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r .1 Al~ :rRI-WEEKLY EDITION- WINNSBORO, S. C., AUGUST 31, 1880. VOL IV.-NO GUST- -1 .10. WHIP-POOR-WIL,L. Up rose the moon o'er the towering mountain, Sparkled, and danced, in the silvery rill, While forth from the elm-tree, hard by the fountain, Floated the notes of a lone whip-poor-will. Softly the breath of the evening allured me Away from my couch; and I leaned on the ill, As the calm of the hour again reassured me, I heard in the distance the lone whip-poor will. Sharp as the swirl of a willow it sounded Sharp on the balm of the ev'niug still ; Back from the mountain the clear echoes bounded Bounded the wall of the lone whip-poor wilL Back to my cooh, as the evening star faded; Back as the breeze, from the meadows blew chill, While the moon from my viion by clouds was o'er-sha-led, Again broke the plaint of the lone whip poor-will. Forgive Him! "Forgive him I" said Mrs. Stains, "Ol1h, William, forgive him I" - The speaker was an aged woman and a whaow. Her head was white with the frost of years, and her mild features were deeply marked by the hand of time. There was at tear in her eye, and her face was clouded with sorrow. She spoke to her son, a mid dIe-aged, strong-featured person, whose countenance betrayed a firm-willed, unbend Ing heart, but yet who appeared an upright, honorable man. "Forgive him I" repeated the white haIred widow, as she raised ier trembling hands towards her son. "He is your bro ther-your only brother. Oh, if you know your own heart, you will forgive him." "Never I" spoke William Stains, in a firm, deep tone. "John has wronged me deeply wronged me-and I should lie to my soul were I to forgive him now." "And have not you wronged him ?" asked the widow, nmpressively. "I wronged him? How ?" "By withholding from him your love by treating him harshly, and causing him to sin," answered his mother, kindly. "Cease, mother. When you say that I have caused him to sin, yott are mistaken. He has chosen his own path, and now lie must travel in it." "Wilham, you are the oldest, and from you should come the love that can alone heal the wound between yourself and John." "Listen to me, mother," said the stub born man, with a iece of bitterness in his . tone. "John has been unjust to me--he has been unmaniy and unkind. ie has in j ured me beyond reparation." "No, no, William," interrupted his mo ther, "not beyond reparation." "Yes, lie has injured my feelings by the most fatal darts of malice and ill-will. He has told falsehoods about me to my friends, and even assailed my private character." "And can you not forgive all this?" sine asked, tenderly. "Perhaps I might," returned Wiliham Stains, "but," he added, in a hoarse tone, while his frame quivered with deep feeling, "he has done more than that. lie has spoken of my wife, and- But I will not tell it all. 1 car.not forgive hinm this"' "ForgIve hum, and be happy, Ills heart Is as kind as yours, and he is all generosity and love to his friends. More than fe"Y years have passed over John's he"", and during all that time lie never- sfeO one uni kind word to his poor mothie' "And did I ever speal' unkindly to you, my mother ?" asked Walhaam Stains, in a half hushed vole. "No, -no; .youn and John have both kind hearts, and it grieves me scirely to see you as you are now. Ah, Williamn, I fear that you do not perceive how noble a thing it is to forgive those who have injured you." The man made no reply to his amother. He saw that shne was unhappy, and hec knew that lie wase himself unhappy also. In for mer yeans hec had loved his brother, nd lie knew that hec had been faithfully loved in return. TIne trouble which had so ufor tunately separated them, had been trivial in its beganning; but WillIam's sternness of will and Johmn's hastiness of temper had kept the fire on tine increase. The first fault had belonged to thne younger brother, but a word of explanation at thne time mnighnt have healed it without any trouble ; now, hnowever, the affair had become deep aind dlangorous, and there was but one way for remedy. That way tile aged mother would point out. "William," continued Mrs. Stains, speak ing in a trembling tone, "I can spend but a few short days longer on earth. *I feel that the sands in my glass have most all run out; but before [ depart I hope r may meet my two boys together in love-I hope I may see them once more bound together in tine sweet bonds of friendship. When you were babies, I nursed you and cared for you, and I tried to do a mother's duty. I t.ried to make you both fit for the grea, world. As you grew older I promised mny self a full shaire of happiness in your comt panionsip, and naught has come to dim thne joy of my widowed heart, till tIs sad cloud lowered upon me, I love my child ren-I love them both alike-and yet they * ove not each other. William, my son, one thing weighs heaviy upon me. Should this thing last till I am dead, then how will you'aed John meet by tihe side of my corpse I [low wl lyou feel when you come to---" "ilush, my mother I" uttered the stout man, trembling like a reed. "Say no more now. [This evening I will speak to you my John Stains sat in his easy chair in his >wn cozy parlor, and about him were his wife and children. Everything that money pet could procure toward real comfort was his; lux yet he was not happy. Amid all his comu- PIC forts there was one dark' cloud to trouble wa the him. The spot where for long years lie wi had nurtured a brother's love was now va- he cant. No, not vacant, for it was filled with bo bitterness. lie knew that he was in the th fault, but he tried to excuse himself by n bilnking that his brother hated him. Thi, e not however, did not ease his conscience, for ask e know that he was lying to himself. - ce While he sat thus lie heard a rap at the of front door, and in a few minutes one of the "' children told him that "Uncle William" wanted to see hin. tie "Tell him to come in," said John ; and after this lie made a motion for his wife and til children to leave the room. "I shan't th budge an inch," lie muttered to himself. "If he thinks to frighten me, he'll find his mistake." - thi Before he could say more, his brother entered the room. glk "0ood evening, John," said William, in an sal a kindly tone, at the same time laying his n hat on the table, hel John. Stains was taken all aback by this shi address, and he could hardly believe his ears; but he responded hesitatingly to the salutation. For an instant he looked up Into his brother's face, and during that in stant there flashed across his mind a wish that he had never offended. n in "John," continued William, still stand- hir -ng, "you know well what has pased to make us both unhappy." tht "Yes, I know," answered John, hardly Pe knowing what tone to assume. ho o "Well, my brother," continued William,' on while a tear glistened in his eye, and at the ni same time extending his hand, "I have pil come to bury the evil that has risen up be- Al tween us. If you have wronged me, I as freely forgive you; if. I have been harsh and unbrotherly towards you, I ask that you will forget it. Come, let us be friends ca once more." Like an electric shook catme this speech tat upon the ears of John Stains. A moment he stood half bewildered, and then the tears broke forth from his eyes. He reached forth ho [is hand, but his words were broken and tlh indistinct. He had not expected this from his stern brother; but It came like a heaven sent beam of light to his soul, and in a mo- go nent more the brothers were folded in a warm embrace. When they were aroused. to it was by feeling a trembling hand laid up on their heads; and when they looked up they found their aged mother standing by U tlKem. "Bless you, my children, bless you P a murmured the white-haired parent, as she atr raised her hands towards heaven; "and ol, I pray our Maker that you may never be tI unhappy more." let John Stains knew that his mother had to been the angel who had touched the heart pa of his brother, and it did not alter his for- 1a1 giveness. of "O)h," ie murmured, "I have bp" very ci wrong-1 have abused you, 'Ly brother; gir but if you can forgive ,.10, I will try to litt stil make it all up." hila "Your love wil repay it all, John. Let su ne have your kve, and I will try never to th lose it Imor' "N<vd I am truly hiapp)y," said the need lie 3,ither, as Bike gazed withk pride upon hiergi .ans. "liow I can die in peace. Oh, my joys, If you wvould have your children sure jut f happiness in after life, teach thkem that no oriens will heal social wounds wvhich an be healed in no other way. Many a su keart has been broken prom the simple want f that talismanic power." n ilothi these brothers tried to bless their Tj'm nother for the healthful lesson she had ~aughit them, and they failed not to teach t to their ehildren as one of thre boat boone Lhat could be given thiem for life. A Modest Brot.her. wi A certain genthenian requiring legal assist- mm ince had been recommiendied to onie of two brothkers, but had forgotteni the Chris- p)a tan name of him lie sought, so-he called at the oilce of the one first found and asked an for Mr. Podger. P "That is my name, sir." ~ na "But there are two of you of that name lce here in town?" "Yes." it "Well, I wIsh to consult the Mr. Podlger so -excuse me for the allusion-who wears a m wig." .be "We both wear wigs, sir.'' of "Well, the man I seek was divorced from ch lisa wife iiot long ago." th "There, you hit us both again, sIr." wi "The man to whom I was reconmended has recently been accused of forgery, though Itrust unjustly." "There we are again, my dear sir. We ta have both had that gentle Iinmuation laid da at our dora." "Well, upon my word, you two brothers s bear a striking resemblance. But 1 guess I w; have it now. The one I am after is In the at, habit of occasIonally drinking to excess- PC sometimes to intoxtication." "My dear man, that little vice Is unfortu nately characteristic of the pair of us and I ema doubt if our best friends could tell you which was the worst." "Well, ynu are a matched pair certainly. But tell me," continued the vIsitor, "which be of the twain it was that took the poor debt or's oath a few months ago?" "Hla, hia, we were both in that muddle. I was on Bob's paper and he was on mine," "In mercy's name I" cried the appli. yr cant, desperately. ''Will youk tell me which of the two is the most sensible man ?" hm "Ah, there you touch bottom, my friend. Poor Bob, I can't stretch the trukthi, even t11 to serve a brother. If you want the more w sensible one of the two I suppose I must ". acknowledge the corn. I'm the man." --The orange treed In Florida are sc not growing $s rapidly as usual this a5SOn,- . . 51 Changed by years. he was a pretty girl, was Jemina Ite-that's what I like-bright eyes, urant locks-a white and pink coi xion, plump and compact. Bhe was al ye in good humor, and we on,i became very best of friends-nay, mwre--for o could help being affectionate toward ? Everybody loved her. When the itmen called her "a sweet little craft," y expressed though vulgarly, the senti nt of my own heatt. I was in love with nima, and Jemima- well, Jeumima was indifferent to me. I had not nerve to her, in so many words, would she a it my hand and name. I spoilt a quire paper in the effort to utter ily thoughts a letter; so at last, on her birthday, the h of May, -1 ventured to present her h an elegant bound book, and on a lit slip of paper inside I wrote: 4DICAR JR5u1MA-By the acceptance of 3 trilling gift let me know you accept giver! ALFREI) BAWNTAiPLE Douorry." flattered myself it was rather a plucky ng to do, and it answered admirably. 'qext time L saw her she was all of a ,w, and when we were alone together, I I was standing rather near her, and dI: "You receivedi my humble offer ," she burst into a flood of tears, put arms round my neck, and spoilt my rt front. 'hen, when she recovered a little (do ,i believe in Niobe ? I don't) she d: "Have you asked pa ?" f course I responded I had not. "Then do at once," she said; "for, good. is gracious me, if he was to find us out anything sly, and trying to keep it from n, it would be awf ull" Lt is a good'deal worse asking the governor mu asking the girl, especially such a pep -y old party as Captain Wattleborough; wever I screwed myself up, and when nima was down about the place, playing our piano, and I knew he wowld be king his evening toilet by putting on a ot coat, I ventured to look in upon him. ter a few words on ordinary topics, such how were we both, how was the athr, I hemmed and began, "Captain, in ambitious." "Right boy-climb as high as you "Don't encourage me too much, Cap n; I'm ambitious in your direction." "Boy, you're not going to sea ?" "'No, Captain; I-1-I-I aspire to the nor of being your son-in-law!" The Captain looked ine full in the face, ,u said: "Have you money I" "Of course I hadn't, and he told me to and get it before venturing to aspire to3 - hand of Jeinima. "But, my dear Captain--" I ventured expostulate. "Get off my doorstep!" ''Let me speak for a moment to Jemi 1.11 "Get off my doorstep!' He accompanied this last instruction by hrust which sent me staggering into the cet. My affair with Jemima was -1 an end. ic Captain would not list,. to reason tt is, he would not in to me. All the ters I awrote to -.7jllla were sent back me I . weary, packed up aiA eed , i a letter of introduction to I- n China. Well, the fortune was so easy to make, but at the expiration Lwenty years I began to think it sufil utly large to warrant iy return to "the 1 1 left behind me." I had heard very le from home. Father and mother were I alive, but the Captain was dead. They I carried him through the cornfields one nicr's day to the little churchyard, and re they buried him. leniima, I understood, lived in the old iso and was still single. 80-full of otion, all the tenderness for the dear I I had left behind ine rapidly reviving >ff I went, carp)et bag and everything, it as I was, to have the old vows re .ved and sealed in the usual mannier. A. maiden with a freckled face, much iburnt, opened the door. Could I see as Wattleborough ? The11 maiden did reply, but leaviing me where I was, ired to the remote back settlement. ore I heard the followving dlialogue: 'Missual" "'Well, what is it ? "Somebody wants you." "Who is it ?" 'A fat old man with a bag." [ could have shaken the girl into jelly. Thiere was further talk in a smothered iisper aiid then the girl returned, and >tioning me with her finger, saId: ''Conme in here," and showed me into the rlor. 1T1e old parlor, just an I had left it, neat d trim, the old hiarpsIchordl, the old nchbowl; but sonic new things-a ca ry In a cage at the window, a black, long eged cat ensconced upon a oh aIr. The next minute a lady enteredl. Could be? No, impossible-this palo-faced, bear visaged lady with stiff curls, and n' )re figure than a clock case-could this my Jomina ? Whore was the old lustre the eyes-where the old bloom upon the eeka-where the lips that were ruddier in the cherry ? She lifted up both hands ion she saw inc. "Alfred!" "Jemimnal" We shook hands; after a moment's hesl. ,lon we wont further-more ha accor ace wvith old times. My heart sank within me, however, as I (Idowa opiposite to her, and thought of ist she was. She looked at me ver~y sadily, and I thought I detected disap lntment in her glance. "We are both changed, Jlemlma." "You are very much altered," she Ld. "You are different," I responded. "Do you think so ?" "Think so? Why, Jemima, there can't two opinions about It." "It Is generally observed; biut you "Well, my dear?" '-You have grown ridiculously stout, and >n are bald-headed." "You are not stout, my (tear; but your hir is not quite what It was." "People say they see no change in me-. at I preserve my childIsh appearaip anderfully." llumphil" Our Interview was not altogether agreea e. When we parted we contented our Ives with shaking hands. That afternoon I wrote a not6 to her, Lggestirg that wo did not renew our en gagemient. That afternoon she wroto, a note to me, suggesting the very same idea to me. Our cross letters crossed. We are to be friends-nothing more. But that could not last.. I was the first to give in. I called upon her, and said a good deal, and she cried, and then we said why not I and then she put her head upon my breast and spoiled my shirt front as she had done before. "You are not so very fat," she said, laughing. "You are not so very lean," I sitid, laughing also. "You can wear a scalp," she said. "You can dye," I responled. So we both laughed again, and it was all settled. We were settled. and here we are out of the fog, and very much at your service-the happles4 couple in our tow)%. Fontainebleau. The forest of Fontalnbleau covers 42, 000 acres and is sixty miles In circuinfer ence. Most of the trees are very old, and to the most remarkable 'ones are affixed small plaques giving the particulars of their histury. Originally the demesne was named the Foret do Biero and became known as Fontainebleau from the fact that King Louis IX., while hunting in one of its wildest parts, lost one of his favorite hounds, whose name was Bleau. The dog was found quietly drinking from a spring of cool water, which the king named Fon taine Bleau, or Blcau's fountain. Struck with the beauty of the spot, the king or dered a hunting mansion to be built near the spring, and this hunting box has in successive reigns been enlarged and beau titled till it became the stately palace which all visitors to the environs of Paris know so well. In Francis I. 's time, tradition says, the forest was infested by an enormous serpent, which gobbled up men, women and chii dIren in large numbers. As there were no snakecharmers sufilciently courageous to attack the monster, King Francis deter mined to try his hand on it, and caused a suit of armor to be made of razors, with the edges pointing outwards, and tWe ser Pont met his'death. The library of the palace contains many of the first books seen in France. In Charles VII's reign the 853 books therein contained were worth the present sun of $48,100. The English carried off the books when they were rulers in France, but they were bought back at the cost of $250. In the Hotel d'Albret, in the Cour du Cheval Blanc, Cardinal Richelieu dwelt when attending on the court. Here lie was taken il and was removed to Paris on a litter. The litter was too wide to pass through the door of the hotel and was lifted out through a window. In 1657, Christina, Queen of Sweden,, while visit ing at the palace, caused Monaldeschi, one of her favorites, to be assassinated. Cardi nal Mazarin, by order of the king, wrote to her to leave the palace. fh6 replied by odeif Alazari nV as a quuop, wits alwaysm a qjuee Wer she happened to be. Fontainebleau was the scene of many of the triumphs of Rous seau and Voltaire. The latter, however, was requested to leave the palace, an tin complimentary remark he had made hav ing come to the cars of royalty. The abdi cation of Napoleon I. was signed at Fon tainebleau and here the petit corporal kept Pope Pius VII..prisoner for the space of two years, on account of some slight dif ference of opinion between himself and the successor of 8t. Peter. In the Cour Cu Cheval Blanc, Napoleon took his leave of the Old Guard when lie started on his trip of exile to Elba. A Summer Voyage on the Pepacton. This branch of the Delaware, so far as I could lenin, had never be'ore been dlescended by a white man In a boat. Rafts of pine andl hemlock timber are run down on the spr- ing andI fall freshets, but of plea sure seek era In boats 1 appeared to be the first, IIence my adivent was a surprise to most creatures in the water and out. I stir p)rised the cattle in the field, and those ruminating leg-deep in the water turned their hea a at my approach, swallowed their unfinished cuds, and scampered off so It they had seen a spectre, I surprised the fish on their spawning beds and feeding grounds; they scattered, as my shadow glidled down upon01 them, like chick ens when a hawk appears. I aur prisedi an ancient fisherman seated on a spot of gravelly beach, with lis back up stream, and leisurely angling in a deep, still etddy, and mull)ing to hmselt. As I slip)pedl int.o the circle of his vision, his under jaw dropped and he was too bewild eredh to reply to my salutation for some moments. As I turnedi a bead in the river I looked back, iind saw him hastening away with great precipitation. I presume lie had angled there for forty years withiout having his privacy thus intruded upon, I surprised hawks and herons and kingfish era I came suddeinly upon musk-rats, andI raced with thenm down the rifts, they hay ing no time to take to their holes. At one point, as I roundled an elbow in tho stream, a black eagle sprang fromi the top of a dead tree, and flapped hurr.edly away. A king bird gave chase, ant disappeared for some moments between the groat wings of the eagle, and I imaginedi hhn seated upon his back delivering his puny blows upon the the ,oyal birdl. I interrupted two or three minks fishing and hunting along the shore. They would dart undler the bank when they saw me, then presently . thrust out their sharp, weasel-like noses, to see If the danx ger was Imminent. At one point, In a lit t,ie cove behind the willows, I surprised some scool-girls, with skirts amazingly abureviated, wading andi plaving in the water. And as much surprise as any, I am sure, was that hard-worked looking housewife, when I caine up from under the bank in front, of her house, and with pll in hand app)earedi at her door andi askedI for milk, taking the precaution to intimame that I had no objection to the yellow scum that Is supplosed to rise on a fresh article of that kind. "What kind of milk doe you want?"n "The best you-have. Give me two quarts of it," I replied. "What do yon want to do with it ?" with an anxious tone, as If I might want to blow up something or burn her barns with it. "Oh, drink it," I answered, as if I fre qhuently put milk to that use. "Well, I suppose I can get you s0me;" and she presently reappeared with swim ming pail, with those little yellow flakes floatingr about upon It that one likes to sne. Two Jokere. On the Michigan Central train the othe day wis a passenger who had lost his right arm. Soon after the train pulled out of Detroit, he began talking with those around him in regard to the political candidates, clahning to have served under both. This led some one to ask how he lost his arin, and he replied: "It was down in the Wilderness. We were charging the enemy's line. A bullet struck my arm, crushed the bone, and I fell un onscious. When I was restored to consciousness, I was in the hands of the Confederates. Indeed a soldier was going through my pockets. When he discoveretI that I was alive he was about to bayonet me, but a corporal sprang forward, knocked the wretch down, and saved my life." While he was telling this. a man with his left aria gone had risen from his seat aid came nearer, andt as the other finished lie bent forward and said: "I am that very corporal I I remember the incident as if it happened only yester day. I had you conveyed to an old log barn over on the right." "Yes, yes-let us shake hands, let us emi bracel Thank Reaven that I have found you out. How came you here?" "I have been to Detroit to be treated for cancer, but there Is no longer any hope. I am going home to go to the poorhouse and there end my days. I haven't d shilling or a frieknd.." "And I am going to the poorhouse as well," replied the other. "I have consump tion, and I amt plinilems. I must go and die among paupers." Then they embraced some more and seemed to weep. One passenger fished up half a dollar and passed his hat, and in fiv minutes a collection amounting to $3.50 was divided between them. Everybody said it was a shame ; an old man seemed willing to adopt them both if they wouhl go to Illinois. But they didn't ; ihey gol off at Dearborn, and it was a quarter of a hour after before a commercial drummer dared to make the statement that both chaps lived in Detroit, both lost their arm by accident, and that they had played the same game over and over on every railroad in the State. Just as I Expected, A day or two since a traveler from the East walked into the Cass House, Detroit, with his grip sack in one hand and the other pressed to his jaw, and he wasn't long in permitting lifteen or twenty people to know that lie had been atilicted with the toothache every minute since '7 o'clock, the previous evening. le couldn't eat drinlk nor star.d still, and when some one asked him why lie didn't go to a dentist, li replied. "Because I haven't got the pluckl Here I am, a great big six-footer, able to knock down an ox, and yet I haven't got the grit to stand one yank on this tooth I've beer down on the battle-line, in free fights anti out among the red skins, but I'm a cow ark11mei laughed and some encouraged tim and lie fluafly atui "Well, I believe I'll try It, but I know what I am, and I want something to push me on. I'll bet this five-dolla' bill against ten cents that I'll have the tooth pulled." One of the guests made the wager, and a small crowd went along to see the full The stranger walked up as bold as a lion, took a seat in the dental chair, and evincet no signs of crawilshing until the dentis picked up ihe forceps and told him to get a good grip on the chair. Then lie grow whit6 in an instant, slid out of the chair. and scized:his hat and said: "It's just as I expectedf i'm a great bil calf on wheels, and the worst flunker in America, but I can't help it! I've lost thit five dollars, and will probably have the toothache ighit along for a week, but I'T have to stand it and hope to be struck bj lightning or mashed up on the ears." Faintingr FIt andn Their Casean. A faIing fit arises from sudden failur< of the heart's action. It is met with mnosi frequently in young adults, especially bi females. Its occurrence is favored by gen eral debility or Ill health, anti more p)artic. ularly by anwmia, or poorness of the blood it is very common in young ladies who t ak< very little otdoor exercise and spend mos of their time on the sofa reading novels Want of active occupation powerfully pre disposes to fainting. People who are no very strong are most likely to faint afte: some unusual fatigue, or aftet long abstl nence from food. A liability to faint m seems most to be hereditary, so commor is it in some familicms. Sometimes it Is ase sociatetd with heart diseases, bitt in the vas majtority of cases it is purely functional antI there is nothing wrong with that organ The tdetermnimng causes of a faint are va riable in character. The , susceptible sub jects it may be brought, on by any sudder impressIon on the nervous system. Thiu needi not of necessity be painful or unpleas a.nt, for p)eople may faint from excitemen or excess of joy. For instance, the suddem announcement of the return of some loni lost relative, or of the unfavorable termi nation of a protracted law suit, may be thn excIting cause. The sight of certain ani male, such as a frog, or a black beetle, o even a mouse, is quite enough to send som< peop)le off, while others faint immzediatel: at the sight of blood, and even feel aici and faint If they read of an accident, in th' papers. We have all heard the story a t,he young preacher who fainted on hiavinj to read the account of one of the sangulnar; battles in the Oltd Tesrament. Medical stt dents sometimes faInt, at their first opera tion. Such a trivial accident as prickin the flnger- will make some people sick an faint. Ma&n as a Vomnpouind. The eminent Prof. Jager regards man ri a threefold being, made up of hodly; ( purely hysical matter ; spirit, or thn which is absolutely Iminaterial anti tranmi cenidant ; the soul, or connecting link bn tween the hotly and spirit. The soul, a< cording to him, is the scat of the will, thi passions and the emotions, and it may L isolated by exp)erinent. 1t Is also casil perceived tby the sense of smell, Hie er deavors to trace the phenomena of syMn thy and antipathy as between different ir dividuals, whether brute or humian, 1o tI nature of the "soul emanation." The war of harmony in their specifc emanation wn thme cause of the social chasm between Jew and ChristIans, between Aryas arnd nt groes, &e. It would appear, then, that is but a univQrsal colognewhich Is neede to b)ring peane unpnn eart.h. Throndhjesn. The town has little in itself to attract at tention. Though founded about the year 1000, it bs so often been destroyed by tire that few traces of its antiquity remain. The streets are wide and regular, and the houses for the most part built of brick or stone; thus, the wooden aspect, so char acteristic of Norway and so quaint, is here found wanting. So far one is a little dis appointed in 'hrondhjem. It has held an important place In early Norwegian his tory. One's ideas of it havi been formed in imagination at the impressionable age when "Andersen's Tales" are devoured in Implicit faith. The mind, in connection with it, Is imbued with a vision of all that is old and mucli that is miraculous-from a fairy-tale point of view. Therefore, awakening to the discovery that the ancient town, with its rich, grand, rolling name, its tradition of wise men-the most north ern of the large towns of Europe-would not be out of place in any nearer, even the most southern towns of that quarter of the globe, gives rather a rude shock to the feel ings, bewilders the imagination, disturbs the boundary mark between fact and fancy, and causes a little of the romance attending this wonderful and beautiful country to melt away, just as everything is at present melting away under the influence of the fierce midday sun. We found ourselves in the market-place, a large, wide square, from which the four leading thoroughfares of Throndhjem open out. It was as modern as anything you could wish to see. This morning It was half covered with booths and stalls, the buyers and sellers not even clad in any special costune to render thein distinctive and picturesque. At the end of one of these thoroughfares stood the ca thedral, the great and special attraction of Throndhijem-its glory, as it is that of Norway itself, the one solitary piece of architecture that it possesses. 1But only in its first impression is Throndijem disap pointing. The cathedral makes up for a great deal, and once visited, memory fast ens upon this piece of antiquity for its as sociution with the ancient capital. And again, though the actual situation of the town is not so picturesque and quaint as that of Bergen, yet the neighborhood of Throndhjem is full of beauty, more luxurl ant and fertile than anthing we had yet seen in Norway. It is situated at the mouth of the Nid, and during the first four centuries of its existence was called Nid aros. Throndhjem Signif "es "The Throne's I1ome." It is here that all the Kings are crowned. lut at the union of Sweden with Norway it ceased to be the capital, the seat of 0ov.ernment, and the royal rel dence. So far its glory has departed. ---- -------- 0 Che10mien11s iII Philadelphia. One of the great industries which die tinguish the city and constitute the basis of its prosperity is the manufacture of cheimi cals, or of articles tor the production of which chemical processes are necessary. lany of these take the forn of drugs and niedicines for the wholesale trade, not in. c ludinst smcifie., Others are aiteds, al Ialies facturers. White lead and chemical paints are aisb includ(le. The line of distinction is not easy to define to the general reader, though well rccognized in the trade, and it (oes not include the body of the products known ats dyes, paints and imediciies, al though closely related to them. As so de filed, the chemical, manufacture in Phila dolphin includes about thirty establish ments, whose animual product has risen from $0,152,380 in 1870 to $10,060,000 in 1875 and $12,000,000 in 1877, and, as near ly as now may be calculatad, about $12,000 000 in value for the yearjust closed .They give employment to about 2000 persons-a relatively small number for the values pro duced-and have attained a position o an premacy ia their respiectivye departments which renders them reasonably secure, Th'le drug and medinal products are the largest, eight or ten establishments l)roduc lng $8,000,000 in value of quinine, mnor phlia, p)reparaLtionis of Iodine, bromuine, etc., wit.h other standard pharmaceutIcal pre paLrations. These are now the basis and body of applied pharmacy in this country, andl are likely to increase even more rap)id ly in the future. On the side of standard med(icines 1used as speelfics alnmost as much more wouldI be added, and the classifica tions woumld be entirely app)ropriate as a manufacture. The dIruig and chemical works iinsist on the (distinction, however, andl In a calculation of a tolal of $12,000, 000 productioni they are not inclided. TIhiey would reach $6,000,000 at least, and uder the genieral name of prop)rietairy mee'ticlnes, footed a total of $6,490,105 in 1870. The Cuc,umber M~an, "Enios Trurner, what's all this about?"' inquiredl lis honor of a man of sixty who camne out with his coat oni his arim and( the sweat running down lia neck. "I won't answer one dlarnedl question?" squeaked the old nmn as lie humped upi his back. "Phew! What's the matter with you? That's no way to answer a civil quecs tion." I thina of it the madder I git." "'You are chiargedi with disturbing the pea~ce." "'I 'sp)osedl there was some infernal charge or other, but I'm going to fight it if it costs me my hull farm. You see, 1 brought a few early cucumnbers to town to sell. I was in a grocery up hierq sonmc -where to ask the price, when an 01(1 crow b hait of a hose hiitched( to, a rag wagon moved up and reached into my wagon and chawed six dozen01 cowcuumbers into mootal mush in about ten seconds. If tihe owner o1 the hess had bin1 whIli' to settle like a man, there would't have bin, a word, 5 but lie declared up and dlownl that lie f wouiid'nt pay one dasrned cent. Thelin I t got mad, and the fust thing I know I had -that rag-uman in the ditch and was playing -on him like a landrohler. I own right up, -Judge, and I'm sorry thiere wasn't one or 0 two more of them." e "If I could overlook this on the ground y of your general good character you would hi- beiore careful in the future I take It?" ,-'It's may first fight for forty years." -"Well dlon't have any more trouble." o "I'll try not to, but cowcunibers are t iM~vud high jest now, and Pim feeling mad 8 (lear down to my heels. Giood day 'Squar'; a I wish i'd brouWi ye in t wo quarts of 'a cherrIes." A stirring dwarf we do allowaice give before a sleepy giant. Itellued By A Dog. Recently a number of soldiers went from ort ragt the Rio Gra nde for a bath. Among thet was Captain Jack Crawford. After being in the water about three-quar ters of an hour Captain Jack started to .ross toward the other side over a sand-bar, )n which the water was only from six inches to a foot deep. Sevbral of the others lad followed Jack, and they had consider 'ible fun tripping each other and rolling :ver In the water, while two of the boys ;ot Jack down in the shallow water and Lickled him in the ribs until he was nearly axhausted with laughter, he being very ticklish. In order to get away from his >rnentors Jack rolled over towards the dcep water on the lower edge of the bar, and when lie got up on his feet lie kept. backing (own stream, and although there was not over two feet of water where he stood, yet the current was so strong that it would carry him down should lie lose his footing. lie kept splashing water on those who had been tickling him and bantering Jtem to conic on after him, when suddenly ie made two or three desperate efforts to get back, but failed. Yet lie said not a wvord or the others might have joitied hands md reached for him. No one dreamed for % molnent that lie was trying to extricate iltiself from tie quicksand. All at once lie went down like a piece of lead. Even ,hen we thought lie had taken a dive until ae was under water longer than a man would willingly stay, and, indeed. no one would have noticed this particularly had we met heard a peculiar sound, more like the roar of a lion than anything else, and the next instant Jack's dog, "Itero," a beauti rul St. Bernard, was seen swinuning Lowards his master, while lie set up a howl that seemed to say, "I'm coming," Jack ane up about twenty-five yards below where he went down and right in the centre of a terribly swift curient, near where the river w toutl make a (Iick, sharp turn. Ile was nearly exh:austed when the sand broke from under him, and, striking a whirlpool, lie could make little or no headway and lian to use all Ilia strength to keep from be ing caught in the suction. Hill, a 8)ldler, arderly for General Hatch, soon R lie saw the dog go for Jack also sprang In the cur rent, but Hero got to Jack first, just as he was going down the second thim, and tak ing him by the hair of the head brought. him above water. Jack, who iever lost his presence of inind, caught the dog by the back jukt above the hip, and the faith ful I lero brought iln safe to shore, nearly a uile below where lie first went down. This was really a narrow escape, as an officer and five soldiers went down nearly Iml the saitic place ia few years ago aind were never seen. A wagon and team of mules disappeared In the river two years ago and have not turned pl) yet. An old Mexican brought Jack over from the opposite shore in a boat, while Hero never cesed 'licking his hands and face until lie caine out of the boat, In about an hour Jack was all right again, except that lie had a headache and could not hear good, his ears being full of water. Ile told his experience as follows: "When I got away from the boys I felt ticlefc'1 ohI c ii(;&kkck then when I got near the lower end of the bar I felt the sand getting softer and my feet seined to stick as if they were being drawn down, and I had to keep pulling them out otie after another, when, all at once, the whole bottom seemed to drop right out of the river, and down it went, and that under current just held my nose on the ground; for a little while, by Jove, I thought I never would get up, and in those few see onds under.that current of muddy water I saw more strange sights, in my mind, than ever Jules Verne pictured fifty leagues under the sea. When I did come tip the first thing I heard was Hero, then turning round I saw the dear old boy coming for me wit,h all his might. I believe I'd lost my senses if 1 hmadin't seen that dog, but just then that old Spott'sylvania hip wvound( stoppled my right leg froms dloing any serviee, and I felt that I had struck a whirlpool. I kept on time outer edge as much as p)ossible, ati believe I must have made abotut a turn anid a half ; wvhen I felt I had to go I took a long breath, shut my mouth, andl thme next thing I knew IIero had me by the hair, it was the first time I ever felt like having may scalp lted, at least above water. As soon as I got a mnouthful of air liero left go, iund .1Il.aught hold of binm by the hips, whlen lie towed mec ashore. I tell you Ihe hot sand was a good layout for me. L was ntever so much exhausted, and.if I had been dlrownled I suppose the Coroner would have said it was accilental drowning, lusteaid of being tickled to death." Captain Jack's dlog is without doubt the finest speci men of the St. Bernard that I ever saw. lie is eleven months old, weighs 1'25 p)ound(s. and is white as snow, hazel eyes, ad a very broad forehead and most, lu telligent fauce. P'aris in Wi,nter, So ecnomical are the poorest classes, that they are obliged to imake shift with as little lire as possible. The poor seamstress has generally, roiled up in flannel, a hot flat Iron which she warms on a portable petroleum cooking apparatuis ailci uses ai footstool during time long hours when sihe is engaged with her needle and thread. On the san.e stove, her soup sinuners the whole day long, to provide in .the evening a succulent and seasonable meal. Bhe pro tects, In gomng out, her feet from the snow - and frost by woolen stocking, coarse flan ael boots and wooden shoes, Into which hbefore putting them on she lia slipped a pair of cork soles. The pofites bo urge,ois fortify'thiemnelves in thieirdomniciles against cold, as the garrison of a beleagured fort$ would take precatutions against an insidious, cruel and ever-watchful enemy. Every door andi window are catilked up with --> bourrciet, 1 o. a tube of calico stnlied with tow and nailed along orifices above ; below, down straight, and, in short, wher' ever the wind Is In thehabit of penetratIng. Ilnt ashes are piled up at the backs of fire places. Closed stoves are never used ini Paris unless in omnibus oflices, the atnte rooms of private houses and in the lodginigs of poor people, who do all their cooking and Ironing in time single sittimg-room. A closed stove ls a confession of p)oVerby. , open fIre lathe rule with the respectable middle classes, who use the oldfashioned hearth, wIth two lro9 bars i-unning from back to front, and fa'e with dog'e heads, across which blocks of wood are laid :liu brushwood ia placed underneath, and on .. the application of a 11 hted match theiro Is ins a moment a blazi ,.tykhlng e'sotheo warmth ofs whlh time as) hjp be ll4ru. ii longs. ' ~