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- * - - TRI-WEEKLY E_ __ C -EDI TION- WI NNSBORO, S. C., FER'RUARY 19, 1881. VOL. IV.-N.79 MOTHERHOOD. "Her 16t is on you"-woman's lot se meant, The singer who sang sweetly long ago ; And rose and yew and tender myrtle blent, ''o orown the harp that rang to love and woe, Awake, 0 Poetoss, and vow one strain To smng of Motherhood. its joy its pain. What does i$ give to us, this mother love In verso and tale and legend glorified, Chosen by lir divino as type above All other passions ! Men have lived and died ' For sisters. ma'don queens, and cherlihed wives, Yet, sealed by God, the one chief love iur vivos. Yet what is tit gives us ? Shiluking dread, Peril and pain, and agony forgot. Ikoause we hold the ray of pladinse shed, By the first cry fronJips that know us not, Worth all that has been paild, i yet to pay, For the new worsbi'i born and ciowned that day, Tit -i hursing, teaehling, training stif.den'al, That never knows itself so deep it lies, The eager taking up 1f every trial. To smooth Spring's pathway, hliht her April hti'se Watching and guidinw, loving, longing, pray ing, No coldness daunting, and no wrong dismay ing. And Nhen the lovely bud to blossom waken, And when. the soft shy dawn-star flashes bright, Another band the perfect flow r takes, A not:.or wins the gladness of the light: A swett soft clinging, fond farewell is given; B ill a farewell and then alone with Heaven. W th Heaven ! Will lIo take the tired heart, The God who gave the child and formed the moth r, WI o sees her strive to play her destined part, And smiling yield h r da-ling to another! Ay, on Ilis croess He thoughit of Mary's woo; Ile pit.es still the mothers left below. Managing a Man. Nellie Davis was the prettiest, sweetest, best, and dearest little girl in liillsburg; and when Ton Carter fell head over heels in love with her, nobody blamed him in Ike least. And when the parson gave his blessing, and they went to commence housekeeping in a cozy, little house on the suth aide of the town, everybody prophe sted all sorts of happiness for the pretty bride. And, truth to tell, 'ellie Carter was very happy. It is a pleasant thing to go to housekeeping for the first time, with everything new and shiny; and if you have sieebody you love very much for a com panion, it is still plcasanter. Now Nellie, did love iftt big, blundering *Pom Carter with all her might and main, and there was only oae thing to disturb her perfect ieace. She was the very pink of tidiness, and Tom was the most careless fellow alive. le kept his person neat and nice-but his )ersonai1l belongings anything else. I'om would persist in tossing his slippers under t he parlor sofa, to have them handy. In vain did ehe gently suggeit that the rack I a the hall was the place for his lint and overcoat. Tom would tling hiis overcoat, daip or dry, on her pretty, smoothly-made bed, and drop his hat anywhere. In vain did tidy Nellie make a place for everything fmr Tom invariably tossed everything in somie oilier place. Now little Mrs. Nellie was only human, and Tom's slovenly way s unnoyed heri exceedingly. She wvas re' solved niot to spoil time peace of her cozy honue by scolding, but how to cure him e e n.1:1 noe, toll. She bore it with the patieiice of' an angel, until one tuorninig after lie lad gone to his oflice, she wvent into the parlor, and theme lay Tom's heavy shawl right, across the table, ruthlessly crushing be neath it time pretty trifles whicli lay upon the marlhe table. "Now I can't stand this andi I won't!" said1 Nllie, as she carefully raised the shawl from the dlelicate tireasures atnd dis coveredi the ruins of a favorite hiohiemian vaqre. "I dlon't know what to (10, but this 1 won't have!" she continued, with the little bit of wifely snap which every good wife must have if she expects to get on at all ;w ith that occasionally unreasonable ani nma-a man. Some way mtist be discovered to eure 'Loin 61 such performances as this!" wvent on Mrs. Nellie as she removed thme ruins of her vase, and all the morning she went about time house wvith scarlet lips closely ~omnpressedl and a lit tle flash in her brown eyes, which argued well for Master T1omn's domestic subj ectioni. And wb' a determined wvoman says ''must'' andi '"shahl" masculine insulbordi nation might, as well surrender at once. Before Mrs. Nellie closed her brIght eyes that nmght she had arranged her plans for the campaign against lien liege lord, who slept the sleep of the innocent at her side. hint shme neant to give him one umore ehanice. So, after breakfast, whien Tom drew on lis boots and gave lis slippers their usual toiss under the sofa, she gentig' said, "Tom, dlear, hadn't you bet ten ptut your alippers ini the passiige of the bed-room?'' "No, let 'emt alone; they'll be handy to. night," saidi TIom. "But 'Tem, dlear, they look so untIdy." ''Why no they don't. A thing looks as wvell ini one place as another. What's the use of a man's having a home if lhe cani't keep things where lie wants toP' satid re - bellious Tom. "What's the usme of keeping a wife anid a servant on their feet all (liy to pick up things after you?'' asked Neille, without the least show of temper. "Don't pick 'em up at all. Just lot 'em alnn, andt then I can tnnd 'oam when I wrant 'em," declared Master Tom, as he gave her a kiss and took himself off. Ahd the imoment th door closed on 1im Nellie's red lips compressed again and her brown eyes wore the same look they had worn yesterday. "War it is, then?" she said to herself. "Now Master Tom, we shiall see who wins. She met quietly about the usual morning's wbrk of a mistress of a house where only one servant is kept, and when Tom came to lunch every thing was in its usual good order. It remained so, and Nellie busied herself with her needle-work until naearly time for Tom to return to dinner. Then she rose to put away herself, to "open the campaign.'' First sie put -Tom's slippers where lie always left them under the sofa. Then she tossed her shawl upon the pliano, and his best hat on the table. Then she brought some of her dresses and flung them across the chairs and on the sofa. Her furs reposed in Tom's own especial arm chair, and her best bonnet kept Tom's slippers company under the sofa, while her own slippers lay upon the chiffonier. And then, thinking that timale ingenuity could make no greater sacrifice than her Sunday bonnet, she took apiece of crotchet work and sat (town. Presently the door opened and in walked Master Tom. He gave a low whistle of surprise as he glanced at the unwonted disorder, and at Nellie sitting calmly in the midst with her crotchet work, and then came into the room. "lhaven't been putting things to rights, Nellie?" lie asked. "No, no. Why?" said Nellie looking up in sweet unconsciousness. "1 thought maybe you had been, that's all," remarked Tom dryly, as lie looked for a place to sit down. Nellie quietly pursued her work. Presently Ton said, "Paper came this evening?'' "Not yet," answered Nellie. Tom gave a half sigh. "Nellie, I met Granger just now, and he said he would call around this evening." "Very well; probably lie won't come be fore dinner. It will be ready soon," said Nellie, working away in demure inno cence. "Hadn't you better put things a little to rights, before lie comes?" said Tom glanc ing uneasily around the room. "Oh, no. Just let 'em lie," answered Nellie, sweetly. "Bit they look so Dad,!' said-I'oi. "0oh, no, they don't," said Nellie, as sweetly as before. "A thing looks as well in one place as another.' Tom's face reddened. "I never saw your room look like this before," he said hesitatingly. "I should not like to have any one step in." ''Why not?" said Nellie. "We might as well keep things handy. What's the use of having a house, if - you can't keep tlhing!s where you want to?" Toni's face got redder and redder. lie tried to look serious, and then broke into a laugh. "Ol, that's your game is it?" he said "Trying to beat me with my own weapons are you. little woman?" "W~eli, dlon't you lik~e the plan?'' said Nellie demurely. "No, by George, I don't," said 'Tom.'' "WVell, then, I'll make a bargain with yom. As long as you keep your things in their places, I'll (10 the same; but when ever you dlon't-" '!Oh, 1 will!" saild Tomi. "'Come Nellie, I'll confess likei a man-you have bent me this time. Only just put things right in this awful room. and I'll never throw any thing (down again. There, now, let's kiss and make up as the ghlren say.'' NellIe rose, and laughingly hold up her sweet mouth for a kiss of peace. And then under the magic influenice of her (left fingers, confusion was suddenly banished; andI when Mr. Granger came roundl to spendt the evening lie (decided that nobody had~ a prettier wife or a tidier home than his friend Tomt Carter. Wise little 19ellie, having gainled posses5 sioin of the matrimonial field, took good care to keep it until Tem11 was quite cured of his careless habits. Sometimes lhe seeed threatened wIth a relapse; b~ut Nellie, instead of scolding, only had quietly to bring something of her own and~ lay it beside whatever ho hard tossed down, and~ it was sure to lbe put away immedC~iately, for Toii seldlom failed to take tihe hin21. And if some other little woman, as tidy and~ clean as Nellie, takes a hint also, this story will have served its purpose. Phiysiologicaul Chaingoe According to ?.ones Medical authority is now pretty gener ally agreed in regard to the fact of the Im port ant physiological chiange~ indluced in the human economy by a change of climate --as from teamperate to tropical, and the reverse-especially in respect to the pecu liarities of respiratIon, the pulhe, tempera ture of the body, kidneys and~ skin, and weight and strength. TIhuis, in the matter of respiration, the result of many experi ments shows that, in the tropics, there Is an increase in the capacity of the chest for air, with a decrease of the nmiber of re spirationms, from which it follows that the lungs, unaltered in size, contains less blo~od andl more air in tropical than ini temperate climates, the blood being in part diverted to-the excited skin and liver. It is calcu lated that, in a tropical climate, the lungs eliminate less carbon, to die extent of half an ounce in the twenty-foumr hours, than in the temperate sones, hence, is hot coun tries, the diet. should ha e ,.-hn~"namnaus aosanon-blie lieeclons. Nothing Is so exasperating to a inan with a cold in his head as the sight of his wife bending over a fragrant hyacinth. If you want to come out at the big end of the horn this year, you must start in with something more than it lopsided diary and a three cent pencil. We've had gur Thanksgivig turkey, and it didn't agree with us. But we mean to try it over again if it takes our last Cnt for blue pills and stomach-bitters. It's a very good thing at this time of the year to swear off; but the man who in dulges in seven cocktails and a "cobbler" to celebrate the event and give him strength to carry out his resolution is a trille too enthusiastic to hold out long. If you are weighed down with an over powering sense of fullness and too much dinner, you had better give the seductive pie a wide berth. It requires great tact, profound Judgment, and a copper-lined stomach to Keep a mince pie fron rearing up on its hind legs and starting out on the war-path against seven-eighths of a pound of turkey, plenty of "stutlin'," five sweet. potatoes, seven pickles, three feet of cele ry, a quart of cranberries and a liberal al lowance of cider. In the short space of two months, just twelve hundred and sixty-three and a lialt (1263.5) Bernhardt jokes have been fired upon a suffering puplic, and yet not one of them contained even the remotest allusion to the fact that Barah Is about the size and shape of a telegraph pole. It is strange that this impqrtant point should have been overlooked. Gerty Carnegie's Rong. "Ten minutes to ten-if I hurry I shall catch the ten fifteen train.'' So saying, Gerty Garnegie, with deft fingers, rolled up a piece of matnusc ipt iusic and then ran up stairs to equip her self for the expedItion to town. Gerty Is In deep mourning. Only live months ago she lost her noble father, a captain of an ocean steamer, that was bit, with all souls on board, among the ice bergs. lie has left his widow and only child wholly unprovided for, and they have to depend upon their own exertions for the means of subsisteuce. So Gerty, who is a brave girl, as weil as a pretty one, has thrown herself, with her whole youthful energy, into the task of teaching music, and has attempted a com position. It is a song set to Tennyson's "Flow down, cold rivule , to the sea." This precious work of art, neatly copied, she is now on the point of taking up to one of the music publishers in London. She hurries to the Putney station, and jumps into an empty-looking second-class carriage. There's no o,no with her in the carriage, so Gerty begins to sing her song; she has a clear and sympathetic mezzo-soprano. and, pleased with her own performance, repeats her song over and over again. Suddenly she Is startled by a cough be hind her, and, ohl horror she beholds in the far corner of the adjoiniug compart ment a man. Dreadfull Has she boen giving an unso licited concert to this abominable stranger, who dares to sit there, and with admiring impertinence takes off hia hat to her? Luckily the train slackens speed at this moment, and in her hurry to get rid of the man, Gerty is ever willing to risk her life in'an attempt at jumping out while the train is still in mot ion. "Thank heaven!" she ejaculates as she rapidly passes through the crowd of pas sengema and hastens down towarei the om nibus she descries at the entrance of the station. As Gerty nears her destination she luds to her dismay that the roll of music, whici, she had fancied was safe in her miuff. had vanished. Tears rise to her eyes, and she desires the conductor to stop, for site niust. go back to the station and see-an infinitesimal chance --if she had lost, it on the way fromt the platform to the omnibus, Of course she fnde nothing- -not a tiace of the prYeoous document, and, wvith dis may, she remnembers that, she had commit, ted the imprudence to throw the rough copy into the fire. "Oh, mamma, I am the unluckiest girl in tis hateful world!" anid she sobs forth her pititui tale. "Well, my poor (lear child, don't cry about It," bier mother says soothinmgly,. '-of course it is very provoking, but tafter all, it only entails a second copying. Where is your rough cop~y?" "Burned, mamma." "But, Ge*rty, how silly. ilow could you destroy it, so thoughtlessly?" "Oh, don't scold, mamnma. Never mmuo, it's gone-and-i'ilI-I'll-never--write another," poor Gerty sobbed. "'Nonsense; you'll remember every note of it, and just write it out again, that, is all." "Never, mamma, it is a bad onien; it tells mue that, i am not to succeed as a com poser, so there's an end to that dreatn. And now let us have some dinner, and then I tmst go up to the terrace and give my les sonis at, Alrs. hiarmon's." in the atlternoon she (departs rathber heavy hearted andi with lagging steps on her daily duaty of teaching, At, the Harmon's she lnds her two pupils, the twins, Winnecy andl Ethel, in a state of glowinig excitement, "Oh, 3Miss Carnegie, papa has consented to our hatvinig such a johiy party ona the fif tcenth our bIrthday, you kunow. There's to be a dinner party lirst, and then we tire to have music and singing, and a (lance, and~ you must conme." "1 will come wvith pleasure, and do all I can to amuse your guests, and I'll p~lay for the dancing; then you need not troutile to engage any one." And then the lessons are given, andl Ger ty returns home in the dark, dri".ly JIanu ary evening, forgetting all about, the party, andi thinking of nothing but, her lost song. "What, a lovely girl' " Toem Went worthi remarks to his cousin. Ethel! liarmojn, next evening, as G)erty minakes her applearance in the drawing-room. Who is shef I lancy I have seen her before." "Yes, sho does loon lovely to-night," Euthmel rejoins. "She Is Mliss Carnegie, our music mistress, and i'll introduce you to her presently. But you must come and sIng tirst. You can spoon atter ward. Come ill play your accompaniment if you like. What will you sing? Tiom Bowlingl" "No; i've sung that at every party these last three years. i'll sing a new song, and play my own accompaniment by heart, thank yon all th anm, Elty." And Mr. Wentw rth seats himself lit the piano. What Is that? "Flow down, sweMt rivulet to the sea." Gerty listens with straining oars. Is she droamingl? Her oWu songi How dare any one Mr. Wentworth has a good tenor voice, and sings simply and unaffectedly, and with intelligent' interpretation, and somehow Gerty Is more deeply alfected by her own song than she has evbr been before. The song ceases, and Gerty still stands listening. She hears the comments and plaudits on the song and the singer, and her heart exults. Shie steps from her hiding place present ly, and Is immediately- accosted by Ethel Harmon with a request to take the now va cant seat at the piano. "But first let tie Introduce my cousin, Mr. Wentworth, Miss Uarnegie. Has he not a splendid voice, aud did lie not sing that lovely song splendid?" "Would you object to telling me fron %yhom you obtained that song, Mr. Went worth?" Gerty asks. "Not at all It Was in the oddest way. I found it in front of a railway carriage at Waterloo station, prpbably dropped there by a young lady who had been singing it about half a dozen tinies In the carriage, fancying herself alone, I imagine, and-" H1e comes to a fuld S(op, . and a look of amazed recognition onies into his lace as he notices Gerty's confusion. "By Jovel you are the young lady. I've been waiting to flud you ever since. 1 tried to trace you at Alie tine, but you had vanished, and I haave been advertieing ior yon the whole of last week." "I never see the papers. I am so glad it Is found, for I wanted to take it to the pulblishers." "'Then it is your own coinpositiontl I had no idea of it." Then the petition for a song from her being repeated site coiaplies. anld 8he sings and iooas her very best, and Toin Went worth gazes and lstens in rapt admiration. Later in the evening. he. persuades her to walk through a quadrille with him, and presently says: "i'll tell you what, Aliss Carnegle. Let me take your song tothe publishers. I am personally acquainted with Mr. W and althougn your charmning song can stand on its own merit, yet thee publishers are 'kittle cattle,' and perhaps I inay be able to manage it better for you than you could yourself." Gerty gladly accepted the offer. The song is puoished. Uerty does not know tail many months later that it has been at Tom's expensend the busincss z ecesitates so many interviews between the two young people that nobody Is vi ry much surprised when, in the merry mnonth of June, Gerty Carnegie is tutned into M rs. Thomas Went - worth. Luuinalan at the Wrotagg Alan. The lion. Domshaine Hornet had a very unpleasant experience lately. Alark Twain was advertised to lectire in the town of Colchester but for sinne reason failed to get around. In the emergency the lecture cominitte decided to employ Mr. Hornet to deliver his celebrated lecture on temper. ance, but so late in the day was this ar. rangeient made tiht no bills announcing it could be circulated, and the audience as sembled expecting the celebratedinnocent. iNobody in town knew Ahark, or had ever in ard hin lecture, and they had got the notion that lie was funny and went to tihe lectere prepared to laugh. Even those on the platform, except the chairman, did not know Mr. . Hornet from Mark Twain and so, when he was introduced, thought noth ing of the nanie as they knew Mark Twain wis nont de plunw, and supposed his real nanie wias lorniet.Th- denotuc nent is thus told: Mr. Hornet first remarked: "Inten perance is the curse of the country." Theli aud(ieince burst into a imerry laugh. ie know It co)ulrl not be0 at his remiark and t iouyh h sclothes mui t be awry, and be asked the chiraim to whiisper if lie was all right itnd got- "'yes'' f.or an ais .ver. Then he said : -ium slays more tihan disease!'' -still louder nurtli. '"It, is carrying young inten down to death and hell. "--a perleet roar and ala'ia~se.3.1r. H traet, began to get excited, lie thought thiit they were guy ing hut, butt lie proceeded "'We must crush the serpeint I" a tremen dious howl of laughter. The men on the platform, except, the chairnman, squirmed as they laughed. Hornet couldn't stand it. "What I'm saying is gosp~el truthli"he cried. ilThe audience fairly bellowed with mirth. .hornet, turned to a man on thme stage andi said I "Do you see an.) thing very riiieusous in imy reumarks or behavior ?" "Yes, h i lia- I" replied the roaring man! "Tuti. ms an inisult I ' cried llornet, wildly (lancing about. AMore laughter and cries o1 'Go oo, Twain!"' And then the chair man got thte idea of the tinmg, and~ roste up and explained the situation, andi~ the men on the stage suddedly quit laughmng antd blushed very red, and the folks in the audience looked at. each other in a mighty shetpishi way, amid they quit laughaitg too. And then Mir. Hlornet, being thoroughly imadl, toldl themit he had never before got in - to a town so entiirely populated by asses anid idilots,aind having said that, lie le.t the hall Anml the assemnblag then voted to cousiu e TIwain and the entalitman, and dis persedi amid dieep gloom. The Sailoer iuay l ook tihe Oue. A jolly clergymant in Riondout, New Yoa k, has two soiis, bo0th bright, obedient, and well trained lads, but mischievous and fln-loviing, as boys can be. It, is the ens tomi of the father to have his boys bean a verse of of scripture every (lay, and recite it each miornting. lin accordance wIth this customt, a few days since the lads were called upon by their father to repent their verses for the~ day. it, iappened to be a thnie when the skating was iioodl, a sport of which all active boys are devotees andi the boEys naturally hurned with eager desire to be off to the frozen foeld, lit disip~iline must be0 mintamied, am they well knew, andI titers was no esaipe fioim tihe daily scripture recitation. Tinc older of the boys had learned his text nad was ready for the ordeal, and when asked to repeat it proimpt, ly rep'ied : "I had i'ather be a door-keep. or i the house of my God than to dwell it the teats of wickedness," and lie "slid1 otut," happy at hlis release. Thme younger lad had quito fo'rgotten to learn his text, but his wit canmo to is rescue. "d'~o would I, fathier," he shoutedl, aind off he ran to join his brother. TIhere is reason to believe that parental discipline in this case will be suffered to relaxs in the father's apprecia tion and enjoyment of his hopeftil's quIck 11asing Ears. - Thanksgiving evening a party of mue assembled at "Tommuy" Glent's bar-rookt Oil City, and after comparing nots and tell ing some big stories about the amount C turkey consumed, the conversation gradual ly drifted to the comparative size of th chests of the parties present. Finally som one proposed that they measure chests. I tape ine was accordingly produced an the measuring commenced. Each part swelled his chest to its greatest capacity and the measuring continued with an abun dance of mirth and good humor. At las Gent took the line, passed it around thi chest of M. Quinn, and was apparentil greatly pleased with the result. To ex press his eatisfaction he placed his hand o either side of Qinnn's head, and commonce< rubbing his ears. Ile had drawn his hand across the ears only twice when he wa frightened nearly out of his wits by seeing a bright flame shoot quickly upward reaching nearly to the ceiling. The frictio caused by rubbing the ears seemed to hiv caused the sparks which ignited the hair and the blaze sprang up almost instantly To say that Gent wits horrified is putting i mild. lie thought lie had been the invol. untary tool used to bring about Quinn'i destruction by ire. Thle reader can ima glue what his feelings would be were lie t< smj)ly place his hands on a friond's ca and instantly lie should find. the friend'i head in flumes. Gent sprang back, threw up his hands and ejaculated: . "My God what is it?" And still the Illtmes rolled on. Gent's face turned pale, and the othei gentlemen in tie party inade rooin for tliu hiuman flambeau, who, as lie hastily pacet the room, reminded one forcibly of .he Cir. ean sian beauty with the red porcupine hair, only lie had fire instead of hair. boime of tile inmates of the room yelled "Fire, fire,' and others of a more religious turn of minti comienced praying. Gent's knees wor beating the devil's tatoo on each other a lie nervously clutig to the counter. JA( subsequently said Lie thoight the Raste mechanic tron lades had surely coni t see hinm. Finally, after some lively work, the aia whose head was being cremated succeede in extinguishing the conflagration withol calling out the Fire Department. As soor as Ie haa the tire under control his coi paions regained their senses and graduall approached hinm. "bure and I didn't know that it wia loaded," said Gent. "Do you have such spells often?" asket another. "1 knew that you were gassing fearful ly," chimed in a third, 'but I didn't thiul t.iat you would go off in that way." And so they continued, while the ma who was indulging in tie torchlight, pro cession proceeded to explain. It seems that Quinn is a baker of bread aid while at worn frequently has occasioi to look in the ovens, which are dark When doing so he merely strikes a match lit order to have the matches handy, Ii acquired a habit of carrying a handfui u matchem lak of id earm. Using ears for a match safe is a new idea and should be patented. Itowever, the matches being store away in the suburbs of - Quinn's ears, tle] were ignited by coming in contact wit I Gent's hands, which were made rough bj honest toil. The hair was oily, and whu followed was nothing more nor less thai al (oil lire. A bE9erlsnoslrI' Satgacety. Herman llutter and Charles Whitman of Missoulia, lielena,aried with rifles an< accompanied by a deerhound, went up the Hattlesnakc river in quest of game. Tho climbed the mountains to the left of th streamt and1( sepairated, ttaking opplosite 81(de of the ridge, in hoipes of bagging a deer Whlitmnan camte down the lUattlesnake aid and soon after separating from lis coim pantion lie slipped0( and fell, sliding Boil) two htundred feet down the itounlain side, He vainly entdeaivored to stop himself bi2 dliggintg into te artow with his hands tan feet clutchiing~ at, brush and saplings, ti just as lie was about, to be0 precipitiate over thte clhff into the Jthttlesnaike, senm fortsy feet, below, he fortunately cla~sped strnig .saling with onte hand, and was let dangling in the air over the precipice. II a strongr effort lie managed to chisp th taplintg with his firm in the elbow, ant giraspm rg his wrist with the disengage iiandl, awaited his inevitable fall wvith (let peratton. lThe hound seeing htis mnaste lall followed him to the edge of thet clii andl whined piteously at, the predicatmen of lis hiutmn friend. $uddenlry lie das~he over the lill like a deer arid diisaplpearedl Wheni nearly exhausatedl, Whitman htear is comtpaion, I [utter, above him, con paion, ilutter, aibove himt, coming to hi assistance. lI[e gathered reine wed couat andt~ hetld on dhesperately ill hilutter cam i (hown with a rope and rescued himn from his perilous position. ilutter says he ha gonie butt a shiort dismtance whten the dlog ra off. lIepetinsg the sttange mnonwavrr ilutter sutspectedl something wrotnged tan followed the dlog to Whtttmani's resente. An Importantf Uorporal. it is related that (hiring the America llevointemo thte corporal of a little con paniy was giving orders to those undler hii relative to ii piece of timtber, which the were endeavoring to raise up to the toplc Some military works they were repairing. Th'le timtber went up witht dilliculty, an otn this accounit the voice of the little gret mant was often heard, in regular vocnteri tionts of "hleave away ! here site goe hleave hooh" An ofilcer, nijt in military costumle, wI passing, and1( asked the ntoi.)n-misilone ollcer why he did niot take hol aind rei decr a little aid. The latter astonishted, turning arouni with all thte p)omp1 of ant emiperor, sil "Sir, I amn a corpioral I" "You tare, are yeoul" replied thte oflcot "1 was riot, aware oi that," alnd takingt o lis htt and bowing, the ofilcer said, ask your patrdlon, Mr. Oorporal," and the diisrmouintedi and( lifted till te perspiratic stood in (drops on htis forchtead. Whlenr the work was tinishted, tuirning the commnantder, lie said: "Mr. Corporai when you have another such job arid has not mn r enough,send1( foryour conumane; in-chlef, and I will come and help you secondl timet." The. corporal was thtunderstruckl was ntone other than Washnrgtou who ti addressed him.,* A Man with Horns, A man with two horns growing ot o his head is a curiosity not seon every day Sich a'charactor, however, exists in Alex andria, Virginia, and thither a reporter di . rected hlit way. The possessor of the horns o a negro named Droy iedick, was foul E eating his dinner in a colored boardinj L house at the corner of Alfred and Princ4 j streets. He is'a pure blooded African o , coal black hue, medium height, with gra3 heard and iron gray hair. lie is a litti . over sixty-four years of age, is apparentli t quite intelligent, and would appear asquit( 3 an ordinary negro were it not that out oi his forehead, a little to the left of the lefi eye, two horns are growing. The longest, i which curves over the left eye and ob. 1 structs the view, is three and a half inches a long and three-quarters of an inch thick, It Is a hard, bony substance anid looks pre elsely like a sheep's horn. The other, which comes from the same root, Is twc inches long and one- quarter of an inch ir diameter. It grows toward the right and is curved. A very singular feature is that the horns are not attached to the skull. They seemed to groW front underneath the skin of the forehead and -can be moveI to and fro. In answer to a question Redick stated that he had just arrived in Alexan dria from Villiamston, Almartin county, N. C., which place lie had left at the solicita tion of 11. J. Howell, a colored man, who proposes to exhibit him. -When asked if he experienced any pain from the a nomal OuS growth on his forehead he ans wered : -1"No; but when it first begaln to grow I felt some pain." ''When was that ?" "Wheu I was thirty-ilve years of age I began to feel a pain Ii my forehead, and in a short time I felt a hard substance, which ultimately developed into horns." "llave they given you any trouble since ?" "Not the leasi.. I perform my work without any trouble or m )oonvenience.'" "Did any of your aicestors have a simi. lar ailliction ?1' "4My grandillother, when Ilbouit. my age, had a horn or horny excresceece growing from hiet- left arm. She had it Cut olT antd in four days site died." "That will prevent you froin allowing at similar experimnt ?' . "It wilt. I do not propose to allow any experiments to be perfornied on me." 'llave you any children ?" "II have." "llave any of themi hon-s ?" '"None ; Lhough I have a daughter ovet forty yeari of ago with thirteen childron.' "Do the horns still grow ?" '"Y-es.'' I'Did the people in youi neiighborihood - regard themi as remarkaile C' "They were so used to seeing Lhemai that they did not think they were anything un. usual," answeret thle hiornted aan in cn. e lusion. ri ona a Laark. 'The longevity of the Cape Cod people i n uare-btol, ao uao sh,:. .IAl. .,, lution. These qualities had an amusint illustrat ion on otto of the Old Colony pas Senger trains recent.ly. Tie car wits well tilled, ntiid com1tfor-tablly testing well towaIrt the centre wits an aged lady, sweet facet an(I gentc of micn, ace ipanied by lie daughter. At one of the stations there ean tered ana alert, sinat 11old lady, <Iick it speech and movement. Taking a seat (i recily in front of the first old lady, whon she quiely surveyed a lew ta11aieits, sl( commenced' "Goiig far mam?' "To New Bedford," wats the reply. "Is your hoaine therc, marl?" "No, it is on the Cape. im to visit I daughter iii New Bedford " | "'May I asj( yourL age?" i "CertLainlay; eighity-four year-s."' -''Lit, you show it. Now, I've just. bee1 3 visitiing lor a few weeks, ad tam til m)i -way home. Tniei'e is a few things I wani Sto see to theret, anld straigaiten ount, and thea Ji citof for awnatther- visit. I traivel about, a good dent, tiuch to soime folks' attinoyatne Sbecause I'm so 01ld. Bitt wvhen I cana't taL' care of miyself ll stop. I - can hol a ownt yet with conuductors andat bamggage ms a tat-s, and don't take naone of their sass tthough I dlon't find miuch of that on thi t- road. Now how old do yaou take mue t be?" U "I~ cainnot guiess; how (old are- you?" was 1the resp~onse. .1 "Ninety- eight-goinig on ninety..ninei And I say when I cain't take care of mtysel rll stop traveling; whten I cant't see to Sthbread a needle I'll stop) sowing, and wnel SI cana'L enjoy living I'll stop breathing. Se therie now. But I get out, here. NameL -Yes, 1.,'s Nancy Itanidall, and I live a AL arion. Comue and see mue. Good-bye." -And~ with a not andh a snmile time younj Swoinana of arlai-y a centurty p~assedl qjlcki; adownt the aisle wi the Stop) of ahntost, e girl, leaving thme p~assengers almost mn won "l der at her remarkale vigor and vitality d 'IThe fIrst old laidy, whlo is the miothier o none of the Old C'olony'sa tirusted condiuctort 'i really appheatredh to grow younag again as sh coitmmentedl uponi the sup',erior smuartntess c hera aged lirtend. N4owhtere btut on th Cape Cod tram could such a scenc lbe du licatedd Eighty- four and ninety -night oil on ia hark. "Su~ichm tha'' A F'~oaaathels coi'utry. a A man recetly receivedl a woodcut pi( y ture of Gleor-ge Washington, andi p~inned f to the wall neatr his offlce door. One dan while at his work his little gIrl came int d his rbomn, and1(, espying the piic'ure, star'te *t the following dialogue: .- "Who is that a picture of, papa?"' I "'Wash ingto'n." " Whto was Washington?" g "'Faither. of thin countriy.'" a '"Why wits he called father of his comia -try, papa?" "Ilecauise lie fought for its independaetne d anid was a great and~ goodi ma." I ''Is he alive nowv, papa?" '"Whien (lid lie die?" it "December 14ith, 1799." I "'Who is father of tis country naow n papa?" n "No one; it's fatherless." Thes little girl was silent a few nmomenti .o andl thian enaquired: I, "Was he the little boy that coulhin't te e a lie?" r- "Th'le same " a "Well, this country will niever has another father, will it, papa?" [t And the cnversation was conclued wit ts the emphatic remark "Ne4verl not even a stel)-father." Itues For Skater. f Never get out of anybod4's road. if any one Is in your road n't go round him-go straight through hlmf When you find yourself failhg bring soni one else down with you, and be sure to keep on top. Don't burden yourself with any extra wraps; shivering is pleasant oQcasionally. If you happen to own skates don't lend them to your little brotliot', littie sister, or any one else. If you happen to get uncomfortably warm, hand your ulster or seal skin sacque to the first one who comes alogg. They'll keep it with pleasure. Always carry temperance tracts about you; then if you want to leave your girl for a few moments to get a hot legnonade, toll her you saw a fellow in the distance you wanted to give a tract to; she'll believe you. If you give her a peppermint lozenge when you come back, she '1 believe you more yet. Skaters would do well to reiember that love on skates always runs smAth. A fel. low that owns a good pair bf skates, a commanding ulster and a jaunty cap, can have pick and choice of girls. If your stralis and buckles get out of or der, swear at them, bottled anger Is bad for the soul. If a green skater asks your assistance, don't give it; people ight take you ftw a greeny. If a pretty girl comes along and capsizes at your feet, pick her up tend4ly and offer your arm. If your sister takes a tumble, make out you don't see her; it's terribly stupid work to play the agreeable to an old poke like her. If you fall don't be in a hurry gottia0g up; you can take a rest, and if a dozen trip and double up over you It will only make sport for the crowd. Don't learn to skate by the old-fashioned methods; try spread-eagle at once. - Nettinig Codilsh. oi inany years, in the early days of the codishery, the only nethod of taking the iush was by the use of what are 'now termed hand lines, to distinguish them from set lines or trawls. At length trawl fishing was introduced, to the intense disgust of the hand-liners, who declared that the trawlers would kill off all the fish, or at least thin them out to such an extent as to destroy the alihing business; but the use of trawls be caie nore and more coimnon, until now the hand-line fishing done is but trifling. Recently we were informed that a new moth. od of capturing codfish had been introduced, to wit : the employment of a gill net, with which the trawlers were as much displeased as the hand liners were with the trawls on taeir first, appearance. This statement we were at first lIclined to regard as a "fish story," but we are assured that it is true, and that cod nets are In use by seo eral ves sels, one of them being the Northern Eagle of Gloucester Mass., with satisfactory re sults to the parties using them.' The cod i not is described as by no meais a costly -- 'i-l.. -nd kpm-ne naar thn bottom of the sea, and in consequence the net In only -iade about three fathoms wide; the ordin ary seine twine is used, and the meshes spread ten inches, so that only the large fish are taken. One - edge of the net Is weighted, to keep it on the bottom, the otfher edge being buoyed by hollow balls of glass; the net is set with anchors at each end, left out over night, the same as i a trawl, and-hauled In at the first opportun ity, We can see no reason why this plan should not work well, and no valid objec. tions to its use. The mesh used being so large, the small and unmarketable fish-of which thousands upon thousands are killed i and thrown away -by the trawlers-will not be taken at all; and the expense of pro curinag bait, anid the disagreejable and te dilous lob of baiting trawis are avoide'd. A Water Filter. Rainu water is much hoalthier- than hard water as a beverage, and the following ill lbe found an easy and cheap way to lit It for dirink~ing p~urposes: IHave an oak tubl made, holdmng fromi half to a barrel, according to the amount needed in the famIly ; let it stand on end with a faucet necar the bottom-or I prefer a hole, through the bottom near the front sidee, with a tuibe In It, which prevents the water troni rotting the outside of the tub.- Then put clean pebbles three or four Inches iu thiickniess over the bottom of-the tub. Now .hiave charcoal pulverized to the size of Ssmitl)Cpea (that made from hard maple Is the best), and put in a half bushel or so at ia time; p~oured it. down qite 1lrmliy, and then put in more and pound again until thme tub is fillied to within eight inches of the top ; again put on two inches more of the p~ebbles, and thea put a piece of clean white lanel over the whole top to act as a strainer. Th'ie flannel can be washed bccasionally ib remove the impurities coliected from the waiter, and it might be well to put a flannel between the pebbles and the bot Stom also. Whon tile charcoal become'. Ifoul it can be renewed as before, but wvill work a whole season without ieniewing. -Put on your water freeiy until It becomes clear, when you will be as well satisfied as you would be0 if it rain throughi a patent filter costing six times as much as this. A large Janr to hold'the filtered water can be set in the ice box it preferred, or an occa sional pieoe of ice can be put in the water; tbut if thme filter is tot in the cellar, as IL Y should be, the water will be sulliciently cool for health. Tlhis makes a good eider I ijlter, also-frst straining the eider through *; cotton to free it from the coarsest pa mace. TheC L~ast, Shmot. - An English frigate was obliged to strike her colors to a b'rench vessel of superior e Lorce, The English captain, on resigning his swordi, was treated rather roughly by the French conunander, whos reproached lham for having, contrary to the usages of war, shuot pieces of glass from hais gains., TIhae 10nglishi oflcer, conscious that no such thing huud beoii doune, made inquiry Into the matter among his men, and found the fabit to have beeni this: An Irish seaman, just before the Vies~sel struck, took a parcel o(. shillhngs out of his pocket, and swearimg' the French rascals should have none ofj them, wrapped them in a piece of rag aad thrust them into his gun, exclaiming "but e us see what a bribe can dol" These shid. hungs flying about the vessel were mistaken h by the F~rench for glass. Trhe above expla nation not only satione~d them,but put themi in groat good humor with their captive.