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TI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., FEBRUARY 7, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO.1 KITTY OF OOLERAINE, As -l'autiftl Kitty one morning wis trIpping Witit a pitchor of milk from the fair of Col eraino. When sho saw ino she stutubled; he pitcher it tumbled, And all tho sweet buttermilk watoeoI the plain. "Oh what M all I do ion ? 'twis looking atyou, nowl Turt, suro, suh a pitotler ll ie'er moot al again. 'Twas thy pido c fgy dairy. Oh tarnoy he Cloary, You'or sent a a plagno to thle girles of ule raine." I sat down beside ter r lid gently did cido Sir, That suia mteisfortuino thould giv hersuch pain; A kt thers I gave lir, ael ro h did lave er the vowed for ouh pleaiuro the'd brak it agaml. 'wAls baytaing a ason, I calit tell thle reason it.fortheina ill never te a nglo.'ti plain; For very won after poor Kitt3'si dtister Thu devil a pitcher wai wholo n Cooraino. Sister Elizabeth. Nothing is unec mortifying to a perso especially if that individual it ait aide laty of thirty-five, than the consciousness that others begin to onside her tow old for the society ofyoung people. It is ta ying on thle shelf " that is by no mneanis agreeable. Al leatst, such was y feelig as I glanced at. the invitations to t little moonlight ex cursion on the nke, which were handed in by John, while we were seated by our cosy tbreakfast-table in Sniow Cottatge one lovely morning In June. The note was directed to Miss Lottie amt 'Miss Cornie Whithaker, not addressed, a previous envelopes aid beeny to thle Misses Whittaker, wich would of courise, Include Elizabeth Whittaker, onster. Th I see last wtord I announced al most audibly, with a bitter smilo, which fit tracted tehe attention of er pet. Cormle, wIo sid tenderly "Sister Elizabeth, does your woad ache tie morning?" How my heart yeared over that favorite sister of tine, the very inage of her lost fsther We were ow laying aside the foable robes worn for tree years. in tokon of our- loss; but It seemls to mne thalt I should always wear the caln sobertintsof "econd lournind, and erin mdy inmhaost solulie heseory of that itolized parent would ever be enshrined. 5y own mother I cannot remember; shme drooped and faded while I was anl infant; and y stepmother, kind and indulgent as sithe ever was to , was not one to e forth the ardent aeection which but few had power to awaken in miy heart. Gentle, dignife ad breserve , she hand bequeathed these sam characteristics to her eldest child, th golden haired LottiC. But Cornie was lik he our fte the s buoyaut spirit. strong will, and impulsive affection, thle samne dark, curling hair, and eyes of laughing blue. I thought r of ll this as I watched her fondly on that June morning, and recalled how I had been a second tim orphaned when Ier mnother was taken froim u c ifteen years ago. Since that line, whe Cournie was four years old, se had been to nd as muchioatduhe ra. asitr LottIelecte ths long yafter sveni hadf atway breas room sefranad wesadiomanr ltte mornin pavrr reaohed wit neey sethat Iving u watch urals that ou syoungerc ometteden th coldn fovr benjoytmuernt fe byIrfce thus polog aerwel hle therafst reoom, invtd witrte eautedrsou Whytl shouldgprr I exp soned with Cmic, myelftchitladutntrhtIshudb omittedreflehetilns fori enoyme cam aby ln auwe the y on epeo Clfdwcely Thn mther erening. ivtdwtteduhes These recin akadie me aore cond kiss, and whispered, "I wish you were go ing, too you old darling!" "Old!I" I repeated to mnjself, "Yes, that ls the word." And that ntight I looked more attentively than was my want mnto my mirror, andi tried to realize that I deserved the epithet. But 1 saw no threadit of silver in my dark, heavy braids, and but few lines of care on my fair, broad forehead. Anyhow, my neart felt young, and with a sigh I tried to realize that I must accept the position in which of necessity I was placed. The next morning my sisters were eager In their recitals o1 the charming walk and the delightful sail by moonlight. Trhere had been a pleasant company. * Oh, Elizabeth!" sala Corni, "do yout know we saw an old friend of yours? And he is comling to call on you to-diay." "An old frietid of mine?'1 1 querled. . "Yes," Lottie replied. "Mr. Loftus; he is visiting at the Arments', and lhas just re turned from a long foreign tour." . "Will Loftus!" I exclaimed. "I~s it possible?" I felt the warm blood tIngling. in.my checks s if I had beon only fifteen, intead Qf five andl thirty. Memuory was busy re calling the long-vanished summer, and how often I used to see my boy lover, since lost Bight of for many years. Ours. had been one of those youthful attachnnents which bisat, sefdom rlpe& ito first, id only; love. Tliejraro *fti u the drelude "to. the atreld, betf4 h ~n is ug", earee and I had seen him I o more. Yet, foliish as it may have been, I had always kept one corner of my heart sacred to his name, and it was with at strange thrill that I heard he was again near IL e, and that I soon should scc liml. That day he called with his friend, Ilarry Mills. iHe was a tall, flne-looking man, polished, refIned, and faseinating In 1118 mnanniers. I could hardly identify him with the slender youth that I had cnce known; but lie referred so gracefully to our former acquaintance, and expressed so much pleasuro at renewing tile intercourse so su(] denly interrupted, that I felt lit perfect case. How pleasant were the days t~lat follow ed. WV, called each other "Will" and "Lizzie" inl the most friendly way, and Lottie Itd Cornic seemed already to regard * him in a very'sisterly manner. We read, walked and talked toget her, an3d night after I night his <"p, rich voice would accompany lhos3e of it sisters, while I played the old familiar tunes upon the piano. I fancied that lay own voice might have lost a little of its early sweetIess, and so did iot attempt to joiln the others, whose melodies were so harmonious. Several other invitations wero seit as Of yore, to tile Misses Whittaker, and I was fast forgettinig tlat I was anl old maid when it all evening party, I overheard the envious and ill natured remark "Just see that Elizabeth Whittaker. WIlat youlhful airs she (loes plut on! Try ing to catch Mr. Loftus, I dare say." I low those w - rds.rang ill mily ears long fter- the lighilts, the music, and the dancing were sh11t out, and I Was allonie ill 1m1y 1'wn rou.: . I low I catechitsed myself, and tried to reason with m13y poor, foolish heart. Yes, I lad been trying t) look young, and had appropriated Will's attentilon as at matter of couIrse. What right had I to nonopolize Ills tillIe? Was it not far more likely that he would choose Lo. ie or Cornie-if mndeed he were to pay court to any of us? Even this was by nto meias certain; he Imight go again as suddenly as he had come; and I was startled to find what a sad voId his departure would make in our circle, and still more in 11my own heart. "Ai, .Elizabeth. Elizabeth,'' I solilo quised, 'take warning ere too late I" The next morning I rose with at new ro solve fIrm in 11y mind; I would not yielt 4 to the sweet delusions of love-would not, i-aslked, give 311y heart. The world should n1o; have cause to laugh at the silly foolish Iess of an old maid. Strengtened by these purposes I wis better fitted Ior tihe trial that awaied 3m1. That very day Will Loftus came, and in quired for 111 alone. I caught a quick glance nassing between Lottie and Cornie as I lett t.e room, and there wias a more rapid pulsation at 1m1y heart as I entered the cool, dim room where he'was seated. "1E lizabeth," lie said tenderly, as he took mily hand, ' do you know what a priceless treasure I have come to ask? I hardly dare be so bold, and yet 'faint heart never won fair lady' and I must not lose my courage." "How v(ry timid 11e has grown!'' I thought. "Can Io not see that 1he has but to speak to whi?" I smiled assuringly, and lie proceeded. "1)o not think me precipitate in 111y af fection, thlough the acqulaintanlce has bleen so brief, for I cannot, be mistaken In liy feelings, and on~ly wvait for your permilssion . to offer miy band to your p)et sister, Corni. You stand( in the place of a palrent to her, and therefore I ask your conlsent." All, Will, WVill1 IIt wvas well you could 1n0t read 1113 heart just thenl With a mighty effor-t I choked down a convulsive sob, and replied that lie had my full, free p~ermiissionl; aad adding that L. would1 send Cormice to himi directly, left the room, a sadder and wviser wvom~an. There is not much10 to add. Cormc's love was airerdy gived to the halndsome man11 so re0cntly a stranlger-, andl~ a very few mon1.this 1later she became his wife. Lot tie was the fair and st ately bridesmlaid while I witncssed withi a mlaternal compla coneIy theC ceremlony which uilted the des ties of thle oply 11an3 I had ever loved and 11y3 chlild-sister-. Corni. Peace and. contentm1ent were my .guar dian anigels that nIght, and with a serenlity both sincero ahd unlaffe2cted I returnled the kiss which the bridegr-oomn gave 1me, as he said, tenderly and gently, "Slater Eliza beth I" ___________ Tho Kohinoor Pearl-. The past seaisoni In the 311ami River, pearl isheries was sIgnalized by3 the discov ery of an agatizedl pearl, weighing forty six and a half grains. The groundwork is beatgIfully agatized with the pearly li-Ides cence shining thiroughi. It Is the only pearl of the kInd In pearl history, a hIstory which dates back at least two'thousand years, for the Ceylo'n lishery has been kno1wn) for quIte thlat lenlgth of time. B~e ing t~le first of its kind, Its value cani not be estimuate~d. .It is singular too, that it was found embedded in the flesh of the mussel; all others taken from this river were found between the flesh and thle shell, or llmbeded in thle shell, Tile pros(dation of tIls indur tr-y is due laigely to iMr. Israel Iharris, a banker of WVaynesvihll, Ohio, who has al readly a collection of over a thousand MiamI 1pearls1 of all sizes ar~d values, 80ome of thlem of odd and irregular forms. Somei resemn ble human hands; one Is- a small 811011 to whitch a coating of pearl has been ad<)ed. ils latest Important acquIsitIon, thle agat Ized pearl. he calls the "Kohinoor." -When sabors are ruisty and spades are Whnpris os are empty and -granaries W~hen~g si eo p~hpre worn, and of-trlbdna bga.gw;- dtq When the' ad th x1tot bikeli oni Skating. Frequent allusions occur in the old North min poetry, which i-:ove that proflicency In ikating was one of the most highly esteemed LCcopil)lishmienits of the Northern heroes. )no of them, named Kolson, boasts that he s master of nine accomplishments, skating icing one; while the hero Harold bitterly :Oliplains, though lie could fight, ride, wimnaglido along the ice on skates, dart he lhnce and row, 'yet a llssian rnaid dis hains me." In the "Edda" this accom )lishNmint is singled out for special piraise: "Then the King asked what that young nan could (10 who accompanied Thor. L'hlalfa, answered, that in running upon kates lie would dispute the prize with any >f the countries. The King owned that the alent he spoke of was a very fiu one." )haus Magnus, the author of the famous :ipter on the Snakes of Ireland, tells us hat skates were made of polished iron, or >f the shank bone of a (leer or sheep, about foot long, filed down on one side, and reased with hog's lard to repel the wet." L'hese rough-and-ready bone skates were the .ind first adopted by the Engli,: for Fitz tephen, in his description of anusemegts f the Londoners in his day (temp IHenry 1.), tells us that' "when that great feul Ihat vashes Moorfilelds at the north walls of the ity is frozen over, great companmics of 0oung men go to sport upon the ice. Some triding as wide as they may, do slid(e wiftly; some better pract.iced on the ice, oind to their shoes bones, as the legs of ome beasts, and hold stakes in their hands, eaded with sharp iron, which sometimes hey strike against the ice; these men go as wiftly as doth a bird jn the air, or a bolt rom a cross-bow." Then lie goes on to ay that some, imitating the fashion of the ournament, would start in full career gainst one another, armed with poles; 'they meet, elevate their poles, attack and trike each other, wlien one or both of them all, and not without some bodily hurt." 'pecitimens of these old bone skates are oc tsionally (lug it) itn fenny parts of the gthglatd. There are some in the British luseum, in the Museum of the Scottish inti(uiries, and probably in other collec ions, though perhaps some of the '"linds" re not nearly as old as Fitzstepheu's day, or there seems to be good evidence that ven in London the primitive bone skate vas not entirely superseded by' implements >f steel at the latter part of last century. dir.~Ro ach iuitl, F. S. A., describing one ound about 18,39 in Moorsilelds, near insbury Circus, in the boggy soil peculiar o that district, says that "it is formed of lie bone of some anitnal, made smooth otn me side, with a hole at one extremity for t ord to fasten it to the shoe. At the other nd a hole is also drilled horizontally to the iepth of three inches, which might have re eived a plug, with another cord to secure t miore eil'ectually." HCnlrond Incittents. "!Oh, that's nothing," facetiously re narked Carpenter. "Jule Parker once told nai about his running after two full grown mucks *on a Southern railroad." Parker vas a chivalrous, dare-devil Soutnern en gineer, then running the lightning expresses ;n the Eastern Division of the Erie. "le tld," Carpenter went on to relate, "that lie pair of bucks suddenly bountded upon he track from a thick wood, and so frhrlit ned were they by the roar of the approach ng train they started down the track not nore than twenty feet in tront of the en gine. Parker put on all the steam his holler vould make and carried his train along at , break-neck .speed, but in spite of his iremtin s efforts he could not turn his [rivers fast enough to overtake the fleet leer. le never said how fast ie was uinning at the time, but we know the man ind when he told that he vas going at breakneck speed' we can imagine some hitng about it The road was a splendid ue for speed. It was mostly new, the bed vas in prime order, but notwithstanding mus engine chawed up fuel as .fast as his lireman could feed it to .her, lie could not -un the (1eer down. It looks astounding, ut lie said Iho finally chased thema after a 'un of ten miles into a village. There they oft the track, ran up and dIown the streets is wild as cows, and scared the p~eople Into 1lpasms, but before dloing any serious harm were shot and captured. Parker saif lhe greatly enjoyed the venison steaks that wvere afterwards presented to hitm by an >id bootmiaker, sixty years old, who was he luicky shot." "Did you ever hear 'Ifughey' William Ion tell of his adventure at- Washington-. riile on the Newburng Branch?' asked Car enter. Williamson is another know-no langer runner, arid is now on the road. lPisk selected him, because of his courage, o run the Chicago relief train. "WVell,'' .ie went on to say, "that was a rarity, one ~hat seldom occurs. Williamson was in Newburg when he was telegraphed to run to Greycourt to assist pulling a big six wheeler'on the track that had runi off s switch atnd couldn't get back herself, as they sometimes do, you know. Of course Ltime was ani important thing, as the~ en gine that was off blocked up the westward bound main track. H~e started frotm Now berg with nothing but lis engine, and, hiavitng a clear track, you cant just bet lie flow. He left the rails echoing behind like i never ending water-fail. Thte station agent at Vail's Gate rushed to the (leer wild with fright thinking It was n runaway ingine, nobody on it. At Salisoury Mills theo population of . whIch village is but a few feet from the trackc, the people rushed aut of theIr houses utterly dismayed and uable to believe their own eyes. They Lhoughit It was a spectre, which they could not describe, so suddenly did it appear and as quIckly vanish again from sight. Over thie Washintgtonville flats the gait wats so rapid, thte telegraph -poles looked like blades of grass, theyr wore so thick. After turning the curve of the WVashinugtonvil'o station, 'Hutghiey' espied a. hand-car full of track hands, rails, too and forth. They liad no sign of a ilag out, andl did niot ex pect anything along, lHe imaunediately con eluded that lie could not stop in time, so bie only blew his whistle to warn the men to jump off. Thlere were a diozen of 'etm, anid they had a wonderfully narrow eceape. He picked up that hand-car, rails and all, and sent 'em flyin' in the air In all direc tions. A low hand-car with ralls on it 1nIng at you Is the most dangorouis ting you can posbly Jilt, but the ralls Jhde. timte, instaF 1 piercing every part of'tfii boiler and engine, swerved off and did Alttie injutry. . he dinnier kettles df thie laborers flew up like popcorn oa a ffyhng( VO and ~~r~aashove, picm~x& t tgb ra~ sp niada aco ir wheel, bounded over th6 smoke-stack and came crashing through fle cab window on the fireman's side, who was nearly killed in his great hurry to get out of the way. The most of the car landed on the frort 'of the engine, and before '11ighey' could stop he had carried it thromh one of those old fashioned covered wooden bridges nearly a (iai-tr of a mile off. In all my experi. ence,'" concluded Carpenter, "I don't think I ever heard tell of such a miraculous es cape as 'H tighey' had. lie iust have been going through the air like an electric cur rent when h couldn't stop an eumpty en gine before hitting sucn a dangerous thing." King John of Abyssinaias. King John, of Abyssinia, although only in his thirty-eighth year, has already proved hInIseIf a man of no ordinary calibre, both as a soldier and ia sovereign. He has thrice defeated and till but destroyed the invading forces of Egypt, while at the same time making head against the disatlection of two powerful vassals, - who have since iade submission and accepted commands in his atrmy. Among his immediate attendants is the Ras Warenlia, the comnered Chief of the Amhara Province, who seens quite con tent, with his position at the court of his conqueror. A traveller, who spent Some time with the King in ,his camp at Am bachura, describes him as short in stature, with small hads 1111d feet, but )erfectly proportioned and possessing great strength ini endurance. lis liliely cut prolile, (tie icate mouth and chin, and aluost feminine smallness of ear, are striking enough in a barbaric African chief. "ie is grand to see on his beautiful charger,'' continues the narrator, "carrying his spear and shield, iaricheaded and barefooted, with only the great toe of each foot in the stirrup which is merely a silverring. He is a Splendid shot, and very fond of lire arms. Ilis do meanor is extremely simple, being entirely devoid of the boastfulness and vanity that distinguish most 'savage' princes; and lie is naturally of- a studious disposition, well read in the laws of Etlopia, and of remark Mble temperance and piety of life.'' King John's ceaseless activity and wonderful ca pacity for business recall th' popular de scriptions of Frederick the Great, to whose personal habits his own are in some points eloseiy akin. lie rises every morning at 3 and reads the Psalms of David by candle light for two hours. Then comes church, %nter which lie holds his court of justice for several hours, often before tasting food. 'The rest of the day is divided betweenstate affiirs and the native sport of gohacks, a sort of javelin-throwing, like the Moorish rljerid. The evening hours are spent in study, and by nine lie is in bed, as befits such an early riser. The King's ordinary dress is the simple native Iauric o. white blanket, with a crimson stripe along tie left side. These are tile symbolical colors f the Abyssinian Church, the white typify ing the innocence of our Saviour, and the crimson His atoning blood. Tihe King pro fesses great friendship for England, and has placed a translation of the Queen's letter to hiu in every church of his Kingdom. One of this model ruler's London agents was the late well-known publisher, Mr. Henry S. King, in whose store on Cornhill the auto graphi of "John King, of Ethiopi'," is still to be seen. A Valumbl Shep Dog. Jacob Steffen, butcher at the corner of Georgia and Marin streets, Vallejo, Cal., lins a (log of the Scotch shepherd breed, for which lie was offered fifty head of sheep md refused the offer. The canine is about ,welve years of age, and can drive a flock of ilicep equal to any two men. The other ight word was brought to the butcher-shop that a number of sheep belonging to Mr. Stoffecn had broken o t of their corral near lie slaughter-hiouse on the Napa road and strayed into the tules. The men in the shiop did not like the idea of having to get )ut early in the morning to hunt the stray Sways. NIg, the dtog, was lyIng on the lloor with one eye on the meni and~ eairs p~ricked up. After the mn had finished talking, the animal rose upon his feet, stretched himself and walked out of the shop. Early the next morning two of the boys wvent out to the corral to look for the sheep but were surprIsed to find that Nig wats be-. fore them and had all the sheep In the In rlosure, and was lying at the hole wvhere Licy had gone out. Tihe clog w~as wet and covered wvithi mud, as were the shieep, and evidently had been out all nIght, Wheu ever Mr. Steffen starts for Buisun after sheep or cattle, Nig~ is sent up on the ears, while his owner rides horseback. The clog Is let off at F'irfiehi, and always trots to a certain point oni the road, leading from this city, and waits for his master to come along. If the master at any time lhas passed, the dog takes up the scent fromi the horse's feet and hunts around until the owner is found. In returning from Suilsani Mr. Steffen dIrives the cattle and the (log the sheep. lie Is acquamned with every turn and lane along the road, and always before arriving ane one of the turns lhe runs ahead of the band to keep them fronm straying in the wrong direction. -As the feet of the dlog are quite tender, hie has a p~air of boots that are putt on 1im before lie starts on a return ti ip. The dog ls said to be0 perfectly ute less for anything but driving shccp, and will make friends with ahnoist any one. A sharp nlon. A gentleman resident of the Sixth distrIct, Newy Orleans, Is telling his friends of the singular and wonderful performance of a favorite lien of his. TIhis hen in one of the best layers lie has, and his stock of poultry is a large eone, but for some tlie shte has manifested a miserly desire to accumulate a large number of eggs, and hd In .many ways shown her objection to b6lng deprIv ed of an egg after having laid It. About ten days ago It was noticed that the hen would come from the chicke'n-hmouso cackling, and giving the usual notice of duty done, but careful search for the eggs thins announced failed to find themi. This went on for a week, and then by an accident the poInt of tin egg was discovered by its project ing from the soil below the .nests In tlie chicekeni.houso. Investigation brought to lght the egg, and further search revealed the fact that six other eggs were concealed lj$ge ijno anne 'he clay following the dlse The dcl and *As ,ehiff (o' the 1 g a lifd J ud then ~ IL~iv~ ~ 6iplated, ~be~wh a cakle dur ~s aok A .'~d What to dlo with Snow. Scrape it carefully from oiT your sidewalk on to that of your neighbor. Heaping coats of fire on his head isn't a comparison to this recipe. If a woman is struggling through the drifts, allow one shovelful of snow to lit her on the head. You will then real ize the capubilities of the feminine tongue. If there is any snow lodged on the roof, do not allow it to stay there, or it wil I make at beatiful slide when some iml)ortunate creditor calls at the door. Shovel a very narrow path. Make peo ple adopt the aboriginal Indian file. Young folks will rise up-but they will not call you blessed. Carefully save up as much snow on your teet as possible, and stamp It off vigorously wvhen yoi step into the front hall. Hlow your wife will love you for this. Bury the hitching-post and carriage block deep as your shovel. This is necessa ry, in order to prevent people hitching their horses where they have no business to. Drop i big chunk down the teck of some innocent individuul. lie will swear LI little, perhaps,'but he'll have it to answer for. . Throw at least one snowball in course of ite season. If not, you may never make a business acquainttince with the glazier. What snow you can't scrape from the walk, pat down hard, so that it will be as dipper; tas glass.' You can have a heap of uin watching people save themselves front aking a cold seat. Shovel a good path around the clothes card. This advice is for your very best good. A W 1oman Who 11a to shovel a path loes it with a broom, alt . ;1 to mistake i man's head for a firs' -1-i snow-drift. Artificial Dianmonts. -A Scotcl chemist claims that he has diN ,overed the secret of making artificial din nonds and that Prof. Tyndall and other B3ritish scientists, to whom lie his subiitted ione of the stones of his own manufacture pronounce them pure diamonds. 'lis is a itaggering blow lt the diamond imarket, if ,rue. The material, carbon, of which dIa nonds chiefly consist, is very plentiful; it .8 found in nearly all forms of organic life. Dharcoal is said to be ahnost pure carbon; .raplilte is carbon with a trace of iron, and .f any one wants to go into the business of nanufacturing the precious stones, which ire worth ten times their weight in gold, lie coal mines round St. Louis furnish an inexhaustible supply of raw material to work on. Some years ago a French chemist lid actually succeed in transforming rock andy into diamonds, or rather diamond dust )ut as diamond dust is not the article peo p)le want, the process failed to have any 1>ractical valtuv. It would be rash to say 'hat the pretended discovery of the Scotch -1emust is an impossibility in an age when io many strange things are being done; but I1 will be at least safe to advise the few persons who are the fortunate owners of real diamonds not to throw then away, nor to sell them at half price, until we know more about the matter. A Yar Clock. Cloff Pilquest, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has invented a clock that will run a year on oue winding, when called upon the old man ex )lained that the only advantages it possess >( was siiplicity and the facilty of poilt ng out the time of day through an entire year with but one winding ip, an(d it ac onplislhes thils feat in this way: Arrang 5d in a somi-circle are eight powerful iprings, each on being wound up capable >f keeping the internals In motion for pre isely six weeks. These are encased in ight lrazen bands, and through their cen re runs a shaft at t ach end of which ro olives a wheel, and there is a conimkuniea ion between the wheel on the eight shafts. W~heni one of these springs has become ex musted the alparatus is so constucted that he next nearest, sprin~g intrumsts its force to lie one just weakenedl, and~ so on for all the ~ighmt. A glance through its works revealett hat the constriuction was strikingly simple. l'hie ticking is hardly any where audible in he room, and the inventor bragged about he exactness withl which his clock pointed ut the hour of the day. Considering his inme and the value of the materialiused in naking the apparatus, lie claimed that this narvelous piece of mechanismi has Cost him), it, the least calcumlation $600. An Ancient Deoney. According to the F'rench author who has itijdied the history of the queen of vegeta bles, the truffle had become a favorite dish1 la Egypt, long before the tlime of Moses, itd tle p~roof this is to be. found in certain legends which tell of a granmd feast mnade to Delebrate tihe birth of the Infnnt legislator. It, appears that the menu oif this royal ban qjuet has been preserved, first, by means of aral tradition, and then by patriotic annal Iis-down to the present, day, and~ that the tubercle In question figures among the dishes in a very honorably place. It must not, however, be supposed that the truffles set before Pharaoh at all resembled the stunted and dlimintive produ1cts of our time. Unless some strange mistake has been made in the figures, the weight of those wvhichi the chief butler handed round, or rather carved, wiis somietinmes not less than seventy pounds, and it must have beetn a serious arnd ardutous question whait was thle best method of cooking such a mion. str'ous ielicacy. WVe tmulst descedl to the time of Pericles and cross over, to the land of Cecrops before we can learn anyihing certain as to the style of cooking adopted by thle ancients. The Tiring sinan. A certain medIcal man in Minnesot a Is extremely deaf, and at times uses an ear trumpet, but does not, carry one *hen at tendhing medlical conventIons, &e. Trhree or fou" years ago lie was Vice Preslient of. the MInnesota Medical Association, andl occupied a seat on the platform by the side of toe PresIdent. During the proccodings the time arrived' for choosing officers for theo enisuing year, when seine one rose and nominated Dr. A-, of L--. The motIon was seconded, the vote was taken, a~nd he was elected unanimouslv, amid a storm of applause, the Doctor rising, clappig his hadids, anidwaving his handkerchief with the rest. Wep the no~s had suiisided he ut-ned to the outgolng fi te~itet and ,aslied who was elect . 'Dr. A-'of b-, goreinied the Presid'ent 'e o looked at'hiinfo'mant, hiq tie 'MtIs enc and flihs~r b d sbot the o4 o he i 6t% t fra/114#, t For Young Mou t Ujiurch Fairs. The following bits of advlce, culled from the leading mnagazinies of the (lay, are in tended for the eye of tihe young man who attends churchfairs: lIe pleasant, and smil imr, and cheerful. When they offer you tie seductive bowl of oyster-soup, bend over it, affect to examine it critically, sIl it, thet rise up, shake your head sadly, and with i sweet, Suggestive siile, say, "No, thank you, I guesi not." This adds greatly to the happiness of the silver - haired, motherly old oitly who made time soup. Lie holdly to the first lady who wants you to take a chance in the parsonaige-eake. Tell her that you have already taken two cliances. This 'will make it easier for the next lie. Then, when she looks over her list an11d says she can't fibd your name, tell her you bought your cliances of the other younlg lady. Thenc, whenI She says she is t he only person selling chances in this cake, tell her then it mnust have been in the other cake. Tllen, when she says this is the onlly eake they are raillmngonm, brace up, look her right in the eye, and tell her, "U yes. you remember now,-ii mrst have been la the cake lust year.'' lhe can't denay tins, and you ein look triumphant. But remember, nmy soi, if you start a thing of this kind you will have to keep it uip. If you pick ilp any pretty little article on the fancy tables ask the price of the same, amid, when you are told, drop it froma your nerveless ingers, and, as it falls upon the llour, ex claim, In tones of amazemnent, "Well, I am l ," anti leave the audience, to imna gine what you are. This never fails to piase the young lady who has chargo of that table. She will mention you to her friends. Affect a plea. ant, but natural and undisguised, horror of the tidies, mind desig nate the worsted work as "'stull." Wonder wlat the lamubrequinls are for, and laugh short, explosive, dardonic aiugh when the latlies tellyou. If sotne girllat semit a water color or oil-painting of her own to the fair, affect to mistake the ro.ad for a river, and wonder why people are driving along the top of the water in a wagon. Also, try to spell out the name of a hotel on the eln. tree in the foreground, aflecting to mistake it for an old-fushioned swinging country inm sign. The "Stonn Roll." About two miles north of Hill church, in Pike township, Berks county, Pit., is a real natural curiosity called the "'stone roll," Stah Roll. It Is a large rocky surface, about 20U feet long and ahout 100 feet high at the highest point. This surface for about 50 feet from the bottom is is s9mootlh asthe roof of a house. The upper part is a little more uneven. Tihe position of tie surface is a little steeper than the roof of a house. Down this surface hundreds of stones were thrown down, whence it re ce ed its name 'stah roll." It is supposed that there ire about, 10 feet of stones laying at the bottom of it, which have been roled down. All the !oose stones within about fifteen yards, from the size of a head up to as large as the people were able to roll thei have been rolled down. They make a ter rible noise rolling down the rocky surface, and mire generally broken to atoms when they come d]own. This place is often vi sited by time young people of that vicinity on Sundays during the summer season. It is said that there was as high as fifty per sons there at one time. The height his been considerably reduced, -as there were stones broken off at the top and also filled up at the bottom, so that the original height might have been about 120 feet. Since the loose stones are all rolled down the younig men are trying the experiment of elimbing Up. Only one is said to have succeeded in getting up last summer. Time following story 1 related, which is nid to have I .ppened som years ago: A hound was after a fox, the latter r11n down the em banikmment anid away. Thme hmounmd followed, but was dlashed to pieces (Iown the ste'ep hill. umam Houu-ston,'s Iuoi. In 1820, six miles south of Franklin, Kentucky, on tihe farm of 11. J. Duncamn, twvo launmdrcd yards from the Tennessee9e line, was fought a duel which cremated widlesp~read excitement throughout thme Uinioni, owinmg to time reputation of thme prinm chiiahs. .In 1826, G.enm. Smam hlouiston was a muember of con~gress from thme Nashville istrict in Tennessee, and senidimng home for dlistribuition a number of public dtiuents, he claimed that Curry, thle postmaster at Nashville, suirpresred and failed to deli ver them, and denaouincd im a mscrotundrel. For this Curry sent him a challenge by Gen. White. Houston refused to receive thme message, as lie stated, "from such a con temptible source," throwing it On the grounid and stampilng on it. Gen. White said lie twas surprised, as no one expected ilotuston to light. To this Jioustona re torted, "Do you try mec." Of course a chamllenge followed fromt White wvl'eb Hloustoni promptly accepted. Tihe tems and( conditions wer'e, "fIfteen feet distance; holster pistols i time, sunrIse." Tihe place chosena as stated, was I Simp~on counity. On time 28d day of Septeamber, 1826, the parties met at the designated point wvith their seconds. Tlhme fact that. a duael was to b.e fought had( gone abroad, and a number of persons had secreted themselves near ihe field to witness the affair, a fact tin kntown to either princplas or secondls. After the first shots had been exchanged and Whiite, had fallen to the groimd tihe plel rushed to the spot. Hlouston seeing them, and fearing amn arrest,, started toward thme state lne with a view of escap. hng. Gen. White called to him, "Gemneral, you have killed mue." Houstona then faced the crowd with pistol still la hand, and In quiiredl if there were any oillcer's of thme law among them, and bemng answered In the negative lhe advatncedl to the side of his late anatagonist and knieel ing by him took his hand sayIng: "I am very sorry for you buat you know that it was forced upon me." Gen. White replIed, "I know it and fo'rgive you." White had been shot through just above tne hips, and to cleause the Wound of blood the surgeons run one of theIr old. fashioned -silk neckerciefs through the wound. Gen. White recovered 'from his fearul oun asmuch to theo joy of Houtonas o hmsef.During the week prcedmD the dues Gen. Ilout nremained at the hofde of Sanford bada,:ea titel field, practicing. meanwhile with plstolsv AL his (etmporary home wore twd belliger enty idg peined fot~~rpg aggi,ous dips a~i 4 ro*. Jackson' an T'homas H Bitto. Tesd wro ootguAllf"fi h& la stgs e arising and preparing for the duel on the arrival of the day was 3:40 A. M. Just be fore that hour "Gen. Jackson" barked beneath the window of his admirer's room, awakening him. Houston arose without .distuibing his attending friend, and began the task of molding bullets with which to flght General White. As the first bullet fell from the mold a gaie-cok, which he had admired scarcely less than be did the dog, crowded a loud, clear note. Houstonz, with that clement of superstition which finds a place in nearly every uind, accepted the earl, - 'etings of his friends as a hIppy omue.. , v.d marking the bullet one aide for the (; and the other for the chicken, mado up hi tind that his pistol should be loaneld with it, and that ho woild first fire that particular ball at General White. le af terward said tiat "lie was not supersti tious, but these two circunmstances made him feel assured of success," thus disprov ing his own words. The bullet was used and White fell at the first lire. as stated. A fler the duel Ilonstou selected as a coat of-ar.is "i chicken. cock aid dog,' and inany were the coniilents made by those uniuiiliar with (lie fac's in after years, when as president of Txas atuit seintor in congress, lie sported so stlange a crest. These facts are authentic having been re. lated by Gen. Houston to Sanford Duncan, jr., late of Louisville, whbile the two were ein route to Washington city during Ilous tOn's termi Is senator. A Doad uro TS1 tug. A few years ago Mr. lammond was cotniing ip the Mississippi on a steamboat. Aniong the passengers was a certain w(I known gambler. The boat had been out from New Orleans two days, but, owingr to Mr. llalmuond's In Iluence, uot a card had been played or a bet made by anybody. This was ruinous to the gambler's business. I Iv had tried everyone oi the boat for a game of some kind, or a bet on something, but had failed in overy attempt. lie was gett iig desperate. Along in the afternoon he approached Mr. lianiniond who was setting on the hur ricane deck, and called his attention to a couple of gulls flying -across the river, a few hundred yards aleiad of the boat. "Yes, I see thei," said Mr. Hammond, "Well, I'll bet you live dollars one of thema falls into the water before we get by thein. "6I never bet, you ought to know that," was the reply. "Well, I'll make it twenty to five, now Come." Mr. hiammond turned on his heel and left him. The gambler looked mournfuly aftgr him a few moments. and then continued Is walk agal U. Presently he came back antid accosled Mr. H1. again. "I'll bet you twenty to five that this boat blows ip before we go ten miles further. Now there's a good bet, what do you say ?" Ile was informed again of Mr. IL's cal ling, and that such propostiotln were scan dalous. "But that's a dead sure thing-you can not possilby lose; come, what (o you say?" Mr. Ilaniiond sought anlot. er Part of the deck, and left the obtrusive gentlemen with the "dead sure thing" to himself. The boat had scarcely proceeded flvo miles when, sure enough, it (lid blow up. Mr. II. somehow got upon an earlier start than his late prosecutor, and went up quite a distance. As he was coming down, lie was not by our sporting frlid, who cried out, as lie passe'd: "hlalio parson I Bet you ten dollars I got higher than you did; what do you say?" How a Widow &said Himt "Souses" Takn, It was a dilaiildatedl man that bundlled himself ol the evening t'rain at Providence, entered the station aind took a seat, lie had a wholesale liquor breath aboul' him and wais steaming uip through him, atnd Ils nose was ais the winteigreen berry, red and r'ound ad distinctly bright., as if aill the chiekerbeirry lie huad putt in all the rumn lie had drank all through his a',andoned life had flowed into his empurpled p~roboseis and there formed a gemi which made hin an ornament to bacchananlian society. "Does the Widowv Marshoncadow live here now ?" lie inqiuired of Offier Mowvry. The Oillecer, with his wonted courtesy, dhreted him to her reside'nce. It was 11 o'clock when lie arrived there and sumnmon cd her to the dhoor. "Don't be embarrassed, madam," he said, with wonderful mildness of tone and~ man ner, "because you dlon't know me. History lia ever been partiail and omitted from her bronzed anid statuesquec pages the name of her proudest sons. Tihis omission Imparts untiquteness to a mnan's fame. 1 am the cen sus-taker. I have taken every name In townt btit yours. The hour Is late and cx bousted niature requires, in fact unperative ly insists upon, refreshmnent and the restor r tion of sleep. I cannot p~roceed further wii this sublimo undertaking until I1 have both." "You may come in and stay over Suni day," she said, "and In the morning I will have killed a pair of yellow-legged chick ens."' it was 12 o'clock, anid the connue--taker still sat at the widow's table, and her third bottle of old currant wino before him. "I shall put your name," -ho said, with incomfparable tenderness of tone and ad diresS, "somiewhere about the middle of the book, and under' the head of 'R.epaarks' shall add the followingt s'Ooudy resIdence; ~. tastefully ornameonted; Ihgehstring always out; beautiful fruit tiees and qulpco bushes , here abound In umbragoits abundance; yellow-legged chickens always to be found on the premises; tireir legs'becomte stained to a beautiful yellow, by,, constanpt wading ' through the gol~eg lgaveotqf the inpples that K glorify the lawns' andA aprothqa of the beauteous home~stead. ". - wl~~ idow smiled deliteldly,: tine conoided to pit the pleasai, consas~taker iu hier'best bed. chainber, whoereoallnight long bAses shone In his faclal d anont 11o~ 1 stat o Bacchu& Ema ise rom.dhe Germn4%ltd alIdIe a lutrol r OW