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'TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., \IARCI I, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO.28. A BABY GIRL. A little one climbed in my lap last night- I A fair little creature with ahin' eyes, 1 That seemed to have taken th ir radiant light 4 From the fairest hue of the summer skies And down on my shoulder she laid her head, And so'tled herself with a quaint little twirl; And then, looking up in my face, she said, "Now, sing me a song of a baby girl." 1 "Of a 1 aby girl I" flow my thoughts flow back To another time and another scone, Far, far adown on my memory's track, With many a joy and sorrow between To another time, when at evening's close, Tired out with the long day's busy whirl, 1, too, climbed up for a sweet repose On my moth- r's lap-a baby girl! How we change, how we change, as the years go on There aro.eilver threads in my hair to-day And the loving and oherished mother is gone To the pleasant land where angels stay. . O. I wonder. I wonder, if e'er she looks down From "the beautiful city with gates of p earl," From "the sounding harp and the gleaming crown. To follow the fate of her baby girl ? What is this, little one ? Ah, her head droops low, And her fingers have loosened their clinging a clasp, For the innocent slumber but children know Holds her baby brain in its soothing graep, t And I gather more closely her forui to my breast, c And I tenderly toy with each clust'ring curl, I When our labor is done; may our final rest Be as sweet as the sleep of my baby girl I a A Little Mistake. Miss Aituerva Blair, spinster on the shady sido-of forty, and her niece, Miss I lope Alexatider, also single, but on the A sunny side of twenty, sat in the pleasant f sitting-room of a pleasant country mansion, I listening to the rumble of the afternoon a railway train, which was just arriving at a the depot. "MIr. Harvey will be here in a few min- 1 utes, Hope," said the aunt ; "and you I must be cordial to him, unless it is your ia desire to offend me." i "I wish the train had had a collision !" 11 was the rather vindictive reply, thoti ;h a sly half-smile showed that the words were hardly meant. "Hope I" cried the other, somewhat s 4ternly. "You are positively sinful to be c so malicious. Why should you hate it o gentleman you have never seen I" ti "I might in turn ask you why should 1 love a gentleman I had never seen ?" "Nobody asks you to love him."n "'No. But you wish mec to marry him." "Well," apologized t he aunt, "I woukd hikv'to see you as well settled as you cer..I taiuly would be with Walter lIarvey. 'l'ie love can come afterward. I know you will like hhn." "Why, Aunt Minoi va, you have never 1 mtet him yourself I" "Not since he was a little boy. But I have always known his parents, and they are worthy people." "So were Hope Alexander's, I think," poutingly said the youuger lady. "And r - yet you see what a perverse scapegrace you have got for a niece." n Even Miss Minerva's grin features had to relax a little. But any further convor- 'I sation Was cut off by a ring at the outer ii door. "lie has come," said Miss Blair. "You itust at least treat him civilly, Hope." "Indeed I will, aunty, for your sake," said the girl, with a touch of good feeling. f Miss Minerva went herself to admit the c visitor. "Mr. Harvey," she said to the dark- , hecarded, hlandsome young muan whom she admittedl, "'It gives mec genuine plcasur'e to welcome you to this houe. 1 have l * known yolu' family so many yoars, that * you almost seemi a friend."h "Indeed, I' hope to be 011," was the frank repliy. 'You nmust het mie send( my niece to ti you," said Mises Minerva, as soon as the. newcomer was fairly seated, "I am house5- t keeper, you know, and1( cannot neglect mly diuties, but you wyill have a substitute whom y'ou must lear'n to like," " 'You would hardly say thlat if you knewv all,"-the gentleman remarked sotto voe. "I am afraid I have htumored hler into I being a little wilful, but she Is kind hearted and good." And with thlese leasatnt words, the kind old1 maiden lady left the room. She was gone scarcely- long enloughI to allow the young muan to collect lisa thloughlts ere she again stood In the doorway, say.. ing : "Mr. IIarvey, I present my niece, Miss I lope Alexander." And a slender, rustling figure was half p)ushied Into the room, where It stood bow. lug with a semi-haughty air. Something like a smile was upon the young gentleman's countenance, and lie ~ kept lume eyes fastened upon the girl's face ; but she did not loo,k up, waiting In aience a for him to speak. But lie too seemed wordless, and only gave vent to an embar rassed ''Ahiem I" Miss Blair wondered .a little, and * -frowned a little, at 11cr niece's perverse he havior.. But she wisely conch.uded to leave i them together. "I must attend to getting supper," she f then eaid. "I will leave you together foir a time," As soon as she was fairly gone, 'hope I' cried the youing muan. Th'le girl raise-1 her eyes at once. "Arthlur Is it yocu? I-I did noet expect you. I thought It was your cousin Waitera who was comning." "It will require quite a talk to explamin all, my Hlope," he answered. "And I almiost fear your aunt may overhear' us." His arm went about her wraist, Sly MIss 1 llope, not to have told her aunt the secret this action Implied!i Wicked ?diaa Hope, *to deceive so good a relative I At present she was only charming Miss I flope to the only eyes that looked upon her, and in sooth sheo was flushed and very piretty. "We will -stroll into the garden; Arthui'. T Ihere we can talk without danger of being overheoar1," 8o .they walked out into the pleasant 1 piaths.of thle home gtounds, an'd over the I grebneward, to the roots of a' great buc)k- 1 eye-tree, where they found ozy seats., "klave you over told .your aunt about< on of her early friend, John Harvey, that mlly opposition would have made helr un iippy. So 1 have left the matter to time. Jut you have not yet told mike how you ome to be hero." "It is not too wonderous strange. My ousin Walter and myself are excellent rood friends, and as he happens to have an tttaclmient of his owu, he is just as adverse o being forced into a marriage with a tranger as yourself. I discovered all this n the course of a conversation with himi, nd then 1 told him the story of our meet ng, and our present relations. The revela ions came just in time. Ills father was ven then urging a visit here upon him. othing was easier than for me to take his >)ace, t u let Walter undertake a more velcome jh' nt." "And no w that you are here, sir, what an you (o ?" "Upon my soul," cried the young mtan, omewlat ruefully, "1 hardly know I I nust try and ingratiate myself with your nunt and leave the rest to luck." A long talk was followed by a long stroll, and thus nearly two hours elapsed before hey returned to the house. Aunt Minerva teamed a most approving glance upon that she deemed the success of her plans, ut she startled then the next moment by aying: "I have just had a note from your father, Ir. Ilarvey. lie will be with us himself o-morrow mOrniig. Poor Arthur tried hard to conceal the :onsternation which this Intelligence threw lim into. Fortunately Miss Minerva was u too complacent a hulmor to be very ob ervant. "Come, ITope, you shall read the note. t might make Mr. H [arvey too vain, or I vould give him a peep also." Miss Hope, in another room, read John larvey's billet, which ran as follows: "If my son Walter, usuaily No (liltiful, hould disappoint me in our plan, I shalf' eel like adopting my nephew, Arthur larvey, who is a splendid young fellow, lid would probably do more to oblige me, s lie has not been spoiled by indulgence. suppose my gentleman will have arrived efore ywi get this. I have taken a sudden otion that he may require overseeing, and s I have long owed you a visit, I will pay iy debt by following this note to-morrow lorning. Sincerely your friend, JOHN llAuv." t"I suppose," said Tlope, slyly, though Ite felt in no humorous mood, "if you ouldn't get the son, auntie, you would not bjcct to the nephew, as it would all be in 1e family ?" "Well," replied her aunt, after a mo lent's thought, "'I don't know how that lighlt have been if 1 hadn't met Walter [arvey. But I feel now that no otlier oung man could replace him. -Ilesides, [opo," and here she gave her mece ia mis- i bhevous pinch, "I guess he won't be so nwilling.'' Poor I lope could only hang her head and ,e lush like a guilty thing. "What shall 1 do, 1Iope ?" cried Arthur, then she tripped back into the parlor. "I ,el like running away instanter." "I'hat would be so brave I" was the ither sarcastic rejoinder. 'Please, thu advise-or rather, coim laial me." "Well, then, sir, hear your orders. 'his deceit matces me feel mean and guilty, spite of myself, and we must have an Xplallatiol at all hazards." "Now ?" Hope reflected a moment. "No, not now-to-morrow. You must ice your uncle, and then let the truth t'ine out." "And then won't there be a storm 1" the oung man sail, shrugging his shoulders. "'Well, we have rmed it, and lust meet ~," Miss Hope replied, bravly,--"And ow let us8 disifss'the subject for to-day." But although they did( their best to be appy, a nervoulsness about the coming ex osure overhung them, and they were much 30 restless for comfort that evening and 1e next mornmng. It was ten o'clock before the train from :10 city arrived, and two weary hours assed lafter breakfast before the exp)ectedI isitor reached tile house. Hie was received at the door by Miss linerva, while Ilope and her lover re lIiaiedin the sitting room. Arthur made virtue of necessity, and adlvanced to greet is uncle with as mluch heartiness and in ocence as lie could possibly throw into his ianner. "Why, Arthur I" cied the old gentle man, 'tis is rather a surprise. What 01uld haive brought you here ?" But he gave nils nephewou a wvarm shake f the hand. "'Arthur 14 cried the aunt. "Arthur, I Iloughit your son's name was Walter, John [arvey ?" "So it is, Miss M~inerva--so It Is ; but uis young man happens to be my nephew." "G~ood graious I" gasped Miss Blair, lIikIng back into a chair. Johmn Harvey began to comprehend that omeothing was wrong. ''See here, Arthur I" lie cried sternly. 'HIave-you been playing a trick?i Why re you here, hlistead of my son, -whom I enit?" "Dear uncle,' Walter would not come, or lie is not heart-free ; anid lie and I both :ne0w that you wanted MIss Hope in the anily, we thought-that Is, I-he-" There: was a blank, ominoums silence. Hope stole to Miss Minerva's side. "Dear auntie," she said, "yot Jiunst for :ive Arthur and me. We. are such 01(d riends. Besides," she added demurely, 'you saId if you couldn't get Jphin Harvey's on, you would prefer his.nep1gow." Mr..H1arvey'sand MissBIlair'sglancesmIet, nd something like a smile -passed over heir facds. "I see how It is," said lie, "We have icon fighting nature, which is a bit of a nistake. . I guess. we had better rectify it." And they did so. Everybody knows how; if not, learnm of r,-aind Mrs. Harvey. kesj to he m(gtt. In thue'lttes, the castom of keepig ~to lhe right4Jiatid- sidesof the sidewelk should e invariably observe l anyone who persists a takinds the left hand may .be degtej gnorant an4rude, unless thiere are~ pool'a( ieas 1- hidbhddet? FotVhlIc 160, the right httuidd lb the ' rightMd, like-in town and, cdutatry. . ome of"this Itates have stalute law ootamandin1 hba, a *thef. the rule u9Mikiet . Anerican 1irds. The Duke of Argyle says in his limpre siois: "With regard to the birds of Nort A merica, I cannot doubt froni what I saw and heard that as songsters they are inferior to our own. Tiis is the testimony of Mrs. Urant of L.aggan, wjio was familiar with both. It is a curious circuintaie that be tween one Canadian bird and the corres ponding species at home the only difference I could detect was that the American spe ties was silent, whilst our own is always talking. I refer to that charming bird the coiiton sandpiper, abounding on the banks of every s ream and lake in the high lands. Its American cousin is equally liundant on all the rivers in Canabh; but whilst at homte its call notes are incessant, und the male bird has even a continuous andi miost lively song, I did not hear a solitary 3ound from the sandpiper of Canada. I'bis, lIowever, may have been an -accident, and Lhe sandpipers are no where reckoned imong the birds of song. One hears the migratory thrush (robin) everywhere, in the midst of the gardens and villas of towns Aid cities, and in every little clearimg of the [orest on the outskirts of human habitation. It is a pleasant song, but decidedly inferior o any of its cousins in Britain. It is in ferior in power to the missal thrush, in va riety to our common 'mavis,' in melody to the blackbird. Near Niag,ra I heard one very broken anl interrupted song of fine one and of considerable power. But at bough I was in the woodls and fields of ianada and of the Slates in the richest, mo nent of the spring, L heard litttle of that, ust of song which in England comes from he blackcap and the garden warbler and he common wren, and (locally) from the tightingale. Above all, there is one great want which nothing can replace. TheI neadows of North America were to my eye ,horoughly Enghsh in appearance-the r ate rich and luxuriant grass, the same haracter of wild flowers' and even I;le same rveeds. 'he skies of America are higher Iud wider and more full of sunshine. Itit, here is no skylark to enjoy that 'glorious 1 Mrivacy of light.' "'he sweetest singer in c he Hleavenly Father's choir' is wanting in e lie New World. I cannot help thinking i hat it might be introtued.. Of course the vinters 01 Canada and of the Northern tates would compel it to follow almost all he other birds which summer there, and o retire with thetii until the return of spring s o Virginia or the Carolinttas. It would be I in interesting experiment. i do not know 1 vhether it has been tried. If not, I would a lggest it to my Americali friemids Its one vorth,trying. It would be ahappier intro ha:tio.n than that of the l.otndon sparrvow. Sin ct-t Courtship,.1 They were sitting en a stile-Salry and Steve. .i e at ote end, solemtly ''gnaw ng his tawny tmoustitche, ''she at the other, olemnly knitting cottssn lace. Ile smiled. the smiled. lie slipped up close to her ide, tbok i big sweet potato out of his iocket and wiped it carefully on his sleeve. "Less swip, "Said he, in deep, rich toties, is he handed her the potato, and, taking he dingy cotton lace from her hands, he :otucttishly wrapped it around his hiat. "Well, less," she replied, gnawing at the aw potato. 'Ton minutes of dead silencu. L'hen from another pocket lie handed a bun- ] lk. tied up in at handkerchief. "Ones what I've got," said he, archly. "Mo' taters?" "No." "Ginger cakes?" " No."t "Chinkypins?" "No." "Warnutts?" "No." "Goobers?" "I'asl NIw guesu who they're fur. "'Fur y'O' tmatr?" "No." "No" ''Fur that sarcer-eyeded Cath'n you'se >cu payin' 'tention ter?'' "No." One of his rare smiles pltayed ipotn his aristocratic features at that. am nenit andt( cauisedl her to say: "Maybe they's fur tme." ''That's wvho they's fur, shorel" She took the butndle tand thanked him.I Nfore silence. Then he cleared his throat exactly fifteen atid a haltf times. Hie had I1 omething to say, but dlidn't know how to may it. ie looked sheepishly-I mean )ensively-tat the leaves daninlg brownly mi the ground, then at the cotton lace wined round his lhat, then at the cauhn, blue Iky, for mapienh~tien. Maybe, like the great Constantine, lhe eheldl a writtinLr on IIeaven's azure wall, or ho spoke, and thusly: "Us is gwine to mlarry, aiti't us?" "Yaas, us is." 'Anu' whlen the imeat an' thie tmeal gives mtt, an'm I beats you 'cus you won't wuck< mn' git sonie mo' quick 'nuT, n~ ill you leave tnc?" That was Love's test; but she replied. weetly and 'firmly: "No, I won't, niuther! I'll stay 'long vithi you while life lastesl" Wentheor News. January-Will be rather wartm, but not tery warm; somiewhtt moist, but not very toist ; just moist enough. Trhore will be omeo cold weather, and some not quite so old ; just cold enough. Febrtuary-The weather will be like that >f January, only more so, with slight var.. ations. March-Can't say whether we will have my weather ti month or not. The game , blocked and( the machine won't indicat-e, ut it Is safe to saty It will rain, and it never ~ains but it pourB. Aprii-eople..will be greatly foouled on het weather of this . month. We know what it will be, but.don't propose to.spoil ti1 the fun by giving It away. May-We may have some rain thus month, but It will mnot raitn all the time. The sun will shine. Juno-By thte time we htavo got along to this month we will all begin to see the of. !ects of the famine. Oh, bumt it will be hot songeqf the time; but it is well enough for sonme folks to become acclImated. Juily-Bo-8me dust,~ rain clouds and wind, bat inore sunshine; It will be quito hot. Auguste-Considerable faIr and warm i unmro thtan we can itso. e~pI ili-8n ~ l~ t ,enough e km . ~ O will pro. N Lake )wellers. This class of persons lived before the time of the Pyratid-builers ; but in their progress and their discovery, first of bronze und finally of iron, they may have been Blower and later .than the ancient I:gyp tians. The only knowledge we have of that strange people, who once lived in curious rotundel houses built oi platforms ercetod for some distance from the shore out into the lakes of Switzerlanl, is derived from archteolog$-. In 1854 the waters of Lake Gurich (and of. some other Swiss lakes) re redcd farther than they had ever been known to sink before during the historic period; and a farmer, digging the rich muck thus exposed for his garden, was as onished upon coming upon masses of piles, d11(1, mjxed among these, bionze inple nents-knives, chisels, axes, etc. Ina other localities subsequent explorers, digging Iovn into these lakes and in other places, mine upon inplements of stone as well as Ironze; but it was found in every instance hat the stone Implements lay below those >f bronze. Whether the age of bronze came I or the Lake Dwellers at the same time hat it did to those wonlerful people in iahiting the valley of the Nile, is verv loubtful, if the Lake Dwellers were earlitcr ,han the Egyptians, they were also slower. td probably later in arriving at the age of >ronze. hit they reached that age. They j ad lances, fish hooks, sickles, axes, all of >ronzc. It was an age in which men did lot know the use of iron. And the bronze mplements they had were east in the forms in which we timd them. In some localities ve come ulpon articles of bronze and of ltone ; in others of stone only. The ques ,oin arises - was there ever a period nf which mankind used only implements of itone. There Is no doubt of it. From one mke alone in Switzerland no fewer than ,64:3 axes have now been recovered, .I tt ar 'ows, and a variety of other weapons anl lomestic utensils, all stone. Other Swiss akes yield similar suggestive revehn'i"ns. 1Id it was the same inl Great Britain-it vas the same in France-it wias the sanme bronghotut Italy, Germany, and most parts f Europe-it was so even in Egypt ? Not men the Egyptians knew, at one i ime, the 18e of iron or bronze. What a Boy Did. A c.uke walking in his garden one day, aw a Latin copy of a great work on Mathe natics lying on the grass, and thinking it tad been brought from his library called ome one to carry It back. "It belongs to me," said the gardener's On Stepping ulp. "Yoursl" cried the duke; "I)o you till lerstand geometry aid Latini" 'I know a little of theta," answered the nd modlies:ly. The (like, having a taste for the sciences, egan to talk wit It the young student, and vas astonished at the clearness and intelli ,once of his answers. "But how came you to know so much?" sked the dike. 'One of the servants taught me to read," nawered the lad; "one does not need to :now anything more titan the twenty-six otters in order to learn everything else one vishes.'' But the gentleman wanted to ,now more about it. "After I learned to read," said the boy, 'the masons came to work on your house; noticed the architect used a rule and con masses, and 1111de a great many calculations. What was the meaning and use of that.? I sked and they told me of a science called rithmetic. 1 bought an - arithmetic and tudied it through. They then told me here was another science called geometry. bought the books and learned geometry. ['hen I found there were better books bout these sciences in Latin. I bought a lictionary and learned Latin. I heard here were still better ones in French. I ~ot a tdictiotiary and learnied French. it ,ems to me wve may learn everythiing vhen wve know the twenty-six letters of lhe alphabet." Tlhey arg in fact, the ladder to every elencee. lint how amany boys are conhtentedi o waste their time at the first twvo or three ounds, withl not pluck nor l)ersev'erance noughi to climb higher! Up, up up), if 'ou want to know more, and see clearer, mid take a high post of usefulness n thme world. And if you arc a >oor boy and nteedi a l.ittle friendly enicour igement to help you on, be sure, I you tave a will to climb, y'ou will find the vay, just as the gardetner's son found it ftcrw.ards in the Dutke of Argyll und~er Nlhose pairenttage he pursued his stud(ies mnd becamue-a distinguished mathematician. 1Stone's -AMath<mlial DJictionaLr,, or Stone was the young gardlener's ntatme vm4s a celebrated book published in Lotmhon ome years aito. Whiere dioes the Dtay liegin? As a matter of fact, the day begins all rounid the world-not at the 'same instant f time, but just as the sun vIsits succs ive plortions of the earth In hris journey rom cast to west. But the t.raveler who roes the Pacific ocean can give another mower to the above qtuest ion ; that on the .8th (degree of longitude-one-hatlf of the tlrcumnference of the globe, starting from }reenwichi east or west,-these Is an ar >Itrttry chiange or dr-opping of a day, andt hat at ti point, If antywhere, the dlay nay be said to begin. It was with strange eclings that the wrIter, crossing the Pacl Ic, having gone to bed on Saturday ntight, caving everything pertaining to the alma ac, In a satisfactory condition, awoke on ~iondlay morning I Sunday had completely iropped from our calendar, for that week tt least. Every one knows that In travel ng round the world from east to west a lay Is lost, and in order to adjust his rec koning to thtat of the place ho huts left, one mist drop a day as if he had not lived It, when in reality the time has passed by erigthephng every (lay during the journey. LFor a long time it was 'the custom for sal ors to effect this change pretty much where they pleased; but it has now beconie i settled rule among AmerIcan and English ruavlghtors that at the 180th dbarce a day mst be passed over If going wcst, and one added it going east, in wvhich latter case the traveler ofijoys two Sundays or two Thurs ilays, as the case may be. It Is most likely that tIs particular degree was decided on from the fact that, except a few scattered islaads of Polynesia, there are no large conm. munhties, with their vast commerplal and so alal transactions, to be affectdd by the abange. "What? Twenty-five cents a pound for saus-ages I Why, I canm get 'em dhown) it Schmidct's for twenaty cents I" "Yell, e,y,didn't gar 2" "tause Sch mldt whto'em." "Vell, uv I was- out of 'em IsoIl 'em for twohty.cents too," Ilatvana is tosntpolItanI. Onte sees Im he1 streels alost every natinality and hearn muany u nguc5. Coolies are employed fo1 muilt of the worl{ along the i iharbor froni and also swell the ranks of the peddlers. The vanity bred in the Castilian is evincet by the matny" varietiesof gorgeousuniformns, nceting the eye. Ahnost every third mar is in uniform, and a score or so dilferentl% tricked out may he seen at at glance. Somi of the olic"ers weaia'O side airmus al,o CaI) Malacca sticks with a t,olden brown cordl and tassel, which strangely suggests Cock. neyisn. (One of the commonest types is a sw "arthy hearded maln dressed ini a very neat light hItie stripe"d material, witi white vest, low " cut, exposing at gorgeous shirt froit, sitaill PIancaske cap with. a straight tortoise shell visor, gold bowed eye glasses, and ill the (lecorations in (Il) and uniformn that his rantk will allow. The ladies sel dom go covered ini the strect. Their coitf. urepare most elaborate, atnd only a film of lace is occasionally worn on the back of the head. Some of the poorer classes wear even less than the traditional Topsy, anud dur111ing the Imorning's drive our comtipany passed several groups of negro chihlren with only nature's covering. In the even ing ile social life of Ilavatna begins. The long lines of the IPrado arc Iailaze with light, the numieroicuafes overll .w to the sidewalks, which in manny instances are undler atrecdes, anad the theatres and the cir(us firnish atuusenent. Irilliant pri vatle etluipages andl hk.s 4%iambitious victor Iis daslh along with their loads of dark bearded men aInd smiling senoritus. The 'Taucont theatre hasl probably ia w orld wide reputation. Fo'r solle ciise it is closed at present, and the fashionatble house is t he Theatre IPayret de lia I'atz, i handsome new theatre, slanding in at sipuare nearly oppo site tle I'acon. The IPayret is prolmlyIv as large as the Ioston tIheatri, whieb it very mnch resembht -s. There is ia pa rliet cirele anad four tiersabtove; two of which are ii vided inlo boxes. 'I'The theatre has a fair company and at remarkably large orchestra, which discourses excellent music. ''he curtain remains down about IIf'teen minutes het ween the acts, sand the partet is entire ly emptied. ''ie men throng out into the the lobbies or the adjoining caftrs, smoke cigarettes or drink coffee. The American bar is a feature of the llavana cafe, but not Lite prominet feature. It is found on one ide or in a corner, while most of the space is devoted to the marble-topped tables for o((ffee drinkers. Ill is ryinag at Ltrge. A New York justice of the peace was re Cently called to a (ierman house in thatcity to marry a couple. Put ting it marriage ertiticate in his pocket, he started for the restive sevne. Arrived at the house, under the direelion of it blue-legged little boy, who pointed out the place, he knocked and went in. In the miiddle of the 111"r stood a stout German girl. sorry and plump, her blue eyes solling out tears as large as but ter pis. "What's the matter?" said the sympa thetic judge. "Altterl" said the girl, "dat Gotleib went off and wouldn't. marry me, ain't it'" The justice saild he supposed it,was, and intimated that lie had come to marry some onc, and requested the old lady to bring on tIle lamubs to the sacriilce. Old lady said, "Dare vos no lambs-(lotleib ish run off, ma vil not marry my Katar"ina." " Well," said the justice, ";otleib isn't the only man there is-send for some other masi to marry lien. At this Kalatmta's face brightened ill, nmd she ejaculated, "Yah-datt is goot tend mit lats." Ilans was sent for, but couldn't. come. When her niessenger returned, Katarin, tieterminsed not to give it up, sait, 'Senid mit Shiosephi.' Shioseph was sent for, bu1t lie couildns't lie found. Katarina's looks fell sat this niews, 11md the justiec was growhig limpait.ient. Juist then Ktainas looked out of the win slow' and( sa1w a sort andit thick yoiung German151 goinig by, whieni Rie rustled to tIle tdoor andit ballolod, " Friitztl Fritzl" Frit',z shortly made his8 appearancstlie at the door, when K ataia''s miothler' said, '"Fritz, you lofs ninse Katar'ina?'' Fritz, allo1)wed lie did, '"more 5 asiuier knalit. '"Thlen stand upl here,'' cried the jus~tice; and before hiritt~ coul realize his position, lie sisnd Katairinai were man and wsife, andi~ Kastarinia's armus weire arounid his neck, imd1( her lips pressed to his, she crying the the wthilIe. "'Mein husand-melin Fritz!." Our dulty as corr'ect hiistorians compilels us ho saiy that Fritz hugged back as well as lie knew how. 'Thie juisice, wthl head erect., Rtepped( smilling out, leaivinig tIm lovers to tiemselves, andl wvalked a way meditatively, a holy cailm steailinig sill over lis massive prop)ortionis,. the consciotussess of ha'ving done his (duty glesaminsg in Isis eye, anud honor, hioniest.y, and1( rectitud(e ini his foot Oil ProItisuoing Jisieset. -i This insect, winch lias consid(erable eco nomnic .use in Uesitral America, belongs to the samne -genus as the cochineal, and is cnlled ty the native snme of ''ni-in."' Be iing iimknoin to sciece, the aulhor names it Coccus adphofera. TIhie females sare of a coral-red imnd are covered withs a fine whit isIh powder. 'Thiey live ons trees b)elonging to the genus Spodis, and known as "hog phinnbs." They adhere to the treces by mcans of their beaks, remaIning motionless, and existing in such large nuimbers that they frequenutly cover every p)orthon of the plant. Thiei'e is extractedl from these fe imahes 26 to 28 pci' cent.. of their weIght, of a bigh6 yellow fat having an odor sutige neris, and which wvhen recesntly melted'Is homogeneous,, bu1t In a short tIme becomes granular and of a lIghter color. It Is the most qticekly dryIng oleaginous substance known, sInce it bccomes immedIately covered over with a pellIcle full of wrinkles and( folds ; ami, If t,hIs pelliclo be (lipped Into the greese to exclude Its surface from contast with tIe air, the whole mass shortly becomes transformed Into ani Infusible an Insol uble resinous substance, ,Applied,to paper or any other surface, this greose dries in six or seven hours so isa to form a smooth lustrous surface and almost odorless. Mixed with copal/ or any other m'esln, and tpope tine, It forms a golden-.y'llow drying var~ nish. Its melting poInt is 86 * .flopeteri to a temsperature of 200O* to 210.0 i9pI) It becomes glutinous,, it bi ' es on lin11g io a bland elastic mass (aouteliod"of ni-in) which ia alniost in eubl In nt Qf turpnIine, but inboiuble In iul~ do Oe uI 5 per cent.'l1 Isli aligt ly soluble, Te.v*lous.~z~ this fatty matter, and its behavoir wit acid(s and alkalies, prove that its cieic composition differs from that of all othe oils known. L ike ll drying oils, it formn by the action of neat a glutinous substapce. but, while heat is in(dispenisable to mank such oils more siceative, the ni-in greasc loses a portion of this property througl healing. The elastic sibstance of oils is slutible in ether, and especially in turpen tine, but that of ni-inl is nearly Insoluble in these imaterials. In s'me locallities in Cen Iral America this oil i8 largely employed for plaltintmg wooden utensils, such a ladles etc., at 11a1ss being inade with eolor, chalk, atnd the grease, and 111plie( pre(isely as In ordintry oil painting. It has lin'i observell that articles painlted with it nay be prv served for a long tile. (luitar" maunufae turers also use this greeso in varnishimn their instruments. As yet it has receive no apliplicationein pharmacy. It is probalc that the ancient race which f'ormerly peop. led (entral Anmerica used this greese in painting their buildings, and it is for this renson that, after 31 lapse of several ceniltu ries the decorations are still to be aeon in that perfect state of preserviition which caised the a(mirtin; of Mr. Stevens wher h visited these ruins in 11 2. 'rollit ivt, 111e1i.ii s ry The censuas act anIhorizes the cenlsul.-A bureaut to report "the kind and amount of power employed in establistmin tts of pro duive mn(dustry, and the kind and numbei of machines in3 use, together with the maxi 111u11 capacity of such establishments, w'here the superintendent. of (onsts shall deemii such ulquiry Appropriate." The in formation which this inquiry will bring out will ie of great value and importance, and the superintendent Is taking measures to umk1e it thorough and searching. In 1870 there were reported 2,707,421 persons in the United States employed in maulfactur iug. mnechantcal and mining industries, and 5,1 !9t,0110 elnplo 1ed in agriculture--mak ing i total of 8,( 21,421 persons engtged in productive pursuits. But this piece of i Iormaation is incomplete without at knowl edge of the aggregate power of tall th steam -engines and water-wheels harnessed to the work also. Very little labor. com paratively, is now (lone without the aid of power machinery, and the human mus18cles contribute butt a small portion of the powei employed. It is estimated that the steam engines in Franco give an aggregate force eglal to ihat of ;i 1,0)00,000 men ; and it has been-asserted that the power machinery in Great Brit1in has a force e.iual to that of 800,000,00 men. To know what the pro ductive capacity of our Country is, there fore, we must hnuire, not only how many persons ire employed In productive pur suits, but, how many steam-engines and water-wheels, with the horse-power they represent, are employed also. It will throw some light on that very interesting and much-disputed question, whether the world is abl to consume all that it is able to produce. A Flying I.g of .Mutton. In the "'good old days" it the Ilaymar ket Theatre, London, they were runnin g the musical farce of "No Song, No Mupper,' and the exigencies of the piece required 3a real boiled leg of mutton every niglht, which, according to th1e law of property, or rather the "property-man's" law In a1 theatre, went after performance, alost untouched1, to the otliclll named. lhut the "lymen,'' perched np aloft, did not like this, which occurred night, after night to their growing dissatisfaction, for they, too, ha(1 wives and families, to whoma a bailed leg of mutton free of chargs would have been at thing to be remembered. So they hit upon a plan, and one night Mr. Williami F'arren, who had( the carvinlg of tihe afore83aid leg, was soliciled to fix a book that wouild be lot (down fromt the "'11ies"' in3to tle mulltton and3( leave thle rest to them. Farren, always33' readyh3 for a p)racticl joke, (c0nsente Od a1 on3ce, and3( as3 11e scene3 wasi conming to a terinion1(3, dleftly3 faistened the hook 13n1o tihe heg, and( "tleft the rest to them. As the scene0-shifters were p)repar3 lng to "celose ini," and the1 property-man11 stood( at tihe winigs reaidy 1(o seize on3 hlis perqiIsite, the1 leg of muttoni was seen1 slowly to as5cend(, wvithlout any visibIl aIgency. The a1(u(ienlce laughed, and3( the employ03es al11 gave venlt to their' feelings in ill-snIp p)ressed merrmimlent-aIll Save the p)roperty' man13, wvho romaltined mliseraIbly serious, and3( gaizedl at his fast deoparting suipper with 31 wvoe-begonue cou1ntenaniIce. Sutddenily, as the scene1 almIost closed( in, the hook, whi11ch the faIt, gave way, and1( tile muhi-coveted muIttton (1ame1 (dowa (on the (dish1 with1 a ter - rific splash11. Thie auIdience no0w roaired, tile emlployes roared, Farren aIt theo tale r-oaredi, and( as8 the '"ilats''hid1( thle unrehearsed tableau froml view, the0 no0w delighltedI p)roperty-man rushed0( 0on the stage, and3 securng tile ill treated suIpper, jolined in the general roalr.. Our fly fishers were necver known to try3 a btook again.. A Fair Dluel, In 1794, anl Eniglish juIdge dlelivered the following charge to a julry in a duelling ease: "It 1s no0w a pahiful dutty which jointly belonig. totus; it is mine1( to lay downl thle law, ando yours to apply13 It to the facts bIefore y'ou. Th'le oath by whitch I am hbound obliges m1e to saiy that hom11id, after a1(1130 interval loft for considleration, amlounIts to muIlrder. Tihlaws'tV of EnglandI ini thleir ultmfost lenlIty and1( allowance fot' human111 frailty, extend their . compason only to 811((10n and mlomelntary- frays; and the'n, if the blood haA not hia:1 time to cool or tIle reaIson to return4 the result1 is termecd mianslaughiter. Such is the law-of the lanjd,, wichl unfdouibtedly the uinfortuniato gentle manIf ait the bar has violated, thaougli ho ,ba acted in conlformity to 'the las of. honor. Is whole demeanor in tihe duel, ageording to tile witness whiom yeu are: mos,tjo, be lieve, Colonel Statlwix, was that of;perfct hrmor qnd perfect humnanity,38 uoll ts the la1w and,1suchl are tile facts, lI yeou cannot recotiolle the latter to your c9nSolesc,,yoei musItt record a verdict of guilty, But if tho cont,rry, though th1e acquittal may trncvh onI tIle rI 1d rules of the law, yet thZ ver dict wUl qlovely in the s)g1j of d l me'n,'t I t finer sW1 wa. thoe irtirq n of th(eJu4tice Flt) r{ $1 oh j ia it is my buIsiM :to.tays plaltQ ;te~ le o.f" ~ gt a Wol, anildo e~tIm a,- pw My W murder.A4Ito yu,y)whi) r9;llt at FOOL) FOR '1'IU i'l'. ) Do that whielt is assigned yott, and , yo ta not lope too tilch or lure to) niuch. ''he miser is the man who lives like a beggar. because he is afraid of dying like one. All that tread the globe are bit at handful to the tribes that slthber in its bosom. lIe needs no other rosary whom thread of life is strung with beads of love and thought. Seeing muceh, and suflering inch, and sti lying mutch, arc the three p11 lars of learning. Al ways there is life while life lsts, which rig:ttly iivined, hnplies ia divile satisfaelion. The most convenient, habit, von canu eilteiire Is that of lettin; your habits sit loose upo yo.i lie who, with good health, lias i true "riend, may laugh adversity to scorn anmi defy the world. As many as are the dilliulties wh leh v irtuae his to encon ier InI this world, her force is yet superior. It is a great art to keep yourself con teit.ed and happy, anti It requires a grea', heart to make others so. A 3 an archer makes straight his ar row, so a wise man makes strtight his thought, which Is dillicult to turn. This is the present reward of virttou% . conduct,-that no titucky conse(lucIIe0 ca:i oblige us to regret it. F''lowers sweeten the ailr, rejoice the eye, link its with natulre and inltocence, attl are sonething to love. Peotele who fish for compliments do not need long lines. They will get thlir best, 'ites in shallow water. A lie is like a counterfeit bil. It miay pass through a great many hands, but it n i'1 be loun d out at last. ent are oftea like tea-the real st.rength and goodness are not properly drawn out until they have been in hot water. -"11-who.with health, its a true wife, a dutiful child, and a (true friend tmlay laugh adversity to scorn and defy tue world. Speak the truth ; ylel I not to anger; give when asked, of' the little thou hast ; by these three steps thn shall go tetar the gtods. Though the life of a mati falls short of a hundred years, lie gives himself as n.iuch pain and anxiety as if he were to live a tiotusatnd. Wtho will feel the tentlerest partiell)a tion in joy let him not look at happy children, but at the parents who re Joice to see them happy. Our striving against tiature is like holding a weathtercock with one's hand; ts soon as the force is taken oil' it veers again with the wind. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and inust untdergo and with stand many shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. Though the word andi the spirit do the main work, yet sufforing so un bolts the door of the heart that both the word and the spirit have entrance. - A beautiful smile is to the female countenance whatit hle unbeam 1s to the landscape; it enlbellishes all inferior face and redeems an ugly ('lie. Kindness is stowed away in tle heart like rose leaves In a drawer,'to sweeten every object arouid thetn, and to bring Itope to t.he weary hearted. The greater the dilleulty the more glory n surmion.ting it. Skilful pilets gain1 their reputation from storms' and totn pe ts. lhat plenty should preduce either' covetousniess or prodigality Is a perver2 aion of provIdence, and yet the gener ality of nieti are the worse for their it Ia a distinguishing feature of Chria tianit,y thatt .Ii God Is a God of love. Ch rlst iatilty telis us tht,"'God is Love."' Th'is is both liisnaturo andt I1ls name. There is no greater aIgni 01 a mean and sordi J mant thani to dote up)on richest nor is antything mord magniti Icent than)1 t y thiem) onit freely In acts ot' bounty and li berality. A mant need only correct himself with the saime rigor ththe't ret)rehiends others and exetuse othet's with the same indulgence thatt he.shows to himself. Over In Ketuuky, when a mute gets so hazy that lie >von't work morme than ears dowvn and sell him to sopio Chicago mal111 for a carriage horse. "Oils andl p)omade are no0 lotnger used oni the hair.'' Th'lis Is a senisible edict of fash ion. IIereaifter a young man enn help a yotung lady to say ,tothi ng In paRrtieuilar on sunday ovoting wIthout having his vest soiled. Whent the barbarous praitee of stu ff ing one's gu.ests shall have b.een abol ished, a scial gathering Will not nte eessal'ily imp., hard labor and dyspep sia. Perhaps, when that tine arrives, we shall be sufilelently elvilized to de mandi pleasures of a hier sort. True, the -entertainmots will th9n), In one sense5, be more costly, as ciilture coas more than' cake. There is a game of' cards very popu lar 10 Ig'eland cailled "Sp9i.ed lyie." Any number ,o'f pOsons greater than two.cap~ iar'tiiiot i.agatii( but wIt h three' ontestats~ th 'best D,oints are di'fwn Qui,. Each pIayer'looks exclu sivbly jf'ter his' own Interests. .Each trieck codnt ivyd,'and toIn 'a game it is necessary' to det fifteen ih a single hand. .But as only' five car'ds are dealt td each blayer, thilsgit will be seen, Is not an easy thing to do; anid thi good playeord the battl.e has ot e to' be foutg h t agaiti.and agaIn, with inord~aing stakes and Interest; before a 4iletbryi Is scored. As.aootras the player has.looked at his hianidandlealoulated his. ohfaces heo is guided by. thise golden rule': "It you -can't wvin the game,:spoil lP02 ruQth disobver'es the evil t-races puts it A#ay,. Ti'uth' unt6dd what main Is; grae unfolds ' whiatGo04;1I. Tr uh brings out Into the I1kht jhe hidden .*orkings'ef evil In thy headt of man; ci'aoe- brIngs o;tt, ,In conitrEAt. the rich s and ehIanstless s rIbga oefact in the ~for athe fninft i4nt gracefor he ee ora 13 Trup h b loh