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_______ ___allb_2Lai__ Th1-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., FEBRUARY 17, 1881. voL. IV.-NO. 1 EVFRY DAT. T me I- dram Ing nearer, nearer. While our heads are turning groy, Tears aro fallin.a on lifo's mirror Evoiy day I limo is closing lieaut,'s portals, Fowers are blooming to decay; Fato Is delving graves for mortals Evory day! While our p'easuro boat Is rolling Over life's eventful spray, Funeral bolls are tolling, tloiling, Every day! While the laurel wreath is shading O'er the famo-lit brow of clay, Sad wo sto the garland fading Every day' Love, then take your promiscd treasures, Vaue is dazzling to betray Life is fading with its ph asures, Every day I Hoce while all things are doolaring Death a seeker for its prey; Lot us bo ourselves prepaiing Every day I The Gambler's End. Beyond the balsam thicket the gambler made his stand. Carson, the detective, was in full pursuit, and as lie burst through the balsams lie found himself within twenty feet of his antagonist. Both men stood for an instant, each looking full at the other. Both were experts. Each knew the other. "You count," said the gambler, coolly. "One, two," said the detective, "three. Fire I" One pistol alone sounded. The gambler's bad failed to explode I "You've won, you needn't deal again," sad the gambler. And then he dropped. The red stain. on his white shirt-front showed where lie was hit. "There's some lint and bantlage," said the detective, and lie flung a small package into the gambler's lap. "I hope you won't .die, Dick Raymond. "Oh, It was all fair, Carson," said the other, carelessly. "I've held a poor hand from the start-" He paused, for the detective had rushed on, and he-was alone. Twenty rods further ov the detective caught up with the irapper, who was calmly recharging his piece. On the edge of the ledge above, the half-breed lay dead, the lips drawn back from his teeth, and his ugly countenance distorted with hate and rage. A rifle, whose muzzle smoked, lay at his side ; and the edge of the trapper's left car was bleeding. "i've shot Dick Raymond by the- bal sam thicket," said tihe detective. "I'm afraid he's hard hit." "I'll go and see the boy," answered the trapper. "You'll find lienry furder up. There's only two runnin'. You and lie can bring 'em In." The old trapper saw, as he descended the hill, the body reclining on the mosses at the edge of the balsan thicket. The earth gave back no sound as he advanced, and lie reached the gambler, and was standing almost at his very feet, ere the young man was aware of his presence; but as the trapper passed between lin and the shin T ing water, he turned his gaze up to the trapper's face, and, after studying the grave lines for a nioment said: "You've won the game, old man." The trapper for a oninent made no re ply. Ile looked steadfastly into the young man's countenance, fixed his eyes on the red stain on the left breast, and then said: "Shall 1 look at tihe hole, boy V" The gambler smiled pleasantly and nod (led his head, saying, "It's the natural thing to do in these cases, I believe." Lift ing the hands, lie unbuttoned the collar, andl unscrewed the solitaire stud from the white bosom. The trapper knelt by the . iug mea's Ride, and laying back the linen from the chest,, wiped the blood-stain with ai piece of lint from time Wkite skin, and carefully situdied the edges of the wound, seeking to ascertain the direction which the bullet had taken as it penetrated the flesh. At last he dIrew his face back, and lifted himnself to his feet, not, a shade in the expression of his face revealing the thought. "'Is it my last deal, 01(1 man ?" asked the gambler, carelessly. "L have seed it good many wounds," an swered the trappeir, "andl I've noted the directioni of a good ianiy bullets, and I never knowed a imaii to live who was lilt where ye be lit, ef the lead had the slaiit inward, as the piece had that has gone into F~or a minute the young man made no rep~ly. Noe change camne to' hiiscountenanee. lie turned his eyes fronm the trapper's face and looked pleasantly oil toward the water. le even whistled a line or two of an old love ballad, then lie paused, and, dIrawnm perhaps by the magnetism of the steady gaze which the eyes of the trapper fIxed upon him, lie looked aigaiin into the old man's face, and sidd : "W'chat is it, John Norton ?" "I be sorry for ye, boy," aiiswered the oli man. "1 be sorry for ye, for life be swcet to the young, and I wishi that yer years might be many oin the earth." "I fancy theri's a good nmany wvho will be glad to hear l'mi out of it," wams the care less response. "I dlon't dloubt ye have 3-er faults, boy," answemedl the trapper, "anmd I dare say ye have lhved loosely, and (lid maiiy (leeds that was better undid, but the best, use of lil e be to learn how to live, and I fccl sar tain ye'dl have got bt er as ye got older, and made t,e last half of yer lie wipe out, the fiist, so that the figures for andi~ agma yewould have balnced in the jcdlgmenit." "Yoiaein't, fool eniough to believe what theiycrtcal curhie bers talk, arc you, Jon orl nioudo' believe that theic's any judgimeiit (liy, do0 you I'' "1 dion't know mnuchi about chi~rch mm b' ers," answeredl the trapper, "for I've * never ben in the settkiinenats; leastwise, I've never studied the habits of the crc * turs, alnd I dare say they dillecr, beinm' good and bad, amid i've seed seime that was sar - tinly vagabonds. No, 1 don't, knowv much about church m'embers, but I sartinly be lieve ; yis, I know there be a day when the Lord, shaill jcedge t.hie lviin' und( the dead; aind the honest trapper lhall staind on one side, iind time vaganond that pilfers his skins aiid steals lis traps shall stand on the other. TIhis is what the book says, and It sirtinlhy seems reasonable; for the deeds that be (lid on) the earth be of two sorts, and1 the folks that do 'em be of two kind, and atween the two, the Lord, of ho notes' anything, must make a dividin' line." *'And when do you think this judgment is, John Norton ?" asked the gambler, as If he was actually enjoying the crude but honest ideas of his companion. The traip per hesitated a moment before he spoke, then lie aild: "1 conceit that the jedgment be always goim' on. It's a cotirt that never adjourns, and the deserters and the knaves and the disobedient in the rigiment be always on trial. But I conceit that there comes e day to every maim, good and bad, when the record of his deeds be looked over from thn start, and the good and the bad counted up ; and in that day lie gits the final jedg ment whether it be for or agin him. And now, boy," continued the old man sol emnly. with a touch of infinite tundrness in the vibrations of his voice, "ye be 'igh the jedginent (lay, yerself, and the deeds ye have did, both the good and the bad, will be passed in review." "I reckon there isn't much chance for me if your view is.sound, John Norton." And for the first tine, his tone lost its cheerful recklessness. "The court be a count of marcy; and the jcdge looks upon 'em that conmes up for trial as of lie was-their father." "That ends it, old man," answered the gambler. "My father never shewed me any mercy when I was a boy. if lie had, I shouldn't have been here now. If I did a wrong decd, I got it to the last inch of the lash-," and Ihe words were more in tensely bitter because spoken so quietly. "Tho fathers of the 'arth, buy, to not like the father of heaven, for I have seed 'em correct their children beyond reason, and without marcy. They whipped in their rage, and not in their wisdoim ; they whipped, because they were strong, and not because of their love ; they whipped, wvhen they should have forgiven, and got what they 'art-the hatred of their chil dren. But the father of heaven be differ ent, boy. Ile knows that men be weak, as well as wicked. H[e knows that half of 'em havnn't had a fair chance, and so lie overlooks much ; and when he can't over look it, I conceit lie sorter forgives in a lunip. Yis, he subtracts all lie can from the evil we have did boy, and of that isn't enough to satisfy his feelin's toward a man that might have ben different ef he'd had a fair start; he jest wipes the whole row of figurs clean out, at the askin'." "At the asking ?" said the gambler "that's a mighty quick ganie. Did you ever pray, John lN-rton ?" "Sartin, sartin, I be, a prayin' man," said the trapper, sturdily. "At the asking I" murmured the gam bler, softly. "Sartin, boy," answered the trapper, "1that's the line the trail takes, ye can de pend oii it ; and it will bring ye to the eend of the great clearin' in peace." .'It's a quick deal,'' said the gambler, speaking to himself, utterly unconscious of the incongruity of his speech to his thought. "It's a quick deal, but, I can see that it might end as he says, if the feeling was right." For a momenit nothing was said. The trapper stood looking steadfastly at the young mtle on the mose, 'as lie lay with his quiet face turned up to the sky, to whose color bad already come the first shade of the awful whiteness. Up the mountain a rifle crach ed. Neither stirred. A red squirrel ran out upon the limb, twenty feet above the gambler's head, and shook the silence into fragments with his chattering ; then sat gazing with startled eyes at the two iiien underneath. "Can you pray, old man?" asked the gambler, quietly. "B8artimly," answered the trapper. "Can you pray in words?" asked the gambler again. For a monient the trapper hesitated. Then lie said: "I can't say that I can. No, I sartinly can't say that I could undertake it, with a reasonable chance of g~ittin' through :leatwise, it, wouldn't be in a way to help a iian any." "is there any way, old man, in wvhiich we can go partners ?" asked the gamibler, the vocabulary of whose profession still clung'to him in the soleiin counseling. "'I was thinkin' of that," answered time trap~per ; "yis, I was thinkin' ef we couldn't sorter jinie works, and each help the other by doin' his owvn part hianself. Yis," con tiniuedl the old man, after a momeiit 's re flection, "'the plan's a good u-ye pray for yerself, and I'll puny for myself-and of 1 cain git in anything that seemis likely to do ye sarvice, ye can count on it, asyc can on a groovedl barrel." "And now, boy," said thme trapper, wvith a sweetly solemn enthusiasm, such as faith might give to a suplicating saint,-which lighted his features until his countenance fairly shone with a light whlichi came out of it, rather thian upon it fronm thme sun over head-"nowv, boy, remember that the Lord is Lord of the woods, as wvell as of the cities, and~ that lie hear eth the pr'ayin' of the poor hunter uinder the p~ines, as wvell as time great preachers in the pulpits, anid that when sins be heavy and dleath lie iiigh, 1lls car and hlis heart be both open." Th'le trapper knelt on tihe moss at the gamblkr's Jeet. lie claspedl the linmgers of his great hands until they interlaced, andl lifted hIs wrinkled face upward. lie said not a wordh ; but the strongly elmiseled lips, Seamiedl with age, mioved and twitched now anid then, andl as the silent' prayer went on, two great tears left the protetioni of thle closed lids and~ rolled (down his rugeed cheek. The gamibler also closed his eyes ; then his hands quietly stole one into the other, nd, atyoidhing the bloody staini, rested on his breast ;andi thus, the old1 man who had lived beyond the limit of man's (lay, and the yonng one, cut (down at the thresh 01(1 of mature life-thme 0one kneelhing on thme miosses, whm his face lifted to lleaven, tihe other lying on the mosses, with his face turned towardl thme sanme sky, without word or utteredI speechm-pramyed to thme divine mercy wichme beyond the heaven andi the sky saw the two amen uiidernieathi thme pines, and met, we may not dloubt,' with nueedled answer tihe sileiit upgoing prayer. The two opened their eyes nearly at thme samie instant. TIhey looked for a umoment at each other, and thmen the gaimbler feebly lifted his hahnd, aiid put, it inito the broad palmt of the trapper. Not a wom d was said. 19o wordh was needed. SoimetimesA meni un decrstan~d each other l'etter than by talking. Thlen time gamibler picked the diamond stud1 fronm thme spot where It rested, shipped the solitaire r'ug from l,is finger, amid said, as ho handed them to the -traipper: "'1 here's a girl in 3orntreal that will like thecsc. You will find her picture inside miy vest, when you bury me. 11cr add~ress is inside the pictur) case. You will take ihm to her. John Norton 2" "She shall have them fromu my own hand," answered tie trapper, gravely. "You needn't disturb the picture, John Norton," said the gamnbler, "it's just as well, perhaps, to let It lie where it is; it's been there eight years. You understand what I mean, old man I" "1 understand," answered the trapper, solemnly ; "the picture shall stay where it is." "The pistols," resumed the gambler, and he glanced at the one lying on the moss, "I give to you. You'll find them true. You will accept thmlw ?" Tihe trapper bowed his hcad. It Is doubt ful if lie could speak. For several minutes there was silence. The on was evidently nigh. The trapper took the gambler's hand, as if it had been the hand of his own boy. Indeed, perhaps the young man had found his father at last ; for surely it isn't flesh that makes fatherhood. Once the young nin moved as if he would rise. IId lie been able lie would have ulied with his aris :round the old man's neck. As it was, the sti ength was unequal to the im pulse. Ile lifted his eyes to the old man'1 face lovingly; moved his body as if he would get a little nearer, and as a child ight speak a loving thought aloud, said, "I am glad I met you, John Norton," and with the saying of the sweet words lie (lied. Av 1A, tho Right or Way "What's the matter here ?" demahdted a policeman sternly of a main and woman, who were belaboring each otlicr with um brellas on Joralemon street, Brooklyh, re cently. "Stop this, now, and move oif, or I'll lock you up)." "'This villain wouldn't get off, the side walk so I Juld pass, and made ie walk inl the mud," panted. the woman, as she thwacked the man on the car and brought water to his eyes. "I didn't, either," shouted the man, as lie brought his umbrella down oii the top of her head; "she wants the whole street to get around in, and she tried to shove me in the snow bank." "Why couldn't he stand ill) there on that lump instead et making me walk through the water, and me a womau," and clipped him under tie jaw with a dexerity lie couldn't anticipate. "Move on now," ordered the policeman. "Get out of this quick, or i'll take you in. Ain't you ashamed -f yourselves ?" "Isn't that cross walk public? Haven't. I got a right on it?" demanded the man, whirling his umbrella arouud his head and hmuding it on her chin. "is there any law coimlpelling me to stand in the mud while she's out doors?" "A nmn ought.to always give way to a woman, "argued the policeniil. "Of course lie ought," coincided the wo mian, smashing her opponent's hat over his eyes.and following it up with a prodigious thump in the ribs. 'If lie had anything of a nian's spirit, he'd waited for me to cross over instead of pushing ile hi the slush,'' and she banged limin across the nose. "lain not strong, aid I know I've caught m1y death of cold." "Serves you right !" yelled the man, as lie fetched 'er a terrific lick across the neck. "You ought to die. Theie ain't room in this world for you.' "I had,had I ?" shrieked the woman, jab bing the ferule of her umbrella into his mouth. "Ain't room for me here, 'ain't there ?" and she cracked him viciously on the skull. "Serves ie right, don't it ?" and she belted him across the eyes and seat ed him in the snow. "You stay there now, till I'm out of sight, and if you move I'll send you home looking like you had been engaged in business with a buzz saw," and she fired the remains of her weapon it him and ttalked off triumphantly. "What's a fellow to do?" said the man to the policeman, scow ling after his late cnemy. "Some fellows had better give her room, I reck~on," resp~ond~ed the guiardiani. "Better get aroundl on the next, street the next time she heaves in sight. Alove on now, and be ; carefu: how you make a weak woman mad another tune." And the man seeing the womaii turn to see how lie was getting along, san1k back on the snow dift anid tried to remember which way lie was going when he met her. De4coi,tion in Furs. Whiliie strolling along thiesatreet of Indian apolis the other (lay, our a reporter, in a dusilty, cobwebby windlow, saw a piece of caird board four or five inches squaire, on1 which was written, ''pure skunk oil andl 'coon oil." A imoth-etn, weathecr-beaten 'coon skini hung above ,the (loor, which the repom ter eniteredl. '"What do people buy skunk oil for ?" saidl the proprietor ini lis answer, repe)atinag the qjuieetion. "'Wuy, they buy it for rheu matism, andI, I say it never fails to cure." The rep~orter decsiredl to see soiie pure skunk oil, having heard that there were ninny worthless imitations abroad and was shown a pint flask of an oily liquid of the color of linseed oil. 'The 1li h11( ad no0 more slid worse odIor than lardI oil. "We sell to all sorts of people, white, black and yel low, the richest. and the poorest," the pro. prietor continued. "This oil we get from the skins-that,'s as much of the skunk as I get,-andl the yield is usually about four ounces to the skin. Sohmetimes we get half a pint, and somectimies, though seldom, as much as a pint, to the pelt. 'There 's no more than one akin in a thousand thiat'll yield a pilnt of oil. 'The animel is thin in flesh in summer. but very fat in winter. S3kunk hides, Ia 3t year, the best quality, were worth frei'i $1.75 to $2 each. 'They will not lbe v,orth much more thamn half as muich this year. I hiandlled 2,000 skunk skins last year, nearly all of which were caught, in Indiana. Theli animal abounids in southern and cemtral Indiania. There aire a few ini this county, niot many. TIhe skins have been worth as mauchi as $350,. but they'll never ace that price again-not very soi at least. "is there any danger of the skunk crop In this Btate biecominig exhausted ?" "None at, all, A skunk will have fiomi three to seven young at a littcr-usuially about live. I've been a fur buyer for forty-two years, and there are more skunks In this State now than ever. There Is a prejudice against the animal, which makes it necessary to sell the fur to ladies who wear it under soq cral pretty alisses, among which are 'fitch and' AmerIcan sable.' Besides being madle Into muffs and trimmings, the skins are largely used( in mlakilg fnue carriagt robes, Two Drinks tant Morning. Tom Gains was what you call a swift witness. When 'Toml was for a fellow he was for him all over, and he was so fricnd. ly and confiding the Judge did not know what to do with him. Last court, Lawyer Braham put Tom upon the stand to provt) that a drunken man couldn't remember what he did When he was drunk. ']ont had taken two dranis that morning and was feeling splendid. le swore straight out that he couldn't. The Judge didn't like that. Ie didn't like witnesses who were so willing and fa miliar, and so he put a few, questions to Tom from the bench. "Mr. Gains, weren't you drunk yester day?" (Sunday). "They say I was, your I[onor." "'And you don't renionbar it?" 03's sorter like a dream, your Honor; but I was awfully sick Ist night." "'How are you now, Mr. Gains?" "1 am tolerably well, I thank you, Judge, how do you do yourself?" and Toi bowed humbly, for he thought the Judgo was kindly inquiring after his health. When the bherilt had quieted the go eral hilarity, tho Judge said: "Now Mr. Gains you were drunk yes terday, which was Sunday, Now where did you find your whisky?" "In the jug, Judgo-right In the jugi" 'Well, sir, whore was the jug?" "Under the fodder stack, Judge; I al ways keep it there, or in the shuck poll; and if your honor ever passes that way, it's a free thing to-" "Mr. Gains, you can retire, sir. I be lieve you are the same man who about thirty years ago testilied in this court house that Jim Wilkins bit his own car "They say I did Judge, but you know I was drunk, atd of couirse I doi't remeum ber it. You wais dofendin' Jack Iooer for bitin' Jim Wilkins' ear, and you told in in the scrimmage Jack shoved Jim up agin the sharp edge of the door and cut it oif; but you see, Judge, I got drunk and forgot what you told me, and 1 s'pose 1 did swear that Vilkins bit his ear off him aclf; and it wasn't so unreasonable no how, for lie had the awfullest iouth that evor was seed-didn't lie J udge?" "Mr. Gains, I told you to sit down, sir. Mr. Sherdf, give me the namos of those gentlemen who are so hilarious. I'll see if I can't stop their merriment. Brother Braham put up your trext witness." 11ow Long May a Mani Live. It was Professor ilufelani's opinion that the lhmit of possible huimnn life may be set at two hundred years. This is on the gen eral priuciple that the life or a creiature is eight times the years (f itc period of growth. That which is quickly formed, quickly perishes, and the earlier complete development is reached, the sooner bodily decay ensues. More women reach old age than men, iibut more men attain remarkable longevity than women. Some animals grow to be very old. Horned animals lHire shorter lives than those without horns, fierce longer than timid, amphibious longer than those which inhabit the air. The vo racious pike, exists it is said, to the age of one hundred and forty ; the turtle is good foi one hundred or moie; and among birds the golden eagle is known to have lived two hundred years: while the sly and somber crow reaches the venerable age of a cen tury. Passing up in the scale of life to man, and skipping the patriarchs, we may fand many recorded Instances of longevity among the classic Greeks and Romans. Pliny notes that in the reign of the Emperor Vespasian, iii the year '76, there were one hundred and twenty-four men living in the limited area of the Apen nines and the Po of one hundred years and uplward, three ot whomi were one hundred andt forty and four over one hundred and thirty-five. Cicero's wife livedt to the age of one hundred and three, and the lioman actress Luceja playedl in public ais late as her one iiundlred anid twelfth year. Coming down to more re cent times the most notable authentic in stance of great, age is thiat, of 11enry .Jen kins, of Yorkshire, England, who died in 16170, one hundred and sixty-nine years old. lie was a lishermian and at tihe age of one hunored easily swami across rapid rivers. Another historic case is that, of Thomas Parr, of Shrophmire, a day laborer, wvho lived to the age of onie hundred andt fifty-two years. When more than one hundred andl twenty, lie marriedI. is second wile, mand till one hunidre:i and thirty lie cotild swing the scythe and wield the flail with the best of his fellow-laborers, in his one huiidred and fifty-second year Parr went up) to London to exhibit himself to the King. It, proved an unlucky visit, for violating the abstenuous habit, of a coni tury anid a hli, tm.e old mni feasted so freely on the royal victuals that he soon died of plethora. heO Wasti on a NumlaIIy, lie only whispered to a lady friend who sat beside hIm in church, btit it cost con siderable trouble. "T1hiere comes AMr. Protid's wife. Do y'ou* know she washes on Suniday ? I've seen her (10 it," is what he said. "lceavens h Can it bec possible ?" said the lady.. "Yes, but please don't say aiiything abotut It. She dlidn't. in exactly seven (lays by the clock every body In church knew it It caime to the ears of Mr. IPround, and~ lie sat about tra cing the story to Its origini.Mrs.Protud was being snubbed by nearly everybody in the congregation. Even thme in i ster forgot to take oft his hat, when he passed her in the street., Trhero was some talk of dropping Mirs. Proud's name from the roll of church menm bership. Mr. Proud~ became furious, ie wvent around town with ai nistol in his p)ocket. lie finally found the lady who had start edI the report, andl asked her who her in. formant was. She referred him to the gentleman who mentioned it to her In church. Mr. Proud jammned his 'hat, over hIs eyes and sought, the miscreant,. "D)1( you say that my wife washed on Sunday ?" asked Mr. Proud, with murder in lisa o3 e. "Certainly," respondedl the man, with out moving a mtscle. "1 want you to take It back," w "I can't it's, a fact, and( I dcn't see any thing to get mad about. I woildn't lot a wire of mine come tochiurch ithiout wash ing, would ynu ?" A Nevada Tanner. A minor named Wilham Nagle was found nearly dead of starvation in a cabin In Six-mile Canyon, Nevada, who says that ie has fasted for three weeks. lie voent to the cabin Just before the first fall of snow, and, according to his story, has lived there ever slace without anything to eat except a cracker. When he first went to the cabin he was quite sick, and mson became too weak to get out. Restoratives were sup plied,and he was taken to the County los plitl this morning. Nagle at one time worked at the Gould & Curry and Best & Belcher shaft, but, losing his place there and being unable to find work, lie went to live in a cabii tear the coal-tar works of Parke Brothers. About 4i month ag:) it be. came necessary to tear downl the cabin,and Nagle wits tOki of a vacant cabiii do wn the canyoii that he might occupy. lie went to tis cabin, which stands on the south side of the Six-mile Canyon, just at the first line of tailing sluices, No one, Iwever, saw him at or about tile ctibiti, and those in the viciinty stipposed it to be xinoccupied. Lilst evening the owner of the tailing sluice without any reason he can give, felt impell ed to go to the cabin and look into it. Not a track was to lIe seen in the snow that was plied about the shanty, and -the man finally went around and looked into the back win. dow, when he was greatly astonished at scing a man lying ol a cot lie at first thought lie had found a dead man, but called and presently saw the. supposed corpse- move; also heard sone mttered words, but could make nothing of them. 1le came to town and reported the matter to Dr. llarris, President, of the Board of Hlealth. Dr. HIarris returned, and, after much knocking at the window, preyailed upon the man to get up and open the ulou r. Ile was so weak ttat lie wvis obliged to sup plrt hinisel' by kteeping his hands upon the wall in moving to tike door. When able to talk, Nagle said; "I have been in this callin three weeks. When I first cante here I was sick, and,after the first (Jay, became so sick that i couldn't got out. I had one cracker, but it didn't last, ine long. Then all I had was some sno w which I cotli reach through a crack in the door. I have sultered terri bly from hunger, and I have lieit in con staut, dread of freeCCing to death, as it has been very cold." A bucket partially filled with snow wits found near the rude bunit upon which tite involiutary disciple of Tainner had spent three weary woks. Tle bunk was covered with only a few pieces of ragged blankets. An old stove without, any pipe was found in the room, but there was nothing within reach to burn in it. Although weak and eiaciated, agle's condition was not as bad au might have been expected. lie wias Without lover and his tongue look ed well. Illis pulse wvas weak anuulow1 and is yoiCe almtost gone. .Nagle is It man about forty years of age, and Dr. lHarris, who has implicit fiith in the man's story, says he will put up money that, ir giveni the same care, lie will outstarve Tainer. Ad the circumstances te;nd to corroborate Nagle's sttenieit. The first fall of snow eocurred three weekii ago last -Wednesday, and persons living and working in tlhej vi cinity are ready to swear that there has never since been the track of a man about the cabin. All supposed it deserted. Parke Brothers thought the man had not gone to the cabin, and were greatly surprised when lie was found there. A FMat sPPuO. There livos on Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa., a landlady who mourns the death of her husband iml a mancr 80 peculiar is to attract the attention of all who know her. H1er husband was a iember of an influen tial religious denomination, anld had Con siderable local celebrity in tile church in question. lie was accustomed to receive visits from many of the clei'gy, as Well as aii occasional call from a bishiop. Several years ago a supper wvas given in the board ing-house over which his iie p~residled in his honor. There sat dlowni at, the table ia score or more of pirominenit minmsters and1( laymen of the creed to wvhiich lie wais at. tachled. A profuasioni of dainties wvas served to tihe guests and all pairtook heartily. Th'le genial husband. howvever, seems to have sturpassedl them all in the consumphltion of the men, and lie indulged extensively in jelly, cake, ice-creami, strawberries, pine apples, app~les and nuts. lie also pairticipa tedl in a glass of sherry wine. D~uring the night, lie dlied in spasmis. Now conies the oud featur'e of the story. his wile lament edt his decathi pathectically anid had funeral services of the most, extensive lkind. On lisa coflin were p~lacd,amiong other flowers, some lilies and a cluster of immorlelles. Tlhese tokens of regardl were not buried wvith the body, however, but were p~reservedl by the wvidowv. Soon after the burial she re latedl to a friend that her love for thie (de futnct wais so. great that she intended having a inemiorial of him made, and she thought nothing could be imore appropriate than a (qtanitity of the dilterent articles of food cqtual to the amount by mns of whlichi the goodl man expired. She went, therefore, to a wvell-knowvn confectioner and had him glace a cup) of jelly, a piece of sponge cake a plate of ice-cream, with half a dlozen strawblerries in it, ia p~ineapplle, several ap lplcs, a glass of sherry wine and some tints. It appears that, the cup of jelly ceat by the dleceased at the supp)1er wits filled to the brm and a portion of the Contents sp~illedl over oni the table. Ini the ghtce miodlel the cup is fIlled to the very top and~ several glaced pieces lie around the bottom of the cuip. All these miodels, very nearly the same quiantity as the late lamented patrtook( of, were placed unds r a glass case, and in adiltioni two rosettes, worn by the husband and wife oni bte estive occasIon, were pilaced andl puit amtong tihe fruit beneath the glass. Th'le entire case stanuds in the coi'ier of1 the large par'lor of the buarding-house on a ta ble. On~ a shelf above the glaced fruit is the wreath )f lilhes which rested on the breast of thes deceased at the obsequies. Thafit also rests under a glass case. In a roomi itcross the hail are the immnortelles, which also (decoratedl the cohhin. Thle widiow hlndladly lovesi to recotint with tears In her eyes, the story of thast last supper and its consequhences. Each new boarder sooner or hitter hears the strange story, possibly with great amtisemenit. 'lThe lady is very kinid-ftearted anti benevolent dlespite her eccentricity. The glaco work Is very well doiie, indeed, causIng bte frtit to have an exceedhingly natural look. Were the name of the lady and1 the number of the house to be disclosed it woul be'recognlzed at once by many persons all over the country, as the house is noted as an exellent one, amid bte same landlady keeps a large and much frequented house in the stummer at Asbury P'ark. Dieath of ('hfor Victoria. The death of this indian Chief and cap turo of his baud is thus told by a corres pondent : A hasty council was held, and the quick laid plan was as soon executed. The com pleto knowledge of the country possessed by Terrazas and his scouts led him to be lieve that the Indians woutd try and make a certain water-hole )y evening, rest and water and be off again. To head them at this hole was the only hope of the pursuers, and every effort of the tired and wearied band was now put forth. They forced their way by a circuitous march and arrived at.the spring at the moment, the Indians appeared. They had no time to refresh themselves, but charged the Indians, who took to the small mountains amiong he rocks for shelter. Terrazas sent his chief, Juan Main Artrz, with half the force around the imountaini, to cut off any retreat, and tihe Comantcho scout Urnz t->ok a few more and scaled an adjoinig cliff and did excel lent work with unerring aim. All that eve;.Ing and all night the fight lasted, the Indians, securely screened behind the rocks, being hard to dislodge. .lDuring the night the Indians built two bright fires, which were only allowed to burn a short time, when they were extinguimshed. Terraazas kuo'v their meaning and sent word around the line to keepi a sharp look-out. The order was scarcely given wheni a volley and yell toli of the eneiy In the re:ar. En"1couraged by these dellonstrations the Indianis on the lill opened the battle anew and attempted to fight their way through the line, but were repulsed. The attack ing party in the rear, after losing three Ien, conclet to leave, anid did, not agailn reappearing. At daylight the light was restimed with much vigor ani continued until I I o'clock, when Terrazas Lrave the order to charge the hill with sabre and bayolot, it being apparelit that the Indians wore short of amnunition. Then the bloody work indeed began. and by noon it was over. Victoria and seventeen dead warriors and ludian wolln lay iponI the field, and seventy eight women and child reun wero prisoners-a death-blow, certain ty, to the band. Not ene of the Indians upon the mountains escaped death or cap ture. The loss of the Mexicans was three killed and eleven wounded, two of whom have since died. The band which camte i) amit attacked was supposed v- be less than thirty in number. The battle commenced oil the alternooll of the 14tLi and ended at noon oil the 15th, Friday. On the Mlonday following we ne. ceived the first, courier giving an ollleial account, of the battle and victory. It was too good to be true, overy one said, but evely diW brou'ght words of coptirmation and thatCcol. Terrazais was Onl his way to the capital with the prisoners. First ene day was set down for the arrival, and then another, until at last Sunday at i. o'clock was the hour appointed. The whole city turned out-all classes and conditions. Tihe house-tops were covered, the balcomes were alive, and banners were flying from all the masts. The bands played ai from the church and catliedral towers tho hells rang out in tuneful clamor. At an early hour, iin coiipaniy with gom1o American friends, I was in saddle en route to illeet the advancing hosts. I traversed the, densely crowded streets with dillicilty amd at last reached the dry bed of the river. From here we coid see upon an eminence, on the lill beyond the crowd, and a little filitler (I we could discover som1e black objects against the sky like waving Plules of the knights of old. The signal was giv enl and the column moved forward, and behold ! those floating plunles were the ghastly Scalps of the fallen enenmy held aloft to the gaping crowd. First cametl an illmCnse throng of people, men Women and chilren pushing cieli other to and fro, mad wit II excitement. Then came at band, whose mnusic was downo~ied from time to tine by the plaudits of the p)opulalce. Theni cameli Col. Terirazas and his staff of ohlicers, looking worn and1( traveh-staiinedh. iiime diately after caine the priisonieri, imoiunted uponl p)Onies and1( imules. 'laey were all womien and1( childoreni except one Comance , whose life was suparedh by Cruz, the sconl. After the prironors caime the scalp-bearers and1( pack trains. There lhas long been a sltainhlg rewaurdl of *200) for the scalp of a wvarrior, and $101) a head for prisoners, It havinig been found that this was the only way to keep the State free of them. Th'iis camipaigii will cost, the State iiot less than $50,000 ciash ouitlay, besidles all1 the priop city dlestroyedl by the ludilans. Thle scalp of Victoria, tinigedh visibly with gray, was carricd by the man who was given ihe credhit of shooting him11. About, 1 o'cloeck the. procession halted before one of the large prisons or camp11 yards, and the pisoniersi dlismiountedt and1 p~assedi in. The naext (liy all smaller child ren wvere given away, and1( strange ias it many seeml, they hatve been1 takenm into~ the best andc weaithucst families ini the city. Govy. Terrazas took two, a b~oy and a girl. One gentleman took three. TIhiey haive b~J~ehe cle up) and( dhressedl in comfort able clothes, and1( arc mulchi imlproved mi alpearante. The slayer of Victoria hias been present edl with a suit that is neat, and~ nlot gaudy either. 'Ilie short jacket is of cir imson broadcloth ; the veat andi breeches of black dloesk in, trimmed with silver lace ;the hat a imagmiflcent, white fur broadbrimi, and coveredi w'th paiigles. lie is a p~eacefuil F'erhumiara Indian, and bears his hi muors qluiietly. Not, to teinse boys5 or girls smalle11r thiani themselves. Not to take the easiest chaIr in the room, putt it, in the pleasanitest p~hice, andi forget to offer it to thle mother wheni she comies in to sit dIown). Tlo treat the mnothier as politely as if she were a1 stranlge lady w\vh) dlid not spend1( her life in their service. TIo lie its kind and helpful to their sisters as thley expect their sisters to) be to themi. To ma~lke the.r friends among good boys. Tjo take price ini beliggnlmna home. lggnlmlna Tlo take their miotheors into their confl dence if they (10 anlythling wrong, andi ab~ove all, never to lie about anything they have dione. Tjo make up thteir mlinds not to learn to smoke, chew, or to d1rink; remembering that these things cannot be unlearned, and that thlcy are terrible drawbacks to good mlen, and necessities to badh ones. To remember that there never was a vaga bond without these habits. Tjo observe all thtese rules, and they are ure tonb hnlinenn BRIEFS. -A i Ilireaseof $365,000 In the earti ins of the Irie railway'for December, 1880. -The average consunmItoil of stigar I'n France in 1875 Nvas 12.12 pounds per hei3ed.. , -The Amer ic in Indians had iolen Plies lor iois when the white xpan first came iIther. -A French wioman ci n nob bing a suit for divorce without ihe conseft of her htisband. -Nine brother from one family, at Lancaster, Peunsy lvania, have entered the ii'llstry. Ilore than 20,000 persons were killed In India last year by wild -beasts and veioious snakes. -The cultivation of gardens as an art was established in England in the sixteenth century. -The institution of Odd Fellowship Is quite modertn, anl orignated in Manchester, Eng., in 1812. -The lee mien of Maiite sold 1,000, 000 ton., of ice last, and expect to har Vest 1,500,000 for this year. -There were 32,000 deaths In New York city liuring the year 1880, 3,500 niore than e1.il year pIevious. -It is said that a lne of stool freight stcaiieri Is to be established between Neow York and Philadelphia. -Smoking Valley, in Oregon, has a boling spring in which moat and vege tables aro cooked with facilltv. -The national government's sur I&is iOVeniite fUr i1he present 1iscal, yeAr is expected to reach $93.000,000. -The conscience i.>ney sent to the Chancellor of the E agIIsh Excheqier last year aumounted to over $30,000. --The diameter of the earth bears the same relation to its distance from the sun as the breadth of a hair to 125 let. -An additional appropriation of $22,000,000 will be required to pay the -irrears of pensions ior the current fiseal year. --Tlio production of pig iron in this cotiltry during 1880), 1s estichnated at 3,30,Jo000 gross tons. In 187U it was 2,741,85'1 tons. -E'igt.y-ive 111hip, with 8,813 cmi griants, leit tio Mersey in November; 7 819 01 .he emigrants cause to taU United States. - The U ilon loss during the late war was 327,181; the Confeucrate nearly 209,Ou. This is tle recently vorilled ollcial accout. -In 1871., 35,500,000 pounds of tea were exported t'rn india, aid Ii 1883 it is believed that the yield will be 70, 00,000 pounds. -The richest inic lin Now Mexico was originally sold for $3, a little dust and a revoilver. 1U Is now reported to be wortli $3,000,000. -There ie three miles of book-cases eight flot hilgh in teio reading-room of theo Brihlth Museum. It Is lighted by an electric lighit in the (10110. -ihe Black 11ol near Calcutta, where 1241 persons were confined by MrUI' 0. LIe Viceoroy of Bengal, June 20, 1756, was but, eighteen foot Square. -Tho Northern Pacillic's Immense land granu 1, akfter all sales up1) to this l1110, is Still estimated at 45.000 000 icres, or a tract larger than all NOW --The totul rocAlpts in the New York Post Ollo for 1883 wore $3,581,785 73, while tihe total expenditures were $2. 75S,71.8l, leaving a b,Lance in favor e thi e ellice. --Thero was 14,000,000 buishel of grra1 storeid in Ubicago Dcomkber. Th'le storage cuanety 01f that city' in cluding elevators, steamn niud sailing v'essels, is 2'2,702,020 bushels, -Thle states that have tncreased most, raipidly in p)opulation dutring the paist, ten years'. arc Coloratdo, 389.82 perL cent 1. ; Nebraska, 2167 83; K 1ns is, 173. 141; Oregon, 112.22; Teox is, 01.21. -Th'le largest cotton plantLer In the wvorld Is said to be a Mr. Richardson, of' Crossoni, Miss. lbe Is conalere.1 worth I rom $15,000,000 to $20,0000, - and emonploys 8010 handics in is factorle,. -'-The loston Memorial Ass'olatlia calls upion thie p~nblie for contributions for tuhe crection of a statue of Tlheodore 1'ark~er. Tnie late N. C. Nash let .$5000, w~iihih wilhl servo as the inuoleus of tue -The bullion produticed at the Lead ville mines during 1880 amounts to $15,288,000, while all the products of' Goloratto mines, manutfactories, aii othier inu~stries reached naarly $19, 000.000 in vailue3. -In four days' shiooting of Lord Softoni's preserves at Croxtethi, Linaa 81h330, six .guns killed 0 31 L head of gamen, cof whIch 4,8:12 were pheasants, 1917 duciks and3( 19 hares, a p)erformane n3 uarailleled in "'sport.'' -Th'lere aire 873 orphiian puipils im Girard college, l'.illadelphl t, and 471 applicaints.for' adiission. The cost heor minital mng the coilloge for 1830 was5 $35 1,112.19, iuncluig $b:3,309.5J for the cwnstructlin 01' new butidings. -Probably one of Chie valuable vol timea hn the possession of P'restdent, elect Garlield Is thu diary which lie has kept for the past tlwenity year~s. 1t 1s said( to be lull of vlyid dletails of war oxpeiencOZe anid pollolal matters. -1.'he rep~ort of the Gloucester, Mass., lishiery dlisasters for 188) snows a loss oh 43 vessels and 8 boats, wvith 55 lives, and1( at prop)arty loss ot:$21,000, as5 'omupired iih 32 vessels, 5116 LIves aiid a1 property loss of 200,000 lor 1879. -D)uring the navigatin period of. 1880 the actual lake tonnage arrived 3am3 i eearedl at tuhe port of Mil waukee is officially placed0( at the enormous quani taty oh 12.723,330 tons, an Incroase 01 over lity iperi Ocnt. oni the marItime tradite of 1870. *--Statlstles shbw the number of Jews In thts country to be near '250,000, of whomi 13,000 belong t.o 272 cngrega tions. Property in real estate, hiosptt als, cemeterIes, and synagogues Is valued at $7,000,000. Most of thoem live in lairge cities. Tihe late Attorney General Akerman has loft a wIdow and live young sons, livIng quietly In their pretty lIttle home near Cartersville, Georgla. Mrs. Aker man is, unaided, preparIng her boys for college. She hias taugh. them all thbey kno w, and 0one ofthem Is read, ing UCesar and1 another Virgil,