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TR1-W EEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MAY 28, 1881. ESTABLISHED 1865. THE DRIlTlWG BOAT. We met a drifting boat far out at sea, Empty, without an oar, without a sail; Tossed on the rolling billows altniesply, Hither and thither with the shifting gale. Once, It had been a gallant little craft. Fate anchored in the dark and stormy days; Or, with blue skies and. fresh, glad winds abaft Bearing its living freight o'er sunny bays. Now, sadly free, for no calm harbor bound, Without a purposo, or a.guiding hand, Aimless, and useless,. it would drift, till found A nameleas wreck upon some unknown strand, Alas I alas! the empty drifting lives Tossed to-and-fro upon Life's stormy sea! The aimless souls, that every ohane wind drives, To drowsy ones, that rook where great calms be. Perchance, in early youth, some tempest oross'd Their flying flags, and gallant sails unfurled; Now, with torn shroude, and helm, and an chor lost, Poor, helpless crafts, they arift about the World. Bound for no harbor, bearing no rich freight, From every human tie too sadly free, For whom no fond hearts pray, no watchers wait, The useless drift-wood on T.me's mighty sea. Oh, Heart I Oh, Heart I this were a fate more b.ack Than ceaseless watch and fight whero tom posts frown ; Better amid the waves and thunder rack Doing thy best, to struggle and go down! A Noble Deed. Two and-twenty years ago a deed was performed which has scarcely any parallel in the annals of modern wars. The hero of it was a gentleman belong ing to the Civil Service of India, named Tl~homas Henry Kavanagh. India trembled in the balance; and the empire was thrilling wih horror over the terrible massacre of English women and children at Cawnpore,when the news came that a gallant little band of devoted men were defending themselves in the Resi dency at Lucknow against the hordes of a savage and relentless enemy. From the beginning to the end of this re markable siege,Kavanagh-civiliani though he was-appears to have figured conspicu ously in the defence, for no sooner was the Residency invested by the mutineer foices, than he set to work to arm and drill all the civilians in the place; and In spite of much ridicule from the military men, ultimately succeeded in organizing a corps of volun teers that did splendid service for the state. During five long months the little garri son was put to Its wits' end to meet the constant and ever recurring attacks of the enemy. Repelling sorties, mining and countermil ning, repairing breaches, etc., was the wo rk that was always going on; and none was more willing and brave than the gallant Kavanagh who though wounded several times was ever to be found at the post of danger. We should also mention here, as an in. teresting fact, that Kavanagh's wife was also wounded during the siege and laid up for several weeks. At length in November came the wel. come news that Bir Colin Campbell-after wnrds Lord Clyde was adhvancing with r strong 15rutish force to the relief of the gar rison; and on thre ninth of that mionth Kavy anagh learned that a spy had come in fron Cawnpore,and that lie was going back agan to the Alum Bagh, wihm (despatches for Bir (Colin. Indeed, it had become necessary thai Sir Colin's march should be hastened, an( that lhe shuoul d be guided to the city b~y thi least hazardous robte.. Bunt who was to be thec guide ? The al most impossibility of anry European beint able to escape through the city undetect' ed, aind tihe certainty of his mlurdlcr i detected, deterred the comm~fand~anlt froni ordering any oflicer, or even seeking volun-. teers for such a duty. A volunteer for this extrao'rdinaril3 dangerous adventure did, however, pre sent himself in thme person of Kavanagh. H~e had sought out the spy, whose niam' was Kunoujee L~al, andh finding hum intelli gent, he expressed his desire to procee< with him In dlisguise to Alum Baghi. The spy at first hesitated; and urginj that there was more chance of dletectioi by two going together, proposed that thiey should take different roads, and meet out - sdeC thme city.. This Kavanagh objected to,and then pre ceeded to finish some business lhe had ii hand, his mind, however, still d wellln1 upon the accomnphshment of his object At; last he madie up his minmd, and pro posed the enterprise to his officers. 'Thle, reluctantly consented, and he proceeded t disguiae himself for the journey as a ar tivo. Tis lie had secretly arrangedi, as lie dli not wish his wife to know anything of th unidertaking until lis safe arrival at thn Alum Blagh should be signalled to the gai risen. Tio show the thoroughness with whic Kavanaghm did tIsr part of lils work, it only necessary to mention that the inatcl l al of which his costume was compose was borrowed piece by piece iromn separal natives. When thme disguise was thuis complet< he proceeded at half past- seven, P. M1 to the General's quarters, where lie at one tested the genuineneds of his mnetamo phosis. himself known, and then Sir Janjes Out rain himself put the finishing 'touches to his toilet. .Placing a double barreled pistol in his waistband, and additionally armed with a tulwar or sword, Kavanagh then took leave of the General and his.staff, and pro ceeded with Kunoujee Lal to the right bank of the river Goomtee. Kavanagh and his guide then undressed themselves, and began to ford the river, which at that point was about a hundred yards wide. Kavanagh owns that he felt his courage failing him as he entered the cold water, but seeing the guide walking quickly to wards the opposite bank, he followed him. On reaching it, they took tneir bundles .of clothes from their heads and dressed themselves again,at the same thie narrow ly escaping observation by a sepoy who had come to a pond in the neighborhood to wash. - On finding, however, that they were not observed, confidence returned to them, and they proceeded right on. From the city they passed into the green fields, which Kavanagh had not seen for five months, and lie says that a carrot which he took from the roadside was the most delicious he had ever tasted. A further walk of a few miles was ac complislied in high spirits; but they soon found out that they had taken the wrong road, and were In the Dilkooshah Park, which was in possession of the enemy. Here K avanagh showed his wonted cour age by going within twenty yards of two guns,to find out the strength of the enemy. Kunoujee Lal was in great trouble, and he feared that Kavanagh would think that he was acting the traitor; and lie begged him not to distrust him, as the mistake was made by his anxiety to avoid the pickets of the enemy. Kavanagh reassured him, and they con tinued their journey, constantly mcoting sepoys but still escaping detection. After wnding through a swanp of nearly two hours up to their waists in water, and being nearly exhausted with fatigue and anxiety, Kavanagh insisted upon having some rest, in spite of the re nionstrance of his guide. After a halt of about a quarter of an hour, they again went forward, and passed, through two pickets of the enemy, who had no sentries irown om. Thiswas about 4 o' clock in the morning and Kavanagh lay down to sleep for an hour, although Kunoujee Lal again pro tested against it. Suddenly, they heard the pleasant sound of the British challenge, "Who comes there ?" delivered with a native accent; and to their joyful surprise they found themselves within the lines of Sir Coli Campbell's camp, which they believed to b( s'ill many miles distant. An officer of the 9th Lancers conducted Kavanagh to his tent and gave him i glass of brandy, and he then asked the way to the Commander-in-chief's tent. Meeting an . elderly gentleman comInj out of the tent in question, Kavanagl ask ed him where lie could find Sir Cohii Campbell. '1 am Sir Colin Campbell,' was the quic' reply. 'Who are you ?' 'Thiis will explain, sir,' replied Kava nagh, taking fr em the folds of his turbai a note of introduction from SirJameis Out ramn. Sir Colin read it hastily, and glancing a Kavanaghi with his keen eyes, lie asked i it was true.. 'Do you doubt me, sir ?' asked Kava naghi. 'No, no,' replie d Sir Colin, 'but It seenm very strange. Sir Colin was anxious to hear his story but Kavaniagh, worn out with the stirai uploni his metal and physical system, beg geod to be allowed some sleep. W hen lie awvokc, Kavanaigh was ver corially received at Sir Colin's own tabk where, over a substantial repast-to whic tie (lid ample justice--he recounted to th~ Comnmmander-in-chief and his itaff the ad ventures through which lie had passed. in the meantime, the devoted garriso in the Residency lie slgnalledi, ''Is Kavi nagh safe ?' But the sIgnal could not l. read. Shortly afterwards, however, the pr< conicertedl signal-namely, the raising of flag at the Alum Baghi, toild Sir Jamn IOutram that the hi cro was beyond the ris of further danger. . hien Mrs. Kaaaghi was made acquaini edi with lien husband's heroic act, and rc . ceived the congratulations of all. ,We have no sipace to give all the detal of Sir Col in Campbell's march to the 10 .sidlency; but Kavanagh, by hils bravui and intelihience during that march, wi certainly the man who next to the Uon ,imander-in-cliier, contributed most to tI . success of the attack, Indleedl, never was a nobler act thani thm I of Kavanagh's and when lie appeared aiga e within the walls of the garrison which I e had risked his life to rescue, and was thi .the first man to relieve it, the cheers an greeting with which lie was receivedl 1 its half-famished def'endlors must has y becen dlear to hIs soul. d -The Pennrsylvanita canal is no e open for navagation. -The long Arctic night is of I. days' duration. -The White house cook has asala, of $1,800 per year. -Uostoin Is to be' lighted with th electric light. -One eord of bhoch wood weIgh e 2308 nonnda. Jionniuo Currie on Wieeis. "I'm looking for the responsible man of this print shop," shorted a broad should cred tramp, edging his way Into the manag ing editor's office. "Show me the high daddy that pumps out the literature for thle magazine. Whoop I Give. me room I W here' athe pelican that licks the postage stamps for this periodical I Wah-h I I'm a snortin'alligator of the briny deep I Where's the man that chews soap for the Jcb oilce?" "I represent those various func. tions," repeated the managing editor draw ing a sabre out of his ear. "What kind of an advertisement do you want ?" and pour ed a handful of gunpowder into a hollow tooth and cocked it. "What do you mean by publishing my naie in this yere second-hand almanac V" What's yer Juotilication for dragging me through this two sheet, poster I Who said I was dead? Who killed mei Who put my name on this prescription label ? I'm J im Currie, of Texas! Hear me? Who Is the man that wrote me up as murdered in this dime museum programme I (ive me his spine I Hand me one of his eyes 1" and the stranger danced across the local-room and back. "I'm the man," sild the managing edi tor, sipping a repeating rifle out of his sleeve. "I wrote that article," drawing a handful of dynatulte out of a pimple on his nose. "If it isn't satisfactory" (taKing a keg of gunpowder out of his sock) "it can be fixed." ' "I want an apology-of four dollars in cash, and I'll get it, if I bust this type writer I" yelled Mr. Currie. "Gimme justice or three dollars and halfor I'll bang the side lights out of this bill board quick er'n a streak o' lightning'11 scorch an old maid I I'm the shiverin' walrus of the growing Southwest! Gimme satisfaction or two dollars and seventy-five cents, or you'll hear this first lesson in easy snellin' whoo:>in' through all space I Walt-h h-I " "You lite down the inside of the build ing I" howled the managing editor, draw ing a fourteen inch Bowie knife from his knee joint, "or I'll crawl inside of you;" and he rammed a twelve pound cartridge into his elbow. "Jump through the roof, or I'll bite you in half, and throw the rest away:" and he clawed at twelve or fifteen feet of planking, and slammed out the side of the building with It. And the stranger went out and told his abettors that the thing wouldn't work;they was all out of money, and couldn't put up for a glass of beer, while the managing editor started for an editorial deionstrat ing the lack of corporate sympathy for the pauper criminals. There's nothing like being firm with ramps. a Funeral Procession in Athens. The llrs lsin,.-d orocession which we met in Athens showed ,uc peculiarities of the Greek custom at their best. On an open bier, resting on the shoulders of six younr men. lav the body of a bopumatlf girl of sixteen, dressed in light blue and white, her face and arms exposed, her he id garlanded with flowers, and flowers filling her hands and lying in knots and clusters on her breast. So she was borne through the clear, sweet morning sunshine that flooded the streets of her native city, to her grave beyond its limits, under the shadow of Mount ilymetitus. Delegcorges, cx-Priie Minister, in the quickly succeeding changes of Greek party government several times at the head of the cabinet, and as often the leader of the opposition, died during our stay at Athens. lie was a nian whose staunch integrity and democratic love of Eimplicity had en deared him to the peopl". lie was buried o the day after his death, the rule in Athens. Dense crowdls of men and boys thronged - the streets near the house, from which the l procession was to start. There were no - services at his home, but acquaintances passed in to view the remains, and to offer symp~athiy t> the faily, whlo, as a rule, (10 t not accompany the procession to the church f or the grave. Every man who entered the house put on a white lace scarf over the . right shoulder and under the left arm-the badge of mourning, Many bearded priests of the Greek church mingled with the a crowdh. Their luxuriant hair Is never cut, but is twisted into a roll, and knotted on the back of the heed like a woman's. They wear a tail, cylindrical hat, brimless be low, but with a' round flat crown wh'ch p~rojets laterally an inch or two. Tihe dignlitaries of the church were resplendent y in gold-emblroidIerd robes of white, puirp~le andl scarlet. Trhe cafln wvas of blue satin. TIhe body, dressed in plain black as in life-the low e shoes tied wvithi white ribbon-was brought out and~ placedl on the openi bier. As is the custom at Athens, the uipper half of the a collin, for its entitre length, had been re miovedl with the lid, and was carried mn ad. vance of the bier. On it was worked in e white a cross and a crown. A glass cover was placed over the body. Flowers ini -profuslon lay about the form of the dleadl a statesman. ,Two red banners-one with a formal k sacred painting, in the Byzantine style oh the Annunclation, and of Mary and the Child ; the other representing, in archaic figures. the Crucifixion andi the Resurrec -tion-were borne before the collin. Then followed the clergy and~ prominent citi Is zens, while the brass band played a slow. moving dirge. Leaving the crowded streets, Si went by a shorter way to the cathedral, y where the merntion of my nationality passt d ew me through the closed doors, an'd secureti 1. me an excellent placc--seats there wert me none, save for bishops and kcing. First enter the sacred banners, and the man with the lid of the cohllin ; then priesti in with lanterns, censers, tapers and banners; inthen the cohl Is carried lin and plaed~ on me black catafalque in the choir. Them king, s wvith a low attendants, has taken his plac< (Ijust, to the left of thme P'atriarch's throne, which is on the south of time choir. Kinj Ty George is rather tall, erect, well formed '0 faIr-haired, with a blonde mustache, an< pleasantly regular features. lie wears the (lark blue uniform of a major, and a litrh blue short cloak with erimson lining, will a widhe, light blue scarf crosses his breas .from the right shouler. 9 Young men press forward to the cofih with garlands of flowers. They are dele Y gates from thme university and the schools Trhe iPatriarch takes his scat, two bishopi e on either hand, venerable, white beardet men. The loud, shiriha chmant of the priests is men's voices singing in unison, begIns thm service Tosahgers who na .ot .~ls,, intone most of the service, the priests, and bishops over against them answering anti phonally. The music has that weird shaking of the voice within a range of four or live notes which recalls Arabian music. Indeed, the Greeks of to-day in their church chants and in their street ballads, have no music which does not seen to have been b-rrowed from Asia. Nothing you see or hear at Athena Is mole unlike Eu rope and America than the singing. The service finished, the king goes out first, after him the priests and the cQflul. The procession resumes Its slow march through the principal streets. Two hours later, as I stood on the Acropolis, I could see the crowd standing about the open grave among the cypresses beyond the Ilissus, listening to panegyrics delivered in succession by four ex-prime ministers, the rivals and friends of the dead states man. For several days the newspapers of Athcns were filled with eulogies of Dole georges. Many -of then were very elo quent. I had the curiosity to count in one of these articles .the words which I could not readily trace to a root used In clasic Greek. There were but eleven such words in an ai ticle of two colunms, so truly i the Greek of to-day Greck, and not Bla vonic. What a Tenant May Itemove. Tenants of an Improving disposition are often deterred from making their homes as comfortable as they could desire and are able to make them for fear of benefiting their landlords or successors more than themselves. Painting, papering and re pairing of the house anti improvements of the grounds are obviously.of a permanent nature and cannot benefit any one but the occupant of the preinises. Shou!d a tenant see fit to incur expense for these things lie can claim no recompense, if, at the expira tion of the lease, he is unwilling or unable to renew it. There are, however, many improvements that formerly would have been held to insure to the benefit of the landlord, but which more modern decisions permit the tenant to take up and carry away with his other household goods. The old law and judicial construction favored land and land owners, and every. thing that was - directly or constructively attached to the soll was held to belong to the owner of the fee and not removable by the tenant though placed there by him solely for his own convenience. Although the law has been little changed in this respect the views of -judgyes have been prac tically reversed. The tendency of all recent decisions is to allow a tenant to re move everything removable which lie ardds to the tenancy, unless lie himself intended it, to be permanent. Houses are usually considered as realty, and everything attach cd, as porches, window blinds and sashes, water spouts and lightning-rods, go with them. The gas-pipes which convey the gA from thu -Mtreet and distribute it throughout the house are in thn ea',w category, but the gas fixtures, though scornwn' ann cemented tQ thn mm flttins are hela to be . eame nature as 8a old-fashioned candlesticks, and, therefore, personal property. i'his has long been held to be the law as regards tenants. They may put what gas fixturen they please in a house and take them away again with their kerosene lanps and other illuminating apparatus. Recently Judge Thayer (Ie cied that this was vood law for the land. lord as well as for the tenant, and tha therefore the gas fixtures do not necessarily pass with the sale of the house, nor art they covered by a mortgage on tihe realty. As a general rule, whatever a tenanti puts into a dwelling or crects on th( premises for his own comfort,. without th intention to perimanently annex it, he may ren ove at any time before the expiratiot of his lease. This would include suel things as cupboards, shelves, coalbins, anm even a stair way hams been held to be withit t0l:e rule. All trade fixtures and iemporary structures, whether frame or brick, ant without regat dI to their size, may be taker down and carried oil by the tenant wvh erected them. E'ven a dwvelling-house ii not a part of the realty if the right to re move it is reserved. All the lant~ilord cam legitimate denmand is to have his propert,) restoredi to his !)osS~ssioni in as good ordcl as it was received by the tenant, ordhimar~s wear and tear excepjted. WVhatever thn tentant put, in or a movable nature he maj~ take awvay, bitt his carpenter work mus no:, injure or permanently alter the prop) erty. All thme decisions concur that thee remiovalIs of unprovemenzts and fix ture must be miade withIn tihe teram of thme lease If the tenant, waits till his lease hi: aex reiti the laud and tall that, is Oin it except thm pturely p~ers:iimlt property of the I enar t, re. verts to th(~ lanidlord. Thena Valtoy of time Joradan. The Valley of the Jordlan would act a ain enormous hot, house foi- the new colony hlere migh', lie eultivated pualnms, cottori indigo, sugar, rice, sorghum, beside b~annas, p)ine-alesC, yams, sweet potatoe amn'l other field and garden prodluce. Rm ing a little higher, the country Is adhapte to tobatcco, maize, castor oil, millet, flax tmelons, gourds, cummin, anise, ochra ecrin jals, poimegrantates, oranges, figs-an' so iup to the plains, where wheat, barley beanms and leintils of various sorts, witi olives and vines wouldi form the staph proucts. Gilead especially is essentall; a country of wino and oil; it is ale adimably adapted to silk-culture ; whit among its forests, carolb or locust beatr pistachio, jujube, ahnond, balsam, an ot~hcr profitambie trees wrow wtlkh In grel profuiteon, All the fruits of Souithen E rope, here grow to perfetion; applet hears, qjumnces thrive well oii the more ca tremie elevationi, upon which time fruits an vegetables of England might, be cultivater wnuile the quick growing eucalyptus couli be phanuted with advantage ott the ferti] ouit treeless pitlins. Not only (does thme ew traordIinary variety of soil and1( elimate thn: comnpressed inito ai small era oi1'er execiptiol at adtvantages [rotm an agricultural piomit, < view, but the Inclusion of the Dead Sc witin its limiits woutld tuniish a vi source of wvealh, by the exploitation <n Its chemical and iminerai resources. T1l suppl)y of Chlorate of Potassium, 200,0( touts of which ire annually consumed I England, Is practicaltly iniexhuustibkl while petroleum, bitumen, and~ oth hignites cani be procurecd in great quantiti up~on its shores. Tihere can be little (lout ini fact, that thme Dead Sea is au mine unlexplored wealth which only needs tI ahplication of capital and emntom prise s make it a moat lucrative pronpely. A Terrible Scene. John Wallace recently had a terrible experience in MarIon, Indiana. lHe had gone into Warner's barber shop to be shaved. Mr. Warner, being ill, had, a day or two before, hired a genteel looking man representing himself to be a first class barber from Wayne county, to work for him a few days. The follow conducted huniself all right until Saturday, when lie began to drink quite freely, he secured some alcohol used in the shop and drank it raw. Mr. Jesse Ijais, who occu pied the chair just before Air. Wallace, noticed something very peculiar in the manl's actions, especially when lie refused to give the change back from a bill handed him by Ijams. Wallace got into the chair, and the fellow, after'lathering his face and getting everything ready for operation, opened his razor, grasped iMr. Wallace by the throat, and exclained: " I an going to cut your throat." Looking up, A1r. Wallace saw that the barber was foamuing at the mouth and an insaine glare was iII his eyes. So startled was Mr. Wallace for a few momients that he could not reply. The maniac gave vent to a blood-curdling laugh and exclaimed: " You think I won't do it, do you ? Well I shall. You needn't look so scared. It wont hurt much. I can do it in a minute. ,X shall first cut yoir throat and then slit you open (own the stomach and let your bowels out. Oh, I know what they'll do with me for killing you; but t don't care. They will hang me. I ain not afraid of death ; you are." All the while the madman was flourish ing his razor in close proximity to his victim's throat, and occasionally drawing back as if to strike. As soon as he partially recovered from tile first paralysis of his fright, Wallace kept his eye steadily upon his persecutor, and finally, taking advantage of an instant when his grip was loosened oi lias throat, Inanaged to twist quickly around aid slide out of the chair and run for the doar, but the barber was too quick for him and got there first. Then, with one hand on the door-knob and a razor in the other, lie stood and heaped the n09t horrible imprecations upon Wallace's head because lie hand attempted to escape. Wallace ol1ered the barber a cigar which he had in his pocket. 1 What do you want ine to do with the cigar?" said the b-trber. " Why, smoke I" said Mr. Wallace. As tihe inadman reached for the cigar Wallace sprang upon him and threw him down, then turned and ran, the negro after him with the razor in his hand. Wallace got away safely, finally, aid the barber ran after a little boy, swearing he would kill him. A butcher saw the negro and pursued him, overtaking hiin jtist before lie reached the boy. The butcher over powered the mnaniac and the marshal drag ged hini to jtil. The negro was sultering from detiriun trcmens. A narber on iaiaincas Vury often the hair fAkia mit aftci sick ness. In such cises it generalry grows whatever; but when it ille out from 1ati. causes it never grows again. Tie ecle brated Dr. Bazmn, who was formerly phy sician in chief of the St. Louis llospital at Paris, and who is known throughout the worid as the most learned specialist for affectiois of the skin, told Ine one day that there was nothing that could make the hair grow after the baldness had comie oin gradually. This I believe firmly, for, )f there was anythir.g of the kind, we would not see so many New York docto-s with heads as completely destitute of hair as the backs of turtles. I ani even per suaded that these gentlemen would follow the example of those Greek heroes who, under the leadership of Jason, nade a voyage to Colchis to bring back the Golde i Fleece. Modern Argonauts, the doctors, would consider themselves hiapply if they could bring back from such a voyage the secret of restoriing the human flece. I dlon't think I am far from the truth when I say that (durinig the past twenty-live y'ears that I have practiced the priofession of hair diresler, I have made the trial upon (lifter ent bald heads of more than flve hundred different hair tonics, and I am bound to admit that I never saw a single head the hair of wich was restored after baldnes'. At the end of so many failures, I am com-* pletely undi~eceivedl as t) the value of ali the p~reparatmins, and I would not no w recoin meud any one0 of them, because I wvouild be afraid to commlit the crime that, is diesigniated1 by the words, "obtaining mioiiey und~er false pretenses." Ini my paithiological stuudies npon the hair, .1 have founid that, people whlo perspire a great . (teal froim the head are apt, lo get, bald. The bad hait of wearing hats indoors Is also vcry hurtful to the hair. In 1 80(i, iafter the famous battle of J'.na, in which the Prussiaiis wvere completely dlefeated by Napoleon I., Baron Larrey, the celebrated i military surgeon, p~erceivedi thai many of - lihe German prisoners were compietoely bald. ,Surprised, lhe made imquiries as to the s cause of this, and lie found thait they owed B their baldness to the shiape-as homiely as - unhealthy-of their caps. The foul air of Itheir head gear, having no issue, destroyed the vitality of the hair. 1 To uo carried ini Your Fooket. Keep good company or nonic. Never be ) 1(d1e. If your hands cannot be uisefully f employed, attend to the cuiltivationi of ) your mind. Always speak the truth. 9u Make few promaises. Live up to your en ,gagemenits. KOeep your own secrets If I you have any. Wheni you speak to a per. 1 son, look him In tuhe face. Good company and good conversation are the very siniews Lof virtue. Good character is above al] - things else, Your character cainnot be Li essentianlly injured, exept by your ownL I, acts. If any one speaks evil of you, let di your life be such that, no0 one wiil behieve e um. Drinik no mtoxicathig liquors. Ever -live (mi -fortune eixcepted) within your R income. When you retire to bed, tinkil i- over what you have been dloing (luring the( it day. Make no haste to be rich, if yet a wvould prosper. Small andi steadiy gains. t give comipetency, with tranqmility of if mind. Never play att any gaiii of chance, .0 Avoid all temiptation, Earn money befort '0 you spend it. Never run into debt unless ii you can see your way to get out of it. ;Never borrow if you can p~ossibly avoid it, r D~o not niarry uintil you are able to sup.. ms port a wife. Nove?'speak evil of any one, 1, Be just before you are generous. Keci: >f yourself innocent if you would be happy. 0e Save when you are young, that you mnay .0 spenmd when you are old. Read over th< above maxIms at least once a week. A Visit to the Garden of Eden. A couple of hurs' ride over a most wretched bridle path, up and do wn rugged mountain passes, brought us to this charin rag oasis called "Edon." 'I he Arabs as sured us this spot was the real Garden of Eden and judging from the intense curi osity they evinced concerning ourselves and our traps, we had no dilliculty in be lieving this to be the garden where our firat mother Eve dwelt ore she grow too fond of apples. This Edon Is situated in a pretty little valley in the heart of the mountains, at an elevation of some 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. Water is abundant here and consequently every thing is green aund fruit Is plenty. The valley is full of vineyards, with ponegran ates and fig trees, and olive and mulberry plantations, and over-topping the whole can be seen some innense walnut trees that look as old as Che world. As I am writing these lines sitting on a camp-stool in front of my tent, I can see the. whole population of Edeti collected round our camp - staring at us. Young and old, men women and children are pressing forward to hIve a good look at us; and so0 of these wild children of Eve have climbed up the trees to have the luxury of a bird's eye view of our camp. Long before we reached our campaign ground the news had been brought that a caravan of people from beyond the moun tains and peihaps, oh wonderl from be. yond the sea, was coning to camp in their oasis. The news spread like wild fire aniong the tribe and there was a general rush for the best places to see us come in and get, off our horses. The women left off their work in the fields, the men left off playing on the reed-pipes iud the chil dren left off scrying to see us coming. A circus arriving in a village "out West" never created such a sensation us we did on npproaching this earthly para. dise. As we filed past through this aisle of hunian beings, we were greeted with shouts and1( mock salutations. The wmennCu gig. gled, the men smiled, the ehidren roarett at the queer figure we cut in our European costiiumes. Two lafies with us were m1a1he the objects of a very populair ova ion. The green goggles which some of my coipani->ns wore seeied to raiie the en. thusiasin of the crowd to its highest pitch, and many a swarthy linger was raised from among those Arabs, pointing to these green goggles, while the women called to each other and raised their children in their arms to niake them enjoy the treat. Meantine ly friends, qu te unconscious of their great popularily, did not know what to make of all this crowd. But as we drew near the tents and I helped Mrs. El., oil her horse, the crowd pressed s much on us that Ilail and his mien were obliged to drive them oil and to hav. ropes stretched iarounid outr catmlp to keep the intruders out. I [ere with plenty of elbow room I enjoy the scene, which indeed, is very pictur esque. When the excitement had some what Rubsided I strohied out to dnj .y the gorgeous sunset. The western sacy was aglow with luminouis tints of orange, pink 't purple. This glory lasted but a iin evening. Later in the eveuhiig some young imlen and young women were admitted in our dining-room tent. These Arao women were dying with curiosity to seu and ham die the clothes and trinkets 01 our lady frie'ds. Velvet, seemied to attract their attention-aind admiration more 'han any - 1hing eke, save perhaps our watches and gloves. The gloves especially seemed to puzzle them. The Countess took out her repeater and made it strike for thbun. They seemed dlelighited, just as little children would be with the mound of the tiny bell. Some of these pretty Arab girls asked me, through our dragonman, it: all the ladies in our country were like the two that were with us? I told hlahil to ask these girls what miide them ask that, question. T1'ey answered with a giggle and a shy look from their roguish eyes, '"If they arc all so large it, mutst be very hard work( for the pocor horses to earry I hem." "unojd iv y. a While a well-xjnown actress, was in Louisville a short time ago a Southern gen tliman, a lantter of considerable years and fortnd, allowed her charms to over comec his hong sustalne I aversion to matri monly, andI appiroachied the fair lady~whth proposals of marriage. The following con versatlon is rep~orted by a veraci tis Louisville scribe to have eunsued : "If 1 consentedl to beCcomel your wi he, sir, I should first desire time to undelrstandh your disposition; second, I shioiddh desire y our consent, to two propositions." ''ame 'em''n 1( said h. "'You imust conisent to my remnainimng on the stage ten years longer, at least." '"Umph I Well, I don't think I wouhd." "And you must at onmce Ceas8 the use of tobacco-except, ini the form of cigars." "'W-h-a-t ?" The planter started back in his chair, looking around the hotel parlor, and stared at, heri, and from his lips there followed a prolonigedi whistle. "Great gad, miss! Surely-whlo-welll" and lie again staredl. "I1 mecan what, I say." "Come, now"-he found voice to speak -" comei, niow, miss, let's compromise. I'll agree to your astmug a year or two, but, (lon't cutol' my tobacco-don't. I'di-it would-don't."' ''You have heard the alternative." "Then, by Jackson, there's nothmug more to be said. I like you -y ou'd suit, me; but when it come to choosemn between chewin' and miarryin,' give me the natu ral leaf, first, last, andi always. Good (lay, miss." - And'as red in the face as a Soutlhorin sunset, lie took his hat and his departure. She iievcr saw him agaain. Thne ,Woiis of (lidi Lu,.dion. The holy wellso(f London have all deccllned in their repuitatien,cven to8St. Bride's H~ell, which subsequently got its name attached to an hospital for the reception of doubtful persons. The last public use0 of the water of St. Bride's Well drained It so mutchi thal the Inhabitants of St. Bride's parIsh cout net get their uistial supply. T1hils exhaus tion was followed by an equally sudden (10 m~anld. Several men were enigagced In fllt ing bottles, thousands a (lay, on or befort the 19th of June, 1821, the coronatIon dlaj of George the Fourth, at Westminster Since that occasion the Idea of wells hai giadually lest favor In rustle England. has preserved Itself though in the noinen claturo of places-vIz: T1ideswell, Rake well, etc., but that 1s all by wIch the dlarI eye of miodern materialism cani :mnhrk thi apot. Prasident. Garfleid as a Farmer. Gen. Garfield's farm contains 155 acres, all under cultivation, except a few acres of timber. It lies 25 miles east of Cleft. land, fronting on the old wag-on road from Cleveland to Buffalo, and Tie Lake Shore Railroad runs through it. The soil is rich sandy loam, and is very productive. The fences are kept In good repair, and are the best in the township. When Gen. Gar field purchased the farm, about four years ago, there were eight acres of swamp laud near the contre of it which were considered almost worthless. The General's know ledge of engineering here came into practi. cal use, and under his personal supervision the swamp was drained. It is now very valuable laud. - Besides, the drains furnish a constant and abundant supply of pure water,which, by means of a hydraulic ram, is forced up to the elevated site of the house and barns where it is used. This very simple and inexpensive kind of water-works is a model farm improvement, which might be adopted with advantage by many farmers. The General has a herd of 26, mostly grade bliorthorns, but thcre are three Jersey cows and one thoroughbred Jersey bull. The latter was presented to Gen. Garfield by Hon. A. L. Hewitt. The milk from Gen. Garfield's dairy is carted to the railway Liation every morning and evening, and shipped to the Cleveland market. Near the barn is a small building, in which Is kept a steani engine, used for sawing wood, cutting feed for the stock, etc. Beside the stock already mentioned there are 18 thor ougnbred Cotswold sheep an([ a dozen swine of the Berkshire aud Poland China breeds. No .with tauding thealleged depredations of visitors, very fair crops were harvested as a result of the past season's worc. Froni 15 acres of corn there were husked 1030 bushels; 71 acres of whet averavred 33 bushels pee acre; 14 acres of oats yielded 575 bushels: 6 aores of barley,210 bushels: 8 acres of rye, 272 bushels; from 35 acres of ineadow were harvested 75 'tons of hay, and 2 acres of mangle wurzels yielded 500 bliushiels. There are fifty acres of pas ture. There is a small orchard, which bo. e last year about 500 bushels of apples. 'lie farm, with the improvements made on it by Gen. Garileid, is estimated to be worth *25,000. Gen. Garfield has the rep utation among his neighbors of being a good farmer,-one ot the best, Indeed, In that region where good farmers abound. II OW tint ALkiuaSI1 Ispet 1111y, Tacitus informs us thatNero,the Romau emperor, gave away in presents to his friends $97,5600,000. The dresses of Lollia Paulina, the i ival of Agrippina, were val tied at $1,600,480. This did not include her jewels. lie wore at one supper $1, 262,500 worth of jewels,and it was a plain citizen'.s supper, 8he was worth altogether $200,000,000. The luxury of Pappio, be. loved by Nero, w.is at least equal to that of Lollin Pallas, the lover of AggrIppita, left an estate in lands valued at $15,000,000. M. Scaurus had a villa worth $15,000,000, and this was only, a zmall portion of his imniie f irtune, 'lhe villa was burned T he 811111 paid by old Groeks and Ro inuns for works of art make the present price appear somnewhat shabby. Niclas, an artist, refused to sell One of hils pictures to King Attalus for $75,000, choosing rather to present It to his country as a gift. Nicias was ia millionaire. F"or a single fig ure by Aristides, King Attalus gave $125, 000. Munson, the tyrant of Elatus, paid $20,000 for a single picture by Aristides, representing a battle of the Persians. Ciesar was a generous patron of art. l1e bought of T'limomachus,a painter of Athens, two ligmres, one represents Ajax and the other Aleda, for which he paid $100,000. Appelles received $20,000 for a p -ortrait of Alexander, which lie painted on the walls of the temple' Dhma, at Ephestus. P tolemy paid Ai-atus $200,000 for some 0o(d pictures by Melanthtus anti Pambilus. M. Agrppa paid to the p~eoi)~ of Cyzictis $50,000 for two small pini~tings, and it was lie who built a ad bequeathed to his cotin trymen the magnificent Thorma In the Camus Martins, with their gardens, libra ries and p)ortcos--one p~ortion of wvhiich the P'antheoni, still remains. L .icius Mum. mius got a picture in Greece, representing Father Inacchus, which iKmg Attaius val. tied at $250,000, but Mummhw~ said~ ta the price was too small, and refuised to sell. 'Thle pictture or "Venus Anadyomene by Apelles, was 80old for $25,000. isociates received $20,000 for one oration. Virgil, for has lines on Mla -callus,was rewardfed by a gift of $ 10,00,. For a single dish of pottery the tragic actoir Asophus paid $4f500. 'Thfe Emperor Vitellius ordered a dish to be made for hima for which a fur nce was erected in thme fields outside the city for $45,000. T1hie colossal stattue of Meulrcury, made for thie city of the Averni, in Gaul, b) Zenodorus, cost $1,675,000 Nero paid $1061,000 for a carpet. For tihe faimous statue of the .Diadeimenos, which wasl a brionz/e figure of life size rep) resenting a youth trying a fillet round his head, Polyciclituas received $125,000. And again dropping art for literature, at Is re lated that Ti'beriuis presented to Asehius 8Babinus,$20,000 for au d alogue written be tween a tmunhroom, a csbbsrge, an oyster. and a thrush. -Regarding thme Immense wvealtht possessed by fortune's favorites in ancient days, the mystery is what has be- . ctmne of aill this gold and silver, for the possessions of these rich men and wonpon consustedl chiefly of the clean inQtal and precious sto:10~s. wisdom. 'The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kiqtitI ness than any other. Tihere Is a great deal of religion In this world that is like a life preserver, only ijun on at the moment of ImmedIate danger and then haal( the time put on hind sIde before, Experience Is a school where a man learns what a bIg fool lie has been. ,i'Tho man who doesn't believe in a hecre~ after has got- a dreadfully mean opinion of himself and hIs ohances. There are two kinds of fools In this worlth -those who can chango their opinIons and those who won't. A good doctor is a gentleman to whom we pay three dollars a visit for advising s to oat iess and exerciseo more. The world is filling up with educafod fools-mankind read too much and learn too little. Every man has his follies anwf oftentipioe they are the most hiiterdeilng thinge'h las got.