The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, May 11, 1880, Image 1
TRI-WEEKLYEDITION. WINNSBORIO, S. C., MAY 11, 1880. VoL IY.-NO. 57.
TRUr QLR IST. MIL L.
,y Willow brook, beneath the hill
8tandtq q al r th .ld g st-m
Mprin , sy a riO tow,
Who Otad,h .h 0tholov, tiWe.
Tho'pond ie bi Ole b a idep.
And around its brink the alders sweep;
The lily pads spread gay and green,
ThoIl lilies whito and gold between ;
While grinds the mill wiWX#P uJng qijU(L.
The water whool turns round and round.
Among the roods the muskrat divos,
And swift "tle swallow honoward lies :,,
T,:o robin sits in oedars near,
WhenWillow brook runs swift and olotr;
The olildren by the sobool houso play,
Whore slumborous shaddws softly stay,
And warm and low tbe summor broezo
is whisporing through the willow leaves,
Whilo grindo the niill with rumbling w->und,
The water who'ol titras round and round.
The crows now wing their southdrn way;
i tio squirrels in the nut trees play ;
With merry shouts the school boyi run
The mountains blu<h 'neath antiinn's sun
Their grain they bring adown the hill,
The fGrmera, to the old grist mill :
And faint from far o'er hill and dalo
Valls on the ear the throqhor 6 flail;
While grinda the mill with rumbling sound,
The water whotue turns round and round.
Long years have como and passe(l away
Tihe mill with ago is gatin. amid gray
The roof gaps wide to rain and oun
With cobwebi thick the walls are hung.
The pond Is ovet'grown with weeds
Tho marsh-wren builds among the rood-i
The night winds through the willows mo n;
Theo school house ;one. the children grown
The farmers slop where w Id flow. rp grow,
Who brooght .tlibindgalh dleit-d,go, "
When ground th ll ti."rnib1i gouiii,d,
And the water whoel turned rond and rounC.
Red.Wins.
It was the er4up!qr's ahas . g'y atMl
and again reiterated, only diveriied with
thalt of " Red loses! " whicll br-oko thle still
nesa in thle suporbly-aippointed roomn t
11omiburg, w1th. the gaminig-table In its cen
tire, round which were gathered its eager
votaries, behind whon were the searcely
less interested groups o lookern-on.
"Come away, my deAr," said a very 16v l
ly wNIoman among the spectatorg, iu*a whis
per to her husbaud. "I an sorry tWmt %e
me. This is no plce for Pearl," idicat
ing with a nod of the head, as she spoke,
un exquisitely beautiful girl, scarcely more
thin a Child, of some twelve or thirteen
summers, who stood.beside them.
"Cone, Pearl," the father said.
But the girl stood entraiced, her eyes.
tIXed upon a man's face seated at the far
thest end of the table. It was a strikingly
handsome face, even when wearing, as it
now did, an expression of calm, born of
d'esperation. No tinge of.color was in either
cheeks or lips.
Illis eys shone with a strange''and hard
glitter, and were fixed upon the balls as
they swung round, as though on the color
uppermost hung his hope of life or death.
And so It was. Ile had sat dowh pos
sessed of a fortune; he arose a beggar!
Fate had steadily pursued hiin with mock
Ing hopelessness, until he had placed his
last stake, only to see it niercilessly awept
from himi1.
lie half arose from the table. What
more was to be done, save to go out some
where into the still night air and send a
bullet through his heart or brain.
It was at this moment the girl, with
flushed cheeks and half p)arted lips5, dartled
upl to his side.
'"Take this," shle pleaded, "'for my
sake," and pressed a gold piece into his
cold hand.
ahn-taer-utagain ang out thleeCroup)ier's
cry of command to pla1ce the stakes.
T[he child st"lireat hlessingher, eager
expectancy, her eyes burning with feverish
interest.
A sudden impulse overmtastered hhn.
Without speaking a wvord, lhe p)lacedl the
gold upon the table.
The hext minute a small pile of' gol was
at his elbowv., iIe staked it all again. Again
lie wvon. . A bright spot of scarlet rep)laed(
the p)allor in his cheek, which spread andl
deepenedl as Dame lFortune, who had so
persistentlyt frowvhed ; upon liim, now re
servedl for, him1 obly her smIles..
Alort.ing was b)reaking when lhe rose from
the tables, no0 longer a dlesp)erate mua, but
with hIs foi'tune tllrebfok(i retuirnedl to him.
After his first winning lie had turned to
return to the child her offering, but she had
vanished. Should lhe ever and1( her, ever
repay the debt) ? iIe knew not; but, stand
lug at last out uinder the clear blue sky,
with a great wveight lifted from his~ heart
and brain, IIarold Clayton vowed that it
should be hIs life-search,, b)ut that the lessoni
tauggtghtlould neyer bys forgotten, and
thabliWtables shmould know him niever
more.
Six years patssedl, and Hfarold Clayton
was winning name andl fame In his owni
land, in his p)rofession as ani artist.
8tanding one night mi a cr'owded assem-.
bly, somne one in passmtg touched him lhght
ly on the arm with her fani, and( glancing'
aroundl, he met the smiilirng face of his kos
tess, 'l. U
"Come," she sai, "I want to p)resenlt
you to mny-belle, I ff you can pt*ov(dl upoin
her to give Ni atslttinug aitd t raVsfer li'
coloring to canvass, you will rendier' your.
self immortal,"
"Is she, then, so beautiful)" lhe quiestion
ed.,
"Judge for y ' 1 g)' t
ed, leading hin to a'IttTe group doinig
homage,tp..t0(ra$h,girbI,Ats C4re.
Niille 1 '97 c'tfr Olyp "I h
formal words'of the introduction, as I Iarol
b6wed i acknowledgement before the wi
man whom his artistic eye confessed th
nost PC[%ptiful, Vlat .Jn all 1i6 Wander'ing
tIe h ever t
Bdfoie the'evening 1,as ended he migh
ive added, the first woman whom Ie eve
loved, since she had awakened in him a
nterest Its niew ats it wits strange.
-'hrough the next week her face hatinte
tim. Then they met again, and the charr
;rrew and meeened. lie could not deinl
it; lie scarcely aclkIowledged it to himself
nly away from Miss Reyburn ie was rest
ess and uieasy, until he again found himr
4elf wit,tlkn the Scope of her fascinations.
Yet her nature remained an eIgima ti
im. Although so young i years, 8
beautiful in form and feature, she seenie
olid even to liatIhtlness, reticent alost t
worn.
It was as though some exquisite marbl
Itatue had risen in his pathway, wiic
night some111 day warm into life.
She welcomed him whenever they ie
6vith a manner which, while it gave hh111
ro cause for complaint, yet chilled the hop
qpringing witlhil his breast.
One day, oli going to her lione, the ser
vant met him at the door with the an
souncemeit that she wa.s very ik.. Thi
knowledge brought. other knowlege-th
ract thit lie could no longer conceal fron
1imself that lie loved her, and that on hi
liope of winning her hung his Afe's happi
Sloi'went back to his studio, wretche(
nd despairing, and seated himself it hi
?asel. le had not meant to paint her fac
-his brain seemied uneionsCloins of his fin
:ers, toil-yet, wheu the morning broke
Swas,her fqqtUres Mfilin$ tipon. hi fimor
he canv.as, and lie eienionjbered .the word
hostess *qd uttored on.the night lie firs
Iad. met her-that thus should lie rende
iimself innnortai.
Ie grew pale and wait in I lie days o
inxious suspepse, %yhen those wli watche.
-ver her couch kiew not whici wouh
onquter, the angel of life or death. lilt
Iere came an lboo', novet to be fohgotten
6heii lie was admitted' into lie!' lirbselice,
She was very white, very fragile, tin
nore beautiful, than i' the coloring of' per
eel health. A new'expressioi,, too, wit
a the violet eyes raised to welcome lAinn
"I am very glad to meet you again," shi
maid, gently. "I hear you have been anx
ons about. mile# You were very kind.
Then the words le had not meant t
ipeak burst from his lips.
"Anxious?" he said. "Uanit a mai, Mis
Reyburui, perishing.of hunger, hear of thi
amniIe without a shudder? I am presunip
1ious, you will say. It is true. What I
ly life, .with .its many settled pages it
Nhich your 0yes could never look, that
thould dare offer it to you? And yet, puri
led by your love, I would try to make i
nore worthy. Tell me-answer me! I
serve as Jacob served for Iachel, is ther
jope that 1 may win you? My darling
ny darlingl I love youl! I cannot liv
ny life without you! Will not you shar
Lower and lower drooped the lids, unti
he long dark lashes swept the niarbl
hiek, while the sweet motuth trembled
-ut the momentary weakness passed as shi
ploke: 'Forget aill thait you have said
SIr. Clayton. It cain never be."
'"You do0 not love me?'' he questitone
tadly.
Againa that swift ex pression of pain flitte
icross the lovely face.
"'I shaill never nmarry, ' she anaswered
''but," and in her' voice crept an ahtios
dleadinig tone, "'I nieed my friend ver
auch, Mr. Clayton. 'Do ntot, (desert me!"
"I cannot, "lie repliedl. '"To desert yoi
would be to (desert the hope of one da:
orcinig you to unsay those cruel words
hle hope which wvill go with me to nu
Whabit was the barrier between them
'is was the question ever riinging in H1am
hll Clayton's ear. As she looked when sit
proniouncedh his dbom, so lie had fancee
hie might have looked whenc the stt
warmed into lire.
Since then, sl.ie had been colder, mioie dli
ant than before; bitt Ito had caught tht
inomentatry exp)ression, anud transferred I
10 thte picture on w,hich his every leisur
nomett wits spent..
1[Ie was thus enigrossed one mormning, ovc
tr'iving to add new beaut-y to his almot
erfect ,work, when a low knock at Lth
door aroused him.
''Come i!'' lie called, then hent anei
to hIs task, wvithouit so much as raising hI
enud until a low, laughing voIce souinde
close beside him.
"We were caught in thie shower, Mi
Jlayton ; and I p)ersuiadled Margaret to see
helter with me bere. I (d(ii ot (dreamn sit
would find herself forstalled."
It- was Mrs. Somers who spoke-thle lad
vho had first p)resentedl hiu to Miss Roy
imn-whoese instruic'ion lie had(, unktnow
o her, carried oat.
"'Margaret,' shte added, t urning to hk
friemid, "'you have beenm sitthy~, for yor
ortit, and did( not let tie know.. WI;
hmve you p(lt lI such ai secret.'?"
'1lo'had n'ow sprung to his feet In tIne t
ee the rosy' thic spread( over Margaret Rtey
murn's face.
It was a l,iberty I took without Miss Reoy
n)irnJ'sknowledige, Mrs. Somers," ihe ex
plmend.' "I asstiro'you I ba've never. bee
so fortunate as to secure a sitting."
mwJSW1970yoehahi-have otto now, and yo
uust thank me for It," she rojoilied, whil
gagtk,tre to examine thi
ikqtohlslaA i atuIl g About in profue
confusion..
"J1ero are some) sketcheos .takeif while
altl~ ButdlyImg-obroad, MIss Refbn," sai
Sllarold. "Will you amuse yourself by)
- looking t them?"
'"I will retuiri II in few moments," in
i terrupted Ai8rs. Somers. "Wait for me,
illy dena'."
A word of expostulation rose to Mar
garet's lips, bit too late. The door, had
closell b)oiind the speaker.
Silence fell beween tie two this left
behind, when a low cry arrested Ilarold'B
attentionl. lie sprang to Miss Reyblrn1's
si(de.
ler eyes were fixedI upon a little sketch
sie held in her hanl. It 'represeitted a
gaiming table, at onec enld of whielh sit a
man, haggard, de4peraite, despairing, and
by him a child, holdilg out to him a single
goldpiece, with a smile iII her eyes, and
seemingly a prayer on her lips.
"You would know tle history of that
picture," lie said. "Laet me tell you.
Years ago I was in I [oiburg. The gaining
tables at traeled me, and)(I every night l'ound
me beside I hem, losing or winning accord
ing to the fortune of the loulr. One evvi.
Ing the demon ill hick pursued me. I lost
an<t lost unt ii I founI I was haggard. Mad
dened, desperale, I resolved to put an end
to my miserable life, when solhe one touch
yd my shouider; it child angel stoodI before
ile aid slipped into my hand a piece of
gold. 'For my sake l' she whispered.
'The eroupler'n hoarse cill warned mne 11o
k time was to be lost. I staked the gold and
4 won, but turning to give her back her own
- ishe had lied. When I rose from the table
I had recovered all and more, but I vowed
I a vow to lily unknon. deliverer that I
3 would never again hazard a dollar of the
fortune I considered hers. * I have never
- found her, Margaret. The child will never
knlow her work, but 1 am tnt afraid to
ileet her, for I have kept my pledge.
"1llarold I"-It was almost a whisper,
but something in the tone made his heart
give a vil(l, joymis leap-'"have I known
3oti all Ihis litime, mnd have you just found
' ie out ? It was tins, laroid, which sep
I arate:1 its. I dared not give Imy life to 11
Snman whom I had first known as a gambller.
t I supposed you still played, anitd I thought
that to see atgain the expression on your
fact.- 1 had seen that night would kill me.
Tell me, is It true? H ave you never
touched a card siice?"
'"Never ! lie answered, solemnly. "And
it is to you I owe it--it and life. Pearl
little Pearl, can you not trust. the man who
has been so long faithful to the child to be
still faithful to the womana? Aly own, you
will not dooiml the, life that you have
saved?"
But at this Juncture, Mrs. Somers, open
ing the door, beats a precipitate retreat.
Ilarold's statue has warmed illo life, aid,
1)ressing the lovely lips to his, he thanks
Gd that it is his ureath which ins awaken
ed it.
Yell Fire In his Ear.
Just about midnight te other night four
men In a Detroit saloon sat looking at ia
fifth. The fifth one was drunker than the
other four. While all men were created
equal, sonie men get drunk t wic.c as fast as
others.
"It will never (1o to send him home in
this condition," said one of the four after a
sileilce.
"No, it would break his wife's heart,"
added a second.
"But we can't leave haim here, and if wec
turn himx out the police will run him in,"'
observed the third.
"I'' have beeni t hinking," museed the fourt h.
"'iec hias a telephoine in his house. Hlere is
one hero. 1 will manke it, my paiiinful dutv
to tmformi his waitinig andl ainxious wife that
lie won't. be0 home to night."'
lie went to the telephone, got her call,
andI began:
"'Mrs. Blanik, I desire to communicate
with y'ou regarding your husband."
''Well, go ahead.''
"lie is dIown town here."
'"1 kmow tiat mutch."
- "'In dIescending the Stairs lendhing fronm
the lodge room lie fell and( sp)ramned his
ankle."
''Are youi sure It wasn't his neck?'" she
asked.
."it is niot a seriouis sprain, but we think
3 lt~ better to let himt lie on the sofa in the
1 anteroom until mornting. Rest assurted
that lie will have the best of care. We are
dloing erv.
"'Say!" b)roke in a sharp voice. "You
- bundle himii into ai wagon andt dtrlve 11nm1 up1
U lhcre, where I cati keep hm hidden until
t tQmt drunk gqvs offl lie woin't be sober
a, before to-morrow night!I"
''Ot out I If lie's sleepy' drunitk lput
r wvater on his head! ''That's the way I atl
t ways do."
e '"Will you let mte intform you that"
"'No, sir ; I wvon't ! 'lThrow water on is~
head, get him into some vehicle and rat,tle
huim iup here, for it's miost id(night now
anid it, will take mec half an hour to get his~
Iboots off and putsh him tip stairsl Re
member--pour water 0on hIs head and y(ell
'fIre' in his earl''
Strange D)evices.
Societ.y women in Philladelphia are ac-~
'cused( of strange devices b)y the shop-keep.
- era. One storekeeper in the artIficial flower
.a business says It Is quite a common occur
rence to have ladles call on the morning be.
r fore a ball anmd hamve hatndsome flowers sent
rto their residence for approbationi, which
rare faithfully returmned the next (liy, wvith
i' perhatps the purchase of a fifty cent rose,
mand occasiomally without mauking any pur
ii chasBo-atsall.having thus obtained4the adorn
- 941 f~ QOevening's Wear at tIme mer.
chant's expense. 8omo time ago a carmlage
-customer, It Is said,. ordered to 1)0 aent tu
her fashIonable residence, for selection,
-brande, piutfs and curls of it color t9 match~
her haIr. As It was on the eve of a grand
redo'ption, the niessenger was told ntot to re
Sturn withiout the money or Ethe goods.
a The Iddy played sick, the articles werie sent
-todhier room for oxammaition, and th0~ "tes.
soDger politely dismissed. 'Determ-led not
B t. sip, hum~buuged,.the storoke9ppr fiunt a1
pehnIptory naae'dmitding the return
I of the articles immedlatoly, which wan re
it huctantly omtphed With.
Mlatch Hunting.
Most people have no doubt observe(
one time or another, and perhaps at vari
times during their lives, that inatches
made inl heaven, viz: luelferI are very of
apt to come ill missing, or else prove woi
less at the most eritical Junctures. If
are a married man and the fatlher of cll
ren, your opportunities for observatioi
this line have been, like a kind of pal
manifold. It Is during the cold and frc
hours of a winter night that the itervii
ing of the family match safe is genen
aCComanpieid by the greatest amounit of
luck, and, unless you are eareful by I
fanity.
About 2 o'clock, a. ImI., Oil a winter ni
your wife wakes you with a shake i
yells:
'"John llenry, strike q light, the baby
the Croup!"
Tirning over in bed you reach for
imlatch .safe at the head o( the bed, Itid I
it empty. This Is a great disappointin
to yoil, bilt you say lothiig. Meinti
yotr -wife speaks again.:
"6john I lenry, will you ever get a lig
This child will choke to death.'
Wiit one bound you'are out of bed i
the next moieut with arlus outstrethe
front, you iun full tilt Artainst the edg(
the silting r"om door, which stands ab
half way open. Such little inleid-rnIts
good for you. They start th, sIugg
blo)il frin the nose whiii vou have brui
on the door, and disciple you ii the art
holding yoir temper. To render tle <
cipline greater your wife .laughs in it si
presged mainer at your imisfort tine. Fi iu
reaching the dining room you plun.1ge wil
for the place where tie match-safe 1tU414:
kept, ant fid it not. Then yotir over-ta:
paltence begins to flow away, anld you 8
mildly, of course:
"Angeline, where Is the match safe ?
"Ill its usual place, imly dear," she
plies.
"I donl't finld it."
"'Feel around on tlie 11iW. P(IIhaps
childire have knocked it down."
Thei you get down on your knees 1
'feel." -J ust as you have run at needle I
your finger and are about to express yo
self in positive and forcible language, 3p
wifo Says:
"Ol, I think the match-safe is in I
bmook-case, where I put it yesterday to ki
it otit of the way of Jeinie."
Another effort and the book-case
reached, opened, and tile iatch-safe fou
at last. It contains two Ilatelles. W
fraitie baste you r1-u) one oil Ilhe unilder
of the shelf in the case. It fails to igni
You have tried tie wrong v--nd, you th
You essay anotlpr effort with the other ei
A (dull rasp is heard, but no flre is strum
"Who under the suin uses matches a1
puls them back into the safe again ?" 3
(jalculate.
No answer from the bed roomi.
Grampiir the last match, you ascert
by the fr eling that It Is one of those
etimolated specimens, about as thick a
pieev of paper. You "scratch" it careft
and hopefullyr'- It breaks ill two aq
ignites and the sulphur falls to the il
with at fizz and a sputter, the fumes fill
your luIngs. At this importiant junct
your wife's duleet tones arb again heard
"'4John Henry Frelinghuysen, what nlt
the canopy are you about ? flaveyou ral
asleep out there?"
''Oh, yes, I've fallen ialeep. I ha
I've fallen asleep out here, with my kin
nlocking togeth)11r, with tle Cold.
Morrow I'll )uyV two gross of altll
One gross I'll pile up inl the bed room I
the other gross I'll openl and place
boxes all arouid the house, so that a fell
caln find IIIytling he Winlts in this hous
Then you make a desperate rtush for
kitchen and find a box full of matelies 1
the first time trying. Uighthig a lamp 3
prepare to fix ill) a dose for the croup,wl
I he last straw is laid on tile camel's Il
by youir bletter' half, w~ho says:
''Never mindi, now, .John, I guess
habhy hasin't tihe cronyl af tr all, for she
fallen asleep) againi."
Then, after mlakinig a mental vow
keep a light burning every ilght t,he
malndler otf the winter, you shake the at<
down, and1( in a fit of absent-mndednu
blow out the light andi retire.
This pcrformance is a matchless c
when well extecutedl, and1( is capable
Deicca Musunaai.
T.lhe Decca muislns of ludila are' ame
the most wvonderful evidences of the ha
skill of the stranige people of thme mnyst
0ous East. Th'iese fabrics, which are' aI
and w~oven entirely hy hamtil, andu arc
pIrodeat. (of obascure e.nd cuIrious p)roces
unIknown'i to and)1 unalittalinable by the W
eirn nations, like tihe fabricatIons of D)an
eus steol and the making of camel's I
shauwls; arc marvels of ingenuity and 81k
and they illustrate time ploetry of cott
The miost delticalec of these fabrics is knt
by the name of "wtovenl aIr.'' It can o
be maude In the early mnoring and( in
evenlings, whent the ir is full of moi0st
and( tile dew Is on the0 grass. Th'fe proc<
es by which it IS wovenI are kept 'secret,
People who dlo the work are coJlnpelledl I
to pass8 I brouigh a long cour'se of tr'ain
and( iniiaition. Their delicate wares art
such cthereal texture as to he almost Inv
b)le, and yet so eniduring that they will L
wvashing and wear I a wonderful mami
This precious sIlutl is mlonopol Ized
tIhe 1180 of the ladies of the oriental harel
and is stid to lie wvorthI hundreds of del
per yard.
One muorning a fIgure was seen di
an:ongst, the Ilags and1( reeds of the disi
lake shore. Prmesent.ly we imade out th
was ai wVoman. bile haiile,d us, aind as
to con.e aboardl\ to trmade. Ouir Smlall b<
iylt ha gallanit gent lemana as escoart, broiu
out this specimen of the South Florida t
She looked abashed( as 'haer upturned
(!aulght t,he! ginice o)f a dlozen nient, wilo
politely lifted her on deck. I ler aIm
scanlt dress revealed cowhide shoes
ankles innoceit of stockings, and, appsr<
ly, she wore nothing tunder her thIn cat
sacq'ie andl skirt. But back in the fa
eun-bonnmet I saw a cheerful, sun-brow
face whose smibl s,,perchance, the radic
of that which most blesses man's carl
home-woulaiu's love. She traded her I
ide for c6ffee and tobacco. Aboist
leave us5, she answered to a challenge t<
ouIr cook : "I'd like spleindld to go 'I
aind'cook for youi, but I coufdn't leave
babiest1.
- *Thei diateolddbt or Iowa Is 0
$500,000.
The Trials of naa Esagaged (l.
at After all, t(e yoke of marriage inl nll Il).
Ous paratus that sluhil sit on two pair of
lot shoulders; and there is nothing very seem
,el ly in aeing at girl wait to wear her own
h part of it uitil it lis been nicely padded
ou with quilted satin. Looking at (lie mati
- from a less elevated point of view, long
engagemeiits are rather tiresonle in restrict
er, ing the liberty of girls. Aliss Jenny, who
'stY is going to marry Mr. SimIsoi Its 80011 at
'w- that hopeful yolnig man gets a living, is
lIlY obliged in the iaawnt.imie to denty herself
ill lany pleasures, lest 6imp.-ion shoild take
"*o- oilense. She imust eschfew balls; she1 nust
take care that nobody makes love to her;
h it and for this purpose she is obliged to let all
ld chance comters be speedily informed of her
eigagement. Unhappily, the symbolism
has of inge is always unegarded, else the
CIIaIce COMeTS mlight disCover (te fact for
the tteIselves by looking at tih seco(d 1in1gei'
nd of Miss Jeniy's left h1aid. If jelily hais
('1it no sisters to taIlk of her betrothial, and it
tie her mother does not accept timely hints to
mention it oin every Ilecessary occasion, or
lit 1 the ellgagenu t is not alnounIicled tile girl is
rather ibarrdsse for words in which to
I(d convey the ndws delientely to stralngers.
Iin She caniot allude to Air. Sinipson as
of "Jolnny''-tlat would be too familiar;
)1 she cannot speak of him as "Simpson," for
are this would s0ud strange; but if she refers
isli to him fretuently as '3'r. Simpson,"
st rainageri nigi draw udesirable inferences
of fromt her apparent familiarity with a perston i
mi- tihus coldly 8cIified. 'I Ien the engaged
IP- girl h1as to put up with a great dieal of cliai.
1ly which is oinly pleasing for a while, ami' af
,IIy terward becomes iimoierable. The trials
1 Iy of mllatriliony are fre<luently commended to
ed her iaiitient attention by way of paternal
, ebuke: "Ah, iiy tdear, yout will find out
that I was right whien you are a wife your
self I" and so forth ; or at 811111) is put uponl
her too hiasty wish to consider hersell f ree
by tle reaninider that therIe is ittany a slip
between tile caip aid the itp. miictime.,s
Ahe ISimlpsan is actually held up to himr as it
bogey: "Aly dear, I don't think Mir.
i Simpson would quite approve of your
to wearinig that heirry ribabon;" "Jenny,
- dea', I think A.r. Silipsoln would be satdly
ur grieJved if he heard you express I hose upihi
ions;" or, "Jeilny, I am) sure Mr. Simpsona
lie world not think it proper that you should
0) play cro(iet w itlh Capt. Mlallet." There is
. enough ill all this to make a gnrl sit dowr
5 anad screamii.
is lid -
Ild
ihl
ik. 'T'lhe- kangaroo, is is well knowin, is found
,Ic. only in Australia and Tasmania. It)
'k. means of locomotion and defense aire so pe
id ciliar, and its swiftness so greltl, thal !iC
-o1 chase of it is aIttended With xcitement and
dtangers wholly uni(licv. The hnzitiaigortthe
fox in E'nglaiid is over cotmparativ ely smoot I
in ground and moderate-sized fences, witi
Iln well -trained liorme.c, while the kamiroo haR
a to be ebased over'new country, full of holes
Ily covered with wild grass, over (tches,fallen
it trees, among treep, and their branches, oii
1r horses that have no superiors in tle world
ng ins 8Pecd. 'I'lihen t lie dan eis tluit you are
tre to encoliter wh-Ieai you oeertake the kan
garoo, Ihlolgha niot ill. reality extrelme, are
Is- as great as those met in the tiger hunt as
len usualtly conducted, while in tle lattoor you
have not the excitement aid dtkgcr of the
ve. chase. 'Tlhe phlice where I write is about
4 200 Iiles fi'oimi then' ocean shore, oi tile
po- hanks of a baulihil river, shaded with en
s. calyp:us l recs. These t rees are the it ural I
I growtI of c counl t iy, covpr a large rt-t of
he it, antd are believed, both here and in Em
w rolpe, to So dvmrety m1altiat as to be a1 srll-e
." gua'atev aigaianst Fevers of aill kinids. Tle
Lhe couches are examined before retiring at
lie night to see if tlier-e al-C any snakes inl 1 hiemi;
,ou but aione are fouid: A nailive, with two
len womena, 1s. camped on the I ishore near by.
ek 'Their caump is a lilf-circle or piled-us logs,
threce feet high, while on1 the (opcen sidle, to
he ward'cs the waiter glarecs a brilliant fire',
las lighting up themi andc thle dariikiiess with a
to resembile the A fr'icaanimore nearly thiana
re- either of' the ofther four of the humian races;,
ve and conie withlout dloubt faromi liuit stock.
as, Tfhaeir haiir cannot lhe Mtraictly saidl to bae
either hair or wool, buit mocst nearly reseii
1e, bl1es thea latter. 'Thley are- of good size,
of dlark brown, wveil muaide, anid dloni't encuimui
her- l.haemselves with muclh clothlinag. Onae
of thieir weaplonis of wair is the boomeranag,
andl it is a curiouis aiffair. It is adce of
very hard wood, t.hree fceet long, four- incheCs
)fl wide, one inch thiic,k ait thte centrec, iandt
M. bends e.lgeways so as to maike a third of a
ri-- circle. With the hand they are Satit to1
un thr-ow this implemnent (50 yard-cs, cuttinag offt
.hi tihe hecad of an eemy, and1( haiving the
es weapona retuirn to the feet of (lie seim(ler.
si have seeni it thiown that dhist anc aindl re
as turna to the person thr-owingt it. Tihe lull
,Air grown male kanagairoo is calledi "hIoonier,''
il and is about seven aind a haclf feet long firon'
m' is no0se to the end c)f his tail, the tail be
su ing iabouit three atndc a hailf feet oh' this, andic
dhy onie foot iai (hiameter lit its base, lie lives
the onl gr-ass, sometimes invading thie fIls c)
tire the frontiersnman and enthtig uap tall lae has.
as- lie stainds on four legs when feeding, and
aid ait no0 othera ti:ne. Ills tait Is full of power
iri fual sInews, but1 it is usedic only to assist ini
ngthe eqdiibriumn while sat ting, stanading ori
of0 the toes and runininig. Ini a sift lng posture
s i e is aibout four and1( a hal f feet high ; but
ear when heo stands on his toes to survey the
ecr. country or an enemly, lie . is taller thanl a
fora mnaa. lie hais a1 soft, gazelle-like expres
e, sion, baut the white (eethI gleam-'between
ias the lips. llis color is brownc, teniniig ir
age towvardts red oir grey, atccoi-ding to the
spcCies. TJhuey wecigh (the imale) front 15O
to 170 pounds(l each. Th'le meiat tastes
diy soimewhtat like venison, but Is not very
amt 31ood, thiough the tail nmakes excellent soup1.
iT hi le femnale Is inder six feet in length, aml
bed is different somewvhiat mi appiearanice froni
)at, the miale. TIhae youmg, whzen borin, arc
ght conly an linch long, antd a-e fhist seen nurs
(y, mag tIe mthher int the pouch in froat, whiere
lce shIe caririe-s themi. Th'ley reain in thit
till p)onch1 tIll they tire eight mionithsI olfatiiau
hey weigh about ten potinds, and1( long after
,r,warts returni to IL on aippeairance of ;langer.
nd When the motheri is hard piressed by the
nt. enemy in a chaise she throwsa the youang one
ico ouct of (lie pouch, who thereb3ly mauikes its es
lecd :atpe. Tlhere aire kangaroo (logs, very swift
aied and1( stronlg, espcCialhly adapted to huintinf
ic the kag~garoo; but no experlienced (log wilt
ldy Itackie them without somebody to bac
acef him. TIhey3 jmul) about fifteen foet at r
to tuane usuially, but somietimes twenty or more1
abe and theIr swIftness is prodigious. Nothaing
,ng can apparently overtake them In a fali
(he race, atnd the usual wayv Is to practIcally
surr-oird them. Whetn hard p)ressed they
p lace theIr back' to a tree for the fight ; or,
dhy in preference, they always strike for the
water' If there la any nonsi. 'They try tC
seize their enemy with the fore paws, and
then rip it from top to bottom with the
middle claws of their hind feet, which are
very sharp. If they are in the water they
try to hold their enemy under it until he is
drowned. They will always leave a dog
to attack a man.
At 9 o'clock one imoriinL ten men, in
Ciuding myself, started on horseback, with
four dogs, on a chase. All were experi
elneed in the business except a young Eng.
fishilian llnd myself. We took no fh1:earms,
a large stick being the only weapon to be
used. We had nto dificulty in indiig the
animakls. It was disdained to avoid such
fences ats we found, anld we Jumped several
of i height of four to live feet, always ap
proaehing them it i ftull runf. We divided
the part', 11111f going to each Side of a
partly opell plail. ] soonl Haw a large kan
galo0 t([ two siniall oneV8 coming towards
olr irty. We wadited util they were
ne.r enough to qee us, whenl they made i
right 11n1gle and welnt olf at an astonisiling
plice, ill jullips of fifteen to twenty feet inl
lelgth, going from eiglt to tell f,et inl tile
air at vauh 11jm1np. We 1-Went for" the big
ole, bit he quickly got beyond our sight,
tle tireo already h1avilig distanced the
dlogs.
''hle kangaroo dogs hunilt 1)3 sight like ihe
greyhound. These three were all lost, we
lIaried 11 we m11t at t he poilt. agreed uponl.
\ e nlext sllrrolllded allother lirge tract of
toreSt pla1ill anld Inlldow, tlhis tile diVid
ill.g the logs. In at few Illnents at hun
dred or ilmore katngaroos came bounding to
wards the party with 1met. The dog with
ie Started for them, and all tI e
dtogs an1d Illell wre aIt o(c ill pursuit 'Tlie
kanigarolm divided ilto sevetid parties,each
dog selectilng oUe to follow, ld each man
following soe one of tle dogs. y 13' (log
Welt for a i1ollier,alld I also, in Col 111palny
with two others of tle party. 'I'le boomeri
stood ill, toIk a long look at us, and then
hIew. We foll(Iwed hi Ilmliol tile trees
aid hallehes, jumping logs and, debris of
ill klds, and across )pliils alt i featifill
raltev. Th'le horse-s nmided nto urlginlg -t ir
blolid was up nlow. The (log "1laid to it,"
bit 1111de nto ilnd. \Vhen he would get
near the klnigaroo tihte aiiimnal woul maki!
it .11111) lit right angless and chalge his
COMrSP, while Ilie dog would shool on a
dist eIMll(,for-e tiurmn11g. Aftpr1 a rll of
this kind for SoIe distance, Ilie kigaroo
3tarted for a swuip. After reachilig a11111,
and goilg ill i diitalce, lie tilnIled his face
towardti Its, standing up Oi1 his hind paw's
to a height of seveii feet, and prepared for
battle. The dog weit for him and (t.
tight commnenced. The dog succeeded ill
gettilig hot of his tail, anild was carried ill
the air Someit disltice by repeated jumnps.
The (log Ilien lost llis hold, andl([ was s'i'd
aid put under the water. Owig to m;ly
h1avilig the be4t horse, I was first to come11
to tile dog's Ilid. I w11 wlr'pled by 811puls
nlot to approach the allillmal, bit dis
regarded them and Hlowed m11yHelf at good
kanligroo h1unter. 1Thev aill11 proved to be
eight feet long. The rsest of tile party
killed two smaller onies, and later Ill the
day, at iother chase, another large on1e
was killed. 'Ile fellale, do not fight., ilt
I-ill so Mwifily that they atre rarvi.y ovver
Airani Fiod.
Curious physiological fact, that a111lilthogh
OIpeln aiIr life is so fav0rable to (IaLtl, yet it
hnl the appirent effet of stinjg girowt h
ill early youth. While th-e ch;ildrell of
wet-l1-to-do pareit, cnrefully housed and
tended, afre taller for their age than tile
clilIren of thlie poor, 11py aire lot so atr*(on1g
in after yearm. "The laborers' children, for
ilialuance, wlo play in the lonely couilry
ro,0ds and fields ill day, whose pareiiiJ lock
their colt age door oil Icaving for t heir work
in tie morning, 8o that t heir offsprings shall
iot ilvm'alriallly 41hort for t1heir Ige. Thei-c
chihirenl of workinlg farmers exlibt tie
samne p)euliarlity. After aixt en or eighlteenl,
afterl years of hes'iitaition as it were, thle hlds
shloot. ill, and1( bLcomeI great, hllkinIg broad
shlouldered fel lows, p)os.sessedi of Iimmiense
doolr iife forces growvth att the wroing perio'd1,
and( 50 inljures. " Thie inlferencle is lautiSi
ble, but is widle of tile malrk. Thie chilldren
of the well1-to-do are? tall1, not, because th1ey
are kept in-doors, but, becaiuse thley are wel
fed and( arIved fromll severe exposuriie. Thie
chldrten of the poor aire atunllted, not by too
muchel $1un anid air, btl beLcaue they are ill
fed. Give tile first class lently of oult-dodor
stronlg as well as 1tall. Oive to the hlborerls'
chlildrenI tile food stitable1( for' t heirI years,
and1( noI amotllit of sun1 and1( wVirl) will stunlt
theml. On tile conltrary, thley will not have
to wait till aige binilgs capihly to tulrn
IdtronIg food to hone1 andii mulscle, andi{ timeW
to oivercomt~e the evil effects of hard1( timles
ill early life; but they will gr'ow from tile
Cars In l.he Ar'abian Desewrt.
Mr'. Rutssell, gives anl inltere'st lng sket ch
oIf a run thiroulgh a t ion11 of the A rabhm111
dlesert by a new railway route. We suab
joinl til extract: "'Blanched bones of
catnels lie In dull1 Whlitenless on the 51and(.
Not a bird falls the hot siLlnt air. Stonies
and sland, and( 511( sand astones, are all and
everywhere stretched otit dead and1( hard
undl(er tile blue sky and the relenItlessI Stil.
Th'le rail whiech conveys us throuigh thIls
dlesOlationl Is single, and1. the line is aid lby
English enlginleers to be very poorly madle,
as the Frenceh enlgineers who laid it out
took It over a ridige 1,100 feet hlighl, insteadi
of following a low level near the river,
which would halve greatly dhiiminished the
e'xpenIse and cost, of workinlg. Th'ie water
and Col of the engIes 18 to be carried by
tihe trains out to the valrious St ationsa. So
they are like comissariat ailsli in a
barren coutlItry, wlehl have to carry their
ownl fodlder and diminish tihe pubilick bur
thens. 'Thle stations are helpless, hot, oven
like erect Ions, generally eked out by forlorn
01(1 wooden hluts, wilthiln the shade of which
nilay be seen an unldoubtted Enlghishmnan
smokhlag his p)ipe. At t' e t velfth st ation
we coaled; the trailn cretld in the (desert
here ; but at long intervalst, for anils in ad
vance, wve could see the enlcampm)nents of
Arabs, who for tihe time had colme nayvles,
and were engtaged in picking atnd burmow.
inlg, and blastIng throughi the rocks a way
for the iron horse. In a long, wooden sed
-the centre of a group of tents-wore laId
out long tabules, covered with hot joints of
recondite animals, papiere macho chilckens,
apId lignite vegetables. Tl.ds.Was o.qr dln-.
ner--it had com'e all the way frqui .Caro
so'hIad tIle wIne, beoo' and spidt'l. If nidnrna
and quails wore at all entable, we" hlad en
vied the food of the TsaoAlte.
A Novel A)Ivorce Case.
There isn't much humor in law but some
things that come out of the law are rather
funny. One of these happened the other
day and caused smiles all arouni, except
Oin one man's face. Tllis man had coip
from Nevada at the reguest of a lawyer to
have a decree of divorce set aside. lie had
packed off from his wife several years ago,
and tie woman afterwards married the
lawyer, first, however, going through the
torm of getting a divorce. She had not
been long married to the lawyer when he
followed tho example of her first Husband
by withdrawing from her company. Then
learning that there had been sone irregul
arity about the divorce, he set out to hunt
up tite original husband. lie discover(d
him in Nevada and persuaded him to come
to New York. The husband had not be
fore ieard of the divorce, and when the
lawyer told hin about it he was maa
enough to pitch in and mash it to pieces,
just for spite. lie did pitch in, and was
helped by a lawyer who was a friend of
the lawyer who had huited hin up in Ne
vada. Proceedings were opened to have
the divorce set aside on the ground of fraud,
or something of that sort, and everything
weit on very nicely for awhile. But by
and-by the first husband began to think.
hlen le went to the lawyer who was act
ing for him and told him to stop. The
lawyer saidl he would if his fee was pai.
'he man from Nevada said she did not owe
may fee. lie appeared in the case merely
lo oblige tle other lawyer, and the latter
was t he' man to look to for a fee. "Very
well," said lawyer nmnher two, 'then I'll
in on wit i the ease." And go Oil With it
he did before a referce, and before the Ne
vadai mani could help himself the referee
hai made a report to the court and the couirt
1111< cet aside the decree of divorcq. The
HYfet of this is to release the lawyer fron
his marriage to the woman, and to reinstate
her as (lhe wife of the man whom the law
yer liil broiurlht on from Nevadti to help
hin1 out of a 81na-l. The I\Cvaia ma1
idin'i vait his wife given back, and the
woman did not want to le reinstated, bit.
the law said that was how it should be, and
tie law er can )ut his hand inI his pocket
aind ask the reuilted coulple, who had hoped
iiever to see each other again, what they
ire going to do about it. Let this be a warn
ilg to (oth ter hius)an(s, who have once got
rid of (isigreeable wives, to be mighty
:areful about itcconunodating lawyers who
nay possibly want to get rid of the same
wives themselves. Ind the Nevada man
iutek to his camp, Insteid of coming to
New York to oblige a liwyer, he would
intii have a wife thrown back on his haUds
by t-he law, aifter site had got i secret di
vorce from himi and marriel another ma1n.
1urn1ing 11tHrnm.
There fire uinidoubtedly aitiny barnal
burtind from careiessness. In one case
recently, a match, which had been lit to af
ford a momentary light, was thrown down
in the dirl on time biarnlloor, where it started
i slow fire, whicl gradially extendedto the
h1,1,ymow. In another instance an enter
prising owner shot ant owl in the barn and
kiled him--and burned the barn. When
'ver it is necessary to fire a gun about
muildigs, wool should lie uised for wadding,
1. it will not readily take fire from the
lt wder. Spontaneous conibust ion, it is he
ieved, ciused the burniugof the other-two,
me by ilie heat from a big pile of buck
wheat chall, and the other by heni matnXre
nder the shed, mixed with straw and other
natnre. In some Ittmnces buildings have
mlrely esciaped. Onle of our1-citizenlsmnax
jitting ii his house one ovenii in Aututnn,
Imd altppeniig to put IRis hand against the
wih it(e founild it flo htot as to nearly burn
int. SCeking for tihe cause, le found It to
)e heat from the banking aro:ind the dwel
itng, which wais buckwheat chaff. lie did
liot go to bed unatilI that banking was re
niovedl, Th'le hous~e would undoubtedly
iiave been burned before mnornlig. Anothier'
hmn just at night loaded lis wagon with
the dlropp)ings fr'om the barnyard, anid then
nAdded sonic lien mniure and ashes, and mas
it was late left the wagon and conttents
(tandi( until the next unintg. i"ortunately
Lie (Id not. irun it Into any butld(intg, for thec
text (lay lhe found it otn tire In three places.
ryte dirt frtom a large grist mill wvas swep)t
aut of thre back (door, andi here too it lot, of
ilhavbings were thrown. One night the mill
Ilttr'nedt down, andlL the fire star'tedI at the
very pla5ce where the debris wts rottinig. A
'armet' who leaves the lien manure to aic
uimunlat e elhtring the suntter, or lets the
lotrse mtar.re remain in the yard, runs the
risk of htavinig to build1( a new barn. Every
)>uilditng should be kept clear of htte:,
within andl without, and no violence will
lie dIonie to chiemlial lawsa nor to good taste.
A lise tan Diamronds.
Whether it be on account of the icreas
ed detmand for diamiiond( earrings, or on ae
u'ount of the <decreasing supply of the pre
'ioua stonues, both fromi thte Cape fields rind
thre "DIistrieto D)iaanatino" ot' Brazil, cer'
Itain it, is, that, theO price of flne dIamonds
hats isen fIfteen per .cent. D)ealers coim
pliin, however, that they cannot get the
higiher' hprice to which t hey have gone, ha
Ilie majoity ot' purChasers insist hponl the'
old aiveraige of I$50 to $75 a caurat. They
are theret'ot' obliged to use inferior stons
to keep thiei' tradel( going. Tren Is really
110 iffei'ence betwveeni a goodi Brazitliani
s10tonad a good stonie from the Cape, and
the otcry recently raisedl In Ljond(on by a
lady who discovered that the dIamonds she
had bought as [ranzllaln were Africans was
a faniciful one. Theln frauds of the Diutchi
tatd English dlealers are perpetrated mainly
In cuittinig the Brazlhlian arnd Cape dfa
mlotnds int the old-fashioned styles of thie iri
dian stones, which were In vogue before the
Br'azilian thlds wvere discovered ini 17830
and which now hamve tIhe value of antiqui
ties. Th'ie only superor'ity of the Brazilian
over the Cape dhuinonds Isa[liat the per *.
centage of tIne stones Is harger In South
America tihan in AfrIca. Tlhus, for instance
mi, a thtousanrd Blrardlian stones three hiuti
eredl fine ones may be founid, while thle
Cape will not yield nmore than a hundlred
specimens of the sanie qIiality. The,onio- 7"
mntary scare produced amnong the posses.
sore of a "wealth of jewelry ' by the. re
p)ort that [Iannay, the scetch chomnlgt, had
discovered the secret of aktng artilfical
diamonds has now entirbmly disapjioeared. -
IHo acknowledges that Ito:never reallf mAti
manythinug but"e'oty einall quantiti,ea of a
substtance like bort. Jiort is kortt
trade as a daik broivn stoniq l la o b
diaibed in its properi4 t~d o~~s 6v
in outeing real stoneos 'b Q drlit 'o.4
poses,k