The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, March 27, 1880, Image 1
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MARCII 27, 1880.
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THE OTHER WORLD.
It lies around us like a oloud,
A world we do not see;
Yet the sweet closing of an eye
May br,ng us there to be.
It, gentle breezes fan our ohoek;
Amid orir worldly cares
.Its Rentle voicesiwhlspor love,'
And mingle with our prayers.
Sweet hearts around us throb and beat,
Sweet helping bands are stirred,
And palpitates the vell between
With brealhings almost board.
The silence- awful, sweet and calm
They have no power to break;
For mort il words at'o not for thom
To utter or partake.
So th n, no soft, so sweet th;y glide,
So near to press they scow,
'Ihoy seem to lull us to our rent,
And molt into our droam.
And in the hu-sh of rest they bring
'Tie easy now to see,
Iloh lovuly and bow sweol a pass
The hour of death may be.
To closo the eye. and close the oar,
Wrapped li a trance of blies,
And-goi.tly dream In loving arus,
'To swoon to that--fron this.
Scaro. knowing if we wake or sleep,
goatee asking where we are,
To 'feel all evil siak away,
All sorrow and all dare.
Sweet i ouls around us! watch us still,
Press nearer to our side,
Into our thoughts into our prayers.
With gentle hlping glide.
Lot death between us be as naught,
A dried and vanisked strean;
.'cur joy be the re ality,
L ur suffering life a dream.
The Ourate's Valentine.
A clerical prig !" said the eldest .Miss
Grantly.
"Something has vexed him," said the
second. "He looks worried "
"I know what," finished the thid ; "it
would be great fun to send hini one."
The three Misses Grantly put their heads
together, in order probably to converse
more in private. They need not have been
frightened. Everybody was tired, and
would have yawned, had such a luxury
been admissible in the the Grantly draw
Ing-room Tea parties are always slow;
this one had been very slow, indeed, as Mrs.
Grantly and the colonel. her husbind,
would be ready to testify, when they had
smiled their good-nights to the young
friends who were staying Il their house.
Amongst the.ir few guests had been the
curate df the parish, the Rev. Wilfred Sol
turn, balled by his Intimates, Will' and he
lhad been this evening what the young
ladles chose to designate "Crawley." in a
general way he was rather a pet with them.
HIe had nothing but his curacy, and he
boasted sometimes of his own cleverness in
making both ends meet, so that lie was not
a dangerous man to know; and then he
was of good family, and could Calk well,
and was altogether a very useful creature,
since he never interfered with more eligible
individuals. But to-day something had
evidently gone wrong with the curate;.*'e
not only would not exert himself to be en
tertaining, but, when he did speak, It was
to put aside, with considerable contempt,
- the subject on which the sisters were just
then interested, namely, Valentines.
"In fact," said the eldest sIster, "lhe left
off to go and flirt with Bell Lindhurst. Any
one could see that.
"Are you sure it's Bell ?" said another.
"thought it was Frances.'?.
"Oh, either will do," said the oilher,
* "since a man with a curacy can only firt,
But 'it's Bell, of course. Well, he has
spoilt our evening completely, and we owe
hdm something. I wish I could think of a
real good trick."
"I know of something," said the young
est Miiss Grantly, who was also the quiet
est, and had a dad, plaintive way of. speak
inlg. "But then he would never open a
Valentine."
* "Not if he. know It," said the oldest ;
"b~t lie need not. What's your plan ?".
'there was a good deal of whispering, a
*little laughing, and then a lull.
"Yes, a large Ilue envolopo-ofllcial
looking-aind l'vd got a seal with a Cupid
on it, holding a letter on his arro,w; the
poor stupid muan will never see that, and
* one mnuft have the sign manual of a Valen
tine abotit it; But then he knows all our'
handwriting. I can manage a disguise for
the .letter itself, -but my -disguises ., are
cramped. If we had only a free, bold,
natural address outside, lhe .would never
suspect.'" -
Thrlere's Bell and Franciig'''put inte
plaintive little voice sadly, gthereupon her
sasters applay1ded.
"A pat dn the shnider:for that," said
they. "Nd ho has never seen Bell's writ
nhg, Flrepiky, won't dp~ it, she's starched ;
but Ipeflwe'll see."
The three young ladles moved forward
slnitm)tneousy.
* ain't it bedtime? I'll sure -you two
p6g ohildren a(tlte t*death. Dah papa,
asigep I You rude ni ide
Tied coinel, of otrW 4 deated that he
wahouldn'tzhave thought of st6h
96~o lnstjttitod .
~W*qa~*citeiWeaudlea di'g'o
hiprdinto 1311ll~.
to:4tsshe
$~lie~$Powter a
)y~r
that Mr. Selturn was going to leave the
parish, that she saw she had been the
means of deceiving hi by a practical joke.
Consequently ale determined to rectify it
so far as she was able.
She was still at the Grantlys, and Mr.
Selturn was there on a visit. lie having
been a few minutes alone In the drawing
room, was startled by the appearance of
Sir IHarry's niece from the conservatory
door.
"Air. Selturn," said the young lady. "I
want to speak ~to you. I have-done a
very bad thing," she was going to say. but
checked herself.' "I have lent my assist
anco to a practical,j)ke, a thing I detest as
much as you can do. In the pretended let
ter from my uncle; you should read Oakes
with an H before it. There Is no such
place as I know of, and my uncle lis only
two livings .in his gift-Lindhurst Magna
I Lindhlurst Parva. I directed theletter."
"You !" was all the curate could get out.
'Yes," replied Bell ; "but indeed knew
thing of the contents. You never looked
at the seal, or you would have known it
was a-Valentine."
She was gone as quickly as she had come.
I don't know what were the curate's
thoughts in the interval which he had .yet
to pass, but the other guests were of the
opilion that lie was growing into a moody, i
taciturn sort of fellow. It. fell to his lot to
take Bell Lindhurst in to dinner, and, as
she put her fingers on his arin, lie con- I
trived to touch them, and to say just two
words, "Tiank you."
They were all lie did say to her. H10
was very attentive to. his neighbor, on the
other hand, anl 1- 1rted hiinself to ta)k,
and talked well- better than usual, if poo.
sible. -0
"6Selturn,"saild ihe Colonel once, "wihat-s
this I hear about losing you ?"
"No such luck," replied Will, siaking t
his head. "I shall plague you for years, I
I'm afraid ;" and then -he added, looliing
across the table-"Miss Grantly, if you t
w6re writing a business letter, 'hiat style
of seal should you choose?" t
Ile said it very quietly, but looked away
from her directly, for lie saw that she was I
crestfallen, and afraid lest the Colonel
should take up the subject, and investigate i
it; and Will (lid not bear malice. It was t
punishment enough for her that her trick 8
had, so fair as she knew, proved a failure. t
And strangely thinking of Bell Lynd- c
hurst when lie got home, lie took out the
unhappy Valentine, made a face at the seal,
put the letter-the cramped disguise of
which he could detect well enough now
into the fire, and the envelop--nover Mindct
where.
It was February again, and .the- blinds
were down over the rectory windows of
Lindhurst Magna. There was -a little re
gret in in village, not mudli. A. good q
man had gone to his rest, but lie had been r
feeble for years, and past'his work, so per- t
haps it was as well.
Up at the Hall.'In tihe snuggest of snug
morning rooms, there was a young girl in a c
riding habit, half kneeling, half crouching, I]
beside an old man, who sat In a big chair, a
a
grumbling with a gouty foot. And the
young girl looked very well in her habit, b
with the color of .exercise on her cheek, .q
and its light in her eye; and the baronet, as c
lie igoke~d at her, thought Ce, and felt his t
mo6uth twitch. "0oullp(
"You Gipsy 1" lie said ;"oyuheldt
to hoax the curate, ehi? WVell, I wouldn't e
have believed it," and the baronet broke v
ilnto a laugh, and bade her get on her hiope "
and b)e off, remiembering that she was to
bring her mother and sister to help hinm to 0
entertain George's lime new 'wife. c
-On this fourteenth of February Mr. Sel- '
turn i.eceived no Valentines ; but lie had
hardly. sat an hour over his unwritten sera
mon when a cab stepped at the door, and c
his landlady ushered in a visitor whom the I
curate just knew by sight-an elderly gen- ~
tiemnan withi a lame foot.
"Ilcan' t offer you Greenham-cum-Oakes," "
said Sir Harry, whon the preliminaries were ,u
over, "because I doti't know the plae; but ii
Lindhurst Mlagna has just fallen vacant, as aI
you will have seen by the. papiers ; that is,
if you road -themi. I' have heard a good a
deal about you, though I really dldig't know t
therue was sutch a person last year wihen I y
had the hiongr ,of rccplyi g-hoim I Yes, e
Lindhurst Is, v'acaat,ian4 it isn't a bad a
thing. Will yont have It '1".
I
Whatever the curate said in reply, Sir i
HJarry didn't seem to be taking much notice, la
for ho grumbled thie'wholo time in an under- I:
tone about his lame toot, the badness of r
the rauilwfty arrangemnhts,'andi keeping the ~
misQehle .cab horse in te cold.
'" ry ,Well,". o lie-ak at last. It's set- a
tied )je' ?lik de p~ Come and dine a
wit~'~t'~ (d m ily party.. My
soin t IIis m brother' W1tlow~
A7dbi ghters.-sayIn4jthe house, you (
kInow ; no'strage tsI leok he and t
0 i' Ned 0'tt~6tdbring his girls. ~
-1
Catch th'e' n,. Mr. Selturn; ;
and mind, its~W re time in start
Ing, and belid ratinus. inero's
only-half a mileos walk rom Lindihtrststa- r
~tion, and you'll have anmple time ,io 'dress. I
We'll give you- a bed."
i don't know what heegmes of Mr. 801
turn's.sermon, Perhaps ho finished it e-o t
f9rginatttedi.Atiaey rate>he did 'estoh /
the tw6 o'clock train, and ho had the hondi
~~r::~
4 *,nm,gsh,t GKrTMi
e ie nd .G It
her to the opposite side of the table. It d
not rest there long. lie was a sharp fello
enough, except in the matter of Valentine
and he saw that his lively neighbor w:
watching his movements. During til
whole of the evening, therefore, he on
spoke once to Bell Lindiurst, and th<
only a brief sentence, "I have you to than
for it."
So that. Miss Grantly, thinking it overo
the way honie, said, peevishly, "I can't iII
derstand it. If there is anything betwe
them, they make love like crowned heads,
Tro which the plaintive s9ter added, -wil
a little mournful nalice. "lie need not onI
flirt now, you know. He isn't a poor cura
any longer. I'm afraid you'll miss hin
CIs."
Will's chance came in the early mnornimi
when he found Bell stepping out of tLi
breakfast room window to the lawn.
"Bell," said the curate, standing befo
ier, "will you conie with Ime to Lindhur
Nlagna ?"
I don't know what Bell Lindliirst ougli
.o have said, nor indeed wit was her firs
impulse ; but chancing to catch sight of hi
race, she perceived that lie was, in spite <
ils abruptness, quite as much in what I
Ialled a "state" as the most exactingyoun
ady could desire. So she said, as steadil
is she could :
"Yes if you want Inc."
"I do want you," said lie. "That Is jus
he word. I have had no sun pictire o
ron, you know ; but I have ,worn your fac
Imy heart over since you came to in
iat day and saved me from making
vqdse simpleton of myself than I wa
iready. I know then that I had don
vhat poor curptes should not do-I hai
'allen in love. I do want you. Give im
,our hal(, Bell, in token."
She put her hand within his arm anim
hey walked on, and it does u6t very macl
iatter about the rest of the conversation
3ut wheni the Baronet tapped at the windov
o announce that lie wanted his breakfast
nd they went lip to him, lie looked a
hem and began to grnimble a little.
"Don't scold uncle," said Bill. "It can'
e helped now."
'Can't it ? said- he. "Aind so this is th<
ay you walt is it ?" Then lie turned t<
lie curate. "I suppose I must wish' you
11 that's proper, eh ? Be good to her. Al
lila springs from just writing the address
n a-hoax I Valentines are not such bad
fings, after all, *are they, Mr. Selturn ?"
Dr. Jessopp of London, receitly diecliret
0 eawth*gi,untly- agure or a man, WhOih
ugaged in wril ing in a friend's library a
ight. Dr.. Wilks, . of Gray's Hospital,
,ondon,'Orltes as follows in relatiQn to th<
iatter: ;!,Putting aside the supposition of
trick,:,.Jhe, story resolves itself iito the
uestioit whether the appearance of the
ian beside 14m (Dr. Jessopp) was objec
ve or subjective. Under ordinary circum.
aices,. when we see an object the latter is
interial." and forms an image on the re
Ua; this is meftally known through a per
aptive partof the brain; the mere retinal
nage is not enough to constitute vision,
a pictures are constantly painted upon the
,tina whic.u are never discerned. Now It
; possible for this perceptive part of the
rain to be thrown Into an active conditior
ilte independeit of the normal stimulus
onducted to Itfrom the retina, and under
lese circumstances the person app)arently
lee an object, which by the law of oui
ature,- is projected by himn a certain dis.
mece before the eye. This is commnor
nough in fevers and in delbrium tremens,
rhere patients see people and animalh
round thenm whose reality is such that th<
iemory of these becomes a p)art of the ex
erience or their future lives. In mental
erangemnents these hallucinations are alsa
omnion, anid patients see objects and hieai
olces which have no external existence.
o it is ini our dreamis, from which we may
e suddenly roused by a great noise wherc
illis still around, the auditory perceptive
entre of -the brain having 'been abner
ially excitedl. In nornial conditions tie
gight of an object implies the p)ainting oi
on the retina, as the hearing a noise im
lies the, vibration of the drum of .the ear.
f sight 'and hiearig 6ccur withmout4these
ormnal excitants of the nerves, the brai
inst .have been stinulated from wIthin,
nmd the inp: elsons are abnormal and sub
mctivo. 'At the present t.imii we ihaive nlc
nowledge thet anything ini the likeness of
ghost or anything that lies not a material
asia can excite an image on their retina,
rhoreas we.do know that under abrormai
onditions the braini may be stimulated sc
a te produce a vIsual-imnpressioni indhepen.
ent of any such image on the retina. Tin
robabihties are then lm'mensely in .favoi
f the appearance which the dloctor saw
eing subjective rather than objective. W<
ave only to suppose that those very coim.
ion abriormnal .conditlons of brain wicle:
re observed in bad health may occur undem
xceptional cireutnlatances in an otherwis<
ealthy organ, to account for the occasional
ppeadtice of ghosts. Thle probabilitim
re. also -in favor of this view from., othe:
onsideratiops. First, there Become no rca
on why the spirits of another world shiouli
rirr midolaht for. their visits,- btit the rea
o arp.4op js why,'wpe hohlf enbjuri
rant of indivl..alit sliown by this patiio
L iipel 6?h'Qoxd'ac
is atppeararcioabecd. 'tiinA.has'this gppa
Ition:didduld thethd dmpendebita'situtpoi
lie'observer, that wrhen the Iatter put kL
oent. ythe n6vet oKem
ar could havtaffepted a: real objecte doei
Lot seem cleat, 1nor'6 Wfit could not bi
bzell at from nAlferent poiniof view. I
0i94's4oy thtildeote1oo h aod him.
d ~~
d A Mountain nide.
w lie threw the driver a signal, the horse
s, sprang away, and the work was begun o
& ill'ing the contract to get to Delii In tw4
to hours, eighteen miles over a mountali
road, only just a suspicion of nioonlight be
Y hind the threatening.cWuds. and noe id of Iij
n mud.. Four milds up, the mounta 1 for I
k start, and the road Went creeping abou
here and there, sometimes clinging to thi
l hillside like a shelf, running away to hido
in long stretche of forest, dodging sudden]3
out of sight around a projecting hill,
doubling back upon itself in the most ac
curate angles, as though it wats trying t(
I get away and leave us utterly lost On tie
y mountaii side, running along smoothly and
o evenly on one track for a quarter of a inik
and then suddenly swinging around and
' hurrying back nearly the whole distance; ii
changing, restless, mischievous road thi
, seemed to have forgotten that it started out
e from Oneonta to reabh the mountain top,
and was going to play hide-antd-seek with
itself there on the mountain side forever,
e and never go anywh 11e. But the lorse
it. knew its ways, and a ils. tricks of turning
and driving and climub ng, and clatter, clat.
ter, clatter over thq . rocky places; and
tramp, tramp, tramp,'where the chay was
t heavy, and spllaish, sphsh, 8plash, where the
s little pools covered the road keeping the
f wandiering road always in sight and never
a losing it., while the rocky glens and stately
hillsides, and even the frowning forests
laughed iaek in the cioes of the clatter
Y ing hoofs as the chaseWent. on. And One
onla? A dimple of light in the darkened
valley, a cluster of brjIlints in a set of
t jet, what a dreamn of beauty has the village
f as. It too laughs at our hurry up the mon
tain side, chasing (le way ward- road,
a laughed until its dimples of light made the
D night sparkle with niciriment. I hope I
ivi'loften see Oneonta'again, but I will never
a see it looking prettier Ihan it tooked that
night. And now d ')ast we clihb the
mountan top, and thi road, sobered down
by its long climb- de tes to its task and
3 stretches away to Delit. No stop for any
thing, the mettlesomeVhorses do not need
ithe whip, and scarc ly need the, word.
Nine miles out; as w drive up to a great
roomy barn, a lanternflashes out and a'light
buggy and two great.)orses drive out be
side us. It is only the work of a second
to transfer me and my baggage, the Inpa
tient horses spring away, and the land
scape began to fade away behind us again.
Down the long hills a d up the grades we
spin, the. big-shouldd( horses laughing
at the hills with their feet; over the rum
bling bridges, past twinkling lights in the
farm houses, until at last the hills rise
above us loftfor, grander, more beautiful
and graceful in- outline; and we swept intQ
Delhi, covered with the mud and exhilar
I aling excitement. of the drive, just two
hours from the time' we left Oneonta; it Is
lively going.
Bavim's ofgar iractories.
Entering the cigar . iactory in Havana,
one is at once struck by the admirable cool
WIRTi passel; t,rougW -w .t"roug owI P
although there are ov.er 300 men, women
and boys at work, the air Is as ,fresh and
cool as on a mountain top. On the ground
floor Is a long warehouse, where over 2,000
bales of tobacco are stored. Besides this
stock, the proprietor-has a warehouse in the
city, where there are 3,000 bales. This is
all tobacco of the crop of 1879, and, as the
present crop is almost an entire failure, the
manufacturers are making only enough
cigats to fill their orders. They prefer to
keep as much on hand as possible, expect
ing higher prices very soon. The average
value of a bale of tobacco is about $75.
Some of the very findest kindh of wrappings
cost as. much as $400 a bale. Insurance is
very high. the rate being one and a half per
cent upon the stock at the factory and one
per cent upon that warehoused. At some
factories the rate is even higher, on account
of the wooden li'ning of the buildings.
When the tobacco Is taken from the bales
it is distributed to the pickers, who take
the bundles, sort them, stretch the leaves,
remove the strong fibre that runs down tihe
middle of the leaf and place the leaves that
are to serve as wmtppers. upon one side.
For this wvork they receive ten cents gold
for every ten bundles. The fillings, or
pieces of leaf that are too small -for wrap
pers, are then carried up to the second floor,
wvhere they are spread out~ and separated
into five different classes, according to the
strength of the flav'or and the fineness of the
leaf. Five shafts run dlown -to the floor
beneath, and each shaft is fed with tobacco
of a different class. Thelmse shaftr deposit
the tobacco in the room where the cigar
makers are *at work, and each man, when
he wants more tobacco, takes a square piece
of canvas about the size of a large pocket
handkerchief to tihe attendanit, wvho fills It
from the prdper shaft Besides these five
-kinds of Allings there is a. still finer quality,
composed of th3 pieces cut off the wrappers
of the best cigars, and used to fill the cigars
that are to command the higest pride mn the
market. Meantime the wrappers are hand
ed ovcr to skilful operators. who carefully
sort them~ accoi u'.ng to their fineness and
coltnr. This Is the mnost ifnportant part of
the whole, process, as the profits -or cigar
making depend upon the nicee jugdinent
shown by the men who separate the wrap
pers -and who give the cigar-makers the
kind suited to their fillings..- Should a fine
wrapper be used for an in(erior cigar it
would be clear waste, and if a fine cIgar be
Wrappedi in a rough leaf It.wonid be thrown
out by the man Who sepiates the cigars:
The roomn.in.which the cigar0 are inade is a
large,' lofty apartment, with a stone -fle6r.
The cigat-maker sit In rows at . benches,
which aro divided off by lo. jiitlon#, to
prevent the toba'ced or cIgars of two adjoin.
ing makers, becoming nited.~ A -little
board, black gylt1 tobacco juice, lies on the
benchl. JJjion. thxl the .clgars re rolled.
.Th9ecigam'maker takes fronvhaishep of fill
Ings enough tobaccd to-mako4lg i. .!Ihid
he-faeltons .ito shape, and ,t6 ,.talimng- a
leaf from liii heap of wraupets, the *olds it
carefully round the fillings, beginning at
I the small end, trimming it with a 'Marp
knife, and cutting 4~ saqgrooff h&o 4thor
end. /]Me*nhbotakes asmnallpleeoSgrease,
sneats it,oa.torappr,)d 4 e losos
,the 4imslier end:ofte o 1i.d [ eikr
vlt9 e gi* toepn ,a twitlnthi ,otghs,
~ a4~tts.~ 1~tia.lythe w t
uftC
goes over these bundles ati( )Itys so Iluch
per thousand for the cizars imide. Tho
rate varies fiom $1 I to $42 per thousand,
according to the size of the cigars and the
excellence of the leaf. The best workmen
are employed on the very linest kinds, and
can make as many as seventy-flive cigars in
the day. The rough and cheal) kinds are
much more easy tomake, and a good folder
can turn out over 200 cigars im eight hours.
White men, negroes, and coolies aire em
ployed in cigar-making, but white labor is
found to be by far the most intelligent, and
coolie labor the least so. Indend, thl coolies
are mostly employed in opening the bundles
and separating the fillings from tie wrap
pers, and very few of them are al'owed to
fold cigars. 'The cigar-makers, at least the
white ones, are a thriftless, lazy set. A
folder will work until he has enough money
for his immediate wants. and then Ie will
at once letve iis work until ie is driven
back penniless. One young, good-looking
folder, engaged -in i%iaking tile best kinds of
eiglars, was pointed out by the proprietor
as a curious example of this want of al)pli
catiou. lie works hard during live daysof
tile week, making at tidy stun of money.
Every Saturday night lie visits at ready
made clothes shop, buys a new stilt, anid
early o -Sunday goes either to tile seitshlore
or to the river, strips, bathes, and, on coin
ing out, puts on his new suit. Uinving the
old one, bought tile p,revious wek, on tile
bank, he goes on a -spree which lasts ntil
Iisi money is all spent, when h returns to
work. Women are also employed in sort
img ."b&, Wt ithy 1ire in a separate
building, as it was found that the co-educa
tion of the sexes does not work as well in a
Cuban cigar factory a in the lotietic atmlos
phere of a New England college.' They
are of all colors, ranging from a pure white
through every variety of cream id choco
late up to a shiming black. They
all mloke, generally the very strongest
cigars. Unlike the clerk in the candy Store,
who is Iowed to gorge hilself at first, fnid
who never cares for the sweet treasures
again, men and women in tobacco factories
do not lose their taste for smoking.. 'Ihe
manufacturers forbid smoking during work
hours, for it ids racts tile attention, al( tile
cigars are less carefully made. But the
supply of sc.(1r1 is almost ullillted, aid
every workman is allowed to carry away
two or three. These cigais are made by
boys who are only beginning, and whose
productions are not gpod enough for market.
When tile eigars are counted and the mak
era p(1, the former are sent i) stairs and
carefully sorted, first to remove the badly
made ones and those with rough wrappers,
and then to divide them, according to tile
color of the leaf, intp coldrados RPdt ma
'duros. When this Is done they are ready
to be placed in the boxes, which are
made in a separate part-of the factory. The .
boxes when filled, are placed uutter a ptess,
and the cigar is then ready for sale.
1111kett's Marksmanaht,.
At tile -lission Dolores, close to San
Francisco, a Western lad. of twent cars
c1 9? 11r. Ha iictcop l
perilous fashion, and one day on the occas
lon of a dinner party, a special exhibition
was to be had. The marksman was to
cleave an apple on the youth's head at ten
paces. Before the time came, however, an
Ingenious gentlentifV, celebrated in thle East
as well as the West for his,practical., jokes,
bribed tile lad to go through a carefully re
iearsed scene. le was provided witli a
clot of blood colored paint, and Instructed
to secrete this in Isa land just before the
slow. At the report of the pistol lie was
to spin around, clap the paint to his fore
head as lie turned his back to Mr. Hackett,
give a yell, vault high in the air an( fall to
the ground. All this was actually an1d 1
carefully done in the presence.of five or six
persons who had dined together. The ex
pectation, of course, was that Mr. Hackett
would be stricken withl remorse and hlor
ror, and rush forward instantly to is wel
tering victim, but when instead, tile marks
man qulietly sat down where 110 stoodl, and,
wvith is ownI peculiar smile, proceeded to
Ilgiht a cigar, a tale was told thlat tile
amused witnesses never forgot. Wilham
Tell was less positive of hbis resuilts with his
crossbow thlan Jolla [Hackett with his8 re
volver.
. six A1nesd.
Some timle ago, in tile southlern part of
Arkansas, an incident occurredd'vhlh will
be sp)oken of upon01 the occasion of every
election in that part of .the country. Upon
tihe day of the noted event people in all tile I
townshlips exhibited thleir interest by going
early to the polls. Two very promlinlent
men) in a certain county were candlidates
for shleriff, andi their supp)1oters were so I
equally divided that a great concern wa~s<
felt. 'Bets wvere madei; fist fighlts were in- I
auiguraited, in facet, everythling was enlgaged
mn to make the election .interestin)g. I
About 10 o'clock tile excitement liecal1n so, I
great in one0 townlship that a ii.n wvas se -
lected to rido over to tihe noxt township to
see whlo was ahlead. The 'swiftest htorse
was selcdted. Th'ie Iban sprang into tile
saddle and dashed awvay. The rkjet was
intently watched until out of sight. Thlen
more. bets wer'e made as to wichi of the
candidiates was ahead. More flst engage
ments were inaugurated. Pinaily theo 1nan
was seon) coming back. Ho had1( lost his
ha *n i long hlair streamed out horizon
tally. - llaI
"six aheatdI Six hnd"he shouted,
whlen wIthinl hearing'of tJte crowd.
"Who's six ahleath" demanded several
voices,
"I'll be dinged if I know," said tihe than,
chlec41ina his hprse, "but youi may bet yattr
life that one of thleis six ahead,"
A ew' Del foney.
A new Australlin dolice is $hlding Its,
of a 00 tou ea Te i&ls,nd
ski fthesQ anh als have long .ddit
util1ked-A4th'sr'1 dnM~king sonp, the
laittrfoi l icalir'i i1tho r484n$ de.artle
tlon di ltnge~bfA hti gfvn c6dfiadddable~
i111u t1 0 tffo trdd. "t ttuej b
thd%vasto of tododdaget~oned byf t11 h i
tr'of Ao iitlousan of thoho Ynr~p
who th bv fai '*
Unaistible Earth-Crust.
A writer from San Salvador, Central
America, says on the evening of the 19th
of December, a little after 8, we felt a
slight trembling of our adobe house. The
looking-glasses and pictures rattled slightly
against the walls, and ever and anon a
creaking sound like the rattle of a far-off
thunder storm wouldi make Itself heard.
The shocks continued all night, increasing
gradually hour by hour. The oldest mha
bitants, whose memories retaited the vivid
Impressions causod by similar experiences,
began to look anxious and scared. The
trembling, rocking motion of staid old terra
firma continued all the next (lay and the
next. On the third day it grew so violent
that the inhabitants, high and low, rich
and poor, began to move out of the houses
and pitch their 1,ents out of town. We did
not understand why the natives who lived
in bamboo huts should abandon these
homes also, as we would not mnagine how
the strongest earthquake could uproot these
bamboo poles. By this time the pol)pilatioi
had become panic-stricken. They ran
bareheaded and barefooted about tle
Btreets, hardly knowing enough to keep
out of the way of falling bricks, but never
neglecting t1o make ill kinds of possible and
impossible vows to t heir patron saints. No
body thought of sleeping. The ground
rocked and swayed fearfully, so that on
the fourth (lay there was not a house where
there remained one square foot of plaster
on the walls. Everything that could break
'id '"''"r; t1b... kept oi ,ulbling down
and falling to pieces, as if some unseen
haid was rutlilessly tearing down every
thing that was not welded with liands of
iron. The town was entirely deserted, ex
cpt by those who were buried under the
falling ruins. This kept on for over a week.
On the 27th news was received that tile
eardhuuake had absolitely demolished two
villages, containing, perhaps, a population
of 1,000 each. These villages were situat
ed about nine miles from San Salvador,
near tile Lake of lloingo. Not a hut was
left which might have Mheltered a single
family. In Guatemala about twenty houses
were laid low, among those the large build
ing called the palaee, in the center of the
park. After the 29th the shocks decreased
in severity, although they still continued
for a long while. The city of Guatemala
lies between two extinct volcanoes, and i
very near a lake, which iq also all extict
crater. The old Indian traditions have t
named it ihe "Valley of the iammock," t
because It is always swinging. Santa Ana, I
it city hardly-twenty leagues from Salvador, y
Ia never moved, while San Salvador Is des
troyed regularly every twenty years. The C
ity hams always been rebuilt In tile same
way, but this time Dr. Salvider, the Prest
lent of the Republic, is intent upon re
building on the American plan. There are
.hree distinct motions or,kinds of shocks in
he earthquakes which visit this region.
rhe most, common one Is called the "tronm- rl
)lor" and Is the wave motion, sinilar to
lie one which In days hardly forgotten has
viRited Californla. 'jef ~5~~ s~
moone are circular. The third and last is
alled "ratumilo"; It feels as if the ground 11
ccelved a terrible blow, right frmn the
,entre of the earth upward, and Is the d
nost destructive, and accordingly ,eared tj
he most. Each manipulation is accoim- t
>anled by its own peculiar noise. W. A.
)oodyear, a surveyor in thl. employ of the
lovernment, reported that the two villages
nentionei above were desiroyed by ths
'remolina." Tie earth cracked and foam- bi
ng water spurted out of the grouod. The 8i
mtts and houses tumbled all one way, as if ti
hey were mown down by an Imnense nII,
Ickle. A peculiar effect of the shocks is k
hat they drivd everything out of the 01
Prouud, even I)ie light bamboo poles which ft
upport the thatched cottages of the natives, V
visited three villages afterward, and found Si
hat the at,nosphere was impregnated to a I
rery high degree with sulp)hur. Th'ie earth- tr
juake shocks Seen- to be confined to certain it
larrow li.oits. In Port La Libertad, al- at
hough thiey were felt, they worn not strong d;
mnough, to crack even the plaster. This "
>huce is only twenty miles from the centre hI
>f the eartilquake region. The volcano at ti
tfalko, where the shoeks were strongest, d
mitted hluge volumnnes of steam, smoke and ti
rolleys of rocks. There wvas hlowever, but tl
small flow of lava. The averas;e number k
>f shocks per hour during a.period of mnore hI
han two weeks. was thlree, anid one day V
vlhen they were most violent, there was a hi
otal of ninety-three. No idea can be hi
ormecd of the.loss of life whichl atteinded al
le phenomenon.n
-u
Josh Billings ol arrigo.. R
By awvl mens, Joe, get married, If yout
amvo a fair show. Don't stand shivering
n the banik, b)ut p)itolh rite In andI stickyour ~
ead undler and the shiver is over. ,Thr
In't any more trick in getting marrIed than a
hero is -in eatig pcanluts. Many a man u
as stood.shiveting on the shore until the g4
ver ran omut. D)on't expect to marry an
ngel ; they hiavm all beon picked up loug tI
bgo. .Remember, Joe,- you ai't a saint v'
~ourself. Do'not marry for beauty etclu
Ively ; beauty Is like Ice, awful slippery, andI
hlaws dreadful easy. Don't marry for luv,
either; luy is like a cooking: stove, gobd. t
or nothing when the fuel glvea out. But 11
et tile mixture be somne beauty becomingly $(
Ircssed, .with about $250 In 1hcr pocket, a p
gud sf>eller, handy and neat In ecr hou1se ti
>lenty of good sense, tuff, constituntior jn f
>.y-laWs,,small feet, a light step; tadd to At
*his~ sound teeth and a, warm heart. .'The k
nixture will keep In any climates apd will U
iot cvaporate. If the cork h1appents.tQ be V
oft out the. strength ain't gone, Joe, . on'., B
narry for pedigree.uniess it is backedl by a
ank notes. Afaiiy *.wth notMing but ej
>edigree generally, lacks. succes.,
.ii
*Thi Dla %N d
Regarding tho, $ matk-:en our. money, y
omo thlink.that .the pti .ps~ sort cf a p
S,!he Anerlapidollar,, y otlhers,2l el
aken from the panist ~)tr, andtid t 1t
tgnih tofound, of coourse, n nthe assocls. ii
IiMos;ofdhapatishcollar.,.On thorvoye I
>f thpanish d11le a~ itses
)$rs 1590
Am4~i ~ 8
The Czar's NarTow Escape.
- 4----_
On the 17th of ebruary the Czar was
in his Winter Palace discussing the politics
of the Balkan provIncesp the elections to the.
Bulgarian Assembly, the. -loyalty of the
Prince's subjects, the attempted compro
mise between the two parties in -the State,
wheu a servant qnounced that dinner was
served. The Czar and his guests were so
intent upon the subject of their convbsa
Lion that the announcement wad disregarded.
Shortly afterward the servatt returned. As
he opened the door the Emnperor rose. At
that instant a terrible explosion was head.
'he Czar had taken Prince Alexander's arn
and was walking to tjte d?.Rr. He stopped
short at the Sound. Ile li ten disengagd
his arm and, raised' iAt eyes td heaven kI
gratitude. Neither spoke awbrd.' 'P
Czar was perfectly calm, and an hour iat)r
sat down quietly to dinner besido thd great
gap in the floor... Tite Etnpres4
was amleep in her room and heard
nothhig of the explosi n, and express
>rders were Issued that site sh1d lie,
left in ignorance of the event. Others do
cribe the scene in the Winter Paldee after
he0 explosion. As soon as the: news.got
ibroad the corridors were filled with an ex
lted crowd, each memimer of It giving iL
liferent vdrsion of the affair. 'roIn all
he priiate apartments potred t.16 4tie'a;n
'ou1rt Chamberlains, iII coats that gleamed
vith rich gold embroideries, hurried down
romtl the Hall of St. GCorge: a ,id an army
,f white-capped cooks deflied from1 thesub
errnean kitchens. Court ladies, with
weepilg trains and Aparkling jow6ls, 'is -
ued fron their dressing rooims, 'and the
vatctlinion, with their. wives and famiilies,
aine from their huts upolt the. rgof.
tound the stattie of Alexander gathered a
nedley throng of officers in full unifot,
naids of honlor, coachenio groom1s, scul
ions ind hundreds of the inmates Qf,,the
alace, WIose naines tire stpposed to .be
egistered by the Milistr of the ltinial
lotiselhold, but who are iI reality as little
otice(d by him as the colonists who settle
I lRusian foresti are noticed by the pro.
rietor of. the estate. The irqt. pipulse o(
11 ti;ese people was to hasten.to offer heir
ongratulatitls to tlte .1imperor. ' helr
econd was to'retorn thanks for the preser.
ation of the palace itself. In their eyes
lie building Is sacredi 1 The gilt cross ont
Ito culpola of tle private chapel, which sur.
ived the fire of 18:17, symbolizes to thei
lie blessing which , rests upon it.- -It was
Lils feeling which animated the workmen
y whose industry it rose again to its old
lalgnilficelce. It was this feeling that
iu8ed the humblest intjiks to bring their
witributions to the oxpenses of reconstruo.
on. The news that no danage had been
Istaned by the heirlooms of the palace,
iat the portraits was undisturbed, the inm
Lrlal uniforms unsinged, the court joeWl
ninjured, was received by. the imhates
Ith extreme satisfaction. All along the
ver side, between the Neva, and the
alace, surged a mass of the populace, iii
icepskins and furs,'and torches flashed to
teyf li ilfento NwsIy 1iospot t6
rfer their congratulations, but the police
id strict ordeqs to let no drovsky pass the
ites, At early morning the Emperor
.ove to the Kazan Church and returned
anks to the Virgin for hisfifth preseria
an f'rom death.
A narbar's MISte.
An amusing incident occurred In a.Utica
irbor shop, which has creqted considerable
iort at the expense of a clergyman frol
e town of Annoville or'Ava. Ti66 domi
a had a prtty full grothi of gre' whil
)rs. He came to Utica for-the slgnktitres
the leaing politIlans to an applJoat.on
r a chaplaincy in a pu Jq inst4ton.
rith mind bent on the subect of a . -
tn, he entered ' barbers p, Yop
the chair, and asked to have his Ohik ts
imimed. The bai-ber was busihy'engi'ged
talking:politics and1 evidently misun4er1
ood his patron's order. Hp~ toolk et his
fe stuffs, and withi twenty minutes tht
iskers of the demiie we-e blaekbr tau
s coat. The odor of sulphur' dJd not give c
0 barber away, and remarking: that he
d not wvant his hair dressed bie paid;for,
e job and wertfl o'ut.. Wheq hreqlled at.
e ofileo' of a United States o cmll who
tew him well, lhe was not ioiize' arid
id sonic it'ouble hi makibg'himselfknitvr
[hen the oihiciali was satisfied he latughed
>artiy andi remtarked to tihoeclergyn)apit~a
a videtitly was entdeavoring to be3 od
[e by (lying. .Thte Wdild~-bjh chaplab?'l'
>t see the poiht f his hiihyicoloiVd jokd
ittl the oftielah spoke plainilyt' T~Ie ulergy. '
an looked ila the mirror andi,forathe fitsc.
mec saw how lie had aitpred ig apppae - T
.e toqk thp aifair good naturedlyn~t1
et no time in returning to tle sht andl
wving his face shaired clean. 'It tok hint
me time to get ' acquainted-with his.wvife
0on htis return homne, butthe joke ;was too
>od to keep, and hiJtirl9,nts qr
If hte evqr hats an op iortunty., (ixja
ire on.e. .. .~
There,le no odder, t1 erq is no,more -at
active part pf Paris the~n t~~ uy ~1
f'rom Pont Royal to' Pon pefog
uAh batnk of the riv'er. He,6 the ~
t of the wall wlhihe1sartsas(etfi
10 wharf (the latOr is fift'eene Ort'4tWgiy~
ot below the 'street) are bQxe&s1lejIt ,
towva:Obstoniel, you cadt a ~ '
abookldhioC1frrhkWun
,imes~ which you desire .ta ne
ri:no of the ifost interetingutftba .l ~
-e on esseondAf~d aWOJ)a4 ~
qily the keeoppr. Az1ubMan9V
our etrance,and he Tuzef*v i *
t a surlyte tond ilegaot$h
t you 'uants"' JIooa ten ll&l
nuswish and shes -pieYs1 ayh~h
zy, shp will 1ou ItOf 4,~W~"~1
tat you are not-w tdho$
hops on thesgnin
to door "'e,?~4