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TI-WEEKLY FWITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., OCTOBER 5, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO,120. IN THU LONG RUN. In the long run fame finds deserving man. The lucky wight may piospor for a day, But in good time ' rue merit leads the van, And vain pretence, unnoticed, goes its way. There is ne Chance, no Destiny, no Vato. But Fortune smiles on those who work and wait, In the long run. In the long run all godly sorrow pays. There is no better thing than righteous pain; The sleople-a nights, the awful thor-orowned days, Bring sure reward to tortured soul and brain. Unmeaning joy- enervate in the end. But sorrow yields a glorious dividend In the long run. In the long run all hidden things are known. The'eye of Truth will penetrate the night, And, good or ill, thy secret shal be known, However well 'tis guarded from the light. All the unspoken motives of the breast Are fathomed by the years and stand confesed In the long run. In the long run all love is paid by love, Though undervalued by the hearts of earth; The #reat eternal Government above Keeps stsiot account and will redeem its work. Give thy love freely 1 do not count the coat; No beautiful a thing was never lost In the long run. The Doctor's Wife Mrs. Wintringham's drawing-room was a bright and comfortable place, with its handsome carpets and gilded tables, and deep couch like sofa, covered with crim son satin, and the mossy rug in front of the fire, into which your feet sank as if it had been strown, inch-deep with newly-gather ed rosebuds. And the fire glimmered in the polished grate, and the wax candles beamed through their ground glass shades; and you might have fancied the apart ment expressly created for sweet words and honeyed flirtations, and readin gs from the poets, and the various other pleasant occu pations which are supposed to belong to high life. But not for frowns and lowering looks, such as now disturbed the equanimi ty of Mrs. Wintringham's artistically-ena melled countenace, as she stood there in a rustling chameleon-colored silk dress, with red carbuncles hanging from her cars, while Josephine Moore stood pale and shrinking before her. "Such forwardness I never saw." said Wintringham. "No, never ! And I wish you to understand that it isn't going to be tolerated in decent society, Miss Moore. A governess-yes, a common nursery govern ess, whom Mr. Wintringham is good enough to employ-to slt the whole of the evening and flirt with young Dr. Aymer I" "I did not flirt," pleaded poor Josle; "lHe was only asking me about the arrange ments of Mendelssohn's music, which "Oh, very likely," tittered Mrs. Win tringham, sarcastically, "He's very much Interested in music, I've no doubt. And when you knew perfectly well that Octavia expected him to be talking all the time to her. Well, really I don't know what this world is coining to I One thing I wish you to understand-that you are dismissed from my employment from this very no ient. You will find your wages on the mantel yonder, for I don't grudge you the quarter's money, though-you do leave in ti irregular manner. Of course,you won't expect a character,for I can't conscientious ly give you one." Josie Moore .turned very red, and then pale. Sihe did not speak a word of re zon strance, however, but slowly turning round, wont upto her own room, put on her bonnet and shawl, p~ackedi her slender belongings into a small trunk, and left the house. Half an hour later, Mrs. Winttinghiam, rustling through the well-warmed rooms, espied the. money lying untouched on the marble mantel where she hierselfliad placed It. 'Dear me I" quothi the stately (dame. "the governess has forgotten her wages. Well Ishan't take the trouble to send them after her I" Josie went home to the poor bitt neat apartments where her aunt took in emi broidery to do for a fashionable shop, and told her simple tale. Aunt Mary's eyes, already reddened with night work and much application, were quick to overflow in her niece's behalf. * "It's a burning shame," said the poor woman, 'tthat such people should have it in their power to tyrranniize over othe rs. But never mind, Josie: you shall be wel come to a home htoro until you find another situation." "I knew I should, Aunt Mary." "What makes you' speak so htoarsely, child ?" questioned the elder lady. "My throat is a little sore, aunt; I think I have caught a cold." "You had1 better let me make you a cup of hot tea, and go to bed at once." "Nonsense, aunt 1" cried Josie, cheerily. "I'm going to help you finish thuis first." But the next morning, Josie waked up, hot, and flushted, and feverish, with a rack.. - ing pain over her temples, and quite un able to rise; and before evening she was delirious. * "Bob," said Aunt Mary, as she came out of her nioce's bedroom with a troubled fac, *and went down into the passage, whore the landlady's red headed son was playing mar bles,-"I want you to go to Dr. Caffery's and aeu him to come here as quick as pos sibie. Don't delay a moment, Bob, for it * may boa matter of life and death." "Yes," said Bob, stolidly, and away. he went, "Is the doctor ini'' demanded Bob of the assistant at Dr. Caliery's. "No, lie aint," said the Ganymede of medicine" "When'll lie be in ?" "Don't know," was the listless reply. Bob wasted no more time in useless in quiry, bnt set off after some other doctor. "If it's really a matter, of life and death. thought sensible Bob, it don't make any difference what doctor they have." So It happened that young Dr. Aymer, who had just returned home from visiting a patient, found himself confronted by a small redheaded boy. ''Please to come directly sir, to No. 10, Duke's Court," cried our Master Bob, ex aggerating somewhat on his literal orders. "It's a case of life and death I" Mrs. Wintringham had sent Josephine Moore away, in order that she might be effectually o ut of Dr. Aymer's path; but Pate and Mrs. Wintringham were marshel led on opposite sides this time, and that rishig young physician walked into Josle's sickroom quite ucconsclous whom lie was to behold. George Aymer started a little when lie looked into the dark b1-o wa eyes; but Josio smiled up in his face. "It wasn't my fault,"she said, Iunocent ly. "I never dreamed of offending M:s. Wintrugham, but. it was wrong, very wrong of her to turn me out or door,." "'You see she is delirious," exclaimed Aunt Mary. "Yes" said Dr..Aymer in a faltering voice; "I see." So while Miss Octavia Wintringhain lounged In the handsome dra wing room, dressed in silk attire, watching the gilded hands of the clock, and wondering why the expected did not come, Dr. Aymer was sitting by Josephine Moore's bedside, counting the rapid pulsing of her slender wrist, and thinking that lie had never seen anything so beautiful as her pures oval face and lovely hazel eyes. "So you think I am really cured, doc tor?" said the fair convalescent. Josephine was sitting up in Aunt Mary's easiest chair, dressed in a loose wrapper, with her brown hair netted back from her face. "Yes," said the handsome young physl clan, "as we say of our hospital cases, I think I may mark you down as 'discharged cured.' I do not think it is necessary for me to pay any more visits here, unless Josephine blushed deeply. "I am afraid, doctor," she faltered, glancing at Aunt Mary, who looked equal ly distressed. "that I-that we shall not he able to-to-hand you your fees just yet-" "I was not thinking of my fees," obser ved Dr. Aymer. "But we must think of it," said Jo sephine. "And you won't let me come any more as a doctor ?" Josephine looked pained. "If our means-" she began. "What nonsense I" laughingly interrup ted the doctor. "I see I shall have to be more explicit. May I come, then, as your suitor? as your future husband? Will that do, Josle f" The soft pink flushes chased away the paleness of the young girl's cheeks. "Dr AymcrI" "Yes, Miss Josephine Moore!" "Do you reall- " - "I dlo really love you 1'" exclaimed the young doctor, fervently. "But Miss Octavia Wintrlnghiam-whiat will she say ?" "What has Miss Octavia Wintringham to do with It, I should like to know? She is nothing to me; nor was she eVer any thing more than the merest acquaintance I" "Then," said Josie, speaking very low, "if that be the case, you may come again I But, as for your fees-" "As for my fees," interposed the ocotor, gaily, "I will send the account ini to your husband after you are married i" But as no entry of ' the traiisaction was ever made on the dloctor'sBooks, we may presume that this was one of his "bad debts I" And Mrs. Wintringham never called on Mrs. Aymneir, Our countiry. A recent visitor to this country, from the old world writes as follows: "Nothing surprIsed imc more than to se the parks of New York, abutting Broad way, without a fence amund the green a ard. A million unresting feet passed by them, and none trampled on time delicawe grass-while, in England, board schools put, a prIson wall around them,so tha..t pouri children cannot see a flower girl go by inii the streets; and the black windows of thme houses'of mechitnics in Lambethi remain blocked up, whereby no inmate can look on a green tree in the palace grounds. In Florence, in INorthampton, where the Hlolyoke mountain looks oii the ever wind-4 ing Connecticut river, as elsewhere, there are thousands of mansions to be seen with. I out a rail aroundm~ their lawns. Acres of plantations lie umnenclosedl between thme< beautiful houses, where a crowd of wan derers mnight rest unchallenged, and watchj mountain, river and sky. In England, if an indigent wandierer sat down on ho'iso ground or wayside, the probability is a policeman would come and look at him the farmer would come and demiandi what he wanted, and tihe relieving oilcer would suggdst to him that lie had better pass omn to lie ow'parish. Every man in Amierica feels as though lie owns tihe country, be cause thme charm of recognized equality and the golden chanoes of ownership have en tered lis mnind. H~e is proud ot the stat ties and the public buildings. The great rivers, the trackless prairies, the regal mountains, all uedmi his. In America there is no crown, and the people arc kings, and they know it.i had not, landed on theAmecri can shores an hour befote I became a-wars that I was in a new nation, animated by a new life-whInh I had nave,.seen." BygIento 1icorIon. l ii Qualities in animals which are the re- dr suit of breeding tend to die out-that is, he the animal reverts to his earlier and longer hi established characteristics. The mustangs of Mexico are descendants of domesticated bli horses, which, having wandered front the so Spaniards, gradually reverted to their wl primitive typl). The shorter the time in M which new qualities have been cultivated, the stronger the reversional tendency. It iis bi somewhat the sane hygienically. A per- sei son would have a perfectly healthy organ- wi lam if the sum of the forces operating with- qua In his ancestors had always been on the va side of physiological soundness. Jf such a one were attacked with disease from some ba uxternal causes, his system would rapidly be eliminate the disorder and revert to its wonted state. This tendency to revert is weakened in proportion to the nuinber of ancestors in whom morbid causes have mm opeiated. If the tendency to consumption ati for istance, has been in a family for many generations, it has become un -accumulat ,d M force,and can be extirpated from the family blood only by unremitting-offorts, kept up through several generations. If it has come to one from outside causes simply, the tendency is weak, and is easily kept In pa abeyance, or it may be wholly killed out ab withn a single lifethne. As a general thing, the sick tend to get well; for the 'average of inherited vital [orces exceeds that of the morbid. The vital forces thus preponderate from age to age because the less vigorous die early, tel leaving those to perpetuate the race in whom these forces have accumulated for th, numberless generations. Where morbid Ljualities inherited from one line may be tul strong they may be held in check by superior vital forces Inherited rei rrom the other line, but these quali- no lies may re-appear In at grandchild,or, evell th< eaping over two generations, in a great trv randciild. This is known as atayisin. at ------------ 0 ni Accidentally Inocent. sci No lawyer likes going to court with a fir horoughly bad ease, yet how can he help loE t, sometimes ne 1 should have more patience with the as juestion, "Do you ever think it right to do lefeud a mai whom you, believe to be wt guilty?" were'it less frequently put by peo- pri ple who spend six days in the week seeking Io get the upper hand of their neighbors, th4 md the seventh trying to circumvent their bri Alaker. To the honest inquirer, I com nend the answer Dr. Johnson once gave tu o Boswell: "Sir, the lawyer is not the wi udge." . ne Was it my place when George Gilbert's ittle careworn wife came with tears glis- bei enhig in her eyes to beseech me to do thc what I could for her imprisoned husband, hei nirtually to turn my back and leave her wi ired, troubled heart to break or not as It night' I was neither a priest nor a Levite ,o find a ready excuse for passing by on he other side. Yet what could I dol si1 3eorge Gilbert had been sent on a collect. iE ng tour and had gambled away money re- lie weived for his employers. It was a plain %ase of embezzlement and the penalty was th( term of years In the State prison. "I am sure lie never meant to be dis- It I lonest," pleaded the loyal little woman: Ev eo was tempted by a crafty and designing wi nan, bit instead of running away, as )there would have done, he came back and :onfessed his fault, offering to let his it whole salary go toward making up the lost noney till every cent was paid. Mr. Meek ;he junior partner, was willing to be mier- tl( Aiful, but Mr. Mangle, the head of the an; iouse, who had just returned then after a it' (ear's absence, insisted that the law should OU ake its course." De I gave her what poor consolation I could wa or lawyers, like doctors, must keep their tic ,at-ents'courage up at times. lia "In the first place, I'll see Messrs. Man. ani ~le & Meek," I said. "Mr. Mangle may "m e brought to hear reason, after all-if lie Pu ian only be made to see his interest in It.'" go1 *The pale, despondent face cheered up a fol ittle. My words seemed to have inspired so1 Ssort of undefined hope that I was far rom feeling myself. Mr. Mangle received me wvith stony po. ok] iteness. mrl "Young lmau," his nianner said, ''don't li vaste time In appeals to sentiment; you nto won't, If you'll only look at me." hal I took the hint anid camne at on1ce to busi less, repeated Gilbert's offer and put it as , trongfy as possible that more was to be ku ~ained byleniency than harshness--all ofyo hich Mr. Mangle listened to with a con- ll acientious scowl. "I cannot be a party to a compounding p elony," he answered with a solemn intona ion.' "Nor have I asked you to," I replied, ( iot a little nettled. "I have merely men- o loned a plan of paying back your own,co eaving it to your generosity to press or fo1 aot to press this prosecut ion.' lnt "Oh, it Is all tile samne," was the conm-y emptuous rejoinder--"any body but a laiw- sta rer with his head full of quibs and qib-l~ he: ets could see that. Ilesides there is sonm-e .hing rather cool to retain your friend In E )mr eamploy under pretence of working out ti( he money lie has stolen, with the oppor- mi .unity of flchmng twice as much in, theyo neantime." 7 I felt my temper rising, and not caringet .o imperil my clhent's interest by an out-.)1 'ight quarrel, I took a hasty leave.tu Had I been in tihe prisoner's place on di lie morning fixed for the trial I could lm iardly have ascended the court-hduso stepswi vith more reluctance than 1 (11(. And vhen I entered the court-room anid found tilbert anid his wife already there, andi toted the hopeful look with whlichi the atter greeted miy coiming, I sickened at the houaght of the bitter disappointment bui oming. "TIhe people vs.-Gilbert," called out the mas udge, after disposing of semftc formal mat A jury was immediately impanelled and yo ho case opened by the district attorney. Mr. Meek was the first witness. Thme sp)i aervous, hesitating mannier in which he ~ave is evidence woild have greatly dlam- of? aged the effect i1 it hlad not evidently arisen from a dlispositlon to do the prisoner Iichl a little hurt as possible. But no soften uig could break the terribkt force of facts ina me was compelled -to relate. In the partner's absence lie had emplloy- dy d George Gilbert as clerk; had found him ompetent and trustworthly; had sent him ho mn a trip to make collections; after recelv.. ng a coalderable silm, he was induced by rat respectable looking gentleman to whiom VM le haid casually fallen in to Join a social 'Ti ame of cards; at first they played for ulnsoient. then ,for ifmemyv nd after Il ilug all his own, in the hope of retrievin loss, with tile fatal infatuation of thif Dadful v'ice whose end is swift destructic had hazarded and lost the last dollar Ii d in trust for his employers. Mfr. Meek's voice faltered as he close i narrative. ie was about to'voluntet nothing to the prisoner's good charactei ien a disapproving glance froim Mi mngle brought him to a halt. Just then the prisoner chanced to tur i head, and catching a glimpse of ti tior partner, who had just entered, an is standing among the crowd, he starte ickly, then whispered hurriedly in m "Turn asido your face," I whispere ,k. And the case for the prosecutio ug closed the justice luquired; "lave you any witness for the defence? "I will call Hezekiah laugle,"I replie A. buzz of surprise greeted the anuounef mnt, in the midst of which Air. Mang] pped forward and was sworn: "You have been absent for the past yes Alangle?" I began. "I have." "raveling in foreign parts?" "Yes, sir." "'The prisoner was employed by you rtner in your absenqe, and was arreste ut tile time of your icturn?" "Such was tile case." "Have you ever seen lihin?" "Not to my knowledge." "Or met him in your travels?" "If he will,turn his head this way I cai I better." At iy bidding Gilbert turned and face Switness. rhe effect was electrikal. AMr. Mangl -ned red and pale by turns. "One other question, M1r. Aangle," umed. Do you recognize in this )risc a young man from whom you won musaud dollars at 'poker' while on you vels?" and I named the ti.ne and plac which the young man had met with th 8fortune. Dowardice performed the office of con ence, and the truth came out. Th W 'money, which George Gilbert ha, t, had been won by the senior parl .; and the court Instructed tile jury hatt the sum in question had actually beei ivered to one of the joint owners, wh, a bound to account to his associate, th soner could not be convicted. "God bless you Mr. Parkeri" faltere4 i happy little wife. "I knew you wouli ng us out all right." [t was evident the truthful woman's no e gave tme all the credit of the result 11 ose achievement my share had beci Ct to nothing. Phe lesson was not lost on George Gil 't. His first false step was the last, ani richest fee I ever received was th u'felt gratitude of his noble, faithfu re. %Vhere thea LomAs Was. young man who belonged to an excur n party visitng Detroit called at the Cit .11 to make complaint to the Chief of Pt 3 that'ho had been robLed of his watcl. "What sort of a watch was it? inquire, Chief. 'Well, it was kinder old-fashioned, bu :ept the etraightest time you ever sawy ory clock within foor in les of our hou Q run by that watch." 'What was it worth?" 'Well, I'd been of'ered seven dollars fo 'it isn't such a great loss, then?'' 'It isn't the money value that hurts me ,igh I dont care to lose seven dollar r more than any other man. You see vas the only time-piece we had to rum - prayer-neeting by, and when th, acon rose up and asked me what time i s, the minit I begun to haul out tha ter every other young man dropped head, and every gal pricked up her car; I ached for me to beau her hioime. J de me solid all along tile town-line and me ahead at country dances, and l'vi to git tt back or go honme and tell thi s that I came across a blamed fool awd ~i it for a twenty." 'And you wouldn't do thUi?" 'I imighi't you know, bum the minit tie man wanted to give me his naite 10 eteen of it I'd have to owa up or shiak< paper, and~ dlad's a minwho backs hi: ea with a fist ias big as the telp of yeou A Jg,5er Tr ekodi. ['lie followinig is told of how a well >wnl gentiemtan got even with a waggial ing lady who thought to play a trick 0i and whoe had arranged with sonme 0 friends to have a good joke at lis ex is. lHe was about retiring to bed ani I put out the light, when he observed or Iwall, in phosphlorescent chtaracre 'onfess thy sins." The gentleman fe] lia knees, as expected, andi began I dfess aloud-not from terror, however lie surmised at once that it was a trirl indied to terrify him, devised by the ng lady, and~ hearing a noise on ti irway, Ihe guessed rightly that she anm comp~aions were there listeniing to wha shiouldi say, and thus enjoy his discomt ire. He therefore began conftcsmg, a greatest of his siis, tihathe had been comi ting various peccadilloes wvitht her (th< mug lady who had set up the job on him) v lie had often kissed her it the dark ,, but which, of course, hand never takei cc. The young lady had tihe table ned against her with a vengeance, slu n't care to admit that she had been listen but site was taught a lesson whicht sin I not soit forget. Zoological iWhicht atntmal is neover 0old? The gnoo vWhich is costly? 'rThe deer Vihich is a good boatmani The roe tk. ~hiich is often elected to oillce? 'rTh< re. Whlich makes a good light? The tapir. Whiichi is a horrid nuisance and tacklei :every where? 'rie boar. 4'hieh beast is most used by cooks? Thn iler Vhileh dog is the Pope of Romne fom Bull dogs. AWhiich dogs always go im pairs? Spanm N'htch 's the most unbending dog? Th< stiff. Whtich dog would you recommliend( hair i to? The grey-hound. rhich reptile would drivers prefer? Tih >p snake. W~hich is thte best for watchmen? ThI Lie-snake. 'hichm do Indians have the most usec for o mioccasini-snake: W~hich is thme best, for school-children n adder. A Typical Ghoot. "Oh, dearl" groaned Mrs. Capt. Steb e nine, as she leaned back In her big, stuffed, t calloo-covered arm chair, add hold her felt- t d shppered feet to the tire. "Oh, dearl I I ir have got a terrible cold, my teeth are sore, Il the chills go creeping down my spine, and g my bones ache so severely that I am sure I 1k Phal. have the rheumatic fever if I don't li n get soine spearmint from beyond the Inea- d e dow and take a green spearmint sweat. t d But is too dark for any one to go for the a a mint to-night and the fever will be settled v y before morning." c "I will go," said Lucina Fairman, one of i d the neighbors' lItttle girls, who had just run 1> in. "I will go, Mrs. 8tebbina, if Becky o will go with me " " "All right," said Becky, who was Mrs. I 8.Stebbins' sister-in-law, a stout buxom tr girl of fifteen. "I will be ready ip one p e minute: You are real kind to take so much n trouble, Lucina, I should have gone my- h r self hours ago, only I didn't know the way, g and I don't know spearmint from any other N plant or weed." a "I should as soon go alone as not," said h1 pleasant little Lucina, "only I rather dis- tl r like to go past the burying ground in the n I twilight-poor grandfather's grave looks so P lonesome, with the grass not yet green II over it." n Blecky stood near the door, tying on her C4 sun-bonnet; but just then she pulled it off a and throwing it into the nearest chair, said n decidedly: o "I have changed my nuindl I won't go w I a s'ngle step!" d "Ol, how perverse in you, Becky!" ex- 0 e postulated Mrs. btebbins, beginning to 0 rock and groan anew, while little Lucina a' I stood by, watching her for a moment, and t( then said: t< "How foolish in mel I am ashamed of tI1 r myselfl If grandfather werb alive, I am C3 D sure he would be ashamed of me. There fI L are inany lonesome things to be met with n1 in a lifetime," and seizing a small basket, re . she ran out into the gloaming and across ri e the mowing lot toward the brook as fast as c I her small flying feet would carry her. g I "he is one in a thousand!" exclaimed of Mrs. Stebbine. "She is accommodating hi a and kind-hearted and sensible, and puts cI her own inclinations by when they confilet a D with the needs of others. How unkind of w you, Becky, not to go with the poor little of i soull" w But Becky had slipped out, and a mnin- 8 ute or two later Mrs. Stebbins saw her u - pass the kitchen-window with a white ti 1 bundle in her arms. at Lucina had been gone barely fifteen mini utes when Mrs. Stebbens heard her flying E - feet coining up the plank-walk to the h i kitchen-door T The small basket crowded full of spear. li mint, was thrown into the room, and oblig- in ing little Lucina fell upon the floor, white rc and limp, in a dead faint. o 3Ir. Stebbins sprang from her arm- h - chair, and, lifting the Insensible, girl placed Lur upon her own bed, and proceeded to " -- bring her out of her faint by every means y . in her power. at . As soon as her eyelids began to quiver, n in indication of returning consciousness, w t the good woman said: y " Whatever you may think you have g 3 seen, it was only that wicked, mischievous s' Becky, I an sure she planned to frighten It yn'i. That was why she changed her mind sl r auout going with you." ti "Oh, could it have been her?" whispered b Lucina. "It was all In white, and was h1 bending over poor grandfatheii new-nade PI grave and as I was passing the yard it b gr aned three tines dreadfully," and poor II little Lucina fainted away again. t1 Becky entered soon after, in high glee at n the way in which she imade Lucina run, h 1 but she looked very grave when she found g the poor girl going from one fainting-fit in- P to another, and heard Mrs. Stebbins say Ii t h-ut she wvas fearful lest' she would lose her dI reason. ui ' I only did it for fun," said Becky,A over and over; but it proved to be very P serious fun, for it was several weeks before Lucina recovered sufllcienitly to be moved P iomie. a Becky was penitent enough, and her t( r ahame and sorrow and anxiet~y changed lie. * fro.at a rude, mischief -loving girl to a :iuiet, r< helpful, sensible young woman. " Mrs. Stebbins didn't have rheuinaatic P fever. When she thought of her aches and " palins agam, they were all gone and she " wae in a profuse perspIration. So Becky's t' shmabby foolish trick had one good result: 0 but Mrs. Stebbins used to say she would not recommiuendl the treatment.0 A Ucap, or'rroubte. A popuilar Macon iniister recently passed the night thirty miles below Ameri cus with a backswoodman, whose house contained only two rcomis. The family l however, consisted of twenity.one though, owing to a dance in the neighborhood,only" seventeen of the children were at home. ai The minister spent the nIght with the hib father and seven sons in one room, whileh the 01(1 lady anid tea daughters occupied l Sthe other. In the morning a junior member 01 of the fauily, in response to an application i" for a wash owl, brought him to an old a rusty tin pin, and after the face toilet was h coiite, hunted up about sevemn teeth '>ft an old tacklng comb for to him arrange his tl hi tr with. During the progress of ta is in - ti p a mt cerem-m)y the following conversa- I5 tion between thme two took place: i "Mister, do you wash every morning?" is "I do." "And comb your ha'r tool" 'Yes." i "Well, dion't it look to you soimetimes like you Is a heap of trouble to yourself?" P'ictures by Lighitnitng, cl In CincInnati, some months ago, a gen- -d: tieman accIdentally discovered a dIstimet tI likeness of a htitie gIrl's face on one of thme b panes of the window of his house facing ason'hwest. lie with others Tiegan el an investigation of what was to be I seen, and oii examination, iall the parti'es thein present, some twenty in nunber, agreed that it was the lil' eness of a little girl. On careful inspection another Image a was discovered on the same pane, the face bl turned partly toward the observer. Anid on the other side of the first picture still It another, miuchi younger, but pltimp and Ssmiling, and later In the (lay still a fourth one. Now, how cagie thibse pictures there? i Evidenitly they were .photographed by lightning furnishing the light, to form the imnage, and thIs, together with thme accoin- (4 panying electricity, produced chemical or~ al molecular change in the constituents of the si glassa anrI tlinn tIe Imnae wna fxe,. A ralk With the Pope. A door was opened, curtains lifted, an< tere, immediately in frdut of me, stood ie successor of St.. Peter. Knowing that was not a Catholic, I suppose, and wish ig to save in all the embarrassment in re ard to the three genullexions and the neeling which all Catholics perform, lia olness had come to meet us to the very oor. He saluted us with a blessing and ion made us enter. When we did so, ad he found I knew Italian, lie SAid i ,as very glad to see me, and thanked my )mpauion for having brought me. He said o understood I was interested in philoso hy, and I replied, "Yes, especially in that f Aristotle." This drew from h11im a very 'arm euloglum of Aristotle, to all of whicl: most fully agreed, but meanwhile I was ying to make up my mind about the Pope's ersonal appearance. I had seen, I think I lay safely say, thousands of portraits o1 im. I now found that not one of them ve any notion of his living presence. Lee :I, if not a handsome man, is certainly very imposing one. le is about middle Light, straight, thin and wiry, with some ting of the ascetic look of Cardinal Man ing, only in a less degree. There Is a eculiar curve in lite eyes and mouth, and is nose Is very large and prominent. is tinner is thoroughly regal, free, easy and ifident. Ite speaks with great dignity id fluency, and with long, almost hexa tetric, cadence. He gives the impression ,being a man of tremendous will, coupled ith gentlemanly prudence. lie was ressed, when I saw hin, i white, with it adornment of any kind, save a number very large rings on lite fingers. As soon he had finished his panegyric on Aris tie, I took occasion to say that I wished thnitk him for lia encyclical restoring Le philosophy of St Thomas. This was cactly the right chord to touch, and my lend nodded assent. The Pope, taking o by the arm with lia left hand and ising lits rigl t in the nir, burst out into a at flaw of ent usiasm. 'Quc.ta mia en clica," ie began, and I shall never for At the satisfaction with which lie empha Zed thie mia. I had often heard that j was very proud of lit ency heal Eterni Patris, but I had no )tlon that the imontion of it by a heretic ould call forth so much eloquence. He >oke for, I should think, tenl minutes, ith real inspiration, of the great value of . Thomas' philosophy, of its depth, ilty and conformity to revealed truth, of Lo motives that induced hin to issue lila icy clical, of the favor with which that )cunient had been received in all parts of urope, and even America, and of the good hoped would result froin it. Then placing lite right hand on my ionlder hi. inquIred how long I had beeni Rome and how much longer I meant to main. N hen, in answer to the second these questions, I said only a few days, a looked at me very kindly and said: But y.u mean to return, surely," I replied, Very probably," Then lie said; "Yes, .s, you must return in the autuun and udy St. Thomas and Aristotle along with y professors and with tihe same aimi. You ill help then and they will help A1." lie then went on to say that lia eat aim was to place philosophy oi a >und basis, and to gather round hin in oime a number of profound thinkers who touhl thoroughly discuss all (ilicLIlt quies. aims and bring as many of then its possi e to a definite solution. With this view 3 had founded an academy of Thiomistle iflosophy which, lie had hoped, would of great service. When I told him I id been present at the inauguration of at institution, and had listened with uich pleasure to the speech of a brother Cardnal Pecci, ie seemed eatly plenased, and invited me to attend a dlosol hi al dispute, ioon to be h .id Iln the brary t f t .e Vatican, at which lie inten 3d himself to be present. My companion mdertook to give m1me notice of the (late. fier a few nm or. questiotns, mamnly of a 3rsonali natu re, lie grasped mny hiaind firm. ', saying, " Vu stringo Ia miano" ([ ress your hand), gave mis his benediction, id conducted us, still holding amy hand, > thie door. My audience hind lasted amething less than htalf an hour. 'IThe om in which it took place was a small udly, comnfortamble. bait by no meatns ox mistvely furnuishied. I talitan rooms are 3ver. as ours ofteni arc, domestic amu umns. A hatidsoame carpet, a few chairs, VO arnm-chtairs anid an oval table cov ed with a redl cloth aand carrying a cruel C, a few books, writing amatearils tand one two silver vessels, possibly recenit pres. its constituted thme oentire furniture. I am dined to tthing that Leo XIII is tryiing, far as lie may, to do away with the mnities and absurd cereamnnials which have r ages surrounided the personi of the p~on If. ie hita, however, a hard battle to tht and~ is closely wautchied by represen tives of a body tlttat scouts all progress, ould fain returii to the middle ages, id would hardly hesitate to send to a ,tter world any one who stood their way ini thils, 1t is openly lirnied in Rtome thatt necar the beginnineg the pontificate of Leo Xlii, whiemi lis forming tendencies beganm to show them Ives, an attempt was matde to destroy im by mecans of poison slowly adminis red; but thmat, being discovered in tune, e a~tompiit was battled, not, hiowever, uni after time Pope's health had suffered coti lerably, aiid he began to totter like ani firm old man. I can testify that there iio sign of inrmity about him now, lie vigorous, active, alert, andi the fittest anm to be P'ope of all the Cathiolics 1 have 'or seen. Wniaat Hen did With time Soda. A little washing soda was waiitedi for caning purposes, so George was given a me and dispatched to the apothecary's at o corner to got it. George soon returns; it no soda. "Why didn't you get theo soda, George?" erused the family. "I did." "Where is it, then?" "I dran'k it.. "Drank it I" "Yes; thie man said it wouldn't keep to ing honm." A new light dawns oii the family's mind, asks eagerly : "What ,did you ask for ?" "Di you say washing soda ?" "Washing soda ? No ; only sodai" Family laughs as though it wero crazy. Borge doesn't kn~ow whaut all the fun is out, but, ,lhe is subsequently aheardl to "Thdt wa ssn drink I'' , Ferlis to aiase T0tt a. "Parties lsIaigtheir,teth while bathing can have them replaced in one day," is the advdrtls6melt of a Thi-d avenue dentist. An inquirer at thip deutist's roonis found a lady temporarily in charge. "Do many persons lose their teeth while they are bathing?" "Oh, a great many," she said. "You often hear of people sneezing their teeth out.of car windows, but we never had but one case of that kind. It is different in the surf, where peopie get to laughing and carrying on. We have had so many-Ntses that my brother thought lie would put an advertisement in the papers. Last week a gentleman came to us,'" the lady continued. "le was an old gentleman, but was little and spry. Ile said he knew his teeth were going, both sets, upper and lower, but lie couldn't get life hands up through the water quick enough. He saw thei after they were in the water, and grabbed for one of them with both hands, but he couldn't catch it. The waves dashed into lila mouth, he said, while it was open, and he was so startled that when lie ejected the salt water the teeth wont with it. Ills description of it was very entertaining. "When water is dashed into the mouth it sometimes gets under the edge of the plate and loosens it," the woman explained. She added. "When a person sneezes, oii the other hand, the teeth are loosened by the violent action of certain iuseles In the arch of the Mouth." "I suppose more women thau, men lose their teeth in the surf?" the gentlenian said. "No; about as many men come to us as women. It has been suggesteed that people with false teeth deposit them in the safes at the bathing house, and I really do not see any good reason why teeth should not be left with the clothing in the dressing rooms. But people are peculiar. There are very few ladies who, even when they ae bathing with intimate friends, would allow their companions to see them with out their teeth. You have no ida how many people wear false sets of teeth. I have got so now that I can tell false teeth at a glance, and it seems to ie that nearly half the people I meet have false teeth." The lady explalned that if an applicant would remain in the dental roois so that the cast could be tried in lile mouth, it was possible to make a set of teeth for himu in two hours and a half. Nothing Like DuckS. When a man is thoroughly interested in something lie is reading a very insignificant house-fly can sometimes worry hiin a great deal. The other day one of the officials in a municipal office was reading. A fly alighted on his cheek, crawled up the side of ,his nose, and there stood fast and fasten ed its talons in the tender cuticle. The olfactory organ was slightly elevated so as to break into wrinkles, while at the saie time a mild brushing movement of the hand signaled the troubles3me. Insect to move away. It just jumped out about a foot, and settled back into its former location in side of a secgud. The first clutch with its claws brought recognition in the shape of a very energetic sparrimg back and forth in front of the 01li cial countenance, but the fly hardly waited for the disturbance to subside when lie was again snugly bestowed on the uasal proi nonce. The persistence of the Insect had worn out the patience of the man, and he broke out fiercely. "D-the fliesI" The fly may or may not have understood the exclamation, but a quiet stranger who had just dropped In did understiand it, and lie remarked in tones of the nist Irratating composure: '11l tell you what's good for tlies." "Wecll, what's good for flies?" snapped out the oflcial. "Yes, (lucks. Out to thet Lihdell car stables we keep ducks. Th'e flies worry the horses mighty bad at this tinme of the year, but a car horse can rest easy at the Lmndoll stables." "Anid how is that ?" asked the ofllcial, b~econnnmg initerested. "Why, they just have plenty of ducks, 1 tell you. Dizdn't you ever see a dluck snap a fly. Whenever the flies get thick on a horse the ducks gather round and snap every fly that comies in reach. If a horse lies dlown the (lucks just cra'vl all over hin. Th'ie horses mighity soon find out who their friends are, and they like to have. the ducks come. Ini fact, If the fies gcet bad the horses will lie down to give the (hicks a chance. They are so industrious that, they keep the flies pretty wveli thinned out. I tell you there's nothing like ducks for filies.' Aral, Auguries. The Bedouins take auguries from birds. A single raveni in one's path is a very bad. token, but two arc extremely lucky. Trhey say Akhdharegn Falan zeln--Two green (I, e., black) ones a fair boen. The Bedouins have many other superstitions about ani mals. Thie superstition as to the liesh of the rock badger, which Palmer noted in the Peninsula of Sinai, is unknown here; but there is a similliar idea about the mon keys whichu frequent Mount Kara. These, it is said, were once meon who came to visis the Prophet. He set before thezmmilk and water, directing thiem to drink the former and perform their ablutions with the lat ter. Thie perverse visitors drank with the water and washed wIth the milk, and were transformed to monkeys for thir disobe dience. As they were once men, their flesh is not eaten. The legend is closely akin to what one reade in the fabulouis his tory of early Arabia about Nasnas and the Wabar in the great sandy desert. Both these words are monkey names, quite cttr rent In the preoent day, though not recog nized by the lexicons. The latter is an ape, the former h monkey with a tail. Ex.. copt In this 'nonke story~ Iould. find no trace of the atsu tiouis6r qton of the flesh of -any animn . B3~ kinds. of~ fish have a magvo i v1 <thed ~~ them. A man wiho suacr 1i~iy membf of hisbody'seeksa bte byf64.., the~o responding part of a hyenaj y e hye Is 'all eaten in the mneighborhoodi of Se for a filenq of mine wl7 shrq4.oee near th Wells of. )oaes was retes d' by the 7 douiaA f hgve thonldg 'A similar, $ the taches to'the flesh the gems (Wud)phya ratse species of anto19 ~~ foumid far in thenero.( n af draw s; osii nlae boT Wme r uatn