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*_ 4 TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE 9, 1881. ESTABLISHED 1865. AROL OF THE NEABON. The pulsel se earth Its tapestred With snow. Glad mirth Is haply wed To full oontent And overy hour Home joy Is bl nt With winter's power. The streams which slept In winter's arms Have slyly crept To other charms I Through olouds and tears, To laugh and sing, Now swift appears The face Of spring I All earth, each soul, The sky, the air, Joys in the whole Returning care, For duties thrill The world with tunes When summers fill 'Ihe laps of Junes I The seasons pause 1 The frost fires gleam Through dreary gauze O'er iold and stream I Bweet autumn's store, 'Neath tender skies, Floods o'or and o'er * W,th tacies I The Double Lesson "Have you told me the whole truth, now Lillian, about the gentleman I saw you talking with upon the bridge?-the whole truth, remember." "Yes, indeed, indeed, Reginald," she exclaimed, looking at him piteously, with her forget-me-not eyes sWimniming in tears, and her little childish hands claspedi in supplication. "I wish I could believe you. but I don't I" groaned Reginald Trevor, starting up and beginning to pace the floor angrily, while his fragile little wife sobbed aloud in her excitement and terror. "If you did not meet that mian by appointment, what made you pretend to have a headuche, to get rid of coming down to tea; and what made you when we were all seated at the table. go stealing out of the back way instead of the front, and wala straight there and no where else ? And what did you look so frightened for when you saw me ? Tell me that, will you ?" "I-1 thought the air would do me good, and I didn't want to disturb you. Indeed, indeed, it is true, Regle, dear." "Ana what made your polite acquaint ance turn and go off as though lie had been shot out of a gun, the moment he saw me coming I No, no, Lily, it won't do. Your very terror now contradicts your btory. Will yoi tell me the truth, or shall I wring it out of that man V Lily rose to her feet trembling, her tender face waxen white, but strangely calin. "If you will let me I will go back to my aunt, Reginald. That is the best place for me now. Reginald Trevor's stern, handsome face grew a shade paler, and his hand clenched and unclenched nervously. If he could only believe her 1-lis little snowdrop, that lie haa sheltered in his bosom, and whose purity and truth he would have sworn to. "Will you tell me that man's name, Lily ?" he asked, more gently. "rio. Reginald," was the firm rep~ly. "You have doubted me. I will iiot p~ut It in your power to qucation another concern I will fiid hun, nevertheless. I shiould know his sneaking, 'handsome face among a thousand," criedl Reginald, p~assioniately, as Lily, pale, but stately as a queen, swej t past himi to the door. Shie was back again very shortly dressed Sfor going out, andi looning like a snowy water lily, in ner soft white furB, with her dove eyes and colorless face. She p~ausedi by the side0 of the door. "Have you any objectin to my gohm,g to my aunt's ?" she asked. Reginald strode across the r'ooii with his back to the door.. Ie did not an swer. She crossed the apartments and just touched his arm with her gloved hiandl. "Have you ainy objection to my going 44to my aunt's ?" she asked. "Will you tell me that man's name ? 34 Afaint, tremor crept around Lily's lip, butshe looked huim steadlily In the face, and M answered: A"No." S"The sooner you go to your aunt's, lihen, andl the longer you stay, the better I shall be pleasedl," lie said, with cold 'bitterness. n With A~ deep, inward sigh, the wife tu'rned swiftly away, nor paused till she knocked at the door of a handsome resi dence a few streets off.* A sprIghtly little lady, whose resembla,,ce to Lily Trevor marked her at once for that aunt who had almost simce her babyhood suipp~hed a mother's place to the orphan, rose eagerly from under the glaiw of the cadiller at sight of her. lation. Dear Auntie, don't'question me, please. I've quarreledl with Reglild, that, is all," Lily said, hysterically. "'But Lily--" andAunt Myra, it can't be helped now, an (ldare say I was just as much to blame as lie was. Let it settle Itself, won't you?" Aunt Myra looked as though she dlouibtedl - ~the chances of such an event ; but she said no moret. She knew something ef Lily's frmness. The matter, indeed, did not Seemn in c(lined to settle itself in a hurry. Lily waited in vain for some sign from her husband. She sent for her -trunk in the course of the next day, and it came with out a word. A week passed and then Lily grew paler day by day, and Reginald moro. desolate. .4either gave one sign to tie other. As Reginald was returning froiii his club ont evening, lie found himself between twc men, who wore talking n low but sufll. ciently distinct tones. It was some mo ments before he took enough note of thein conversation to discover that they were talking of hini. "Disgraceful ?" said one. "I should think so ; and I haven't a single doubt, myself, that Trevor is the one to blame. He was always a haughty, jealous, tyran nical fellow. Lily Raisay was a great (eal too good for him." "I don't know about that. Trevor has good qualities-a trifle too proild, perhapP, and inedned to be jealous, we used to think; but a goxd fellow." "1 wouldn't swear by the goodness of any fellow that could quarrel this way with a girl like Lily Ramsay within six months after he married her. When a nian takes a woman to love, cherish and protect, too don't do it, to my notion, by making house so hot that she is very glad-to way out of it." Reginald Trevor quickened his pace and passed the two gentlemen unrecognized. le had heard enough to irritate him ex cessively. There might not be one particle of justification for these inen speaking as they tid of him ; but as he paced angrily homeward, the words kept recurring to him. "Haughty, jealous, tyrannical I" Wats that Lily's opinion of him, he non dered I lie walked round by Mrs. Ransay's house, keeping upon the opposite side of the way, and regarding the mansion stealthily as lie passed, though it was too dark for any one to see him. At the cor. n' r lie even hesitated as a slender shadow crossed the blind, which might be Lily's. Then murmuring, "No; I told her the longer she stayed the better I should be pleased, and so I shall, till she conies to her senses," lie hurried gloomily home. But his fate was not in his own hands. That night his house was entered by bur glars; and though lie succeeded in routing them, he was so severely injured by a blow on the head from some heavy instrument In the hands of one, that for many days his life was considered exceedingly doubt. ful. The news came upon Lily without warn ing. She was bending over some work, but not sewing, for tears. She put down her. work almost with a smile. "Aunty," she said, "that means me. God is better to Regie and me than we deserve. He won't die, trust me for that." "Was I haughty, jealous and tyranni cal ?" was Reginald's first question of Lily, as he feebly drew her little hands to his lips. Those very words haunted his delirium. LiAly smiled through her tears. "Not more than I was foolish and wi ful." she said gently. "The mp'n you sut me talking with was the husband of my sister, who lives in Jersey, as you know. I spoke to him reluctantly, and I did not want you to meet him. I had no idea ot seeing him when I went out:; and if you had not lost your temp~er sa soon I shioul have told you all there was to tell, though) I didn't like to talk about it. Shall we begin again, Regic ?" '"My darling, yes." A D'calt r in nmes, "Come in," said the Rev. Mr. Biobstock, as a rap at the door caused hen to drop s blot on a half- fimsh ed sermon. The (1001 opened andi a man entered. Th'le corners of his mouth wer-c turned down as though to myec emphasis to his face. Hlis clothes suggeated that he worketd at a livery stabkr in at subordinate capacity, and his hat wva as ill-shapedi as though it hiatd been tramp ed upou b~y a COW. "Well," said the R1ev. Mr. Blobstock, "'what can 1 (10 for you ?" The man direw a sigh from the bottoit of his being, and replied . '"I want a Bibb , recently I was a prosperous saloon -keeper bitt, sir, I p~refer- poverty and sobjriety tc afiluence anid whisky. I gave miy salnor, to the windowvs and orphans, andi, sir, a heavy wIdow planted hierselt behinid the bar aind began to deal out the scorpoor just as naturally as Iliad ever done. I ex pected her to clese out the business anti dividie the cash, but when I spoke to hoi anout it, shte eaught me by time looseness ol my raiment and threw me out. I never know before what was meant by a wvidowm might. Now, sir, I want the book of cont solat ion. You neednm't mind the revised statutes, but give me 01(1 Peter and o'6( Pul. Give ma a ible." Tlhme good minister was much mfovedl b3 thme poor man's strong aipeal, and taktng down a Bible, he presented to the pleader. [Late in the evening the minister was stand1 lng ini a secontd hand book store, when mnan enteretd andi said to the prop~rietor: 'i have a nice lot of Bibbi s for you thi: time, CIap'n" anti lieemptied a stick ful of books on the tloo~r. "Five dollars fot thme lot,; cost mue$45. '"My friend," samd tihe minister, "arin you not the man who came to my hiousi this morning and begged me for a Bible ? "Ohil no, sir. I have beenm in b~ed al tday with rhieuimatism.' 'How did you collect, these books ?" "FamIly relics sir." "Didn't you get, this book from me ?" taking tip a book. "Oh ! no sir. That hook wvas given ti my little son by a Stiday-schiool teacher.' Just then a policeman, accompanied ha three ministers, entered the store. "Har-i he Is," said ohe, asyd the policeman led the book dealer away, Hie had called on every minister in the city, and from each had se onradi a Rihin. Dlreak tg the Pot. In the early days of Indiana, one of the State Senators was. a good-natured giant named George Boone. When be stood up his height attracted attention, for he mea sured nearly seven fett. If he made a ges. ture, his hands were 'noted as the largest ever seen in that' State. But it was his feet that amazed his colleagues. When about 18, young Boone thought he would call on a neighbor who lived a few miles off. Sally, the neighbor's daugh ter, was large and pretty, and the youthful giant thought she would make a suitable wife. It was late in the fall, though too early to put on shoes, so that lie started barefoot ed. hlis best butternut-colored suit had been made some six months before, and wa much too small for him. The panta loons reached just below his knees, while the coat stretched as tight over his body as an eel skin dried on a hoop-pole. After wading creeks and mnuddy bottoms the would be sparker arrived at the neigh bor's log hut just as the family a e e sitting down to supper of mush and milk. Being invited to draw up, lie sat down alongside of Sally. The old lady offered him a large howl, which lie stretched forth W hand to take. Not making suilcient allowance for the size of his hands. he struck the hig milk pitcher. Out went the milk over the table, and out went Sally from the roomI r:>aring with laughter. The old lady kindly remarked, "It will rub out when it dries." but the 3 outh knew that he was already rubbed out, so far as Sally was concerned. lie saw .nothing more of het. The clock struck ten. ' Mr. Boone." asked the ld lady, "won't you wash your feet and go to bed?" "Yes, ma'am. "Here's an iron pot; it is the only thing I have that'il do." The pot proved too small for his feet to enter, except by sliding them in sideways. When in, they swelled so itch that he could not get them out. The pain was in tense. As the clock struck eleven, the old lady asked: "Mr. Boone, are you not done washing your feet?" "Whit (lid this pot cost?'- lie roared; "I must break it." "A dollar." "Bring me the axe. Breaking the pot in pieces, he handed the old lady a dollar, opened the door and started for home. Several years after, :e met Sally at a husking. As soon as she saw him she burst out laughing, A Nlit. It a EIflauitot 14on0o. Opposite the residenco of my friends, the Gibsons, stood a sniall frame dwelling, which was the terror of Beanville for it was said to be haunted. A mur'er had been cominutted ten years before, and since then the poorest laborer In the country would not take the place for a present.. Beggars had tried to live there and fail ed to secure suflicient rest to live upon. Tramps had been known to climb in at the windows, but they climbed out agai before daylight. Not a dog would stay there. It was a genuine haunted house. And so, being down at my friends for a visit, I resolved to investigate the matter and declared that I would sleep there, at least one night-moi e, if necessary. 'Well, Frank, you'll be sorry if you do, I assure you,' said Mr. Gibson. 'The house is haunted,' said the friend of the family, wno was smoking his cigar on the porch. 'Sure, and 1 saw the ghost myself, sir,' said little Biddy, nursing the baby on the lower step. 'Then I am going to sleep there to-night,' I declat ed. 'I have always wanted to see a ghost.' I stuck to my determination. I went to the little, empty house that nighit, and I carried thither a miattress,-a blatiket or so, and a revolver. It was a warm night in summer, and the little pbitce was (dry eniough,. I refused all company. 'Ghosts never appear to large parties,' I said. 'If I need help I will lire my revel vei out of the window. You'll hear that.' And so, half scolding, half laughing, they let ime have my way. At eleven o'clock I retired to my couch with a book and a kerosene lamp, and by idlnighit I had read tnyself to sleep. What awakened me 1 (10 not know, but I stidenly sat up in b~ed with a sensee of great discomfort upon me. rThe lamp was burning, my book lay where I had drop. ped1 it, but Iihad a feeling that there was something in the room. 'A trick is about to be played upon me, ' I thought, and. I ~.tarted to my feet. Of course I had not undressed, and holding my revolver in my hand, looked about me. I saw nothing, bitt I hteardl a quteer sound. It was as though p~eoplle were snapping their fingers tall about ime. 1. couldi associate the soundl with nothmng else, it wvas not a crackling or a ticking, It was ai positive sniapping sound. Yet some insect might havo made it. Th'iit l.houhl' 'compose me. At last t lie sot 'sudd~enily as it begun, and anothe Place-a pat terting as of bare fee - g abotit. They went in and~ out of the . tor, up stairs atnd do'wn?. I could have sworn that such feel were puittei ing nal about me had I been bliind; but the moon shone brighttly, and I wvent fromi room to room with my lamp and saw niothinig, iteturniug to miy room I lay dlownt again, and inow a low beating began. it wvas a., though a stick had beeni struck upon the floor at intervals of two minutes. And suddt~enly a curious thing happened. All the bedelothes were thrown entirely off ol me and thrown Into the corner of tihe room. Now for the first time I begatn to feel nervous. I sprang to my feet, and rushcd into.theo entmy, thinking that somec one 'tt be < oncealedt wit~houtt the dloor, with some0 conatrivanice for twitching away the blankets; but the house was empty. I wentt dIown stairs. I pee~ped into the closets. I explored the cellar, and( 1 re. turnedl to my room. Th'lat was no longer Iempty. lie was a rough-looking fellow, dissipa tedl in ap~pearancee, and dressed in ragged clothes. By his side lay a thick stick. [is eyes were open, and turned full uipor me. I looked at him a moment, ad therz burst, iinto a laugh. 'So you're the ghost,' I said. 'Conme you shall have thme bed for the ret of the ight, and a breakrfast, in the imorninig If you will tell me how you pulled thtso blanketi of!.' For an answre still staredof at ' 1 drew nearer. ills eyes were glassy, his features stiff, his limbs rigid; and horror of horrors, his head was cover'ed with blood from a great gaping wound in the skull, 'Great heavens I who has done this ?' j cried, and I bent over him and put my hand upon his heart to see if it. still beat. Horror of horrors I 1 touched not hing but the bed itself. There was no one there. Five minutes fron that tine . wis at the door of my friends's house. I explained to them that I had a bad dream, and thought best- to give up my in vestigation; but in the morning I asked tiwo (iuestions : What was the murder committed in that house ? Who was killed ?' 'The house was empty,' said uiy friend, and its owner gave twotramps permission to sleep there. One killed the other in the night. The ghost is always a barefooted inan in tagged clothes, and the ghost-seers always see the stick lie was killed with. I have the reputation for good conmiort sense to keep up, so I kept my own coun Sol. Lapland and Its WayN, In Lapland, the sun never goes down during the mouths of May, June and July; 'mt, in winter, for two months lie never rises at all. His place, however, is some. what supplied by the wonderful Northern Lights which flash and flicker in the cold gray skies, They look like fires of a thou sand shapes and colors. Now like crowns, and now like domes; now like fishing nete, and now like banners-those welcome guests make a Lapland idght beautiful. As long as the unwearied sun goes around and around the sky ia summer, the Lap landers live In the tents made of poles and skins; but when Jack Frost apl)roaches with a scowl on his brow, the house of thick sods becomes a very snug home. The Laplander creeps in on all fours, along a sort of tunnel. A hole in the roof lets in a little daylight, or rather mo -night, and lets out. what smoke there is from the sooty lamp. The lamp is made of stone, and tilled with seal-oil; and it, answ(ri many ends. It cooks food, dries wet clothes, keeps the house warm, and affords lIght. Trees arc plentiful of certain sorts; and the soil of the focest is carpeted by rem deer nioss, a sort of Hioien, which grows on stones, trees and earth. This nmoss will flourish where hardly any other sort of grasswill; and it affords gluten, or starch, which is very wholesome and flourishing. The reindeer will root under tihe snow for the moss, as a pig roots in the field. And if the animal browses on the moss which sticks to the trees, without diggingbeneath the snow, the Laplander takes it for granted that the ground there produces none. The reindeer when lie casts his coat is brownish-yellow. In the dog (lays, lie be comes white. lis ha r is close aigd thick. The horns are large at d beautiful, but full toward the end of November, and are turned into spoons or glue. This wonder ful creaiture has been known to go at the rate of nineteen iles an hour,when yoked to a light sledge. After theii most severe journeys, these deer require no more ruoss than can be 'held by a man in both his hands. Were it not for this admirable animal, who could live in Lapland? It is man's all in all there. "It feeds and clothes its mas ter," says Goldsmith. "With its skin the Laplander covers his tents and makes his bed; or itsi mil k lie makes cheese, and uses the whey for his drink. Every partof this valuable anmal is converted to sonie use cr other. The sinews make bow-strings, springs for catching birds, and threads for sewing; the horns make glue; the tongue, a great delicacy, is sold, and the money comes back in luxuries. Yoked to a sledge, the reiicer carries his master, who gulies it easily oy means of'a cord fastened arouniid the horns; and it is encouzragedI to proceed by the driver's voice. TIhe sledge is coy cd with a bear's skin, and at the back are two heatherui girthis, ito which the trav eler thrusts his arm so as to kcep hinu~ell iteadly. lie has also a pol'- to suipport the sledIge, in case it is in danigerof being ove turned." The Laplander hunts the ermitlo and the squirrel, the hare, the otter, and the sable. Besides, lie has fnsh ini abundance in lisa watei-s-sahinen, pike, teach, perah antI smelts. The birds which always live with him are hieathicocks, woodc'cks and hawks. OJth r o'rds only stop awhile, such as swans andi wild(1geese. ''Nobody dies of ecJd hi Larplandc, '' says a F~renchi writer, "except sonic person, perhaps, who is bewildered ini the woods, or who, being fatigued with hunger- or long J.>unrneys, has niot str-engith enough left, to return to his own home." 'Thie people have somiceiurious customs. When they lave eaten a bear, aindt wipedl their mnouths and fingers, they solemnly biury all the bones; for they think the beair will rise again. T'hey bury with the bones somic spoonis and a knife, foir t~he bear will want to eat, his bread andt imilik in aniothier life. If a hungry dog carries off' a bone, lie is killed, andi one of lisa own bones is puit in the grave. The master of the house always (does the cooking. Women aic iiot allowed to make messes for the men. T1hie lhaplanders make little toys for sale, also boxes mind baskets, south-boxes, spoons of horn, shoes, gaiters and1( gloves. TIhe women marke p~ewter wire, and( adorni with it thle reindleer la ness. Htopes are made of tret -roots, andl bouighis of dr and birch,glued together with ilue mace from fih-skins. 'his glue is so strong tl.at pieces of woodi J< inedi by it nevcr- sepamrate. A Whalo Attac~kq a iunrk. In February last, the bark A nna, was attacked b~y a whaile in mtid-ocean. Tlhe captain says: '"the fish borwe (down on us8. andh struck the ship on the port sidle and 0n the stern and knocked the fore-porit Into matches and1( kindlilng wood ; soundl~ed pumpsl), but 1no leak ; whale wentI off, Ileav lng a track of blood behind." Capl. almall states that lie was .surprised at the whale daishling right it >a large vessel in id~-OCean. lIe says that, when lie first saw the -big fish she was rolling and spout lng water l5 feet high, lie had niot theno ainy idea that she would charge his vessel but soom discoveredh that the while neant business. As the whale camei on lie lulfed a little to prevent It from s'~riking the sIde of the vessel and ripping .a plank off. It dashed by and just, gave one s ap wi h'ils tall that fairly knocked the cut-water of the boat off from the 11-Inch ma-rk to the keel, ie thinks it was stunned and hurl. nateuttra. Once a year on the first day of May, the English populace of Calcutta are permitted to roam through the King's gardens. Tihe curiousslght-seers are rewarded by the many strange sights which meet the eye on every hand. The menagerie would put to shame any ir odern Zoological (arden. The lions, tigers and leopards have their cages so ar ranged as to face both the garden and river. The king is about sixty years old, a tough old Mormon, and bids fair to see tile close of the nineteenth century. Among the many wild i umors on Hlindoo subjects and uprisings which gain credence at times aniong the foreign and Christian residents of Calcutta was that Nana Sahib, the terri ble and bloodthirsty leader of the revolt of 1857, was concealed at the King of Oudh's palace -and had been there for many y'ars. It will be remembered that this chieftain disappeared in the jungle after tie suppres sion of the native rebellion and was never seen again, at least by Enghsh eyes. Tra dition and runor, however, have resurrec ted this wonderfully Ingenious scoundrel, somletiiles placing him1inll one place, then 19 another, connecting his name with apochryphal and unheard of atrocities and adventures, but none of these suppesed tragedies and plots of the mysterious warrior could stand the test of proof. Nana Sahib is undoubtedlv as dead as J ulius Ciesar, or if lie is not his power of evil doing is gone; if living he must be at least seventy-five years old. But, dead or alive, it will be a long time before hie will be for gott en. The "oldest. residenters" *of English nativity cannot hear his name without shuddering. Early next morning we weighed anchor and succeeded in getting up to our berth without the aid of the tug. Our station was on the inside of three vessels lying about, a hundred feet from the river bank. As far as the eye conhc reach aheliad and astern the right hind side of the river was one cOUtinit,uus line Of vessels, lyui not less than three and sometimes five or six abreast. All nations were representet, tromi a Chinese junk to an American man of-war (the U. S. S. Swatara, we bhilievc,). The Peninsular and Oriental Line (English) and the INational Line (Freneh) c.rry the bulk of the vahuable ldian cargoes, and as a general rule American ships receive a higher freight than thome of other nation. 'ho freight tarif usually ranges from L2 10s. to ?4 sterling a ton. The export of ice from America to India has assumed large proportions, the Tudor Company, a lstson lirm, going so far as to establish a large and magnificent ice house in Calcutta. In the same building and of course far re. ibved from the storige cellars, the apart Lents for the clerks, gymnasium, dining rooms and olices are seen and at filrst give the impression that the company had started a hotel in connection with the ice house. It is a large stone building about 200 feet long, 150 feet wide and nearly 10 feet high. It takes a large force of clerks to manage It, and as they are all "Yanks," Americans in Calcutta must of course fra ternize with thenm. Although the census of Calcutta, like other Eastern cities, has never been accii iately taken, it must contain about 350,000 people, and probably out of this there are about 25,000 foreigners, mostly English soldiers and oficials. The barracks where the Anglo-Indian cavalry and infantry are quartered at Dam Dum, about twenty miles from Calcutta. This enormous in closure or park is about four miles long and two miles wide, and one quarter is set apart for a zoological garden. The drill grounds are is level as a parlor floor, and here in their leisure hours the officeis and soldiers amuse themselves with cricket, foot-ball, polo and other sports. During the lIne season Din Dm is full of visitors, especially on Sundays when time Calcutta residents go i) o the morning trains and take it walk or drive about the grounds. The Indlianl Museum in Cadeutta is an Inter esting institution to visit, ailso the Seven T'anks. TIhere are fIve or six English news papers nd a( iho1st, or native journals. The most intelligent (If the native popu.. lation in India are the Parsees, the wor shipers of the sun; they are the best friends the English have, and they have never en - tered inlto any (If the conspiracies against, English donminationl. There aire nlot, many of them in Calcutta, but In tiombaiy they form a large portion of the populatiom. As a class they are very wealthy and have none of Ilhe p~rejudices aigainst foreignei s that, the ilindoos and Mahommuedans have. They are mostly engiiged in merchantile purisuiits, bainkinig, broking and the shipping interests. TIheir mode(1 of dlisposinig 01 their (dead( Is p~eculir; outsidle of the cit~y they have a large pllot of ground, with a high wall airound~ to avoid the vulgar curi osity. In thIs enclosure there are numer 0115 circular hollow bumIdings with grat igs aicross tile tolps, and when the body of a (defuncet P'arsee is receivedl it, Is takeii by the priests (who aloiie are permlittedl to go in or about tile building) and pllaced upon01 the gratinig, not to dleomplose howevei foi it, is quickly pilckedl to pieces and1( devoured by the vultures who flock in the vicinitmy and '"lay"' for their rather irregular ineals. I lie belles of course finally drop through the grating Into the interior (of t lhe buikhi ng The iMenshngm or (1inas lubing. When ghlass~pbes ale not, too wlxie they may be easily benit over a common gas jet. A burner, made by attiachiing a lava tilp (such as aire now coniunonly used in illum ini ng burners) to the staind or base of the ordiniary iii.s i burner, wIll be found conveniciut. The tube is held horizontally in the fllane, in s uch a manner as to be eni tirely si r 'unded lby the lame, and so al! po~ssib~le 'jraughts are avoided and the flamie do0es inot Ilicker. Tfhe tube is soon covered with carbon; then It bieonies glowing, and hends(1, ini consefuenlce of the weIght of its free endI, in an even and unifoi m manner, withlout making any wrinkles iinsidle the bend or angle. Wide tu1)es are first iflu. ith~ sand11, and1( then stuspende~d over a broadl flame ourmner. A broad tub's with Ilattened end, wich exactliy fIts the hhmun sen bunmer, may easily lbe procuredl. Thiis glass t'ilbes may lie uent in the flame of a sinlel Apit-lamp, but if they aro at all thick a lirzehus 11amp1 becomies requIsIte in this cas~e the tube mullst be held across thme flame, for thon it wotukd become heated ini two phmmces and remin col in the cen ter (i c., between), It is, therefore, biest hold it, tanigenlt tod the flame. If it doe.; nlot bend freely, It 1s well to assIst, the opleratlin with the haind, by sligh'ly pris5. lng the free end ha the desired direct Ion. T1hmis operation requIres a certain amount of skill and (dexterity In order to prevent the formation of wrInkles on the interior si~rf ace of the bend, AT LABT. lie waudorod east, he wandorod weet, But over in a fruitles3 quest To find a place wheroi to rost. 'On, some dJay I shall find," lie oriod, "'lho peacn long sought for, loasg dolied, 1Bo patient, hoart-the world i8 wide. "Oh, somowhero. som tine, I ahall know The rest ithat now eludos me so If I but know t'io way to go! "And whore to Iind it-whoro ?" And thou Titls man, most lonely among min, Would take ise pilgrim staff again. And follow where the phantom led, O'er hill, o'er dale, among the di ad, "Tho loiost path must end," hie said. The I ath was long, the world %as wido, Diut soutrolk for rest was satisield lie found it on the day lie died, Not long ago, in at fashionable saloon o0 Kearney street, San Francisco, two dis tngushed-looking inilitlamnen were re counting their numierous campaigns il Sacramento and San Briio, when at imaii with one sleeve of his coat empty lounget ill) to the bar. As he did No ie totiehet the elbow of one of the bullion-bound warriors, an1d at once iipologized to the fierce military glare fastened on Iimk. "Beg pardon," said he, "but I'm alwaym kind of' ecreless when iny of the boys iu biln- ire 'round. I used to be one ly. st l." ,ne warriors in blue and gold did no deign to respond, but tle stranger was no on the alert for. aiy obvious slights. "I lost this arllk," lie continued, "a Vicksburg. And this cough," lie added, [IS lie shook ol1 It SpaSin1. "I got ill the semI pIlIace." "IR1tater 1a poor recompense, wasnki't it ? asked one of the inilitinkel. "Couldn'1 you get anythitig better ?" "Yes, "said the wreck of humanity, with ia touch of genituine pride. "I got this, too;' and ie tLi rtiw back the lapel of Ii.. r,i 11 coat to lil)iL nibit small miedal. As Ie unclasiped it and handed it over for inspection, hit said: "I got it for being Lie bist soldier in the 'Thirteenth Army Corps at Milliken's Bend, before- the cap. ture of Vicksburg. We had been slashing around Vicksburg a whole month, and foi a eliange had goie ip the White tiver an taken Arkansas Vost, with 500 rebs. Whei we irot to Vicksburg again we were at pret ty tough looking crowd. We were sta tioned in swaipy tiiner ground tht.t every shower used to imake a slough of, and the fellows were lmud all over. '[le clay be fore Grant took command at Milliken'E lend we had orders to fix up for the occa Sion, and it wias given out that tie bes dressed mian in each regimelnt wotuld get i Medal. We all went to work scrubbin and polishing, but it was no use. A fel low couldn't rub the mud out of his clotlej and if lie washed it out, the minute they got half dry ucy looked as bad as ever. Most of tie fellows gave it ip for a bat job, but I made ulp) my inind I was going to get tile iledakl. I had a pretty goot uniforiand afterl had sa.w d .t up oil tk. elbows and tacked the skirt of tile coa.t u it lotked good elolglh, only for the Muid It wats about its good ats any other uniforn in the Corps, but of course, that wouldn't aillount to nothm1g; I wanted it to be bet.er What do you think I cun11i?" 'lkoughtIt iew one, I suppose,'' stit the bar Keeper. Tie veteran smiled. "I went d-wn amd stood up to iiy chin ilk the Yazoo for Ill hour bufore parade. I'd burnished i) il tie buttons and blackened ily shoes witl ia piece of burned leather an.1 park fat, and when I walked up with ily wet suit I jusi paralyzed the crowd. I Io:)ked as if I' coiliec out ofhe bandbox when I situck oi ly shoes ntid cap, and threw iiy muskel over my lhoulder." 'Anti you got lhe mekdatl ?"' said one o: the miiiiatn, hamlding back the trophly. "Yes, I got, it, and more too. I got th< rheumailltisml and1( pnum~lonlia. It wats I Januaiiry, you know, anld it set, ill tco blow liromk the wvest, andic before the palrakde wa. over, I was' motst froze to dieathl. To bhusl, lie, thke Coloiiel was so tickled withi ml) appeakranice thatc I was detakiled for ordierl3 dutiy ait headtlarters anld haid to mallrcl] r~roui for four hiouirs, until1 thle iciclet were hankiging ot, of myi elbows andlt coakt tails, anti o you kinow wVhalt Oranit sid akfter7 the parakde ?"' '"What ?'' "lie remuarkedi, wvkh conisiderable feel ing, 'It's a long tunie between dIrinks.' Thle bakrkeeper shoved thlree glasses over the mlahogakny, and1( the militilamen bott1 put theirhaics ini their plockets to hpay. "'b.eS, gentileen," satid the veteranih, at lie wiped ins grizzly moukstakche on hib coat, sleeve and~ edged towakrd the door, "'I got the miedalk, and( dIon't, you forgetit. "'I shouldn't, wonider,'' sakid the bar keeper, as the veteran fitted throughi thi do'orwaky, "'If thalt fellow isni't ikn ( ighitees carat fraud and lost his armii i a satwmill,' "Youk do himi ani inijusticei, Iiassuret you, said a thouigih tul but dlilaidlated peron5l tbenitkng over the lunhchi counlter. "'I re cognize hlim as ain indi vidual who hadil ilmbshot oil ilk Viiginkia (Otty whkile rob binlg it wood pile. lankiy people have noticeid the often dih guistinig odor proceciling from thle size. an<S pste Of paperhlanginig peCrvadinig an apakrl tient for lomle tiins lafter the pakper hka been1 newly hung. Ml. Vakll, Iln the Revu d' Ilygienie, reports ani inte'restinug Case whiic has5 inldu(cd himi to imalke somei iqiiesi il this matter. A lady who from thlle to Lulm camtie to townl to suphervise the decoiatlo, of her hocuse was three tinies successivel seized with violen', sikncess andc 'head ache after sleepimg in a newly-papeio roo10'n. M. Vainii wats strulck wihh thI puitrefactivye odor which peo iaded the at miosphere~i, andl, aftei e'xaikining hnto 11h matter, camne to the conclusion that it-pro eeeded from tile wa'll. It wasR found tha1 a hiorriblhe putrefacct Va odor proc- el'd (Ironl thet size-pot, with wllich the paper-hanugers in the next, roomi was contlinuinhg to hianj the wyall-papers, andic thakt hIs size was inI 1 state oif putrefacetive chiainge. On ak ingi further inquiries, Various other calses hIav comek uinder hsis notice in wt hichl illness hat )palably beent prFodu~ced by the use by paper hkangers, of size and paste ulnder. goling or speedlily eniterinig Oin septha chkange and itls extremI~ely' desiracble that the shotild lie borne in mInd, and, If necesary aI little oil of cloves, salcyllc ac(id, or coi other antiscptic agent shlould be addedI Li the mater'.ai wich theoy use for this pur pose, or, at aniy rate, care shkould be0 takem to avoidl these dIsagreeable consequence of carelessness, which is only too common Window Flower Boxes. Window flower boxes have long been in use in England, France, and Geimany, and they add not a little to the adornment of the small cottage, and the elegant villa, or the city home, in a brick block. They can be made of a soap box, painted green, and attached to the house with strong iron brackets, or they can be constructed of elegant tiles, and arranged on ornamental supports so that they can be brought within the means of every lover of flowers, who is willing to take a small amount of trouble to procure them, and to care for them. The earth should be of dLch, but light soil, so that it will not become too compact in the boxes. For the city window boxes it would :e best to purchase it by the basketful of the florists. In the country it can be obtained from the woods or the gar - den close at hand; but it must be friable and well-mixed with decomposed stable offal. Have the boxes made a foot In depth, and not over sixteen inches in width. The length should project a little ways past the window coping. A carpenter's aid may be required to fasten them securely to tie hous! . Have this done before the earth is put in. At tile bottom of the box put a layer of charcoal broken up into small bits. 'This will keep the earth sweet, also give a good drainage. Then till in the earth and press it down firmly, because it will paCd a little when watered, and it is easier to flhil it full eno igh at the lirst start before it is plan ted. The boxes should be painted a (lark green or brown, and two coats will be needed to keep them in good order. Place the boxes li a south-west position so that they can have the.advantage of the most sunlight ; but a south-westerly win (low will (1o better than a northern aspect. It is very desirable to have strong wires inserted at each side of the boxes and car ried lip to the tops of the windows upon which to t rai n vine. aid creepers of various kinds. Nasturtijuns are very popular plants for winaow boxes, because they grow so r.tpidly and produce such an abundant supply of floweas. Convolv)lus and sweet pelts can also be sowin alt the sides of the boxes and trained upon the v nes. To plant window boxes with taste is very essential to their beauty and coutin Iity. In the centre of the box the tallest grow ig plants shoold be placed. A spec iosa fJchsia, surrounded with the variegated, uniely art-leaved colens, mingled with brown and yellow calceolarias, and edged with mign mette, with nasturtiums trained at the sides, will be very handsome froi May t> November. Another corner could be planted w s arlet a d white geraniums in th i e double petu.ahs, pi.k, white, a'id c so and white striped, surrounding the , and musk plant with lobalia oi the ou ide. ilehotropes, roses, and carnati ne, with an edging of bull and brown nasturtiums to train over the box in front, and canary creepers and cypress vine as climbers on the Bide wires, would make a handsome window box. eaiiuns and fever-fe.vs, mngled with annuals, such as stocks, asters, balsam, mignonettes, and sweet alysstim, would fl another box, a, at a1mli, eXpeise. Bow tle seed In April, and when they have thrown out their second leaves thin them out, leaving at good space betwem each one. If left too closely planted they will not bloom hiandsomely, but will be wire drawn and weedy. Creeping plants can be trained with twine by mailing at few saiill nails into the box and also into the house, and twist Ing tihe twine about them. Regular waterings should be given every night, and if the night hus been very hot, inl tihe moraing also. Ind6leed throughout the suumer the soil ma~st iaot, becomei (luSt dry, or baiked; but di aiot give water when the sunailghit falls diretly upion them ; walit until they atre e shadted. WVhen the leaves aire dusty spoinge thienm oli or spirinkle by dlipping a mnall hand baooam iamo water anid shainag at over them. Winadow boxes cana be so arraunge~l and cared for that they wall make the smnallest house beautiful. Thle fading tloe)Wrs and leaves muost be carcfully cut, olf,andl every . liang should be neat, and1 nice about them. It, is said that flies will never enter a win dow thus tilled with flowers, and mosqui toes are ailso kept at a dis tance. Tihe alligaitor sniapper,thec lairgest of fresh water turtle , line its hieadquarters in the shallow, tep~id bayous of L~oasianaa, al though it ranges up the Mississippi toa tihe Missouri. It bears a strong resemablene to a commanon snaappinag turtle greatly mag nmIled ini Rize andi uaglinessi, andi in thise lat.. ter (tuality maight wvell contest the palm with time Southa Amnerican imatanmata. It is ,usually represenat ed with a thick head andt neck, wvhere ais they really 1(ook ais it a iog hiad talleni oan and flattened theni. As f,.r - as protectiona is conicernaed this is oif small consequece, for nonae of time coresidents - of its hanunts wvould think of attackinag it, their chief cancern being to avoid falling into hise clutches. Lurking in the shaudowv oif some rock air log, or- partly buried ini the mud, with i.eck( retractedl as far as pos sible, its rough-brown skmi and iioss cov eredl back give It so much the appearaice of am old stump that it is untioticed by thme fish spor~iig in the vicinity, until, p~erhamp-, one ventures toa near. Thena, wi thi a sidelong spring, at the sameu timae darting out ito nieck, the turtL'e seizes lis prey, which he dievours at leisuare, holding tihe fish down and undler him as a dlog would a bone. It is so voracious na to caluse sad hiavoc amonag t~he fish, while its wariness renmulers it difi cult to capturo. A genitlemnan'who had ini tro~iacedi a pair into a small flsh pond foiud thmem so dlestructive that he wished to got rid (if them. Theay pireyeid upon the fishi, and~ also camne to be fed whenever the fIsh were, one was speared while feeding; buit the larger kept out of the way until he -was tempted to seize a hook bated with a large minnow. Finding himself caught hes braced himnself aigainst the rock, an ', with a sudden jerk, broke the hook. After this escape lhe was imoro careful than ever, and 'suicceed inm ke'epling out of dlanger. Tis turtle occasionally attains a length of 61 feet andl a weight of 150 pounds, but the most conuinon size is from 10 to 60 pounds. It is brought -into the markets to somne extent, as an article of food. The eggs, like those of all other turtles, are deposited in the -aand an~d hatched by the heat of, the sun. a -Queen Msguer-A 'is aorso ot the most, akiul ae wiar watnen in rtaly.