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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., OCTOBER 7, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO.121. GRANDPA'S BARN. Oh, a jolly old place is grandpa's barn, Where Wbe doors stand open throughout the day, And the oooin g doves fly in and out, Andethe air is weoet with the fra; rant hay. Where the grain lies over the si:ppory floor, And the hens are busi y looking around, And the sunbeams flicker, now here, now there And the breeze blows tllrough with a morr) sound. The swallows twitter and chirp all day, With fluttering wings. in the old browi eaves, And the robins sing in the trees which loan To brush the roof with their rustling leaves. o for the glad vacation time, * When grandpa's barn will echo the shout .Of merry children, who romp and play In the new-born freedom of "school lot out.' Such soaring of doves from their cosy n' to, Such hunting for egles in the lot so high, Till the frightened hens, with a cackle shrill, From their hidden treasures arc fain to fly. Oh, the d sr old barn, so.oool so wide! Its doors will open again ere long To the summer sunshine, the now-mown hay, And the merry ring of vacation song. For grandpa's barn is the jollioet place For frolio and fun on a summer's day; And e'en old Time, as the years slip by, It's memory never can steal away. The Bitterville Mystery. "Wife, come here, quick I and see if you can tell what's the matter With Nanov Per kins," exclaimed John Pousby who had been gazing curiously for several seconds through a window that overlooked the front yard of his next neighbor. "Well, I never I" ejaculated Mrs. Pons by, upon seeing the fainillai figure of Miss Nancy Perkins, a maiden of forty or there abouts, standing uprn her own doorstep, dressed In an old gray ulster, which was partly concealed by a faded woolen shawl, and her well-known sun-bonnet drooping like a mask over her face. She was sway iug around and bending forward and back ward, as though convulsed by sonic power ful emotion. "Is she laughing or crying, or what In mercy is the matter with her ? I'd go right over and see, but she's such a queer, re served sort of a body, like as not she'd tell mue to mind my own business. She Is al IVays more civil to you, John, won't you go I "Not I, Indeed I Just look there I She has cerlainly gone crazy, for see, she is hitting her head against the front door. Has Peter spoken to her since he came home ?" "Not that I know of ; but, John, if lie is your brother, he hasn't a spark of manhood if lie doesn't marry Miss Nancy yet." "But she is rather old now." "8o is he-ten years the older." "Well, they would have married twenty years ago if it had not been for your sense less chatter, and that of a few others of your kind, telling her he went twice a weec to see 'Squire Nesbit's daughter, when he was only posting the old gentleman's books -doing night work to increase his earn lngs." "Now, John, don't go raking over the past I I am sorry enough, and told him about it last night; but you know I didn't find out the truth until he had gone to Cal ifornia. Dear me I to think that's twenty years ago I and now he has conic back well off. But bless my soul I John. now I know what's the matter with Nancy; she's doing that to attract Peter's attention." '-Oh, no It's only a little after six, and I don't think he's up yet." "ill warratnt he's usp anid watching lies f rom his window." "Well, it doesn't seem to me that as would rig up in that kind of style and mnake such a fool of herself. I think a girl, no matter how old she is, will try to look ire. spectable and act decently if she wants te gain an honest mian's hieart." "But don't you see thsat she has the very old shtawl on she used to go sleigh ridiingl willh him ?" "Well, she is making a pretty show of heorself to others, as well, f(2r see the crowd of boys climbing on the fence, and yonider goes a crowd of women, sonic of them still in nighteaps." "Yes, there's Mrs. Frisbee, and Mrs. Snyder, and Salilo Yeomsans, and Aunt Iletsy Bly. I'll just runs out tlimi see what they think of such antics. Anid the uneasy bunt good-nsatured gossip was gone to join a crowd of her kindred spiritw hum'ryingl toward Miss Nancy's gate. In a few minutes nearly the en'.iro popu lation of the villap~o had gathered around the neatly-kept dloor yardl whore the Odd looking figure was swaying, and gently, then vehemently, and again standing smo tionless, but never glainctg around, and seeminigly unconscious of the curious gaze of the villagers. Miss Nancy had lived long alone, taiklng no Interest In the gossip andl tea drinking of theo neighborhood, devoting her lcisur< time to birds and flowers, while smie earned hser living by fanr'y kniztig, sowing and emibroidery, which she did for a firm ir iloston. Her well-kniown habits of seclusion math the fast swelling crowd at the gate diishsk< to intrude further upon her while she seemet convulsed with such paroxysms of grief, o1 mirth, .which it was they could not t6ll. Curiosity had reached a degree that was absolutely painful, when Toin Jonses, th< bad boy of the village, rang out "I'll bet a nickel I can go up and hiis the old girl, and she won't slap my face nuther?' Tom was a reckless, mischievous lad o sixteen, and he set astride the fence, 1hold mng a five cent piece between his soihet thumb and forefinger, eagerly scanning Ith faces of his comt)panions, to see if any on of them was willing to cover his stake. "I dare you to do it," said one, produc lug a sImilar coin. "Here, Bill Kerr, you hold them. It' all l've got or l'd niake it dollars instead o cents," said Tom, a lhe relinquished hi coin and vaulted over the fence. Sure enough, the audacious young rascai mousdted the steps and placed one arm ten derly around the swaying figure. To thb utter amazement of th~e gigklIng crowdl she did not repulse him, but. stood motion lees, with hsis arm encircling her lank shoul der. Now the old b~achselor, Peter Ponsby ,has been watchimg the curious -speatacleas lii sister-in-law suspected, and when lie-saw the audacity of the young vagabond, Tom Jones, he dashed down stairs without his hat, elbowed his way through the expectant crowd, his round face purple with rage. and his bare bald head shining. With as much alacrity .as P1'eter could boast lie leaped the low fence, lisdaining' the little wicker' gate, and reached the luterqating pair with three long strides. With his open pahn lie struck Tom a stinging blow on the eAr that sent the young rascal half way across the yard. At this critical monient who should open the door but Ais Nancy herself, in a neat morning wrapper, an ex pression of surprise on her still handsome face, The look of horror with which the old bachelor regarded first her and then her double was ludicrous in the extreie. "Good morning, Mr. Ponsby 1" she said, with dignity. Tien, noticing the queer looking figure that confronted her, she raised both hands in surprise. "My sun bonnet t" sho exclatimed. "Who has dared to put it on the top Of mhy olettnder?" And with deft fingers she undid the fastenings of the three garments and threw I hen aside, disclosing to view a beautiful oleander tree exactly her own height. "Ah I Tom Jones this has been your work," she said, espy ing that crest-fallen individual slowly pick ing himself up from a bed of tulips. The mingling of shrill laughter at the gate called Miss Nancy's attention to the fact that the villagers had called upon her in a body. H1er thi cheek flushed a little, but she addressed them coolly: "Will you walk in, my friends, and as sure yourselves that it is II" But, seeing them about to disperse, Ahe added, as a parting thrust. "I am sorry to have been the innocent cause, for even once, of you ladies neglecting your morning work. As for you, Mr. Ponsby," she added, without looking at him, "you are welcome back to Bitterville; but did you know the town as well as I do, you would not share its idle curiosity." "It was not curiosity that brought me here," stammered the old bachelor; it was -. But Tom Jones stepped forward, hold ing his brimless hat with both hands while he made his best bow. "Look here, Miss Nancy, it was me that put that job up on yer. I did'nt mean no harm. I jest wanted a lark. I seen that funny lookin' thing a swingin' around every thne the wind blowed. I knowed what it was, 'or I seen you a wrappin' it up last night, and comin', thinks I to myself, 'all it needs is a bonnet to make a womuun out'a it;' and as good or bad luck would have it, I spotted your'n a hangin' on the back porch. So I jest hopped over about an hour ago, got it, and chucked it on top the shawl, jest for a lark. Then, seem' how well it took, thinkin' I might make a little spec, I bet my last nickel that I could come up and hug yer, meanin' the bush, beggin' yer paidon. Bain Dunkin hie tock me up, and when I was here hqueezir' It gentle likes, so's not to press it out o' shape, Mr. Ponsby he come up, and knocked me down for my inpudence, as a gentleman should." During this recital Miss Nancy's counte nance changed considerably, and at its conclusion a rare smile broke over her thin lips. "Well. Tom," said she, "I am much oblhged to you for your honesty, if for noth ing else. I know it must have looked very odd, but it was dark when I covered it first with the cloak, than, fearing the top leaves might be exposed, I threw the shawl over as an extra protection. I thought if it was well wrapped up I could risk it outside, for it has grown too heavy for me to lift it in and out alone." There was a plaintive dropping of her voice on the last word, and site glanced up shyly at Peter fIoniby, and held out one slim, labor-stained hand. "As for you, sir," she said, "I thank you for your courtesy, and wish you a very good morning." But when Peter Ponsby held ini lis two big, strong ones the little hands that lie had coveted so many years, the hatnd that htad repelled and yet held hint, and was true to him by withholding itself frotv atny other, he would not let it go. "Oh Nan!I" lie said in a brokein voice. "Let me keep this now and fordver. 1 wil hi't the oleander and all your other burdens. I know now our enstrangetment was caused by idle gossip. We were not to blame. We have wasted twenty years of thte better part of our lives; shalh we throw away the balance ?" Miss Nancy stood with dowrcast eyes and flushing checks, until a low whistle called her attetntioni to the 'gaping mouth and( qjuizz/ical eyes of Tomi Jones. "'Tomi," she salid, suddenly, '"did you get your stakes?" "No, by thiundecr. TJhat sneaukin' Bill Kerr lia gone off with both tickets." Aiid taking the hint, Tom was out of sight in a few secotids. But, before hunting up the miscreant, he went from house to htouse in the village, anmnouncing thte fatr that lie hind "'left the old boy and gal ini a conidential confab." 'rThe restult of that-confidence was made known four weeks from that day, whetn a bride atid groom, no longer in the heyday of youth, stood up in the village ghunrch, tand repeated the vows they htad plighttedi andl broken twenty years before. Luminous P'ainmt ini Railwvay Cars. The experiment of coatig thes Interior of a railway carriage with Bolmain's .umiin ous paint has been tried in E~ngland with conalderablo success. The EnglIsh Rail way News says. that a first class carriage was chosen for the experiments, and in thie daylightt its appearauce Is very little, if any at alh,dllfferent from ordinary paint, but dui ring thme time, the carriage is exposed to thte light the paitt Is .rapidly absorbing the daylight, only to give forth the same the mtomnent time carriage Ia traveling in the dark. At first the light emitted is only slight, not that the paint is any different In its illumInating powers, but the pupils In the eyes of the travelci have not been accus comedo the light, for, as the journey pro cedthe carriage apppears to be coim pletely lighted up, so much eo that the passengers are enabled easily to recognize thme features of their fellow travellers, while the time by a watch is clearly dliscerni ble. Itts thoughtthiat for trains running long journies, with tunnels occasional interven ing, the paint will be very valuable, inas. much as the oil and gas can be enlchey abandoned, and the great weight at present experienced avoided. How the paint illum Ination would woirk on darls, cloudy daya does not appear. W H RN a storekeeper auntouncees arti eles at, the "cost price" Ito ofiten means iat the orighnal price wvith n a i ae The Knigast of -sneppey. A famous Freebootcr, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, infested the island of Sheppey, and made frequent predatory in. cursions into the interior of Kent. This daring marauder was represented to have been a nobleman under the sentence of outlawry, who entrenched himself in a stronghold which he possessed on the island, where he desposited all the con tributions which his successful levies on the purses of travelers had obtained. By adopting the often practic. d stratagem of shboeing his horse's feet the contrary way, he frequently escaped detection; and even when hotly pursued, the fleetness and sagacity of the noble aninal 'he rode, pre served him from his enemies, and carried him into a place of safety. Thus the fone of the horse nearly rival led that of its rider, whose exploits at length became so bold and frequent that the country rose up against him; and flnd Ing himself too closely beset in his island to hope for extricution, he was compelled to surrender at discretion and to implore the mercy of Queen Elizabeth, then being on board the admiral's ship at the Nore. The Queen, it is said, not disinclined to show favor to a man whose personal valor. determined perseverence, and fertility of resource were.interesting, on account of the air of romance which characterised his ad ventures,offered to grant his life upon terms in keeping with the wild tenor of his law less career. The conditions were, that he shonld swim on horseback three times round the flag-ship; and should lie escape the perils incident to such a trial, his sen tence of outlawry should be reversed and a general pardon extended to all his offences. The Knight of Sheppey agreed to the terms. Armed at all points, lie bestrode his fa vorite companion whose spirit lie invigor ated by copio:ns draughts of brandy, and plunging at once into the foaming tide, the steed and his master swam gallantly round the flag-ship. The second extraordinary evolution was also performed with equal skill and brav ery. At the third. little more than the heads of the horse and Ins rider could be per. ceived, buffeting with the weltering wavee, which seemed at every instant to threaten their instant annilation. Straining every nerve and sinew to the utmost, the gallant animal ce.ised not to struggle with the interninable billows until the painful task was completed, and his wearied limbs rested on the shore. The place of landing was wild and deso late; a lofty cliff overhung the narrow beach, and concealed every human habi tation from view. No friend or relation hastened to meet the successful adventurer with congratula tious oii his safety, and no sound could be heard, save the harsh croak of the raven from his eyrie, answering the dull murmur of the sweeping waves below. But at the moment that the exhausted charger gained a firm footing on its parent earth, a withered and decrepid hag, whose tangled elf locks and tattered weeds, stream ing in the wind, ill-concealed the hideous deformity of her squalid form, started from a recumbent attitude, and raising the shrlv eled linger with which she had traced un hallowed spells upon the sand, shrieked out an ill oniened propticey: "Beware of that horsel Although lie has now saved your life, ho shall be the cause of your death." "Tis false, fiend of mischiel!" cried the brutal and superititious knight; "thus I falsify thy dark prediction;" and drawing his sword, plungcd it Into the body of the faithful animal, who fell dead upon the beach. Several years. of uninterrupted prosperi ty passed awa); but at length being acci dentally led to the scene of his most extra ordmnary adhveni;uire, lie p~ointedt out to a friend the skeleton of the slaughtered horse, which, bleached by successive winters, sthi lay extended on the sand. RIepesting the prophecy of the witch, lie laughed dierisively,and turning the head with hits foot, sep~arated it from the body by the stroke. He 11id not peiceive, that In the act a small, sharp bone hind p~enetrated( his bus kin; the wound wvas inconsiderabule and uin guarded; but, becounlig more serious, it ended in mforiticaton, which apeedily car rIed him to his grave. iierrying in Indianm. There are least thirty huckleberry marshes in St. Joseph county Indliana or close to its borders. The largest of these is the Great Schroeder marsh, which con tainmo over one hiuindred acres. It is three miles southecast of Walkerton, and lies in three diifferent counties. Near It are the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Inidianapolis, Peru and Chicago roads, wich mnake it a desirable shiplping point. There are two :nen who buy all the berries picked here, and all through the season the .numnber of pickers Is estiniated at 1200 to 1800. whIle on Sundhays increase is made up partly of people who go to pick for their owni use, b~ut mostly of curiosity seekers, whlo, under time guise of pickers,manuage to see more wickedness than can . be crowded Into one clay elsewhere. In the centre of this liniense miarshm, which'i goes by the name of "Huckleberry Hell," there is aii island dotted with a few trees where the regular pickers resort when not, at work. It is covered with tents aiid shanties used for cooking, sleeping and sinful purposes. 'Besides these are mnore imposing shantIes of rough boards, filled wihm genieral mnerchan dise to exchange for berries or sell to the pickers, who, as long as the season lasts, are "flush of funds.'' ,Still larger shanties are stocked wIth liquors, others are tilled with 'prostitutes, and when the pickers are Idle, and at night, gambling, drinking and vice are carried on to a fearful extent. Clhi cago has vonilted Its depraved of both sexes on the islaind--women fromn the vilest haunts, pickpockets, sneak tihieves and burglars mingle among the pickers, intimi dlating everybody and attempting to pollute all. Deccent people who go there to pick berries have to keel) in a body, and no uman is safe if lie becomes isolated from his nrowdi. Fights are of such constant, occur rence that unless accompanied by stabbing or shooting, they excite no conmnent. There Is no redress for any crime,for there is no law oni the island except that enforced by a woman who-is known as the "Hluck leberry Queen." 4. few years ago thou sands saw this womnan In Mlontgomery Queen's circus, and wondered at her mar velous beauity while they were astonished at her feats of strength. Hhe combined~ in her body the grncen and leauty of Ve.nus and the strength of Hercules, with the wickedness of Nana. She was known us "The Woman with the iron Jaw." She commanded a large salary, and was the principal attraction of every show with which she traveled. One day she took as sudden a freak as the wicked and volup tuous Nana. and refused to appear any more in public. She settled down in thd little town- of Tyner, some eight or ten miles from Lebweder Huckleberry marsh, lived a decorous life, joined church and married. She soon tired of the iatrino nial carecif, and four years ago, when she frst made her appearance at the marsh, she became the wildest of the wild ones there. Her strength, dash and utter abandon won her by common consent the title of "Huckleberry Queen." A score of tines her title has been disputed, and she has asserted her assumed rights by sheer force of her individual strength. She has had more contests than any prize fighter, and has never been whipped. L-ust summer she drew two revolvers on two Chicago rowdies, who atteumptad undue liberties with one of tier female friends. The men were quick enough to knock the revolvers from her hands, but she knocked them both down and brought them to teri.s. ier conduct frirhtened her husband into running away last season, but she did not mourn his absence. Oii the contrary, she picked III) a green country youth named Falkenberg, proposed to him, and, against his feeble resistance, marched hiin out to Justice Schaffer's office to have the cere mony performed. It was after midnight when they got there. The justice Is a bachelor and sleeps in his office. She kick ed the door open and ordered the frighten ed justice out of bed. lie attempted to put on his clothes before striking a light, but she told bin to "dash" that formality, lighted the lanip herself, and forced the julstice to marry her to Falkcnberg, while hestood shivering in that single garment on which hotel clerks are wont to display their diamonds. This wedding took place la9t November, but this suminmer she found it a marriage of inconvenience, as it interfered with her wild life, and she bought this second husbands's absence with a suit of clothes. Despite her rough, wild life and immoderate drinking, the "Huckleberry Queen" is still a handsome womani. Sun day is always a gala day at this marah,and at the stamping-ground recently special at tractions were offered. There were a walking match, greased-pole climbing, rifle targetshooting, a greased-pig chase and the Huckleberry quteen lifted by tier teeth a chair with a man weighing 250 pounds seated in it. There was a dancing. platform, where all day long prostitutes and their associates danced to execrable music and drank theimselves Into the wildest revelry. A Doggerel. As master Johnny Megill was walking down M- street, the other day, with a dog in tow, lie was halled by inastkr Tommy Gilpin as follows: "Hi there, Jack, what yer gom' ter do with that there dorgi" "i'se goin' to take him down ter the river and drown him." "Hol' on; less have some fun with him first. I've got two ol oyster cans in the barn, and we'll take hin into the house where lie can't get away, and hitch 'em on." Tlhis was speedily agreed to by Jack. Mrs. Gilpini was out calling, Lizzie was out too, and sc the boys had full swing. They hitched on one can to the narrative of the canine and then let hin loose. The parlor door happened to stand ajar, and for this the dog made. Then there was havoc wrought. The scene that met the eyes of the boys as they looked in was unique and varied, for the air was tilled with (tog, pls ter bust of Shakespeare, oyster can, cus pidor-, and finally the (log run sla toMe feet through the wvhat-not and sowed the biric-a brac it contained in broadcast confusion on the floor. This was accompanied by vocal music from time dlog. The boys ecut otf the can, shut the dog in the pai-lor and went oif fishing, and neither of them got home till late at night; and Mrs. Gilpin tells the sympathmising neighmbors thait she doin't see how in the woi-ld that (log got into the room, for every (door and window was shut tight. Tonuny and Johnny had the fun of drowning time dog the next day by Mrs. G . 'a ordlers. A Major Joke. It is reported that thec German Emperor, after inspecting the new harracks of thme Second Guard Draugoonsln the Pionterstasse, recently, coiitrivedl while chatting with the officers ini the ineas room, to wi-ite a few words with a chamlk pencil upon the tunic of thme senior reginiental captaIn, unper ceivedl by that oflcer. This done, Ihis Majesty left the room laughing heartily, accompihaniedl by the Colonel of the regi mmemit, Prince hlohienzollern, whmereupon the senior staff officer present. walked up to Cap~tin Yon 8--, and, to his utter con sternatien, p~roIceeed to unfasten and re move hiis ep~aulettes. Unconscious of having comumitted any dleriliction of duty, Von 8-- renmained motionless while this oninous operation was being performed; but lisa p~amnfuli perplexity gave place to jubilant exultatIon, when the Lieutenant coionel prodlucedi a pair of major's cpau lettes and dexterously buttoined thiemi to his s..oulders. The words hast I~y seribbled b time Emiperor uiponi Captain Von 8 uniform, were, '"Zum-Major befoerderti" (pronmoted to major) aind the subsequent details of this general surprIse, had been arrangedl by i.lls Majesty beforehand with their exeutant. It is said that in lisa re joicing at hia uniexpcted advancement the niewly-madle major called upon thme senior non-commiissioned officer of the squadron, aind said to him, "Sergeapt-.major, the squadron is relieved from (duty for to day. Let the mien have as much to drmik as they pilease. 1 p~ay foi- all." Weeuds. Prmof. Prentiss reports the experiments performed b~y his pmupils to determine the mber of seeds usually existing in eulti vated solls. Small portions of the soil were measured in bulk,and thme number of weeds obtained fromu these portions in pots coun ted. F~rom these resudts, after a number of trials, it was determined that from eight million to forty million seeds usually exist in cultivatedl solse-enough to -supply any iinimber fbund in farm crops without re sorting to the notion of transmutatIon. 'Tho only soile in which the seeds of weeds were not found, were peat from a bot after the top was removed, and sand from aii area recnmnti gradeda. How to Make a Camp Bed. From four years'experience of actual life n camp, through summer heat and winter cold, in fields, swamp and forest, 1 know there Is no real labor accomplished, or enjoy ment had, without a good night's rest. I will, therefore, for the benefit of my fel low sportsmen, describe a bed that never failed me, one that nightly contributed to my physical strength and comfort, thereby strewing my pillow with pleasant dreams of peace, home and absent wife and child; a camp bed that to this day holds a place i my memory that time can never erase. First, a full-width gun blanket; second, a mattress made after the pattern of a com fort; material-bed-ticking and cotton bat ting; length to suit the person; width, twenty-six inches. The batting to be spread over one half of the ticking to the thickness of two inches, then cover it with the other half of the ticking, sewing up sides and ends, and tacking through with twine In four inch squares. The mattress is to be laid on the right hand side of the gun blanket. Third, a gum pillow, that can be expaided or emptied at pleasure. Fourth, a heavy grey blanket army pattern. This Is spread on the mattress, and the left half or the gum blanket. Now you may undress if you wish, lie down, covering first with the woolen, then with the gun blanket, tucking the latter under the mat tress. Let it cover your head if it rains, and my word for it, you will enioy a sweet, refreshing slumber. If you have no tent or shelter, and it threatens rain or snow, tak e your knife and cut a sinal ditch two inches deep; V-shaped, roundi the edges of the mattress, giving it a free descent. With these precautions you have nothing to fear; yon will be warm and dry and the sleep will be sweeter, lulled to rest by the pattering rain. When you rise, spread the blankets as they were while you slept, empty your pillow, and roll close and tight from the head, and at the foot you will find two leather straps ready to bind the bundle, which will be compact, convenient for transportation under your arm or behind your saddle, ready for use on any kind of ground at the end of a day's miarch or sport. A Okiallenge. A crack shot at San Diego, California, issued recently the following challenge, and called the attention of shooters to the saie. I will suspend two dollars by a ring from a second person's nose, so as to bring the coins within three-fourths of an inch from his face, and with a double-barrelled shot gun, at a distance of thirty feet, will blow dollars, nose and man, at least thirty feet further, four times out of five. I will add in explanation, that San Diego contains a 11tlier intelligent community. I can find, at present, no one here willing or ready to have his nose blown in this manner; but I have no manner of doubt. I could obtain such a person from St. Louis, by expriss in due season. 1 will lilt a dollar, or anything else that has been tossed in the air (of the sanie size), on a wheel, on a pole or axletree or on the ground, every tinie out of live. At the word, I will place five balls on the blade of a penknife, and split them all. I will hit three men out of five, sprung from obscure parentage, and stand within ten feet of a steel trap (properly set) while shooting. I will break at the word a whole box of clay pipes, with a single brick, at a dis tance of thirty feet. I engage to prove by a fair trial that. no pistol shot (or-other person) can be pro duced, who will throw more apples at a man's head than I can. Moreover I can produce i this town more than sixty per sons willng and ready to hold an apple )n their head for me, provided they are allowed to eat thme apple suibsequienitly. I will wager, lastly, that no one in the United States can be p~rodluced, who, with a douiblc-barrolled shot gun, while thirowving a back--hanided somerset, can lilt of tener a dlollar and a half, on the periimeter of a revolving wheel, in a rapid miotioii than 1 can. P. 8.-Satisfactory rei'erences given and required. A bet from a steady, industrious person, who will be aplt to pay if lie loses, will meet, with prompt attention. A New Fdashion, It is fashionable now to stoop. This is not a metaphor, meaninag that women arc a little maore than everastooping to frivolity, but the literal truth. The muidsumimer freak of nietropolitan helles is nothing less than to curve their spines and drool) their shoulders, until they look like hopeless consumptives. A girl with a naturally flat breast is considered mighty lucky. ard she no longer supplies an artificial rounid ness, but is proud of her lackc of womanly development. Trhere is no use in remind lng her that her deficienicy is iiot charming to masculine eyes; she will follow the fashion, no matter how foolish It is. Thme idea is that a hollow chest is indicative of miaidenhiood. Women who are by nature more ampilhy endlowedl flatten themselves as much as possible with uncomimnly high, narrow corsets, and hold their shoulders as far for ward as thc~y possibly can, thus rendierlng null and void one of the best of their beauties. Alh, well, what fools my sex sometimes make of thienmselves Sonie of our formerly b~uxomi belles have degen erated into'humipbacks in a single week. Their dresses have beeni alteredI tos suit the changed shapes, though I imagine they were tuiepd hindi-sidie before. The sim-. leltons remind mein of the pictures in the old reading books, illustrating the good and bad posture at a dlesk-a boy with pio trudied chiest andl erect head which is like the belle as she was, and another boy haumpled over his book, which is like as she is. It is to be hiopedi that this idiocy will be of short duration. Thte Origin of Chamnyagne. A monk of moae taste than honesty, hav ing abstracted from a cask in tihe mionesterial cellars of lisa convent, seine still champagne, which he bottled for his own private drink lng, was alarmied one night by a series of explosions. Corks had beeii blown into the air, and the stolen wvino which lie had vainly endeavored to keep in confinement was running in froth and foam over the sides of' the bottles. Thue terrified monk concluded that the (devil must have got in to tihe wine; but the prier of the monastery knew better, lHe tasted the wine, found at once that it was good, shrewdly deter minedl to bottle some for himself, and en.. ded by going through a series of experi. mecnts which hmad for resualt thme discovery of the true art. of mnakin eshamnnge. '1he Amerioan Horse Parole. Mr. Pierre Loriliard's famous gelding Pa. role and her stable companions, Falsetto, Papoose (a full sister of Parole), Sly Dance and Wyandotte, were safely landed in New York recently front England. They were taken immediately to the bonded stables of Robert Stoddart, where they were stalled until William Bishop, who had charge of them during the voyage, could pass the necessary entries in the Custom House. The announcement of their arrival caused a number of people to visit the stables to look at the 'little brown geld ing" who had upheld the honor of the Am erican turf so well on British soil. The story of his triumphs was retold a score of times by admirers as they stood by his stall in front of the stable, and Parole seemed to know that lie was among friends, for at one time lie turned from his feed-box and put hisl head over the door into the middle of a group ol gentlemen who were discussing his good points and allowed them to stroke his head and mane. The voyage across the Atlantic has evideitly done the little horse good. One of the groonis said the horse was tired of racing when lie got on board time HIelvitia, and his hair was (lull and dry. But all traces of this are gone and Parole is fat and looks as sleek and beautiful as lie ever did. "We had a splendid trii) across," said Draper, one of the muon who came with the horse in the steamer, "and never used the slings once. Parole seemed to enjoy time voyage, and the improvement in his looks was daily perceptible. lie will go to his old home at ilancocas in a day or two, when lie will be well looked after." A gentleman among the visitors said: "When Parole left for England there was not much enthusiasm, for racing men here doubted his ability to compete with the English stables. They were rather sur prised when the news of his winning the first race in which lie started-the New market handicap-flashed across the wires, telling of the defeat of Mr. Gratton's crack 1sonomy. This success was only apprecia ted by followers of the sport ; but when at Epson, a week or two later, lie beat a field of seventeen, including such horses as Rosy Cross, Itidotto, Cradle and othera for the City and suburban, the interest spread among the American public. But. it be came a national question when on the inext day lie defeated Mr. Hlatts' Castlereagh for the great Metropolitan stakes after twenty Beven subscribers left the race rather than risk defeat. These races were only the forerunners of other victories in which PEnglish turfimen learned to their cost how good a horse lie is. In fact the majority of K0nglishl critics admitted that his perform ncels last year were only second best to tihe four year old Isonomy. You say I seeni 3nithusiastic. Well, I am, and so is every inan who has watched the work of the hon 3st little fellow ever since lie umade his do but on the turf. I have backed hin in 3very race lie has run, and will continue to lo so. If Mr. Plerre Lorillard decides to itart him at the Jerome Park fall meeting Is return to the American turf will take Ahe form of an ovation, am I at sure that Jerome Park will hardly hokd tie people who will go to applaud him." A Novel Picture Frmimo. We h1 ve all noticed in our walks through ,he woods, in the fall of tihe year Or winter .ionths, how many shades of green dif Leremint patches of moss display. Soime a Ight velvety corn color, others an apple ,reen, and then again nearer the water's ,dge we find tihe rich green patches still nore like velvet. The time to collect it is when the earth is dry; select the most vel vet like varieties you can find, and pull the libres apart, separating each (nde into bum iles, just is you would sort colored silks befofe working into a pattern. Take a flat sheet of thick caird board, and cut an oval piece from the centre, leaving a hmole the mixact, size of the picture. next turn the iheet, on the wrong side, lay a glass over thme hole andi draw a line around it, with a pencil, then cut four strIps of card-hoard the length of these lines, and after piercing, thmenm with an awl fasteni firmly with cords to the frame. Place thme glass in the sqiuarc formed by these strips, and on that hay your picture ; if thus proves to be a p~erfect fit, cut a plicce of card-board to cover the picture, liace it, over the back of it, and1( fix it securely In pla1ce by means of small tacks driven into the st rips that form the case at time back of thme picture. After seeimg that each part of your frame is an exact fIt, take two short hair pins, a111( pierce the board on the under 51(1e sonie distance from the top with thme hair p~ins, one on either side of the pilcture. The fieads of thme hair pins1 should be left sufli ciently above the a urface to puss a cord through, and the points that p)er ce the up per side shmould lie p~ressed flatly to time face )f the board. The diferenlt pirts of the frame being fitted and ready for usc, you an put them all by but the large square piece. After looking carefully to be0 cer Lain that yo.i begin on the right sidle, which .5 indlicatedi by thme poDints of thme hair-pins, mew a regular row of thme damrkest moss iroumnd thme oval iintre of your franme ; the iecondi row should be the mnext dairkest ihade, and so on until time lighest shade 30mes niext thme edge that, rests against the wvall. in sewing the moss on care siiouldi 3c taken to let the velvety portion of cachi ow cover time stem of the quie above. When his is Ilnished, till all time parts of youm rramue together, and hang where it will 3atch the eveiiing light. You wiii have a )hleap, and I think, a p)retty frame. A P'rudent. Pinciie, Thie Prussian Crown k'rince is a wlst anid thrifty geintlemnau. it is related thai the oflicers of a regiment which is annually inspected by hinm have been in the habit 01 inviting himit to luinchmeon after paraude Last, year the entertainmenit was of thme most laborate and costly kInd. Th'le Prince would touch nothinug, andi even re fused the wine offered to hin, observing that "he only dIrank champagne on extra ordmiary occasions." Theo reproof tol ano this year when thme Prince entered thu g' udmen's mess-room, after the inspec Lion, lie found only a modest repast of sandwiches, light claret, andi beer awaiting. him, H~e at once sat down, partook heoartily of the frugal fare, andh, with thie observation "This Is as it should be amongm comrades," produced his meerschaum, II. it, and remained for more than an hour, smoking and chatting with his entertainenm in the most friendly andl unceremonioni manner imaginable. -in 1837, 10,(OO001)oplin Enigland paid tnax nn hair nnwe. FOOD FOR THOUGIIT. That's what beats ie," as the boy said when he saw his father take down the strap froin the accustomed iall. An Englishman, who Is boarding, says he can stand Ash Wednesday oneo in a while but'ash Monday every week is too 'ard. Pleasure and recreation are abso lutely necessary to relieve- our minds and bodies from too constant attention and labor. A man should have a fortunme who thinks of marryingi a ballet dancer, be cause it is next t'. mossil.o Leep her in clothes. The young mim who wta referred to pa when lie popped the questiot stated that he visited the convention as an In structed delegate. Faith builds a bridge across the gilt of death, to break the shock blind Nature cannot shun, and lands thought smoothly oil the farther shore. Write your name by kindness, love and mley in the hearts of thousands you comp In contact with year by year, aind you will never be forgotten. Never refuse to receive an apology. You may not revive friendship, but courtesy will require, when an apology Is offored, that you mnay accept it. As a nettle stings betimes, an urchin is rough when young, and a crab oon goes backward, so sanguinary disposi tions will soon discover themselves. Ladius are like watches, pretty enough to look at; sweet faces and delI cate hands, but somewhat diloult to "regulate" after they are set a-goIng. If you wish to spend the life of a man not of a fungus, be social, be sympath etic, be brotherly, be charitable, and always speak a kind word when you call. The great religions of the world are but larger sects. Test eaeh sect by its worst, as you will-by its high-water mark of virtua or its low-water mark of vice. If men would spend in doing good to others a quarter of the time and money they sjleLd in doing harm to themsel ves, misery would vanish from the earth. Cultivate prompuness in deciding upon matters that come before you; there are few objects more disagreeable and vexatious than an undecided vacil lating person. Never give all your pleasant words and smiles to strangers. The kludest words and the sweetest smiles should be reserved for home. Home should 0e our heaven. Never, when walking arm in arm with a lady, be continually changing -and going to the other side, because of ehange of coners. It shows to, iimuh attention to form. The truest self-respect lies, not in extractilig honor that is undeserved, but in striving to attain that worth which receives honor and observance as its rightful due. . There is no greater sign of a moai and sordid man than to dote upon rich es; nor is anything more miagnifllent tlhan to lay them out freely in acts of bounty and liberality. Things of' God that are marvellous arc to be believed on a piluiciple of faith, not to be pried into by reason. iror it reason act them open before our eyes, they would no longer be marvel louis. Men and women make sad mistakes Lbout their own symptoms. takin , Lieir vague, uneasy longings some times for genius, sometimes for rell glon, aind oftener still for a mighty love. The gentle mind is like a calm and jpeaeeful streami that reilects every ob ject in its just, proportion. Th'ie violent spirit, like troubled waters, renders back Images of things distorted andii broken. It is the great privilege of poverty to be hiappy unenvied, to be healthy with out any physies, secure wIthout a guard, and to obtain from tihe bounty of nature what tihe great and wedithiy are compelled to obtain by the 1help of the artist. When nature would make anything speciaily rare and beautIful, she ailways sakes it little; little lpearls, little dia mnonds, little doews. Little for'tunea ;)rlng tihe most content, and little hopes che least disapointment, and little songs are the dearest loved. Upon earth there can be no safe hlap piness. All things here are subject to ime and mutability. We must be ini eternity before we tan be secure against ehanmge. T1he wor.d upon which we close our eyes at night is never the salme with that oni which we open themm Lai the mnoring. Th'ie sea is the largest of all cemeteries mud Its vast numbers sleep) without monuments. Over their remains, time same storms beat and tihe same requiem by minstrels of the ocean is suing to heir honor; there unmiarked the weak and tihe powierful, time plunied and lhe anhoniored are alike un di sin guishe d. Thme mans or genius should occupy the whole space between GJod's pure mind anid thme multitude cf uneducated men,. lie must draw Iromu the infinite reason o i one side; and lie must penetrate in ti tihe heart aiid sense of the crowd oii tise other. From the one ho must draw lisa strength ; to tihe other lie must owve his aim. T'mme life that is devoted to knowledge passes silently away and is very little iversifled by events. ''1To talk in pub lic, to think in soullt , to road and to hi sam , to inquire and't ansyer inquir ies, is the businegs o*. a Scholar. lie v andeira about tihe work4 without pomup or terror, and is n~ hr inown nor valued but by f Friendship is. hen dlawed by host, v16 nlt, nay as well be broken an movera be trusted after. Tihe more graceful and ornamental It was, the nore clearly do we discern the hope .essness of restoring It to its former .tate. Coarse stones, if they are frac ;ured, may be cemented again, precious ones never. Ovid finely compares a broken tor-. uneim to a falling column--the lower it minks tile greater weight it Is obliged to .uataini. Thus, when'a man's circum stances are suoh that he alas no occasion to borrow, he findd numbers that are villing to lend . im; but should nis vant be such tha he sues for a trifle, is two to one bohther he 'may bs trustAd with the apiallat sum.