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- 4~ ,' - -4 -1.fC , - 'J T FW K LY EDITION-. WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE 19, 1880. - PZ T Th D taka 1T-rPr2 m- m. -- - - -''"'''''''~''''""1"'' Li4 UILA, Uu in "I Uri Inu1, I know that the world, tuat the great world, From tho peasant up to the king, Ha a different tale from the tale I tell, And a different song to sing. But for me-and I care not a single fig If they say I am wronq or am right I shall always go in for the weaker dog, For the under dog in the fight. I know that the wor:d, that the great I world, Wall never a moment stop To see which dog may be in the faUit, But will about for the dog on top. But for me, I shall dever pause to ask Which dog may be in the right ; For my heart will boat, while It beats at all For the under dog in the fight. The Mystery of Garrick Mal "It wag- just such a night as tils, RC er," said Aunt Edith, to my papa, with little shiver. "Exactly," papa replied, thoughtfull "and the same time of year. too." "Suppose you tell the ehildren all abo it,' mamma said quietly ; '"they look as they wanted to know very much." "Well, since it is perhaps tine tih knew, I will tell you how Aunt Edith sav my life," continued papa, turning to Edgf the eldest of us, "long ago, long before y4 were born, ny boy." "Aunt Edith and I were only broth and sister ; ever so much greater croni than you and 1Edgar are, Jessie, not on because we had each other to love, b beetuse we had to make common cau against an enemy, Jeffrey I,awson, 01 step-mnother'es son by previous marring We lost our own dear mother when v were babies. Jeff was ten years older thi I was; and after our father's death whic happened when I was eight and Edi six, we would have had a poor time of but for Dame Turtle, our dear old nurs She looked after our nterests, and fougl a!I our battles valiantly whether we we: in the right or wrong. Our step-nother wi so wrapped up in Jeff that she bestowc little trouble upon us. I, especially, wt no favorite, for she got the silly idea lit her head that I stood beEween Jeff and tl property of Garrick. He was a fine, hanm so ne fellow, as I remember when I wt 15, and he twenty-five ; strong and darinj haughty in disposition and hasty in tempe I could see even then he bitterly resente my being master, and himself as if niobodj for all our servants had erown old with ir and were staunch and loyal to us childre of the house. "Our mother-we called lie so, thoug she was 'little more than kin, and less tho kind'-resented It too, and looked forwat with very bitter feelings to the time who I would be 21; for then according to ou father's will she was to leave Garrick Hal the homestead, and reside in at little cotta" he owned in Wales. "It would be a different position for he is she had but a small jointure-all h< own fortune had been spent on Jeffrey and by some mnexplicable chain of woman resoning, she blatned me for what she wi pleased to call her unmerited misfortune Each year that passed made matters wor between us. As I grew older many thinc la the management of the property struc inc as unjust. The best of the timber wi being cut down and the house allowedi fall into a state bordering oni rini, becaui amy mother would not spend money on r p-tirs which I alone was to enjoy the bonel of. Our family lawyer was dead. Jeffre chose his maothor'elegal advisor, and neoithm Edith or I knew where to loatk for advik or assIstance. Things remained ve:-y muta in this state till I was nearly twent.y, wvha onae day Jeff entered my roomn in a state wild excItement, andl shlowved me *a wi that land beenm discoveredl in somne out-o the-way corner. It was diatedl a few das boeo my father's dea1th :anid except. tih it bequethed to Jeffrey the awm of- ?5, 08 aind the reversion to (Garrack if I dtiedi wit out heira, It was substantially the smne the one already min existence. "I hiad amy douatbt about thme validity the document, but I passed no commoni both the witnesses were dead, and [ ha not a shadow of proof to ad'vance. Susp: clone in such a case go for anothing, so held may peace, the more esp)ecmalhy as Jum son, our old steward, was prepared to swe to my father's sIgnature. ,.jo Jeff.Laws' had lis ?5,000. "On the night of which I am going tell you, there was a large part of the mons In . the house. Jeff was golng to Le>ndi thme next mornIng; and he mecant to a early; ho said1 good-bye to us over nighi and went up to lis room first carrying t1 money with himt. Edith a-d I remain, In the dining room a little longer, chmattil -on different matters, among others Jet departure, ot a strange rest,lessness I i observed in hais maanner of late, of time pc 8ible danto of his return; aid somuehio ghulte unintentionally, I let fall a hint abc mny siuplelonms about the wviii, and dlisce cread that they corresponded exactly wi Edith's. At last, when the fire had burn quite out, anad the candles were getting I0 in their sockets, we went up stairs togeth< It was a wild November night, and ji smuch angry, impautient gusts of wind a vagrant thunder-claps as this. I occupi tihe west roona,; your aunt time one adljoi I ig; and Jeff slept.in the west rooam att other end op Ile corridor ; while hals moth had hem apar tigents in the south wing I bade Edith g9od-maght, time clock on I stairs struck 19, and she merrily wished mny halify ret.urn?a of the, day, for I hi jut entered m~y 20th f>irthday. In a fi minutes more my light was extinguished and I was closely wrapped up. In lea than half &0t hour'l was sound asleep. No so Aunt Edith. like was, she told me af terwards, restless and aervous, two mos unusual -things with her. All efforts t< sleep were unava&Illng, and she gave up the attempt at last, and rising from tihe bed sol down by the fire to read, Twice she fan cled she heard footsteps in the corridor, ajg and opened the door to listen. Your auni was not afraid of the White Lady,- our fain ly ghost, or anybody else, girls. Twic< she threw herself on a couch with the in tention of resting, since slumber was out of the question; but between the storm anm the mysterious sounds through the house, rest was impossible. At length, about 2 o'clock, she fancied she heard some om moving about the room very cautiously; 1. and, nothing doubting but that I was as wakeful and restless as herself, she resolved b- to come in and speak to me. A sudder a gust of wind in the corridor extinguished her candle, and she entered m' )om in th< y, dark, save for the faint rays ot he moon light which shone through the carelessly at drawn curtains. if "As your aunt gently approached my bed, she saw a form advancing on the other aide sy with uplifted hanid, in which something 3d white gleamed in the moonlight. Quick as r1 a thought, without a moment's hesitation, ) her arm was thrown across my neck. The knife of an assassin descended with a terri er ble force; and glancing off the bone, in Ds flicting a long and jagged gash in her arm. ly The assassin, who had not seen or heard her ilt approach, instantly fled, leaving his weapou 3e behind ; and I was aroused from my slum tr bars by Edith's shrieks, to find myself 0. b.ithed in her blood. Binding my silk 7e handkerchief around her arm tightly, to m check the bleeding, I sent a servant-for h the whole house was aroused by your aunt's h shrieks and the violent ringlug of my bell i for the nearest surgeon, and then proceeded to search for some traces of the murderous it intruder. Mechanically I went first to re Jeff's room, probably because I was aston i ished at not having seen his -face among the d wondering group gathered round my door. A It seemed amazing that he should sleep so 0 soundly through such comnntion. The door of the east room (Jeff's) was open, and so was the window, but the rooni was empty. . Where was Jeff ? Why had lie gone so suddenly and mysteriously I Why the d open 'window ? I was all the more pain. r; fully perplexed, as the most careful exanui . nation failed to disclose any otli6r means of n exit by which the WoUM-Mu-WsassMn UUM have escapedr. Every door was securely h barred, every window except that of the east room was safely fastened. In the d flower bed underneath there were tracks of men's feet leading from the window, none whatever leading to it. These things made me terribly unhappy, and some suspicion of my thoughts must have crept into my countenance, for Edith devinled them at once. However, she re r mained silent about the appearance of the - man who attempted my life, and I refrained 'a from questioning her. At best there could is be but a conjecture-the room was dark, 9. the mai disguised and your aunt frighe l ie ed. The knife which lay upon my bed alp ,s pealed with terrible force to us both. It Ic was my pruning knife, and that very amf ii ternoon Edith had seen me lend it to Jeff to Lawson. Whlether the knife had been 0e poisoned, or whether your aunt's woundi C- had been badly dressed in the first, instance, it 1 do not kno1w, but infianuniation set in and y for weeks she was dlangerously ill. For ur days her life was dispaired of, and it was e only saved at last at the expense of the hl birave right hiandl that had saved me so wecll n from a terrible and sudden death. '["'lhe matter made a sensation, which 11was something more than a nine days' woni -der in our village ; but as I kept my sus splctons to myself, no onie else ventured to it expreCs any, andI JefYrcy's naume was never m Iixed ump in the matter. Indeed it got icirculated that lbe left Garrick tihe evenmng s of the attempited murder and no one coni traidicted it. Thie object of the attack, which was evidiently robbery as well as murdler, for every dIraweor and dlesk in my room was thoroughly ransacked, caused much woadet' ahd discussion. It was pretty I-generally know that" my allowance as a minor was scarcely adequate to my few simple wants."' - "What became of Jeff Lawson, father ?" Jess asked, with a stolen glance at aunt's tOface. "From time night lie said goodl-bye to usi in this very room, thirty-one years ago, I ithave never hoard of him nor from hin. HIe Ltd(isappeared in the most extraordinary man ner. D)oubtless lie is dead; and as far as he is concerned, I have no hope of the mnys. tery of that awful night ever being cleared "And his mother, p)apa " Fred ques -tionled. *V, "Ah, bie poor mother, she broke heci ut heart over his disappearance, amy boy. v- Miothiers will (do such things over the muesi wdorthless sons. Wecll, Upton, what's th( matter ?" . "If you please, sir, there's a gentlemat atwants to see you," said ouir old1 butler, clos iding the (door behind him, and looking mys 11d teriously around. "liIe says his business h, urgent, but he wvon't give lis name." e "A strange gentleman, at this hour ant er on such a night," exclaimed Papa, rising, "He must be0 some b,elated traveller. S3hoiu lehin inu." no We all looked at each other, and glances ad toward the door in eager, nervous enriosity, as an elderly gentleman, with very wvhit< hair and beard, entered the room, made a Scurteous bow, which embraced everybody, and proceeded to unbutton an enormous traveling cloak, in which he was enveloped. For a moment or so his eyes wandered round the room, as if In search of some thing, and then he smiled sadly. "You don't know me, Mr. Neville," quoth the gentleman, atter what seemed an ominous silence, drawing more directly Into the light of the fire, which blazed cheerily. "I have not that pleasure, sir," papa re plied, looking at our visitor more atten tively. "A I Yet my picture hung there once," pointing to a vacant space among the por traits on the wall. "My name is Jeffrey Lawson." "Jeff!" we all cried in amazement. Here was the sequel to the story with a vengence. "You don't seen overjoyed to see me, Robert," Mr. Lawson said, after another p muse. Well, perhaps you are not to blame. Bt you, Edith, after all these long years --night give me your hand." At that mnonient his eyes rested on aunt's helpless right arm, an: the most terrible awkward, awful silence I ever witnessed ensued. Mr. Lawson was the first to recover his self-possession. "Forgive me," lie said, and there was a tremor in his voice. "I did not know-I am sorrow." Papa re mained stern and silent. I really pitied Mr. Lawson, the odds were so fearfully against him. Not a single kimd or encour aging glance met his eye as lie looked up a little haughtily, and continued addressing us all. "I did you a great wrong once, Mr. Neville. I have travelled many thou sand miles to offer what renaration I can. That will by which I obtained ?5,000 was a forgery. But I have come to pay it back with interest." Papa bowed his head but remained si lent. "Money was absolutely necessary, then, for I had many pressing engagements to meet--my safety, my liberty was at stake - was desperate; but though my base trick succeeded, it was too late. Absolute ruin and disgrace stared ine in the face, and I was compelled to fly, like a thief in the night, to escape the consequences of my folly. That night I sec'retly left the house, escaping by my bedroom window. Con cealing all the money I had, I took passage for Australia, where, by careful speculation *and hard work, I soon realized a consider I formed new friends; new habits, a squat ter life suited me ; and so I remained year after year. But I was heartily sorry for, and ashamed of the part I played about the will, and resolved one day to try and make it square with you. The gold fever broke out, and the spirit of adventure being strong in me, I resolved to go the diggings. I wa i singularly successful ; but others were not so fortunate. One poor fellow went by the name of 'Down Ted' 1 heard frequently spoken of as singularly unlucky. One day I was surprlsed to receive a message from this fellow requesting ic to come and see him as lie was very ill, and had a very hn portant confession to make. I went at once, and saw at a glance that the man was dying; but imagine imy surprise, when, on a closer survey of his features, I recog nized him to be Tom Judison, the son of your 01(1 steward-good-for-nothing, grace less, vagrant Tied, wvho got ime into many scrap)es as I got hin out of. With the utmost diliculty, for he wvas (lying, lie told me a singular story. On tIhe very night I left Garrmot, lie tried to rob and murder me. "IIearing from his father that I had a large sum of money by me, lie resolved to have sonme of it; and entering the house in the dusk of the evening, lie concealed him self behind the corridor windlow and( waited till the house was all quiet ; then he en teredl my room, and after searching m vain for the money, he seizedi tIhe knife which lay oni the table, and in a fit of drunken rage amnd disappointment, he resolved to cut my throat if I did not give upl my p,umse. Advancing to the bed where I lay sound asleep, lie lifted the knife and made a slash at my throat ; when to lia horror he saw the While Lady, who 'walks', bending over me. Throwing (down lie knIfe lie fled in terror, and made hIs escape through a win dlow lhe found open. In a- moment it flashed up)on me that your room was mis takemn for mine, and my. window, which I had left open, proved the means of escape for the villian as it had already proved the means of escape for me. I hope the timely appearance of the White Lady p)revented any sorious mischief.'' "'It dlid to me," papa saidl sadhly ; ''but tie slash that missed my throat cost may sister her right hand. Shme was thme lady who savedl me, Jeffrey. I am b)etter pleased to have tihe mystery cleared up than I would be to have tIhe right hand back again, if such a thing were p)ossile," aunt said softly. '"Thle knife Juidsoni saw Oin tihe tabile must have been your pruning knmife, Rob ert, which I asked one of the servants to return to you," continued Mr. Lawson. "lhere's Ted's written and signedl confes sin1, witnessed by a mnghstrate. And now let mec once more entreat your forgiveness; and, as my mission Is accompl)ishied, I will not intrud(e any longer. I should have re membered that the Nevhies are not a race to forget and forgive." "Are the Lawsons, Jeff?"' papa cried, advancing with outstretched hand. "If to, I claim your% I have dofe you an Infin itely greater wrong than you did me. I Un ver; a rr;. A bright smile pass,d over Mr. Lawson's 1 face, altering his whole expression, as he grasped papa's hand; and I am sure there were tears In his eyes as he bent down to kiss Aunt Edith's forehead; and n the I smling silence that followed, as they looked into each other's eyes, all old scores were wiped out, all old scores Ie led and forgot- t ten. 1lints for the EaI+ged. I t Ought engagements bplong or short? f It has often been said' that nothing t helps so much as being 'nigaged to the t girl whom lie loves,- aul for whom he works to prepare a suita*u home. The 3olleitude of David Coppp 'fleid's friend, T'raddles, to buy bits 6' furniture- U flower pots and such likO.-for the house t where lie and his bet thed were to i LJwell, was a ipretty til and much to it be commended; but, on .i1 other hand, it is undeniable that loa engagements liave their drawbacks, 0 ecially if the young people see Inuoli or each other luring the porlod or brobatlon. In this case much of the rythin is taken r :ff the poetry of courtshp, and no less ii zilding oir the proepeol of marriage. 0 i'here may be a great deal to say t igalust the polly of w9v4ding in haste, ut young people Who ke each ether 0 ror better or for worse, 1 all tihe Illu sion of nutual trust and odiration, go I ;hrough a time o' costa unknown to 1 -iose who marry quite r lotially. The 10 boneymoons o: such pa -s are haleyon 1 -pochs to be rememube'ed all a life r long, and if the after pe lods seem dull ind loveless by compa'ison, yet it IsaI omiething to haye lived, for however s brlef a time, up to thie highest idea of r reiolty. Besides, there is no little 'J iweetness in having taced the first iardhips of life togeth6r. If a young i 30uple have to encounter )overity and ( f they conquer it bide by side, lighten- I ig all their labors by sharing thmx b Lud diminishing their trou'es by mu- d ual consolation and encouragement, c hey forge links which must bind their C earts closer and closer together. I ike to see a snug young man stacking 1 op money In a bank against his wed- e lang day, while his future wife looks r )II coMpIRaeItly at the Operation as f f to say: "Thomas must earn a good 1 nany more (lollars before lie can fuirn shi a house good enougli for mie;' but d [ like still more to see a'younj0mibys a nL'i~Ji~ "hPiL'Yffd d Iear a smil- C ng woman remark, "We had nothing I ,eioii we married, but see now how .osy we have made our house."'' This neans that there has been cheerful iard work on the one side, thrift and olf denial oi the other-in fact, union. 8 tfter all, the yoke or marriage Is an a ippmratis that should sit on two pairS >W shoulders; and there Is nothing very 1eemly In seeing a girl wait to wear ier own part of it until it has been ileely padded with q(uilted Patin. Sweets.0 Tie most delicious and expensive of the hings to be found on the confectioners' 9 -ounters are the crystallized apricots, figs, c un1ber and griin limes, pears and green cages, and( most of the persons who buy dhem select, them almost piece by piece, flaking up their boxes to suit themselves. T'he fnshiion of dloing this has come up within the last few years, and the confec- t t,ioners who irst allowed it made large p)ro tits and greatly increased a demand for the ~ better' class of candies. A customer flits' lfrom jar to jar and case to case saying, ''Give me this, and this, and thiis,'' until she can see not hing (lse that she wants, mices a little when she is told1 how much the whole weighs, and1( pays for a plound C tmd a half (of candy instead of the 'pound ~ that she meant to buy. Shierb)ert candy, madie Up of three thin, lozenger-shapedl iayer's of sugar, udifferent in colors and ilavor, is a favorite with high ichool girls, anid so ar'e the cream wvainuts and( crytal bz~ed walnuts. D)yspeptics piously avoi'i N the last two things, whIichl are ra-hiar itse disgestible that miehied butter, btt they E 5 look so nice with their brown skins peepinig through their coats of white sugar, and they ac so tempting in the long thick bar1s ~ into which they atro somietimes made(1, that they lease every body. Two other kinds of bar candy, the gratted and slicedl cocoa nut, arc much liked and are muchi sold1 for chiildren's parties, at which it is desirable to have p)retty dishes of confect.ionery, as well as broken into bits and( mixed with other thIngs for boxes. It wouldl be pos-t sible to hiave a varied stock and candies of many prices without goinig beyond the clas of eiocolates, which grows larger and larger every year. Therie aire severtai kinds of plinhii chocolate lozenges, andi next to thiemi in cheapness conme the nionparoil chocolates, which are~ loznenges samided with drops of sugiar looking like hi immp1athic 1)11s for fairIes. CJream chioc'oates maty be hlledI either with vanilla or' orange, as one pleas~es, and some confectioners use rasherry andr other friui tlavorr. Vanilla creami choco lates have little cherries inside theta, mnak ing a delighi.ful mingling of sour, swa et and t bitter, and the almond caramel, which I comes in little cubes cased in paper', ,'iok; I next in excellence..' This p)aper wrapping is an iimproveiment added the ha~t few years for convenience in paicking, chocolate be ing any thing~ but a beant,ifier to p)ink or whihe canies that, lie next to it for any l2ngth of tm. Almonds arc eased b in phaini chocolate and in mzixture of choco late and stuger that crystallizes upon t,hem, in lainI sugar potredl Upon them in the forma of a thin sirupf and niaking the variet,y kntown to the tradie as rough, andi ini smoot bi almonds which are polished by constantly moving the pian In which they tare drtiedI. Ini the Iast variety the nut is not burned; in the others it is. TIhe name of jelly c;aocolates sotmds impiiosiJg, but the things thiemiselves are rather disappointing and se.em rather tamo after chocolate creams, but they are liked by the admirers of soft, candles. Curious Flowers. There are several plants, especially thos4 vith compound yellow flowers, which nod 3nd during the whole day turn their BIowerj oward the sun. 8uch flowers are desig kated as "heliotropes, " and the movemen, hich they thus exhibit is (alled thel 'nutation." This Is particularly observa Ple in the common sow thistle, and is 1 vel known fact that a great part of th >lants in a serene sky expand their flowers, ut before rain they shut them up, as tht ulip. for Instance. The'llowers of chick vintergreen droop in the night, lest rain oi ioisture should injure the fertilizing pol. on. One species of wood sorrel shuts uli ,r doubles its leaves before storis and tem. oests, but in a serene sky expands or un ldt; them, so that husban(tnen can fore. il tempests front it. It is also well known hat tle sensitive plants and other speciea f Ca-/a observe the same rule. lle owers of the bindwood, the wood ane low, and the comtmon daisy, even if al 3 Wcy opu n. will shut onl the approach f rain. The last nikined flower appears ) have derived its namle-day's eye-from i sensitiveness of light. such lhienlomleai s these are pr(bal)iy determined by the etion of light 0 and the flowers of such lants being shut at ten or eleven o'clock the morning tell of clouds and gloom, aid so prdict r;ni. Iesides affording rognostics, inany plants also fold thei lves up at particular hours, with such ogularity as to have acquired particular ames from this property. Linm1Wus has minierated forty-six flowers WhiC posses lie kind of sensibility. Fromt an arrange lent of such flowers it has been ingeniously roposed to formi a floral timepiece. The owers of thegoat's beard open in the morn ig it the approach of the st, and regard -ss of the weather, shuit about noon, and euce its comtuiton 1nie of "go-to-hedl-at 0on." The Stair of Bethlehem1 expanis its owers about Oicllen, ard closes them att trce in thIe alfte-nt.on. The evening prim se is well known from is renarkable pro erties of regularly shutting with a loud oppiug noise about sunrise and opening at mtiset. After six o'clock, these flowers Dgularly report the approach of night. 'he flowers of the garden lettuce open at oven o'clock and shut it ten. That light a the chief agent of these changes seems ) be proved by the experiments of De attdolle, made it the Jairdiia des Plattt s, i al underground cellar, illunnated by mps giving a light equal to fIfty-four or mary wax can(Iles. By lighting these he ould cause the flowers of the Star of eth -hlim to open at pleasure, and also those f the camomile, which keeps its flowers losely shut during the night; bit lie could roduce no artificial effect with the strong at light, upon several species of wood sor a], whose flowers and leaves are both ded11 up at night. With the sensiive lant he succeeded in so completelychaang ig the hour of closure that on tie third ay froit being placed in the lighted cellar , began to fold its leaves in the morning 'w1uthw," inJJ eubic-. - One of te n1 plants Is that of the Lotlo? of the Eu hrates, as described by Theophrastus, and 4hichi he represents as rearing and expand ig its blossom by day, closing and sinking 'eneath the surface of the water by night, I as to be beyond the grasp of the hand, id again rising up in the morniting to pre mnt its expallued blos-1omi to the suin. The inme phellomilelon is also related by Pliny. Ton 1anly Part's. A few dtays aigo a stranger was moving own Third Street, L,ouisville. lie was in crooked condition. It was not the lentgth r the street, but the width that bot,hered imt, so much. 11n one hand lie carried a at box and umbrella, and in the other a ripsack; while under each arm were stuff d several domestic-looking bundles. ie ,as evidently making for the boat. On reaching the wharf heo steppedi aboard nd( p)roceedled immendiately to the0 cabini. 'umblAing lito a chiair, with his baggage -atteredl arounad lis feet, lie was oblivious > all that was passing, anid remtainted so ii he wais airouised .by the "ap)tain,. who botok him persistenttly and yelled the word ticket." Our straniger initdc that he ad no ticket. "F?are, then," demanded the C.~aptaina. ''how tmuzha I" lie was told, and lie htanded lisa loose hiange to the Captain, who took the proper mtotunt. He was soon snoring again. llalf ana hour passed, and the Caiptain gaint made his app)earantce. "Fare " '"How muzha." TIhe amount a5 sttedC beCfore; the strana er p)onied uap andt again fell asleep). l'This ling was gone over fouar times, anid whien rio Cap)tamn for the fifth tune aroused the leeper, lie had sobered tip a litt,lc, and was videnttly as madc as a hlornet. Lookmag agger-s at the indlefaitigatbic collector lie iuttert:d: "Look a 'ere, why dont't y'ou c'leet all our fare ait on1cc? Whtat you come 'stuarb ag a mian it this way for?i[Iowv mtuch to "Cinintnati I"'yelled thecCaptain. "'This ore hatin't, nto Cinicinnati steamer. This is to ferryboat." T1hie last sen of our traveling friend hie las sttandhing on the whairf with lis baggage 1 his hand antd a cartloati of levee mud1( on is boots. Ab,out thet Teoth* i'Cnoumgh has b)(en spoken anad wittena at arious timies utponi thte abuises of civilized Ce, anl esp)ecially of refined society, to nduice us to confess that the constitutin fC man has deteriorated, and thant t,he teeth ave haar-ed in1 tIhe (degenerationi of organa sim. One of thet mtost conclusive proofs of his is foinmd in thec tiet that ient ille tra 'ehers visiting variouts noiiodls in (different tarts of the globe htave rep)oted thatt thosa >eop)le wyhor breathe a pure aitmosher-e, VhoE drink pure watter atnd eat untaicultera ed food, who take healthful exerchae aml ruflicienit rest,, whao dress in a mann'r thai avots free respirationt andl frexe mnovemnet if the body, are wondlerfulhly free fron1 hose diseases thtat are so comtmon amnonfa eople of moare civilized nations, ai >ossess teeth that, are seldomt, (luring I oitg life, attacked by any disease. It is -ciasoinable assertion, then, that if w< vouild endleavor to imitate the healthfum ntanner of living of thtese nations-which we cold (ho very nearly aind stIll retain al mir claims to civilizatIon-if we would eal >)reafd mnade of unbolted flour, and othe ~hihngs containing a lib)eral amontt o phosphates, we could make a decided hat presson for the better ttponithe teeth of th omiting generation. One of the little lambs picked up in the streets of New York by Whitelaw Reid - and sent West to find a home was adopted by a Detroit family about two months ago,, and ere this Is published Mr. Reid has re cefved a big postal card announclng that his dear lamb has gone West to fight the Indians, and that he needn't mind about sending on another to take his place Thie New York lamb was thirteen years old. lie said so at the depot on his arrival, i and half an hour later he reiterated the Vateiment at the hobe, and added: "And if you don't believe it thei call ;mo,grl,!Th0's the vort of spring-gun I n 4 a qnpu fqrget it !" Theyda, et It.' lie ate with his Ang"T,wiped) oAttlq.biv sIeVe, and gavq ft?iP,amiy to pmderstaud before. sup. Per *4 oyer thahe idi't come West to lIavis hair ebn\b1d 'r his face wished as a regular busin4ks. On his first evening lie slipped out, had three fights and stole a dog, and when hunted up he was about to 6ake his beer In a saloon. The family expected to wrestle *11t the boy tot awhile, and they didn't alt down on him until It became apli ful necessity. During his ir-st week lie'stole three dollars in money, a gold chahi, a r.volver and a pair of ear-rings, and lie got drunk twice. When reasoned with and asked to do better he took a fresh chew of plug tabacco and re,)lied: "Oh I you Miehigan folks are too soft! If a feller can't have a good time what's the use of being an orphan ?"' On Monday of the second week he sold the tanily dog to a stranger for a qfarter, threw the saw and the ax into the 'alley, and when locked up in a closet -tore a Sunday coat to pieces. It was thbught best to have a policeman to talk to hini, and one was called in. lie pdt On his fiercest look, and lectured the lamb-for 11f teeii minutes, but as soon' as he step%d for %breath the young sinndr repheltt.' 6w see here, , old buttons, y6h are wAsting tinel I know my little gaml (10 and'if you think1'ves coni to alVi&g like thif to- be bluffed by anybddyiy")ou've missed your train1 - - I He was-taken to Sundiy esohool,1y the hand. Ile hadn't been there half 'ah' hour when he was taken out by the collar. lie seenied anxious to' punch.the h%d,a1f every good little boy within half a mile of hin, and he told the teacher df ls ciass that when she could stuff loses i the bUushes down him it would be after she had bleach ed out her freckles. /'hey gave . hi a Sunday school book to fit lis case, but he fItted it to a crack In the sblewalk 6n his way ionme. When' moral suasion had no effect 6n the - - wicked youth lils guardian tried the rod. Ie was bigger tia ithe boy, apdj l, wal loped hilim, but within three huurq, wo of the nuts were. talso Qff is 1uggy and thrown away, T. orewaq# ond seance in the wo.dshed,.and befor rk a window .gl Vorthl o)gIlPqqjr) war o)Cn. edaii t~Ad ~tid 69 e and ed. with; Aifbiti6n, gratitutIe feia- and auvitrice, eg.alke Qpp~aledJ to4t turn, )ut as he .wap Lie fis 'l last. A fe ay ago lie P 4A ji would b'dd 'e Hefooll ta ng if thItreuvavd,i n flfttff UNRYWRI hun. That.ig01t-ostol6tfivadollasi6f th cook, ph:thu r-k.i4f~p thups; trygadi. from i r ,thInse, lb\vs:'t o Sv,iri,, 3 SZ :fat VTis towvd 10 ff{U>ItfO i 1NA York gQr fun.ilnioah'~nt.oits4hedp 1lates to fu ilr me, wYhifetle landlady was at work ia New York, recently, two old men strolled in for refreshment. Oiie of them was evidently a small farmer. HIe wore his liat dowin over his eyes, and appearedi occupied by a matter of somne weight. Talking to im earnestly and in a low tone, lis compan ion, an old fellow with a shabby liat, sliny breechies, and( much worn shoes, looked about him with cunning eyes for the most retiredl nook, and pulling out an olI stool "Sit ye tihere, man, and we'll have a pint andi a talk." -The cdlorheas potlieien was served them, and epcEh (la~nk:a uiljf pl~ of it as if it, --"$oW, hia'd sal he snmaller and older of thfi" twd, 'why inot maike a match be 't\veen thin? H6~ is 'abhMt -lad, andl she is a 'Ihip:girk :Ood' bless her!i Just say what, wi yqu give her, aind wve can have (lone with it before the game is out." "Well," said the farmer, after puliing and cracking all his fingers, "I will give her a cabin, a qiuarter acre of land, with piotatoes tilled and brought to the doQor." Tlhiere was,. a profound silence on the other side., "I will give her a flue feather bed." "Very good, very good," said lie' with the cunning eyes, "We'll have another pint.." T[hey were served with the fiery liquid and smacking their lips over it do clared it the best. "'The players mnust be near through." The farmer, staring in the bottons of his cup, added. "I will give her lifteen pounds ini goil." A short qJulck laugh fromt his e,ompanion~ was the response: "Tlhat'd very good, manl; you are dloiing well. God1 bless yout" '1Her miothier will give her the best of petticoats-and that is about all." And enough it is, if her mothe would .not forget the old sliver beads, so .hat she can prepare her soul-for Heoa4W en the end comies." .- a,;n ? "What, then," said the oth*fl a little .l' rawing a r a i little"graty .~e ~h id'Iil~ saId.: "8orra a ila'tenny; lt liedViIeW lad for all d1f that, and can knock asids ql work ' out of a day as any boy in .the pel ry, and in a fight can bat?, anybody thiat.g nds be fore him." "It is not figliingt hiiiat'r'*ant for4 my 'daughter," responded.the4frmer, tea tily. "There's little good comes'di it." "Well, well, he n.eed not do tjbst same, but ho's good for it if wg "I'll stthnd for the rauon ', r" a tidy boy." '[The fa'tm6 Nid" 'at mohifled. "I'll buy him* a oat atid he can knock hisa living out of it..i moi,i hLn ie- ,to -y,qI,) L4 jbe next Ti Tu'rsda? 'l stp~.$t se Ae the priest adhave it ed." *To nIyoWor,M6 fa '%Wl Bhied for o 'anothes pidt,iWAiich the4jubeALed their bargain Iimpie Culture. A handsome woman, elegantly dresed entered a Broadway car, New tork, re I cently, a reporter was riding and im mediately but unconsciously diverted th attention of a dapper little man who sa next the reporter and who had betn staring out of countenance all the other ladles Ii the car. Tho Aittle.manr who.looked lIk something betweerA a liairiresser and a mid die-aged beau, drew a n'dte bobk from lii pocket, and qftor mk1jg a slight sketch ol the face, oC the lady w1io-had just entereI the car, sald to the reporter: "4FuewoInau that." The reporter could not but agree witt hin. "What do you think i6 her special hiarm?' asked the little man. . Yh . The reporter thought:it might ib a sor of "II don't know whatness, " a oqmbiqatloi of (hic and dignity, her graceful bearing, her good clothes. "I wias speaking of her face, ptrely and simply," interrupted the little man. D( you notice how completely her face is in repose ?" The reporter answered that he thought the lady looked as if she didn't take much interest in any of the other women in th car. -Now I will make her smile," continuedl the dapper man, and rising, lie turned hlls back to the occupants of the car and blew his nose violently. This grotesque oxhibl. tion of politeness caused the "fine woman" to smile. The dimples chased each other over her cheeks and then slowly disappeared. The little mai resumed his seat in time to catch a glimpse of the fleeting dimples. 'What do you think now ?" he aked. The reporter thought the lady was very pretty when she smiled, and that her face wias a1s dimpled as that of a baby or a Wat teau sheperdess. I"'hose dimpleB are her particularcharim, said the little 1m. "She Is handsome with out themll, beaitifil with them. I6 five years froi to-day-perhaps before ,tlat when n1y method becomes knotn,' NOw York City will be filled with women who having been plain become pretty, having been pretty become hid8ome, hiavi,jt been handsome become beautiful. " "Oi, then, you lire a sort of a"-begran the reporter. The little man handed hiiii a card. It bore simply the words, "Profes sor A. Verrom, No. 12 Daffodil Place." "That Is my name and address," said he. ',ily profession 1 am ai iurgeon, graduate of Ile School of Medicitie, Paris. I am a spe(inlist. however, like niany of the i 1 nt-I wo)ld say like mnany physicians afid murgeons of the present time, and my spec 141113 is to place dinmples iII the faces of those to whom Nature has denied this charm. Now e<me womei can get up t six-iltch imilla without doing anything (ur ther than put their mouths in at parenuthesis, and others laugh as If they had dimples in their upper gius ; but those delicate, ex pressive little hollows that you see in the cheeks ire called up by the slightest. mnov'. AmitAt .11LnIhop.-UtI n nagoogg . tly1 1m 11he reporter suggested that ie alretidt knew all abliut the poetical aspucts of dint peH ; ad lie would be obliged to the Pro felmor if lie would tell him What a dInle "Wlell, sir," satid Prof. Verroid, '%q dini ple-at natural dimple that 8is- salmplY ia slightil ollow between two iuscleS. or ovt a imiscle aind the skin is more llrmly.attach ed to the subjIeenlt tissues at this pfp, thi it other point. IIence Win1 Aha imtu8cles contract as in tie a'bt Of sillI1XI, the Skin is drawii. down Into thieJtllo , forming at dimple, hat lieauticul "YU4," Said the rep.orter, "litl how do you mailike thei ?" "'I 1make a puncture in tile skin at the poit where the dinplc is required," all wered the Professor, "a puncture that can not Ie no1iced WhII it is healed, and with a very deOlicaite Instrumnent I remove ai small portion of the muscle. Th'ien I excite a slighit inlflammnation which a1ttaches5 thle skim to the siubeutaneoius hollow I have formned. In a1 few day3s the wound-1(-if wVounid it can1 b~e called-haus healed0( andt a charming dhIml ple is the result." The11 reporter sulggestedl thlat thlere ought to lbe a good dba1l of mIoney ihl thec ne(w op erationl. "TIhere is," said theO Professo'r, "Women ill b)e made lovely and' I will b6 ml11te rich." "hJow many tinies have you performed tIs operation ?" aked theO reporte~r. - "Many times iln France," inswered'tti! Professor: "never yet in AmnOrleal Toi mlorrow I begin op)eraltlons oni several .ae tresses whlo wihdimiIples on thleir laces, shIoulders, arm1s1 andI-yes, shoulders and armis." '" You speak English very well for s Frenchiman, Professor," said tihe reportQr. "'May be you think IE ahi't a F"renchman," said the Professor' savagely. "'Oh, nlot at, all," said tile replorter in ai nlon-commnittal way ; "'here's my street, Professor. Giood (ay." Our SpeciaIlnhoet Ic Doi,airtlment. Indilan PuIdding; WVash a little Indian;11 stuff with mleat, butter and eggs. Add 44 lhttle wine-thouigh the indianl genlerally prefers rum. Bake over a slow fire. G#inger Snaps: Ta2ke 80111 ginlger. Sth~ In a pie0ce of b)orrowed butter, a. dI theO samti (quantity of mIolasses and( sugar. Mix witli flour. Bake unitil it snaps. Tio Sweeten Pickles: Sprinkle sulgar oveR a1 couple of old maids. Sauce0 for Pudding : Make your p)uddhing soi that it will not be fit, to eat1. Your 1hu1 b) md( will furnishl tile sauce. DonI't let F bec'nme to) peppery. Boston Bread ; Tiake somle beans fl5 qulaltity of IlouIr ; 80111 more~ beans'; somu salt ; a few beans. Bake inl a stove or at ovenl. (If 1puns1 were permlissibilin tIs de p)artmenrt, we might throw a shatdow o3 -gho:ni Over tile reader by remlarking thIn the pecople whlo take most kindly to the beans ar1e Boston Bred.) OnIon Soup: Take a few onions ; also few soup. Put, the 0onions in the soup ; o; thle 80111 in thle oi.ions; It is immanterla whichl. Cook thlem. If too thIck, mankl it thinner; if' too thin, make It thicker. "$lap Jacks: Tease your Jack until hi slaps) your face; thIen slap-jack's. Johnny Cake: 'rake a quart of butte and( a half 1)0und( of miilk; mix. Place Ih thle oven. See that there Is a fire in thi oven1. When baked, give seven of thlem t< IJohnny. TIhese will be sWllcient to mafki 011e stummiy eAke. Peach Mangocs: Procure aspeck of cho6e0 Speach1ee; set therty on the d ing-rooni ta bin. When Chiarley returnl home fron 3 ollhee, watch ho0w readIly thle man11 ge'9s fe tha.