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TR-EKYEDI TION. WINNSBORO, S. C. DEC'EMBER 14, 180IE1 I.N.1O UNWRITTEN POEM. There are poems unwritten and songs unsung, Sweeter than any that ever we heard; Poems that wait for angel tongue, Songs that but long for a paradise bird. Po -me that ripple through lowliest lives, Poems unnoted and hidden away Down in souls, whore the beautiful thrives Sweetly as flowers in the airs of lay. Poems that only the eagles above us, Looking down deep in our hearts may be hold ; Felt, though unseen, by the beings who love us, Written on lives all in letters of gold. An Awkward Mistake. Now, Toni don't forget to bring my wa terproof down to the station, if the weather is dmulp or rainy. I shall come up by the eiglt, o'clock train." I looked up from my books at the speak er, my sister Lot tie. "\ cry well, my (ear," I replied, submis sively; I suppose I must come; but, really, If you young ladles learned to be a little more self-reliant in these small matters, it would be better.'' "If I weren't sure that you said that to aggravate me, Tomn," retorted my sister, "you shouldn't come at all. Some day you'll be glad enough to carry bag, cloak, and tunbrella for some fair damsel or other, and won't I tease you theal" "'You d' that pretty well now," I ven tured to observe. "But excuse me, Lottie, you'll certainly lose your handkerchief if you lot it hang out of your pocket like that;" for Lotties dress was of the most fashiona ble description, and the pockets were cer tainly more for ornament than use, "1 haven't lost It yet, Tom." was the re ply,and I'lum not more likely to lose it now. Miss Lotie disappeared, and I went back to my books. Absorbed by my occupation, the time passed unnoticed, tIl! the chime of a distant clock reminded me of my engagement. "lalf-ptast six, I suppose," I inuttered, and was resuming my work,when it occur led to me to make sure. I looked at my watch. Could it be'cor rect? lnif-past seven! No doubt of it, and 1 had only just time to reach the station. But stay; what was the weathei? I walked to the wndow, devoutly hoping as I drew aside the curtain to see a clear, (iry night. Vain hopel The clouds were gathering, and there was a damip, chill mist perceptible. I dropped the curtain with a sigh, hastily put away my books, took up Lottie's water proof from the chair on which she had placed it, and stepbing into the hall, put on a loose, rough overcoat and soft felt hat that I oflen wore after dark, and thus equipped, sallied forth. Eight o'clock struck as I arrived, and I saw, close at hand, a young lady, evidently my sister L I tie, standing at the edge of the road. "Alh!" I said to myself, "tlie train was In a little earlier, and Miss Lottie is look ing for mie." I was just aboutto speak to her, when a sudden thought flashed into my mind. As she stood, her back wis toward me, and her white handkerchief was plainly visible hanging over the edge of her pocket. I remembered my caution to her before she started, and exulted at the opportunity of convincing her of its wisdom. First taking another look at the uncon scious damsel to be sure of her identity, I stepped quietly forward, and taking hold of the handkerchief, gently drew it forth. As I did so, something fell to the pave ment with a sharp metal sound. This star tied the young lady, and sie turned with a slight oxclamatnon. Good heavens. it was a perfect stranger! For a moment I was spc'2hless; then, re covering my'aelf a little, was about to slam imer forth an apology, when a heavy htandi wvas laid on my shoulder, and a gruff voice said: "'Now, niy mian, you're caughit thin time, and1( no mnistake!" And looking round, I saw avolicemian at my sule. This uniexpecctedl salutation gave a suddl~en turn to may feelings. "'What do you mtaean? Ihow dare yon?" I exclainmed, Indignantly, while the lady )ohked fromt one to another in amazement. ''Come, now,'' responded the unmnoved oficial, "that's good, that is! Why, I've been watching you all the time. You conme up unbeknown to the lady, take her hand. kerchief, and--Why, there's her purse at your feet now!" And as lie spoke, he pointed to a (lark obtject upon tihe pavement. It was a p~urse, sure enough, and I must have pulled it out with the handkerchief. "Pick it uip, please, miss, and p~er'aps you'll be so good as to accompany us to the station." ' While ho was speakIng, 1 gathered to getdler my scatteredl senses. "I assure yon, policenman, you are entire ly mistaken," I said, as 'ahnly as I couhl, which was not very calmly, as a number of persons had by thmis time collected, andi ap peared to be highly enjoying my discomfi ture. "My name is IHenderson-Thomas ien dlerson; 1 camne to the station to meet my sister: I mtistook ti lady for her, and, In a joke, took her handkerchief. Btay; I will give you my card." And I put my hand iiito my coat-pocket for my cardl-case. It was not there. Then I remuembered that 1 ihad left it with my pocketbook on the hall table, and~ I hiad tihus no mieans of proi'ing my slate Iment. ''1 thought so, " remnarkedl tihe ofilal, In a tone of intense saicasm. "'Per'aps ,your sister's got, it, mihidin' It for you." At this jiunctuie the stranger interposed. Sihe had, ito doubt., no(tied~ the unfortunate waterp~roof which I still clutched, though 1 had entirely forgotten it. '"This"-she hesitated a moment-'"this gentleman is carrying a lady's clock, and1( lie surely would not do so If lie--" Shte stopped short. "'if lie had mecant to t ake your property," said the policeman, completing hits sent tence. ''Lor' bless you, tmiss, yotu've nto iulea of tihe dodges oh these chaps." For a moment the wildl thought flashed across my mind of tripping him up and timas escaping, if 1 could, but I dlismissed It as soon as formed. Rlecaptured syas highly p~robable, and the attempt wouldI only give a color to thme accusatlon. So, swallowing my wrath as best [ could, and subsiding Into stiloan silence, I walked byh the aide of my captor. and followed by a miscellaneouserowd, who indulged in a variety of remarks on my appearance and demeanor, we reached the station. The charge was preferred at the station, and the sergeant, turning to me, asked what I had to say I gave an account of the whole affair. le heard me very quiet y, and, without taking any notice of my demand to tie released, then turned to the young lady. She gave her name as Margaret Lindsay, and having related her share in the matter (with eviaent discomfort at finding herself in so unpleasant a position), concluded by expression her convictiot it was all a mis take. "Well, Mr. Henderson," said the ser geant, "I must detain you while I send to the address you have given, and it will sim plify matters If Mliss Linosay will be good enough to remain for a short time. We shall then no doubt be able to settle tuis unpleasant affair. lHiton,"-this to the policemau who still lingered near the door -"show this lady into the other room. Jones, Mr. Hendersoon will occupy No. 3." I followed niy original captor, while my faircompanion disappeared throughan open doorway close at hand, which, as I passed it, afforded me aglimpse of a snug room within. For my own pat t, I was by no means charmied with No. 3. It might, by a stretchof theimagination, have been called a room, but had a wonder ful resemblance to a cell, constructed on a somewhat larger scale than nsual. Here Mr. Jones left me, closing the door carefully after him. Seldom has time pass ed so wearily. About a quarter of an hour elapsed, and there caie suddenly a noise of cab wheels, a hasty rush of footsteps and sound of voices in the outer room. I list ened intently, and recognized Lottie's tones, mngled with, and now and then overpowered by,those of ourrevered parent. At this moment, my door was opened by Mr. Jones, in whose manner was an obvt ous mingling of discomfort and apprehen sion. I passed hastily, leaving his muttered appeal to me, "not to be hard on a man," unheeded, and entered the room where the others were assembled, "Oh, Tonil" cried Lottie, running up to me; "what a dreadful plight you've been in; and all my fault!" she added, in a peni tent tone: "The train was in early, and I dida t see you just ontsi'le the station, so I went straight home, I'm so sorryl" My father started to abuse the officer. "My dear air -" began the sergeant, blandly, but my irate parent would not be checked. "In former days, sir, the police were men, and had brains, and used them; now they're machines, like that fellow therel" And lie glared wrathfully at Policoman Jones, who had shrunk as much out of sight as possible in a corner of the room. "My subordinate," remarked the ser geant, "only did his duty in acting as lie has done." Here Policeman Jones brigh tened considerably. "Thefts of this kind are so frequent, that we are compelldd-to exercise all possible vigilance, and as a man of the world, sir, you will readily admit. that it would not do for us to be guided by the apparent outward respectability of the accused, when such respectability often serves as a cloak for nefarious practices." This was so obvious as to be undeniable, and my father consequently relieved his ir ritation, which had only partially subsided, by attacking me. "And whyon earth couldn't you be more careful, Tom, Instead of making a fool, of yourself in that fashion? I can't see much likeness between Miss Lindsay and Lottie.'" I had by this time completely regained my composure, and briefly saying, "I will show you, sir," addressed the damsel who had been the innocent cause of my diflicul ties. "Will you beso kind, Miss Lindsay, as to turn slighitly round, keeping your face awvay from us and~the light. Thank you. Now. Lottie!" And crossing the room to my sister, I placed her in a similar position by the side of our new acqnaintance. Au involuntary exclamation burst f rem my father, andl even the sharp eyes of the oficials might have been deceived. S and.. ing thus together, in the wavering rays of the solitary gaslight, the resemblance was nearly perfect. in height, figure, anti dress they were almost identical, and the curling hair completed the deception. "It is easy to see how the mistake oc curred, Mr. Henderson," said the sergeant; "and 1 can only again express my'sincere regrets at the inconvenience and dlelay which you have been subjected to." I howed in acknowledgment, and wve pr'e paredl to leave tihe station. As it appeared, however, that Miss Lind say's residlence was not far Irm our ownm, a secondi hansom w~as procured, which I managedn to secure for her and myself, Lot tie and umy father returnmng in the onme by which they hmad come. Sommehmow or other, thme ride seemed a re markably short one, and as I said 'Good nigh'.!' to Margaret, Lindsay at her own door, I resolved that it should not bo my fault if our acqluaintance d11( not continue. Thlis resolve I was amble to carry out. Ac. quaintanc ripened into friendship, friend ship into intimacy, and-well, in short, we were married sonme months ago. Thel servants of hothi households enter tained their relatives and friends ini honor of the occasion, and among them, evidently in close attenidanee oni Jenmy, our pretty housemaid, I recognizedI no less a person than my quondam captor, Policeman Jones. Wvorne thani that. They were talking about thme Texas peni tentiary as a reformatory Instiution. QO gentleman said that tihe convict was taught a trade and when released, oftan became a usefuli citizen. Gilhooly took the negative sidle. lie said: "They come out woerse than they went in. if they are sent to the penitentiary for stealing, as Moon as they get out, they murder somebody. J knew a young mian who was sent up for stealing a pair of pants from a house, while drunk. Hie was released at the cnd of three years, and in. stead of having seine reugardi or time lives and feelings of lia fellowman, lhe went right off and-" "Murderedl his father?" "Worse than that." "Murdered his father and mother?" Gillhooly laughed and said: "Ten thousand timeis worse. He was no si oner ouit, than lie took lessens on the violin." "Hlumphi from the way you talked I thought lie got himself elected to time Leg islature." Great qualities umakn great mea. UOs5cued by an Indian. When I was quite young, my father went as missionary to the Indians who lived in what was known as the Red River district. We made the voyage down the river from St. Joseph, Mo., in twomnoes, which were dtawn upon shore for us to sleep in at night, a bright fire being kindled in front of them to keep off prowling animals. In this way our little party, consisting of my father, mother, one older slster, myself, and two boatmen journeyed to the mission station. The station was a long, low, dou ble building of logs, already occupied by another missionary named McCoy. Ie had lived, until our family caie, without any other companion but a half-breed Indian called Tony. Supplies were sent to this lonely spot by the Board of Missions and other friends from the States. These were brought down the river in canoes, and hauled up to thestation on a rude sled by a yoke of stout oxeu, One day McCoy and my father had gone to the river for a load of supplies. It was a day's journey to the landing and back. Tony had gene with them. No one was left at home but mother and us two girls. The day passed very pleasantly, Toward noon, as we were watching mother about her work, my sister suddenly clapped her hands, and cried out, "Oh, what a big dogi" We turned to the door, and my mother uttered a cry of terror, for in the do' ' tay there stood, not a dog, but a large ..ck bear. lie was probably drawn by the smell of the sugar and molasses, for bears are very fond of sweets. We were greatly frightened. and could not leave the cabin, because the animal was between us and the door. If we could have got to the ladder and up the loft, we might have escaped that way; but the barrels were in front of thu ladder, and so was Bruin. There was real ly no way of escape, so my mother drew us two children close to her, and took refuge behind the great packing box, where she had been at work, thus putting a slight bar rier between us and our unwelcome visitor. A barrel of crackers was open, and we found out then that bears like crackers, for that fellow soon upset the barrel and munch ed as many as he pleased, while we looked helplessly on, and saw our luxuries disap pear, But lie was anxious to get at the sugar, and soon left the crackers and began to paw and scratch at the sugar barrel, which was not open, and which stoutly resisted his effoits. le grew angry, and, with a flerce growl, gave it a smashing blow with ils huge paw, and lifted his foot for another; when a re port from a rile sounded in our ears, and we heard' the pingl of a ball just as Mr. Bruin rolled, a huge, woolly heap, on the floor. The sound of horse's feet followed, and, as my mother hurried out from her refuge, our deliverer stood in the wide door way. Ile was a stalwart Indian, with long black hair streaming half a yard down his back, and a scarlet blanket wrapped around his strong limbs. AVe children were alnost as much afraid of hiin as of the bear. But all the Indians who came to the mission were friendly, ' and my mother knew this one. He was a Cherokee chief called Ma shoon-tire, which means "l'he Running Wind." "Hal Squaw heap scare?" lie cried, with a laugh. "Me see tracks, track hinx In housel Shooteel No hurt?" acconi panying his words with expressive panto mie. Mly mother told him we were not hurt, and thanked him for shooting the bear, in words whibh he could understand. "Hlel hel Bear much good neati" said Ma-shoon-tire. "Bear want catee ip you. Now you eatee up bear." At my mother's reqest, he dragged the huge carcass outside the door; but when she told him it was lis bear, as lie had shot it, lie emphatically refused to claim it. Mly mother then gathered up a pailful of the scatteredl crackers and gave thema to Ma-shoon-tire, who, when lie learned their use, seenmedi to be as dehlited with them as the bear had been, Hie filled the capa.. cious hunting-pouch at his side with bhiemn, and thmen began to examine the goods which my mother had been taking out of thme box when she was interrumptedl by his bearship. Anmonig other tihings there were two or th ree little cotton p~ocket-hmand~kerchiefs, prinitedl with figures of cats and (logs and large A-IB-C's in bright red. They had been sent to us ehiildren, but time great Cherokee chief was so dlelighited with them that my mother, grateful to lum for sav.. ing her fronm a great danger, gave hinm two .f them. Hie too~k them in great glee fronm my sis ter's hiandl, tied one on his streaming black hair, sid the other to the end of his rifle barrel, by cue of its corners. Then lie paradecd before the small looking-glass andl admired himself until lhe was tired. At length he turned to~ miy shrinuking lit tle sister, and said, "hittle papoose maukee Ma-shioon-tmro fhiel Mahoon-tire makee little papoose fine! Big much heal) fine!'' And, laking fronm his pouch a long strinig of brilliant beads made of various colored glass, lhe thtrewv them over her necx, p~leas lng her almost as much as the gay little handkerchiefs hiad pleased hmim. An Engilish Farmeor of the Okilen Timeos. Thte houtse was smtail, for in those (lays farmers (d1( not look to live in villas, anid till within the last few years even tihe par lor floor was of atomic flags. Rushes used to be strewn it the halls of ptalaces in ancient times, and seveiity years ago old1 Jonathan grew lisa owvn carpets. The soft est and best of the beant strawv grown on the farm was selected andi scattered on tihe floor of the sitting roomt as warm andl dry to the feet, and that was all the carpet in the house. Just before slieep shearing thnmo, too, Jonathan used to have time nettles cut thiat flourished round the shed~s, amid strewn on the floor of the barn. Tme nettles shri velled up (ry, and tihe wool (lid not stick to them, but could be gather&ed csily. With his own hands lhe would carry o'it a quart of befas to time pigs--just a quart at a thne and no more, that they nighat eat every one, and that none might be wasted. So, to, he would carry thema a few acorns in his coat pocket, amid watch thme rflish withm which time swlind devoured their favor ite food, lie saved every bit of crooked wood that was about time place ; for at that date Iron was expensive, and wood that had grown crooked, and was therefore strong as well as curved, was useful for a hundred purposes. Fastened to a wall, for instance, It did for a hook upon which to hang things, If an apple tree died In the orchard it wa out out to form part. of a plough and saved till wante3d. Jonathan's hard head withstood even th whirl of the days when corn was at famln, prices. But these careful economies, tiis continual saving, put more money in h purse than all that sudden flush of prosp rity. Every groat thus saved was as a nai driven Into an oak, ilxed and stable, becnung firner as time weot on. How strai ely different the farmers of to-day, with score of ma chines and appliances, with iensive feed ing stuffs, with well-furnishe villas I Each one of Jonathan's beans in his quart mug, cacti one of the acorns in his pocket, be. caine a guinea. Jonathan's hat was made to measure on lila own special block by the hatter in Overboro' town, and it was so hard and stout that lie could sit upon it without injury. His top boots always hung near the fireplace, that they ipight not get inouldy ; and lie rode into market upon his "short-tail horse," as lie called his crop-tail nag. A farmer was nothing thought of unless lie wore top boots, which seemed a distinguishing mark, as it were, of the equestrian order of agriculture. But his shoes were niade straight; not as now, one to each foot-a right and a left-but each exactly alike; and lie changed lils shoes every morning, wearing one on one foo one day and on the other the next, that they might not get worn to either foot in par ticular. Shoes lasted a great length of thne in those days, the leather being all tanned with oak bark only, anm thoroughly seasoned before it was cnt up. There is even a story of a farmer who wore his best shoes every Sunday for seven years lI Sundays-fifty years-and when he died had them buried with him, still far from worn out. At that date folks had no bank Ing accounts, but kept their coin in a strong cheat under the bed, sometimes hiding it in strange places. Jonathan was once visiting a friend, and after they'had hob nobbed a while the old fellow took him, with many precautions that they should not be observed, into the pigsty, and shOwed him fifty guineas hid in the thatch. That was by no means all his propert4 but the old fellow said with a wink that lie liked to have a little hoard of his own that his wife knew nothing about. Juiiter's ateIite Seen Without a Ulass. For nearly a month the Sacramento and Coast Range valleys have been filled with dense smoke, and the distant mountain ranges have all been hidden. Even the bold, dark, grand mass of Mount Helena, distant but twenty-four miles, was barely visible through the thick atmosphere. The upper liuit of the smoke stratum wias quite sharply defined to the eastward; above it the sky was generally clear, but upon the present occasion only moderately so. . Tihe weather for some tinic had been warm and pleasant, without clouds or wind. On the early evening of Monday, September 20, we were looking at the obscured moon miruggling through the dense smoke; Jupi ter, at an estimated elevation of about 8 degrees, was emerging from it, and for an elevation of 25 to 30 degrees the.whole sky was hazy, and stars of the. fifth nagnitude, and even some ot the larger one, were not visible to the naked eye. There was.not the least radiation to Jupiter, and the p'anet rose through the smoky but quiet atmos, phere into the thinner smoke or haze with out radiant points of light to blur his ap penrance. With the unassisted eye Prof. Davidson detected the third satellite of Jupitei, to the left and below the disk of the planet ; but, lest lie might be mistaken, lie refrained from calling attention to it for some imiinutes, until there could be no pos sible n-btake, when lie announced the vis ibility of a satellite, but without stating its position in relation to the primary. All the oficers immediately anmounced its visi bility and position, but naturally wondered why it should be seen so unmistakably through such a thick, hazy atmosphere. A bIocuar, or good eld glass, with mang nifying power or 7 dliameters, revealed it, and alto showed the other satellites on the side oif the planet, but revealkng the first and second satellites with dinilty, until the planet had risen somewhat higher. The third satellite conltinued~ visible to the naked eye for perlhps twenty nminutes, when the mioon r-,se above th c smioke atm atum, andi the planet began to exhibit traces of radia tion, when the satellite was lost to the nakedi eye, although all the satellites had bc!mei mucli brighter than before mn the iet of the bmnocular. Upon subsequent nIghts, aifter the smnohc lud in a great measure been blown away, with a remtark ably clear sky and no moon, but with great radliation to the lhanet,, no satellites have been surely imade Out, with the unassisted visioni. Extrauciltg Esentiia OHi. Tlhe extracttomi ain comncenuratioin of the sw':et odors of flowers is an anmcieiit, art, and up to recent, times the old niethods were followed with only email Improve ments. If the lant, was very rich ini oil, like oraiigc-peel, the method of "'expres sioni"-thiat is, p~ressure-wvas used; or If the essential oii was auflciently volatile to leave Its natural home by aplplicatioii of gentle heat, ' disl '"I n" was sufhlcienit, and is sth'. ado. When, as is com monly the~ case, quliredi for dry distillation would u, etls or leaves andt partIally decomp, oil, the distil latioii was effected wiL. the aid of water, the steam of which carried over the per fume, which was coadenised with the water, and afterwardls separated froii it. Extrac tioni by solution of the rcsiinous matter in alcohol or ether, anid slow evaporation with or without wvater, is anothier method; but neithier of these is appllicable to somie of the most delicate perfumes that reside closely packed in the cells of flower petals, and are so senstive to chemical violenice that. their sweetnescs departs if they are strongly heated or other wise coarsely treat ed. Thle 01(1 method of op~eratinig on these was to maccrate or soak them in carefully melted fats or' cold oils for sevsral hours, andic then to siepairate the essential oil from the fatty oil by agitation with alcoiiol oil. Th'le pomades andl iip-salves of our granid miothiers wero- the fats thus perfumed di rectly, and from which 'the conceentratedl perfume was either partially or not at all separated by the alcohol. "Enineurage"' is still more dlilcatte process applied by the old perfumers for. obtainliig some of their chiolcest p~roducts. Theliy satuu-atedl cotton cloth's with olive oil, sp~readi thiese on franmes of wire gatuze, spriwkled the buds or petals on them, then piled them ini layers and loft them, In soij~s several days, to absorb the perfume W. rose naturally; or a film of pure fat w'as read (over a plate of glass, and the buds ~ialed upon that. ItCis one I 0 hebotempted ; an ( thar- rofall. & EVackney Coach Driver. "Business Is getting dull in my line, said a hackinan in Pittsburg. "I don't make the good hauls that I used to. l'spose, young mnau, that I have hauled more people of note in that hack of mine out there than all the rest of the liackmon in this town together." "How Is that?" queried the reporter. "Well, I have hauled all the great actors and actresses that have come to this city for the past twenty years. Scons to me thoat the profession is getting to know me, and whenever I see Lawrence Barrett get off the traim I says, ' How are you, Mr. Barrett? and lie turns round and recognizes me. Barrett is a good fare and pays double, so he don't forget the hack men. The last time that lie was here I hauled iiin to the hotel and then to the theatre and when he got out he felt in his pockets and found lie hadn't a cent with hini. I says 'All right, Mr. Barrett,' and he told ie to call at tile hotel tate next day. I went around and lie gave me a gold piece. Barrett is generous to us hackmen, and always has a kind word or a joke to pas. with us. lie is not like old Forrest, who is dead and gone. I hauled hini (own from the depot once, and my front axle broke at. the corner of Grant Street. I thought ol Forrest would kill mue. Ile juniped out of the lack and storned and raged and swore like a madman. I tell you lie was not a nice customer to handle. Alice Oates, in her paliny days used to be a very dainty customer. She would conic out and look into uiy coach very carefully before getting In, and was dreadfully afraid that the cushions would soil her dress; then she would look at the horses and the rig to see if it was stylish. Within the last few years, howCver, she has not been near so particular. She has changedi a great deal since those early days. Formerly she would come dancing out in a vivacious, sprightly way, that iade her look very pretty, but no0w when she comies here she walks to ily hack with her head down, as slow and demiure as a priest. She don't 5sem to care now whether the cushions soil her dress or not. Bhe always paid me well, aind I rate her among my best fares. I suppose you reieniber when that, old Italian, Salvimul, was here. Well, lie was a curious fare; lie couldn't speak English, and when I started for the hotel would Yattle o the window and stick his head out looking at the buildings. He stopped ie on Siitlitleld Sirect, ani pointed to the smoke overhead; it was rather milsty that day, and he did not seen to under stand what caused it. "Fechter was a inighty particular muan about driving, and would almost always make ic drive slow. When lie came here to open the Opera House I hauledl him from the depot, anid lie began rehearsing some part in the hack and got very much excited. I guess people 01n the sidewalke who heard him and saw his gestures thought I was hauling a madman. Hlenry Ward Beecher is a nice fare. I get him every tiie lie conies here to lecture; lie always has a kind word and a joke and never gets iad If I get stuck in a crowd of wagons. He always gives ie a pass to his lectures. Theodore Tilton is a cranky sort of a fare, and never would say much to me, [ tried to draw hinm out two or three times when I have hauled him, int lie would always tell ine to mn1111d my own business. lie always saw that Ie gave m1e the right fare and no more. 1 tell you what it is, taking them all in all, lecturers and professionals make the best fares. I have got so now I caln tell as quick as 1 see my old customers whether times are good with them or not, and while they always pay "veil. they pay better woel they have had a good run of luck. "I could go over a long list of stars that I have hanuledl, but these I have given you will (1o for sainples. Clara Louise Kelog is a curious fare to iaul. Every time I have hauled hecr she lindsl somuethling to scoldl me about. And~ 011e time she hlad a terrible row with Miss Cary in liy hack about soimethmllg. I tell y'ou I expe(ctedi to see a hlair-pulling muatch, but they quielec downa before we reached the hotel. I see by tho papers0F that Ole huh1 is dead. Poor Ole, lie was a mIghty kind-hiearteri main. The flret, tinue I hauled hiim 1 looked a little haurdl upi, and~ lie talked and( chlatted with mec about my busin~ess, anid gave mie a tenl dollar11 bill, lie was a mlighity good manii so lie was. "Lu~cille Western w~as a strange fare. Bhe wasi always beamling with kindness. I hauled her down to the hotel 01ne night,, anda shte told m11 to waiit and1( take her to t.he theatre. Th'le front, window was open, and1( she would ask mec all sorts of qjuestionls about l'ittsb~urg andio its p)eop)e. After she got, her supper she camne out, to get into the hlack, anda I nlotiOc~ she had1( been1 drinkiing. She spoke very kindly to me1 though, and when she got to 1110 tlhatre told mec to keep any huack at the dloor for her. I told heri all right, and was dnrvinig away whenm she cahhled me1 back aind as8ked( 11e If 1 wanted to see tihe lay. I told her I could nlot afford to waste tihe tiime,.aind she said(: 'Oh, never mir~d, I'll pay you double.' She gave m1e a 1)as8 andI~ I went Inl. She playedl Leah that nilght, and~ I tell you she plhayed it for all there w~as in the part. When sheo camne to the 'curse scenle' she beat her-'face on the floor. She was very imch excitedl, ando I think I will never seo a woimn play that part as she dlid that nmght. P'or Lucille, she didu't live ver~y long after that night. The (ireat, ltiver of Aiaskta. Alaskan explorers report one of the largest rivers in the world, thie Yukon, as navigable for steamers 2500 1m1les, and~ 500 imles front its maouth it receives a very large niavigab~le tributary. 'lhe basmn formed by the confilence is twenlty-mlecs wide. Tlhe Yulkon Is nearly as large as the Mississippi. Indians are everywhlere and1( war between the tribes is continuous. Thlere is snow for six mlon~ths, and without. roadls, dlog sledges find good traveling. Glame abounds, and( lIndian~s have all easy life. From seven to nine (logs make a a team, the old one0 being the header. The drive-r has to watch this dog. If it, gets on thle scent of gamile it Is off and~ the whole team (demloralized. Oft tl'ey scamper through the woods anid thickets, ulpsetting the load, smlashm~g thme sled, tearing thle hiariness and giving lhhn days of hunting to restore the etatua guo. So vast a counitry, traversedl by navigable waters, wll tempt time restless and speculative adventurers to explore it. Ir evIl be said of thee and it is true, correct, It; .If it bo a lIe, laugh at It. Shame Is worse thtan death, lHe who weelis f rom the heart wall draw tears fenm the blind. Bow She GoonOd His Rice. Sakti Kumara, the hero of a curious Hin. dustani story, preferred testing a damsel's capability before tying the knot. Master of a prosperous and profitable business, he carne to the conclusion that a wife was wanted to complete his happiness, and de termined to go in search for one. Adopt Ing the guise of a fortune-teller, and carry ing some rice bound up in his cloth, lie started on his travels. Whenever lie en countered a girl that pleased his eye, he asked her to cook his rice for him. Sonie laughed at hii, sonic reviled him, none secimed inclined to comply with his modest demand, and It seemed as if lie would have to take his rice home uncooked. At last he reached Swira, where lie beheld a beautiful girl, who, instead of ridiculing or abusing the strange traveler, relieved him of the rice and bade him be rested. Then the kindly maiden set about preparing the rice. First she steeped it in water, then dried it in the sut, and that accomplisheti, rubbed the grains gently on the ground, removing the awn without breaking the rice. Calling her nuULe, she dispatched that worthy to sell the bran, and with the proceeds purchase an earthen boiler, two platters. and soine fuel. By the timi this commission was executed the rice had been brayed ina mortar, winnowed, and washed, and was ready to be put in the boiler with five times its hulk of water. As soon as it had swollen sufficiently, the boiler was taken from the fire, the water cleared of the scum, and the boiler put back, and the rice constantly stirred by the pretty cook until she was satisfied it was properly done. By turning the boiler mouth down ward she extinguished the fire, and collect ing time unconsumed fuel, dispatched the old woman to convert it into butter, curds, oil and tamarinds. This achieved, she told the enraptured bakti Kunimra to go and bathe, and not to omit rubbing lihhn self with oil. Having obeyed orders, the wife-seeker was directed to seat hlimself upon a plank on the well-swept floor, oi which were already laid a large plantain and two platters. His charming hostess then brought hlma water in a iperfuied jug, and administered two spoonfuls of well seasoned rice and ghee, preparatory to serving up the remninder of the rice mixed with: spices, curds, butter and milk, of which 6akti Kuiara atle his till, and then indulged in a siesta, with a mind at case, knowing his quest was ended. As soon as lie woke, lie asked the girl to become his wife, and she being willing, the neessary ceremony wias gone through without do lay ; and the supposed fortune-teller took his bride home, to astonish her as the Lord of 1surleigh astonished his rustic love ; but the liindu lass was lukeier thau' Tenny son's heroine, for we are assured that she lived long to worship her husband as a god, to pay the most assiduous attention to his househoh ail'airs, to superintend time regulation of the family coming in (lte course, and make her house such an abode of bliss that Sakti Kumiara was well repaid for the trouble he had taken to get a good wire, and tasted in his well-ordered home the joys of Paradise. Furniture. The strike nmiongst, the furniture makers In Paris has given rise to a singular ques tion, which the French press is discussing very learnedly. We are told that before the Middle Ages there was no such thing as furniture. There was a hed and there was a chair--more like a throne-aid therc was a labie almost like a plat form ; but there was very little else. ie ancient sculptures and the contents of mnuseumins of antiquities are appealed to in support of this view. Even to the Middle Ages sup plied few ad(litional items to tihe furniture of a nobleman's room. Art had chosen another direction for its civilizing influm enees, and carving in ivory, enamel, jewvel ry, .tiazzas inlaid with genms, cameos, chal ices, and ilhumninated missals usurped the taste of artists and the paitroniage of ama teiurs. Even the carved woodlwork of Belgium and1( Switzerlanid seemed to be limited to church dlecoratIons and pmlIpit ornanments, but it was the carvings or pul.. pits which supp~llied thme transition between sculpture andi( furniture. At Ilrst, oaik, from its hardness, was the priacipal mamterial used, and soon aftcr ward mash and wianut came into vogue. Thle Iitroduction of light, fancey woods, such ais satin, umaple, tulip, belong to a much later diate. F'rance wuas, of course, the orIginator of art furni tiire, andl the Gbilmis tapestry which L ouis XIV. patroniizedl, andl which caime fromi the lnsh itution which lie fonnded, was incoun sisteiit with (lark woods or delicate carv ings. Thle style known still as ''Louis Qumzc" also decmand~edl profuse gliding and11( florid decoratlion for thme franmework of the dlelioate ieedlework which adorned the chairs of the pecrhod. It was not till the endl or time seventeenthi and the beginning (of thme eighteenth centuries thamt p)ohiShed woods and severe oiitliic took the place of thme flambhoyamnt carving and glIding which p~recedled them, it, was ait this perkxMi that, mahogany owvned to an accident its Intro dluctioni, aind it imadle its entry into thme saloons of Europe, not through Parisian Inlhuence, but through the L~ondoni market. In t~he year 1720 a D~r. Glibsoun received from a brotller of his, the capm1tainu of a tradlig vessel, several balks of a new kind of tinber just impjortedl fromi the Indies. Th'le doctor, who was furnishing a house which he had taken thought, to utilize the wood for the dloors and wind~owa of his rooms. Bunt thme builders and car penters refused to have anything to do wit~h it. Tihe gralin was sa close and the surface so hard that they could not, work it with their tools. D~r. Gibson took specimens of the wood to Wolla.ton-at that, tinme aii eiiinent cabinet-mnak(er. A wlo suite of furniture was p~lainned and executedl, and~ at once a new fashion set in. Thifms was time origin of nmhogany furiniture, which in England, at least, lhas survivedh all the changes of a fluctuatiug fashiion for a period of over a century and a half. There is heroie fear a~s weoll as hier ole cou rage. A chasm that often separates friends; sarcasm. Unnecessary delay often ruIns the best designs. Those who jump at conclusions leap into delusions. Whiercover we go,we should take our religion with us. When you have no observers then~ be afraid of yourself, None have less praIse than those who Ihunt most after it FOOD FOR THOUGHT. God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense Into everlasting for giveness. Study books to know how things ought to be; study men to know how things are. A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, Is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles. It is a most mortifying reflection to any man to consider what he has done compared with what he might have done. There is nothing evil but what is within us; the rest is either natural or accidental. However things may seem, no evil thing succeeds, and no good thing is a failure. He who persecutes a good cause makes war agains himself and all man kind, The world wants to-day, nore than anything ele, courageous leaders,who know what to do and how to do it. We saerifce to dress till household Joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our ccl lar dry, and keeps our larder lean. Whoever Is honest, generous, court cous and candid.is a gontleman,wheth or he be learied or unlearn ed, rich or poor. Those who have made mistakes and suffered for them are the ones to help others to show that any error can be atoned for. The best way to silence a talkative person is never to interrupt him. Do not snuff the candle and it will go out of itself. If a cause be good, the most violent attacks of its enemies will not injure it so nuch as an injudicious support of its friends. Proud men never have friends; neither in prosperity because they know nobody, nor in adversity because no body knows them. If any man think it a small matter, or of incan concernment, to bridle his tongue, lie is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent. Glitter, tinsel and brilliant coloring may all be had without much expense; but if we would have strength, firm ness and perinanence, we nust pay for them. Strike a man, use him with violence, and the memory of that blow, be it in act or word, will engender feelings of hatred in him against you so long as his life lasts. A's the shadow in early morning Is friendship with the wicked ; it dwin (lies, hour by hour. But friendship with the good increases, like the even ing shadows, till the sun of life sets. Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man's imagination, enter tains his vanitv,and drives him to dot ing upon his own person. It is a great and marvelous thing to be a Christian, and God lays more scross on that than on the sacrament. For the Christian is not made for the sake of sacrament, but the sacrament was instituted for the Christian. If the show of anything be good for anything, we are sure sincerity Is better; for why does any man dissem ble, or seem to be that which he is not, but because lie thinks it good to have such a quality tas lie pretends to? Happiness is composed of many small Joys. Trample not under foot, then the little pleasures which are scatterea In the daily path, and whilh hr.eaker search of soue great and exoitibg joy, we are apt to overlook. No two minds are alike; and the ono which reveals with the strictest truth those impressions which it receives from the worlds of heaven and earth, must ever b~e considered as the most original. Nobody knows better than lie who has tried it, that from saying to doing is a long stretch. If saying good things instead of doing thzem were a saving grace, the worst of us would easily get 1o heaven. When we are young we waste a great deal of tine Ins imaginling what we wil do when we groew older, and whens we are old wve waste an equal amount of time in wondering why we waited so long before we began to do any thing. It is a great and glorious thing to be a sell-nmade man, and partly because in very many cases It Lakes a vast re sponsibility from thme Lord. The chief difficulty with such people, however. is that they are ver'y apt to worship their makers. Meni are more intensely selfish thans women. There are infinitely more ln stances of devotion, and oft entire sur render of their own interests at the shrine of all'etion and duty, in the annals of women than of meni. Let ours be like the meeting of two planets, niot hastening to confounid their jarring spheres, but drawns to gether by the influenmce of a subtle at traction, sooni to roll diverse in their respective orbits from ti their pern gee or point of nearest approach. If you hnd yoursell growing wise above all your teachers, inclined to be come dogmnatic, to criticise your fellow disciples slid set yourself.up as a stana ard for the whole church, you have no little reasmon to fear that ounaro not uotrolled by the Spirit of God. Great thoughts belong only and trutly to him whose ninad can hold them. No matter who first puts thorn in words; if they come to a soul, .and .1111 it, they belong to it; whether they floated on the voice of others, or on the wings of silence and the night. Were men taught to despise the re ceiving of obligations with -the same force of reasoning and declamation that they are instructed to confer themn, we might then see every person' in society filling up the requisite duties of his station with cheeriul industry, neither relaxed nor sullen from disap pointment. Do more than telerate ; try to tuider stand,a~nd do not be Impatient if youfrg eyes cannot see things just ua you see them, Gray hairs and wrinkles you cannot escape, but you nieed. not grow old in feeling unless you choosp. And solong as yomur age o 41Iy Oi tieotk side, you will wit 'qundence' from the young, and fln ryour life all the brighter for contact witbt theirs.