The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, May 27, 1880, Image 1
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