The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, April 23, 1881, Image 1

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r11RI.WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., APRIL 23, 1881. ESTABLISHED 1865. BOOK A BYr, BABY. 'Iock a bye, baby; In the tree top, When the wind blows the cr, d o will rook; Woon the bough bonds. the cradle will fall, Down tumble baby, and oradle, and all." Rook a l-yo, baby; the meadow's In bloom; Laagh at the sunbeams that dance in the room; Echo the budn with youf own baby tuno, Coo in the sunshine and flowore of June. ook a bye, I aby; as softly It anings, Over thy oradle the inother love sings; drooding or coo ng at even or dawn, What will it d.i when the mother is gone ? Rook a bye, baby; so cloudless the skios, Jilue as the depth of your own laughing eyes; Sweet Is the lullaby over your neat. TLat tendeily ,inas little baby to rest. Rcok a l.yo, baby; the b!uo eyes will dream liwootost when mamma's eyes over them beam; Never-.aain will the woild seem so fair 8:oop, little bird--thore are clouds in the air. ]took a bye, baby; the blue eyes will burn And acho with that your manhood will learn Swiftly the years come with norrow and care. With buidmes the wee dimpled shoulders must bear. llock a bye, baby; there's o-ming a day Whose sorrows a mother's I pa can't kiss away; Days when its cong will be changed to a mean; -Crosnso that baby must bear all alone. Rook a bye, baby; the meadow a in bloom, May never the froals pall the beauty in gloom , lie thy wohIt over b ight as to-day it is seen, 1oo a bye, baby; -thy cradle is g reen." A Bear Adventure. Dick Barron was one of the most daring amomir the piontera, and lie appeared to be one of IIhe, nost unfortunate. Together with other -eighbors, Dick had removed fron Central Colorado to the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Hishomue was in a wildly romantic and beautiful spot, and fortune appeared to smile upon him, so far as his pecuniary matters were concerned; for his land yle.ded well in the summer and the mi'ues gave a fair yield of 'yellow dross' In the other months. But death caie to the family of Dick. The first stioke fell upon Ins elest boy, a lad of twelve years of age. The little fellow Was 10nd of hunting, and, with his tine, he would often venture a consider able distance tiom lis home, and some t imes was very successful in bringing down sinall gaime. But one day he was absent nuch beyoind his usual time.'and a search discover ed his ianglied remains lying at tle bottom of a ledge of rocks. Ile had evidebtly Jlulen from above and thus met a sudden and cruel tkalh. The blow tell man bore bravtly up under his grief,while thie 01oman Lave 1 ay to imlancholy. Not long alter a Lecond child, a little girl of lve year Glage, biekeILed and died. It now aipelled as iI Mirs. Barion would go ma , and ior a time her agony was terrible to telMld. But this grauallv subIuded, anti the nither began to siIk rupioly, aut i. a bitrL tune after she fol. lowt-u inkr ht.ile one, leaving still aliother chil', a dtughter three years of age, to the caue ot ti e etiiChen father. T'i:e gimf ol D.ek was not of an explo. sive ciairettr, but it % as deep and endur ing. Still be hd Soiethiig 3 et to live for, an310 lie went to work like a brave man to povide lor bi& little Eva. Winter had ct, in, and Dick had come to the con clusion to make as much as possible in the mines betore spting, and thenx to sell his Tiuperty and go to San Francisco, where he etiau secure thie advantages of educa tion h or hIs little one. For soini timie the neighbor s of Dick, as well as hniueelf, had been much annoyed by thelt. beveial haimbs and sheep hatd been killed, and1( poultry in large quantities stoleni. 'I here w as difference o1 opinion wnmh iegard to these ttepreuationis. Somae said they wete comimitttd by Indians, othiere br wolves, antd otheris by bears. lBnt, as no snow had falben, and as the ground was fiozeni veiy hard, no tracks could be seen. .One iorntnlg, htowever, thme alarmi was givtn. A light snow had fallen during the night, aria tracks were discovered. A large grit.zly bear wats the thief and de Spoiler, and lie must be hunted down it,. once. IL was not stupposed that they would he obliged to go lar to Iind time animal, and so Dick seized lisa tile and joined thme parly, leaving is chiild still in bed. Th tracks were fresh, and a tdozen cx cited mna were soon on the trail. In a ali, time they wvere on the nionster; but, each mian paused, tuf'ning his eyes towardt Dick, anid waiting for himi to speak. The bear was standing near the cabin door of Barron, gaziing at the child who was seated in the doorway, watching the movements of the itnimal with evidlent curiosity, but without exhibiting any signs of fear. Dick felt, lis very hieatrt sink withim him as he saw lhils; but, lia weakness passed away in an instant, andit withotit remioving his eyes from the bear, he asked: 'Mlen, caii yott usegour rifles with steadly hands?' 'Yes,' replied several. 'Then raise thent and have them ready. B~e suire your aim is good, and that every buillet wotild be buried in thme bodly of the beast in case (,f firing. But. hold your shot untIl 1 give the word.' Instanttly every rifle was raised. Dick imoved carelully arotind towvardl Iie back of the cabin. Ii was lia intention to enter the window, seize his little one, draw~ her back, arid closing the dtoor save her, hut now the animal began to utter deep growls, and advance slowly towaid Eva. 'Ilihe l ather saw ti, aiid exclaimed: 'My darmliing, get tup, go into the hotuse, iad ciose then door.' TIho<. chMi)~ Jooked up, smiled, and then itrose, attempting do the bidding of tihe fallier; but the mion Iter' advanced with a hearitil howl and as the og wa clse against himii, lie strucid his hugo paSws, shattering it into an 'I teared this, Fiue. aeuan not Injure the chiil tI, t1 fatther. ie dichairge'd hiis ov~ piedo, anid at the same timie a dozen 9th er-.~Us rang out, The bear gave a mot ifimhowi, turned uipon his em.,rnilks, glarity f*pon them with e~ies ot ire, atnd see 61o the point of springin sV"5bUddenly, how cyrNko to ohango his .vItt~tn md if' he is'8 mind. Turning quickly around, th monster entered the cabin. A shriek wa instantly heard, and the father rushed for ward, knife In hand, to save his darling Bat he was too late, for with a bound, th beast bad dashed through the window holding Eva In his teeth. Off he ran with all Iis speed toward th< highest mountain reak, while the cries c the .ittle one came back to tho ears of th half-frantic father. And now the monster began its ascent bearing its precious burden. Onward I went and upward, climbing forward, a rocks towering above rocks arose to ob struct his pathway All this time it kep up its fearful howling, and for a time th wails of the child were heard; but they be camn fainter and fainter, until the soun could no longer be distinguished. A length it disappeared from view behind jutting ledge. When the intention of the animal wa first made apparent, ;& kind of terror seizec upon every heart, and a cry of agony buis Irom every lip. And well might they hav< shuddered; for they now knew full wel that the ferocious animal was a she bear and that she was carrying the child to he eyrie den as food for her cubs. For a thne the father had stood with faci blanched with despair, and with forn trembling like the browned leaves whicl still clung to the trees around him. Bu tiat weakness was only momentary, foi lie became again the invincible father;and, with the speed of an antelope, he rusher for the cliffs, his eyes lixed upon the poin where the bear had disappeared with hii loved darling. To any but the father, and to him undei any other circumstances,the journeywoukt not, only have been a weary, but almost at impossible one. But the anxious paren paused not for an instant. Indeed, h seemed to gain new strength and courag4 at every step. Now a fearful rocky ledgi would obstruct his way, but he woult mount upward, making a ladder of thi frail twigs which hung to their sides. On waid and upward until the giddy neigh upon which he stood was horrible to con template. But le did not look back. li child was further on. And now the point was reached wher the bear was last seen. At this instant a strange sound fell upoi the n a of the father. At first it was onlj the cry of a child. Then, mingling witi it, came the fierce gtowl of the she bear and following this, the yelping of cubs Oh, what agony tilled the father's boson at that moment! Could it bd rossible tha the ravenous beasts were already in thi act of devouring his treasure? Dick sank upon the solid rock, while thi perepiration rolled in streams Irom his fac( and body. A blindness came over him, and be lelt hinsidt unable to move. Tben came a voice from below. It cx claimee: 'Courage, Dick. I'll be witi you soon, and will yet save your child.' 'Childl chihil' nurmured Dick as hi ntal tae 'Ya. 1 muIt; not live awav t( tits weakness so long as my d ves: and I can hear her voice even now.' rhe poor father became strong again, He moved forward a few steps, and paced around a point of rock, from behind whicl came the sounds. - A terible sight met his gaze! A ittle girl was lying upon her back up on the rock. T he monster was near her holding her down with one of his hug paws, which rested upon her breast. Th little one had ceabtd her strugglings evidently in despair, and was now sobbinj as if its poor heart, was broken. The bea: was bleeding profusely, and had evidentli fallen iroi exhaust ion. The bullets whicl had been sent into her body had given her no doubt, her mortal wound; but she wa tenacious of iife, and could accompa much atter that wound was received, bul before her life was yielded. Like the p~arent who now scught hisa daughter, th iirst thought of the bear was tor her young, and even in tier dying agony she clung tt the food she had brought thca1. Only a few feet higher up were the cubs. Trhey saw the mother, and.. they appeare< to aniticip~ate a great, feast, for they were strugghnig to reach it, while they liftet their 3 oung voices in chorus with that o: their pareiit. Dick knew that lie must save his chilk soon or it would be too late. Soon lie re solved to creep as near as possible to the mionster, and then sp ing upon her wit! lisa knife; for, in lia haste andi excitement tie had dropped his rifle. Julst as lie was moving foward, the ben turnedl, and their eyes met. T'he dyinj beast uittered a terrific howl, and thea looked dIown at her victim. Th'len shi glanced at her own cubs, and again towart Dirck, 11er expression seeed to say 'You will have no mercy on my young wh y should I have uj on yours?' 1t. was a dreadful suspense for Dick lie was satisfied that the bear could liv< only a fewv moments. But what might no occur in those moments? A single blow with her huge paw and his darling wouki be torn into iragmnents. A movement up on lis part might cause the blow to fall. The hunter becomes so accustomed t< the various animals with which lhe coinc In contact that lie can almost read thel vety thouights. Their actions can nearlj al ways be Interpreteri correctly. So was it with Dick now, lie saw the intention of the benarand knew that Is own action; muist be prompt and powerful, or It wouh be too late. He clutched his knife. and with hIs arn nerved with desperation, hopes, and i fatherly love, he sprang directly at th' throat of thi nmonster, who received hiin with a tremndoulats howl and with moutl wide openi. Ilad the beast been uninjured the strug gle wvould have been of short duration, fo the 0(d(s bet ween a mnan arid a grizz y boa would he as great as that between a lioi and a micuse. But the monster was nov dying, atnd death was near. Bhe retainci all her courage and will, but not lie strength. 1)rmk gave her several rapid blows wit! his knife. Bhe groaned amost as a humai being wouli have done, and fell upon hli side. liut she recovei ed in aii instant,am striking Dick, she threw him to the earth But the father had seized his belovea daulghter, and throwing her a littl4 apart she was now out of danger. 19ot so with himself. IHe was now stretched hlat upon hia back and both the paws of the beast were upo)0 his breast, and he could feel the shrr claws enucuihig his flesh. The two great glassy eyes glared into his own, the terrn blo growl rang ID his ears, the jaws were extended. the lonr white teeth glistened a and the blood-red tongue was ready to lap i up his blood. le struggled, butcould not move. A moment more, and all would be over for him forever, now the death-grip a was fixed rpon him. And, to add to his agony, he had seen his child fpring off and run toward the edge of the clIff. It would be dashed to f pieces in falling, even as Its brother had D been. But could this be a misfortune, since the father must (lie? Would It not be better t for her to join her loved ones in another a world than to remain in this cold one,alone? Just at that inst ant, however, there came t the report of a rifle. T.ae bear relaxed her 3 hold and fell heavily upon the body of . Dick. Ile rolled the aninal away and I sprang to his feet. A friend had arrived t in tune, and not an instant too soon. le was holding Eva in his arms. She was not hurt. The father could not help shedding tears I over his rescued darling, for never before had she appeared half so dea'r to him. But he resolved not to expose her to any further danger of the kind, and so be took an almcst immediate departure for the home he had selected in the Golden State. le Burned Co-,. A prominent lawyer of Battle Creek, Mich., who has been much pestered by troop after troop of boys coming into his olfice slamming doors and committing other annoyances every thne a load of wood is left in the street in front of the stairway, with the same inquiry, "Is this your woodi?" determined to break them of it. lie burns coal, and the nuisance has become so great that when a load was left at the stairs for the tenant in the attic, who was not at home, and after seventeen boys had inquired for the job of carrying it up, lie began to grow furious, but, keep - ing his temper, determined to use strata gem. A light knock at the door. "Conic in," said the lawyer. A boy opened the door. "Cold day; sit down by the lire and warm yourself comlortataly." The boy, rather dazed by the suavity and kindness of his reception, mechanical. ly did as he was bid. Finally, recovering his assurance, he timidly inquired if "that was his wood?" "My dear young friend," said the limb of the law, in his most beguiling accents, "it pains ic to disappoint the desires of a young lad whose honesty impels him even to seek the lowliest labor, instead of re maining in idleness. But painful duties must be discharged. You will observe, by allowing your optics to rest upon the stove, and logically arrive at the fact which I ani compelled to disclose to you we burn anthracitecoal." The boy was dazed at the magnanimity and grand eloquence of the information, and slid out of the room with his thumb in his nouth, vaguely comprehending that the wood did not belong there. Ancther kn<.ck. Pjogramme repeated wii t ti hantt. mnnack nf het und Ph), a ter Again a tapping at the door. "Your wood i" "Don't know. Is it veneering, finished in oil, and ctaved. .ail CS&-iiting joints, Warranted not to separate or crack i" The lad was shrewd enough to see that he wais made game of, and disappeared up the second Ilagurt of stairs. Rap tap. -Your wood down stairs.?" "Can't as'y; bring up some, and we will anal3 ze it; disclose its component parts. bee if it is labelled, and has an aged ap pearance. It may be some lost several years ago, when a fifteenth amendment citizen resided next to my house. I un derstand he has "got religion." That boy did not bring tip a sample. Again.: "Want the wood brought up ?" "What do you ask ?" "Twenty-live cents." "Ill give you that to stand down at the foot of the stairs the remainder of the dny, and tell every boy you see that it is not my woqd." ITne boy (lid not accept the offer. Trne door burst suddenly open, and in rushed a gang of street Arabs. "I'll bring up5 your wood for twonty-nye cents.''"I' dil(o it for twenty;" "'atteen; " I"ten;" "live, and then throw you in a chrome." The dignified exponent of justice, with suppresse~d homnicitdal Intention, pointed caimly to the coal stove. 'They slid. "Can I bring up this wood I'' inquired an Ethiopian lace thrust in at the dloor. lie wvent to work industriously, and soon had it all carried up. T1hien lie went 1 to thme lawyer for pay. "Did I say the wood was mine ?" "N-o,'' and the light suddenly dawned through his wooly head. Tue lawyer hand his revenge. A person whio enters that hail may be surprised to see rte sign on the door under the irin name: "This oflice burns coal." Why a Letter unosnu't Go. Because you forget to address it. Because you forget to stanmo it. [Because you forget to write the town or S t ate on the envelope. IBecause you'- used a once cancelled stamp. Because you cut out an envehop~e stamp and pasted It on your letter. Because you used a foreign stamp. Because you wrote the address on the top of the envelope, and it was surely ob. literated by the post office dating, receiv Ing and cancelling stamps. Andl becatuse you put your letter in a blank envelope, andl sealed it and forward ed' it to-the Dead Letter Ollic, whore tthotisands upon thousands of valuable let ters are daily destroyed because the people are either careless or ignorant of the postal I laws. And to the above we would add a few reasons wny an answer don't come: SBecause you do not sign your name. Because you sign so Indistinctly it can not be readl 1 Becaase y..u do not give name of post I Because youi do not give name of coun ,ty. Because you do not alve name of State. Because you write with a pencil, which ,is rubbed off and diegublo. Because you use ma so pale and dim It cannot, be rt ad. Because you write so poorly no one can read It. Because you do not enclose stamp to p reaya postage on the answer. Aritilelal Peart, Alany persons have no doubt been fre quently struck with the great beauty of artificial or imitation pearls. Those who ma.ko it their business to produce such ar. ticles of ornamentation have attained to n high degree of perfection in their art; so much so that in 1862, at the London exhli bition, a Frenchman who was an adept at their manufacture, exhibited a row of large real and imitation pearls alternately; and wi.hout close iuspection, we are assured, it would have been impoksible even for a Judge to have selected the real fromt the unreal. Soni translations from Frenchi and Germian works on this manufactur have recently been communicated to Land and Water, and from these it ap pears that the art of making iinitat ion pearls is asoribed to one Jacquin, a chap let and rosary manufacturer at Passy, who lived about I1 US. Noticing that the whitefish, a species of dace, was 01 a il very appearance, he gradually collected the sedituent, and with this substace to which he gave the nane of casence dorient-and with a thin glue, maite of parchment, lie lined the glass beads of which he framed his rosaries, and after ward filled them with wax. The method of making the sound bead is by heating one end-which has been first closed-of a glass tube, which then, when blown mito two or three tines, expands into a globu lar form. The workiman then. separates the bead, places the end which has been heated on a wire and beats the other end. This process is called bordering or edging. The best pearls are wade in the samie way, the holes of the tubes being gradually re duced by heat to the size of those of the real pearls, the woi kinan taking each bead on inserted wire, and Ity continually turn. them round in the llame o the lail) used, they become so true as to be strung as evenly as the Oriental pearls. The process of coloring the pearl is commenced by lin iug the interior of the ball with a delicate layer of perfectly limpid aud colorless pahminent glue; and betore it is quite dry the esbenee of orient is inittioiced by mieans of a slender glass blowpipe. It ib then allowed to dry; the pearl is filled with wax, and if intendled for a necklace is pierced througti the wax with a cd-tot, needle. '1 he essence of orient, as it is caied, is the chief ingredient in the nan ufacture oi the pearl. It is a very valua ble substance, aul is obtained irom the fish above namsed by rubbing them iather roughly in a basin 01 pure water, so as to remove the scales; the whole is then strained through a linen cloth, and left fur several days to settle, when the water is drawn off. The sediment forms the es scuce referred to. it requires fron seven teen or eighteen thousand fish to obtain about a pound of this substance. Besideb the French imitation pears, as those auove deacribed are called, there are the liosad pearls, whica are made of wax, covered with. a kind of pearly luster. But these do not look so well as twe French pearis; while in a heated rooim, they are apt to sulten ana tica to muo baru. %. m _ tensive trade is now done in the manufac tue and salu of French artificial pearls. jhousto and Milior. Bowyer Miller,a man of adinirable char acter and education, when lie conchided his legal studies decided to establish him self in Tennessee. In visiting the Circuit Judges to obtain their certiflemte of profes siom1iqualification, lie fell in with Sami Houston, fresh froin the campaigns of Ala. baia and elsewhere in the Gulf States, in which lie had accompanied General Jack. son, and who iad determined to adopt ue profession of law. The young men were at once confidential, and Iloubton frankly avowed his own educatiional deficiencies and linited opportunity of qualifying him self, occupied as lie haud been for the few years preceding in the exciteiinent of the wvar. 'Miller,' said lie, 'I shall teil the Judges that they needn't exp~ect mueili learnmne frons me. We shall be exaizsd at the same tmie. if a q'iestian of silcully is asked, don't birbashful; ianswer it. Lcave those that are miore eaisy to mse. I am not at all jealotus." Mihier, whio was wvell qualified, was amused, and pronmisedl to rio any thing in his power to aid him. Arriving at the residenice of the first Judge, this ag cemsent, was kept up). Ilousion invariably lintrodiuced thle exasni nation by a narrative of' soiietlhing coni nected with the war, and wuhi a peculiar admiiissiomn of Ihis owu dalliculties in putrsu ing his legal theories. A quest oni hiaving been asked upon the abstruse coiomo-law doctrine of executory decrees and contin gent, remainders, Mr-. Miller msodesthy re peated the exp~osition of his authorities, and the Judge amifiiedl the reply with re marks upon the channel of jumiscial dlec! sions. We arec not to suptpose that the ex ammautions were very tteliiicah or strict. At a suceceeding exaisiiiasi n, liowever, Liouston, ha repsy to a que 4ion tupon the sadlec sut)ject, took tip tue reply and re. Pealed the information tnat lie had acquir ed, and, when they catted cii the last Judge, hlouston obser-ved thamt the two pre cedinig exammsiat ions miust hasve b..en satis factory, andi J udge Waite gave his signa ture and made the young iment stay ah night. Within two years froms that timie, ilouston hadh beens elected either as Slate or D~istrict Attorney, wihhe Milk~r, discour agedl at the pirospect of professiomnal suc cess, returned to Virgimaa. Noienthlo hinle zeiooing. Tihe fcllowing on time practical useless ness of the present method of rifle shoot. ing is pretty goedi A iinamn beloniging to a village rifle team was recently on the plains of Wyoming errito, y look ng for game. Fimnlly the party sighted an elk at 8 0 yardhs and prepartcd to shoot him. lIe was a noble buck. The member o1 the rifle teami Pitt a blanket downs among the s ge-brush and a tisthcally placed him self upon his back, with hsis left, arm like a figure 2, suipporting his neck, andi his right, arnm, like a figure 7, supporting the aft end of the rifle. Th~e measitre of the wind was taken, andl the sights were ad justed, while the expert made a llgture 8 -with his legs andh rested( the rIfle's bow be tween the toca of his slioes. The measure of his forefinger was now taken by a pat ent machiae, and the trigger wa- filed oil slig .thy on the near side in order to be ad justed to the weight of his finger. TIw.. mn were thben sent, out to put in ge each side of the 1kl to show the bounds outside which the rifle teamister was not to fire but the elk thought it had waited long asnnngh anrd ran away. How Age %on Pier. Professor Plie, school teacher, and a lady whose first name was Huldah, likewise a school teacher, had kept company in Cin clinati for many years. The former got to be fifty years old and the latter forty live, and still the courting went on. The parents of the lady began to think of this thing. They were not very young them selves and when they saw the gray hairs of their daughter, and witnessed the con tinued interviewing going on between her and the professor, with no satisfactory re suit, they became indignant. They for bade the profeissor the house in dignified but firm language, and had it intimated in proper quarters that iluidah was free. The professor for his part was much puz zled. l1e had always behaved himself. What could be the matter V lie became indignant in turn, and declared that lie would see iluldah, and be-hanged to the old people. Ile did see her, and in her own house, too, and she received hin with he accustomed sweetness. The old people found it out, and assisted him in the work by absence. lie caie again, and they shot blank cartridges at him. Still again, and the boys of the neighbor hood pounded hiu with fence rails. Sev eral times more, and finally he carrieil away with him in his flight a charge of bird shot. It was a comfort to him through all his trouble that lluldah loved him. NCthing could change her faithfulness. She wept with him over the persecutions of a hollow heai ted world, and vowed that nothing could change her allections. But there was no such thing as privacy in his rela tions with her. The old people learned of every meeting tn time to make trouble. If they didn't the boys did. If the boys didn't somebody else did. It was inost remarkable. lie made appointments that hp knew were known only to llidah and himself; yet. they invariably became pub he. ie knew hi3 was not given to sleep walking or ileep-talking. lie asked LuI dall if she was thus afilheted, and she do murely said "no." It was extraordinary. There was no explanation of the mystery. 'ie on1y thing certain auout it was that it bade fair to continue, and theru would evidently be no place for the living couple in the world. One day a bright idea struck the professor. "I11'nil " he remarked, thoughtfully ca ressing his whiskers and wiping his bald ness with a handkerchief, "sce here, 11iu da I We must circumvent 'em. I have it, Te very ideal" " Yes, sir," 6aid iluldab, smoothing down her dress and looking respectful and interested. "1 here is but one way. We must get married. iluldahl" "On, air, " sai i 11uldah, blushing, and with great apparent surpiise, "l'hcre is no other wa3 " said the pro fessor, smiting ono of his thin limbs with great dcertnination. "It must be done. Now I think of it, I wonder I didn't think of it betore. It is the only channel qhT9roui %h0 dliuutlty. I d-.i.rora I will not be persecuted in this manner any lougerI" Lit,' afi, ra, i -duial ii~tii some hositation, 'is not this rather sudden?" "it is, I admit," returned the professor, frankly, "but consider the ditlicuity of these imeetings, my dtear. lReflect ho.v we have been persecuted those-these te jyears back, I thinic." 'rile professor maide a slight calculati)n, and fourid he had the time about right. "This cannot go on, I cannot do without you, iluldah, ain1d these annoyances would drive me into the grave in ten yearsmnore. 1No, Iluldah, there is really no other way. It must be dfoneo." "Very well," said Iluldah, resignediy, and the night of the elopement was imnme diately selected. The professor, by some special interposition in his behalf, got off without being disturbed by thie old peole or the boys, and went home happi'er, for sonic reason, thani lie had been since a boy. " 'he is really prekty,'' lie said to himuself. "I never saw her look so nice as shte dh4i to night, andi there was a twinkle in her uye tanai. was surely new to her. I never saw suach a twinkle. And I think she laughed after i came away; I could almost swear it was a laugh. I ain certain it, emerged from her r.>)om; and it seemed to mc itat she was jumipinr and having a great deal of sturreptitious fun about seime thing. Ah, well, she wvill tell me all about at herself, I dare say." Thel elopemient, was a perfect success. I'he old people were as sound asleep as if they had entered muto a conispiracey them. selves. Tlhere were no boys around. Th'le carriage made a great deali of iioise, and the r'ope lauder wits its awaward and noisy as a brass band, but nobody awoke. "Forttino favors tas, ildah,'' saidl thme professor, as they rode away. "Yes, sir," said 11uldahi, who was as calm as a June mnornii g, and so happy and good natuired that she almost forgot to be entirely respectful. Some d1ays thereafter the professor pro posed a visit to the old people. "'As my wife, you will be saved from any annoy ance from them,"' lie said, proudly. "00o not be alarmed, Iluldah. TIhey dare not iur't yoti. That little ceremony has changed things a good deal, my dlear." "Yes, sir," said Iluldah, smiling con fIdently, andi~ looking as i[ her happiness wanted her to smile more. To the professor's unbounded surprise, he was kindly receied. Thel 01(1 gentl'e mani ,shook his hand nearly off, and the old lady had tears in her eyes and kissed him on both cheeks. "ltise is very odd," remarked the pro. fessor, looking fron, one to another in r rofound astonishment. " You-you are perhaps not aware that Iluldah and I are married?" "When did this happen?" asked the 01(d gentleman, apparently with some studied curiosity, "Vbree nights ago, sir," said the profes 50o', promlpt ly. "1 b ree nights ago, hey ? " roared the old gentlemiani. ''Arid why didn't it lIap pein teln years ago, you stuid~ 01(1 procras tmnator?" Theli Professor was se overwhelmed with astonishment that he seemed to be per fectly helpless. "You (lear old, foolish old goose I" re marked lldah, puttting her arms about his neck. TIhen they sat down, and tho 01(1 people and iMuhlaii told the professor some httle tiiogs which he had skipped in his youth in his yearnig for higher but less imxpor tant inforanation. -The 8t, tuutsrdl Lunnel wIll not be finishedl until October, Washingto194 mother. Just preceding tle Inauguration of Gon oral George Washington ho visited his aged mother. A writer gives the follow. ing graphic scene: ,'['here was another female dear to the newly-elected Preeident. and he kept her in final remembrance at the very moment of his greatest import ance. It was growing late In tile evening of the day, when Washington mounted his horse, and followed by his man Billy, rode on into the woods of Virginia with speed. In the morning he wai at Fredericksburg, and his mother was in hi, arnis. Mlarches, perils, victories, honors, powers surrender ed to that piteoul- looK of helpless love, too deep for piide to show through its tears, and the President of the new State; was to lit r a new-born babe again-no dearer, no greater. lie was lust in time, for she had but the short season of summer to live, and, like many dying mothers, life seemed upheld at four score and live by waiting love till he should come. History is ceremonious as to what, passed between them, but the parting was solemn and touching like the event. "You will see me no more, she said. 'My great age and disease warn ie that I shall not be long in this world. But go, George, to fulfill Ue destiny- which Heaven appears to assign y6u. Go, my son, and may hleaven's and your mother's blessing be with you always.' "Passing iromt tnat dear, pathetic pres- a once, the President-elect perhaps, did tot I hear the plaudit of the people in the streets of Fiedericksburg. Ile rode ill day by the road he had conic, and reached Mount Vernon before evening, having exhibited aiis power of endurance at the ago of tifty seven by riding eighty miles in twenly-lour i hours. his good wito had made all reatly. i The equipage and baggage were at, the door next mormnig, and, leaving Mrs. Washington and most of the household be hind, lie set out for New York at 10 o'clock on Thursday, the 10th of April, accolp itn ied by Thompson and Iiumphreys. Tie new SLtte was waiting anxiously for its Magistrate." A Mattor ni Mnert CaUno. There isone iman in M1ilwaukee who don't want any more prince or princess in his'n. When Leopold and Louise were here a polhceman found a west side ma'i talking to two bootblacks out in the alley by tire Plankington House. lie had some tLing done up in a itipkim and was giving the Uoys sonic instrietlons .,id telling them to keep it dark. The whole thing lookcd suspicious to the policeian and he nabbed the whole party. The man looked am though le would sink as tire policeman opened the nipkin and found a h-if of a 8trawberry short cake oil a Wle. 'le 'cop' asked the man to explain. 'Well,' says le, as le wi)ed the I erspiration fromt his face, 'the old woman is lightning on strawberry shsrt cakes, and to-night we had one for supper whicn was simply elegant. As we were eating surpper the old woman says to mie, 'Josiah, 11 tell .vnat whia t d Yin m Just. talk(- a half of this short cako do1wn to lheI)jg 0 i .ttlm' aiiG ; tiAsi aniyttng like it,anl ehe vould appreciate it mor-n money.' Well, like a consarned fool, I took it dowi to ttic hotel, and went upstairs to the parlor and rapped. A condemned Euglisi man caine to tire door and asked me what 1 wamied. I told him about the shortcake, and lie said the princess was pretty well fixed for shortuake and lie helped me don wi the stairs. Now, I don't want, to take the shortcake back home and maike my wife feel bad so I was just hiring these boys to eat it and 1to take the pate back to miy house and say, that the prince:s wis very thankful, and hoped my wife would end her a receilt for making strawberry short cake. I had almost got the tiring Ixed 111) with the boys when one of then found there was brown sugar oin the shortcake, and lie wouldn't eat it.t'1'The p~olcemanr encouraged the boys to help the old man out, and( wnien thbey started off with tl,e plate and napkin, the o!d mran sp~it, on his haniids and said ihe was going t-> stand by the door tidl that Enghrsmiian that kicketi himn down stairs caime out, andi~ then lie wouild give hrim a belt ini the ear. The Oa nno of Opium.i After the first thiriflimr,excitig or calm-. lng effects of opium have worn oif then coumes tire reaction, anrd the physical auif. fering is indrscribable. All thre lunictions of the body are deranged, and as a conise qunence thre sufferiings th~at ensue must, 1)e terrible. N~one but those who have experi eniced themn can ever know their horrors, andt their confessions oughit to be enough to frighiten anyone fromi falling into tire same tareful conditioni. Every joimt secems dlislocatedl; the whole system is burning with fever, arid p~arched~ with an intoerble thirst; the digesr~ive organs are impaired, the iiucaus lining of the stomachr being (10 stroyedi by the corrosive power of the drug; food is loathsome, violent perspIration star ts out from the pores of tire skin, for the opiumi habit seals up all the excretory finec Lions of the body. When thre pores are dried the victimi muist die of blood-poison ing. There is no hiope. The eyes occomie dudi, every nerve thris anid throbs wit~h pain, sleep refuses to visit the suiferer, the slightest touch ol ten cruses ahn to cry out, anti yet lie can not help tossing to and fro in his misery. "Oh, thre werariness of this iiever endling p~aii" atid One of these vie time tossing in his nisery: '"Oh, would to God this marde me tiredl healihily tired, so thati I couild frill lute a inrute's dozel" Added to the pain there is generally utter prostrationi,rendering him inicapable o.f con trolling a single mioveiiernt,. Thrus, while the pain will not allow him to renmain quiieL yet, lie is too feeble to make a mouon for iimself, Jlentuc school nooms.ne An important element in the ctire of churches, schools, concert rooms and other halls would seem to be a thorough knowl edge of the amount of heat iiecessary to the enjoymert of bodily comifort rind health. As different temnperanments disagree In this~ muatter, it would seem1 hinportanit, that, es pecially in schools, It should not be seft eire~ily to the opinioni of one teacher or principal. .ln thre publio oflles in Eng land a heat of 63 degrees Fahrenheit nias been found niost, usetal, and accordmnxly is generally adopted. Would It riot be wise if experitnents were muade in this matter, and a degrece of heat fixed which woend b)e best adapted to our clirmate, and which could hereafter be mraintained in all large assemblages, and especially where gather Ings of children are held, a9 they are the most suscer t~ible to changes of atmnsnhnrni NICWS IN BREEF. -About a quarter of the Vermont towtns havo elected women as superin tendents of schools. -A sleeplni-ear costs, or an aver aen, about $12,000 and earns about $1, 000 a month. -Harriet Beenber Stowe is sixty tine years old and her husband seven ty-one. -Prom 1843 to Januiary 1, 1881. Cal Ifornia tirned out hi gold and sliver $2,139,258.000. --Ix Governor Walker, of Virginia, Ia about to becomo a citizen ot New York. -The firat conoisof the United Statea was taken in 1700. Tho population was .929,328. -Ohio has 23,308 pensioners, of vhon 2 020 are widows of soldiers of ie war of 1812. --The Masoue fraternitv, according ;o the latest figures, has 44,500 meni ers in Germany. -Virgiua claims flive of the twenty Iht now Iron furnaces bjuilt in the LJite'l States last year, --Mezzo-tinto engraving was invent ,d by 'h celebrated solelier and Ad niral, Prince R-4pert, in 1650. -Canadian papers report an unuisu lly large demand for horses, partieu ary for export to this country and to Qaitt o ba. -The population of the German Em re, accordiing to the censusjuet com )ileted, is 45,194,172. -Phe report of the New York sav ng b:riks for 1880 shnwa an increase a savings of $45,000,000. -'he amount of money invested in nianluacturinig enterprises in New lersey is about $89,000,0O0. -The net earnings of Sing Sing, few York, Peeltentiary for the month ot December were $2,295. -The total number of German Im. nigrants to this country during the >ast year wias 70,090. -over 150 niew butter and cheese 'atories will he ce-d in Iowa this roar, making 400 in1 all. Two , hundred and fifty thousand lollars' worth of California fruit was old in Chicago last year. -Queen C troline, widow of King brisian Vill. of Denmark is dead . the age ot'85. She was muarrl'l In -Mille. itta is engaged to be mar led to Air. Cloveland. the tenor of the >trakosch CGncert Troupe and iana ,cr as iwell. The amout of money authorized to )o expended I)y the aopropri-tion b.lsi viiiei Congress hias passed Is $191,2s0, 68. -R. is estimated that the Insurance onipanies of Lhs country are now cor 'slug risks to the amount o1 $7,000, -There are two and a quarter mll ions el iorsea in Eingland and Boot and. Their wvorth is averaged a',$15J lalc, -There were laid In the United itates during the past year 7,207 miles >A new railroad track oil 234 dilfirent lines. -The receipts of tho Patent, 00108 r1 the year ending Daetuber 31, 1880 .vere 749,685, and the expenditures >38,865. -ile yearly value of the London moke wiich it is proposed Lo convert ito mi-elul prodnits Is reuconed at 10,625,000. Daring the last ten years the royal uLLcry Ia-4 yielded the Italian gov-rn n14n11 $1 24,000,00J I r'omi 1,780, 18J,772 .ukets issued.. -in, Firamnce the diamage caused by he ravages of' wolvosh is bjen roughiy 'retunakui to reach a sum of 5J,00J,00 si i ramnes a year. -Senator lilaine paiys taxes in Au tUStai, Mamie, oin $45,000 w >rh of' pro >erty. Lie also owvus 500o,000 wor'tn of Iladie State bonids. -Nme-tomnths of the fixed capital of dii time clVizedl peCople in the world Is nubar'ked in agrieutture, which em ,10.5 S 200Ji,000,000 of men. -Tl'Ie lilinois Senate passed a.b)11l ppropiaming $i,500 to erect a mzoinu ni.ua t over thu.. gr'ave 01 Sihadrei 15end ,nte first Geyvuuor ot Laat St te. -Th'le estimated value of school pr3 )iriv ini tlnu sa,&ie uts.de Pailad--:lhia, S$iJ,a,33,7u2. in Ln-- eity nlamed the raiu tis s0t down at $5,93J33JO. -It takes one hour and a half' to ,vinid up She cl'ock in Tiity church. 2. Y. The wire is 280 fjes long and t,aiiau weignit .JL I,60J p.'uids. -Uueieral 0. .M, D)3Jge says that at east 8,000 mniles ul new railroad~ track viii be matt mn tne Utilted staates anid ilexico wliim'. the niexr, twelve uionths. '---eeretai'y .i varcs 1s said to hlave Ilpeni $2J,UUJ a yvear above his salary Viim.Oe owas att Washimngtonl, much of1 t being f'or 01nte1 i lmimnents properly martigable to the l'resident, -Upward of 2,220 young girls are at )resenit attenditig tihe pamnting and irawing Olasses~ In State and munuolpal !ehoo~ls in France, whilie 1,950 are itudying music in varIous colleges, -Tkwo allopatiel phiyshelans, one 'om~epathie, amnd one celeetlo are ser ving amlilably togtether as a coinmmittee ippointed by tile C anneetleur, Legisia r~ure to draft a medical practice act. -The Unite I States possessoas only 'orty-nine public Ilorarmes In tine year 880. The alumnber has now risen to dm0nos 3,800, amid the numiber of vol.. iumes conitained In them exceeds thlr ,,een niialIons. -NownhamUn Lil, the lady's college it Camubridige, England, has six real leint Ietureirs amid inety students. Miss Minturni, (daughter of thne late itobert Mmnsur'n at Ne w York, is one of Nfewnihamn's alumna,. -D)uring 188r), according to the fig ares jus unade up by the Amuerlean mirii amnd Suet Assouiartion, tue total uniount. or pmg iron wats 4,2W5,2J14 tonls ig alnst 3,o7.875 tons in 1879, ani in.. .nease of 1,221,530 net ton3. -The thormnometer raged in Febru try on She top oz M~nuns Washington c m i0ii degrees berow on the second lay to 110 degrees above on the 28th. 'he greatest rafige lii any omnt dAy wa8s 3$ degrees. Th'ie highest velocity of theo wind was 110) miles Der hour.