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TN8 TIRI-WEEKL EDITION. ~. . . . WINNSBORIO, S. C., ARCH 11, 1880.VO.I.N.3. THE CAVALIEt'S SONO. A steed! h steedl of matchless spoee! A sword of metal keen! . All else to noble hearts is dross, All oleo on earth is mean, The noighing of the war-horse proud, The rolling of the drum, The clangor of the trumpet loud, 1e sounds from heaven that come. And 01 the thundering press of knight, When as their war-erie swell. May toll from beea an angel bright, And rouse a fiend from holl. Then mount! then mount. brave gallants allI And don your helms amain; Death's couriers, fame and honor, call Us to ihe field again. No shrewish tears shall fll our eye When the sword-hilt's in our hand, Heart whole we'll part, and no wbit sigh For the fairest of the land. Let piping swain and craven wight Thus weep and puling cry, Our busluoss is like reen to fight, And liko to heroes diol Through The Tunnel. It was a bright, clear, cold morning in early December. When Kalthie entored the car there was scarcely a vacant seat to be seen. To be sure there was one stout old gentleman sitting alone, but he was next to.tho aisle and seemed so deenlv fib sorbed in thought that Kathie disliked to disturb him. Then there was a middle aged woman, but she bad numberless wraps and parcels in the seat beside her, and her appearance, take her all In all, was so for bidding as she looked fivedly out of the window, that Kathie passed her by. There was but one more seat unoccupied. It was beside a gentleman who sat close to the window reading a paper. "Is this seat engaged ?" asked Kathie with timid hesitancy. It is not," was the answer In a leasant tone; "but," springing up as lie spoke, "would you prefer the seat by tie win dow ?" "OKh, no! Thank youl Not at all?" murmured Kathie; and she sat down beside hilM. The gentleman turned his attent ion again to his paper, and Kathie immediately fell to wish.ng that she had taken the seat by the window. For the gentleman sat at her right hand, and her purse was in her cloak pocket, and had not Aunt Kate warned her over and over again to be ao her guard against pickpockets,. and had declared that they were quite as likely to be young, agreeable and polite.as the reverse? And wus not this person all three? Kathie stole a shy glance at him. His dark eyes were Intently fixed on his newspaper. Ie was fine lookig.and well dressed, and to all in tents quite oblivious of her existence. Kathie wondered demurely what sot of an expression his face would wear if lie knew that any one thought that he might perhaps be a pickpocket. She might take her purse and hold it in her hand, but that wouid seem ostentatious and tiresome, moreover there would lie ample time for that when the gentleman lie looked like a gentleman certainly--altomid put down his paper and Katlite co4ld *)O longer watch hisliands. Then Kathie's thoughts slipped into a more agreeable channel. She thought of the Christmas gifts she was going to buy, and of the other shopping she was going to do. It was her first trip to Boston quite alone. Aunt Kate had always been with her before, to take care of her and help her to select Christmas gifts, but this year Aunt Kate's rheumatism was so much worse than usual that she did not hope to Le t qual to a t.rip to Boston for tihe winteor; and( as it was already nearing Chriatmuas, thmere was nothing to be done but to let Kathio go alone. And so It came about that Kathic, feeling quite old and responsible, was on her way, this bright December miorning, to the~ city. Bhie mientully planned her day's wvork, and portioned out her money for the various tinigs she was intending to buy. -rTherc was the ho->k for her Sunddty-schiool teacher, the shell comb for Aunt Kate, the engi9ving for cousin Will, thnt must be especially flue a'nid nicely frammed, since it was to do double duty as Christmas and -wedding gift. Shoumld it be a copy of some celebrated old picture, or some attractive group, full of modern life and interest? While Kathie was trying to decide this question, and was reviewing with her mind's -eyes, all tihe finest and most beautiful en gravIngs that she had ever seen, the train swept iinto the tunnel. As it grew dark tl e gehtleman beCside her .put dowvn his apape , tnrning slightly, to -Wards Kathie as he did so. And then Kathie was sure she felt a stealthly motion towards her cloak pocket. Quick as thought her hand wept down to seize. her,purse, wvhen-oh, horr'ors ;-there was'the man's hand in her pocket!i Kathie did not with draw her hand ; on the .contra'ry, being re solved to protect hler property at all hazards, she felt about with her fingers as well as she could for her purse, but could not find It. It was already gone. TIhen Kathie seized the IntrudIng hand wIth tihe furnamess of desperafion,-fully .determined to make an alarm as soon as the cars emerged into daylight agaIn.. If he (lid not havo the puree In his hand, there at least was lis hand In her pocket, and some of the pas sengers would see her righted and her purse restored. Fortunately her puree had her name printed on the Inside. HowL long the minutes seemed befgre the train came -out Into light i The nKahie'dtill grasphig firmly the man's hand', looked dip and ddwa the aisle, with sparkling eyes and figshed check, for the conductor. "I beg your,pArdon," said her o&ptive in -.a low tone that. Enthie could searcely; catch the words, f"bnt hat' J/unot made a mistake itt the pocket Kath.e gave one swift, glance. Go'od heavens I Her hand was 'in his pdeket I If shehad touched a burning coal she~ gould not have relinquIshed her hold1 and weih drawn her hand more promptly. S8ie was overcome with confusion. She ventured .one deprecatory glance at the gentlemtw. Ils expressive face wore a mischlevous smile. ''1 thiong-"began 1Ratie tremulously, -but she could get' no further. -The' revuL -sion of feeling was too great. The bright es of ht.yr eTd as aniddet:1j diched by gathering tears, aiid her lip quivered oinln Ous)1htI *tT9~~ 1Pcnrqh not let the mistake disturb you," ho contin ued, with imploring earnestness. In the midst of her distres$ Kathie couh not help thinking how mutIcal his voic( was. Then, wIth-much -tact, he took u: his paper, and devoted himself with grea assiduity, to reading anl article, which, i Kathie had but known it, he had read twic( already since sho sat beside him, -withou knowing in the least what it was aboutL Kathie became outwardly coiposed af ter awhile, but, her mind was still in a tu mult. Suppose he had turned the table4 upoi her, and denounced hor as a-pick-pooket a he might have done I She shivered at th( mere thought of It. Once or twice, as they neared the city the gentleman glanced at her as if he woul( speak, but Kathie's resolutely averted faci and downcast eyes gave him no opportunity; and not another word was spoken till they reached the station, where li left her witd a courteous bow and "Good morning." "11ateful thing," said Kathie to herself "I hope I shall never act eyes on hina again;" and then she watched him, witl admirh}g eyes, aIqhg'as 'ehe agdid ditin guish lps fine foinIn theI hur?ing crowd. Her'purse, it is Acar6elinecessary to say, was safe in her pocket, and she soon so about diminishing its contents. Notwith standing the inauspicious beginning.of hct trip, her day proved quite successful an satisfactory. Her own errands and Aunt Kate's commissions were all executed, am there was Atill a half-hour to spare for a call at Cousin Will's office and when thi( tHine drew near for her train to leave lie es corted her to the station. The train wam in readiness when they arrived, and, as they walked along to reach the right car, a fdrn approached thoin from a side entrance, a glance at which sent a thrill through Kath lo's veins and the hot blood to tier cheeks and brow. "Ah I here's Harry Thorn, going dowr on your train, Kathio," said her cousin. "Ile will be agreeable company for you, and will see to your parcelo," and then, be fore Kathie was at all prepared for it, iamt the inevitable introduction. Kathie could hardly forte herself to meet the glance of the mischievous dark eyes bent upon her, or- to touch the proffered hand. It wis utterly impcssible for her to speak a word, but the gentleman talked .oi till Will left. them at the entrance of thc car. "You will take the seat by the window this tine?" said Mr. Thorn, and Kathk silently tooC it, After lie had arranged her parcels In the rack, and seated hinself, Kathie remarked, with a frank smile, "I really hoped that I should never see you again." "Did you think I deserved eternal ban ishnient " lie asked, ilghtly." "Oh, no I It was rather I who merited it," said Kathie. "So long as you did not know me, it did not matter what you thoght of rue, but n6w,"-al whdre were Kathl'e's iv6rdi lentling hir? "bnt hov, if you should tell Cousin Will," she continued quite illogically, "lie would tease me un mercifully, and I should never hear the last of it. "I assure yo ," was the earnest answer, "that I will never mention the mistake to which you refer to Will or to any one else. No one besides ourselves need ever know aught of it." And then he skilfully turn ed the converation, and Kathie was soon quite q t her eas erid.the were co ve I like two.old fri . That nemoraflo ride t&iough twi ti occurred some years ago, and Kathie's re lations with Mr. Thorn have changed so greatl, that now, instead of suspecting him of taking her money, she appropriates with great coolness, funds froin his pocket book fdr her Christmas shopping. - Mr. Thorn sometines laughingly declares, that instead of his wife's waiting for him to offer lia hand, as ladies usually do, she took possession of it the first tine that she ever saw him; but his most intimate friends ask In vain for an explanation of his jest. a n inter IIshing, The winter fishing on Chautauqua hake, New York, is quite a business. Being an inland lake it, freezes over quicker tihan Lake Erie, and when the latter body is open Chautauqua hake has.ice enough to hold up an army of fishermen. There are now about twenty "coop,," as they' are called, out oni the ice. A "coop" is a box about three feet square with a hole in the bottom. A hole is cut in the ice and the box placed over It so that the tw~o holes match. A mian crawls Into this box, and It being per fectly (dark in there he can see tpeilbot-tom as plain as day if the water Is clear. If it is not clear, a newspaper is sunk to the bottom under the coop,. assi 1isi .passing over It. at-c easily seen. Thirouglft.is hole inathe ice a Wvo'oden fish,properly -weightedl, Is 4hnk to the'proper 'depth, ftud*dithi the cord attached to it, the bogus fish is made to fly around lively aiid thereby attracts other fish to its locality. The man In the coop keeping watchi.seeig a fiah in.' good position, lets drop his heavy spear, weigh ing from fifteen to twenty pounds, fasten ing him to the bottom. Some large Aish are caught in that way. The Monday before New Year's there wtsre caught three pick erel, weighi gg respectively twenty-seven, thirty and for-ty pounds. It Is quite a business when the lake is frozen over and those who follow it make money. I will-Perhmaps. I wll-but no, I guess not. That I won't go hoeme till morning. I will not eat chlc4~en salad again for a year. 'That I will never again make New Year's Tajuta swallow ise-a dr-ink lu bird. AhI bu -That 1 willforever' fors#ear -smokixg-A poor olgars. That I'll never.do so.again. INo, nev-, well, hard-, I resolve to reresolve al good resoltionsa I have ever resolved. . - --- - That as It Is never too late to mpend, I wll put it nil' a little'iobge' Iill notl-but perhaps on second thought I may, so never mind. --- -~ That I will attend- ino valkjnj matcheg this yeals, 2 is I,eap y, ar. ~ ' Thatt I il heythlnjmy itdoine-If I ftc edmthal1p- i- ot;Mi* "haidly ever" during the next twelve months.. !i'atno ln$dyIspig$aIde.lude noietp longs lIhelpm jacious. QTh11 turn *Yr nOw f-a 6oon AS new leave REl$'a 0 "Talklig of stealing," said Charley Ben, net, droppingthe pumpkin he was turninE into a laitei , "did I ever tell you feller about the time I went down to old Pol: Robins's to steal apples, and came bacl< past the barn where the horsethief hung himself years and years ago, 'cause h knew that; the constables-they called 'en constables inl those times--were after him, and tliat he'd be hung by somebody else it he didn't? No? Here's a ghost story foi Y, thenl, and I hope it will be a warnin;l to you, all never to take anything thaIt don't belong to you 'specially apples." "You see, Billy Evans and I were staying with our folks at the hotel in Bramblewood that summer. and about two miles away was Pop Itobin's farm. eto used to bring oggs and chickens and vegetables and fruit to the hotel; and oh ly: wasn't he stilngl -you'd better believe it. lie wouldn't even give you two or three blackberries, and it you asked him for an apple, he'd trembk all over. A reg'lar old misei- he was, with lots of ionev, and a bully apple orchard. 'Let's'go'tlheresomeynight and help our selves,' says Billy Evans, one day. 'Dogs,, says [I-- Only oneL says lie; 'I know him, and so do yog-.old Snaggletooth; I gavc him a,1ost qll the ieatwo took 'for cral bait the day We dlidn't catdh any." 'Ali right says If "But when the night we'd agreed on came, Billy had consins-girls-d.- wn from New York, and lie had to stay home and entertain them. I don't care much for girls myself, and I was afraid they might wan-it me to help eutertain them too, o made up my mir d to go down to Pop Rob in's alone. It was a splendid night; the moon shone so bright that it was almost as light as day. I scudded along, whistling away, until I got within half a mile of the orchard, and then I stopped my noise and waiiked'as softly as possible, till I came to the first apple tree. I shinned up that tree in a jiffy (old811naggletooth didn't l)It inl an ap pearance), filled my bag with jolly fat ap ples, and slid down again. But when I culie to lift the bag up on my shoulder, I found it wvas awtul heavy to carry so far, and I was just agong to dump some of the ap pies out, when I remembered all of a sud den tht if. Lcut across ,he meadow to the plankroad, I cotd get back to (he hotel in a little more than half tho time it would take to go the way I came. "So 1-049huldnmyload aud was nearly. across the .nieadow before I thought of the hauntd arn ttlie end of it. It wasn't a nice thing to remember; but I wasn't ago. ing to turn back, ghost or no ghost, and I tried to whistle again, when all at once that thing Al Smith was singing just now pop ed into my Ayad. and. says I to myself, '-Tha's so,laharles 1. Bennet; you and your chums'may,thinkils great fun to hel) yourselves to other people's apples and water-melons and such things, but it's just as much stealing as though you went into a mall's house and stole his coat.' It doesn't seem as bad when you're going for them, but you're coming back, up a lonely read, all alone, at ten o' cl'ck at night, a lot of stolen apples on your back, and a haunted barn not far off, it seems worse. "All the same, I held on to the apples And when I faced the barn I determined I'd --bistle if I died in the attempt; but, bo,.., I don't believe anybody could have told that .'Yankee Doodle' from 'Auld L ng Syne.' I tell you my heart jumped; i fen I passed the tumble-down old place; t It stood still when, as-I marched up the the plank-road, I heard a step behind me. I wheeled around in a Instant, but there was nothing to be seen. The moon shone as bright as ever, but there was nothing to be seen! 'I must have imagined it,' says I to myself, and I walked a little faster, listening with all my might, and sure enough pat, pat, pat, camte the step after ne. Again I wheelcd round. Not a thing did I see. And again I started on, the applos growing heavier and heavier. Pat, pat, p)at, came the step. It wasn't like a human step). That made it mforeS dreadful. 'It must be the ghost,' I thought; and I don't mind telling you, fellers, I never- wais so frightened in my life. The time I fell over-board was nothing to it. I made up myl mind(, when lIreached the bridge that cr-ossed a little brook near our- liotel, I'd strecak It (I hladn't exactly runl yet for I Was savIng my strength till the last). But be fore I got to the bridge, says I to miyself and( I no t nave said it out 10oud, though I dlidn't m~ean to-'Perhiaps lie want's the aplesC., "Applesl' repeated a hoarse voice, with a horrid laugh. "I tell you, boys, those aplesc fle w, andl I flew too. Over the biridge I went liko lightning, and i-an right Into Barney Rear don, one of the stablemen, who was com1 ing to look for me. 'Something has follow ed1 1me,' I gaspedl, 'from the haunted barn the ghost!' 'Did you see it?' says lie. 'No, says I.''though I turned rounid a dozen times to look for It. But I heard it pat, pat, pat, behind mec all thieway.' 'And It's behind you now,' says Barney, bursting i to a loud laugh. I jumped about six feet. 'tIhere It Is, says Barney, roaring again, and p)olntlng to-Pop Rob)in's tamie raven! The sly old thing looked up at me, nodded its shining black head, ci-oaked 'Apples!' andl walked off. It had followed me fromn the barn, and every time I whecelcd quickly round, It hopped just as quickly behid me, andI so of .courye I saw nothing but the long roand and the moonlighiton It. But I never want to be seared again, and If ever any of you boys go for'anytinmg belonging to other.people, don't you count me In." "What became of the apples?', asked Jerry 0' NeIl "If you'd been there I could have told you," saId Chiarrey,, Longeity ot Quakers. It appears from the annual list of mem berd of the SocIety of FrIends, that the nu,fibei' of deaths among that body during the past year In Great Britian and Ireland-, was' 281, Thero.ar9bout 17 00 melOpbi;; the morlty Is :o equeiitly much ew thiat of 'tiid po'pildn generally,'an'd, agahi, the figures show the longevity whlah pre valls at 16tygst hIe memnbers of the Society The Infant . rIality was' very small,' only l 5 deathisof children 'under one year; be tween one and five years, eIghteen occur rqdI; .between five and twenty years, elev ena; between twenty and thIrty years, nIne. tecen; from thirty to forty years, fifteep; indeelevouidrify bet:ween fo'rty and ffty ayiegyen.yAboetty. arp.911 6 n~ty to eighity-the mnpst fatal perled--~ eaths WEt61Xtdv.(l' abbve eIfh(y$ at bulbw f noty,ino iyt d t~bre wI Afe ath -I4 6.thd~d~e.w The Hyena DOgC. Just us the Adrd wolf appears to forn the link between the civets and the hymnas being with some difliculty referred to eithe group of animals, so the hunting dog weml to be the connecting link between the dog and htymnas. Its position, however, in th scale of animated nature is so very obscur that it has been placed by FmOle Zoologist among the dogs aIid by others am11long tl b1ynwas. As, however, the Jeading charac teristic of its formation appears to ten< rather toward the canine than the hymnini type, the hunting dog has been provision ally placedt at the end of the dogs rathe than at the end of the lytenas. In its genl eral aspect there is much of th l.3e ymnin charact,r. and the creature has often beet mistaken for a hynmna, and described unde that name. Thvre is, however, less of til hymiine type than is seen iy the Aard Wolf for the peculiar ridge of'hair that decorate the neck of the hyllmna is aIsent In th< hunting log, and the hinder quarters air marked by that strangj sloping form whici is so eha'acteristic 6t'1thc bytena aild t1h Aard wolf itself. :The teeti are almos precisely like those of the dOgs, with th exception of a slight difference in the ffilsi molars, and therefore are litite distine frot those of the hymnnas. But the feet, at only furnished with four toes instead o live, which is a characteristic of the hymnas and not of the (logs. beveral other remark able points of structure are found in thi curious animal, son of. them lendiing t( give it a position amoing the dogs, and oth Org apnripni to Ie reer it. Ln the h1elms. The general color of the lnilting (log is f reddish or yellowish brown, marketi at. wid< inte.rvals with large patches of bliack an White. The nose and muzzle are black, and the central line of the heaid is m1ake( with a well-defi zed black stripe, whici reaches to the back of the head. The care are ext remedy large, and are covered on botI: their faces with rather short black hairs. From their inside edge rises a large tuft ot long white hair, which spre-ids over anul nearly fills the cavity of the ear. The tail is covered with long bushy hIir, which i. for the greater part of a giayish-white hue, but is strongly tinged with black near its insertion. In nearly all specilens tli-re is a whitish patch below each eye. These tints are somewhat variable in different individ. uals, but preserve tle same general aspect in all. The're are inany names by which this animal has been called; in the writings of some authors it is mentioned ntider the title of the painted hytana, while by others it is termed the hymna dog. The Dutclh colonists of the Cape of Good lope, where this creature is generally found, speak of it by the name of wildo hund, or wild dog; and it is also known under the names of simir and melbia. Its title of hunting dog is earned by its habits of pursuing game by fair chase, and uniting in packs of consid erable numbers for that purpose. As is tihe case with the generality of predaceous ani mals, it prefers the night for its season of attack, but will frequently undertake a chase in broad day'.ght. . For the purposc of the chase it Is well fitted, as It is gifted with long and agile limbs and with great endurance of fatigue. Cash Value of a Hostou Editor. While In Washington, recently, a certain Boston editor, who has a good reputatiol for enterprise In obtaining the latest and full est information upon any and all subjecte of current importance, liappmed to run across General McCook, of Colorado, and at once seized upon the opportunity as a favorable one to secure for the reader of his journal a valuable opinion- concetning tle Indian question. After an introduc tion, tle editor said: "General, I should like to get your Ideas on the Indiau question. We are very mnuch interested in the matter i the East, and your views would be read with great at tention." "Ye-es," drawled (lie Ocneral In a med itative strain, caressing his moustache. 'our inme?" "'Smith, sIr." "Ye-cs; An editor?" "'Yes, sir, of the daiily so au-so." "Ye-es. Will you come to Colorado with mae?" ''Well, that is hardly possible I should like to get your ideas on (lhe Indian ques tion though." "Ye-es, I know. But will you come to .Colorado with me?" '"Well-er, 1 hardly understand your drift. 1-' "Ye-es, I know. Bunt I shouli like to take you to Colorado. I don't knowv but thait I woukil give your widow a thousand (101lla. llave you got a wvidowv?" ''Well, no, General, not yet." ''Ye-es. Well, I should like to take you out there. We p)rop)ose to deal in the in (crest of humanity with th(le Indians, but we shall have to kill a Bloston editor before we can can make much progress, and you seem to he about, the right sort of man. Ye-es; I would give yotir widow $1,000. WVill you comec?" Hie didn't go, and lhe has't wiritten out any Interview, .as yett. A Saart Mani. Jesse Lovely, while out West, was In search of a man whom lie wishet.'to see on a matter of business. After riding for half a day and losing (lie way in that sparsely settled tountry, lie drew iup his steed in front of a log cabin. A female came to thie door. "Will-you be kind enough to tell me, Miss,- where Mr. Win. Humphrey lives?" said Jesse. "I don't know,'' very blandly replied tho young lady, "but 'SquIre Roberts, who lives about half a mill from here, can tell yoci. .II ie a vcor/f emare man." Jessie reo on in the direction the -fair enchantres's lndiceated. Coming to thehiouse, lhe criedl out, "Hello I" Thie 'Squir-e, with hia shirt cohtA open, lisa spectacles on top of his head 'and his pants In his boots, made his appearsnce sat the door. "Is this 'Squire Roberts ?" inq~uired Jeass. ~"I ird Tid," saId '1h648ilf.6rt an air of importance that'Wuid have been more becoming to a king. "'Squire Rloberts," said Jesse, "eon you -tell mec where William Hluimphreys. liyes ?," "1 kIn," said (lie 'Squire in a self-'gianilato'ry manney h he as. able to apgwer , he questi6in, and ptoceeded, "If lie are' Wlhir I anticipate he arc, 1)e are fo~r mpilgse dis tant on Pdtel' Cre'ek. Althougthi his resl dence are exclusively adjacent',to .iitie; I know, nothiing of le whieroforos or his whichahioate." Jesse waved his 1}( in polite s#lutation to the 'l3qulre and " on ihbr~4idrhe hd r~cid~ S 4% RMi its hi Deatla In the Peach. Stal case of poisoning by peach-stones 1 wh as just occured in Paris may serve as a wi2ning to those families In which r children are allowed to look after then 9 selves for hours together. It nty be as 9 sumed that very few children under the 3 age, say, of ten or twelve have any idea 3 that peach-stones or peach-blossons are dan 3 gerous. They hive been shown the deadly nightshade, and probably the wild heilock, - and have acanny dread of them; but nurse i mnids are not nearly so fond of pointing 3 out the peach tree as an object of horror und aversion. The victim of the recent I tccidelnt in Paris had certainly not been - cautioned against the attractions of the ' peach. lie had developed, at the teider age of five and a half, the faculty of rea Ssoling 01) iliductivep rinciplils, and hie saw no reason to doubt that ats cherry and apri cot stones cotained eatable kernels the 3 nobler fruit had at least an equally desir able treasurein Its inmost recesses. Ac. cordingly lie secret ed I he stones of a nim Iber of peaches which had been sent to his a.other from the country, and poss;essing himself of a hamnmer when left alone broke them Open iIndustriously aild thenl set to )upon a solid feast to which he (dd haty but complete jutice. The taste of the kernels was not. perhaps on a par with tho eXpeCtiltions previolusly entertained, but it would be ridienlous to go through the seVere labor of craelking sueh hard h1s01H withbout entering into the fruition of the lalor when once filished. So the uluicky child was found by his parent onl her re iwn writhing in the grievous -gonies pro L duced by prus9ik.- or hydrocyanie acid. Tho arrival and efforts of the doctors were vain, and another item had to lie added to the long list of "1deaths by iiprudelnce." It is as well, ilow in plain words to 'explill what extvnt of poisoning propurties is possesmed by the ivach stone. The "writers on toxicology state that IIn) oune of the keriels contains' about one grain of pure hIydrcYfai acid, and it. is known that, 0110 grain of the poi 811 ivill almost certainty kill any adult person. Two-thirds of i grain has very often been fatal, and indeed, iiy be re garded as a fatal doso for i child. .----- - - ....-IW A Lively lear Fight. During the late snow-storm In Oregon, ,am Cook of Applegate discovered that bears had been depredating on his hogs oil the acorn range. Taking a couple of does and accompanied by Andy Cook and J. W. Gilmore, Mr. Cook followed the track of one of the larivest of the bears up the ionn tain towards the head of Humbug. TIlo snow became quite deep and the hunters, of course, moved slowly. But in the after noon they discovered a lar cinuaiol bear crossing a gulch alead or them. The animal was Instantly treed by the dogs and shot by Sam Cook, but not mortally wound ed. Mr. Uihnore's gun missed fire, but Andy Cook shot the hear through the loins, and he caime tumbling down In the very inidet-of the partwand at once made fight. The situation -was now quite critical, two of the guns being empty and the third so wet as to be useless. The enraged aniial made first for San Cook, who thrust the muzzle of his rifle into his mouth, while the (logs, only partially trained, did their best to attract his attention. Extracting th barrel of the gtn from the behr's mouth, Sam attempted to club him with the other end ot the weapon, but he caugl't the stock with his teeth and tore it to shreds. Seeing Cook's peril, Gilmore struck the bear on top of the head with his tomahawk, frac turing the skull in several places, but with out the slightest apparent effect. By this time Andy had reloaded, and just when Bruin was about to scoop the whole party, dogs and all, lie broke his neck by a well dirested shot and ended the controversy. The bear weighed over four hundred plounds and was exceedingly fat, and repaid tile boys well for their day's sport. .Real Style. A couple of young Iaadies who went to Dubuque to spend( the holidays concluded to couple style with ecotnomy, anld dId so ef fectually. They left Chicago In a common coach'on the illinois Central Railroad, sit ting wvith their eyes towards a luxurious palace car trunldling alotng at the rear, en vying the half-dozen ladies who hald it all to theCmselves. Whetn the traIn arrivedl at Freeport tIhe two stylishI young ladies con cludled to engage seaIts in the palace car, andI entered It for' that puirpose. "Thle seu'ts In this car are extra, ladies," politely remarked thle con)ductor. "We are aware of that, sir. What do you) charge to Dubuque?" '"Onc doillar."' "'One dollar 1 That's too muclh."' '"Tile pri1ce diminishes, ladles, as' we ap proach Dubuque"' "Whalult is the pr1ice from Galena?" "Thlirty cenits." "Well, *0 i'il occupy two seats from Galena." "All right.." The young ladiosq left the Pullman, and as they miadle their exit they wecre heard to remark: '"Jane, it woutld be hlorrible to enter Du bu'rfno in a commoln coach. Style is every thing, and as it won't cost but thir'ty cents each we'll go Into the city mn style; they won't know but that wve camne all the way from Ubicago in tIle Pullman." And sure enoughI up)on the arrival o1 the' trahd their friends who were at the depot to meet them found them in the palace coach. Thme Basqueas. The Basques are in many respects the most peculiar people dwelling in civiliza tion, of which thley really form no part. For cenlturies they have undergone very little chpngo, being scarcely atfected by revolutions or progress of any kind. Thely nutn)bCr about 800,000, 180,000 beIng cmt I zons of Fratnco, but the bulk an,d thle mlost distinmctive of thIem occupying tile B3asque Provinces in Spain--Bscay, Guipuzcoa atld Alava. Thdre.is no record of their ever havmng been subdued. Uarthagnians, Re nmans, Jothis. Saracens, Frenchmen, or Spaniards have never' effhced (helr tuarked traits, corrupted thle purity of theIr race, or even modified their time-honored cuts topia. iTjey,ato of m~edluhn size? compact of ffattie, Siinkul&'ly, igorous alnd agileo, hiaving liheray eyes,.black har p4d co.n pleion dgierthan the Siinoiarde 'Sim-, pie f amanhera . and 'ebai th ar# proud 'Md Iip' 9lS,d140 goryftbI wIthal. Th'e roni ir do t r og, capbl o, And oten odtf " cbilne and 4*oi ad ywEargah..iqu tai , Both sexes are exceedingly fond of games. festivals, music and dancing. The national costume is a red jacket, big breeches, red sash, squre-knotted cravat, hempen shoes and pointed cap. Their manners are pat riarchal, and their habits also. While the sexes mingle without restarint, they are re ligiously strict. Their soil is fertile, and the Basques are so industrious that they produce good crops generally, notwith standing their primitive agriculture. They are, practically, diocrats, the condition of all being very nearly etpual, as the nobili tv, who derived their orgini mainly from the Atoors, are very fow. They have very few townIs or villages, their habitations be Ing scattered over most of the heights of the three Provinces. Politically, they are divided mito districts, each of which chooses an Alcalde, who is both a civil ind llili tary ollicer. and a member of the Junta ineeting annaly in Somei one of the towns to leliborat iipon puiblic aii'airs. The At cables tre always Ien of tge and experi ence, and fathers of lain lies. Tho lits lues' rights are proteceled by written consti tiltions, granled them by aniejnt SpanIlish Kings. They tire stanch, even bigoted, oiami Ctlholies; have great reverence for priests ind l1onlis. anlid ar i ielilned to sup erstifion. They are sipposed to be tihe last remnant of tile obl Ih.ri:m1s, an1d have ever Prest'lved al exalited reputa lion for collrlge am111olg thir nat 7 inomihins-. They Were the Cantabri of the llomiians, who admired them for their sturdy lefene of libuly, and are allided to by 1florace as a people very hard to teaelh to bie the vote Cet'ib.ries tr they fell, in ,he c nlowined dellies of Roveevalles, upon Chitr lelmngile anld his army whenI1 returiig to France, slew his bravest. pillamiins, and compelled i ito fly for his life. Eusealdinie is the na1tme the BasquIes give themselves, ind their country they ("tall .Eu.sclderia. Tho are prouder even t han I lie Hpatilards, nuld the mere fact of beILng born in their districls secutires the privileges of universal nobility. Customer to lay clerk in a very large store: Utstomer-"Show miae some pins." Lady clerk talks on to the next lady clerk: "AId lie said that she--and he--took her to Wa1lhck's-and he-and usto-ope ra-and he-" Customer-"Will you show mo some pins?" . Lady clerk goes indifferently to shelf and takes down a box of pins, giving customer the inpression that she had heard the first re quest, but wasn't quite ready to attend to it. Lady clerk puts the box negligently down before customer and goes oi talking: "And lie was-every night--and 1-and she-and he-ohl I knew they were there--and I-and he-ad she_-." U.--"I want English pins-" L. C. (glances at customer as i f very much annoyed that any other pins should be called for than those it is most conveni ent to take down)--"And I-and he and she-. O,1'in suro I saw him-and I-and she-' C.--1-ave you any English pins?" L. C.-"No; and he-and she--at the opera-and I-. Tired of Truly Good Men. A starved Indian's dog wabbled from the agency with a bleached dry bone which ie picked up on a cliff ovrhunging a lake. Sitting upon his haunches, lie thus address ed himself to the bone: "Ahl delicious morsel, fain wolild I gnaw you, byt, alas l the Great Father, has in His wisdom, romoved my teeth antd claws; I can but feast my soul upon you with one eye, as under the Quaker admin istration I lost the other, for which I hold them blameless. My ears wer'e cropped by the Presbyterians--but with the best of mtotives. T1he Ep)iscopalianis took tmy tail off a trifle too short. My hair is as yet-" "Brother," said the sly trading fox, who had crep)t up, '"heard the good news?9" "No," relield the dog, sittitng upon the bonue. "Tlhe commissioner has come, thuis agenut is to be bounced and you are to be turned over to tile Sweden--New-Jeru-salhemts." The clog sang his d'eath-song, leaped into the air, and the rising bubbles marked his grave. "Unless this church business stops, I, too, mutst starve," saidi the red-haired tra decr, as lie shlpped otf with the bone. A Itemarnrn-bie lauil Place. After aseen<hing the tower at Pisa, and enjoying the viewv we had still an hour to devote 1o thte Catmpo Stanto neair by. 'lThis cloistered cemetery, constiructedl 600 years ago, is a vast rectangle suirrounded by ameches. After the loss of the 11oly Land, we tire told, the Pisans causnet ov'er fift; ships' loads of' soil to lie brought hither from Mt0. Calvary, in otder thait thet dead might rest in what they conceived to be holy ground. It was in this Camipo banto tht the earliest Tluscan artists wecro tautihlt to emulate each oilier's powers, and hero the walls are covered wvith remrkable represen tAtions of historical subjects and sacred ob jects. The original of mtany picttures wi't.h wvhich wve are familiar it engraving adrc still to be seen here, such as "Noah Inebri ated," '"Buldinmg of thte Tlowver of Babel)0," "The Last Jndgement," etc. Tfhe tomtb stones of those, buriedi hero form thte pave mentt of thte arcades. T1hoe sculptures atnd monuments and bas-roliefs in the Camipo Santo are nearly innumerable, the whole forming a most strahgo and weird colleg tion, to which we had -devoted the early twihtght hour, and which (lid uot tail to leave upon the imagintion a sens~e of gloom quite idescribable. The Venitilaton Fien'd, E,vet' since ftcsh air was invented has the earth been cured' with people who fancied themselves utppolnted to ladle out vast vol umnes, aerial cataracts, echilling torrehts of fresh air to nerv6us, timid, delicate ple~h whto don't want a pint of It. Th ventila tion Idiot, .who has not seen him?i Who h1am not suffered at hIs pitiless hands I Who .has not longed to kill him? lbH haunts the railway-train, and mnakes his dwelling In! the church; lie goes to the theatrd, h'le in. vades your oillees; b h. tramples on the sanctity of your home; and, wherever~ Ue goes and whereverfe tohibs, he brmngs with froth the htdrrhy ehktob'of dBoltits !Andr,he sweep. do#n tito! hi~iti td yjout page,' 1 and your ~rapqutiFOme-like a toinado,I anh elih t 'i th freff(r un- 1 ti yuWila;to ddAtor fltmr 1bU1ld hawehisik the* a~ wheb Qbb Ig -.fi FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Stability out of the pulpit often spetiks more eloquently thAu ability in the pulpit. Alan has to go out and seek his path; woman's patt usually 119 cluse under hetr feet. When people's feelinis have got a deadly wound they can t b6oured by favors. Pleasure is the more acoldent of our being, and work Its, most natural and holy necessity. Men seldoni improve'when they have no other models il'an theiselves to Copy. Youi cannot treamyourself into a charaeter; you nist, hamhtiiFand'fo?&e yourself one. To be conifortable. and contented, spend less than you earn, an.art which few iaiv- it'tried. The 11r1, "ine a im an decei ves you, the fault is his; If he d(ee l Ves yoh the see ond time, the fault is-your own: People are apt to fall in lovelwith those wil) are teattliftil at sight. .But to retalin lovo, oeil, inust have truth, tenderness aid conislhey. Weo appricelite o l)[easures unless we aIre oLea'iionlally deprived of- them. Rest,Iaiit, is the golden rule of enjoy Il114IIlL. Civility is in i(gelf a fortune for a cou1rtcons miiani always slcceede In lif6, even when lIperons of greater aljility SORetines aIL. ('ood tenper is liko 11 amilly day; It, she s i briglitnees over everything; it is the sweeteiler of toll and tihe soot; qr of disquietide. . inasmiuch as'laughter Is .fa'culty be stolved exclustively.Ilponw than; we-seem ,o be guilty of a sort ot'.. ingratitude in. not exq-reisa it as oftel A8,lp c;in. Car,)1 the lot of life, and tie who as pires to greatne.ss in hopes p'g ri: of it, Is one who thibts hiI msolf'It6'a fur nac. to. avoid the;hiiverinifir ah'agttei Every tnan carries about Witi him a toughatone. if he wi la nk,e Us9 0 it, to .lisdingnish sbsta i ad old froti supeor lei .1gilt tering.1t I 6th 1foli ap9Peatne. There Is a1 pleasuit iJVbnteInlating good ; there Is a gr0litplfeas6re in re colv lug good ;- bat the.greatest pleasure is doing,good, which comuprh.lieids the rest. N The Airest method agaftidAindal is to live it, down by-pers9VV0idbe in well-doing, id by pr.y1r toGoditthat lie would cure, the diStem pergqAqiIud of 1hose who tradtf0 and Injure.us Some person ?iye th ifrough hte as a Jani of inusle m6s down the itree, linging out pleasure oi every side Airongli the air to every one, far-and i1ar, thab cares to listen. If all were as willing to be pleaant ld as aInxious to please' in their oWvn iomes as they -are In the company of ,heir neighborA they would :have the iapplest hones In the world. Times of the greatest calamity. and -onfusion have ever been produotive of 'ie greatest innds. - he purest ore joies froii the hottest flrasob; the )rIghtest diash from the darkest cloud. Our eyesight Is.the most:exqulsite o' )ur senses,-yet it .loes not serve us to liscern wisdom; if It dl .w4at 4.glqw > love Would sh*khilIe lthit us and )ur lives would be beautiied. Good words do mAore' than 1id' ipeecies; as the sunteams Withoutfanr iolse will make the travelcr ogst oflis. :Ioak, which all the blustering wInds .ould not (o, but only mak3 'himn draO t closer co hiim. ". ' -. ' .. It is always safe to learh frotV'ene. i les; s6ldom safe to Venture to istru6d riends. Te industrious boe does nQt stop tso :ompihlaini that thiereare so many pp Isoni >us flowers and thorny branches Iii f,he 'oadI, but buzzes on, selecting tehe' ioney where she can find it and* pass ng by the place where it is sot.. Coisoenice is youir magnp'tc neee teasoni is your chart. But [ iNoul athier have a crew ivillig'to fdlloW's lie indlestions of the needle, and giv- . sig themiaselves no great trouble as to lhe chart, than a crc \v that had over so good ai chart 'and 'no heedle at afl We ate-ivlWin~i aitt:losplid'ewiich* -at h en bilinds us >to, cottains, oldm,r41pie.: ruthms. .]3ut lrosy mgats. IC1q9Jggo$1e mlsI to see at man earney rtyra g *or the eon dersioIr of thie he'diA ped yearly on hiinself Wlia IW6ti Id 'upport,11tty minIsters. , ya M Th'Ie menu who sutcceed without ti * id of education are the exceptiona. .ommroni meni need all the 'ho ' thit" nuInentioni can gIve, to putt themnies >in a level , andI evenonf the exceptional nin -it may be said that tliey wogld save succeedied still better ivil,h the pd 'aantages of educxtion,. fly p)rayer wetdo not mon %h bdi~ tog (of the headl Ahd'saying over-'a fe* Iip)rop)riate -wordl, .bttIrhe,yedrnIng lesire, thle uplifted hQart, the coajg t.Q. )irlt ; such, a condition o4fe loi Qie in. A inin wh'o abidvdr to0 fke .'rip'Ilon is a Chiristii, Yvhof&ter 'foW'. Laid him, .'raying, reading the l$}14m gofggf o mnet,ing. ie not relg ion, aIny iOF han carpsenturs' tools 'aird ai dweilI1g hotlse. b'TheiSe Christian d1uties kre~ I' nstrumenrts,in tlie use of,. whii0hr gand iies o%ui dtben, Hlh is a bad thimd#itet Alerie thAtit - liSh'oinaors God ; that is ?enough-a-b4t-i lebases the. Op i man. 'Not s:aleneo hat it injures societyy; iq is - ntut a Inan 10$011 hIs ,senMtiven4 to, drtue. SinIlles In aniuhsr1atIm&me r nfd hedrt1 ready to 'epting,.t0owthe fe in its danigerous lIiop lO,itts, ,A4tiei$ me destroyedi or ;,t vII usetr9. orrow 'for a hiavy ti"oubIe) fidtI reb utely p)ut one's halidl to the ndw'~or*AI*t ised P9w ; i)the, ingr o~ here leanything ire indvd r she w'ftl novelt"ttirp'baok,~fi rork, real wvork.awork;with i.~g' icad'aiand hearr.ti+(ter' th4 wUkc e p rust, amnd trn'usl, bing pp,a~~ '1o the COh )tiar'tlA liliV it the tIme. Th'lis d)sohar##iGthdAp' his trinI^r5.painas k at