her door stood the peasamit whose prophecy had been ful filldd. Other childreni now played at hier knee, but she had not forgot her murdered little one. rubmi Lands. The annual reorit ofileh general lanid of fice shows that durinmg the past fiscal year 9,838,000 acres of public lands wore dis posed of; 6,485,000 surveyed, in addition to 784,591,000 previously surve'yed. TIheo to tal number of acres of the public domain still unsurvoyed Is 1,081,000,000. Dis posals wore made- as follows: Homestead entrjeg; 5,260,000 acres; timber culiture on tries, 2,706,000; cash entrIes, 622,000; grants to railroahs, 278,000; swamp lands,' patented to states, 75,000; other grants to states. 186,000' acres. 'rlhe amount sur veod.the last fiscal year exceeds by 415, 000 acres the total surveyed the previous year,.while the report shows a falling offof 773,000 acres In cash saled, state selections, scrip locations and land i patent' d for'ral road grants.' The increase in area taken lip by settlers under the homestead and timber culture laws bas been sufficient not only to couterb1alanhce this falling off,;but to make the aggregate disposals for the year greakr by 887,000 ace. thzai for the proviueuyeaf. Theineregso in hotheatedintrls wts 84S. 000 acres, in timber cultjuro entries, M*0j 000. Owing to the existing la~weaort i disposal of publ lands for horheatead'nc timber culttire it Is showni thatdbig(4 last yoar, with a diser posal of land there oro recelt4fr all sonacet $ 888,00 less lgy $19000 than ti ~iu~ recelvo the provo1!4 Its of coal and It~o ii h t jit The Ttulineter at Sea. To ascertain the relation of the tasimeter to the detection of icebergs at a distance at sea a reporter called on Mr. Edison, the In. ventor of that instruinent, at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N. J. The renowned scientist was hard at work in a room od the floor of wh!ch were ranged benches and tables filled with scores of curious elec. trical implements and whose walls were lined with hundreds of vials of chemicals of all soi ts and descriptions. "Then its about the taslineter and not the electric light that you come to interview me ?" queried tne inventor, doubtingly, after the reporter had announced the object of his visit- The man of the pen repeated the announcement, and assured the man of science that the tasineter and that only should be the object of the interview. "I'm glad of that," said the inventor, with a sigh of reliet, as he seated himself on a huge volume on electricity that lay conveniently on a low wooden stand near by. "I thought you came about the light, but I'm not ready quite yet to undergo ex amination as to that." "Will the tasinieter indicate the approach of lcebergs at sea long betore there is dan ger of collision f" asked the reporter. "Certainty it will. It can be made so sensitive that it will detect and show the minutest variation in the temperature of the water. But for practical purposes on ships at sea such delicacy is not needed. It can be adjusted to meet the proper re quiremients. "How is it applied on ships ?" "It Is very simple. The tasimeter itself is a small histrunnrit placed in a little case atbout a foot long, and attached to the ves. sel so as to be under water all the time. It is then connected by a wire with a couple of cells of battery and a galvanometer. The galvanometer can be in the wheel house, the captain's cabin, or anywhere else desired. At every change of the tempera ture the needle of the galvanometer de flects. The colder the water becomes the more deflection there will be. As a further precaution, at a certain temperature,which can be arranged to suit, the needle will cause a little bell to ring to warn the cap tain that danger is at hand." The inventor then explained In detail the construction of the tasimeter. Its descrip tion is briefly this: A thin strip of zinc is placed horizontally in a clamp at one end, with its. other end pressing lightly on a smtall carbon button. As heat expands and cold contracts the metal there will be more or less pressure upon the carbon button, ac cording as the temperature is hot or cold. Now, the property of the carbon button is such that when a current of electricity is passed through it the slightest change in the degree of pressure upon the carbon will vary the resistance which it offers to the passage of the electrical current so that the effect produced on the galvanometer in the captain's cabin (which is connected with the tashueter by wire, as before stated) will be commensurate with the degree of pressure produced on the carbon by the strJ;bM& IJAW46.u ,11ro VT1V'AAP1Aa ter to the galvanometer should be accident ally cut?" queried the reporter, after having copiously imbibed the scientific drught, 'how could the captain know it?" "No trouble about .tha,t," readily ro. sponded the inventor. "Any derangement of the apparatus, from whatever cause, would instantly be shown by the galvan omneter needle falling back to zero." "Then you think that the tasimeter would be infallible in foretelling the approach of icebergs?" "I certainly do," said the inventor, with emphasis. "And would an electric light also add to a ship's security I" "Most undoubtedly. A powerful elec tric light, it rays concentrated would 'light up the sea far ahead m the darkest night or densest fog and show the approach of any danger." At this point the delver in science arose from his book and resumed his labors 'by attaching a complicated net work of glass tubes, thiroughm some of whiek mercury was softly flowing, the apparatus, he oxplained, being one for obtaining vacuums for use in his incandescent system of lighting. .Anm Arkansas ftomanoe.. About twenty miles from Waldron, there lives an old man named Waynp. Aside from a hale, old style wife, there belongs to the family a beautiful girl, named Lulu. A few months ago, while the old man and4 lady: were away from home, a young Indi an named Wambo called at the house and asked for a drink'et' water. Luhd invited him into the house, where he remained in conversation for some time after he had re ceive]d the aqueous fluid, .The Indian had been well educated, and his handsome faceI and manly form immediately awakened an Lulu's' bosom a sentimental interest, while Wambo, was pierced, as though by an ar row of his own ancient fathers, with a tlirill of clove.., .11e pressed the maiden's hand when lie left, and said that he would ret - A week elapsed before the girl apfhim~ again. This time the old people 'were 'at ; home, -and, though the girl had not spoken .. to her parents in regard to the Indian, a * suspicIon, was immediately awakelp$ However, the Indian and the girl spk to Y each other sentimentally;C so much 6ti k ' an engagement of nirriage.was tho~ testl,~. the young Indian promismngto icome after the girl on the following ni i The gi . knew her father would bebtoo yope to the union, and warn~ded 'Iv~ ~x night, while the moon was shining' whl~ tlie foliage was waving,~ the feet ofy he lt. dian-brudhed the dw, from theigru& i' his shoulder be more 'i igh ladder ,?*' lag the ladder onthe grid, #e seen~d~ to a window and pee~e int6 a~rod .snothier instant he a6s tutabling 't e' groundLe The old'gentlean4 bo'!'K Wem pl t, ay1c, armpg rsl go~udl!)lldest the Ioebe Aua % bt I.