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j 'RI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINN1\SIIORO,0 S. C.X, JANUJARY'3 8O OLI.N.2 A STQRNf AT THE SEASHORE. Ae own along the jlobbly shore I wa'ohod the sea guile flying, Whila way off in the distant fore 'The westorna sun was dying. The ashen hue-flecked clouds o'erheai Swift through the air wont cleaving. Whilo ou the oceans piacid bod The waves began uphoaviug. Full soon tho ebon huo of night Began the sky o'eruroathing. And nature seemod filled with affrlght, Marked by her laborod breathing. Anon, bursts forth the doleful sound Te harbor's awful moaning; And earth, and sea, and sky-all 'round, With agony seem groaning. Quick through the pahl hung o'er the sky T lightning dart is flashing: Whilo 'gainst the beach,and rocks so bish, The waves are madly dashing. Mark! what sound breaks on the air! The thundor's loud c omplaining; While with a foro that comes but rare, In torrents now-'ts raining. The morinng mists begin to break On shore so whitely gleaming; While ocean's stormy crested wake With placid smiles Is beaming. Above, the sun pours down each ray Threugh cloudA of snowy whiteness; While here below a pe.afoot day Assures us of its brightneass. Minnie's Ruse. "H1eigho!'' sighed Mlinnie Arlin, "what a plague these fovers are ! Particularly if one is not quite certain whether they are enamored of one's self or one's fortune. I wish I knew-" And as she said this she gazed thoughtfully after the retreating form of a tall, gentlemanly looking young man, at that moment passing sloWly out of the gate in front of her father's mansion. Minnie vas not a beauty, as heroines usually are, but she possessed a sunny, gleeful temper, a warm heart and a well oultivated ind, which amply compensated for all deflicencles of form cnd face, so that among the truly discorning she found many and warm friends. As her father was very wealthy, niany suitors knelt at the feet of Minnie, who otierwise would have sought a lovelier bride. But to all she had given a kind but decided negative, until she lad met with Walter Roby, the visitor who had just bid her adieu. Ie was a young lawyer, who had recently come Into the village of Bcl mont, and who, possessing a handsome person, fascinating conversational powers and bland, agreeable manners, very soon won the confldence and good will of the people, and particularly of the ladles. lie did not at first, however, notice 3MInnie with much attention ; but itn the course of a few weeks ie seemed to be sud denly enamored and soon became very at tentive. Tihough Minnie was mnuch flattered by the apparent devotion of the "handsome law yer," yet she had a large share of that rare but important article-common sense; and as she suspected that this assiduity did not arise wholly from a love of her own rather plain self, she determined to prove her lover. H1e had this very day made her the offer of lia heart and hand, and hegged here in return ; but, Minnte had given him ti reply. 4 "Mr. Roby, I am not prepared to answer you immeiately. I uihali require at- least two weeks to reflect upon it.'' * lie was somewhtat daunted by this cool anege, to htis rather eloquent and ardent * ~ proposal, for heo deemed htis handsome pebrson irrealstible. 'He urged her tor a shorter'probation, but she would not re lent, only~ telling hima that if she decided be fore thte time had expired, she would In form htim. Minnie sat long in hter room that night devising some means to ascertain his real sentiments. Shte thtought if she were only handsome, site might rest assured hto loved her, and then she could return that love. -Sihe revolved many schemes, but none seem ed plaueible; and finally, when the bell * ehimed 12, she retired, resolving in thto morning to impart her trouble to hter father and implore his aid, for she was mothteriess. Morning J'.wned, and Minnie arose unre freshed and pale. As the breakfast, bell rung site greeted her father at thte loot of tite staircaso. iI ~ "What ails my birtlie this morning ?" he said, as Ito gave hetr his accustomed kiss. "i'll tell you after breakfast, papa," re plied Minnie. Accordingly, wvhen thte meal was finishted she t wined her arm withtin his, and accom.. panmed him to the parlor, where she unfold ed to htltn her sitspielous. plans, and hopes. Mimbioe' father was unot surprised Mr. Roby had applied to him to sanction his contemplated proposal to Minnie; and s Mr Arlin thoughtt him worthy, talented young man, he told him that "if Minnie consented, he would." "Don't be troubled, my daughter," said Mr. Arlin, when she htad concluded. "It would be strange if we could hot devise some means by which to ascertain what this yonng-lawydr is In love with. Heo then A unfolded his plan, and when they parted, Minnle'a face had resumed something of its * old looks of 'careless gayety.. 'rhe first week of Walter Roby's "banish ment'' (as h6 told her hec sliould call it))ad not passed, when it was rumoiod thtat Mii nie's Arlin htad entered thte sabop ci Mrs. Rhandly thettilliet as --an appiqntice,' and that yl4,4uphtjetdshpjh44 topliedi 'She did not Wish to be a burden upon lier father in his present cironistances." TI~here came that Mr. Arlin would be obliged to dispose of 1Ils handsome mansion and fine farm. Minnie continuedher- daily tasks at the milliner's shop until the two weeks had nearly expired. Two days before the time had elapsed ' l di-iatcied to her lover the following no: M. RoiY :-If you still entertain ite sentiments you professed at our last inter vicw, I will give you imy reply thisevening. Mmi. Amis. Walter had heard the rumors, and en deavored to ascertain the truth. lie trem. bled lost they were trure, fw* he felt that lie could not make Minnie Arlin, if poor, his bride. Ite was quite undecided what to do When he received Minno's note ; but he im mediately sallied forth, determined if pos sible, to satisfy hintmself as to the truth of tle rumior. Stopping in a house of a physician. with whom he was on terms of intimacy, he said, after a few moments' conversation: "What is it, doctor, about this affair of Mr. Arlin ? Is he really so reduced that Minnie Is obliged to become a shop girl?" ''Well," replied his friend, "I thought at first there must be some mistake, but I heard the old gentleman say this morning, when sonie one spoke of Minnie being so industrious, that Minnie Arlin would make see her father reduced to poverty and not some effort to assist him. So I presume there is some foundation for the reports. But, my dear fellow, Minnie bi a noble girl, without her property- although - she has not, so pretty a face as some young women." "Oh," replied lohy carelessly, "I hope you (o'nit think I'i committed there. I have bCee somewhat friendly with Minnie, it is trim ; but. nothiig serious, I assure you. No trouble about the heart,'' and he laughed ; "although," added he, 'I should regret exceedingly to have them meet with reverses." Ile soon after took his leave, and return ing to his office, seated himself at his writ. ing-desk and wrote, sealed and dispatched the following note My Dear Miss Arlin: During the time that has elapsed since I saw you last my feelings have become somewhat changed, or rather I have analyzed them more close ly, and I fear we can never be happy to getlier. I see now that I was somewhat premature in my proposal, though I still entertain the warmest feelings of regard and friendspip for you. Your cooly reply to my proposal led to suppose that your feelings were not much interested in my self-and perhaps it were beat for both that the affair should terminate here. I remain, most respectfully, your obe dient, servant, WALTEn Rony. Minni shed tears when she received this cool epistle, for she hoped, as maidens sometimes do, that her lover might "be tried in the balance and not found want ing." But brushing the tears away, she went to her father and handed him the note, saying: "Ahi, father, you've lost the handsome, accomplished young lawyer for a son-in law. He doesn't think your homely, poor Minnie can make him happy." Leaving the room, she caught -up her straw lint and went out to ramble In the woods to a favorite haunt, hoping the sweet influence of nature might soothe and calm her somewhat troubled spirits. The scene was lovely, for it was the sun set hour, and the dreamy golden light glanced down between the interlacing boughs upon the soft green moss, making dancing lights and shadows in every green wood path. Thme air was soft and balmy. No sound broke the stillness of the forest shades save the sighing, plaintive wvind harps, or the occasional carol qf a bird. Yielding to the lulling influence of the scene, Minnie seated heiself upon a falleni tree, and wa~s soon lost in reverie. In her musings, she thought how pleasant it wvould be to be loved for one's felf alone ; and a voice seemed whispering in her ear, with soft, thrilling tone, love's own cadence, and dark eyes were gazing into her own with tender, loving look. She had wvan dered thus far into love's fairy dlreamn-land, en tirly nuconscious of all around, when tihe crackling of a dry twig startled her, and she sprang up in alarm ; but a pailr of dlark eyes looked into her 'own, and afa miliar voice reassured her. She laughin' ly greeted the intruder, saying "Whsy, H~erbert, hoev you startled me l'' Ho smiled, and, advancing to greet her, replied: "I am sorry I frightened you-I (lid not think to find you here ; but you are lookinig pale, are you feint ?" and lie gazed at her with so much anxious solicittude that poor Minnie's equanimity was. entirely over. thrown, and sinking again upon her seat, she covered her face with her hands, and burst into tears. The feeling8 so long pent up, and the tears that had been gathering for several days, had at last found vent. Herbert; Clayton 'had grown up with Minnie from childhood. lie hiad always loved her, hut lie felt that a deep gulf . sep arated him, a poor widow's son, from the only child, of the wealthy Mr. Arlin, and, therefore;- he felt comfielled to "voralup from afar." He, too, liad heard the rumors of Mr. Arlin's losses, and hia supposed that this wpus the cause of Minnie's agitation. H~e could scarcely represq the, hope, sweet and feint though it was, that Minnie might now be his; but checking this feeling, lie seated himself by her sind to comfort and chmeer herif possible. Gradually she became calmi, and then she imparted to him the story otiloby. H~e was indignant at such baseness, and led on by his feelings, told Minnie of his love and hpe. is unselfishi aUfdtif tottoheqd.hor hlat Hero WM~ one 4YloveQVd'M, tori haerself; adiwas willing to takb her, even if poor. But the wound shoe)hgd rceoleI waq oo faeli to alloyv her o 0 nli aih arfos 1 i ohthni o & But that chance victory decided the fat of both. The more she thought of I lerbert disinterest offer the more his charactar ros in her estina' ion. Meantime, as she ha consented to receive him as a friend, h often visited her; and gradually esteem ft him rip~ened into love. One soft, sumner evening, llerbert vel tured to urge his suit. again, and this til Minnie, though embarrassed as before, di not say nay, but, returned a blushing answ( that filled his heart with joy. They lingere long amid the forest shades, and when the retinrned Ilerbert sought Mr. Arlii,- whil Mlinnie ran up to her room like a frightene deer. When IIerbert had confessed his suit, Mi Arlin, looking archly In his face, nmu reply: "Do you wish to make poor Mh nie Arlin y6ur bridge? Can you think taking a doworless wife ?" "Oh, yes," earnestly replied 1Herhert' should never have told of my love haI sl still been as in days gone by." The old gentleman smiled a occulil smile, and said, 'Yes, I lerbert, she is yom you are worthy of her; but I am glad, ft your sake and hers, that I am not so poc that she will be a portionless bride. Bt you must let Minnie tell you story." Minnie did tell him the story, and iet beit was unspeakably delighted at the ide that he had won the hand of the heiress c Mr. Arlin's wealth; but Minnie laugbingl told him that her poverty had lost hieir on lover and won her another. Iterbert wis also a lawyer; but bein poor and without influential friends, he ha many times been nearly discouraged; bi now he felt his heart become strong withi him, more because he had won the han, and heart lie had so long desired, than i the prospect of a portion of her father wealth. They were soon after married, and Mr Arhn's handsome mansion was thrown opei to the crowd of friends who gathered t< witness Minnije's wedding. Before the day arrived, however, th story of Minnie's ruse had becoie rumnore forth In the village; and Roby, findin hinself and his selfish principles too muel the topic of conversation, found it conven ient to leave Belmont for some other fiel of labor. The Two-Oeoan Pamm. Amid the other wonders of Yellowstonl Park, according to the tradition of man old trappers, it was reputed to have stream of considerable size, which divide near it source and flowed down both side of the water shed, thus discharging it waters into both the Atlantic and the Plac fie Oceans. In some maps of this district dating back to 1851, this most remarkabl geographical feature is noted, and Captail Reynold's Report of the Exploration o the Yellowstone, in 1868, alludes to it Somewhat later Captain J.anes, of th United States Engineers, gave a brief ac count of it. But the most circumstantia aceount is that just published by F. V Hayden, the geologist In charge of thl United States Geological and Gcographica Survey. During the last season lie pa'sse over this divide, making a careful study o it, and having a chart showing the exac character of the drainage, sketched on thl spot. The Two-Ocean Pass is locatei about longitude 110 deg., and latitude 4, deg. 05 nun. At the summit, not over 11 miles from the junction of the Atlan4. creek wvith the Upper Yellowstone river the elevation, 8081 feet. is not mote tha1 150 feet above the valley of the mal stream. The valley is at first quite nar row, but it gradually expands into n opetn grassy meadow, which near the pass he comes one-third of a mile in width, an< gradually closes up again into a Canon o: the Pacific shlpe. So obscure is hiere' thi drainage that the party of explorers, oi the nmght of October 3, 1878, encanipel within a quarter mile of the water divide but did not p~erceive it utntil they comn monced their march on the following niorn ing. The cotnditions were then found to b as follows:;-Theo summiit of the pass, for distance of about half a mnle, is so nearly level that a marsh Is formed, which in time of high water becomes a lake. A portloi of the waters from the surroutnding moun tains accumulates in the nmarshuy mecadows and gradually gravitates from either sida io two snmall streams-one of whie allows to the northeast, the other toward the southwest. On the east slt1e of tli divide there is a depressIon or gorg In th< mountain, which is occupied b a smnal stream; this, at the time of Mr. Hayden' visit, flowed In a well-marked chiannel to wvards the north-east, into Atlatic creek and constituted the 'l wo Ocean creek. A the base of the mountain side0 a smal stream rising from a spring is separated from this creek by a distance of not quit< six feet, and at the time of his visit thi distance was occupied by a small, dr: channel, which connected the spring witi the Two Ocean creek, and which showel that at times of high water a portion of th water that started down this latter brok< over the side Into the small stream from the sp)ring, and flowed thenc'e along nt< the Pacific. Lower down in the Twc Ocean Channel were also found t wo place where there are two old channels connecte< In time of high water with the ehanne from thme spring, showing tiiat even herot portion of the water that started clown th motuntain's elde0 for the Atlantle was di verted towvardls the Pacific. This is even more uncommon occurrence than tb simple separation of water on a divide, an: the entire series of phenomena as here mne with Is probably -without an exact paral le1. CzrntI.-Older la preserved in Nor mandy by. putting h alf a pInt of swee oil in the cask and pidging the:und Ithl Wht4 ,a .w.ad of cotton. The oIl bhen lileter does hot combiinei witl th ode,.bu'-formsa e thin covern. whtich prevents the oxygen of the gi corming iscontact with' it. The cottoi filep heai' enterig 'aupt"eIder I ta wii off, so that *o leti or. ur ties can pass. Older in botles shouild-b covered With a few tnhe.s ft eart whnich 1ceefthe eldert At An eub temoratareand pievents bottles from e An Awn Sast Wom"an. "I won't tell you a thing if you are go e ing to use my real name, for I have reh1 tive:; and friends East and West who hav e been disgraced enough already." r Thus said a chunky, black-eyed, intelli gent female prisoner im the Detroit I Ious of Correction to a reporter the other day andl he agreed to her as Mrs. Saunders. I le e age is about forty, her sintence for severa d years, and she is there for grand larceny rwo years ago she lived on a comnfortabl farm in that State, and was not only rc spected by all who knew her, but a wort I; y young farmer who was also a town consta e ble, was in love with tier and ready to e-i d gage himself in marria.e. The Widov Saunders had no children, and the hire( man emyloyed wasa half-idiot. of a fellos who minded his own business, evenl if h e acted silly at times. If h. ever had th slightest suspicion of i'nything wron if about the plice, he never hinted it, in and when the lawyers got hold of him ot the widow's trial they found more that their match. e Somc three years ago the farmers in 11h widow's neighborhood discovered that thei r were behig robbed. The first theft wa that of a line full of clothes left out of door of a Monday night. The next was that 0 r ressed hog weighing allout 140 pounds iThe porker was hanging on a woodshed at taclied to a farm house, and the thief shout dered it, c:trried it to the highway, ant there all trace was lost. The marks o a wheels were looked for in vain, simply be i cause the Widow Saunders, who was th, thief, had come on horseback, a distance o Y about three miles. It was the work of C stout num to take dowi that meat ani pas it over the fence and strap it to the tiorse' , but, the widow performed the feat. '"Pretty gobd lug for you(" queried th reporter. It "I admit nothing," she (uietly replied n as she twisted at tier apron. "h'1ey said j stole the hog, but I don't remember any t thing about it?" 8 The next robbery wais that of ten bush s els of wheat. A farmer's barn was brokei open and the bags taken off his loade( wagon, carried to the highway, a distanc of live rods, and there loaded into a one horse wagon. They attempted to track th vehicle, but a shower came up and render ed all efforts fruitless. The Widow Saun e ders was the guilty party. She (rove fou I miles after midnight, stole and loaded thi wheat, (trove home, carried the wheat ti I the garret, put out the horse and clanetm off the wagon, and at daylight was ou milking cows when the parties in pursui of thieves rode by her house. "You must be an awful smart woman, said the reporter, as lie realized the wort she had put in. "Thank you," shie demurely replied "but. of courso I never stole that wheat." The farmers now began io bestir them selves, and the constable picked up all ti clues he-could, and 'spottt-d' two or thre( I parties and kept watch of them for man 8 nights. As he was "sparking" the Widom Saunders tie took her into his con fidenee and related his suspicions, and de tailed his plans to become a second Pinker ton. She encoui aged him to renewed vig ilance, and the next thing was somethinx ose. A farmer brought home a cornshelle and left it in his barn. In the morning i had disappeared-shelled itself out of sigh as it wero. The thief could not get the bip doors open, and had therefore gone in a the stable door, untied and - turned out c P icking horse, and then brought the ma chine out through the stall. The corn sheller was found in the Widow Saunders t parlor bedroom, when her house waE searched, and she had earned it on lei back across the fields a full mile. The constable was now on his mettle. Im one breath he declared his .love for the Widow and In the next lie vowed by tIh eternal to nab- the robber or dio trying She squeezed tise handf and told hin to tak< S"E]xcelsior" for his motto and- go ahead This was about a week after the theft t1 the corn sheller, and he lef t her houso t< put in the balance of the night on a four Icorners. When lie reached soon after (lay. l ight, it was to find that some one ha< stolen a silver-plated harnesas from his barn, "Y es, the~y found the harness in m3 house," sighed the Widow as the reporte1 put the question, "and I shall always be. lieve my hired man stole it In his sleep!'' Highways and barns were gqarded fom -the next two weeoks, but nothing occure( to adid the excitement. It was generally Sagreed that the robber lad taken himself t< other parts, and farmers once more hung~ up their army muskets and took their ful allowance of sleep. Then one niglit c young farmer returning home at a lat< .hour from a neighbor's, heard a noise in the carriage hiouse and investigated. The doo1 had been broken open, and as lie was about to enter he got a rap on the head, and some one rushed past him. Ie fol. loJwed after a soon as lis eyes quit seeing stars and though not able to 9vertake thi( -stranger, lhe, picked up) one or two robem dlroplped in the chase. The other was found In the Widow Saunders' garret. Tlii .oliteax was not far ay'ay. -A far n ipr brought home a barrel of flour .left il on the verandia, chained his watch-dog ter feet away, leadeod a eliot-gun, and they ha) dlown to rest .with the feeling thpit lie shouk pepper. a thief before dhaylighit. ie awola at daylight and tise flour was gone! Th( dog had ralsed no alarm,. thouigh savage an watohful.' The barrel had been rolle. clown to the gate and tnien "skjttded" int< a light wagon. The constablpq was dut) informed, and with hair standing on end ha rode ever to th9 widow's to .give her thn Slatest. news, Hie onti red~withtout Ipnock Ilaig. She was not to be peen. Seo passe< aInto thme kitchen but she was n.e Sthere. Jai tle big pantry,, heivoyer', wam -the stoldin barrel of fiquri TIhere was. thi a brau4, the ,staves were. soiled by contae with the romid, qnri th~qye,c tjld no 'mis take. , -kTe omstable ho ard nois tO3UI saa.The stir.door '~y ppen .egtd hi crept gptp 1e9I 1p 7o~~ oyerhadlinj soofhr stole)p prope y "Then $hiere wgs a faing acno,'' sug goeted the reporter. "I 'really don't remem~ber whethor h f.aluted oro,nM,heraq There are Spartan fahr a pa'rtal Sons in IIiOgh.' Th1iA Canstal was oti of thm I a a hmard position to b on ,tlie,othier, but' duty iph H s gvehecdad away, nn~e ;i'reet atf ..whaa witness Against her. . h lNi Va Ouon l1tP,&I4hpo 8 buldnd~as he 'p*sh1 mb aq~ nt They Sold Telphones. 'lIe tried to "ut mue, sergeant. lie's got i- knife somewhere about his clothes., ''Weil, now, that's a iC way to talk ain't it? Look it mne, sergeant. I'm cut, ain't I? And cut bad, ain't I ? And is he cut ? Well, I guess not.' 'Well, just, hold on,' said Sergt Ilavhurst, of he h'lird district, 'and let mae hear one of you at a time. Now, you man with a cut over your eye, what's your name?" 'William Gray.' 'What's your business?' 'I-well, I soll telephones., 'Well, how did you get cut ?' - 'Well, that imnu there simasied m(, In tile head wit ha chair and his partner smashed tie, and between the two I think they in tended to kill ni'. 'Now what's your liname ?' 'William Franzell.' 'What is your line of business?' '1 sell telephones.' 'Well, what have you got. to say ?' 'That. uan bad a knife and he tried to carve mne with it. Of course I did't want anything like that, so I kept him1 away.' 'Ilow did you keep him away?' "i'ho best way I could.' 'Did you do it with a chair?' 'No, siree.' Another olleer cane in at this juncture - accoinpanied by a short, stout, young man. - 'That's him,' said Gray; 'le's the uimt that smlash1ed le. E r 'Smashed who?' said the newcomer; 'I ietss 110t., 1I guess yes,' said Gray. r Vhat's your naie? said the st'r-eatt. W hat's Your hsnn? 11'm1 inl the teiephot.'. bulsiness'?' 'What do von know about the row 'You see we three were partnzers in Ile telephone business. We fell out. Some body had to get hurt. I wasn't the mn.' 'Search them,' said the sergeant. 'l'hey were searched. In the pocket of ech was found silk thread eniough to reach from here to the Gulf of Alexico, and a thousand anl one pieces of tinl, together with a few cir culars which said, 'For tile small sum of a dime we will insure yout a perfect system of telephonic collilunicat ionl. No ACo1inOdItionl for Giants. Court Offieer Kiernan appeared in the (loor' of the police Court in the company of t a man six feet six and one half inches tall, . who, when lie walked to tile railing in front of the bench towered above all the olicers and spectators of the room. Ile f was dressed in a checked shirt (over which a magnificent itray beard rolled down half way to his waist) and a pair of dark trow sers. le said in answer to Justice Smith's questions that lie was 3Mike Sullivan, sixty one years old, that lie came to this country from Dublin in 1848. "'Otilcer Kiernan, what's the chargo against this prs-this man I' said his honor,. correcting himself and looking up in the direction of the ceiling at Sullivan's face. 'I arres-I came-we came here, sir,' stammered the oicer. 'Ilis wife got an f order for him for disorderly conduct, your S honor. She says he got drunk and smashed a things in the house.' 'Good gracious I how tall you are ?' v queried tile magistrate. e 'I stand sux feet Sux and a half en my sthockings,' said 'Mlike,' in a voice that i sounded like theatrical thunder. c 'Six feet six and a half inches of dis- C orderly conduct. I wonder how miuch 0 beer it holds when it's full,' murmured the b1 Justice. 'Officer, .did hie give you auf' 1 trouble when you arrested himi' 'No, sir,' was the answ er in a thankful tone. v 'You did not club lim ?I e 'No, sir ; I id lnot,' said the officer cm phatically, 'and what's more, I didn't even threaten him,' whispered the plihcemann to a a reporter ; 'so dlon't go and call this an other case of clubbIng.' i 'Sullivan,' observed tile court, '1 don't tl think we itave any alace'to put you here. t You see it wvold not be right to keel) one i man to the exclusion of othlers. You are t discharged.' anianti Tomi's Last HuntI There was a brave, big-hearted set of 0 follows among the mountatns of JTosephino si Co., Orgn, in early times, They were a tJ rough, perhlaps, but soft; as women when a 0 comrade was In distress, and1( as Intrepid as bi soldiers of tihe did guard when In dangerous hi situlations. It needed rough, hold men in a those day's for thle times wvere rough, and ( niany af tr'y Is related of. the manner ini e which they stood shouldler to shouldler for 0; mntual protection. fllinois rlaer, below it Kerbyville, was the wildest and most inac- U cessible part of the oountry, but gold In g paying quantities had been found on it, and at in 1852, notwithstanding the mountains th~rouigh wyhich It ran, worn a favorito resort for Indians, many of the boyd continuedl to wvork on It: One of the strongest parties was located on the "Peersoll" bar, itnd 0110 of the numnber being Aleek W--, a great sfrapping Western man, lithe as a cat, b steady and unerring In his aim, always carrying a "pass" for amred skin in is rifle, 3' and gaIning the credit of making many a si "good1" Indian. Aleck was a terror to thlem;" thel{ traIls were unsafe and frequently abo' V riginal visitdra to the P~eersol- canip, lostt their reckoning and never 'rturtied. Aftets the close of hostilities between t~i woAhites and indians, the latter often visited thdo camp, somnotimes hlu'f~ing deei' fdr the boys, and ,were generally treated faIrly', ag the,,t deserved to be. On ohte occasion; a' "blink rianie~d Torn, belonging to thle Rogue riv'er tI tribe, a sulk~y, illttvored wretch dem'and- t ed' Alc's ghn for a hunt-1, whIch' was r'e- ' ~fumsed, the owner saying h~o wanted to hunt en the mioxt'day bhimself. 'The Jidian was offended and inclined to be sauby, thd ro suit *vas hi Was driven otnt of camp In n angry niood, flinglng at Aleck as 1he wet' ~ suchlan-angry glanco las only airedskln can give. Tho muenanco was instan t'y recogi- 'P sed, $ut .,the ok4 htntoi'pai& *o imi. Starting U'b theo monntain 6o) the, Wdtst of the river the nexp morningf ~)h ti' snow two foet deep, Alock hunte4 Atdlif' angl fulhfully till ntoqn. Usuall~ adccsfnl he never was In suelh '11 ek, ea 'till ho'e 9 a detemr thc olht"uk hat wits being hunted. Pushing onward L short diStanCe witlott leaving anything o indicate that tli moccasin tracks had )ctu discovered. Aleck pressed through a much of brush, and turning abrudtly to lie left ensconsed himself behind a large :h tup of iiaizalita, growing on the comb )f a 1nail1 ridge. Placing his rifle through he branches of his own cover, so as to :ommand the right point of his broken rail, and lying dowl inl the snow behind 1, he waited. One-two hours paised, ill the watcher, no1W learly ehilledl, thought ic waited in vaiii. The soft snow made to sound and he dare not raise hiiself to 'ven i silting position for feAr of discovery, >ut at last his quick car detected a slight. ustle in Ihe brush a aln ugly brown face, niade hideouis with hatred, ald sm4 'eared )eneath ite eyes to protect them from the rlare of the snow, was in sight. It Wits his riend of the preceding day. Stopping vhere the trail was broken, as if conscious hat his gae was nigh, hI glanced wilIly )ol, with his eye halls alost starting romt their sockets, anid his gun Cocked ; mit only for an instant. There was a little vhite puff of smoke from behind the man amita cover, the print of a hiutian form i the snow-an empty wigwam on tih iver I Leaving the body where it fell, Aleck ook lie Indian's yager, broke it neross a ree and lhing it into a ravine. Finding a evolver oil the Indian lie detached the cyl nder, throwing it ill one direct iot., the tock in another. Returning homewards, he hunter jumped i) several bands of leer, but he n as nervou s 11n11 chilled from I tuilcomfortab1ile vigil, and he weit home inpty-h:inded. Aleck's failure was notfie i: but saying that Ihe sights of his gun 1nd been moved, he qu(tiietly lghiteld his own lipe and k;- h". n cn:. A I Passed by and still Toml did lot make his ppearance. Atiother yoar, and still tle Igly face was not seen it the camp. At 1t onie of tile boys fisked Aleck, "where l, youi suppsl e Tom keeps himself ?" 'llow sht.)uld I know." was the reply. 'Ain I my brother's keeper ( Why do youI sk ?" "0," said his parttiter, qtietly, -I omind sm bonesi up on the mountaiin ye erday, amid kind o' guessed they were 'om11 8.'' "Well,'' said Aleck. In snirpr'ise, %What, do you think lie muteided !" "Yes, guess so, inade ia hole dead centre ietween his eyes, then busited his yager I to flinders and threw it down hie guleh," inilug relarked his interrog tor. tight there Aleck confessed, detil ig every circumstanee, explaining his si mnce ats prompted by the fear of trouble rom White Indin only, and demandedi a mir trial. Being the only witness, and nown to be a man of the strictest veracity, lie trial at the camiiip was short and the ver ict-'served the darned sneak right." Leck still lives in Josephine County, and flen laughs when he thinks of the little ame where the Red tried to outwit the Vlite. Laying I1ack the Ears. The expressive gestures which many nhnals make with their ears are matter of t miiliar observation. Nothing is more I tgnifleant than tile drawing b.oek and pres ire of the ears to the liad, which idi ites a savage frame of mind. Mr. Dar in, in his recent work on the means of xpression in imen ad aiimals, gives in I genius explan'.tion of this movement. le observed that It is only found in spe- t les which fight with their teeth. All the I irnivora do this, and all, so far as lie lits bserved, draw back their ears when fdel- 1 ig savage. This may be continually seen t 'Ith dogs fighting in earnest, or pupples t ghting in play. Cats, tigers, leopards and t mtxcs show thle s110 peciliarity. It is a cry noticable In horses, and tl vicious 1 spresslon it gives to them Is unmistakable. p iMt cattle, sheep -or goats, thought they t ghit, never' use their teeth In llghthig,t id never dlraty back their ears whon en- a iged. Tihe elephant, which lights with t s tusks, does not 'retract its ears, but on a ie cont rary, eroots thiem when rushing at c ue enemy. The connectioni between bit- f ig as a me~ans of wvarfare, and laying back < ie ears as a sign of anger, is so uniform, r ad the exceptionis are so fow, that Mr. , larwin's explanation of . the origin of the a abits is highly probable. lie says ani-t ials which light in this wvay .try .to bite schm other's ears; anid inversely, beiag con- t aious that the ear ls a weak point of at-- t ick, laly it bac4~ upon0 the kncad to keep it a uzt of .the way. This habit being dlejeoned , ito an instinct through many generations, , as become so atssociated with the igeoling li 4cendant upon warfare, that the oars. are I opressed even by ani amount of anger too .rs Ight to find aiiy oilier oxpressioni. Trho L pposite mlovteent of pricking theo ears a >rward to express attention isi so natural e to nmeed no special explanation. It Is I anerally atccomp~anied by an elevtinandl mi'ning of the head.a Tihe Flying Fiog. The flying frog is a native of MEt 1llia id the islands of' the Sund(a Archipelago. aver'al speciOA of thiese frogs have longk aeni known, hjtt it wvas not uint il a Lety ears aigo flhat \Wallace discovered that the dui contnectling'the toes of this frog sery, 8 a rt onlhy for swinmingT hut for flying also., ii tallace thought ho had dliscovered an epi rely new species,, but, suubsegniout reJ J' archies have proved thn identit ot this t~ og with the. so-called paddle- frg re, i ously known,. ,Thei~ toes .of .thd Ijig I og are very long, and' are coiujeted.by a t~ dn, which I.laid ittn mmeropis,folds yhdif 's me animal is at rest,, covers ta ltige . ret ' ien Is taken up by the bodymied liain of t ie animal.. 'Tho <ndlyldmitl sen - byr a frallace was altogetherakout9 f9Ur, chehs a >nge The ,skin , botwean sthe:~ does o the' tnd idetsmeasured fobrf iu1 ap.a .hgif atfhie wches, whier th1e area taken up Jy tlboex. i mdiced skins of alafoulr feeh oy ecedd velte ,squaregnohes, . .'Xile. en .~ t9 .t >es are-provided with~ Qiqvol 4,u19, e aocillar confitruction of 1w1 pprtpifs th6 ( 'og totake a , frir11 bold seh tyhef , owoer to4 Ithale azndr e nmi Ik ld a Irovouo'f Air y Is, meaw Ile a ody is ,cOnqiderM d ttdo, . is 'his faculty and the' argo, eut9 qere : y the mnembranB between th oesV or~~i abm 10 g t.4tlhod.,d19taUC)bn i ete l (Ifaagn sp y 9 Up a Tree. Dr. Hob Grier and a party of sportsmen r)f Jersey Shore, Pa.,, returned from a lilg hunt in the wilds of Potter county recently, alhout twenty miles northwest of Coude port, where they spent a week in pursuit of game. Grier Is well known as a great fox hunter and lover of the ohase, and on this occasion he met with an adventure that is worth relating. Iecently hie left his party at the cabin where they were on camped in the forest, for the purpose of visiting a lumber camp about four miles away, to see. an acquaintance. le slung his iemington over his shoulder, thinking lie might get a shot at a deer or a bear. About, half way between the cabin and the lumber camp was a stage road but little traveled. As lie crossed the road he camo siddenly on a large buck. . le fired, in Ilieting a slight wound, which served only to irritate the unimd. The buck made a lash for him and lie was compelled to cllinb it tree, having barely time to escape being tramlpled to death. In his flight ]ob 1ropped his rille and lie had no other weapon except the ordinary hunter's knife. Ills situation wias anything but comfort ible, but as there Was a possibility of relief from a passing teami he felt disposed to inake the best of the situation, Aftef Ie had been up the tree about an hour lie ieard the crack of a rile, and almost im fledliately two of his companioris, 'by the mine of Stutton and Cole, came rushing by, mrsued by a bear of unustual size and et ivity. Tiu-y took refuge on a wild ,herry tree, whichparted in two .trinks a .Uw feet above the groutd, one part leaning iighly andt very rotten, the whole looking Ike two trees.' Once up the tree "they wiere safe from iInnndAlate farm, If tis h -ouli he kept from climbing after them. In time meantnie Dr. Bob, in a JIt of. des )eration, concluded to risk an encouiter vith the buck. In preliaring to deseent te took the precaution to fasten his knife, he only weapon lie posmessed, by a 1)iecu >f twine to his person, so that it might not >e lost if it dropped from his hand. Close )y a hemlock had fallen, and the roots at me end and the brancihes at the other kept lie trunk of the tree about two feet from lie ground, making a place of retreat to vhich lie could resort if hard pressed. le lescended cautiously, but the' enrage(d inmimal was on the alert ant at. once rushed 11)on him. Ilis great strength was no natch for-the buck, which crushed him to lie earth and tried to stamp hin to death. )i his hands and knees, namirled and bleed ng, he succeeded in reaching the fallen ienlock and crawled under the truink. I'lie buck could just touch hhn111 with its 'et, but could not harm him. Anxiety and pain were wearing 1ob out *vhen he heard a crackling noise0at the root > the tree and a sharp ciry of pain from lie buck, which Is a familiar sound to - the -xpe-rience(d hunter. Peering out cautiously ae found the deer securely held by the muotted roots of the tree and his right leg langling loosely, It having been broken in he efforht to escape. lie 'Was satisfied romn the desperate straggles of the animal hat It could not extricate itself, and watch. ng a favorable opportunity lie plunged hils tnife into the buck's heart and sank down xhausted. At this moment Dr. Iolhncs, viho resided some miles from that -place, nd who was attenting a patient At the iniber camp, drove up and found 'Dr. irier, who was an old acqualnt'ance, ? lying ipon the ground, ., ahuost exhausted from ,ss of blood. AIe took Grier into the vagon, and after leaving a' revolver and :nife in sight of the men up t4p ehclierry ree drove off to th'e camp for help. 'Mean lime the bdar,' after many inefFectual at Lmpts to climb the tree, gave it- up, -'and pparently relaxed his watchfulness by ying down some sdistance ffom the, tree. litton, at this tiUe, thought at letist ne of ici might escape and broaclied the idea Cole, whol objected, knowlifg that rblief iould soon arrive. :Watchiing 'an op'por innity/ Sutton dicecnded thee treefdletly, iiihout being observed, and after.t ving autiously forrsomte distange- spran^ tQbis set and stairted for the cabin wfijf b~ed f the wind. MeetIng the reli(' up~*tr yinag uip to thei'. assistance,tho etuned rith them to theO recue off Colo~m )lean rdulethe bear hpd, got;p aPpd . poQVd to :10 foot of the tiee, whop, apagtly; mies. in one of the men,'he i'enewe his effortaq > clinib It. 'Suddenly the 'cOaked past of lie .tree 'feiwuith a :crash., T1he -bojznwas mew~hat, stunniedl, ..ortuput1y5pIole ras not .hurt ,anlg he starc fr the re olver and k'niff widh' Jtd "'td."~d The ear p~ursuied atud overtook huth alhd'hiiged im arduind the body.y (Cole firedph'ut: did ot inflict a sufldient wolud stt .,make, theo ear relax its 4old1, Hlifre4 ii 8eo?(land th,1rd shot, . withi jo .better restut it nie more butht now~ iinihie' ln tho fbtol. he felt softlys or'th'e bear's' breitV tob-'find ic locatiloniof hIS heart fromilts pulsations, ad p~resaing the muzzle of theiopistplte the ppt flret), ,when the beaF gave a hecavy roan andl rolled over dead, and iote "pank khaust'ed liy its body.' In a fo*'961dutos iven'hatrdy~ humbertitOn eanie to his1 relief. [is woundsil - though painful,.a were~ not Parti sorbes !, Thielady shopper of Paris enjoys many Elvaptigo. T1he, ptporqs arr yell gl ted mi I n Tto re/he its a e 1pitM bz6/get bh the first floof' heroe id4exhidusted ohdtomeru cah. 4trdagthen the mer man;. it lias a~ readtn7.qp1,where baye,eeigmupbers 9 dinge IhP) I t * ' kin hf-bs iyd lieid. Th'eedatlAosa pie .re jallery fllod.*1t very far.fork~s by ~tists, ,Whu9arQ $.h1be67 i of y e el7)jg fo tMA i u'nade for tiW jiltmfe2 i s ~dit~ the - ubliity, If nothling mo , gms nbecrallproy;, tM fr~ O ~ n el 'odfx d niidetako newbreutay at rst etal thi XeI. tAlAl Qih19QtfJr ~ t~~;t