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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MARCH 20, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO. 35. . QUIET HOURS. The morning will soon be here, . n For over the put ple hill The daylight is chasing iho night away With a foot that is noiseless and still. Oh, the night was so long. so longi As I sat by. the window alon, Watching the moon as it slwly rose Till above the trees it shone. It looked, as it hung in the sky. - Like a goblet filled to the brim With wine of an amber, golden hue; But now it is white and d m, As if it had all been quaffcd, i And only the glass remained, I With the faintest, palest, slimmering tinge t To show what It then containod. And onco, when it fullest seomed, With the sparkling, glitteoring wino, A single star, like a fleck of foam Of the precious juico of the vino, Wont drifting, drifting off, s As we sometimes loe' a day 3 That, when the goblet of life is full, Silontly floats away. But now the daylight is hore, And the sad, vaguo thoughts of night I Have died away. as the sunbeams fail Like arrows of golden light. Ah. 'tie quiet hours like these, t When we wistfully look above, d And see the works of the great, good (lo, And think of Ills tonder lovo, 'Ilhat hlp us to b,raver bo, y - And slrenghthon us on our way, Till the beautiful night of life at last Is merged in oternity's day. With Golden Looks. It There she is, Frank," eagerly exclaimed ( Guy Everett. "Did you ever see anythipg a so lovely before?" "Indeed, no," answeibd his companion. 8 "Take me up and introduce me. I will 1 promise not to become a rival, but to aid t you, If I can." f The introduction was soon effected, and f Mr. Maynard asked permission to dance with Miss Graham, which pernission was 1 gracefully accorded. I1 They soon became friends, and when af- 11 ter awhile, Blanche Graham was claimed f by another pariner, Frank left her with re- f gret, and betook himself to his fMend, Guy t Everett. 1 As the two young men walked home that 0 night, leisurely smoking their cigars, and l) admiring the moon, which spread its soft f light around them, Frank drew from Guy the story of his love for Miss Graham. 0 'She Is very beautiful, you know, Frank, v and from the first time I saw her, my heart c was hers. You know I never cared much a for the ladies; but having once looked on h1 her face, I could think of nothing else. it Like a fool, I wrote and offered myself. v Sie returned me a very civil but cold re- a ply, to the effect that .she thought my ac quaintaince with her hardly warranted my having proposed, but that as I had done so, , she could but give me a positi*e answer In t the negative. Of course there is no clitice h for me now, and I might as well give up f trying to win her affection." "Give upl Indeed I would do no such thingl 'Faint heart,' &c., you know. Just let me try my hand for you, and I bet f 1 will have the fair one vanquished ere long., "Try your hand? Why you scarcely J know her; and besides, you would be cer- (I tain to fall in love with her yourself, if you h did know her; so there's no use talking about it.' i "Guy, here's my hand-and I promise I you that not oniy wvill I not fall in love a with Miss Graham, but I will do all in my a power to promote your Interest. Old friend, you can trust. me, can you not?'' t Th le young mn looked at one anotherr for a moment aiid then with a hearty gi'ip of their hands, separated. And Frank Maynard was as true as his t wvordl. He called frequently on Miss Grai ham, and soon became one of her special t friends. On all occasions ho spoke of his friend In the highest terms, and took ever'y opportunity of praising him, until at lasta Blanche thought that she had undervalued Mr. Everett, and that perhmaps she had made a mistake in discarding him. tio easily Influenced was she by Fraiik Maynard's words. TIhe summer months Bllanche usually a spent among the Welsh mountais, where t site enjoyed tihe p)lcasure of riding on horse- i back to her heart's content. A splendid ~ horsewoman she was; and the -inhiabitanis e oft -tihe vIllage would open their eyes many , a summer evening to see this vision of beau- I ty dashing through their quiet streets, her a blue riding habit contrasting wvell with the shower of golden hair failing far dowvn her shoulders, and lovingly caressed by the set ting sun, as If lis rays wvere hoth to hpart a anything so bright and beautifulb r Generally she was attended by a groom; but occasionally It happened that she pro- I a ferred riding alone, when putting her i sketch book and pencil in' her p)ocket, she f would choose a quiet spot among the hills, wvhei e undisturbed she could cop~y some of a tihe beauties so la.vishily displayed around ' her,. ORe dtig, after a solitary ride of this kind, e shie was passig thr'ough the vIllage, when i her horse suddenly took fright and plunged t violently. H.e would soon have become ~ C unmanageable, and undoubtedly shme would have lieen thrown, but for the strong handi i of a man who at that moment appeared, e and catching thie bridle, after a short strug& * gle wih.the frightened anlima), sueccedeg Iu calming hin. * As IAianche recognizedL Frank Meynard, sheo extended her ha.nd,'and salt! i a low a "Air. Maynard, you may Ipiwe save.d ny yd et an5 t. you have rendered me, and If there Is any thiigI gai ad~ f6%yOuiyJhibt b5Citiget' l'n A.' Frank answered her in a few words, and fying be would see her in the evening, aised his hut and left her. Blanche rode lowly homeward. Was she thinking of 'rank Maynard, of Guy Everett, or of vhom? In the evening, when Frank called, lie ound Blanche as charming as ever, and gaini he spoke of his friend Guy. "Miss'Blanche, did you not say that If on could do anything for me you would? Veil, then, you can, by promising to look ivorably (-. the suit of my friend, Everett. t may seem strange that I should plead lils cause- " "indeed it does seem strange, Mr. May ard," she Interrupted; ''and if Mr. Ever tt has asked you to undertake the task of dinning my afTections for him, you can as. ire hitn at once that such an effort on our part is entirely unavailing." Here Frank hastened to assure her that o such task had been imposed on hilm), and int it was simply his interest in hi friend 'hich had prompted his remarks. 'Poor Guy," hecontinued, "is so afraid mt lie has offended you, tiat he scarcely ares trust himself in your presence. Pro iisc me that if I bring him hereto-morrow on will be kind to him." She looked at him for a moment, nd ten gave the promise. And after that first visit he caie again ad again. Frank gave his plaeb to his -lend, ahd when the long summer days atd drawn to a close, and the falling leaves etokened the approach of winter, Blanche raham placed her hand in Guy Everett's, ad said she would be his wife. Did she love him? PerhIaps she thought a; but had she examined her heart more loroughly, would she not have found that ic desire to please the one she really cared >r had induced lher to give herself to his ilend? And so when spring time caie once lore, they were married. Blanche's new ome was a pretty one, and Frank May ard found it pleasant to lounge into his riend's parlor in the evenings and find his riend's wife ready to talk to him. And so ie days passe(, on, and Blanche had been iarried several months. She often spoke I Frank in the highest terms to her hus and, and sometimes said that but for his riend he might never have won her. No wonder then that Guy become jeal nis, and soon Frank saw that his frequent isits were no longer acceptable. Ie dis ontiued them; and though it seemed as if ray of sunshine haa faded from his life, e still struggled on, thinking he had noth ig with which to reproach himself. But ,as not, his voluntary promise to his friend mistake in the-beginning And now Blanche pined and faded. "She loved him," thought her husband; nd then lie determined to take her to Italy, iinking the change of air would benefit er, and hoping that if once far removed -om Frank, she would forget him. So to Italy they went; but while there uy was taken suddenly ill, and almost be >re she could realize it, Blanche Everett ,as left a widow. She never knew how Frank found her; ut one day some time after her husband's eath lie came to her, and taking her in is arms, whispered "My darlIng, can you love me-can you e mine? Heaven forgive me the mistake made in p)resslng my friend's suit Instead f my ownl Tell me, dear one, may I not >me day become your husband?" She looked up at hiam through the tears mat tilled her' eyes, and in that glance lie sadl his answer. Dear render, dho you remember the fairy iles of your cdhildhuood? it never occurred, > you thenm, <iid it, that In after life ycu uighmt come acr'oss persons wvho, should mey choose to reveal their past, nighut reave you a story as full of Interest, eveni a that of the fair one "With Golden ,ocks?'' Wasinimugtoni Sneet-y in 1825. Thie circie of 'what wvas termed "good >ciety" at Washington had been, and was men, very limited in its extent amnd simple Iits habits. Fewv senators or represeata yes brought their a Ives to cheer their ongressional labors, and a parlor of ordi' ary size would contain all of those who rere accustomed to attend social gatherings. few diplomats, with the oflicers of the rmiy and navy stationed at headquarters, rere accompanied by their wives, and mere were gendrally a few visitors of social Istinction. T1hme most friendly and cordial itercourse prevailed, and those who met t dinner parties and at evening entertain ments weore like miembers of one family, In eneral sympathy. The costume of time tdies was classic in Its scantiness, especi ily at halls and parties. Theo fashionable all dress was of whIte India crape, and ve breadihs, each a quarter of a yard ride, were all that was asked to ma&ke skirt, which only. came down to $hie nkles, and was elabormehdy trimmed with dozen or more rows of nari-ow flouno'dS; ,11k or cotton. stockings were .adornecd with mbroidered "clocks." and thin slippers rere ornamented with silk rosettes and tiny buc.kies. Trhoso gentlemen ihlo dress dl fashlonably wore "Bolivar" frock coats f some gay-colored cloth, blue, green or laret, wIth large lappels and giled but rms. Their linen was ruflid ; their "Cos 5cki' trousers. were atolunIinqus in size, nd were jucked into,highi "Hessian" boots hmth&li'ibbon, with I bmtiihs of l rge cals. When in$full dress, gcntien oi-e re*s'co4te wit WezaOrin ,Ql 49lhhr.And lj9rt nall4iotl or gttllik f oop ~ ik stockings, andl pumps. .'.caIMy (*iid Egab sol4m n i an loigated. A Moitaga as a Fairy God-Father. On a certain occasion, whilst walking near the Mall in St. James, Park, London, as was.the fashioi of the nobles and fops or his time, his Grace observed a middle-aged gentleman In a lalf-imlitary garb, de cidedly tie worse for wear, but exceedingly neat and precise withal in (lie cut and air rangement of his dress. And it so hap pened that two or three days running, he noticed the poor gentleman walking at the same hour of' the (lay, in the same place, with a grav.e and solemn step, and a face evidently full of care. Becoming inter ested ia the gentleman's appearance, the Duktecaused inquiries to be miade abmut him, and with dificulty, through one of his gentlemen, found out some little por tion of his private history. Ile was a geni teian from one of the northern counties, who in early life had sold his estate in order to purcliase a commission, and had served with distinction, or ati all events witi credit; in more than one foreign country, but was now placed of necessity on half-pay. by reason of the e nclusion of the war. lie learned further that the poor oflicer had a wife and a fanily down in Yorkshire-then nearly a week distant from the Metropolis-to whom lie sent, regularly half of his pay, wVhilst le sup ported himself in poor lodgings near Char ing-cross upon the rest, living on from (lily to day in the hlope that11 lie might somIowv or other obtain an ollice under Government, or from the IHorse Guards, which would add a little to his income. The Dulke, having assured himself that, the veterani was worthy of relief, deteriined to make him happy quite in a way of his own ; so lie sent his servant with a polite invitation -for him to come and dine with his grace -at Montagu House, in Whitehall. The un fortunate ofilcer stared in amazeient, as well lie might, at first thinking i. a joke, until lie saw the ducal crest on the top of thu seal of the note. Ile soon, however, sufficiently recovered his self-possession to reply that lie thanked the ])uke for his kindness, and would obey lils suimmons at the (lay and hour nained by him. Not the less, however, was he lost in wonder how the Duke had found him out, and still more wihy lie had chosen thus to honor him. When the (liy fixed for the dinner had arrived the oflicer appeared at Montanru House, where (lie Duke received him whit every sigin of courtesy and even respect. And when lie expressed his surprise at I)eing so honored, the Duke took hiim quietly aside and told him, with an air of great gravity and secrecy, that lie had a particular reason for his conduct in the matter. "To 'tell you the plain truth,"1 said his Grace, "there is in my house a lady who has often seen you, and who has become so much interested in you and your fortunes'that she very mucli wishes for a personal interview with you, and I am anxious for reasons of my own, to fall in with her wishes. Upon my soul, she is a most worthy and excellent lady ; and I think, between you and me, that she looks upon you with no slight regard.'' The poor ollicer on this began to feel a little alarmed; for he did not like the idea of being handed over to the tender mercies of a strange lady-a married man, too, as he was, and with children to boot. In his perplexity and distress, therefore, lie began to mutter his fears that "really there must be some mistake," aiid added. "Some one or other has been trying to inipose on your Grace, or else on me. Tlie fact is that I have a wife down In Yorkshlire, and she is the only person for whom 1 cnre, or ever (lid care, and I know of no lady beside her who has a right to feel any keen interest in me." ''Never mind," replied the good-natured Duke, "no liarn shall happen to you ; only just follow me into the next apartment, my good triend." And with these words lie led lis guest Into a sumnptuous dining room, into which lie had no sooiier enteredl than lie sawv lis owni wife and lis three rosy, counitrinied children, for whom the Duke had sent down into Yorkshire, and( whom lie had brought up to the great Me tropolis to meet him. At first lie felt not only perplexed. but alarmed; for were they his wvife and chilldren, or oiily their ghosts anid wnuathis? A closer inspection, however, Soon reassuredl him that the objects of lisa love anid affection were present before him in flesh ; and before the third course of the dhinnier was over the p)arty were as happy andl merry ats could be. The officer was invited and pressedl to stay the night at.gIontagu louse, instead of returning to his dmiugy andl uneomifort, ab)le lodgings, and to spend a (lay or two with his wife and children there before going back home, iIe did so, and( ex p)ressed lisa deep senise of gratitudle for the hospitality so kindly and so unexpectet:ly shown to him. A fewv mornings afterward, when lie was p)ackmng up lis traps pirepaura tory to lis departure, the Duke called the poor officer into his study, and( presenited him with a legal document which securedi to him a comfortable annuity for life, ic mfarkingf at the same time that lie nied really feel no hesitatIon in accepting It. "'You must kniow," added his Grace wvithi a smile, "I am trying, though rather late in life p)erhiaps, to (10 the best that I can with my money, of which I have more than I know what to do with ; and I assure you that I should not have (lone what I have In respect of yourself if I had kiiown how else, or where else, I could have found more pileasure and satisfaction from my outlay." Ladles' Unbihts 'The shorter and tighter ladles habit skirt, are the. sener they are; also thiere saIjo,uld,be two straps of elastice-one for the right foot and the other to go on the heel of 'the6 left foot. -By -these means, If the habit'be wvell Out, there Is -no'possibility of. the skirt'getting cimught on the leaping-head. I have had several falls and have always come clear from the .saddle. Another safety is- to have the leaping-head quite close u~p to the pommel round whIch the rnght leg Is put. Saiddle-makers are very fond of puttii'g it low dow.n and( makIng It long and curved, whichi prevents ladles being kicked or bucked off, but wvhich keeps them fixed like a vice, so that if their horse comes down they cannot get away from bim. -If 'the pommel Is smnall, high tip, andi,closp to the other, It ought to be -quite antilieh~tt for a good rider, amid at the same tjppO,ify Ul;e hio galls, it leaves you free Uoget away fron\ h, forh hte huImbst im. podsible for, euladysto tbr6w herself,. out of the Madille1wherntl eJo falls and thus get clearof bWin~ 'Vok' do.i The huamber of h.unt)ng 4419. has Igerca4ed imuc)h o late years that every precauTiom ottght M4 tehalef t td$old-bossible aceldents. Garliali's Marriage. The marriage of Uaribaldi, which has just b;ei annulled in the Court of Appeals, took place under romantic circuntanes, which are more widely known hi their general burden tban in their detail. Everybody in Europe is aware how, on the m0torrow of his wedding with Signora I1i mondi, Ie took his departure for Caprerm, and never again consented to see his wife. How the unfortuate affair was brought about only a few friends remember. It was at the opening of the campaign of 1859. Garlibaldi was sc,luting the country between Varose. and Coino, and was about to give his troops the order to advance, when a handsome young lady on horseback entered the camp and requested the favor of an ian dience. Sie wits the eldest daughter of the Marclese iainondi by a sister of the celebrated cantratrice, Sigiyra itonconli; and she brought to Jaribaldi, onl what seemed to be undoubted autihority, the news of a concentration of Austrian troops, under Gen. Urban, on the Cona route. Garibaldi profited ;by tie advice, went through the Borgho Vico palss, and swept the Austrians past ti lake. The young Iris on horseb'ack, however, had made such an itpressiou on his stout heat t, that, directly after the peace of Villafranco, he proceeded to the Castello Fino, the seat of the Railmiondi family, where he was hailed as the liberator of Italy by his fair friend aimong ill others; seeing which oii the sane evening, he asked her hand from her father. It may be doubted if even it prin cess wouhl not liave considered such a pro posal from the herl just then highly flat tering. When it i added that the young lady wats an illegit nmate child, and the Marchese an enthus stic pati:1ot, it will be readily understood 'with what pride and joy the latter it Once gave his consent. Indeed, lie never seemed to imagine thl't his daiughter might see tie proffered match with other feelings than himself. lie hastened to aiomice it to the world, and fixed an early day for the marriage. Mean while the girl was silent aid abashed, as if overwheled with a sense of the honor that befell her, and as the day of the cere mony approached, she seemed to be unwell and took to her bed. Numerous friends had been silmmnioned. The illustrious bridegrooi's best man lad come on pur pose from the end of Italy, and the whole country was in expectation of the event. As the young lady, although she complain ed of general weakness, had evidently no serious ailncut, the Marchese insisted that, on the appointed day, site should be carried to the chapel it an arn-chair. She fainted on being brought to the altar, but the wed ding took place none the less, and thus she becato the General's wife. It was on ihe following morning that Garibaldi left the castle, on the unhappy girl's confession that she had been false to him. Site has since lived in Switzerland in close retirement. Strnge Marriages Last Year. Marriage by telegraph has become quite a coimlmoitthing in- tIs country. Ott them 22d of May, 1879, Mr. L. W. Walker and Miss M. R. Buddington were married, the bride being in the Northwestern Telegraph Company's office at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the groom in the office tat Owatonna, Minnesota.' "The ceremony," says a local report, "began at eight o'clock, and in a very short time the couple, having re sponded to the conundrums usually pro pounded on such occasions, were pro noinced ittaw and wife, and were dismissed with a benediction. The bride wore an evening dres.%of black, with black crepe shawl, and bore in her hand a bouquet of flowers," Upon this marriage a legal news paper-coiiented that, as an ordained ni nister's authority to marry extended only "'throughtout the State," the bride only was married; that the statute providing that the declaration of both parties must be made it the "presentc" of the intister was violated; that witnesses were'not p)resent, or, if they wvere, they must have witntessed the bride's mtarriage of the telegraph operator, and that nto cert.ificate coutld have been given specifying the placte of the mtarriage. Among the muarriages of last, year that wvere odld in thte mqnner of their celebration,. may be mnentioned that of Mr. llorace Tell aiid Miss Jones, on a putblic road in Calvert county, Miaryiantd, in July. They set out from home at sevent o'clock A. M., and so did the' clergymtan. At the point where they met the happy couple were untited on horseback, benteathl -a shading oak. June 18th, 1879, at Montticello, Illinois, the Rev. D)uncant McMillatn of Utah was united in marriage to Emily Kent Johnsttont,daughiter of the lieov. Adam Johnston, who officiated. Tfhe ceremonty took p)lace unzder two grantd hickory t re'ss, thle branches above forminzg a natural buower. Guests assetmblted wnder the t,rees, iand the bride and( groom camne to the shade p)recedled by two little girls, who dIropped lilie~s on the path. A Mormion bi shtop tnmed Allen pterformted a wvedding on the line between Utath amid Nevada, havintg *otte foot in the Stitte antd one hin the Terri.. tory, while the bride was in Nevada and the groomt int Utah. lIt New hlaveni, Cont ntecticuit, there wvas a marriage Ott the stage. At the close of the regtular performanc~e it wits annuotincedf that "Mr. James Joites, of Jonies and' Crestoni, the rIfle shots, would be uniitedi in arrimage to Miss JosephIne Blanichiard, a mtembiher of the company." After Miss F'erraind anid the Rloss sisters htad finished (dancimig, the curtain was how eredl andt the orchestra played the "Wed (ing Marcha." The curtain was then rtung up), disclos.Ing the happy p)air, surrountded by the entire comtpamty. After the ap p)lautse had ceased, I lutgh Datiley, a Justice of the I?eace, steped forward and. per formted the service of time Episcopal Chturch, 'Tho audience kept ordeCr tIll thte service was over, iad thlen applauded anid called tIe happy pair before the cuirtai. Mr. J. U. Sexton, of Cleveland, OhIo, bade a large comnpaniy to lis house ont Euclid aveue, to see some pirivate thieatricsa. At the con ;ltusionl of the play the guests were asked to keel) their seats. rTe eurtain wenit up, and( te unexpected tableaut was presented of thte host's graniddaughteor, Miss Addle Sextoin, it bride's robes, with her betrothed, Mr. Otto Arntold, stanidingr unider a wedding hell of 1lpwers before Dr. 4oekes, rector of Etummanuel Chtapel, whto read the Episcopal service antd mtarried thtem, -the bride coli cluding-tho cereinony by repeatmng Alice Vary's poem11, "T1hte Marriage-Wreath." Mr. Gibbons, of Orangevhie,Indiana, would not let his daughter mairry .James Scbrlett. SIhe went down-to the river, witt a,.bucket for Water, and found th.ego 8qinr Loin Ross5, Mr, $cftrhtt, .tihenecessary.wniesoes, andy two htorse--one wi4 4q. die. %Mp:.urilage, tqoj plaG,.M I;h couple;left for.the ounftry. WmIitas was going on- the od n:uwsat hA work in the garden. When0 he heard of it he allowed that it he'd "been thar somebo dy would' a' got hurt, so they woukd." Near Lithonia, De Kalb county, Oeorgia, a couple of runaway lovers were married .standing on a log in the swamnp. They envaged the services of IRev. E. I. Clarke, who reached the rendezvous about line o'clock at night. The lovers were hiddeni in the swamp, and as the reverend gentleman passed throuLh whistled to him ai'd called out : "Ilere we are I" In a few moments they were mani and wife, and went on their way rejoicii)g. Mr. Joseph Pentz took a rille to his wedding at St. Mark's Jap, Texas. The sexton tried to persuade hin to leave it at the door on eiteriig the church ; but he persisted in carryng it across his shoulder as hv walked witlh his bride up to the altar rail. His explanation was that a rival suitor had tlireateiinei to shoot 111111 on this occasion, and lie leant to be prepared for defence. At Port 'Towin send, Oregon, a suitor took his licence, the clergymia, and a Winchester rille to the girl's residence, where they were marmed in the front yard, Ie keeping oI flat her 1nd uncle with his weapon. The "Gel'trim.1 Tihe german, which many personls regard as ia wearisome (lance, detpite its abnantimt waltzing and variety, is greatly relishied bY a number of young persons, particularly young women, to whom the. diversi)y a11 quantity, not. to speak of the "favors," are a special attraction. It gets its name from the country whence it was borrowed, snil was the rage there for many seasotis, lu of late had been neglected until this winer, when it has sprung into new countenance, and is danced*with more fervor and zest than ever. The gernan has received so many elaborations and improvements inl this Country that it is (uite another thilg from what it wats it its first intrlduec ionl into American sociey. It tis always beeni fashionable on this side the sea, hecause they who give a german need a large draw ing or ball room, provide a luxurious supper and x pensive favors, demanding, of course, ia spacious house ind a liberal income. Faslion means money anld plleity of it. If there be money enough, other things like good taste, delicacy, 1Itness-ran ak ed as secondary in exclusively modish circles may be modified or omitted. Tlhey who are enamored ot dlaicing ought to be aittacl ed to the german, wich usually lasts from four to six hours. The whole evening, or rather the whole night, is devoted to it. It begins late and ends early-in the mont ing. . Not infrequently the dance is inter rupted in order to partake of an early breakfast, physical exhaustion re(piliring sustainment front food and wine. Carrages ontaining martyrs to the german are seet rolling home by the light of the dawn, aa(d so tired are they that they not seldom fail aslCep on the way, and with diilllculty drag themselves to bed, where they spend most of the day. The protracted danice is certainly a dissipation, for it dissipates youth, freshness, health, andt a great deal of money. Any young woman who will dance the german habitually for live Wai ters canl le sure of looking prematurely old. One feature of the dance this season is that it lis drawn many persons of ripo maturity into it. Usually in most cities, society people cease to dance whein they get married, and even bachelors relinquisi Lerpsichorean met sart s at thirty or there abouts, Now, the german Is led not rarely by griandfathers, and mothers move i the same figure with their married or marriage able daughters. Perhaps the german is re newing our youth. It sh1ould do something Df the sort as compensation for the youth it lays waito. The C111ine Cua1sin1e. The shark's fli is a delicacy which is rare'y omitted from the menu at a Cli. nese feast. It Is one of the "great classIc dlishes" forming the pice de reguauee of an oflichal banquet, and Is eaten either in thme form of~a joint, garnished with crabs, r served up in small pieces inm cups placed before cach guest. Thte constumption of rats, though It seems to be sonmewhat on the decline, is the cause of a very important trafic In the p)rinacipal towvns of certain dis. tricts, and especially ini a street in (Cantona aalled Hling-Lounag-KIal. I lere t heose ani n.als may be seenl in ei'nomus mult itudes hanging up in the shiop windows amongst lahickens ando duceks and' geese. TIhey are ror the most part drIed and1( salted, and when in that stalte are esteemed a soverei:.rm recipe for those whose hir is get,ting thin. Blesides thec dishes peculiar to the (Celestials ilone, there are a variety of diffeorences in h eir mnode of coo'dnmg and eating foods tui Knownm to our cmtsine. Hams, foilnstanice, ire kept for a year, or even I wo) years. auried 1mn sawdust, which lmparis to them a atste of wood much appreciated by thte tourmets. Broadl beans are fermented, and tfter beIng mixed with salt, forum a very ravorite slice eatten wvitha all sorts of viiandls iinally, thte habit of eating '"rotten eggs," which sounads so 0Strange to European ('ars, s explainedl by showing that the so-called otten eggs Is only a duck's egg preserved or a long time In an air-tightt envelope nade of ashes, chalk, tea leaves, ando a mmlliber of othmer strange substanices, until he yolks turns first to a green color, iad hlen to a fine black, wvhea it Is conasidered it to be eaten. Tabecaux Vtvanits. In tableaux vivants pemas may be Ilhus Iratedl by a series of living piet,ures. his Is more interesting than simply to personIfy somse one plctuare. Any of the magazine pictures wHi give ideas for tableaux. Many af these canI be rep)resented wit,h music, keeping tho- nhuscanms in thme background, out of sIght. Many of time scenes In song may be represented in thuis way. We will give one, as for exampile, tihe "MIstletoe iBougha ;" first represent a room (decoratedI with green, a companty assembled, gayly dressed and dancing, wile a lady or gen themnan behilnd thae scene smngs thae verse rep)resented, in distInct tones, and so on throutgh thae whole song, the last scene rep resenting thae children in a Iu'mber room,' opening an old chest and exposing a skele ton, old flowers, etc. "Auld Robin Grey" and "Tihe Tharet. Fishers" are easily repro. sented. Still anothuer varIety of tableaux is a song represented in p'antomine, for in. stance, thme song of "Blue Board," and "0, They Marohmed Through thme Town." -"A Gipsy Camp" hnal,cos a very pretty tableaux. "ThaeMadonq " ". Rhja iIrough the ye" "An kist'i ~tdo" "Paul. and Nlgt"the nothese ohe youn hqpful' fo pt f ~5~r o A Corrupt Judge Outwitto(l, Chief-Justice Pyne, who was appointed Cief-justice of the King's lleich of England, in 14194, had the reputation of being liflu enced Iln 1i1s Judicial capacity by gifts. Ile had landed property on the banks of the Blackwater, in Munster, called Waterpark, to which he repaired after the fatigues of the Alunster Circuit. Being of a bucolie taste, he cultivated good breuds of cattle, and was noted for the value of his stock. The trial of a very important record, in which the claims of a Mr. Weller were opposed to those of a Mr. Nangle, was fixed for the Court, Assizes. Onl the (liy before that on which the Chief-justice wils to leave Water park for Coik, Ie received a preseit of twenty-five splendid l hifers frotl Mr. WeI letr, the defenlant in action. The ( Chief justice returned a very gIaciousj Imessa1ge to AIr. Weller by his steward, who came in charge of the cattle. This man wias treat ed with great courtesy. Ile retirned home to his master, well pleaed wite 'Lhe Ilubani ty and kindness of Chief-justice i'vne. The Judge set forth next day for (ork. When driving alonlg in lil coach-and-six, passiIg nar' iat herma, where the bridge spaIs the Bride River, the road wis blocked upl) by a drove of cal Ile. Th'lle Chief-j tst ice looked out and beheld a prime herd of most valthble shrt h,rns. ile bcekoned tIe' ni1n Who was diivinig tt.: cattle to lipproach him, an1d demandedI&: "Whose beasts aret these, ty maln ?" " l'lev belotig, pllas your honor, to) a great gentlenuti (f these parts, .110ge l'yte,. youtr hotio'," replied tle country "I tideed " cr(Id tle (hie!f-jist ice ill utIclhl supr11-ise, "ItItd where Ire youl talking then now f" . "They vcre grazing in my.J liaster's, Mr. N1tnghle's, farm, ylur hontor; and its the 11ssiZes arC ('omiIg on at Cork, my master thouglit (Ihe .Jui!ge might like 1o see that lie took goo()d care of them. so 'i tiking theta to WaterI-plrik, to show ilti to the Judge." The Jui.ge felt tile delicacy of MIr. Nan gle's Illode o)f givinig his. preeint. Putilting his hiand in his poteket, lie presented Iie lerhtStian with i a uruinea, said le was .1ure P.yNe, an11d "that itas hismaster, M. Naigle, hid iaken such good eare of his eatitle, he, the Judge, would fake Care of him." Al. parting lie dt-sir ed the hertisman to give the animals Io his seward .it Witer park, an11d hade his coahilanl "drive on," %i hieh lie did. IDuring the hearing of I1he atioil of Nanl gle vs, Weller, ile heailng ()If tle Chief justice seemied, at tirst, (IIttV il favor of' tle defellnhlt, tinld t1hat gentlemain nodded oftell to his attorliey, as millch as to 113, "It's all right ; I have secured the ,Jtuige." But, as the V-1s;ca went, on, and it was lie province of tie Chief-justice to charge the jury, lie put the ease so s[ronlgly for the plaintiff. that, to the dismay of Al r. Weller, the jury brought ill a verdiet. for Mr. Nan glo without leaving the box, and the Jiudge certifled for immediate execution. Mr. Nan gle and his counsel were, of' course, qui(e satisfied. No exceptions were taken in the Judge's charge and telit case was won. When, onl his return from the Altunter Gir cuit, the learned Judge arrived at Waler park, his first question was, ''Are the cattle all safe ?" "'Perfectly, my lord," replied the stew ard. "W6 heire have youl put the beasts I re celved when leaving for flite Cork Assizes ?" 'They are where you left them, my lord." ''Whlerd I left themll-that. is impossible!" exclaiied tihe Chief-just ice. "I left them on the roiad, near Ilatheormac." The ideward was ptizzled. Ite thought the wits of the Chief-justIce were not so clear as those of a Chief-justice ought to be. "'Con,"' said Sir Richiard P'yne, puitting on his liat, "Ill have a look at them my sehf." Tlhe stewariid led te way aCross the laiwn to a grassyiu3 pad~dock, andi( ther'e were' found within twventy-live fline heifers cr'op ping the grass, as haippy as if their late niaster' ' reiained his proper'ty'.. "I1 don't men thbese," said fte Chief jus:lce, rather' testily. "'I wanit to see those fIfty shiort horns which caime after' I lef t bomne." ''J1edaid ! the long and short of it is, thiem's all the cattle on the land, excep)t what we bred ourselves, my lord," An so( 50It wvas; the sagacious Mr'. Nan gle hadt so tinmed the decparturie of his eat. thle as8 to meet, the Chilef-justice on flihe iroad. ie hIad p)roperly dIrilled lis herdsmanm, who, with t.he tact of his counitry, relished the plot of '"doinig'' thle .Judimge, for Mr. Nangle had ito great f'aith in the intfegr'ity of that functionary. Tihe Jiudge's coach wa'is no soonier ouit of sight t han the herds t hiey weret on1ce more in the familiair fields of' .Mr. Nanugle, wher'e thley wert' ireared'c. 'Te Chilef-just ice felt lie Iuil been ott wittedl, but, of course, had iio power of shuowinig his disappoint.ment. In a p)ea'sanit's home, poor but thirifty, sat a young imother, p)lying her needle, in tIle soft, smmer twilhght, for thle wvee Willie who(se ringing lauighiter fr'om the lilttIe gar' tden told its own sweet, lale. Th'le husbani-d Bat ne,ar his wvife in t hat, wearied listlessness which Is mtade such a htixury b)y a hard (liy's toil. "I how shall we ever itet on whlen winter' comes, Gecoige? 'is hard enough ill sum1 nmer; but what wvill it be then?" Tlheo ques thon awoke somethIng wilthina that man's slumiber'ing soul that, setnt a qiet glow over' eveiry look and tone, "Mary, lass, what art thou making there?" "A warm witer coat for Willie, George?" "I guiessed as much. D)oes the y'ounig rogne know aubout it?'' "Not lhe dlear lamlI" "Won't you toll him to p)revenit his.wor rying 'about, winter?" "Hie worry! Why heat'ken to hinm, George. Hie's as happy as the (day IS lofig; and even If he land the sense to think about 'winter he'd trust mother to keep himn warm.' "Aye, lass, and I vow the boy is wiser thlan his mother?t Mtary's eyes filled an she cauga,1kt her hius' band's upward look, and the cloud of dli trut 'was' roId( froin the lieartha by their chili's tru'etfuneas q Te exteinsive Iron ore mi t lmnume12o4 P4Datphinh ount~-A ar# sood, to i be~ PIlylnI rining or~i, aftter flong suspeonSid . r4 The Pawn Party. We remember, not long ago, belag with a crowd of girls at a country faru house, some twenty miles from Ban Francisco, telling each our experience, when a black eyed bundle of mischief, who shall be known as Mary Bowere, rather astonished our weak nerves by relating an adventure that one occurred to her. We will let her relate it in her own words: "I never did like Low Parker a4yhowl' She ill ways got mad when she talked about Lew. "I'd just as lieve be kissed by an ourang-outang as a fellow with a bushel of hair over his face. lie was just as hand some as lie could he, but lie wore his trowseis so tight that lie appeared as if lie had been meltud and then poured into themI1. "Well, Utere was it pawn party at our house last Pourth of July, and of course, Lew was on hialil, looking as slick as a new beaver. Pawn-selling tinme came at last, and Nellie Williams wias chosenl 'pawn seller,' anid Ned Halifax to be the 'judge.' ' 'lleavy, heavy, wliat hangs over you?' said Nellie, holding a jack-knife which had been forfeited by Lew Parker. S'Fiiie or superflue?' 'What shall the owner do?' " 'lile thall lead the girl he loves best to the centre of the roomi and kiss her.' "E'very eye was turned on Low, and the giris begani to giggle. Lew stood up, aud walked toward me, and I began to run. Round and round the table8 and chairs, out of tie door aind uider the grapes, with i dozen madcap girls at our heels, went I.e rv i-il 1, until we were stopped by the hinl-1 door, i rickety, crazy thiifr, that was full of splinters and broken me l. There he catight me, -and although I struggled like a good one tie fellow nearly kissed me. When I thinlik of it now I have to laugh; first lie was slamuned against the door, then I was; but 1 knew about the splinters and I w%%ited my el f loose, wheln ersh, he went ta jist tile door. " i at a momen,' I cried, and his hold rel Ixed. S'Don't let her gol' cried the girls. "No. Hiss her Lew, shie's only playing you,' bawled tliat wiry headed old enggs, the grocer, and as the moon was shilning bright us day they could see everythiig thiat was goilig on. "Of course I didn't like it, so I dropped on one knee in the grass, wien down came Lew after me; tlien, oh, tlien, there was a rasping soind. a nionentary pause, a smiiotlired groan, and a rather profane com p)liment to the barn door. Lew's liands grew suddenly cold, and trembled violently. mid q 1 i didn't know what to make of it, I riised my eyes to see what was the matter, wlien he looked straight down Into my face id-but I guess I won't tell the rest." "Oh, go on," cried Caurie Foster, whose Dleeks were like winter apples; "what are you afraid ol?" "Nothing." "Well, why don't you go on?" "Wihy tie rest of it isn't nicel" "Pshlawl Vhat of tliat? Ain't we all girls together? Go oil." "Well then, lie turned just as white as r sheet, and you can unagine how I felt when I saw him f,-ld the tails of his coat together behind and make a bee-line for the g4ale. " 'H I Iold on, Low, we'll let you off,' cried Lthe girls in a breath, but he never an wered them; lie just ran like a deer atraight upl the road till lie was clear out of 4iglit.'' "Vhy, what. li time world was the rca ;o1?" I iniiiired, denurely. "Ol, nothing, only he took his meals rrom the mantel piece for more than a week Afterwards, and slept leaning against a l'uttinhg time ohurun A ournmung. "Yes, Mr. Spicer,'' salid the Colonel, "there were quiainit characters enough ini lie old1 service to have furnIshed re 3ruilts fory our Spice colun for a long time if I couild recall them atlI. There was old D)r. Lance, one of the most skilful physicl *mis in thie south, and wvell and faithful he ier Ved us as surgeon of the-th. Wrapped .11p in his profession thie doctor was careless >f is p)ersonlal appearance, and often obli v'ius of lis surroundings. Returning after brief furlough which lie had tak(en to at .end( the funeral of a relative, the doctor 'ode imnto campII mounted on his well-known orry white steed, antd wearing on his head, nIstead of the customary slouched hecid ~overing ia tall white hant with two thirda >f the crown encircled with rusty crape. ''Now a 'phlug' hat of any kind waus a arlty in the armly, buIt such a p)eCuilar plug 1s thue (doctor's could( not escape ob)serVtIon mud imanuy al gibe wais leveled at I itiheam d ')y thle absen21t-minded(C( Esculapius unti Ssoldier w'hio had1( miore whisky thlan dlip retionl in lhimi 1a(1 hand omi the doctor's iridile andl gi'eeted him with: "'Iello, Doe!" '"Arousing hiimself, ho bestowed a freez ng look and1( a '$irl' upon01 the aridaeious "Ini no way d!Seonicertedl the soldier hleerfuilly renmarked; "W~ell, doctor, thie old cow has died at ast, hasn' she?" "(yowl WVhat (do you mean, sirl" Bald the loctor sternly. "'Mean?" dlrawIeed the soin of Mare, as he 11o0( back and( hecstowecd a long took of nook pity at the doctor's tall white hat: why I suipposed the old cow must lie dead, is you have put the churn in miournin." Infant Lab,or. Th'le imspectors of factories in Prussia are working hanrd to put down Infant labor, At' Berlin, thirty-three factorIes have, ceased emplloying children, and in the others . there aro only nIne under fourteen years of, ig. Trho same has been the case' Ia nearly SII the provinmces, notabl.f in the district of Lfrankfort-on-the-Oder,"where, int the 880 alothi factories, employIng 14,000 hanmda there are now only 1500 iiWfos, lijs' bujng a diminutIon' of twenity-three got-cent ince, 18.76; wvhile in the 'disits of Cologne, (Jobleniz and 'Troetes, the total -nutblier of d children ersplcod hfas fallenfroW 0884 to @287, and of thepa l1 Jt 4iyo at4j ever, fourteen ycars of g 'eI5pt y rake great care,'.also,thin ptfrai arrangements *re readet an4 tat $b ters do all tu16 ein t eni: frohIl ao *n 7