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TIRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., 31ARCII 9, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO. 30. THE GOLD THAT WEARS. We parted one eve at the garden gate. When the dew was on the heather, And I promised my love to com back to her Ere the pleasant autumn weati er That we twain might wed When the leaves were rod, And live and love together. She cut me a tress from her nut-brown hair, And I kissed her lips of cherry, And gavo her a ring of the old-time gold, With a stone like the mountain berry As clear and blue An ljor eyes wore truo Sweet eyes so bright and morry! "The wealth of my love is all I have To give you," heo said in turning; "0The gold that wears-liko the radiant stars In yonder blue vaults burningl" And I took the trust As a lover must Whose soul for love is yearning. Fate kept us apart for many years, And the blue sea rollet. between us; Though I kissed each day the nut-brown tress And made fresh vows to Venus Till I sought my bride, And fate defied, That failed from love to wean us. I found my love at the garden gate When the dew was on the heather, Atid we twain were wed at the little kirk In the pleasant autumn weather; And the gold that wears Now soutboi my cares, And we live and love together. Alice May. "Never saw so many va.ses in my life before?" observed Harry Einer, staring arouud at the shelves. "Did not know it was possible to make 'em into so many dif ferent shapes." And, in truth; the exclamation was not Ittogether uncalled for. Great Pompeian vases of red clay stood in rows on the floor -high-shouldered Etruscai vases, with slender necks and picturesque twisted han dlep, were arrayed on shelves-severe Greek outlined vases crowded the windows, and dragon-shaped jars elbowed one another in every nook and corner. And our hero, looking confusedly around, with his hands in his pockets, began almost to feel as if lie were changing into pottery himself. . "Is it for a lady?" said the brisk little shopman. "It is for my sister," said Harry Elmer. "A pair of vases for her boudoir." "'Ah'" said the sho)pmnijn, diving into a wilderness of red clay moulds; 'here is the very thing-slim-necked and tall. Equally suitable for a bracket, a table, or a draped inantel." Harry Elmer stared helplesiv at, the vases. "I want pictures on them," said lie. "Birds, flowers, beetles, or something!" 'I'he shopinan shook his head at this. 'We only keep plain ware," said lie. "But I can give you the address of a young person who paints them to order." And lie handed a card across the counter. "'All right," said Harry Elmer. "Give me the vases." , And In less than five minutes lie was in search of the place designated on his card. "Oh, yes," the baker's wife on the first floor assented, cheerily; ''the young woman wvho painted vases did live there. She r'entedi the third story back room, and worked very hard, p)oor thing. If the geni tieman would walk up stairs, andl knock at the first door on the left, at the tel) of the secondl flight of stairs, it would be all right.'' And Harry Elner stumbled upl the (lark stairway., "Come In!" Anid wvith a fimnal stumble, our~ hero found himself In a little room where the sunshine streamed through ivy and wax-plants, and a table In the middle was heaped wi'th half dlecorated chIna, tubes of color, sheaves of brushes, and poitfolios of sketches. Of course it was the modest little ateclier, of an unplretendinig artist--one could have pi'o nounced that at a glance. And, working away at a sketch of a scarlet-winged bird, as if her very life dlependedc( on It, sat a slender~ young girl, with a scarf falling away from her shouilders, andl a veil of flaxen hair drooping over her face. She laid down her hair brush at this ap parition of the stranger. "I beg yoni- pardon," stammeredi Harry, with an unaccountable sensation of emnbar rassmsent; "'but-are y'ou the young woman that paints vases?" "Of course 1 am?" said the goldeni-haired little artIst. "Don't you see me p)ainting one now?" ."I want these diecorate(l," said Harry. hCan I get themi done Jhero?" "Of course you can," said the girl, stir veying themi critically. "A nice shape pretty warel Suitpble for blue irds, or1 oles, I should think.'' "And what shall you cha~rge?" "Five dollars each." "Isn't that a good deal?" said H arry. "Not for a piece of artistic work," said the girl. "Of course If 4ou don't like the price, you catn go elsewheye." "You are very indepot dont for an art ist;" said Harry, smlilinag in spite of hint self. "Why shouldn't an etrtist be as indepen dent as anyone else?" said the young girl. "Well," said Harry, "I'll leave them, and P'I) call for them In sa week." "Very well," said the young lady. "They shlmsl be ready." So our hero took his departure, with the deep, bhtue eye of the tuig artigt hatunt ig hiin as h Went.. "I mut ea hard )ay of earning one's, living," said he to hiMself. "And artists are always poor. I suppose there's a mIotler it home, and perhaps a rheumatic old father, and a swarm of helpless little brothers and sisters. After all I don't know 1s live dollars it vase is too much to pay- and she is very pretty!" At the end of a week he called for his vasem. They were ready and packed, but the golden linlred-girl was not there. "'Where's the artist?" demanded IHarry, considerably disappointe(. "Site ain't here to-day," said a lad, who was drumning with his fingers on the win dtow. "I'm 'tending to the business." And Ilarry Elmer paid his money and went away inl disgust. * * * I'Dear Harry, it's so lucky that you camo up here just now," said1 his sister ra dliantly. She was sitting at her window, and Harry Elner sat. opposite her, sunburned, liandsom- and stalwart. "Didn't know wih,at else to (10," yaiwned IIarry. "Everybody was out of town, and there wasn't a soul to speak to." 'MlMss Mayne is to bel here next week," interrupted Mary Eliner, breathlessly. "And who Is Miss Mayne!" "(Don't you know? The heiress-the beauty-the girl who owns half of a towvn." "I don't see how that concerns me," 3tid Harry. "Oh, Harry! why shouldn't you be the mc to marry her?" Harry Ehner 'made no answer; but he bhought of the golden haired young ariist, with the sea blue eyes and the skin like velvet. "I wonder what has become of her?" p)ondrCed lie. And all Mary's chatter ibout he heiress "who owned half it town" was Lhrown away on his inattentive ears. But, early the next morning wheii lie wandered out to smoke his cigar on the ihore of the lovely lak-e, when the mists were just beginning to lie tinted with rose ind gold, lie perceived a light figure whose loating white robes seemed almost at part of .he rolling vapors-a girl with both hands ulI of roses. "By Jove!" ie exclaimed, involuntarily; 'It's the artist!" And at, the same time she recognized him with it smile. "I don't know your name," said she; "but I believe you are the gentleman who wVanited the vases paitted."1 "My name is Eimer," said ie advancing with a glad face. "And yours?" "They call me May," said the girl, with -qual frankness. "Isn't it strange that we should chance .o meet here, Miss May?" said Elmer, hold ng the slim little hand longer than was hlsolutely necessary. "Things do 'happen Strangely In this world," said she, laughing. "Talke care, gou will make me (ro) my roses." 1I suppose you're getting studies, iketches, and thlings for your painting?'" iazarded Iftarry. And so they wandered off into the woods, vhere the level rays ,of the sunrise were ighting up the leafy aisles with kaleidos ,opic glitter and the birds were warbling joyously. "'She'll be0 here att the hall to-night,' 'said Aliss Elmer, with the St,. Michels." "Do you mecan----" "I1 inkan thte heiress, of course." ''Oh, hang the heiress!'' excliimed [larry Elmer, impatiently. "Look hieie, ['ve something to tell you; l'm enigagedl to 3e married." "Harry!" "To Miss May, the sweetest litt,le angel you ever saw." "'Is sIhe rich?" "'Well, nio--not in a money point of view, btut 1 love her. "WVho is sIhe?" ''She is an a"tist, I believe." "'Ilamrry, are( y'ou mad(?'' shrieked Miss LChnter. "Not it thte least.' "'To throw -yoursalf away on a mere ito mody-a girl without a penny-a creature bvitht no social connections whatever." "'I lovelher," said Harry, pufling serenely uway at lis segar, "and that's enough." And lisa sister's tears affected hum no nore than If lie hail been a figuro of stone. "'I will Introduce him at all eventts," Milss Elner dleclaredl to herself, "whether :te likes It or ntot." And shte brought her brother, reluectantly mnough, Into the magIci circle which suir rountded the heiress in the great saloon. Muss Mayne stood there In a dress of pale Iltiue tIssue, looped uip with bluebells, with :liamontds enelrcling hiet throat and spark ing it her dars--a bleatutiful blonde with mnir like coiled suinsine, atd large wlst ul eyes. . "Yout need not introduce us, 1I1a. hner" said sIte with a smile. "Yotir brothtei. mad I are 01(d triends, In fact"-colodylg, ike a rose-'"we are engaged lovdrs. Don't tools so suirprised, Harry; you' lave only known me as Alice May: my last name is Mlayne." "But," statnneredl Iarry, "You are an lirtist-a decorator of vases!" "No, I am not,'' said the aiiess. "I was waiting in thte st'udio that day for Miss Vestry, the genuine.artist, to ebine ant give no my lesson. You supposed mn to be the tiecorator. I only.htinted your! mistake. You're not vexed with me Ilarry?'' And the captain afiawOed wi.th a loviag glance, .which yas perfectly hatisfacetory. lie was enda~ed to the heiress in spite of rate-td theon ht~tl wakind t al~ golden.. haired lIttle Alice May! *And Miss Mary Eluer found herself comn polled to behey rn Jve aftsplL Lord Lorne has been having a skatiml aind tobogganing party at Ottawa. First there was the ice, in splendid condition, I big sheet elough a small bush covered is land in the tipper part, while cleverly ar ranged on a tramework, ut, the end then gleamed out in gigantic letters of light Ito kinldly words: 'A liappy New Year." 01 the margin of this frozen lake there hat spiui ip a real backwoods shanty, witI timbers sqtuated (m two sides so as to i closely, and showing the honest rough barl of the tree on the outside. The inside wil prettily wainscoted anll' comlfortabI3 warmed, it being intendett for the use 0 skaters. Nothing prettier can be imagiine that the sight of the skaters as they wen1 through ev,olultions of the most complicalet( nat11ure tinAer the soft, warm light of thi laitern1s and to the sharp, chieerflil ring o0 their own skates. Quadrllles and figure cutting were the order of lhe night, anid il there is one pastime more than niother it which a pretty costume and graceful shap can be shown to advantge, it is Ithe last, where, as tile centre of a circle of admirini and jealous eyes, a young lady can twir and pirouette. Blaniket coats, with bortleri of regular blanket red, were very much th< fashion, and dainty, coquettish litth "'toques" if red and blue, or still mor clarimling Caps of scalskin, set oil th< charms of our beauties. But the tobog. gaving was the real fun of tile eveninr and a pretty sight the great towering slidt made with its rows of Chinese lanterns ex tendiig down, down a quarters of a mil Into the trees, with the red glare of tih bonfire to light up the bierry cargoes oi much compressed but laughing hmnanity, as one after the other they dashed wit thirtlhy-mile-an-hour speed down the s!op< with a wish and a crunchl and a growl, which is the peculiar and most jolly ]an guage of the most captivating of wintei sporis. Now and again, but rarely, a lon would sway willy from side to side for r moment in its course, the steersman behin would give an unfortunate touch too nmiel to right or left, and presto ! all the king'i horses and all the king's men could nol prevent a plunge into the snow or a free and-easy roll down the slippery path. ul nm oe was hurt, and if there is one thiiq1 moro than another which tends .to mak( things pleasant on these occasions it is th bon camaradeship engendered I>y a guood upset. Runl Down at the 11eol. A man clad in the habiliments of ti tramp knocked briskly on the back of ; Cincinnati residence on New Year's day, and, bowing low to the gl who made hei appearance, said : "The compliments of the season, .fail maid, and may each recurring New Year-' "Oh, go 'long !" said the girl, interrupting him. "I am not the only man who hAis run down at the heel." , "No, there were seven ahead of you thhi. -ori.ing." "Seeing vott keep open house, I presunu they were admitted at the front door. Bll the back toor is good enough for ie. I an not proud. You will observe I did not como: in a carriage; but no matter.' I am hningry. I would like a bite to cat." "We haven't anything for you." "Don't, 1e too sure of that uitil you know who I am. You probably never hcard ol people entertainIg angels unawares." "Yes I have; but I don't believe it." "l1oner was a beggar." . 'le never got anything here, my goo(l man. "Cervantes died of hunger." "Ile ought to have gone to work. "Diffenbacker had nineteei trades, and starved to death with all of them. lowever, that Is neither here nor there." ''Try the boarding house over the way.' "'Spencer died in want." ''I know it. HIe depended on this shieang for his victuals." "Tlasso, Italy's celebrated poet-" "Oh, I suppose lie wvas shot." ''iIe was nlot.; but lie was often hard pushed for a nickle. I mention these facts to prepare you for wvhat Is coming. I amn the individual whlo first mentioned Grant for a third term.'' ''We are all solid for John Sherman,' said the girl. Tlhe man walked slowly to the gate, pItused, scratched his head, and tur'ning once more to the female, said: "'Wouldn't y'ou give a future cabinet ollicer a cold potato ?" 'Couldn't think of it.." "WVhat if the next Minister to the ('ourt of ::4.. James should ask for one ?" "IIe couldn't get It.'' "Very well. I will not wilthdraw my good wishes for th'e new'yeatr. I presiume yout are acting accordling to Instructions. A man who is just entering tup)on thi -primlrosc paths of polities can afford to be magnani. mus." And, kissig his hand to the haurd hearted houseu,al, lie took lis leave. 1W - Hlow Iitesemer,u Learnedi. It will be of interest of the reader to learn that, according to Bessemer's statement hh knowledge of Iron hmetallurgy wvas at that tune very limited, so that he had to get ul: the whole of the subject. lie Is now, how ever, of time op)inion, that his lggnoranet proved of great advantage to him, as ha had very little to unlearn and could t.huu app)roanh the subject free from the bias in sep)arable from those who have followed beaten track and vainly endeavored to gei out of the rut. These words of Becsseme: reqluire, however, to be carefully consIder. ed,l lie does not Imply that a state of 1g. 'hoinance' #~6uid enable hun to invent, ni nmany aschemQrs imnagihe, wvho put fortl: crutie igdeas, yhuich are cefuslhed by practical men, lie sat to work to learnm the wvhoku businesftiordihly, first" from books ant ttheinu the fqnndries. Still it will be seer th'at'hecre is a man well on In tIme world, who set himself to harti learning whihi many of us think we can do very wvel without learning at all, or without learning any more. To the public who thius get do tails at first hand, It is also of interest t< know that having builIt a small experhmenta Iron works In St. Panocras, and begtun hii preliminary trials, mionthis rolled on, ani lhe spared neither labor nior nioney, bul madec failure after failure. To the wisi mnant however, failure Is a way of learning, and failures arc carefully recorded: 1. lie cause they shuow us, through narrowing th< fiel, In what way we must try, and, 2. Because theoy, in themselves, often stuggesi 80ome furtbier 9xperimecnt. Bessemer in deed,' says that during his long tIne o? fail w he wa accunmulatIng many hmportant (a0ts wltgi coul dnot p3ut ult)mmaely be oj advaud to hi t At the head of the IairIor, seven m11iles vast of the town of' Nwttaket, is a pla(e called Wauwinlet 'ompoMsed of' two r.114de sunun1111er hotels, where splentlid sish diite.rs are served. 6everal stean and sail vachta lily betweeti NaItuCkeVt 1I11I W'atlwint, maikin t.wo rotil I rips itch day. Tiie iare is 20 cents each wly, Iaid tie tr1p is a aelrIhig one. At Watiwinet olly a bant of sand an eighth of a mlile wide separates 1us front the main eastern shore of thlie island. elre we id at party of stirly ilslhermeni reatly to take us oil a shw.-kin-g expedi(ion. We ebarbilk iII "dories" and rile carrie<d out to hirger wltale boats anehoredt a short dis t aice frOM 1101r. Siil is thenl hoisted, 1111d having reached half or tIuce-tin!tW4 ofi a mile troml shore, allcholAr are dropped amd work beginas. 1Large fisir books a toot lon11g coliteeld by i yard of chinll to lines i1s thick as your little hger tn blaIite(l w%itl a dozen sill perch are thrown into the wa ter, Which is here live or ix faitlioti deep. The bait rests on the botmom and tie fisher man holds his line sullih-nitly taut to enl able liin to feel a bite. t0le dous iot have to wait long. A viioletCi-uginig llls him he taIs a shtrk oil his otook. His comi panlions assist him. and. the 1uiied el'orts of two or three are re(uired to draw the animal's nose to tle u1tinwaile of the boat. The'l while some holi h1im there others be gin a fierce assauit witlulib- as thick as your wrist. Blow after+Ibow on the iose is kept up t 1il tie 'anilil is CoMpletely stIunned, his tail nicanwfl keeping up a fearfid lashing, which, i lot well prolected witi oilskin oversuits, wets every one on the boat tlroutgl ilind tlhrutt1gh with stilt water. Finally his lashings cease, and by ]the iunited elforts of thewhole party lie is battled over the side into the bout. Though now pei fectly quiescett, it is si ill dangerous to place one's hands in too Close proximity to his triple row of sharp leeh. These sharks are uagly thiligs, six or sevenl feet long, aind pIIerhaps b00 pRundMIS in Veiglt, without. scales, with sharp-pointed tails, I white hellies, small eyes aund greatt caver I nous mouthls. Their teeth pointing inward, tire not used so much for dividing teir food as for holding on to it whei seized, their teeth nctitg as barbs. The food is swallowed whole. They ate very numer ous and bite freely, insomuch that a party can any (aly Catch one apiece withinl an hour or two. Brought to l1and, the hoIest fisherman first cut out their livers from which cod liver oil is extracted. Their carctses are then buried for a few itinths util mostly decomposed, when they are (Iu.; up fot use as fertillizers. Ominibuses were Introtived mi L,ondon from Paris ai half a cenitury ago, and the iorse railroad from the United States about ten ypars ago. . The first iack ney coaches were introduced it 1625, and for a couple of centuries were regardedi as a monopoly. Acts of parliament were passed limiting the number to ply for hire ini the whole of Lonl don. This limitation lasted till the date of the great Reform Act. The old lackney coach was a t wO-horse vehicle, and the fire wats a shilling a mile. It was not till 182:1 that the one-horse eabriolet., the familiar four-wheeler of the London streets, Wis in troduced, and Made way but slawly. The lilansom, the g0IlaIft the streets, as it is called itn "Lothair," was a few years lnter, anld is gradually superseding tlte old four wheeler, 118 tlat superseded the htackney coach. The actual number of cabs now licensed mi London is 4014 four-whecled and 4817 two-wheeled. Railways ats at means of inter-communication in London are still ncw, and aire still itn course of de velopment. At the time of the Great Ex hibition no railway camte farther into Cen tral London than Drummond street, Eu Rtn Square ont the orth, ad Bishopsgate and1( F'enchturchi street otn thte Eaist. he fIorth Londhon 11ine hadl 0only beent open)ed in the previouts yearu, and1( it, was somel yearus aifter thtat the secme of the Innm r Circle, to conntect the great termini of Itie tmaint lines, was sanctioned by a Commtittee of of the IIouse of Lords. '1The Met rOp)olitant Railway' got its act 11n 1853h, bitt the works wvere not begnun till 18110, and the opening took plaice in 1803. It, was then a btoad gauge line frotm thte (buat. Western to Farington street; It was alteredl to a unrrowv gutage hate before Londonters haul founad out thme wondlerful facilities1 It prtovidedI fot them. Tho WVomnantatIrber of at. ('toud. I enlteredl thte blarber shop1 fnat, t,he foot of- the little htill ait St. Ciloutd, F?rance, andl founad the atsststanat enlgagedl in shaving a capltn of the 1 3thtl. Trhis was enaty aip p)arenlt, becauise the ntutmbet "'130'' was on his capi, hisu collar-, his sword-belt, anud sev cral other p)rominent p)laces. T1hec htead( barber wais aibsentt. IHis wife entered froam atn itnner ap)artmienlt, andl inlvited me to takhe a seat in the batber's chair. I did so, not app)lrehtendling anything extraordIinary. A F"renicthbairber's chailr Is stralght-backedl without cuishtion. and behaind1 is a hard woodeni crutch to lay your hecad ini. It anug gests a comabintion of guillotine aunid gal. rot,te. 'Te womantu then tutcked a towel una decr my chin. 'IThis arouseed me1. I woni (lered if it coutld ho hpossible. I begatn to suaspect, thatt she meant butsiness. I saw comtinag possibilitics. Becaiuse in France wvomen are, to a great extet, real hlcp imates of their hnusbanids. If grocer, thte grocer's wife keeps the books, and takes thte change; If buitcher, the butcher's wIfe Cain slice off a cuttlet as quIckly as hier htusband; if batker, t,hat womnan Is alwvays at the couin ter; If ta almost say dlescrhption of retail Itradec, the'wife is as conversant with the business as haer hutsbaind. Sometimes they Ialto onu fete (lays conduactots of extra omi bttsscs. Yet, thuns fara, I had never secn' a Iwomanti barbea. Butt she lost no tiume. HIer handl( wais ont the lather brush, and the lather brush was on amy face, and1 site lathered mec. SItSe lathtered me wIth neatness, taste atnd dlispatchi. She strapped tier razor wIth trite prolfesshional dexterity, gave it a wIpe or t wo 01n the p)alml of her hand atnd the regualar b arber floturishi preparatory to the shuave. Ttheiv as biusines. I dId not wish Jo aip pearIt amalzedl or surprised. 8tIll, I desired to know if tIs wvas really the custom in St. (loud. 8o I kept the corner of one~ eye diligenitly up~on hter. But everyt.hing went on as ustual In the little town. VTe red legged capthln of the 180th barely looked at mec. 'The soap-suds flowed with a noisy murmur down the steep narrow street, peo. p)1e tramtpedl by iadifferently and no crowd gathered at the door. "It is well," 1 thought, "at least I am no spectacle for the curious." Site applIed the. razot' with a fIrm. delicate mninpuintlan. It w,a a sarp rtzor. A sharp lazm-r4 isot nill every dlly occrrence !it France. Often hatve en.erged Irom tile Galli ) bIarber's dor, bloody tud hattle-scatired. SoinetIing ovei at lint of blood have I in tiis anner already left on Prenelt soil. What the Fre-nch har 6er's blade lacks in keeninss of edge, li t1akes il) itn musele. Site shaved tme well. ier excetutionl was'i m11ore agireeable tian that of thtie mattle barIler. St ill the senlsat iont atul experience were ciirionts. I regretted that she d id not finish me. This wts he caulse tlie barber's issistanlt haid polished oil the capitain of the 10:th, Pomtuumttiled his I soap-lock iuti. waxed his vur-like mo+ti tacihe. At'l et r which ie spranlg oln Ile. Compared with hers, his touch wats Ithat hi4 a chmsy brute, lie laid ot wvith the wh l weight of his arm, swept oie side of ly fice with ai oibilhned Sweep lit scratei, which witere it (idl tiot tike oil altir fill skin, left a few faint, scratehes behind anid ciut iy chin. Then ie drove mle to the wash hl) as8 th151e' 1Ai-ways do inl Fraiice, to cleanlse my owl ctiuntenaue of the lather, which he had managed to shove into my ritus ild 111ir. I believe it to be a part, of' it WOti's iission ot (Ilt ito1-0 shave. The French harhlitl.er shop with till its draiwbacks of excetin has some att,ractive novelties. Nice-looking t.rils often enter and ovetipy tile chair next you, to ive their ha1ir ar raiged. It is always the depot for s wit ches, cuils andt atil soris of itilse htair. I think the women send their old false hitir to the barber's to be regenerated illd refrizzed, becalse tile Alssistant is alwtys, when nlot shaviniiip, occupied ill bruslihing ticse tliigs lip), estrdinug thie:ll out or curlintg ihemt ate w. Thait AWruI'll*w. lhere probably Osn't a woman i North isn't t cow inl North Americat which would harmi one hatir of' any woninn's hiead if' it had tihe least chinlice ill ile wo.ii itud it') othetr job oi lhand. Recentlyi a stray cow, peritatis from I le votst ry or at taste ( baled hay found i gite open andl([ entered a yard oi Second street, Detroit. The woailn came to tite front door dressed to go) oult, but seeing the cow she uttered ascreail and hurried'back. 'lhere wasn't a tiling in tle yard for tile cow to damage or eatt, Anild be ing tired she rtised her euid, Ilay down aid beganl to chew away as if she hald got home from i long visit to Europe. The womi ntext appeared it at side wintdw and called Upon the cow to "git out." A dog might have "got,'' ut the cow din't. Then tile women threw a rag it the cow and called for the (og. 'I ie (log didn't collIe and the1 rag did not scire. Then the womtiani shlook i )illo(w at. the cow and per-riptorily or (lere( ier off the premises, but the bovine half closed her eyes and let her thoughts runl ahead to fly timle. As the cow didn't go, aind 11 t lie woman couln't go till the cow did, sterner measures were resorted to. A tinl pain wits beld Otit of the wind(low antd beaten with i spoon, but that, cow couldn't be fooled into believiig that Pouirth of J ily had collie. Then the womtian wCnt Into tte back yard to throw clubs over the fence and knock a couple of horis off. The first one hit the window anld the next, on1e hanged the blinds on the next house, and the cow's lorn stuck tigItCr than ever. Cries of ''git out' " were tagain resiorted to wit,hou1t effect an11d thei the WOMInL watched it t lie front door till she saw it boy comle along and ale opened it atid cried ot, "Oi! boy! there's a horrid cow in our yardtl Prop tile gate open and get till the boys anld pohice You canl and drive hier out and I'll give you it whole quarter of a dollar. Ilurry i) for sh1e looks as if she wits getting reildy to comlie right itt herel' Thite boy "itimnped" the daingerous animal out il alou,t thirty seconds, received his pay and ilthe wom gave upl) going down town for fear she would iiave i "nervous spell." Cotisartl ive Vnalui of Wood,s1. It is a great- contvenlince to) kntow the compl;arative vatlue of diifferenlt kinds of woods for fuel. Shecllbark hickory is re gardedcl as the highest standl(ardl of 01ur forest tr'ees; and callintg that 100)1, othter tr..es will comparel~ with it f'or use as. fuel for house purp~loses as follows: ShlIlbark hiickory, 1011; plignlut hickory, 912; white oak, 84; wh~lite alsh, 77; dogwood;, 75; scruib oak, 73; white thazel, 72; apple tree, 70; red1 oatk, (P7; witte beauch, (i5; black birchl, l;5; yellow I iak, til; hatrd mallple, 56; w~ild cherry, 55: yellow pitnc, 54 ihett, 52; yellow pop lar, 51: buitternut. and white birch, 43; wihite pinte, 40. It is worthl bearitng in tiintd that,t in w%oodls of tihe sameU4 speces thtere is a great differenice accor'dintg to the soil on which they grow. A tree tht grows on a wet, low, irich ground will be iess solid( and less duirale fotr fuel, tandu therefore of a less vahlte than11 a tee of the sameU kind( thait grows on1 dIry andi( poor soil. To the ordlinary puIIchaIser, (oak is oak, anid phite Is p)ie, bult for hanse54 use4 the 1tree grownvt on1 dry' uplanld, ai d stanth(lng aparl1 f romi alt oL.hers, is woth a great deail miore. li t ille PI'inese of Walteu 14,stt lait Sl,1,i-'. At. a ball given recently in htonor (If the Prince of WVales a smuali table in ain alcove wais reser-vedI at supperC for his lioyal Hi1gh ntes atid his inthniates. Thie ball wits at its height ; the Prince led1 one (If his patnters to the taible, foliowed by some( (If tile most distiingtuished gulests. Two chairs, ho0w (.ver, remtainedi unloccupliedl. A heated parh son1, stupportling a still miore hteatedl pari1tner, diescried1 the vacanitt places and hnmtiedilate ly swooped dlown upon01 themi, In vail the couirtiers nioddled, winlkedl and( tIekoned; lis reverenice meant supper, and was nog to be denIed. At last Lord CJharlcs Heres ford, alwaiys fertile in1 resources, dropped otn his knees, and crawvling tinder thle table plullied thle parson by the leg. It was of no avail ; the reveredl gent.lemtan tmerely kickedl out, and1( continuedc( his aittiick ont the good Itings itended for royalty. "00nttat'Ems." Wt hile a bootblack wvas the othier dlay giving a stranger a shilne at the corneor of (Griswotd and( Congress streets, he was takedl the nature of the soil arounid De troIt. "You jist waite a minit and PI'l toll ye,'.' replied theo boy, anid he shouted "'Jhn i" "Junm1" to a smiall boy down the street. Jim came upon tho scene with two of tile dirtiest feet a youngster over slo4hed around with, and the other said:. "Helre, Jfim, stock yer ho~ofs -o. here. Tils 'er0 gent wants to know trha' kind of a sIle we've got aroutid'h,ere,' # hold still and. let hInm count: f,he d(fel ent layers while I'mi blacking' his' othte butai" The i14!1rl'i1g. The12 he if ilg, tholigh asillall s1141, is com1 imrcially at tractive eloligh to often id its w I >ts of peace and lolgevity S-sr olisly vilditidgered. Its diminutiv size iniases it to stiffer more fron tIiimY enemies thall? vither tihe- cod or. the .11tckrel, aind' itys iklg capaC11% i -om paral ively fee ble---a ing-re Irille of thily thousnid eggs, which the mackerel exceeds hy tifteen or t iventy limlies, and tle cod by i't hundred or. m1ore. And yet t here seems n4 i limit to the tpuntiffly of erriiing. Were the demadi mnany times its grealtIas it is, it votild easily tie stipplied from this side dw te tcl. This is dou1htless die inl great mneasure to Ihe pecliarl securitilhy enjoyed by the spawi and the ymung. liteatdof I'oatjing.r or-ilice diownward, like I lie eggs of mlost olier .i, herrinlg spawn siiiks 10 ti he bottom, tihie 4'i iees 1 1 lhe egg being ll)1'(, anild as it is deposited in devp water, ther ae illk but few lih thait inlterfere withI it. Tlhe young, fliing 1q) loviig ririet ner to gtid!e ItieW ylithill steps, setnsibly remain close to t heir bim ibplace, Ieeding uponi diatoils ai siniller crustacen, umlil ti-hey grow old enioighi to vc-nltire abroad. Migratory (lily to at finlited extent, it is probable that the leiriig cIntlges itS Ia lse oly on a(Count (f n111nloilla - 1ce ) Irom I rger II,b. T Iy a re ('auight inishr by13 iany varieti of siles il pounds, andI lie hi lo(k Ias occasionally I been tried upon tmin by self-suillicient city 1 yotlus, llged theietO by lie 84.1k aho(re boys, who wishcd to reimfve the comichI from their Visitors. To attempt to lure with hook and line a fish whichllianillnot bit, but lives wholly by sution, 111(1 14) spelld long hours lit tile Itteiplt, kuider the SMu111111 Ils of some woide-ftil story tabotlt how many some other city yout It caught in lie sme w111Wy, is very 4timultive of oie's I niemory of the impreeatory psalmus and of other Script ure Is niis<quoted by the wicked. I 'lhe rring, like the other lish named, in- I habils Cold waiter, the line of L,ong Island I sound bein)g tihe stmtherni bonirn , whilui' it. is lar to tle north that it must be sough < in <Iitityit. 'Ile (e'cret of tile .4(lection of pati)jCtbi' loCatiitiC( fO' 11.11 homies Seem < explainl by anlt exanination of tle( course If tie great. atr'tic current. This body of cold WatI, s1ar't-it Ig from Ihe Spilzbergen I sels, Ilows westerly imtil it Ririkes the I .venflaild coast, Whoe it cliiiges its course I to the southward, Ind Carries great. ma11t.scs I of cold water into localities the latitude of I which leads oile to look for a Iligh (emiper- I litture in I he wiler. It is i bralieh of this ( currelt that enables the Codl to live and i multiply abhout Bilock 1,sland andNuatuicket I Shoals, in water at -1) (leg., wlile fiur'ther I north buthers luxuiria(e ill water att 70 (leg. The sanme current, forces its waty into the ( Gulf of St. Lawri'nce, which is the most 4 prIotItablje 1ish1ing gr-oIl(I in tile world. and N probaibly as sol.iethiiglr to (10 with I lie pIle inomenal tides of the lIlay of Fundy. This current biigs not mnly cold witer, but food for the Ish. This food consists of' diatoms and otier mintile forims or vegetable and animal life. Coming into existence in a Ilaitude high' th1an th1at, of the fish that devour it, this rood is swept southward by tle great arctic current, an(d wherever it is fou)nd the waters are almost alive wit i fish. Professor Iind says that although the sea off Canada and the Uiited States appears abidant, in fife, it is nevertheless nlmost. a degurt compared with the north seas, par- I ticularly on tht(e Labrador andt([ U'reenland coasts. There the ocean.1 1t times*eems to be thick with fiss1 and to stu1ch anlt extent that (Iring a single night the temperatire of the Wiater will be materially ihnlitenwed by anlimal life. 11ow lil Owi'm flenad It,-volvem.4 C A contributer to Ihe American NAluralist c who had read t fiuily story3' Abotit anlt owl's Iwrinuging I us (own neck by lookinig at a man fine specimieni and1 pilced himn 0?n tolp of a post1. "It was,ntlf diflicult," says13 the wr'iter5,t "to secureC hlis iattetiri on r h'le 11ieer d Veiled2( his gaze fr'om) me1 while I was in lis pre'senice. I tbegani wailkiing rapa)illy ar1omid1( thle post at few1 (2 felifroii it, k(eepin)g my13' eves fixed uponli himl atli the while. I [is body13 remained 1(2( mot ioinless, bult his 1head( I turn'Ied exaly3 wiIh my113 miovemSents. Whmen I was l11alf wayi3 r'ounld his htead wa:is dhirectlyr behind. TIhreeOX-(J1uarter'IS (of a1 circ'le were l'( comleted21'( ad still 1the same1( t wist of' thle e neck and the same11 si'e followed ime. One circle anLd no c'hange. Oni I w%enit, t wice r'ounld, and10 still taa. watchful Stll'r' aind steadhy tuirn of thle head. (Oni I went11, tilte ..'2 times(2 round1, and1( 1 be4gan rea25lly to wonIder on1ce 1 d1is'over'ed whlat I hailed tIl noti:e be2 fore. When I reach(2led haslf'-way romad1( fr'om) the( front, which was as8 far as8 1he could1( turn his head1( to follow~ my13 m)ovements witht comlfort, hie wvhiske,d it hack thirough the( wh1ole2 circle2 so ins11tantaneously3 and1( brought it, facing me( aigalin with such pr'e cisioni thait I fld'l to de(tec(t the miovenmenit ilithiough I wals looking 1in4tet ll the0 time1(. I re(peaStedt thleCxperSimetnt, many13 thimes alfterl waird to) watchi care'Ofully toodetect the miov'e mendit 0f the( r'eadjusstmnent of his gaze.'' A 15an4 Fitght,, WVhile Wm. l'. Neeld, of IHihlsboro cou~n ty, Florida, wats walkling In the woods re-, cntly, lie heardh the roar of an alligator and t the scream of a lady. lie ran oult to the ~ hlighIway, anid sawv a uuine-foot saurlan, raIsed on its legs, mnuttering at a lad(y and( 1 her ChiIlren1. The reptile stood where thle road'-crossted a smnall drain whheh rani from a hake Into the Gulf of Mexico. IIaving 5 110 weapon0 but a pocket-knife. Mr. Nei providecd lhmself with .a stick three feet I long, andl as thick as his wrist. On his 5 approatch the alligator .lhowed fight. Hie flanked It., so as to avolid a blow from its 1 taih, and struck It a bhowv over tlie eyes. I The reptIle closed its eyes, and Mr. Neeld (drove tile blade of hIs knife just behtud its 1 fore leg. It was a tender place. Thue at. 5 ligator L,ogan to thrash with its tall. The man gave it aniothmer hick over the bead, and t followed the licks with hiatf a dtozen stabs. f 'The reptihe was then 89 far gone thiat It,e I had no dificeulty in cuttIng it~s th roat. Mr. Nceld theOn'afccompanied the lady home. He returned within half an hotur, and found the sattrian In nearly as good trim as giver, ils fornier treatment wase repeated i untIl theo reptIle gave up the guost.' Mr. a 'Neeld out off the~ head as a trophy. In a severing thte mitscles'of the neck, cortvnt- 1 ~ionsfl8 Othe mustcles of the whole body y w'. d take plee#~ Thuis made the allgator a a ~Jte. Io wiould mnove off threw t :lj~W,and tMll oyer a9(d over ;'yotd tIY d'abso udanad'. Neville's Cross. About - mile to the west of tihe Cathedral of Durhai is a spot close ly coiected with Its history, and memorable in the annals of Eng. England. I lere, on October 17, in the year 1346, was fought the battle of Neville's Cross. The victory of Cressy had been won a t few months previously, blut as Ed. ward anm the llower of tie English army were yet in France, the King of Scotland [Ieleied that his opportunity wla8!com.e, 1111d that the iorthelrn provinces Were de Fenseless. (,atlhering together an army of Somle -in,0 01 men he swept over the borders, d1evastating all the land before him. Tlte chief among his nobles accompanied him ; the most slcrVd relic iii Scotlanid was pres unt in thw liost to encouragre tle troops oil le lbat t lefield. This was tle "'lack Hlood," i crucifix of blackenled silver, de livertd s0 m1(ysterioisly to I)avid I., on tihat apot het ween the town of Edinburgh and IrlaiLs of Arthillrs Seai, Where ftterwards Ilhe Abbey of 1lolyrood was reared to Its honor. Itt though the King Pf JEngland Was over tlie sea, his Queen Philippa was in Enghlnl, aind did not shrink front the thingcr. Al i iriy wa asseailed, to which Ilie pailatilitte sent its contiigent, and was plalced under the command of Earl Neville. 1lhe invaders drew near to the walls of IYlnrhami; the n'gl,lish troops, considerably heir inferiors inl number, awaited heirl approach. The lilhlop of 1)1urham1 was present at lie head of his men, and here was 111o an "Ark of Ood" in the n'lglislm l for the Prior, in obedience o a vision, had bronght from (he cathedral ne of its ehoicest treasures, "tle holy :orporaX cloth W'v'Nerewith St. Cuthbert 'Overed (he challee when he used to say ass." This was attacheI to the point of I spear lind displayed ol the lied Ilills in ,ight of the army. From tile cathedral ower (lie monks beheld the battlefield, al riyed for the victory of the defenders of heir saint. Fromi nine till noon the con liet histed; Ilhe iglish irichers with their ,1olh-Varld shafts, the Scotchmllen with their Lociber axes, simote down many a ia t either side; but at last lithe watchers oi lie tower turned fr<om prayer to praise, for lie Sc6ttisl host wavered and broke, aid he Black Rood proved less potent than the miner of St. Cuthbert. It was it dark day 'or Scot land. The slain numbered 15,00, lie king %wa%s wounded and It prisoner, niiany of his nobles killed or taken, and the 1tick (ood wias the prize of the coiquer >rs. Once before It iad been for a whIle n1 English hands, bit this titne It was lost o Scotland forever. lenceforth it was imbf1lered 11amongst the trCasures whlIh vere collected together In the Nine Altart Impel. After tle battle the "1corporax lotht" was attached to a velvet banner, and vas afte wards present with the king's host m 11many1.11 OcCasionls. "(41vo Me That." "'IDriver," I cried, "he so kind ts to stop intil these ladles get on board." lie was kind enough to do so. On narched the enraged three. The faeo of wo showed indignation, the face of the nllbrella one showed vengeance. "'You think you're start, don't you?'' lie snapped out it ime as soon as she got ler breath. I modestly confessed that such was tle age. "Do you think I'm going to run all over own after a car and then pay for It?" "I wouldn't if I were you-It's too hot," replied. "I won't have any of your Impudence, ir. I'll report you to the company, my 1an, see If I don't." "Maditiu," Buld I, "It won't cost you .a ent more to sit Inside the car than to stand in the platform, and you must adhnit it vould be mo1(re dignifiled." "T1here's youri fifteen cents," she' crIed, 'and1( don1't you tialk back to mie." Willinig to appleaise the woman I walked he lenigthi of the catr and puit the fare ini he box. "Let me off at Lincoln avenue," she aIled out to the dIriver. "'This carii don't go to Lincoln aveniue. 'his is a WoodwardI avenue car.'' '"What I" she cried, "'isni't this a Girand liver ear?" ''No mia'aim," said1 the driver. "'Any neit can tcll a (Grand River car from ar Vroothv~ardc carlI, and1( the other ears haiv TFint coinuctor took my money and I vant1 it back--stop this cair."' ''Give me that flfteeni Cents." "'(ive me t hat. fifteen cents." "Whyli3, I--" "G( ive mne thait.-" and here her' tumbrella ame11 so violently in contact with muy liat hat1 1 missed thle rest of the sentencet. '"(ive ime that---' "'Certainly, ma'idamu, hiere is twenty-flvo; ever inmid the chainge. Yotu might miss5 lie nexL cari." WVe niever met agalii. s A few (lays ago a boy about eiglit years - k(1 wais slowly walking downi Cass avenue. )etroit. A boy about, toid was hiding at lie cornier of Bagg street to dat'ch and limpu hlim. A third boy, two yents older, ~as goig upj the street. "levenige Is sweeti" muttered t be boy elhind the fenced as he peered otut. "3reedl is a great detsderaturh!" 'observ A the small boy as he saw tao (irap ai tarted on a run. "To the victor belongs the spojlst "chucek 3d the third as lie picked tip an bitt and football anti made for an alley. "Nothing succeeds like success," re marked the small boy as' lie gailned his tick door yard. "Put off 't111 to-miorrpw what yotn can ot (10 to-day," rellected the second' as lie lowly sauntered back. "No path can lead straight. on." slghe d lie bIg boy as ho dropped the pltu aer. nid crawled through a fence at *git, of A olicemian comimng up phe alloy. Fareher stud(es'on the asserted valtue f -glyceHlh& ds & 'rood have bon ro.secuted a~t Jiellin by Dr. Ernanueit inn, IIe nqs tp~glycerine posess. s no' nut:1&0v lue, un elr thu udpfili - loon ofodfad ordinarIl ace (I ;ose&ohes, bOWOVii4'erI ) isooe