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-f T TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE 10, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO. E 170. . THE LARK'8F08TER-MOTHER. A partridge, roaming o'er a field, E0pled a nest but half o nooaled By grassea overgrown, And from within the moss-rimmed out A pretty speckled egg peeped up, Looking forlorn, alone. The tinid creature, fearing ill Might harm the egg, already chill. By generous impulse atirred, Slipped quietly upon the nest, And folded close against her breast The cradle of a bird. ' She watched and fed the now'ling small, And blithely answered to its call, As if it wore her own I From many of her ways beauiled Because of this peculiar child Upon ber bounty thrown. Whon she believed 'twould tiptoo out, And roam the harve-t filds ,bout, Or join the partrilge throa.(, Behold, it poised its wings, and flew Up towards the hcavens so bright and bluo In ecstasy of song. The fostar-mother looked. and heard The carol of enfranchised bird, And felt a blissful thrill, That she, so humble and so plami, Had helped another one to gain The niche 'twas meant to fill. And often may the lowly heart, Performing well a noble part To one amid life's throng, Awaken with a glad surprise. When, liko a lark, the birdling flies, And floods the world with song I Our Landlord. "Dot," they call no--my real name is Dorothea, but that-being such a mouthful I am generally known as "Dot." I am the youngest of three, and having had my own way from my cradle, it was not refused me last November when my sls ter and her husband offered to take m abroad with them for the winter months. I have heard some people say there is no thing to see at Biarritz, id France. Ah, blind and miserable creatures! where ar< your senses-where your eyes? Did yor ever look elsewhere upon such a sea-such rocks ? But I am getting romantic, and that h not my style, not mine certainly, littk "Dot's." No, indeed, the idea makes m< die with laughing. My sister Geraline (or "Jerry, " as I per slat in calling ner, which makes her very mad) goes in for being delicate, so Jack and I used to take long walks and rides together; Ie is a dear, good old fellow, and we arc tremendous friends; but somehow notwith standing, after I had been a couple of weeks or so at Biarritz, I began to feel time hans heavily on my hands. Being hard put to it for amusement, I would sometunes take a book and saunter down upon the rocks, there remaining fot hours at a time. I am a desperate tom-bof, and can clim and scramble splendidly, much to the an noyance of Geraldine, who declares that I get as brown as a berry, and my hands arc not fit to be seen. However that may be true, scramble I do, and one auspicious day (never to be for gotten) I had got a good way out auona some dear old craggy pits of rock, and find ing a snug little corner in which I just fit. ted, I settled myself down easily and began to read. Suddenly, however, the pangs of hunger seized me (I may add, my appetite never fails me), and, glancing at my watch, I discovered it was long past 1m1y luncheom time. I seized my shawl, and procceded to make my way back with expedition, when lo I tc my intense dismay, I p)erceived that th<d tide had risen, and entirely divided the rock upon which 1 was standing from the shore. Btill worse, the horrid waves were creep Ing nearer and nearer, and not a soul could I see to help m in i my distress. Imagine my feelings; me, poor little mis erable "Dot," alone m the middle of thi ocean. I shouted, but the noise of the waves drowned my feeble cries, like they would soon drown me. Oh I would any one bc .sorry?i Oh I why had I ever conie to thu hateful Blarritz to be drowvnedt all alone line this ; I wvonder, wvould they put it in tha papers? All those thoughts crowded uponi me as the waves approached, and I had begun te lose all hope, when, oh, joy ! I saw a figure in the distance. * Once again I shouted, and waved my shawl vehemiently. 'rie figure stopped, waited one instant, and then I could see it plunge into the water and approach mec gradually. Oh, the intense relief of that moment I By the tim'e the figure (which was that of a man) reached me, I was nearly sur rounded by water, and five minutes more would have decided my fate. Before that lIve minutes passed I was caught by a pair of strong arms, and was being supported through the water safely and surely to the beach, where shortly af -terwards 1 was deposited, a dripping, blue little "Dot,''" feeling very much smialler than usual. My dleliverer I had scarcely looked at; I only felt that lhe was big and strong, and that I was like a doll in his arms. Notwithstanding my remionstrance, he persisted in carrying nie on to the hotel, at the entrance of which lie gently put mie down. I turned, and gave him miy too little blue -hands, with what few expressions of thanks I could muster. lie took them, (the hands, I mean,) In his warm, big brown ones, and saidi, In al deep sweet voice : "riow thankful I am that I was in time! A few inutes later, and--" I shuddered ; he left tile sentence unfin. hled, and was taking his leave, when I murmered something about my sister and brother and how pleased they would be If he would call, but lie interrupted me with: "1 should have been delighted, but, nn I ortuinately, I leave Biarritz early to-morrow morning.' And so ho left me-left me with a little gagat, my3 heart, such as I had never felt Ikegave my sister and brother a slight sehof the whole affair, and Jack, dear, good-hearted Jack, flies all over town to discover and thank my deliverer, but all to abpurpose. January and February wore very agree able tnogths at Biarits, and I.becamo more reconciled to the lack of amusements in A* consequence of the arrival at our hotel of a most charming family, Colonel and hirs. Palisser and their two daughters. The latter were most acdomplished girls and exceedingly graceful and pretty ; and before many days, Kathleen, the eldest, and myself, formed an attachment, which, con sidering how very opposite we were in tem petament and disposition, was the more sur prising. She painted In oils, and I always accom panied her on her sketching expeditions, I sitting beside her with my book, whilst she produced on her canvas sweet effects in color, combined with a truthfulness of out line remarkable Iu a girl who had studied so little as Kathleen. Eventually, as our friendship increased anl ripened, I poured into her sympathetic ear the small romance of my life, and, as I found she (lid not laugh at me or think me ridiculous, I frequently recurred to the sub jdct, and unconsciously It became the cen tre of my thoughts by day and my dreams by night. 8o the next three months glided peace fully away, and the time came that we should return home, the Palissors being our traveling companions. Jack hid rented 4 snug little place called "'The Orange," and there I was to stay with them for a couple ot weeks before returning to the parental roof. It was a pretty place, separated only by a low railing frino the grounds of our, or I should say, Jack's young landlord, the V quire of the place. At four o'clock one afterioon after our ar -rival, Jack came in brimful of news. First item, there was splendid shooting to be had La the neighborhood, and fishing, too, was good; then he had visited the young Squire who was "a thundering good follow," and "game for anything," as Jack expressed it. He had only just returned troni a tour of the Continent, and had not long come Into his property. "Ai, Miss Dot," said Jack, with a very knowing look, which he always puts on when he means chaff ; "now, there's a chance for you I You would make I ebarm ing little lady of the manor, and we would tow-tow to you most delightfully. le is coming to-night." "Don't be silly, Jack," said I, in a huffy tone, trying to look serious. a . left the roonj with a strong determina tida not to look my best that evening. What did I care about fascinating men, when a certain pair of brown eyes ware ever haunt ing me. "Ah, me I" thought I, "how I have changed! A few short months ago, and the idea of a flirtation would have made me perk up, and jump for joy, and I would have done all in my power to make the country girls green with jealousy; but now I don't seem to care one little bit to become acquainted with this maguificent Squire." At first I thought I would make some Pittle excuse and not appear at dinner; but then Geraldine would think it unkind, per haps; and, after all, what did It matter? Six o'clock struck, and I went to dress for dinner. I hesitated a little as to what garment I should wear, and finally selected a pale blue gauze trimmed with plush roses. Yes, that would do-anything wouid do. I did care, though, a wee bit as to- how I looked. I had been thinking of Blarritz again, and my eyes were veri bright when I looked in the glass. ''Shall I ever see hin again ?" I said to myself ; and as 1 said it, somet hing seemed to say "Yes," and I felt the blood rush to my cheeks. I was dressed before Geraldine, and de murely took my work clown to the drawing room, and seated my little self on the amber damask sofa. As I stitched away at my embroidery, mythoughts once more reverted to the time I had spent at Biarritz, and more especially to a certain never-to-be-forgotten day, and to a certaini tall figure with broad shoulders and kind eyes.' I was just recalling every incidlent of my adventure, when the door was suddenly thrown open, anwl the servant alnnounced "Mr. Wigram. I rose to meet our guest. I glanced for one instant at his face, and my hecart stood still. I miovedi forward in a sort of mist, anid dreamily exiended my handa. Was It Indeed he, my hero! Were these the eyes 1 remembered so well-th,is the same deep, sweet voice? He looked at me steadily for a moment. and then a troubled exp)ression, half of surprise and half of dis appoilnt.ment, caime oyer his face. "Miss Temperly, I presume l' were the formal words which rose to his lips ; and lhe took my offered hand. I murmnuredl something incoherently to set hin right. Happily lie caught the meaning of my words.' His face suddenly lighted up, and coming nearer to me, lhe took my hand once miore, and raised It to his lips. "I am so very glad we hlave met again. I never thought to be so fortunate." And then Geraldine entered, withi many apologies for being late, and other guests were announced. Later on in the evening, I confided in Jack, who only remarked laconically : "Then, why the deuce didn't thme fellow come to see us at larritz?" "Never mind., Jack," said I; "lie is here now. And p)lease, dear, don't chaff any more about him." "All right," said Jack. "But I thought you hanted rich young men." This was Jack's last bit of sarcasm, and when, day after (lay, thme Squire joined us in our -rldes anid drives, and spent evening after evening at The Grange, no one seemed astonished ; but when ho actually proposed to me, the one who sympathized most warm ly with mue in my happiness was my dear est triend, Kathleen Pilasser, to whom I had confided all my small bit of romance. Yes, our remembrance and love for each other was mutual. Hie had endeavored to find me out aftor leaving Biarritz, and all lisa efforts had been fruitless, TIo make a long story short, we were married very soon, and the Pilasser girls were myl bridesmaids. WHEcN a man in a Vermont groery store was sitting upon tihe edge of t.he counter, and his feet slIpped anid lie raked the whole length of lisa back on the counter's edge and sat rquare down in a .bushel basket of eggs which stood right where he couldnt'tI miss it. Th'e grocer was horried, and exclaimed : 'W.is it ati aocidend"' and the Victim replied: "Bty erimits,.sir, if You ini sinuwte that I skuni my back and got myself into this mess on purpose, i'll tam your head into the romaine of those eggs I" Artificial Incubation. For many centuries, various method: have been in use for hatching eggs by arti fieial heat. The Chinese and Egyptian used large ovens. The Arabs made use o fermenting horse manure, and upon' thi latter method a patent was given in Eng land a hundred years ago, and in thli country a few years since. Coinmodor Perry, in his report of his voyage to Japan gives a carefully detailed account of thi plan he saw practiced there, which, in brief consisted in having large rooms with shelve covered with thick, spongy paper, upol which the eggs were placed, and then cov ered with the same kind of paper, the wholi kept at a high temperature, this room bemi only used during the last days of incubation the earlier stages being conducted In a sepa rate room, the eggs being but Into barrel proteeted from changes of temperature b, layers of heavy paper, the heat given b; cuarcoal furnaces. But to American inven tion within the past ten years has been duw the perfection bf the incubator. There ar now half a dozen or more egg-hatching ma chines, which, with care and proper use give as good results as we can obtain fron hens. These will be more clearly under stood, by remembering that we are makinj a machine which is to take the place of na ture in the hatching of eggs. A hen tha steals away to some quiet fence corner an( makes her nest on the ground, as a genera rule comes off with a larger and healthie brood of chickens than under any othe conditions. Fourteen or fifteen days wil be required by her to lay the nine or te eggs she proposes to set upon. Every da: when she adds an egg to her nest she turn those that she lins already laid, and by thi warmth of the body revives the germ of thi eggs. Now, with our artificial hen, wher< we follow nature the closest, we obtain th< best results. To begin at the beginning, thi hen that stole her nest probably had her lib erty and unlimited range, therefore was h a good condition of body, and her eggs wer well formed and healthy. So with our egg to be used in the Incubator, they must bi obtained from strong, healthy stock, whid have been properly mated. Where threi or four hundred eggs are to be set, it wouh be necessary perhaps to keep them for som< tinie in order to obtain the number wanted Fifteen days after an egg is laid is as lonj as it should be kept. This is the time givei by our hen. These eggs should be turne( every day, thus preventing the yolk fron settling to the shell, for if It does, when hea is applied, and the chicken begins to form the yolk remains on one side of the egg, anl when turned, receives one day too much, the next too little heat, and the result is failure. The eggs, before setting, shouk be stored in some place where the tempera ture is even and not too dry. So much foi the eggs that we are to set ; now to returt to the incubator itself. To furnish a clost imitation of nature is the secret of th< machine. 'lhie heat given by the hen is ot top of the eggs; so the heat, by whatevej moans furnished, must be applied to the tol of the eggs, and not, as in sonic of th< cai-ier machines, to the hottom and sides, This heat must be regulated so as to remnah at a uniform temperature of 104 degrees and during the last days of the incubation, when the chicks begin to breathe througi the lungs, may be reduced two degrees oj three degrees. Our lien, by miking hec nest on the ground, shows us that a certair amount of moisture is necessary, so thu nust be provided for in the incubator, which is usually done by having slhallowN trays of water under the eggs. The last re quisite is pure air, for upon the third da3 of incubation the blood of the chicken be gins to be aerated by passing through a res. piratory membrane, which is attached t( the shell of the egg, ahd pure air become the life of the chicken. Thus heat on to1 of the eggs, pure air, and a certai. aniouni of moisture, are the essentials for success. In our best Americqu incubators the heat ii supp)lied by a lamp) on the outsidle, which: keeps a system of pipes or a fhat-covered pan of water placed a few inches above th< eggs, at the required temperature. Thu beat Is controlled by self-acting machinery, which opens a ventilator when the ther. momet.cr, lying at the tel) of the eggs, marks 104 degrees. T1hie moisture is sup plied, as we have stated, by trays of watei under the eggs. Sometines water is sp)rink led over the eggs, especially during the his' days of Incubation, the elfect being to add to the sup)ply of air for the chicks. TIh< egg (luring incubtion should be turned once or twice each day ; otherwise, the in bilical veins are over-stimulated on once sidle and the chicken grows to the shell andl dies, or if it succeeds in gettingout it will proba biy be def'ormned, generally being uuable tc use its legs. Thue hen gives no asistanc< in picking the shell when the chicken ii born, and none is required, as a hecalthy chick wvill do all that as requifedi to extri. cate Itself fromi the shell ; and assistance ii often att,endedi wit,h loss of blood, and mort damage than good is done. A chicken tIat is not, able to get, out, of the shell withoa.i assistance is not worth saving. After thn seventh or eighth day of incubation the umn. bilical -veins have so spreadh out and at tached themselves to the shell that the egg, wheu enclosedl in the hand and held to a strong light is opaque, andl the clear or in fertile eggs are easily picked out, as they are still transiucant-thie light passing~ through them the same as a fresh-laid egg. These are boiled and used as food for the young chickens. An expert can distin. guiish on the fourth or fifth dany the egge that will hatch and those that, are dead1(. No means as yet have boeen discovered tc determine the sex of the eggs, although a goori many rules have been given, such at selecting the eggs by iheir shiape aund pece. liar appearance o)f the shell. Ueadache and its Cause. Bilious headache, or such as arise from a diisorderedi condition of the stomach, usual ly affects one side of the head only, most commonly over one eye, and increases tc an acute and often throbbing p)ain.- it la often accompanied with a feeling of sickness sad ' aiting, producing languor and (Ie dhressk(.n of spirits. Riheumnat,ic hieadache Is coma onhy caused by exposure to cold, and the pain is of a shifting raature, shoot ing from poInt to point, and is felt most al night. All kinds of remedies have been used for headache. Fo.r headache arising from a weak stomach, a bitter tonic is us ually proscribed. Among the favorite med icines and one that very frequently provea effective if persevered in a mionth or twu or three, is "quassia," the wood and bark of a plant that grows in somns parts oi South America, and was prescribed by negro as a specfi. The chips are soake< in water, and a few slip, of the bitter wate are taen three or four tlhnos a day. "Could I have been Intoxicated ?" muse the man as he stroked the bridge of li nose. "If I was -it was wonderful-won derful." "flow often do you hold th9se Fourth o July parades ?" qsked the court. "Once in a thousand'," was the lonesR answer. "I can't e-magine what put mi up to it yesterday. It Ws positively won derful, wonderful!" "'I hate to send you up." said his Ilonor after a long pause. "Wiaal, I kinder hate to have you," wa the reply. "If I should let you go what would Vol (10?" "I would go." "Yes, bat could you keep straight ?" "I could. It is wonderful how straigh I could keep-perfectly wonderful." "Ii lookiing for at corn-cultivator yot would keep out of saloons, would you?" "I wotld. I'm perfectly wonderful a keeping out of saloons," "6Well, I guess yolt caln go, bit. if yol will likely come back here, aid then yot .will get " "Sh l" interrupted the farmer-'1 not be back. I'm going right home wonderful how I'm going P" ills face was wonderful as lie left tIh door. "he worl is inot so bald, after aill,' said Bijah as court closed and he reie<l for his bro . "Some of its have the leg ielic, solie have boils, some stand bo-sldi (lying hed-s, somtef are wronged out of prop. erty, and all have more or less vexations, yet, I like the world-I have more am more faith in hunta nature- I _ !" lie stopped there. Some one had cut the broom handle through the imiddle. The Code. Trragic scciie frequently occur at th( gaming table. But perhaps the most tragi( that ever took place a a g,milg table tran spiredl at a public housme inl Port ai Princ< soie years ago. Severil pariles were wait ing about the room for the game to com mence. Among the crowd of loiterers wat a Capt. St. Every, a noted gamester. (m1d. ly duelist and well known man of pick. Sone onle spoke up, , "Who'll playl "1I will play,'' said the captain of th< French frigate, which had just arrived in the harbor, and seizig a aice-box threw t, win or lose the amiount of a small mil 01 money that then lay upon the table. IIk was Ignorant, of the sta4ke to he played. "'Monsieur Commandant yoi have won,' said Capt. St. Every, pushimg toward lin several piles of gold. Astonished it the sight of so mulc wealth the captain drew back saying: "Gentlemen, I should be wanting not only in comuon honiesty, but even in good man iers, were I to appropriate the sims tht winning of which I never expected in tl least degree, for I thought I was playing for the trilling stake laying on tbe table. I cannot, therefore, take the enoriouiR u as my own by right." "Sir," said Capt. Si. Every, "you imist take it, for if you had lost you would hav( been obliged to pay the same mm1." "You are mstaken, sir, if you t hink so. I do not conceive mjiy hionor endangered in reference to payinig a1 debt of lonor whicli I never coniracted, nor lin ref using to accept of so large a sumu1 which I never expected to will." "Monsieuir le Comnuandant," shrieked Captain St. I.very, ra'li.sing his voice to th highest pitch, "If you had lost you should have pmid. Im w'oud hue'm ynude|ou do $0." This was tIre to the gimpowder, intended to provoke a challenge, and it accomplished its purpose. "'ir," said Captain St. Every, "I don't wish to take any advan tage of you, which my acknowledged abil ity in the use of the sword and pistol gives me, so I offer you telrms of ctuality." "'Bring ai pistol here at onice, 10oad it, and1( the chance of the dice shall detiermilne whichl shall blow each other's brains out..'' "Agreedl," said the nothling daunlitedI fri gate comnmand(ant. A shIock of horror ran through thle vemts of the assembled crowd at the barbarity ofl the blood curldinig affair. Sonme sluank from thle roomi, others1 miore halrdened in sights of hlorror, crowded near the gamning tab le, perfectly cogn izaint of t he dlesperaite chlaracter of St. Every, andi inwardly lauud ing the bravery of the unknown. Eachl party e'xamineI1d the pistols. Thea naval captaIn first threw tile fatail dfice, lie threw eleven. "'A good throw,''said( St. Every, hlolding for a mlomlent his own; '1The chanices are0 niow in your favor, but listen, if it turns out 1as it appears to me1( it will, thian fortune favors y'ou and( lnot me1, 1I wiS' IneitherI mercy~ nmor pity, as 1 should( thIim. uthmer ai cowa1rd who would spare thie other."' '"Sir, I ned( not1 3our impalert iiment reP monstrances to baick mec neither no0w norl at any thnme," r-eplitd tIhe Conmmandant. St. Every took tIhe bo.x and( Ithrewf*if Ieen. Th'le comipany wvere pairal ized withb hmor ror. -Monsieur le Comnmandant atrose. ''Your life belongs to mie, sir," saId St. Every, thlrowing dlown thle (lie oil the table. "'Fire, nir, " said the Coimmadant, lplac lng hIs hand1( b)n his heart, ''an hlonest man(1 18siiever afraidI to---"' St. Every's ball scattere(d tile brains and blood of the unlucky Commlanldant, over the clothes aindt persons of the bys'tandersl', mis his lifeless body fell to tile 8auoo floor. St. Every (deserted to the English, and1( soon1 after fell mnortally wounded at the bat tie o'f Ir(is as thle English were carrying the daiy. __________ duacationa Iin thei K Itchin. Education bsat last becginnling to leach the k itchen. CookIng schools atre sp)ringinlg up hii manyfl3 places in this country, and tile Scotch and English are taking the lead in organizing thleml as a part of their niational and1( common school system. We ablxun ii femiale seminiaries and1( lemnale colleges, Imnghi schools and normal SChools, In which (-veryl hing undter heaven Is stud(ied except tha,t. practical art which is ai daily and vitail liecessity' in all the householdls of the land. Our kitchens are the fortifled erntrenchmnents or ignorance, p)rejudcic, irratIonal habits, lie rule of thumb and mental vacuity, and1( the result Is that Americeans suffer be yond( any other people from wasteful, un h ealt.hf ul, unpalatable and monotonous cooking. -We hiave long p)rofessedl to be lieve In the potency of educlationI, andl have not bieen slow to apply It to all other later cRts and Industries excep)ting only thle fun damlIentail art of preparation, of food to suistamn life, whIi Iinvolves more of econ olmy, enjoyment, health, spIrIt, and power of effective labor than any suIbJeet taulght ini our schonia. Vuleatine. A Gentleman in the South has discpvered a niethod of making waterproof any kind of fabrics, from the finest silk to the coarsest canvas, by icans of a substance called "vulcatine," repured from the liquid of milk weed. The Inventor made the discovery while trying to utilize the 3 gum of the milk wood for the manufacture of plates for artificial teeth. Tiho inventor of vulcatine gave a test of it in New York recently. The fabrics shown were delicate colored silks, broad cloth, leather, silk velvet, cotton and woolen goods, aud cloths of various kinds, and then articles such as kid gloves, fine ostrich plumes, ladies' boots, etc. Of the fabrics experimented oi, two lieces were exhibited, one that had been treated to a bath i a solution )rel)arcd from this vulcatine, and one that had not. It was inilosible to distinguish them front each other in any waly, excel)t by plunging them into water. Then the difference was startling in the extreme. Pitcher after pitcher of water was poured over a piece of pimk silk, that had been in the bath, said the inventor, two years ago, and k yet the fibres were untouched by the moisture, the water ran off as from the back of a duck, and a flap o0 two in tho air was sufficient to remove even the few d drops that rested upon (lie surface. The ostrich plumes were dragged through the water and withdrawn without a curl having r been disturbed, and lair frizzes treated in rthe same manner came out without the least change lit their appearance. The action of the solution seoms to be sure to encase every fibre of the material in a filn Impervious to water, yet this filin is invisible. The pores of the texture are not filled up, as is the case with the water proof goods known heretofore. Cassinere cloth that has been treated with vulcatino and saturated with water can be dried by simply pressing it with a piece of goods that reLtins its tqulitiles as an absorhent. The pores of the cloth being left open, clothing made frem it permits just as free a ciiculation of air ia does other cloth, and the healthfulness of the material is unimpaired, rather uiproved, as the hiventor contends. The Froni k,m:tipr It was upon a 8outh Carolina plantat ion up m Fairfield county. The baby was taken with the croup and Dr. Trochee. the great French physician, was called lit. "Bad-a-case, bada-a-aaue I" said Dr. Tro chee, slinking his head ; "but me tink me kin kore lum; fech a me one new ackissee, 6 quick I" Mrs. E., the mother of the child, whis pered to a servant who departed, utid in a few moments cato running in with the newest pole-ax on the plantation and pre sented it to the doctor. "Me no want a dat," said the doctor; "take a hint bac, and fecha ine ote new ackissee, quick ?" Again the mother whispered to bring tire broad-ax, thinking that would do as it was bright and new, bought only a few days picT6us and never, as yet, used in any way, and the servant disappeared and sooner than it takes to tell it, returned, pre4entiug the glittering blade, full front, to Dr. Tro chee. "Take car, sar I Wanted to cut a me troat, ha ? De debble I What fool, ha I ie no want a dat ; run fech a me new ackis see I" Away went the servant and realpeared this time with the hatchet. "Le diable, what a fool I Can you no tnderstani ? Ca you no fech a le ackis see ?" "Doctor," said Mrs. E., "Them's all tire kind of axes we have, and we have brought you the newest on the plantation." "Me no want dem, Mrs. E.; tink me want ackissee to cut baby's troat ? Me no want a broad ackissee, nor do narrow ackis see, nor de pole( ackissee ; mte want a now ackissce ; federy aekissee ; new feder-y ackissee." "Spell it, dhoctor ; spell what you mntr we can't understand you," said Mrs. E. "Me want a ackissee, federy ackissee, new federy aickissen; me nto spell you ; Ia dliab)le ; himself no spell1 a ime dat, by gar I Go way jack nt ggiur? Go way--fech a ime broad ackissee an niariow ackissee--wot a fool, hra I Go way, jack ntiggur ; mue go fech a im myself." Aitd, leaving the famIly in great amusement, out went Dr. Trochee In hrigh dudgeon, and after riumimaging about a whlilot retuirnted with what he wanted-a ntew -laid egg. "WondeorfntI!' Lester Smiithi (!amet from the iterior to see ab)out, buying a cornt cultivattor. When ire rencehed the city he at oice began guilti vatintg the jitice of the aforesaid cereal. Three or four driniks dildn't, tangle his legs, buit they made(1 his headl swell until lie found his hat too small, lie therefore re moved it amut placed It on the walk. Then, clutching a lamippost, ire remarked: "Won'ful what shighs feller sliees in town. It's per 'fly splend(id'-per' fly' mraz lng!" A 1)oy cameu along with a p)arcel, arid halting him with a gestutre, Mr. Smirth said : ''Bub, i itn't zhis p)er'fly wo''ful-per '. fly won'fu it" A woman carrying a basket was next halted, and( Mr. Smith reitarked: "Bii'ful anigel-pecr'lly bu'ful-per'fly won'ftul l'' She scorned hin and( passed on, antd a policeman happened that way. Mr. Smith crooked his finger at the oilecr and said:1 "I jus' shecn free stree' cars at, once. WYon'ful town-per'fly won'fu iii iIe wais willing to walk to the station, amid whent shown Iris cclilihe folded iris arms, looked around, anid whispered in a voice full of awe: "Ju ever sliee likes er zhbis I Why, itsh won'ful-won'fitl" 'Whien b)rouight out for trial Mr. Smith's h leadl was quite clear, but as the court asked him to plead( to the chairge of dIrunikennies lhe looked all around and slowly rep!ied. "1 dielare I but I'm in jail--right In jail! Why, it's perfectly wonderful!" Jie htad a fatherly looki Fumrthecr, onie could see that he was a man who iiever camne to towni without taking htoite 'lasses canidy for the childreni and spruce guim for his wife, and( that he wouln't cheat a neighbor ha a horse trade unless actually forced Into it to get means to found an orphan asylusm. Ills honor studied tire prisoner's face fer a moment and their lhe said: "Yon were taking your Fourth of July rat ~ry, weren't yo?" "WYo xiaed? "Hard Times." Don't tell me that the "hard times" have not proved socially beneficial In many re spects, for I know better, and am prepared to prove it. For instance, the young man who used to send a tablespoonful or so of froth in a small glass, flying down a beery slide on a highly polished counter, in respone to my ieek request for a lager, and who grabbed at my five cents and rushed it Into the till as If the very contract of so trilling an amount might take the shine out of Ids California diamonis, now weekly whisks an atom of (lust from the bar and thanks mie for my small investment, humbly di recting my attention to a dish which cou tains uppnrently minute portions of Egyp. tian nimmy, which, my olfactories suggest, may have been once in the fish business. Again, at tho barber's, I am permitted to forego bay rum without any fear of subse quent rough handling, or (when my hair has beon cut) of having small particles vie iously blown down between the shoulder blades. The waiter who was wont to hurl two square Iliches of holled alligator, accom panied by a distase with ia circle of potato pal ig around it, li reponse to my request for a sirloin, now places the aforesaid be fore me in an apologetic manner, as if lie regretted that real turlee had not been thrown in as aii extra. All this is pleas ing; is it, not? I despise boasting, but I really know an alderman. lie used to nod to iue, or, at tile most, allow me to take a finger. Of late lie would deposit his entire hand in iiy palm, w re it physically possible; and slice Ie lost '"that contract," ol account of "re trenchiment,"1 Iain solicitous for my collar bone, so energetically does he s1ap Rile oil the back. Then, there's my rich cousin. A brief call was t lie most that ever paused between our families, and there was that formality between us which usually exists between men of $1o,000 an(d I00 per ainllum re spectively. Since his lroperty has been mortgaged, alost uip to the handle, I am "dear boy" and "'oh( fellow," wile his wife, who mmrcely knew that I was at father, now almost weeps fora fight of thosesweet children,'' and declares that it is "really too bad we do not cai 1round." The way in which she asked ny wife -. second time to early pens, when we daed with t)loan last 6tundaty, was enough to draw tears When we mo-,ed, time before last, a family portrait was reiorsely piled oil the carpet broom, and 1he parlor stove was landed in a isket of crockery. This year, how n1.idly did the expressmialn Clllb two pairs of a airs with the furr iture, and upolo. gize for having SCratChed the clothes- baS ket I The exiiliste at the dry goods "empor im,11 " who t lougilt it Conde..ensioln t (tro) t wenty pounds of sheeting on the counter, bringing it within an ace of your nose, or who sneered at the parsniony which re fused to pay mere than $1 per yard for Maria's new dress, now follows to the door, and looks huirt if- he be not permitted to send two cents' worti of phus 110111 for You. "Thank you!" is becoming "laamilar in ioui." Even 131ddy is beginning to feel that it would be wise to spend an hour or so daily o1 lioueech-old diuties in return for $10 per month and lier bourd. Ile "corner grocer" is beginning to charge less than two hundred per cent for somec of his supplies, and there is really no knowing but what the fashionably attired may in the iear future look upon the honest toiler in last year's garb as one who iay passibly be worthy of salvation. lt rs. Parth1gton1 at t-he Soclable. There was no mlist aking the costunie, and the fact tha11t th veneirable dame led a smiall boy3 by thle hand, conifirmled the 11m pressionl thait Mrs. PalrtIngln waIs inideed Il the asseml)age. There was a miomen - tarv lull in thle bulzz of conversation, andil the party gathIeredl around tile new corner, eager to shlake her by the hand. ''Bless me1!'' said( she, with a beaming smile, which pliayed over her face like sulnshinle over aL hake: ''Bless mle! how sialutary you l all arch-just 11s youI ought to lbe at a timie like this, wihen nothlug halrmIonliosA shiold I he allowed to dlistuIrb your hostilities. YouR are very kind, i'lm sureC, iand I am glad to 5ee you tryinlg to enljoy youlrselves. We I had 110 church sociables inl my1 y'oung clays, but we hadc hiuskin' lbee, and1( quliltinl' bees, I and1( apple bees, and-"' "'IubIe-bees,"'' said Ike, breakinig in like a boy 01n th11i ee -"'and t,houlgh we had1( goodh times(~, and1(1 sociable enou01gh, goodn1essq knows, whenll I tihe red cars wete found, they were nothl- I inIg to the sup~erfluilt.y of this," T1'aere was a slight disturbanee mR tihe circle, as ike mun restlessness placed hlis heel 011 circumaja- I cent toes but it wvas stilled as the maste1r oft cremionies camie upi to introdiuce tile min ater, "'I hop you1 maiy fdtile hiot i spenlt, withl us a happ)y one." "'I know 1 1 shall, sir,"' repliedi shue, "'for hlalppiess deC- t p)ends1 very much01 011 howv we enijoy our selves, and( enloughI of anlythling al1ways sat isfies me). IIow could( I help enjoylingi mlyself in a scene of such life andr hnIosity as this ?" ''Very trule madam." '"And thlen the lights, bliazing like a consterna t101n, and1( thes mlusic and( flowers make1( itj seem like l'haraoh land." TilOhe imaSter U was called( aIway, and the master of cere mnonies asked Mrs. Partington if shle would like ''an ice," which she faintly hleard. "A nic--?" she replied, looking at him1 1 and hanging on) to the 10ong----, as if it . were tIhe top bar of a gate; "oh, very." A rush, by tIhe conitestanlents in a gamne, here broke ill betweenl themil, tie baind gave a crashm which seemled to start tile roof, tihe mass of' people waved to and fro, Ike stantedl off with a new crony inI quest of somne suIggestedh peanuts, anId Mrs. Par tlngton backed into a seat. She hooked pleasantly upon the mioving spectacle thiroulgh her own parabolas, lier fingers beat1 time to tIme music, land her oil-factories in haiedh the breath of flowers andc the smell of coffee fromi an adjacent room1, till she wans becomning ''lost," when she realized that a fIgure was standing befoi-e hier, and I a cold spoon was bein1g thrumst into her rigAht hand. It was the attentive mianIager-,1 agaim, wvith an ice-cream which he iavited . her to take. "You are very sulrprising sir," sa1(1 shle, smiling. "I was uncon seionable at the momnent, ThaInk you; I I will. 1 01m very partially fond of Ice cream, and thiis'ls manihla, too, which Is my favor.lte." She ate with a sense of en- r joyment caught with the scene and went m away soon after, when .Ike hadl joined her, withl plethioric pockets, biddIng thle miana- I ger convey a good night from her to the I party, saying she had enjoyed a real socia- I ble time.t FOOD FOR THOUGHT. In all the guilty train of human vices there is no orlime of deeper dye than that of ingratitude. The fire-fly only shines when on thq wing. So it is with the mind; when once we rest we darken. As the pearl ripens in the obscurlt of the shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly preolous. Every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from hi Insejf. Pursue what you know to be attaina blt, make truth your object, and your studies will make you a wise man. Whoever lq honerable- and candid, honest and cotrteous, is a true gentle man, whether learned or unlearned, rich or poor. We bear within us the seeds of great ness; but suffer them to spring up, and they overshadow both our sense and our happiness. He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task -he undertakes; for he must be forced to Invent twenty more to maintain that one. Character is power; it makes friends, creates funds, draws patronage and support, and opens a sure and easy way to honor, wealth and happiness. Can there be any greater 'dotage lit the world than for one to guide and d: rect his courses by the sound of a bell and not by his o wn Judgement and dis cretion. Men are like an old-fasitioned coun try wagon. When loaded, everything works well and smoothly; with noth Ing ln it, it rattles so it can be heard for males. Woalth may minister to the best part of man, but only minister-not master. When it usurps the throne and becomes monarch, it Is of all things most pitliul and nblect. The wiay to acquire latting esteem is not by the fewness of a writer's faults, but the greatness of his beauties and oor noblest works are generally most i eplete w ith both. )eath removes the shutters from the windows of the soul. Why should we dread his coming, since his work is to let light and air into rooms which are now dark and suffocating? To do an evil action is base; to (10 a good one without Incurring danger i' Uom1mon enough; but it is the part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, 0houghi he risks everything. -As the finest wines have often. the [aste of tile aol, so even the most relig ious thoughts often draw something tIut Is particular from the constitutiou )1 the mnind in which they arise. We should not despair of the good iess of tic world If we do not happen o see it imniedlately around us. The itmosphere is still blue, though so Much f it is enclosed in our apartment Is colorless. Few seem to liave any opinions of Lheir own, or to think for themselves. l,ike dead fish, they go with tue strean mnd tie ; what others think right they think right, and what others call'wrong shey call wrong too. 1I' we would bogin at the right end, Lnd look with as miuch compassion on he idversitieg of somte as We do with nivy at tite prosperity of others, every 1an would find cause to alt down con entedly with his own burden. Ir any man Is rich and powerful, lie 3oumes under the law of God by which -.he higher branches must take the Surning of the sun and shade those that kre lower ; by which the 'tall trees must p)rotect the week plants beneath them, Tlhais world of ours Ia fll of trouble. Its fair face is scarred all over with graves. liut the more he studies It, the norc one marvels to find how full the Bible is of consolation. That is the best 3Vidlebce of Its anathenticity that should f ic deaired. When a man misses anyth ing, his lrst idea is that somebody has stolen it;i Lmd although he~ ascertains, ninety-nino hmes in a htuandred, that the loss is romn hils owm carelessness, 'still, whean he hundlredlth time cotnes he will lay t to a thief. Nature seems to exist for the excel ent. The world is upheld by the ye acity of good nmen, they make the arth wvholesome. Life is sweet and olerabie in our belief in such society; ,nd actually or ideally we manage to Iwe without superiors. The foundation of content must primng upl in a man's mindi ; and lhe who las so little knowledge of human na ure as to seek happiness by chanaging nything but his own disposition, wvill vaiste his life in fruitless efforts, and aultiJ)ly the grIefs which lhe purposes Nothting caua be more 1lajuriouts to our peace0 of mind than to have too atny confidents. You live in abject ~ iavery every day, as you are cooistant y fearing that some o:ae of your nlu nerous confidents illh reveal a secret ou would not have anybody know for ' ii the world. Thtere was bitt one man t3 whom the Cgyptianas could go to in time of f amine v hen they wanted food. They must go o Joseph. It wyas a waste of time to-go o any one else. So also is there buy> meo to whom hungerinag souls must go f t,hey would not perish forever. Th1ekA naust go t,o ChrIst. Healthy body, healthy appetite, heal' hy feelings, though accompaniedl wita nedlocrity of talent, unadorned wit ' vit and imagination, and unpolslwd y learning and science, will dutstrip n the race for happiness the spleniid rregularlties of gentius, and the ianost lazzling success o1f ambItion. Do aot flatter; Iin doIng so you ein. tarrass those upon whom you bestow >raise, as they may not wvish to ofendi ron by repelling it, and yet they ream ize that if they accept it they mnerit our oontempt. You niay, however, ommend their work wvheniever, it OSh ruthfully be (lone; but do not bestow - raise whore it is not deserved. Hearts, more or less, I suppose. most I us have, but we keep them so close, ased and padlocked--we wear en out~ j ide so hard and dry-that lhttle or, none~ 'f the love that atiay be within cop o gladden those aroaudd us. Anc~ lie passes without any of the swe ng to soolety that come's. Whqm ion is not only felt but expre*4.