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TRI-W EEKLY EDITION. WINNSBoRo, S. C., FEBRUARY 8, 1881. VOL THE GIVER S REWARD. Who gives and hidos Tho giving hand Nor counts on favor, fame or pralso, Hhall find his smallest gift outweighs The burden of the sea and land. Who gives to whom hath nought been givon, His gift in need, though email indeed As is the grass-blade's wind-blown nood, 1 largo as earth and rich as heavon. The Homestead. "But, Katy dear, won't you listen whilst I explain why I was unable to be with you yesterday?" "No, Mr. Amory, I will listen to no ex cuses, nor (1o I wish to continue your ac quaintance. Did you not promise, for cer tain, to be at the picnic and row me on the take? And was I not asked to keep the first dance for you? A nice laughing-stock you made of mc before Lizzie Randall and Clara Ward. Of course they knew why I refused to (lance the first set-although Frank Churchill would scarcely take a re fusal. Then to think you would have slight ed ine before them alit Don't think, sir, I allowed themi to see I was annoyed; I just danced all the evening, and enjoyed myself thoroughly." S"Dear Katy, I am sorry I disappointed you; but-" "Disappointed Mr. Aiory, not at all. I found Mr. Churchill a most anuusingcom panion, and a much better wallzer than you are. Lizzie Randall wascross enough when 4L she saw lie did not leave my side all the day. But the most delightful part was his driving eic home in his charming Stanhope; I never enjoyed anything so n.uchi in my life. He drives admirally-as he does every thing else, I fancy. I expect him every minute, for he Said lie shold certainly call and inquire how I was after yesterday's ex ertion." "Then, Miss Langley, I have the honor to wish you a good afternoon. I should be sorry to intrude my unwelcomae presence when so entertaining a companion is ex pected,' Each turned from the other; Katy going toward the homestead, and Harry Amory walking with quickened pace toward the village. , The above dialogue had taken place at . the gate of an old filshioned farm--house. The speakers had for some time been look ed upon as lovers, though no pledge had been miade on either side. Kity's angry words wili explain how Harry Amory had offended. She was an only child of Farmer Lang ley, who having lost his wife when Katy was five years old, had since done his best to spoil his pretty daughter. At the time we make her acquaintance she was just eighteen, and though a warm-hearted aifcc tionate girl, yet from her position as beauty of the village, had met with such homage from the village swains that she c. ild ill brook the apparent neglect of her most favored lover. Could Iarty have seen her as site hast ened to her own little room, aid there, throwing herself on the bed, gave way to a hearty cry, he would not have felt so bit terly angry at the petuilant beauty's words. "I won't cry any more," said she; "he t will be stire to come to-morrow, and then I will be good and make it, up with him. Ie must know I didn't mean what I said of that conceited Frank Churchill! I hate ihim and I only danced with him to tease Lizzie Randali, who makes love to him so openly. Harry is worth a thousand such as liel Coming, fatherl" she cried out, as she heard his voice calling her. "Where have you been pussy? I have good news for you. Harry Amory wats sent for yesterday by the squire, and lie has been promised the steward's place. I always thought the lad would do well. I met, Humphrey, the headi gatrdener, and( lie tells me it, is quite settled. Iharry wits with '. he squire all (lay yesterday, going over the ~'accouints. 1 fanuy sonie one knows who will be mistress of that p~rett.y cottage near ~i the park gates,'' he addedC~, pinching her Scheek. "Al here comes Ilarry. I sup ~ \ pose he'd riather Lell the good newvs to you ? alonc; so I'll be off to the kitchen to get e5~something to cat." Katy's cheek iltushedi with pleasure as she ~1heard the latch raised, and she rose to wel come her lover. Whit wvas her disappomnt 'ment, and disgust to see-nmot Ilarry, btt I'Frank Churchill, who, noticing Kitty's ea * ger Joy, caime forward with the greatest alacrity to take her outstretchied hand. Poor Katy could scarcely comimand her self to give the intruder a civil greeting. I her guest, however, evid ently conisdered his ipresence accepiable, aind took no noti1ce of her emabarassmeiit; if lie remarked it at, a'A tl li e rather putt it, downV to thme overpower img hionor lie was conferring ini visiting a mecre fatrimer's dlaughter. Fratnk Churchmill had comte on a visit to h ~isuncle, the village dloctor, lie 1had( studt d medhei ne, butt hmavm g a sinall indi~epenid-. enot iincome, was too indtolenit to miake munch S7 progress in his professioni. lie was to stay I with his uncle sax months, itnd thenm see it he would hbe taken as his partnier. As yet lie had (lone nothing toward in 4gratlatinug himself with his uncle's pattients; 'a~but, on tihe contrary, had caused great h leart-butrinigs in the younger portion of S the inhabitants. TIhme mina despisedl him for his coniceit andl~ foppishness, whilst lie vmmln'ge lasses were dlazzhedI by his faishionia bl he clothes and many hperfumnes. Then, A. agauin, he had brought I romi London a Blan hope, whichl had never been seen in those parts berore. ~ 4 Lizzie Randlall, the lawyer's (laughter, made furious siege to the Adomis, biut, lie treated all with the most supereilious air. K , aty Langley alone had passed him by ais b. unworthy of notice; and ti from the vil Slage beauty, had piqued his vamity. On Sthe (lay of the picnic, whlat was lis dehlit ' ~to fhul Ihe had umatde a faivoratble imp~lressioni lie thought, It woulddbc a good way to pass5 his six mionth's probation to make love to the city belle. Little (lid-Frank Uhurchill think he was making a slight, Impression by his lispIng ' talk, whilst he stroked his mstache with his delicate looking hand. Even lis con coil, would have received a check had lhe kown how Indifferent his companion was tohsmost lattering attenulois. Katy was greatly relieved whoa her a'father entered tihe room, and so took her visitor's attention fromt lior. Fahner Lang ley was not pleased to see who his gnu at was, for ho, lIke most others, looked upon hint as an empty headed, affected fellow, The man soon after took his leave, after vainly askimr Katy to allow him to take he for a efriva on the morrow. Just as he was leaving the house ho caie upon Harry Amory, who, between strug. gling with his anger and love was wander. lug about the neighborhood of the iRome stead, undecided whether to call and make it up with Katy or not. le had ioved her for a long time, and had only wated to have soe settled Income before asking her to be his wife. h'lie rector had early taken a fancy to the Intelligent lad and had dev1ted many hours to the improvement of his inind. Harry Amory was consequently better ed. ucated than most of hli class. Ills good friend had not stopped at this, but had re. commended him to the squire, who, find lug lin useful, had employed him in many ways. He was often called upon to per form the duties of the steward, who was old and infirm. No direct promises had beei made by the squire, but still enough had been said to lead Iariy to suppose that upon the deathi of the old man he should ill his oflce. All in the village looked for ward to his then asking liaty to be his wife, and installing her as mistress of the stew ard's lodige. "So, Amory, i nave to congratulate you on your rise in life," said Churchll. "1 Well, my go3d fellow, make haste and find a wife to keep you company in your pretty cot. tage. Should'nt mind living there myself, and fancy I know one who would be glad to go with me," and lie nodded toward the Homestead farm. "Kate Langley is not so far amiss-ch, Amory? and deuced fond of your humble servant. Well, ta-ta; shall be glad to hear just such another has taken a fancy to you." "The heartless coquettel So this is the fool's game she has been playing with me!" exclaimed the irate lover. "So that is a fellow she prefers to me, who has loved her so long! Let him have her, I say; but I won't stop here to witness their courtship. So this Is the end of all Imy hopesl Just as my desire is accomplisled and I can offer her a home, I am balked of miy greatest treasure. I will be off to the squire and let him know I have changed my mind about accepting the steward'solhlice. Ned GWover will be glad enough to have it, so I will be doing no harm. So good-bye, Kate Lang leyl" lie cried as he waved his hand toward his Homestead, "May you be happy with your new-found lover!" "Katy, child, what is this 1 hear? Giles, the plowman, has just brought the news that Harry Amory has thrown up his new situation and is gone to London! Wonder it the lad is mad? But what is the matter with the lass? Ihere, Martha! hurry! Why, the child has faintcalt" Katy nim not fainted; she was keenly idive to her sorrow. So Harry had taken her hasty words in earnest, and was gone -forever, perhaps. Should she never see in again? Taking the weeping girl in his arms, her fond father soon learned the particulars of the lovers' quarrel. le saw his child was to blame, but could not understand Harry's not attempting to see her again. le (lid not know -of his meethig with Frank Churchill, and the wrong impression that hiad been made on lihn. Poor, poor Katyl She was Indeed se verely punished for her petulance. * * * * * Three years passed away, and she only beard that 11arry was in a merchant's olice in London, and doing well. All this tine he had never once visited his native place. Sie'hated Frank Churchill so thoroughly for being connected with her quarrel with Harry that even lie coild not nistake her sentiment toward hun. le soon ceased to notice her, and often remarked to lils femaleadmirers that "Katy Langley was getting decidedly plain." KCaty passed her thne chki-ly in attending to her old father. She seldom joined her comniaiiions in any of the village gayetics, anmd was entirely changed from the hasty, coquettish beauty who had smitten so many hearts. Many were the offers she had, even now, but she turned a dealf car to them all, vowving within to remain true to her love for Hlarry. "Kity, there's to be a grand cricket match next, week; so get your finery ready, chiildl, and we wyill both go to see it," said F'armer Langley. "I was a good hianid at at bat in my young dlays, but I hear they have some iiewv-fangled mode of bowling, which I should like to see.'' Katy rememhiered, with a sigh, that Iliarry had been the best bowler ini the vil lage, but she quickly smothered it, anid paromiisedi to be ready. Very hovely she looked oni the Saturday afternoon when she wecnt, with her father toi tihe cricket -field. I1er compleion was st ill as purely white anid her checks as rosy as whmen, three years ago, she hadl parted from lIarury. liut now, added t >thus, was more sensibility-imore heart, in the expres sion of lier- face, aind her soft, blue eyes, though bright, as ever, wecre mnore often cast, down. .Not a word had her father said us to who was expected to join the cricketers. Harry Amory, after so long ani abasence, had comai on a visit to an aunt, in the neigh. bioring towii. is ol comraies of t.he cricket club had soon lookedl upi their best bowler, andl upon lisa play they chiefly die p~end~ed to beat, theIr antagonists. "'Ah, Amorfl glad to see you again!" The voice was Frank Chlurchiill's. "'Jucst miarried, youm know, and spaending a few weeks with the 01ld man before bettling in Loiidoii. Deuced slow hole, this, to p~ass one's (lays i. Goct the 01(1 fellow to advance tme eno~uigh money to puirchtase a practice. You know my wvife, I thiini? Will go and bring her to sp~eak to you," "Ah, Ilarryl how are you1, my lad? Glad to ace you again! li (w lonig (10 you hntendc to stop among us? Bunt I must, not keep you,'' said F~armier Langley, '"for there's the umpire calling you to pilay. Shall see you agaiin presenitly." Harry's party were very nearly disap poinited of their victory, lHe playedl so recklessly at first that the Ainsworth Club was delighted. All at once ho senmed to brace himuself for the struggle, and one after the other throw downi their bats to make room for others, till the match was gained at a single inning, with forty runs to spare. "GUloriously dlonte, Amiory," sait Church ill. "See your hand hats not, forgot its cun ning. hBut come, my wife is In yonder teat, and wishes to congratulate you. ilre she conmes to speak for herself." 'l'urning quickly round to make his es cape, harry camne fauce to face with a lady'. "So glad to 800 you, Mi'. Amnory! Charm ed to think that, you have beaten the Ains worth CliubIl Don't you thid the country dull1 after London? Perhaps we shall . be neighbors there." "Neighbors, Miss Randall! Your fatheir is not going to moe to Londn.-is 1w9 "Oh, dear, no! And I an not Miss lian dail," she simpered. "Why, you have been talking to my husband; and only think, you did not know that I was married! Frank, I thought you had told Mr. Amory." Ilarry never knew what answer he made but just then catching steht of Farmer Langley coming toward him, he hurried to him and astonished the worthy man by draiving him aside and eagerly asking if Katy had not once been engaged to Frank Churchill. "Engaged to Frank C(hurchiil l" exclaim. ed the farmer. "What are you thinking of? Katy despised the fellow. lie's got his match now. Lizzie Randall was al ways ia rare vixen, and her father was only too glad to give Churchill a round sum of money to marry her. 1 don't envy hi1m his life with her," "But Katy? I she single, and where is she?" "Ah, ladl you were over-hastv to take notice of a spoiled child's anry words. She is not far off; I left her i one of fhe tents." Katy watched the gaiiie with the great est interest; she had at once recognized the famous bowler, and her heart beat fast as she did so. Would lie notice her? There was her fatlcr talking to him; and-yes, they were coming toward the tent. Seized with a.sudden fit of shyness, Katy made hei way out at the back of the tent, but was soon overtaken by Harry. '"Katy, dear Katy?" ie exclaimed, "thi. er years ago I left you, thinking you had thrown me over for Frank Churchill. I was a mad sinpleton for believing his boasting talk. I came to-day expecting to find you his wife, and only just now found out how vilely 1 have been deceived. Katy, will you forgive me whon you know I have been wretched ever since we parted?" Katy's answer is not recorded; but what it was may be guessed from Harry leaving the cricket-field with Katy leaning on his arm. Katy being unwilling to leave her father, and the post of steward being again vacant and a second time offered to Harry, lie threw up his appomtnient in London and once more settled (own In his native place. A imonth after the bells of the village church rang oit imerrily in honor of the handsome couple who were that day united Ladies in the House of Commons. What (o we mean by the "deer pen?" Nothing more nor less than the Ladies' Gallery in the British House of Commons, which is a disgrace to the nineteenth cen tury, yet into which it is more difflcult to penetrate than into Buckiighaim Palace. Admission can only be ob'ained from men bers, who ballot for seats seven days in advance. As there are 567 members the struggle for seats is animated. Time was when women ha(] equal rights with men in visiting the Commons. As far back as 1675 my sex occupied the Stranger's Gallery-A privilege they en joyed until February, 1778, when a great debate took place on the state (if tile nation. The Duchess of Devon shire, Lady Norton, and other grandes damcs not only occupied the seats oi dt narily assigned to them, but took posses sion of those under the front gallery. Ac cording to a "Grey's Debates," a Captain Johnstone, of the navy, angered that the House should have been cleared of male strangers, among whom were friends he had introduced, insisted upon tile with drawal of all strangers. A rule then ex isted which enabled any one iember to exclude visit ors-an ' abused rule, which has been recenQy moditled. No less than two hours were ~required to enforce this order, and that two hours' senfile with the' weaker sex led to their banishment from the Commons. From 1778 to 1834 woimen obtained a glimpse of the House by looking through a hole over the largest chandelier -a hole conistructed to carry off hot air and the smoke of candoles I Before tile presenlt ilouses of Parliamlent were designed, when legislation wvas carried (on in a temporary bid ing, womnenl were al lo wed to stand and~ pleep) through eyelet holes bored in a sort of box erected biehinld the Strangers' Gallery. Far better is the shieep-pen~ of to-day, but iL is a pen, Originally it was divided into three comlpartmients of seven persoiis each. A dlozen years ago, ho0w ever, the dlivioding walls were removed. Sinice then other implrovemenits have b~eenl miadle the ist of wvhiich is the elevation of tile ceiling and1( an attemlpt at. yentLiltion; but the gallery still remains smlil, (lark andi well-nigh initolerabile. 11lung high in the air, like IL bird-cage, a heavy iron grat, ing conceals its occupanlts from the view of tile hlouse, and1(, unless a woman is for tuna~te enough to obtain one of eighteen front, seals, she sees nothing and bears wit h ditliculty. Yet wheii, in 1875, Sergeant Sheorlock p~rop~osed to rcimove the prison barR lie was unmercifully snubbed. Trhromlith maniy wvindings, up innumera ble stairs, womeni attin the door leading to their peni. On a visit, one hour biefore th li ouse assenmbledl, it was locked, and a dloren women stood before It ready to make a ra~id on the front seats. At last the im posing usher appeaCired, ulol0ckedl the door, andio the scramlble began, but, we were stop pedl in our nmd1( caree~r by the imperturba ble person in black, who, after comparing ouir naumes withl those 011 his list, allowed uis to p~roceedl. "'This is heantiful, is it, not ?" saidl an ekicerly ladiy to hecr colipan ion. "'What have you brought with you?" 'Sherry, sandwiches and some sal vola tile." ''Very senisible, iiy dear,'' added the elderly' lady. "Just before leavinrg home I hiad somei sauisages, because they arc staying. Womieni speakl little in this pen,. the effect o~f the grating hieing depressing. No men~i are allowved, M. l''s excep~ted, who drop in occasionlly to see their friends. Tlhe( only diversion is tea, or aL chop) servedl in a retiring-rooml A Chicago police oflicer suggests the ad dlitionl of teleph~ouc boxes to tile Rystem oif alarml telegraphs in use in our cities. lIn conniectIOnl with thle alarmi aL reserve lorce Is to be mnainitainedl at the stations wit~h wagons andI ambulances, and all the para phernalia necessalry for riot or accidlent. Should It be IL mutrder, robibery, or any other crime, the perpetrators of which have escapedl, tbe alarml Is to be-given to every man in the dist -ict by sounding a large bell, which is to lbe placed uplonl tile ioof of the station. Upon hearing this~, every of ficer on duity is to run to the nearest tele phone box and correspond wIth the stal Lion; and It is also proposed that they re port by tile same iimansevery hlour, whlether anything occurs Oin their beats or not. What thre key~i ret the watch thie prayer is to our granes. In a Goeat Kitehen. No; it was not hushed, for there was simineriig and sizzing, and a subdued sound of frying, like the atuuement of an orchestra. They were notes of preparation. Occasionally a lad would dump a scuttle of coke on the floor, and a white capped man would run a tongs over ia gridiron and make a metallic sound, like a boy with a stick on a paihng. All the time, however, as a bass there was a rustle of steam, as It puleated and bubbled through the copper tanks. There were a hundred odors in the air. Here was the faint smell of parsley, of thyme, whiffs of clover, fragrance of mace, savors of onions, slight rr eks of gar lic, with acidities of lemons, all tempered, blended and commingled into one general savory whole. It was as a Flemish picture of abundance, when one got a sight of the provender, for an ice receptacle is opened for an inquisitive woman. Here lie blond chickens, with legs of snow-white veal, and ruddy tenderloins, and marbled roastirg pieces, and whole sides of mutton, all gar nished with their lace-work of fat. In this one there is fish ; and green lue-fish, andi red snapper, with vernilculated mackerel, and cardinal colored lobsters-.for they are boiled--with lordly-striped bass, complete the Ichthyological tableau. And here Is the bread hatch-all apart in another room for piled up to the ceiling stand in layers tke brown-crusted loaves, the white crisp rolls. 'I hen there is fragrance again ; for the inquisitive woman is led by her nose to where the pastry cooks-there are six of them-are compounding their cates. Could a whole generation of pic caters ever get through those innumerable rounds of pump kin, apple, mince, and custard pies? IThere Is great seething and tumultuousness about that huge iron drum, and the steni bursts forth now and then, as if from a Hecla. But it Is not mud which conies up to the suiface. There tumbles up in the most jolly and Inviting way, done up in linen cloth, vast quantities of dumplings I How they bob up and down in the scalding fluidl How much indigestion is there? I repress the thought, amazed at a man who patient ly turns the handle of something which looks like a churn. "What might that be ?" is asked. "Hard sauce," is tWe reply. "Fifty pounds of the best fresh butter, about the same of sugar, and a pound of nutmeg, with four quarts of lemon-juice; it takes three hours hard working; the boss do say lie is going to run her by machinery, and I wish lie would," and the hard-suice compounder wipes his forehead, Just be yond, on a separate table, a Frenchman was making eclairs. The crust had been already turned out, and from a huge bowl, with a brush, he was giving his eclairs a glaze of chocolate. To the main kitchen the visitor returned, attracted by a new odor. Here wan the roasting going on. Six, eight, ten separate ribs of beef were slowly turning, with five haunches of mut ton, but mutton and beef were not com mingled ; they were teii feet apart. "Nev er would do mna'am," said the roaster; "them two things-beef aih nmutton-has to be put apart-the hodors of one is agin the other." And, taking a winch from a nail, he wound up a jack which was four feet high. Then the nmachinery, which had been going round and round in a slew, majestic way, quickened its pace. "It's the touch oil' at the end that does tbe busi ness." Then this really great roaster took a basting spoon that would hold a quart, and slowly trickled the gravy over the re volving beef. "Billy, show madan the fish-bilers." Billy took off a cover neatly balanced by a chain pulley and weight, awi showed in a huge copper kettle, dividd. into various compartinents, the salhnou and the striped bass, which were boiling. Steam pipes gave the netessary heat. During the short interval the visitor had spent in examining the other portionis of the kitchen, the scene in this pamrtiular locality had chaiiged. Now there was a row of voices, a din of feet, and great odors of cooking meat. Beefsteaks were spultter-ing ; flares of lire from gushing fat puffed up along a vista of hb-oilers; wvaiter-s came rushing in with bowls ; plates chittered, and spoons were beaten, tattoo like, on the china. The clock pointecd to 12:3$0 o'clock. People were so busy roasting, broiling, stewing, serving, that it was no time to ask quelst ions. What was this? Where was ii all happening ? Why, ini thme largest luncheon andi dinnier restaurant ini the great muetro-O) ohms of New York. Indians in Flior.da, Tlhiere arc to-d1ay witinm thme borders of Florida abont 250 wari-iors, and, including wonen andl children, 800 1indians ini all. divided up into four- towns or lodges, over all of whoni Young Tliger Tail is thme chief. lie is about thirty years of age. QO of thme 1udhiani towns Is in P~olk County, on the wvest side of tihe K issinine River, near Lake Pierce. These lndhianis live abnmost entirely on thme natural resources of thme country, such as deer, turkey, beair, and fIsh; they miake fromi the bud of the cabbage plmietto arid bamiboo brier root, which they ireduce to a 1pulp1 by boiling, what may be considered a substitute for Ibread, and it is very inutri tiouis and~ palatable. They also have small p~atchies of sweet, potatoes, sugar canme, and corn, but, (10 not rely on the latter produe tionsa. Thelmy raise no cattle, but, have a good stock of hogs ami p~onies on thme range. They (dress In prinmitive style (lhmps and gowns), and iefuse to civilize, but, are perfectly harnmless. Notwhhstanmd inig they live almost entirely without shelter, sickniess is ainiost unmknownm among themi, and they live to a ripe 01(d agc. Another town us on Fisheating Creek, necar Lake Okeechobee. At this place the council meet, annually to niake laws and punish crime, and at, which nmeeting (in .Juiie)thiey have their '"green-corn (lance." Another town is found on the opposite side of thme Kusshmnme, at what is known as "Alpa tioka." Anothber is near Shackleford,on thme Everglades, west sidle, fifty ummies below thme Calo sahatch e iv'er. Another town on thme east, coast nmear thme Miamna River. Over each of these four towns at Lthe annual or "green corn (d mace," a chief Is elected or appoInted wiho reIgns supreme for thme comi ing year. Thel chief thus selected yearly is thme man who has killed the~ most bears during the year, thIs being the qualifica tioni necessary for the candidate. There are iio people who punish more severely for either adultery or fornication, by cut tIng the ears and nose of the man or lash ing publicly the female. To this grand councit the criminals from all the towns are brought, tried, ad punIshed. Slavery still exists in FlorIda, and thme slavehiolders arc the Seominole indlans, who still hold several, and woulrn iket purchase more Earning a Living. It is very hard to understand how the mass of men live in any large city, where everything, from a wink of sleep to a mouth full of food, nust always be paid for. But it is much harder to understand how women eke out a subsistence ; for they have far less strength, inferior health. and generally much lower wages. It is estiuated from reliable sources that somib 00,000 women i and about the city of Philadelphia alone, earn their own living, and that the number steadily increases from year to year. They ate of -all grades, from serv ants to fashionable modistes, book-keepers, artists and managers. A number of them are members of intellectual professions, such as medicine, journalism, lecturing, acting. Not a few of theim earn a good deal of money, notably actresses, milliners and dressmakers, and often they acquire a handsome independence. The profits of actreeses are probably higher than those of any other femnne calling ; then comen mil liners, and next dressmakers. Lecturers have hitherto made considerable money Anna Dickimsan cleared, it is sid, $40,000 in one year-but recently the public has cared very little for then, the business hav lag been overdone and the quality of the lectures having grown very poor. A nui ber of women who had done very well at it have been obliged to retire front the Held for hick of patronage. Actresses, oii the contrary, command higher salaries antd so cure more lucrative engagements than ever. But they must have talent, sonic power of attraction. They cannot, as many women believe, rush upon the stage without ainy mental endownient, and get suddenly rich. Milliners and niodistes, after they have gainedi a fashionable reputation, thrive fa mously ; but they are necessarily few. The bulk of the sex employed as seamstresses, saleswomen, teachers--the teachers who do well are exceptional-copyists, and the like, get very meager compensation. It is calculiated that, of the 60,000 feininine workers, the average earmng is not over $4 to $4.50 a week. How they can pay their board or purchase food and shelter with such a pittance elides comprehension. And then, it should be remembered that the majority of them provide for others its well as themselves; for it is a general rule that anybody who can earn money is sure to have dependents. Ordinary servants,of whom very few are American, are said to be more comfortable than educated and re fined laborers of native stock. They get from $2.50 to $4 i week, and have good food and lodging included, which is a most important consideration. While niany A i drican women would materially improve their condition l)y going into the kitchen, they shrink from doing so because it seems menial, and our born republicans hate to be menials. For a woman to earn her own living is far harder than shows on thic stir face. To some women it is little less than tragical. Man Kounton. Bowyer Miller, a man of admirable char acter and education, when he had con cluded his legnl studies decided to estab halh himself in Tennessee. It was soon al ter the war of 1812-1$14, and In visiing the circuit judges to obtain their certificate of professional qualification, lie fell in with am ilHouston, fresh from the campaigns of Alabama and elsewhere in the gulf States, in which lie had accompanied General Jackson and who had determined to adopt the profession of law. The young mien were at once confidential, and Houston frankly avowed his own educational defl ciencies and 1. inited opportunity of uualify tug himself, occupied as lie had becou for the few years preceding the excitements of the war. "Aliller," 11 said lie, "II shall tell the judges that they needn't expect much learning front me. We shall be examined at the sanme timie. If a question of diffliulty is asked don't be bashful; answer it. Leave thtose that are easy to me. I am not at all Jealous." Miller, who was well-qualified, was amused, and p~romised to do anything in his power to aid hini. Airiviing at the rezideiice of the first judge, this uagreement was kept up. Hlons ton invariably introduced the examilnation by a narrative of sontething connected with the war, and with a jocular adlmission of his own diflculties in pursuing lis legal theories. A question having been asked upon01 the abstruse common law doctrine of executory decrees and contingeint reind~ era, Mr. Miller modestly rep~eatedl the ex p~ositioni of his authorities, iand the judge amphihied the rep~ly with remarks upon the chaninel of judicial decisions. WVe are not to suppose that the exanmi natioiis were very technical or strict. At a succeeding exaitination, however, lious ton in a rep~ly to a question uplonl the sante subject took up the reply andi~ repeated the iformation that lie had acquired, and when they called ont the last judge, Hiou ston obiserved that the two p)recedling eX aminations must have been satisfactory, and Jumdge White gave lia signiature and~ made the young muan stay all night. Within two years front that time H~ou stoni had been elected (ether as State or District Attoriney, while Miller, dliscour agedl at the prospect of his professional success, returned to VIrginia. A Mnate enn. Thle history of a single bean, accident. ally planted in a gardlen at Southbridge, Mass., is traced by a correspondent, whio fliured out its produice for three years. TIlhe bean was planted in a r'ch, loamy soil, and when gathered In the autumn, its yieldl, as counted, was 1,515 p~erfectly de veloped beans front a single stalk. Now, if each .bean produces 1,515 more, thme sum total of the secondi years' produict wouild be 2,295,225, equail t(o 1, 195 p)ounids, 597 quiaits, or 2,390 army rations equal to 181 bushels. Th'lis would be the product of the second year. Nowv, if we plant, this p~roduict and the yield is the same, we hiive a product of 6,168,058,'800,625 beans, equal to 1,371,890 tons, or 42,871,572 bushels or 548,750,008 soldiers' rations. Thtis third phainting would give the steam shipj (Ireat Eiastern 92 full freights.' Few beiais, however, start so well as this one (lid. MATTr M--was a qeer genius. A neighbor fouind him one (lay at ani on ormnous w~ood plie, sawing away for dear life,with an Intolerably dull saw. "Why don't, you sharpen your saw, Mat?" asked the neighbor. Looking up with an Inimitable dhroll expression, ho replied, "I should think I hadl to work hard enough sawmg tihe Wood pile without stopping to sharpen saws.-" eatminumnt Oikarley. A few days ago the well-known hunter of Piko's Peak, Catamount Charley, ap - peared in Colorado Springs riding lls pibald mustang, Captain Kid. Charles was dressed in his Sunday clothes and appeared < to be In a particularly gotod humor.The per sonal appearance of this famous hunter and I trapper is familiar to every resident of Col. orado Springs. 11s tall, loosely-knit figure, t hIs long legs, his dark face, black eyes and flowing black beard, which sweeps in a sable cataract over his bosom, are all well known to our citizens. Catamount Charley was dressed,as we have said, in his Sunday clothes, which consisted of a yellow buck skin shirt and buckskin trowsers, both trhnmed with a fringe of buckskin cut into strlps,a cartridge belt filled with the loaded sliells of a heavy repeating rifle, which he carried in his hand a wide, white sombrero on his head, and moccasins on his feet. Catamount Charley disnounted in front of 0 Aiken & Ilunt's Aluseum and, leaving his mustang unhitched, removed a heavy bale V of skins from the crupper of the saddle and walked into thxc store. Mr. hlunt, who is o the musical inember of the firm, was the only one in the store at the time and was I engaged in playing a dreamy nocturne upon the pian(o when Charley entered. "I say, boss, " remarked Charley in the midst of one (of the ainos' )athetie )asages of Air. Hunt's music; "I've got some skins yere I'd like to sell ver." 'Certainly,'" said Air. Iiunt, with his usual politeness, "I shall be glad to look L at them." "Yere," said Cliarley, "is a mountin bison's hide, yere is a mountain lion's hide and vere are two more lion's hides. That fust lion's skin is the biggest I ever see. P It's nine feet from tip to tip; the critter must have weighed about five hundred pounds. ' "Indeed ?" said Mr. llunt. "Yes, boss, I recl-on he must,'' said Charley, taking a sent on the piano stool t just vacated by Mr. lluti and striking the key-board of the piano with his bronzed lIst until the strings roared amain. "That's about. the way that 'ere feller hollered when t I shot, 'hi," said Charley, with a satisfied grill. "indeed ?" said Mr. Ilunt. t "Yes; you see, it. was this way. I was looking arouid for game back of the leak, 1 when all at once I heardi a growlin' andl([ a e howhn'whiclh reminded ie that the moun tain lions was niot all dead yet. so I 1 crawled around a pint of rock, and I'ml blamed if I didn't see three mountain lions havin' a fight with a monstrous bison. I tell you, it was a big fight, ! Thie lions s would make a lea1p, and the bison would 0 back up agini a rock and take them on his horns. I don't know how the fIght would I have conie out, but it was just too good a f pemie for ie to let it pass, so I drawed a bead on the fust lion as come in range and t pulled my :Id rifle ofT. The surprisin' part t of the afrair was that just as I pulled one of the hions jumped in betweci ie and i the one I shot at and caught the ball just a back of his ribs. It passed clean through him,and bein'turned a little from its cotrse, e it cut the throat of the second lion and tj broke the neck of the bison. They all ti dropped inl a healp and I wits so I ickled that I incautiously juimped out from he- g hind the rock when tihe third lion saw v ine. 'Indeed,''said Mr. Ihunt. ''Yes," said Charley, "tie third lion lie t< saw me and niade a ju mp in miy direction. d As I saw him coiin' I didn't have timo to h1 take aim, but brought my repeatin' rifle lp under my arm au took a fly u shot at him. Lucky for me I took f him in the breast and lie tumbled over dead." "Indeed,'' said Mr. Ilunt. d "Yes," said Chariley, "he tumbled over sl dead, and now what will you give mn for a the four skins-three miountain lioiis anid We left Mr. llunt entgagedl in a mer-can tIle combat with Charlecy over the price of a those skins. Takiniar (otld. This vague "'household word'" indliecae E onie or more of a long, varied train of un-m pleaisant affections, nearly always traceable to one or the other of only3 two cauiseb; sud-l den change of temperature and( uiieqiual ~ distribution of templleratuire. No ext remes I' of heat or cold cani alone effect this result; 0 p)ersonis frozenui to (deathi do, not ''take cold"1' (flring 1the( process. liut, if a part of the a bodly lie rapidly cooled, as by evapmoraution ~ fronm a wet article of clothing, or by sitting a ini a dIraughit of air, thme rest of the hudy ire mnaining at ani ordi naray temipuratuire; or if the tem1pertaturte of the whole be suddenly ti changed by goinag out into the cold, or es- I pecially by coining into a warm room, P thiere as miuch liabailit y of trouble. T'here ~ is an 01(1 saymng-"whien the air comes thirouigh a hole, say youir prayers to sauve 0 your 8s11i;" amnd I ashouild think ailimost anty I oneC could( get ''a cold"' with a spoont ul of 0 wter, or the wrist held to a key hole. 8in guilar as it may seemt, sudden10 war'amig " wheni cold is more dangerous Lthan thme re. h verse. Everyone has anoticed how soon thle ~ haandkerchiief Is requlired On entering a heated roomi on a co1 lildy. Forost bite as an extrenme illustratioai of this. As the Ii Irishmansaid, oni licking himself up, it wvas o not theo fall, but stop~ping 80 qutickly that 0) hurt him. It is niot the lowering of the 0 temperatuire to the freezing point, but its .sublsequenat elevationm that devitalizes the 01 tisslie. TIhis is why rubbini with siiow, a or banthdig ini col water, is requairedl to re- II store saufely a~ frozen part; the arrested cir- 0 cuilaltion miust, be very gradutally re-estab- 0 lishied, or i nilaumnation, perhaps mortilli cation, ensuies. GJeneral precationms agiant it taking "old are almost self-evident in the ~ lIght. TIhere Is ordlinalrily little, if any, dlanger to he apprehieiided from wect clothes ~ so long as exercise Is kept up, for the ''glow" about comnpenisates for the extra a cooling by evaporaltiona. Nor Is a coi- og plete (drencinimg more likely to be injuriious h than wetting of onic p~art. lIt, niever sit, w still wet, and1( in chaning rubl thie body (ry. TIhierc is a general tendencey, spring- tI in~g from fatigue, Indolence ando indiffer- o, ence, to nteglect (lamp feet,; that is to say, L to dIry them by the fIre; but thIs process is rt tedIious ando uncertain. I woulfd say espe- ri clally, off with muddy boots andi( sodIdenm i socks at ongce-dlry stockinags and slippers, ii after a hutL, niay maike just the dlifference of your beIng able to go out, again or a never. TIakoe care never to check p'ersp)ira- ei tIon; duing this process the body is In a wi somnewhlat critical conditionl, andl a sutldden 01 arrest of the ftunction may restult (d15- si astrously-even fatally. QO part of the 0i business of perspilrationl Is to equahzo bodl- 04 ly temp'erature, and it muist not bo inter- k fored with. D FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Favors of all kinds double when they ire speedily sonferred. To be angry is to revenge the faults >f others upon ourselves. Avoid an angry man for a while-a nalictous one for ever. A jutoelous silence is better than ruth spoken with charity. Nature is the waster of talent; geii is Is the master of nature. Have a care of whom you talk, to vhom, and what, and where. Make not thy friend too eheap to bee, nor thyself to thy friend. An idle reason lessens the weight of he good ones you gave before. What is becoming Is honorable, and vhat is honorable Is becoming. Earnestness of purpose can spring nly from strong convictions. There can be no true thankfulness rhere there is no benevolence. You should forgive many things in thers, but nothing In yourself. The good which you do may not be 3st, though it may be forgotten. He that catches more than belongs to iml, deserves to lose what he has. The more we hell) others to bear their urdens, the lighter will be our own. The trouble with many communities i. that their dead men refuse to be urled. Alan believes that to be a lie which outradicts the testimony of his own ,rnorane. A friend cannot be known in pros erity, and an enemy cannot be hid In dversity. It is good in a fever, and much bettor n anger, to have the tougue kept clean Id smooth, Never send your guest who Is aecus [ined to a warm rooN, Into a cold, amp bed Lo sleep. Taking a penny that does not belong o one removes the barrier between in rgrlty and rascality. Patience on a monument Is all well nough for poets, but doctors plant beir patients beneath. Never fall to offer the easiest and "st seat in the root to an invalid, an lderly person or a lady. Never negleet to perform the com iission wlieh the friend intrusted to ou. You must not forget. The loud tones In which some per onsl appeal to reason Imply that reas. n Is a great distance from them. The happiness of the tender heart Is iiereased by what it can take away rotn the wretcheduess of others. Intellectual pride is less outraged by he obscurities of faith than by the au- ' hority with which it is clothed. Let every one sweep the drift front is own door and not busy himself bout the frost on his neighbor's tiles. Christanity is the element in mod rn olvlliz tion thvt secures it against ic vicissitudes of another elvllisa on, Rflection Is a flower of the mind. lvinig out wholesome fragrance; re erle Is the samte flower when ruuning ) sed. It is safer to affront some people than > oblige them, for the better a matn eserves the worse they will speak pf tnm. We may dwell so Oxclusively on the iany forms of right-doing m to shut rem view the presence of goodness :self. . Right habit, io like the ehannel,which letates the course in which the river tall flow, and whieh grows deeper nd deceper with each year. A manm needi only correct himself 'itht the sane rigor that lie ap~prehiends Lthers, and excuse others with the tine indulgence that heo shows tohim ilf. Of Trebontius, Tullius said(: "I am laid ihe whom I inust have loved from uty, whatever he lad been, is such as eunn love front iclinaion.'' Never put muchl confidence in sucht 1)1 putno coniitdence ini others. A man re to sus~pctL evil Is mostly looking ut, for what he sees in himuself. lnatmuty is where it Is recelvedl. If iou art a mud wall, it will stick ; if mar ble, It wlli rebotund. If thou stormi It, it Is thinte; if thou contenmu it, Is hIs. hlanudsoime peop1le u'sually are so fin. soleally pleaseBd wtth thtemstelves, thtat they (10 not kill at first slg:mt, as the bara: e is, a seeondi iuterview deprIves aem of all their power. Great vices are theo proper objects of Lir dotestaton-smtaller faults of our ity ; but afl'eciatoon appears to be the uly true source of the ridieulous. No man has come to true greatntess ho has not folt in some degree that is life .belongs to his race, and ilac 'lit God gives him lhe gives him for tanikind. The very heart and root of sin is an ideiieindent and selfish spirit. We rect the Idol self, anid not only wisht ~hters to worship it, but we worshly it atrselv es. Unaiversal love Ia like a glove with. at fingers, which lits all hands alike, ad none closely; butt true offection is ke a glove with liagers, which fits to hanad ontly, anid fits close to that Ie, it Is wvhen our buddliag hopes are iped beyond recovery by some rough id chat we are most disposod to pie ire to ourselves what iiRoe they ightD have bornae had theyv flourisned. The great sorrows of life are eIther curse or a blessing to us. Even the~ ein grare may be a doorway into the haven of a larger faith or the openi ay luto-a life of solemn despali. The mntellect of man sits visibly en-~ ironed upon his forehead anid in htis ye, anad the heart of man is written pon hi cou ntenanice. Ibimt thte soul voals itself i the voice only, as God tvealed himnself to the prophets of old the stlli, sntiali volce froin the durnt ug bush. Ma n Is like an engine-It will run eli and long if' it Is wveii oiled. Conit-. itmenit and cheerfulness are thme oil lbiah keeps the nerves from wearinag it. Busy men and woman chinksthatc mo taken froma toil for sleep anid r.. 'cntion is time lost. It is really the mnent put In to till up the joints, to uep out the weather and preserve the .hliig.