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-TRF-WEEKLY EDITION, WINNSBORO., S. C., MAY 3,981 SAL~E 8~ THE VISION OF ANGELS. Once at the Angel (Ere I was. dead) Angels all glorious Came to my bed, Angels in blue and white, Crowned on the head, One was the friend I left Stark in the snow, One was the wife that died Long, long ago ; One was the love I lost; How should she know? One bag my mother's eyes, Wietf ul and wild; One bad my father's face; One was a child, All of them bent to me, Bent down and smiled I A Lucky Sovereign They made a strikingly contrasting pic ture, standing in the warm June twilight, and the fragrant odors of the tea roses and the woodbine, and the budding grape vines lingered around them as if the tender scents were fitting tributes to them. Two fair young girls, the same ago to an hour, and as unlike as sisters could possi bly be, and each a perfect, typo of her own style of loveliness-both of them peeresses in their royal dower of beauty. Rose stood leaning against the railing of the veranda, her haughty eyes, that could molt from the cool, brilliant gray they now looked, into such liquid darkness when oc casion required--spleudid, calm, cold eyes -were roaming away into the gathering dust, that was falling in a purple-gray veil of tissue over wood and lawn. She turned her face toward her compan ion. ier eyes suddenly recalled in their wandering, listless glances, and showed a half-vexed, half-amused expression. "Bell, how much longer are we going to stay here ?-at least, how much longer do you want to stop I I am sure I shall die of cintii if I have much more of it." "Oh, don't thimk of going back to town yet, Rose. I wish we might never have to go." "Never go back ? Why Bell, is it pos siblo you are so infatuated with the coun try as to actua!ly wish that? Child, for three months it is very well to bury one's sell as we are buried, and I've no doubt that mamnma will feet much better and stronger for it; but to stay longer-In a hired cottage, with only one half-grown girt to assist in the work, and no amuse meats of any sort, and our joint stock of earnings exhausting itself daily-I tell you, Bell, 1 prefer our own suite of rooms at home, with a chance of occasional enjo - ment." "I dare say your right, dear. LButI do love the country, Rose." "So would 1 if, for instance, I lived in the mansion over yonder, Feinlcy Court, v= .- m now. where the stately he ' eper showe us through, and descant, nW t"u -any qi'ttLLe Ativast tealh'of its lwner, I forgot to tell you, Bell, there will be a grand reception given a week alter he gets baca, anid he is expected hourly.". Bel jilted her eyebrows in a graceful lit tIe gesture of surprise. "A reception I Oh, Rose, and of course there'll be a dance. Oh, dear, h3w I'd like to go !" "Of course you'd like to go. But (1o you think for a nonment the aristociatic famni lies around here would condescend to asso. ciate with us'" Bell's luce grew stern. "Wue are lauies born and bred, if we do work far a living.' "You foolisu child. I can tell you our faces and our handsome dresses-it we had them-would take us where our family name wsulid not. And I con tell you some thing else, Bel--" Thie little gate at the roadside opened at that instant, and tihe sound of laggiing foot steps coming toward the house imterrupted lRose's ieark, and then a dusty, travel stained man pauseOd at the foot of the Steps. and touiched his dingy hat-rin to the irle. tie was evidently one of the miaiiy re. spectable, (discouraged, disheartened mna A ~one so of ten Eees tramuping through the country in search of work. Rose direw herself up). "Go away. We have nothing for yon. We don't encourage tramps here." Hie touched his hat--the run was dlecid -edly battered and dusty. "I beg your pardon, Iaeics; but If you will give mne a-" Rose swept across ihe floor angrily. "W. ill you march of f, or will I have the * (log aet on you? Bell go tell Jane to un fasten lRover." Taie man turned away slowly, as if to move was an eflort, and Bell sprung up in an imipulse of lenmonstrative protest. Rtose how can you be so heartless? ieo is pale as dleathi, and only see how he drags h~iimself along? You. might have let him * ~ sit (Iowa a minute, and at least have given him a kind word and a piece of breadl and butter." A contemptuous laugh pealed from Rose's red lips. Tliredl and Ill I Drunk and a thief,you'd > hoetter say? A piece of bread andl butter! A bsurd, Bell!i - Bell raisedl her finger warmnigly. Oh, Rose, don't I lle'll hear you!i Rose raised her voice a key higher. ''Let liun hear, theal Perhaps you had better sit and( watch that lie does not faint amnd fall,'' Bhe swept haughtily iinto the house, leav lng Bell w, ich her checks flushing, and a -compassion born of the sweet, womanily .womanldy symipathy glowmig in her blue eyes ais she watched the man walk slowly, painfully along, and linally halt at the gate as if in utter (Iiscouragemencit at the long * ~ stretch o1 road between hnim and the next houses, where lie miight find( what' Rosu hadl * maudely denied-the nmagniicent country seat of Lmom~ 1 Granvihe, Iromi whose doors no beggar was ever turnedi away hungry. Bell saw him, amid her quick instincts old her wh lat she imgined his nmnner V meant. Quick as a bird, she (lashed up stairs to her room andi snatched her po01temonale from the bureau dirawer, and( was downm againi with a sovereign in her hand, as she ran sohily after him, still leaning againist the gate p~ost, and still loking with that same11 strange expression on in i'jiu ek9fgep a the tower.- of F~ernlecy cauirt. ' Iere, please. It isn't much, but it all I have to spare. Ta'ke It, peas."~ lie looked surprrisingiy at her,..." at the money. ''a then taken, I only wanted a Bell thrust the money in his hand. 1 "Never mind, please. I think I can see 3 you are proud; but please take it. Therel" He seemed amused at her eagerness, but I made no more ado about acceptiog the gift t and pocketing it, and she stood and watch ed her shm figure fitting away like the I spirit in the dust. The next day Rose came fnto Bell's room radiant as she only permitted herself to be under rare circumstances, her gray eyes i flashing and her red lips parted In a smile c of triumphant delight. c "Bell, see this! Now wfat da you say?" b She laid a square, monogrammed enve- I lope in the girl's lap, addressed to the 1 Misses Melton, and bearing Inside invita- I tions to the reception at Fernley Court for a fortnight from that night. Rose watched the girl's sweet face glow under the surprise, then saw, to her amaze ment, that flush of delight fade. "Well, Bell, of course we'll co, I'll take I some money I can spare and get 'some i eui8sc, and wear natural flowers with it; f and I know you have a sovereign laid aside i for an emergency. You can get a good a many things with it--gloves and a sash, a you know-and who knows but what Lio- v nel Granville may be captivated I" f Bell laid the envelope softly down. t "I can't go, dear, unless I wear my old V white muslin, and I will look wretched be- j side your new 8uis8e, 1-ive spent my 1 money !" '' 8 Rose frowned. "Spent your money? Why, I saw it r yesterday morning in your drawer. I no- 0 ticed that the edge of the sovereign was a t little chipped, and remembering whether it was a good one or not. Spent your moneyl ] Bell, what do you mean ?" Bell met the vexed eyes as calmly as she 'l could. She was just a little In awe of this a magnificent sister of hers. 61 gave it to that poor man last night, c Rose. I was so sorry. I an same he wasn't .1 the sort of a man to talk to as you did I u know he deserved the money 1' 8 Rose sat down, and folded her hands in u icy wrath. C "Give a sovereign to a tramp-a beggarl t Well if it doesn't. pass my comprohensionlI' n Rose swept out of the room-she was I like a duchess in her movements, and poor a Bell went on with her sewing, wondering I if her white muslin wouldn't look pretty 5 well if it was nicely got up, thinking that i there was a sea-green sasn somewhere she j had never worn, and a pair of white kids t at home that Rose could go for when she t went to buy her suisse. So, while her t busy, deft Lingers sewed through the sui- v mer days on Rose's airy dress, little Bell e decided she would go, after all, and wear t her fresh white aress, and tea roses in her a golden tresses, and the sea-green sash knot- u, ted to her skirt-a simple, exquisite toilet, it that made a very Un ine of lier, that made people turn their h ads for more than a second or third look when she and Rose on tered the magnificent ball-room. .,4t was perfectly de-lightful everyway. Mr. Granville possessed none but high-bred L intelligent Iriends, and the Misses Melton were treated accordingly. The music was heavenly, and from lger t seat, where she sat like a queen in state, u Rose watched her handsome host, wno had t bowed low over tier hand when he was in- t troduced-watched him, as, in his quiet, t self-poss&ssed manner, he wont among his t guests. t Her heart was beating-would he, oh, 1 would he ask her for the first dance, or would he go among the groups of stylish ladies from the city, any of whom would j be so honored by his attention ? And then Rose saw Mr. Granville go r straight across the room', right by her, and L bow slowly to Bell a' no said a few words, v and offered his arm. Bell I Bell to lead the grand quadrille! Bell on Lionel Granville's arm, the observ- s edi of all observers-as fair as a sea-nymph, I and so graceful, so sweetly unconscious of t. her radiaint beauty.c Rose sat gloomily throuigh the first quad-c rille, and watched Lionel's p~ale, handsomec t face as lie bent It very near Bell's golden c curls, his ardent, admiring eyes, that look- a ed so eagerly Into the sweet, girlish face j that others beside Rose noted his attention. f Then, the dance over, Lionel gave Bell i his arm. "Thait has been a delightful quadrille, j Miss Melton. By the way, did you know t I have something that belongs to you?''" They had reached Rose's chair by this I: time, and Bell turned laughingly to him. t "Something of mincl 1 (10 not see how 1 that can be, Mr. Giranville. .Uo you,Rosef* a Rose favoied him with her most fasci- t nating smle. "indeed I do not, seeing that this is the first time we ever saw Mr. Giranville," Hie smiled in Bell's eyes. "i'll leave you t~s fathom the mystery. Don't forget, the first waltz for me, Miss ( Bell."f He wvent away, so handsome, so courtliy e andi Bell's foolish little heart was thnrobbing a with new, vague delight, while Rose was almost sulfocating with envy at the signal triumph ol her sister. Mr. Gianvilie famse ~ prcmiptly for his waltz. iHe drew lier hand through his arm al- t. most authoritatively.- t "Miss Bell, it seems I have always I known you, yet you say yout never saw mie before. Buppose we take a walk through t1 the conservatory instead of having this waltz?" Into the fragrant semi-dusk -they went, i where fountains tinkied andi rare flowers bloomed, and the music camne In vedled t sweetness andi richness. "I want you to be stire I am right.' Miss Bell, when I say I have something of yours Look at me closely, Have yoti never seenC imc before?" lie bent his face near hers. It was grave-t ly smiling--and so tendher and good-and f Bell looked timnidly in the smniliing 3 et stern e eyes. t "am suare I never saw you before, Mr. I Uranvahle. - "Then have you ever seeni this ?" lie drew froiiihis pocket a sovereign-- I the very one, with a tiny bit chaipped off it, that Bell had given the tramp. t "Don't, you understand, dear child?1 -I a. had taken a freak into my head IIh" AMir would walk from town here, and dir poe grand walk, although it took th, and I am go ruined my cloths. I asew at policemia.. cottage to beg a glo" ' relhied Mr. Gould the rest." d ntntredlly ; ''let him go I Ii's f .Ald not discour'age youn'g b e ga s I land to start out in a- mod, es -wymyself when I went linto' t u ihuroad bushie~ss," and reaching dovwr gaeahis pocket Mr. Gonld took out m gaem r and gave it to the boy, t o e year of or hmto aim higher. lo. I shall keep It until you will buy it ack. I have set a price on it, and if ever 'ou are ready to give it you can have it." He put the money reverently away in is. breast pocket, and took her out among he crowd again, a strangely happy girl. And before the summer roses had faded, Sell paid the price for the chipped sover ign-her own heart-that Lionel Granville olead for so eagerly. She is the mistress of their grand house iow, and Rose visits her once a year, not ftener, beca.uio. Bell's husband does not are much for her. But the invalid mother tas a lifelong home ainld the luxuries of 'ernley Court, and Bell Is happier than the irds that sing in the trees of the big old ark. A Queer Story. A great many years ago, before the pres at Government printing ofiloe was estab ished, there were three printers engaged ipon the Government work who were fast, riends and constant associates. They ieither had or eared to have other acquaint uces. One day, one of the three fell sick ,nd died. Then the question was who rould perform tho.usual rites of friendship or the dead. Nobody outside took any in erest in the matter, so that the two friends vere obliged to care for the body themselves iow all these printers were very fond of Lquor, and though they never were to bo cen in public bar-rooms, had many about y themselves in a quiet nook. The two omaining friends then sat up with the orpse, and to while away the time brought heir pack of cards and a bottle for com any. Euchre was the game, and they layed for a stake, the winner to drink on coring a gaine and the loserto stay dry. 'he luck ran one sided. Seated on either ide of the corpse, with the coffia between tmorn as a table, the players played and re ounted the virtues of their dead friend. lut the one who had never won was getting iore and more thirsty. The cards had run Leadily against him, and not a drop of iq. or had passed his lips. Finally the luck hanged, and slapping clown the rigut ower on the coilla, he exclaimed: "There ow, it's my tural" With a hasty motion e reached for the bottle, but at that in Lant consternation filled the breast of both riends as the supposed corpse rose up and iid: "Not a drop till I've had mine." Vith a scream of horror the two friends amped up and rushed, one to the door and tie other to the window. 'rho latter leaped ) the ground in his terror and broke a leg; tre otner gained the street without misad enture and dlisappeared. Years have Iaped. Both the watchers have aied,but ie friend who was supposed to be dead All lives,.an eccentric, aged man, who Is o w a compositor in the Government print. ig house. Marriage in Albania. Albanian marriage arrangements are ery peculiar. When a damisel arrives at aarriagcable ago, her parent. publish the ict among their friends and acquaimaaumv. nould no suitor come forward, it rests nith her brothers to find one. A brot, er iua circumstanced will sometimes comle p to a mile friend in the street and make Li complimentary proposal then and icre. "You are just the man I wanted see"-thus goes the abrupt formula on tiese occasions-"my sister is now four ,cn years old; you must marry her." As tiquette forbids a plump refusal, the entleman thus honored gives a sort of ial -acquiescence, and then hurries <.fr to istruct some old lady to act as go-between. 4hould, lie be satisfled with the report lade, after due inquiry, by this advisor, Lie wedding is arranged; but not until the cry last moment is the expectant bride room allowed to see 'his future spouse, ndi then it would be contrary to the pre criptions of society for him to draw back, owever unpljrepossessing she might pirove 3 he. After thu performance of the eremony, a very curious piece of etiquette onmcs into play. Among the Asiatics and ncivihzcd peolple generally, it is the rule f the bridie-elect to feign coynet-s; but mong Arnauts the bridegroom has to iake this pretence. After the murriage cast is over, and the newly-made wife has rithidrawna, her husband lingers behiind; ndl not until he has beenm subjected to a ariety of rough usage by her relatives are lie prescriptions of etiquette considered to e suiliciently complied with to admit of is following the lady. 11ero, however, Lie subjection of the husband ceases, and us reigngcomnences. Trhe wife is now Lbject to his~ caprices, anmd is expectedl to e subservient to his commands and ,ishcs. nerding Lumber. Recently when the lawyers in Judge lay's Court in Curs->n city, were waiting 3r a verdict in a petty larcency case sev ral storIes were told by the legal lights rhhch provoked considerable surprise,. Judge Cary evinced the greatest interest these weird tales and edged up to the roup. "These are curious yarns, gentlemen. ut I believe them all. I had a dhog once, ack in Nebraska, that I kept to herd lum "Beg pardon, Judge; did you say the og hteded lumber?" "Yes, sir; cottonwood boards. We al rays kept a dog there to bring the lumbor m at night." Everybody now paid the closest atten Len, as they know the boss was at work. "It was this way. Cottonwood boards varp like thunder in the sun. A board would begin to hump its back up at 9 'clock in the morning, and in half an hour would turn over. By 11at wouldi warp be other way with the heat, and maae ,niotlher ilop. Each time it turned it miovedl couple of feet, always following the sun owaurds theo West. Tihie first sunmimer I ved~n Brownivimle over ten thousand feet if lumber skipped out to the lills the day 'eforo I advertised a house raisin.' [ w ent o the county seat to attend a laevsuit, and vlhey I get back there wasn't a stick of mber left. It had strayed away into the p)asnd. An ordinary board would clinib iwo. mile lull (during a hot week, anud lien it struck the timber it would keep -~rmin' in andi~ out among~ the trees li ke a 'Jter snake. Every farmer in tho State .1 to keep shepherd dogs to follow lls obher around the country, keep together d know where it was in the morning. -Theo estimatedi valute of school pr,> ~rt y in the mate, outside P.ulladelph:a, S$19,533,7Q2. In the city namedi the 4 ue is set downi at $5,933.300. Pigeons. 'That's the only bird that ever ersated a boom,' a park keeper sal 4, referrhig %to a fluo large blue bird with an immense cIrown of feathers waving on his head. 'How sol' 'Pecause that's the only sound it mlakes. If you didn't see it you would thi nk some one had struck a bass drum a quart of a mile away. Its a regular boom-b ,and when it tuakes the noise it bows its ead, so that the crown sweeps the ground.' It's the crowned pigeon from New Zealand, at d between this cage and the stufted birds in the museum we can show nearly every pigeon in the world, and you'd bO as tonished to see how many different 'kinds there are. We have pouters, faix ails, nuns, carriers, and all the fancy beds aivo,besides wood-doves, and this cr o ed fellow, and occasionally we have big flock of wild pigeons here, but the par rows drive them off. V ou wouldn't nink a big bird like a pigeon would run 'rom a sparrow, but they do. The little irds collect in the trees in crowds, and *en a ilook of pigeons comes sweeping over'they make a rush for them in a body, au take right hold, tooth and nail, and at, the pigeons sweep down to get out of th way they are literally chased out of the park. In the pigeon case in the museum- are some of the bones of that extinct and muchi-maligned bird, the dodo, the giqat of pigeons, being the only specimen in the country. Two huudred and fifty years ago they were found in the Alauritius Islands in great quantities. It was a etlous bird-as largo as a swan. The bill in the case is not- unpigeonlike, thoagh. one hundred times the size of its modern rtpro sentative. They were sluggish birds, un able to fly, and laid a single egg abo4 the size of a turkey's. Brontius, an old 4utch writer of the period, gives the follq* ing quaint account of them: ''he dron, or doddors, is, for bigness, of mean siz, be tween an ostrich and a turkey, from which it partly differs in shapo and partly agrees with them, espeoially with the Af'ican ostriches, if you consider the rump quills, and feathers, so that it was like a pigumy among them, if you regard shortness of legs. It hath a great Ill-favored head, with a kind of membrane resembling a hood: great black eyes; a bonding, promiinent, fat neck; an extraordinary longstrong, blue-white bill, only the end of each mandible are different in color-that of the tipper black, that of the nether yellowish -both sharp pointed andcrooked; its gape huge, wide, as being naturally voracious. Its body is fat-and round, covered with soft gray feathers, after the manner of an ostrich s, on each side. Instead of hard wIng feathers, or quills, it is furnished with small soft-feathered wings of a yellowish ash color, and behind the rump, instead of a tail, is adorned with five small curled feathers of the same color. Four toes on each foot-solid, long, as it were, really armed with strong biacit claws.' They were at one time so plentiful that they' were k.lled for the stones that were fonnd ini thei at.,muokoa, unri .,adwh t h a,iiois sharpened their knives. Anut:ier queer pigeon that lived at that time, and which is now extinct, is the sohi ta r.. It was found on the Isand of Rodriguez. It was larger than a turkey. and in general respects resembled the dodo. Another was the Nazarene, that was twice as large as the dodo. But the most re markable was the didunculus, a living relative,and closely allied to the dodo. Tue bird was rather larger than our common par ridge,and possessed the curious naked skin surrounding the eyes which character ized its ancestor. One of the finest of the thirty or more different species of pigeons is the Oceanic fruit bird of the Pelen Islands. They are found in thousands, feeding on nutmegs. T~hey become very fat, and the fat, which hits a strong flavor of the nutmegs, is con sidered a great dainty by many. It is said that they grow so hat that when shot they fall on the gr ound,.and iare shattered to pieces by the rail. Not only are they valuable as a means of subsistence, but they seeii to have been appointed to help carve out one of the great laws of nature. It is a well-known fact that the nutmeg has to pass through some choniical pro cess belore it will grow,and in the stomiaci. of these birds the nutmieg is prepared for reproduction. Among this famuily of birds the passenger pigeon is one of the miost wonderful. Wilson's description of their camping grounds is: 'As .oan tes the y .u ag weore muhiy grown, aiid betore they leit their nests, numinroun of the inhabitants from all parts of the country came with wagons, oxen, beds, cooking utensils, nmany of themua accompanied by the greater part of their families, and enoamiped for several days at this immiense nursery. Several of them informed me that the noise in then woods was so great as to terrify their horsea, and ulhat it was diileult hor one person to hear another speak without bawl ing in his car. The ground was strewni with branches, broken limbs, eggs, anid young squib pigeons, which hand been ipre cipulatea fromi above, and on which herds oh hogs were fatteninir. Hlawke, buazards and eagles wer e sailhng iabout in great num boe, and seizing the squabs fromi their nests at pleasure, while trom twventy feet up~wardi to the top of the trees the view tnrough the trees presented a perpetual tunit of crowding and fluttering muli tudes of pigeons, tacir wings roaring like taunider, ningled wlhh the Irequent crash oi lalung tr(.es.' It is utterly impiossiblo to estimate the number tmat congregate to gethier. On soiie trees more than three hundred nests were found~and the branchies wore conti sua!Iy talling, owing to the weight of ilhs o (d ,lrds. 'I he am u t c n sun~ed by a IIOCA oi ti S: Li dis 5 wontler fel. W lson calculates that, taking the br ad h ol a coluimn o1f p geonashe a mw t opin O..ly onte iiiI:, its ICeigta to be two hu . d ed and I r y ma.es, and to c~n.ain oily riaroa pigeons in each square yard (takmng no oce o.mt, e f die evei-al strata of birds one auove the other), and each bird con lu..s a f a plot of food daily,allof which asumnpions are below thme acmtual amnoumi, the qnuansti y of hood consumed bii a (lay woukl be 17,000,000O buehels. buppoti.,g thims comn to o one uiile in bre. t.i, and hlying at the rate of one miile a niunuto for four hi eurs, and supposin; that caich q tare yard contains three pigeons, thu sqitre yards lbi the whole spacue, muliiphted by h re. w -uld give 2,230,272,000 birds. in tue Kentuucky county, wuere they a.e i.> tiy loutnd,they appear sudlt e dly,darken hig the sky socompuetely thait ahm work andmi labor is givetn uip ui they have passed. The air is literally filltd wit a ptgeans, and in some places moars e. us.ed.toebring down hundreds at ono discharge. Their rapidity of fight is wonderful. .The wood doves or .ring pigeons are better known in France than elesewhere. Our domestic pigeon is only a modifica. tion of the blue rock pigeon,- and this Is proved by the fact that if the domestic and blue or wild rock are allowed to breed th< young will in niany cases resemble the wild rook, with its plain plumage and barred wings. The domestic pigeons are divided into two clases, the cotombrio and the aviary pigeons. The former are almost wild, and the latter are those with which we are so familiar. The question how carrier pigeons find their way home is probably one never tc be determined. Some writers assert that the birds are guided by landmarks, and give as proof that when the ground Is covered with snow the birds are confused, and.others say that they are influenced by some magnetic or electrie current, and on his point it is noticed that birds either ily 'east or west, nordi or south, and when started rise to a great height, and for a minute hesitate, a-nd then by unknown in stinct they dart off in the right direction. The exact date of their utilization is not known, but us far as we know Noah had the honor of havingfirst pressed into service our feathered friends. Pliny says that these-birds were used by Brutus and Hir tius during the siege of a town by Marc Anttiony. In 1761, at the siege of Leyden, they were used by the prince of Orange, and by their means he succeeded in free ing a town that was besieged. To show his grutitude hv ordered that the sagacious birds should be fed on strawberries, and when dead that they should be embalmed with all honor. In Pliny's time naviga tors from Cyprus and Egypt carried these birds on their galleys, and on their safe arrival liberated them to convoy the good news to their families. Little 1irocehes. 'Yes, they used to have queer times around here,' said the ancient citizen, as he stirred himself around on the upturned soap box, while the proprietor shook down the ashes in 'the stove. The reporter perched himself on the end of a flour barrel and patiently awaited the outpouring of language that he knew was cure to follow. 'Yes.' said the ancient citizen. 'My father came here before the trilobites were done drying. He saw some rough times, the old mau.' 'Right where the Court house stands.' continued the ancient citizen, 'was the old block-house, and here were gathered a mixed crowd of refugees just after the Pigeon-Roost massacre. Old man Booth had his log tavern just outside, and at it was always a motley gathering of back woodsmen. Among these,' and the ancient citizen twisted his quid across his tongne a turn or two, 'was a character who made fun of old Booth and said he was a coward. Booth .18. him, cordially for the insinuatio.a,yet, could iever e-,a d mnt.rary. ani t.i old trapper made up his mind to test his courare. The plan was successful. M[y ather and two friends owned a cabin just the other side of Booth's and one of these, a small man, lia-i $600 coin, in a sack, when Bill tried his experiment on Booth. They had retired for the night ani laid their buckskin pants ox the flor at the bedside. Have you ever seen any genuine buckskin?' was suddenly asked the re porter by the anient citizen. 'I have.' 'Where' 'On the buk.' 'Well, then you know it fits skintight, and that's just the way these breeches did. About m-dnight ihl stoe up between the bicek-hiouse and cabins and raised the war- whoop. My Gece, what a stirr there was. An attack from .the indians had been mnomentar-ily expected, and the whole garrisoni sprang to arias. Women crept with their chiid~en into the tafest coriiers of the fort, while the men prepared for the exp~ected skirmish. Ini the little cluster of cabiins outside of the block-house the com ing savages wore awamtedl withl dread. rime frightful whoop continued, chilling the blood of all, My father's friends hastily struggled on with their breeches, and the small one got on my father's and had room enough in thenmiat the top to got in a bag of coin. My faiher pulled at the vacant pair of pants, but, It was hko p~uliling his legs into coat sleeves.' 'Hold on, there!' he cried, as his friends were hastily leaving, 'you hanve got my breechesP' 'Hold on, -' answercd his trioend, 'this is no tinie to chiange breeches,' and disappeared in the darkness. 'My lather had no mind to be left, so he ran, naked as lie was, in pursuit of his friend. 'The nettles were as high as your head, and before he had gone ten feet lhe was fuller thban a New Year's pincushion, but that, horrid yell kept him going, and1( lie didn't stop until selctor was reached. Bill showed us how old Booth was a cowardl, but lie did not loaf aroundi there the n'ext day. 'Tho settlers wanted to see him, but lie didn't want to see them, so he skipped. bsut miy father was always called 'Little Breeches' fromi that, day on, though the never got too big for his brecchecs, as sonme p~eole 1 knmow,' and thme anicient, citizen smiled conitemptuously as a young nia in a seniskin cap camei into the grocery and asked for a 'daiik cigahi,'11I you please.' The minutes were then amnended, and, as aniended, app~roved, Victori 'M P'resenmt , ode. Thec Queen of En'gland hs staying at Os borne at p~reseni. Th'le castle is a modern structure, regally furnishied throughout, anmd commands a superb view of the suir rounding coumntry. ft is situated on time Isles of Wright. a short, (distammce from East Cowes. T1hie grounds tare quito extensive, eimibracing two hundred mcres, uinder a high state of cuiivamtioni, and1( give evidence of the care and1( taste dlisplayed by Prinice Albert,, whlo considered it a mosiel larm duiring his lifetime. Tihe Quceen frequently walks about unettendedi anid invairimily re turnis salutes in the most p aiug nmnnmer. Tn'mis islaind, the gairdeni spot of Engl and, is t wenty-three mules long anmd foum teen miles. wide. 1I, contains a population of 66,000, anmd is separated from time minnand by time roadatead of fipithead and the doiem. Thme famous 'Carrb brook' Castle, ini wnmicl Onaries I. took refuge,is on this island,and is much visited onm thIs accounit by sight se .ing Amaoricnans. The Jewilsh Passover. The Jewish Passoverin accordance with the Divine Injunction, was to last seven days; the first and seventh to be kept as a holy convocation, and no servile work was to be done. Rabbinical enactments have extended the time one (lay, and made the first, second, seventh, and eighth holy days. This festival is not so generally nor so religiously observed as formerly, except by the very orthodox. For a week ante rior, the Jewish matron is busily engaged in house cleaning and removing all traces of leaven, looking up - rooms and pantries not in use, and on the morning of the eve, finisbing with the dining room. All crockery and cooking utensils are put by, and either new or those kep\ es pecially for the Passover week, brought into requisition, Everything being in or der, the master of the house inspects each room, searching for leaven, wihout the remotest expee tation of finding a particle. Strict constructionists having provisions of any kind left onhandgive them away to the poor 6f different creeds, whilst others lock them in a room, to be brought into use again when the week is over. Articles of food, such as rice, that swell in process of cooking, are discarded. In different parts of Europe, the congre gations unito in sending inspectors into the different countries where tea,coffee,raisins, currants,and various condiments are grown and cured, who supervise, pack, and put their seal on them previous to shipping, the object oeing to exclude leaven, for which the consumers have to pay an en hanced price. Here they are purcnased in the usual manner at wholesale, and on the plea that they are free from leaven, sold to consumers at extortionate rates, which ii. posture is very generaliy submitted to. The only liquor drank is St. Croix ote Jamaica rum, it being distilled from sugar or mo lasses instead of grain. The home religious services are peculiar; on the eve of the first and second (lays, a table is spread, on which is placed a plate with three passover biscuits between nap kins, and another plate on top of the bis cuit containing a burnt loin of lamb and roasted egg (which is emblematical of the burnt offering of ancient imaes,) paresly, horsiadish, bitter herbs, salt aud water, and a mixture composed of fine cut al monds, apples and spices. After the family are seated and raisin wine placed before each, the master of the house roads the prayers, or ratber Rabbin ical essays, of why the passover should be observed in this ceremonial inanner, after which they drink the wine, partake of the bitter. herbs and mixture, then a supper feast, after which songs of praise for their ancestors' deliverane from bondage, finish the evening. The bitter herbs and mix Lure are commemorative of the bitterness of their captivity when they made bricks and met tar for the Egyptians. The young members of thc family slyly throw the bitter herbs under the table, while they eat the mixture with mueh gusto. Judicial re formation with its rationalistic tendencies ic -lumina serious inroads into these as well as oiner tchuii ,... ., . oI, chosen people, but, the absurdity of mauy or them might well be overlooked in view of the benelicial sanitary effects obtained by their establishment and strict adher ence thuieunto. mawing a Load of Wood In 1877, Mr. Bassick, a 'busted' Austra lian miner, wendered into Rosita,one of the prettiest, mining-camps in Colrado. Sonic miner,with an eye to the picturesqie,iust have given it the charming nmune, Little Rose. Mr. Bassick, after having pros pected for a long time without success, was sitting one day on the gronud. He had gone over the spot, and was striking aimtlessly with his p~ick at a boulder lying at his feet. Suddenly he chiippled elf a piece of the rock that looked to him like good ore. Picking it uip, hie started for the town. Meeting a gentleman of mienis, he told him of his discovery,showing the ore, and offered him one half interest for twventy live dollars. TIhe gentleman declined the investmeut. 'Te disheartened prospector walked away. As lie camne near an assay dice he saw a load of wood dlumped at the door. Running in lie made a hurried bar gain, lie sawedt the wood, and the assayer made the assay pf the stone-chip. Tlhe re suilt ~of Bassick's job was that lie took out of his 'olnim' sonme $450,000, then sold it, for $800,000 in cash and $1,000,000 in stock. 'When lhe camne into this place, sir,' said a resident of Rosita, 'all lie had warn't, too much to pack on one burro (small horse); but, when lie lit, out, it took a foum-nmue team to freight his trunks.' Against, tis lucky 'flnd,' however,shoulid be set. the asseruti, made by those ac qunted with Oolorado mines, that only one iiiner in flvo hundred Is successful. - There are four or five bonan~za kings, but I there are thousands of meni wno have lost their all by muining. Miianitoba&. The hianitoba Lake, which has given name to the province formed out of the Red river region, is called after a smatll island whence, in the stillness of the night, issue strangely sweet, mysterious sounds. 'rThe Ojibway Indians, whio dwehi in that neighborhood, believe the Island to be the home of Manitoba, the speaking god, and I will not, land on or approach it for any coni sideration ; thinking they would desecrate t or profane it, and that they wvoukd meet, t with sonme terrible 4ate for their impiety. t: The sound is catused, as it, has been ascer- I. tained, by the beating of the waves on the a' large pebbles along the shore. These, with fragments of line grained, compnet, e limestone fromi the cliffs abhove, arc rubbed t together by the action of the water, and e give out a tone like that of distant church J2 bells. 'rhis natural music is heard when j: the wind blows from the north, andi as it a subsides, low, plainitive notes resemnbling notes of aii invisible choir arc heard. It a has bten coimpiaredl to thie chant of the nuns at the TiriniA do Moniti in Rome, with a wvhichi all travelers are familiar. 'rThe a effect is impressive. TLotirists have been t awakened at night in the vicinity under e the imptiression that chimes of bells were ringing afar olf, and that their tenes are ripliing over the lake. 'Te mystic bells a ol Manitoba have acquired such a reputation d that travellers are i.ot satisfied until they a are -heard, and often spend (lays there la witing for the blowmng of the north winid. ii VTe tOjlbways nave a numbler of poetic h legends about, their speaking god, whom L they profoundly revere. 1j FOOD FOR THOUGIT. No man ever satied his griefs as lightly as he might do. Love, faith, patience-the three es sentlals to a happy life. Love is lowliness; on the wedding ring sparkles no jewel. State your opinion without apology, Thie attitude Is the main point. Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you .f time and tonper. There is no courage but in innoCence no constancy but in an hontest cause. The evidence of true holiness is, ha tred to, mourning over and forsaking of sin. Men show their chitracter in nothing more clearly than by whut they think laughablo. Happy is the man who reverences all women because be irst learned to worship his own muother. You may speak out more plainly to your associates, but nbt less courte. ously than you do to straucers. In man or woman tihe face an1 the person lose power when they are on the strain to express admiration. Many people use their refinements as a spider his web, to catch the weak Spoln, that they may be merellessly do voured. Friendly letters. should be written, because the words spring spontane. :lIsly from the heart, and not from the sense of duty. Memory 18 the cabinet of imagina Lion,treasury of reason,the registry tihe )f conscience and the council ch im'rer )f thought. Fit nness must be united with mild ness, *orce with tenderness, and vigor with grace, to form the nast perfect tnd lovable character. Woman is content to bild happl riess on any ucidenital basis tihit In iy Jo near on Wtnd; marn is for making a world to suit his happiness. The secret method of arrivint at a cnowledge of Gad's eternal purp >ses tbout us Is to be fovnd in tine right Aso of the present moment. it is not safe to have too many Irons n the fire. When a muan tries to catch ;wo rabbits he must needs leaye one, Lnd is apt to o.3 both. . bome one has aptly compared nar *ow-inlnded people to stnril-neoked )uttles, because tine less they have in hen, the more noise they make in )ouring it out. Tihe expectation of future happiness s the best relief for anxious thoughts, he most perfect cure for melancho y, the guide of lite anti the comtort of ieath. Wealth in this world is j ist so much baggage to be taken care of but a oti AVitted brain is easy to carry, and is t never-failing source of profit and leasure. To protect one's self against the ;torms of life m.rrlage with a good ^niar 12-a l r iii etie ten)eqt ' but with a bad woman it; proves a sundpost in the harbor. None is poor but the mean in mind, :he timorous, the weak and iuballev ng; none is wealthy but. the aillent n sioul, who is satisfied and 1,>weth )ver. The mian who farms hli4 br.Ains to heir full extent year, altar year and toes not believe iII occasional follow ng, will find at last that brains, like ard, will run out. .True benevolence is more than a ceding; It is a principle. It Is not a nere impulse for the emotion to dwell ipon: but an important task for the nand to perform. It inns been well remarked thnat seal rithnoutikinowledge: prudence withnout ouraige, and peacefulinoss withnout >rnncipl e, aire very danigerous comnbi nntins of qualities. Circumstance ls so odd and so cruel linhing. 1t iswhnolly a part from tal int. tenlins will co so little for a uain if hie do not knowv how to seize >r seduce op~portunulty. Action is, after all, thne main bust uess of our lives-we ane to wvork 'while it 1s cailled (lay," and thought s w orthn notining unless it lead to and mnnbody itslf in praictice. Mainners are what vex or soothne, ewndr,. Or lurify, exalt, or debausu,bamr. marizei or rejine us'by a connstant ste3 ly, .unnlioimn, insensible operation, ike Line air we breatie. It is difililt toeact a part long, for vluere trunthi is not at tine bottoin ma ure will always ben endeavorinug to re uirn ; and wih l peu out and betray it eli one time or aniorlier. It takes fon ouinlhings to be a gentle mana -you nmnsi.ti e a geintlemnan in your nnrincipies, a gentienen in your tastes, genteniman iin your mnnuners, anid a ;ointlemian in your persomn. Liberty Is to thne collective b->dy vinat health is to every individual ody. Wt hout, health no0 pleasure can no tasted by man; without liberty noI Lappinness can be enjoyed by society. A good book and a good woman are xceli.ent thiags for thnose wilo know Low to Junstly aprociate their vaune 'here are men, however, whno Judge I both from tine beauty of thea cover Trhe love of i..hrnst to man is not a hecologic dogma, 'but a real and living ruth. .Lt la t, a teinet to be accepted y tine intellect, bunt a feing thant amp onus to tine trustinig hneart, which lone can apprehend it. There are no aria, no gymnastics, ho osmnetlcs -whieh canu contribute a tithe so mutch to line dilgnity, tine nnobing of a miun's looks as a groat urpose, a high determninatuon, a noble rincip:e am uinqunchable enthnusi.. sin. Persitaince is as needful to the life f' though t as to that of accicmn. Tihough* ftemn coinfounded withn obstinacy, it Is nsentially diffrereint. Ti'ne latteor is a ogmatic and unnreationing hinactiomn of' no mindl, tine former ins an earnest, and onutinuous app~rosci to t ruth. Recall at milghnt not only your busi-t ese transactions, but what you have uid of those of whnomn yogi have spoke~n urning tine day, aind weigh in theo bal.. nee oh coinsoeecue win nt yoin haye ut red. If youn have donie mud Jusihc all your nremarkns, it is well. Ic you ave Inoc, thnen 8ck the earliest, oppor inity to mnaku ammiuendm, and carehui, avoli a renetutin of the wromr.