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1 4 9 rTI-WEEKLY EDITION. W INNS1()RO, S. C., JANUARY 24, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO.11. WAIT A WHILE. Wait a while, Ohoerily smile, n the storm will bo over, There's a bit of blue Inthesky foryou. ore's sweetness ye6 in the olover, Trust and wait, Tuough burdens great, awd on the heart are prossfa. . For a hand of love Will the cross remove. nd leave In its stead a blessing. 'Neath the snow : No roses blow, ud thoro no bees are humming; But they gather sweets In their dark retreats To brighton the days that are comings Dark and dreur The skies appear, When the cloudy day's doolining, But tho night must fall And sover all, Ere the sun renews its shining. The Doctor's Choice. The cream of Galton society was congre tcd it the Town Ifall, waiting for the ecture. Conspicuous in the crowd sat Miss Al freda Morton, smiling and happy ; for was not her new silk dress the envy of the town, and her hat imported direct from Paris, and was not her escort for the evening young Dr. Grey, the best "catch" in Galton, a rising man in his profession, with sonic for tune besides? And then it was so seldoin" that Dr. Grey honored any young lady wit - his attentions, that handsome Miss Alfreda felt especially honored. - She smiled complacently upon her less forui a'c sisters, chatted gaily with the doc tor, displayed her pretty, ringed hands, and made herself the centre of attraction till Mabel Benson and her father came in and took seats in front of theni. Now Miss Alfreda had a piece of spite in her nature, and made some pretensions as a musician, while Mabel Benson was undoubt edly a better musician. The young lady never allowed an oceca sion to show her petty jealous to pass, and one was ready for her now. She turned to her intimato friend, Efile 4 Barr, who sat directly behind, and said: "Just look at Mabel Benson's bonnet I It's every bit made up out of old pieces. It's her own work, 1 know." "It looks nice, though, Alfreda," said Ellie. Oh, it looks well enough, but the idea of wearing such a thing in good society I She had those flowers on her last summer's hat, and that tip is off her winter hat, and that pearl ribbon is the same she had on her light silk dress. "I think it is. But you know the Ben sons are not rich, and Mabel has to save all she can," said Ellie, who was kind hearted. "Let her save in some other way, then! WYhy I don't you think she, actually gave twenty-five dollars to the pastor's library 1" "She did ?" 'Yes ! Brother Jack's one of the con itttee, you know, and he told me. They ay her twenty five dollars a quarter for laying the organ, and she gave her last uarter's salary for the library. She might ve bought a decent hat with it 1" "Did you give anything to the. library " ked Efflo. "No, indeed I I told him if they would 4 a new Brussels carpet for his study, I uld give them ten dollars, but to buy ty old books,. never ! Look at her rskirt I As sure as I live, that's her otd lin, turned I I declare, if 1.could not 0 one dece'nt dress, I would not pretend o into good society at all." 'But, Alfreda, 1 know she bought her e brother a new suit.with her own money last week. It's' ood in her you must w, to spend her means for the rest." 'Bother!i I. dare say she only does it tc praise for her goodness. Anyway, if goes like a dowdy, she needn't expect to received In respectable society. I won't gnize her, for one." 'Hush I there comes the lecturer," said 0. hey settled into attention, but young tor Grey, who had heard every word of whispered colloquy, turned his attention uls iens, n, who was directly In front of mi, He had noticed her before, as a pleasant, cot-faced girl, but now lie gave her as orough a studly as he could with her hack wards him. Is glance went first to the despised hat, nd ho saw a dainty little grey creation, ith a drooping gray plume, and a cluster snowy lilies of the valley, and lie decided, it was her own work, it was far p)rettier an many of the wonderful hats and boa eta around, whidh had cost much more. - And many times (luring the evening he as drawn to look at lier, regardless of iss Morton's slken robes and luring lies.th 'Whoath leottard was over and greotinga oe exchanged, Miss Alfreda turned her et on Miss Benson, but Doctor Grey in. red to say good evening. Anid as Mabel raised her eyes, half aston ed, to answer him, lie observed what .he er had before, that her eyes were the cetest, clearest brown, with an expressior arnest womanliness In their depths whicii nt stralgij t .his,he rt fter ii(lef bilds Alfreda it her own ,he wvent to his own r'oom musing odd what lie had heard of.Miss Benson. hy, I didn't know she wassso sweet,' 'ho to himnself: "Decidedly, I must cul. Miss Benson's acquaintance. Thanki ostylishi MJan 4)#eAlafor.the Introdue it c4meAtt,;,eg a Mirton waited in her eIea talr to: r (9rey till alha, ~th3ve a ileI e r%tn~ t e ha 1inv~ n's littlo cottage, and qLi9sqnsu tle' rrg@ist -by 'Mking po'riiidIi tt the evening with her. shiemiaadnotulispkdised, ;elther, t,oi foy was a very attractive young man, uld win friends whon lie chose vera Id no.j a ii , 1ut akoeri nis af~s was furious At seeing this tditshould soon stop. She took every occasion to'draw the Doc tor to herself, someties getting some al tention from him, but the very next thing he spoiled it all by appearing with Alis, Benson. At last there was a grand excursion or tne river planned, and MAisa Morton was oni of the comniittee of arrangements. She meant to make it i crowning stroke, rule Mabel out, and secure the )oetor foi herself. She contrived to have it understood thal n1o lady was expected to attend who conk not appear in an entire new suit, stylisl dressed. This she knew Mabel could not do. Mabel would not attend, therefore, am she would have the field clear with thi doctor, having already secureu his promist to be thcre. The doctor meant to go. lie also guessed what Aliss Alfreda wa: up to, and determined to beat her at. hei own game. She had told him that she was sure Mis Benson did not mean to go, and slw fell quite confident that he would invite he instead of Alabel. But )r. Grey resolved to find out fot himself what Mabol's intentions wtere. A day or two before the excursion, he rapped at Mabel's door again, and aftei they had chatted socially upon different to. pics for a few minutes, he said: "Aliss Bnson, I should like to escort you to the excursion on Thursday. Will you go with mc?" Mabel's sweet face flushed, she hesitated, and then said : "I should like to go very much? But ] do not think 1 can this time.' "Please tell me 3 our reason ?"' said thc doctor, plumply. Alabel still hesitsted and flushed deeply. "Any objection to your escort?" 'Oh, nio!" "Please tell me, then.'' lie got up, crossed over* to Alabel'i chair, and sat down beside her. ")on't be afraid to speak frankly to mie, Miss Alabel," he said, gently. "Very well," said liabel, still blushlug. "I know it is very siily of me to care, but this is to be a very grand thing, and the la dies will be very stylish dressed. I can't afford a new dress, and I had therefore do. cided not to go." "'Precisely," said the doctor, cooly. "May I allowed a remark or two ?" "Yes, I suppose so." '"Then, I saw a young lady last Sunday, dressed in a hat with a grey feather, a plain black silk dress, and a linen duster. That young lady was quite stylish enough for mc to be proud to take her anywhere.- I want her to go with me next Thursday. Will she do so?" "She would be glad to go. But others might not be so kind in their judgement," sai Mabel. "That isn't an answer." "Very well-I will go Dr. Grey." The young doctor bent (own and took Aabel's hand in a strong, warm clasp. "Thank you. But I'm not satisfied, yet. Miss Benson-Mabel, if you accept me for your escort on Thursday, I shall nuder. stand that you also accept me for your es cort through life. Now, Aabel, will you go." Mabel hesitated one minute, then, lifting her eyes frankly to his face, she said, softly: "I think I will." Half an hour later, as they were sitting side by side, she said : "I shouldn't mind the old black silk dress, if I only had a new bonnet." "When you belong to ine you shall have a new bonnet every week it you want. it,' said the Doctor, "but just now I had rather see your pretty head crowned with that little grey concern than the finest hat a milliner ever got up. Why, Mabel, that little bonnet. brougbt me to you." And when Mabel looked up in wonder, lie told her all about the night of thme lec ture. But Mabel did niot care now for all Miss Alfreda's spiteful flings, for the whole world could offer her nothing better oi sweeter than the offei ing just laidl at hem feet. M~iss Alfreda was furious on Thunrsday when Doctor Gray steppedl on board thc excursion steamer with Mabei Benson or his arm, and she read, or guessed the trutli from their happy faces. But if sIhe had1 knowni it was her owr work she wvouldl have been much more so. Ontcing ai Mermnaid. Captain Sullivan, of N'ew York, recenmtly caught a green marine animlal in the water near that city. Captain Jack baited hki eight inch hoo1k wvith half a pound1( of porgy, and was waiting for 011e Of the pirates of tile bay. iIe got a bite-a tremlendousl eRne-aRnd whenl lie had killed his prize and flopped it on its b)ack, experts p)ronlounced1 It an "angel shark." Bome amiateuRrs on1 the deck, however, would have it that the Captain had caught a mnermlald. ''le. cause," said thley, "look at Its belly;~ did you over see a more perfect hlumlan body?' When drawn out of the water the belly wvas a pure white, but shortly sfter death i began t6 chahgo, and soon assumed a true flesh tint. The back was of mixed purple aind bluish gray. Examination of the 'ili proved It to be an angel fish, which Is a .common niame for the squatina angelus, representative, Captain Jack says, of thc family of squatinldw, intermediate betweer the shark aind ray fish. From its appear ance it Is often called the "shmark-ray,' "anigel fish" from the resemiblanice of th< brepst fins to wings, ."monk-fish," fromi iti rouihd head, which seems to be enveloped In a cowl, and 1idle-fishi" from its general shape. Captain Jack's fish weighs about fifty pounds, is four feet long from thi snout to the fork of the tail fins; is ter Inches across the belly; fifteen inches acipsi the shioulers or winpgs, which are match like those of thme spreadi eagle on the sub. eigliatry silver coini. At the rear end of th< 1ol'ly are two more wings of almost the S.5s me ship,In udas the fish lies spread .oul 'tiey~ b'eat kn exaggerated resemblance t< ,e;pentely .wide huntan hip:. TVhe tail, ways, tapers from a thickness of five luchei e M tib fukon The ulpber part of the b)acl and the head is singularly like a frog's 11 bhipe and color, and the eyes, about liv< inches apart, are small and of-a dark gra hue. The gnouth'is vpry wide, and likei eat-fish's with two rows of small teeth I1 the upper jaw, and a triangular tongue hal an inch thick. When lie landed it en the pier the, fish panted and palpitated like humau being intil as it lay da it. back il looked ooti' 1difT ~Ik a, drowned yOt1) woman of no pretension. to gona lan c, "Wlli at 'Tor'nl erm tilug?' Why didn,t I save my gohl (ust, when I had it, young feller?" sneered an old pioneer who had been braggiIgI o he loungers in Ku ox's court room Virginia City, Nevada, of the piles ot gold he had got rid of in early (lays. "Well, per'aps its nat'ral to ask that, seetm you don't even know what dust looks like. In them days a 1111111 had to be his own banker, and the only safe bank w11s fellr's pocket. It wouldn't do to leave your.dust. n1owhelre if you didn't want it to tun up lirsin' when you went after it. A tlousand dolla.s in dust weighs .just lbout live pounds, and when you get tour or live thousand ill your helt it ain't n easy load to pack around. I'i blowed if the dead weight ot niany a man's blii has't driven himt from1 the11 - liggln's down to Frisco amtl Sacnallelnto just. to have a whoop to get rid of it.. S'pose you try paeckii teln or tlfteen pounds o' led round your waist for at lonth or two, young feller, and then yu'll see why I wasn't. RO dread ful anxious to hold onl to the dust, when I got it.' Having thus stt down oil the presltiup tuous Johnny-Come-Lately, the relic of the days when gold could be had for the dig ging grew garrulous. "Lord, how free lie was with the dust! Jedge, d'ye remember the time when you was keepin' bar in the Round Tent in Sac ramento? What tricks you fellors was up to in them (ays. Boys, I've seeln the jedge here take his knife of an evenin' an' pick ats much as $5M or $6 outen the cracks in the red-wood cotinter. When one of us called up the crowd we just. yanked out our buckskin saclk and tolk the bar-keeper to take out 4. worth. 'Th1ev all had scales and a liorn spoon an' they'd shovel it- out anl' weigh it. Somec'utd drop, an' that's how the jcdge here gouged high wages out o' the cracks of the counter. The jedge didn't take chances them timnes neilher. Hie had the bar built up with rock inside, till' when the guns begin to go off he was on Ilis belly behind that. there stun. IIa, hla! I've seen that there old Round Tent of a mornin' lookini' like at washin' h1ung out to dry. Nobody did't wait to go out o' the door when shootin' was bein' done. Every feller jest out with his knife ll'ripped a door fur himself." "Dl'ye see that bare spot oil tops o' my cocoanut?" inluired the venerable argo naut, removing his hat and holding (lown his gray poll for inspection. The boys got up and made for the door. They knew what wits coming. That was only the first of eighteen bullet ltna knife wotunds that evry man in town has seen and heard the iminute history of. The judge camtle to the rescue of the deserted and indignant pioneer with: '1vill you -come and have at drink, Billy?" "Will a teranteler sling?" responded the the old chap with recovered cheerfulness. Juvenal occupies a whole satire with con siderations for cooking a single fish; and Diarlial has consecrated the chief portion of one of his books, called "Xenia," to a poetic catalogue of subjects of dliet. Not the least reimrkable of these is a dish made of flamingos' tongues, reminding the reader of the pate of tongues of singing-birds com posed by-Clodius dEsopus, the actor. The tongue of the lamingo was one of the in gredients of Vitellius's celebrated entree Which he called his shielcd of Minerva. Martial and Pliny were both admircrA of foie gras-the latter pathetically alludes to it as the tenderest, moistest and sweetest of livers; and the liver of a white goose fed on fat figs is mentioned by Horace as one of the delicacies of the table of Nasidenus. Many dishes, like Wordsworth's ideal wollan, not too good for human nature's daily food, appear at that weird feast, but non of them equal in horror the blhnded cuttle-fishi ill the "'ltudens" of laultus. Here is a dish that tihe famous cream sauce of the Marqums (de BechamIel could( htardly r'endcer palatable, although 11hat courtier of the grand monarque boasted that1 wvith it a mn might cat his own mlothler-il law, anld yet fail to discover her natural inherent hit terness. "I1 11ate hin\i worse than cold1( boiled veal, " Macauley said(, or is rep)orted to hlave said, of the mo;leCst Mr. Croker; bu)1t what is cold veal t o a clammy culttle-fish ? Surely of the two a man would prefer' the Lace demnomanau black brotha, which 0110 havilg tasted observed lhe wonldered 1101 any more, seeinig tis waIs theIr life's chief nutriment, at the Sparltanl int repidlity In facing (death1. Pine nut1s. (plgnonms) are also sunlg by Maar tialas 1181ctil1 iardel icacy. Thesc arceprobadbly a sort of pIstachio. To trainslaite tile Laitin termsi, as5 Is commionly dlone, by "'fir' cones," wouldl be to follow tile examlei of tile Journal des Debats which .Fr'ench Times once0, If we may believe Archlbishop Trench spoke( of pomme1s) (de pinl as thle conclus1ion of a lord malIyor's feast, being led inIto the m)Istake by3 our1 1180 of ine1-apll))l forananas, and1( thlen commllented in good set terms on tile gr'ossness of tile Enlglish appljetite. As it is market clay In Hloorn, Holland, alsorts of liveliness might, have been ex pected, yet such Is far from being the case. A crowd of mn are around a line of boards wIth) small bags of graIn upon them. TheIy are busily engaged In buying and selilig, still there Is no noise and excltement of any sort. The men01 conlverse Inl whispers, antd oven make sIgns with thir hands to save thle trouble of speaking. As to tihe peasant womenO busily buying in the shlops, to me1 their holiness of face and figure Isa posItively depressing in Its influence. 1 heir costume, too, is ugliness Itself. With a cap bloom ing inl flowers above, with the silver plate on the forehead uindernieathm, with tile two side metal bhnukers with bits of false hair twIsted arountd them11, withl a wvorse fliting dress than 01ne sees on tile wife of a Lon dorn costermonger out for a holiday, the tout Cf8nse Ia positIvely an eyesore. Tile old Dutch masters only dealt a fair meed of justice to tiheir country womfen) when they represented thiem as visions of hionmeliness and uglIness. 0One mIght per haps resign one's'self to all tis if any of - them possessed' any of that "agreeable ugliness" whlich Mlrabcau so admired. lBut Sthey hlave no more atnmatlon than the Dutch dolls sold In the London toy shops. In some of the by-streets there is almost a r ghostly stillnbess, and tile people move about like tihe shades of the departed. RtighItly Senough is some respects Is oorn termed a I "dead city." Its very inhabitants hook as ~if they wore not living people, bi# the dead galvariized into miomentary motiofl. Beyond. the effect 6f: climatic influences, h tieo eopl should be so solemiDly doe a$ strafige. Rich* they are beyond d6tit. but, above all, in cheeses. Peepiing in at the window of many of thehousesi iloorn you will find the walls ontirely hidden by shelves of cheeses. Along the canal, close to the port, there are warehouses cranuned from top to bottom, with cheeses. lIoll ing down frot the first floors of these ware houses, through wooden spoults, (,omie tinbling into the boats quite thousands of cheeses. With all their riches, still it seems to me those 1)ut chmen arc the most suspicious as well as avaricious rae(e t1hat ever existed. Their very faces are sg~rewed up into a mask of business cunning. No farmer thinks of taking a check frot an other (at least so it seems to me, and so I was told was the case) ; it is all cash down, cash in the hand, to be at. once transferred into the bag. As I walk into the Kallie katmer of the inn, where the faimers meet, they are all busy counting ttheir moQey. Verily, the faces of the mnisirs in the faumous picture of the old nisterv were pleasant. faces indeed to some of those I saw at Ifloorn. They sit and take their drams of gin and pounded sugar as if they had never seen one another in their lives before, and never wished to see one an other again. Fortunately for me, mine host at the inn was the one brilliant excep tion to prove the rule. lie even ventured so far- as to ask ie if 1 would join the ta/,lc: d'holc, a tremendous effort for a real Dutch landlord. And to enjoy this some half dozen or more sat in a little room look ing ot to a bit of paved yard, with shrubs growing-boyond-a scene to make a perfect Monslignor Ca po1. This celebrated dignatory of the Catholic Church in England, said one (aly: "I have learned "never to place reliance on liearsays concerning other people after an amusing experience of my own." It seems to con tinue in our own words-that the Monseig nor'happened, on a certain occasion, while traveling, to be shown into the sotiety of a t-lkative stranger, who, after offering his opinions Oil varlious subjects, finally settled upon the Church of Rome. ")o you happen to know Mgt. ('apel?" he asked. "Yes." "An odd man, very odd. lie does and says some of the queerest things--" "Ah, indeedl May I ask what they are?" Whereupon the stranger launched out upon the full tide of anecdote, in the course of which, he narrated the most preposterous tales greatly to the amusement of the sup posed hero thereof, who ventured finally to suggest a slight doubt as to their authenti city. "My dear sir," loftly assorted the story teller, "I know then to be true. I saw everything with my own eyes." For the moment Monselguor ('apel said no more. In a short time they reached a certain station. Both the gentlemen alighted for refreshment, when some one stanling about, recognized the Monseigior, adlicssed him by his title. This the stranger heard. On retaking their places, lie leaned forward in his seat. "So you are a priest ?" he said. Mr. Capel had worn a coat tightly but toned to the throat, thereby concealing his clerical garment. "I am," was his reply. "Alt-may I ask your name ?" "Certainly. My name is Capel." Dead silence, confusion and blushes on the part of the stranger, intense enjoyment on the part of the Monseignor. Not a l'orte,r. Dialogue between two old school fellows, one of whom has sold with the wolves while the other has bought with the hambs: "WVell, old fel, fortune has favored me, while luck has been dhecidely3 against, you, i'm going to retire now and settle down. Suppose you come andl live with me at my country seat?" "Oh, you're too good I" '"There is a nice little lodge, wvhero the woodbine twvineth, down at the gates that I'll have furnished. hlow would that an swer? I know you would feel more imndc piendenit and at your ease if you had a little snuggery of your own." "My dlear sir, your gencrosity Is equaled by your delicacy. Excuse these tears of ,grateful joy." "That's all right-thaut's aill right--be tween old friends like us, you know-. Besides, you will have it in your power~ to repay tany little service I may be able to render you." "Name it-only say how-and If my heart's blood-'' "WVell, you see, being diown near the gates, if any p)ackages or letters come you might take them in for me; all you'd have to (10 would be to pull1 a cord I'll have fixced up) for you wvith a nice htttle ring at the e1nd of it, and as you'd see me going In or out you'd be able to tell any hiquiring friends whether I was at home or not, and-" "But, I say, you want mue to bo your porter I" "Can you think so unkindly of me as to think thitt? Why, I would pay a servant wages." A Raitroad Story.. Many years ago, one nIght while a con diuctor on the Southern railroad was taking up fares, a man without a ticket offered him a large bill, and lhe, as condhuctors airo ap)t to do, took it, along, saying lhe would soon return with the change. 'rThe purpose of these delays is to make a quiet studly of the bill in the baggage car, and see if it is all right. Wheun he reached thme baggage car with the bill, Mr. McKinnoy found what lie had taken to be a $100 was a ~bill for $1,000. Hie returne<d to the passenger and found what lie had shifted his seat. 'Tell lng him there was a m=stake, that the bill was for $1,000, lao was amazed to have the fellow repudiato the whole arraigemnent. lie knewi nothing of It,, anad Insisted, and was supported by a frIend's testimony, that lhe had a ticket, and that it had been taken up. Finally Mr. McKlnnoy wont off wIth the bill, which the next day lie .turned in to the company, with his elplatnation. It was deposited in the Phenix Bank, as a special deposit, and drew interest for several years, was never claimed, and finally was given to the conductor by the company. The only explanation was that some bank burglars *ere on the train; tha,t one of them carelessly took out the wrong bill, arid -that it wams deeldod safer to lose $1,O00 than,.to risk being arrested. Probably they thought ho know of the burglary. Tl I',lai g I,y Stopnn. Th'lis staone w es founldciat Watervalle, In the t+ wislijp of I'ompley, ')nondatga County, N. Y., three niles south of M\tuanlius, n11d is dated 'IV, i:)2I1. TIfhe neigllborhood is ex eeedingly prolille of relies of the aborigines; afrt ws, Ilints, stone pcstles, s words, gull. birres. lutehes 1ndc mehils abounding in the fields and11 on the hillsides. 'These ob jects are not held, however, to indicato that an early and 411knowna I';uropeal colony, town or fort was ettitblished in tha;tt locality, butl. simply tiht IIinciInS were living there as early as I;lU. After a enreful investigalion, Gover-lnor D)e Wilt ClIinlon found no evidence of Furopean :elic"s of in1 ualier dIti(e than of 1reneh colonists, who settled in Ononchtga in I1;:at id ablandone'd the region in l1i69. But I he stone in tlest ion hears a (hate nearly onle hluncired year's enrit-1r 111111 French in ter"colirse w ith the Indians at this point. Tlhere have een iny ce)njcctures regard ing its orign and ne'ning. ('lurk, writing in lSi tl, says it. wts probably designated as it epulenlii monulment. 1Ir. Schoolcraft thinks the date Ileais the Pixtlh year after Pope Leo X. took the papal chair, and that sonle StigLrer fronm Ponce de LAcon, who hm<1ied in Florit!a in 15-13, reached (ho Iro clniois. 'Isli'h s B. Smith, writing In 18113, surnises tlit the stone may have been er ected by inissionaries from Romne. As 1)r. Ih1lnes siays, the only ostensible cause for surmising that the stone refers to Leo X. is for tie reason that he was pope from 1513 to It2 I. There is really nothing but the dato to Conneet the stone with him. Leo or I.ion is i very r'omnlllon )1Ir' )n,n lro then Latin nations, and might as well refer in this case to the discovery of Florida. ir. Ilone's view of the stone seems to Ibe the lost consistent and proable of any that has beenl advanced. lie holds tiat it is the memorial gravestone of a European, proibly a Spaniard, who, previous to .1520, with Onle o1' More co IpanlliOn1s, hatl been Imatle captive by the ulians in some part, of North America, and both had bieen adopted as temlburs of the tribe with which they were living, I practice COmm11lonl enough at the time. One of these men must have been named Leo, and at his death a surviving companion em'vedl on the stone his nlmo, willi the month and year of his death. His paniola, or Sun Domingo, was discovered by the Spaniards in 1.11,, and it, is believed that the original adventurers made frequent voyages to the continent before the year 1520, the Spaniards thus coinng in frequent contact with the aborigines. If the position of Dr. Ilomues be correct, the Poulpey stone is the earliest lonumient either in the State of New York or in the United States, at testing the discovery of the New World and the presence here of Europeans. h'io fam ous relic is now the property of the Albany Institute., On The Elevated Raltrond. To what do you attribute Such accidents as have occured on your road? was asked of a conductor on the New York Elevated Railroad. ''Chiefly to I lho hurry and rush of passen gers. It is a peculitr characteristic of the people of tl is city to run after anything that is ill motion. This is not confined to railroads, for you see it exemplifled in the ferry traffic on the rivers. Men, yea, and women, too, for that matter, having ever so much time at their disposal, not unfrC quently imperil ,heir lives by jumping for a ferry boat after she has been cast off and is already some feet out in the slip. The moment they are aboard they cool down, read their palpei s, or laugh and chat with I their friends, as if they had all the time in t the world at their disposal. But the mom- - cnt the boat enters the slip on the opposite side of the river in their eagerness to get off, and for no appreciable cause, they rush forward seemingly preferring to jump rather than walk ashore, every one bent, as it were, on being first. So it is with the clevated reads; men0) and1 womeni comel salmntering aloag fthe strects, app~arently in 1n0 hutrry', until they reach the platforml ofI one of our stations. Then in a mlomenCitI there whole mlauner changes. TIhey rush by the oflcer, blarely taking time to pur chase a ticket, and if not withheld wouldI frequently jumpil on the trajins befoi'e they stopp)ed, or after they 1had( started to miove off. Now the comipanyl uses every p)recaui tioni to p)ut a stop) to thlis. Aside from the gates on the car platforms, which compe tent brakemen openI only after the train comeCs to a stand, and close immnediatly the signal is given to start again, we have at all the main1) staitionls mn on the p)latformn to restrain this over-imphatienice of p)assen~-' gers. Why, I have seen), right here at this' Rector street station, mnen rush forward and1( jlumpl clan over the gate oun the plat for!) of the car after it was closed and the train in motion. Now these men in reality atre in no hurry, for on lelavinIg the trail) they will take their time about get,ting to their homes Or p)laces of business. It is that unaccountable somnethmng, as 1 said be fore, which catuses New York people to run after things in motion. There is really no reason for this. Our trains are run with from one and a half to three minutes head way. Of course, we hlave to (10 everthing with celerity in order to keep the track cleared with such short headway. A few inuttes lost ina the arrival andl departture of trinis simply mecans a blockade. The) n)o cessit,y for this dIspatch with the passenger, however, does not exIst. If the gong has soundI(ed lie should know that lhe has mIssed thlat train, and( not runa to get, aboard of it at the risk of lisa lIfe, wvhen one minute and a half more will bring another train to hIs service." "D)o yot have much troublle with intoxi calted men)? I mean In keepIng them fromi endangering their live?" "Occasionally. Bunt these wo.can con trol, as a rule, better than persons who are perfectly sober. For the reason that, when the conducltor and brakemen see that a man is under the influence of liquor, they are constantly on the lookout to make lum be have hImself, whieres they naturally expect that sober persons are sane enough to t ake care of themselves. Now, it freqtiently happens that persons will pass by their station, then suddenly becoming coniIous of the fact, they will jump fronm their aeats, run ouit on the platform and try to get off, thotugh the train htas already left the station. In 18515 a noted duel took place in Call forni a, between Robert TPevls and Charles E. Lippincott. The meeting ground was in Sierra county where the sombre fir trees spread their eternal p all ; but when nearly ready for the sangninary -proceedings the sheriff and his posse iere 'descried on a distant eminence, and the dueling party moved on into an adjacent count, be oid the jurisdiction of the pursuth eo alother.arena was prepared, and the great act of the tragedy was ready to coine on. In the meanwhilc the principals had been away with their seconids in Opposite direc tions, practicing with shot-guns, loadel with ball, at forty yards-the Weaupos and distance agreed on-and I was afterward told that each ha(d broken a bottle at the word. I ipl)iIcott was a low, heavy-set uman, with light hair, piercing black eyes, deliberate and resolute in his speech, and with that most peculiar physical structure indicating steadiness an(1 seil'-possession. I10 was the son of a clergyman in Illinois, utid was exetplary in his habits, except the ordinary drinking of that time; was highly cultivated in mind, and was an ex cedingly good humorous and sentimental writer. IlIe declared he did not wish to kill his adversary, to whom he had never pokenl in person; lid not want to light,, if it could be avoided but the nature of the public insult and the custoie of the time !omlpelled him to send the chadlenge. D)uring a previous winter he had been en raged in hunting (leer and bear, and was kIown to be a remarkably good woods uaan. In making his choice of weapons, 1'evis unknowingly selected those witit which his adversary was m ost faniliar, louble-barreled shot-guns carrying ounce Jalls. Mr Tevis was a tall, spare man, of a high'y nervous and excitable tempera ruent. IIe caine from Kentucky, and possessed the ideas of chivalry and honor prevailing at the South, and was an exceol lent sporting marksman, but, too little skilled il woodliraft to know that in shoot iug down lill one should aim low, eine he will overreach the mark. lic was pos sessed of good natural abilities, but was aomewhat eccentric in manner, and (il not possess [lhe element, of popularity. In walking out with him on tile evening be fore tho meeting I observed his manner was alstrael ri Hnd.t his speech confused mid faltering as lie talked of his solemn situation, but. his courage and resolution were unwavering, and he seemed allsolute y athirst to spill the blood of one who had nade him the object of mort ifying ridicule. flint was our last Interview, and his last iight on earth, and the ile ghost-like ace, as it then appeared in the t wilight when we walked under the frowning hills il beside the resounding river, hangs in nomlory to this day. 1 had seen the l>ounding deer sink down before the aim of lis iron-nerved antagonist, and felt then that lie was a dead inan walking the lone y outskirts of the world. The combat ants took their places, forty yards apart, the ground was a little sloping, aiid the highest situation fell to Ilie lot of Tevis. 1'he sun was going down upon the peace !lnd happiness of two families far away, nud upon a brilliant young man's ambition ind life. As his second walked away he turned toward Tevis and laid his linger on Iis own breast, as an indiationm where to sim, and Lippincott observed the gesture ludl fixed his eye on the same place. The word was given ; both guns cracked at tie mine instant. 'Tevis sank down, shot di rectly through the heart, and a lock of hair roll from near Lippiancott's ear. The fallen man had not made the necessary al Lowance for descending ground, and his nlurderous lead had passed direotly over his adversary's left shoulder, grazing his aec. The wound was frightful, as though t had been bored through with an auger, mnd tho ground was horrible with its san ;uine libation. The survivor and his riends took their departure, and the dead nan was temporarily buried in that lonely )haee, which in the gatheriug twilight, eemed like the chosen abode of the genius >f solitude. (dd Facts Ahnut Ostriches. A singular thing about these birds is the vay they bring up their babies. To begin vith, there are a great many eggs in the west, and( they ure tlhe eggs of ats many hifferent mothers (Mr. D)arwina says). Thei >strich d(oes niot, lay an egg every (day3, as lie hen (toes; they are so far aplart t hat hey would not hiatchi out together. So, as stid, whlen a b)irdl prepares a nest tall her rienids contribute an egg apicCe, and( 1 supl >ose she returns the favor in (lute time. 'l'hen the feeding Is antothier odd( thing. f~ou know our birds leave the little ones iln lhe nest, anid bo0th father and mother go off o hunt worms and( other food for them. lut no such way willl (to for babily o.strichies. 3o0lh parents stay at home to p)rotect, themn, mid other ostriches-nurses, I suplpose, hey ought t.o be0 calledl-come and( lay eggs or the babh a. When they need( lunchi one( of he eggs is broken and the babies fed. Ost rich ggs are much nicer than hen31's eggs, 81nd ne of them wieighe thlree p)ounds( and1( is qual to about two dloz/en of the hien 's. Lhey are very convenien' for the hutnter to nd1( in the (desert, for they not, only fnrtmsh (deliclius meal, 'ut the (dish to cook It In. Io juasts sets the egg oni thie fire, breauks ia ohe mi the top), and( p)uts in a slick to stir t, anId when (done lie eats It out of thiosamoe lish. Th'le natives use the shells instead of mps1) and( pails to bring wvater. A nat,ive vom~an takes a bag full of shells which Rave only one hole in them, carryIng It oif )I bier back, and returning in the same vay with the shells full. A Goodt Eye Cure. "Cani you cure my eyes?" said ai man8 to D)r. Brown. "Yes," said the (dooter, "If you will fol ow my prescription." "Oh, certainlly, doctor," said f he patint; '1 will do anything to havem eyes cured. Nhat is yotir remedy, doctor?' "'You mRust steal a horse," said the dloc or, very soberly. "Steal a horse, doctor," said the patient n amazement. "Hlow will that cure my "Yott will be sent to State Prison for five fears, whore. you could not get whIskey, mid dutring your incarcerationis yo.mr eyes w'ould get well," said1 the doctor. Tihe patient looked somewhat inciedu ous, but ho did not adlopt the doctor's rem ady. ________ Mathematical Curios1ty. The year 1881 will be a mathematical rarlosity. From left to rIght and from right to left It roads the same: 18 divided by 8 gives 0 as a quotient; If divided by 1) the qtuotient contains a 0; If multiplicd by 0 the product contains two Os." One,and 8 are 9; 8 and 1 are 0. If the 18'be placed under the 81 and added the sum Is 90. If th iue eadded thus, 1,8,8,1, wIll give .Rang from loft to right Is 18, amnd reelgfo ght to left 18, and 18 Is two ninthi of 81. B adding, div1jlu and ofultiplIn nmet n Osar prd td,b1 BR[EFS. -lord Aylesbury won $90,000 on the Euglish riaces in the secolid November week. -An exploration of Great Sale Lake shows that. its greatest depth Is thirty six feet. -Colored people in Georgia own pro>erti.y of nit aggregate value of $5,182,398. -There are $10,000,000 w orth of gold brielks in a single vault in the mint at Philadel phia. -Uoo(1 powder averages a range from 280 to 800 yards. Siail grain from 30) to 320 yards, -The Rothschilds have lately paid in 1 iiglanil $195,000 o>robate, and $120.000 legacy (1uty. -''he eroton glass factory at Newcas tle, Pa., is to be put into operation very Soon. -A pro.eet Is on foot for the estab lisltinteit of a large woolen mill at Fort Worth, Texas. -M a ry O'Connel, I11ty-two years old, of Oil City, Pa., had three teot.h pulled and bled to death. -A fugitive murderer lit Kentucky was putrsned, captured and taken to jail by his own father. -Three hntdred thousand Mohiam iedati pilgriins worship in the Kaaba of Mecca every year. -A ienmorial is to be erected at New ton, r.ss , to John Eliot, the famous apthOst :.s to 1hw Icelaits. -The Counissioners of Lancaster county, Pi., have resolved not to pay costs itn cases not prosecuted. -'he private collection of paintings belonging to Mr. John II. Shoenberger, of Pittsbutrg, is valued at $150,000. -A statistician coiputes that 2,500, 000 watches atn( 4,000,000 clocks are annually turned out In difl'erent parts of the world. -A hat factory that will have a pro dueiiig capaclty of 125 to 150 dozen hats a dtay was put in operation in Reading, Pa., recently. -P?rlinc Leopold, it Is said, will shortly be made a linke and, like his graudfither, take his ducal title from the county of Kent. -'i'lTe pianoforte was Invented by a Oermuan naimed Amerleus Backers, and was llrst used In public at Covent Gar denl Theatre in 1767. -The Umiversity of Leipsic has an f ucome o' $100,000, and its exipeises aire $275,000. The difference Is lpaid from the national treasury at Saxony. -The one-centpieces are in great (e- - iioi(, and diring November the Plil a(lelpiiia mint turned out more than 3.(00,000 of them-$30,000 worth. -Artillery was used by the Moors as early its 1313 and at the bat'le of Crecy In 4316, when Edward 1i[. had four pleees of cannon which gained h1im1 the battle. -1'rofessor Wim. Cook, of Ilarvar d College, who was graduated from Yale College in 1861, has declintei an invita tioi to the German Professorship at 'rinceton. -M. Win. Astor, of New York, who has in the winter- time identiiled him self with Florida, pays this year a large amount toward premiums for the Flor ida State fair. Many English tenant farmers with capitals of from $1,000 to $5,000 are wi-ing to this country, inquiring about the (esirability of their settling in Oregon. -A scythe which Prince Bismarek once took( from the hands of a peasant Iii a meadow and swung with vigor for a half hour was purchased by the is torlcal Museum of lin-l for $800. -T1ho meoial block-house ordered by the LecgIilatur-e of Pennsylvamnia to be erected to the nmomor-y of tihe Revo luitlonary hiero, Ant,hony Wayne, at Eia, is steadIly approaching comnple tion, An examinat,Ion of the assessment iroil of Ker-n county, Cal,,shows a mis t ake in tihe footings of aneven 51,*00,000. Tiheo levying of a $2.75 tax onu the $100 luistead of a $2.10 caused thte investiga tioni which disclosed this fact. -An Englisht wvoman,'now in tis counitr-y, has order-ed at, T1if'any's a hangle bracelet whieh is to cost the coin for table sum of $40,000. It is made lIke t,he baniglea of the harem, ot beaten gold, and Is set wit,h every known jew el. -In the silk factoriles of Italy 120,428 womein are emp)loyedl, besides 20,070 in cotton and( 13,707 in tobacco facetories. There are 9,177 manufacturing estab lishinenuts ot all kinds in the kingdom, emt ploy ing 392.048 laborer-s, 188,480 of' wnlomi are women. -The city of Pi'lladeilhia alone pro dtuces nn ually 0,500,000 yards of car peoting more tihan does Great Britain, and the mannfacture of cat-pets in the UJnitedl States more thtan doubles that of the United Kingdom. 'The i moor tation of foricgn ear-pets deolined from $6,000,000 in 1878 to $898,384 inl 18V0. -The total production of rubber nmaniufactur-es in the United States dur lng the present year, it is estimated, will i-each nearly $20,000,000 in amount. Of this amount Now England will pro duce about two-thirds, or from $13,000, COO to 14,000,000 worth, nearly one half of whlich is represented by the ar ticles of boots and shoes alone. -Mrs. Logge is an old lady now 1y lug at Martha's VineyarG, who, as a native of St. llelena, remembers going to the school-room door to so. Napol eon as lie wvent en his way to Long wood. Mrs. Legge's daughter mar rled otne of the crew of an American whtaler, who brought his wife and her mnothter to live at the Vineyard. -"A lXealth Villagn'" is to be estab lishmed juist outside the .Bois do IBoulogne, in Paris. It is proposed to rqt S.ever al cottages in a tealthy lcali which wvill accomodate four. invalid each,. - who will be attended by the best doe tors anid the best nurses. The prices will be moderate, Jfire gardefis will form a'part of the attraction. 2 -Count Xavier do B3ranickI, Who died a few daaao a nestate of near ly'$10, , hofad d n Rusa#fight for. oand~Ate' -var'ds lie becamnie h fti df.unaes of the French Oredit ~bo~'~KJ% rade a ortune nsdtli 8 to l 48 died