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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MAY 20, 1880. VOL. IY.-NO.61. WAYFARERS. The way is long. my darling, The rodIs rougU #pd stoop. And fast across thoevening sky. I see thpqhado*i oweep, B3t4 Qi 40iove. my.darjing, No ill to us can come, No terror turn us from the path, For we are going home. Your feet are tired,.my darling. 8o tired the tender foot; But think, when we are thoro at last, Row tong the rest and swooti For loi the lamps a olighted, And yondor gloaming domo, Bofore us shining' like a star, Shall guido our footsteps home. We have lost the flowers wo gathorod So early in the morn, And on we go, with empty Iands, And garments soiled and worn; But 0 the4ear All-Father. Will out to meet us como, And fairor flowers and whitor robes Thore wait'for as at home. Art cold, my love, and famihlied, Art faint, and sore Ath'irt? 130 patient yet a little while, And joyous as at first; For 0 I thopun sots never Within t1qat lalid of loomu, And t'ioet shalt oat the broad f life, . And drink life's wino at home. The wind blows cold. my darling, Adown tke mountalu steep, And thick across the ovening sky The dargliing shadows creep; But 01 my lovo. prees onw ard, Whatever trials come, For in the way the Father set, We two are going home, The Pilot's Reverige. It was towards night, on ile ~Nwerity-first of September, 1834, r, small i'niglish war brig, which had belen fitted out kor the sup. pression of smuggling, was hizily creeping along the heavy, nmonotonious swells, just off the coast of Galway, and on her deck -was being enacted a scene of somewhat more thai common interest. The day be fore she hand captured a small boat, loaded with contraband articles, together with an old man and a boy who had charge of them, and the captain of the brik, whose niu'n'e was Dracutt, had ordere(! I hat the old sinug gler should be put in irons. To this indig nity the old man made a stout resistance, and, in the heat of the moment, he had so fur forgotten himself as to strike the cal) tain a blow. which laid hini. upon tav..decqk.. Such an insult to an English officer was past endurance, and, in punislineut for his offence, tile smuggler had been coal denied to die. A single whip was rove at the st.arboard fore-yard arm; and all hands were called to witnoas the execution. The rope was noosed and slipped over the culprit's head, and the runinag end was rove thro' a small snatch-block upon the deck. Until this moment not a word escaped.theis of, the boy. lie trembled as he beheld tift atfiul preparation, and as the fatal nooso iiss passed atid drain tight, the colbt forsook his cheeks, and he sprang forward and (ropped upon his knees before the incensed captainl. ''Mercy; sir, mercy I" 'For whom?" asked the officer, while a contemptuous stieer rested upon is lips." "For that old man Whom you are about to kill." "le (lies, boy." ' 'hut lie is my father, sir." No matter if he were my own father, that inan who strikes an English officer, while inl the iperformance of his duty, miust dtie." ''But he 'was mnanacled--he was insulltedi, sir," iurged the hoy.. "'Inlited(,'' rep~eated1 the capitin, '"whlo * insulted him ?"'' -"You did, sir' replied the boy, while his face was flushed 'with indignlation. "Get til, sir, and( he careful that you do not, get the sany., treatnment,'' said theca. tain in a savage tonle.cl. The old man heard this ap~peatl of his son1, atid as tile tart words drioppIedl from tihe lips of his captor, he raised lis head, and, while a look of the utmiost deilatice passed over his fea~tures, lhe exclaimed: "Ask no favors, Robert, Old1 hark Kin tock can (lie asy now syt.y time. Let them do thiei7Wst. . . Then turninig to Captain Dracutit, lie changed his tone to onie of deep suy~plica. tion, and( said1: "Do what you please with mle, sir, but do not harm my boy ; for lhe has (lone no wvrong. I am ready for yotir Sentence, and the sooner you finish it the better." 'Lay hold of theQ whip," shouted the -captain ; "lyhold,' every-man of you, andl stanid by to run the villamn up." In obedience to tils eirder, the l'hen ranged thea~eelves alon o~dqJ ;tand each one0 lalda1d'd$f tl e tor R rgtJ,(lntock looke flif, at is ILtbc 1d.&ii'n'an 1s eyes along theo line of men who were to be lia execuitors. But not one sympathizing. or pitying look could lie trace, their faces woere all hard and cold, and they all ap p~eared anxious to consummate'thelr murs dorous work. "What," exclaimed the boy, wvhilo a tear started from lls tremblIng 11(1, ils there -not one even, who can pity ?" ''Up WiIm hinm " shouted the capt ain. --Robert buried his face in his hands, anid S ,theo next m at his flither was swinging *from tih0 yfl< htr. -11e heard the8 passing rope and tile creaking block, and( hie kinew -that ho was fatherless. Half an hiour airoiwards thie boy knelt by thQfldo ot Lighgatly corpse, and a aim. -plo prayer escap~ed lls lips. T'hen another how, muirmuiring sound1 caime up .fromi his revenge, Jutt ag th~e old ma s #ddf~lfd froin the gangway into the wvater', a vivkl ilash of lightning ~rM.ci ,tihrouigh ;the' heavensg and In another moment -the dread atillery of nature seat forth a roar so long and, loud that the men actualipIacte thQf IhairdSht' thleir ears to shuthAt itA Dednnokr' -Robert KICntock started at the sound; andl --what caused dread in others' bosomns, sont a thril 9 (neen t~ojhis ~'wp,11 m Ohf eve e iovenge"hem - -9rIsen beneath. the power of the sudden from the deck of the brig, save the break lug of the sea. was the fearf ul, craggy shore ts flash after lash of lightning illuminated the hdavens. * *"Light, hol" shouted a man forward; and the next moment all eyes were directed to a bright light which had.suddenly flashed up among the distant rocks. The wind had now reached Its height, and with its giant power it set the ilifated brig directly upon the surfrbouind shore of the rocks and reefs, and every face, save one, was blanched with fear. In vail did they try to lay the brig to the wind, but 'not a sail would hold for an in stant, until at length the men imanaged to get up a fore and main-storm stay sail, and then the'brig stood for a short time bravely up against the heavy sea. But It was evi dent that even should the brig succeed in keeplug to the wind, she must eventually be driven ashore; for. the. power of the in setting waves was greater than that of the wind. "Boy, do you know what that light is?" asked the. captain, as he stood holding on to the mhin rigging to keel) his feet. "Yes, sir, replied Robert, "it is Bully ntore's. Craig." "Whit Is it there for?" "It marks the entrance of a little harbor, sir. that lies back of it." ,"And,. can ft be entered -by a vessel of this ilze 1" asked thocaptali, vghille a gleani of-hope shot across his face. "0, yes, sir, a large ship can enter at that place." "And do you know the passage ?" "Yes, sir, I have spent my whole life on this coast, and know every turn of It." "Can you take the brig In there in this storni ?" "Yes, sir," answered the boy, while a strange light shot from his eyes. "And will you do it?" eagerly asked the captain. '"On two conditions." "Name themn quickly. "The lirst is that you let me go in peace; and the next, that you trouble none of the smugglers, should they happen to be there." "I promise," said the captain, "and now set about youi- work. But, mark me, if you deceive me, by St. George 1Il shoot you ou thu Inuieni." The brig was soon put before the wind, and Robert Kintocik stationed himself upon I lie starboard foreyard arm, from which his orders were passed along to the holinsman. The bounding vessel soon after caie with in sight of the rugged crags, and the heart of every man leaped with fearful thrills as they swept past a frowning rock, which almost grazed them as they passed. On flew the brig, and thicker and more fearful became the rocks, which raised their heads on every, side. po0,i shouted the boy. "Port it is." "Steady-so." "Starboard-quick." "Ay, ay, starboard it is." "Steady-so." "Steady it is." At this moment the vessel swept past an overhanging cliff and just as a vivid flash of lrghtning shot through the heavens and revealed all the horrors around, a loud shout was heard from the young pilot, and In a moment all eyes were turned toward him. Ie stood upon the extreme end of the yard, and held hmnself by the lift. 'lu a moment more he crouched down like 'a "tiger after his prey, and then with one leap he reached a projecting rock. "Revenge I revengeI" was all that the doomed men heard, as. they were swept away in the boiling strge beyond. "Breakers 1-a reef ," screamed theman forward. "St arboard-quick I" But it was too late. Ere the helm was half tip, a slow, tremendous grating of the brig's keel was distinctly felt, and the next Instant came a crash which sounded high above tilt roar of the elements, and the masts wvept sweeping away. to leeward, fpllowed In a few moments by large masses of the ill-fated vessel's wreck and cargo. Shriek 'after shriek wecnt up from those doomed men; but they were In the grasp of a power that knew no mercy-the Storm King claimed them foir his own. 'Thme next morning a party of wreckers camne dlowni from the reeks and movedl along the shore. It wvas strewed with fragments of tihe wvreck, and here and~ there were scat teredi the bruisedl and mutil ated forms of the brig's crew. Among that party was Robert Kintock, and( eagei'ly did lie search among the ghastly corp~ses,- as though there was one Ihe would( have found. At length _lw stopped and stocoped over' one, upon the 'shoulders of which weire two golden epau lettes. It was the captain of the brig-the murdlcrer of his father I The boy placed lisa foot on the prostrate body, and while a strange light, beamed fr'om his eyes, and a shuddl~er passed over hia countenance, lie muttered: "Father, you are fearfully revenged I" fThe boy spoke tr'uly. Fearful In its con c'eption and f'earfuml In its consummation, hadI beeni the "Pilot's Revenge." The Eni tde A Comstocker who was having his hair cut gave the barber particuilar instructions not to remove a long lock that projected in ti pQngvwhat unsightly way from the front. of his head: "It don't, become you," said the barber. '"Can't hellp that," said the customer. "Better let ime take it off," said the bar ber. "Just you leave it. as it Is," said the man. "But," persisted the barber. "I can't give you a smooth, decent cut if I leave the, hair so long In front. It wtdl look very bad. I can't 'ace what you want it tfet there for ?" "That's because you don't' know what it Is-you don't know the use bf It,." "1.know that .It's a bu'nch of haIr and know thiat It's unbecoming just where it Is." "\e s; it"'is a bunch of hair, and .it is something mori, than a bunch of: hir--it's the fatipily rudder." "Tlfo family what ?" ' "Thd fahiliy rudder. When thlngs'dtin't, go rIght at honuafhiy wife always grabs that lock of hair. 8h1 ~ l jel lost without a that she can al eigt cou rse, so to s'peak--and when I go in~ the right, course, tihe wholp family go in thie~right courhe atnd alle .wellh, - 19e gol'used' toIlt notan~ don'tsmiind it.' Should 'I lose my hair eep~cine .14, *rilehop)d you - e niea goutoh over, th~ere .1qui bn no way of steerin 'ifme,' should become unn)anageable, anrd adommer 6t later a total wrdek No, sir; 4og - - distb the family rudder, Thick iKeadednesq. "Do you know the prisoner?" asked the attorney. "Never know him sick," replied the wit ness. "No levity," said the lawyer, sternly. "Now, sir, did you ever see the prisonel at the bar." "Took many a drink with hin at th bar." "Answer my question sir," yelled th( lawyer. "How long have you known tht prisoner ?" "From two feet up to five feet te inches." "Will the court make the--" "I have, jedge," said the witness. anltic pating the lawyer ; "I have a nwered the question. I knowed the prisoner when he was a boy two feet long and a man fivt feet ten-" "Your Honor-" "'It's a fac' jedge; I'm under my oath.' persisted the witness. 'The lafwyer arose, placed both hands on the table in front of him, spread his legf apart, leaned his body over the table, and said: " lill you tell the court what yon know about6 this case ?" "T'riat ain't his name," replied the wit ness. "What ain't his name?" C4(ase.1 "Who said it was ?". "You did. You wanted to know what I knew about this Case-his name's Smith.' "Your Honor," howled the attorney, plucking his beard out by the roots, "will you make this man answer?" "Witiness," said the Judge, "you must answer the questions put to you." "ILand o' Goshen, judge, hait I bin doin' it? Let the blamed cuss fire away. I'm ready." "Then," said the lawyer, "don't beat about the bush any more. You and this prisoner have been friends?" "Never," promptly replied the witness. "What ! Wasn't you summoned here as a friend I" "No sir. I was summoned here a Pres. byterian. Na'ry one of us wasever FriendE -lie's an old line Baptist with a drop of Quaker in him.'' "Stand down," yelled the lawyer, In dis "Ihey ?" 11Stand down." "Can't do it. I'll sit down or staud up 'Sheriff, remove that man from the box." Witness retires, muttering, "Well, if lie ain't the thickest headed chap I ever laid eyet oI, Homes for the Birds. For those who care about the outside ac cessories of home there is nothiig prettier or that gives a more home-like look than bird-houses. It looks hospitable and cheery to provide a home for the little songsters, and thus bring them around you. I have lately picked up these -Ideas, and send them to the bird lovers, so they can see how easily a pretty bird-house may be constructed. Old bird cages make beauti ful swinging bird-houses. Take. crinoline wires or strips of refuse tin from the yard of your nearest tinker, and wind them in and about the cage, forming a rough stir face, over which apply the mortar; then thatch the roof, which apply the mortar; then thatch the roof, which Is easily done on the wire foundation; fasten the bottom on securely by binding with wire to the tipper part, and fasten the door so that it cannot fall (own. The most primitive bird-house Is the large, old-ime calabash geurd, which the early settlers were wont to cultivate In large quantitles, and apply to various purposes, among which were bird-houses. When of fine shape and riV h and rich color, they form no Insignilehnt ornamenit, especially when varnished andl embel hshed with smaller varitities, of which there arc beauitiful kinds, easily raised from seed.. By piercing holes and tising flexible wire these may be maide tasteful and commodious. Another ad mirable wvren box is made Qf a cocoant. shell, by scooping the ment, out through a cciclar aperture a few inches in diameter-. Tihese, atraniged in groups against a ,build iiig or tree, with hanging basket made of thme same material, and stocked with creep era suispended( above them, are exceedingly pretty. Flower pota or hanging baskets of earthenware make goodi roofs for the swinginzg bird-houses. These (1181-like roofs give a Japanese appearance to the houses, which is Increased by fastening p~endants-acorns, cones, etd.-arounmd the edges. Thue pole passes through a large iized pan, securedl as before, and finished with the screen of rustlec work. A cluister of three p~ots against a wvall, with a recep tacle for vines and creepers in the 'openm spa5ce In the centre, is another effective ar rangement; andl a group of two, three or four cocoantut shells on a bottcm ok orna mental form, coveredl with rustic work, and fastenedl on a rose pillar, Is among I hie moat beautifuil of otir bir-d-housecs. A pole three feet high (above the center) supp~orts .tihe roof, which Is made on a frame, and cx bends above the houses. A D~ote tory. (n 1875, a lady sustained thme greatest loss that can befall a woman, In the death of her husband under circumstances that rendieredl tihe blow a more than ordinarily 3rushinag one. So sudden had It been that no time for preparation or farewell had been vouchsafed; and the sudden rending of such t tie, after over thirty years of ever- increas Ing affection, left her singular-ly d'esolate, ms she was childless, and without any yery near relations. Tihe house In which she lived was completely detached, standing In m large old-fashioned garden, w~Ih an ox. ensive lawn, planted with shruLes andl largo frtult trees, some of which came close to the win p~s... Agerenda rgg roggmjc-ho~ bc, of tB ntousg, Tf3 slobing roof )eimg just un icr tile windows of tihe slgeping-rooms. Dne night, while in .the first ?freshness of ier sorrow, she went to her bedroom,- at the back, of tihe hopse, at her usual thour-e ten otclock. It Was in the' h'ionth of e sember,.und gurtaims , were drmwn,- anj a fire burilng In the grate. " Half miechishleal ly she walked to thme .dressing-Aabje, which atood beford tfieWiln'dd, and vas 'In the upa 'ng 1ierw tclm upn It, wen alms a moan, of paIn, half a plahitlve appeal, and dltogethmer such as she had nevel, heard be. ore. With sus epded bfgah,.and geat ty startle, she hItened. It ea(Aso again, rdw, she fougn~,i Inpoeil to renhal alone in the room and with a feelingof some .thing like terror,she hastened to an adjoining apartment, summoned a friend who was staying with her, and brought her, back to the room. Tih sound continued, and her friend bemg unable to account for it, the servants were rung up. The room was carefully searched, drawers were opened, every article of furniture that could contain any living creature, or give any clew to the origin of the sound, was examined. The noise all the time continued, sometimes louder, sometimes softer, but never quite ceasing; and all that coulh'be decided was thit it was most distinct in the neighbor hood of the window where the lady had first heaird it. The servants, seeing how imuch affected iy it their mfistress wAs, and being unable to find any cause for it, had tried to persuade her it must be the wind in the chimmey or the trees outside; but the night was caln, and the sound was altogether so strange, and it seemed to all so ilike anything they had ever heard be fore, the most ingenious theory failed to account for it. More and more the belief that it must be something supernatural uin pressed the lady's mind; and though event ually it ceased, and silence succeeded, even the presence of her friend, who remnided with her at night, (id not re-assure her suf ficiently to induce sle). In the morning the mystery was explain ed, so far as so strange an incident was capable of explanation. The gardener had observed the day before a white pigeon in a large pear-tree that grew close to the win dow of the room the lady was occupying. le was imich surprised, for there was no pigeon cote near. and lie had never seen the bird belore in the garden. As the day wore on, finding it still remained in the tree, lie made several attempts to catch it; but al ways eluded him, pertinaciously returning to the tree. When lie told his story, no doubt co :ld be felt that, breaking the silence of the night in that retired spot, it was the voice of the pigeon that had sound ed so strange and unaccountable; but the lateness of the hour, when birds of itg kind have, as a rule, long gone to roost, and the possibility of a (love being I here at all never having occured to any one, none had recognized it at the moment. From the distinctness of the note-for all present had fancied the ioise might be in the room -it was evident the bird must have been en the roof of the verandIa immediately un der the widow. In the morning it had van -ished, and was neverseen again; although the lady desirous of ascertaining if it were really a pigeon, and with some idea, if it could be found, of keepiug It, gave oters that it should be traced, and if possible se cured. Dismissmng from our minds as un tenable anything that here savors of what is termed the supernatural, one is bound to admit that it was a strange and touching coincidence that brought a bird so familiar to all minds as an emblem of wedded love, in apparent loneliness and distress, to utter its plaintive lament at so unusual an, hour under the witdow of 'one grieving un der such a beieavement as hers. Bijah was singing and dusting off the in dia-rubber cat, when a farmer who haut walked eleven milles through the mud to consult the oh( janitor on agriculture, en tered, and when he-had been made to feel at home he remarked, "I've read about your ranch in tihe papers, and I've a few questio P to ask you." "Purceed-pur coed, my friend," was the cheerful answer. 'I have had a dispute with my wife as to the proper time to plant root beer, " contin ued the old man. "She says it ought to be planted In ApriI, and I say not till June. Whatd6 you say?" "Hem-4hem-yom," coughed Bijah as lie arose up and walked around the room. He grew palo clear up to his ears, his Knees wobbled, and it was sofhe thne before lhe could brace up and re ply, "My frIend, go home and- tell your wife that she doesn't even know thme first princip~les of agriculture, though I don't doubt that she can sew the eye right out of a needle and build time nicest loaf of bread in the Slate. Root beer, sir, should be set out in June--about thme tenth clay of June, at ten o'clock in the morning." "Tihanks I thanks I" c.vclaimed the grateful man, as he extended his hand. "Now then, second ly, my wife claims thait thme roof of a cow shed should be lahnnedl at a quarter pitch, while I claim an eighth pitch. What us your opinion i" "My friend," aftswered Bijah, "your wife is doubtless the sweetest wo man in the world, but she lacks the eye of an artist.' A cow-shed roof should never have less than an eighth pitch, and down in Mexico I have seen 'em with as high as a twentieth pitch, and bay windows put on besie's." TIhme~man shook hands again, ox pressedC, his unady inzg gratitude, and con - tinned: "QO n oro question: My wife claims that onions cannuot be rated iuder the hieadl of crops, while I claim that they can. Pleasd decide thaut." "my dear sir, I haven't the least doubt that your wife wears a No. three shoe, and quotes Latin like a duck; but If onions are not a 'crop,' then I am a b~ald-head~ed Pawnc1 and ought; to b''heg f6Hiinmrder..Ohios are not only a crop, sir, but a product." And the old -janitor signified -thmat" the 'audiened' was at end. A Lon~g Fall. , A singular accident occurred at gie steel works, at Harrisburg, Pa., recently, in which a man fell.sixty-flve feet through the stack of a hot furnace, without breaking any bones or seriously Injuring himself. Frank Lameka,-an emp~loye of' the works, while engaged on the telp of No. 2 furnace, having started the hose to play water into the furnace to cool it off, lost his balance and luhnged in, fallingg k it. gAye feet before lie struck the obst.ftiti e ijf ie fur ntaco, when hie bounded fifteen feet further, and rolled out at time bottom of the stack. When thme fright fumi disaster wasdiscovered, ~the wildest exciternent 'prevalled among the employee, and for a time a' panic was imminent, but order was soon restored, and every attentIon paid to the,Injured man possible undetr the circumstances. He was tamkei to his home at; E'wington, where medical attendance soon arrived, and after the monist careful examinaition It was found that the mn-ha -received no fetalUnjtIsi and'nobohal 'e roken.' -s Hiaos6 suif fered time most .injuq'y, that having been lacerated and'bruised very severely, caums ing it to swell ver-y much. -'lhis Is the most miraculouis escape any manever made at any of thme Ironworks in that 4ity and the fall of elg tegreet, throioth a athiltkek, to the ground beneath, without pausing in stant death or breaking g 'boun,- ijpy be set down as the miosi frigitful over heard of ut Tie EigIih Snaipe. A peculiarity of a good snipe ground Is its seeming inexhaustibility. A well stocked but small haunt of quail, prairie chicken, or any land bird save snipe and woodcock, is soon depleted by sharp shooting, nor will it recover until the following season. But with snipe the case is wholly different. You raise pmssibly a hundred birds to-day, and kill off a couple of dozen. To-morrow, there seeins about as many, and your suc cess corresponds with that of yesterday; so through a whole week, perhaps, with uppart-dy no marked addition or subtrac tion from the qintity of gamne when you desist. Whence they conie is one of the mysteries of suipe history. If a very considerable tract were so laid under trib ute, such results would excite no surprise; but when the whole area traveled over Is but a few acres, it is a matter of astonish ment. We have In mind a bit of the choic est kind of snipe ground, a Mile and a half long, and fron a few yards to an eighth of a mile in width, that at the height of the season presents this characteristic in a marked degree. A couple of guns have brushed over It for atn hour or two each morning and evening during a week, taking off from ten to fifteen souple daily, and leaving the ground as fat as they found It. In shooting, remember that they always rise against the wind ; so make a wide de tour if necessary, to come upon the wind ward end of the ground, and then beat to its furthermost point. The motions of the bird in the air are very rapid, twisting and perplexing, and none other require a more careful observance of their flight before you can htpe for success In shooting. The best days for seeking him are when first th weather has become warni and calm, or with a southerly, moist breeze, after a se vere, long, cold storm from the north, northeast or northwest. The birds take advantage of the change to feed on the marshes they half deserted during the boisterous weather. A warm (lay follow ing a slight hoar frost is ulso excellent. On the favorable days the birds lie well, even in the bare open marsh from which the Ice and spring freshets have swept, all covert. They hotake thomselves to little depressions In the ground, hiding behind swales, hillocks and little ridges, and div ing into little sunken spots. Although at other times they would rise well out of dis tance When you walked across so bald a ground, yet now they seem content to rest after long buffeting with the fierce, strong winds. Such ground and such days are to be marked with a white stone by the un happy man whose good fortune has brought him timely \here. For Spring shooting, use wading stockings, high water-tight leather boots. You do not now need to travel over a wide extent of conntry, and the water is of the coldest. In the fall,ordinary boots, no mtitter how holey, or stout shoes, with leggings, are better. You must travel longer distances, and will hardly confine your whole (lay to this spot. Therefore, the exercise and the warmer 'water will keep you safe from harm through wet feet. If you keep in tmotion, the blood will circu late freely, and wet stockings feel warm ; but do not sit down on a log for a long rest, no matter how wearied, or you will quickly chill, probably laying the foundation for a serious cold or future siege of rheumatism. Twtiah Sees an AIaa, 818nrise. We heard his horn, and instantly we got up. It was dark and cold land wretched. As I ttumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quivering hands, I wished the sun would rise In the middle of the day, when it was warm and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy. We pro ceeded. to dre.ss by the gloom of a couple of sickly candles, but we coid hardly button anything, our hands shook so. I thought of how nuiny happy people there were in Europe, Asia and America, and every where, who were sleeping peacefully in their beds, andh did not hamve to get up to see the liegi sun rise-people whol did not appreciate their advantages, as like as not, but would get up in the morning wanting more boons of Providence. While think ing these thoughts, 1 yawnied, in rather an ample way, andI myl) upper teeth got hitched on a nail over the (door, and~ whIle I was mounting a chair to free myself, llarris drewv the windiow curtain and1( salid: ''Oh, this is luck. We shan't have to go out at all--yonder are the mountains in full view." TJhis w~as good news, indleedi. It madle me cheerful right away. One could see the Alpine masses dimly outlined against the black firmanent and~ one or two starms blink ing thlronughi rifts In the night. Fully clothed and wrapped in blankets, we huddled our selves up by the wmdn(ow with lighted pipes, ad fell into a chat, while we waited in exceedinig comfort to see how an AlpIne1 sunrise was going to look by candle-light.I Ily and by a delicate, spiritual sort of efful gence spreadl itself by Imperceptible (de grees over the loftiest altitudes of the snowy wastes ; but there the effort stop~ped. [ said, presently: "Thmere's a hitch about this sunrise some.c where, It dloesn't seem to go. What dot you reckon is the miatter with it,?" "I don't, know. It alppears to hang fire somewhere. I never saw a sunrise act like I this bef ore. Can it 1)e that the hotel Isr playing anything on uis?'' "0f coturse not. 'rho hotel only has at proper interest In thme sun; it lia nothing ~ to do with the management of it. It Is a a precarious kind of property, too; a succes iron of total eclipses would probably ruin thils tavern. Now, what can be the matter with the sunrisei" Harris jumped up and said: "I've got it.. I know what's the matter iwith it-we've been looking at the place whe(re the sun set last night I" . -' Six Years ago. Eliza Duke, large and etout, accused her mnaband, John, of "lickhiig" her. John Is as thin as a Surrogate's seal, amid dtoesn't ook as if lie was capable or harder work han licking'a postage-stamp. Whten in the Jourt of Speplal Sessions recently lie >leaded guilty to the charge, and claimed hat his wife had Walloped hm with a ~lothes-pole. Is shirt front was covered< with blood ; he said that the Eflicer hai: truck hinm on the head with a club. The -1 ourt tried to figure out how he could twist 1 is hitad around and got the front of hIs 11 mblrb bloody, but failed. "Haven't I seon< on somewhere before '' asked. Just Ice t hiffy, who has a faculty. of remembjerig I aces. "Yes, your Honor, six years a50-' 'Where t" ".In any hf~uss efi Blateenth1 4reetk at a wedtillegr" reply Ibrought : lown the house, and 1erpotatort nd witneee toare-tc~ Q~ji d n, and Jo~hn esesp~d wt'4 '~ ~ n ene 3 FOOD FOR THOUGHT. at The truly rich man is he who pritys. W Will petitions that do not move the a heart of the Sunpliant move the heart ,d of Omnipotence? is A good constitution Is like a money r- box-its full value is never known until e it has been broken. , Taking a penny that does not belong *e to one removes the bat rer between In Y tegrity and rascality. Tho raven is like the sltanderer seek Ing carrion to feed upon, and delilghted 1g when a feast Is foun d. Humility Is the Christian's reatest honor, and the higher men oimb the f further they are f ron heaven. Tohe tree of the cross being cast into the waters of alliction has rendered them wholesonio and medicinal. Good prayers never come creeping 0 home. I am sure I shat receive either what I ask or what I should ask. e A work of art is said to be perfect In prop~ortion as it does not remind the t spectator of the process by which It was dcreated. it There Is freqtiently more love in a n frown than their could be in a sinile: o "As many as I love, I rebuke and a chasten." ' f Old men's lives are lengthened shad ows; their evening suit lalls coldly on i the earti, but, the shadows all point to the moritng. Tie coheiun is an bcinlem of faith; it springs fron earth to heaven ; the arch ai symbolizes Mercy-it descends from i heaven to earth. e l'otliuinous charities are the very essence of scilshness, when bequeath ed by those who, when alive, would I part with nothing. - The angels may have wider spheres e of action, may have nobler forms of a (duty; but right with them and with us .l Is orce and the same thing. 8 There i8 little lleasuro ln the world e that is true and sincere besides the , pleasure of doing good. I am sure no r other Is comparable to this. - Books are the true levellers. They r givAi to all who faithfully use themn the 3 society, the spiritual presence, of the a greatest and best of our race. . There exists in human nature, wheti L loyal to conscience, a power to neutral r Ize error, and to incorporate within it self what Is pure and ennobling. r We classify our wrongs, and tie up our miseries with red tape; we pity Speople by decimaIl, and put our statis ties away with a satisfied conscience tow mdany million of men have trampled out love and solotna vows, and by giving way to strong drink have crushed loving hearts, made happy homes desolate, and at last filled drunk aril's graves? Whatever your sex or position, life it a battle it which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward I Whether passed on a bed of sickness or in the tented field, it is ever the same fair flag, and admits of no dis tinctioni. Do not aspire to be a great story' .teller; an inveterate teller of long I storles becomes very tiresome. To tell i one or two witty, short liew stories appropriate to the occasion, Is about all that one person should iifflt on the comp~any. Let the soul be turned as strenuou ly toward good as it usually Is toward evil, and you will find that the simple love of goodness will give incredible resources to the spirit in the searoh after truth. Love, with litelloct, will perform miracles. If love and affection could be won with gilts and jewels, then, indeed, love would have Its price; but it is not so. Afl'ection springs from the heart only ; Ino gifts een produce it. A child's love is won more truly by a parent's fond embrace and kiss than with gllttering toys. I T 'hat mnay be right which is not pleas anit and thlat pl easant which is not right ; bitt Christ's religion is both. T[here is niot only peace in the end of religioni, but peace in the way. Do not spend your time in talking scand~al; you sink ynur own moral'na ture by so doing, and you are, perhaps, doing great injustice to those about whom you talk. You probably don't utnderstand tile circumstances. Wore, tiber understood, you would be more enent. Ihope ia a flatterer, but the most up riuchitof all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's lint, as well as tihe pal ace of his su perior. Bly cultivating the beautfutl, we scatter the seeds of heavenly Ilowvers ; by doing good, we foster those already. belonging to humanity. Tio cultivate the sense of the beauti fuli Is but one, amnd the'most effec'tual, of tihe ways of cultivating an appreciation of thme divine goodness. 1)o not indulge in satire; no doubt you are witty, and yo~u couldi say a miost cuttinig thing that would bring the 1aug1h of the company down u pon~ your opponent: but you must not allow it, unless to rebuke some Impertinent fel low whol can be suppressed in no other way. The best part of one life is the per formnance of onie's daily dutIes.' All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments, in a man are of no account if t.bey do notcome down and strength en him for the bettor discharge of the dutm es which devolve upon hi mlin the or-* dir ary afidrs of life. Ana excess of excitement and a deli- ~,'~ i cicncy of enthusiasm may easily ohar4 aeterize the same person, or period. Emhlusiasm is grave, in ward, sel (-Oon trolled; more excitement is outward, fanitastic, hysterical, atid passing in a, Imoment fom tears to laughter; fr n one aim to Its very opposite. A euining man is never a irm ~an; but an honest man Is; a doubelemo e man is alWays unstable; a man of fAit is firm as a rock. I tell you the is T sacred conneotIon between hohestn4 raithi honesty is' fait appliedut woidy thing and fa tb& qmeclcened by d1 Cp*A o h4 mpaenD ly t gs.t Q~ Buinied 0ties in Ameriea. In tile far West, in the cities or the gre canyons of Colorado, Arizona and Ne Mexico are the dwellings and temples of race or tribe of men, who had master sen1 of the arts of civilization. In the plai; are pastoral villages built of stone and mc tar, for both shelter and defense. TI houses are large, for a number of peopl) with a court-yard in the centre. The are no side entrances, but Ingress was 1 ladders over the walls and into the comi yard. This inlicates that the people we continnally on t heir guard against prawlih enemies, the Arabs of Amerea. The conununal cities contain cirular towers i great strength, constructed with efuece tric waills and a hollow Urcular court in tI center. Thle walls ire joined by radi partit">ns, thus strengthening the whol Most of these towers are much dilapidate( so that itS iimpossible to ascertain whet] er they were roofed or not. A cast ot ti: remnnaits of one of the largest towers hi been made by EdWII E. Powell, of ti Powell survey, and is now in the worl Shop of Prof. Ward at the University. is probable that these towers were entere by a secret, rock-cut passage, as 'at leai one such passage has been discovered. I a recent article by Henry Gannett, thi suggestion is ventured that these towei were temples of the Sun, in the center c which the eternal fire was kapt burning Similar towers are now found in inhabite cities or pueblos, and are used as sunll ten ples. It is also quite probable tat theq tower might have been used for det nse i sore extremity, the people entering thei by theseeret passages. The double, an sometimes triple wails would discourag an enemy, armed only with bows ann clubE As dangers thickened about these peopl( or perhaps in their earlier history, fortifle dwellings were grouped in the caives forir ed by the disintegration of soft rock in tih perpendicular cliffs of Ute canyons. Thep cliif dwelling must have been constricte witll enorlous labor, as the storie wil either carried or hoisted from below. Tl approaches were Iy steps cu. in the rock and were very precarioue. In tile oute st1one walls are a few simall square opei ings for air and light, while the mode c entrance was by ladders over the wall. 'I'll cliff fortresses are of great ailtiquity. 'I'll cedar wood used for beams is, however well preserved. Scattered about are grea quantities of broken pottery. T ie morta with which tile walik are laid is still firm anld iII Some places are seen the prints o iman hands, made when the mortar wa first laid on. The story of these ruilne< towns and fortresses will, lin all probabilty never he known. It is some satisfaction however, to know that Amterica has ruin of great interest. hot Elopliphat, sunble. Two sea elephant balnes were recentl' Oxhibited i at Santa Clara, California They were captured by Captain Peters of the Mexican coast, about seven hundre< imiles smith of this port, and are the prop rtIy of Mr. J. T. Hayes. They now weigl about eight hundred pound apilece, thougl only a few ilonths old. They ire goo( tempered and playfiul, and willingly allov enit le handling. Similar curiosities hav never before been seen in this city. Thi bottle nosed seal or sea elephant is tih largest ot the seal family, aind from thi Iet a find tile peciliar shape of -its nlose it il o lalmied. Seals of this species are oftei seen that measure morc than twenty-fivi reet from tip to tip, and'fifteen feet or mori in circumference. Ii colors the males art ienerally dark, grayish blue or brown, anl the females are dark brown above and yel iowish below.* The male bottle-nosed sea ihas8 the power of extending its muzzle to I foot or more in length, as does the elephan its trunk. They have four lingers and 1 shiort thumb, with perfect nails, oil tlh< Lfronit flippers. Thie hair Is rath~er coarse, but there Is a demand for the skills of thest 11imals1 for harness miaking? TIhe oil thlwi is obtainedi from tihe blubber of these seahi a5 clear, althlough 110t exactly pleasant, itt >dior and1( Its taste are not1 bad, anld it burnt dowly, with a bright, clear, smlokeles! laime. Th'lese seals are found in harg< erds on the islandls of tihe Antarctic ocean, mdt in tile winter tine as far north as th( oast1 of Mexico, generally or~ sanldy anmi lesert beaches, near freshl water streams. Fihey neCver attack a hi Jman? beinig, except n (defenlse of tiheir young or In self defense. l'he species are much larger, as a general tatemlent, thatn tile largest elephlant. AM consequence of brutal and indliscrnlinate ilaughlter, they are now nearly extiniet. is Haplipiness wals 1soureet. "'Such a morning, H annah I" enthlused tir. liniley, as he tucked lisa napkin undet ti chin, ''such a mornIng I Why, J.'ve valked around three blocks, and tetered n my heels andl toes, taking a bath of ~lory ini tile sunishline. And It has given neC an appetite, Hlannahl, such a one as I sven't had since childhood's haippy hour. Joffee ; alh Thanks. A little sugar and he cream; all, dent forget the cream, Han all," and lhe fairly beamed wIth good nat. ire. "I declare, wha~t Is this you've get or drink ? Ball, Mrs. Siley, It Is outi. ageos "Don't you like it, Ichabod ?" in~qired heo dame anxiously. "It's a new idea for ettling Coffee, thalt's all. Sister Maris aid a little codflab skin would make it pout lear---" "A little 'codflshl skin. How muchl, I hiould like to know ?" "Whyn juta pIece about as bIg-as my "Oh1, the stupidity of womankind. Wily Iidn't you dIumnp in a whole fishIng fle nto your coffee, nmadamn, or a grocery tore, or a section of thle banks of New. oundland-.or-or." At this point his flow if Fnglsh-gave out, andl leaving the tabile with a sui~dnness thlat shoo0k the stopplea ilut of the caster crue, lie strode out -of lie house, down town, a breakfastless and topoSs wreck._ One Points to Itedeemn It. Notwithstanding the fact that the game ailed "lifteen" has been rIdiculed and pro. ounced a fraud, the bashlful young man lesses it and will ever hold it in fond re. nomnbrance. For wasn't .it the means of rInging hjis sweetheart's face close to his >wn, and',didn't It enable him to touch the ips of dainty flugdra, while her balmy breath ntoxicated him with its fragrance?'' And, h i wasn't it just at that blissful moment rhon the ok4 men, eamp. Into,. the, patio., anghit him by the collar,, ya ed him from:W he sofa, and lif'ted him dtf the~ front -sto