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6I . - TM-EEXY EY Tidi.W WINNSBORO, &. C., DECEMBER18180VOI V. -NJ DOXI' RURRY TOO FAST TO BE R10d. Your road through life may be thorny, Your bed not of roses or down Deatember what shakespeare has written Of those on whose head lies a crown I It is had'! to toll &ate and. toil-early TO delve' or to wearily stitch Do your bpet t9.inprove your condition But-don't hurry too fast to be rich! We Rad in the Good look this sentence As long as'tho world 'twill endure -He who to be rich"-it says--' 'baiteneth, Seoometh the suddenly poor ;" Just turn to the passage and read it When for lucre your finger* shall Itoh ; And of the camel and eye of the neeCle, And don't hurry too last to be rich ! There are those in a palace residing, Yes, many, I venture to say, Who'd rejoice andi be glad to obIango placos With you, my dear follow, tn-day I Ah I little we know of the troubles The cares and anxieties which Attend, like a shadow, those peoplo to don't hurry too fatt to be rich I How exalted and noble the wages That always reward honest toll, Ale they earned.'neath the fierco sun of noon day, Or by those who consume midnight oil ; There lies between Wealth and Contentment Ofttimes an itapassable ditch ; Don t fall in It, brother, be carefal I Don't hurry too fast to be rich I Slippery Courtships. "Hias May come" "Yes, Bertha. I have stowed her away safe'and sound In the carriage." And Mi.' Webb, of Framington Hall, busied himself in lifting various parcels, bugs, &c., from the old family carriage. WhIle so engaged he did not perceive the antics of his irrepressible son, who was capering about the road in the vain en deavor to catch a glimpse of his cousin May's .face. At last Mr. Webb .asleted his niece to alight, in response to her impatient remark, "that he was going to keep her there all day."I She was a slender, delicate girl of about eighteen summers, with a soft, pearly complexion, and great laughing brown eyes; her hair fell in ringlets about her shoulolers, .ad' pdoked like a showei of gold as the.setting sun lit up the darker shadows of her nut-brown hair. She was tbe orphan niece of Mr. Wepb, and bad been brought up entirely at a fashlonable boarding-school. On the completion of her education she came to her upole's home, in accordance with the wish of her mother; but May did not like the idea of residing in a "dulltslupti. country place," as she described it.' She -was speedily made welcome by her aunt and cousins, who had cllected at the garden gate, all Impatience to see her. Mrs. Webb was a gentle, placid lady, with a kind, motherly manner very com forting to the stranger. Her cousin Bertha was a very pretty girl. Her hair was rastened into a careless knot behind that became her wonderfully. Edwin cameo next, and it did not take May many minutes to learn that he was the most incorrigible tease she had ever met. He was a good-looking follow, with a tall well kult figure. "Well, May. I suppose your mind is filled with rapture at the thought of spend. ing your future days in this country place?" sat I Edwin, looking, with a teasing smile, at his cousin, who was leaning against one of the columns, covered with ivy, th'at supported the icrandaht. A shadow fell over her bright tace as she replied, warmly "I should think not. Indeedl! Edwin laughed slightly, and went on to say, in the same light vein: "I kow you would like to be a farmer's wife. You would make a capital one, -with those dainty white hands." May said, emphatically, with a pout, "Thbat I will never bol To . have a arreat clumsy fellow treading on your train ec stantly-I could not bear it!" "What areyou talking about?" exclaimed another voice. And Bertha came blowly towards them, swinging her broad hat in her hainsis, for at was an intensely warm day in July. "May was expressing her delight at the prospect of settling down as a farmer's wife." Bertha looked at thorn both, and said: "Oh, I know you have been teasing her already. Really, it %s too bad. But it ls no use to quarrel with himm, for ha is incot rigible." May found that the time passed very quickly oven, in the country, and di not regret her town home. What with her drives, boating, walks, croquet pmqrtles, &o , her time wvas so fully ocupied, that she did not find an opportunity for grlov ing.. Shortly after her arrival at the Hail, she made the acquaIntance of a wealthy young farmer, who owned a lar ef i and poup-. try seat a few miles a ia. .g . Hie was not handsome, but possessed a frank, ingenuous countenance that- was very attractive, is manner was a trifle awtward-had constralned; and May made *him the butt for her const~nt ridicule. H~e bore all this with u'ndlmished good hutnor, and was her constant companion. Fomatnefirst he had been her dovoted ad. mnirer. * It vas a pleasant day i September, and early in the morning young Oakland drovc up tn his pretty phaoton, and stopped before Mrs. Webb',, 4r, deo jumped down, andi d~atted tlioin the flowrbeds, regard, less of ,ti damage they astained, to -thi .Mawn, where he lha4 seen .'mttle figure an Whilte mpslin vanish. -t Mlot heo ftund hlas demurely sitting on a fallen log, and look. lug as dainty and fresh as a rose. "Miss May, will you come with me and take a ride?" "Whatt--at this hour? Why, surely not, Mr. Oakland!' "Never mnd the early hour. The roads are so good, and this air will revive you. Do come, pleasel?' pleaded he, eagerly. She looked mischievously at liia saying merrily. "Why are you so anxious Go aid find Bertha, and take her with you. She will be delighted I am sure." Oakland turned away at last. wounded by her refusal, and In a moment she was beside him, a rosy (Iush mantling her cheek, and a gay smile on her red lips. ' I did not think you would desert me so soon," she began. He looked at her searchlugly, but she bore his scrutiny well; upon which his countenance lost its gloomy expression, and a happy smile played over his features. ie helped May to a seat beside him, and they started off at a brisk trot. They did not return till near noon, and when they arrived, Edwin came out to meet them at the gate. Oakland leaped out of the carriage, and stood by in readiess to lift her out. May glanced from one to the other, and finally allowed her cousin the privilege of helpipg her. Oakland looked on angrily, and drove off without deigning to say a word. Several days later, Oakland called at the Hall, and was taken into the parlor, where the family were assembled. They all wel comed him gladly, for it was a dull, wet day, and they did not expect any callers. Bertha sat at the plano, talking to Gerald Oakland from time to time, and finally coaxed 1dm into giving them a song. He had a clear, melodious voice, and sang with great taste; but he was so very shy of his accomplishment that May did not know he possessed a fine voice, and complimented him so highly that he begged her to desist with blushing face. Edwin at least seated himself beside Gerald Oakland, and, after some desultory conversation, said, in an audible tone: "Do you wish to know what my cousin said about you the other day?" 3May turned round - at this, and said, quickly and imperatively: "Edwin, do not repeat what I said to youl" He looked at her with a provokingly in nocent face, and went on, heodlessly: . "Well, she told me privately that sue would never" marry a farmer, and that you were too awkward and slmple-for her re flued taute." Gerald glanced at May's downcast countenance,'and asked, quietly: "Is that true, Miss May?" She shot a withering glaiee at Edwin, and replied "Yes" in a low tone. Gerald changed color, rose abruptly, and bade them all' good night. kie kept his eyes studiously averted from May as he came to her side; then he went hastily away. After he had gone, May went up-stairs to her room, too sad and mortitied to remain with the family. Oakland did not conw to the Hall for sonme time after thmat; but he treated May with a marked coolness that palnedl her excessively, although she, true to her womanly instincts, retained her gay, co quettish manner still. Thie months passed swiftly on, till, be fore any one realized it, winter hadi come with itR keen, frosty breath. Then came the liveliest time for the young people, and May soop learned to be skillful in skating, as she was in waltzmng, and almost every day her slight, graceful figure could be seen fitting as lightly as a bird over the ice. It was a clear, cold day in .January, and May accompanied by her cousins, set out for Gienwood Brook, which was sItuated about two miles from their home. They haed not gone far before they were overtaken by Oakh!land, who came along whistling, his skates sluag over his shoulder. "Ah, Oaland; just the fellow we want. ed I You help ~May along, and I will take care of Bertha," exclamedt Edwmn, who good-naturedly wished to bring the estrang ed couple together. Thus addressed, Gerald could not do otherwise thanm offer his services to May, who aqcepted, theni nonchalantly enougsh, although her heart was beating loudly at the same time. The pond was a large one, and soon May and Gerald found themselves quito separa ted from the rest of the party. iShe started along fearlessly, andi was making foi thme opposite bank, when Gerald called put, an lously: * bdnot 6ob near' thia, bank, for there is a swift current underneath, and the Ie Is thin.". May gl~ iont pause sra her course, and sent a ci. a.,silvery peal of laughter after her. "Ah, I am not afraid, and I am decter mnined on reaching that bank.". Trho words were barely uttered when thme ice gave an ominous, creasing sound, and in a moment she sank under it. She gave one quick scream, and then re mained silent, holding on to thme Ice with fast benumbing Aingers. "Oli, I hope' he will soon come!" she moaned. Gerald was soon beside her, and, bracing himiself against a t*ee, he took her little cold hands in his, and, after considerable exers tion sifceedqd ut driwlng her out of the water. Hie held her half unconselous form in kl. arms, and murmured, softly: "My darling, what should I have done had I lost you?" She opened her eyes, wet wl~h tears,and whispered: , "Would you have cared, Geralut" "Cared? Life would have been worthless to me had you gone!" he exclaimed, pas sionately. le was very pale with supprossed emo tion, and his eyes shone with such a clear light that they fairly dazzled her. At this interesting point they were inter rupted by the appearance of Edwin Webb, who could hardly conceal his laughtei at the turn affairs had taken. "Well, Cousin May, have you forgiven me yett Had it not been for me, you would never have appreciated each other so much. What do you say Gerald-do you not owe me many thanks?" Gerald looked at May, and replied: "Yes, Edwin; I do owe you many thanks; for we should never have known the depth of our affection for each other if It had not been fcr our quarrel." "My advice to you is to get her home as soon as possible to change her wet cloth ing," said Edwin, who was of a practical turn of mind. Hils advice was so good that they accept ed it without a question. and all started for the Hall, two hearts filled to overflowing with happiness. G4Od use for Sawdust, What shall we do with the sawdust ? is a question which puzzlee the economic brain of the man who realizes that the utilization of the fast depleting forests is accompauled with an amount of absolute wastefulness simply appalling. "Make it into railroad car wheels," says an enthusi astic inventor of Chicago, who has dis covered a means of compressing sawdust, bran, tea, and kindred bulky substances into irom one- enth to oue-thilrd of their origial bulk. The Lumberman some weeks since spoke of this invention in terms somewhat of disparagement, which it subsequently modified on seeing spect mens of sawdust and bran compressed into a remarkably small compass. Its credu lity is further shaken on being shown a model of a car wheel consisting of an iron ri of seven inches outward diameter by one-half .,inch thick, fitted with a well pro portioned hub, the space between the nub and rim filled with pine sawdust, pressed in qo solidly that we are ready to believe the. assertion that, resting the ircn rim upon bearings, a pressure equal to 28 tons applied tb 'the hub failed to develop any signs of weakness. We hesitate It. these days of progress to assert that anything Is impossible, and we begin to think that even bawaupnaoeet elualen or vaime nitu erto unsuspected, and that the day may come when the filled grounds adjacent to all saw mills may be seen to have a great value In the mechanical development and utilization of the now useless debris placed upon them to get it out of the way. Saw dust car wheels, sawdust brick, sawdust fence posts, railroad ties, and even saw dust window and door frames, wainscoting and mouldings, begin to appear among the possibilities of the Immediate future. Saw dust iair pins, watch chains or cases, and sawdust knives and forks, or sawdust shovels, pitch forKs, or hoes, will probably not be urged upon this generation, which will temaln satisfied with utilizing saw dust in place of the more expensive bass wood in the manufacture of hams and oakes of soap, but the field of possibilities is still large enough to utilize a vast amount of this valueless material. Seriously, how ever, the compression of bran and oats into one-tenth of their original bulk, with out injury to the substance, means clieaper transportation, which will enable thecir shipment to foreign iads at a proit which their bulk lhas rendered impossible, while with the freight on tea from China, ~cost ing about $25 per ton~ on account of the i-pace it occupies, a compression into one third its bulk would mean a saving ef fronm three.qua::ters of a cent, to one Cent a pound on freight and babor of handling. Ii is not by any means impossible that we may buy a "brick of tea" in the near future which we can carry home in our vest pocket; or that the housewife may keep her truant hiusbandl at homie evenings to saw the coffee up into thimblefuls suit. able for the preparation of the miorni ng draught. Verily at would seemnthiat with the recent discoveries of the RIp Van Winkle of tie press, who after being absent from home for a year had to have a pilot to show him about the city of his former resi dence, andi whc in his absence devek~pcd a sixty year stock of pine on the Meno .mince, and about as large a supply through out the State of Michigan, there is no danger after all of a timber famine, at least so long as the sawdust hold(s out. "Down, Tige. slat" "Any chestnuts 'rouiid hero?" asked one of the three city boys, who met an aigedl, benevolent looking farmer ont In. Livoni~a township. Michigan. The old man hesi tated. "You don't want to steal em?" tie ask ed. "Oh, no, we juset wanted to find oust." "Well, there's a few trees back' there, but if I thought you wanted to steal thern I wouldn't have told you,, for the owner's gone to town; but you're bright, honest loioking boys." T1he boys blushed with the pride ot con scious goodness. "When will the owner be back?" "Well, not before dark, I reckon.'' The boys respectfully thanked the old1 man, wailed till he got out of sight, jumped the fee and were soon .shaking down the burrs. 'rho shaking was easy, but the open ing of~ the cltestnut l;urts was umore dithicult alid uaplcassnt. At 'last the boysi had a splendid pile of handsome, brown nuts on the ground, and they prepared to put them in the bags they brought with them. " Please don't take any more trouble " said the beniolent old inan, who stood by the fence beaming kindly on the startlcd boys. "P'm not so strong as I once was, and I fear I can't hold ln' thIs dog muich longer, If you'll hairry, though, I gueAs [ can keep hini here till you get to the rail road track. Down, Tige,' sirt!" As the boys looked ~back from the rail road feuce, they 46uld, see tihe stooping figure of the old maid geboin the rich, brown ohestnuts inte a two .uha bag, Vaiey rk. Basket decoration is great preoccupi tion, end is extended to the commone wicker. receptacles useI in a hoiraehok Work baskets of new 1hapes are made c the mine principle as it e 'ursery or bab basket-that is, with aroon, mulberry c garnet satin linings, livided by stitche compartments for the eedlecase, siscson and nuneious other moil acoossories. Th handles as'well as bo ders 'are set wit dangling balls or tiny tassels of 'cOibe wool with lemon, med r, pale flesh an olive hues prevailing. iquare pin-cushiou are made of old gold p ush. in the center braided design throu which runs a ol vered or gilt chenille. The same braid I much employed for uthning a woole brocaded material, whh h imitates dun-co) ored Indian goods, andiwhieh, thus 'enliI ened, looks at a dint ce like a materk having silver or gold fibf In the tissue. Th usual inventions for Photo frames hav again broken out like epidemic diseast It is almost Impossibl to enumerate a! the novelties. The m at fanciful are oo) ored plush frames, pain ed a la gouach to figure porches and Gethic gate or cathi dral entrances. These are very suitabk as the face reproduced ppears to be lool ing out for the person in centemplatior Painting is a great feiture on drawan tables. The palette is' an artistic triik which sometimes attain$ very high price It is made of walnut, add in the center I sketched, or entirely fipished, or perhap again only begun, a bit of landscape, portrait, or a family beene. The color are dabbed all round, as they would be b: an artist squeezing theni out o1' the tube while preparimg his palette for a work c art. These palettes are negligently hun up on small satinwood or ebony easels, The new antimacasars are of a soft line and washable canvas, finished all aroun with a broad haudkerciqf hem. The cer ter is crewtl work, or t antleassamar Is Japanese landscape, hI Ing for a border wide Torchon lace ins tion and a (lee band of silk edged with very narrow lacc Sofa coverlets are oatineal cloth of gri and white or drab and white. This I worked with a flowing tambour design I any of the art colors, If olive green is st lected it Is shaded from very dark to it palest hue, and the foliage is generally a vin or an.ivy pattern, but Moorish arabesque are more appropriate. The coverlet is sol, with two small ones forthe elbow ends o the sofa. Between each band of oatmen cloth alternates one of drawn threads, in ani among which a geometrical design is work ed, the border is a fringe made by draw Ing out the threads of the oatmeal cloth and by knotting the strandi together. Wind-Powers. In a section of from fifteen to twent miles around Philadelphia wind-powei have so greatly nultiplied within the Ia five or six rears that they are to be seen I annost every airection. anti ieaiu Ut:UUmI regarded as one of the necessities of a farn especially where much stock is kept. It j true that their first cost draws sometin a little heavily upon the general farn who may not have his place cleared of it cumbrancos; but when once this expens has boon incurred, (which is not more tha the cost of a good horse,) the subsequer expense of it is not felt, while the grei convemence is found to be Indispensabl and woula not be given up for twice th expense. The labor to pump water froi a well, and especially a deep one, th wives and daughters of farmers need nc be told of ; and it amounts to about th same or more labor even when there is spring on the premises. With the wind power the water can be drawn from a we) or a spring and delivered by pipes whei ever it may be needed-in the kitchen house-yard, bath-tub, garden or table.yard] always ready for use and requiring no cai rying. It is true that where ihero is spring of suilicient volume ana fall, hydraulic ram may be introduced, whic can be done at very much less cost andi some respects possesses other advantage over the wind-power ; but it can be af plied only wvhere, as we here say, th~ spring has the necessary vohune and fall But one or the other would seem to be c so much real Importance to a farm of an considerable size up to wvarrant its use ia an improvement of actual economy. A Vaclilating Boar. My negro gardener camne to me one eve - ing in great alarm, and stated that hi own twin sons, Mango and Chango, ha taken out his gun that morning and ha been missing ever since. I at once loade my rifle, loosened the Cuban bloodhound aind followed the mian to his hut. then put the dog on the boy's scent, followin on horseback myself. it turned out that the young scamps ha gone on the trail of a large bear, thoug they were only thirteen yesirs old, ani their father had often warned them not t meddlie with wild beasts. .They bega their adventure by hunting the bear; bi ended as often happens, in being hunte by the bear; for Bruin had turned upo them, and chased them oo hard that'the, were fain to drop the gun and take a tree It was a sycamore of peculiar shap< mending forth from Its stemt mony small but only two large branches. :Those tw were some thirty foot from- the ground, an stretched almost horizontally~In the oppt site directions. Thecy were lle each othc as the twin brothers themseiv Chang took refuge on one of these, ia ngo on th other. I Thle bear hugged the tree till he ha climbed as far as the fork. Tien lie lies tated an instant, and then began to cree along the branch which suippor ed Chiangc The beast advanced slowly a d gingerij sinking lisa claws into tho barc at ever step, and not depending miu h upon hl balance powers. Chango's position was nioi far froi pleisant. It was useless to ph ~y the trie -well known to bear hunters-fo enticln the animal out to a point where hbe branc would yicldi beneath Its great 4eight, f< there was no higher branchwltit Chango reach, by catching which, he *ould sas himself from a deadly fall,- hiirty fot sheer. Threio more stops, and the lear woul be upon him, or he .would be0 upon thi ground. lirave as the boy ws, his toot: At this moment, Mango, nerv to her< lam by his brother's peril, mv d rapidi froaId thle opposit'e ilmb of th tr itel pinog behind the bear, he grse~ with or ,band a small higher biough, whioe exteni e~d to where he steed, but aot to tvbere h brother lay; with the other hand he seized - the animal firmly by its stumpy tall. The . bear turned to punish his rash assailant; it but, angry as he was, he turned cautiously. 1, It was no easy task to right about face on a n branch which already had begun to tremble y and away beneath his weight. r Chango was saved, for the bear evident I ly had transferred his animosity to Mango, , whom he pursued, step by step, toward the extremity of the other lmb. But Chango was not the boy to leave his broth d er and resetter in the lurch. Waiting until the enraged brute was well embarked up-n a Mango's branch, he pulled his tail, as he a had seen his brother do before. Again Brulu turned awkwardly, and resumed the 1 Interrupted chase of Chango. 2 The twins continued their tactics with success. Whenever the bear was well ad - vanced on one limb, and dangerously close l to one twin,. the other twin would sally e from the other limb and pull his tail. The e silly animal always would yield to his latest impulse of wrath, and suffer himself 1 to be diverted from the enemy who was almost in his clutches. r After two hours of disappointment lie learned his mistake. He was now, for the tenth time, on Chatigo's branch, and very near Chango, In vctn Mango dragged at his hinder ext. Ity; he kept grimly on - ti I Mango, fi' d to choose between let. ting go the brute's tall or the higher branch which enabled him to keep his feet, let go the former. s Chango could now retreat no farther, and a he was hardly a yard beyond the boar's a reach. The branch was swaying more than ever, and the beast seemed quite a aware that he might tax its strength too f far. After a pause he advanced one of his forfect a quarter of a yard. To Increase the bear's difficulty in seizing him, the ter i rifled boy let himself down and swung j with his hands from the bough. He was hanging in suspense between two I frightful deaths His heart was sinking, his fingers were relaxing. Then the deep baying of a hound struck his ear, and his hands again closed firmly on the branch. In a moment, a blood s hound and a horseman sprang through the a underwood. . Chango held on like grim death-held on till he hoard the sharp report of a rifle e ringing through the air; held on till the a falling carcass of the bear passed before .I his eyes; held on till I had climbed the tree, crawled along the branch, and grasping his wearied wrist, bad .assisted him to get back to the fork of the tee, and rest a . bit. If that bear had understood in tinto that a boy in the hand Is worth two in the bush, lie might have lengthened his days and gone down with honor to the grave. Comfort for Old lulds. Old maids are useful. They can cook, sew and take care of the children and s--t oktoa a- M, w genlerany play meo piano. Old bachelors are useless. They do not even know how to drive nails or a split wood. r Old maids are amiable. If one wants - anything done that requires patience and 0 kindness of heart, a single lady is sure to be the one to do it. Old bachelors are ill-natured. They snub children, despise babies and hate e young mothers, and are always so busily e employed in seeing that other people take care of them that they have not a moment to giveito any one else. Old maids are nice looking, and "young for their years." Old bachelors generally have red noses, rheumatism in the knees, bald heads ani monuths that turn down at the corners. Old maids can make a home of one little room, and they cook delicious meals for one over the gas jet, in cunning little tin kettles, besides making all their own ward robes. Old bachelors need an army of Stailors, waiters, cooks and distant relatives to keep them comfortable. When old maids are ill they tie up their heads in pocket handkerchiefs, take homms. p iathic pellets out of two bottles alternately, andi get well again. When old bachelors are ill they go to bed and send for four Sdoctors; have a consultation, a mantle .piece full of b'lack bottles, all the amiable Smarried men who belong to the club to sit up with them at inight, besides a hired nurse; they telegraph to their relations, andi do their beat to persuade the world that they are dying. When an old nmaid' travels she takes a Ssandwich, a piece of pound cake and a bottle of lemonade in a basket, and lunches comnfortably in time carriage. 'When an old1( bachelor travels ho orders a meat in courses at the station, and raves because jhe has no time to eat It before the "fifteen minutes for refreshments'' has expired. Old maids (drink weak tea, and it cures 3 their headaches. Old bachelors drink strong liquor, and igivesthmhace. Old maids are modest. They think their~ youth is over andi thieir beauty gone. If tafter a while some autumnal love is given jthem they take it as a sort of a miracle, aind hope pcopie will not laugh at them for ''marrying so late in life." A Namoan woedding. I A great wedding Is about to come off in . amoa. A leading chief of F'alca hias beeni r courting Moe, daughter of the high chief o of Apis. As the chief is an old man and e Moo about nineteen, it has required the most am renuous efforts of both families to j briag about the match. The Falefa family -have carried to Apia over three hundred p pigs, killed and cooked, and distributed ,them among the young lady's relations, in ', ret urn for these, the family of the expect y ed bride mnust give fine mats, andi they s have been busily engaged collecting them from all over the islands, till the gover ,a nor's house is halt full. A vast deal of k ceremony is connected with these wed.. Sdings. All the maidens of JFaiera went in Sprocession to the governor's house, each r carrying a stick wIth a bunch of red feath-. 'a era suspendedi from the end. At the wed. e ding seine member of the government t reads a chapter from the Bible and then readts a ceremony. The couple being mar Sti ied are st ated all the time, and join handa e toward th'e close of the ceremony, as in more civilized countries. In this instance the lady is amiable and interesting. Na .t1ive dances wore taking place nlghtiy, and a part of the wedding festivities. All -the -. young dandies appear on the stage at such o a time, and the maidens of the villages as . semble on the scene in costumes lilm the in primitive garb of Eve. .. "Slk for Thin." They drove into town behind a cross eyed mule and a spavined horse. They looked contented, but one member of the party was the head of the house for she handled the ribbons, and when they halted sho hitched the team, while he stood de. murely by and took the basket of eggs apd her shopping satchel as she handed them out.. They disposed of the produce at the grocery, and then entered a dry goods store. She made a few trfling purchases of thread, pins, needles and such things and then called for two knots of yarns. . "That won't be enough, Mary," said the man, plucking at her dress. "1:giess I know what I'm buying," she retorted. I "But it ain't more than half what you have had afore," lie persisted. "Wal, that's none o' your business, these socks are goin' to be for me and if I want 'chi short, you can have yours come way up to your ieck if you want to." ' The old man bowed to the inevitable with a long sigh as his partner turned to the clerk and said: "Two yards of cheap shirtin', if you please." "That ain't enough, Mary," said the old man, plucking at her dress again. "Yes 'tis." "No, it ain't." "Wal, it's all you'll git," she snapped. "Put it up then Mister," said he turning to the clerk, put It up and we won't have any." "W ho's doin' this buyin' I should like to know?" hissed the woman. "You are, Mary, you are,' he admitted, "but you can't paln off no short shirts on mne." "You act like a fool, John 8pineri" "Mebbe I do, Mary, but I'll be durned to gosh, if I'll have half a shirt-no, not if I go naked." "Wal, I say two yards are enough to make any one two shirts," she snapped. "Mebbe that's enough for you, blary," he said very quietly, "p'raps you can get along with a coliar button and a neck band, but that ain't me, and I don't propose to freeze my legs to save 8 cents." "Git what you want, then," shrieked she, pushing him over the stool, "git ten yards, git a dozen pieces if you want 'em; but remember that I'll make you sick for this." "Four yards, if you please mister-four yards," said lie to the clerk, "and just re member," he continued, "if you hear of 'em flndin' me with my head bursted, friz to death in a 9now drift, just remember you heard her say she would make me sick." And grasping his bundle he followed his better half out of the door. Milk as Focia. Unadulorated, undiluted, unskimmed A r~u.ij %Or UmA1, amWU VWIm a healthy cow in a good covdition, and pro duced by the consumption of healthy and nutritious grasses and other kinds of food, contains within itself, In proper propor tions, ail the elements that are necessary to sustain huiman life through a consider able period of time. Scarcely any other single article of food will do this. When we eat bread and drink milk we eat bread, butter and cheese and drink water-ai of them in the best combination and condition to nourish the human system. All things considered good zailk is the cheapest kind of food that we can have, for three pints of it, weighing 81 pounds and costing nine cents, contain as much nutriment as one pound of beef, which costs elihteen cents, There is no loss in cooking the milk, as there is in cooking beef, and there is no bone in it that cannot be eaten; it s sim ple, palatable, nutritious, healthful, cheap, and always ready for use, with or without p~reparation. Th'is is to say that, chemical ly, 3.7 pounds of nulk is the equivalent of one pound of beef In desh-foranin or nitro genous constituents; and 3.1'7 pounds of milk is the equivalent of one pound of beef inalheat-p~roducing elements or carbohiy draute.. We must therefore assume, from the data offered, that the relative values of beef andl milk as human food are as 8j to 1lj, or as (in round numbers) one to 8j. If milk is eight cents per quart, then ilt is equal in food value to beef at twelve and a half cents per pound; and, vice versa, whien beef is at twenty-five cnt. per pound, thon milk should1( be sixteen cents perF quart, caiculated on its rood value. We thus see that, at any ruling price, milk is certainly one of the cheapest, if not the cheapest, food that can be furnished, to the family, whdle all experlonco Is in favor o1 its healthy qualities. flelping Along a Ohurem A'aura Mrs. Fugleson is quite wealthy, and always on hand at church fairs-a man aager, of course. She had one recently. "I have thought of a way to raise a little more money at our fair," said that lady, as she entered the hall where the other mem bers of the committee were settmng out and preparing the long tables; and taking a bas ket from the boy who had accoumpanied her, she produced an old plated silver tea set, which had done good service for a quarter of a century, but was not needed any longer, a new andl much better one having taken its place. "Ti's tea.sot will bring thirty dollars by selling it in sixty chances at lifty cent. each,"' continued the lady.. Trho proposed plan struck all the ladles right, and it went through with a bound the set being placed on Mrs. Fugleson's table, and her son John appointed to taike charge of the sales and receipt.. One gen tleman took ten chances and another six; not because they wanted the tea- set, but thought that a good anal quick way to put a little more money in the treasury. At the close of the fair, It was a'nnounced that Miss Priscilla Jones, the lucky girl, holding only one chance, and that a gift, was the owner of the set; while Mrs. Fugle son, announced that the receipts were all right, thirty dollars. "Andl here," continued the lady, turning to the treasurer, "is seven dohlars for you. The remaining twenty-three dollars, o1 course belopg to me, that being just what my first husband paid for that sot twenty seven years ago." Mrs. Fugleson has a couple of old bed. steads, also a silver-plated warming-pan, which she intends to raffle off at the next fair, and give the church all they bring, after deducting first cost. -The Princess Olga, the youngest daughter of the King of Greee, died recatLv aftet a fr"" daa. Hilnes. BIstory *f Wire-Proer f aetf Ih regard to the Inv'ention. d rel.roof safes In Amerlca, the accounts b4 dds are coailloting. It Is said that somotbiettover fifty years ago the discovery was made by a mechanic who attempted to bolr Water an akettlethotwAscoyend withplsjsro Stfoud that it.wa** ahnot eto heat.the Watbr to boilingpo 6Con 'eluded thato3itel of 'ara, h fe fo- was a great nol-ooilductor of- heat. T 1it tin$ his experience to several there prdbably was among them some one wh9eQpIglved the idea of applying it to fire-proof safes. After this discovery little,. if anytbinjg, was used In this' country for filling paf but plaster for about twenty-five or thirt Fears. This substance for filling kept i place Until about fifteen years ago, when t1 was generally given up. The.reason lor Aban doning the use of plaster Is thus gkvo* It was used not in its dry state but. migled witi water, and allowed to set after being pour-ed in between the casings. Thik fil Ing, it was found, attracted moisture from the atlnosphere and either produced oxida don of the metal i contact, or ,fqimed sulphuric acid of strength enough to.corrode the Iron. It Is not an uncommon thibg to find old safes that were flled in thisiway with holes eaten .through their panels. When it became apt arant that the set plas ter was corroding the metal, it was thought that dry plaster might do, but, though a poor conductor of heat, it was found defec tive in having no water to give off, and alumn, which contained a large percentage of water, was'mixed with it and found to answer the purpose very well. Some twenty years ago before the use of plaster as a tilling was abandoped, the use of hydraulic and other cements was commen ced. The cement was simply mixed with water and put in to set in the same way as plaster. The property of absorbing water varies with the, different kinds of cement, but that variety which absorbs the most water is obviously the best fitted for filling purposes. Some kinds of cement will absorj one-third to one-half their volume of water, while there is a kind used which, it is said, will absorb an equal volume of water, that is, a barrel of cement will absorb a barrel of water. Cement at the present time seems to be the favorite tilling with most safe-makers, and it is found not to corrode the iron on account of the alkali which is In It, which has a preservative tendency on that metal. Pure cement is used by the best safe-makers, thoughe it is said some mix in sarid, which Injures the filling, and destroys to an extent its non conducting properties. Asbestos has been used, but was found to be not a good non-conductor, and was soon abandoned. About twenty years ago a Boston nan'too-c out a patent to line safe doors and fin;es with soapstone, but in practke i was found that, in a long-continued fire, the soapstone heated to a very high temptra ture and retained its heat, so that it i turn was abandoned. In 1860 a paten4 was filling to plates suspended between the walls, so that in shrinking Its diminished size will not permit Its falling from its place; patents were also taken out for the use, for tilling, of pure alumina; and-also, for the same purpose, of sulphate of iron mixed with plaster of parls. In 1803 the following patents were taken out: For the construction of a safe with two air, and steam tight casings, one within the other, and with the intermediate spaces filled in with material capable of generating Steam under high heat, the latter melting fusi ble plugs in the outer casing to per mit the exit of the steam; also for the use of filling made of plaster of paris set with a solution of starch; also for a filling f6rmed of a compound of scalsined and powdered gypsum and alum in pieces embedded in tlie plaster in such relative proportlans that the water of crystallization n the -pluma evolved by heat shall set the plaster.(this was the alum sate already alluded to)'; also for the furnishing of the filling with cavi ties to prevent the rupture of the parts from the expansion of moistuare by freezing. In 1804 a patent was taken out fori fill ing of alum In small lumps rolled ih' laster and then Imbedded in dry clay. Ii 18635, a fiihng of epeom salts, either alone oricom bined with sulphate of lime, was obtined. stosquitbSsIn tne aNorm. A correspondent wIth the tlehwatka exp~editiori says :-I did not go on'shore while our vessel lay at anchor lai North Bay, for I had no anxiety to endounter thu mosquitoes which abound there, thiough not to the extefit that makes life s'ueh a burden as upon the eastern shores of liiudson'd Bay. Whil'e our watbr casks were being filled at Marble island In the early part of -August Caytain Blakef- and I went In one of the ship's- boats to the mainland, about fifteen'mIles to the south west, to'secure a lot of musk ox skins and other articles of trade at a Kinnepatoo encampment there, and though we spent but one nIght on shore [ never befoke en dured such torture from so small a cause as the mosquitoes occasioned us. Indeed, my hands and his for a month afterward were swollen anei sore from the- veom of these abomninablo little pests. They are not like civilized mosquitoes, for not amount of brushing and fanning will keep them away. Their sociabilIty as unbou-nded, and you have absolutely to push them off, a hand ful at a time, while their places are at once filled by others, the air teeming with them all the time. 'rie natives keep their tents tilled v.ih smoke from a slow smouldering (ire In a doorway, whioa is the only plan to render them . Inhabita'ole at all, but the remediy Is only one degree better than the disease, as Captain Baker remarked to nie, with my eyes filled With tears. The only relief from these torments is a strong breeze from the water, which carries, thema away; but cyoen then it is not safe to seek shelter in the lee of a teat, for there they swvarm and are as vigorous in their attaclis as during a calm. 'rho men wear moe quito hoods over their heads an-i shouilders i. while in camp or hunting, and the women V and children live in the smoke of their smouldering peat fires. Infiueuseo of the Mississippi Imprveesat. The effect of the jetty improvemetit 'at - , the mouth of the Missl al 14er, in ex- .. tending the commerce g the Mlsat - Valley3, js altbady' ,orj great., ia, he ,begining f~ths feai%.. pe o uo, byw o twice as much gr-aia spISCLU4 h oouhtry by tihat rouf 1 teddrtgIII~ o moatuof laat yearT~4 ~ if ielwa the rnver- ould bqsitl # NI aot for the laok of barge to hgi9'?tnd. 4 It lesaid. that Aflet ot boats ard bm4 bulitto suply t: want '