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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, . C., JULY 13, 1880- VOL. IV.-NO.84. BREAD UPON THE WATER. Mid the losses and the gains ; Mid tie pleasures and the pains, And the hop'ng and the feare, And the restlessnees of years, We repeat this promloe o'er We believe it more and more Bread upon the teaters cast ihall be gathered at te last. Uold and silver, like the sauds. Will keep slipping through our hands; Jewels, gleaming like a spark, Will be hidden in the dark, Hun and moon and stars will pale, But these words will never fail: Brvad upon the teaters cast Shall be gathered at the last.. Soon, like dust, to you and me, Will our earthly treasures be ; But the loving word and deed To another in his need, They will unforRotten be ! They will live eternally Bread upon the tvaters cast Shall be gathered at the last. Vast the moments slip away. Roon our mortal powers decay, Low and lower sinks the sun, What we do must acon be done; Then what rapture, if we hear Thousand voices ringing clear Bread upon the waters cast Shall be gathered at the last. Why I Didn't Marry. You see I was nineteen years old before I thought of such a thing as marrying. I was too bashful by half. I never used to kiss a girl at huskings or quilting frolics without fVeling as if some one was pouring hot, water down my back; and once, when a neighbor's daughter stayed at our house till nine In the evening (I believe she did it on purp9se, too,) and my father Insisted that I should go home with her, I went out into the barn and cried an hour before I could make up my mind to go in and ask her ti1 awful question. The girls used to laugh at me some ; but after all they seemed very willing to help me along; and so, when my nineteenth birthday came, I looked at myself in the glass, and says I: "Josiah, it's no use; you're darned good looking, and you might have any girl you wanted. You ought to go a-courting. Suppose you begin to-mght ?" From that moment the idea got into my head and there it stayed. I dressed up and went to church, just as I always did, but I couldn't attend to the minister, nor the sermon. 1 sat mighty uneasy, and father watched me out of the corner of his ey4% though he never said a word. He knew plaguy well what I was thinking of, for he'd been there himself I Deacon Billings' pew was right in front of ours, and he had just the prettiest girl for a daughter that ever wore a bonnet. I watched her awhile that day, and con cluded I liked the way she managed things pretty well. So, after supper, thinks I: "I'll go over to the old deacon's and see how they're getting along." Father saw me sprua'ng up, but he didn't say anything, only gave me a won derful cunning look. When I got to the deacon's, they were all out In the kitchen but Rachel, and she was in the square room; and so after I had talked a spell with the old lady, she asked me In there and left us all alone. Ma'amn Billings knew what was what, I can tell you. Rachel she was sItting up by the window, singing "Old Hundred." She did't look very good-natuzed; but when I came in she brightened up wondlerfully, andi began to talk about the sermon, and the minister, and everything else that you con think of. My gracious I How a woman's tongue cau go when it gets started I If Rachel's didn't ache that night I shall lose my guess. The old deacon brought us in some ap. ples and butternuis, and a pitcher of cider, and then told Rachel to cover up the Ore when she went to bed. The old man always wasa sleepy.headed kind of a thing, and in about ten mninntes afterwards I hoard hum snoring away as if he was on a wager. Rachel's two little brothers went up-stairs to bed, and one of them yelled ouit, right by the square roonm door: "osh Jenkins is a-courting our Racheli Josh JenkIns is a-courting our Rache I" ils mother came along and boxed his ears, and hie changed his tune pretty quick. 1 lo)oked at Rachel. 11cr face was as red as a mahogany table, and her mouth kept a quirkinug, as If she wanted to laugh and daren't. I swow! she looked pretty enough to eat I We'd got pretty sociable by this time, and so I hitched my chair up alongsidle of hers. She didn't say anything, but looked down on the floor and began to play w.ith a string of gold beads she wore on her neck. "Let me tie them," says I, slip)pintg my arm over her shoulder. "'They ain't untied, and you musn't hug me,' says she. "Oh, pshaw I" says I, getting a little nearer; "that isn't anything. You see I can't tih to you without I rest my arm oin something." She laughed as if she would die. "You're a queer foll.,w," says she;i "bit If you will put your arm there, I can't help It ; only you mumn't hug me, nor kiss mec." I hadn't been looking ahead quite so far as that ; but seeing she spoke about it, I thought I might as well try It. So I got up a little closer still, and just as she looked up to speak I kissed her. She dodged away after it was all over, and boxed my ears; but she didn't strnke very hard, and after a little while I tried it aain. That time she took it pretty quietly, an after that I didn't stop to count the kisses I was making up for lost thne, and worke pretty steady, I can tell you. I've ha some pretty good times since then, bil none of them ever came up to that evenin with Rachel Billings. It makes my hear beat to think of it even now. Rachel got up at last and leaned ove my chair to get an apple. Somehow c other her foot slipped and she came ver near falling over. I caught her In in ayms; and after I once had her there didn't care about letting her go. Creation I what a feeling that was ! I fel just as I did the day when I took hold c an eel Sam Jones had in a tub-an clectri del I believe he called It. They keep it s as to have the fun of seeing it give peopl shocks. Well, as I was saying, Rachel was I my arns, and I fancied I was pretty nes Paradise. I thought what a nice thing I would be if I could have the right t a hav her there always. There was a chap that was almost al ways hanging around Rachel. His nam was Thomas Wilder. He and I never hat anything to say to each other: but I hate him now, just because lie had been wit her so much. So I thought how nice I would be to cut him out. I was ninetee and my father had nob'xly but ic to leav his property to; and Rachel was a first.rat housekeeper, and would most likely b willing to wait a year or two for im Even if I hadn't a red cent, and no way t get one, I should have done the same thin she was so confounded pretty. 'Rachel," says I, "I've l;een huntin after a wife for six months and I haven seen any one I liked half a) wel} as you I came to see you to-night on purpose t ask you If you would marry me." That was a tremendous story, for I' never thought of such a thing till she fe into my arms; but I had read soiewher that "All is fair in love and war," and a I thought it wouldn't do any harm to coo her up a little. My gracious I how she colored up th minute I spoke I She got up and looke straight at ic for a spell and then said : "Bless me, Mr. Jenkins ! I thought yol knew all the time that I was engaged t Tom Wilder. Where have you been a your life? Why, I'm going to be marric next Siiday and should have been this only Tom has cut his foot with an axe an( can't walk I" "I hope to gracious he'll be a cripple al his life I" said I. The next thing I know, I was comm through our garden gate. "Father hadn't gone to bed; I bellev he know I should com home with a fle in my car. When I came in, he observed "Josiah, when you want to visit old folk another Sunday night, just com to me and I'll tell you a better plape than Deacor Billings'." I turned right around, just as niad a fire. "Gaul darn It, father, I won't be laughc< at by anybody I I've made a tarnal fool o myself; but if ever I get caught in such F scrapo again you may take my 'head for foot-ball i I'll keep away from women af t'er this-see if I don't I" I kept my word. I board where ther are as many as twenty w.omen ; but always when I pa s their bonnets and shawls i the entry, I turn my head right the othe way, and(-kcelp it there I. Rachel Billings cured me!i An Unexpected uil. A few (lays since, a weli--dressedl couple in thie prime of life, stopped at a hotel in neighboring town, and sending for a Justic of the Peace, informed that functionar that they wvishedl to be married. TheIi Jus tiee said, "'AllI right," and inquired thei names. After being told, it struick hii: that he had performied the same service fo the lady sonie years before. Upon inquir Ing if such w~as not (lie case, thme lady sai, that she had( beeni marrledl previously "llave yonx a bill f romn your formier hum band?" aked Mr. Justice. "'Yes," she replied, "I1 have a hill.'' This being satisfactomy, thie ceremon' was performed, and( time couple were di clared "'mani and wvife." As they wer about departing, the Justice, who ha never seen- a "bill of dlivorce," and havin a strong d<sire to behold tihe doeumnii thought this an excellent oppom (unity t s .tisfy his curiosity, lie therefore said t the lady, "H-ave you (lie bill with you ?" "Oh yes," she replied. "have you sny objections to allowmn me too see (lie bill ?" said our friend. "None whatever," she replied; ster ping to (lie door, and calling to a little bo: some three or four years of age, she said. "Here, Bill, conic here quick, here is gentlemnan that wishes to sihe you." Th gentleman willed. Superstition South of the Equator. Ther'e are thiree great division of (lhe Irl dia family residing in (lie parts of Sont America which lie south of the equator but though differing in language cusboi and manners, they all belong to the Arys branch, and most probably camne acros in numierous migration fromi Central Asi by (lie Straits of Behrning. With regard t religion, (laey believe in two gods. Th'l first is called by seine Pillau; b)y othiers Cuchauciatru, or "the great god." lHe sup)posedi to hear 1the haumani form, but cia make himnself-invislble. Hie is theo creatc of the n orld and author of all that is gooc T'he Indians never assemble to worshi him ; he is supposed to be content with thi respect given to him in (lie heart of ever individual. The other god is "the spir of evil," knownm as Gualichu; to hini ever sacrifice and offering is madle to propitlat his wicked designs. Not only do th Pamnpa indians belIeve in the immortalit of the soul, but also ina the doctrine of mn tempsychmosis; hence when burying the; dead, they always sacrifice over the gram the favorite horse of the dead man, an place beneath the tumulus the warrior arms. A Monkey'm Fear of Herponts. In the monkey house at the Philadelphia Zoological Garden a dead snake was coiled up In a newspaper, the corners of which t were twisted together In such a manner that they would readily come undone, and t the package was then set on the floor of a cage contabilug forty or fifty monkey3 of a great variety of species. It was instantly r spied by a female Cynocclphau, who was r the primelpal leader in all the pranks with y which the monkeys constantly amused themselves; she seized the paper by one corner and set ofl'across the cage, dragging it behind her, evidently intending to have a good time with It. Before she had gone t more than a.few feet, the paper became uni f folde I and the spa!ke slipped parlly out. She instantly dropped the paper and sidled ofl in a very comical manner with her head over her shoulder, keeping an eye behind her, much as Lot's wife must have looked back on the fascinating terrors of the cities of the plain. No sooner did the rest of r the monkeys perceive the dreadful object t in their nudst than they approached step by step, and formed in a circle of six or eight feet diameter, having for its centre the snake quietly coiled up on tle floor. - None dared, however, to touch it or go c& beyond the established line of safety, with I the exception of one large Macaque, the acknowledged leader of the cage. who cau tiously approached and made an occasional snatch at the paper, apparently to see if t the onemy was really as devoid of life as it I appeared to be ; all the others meanwhile L- looking on in breathless attention. At this i point,a string which had previously been at tached to the tail of the snake was gently pulled. The serpent lengthened slightly, and the monkeys fled up the sides of the cage, chattering like-magpies ; when they got to a safe distance they halted for ob servation, and after some moments, seeing no further sign of danger, they gradually returned, one by one, to their former posi tion-the large ones in the front rank, and the smaller ones, crowded out by superior strength, forming behind and looning over their shoulders. This was continued for sonic hours without the slightest change in the disposition of the monkeys, all of their actions showing a most intplerable fear of the snake. mingled with an attraction or curiosity which woul not allow them to c remain away from it. This was so uni v'ersal that not one of the monkeys in the cage was entirely free from it. The snake was finally taken out and several other animals belonging to the same class were put In its place, but with very different re t suits. Of a tortoise, for Instance, and a 3 small dead alligator, they were at first rather shy, but they at length began to touch them and in ten minutes they were playing with them and passing them from one to another with the greatest curiosity. iThe same snake was then shown, in turn, to animals belonging to a number of other orders: Carnivors, Rodents, Ungulates, Edentates, and Marsupials, but none of them paid it any special attection, with the exception of a peccary, which finding it to be (ead, seemed disposed to make a' 3 meal of it. Graves of the Presidents. a Every American, of course, is familiar with Mount Vernon, Va., either by actual sight or description. The tomb Is a roomy brick vault, with an arched roof, and very substantial. Through an iron gate two sarcophagi are seen. On a marble tablet in I its arch is the inscription: "Within this f (nclosure rests the remains of General George Washington." The cofllns, which lie in the open vestibule of the vault proper, are of Pennsylvania marble; that of Wash ington bears an Amercan shield, the other but two words, "Martha Washington." 3 John Adams and John Quincy Adams sleep slde by side beneath the Unitarian church at Quincy, Mass. The tomb is in an apart nm.nt in the front part the cellar under the church, wailed in with large blocks of roughly-faced granite. A granite slab, seven fet by three, wilth a huge clasp and padlock, and massive hinges of wrought iron, all red with rust, forms the door. Vi ithin the bodies lie in leaden caskets, placed within cases each hewn h am a sin Sgle block of stone. The grave of Thomas Jefferson Is In a thick growth of woods, a few hundred yards to the right of the em boerdroad heading toCharlotteville, Va., r as lovers of solitude could dlesire3. Its thirty graves are partly enclosed by a brick wall about 100J teet square andl ten feet high, which on the south side has b)een topplledl over boddly, acid now.lies In level courses of brick and crumbling morter~ level withi the ground. James AMadison lies buried on the lace which ho owned at the tune of his death, at Montpelier, Va. T1he graceful shaft over his grave Is in the centre of a large field, In a lot about 100 ftet square, surrounded by a substantial brick wall five feet high. Trho remains of Janies Monroe sleep In Holly wood cemetery at Rlichmnond, 'Virginia, at a point from whlich the eye can take in a great part of the city. TIhe pilot is 804 fecet In area, and was bought by Gov. Wise for the State. Monroe dlied in New York In 1881, and it was not until twenty-seven years had elapsed that his body wvas removed to Richmond. Trho grave of Martin Van Buren Is In the north eaisteirn corner of the cemetery at Kinder hook, Columbia county, N4ew York. The ashes of WIlliam Henry Harrison, the oc cupant for only one month of thie Presi dhent's chair, repose, with those of his wife and children, ini a plain brick vault on the summimt of a hillock -at Ncrth Blend, Ohio, - fifteen miles west of Cincinnati. Just tea ii yardls east cf Monroe's grave ait Rlichimnd ;Is a turfedt minound beneath which lIes buried ,the body of John Tryler. At Its head is a ri small magnolia tree, beneath whuich are a s tea-rose and a b)looming green rose. Tihe a James K. Polk mansion Is at the coirnei of Vine amid Union streets, Nashville, Tenn., n A few feet from the gate a white-shell path ,conducts to the tomb of thie ex-Presidhent, a which stand(s In the centre of a smooth a grass-plot, encIrcled by another pathI of r dalzzling whIte shells, by which a clumip of . white lilIes tire growing. Zachary T1ay p her's body now occupies its third grave andl e soon will find a hinmal rest ing lace In a y fourth. , It was first lacedi In the cemnet,ery t at Washington, and( thence meimoved to the y Taylor homestead, fiye milec bac. of Louis e vylle, KCy., whence a few months ago It wvas e taken to Cave hill cemetery, at Lottleville. y -In the course of the summer It will be taken to Frankfort, where over it the Slate will r erect an appropriate monument. Th'le e legislature at its last session appropriated ci $4,000 for this purpose, and denator Beck B has a bill .before Congress for extend t'nr further aid to the projet from the Na. tional Treasury. Three miles north c Buffalo is Forest Lawn cemetery. Alhos upon the crest of the hill and near the cet tre of the cemetery rises the obelisk c Scotch granite that marks the resting plae of Millard Fillmore. The remains c Franklin Pierce were laid in the Mint cemetery, on Mai%street, in Concord, IN 11. The Pierce lot is surrounded by a nea iron fence six feet high, traversed by coi crete paths and neatly sodded, thoug there are neither inclosures nor curbs. Tll grave of James Buchanan is in Woodwar Hlill cemetery, Wheatland, Penn., on bluff in the southeastern part of the city The lot is. thirty by twelve feet, enclose by a neat fence of black iron, with post Df mottled White and black granite at th corners. All round the fence is a hed.e c blooming roses that interlace closely tli iron bars. Abrahain Lincoln, born inl a lo lut, Is buried under a towering pile c itiarble, granite and bronze, in Oak tidg uemetery, a mile and a half north of SprinE field, Ill. The structure, I I19x72 feet, i Af New Haven granite on a concrete fon ,lation. The monument over Andrei Johnison's grave was unveiled recently. I itands on the summit of a lofty cone-shape uininence half a mIle southwest of the tow f Greenville, Tenn. All Itight. In Little Rock, Arkansas, reently, roung man, whom it w9uld no doubt b well to call James, fell in love, or though lie did, with a young lady whom it woul, J3 well to eall Swan. I'ra etical namui both of theni. The fondness of James wo returned. James told Susan that Ie love, ier, and Susan told James that she love tiim. James asked Susan to marry him aid Susan said that she would. The youn inan had spent sleepless nights in contet plating the prize he was attemptimg to win jut when lie found that the pale of attract ons had knocked the "persinunon" o Susan's affections lie ceased tossing th cover at night and slept soundly. Finall, lie mused: "I don't love the girl. I wisi Alat I had not acted so rashly in engagin myself to her. It would almost break he heart if I were to tell her of my mistake She is so affectionate. What a fool a ma is!" Susan did not pass all this tim without mnusing: "'Women iare so impul uive," she thought. "I am engaged t4 ,,hat man, and I declare that I do not lov Alm. 1 would break the engagement, bu lie might kill himself. I don't know wliu. o do." The parties continued to be affec tAonato towards each other, and the gami -rave troubles affected alike the mind o .ach. Several nights ago the affectionati parties sat beside each other. "Susan," remarked James, "do you thlIn that a man should marry a wo,man whei lie dosn't love her, merely to preserve hii bonor?" "No; doyou?" "I don't think that he should. By th< way, Sue, I think that It would be bette for us not to get married. I have beel misaken; I don't love-you. I hope yoi will forgive me. Have I wronged you? "Glorious man," said the girl. "Yo have lifted a heavy weight from my heart I do not love you, and the fear of fatu results has ever kept me. froi brIaking im elngagcient." "Is that so ?" asked James, astonished "1 speak truthfully." "Well, I will be dog-goned. I though that you cared for me." "And I thought yau cared for ine." "I'll be blistered if this affair hasn't go away with ie. Say, Sue." "Yes.") "Now let's look at this affair a litU ,loser. We are both very frank. I thinl that frank peop!e make the best husband and wives. We understand each othi irst-rate. Tell mo-don't you-that ih lon't you entertain something of an affe< Lion for me? "Y--yes. Don't you for me?" "Yes. Supp)ose. ats we understand on another so well, that we get married ?" "All-right," and the ceremony was pe' rormted in a country church. No cards. Cats andu D)rtd P'enches. Down at Howell the other day an ->1 wvomani about seventy years 01(d boarded Detroit, Lansing and -Northern traIn t come to Detroit. 11cr baggage consiste f ia large covered basket, and she wouldn allow any hand to take a:, from her. Sh trad scarcely got seatedl when the piassengel were startled by a loud "Mle-ow I " In LI aar, quickly followed by a "per-wow" ani ther "waows" too numerous to mentiot While alt wvere searchig to discover the ci the old lady sat as stiff as a poker and loi1i u'd straight ahead at thme stovepipe. ThL iountds cont inuted, tand a panssenger finall peered around until he located the cati lier basket,. "'Madiam, are you taking that cat frot ne county to another ?" he asked. "'What, cat ?" she snapp)ed. "Don't you know that under the lawsc this State," lie went on, "a person who re moves a full-grown cat, from one countyt another without the written permission c the Swamp Land Commis4noners Is liable a fine of $100 ? 'Good landsal but I didn't know that ? she exclaimed, as she fact d around. "Womleni don't keep track of the laws mecn do,'' lie said. "'Personally, I'd like t see you take that cat through to Detroil lbut there may be so;ne 0one on this trai just niean en ugh to Inform against yo tad have you arrested. I'd let her out If wete youi." "'Yes, I will, for I don't want, to brea any laws at may age." She fumbled aroundi the basket for minute, andl all of a sudden the cat, jumitpe out. She alighted on the head of the ma11 wvho puit up the Joh,,gave him several shari dIgs, andl then leaped fromi one to anothe like a squirrel, biting, spitting and clawin as she went. Everylbedy rose up and yolle --everybody hut the old woman. She a1 like a statue, afraid of being suspecte< When the feline had gone the length of tL car she turned to an openl window andl sh< out, lIke a bullet, lhnding right-side upl an making tracks for a barn in a field. "Whmo brought that cat aboard? I1d1 mandl the name of t,he person who owne that cat I"' shouted a man whose head hi telt her claws until the blood run. No one answered. Several passengel looked straight at the old woman, wIl stood It for a minute and then lifted up I basket andl called: "If anybody wants to look among tI dried peaches In tIs basket for cats lhe ci do so; you needn't all look at me as.if lIved in the woods and didn't keep post< on law I " "Just Like a Woman." It is now over one hundred years since an f American philosopher proponded the e query : "Why Is a woman afraid of a f cow?" and yet no one has ever succeeded t In giving a satisfactory answ%er. There is once in a while a woman who doesn't seem t to have the slightest fear, even when pass . Ing a cow with one horn all twisted out of 11 shape; but follow that woman home and e you will find that she kicks the dog, cuffs j the children, jaws her husband and knows a how to sharpen a butcher-knife and use an ax. The real woman has a mertal terror i of cows, and the real cow seems to have an s antipathy for her. 0 Recently a lady was walking down Cass ,f avenue, Detroit, when she suddenly came d upon a cow. The animal was feeding on g the other side of the street and the boy ' sent out to watch her sat under a shade tree. e and played oin a mouth-organ. The lady halted. 'The cow loo,ed III). '"Lost anyth ibg, ma'am ?" asked the boy v as lie removed the music from his mouth. t "I-i'm afraid of that cow I" she re I plied. "What fur? Cows don't bite or kick, I same as a horse All they kin do is to run their horns through you and pin you to the ground.' 'Oh I my-she's coming !" "No, she hain't. She's Just making be- I lieve that she wants to git at ye and hook 1 t ye over the fence." "Ol! but I dare not passIl" "'Yes, you dare. Cows know wheni a wofiian Is afraid just as quick as anybody. 'I'he minit you give cows to understand that you are able to catch 'em by the heels and mop the ground with 'em they go to hunt ing fur clover." "Dear me, but 1 guess I'll go back." "I wouldn't if you only spit on yer hands and shake yer fist at her she'll wilt f right down. Cows knows who's boss just 4 as well as men do. Now, then, I'll hold yer parasol while you spit on yer hands. 'i "Ohl I can't-I'm going right home !I "Well, my little brother lie swears at 'em r instead of spitting on his hands. See if you can do that." "No-no-no! i'm goilig now I" "If I was a woian and I couldn't swear1 or spit on my handi, I should carry a i sword-cane to stab cows with," obseived the boy as he looked across the way. ".My soul I but there's another cow upI there I" exclaimed the lady as she looked up the street; "Yes, lots of cows around these days, 1 but I never heard of two cows attacking a I woman at. once, I guess one generally hooks 'emi all to pieces first, and then the other I comes up and paws at the mangled remains. If you--" The lady uttered a first class scream andI made a jump for the nearest gate. It open ed hard, and after one pull sihe went over the fence and up the front steps of a strange r house, there to remain until her husband could be summoned by telephone to come aid act as a body-guard. "I'd Just like to be a woman," mused the boy as lie sat down to punish his mouth organ some more. I' carry a bowie-knifo down the back of my neck, and the first cow that tried to hook me would feel that ere knife playing mumblowy peg around her vicious heart-s trings." t A Shimty Match. One of the episodes of the long feud be tween the Chin Gregor and the Colquhouns of Luss-ia quarrel that ended in the pros cription of the MacUregors in 10103-is e connected with a match at shinty. Two sub-sections of the Clan Alpine, who had some cause of disagreement, had settled 1 the vexed question, and, to celebrate the I renewal of perfect friendliness, the clans men of both familhes agreed to meet and I sp)endl sonme time in merrymaking. One of < the chief events wvas to be a shinty miatch< between the men of each family. TIhat their visitors and kinsmen might be royally entertainedl, the hosts organIzed a foray ito the Colquhiouns' country by Loch Lo mond1( side0, anid carried off many head ofi fat cattle. Next day, In a level eime among the hills, the MacGregors, mitn, womeni land children, were assembled, the men 4 a armled for the time only with the sturdy clubs to be used ini their ganme. The ball) d was thrown up,sticks rattled,alI the shouts and cheers of the game were heard, wvhen Ssuiddenily, hIgh above the no(ise of the .players, rose a shriek of the women, as e fromn all sidles of the glen (aacedl the Ihated Colquhouns. Th'le clansmen,thoughi -surprised and uniarmned, at once formed up, 'back to back, and with their clubs pre0 pared to meet the swords of the foe ; but e tough ash and cold steel had hardmly met when, with screams of fury, a naked (Inrk in each hand and a bundle of claymnores uuder each let't arni, the women of the clan cut thro)ugh thme Colquhouns, anmd brought to their husbands thme broadswords that 800on swep)t the meni of Luss back f againi to Lschi Lonmond side. Thzat Cave. o Josep)h Fhrmann, of Nevada, thus decs cribes a cave wvhich lie lalely entered: " Suddenly, "1h3 said, ''my pick, which I was carryig over imy shoulder, gave a sud( .5 den cmnt aroulnd, as if somebody had either o p)uIshed or pl)led( It. In the exc tement 'o ,the nmomeint I let go 'o tIhe shovel, ain' I n could hear It goin' whiz through the air an' ui about five seconds after I heered somnethin' I strikin' bang iigin a rock. All this time the pic0k was draggin' me on. I reaches rond( k for my p)istol, and the derned pistol, sir, was a stickin' out straight from my side, a an' Jest kep' i the sheath by the waist d strap, an' it was a pullihi'mon on too." With ni great p)articuhlarlmy and( frequent pauses for p~ e2xpresions5 of dikbelIe'f, if any body cared to r risk any, the miner dlescribed his investiga g t101n, to whIch lie gave thme following cli. d(, max :' "I comes to the edIge of a (leep it -(ditech, an' strammui' my eyes downi Inter it, I I. sees five skeletons a lyin' at thd6 bottom, amn' .o f.ve picks along side of them. Anm' then I >t looks across the ditch or chasm, an' sees a dl walml of rock 01 dull gray color but sparklin all over with blms 'o shinin' things iookiin' -. like iron or steel. An' stickin' (lead to this d wall 1 sees my p)ick an' my shovel aii' then 4 1 sees through the hull blziness. Them skeletons at thme bottom of tl c chasm were rs meon as held on to their picks an' tIll they 0 wvere dIragged right ovcr the edlge of this ~r chasm, an' eIther was Irmled outright by tihe fall or was stairvedl to . s fr there was eC no way 'o gettin' out of au. n I H As any paragraipter ever called a d y-oung lady speaker a wind lass? He's a "real meani thingr If ife has, Snags' Corners. The officials of a Michigan~railroad now being extended were waited upon the other day by a person from the pine woogls and sand hills who announced himself as Mr. Snags, and who wanted to know if it could be possible that the proposed line was not to come any nearer than three miles to the hamlet named In his honor. "18 Snags' Corners a place of much im portance (" asked the President. "Is it ? Well, I should say It was! We made over a ton of maple sugar there last spring I" "Does business lourish there?" "Flourish? Why, business is on the gallop there every minute in the whole twenty-four hours. We had three false alarms of fire there in one week. Ilow's that for a town which is to be left three miles off your railroad?" Being asked to give the names of the business houses he scratched his head for awhile and then replied: "Well, there's me, to start on. 1 run a big store, own eight yoke of oxen, and shall soon have a dan and a saw-mill. Then there's a blacksmith shop, a postofflce, a doctor, and last week over a half a dozen patent-right men passed through there. In one brief year we've Increased from a squatter and two dogs to our present stand, ing, and we'll have a lawyer there before long.'" "I'm afraid we won't be dble to come any nearer the Corners than the present sur vey," ftially remarked the President. "You won't! It can't be possible that you mean to skip a growing place like Snags' Corners I" "I think we'll have to." "Wouldn't come if I'd clear you out a place in the store for a ticket office?" "I don't see how we could." "May be I'd subscribe $25," continued the delegate. 'No, we cannot change.'' "Call't (10 it nohow ?" 'No.." "Very well," said Mr. Snags as he put on his hat. "If tl.his 'ere railroad thinks it can stunt or cripple Snags' Corners oy leav ing it out in the cold it has made a big mils tiake. Befora [leave town to-day I'm going to buy a windmill and a melodeon, and your old locomotives may toot and be hanged sir-toot and be hanged I" 1Hanging for Amusoment. Two remarkable examples are on record of persons who allowed themselves to be hung for the entertainment of an audience. An account of one of then is given in the Lanect of April 17, 1847. The mit's real name wats John Harnshaw, but lie perform - ed throughout England under the high sounding professional title of Monsieur Liouire. lie was an athlete, and among other feats it was customary with him to exhibit the process of hanging. In this per formnance lie relied for security on the strength of the muscles of the neck and throat. lie had a rope with a fixed knot which could not slip, and passed both ends of the loop up behind one ear. The whole act was so adraitly managed that he pre vented any pressure of the rope on the windpipe or the jugular veins, and could even sustain a weight of 150 pounds in ad lit ion to that of his own body. On three separate occasions Ilarnshaw nilSmnanaged the rope, and became unconscious, being luckily '-escued each time. Dr. Chowne, who writes the account says very truly: iL cannot be doubted that as far as sensation and consciousneis are concerned, larnshaw pissed through the whole ordeal of (lying; and, i ad he been permitted to remain nang ing until actualy dead, lie would have passed out of existence without further con sciousness. Now, this man stated, not with particular reference to either accident, but is comniun to all, that lie could hard ly recollect anything that happened to him i in the rope," that "hle lost his senses all at once; the instant the rope got in the wrong place lhe felt as if lie could not get his breath-as If some great wveighit were at his teet ; could not mnove only to draw himself up ; felt as if lie wanted to loosen him self, but never thought of his hands." And. lie add(ed : "You cannot move your arms or legs to save yourself; youl cannot raise your arms ; you cannot think." lHe did not see sparks or light, but had ini his ears a rattling sound. flufry Keeps the oatr. Recently two of Mr. Dulfy's neighbors dletermined to abduct a pet calf belonging to that gentleman, aud Mr. Duffy became aware of their scheme. TIherefore hie quiet ly removed the calf froin the box-stall ini which it was conlined, and in the place of it inilroduiced a goat of the Wm., gender, andi of a very vicious dlispositioni. He also lixed a spring on the door of the stall, that would cause it to close unless hold open, and lie also attached to the (leer a spring lock that would fasten, and could only be unfastened fromi the outside. Then he wvent, to bud, but not to sleep. It was at the witching hour of midlnighit that the two nmarai-lers entered Mr. D)uffy's biarni. They had exanmined the premises the dlay before, anid knew exactly where to go. Eacih of themi carried a dlark lntern. Tlhey entered t,he stall and the door closcud behInd themi. Everything was sill'. One of themn opened the slidie to his lantern. '[hen there wvas a clitter of hoofs, and the man with the Ian tern found himoseif piled up in a corner, very much surpi Ised. lie thought it was thme queerest calt lie ever had met. TIn .i the other man op)ene~d the slide to his~ lan t rn t> see what the matter wvas, and the next instant the breath went out ot him with a "'yah'' that made the listening iDuf. fy laugh all over. 'ThIen all was stilt again oe' e,t . h faint profanit,y of the men, antd flaly toe inan who was lilt first recovered e o mghu to paw around and lind his lantern. It was extinguished, but lie got out, a imatch andI lighted it agamn. '['len lie tnrn ed the bull's-eye toward the goat, and then. lie went into thle corner again. The goaut's blood then being aroused, lie didn't wait for further lights, but began to butt aroundl p)romiiscuously, and the robbers conchuden It was time to get out. But that, dildnt prove so easily (lone. Trhen they began to yell for help, and Mr. Duffy couIld tell when the goat hit themi, because In stead of yelling "'Help I" they cried "'Oh !'' and after lie had laughed till his sides ached he wvent and let them out on condlition thiat they wouldn't try to carry off the goat, and when they stepped out of the barn he jumped and stamped and yelled that the goat was after them, and they screamoud "Murder I'' and ran t,hree miles down the road before they stopped for breath. Dulfy still keeps the. calf., Tile Little Iloot-Ulack. There was once a small boot-black in one 1f the large cities of 1he state of Ohio. We shall call hin Joe. Joe was a very honest boy, although very poor and was only a boot-black. As I have described the boy I shall go )n with my story. There was once a very nicely-dressed gentiemnan walking along the streets; some thing dropped out of his pocket, what :ould it be? By chance little Joe saw It and ran and picked it up. What was It I It was a Iocketbook with five hundred dollars and omc valuable papers In it. . N" '1ought ittle Joe, what shall 1 (10, giv, k to iim, o- keep it, and be a rich i. This was the discussion that t ft. Je Joe's mind; but the wrong was over browo, and little Joe was seen running ifter the gentleman. le stepped up to lim and said, "Sir, you dropped your pocket-book, I have brought it to you.' "Th1ak you, sir, you seen to be a very ionest little boy, have you any parents?" 'No sir, I have not." "Well, if you will, you may come and ive wit it me, I have no children, and I live n the country. Do you want to go?" 'Yes sir, I will go." The man, whom I shall call Mr. Smith, ook little Joe to a clothing store, and gave fi a full suit of clothes, and in a short. ime they .vere rattling along over the .ountry. Little Joe enjoyed himself ever io munch, when ill at once a thunering rash was heard, and the car which little ioe was in broke loose and went tunnbling lown ailnimanent. It was thought that every person in the lur was killed, but not so, for who should hey see but little Joe, crawling from under he ruiined Car with a few bruises. Among the wounded was Mr. Smith, vitil a brijkeni leg. lIe was carried to the .ar that wis still on the track, anlld they Vere soonl on the way again; soon they ,ame to i inall station called Greeiville, %here tlhey stopped. But how should they ret home? Mr. Smith could not walk, so ittle Joe was directed to Mr. Smith's house. Mien lie reached it, he introduced himself, md told the sid news; as sooni as possible, here was a conveyance taken to the depot or Mr. nith. Little .loe was kindly received when lie old ill about it, aid wias soon made at lome. The carriage came back with Mr. Smith mnd t ihere was a great de d of excitement; lie doctor was sent for and Mr. Smith was oon mde Com]fortable. Joe was soon told what there was for him o do; lie learmed to ride on horseback, and oubl iinilk the cows. One day, after his >enefactor had recovered and they were rointg out ridmig, little Joe was left at hoie. tle entortainled himself by making slips anlld mid taking them to the pond to sail ; this vas very entertaining, and lie got another ittle boy to come and play with him. The )ond wats quite large, and it was nmuddy md slippery. The little boy that caine ver fell ti the pond; little Joe did not (now what to (1o; lie sereamed with all his night, but all of no avail; lie happened to Athic that there was a boat tied a little rarther up the pond. lIu jumped in the wat, and took iip the oars and seemed to be osse.ised with snperhumau power. The skif see-med to fly over the water Ie T(Iehed him j iin tiime, for the boy was uiking the iast tile; ie took him in the Jout and wts soon oil the shore. Little Joe :'u-ried him home iiand told hin how lie ,lime to fall in. One morning, when Joe was about twelve (ears old, when the ground was covered 'Vith snow, lie was on the hill coasting; his was a hill for all the boys in the neigh. Jorhood. Little Joe did not have quite so nice a sled is the rest of them, but he could beat any >f thiethi in a race; some ,f the bad boys, me1 daiy, thouight they would fix Joe's sled oo lie could not go so fast, and so they (did, ,vhen Joe11 wast not looking, they cut notches n the ruiiners of hisa led1. Tlhis did iiot >lease little Joe at all, and lie determined o be even with them. T1hie next day being wvarm the snow nelted off, so there was no more sliding lowa lill. Trhereo Is one more instance in little Joe's ife I shall relate before umy story conmes to close. Little Joe camne home fromi school one lay wvith the headache, and p)a1us ini his hiest, and the next morning lie was so vaiak that he coumld not get up. The doc or had1( to be sent for, and lie was p'ro lountced to be mn a very dainger'ous coniti Jion; lie had thme lung fever, but lhe began .0 get better so that lhe cotukt sit. up, and1( and .31n enormious apipetite. Th'ie doctor would tot let him eat anything but plain food ; lie biegain to get tired of this, and thiought lie wouk(i get, up in the night andi get seome duing to eat. And lie did, lie went to the culpboalrd and ate pie and cake and other rich food that was there. lie went to bed but couild not sleep, lie bad overloaded his atoimach. T1he next mninmg lie was so much worse, that thme doctor had to be sent for. Little Jo(e didl not disobey his p)arents-thiat is, his adlopted parents-again. Littlec Joe rew ump to be a great muan, but lie never forgot the lesson lie learned that night. Tihere Miighit ilavo lien. A man In want of a load of wood visIted one (of the mairkets to make a choice. Find lng a loat that suited, lie asked the owner If thiere was it cordI on the wagon. "'I thIinik there Is,'" was the reply. "DJo you know that there is?"' "'My son WVilliam loaded It tip, and lie said1 thkere w.as a cord."' "'Well, what do0 you say?"' asked the citIzen. "Aind my other soni, John, helped Will iam load it up, itnd lie said there' was a Cordl." "D)o you say so ?" "'And( my iieighbor canie along, mind lie said there was a cordI." "I dlon't believe there Is." "And miy wife stonod at the gate as I camne away, anid she saild there was a cord,'' continued the farmer. "'There may be thiree-quarters," sid thke citIzen. "'And as L camo through the toll-gate the keeper Bald he'd eat it if there wasn't a cord and a half." "He (lid ?" "And the policeman stopped me, and wanted to know how much I asked for that cordl and three-qumarters of beautiful wood." The citizen took It before the load could swell any more.