fR-EKYEDITION. WINNS130ROs S. C.9 MA Y 6, 1880. ~O Y-O ~ LABOR IS HONOR. Labor is hard I God's spirit hath spolien 'Ibis is the song that His universe sings, Through the vast hills of creation unbroken, Loudly and clearly the universo rings. Up from the hills and the green valleys steal iug, lieeking the light of the bright stars above, Rises the song to the blue heavens peaing, "Labor in honor, and labor is lovo." All the grand deeds that are grandrat In story, Living through centuries treasured and bright ; All the great lives that ar dearest to glory, Filling the world with flashes of light ; Words from whose utterances ag( s are dated, Thoughts that Lavo hold the whole wotld in control, Names on whose echoes the proudot have waited, Are but the offspring of labor and toll. Not to the eyothat glancotlkthera lightly Doili the bright look of the heaven unfold But to the spirit that turneth thezo rightly, Are all its wonder4 and mysteries told ; And at eaoch step to the soul upward springing Cometh now radianco, new light from above, While lu the-poat in an angel-voioa tingilu, "Labor 1A honor, and labor is , Not 6n her brow deth the earth heir ll bright nesk"'Ai . Deep in her breast do the r.ch diamond shine, Beauty ad.power, and rk-hes and plkasuro Safo in her bosomt lie hid-Itu to-day ; Toil Is the key that will open her treasure. And at ea,ch touch ulho iv111 givo'them away. Light to the mind that in darkineea was ocudod, , Strength to'*thpg spirit that wvealiness had touched Truth as their foothold who seek it sin ortly, Skill to the hand when it toileth to live, Eyes that can look up to leaven'w light lealy Thcse are the honors that labor can give! . A Orown of Gold. A light nourishing diet, and good wine -that'4'what sii. needs, said Dr. Osborne; sorrowfully. " Medicine can do nothing here. " He spoke sorrowfully because he knew right well that what, he was recomnund ing was beyond his patient's pAver to oh tain, and his heart ached for the pesitive despair that showed itself in the face of the listener. A beautiful girl of 19 or 20 years, per hips, upon whose youth the blight of care and poverty had fallen heavily. ' She was poorly clad In black, and as she put hack her dingy veil with a white and trenibliig hand, her large blue eyes,- full of unshed tears, roved frot the speaker's kindly faice to the wasted, silent figure on the bed again with a whole history of untold anguish in their depths. Dootor Clt.ares Osborne, youRg aund ten der of.eart,' lbking inihe sad b'u(eyes and fallingeach wonme6fi nor$ and more deeply In lov'e with their owner, impulsive ly answered their despairing gaze as he might have answered spoken words. I would to Uod that my means were equal to my will I " said he. "I am but a poor and struggling physician, as you know ; otherwise your noher would want for nothin. '' The young pirI blished vivid crimson suddenly, and drew up her slight figure haughtily with a look of offended pride. It was only for an instant, however, the next sihe held out her hands to him grate fully, and the tears in her blue eyes over ilowed. "I thank you for your sympathy," she0 said simply, " and for your constatnt care, but, for which she might not "-her eyes wre ont the bed and her voice sonik low "she might not, perhaps, have been sparet~d to me this lor.g. For the rest"-with a deep sigh- -".It there be any way in the world to o01.taln It she shall have wvine. " She suod for a few seconds, looking after himn, and listening to his footfall as it echoed alontg the bare staircase and hall; she let her face fall dowvn on her hands Swith a tearless sob. "Can poverty brin'g us good gIfts ? 2, she 'toanued. "'If so it is only to torture us. lIn miy p)overty;atrue h&rsaaeri tonf@O Abut it can never be maine I" Then she wont into the p'oot, anre room, eloning the door01 softly alter her, and bent above the sleeping tigure on. the bed. "Good rood and wine,"''she n,aurmured. " A d she will die without theou.. ilc,w eawi I get theni? How ? Alas 1 It was easier to ask than to answer that. Every thing they :pos9ssed .tb'at would fetch a doilla had been sola; ant hIad sheo not spent almost the whole of thils weary day In.try ing to obtain work, anti qjuit a vamn?, "1I kn(w. fot tat to J>," sh'e sighed, despalringly, and /turned''a&vay, .Rnd, balf unconsck'usly, 'o-k off her bonnet. As she did thlat, a bit of wire escaping from the foit.s of ergpe caughit int her comb s tnd drew It out1 sh'd dowh tumbled a glorious shower of golden hatr upon her shoulders. " A orown of gol.a I " sihe said sadly and bitterly. " The last of' my ornaments. It was well enottgh when I was rich. Whe:', - poor papa was alive to take pride htt It, and call me Princess Golden Hair, and dock it with pearls and gemis; but now--what do I want with it now ?" She took It down agai, and shook it over her likec a veil, andi held It up, allow ing the .shininig hhirs to fall 'Lhroilgli her white fingers like golden rain. "It Is wath~ .aolotetipg,i' ,phq. Maid, thoughtfully. "'l I hid wanted to pur-. chase It, when I-had monley, 1.should have paid well for it--a hundred dollars, per.. haps. I wondher If Lily Edison would give me twenty nowv 1" "I'll try," she utttered, resolutely, and b)egan to coil it up again. "Lily's hair was of exactly the same color," she muse.1 arglIously. "But she lied not 'do 'mucth on all$(e ir cad as I twipt inip one of these btraids. he ned o 'a.Wlalighiug, thatt -sh6'*ould gladly buy pie :for .its, .welght in .gold. Well, I'll try; Once more she put on her bonnet, and leaned over the be4, --- e - - You shall not dle~for went of wine, wilie your child Wears a golden crown. Me shand meste air rival.who had been her bosom friend two years ago beautiful Dora Tremaine-but. hansome enough, her rival having disappeared from society and being forgotten. "I wonder what did become of 1)ora I" Ij Lily would say to herself sometimes, -but 1 she never cared enough to do more than wonder. Else .she might have Icarned that. like others, "1 poor but prol. "a D)ora and her nother had hidden themselves e In their reverses of fortune, fromi all who 0 had known them in their prosperous dayo ; c sinking slowly and hopelessly beneath a "sea of troubles," until at last they left ,) not even a sign. behind to mark the place a 'where they had sunk to ruin. f, So Lily Edison's sitiprise was great In- p deed when her maid usliered Dora unan- n nouinced into her boudoir that evening. ti Tho pale girl came forward. with out- a stretched hands and ecitea eyes 1hat saw i no one but Lily. .p " Do you remember mc ?' she asked v almost wildly. Wo were dlear friends and ti schoolmat.es once, you and 11" . he pulled R the faded crape bonnet from her head. a "See! you used to envy my golden crown. 0 It's all that's left of those old days. My s mother is siek-we need money very sore- b ly. Lily, will you buy .my hair ? " n And she took out the comb, and down b the glittering treasua fell, Lo more like a si gol(ek) crown, but a cloak of shi6ng beau- e ty. -Doi h6ld It up In tier trembling hand. a "Buy it for Heaven's sake ! " she said, y and burst Into a storm of tears. 'lIelpme c save her life I" a And - then, before Lily could gather r, breatli foia reply, a firm hand caught Dora s and plAced her in a chair, and a brusque, deep voice, somewhat shaken with emotion 1 ~tiid said : of< "II am your customer I There, there, cry 0 my poor child, ery all your grief away. ti Yon'rewith irieids-look up and see If f you don't know Ine ?" C4 Dora looked up to the speaker's face. tr "Icor -1 ray!" glic cried, amd hid her t face in anie. "You herel I thought u Miss Edison was alone. I ti-oight--" i 1."That she would buy your crown of . gold," said the old doctor, merrily. "So si she would, I've no doubt, be glad of the g chance; but. I've bought it. Whiatever shi b, olers I'll double, my dear; and you're 1) bound to sell't" 1i ffhiest, bidder. Be. a sides, it wouldi do Misi Lily no good. 1'm11 b treating tier for the headache already.' a "And what will you do with it,?" crted r she, who by this tleime ,vas embracinr her friend. "Keep it on the ori'ginal owners head until I want It," said the old man. "How much (dO you bid, Miss Lily ?" "A hundred, and here's half of it to a begin with." So Dora went home In the old doctor's carriage, and in his company and care' y Ile hugtied when she apologized for their miserable roon. "Pooh I pooh P" said he. "I % as present when you made your first alteauanceo in this world, child. You 1l hadn't even your crown of gold then. Poor enough, forsooth I You needn't ever C mind me. Who's been attending mothert" "Dr. Charles Osborne," she told him tim- i idly, an( a blush stole over her pale, beau Liul face. Then -as she saw him start and give a long whistle: a "Do y.op know him, sir?" "e1d of hini." sird the old main, brus quecly. '.4mart -feu,ve, but poor.". Well, d well, your mother Is'm19 old patIent. You fc shall pay nin, and i'i takd this case my self." lie did. Took it to his own luxurious house, thence to the seaside--restored Mrs. ''reaine to health at last, and surrounded o both her and Dora with every comfort. fc "How are we ever. to repay you ?" the cl girl asked him, and his an-swer fairly took lier breath. II "I want a wife," said le as ab-upt.ly as ll usual. ''Your crown of gold is mine, Dora, will you give me all Lthe rest C" Poor Dora I What is a crown of goldr compaired to a heart ? She had sold the frst. After aill, no one seemed to want~ the atter, she thought sadly. She had neither t ieen inor hieardl of-amid then she checked bi lierself aind left Charles Osborne's name uin itteredl and reminded herself of the debt of gra.titudie to Dr. Gr-ay. "'I owe y'ou more than my13 life," she -b( iighed, " but, I have no0 heart to give you. cc if 11.3 resiect, esteemT-if my dleep grati- ec uide will sullece you--" "ey will,"aid the old man. "I ha- ge lveyuovmedearly luito the bargaIn. at Will you give mei your hand, ptay C' w "Yes," she sighed andiu placed it ha his ki reluct ant'y. . 1-he gave it a sounding kiss. w hmat lucky dlog, mIy nclephv 1" and lhe di hirow open the door. " Conme in, flh Dharley," said he. "Hero-I gIve you a wv wIfe I" d In Count Massena.m at A son of Massena, a Field Marshal of in F'rance, under Napoleon, died in the alms- of lmouse at Salem, Oregon, recently. This elon of Massena occuied a hIgh posIt,ion n Eliopo In dlifferent Cicalkles, but wvhen lhe "child of victory,'' as Napoleon stir. med his father, lost fnvor swith the soy- (il 3reIgn on account of his rapacity andc cra- 1 3lty, the family lost its hIgh p)ositlon in the b >1d world and Miaesena, ;2110 was .but yet Cl i boy, w,as compelel to amake his own fu ai ture, Hoe'recelved a thorough educatIon at 11nd entered a mlonasAtery. 13ecomIng die- ~ Saltisliedl ,wjth Roman Caitholcism, lie lef. ~ ite Ohitit-chi and uIaited on a tecturtng tour through England, where ho met his wife,~ lie l's described as beIng In that land one of th the most fastIous of men. Joing to i America,, a ;series of disasters b)efell thim,11 which soured his temp1lter to such an ox tent, tLilat he became cruiel In the extreme,I ad the Fereemnasons were compelled to re fuse him recognition and( to extendl an a11d- I big hand to his wife. Ills stay In this i country hans been one of misery, and so low' CC (d1d hIs cIrcumstances becot/ tilat he owas comlpelled( to beg andJ finally seek refutge Int a poor house, where he dIted of dro psy. I * lie 3eems to 'have'ierlted mill the Instincts of, pa~ j.)luptrious father, of whom it hase 0 hoch seid': ''" ils private chmaracter wts stained by imp)utations of meannessad rapacity, whIch took dlefinite form Ina serIes (If charges brought against him 1 by3 the Inhabitants of Alarsellica, -Napoleoni P called hhu a robber- and offered' himn a i present'of 1,000,000 frdnes if ho would dlis-. continue his peculmatlons. lie paId little 0 aftg}Tn ea~zh dtiscIpline or comfort of E' fife troofsDy whom lie was oordially dis liked. " ________SI Our own heart a f formsi our trpeo hoMor A Chieso lneral Alh Sing, Chinese merchant, was burk !cently in Chinatown, San Franisco. ''l Drpse was encased in a handsome colili berally studded with plated screws at andles, which wits exposed to the publ itze under at white canopy erected in Di ont street. The stand itself was liberal Liorned with gilt paper and puecock feati rs, while it the foot of the collin, on a se nd table, a large quantity of Celestial del tcies were spread out, which were to a mpainly the departed soul to the abode < uss. A iniaitttre image of the Chin(o eity spread his hand benignly over ti ast, and there was no lack of candles an unk. A band of professlonal femal iourners fllled the air with cries and lamej ktions. At noon a Chinese band put in a ppearance, but the cetononies for a whi 'ere carried on by one man only. Th erson, dressed like an ordinary Chinama, 'ith the exception of wearing a black-clot irban studded with brass ornaments,playc pair of cymbals and a bell, chanting u ni accompanlment I he great and good deed F the departed. The band began playin I oon as It he had finished, and were joine y the mourners in a grand chorus, the ft ales bumping their foreheads on the col estones. The ceremonies on Dupou reet lasteg about three hours. At tit ose of tite set-vices tle collin wis placed i hearse and conveyed to the Chintese grav< ird. Tle hearse was'preceded by a hac )mtining thie Chinese band, beating bell id gongs, which were suspended from tli of ofthe carriage by ropes. Next wet :veral cnrriages filled witi piolessionu onrners, who we-e arrayed in whit Leks, anid with white biands about thei >reheads. There were further a numbe [ carriages containing the friends and rela ves of tle deceased, which In turn wer, ollowed by the heame. hc hearse an >iin were as elegant as the most, Celestii ste could wish, ad were looked upon h) c !iuathen.t who drove an express Wagmot itnewI of rice, a dozen broiled crabs, a nt1un1t r of bot tIes, presumably Illied with liquor so cups, saucer-9, bowis and chop-sticks side tie usual lot. of joss paper, stick td candles. When tle proces!ion ha achled the outskits of tle city it. halted 1d the good things of this lifo were terl rly transferred to one of .the carriages ith the exception of one poor old her hose meagre limba gave promiseof an all trthly jaw-defying toughness, one crab td three little ;bowls of rice. The bi mg was unstrung from the roof of th tek, the pillowslips and bandages remove onm the mourners, and the procession (i ded, the smaller number of vehicle llowing lte hearse. At rived at the grave trd of the Fok Wang Tovg company e grave-digger wa% diligently sought fot e is an irishman, and he was founa easantly engaged feeding his pigs o it nese funeral chicken. As phlilosephica any grive-digger, he never said a word it, seizing his spade, pitched it into th ound at a place Indicated by a line, aLq I were phinting a row of potatoes, and dtt grave. Just as silenltly the collin wa awn out of the hearse and placed into th ave head first. the foot end being pu,he( wn iWith tle spade. Then ie spoke ul r the first time. "Where's you- brick ? sahl. A bNick, one side of which wit scribed Wiith a ntimber of characters, wa -oduced, and, with the spade, placed 0: e head eld of the cofln.' Meatnwhile tw( the mourners had spread the feast tt thi ot of the grave. Tea was poured into th ps, the chop-sticks were placed by th le.of the rice bowls, and the crab glowe( at the setting sun. Others had been bus ,hting punk-sticks at the head of ever fvi withttm the in:>sure, atnd whoe the schied'the last.and thehr own thtey lit, thre .art and thlick wax candles. Each miourn thereupon mlade thre-e low sahntt bcfor o grave, and then the dishles wet-c over rned and thte food left on the arountd, sket ful of papler, punk and joss-stiek are butrned, andl the grave-dilgger- fell ti idfllled the grave. The Chinese witht ew after having drank the contents of ittle which had been a part of tite do asQd's feast, but which thtey had taket re not to leave on thte ground. Half at ur- aftet-ward the htarem of thte dead Mon I1, consisting of three moon-eyed beauties r-ived at thte graveyarrd In a hack. Thte: erc ntot admnitted to theo cettetery, but the: nd(ledl a bottlire among the sage bushes ltteI'n wore bur-ned old clothes, books mtk, trd p)aper, a large quantity of wha sy have been cheese or tutrnips, atnd ttn y other mysterIous thtmgs. When tht e was at Its height the women bowed 1ov ith clasped hands several times, atnd thtei parted without having cast eveni oneo loo1 the lumae, actually dimtinished. As the waite thted conical-shaped peaks or hills ap mared In thte cetnter of the lakei while tht ater sulrrotmdilng thnem was In a state c nnmtotlon as thtotught it were boiIng, tan SexamInation It was found that its tett tu;aturo had materially Incoreased. Fror ud highest of thtese peakts, whIcih ate com antly increasIng, In sze, smoke, - vapot ad f,lame issu,ed, the columu rilsing as hig that which Issues from the Izale~ an b mthe capital, dlstao '1hat's Their Afrair. d We saw 111n11 In the distance. lie was 10 sitting on a rail fence by the side of a coun 1, try road. lie held his chim In his hand, Ills eyes were fixed, and his whole appear C ance was that of a man in deep thought. Ile was a book agent ; for we saw at his Y feet the leather case which carried his treatsires. Occasionally he glallced upward and gave a sigh and then relapsed into tie -same perple.xed thought. We passed by, but no confident smile passed over his face, if Ie did not leap down to meot us and kindly C take us into his confidence in regard to tile C value of ls book, but let us pass witholit I 1ven raising his eyes. We were greatly C surprised and puzzled at his unnecountable abstractednesq, and came to the cohlitsion that he mu111st Iave met his equal in produ C cing chin imusic, and been vianquished, or s else lie is likpelessly sinitten by momio fair 1, damsel in yonder house. No, because ho never even looks that way. We will go d back and disturb him anyway. .9 "Young iau, caln you tell me who lives 8 yoider ?" "r iIf I caun get it my fortune is made, " lie LL mnuttered, and then, "Oh, yes, sir, excuse lite:, of course, It's by the Rev. Mr. Peters. It will be invuiluablo to you and your fam t ily," said lie, taking his booic out of Iis D sl rap. 11 "1 don't iean your book ; I want to - know who- lives in yonter house. You k. seem puzzled: what is it that bothers you?" 8 . "Well, fact is, I am bothered, you see. 0 A thought struck me an([ I was figuring. L- Thl-ere's a fortune in it. I just waist it for I a few Counties well pI)lIAted, an1d my for e tune is made. 1 r "What ? What is it you want." r ''Why," said he, touching sme Onl the - breast at each word, "I wiut the agency D for that sound condenser, aurophoie, or I whatever you call it." I "Do you think everybody would buy that 1'' "Yes, at from *5 to $10 apiece. Look - here I Old Jones li a daughter who goes walking and riding with fellows. lie U wouldu't give $5 or *10 to ride behind and U hear every word, would lie Oh, no ! I'd C take him alone, and he needn't let, the fani - ily know, you know. And then, the old womaun-she wouldn't like to kr.ow what ]her neighbors said about her, just after site left, would she? or hear Smith and his I wife when they had their little differences? , Oh, i guess not I Do you think there - would be anybody in the family, down to the hired girl, who would not buy one? I'd make everyone think he or she was the - only person in the family wILo had one." " But, iy dear fellow, you would make ithe whole world at swords points; with each other. Don't you know people say things about others sometimes which they don't really mean, but, which would be taken inl arnost (' - "Yes; but that's their affair. Perhaps they would learn to forgive easier. Id bike may fortune anyway. You bet, I am I going straight to New York, as fast as rail (roadis will carry nie, and I don't care if I sell just enotigh books to keep -'rIglt side tip. 1Il interview Edison, and get that lagency, or bust." At this lie went oil at, a f furious rate, like iL man going for a fortune left by.an old relative. A Safe Plan. A gentloal whose face had a look any thing but pleasant, purciased a postal card at, the postollice, w Detroit. and took upi a pent and wrote for about two minutes with a determined hand. Then, as lie blotted the card, lie asked the stamp clerk: "Is it against postal rules to call a man a liar on a postal card ?" The clerk thought it was, and the man tore up t.he card, bought another, and after r writing a few lilies imimred: "it can't be against the rules to call hin a villain, cani it?"1 Th le clerk again decidecd It was, anud a thsird card waslL purchsased. 'This time the man pondered over Isis lisnes, signIed his nsamie anld said:1 "I have wvritten here thsat lhe ousghst to be in jsail for his contduct. Is that against the postai rLles5?" 'rhe clerk said lhe wouhin'Ltldare runm the risk himself andt the indignaint Citizen tore thse card Into ak dozen0 i(ces asnd exelalim "Go to IIalifax withs your old postoflice! I won't send any card at all but I'll wany lay the fellow and knock the Lop of lis heaLd off!'' A Dootliack (Sves Poinats on Stocks. A bootblaick tackled a New York citizen In Broadway not long ago, and saidl the streets were sluasy, abnsost everybody w,ore overshoes, business was bad, and aaliked hin -for a quarter to get a nights lodging, saying, "If' you'll give it to mue I'll give yotu ap)oint on stocks." 'rie citizen wave himi a quarter and the boot Wack sail, "Now, when yoLu go down tt W~all street in the msorning you buy Iron Mounatain; buy lots of it; It's goisng usp.'.' ''Why do you know anythig about Iron Mountain?" lsked the manLI. The. bsoy mentioned the name of a wvell-knowns Wsall street operator and said: "I blacked hIss boot.s to-dlay andt while I was (10om' It he said to a friensd as wvas with hshn, "'iron Mountamlil's UOll'. to boomn,' says lie. That's how I know It.'' The mni took his p)oinst tothestreet, bought the stock and made(l 20 per cenlt. Onl his 'In. vestmsent, for Iron Mouni ain had5( a bsoomn, sure enough. What theo Thauumb Does. Hanve you noticed that whsen you wanit to take hold of anythsing, a bit of bread. we willl say, that It Is alwllys the thumb who puts himlncf forward, andl( thait he is alwasys on the one0 side by hsimself, while the rest of the flngers are on the other?i If the thumsb is not helpinsg nothsing stops in yousr hand, and you dton't know what to do with it. Tfry, by waiy of ex .perimnent, to carry a spoon1 to youi a mouth without puttIng your thuminb to it, Sfind you will see how long It will take you to get through a poor little plateful of broth. r 'The thumnb Is placed in such a manner r on your hand that it can face each of time .;other fingers. one after aniothier, emr all to a gether as you please ; andl by thils we arc f -enabled to grasp, as if with a p)air of p)in. i chsers, all objects, whether large or small. .The tiand. owe thmelr perfection of use Sfulness to thIs hsappy arrangement, which . ha been bestowed on no other anImal ex copt the monkey, man's nsearest neighabor. IWhen one is fagged, hfungry and de f p rossed, the word sems most proba Uoloorastio Stories. It was nearly a year ago when lAendville was lirst shoWing wliat there was In her. There were several newly-made bonanza kings aboit )lenver then, and among them wias a man who had probably never had $20 Ii his pockels it one tim;- prevlois to his strike. To him the possession of a watch wats the nitural evidence of the pos. seasion of it Coml)petelce, aind ats he had inade more than a competence, he felt that the fact should be miliented by the pur liase of several watches. These he had deposited ma the Granaud Central lotel safe. One night he came into the olice very much tlie worse for litior, lurched tp to < the desk and hiecoghed out to the clerk : "Ginine it watch I" A timepiece was I passed to his unsteody hands, but in (it deavoring to thritst it into his trousers I pockets he let it slip and fall upon the flonr. Without castmng a gimice at. the fallen wat lch he lirched to tihe counter I aigain, reached out his shaking hand, mun tered ill him faculties to the task of speak- I hug, and then blurted out: "(11mnme 'nther !" Cin the indifference of aifluenre I go beyond this? lie was evidently a "1tenderfoot,'' but as lie stopped before tin old miner and held out a piece of mienecous granite for his in- a Ipction, he ad0P at strong effort to look as I If he(! hld been born with a contempt for civilization, and that the feeling haid been 1 st eadily growing onl himIi ever sitce. "What ti (o yoi nake this out to be?" he asked, in dicating the speciamen with at nod. C "Ilumph !" was the expressive answer. H "Go(i quartz or carbonates?" The c "ho0)nest Miner" turNeA it over in his band indiffereptly, took ot his knife and picked aIt it for a While, aid then asked: "Got much of it ?" "Thotusanlds of tons," an- h swered the other eagerly. 1Itow mlch a dto You sippose she'll I run ?" "Can't tell il nuthin' wilhout an 1assay." "But you cal V guless, canl't you ; you can guess ?'' "Oh o yes," answered the baruacle,- "Ianybody at kin guevs; buit. a gties is liable to be ex- v traivagait. Now, I shall say-but minid b ye, I mity go over the mark-I sitouid v s-a-ta---y, (1 hurning thaespecimiens over aigain ;3 and hol(ling it upl) to the light). I should C Sa-a-a-y that. if you could save the gold in 1 this and catch the silver aud not waste the 11 lead, that it might, run aboul-well, about A $2 to the county." -t' "Ia this my train ?" aisked a t.raveler at the Kansas Paicille depot of at lounger. "I don't know, but I guess not," wag the doubt ful reply. "I see it's -got the nane of a railroad company on the side, and I t expect it belongs to them. IlInve you kt It train anywhere I" "4Do you like your chamapigne try?" 2 asked A. of B., who didn't know how lie f liked his champagne, becauisi lie h1ad only imide his ulrike the day previous iand had never before seien iany cliampague to which t lie felt justilled in applying at pronou in I the possessive cise, "1I (nillo," replied B., "but I guess you'd better giniane soic that's wet. I'm sort o' thirsty.'" It was 11bou13 elford tha1t the remark VaLS made : J "Jitm ls so110 right good points,'' it ran, "bat the great trotible with f hin is thlat he is always about six leIgths atheadof everybody's jidgment, iad gaining t at every jullip." C "Loiua ii F3olle,r MIo." Iefo)r the train left 13ay City a few days ago for Dletroit., a woman nearly six feet 1 tall ind havinig i con.plexioln like a fresh- t burned brick, entered the depot followed by 11 Ia (log abni1Ost aIs big as a yearling callf. f ILaving )IrcIIasA I .tIcket, the woman y stoId beSide the train until the conductor ij came along, when she led off Witli: i "You la ve been pointed out to me as the 1 boss of this trailn." "Yes'll)," wits his Iodest roply. e "WeVll, I'm going to D)etroit for the old bi ''And1 this di)g is gobaig along with me. r iIe goes wvhere I go every time in the h, yoar.' "Yes, he catn go down otn the baggage- c car." "'Not anyt) he can't! Tlhait's what I stop- f~ pod y'ou for. Th'lis 'cre dog is going 'long ~ mt this 'etc car aind nowhere elseI" ' "'Thle rules of the road-.-' "'liules be-haunged I My hi an can be ht banged airound( by every3bodiy, and hie never r dlemanduts lis rIghts; bat LiiCndai haai't T[homats--not b)y a jitg-fnll I" "'iiilaami, let ne---' "'I dlon't wvant no clawing off!'' she Inter rupted, as she peeled a pair of black mit tenls off hter big red hainds. "I'm going o, anid the dog's gomg, and what I wtanat to s< know Is whet her you want; to raise a row a on th ea ars or haive IItrighat now Iand here!" 'l Thel condtuctor looked the dlog over and j wais about to shaike his head when the I womtan began unatying her bionniet and quiet- a ly remarked: 1 lkhaP "'I s'pose, being a amawoman, ita wouild be no tmorte taln faiir for the diog to ai sail In with me. Comue here, LeonIusl" ga "inadam," replied the conduetor as leao felt a shiver go up his legs, "take youar dog f anld get aboart I" "IIoniest injun?t" "Yes." "No row after the cars start ?'' tI "No." '"Then that settles that, and I'm muclh ' obleeged, though you (lid kInder hang otf a alt first. Leonidtus, foller me and biehave a yollrself ________ Old Chitn, 'Tho presenit naie for antIque chIna ware tI smethanes fInds gratifica.ioni from the most ti extraiordhiiary sources. Not only are the o; old houses of ancienat famhiis ransacked ra for- curiouis specInens, but In many In- b 'iatinees buiried deposits have beena exhtumed, ci Een the sea htas beeni made to give up its d treaisures of rare wares. Perhaps theo amost It remnrikttale Instancee of thils Is In connec- st tioni with the wreck of the bark Goteborg, [I which took phiuce qme hiundlred andi thirty tI ye'ars ago, not ini'~ fromu Gothaenbuarg, b Sweden.e 'his vessel belonged to the East ti india Company, of Gothenburg, anid was et oan a homeward voyage from China, laden I, with sIlks, lini, teas, porcelains and othecr [I valuable mierehmandlse. From thneo to time d various atteampts were made b)y wreckorsto n get at the cargo. Norne of these attempts b were at all successful until al.out teni years se ago, when the divers succeeded in obtain- t' lng samples enough to show that the rest a of the treasures were well worth the effort ti involved 4a trylang to brIng them up. b isating 'was necessry In order to get out the heavy blocks of tin, and the effects of. this was to play havoc with.the china~ The I *iXDaes nfov.d so muoh gronia than the c receipts that the enterprise wals abandoned. More recently another attempt was mnade, this time with greater success. The ship was found to be in a condition which in volved the efforts of the (livers in great roubile. The upper deck was off and the iecond deck had fallen through, destroying nch of the china. There was an li Wtu O se8 quantity of clay in the hold of the vessel and the divers had to dig through ;even or eight feet of it in order to reach he china. Fragments of china inter ilivwrsed through the clay made digging liflieult and cut the divers hatids. After nany interruptions and long delay about wo hundred dozen unbrolon articles of hIiina were taken out. Among th'ese were nanty articles which seem to have been li ended for the Hoyal faminly, as they were tound to be marked with the kingly mono trIam. There were ptinch-bowls of curious lesign and singular workmaisiip, plates tad eips sutch as have been seldomn seen in his co ntry, some of the cups being almost ts thin as egg-shells and of vitreous trans )IrenCy. The fact that much of this cUri ms china was stored lin tihe k(el gives rise 0 lihe suspicion that there was an attempt o smuggle it. It Is said that the whole tore of china has been recovered fromi the vrek. Most of it was taken to London, nd a niiber of title sleciens were iroualit to New York. The value of these pecim-ns is, o course. elielly to collec or's of aIlitique and the lovers of cerinic rt. The style of decoration is altogether ifferct from anything that has been in rdinary use. The porcelain is of a (inality L-ldom ht1adid here, even iby 4;Xperienced olleclors. As Stranlgo as Fl(1t 101%. All old Texans and the student of the istory of Texas are familiar with the ill Alrred Alier expedition, whI:chII left Texas I the fall of 1811 for lie purpose of in ading Mexico. The expedition started ut uider conunand of Gleneral Somervill, md on the 1911h of )eeember, when in the icinity of the lRio Grande-, was ordered ack. After the return of General Somer iii and a portion of the conumand some 01) men who were left determined on hos Ie(! demonstrations and elected Willham S. ishir as commander. The expedi.on tel advainced on the town of Alier, in lexico. A detachment arriving there on te 21s, and (imatlitig pevialons took ie alcane of the town vwith them as a ostage. and returned to where the main ody was camped to wait the arrival of the rtice-tI( demanded. While the Texans re niined In camp Mier was occupied by leneral Ampudia, of lie Mexican army, rith 2,000 men. Oi the afternoon of the th of December the Texas forces started Lr the town and encountered the forces of L11mpudia, inl Its ViCinit Y, ind a dlght, CisIe(I i which the Mexicans were driven through lie town, but still fighting. After several arleys the represenition of the overwhlchn rig numbers opposed to them, and prom ies of generous terms tho Texans were in tced to surrender. he prisoners were hen started for the City of Mexico, a num er being killed en route, and ont arriving t Salado, on the 25h of March, an order ras received from 8iiia Anna, directing hat every tenth mian be shot. Accordingly no hundred and fifty-nine white and sev teen black beans, represeIting the n-ti er of Texans left, were placed in n hoc nd each man drew, the ones drawing the lack 1), iS being titken out and shot. in 'Thirnll's history of Texas" occurs the fol )wing )paragrapl:h "First Amdudia and ien Santt Anna took a fancy to i mere id by the name otellill, and young Ifill's ither and brother were released, and the outng man sunt, to the best, college in Mex to. lie adopted the profession of a min ig engineer, and is still a citizen of lexico." Mr. 11111, who has vever been > Texas since the imne lie started on the peiditioi, left Vera Cruz some days sn c y the Alexanidre line of steamers foir New 'rleans, at whIch latce ho has already ar vedl, and will bue in Galveston oin the ar vai of tile Morgan line steaimer tils morn ig. Heo is a brother- ia-law of General W. . Webbu, of llouston, and wilt bte wel 'med in Gailveston by many old Tiexans, 'ho r-emembhered his father on hIs ret,urn oam Mexico im 1844, when the prisoners ecrc released. Th'le changes wvrought in 'extis since the dleparture of Mr. 11111, 'en a mere lad, thirty-nline years ago, ive been of stuch magnitude that it, would ~quiire imore spatce than Is abiotted tils tragraph)l, for but the bare enuimet-ation of in 1 .o WHds, oft Giuina. Af ter patssing the Itapon Raif)ds we saw ir first caytman, a p)art.icuilarly stolid fellow >mne fIfteen feet in length. lie kept swim ring on lia cor-se without taking the ighitest notice of us. At Aportiere, the mnctiont of the Essequibo andi iumpiinuni, te old chief, Joseph, keeps a perfect 1me [lgertle of p)arrots, macaws, toucans, trunm 3t-blrds, maa, seti-guills, monikeys, dogs, acouri, turitles, sloths, ducks and fowls, till )aparently quite tame, and roaming about though they had no wish to leave thc lot. I here p)urchmasedl seven ripe bananas >r a fish-hook. Coboor-ows, a kInd of indfly, and( miosqutitoes troubled us griev isly in our course upi the itupununl.- rThe >mer bit viciously dmtinlg t he day, ati o nmosrinito3s had their hinings at nIght. gave a shirt to each of my- Indians for i- Iie protection against the blood-suckinig tud blist.ering cobo)orolw. but their legs wore ill exposed. For myself, I was compelled > putt on a pair ouf trousers. 'This was an (cep1tional proceeding on my part, for till o caime to the Itupununi I liad been able > revel in the comfort of being free fronm iese11 ansutndry other articles of conven onal attire. Of'our secondi night of belnji i the ITupunuini a few hours after we hay1i tired to rest an immense tree close by us roke amid fell, causIng a most apailing -ash in the stIllness of tile night. My In Lana Imagined that an evil spirit had (lone to annoy them, and called out to the p)er cutor to leave them alone. They averred at they were carrying a white man into ecir counh y, and that If the spiIt, did not shave himself better the white man would ke (lire revenge. Thie,specles of super itious regard for tle white man's prowess so much for the convenience of travelers. at I confass I should be sorry to see 'It spelled. The evili apirit, if such' thdreo 'as, obediently left us, and quietness came ack. It was a lovely, balmy morning, a If t breeze just stirring, and if it had. not een for the mosquitoes, exIstence just then ould have been most placid and delight ml; wIthout question "lifto would have een worth living. - [mpollt9 -s i i ved from t(o~ muireo-- ceie to the di1vine add FOOD FOR THOUGIIT. The best navigatton-steerng Clear of the rocks of contention. Our actions are our own ; their con.. sequences belong to heaven. Darkness, solitude and remorse are grin and hateful company. A Judicious silence Is better than truth spoken without charity. Never refer to a gift you have made, or it favor you have rendered. Never anything can be amiss when siimpleness and duty tender it. Good temper is like a sunny day ; It shedS its brightuess on everything. Truth Is the foundation of all knowl edge, and the cement of all societies. lie that buys 1% hat he does not want, will soonl walnt what he cannot buy. - It often happens that what we get for nothing is tihe dearest thing we have. If yout are toiling In an unrequited way in life, think how Christ labored. No womantz Is capable of being beauti ful who Is not incapable of being false. Ile w ho thinks he has nothing to fear froi temptation, is Iost exposed to a fall. Never relate your misfortune, and iever grieve over what you Cannot prO vent. Pedantry consists In the use of worJs ' tinsuitable to the t.ime, place and colu pan1y. Sin produces fear, fear leads to boi dage, and bontiae makes al our duties irksome. Never, whent traveling, be over boastful of your own naItLon, state, or coilintry. Let those who would affectsingularity with success, first deteritine to be very sill,gular. .Be constant in what Is good, but be ware of being obstinat,e n any thilg t11:1L is evil. Speakiig inuch is a sign of vanity 1or lie that is lavistk in WoIds is a nig gard InI deeds. The Bible has suffered more in the immis ol hoiest, bunglers than It, hats roin skeltics. Never be afraild of being In the nil n1orities, so ihatt iinorkites arc based 111)l,np in ile. - if some folks had their way about this world how lew people could live c niforably in it. What arc a few years of What men call sorrow and burden-beartaig to au et,eruity of bIe:sJdtess? What Is It to part with a fr'e.id whom we shial I meet, again to what It is to p.rt wiLh vir tIe anmid honor? Ala ounce of generous praise will do more to mit.ake a 1111n your triend titan a pound 01 faut,-finding. No matter what may be your station, you can so live that, men through you and in yon shall see God. The best teher of dutios that still Ie, (lie (11(i to u1s, is the practice of those we seek and have a. hand. Over-inquisitiveness, pure and ain ple, is very exaspurating in mainy peo ple otherwise very agreeable. God's providence may seem slow in dealing with men, but It Is helping them build character for eteriaty. Temperate temperatince men and wo mi are noeeo quite as much as pro iitory laws or police regulailons. Every act o1 dissipation and every li, of drinkenness r,)b the menti l parts of somae portion of their growth. A man who puts himself on the ,round ofamoral principles, if the whole m riId be atgatlust him1, is mightier than ill. Tjo wvork out our own contenatmentr, we should labor not so much to increase mr* sublstanice, as to moderato our do. sires. Modesty in your furniture, equipalge, and words will sho0w that your tnind is. well regulmated, and 'your heart free fromn paission. Such as thy words are snch will thy aflfetions be esteemrd ; and such thy hleeds as thy affections, aand stuch thy life as thy deeds. Thue longer we hIve and the more we think, tihe higher value we learn to put nm the fricendshhn and tenderness o1 parents and friends. Whenever we have to establish new rela. ions wvith any one, iet us make an 'un pie )r ovisionl for pardon, or indul gence and1( of kindness. Thlose who can themselves do good serylice are but as one to a thousand uomnpaired with thoise wvhocan see faults In the labors of others. We should round every day of stlrr lng action with an evening of thought. We iare taught nothing by experience LessCR we mtuse upjonl it. He substantially great In thyself, and more thaui thou appeairest unto~ others; tid let the world be deceived in thee is they arec in the lights of heayon. If a man does not make aew acqulain ance ias hie aidvances through nie, ho will soonl find hlhnself alone. A man shiould keep his friendships in constant repair. Good nature Is the beauty of the saind, andi, like personal beauty, wins, ilmnost without anything else--some times, indeed, in spite of positive de tieleneies. TIhle happiness of man depends on no ,reed alld no book; it de pends on the lominlon of truth, whieb is tihe Re .leem.or auid Saivior, the Messiah, andi the K(ing 6? Glory. Men's happiness springD mialnly from Sloderate troubles, which afford the mind a healthful stianlus, aid are fol lowed by a reaction wilich prodIunes a aheerfulI flow ot spirits. 0, glorious laughter, thou man-tov Ing spirit, that for a tinme dothl 'take the burden from the weary back, that loth lay salve.to the weary feet, bruis od and gut by' flints and snards, it is,hard to personate .snd act ig part long; for where truth y notat the bot tom, nattre' will always be ende&vor. Ing to retinn and will peep out and betray herself one thme or anothen. There are eras in our spirit's exlst. once, as there aire eras in our fortu nes;'' SFras, when the fate sof the chaf uter ,yv hamngs suspenddd ujy6tj s6the aottofWi Abamnl4ohito4axnell in preW t 8lg