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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., NOVEMBER 4. 1880. VOL. IV.-NO. 33
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Over the fields. by'wlnding way$, afi
We wander on together, fo;
Under the flashng asure skies, wl
In a hush of August weather. ty
Round about xis. afar and near, en
We hear t4e loost humming, ce
And the asters starring the lonely pa1th Ve
- ' Laugh out to see us coming. UE
ca
Bird songs out of the sunlit oak c
Fall rippling through the siadow, a
Like a spear of flamo the cardiual flower gj
Bums bright along the meadow. ed
Into our hearts the blithe wind bloys, th
Its own free gladness giving, an
And all things laugh in the happy earth
For the pure, sweet joy of living,
'I heft ofa Heart,
Miss Illione Howell site on the top step 'y
of thp black porch df the Pebble House, In
gazing out upon the rIver-blue as the sky b
above it, and almost as bright-which ch
flows gently by at the foot of the garden. 0
Everything looks bright and beautiful tit
this warm, pleasant, fragrant October day.
The garden walks formed of many small m
glittering stones, encircle the beds of au- w4
tumn flowers and plots of feathery grass St
like broad gray ribbons thickly strewed ta
with precious gems, and the little summer an
and bathhouses, built of some dark wood, rii
and incrusted with more brillant pebbles, nc
gleam and glow through the trees at the CO
water's edge, as the homes of the diamond ab
gnomes must gleam and glow in the heart
of the dark brown earth. Nor does the
sheen and glitter end with them, for the w4
Pebble. House. itself is decorated around
each window and door-imbedded in some
mysterious manner in the frames-with rot
many colored stones, each one sparkling fin
bravely In pygmy mimicry of the setting i;
sun. ai
But loveliest of all' things that adorn this mi
wongderful October day-lovelierthan flash- gli
Ing riqer, gleaming sunshine, steeped peb- lac
bles, flaming gladiolas, and bee-loved tour- at
o-clocks-is the lady, young and fair, with
gold brown hair; large blue-gray eyes, pale ca
oval face, and sweet, small mouth, leaning
back against one of the pillars of the Pob- he
ble House porch, thq red foliage of the ga
Virginia creeper that enrobes it drooping *pr
over her beautiful head. There is a ten tul
der, dreamy look In her large eyes, and a
soft smile about her pretty curved lips, as
she sits there so motionless, gazing out up- att
on the river. One can see that she is at
wandering in dreambind; but, alas! she is h
doomed to be rudely recalled to earth
again.
"Kleptomania indeed!" says a loud girl
ish voice near her, and Miss Ada' Warden tb
a ilttle brunette -with magnificent black
eyes and heavy black eyebrows, comes sud- ga
denly out on the porch, arm in arm with hO
her mseparable friend Linda Lees, whose
eyes are as blue as Ada's are black, and
whose eyebrows are the faintest shadows
of those belonging to her friend. Why do
they never call it that when the-the-" lot
"Kleptomaniac," drawls Linda, sinking th
Into an easy chair, and clasping her pretty ful
hands above her head with a generous yawn At
that seems to indicate her weariness of the 'w
subject.
"Oh, thanka"continues Ada, In the same cl
loud voice, swinging her broad-brimmed it,
hat carelessly toand fro-"kleptomaniac to
be sure-happens to'be a poor wretch who u
steals a loaf of bread or something of that ou
sort"
"Don't look at me, Ada dear," Miss to
Howell begs, in tones that would have de
lighted Shakspeare himself; "I'm sure I col
don't know," and she yawns too, but such he
a cunning little yawn, as though a red rose- ag
bud had suddenly made up his mind to g
unfold into the smallest of red roses. ed
"Well, upon my word," exclaims Ada, as
Indignantly, looking from one of her of
frIends to the other, "you both appear to
be in- remarkable - spirits this afternoon.
I can't stand it. I must run away in search sai
of some one less boistercus. No, I won't A
either, for here comes Herbert Moore, my an<
cousin of cousins, attended, prince of good bal
fellows as he Is, by slaves bearing Iced tel
sherbets and cakes of dew and honey-thiat
is lemonade and macaroons. GIrls ain't Mr
you glad I've got such a duck of a cousin, fad
and that I coaxed* him to spend his vaca
tion here instead of at Newport? And now tru
for his opinion on the subject."
"What subject?" asks Herbert Moore. of
And then, without waiting for an answer, an
he turns to the lovely faoe inwreathed thi
wIth the vine leaves, and says, '"May I sit
at your- feet, Miss Howell? I've been ~
roaming, and I'm deu-beg pardon-aw- be
fully tired."
"Wouldn't you rest bettor In a chair?" a
and she leans forward, with a bright smIle ha
on her lips and in hifr eyes.
"Not at all, thank you," seating himself
a step or two below the lady.
"Mrs. Sherwood," begins Ada, between
two bites of macaroon.
"Oh, that affair of the diamond brace- ret
let-- or tmg?" says the young man.
" 'het, do youi believe In the kleptoma
nia? drawls Linda from her easy chair. thi
"That's th6 way they explai It, Adla pa
goes on. fBhe has been an innocent picker
up of costly trifles since her childhood, her fo,
fatlier sat first, and then ier husband, re
funding. )hut Mr. Brown, the jeweler, wi
with a heart as hard as his diamonds,
threatened prosecution and only cosisented
to compromise on condition that he should go
be allowed to warn his brethren of gems
and gold. And so it all came out. Oh po
dear,- what a shocking thing, especially
wheni one remembers that the-the-'- do
"Kleptomaniac," Linda again lazily aug.
geats. boa
"More thanks, Linda love-that the
kleptomaniac came near being. ine of one's wi
intimate friends. Do say something, 1Hcr
bert." 'p
"The most charming girl- I ever met In
my -life," Herbert -respondedi, gravely, -
was a pickpocket."
Miss Warden chokes with her lemonade,
Miss Lees drops her hands from their fay- rk
orite position above her head into her lap,
with the echo of the word "pickpocket," al
an~d Miss Howell looks down on the young
man with a questioning look in her lovely wi
eyes.
"Tell us instantly, Herbert, that's a dar- sh
1'nag," gasps Ada, ant.1 Herbert obeys.
"Last winter coming home to my lodg- a
lng one6 bight, just after parting with my -
old chum, George Cuthbort; Ada-"
Miss Warden, with a toss of her curly
head and a flush on her brown cheek, comn- th
inanda, "Don't address yourself altogether
to me,. air. It isn't polite.' co
"Beg pardon," says Herbert, mischiev
ously, "but for sorme reason or other 21 al- th
tys think of you when I think of George.
ell, I'd seen George off to Europe that
eroon. after we had roomed together
four years without quarreling once. I
nder if that could be said of any k
o woment Ee paused, but the audi
0 molntaining a ilgufied silence, pro.
od&I with his story. "I naturally felt 0
ry lonely afte,, hh departure, and being t
able to read, and in no humor to mak4
116; I determied to go to some place of g
iuemnent. It was a cold night, and as
ck Frost and I never had been on very
endly terms, in oi'der to avoid a protract- a
struggle with him, I selected the nearest d
oatre, regardless as to what the perform
ce was to be. It chanced that they were .
iying a most dismal piece." . (
"What was it?" asks Ada.
"Ada"--wlth great solemnity-"not for
a world would I give any one, not even I.
u, my gentle coz, a clue by which- d
ell, I was just seated, when a m'ost love- a
girl, followed by her escort-a young t
in whose resemblance to her led me to
leve him her brother--sank into the a
air next me."
"What did she look like?" slyly qucs- r
ned Linda. fi
"Miss Lees, I must repeat the remark I o
%de to my cousin a moment ago. No p
)rd or act of mine shall lead to the- ti
imloo it to say she was lovely. The cur- ti
a rose as soon as she had taken her seat, y
d from that instant her attention was p
reted upon the stage. I was pleased to gi
'tlce, however, she did not favor her r
npanion with any gushing remarks t
out the handsome- 'i
'"TVho ?" from Ada. r
"No matter, and that she did not b
'IVhat 7" from Linda. M
"Ritlier a bunch of violets or a Jacques it
;e. But I was not so well pleased to al
d that shb seemed totally unconscious of ej
r proximity, although she did accept o
3rogramme from my hand, in an absent- at
nded kind of way, without even a d
ne in my direction, while the young p
Ly on the other side peeped coquettishly w
me." n
"You conceited follow?" exclaimed his di
-sin. w
"8he did, upon my honor, from behind ti
r fan, every few minutes, and at last, P
ining confidence, from the angelic ex- a
ssion of my countenance, no doubt, nao I
kily offered me a chocolate caramel." 51
"Why Mr. Moorel" n
"She did, Miss Less, and I took it and g
it. She was about six, I should think. cI
)wever, to go on with my story. In the ti
Ird act, where
"Rose Michel," M
" The Two Orphans." 01
"Neither. Where there is some very pa- In
tie business, my charming neighbor be- g
a to weep, and reaching her' grey-kidded st
ad down by her side, took. fron the A
aket of my coat my handkerchief-the si
t of that dozen of silk ones you brought P1
from Paris, Ada." II
"Not really?" And what did you do?" ta
"Nothing. Yes, I did. I laughed al- 5t
itly and long, till the flirt of the fan and I
chocolate caramel said to me, reproach -
ly. 'Why do you laugh? It isn't funny. ai
id I watched her at the end of the play p)
ikhig away in the most dignified man- p
r, after carefully putting my handker- t
of in her polocoat, or whatever you call
pocket.
'Twas all a mistake you may depend
nu it, Herbert. . Last winter we wore
pockets so-so--" '' n
da healtates, and Linda as usual, comes b
her apsistance: "In our back breadths." 1
'i-that she-I mean no doubt your In
t skirt was intruding npon the arm of til
chair. And did you ever meet her la
hin?" b(
'1I did. And she immediately possess- ti
herself, in just a guileless a manner II
she possessed herself my handkerchief, ci
something belgnging to me, from my J
at of view of infinmtely more valuable. Vw
"There's George, and we promised to go tE
ing with him. Come, Linda, " shouts sit
La, grasping her laisy friend by the arm; al
as they ran down the steps she shouts
mk at her cousin, "if there's any more, f
us this evening, H~erbert." a
'is there any more, Miss Howell?" asks ci
Moore, rising and standing face to tC
ae with the blushing girl.w
'Should there be more?" she asks In re- di
"Yes. 'And she gave him her heart in place p!
his own, and promised to be his true la
Ifaithful wife? Do. you approve of fE
t ending for my story." i
'That would be a happy conclusion, I'm 13
e," laughs illione. "I can think of no ti
lcr one, Herbert." -in'
&nd lie draws her little hand within his hi
i, and they slowly saunter off toward the Jz
py river. lo
Prnoverbs, New agad Old.
lever sacriflee safety to large expected b
urns.
lever make a loan on importunity. I
Tever lend a borrowing friend more b
in you are willing to lose if ho cannot e
sever speculate deeper than you can af- di
' to lose if you lose at all. al
e~ver borrow any money to speculate 'i
h. a
we no man anything.
4e siatisfied with a moderate rate to a nr
-d tozdant.
Ceep well insured and watch your co
icy.
t'ever consult a man on business who y]
as not manage well his own-.t
Avoid a second mortgage for a fresh.
in. ti
le that maketh haste to be rich is not ts
overty is no bar to marriage if both am
rties will work and save, aa
The gods help those who help themselves ti
men and women.
God promises nothing to idleness. .t
Aman must ask his wife if ho may be p
Little coins, like drops of water, will fill b
ucket. d
A we sow in temporal affairs so shall s
Ireap. .t
hort settlements make long friend- t:
Fortunes are made by long earnings and U
oney easily gotten is soon spent. C
Money earned is money valued. r
It is easier to loosen up good property o
an to re-establish it. - - ja
In disoussing business disagreements keep r
Les wisdom is required to make money c
an to keep It secutely when made.
Boienee let F'lour Manufascttre.
Until recently it was believed that the
dly thing to be sought for in the produc
.n of a good article of flour was a more or
as fine disintegration of the ktrnels of
heat. As long as millers held to the the
ry that grinding was all tlat was required,
large percentage of the flour had its fu.
itive powers greatly reduced by being
,ound to an impalpable dust. Science,
r aid of the microscope, has shown that
)really good bread can be made froin
)ur-in which any large portion of the
arch globules have been thus broken
>wn. The rising of bread is due to the
arch globules which remain whole, whilst
to dust from the disentegrated ones, by
ouring, impairs the lightness and sweet.
3as of the loaf. It is but recently that
kese facts have Deen made known to nil
rs, and since that time they have been
Lscarding their old theories and machinery
id devising improvements with the view
> separating the starch globules, rather
ian pulverizing them. Another import
it advance in this industry consists of an
aprovement in bolting inachines. Until
cently the bran was separated from the
3ur by a powerful air blast, which blows
I the Iight particles of bran. Considerable
ower is requifed for this process, and al
tough t is carried on in a closed room,
tore is not only a great waste of the fin-.r
irticles of flour, but the impalpable dust
enetrates every part of the mill and oftea
tves rise to destructive explosions. By a
scent invention, electricity is made to
ke the place of the air blast. Just over
te wire bolt:ng cloth,, which has a rapid
.ciprocal motion, a number of hard rub
3r cylinders are kepc slowly revolving and
ibbing against strips of sheepskin, by
'hich a large amount of fractional electric
yia evolved. -Then, as the middlings are
eved by the reciprocal motion, the light
bran comea to the top, whence, imstead
being blown.away by an air blast, it is
tractou to the electricallay charged cylin
3rs, as light substances are attracted to a
lece of paper, or a stick of seahng wax
hich has been smartly rubbed. The ro
oval of the bran from the rollers, and its
'posit on one side, are readily affected,
hile the flour is carried in another direc
Dn. The separation is thus* made com
tete, with very little loss of dust. Still
16ther device has been introduced, to re.
ove from the wheat, before being ground,
nall pieces of iron, which, despite the ut
oat care, will find their way into the
aln, working great injury to mll nan
Linery. This trouble Is now remedied by
ie use of -series of magnets, directly under
hich all the grain is made to pass. These
agnets readily catch all the stray pieces
iron from the wire bands used in bind
g; and they have also revealed the sin
flar tact that, of the scraps of iron and
eel which find their way into the
au, fully one third are something be
des the binding wire. They are of larger
*oportions, of varying character, and
uch more hurtful to the machinery than
.e wire. Thus i; is that science is con
antly coming to the aid of all the various
dustries, lightening the labor of the
orkmen, decreasing the cost of products,
id in every way improving all the various
ocesses which are involved in the im
oved and constantly advancing civiliza
m of the age.
Whistling in tihe Mines.
In 1840 there was a great mine di saster
.ar CarbonIale, Pa. Several miners were
iried in one of the Delaware and Hudson
meal company's mines by a sudden cav
g in of the roof. Although the cause of
,e caving was known - to have been a
ck of proper support by pillars and tim
irs, at least one old miner, a survivor of
a disaster, still living here, has al ways
aintained, and still maintain's, that it was
uscd by a -'dare-devil miner," naied
ick Richards, whistng in the mine while
orking with his gang, against the pro
sts of his comrades. Richards was a
optical young Welshman, who ridiculed
the superstitions of his fellow-workmen.
itih the old1 miner mentioned above aiid
teen others, lhe was working in the mine,
mile from the entrance, on the day of tbe
tastrophe. The mine was well known
be scatily propped, and the miiners
crc "robbing* it preparatory to its aban
)nmfent. lie is described as having been
merry fellow, fond of teasing his coim
miens. On this occasion lhe suddenily
Id down his pick, and announced to his
Ilow workmen in thne chamber that lie
tended to "whistle them up the 'Rigs o'
arley."' The mimers were aghast at the
ought of Richards thus deliberately flying
the face of mrine luck, and they begged of
m not to chi-se the good luck spirit away.
:e laughed at their fears, and with clear,
ud notes made the chamber ring with IhIt
rely Scotch air. Not conteum with that,
.ys the old miner, shuddering at this late
ry over the sacreligious temerity of the
erry Welshiman, he rattled off a jig knowin
ir the miners an the "Devil Amoiig the
'ailors," and ended by telling the good
Lck spirit to "take a dance to that, and
blowed -to it." None of the miners
mld speak for some time. Some of them
led to go to work again, but the fear of
easter was so strong upon them that they
I made preparations to quilt the mine.
lie old miner who recalls this iiicident
ys that lie had a brother and a son work.
ig in another mine, and he made up his
aind to go to them, tell them of Jack
lchard's foolhardiness, warn them of its
msequences, and escape with thienm from
1e mine.' Jack Richards could not con
nc any of thema of the childishness of
teir intended course.
Suddenly, while they were gathering up
eir tools, a noise like the sound of die.
tat thunder came ta the earn of the agita.
d miners. They knew too well what the
und presaged The roof was "working,"
ad a cave-in threatened. The minors
mrned to Jack and charged him with bring.
ig disaster upon them' by hIs defiance of
ie good luck spirit of the mine. Jack re
lied that-if the roof was fallitig, it was
acause of insufficient support, and, not
ocause of his whistling, and knowing the
anger that encompassed them all, lie couin
ihed his comrades to lose no time in "get.
ng atop." Bunt before they could take
to first step towardi reaching the stirfaco a
3cond shock ran thirobugh the mine. -This
me it was like a clap of thunder near thme
mrth. It was foll wed by a crash that
auld be made out by the falling masses of
>ck and coal from the roof, and by a gust
f wind that hurled the miners aghinut the
hggedl walls of their chamber. Then the
tine fell in all about themn, and the seven
34n miners and the car-horse wore impris
tied behind a wall of fallen coal sand rock,
a a space n )t more than torty foet square.
Their lights were extiukuished, and the
was not a match in the party. With dea
awaiting them in one f Its worst for:
they cursed Jack lich 9, and one of t
miners tried to find m in the dark
brainhim with a pick. To ascertain who:
or auy of the gang had been killed by t
fatlling coal the name each one was ca
cd by one of the min ra. All respond
but Jack Richards. 1e was found de
half buried beneath the wall of rock a
coal. The miners gavp themselves up
despair, as they did not dream it was pc
sible for any aid to reach them from wil
out, and to dig their way through a mi
of rocky debris was a task they knew w
hopeless. Among the imprisoned mine
was a young man named Boyden. Ile w
a son of Alexander Bbyden, the super
tendeit of the mine, aind, like his lathi
was a man of great nern$ and courage. I
encouraged his imperiled companions wI
the assurance that the air in the mi
would not. be poisoned by the gasses for
least two days, and that as long as t
horse's body lasted they need not starv
He said that his father would leave not
ing undone to rescue all who were shut
the mine,- and that, medhtimnc, they thet
selves could aid his efforts by digging c
to meet him. Only three picks could
found, the others being buried beneath t
coal. With these the then went to we
with a will. Those who had no pie
worked with their hands in digging in
the barrier between them and their frc
doi. The body of poor Jack Richar
was uncovered and laid tenderly in a sa
place in the chamber. . The horse seen
understand the terror of the situation, a1
gave voice to frequent piteous neighs.
The men worked for hours, many
them working the flesh from their fiuge
in tloe sharp coal. bome of them lost i
heart, and throw themselves upon t
damp floor of their underground pris
and bewailed their fate. Suddenly a ray
light broke through a small opening in t
wail. Then a lantern was pushed throug
followed by a man's head. The man cri
out: "Is there a man hero that is alive i
A glad shout from the miiters was the r
ply. The man pulled himself through tl
opening into the chamber. It was Ale
ander Boyden, the superintendent. Ti
niners took him up in their arms, we
tears of joy, and kissed the man who:
they believed had come to deliver then
Mr. Boyden had found his way to the sp
where the miners were imprisoned I
crawling along a narrow passage that hi
been left in the falling coal and rock by t)
lodging of roof timbers all along the wa
It required a struggle for hours to mal
the perilous jowneyl Be did not expect
find one man alive in the chamber, I
great desire being to rescue the body
his son, if possible, and save it from belt
devoured by rats. He soon had tue mi
era in readiness to follow bin back towa
the mouth of the mine. Jie took tl
dead body of Jack Richards on his ba
and lead the way, and two hours afte
ward the miners were in the arms of wive
parents and sweethearts on top. Richar
had no relatives but a crippled s'ater, w:
was dying with consumption. Bhe di
the next day. The brother and son of t
narrator of this tragical incident and twel
other miners were never found. Three da
after the fall, mine boss Hosie, who h
been in a distant part of the mine wh
the roof caved in, emerged from its deptl
worn away to a skeleton. With his pl
lie had dug his way for more than a i
through an almost solid wall, without
taste of food or a drop of water to strong
en and sustain him.
This mine tragedy forms one of the ft
orite narratives of the old inhers of t.
region, and, after relating it to inquiri
visitors, they never fail to warn them i
to whistle if they intend going down in
nine.
'rimeoval Alan.
In a recent speech Prof Dawkius gen
alizing from thme distrlbution of the anin
remais found in the early tertiary perio
!onludi~ed that Europe was then joined
Africa. The evideiice found in thme mi
pliocene period of the existence of the rh
drift, hunter in France, Italy, Spain, Grceel
North Africa and also in India, brought 1
in his opmion, face to face in that pern
with the primitive condition of human cu
ture on which1 In all prehability, all p:
gress land been based. The absence
geographical limitations already referred
would account for tho freedom with whi
tho hunter passed to and fro. Subsequei
ly, in the cave-men lhe found the suece
sore of the river-drift hunter-nmen of mu
higher type. He gave of their habits t
following hypothetical description: Th
(ressed themselves in skins and wore glo:
not unlike thiose worn at thme present tin
Th'iey wore necklacee and armlets, a
probably pierced their ears for the rc
tion of ear-rings for ornamentation. Th
used reed raddle, and indeed some of t
practices of the present time nmight
looked upon distinctly as being surviva
The skins with wich they clothed thei
selves tamey sewed together witk bone not
los,and from what they left behind on-bor
and pIeces of skin atid the liac it appear
that were able to form a distinot idea of t
creatures which they hunted, the represe
lations thus left probably being the troph
of the chase. They were fowlers a
fishermen, and it was evident $rom the f
ures of animals which had been dscover
that thme hunters of these times had gr<
facility In representing forms of anim
on bone ; but their attempts at representi
the human form were rude. They had a:
left behind evidence of the art of sculptui
Thley were ignorant of metals. They bi
no domestic animals. Apparently thi
were not in the habit of burying their dei
We were not aware of what sort- of p1
sique they had, but there was reason to 1
hoeve they were most closely related to t
Esqulmaux. They were wholly differe
from the river-drIft muon. The river-di
man was in a stqte of primeval savager
the cave man was of a higher type, but
his turn was wholly inferior t0 the farmi
herdsman and merchant who followed hi
We had this proof of the developemi
of the human race In times before hist<
began,and It occurred to him they I
no reason for fixing any limit as to wha
progress would end, lisa opmlon~ being ti
man would go on Increasing in knowle<
andl In improving in the arts of ci vilizati
until In perhaps not a very renmote future
would be as superior to the men of It
as we wore teuperior to the early hunt
and cave me n.
Stick to one thing until it is dol
and donme well, Tkhe tuan who eha
two hares niot only loses one of the
but is paretty u tre to loe te h e a.l
re Gold In nfusteal Inatrument.
th The use of gold in the construction
IS, of musical Instruments, never yet tho
he roughly Investigated, offers an Interesting
to field for experiment. Four metals are
h1- distinguished as being capable of being
11e hardened to spring temper, and in that state
11- possess more or less power of vibration.
ed teel hardened by tempering Is used for
Ad pianoforte strings. Brass Is hardened by
id drawing down or flattening, but the elas,
to ticity li not equal to steel. Nickel can
08- also be drawn or flattene, and possesses
h- great springness, but no metal, either in
1Ie a pure state or nuxed with other metal,
as equals gold, if combined with copper, eli.
r ver or both, for ductility or of power of
as vibration. A spiral spring made of tlf
n- teen-carat gold-that is, fifteen parts of flue
ir, gold to nine partsof copper drawn intoawire
le -possesses more springiness. Many years
th ago I superintended the manufacture of some
no gold wire on this principle, as a string
at. upon an ordinary pianoforte, and the results
hie were marked Not only was the tonei
V. considerably increased, but its quality ma
k- terally improved. With the thinner and
in shorter strings this was s' noticeable that
1- It is surprising the idea should not have
ut suggested itself to others. Fifteen carat
be wire drawn down at least six holes after
Lie softening answers best. I have also sug.
rk gested the use of gold for the vibrating
ks tongue of the harmonium, concertina and
to other Instruments of the kind. Sonic time
C- ago I aslied an amateur zithern player to
do try the effects of gold wire upon his intru
fe ment and he has since assured me the in.
id crease in tone is so remarkable that he has
id substituted it for the steel springs with
cemplete success. I think the idea one
of that merits further inquiry. The expense
rs (if advantages are to be gained) should not
Ill deter those most interested in the matter.
ie The harimoniun tongues are made so thin
)n that little extra outlay would be requlred,
of and with small loss, seeing that the old
10 gold ca be remolted. Let anyone take a
li, disk of steel the size and thickness of a
3( sovereign, throw it upon a wooden table so
as to make it ring, then take a sovereign
e- and beat it in the sanie way. The first
I' will have a dull sound, as if the metal
x- were cracked, and the second a bright
10 metallic bell-ring. A still better test Is to
pt throw a piece of steel band on the floor,
i listen to the vibrations, then do the same
- with a strip of gold of the same size and
It density. Gold has been used for the
OY strings of the virginal, witi what effect I
id cannot say; everything depends on the
10 gold being alloyed and hardened by draw
F- ing down to the desired condition, in
We which it will stand nearly the same as
to steel.
is
of A Poetic stwry.
ig There is a quite singular tact ine onnec
u. tion with Stiles' hill, in the town of South
rd bury, Conn. known to the country residents
ie living within sight of that eminence. Foir
k six decades two tall elm trees stood side
ir- by sidb, a little distance apart, upon the
s, topmost point of the elevation; these trees
Ie! were visible for many miles around, and
Io from this fact they became noted land
eid marks. More than sixty years ago two
lie little girls were wont to pass over the
ve summit of this hill daily, dIring
ye the sniumer season, to drive their
ad father's cows to pasture. They were
en impressed by the sightly attributes of the
is, elevation, and often tarried to gaze at the
oh wide-spread landscape. One day they
lIe conceived the idea of planting each a tree
a upon the hill, which should be to
h- them a reminder of their childhood days
in the years to come. They put their idea
.v- into effect, and two slender elm shoots
is soon waved their green branches as sol
ng itary sentinels in the open space round
Lot about. Years passed by and the shoots
a grew into tall, stalwart trees. The girls
grew to womanhood and passed out of the
parental home into the great, wide world.
Occasionally they would meet one another
and allude to the livinir reminders of
3r- youthful days, andi of ten they would visit
ial the familiar hiauiits of their girlhood and(
Is, would ait beneath the wide spreading
to branches of the mlammoth elmis. About
d- five years ago one of the girls died, an'
eci aged lady of almost eighty. Bearcely
10, had the intelligence of her death reached
is, the neighibcrhood of her youth than the
od residlents observed that one of Lte old elms
il- was dying. Its leaves wilted and( wIth
'- ered as though scorched by naume, and~
of although midsummer yet the foliage fell
to to the ground, leaving the naked, lifeless
Dh b'ranches and stock looking dlesolate
it- enough. Decay quickly followed in the
& great tree, and duringr a high wind, one
ch night the following winter, it fell to tihe
hie earth. Th'le other girl, alt houghl an octo
By genarlan, still lives, and the 01(1 eln
'es which she planted ,in heir fresh young
e. girlhood still lives. But the people, to
lil whom the above circumstanes- are known,
p- watch it with interest, feeling that a sub.
E"Y tie relationship exists between the two
lie lives, and that the one will cease with the
be0 other.
le.
ii. Clearing thec Wayv ror 1(1 Hickory.
d- When President Jackson visited Hart
es ford, Ct., in Juno, 1838, among the i-l
od dents of the day, which provoked conasld
he erable merriment at the expense of the
ni- sufferers, was the following, related by a
es gentleman who witnessed it: As the Presi
id dent's party caime in sight M the crowd at
g-. Skinner's Corner it was observed that three
3d men in a wagon wore riding abreast of
at Jackson's carrlage, and while not designing
urn to inutthe distinguishied visitors, their
ag conduct was so boisterouis as to annoy them,
so One of the assistant marshals requiested
0. them to full back, but lhe was answered by
ad a fiat and profane refusal. General Pratt
ey' then rode up and asked them to take themi.
z. selves out of the way. Another blast of
y- profanity and an emphatic negative greeted
e- this request. General Pratt's eyes flashed
hie ominously, lie was mounted on a fine,
ant powerful horse, and ha'tlng uintil the wa
ift gon containing the belligerents was a few
y; yards away, the General put spurs to his
in horse and charging upon the animal which
,r, was drawing the refractory three. H~e
inl. came up at full gallop, his horse stricking
int the other quarterlogly .on the foreshoulder
ry with tremendous force. The horse was
ad(- knocked down the embankment, the wagon
ire inpset and partially wrecked, and the stub.
tat born occupants h ound themselves sprawling
go on the ground. Although the shock of the
on collision was great, Pratt kept his seat as
ho firmly as a rock, and the crowd cheered
i80 him lustily. Old Hickory jiould not re
rer press a emile at, the ludicrous scene as 'the
three men took the .unexpected tumble.
There was a good deal of the Jackson snap
in the performance, and possibly the Presi
wes dbt thought it he had boon in General
mn, Pratt's place, "I wonid have done the same
so. thing, by the Eternall"
Manta.
There are many strange physiological
phenomena; such as, for instance, as what
Is known as imitative and curiosity
nianias, the one being an uncontrollable
desire to do as we see others do, and the
other an irresistible wIqh to see what oth
era see. History records many instances
of these manias. One of the most remarkable
of the first occurred in Aix-la-Chapelle and
other cities in 1374, when an assemblage
of persons appeared who had " danced
their way through Germany." It was es.
timated, at one time, that there were 80r00
persons thus engaged. Its commencement
was supposed to have been that a single in
dividual, afflicted with some nervous dis
ease, commenced danciig: others seeing
him, in obedience to the desire, the mania,
to act as others act, joined In the dance,
which, in a short time, engaged the above
extraordinary number of persons. In the
same category may be placed the "biting
nuns," who appeared in the convents of
Germany, Holland and Rome in another
century. This extended, imitative mania a
arose simply from the act of one nun at
tempting to bite a companion, and almost
immediately the whole sisterhood com
nienced biting each other. So in regard to
the "mewing nuns."
A nun in a convent initated the mewing
of a cat. Other sisaers commenoed mew
ing, until, finally, the whole sisterhood
mewed in concert for hours at a thne.
Something similar to this, about sixty
years ago, took place in our own country.
At a cam p-meeting held at Caneridge,
Kentucky, a mani thought lie could best
serve the Lord by climbing a tree and
barking like a squirrel. In 'a short time
the imitative mania seized upon others,
and the trees upon the camp-ground were
soon covered with mon barking in like 1
manner. The curiosity mania leads to I
scenes, if not so ridiculous, quite as strange.
A dszIpated gambler by the name of John
Law, killed a man in a duel in London, I
and escaped to Paris. The finances of
France ware in a deranged condition. In
a short tine lie became famous as the great
financier who had extracted that country
from her difliculties. Such was the curl
osity to see him that is carriage -was sur
rounded by thousands, so that a troop of
horse had to clear the streets before lie
could proceed. Whenever men or women
become noted, no matter for what, there
oxists in the public mind a curiosity to see
them, and if there be an opportunity offer
ed, it becomes a mania.
Discovery of Salk and Satin.
The discovery of silk is attributed to one
of the wives of the Emperor of China,
Hoang-ti, who reigned about two thousand (
years before the Christian era; and since 4
that time a special spot has .always been I
allotted in the gardens of the Chinese royal
palace to the cultivation of the mulberry I
tree-called in Chinese the "golden tree"
-and to the keeping of silk worms. The
first silk di ess in history was made, not for
a sovereign nor for a pretty woman, but
for the monster in human shape, HIelloga
balus.
Persian monks, who canie to Constanti
nople revealed to the Emperor Justinian
the secret of the production of silk, and
gave hin some silk worms. Fromi Greece
the art passed into Italy at the end of the
thirteenth century. When the Popes left
Rome to settle at Avinton, France, they
introduced into that country the secret
which had been kept by the Italians; and
Louis XI. established at Tours a manu
factory of silk fabrics. Franiels I. founded t
the Lyons silk works, which, to this day, (
have kept the first rank. Henry 1I., of
France, wore the first pair of silk hose ever
made, at the wedding of his sister. The
word "satin" which in the original was I
applied to all silk stuffs in general, has,
since the mnst century, been used to desig- I
nate only tissues which prevenit, a histred(l
surface. The dliscovery of this p~ariculiar
brilliant stuif was accidental. Octavio
Mai, a silk-weaver, finidiing b~usinesa veryi
dull, and not knowing what to iinvent to
give a new impulse to the trade, was one
day paciing to and fro before his loom. 1
Every time lie passed the machine, with
no (definite object In view, lie pulledi little
threads from the warp aind put themi to his a
month, which soon after lie spat nut.
Later on, hie found the little ball of silk ont
the floor of his workshop, and was attract
ed biy the brilliant appearance of the
threads. lie repeated the exp~eriment and
hby using certain mucilaginous preparations
succcede in giving now lustre to his tis..
Bues.
suoehing About Faa.
K AN Si was the first lady who carried a
fan. She lived in ages which are past, andl
for the most part torgotten, and sho was
the daughter of a Chinese Mandarin.
Who ever saw a Mandari, oven on a tea
chest, without his fani In China and
Japan to this day every one hans a fan; and l
there are fans of all sorts for everybody.
The Japanese waves hi fan at you when he
meet, you, by way of greeting, and the
beggar who solicits for alms has the ex
ceedingly small coin "made on purpose"
for charity presented to him on the tip of
the fan.
In ancienit times, aniongst the Greeks
and R~omanis, fans seem to have been
enormous; they were generally made of
feathers, andi carriedl by slaves over the
heads of their masters andh mistresses, to
protect thieni from the suin, or waved about I
before thorn to stir the air.
Catherine (10 Medicis caaried the first
folding fan ever seen in France; and in the
time of Louis the For~rteenthi the fan was
a gorgeous thing, often covered with
jewels, and worth a small fortune. In Eng. 1
hand they were the fashion in the time of
Henry the Eighth. All hiis many wives
carried them, andh doubtless wept behiind
them. A fan set in diamonds was once
gliyen to Queeni Elizabeth upon New-Year'si
The Mexican feather faiis which Cortez
had from Montezuma were marvels of
beauty; and in Spain a large black fan is
the favorite. It is said that the use of the
fan is as caregfully taught ha that country as
any other branch of education, and that by
a well-known code of signals a Spanish
lady can carry on a long conversation with
any one especially an admirer.
The Japanese criminal of rank is polite
ly executed by means of a fan. On being.
sentenced to death ho is presented with a
fan, which he must receive with a low
bow, and as he bows, presto I the execu
tioner draws his swordl, atid cuts his head
off, In fact, there is a fan fou every 0e
neahin in Japan.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Love, undying, solid love, whose root
is virtue, can no more die than 'virtue
itself.
A great many men who start out to
reform the world leave themselves for
the last job.
'o be ever active in laudable jur.
suits is the distinguised character stic
of men of merit.
No man ever regretted that he was
virtuous and honest in his youth, and
keep away from idle comlantions,
When children are little thy- make
their parents' heads aobe, and when
they grow up they make their hearts
Adversity has the effect of eliciting
talents which, in prosperous circum
Itances, would have lain dormaqgt.
lie who tells a lie is not sensible how
great a task he undertakes; for he
nust be forced to invent t*enty more
o maintain that one.
There is nothing more disg'aceful
;han that an old man should have no
hing to produce, as a proof that Ie
tas lived long, except hig years.
To fill the sphere which 'rovid ince
ippoints is true wisdom; to discharge
rusts faithfully and live exalted ideas,
fhat is the mission of good men.
He who is false to the present duty
ireaks a thread in the loom, and will
lee the effect when the weaving of a
ife time is-unraveled.
Men, 'not having been able to oure
leabih, misery and igiorance, have
magined to make themselves happy by
lot thinking of these thing-.
Proud men never have friends
ilther in prosperity, because they
muow nobody, or in adversity, because
hen nobody knows them.
Charity toward the weakiress of hn.
nan nature is a virtue which we de
nand ii others, but which we find
rery hard to practice ourselves,
What we must do is to make the not
tal possibities of life our ideal. It liw
i human power not to constrhct the
lodlike, but to recognize it, and thus
am it.
A superior capacity for busines.;ad
more extensiVe knowledge, are steps
)y which a new man often mounts to
avor and outshines the rest of his con
emporarles. .
The fortunate man is he who, born
>oor or nobody, works gradually up to
vealth and consideration, and having
Cot them, dies before he finds they
vere not worth so much trouble.
No trait of character is rarer, none
nore admirable than a thoughtful in
lependenco on the opinions of othera,
ombined with a sensitive regard for
he feelings of others.
You ought not to ask odds of any one.
,Ike a blooded horse all you have a
'ight to demand is to be put even oh
he whifletrees. After that show your
nettle.
llow few realize that the strata of
ove and hate lie so close together that
t takes but little to bring the latter
Ippermost, when under the pressiro
>f unkindness or injustice.
Discontent is like egotism; an In
tance in which a small idea will ride
o death what was once a man, just as .
lie elephant or the lion can be annoyed
o madness by a little insect.
The happiness of your life depen Is
ipon the quality of your thoughts;
lierefore, guard accordingly and take
are that you entertain no nutions in
uitable to virtue and unreasonable to
iature.
The niothor's yearning, that com
iletest type of the life in another life,
vhich is the essence of real human'
ove, feels the presence of the cherish
d child, even in the base, degraded
lIan.
Trho dealings of man and man, every
rhere are a species of bluff, and lie
v'ho wins, thiugh he sacrifices every
cruple, is applauded by all-uceoss
sing the standrad to judge by.
The damps of autumn sink into time
uaves andi prepare thern or the neces
ity of their tall; and thus insensibly
re we, as years close round us, de
ached from our tenacity of life by time
~enitie pressure of recorded sorrow.
Story-telling is subject to 'two una
oadable defects, frequent repetition
mid being sooni exhausted ; so th .t,
vihoever values this gift in himself,
mas need of a good inemory, and ought
requenty to shift his company.
No mani possesses real strength of
nind if ho cannot, after having heardl
11l that others have to say, resolve
nid firmly resolve what to do, and
arry his resolution inito effect. Take
Cunusel of others; niroilt by their ex
morience and, wisdom; and above all
ake counsel with hourself t make u
pour mind what to do in the world,
ntd-do it.
In order that all may be taught to
peak truth, it isnossary phat all like
vise should learn to hear it; 'for no
pecies of falsehood is more frequent
han flattery, to which the coward is
otrayed by Iea r, the dependent by in
crest, the friend by tenderness. Those
vhto are .neither servile nor timorous
re yet ilesirous to bestow pleasure;
ndl while unjust demands of praise
ontinue to be made, tiere wilt always
me some whom hope, fear, or kindness
iill dispos to pay them.
In tihe wonders and glories of the
oewborn spring, God's voice is specil
y heard calling upon mora to magnify
nid praise Himo. The eye must be
>linder than the mole :that falls to
ec H-Im in His wisdom and goodness
n each object of the gorgeous pano
ama that stretches out illimitably on
very side. The ear must be (loller
han a .de*af adder's on, which the
roi ,of gadness from alt nature fall
eiv tiitspiring grateful recognition
neroles so prodigally.
Dangerous it were for the feeble
brain of man to Wade far Into the
Ioings of the Most 1ligh ; Whomb
iithiough to know be .life, and joy to
mak. mention of his name, yeP our
mondest knowledge is to know that weo
know him not aps inideed lie is, neither
San we know him, and oqir safeilt eoe
luence is our silence w4n a~ OoA fess
without conftssion tht his aW'~'''~
lueXplicable, his greatnesA'4 our
sapacity and rech IP is abot~al
we upon 4arth; therefon It behoovo
>br words to-be ward fow, '"~