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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. _ __ __ A2Le a 29____ EDI-IO- WINNSBORO, S. C., APRIL 29, 1880. VOL. IY.-NO. 52. RATTLE OF THE BONES. How many bones in the human face? Fourteen, when they all are in place. How many bones in the human ear? Eight, my ohild, as I ve often said. How many bones in the human head? Three in each, and they help to hear. How many bones in the human spine? Twenty-six, like a olimbing vine. How many bones of the human chest? Twenty-four ribs and two of the rest. how many bones ho shoulders bind? Two in each, one bofore. one behind. How many bones in tho human arm? In eaoh arm one; two in each fort-arm. How many bones In the human mrist? Eight in each, if none are missed. How many bones in the palm of the hand? Five in each, with many a band. How many bones In the fingers ten? Twenty-eight, and by joints they bond. How many bones in the human hip? One in eaoh; like a dish they dip. How many bones in the human thigh? One In each-and deep they lie. How many bones in the human knees? One in each-the knoo-pan, please. How many bones in the log from thu knee? Two in each-we can plainly see. How many bones in the ankle strong? Boven in each-but none are long. How many bones in the ball of the foot? Five In each; as inthe palms wore, put. How many bones in the toes half a score? Twout3-eight, and there are no more. And now, all together, these many bones fix And they count in the body two hundred an six. And then we have In the human mouth, Of upper and under, thirty-two tooth. And we now and t'hon bav a bono, I shoul think, That forms on a joint, or to fill up a chink. A gesamold bone, or a Wermian we call, And now we may rest, for we've told them al My Charlie. My Charlie was the most unromantic an( matter-of-fact fellow that ever existed .He would read an old almanac any time i preference to a volume of poems, and whl I told him one day about the trials and sul ferings of that dear " Claude Clonett," i Stringemont's new novel, he coolly aske me, when I had finished, if "C. C. tool sugar or drank his whisky straight. " Oh my I what a trouble lie was to me, and really do not know how I ever came to tol orate him. He wouldn't act one bit like hero, and when he said "gGood bye" at th gate, after spending the evening with me he would walk straight away through th field whistling " Yankee Doodle," ani never turn and kiss his hand to me once. Then when I flirted just a little with nice fellow to make my Charlie jealous, h never said one word, and I had expected h+ would vow vengeance on the nice follow and threaten to take prussic acid himself. No, there was no romance In Charli Marsh. He drank two cues of coffee fo breakfast, ate lots of pork and beans fe dinner, and poured down three cups of te for supper. His hair wits always parted o the right side of his hcad,a moustache neve graced his lip, and his voice, -instead c being soft arid low and sweet, was lou< and coarse like the sound of a bass viol. It will be proper to state, before I g any further, that Charlie was my pronmise husband; and I think lhe loved me, al though ho was unrotmant Ie. As 1 sai before, how I came to love him has al way been a profound mystery to me, for lie wa as different fronm my ideal as night is fror day ; and whten he prop)osed to me, place of dropping on his knees and tellin mue that I was the whlole world to him an he could never, never, never exist eiie mc meat without me for his guiding star, h just tturned to me one evening, as we wver sitting together iii the parlor, and said, a coolly as you pleaso: " Sis "-that's whui he always called me-" you know I hav been head over heels in love with you fe more than two months; won't you lbe Mrs Marsh, and make a fellow happy?i " Head over hiels In love " with me wvhat an expression I I was really shockel and I never ought to have said " yes,'1 bu I took pity on the poor fellow, because thought he sincerely loved me, and woul, become more sensib)le in time. I do uc hink I would have loved him so well I Pa hadi not detested bhm. Pa did not lik him, because it was rumored t,hat lia greot grandfather sold peanuts on an oli ferryboat ; but I never beOlieved it. Pa a last forbade him the house ; but that mad meo all the more anxi6us to see my Charlik and we met under the great maple tree ie, of course, should have proposed a elopement ; but lie was too matter-of-fac to ever think of it ; and when I asked hiri what we had betteu'do uinder the circuni -stances, lie thought for a few moments an said: "I think I'll give your father a geo thrashing when I catch him out, and the he will think better of me. " " No, Mr. Marsh," breplied, " you'll d no such tihing. Just lay your finger on pi and I'ha never speak' to you again while live. n I said this In such a tragic manner tIu poor Charlie could do nothing but stan and look at me and whistle. " What-shmall we do tihan?" he asked. "tWhy, if yrou are too dumb to think, will tell you, I answered, feeling dhreat fumlly provoked at hm. " To-night, whe pale JLna has-". " What's that ?" lie asked. " The moon," I- returned, in'patieritly " and you will oblige me by. not interrup ng me again. When pale Luina has attn to rest behind the horizon, and otir cottag is huished in silence, coine steathmily to i back yaftd, and-" '"Ihtt confounded dog 'will got aft< meB I." tirefy out of patienc, "if yrdti interr6j hle coheo more, I will leave you, and retui to hoh -and if it is, throw a little gravel stone against my window, and I will appear to you likts Juliet did to Romeo-" " But where wvill that dog be--". " Silence! " I said ; " I will see that the dog is shut up In the kitchen. Don't in. terrupt me aguiu, please. I will be all ii readiness to leave my father's mansion, and you must stand beneath my windov and catch me, for I will have to jum: down-" " Suppose you should fall and skin your nose? " said he. I could not stand that. All patience was gone, and I commenced to sob hysteri cally. "Don't cry, 8is," he said, tenderly, taking me In his arms. " L'il see that you do not fall. ''ell me the rest of the pro gramme, and I'll listen in silence. " I then ceased sobbing. amt resumed: "After we are safely -t.-iy froim the grasp of my cruel pa, I will hecome your own wife forevor ; and then we will return to him, fall on our knees and ask foirgive ness. Do you like my plan, dear ? " "All right, Sis; your arrangement Is A No. 1. 1 Will do exactly as you say. When pale what-you-nmay-call it has sunk to rest, a chap of my inches will be about." "That's a dear Charlie," I replied ; "you'll try and be good hereafter, and have a soul above buttons, won't you? And now I must return hone. 'Tra-la-la till to-night. " And, kissing my hand to him, I turned and walked home. It was awfully dark. Murky, sombre clouds floated through the sky, and hid pale Luna completely from view. I had everything in readiness to leave my fathei'' house ; and I sat by the window of my cosy chamber awaiting the sound of the gravel stone against the pane. It came at lst, with a sharp crack that mn ,le te half jump from my chair, and silentlj I slid the sash up as high as it would go. - Arc you there, dear Charlie ? " I asked 3 in a low voice. " Yes," was the reply, and his head ap poured on a level with the window-sill. "I got on this hogshead, and now I can lift you out easily. Is that dog shut up I safely ? " " He Is, I replied, "and now help me out. Be careful. That hogshead is full of water, and the cover is weak-O, gra cious I " - My admoniti.,n came too late. Our combined weight was too much for the cover-it gave way, and in we both went up to our necks in water. "Just as I expected," said Charlie, climbing out. " You're a brute I "- I returned. " Lift me out of this, " IIe did so, and at the very moment I was deposited on the ground, pa and the dog Towser, appeared on the scene. "There's that dog I " cried' my lover, and he disappeared over the garden fence in a twinkling. [ "What means this?" asked my cruel - father. I made no reply ; but pushing past himn e I entered the house, ran up to my room, and had a niee long cry. I would never see Charlie again, and ho married a widow i with five children. f Poor fellow I I pity *himl "I Licked IMn.0 "Now, Mrs. Roosmyer.' said his lionor, "what do you want a warrant for?" "Foor my husband, so much I know." s "What's lie's been doing?" r "I licked him.'' r 4t You licked him!'' "I licked him. Und I got right py dose." "How do you make that out?" . r "Ven I told you, then you find out. Iix f his dinner so he go py his vork. Then he I catch his hand pehint and say he got a Paih in his pack. So lie d16 clown on the lounge 3 und groan like be vas very pad. Vez lie I feels petter It vas too late to go py his v6rk, - so lhe say lhe go mit the greek and cateh' I some fish. Hie don'd goome pack pefoye 'it s vas nighid, undl all the fishi vat lhe got vas as B a meesrable leedIle puliheadt what you could'd ground; put tie smell like some peer i parrels more ash diwendy dimies. Und (den I he say: .1 "What for sup)per aind( ready" - "I tell him you schplit seome of dlose fire a wood iund I dalk mit you. Thlen lhe catch a l)y his arm und schircam: a '"Oh I I got the roomasticks!" t "So you can'd schplit some wood?" I a say. r hiNein. Ohi! ohi dose roomatickel dose roomiaticks I" he kept on griveing. Then I vas madder ash you dink. Und I say: t"Yen you'dold tme you got a baini in your pack, I say nothing. Und ouf you got d (ooble up en accoulnd youi got some1 ot (lose i roomaticket I say it was all righd. Put, by t golly, ouf you (lose bain in the pack und f dlot roomaticks von don'd gome only ven a you got somie voi-k to (10, thea I. lick you t on sighd." i"Very w'ell, if you licked him what'do> t you want, a warrant for?' y "Oh.accouimd he shall be locked ouid the , ay so I put smear case on miy own b)rod, ,lby shimimeny. Vot you dinks?" A Duel on Ho,seoback. 1 The Earl of (Glencairi challunged Lieut. -Gen. Sir George Munro for grossly oppro Sbrious language used by himn towards the Highland troops, as being "no other thani a Spack of thieoves and robbers." They met a In a field near Dornuch, "by gray daylight. They were both well mounted on horseback; 0 enoki of thiem were to have one pIstol, after discharging which they wvere to fight I ihbod-swvords. Thme pistols were fired without doIng harm. They then engaggd at with their swords, and, after a few liasses, ii my Lord had the good fortune to give Sir George a sore stroke on the bridle-hand, whereupon Sir George cr141 out that he'was I not ab)le to coumniand is 'horse ; Jand I hope,' says ho, 'you will fIght me on foot.' 'Ye earle,' says my Lord, 'I will let you know that P'm a mhatch for you either oni foot or -horseback.' Whect9upon 'they both ialighted ; and at the first bout nfyTord gave hnm a Bore stroke on the browv, ahomt :an inch above his eyes, which bled so much :0 that lie could not see. Ills Lordship~ was 0going to thrutat him through the body : but John WiIte, his than,pusheod tip his sword, r and -said: 'You had enough of him, liy Lord'. is Lordship, In a passion, gave hIflVThtke over time shoulders, and theni Itook his hors and camne to hIs quarters. unr-o -a bpbrother went to head4qitar.. r o b4Jt h fitado, for the bleeding ivocM-zna Their ony atten ats b and $atfl gWoi~,oned -s Othad bit ti Foled by a Vuman. '"Madam, it is my duty to arrest you!" "You dare not 1" Trhe lips were white with passion rather than fear, and the lady stood before me like a lioness at bay. Even then 1 could not help but note the splendid beauty of this grand lady. 'Tall and slender, eyes black and flashing-almost, lurid now ; the spec tacle she presented, standing there in the middle of the apartment, was more the ap pearance of a queen than a hunted crimi "I must," I replied. "I do not doubt your innocence; looking in your face, it Is not marked with guilt. But I am constrain ed to do my duty madam, however inimical it may be to my feelings." "Will you allow mec to change my dress?" she said in a tone almost pleasant. I 'l'he hard lines around the mouth had re laxed, and the passionate glow of the face gave way to a pleasant smile. ''Certainly, I will wait for you here. "1 wish to send a nwssagc for a friend; will you allow him to pass ?" "Certainly.'' This was my first interview with Eu genia Cormille. I had seen her here for months, the leader of our gayesc and most fashionable society. In her splendid man sion she dispensed the most profuse and elegant hospitality. A Spanish lndy---a wittow, she had rc presented herself-and had been a resident here almost a year. No one ever suspected her of being aught but what she seemed, until one (lily I was ordered to ai rest her as a murderess. It was now alleged, said Mir. F., that the young beauty was none other than the woman who had poisoned her husband in Havana, and lied with aI! his wealth. An immense reward was olered for her appre hension, and the circumstances that had conic to our knowledge pointed her out be yond all doubt as the person we were in search of. Yet the person who had recog nized her the evening before at the theatre advised us to be careful lest she should escape us. I laughed at the idea. Mir. 1 -and myself were suilcient t) arrest a lady. We weic old enough in the ways of cunning to defeat any such atttenl)ts. When the lady left me, I stepped to the w.duw and said to Mr. ! , who was waiting at the door "'The lady desires to sendi a friend; suffer him to pass. Almost at the same instant the door of the apartment the lady entered was opened, and i youth--apparently a mulatto boy canle out and passed hurriedly through the room into the hall, andi from thence into tIhle street. It was no doubt the messenger, I thought, and I picked up a book and com nenced reading. Nearly an hour passed, and still the lady did not mtce her appearance or did the boy return. The friend she ha'd sent for must live at some distance, or the lady is unusual ly careful about her toilet, I thought; and so another hour went by. At last 1 grew nipatient and knocked at the door. "Madam, I can wait no longer." There-wvas no reply. I knocked repeat edly, and at last lertermined to force an entrance. Straige four harassed inc. I began to suspect, 1 knew not what. took but a moment to drive in the door, and once in that apartment the mystery was revealed. The robes of the lady lay upon the floor, and scattered over the room were suits of boy's wearing apparel, similar to that worn by the mulatto. On the table was a cosmetic that would stain the skin a light, delicate brown. I was foiled for a surety, the lady had escaped in .the guise of a messenger. I should have detected the ruse; I felt hu mililsted, and determined to redress my orrOr.. I knew she would not remain in the city a moment longer than wav necessary. I hurried to her banker's and found she hait dram u the amount duo her an htou- be fore. "Who presented thle check't" I asked the clerk. "A mulatto boy. It, was maitde pafyale to bea-er." Tihere was yet a chance, TVhe Fr'lench stet,mer left within an hour ; It was possible she would seek that means of escape. jumpe)d into a cab and arrived tho'e ten mninutes before she k-ft the wharf, just in time to assist an aged, dcei etea into the cab)in. dceI.gltela There were fewv passengers ; none answer ing thle description of the p(.risoni I soulght. I wais ini the act of turning awvay whlen a hackmian app)roached me with the remar-k: "Alr. F.. did you see that old mall on boar-d; lie had a long white beard and haiir that fell on his shoulders't" "Yes." "Well, sir, there's somect.hing cur-ious about him." "WYhy, sir, wvhen he got into 11y3 carriage he was a miulat,to boy, and wvhen lie got out lhe was pn 0o(1 man" I will not, rep)eat the exp)ressign I used then-it was neither- polite nor relned--for I knew the vessel wold( be far out to sea before she could be overtaken. I was f.ed by a wvoman. Nor could I help rejoicing, nowt thalt tihe chase was over, thatt shle'lhad escaped. Innocent or guilty there was a charm about her nIone cold resist. Th'le spell of her wondrous beauty affected all who ap proached h'er. it lingers int my memory yet; and 1 could not have the sin of he.z blood upon my conscience. A Deadly Iiting. Here is a true elep)hamnt story for you from an American missionary, who once lived among the Dutch Boers of Natal, for seven yeats. Hie saw the ivoi-y, and be lieves the story:--One afternoon, about four- o'clock, thlree Dutchmen wvere out hunting, and came upon a largo herd of elephants. They fired at the leader-, and instantly the entire herd fled. Trho leader rushed on and on, thinking 11e was on tile righlt track to escape; but the elephants wecre in a valley and( onily ran round and rotind Itit hYa cirble perhaps three hundred .a.rds in diamneter,r and were shot doWn from four o'clock in the afternoon until eight In the evening, when darkniess pro ventedl the D)utehman fronm taking alim any longer. But the three mn rose at break of day, and found tile poor elephants still going roun d. It was several hours before1 a newv leader, breakIng out; of the beaten track, led off the renhainder of the herd in MAsety. The Dutchmen, 'whose names4 wore B3otha an~d ?otgemter,' two being v~IAbltIks f vory were divided equally IKlina 4#t canbolley, An Irish Filhing Village. There was scarcely a well-thatehed cabin in the village; the floors of most of them were as muddy as the roads, and dotted with little pools of water, which seemed a refreshing feature to the ducks that came in, In quest of food. The most sheltered corner of the cabin is devoted to the pig, and the chickens seize upon every coin of vantage for a roost. Nets hang from the rafters. and the equipments of the boats are disposed in whatever dry nooks the 'habitation boasts of. The warmest suot on the hearth is usurped by the cat, cherished with great care as the protector against their terrible eneimies the rats; aid beside it an old woman, who did not seem to have changed her clothes since her youth, cud died the latest born of the householl. The village was prevaded with so strong an odor of fish and tar that less agreeable emanations were unnoticed. The dungheap was zea lo'isly guarded by the door-1 have seen it, indeed, in the very living-room of the oceupants-as the riches that were to prosper their next year's potato crop; and every morning the pig was sent out to walk witi a solicitude for his liilth not be stowed upon the other meibers of the family. These people spend three-fourths of their time in idlhng and gos,,ipink. I saw poor haggard old women at the door of their cabin, or by the village well, who had to crouch like apes to imake their rags cover them, so mad for gossip tha.t they forjot their hunger andthe ratin that soaked them ; and day after (lay old men gath ered on the sheltered side of a walt andt I talked with as much gravity as if they had never seen each other before, and every re cital was an unheard of imrvel. Troops of half-clothed and half-starved children sprawled in the mud, fought among them selves, or with loud yells crowded about some poor ass, inflicting all the tornmenls that their untutored imaginations could suggest, while their mothers, cans in handl whispered, with -.imazeinent writte: on their faces, of all they had heard or seen or dreamed of since yesterday in a village de pendent entirely upon itself for its lopics of interest. Ilither, I learned, the priest came once a year to hear the confession of Ilie Inhabitants. They repair to one of the cabins, where, while the pig, chickens, ducks, and geese are kept in abeyance by the zealous host and hostess, the rite is celebrated. Among these people, whose only extravagance seems to be on the score of their religion, he is entertained and re quited in a maier quite out of proportion to Ilie means of his entertainers; and when departint, after the manner of the fond mother mo the story-book, who whipped her children and put them to bed, lie gives ihem all a sound rating upon their idleness md remissness in their religious observance, md receives in return, "Long life to your reverce," and "Godspeed," from his Iunile flock. Cuiulno HJelahlts. .Just west of the line of, contact of plat mid momntaius.isu. oie f ihe sublimuest peaks in Anerica. ' Oo up Pike's Peak be fore sunrise. and you will see about twenty peaks tipped with flame that are over 14, 300 feet above the sea. The Alps have very few that are higher, and nowhere so many visible from one place. Colorado has one hundred peaks over 14,000 feet bigh, and two hundred more over 13,000 reet. Among these peaks lie the parks in he same general direction north and south. 'hese are large areas from twenty to one utidred miles wide, and from sixty to wo hundred miles long. They are sup posed to have formerly been very deep akes among the mountains, but the moun ain barrier having been cleft with a canon hey are now dry. They are located as ollows, beginning at the north: First, vort)i peak, then two charming little ones aallett 1ggeria at Estes Middle p)ark, then south pamrk in the middle of the State svhere Fremoat was hemmed in with snow mad obliged to subsist on his mules--and San Luls park in thme south. The view of hese deep inclosed valleys from the sur ounding heights Is attractive in the ex reme. Men buildl their cities and work heir mines at unheiard-of elevations, All Fedville, with its 30,000 inhabitants, is L,025 feet above the sea; the Stevens' nine is necarly 12,000, anid the preset help nine 14,000 feet above the sea, This Is mearly twice and a half the elevation of dIotmt WVashi ngton. A Floating IsIinu. Among thme many natural curiosities of 3regon, It Is hot generally knowvn that ,bere is a "' loating island. " Up in the Siskiyous," lying lhke a p5earl in the great nountinii chain, is S(iualw Lake, a beaulti 1m sheet of water now utilized by a mining oimpaniy as a reservoir. For many years he lake has bieen a favorite and( delightful esort for fIshing p)arties, and continedi mearly n its centr'e tin island, comprising ibout an acre of groundl, covered wih lux irianit grass andl a growth of wvillow and ilder. 1I, was never dreamed that the nretty little island wvas not part of' terra irma ; bumt when t.he bulkhead across the >utlet of the lake datnnined 'ip Its water's, L.e island( rose slowly until it had been elo atedl fully sixteen feet above Its original evel.' It would be am quest,ion for the nat iralist, rather thian the geologist, to deter nine the am:e of this floating Island, as it is midently made up entirely of decayed veg tat.ion. Perhaps at seine remote . period he roots of a tree, uptorn by a mountain torim andi drifting out into the lake, formed le nucietis from which the island has trown ; but It seems singulAr 4that it should mayo rem'ainedl anchored and unchangeable a its pJosition. TIhte localit,y is miuch fro luentedi by pleasure-seekers, who will her after notice the Increased elevation. Three Wishesg. Three young solfliers, a ParIian, a Gas ~on, anid a Marseillais, were walking onme tarry bummer nIght on thme shore of the ilediterranean, amid seeing who cotild frameo he most colossal wish for a fortune. "I,"? said the Parisian "wish thIs sea rere all mak; then I'd dip my pen in It nake a big nine on a sheet of paper, anti after the nine I'd set down- naught until lie oceani wore dry, and- the -sumi thus vritten would represent inf- fortune.n "And I," said the Gascon, "wish that nvery star abov'e bq represented a bushel inag of louis d'or that belong to fxe i A ,tsd thel Met illal "wishI ?hat both your wIshes ivero rt% d that you might die of heart dis9d6 thfe moment ifter o had made y7 wijie In pny Lovo'a Sacrifiee. It was my last act of my mission as detective before leaving New Orleans f< San Francisco in the Spring of 1849; an I may add that it is the saddest memor connected with my career as a detectiva In one of the fashionable millinery estal lishments of that city was a young gi named Mary Elliston. She was ' ver young, but with a character formed by ti sad experience which is sure to be met wit in the life of an orphan. She had cleau beautiful gray eyes, cheeks soft and del cute as the leaf of the roses; brown curl hair shaded a low, broad forehead, instiu with intellect and intelligence. She we small in figure, but the petite form wa faultless in its exquisite delicacy of outlin and contour. It was impossible not t love her, if to such physical beauty i adhted the generou. and kind heart. sh really posses.;ed. It is not surprising the such a- girl had many admirers. It. woul be straLnge if she had not. But there wer two, who, from their devotion and hIeI treatmtent, ace{uired a prominence over tht rest. lnideed the sphere they moved i was far above that of the little milliner She believed they loved her ; and, not withstanding the great difference in thei social.positiom, believed they mneant kindly That tney loved is certain. They w'er jealous ; and iore tlhan once a host it meeting was imananent between then ier way hutne iroan the store led by Jack son square. It was not as beautiful thei as now, but its rich foiiage and elegan bowers, even at that day, excited admira tion. O)nte evening as she passed along th river side of the square she was anet hi Luisand Latcoar, the richest and most per severing of her admirers, but the one whon she favored least. Indeed, it was said sh disliked him, and on me occasion Iad re sentted bitterly an insult lie had offered her A. passer-by heard her voice raise iuig nantly as she paswed himi that evening is front of the iron g:ate. Stauniing there a moment she entered the ' yuuare, Iroaa whaich' ai half hour afterward she was sea to hurry away with every sign of distres and intense excitemient. It was but a fev rnia"utes after this taut young Lacour wia found murdereal, lying on the iron beael with a short Spanish dagger throuah hii heart. The girl bad been known to pos sess such a weapon--the gift of one sh never named. This was all. Of course alnost every one believed bei to bo the assassin. 1 could not. I hat seen too auch of criminal life to utastake itu characteristics. That girl was innocent I knew. When arrested she protested ha innocence in laaaguage frantic and wild Terror had made her forget fal, seeania*l) of look and action, and she gave way to th< most excessive paroxysms of grief and das tress. Alter she was taken to the statior Mr. L. and myself visited her, to see if wt could learn anything of the case. We fel more like frlenda than detectives. The sau orphanage of the young girl enlisted ouw deepest sympathy and touched our hearti -they would have been flinty, indeed, hac they not softened at her distress. I neve1 saw such anguish before. Thu pale, -beau tiful face was almost wild with terror She was frantic one moment, and sobbing walking and terror-stricken the next. Ai we entered the cell she threw herself at mJ feet, and, lifting her face, so pale ane. beautiful, walled out: " I am innocent, sir-I am Innocent. " I believe yolk are, Mary; and it was tc help you that we came here. " "'I could not do such a deed, sir ; in deed I could not. " " I know that; but, Mary, do you knowv who did? " She lifted her face quickly, and a wild, frightened expression crossed it, and ther it grew like marble in an instant. She did not reply, but I never saw one In 'vhoir hope seemed so suddenly and utterly tc have fled as that girl then. I repeatedl my question : "Do you kanowv whoe did, Mary I She shook her head and remained silent. I told her that we were satisfied that she was innocenit, but to establish this it was necessary to brinag the real criminal to juas tice. She could help us in this. But shae still shook her haead(. ." Mary, Piaul Villie is the moan I " She spra ng to her feet and screamed oual rathera than spoke her denial: " No, no, no, not haim ; it, was I, mt waa I. I did it I I'll acknowledtge it now p)unish me if you will, but do not accus( lhtn-do not let haim be arrested I " It, wams plain to mie now. . My first Ia. presson- was correct. Younig Villie had conmc upon his rival talking with Mary in: thme squlare, and under a first limulse of re seantmnaat had slacinlhhn. Hera confesson of the fiact wvas onlhy hlackhng to secuare her aicqittal, buit she wvoaald not confess ; andt( faoma thaat, hour acknowledgaed her guilt. A few days after youang Vdiet loft the counitry, and in time lisa f'aamity furnmished evidenace that releasedl the girl. She, too, went away, b)ut it waIs not long befIore a. died. Theim fright and haorror of the terrible carime faid to lher charae finally killed lier. I shall anever forget, thec scene I witnessed ia her cell. Thelo desolaite woant strnig ging with her. anguaish tand terror heaunita amy memoay still. .A 'Thralmng Night, The steanashaip Rotterdam, froma Rotter. dam to New York, met a terrible gaile onl the 1st. of Mairch which increased througha out the day aid at, nightfall had attainted the faury of a huarricatne. The enigines were kept movIng just, sullciently to mnaintain, stecrageway ; the 350O steceage passengers were confhed undet battened-downa hatches, and every precaut Ion that care aid experi ence could devise was employed to mith. gate the iamminent danger. .TIhe storm wvas, however, an ext raordinmarily yiolent onte the worsi, Ian thec opinion of the fhrst ofilce2r, Johna Vernces, that lie has ever encountered lam longa service oan the sea-and the vesqel, toised by gigantic waves, laibored so heavily that she threatened momentarIly to cap size. 'At, 2 o'clock on the 2nd. a mnoan tanalike wave caine -aboard on the port bow, and, rushing aft with tremendous force, carrIed awvay tl,o false bulwarks thrown acrosWf time deck int faroant of the first hatch ; theni becoming jammed In time nar row passmage beside thae chart-room, dashed mn a whole pannel of that apartament, and forced out tIme opposite panel on thpa star board side for Its escape. The Captain was seated at his table In the chart-roomi, whech tens upon tons of water were hurled over htim through the burstod sido of the room, anad without waiting an instant to opn the d6og behind l1 i , hie took a header o'ut~ of he'nw'.otu Ift the wall, with the swiftl '-rushing b ilw, And picked himself" aWy ajisbI startled, con 1'e oae:S i esen to FOOD FOR THOUGHT. 11 r- Affection is the organizing force li d the human constitution. n Roason is the test of ridicule-not a ridicule the test of truth. - The beat navigation-steering clear 10 of the rocks of contention. A Darkness, solitude and remorse are g grim and hateful company. 0 Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things. e Our actions are our own; their con. sequences belong to Heaven. Never anything can be amiss when slipleness and duty tender It. Pleasure comes through toll and not a by self.indulgenoe or indolence. e if you are toiling hi an unrequited e way in life, think how Christ labored. No woman is capable of being beauti - ful who is not incapable of being false. 'That laughter costs too much which is pirchased by the sacrilce of decency. rWhen one is fagged, hungry and de pressed, the worst sOems most proba ble. Never relate your misfortune, and never grieve over what you cannot pre venlt. A mai's good breeling is the bpst SecuIrity igainst other peop,lo's Ill man lirK. Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the tinie, place and con , liny. in virtue and in healthi we love to be instructed as well as pbysleked with pleasure. Fitd earth where grows no weed, ant you may tind a heart where no er rrs grow. If soue folks had their way about this wor ld how few people could live com ,fortable in it. 'The Bible has suffered more in the - hands of honest bunglers than it has I froin skepties. Never be afraid of being in the mil itoritios, so that mainorities are based -upon prinelple.. Edneation begins the gentleman, but readiig, good compiuty, and refleetion must fnish hiin. One who i coiitcnted with wh,atl he has done w,il never become 'famous for what he will (to. Troublo and 1)(nplexity drive me to prayer-and i;ayer drives away per plexity and trouble. Wiat is it to part with a friend whom we shall meet aain to.what it Is to part with virtue and honor ? What are a low years of what men call sorrow and burdgn-bearting to an eteratity of blessedness? Drunkenness places man as much below the level of the brute as reason elevates him above thent. The scriptures impart to the soul a holy, a marvellous delight. It Is In deed, the heavenly ambrosia. The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. Calumny would soon starve and die of itself If nobody took It in and gave it lodging. When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, lie has one good for letting It alone. The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a saint. The afee tation of sanctity Is a blotch on the face of piety. Nothing Is so wholesome, nothing does so much for people's looks, as a little interchange of the small coin of benevolence. Strong in the goodness of his cause with his back to the throne of God and his toot oni the rook of truth, a man can stanid against the world. The Sunday is the c.ore of our civili zation, dedicated to tiroulghit and rever ence. It invites to the noblest solitude and to the noblest society.. in most quarrels there is a fault on both sides, A quarrel may be com pared to a spark, which catnnot be pro duced without a flint as well as steel. The care of most people is how to get husbatnds for their daughters; but my. caire is to fit my daughterq to be good wive; and then. let God provide for Soap bubbles are alifNt1ings, but they soodutrat. Just se it us with men puffed up with vinity. 'ihey make a .ahiow for a season-sail oii the current, buzt soon burst, and nothing is left of Whoever thinks of life as something that could be without rel igioni is yet in dloadhly ignoranice of both. Life and religion are 0110, 0r nithiet Is any thIng. , . . One of the hfltdest lessons to learn In lIfe is that the miat that differs wvith you, nlot only tu opinions, Itit in pin ciples, may be as htonest and 'sincere as. yourself. . .I The p)owers of the mind,'whon they are uniiboutm anel expiadod Iyy thte sun shine of folUd ly, tore freqii.nly luxu riate into follies thani llossott into goodniess. I p)ity the man whlo can. t-iavel front Dan to licorihobs. anid cjy,. "'Till barren I'' Anud so it is, andl so is all thie world tb hinm wvho will noti cultivate the fruit it offers. I haVo seldom seeni mtich datentation and much learning metogether. Thle sun, rising- and declinintg, mak<es loug shdw;atitdy whten lhe ishight Goodintntins ls l14ist the see a of good actiotns, and evei-r iAai aul to setaw them, and leave it to the4 at.id seasOlis whether 1they e,ome up not, or whiethier he or an~y 6f,her ors the fruit. ! If any one does not know by' peorsoua oxperiene~ l1oi-10a~bh ofd heavon' ' promise,d rest can be sepy : for theO soul even now, biy prayer,jf had.brot ter leave ery other leadoi I life une, learneditill hie has nmastered that. U ~tideAhI ng vi lladeiPtd'.dnly wa of skfety. - Wilie m'rnoe an et6iy ciame and s9wegl tyirs ip1tr;0d," 80!o.~ Will It be w1i a u preQiu4 dacl if wo are noglooUf , dr 'blek lt6 b e Velo> 4 slumJer with.regArdtto' the )anio with the marlaaal 6 great wave continuing aft, burst open ti a cook's galley, and upset a great steal r boiler used for cooking the food of stee d age passengers. A lamp-triummer name Yunson was forward of the chart-rooi when the ocean invaded the deck, and wi carried like a cork clear aft to the whee rl house, along with a portion of the fa bulwark and some other dismantled part of deck lumber. Of that brief but excitin h trip in the embrace of the flying wave I1 was conscious of nothing, but when he r< s gained his senses and got to -hio feet 1 found his left arm broken and a gret chunk torn out of its muscle. Anothi sailor was tossed about almost as wildly but escaped without other injury than th severe spraining of his left hand. Ti inomentt after that wave left the deck, t1 the stern of the vessel descended into thi o trough of the sea, another enormous way boarded the deck on the port quarter afi It dashed in part of one side of the wheel house and, to force its way out again frot r that roo:,-which it had instantly filled r 0 tore oi' botii the side doors and carrie them away with it to sea. Strangel en.ough, it (id not break the great panes o thin glass which, from breast-helght up constitute the front of the wheel-iouhe, bu exerted its for(e laterally uip0n the doors a the sides. Another wave that mounted thI Sc.ek was high enough to reach above thi complutin-way doors, which were closed and to hurl intny tons of water in onn seemingly solid mass throught he open space of the sliding cover above, which was ten porarily unclosed, and down the( stairs init< the Iirstocab in. The cabin 0oors and th Stiateroomtis were deluged, lockers and draw e"rs were filled with water, and beds inl th lower buttks' were set afloat. It was hour before all the water Shipped in that on second could he lmnped and bailed out and the frightened passengers who, spring ing from their uiks, found themuselve knee (Iee) in the water in the ditrkness gave theiselves up for lost. During tih worst twenty-four hours of the storm,.in eluding that eventftl night, thi vesso mnade but twventy.ftourl-mih-s, and4 1 lie nexi day but ninety iles. The violefit gal blkSted four days. aid the high winds con tinued all the rest of the way across unti the arrival of the vessel. nuisencet(ming In V'nui The City of Venice stands in the vatei as though perpetually bathing its feet There is no rumbling of carts and wagons, only the soft splash of the oars of tit gondolier as lie propels his dark gondola No one has any fire in the house-that is, nothing that we should call a fire. ''hey make a ftire in a sort of iipkin, which they call I scalini, 11 wartu their toes at thalt - If they are chilly. But the climate is mild and they know nothing of winter. 'I'h floors are of marble, and are oiled; In sonic places mats or runts are spread about. A suit of apartments can be hired for about live dollars a month, and1 a small palace foi i about thirty dollars. A man servant worksfoi about three dollars a month, and at that rats does general housework. Strange to say, women ask a little more than iie. Wash ing is sent to the country to be done, but ironing is done at home. In the kitchet 3 fireplace is a flat raised piece of stone witi hollows In it. Iiere the Irons are heated with charcoal, and cooking Is done. But most of the ordinary Venetians never cook at home; they simply send out at meal times and buy food ready prepared for them. Much light wine is drunk, and wa ter must always be bought to drink. 'l'hiere is a great deal of fruit, fine melons and ox quisite grapes, in season ; also another lux ury-not always appreciated by foreigners -hot, roasted pumpkin, which Is brought about by a man who sings of its sweetness, and declares it hot from the fire, until he has sold it in slices; and polenta, which is only a boiled Indian meal dumpling, but Iwlhihs e re used among the Venetians th an bread. When anyone rings a boll in: IVenice thfe door is not at once op)ened to hin. Someone cries from above : "Who Iis there, if you please ?" And the appli cant looks Up) and sees a face leaning over a window sill, and thein instantly bellows lit busmess. If lie is to be admitted, the (door opens from within. Atnd howgver many may be the floors or apsrtments, he finds a private staircasue to the one he wants. But if he has anything to leave, a basket Is let dIown by a sting, and( lie deposits it and it is drawn up. Tihe niothers of the lower ordIers have no trouble about the qhildren's daily bath. A s evening approaches they undCress the little boys and( send themi out in short little white cotton garments, bare footed andl bare-armed, to take a bath in one of the canals. Sometimes the head of 4the family also takes his b)ath there, Venie than ladies are often artists or musicians; otherwise, their pincipal occupation seenms to lie to dress elegantly and sit on a bal criny.. lie HIad Done It. Mr. Piuite wvent home from the '"hotge" the other night and( tackled the "fifteen'' puizz/le, iIe wrestled with the thirty *blocks-at least hie thought there were thirty of them, lie being In splendidl conl diltion t.o "'see doubile"-ndh in about ani hour and( a half had the thing solved to hise ownm satisfaction. Then he got pIen, paper andi ink and(1attempitedi to wr'ite out the so lution as follows: ''Shove 4 dlown, push 1 over, carom on the 14, swing the right bower, Crag out 6i, keep) the 10 In the king row, keno on the black, (deal again, ruin the 5 from first base, muovo 8 to the southwest of 15, white to play and mate in twelve . moves, P to IK B4, Ql to K, move 18-14 15 a little northeasterly, it to Kt5ch, then set 'cim upj on the other' alloy, throw doti buhe Ii's roniqtL the 9, take the seven onl the fly, lea I king, then Ri to R7, rake in the plot, anmd mo-miov-move-'' Iis wife becommng alarmed a tis tong absenn~e catte dlown stairs at 2 a. m. and found hin: undiCer the table. .Bt he had ''done it." Saw thirouha s,he Most. Madame C--, dressmaker, has a great deal of trouble with sowing girls. 'rho otheri dlay one of them came to her to say: "Msdameo 1 fear that I will not bie able to work muc'h longer. I thiak I am getting blind," "Why, how Is. th)pf You seem to get along pretty well with four work." "Yes; but I can no longer see -any menat on m~ plate at dinner." Mad no 0--.'- understood, and the next Cday the you~ng ladies were served with very are but very thin places of meat, o yhat h ppiniess," exclahne4 our Miss, "M Bihths com e bacek, J o~ g~ow se "Why,t a4~ r5IEit t caf e th