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TR I-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., APRIL 1, 1880. LIVING. Not all of living lies In tihe swift ebb and flow that mei call breatth! Honto lives t row mightier from the touch of death, And scale immoital ikes. Most truly do thoso livo Whose deeds above the clinging mitt or titno Shine like a star from cloud!ons height sub limo, And such dEep yearnins givo, That the ptihe throbs atid thrills, To gain tihe sunmmits whenco tihe radiance streams. A nobler ttrain has cohoed thiougih our dreams, - And all our being fills. Wo jist with eager ears. Wo trace the path whiol seales tho mountain steep, We know they linger not for rest or sleep, Those men whose hopes and fears Still pointed upward, where Truth's niountain stream glermns whto be neath the sky: Thoy could not slako their thii t iin fountH that lie Beneath that upper a r. For them there isno dledath, In mortal giew they in iunortal Iuest. And to their goal, a nobl band abreast. Strive on with bated bn th. Nay. living Is not life; You cannot win it in a selfish dreaim, in sheltered vales besides a lotus stream; But in a ceasless strife A strike like this of yore Who, to save other-. dared the drat,on's foll! And Ltill the ravening wrong, though strong and bold. Mon coitiner as boforo The Spy. It was more than a hundred yeas ago, oin a bitter December night in the dark year of 1776, -that three persons were earnestly engaged in conversation, in a room of ia house on Second street, opposite Christ Church, in the city of Phillelphia. The dimly flaring light of a wax candle re vealed the group as they sat by the table an old man, a beautiful young woman and a youth attired in the Continental uniform. The topic upon which they conversed seemed to agitate them greatly. The od ina was especially nervous, and while -ie was speaking there suddenly caie a great dash of sleet against the window, and the startling crash of a banging shutter, that caused hin to start with a look of alarm, and lose the thread of speech. When lie resumed, lie said tremulously: "God be merciful to us all I These are evil times I Methought I heard the rattle of drunis and musketryl - May the good God defend us I" "Amen," said the young soldier rev erently. ''Go on, daughter!" continued the old man, addressing the girl. "Tell ius what this son of Belial hiath said to thee 'I ".1 will tell thee till," answered the young wonan, with tears in her eyes. "This man, Robert Esteleck hath been my cross for years H le hath tortured ine with his attentions-clained my heart and hand, although I spurned and despised himi, and dogg<d my steps everywhere. Have I not tolkl him that I was thy be trothed ?" laying her hand softly on the soldier. "The wife of thee, the brave Joseph Stamford I Ile knoweth no honor. Bnt to-day, lie telleth me unless I beconie his wife lie will bring disgrace and riln upon me and mine. lie taunted me-said to me, 'beware of ine if thou rousethi me 1' Heaven p)ity ime I What can I (10 to) avert hisa pursuit, his calumny ? To-day lhe hath even spoken to me the evIl-" "bt o more I4 ejatculated the soldier, grindhing lisa chair back upon01 the polishned floor, andl smitmng htis sword hilt wvith the pnalmt of htis hand. "Pieauce, Alice, peace in God's name I I have henurd enough !-I know all I Thist madd(ens mte ! This man, this monster of a Robert Esteleck shall not escape me iIe shall not'e*scape me ! ie shall not live. No, by heavens !" "W hat Is this ?" broke ini the old man, with ait exp)ression of aniger. "Mlad wvordls and malice I Man against man I Is this thy talk ? Prithece, let me have no more of it I Leave the wicked to God. 'Ven geance is mine, saith the Lord.'" This rebuke brought a spell of silence upon01 the place for a moment. lin an ini stant afterwards there was a great, knock at, the (1o01. "It's the wind," cried the 01(1 man, with a face of terror. The knocking continued louder and louder. Alice and the young soldlier, running with oneo Impulse to open the door, there enteredi twvo dripping figures. ''A bad nuighit, said one of them as he entered the roonh. "Yea, verily, friend 1" answered the man, peering at the newcomers, then coin tinuIng, ''Art thou ntot Captain 'Tamper ?" "Trhat is my name, and I present to you Corporal Best, at your service." "Anid your namne is Abraham Shtippen, if I mistake not ?'' said the ofilcer. "True, truie," said the old man ; "and Captain Tramper and Corporal Best are welcome to shelter, God knows. Draw near the fire, friends." "I am sorry to'say its a bad itight, and~ bad busintess biings us,"' said the officer. "There was a large meeting to day at the Indian Queen Hotel, on Fourth Street, re speeting iniplediatte action against spies, '1Iories, ad~d friends of thte King. Sleveral were implicated.. Among others, the Comn mtittee of Safety givsuthnaeooe Robert Esteleek." t h aeo n "Alh?" broke In the young soldier. "And oiie Joseph Stamtfordl" A scream from Alice. A sudden out burst from the others of, "Joseph Staim ford?" The young soldier rose up, anid bowling teethe officer, said excitedly: "At your ser vice, Captain Tamper? Joseph Statmford is present. Hie salutes his superior ofi1. "You are suspected of being a friend of George IIII" "That for Gea the lIT I" snapping hit fingers. "George Washiingtoin for mel" "You are accused of singing'God dave the King,' in this house." "WhVlat?" "TIhat is strange," broke In Alice. "We. are true patriot, all, Hesven bq 0ur witness!" "D)oes this look like loving the Kin;?' said the young soldier touching his military coat gnd sword. "la! hal It's a good Joke, Captaini A good joke!" "Friends," exclaimed the old man; "I'm a man, of peace, a Quaker. a foe of foes, an enemy of blood shedding, yet I am faithful to God and the American Union, and let no one dare insift the flag of our rights hi my house. I will fight for my hearth, my country and my God! We aro fricds of liberty here, not spies." "One can't tell friend from foe, these tinles, master,'' said Corporal Best. "We but do our duty," said Captain Tramper. "We have orders to hold our men until the Council of Safety decides!'" "But I am a friend of independence. I go to join Washington to-morrow," said Joseph. "So might tile gallant Robert Esteleck allege,"answered the captain. "Captain," said Joseph, "know you this man Esteleck?" "Not 1, comrade." "Then," returned Joseh, "let me tell you what he is like. Ile is like any other sneakhig, smiling, smooth-faced little vil lain you ever saw; wears his own red hai r tied up with black ribbon and powdered. Only lhe limps a little. A bullet wound they say. Oh I know hii!" "Where is lie?" asked the captain. "Every where;" answered Joseph, "aind In all disguises-but captain, on my parole of honor as a sol,lier, I promise to appear to-morrow before the Council and t:%ke oath of allegiance If need be. Leave ie alone for this night." "So be it," said the captain, "but we must find Esteleck. The town is Incensed against traitors and spies, and will mob your house if you harbor him. Can you point him out?" " (Good, sir." said Alice, "the man you seek hath often visited this house, but will doso 110 more. Though I hate him, I will not .0ander hhnuu1, lie is a true patriot and no qpy." "Tut, lilt!" blurted Joseph, "a patriot forsooth-a Tory scamp! a renegade! Art thou mad, Alice?" "We have 110 time to lose," said tihe of fleer brusquely. "Lady. farewell. Sol dier, reicemiber to-imerrow. Good nihrlit, masler." So saying, Captain Tamper and the corporal left the room abruptly, -fol lowed by Joseph, who opened the street door for them. "la, lia!" exclalneid the captain ats he looked across the street. "Did you mark that?'' A muffled flture sank into the shadow of the great churich opposite. "We nilst keep Our eyes open." "So, so!" cried Joseph. "There is some ilischlief afoot to-night. Captain, stay in tile neighborhood, for God's sake. That looks suspicious. Good-night to ye"-and Jose)h slammiied the door and rana shivering into the room. 'I'aste thee, while I hide myself behind these folding doors of the room." Alice opened the door to a tall man wrap ped in a wet cloth and wearing long horse man's boots-with a faint cry she recog nized him and strove to keep him out. He pulshed her aside gently and entered the parlor. Abraham Shippen glared at tie intruder a moment and then cried, "Evil o0 evil I Ilath the wicked night brought thee to punish us? Away wretch, or old as I am I will myself drag thee forth I Away Robert Esleleck; I will not harbor thee.'' Robert Esteleck smiled. Ile was always smiling, always simootI-voiced. lie threw off his cloak, and said "Peace, good sir. Listen to we, I am your friend, and you will find it out. Do you know the danger you are in? The British are even now at the threshold of the city. They will slay all! revenge and death await us! But 1 see a way to escape, I come to rescue you andl your (laughter--" "Stop !" inlterrufltedi Alice with a (de fiant goal urie. "Robert Esteleck, thou hiast, soulght to dlishionor Ime-do not insult me further. I forgive thee all. Yet I beg of thieo leave us inIstanItly. Thy life is lii (dan gelr. Already have t,he oflicers been here in search of thee. Stay not a moment. Forget thy wicd dlesignls and( save thyself. lUe quick! Tlhe town is alarmed against thee." Robert Esteleek smiiled at her, but his smile was tile smile of anger now I"0, mny beauty, I care not1 for mfysef nor care I for your devoted father there. I want you ! I will have you-('ome I" iIe seized0( her handl. She withdrew withI a scream, andl the old father clasping his hlands, cried, ''00( (lohver us from this scourge. At thlat instant thle folding do(ors flew openl. There stood Josep)h Stamford. The villain did( not forget his smile I He drew a pistol from his inner waistcoat and annued it at the solier. Piortunately the flintlock missedl fire. .Inl an instant more the 01(1 man wrenched thle weapon from the rascal's grasp. "I al-rest you as a traitor and( a spy," crIed Joseph, drawing his sword and rush. lug on Esteleok. "Give me your sword " TIho coward y'ielded( the wea pon without a wordl. ils face became lividl. "Alice, let in tihe oflcors!" cried Joseph, and( shIortly after-ward Capitain Taintpor and the Corporal, who hlad been1 wailing in anu alloy-way re-enitered. "Hlere's your .man," continued Joseph, breathlessly.- "A spy, a villain keeping up communication vyith1 thle enemy-carryIng on illicit tr'ate Murdering, thieovihg, dis guising imIself. 'rake him off, I have all the p)roofs. Toe-morrow tihe Council shal11 hear me1. Strip off his umuformn, lie disgraces the hloly catise .of Libert.y I Away with him!" And thley t'ook hhn well-guarded to thie old Walput street prison.. "I (did not toll thee for fear of jrking thee0,1 said Joseph, pressing tihe he'autlful Alice to his bosom, andl kissing her fair forehlead, "that this man fired twice at me on High street.". "Did lie lilt thee?" she asked wIth a face of fear, "Noe, beloved. '[hank %God, I escaped his shot. I have known him long as a spy. Hie wilt meet htis desserts now, lHe has been designing great evil hlere. I have all the p)apers, all tile evidence necessary to send him swiftly to the gallows. There, are n'lore like him hereabouts, Let his fate be a warning tot all traitors I" "Wish him no6 evil save Is own bitter thoughts," imiurnmi'ed Alhe., "For thly sake I forgive hIm, love," said the patriot, ;itut he ml1at meet his punish-1 nment. The times are hard and need herd Not mny days afto his event, a horse galloped furiously up r 90' Street, ,t lowed by a crowd shouting, "A prisor escapedI A Tory prisoner I Death to t spy I" Some friends of the prisoner had actual procured hn a horse to accelerate his eape. A soldier In the mob happened to flre the horseman, the steed made a spring a threw the rider over his head. They r to pick up the man. It was Robert jst leek. The bullet had not touched hi The fall had broken his neck, and lie w dead. Joseph Stamford caine back from t campaign with the title of Captain w earned, and withi a sabre cut in t shoulder, but Ie lived to see pence a union, not only in the country, but in 1 own home. With his own beloved Alice, t happy queen, id t lie three merry ci ldre life was to him anl) epoch of lappiness a blissful rest. How lig Is .11an! Somiehow when a ni's llind becoil really enlarged-say, like that of Bar Humboldt, and lie is able to place in foc more and more of the cosmos of which forms a part, the things ie at the outset his lire regarded as fihe largest get small Iud smaller, till at last that first inimen und ovel whelmilingly importalnt thing, hii self, becomnes so insignificant that it is on through a process of mental microscopy can discern his little identity among t imiinalcllm that float, swim, or wrigg [cross the field of view. Ilow big is a im 11yway? Well, lie is smaller than an e: p)haiit, and nll elephant is smaller than mountain, and a mountain is smaller thi the world, and the world is a mustard se Compared with tLhesuit, and the sin itself i; mlere mote in the dust cloud of spheres th1 stretchesout through tlie universe beyondI reach of .hought. Suppose we.could ma uIn exact model of the earth eighty feet diameter. Eighty feet in diameter wou be a pretty large ball as balls go on the fit of this planet. Assune, for the sake easy calculal ion, the diameter of the ear to he exactly 8,010 miles, and let us pr ceed to build our model to scale. A niou Lain five mniles high should represent on o modei 5-80,000th of 80 feet or 6.10 af inch. An elephant built in proporti should be 1-4,400th of an inch in heigl and an average man 7-52,800th of an in all. An army of 26,400 such men stanl Ing shoulder to shoulder in single straiu rank would require their general to gall .>ver the space of one inch to 1)ass thenI Lmnder review. With a smart horse of pi portionate size, ridden at a brisk gallop, nuld accomplhsh this (listaice in about liour. Viewe;l in this way a man is a me mite crawling over the face of the glol: yet lie has had tle arrogance to think t Lti-erse was formed for h-m more than f Alter insects, and that the Ruling Intel gence had him pre-eminently in view ringing order out of chaos. Seceig Through Wator. - Currents In the very bed of a river, or b icath the surface of the sea, may watched, as Mr. CampbuR informs us, 1 mi arrangement that smugglers used in ti )ld days. They sank their contraband ca ro when there was an alarm, and ti earched for it again by means of a so-call narinO telescope. It was nothing m han a cask, with a plate of strong glass ;he bottom. The man plunged the clost lad a few Inches below the surface, at mt Ih' head into the other end, and ti to saw clearly Into the water. 'I he gla mnd confused reflections and refractio Irom and through the rippling surface ie sea were entirely shut out by this co rivance. Seal hunters still use it. Wi his simlple apparatus the stirring life he seai bottomc can be watched at leisu mad with great distinctness. 8o far as tI o0ntrivanice enables mina to- see the lam inmder the waves, movements under wat lo0sely resenmble movementa under al deawveeds, like plant, bend before the gal lish, like birds, keep theoir heads to LI irream, and hang polsed on their fins; it alouds5 take the shape of wvater clouds tir, impede light, cast shadows acid tal shcapes which point out tho direction which currents flowv. It Is strange, at finm to htacA over a boat's side, peering into cow world, and the interest grows. The is excitement In watching big fish swo< iike hawks out of their seaweed forest aft t white fly suink to the tree-tops to -tem them; and Lice flight which follows is bett fun when plaInly seen. Mr. Campbell sum resti plate glass windows in the bottom t boat; it would bring mn andl flsh face race, acid the habits of thce latter could toisuirely watched. How he'd do It. Several men were gathered at the (10 >f a blacksmith shiop on Cass avenue, IJ ~roit, the other morning, when'a school-bi mot over nine years of age came along wi etears inhcis eyes, and one of the group'aske "WYhat's the matter, boy-fall down?" "N-ico, but I've got a hard 'rithmetle k con and 1 expeOct to get l.lickedh" was t: ma wer. "Let me see, I used to be kIug-bee 4 fractions." The man took the book, turned to t page, and read: "Rule 1-Find the least common nmli pie of the dlenominators of the fractions I the least commuon denominator. Diyl this least common denominntor by paci nominator and multiply both terms of t fratInabthe. quotle'nt obtained by ea4 Hie read the rule aloud acnd asked if am one could understand it. All shook thi heads, and then- continued. "Well, now, I thInk I should go to we anid discover the least uncommon agitat< I would then evolve a parallel accordi to the intrimsic dleviator andi punctuate t thcermomneter." "So would 11" answered every man chorus, atnd one of them added; "I' worked 'em out that way ~a thiouusa times!" No one of the men, all of whom were business and had made money,- could ev understand the working of te rule, mu less work examples by. It, and yet it 'i expected that a nine-year old boy should to the blackboard and do .every aunm a hand, --The' valu.e of lAnd Is so(depressed Ireland thaf, on No'w, 7, 1879*wh( Boe Satawr fered~ tQe ala_ b or Old Fushloned Ulardening. lie A learned writer under this head makes a ly plea for the old fashioned flowers and !s- modes of planting that have gone out in the prevailing new taste for carpet - beds, of at uniform color, leaf plants and masses of id smooth scarlet, Purple and white, of solid In ly planted flowers all of a kind. It cou o- trasts these with the old walled garden, ni. with its crooked peach an([ plum trees, as with here and there a bhady corner for liies of the valley, and the sunny exposure lie where the autunin violets were the first to l bloom. There was a wbalth and variety of lie pot-hcrbs: one wali was crowned with a id l>athli of yellow sedum; another wais fringed ,is with wall flowers, antid the old bricks he were often covered by a network of tjhe n, delicate and beautiful creeper, 'the niotlier id of millions." There ws the delightful smell of newly turned iould to mingle with the fragrance of a hedge of swe't peas, or of a bed of clove-gilly flowers. Sweet \Villianm and mignonette filled the vacant spaces, and the been from a row of straw hives were hunining over all. The lark a spur and t he lady slippe,- the double l>op py, double daisies, Pl.roiech lltalrirol(, le "with their strong headyjecent and glorIous of show for color," in sh4* the whole suc cession -of flowering pih in the same bed, dthese me till the (lif nce between the I0 old flower bed and the i (tern "aundscape" planting. An old Eg) 'h1 author, Parkin e son, who writes himse : "Apothecary of e Lond-mh, 1621)."' sets forg i this succession Ie of plants, "that doe so ive their flowers oIIne after antother that a their bravery is i not spent." In Parkinsi 's day It was too a early for the umense vitriety of roses; the i dainask and the briar ro4e and a few single A roses were till that found a place in his list, but not the eabbtage and most roses which at sem old-fashioned to-diay. There were e almost a hundred sorts of dalfodils, which L the "A pot hecary" intists shall all be called by their Shakespearian name and not soeie of them "Narcisses, when as all know that ce know any Latin e, that "Narcisses, is the La of tine, and Daffodil the English of one and the t same thing. I would willingly, therefore, that all would grow judicious and call [- everthing by his proper English natme in tr speaking English, or else by such Latine namec as everthing hath that hiath not at proper English name, that thereby they' 't may distinguish the s-vural varieties of things and not confound them." It is often I- asserted that vegetables formed a small hit part of the (liet of Englishmen in preceding centuries-but it appears that they had till il the vegetables now in ordinary (E nglish) use, and more variety of salads. They used e sorrel for sauce, and imade tarts of spinach as well as of rhubarb aid gooseberries. Red lettuce, red onions were grown in the re garden, and a Spanish onion, which is el "very sweete and eaten by -nany like an ie apple, " wts (esciibed. There is a curious r nixture in the old book of fragrant scents from the garden, tAnd the ''vertues" of plants and herbs and the apothecary of liarles the First's time believed that "the flowers of the white kind (lily of the val ley) are often used with those things that hel) to strengthen the meinory and to pro cure case to apoplectic persons." A.t hose great houses, "where head gardeners are kept at a salary which would support ) two curates," the modern carpet beds of - flowers are as nuch *an appendage of style as the liveried footmen or the stables of T sleek horses. But the home-care of flowers. in the windows or in the yards of cities, as re voll as inl the country Plots, can gain much A by a study of these old varieties In their id blooming tangle among the grass-grown m alleys, and whose very names bring back re their fragrance to people who know th-in in their youth. .. Not to be Fooled. h f A young man of about twventy-thiree re years of age, with neither money inor the is I,rosp)ect of getting any, canmo to the coni ui elusion that the best thing lie could (10 or 'would be to marry a "rieh 'wife" and live r. on her motney. Among his many acquaint e; ances was a widow lady of about twic his ue age, with three chil :rei, but 'with a steadly 1(d income of twvo thousand a year. . Her hie Li resolved to marry, and, In ordler to culti me vat her friendship, lhe took her presents of In flowers and fruit, and gave the children .t, books and1( rIdes oni his horses. TIh,e lady a kindly received his attentions, gave himt re the liberty of her house, and .treated him p like a younger brother in every respect. or The young fellowv, interpreting lier kind pt ness to suilt himself, and believing lie hadl or nothing to do buit ask her, ventnred one p- evenling on the subject in the followinig of manner: Ie to "I 'wonder very muchi 'why you don'tre >e marry, Mrs. L-." "Simply beeause no one wants a 'widow with three children." "I know one who 'would 1)0 proud to have you andl your (lear children;" saidl the wooer, fceling the worst was wvell over. or "Indeed, you are miost flatteintg this evening.". '"No, I am not flattering. I love you, andwould be prould to be your hiusband.'' She looked coldiy on him; then replied; "You mean you would be proud to own B- my money, sir. 1 have been vastly deC 1C celved in you." Then p)ointlg to the door, site conitinued: "Leave my house, and( mn while 1 lIve, never (lare to reetnter it." 1o Whlere the Apostles Rest. rChurch authorIties state, that the remains leof the Apostles of Christ are now In the ~-following p)laces: . Seven are in Rome2 namely, Peter, PhilIp, James the Lesser, hJude, Bartholomew, Matthias and Simon. iThree are in the Kingdom of Naples, Mat thow at Salerno, Andrew at Amalfl, and' YThomas at Ortona. One Is In Spain, Jtimes ri the Greater, whose remains are at St. Jago k <do Compostella. Of the body of St. John the Evangelist, the remaining one of the *twelve, there is no knowledge. The Evan A gelists Mark and Luke are also in Italy Sthe former at Venice and the latter at Padua. St. Paul's remains are also be in leved to b)0 in italy. Peter's are, of course, Cin the chui-ch at Rome, whicli Is called after him, as are also those of Simon and Jude. Those of James the Lesser and 'of InPhilip are In the Church of the Hoily on Apostles; Bartholomew's in tl e church on oh the Island in the Tiber ealled after him; as Matthias' are in the Santa Maria Mia*ggiore, ~o undler the great altar of the renowned Basi ~ lca. JE LLY CAuKE.-Take one cup ofrsugar, in four eggs;one cup of flour a hair tea n spoonful of sweet hnlk, uiR teasp)oonl it tol of creAh of tartir mis# d in four. re 24 e in 4iVn tin, thiefrpracIw4d roH et liegg Lost in the Sno1W. Amonig the dangers of the winter in th Pass of St. Uothard Is the fearful snow storm called the "guxeten" by the German and the tourmente or "tormenta" by th Swiss. The mountain snow differs in forr as well as in thickness and specific gravity froni the star-shaped snow-flakes on th, lowtr heights and in the valleys. It I quite floury, dry and sandy, and therefor very light. When viewed through a micro scope it assumes at times the form of littli prismatic needles, at other times that of in numerable small six-sided pyramids, fron which, as from the morning star, littl points Jut out on all sides, and which drivel by the wind, cut through the air witi great speed. With this fine ice-dust of thi mountain snow, the wind drives its wilt game through the clefts of the high Alp tluid over the passes, particularly that of St Uotlhard. Suddenly it tears up a few hui lIred thousand cubic feet of this snow, am whirls it up high into the air leaving it t< lie mercy of the upper current, to fall t< 1ho ground again in the form of the thickes imow storm, or to be dispersed at will Ilk glittering ice crystals. At times the win weeps up large tracts of the dry.ice dust., mid pours them d[Own ipon at deep-lyinj valley amid the mountains, or on the sum mit of the passes, obliterating in a lem ieconds the laboriously excavated miountait road, at which a whole company of rutner: have toiled for days. All these appear inces resemble the avalanches of other Alp. bIt, cannot be regarded in the saie light a tlie true snow storm, the tormenta or guxe Lon. This is ncomilamrably more severe, 1ild hundred( on hundreds of lives hav< fallen sacrifices to its fury. These hav< iiiostly been traveling strangers, who eithei Aid not distin1guish the signs of the comii 3torm, or in proud reliance on their owi power, iefused to listen to well-meani warnings, and continued their route. Al most every year adds a large number oi Victims to the list of those who have fullen : prey to the snow-storm. History at Ohe oral tradition of the mountains recort inanly incidents of accidenis which hav< b)een oceasioned by the fall of avalanches, During the Bellinzona, war, in 1478, as ti ,onlfed(erates, with a force of 10,0o miei were crossing the St. Gothard, the Inel 01 gurich were preceding tile army as van. ;uard. They had just refrd'shed thiemselvei with some wine, and were marching up lit wild gorge, shouting and singing, in spit< >f the warning of their guides. Then it he heights above, an avalanche was sudden. y loosened, which rushed down )ipon the road, and in its iipetuous terrent buriet dxty warriors far below in the Reuss, it rull sight of those following. On the 12th of March, 1848, in the so. 'alled Plauggen, above the tent of sheltel it the Mlatelli, thirteen men who were con. veying the post, were thrown by a violenl tvalanche into the bed of the Reuss, witL heir horses and sledges. Three men, 'athers of families, awl nine horses wer< tilled; the others were saved by hastiI3 uinmoned help. But one of their deliver. ,rs, Joseph Muller, of Hospenthal, met f lcro's death while engaged 'in the reScue, lie had hastened to help his neighbors mt in the district called the "Harness' to and two others were over. ovieined by a second violent avalanche, ind lost their lives. In the same year th< )ost going ill) the mountain froni Airoh was overtaken by an avalanche near th< touse of the shelter at Ponte Tremola. A raveler from Bergamo was killed; the resi scaped. History tells of a most strikinf escne from an avalanche on the St. Gothard, In the year 1028, Landammen Kasper, ol Brandienburg, the newly chosen Governoi )f llelonz, was riding over the St. Gothard, 'rom Zug, accompanied by his servant ain faithful dog. At the top of the pass tht )arty was overtaken by an avalanche whici lescended from the Lucendro. The dof done Shook himself free. His first car< was to extricate his master. But when lh< inw lie could not succeed in doing tis, h< iastened back to the hosp1ice, aiid there, by p)itiful. howling and whining, announilce hat an accident had happened. Tin andlord and his servant set out lhnmediatch~ withi shovels and1( pickaxes, and followei lhe dog, which ran qjuIckly before them, rhiey soon reached the place where th< ivalanchie had fallen. Here the faithfu log stop)ped suddenly, plunged his face in, .o the snow, and began to scratch it up, arking and whining. The nien set t( work at once, and after a long and dhilcull albor succeeded Iln reselling the Landam. nani, soon afterwards his servant; they wer< othi alive, after spending thirty-six fcarfu riours beneath the siOwv, Opp)ressed by th( nost painful thoughts. They had hearo lie howlinir anad barking of the dog quit< )lainly; ando had noticed his sudden de. )lirtulre, and the arrival of their dleliverers; lhey had he~ardo thema talking and working, without being able to movo or utter a sound,. l'hie Landammnan's willl ordained that at: mage of the faithful dlog should1( be scalp uredl at hIs feet on his tomb. '['his mon nent was seen till lately in St. Oswald'u .huirchl at Zuig.. One Ilurglair's Consolence. Reginald was a p)leasant old gentleman with a fine sense of humor. He had con ilderable property, and lived on Wimbie .lon Common. Hie had one beautiful daughter-but tha is not to the point. One afternooni, as Old Reginald, wa mailng books in his drawing room It wa lnnouncedi to him that a Common SIan do ired to speak with -hm. HIe gave orders that the Common Mat ihould be adimittedl. And admitted til< Dolfmmonl Man was. Hie was a very common -man, indeed, 1'all, shambling, ill-looking fellow, with ai irresolute manner and shrinking eye. HIe was dressed as costermongers are dresse< when foilowing their calling. "What is your pleasure, good air ?" sak old Reginald. "Beg pardon, guv'nor," said1 the Conm mon Man "'I hope you won't be hard oi "Not at all," replied Old RegInald. "1'mYi-.i'm a burglar," said the Commot AlIan. "Indeed i"' saId Reginald. "Take ahiair." "Thank-you, kindly, guv'nor, " said he "but I'd rather stand." And lie did stand. So far there is nothIng very incredlible ii nmy story.- But it gets more remarkable a it goes Ori. "How do yvot like your profession I" salt Old~ Reginald. *"Well,igv'nor,1' said the tCommon Man "Idon't )i. eIt noways, andi thet1. 1 a a 60 6 0 gang of twelve wot's working these parts just now. We cracks cribs by turns. It's -it's my turn to-night." s And the burglar wept like a,child. "This, I presume, is remorse," said old i Reginald. "No, Guv'nor, it ain't remorso," said the burglar. "It's funk." '"[lie sain6 thing, " said Reginald. "It ain't the being a burglar that I object to. It's the having to connit burglaries. I like the credit of it, sir; its the danger I object to." "I sec." "Now, by the laws of our gang, we're bound to crack cribs in turn. That Is to say, one of us crackR the cribs while the other eleven steps outside and gives the olfice." "I thought burglars always worked in twos or threes ?" said Old Reginald. "1P'raps I ought to know best," sug I gested the burglar. 'Perhaps you are right. Indeed, I am sure you ought. What crib do you pro pose to crack to-night ?" '"This here one." Yourn. "'Oh !" And Old Reginald prepared to ring t,he bell. "Please (lon't do that, guv'nor. You ain't never agoin' to give ine into custody ?" I "I think I had better." "No, no, guv'nor ; don't do that. Listen to ie llrst. I ain't agoin' to hurt you. It's iuy turn to crack your crib to-night. Now, will you help ie ?'" "1 hardly see my way," said old Regi nold, thoughtfully. "Still, if I can be of illy ulse- -" "GLook here, guv'nor, each member of our gang is bound to get fifty pounds worth of swag away from each crib Ie cracks. If he don't, lie's shot. Now, I see a handsome silver salver and coffeepot and cream jug as I came iln here. Wot might. be the value of that handsoime silver salver and colfee pot ?" l'hie cream-jug is electro. The coffee pot, with sugar basin and salver may be worth live and forty pounds." "That's near enough. I'll take em. Here's a 1liinsy for fifty quid." And Ie handed Old Reginald a baik note for the amount. "Still I don't quite understand "I wan't you; guv'nor, to be so good as t to leave your bedroom window open to- I night, and place that silver and them silver traps where I can get 'eim. I shall have I cracked my crib, bagged ily swag and I made myself safe until iy turn cane roun<d again." ",Certainly." said Old Reginald, holding up the note to the light. ''But, let ic ask, how can you afford to paty so handsomely for your depredatiou ?" "There was a dozen on us, sir. Each on us cracks a crib once in four months, and each swag's at least fifty pounds worth -often more, but at least that. After each plant the profits are divided. Last quarter th6 twelve cribs cracked brought us in eleven hundred pounds-that's ninety odd pounds upicce. When my turn comes I pay a fair price for the fifty pounds worth of swag (for I have been honorably brought up), ind f get'.s forty pound to the good. And forty pounds a quarter Is a hundred an( sixty pounds a year. And I lives on it. Sometimes it's more,-now and then it's less, but whatever it Is, I lives on it." And the honest fellow took a receipt for the note and departed. Ok( Reginald was as good as his word. IIe left his bedroom window open and 1 placed the salver where the honest burglar wts as good as lis; word, and at 2 o'cdck In the morning lie came and found it. So far all was simple and straightforward enough. But now comes the curious and incredible part of my story. The fifty-pound note was part of the pro ceeds of a p)revious burglary. The nmber of the note was known, and traced to Old Reginald, who had to account for its being in hIs possession. Now the twelve burglars had in the< meantime been. arrested by the police (this< also Is incredible), and were condemned to penal servitude for life. So Old Reginald had no hesitat.ion in stating the facts as I have stated them. No one believed hm, as no one will me. So lie app)ealed to the honest burglar to corroborate his story. But the honest burglar, having discovered the whole thing, coffee-pot, salver and all, was the comtnonest clectro, was so shocked at Old1 Reginald's dishonesty, that not only did1(1 le declite to corroborate his story, but actually, and I thmnk very properly, identi fied him as an accomplice. Aiid 01(1 Reginald was also sentenced to penal servitude, and lie and the honest burglar worked for years together on the samte works, and had many opportunities of talking the nmatter over from its moral, sociial and polItical point of viewv. flow to be Miserable. Sit by the winidow andI look over the way to your neighbor's excellent manision'which lie has recently built, and1 paid for, and fitted out, saying: "Oh that I was a rich man!" eet angry with y'ouri neighbor, and think you have not a fricnid In t,he world. Shed a tear oi- two, and take a walk In the burial giund, continually saying to yourself: "'When shall I be burIed'liere in" Sign a note for a friend, andl never forget your kindness, and every hour in the day whisper to yourself : "I wonder If lie will ever pay that niote ?" Think everybody means to cheat you. Closely examine every bill you take, and dhoubt its being genuine until you have p)ut the owner to a great (heal of trouble, Put1 confidence in nobody. and believe every one you trade with to be a rogue. Never accomimodate if you can possibl1 help it. Never vIsit the sick or afflicte(, and never give a farthintg to assist tIhe poor. Buy as cheap as .30ou can, and screw down ho the lowest cent. GrInd the faces and hearts of the Unfortunate. Brood over your misfortunes, your lack of talents, and believe that at no distant day you wvIll come to want. Let the workhouse be ever in ydur mind, with all the horrors of distress and poverty. -Follow these recipes strictly, and you will be miserable to your heart's content-itf*& 'may so speak-sIek at heart and at tariailos a wi4h the world. Nothing will cheer or. en courage you-sQtdng throw a gleam of sun.~ shine or a ray of warpmth itrtyour heart.. * Any father who -would go ouit and r pa aa top oV, his (rfl nga, after I d ~ pi~e lot to aUsense of hu FOOD FOR THOUGHT. The actor Is the only artist whose work dies with him. Dro.wing Is the masculine side of art, color the feminine. le is a good mai indeed who does all the good he talks of. We are all apt to believe what the world believes about uY. 'T1ne only real bitter tears are those which are shod in solitude. During the autumn gales the volume of nature is full of Ily-leaves. ' It takes longer to get a little out of a wise Uan than to empty a fool. Sweetening one's coffee is generally Lhe first stirring event of the day. 'The rays of happiness, like those of light. are colorless when unbroken. It Is possible for a ian to know his :wn mind and yet know very little. The man who does not help us at the right moment does not ielp us at all. Soap-boilers and hide-workers have proved to be exempt froi yellow fever. We imust not look-around on the uni. verse with awe, and on man with scorn. As live trees bring forth new fruit ;o do live nen bring forth new ideas. The bachelor has to look ou t for i in Jor one-the married inan for numbur wo. Thy friend has a frricnd, and thy riend's friend hats a friend: be dis ,rcet. A practical Joke Is poor fun, because Ihe laugh doesn't reach all the way tround. Boys under sixteen years of age are loL permitted to smoke in certain cities i Germany. The right thingi the wrong place i8 love-letter .written on a tkiourning iheet of paper. it, Is traver to keep your griefs to 'ourseula than to maike others miser Lble with them. Men regret more what they say than ,vhat they do. Mora--Keep your so .rets to .ourself. In the march of life, don't hold the >rder of "right about" when you know eou are about right. Some persons have such natures that hey cannot be bad, as some are, so that hey cannot be good. It does not follow that a blacksmith tas no virtues because he la always to )e found at his vice. By taking revenge, a man Is but ven with his enemy; but in passing >ver it, lie is superior. It is easier to neglect the debts you )% e to others than to forget those vhich others owe to you. He that runs must read-a good many hings concerning his character, es-. >ectally If lie runs for ofilee. The wise man stands firm in all ex remities, and bear' the lot of his hu nanity with a divine temper. One of the most important rules of he science of manners is an absolute llence In regard to yourself, In Shakespeare's time there was "a ide in the aflIrg of mien;" nowtI Ide Is in the affairs of wornen Love and enmity, avertion and Lra nottible whetters and quickeners of he spirit of life in all aninals. Slander soaks luto the mind as water uto low and marshy places, where it ecomes stagnant and offensive. No man is called on to lose his own mlance for the advancement of the w'orld In aniy p)artieular direction. The best foundation on which to )uild your hopes of preferment is the :onselousness that yoru-deserve it. Th'ere is a hell t believe It so that you nay a-void it. Thtere is a heaven ; be ieve it so that you may obtain it. True liberty conisists ini the privilege >f enjoying our own rights--not in the lestruction of tihe rights of others. The worst thing about a m'bsquito is r.s long soliloquy as to whe'n and where t had better settle down and bite. It would tire the hands of an angel to s'rite down all the pardons that God be tows up)on the true, penitent believers. Slander is a voice thazt strikes a dou aie blow, woundIng both him that comn nlits and againist whomi it Is committed. Love, like fire, cannot exist wIthout ontinual movement; as soon as iit ~eases to hope and fear it ce'ases tu >xlst. The'law of food is that mamn should sat what Is good for him, ait such timnes mdic in such quatitles as nature re juires. T.lhere ame some persons On whbm heir. faults sit wvell, and dhers who ire made ungraceful by ioir good iualities, There is a great deal of unnapped ountry which would have to be taketn into account in an explanation of gusts ind storms. Th'ie diamond fallen into the dirt ia not the least p)recious, and the dust r'aised by high winds to heaveni is not the less vle. HEave patience awhile; slandeirs arc not long lived. Truth is the chilhd of r'ime; ere long she shall appear to vin ]ieate thee. H-ugging sorrow is not the way to lessen it, though like time nettle, trou ble stings less when It is firmly grasped and not feared. When bad men combine' thme good must associate, else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a con.. temptible struggle. HEave nothing to do with any man In a passion, for mena are not Jike iron to be wrought out Wheon hot, or mouldod into any given form. The worthiest people are the mostin. lured by slander, as .we.usus)y find that to be the finest frui.6 wlich thme birds, have been pecking at. If we could reNci thie seerst history oIf ' ur- enefnleA, *e slibuld fi'nd in each man's life sorrow and'suffdring enoug to isaVtm all hostg$tg,. g Many WW %nn ts reRebed4 he summit )f4lfme and t.et lop9ried d(0 n into the istiible Val .j' he Oamhe <from, andi Every persmon'd natttra Weight of af. Iietion is ' frequentlyi matie more un *hIdA , treachery The ebAs tIn the ora- ' torio, bits ifi&he i when It, speaks frothuIts tetait -Jife tones of' to ldern9R9, ArtA aj~ yl9