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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO,% S C. SEPTEMBER 4, 1880. VOl IY.N0 10 -Xi S.- .EP.EM7. CLIFF ROSES. Palo little sister of rich red roses, Wild little sister of garden queens, Art th-u content that, thy flower unoloses Here where the land to the ocean loans? 'They, where the lawns are soft and shaded, Hold their court amid eyes that gaze; Thou, by the Ione sea liv'st, and faded Fall thy leaves in the salt Oda sprays. Smitten on every storm that blusters, Cruibed by the mimio avalanohe, Bravely still thy delicate clusters Laugh from thicket and thorny branoh. Naught may we know of al thou knowest, All that the soft wind brings to thee ? Under the olif-top where thou growest Ball the shfps to the open sea. Art not thou and thy flowers clinging Ghosts on many a sad farewell, Fluttering home from the shipi, and bringing Tidings for loving hearts to toll? Or art thou, rather, a blithe fore comer, Blown by winds from the homeward ships. A kiss, turned flower in the breath of tummer. A word that has quickened from eager lips 2 Nay, though sweet as the longed for hour, Fair as the face that we yearn to see, Nothing thou art but a simp'e flower, Growirg where God ha'4 planted thee. Was she a Coward. Mrs Christine put her gold eye-glasseF on, and looked long anti critc-ally at Josle Warren, walking leisurely along on the bluff,with little Lacy Grosvenor beside her, and Flossie trotting on ahead, nearly ob. scured by her wide leghorn hat, and her sand-pail and shovel. "A very pretty girl, and really quite stylish," she said, patronizingly. "I dare say she is quite a treasure in her way, my dear I Where did yhu pick her up? She is really too pretty for a nursery gover ness., Little Mrs. Grosvenor looked after Joste's retreating flgure,a slight flush of conscious ness on her face. "It is certainly very absurd, Mrs Christie, but I am actually afraid Claude is falling in love with her." She gave a little hysterical laugh, partly on account of her own fears, partly because of the unfeigned horror on Mrs. Christie's face, assh1e laid down her glasses and looked the amazement and dismay she really felt. "NoI Doctor Carey in love with his sis ter's hired governess-and a nursery gov erness at that Mabel, you horrify me I" "There Is nothing so terrible about it at least, so Claude says," she returned, dis c .n -o!ately. "Of_,rourse Josie is a very refined lady-like ghil,and undoubtedly very lovely in appearance and disposition. But--" "I shiould think it was 'but," Mirs Chris tie said, vigorously. "The idea of Claude Carey with his position in society, in the medical world, with his wealth, his popu larity, turning his attention to an obscure, naneless girl I Is your brother insane?" Little hirs. Grosvenor lookNf thought fully out on the bay, sparkling and diinp ling in the hot July sun. "I am not sure I think so much about such things, and of course Claude has an undoubted right to seek his happines when an :1 - h : e he prefers. But Josie is rather peculiar. I mean she-not that 1 do not quite like her, but she is-she rather likes to affect little frightened airs, to appeal to people to assure her everything Is all right, and particularly to Claude." "Perhaps I don't quite understand you, Mabel. You mean to say Miss Warren is a coward, a baby, or simply airish and sel fish?-either of which qualities condemn her." Mrs. Grosvenor puckered up her pretty little forehead, then suddenly relaxed into a merry little laugh. "Judge for yourself. The last'day Claude rani down from lia paitients for a clay with us, he happened to leave the key of that walnut case you have seen In the hall by isa room in the lock, and Lacy unfastened it, not knowing it contained some rather ghastly specimens of the human structure --things C)natiii had sent dlown to oblige one of bIg professional friends In the vil laedn Josie shrieked and fainted, and ,U'caude was somue time in restoring her." M1rs. Christine looked stern and contemnp tuously. "A 'pretty piece of acting, and very flimsy ?" "She refuses to bathe, because site's afraid of the midcertow. She will not go sailing or crabbing, for fear of being upset. She never rides, because the horses might run away; she is worse than either Lacy or lossie. When it thunders and lightens, and, If even a caterp)illar or a spider gets oni her, she turns white as death. What is it, Mrs. Christlie-fear or airishiness ?" And that wise lady answertd, solemn ly: "It is neither nervollsness or cowardli ness: it is cdisgustinig affectation, because your brother happens to be a physician, who can be called to allay her agritation. 1 ani surprisedt at Claud--s- u-r-p -r--s-e- d at Claude's fancy for her." And while this discussion was progress ing, Josie Warren and the little Grosvenors weie getting farther and away clown the breezy bluir, thme brisk salt air bringing vivid roses to her checks, usually -so cdaintly penchiy in their tint. She was certainly very lovely, and a credit to D)octor Carey's dhsrhninating taste. She was slender and graceful, with a certaltu unconsciousness of manner that was her chiefest charm. T1here was just the moat bewitching look of tender appeal in her scoft gray eves, and aii air of frank dependence in everything she did-somo thing almost indefinable-somethming that made youi think of a. clinging ivy-vine, or the blush-.roses that needed a treilis to sup port their fragrant bloom. "You p)ro:nlised to take us to Lily Island. Miss Warren," Lacy said, coaxingly. "Can't we go niow C' "I'm afraidl not," she said pleasantly. "1 did not ask your mother If she would allow us to walk so far; and besides, Lacy, I think she would enjoy going, too. Sup pose0 we go back and see about it ?" "To Lily Island ? i'm not suire you had bettet go children," Mrs. Grosvenor said, undecide, hy. "its a long walk and the blin ls hot." "Bitt we needn't walk, mamma," Lacy urged eagerly. "Jiertie Hlowland said he'd row you, and Flosshe, and bie Aunt Annie in his boat; and Miss Warren and I2 can walk-ean't we, Miss Warren ? We don't mind the sun; we like It-don't we, Mis Warren I" "Aunt Annie," otherwise Mrs Christie looked pointedly at Josle. "1 dare say Miss Warren favors such ai arrangement, but If there should come ul a sudden shower, as we had about this tim yesterday, what would you do with her Lacy I" Josle laughed, and turned pale, never theless; for she was extremely sensitive ti even well-bred ridicule on her weak point "I think we'll go,since Bertle is so kind and Lacy so anxious. They say Lily Is land Is well worth a visit. If you wil bring my shade hat and parasol,Miss War ren, I think we will start as soon as Mae ter Bertie's boat is ready." And while Mrs. Christie, Mrs. Grosveno and baby Flossie were rowed down ove the lovely, sparkling bay by Bertie HIow land's strong, skilful hands, gallant littl Lacy escorted Miss Warren on the wall that led to the narrow, sandy isthmus tha connected the so-called Lily "Island" witl the mainland. Of course, the boating party had reache there first, and congratulated Josie an Lacy on having arrived safely, in a wa; that, although she knew was mere badim age, cut Josie's sensititIve nature to th very quick. But she put the painful feeling away a well as she could, and joined in the littl ones, search for shells with a zest that com manded even Mrs. Christie's respect an admiration. Until, all at once, Bertie sprang up froi the sands, with a low, horrified cry. "The tide is coming in I Auntie, Mn Grosvenor, Miss Warren, jump into t1i boat-quick as you can t Come, Lac3 Flossie I Oh, how could we all have foi gotten that the island is submerged ever day at this hour, when the flood tide comt in?I" Josie stood still, white as a ghost, whil Mrs. Christie sprang up with an agilit amazing for one of her years and avoird pois, her portly face blanched. "Submerged I Of course, it is und( water several hours every day, but I di not know when the tide came in to-day Get in the boat, Mabel, quickly 1 The tid Is fearfully strong I I doubt if Bertie ca row us in the face of it." But Mrs. Grosvenor sat as if bewildere while Mrs. Christie climbed frantically i the little boat, rocking almost violentl with each successive wave that boiled an foamed higher each minute. Josie touched her on the shoulder. "Please lose no time, Mrs. Grosvenoi It Is true, the tide is coming in with terr ble force and speed-there is not a ininut to lose, I will assist you In the boat." And she half supported, half forced he into the boat, while Flossie and Lacy, wit hushed, terrified faces, crouched down b< tween the two ladies,leaving scarcely roo: for Bertle to wield his oars, certainly n possible space for her. An agomzing thril of horror crept a] over her as she saw how it was, and eve Bertic Howland appreciated the terribk ness of her position. "There's no room for Miss Warren," h shouted, frantically. "Aliss Warren, cai you row ? Can you row? Can you tak the boat over? l stay." "I cannot row, Bertie," she said, in low, hushed voice, that (lid not seem to he like her own. "Get in quick, and get theu home I Don't you see there is a squall coin ing up ? Mrs. Grosvenor lifted her head, whit and horrified. "You mustn't leave, Miss Warren." sh whispered, feebly. "Climb in and I wil take Lacy on my lap.'' And then, Josie's strange, awfully cal I answer. "You are already overloaded. My adde weight might swamp the boat. Go on I can be better spared than any of you, I God so wills, If there Is time"-and lhe sweet voice quivered-"you can send th, boat back for me, Bertie. If not, I am no afraid to diet!" The little boat crept laboredly off towart land and safety, and happiness; and Josi Warren knew, with a deathly thrill c something at her heart,that before It reach ed the shore, those cruel, crashing, seeth lng waves, would have swept rolentlessl; over Lily Island. She sat down with a calm) that was nmI ter despair of hope. It was not fear-nc the fear that a craven coward feels, bui that shrinking fromi death and suffering th braviest soldier experiences; and th thought that she never would see Clauid Carey again, that she would pass out of hi life-perhaps only somewhat mourned. And lie would be with them all tha night. lie had told her when lie wa comming, when lie had taken her in i armse and kissed her; the dlay lie went baci to his duity to the sick. That night I And while he would b there among them all, sihe would be lyinj dead, drowned, sea-weed in her hair I And a cold, icy-cold, shudder crop nearer and nearer her heart that beat s< feebly. The foamy surf thundered al aroundi the little spot of land that wa growing smaller so perceptibly. The skie grow the~ker and darker; the wind howlec and shri~ ted like a demon. She dragget herself up off the sands, where the watoi had already met 1her feet, andl crept dozed ly to a wretched little rock. a few feel higher. lint It was of no use. The waves rose, andl rose, and rose, and she was alone with the bitterness of death. And then, with a p)rayer on her lips. sh< shut her eyes. and covered her face witi her hiandls, and when the cold waters close. cd nearer, nearer, her consciousness nmcrcl fully left her, and While the little boat made the shiore,and Mrs. Grosvenor staggered out on the beadi withI ashen lips and horror-stricken eyes. ''Get somebody to go back for Miss War. ren--quick I" she gasped. "She Is on Lilly Island, I'll give you a hiundlrd dollars 11 you'll brinig her back I" She turned Imploringly to a weather becaten old fisherman who had watched them land. "Lily Island?! May God rest her soul I' and lie lif ted hIs ragged cap reverently. ''Lily Island ia fIve feet under water by this time I" And Mirs. Christie's face grew asher with horror, while Mrs. Grosvenor stood clasping and unclasping her hands In panic of frenzy. "Jose I ,'JoOile" she cried, in agony. "You hiavo given your life for meoand mine, and 1 dared to think ,you wore a cowardi' "She will not die,"' Doctor Carey said, quietly, with a great throb of rapturous, reverent thanksgiving in his voice, as hc i laid Josie's slender hnd back on the cov erlet of Mrs Grosvenor's bed. "She has been very near the gates of death, but God did not demad the awful sacrifice. She i will live 1" I And Josle did live, to learn that a party i of fisherman had seen her on the little rocky point on the Island, the waters with in a yard of its summit, and found her in a deep faint, so like death that it was hours before she was restored to life, and love and Doctor Carey. Nor ever again, even when Claud's wife grew white and agitated over trifles, did I any one make light of it, for there were - those who loved her dearly, who realized - she had elected to give her bright, sweet young life for theirs. r r To Prevent Drowning. 3 c An invention has just been patented t which appears to be a simple and practical i means of lessening the number of deathe by drowning. A chemical preparation iF I inserted in the portion of the coat, waist. I coat or dress. It does not add to the weight r or in any way alter the appearance of the - garment, The preparation is Inserted be. s tween the lining and the cloth; in the case of a coat it is placed on each side of the s breast and up the back. The moment a a man fails in the water the coat inflates and - he cannot keep his head under the waves. d The invention was practically tested at the swimming bath at the Sheffleld Bati a Company. First, two small piecce ol linen, with part of the preparation inserted between the folds, were thrown into the e water. The linen instantly inflated so as , to form a miniature cushion and floated about the bath. An attendant of the com y pany then put on a coat with the prepara s tion inserted in it. ie first went under a shower bath, where he was thoroughly drenched, to show that inflation would not y take place under the ordinary circumustancem of a shower. Under the shower bath the coat did not alter its proportions in any r way whatever. The attendant then took a "header" Into the water. He reappeared at the surface almost immediately and the e coat properly inflated. Entering a part of n the b.ith deep enough to take him up to the eyes he could not touch bottom at all ard 1 the water scarcely reached his chin. By a a struggle he dived parly beneath the sur y face, but came up again instantly. Divest. I ing himself of the garment, it floated about the bath until it was taken out. The in ventor then attached a piece of lead weigh inng three pounds to his appliance, which presents the appearance of a short, light e sleeve or lining, and threw it into the water. The sleeve, on touching the water, r instantly expanded like a small bolster, and I floated about the bath well out of the - water, sustaining the lead weight until I both weie fished out. The experiments 3 were as interesting as successful. The in ventor states that his apparatus, which would simply form an adoitional lining in I sorted in a portion of the garment, would sustain a person in the water as long as he could possibly endure the exposure. For forty-tive or fifty hours it would be effec. tive for its purpose. In the event or a person losing consciousness, the lining in the back would form a kind of bed, and I that in the breast a pair of pillows, against r which is head would rest. - A Jewel of a Wife. 3 She was one of those women you couldn't quarrel with. She was that agree. 3 able that her old man got tired ot it, and I tried to have a.row for a change. He began chucking the things about at din i ner time, and smashing the plates. But she only smiled like an angel, and said, I "Law, ducky ; how lucky I didn't put the L best service op to-day." And the next r day she did put the best service on, and he r remembered it cost him eighteen guIneas, 3 and lie didn't care to spoil the net. Then t he took to stopp)ing out late and coninag home drunk, but when he staggered up I stairs she always welcomed him with a smile, and caught him in her arms and f kissed him, and said, "I wonder, John . dear, whatever's been spilt on your coat ; - it smells like spirits." Now, this was y enough to make any mani wild. So one evening he said to her quietly, "Ish me, - my luvah, I'm toshicated l' "Are you, t John ?'' she answered; "why, you old t dear, I shouldn't have believed it." And a then she gave him a sweet smile that made a him that mad he didn't know what to do. 3 But lie wasn't going to be done ; lie de s termined he would have a row somehow or other ; so one night when she wouldn't be t hoeve he was drunk but kept on kissing him and calling him an ol dear, lhe just let out some strong language and lit her on the head with thie fire-irons. She smiled, but she didn't say anything in par ticular. Bhe took him by the hand in an affectionate manner, and led him dlown stairs into the street, and kissed him, and handed hun over to a policeman. And she went down to the court the next morning and got him six months in such a pretty, agreeable way, thie reporters fell quite in love with her. And when he was going away she leant over the dock and kissed him, and said, "Take care of yourself, ducky; I'll have a nice dinner for you the day you come otut.'' And the last thing lie saw as lhe went down the steps was his amiable wife kissing her hand to hinm and smiling away as sweectly as ever. The Washinug..ilachine Agent. Yes, ho caneo; l:e is a blondte, and of famous stature, and stalwart proportions. Hie had a thing with hint made in a tin shop, which looked like a good sized fun nel-it had a long stick for a handle, ho said tihe handle was too small. Ils ma chine wore an undershirt, with attachments resembling the fastenings by which the lit tle hornets fasten the layers of comb in their nests together; it also had in a little tin concern which looked much like an in fringement on the Temple of Just,ice in the Geogia State seal, only it had two holes in it (the tin concern, not the Georgia State seal). Ho had it in a foot tub with about two gallons of water and two or three garments of very dirty clothes-we think they were Sam's. Ho pumped away at it, expatiating all the time upon Its beauties, its powers and convenience, lie would sell "family rights," but lhe much preferred to sell rights for counties, States, empires, continent, and hemispheres. We don't think lie sold. Hie called It a "washing machine." The last time we saw him he was hunting a cheap boarding house-ite didp#t find it, and started towards the hotel, That's all we know about him. of the primitive structures we found un mistakable evidence and traces of civilized society, readily convincing us that the set tlement was not, as we at first imagined, br the handiwork of an intelligent branch of '5 the ancient Navajoes. On the inner walls VO of one of the larger adobe houses we found fC the remains of a heavy cuirass, evidently si at one time the pride of a bold Castilian di warrior. As we prosecuted our researches in through the settlement, we imade the dis- th covery that, with few exceptions, each 11 house bore the nime of its former tenant. in traced in the adobe when It was soft; di- C reetly above the entrance serving ttie pur- Pr pose of a door. These names were purely 9( Spanish, and from my diary I transcribe ro the following: 'Sylvestro Rodrigo, Miguel ta Bandara, Sauch Pizara,lFrancisko Mancha, W - Lopez,' and a hundred others. In one ag or two places we found dates covering a n lapse of years extending from 1530 to 1560, t convincing us that the settlement must b( have flourished for a period of thirty years ta at least. At a depth of a foot in the ground, h which seems to be the layer which time pl covered upon the scene, we unearthed ' Indian arrow-heads, of a somewhat prini- in tive character, as well as metallic suba P" stances, which again proved to us that cen- I turies back a fierce war had raged here be- hi tween the original lords of the soil and the Spanish Invaders, and that the latter were overpowered and perished at the hands of th the red warriors. It was all quite plain to a us, and in the signs which nature had pro. tl( served as a record of the past, we read that In Cortez, the conqueror of Mexico, had here spent a short period of his illustrious ex- 0 istence, to what end and to what purpose ii I must leave to the solution of one gifted with a more fertile and gifted imagination than I possess. "But to the point. Drawn onward by ti our discoveries to search the valley frot b one end to the other, we found in one of P( the most obscure portions of the saine in- it dications of gold-bearing quartz on a dump, where it was probably placed centuries ra back, and soon after we alighted on the bu shaft of an ancient mine from which it tii had, to all appearance, been d'.rived. The l mouth of the shaft was ent!rcly closed up A with rocks and boulders which had broken wi from the mountain side and found lodgument '(' here, and was widely intergrown with s rankling weeds and shrubbery. Ouessing ra, that we had stryck a bonanza too valuable g to expose to any contingency of a chance li discovery by others, without opening the mine we took possession, packed our ani- qi mials the second (lay after our entrance into the valley, and returned to Del Norte, where we at, once filed our application in the local land office to take possession of the valley under the homestead laws, and 8 additionally secured our mine by a patent. We hired a gang of men and set to work developing our bonanzi. Such it proved to ed Le the most sanguine degree, and in a short thne I hope to have amassed a fortune, I which, hyperbolically speakmng,will enable me to return to Lo.idvil!e and purchase the di whole camp, Including all the best mines. k( The specimen I send you is from the Cid, 41 as we call our njine. By return letter tell me what you think of it." T People who have no opportunity to en- d< joy sea bathing will be glad to know that bc a substitute nearly if not quite as strength ening is found in an anunonia bath. A di gill of liquid ammonia n a pail of water 5e makes an invigorating solution, whose do lightful effects can only be compared to a Ti plunge in the surf. To weak persons this is recommended as an incomparable luxury se and tonic. It cleanses the skin and stinin- hi lates it wondcrfully, and leaves the flesh as a firm end cool as marble. More than this, the ammonia purilies the body from all thl odor of perspiration. Those in whom the fo secretion is unpleasant will find relief by al u1sing a sooful of the tincture in a basin of water anid washing the armpits with it 14< every morning. Mlany peop)le find great la1 coimfort atnd benefit from salt water haths, go arranged in this way: A coffee cup of tine diistilledi salt is mlxedl with a gallon of mi water, and with a hair glove or R~ussian 1114 bath cloth the body is thoroughly bathed hii with the mixture, rubbing until the body oh is aglow. Then follows an exhuillrat:on 1114 akiai to surf bathiig. 'rho druggists sell boxes of salt specially prepared and weigh-- GC lng three pounds for fifty cents. For a th: dlelicate child such a bath is recommended( wi as specially beneficial. Many 1pe01)1 find to: an occasional bran bath grcaily improves tol thme condition of time skin. 'Te F"reiichi an women flid it leaves their dark, clear ilesh wf as soft as a blaby's. A p)eck of common It bran, to be had at aniy of the feed stores, is CV stirred into a tub of warm water. The I I rubbing of the scaly particles of the bran foi cleanses the skini, while the glutenm In it on1 sof tens and strengtens the tissues. 'Thle an fiction of the loose bran calls tihe blood to m.) the surface, aiid nervous and irritable peo- in pie find( special benefit from it for their fet mind as well as their bodies. Physicianis say the habitual use of soap upon the face leaves 'li thme skin brown, and rec<nnmend a little oat meal in tihe water, or the ammonia suggest, ed above. Ladles who have moist or oily ov skinis should use quite hot water for their baths, and a little line bay ruim rubbed over the face, or a litdle of aiiy of the fine toilet trii waters. A tablespoonful in the waish bow( ni prevents that shiny appearance which is so lik annioyling. Those famious beauties on whose charms thme world's eye rested and never fk grow weary, 1)iaiia of Poitiers, and Ninion coI (1e l' Enclos, attributed the preservation of freJ their charms andi health to the continuedl firn use of the rainwater bath-a recipe for abl loveliness within the reach of the ugliest anid p)oorest of womanikind. To powder or not to powder Is a question each woman must settle for herself. A fine, fresh pureee skini is possible to anybody whose flesh has ti not been1 contaminated by cosmetics; thoseel who have begun fancy they must keep on,se but it is a shame for mothers to allow their we fresh, sweet, lovely daughters, just in the wl bloom of girlhood, to make acquaintance si with thme powder box. It would be anmaz- l ing if it were not disgumsting to see maids p amid mothers powdering little girls--thede rosiest babies-in the dressmg room before a the opening of a dancing school ball, dredg. nos ing them as a cook dhoes a joint before nei roasting it. If these toolish women knew hii how much more beautiful the child wasbe with her sweet, fresh tints, they would ui spare them till the rosebud ds~ughters werewi at least in full blossom, and try first what Tm fresh air, exercIse and putre water will do. ho Beware of any powder that contains bis- g inuith, unless you are willing to risk an af- tah tercrop of purplish pimples.co -Mount Vesuvius is lit up by the electrie light. A Gontleman of La Porte. le was'also:a pioneer. A party whic oke through the snows of the winter I and came upon the triangular litt lley afterwards known as La Por und him the soleinhabitant. le had su ited for three months on two biscuits iy and a few Inches of bacon in a h ado of bark and brushwood. Yet whi e explorers found him he was quite ale ipeful and gentlemanly. But I cheerful ake way here for the terser narrative i iptain Henry Bymnes, commanding tl ospecting party : "We kom upon hit 'ntlemen, suddeat-like, jest abrest of ek like this"-demonstrating the di nee--''ez near ez you be. le sees 1 id he dives Into his cabin and comes o ;aln with a tall hat-a stovepipe, genti en-and blank me, gloves I ie was a ta in feller, holler in the cheek-ez mig --and off color in his face, ezwasnat'ra kin' in account his starvation grub. B i lifts his hat to us so. and sez he : 'H1a to make your acquaintance, gentlemne ni afraid you ex-pcr-'enced soine ditficull getting here. Take a cigyar.' And 1 ills 6ut a fancy cigar-case with two re vin is n it. 'I wih there was more,' a "Ye don't smoke yourself?" sez I. " 'Seldom,' sez he, which war a lie, f< it very arternoon I seed him hangin' on liort pipe like a suckin' baby onto a be . 'I kept these cigyars for any gent! en that might drop in.' "'I reckon ye a e a great deal 0' the be clety yer,' sez Bill Parker, starin' at UI t and gloves, winkin' at the boys. ' 'A few lnd-i-ans occasionally,' sez i "'Injinsl' sez we. "'Yes. Very quiet good follows i eir way. They have once or twic ought ine game, which I refused, as ti or follows have had a pretty hard time themselves.' "Now, gentlemen, we was, ez you kno ther quiet men-rather peaceable mer t--hovin' been uhut at three tines 1 ase yar 'good' Injins, and Parker hisme vin' a matter o' three inches of his on elp lying loose in their hands and i t1kin' round wearin' green leaves on h ad like a Roman statoo -it did kind( ui ez if this ycr stranger was playin' ther low down on the boys. Hill Park( ts up and takes a survey o' him and am . poceful-like: "'Ye say these yer Injuus-these y< ilet Injins-olered yer game ?' "$ 'They (lid I' sez he. "'And you refoos(d ?' "'I did,' sez he. "'Must hev made 'em feel kinder bad rter tortered their sensitiv naters?' a II. They really seemed quite disappoin 'In course,' sez Bill. 'And now moi isk who you Lie ?' "'Excuse me,' says the stranger; ani rn my skin I if he doesn't list out erd case, and handin' it over to Bill, se [ere's my kyard.' "Bill took it and read out aloud, It ott, Kentucky.' "'it's a pooty keerd,' sez Bill. "I'm glad you like it,' says the strange "'I reckon the other fifty.one of Li ek leez as pooty-ll of 'oni Jacks and le wers,' sez Bill. "The stranger sez notliin,' but kind aws back from Bill, but Bill ups ai "'Wot is your little game, Mister J ott, of Kentucky?' "1 don't think I quite understand yO i the stranger, a holler fire comin 'ni ; cheeks like cz if they was the bowl )ipe. "'Wot's this yor kid glove business ? is yer tall hat paradin'?-this yer circu )lin'? Wot's it all about? Who are y yway?' 'The stranger stand(s up and soz lhe:'] lon't quarrel with guests on my ow id,' sez he, 'I think you'll allow I'm ntleman,' sez lie. "With that lie takes off his hat an ikes a low bow, so, and turns away e this ; but Bill ites out of a sudde, right foot andi drives his No. 10 bot an through the crowii of that tall hi e one 0' them circus hoops. "That's about ez fur es I remembe: itlemena I thar warn't but one man it hull crowd es could actually swer tat happened next, andi that man nov< dI. For a kind o' whirlwind jest the >k place in that valley. I disrememb< ythin' but. (lust and busthn'. Tha sn't no yelling, thar wasn't no shootin was one o' thiem suddecnt things that-let mn a six-shooter out mn the cold. Who :emi to in theo chapparel--being oncon table like fromi hevin' only half a shir -I found nigh on three p)oimds o'gravi i stones in miy p)ockete and stiffness i h'r. 1 looks up and sees Bill hanght the forks of a hickory saplin' twent t above me. 'Cap),' sez lie, in an enquirin' way rthe tornado passedh!' 'Which?' soz I. ' I reckon,' soz I. "Because,' sez ht-, 'aforo this yer eie< ai phienom)enon took place I lied a sllgl munderstandling with a stranger, and l', e to apologizeR' And with that lie climbs down, peac< ike, andl goes into the shanty, an flea out, hand-in-hand with that stratn , Limilin' like an infant. And that's th t thne, I reckon, we know'd anythh mt the gentleman of La Porte." Mr,. Goot,e r rhis inidividual lived in the Mormo mntry. lie had but one wife, and nove uight of taking any more till one day a or told bim it was his religious duty t I unto himself a few others. Mr. Goobe it home and sadly informed his wife c at the elder had said, and Mrs. GIbobe I she had no objection, urovided th P ioud come round and argue the cais .4oober told tho eider,.and theeli 'irund. lie smiled sweeti Hip , advanced to meet him. Tbi ~t ting'h knew lie wasakipping aroun room with his coat slit up the back an hat knocked Into p1, while Mrs. Goc wielded the broomstick. Ho finail, sped out of the window, and. escape h his life, a sadder and a wiser mar a noxt time he met Goober he told hir had had a celestial revelation by whio aber was relieved from the necessity. c ing any more wives--Mrs. Gbober woul nft for almost a thousandi in tio Nei usalem. Iaokyards--the traiseR 1 dies drss A colony of Death. 'That," said a well-known Leadvilk assayer, indicating a piece of odd-lookinf ore which he held in his hand, "that piec( comes from a mine with a history perhapi as singular as anything you ever heard." he then related a story in substance asi follows: - The mine from which the ore was de. rived is situated 4oroewhere on the line o southern Colorado and Mexico. Vasi mountain ranges enclose it on all sides,1i14 colossal barriers erected by nature to guar( it from the intrusion of mankind, and u beaten path, apparently, leads thither b3 which anyone could penetrate to the spot, except the most tiaring mountaineer thai ever scaled the mountain heights or witl pick and shovel delved into the finty bow els of the rugged Color: slopes after thi precious metal. The olt in which thq mint is located is a beau iful green valley, in which summer etern3ly prevalls, witi only one outlet, through' a dark cleft It the towering rocks, whigh from the outsid4 would never be disco4ered except b3 chance. About the year 1524, when the Span, lards under Cortez penetrated Mexico anc overflowed the country surrounding, i number of the lawless Andalusians, camp followers, or whatever the occupation ol those who drifted into the beautiful coun. try along with the.large hosts of soldiers detected soei of the conquered Indlan wearing ornaments of massive gold on thh persons so directly different from any ol the precious metal the secret of whose de posit they had long before wrested fron the simple natives, thati they at once con cluded it must be derived from a min( whose whereabouts was,yct a mystery t( them. Avaricious and cruel, as Bancrofi on good authority represents the Spainardi to have been at all times, the secret of th< hidden mine must Con into their pos session at any price and It all hazards; bu supplications and intimiltions alike provec ineffectual in forOing the red children t< make the coveted revelation, and as a lasi resort refuge was had to a cowardly ruse, the success of which is unquestioned. A number of the adventurous vandah from Spain, the destroyers of Mexico tracked some of the Indians at differen times into the mountains, and by this meani finally discovered the whereabouts of thq hidden mine in thu valley. It was full3 developed, and seemed to have been opera ted by tWe intelligent aborigines for a lon time, the method of reducing and elininai ting the noble metals being no secret t< them. Suspicious, even of their conirades, and fearing lest by some means their pre cious discovery be betrayed, or the Indiam drive them from it, they fell upon the sinal body of Navajoes working the mine anc assassinated them to the last man. The3 then took surreptitious leave of the Spanisl settlement, removed their effects to th< hidden valley, and founded a colony there, erecting houses and in due time developib& themselves into quite a large and busy coi. munity. In 1560,Cortez began his Incursions int< the vast mountain districts lying north o Mexico, penetrating the intervening teri tory, and entering the southern portion oj what is now Colorado. By some strang( happening, lise soldiers learned of the ex istence of the isolated colony, and, guid& by an aged indian, they found the lonch mountain pass which leads to the hidder mine. Under the pretext of adininisterinf punishment for thecrimecommitted agalial the Indians,whom they had robbed of theih secret by taking their lives, Cortez had th( whole colony executed - assassinatinE the men and children and outraging th( women, or carrying them away with their into the mountains. This done, lie so lected a number of his own force, atd, leaving them to operate the mine,ostensibl3 in the interest of his government,he presset on toward the north to prosecute his searci for more hidden treasures. The new colony was less successful ir the management of the mine. Strife pro vailed among them, and extended to thu Indians who lived in the neighborhood, and with whom their predecessors, from thc best of political motives, had lived at peace, courting their friendship by intermarriage, and comp)letely winning them ever to thii cause. The new colony had neglected this all-imiportant precaution, and, having in* eurred the hatred of the redskins by their initial movement of slaughtering theh friends, open hostility between them win very soon the order. One dark night the Indians, in a count less force, poured into the sleeping valley, and Inaugurated a feast of blood, in which nearly three hundred Spaniards sacrificed their lives, none escaping to tell the tale. As suddenly as they had come they had departed, leaving a dreadful scene of car nmage behind themn. The inmprovements went into decay, and Cortez returning by another route, the valley was forgotten, and centuries cast their shadows over its bloody history. Last spring two young men, named Charles Ackerman and William Ramsey, left Leadvillo with a pair of pack burrom', two ponies and shovels and picks, to go on a long prospecting tour. They strayed into southern Colorado, and having for a long time wandered aim'essly about among the rug' d hills, going out of the way of hos tile Apaches, and creepIng along cdull In diana trails, where, perhaps, riever a white man set foot, they sought refuge in a deep cleft in the mountains, one sternmy night, and there built there camp tire. The ruddy glare of the flame penetrated far into the dense gloom of the cavern-like retreat, and, actuated by an irresistible fascination that drew them onward, they supplied them selves with a burning brand and set out to explore the mysterious region beyond the circle of the light. They at, last debouchied into the hidden valley containing the col ony of deatb, but being unable to discern their surroundings at night, they passed the hours until daybreak at their camp.fire, and in the morning paid a visit to the ruined settlement. Strange to say, pos sibly owing to. the shelter which the high mountain ranges afforded the valley from the fury of the elements,the massive adobe walls of the ancient settlement were still intact, and entering them they were every. whore confronted by the moldering remain of human bones and skeletons, crumbling to dust at the slightest touch of the hands, in a letter which Ackerman writes to his Leadville friend, and from which the particulars of their discovery of the hidden valley is drawn, he says : "We did not at first know what to make of (he strange spectacle presented to us in the anieent city of the dead, with its skele-. ton inhabitants and the wild air of desola tion brooding over the scene. In every one BRIEFS. -George 1i. "of blessed memory" Af reigned for sixty years. le -The first eclIpse of the moon on reo te ord was observed by the Ctialdeans, at b- Babylon, 721 B. C. -It Is said that each naval cadet on It board the Britannia costs Great Britain In at least $1,250 a year. t -Ex Governor Remper of Virginia y has become so paralyzed that he can A neither walk nor stand. -Pennsylvania produced in 1879,26, 142,089 tons of anthracite and 14,500, a 000 of bituminous coal. -It Is estimated that over $10,000, t 000 a year are expnded In privite hor ticulture li Great Britain and Ireland. -The Empress Eugenle is about to visit Queen Victoria at Osborne. The autuinn she will spend at Arenenburg. -The French revenue of $000,000,000 Is asserted to be the largest ever re ceived from a population of thirty-six millions. -The gross revenue for the United 0 Kingdom for the year ended June 30th Is ?82,000,000 against ?83,250,000 last year. -The boom at Williamsport, PA., has r less logs in thle season than It has con talned at the same time for many years t- previous. -A pair of white crows frequent a wood near Greencastle, Pa. Unsuccess Sful attempts have been made to capture them alive. -There are 90,000,000 acres of land 3. within the boundaries of Montana, three-fifths of which is available for, n grazing or agriculture. e -Two million four hundred thou Le sand gallons of cotton-seed oil have been of shipped from New Orleans to Vrance and Italy within a year. -About 40,000 volumes were con sumed at the burning in Paris of the y library of Professor Mommsen, the d'as I tinguished historian of Rome. a -Napoleon, Ney, and Wellington, 1 were all born in the year seventeen is hundred and sixty-nine, and all fought )r their last battle at Waterloo. it -The original wagon in which John *r Brown emigrated froin Pennsylvania ,z to Kansas is to be presented to the Historical Society of the latter State. ,r -Dental authorities estimate that the 13,000 dentist in this country are pack ing into the teeth of the people notless than half a ton of pure gold every year. -The Chicago hotels had a good time - during convention week. The Palmer -z took $105,000, the Grand Pacifle $100, 000, the Tremont $30,000 and the Sher t- man $27,000. -The contract to build the Iron it bridge over the Monongahela rivnr at Pittsburg, Pa. which will cost $250,000, I, has been awarded to the Iron City a Bridge Works. . -Schuvlkill county, Pa., is overrun by 1ew 'York artists sketching. The . Hudson river shore has been "done" so much that artists are now forced to seek other fields for subjects. r. --The brldge of St. Angelo, which 10 cro'ss the Tiber at Rome, is substan ft tially as the anoint Romans hIeit it. There were seven other bridges; only r four are now entire, though the others d can easily be traced. -According to the ladt census, there were 6,000,000 of agriculturists in the United States, and by this time, as the new census will doubtless show, there u must be tat lea.it 7,000,000 with their )f families. -The returns of French imports - and exports for the first six months of a 1780, as compared with the returns of the corresponding months of 1879, show an increase of 171,000,000 francs in the z imports, and of 58,000,000 francs in the a exports. a -The gross revenue of Great Britain for the .fiscal year ending June 30th d was ?81,002,903, against ?83,229,327 last year ; for the last quarter, ?19,619, t 058, against ?18,022,050 for the same Stime ini 1879. t-Cards weore invented in France about the year 1390, to amuse Charles VI. during the Intervals of a melan chioly disorder, which finally brought r him to his grave. r -Th'ie slave trade, from the coast of n~ Africa, wvas first begun by the Portu r- gese in 1841. Eniglandi was engaged in r this tralle ump to t'ue year 1807-quite a modern dlate. t-The potato is a native of Chili and SPeru. Tlhey weore originally carried to England ircm Santa Fe, in America by Sir .Johnm hawkins, in(ir about tihe y ear 1563. -A single blackberry bush In a gar 'den at ruro, Mass., has produced sey en h undred berries, and a single branch one hundred and fifty. This demon strates that small fruits can be success fully grown even upon the sands of Cape Cod. -T[he total number of paupers in London exclusive of lunatics in asy lums and 880 vagrants, on the last day of the second weok of June was 85,049 of whom 40,793 were in workhouses, tand 38,26 receiving out door relief. -Tihe cotton crops of the United States, for 1878 and 1879 were the lar stever raised. The ten crops from 85 to 1801, raised by the slave )abor, - numbered 34,995,440 bales; the ten 'crops from 1870 to 1879, raised by free labor, numbered 41,464,742 bales. -Tihere are 04 cities in the United States with a population exceeding 80, 000; there are 44 cities with more than " 3 40,000; 34 with more than 60,000; 27 r with more than 00,000; 24 with more m than 75,000;20 with more than 100,000; ) 4 with more than 500,000; and 1 with r more than 1,000,000. f -The new leaden roof that is being r placed on the cupola of St. Peter's as a Rome will be complete in two years. & This roof was begun seventeen yoars ~ ago. It is divided into sixteen seotton~s r each of which requires 1,000,000 pounds a of lead. 4 I -It is reported with authority that ~~ 1 $8 per ton for ice has been refused b y - parties in Gardiner Maine who think r they will be able to get stilligher ptl V I ces. The Kailierbooker Compay has . eenl ouhta few thousandtn i -The production of YI ~ bt f Iey i14 Ane JJaited Stated the I last Arfteen yea'.s has tr4bi.e r ton 'and toba oihave~ have iiter40e.