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- E E W ? C p R-W EEKLY .EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MARCH 1, 1881. ESTABLISE 8. THE VIOLIN. The spirit of music sleeps within The cage of this old violin ; But who bath power to wake again To waiting ears the rapture strain I None but the master will sbe own She wakens to his hand alone, That of her silence breaks the bonds, And to hi. loving touch responds ; When all her passion, hushed so long, Finds voice In warm, love-breathing song. Thy heart is sudh an instrument, In which love's harmonies, long-pent, Soek utterance. But one alone The secret of their song may own, Here, by my band, the strings are pressed, 'fo put my fortune to the test; And now I walt, in eager pain, if they speak love, or mute remain. How He Read It. Although it was a bachelor's establish meat, there were few mansions handsomer than Mr. Howlaid Coleman's, and many were the feminine hearts which would not have been at all averse t0 transform the Imposing tone front and its rows of plate glass windows, against which the almost priceless lace curtains fell in foamy grace, into a paradise that should not be a bach elor's paradise. Everything was faultlessly handsome inside, furnished with an exquisite finish of detail that denoted the refined taste of the owner. People wondered-and had been won dering for twenty years-why Mr. Cole man did not mairy. Forty-eight found him a portly-not too portly-gentleman, with a fine frank face, adorned by a thick, drooping white mous tache, bright laughing eyes, as dark as well could be, and thick luxuriant gray hair -a handsome, independent gentleman, wh6 had all his life liked bi bachelor life, and his bachelor home that was so grace. fully presided over by his widowed sister; who liked the ladieb remarkably well, but who had npver been convinced lie could love any one as he believed a wife should be loved, unless we except little May Dean, whose blue eyes had once or twice been lifted to look at this wonderful rich, hand some, gentleman, who was Mrs. Anderson's brother, and Mrs. Anderson was one of those genuine high-bred ladies who was not ashamed to condescend to be a warm, true friend to May Dean's mother, even if Mrs. Dean did do her plain sewing for her. May had several times seen Mr. Coleman, and once or twice he had taken especial notice of her, rather enjoying her uncon scious awe of him, and very much admnir ing her undeniable gentle sweetness of man ner, movement and voice. lie had come to find himself thinking frequently about her, so frequently that he had been obliged to bring himself to ac count for presuming to give a second's thought to the Insane probability of a little blossom like blue-eyed May Dean caring for him-old enough to be her father. Mr. Coleman sat in his library alone such a magnificent, imposing room it was, with its high ceiling, its niches where statues of all the great scholars and states men stood, its rows of shelves reaching to the ceiling, its long central taule, its other tiny tables where low, pleasant-looking chairs were drawn up, its sweeping green damask curtains, its carpet like a huge bed of emerald moss. Mrs. Anderson had gone out that night, and Mr. Colonan was thoroughly revelling in the prospect of a long undisturbed even ing, when a servant rapped at the door, with a note on a silver salver. Mr. Coleman took it rather abstractedly, for notes were of such common occurrence with him, and, besides, he was already im-. patient to be in the dry details of sonme projected improvement In one of his big, flourishing factories--an improvement that would be appreciated by the hundreds of girl operatives lie employed. S3o he took the note rather indifferently until he saw the name subscribed in full 'May E. Dean." Just a little look of surprise came into his eyes, and there was just the merest pos. sible acceleration in his steady pulses, not enough to make a perceptible tremor in lis hands-as he read the communication ''DEAR Mu. COLEMAN :-l have no dloubt but that you will be very much astonished wihen you find I have taken the lib'erty of writing to you; but what I wanted to say I thought I had better write. Please do not be angry with mec for venturing as I have done. I amn not sure that 1 am docing right In -telling you all I do ; but I have thought it over and over, and have come to the conclusion that I will. Of course you know hew poor mamma and I are how she has to sew, and how I have been employed in Mrs. Emmett's family with the children from nine till three ; but she has discharged me and sent the children to a regular sohicol, and, Mr. Coleman, I can not imagine what is to become o :*me .un less you will have mae." IIe paused point blank, and read the long sentence over again, a curious expression coming inte his eyes and a smile creepin g under his moustache. "Unless I1 will have her I Can it be pos sible that she- has really cared for nie cares for me enough to lay aside all con ventIonalItIes, and~ so gracefully, sensibly offer her precious self? ' Hlis eyes were tendterly solemn, yet tri umphantly happy, as lie went on, touched to the heart b~y her artlessness "I know I am very, very bold in daring to asK such a favor of you. I am almost sure you will be yexed and refuse me; but Ido hot mean any harm. J must not let iparinainma bp wpighted with me, 4nd I lqpw you are very good and lid; and ini 1'ed will try hard to plaeyou in every way, Please, Mr. Coleman, let me come, will you not? inBt, if you would rather uot have me, do not be afraid of hurting miiy feelings by saying so. Unless you really do want me I would rather you said no tihan take mec just because I hiive ven lured to ask. If you will write to me just a word I will be very much obliged. Yours, MAY E. DEAN." There were more suspicions of emotions in Ilowland Coleman's eyes than had been there for many a long year as he folded up the letter, and put It In lisa pocket. There was no thought of the projected Improvement in the huge silk'milla now no thought of the dotaiis his. very soul loved to struggle with. He walked up and down the library, his eyes fixed on the floor, his -head dIrooped, his hands clasped behind him, thinking of the strange revelation the letter held, try lug to Imagine the flushes that tinged May's fair cheeks when she wrote it, and being alarmingly conscious that his heart was at last unsealed, and that May Dean's little hand had been the instrument to accom plish that magical feat. He knew that, although all the love of his mature manhood went out to this little blue.eyed girl who had pleaded her cause so well, unless she had pleaded it, he never would have dared presume to think she loved him. He did not permit an hour to pass in in activity. 'She will be in no enviable state of sus pense until I answer her note. I will ge to her at once and tell her how I love her -how far from refusing her I am." Twenty minuteslater his carriagestopned in front of the house where 31rs. Dean oc cupied rooms, and a moment later he stood in the plain little parlor, where May stood, her sweet face all alight with glad surprise and conscious flushes. "It is very good of you to take the trou ble to coib, Mr. Coleman, " she exclaimed, in a low, soft tone. His heart fairly thrilled under her sweet ness and shy graciousness. "You mean it is more than good in you to allow me to come. Little girl, you have made me very, very happy. Let me kiss you, Alay?" he cried. But she shrank away, surprise in every feature of her face. "ablr. Coleman I" lie was Pleased with her shy reserve more than with her little letter. With a smile on his face Ie again ad vanced and tried to take her hand. "You must never call me Air. Coleman again, dear. But now let me hear how it sounds to have you say llowland." "Oh, sir, I never could do that. Please, Mr. Cole-" "Yes, you Can, well enough1, you shy little girl I Why not now, as wcll as after we are married ? Tell me, Alay, when shall it be ? ml ani an impatient lover, now that the ice I so dreaded is broken." She looked at hin in perfect bewilder ment, her face alternately paling and flushing. "I am afraid somethih.g is wrong. I don't know what you mean." "Don't you ? Alay, you little rogue, what does this mean, then?" le held her letter to him towards her. "Isu't that the dearest letter that ever a man received I Surely you know there could be but one answer to it, and I've come to tell you what I should have done long before had I not beei in such fear of a refusal from you. You have asked me, so enchantingly, i. this letter, for She interrupted him eagerly. "Yes, sir, for a place in one of your silk mills. Please say yes P' Mr. Iowland Coleman stood and looked at her, all tire ridiculous construction lie hat put upon her letter occurring to him forcibly. A place in the steent' GO'; 1ils very soul suitl tkth the reaction from happiness to despair. Then he looked at her, and "May, you cmnnot have a place in any of my mills, although there are always va cancies. But I must tell you what you caii have, if you will take it-me, and all the mills in the bargain. May, will you be my wife ?" A PIleas'nt Method of Traveing, For those who desire to see Alaska in its best aspect, canoe traveling is one of the pleasantest known means of journeying through the country. With Indians for guides, the voyage can be easily undertaken. The larger canoes made by these Indians will carry from one to three tone, rise light ly over any waves likely to be met o' those inland channels, go well uinder sail, andl are easily pad died along shore in calm wa ter or against moderate wind, while snug harbors, where they may ride at anchor or be pulled up on a smooth beach, are to be found almost everywhere. With plenty of p~rovisionis packed in boxes, andi blanikets, andl warmi clothing in rubber or canvas bags, you may be truly independent, and enter into partnership with nature; be car riedl witli the wimds and currents, accept the noble inivitations offered all along your way to enter the sublime rock portals of the mountain floods, the homes of the wa terfalls andi the glaciers,ar~d encamipt every night in fresh, leafy covers, carpeted with fiower-enamuelledi mosses, beneath wide out spreading branches of the evergreens, ac commodations complaied with which the best to be found1( in artificial palaces are truly vulgar and niean. Vamipiire flnts of Brazsi. Probably no part of Brazil is more aif flicted thban a p~ortion of the province of BIahiia, with the scourge ot vampires. Whole herds of cattle are sometimes de stroyed by this venomous bat. it was long a matter of Conjecture how this animal ate-| complished this insidlious and deadly work; but scientific meni have now decidIed that, the tongue, which Is capable of considera ble extension, is furnished at its extremity with a mnber of papilhie, wichi Is so ar ranged as to form an organ of suction, the lips having also tubercles symmictrically arrangedl. Fastening themselves upon cattle, these direadful animals can diraw the blood from their victius. Th'ie woundl, maade probably from the small, needle- like teeth, is a fine, round hole, the bleeding from which It is diflicultto stop. It is said that the wings of ti deadly bat fly arouiid dluriing the operation of wounding and tirawing blood, with great velocity, thus fanning the Victim and lulling while the t~rrible work Is in progre~ss. Somep of thiespm creatures nmeasure two feet between the tips of theIr wings, and they are often foundl in great numbers in deserted diwell ings in the outskirts oi the city. 'rho ne groes and Indians especially dIread them, andi there are numerous superstitions among the natives in regardi to them. Novei ictures. A curious dlevice, whereby pictures of various kinds are burnt out on a piece of ordliary looking rose-colored paper, has been bi-ought out by. a Berlin merchant. 1 ou apply a glowing matdii at two finely perforated points, and the sparks cominun icatedl then begin gradually to move over the paper, wo:klng out the picture. Neither leaves its proper path, or In jures the paper beyond, and when the end of the path is reached, the spark goes out. A negative and a lasitive are thius obtained~ after the manner of ammbont. iero Worsilpping. The people of northern Europe ae great hero-worshipers, but not by any means ambitious to excel in holding the relics of their heroes when they cost money. The English and Amerieau are the most ex travagant in this respect. Four years ago the Scottish society of antiquaries, after most diligent search and at great expense, purchased from a Cana .dian farmer the Crook of St. Fillan, with the custody of which four hundred years before Robert Bruce had entrusted hi- an cestor. The harp of Brian Boru is still preserved safely in the museum of Trinity College, Dublin, while the prayer book of King Charles I. and his watch are in the pos session of two English gentlemen, from whom no amount of money can purchase them. One Purkiss, an Englishman, in an an gry mood, converted into a bag of char coal the axlutree of the wagon in which the corpse of William Rufus was conveyed from the forest when Sir Walter Tyrrell killed him. All of these and all of the older miemen toes of the emment dead might or would bring heavier prices in other years than at present. The age is growing too material. In1 1816 a tooth of Sir Isaac Newton was sold for seven hundred and thirty pounds; his entire skeleton would scarcely command that price to-day. The King of Pegu of fered the Portuguese fifty thousand pounds as a ransom for a tooth of Buddha, now in the Temple of Adam's Peak; In Ceylon. In 1885 the hat worn by Napoleon at the battle of Eylau was sold for ten thousand francs; at a recent sale numerous of his relies brought mere trifles. The Ivory arm-chair presented to Gustavus Adolphus, by the city of Lubeck, was appraised and purchased some fifty years ago, for fifty eight thousand flormns, while in the sane year the coat worn by Charles X1i, at the battle of Pultowa, brought flve hundred and sixty-one thousand francs. The two pens employed in signing the treaty of Amiens were sold for three thou sand dollars. A wig worn by Lawrence Sterne was considered cheap at a thousand dollars, while the countrymen of the great metaphysician, Kant, auctioned off the one he wore at the time of his death, for less than fifty. Voltaire's cane realized five hundred.francs; a waistcoat of Rosseau Jean Jacques-a thousand. The over shoes, or goloshes, worn by Abraham Lin coIn on the night of his assassination, were considered of so little value as to be given over for exhibition in a drinking saloon. One reason of the decline, to a certain extent, of relic hunting, is the skillful and shrewd counterfeits with which the coun try has been flooded. The boldness of these deceptions is almost equal Lo that of the two rival monasteries, one of which exhibited the skull of John the Baptist at the time of his death; the other, not to be outdone, had his cranium "when lie was a small boy." ki American Bradiaugh. "Mr. Horatio Bradlaugh." The words had scarcely ceased to echo dhrough the court-room when a tall, han - somely dressed, courtly-mannered young man walked quietly to the front. Every thing about the witness betokened the tho rough gentleman. With folded arms lie s:ood facina the desk. "Kis the book." "I respectfully decline, judge." Ilis hIonor looked aghast, the chief's hair lifted his hat almost off his head, and spectators, of all colors and sizes, wore struck motiouless with plaazelment. The witness stood with folded at ms and erect figure, his fine head turned from the ex tended volume. "Are you an infidel?" "I am not." "Perhaps you are an atheist ?" "Not at all." "And you refuse to kiss this book ?" "1 decline to kiss that book." "Are you mad, man ?" "My mindl was never clearer." "Do you believe In the Bible ?" "I do ; but i'm not willing to kiss that one." "Within is the mioral law thundered from Sinai." "It Is so." "And the words of the prophet burning with celestial fire-" "You speak true." "Anid the sweetest story ever told to the ages." "Right agalu." "Better men than you ever dlared to be have kissed thIs sacred tonic." "Worse men than I ever dlaredl to be have kissed that holy volume." "Womien's thin red lips have kissed it." "Women's thick blue lips have kissed it." "Merchant princes have kissed it." "Moon-eyed hiacknien have kissed it." "Statesmen have kissed It." "lltimpbacked tramps have kissed it." "Th le rosy lips of health have been here." "The fevered lips of sicknees have been there." "'1 he quivering lips of dlistress have presed~ it." "Yes, and barbers have bussedi it." "GOenius line imnprinte~d upon it a kiss." "Anid so have smuiff-dippmg spinsters." '"Thle chiseled 111)8 of beauty have touched It." ''And the onion tainited 111)8 of drayimen have smacked it." "It breathes a beatiful spirit." "'Yes, andl smelils of #lve-cnt whiskey." "It is the book." "Yes, but it's streaked with tobacco "It is-" "Thlt's all so, buit it's greasy and (dirty, "It is the best book in the whole world." "~On the Inside ; but the wor book in the whole world on the outside." "You have refused to do-" "What both races, both sexes, and all sizes have (lonte." "Yes, thotusandq of all auges andl condhI tions hatve kissed that book." "Yotu'll have to bring in a new book, judge, if you want, me to do an" tthes morning." "Is your ~ameo llorace [ "No, sir." "And you know nothing case ?" "Not a thing." "llow dtare yo i answ-.f '' * then, anid get up itere?'-~ "Judge, i'm a book g ' " - you a-RIble ?" - o . RK ,race Greeley and the TicKqt Agent. A reformed ticket agent, a man nt)w en gaged in mercantile pursuit, and who ooks back with profound melancholy and re- < morse to his wicked career, as lie sailed in < as a ticket agent, told me that once, in his I sinful days, he was employed at Chicago on a .through-line from that incorporated t Boreas on the iake to Now York City, which, inde up. of a new combination, was "bucking" against Vanderbilt. To t extend its custom the conbinaticn had at Chicago a corps of able-bodied runners, to f seize wayfarers by the throat and fetch them up to the ticket agent, where the in, , nocent traveler was to be talked into a t ticket over the combination. ' One day an able-bodied ruffian came, F leading up a rough-looking customer, who t wished to purchase a ticket to New York t by the way of Cleveland. 'The combina- c tion did not touch Cleveland. But evident- 1) ly the old white-hatted, loose-trowsered, 1 coarse-booted countryman, with his white 1 head and goggling look, did not know what he wanted. It was for the ticket agent to 11 care for him; and so he rattled on, with ticket In hand, until the venerable, goggle eyed old shuffle-toes had' extracted from a a fat wallet the price and shambled awk- t4 wardly away. h "Say, old fellow," asked a friend who M happened to be II the ofilce, "do you know sI who you sold a ticket to then I" b "Some old fool of a corn-cracker.'' "Not a bit of It-that was Horace i Greeley." "Ger whillicans! and he wanted to go it to Cleveland?" b "Yes, he's billed to lecture there, and g the Tribune will give your combination the d- for the swindle." "That's so. Here, you put your cheek t to this hole till I find hiin. Away ran the ticket agent. it was not difficult to find the hotel at* which the vcueraible philosopher lodged. The ticket I: agent found him in the reading room, por- al ing over a late issue of the Tribune. lie a Lapped Horace on the shoiller, and the k philosopher looked up with that child-like a, expression of his that seenied to come out 01 from open eyes and inotith. "1 beg your Pardon," said the agent, 8 "but 1 sold you a ticket to New York bl %while since, and I made a mistake." "In the money, I suppose?" replied I Horace, dryly. "No, sir; in the route. I remembered hi after you left you said Cleveland. Now - the ticket I gave you will not take yon to gl Ceveltand." "The - it won't," cried Greeley, bt starting Up. "Well, young nian, I can h( tl you that would be a great disappoint- si ment to Cleveland." "I don't know anything about that; but I did not want any nian to miss his way through any fault of mine. So I've been I in every hotel in Chicago after you." to "The - you have." t "I have. There is a right ticket. It's In Dyer a rival line. But my honor, sir, rises above trick. I bought the right ticket for you, and if you give me the old one we t will be even." hi "Young man," said Horace, fishing from I, liis capacious pocket the ticket of the com bination, yc-u ar, very good; too good; sll 3ome to think of it, too d- good for a ticket agent. Leave that, good young at Aian, before your innocent nature is cor- P ampted, or your d- Patent Screw andI Pod-auger lin~ is busted up. Go West roung nm1an; go West,"' ' LbI The Isle for Womnu. bi at There are corners of the world from which we seldom hear, but when we do, we hear something worth while. Such Ir, th the isle of Man, chiefly notable hitherto a' among the ladies for eats without tails ; th itenceforth to be remarkable amiong women 01 sufragists for women with all their i ights. Jeograpically the Isle of Man is equ..dis lint from England, Ireland and Scotland. I Politically it enjoys home rule. Industri- dr ally It furnishes various metals, minerals, to and agricultural products. Politically it to Line furnished, In its limited area, its share se f a possible solution of a great problem. [ts Legislature has wieined the suffrage to householders of both sexes, under the th lame conditions. 'rThe Woman's Suffrage an Journal, an English periodical, rapturously proclaims: "Thus the Hlouse of Keys, yC probably the most ancient popular asseim. ha bly in the world, has been true to its tradi Lion of realsting encroachment on liberty by wi taking measures to secure the exercise of 1A political rights by women as well as by in men, and by asserting the principle of-free 5ti governmeont for the whole, and not merely tit for the half of the peo'ple. cd Tlhe House of Keys is the popular branch Ei f the Manx Legislature, the other House being the Governor and Council. 'The .tii rranchise measure was introduced by the G)overnor, in the old style, conferring the ighit of voting on the male inhabitants, en i'ue House of Keys amiended it by striking )ut the word "male," by a vote of five to ne. It Is saidl there is no dloubt that the iew law will be concurred in so far as the sh Hlanx mien arc coiicerned. TIhte acts of the b~egitlatur'e require the sacntion of the ab Jrown of Great Britain b~efore they become an >perative ; and, if Queen Victoria with- bil iolds5 her approval the "half of tha pee- tic >le" will declare that she is lie trite we- il3 nan. Tlhe area of the Isle of Man is 180,000 iti tcre' the p~opulation abcut b5,000. One night think if there's peace to be found in gi he wori, the heart that is hiinble might we iope for it there, It hins a re3veniue of about de 050,000, and1( its annuol Government ex- TIi )tnisus tire some ?10,000 less. Noverthe- lie ess, the ishmdn( hass a very resp~ectabe diebt )f about ?l50, 000. Whten the womeni get ate the Legislature, as they naturally niust, hey will have this dhebt reduced, or, if not, now the reason why. Tlhie kingship orq ordlship of* the Isle of Man was formtterly ai sold by hereditary descent, but the lord. hI Shill was sold1 to the Br'itisht Crown in 1765, un md~ the Governors are niow appointed by ki lthe Sovereign of Great Britain. The Manx- w men make their own laws, and~ impose thoir In wn taxes. Th le mastituioos of the Isle es late back to 940J, andi the HIous~, of Keys 1) antedates the Britishi house of Commons. w 'hse local Ist orians claim a lonj( record of te independent legislationi and conservation of ~ -rights of which they properly are tl gI er per.ecit hiness155 wouIld be O0 by perfect goodndas thit, di neveral'ord aopportuity st jsiv t ti'4rd le'tst, may be cL a ~ thuawedo not aiway., find gI * l if 87 prisoneirs in the T nltla'v' Is lmisd Blazer. Young Mr. Sparks entered the law office >f Judge Smith with rather a sorrowful ast of countenance. Drawing up a chair, to gently inquired: "Does the law allow damages for Initlry o a man's feelings, Judge?" "Not often; sometimes." "Not when you're cut up, mortified, rodden on, insulted, mad?>' "I can tell you better when I know the lcts." "Well, I'll state my case. You know, udge,- that church fair that was held in lie hail last night? I went there, and John Vormly introduced me to a -most awfully letty girl, Miss Blazer. I never met her efore. She was just splendid, you know. Tucommon agreable; and I treated her to ysters and ice-cream, and bought her a In-cushion and a lamp-mat, and a whole )t of liddle-faddle. Spent about four dol kra, you know, and she seemed so mighty leasant that I thought I'd made a hit; dead i love with her, you understand." "Quick work, wasn't it?" "Yes, but she was so very handsome and bewilderingly affable. And so, about In o'clock, I asked her If I might see her Dane. She said I might- I didn't know here she lived and I didn't care. So we arted, and we struck out for the Wood ary Pike, and I asked her If she was a t Aighbor to the Smileys, and shq said she r asn't. Then we walked on, and on, until e were clear out into the country, and I iquired if her father was in the farming isiness, and she said no. So we kept g )ing, and pretty soon it began to rain,and I had no umbrella, I asked her to let me l row my coat around her, and she con uted. and I walked by her side in my irt sleeves." "Did she seemn grateful?" 0 "W ell, not much. But we'd gine about df a mile farther, she said the thought, a ic saw a highway robber or something a few yards ahead-dark as pitch, you 2ow-and wouldn't I go on in advance id see what it was. So I walked boldly P i,and the first thing I knew, I ran against kC of the side-posts of the tollgate, ana 1 inned my nose. Look at iti Made it eed, too. Then she said she knew where u ,e was now, and we couldgo right along. askedjier if she lived near the tollgate, d she said 'not so very.' However, I kOW I had made an impression on that c r), and I didn't care much for distance. > we walked along, until we passed Siamp- 0 n's school house and came to Ifuckle rny Creek. Sine said it just. lashed across iri then that the bridge was down, and e couldn't Imagine how we were to get c r'oss. "Couldn't swim, coul she?" s "Not deep. enough, you know. 80 1 P imied and hawed awhile, and then I Id her tha i didn't like to make the of. r, but I'd wade and carry her, if she'd let 3.,'t "Refused, of course, Isuppose" "She accepted on the spot, and I got her d ross safely, although I was wet up to my ices. bo then we kept going along, and mg, and along,until I got kind of uneasy p lien all of a sudglen she said she was afraid e had missed the road, it was so dark P d wouldn't I go to that house close by d ask them if this was the Woodbury ke or Hatboro' Lane. I went, btlt before aould get to the door-bell, a dog came oning at me, and I ran for the gate. Put ur hand right there, on my leg. Feel at? That's the bandage over that dog te. A quarter of a pound of flesh gone, M the very least." "Did she sympathize with youl" 01 "Well, not as much as I expected. And a, en we walked, and walked. and walked, d. kept on walking, until I began to C ink she must live omewhere on the Pa. Ic Coast when presently she said: ''Thnere's our house! I see a lightl" "That was one satisfaction, anyhow, for di Knowv she womid ask ime in, and have me ied, and maybe her mother might ask me stay all night, so that I'd have a chance F get acquainted with the family, and1( to t1L her in the morning."i "Well?" "Well, we went up, and when I rang 3 bell1, a young fellow came to the door, c< u he says: a "'Why, Emdly, is It you? 'We thought um Intended to stay at terguson's, or I'd h< ye come for you." "T1he~n she introduced me, and said this tl ms the gentleman she was engaged to, Is 'i9aged to, mind youl And he thanked cl i1o: bringing her home. I, you under. ol ,nd, standhing on the front steps all this I ne. And the gentleman she was engag- th to handed me my coat and said to w muiy: ii, "No use of asking Mr. Sparks ini at this su ic of night, of course''" ne "And E'milyv said: "He'll want to get homeasqikash ",And ikeaold fool as qaickasli ''Of course." i "And so I (quit, and they wenit ini andl (I uit the (door. 1 "'It was just fouar mnilcs home. I got in t out (daylighit, wet above, soaked below, I (d full of bruises, mutilated nose, dog. ta es, and frantic with anxiety to play par. ct ular thunder with the whole Blazer famn-y 'i and the young man te whom E~milY b' is engagedl. Now, what can 1 (10 about c; Thme Judge exp~lalned that there was no hi oundi for an action In law, and Sparks mt out talking about mnurdler anid sudden iv athm; but he must have changed his mind. 1 me Blazer family was intact when last am ardl fromi. . t H ow A fghlans 5 ig~ht. O1 An Afghan never thmnks of asking for arter, but ights with ferocity of a tiger, ~ d clings to life until his eyes glaze and m hands ref use to pull a pistol trIgger or a e a knife in a dying effort to mialmn or fc il his enemy. .lThe stern realties of war are more pronounsed on the battlefilds Afghanistan thani perhaps they have or been in India, If we except the retri itive dlays of the mutiny. TIo spare a fht noundled man for a minute was probably b( cause the deathn of the next solier who er isuspiciously walked past him. One ar ingn our men certainly learned in Af- gi ianistan, andi that was to keep their wits at out them wheni pursuing an enemy or thi 'er. a hardswom Reid. There might be al. Inger lurking in each inanimate form cc udding (110 ground, and unless care and ,utioni wore exerised1, the woundedl Af ian would steep lis soul in bliss by kil- ~ ig a Kaflir just when life i as at its last ebb.w be stubborn loe of fighting dn exrn.a . we saw so much 'bf it that our men at clse luarters always drove their bayonets well home, so that there should be no mistake is to the deadliness of the wound. The physical courage which distinguished the tntrained mobs who fought so resolutely igainst us was worthy of all admiration; ;he tenacity with which men, badly armed md lacking skilled leaders, clung to their p)ositions was remarkable, to say nothing )f the sullen doggedness they often showed when retiring. But when the tide of the Ight set in full against them, and they saw urther resistance would involve them more leeply, there 'was - so sudden a change iways apparent that one could scarcely )elleve the fugitives hurrying over the hills Yore the same men who had resisted so lesperately but a few minutes before. ['hey acted wicely; they know their pow irs in scaling steep hills, or m making their scape by fleetness of foot, and the host ,enerally dissolved with a raptditly which io one but an eye-witness can appreciate. f cavalry overtook them they turned like volves and fought with desperation, selling heir lives as dearly as men ever sid hem; but there was no rally in the true ease ot the word, and but faint attempts t aiding each other. Their regular troops vere but little alxeoLble to discipline, by Bason of deficient training, and they re Drted to the tactics they had pursued as ribesmen when once they were forced to Itire., Never no It. Never assoolate with bad company. Have oud company, or none. Never refer bo a gift you have made, or vor you have rendered. Never look over the shoulder of anothcr ho is reading or writing. Never appear to notice a scar, deformity r defect of any one present. Never arrest the attention of an acquaint ice by a touch. Speak to him, Never punish your child for a fault IV 'hich you are addicted yourself. Never answers questions iui general con Any that have been put to others. Never, when traveling abroad, be over yastful in praise of your own country. Never lend an article you have borrowed ittesa you have permission to do so. Never call a new acquaintance by the bristian name unless requested to do so. Never attempt to draw the attention of the )npany constantly upon yourself. Never exhibit anger, impatience or ex tenient when an accident happens. Never pass between two persons who are lking together, without an apology. Never enter a room noisily; never fail to ose the door after you, and never slain it. Never fail to offe: the easiest and best at in te room to an invalid, an elderly arson or a lady. Never neglect to perform the commnis on which the friend entrusted to you. ou must not forget. Never send your guest, who is accus med to at warm room, off into a cold, ma1p, spare bed, to sleep. Never unter a room filled wilt people, ithout a slight bow to theteneral com mny when first entering. Never fail to answer an invitation, either .rsonally or by letter, within a week after c invitation is received. Never accept of favors and hospitalities ithout rendering an exchange of civilities lien opprtunity offers. Thin Conle. While a New Yorker was at Mt. Clemens, ich., last fall to try the effect of the ineral waters on his rheumiatisin lie was Le day approached by a young ian who ked: "Are yout not Mr. ---, of New York ty V" " amh," was the reply, "but I do not re ember of having met you before." "Probably not. I am Smith, the conmc an." "Oh)l, you needn't try to remember me. ur weeks ago I flattered mlyself that all c world knew me and admired my act g. I came West with a combination hich busted in Wisconsin, and after a alk of 640 miles across the country I have me to the conclusion that I never nounted to two shillings as an actor." "I presume you desire any aid to reaeh me ?" "Naturally I would, but if you will see at I have dinner I will let you off. Fact 1Ilhave been bitten by dogs so often, ased by farmers so frequiently, andt b~een liged to outrun so many constables that ave lost all ambition. Once I watntedl undlers of appllause at every hit. Nowv, hen 1 do a good thing in the way of elud g a Sheriff and his posse, I'm perfectly tislledi with even p~ancakecs an~d thmn coffee at rewalrd.'' 'I he Hoar's uleadi. It was in the olden timie wvhen Baron owdledow held possessioni of all the Uer an provinces that a grand Christinas nner was preparedl for all his retainers, md the great event of the (lay was to bc e bringing in of the boar's head, which dinty (1181 was to grace the centre of the ble. But it so happened that the chief ok fell Ill, and his place was fillied by a >unig hllesian, and he tt was that stocod rthe chief (leor whten Baron Howdedow lledl forth in a stenitoriani voice: "Hience knave, and bringest unto us the >atr's hiead." Andi he of Irelandl wot not what waes cant, because in his Isle a pig was a p)ig. et lie bethougiht himself, and went forth, 1(d returning sat before Baron Rowdedow e head of a book agent who had dlevas tedl the baron's domains with a boo0k 801(1 ly on subscriptions, of wihich there were 9 parts and an index. Aiid the Mileslan said: ''Here, sur*, is r boar's head." And the Baron andi his tainers (lid laugh a laugh of great joy, i such a Christmas was there never he re held in those parts. New Coent. An invcaition which wvill considerable in. ience architecture and1( sculpture has just on nmado in Bavaria. By means 01 an amnelling liqumid, the inventor renders y kind of stone or cement hamrder than anite, atld gives it the absolute and in libie appearance of any othler mineral at may be desired1. The en~amnel may mo be appdled to metal, which it is said it mpletely protects from rust.. it Is When our budding hopes are pped beyond recovery by some rough ind that we are most disposed to plc re tio ourselves whmat. fowers they Ight have borue had they 'iourlqhmt. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Modesty is to merit as the sha dow 'to a picture it gives force and re lief. Truth which uncovers a cherished vice is more hated than' the vice it self. If we are faithful to the duties of iie presents, God will provide for the fu ture. The fund of sensible discourse is l mited; that of Jest and badinerle is in finite, All things are a.inired either because they are new, or because they are great. Charity Is the rarest as it Is the most attractive tralt of Christian char acter. Genius of the highest kind implies anl unusual intensity of the modifying power. The life which rlis borne no love ia a garden which has biought forth no flowers. Some people are born to be contrary %nd they fulfill their mission with reli gious zeal. Poverty pinches, but not half so hard as vice. Tihe one wounds to heat, the other leaves an ulcer. rhe very best and kindest way in which to look at the faults of your friend is to shut your eyes. Never does a mnanl portray his own character more vividly than: in his manner of potraying another's. If a man can be contented and hap. py in his own company he will gene rally be good company for others. The grandest of heroic deeds are those which are performed within four walls, and in domestic privacy. I'here is no wise or gool man that would change parsons or conditious entirely with any man in the world, The seat of knoviedge is the head; of wisdow, in the heart. We are sure,, to Judge wrong if we do no& feel right, '1o work out our own contentment, we should labor not so much to incra.ise our substance, its to mixierate our de% sires. Truth cannot long be concealed. She will burst the doors of her imprisan ment and I1 1sh her splendors on the world. Every person has two educations one which he receives frou1 others,aad one, more important, which he gives himself. I know not which of the twain lifts man the higher, genius or gentleness; genius lifts him above -others, gentle ness out of himself. It is a principle of war that when you can use the thunderbolt you must prefer it to the cannon. E Lrnestnc.is is ite thunderbolt. The block of granite which was at obstacle in the patn-way of tle weak becomes a stepping-stoae in the path way of the resolute. It a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take I away from hit. An investment in knowlelgeai ways pays the best interest. It is a high, solentn, almost awful thought for every individual man,that his earthly influence, whiioh has a commencement, will never, through all ages, have an end. When you douut between wordsuse tei plainest, comIlnest, the idiomatic. ilsonew Itle words as you would roage tove simple oles as you would native roses on your cheek. The great sorrows of life are either a curse or a blessing to us, Even the opun grave may oe a doorway inLto the I avon of a larger faith or theopen way Into a life of solemn despair. Knowledge cannot be acquired with out pain1 and appaicationi. It isa.trou blesome, and like deep digging for pure wvaters; but when once you Uomui to the spring, it rIses up to meet yoa. Universal love is like a glove with out fingers, whlichl fits all hands alIke, and none closely ; but true affection is like a glove witti fingers, which fthe one hand only, amnd ft8 cloSe to that one. You destroy the divinie Image in you r soul by sadness. God is j);y. Alli na ture rejoices in its Creator. WVouldl you remain in sorrowful silence? It i christian joy that makes the hle.trt fear It is when outr budding hopes are ilpped beyond recovery by some roughi wind that we are most disposed t~o picture to ourselves what llowers they might, have borne had they dour ished. Outward triumphs of relIgion are no indicatilons Of its purity, since the more corrupt it is, the more popular it, wiil be, atnd the purer it is the less likely it is to be embraced, except by a few. A~t its rising and Its setting the sun makes the deepest shadows, so at the beglnning and toward the close,, the careers of great men are most dark ened by the neglect or aspersion of the worid. Such is the state of life that none are happy but by the anticlpation of change. Tihe ch ange itself Is neth ing : when we have mnadui it tile nCxt~ wish ia to chanige again. The wvorld is not yet eixhausted. Th'ie race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither yet broad to the W ise, nor yet rIches to men of - understamning, nor yet favor to mnn of skill, bLIL time and chance happen eth o them all. No man starts in his professional Ca reer wise, stron4, and tiloroughly it ted for his work. One must gain wis domn by experience, strengthl by excer clee, anld fitness by reiturated, andp first often inseireotuai, endeavor. C~hristian graces are like perfumes tile miore they are pressed, tile sweeter' thley smell ; lhke stars that shine bright est in the Uark ; like trees--the miore they are shmaken, tile deeper root they take, aind tile more fruit lney bear. Christian faith ii a grand acthledral, witih divinely pictured windows. Standing without, you se no glory, nor can possibly imagine any; stand ttg wIthmn, every ray of light reveals a iiar mony of unspeakable splendors. Fretting, fidgeting, ennui atnd anjxi. ety are' the tuost cow mon causes of di sease. On the other hand, high aspi. ration and enitbussm help sligestion and respiration, and send an increased supply of Vitai energy to all parts og the body.