The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, September 28, 1880, Image 1
L.Lo-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C', SEPTEMBER 28,180VO.I-N.17
GRANDPA'8 BARN.
Olt. a jolly old place is grandpa's barn,
Where the doors stand open throughout
the day,
And the ooolng doves By in and out.
And the ar is e ii eet with the fragrant hay;
,Where grain lies over the slippery floor,
And the hons are busily looking around,
And the sunbeams ihoker, now here, now
there,
And the breeze blows through with a
merry sound;
The swallows twtter and ohirp all day,
With futtering wings, in the old brown
'\eaves.
And 1hekrobins shiinn the trees which lean
TO bruNIQhe roof with their rustling It aves.
0 for the glad-vaqatIon time,
When grandpa's iarn will echo the shout
Of merry obildren, wi'ozam ai- play
In the ntew-born freedwit ot school lot out,
Such soaring of doves from their cosy nests.
such hunting for eggs in th4 loft so
Till the frightened hen, with a cackle
shrill,
Frim their hidden treasures are fain to
fly.
Oh', the dear old barn, so cool. so wide
Its doors wi I open aginu eta long
If o the Bunmer sunshine, the new-mown
bay.
And the merry ring of vacation song.
For grandpa's barn is the jollit st place
For frolio and fun on a samuer's day;
And e'en old Time, as the years slip by,
its memory never oan steal away.
Margaret's Money.
'She has five thousand pounds," said the
old man, "and she's a good girl. She'll be
a catch for somebody."
Then I thought lie looked at wic.
"Why should lie look at me?" I thought.
"I'm not a husband worth angling for, as
he knows very well, this man who pays
mue my small salary every week with his
own hands.
Still lie did look at me, and I answered
with a word or two: 1 forget what now.
"Yes," he said-talking with a meaning,
too, looking at me evidently, to see how
I took the news, "yes; and what do you
suppose she does with it? las it locked
up In my fire-proof safe in my fire-proof
vault, don't use It in any way, don't get
interest on it; locks it up as shie does her
rings and pins and lets i t lie never
touched.
"I wonder you dont give her better ad
vice," I said.
"Give a woman advicel" he said. "Try
it. However, I approve of this. Better
keep her dowry locked up safe, than risk
and lose it. My fire-proof safe and fire
proof vault will hold her money-the
money her husband is to have the day he
marries her fast and safe."
Then the old man trotted away to his
own desk, and looked over it at me.
''I'm her guardian," lie said. "er
father and I had qv:arrelled, you know.
But when he died, he left her and her
money in my care. A nice thing far an
old bachelor to have, a youtig niece quar
tored on him for lifel- I'll marry her off
-1h00h .s f...ctu. I say, Fisher, come
up and take tea with me to-night."
He did mean iti He offered his niece
aid her five thousand pounds to mel fle
had never liked me either.
"Shall I go?" I asked myself. "Why
not? I mighit as well see the hef'ress. I
was not a man to be bought by money, It
she were a coarse, vulgar creature, like her
* uncle; bua otherwise, why not see what she
was made of? At least it could do no
harm to take tea with old Simon Gilddings.
I went homie with him that evening. I
not.iced seine litt le changes in the parlor,
* as though a lady's hands had been busy
there; and in a moment more I saw, sit.
ting in the shadow of the curtaIns, a girl
dressed in deep mourning.
"Margaret, Mr. Fisher; my niece, MIss
Giddings, Tom," saId the o'.d man; and as
I bowed, I saw a little velvet-headed
crutch leaning against, the girl's chair.
Bihe 'was .lame, then. Old Giddings
thought this was an obstacle to her making
a good matcL. So lie offered her to Tonm
Fisher.
"It won't do, old man,''' I thoughit. "I
shouldn't mind a plain face so much, but a
lame wife will never do for mec."
Then something whispered faintly hts my
ear, "Five thousand pounds!"'
For the rest, Miss Giddings was fair and
sweet-looking, and pleasant in her man
nier. Bhte was a lady, too, which seemed
odd for old Simon's niece, for lie was as
vulgar as he was rich: and she sang to us
after tea very sweetly.
[ liked a girl with dash and color, but
still her blue eyes and sweet smile haunted
me a little after I went home. "She'i
never quarrel with one," I thoughj;'"and
a women worth five thousand pounds
would be a catch, certaInly; but that
erutol "I'll stay away from Old Simon's
house for the future.
*But he would not let me stay away; he
kept on urging me to go home with him.
There was Marion More. Perhaps she
liked me a little. I admired her int(nsely;
but she had no mioney, and I shoukldak
her away from her snug home to soe
poor sort of place if I married her.I
should flad it hard work to feed and clothe
her decently.
This faIr, sweet Margaret was rIch; and
as timo passed on, 1 buegan) to see her
liking for me. And I sat ia thme oilce one
day, three months from the time of my
first-visit, wondering whether I could be
quite sure that I should be good enough to
the little thingi I meant to naarry for her
* money, to keep her fronm knowing that there
was nto actual tjove fo" hAer in nMy heat~
Simon Giddings reached my ears:-"Ton
Fisher uy in the moca again, ehi Well,
well, when a fellow it in love we excus
laziness in him. There's my niece Mar.
garet pouring the tea in the slop basin ant
oversetting the milk at breakfast. "Mag,
gle," says 1, "you're a thinking of som
one, an't ye? She blustieI to her ears,
You've managed to get into good graces It
that quarter, Tom"
"Do-you think so?" I said.
"1 know so," said the old man. I
oughtnrt to say so, you know, but I'n
frank."
I listened to hi, then two voices whis
.pering to me:
"You don't love her," said one. "Yet
don't hate her," said the other. "Yot
don't want a lame wife," said the first,
"You do want five thousand pounds,'
said the other. It would mike a man ol
you. You c:ud go into business on youi
own account. You'd cease to be a slave
in this dingy office."
"Five thousand pounds!" I said to
myself. Then I started to my feet.
"Mr. Giddings," I said, "would you b<
wilhng to give your niece to me as my
wife?"
ils answer was frank.
'Tom Fisher, I'd give her to any decenl
young man. A girl bothers me; I'm tired
of the charge. Every one don't want v
same wife. If you like her, take her,
and on your wedding day, I'll hand th(
fIve thousand pounds to you, and be rid of
the charge. She'll say 'Yes,' don't fear.
I'll tell her that you asked me to-night,
and hurry on the wedding.
I thought I heard the thump of a crutci
in the church aisle as Ie spoke. I thought
of the graceful step of Marion More. I
turned faint, and sat down to my desk;
but I we:t to old Simon's house that
night, and saw Margaret. She looked as
fair and happy as a child. I sat down by
her and took her hand.
"Are you going to say 'No,' Maggle?" ]
said, and she lifted her innocent lips tc
mine, and kissed me. "I'll be good tc
her,"I said to myself. 'll be very, very
good to her."
But there was no lover's warmth In my
heart; only a kind of gentle pity for th(
girl who was to bring me five thousand
L)ounds.
We were engaged. Old Simon joked
its coarsely, and seemed to exult over the
affair. I might even have doubted of thc
existence of the five thousand pounds, but
that Maggie told me of them herself.
"Uncle was keeping them for me to liv(
on, when I was an old maid," she said.
"fut you shall do what you choose witb
the money when I belong to you. We'll
buy a pretty house, shan't we dear, first of
all, and live there all our lives; somewhere
where we can have a garden?"
So, after that, I never doubted, but
clung to the idea as I could not if I had
loved the girl.
We were married in a fortnight. Uncle
Simon and his old house-keeper alone were
present. It had touched me a good deal
when Margaret had whispered that she
had rather not have a wedding party.
"Fancy the bride limping up the aisle
upon a crutch!" she said. "Let me be
married with none to stare at me. You
love me so I don't care about being lame
any more, but- I'd-rather not be stared at.'
1 took lher I my arms and kissed hier
then.
"'I'll be good to her," I said, as the
clergyman uttered his prayer,-'very, very
good;'' and I wats saying it again wheni]
at with my wvife 11 01(d Simon's parlor in
lie twilight, and he coining in, lit the gas,
an d stAo I t,winkling lia eyes at us malic
lously.
"So it'si over," he said, with his fiendish
chuckle. "She's yours now for her five
thousand poinds. I'm going to hand i
os er to night. Ishall sleep better."
1 blushed with shame. "Not yet,'' ]
saidl; "don't talk of money yet!"
"No?"'said Simon. "But I wili though.
I've got it lhere." And lie uel'ocked a side
board which stood in the rooni, Fad brought
out a small roll done up oddly enough ii
brown paper. There it is," said lie,
"there it Is! Look at it-count it. Five
thousand plump-count it."
lHe fairly grinned as lie spoke. She
smiled.
I saw something in his laugh that mnade
me shudder. Without a word mere I
walked to the table, opened the parcel and
spread out the notes. There were five
thousand pounds worth of them, reading the
value on their faces, but they were the
notes of the Diddleton and Blilkem Bankc,
which had faiied years ago!
I had been deceived.- The girl I had
married was penniless!
"Impostor!'' I yelled. Old Simon an
swored with a roar of laughter.
"Good joke;" he said. "i've done what
I promised. You've g.t the nyve thousand;
I didn't tell you what it was In. Of course
such money is of no use to you, but 1 can't
help that. Hat hal" "
I think I should have given .blin a blow,
but just then I heard Margaret scream.1
Idoked at her, E saw, as I had known
before;,ghat sihe had no hand in the decop.
tion. I saw an awful look In her eyes, a
doubt of my -bye trembling on her lip.
sawv her rise and fity. on her poor feet,
andi stretch. her hands towards me.
heard lier cry, "Thomes, I di'dnrot know;'
and then--oh, thank God for it---ths love
I had never felt before rushed. inb myI
heart-a great, all-conqilering love.'
I ran toher. I took herimy, a. ,1
gave her the first kIss of passiona; and
now-born lovo, and I said, 'a try
to la~pet.ettwith m,,tor you
better than my soul."
And all Margaret't money-the money
i that had faded before me like fairy gold
. could never have given me half the joy
I that the wealth of love, given to and re
ceived from her, gave me upon our bridal
, day-gave me in all the first struggling
years of our wedded life, and will give me,
God grant it, until the endl
Woodcock.
Bogardus, in his work on "Field, Cover
and Trap Shooting," says that to make a
good bag of woodcock is a feat the sports
man may well be proud of. To meet with
success in woodcock shooting, one must
L be an excellent snap shot and possess a
tireless nerve and muscular organization.
Besides, he must be familiar with the hab
its of the bird. To an experienced eye,
woodcock ground Is easily recognized.
This dainty little bird Is an. epicurean in
its habits, and a voracious feeder. The
fat, angle and other worms which inhabit
the rich, soft and wet ground, are consia
ered by the woodcock as the most dainty
morsels, and form Its sole diet Among
the lowland and marshy places where the
ground is soft and loamy, the woodcock
loves to dwell. It is nocturnal in Its hab
its, spending its nights In feasting, and
then at the break of dawn retires to a
favorite retreat among the willows or tan
gled underbrush, and gently dreams the
daylight hours away. it is a hard bird to
find, and a sportsman without a staunch
dog with a good nose, may almost tramp a on
bird before it takes to its wings, and it is
seldom seen until it flies. Occasionally the
shari) eye of an experienced sportsman
catches sight of a bird In its day retreat.
The woodcock obtains its food by means
of its long-pointed bill with which nature has
furnished it, and on account of its resem
blance to the suipe it is often mistaken for
this bird by farmers who occasionally flush
it while making tours through the marshy
portions of their estates. The bird while
searching fc.r food, probes his bill deep
into the mucky spots where worns are
plenty, and his sensitive prober soon de
tects the presence ( f the wood.
cock's tempting morsel. For hunting
woodcock a dog is almost absolutely neces
sary. Man does not like to penetrate the
marshy places and spots overgrown with
briart and tall weeds, where the bird is
found, to raise him from his hiding place,
and no' having the necessary olfactory re
quisites to detect the presence of the bird
by scent may walk within a step of nis in
tended victim without flushing him. On
account of its tender feet and hide, it is al
most wicked to use a pointer In woodcock
shooting among the marshes, though in
hunting the bird late in the season among
the corn fields, a staunch pointer Is used to
good advantage. For general woodoock
shooting the setter is much used. His coat
of long hair and feathered feet protect him
from the cutting swamp grass and poison
ous briars, but the thoroughbred Sussex and
St. Charles cockers are fast growing in pop
ularity for cover shoo,ing. They ate merry
and a ttive workers, and when properly
broken and handled afford the sloter ex
cellent sport.
Generally speaking the woodcock is a
hard bird to it. Josh Billings, in an ar
ticle on birds, says of the woodcock that
the first that is seen of the Ird is a 'whiz,
and the last we see is a whirr." In shoot
ing among the saplings the shooter must
follow the dog and take his chances with
snap shots. In low under rush and later
In the season among the wn fields, some
open shots are obtained. The unceitain
flight of the woodcock as lie rises in his
zig-zag flight tends to distract the aim of
the shooter, and the success of the novice
is very uncertain.
P'erIig of the London atroeei.
It has been calculated that the yearly
average of persons killed by accidents ini
the streets of London is greater than the
annual total of persons massacred on all
the railways of the United Kingdom. Du
ring the last decade of the victims of tne
thoroughfares the metropolis have
reached an aggregate of 2195, while in 28,
071 cases more or less injuries have been
infieted. These statistics are startling,
and they signify in reality more than at,
first appears. Only the known injuries
are enumerated under the published cate
gories. There is a considerable percentage
of casualities wiuch does not find Its way
into print, and when It Is said last year the
killed and wounded in the London streets
amounted to 234 and 8699 tespectively, it
must be remembered that the estimate is
reduced to a nmninmum. The allowance of
unascert ained accients may' be calculated
upon as that of undetected nmrders. Alarm
ing as these figures seem, there is nothing
surprising in them when one recollects
what are the facts and what the
perils of the case. A population of 4,000,
000; streets traversed by p)erpetual streams
and blocked by constant congestions of
trauflo-the number of vehicles o1 different
kinds which daily pass up and down Ox
ford streets 'Is computed at 11,891; tho
ioighfares often abiurdly inadequate ft r
the exigencies of the present day; foot
passengers in swarms, frequently mndiffer -
ent to all considerations of personal safety;
drivers of every variety of caution and
reckless,,ess-these are the chief features of
the situation.
Fair Play.
Orace, when I was returnIng from treland
(says Riowland 11111), 1 found myself an
noyedi by the reprobate conduct of the
captain and mate, who were both sadly
given to the scandalous habit of swearing.
First, the captain swore at the mate; then
the mate swore at the captain; then .they
swore at the wind, when I called out to
them for fair play.
"h3topi stop!" said I, "If you please gen
tlemen, it Is my turn now."
"Ah, what is your turn, pray?" said the
captain.
"At swearmng,'' I replied.
Well, they waited and waited, until their
patience was exhausted, and then wanted
me to make haste and take my turn.I
told them, however, that I had a right to
take my own time, and swear at my own
convenience.
To this, the captain replied with a laugh,
"Perhaps you don't mean to tak6 your
turn?"
"Pardon me captain," I answered, "but
I do, a acon as I cau find the good of
dIndid no hoar anter oath on the voy
The Wooden Hat.
Somewhere about the year 1780, a trav- ti
oling mill-wright, footsore, and with the 0
broadest nortiern Doric accent, stopped at
Soho, at the engine factory of Boulton & a
Watt, and askeA for work. His aspect was
a little better than one of beggary and poor
looks, and Boulton had bidden him God
speed to some other shop, when, as he y
was turning away sorrowfully, Boulton
suddenly called him back.
"What kind of a hat's yon, ye have on 0
your head me mnin?"
"'It's just tinmer, sir.
"Timmer, me non; let's look at it.
Where did ye get it?"
"I just made it, sir, my alusel."
"How did you make it?"
"I just turned it in the lathte."
"But it's oval, mon, and the lathie turns
things round." t
"A weell I just gar'd the lathie gang 0
anither gait, to please me, and I thocht to
have a hat to keep out water, and I hadna'
muckle siller to srare and I made me
ane."
By his inborn mechanism the man had
Inyented an oval lathe, and made his hat, b
and the hat made his fortune. Boulton
was not the man to lose so valuable a help, a
thus the after famous William Murdock- c
the originator of locomotives and lighting
by gas-took suit and service under Boul
ton & Watt, and in 1784 made the first
vehicle impelled by steam in England, ond
with the very hands and brain-cunning that
had prodtuced the "timmer hat."
ai
Breakinag A chain. 84
P
"You will have to open the shop this p:
morning, Lucia, and take care of it the u
best you can," called my father from the I
next room, "for my head is aching so that h
[ shall be unable to leave my bed to-day." b
I was quite a little girl then, not more Is
than eleven years old, but as father and I tI
were alone and there was no one else to per- vw
form the task, I arose cheerfully, shivered I
Into my clothes-for it was bitter cold and n
quite early-a(I hastened down stairs. a1
Broom In hand for the purpose of sweep- ai
Lug off the side sidewalk first, I proceeded p
to throw open the front door, but only, to a
draw back, with a faint cry of terror and N
surprise. Oj
Crouching behind the friendly shadow I
of a large packing-box, standing at one ci
side of the doorway, was a lad, apparently ji
about twelve or fourteen, a pool, ragged ti
creature, with hollow cheeks and a haunted a
look in his dark-blue eyes that lived in my ti
memory for many a day afterward. M
"Please, plea8e, don't cry out, or callany ir
onel" he entreated in a low, pleading voice. b
"They'll surely take um again, and I don't a
want to go back." a
"Dou'% want to go back where?" Iasked, b
grox ng courageous and tAking a step al
nearer him. a
For answer he pointed to a heavy ball %%
and chain attached to one of his ankles. P
In those days-for the time of which 1
write was long ago-it was customary to it
attach a weight of some kind to the legs of 1i
Lonvicts in order to prevent them from ri
going very far in case they should attempt
to escape; so I at once understood that he a
had broken away from the town jail. n
"I was arrested for stealing a meat-ple il
and they treated me so bad at the jail," o,
he said with a dry sob that went straight I>
to my heart, "that-that-" Li
"You i an away, poor boy! Come in, and h
I'll hide you safely away." a:
Together, and with much difflculty in pre- 1i
venting the chain from rattling which a
would betray his presence to my father,
we succeeded in creeping down to the back al
cellar. There I lpft him, well satisfljd e(
with my morning's work. ti
A little while after, I carried him a bowl ti
of steaming coffee. and a slice of bread, I
which lie swallowed to my great satisfac- si
lion, with a decided relish. U
"I say, sis," lie whispered, as I turned Ic
to leave, "if Iliad htad a good strong file, it
I could get this 'ore chain off, anid then i'd ai
be all right." w
"I will bring you not only a file, but a lit
goodi sut of clothes that belonged to my si
brother that's dead, and an old sod wig from al
the garret, to) disguise you with,' I an- k,
swered "on one conidition only." ci
"What is it?" lie asked, eyIng me curious- as
ly- hi
"Only this, that you gIve me your it
solemn p)romise never to steal again, ino hx
matter how poor or hungry you may be, Ut
and to try and become a good and respect- si
able boy.'' na
A flash of brightness, visiblo even in the ct
dimi light that struggled through the narrow w~
cellar-w,indow, passed over his wan fea- at
tures, and kneeling dIown before me, he ws
caught one of my hands, and bending over
it, s'ow y briathed the required pledge. tL
Fur three days, during which time, i<
fortunately for my project, my father kept ua
his room, the poor fugitive ren'alned in lisa s<.
clingy retreat. Then when night came on, TI
and I well knew the one constable our town la
boasted was snoring comfortab y between a
his blankets, I softly opened the oack door, Ct
and let John Ray as ho called himself, out m
into the darkness.a
Freed from his fetters, and arrayed in w
the nice suit I had givenm hin, lie looked
so respectable, oven handsome, that I felt
be never would be recognized, and, that
lhe might not want for readly cash to assist
bim on his way I pressed a long treasured at
gold piece of niy own in his hand, as we
p)arted in sober silence in the shandowy-- or
doorway.
Trwelve years came andl went. Misfor- at
tune meanwhile had visited us in several
ways. ci
One wintry night our little shop and all
it contained, together with our household ai
goods, was consumed by fire. Later my re
father's eyesight failed him, and hoping to '1
better our condition, we mioved to N4ew it
York. al
But we seen found ouit that theo great si
city was alreadiy over-crowded with work- L
era, andl in a little while we bec.une tI
poorer than we had ever been before. u
Hearing one day that a wealthy gentle-- hi
man, who was about to make a long jour
ney, wanting a respectable person to care p,
for lia house during lisa absence, I hastened
to apply for the situation. e
I found him at his offie-a handsome,
kindly-featured mian, seeming but a few at
years older than myself. bi
"Have you references?" he asked, on bt
ruy statinag my business. n
I produced a written paper, which our
good minister had given. mno before I left tU
the home of my childhood.
A flush of pleasure overspread his hand--I
tome feathres as ho road it.P
"You do not recognize mes, 1 see," lie sa
remark&.
Icertainly did ud6t, and said so.
"And you must remember John Ray?"
I shook my head. In the many troubles
kat had come upon us, the memory of the
)nvict boy I once assisted passed entirely
way.
"If rou have forgotten me, Lucia Sum
ere,' he returned, taking a small shining
)ld-plece from his watch chain, "perhaps
:u may remember this, the coin you gave
ie one dark night twelve years ago. I
d no occasion to spend it then," he went
11, "for I found work almost immediately,
nd, sluce, I have kept it as a talisman
gainst temptation and a reminder of the
roudse I made you."
"And why did you never let me hear
on you?" I asked.
I wrote to you nnce, but received no re.
ly, and two months ago, when I found
tyself the junior member of the firm whom
had served so long, I went to your town
> look for you but you had gone no
ae knew whither.
John Ray, prosperous and happy, went
3 his intended journey, but not alone;
>r we were married soon after, and I ac
)mpanled him, and my father also, for
to purpose of having his eyes attended to
y a celebrated French doctor.
When his sight was fully restored, we
ine back to reside in the beautiful home
bich had come to us all through my timely
d in "Breaking a Chain."
. 9
A Maine Farner and Fisherann.
It was the islander who was both farmer
id fisherman, as a person uniting in him
if the two most ancient and honorable
rofessions, that aroused in Middleton the
incipal Interest. Such a one could not
ke the trips of two to three weeks with
ie seiners of the coast fleet; still less could
) go the long voyages of the banke. s, to the
lys of L'Escaut and Chaleurs, to Green
nd and even as sometimes happens, to
le coast of Iceland, for fresh halibut,
here they join the fleets of Northern
'rance, the Netherlands, and tho Scandi,
vians. He must attend the lobster-traps;
it weirs for herring, menhaden, alewives,
Ad 1i ackerel; keep drag nets and trawls;
erhaps, if lavorably located, make a
specialty of supplyhig bait, to the fleet,
hich, now that it must be kept iced, if
ten in great straits for it. Between times
3 runs to she for a day or two in his
it-boat, his "Ilai. ton boat," or his
gger. * The cat boat, it appeared, was
to better sailor, since the more canvas in
single-sail, the closer into the wind; but
1o flampton boat-a miodilled pink stern,
ithshouider-of-mutton saile on its small
asts-was the "abler," that is to say,
tter qualified to stand the exigencies of
I sorts of weather. The jigger,however,
snall schooner of perhaps lorty feet long
i ten feet beam, with a considerable hold,
Ad a cabin with four bunks, a table, and
rusty sheet-ihon stove 1(r.
ard, seemed the nust available for general
,avoes, whether for taking a haul of lish,
smacking" a load of lobsters, wood, or
e, or hawking a load of apples at retail
oml port to port, where they were a
trity.
A professional "dragger" carried nearly
1nile ol nets. They were straight and
it very deep. The fish was meshed in
!eam by the gills. Thus by the regulation
the size of mesh only picked fish need
taken, while the great purse seines of
to fleet take everthing, destroy at every
aul a value nearly equal to what is saved,
ad tend toward rapid extinction of ihe
Ih, as Middleton was told, besides having
ruady reduced the average size.
The trawl was another enghie of forimid
)l0 havoc, against which there was equal
>mpiaint. It Is the imethod in use among
to bankers, except, on Ueorge's, wherj
t tide runs too swift for anythiug but ly
g to an anchor, and hand-lining over the
Ut. Tho purse seine and the trawl are
e twoInetnods of taking ih par exce
nec. the fera er for the mackere', the
Lter for all t hee. h ra of ga ea', sizet r. Wiat a
itileton. saw a haawi, he round that it.
as a long cord with hundreds of baited
>oks 11xeti at intervals along it. It was
ink so as to rest on the bottom, buoyeti
both ends, anid left there. A trawler
Jl>t great numbers or these lines' neatly
'eu in tubs, anmd set them one after
ot.her. Aftier a sullicieat lapse of time,
wean back to the lrst, and "underran"
that, is drew up one end, passed it over
a boat, taking olf the listh, and baitIng
e hioolts anew, aud paid it out at one
Cie as lie took it In at the other. The
.athod pursued by the bankers was to
rry twelve or fourteen dories, whien
ore put, out when the fishing ground was
rivedl at, with two men In each,provided
ith t..bs of trawis am. discretion.
It was the sun-cn.e'i salt-fish that was
e larvorite artiele of diet in the islanders'
)useholds, while very little account was
ado of the fresh. Tkhae yotung people had
mec merry customis of theIr own with it.
hey repres.enteil that. If a certain p)articui
rly sait strip in the centre cat ed the
'ean "l~ine," were eaten before going to
d, the girl or the y oung man one was to
arry would be indicatto by appearing in
viin and handmng himn or her a glass of
aiter.
Sooene in a Nevada Oout-ltuoma.
Billy Brown, a lad o1 ton, was put on the
and and questioned.
Trho court-"Did you ever take an
Boy (positively)-"No, sir; I never took
ything in my life."
Mr. Hines (facetiously)-"Whati nlee
TIhe spectators tittered, and the court,
mad as a hornet, called them to order,
marking: "I want mighty little of this
'nafore' business In my court." Just
eni the daughter of the court, on the floor
'ove, wvas heard to disturb a piano and
ng. ".Im called little Buttercup, dlear lit
i Buttercup." Another laugh followed
is Incident, and the court sent a constable
> stairs to make the merry maiden stop
ir vocal and iastrumental exercises.
"Shut that girl off at once," was the
urting injunction from the bench.
The youthful wItness was finally allow.
I to testify without being sworn.
"You see," he began, "I heard a racket
ad wont out. The woman was chuckin'
Icks and cussin' like thunder, and the
>ys was rtinnln' about the yard. The
ght before I went down toWn,"
District Attorney-"Never mind about
at."
Witness-"Well I did go down town.
can p rove it by' Pat.ey eveir there." To
y)-"Didn't we go down town Pat
Iere the room was called to order again,.
d the lAor put off the stand.
A Naval Horror.
The Chillan transport Loa, purchased ait
the commencement of the present war, was W
blown up in Callao bay on the 8d of July. Ot
The affair caused great excitement in Lima D
and much gratification among the Peru- a
vians. The plan was a diabolical one. w
From the time the Clillan fleet had been II
on the coast of Peru it has been noticed ti
that the olicers and men were particularly n
partial to fru:ts and vegetables, not being di
always careful to distinguish between the rc
market boat of a neutral merchant vessel Bt
and the coasting boat of a Peruvian. This 94
fact impressed itself on a Peruvian officer, P
and at last he hit on a plan to turn it to 8C
sonie practical account. lie took an ordi- g
nary fruit boat, put a torpedo in the bot- I
tom and over this lie placed a false bottom tI
resting on springs, kept down by the weight I
of the cargo. lie then lo!ded It with a
very choice assortment of camates, yucas,
ellirinoyas, granadillas, fowls and turkeys, c
green vegetables, etc., etc., and towmnLy it
out towards the blockading squadron be
fore daytight set it adrift. All day long rc
that launch floated about, but the Chillans tt
could not see it, until about live o'clock in "
the evening, fearing it would fall Into neu- 't
tral hands, a boat was sent out to bring it P1
back. The Loa was doing duty, and see
Ing the boat from the shore muaking to- a
wards the neutral vessel caught sight of
the launch and at once turned towards it. lI
Beeing this the boat from shore beat a hasty a
retreat. The Loa lowered two boats to I
bring in the prize, and it was brought gl
alongside and the discharge at once com
mnced. As the weight in the launoh was di
diminished the machinery in connection i
with the torpedoes was set free an(I in a
moment three hundred pounds of dynamite '
were exploded and the Loa was almost P
lifted out of the water. The effect, as
described by those who were watching the f
operation with breathless interest from the
shore, was awful in the extreme. Every t
house in Callno waw shaken to its founda
tion and every Phl) in the bay shivered as
though a feat ful earthquake had spent its w
fury beneath them. The fated ship a)
peared as enveloped in one mass of flame,
which resolved itself Into dense clouds of h
black smoke. When this cleared awiy she n
seemed not to h%ve suffered; but suddenly ri
she was observed to sink at the stern, while
her bows went high in the air, and the Loa ci
diappeared forever. gt
at
A Dissertation on Thumbhs.
The female thumb Is said to be an un
portant index of the female character, IA
Women with large thumbs are held 1-y
phrenologists, physiognomists &c., to be sc
more than ordinary intelligent-what are II
called senbible women-while women with
small thumbs are regarded as romantic. al
According to certain authors, who profess
to have been observ-rs, a woman's hand is
more indicative of her character than her a
face, as the latter is to a certain extent un
der the control of temporary emotions or of d
the will, whereas the former is a fact which -
exists for anyone who understands it to
proflt by. Uonsequently a few hints about
the proper reading of a woman's hand may ri
be very useful to some of our readers, i
especially marriedi men, and men contemp- 8t
lating nuatrimony. Wonieu with square
hands and small thumbs are said to make
g od housewifes, and gentie wive:. These h(
sort of wonien will make any man happy di
who is fortunate enough to win one of them. li
They are not at all romantic but they are
what is better-thoroughly domestic, s
women with very large thumbs have a toni
per of their own, and generally a long a
tongue. There is a hint in this to a lovey. t
Let him, the first time he seizes hold of his it
nustress' hand, examine, under some pro- t
text or another, her thumb; and If it be 0
large let him make up his mind that as soon
as he becomes a iiarried man lhe will have rc
to be a good boy, or else there will be the ar
very deuce to pay. Again if a young mania
fInds that his lady-love has a large f
paIn, with conae-shapled fingers and a small
thumb, let him thank his stars-for In that C
catse she, is susceptible to tenderness, readily at
flattered, easily talked into or ouit of any- a
thing, and can be a readily managed piartneri.li
But if she is a woman with a square hand, a
well proportioned and a tolerably developedi a
thumb, why, then, she is either one of two d
distinct classes of women-she is either ad
practical female who will stand no non-t
sense, or sIte is a designing female ; shme is
one who cannot be duped, or a woman who ~
will dupe him.
co
A sad liating-P'into. fo
Hall, in Austria, is a bathing-place fam
ous for its iodine bath which is strongly re
commended to those affected with sorofu-i
lous d!seases. The fearful ravaiges of these
disaases meet one at every turn--here a ini
livid wretch, wrapped up and beiing drawn eri
about ln a wheeled chair ; there some one gI,
painfully supporting himself eon a crutch ; pi
sadly Bitting under this .tree a woman, her ti
head and face wrapped up, amansof scrofula, mi
and many equally hoathromo sights. Nuamer- th
eus are the suicides which here take place, ani
for people put off coming tall hope is gone, fa
and when they fInd it too late go to some y
quiet corner and send a baullet through their on
heads But the saddest of sad sights is the of
children, of whom there are many suffering t,o
in silence or crying with pain. No romp- of
ing here, no shouts of pleasure, no games cx
In the flektle, no rosy checks and sunburnt bu
legs, but crooked limbs and suppurating tha
wounds, a heritage from their parents- ha
Th'ie little patients sit sadl andl downcast or oil
walk quietly by their nu'rscs. Many of TI
them suflfer iromi eye dIsease, and are led in
about blindfolded. Hall is quito a modern tic
"Bad," f.r although the sprmngs have flowed sai
for ages--as records show-they were, un- foi
til forty years ago, only used by peasants ret
in the neighborhood. The waters are very
powerful, and many a casuc dcspcratus
has found a new lease of life through their
agency; but they are limited in quantity,
for their flow, alth3ugh regular, is incon- ris
siderable. Hall can thius never become a an
large "Bad," and could not siupply the to
wants of more than 2,000 invalhds. About Pr
half the number are they ntow. I ascor- fri
tained on inquiry that one E~nglishmnan was ha
taking the waters-they are bathed in and aei
drank-and this gentleman andI an Amer.- trc
can are the only two "Anglo-Saxons" who ed
have been there for the 'last- four years. do
Strange to say, the most numerous cern- Pr
muality~ of foreigners Is that of the Russians, wi
of,whom theke are many first-rate families. he
Of the good Austriane and Hunararanus one "
meets ln Hall somie of the Mone, Oodld an
the stoned of thisanii.t haplin snaarkthey cit
Out of Repair- But Thor*.
Our cow was bought from sixty miles
vay and appropriately enough she took
eer-age passage in a steamer to get to
etroit. The wharf is about a quarter of
mile from the house and I stood there
ith two or thyee of my neighbors who
Ld kindly offered to help me home with
ae cow. As the steamer rounded too, I
>tieed that the cow had the whole lower
-ok to herself and that there were guy
pes from every tie-able portion of her to
ationary articles on board. The passen
-rs on the upper deck had a pleased ex
Ttant look on their faces as if there was
mething enjoyable ahead. When the
Lngway plank was run out, the deck
muds seemed reluctant to Interfere with
io cow. The captain came down the
r'ard stairs and shouted:
"Let go her head line, slack up aft."
"Aye, aye, sir," cried the sailors and the
mnnd was obeyed.
"Get a line out in front."
One of the sailors took the original farm
pe that was around her horns, and got on
e dock. All the other lines were re
oved, and as the cow began to look
uadily at the follow out on the wharf,
illing on the shore lie began to tremble,
"Port her a little, and send her for'ard,
Id the captain.
"Port it is, sir," answered ove of the
inds, as he approached the animal with
club to induce her to port. Our cow
Ml stood like a statub all the while,
-Ing at the man on the wharf. Now she
ade one wild wave of her horns in the
rection Af the club person. He rapidly
mbled over two barrels, and sprang bn a
y goods box While the cow stood trl
nphant over the club. A murmer of ap
,obation caie from the passengers, who
ie perched up on accessible articles of
ight.
'';an I ba any service?" I mildly asked
c cap)tamn.
"Well, yes," said he. "If you could go
4 get a good serviceable coroner, you
itil-I do us a favor, I think we'll need
Moanwhile the passengers were showing
>w the cow could easily be got out, but
mne of them came dowdi to put their theo
3s into practice.
"Make fast yuur head line," called the
plain to the man on the wharf. He
6ve Lhe rope a couple of rapid turns
oumd a projectirg timber.
"Iow all hands aft," was the next com
and and the boys gathered around in the
ar of the cow.
"All together now," was the cry, and a
)zou nen gently shoved the reluctant cow
oreiwards, while the wharf man shortened
c rope around the timber. Our cow re
lutoly planted her four hoofs down and
ing back, but the combined force of the
ow was too much for her, and she slid
nug amid the cheers of tne passengers.
iddenly she changed her mind, and made
spring ts) the end of her rope. The wild
appling of the pushers as they wenL
)wn with the most astonishing unanint
brought forth the heartfelt applause of
e discriminating audience. By this
ne the captain was on the upper deck
aging the boat ahead, and I could see the
issengers around hm coaxing him to
%y and let them watch the cow sacrifice
ose of us that were 1uft on the dock.
One of my near neighbors, a big, power
1 young man, said that he would take
mie the cow for me, that steamboat men
d not understand how to treat cattle any.
>w, and he proceeded to unwind the rope
)in the timber. The wharf, however,
emned to suit the cow exact4y, and she
fused to budge. We tried to nhove her
Dng as the steamboat men had done, but
was too big a contr act. At last, one of
e men brought a pitchfork, and while the
pe man got ready for a tornado, he
uclied up the cow. It was a brilliant
ecess; Man and cow dIsappeared up the
ad ini a whirlwind of dust. Everybody
ang the route thought was a runaway; the
DImen shrieked and the men climbed
nces. We never expected to see eithe ''
w or man again, lie, however, undez'>
odi his businuiss. Hie let the infuriated
hnmal drag him along until he reached the
en gate, and then, with eiie wild bound,
sprang ahead and gave the rope a turn
ound the starboard gate post. The way
at cow camne around was amazing. She 7
scribed a semi-circle very much quIcker
anr Euclid could have done it. Bhe lay
ere in a heap, panting and evIdently
>nderlng how it all' camne about.
"There's your cow," said my friend,
vered with dust and triumph, as he closed
is gale, flung the rope over her prostrate
rm, "she may be somewhat out of repair
Lt she's there."
'lhe inexhaustible usefulness of glycer. '
3 has received another illustration by the~
action at the Kow Observatory of a
reerine barometer. Trho advantages it
ssses over mercury is that its indica '
>ns of minute atmospheric variations are r
ro easily observable, and it is thought - .
et for meteorological stations, collieries,
di some ether such institutions, this- 4
allity would be of advantage. Glycerine
ries an inch where mercury only variei
e.tenth of an inch; but the mean height
its column against the si' pressurie is
onty-seven feet. A difiicut., in the use:\~1
glycerine occurred in the fact that Uth,~
posed surface freely absorbed moistur,
t this has boen overcome by covring~
3 surface exposed ini the olstern~ of ti".4j
reoter with a layer of heavy petrosV#~
prepared especially for thep
te barometer fixed at Kow has its.cI)" V
a room below that where ta9 obse'~
ns are taken so as to obtain -the tid
y Jength of column. About thre -"
arths of a gallon of glycerie, coio
I byv aniline, were reqnired to'fl ti{
Thme Urown Prau.e of German~ -~
rho Crown Prince of Get'many,
'lng at Kottbus.the otherd
old aqqualn'auce in theorgw -thib
greet him. To the surprise of
ince went straight iup to hisha
end, and shook him cord1Iily
nd; then, turning to the wonderit
nubly, in a clear, loud Voice said,~ --~
duco my drill-master to- you; tl
ucated me." The objdet Of this
monstration was moved tex tear.
inco turned agin to hipi n ~i
t)h hinde %r sorAmnuts -l