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f! ~1 RM 7 ' 1~. mom TRIFWEEKLY EDITION. WINN'SBORQ~j, S. C.9 MARCH '29, 81 SAL~E 85 TURNING GRAY. Life's sands at o runduing fast away, The buoyant step of youth has gono, The falling hair is turning gray, And time seems now to hurry on More fleetly than In days 6f yore, Befoie the heart becaie Its prey, Before 'twas saddened to the core, Before the hair was turning gray. Yes, turning grayl age co ies like snow, As still, and oarves eaoh careworn line; Its wrinkles on the brow will grow, The hair with silvery streaks will shine, The eyes their brightness lose, the band Grows dry and tremulous and thin, For life, alas, is quickly spanned, And death its gates soon olosos in! Ah, turning gray[ we vain would hide This sign how long with time we've been; These deepened wrinkles side by side Cut by the sorrows we have seen. For feeble beats the heart as years More thilokly oluster on our head, As autumn raindrops hang like tears On some fair flower that's nearly dead! Like perished petals from the flower Our hopes and wildest joys are laid, Born only for a day or hour, Sweet gambols by the fancy played. As age comes on we long for rest, As saints near shrines will long to pray; But still we love tbat time the best Before the hair wa4 turning pray. Honesty wins. The hour-hand of Philip Acre's old fashioned silver watch was pointing to the f'gure 8: the snug, red curtains shut out the rain an(d darkness of the March night, and the hot fire cracked and snapped be hind the red hot bare of the little grate in a cozy and comfortable sort of way, cast ing a rosy shine into the thougdhtful brown eyes that were tracing castles and coronets in the borightly burning coals.. "If I were only ich," he pondered to himself. "Ah, if "I Then good-bye to all mended boots and turned coats : and all the ways and means that turn a man's life to wretched .bondage. Wouldn't I revel in new books and delicious paintings and high-stepping horses. Wouldn't. I buy a set of jewels for Edith-not pale pearls or sickly emeralds; but diamonds, to blaze like links of fire upon her royal throat. Wouldn't I-what nonsense I'm t'lking, though ?" lie cried suddenly to lilmiself. "Philip Acre, hold you" Z,gue. I sup posed you were a inn of sense. Here you are, neither rich nar distinguished, while Edith Wyllis is as far above your imool struck aspirations as the queen of night herself I She loves ie though-sle'll wait-and the thne may one (lay come. If only Dr. W)ilIis was not so distrust ful of a fellow. Hello I come inthere, whoever you are !" It. was only the .serving maid of the lodging house, carrying a letter in the cor. ner of her apron, between her finger and thumb.0 "P,1lease air, -the postmnan has just left 'All right, Katy. Now then," lie ad ded, as the door closed behind Katy's sub stantial back, " leVt'sse what myv unknowni correspondent has to say. A black sea z eh ? Not having any relations to lose I am not alarind at the prognostic.-' He broke the seal and glanced leisurely over the short, business-lke communica tion with a face that varied from incredu lous surprise to sudIen gladness. "Aim I dreaming?" he murmured, rub. bing his eyes ani shaking himself as if to insure comiiplet,3 pcssesion of his senses. "o, I'm wide awake and in my right mind; it's no delusion-no part of my weakening visions. lut who would ever suppose that old TIhoinas Mortimer, whom I haven't seen since I was *a boy of six teen, and picked him out of the river half dead from cramp and fright, would die and leave me- all his money ? WVhy, I'm not the shadow of a relation ; but then 1 never heard the 01(d man had any kith or kini, so1 that I can't, imiagine any harm in taking *advantage of his odd freak. hichi-am I really to be0 rich ? is my Aladdin vision to be an actual fact ? Oh Edith, Edith I" H~e clasped bothl hands over his eyes, sick and gidy, with the thought, that the lovely, tar-ciY aii of lisa adoration would -be brought to hima at last hy3 the magnet, gold. All these years of patient waiting were to be bridged over by the Strange 01(d miuer 'a bequest., aud he might clan Edith Ilowv full of heart sunshine were the weeks that ilittedi over the head of the ac cepted lover, brightened by Edith's uimile, mat.e beautiful by the soft radiance of Edith's love, TIhiere is only one lowering shadow, the alnost lmperec ptible touch of distrust and suspicion wit~h which the stern old D~r. Wyllis regardled his future son-in law. Ah, lie feared to trust his only child to the keeping of any man whlo had inot, been proved in the fiery furnace of trial. it was precisely a week before the day appointed for the wedding, as the soft lIghts, veiled b~y shades of glass, just light ed in Dr. Wylls's dlrawing-room, where Edith sat among her white roses and helilo trope, working on a btt of cambric ruffle and singing to herself. She was a slendler beaubiful girl with violet, eyes, a blue-vein ed forehead, and glossy, abtundlant curls of that paie gold that, 01(1 paInters love to por tray. "I wonder if Mortimier Place is so very lovely?" she said to a silver-halted lady who sat opposite. "Pail is going to tako mie there when we return from our wed ding tour; lie says it is thme seetest place a poet's fancy can devise, with founitains .mnd shrubbery and delicate copses. "Oh shiahl we not be happy there?" She started up with a bright, sudden blush; for even while thme words were tremblingr on her lips P'hilip Acre came into the roomi, .his face looking a little troubled, yet cheerful withal, Mrs. Wyl lie, with an arch nod at her niece, disap peared into the perfumed prospective of the conservatory, leaving the lovers to ..hemselves. "You are looking grave, Philip,'' said Edith, as lhe bent over and kissed her check. "Andl I anm feeling so, dlarling. I have a very tunplieasamnt (liscilre to make to uight-our nmarriage must, be postponied in definitely." 'Philip, for whait reaon?" "To' enable me, by diligent labor at iiy profession, to realhze sutilecient 'neans t~o support you, clearest, ini a manner sati1sf ac tory to your father's expectationis and my -own wishes," * But Philip, 1 thought-" - oil thought nie the flipr of T~homag Mortimer-s wealth. So I was, Edith, a few hours since, but I have relinquished all claim to it now. Wh'vr I accepted the be quest I was under the impression th it no living heir existed I learned to-day that a distant cousin- a woman Is still alive, al though, my lawyer tells me, in ignorance of her relationship to Thomas Mortliner. Of course I shall transfer the property to her immediately," "But Philip, the will has made it legal ly yours " ."Legally it has, but Edith, could 1 reconcile it with my ideas of truth and honor to avail myself C, old Mortimer's fanciful freak at this womian's expense? I might take the hoarded wealth, but should never respect myself again could I dreau of legally defr the rightful heir. Nay dearest, I i name and wealth, but I would rati. a suitor a single stain On My ho0Lt Jhrslian gentle "You have dono right, Philip," said E:ith, with sparkling eyes. "We will wait, and hope on, happy in loving one another more dearly than ever. 3uL who is she I What is her name ?" "That's Just what I didn't stop to in quire. I will write again to my lawyer to ask these questions, and to direct that a (Ieed of conveyance be Instantly made out; and then darling-" His lips quivered a moment, yet he manfully completed the sentence : "Then I will begin the battle of life over again." And Edith's loving eyes told him what she thought of his noble self-abnegation a sweet testimonhal. "Hum I" said Dr. Wyllis, polIshing his eye-glassess magisterially witi a crimson silk handkerchief. -'1 didn't suppose that young fellow had so itich stamina about him-a very honorable thing io (o, Edith. I have never exac'ly felt sure about Phil Acre's being worthy of you before-" 'Papa I" "But nmy mind Is made up now. When is lie coming sgain ?" "Tnis evening," faltered Edith, the vlo let eyes softly dropping. "Tell him, Edith, that he may have you next Wednesday, just the same as ever, And as for law practicmg-why there's time enough for that afterwards. Child, don't strangle me with your kisses, keep them for Phil." lie looked after his daughter with eyes that were strangely dini. "Tried-- and not found wanting, he muttered instinctively. * * * * * * * The pci fume of orange blossoms had died away, the glimmer of pearls and sat in were hidden in velvet caskets and trav elling trunks, and Mr. and Mrs. .A cre, old married people of a month's duration, were driving along a country road In the amber, glow of a glorious J une sunset. "Hliallo! which way is Thomas going?' said Philip, leaning from the window, as the carriage turned out of the main road. "I told him the direction to take, Phil," said Edith, iith bright, sparkling eyes. "Let me have my own way just for once. We are going to our new home." "Are we?" said Phil, with a comical grimace. "It is to be love in a cottage, I suppose," "Wait until you see, sir," said ,Mrs. Acre, pursing her little rosebud of a mouth. And Philip waited dutiously. "Where are we?" lie asked In astonish ment when the carriage drew up in front of a stately pillared portico which seemed to be not unfamiliar to him. "Surely this is Mortimer Place." "I shouldn't be -surprised if it was," said Dr. Wyllis, emerging from the doorway. "Walk in, my boy-come Edith. Well how do you like your new home?" "Our new home I" repeated Phil. "I do not nnderstand you, air." "Why, I mean your little wife yonder Is the sole surviving relative of Thomas Mor timer, although she never knew it, until this morning. Hecr miothier was 01(1 Mor timer's cousin, but an aibsurdl quarrel had causaed a cessation of intercourse between the two branches of the family. I was aware of the fact all alonir, buit I wasn't sorry to avail myself of the opportunity of seeing wvhaat kind of sturff you were imade of, Phil Acre, Aiid now, as the dleed of conveyance Isn't made out yet, 1 (do not, suppose your lawyer nieedt trouble himself about it. Trhe heiress won't quarrel with you, I'll be hound." Phil -Acre's cheek flushed, and then grew pale with str'ong hidden emotion, as lie looked at his fair wife, stan~hnig beside him, when the sunset turned her bright hair to coils of shining gold, and lie thought howv unerringly tile hand of Provi dened had straightened out, the tangled web of his destiny. Out of the darkifess had come light. Is Huambl' Isomea.. "Lo0(i less you I but I had never given hhn a second look. I knew thiat, It was a Norwegian, slow but solid, hardly absle to speak a word of English, and I never caredl whether lie had a relative on earth. Per. liaps it looks a bit hisid-hearied In mre, but I am driven from morning till night, andi I must, drive the men uindeir ime. When I want a hod-carrrler I look for muscle, andl when I have found muscle I (lont look further for sentiment." "hlow did( the accident happen ?" "lie step~ped off the scaffold." "'And is badly hurt?'' "'Yes, though I think he wIll pull through. Aniy mian might have blundered as lie did, but since 1 have learnedl how it was with him11 I've felt womanish Iinmy heart." "hlow was it?" "'Well, he had just got his hod illied with bricks (Iown) there when two or three of his countrymen caine along id( '01(d hun that his baby boy was dlead. 'They had just come from lis house on lussell street, to b.ring him the news, lie came up on the scatfol with his hod, probably intendling to iiotify me of his aflilceion. Ills eyes must have b~eein full of tears, and as he stepped out lie issed his dlistanice andI went to the ground. 'I here were tears on his cheeks when we pickedl him up, and the only word lie utteiedl was to speak Is Eieadi boy's.namne. 1 had looked upioni himn only as an old Norwegian, but1 1 foundi~ ta,at he was a husband and fther, a man with love anid faith, a father was went home at night to coo with has baby andi kiss the wite who had lett aill henind to follow im over ihp sea, aind 4 tell you I feel ltke aslmg his forglyeness and doing all I can to softemn the grIef whIch has come upon lis humsble home" Aaron Burr's Dauirbter. The fate of Theodosla, the beautifu daughter of Aaron Burr, has been one of the appalling mysterles of sudden disap pearances at sea. She was highly cultured, the Idol of her father, mid adorned by her grace of manner and witty conversation every circle in which she moved. Her face, from the beat artist evidence, was in a high derce classic, reminding the be holder of some of the lellenic imodels paint.ed by the old masters, and occasional ly reproduced In flesh in Corinth, Athens, and other parts of Greece tol-day. There is about the "counterfeit presentment" a calm dignity and serene beauty which By ron calls the rapture of repose, Theodo sla Burr was married to Uov. Allston, of South Carolina, a name distinguished in the early annals of that State. Shte sailed from Charlcston4or New York on the ship Patriot, Dec. 20, 1812, on a visit to her father. The vessel- was supposed to have been either ingulfed or cap: ured by pirates, for no sotl survived to determine the aw ful doubt as to its fate or that of its pas sengers. From time to time various con. jectures, or even assumed reliable accounts have found their way into print conceining the fate of Theodosia Burr. One account particularly arrested public attention, and that was the purported:confession of a pi rate, Dominick You, which Charles Gay arre incorporated in his brilliant roinantico philosophic "Fordinand de Lemos." It is so graphically drawn that very many per sons thought that the fate of Aaron Burr's only daughter was known. Perhaps Gay arre, well posted in the history of Latitte and his piratical gang, who rendevouzed among the live oaks of 13arritaria islann, and at times at Galveston island, and the adjacent mainland, really found such a tradition as Dominick You's account of the death of Mrs. Allston among the sail ors of the gulf. Yet, if a later confession be true, there is an end to the tragic story of Lafitte's Lieutenant. An old sailor named Benjamin F. Butdick died a short time ago a pauper in a Michigan poor house. On his death-lhid lie made the startling confession that he was one of the principal crew that captured a vessel named the Patriot and participated in the murder of Theodosia Allston at sea; indeed he declared that it fell to his lot to pull the plank from under her. She came forth ar rayed in white, ho.ding a Bible in one hand, and with heroic mien took her place upon the slender Instrument of death, and without a shudder or quiver of a muscle, was precipitated into the waves. The no ble, unblanched face, erect and airy form, he said had haunted him all his subsequen life. The date of the vessel's loss, Janu ary, 1813, was correctly given by Burdick, and the name "'Odessa" Burr Alston his only error, and yet not an error, for the name of both fatther and husband are suf ficient identification. The corruption of Theodosia into "Odessa" would be natural to an Ignorant sallor, and if anything tend to prove that he had not been read ing up to make himself a sort of death-bed heio. At any rate, the confession i plat. sible, not because it was ext:-emis, fo - huge lies are often told with the dying breath of criminals, but for the reasoas hitherto named. A Life i Staio. "klave you never heard the story told by Jerry 0. Rogers, of skatmg the whole length of Lake Huron? No! Well, I wilt give it to you, merely prefacing that. he recited it to me last siummer winile I was a passenger on the elegant stentuer I Nyack, of which he is chief engineer. It j was a lovely night ; the moon was shining < brightly and wti were cleaving its silvery < beaus reflected on the broad bosom of the I serene Huron, when Jerry, who had been I dreaming over a fragrant Havana I gave I him, turned to me and said :- t "I never pass through this lake that a - thrill of horror does not shoot through my veins.' "'Ever been shiplwreckedl on it ? I askedl.r " 'No, btut I have had an experience -1 such as I hope mny bitterest enemy matyi never have.' "'What was it ?' I asked, rotmg from the lainguor that htad p~ossession of me1 for smne time. There was something in lisa nmmnner that had told ine as plain as words 1 could that is story was wvorth listening to, and i squared myself so as to assume the lttitudec of an interestedl listener as lie re plied. "'I have an hour before my watch com..- a mtences, and~ as 1 (1o not care to ttrn in I l will tell you. It was in the fall of 1872, late too, that the steamer I was engineer on was frozent in at Sailors' Encamipment in the Sault Ste. Mlarie. What boat was it? Th~e Atlantic, Captain Mliller. We e reatchcd the canal inm season to get through, a its we thought but cold wveather set in and i when we reached Bailors' encampment we could proceed iio lurther. I thought Ic had1( beent Out in coIld weather before, but it, was spring to what we got then. Why,j at was so cold that the orders Captain j Miiller shouted to thme mate froze and fell li at the feet of the first ofilcer in iriregiular r cakes. We hadn't grtub enough to last a nttil spring if all handls reimainedl, so it was arrangedi that somte of us should startt for Mlackinaw island. In compjany with t the clerk, Mir. Alalthy, the chamnbernmaid, ( a colored woman, who was dressed in malsic attire for the occasion, and two or three 1 (leek hands, I startedl. The day was pleasant, the air keen and cold, and although we struck ouit at a lively pace at was dihilcult to keep our blood in circula lion. 'Te Clerk became dIroway aitd I had, to secure a switch to keep himt in motion. 1 .Just betforc sunset we mtarvlhed lnte tihe I John Jacob Astor Iteouse, andi were wel- l comed by Jinm Cable, the proprietor, who left nothing undone to make us comfort t able. In the morning I said to Jim: 'flow are we going to reach home ?' k 'Cross over to the mainland on the MlichI. Il gan sidle andl strike an Indian trail. I Nutl send a scout who knowa the country to pilot you and in four or five (lays youi will teach the railroad,' he replheed. TIhiat wotild not (10 me, and I told Jim so. I had to reach Buffalo in t wo days' thne, as I was o to act as best mian to a t rlendl who was to t1 be mtarrhe~d, aitd I asked J1 im If he cotuld i loan me a p~alr of skates. 'Skates be g~ blowed,' he answeredl. 'What could youi l (10 wiih skates ?' Why, skate dowit Lake si lluron,' was mty reply. ie triedl to laugh g me out of the notion, buit. whent lhe saw I 4 was determnend, and In Chrpaest, Ih brought c forth a pair of old-fa~lhioned tturn-overs c which hte stqid lis grandfathecr had used on i the Contnecticut river, The rest of tihe e p~arty thought ~to discourage me by talking a about, wolves, but I smiled at their., fears, il strapped op the sketes, tflled my pIpe with .fi plur tobaccop~linhted it. and hddlmg good- 9 bye to ily friends, 4yranig on the Ice, cut a apreadeagle, out miy,,innme underneath and dlasled off. I was iii excellent spirits, and the spin to Lake Hfron made ile fairly glow. The wind waA fresh from the north, and when I ghded o the beautiful flield of ice that covered -the ke as fair as the eye could reach, 1 was tgoing without much effort at the rate of twenty miles an hour. That was rather a fair pace, but It would not carry me through by daylight, so I do ternined to put on Iore steam, which I did, and soon. Increahed it to thirty miles. About ten miles to the northward of Alpena, I was startld by a voluni nous low bark, and casting my eye over ny shoulder I saw a sight that neirly halted ne with Fright. About two iles mn mny wake was a pack of not less thala two hundred bng, lean, lank, hungry wolves coming for me with an eagerness that was anything but pleasant to contemphhAte. Were you ever followed on a trackless waste by barking, inarling, snapping, growling wolves? No? Well, I pray that yoti may never be. On thcy came. and although I was crowding ily fires they were gaining on ie. It would not do to put for Alpena, for it is, is you know, up In the bay, and the ice scar the shore was piled in hummocks ;hat I could not skate over, so nothing was left for me but, to double my efforts. Holy torrors? What is that ahead ? I ejacu lated as I looked about at nile in advance and saw a clear stretch of water fully fifly ecet wide and extending ai far as the vision 3ould take in at a glance. It would not be possible to change amy course without being rapped, for the whelps were flanking me, ;heir red tongues hissed,as they lapped the Frosty air; their eyes bturned and glistened ind their white teeth glittered as they re lected the siu's rays. l)ath or a mighty cap, Jerry, I tnentally repeated as the 'ater neared. I (lid not fancy being de roured-losing the number of ny mess to I pack of wolves-so I strained every ierve and muscle and attained such speed .bat I leaped the opening without much ffort and landed on the ice right side up. As soon as I could shut. ofi stoam. I halted id turned about to see w hat had become )f mny pursuers. There they were in the vater, every one of them, and in less time hait I am consuming to tell you, the ice losed and shuat them out from further pur. amt. Do you see tile gray hairs lit any orelocks? They bleached in the few ninutes the wolves were oan mny heels. Well; to make a long story short, I eached Sarnia that same afternoon at 5. 13, ust 8 hours and 29 minutes alter leaving ie island and took the Great Western rain tor Buffalo, arriving home the next norniig bright and eatly. Did I report it the office I No Indeed, for I knew the lerks would chaff me if I told iny story, o I just kept shady until the rest of the )arty came to town, when I allot them, and a deference to my wishes-they said noth ng about my feat. I never told the story >efore and would not have told you If it and not been that you caught ie in the 'ight huicor.' Common rheumatism Is a disease which ffects the joints, the hinges of the body, a such a way that the slightest mnotion of lie ailing part gives pain. A creaking hinge s dry aid turns hard. A sinrle drop of oil o moisten it makes a wonderful change, ind it imstantly moves on itself with tiae ut nost facilaty. All kinds of rheumatism are in inilammation of the surface of the joints. nflamation is heat; that heat dries the stir ace; htenace the slightest effort at motion ,ives piercing pain. In a healthy conditlol if the parts, nature is constantly throwing out a lubricating oil which keeps the joits n a perfectly siooth and easy condition. themnatism is almost always caused by nde d it may be nearer the truth to say hat it is always the result-of cold damp. lesa. A dry cold er a warm dampness does aot Induce rhleumatismn. A gairmenlt wettutd by pers.pirationi or am, or wvater in anay oilher form, abouat a oint, and allowedl to dry while the person a in a staite of rest, is the most COnunion vay of causling rheumiatism. A partial vetting of a garm'aent is more apt to lince nI aittaick than if the caitire clothing were vetted, becauase an the latter case, it would e certaimly aid speedily chiangedl for dIry a rats. There -are t wo mxethiods of pre enuting rhleuatisml. The mlonment a guar aaent is wetted inl whaole or an part, change t, or keep an motion sualllcient to imintamn very slight persp~irait.on until the cI >Lihmag a perfectly drie d. Th'ie failure to wear woolen flamnel niext hie skin is tile most frequent c'ause of arhen natism, for a comauon nmuslin, or linen or ilk shirt of a person in pt~rspiration be omes (lamp aand cold thae Instant a puff of ir strikes it, event in mid summer. 'his a not thte case where woolen flainnel is vor'n next the skina. TIhe easiest, most ertaina and~ Ieaist huartfual way of curing this rot tesoame affectiona as, first, to keep tile oint affectedi wound iaround withl sevcral Ads of woolen flannel ; live entirely on the *ghtest kind of food-suach ascomarse breads, 1pe faruits, berres, hoiled turnips, stewed pples antd the like, if sutch thIngs we.re eaten to the extenlt -of keephing he system freely open and exercise were ken, so that a slight moisture shahlli e a the surface of the skin all theo timne ; or in bed the same thing were accomaplishmed y hlot teas andl plentiflla bed cloting, a ratefual relief and an ultimnate caire will roibably result Iin a reasonmably abort tinme. Vii houmt, this soft anid moist anad wvarmi con-. ition of the skIn, and the open stale of he system, the disemase will continuec to 'irturo for weeks amal amonths and years. nflamnmaitory rhmeuinatism may, for all raictical purploses, lbe regiarded as san ag ravatedi forma of the coamamon kiad, ex mdited to all the joints of tihe body, instead I iamplcatinag only one or two. F~or all iids, timae, flannieil andi warmth, with a ght anda~ cooling (diet, are thec great renm diies. afow' to (Get. Itichi, A gentleman of Detroit, who is worth ver $100,000, gives his expereence ini get lag rich, anmd tihe 1)eaauty of lia plain is that 99 out of 1,000 can by fahl anaagementg et reasoablly '"well off," while utany will ecome1 rich, Hie says: "Y,,uang pl~an, ave one.thirda of youur earninags. . If you et $(I a Weeh, pretenad that you got only 4I and piut away the other $2, OIn no ac raunt touach that reserve fund to spenud a ent of ~i, but when it gets big cnough put in a 10 per-ccent. mlortgage, 'Tean pea'. ent1 nmiortgages, with first, class securiyg re not so hard to find as a person mighst :link, Add the interest to the@ reserva and and keep on putting it ot on mort acre- This method is l. but it s. sur A Man 1% ie haw a Mule 1)io. "Ain't it a curious thing that nobody ever sees a mule die?' remarked an old teamster in Gunibert and Webber's saloon. "No man living ever saw a mule die, I s'pose?" Thus remarked Mr. Daniels, llghting a fresh cigar. "In 1850 1 was Rnining on the South fork of the Yuba, and it caim my turn to cook for my gang. We took turns each week, you know. Well, I wts going to show how economical I could run the commissary. I went and bought a peck of dried apples; they were all stuck together In a lump, but 1 got 'em jimied into the pot, poured in soine water andt started the fire. Presertly a few of 'em began to rise to the top of the pot, and so I skinm.ed 'ei off and put 'cm in a pan. Pretty soon seime mote bulged up, and I skimnimed thein ol and put 'ein in the pan. The first thing 1 knew, after I had skimniecu that blasited pot a while, I had to get an other paln, and thon another, and by tie tiie I had got four pans heaped up full, dung my skin if there wasn't more apples i the pat than there was In the pot. That is, I thought so at the time. I kept get. ting more puns. and buckets and lard cans, and all the while plumb frightened to death for fear some of the boys would come in and see how extravagant I was, for I had been blowin' on how cheap I could run the mess. The blisted appiCs still kept, a comini' out of the pot. I put some papers oi the floor and covered 'em with fruit, and, by Jove, the place looked like a Santa Clara fruit-drying establishmient, and the pot was still bWI' full.'' "What has that got to do with a mnule dyi' ? "Wait a minute, I'm conin' to the mule. iFiually, I got desperate and dumped over twelve bushels of apples back of the cabin behind i tree. In about an hour I heard a devil of a noise and ran out. What do you suppose I found ? Why, a four. liindred-doilar mule kickin' in the agonies of death. The apples was gone; the mule nearly bo. lie swelled up like a balloon, and the firdt thing I knew he busted. Pledge my word, gentlemen, he exploded like a giant powdei blast, and brought the whole camp to the place. I kept still ; they could not find the mule, and it cost 'em $10 to advertise a rev:ard for hii in the Sacramento Union. About two weeks afterward they caught a couple of fellows hanging round, and they hung 'em. I was there, uut did not say a word for fear the boys would find out how extravagant I had run the conunissary. Let's have soic thing. Oil wTip!-Tio. When Cheyenne was at the zenith of Its gloiy, a sign, of "General Ollices of the Uheyenne, Pacific Slope and Sandwich Is land Railroad,'' was hung out without cre ating the least surprise. If one person had asked another where the depot of said rail road was, there night have been sonC lies itation about answering, but It was sonie tiue after tie sign was out before any special inquiries began to be maide. Then an eastern man walked in one diy, carpet bag in hand, and said: "I suppcse you connect at San Francisco with the regular steaniers ?" "Well yes; I suppose weshall," was the hesitating reply. "Shall? Isn't your road through yet 0' "Well, not quite." 'Do you take in Salt Lake?" "Salt Lake? Yes, I think we do." "low much for a ticket?" "Well, I can't say exactly, as we hive none on sale just yet." "Can't I get one at the depot ?' "Well, I think not; we haven't any de. pot yet." "Can I pay on the train ?'' "Well, you see, we havn no trains yet." "I suppose I can walk on the track?" persisted the stranger. "Well, I should have no ob)jectioni if we had a track." "No depot, no tickets, no trains, no tracks I What sort of a railroad have you got, anyhow ?" "'Well, you see, It's only on paper thus far, butt as so0on as we can sell p8,000,000 worth of stock we shall begin gradinig, and rush business right along. if y'ou happ~en to be along when we get to going, we wvilh put you through as low as any othier re sponsible route." Tnie stranger stuck his hands Into his pockets, stared hat d, whistled softly, and then walked out on tip)-toe wvithout anothler word. Thhis woman was the pionieer white wo man mi Lea.wilhe. She has (lug ini the mines, fought in the wars with Indians aide by side with her husband, scoured the plains11 on horseback as a scour, and became ani expert in the business ; helped found the city of Leadville, mappled out roadis, built houses, took in washing from the Leadville miners, and is to-day In po05 session ci aL fortunie that pays her an ini conie o1 $80,000 a year. Tihie writer Inter viewved her and learned this: She caine from the North of Ireland to New York U.ty' whieii she wass sixteen years of age, a11nimarriedl a bookkeeper nlamdc~ Josep~h Ordlway. hler husband (lied a year later, and shie went to Leavenwoi th, Kans.; from thence to Denver, and finally, in 1876, to Leadhville. In Denver she married a miner niamedl Frank Ray, but be (lied sooa after. Shte toldl how, ini Leaidville, she braved the dangers and stor ms of winter before there were' buildings there to Inhabit ; how Cora, her seveni-yeair-ohli dauighter, had to be kept wrapped up) In heavy blaiikets to keep) her from freezing while she pursued her task of buildIng a hut ; how, when the plhee became settledI, shet~ saw the landi she hiad taken up turn lnto a for tune, etc., etc. She owns buildings In Leadhville that rent for $2,000 a month. "I saw my old mian once sit on a horse and~ shoot, seven Indianls without stopp~ing; and~ I've (lone some thing like it myself. Young man,'' site adde~hd, with a qiet twinkle in her eye, "I've shot more Jndiaiis thanu you've got fingers anid toes. You wtuitn't think, to look at me, woulI yott, that I've gone out ort the tioutain~ side, utp to my waist in snow, 5nti Stbtked ou~t thte streets ICLed vitle V Uut it's Goespel truit." She said she (ldin't know how long she wold stay mi New York. 11cr property in Leadvilo wais attenided to b~y agents and( sihe felt per. fectly ;ontuent to stay away just as long as site ftlispOsed. ihe Is noew about fIfty years~ old, weighs abcut one hunudredi and~ forty pounds, ani Is rugged and chipper, Of' sonme e lam ty we can have n >re, lk i 1u:, faomn God, and what w oule men do in hucha a case if It were not 111v to Travel. We Vre rumbling merrily along to Pait nain, Connecticut, wheni the new man got on. I think le get on at Walpole. lie carried a valise, a blanket rolled up in a shawl strap, a cane, an umbrella and a book. lie wore a plain suit and a silk hat, and a polo cap rolled ip in his ulster pocket. In one of thein, that is, ftor they were le gion. lie carried ils wax matches in a little pocket on Ils right cuff, his little case of gentle cigarettes i a little pocket just below the handkerchief pocket ; hIs card case in a little pocket near the right hip. Then there were thice other unassigned pockets oin the right brwcast and two other mysterious pockets oi the left side of his tlster. Then I think there were two peek eta on the back of that wonderful garient, just below the shoulders, but I will not be positive. Ills ulster was belted in with a belt that might have done duty on the big pulley in a saw will. lie parted his beard in the middle, combted his hair low on his forehead, and was very broad across hi.s back, and had a voice as big as his ulster. lie paused beside tue and looked down at In3e. "'This seat occupied, sir " And he said sir like a iegular army ot1i. cer, with an inipressive pause between it and the rest of tite sentence, a pause just about as long as the regular armny oflicer usually occupies In saying "bless yo'" Or words to that indirect effect. "No, sir," I said, tiniidly, and then Witli a feeule attempt at cordiality, I added sit down, sir." "Sir," said tile new inan, "I intend to. t generally find at seat If the car is crowded, or I tell pe ple what I think about it." And then lie sat down, paIrtly on the soot and part ly in my lap, ci ushing m1)e up against the window. lie plit his silk hat in the rack aind the poilo c) (own over his manly brow; lie stood his catic and 1u brella up in my end of the seat and set his valise on my feet. Then lie folded his arms so that one o1 his great elbows jatined it. self into mny cheek, and then Ie looked confortable. Once t a while he would suddenly feel in his pocket for so-nething, aind every tine lie di so, that elbow weit cruising ill and down my ribs like a street crusher. Ii oiie of these sudden disturbatnces I ventured with a timnid effort at timid sar - casi, to "hope that I didn't incorninode hin. 'No, sir !" said the new man, Wiith Coil siderable italies; ino, sir; I'd let you know very quickly if you did, sir. I'd tell you what I thought about 1.'' Presently [1e took out his little cigarette case, and a nent little nerschaum holder, and made pre-parations for the coinfort of a sinoke, but the brakeman touched his shoul der and told him lie must go forward to the smioking car. ''Isn't this the smnoking Car' ?" yelled tie new nian, nearly grinding nie to powder as lie turned to face the brakeinan. 'No, sir;" replied that functionary, very airily; "this is a ladie' car.' "Well, by jove," said the new 1un1 "1 I took it for the sioking car. and not a very nice one at that. It looks like a soniking car, and the people in it like the people I generally lInd in a snoker." And then he ground around toward ine again and said: "'iil an Old traveler, and when I doin't like anything I tell what I t ink about it. That Is where you'll generally find mue." I wanted to say soiething sinarl, but son.chow or otlier I couldn't think of any thing very appropriate just then, so I uield mily peace, and neived itiy Wtihl agIiaist not only the new n1i, hint the fit passen ger, whoni I could hear behind tie inaking pleaRant reniarks about inly posit ion. By and-by we stopped at sone station where thero was a great Concord stage waiting, and the new Man was Onle of the first pas sengers to rush out1, saying he would have a box seat or they would hear whlat lhe thought aibout it." WVell, I guess lie grot it. I-4e was climnb ing up over the forward whieel, roaring at the apathetic dlriver to take his valise, when thle train started and the noise fright ened the horses, and they iiiide a pltunge. Trhe new inan steppedl on the wheel and3( was throwin headionig oni thle ground, snapping his umbrella and3( cane in the sp~okes o1 the w~nhe as lhe fell. llis lint rolled1 ol', his valise lell in froint of the whtel which Iissedl over it, andit two or three mnen, maliiing a rush for the horses, steppied on his hatt. I couldn't get, my3 window til In Ihne' to cheer, buit the sad passenger got his 1head( out, and( as the trait imovedi off, the crowdl around3( the coach and the new mn wats thrilled ty a tend~er, in. sinuatinig voiice, that came33 suiging back fromi tue car wind~ow withI ai mnitcholy intonat ion: "'1 saty, tell 'em what yonm think about it !'' Th'le manufacture of 'lTurkey carpeat Is in 3an tunusuailly llourishinig condition. Tihe towr ti which export the largest ntumber of thenm are Otichak, Uuairdes and Kouilla, in Asiatic Turkey; an11,t fIrst of these pla ces alone consumies aninually abotit 13,000i 000 pound3(1 of wvool. Th'lerc aire at Ouchak 20)00 factorIes, of wich about, 600 lare kept at work all the ycear ronnd. in them are employed 4,000 workmen atnd work women, excluing 3000 women, 500 girls, and 500 meni who are not ?tmpfloyed 1i3 the weaving, but only mn washintg and dyeing the wool. Th'le annual production of the factories hits grettly increased dutrinig the lust fe w ycears, and now the total is about I1[0,000 square yardls of carpet, of which about 4,000 yardls are taken for Tlurkey and( ligypt, the rest being exported. Great jiritatin hn ports about 55,000 y'arde; Franice, 23,000 ; and the United states about 1 7,00t0. Th'Ie carpets are chiefly made by the 'Turkish womlen; 131 fact it Is onily of late years that the Greek wnmen have been allowed in the factories. Thet threads are knotted on to the loom by hand ad the ends after ward cut off at the required length, thle whole mass being moved between two cyl Itnders ini front of the workwomien, who sit in a row at their work. They are describedi as possessing wonderful miemorles, so that once haiving learned the pattern they are desired to carry out, they can work in the thireads of each color as they are requliredl without any hiesittion or istake. F'or a carpet 17 feet wade six womenm are goner alhly employedl, and each of them is usual ly able to tu3rn (lut in a (lay a pieco of wvork measurliig 22 inches in breadth andl from 7 to 9 InIches in length. Whtat an ar gtumient an savor of soelal osnntetion.s lamit obs rvation, that by com~ nunloating our griof weo have loss, and ty commzunioiuulg cne pleas ure we have moro-Q FOOD FOR THOUGHT. A judicious silence is better than truth spoken without charity. For most! men, an ignorant enjoy ment 18 better than an informed one. Ceremonies differ in every counftry; but true politeness is ever the same. J F a good face is a letter of recoin nendation, a good heart is a letter of credit. A fool always wants to shorten space and time; a wise man wants to length. en both. We have little pity for others until we are li a situation to claim It for ourselves. Poverty is the only burden which grows heavier by being shared with those we love. Many peonle are only in this world gathering together a handful of thorns to sit uponl. The con fession of error Is the hardest part of repentance, whether in a man or a nation, The absolute disdain of lying,belongs rather to Christiana than to mere high breeding. If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, lie would wear his hat over hiseyes. True prudence is to see from the com mbencement of an affAir what will be the end of it. Actions, looks, words. step), form the letters by which we may spell char acters. Genitis of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the moliiylng power. All things are admired either beciuse they are new, or because they are great. If we are faithful to the duties of the present, God will provide for the fu Wtre. The life which has borne no love is a garden which las brought forth no flowers. The very bestand kindest way whicti to look at the faults of your friend is to shtL your eyes. D)ath to the ChrIstian Is the funeral of all his sorrows and evils aid the re sirreetion of all his joys To be wise i to feel that all is earth. ly Is translent, and to experIence mla fortune is to-become vise. To be wise Is to feel that all that is eart hly is Cralisient, and to experlenoa isilfortune is to becoue wise. Wenii we are ready to do a thing, et us io it. Let Ila not walt for tims or tide! they never walt for us. You may glean knowledge by read ing, but you must separate the calfi I rol the wheat by thinking. There Is n1o condition so low but may have hopes , nor anly so light that it Li out of thu reacii of fears. A (lay liglt can be seen through the suiallest hle, so do the most trifling things show a person's character. There are blessings and privileges in every life; let its be thancltui for all those which fall to our lot. lie who call at all times sacrilcee pleasure to duty, possessvs, in a large n-asiure, divide elenents in his char mler and inuit grow spiritually. Take your time and mike calcula. tiois; do things in a hurry and kep y'ur inhd as well as your body em plyed. Only tile religious wU4 is good. And what is religion ? It is the perfeot agreemlnti of the will with the con. selenlce. Bad habits are the thistles of the heart, ,andi every uidubtencoe of them ia a seed from which will spring forth a new crop. A mall hardened againsit aifll otioni and a body against pain anI.dcne ' are the two securi ties of e arthlly hap. pin ess. There is nothinig like a filed, steady :inrii with an honorable hpurposes. It digilles your nauture ad insures your success. T'here is n10 mani, let him b's as hie mlay, who knows what clrcumnstanees are calculated to miake him really hlan py. Study youar own interests closely, and do not spend youar time ini electing' presidents, g ,vernors, and othier smnali otlcers, and inl whIttling store boxes. Friendship stipplies the place0 of ev erytinug to those whio know how to make a right use of it; it mikes pros perity happier. and adversity more easy. A man should be virtuous for his o wn saike, though nobody were to know It, as lie would be clean for his own sake, though nobidy were to see him. We must not judge a mnan by a word or a single action. Life is composed of so miany inconsistencies, that he would of tean take the eXeptioni for the Nothing hardens the heart more efl'ectumally than literary trifling upon religious sub~jects. Where all is ttheo ry or scholarsliip, the consolenee is an touc~hed. llage is like cork to the net, whilot kceeps thie sonl from sinking an des.. pair': and fear is like thie lead, whueo, keeps it from floating in presump. tlon. 'ro ulnderstand thme worhil is wiser than to e mudeoin it. To study the world Ia better' than to suun it. To use the worldi is nobler tihan to a'mtse it. Such Is the prejudice of taste that the aflfetionis are elleu devoted eveai before we see the favored oajeet, when the intimacy is frequsen ly iusufilstent so lay aside ani undleidunle antlpathy. Fight aginst a ilastly tempa)r. An 4er will come, bait resist is stronGflly, A spark may set a house on tire. A lit ol' passion may give you cause to mourn all your life. . Never revenge a'i iiijury. P'leasure which cannot be obtained but by unreasonable or unsaitabie ex pense must always end In paini; an I piessure which must be enjoye'I at tlhe expenise of anotner's pain can niever o siich as a worthy ind canl deilghc '; ini. One who is in jnred ought not to re turn injury, as the multitude think, fo~r on no accoun$ can it be righbt to do injustiee. TIheret'oru it is 11ot rig at to .~ return an injury, or to do evil Lu any * man, however much we may hiwo~ sa cre d frem blat,