The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, February 07, 1880, Image 1
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
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