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Tfil-WEEKLY EDITION. W INNSBORtO, S. C., JANUARY 27, 180.OLP1-.12 THE BBOOK. .1 como from the haunts of coot and fern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. I chatter, ohatter, as I flow To join the brimming river. For men may como and men may go, But I go on forever: I wind about, and in and out. With hero a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And hero and there a grayling. And hero and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel, With many a silvery water break Above the golden gravel. And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming riv r, For men may com and men may go, But I go on forever. I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by haspl covers; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow fqr happy lovers. I slip, I slide, I glow, I glance Among my skimming swallows; I make tho netted sunbeam dance Agal -st my sandy shallows, I murmur under moon and stars; In blanbly wildernosses; I linger by my shingly bard; I inter by my ore so. And out again I ourve and flow To join the brimming river, For men n.ay como and men may go. But I go on forever. Two Red Roses. The golden sun was sinking to rest amid clouds of purple and red, and its last rayr lingered on the clustering nutbrown hair of Eunice Dalton, as she leaned against the rustic gate that led to the old farmhouse where her childhood had been spent. She was very pretty, this slender girlisl Eunice, withe her deep gray eyes, her clas sical features, creainy complexion an< curving, crimson lips. And beside her, his face pale and gravi dark' eyes drinking on every chance of he lovely face, Guy Winters stood and pleade< for her love. "Eunice," he said, laying his hand or hers, "must you leave us? Are you no happy hero I Have we failed to make yot contented!" rhe gray eyes were raised to his face, the pretty white hand clasped his. "Oh, Guy I not lappy-not content flow could I be otherwise with the love you all lavished on me-nc who had n< claim on you, save that our mothers were friends in c%!,';ihood. But, Guy, I want t< earn my ow:i living---" He interrmpted her with a low passionate cry. "Eunice, Eunice, darling, do not leave us. Oh! my love I cannot let you go. Stay with me and be my wife. Eunice 1" They had been like brother and sister so long, that Eunice never dreamed of the possibility of Guy loving her, save as a brother. "Guy, you cannot mean this," she said, "Tell me you don't mean it." . "Mean it I Oh my darling 1 I have loved you for years, but I was afraid to speak.] know I am not wvorthiy of -you but I will iearn to be. Give me some hope, Eunice, and I will wait." The girl's face grew pale at the thiough1 of the pain she must give his loyal heart, but -he knew It was kind to speak plainl) at once. "Guy; dear,'' she said, "I thank for the love you offer me, but--but-Oh, Guy I] -I love "Yd3u love Wilson Audrey ?" he said, A searlet flush swept over her face, an< her gray eyes dropped till their long lashes rested on her rounded cheeks. "I might hlave known It," lie said, "foi ho Is all a girl could wish for a lover, but, Eunice I have loved you as a woman isaol, domn loved," Near to them bloomed a bush of aweel red roses, and the girl put out her slendei hand and broke off one brilliant flower. "Keep this, Guy, in memory of me,' she said. "Give me thme rose at tour brcast,'' h< said, "and I wvQl;keb) it Whild life lasts." She loosened9h' tlooNe, atfd s ashogavi it to him he bent and kissed her. "We have been as brother and sister ir the past, Eunice," lie said "and in (theofu. ture we will be the same," and theri h< t\mrned away, and Eunice looked after hur with tender, wistful eyes. Looked giftt linOtill ;Wldon .Ajigreym voice fell'on' her oars, and she turned t< nieet him with glad, welcoming eyes anm throbbing heart, -coipletely forgetting Gu) Winters and his love, WIlson Andrey hmad won Eunfee Dalton'i heart and ,lo iir jtiatice, hie believed hi loved he,r )wben . .h\e . wooed -her for her rAre caffy bleased his senses ; 'he shy, girlish mamlietinp'pale4 po'h~is heujrt,; *He was handsome; with Ils gracefnl, iri. girl whose fist lovo lie hmatt won idealize& him Into 'a her'o, and albhoot' Whsippec him, novgmr 1doubt;ig his, love,; en.!l.er she saw the cYlan~ge that passed 'over hii face when she told him she was going t< earn herown lipng,' "I don't see why ott need do so," hi hadsad i"th #t love you~as thi Her face flushed slightly ; sas he replied 'Noutio s y forget, that 1 have n< eclaim on WleInters,Mve the claim o ference it would make to my family, when they hear you are an underpaid music teacher of the Winters,and not co-heir with their son." A little gasp of pain camne from her hps -her lips that had suddenly grown white. "Oh, Wilson-Wiklon i can It be? -.' lie smliled. "Sweet," he said, "I love you for your self aione. You believe this, Eunice, darling ?" She was so true- and loyal herself, that she could not withstand his tender, caress ing words, and wlhen lhe drew her near him and kissed her she was content, even happy again, believing he meant nothing by his careless words. The red rose she had first offered to Guy Winter was still In her hard. "I will take this ae a love token," Wilson said, taking it from her, "and if ever the time comes when I love you less, I will send it to you, and you will understand. le spoke jestingly, but her face grew grave. "Wilson," she said, "it might be that In the future you would love me less, and long for your freedom ; if that time comes, pro mise me you will send me this red rose ; write inc no word, or line, simply send me this flower." "I promise," he said, "but as my love will never grow less, you have seen this red rose for the last time. He drew her to him and kissed her. "Goodby, my darling," he said, and then lie left her standing in the falling shadows of twilight. * What will you wear to-night, Miss Leigh ?" The graceful woman standing at the window turned slowly around, and ans wered in a tone of intence oweetness: "I will wear black silk and lace, Meta, with red roses in my breast and hair." "But your white silk and pearls?" "I prefer black this eveniug, Meta," the lady answered, gently, and then turned around to the window again. After some time she went over to an in laid desk, and drew out a letter, written In a clear bold hand, and signed "Wilson Audrey." It was a passionate declaratian of love to the beautiful woman holding it in her hand. She read it slowly over, then from beside she lifted an envolope, (tirected in the same dashing hand to "Miss Eunice Dalton." Opening the envelope, she looked at what she bad looked a hundred times be fore, a faded June rose, withered and scentless ; and now you know that Miss Leigh, whose wondrous voice made her famous, whose rare beauty and grace had turned men's heads wherever she went, was Eunice Dalton who had bidden her lovers farewell at the rustic gate, eight years be fore. The change in her life had come suddenly an eccentrle old lady had heard her sing, and charmed by the depth and power as well as the sweetness of her voice, had taken her under her patronage, and placed her under the best malters, and two years after had the satisfaction of knowing that her fair young protege was fated to be one of the greatest singers in the world. But before all this had come the falsity of her lover and the anish that nearly killed her, and t ten the news that the old folks at the farm w~ere dead, and that Guy had sold everything and gone abroad, thien her new life began, and( the people0 were thrilled by her beautiful voice, and men Infatuated with her beautiful tnce, and when she returned to her owvn land, fore most among her lovers was Wilson Audrey, who never dreamed of her identity. There was to be a reception that evening, given In honor of her, the creme do la creme of society would be there, and Wil-J son. Audrey, would be among them waitIng to receive his answner froni the womnan he loved. There were many fair women present ; buteMiss Leigh reigned queen, by right of her real beauty, and Wilson Audrey watched her with thrilling pullses, and wondered he ever believed lie loved women before. Hie was talking to a grave, handsomer man, whose earnest eyes, had wandered more than nce0 to Miss Leigh's proud p)ale *face.4: .Thiey' were standing In the shadow of a bay window, and neither of them noticed that a slender, stately woman In sweeping robes of silk and lace was leaning against a flower-wreathed column a little distance from them. "It Is good to see you again W'Inters, after all these years," Wilson sai, "and y o.m havd come back heat-whole as well." Guy Winters faco grew grave. "I caine as I went, Audrey, lhe said, slowly. "Surely you remember I loved Eunice Dalton.,' Wilson Audrey laughed lightly' "Ah, yes, sure enough I Well, Eunice was a pretty little thing. She was "Eiunico Dalton was the one woman on Ohrtib to me,' Gty~ interrup)ted stei'nly. 'Had I kpown she was not your wife-" "Not my wifel 14o, thank goodness. Winters, 1 don't mind telling you, but I have inet at last the woman before whmomli my 'very soul bows down. if wealthland energy cain accomplish it,I wIll marry Miss Leigh, the beautiful:prima donna." "I 4o not understand," Guy said, "how once caring for Eunice, you can love an other; as for me, this is more precious than the love of thie fairest woman .on earth," anid he drew'% 'ltle saudal box from, his pocket, and opniug it displayed a fadedai red Juno rose. Wilson Andrey's to 1uhd~ "I'erlhaps were you to search for your lost love you might find her." "God would be kinder to me than I dare hope, but if I should find my darling A sweet, low voice interrupted him, and Miss Leigh stood before him, her eyes glow. iug, her lips apart, the red roses clustering it her breast. "Guy-Guy 1 I am here. God has taken care of me for you-far better than I de served." And then, shelterei by the silken cur tains, lie took her in his arms and pressed passionate kisses on her low, white brow, and smiling lips. An hdur later, when Miss Leigh thrilled the hearts of her listeners, as her voice rang out in the old song, "My darling is tender and true," only two in the room know how her heart throbbed at the thought, for none save themselves dreamed of the story of the two red roses. Jim Hander". A battered old tramp. up in Judge K nox's Court for the theft of a coat, facing the jury. "What's your full name ?" demanded the Court. "liey?" shouted the prisoner, )uttinig one hand to his ear and scratching his back with the other. "Ask the gentleman his name, he's deaf, I see," said the Court to the Constable. "Jim Sanders 1" roared the prisoner ; when Constable Metcalf iat bawled the inquiry into the unclean ear of the vagrant, "Do yu know this gentleman ?" asked the District Attorney, when the arresting officer took lie stand. "I've saw the gentleman afore. him an' anotI er gentleman wias hanging 'around Mulligan's grocery a Sunday night.. They were fired out for stealing oif the barkeeper, I see 'em sneakin' round the door of the shebang, and pretty soon this gentleman dashes in, an' nails the coat that was a layin' on a barrel. I runs up an' makes a grab fur both of 'em. I ketched this one, but the other gentleman runs away " "What's that?" howled the prisoner, and when the statement of the otlicer were shrieked out to him, he yelled : "It's all a lie! "You musn't talk like that," screamed the Court. Ask the witness any question you like, but make no comments." "Hley ?" halloed the prisoner. "1'ell the gentleman what I said." scream ed the Court. ''I ain't deaf !" howled Constable Met calf. "Order in the Court I" thundered Deputy Constable Enders, "His Honor's two dogs barked furiously, a crowd began to gather on the sidewalk, am several windows in the International Hotel, on the opposite side of the stteet, were thrown open. Several other witnesses were examincd, all of whom identitied the prisoner as the person who stole the coat. "Ask the gentleman if he desires to tes tify in his own behalf," said the Court. The gentleman declined to testify and was convicted. The use of the word gentleman in our Justices' courts is not at all ironical. The Court, lawyers and witnesses, all with the greatest gravity, apply the title to the most villainous-looking ruflians that ever de servedly went to jail. Ferocity of tho Leopard. An instance of the ferocity of the leopard occurred in the case of the missionary Schmidt. This worthy man had gone out with a party of Hottentots to an other Mor avian station to hunt seome hyenas which had been very (destructive to their hooks, and, in company with one of the men, en tered the thicket ini pursuit of a beast they hiadt wounded. Inisteadi of a hyena, how. ever, the (togs started a leopard, which in stantly sprang on the Hlottentot and bore him to the ground. Mr. Schmidt Inetantly ran forward to the aid of fhle man, with his gun cocked; but before he could get an op portunity of firing the animal left the Hot tentot and flew with fury at himself. In the scuftle lie dropped the gun, but luckily fell above the leopard, with his knee on its stomach. Tme animial seized hn by the arm with its jaws, and kept striki.ng him with its pa~ws and tearing his clothes In tat ters from his breast. Schmidt, however, being a powerful man, succeedied after re ceiving another severe bite or two, in seiz lng the leopard by the throat with lisa right hand, and held It dowvn, in spite of its dIes p)erate struggles, for a few minutes, and un til his strength was on the poInt of giving way when a Hlottentot on the outside of the jungle, Who heard hIs cries, came to the rescue and shot time ferocious beast through the heart, so that its death was Instanta neous. [lad any life been heft, Its dying struggles would have proven fatal to Mr. Schmidt. As it was he was so lacerated that for several weeks his life was In the greatest danger. The Hlottentot who was first attacked was less severely wounided, but his face was so munch torn by the enemy's clawvs that his eyes were filled with blood, and lie,was unable to render any aid to the missionary who had so generously come to his aid. My Face. There is a young man in San Francisco, who is not a Blriton,.though tis name might Indicate suchi to be the case, and who pos sesses the unenvialte distinction of being the most, inconceivably ugly man on the Pacific slope. For unadutemated homeli ness lhe Is entitled to thme entire cake. One evening during the recent carnival he got into a Mission street car attired in a loudly striped uleter that added emnphiaes, If poss ible, to hiis unattractiveness. Immediately, upon tie entrance a little girl began to cry vigorously, and apparently'in a paroxysm of terror. Thlis continued until Its mother leaned forward and said to the person refer red to: "I beg your Vardon, sir, but won't you take off your face?" "My face?" Inquired thme individual ad. dressed, "what do you mean I" "Why, 1 see by your costume that you are gaing to the carnival. Your make-up is very Inenious, but my little girl ws once badly frIghtened by a false-face, and has never quite recovered from the efcfet. Won't yu, please, tsike oft yours till we. get out?" And thme child almost went into fits as the gentlenian wltlhdaew td.the troyt platform, .with what lhe flattered himelf;wA smile, A Tiger Tannor. Scarcely three month* have elapsed since we recorded the horrible fate of Karoly, the renowned Hlungarian wild beast taner. during one of his sensational perfOrmances with a huge boa-constrletor, by which he was crushcd to death while enveloped in in Its coils. We now learn that another tragedy of this class has just been enacted at Berlin. William Rice, the "Tiger Ning" a brother-in-law of Ilagenbeck, who is well-known throughout Europe as the im pressario. of Nubian caravans and Zulu "troupes," opened a "zoological anthropo logical museum" in the Thiergarten, just outside the Braudenburger Thor. This "museum" as its title denotes, contained a collection of rare animals and a variety of more or less savage men and women, who had been traincd by Riv-e to go through elaborate performance wih disciplined car nivora. Among others was an extraordi narily handsome young negress, who was aiiounc,td to appear in a "'thrilling scene of action" with three full-grown Bengal tigers. On the opening night, the "imu seum" being crowded with an eage:ly' cx-. lant audience, the curtain rose upon a huge cage, into which Rice proceeded to lead the tigers preparatory to "Black llelen's" performance. Seareely had he made his obesiauce to the public when one of the ferocious animals sprang upon him. struck him on the right chcek with its left forepaw, and fastened with its tremendous fangs upon the muscles of his left arm. One of the attendants, also an Englishman, rushed to his assistance, armed with a heavy iron bar and beat the tiger off. 1tice walked steadily off the stage, but fell in a swoon as he had reached tlie wing. Profs. Von Langenbeck, the Emperor's body sur geon, and Virchow, the eminent anatomist were summoned, and dressed the unfor tunate mnan's wounds. lie was removed to Langenbeck's private infirmary, where he received the personal and unremitting at tention of Germany's first living surgeon; but the shock to his system was so terrible that at last lie died in great agony. The immediate cause of death is ofilcially stated to he blood-poisoning. "BIlack 1lelen," whose real name is Helen Johnson, a nat ive of New Jersey, was also bitten by a lion during the performance that took place on the evening after Rice's mishap, and lies in a precarious condition. The Berlin Po lice authoritics have closed tihe ''Museum'' and prohibited any further exhibition of wild beast taming within the preciucts of the German capital. An Extraordinary Diver. A good (teal of curiosity has t)een excited in London by tie extraordinary exhibition of a new diving process at the Royal Poly technic institution. The inventor is a young Englishiman named Fleuss, twenty-eight years of age, who was formerly an officer in the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship company's service. Ile is a short, slight man, of fair complexion and pleasant ap pearance. The peculiarity of his process is that the (liver takes down with him a good supply of air, and is quite independent of any supply from above, so that there is no pmping required, and no help needed ex cept a signal man and a cord. The dress in which Mr. Fleuss descends is like an or dinary diver's dress, and consists of a hel met, breastplate and the common water tight armings and leggings. He bears on his shoulders a weight of ninety-six pounds. At the depth of twelve feet lie -moves com fortably in the water under this pressure. From the helmet there proceeds a light cord for signalling to the ian above. Before the helmet is fixed and the mask closed, it is seen that the inventor wears firmly tied over is mouth and nose an ordinary mouth. piece from which a breathing tube of an inch bore proceeds downward. When lie is on the floor of the tank in which the ex hibition takes place, Mr. Fleuss moves about as lie pleases apparently, without any impedhient. lie can pick up coins, can sit down, and cani even lie dIown. lie breathes, lie says, just as easily as when lie is in the air andl quite as freely. The pro. cess by which the breathing Is effected re mains a secret, but Is, according to the in venter, extremely simp)le. Dr. Benjamin WVard Richiardscam, a wvell-known London physician, whoi send1s to Nature a long ne count of his observations of this experi meats, says that in wvhiatcver way Mr. Fl~euss gets breathing room under the water, lie has without a dloubt achieved a great hpractical sucess. iIe has sonic method of getting zid of the produrc of respiration, whmiQh would otherwise suffocate him, and lie is able to live a long time shut off coin pletely from all externmal access to the air. [mn seine of the exhibitions, Mr. Flcuss has remained under water a full hour, and has shown no signs of asp)hyxia on conung out of the tank, andh but little change from his normal condition. Dr. Richardson sug gests that a man who can carry his air- eup. ply.lin lis p)ockets could go Into fIre as wveli as tinder water, provided hie had on a proper fire- proof dress, and that the new invention will be found specially valuable in wells chargedl wvith foul air, or In mines filled with fire-damp or choke-damp. .Ice in theo arctic Sea. A simple smooth sheet of sea water ls.ne sooner formed than It begins to be subject ed to a varlcety of Intiuences, which speedily converts its smooth expanse Into a comrpli cated rugged surface, covtered wIth rIdges, valleys and irregularlties of all kh9ds, ren ders its thickness everywhere unlike, and split up with Innumerable fissures. Most Important among the causes of these changes are the variations of telnperature to which the Ice is exposed from the varIa tion of that of the water below and the water above, and which are more or less local,.and affect the ice differently whenever Its thickness varies. From these differences of temperature ensue comnplcated strains In all directions, due to the unequal expan sion andi c9ntraction of the mass, and the Ice Is rent by the tension; to these forces is added the pressure of surrounding ice fields, driven by the action of the winds or currents; long fissures are formed, the edges of which grind together with mighty force. All these changes are accompanied by a noise. The uinlucky prisoner in the field ice duiring thme imposing unbroken loneliness of the long Arctic night, when the wind Is calm, can hear the crackle of the snow under the stealthy tread of the polar~ bear, at an as tonIshing distance, andi heat' what a man sp)eaking loud, says at 1,000 meters distance, It can, therefore, be well understood how the sound of the Ice pressures must travel to his ear from efmormnous distances, '"Some times the noise of - the Ice'movements was scarcely to be hicand-t-a mere miurmu--and eame to *ur ears .as does the play of .the wave omva steep coast -frds~ theofar dii tance. S0mQin it hummed And1 r6ared closer to us, as if a whole column of heav ily laden wagons were being drawn over the uneven ice simface. In the sound were combined all nmanner of noises, caused by cracking, grinding, falling of blocks, crush ing, and many other phenomena of ice life. It is astonishing how far and how clearly every noise is conducted over the Ice. The noise at the very margin of the field on which we were seemed to occur immediate ly at our feet. If we placed our ears to the ice the sound was heard so loudly that we might have expected the ice to open under our feet the next moment. The whole dry ice covering was a vast sound ing board. Wh; never. as I lay (town to sleep, I placed my car against the dry wood en ship's side, I heard a hullming and buz zing noise which was nothing else than the sum of all the noises which occurred In the ice at a great distance from the ship. Ice bergs are subject to disintegration after somewhat .he same manner as rocks so commonly are. They are full of crevices, into which the water, formed by melting, penetrates; in winter this water freezes, and by its expansion all through the glacier a rupture of the mass ensues. It Is highly probable that most of the icebergs afloat in winter are in such a condition that a very slight cause is sutlicient to make them burst because of their state of internal tension. Every polar traveler can tell how a slot, the driving in of an ice anchor, or any sud den violation, has brought about the catas trophe; cases have even occurred in which the sound of the voice was alone sullicient An iceberg is always an unpleasant neigh bor. So many are the causes which tend to destroy icebergs that no berg exists which could withstand them more than ten years, an( that, generally, the life of a berg is nmch shorter. " However this may be, doubtless the much larger Antarctic bergs last very much longer, as must neces sarily occur because of the clhuate to which they are exposed. Ilootlaeonuu. Hootchenoo is the root of all evil in Alaska. When Lo gets crazed with this vile (rink ha is far from being a good citi zen and desirable neighbor. It behooves the merchants of Sitka and all those who ask for protection to consider well if it is a wise policy to arm their enemy with such at dangerous weapon. Ilootclleeno is made from the poorest quality of molases or cleat) sugar and the process of distilling the liquor is so simple as to hardly need a description. All Ihe machinery required is an oil can, clothes boiler or other covered vessel for holding and boiling the mash and a few feet of the pipe. A mixture of mo lasses, a little barley and a few vegetables constitutes the mash, which after being al lowed to ferment, is boiled. Tihe nectar is caught, after winding through a few feet of letter V pipe, for the delectation of the "honest Injun;'' the progeny of his aunt and uncle, his parents, daughters, and the sisters of his dear father and mother. A "potlash'' or maudlin spree, ending in a free fight to all, follows, and it is at such tines, and then only, I believe, that there is any good cause to apprehend any violence on the part of the Indians. hlootchenoo making is not confined to Indiantown. Sev eral stills haye been recently captured from white men engaged In the profitable but disreptlable business. The question of forbidding the importation of molasses into the territory was discussed in cabinet meeting lately, I am told, and it was de cided that the Government could not act In the ,matttr, I should have stated before that the sloop of war Jamestown, Commander Beardsleee, came here last June, relieving the Alaska. This officer has adopted the plan of making three of the most inlluential chiefs sponsors for the peace and order of the Indian village. A marked improvement Is noticeable. These Indian policeman are shipped as landlsm.en. on board the Jamestown. Th'ey rep)resenlt three different tribes, anid have shown their zeal by smashling up a dozen or more stills. Many or the merchaets have agrecdh not to Imp)ort anly more molass es anid the temp)erance question is settled. "Take anmaetinlg Fine?" As tihe audience of the Bush Street Theater, San Francisco, was admiring the fidelity with which tile hIghly polIshed bald heads In the front rows reflected back theo symmetrical tights on the stage, the other er~eninig, an usher 811(1 down tile aisle, and( slippled a scrap of paper ilto tihe handt of a genitlenman, onl which he read thle following genlial message, ostensibly from one of the rear seats, "Comne out and take somethIng. Jim." It was a hot evening, anld so, without pausing to decide which of the nmberless Jims of is acqulaintanmce theO note was fromn, lie carefully crowded past the usulal number of knobby kpees and big cornms, andt repaired to thle sideowalk. A re spectable looking man hnmlaediately stepped up anid said: "hIow are you Jim? Awful hlot, Isn't it, old1 man?'' "You mean your name is Jim,'' lie re turnled, smniling blandly. Amid whlile theoy stood staring at each othler, still another party crowd(edi his way out, and( advanced to the first two, saying: "'hlowd'y, Jim?' And as the trio blinked at eachl other, a succession of gentlemen emerged, all hold mng small notes in thleir hands, looking anxiously a ound for somneb)dy. It wams evidently a fraud of tIhe meanest deseribtion; andi, after thle party had symi pathlized wIth and "set 'em up" for each other, thley returned to the theater, only to fin.d thleir seats, whlich were not reserved ones, occupied by as many Pacific Board brokers, wile sat absorbedhy sucking theIr canes and gazIng at tile play with expres 51011s of childlike innocenice touchling to behold. Tile victims of treachery stood up tile rest of tile eveninIg and swore. The Istory of Velvet. Velvet was origInally an Asiatic p)roduc tion, introduced Into Itome at the time of the emperors. It teems that the ancient Greeks were not acquaInted with It. In the middle ages some mlanufactories of velvet were establIshed at Constaninophe and in somne other towns of the eastern empire. At a later time the fabrication of velvet. pros pored at Venice, at Genoa and at other towns of Italy before they were known in France. Two Genoese imlported this braczh of In dustry into Lyons, wherethey estmlblshed a manufactory under the auspices of Francis I. In 1580. Velvet, by tIle richness of Its texturO, at once took the priority on the conminent of all issues. It benthe the chief material of :the. costutnes- of thes middle cleuaes, the ornament of oerotnonlals, a'td was employed to-set oft sum'piuous apaft manic - Cable Cars. One of the novel features of San Fran cisco which attracts Immediate attention, is that horse car witbout horses, which, loaded with passengers, rapidly ascend the steepest gradcs of the streets, and descend as quick ly, with no perceptible propelling power. '1lhe secret of propulsion is reveal led by a little investigation. At a central point is a stationary engine, which causes a wire rope to move with rapidity up one side of the street and down the other, the entire length of the road, a distance over these hills of one or two miles. This wire Is sunk through a narrow opening about a foot beneath the surface of the ground. Through the management of a man at tie brake the car is made to attach itself to the wire in a second, and them moves as fast as tie wire runs up hill or down. When a halt is desired, the car Is unfastened from the rope, and the brake stops the car Im nediately, while the wire runs on indepen dently, carrying other cars on the line at other points up an1d down the hills These caple roads have made the high elevations very desirable places of residence and some of the most charming homes in the city are located along these lines. The authorities have recently granted franchises for the putting in of wire caple on several lines of railways where cars have hitherto been drawn by horses, demonstrating the su perioty of this means of street car propul mon on steep grades. The Sutter Creek line, which had been running in debt while using horses, through the introduc tion of this means of propelling the cars is paying handsome dividends to the stock holders. Endloess Rtii. The Idea of making a train lay down and take up its own rails as it inoves along is not a new one, but an interesting realiza tion of it is now to be witnessed, we learn from La Vature, in the Jardin des Tuile rice, Paris. The system is that of Clement Ader. The rails on either side of the car ringes consist of a series of jointed pieces of rails witi Hilat supporting pieces; they in close the system of wheels, passilg down over the front and up over the end wheels, and all the wietls have t.vo tlan.ee3 to pre vent any derailnent. In front, the chains of rails are guided by two distribut ing wheels, which are governed by (lie tractions, so that, on pulling obliquely, right or left, the endless way automaticaly follows the same direction. At the end of the train, again, are two taking-up wheels, provided with a difrerential motion, to meet the litliculty of going in curves, which involves an extend ing of the rail on one side and contraction of that oil the other, so that, whatever the curve, (to six or seven inetres' radius) the way is regularly put (own and lifted. From the iachanical point of view, one is struck witti the smallness of the force required to move a train thus arranged. In the Jardin des ''uileries, the train consists of three carriages, capable of containing in all thirty children, and often full. These are drawn by two goats, which work thus for seven hours. The total load is about 1,000 kilo grammes. To draw a like weight in three carriages on ordinary roads would require i dozen goats, four for each vehicle, (lnis is the number harnessed to the small carriages for children in the Champs Elysees.) The economy of cart iages then, Is incontestable. The normal speed is four to six kilometres per hour. The system is, of course, not designed for passenger tratlic, but for goods, and in many places with bad roads or none, might be very serviceable. Umeappoarance of Fishes. Disappearance of sea fish from their longtie home occurs frequently, and for reasons unknown to nian. The herring left thle coast of Sweden. whlere once thley were nunmerous, and( tile big-eyed or chlub mackerel, whlichl thlirty years ago was com mon Onl our coast, Is now so rare that Pro fessor Baird has been unable to obtain it for is collection, althoughl he had offered $25 for a single specimen. Whether theo merits of tIs fish have suddenly become known to marinefl eiciure,, or whlethIer tile chub mackerel has found a deep sea larder wich is better stored thanll his old oIne was, must for tile presenit be matter for conjecture. Perihaps tunany-fishl, sharIks, porp)oises, dog hlshi, anld othler lordly fellows wih discrimi niating aplpetites, mighlt throw 8011e lighIt uponI the sub)ject If they couldi be Iiter viewed. At 0110 tinme tile tunnly haid driven tile cod enitireiy away from tile vicinity of Block Island, but tIle tunnly himllself hlaving b)ecomie attractive to oil men, anid purve yors to mnanuifacturers of fish guano, tile cod hurried back to time family homestead. Professor Bairs believes thlat tile demand for tunniiies, dogthlh, sharks, etc., by tile factories which will turn thlem into oils and malinures, will have tihe effect of Increasing thle mnmber of food fishes by lessening that of Iheir enemy. "Grand, gloomy, and peculiar," like othler great slaughterers, these predlaceous fish also resemlble their human prototypes In being comparatively fewv ini numIrber, and( In keeping themselves promlinuently before tile eyes of thlose who are eager to destroy them. DIfs,appance Oif Fishmes. Disappearances of sea fish from their longtime homes occur frequently, and for reasons unknown to man. The hlermg have left the coast of Sweden, -where once thmey were numerous, and tile big-oyed or chlub.imackeral, whlichl thirty years ago was common on our coastP, is now so rare that Professor BaIrd has been unable to obtain it for his collection, althlough lie has offered $25 for a single specimen. Whether tihe mer It of tis fish have suddenly become known to marine epicures, or whetheor the chub mackeral has found a deep-sea larder which Is better stored than hIs old one was, must for the present be matter for conjecture. Perhaps tumnnyfish, sharks, porpoises, dog fish, and other lordly follo'4's with discrim inating appetites, mighIt throw some lighmt upon' the subject if they could be Interview ed. At one tIme the tunny had driven the cod entlrly away from time vicinty of Block Island, butt the tunny himself having ,be come airractive to oil men and punveyors to manufacturers fish guano, time cod hurried back to the family homestpad, Professor Baird believes that the demand for tupnies, dogfish, sharks, &c.., by thme fattari a which will turn them into oli and manures, will have the effbot of increasing th,enumby, of food fishes by' leasetm ,tr6 of their enemies. "'Grand,, gloy peculiar,' like other agtest slaUt.r thesepMtypes ini belig comnpatl- ow in plunber, nd in keehing tim*o pronleetly btq.theo$4o66 Burned to Death on fiorsebaok. Adam Roche, a fifteen-year-old son of Frederick Roehe, a blacksmith at the Con tinental shaft in Scranton, Pa., was burned todeath recently on the road betweenScran ton and Taylorville. Ile was employed round the blacksmith shop as an assistant. Some of the live stock at the mines be came sick and young Roche was sent to Taylorville to procure some vitriol. He went on horseback. le purchased a bot tle containing a pint and started back, bringing two mules along. Half way be tween Taylorville and the mine, the cork came out of the bottle. and the jolting caused the vitriol to spatter into his coat pocket. Then it slowly worked through to his pantaloons, and went streaming along his limbs. The first touch of the vitriol caused the boy to shout with pain and the last of the contents of the bottle was spilled into his clothing. His cries of agony spurred the horse into a run, and the snffering boy endeavored to throw the bot tie from his pocket. This action burned his hands severely, and he clasped them to his face which added greatly to his agony. IIe lost his control of the horse, and just at the foot of a steep declivity in the road he was hurled violently into a ditch, where he lay writhing in anguish. IIe recovered sufliciently to tie the mules to a tree. The horse went back to the mines, and the boy's father and several others sent out to find the ad. When he was discov ered lie was dead. 'rhe oil had eaten into his limbs and lie presented a frightful spec tacle. His hands were badly blistered, his cheeks were burned, and the vitriol. had sunk to the bones of his legs. The boy had torn away nearly all of his clothing, except what had been saturated with the oil. A large wound on his head showed that he had been thrown head forward gron the horse. Tiho Tower of Lidon. The Tower of London seems to have run considerable risk of being destroyed by fire recently. Fortunately, however, owing to the exertions of the Fire Brigade, the flames, which . severely damaged the ollicers' quarters, were subdued before further mischief was done, and London was spared the misfortune of losing, at least for the present, its celebrated fortress. The Tower has enjoyed a long Inmiunity from danger of this description. Thirty eight years have elapsed since, on October 130, 1841, the great armory or storehouse to the cast of St. Peter's Chapel was burned to the ground by a firo caused by the overheating of the ilue of a stove in the tound or Bowyer Tower immediately ad joining. On this occasion, 150,000 stand of small arms were destroyed by the flamers and the Great or White Towers as well as the Jewel 'rower, narrowly escaped destruction. The Regalia were saved mainly by the agility and courage of a Su perintendent of the Metropolitan Police, Mr. Pierse, who, squeezing himself through a small aperture hastily made by crowbars in the iron grating of the room in which tihe jewels were kept handing out the various articles of the Regalia, remaining at his post at the risk of his life until they were all rescued. This meritorious oficer's brave deeds deserve to be remembered, more es pecially as lie received no reward for them. The recent fire was caused, it is stated by a "spark." Great events often arise from little causes; and unless "sparks" are kept under more effectual control, we shall probably some day hear of the loss of the Tower of London after all. A Cuning Creature. Gurdon Saltonstall resigned his functions as a preacher for office of Governor of Con necticut. A religious sect arose professing allegiance to Christ only, and acknowleded ging no authority in the civil law Among other peculiarities of their creed was the right to contract marriage without the sanction of the civil authorities. A man named Gortoii was their leader, lie ap pearedl before Governor Saltonstall one day, as his Excellency wvas peacefully smoking his long pipe, and am\ounced that lie was married to a woman whom he had brought with him, and that without the sauiction of the law. The Governor serenely removed isa pipe, and asked, "And thou art deter mined to have this woman to be thy wife?" "I am," repliedl Gorton. "And you, madlam, have taken this man for your husband?" "'hat I have, Sir,' was the prompt reply. "Then," exclaimed the Governor, "by. the authority and in accordance with the law of the State of Connecticut, I pronounce you legally man and wife." "Gurdon, thou art a cunning~ creature," replied the discomfited Gorton. Deetaloni. Lightning quickiness of deeison is worth millions sometimes. Recently Samuel Bradford, said to be one of the best engi neers in the country, was bringing a.n ex press train over the Kanakee line from In dianapolis, Indiana. As the engine shot out from a deep cut and struck a short piece of straight track leading to a bridge, a herd of Oolts were discovered running full tilt down the road. The distance to the river was only one hundred feet. Samuel knew lie couldn't stop the train, and also knew that if the colts beat thme locomotive to the bridge, they would fall between. the timbers, and the obstrue$on would throw the train off and probably result in a fright ful loss of life. It took hhn only half a second to think of all this. .Tho other half of the second was second was * utilized in gihing his engine a quentity of steam thait covered that one hundred ifoot of track in about the same thu6e that a bolt of lightning would travel froni the top of a lightning rod to the 'groimd. The . colts were struck and hurled down the em- ' bankmont just as they were entering the Recently an old farm wagon rattle through Paterson, NT. J., dentining agrp of all-kompt boye *ho had come from thi home in the mountains for a frolie. ih ' most illterte looking of the wak into a inusic store, and, picking~~ cordeoon, nmade delghtful- iul,St*ad at such a perforihiance, the ~ci~ h'in, half in a joke,t to a a~~1h boy said he knew bei fg tout~E iusical Ipar mne bt6 auoceafttl it the lilAA W31 cordeo6 X'mu ie a clatIite~ O*e n