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'TRl-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JULY 29, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO. 91. A FAHEWELL. Thou goest, and I abide. Like some gray tower Crumbling to ruin on desolate mountain height, Death-saient, save for soreaming eaglo's night, My patent day waits Time's corroding pow.r. While thou, with win,s of flame through Love's vast space, Like some great planet. trAvorsest all spheres, I, all in vain, at lonely fount of tears. Must strive to quench my soul's thirst for thy face. Out, 'mid thy #aried splendors sometlines pause, And stay sometimes thy sweep of radiant wing, And bid thy voloo old songs to mem,ry slug, For dirges on my broken life's lo.t causo. Which thou hast sung, while I stood by thy . side, in thoso long buried hours before Love died. The Way to LoLe Him. Philip Vane's love story was very brief lie was one of those men who are not easily captivated, and so he had remained heart whole until the preceding spring. About the first of May. he attended an agricultu. ral show in an adjoining county, and it closed up with athletic sports. h'liero wore hundreds of daring youug fellows ready to compete for the honor of crowning the queen of love and beauty; but Philip Vane outstripped them all, and won the prize. This prize was an evqusaitu tiarsa of pearls, and Miss Rose Denham, the prettiest girl in Talbot, was the queen. Philip went through the interesting ceremony of cro wn hig her with the starry chaplet he had won-and in doing so he had lost his heart. 'The red fires of sinset had faded, and the stars were out in thousands in the mis ty autumn skies, when Philip reached the little country house in which the Denhais lived. - e stole round to the drawin.- roomI window. It was open, for the atutumn nlight was balmy, and lie had a full view of the apartment. Rose was at the piano, in her becoming evening dress of sky-blue, with her hair - falling in golden showers over ier white shoilders. But she was not alone. langing over her, and tov'iig with her ringlets, as he turned the masic, was a young man of an exceedingly fop pish appearance; and Rose did nnt seem in the least anioyed by his excessive familiar ity, for while she sting, she would toss her beautiful head, and glance uip into his ad. miring face With an air of witching co quetry. Philip Vane, with this picture before lils eyes, st ood for a moment like one be wildered, then suddenly recollecting hin self, lie retraced his steps, and rang the lell at the front entrance, in a very grave and formal manner. Rose received hiin with a shy, sweet surprise that was irresistible; and Ihe charm of her rare beatity, and her girlish vi vacity, soon banished his jealous dauhts--aud lie was as much enthralled and enrapi tired as ever. The foppish individual having van ished, Philip had his charmer ill to him self, and they wandered out into the an tumn moonlight, and under the shadow of the elm trees. And Philip took a pearl and amethyst engagement ring fromi a little casket, and put it upon her finger, entreat ing, as lie did so, that the engagement should be very brief. Beautiftti Rose lis toned, and examined the sparkling circlet with a cri.ical eye. "Very well," she replied, after a mo-I nent, her voice cool and silvery; "I have nio objection to make. It will not require a great while to complete my arrangenifnts, and mamma disapproves of long engage mlents." "So do I," exclaimed Philip, heartily. '"You will make It a month, darlling---no longer, I want you at home before the Christmas holidays." Rose shrugged her whlite shlonl(ders, and -gave a little shivering sigth. ''How 1 (10 wishi, she said, "'that you would live in town, Piip, for- thme4 winter at least.. It inuttt be dreadful Stuid( at Bech.lwood; and time girls amre coming to see my engaigement ring," shte comiinuedi,1 after a nmomentary p)ause, twirling the little circlet over in the moonlight. ''I toldh them It would be something mnagnifi cent-and it is ; but 1 do wish you' lad1 chosen a diamond solitaire, it would have been so nuch more elegant andl s.yhlih." Her lover's brow eloied. "'I am sorry, dear, "lie said, gravely. '"[ fancied this one would please you; but you shall have the solitaire." "Oh, you are so kind I and I am naughty to trouble you so." She held up1 her rIpe 1lips, and he kihssed her in silence, and they retuirned to tIe cottage, and a litt,le later ho was in his sad dIe again and on hise way back to B3eech-. wood. But sn indefinatble something weighed down his spirits-a kipd of a-eat less dissatisfaction thamt lie could niehher 4banish or comprehend. The nmoment his mother met, him on the following mornIng, she knew how mat ters stood. She could read her son's heart like an open book. -"'Tie just as I feared," she sighmed.- "'Mya poor boy will be disappointed." Blut, she ut,tered not a word. A week later, PhilIp Vane was called to town on business, and lie emibraceed that opportunity to purchase a diamond ring. Heu selected a very umagaificnt, one, at, an extravagant cost. Then Instead of return-4 ing to B3elchiwoodl, lie tooki the traiti to Tialbot, and walked across to the Denham residence. It was just abtt noon when lie reached there; andt the autumn daiy wvas very lovely, with imellowv sunlight, and a hazy splendor on the circling lills. He would have a long walk wvith Rose, lhe thought, his heart-sweing with delight as hie neared the house. Dear little Ruse, he loved her more and more every miomient lie lived, no matter if she was rather vatt and ohildish., He found the front door openi, and a lit t,he housemaid serubmbing tihe steps. She ushered him in, and lie eniteredl thea small dhrawing room, and sat dlown., As he did( so, the sound of voies, in loud and angry -discussion, reached his cats. Jus~t behind th8 ding-room was a little parlor wvhichm Mars. Denham and Rose were mi the habit of miaking their sitting room, and it, was frqnm this the~ soundls proceeded. Philip listened in alarm at first, thinking soet one was ill, or that something had happened, "Nw, Rose, my dear, do be reasona ble," entreated the tremulous voice of Mrs Denham. "We are willing to do all w oan for you; but you know how you rather stands. The very roof over on eads is mot gaged already, and pray hov an we raise money to buy such extrava jant things?,, "I don't know' nor I don't care," crle< Rose, with angry vehemence. "Let papi Iorrow It. I tell you I will have a splen Ild outf11t."1 "My dear, you will have three nice silks md a good many other dresses; and yo. won't need so many changes at Beech vood," interposed the mother. "What's the reason I won't ?" almos jcreamed Rose. "Do you think I'm going t: Le shut up at Beechwood all this winter 1 I'll show you, and 1'il show Philip Vane ,oo, i'm going to have a gay season, if ive; and 1 want the right kind of an outfi -and I mean to have it. Ho there's n: ise talking; you know I always have mt' way." Then there came the sound of grieved aob hag and a child's voice, the voice of liose' ite sister, Alice, cried out, "See, Rosie Vou have made poor mamma cry. Hov ,an you be so naughty ?" "Hush, this minute, you meddlesome lit le thing I Who asked you to put in you ay ? I don't see what you're here for 3ther, gaping at every word that'ssaid an [)ulllng what few things I've got to pieces :omlle, take yourself off to the nursery i )nce 1" Philip Vane heard the sound of a shari -low, and the next moment little Alice rai ut, crying reudy to break her heart. H and risen to Is feet in utter amazement ind. passing the dining-room door, thi bhild saw him. She stared a moment, am lien cried out, In wicked delight "Aha, Miss Hose! here's Mr. Vane i he dining-room, and lie's heard bom mughty you've been--haven't you, Mr, Vanle?'' Not believing fihe child, Rose hurried ti lie dMing-room door, and there she atoo( ransfixel. 11er beautiful, golden hair wa ill in a tangle, and she wore an untidy, ok vrapper, both Podled ana torn, and her fact vas thushed and distorted with passion, ?hilip Vane, standing grave and stern li le middle of the dining-room, regardec ier for several moments in silence, anM vilth an agony at tils heart that seemed lik: enth itself. Then lie advanced, and ex ended his hiand. "Good bye, Rosel" he said, Radly. "N( vords that, I can speak can express what I eel. I loved you as ny own life; but I an lisenchainted. I an glad this has happen :d now; It is better than hereafter. Yct 1 lon't think I can ever forgive you." And before the terror stricken girl could tter a single word, lie was gone. Oh, me , Oh we!" the wailed, wring ng her han Is. ",t is all over I I have lo u I I have lost him !" -And no wonder,'" replied her mother teruly. -God wouldn't suffer it; le's t.o list.' .. Over the crisp meadows, and tunder to idow of the purple hills, Philip Van valked back to Hechwood, shaken like ,cry reed, strong man that lie wis, witl Ie bitterness of hIs disappointment. IMother," lie said, when she met him a lie doorway, "it is all over I You wer ight I'' ,Aid all for the best, my son," she re. lied, as she kissed him, "though you can. iot think so now.'' And years after, when Philip Vane sal ipou the lawn, with the trte and tendei voman who had become his wife, and th( roman who had become the motner of ti -hildren that played beneath the rusthnf )ak boughs, looking back at those earl. iays, he was forced to acknowledge thal is mother's wisdom was far superior to hb wn. Rose Denham Is still unmarried, and hai ost ill her beauty. She is soured and dis ~ontentedl, and will always be so, Bu 'hom has she to blame bitt herself ? A Terribae Expertience. Adolph Hinttzky wenit, out on the moun nine of .Iastern Pennsylvania alone t 11op wood for the chaarcoal-burners, an: iot,iung was seen of him for three days. f. unter by3 the name of ines, panssinl aver the tmountain, tracked a rabbit undet large, heavy tree. T1o his great surprla( uc found a man lyintg uinder the limtbs of he tree in the snow. Theli man still lived= lines dtropped lis gun and gatme and rac 1ll to the nearest cabin for assistance. lines anld anothe.:r man wvent back antc ound the man to be intzky, a prisone ander the tree, half buried In the snow, -y the light of their lanterns lie wvas cui tut and i:reed. lie could not stand at first, ndi was nearly dead. Is ears werc rozen and his teet wvere terribly frozen. Vith great difficulty lie was taken t.o touse. is story was that he was cuttinti town a t,ree, boeo it fell lie sat on a stont *o eat his duanner, sudideinly a violent guts f wind blew through the gorge and th< -ee fell with a crash, crushing the uinfor. mnate wvoodiman uinder its heavy branches, le wvas rendlered senseless by the blow; uit the stonte upon whichi he sat saved hit fe. Tlhie force of tihe blowv was averted. L'ho tman had raised htimself up, and whoi le tree fell it pinioned him. One of lit bras lie could not move at all; his bod 'a hlcd to the earth and he was a prisoner. )n t he evening of his first clay's uniprison. nent snow fell All that night, the niexi ay and next, night the w'as fastened In ti 'now, and his life wvas slowlyoebbing away. -n the third day he was in terrible agony, to fed himiself with snow, and thus pit.i. 1Ily quenched his thirist His boots had td ac cut from his swollen feet, lia rebusi otntatitlion prevented death, Heo war bout 85 years of age, and lie wore a coal ned ithl hair. - kire y rctionm. A comipainy of boutt Afilan sakvagt uhis are no0w amusiting the p)eople of 1L01, lon, and aamong their perforances the) how how tihe)y get at light without matches, ~ome straw being laid on the ground as ed, two etIcks were placed oni it a fey iuches apar't to formt a support for a thuirc tick, wichl, was laid across them, havinj deep nuotcht cut in it to receive the blun )Oint of the drilling-stick. This was wirled like a chocolate-mnuller between th )ams of the hands, and when the twirler' ads reachedi the bottomi they were cithe erxuerouasly sifted to the tcp agaIn, o: nother of the Africans squatting rount ook and relieved the first. A spark wa btained in the chart ed dust In about fily iinutes, and was received wvith shouts o Jshliht by the fireamakers, one of whoa arefully shielded it in a handful of th traw, soon fanned It into a flame. Chinese Time. Before the Introduction of clocks an( r watches in China native instrumenuts em r ployed tor recording the flight of the houri may practically be said to be confined t< two in number, the sun-dial and the water clock, though other devices have appeare< at various times. They both have clalmi to great antiquity. The water-clock is sak to have been invented in the days of tl Yellow Emperor, if not by his Majestj himself, some twenty-six centuries befort the birth of Christ, and the sun-dial i attributed to Chow Kung (B. 0. 1100), but such accounts may safely be relegate to the category of the legendary. Botl these instruments have been so often do. scribed, that other and more interestinp details may be found. In the reign, foi instance, of Kublai Xhan, we hear of i "Jamp water-clock" being offered as a gifi to the emperor, which contained a drun: and a bell, and itruck the hours regularly, It would be diflicult to say just what thu clock was, but the word lamp reminds ont that candles were used to measure time 1) the Chinese long before theirreputed inven. tion by England's monarch student a thou sand years ago. The Emperor 1suar Toung, of the T'ang dynasty (817-860 A. D.) is said to have had. In his possessio twelve marveleus jade counters, each witil one of lie twelvb horary periods inarked upon Its face, and these, if thrown intc water, would rise to the surface, each at the occurrence of the period which it was specially intended to represent,. In the Y history of the last-mentioned dynasty w are also informed that, " in a tower in tiu Fuh-ln country (variously Identified witi Constantinople, Palestine, etc.) there hangs up a large golden weighing machine, wvitlh twelve golden balls attached to thQ end of (le yard, representing the twelve divisions of the day. Alongside stands the figure of a man, also madeof gold, and, whenever one of the above periods is reached, a golden ball drops with a clang to announce the Paie." But the most brilliant plieceof workmanship of all was a splendid "Ilanip i water-clock" belonging to the above-men tioned Kublal Khan. It was seventeen feet in height ; it rested upon a frame richly ornamented with gold and pearls. On the left was a representiation(.f thesun; i on te right, of the moon , while at each I end of the beam wasa dragon's head, open mouthled, and with its glaring eyes fixed upon the stream of water, as if, we are told, jealously watching the rcgularity of its perpel.tual drip. On the central beam were depicted two full-length dragons, t playing with a pearl, and also'engaged in supervising the proper flow of water from the clepsydra. The lamp globe, or eage in which the light was placed, was divided into four ltitudiunal sections, on the ipper one of which were four deities, represent ing tle suiu, moon and certain of the stars. This section turned round once in every day. On (te second were a dragon, a tiger, a phcnix and a tortoise, each in its o proper place, and at fixed periods these jiuimped about to Lte mound of cyihals from witlin. The third section was marked out into one hundred parts or divisions of the day, corresponding to outm quarter hours, ant above these divisions were twelve del ties, each holding a tablet indicating one of the twelve horary periods of the Chinese day. There was also the figure of a man, drawing attention with its outstretched finger to lite hours as they passed In regu lar procession along. On the lower section were i bell, a drum, a gong, and cymbals, each with an attendant in charge, who struck the instruments at the first, second, third, and fourth quarters respectively. The whole of the above effects were pro duced, we were informed, 6y water-power acting on machinery concealed in a large case near the clepsydra. The method of striking the five night watches in Chinese yamens at tle present time is as follows: i One blow on the drum and one on ch'ing (not "gong") for setting the watch; one on the drunm and two on the ch'ing for the b)e. ginining of the second of the five parts into whiich each watch is divided ; one Onl thie dr'um, and three, four and five onl t.ke ch'ing for the periods up to the beginning of (lhe second watch, which is announced by awe blows On the drum and one on the cN'ing, the blows on the latter inecasmng up to five as in the previous watch. Thus four blows on the (lrumn and three on the c1Linly would tell the public that three-fifths of thie fourilh watch had elapsed and that tbe fourth di vision was iabout to begin. We may add that, the ch'ing iiay be described as a broad da~t p)iece of moetal bent to an obtuse angle of about One hutndired and twenty degrees. The Feoarful Cost or WVar. Oficeial ret.urns give the RussIan losses in killed andi wvounded as about 90,000 othecers aunt mcen, but as we shiowedi lately by a letter of the Lonidon imes cB orresplonidenit, these figures (d0 not nearly tell the awvful Story. Over 117,000 liussian soldliers have diend in battle or ini the hospitals andI 98,. 000 have perishied by sickness and famine, while the toumnanlans addn 2-2,000 men to the roster. On the Turkishi sido it is es timated that 90,000 have died in biattle and 50,000 in the hospitals. To make the f-ightful list complete it would be neces. sar-y to add ths unconi. thousandse of miassacredt womlen and children. We have seen no estimate of the waste of treasure in this war. Russia would no I dare to show howv much her credit wouldi be im p)alred by contributing her share of it. We have before us, hiowvever, the figures show ing the cost of some of the moder-n war-s in which England has been engaged, wvhichu may give some idea en the subject. 11er :)ld French wars costlier abot. $5,000,000. 000 ; tier share of the Seven Years' wati, $415,000,000; the revolt of the American colonies, $490,(mO,000 ; (lie two opium waris with China, $44,000,000; thie Kuifir war, $10,000,000, and the Abyssinian ex pedition, $40,000,000. RuifSi' Crimean war cost tier $800,000,000. and (lie same war cost, Eingland $1,000,000, 000 ; JFrance, $400,000,000 ; Trurkey, $80,000,000, and Bardimia, $85,000,000. These figures enor1 mous~ as they arc, only represent fractlonu of the material losses entailed by thiese various conflicts. To form an adequate idea of their i-uinous results we should consider also (lhe stoppjage of commerce andi produc tion, the destructin of' factories andi ship plug, and (lie mortality among thie ab)le. bodied, useful and( productive miemnbers ci Ssociety. Hlow muchel Rur,sia has suffered in t1 e late wvar by (lie latter of these causei shle will probably only appreciate should she be culled upon at the priesenlt timeo tc maintain the expenses of a war with Oreat B ritamn. MOEsare p -utysatislod Wt the appesrance of the open horse cart o.n our streets. The Care of 431othing. Concerning the fashion of clothing and the various fabrics of which It it made in formation i. full and frequent. Very little, however, is skid about the care of cloth. ing, and the ways in which it may ble pre served for the longest tume and in the best possible condition. To those who chan:mo I their garments with every change of style this is a matter of slight importance, but to those who purchase a silk dresa or a broadcloth suit only once in a series of years it is a matter of Interest and value. Silks, cashimeres, cloths of standard style and quality, are very little affected by the various currents of fashion. They hold their own through all the years and are always good, always "stylish,'' always suit able. While new fabrics are for the hour of their. popularity high-priced, these stan dard goods sell at. the standard price and know little of rise or fall l standard value. Neglect and carclessness deteriorate cloth ing a great deal faster than steady wear. does. The housekeeper who instead of changing her nice dress when she passes from the street or the church to her kitchen, keeps it on and takes it with her through the various )rocemes o dishwashing, sweeping and cooking will soon rob It of all Its nicety while she who wears her fine clothes only in places 'where fine clothes are suitable may keep them in good condi lion for an indefinite time. To dress tic cording to one's work is good taste, go d sense an(1 economy. The careful person will take pains to preserve a new calico no less than a new silk. We knew a young lady once who put on a nice new calico which she had taken great pains to make, and wore it through the morning dew to milk the cows. To keep her arms from being soiled or tanned by the sun11, she (e clined to turn up the sleeves, of the dress. In two days the niee new calico looked like all the rest of her dresses, dowdy, slatternly, unclean. We knew another young lady who had six silk dresses, and not one of thei was ft. to wear, though none of them had been made above a year. They were spotted, draggli-d, tunbled, mussed, abus-d. We knew anothiryoung lady who was the fortunate possessor of one nice black alpaca dress which she wore on all Oceasions the season ,1hro ;gh, and always appeared faul tlessly dressed. She had no work to do that would specially soil her clot lies. If a stray drop of any thing that could make a spot fell upou her dre.s it was at on"e removed. All dust was brushed off, a spong dipped In am monia water brightelled fadea places, and snowy collars and cuffs suggested dainty habits cf cleanliness. Thie care of cloth ing ta be easy must be habitual. The hardest part is in forming the habit, and this cannot too early in life be formed. Most children love to make nmd pies and play in the dirt generally and give little heed to keeping themselves clean. This is ill well enough at times, and they should be indulgeI in their mud pes pro vided they ire dressed for the work. liut it is "poor-folksy" in .the last degree to allow a child to play in the dirt with nice clothes on, or to permit a young person to (ress inappropriately while at, work. It Is vastly easier to change a good coat for a poor one than it is to restore it to its pristine condition a soiled coat. It is vastly easier to put on a pair of overalls than it is to sponge thoroughly a pair of pantaloons. But the worst of it is that those who neglect to change the coat and to put on the overalls neglect also the sponging and cleansing processes, andi let dust. gather and spots remain. A clothes brush, a wisp broom, a bottle of ammonia, a sporge, a hand brush, a cake of erasive soap, a vial of alcohol, should form a part of the furnishings of every toilet. After ail dust has been removed from clothing spots may be taken out of black cloth with tue hand brusa dipped in a mixture of equal parts of annonia, alcohol and water. '[his w.ll brighten as uell a clean e. Benzime is usel ul in removing gicase spots. bpots of grease may be remioved tromi colorct silks by puttting on them raw starcir made into ai paste with water. Dust is becst remloved fronm silk by a soft lianuel, fronm velvet wvith a brush made specially for tihe pm: pose1. if hats anzd bonnets wvhen tal.en tromi the head atre brushed and piut away in boxes and coveredi up, instead of being laid down anywhere, they will last fre.thi a long time. Shawls and all articles that nmy be folded, should be foided when taken from tihe person in their original creases andh laidl awaty. Cloiaks should be hung tip mn pltace, gloves pulled out length. wise, wrappiedl in tissue papl:r and1 bud( away, laces smoothed out nicely andt folded, if requisite, so that they will c<one out of the box newv and fresh when needed again. A strip) of ok(i black broadeloth four or five inches wide, rolled 'up tightly and1( sewed to keel) the roll in p)lace, is bet ter itan a spionge or it cloth for cleansing black and dark-colored c'ot lies. What~ ever lint comies from it in rubibing is black tad does not show. Whesn black clothes are wvashed, as they may). often be p)revious to imaking over, tresh clean water should be used, anti they shlouldt bo pressedl on the wrong side betore hbeing quite dry.. 1I wvashed in wvater previously used for white clothing they widl >e coveted with lint. In securing clotLhing ngainst, mloths, if linen is used for wrapp)~ings no mo1th will molest. Paper bags ate equally goodl if they arc per fectly tight, and so are trunks and boxes closed so tightlhy t.hat no crevice is left open for the entrance of the moth fly. As the mothi loves darkness, It will not molest, oven furs hung up in light rooms open to air and sunlshIine. "Corduroy Jim." Sonme time in the yetr 1855 a number of adventurous spirits from California, con ceived the 1(dea of going litO thle heart oh Mexico to seek.t heir fortunes. TIhey form ed a co)lony compihosed partially of inters, butt pricipalhly of reckless, careless men, re0a11y to retrieve their nhat.teredh fortutnesin any w~ay'. Th'le colony, known to history as the La Paz, was litted out and started fronm San Francisco the same year'. Upon artrlying there they were not received by the Alexican governmlient with that hearti ness anid cordiality iiow extended to im migrants seeking that promtining lnd. They were looked upon as filibuisters, ar-. reste(I, implrisonedJ, somietimes decorateri with balls anid chainis and genierally treated as prisoners of wvar. Falling to find on Mexicani soil the El D)orado of their hiopes they planned an escape and returnedc( onl the John L. Stephens, on July secondt or thIrd, in time to celebrate the niational holiday. They told theIr story of their woes to their friends as only forty-niineis could. Much interest was excited and an effort madie to secutre the national intervention in theIr be half. 8o rionflan were thai r an*ucca that most of them executed powers of at torney to certaiu parties who gathered the clanns together for the purpose of making C a united effort to secure relief, the agree. ment being that the attorneys should divide the receipts equally with the claimialts. e Nothing was practically accomplished tin til about the year 1870, when a mixed - Connission of the United States was ap- I pointed to adjudicate, amiong other inter national niatteis, upon the differences ex. Wbting between the United States and im- c can Governments, both feeling themselves q aggrieved and entitled to redress. The re stilt of their deliberations was that an award of $23,000,000 was made to the United States and $19,000,000 to Mexic>. After a this there was considerable difference of d opinion as to how the award was to be ( paid, but it was tinally settled by the Mex- ( Ican Government paying the difference be- sI tween the two uwards in instalments, which it has been doing for some years. O During all th thnie while the representa- O dives of the national powers of the earth 'j were gravely discussing international law, tj 0110 of the enterprising colonists, James Ballintime, then familiarly known as "Cor duroy Jim," was keeping toil gate at Colfax Springs, on the 1osemite road. He went into Tuolumne County, in 1858, and, tired of his adventurous life, married and settled . down into a that-class fauily inan. There, it ,,,peace and quiet, far from his old haunts r and associ'tes, he devoted hiuself to tile constant pursuit of honest toll. But lie , had kept up with the tiies, had read the It papers, and also interviewed Sunset Cox, it Seymour of New York, and other Con- l gressional lights, who informed him lie had f, a good claim, but that no one could collect D it without his signature. lie had executed ei his power of attorney, but receiving no re- to turns, persuaded a legal friend to wrile to k, Washington on the subject. In due time i lie recived the startling anuouncenent ti that he was lead, positively and legally tI dead in the eyes of the Government ; that tl oni( Col. Jonathan D. Stevenson, of San Fraicsco had been appointed his execulor, that $5,008 had beonawarded hin as his share, but its he was not living and there fore h!ad no use for it, $1,005 had been al- t( ready paid oil account of the estate. ai N% hat bothered the honest toll man was ei that lie was so much dead that it was im- tv possible for him to resuscitate himself. bj Ttaking a general ir ventory of himself, lie C1 remembered lie had been a square striker pn in his youth, and "up to (late the old man gt was a pretty lively corpse;" and, with fire au in his eyes Ad determiinat,ion in him heart, lie camte to the city for the purpose of in terviewing the anin for whon he died, and who was now living for hin t0 the extent, of the coin value of lila claim. l1e soon a fornd a number of well-preserved '49ers, who recognized hint and coul'I swear to his identily. Arned wit proofFs of his exist ence and accompanl-,d by his lawycis, he sought. the presence of his executor only to find that lie was dead again; dead up in the Probate Court, when a process o resur rection was necessary to make anything living to hui. Thi Record of this Court inforined him under date of Oct. 22, 1876, that lie had "'uied in lie winter of I812. or inl the spring of 1803, to the best of the petitioner's kinow!edge and belief, on tihe el North Pacific coant on a trading voyage." hu At this view of things his spirit took umb rage. lie failed to see how a life man could be so mucita dead, and lie said to his xeceutor through li lawyer that lie was "the true lost injunI." "I think," said the executor, "'that the Mr. J. Balliitine, who ownsthe claii was taller than you are." "Wel,"' replied Jim, "I may have sot tied ait inch or two. Growed down like a cow's tail some, but I'm your injun all the same." "W*hiat State are you front " ceantinued Col. Stevenson. "New York." "6T'lis man was fron Pennsylvaunhi, believe.''" "As to that,'' answered Mir. D3allitine,t one of us two is mistaken. C.otonol." F 'Then," added the executor, "you dion't dpell your names alike." "'Now, look here, Colonel," conchudrd er Mtr. Ballintiuie,. ''when you co:nme to thait "'t i've got ye. I spell uminme with two i's, just g like I write It, nowv (suiting the~ action to r thme w.rd), and if I dlon't disremnember, 1 se dotted 'emu bot h, just like I did, Colonel, t wh'len I witnessed t hent power 'o at,torneys sti whom I. was 'uendliu.' bar dlown to Guees andl Bill' Gardene.r's at the corner of Jaci< son andi 1)avis streets, where you made of most of 'emi out." The executor asked for further tIme and Mr. Ballintine retired, expressingly indig nant and wIshing to take the matter into- fr his owvn hands anid convince the Governm ment anmd is executor that there was a lit- 1I tie of the vital spark left in his muscle at s lea'tt. Th'ie counsels of peace, however, n prevailed, and( several interviews hmaveu been a hadi. The umatter wvas left ton adistingliuhied 'a, ex-Judge. "We want this thing set fled,' " saId he to the executor ; "you people can w have no0 doubt as to) my ch!ent's idoiiity.'' i Judge. What, do y'ou wvantI at, Mr. IBallint.ine. I want my equal half, ,s according to the papers. I di Judge. But you are not anywhero on lii the l:' ners. You're not alive oni the pia- w pers- bc ir. Bareutme. Now, that's pretty-.p rough on a corp~se. It dlon't tinake anydif- w ference what 1 am en paper. i'm here ft alive, and 1 want, to be a.ive on paper and1( a every where, and then get my half, and it that's all there is about it. I want to get a thrtough with tils and get baick home, ir where I have somec deaid business to do. fi: hlere the interview closed., Subsequently at the Judge made an oifer to effect a conm- 11 piromiise, which, being below the fIgures r demiand(ed, was not accepted. And so the Ii miatter remaine at present. . tU - ~ . b lie who loses hope may then part i with anythiig. Sini Is sturdy, anid ili rebel, wherea ,t euninot reIgn. God's words, however sligh ted, are t not wind, but, lire,. Th'le Christiani lile is not knowing nor t< hearimg, hut, (1oinrg, i Benefit, your friends, that the~y may v hiecomne your friend(l. i Thle error of a moment becomes the r< sorrow of a whole lif'e, 'Thilr tongues and their tears are c woionji's bes30t weapons, Love, faith, patience-the three es- a sen,tials to a hapipy le. Love is lowliness; on the wedding I ring sparh(ies ito Jewel, God's anger is holy. ils fire is fl ptlre anid with.ou~t amak*. r Greek Fire. "GreeK firo''-or, as it is sometimes !alled "Saracen flre"-was the most imn ortant war Inaterial men had before tle livultiou of gunpowde.'. Twice the city f Constantinople was saved by the use of L. It is said to have been invented by a yrIan, who, deserting from the service of he Caliph, revealed his secret to the em eror. The ingredients, if not also the Mode of darting the tie, were kept a su ret for upwards of 400 yeas, and it is Wite uncertain now what wore actually the ulponleut parts of thit which, Joinville ,Ivs, "Caie flying through the air like a Anged, long-tailed dragon, abut the i hick ess of a hogsiead, wth the report of thuo. er and the velocity of lightninlg; and the arkiess of the angit was dispelled by this eadly illumination. " It Is generally con dered, however, that "the fire" was com osed of iptla, iningled in cortain pro orlions, now unknown, with Sulphur, aid ith pitch oblitilled from evergreen fir. his iixture, ignited and blown or pumped rough long tibes of copper, which were tounted in the prows of galleys, and fanci. 1lly sliaped into the form of monsters, roduced a thick stnoke with a loud ex losion, and a lilie, fierce and obstinate, hich no aioutit of water coUld extin tisli. WNhen used for the defense of walls, wts poured in large boilers from the ilparts, or wits hurled on javelins by ivalis of tow which had previoaqly been euped in inflanuniablo matet ial. Against the bravest soldiers went in vain: their nagnation recoiled fromi a thing so muitlte id terrible. llorses lied from it in dire ight; ships weri burnt by it; there was j way of standing ugaiust it. The Greek nperors. sensible of' the enormous advan ige which anl offensive weapon of such a nd gave them, invested it with a myster us histery, and appealed to the supersti an of their subjects for the preservation of le Secret o the mai1nuflcture. They said at an angel had revealed tihe compositdou Greek lire to the first U:anautino for 10 expres purpose of mitilaninling the su riority of 1lie etmllpiro over the lhal-I. mis; uno that whoever betrayed the secret foreigners wolid incur not only the pen ty of' treason ant1d HacriHge, but the spe. al venge mee of the Aln4.ihtv. In the Velfth century, however we lind it tised ie kMaholetans in their wiars with the rist inns; and from that tit1 it caime into elty general use, unitil the ilivention Of m11powder p-it It out of dalte, an caused i entire rcvo.utioni i:n the art of war. 11Otl(1 1ol't.60,14 V4. L't,vo. "What are you readmng, Mary?" inquilred practiculi man living on East Long, Do )11, of his wife one day1. "Just 1he sweetest love story you ever 11rd of," replied his wile, ent1hu-iasti Ily. A love slory ?' '1e,. and you just ought to lead it "'Ain't you got over that yet '" inter pied her husband. "1Got over wint ?" IN"Why, that love busilness. 'lhat--that olasses contract between young idiots." ",Do yott mlealn-" "Yes, I meanmhMe milk and mu4h stuff ildren indu!ge in. I thought that would ve beenl taken out of you by this tIme. ,w what's that story about. ?" "I am right here where lie-" "''ho ?" "Why, the lover, of course, hias just res ed lier-" " Who in thunder is her ?" "'Oh I why don't you keep quiet. l IsI ft rescued the girl ie's ill love with from ng of robl)ers and-" 'low many wasit in that gang '' "Let mile see," said the wifu thoughtfully, 1'h4e were forty-t wo, and lie-' ''Now, do you mean lo say that young Ier took a g*rI Irom forty-two robbuts all ' himself ?" "Ye.e, andi theC story says ho killed thir L'nl in the at tlthyt, atl-'' '.Giiry, hand that ipaper rIght to me. >rk it over.'' '-Why?" ''Now,'' continued the husband, as lie ushied it upi and putt In the tail of las coat, hat's tihe biggest lie I ever heard. I'im 'inig to take this paper otside the coipo tion andl bury it two feet, deep, lin-l then Lu1 iltii't t.et an act p)assedl by C'tngiess sutppressl its puIblicaltioni. I'll be back Ihy ppler timei(, and I w1anit you to humutp your II arond andt have somte b oi led po ltatoes I cornt-brenad. Thaiit will help take sonie tis5 niosense otit of votii." r Wsilhein II3hEli's1 Flrut, Teltescopo. Sir William Ilerschel arri vedi in England oilmi tlover, his~ birt hi-philice, about, the ad of lie y(tar '.50I, wheun he~ wals In his renityf-fint yevar. lie was l.redc a pirofes. r ol mu-sic, and1( weit t-> live at Ilhalifax, here lie acq-(uired-0 by his own app)lication, conlsiderable k nowledge of tnat hemautics; d, having stutdied ast ronomyv and opt ics the( popular will ing~' of iFurgusoni, he as anxiuts to wvitntess withI his own eyes e wvondelrs or t he phmetiairy sysStemf. lie cotrdingly horrowed fiom a friendl a tele nyle, two feect inl foe.I lenigthI, aind ha:iving rected it to the heavens lie was so de ghted with theaIetual night of phleno:neOna, iuich lie lad previonealy known only fronm >Oks, thai. he commtuissiotn'd a friend to irchiase for im in London, a telescope ith a.high miagnify intg power. F"ortu nately ar setetace, the price of such an itnstru hent greautly exceo2(ded is meaSt, antd lie itmiediately resolved to construct a tele :ope withI his own hiads. Ato Ctecounfter ig the diillcultis wvhich every amateur at rat experiences. ini the casting, grmnding id polishilag of the imetalic specula for te eclinag telescopes, he completedl in 177t3, a nfetting inst rmnent, live feet, in local ngthI, with which he wvas able to obiserve eo ring of S3atur andi11( the sateellhtes anid elts of Jupiter. Tis telescope wvas COml Ote'd wh-len he reside-d at, Bath, whlere ho q adred by degrees and in his leisure ours that practical knowledge of opties aid mathematics which was necessary for ucht a task. HIs experience in this rcien lie art wvere of the most remarkable kind, ad by 1781 he had constructed so many loiecopes as to be0 bette-r furnished with 10 means of surveying the heavens thian !ere possessed by atny other astronomer-, any of the fixed observatories of Eu. --IL is said( that, Job . At(Ireiv, of ontictl, has appointed a stato de wetlve to mtake a furtither a ffimrt to ailve the myster-y o1 the murdiaer of Iuary Stantunard, ior whicli the Rev. 11. [. lfavdlen v'as tried. CuidaGo has a lady teacher of' the tato. tShe pr-obably dooM ail the fluLlng sr kier own dresSo4. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Alwaym speak the truth. The man who passes on his honesty wants little of the villain. Tle finest fruit earth holds tsp to Its Maker is the fitaished man. There Is nothing tei rible in death without life hath-anade it so. A luliious silence is better than truth Lpoken without charity. Ile who can pay homage to the truly despeable is truly voitenptible. Luxury increases thie lugmage of life, alld thereby impedes the taren. lie who stops to pick a tlaw in o:her's knitlhg work, drops aaty stitches in lls ow1. Let hlin who regrets the loss of time imiko proper uso of that n hioh Is to collie ill the futturn. Rich attire is the vest of pride. Tho wulst appar at is natro's garluet ; the best but folly's garnish. A generous man will place the bene itS ne confters beneath his feet; 1hose he receives, nearest his heart. To pardon of sin God will add power againasit sin ; Lojastilloatin by Cairlt's uerit, saUctillUALUai oy 1111 Sji rt. We may do a very good action anld not be a good man, but we oamot do a very ill one and nUt b) anl il tuan. For suh as sin of lallemity and re urn to God by repentaice, they shall hot fiud imia lurlous, but graelous. When God comes agalist a people, Lie usually tukes tLhu wHlnam they are itt the strongest and most coni lent. It' you wish to appear agreeab:e In society, you mailt UU11selt to 0 t:tught; inmay thiigs whit-h you know aireay. Ile who truly wishes the happiness ut auy one, eaianot be lung WithEut is Covering some mode of contributing to It. It Is better to wear out than to rust :)ui.. We must not only striko the iron while It is hot, but strike LiIt IL is made lout. We sacridiee to dress till houshold jym and comforts cease. Dress draltis s.ur cellar dry, and keeps our lardur 1. ~a I I. Whoever is honest, generoui, courte )Us aid Caldid, is a getitleman, wihe,h ir it be luarned or unloarned, rich or loor. Ii a cause be good, the mos% violent t tacks of its eanietnes will not mijurt it io Ulch as ai l1judicious suppur o0 its m'riends. The beat way to silence a talkative per.wu is never to interrupt lini. Da tot Miiff (ho candle and iG will go ouc al itseli.. Life is a casket not preolous in itself, jut valuable in, iroportion Lo what for tume, or inidustry, or virtue hus placed wVatlbln it,. Tell the boys on the street, tell tihe voung uin oil the road to ruin, that Llot loves tem, and show them thar; rou believe it. Fire, flood, mist-ke or accident may rob us of our tmaterial posseesions, but ney camnot get at the treasure of the 11nm1ortal lulind. -Thle greatest joys and hopes are tnon turned into tale greatest griefs and fears with them that live by sense aid not by faith. -Proud men never have friends; Iefther in prosperity because they know mobody, nur in adversity becausi no Jody klows ti01n. If you would be pungent, be brief; or it is wlLh words as it is with uii Ma1is, thu aiore they are coadunsed ,li deeper they burn. To feel much for others and little for )IIIselves, to rostrali Our seldlsh amad to idulge our t,einevoIentafetiUAs, toa atituate the perleellon of hiutnan nature. Thae utniot, excellence at wvhleh la.. namau,y cana arrive, is a consetant undl( iteraluud pureumt of virtue without regard to present damngers and advaua ~ates. To' do ein vil action Is base ; to do a good action wvithouat inc urrbmg dmanmger 5 commu.anan enumghi ; but, iit is Lime patte mod iai to i10 gieat amid taobla deeda4, liuign lie risa~ evemythlaig. Pax;omi lood tell of a an a who ex ,ar-:aed mami c'i Vmotta spairat towamtta .mast leravi cur min tii tm possessionm of a Joui tam rtecl.mcr, iad was rcb1m Led byg sin- tart reply, ''Vinou slt not covet lay aitig hibo 'aur's ass. It is not the saulle thilig to be wise hiat t .. as,a understaid. ;icr ama tay, ini Jeatd are wi se ama the thin gs om' eternity, wholi cmi aoL in anay sort, unidLrtandii im,bmin. Knowleitdge 1s ioumght If it lathb Isot 11s u.se f or piety. Good words (do more than hiarid -p,sccbes ; as thae sumnbeams, wvit,iaut, m.y ms1)me, will iake theo traveler cast, IY lais eloatk, wichv all the bittasterl ag n ad oulda ota doa, but only make hinm batnd I it lser'to bluiai. Th'le riulber one ilam nmor el excellecie lime maobier shiould hae appear ini kindm :omsderation bOr aill amounmd himii. l'mm rmousness auid seillshness woul d liedaii ala lis virt,ues, as rust wilt de luetal. It is mnot the bee's touching on the llowers thmat gialers thae hontey, bitt lier ttaidig lvor a t,iine Uuo m lcam, anmd 1mrawing oaut t,me sweet. It Is aaot lie that,t reads hiost, baat lie thamt mieditates uaost. oaa diavine truth, t hat wvill provo the cho(iceat, stronagest .Chrlstiaan, If yout iom.g to bring forth alhl the fruits of lie Spirit, strike your roots Jee.p and1( wide in private prayer. That anitua andit suapport, that strength and( grace,.whicha you seek of God inm sect mlhat thmey lmy be exercised in time houar ul aneed, (God will in that hour give you before meon. D)o not wait for the assistance of others ini youmr course m harougha lite; you will grow laungry, depenid upun it, if you look. to the caaria.y and kaminnes of .tbers .or yoaur daIly broad. I t is more noble amid praaise-worthay to give tip yuar livea anid meeOt thae troucles andl 'jilliculties of humnaan life with a daunt less couriago. A door sianding open, Which vwouldi reaadily yild on its hinages to a gematle pushm, is not. moved by a cannmmon bal piassimg througha it. The ball in pass minug tharoughm, overcomes time whole lorce or' coheosion ameoug tile atoms of wood, but its force acts Ior sQ short a time, owinag to its rapid passage, that It ia not sullieient to affecot the Weirtia ol thme door to an extent to pro mot lon