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4.. ,. i -"v T1RI-WEEKLY EDI TION. WINNSBORO, S. C., SE~PTEMBE~R 16, 18.VL Y-O 1 QUESTIONING, Why do the children leave us. 0 our Father The little children cradled on our breast ? Why do our doves fly upward in the mornii While other birdlings sleep within the nesi Can it be true that music up In heaven Is sweeter when their voices join the hymi Is richer light to realms of glory given For that which fading left our bomes so din And can.the angels who, all day ar gi Ing Care to the lambs within the Shi pherd's foh Need, as a mother needs, amid her glieving, The httif ones at night to olasi, and hold ? When shall we see again the pr cloue faces That Vave our homes such sunthine who they smiled ? Oh. what shall fill the heart' sad vaca, places, Or hush the tones th at plead "(.ve back tb child ?" Why must we listen vainly for tbre patter Of little feet at morning on the ,-I air ? And miss the merry uound of childish lauohte Or gentler tones sa)iug the evening prayei Why valuly long for klese falling purely From lips that said their good night at ou knees ? Oh, He that made the mother-heart hatl surely No chiding in Ilia own for thoughts lik these. E'en this how can we know-fls hand hat smitten In wrath or meroy ? Only he can tell. Perhaps in some sweet day there may bi wil ten Upon our hearts this r.?ecor.l, "It is we')." Ptrhape the broken hoerts that thrill an quiver Through all the night under the hand < pain May in the morning of a glad forever, Wake neath God's touch to melody again. The Bitter End. Herbert Wallis was "no man's enemy bu his own;" at least so people said, till th final catastrophe came. Then ney discov ered that his extravagance was viclotu ness, his free open-heartedness hypocrisy le was one of those unfortunates who cai never say "no." When a fellow clerk i the Government office, in which he was ai employe, asked him to indorse a promin sory note for $200, he was not the man t< refuse him. Once In the clutches of th vampire bill discounters, a fast-living younj man, without private means and withou strength of character, may consider him oi the "high road to ruin." So it proved wit] our hero. In the course of a few years hi became so inextricably involved that I forged a senior clerk's name to a note a three months, hoping, nay believing, lik Micawber, that something would "turi up" to enable him to meet. it when it be cane due. Elsie Roberts loved Herbert with all he heart and soul. She was a gentle, fair, true hearted girl, residing with her widowc( mother, who kept a boarding-hbuse In thi outskirts of the city. Mrs. Roberts was quite unfitted for he position, being too generous and lady-liki to feel, her boarders on hash and bread. pud ding, and too delicately minded to renun them of their board money being overdue bhe and Herbert's mother had been school fellows, and the latter recommended he son to the widow's care when he first cam, to the city to enter upon his official duties and be had since resided with them. Sh< tianetioned the engagement to her daughter when it became evident that the young peo ple loved each other, and already lookei upon him as her own son, being as blind < his faults as Elsie herself was. Inceed, hi errors were more of the head than heart and had he possessed one strong, true ant faithful friend, cognizant of the world' ways, this sketch need never have beej written. Herbe.rt himself was not aware hos strong his love was for Elsie till the fata hour drew near when the note must be paid or he himself be proclaimed a forger and felon. Then, indeed, when too late, hi eyes were op)ened and lhe saw the folly an< sin of the gay andl reckless life he had beel ieading. But even at the last lie lacke< the courage to consult with these, his bcs friends, as to the wisest course to pursue but still trusted to the "turn up" system t< pull hIm through "'somehow." On Mond - tnrning the money must b paid, aud' e ained at home with hi frien,daall day Sunday till evening church WVhat were his feelings, his thoughts, a EIle and he held the hymnbook betweel -. - them? Even she noticed how his haun trembled and how his voice shook, and1( tha lie had never kissed her so passionately ai lhe (lid that night uponi retiring to rest. The nmoring came. Herbert, hoping still, but for what he scarcely knew, wen. to the ofic. Ilow he trembled when hi met the cool and quiet gaze of his seniot Mr. Hepburn, the man whosesignature hi bad forged. He tried in vain to do hisa or dinary work. Every time the door opene< lhe started and a cold shiver went throng) him, and it was realhy almost arelief whon after knocking, a nman entered, saying, "Mr Wallis." "Sir." "Are you prepared to medt this prcmli sory note for three hundred dolhi ?" "I am not, sir. I have been expecting to receive a remittance frein homq, hu have been disappointed. If you will b good enough to wait a few (lays-" "My employer cannot walt; you have a often deceived him. It was Mr. 11cpburn name alone that induced himn to loani yoi this money, as yen cannot or will not pay why, I must apply to him." "FrGod's sake, spare me ! "Spare you I Whyl Is anything wrong You have not surely-" The man looked keenly at Walils, a the latter, covermig his face Mt.h lis handi burst into tears. We will bring the first part of our tale t a speedy conclusion. Mr. Ilepburn,c course, denied that the signature was hii andi Herbert Wallis was arrested for foi gory. The grief of Elsie is not to be described but It is an old, old story. She did not di or go mad; as some wives andl sweethear have done, even recently, when their dei ones have been condemned to St ate Prisor as flerbert Wallis was for a termii of liv vears with hard labor. Perhaps her mother's trouble diverted h< thoughts from her own. for-the poor wide' was herself'involved ini debt and dillicultih through her kind-heartedness, and her ii ability to dun these who had brought hi into trouble. As for Herbert, once the blow struok,tI axe fallen. his carelesnness returned to h1 and he seemed to feel his position far less acutely than the two poor women whom - he had left to fight the battle of fe unaided and alone. 9 Three years and more have passed. Let us briefly review the changes that h.ve taken place in the lives of simple Mrs. Rob erts and her daughter. Soon after Herbert Wallis'convlction they I were "sold out," but fortunately before the small sum left from the sale of their furni ture was entirely expended the mother pro cured a situation as housekeeper to a mid dle-aged gentleman of wealth, with per mission to have her daughter with her as an assistant. This procured them a com fortable home. Elsie wrote frequently to Herbert, and at first headfswered her letters it as often as the prison regulations woulb al low hib to do so; but before the expira 0 tion of a year his letters were so much cold er in their tone as to perplex and worry the poor girl sadly. Finally lie wrote to say that lie would rather all correspondence , should cease between them. If, at the ex ? piration of his sentence, he found himself able to regain his position in society he r would come and claim her ; if not, why it was better to commence the final separa tion at once. In the meantime lie begged her not to neglect any opportunity for ad e vanctg herself, by marriage or otherwise, and to endeavor to forget his existence. (an you blame her, then, if, when Mr. h Waller (their employer) most respectfully made her an offer of marriage, she accepted hini Here was rest for herself and her mother, and although she did not particu. larly love her husband, still she admired and respected him; and Indeed he was d most worthy both of her admirat!on and re spect. f Here then we find her at the end of three years the wife of a rich and worthy gentle Man, residing in an elegant mansion on the banks of the Hudson. What effect has his imprisonment had upon Herbert Wallis? The most inevita ble one. le has listened to the thrilling adventures of his ft low prisoners till lie has t himself longed to share with them. At the 0 end of three years and seven months, hav I lng behaved himse!f well enough to gain his commutation time, he is discharged[, and with him two of the most notorious of the men whose tales he so loved to listen to. Alas I for Herbert Wallis. A villa surrounded by its own grounds; - time, midnight. Three men lurking on the piazza, listening attentively to the slightest sounds. All's quiet, Bill ; let's go for it." ."Go ahead." In a very short time a pane of glass is out, the fastenings of the window undone 3 then a small hole cut through the shutter, a 3 hand inserted, the bar raised, and then there a is free entrance for the gang of burglars, for such they are. "You stop below Bill : if anything goes - wrong whistle. The youngster and I will go through the crib. le doesn't under r stand the graft (work) well enough to leave him to watch here. If we want you I'll I give the office. Take your shoes off, my C lad, and carry this bag for the swag; let's I hope you'll get enough for a big spree in I r Now York." 'l All is silence. Theburglars with stealthy t tread gain access to the pantry, and poor SHerbert Wallis (for our readers have c guessed lie is the "youngster") with trem bling hands holds open the bag to receive a r the "swag," viz.: the silver plate. 3 "Now, then, my lad, leave this below, t and let's take a look up stairs. ve shan't 8 find anything there too heavy for our pock- 0 eta. Jewelry and greenbacks don't take t up much room." Two bedrooms visited-empty. Another t 3 door-locked. A pair of nippers noiseless A ly applied, and the door opens. A dim hgiht I burninr. A n,an and woman in bed sleep ing. s Dead silence as the eider burgler glides ' toward the Jewelry he sees on the dressing table. 'A whistle-shouts-two shots heard be. 1low. "There's a tumble. SkIp, lad, for your life i" s But too late conmes the warning. Mr. WaIler, awakened by the shots anid firing, I sees indistinctly a man leaving his room and another about to follow him. He seizes t his revolver from beneath his ralow. llis wife, thoroughly awake, screams madly: 3 '"Spare huini" T1oo late again. A shiot-and Hlerbert 0 W'allis lies a corpse upon the floor. . Metals ini the Bod.y. * The humain body, which seemRs mfade up Sof flesh and blood, really contains several a metals and gases, and other substances I t which p)erfoi m iiuportant ofices In the s worli of scKtnee. Nitrogen amnd carbon and hydrogen are its chief constituents; but it holds, besides, about two pounds oft t, phosphorus, wvhich Is essential to the B health of the hones and the vigor of the t brain. TJ.his phosphorus, if extracted and(i e put to use,' would make up about four t - packages of friction matches. Besides t phosphorus, it contalins a fewv ounces of ~ isodium, and a half ounce of p)otassium, ' wIch schoolboys know as a curious metal -that burns brilliantly on the suirrace of d water, or when touched by an Icicle. The S quantity of such in the body would be suf ficient for many experiments in a large school. In addition to sodium andi potas i slum, there are a few grains of niagnesiumn, ' t enough to make the "silver rain" for a ~ a family's stoek of rockets on a fourth of r July evening, or to create a brilliant, light, t 3 visible twenty miles away. Who knows ? s' but seine reckless chemist may undertake to drive a p)rofltable business by extricating these materials from dead bodies? Void Air_EFr,ultUurlng. ? The California Alountfain .Aessenger I reports an interesting experiment in fruit s curing, lately made at a Piacerville foun- < , dry. About a peck of sliced apples were placed in a sieve andi subjecte(t to a cold I o air blast for three and a half hours in the I f cupola furnace of the foundry,-and the , fruit is rep)orte'd to have been completely -and beautifully cured by the treatment, re niaining soft and without the slightest die ;colorat,ion. The curedt fruit showed none o of the harsh, stiff dryness which results as from hot curmng, the cold blast completely r freeing the fruit from excess of moisture, , with no possibility of burning or shriveling e at. The Messenger Bays: "Compared 4 with our sun drying, it effects a great: r saving of expense, attention and risk. y' Anybody who can command or devise a1 is strong blast of cold air, can dry fruit in a a- superior-we might say perfect-manner, r without being dependent on .the weather and waiting on the show process of sun dry 0 ing, and without the most expensive resort ni to fuel and the risk of overhating.*" Mi'ude. There Is In Zion, a young mtan of excel. lent character, good ability, a worthy young man who has but one falling. lie has received an excellent education, trav eled abroad and now has gone .West to learn a few things more. I1s one failing is a desire to acquire and use Western ex pressions and slang phrases. Recently, while seated in a company of hale fe lows, well met, a popular miner, whose name suggests all sorts of bathing places except warn ones, made mention of "spuds." At the employment of the term, our young rriend glanced up and at an opportune mo mont drew a friend apart, the user of the term, to find out what In the infernal re Klons " Ispuds" were. The friend explahied that they were potatoes and well satisfied, Lho young man left. Soon after the above Incident happened, sone of the young iman's companions, well k nowing his penchant to use all expressions he had newly acquired, dettrmined to play a trick on him. They invited him to ac 0om11pany them to a ranch, and, nothing loth, he accepted. When they reached the ranch they all sat down. The young man led in the conversation, and presently In'a Lone of no concern, whatever, addressed he lady of the ranch with, "Do you raise your own spuds, Mrs. Smith?" At this all the company jumped to their feet and roared as though gone crazy. The con fused young man blushed, the lady did so likewise, and finally the spuds man falully nquired for the cause of the hilarity. The only reply lie got was a fresh outbreak, )ne or two young men taking the trouble o roll under the tables. At last, the young man was taken to one side and asked, "Do you know what spuds are?" "Why yes, they are potatoes, aren't ;hey?" "Potatoes the d I! They are icel" "W-h-a-t" "Lice! Spuds are licel" And then after a season of apology, lie eturnod to the cily and approaching a oker on T- . street, told him of the mtrage practiced on hhn by the miner. Li hought it a mean trick and proposed to ell him so. The T- street man ask Ad what was the matter. "Why, I asked lady if she raised her own spuds." "Well, what of it?" "Why you know I asked her if she aised her owjl" "Where is the joke?" "There isn't any, as I can see. I think t was a contemptible trick." Finally the young man told his friend tow spuds meant lice and then lie got mad wcause his comforter said they were pota. os. He reproached him for trying to re ell him and it took a visit to half a dozen roceries and a like number of inquiries a to the price of spuds before lie was con 'inced to what kingdom they belonged. A Tragic uuffrio tunt. In the month of July, 1880, after riding ver the mountains for two days,the Crow udians came upon a fine herd of buffaloes a a narrow valley near by the Yellowstone. 'here were four hundred Indians and four tiousand buffaloes. The Urows had been meed by fear of starvation to take to the base, and the keen hunger they were suf ering only sharpened their eagerness for tilt with their old fellow-nomads, the oble bison. The game stanipeded down lie valley in the direction of the Yellow tone. The chase was hotly followed, half hundred buffaloes biting the dust before tie river was reached. One of the most 'ehement of the pursuers, who had dis inguished himself for bravery In two or bree fights with the Sioux, fell from his ony in the midst of the flying herd, and vas trampled to death by the frantic beasts. 7he Yellowstone, a roaring, rushing river, ven at the lowest tide, was booming with he regular summer freshet, the outpour f the melting snows in the high nioun sins. When the river was reached the :amie made a bold stand, and for a time it eemed doubtful which held the mastery ; >ut the incessant fusillade from four hg~n Ired rifles, together 'with the desperate iroximity of the formidable battalion, drove lie herd in dismay Into the roaring torrent. heside themselves with the excitement of lie moment, the Indians urged their ponies nto tlip stream, unwilling that even a flood hould spo0i1 their frenzied sport or cut henm off from thnir :me. The terrific :urrent, mnde tumultuous fronm the hug miles of rock here and there in the channel, vlhirled buffaloes,ponles and Indhians along t a bewildering velocity, until the thou ands of beasts were rolling andl writhing n inextricable confusion. In the dizzy volutionis of horses and riders the latter yere left to struggle for themselves In the rater, andl to be jammed to death between lie surging masses of drowning beasts. Lomne who foresaw the danger in time, and urned shocreward, found safety on terra irma, but those-who ventured far enough D be embraced by the sweep)ing, resist.less ide, and to become involved in tile tangle f struggling animals, were all drowned. 'he story broughlt to the post was that Iiirty Indians and fifty ponies were rowned, besides five hundred or a thou. Horseshoe Superstition, In very early times among the Celtic ace an eflgy of the patron saint, so comn ion in churches and tenmples was much sedi in the dwelings and workshops of hie people as a so-called "protectioin" gainst Ill-fortune. The "glory" above1 ho head of the figures--wichi were often arved in wood aiid rudely painted--was epresented by a clrcular piece of polished netal, to convey the effect of the shiinig taio, or nimbus, frequenitly seeni In lilus rations of the Virgin and other Scripture ubjects- Often these metal nimibus were mf semi-circular forms, and after the figure tself had disappeared, by reasoin of decay, he nimbus remaIned and( was suspe)ndled a some prominent place at the entrance bor or other point commandling view. Jhe ~flgies in question were not uncommonly een by the side of the doorway. In ~ourse of time the nimbus was much used is a substitute for the latter, and was sold a the shops for this purpose. The tradi Ion of "good luck" as embodied ini the iorse-shoe theory may be thus easily raced, since it became a common occur taco, in the due course of time, for the raithiful adherent of the belief in charms md symbols to adopt the horseshoe to >rlghtness, In the absence of any- other, whlich lie nailed over his cottage door. Elence a piece of metal of this shape be ame associated In the common maind with supernatural presence *nd care in keeping with the beloef attaching to the wlaignal figure of the patron ant. In the Forests. B->ston Is said to own the two first horse chestnuts trees brought to this country. They are on Wahlugton street, and are repu ted to be 103 years old. A ring does not al ways denote a year. for the blue gum tree of Austraha sheds its bark twice a year. A tree recently hewn, that was known to be only 18 years old, showed 30 distinct rings ot growth. When Washington vil ted Long Island lie probably crossed the shadow of an old oak tree that still stands on the premises of Judge McCue in Baby. Ion. It was made a landmark in 1716, and is therefore a local monuient 60 years older than the nation. Old oaks and yews in Enaland are not uncommon. Several oaks felled in Sherwood forest, about a quar ter of a centuary Pgo, exposed,on being sawn up, the date 1212 and the mark or cipher of King John; and it has been calculated that these trees must have becen several centu ries old at the time the marks were made. At Fowlis Wester, in Perthshire, In the centre of the village, standing on a slight knoll about four feet higher than the sur rounding country, is a very large and old sycamore. which girths 17 feet and 14 feet 2 inches at one foot and live feet respectively, and witi a hole of 14 feet. The legend goes that "a man of Poulis planted It on te Sabbath nicht wi' his thoomb." Berks, Penn., clains the largest chestnut tree in the country. It is growing on the farm belonging to the estate of 8olomon Merkel in lockland towrship, and measures 38 feet 4 inches in circumference; the limbs are 15 feet trom the ground, and measure 14 feet In circum ference at the base. The top of the tree is reached without danger by steps that are fastened between the limbs. It is estima ted that this tree contains about. 17 cords of wood. It still yields about three bushels of chestnuts annually. The oldest yew tree in 'ngland, which is situated in Cow hurst churchyard, was mentioned by Au bry. In the reign of Charles I., as then measuring 10 yards in circumierance at a height of 5 feet from the ground. It is said, on the aut horitv of De Candolle, to be 1.450 years old.- Its present growth is about 33 feet. In 1820 this old tree was hollowed out, and a cannon ball was found in the centre. In 1825 a severe storm de prived it of its upright bianches. A door has been made to the inside of the treec, where seats are to be had for 12 persons comfortably. A fossil forest has been t discoverel n Oldham, England, In Edge k Lane quarry. The treesnumbeg about 12. and soine 01 them measure about, two feet in diameter. They are in good preserva tion. The roots can be seen interlacing the the reeks and the fro nds of the ferns are to 1 he found imprinted on every piece of stone. The discovery has excited uinch interest in geological circles round Alanches ter, and the "forest" las been visited by a large number of persons. The trees belong t to the middle coal measure period, although I it has been regarded as ->miowhat remarka- E ble that no coal has been discovered near them. The coal Is found about 250 yards beneath. 11ows and Arr,ws. For beginners the best, bows for use are known as self bows-that is, bows made from a single stick. Of this class the majority Is lemoiwood and lancewood. A good, serviceable bow to start, with can be had for $4 or $5; half a dozen arrows, say as much more; arm guard, finger tips and quiv!r; say $3- so that, the total of $12 or $15 will fit out the atending archer ready for the range. A straw target thoroughly made, with the regulation painted facing, will cost say $6, but can be bought by a club or a few friends'joining together for com mon use. Ouce the propationary period is passed the archer will becom, ambitious and desire a better bow-andhere his taste can be gratitled with a large variety to selet from. What are known as backed bows, made usually from two different I woods(occasionally three), abound In styles and nunmbers, at fr om $7 to $25 in price, accorinlg to qualit.y, throsgh the various I grades, Snakewood, beefwood, paSrtridlge- ; wvood, len:onwood, lancewood, yew and : so forth, joined with ash or hickory for thme ! back, are ini conmnon use here, andl can lbe i seen on any archery m ange. Perhaps the: hiandlsomfest in appearance are the sniake. " wood amid hickory, the beautifully mnotled dark wood contrasting well with the white. ~ The moore expensive bows of this class are marvels of ianish aimd workmanship. Every part is wrought out to a certain scale so poellcately glradluated as to secure the best g1 results in accuracy of shiooolng, a elasticity and strength. The yew however, ia the how par excellenee, and is unequalled in smoothniess and clas ticity oif pull, quickness and hick of ten. (dency to ''kick," noticeable in all ot.her I bows. Thue archer desiring (if doing the 5 handsome thing by himself can get a tIne v yew ho0w for $250. Should that frighten il the intendilng purchaser, p)erhiaps a state ment that a yew can lbe secured for $15 or a $20 may lie reassuring. T1he fortunate I possessor of a fine bow is enviedl among ~ archers less favored, but at the same time has a little extra care on his hiandls In giving I it proper attentIon, although that should he doni1e with every bow, whatever the I quiaity. A frequent rubbing wit.h an oiled I rag ii to the becw what a careful grooming is to the race horses; and the better taken I care of the better thme results In every way I in either case. Chiamipagnto Now ndu Then. Although sparkling champagne has madieI its appearance at highly patrician tables in England ever since tihe times of Kingt Charles II, who was very partial to it, the consumptIon of the wine among thme middle classes was, so recently as fifty and sixtyI years ago, of tIme most, limited kind. Cri tics have often animadverted 0on the p)arsi mony of the Biritishi government in allow. ing only a single bottle of champagne a (lay for the table of Napoleon at St. M.elena ; alnd Sir Walter Scott protestedh against the condluct of Lord Bathiurst, andl Sir lildson Lowe in deniylng thme captive "even ther solace of intoxicatIon." Th'le'truth is thjit, Napoleon did not care for chaampagunes. Ills favorite wine was Chambertin, and of that lie partoiok very sparingly ; and it. Is possible that the largest share of the solItary flask of "fizz" ahtoted to his table fell to the officers of his suite. Chamipagne was always a ladies' wine. In 1815 it was 1 certainly not a vintage much prized by gentlemen. The recognized beverage for good, steady after-dinner drinking was port, with sherry for a wind-up or "white wash;" and the British government, so far from being stingy, doubtless expected that thme exile would take his bottle or so of ear bongehll er l3ande~an after #jnpey, . 9 FOOD FOR THOUGHT. r A slothful man is a beggar's brother. It is easier to find a score of men I wise enou gh to discover the truth, than I one intrepid enough, in the face of all ' opposition, to stand up for the same. There are no fragments so precious as those of time, and none are so heed lessly lost by people who cannot make a moment, and yet can waste years. Mortality Is an event by which a wise man can never be surprised; we know -that death is always near, and it k should, therefore, always be expected. Events are only the shells of ideas; and often it is thfiuent thoug the of ages that is crystalized in a moment b the stroke of a pen or the point of a ayo net. Only they who cVry sincerity to the highest point, in whom there remains not a single hair's breadth of h7poort sy, can see the hidden springs of tkings. Good pictures are great teachers. A ilne work or art hangingin one's house speaks to him constantly in language of tender beauty that wins its way to the heart. How many useful hints are obtained by chance, and how often the mit:d, hurried by her own ardor, to distant viow, neglects the truths that lie open before her. What we must do is to make the act uia possibilities of our life our ideal. It lies in hiian power not to construct the Godlike, but to recognize it, and thus gain it. There are errors which no wise men will treat with rudeness while there is a probability that they may be the ref raction of some great truth below the lioriz.n. The worst slander often has in It some truth from which we may learit a lesson that may make us wiser, and, if we will, better, when. the first smart of it is over. Joy is a prize unbought, and is freest, purest in its dlow, when it comes un sought. It is no uAb to search for it as for material good. You must carry It with you, else It Is not there. The great blessings of mankind are within its, and within our reach, but shut our eyes, and, like the people In the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we reach for without finding it. A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the life of God in our souls, than it we were able to repeat Qvery word of every sermon we ever heard. Sleep is the repose of all things; sleep, the gentlest of tue deities, the peace of the mind from which care flies; which soothes the hearts of men Nvearied with the toils of thb day and refits them for labor. Are you stepping upon the thresh old oflife? Secure for yourself a good moral charapter. Without virtue you cannot be respected; without intregity you can never rise to distiiction and honor. It was of course a Boston girl who declared that under no circumstances could she be induced to marry a man whose views on the theosophilo doctrine of cosmogony were in the slightest de gree loose. It is lucky that some men are poor, for riches would only help them to dis play their weakness and folly. Many a one's insignificance Is his safety. Give him prominence, and everybody would see what a fool ho is. Truly has it been said, emphatically, in these days ought it to be repeated: A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. This it is that opens the whole mind, quickens every faculty of the intellect to (10 Its tit work. A chteerful wife makes a happy home because tihe motion is con tagious; al most uticonsciously the houshold is hap. py in response, because every nmeni'er of the family is cheerful by the genial intluence of the wife and mother. Life constitutes the church, but not the dloctrine, except so far as it be e1 the life. Hence it is evident that the Lord's church is not here or there, but that it Is everywhere, where tihe life is fortmed according to the precepts of~ charity. I know knothing whiuch life has to offe.r so satisfying as the p)rofound good1 understatiding which can subsist, after much exchange of good oflices, between two virtuous men, each of whom is sure of himnself' and sure of his friend. What a difference have we often seen betwixt our aillictone at our first meet ing with and at our p)arting from them ! We have entertained thtem with sighs and tears, but parted from them with joy as the happy instruments of our own good. Flatterers are the worst kind of trai tors, for they will strenghton your im perfections, encourage you in all evils, correct you in nothing, but so shadow and pamnt your follies and vices as yet. shall never by their will, discover good from evil, or vice from virtue. "I have no tine to devote to my chiii dren," says the business man, with a sigh ; for lhe really'feels the privation of their society keenily. But -the excuse is an inantileient one; he should make time-let other things go; for no duty Is more important than that he owes his offspring. An eccentric minister, stepping one day into the shop of one of his parIsh ioners, acked abruptly, with'Out even waiting for a salutation, "Did yon ox )cot inn?" "No!I" was the reply. 'What if I had been death ?" lie asked, and steppIng out, was gonie as suddenly as he caime in, The earnest men are so few in the world that their very earnestness be conmes at once the badge of their no. bility; and as mein in a crowd instinc tiveij make room for one who seems eager to force his way through it, so matikind everywhere open their ranks to one who rushes zealously toward some object lying beyond them. Several (days before his death, ishop Ames, said to General John 8. Berry : "[ desire no display at my funeral. I would have a plain coffin made or" live oak and trimmed with trimmings of galvanized iron. Let theme be no flowers on itE The tendenicy to extrava. .gant and uselegs.tarade at funerals it. this country is getting to be a gaiat and growing evil, and A wish meoxanpe as f ar,as possible, to inang rAtat I :Xgn ,ae f h ., Crown Dialinoudg. Mr. Turquet has laid the following project before the Minister of Finance of Frauce, and the budgct comimittee relative to the rich collection of precious stones known under the olicial title of "Diaments de la Couronne."'' The under-secretary for the Fine Arts proposes to divide this treasure Into three parts, The first part will comi prise the historic jewels and stones. and will be placed in the Louvre. 'The second part will contain stones having a mineral ogical value, and will be placed in the mu senin of the Ecole des Mines. The third part composed of royal and imperial jew. elry, and having only material value, will be put up at auction and sold to the high est bidder, and the proceeds will go to fo-m a State Fine Art Fund. Mr. Torquet has had an inventory made of this princely treasure. One of -the most, famous of the diamonds is the one called Regent. It weighs 136 carats, is of an extreme white ness and brilliancy is square in fori and was estimated at 12,000,000 francs in 1791. Another remarkable object is a round pearl, weighing over 27 carats and valued at 200,. 000 francs; and still another one Is the necklace of pearls, .styled Collier do )a Reie, composed of 25 pearls and worth 996,700 francs. None of our lady readers would, we are sure, disdain the large, long, clear ruby in this collection, weighing 61; carats and valued at 50,000 francs; nor the amethyst of more than 13 carats, estinia ted at 6,000 francs, nor the a pplilre of 132 carats, worth 100,000 francs. By selling the jewels of the third class Mr. Turquet expects to realize the sumi ot 3, 000,000 franis, and with it he will pur chase works of art and enrich the national museums. Alow Old In Glitan. The oldest specimen of pure glass bear ing anything like a date, is a little molded lion'F head, bearing the name of an Egypt ian king of the eleventh dynasty in the Blade collection at the British Museum. That is to say at a period which may be moderately placed as more than 2000 years B. U., glass was not only made, but made with a skill which shows the art was niothing now. The invention of glazing pottery with a film of varnish or glass is so 3id that among the fragments which bear inscriptions of the early Egyptian mon Archy are beads, possibly of the first dynas y. Of the same period are vases and gob lets and many fragments. It can not be Jioubted that the story preserved by Pliny, which assigns the credit of the invention to the Phonicians, is so far true, that these dventurous merchants brought specimens o other countries from Egypt. Dr. 3chlieman found disks of glass in the ex avations at Mycenw, though Homer does aot mention It as a substance known to 3im. That the modern art of the glass. ilower was known long before, is certain, rrom repiesontations. among the pictures )n the walls of a tomb of Beni Iassan, of ;he twelfth Egyptian dynasty; but a much >lder picture, which probably represented ,he same manufacture, is among the half bliterated scenes in a chamber of a tomb )f Thy, at Sakkara, and dates from the time if the fifth dynasty, a time so remote that t is not possible, in spite of the assiduous ,osearches of many Egyptologers, to give t a date in years. lie Was Strictly ionest. A citizen of John street, Detroit, not only xeeps a score or more of liens, but the amily take pride In them, and the slight st noise in the back yard at midnight rouses every iumate of the house. A norning or two since a weary-looking old hap called at the side door with a dead ken in his hand, and when the servant girl lad summoned the lady of the house he aid: "Madam, as I was walking down the Lley just now a boy jumped over your ence with this dead hen in his hand. I mn poor and hungry, but I am honest, nadami. This lien belongs to you. Bhe vill make you a beautiful dinner. 1 ask or no reward, madam, though tihe smell >f coffee almost makes me crazy with de ight." "Thlose bad boys-they ought to be shut ip!"' exclahnued time lndihgnant ladly. "So they had, madam. it is a sin to nurder a young and healthy lien in this sud ien manner. I could hive taken the body LndI sold it, but I would not do so base ~a hing. No, madam; 1 am as hungry as a voif, but I am honest. There is your lien, ady, and though I need food I will not-" kie laid the hen beside the door and was ~olng away, wvhen she asked him to conmc n andh get breakfast. lie acceptedh the in ritation, clearedi thme table, andi had beCen ~one about, flve minutes, when the girl aulledl to her mistress: "Why, this hen is frozen as solid as a -ock, andl only ab)out halt of it ma here ?"' Thle lady investigated, saw that it wvas a 'corpse" which had been kicking around oir (lays, and as she rushed for the fron.t ;ate there 'was a brIght red sp)ot on each 3heek, but the man was out of sight. A Minchievousa Robin, A fine robin, picked uip ini the park when luite young and helpless several months ugo, is now the favorite pet of an uptown amily. "Rob'' has been petted and nursed Lint il he has b)ecomie a tricky fellow and Is is mIschievous as a magpie, Hie fleos off it will; returns when lie feels like it, and erches on the shldi(er of the mistress of he house at which lhe lias macdo lis home mad by a series of soft, plaIntive notes nakes known his wants aui is inmmedlatly iatisfhedl. Ils favorite dish is bread and nipk and lie is also fond of raw meat and -Ipo berries. lIe will show fIght to members >f the family who tease him,' andt gets very ingry at stranigers. Hie has a fondness for ating and will raise a shower bath in a 'hort time If given a basin of water, lnte which lie (lashes andl flaps hlil wings, play ng and (dabbling until the water is wlastedl md "Rob" is a sorry looking bird. lie. 3ently wvhile the family who own the b)irdl were washing, they neglected to providhe r,he b)ird with a shower bath. Nothing loth "Rob" spied a large basin filled with tarch and into it lie jumpedl making the paste fly in all directions. Soon as lie was liscovered lie was taken out. with his beautiful plumage pasted firmly against his body, so that lie could not open his wings to shake off the sticky substance. "Rob" was immersed in a basIn of tepid water and thoroughly washed beOfore lie looked like a decent bird once more. In half an hour afterward "Rob" was snugly perched in his cage, singing merrily and adjusting his coat with care, ut,terly indif ferent to the troubule he had oiwt~ lhs amitr. Matthias, the Miner's Doy. On the 22d of February, 1812. a mine Ilubert Gofhi of Aus, near Liege, descend ed the shaft of a mine with one hundreo and twenty-six men, who were under hi orders. His son, Matthlias, a brave boy o twelve, accompanied him. When this miner descended Into thi depths of the earth, lie loft, five hundret feet above, a wife and six children. Suffo eating vapois may poison him, the ga way take tire and explode, the walls imaj fall in and crush him. And yet he is hap py and of good courage, in his subterraneat 1llit; he sings and rejoices at the sparkling splendor of the metal. luibert instructe( his son Malhias in the art of discoverinj the veins of ore. About ten o'clock in the morning 5oa water suddenly rushed down upon then out of an old mine, and threatened to in undate the shaft. The prudeot Iluberl wished to call his men together, but th( water pressed in with such force that h( could not get at the alarn hell. Anothei workian risked his life to save his coin panions. 1Ie waded to the bell and ranp it. His life wis sacriiced In vain; it wau too late when the others came. The watei rushed down the shaft by which they gen. erally ascended and their retreat was cut The flood rose higher and higher, and threatened to drownli them. All pressed llp to the saving rope, which alone could bring them up above. Each wished to be the lirst, but the stream rushing violently down scized them and carried them onward with t. lubert. wats Rtall and strong. lie lifted ip his son in his arms. lie was nearest ,hie rope, and might have saved himself Iut he looked upon the others. "No; they are my friends," lie said. "I 'annot leave them to perish." But his son lie would save at all events. lBut the younger miner protested: ",Father, I caine with you ; I will return yvith you, too, or remain where you re nailn. Hubert took courage. lie called to Ils -omrades: "Let us see whether we cannot break birough into the next shaft. Our lives do )end upon it. Let us make the attempt." But this wis not so easy. Two days passed away in this terrible )osition. They work on unweariedly, still lie hard walls of the mine yielded but lowly. Once they thought they heard a toise, and with joy exclaimed: "We are saved I We are saved I But they were deceived, and the young nen naong then threw themselves (town efore Ilubert, and exclaimed: "Sir, you have led us hither ; you must qave us, too-we cannot die so young I" Ilubert himself was utterly exhausted, mid seeimed to have lost all courage. lie hought of his wife and children who were nourning for hlim above; lie thought of his on and of his companions who were town with bhn i time mine, and to whom leath and destruction were so near. 1ot mle of them was able to strike . another )low. Then Matthias cate up to him, and )oldly striking into the rock with an ax, ad: "If men weep like boys, boys must. work Ike men." These courageous words nerved themi to resh hope. They worked on bravely. ;uddenly there was a fearful cry ; they had !oiue upon a suffocating stream of gas. Hubert rushed up quickly and stopped lie aperture whence it proceed, pointing lie workmen to another part where they tould continue theJr labor. In this sad state they had already passed hirty six hours. Thle last lamp had gone ut. Thick darkness reigned around them. Ul were suffering the keenest pangs of anger. Several sunk down utterly ex lausted. Matthias clasped his father firm y and said to him: "Courage, father; all will be well yet I" Still they worked on in the darkness. At ust voices camie to their ears on the other idhe of the stone through whIch they were 'renk ing. Oather strokes were meeting heirs. Yet a few minutes more aiid they iould bie saved. Ilubert and his son were the last vho rere cartieed up above. "I1 should never have dairedt to loak upon01 hie light again if I hmai retuirned without iy compilanions," said the brave miner. TIhe Enmperor Napole .n presented lun rith the C'ross of the Legion of hlonor, and ave his son free admnittsaice to tihe college t Liege. No, Piane fo' (in,~oen. On the rcad leading from Fairphay to Lhnla and Leadiille, Colorado, Is a board ign nailed to ai tree anel bearing tIs de ace :'"Chinamen are warnedl not to locate i this distrIet." D)esplte this warning, wvo foolhardy sons of bhiemi mounted the tage at. Fairp)lay rccenitly, their celestial >igtails woundic tightly abotit their heads, nd( that p)ortioni of their garments which ivihzed p)ecple wear inside theIr pants uttering in the breeze, ent route for Alna. 'ho smile that b)roadienedc their dark hued aces was one of happy thought. The foeld or "washee-washee" was large, and they vere the first in the race. Theiir nintel igible jabble from the top) ot the coach ar et std the at'.ntlon of at passIng horseman, who signmficantly inquired of thme driver, 'ilave they got return tickets ?" The latter smiled and whipped upi his torses, as lie thought, of time fun awaiting dim at his dlesti nation. he celostlals were spotted the moment hey entered town, andl when the coach topped it wasi immediately surrounded by crowd. T1hie wite passenigers dismounted, at llingered on the skIrts of the crowd waiting developments. ThIe Chinamen tartedl to descend from their loft.y p)erch n top of the coach, hut the ends of sharp ticks and several rifles stretched up to re 'olve them cauisedl them to hastily clamber p again. Amid the cries and hoots of the rowd to take them out aid hiag them, a nlan stepped forward and firmly informed he colestils, now almost pale with fear, bat their place was onl top of that coach ill it weant back, when they wore to go And stay they did, for thd remarks werb if suich a tenor as to admit of no dispute. tnd when the stage wended its. way back cm Fairplay that night two sad faced China. non occupied the same exalted seats as did hie merry ones in the morning. A MAN dying left $1,000 tt an ine livIdual w bo years before ran away vith his Wife. He said in~ his will hat, ho never forgot a favor'.