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1IWEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., FEBRUARY 22, 1881. vol TV -Nl inn 4 S'IR flEl,ND. THE CLOUD. ho mwatternow dark the night ; ho matter how dagk the clouds may be ; Up in the shrouded sky, Hiddentfrom watching eye, Ollitters a star for me. Sivery bylght and clear, Out in the fields of fadeless blue, Heedless of olud and rain, Fearless of death and patti, Golden stars in their silent sphere Twinkle, d burn for you. Sumer and Wjnter the same ino matter if storm-olouds surge and roll -~ rUe wayes on tho frenzied sea; in Ieaven's bright gallery Twinkle and glow, wVh a queiobless flamo Theme typoi of the soul I No matter bow dark tby-lfe; No matter how gloomy thy watch may be, 'lid sorrow, and pain, and caro, still watehing thee everywhere Back of the curtain of earthly striro, Twinkles,% star for tho I Love and Theft. Franklit Coulter,., a dry-goods clerk, joined as a private one of the first New York regiments that volunteered for the suppression of the rebellion. In the course or service he won the tank of second lieu tenant, then that of first lieutenant, and finally a brevet captaincy. Toward the close of the war his regiment was encamped at a small village of Virgin ia guarding a idcpot of supplies. It was an eday and pleasant service, and both of flcers and men delighted in it. BeIde the village, which had only been depopulated of its young men there were several fine plantations in the -neighbor hood, the property of families that had been wealthy and were still proud. The young ladies of the village and the plantations,although they grieved for those who were away, could not be expecteil to devote their entire time to that cmloy ment, and were not uiwilling to -be con soled by their "conquerors," who exerted themselves to provide all manner of amuse ment, so that time should not hang heavy a their hands. At the plantation which was nearest the village, Frank Coulter was a great favorite and a constant- visitor. It was the home of the Penohyns, a fain ily of English descent, highly considered in the neighborhood. At that time the fam ily was reduced to Mrs.. Penohyn and her two daughters, Ada md Augusta, her hus hand being dead, and her only son in Lee's army. The younger of the daughters, Au gusta, wad Frank Coulter's choice. She was a beautiful brunette, peculiarly susceptible to the charms of a manly pres ence, and had been too young at the open ing of the war to claim a sweetheart among I lie young men who went to fight. At the Penohyns' Frank Coulter spent most of his spare time, his agreeable man i.ers making him welcome to all the family, and there was no doubt that lie was devot ed to Augusta. It was evident, also, to I hose who observed closely, that she was cacdy to reciprocate his affection whenever lie should choose to declare it. But no words of love had yet passed between them. and it is probable that Coulter felt that the incertainties of war did not justify him in making the desired declaration. One evening lie had staid at the Peno hyns' until It was quite late, and was re quested to remain all night, as he had done on one previous occasion. Ile consented, and retired to his room at a resonable hour as he would be obliged to leave very early in the morning. Augusta Penohyn re malned seated on the porch alone, enjoy ing-the beauty of the summer night, and admiring the moonlight as it was filtered thironghi the vines. She was also thinking of the handsome young Union soldier who had lately left her side, wondering whet her he really loved her, and wishing, If lie did, that lie would declare himself and end her suspense. From thuis reverie she was aroused by the sound of a light footfall. Tuirning her head, she sawv Frank Couilter app~roaching her, Hie had removed his coat and boots, but this p~artiah undress was neither unusu ali or objectionable, as the nights were very warm, and lie was an intimate friend. He did not seem to be looking at Augus ta; Indeed, his eyes wer-e strangely fixed upon vacancy; but lie camne to her side, took her hand, and slowly and solemnly spoke these words: "Whatever may happen, Augusta, re member that I love you truly and faithfully --thbat my heart is untirely yours." Then he dropped her hiaiid,turned quick hy, and walked away as swiftly mind silenutly as lie had come, before she couldi recover frein her surprise or make any mioveiment or reply. To Augusta this conduct appeared strange but not unaccountable. She soon came to time conclusion that he was more timid than she had supposed hum to be--that lie lied formned a sudden resolution, as he was about to retire for thme night, to declare his love that lie had munsteied courage to come doawn andi~ speak the words that she had longed to hear, and then frighmtened by hits own au dacity, hiad hastened away before lie could learn his fate. But the thought that he loved her was blissful enough for Augusta. She doter mIned to go and dream on it,, and went upi stairs to her room. TIhere another strange surpise awvaited her. As she reached the open door, shre saw a man standing at thme bureaun, andi by thme maoonlight she recognized him as Frank Ooulaiter. lie held in his hand her watch andi chain, which lie had taken f rom their place on the bureau. Thea lie 'uirnied and swiftly left time room, . bookmna straight ahead, as if lie supposed himiself to be in 5 ,en. Augusta Penohyn was even more amazed by thIs second encounter than she had been by the first. Bhe was so astounded that she did( not know what to do or say. She shrank back imto the shadow of tihe (leer, while the smpg mnin pflased her, with the watch ndcanhiil in his hand, aud disap ared~in the paysage that led to lisa owa partment. ''le young lady entered her room, and a down to reflect upon this very peculiar ,cumrrence. Col It be that her lover Rrnted to dharry away the watch and chain at remembrance of her,or that lie merely yvanted something that was her's to put ua dren agples pillow that night? Or was the pro-. Bso to rutti intended as a jeke,which would be me year, to aognd lantghied over in the morning? F0yerto it cold~c be nothing worse than thus, esire to edit . inking u an= so resolutely dismised the dark sus picion that intruded iWt' .upon her. She W94 to bed, but her thoughts of the strange condubt of her lover kept her awake a long time, though she assured herself that the affair would be pleasantly explained In the morning. But in the morning the young officer was gone. le had risen at an early hour, as was his intention, and had returned to camp loiig before Augusta was awake. She searched the room which he had occupied, but saw no signs of the watch and chain, nor even a note from him to explaine the disappearance of the articles. This was unaccountable, and the young lady was nattkurally much displeased; but she con cluded that it would be best to say nothing about the matter at present, hoping that Coulter would explain It satisfactorily on his next visit. She saw him after the lapse of a few days. Ile came to the house as he had been in the habit of coming, and there was noth ing hi his appearance or manner to indicate that haything unusual had occured. le treated Augusta precisely as he had treated her befoie his strange declaration of love was spoken, and made not the remotest al lusion to the affair of the watch and chain. 1his was quite displeasing to Augusta who determined to draw him out in private as her questioning looks in publie had fail ed to ptoduce any effect upon him. She asken him to walk with herand when they wei'e entirely alone began to question him. "Did you bring back my watch and chain Frank?"- she asked. "lour watch and chain?" was his sur prised reply. ",Yes, my watch and chain, which you carried away the last time you spent the night here." "I'den't know what you mean. I have not had your watch and chain. I know nothlingabout them." - It wis then the young lady's turn to show surprise and indignation. "You surely cannot have forgotten," said she, "that you took those articles from the bureau in my room the last night you staid at our house, and carried them away with you." "This is news to me. I assure you." "You had taken off your coat ami boots, sir, and doubtless supposed that you were not observed, but I saw you plainly in the moonhght. "Miss Penohyn, do you know what you are saying You are accusing me of steal ing." "I did not believe that you meant to steal them," she said, half sobbing. "I supposed that you had only taken them for a joke, or perhaps for a keepsake, and that you would bring them back or make an ex planation. But 1 never thought that you would deny taking them." "liss Penohyn, this Is unbearable. To be accused of theft, and by a lady, at that, is something now in my experience, I de clare, upon my honor, that I did not take your watch and chain, and that I was not out of my room that night. "Do you really thinK that you can face me down in this way?" she indignantly de manded. I suppose you will also deny that you came down slairs just before you took the watch and chain, and came to where 1 was sitting on the porch, and said-" "Some other crime," he said, perceiving that she hesitated. "I am not in the hu inor to listen to any more accusations. Either there has been some monstrous mis take, or 'you are deliberately insulting ine."' "Or the honor, of which you just spoke, does not cxist." "f you can speak to me in that strain, Miss Penohyn, the sooner I leave you the better." "4Yes, -indeed-before any more portable property is mising." They parted in anger, and that parting was final. Augusta Penohyn told her i mother and sister of her loss, and was at1 first (disposed to complain to the colonel of Coulter's regiment, but was persuaded that such a course might bring the famliy into trouble, and allowed the matter to drop. The regi mont wrasoon ordered away, and she sawv no more of Frank Coulter. It was not until two years after the close of the wvar that Frank Coulter returned to Virginia, and then lie Caime ini a p~eaceful I capacity of an agent or a drununer for a I Now York dry-goods house. The Peno hiyns had become comparatively poor, and the family mansion was turned Into a tav ern, which was kept by the son, Henry, I who had conme out of the war with thme loss I of an arm. At the tavern Frank Coulter stopped to pass the night. There was no other place I to go to, and perhaps lie would not have made another choice if lhe had had thme chance, .as ho was neither a physical nor a moral coward. Augusta Penohyn had told her brother the story of the loss of her watch and chain. Henry informed her of Coulter's arrival, and she satisfied herself, without being seen by him, that lie was the same man who hind been so strangely proven unworthy of her love. Then t hey consulted together to dlecide upon what should be (lone. Henry was for his immediate arrest, saying that lie could be punished for his crime, as he ought, to be0 imnder the laws of Virginia; but Augus ia, who had not quite hest her love for the recant, was unwilling to go to inat ex treme. Henry ially resolvedl that lie would have an interview with Coulter in the morning, and press him elosely on thme matter. The brother and sister were still seated on the porch, discussing this question, wvhen thme man of whom they hiad been speaking camne down stairs. H~e had retlr ed1 to his room at an early hour, and nowv lie caime (down bare-headed, in his shirt sleeves and his stocking-feet, just as lhe had (lone on the night which witnessed the ept 50(d0 of. thme watch and chain. Tlhe moon shone jhist as it did then, its light filtered through the vies that nearly eniclosed tihe poroh. "TIhi~s Is strange," saidI Henry, as Coul teitepped off the porch. "Stay wherec you are, Augusta, and I will follow him," Looking straight ahead, as If staring at vacancy, Frank Coulter walked out into the road, and turned down a lane that led to the stable, cautiously followed by Henry Penohiyn. At the stable lie stopped, and dug under a coirner. Then he returned to the house, closely followed by Henry. As lie stepped up coi the porch a watch and chain was plainly -visible in his hand. Henry held up his hand warningly to Augusta as she was about to rise from her chair. "Be quiet," he sai, "1 understand it nloW." Then. he quietly followed Coulter up stairs. The next mrning Henry Penohyn con trived that Frank Coulter should be alone with him in the parlor, and ite sister Au. gusta came in smiihng. Her chain was around her neck, and her watch was visible in her belt. "I find that I did you a great injustice, Mr. Coulter, when I last saw you," she said. "You accused me of stealing your watch and chain," he replied, as his face flushed. I see that you have them now. lad you mislaid themi" "I had not mislaid them.' "Who, then, was the culprit?" "Noiody but yourself." "indeedl And yet you say that you did me an injustice in accusing me of the theft. I don't understand this." "You took them just as I said you did," persisted Augusta, still smiling. "How then, did you recover them?" ''You brought them back last night, and put them on the bureau from which yon tad taken them." "Impossible!" exclaimed theyoung man. "This Is outrageous." "Not in the least. Were you not aware, 1r. Coulter, that you were, a sleep-walk. "A sleep-walker! If I am, I never had my cause to suspect It." The entire story was then toild, to Coul ;er's great bewilderment, but also to his yreat satisfaction, and he concluded that is business would oblige him to remain ieveral days at the Penohyn hotel. That evening he was walking in the noonlight with Aug-ista. "When we parted," she said, "I was ibout to tell you of something else you had itolen when you took my watch and chain )ut you would not allow me to finish." "I remember," he replied, "that you were going to accuse me of anothor crime. What was it?" "Not a crime at all. You came down )n the porch, took my hand, and told me hat whatever happened, I must remember ,hat you loved me. You stole my heart )efore you went up stairs to steal my rinkets." "Now you must give me your hand, ,ugusta, and If .I should ever again get ip in my sleep to steal your watch and .hain, we will at least have the consola ion of knowing that the act is not a crim nal one." "I shall watch you, sir," she blushingly eplied. The law and the church gave her the ight to watch him. Boss of the Batung Ground. Our faithful friend Jet, a powerful dog, ived with us on the Navesink Highlands. )ne summer we had a bright little fellow, rho although not in the least vicious, yet iad i boy's propensity to destroy, and to njure and.to inflict pain. Master Willie oved Jet dearly, and yet he would persist n torturing tke patient dog most outrage mly, striking hard blows, punching with harp stioke, and pulling hair crully. On.o unmer's atternoon, Jet was lying on the ront piazza, taking a nap, and Willie came out and assaulted him with a new carriage yhip, which had been left in the hall. Jet Lnew the child ought not to have the whip, o he went and called the nurse's attention, is he often did when the ehildren were into nischief or danger. But the girl did not live heed, as she should have done, and hVilhe kept on following Jet from place to )lace, plying the lash vigorously. Finding to was left to deal with the case )ilmself, ret quietly. laid the young one on the floor, ,arefully took a good grip in the gathers of ls little frock, lifted him clear, and gave im a hearty, sound shaking. Then he ook up the whip and trotted off to the barn vith it, came bacic, stretched himselt out n the shade and finished his nap. The vouing acentleman did net interfere with him again, and ever afterward treated hin vith great consideration. Nothing delighted the dog mere than to ;o into the water with the young folk, and o see the bathing suits brought out, always mtlhim in the highest spirits. The chiil Iren called him "the boss of the bathing round," and so he was, as lie made all ands do just as he pleased. He would ake them in and bring them out again, as eo thought lit, and there was no use in re 'isting him, as lie could master half a dosi. n at once, in the water. No oicould go >eyond certain bounds, either, uder pen mty of being brought back, with more iaste than ceremony. Bitt within the yroper limits, lie never tiredi of helping the >athbers to have a good tune, frolicking rith them, carrying them on his back, owing themi through the water, lettinig hem dive off his shoulders, and playing cap frog. Some people inaginte that the world was ndo for mon. All a mistake; it was sim >ly intendecd for boys to amuse themselves n. Who enjoy life except the boy, and an >ccasinal girl or two? Nobody. G.rown ip folks try to think they do,- and some cally imiagine they do, but they are mis aken. Men work themselves up into a ~ever of excitement over an election. Th'ley old mass meetings and get tip torchlight processions of great length and noisy roar; ut do they get any fun out of it? Not a Alt. It is the boys on the outside who do hat. They build the bonfires ont Street 3orners, and do a large share of the hur rahing. Men in a procession move along us solemnly as though thtey we going to their own funeral, if such a thing were pos sible, but thte boy who o)bscrves them from the curbstone, or who trots along close to thue drum-major is all animation andi joy. Lie takes ii all in, and is the( freshtest one of lthe Party when thte tramp is completed, no fnatter how long lie Is passing ainy number >f given points. No one gets such keen mjoyment out of a play as the boy in the zallery. And all circuses In the land are gotten up with an eye single to his espec ial amusement. If we could be young ugaini, we would be0 a boy. Ou~eumlfber Catsup, Three dozeg~ full grown cucumbers,cight white onions, peel botht and cut as fine as ossibie, on thtis sprinkle three-fourths of a pint of fine salt, than put the whole in a mieve and drain for eight hours; then take i teacupil of mustard seed, half cup of ground black popper, mix them well with hle cucumber and onion; then putt the whole in a stone jar and cover with strong rlnegar, closing it. tightly. It Is fit for use in three days, and will keep a long time. W~hen cucumbers were scaree I have taken lhalf green tomatoes and half cucumbers, tad it naado an excellent catsum The Terrible Trichne. It has been but a few years since the people in this country were stertled by the appearance of what, to theni, was a new and terrible disease-the Trichiua Spiralis. Although the disease had probably existed in some form amongst pork-eating nations from the time the devil took possession of the hog on the banks of Judean Lake, it is only since the microscope has been made hand-servant of medical science that its trub nature was discovered. No general knowledge of the disease was had until about the year 1860-a short time previous to which Eeveral terrible cases had occurred, sweeping off whole families. But after all that has been writen and all of the investigations made, nothing defi nite has been learned as to its origin and no remedy found for its cure. Dr. Fenger, of Chicago, who is said to have given the subject about as much attention as any man in America, says that the hog, to whom the lovers of pork are indebted for trichinw, gets the disease by eating rats and mice, and that it is pro able that the latter gets it from eating inse, but where the insects get it Is still an ' en question. Some species of fish, as the pike, have been found impregnated with the parasite. Fowls and sheep are found to be perfectly free from the taint, so far as any investiga. tion has been made. Dr. Fenger declares that after the trichina has once forced its way into the muscles, no method of de stroying it has been discovered, but that something can be dOne by way of counter acting the effect by the use of quinine and wine or beer. The disease is not necessa rily fatal as is generally supposed. If the patient can stand.the siege after the trich ina has found its way into the muscles, he is all right in a short time. Emetics or physic are alike useless and injurious, as It is only in the stomach that breeding takes place and as each female only produces about 30,000 or 40,000 at a birth, and as this little family at once set out on their peregrmnations through the system and die a natural death in a short time, a man may possibly survive an attack 'of trichinma spir alls if he has not made a hog of himself by eating too much diseased raw pork. The breeding in the stomach is what causes the pain in that locality, and while the little ones are wandering through the muscles, the patient's limbs are filled with anguish, but after they have reache:1 their destina tion, they quickly perish, and the patient recovers if he is not dead before the trichina. Dr. Fenger thinks that all pork- ought to be inspected microscopically before allowed to be sold, and this will ultimately have to be done. As an illustration of the havoc one diseased porker may make, a case Is cited as occurring in a small European town whore 350 people were brought to the verge of the grave--110 of whom died -from partaking of the meat of one sick pig I The Doctor makes the further startling assertion that "'If the flesh of every dis eased person was subjected to a view un der the microscope it would be found that about one ouip t r, oViy3 1?ity pend) affected more or less with tricheins. This is an evidence of the fact that what Is gen erally called rheuutatism is often only a slight atuack of trichinaa. A Tale of a Tronk. Some niontlis ago a Methodist sister was sent from this part of the world as a mis &ionary to tosario, South America, and part of her outfit in Detroit was a trunk procured by a friend for one of the city factories. Pasted on the under side of the lid was the picture of a gay and gorgeous beauty of the Lydia Thompson stripe, with a 'wonderful wealth of bare arns and shoulders. and that. rechksants' of color ing or 'which the professional trunk em bellisher is held irreproachable. In due course ot tine thb trunk was landed with its precious contents on the wharf at Itosa rio, Argentline Republic. The owner had heard nmuch about the rapacity of South American customs oflicials, andi when she handed ever her key to the inspector it was with a lively apprehension that her precious effects were likely to be stolen, connisticated or subjected to exorbitant duties. She could speak 'no Spanish and lie noe E~nglishm, but lie got the idea somehow that she was a missionary. On opening the trunk the first thing to strike his astonished vision was the dazzling Lydia. Gazing at it inteintly for a minute he solemnly crossed himself, closed the trunk without further investigation, and retuirnied the key without a word. llis action was so- unexpected and extraordinary that an exp~lanation was sought through an interprieter~, to whom the official said in effect that the lady was a sister of charity comec to take charge of a muissioimary school, andi that no custom of flcer hiad any business to examine her trunk with an image of the Virguta in it. The most familiar objects about us are often the least understood, and probably few pause to ask tihe question, "What is guam Arabic, and whence comes it ?" in Morocco, about the middle of N4ovember, (that is after the tainy season), a gummy juice exudles spontaneously from the trunk and branches of the acacia. It gradually thickens in the furrow dlown which it runs, assumes the form of oval and round drops, about the size of a pigeon's egg, of different colors, as it conies froma the rod or white gum tree. About the middle of December thme Moors encamp on the border of the forest, and the harvest hmsts a full month. The gum is then packed in large leather sacks, and transported on the backs of camels and buhlocks to seaports for ship ment. Trhe harvest ocoasion is one of great rejoicing, and tihe people for the time being almost live on the gim, which isi nutritious aiid fattening. 'imo iiaumaun Fiare. T-he height of the human* tigure is six times the length of the feet. Whether the form is slender or p~lumiip, the rule holds goodl; any deviation from it is a departure from the hiest beauty in proportion. Tme Greeks made all their statues accord ing to thik~ rule. The face from tihe high est point or. the forehead, where the hair begins to tihe chin, is one tenth of the whole stature. The band, from thme wrist to thme end of the middh, finger, is time same. From the top of the chiexu to the hiest point of the forehead is thie'qeventh. I.f the face, from the roots of thbi, hair to the chain, be dmvtded into three equal parte, the division determines the place wi 'e the eyebrows mieet, and the second HfE~ostrIls. The height from the feet to . (b te head is the distance between the Angers whem; the ar, be prEsent d ebtod are did 'ctn- flemont. found at fued to reOa ge where Death of Thomas Jefferson. The lion. A. 11. 11. Stuart, of Virginia, has written an interesting letter giving an account of the celebration in Staunton, Va., of the fiftieth anniversary of the Declara. tion et Independence. lie says: "Among the guests assembled at the Eagle Tavern on the Fourth of July, 1826, were most of the prominent men of the town and coun ty. I well remember that Daniel Sheity, Chapman Johnson, Briscoe G. Baldwin, Thomas J. Michie, William Kinney, N. C. Kinney and other citizens of the town were of the number, and I think General Robert Porterfield, James Bell, Charles A. Stuart, and Others of the same class from the coun try were present. The occasion was mark ed by hiliarity. The speeches were brief, spirited and appropriate. Anedotes were told. There A ere brilliant flashes of wit, and fancy, and all were in g-od humor and scented to enjoy themselves. Ii this way the (lay was passed until nearly sundown. andI the company were preparing to sepa rate, with mutual telicitations on the pleat sure which they enjoyed and the expres sion of hope that they might meet to coi iemtiorate many returns of the auspicious (lay. At this stage of the proceedings some one came into the porch, and in a low tone conmunicatd to Mr. Chapman Johnson soniething which seemed to malte a deep impression on him. 1, who was then a youth, preparing myself to enter the uni versity, sat with a few other young com panions, near the foot of the table, and, being on the opposite side front Ar. John sou, had a full view of h8 face, and although I did not know the nature of the conunuication, could not fail to observe the grave expression of his countenance. The mystery was soon solved. Mir. Johnson rose, and in titting terms an nounced to the company that news had just reached him of the death, near noon n that (lay of Thomas Jeflerson. After a few remarks on the hfe, character and pub. lie service of Ar. Jefferson, Air. Johnson requested all preseqit to fill their glasses, as he deslied to offer a sentiment. This was ite. IUe then desired that the company w.ld rise and remain standing. While we thus stood, deeply impressed with the iolemnity of the event wltoh bhad been thus nexpectedly announced, M1r. Johnson of fered the following sentinent: "A he memory of Thomas Jefferson, author of the declaration of independencel Though he mortal man may never witness another Nelebration of the day which his pen has so inuoh illustrated, his inmortal spirit will be present and inspire the last anthen which hallows its memory." The senti. ment was purely impromptu. lie did not Lake time to commit it to paper. 11 gave it to us as it came gushing up, like living waters from the fountain of his great heart, mud it found a response in the heart of wery one who was present. As for myself -very word that he uttered became, as it ,vere, engrossed on the tablets of my neinory, and, after the lapse of more than ifty-four years, I feel that I am able to re port Mr. Johnson's toast not only with sub Itantial, but with literal accuracy. A Natural spectaular Soene. In Adair County, Kentucky, about ten nies north-east of Columbin, there is a grand and lotty projection on die banks of Ireen River, known by the classic name of 'Urand Daddy's Cliff." which as a pictur sque phenomenon, Is rarely ever surpassed. l'he apex rock, of the series of shelving inestone that climbs one above another to an enornious height, extende out over the izure and placid waters of this beautiful tream about seventy-five feet. On the top >f tnis shelf-rock canopy, divers little wild lowers, in the proper season, spring up,and omimiungling with a niazy fringe of shrub )cry, blossom upon the very verge of the >ru~pice, wvhez'e nature's curly hair, the enacion.. "limibing vine, falls in gorgeous mad graceful folds to the water's crystal bo tomn, thus formmlg a closlag r-'1ii to a :ave-like chamber of spacious dlimelnsions tad exquisite beauty. The somber wall, all studded with a nnm er of fanciful formations that, slightly pro rude fronm the rough sides, ihe cerulean int of the rock ceiling, gemmed with star Ike crystals, and the waving, viny curtain hat floats eternally on the sights of the pass ng brL ezes, with the velvety ficor of snow white sandl-all conspire to form and force ipon the dusty memory the ilctuires of the ittle fairy palaces, with their million spirit inhabitants p~eeping from the almost invis ble chinks in the walls that fond old1 grand niothers usually paint, to satiate the un.. ounded credulity of the Innocent !ittle prattlers who hover, with undlividled atten tion to the atory, alroundi the blazing heart~h :m long winter nights, in "'life's morning siarchi, when their little sphi its are young." y'his grotto is not only a beautil ul und sub line wonder of nature, but is also useful. In the white, (dusty sanld tha', feorms the Eloor many of the neighbormng farmers are wonlt to bury their vegetables for winter keeping ; and here, one foot L.eneathi the suir raee, they remain sate from coldi and the Furtive little animals that make nightly lepredations upon the cellsrndlgraln-room, ~or the sand is so tine that it rolls back to 4s place faster than the little thieves can law it out. The Sooundirei ho was After. A well-dressed Galveston gentleman ound hImself in a very embllarassig situa leon thme other dlay. lie had left his money it home, andi not a nickei or a car ticket 3ould lie find anywhere in his clothing. lie was about to leave the ear wheni a per Fect stranger with a sinister cast of cone.. manice tend~eredl the gentleman a nickel, who gladlly a'cceptedl it andl dropped it into the box. The gentleman then shook lis unknown benefactor by the hand, thanking tint for the confidence andl accoimodation, and asking for his address so as to return thie money. "Never mind," resp~onded time generouis man, fiercely, " it's a counter Feit, anyhow. Tihe street car company will mtake that driver redeem it. They will dock hIs wages i've got no spite at iou. He is the scouiidrel I am after. lie rifled with the affections of my sister, but his will show him what, sort of a man I tnm when may blood is up." ITAMnuna Li-rrxns .-Gr nd to a oarse powder 2 ounces agarle,5 ounces sinnamnon, 4 ounces cass a buds, X~ >unce graIns of paradise, 3 ounces luassia woodi, ounce eardamen teeds, 3 otunces gentian root, 8 ounces )range apples dried, 1% ounces orange peei; rorato with 4% gallons W~ter Ldd 25% ounces aeotlto other; color, prown, re, 'ir. ipt tcw G 188. " Orueoty and Olvillaation. Tie uutilations of prisoners exhibited on Assyriaii sculpt.ures are not surpased in cruelty by any we find among the most bloodthirsty of wild races ; and Ramesos II., who delighted in having himself sculptured on temple walls throughout Egypt as holding a dozen captives by tho hair and striking off their heads at a blow, slatightered during his conquests more human beings than a thousand chiefs of savage tribes put together. The tortures inflicted on captured enemies by Red In (ians are not greater than were those in icted of old on felons by crucihxion, or on suspected rebels by sewing them up In the hidts of slaughtered animals, or on heretics by enearing them over with com bustibles and setting fire to them. The Danaras, described as so utterly heartless that jicy laugh on seeing one of their num ber killed by a wild beast, are not worse than were the lomans, who make 'ich elaborate provisions for gratifying them selves by watching wholesale slaughters in their arenas. If the numbers destroyed by the hordes of Attila were not equaled by the numbers whi'ch the Roman army de stroyed at the conquest of 8elucia, and by the numbers of the Jews massacred under Hadrian, it was simply because the oc casion did not permit. The cruelties of Nero, Gallienus, and the rest inay compare with those of Zingis and Timottr: and when we read of Caracalla, that after he had murdered 20,000 friends of his mur dered brothe is soldiers forced the sen ate to place . it aiong the gods, we are shown that it, the Rouman people there was a ferocity not less than that which deities the nost sanguinary chiefs among the worst of savages. Nor did Uhristiauity greatly change matters. Thoughout medieval Europe poitical offenses and religious dissent brought on men carefully devised agonies, equaling, if not exceed ing, any inflicted by the most brutal of barbarlians. A Counterigelta-r's Kit. A visit to the Secret service division, of the Police Bureau at Washington, will give an i nsight into the possibilities of the science of counterfeiting. The arrival here of the ingenious outfit of the recently ar rested gang of counterfeiters presents a saubject for the student of humian nature ami lover of the curious. Brockway's con fesion furnished the foregoing number of the notes printed by him and his associates ott th different banks. fle has now sur rendered of cich kind the following : Pitts. field National bank, 148 ; National Revere, 78; Second National Bank of Wilkesbarre, 38 ; National Exchange of Baltiimore, 82. None of those counterfeitL on tihe Pitts. burg National Bank of Commerce are here. They were pil ited on the new localized fibre paper in use by the government, and this issue passed as readily among iner chants and bankere as the purest genuine. 'hey have exhautied that entire edition, and those notes alu now oi standing in the hands of innocent holders. There was an edition of one hundred more in process of I'lmlrn. l . 1-Y 114111 not. vitt. fixod in. oi the name or the bank ;i*t wAS, however, going to be another one iii Maryland. They had reinedied the defects of all previous issues as nearly as possible, and they there fore contemplated it successful hu. It would necessarily be more dangerous than the last, aid would doubtless have run through several other larger editions. Be fore the last contemplated issue was struck off the offenders wt re apprehended. Ninety-two notes were seized, bearing the first carbon impression on localized fibre paper, inserting the name of the bank and its oflicers, the red seal and numbers and the gieen-tinted and black border. It is said that not more than three or four coun terfeits on the National Exchange bank of Baltimore were floated, not Over twelve of the Second National bank of Wilkesbarre, but it is yet, duflicult, to tell exactly time fato of eatch issue. A reinarkatble fact conniect eni wina mz e'a b- r of alt the for'tmoing counterfeits is that from tlhemr tirst, issue to the presenit dlay the national banuik redlemp tioni bureau of the treasury department has dliscove~red butt 22 of these counter-femts. T1hte plates for no'.es aire four in number. One Ia engravedl and :he other three are electrotyped by Birockway, who is a very skilled wbrkman in that line. it is a perfect, plate excep~t the pantuel which contains the state coat-of-arms, which is found on the right-hand back of a note of the $100 de nomination. T1his space is always left blank by counterfeiterA until they dkecide on i list state and which bank thcey will issue their next lot ot "'queer" llence, on thme foiii plates alluded to, one has a separate coat of arms for each state upon wich they have made an issue. Thle vignette entitled "'Signing the Declairat ion of Independence," also common to all notes of this denoimiina tion, is a plate of polished steel, and en graved with the most fatultless precision. It is thme object of admtiration by all men skilled in the hhghei- branches of that deli cate htandicraft,. There are also three cot) per plates, onto enigravedi and two electro typed. These represent all th~e characte-s and (designs on the face of the note, excep~t mig the nmem and location of thme ''anid the signatures of its ofiicr',. '1 sions, in the vernacular of the cot. aro called ''skeletons." Th'le piAtL slippjly these omimsions are called * 'Two only have beenm surrendered-om, on steel for the Pittsburg bank, amnd thme other copper for the bank of Wilkesbarre. TIhe others have probably been (lestrioyed at the moment of sonme scarec or hinmnediately atfter use, as a means of covering up their tracks in case of discovery. he little red seal was thrown overboard b~y IBrockway from a ferry-boat while crossing East river some five or six months ago, ho correctly thmink ing at tihe time that the was being followed by government detectives. 'Te production of tac-similics of United Staten b~ond plates Is equal, if not superior, to the note. When the "shover" D~oyle I was arrested in Chicago with $207,000 in i his carpet-bag, upon showing them to time I brokers and bankers, they exp~ressedi theta- I selves willing to buy the whole hot, and for < a long time public opinion was unanimous I in pronouncing the act of arrest one of nils take, and a cruelty and persecution if1 persisted In, The differon::o is easily4 seen when the discrepancies are ml nutely pointed out in comparing tihe or iginmal and genuine, asslssted by the glass. The first things that attracted thte eye upon investigating ti whole exhibition of me4 chanmcal mr genulty and patient labor are two small engrossed dies in copper. They will measure one and a quarter by three quarter inches, and are complete figure. of Cycltoid engfavings. It is from mhese small' dies that matrices were made by Blrockwav by which he was enabled, one by one, to produce 207 faultless and perfect Imitations of the border to the 0 per cent. bnds of 1881. This was the denominatin of which Doyle had hypothecated three to secure a sum of money, and at the time of his arrest was going to take them up only to float the whole $207,000 before the interest became due. Here are the supposed genuine bonds with but one coupon left precise in every thing but authority to issue. But for the arrest, in one week's time that vast amount would have been placed on the Cdcago and llinois bankers generally. As it was $8,000 was lost, and that was by the Peoria bank. In like manner did 1Brockway take the engraved plate and electrotype a gen uine "counter," which is the circle that en. closes the "100," also the "O." The bond plates are ot copper, the larger one having the border of the bond and five coupons, from which four wore cut off when the loan wvas made. There is also to be seen remnant of five more coupons located im mediately under the row joining the body of the bond. It would convey the impres sion that this was originally made a long time ago. There is no evidence of their ever being previously used. The other large plate contains a medallion of Secretary ot, the Treasury Chase, and the other designs incident to that bond. Its printed stipula tions, signatures, &c., are precisely the saine as the original, or as near as it is pos sible to make two things alike by hand. ''here are also two small plates for printing the coupons and two seals representing respectively the loan division and the trea sury department. Shere are three other small plates in the lot-one of steel and two of copper. These were intended for another $1,000 bond, either of the new Issue or the aIve-twenties, The machinery consists of a rotary hand-press and two first-class rulers, registered and prepared for the most mi nuto work, such as are found only in first ulass bank-note printing establIpme.nts. lhe ofilcers of the law still have another luity to perform before finishing up this lob. It is this: To find out where the pa. per canc from. H e Waited to Laugh. At mid-forenoon recently, a man who vas crossing Woodward avenue at Con tress street, Detroit, suddenly began to paw he air with his hands and perform divers itrange antics with his feet, and after tak ng plenty of time about it he came down n a heap. More than fifty people saw the )erformance, and there was a general augh. It had not yet ceased when a man ,ilh a funereal countenance pushed his way uto the crowd and asked: "Who is he-what's his name I" "It's Jones," abswered a voice. "What Jones ?" "ihonias Jones." "Sure ?" "Yes, I've known him for over.twenty (ears. - "Then I'll laugh," said the solemn-faced man, as he leaned against the wall and %huckled and laughed until he could hardly ;et his breath. One of the crowd remarked pi his singular conduct, and the laughter "Gentlemen. noLling tflq4s' eIA14 io much as to see a man fall down. Ten ears ago I was a salesman In a wholesale iouse, with a fine chance for promotion. )ne (lay a nan Just ahead of me fell down mdt I laughed. It was our old man, and 'me discharged me on the spot. Five yearr ater I was engaged to a rich girl. As . aine out of the Postoilce one day a man prawled out on the walk, and I laughed till I was sore. It was my Angelina's'old 1ian, ani he broke up the match. Again h. aghed myself out of a position In a iank, and but for the same failure I should o-day have a pl)ace in the Custom House. I mave learned wisdom. Now when I see a nan fall I ask his name and find out if he ias any influence to p)t tme out of my tlerksh:p). If he has I look solemn and >ass on. If he hasn't I la-laugh--ha I ha! in!l Jones is it I Jones can't do me any mrni. andv hali ho I. La' nr. WIiwaah inve issed~ this for a month's sal-ham I is I ha !'' A strange Acoident, to the Engine. A remarkable accident happened to a train necar Zantesville, Ohio, the other day. ['lie train was running at a rapid rate of peed, wvhen sudden~ly there was heard a iharp crack, and in a moment the driving 0(1s, which hadl broken on both sides of the mneine, wvent whizzing around, making a whistling noise as they whirled through the he air. They beat the locomotive until It *airly groaned .with p~aai, battering it up mnd dtefacing it fearfully. Striking the areast-plate the rods glanced off, and re urnineg to the attack like an enraged ani. naul they assaulted the cab from beneath, md1( with one dcaperate blow cut it virtually nt two. John Moore, the engineer, who was inside1 the cab, was flung into the air i if by a whirlwind, lighting on top of the tevered cab in an almost insensible condl. Ion, Hie was badly jammed up, but not zeriously hurt, the breast-plate alone having tavedi him from being cut in tvaln. Mr. MIcielvy, the fireman, retaining hie pres mece of mzind, piceked Moore up, and~ re ntoved him out of harm's way, and then )ut on the air brakes, but they were use ess, having also been cut In two by the lying rods8. lIe then rai.-ed the throttle of hew thoroughly wounded engine, and man god to get from it a painful whistle of 'down brakes," and the train was stopped. .n about forty minutes the damage wad re >airedI suflicienty to renew the trip to Sanesville, the heroic engineer andi fireman namnginzg the crippled locomotive as bestr hey could. A Drop of Whiskey, Tnere is a man in Alameda, California, whto takes his cod-liver oil and whisky tacih morning. Of course such an oppor unity of inmpressing temperance principles apon the youthful mind could not be lost. So each do went down with a shiver, erribie frown and gclamation, ".Boo 1 1 tould stand the cod-liver oil, but this whis y"--another shiver-'-"is dreadful." Their boy listened and stored it all up In tis youthful mind, The oilher day he was ile-mning out the top shelf of a closet for~ tis mother. "Ma, what's this f " Mother looks and cautiously smells. 'Oh I Riancid cod-liver oil." hoon another ottlo is handed down, another and an ither ; contents varying from a tetsponm. ni to half a cup, all "spoilt cod-liver oil." t last the youngster raised his eyebrows nd gravely remarked:. "Ma, It's funny that pa lets all .this ~ood cod-liver oil spoil, but never a drop uf the whisky I"