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1RI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MA Y 27, 1880 VOL. IV.-NO.64. THlE RIGHITS OF WOMAN, The rights of woman, what are they? The right to labor. love and pray. Tho right to weep when othors woop, The right to wako when others sloop. The right to dry the fallen tear, The right to quoll the rising fear; The right to smooth the brow of care, And whisper comfort to despair. The right to watch the parting brea. b, To sootho and cheer the bod of death, Thio right whon earthly hopes all fail, To point to taat within the veil. 'The right the q anderor to reclali, And win the lost from paths of shameo; The right to comfort and to bless The, widow and the fatherlis. The right the little ones to guide, In simple faith to Him who died ; With earnest love and gonUo praise. To bless and cheer their youthful days. The right to live for those we love, Tho right I o die that love to provo ; The right to brighten earthly homos. With p!oasant arbileo and gentle tones. A Double Plea of Guilly. That Amos Talburton married t he Widow Baniford for her money we firmly believed by everybody but the wid-rv herself. She, poor, simple body, novce suspected that day whcn le took her hard and asked her to be his, that he had any other object than the avowed ones of devoting himself to her happinese and being a father to her little beys. The widow's fortune was in ready money, from all care of which her new husbahd soon relieved her; and before the honeymoon was over, Mr. Tolburton enter ed on hy paternal ditiea vith an energy which soon conviiced Charley and Robbie Ba iford howr exceedingly loose had bqeu their. prevjons i'6tioiis of family govern Mr. Talburton's system was a combina tion of those of Solomon and Mr. Murd stone, proceeding on the theory that the two most potent instruments for the expul sion of folly from the heart of a child are a rod of correction and the Latin Grammar. The elder boy, Charley, was a warm hearted, spirited lpd; a boy to go through ire and wAter for those lie -liked, but with a-temper that rebelled against lujustice or unkindness. It soon became a state of condtant war between Charley and Mr. Talburton. The former grow relentless in his punish. ments. Charley's mother ventured to intercede for him once; but her husband read her such a lecture on the sin of Inconsiderate mercy that she never dared renew the sub ject. Bobbie who was over a year younger than his brother, got along much better. There were two reasons for this: hie had his mother's gentle disposition, and secondly, Charley's transgressions were so numerous that they kept Mr. Talburton's attention fully. occupied. At sixtpen Charley was a strong and well I grown youth. More than once, after re celving chastisement, lie had been heard to utter threats; and one day he struck back. A violent battle ensued, in which he was badly worsted, but not until he- had left on his adversary's face divers marks of the t fierceness of the contest. That night the household was aroused by t the report of a pistol. Mr. Talburton was I found weltering in his own blood just out side his study door, and the servante who I first reached the scene, as they afterwards testified, found Robbie standing near the body holding a pistol. The gas light in 1 the hall way had been turned up and the t Wild and dazed expression of the boy's face i was plainly visible. The wounded man died before assistance c .could be summhioned; and terror anid fright threw peer Mrs. Talburton into a swvoon, t which, happily, for a season rendered her a unconscious. - The pollee came and searched the prein 18es. One of the first discoveries made was 1 that Charley's room wvas vacant Ills bed a bore traces of having been recently ccui- j p~led. But Charloy himself had not been seen snmce retiring to bed early in the even- a ing' c . obbie whien questioned, appeared stu- c pilfied, ad returned no answers. The comn- e mission of an act of violence seemed so 1 foreign to is character, that in spite of ap- o * pearances few weore disposed to'regard himn t with suspicibn. Still it was thought p~ru- a dent to detain him till the tragedy shonl b e fully cleared up. . . f Next day the coroner's jury began their 3 *investigations. In addition to the facts .al- s ready recounted, itiwas shown that ime- 11 diatoely after the murder all the outer doors t and windows wore found closed as usual- 1 a fact which pointed to an inmate of the f house as the author of the deed. A deale in reariss t0 fled tht oti' the tF (day pr in ma nird4 ~he had . sold iho, a pistol, ~41id i one ce ibra dischai-gcd sa in Robble's hand to Charley Bamnford. u At this evidence Robbie started up ex citedly and spoke for the first time. "I tell you my brother is not guiltyl" he exclaimed. "Perhaps., then, you can tell us who -ti ii," said tie noroner, dryly. "I amni" the boy answered, with the de- g fiant look of one brought to bay, a The ease was soon closed, and the jury v were not long in returning their verdict that 11 Amos Talburton had come to his death by 6 a pistol shot fired by the band of Robert lp B~aiford; and.the prisoner was immeidiaite.. l Th Oietctdmther~ reddined pie to do r what I could for her unfortunate boy; but I the task looked like a ,hopeless one. T'o 11 all my questioning I cochd get but one Ba- 11 swere~ a w . . Robbie persisted in asserting his own guilt I aind the ignorfcp of his'blothbr, whose all- r aence he attributed to, his llavlag run, away I piataf aold to (5harley, and the mtvoff the 4thme he fell into his usual silence. in do~e time my client was indicted, and I arrainged to plead. I Mtopped for ward to ti * answer for him u ,bp~fofemild inter-. A *pose thebho h se haid spoken. ' g 3}7,'h a% in ac clear, I "N9 no1" orjad~ Vloothat startled all r *hhd l~i ff 'lh not he,e bit I, who am C ind4tite hduett -fnoftent Chiafley i C tood at lisa brother' aside, enoir.. t on, hurriedly, "and my pistol that was found? Cannot every one see that my poor, dear, generous brother wishes to mcreent my life at the expense of his own?" "Do not believe limi" broke in )tobble; "it is he' that would sacrifice himself for mc." "Let the prisoner be remanded," said the judge, visibly moved at the scene; "and let his brother be detained. There is some thing here which requires explanation." And within a week the explanation came in a manner least expected. John Willis, an old servant of the family wats taken suddenly il, and soon lay at death's door. 'Before he died lie sent for a clergyman, to whom he told a story which coinletely cleared up the mystery. The day before Mr. Talburton was killed Charley Bamford had offered to sell Willis a pistol which the latter bought for a few dlollars. That night Willis heard a noise its of one stirring in the house, and slipping from his room, pistol in hand, lie saw some one moving stealthily in the lower hall. It wits long past ikhe hour at which any of the Family were likely to be tip. Burglaries had been frequent of late, and acting oi Lite frst impulse, and taking the 'best aim lie could, by the dim light, Willis tired. Seeing the man fall he ran down and Lurned ipl the gas, when to his horror, he Aiscovered that lie had slain his master! h'lie pistol dropped front his hand, and tearing the a)proach of hurrying footsteps, ind fearing to be accused of murder, lie concealed hinself In the study, from which lie did not emerge till others had made their ripearance, the first being Robbie, who picked up the pistol. T'e strange conducieof the brothers was sow fully accounted lor, Robble, who Ind seen the plstol during the day In :he possession of his brother, and in view of the latter"s flight, and his rela .tons with his step father, believed him uilty; and had taken advantage of the alp. eiirlances against himself to shield his )rother. Charley acknowledged that lie had bought ,he pistol to defend himself. agalust his )ersecitor in their next encounter; but, ahanging his mind, lie determined to rum. )ff tosea, for which lie had made secret ar rangements the same afternoon; and it was rom his first voyage that he had just re urned on the day of Robble's arraignment. i)oubtless it was Charley's steps, stealing lown the stairs, and uit at the front door, Avbich latched itself bhlind him, that. had troused Mr. Talburton and the servant, he former having remained in his study hat night to a later hour than usual. Mrs. Talburton's grief was greatly molli led by the restoration of her two boys; and his time sie is likely to remain a widow. Tyruoeo Comitmes. The curious and picturesque cost umes of lie land of Tyrol are conspicuous every -there. The dress, particularly that of the Vomen, varies in the different valleys. )encrally, it is to be seen in its fulness iilyon Buiidays and feast-days; but, in ome parts, (he people wear it on week lays, although most often, as Is the case hie world over, it is "sobered by the rust >f long use." The women; after the ashion of whatever valley their dresses any be patterned, depend upon bright olors and jewelry. The men's dress re embles tiat with which we are familiar nly in coat and shirt. The breeches are f black leather, with green cord dowi hrough the seams, and green embroidery t the hip and knee ; they reach only to lie top of the knee, and are so loose that a the sitting position half the thigh is Ox iosed. No stockings are worn under the envy hob-nailed shoes, but a very thick voollen stocking leg, often ornamented vith green figures covers the calf, the top i e(ing rolled down over the garter. For I lie length of about six inches at the knee lie leg is quite bane, tanited, ruddI~y and irsuto with life-long exposure in a climate f great winter severity. The hat Is ecorat ed with feathiers at the back, usually bie htalf of a black-cock's tall. Every man ad boy, we are told in the guide-books, inokes, and must never expect to meet onei v'ithtouit his porcelain pipe and a ired or lue uimbrella, which the woment also c'lrry a universally. The girls wear a little 1 sunty caps, or a ieghiorn hat with an i ense brim, ad dresses generally dark, ndc nearnly always ahort; and whtile some f thte costumes appear very coquettisht,t thters are stiff amid formal and have even a 1 htssicatl correctness. In one of the nteigh oihoods of the Ziller thal, the women I rear thick gold or silver tassels lying on t lie front part of their hat brims, andl carry cartnation, or othcr bright flower, over Lie ear. Event travellers catch the mania r picturesquie costumes ; and, says Mr. Varimg: "It is especially pleasing to soc at Laid, smooth-shaven Englishman, whlo at, ome would reprehend the wearing of any alng less. than a stiff hat, unbend his rigId nes, dleck himself with light and rolling ilt, atnd sport a cock-feather or a bunch of idelweiss at, his crownr-' It is good, too, see his side-hong .glance at thea mirror,. ad thte little wreath of pleadare that winds botut his lips at theo thtotighti of sttoh rare idiulgence." A Loafer's Method. How the lilies of the valley, who neither >ll. nor spin, nor h'ave any private means, tanage year after year to enjoy all the nod things of this world has always been wondler to me. Sitting the other day dith one of these lilies, 1 ventured to ask um to explain to me the mystery of lils xistecnce. "This is," ho said, "how [ rovide myself with excellent dinners and ocket nmoney. Whenever a new restau mat of. any repute is opened 1 dine there wice, and pay for my dinners. The third I ime I send for the proprietor, and tolling im that I have forgotten my purse, askt im to send a waiter home with me, when il. pay my bill. To this hue objects. give himn my name and address, and theo I ext clay I send him the price of the din- t er. Then I dine two or three times with-ta utt paying, and have thoroughly estabhsh-t d nmy credit, and I can dine luxuriouslyt or a long period wIthout being troubled ,ith the bill. 1 it once inaugurate picnics,t beg eaclh guest to hand me his share ofa to bill, and I pockot the money, leaving I rio estireo. g6##L to lbi charged to me. Ae ow restaurant does not like to commeniceE a career by apg a customier, so wVhef atj inst the proprietor Is tired of feeding me, Ia romisie to pay hiia some day ahid thenr I ohmmence operations with one of. his cony eres. Jealousy, asid'a pleastate iti seeing ( hose in the satn~ .buSiness dlomn preventt ny one *bos has bee. viotimised foa rarSing others agalst uEn. . I Electricity anti Plants. Dr. Siemens recently gave, before the Royal society in London, on account of some .very interesting and importaut exper iments wvhich lie had beeni makimg with a view of determining the influence of elec tric light on vegetation. The experiments had been made with mustard, qarrot, bean, cucumber, melon and other quick-growing plants. These, which had been planted in pots, he had arranged in four classes or groups. One class was kept always in the (lark, another in the light of day as long is possible, a third always in the electric light, and the fourth was exposed to daylight and electric light in succession. rt was found that the plants would not live long when kept in the dark, but that they would tlhrive about as well in the electric light as the daylight. But those did best of all which were constantly exposed to both daylight and electric igit in succession. Dr. Siemens ex peri mb tits eXtended through only about two mouths, and ho, does not claim that the results are conclieivp or finuil. 'unt lie has reached the conehisions that plat-ts (10 not require any rest. during the twenty-four hourm; that their growth may be materially quickened by giving, them the benelit of electrid light at night; that electik light will produce chloroghyl In the leaves of plants and promote their growth, aud that in.jurious effects- upon plants are not caused to any material extent, by the small aiount of carbonic acId and nitrogenous compounds generated in the electric arc. Dr. Seniemns further expresses the opinion that the effects of night frost may he counteracted, and the ripening of fiuit promoted, by means of the radiation of heat frpim powerful electric arc. If these results Ahil be confirmed by further experiments which Dr. Siemens is making, the practice' value which the facts will have inl horicultnre is manifcst. They will also afford new facilities for the inves tigation of som1e important scientific ques tions as to the Influence of natural light on vegetation. Dr. Siemens gave his audience a beautiful illustration of one of his ex periments, by putting some budding tulips in a strong electric light, which in about forty minutes caused the buds to open out inl full 100111. -Winter lin Poland. To the physical sufferinirs Inflicted upon the populations of Silesia, Posen and Rus slan Poland, by the extat-wrdinary severity of the winter which set in early throughout Northern and Eastern Europe, have been added the horrors resulting from an almost unprecedented visitation of wolves. These fierce aniials issusin in powerful packs from the foros. in whic'i, unless hard press. ed by hunger, they are accustomed to con coal themselves, have committed terrible devastations in Polish villages on either side of *the Russo-German frontier, and ex hibited an unwonted boldness In their intru3 son upon the haunts of men. As a rule, they do not make their appearance In in habited regions until the latter' half of January, sometins even later; but this year they have already invaded several vil lages in the Kol, district, and attacked peasants on the high road upon several oc casions. Between Lenschutz and Kranz devics travellers were attacked recently by wolves with such ferocity and resolution thn they barely escaped with their lives; ai about the 'same time a Yonng girl of Kladava, returning from her iother's f u nieral was torn to pieces and devouied by Ft foraging party of these savage brutes. It appears that the inhabitants of the frontier territories above alluded to aire so panic tricken by the -inusual audacity of * the volves that they cannot. be induced to leave heir houses, save in broad dayligit and )rovided with fire-armns, which latter, how ver, in tle existing state of Russian hiom1e )olitical affairs, arc scarce artiles aniong lie Polish peasantry lin the Governuient of he Vistula. Oranuge-s. This dlomeistic pr-oduct has. greatly in.. ~reased within a few years, aind is likely to ncrease very much more. The orange Is welieved b~y many to be a native of this ountry, in the region of the Gulf of Mex co. though it Is probable that It was oi-igi ally iutroduced there amnd natiirali zed. sot anists generally think thie sweet-bitter iergamnot and other varieties of ora.nges are .11 of 0one speC'ies. The fruit is usually cult i 'ated, and even then shows a markedl teind ncy to degenerate. it is raisdd wherever lie climate is warm enough, butt flourishies est in sub-tropical districts. -lThe old Ireeks and Romans seeml not to) have Lnown it; for it, wais, in all likelihood, aken to Europe by tihe Moo-s, and is be ievedl to have been introduced lnto Italy as ate as the fourteenth cenltuiry, near-ly 1,000 rears later than the lemon or citron. Of tie sweet orange, the pincipal varmeti-s ar-e lie Poitugal or Lisbon orange, the China urange, saidl to have been .broihjt from ina by the Portugt so, and now widely, :ultivated In Southern Europe, the Maltese, >r bIped orange, tile maujorca, oi- seedless >range. The bitter orange wmas extensively -aised by the Moors in Spain, prohably for ued~icinal pulrposes, andi is still used for lavoritig and for mnarmalalde. The or-ange a more readily packed and preser red, along vith its cougeners, lemone, citrons: and lhues, than any other fruit. It is a very raluable crop in Italy, Portugal, Spain, dtaltig aund Azores; and In &~loiida. Mhil~ mesple hold tbat out oranges a'o superior to mny of those raised in Europe, andI the iulality is steadily imuproving. P'roposed St. aivrence 'Tiunnet, The propiositionI to tunnel the St. Law. ence, at Montreal, has been kept so quiet hat It has been mmpossible til) recently t9' :et the details of the matter. ~Mr. A. Le 'esque is the arcliitect, who has the matter n hand, so far as sutrveys are pcopcepted, nid a syndicate is on the evp of tormiation o apply for a charter with capital of $1,. '100,000 and borrowlng powe-s .up - to $I4, 00,600: The tunnel will 'be bltifllclently urge to accommodate a double6r~,Ti oring will, it, is expected; be tli'gi gil' ubstance known as black rook, and should lie geological surveys previously. mado by he government prove to be cort'cot thierd vil be -no more diiflicult, substapce to con. end WIth. The cost is rotughl$' estimiated t $8,000,000, and is less thap a,substantial ridge could be built for. The tbthnmel, it is lainmed, is t p only,,lope.for .the.Notti~ hoI'e reade lid tihe connction of the ected Toronto and, Of ~.a Ups jit, ves connection-at -Longubtt ~it i roads rpont. ort a t hddtn i hi e ted 'frtll t p ro as will pei of a tuller deqarlt ion of te oQt b~IR ngg dth414 &(, Mr. Trout and the Gypsy. David S. Trout is a rich plantor of Ho noke county, Virginia, a strict chur: nember and ono of the most successf Ien, in Itas county. lie has several far1 and lives on the line of the Virgin and Tennessee Italroad, close to Bale Post Office and near the Roanoke rive Recently accompanied by Detective Jol Ween, of Rtichmond, and ChIef of Polk Donovan. of Newark, ie visited Brookly and identilled Matilda Worton, the gyps fort une-teller-, who is in Raymond stre jall on a charge of robbing, William Jessol of Princeton, Indiana, of $2,250 as ti .voman who, three years ago, robbed hil of at package containg $10,000 li greer backs, leaving In its stead a simnilar packa4 that contained strips of newspaper cut int the shape of bank notes. Mr. Trout sa' that in February, 1875, he received a nott signed D. T. Worton, saying that the was a natural deposit of silver on his farn ln 1876 Mrs. Worton, the gypsy wonat called on him. "She said," continuedl M Trout, "that close to my house there was uleposit of silver containing about a ilnlik dollars: that the mass of it was in a crn< state, but that, a large aihount of the met: had already been mined. The silver, al aid, was first discovered, many years ago iy two Indian chiefs, named Curry an desh, who, on shifting their habitation buried their fortunes there and put a spe :ver the mine, which it required a supeo human gift to break. The hiding pla< was settled by a secret, and she alone corli .harm it away and open the mine for ni >enefit. I tob' her that If site could sho n where the tmine was I would give lte -ne-half of the procceds, but site said ti the needed a package of $12,000 to handhl ilways in ny presence, so that she couli work :)ut, the secret. I didn't have so inue noney at hand, and I told her that I coul aot get it. She camte to see tme a numbi SI limes, and at length site said she cou, 3xtract the secret Of the hiding place of til ine if she could hle(10 $10,000, but 411 promiseid that the money should never g ut of my sight. At length I got tho $10 )00 together in bank notes and the gyps =egan her incantations. Sho counted til noney, sprinkled it with earth, muttero )ver it and said prayers without muube Whent sh1e had finished site went away Leaving the money in my hands, tied up i rown paper, and as she cautionod me nt Lo touch it for fear I would undo her worl Iput it i) and kept it intact until sie r urned again. Site paid me several visitt ud cacti time took out the money, e: mined it carefully and prayed over it. told it for a time while slo prayed an lien she held it and prayed. This wa tone several times. At length, on May 7 1877, she said that all of her plans wer xorking so well that iII one moro visit shi vould charm away the spell that bound tii ecret of the mine, and would, site thoughit e able to lea(i imc directly toi t. She aigai ook the noney, praved over it and aske ne to count it, so '.tat I could sco it wa ii there. 'I don't want-you to think)' sh ad to me, 'that I would steal aiv of It said: 'if you took that money, or foole lie, I would kill you.' I saw that all c ty moncy was in the package, just ats ad given it to het, and then site caref til ied it up and put a string about it. 'Now, ahe said, 'the spell is broken, and in, on nore visit it will be cast aside. But,' sit idded, 'no one must touch tils package. promised to lock it up, but sie 'said sh anted me to swear to it upon' the Bible t.urned to get the Bible, and the mok yas hardly out of iny sight a moment. urued again, and she had the Iackage ox mtded toward tme. I swore upon the Bibl hat I would not open it or allow anty on lso to (10 so. and took the package. vrote '1). B. Trout' tipon the back atn nude marks upon it wherever there was a l0 of the paper, so that I could tell if an) ne disturbed it. Then I put It away. A he did not returnt and as miy tiame was uj nhen I was obliged t~o return the imontey ti et bank where I htad omitained it, I opec ho paickage and founad that it coaine trips of newspaper cut to thte size of bani totes, andt that liere wasan't a peniny of tat 10,000O. Mr. Tlrout will belgin a suilt is udasona county, Ioqw .Jersmey, wvhere thi Yipsies have pr~opldy, to recover hi ijoitey. Yntresting Sent ifc I'aaimr. Capt. Catlin, United States army, lost: .g 4}uring thte wvar and since thtat timo hta tifored from traumatic aneuralgia, somec mes in the heeol, but tmore frequenitly Ii Io toes, of the absent foot. lIe has care uiy noted thte effects produced on htimsei 'y chianiges of the weather. D)r. Mitchell' ,vn studies in tis case, as hie says, "wotl ever htave proved successful htad it ntot beela >r thto uanusual ability, interest Is thte task nd persaoverancc of thte Iaccomplitsbed0( getn emen who has obliged by umakin g his owa armerits useful in-the solution of thte queos ion of how far weat her' affects thte produc on of certain kinds of p~aini. Thte htourli bservationts cover a period of five years 'For the first quiarters of these five year; here wore 2;471 hoturs of paitn; for ti: acondo quaarltra 2,I02 htours for the third narture, 2,059 hours; aikh for the last, quar rs, 2,221 h'ours. The best yield of tiai in January, Febrauary and March, anti tha oorost in the third quarters, July, Augute ib September. During thtese 'five years nlile tite stan was south of the eqtuator ere were;4, 692 hoturs of pain, against 4, 58 hourswhileoit wvas northt of the equatbl e greatest amiount of paint was in thi uariers beginning with the wintt' solstice md thte least wats in those beginIng wit l La summer solstice. Thte average dureltom fthte attacks of thte first quarterh wa eontytwo hours, and for the thtird quar mrs only 176 years. By taking the 'fotti cars endiag January1 1879, it is foun( aimt of. 587' storms charted by the aiga atreaua, 298 boldmg to thte two winter qiat ra agahnat.9289:for'the summer quarterd oncec we have the ratio of theo nuamlier 0 orims of thte winter quarters antd summne isrtems oorreponding to the ratto of tia noumts of neuralgIa for thtese respectia eriods, anid the ratio of average durationt o mcl attack for thte same -timo 'crrespond: lqsoly with theoratio of lte respective to -l ainiotst9f nettraliga for tht' same -per )dS. VTe average distance of the storn cutre at the beginning of the neuralgia- at oks *es .480 iles~ jtorms comidifrolr et Pacifie coast ar~o felt farthest off, "verj mog after,er yt they atterQfialogahe R~ocks pyt'4ios,'.wbile storms along tile Atlan 0coast arq associete~wth. milder formn pgualglag and are no felt atth Ihi Game to the Last. Not long ago a lady of Iartford Conn., bad an earnest battle w~th a rooster. Bhe had two flocks of abouti a dozen hens and one rooster each with aX separate "run" fur each squad, apd the hoo house is partitioned through the middle, ith a window in the partition, Almost every day the lady visits the hennery and usuilly stops to stroke and pet the feathered favorites. Under this treatment the fowls have become quite tanie and never before had)she such an experi ence as we are about t& relate. The lady, as she tells the story- Lerself, had passed through the fOrmt, division of the hen house and stopped to pet fowls in the other half, and while she was thus engaged sl notic ed the big roQstcr ip th ,other damicile had taken a position where he could see the lady's operations through the partition window. Ie watched her with a jealous eye. Dircctly the ladyareached out to take in her hands a hen, butit evaded her and ran off with a frightened scream. At this the looker on in Vienna-the old rooster became unduly exicited, runlled his feath era, elongated his neck-and showed lie was as "mad as mad could be." iHe looked as if he wanted to tackle the lady, and sure enough when she entered his room to pass out lie did make a most'deterinined assault. He rushed at her fairly fristiug with indig nation, and savagely stiuck at her with his spurs. The lady, rathqr pleased than other wise, lifted a foot to poke hin away and did give him a vigorous shove. But lie returned and lot tly his.spui-mounted heels and gave the lady a No. 3 gaiter a lively crack, leaving quite a 1.t mging sensation. And from this time outs the lady and the plucky old rooster had' a regular pitched battle. She says at first she rather enjoyed the sport, but before she got through the fowl was so terribly in earnest it did not seem like fun and she 4eterminied to end up the fight by taking the old fellow by the iecki and holding hhu111 suspended in midair until the tight was all t ken out of him. The next fly lie made ', her she clutched hlni, and lifted him from his feet, out, he struck at her several times with his spurs in rapid succession and in most spiteful and ugly manner. He got in one blow on the back of the hand and wrist that left a mark three inches long, and she was glad to drop him. But now her woman dander was up and she was bound to conquer. Bie turned on him and kicked at him first with one foot and then with the other, following him nround the little house, lie fighting gallant ly as he retreated. Ite would fly at. her, catch her by the dress' with his bill, and and crack would go the spurs with as much vigor as if the old fellow had a rooster's head in chancery. Adin and again the old lady grasped him by the neck, choking, twisting .ind shaking him, but he would compel her to let go by the ragid thumps of his tough, hard old spurs. After the fight had lasted fully ten minutes the lady thought, as there could not he much honor in conqueifing a rooster, and rather aduiir- 1 iug his pluck, she would withdraw and let him enjoy his cr6w of victory. But as she turned to go (he onslaughts of the plucky fellow were fiercer and fiercer, and she was compelled to retreat backwards and kept her feet employed in trying to keep him at bay. When she turned to open the next I door the rooster, as a parting salute, flew i up at her waist high, and gave her a crack. i dt was a fowl-blow,.but the lady did^ not i st9p.to claim the victory on that account. I Shd hurriedly losed the door abd the de determined fellow actuallygave the door- a clip and looked disgusted because the lady had got odt of his reach. Ti Fil Diduut Bite. A very. short old man, having a dried betring on a string and a fish pole on lis back, and the line on is hook balted with a pIece of salt pork, halted a pedestrian at the ferry wharf and began: "Ilave you a .human heart in your ->reast ?" . "Yes; I suppose it's human, replied the "Then f'or goodness' sake lend me a qluarter for a few dlays. i've been flathing here right along for font hours, and this is the only thing 1've caught." "'m not resp~onsible for your bad tuck," said the citizen. "But am I ?. Cani I make-the fish bite If they don't want to ? I've sat here aind spIt on this bait and bobbied my line upi and down till I'm clear broke down. It seems ap&&idn'.gare.:-.. iveranothIer. "Well, I didn't tell youto go fishing." "Sposeni you'didn'ti WiM76tu'iicin old man trying to get along and Clatch a i sucker to take home to lisa starving~ faily,t can't you feel a little human toward him ? I Think of my taking home this old sm:>ked 1 hrin iil trylg to p 9jv~4~- ( "Bu I can't. give y'ou a .quarter," pro- I tested thb citizen. "I'm noct going to 1be a held responsible for your bad luck wh'ten t you go fishing." t "The case stands like this," said the old t man, as lie swung his poje around andh t knocked a man's hat: off, I' come down c here to fish. 'I bob and flah' and spdt and fIsh and bob. 1l0 hick. I pay < tt .ny last, oent for this 01(d herring, hioping it may - prove a sort of attraction for other fish. c No go. lie simply attracted a dtogiand lost lisa tail by a bite. I am now utterly I; crushed and soulasick. 1 am about to re- e turn to my wife, who expedts mae to bring a a suicker two feet long. What shial I say a tother" t4 "Trell her that It was apoor dag for fish "uwomen don't underattidl such lhnge. Oh, sir I take this herring and lend me a quarter I GJive amt old moan somaet showv." "Can't do It.'t "WIll yoit ipel'iu to 'thke'ting huomb t to my. fanily and tell 'ein 11 the dinly likte ~ Ihad ? llave 1, at my dge, gQt to play epkf~ civ r m tir?,te es actor an d the~ iapj nesof -,miy.family eli-I T ie citizen tyyned coldly., away atid in- q quired the price of grindstones of a ware. r housemnan. Thue old dierman flung his il hierring dow'juvnped off~itjtirbo~b feet, ci flung hlstfibitpole off the Wlilrt and' strode c out of the crowd with the remark: i "Gentlemen, I btan never, nevor, reward m: awlfe confid nce gith ; -od prn RIo iertend ciyo hter ,iod al get c Uit1 and she'l fully undos a tt to t t'un h bi tap tell ti 'Mrhale, 'Wiih I am full'hv ti in i quiet corner ad dloA't les 'Mt~% e hko ~~a but 'm irt and . ieer signs. . SomR of the London mn signs are very h11 odd. For instance, there is thoe cilptural 11sign-Theo ood,Samlaritan; there la The idow's Ron : there Is the Luke's Ilead; there Is the Jacob's Well; there Is the Noah's Ark; there is the David's Harp. r Moreover the Job's Castle gets recognition, r. and the Brazen Serpent, and the Baptist's I Head, and the Corner Stone, and the Ju bIe0; whilst the Adams and Eves cont up to a dozen ; whilst there are fifteen y Angels, nine Angels and Crowns, an Angel and Sin, and a final Angel and Trumpet. Then, as many as eleven Saints have been atlixed, or hung, or otheurwise painted and enigrave(l, as signs to invite the eye and lip. There are Saints Andrew, Luke, Paul,John, James, liartholonew, Martin, Leonard, Selena, Georgo and Anne. To them, too, must be0 aiddei the cardinal virtue, 1[ope. It is a favorite, haviiig risen to the number of fouttetin editions, without recioning the Anchors (of which there are twelve) that tire its symbol, and the frequent cases in which it is painted Anchor and I Hope both, lest want of artistic skill should lead to the least mialinterpretation and mistaking; then ftour Golden Anchors ought to swell' this list, since coloi' has samall power to alter form (except illusory,)and identity is clear In spite o! it. - A few samples are ready, too, in the same supertlemal and indicatorial manner of signs historical. There is Whit tington and his Cat ; there is Old Will Somers; there is the Vicar of Wakefield; t " 's Chide llarold ; there Is Thomas a-locket; there 18 John of Jerusalem, t. there are Sir John Falstaff, the Jane Shore, r lie Nell (4wynne, the John of Gaunt, the t Wolsev, th ck of Newbury,the Sir Wil hat Walworth, Jack Straw, (in the shape of lia (astle,) the Sir Hugh Myddtm,, the Sir John Barloycorn, and those other noted speciniens, Valentine and Orson. After them come Sir Isaac Newton, Sir Sidney Smith, Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Sir Robert Peel, Sir George Osborn, George 0 Penbody, Sir William Gomm, and CaptaIn 0 Cook. As for Athmirals, amd the part they play in history, they come in a host from 13enbow and Blake down to Nelson, (o). e liquely commemorated also in the well known Inn name, The Battle of the Nile,) Vernon, Rodney, Napier, Codington; and a for Generals,tlhey come only in a sprink ling, such men as 11111, Picton, Canrobert, kand Wolfe. Signs social come next. For instance, there are a hundred and twenty thraee dukes enjoying coavivial memory in the metropolis, Wellington standing at the head of them as an overiowem Ing favorite. TI'here are forty marqnisea holsted up,he of Granby standing bravely amnongst them; there are as many Earls,and there are about sixty lords. Thero are also one hundred and fifty public houses christened after 0 kings aind queens. The majestles selected are Ludl, Alfred, John, Harry, George,' Prussia, )enmark,-Sardinia, Edward the Sixth, Henry the 10Ighth, William the Fourth, Cathcri no, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Adelaide, Victoria' and' Anne. There are . a hundred Princes, and about thirty Prin ceases. Literary signs shall have the next place. rare lIen Jonson coming in nicely at the head of them. lie has seven several public -honso existences. In company with a him are llishop Blalze, Sir Richard Steele, Paul. Pi nlar Itobert Burns, Lord Macaulay;I and thero are, reniniscences of "Black 1 Jaek" li* the Kemble's lIfead, and of Jon- I athan Swift in the Lilliput Hall. Then, r signs clisnie mnay not be forgotten. They stand the Ilercules, the Hercules' Pillars, 1the Neptune, the Phosnix, the Bacchus,the lBacchus and 'in, the Apollo,the Centuion, Conmus, tihe Roman Arms. And signs floral force themselves to the front also, for there are thirty-eight IHoses, flve Mulberry Trees, two Laurel 'i'rees, six Olive Branches, six Pineapples, -one lolly Tree, one Orange Tree, g1o Pear Tree, one Primrose, one Lemon Tree, forty-five Grape, (no I)ow drop, one Fleur-de-Lys, two Elder Trees, *n iiN Flowe ot, thigeorps, 1 d everal White Thtords, four Bilnhches' of-' Grapes, flie Cherry 'Pes four llands and I Flowvers, one Hand and Marigold, three British Oaks; with ( though these would< come better, possibly, under the head of I -signs miscellaneous) two Ordeshoppers, a dozen Beehives, three Jolly Gardefiers, one I Ilay field, and onV'Cottage of Content. Next, let there be signs zoological-the class A, beasts, the first to be treatedi. It ibciades Goats, Goats in~ Boots, l3rown I Bear, Flying Horses, Tigers, Graillns,Grey-. a hounds, a Giraffe, and Inf ropidi Fp1x,a Cow and Calf, a Dlun (oiv, Fobxes, British Lions, s Bulls, Bnek's'H~eads,Buffaloe's' HIead,Civil I - Cats, Spot tedl Dogs, Camels, Stags, Uni. I a corns, leindeer, Itoehucks, Lambs, Leo. - pards, Nags' Heads, Panthers, Pied Bulls, l' orcup1ines, Elephants; outheasted every i one of them by a Monster. Olass B,birds, a Iilcludies Eagle', Cocks', Swansj Peacocks, a a Pheasants, Black Ravens, a Partridge, a I ,IDuck. c Class C, ilslies, has nothing like such a .ntunber ois vailety. It comprises ten D~olphins and two Salmon~one of tlahtmo a appeoaring as The Salmaog and Pair'bf Comn passes. Signs. ethnological contain a H1er- a .mit, a Lid of thle Village, a Gypsy Queen, 'somec Moonraisers, a Cleen IBawn, a Mogul, I aan African Chief, an Australian, a Spanisha Patriot, two Dtulds, two Blackanmoors' a For many years tihe sponge fishers, of the Medliterrainean have carried oil their avoca tions so -recklessly that there is reason to fehar tle sutiplies from the great asea which . yields theo best -article Wvill p~rabtically cease. unless means are, adopted at dnce to preven~t the mein fromjidestroyig--as they dq at present iin coualtless numbbrs--the Iyoung , animals while .securing thd full gmrown victims.. Meantimne Dr. Brchmn, tihe illustrious naturalist, las suggested a plan for ramsing sponge artificially. Selecting a 'i few haundred spechnens, hJe, digilded thegn e into seve4~ thootsand salli pieces, fastened separatoly in perforAted c vy '~ilw~ vyg then tow d out ~o the ' of BoIzza1 framework, which. ivas theoi lovfered in a *a shhdy dpot to a proger depth igan a few a hionths the sponges had 'grdna to 'the size of good, naturi ones, exhibitlig their di.' atinctive~ black color, The auathaorities re garded his sohelne with f&Vor,, buift 'the fishers, withthat Igtfnaant tptejuadico 'tvljf6h -iasisoloftbn delayedAoiund refoWh fn al tt evlery 4n histry/ftttt th'# plinfatiofl t, night, destroyed the frames and -ilaadodff with twq thoustud'eOltges. ,ysuabsti -Brehm Ima~i die yohec eOd~~C t r Mob ei Workm teo inad, b ~bn~~~f#t as' FOOD F.OR THOUGHT. Out of debt, out o danger. Our own hianis are heaven's favprIte 'instruinents fOr'tipplying us with the Pecessarles oplife. If 6ae ordinary politician Coula see himself as othera 8see him, he would be a surprised party. Every closet hath its skeleton Vit's noclhing more than the wilIow'tratie of an empty demijohn. oI Young mIn go to the good and virtu ous for advice, but please don't trouble us during business hours, Recklessness is the parent of milery. In the Spring the trees leave and In the Autumn the files leave. The hardest thing in the world tq do so constantly that you can do it wl is to hind your own business. It Is very dangerous for an mani to find a'iy spot on the broad globe that is sweeter to him than his home. Thou shalt not abstain from decely ing' others by word or deed. Thou shilit speak no word that is false. Modesty and humility are the sabri,. ety of the man; temperance and ias tity are the sobriety of tqe body. , No human scheme can be so abeti rately projected but some little !cir cunstance may.interveue to spoil it. There is a pleasure In contempla ig goud; but the greatest pleasure df All is in doing good, which comprelihends the rest. A great many people are analous to introduice a new I oliglon lntp thoyprid who have 'never given the olt one a fair trIal. It wouild improve some People very much if they were as caref4l of their daily lives as they are of 'their ortho tioxy. It doesn't hurt a good man to lave his character investigated ; neither does it hurt a gold coiu to try Its ring on the Coun11ter. There is a pleasure in contemplating good ; but the greatest plasire ot' a ll is ian doing good, which comnpreheds the rest. The virtue that a man does not .pos sess that he thinks lie has, while thlose virtues that lae does possess seem noth ing to him. 'T4ll the boys on the street, tall the young men on the road to ruin, that lod loves them, and show thein tat you believe it. Fire, floott, mistake or nobident may rob ias of our material possessions, but :,oy cannot get at tile treasures of the imortal miid. Education Is the one living founda. lon which must water every part of he social garden, or its beauty withers naad fades away. Good nature extracts sweetness -from verythiug with which it oones 1.4 opn act, ats the bee extrets honey from very lidwer which it visits. A mail of sense will never swear, i'ho least pardonable of all vices to vhich thie-folly or cupidity of man Is. Lddicted, Is that of swearing.. A maan tmay be right In fpeling .that lie wotld can qo ,without lptm, but >verV mhan ough't- teel tli tile woild )eeds the best effort'of hi lif . I If we have the faith to look faWArd vith the oye of Him to whom a tlgu 'and years are as one dAy, the. sIght vil kindle ina ca t one ad vine courage. What is aeeded to-day. In preaohing a to simplily and apply the doptrines if Christianilty that any rpanorwon n an understand theni aid'bra6tide It. We are sO*In5 seeds of trUth 6i'dr.. or, of dishonesty or integity, vei-y lay we live and everywi;ere ;,we go, hat wvill take root, In sornebedy'sllte. A,11e wil die of neglect sogner ripan ti aiy other iiiy. TI'h only reason vhy sonse lies grow so large and'satout a that overybody pets and feeds thein. Christiaanity Is a thing -Dot to be pt ma or oif at pleasure., tis 1pat of te lie of the manidthie developent of a lew life-and this it takes tr1n8!% do;) t is growth.' *. When a mian speaks thei tluth y'ou nay court pretty surely thatnhe pes esses mnost othier ,virtues.. nIif e is ounad to be iintai thfuties , lrio es reIneair at haund ,a'si,?' Onie contented with what he hasabfie tanads but a small chan'ee of beoniig amouas for yvhat, he will do. .Ro hmaa ala down ,to dIe. Trho asp ig giready rowing over him. What unth~adkfuliebg itfr# t'ork't ur consolatibns; an'dt to10b1 dtijn upon twoor three osas#s* to forget a aundrod blessiag. Never be too yresutdigaoudE 'on >ver th1is observation;, the reasonao npopeupset, atAd4 sin, tun4the ,trea of lfe, is because ~Jey,,put . nore sail than they can ca'iy." IP As holineed If not so'-ntich 'an :t4..~ unte of God as the' glory- of) all fthb uL-I rine eorfe9tie, so l0o. must Uief 01 me10.ei toe~ ti a mini or of 1Ohrsk,4at he ~Very s'a nd'life fbt r a~zc -ryth ed pf 1oldi , miiey m te 'of inO vouldibe a 'great' foll3* to Rlid horfes .' as: tlelpmap~mp~'or N9rot )Mith if fonirself; and if you /hd Moh 4 ee ~te up bf. noI4 Water alwa3'a tat reufins t the-add hth none othdgfowor. NAdvers a tyrytoglry kuit 4 Iad usthiedo iithnkibg bet6 rwI~ abh~othe~r -thaw 'ehdadby 'l~~h y'o enly hbr ,ns.e9 sepa~o! le 1" lonal jeu'dioe is ref4t vil. asition agatnq'athI hit~46aro p4 ngpWl # ridMo~~Vp~slt ?TOrQ e t rbet dwrIe 1