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WINNSBORO, &. C., DECEMBER18180VOI
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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 '