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7 -A . . - I A - \ - - - - -l % f'. TI1-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE '22, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO.7 LAST NIGHT. Last night, within tie little curtained room Where the gay music sounded faintly clear. And s.lver lights came stealing through the gloom, You toll the tale that women love to hear; You told it well, with firm hands clasping ' mino, And deep eyes glowing with a tender light. Mere act'ng ? But your power was half di vine Last night, last nght, Ah, you had much to offer ; wealth enough To gild the future, and a path of ease For one whose way is somewhat dark and rough ; New friends, a life as calm as summer seas, And somethig (was It love ?) to keel) us true, And make us precious [i each other'n sight. Ah! then indeed my heart's resolvo I know Last night, last night. Let the world go, with all its dross and polf Only for one. like Pot tie, could I say, "I would be trebled twenty times myself ;" Only for one, and he is far away .; lia voice came back to me distiot and dear, And thrilled me with the pain of lost delight ; The present fa led but the past was oloar Last night, last night. If others answered, as I answered then, We should hear less, perchance, of blighted lives ; There would be truer women, iobler men, And fewer drt ary I omes and faithless wl os. Because I could not give all you my best, I gave you nothing. Judge me-was I right? Yt,u may t'ank Heaven that I stood the test Last night, last idbgt. At The End. "I am so tiredt" The flute-like voice that uttered this pettish exclamation broke through the fra grant stillness of the autumnal evening, like a jarring chord in soei exquialte melody, and Nathaniel Ilolt looked up from his paper with a slight frown on his bronzed, handsome face. He was tired, very tired, after a day of hard labor on his mountain lands, and had thrown himself into a great easy-chair of his mother's, on the south porch, for a mo ment's rest; and he could not understand how the speaker, a tall, supple girl, with hands as white as milk, who passed her time in comparative idleness, could be tired. For Elsie Marian was not one given to unusual exertion, and generally managed to secure the good things of this world Alt as much ease as was possible or con sistent with her position as dependent niece in the home of her mother's sister. Nathaniel lolt's aged mother, who shiply adored the bright young girl who had brought sunshine into her old house, and whose helpless orphanage covered many serious faults. He stood over her, his hands folded on his back, and his broad, bronzed brow flushed a little with some sudden inward emotion. "Elsie," lie began, the brown eyes that she dared not meet searching the face that drooped brneath his gaze, "what lins tired youll" "Nothing." "You were once a contented, happy girl, Elsie; what has changed you ?" "Nothing," she spoke listlessly, yet a faint, sea-shell pink crept into the round, soft cheeks and up to the root of her golden hair. "I am fibt changed." Elsie tried to steady her voice. "I am the same to-day that I have been every day for a year. You know I am twenty and I must try and be womanly." '"Has Lewis Walton anything to do -witl the change. Elsie ?'' Elsie's face flushed crimson, yet she laughed merrily. "No. You arc surely not jeailous, Nath aniel ?" It was Nathaniel's turn to blush now, which lhe did to perfectioni. For answer lhe drew the dog-woodi berries out of the lile hands, arid held the slendler fingers in his own. "I am not jealous, Elsie; but you (10 not sconi contented of late-you are always tired, you inever run upi the mountain path to meet me, or take long rambles in the woodland, so as to be near me, as you once did. You see, 1 have grown Sc) usedl to your tender, watchftul love, Elsie, it would be hard to give it up. And I have thought that. you had grown tired of me and laud given youar love to Lewis Waiton, who seems a more fitting mate-" , ''A divorced muan, Nathaniel," Elsie cried, lifting her eyebrows slightly, al though her cheeks were dyed wit,h burn Ing blushes, andl her lips iremubled ner vously.* "A divorced main," repeatedn Nathaniel, looking her full in the face; "'yes, Elsie, there is danger of you forgetting ime through him, for lie is a more polished, more fascinating man; yet, .Elsiecldear, lie Is unstable as the wind, and nmot calculated to make any woman happy." "ils divorced wife was a contfirmned flIrt," Elsie says, dIreamily, drawing her hands away from Nathaniel's strong clasp and gazing out at a scarlet rift in thme banik of orange clouds that overhung the western hille. "ils wife was too good for him, Elsie. Take warninug arnd (10 riot listen to his sophistries, for, believe me, lie Is not worthy of a good woman's respect or es teemn." "You must tinak ime very impressible," broke out Elsie, whose conscience was not as easy as it might have been; "when I gave you my promise to be your- wife I meant to keep It." Nathaniel HolIt kissed the lovely face, act one but many times, and years after. these passionate kisses were remnemblered with keenest pain1. Elsie slipped away from hian and ran into thec house9, and Na thaniel, silenced, butt not convinced, sat perfectly still and ta ied to reason away lis tears, with knitted brows. After that, life went on much as usual at the Hlolt farm. Elsie was to become Its mistress at Christamas, and her Aunt Eu nice was very busy over the expected wccd cling. She loved Elsie ' with a muother's love already, and .Nathaniel, as the an tuamnial mnonthis drifted by, grew a trifle thouightftul, for Lecwis Walton, who hand been a summer guest In the neighbor-hood, still lingered, and stilled called on Elsie, who tried to hide her growing fondness for his company. Nathant watched her w,tit a bro.dng tenderness. le was so loyal himself that lie would instinctively notice any wavering < on Elsie's part, he thought, yet the eyes of I love are often blinded by self-confidence, and when Elsie came to him and laid her i golden head against his arm, as she often did Ih the autumn gloaming, Nathaniel's happiness was too deep to be delusive, and he would hold her to his breast as if noth ing could wrest her from his faithful arms. Poor Elsiel Little did she know of the passionate depth and power of this strong man's love. The purple haze of Indian sunier was lying on the hills, as Nathaniel Holt trudged down ti mountain path, and lils eyes kindling with love, as the old farn house, with its tall gables draped with scarlet runners, came in view. His mother sat on the porch, bathed in a rift of ruby sunshine, but he looked in vain for Elsie -lsle, who had proniised to come up the mountain path to meet him. Bomething like the murmur of voices attracted his attention, and turning Into a side path he came upon Elsie and Lewis Walton seated on a mossy low, with - their faces turned fro.i him. "Elsie-Else," the soft, unobstrusive voice was saying: "be wise, anrl isten to me. You do not love Nathaniel Hlolt as women love the men they marry." "Nathaniel is so good; and he has been like a brother to me since manna's death," murmured Elsie, by way of protest, while Nathaniel stood as if rooted to the spot, his brea'h coming in quica, hot gasps. "That's is just it, Elsie; you have m1is taken your feelings. Instead of the love you should have given him, you will re ward his great love- for he does love you deeply--with a wari, sisterly affection. Ah! Elsie think in tine-I love you, as I have never loved before, and, Elsie, you love me," said Lewis Walton, as lie put his arm around her slender waist, and drew Elsie's happy face to his bosom, and covered the warm, red lips with kisses. Nathaniel Holt flew from the spot, like a hunted deer. The veins on his temples stood out like whipcords, and dry, voice less sobs broke from him, as lie sank down on the mossy turf, and buried his face in the cedar spears that lay an Inch deep on the moist ground. When his passion of grief had spent itself, lie arose and turned into the path that led homeward, feeling very nuch as if lie had stood beside Elsic Marian's grave and saw her laid in it. Ils face had grown whitcand hard and stern in that short but bitter struggle, and the brown eyes were full of grief too deep for tears. 1le grew faint and dizzy when lie saw Elsie stand ing at the meadow gate alone, a beauti ful blooi on her young face, and tlie light of a newly awakened love in her blue eyEs. "Nathaniel," she speaks nervously, for her womanly instincts tell her sonmething is wrong, ''what has happened; you are late?" "Just this, Elsie, "-e takes her hand in his, and turns lils set white face away from her-' 'I have lost something out of my life which I shall never, never own again, an untroubled mind; and, Elsie, dear, forgive me, if I have mistaken grati tude for love, and held you against your will. Take the man of your choice, Elsie, and heaven grant you may not tind your happiness Dead Sea fruit." "Oh, Nathaniell" Elsie's tears are fall ing over the hard brown hands; "I (lid not deserve your love, I do not deserve your kindness now." "Go!" he says gently, and Elsie slips past him, leaving him to conquer the rush of feeling that threatened to overpower hint. At length lie felt strong enough to face lils future, and went into the house with a look on his face that told his mother the hour she dreaded had come, for with the keen in-tincts of her sex, she had fore seen the result of Lewis Walton's attention to Elsie, andl was more grieved than sur prised wvhen Nathaniel told his p)itiful story. - Elsie was marriedh. Tihe first snow had just whiitenecd the earth when she left the Il0lt farm, time wvife of Lewis Walton, a strange paler on her' beautiful face, a strange dIread in her heart, .for some thoughts had come to her, in the eleventh houff, that were neither pleasant iior en nobling, for they taught her that her life had been a mistake, as far as stability of feeling andl purity of p)rincile were con cernedl, for the white, weary face of Na thaniel H-olt was dlearer~ to her heart tihan the handi(somne face of her husband by her The witer (lays rolled on. Newvs of Elsie Walton's triumiphs caime now and then to the quiet farm-house, and stirred upi Nathaniel H olt,'s heart with a touch of the old p)aini; for lie could not forget that all this beauty and grace might have been his. Lewis Walton miighit value it as a chiildl prizes a beautifu'. toy; lie wouild hamve idholized it, as some devotee worships the beaut,y of' lia godidess-and for this feeling alone lhe felt the great treasure of Elsie's love had been denimed him. Bitt a rumor was stirring the fashilona ble worl that never reachied the quiet 01(1 homestead. Men looked with pity on the lovely, trusting wife, wonmn smiled and sneered behtind their fains, and still Elsie never dIreanmed aught of the shame andl dlisgrace that was gathering around her. When the news or her fickle husband's elopement with a dhashinug widow reached her, she thtrew up her hands with a cry of deispair "Nathaniel-Nathaniel, my sin nas found mue out. Th'lrec dauys later the dead botdy of her husband-for a railroad accident hatd eut4ed his career-was carried home to her; and Elsie, broken and full of bitter remtorse, followed it to its last, resting place, then ,turnedl her face to the quiet home she had left a bride but, a few months before. Nathaniel asked ito questions. Trhe sadl white face was (dearer to him now thtan it, had( ever been before. HIe made no out wardh signi of the love that was burning within lis breast. yet hia care of her was wondlerfuli; and hie thanked Glod that through ailliction lhe had been shown thte weakness of lia 1(101, and that Elsie was but human, while his own heart had been purified in the fire of tribulatin. Mot ( than a year after Lewis Walton's (leatih, we find them stand(ing where we first saw them, under the old willow,' and Elsie Is weaving a wreath of dogwood ber ries aiid antumn leaves. Hecr cheeks are lluishied, and a tender light fills the beauti fuul eyes. "Elsie"-Nathaniel imprisons the slen-. der fingers--"you must let me speak. Give me back the love I lost when you became the wife of another.". "Nathanlel"--Eleie's voice is full of ontrition--"1 did not know my own heart lien." "You know It now, Elsie; say that it Is nine." "Forerer, and forever, Nathaniel." Whatthe Pennsylvata miltroad it, oing, In Ph1iladelpfal. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, is Indefatigable in its efforts to improv the carrying cap.acities of its road, and al the same time acconnnodate the travelinp public in the best manner. All al.og Iti various lines new and commodious depoti have been erected, and at the same tiie track facilities multiplied to supply busi ness demands. But the work of the greit. est magnitude and importance on this lin has been undertaken by the Pennsylvanila Raitroad Company In building an E levated Railroad from their present depot in West Philadelphia to Fifteenth and Market streets, Philada., thus bringing t. elr line Into the very heart of the city and landing pa-isengers within a few minutes walk of the principal Hotels and business places of the city. This Important work which was commenced in November last has been pushed rapidly for. ward during the Winter and Spring months and is i->w In such a condition as to war rant, the belief that the Line will be com pleted andi in operation by the fir8t of De comber of this year. The Elevated road starts from a point near the Western end of the passenger sheds at West Phila. depot and iuns on a direct lin with Filbert Street to tile river, crossing the Schuylkill just north of Market Street on a three span Iron bridge, 464 feet In length, which will be built to accommodate two passenger and one freight track. The road is carried over the Uas Works property and at 22d St. leaves il5bert and turns into the property lying between Filbert and Jones Sts., which the Penn sylvania Railroad Company recently pur chased for this purpose, thus providing ample room for eight tracks between this point and Filteenth street. The road will be constructed in the best possible manner. From the bridge to twenty-second street it will be supported by wrought Iron pillars egliteeon inies in diameter, placed on stone foundations, from that point to the depot the road bed will consipt. of a series of brick arches rest Ing on solid stone foundations, there being about twelve of t.hese arches to a qtiare and the railroad being carried over all the intervening street crossings and being so constru,:tedi as not to interfere with travel on the streels. The new depot will be built to face the Public Buildings, and will extend back to Sixteentlh street. It will be made to ae commodate both the passetger atid freight business of tile Company, giving 1.rgely it, creased facilities for both. Over one thotand men are now em ployed on this improvement, and the forcu will be still further inere sed as the work progresses. The cost of building the road and purchasing tile property required for tile purpo,e is estimated at Three Millions of Dollars. Palited Feet. Amnong the strange freaks of tile last Viennese Carnival has been tile adoption )y several of tile Kaliserstadt's leading ieauties of imitation feet and sandals, Its 1ccessc,iies to mythological or classical 3o0stlnes. Having procured lesh-colored !laillots provided with thin soles, these ]a ies committed their delicate extremities to h)te manipulation of skilled artists, who :eftly painted thereupon counterfeit pro ientments of toes, sandals and laces, all -omplete. It appears that a pretty wife >f an eminent Viennese historical painter iad chosen the dress or undress of a wa 'er-sprite wherein to attend the "'ecinas B3all," and solicited her talented husband's lid to ''make up'' 11cr feet in tile manner ibove indicated, iIe consented; b)ut beinlg f a jealous disposition, p)romptoig hlim to )c chary of enhancing his wife's natural 3hafrms1 by adventitious means, lhe put off he foot-painting operation until the last noment. When, however, tile carriage v'as at the (door, andl the water sprite's tcanty toilet completed in all respects but meo, lie seizedl brush andl palette and ad Iressed himself, seemingly in feveriush inste, to his task, hurrying his wvife off to ho ball as soon as her mimio11 feet *ere eandy, wilthout givitng her time to inspcOt ,hem. On entering the gayly lighlted ball -oom) the ladiy cast a hlurried glance at 11er insbandl's artistic achievements. H1cr hor 'or may be bettor imagined thanll descritbed avhlen she perceivedl that tile p)ink silk ,ights in whlich her dainty feet wvere i rlsoned hlad been admirably ilhuninateud )y his master-hland( with horrible represeni ations of chilblains, bunlionls and1( inveter toe corns8, only too true to nlatuire. That uight she danced not, but sat sad(ly in a torner, hiding her traverstied feet untder icr chair as best she might. Finudsng. Thle lawv of finding is this: T1he finider ias a clear title against all the wvorld bult he owner. The p)roprietor of a railroad :ar or 81101 has 110 righlt to demand the >roperty whichI may be found on his preml ses. Such p)roprietor may mlake regula Ions in regardl to lost' property whnih will >indl their employes, but they canntot bind lhe public. Th'le lawv of finding was (de :lalredl by the King's Bench01 one0 hundred rears ago ini a case in wihichi the facts were hiesc: "A person found a walct, contain ng a 81111 of mno?ey Oil 8 81101 floor, lie ianded the wallet and( contenlts to the shlop uceper to lie retarnedl to tIle ownler. After hrec years, dutrIig whichl the owner dId lot call for the property and the finder dle mnanded the wallet and( money~ from tho tlopkeeper. Th'ie latter refused to delIver hem up on the ground tht,t theoy were ound onl his p)remiises. Thell flnnder theni uedl the shopkeeper, and It was heild as bove statedl, that against. all the world but lie owner the title Is perfect. And theo ndl(er has been held( to stand In thle lace of h10 owner, so that 110 was peimittedi to pro-. rail In action against a person who founld mn article which tIle plaintiff had originally ~ound btut subsequently lost. 'rie police inve no special rights In regard to articles ost, unless those righlts tire conferred b)y itatute. Receivers of articles found are rustees for the fInder. 'They have iio powver Iin tile absence of a specIal statte to ecep the article against tile fInder any more hlan tile. finder hlas to retaini the article igai nst thle owiter. -DIscoverIes ~f gold and siver have areated quite an (xcitement In Wiscon SIin./ .. A Lucky Tramp. A rather intellig6nt looking, though poorly dressed young mnan entered Trittle & Co a. olice, Virginia City, Nevada, re- 1 cently, and asked for employment. ( "If you can't give me work yourself," he said, "perhaps you can get me some- F thing to do elsewhere." "Can you kepl) books?" asked Hook keeper Ityan. "Ao, sir." "Can you figure pretty rapidly '" "No, sir," answered the young man, flushing painfully. "Ilave you learned a trade ?" With increased confusion the appli- U cant for employment owned that he e hadn't. "What can you do, thou ?" demanded Mr. H1yan. ' Well, I can play the fiddlel" t "I don't know what use a broker could mi#ko of a fiddler in his business," said Mr. Ityan, thoughtfully. "Dom you, 11 Sinc?" he asked of Mr. Barnes, of Can delara, who was an interested listener to a the dialogue. 'Well," replied Mr. Barnes, scratching t his back with slow comfort on the corner of the ticker-shelf, "it mia;ht be a good thing to cler up the boys when they C come in to look at the list. Depends a t good deal on how he makes the iddle show up. Got your instrument handy ?" "I'll get it In a minute," cried the young 1 muan, and darting out lie returned in a mo ment with a green bag. After a prelimi nary scrape or two, 'Lanuigan's Ball" i' as dRawing a multitude of flattened noses C against the glass door. "Did you ever take a course in a musical institute ?" inquired Mr. Barnes. "No, sir,' replied the plieasaut niusi clan. "That's a pity," said Mr. Barnes. "What a barn burner with the fiddle you'd I be if you'd only had education. Do you t like to travel ?" "If I had the means I'd like to," an swered the bewildered young man. "All right," said binc, taking off his hat and dropping a dollar into it. "Ante, gen tlemen." t Mr. Barnes handed over the collection, and, speaking kindly, said: "Take the coin, young fellow, and go to Gold Hill. Give 'em a tune when this is gone. and they'll send you on to Car son. A iman who can play the fiddle like you oughtn't to have any trouble in travel Ing in style over the whole world. Don't try Reno, though. They're jokers down there, and go more on tar than collec. tions," and the traip departed. Ird0s. No person, be he ever so sordid, but is im somei way sensible to the charms of Na ture, and among the charms of country life the presen'ce of birds, and the delights de ived from their cheerful songs, are among the most popular., Hardly'anyoe would care to be without them, nil yet the dama age they sometimes (o is so provoking that it is no wonder at times people grow out of patience with them. It is very hard in these cases to discuss the bird question properly, and thus we read in various "transactions" of the most contradictory opinions in regard to the valuc of birds. In some quarterspeople are praying for buds and petition the legislatures for laws to protect ana encourage them; on the other hand these people are regarded as mere sentihentalists, and "fire and brimstone" is votedi as the true deserts of what the other regard as feathered pets. The truth about birds lies midway between these two extremes. That they live for nine months in the year on insects is clear of birds as a general thing. There are a few perhaps which live wholly on seeds and fruits, but I none of these are among the birds which give our agriculturists and fruit-growers so nmuch trotible. if it, were not for the miyraids of insects which these birds dhes troy ini that time, it would be p)erfectly useless to try to raise grain or fruits at all. Now, when we .look at thiee facts the kind hearted are very apt to decide that the p)oor things arc enttitled to somei of t,he fruit.s which, without them, we could not have at all. But the trouble is that in many cases they tiake all the crop., and1( un dher thesc circumstances onte is not apt to care much whether they eat insects for ntine mionths or not. In this conflict of facts the wise man Is lie who ignores none, but adapts tIhings to circumst ances. We must have birds, and( they r,hould be en-1 coutragedl, and to have fruits wec must guard thenm from birdls who will take more thiant their share. Agricultural writers tell us that in Europe, where the birds are in-1 Ilnitely hmore numierotis than they arc here,t they suffer very little from insects. TIhe b)irdls keep the noxious intsccts pretty well dlown), but when the grain-fIelds are sownt, or the fruit about to ripen, boys arc hired who with clappers wvalk about the fields andi keel) the birds away. By thius spend1(-r lng a trifle for a few weeks they have no difliculty in having fulIl crops in spite of( the great numbers of feathered tribes. Our true policy must be a similar one,' to en-i courage the birds and( p)rotect tihe crops. I There is no of her rational groundl to I tiahe. The Rt is of the P'arit. Sewers. Magendale needed somie rats for li t studies, a;ad had twelve caught at Moat- I; faucoui m the sewer andl shut up in a box. F When lie openedl the box at the Jardin des I Plantes, lie fountd reitalning only three,e very obese, swollen andI quite repulsive.r in theo short journey the survivors had eaten their ine comrades. TIhiese sewere rats are tot ribly ferocIous. Thley attack a cat easily and kill it. But the rats are dis appearing now from tIme sewers. They are only met with In the old galleries whered the soft banks permit these rodents to bur- f row. The firmt ceitinnt, whtich they canntot F gnaw through aitd with which the newa sewers are hmed, p)revenlts them from dig-. ging their customary habitations therein. The rats now have taken up their abodes I in the vicinity of the markets and at thme abattoirs and about private houses andr stables, it is a curious fact that the pres ent race of rats inva(ded France in tihe sec- I 011( half of the eighteenth centuiry. Pallas f fixes the date of the entree of the rat In Europe ; lie says the little wretch pene- I trated to S3amnara In the summer of 1766. 1, .Heo came from Tartary from the "steppes" I of Karakumi, driven therefrom lby time cx- f cessive hoat. Arrivlag in France these F Tartar rats commenced by putting to deatha and devourmng all the domestic rats thatc they encountered. They performed so1 well their work that all the other rats dis-1 apneared entirly. Carro Gardening. The out-door occupation is carpet gar lening. It consists in the laying out of eds on lawns, of borders and strips of arth, with shrubs or bedding plants of ariegatated hues in order to match the hades of Persian carpets and Indian hawls. This style of fancy gardennin onimenced in France a few years ago; the :vcly Japanese carpet in tie Trocadero ;rounds during the late Exposition gave an inpulse to his mode of ornamenlation. I ave seen the border of an Indian camel's air scarf, with all its palms and Interven tig designs, most accurately reproduced n a garden border. Neither is it so (l11 ult to succeed in this as one at first sight vould suppose. It is a matter which re puires care and foresight chiefly. The eight of variegated shrubs and the room bcy require for spreading has to be ac uired; the rest Is only a case of painstak tg and nicety. The beds of French twns' set aside for the piurpose are pre ared by the gardener, who makes all the urfaces perfectly level. When they re ready, the ladies lid on the op a paper on which the design as been carefully perforated; the paper of ourso corresponds with the size aid shape f the bed or border to be ornaiented. All tie holes are then filled with chalk finely owdered or sand, which leaves a perfect mnpress On the bliock mould after lie paper as been carefully removed. The plants re afterwards sink into the dilTerent coi artments marked out for them. If the lesign is very intricate it is wise to indi ate the color ant nathire of plants to be edded by writing their names on the pa. cr. A plan or paper bed is usually pre >ared in-doors when the weathei (loes not dImit of out-dook exercise. Several 'entlemien having property in tle nvirons pride themselves on their carpet awn, which is the successful attempt of heir wives and daughters. Th'lie cost Is noderate. A tblecloth design is usually xecnted in cream-colored shrubs. We mVe seen a kiosk, under which meals are erved in summer, withi a circular border epeating emblems of welcome ant hospi ality carried out in shrubs; the emblems vere: A pilgrim's g. tird in biota .cmper turr(a; a staff in cuonyms latifolia erylWec; a pitcher in rctinaxfor(c namt urca; a basin (recalling the ewter of an :ient times, when the wayfarer soaked hih veary feet. before lie took food) in -ionyis aure<t fl<te Pa tf( ; the words alvc in aicub<. and "lho.vpiqliru il .11MYm1110 rOWdicon.i 1-urhefp(ta<. I What. Treeo Shall we iant 7 Tle queslion, "what trees shal, we lant ?" is frequently asked by persons whu lesire either to repla- e the decaying shade rees in front of their premises or to set nit trees in places heretofore vacant. The lon. 1B. 0. Northrop, Secrelary of ti Joniectieut Board of Education, who has lone more than any other person in that itate for tihe improvement, of the public horoughfares of its cities and villages, aE ,Vell as the country highways especially n the matter of tree planting, says in an iwer that choice native trees deserve the Irst mention, namely, the chn, maple, ,vlite ash, white oak, linden or basswood, ulip tree, hickory, and black walnut. All >f these are admirable for the roadside, ind a m11jority of thi in are espeeally tdapted for the city avenues. The tullil ree is a magnificent vegetable and worthy f general favor for ornamental purposes. [t (oes not transplant well. however, unless aken when young, mid must be set out vith very great care. The elm has been (alled the most desirable of all shaide and rnamental trees of the temperate zone, uimd next to it come (lie maple and oak. 01 oreign trees the European birch is the best. t combines in a ire degice three desir ible qualities, nanmely, tr(opical growth, ymmeatry of for m and1 dlurability, and is herefore especially valuable for shade and riamient at ion. There may also lie men ,ioned the puirple beachi, Norway muapic mid ginko, all * f whichi may lbe p)rocured >f the nurserymenm. But uniless the soil and ocation are well adapted for the success ul growvth of these ornamental varieties, it s much more desirable to select nativt roes for transplant inag. Mr. Norithr op very ruthifully says: "'If every citizen wall duly are for his own frontage and grounds, ii ~rand( resultimaay be0 accompiilished. If pri rate taste and public spirit can be enlisted, lhe streets, roads, and homes may easily3 >c madle beautiful and invitbng. Th'le good york should go on tintii inot a dwelling oi treot, is loft without the simp)le and granm] udornment of shade trees, and with shrub. mery, Iloweis, and lawmn where such addti ional beauties may be added." n)tepnt 4ianiyonis Kniowni. Ini the early part of March, this year, a arty of prospecters, timrteen, procured the cessary papllers fromi Gen. Wilcox ad owing them to visit the Indian village on ~ataract creek, in Arizonia, lnnhabitedl by lie Ave Sumpals, a trihbc of Indians nutmnber ang all told 200 souls. Tihe party was nown as thme Beckman and Young pros ecting expedition. They went from Wil amsoni valley to thme Bill Williams range, nid thence to Pine Spring, a small watering lace surrounded by a pinme forest. Here hey found every initheat ion of ani 01(d sea ed,'the gravel and( rocks being roumnd and mnoothi, similar to t hose ini the ocean hed. ~i'om Pine Sp)ring time party directed their ourse for tihe Ava Supai villuige, which is eached by (descending from the table or acsa land down one of the roughest trails ver traveled by mian for a distance of 14 ulles, dropping 3,0(00 feet. At p)laces along he trail we were told that it is iiot over 20 iches ide, and( wmads a"und the perpen. Licular walls of sandstone that loomi above or hundreds of feet, while on the other idle (lark, deop canonis exist, hundreds tup) a hundreds of feet (heel). where, by one also step or move, mam or beast wvould he cnt to otornity. With great car~e anid goodl aick 10 of the party suicceeded in reaching he villnge, three of their number returinng atheor thiaii run the gauntlet m passing lown into this awful yet marvelous crevice a the earth. The Ava Supais practice ologamy, each tmaIe having about three vives. 'They have 1,0(00 acres of farming and, which ise(describeod as being of a yel owlsh color and mostly composed of sand; owever, it is said( to prodluce goodl corn, umpkins, melons, beas, etc., with te Id of irrigating water, of whIch they have a abundance, and appropriate by measim f a good ditchi surroundIng their farm. L'hey have a peach orchard of 250 trees, rhich were, on thme first of April loaded vith small peaches about thme sze sl corns. Tle party was well received by those red people, who stated their greatest desire was to be left alone in the enjoyment of their land and other property. Their houses are built with poles In a rude manner and thatched over with bear grass and tule. The only stock they have are a few ponies. Cataract creek hcads in the Bill Williams and San Francisco mountains, the streams connecting some distance above the Indian village. Tic stream empties Into the Big Colorado 15 miles below the Ava Supal town and a short distance south of the junction of the Little and Big Colorado rivers. The party attempted to explore Cataract creek to its confluence with the Colorado, but were unable to do so from the fact that they encountered precipice after precipice from 100 to 200 feet )erpeiidicu lar, and it was in the foolhardy attempt of 1). W. Mooney of Willit.ms Valley to do scend one of these perpendicular precipices, 100 feet down, that he was lashed to a sudden and rocky tomb, where lie now rests as lie ftll, his companions being un able to rescue his body from that awful and abyssmal grave. Mr. Mooney was per suaded by his companions not to attempt such an absurd undertaking ; their oppor tunity availed not. lie took a small rope, hardly half an inch in diameter. tied one end to a bank, suspended it over the brink, then taking hold of the rope, was soon dangling between the bright heavens and dark dismal gorge below. Evidently cramps came in his arms or his mind gave way, and Ie fell front almost the top to his rocky and lonely grave below. The party remained nearly two days, devising mans and plans to rescue the corpse, but with failuires, as no one cared to risk a descent upon the weak rope. The Indians informed the party that no man had ever passed through the cainon, that, in fact, a passage was only possible for the birds of the air or the spirits of the dead. The party retraced their steps and went around Cataract creek to the Grand canon of the Colorado. They took in this peculiar freak of nature and describe the walls, which are about perpen dicular, as being about two miles from the apex to the water. Where they beheld the Grand canon the water iW described as be Ag 100 yards across; still, from the cle vate(A view of the explorers, the furious stream appeared to be a silver thread of only a few inches In width. A canon two miles deep is a grand wonder, which will, when the thirty-fifth parallel road is com pleted, draw thousands upon thousands of wonder-seekers annually, to behold time deepest gorge In the world. In going to the Grand canon, the party passed through Prospect Valley, near, and had the pleasure of beholding a copper imine, which is found imbedded botween two solid sandstone walls, a thing unknown elsewhere in the world. The ore f.toi this mine is worth from 60 to 90 per cent., and a chunk of almost pure copper weighing at leasl one ton is no uncommon thing to find. & v,auhire Onardi. The Arst. dog of any note that my father possessed was a black Newfoundland. lie was a very powerful and Intelligent animal. "My father trained him well, and taught him to go from oir country place to the town with a basket fastened around his neck, with notes inside ior the different trades people, who understood that lie would readily give then up, and if required, would bring anything sent, safely back. lie wias often dispatched for a car to a hotel about a mile distant. Hector wouldA go into the yard, and the hostler knew at once what was wanted. One dlay there was-a strange muan in the yard, wiho could not understand what iector meant. But the dog was not to be bailled. Ie went straight to the bar, and gently barked to attract attention. "Ah ! " said the girl, IIector wants a cair," which settled the busmiess. At that time it was very dangerous to walk at night In the country roads. It was before the rural police were appointed. When my father was absent of an evening, IIector was always sent, Lo meet him. A spiked collar was put on to protect his throat. lie wams told to wait at a certain pla1ce, and lie never failed to b)e there. One night I was walking home with my father; it wasU s0 dlark we could scarcely see any hin1g. Mly father~ said, ''We ought to hnve met, Ucorge 1by this time. I told him to come with the lantern." WVe walked on a few yards, and IIector met us. ie was half ii nulle ahead of his accust,omed waiting-place. Mly father wais a strict disciplinarian, and sp)oke-sharply to the clog, scolding him for coming on. Ilut I begged him not to do so, thinking there might. he sonic good reason for his coining. WVhen we reached the stile to cross thie ticlds, the dog was restless, and growled savagely. "Jiack, Hector, hack !" said my father, but the clog would not, obey him, and bound ed over first. "'There is something the mautter," said my father, as lie took out lis clasp51 knife and opened it, whispering to me1: ''We may have a fight. Ble sure you do not lay h>ld of my arm." lie then struck a light with his flint and steel, where uipon a mani sprang lip and moved on before us5. ''Mind yourself, father," said I; "Hliec tor wvill take care of mec." The dear crea ture caine close to my side and put lis nose into liy hand. I kniew lie would fight for us to the death ; for though as gentle as a lamb to those lie loved, lie was fierce as a lion in defense of them. Mly fatther was a very p)owerfuil and fearless man. lie had lis daughter to protect, and lia spirit was thoroughly roused ; but lie knew it would be well to trust to the sagacity of the dog, and see whlat' lie would do. When we reached the stile he stood still and growled. My fatther said : "Come, you fellow, come at once over this sille. I know you are there. Como at once, or I will set my dog upon01 yon, and he will show you no mercy." Thhere wvas a movement, and one, and then anmother man, came grumbiling, Hiec ter stood firm, uttering a low continued growvl. "Coimg along,'' exclahimed my father; "there are more of you. You hadh bettor be quick. " Aniother caime, saylng, ''That he lhad as much right to the road as we had." '"Still the clog would not cross the stile. "There is another of you. If you do not come at once my dog wihi kill you." lie saw the animal's patience was well nuigh exhausted. The last then slunk over, and the dog bounded over the stile into the lane. Then we knew the brave creature had saved us. When we came to the pub le-houise, George, our man-servant, was sitting comfortably on the porch waiting for us with the lantern. He had seen two men, and was afraid to come. NEWS IN BRIEF. -The standard gallon measures 231 auble inches, say 8,X pounds avordu pole. -A standard bushels contains 2150 Duble inches, or 773% pounds avoirdu pois. -The quantity of cotton consumed In 1873 was fifty-lour times greater than 1778. -The convicts at the Texas State Penitentiary turn out 60,000 bricks laily. -The Egyptians made glass and col ored it beautifully 3,000 years before L,hrist. -Prince Bismarck recently cele. brated his sixty-seventh birthday in Berlin. -The chorus of the grand opera in Paris numbers 100 -sixty men and forty women. -There are said to be at this moment more editors in than out of prison in Russia. -rhe old mausoleum of Augustus Ciuiar at Rome is being converted by an architect luto a splendid modern theatre. 0 -Sketching in the Black Forest was one of Queen Victoria's recent recrea tions at Baden. -Ninety years ago Madeira shipped over 10,000 pipes of wine and now ships but 7,000. -More than twenty celluloid com paules in this country are doing a suc cessful business. -Gen. Hancock has been elected one of the Commanders of the Loyal Legion of the United States. -Lime and sand, and cement and sand, loosen about one-third in volume when mixed together. -It it estimated the St. Gotbard tun nel will augmient trade. between Ger many and Italy tenfold. -Durlng April the United States mint turned out 9,1,O190V pieces of coin of various denominations. -rihe Duchess of Galliera has con. verted her line palace at Genoa Into a hospital for ailling infants. ---Tle number of foreigners in Rome during Holy We(-k was larger this year than it has been since 1870. -The fund for Senator Morton's monument now reaches $4,000, and it is to be placed in Indian apolls. -It is estimated that seventy years and $1,000 000 will be required to conm plete the excavations at Pompeli. -Mile. Nevada, who has just made her debut in London as an opera singer, Is Emma Wixom of Alha, Nevada. -The bank of England, it is reported, has at length lighted on a thoroughly ei'ectual safeguard against forgery. -Moncure ). Conway says that Renati makes tiiesiame physlcal impres sion on the people that. Webster made. -Time number of exiles to be trans ported to Siberia in June and July this year, Is said to be about twenty thou sand. -Sunday schools were first estab lished in England in 1780, and a grand centenary festival Is beilg organized there. -Thle richest woman in America Is said to be Mrs. E. 11. Green of Bellows Falls, Vb. 11er estate is valued at $25, 000,000. ,-KhIimg Louis of Bavaria, they 8 ay, is about to marry the Princess Isabella, his cousin. Stie is seventeeen and he thirty-live. -Mr. W. W. Story la to receive an order for a statue of the late Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian Institution, to cost $15,000, -TIhe Emnpress of Russia is said to be kept alive by morphine, diluted goat's imilk and smnali piceIs of raw meat put into strong~ bouillon. -Goid is found in lifty-six counties in Georgia, siver in three, copper in thmirteem,, iron in forty-thmree and dia naonds in twenty-six. -It has been ascertained in France that toughened glass on'ers a greater resistence thani ordinary glass to the passage of e1e't:'icity. -Vi:e-P residen t Wheeler is de scribed as being very fond of animals, aind often stopping during his walks to stroke a stray cat or dog. -At least one-third of the solid part of the earth, onc-llfth of tihe air and cight-ninth's of all the water on the globe are composed of oxygen. -James Walsh, a wealthy dlistiller of Covin gton, IKy., recently paid the debt of $10,000 on the Church of the imac ulate Conception in that place. -The ex-Khedive is suspected of fo mnentinig the great agitation in Egypt against theo introduction of foreigners into the administrative departments. --Queen Victoria intends to decorate Frances Annec, Duchess of Marlbor ough, upon her return to England, with the Royal Order of V ictoria and Albert. -There are In the United States 380 theatres andl 120 concert halls, 150 reg ular travelling companies, 50 variety comp)anies, 68 comnpanlies formed to sup port stars, and 7 resident stock corn panies. -At thme head of all thme city institu tIons for tihe benefit of the poor in Paris is the Assistance Pubbique, which gives id to some thirty or forty thousand peole every year. -Trhere is a rumor of the possible marriage of the Princess Beatrice, of Britain, to Prince Thomas Albert Vic tor, Duke of Genoa, and younger broth er of' Queen Margaret, of' Italy. -The p)roduction of cotton-seed o11111 this counatry has risen from 2,300,000 gallons in 1873 to 7,800,000 in 1870; about one-third of the present pt'educt going to France to be sold as ollte oil. -The fastest run on record Ivad inade recently by a locomotive on the TPenn sylvania RaIlroad. Thle engine was ordered to tihe scene of an accldenC, and ran sixty miles in forty-five mihutes and eighty seconds. Tihis is at tihe rate of a trifle less than eighty miles an hour. -According to an official statement, the eff'ective strength of the Swiss Fed oral Army on the 1st Of January, 1880, amounted to 119,947 men, as against 129,748 in the previous year. The num hers required by the existing law are 105.888 nien in the regular armuy and 7,012 in tihe Landwehr; or altogether I21400. Tihe actual tota) 4t present is $15,0 . . .