The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, May 15, 1880, Image 1
I Y EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MA Y 15, 1880.
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WHAT I LIVE FOR.
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I live for who PTe me,
For thoe [inow o true,
For the Ifgavdn th $miles aboVP ue,
Anil awgits 8;, l too;
For'allhumn tiestlat bind me,
For the task my God assigned use,
For the bright hopes loft bohind me,
And the good that I can do.
I Nye to lera their story.
Who've suffered for my sake,
To oru c,:~ai 41r~
Ana folow In the oke;
Bards, 01a'tyrd, P ittiots, sages, t
The noble of all ages,.
Whoso deed, c6w' history's pa eM.;
And Time's great "otim6 nikko,
I live to hail that season
By gifted minds foretold
When man shall live by reason,
And not alga fir gold.
When man to man unito., t
And every wrong t~iig right. ,
The whole4oild shoild be ligted
As Eden wa, of old.
I live to hold com tiunlob t
With a1j that is diine.
To feel that thoro is unioni '
'Twist Nature's hoar and mino .. V
To profit by iffliotiou, 1 -
Reap trutl frotafloids,6f tictipai, t
Grow wiser from conviction- 1
Fulfilling God's design.
I live for those that lovo me, 14
For those who know me true, a
For the Heaves that samilee abovo me g
And waits my spirit. too; a
For the wrongA that nood resistanco,' 8
For the cause that needs assistance. il
For the futuro in the distance, 14
And the good that I can do.,
A Fragment From Two Lives, i
c
One wild, blustering night not many
years ago a stage coali made a detour
through one of the mountainous regions h
of Pennsylvania'and stopped at the house a
t of a preacher. It was ani old brown house
at the foot of a sterile rock, seemingly as
remote from civilization as the heart of an I:
Arabian desert. The Rev. Paul mine
had already spent here so far as vitality
went, the best of his life. le haid of late
been glad to find the oh( rebellious long- tl
ings, the fierce ambition and latent hop1e si
of the future, becoming more dimt and
dnli, and began to believe, as the years ti
went by, he would be able to live out p
those allotted to lhnli honorably and in a p
imeasure resignedly. le had given up the, M
old foolish fondness for putting fire and l
fervor in long Bunday discourses. le was
quite cor.tent that 'soic,. of his congrega- e
tion should sleep quitly through the t<
sermon. and others ruminatcover whatever t
flooly aggrvtion Or joy tn6 waa uppc.
most in their minds. Probably his sole k
spiritual companion, even in the degree tl
suited to her capacity, was his serving t(
woman Ilagar-black, straight featured,- tl
reticent, but given to bursts of religious tI
enthuslasm that in a measure relieved the r(
dull monotony of the life they lived alone g
together. st
Hagar ought to have known her master el
better than to believe lie would refuse b)
succor to any helpless fellow creature, and h
it was foolish for her to shorten the chain h
that barred the door that mght inI March a
when the driver of the coach begged that a
they would take temporary care of a sick al
passenger. She had been getting worse h1
and worse, the driver said, for the last ten a
miles, and, "seein' there was no hotel nor h
hospital nor nothin' handy," lie had made o
bold to bring her to the parson's house- d
But Hagar shook the crimson turban on e,
her fine Egptian hean, and declared that d
it was not the parson's business to iHak lis h
life with pestilential fevei's- ai
Even as she spoke, however, the parsoni ti
had unloosoned the chain, and gone out In
his scant gown and close cap to the coach, "
and lifted the poor woman out in lia strong et
arnms. Slagar followed him and lis burden f,
up the stairs, and the light from her canidle
-fell upon tangled curls and brids, bits of r<
ribbon, and a long sti'l of embroidered
lace that hiung from the head of the sick ,
-woman, a gold chain about her neck, and
other personal gew-gaws that ap~pealemd to i
the contempt of Hagar.
The lady's trunks had bceen brought la
after her, and presently thj hpid to be a
pried open, for''the lady's I pa and eyes a'
were closed, and she could not tell Ilagar a
where the key lay to these tine treasures.
*But Hagar went to work ithm a will, n
and the preacher had saddled his gray cob
and started off, on lisa Ive nule jouirney _
aiross the mountain for a doctor.
Hagar had put aside the ribbons andi
bit. of traveling ,adorqment for a long
white muslin'- robd,- which struck the t
preacher',s heart with a chill somehow,
and made him apeed the pony on lis
edoctor hal ao e brqc bonea, ton
set, and told dirXHI Efe, fi kly~tht sod
far as fevers andl disorders of that kind
went, that black woman of nils was worth p
a dozen ordinary practitioners, and that lieli
-had long counted upon her ini extremities
_of that sort; and, trottings overyoMr~
ilume's the next morning, the doctor
called out to the parson to know if lie was tC
-ot right about the capability of Hlagar. 01
The sick lady's wrists and~ ankles were
-andaged with cooling herbs, and thme"
strength of some cooling decoction of n
Jagar'se reached .the, surgeon's nostrils. sl
ho71 pupils of the eyes were dilated a lttle,
--crimson flusit burned in the cheeks of the ti
-nfortunate traveler; but the doctor de- cl
lared that Hagasr Whe, doing ittell; And, hi
-ith good caret fri a, week or Ao the jour- ii
,ey could be pursued. f
As yet the parson had bebn alone con
erned for her safety for many (lays it'ald(
-ot occur to him tht the~ deaditio'n of his al
uest appealed to a tribute of. his nature wi
-.he pit of d Yevei'ode. Hamgar1 hioMoV~r, rt
trongl disapproved of feminine charm's bl
---.pely when the. owner endeanfored to 'I
dd to them by frivolity of dress and ii
lemeanor. . The poor lady, who felt that iti
-he oed, perhaps, her~vrifet dy
odpeoples carc. 4 e il[j opetfet 16r
_eart to lagar, and told bier all about her gi
ong journey frotn the Pacific coast, where 01
o h0ad' 10ost2 ut shamld nlay 4yeus' e1
uco and had longe to come home to the t<
Ibutdoads wo sonil.the
*tolid on sutdb listeed bu no y
lone, and Hagar had her household
D attend to, so that the minister was
oipelled to bring his book, and nial
ick r6oii his study. This chamber, -
Lad been somewhat bare and dos
uddenly became glowing -and warn
ade a sharp contrast with the ro<
lie lower floor, lined with moth.
'olumes, and choking with accunu
Lust.. Mrs. Delplaine had begged
ow sticks might be lighted on the hI
ud had pleaded that a quantity oi
rraps and shawls should be taken fro
runks to soften the glare at her win
'add to the scabty covering of bei
: .tliiw over the grin leathern b
or chair, and as Mrs. Delplaine's fa
olor peciped to be of the faint warr
f tJhe rofe, the whole atniopphere (
Dom took this soft coloring, and tlie
ry soul of the Rev. Paul delighted tL
rithout knowing.why.
le was walking just now in tl
loomy room below, the scant tails
lireadbare coat flapping iii the chill
larch, but his soui was warm wit
ibnory of the last hour he had Sp(
lit room above.
And Irs. Delplaine, having nothin
think of in this queer, -picturesq
Ion, being somewhat appalled by tL
erile hills and the gray gloomy
rhich her crimson shawls could not
ether shut out, having nothing
idpk of but the teneor Interest th
aggard buL handsone recluse of a p
)ok in her misfortune, and feeling ti
e had been as haid-hearted as his li
ceper she might not now have been
nd. finding life.even so sweet in her
uid convalescence, she was constrait
sk of this comely but stern negro w
)Inething of her master. "Was he
i the world ? Ilad lie no kindred ?" I
>oked up from .her knitting so sti
ait Mrs. )elplaine added; "Fatlh
iother, wife or chldren ?"
lHagar deliberately turned the h
er stocking before she fully sal istie
arfosity of the convalescent. The
uchfsafed to say that lie was quite a
no father, no mother, no children,
she knowed. There used to be a w
poor, sickly creetur-but she done
auth years ago, and never come back
'Did the poorI lady die there ?" said
elphiine.
IIngar hesitated a minute. Then si
Yes, she died there suro enough."
"And how many years has lie liv
tis desolate region, friendless and al
Aid Mrs. Delplaine.
Hagar reckoned it was a conside
me. but gave It as her opinion that
ople's room was better than their 4
my; and, adding that Mrs. DeIp
as talking too much, and that shie
Atter go to sleep, iiagar left the roon
No sooner had she gone than Mr. 11
itered. It had been eustomary for
relieve Ilagar:?s duties in the sick r
nconsciously, perhaps, lie had bee
umns ruA UagK's reUVULlUg iooitep
Seitered the roam his face bright<
ic cavernous sorrows In his brow se
> have straightened Into joyous benig
te very angles of his nature, sharpene
Le loneliness of his life, took comfor
rindcd shapes to themselves, an<
meeted the pale, pretty woman in
raight back chair with a peculla
iarinng tenderness of tone and ma
)rn of this new experience, that v%
ive frightened andastonished himsel
. beeu a looker-on. But Mrs. Delp:
as neither frightened nor astonished.
as still so weak that IIagar's harsl
)rupt replies had brought foolish tea
3r eyes which still hung upon her h
i she smiled upon Mr. IIume. She
rself up to the sweet relief and coi
r his presence. She began to believe
3stiny had determined this remar
rent In her life, and felt an Irresi
usire to further the designs of fate.
ud never In her life seen any one so
ud mnajestic, yet so gentle ana tend(
is preher.
"I am so glad you have come," she
I have something to say to you.
range, wistful, discomrforted look c
ce disquieted her, and she ardded ge
you will not despise a little advice
monstrance of mine?"
"1 could despise nothing with which
ore associated," he saidl.
"Then listen to mie," she cont~inuedi
ure by my side and listen to me.
mtting quite strong and well. You
ved my life-you and your godd Ii
ad the worst of it is that now I nui
vay." IHere she paused and enjoye
idden wincing ini his face, and rcs
ore and more to spare him the pa
irting. "I am going to coax you
omn hufe," she said. "indeed, Mir. I
-may I call you Paul?"
"Yes," Ihe repli, buit began to
ile.
"Indeced, you are quite thrown aw
is place. it would be so sweet to
.e you adnured and deified and 11
wn to, as thme .world out yonder dc
en like you. They love a :sllver to
i the pepple. Will you let me minm
r you ? I promiseo you, if you wil
urting shall be brief. I have conalde
tluence which I will wield in yen
alf. You have but to be known to I~
p2J,-8.o9 the~ good you migli
iul," she added, coaxingly. HeIr
ok fire as she uttered his name, but
' the preacher grew paler and paler.
"I am grateful to you," he ref
more grateful than I say ; but I mu
ala hero. Believe me, it is heti
10ou1d."
Mrs. Delplaine had sonmewhiat fe
is refusal. In her exalted estimate
maracter she could scarcely hope thas
iro would step aside from the path hi
arked out for huinaself to cater to the
rence of a woman.
Shme yielded at once.
"Because you are stubborn and p
to said ; "because you cannot hend
oak frivolity ; .andlif you will not
tny wishes,. there is noting heft t
it to submit inyself to ybuts. Well,
will also temamn here. It matters
here I live, and this ls a winsome co
Its way. I think we shall soon hi
Sit~d tfe nitvI Mrthe por
owing just a little green.' I can get
d house, and old houses can be refiti
1.s Cold, graf homdspunt' can give.
Persian wy I, an4 <xlogus fires ea
ow in th.e4 chimney plaoes. bi'
your '#l'l, ghi, 16 emnain in this
)U will not object if I make IuI'*
ps to blossom as the rose t"
9% Delplaine," ho said, enclosinj
Imyhite handi that rested on the si
tities the chair close in the quivering muscles of
often his own,
.e the "My name is Laura, sir," she interrupt.
Vhich ed, softly.
)late. "Yes, Laura," he repeated, "you will
, and not remain herc, neither will , go. You
in on will take with you the only true happiness
ae I have ever known; the metory of it will
ating perhaps serve to nike the rest of my life
lat a endurable. And now let me toll you, love.
tarth, Host and most generous of women, why I
light Cannot go and you cannot Stay. lien 1
u her was buta lad of twenty, and still pursuing iy
lows, studies, I fell in love with a yoting woman
'bed; who lived in the neighborhood of the: col
Ck of lege. I soon learned that her passion was
iorite feigned from tie first and that she only
a1 tint married ie from motives of convenience;
)f the but mine, founded. .fpon a delusion 'of the
hun. brain, led i into a fool's paradise; and
e(rein even when the bitterness of her mistake
andi my own began to eat into our lives, it
e big sickens me to remember how I strove
>f his against it, 4wto meanly and sirVIlely I Abut
air of ily eyes and groped blindfolded for the old
Sth mockery. But it had long / been a ghost,
mt in and the time ct~ups wheit pven the nicinory
of it was a curse. Then the cross was per
else haps heavier for 'her tq bear' than foe me.
to re- Tied to a man, whose pursuits, thoughts,
e bre-ambitions. affections, shpcQuc pOh1il.n
sky i dersfand nor apprehend, condeined to the
alto- ety and soberuos alottyd t. the-life
la to of a preachcr's'wife, aid even denied the
t this comfort of wearing gay trinkets and apparel,
irson often she told ie she envi s. I the freedom of
ar an Indian squaw, and ho'v glpd sle'd be to
is- know nothing but Chocta A to get rid of the
dive eternal preaching, preaching,
lan- "Poor soul I" said Mrs. Deiplaine, with
dato an involuntary shudder at. the life the par
nm son portrayed. Tthn she added, with in
lo finite tendernes, "A! but she did not love
.agar No," said Mr. Iumue, "and, God for
r11or3 give me, there were times when I was
r or tempted to put an ond to my life, it bred
such misery for us both. At last a nrci
e01 of ful Providence-I can only think it such
I the enfeebled tier health and took the corporeal
In she sting fi-om her slavery. The powerful vi
.lone; tality which lent a dangerous strength to
is far her discontent was brokek, and she becanme
ife-- content to be amused and taken care of In
1one a way that was possible to me. An ok(
nurse connected with the family was In
Mrs. duced to take entire charve of tier. The
Indolence of a southern climate suited tier
said desires and capacities. As for me the rigor
and serenity of this region had a charm for
ed in me; its isolation soothed and consoled mei0;
nle ?" and so the years went by till you camte."
Here he got lip on his feet and bent, over
rable tier, taking both her hands in tils. Ilis face
jonme had gradually gained a sad serenity. "I
,on- cannot be sorry we have met," lie said, ,it
aine has been such a joy to me. Even in part
had ing there is something sweet in the know
. ledge that you take with you some brief in
ume terest in my poor life."
him Mrs. Delplaine's hands trembled with tits
own. A'shrill wind whistled at the 'cis
is- ment ; a heavy black canopy ot o 'had
SAS 4n-e10SU; 4 u..- &X antUt nU e II itere
med; like a pall; the room had grown dark; qud
donly Mrs. Delplaine stirrel with her little
;ity hee& the embers Into a blaze; her eyes
d by shone tenderly; a flame of color burned in
table hier check.rbundi
kahe "Why should we part ?" she said, look
the ing gravely up in his face. "I will not
-land have it so. Why should both our lives be
ner, spoiled ? You did what you could for her
ould while she lived-"
had "Ah I)" said Mr. Huine, drawing a quick
laie breath.
She "What-what is it?" cried Mrs. Del
and plaine. "She is dead; Hagar told me she
rs to died lobg ago."
shes "No, no," said Mr. Hfume. "God for
gave bid, she is not yet fit to die."
afort '[lhen Mrs. Delplaino sank back in her
that cha4r, and drew her hands from lia. "I
cable would like to be alone," she said, and be- 1
tible fore he was fairly out of the room she burst
She into'passionate weeping; but the minister
moble went straight. to his study, where lie passed
r, as the night in wakeful misery.
At daybreak the stage stopped again at
said; the pasnsdoand several big trucks
*Awere hoisted to the top. ilagar helped in
n his a veiled and shawvled figure that seemed tb
ntly, the few passengers prmncipally miiade up o1
and big, wistful eyes. These eyes were glued
to the windows of the coach, and t,wo other
yuhaggard orbs from the parson's study fol
owdthe lumbering vehicle till it became
lost in the tortuous dlescent of the hill.
"Bit All this happened many years ago, and
h an i seemed as yesterday to the poor parson
haewhen one morning, with a trembling
agar, hand, he addressed a newspaper to a lady
St go then, traveling abroad. It contamned the
dI te intelligence of the death of poor Mrs. Hlume
Avcd at Nassau. The only answer he received
ig of was a shabby foreign sheet. wherein among
rway the marriages lie found that of Mrs. Dellp
hume laine.
grow ~ ~
Roaneeu of Spring.
i oIt is moonligh on the 11111. From out
owed the trees a gentle .zephyr creeps to rob the
es to hyacinth of its perfumed breath, and adiown
guthe garden w'alk the whippoorwill lends hits
gi monotone of sadiness unto the~ balmy night.
o$ur Sleep, with bi'ooding wings, sits silent, o'er
rable the scene. But, hark I it is the tInkling
r be- guitar strummed by the lonely Augusta.
e ap- He comes. Beneath the vine-clad wIndow1
t do, in the ghostly gloaming lie pauses, and up
face the flower-trellised wall he shoots a melan
that choly tenor fraught with the passionate in
quiry, "Must I leave thee here alone ?"
lied;- No answer returns save the haunting echo
t re- and the low clinking of a distant door. .Thie
rIscene changes.
rItisa the back yard tableaux. A white
r. robed old man bends above a chained dog
onand soothe lis too eager spirits as lie loosens
tf his the .collar. A low veico says, "8-cc-ceck
Lher hin, Bull-take a short cut round the' ose
hdbush'." A flash, and thbe old man is alone.
per. The clatter of a fallen guitgr cornea fromi
the front; a sound like the rush of a steeple
,chase nearing a hedge is borne back, and1
Iud," neck . aind ,neck two figures eroas thie picket
ayfeftce to diaruppear down the din perspectivie
yil of the deserted street. Then the old man
> me meets Bultas lie returns on the outer walk,
then, and removes in a discouraged manner A
little dark object fronA his foamiing mouth, whIle
Intry the'amimal retireb t6'his ke'ne. 'The dbor
wve a opens and shuts upon the white-robedl form,
rock and all i still again Bitt as he gets id bed
moss and shoves the old ladly's feet oit of the
some warm plate, 'he mutters ' "Bull is getting
nish- old, an' serenades don't pi divydends like
place they used to, but if the bilneus keeps up, I'
Sitill think $fou will be justified inistertin' pnothier
)1it patch wofk quilt, 'Maria. "That last fellow
t4 left real cassimer."
d1L "What sorth s id yott get ?9
* Tlrble fair. , ~e~ wels % 19ng strip
the with' A~~e-pochf$ bgi' to it, id one
um of ahtw'bmp
Queer Slgnatures.
The practice of signing as a mode of gi
iag formal assent to written contracts
11harters is probably as old as, iihd in oi
ieuse we mnay say older than, 'Io art (
liandwriting.' Aniongst all peoples the a
>f authenticating a ilocumelint was accoi
plished by the most liliterate. person
-itier by aflixing a stamp 'With'the sign
ring they carried, or'by imitating the pr<
ess of signing by some other a Id iudi
levice. Conspicuous amongst 'filesi 11
rustic inanuwuvres was that Whih 'Oibbc
nentions as adopt(d p y ,Th&e oorie, tI
great Ostrogoth King of 'Italy. Ie haid
gold plate made, in which the first few lei
ers of his name were out in the Grec
3haracter; and when a paper had to 1
signed by him the plate was laid upon!
uad his Majesty, passing thq.pen along t
paper in the interditbes of the metal, Iract
)y these means the Royal signature, whk
le could never remember In any other wa
. still more' barbdrous and'ungainly dh
rice was that, which was Ihivonted, or
east practised, by the Turkish Sultans
[conlui, when that town was their capita
rhey simply dipped their hailds in ti
)owl of ink presinte'd to -thet, and layin
t flat upon the paper or papyrus, left ti
udellbie impress of It in a gigantic atl
'nost conspievous shaipe. , A someqwho
imhflir habit is re'ported from India, ivhe
and-owners in the Mahratta country arc
)r were until lately, accustomed 'to dl
.heir thumib in the sandal dye, and b
pressing it on the paper leave their sig
nanual, or, as in this case, it should pel
laps-be ,clled their sign dignhmal. Th
was in the case of rajahs' o zemci'tdark
ho conld not write their d u naiq; bi
t is said that in another yAit, of 'flia
Brahmil who was highly educated resort<
o a practicu very like that of the Ineqria
iultans whenever it was .)ls uItntion i
nake a very generous and comprehlensiv
rrant, the character of which he tiougli
ould be well typified by the 'mark of th
>penl hand. The origin of the "marlk
vith which illiterates now sigp is envelope
* some doubt; but it would be quite wron
o suppose that the cross they now uase wi
-miployed In very early titnes. On l1i
ontrary, it is said that for many centuric
itr the Dark Ages those who could i<
fl;rd to wear a ring or keep a signet use
o make some special and peculiar mark
uch as an arrow-head, in which it wc
upposed, and perhaps rightly, that tlae
iutograph could be recognized.
it is well known to any bibliophile thi
William Shakspeare spelt his namne I
eyeral different ways. In T'rhdcc, Mali
herbas spelt his in at least five differe
vays at different times. Raphael signe
nost usually in Latin, but sometimies I
talian. Napoleon altered the spellhi
oth of his Christian and his surname. 8
lary Queen of Scoth, whode i Ehglish wa
nost feeble, signed indifferently a
'Mary," "Maria" and "Marye." A nun
'er of persons have dropped4he conclusic
Pte LUIuA. lialIaIo CUn CIaSISU WILIA is: fr
yllable, either making a sort.of illegib
cratch to represent tile other letters, 4
imply omitting them altogether, as di
Lheodoric.
' Fabled Monsters.
The race of the giants Is sometimes coi
used with that of the Titans, and the
haracteristies and doings were so simili
hat it is of no great importance to ilstih
:uish them. Both races lived before ti
reation of man, and both were of gret
tature aud as wicked as they were blij
hey made war upon the gods, and 'prove
formidable enemy. Sonic of them had
iundred arms, and others breathed out fir
L heir names were Typhon, Briareus, Enc
%dus, etc. At one.time they put the gx
o such fear that they fled into Egypt an
Lid themselves under various forms. Jup
er took the form of a man, whence lie wi
fterwards worshipped in Egypt as the gc
kmmon with curved horns. Apollo was
row, Bacchius a goat, Diana a cat, Juno
ow, Venus a fish and Mercury a bird. J
nother time the giants attempted tocolin
ip into Heaven, and for that purpose toc
ip the mountain Ossa and piled it on 1P
ion. The giants were at last subdued i
neans of thunderbolts which Jupiter hurkc
t them. Typhon and Enceladus wei
auried alive under Mount Etna, where th<
till sometlines struggle to get loose, all
hake the whole Island with earthquake
Chieir breath .comes up through the mou1i
ain, and Is what mortals call the eruptkc
>f a volcano. Another famous monster wa
he Sphynx. Laius,.King of Thebes, wa
varhed by an oracle of danger to be fearei
f his newborn son should be sufferecj
;row up. H~e therefore committed tl
hlld to the care of a herdsman, with orde
'o destroy it ; but the herdsman, maov<
vilth pity, yet not darIng entirely to disobe:
led up the child by the feet and left hi:
ianging to the branch of a tree, in tha
~ondition the Infant was found by a pea
mnt, who carried him to his mnaster ar:
nistress, by whom he was adopted ar
talled (Edipus, or Swollen-foot. (Edipn
ilien a yotng man, set out to seek his to
une. As he approached the city ho hecal
ilarming accounts of a hor'rid monster thi
nfested the high-road. It was called tI
iphius. . It hed4 the body of a lion and tI
ipper part of' a woman. It lay croucht
>n the top of a rock and arrested all trave
irs who passed by, proposing to theia rni
lle, with the condition that those wI
ould "solve it should pass safe, but thoa
vho failed should be killed. Not one hes
ret succeeded in solving it, amid all had bec
lahi.' Edi tis das not daunteel)Iy thea
alarining accoimets, but boldly advanced1
lie trial. The Sphinx asked him, -"Whi
mninal is that which in the morning goi
4n foutr feet, at noon on two and in ti
vening upon three ?" (Edipus repl~ea
'Man, who in childhood creeps on ham
and feet, in manhiogd walks. erect,.a,1d . 1
>ld age with a staft." 'The Sphink wabu
nortified at the solving of her riddle, thi
he cast herself down from the robklcar
vas dashed to pieces. The Minotaur wi
monster with a bull's body and a huins
iead. It was excessively ferocious ati
ruql, and, j|istead of being put tpo deathi
mee, as It ought to have been, was kept
r abyrinth constructed by Dadalus. 'j
abyrnth was so curiously contrived th
neanudaWyout 'H~t~iota
-oameod, and was lcd with human victim
f which lhe prefet od -those which wel
an epr Mipos, the king of
haig eonqu dthe Athcni
ned and soen taaid'1 "evry 'yeaf ' to'1
ivon 'u 'the Minotair. This tibtt Wi
aid, year by yerrand all the-vihcte
leordbthe fill at ~n
'bstI'hw r yd s
for the year's tribute by the assistance o
Ariadne, the king's daughter, put an end t<
it. Shd supplied him with a sword, witi
)r which he slew the monster, and with a silk
f en thread which served is a clew to find hi
way out of the labyrinth. Having thus de
t livered hiniself and his c-mpauions Theseu
sailed away, carrying off Ariadno. Me
dusa was one of the Gorgons who dwelt 1i
t a region which the ancients assigned t4
I everything terrible, because It was unknown
,r the ocean beyond the pillar of Hercules, o
e straits of Gibraltar. It is probable the,
" had some faint idea or barbarous tribe
e living in what we now call England, an
a conveyed their idea by represent-ing then
as hi Ieous and deformed beings. The Gor
gons in particular were represented to bi
C frightful females. Instead of hair thel
It heads were covered with hissing serpems
and they had wings, brazen claws and enor
nous teeth. One of them, Medusa, was s1
ugly that one look at her was enough t
r,
turn the beholder iuto stone. Perseus under
took to slay lier, and to accomplisi his tasl
Mercury and Minerva both aided him. Per
seus succeeded in cutting off her head, usin
a mirror which Minerva had furnished hin
0 with to enable him to see her without look
K Ing her in the face. The head, with all it
,e hissing serpent, was presented to Minerva
it who plaoed it in the middle of her shield
t where it is always represoied in plalint Ing
and sculptures of that goddess.
A rrio In the Country.
1 At the appointed time I cheerfully tool
- my seat beside Uncle George, and we start
Is ed for the bay.
, About two miles from the parsonage
it Uncle George drew up by the side of th,
a road to speak to tw( men who were settiu
d fence posts, wlien tha. following funny con
n versition ensuod:
o The older man of the two, Dan L---, I
0 big, rough, jocular fellow, cried out, "Si
I here, Elder, it seems to ic you preacher
a have a pretty easy time of it. On ralim
'' days you stay in the house and enjoy your
d selves, and on fine days you jump into you
g buggy and go driving around the countr.
.5 to annoy your friends. I should like to bi
e a preacher for a spell 1"
S "Well,'' said Uncle, in his quiet way, '
t will change with you this minnte. I'll d
it your work if you will agree to (to mine."
'"Agreed,'' sai( Dan.
5 "All right," So saying Uncle Ocorg<
r stepped (town from the buggy, anti seize(
the millet. "Now, Dan,' Iaidt he, "thli
t is the business you want me to do, isn't it
n Well, now, It is the preacher's business ti
,- pray and to preach; prayers always con
it ilrst, so, my friend, you can begin by got
d ting down on your knees and saying you
a prayers." With that Uncle George raisei
g the mallet and fell to work in a vigorou
o manner, clearly showing he was no novic
a at that kind of labor.
.- "Hold on,' said Mr. L--, "I guess Il
L- back out; I don't think 1 could say ma
n nriravers as gracefully aa von handle thai
it mallet ; it's something I haven't been use
Ce to.''
>r "So much the more need for you to be
d gin," said Uncle. "You need not he a
modest about it, for we are not heard to
ourfine speeches; and if you will only go
dnwn on your knees and pray earnestly fo
te. minutes, I'll whack away at these post
foi you till sundown."
r Of e-,urse Uncle did not succeed in hold
kr ing Dan to his bargain, so, with some kin<
k words of advice axid a warm shake of thi
0 hand, lie took his seat again in the buggy
it and we started once more for the bay.
d ' ' '_ _ _
Advice to a Young Man.
a
- Yes, Telemiachus, you ihould use self
control, but at the sane time you should bi
Is natural. Cultivate self-control until it be
d comes natural to you. In itself, I think
I- it sometimes leads to the most uncontroll
.s able outbursts. One time I know one o;
d these men who are accustomed to self -re
a pression. ie was a quiet, soi t-spoken man
a with the most ungovernable temper that
ever tore a human passion Into rags. Bul
b lie rarely showed it. One (lay In the au
tumn lie was trying to make a joint of six,
-inch stove-pipe fit into the end of a fiv<
y and one-half Inch length. And (luring thn
d struggle lie smote his thumnb about midwa3
e between thme nail and the joint, with a-roumu
y backed hammer, ie arose with a sad
d sweet smile, laid the hammer down softlj
-. on the carpet, changed the lengths of thi
pipe, titted thorm and put the pipe up, amc
never sai a word. But lie was pale, anc
15 there was a glowing light in his eyes. An<
s the next day, about, three o'clock in thi
, afternoon, that man walked out of town, ul
0the B. & M. grade, and stood in the wood
e and foamed at the mouth and howled an<
s ratedl about stove-pipe)s and the people0 whr
dmake them, until lhe frightened a thirty-tw<
5' ton engine off the track. Self-reprssiom
n i'en't self-control, my son. Do you contro
a grourself ? Govern your temper, and It wil
Come to expect to be governed. It won'
d dIe; it won't quit and give up ; it will trj
4 you' every time, but it wvill be more easilj
'4 managed. I don't suppose, Telemachua
Sthat you can chaiige your disposition, bu
dl yelu cani develop your strength.
to Uow Indians Make Jeweoiry.
d Tlhe California sea shell is a reguilar arti
I- cde of trade among the wild tribes of Indiani
I- on the plains, as wvell as among the clvi
.o lized ones. The shells are about one-fiftl
Iie of an inch in thickness, five or six inchei
d long, and four inches broad. They ar
n shaped like ai saucer, and the outside Is pris
1o matie, the colors often merging into blue
0 green, pin1k and gold, Near the edge th(
it sliell is verythin and delicate, but hard t<
is break., Tho Indians saw it into p~ieces
to some round, othlers square, oblong or pond
I, ant, and these thley string together b)
Is means of wire passed through litile holi
n bored In tlfe pieces. Brass beads are otteri
o sirnng on wires as a sort of washer betwer
it different-parts of the ear.-ring, whIle thosi
d suspended on sinew form the pendants. A
is liarge brass ring for the ear generally begini
n a Bloux ear-ring, and to this are hung fivi
d oi 'six pendants made of beads, supporte.<
it on wire; to those pendants are attached
n crosspiece of greanide or wood, then an
Is 'other column of pendant.. To these are
it hung fargo And small bea, then anothe
y oroeapiece, and. Aexi three large wampus
ir beads, bene~th which is suspiended the pieci
m, of shell that gives the eair-ring its value
'e A all vili make one pair of r1 ag, and 11
e -generally costs two robe@, or $8. Tey arn
s, uomethinxg ove' a foot long, and rm thre4
ig 'td6 four~ inches' in b'teadth at the widest por
ie tionNm What the i of the Indians ar
is niade of, to - ith's and such a stfraln, igb
'e mystery, but pr144 and vanity tell t150 star3
h .of-the savage as Well as the~p,e alvilisec
it' dt'lters Ia oitie sand towns,
fUnhatchied Ciensq.
A singular story of wholesale swindlini
and ineoCLeelvable credulity comes iror
Rome. About a year ago a young an
beautiful woman, believed to be an Amerl
can, and credited with the possession of a
enornous fortune, arrived in the Italia
capital, accompalied by a young man bc
longilg to one of the oldest and most dii
tinguished Roman families, and by a monki
ey. She had no other traveling compar
Ions. Shortly after her arrival she we
married to the young aristocrat, whos
name the Italian papers conceal under th
titie of Signor X. The couple went upo:
a wedding tour, and spent money with laN
ish hands. They selected the city of Portlh
for their home, saying that they wished t
live in retirement while awaiting the com
pletion of madame's twenty-ifth year, who
she would collie in full possession of he
fortune and would receive $0,000,000
Every one was ready to give credit to suce
a great heiress. A Roman gentleman, 1:
whose villa the couple lodged, loaned ther
50,000 francs, and guaranteed payment fu
150,000 francs' worth of jewelry, whilc
they bought in Naples. They made debt
among the Neapolitan merchants and bank
ers to the amount of 700,000 francs. 1
Iome they victimized the shopkeeper
heavily for diamonds, corals, costly fur
and other portable arlicles of high prlc
Nothing seemed too costly, provided the,
could get credit for it. They even had th
handles of parasols and umbrellas set witl
precious stones. They contracted to bu
the Villa Miralioli for 700,000 franci
bought seven carriages and forty liorses
and ordered a private rallway car and
yacht. Within a year they managed t
make debts to the extent of over half
- million of dollars. The date lixed for pay
ment was in all cases the first of Marcli
in February the couple went to Paris an
then to London, a movement that seenis t
have execited no suspicion among thel
creditors; but on the first of March new
came to Itome that they had gone to Amej
ica, taking with them an immense quantit
of baggage. A few days later a banker I
Rome received a letter from the husband
.saying that the will making his wife a ric
heiress had been set aside, and that the
had gone to America, hoping with persm
verance and indefatigable effort to regali
the position they had occupied in th
world.
How i Town Got a Queer Name.
What's in a ime I A good deal we ar
told, and how came Tombstone, Arizoni
to have such a nmnet it was not borrowe
or stolen from any other place on the globi
nor ever suggested by novel or gazetteci
The story goes, and it is true, that tw
young men, brothers, when about to stial
from Tucson on a prospecting tour into th
Dragon mountains, Sonora, cr somevhier
else, were advised to give up the unde
toiug, fur If tlay punlwiLtd they woul
find neither mine nor fortUnes, but tiel
"tombstones" instead. The boys bravel
bade good-bye to their friends, thoug
r emphatically warned that they woul
never come back alive. The prospector
went off, and followed 'that blind trail,
already referred to, came to this plain an
made their camp. On looking about the
saw a ledge of ore cropping out severe
feet, all marked and rich with the preclou
metala. "We have found our tombstones,
they exclaimed, and no other name wouli
do to designate the camp. The town h1a
adopted the name, which, If not poetic o
classical, Is certainly original. A valuabl
tombstone, too, it must be confessed, fo
these Selueffelin Brothers recently 8ol
their half-interest in the mine and mill fo
$1,000,000 to parties in Boston and Phila
delphia. Now that so many mines ar
located in this Tombstone district, thil
first discovery is known at present as "Thi
Tough Nut.'"
lImmense Cmttle Drive.
Cattle dealers of the cast have purchase<
28,000 head of animals in Oregon to hb
driven In this direction. To drive these ti
the Yellowstone country, where they wil
winter, will require 800 head of hlorses an<
Ithle services of 120 men. Most of thes
"cow boys'' are Kansas men, who have bee1
In the employ of this concern for the pas
six years. Forty wagons will accompan
the drive, and about 100 stand of loadei
rifles will always be on hand, good for abou
I8,000 shots at any band of hostile Indian
that may attack them. The drive will bi
cut up into thlree squads or bands of cattie
the first lot having two (lay's start of thl
third. This brings them within easy rang
of the rear from the front. In April the
begin to gather for the sta'rt, and by th
25th of the month the greatest body a
cattle ever banded togethler will be slowl
marching eastward. Up to the 20th of Jun
the drive will be about nine miles per day
hbnt as-tile heat of the sumpier comes aloifl
they will decrease it to ab iut five. Thez
fore a steer travels ho more on a drive c
this kind than he would upon the range
and is sure to be in good order whlen hi
reachies the Yellowstone.
The FIrst Half of a Ventuiry,
During the first half of the present -ceri
tury intelligence travelled by a process a
slow that it amuses us now to hear of ii
although it is but as yesterday since no on
dreamed of anything better. When thm
battle of Waterloo was fought, and the dim
patches three days later reached Londorn
they were printed in newspapers, and th
newspapers loaded into mail-coaches. B
day and night these coaches rolled along a
their pace of seven or eight miles an hour
At all cross-roads messengers were waitin
to got a newspaper, or a word of the exi
pected news. In every little toiwn, as th
hour approached for the arrival of the mal
the citizens hovered about their streets wait
ing restlessly for a coach which rattled int
the market-pJac hung with branches-th
now familiar token that a battle had beel
fought and a victory gained. Eager group
gathered. The guard, as he handed ou
lia mail-bag., told 01 the decisive victor
which had crowned and completed our ei
fort.. And then the coachman cracked hi
whip,. the guard's horn gaeforth one
more its notes of triumph and the coaci
rolled away, beiring the trilling news int
other districts.
by prtestan epsurchp
An Wa bu l6ingham, Mas,
0 awas blirned by ty
I1 h 9 rLord punmnope, iii JA
BRIEFS.
-A monuinment to the late Prince
imperial will be erected in South Africa
by the British Colony.
-Great Britain keeps 220,000 soldiers
in Asiatic territory at an annual ex
>inse of $1,000,OO.
-Mr. Marsh, the American minis.
ter at Rome, has an art collection
which is valued at'$100,000.
--At the Eric city (Pa.) boiler works,
in 1879, 800 boilers were turned out.
rIlis year the number will be 1200.
-An international (log show Is an
touuced to be held at llaarlem, in 1101
i land, from the 26th to the28th of June.
D -Senator Thurman, since his recent
.illness, has been forbidden by his phy
sician to smoke more than two cigars a
r day.
-In France tile number of births
was 936,000, and of deaths 839,000 so
1 that the births exceeded the deaths by
.1 95,000.
r -'The beaittifui hill of Posilppo,
near Naples, on which is sl tuated Vir
gil's tomb, is soon to be tunnelled for a
railway.
-'he Girard estate, in Philadelphia,
P ,a., yielded $08,000 inl 1832. when Mr.
s Girard died. Its present income is
$877,165.
-it is estimated that the cotton crop
U of the United Statc.s for 1880 will ap
proximitte 8,000,000 bales, an Increase
V of 2,000,00 bales over 1889.
-The paikages of tomatoes-put ul)
last year In the Uni'-ed Stalps reached
the total of 19.968,000, of whileh New
@Jersey put up 5,592,000 cans.
-'he value of the crops of the United
States in 1871) is estimated by tile Agri
cultural department at $1,90.4,480,000,
against $.480,570,000 in 1878.
r -it is estimated-that 50,000 mien and
womeon atre emiployed inl Philadel phia,
I'a., in the mitanufacture of clothing,
making 20,000,000 suits a year.
-in the four days rnding Monday,
March 29th, 1880, Now York city ro
caived 2,442 immigrants by steaner.
Of these 1,148 canto inl one sill).
-The late General William 11. Tib
bits, of Troy, N. Y., bequeathed $100,
e 000 to establish a soldiers' home in that
city, to be called the "Tibbits Home."
-Six thousand live hundred dozen
eggs were sold at the Cambria Iron
Company's store, Johnstown, 'a.,
during Easter week, fromi Wedniesday
e to Saturday.
--The aggregate steam power of the
world is at presont 3,500,000 horse
power employed in stationary engines,
' and 10,000,000 horse power in locomo
tive engines.
-San Francisco reports are to the ef
oet that since the first of .January, be
0 tween $5,000,000 and $6,000,000 of gold
coin have been shipped to New York
"rom that city..
r -Salmon fishing is remarkably good
y in England th is season, and some large
fish have been caught. Specimens
weighing thirty, forty and fifty pounds
are quite common.
-Fossil human romains are reported
to have been found near Castenedolo,
Lombardy. They were imbedded in ia
stratumi of corals, and seemingly belmg
to the pilocene perlod.
-The Patterson Mills of New Jersey
employ ten thousand hands, besides
r about three thousand who work at their
r own homes, Tihe annual production of
r these mills reaches the total of $14,000,
000.
r -Tie rolling stock of the Lehigh
Valley RilIroad consists of 237 engInes,
71 passenger cars, 36 baggage and ex
press cars, 31,461 coal cars, 1,098 eight
wheel house cars,1,3419 stock, platferm
anid other cars.
-According to the German imp~eriai
statistics for 1879 of births, deaths, a~d
marriages, j ustipublihed, the estimated
population being 44.200.000, the mar
riages numbered 340,000, the births
S1765,000, and the deaths 1,228,000.
-Pnnsylvania has now no less thtan
990 building and loan associatIons, of.
which 499 are in P'hiladelphla. -Each
of the 090 has an author-ized capital of
t $1,000,000, and they have an average
pailup fund of from $50,000 to $100,u00
1each.
t -The national bank circulation has
increased $20,636,103 sinee resumption
day, J.muatry 1, 1879, and legal teniders
on deposit with the treasury for the
puLrpose of retiring the cireulationi have
luicreasedl $8,028,981 (luring the very
same period.
~' --Thie milling interest of Minneapo
U is, Min., has increased vei-y rapidly,
and the mills have 28%aacres of flooring
V all covered with expensive machinery,
13 havin g a datly capacity of 10,275 bar
m els. Last season's p)roduict reached
C 1,551,789 barrels.
-The~ German population of New
SYork City is estimated to be 250,000.
Of tils number 80,000 are Protestant,
e 60,000 Roman Catholic, 60,000 Jews,
and 50,000 are class as indifferent, infi -
dels, &e. Thle number of Protestanit
communicants is 15,000.
-In periodical htterature Germany
.leads all thte world, excep~t America in
point of numnbers. It haa 3,778 pubit
cations of that kind. Englan'd is next
Swith 2,507. Franice has 2,000, ~Italy
1,226, Austria 1,2000, RussIa has 500
.Asia 387, Africa 50, Australia 100.
T1he total number in Ameri-ca is 9,129.
6 --Only 77 failures wvere reported in
,New York city for the fIrst quarter of
g the year 1880, the total liabilities being
$953,635 and assets valued at $292,026.
*1The tirst quarter of 1878 had 292 fail
u tres with totaliabillites of $20,000,000,
and the same period Itn 1879 had 141
failures in which the total liabilities
: were $2,805,512, and assets $959,8-20.
-Wisconsin during the year 1879eox
a pended $2 613 301.83 upon her public
a schools, whici' have been la fiyin
s creased both in'number and e oiete,.
SThe State has 5,508 ochool districts,
not including t he independenItr s,
which numnber twentysem'en, 4
school popitlatIon is 488,458': thei
tendance during the year wvas 9DU,S86..
--Thirtjy years ago t'h'ele :we's but ote
pottery in the ,United States makinm
white and yellow ware and not a mil
to g'ing ,material. A Jh int~1
stone re~iidue aiM rd
1 Greac'BitaIh Now therdiw mtO80 O4~
.teries fpthe United States, ~pesent. T