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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE 14, 1881. ESTABLISHED 1865. RAIMY DAY. The spring day rose from her sleeping In the deep, din caverns of mist, With the waiting voild to be keeping Hor brief and beautiful tryst; But her sweet oyes opened wooping. As tho sunabine her pale lids kissed, And thus she rose from her sloping In the caverns of eastern mist. The world bath dreamed of the meeting, From the first of the farthoreat years, But her hand was cold to his groeting, And her eheeks were bitter witti tears, Her voice was the wind repeating The pain of the heart that hears; But the world was glad of the n oting To the last of the lingering years. For forth from her tears came flowers, And out of her grief delight, And the buds swelled under thn showers; Tho blorsoms, with sandals white, Climbed up to their forest bowers, From the broken soods and night, Buit who could foretell the flowers, Or sco in the grief delight. Careless Words. Varlous were the conitnetis of the good people of A-when the sign of Alfred Keith, M. D., was first nailed upon the window shutter. The old ladies wondered If his cures were as infallible as Blink's Panacea; the young ones if he was married or handsonie, loved picnics and sleighing parties; whilst the gontlemen of the village positively declared that if lie was a young physician, it was presumption to endeavor to copete with old D)r. Smnith. Buit a~las for the interest hanging around young Alfred Keithl Had he enveloped himself in mystery his ollice would soon have filled with patients, bul, it was quickly known that lie only came to A- in order to increase, if possible, a very siell in come; that lie had never prescribed a dozen tinics in his life, and tat he wias to poor and agreeable for mainmas with narriage able daughters to care about cultivating his acquantance. But with none did Dr. Keith's voice har monize so well as with Clara Graham's. Clara was the belle of the village. Her father wis the richest man, her mother the proudest lady, and Clara the prettiest and siaucient girl in the place. Trhe sunuer-time sped on gaily and ru mor said that the doctor and Clara were engaged. The white jeesainne flowers over a certain vine-covered piazza at the side of Mr.Graham's houise might have con firmed the report could they have spoken, but Mr. Graham wias supposed never to trouble himself with anything less import ant than money, and bis lady was alto nether too haughty a dame for the curious to risk the fear of her displeasure by pry ing questions. Had Clara been asked if the report was true, she would undoubt d ly have replied "Yes," with such a comical ly erious face tant no one would have for a moment believed her. Not that she was ashamed of marrying a poor muan, as Alfred Keith undoubtedly was; but the egnstive delicacy of the young girl shrunk fromi having her love talked and jested about. One afternoon a party f village gossips happened to assemble at Mrs. Jackson's, wherq the doctor boarded, and the conver sat ion turned upon the visits of a gentleman to the place, who was supposed to be an adnirer of Clara Graham's. " They do say lie Is very rich; but one can't tell now-a-days. whether a man has ioney or not,; fine feathers make such fie birds," said old Mrs. Patterson. " Well, then, he need not be coming to see Clara Graham; for, take my word for it, she will never noarry a poor man," re plied Mrs. Jackson, putting the half kit stocklig up towards the wmndow, in the deee) evechig twilight, to take up a stitch. "I thought theo doctor here had an eye on her,'' said another, looking at him and lauighhiig; "' but you cut your wisdom teeth before'fou camne here, didn't .01u, doctor I She would have dismissed you with a smiile ada bow like a quemn."' Alfred Keith lauighedl, and said there was 11o danger of Miss Giahiam's dicarhng hhna ; but att the samie time he felt rather ui icomnfortable. "'Could Chara be ashamed of the engage ncnt, that she insisted upon Its beinig kept so 'jmet I" asked he, mentally. Hie had tol her frankly of his small dependence; but old D~r. Smith was nearly superanu jltedl, and lisa own practice was increasing daily. Clara had declared herself perfectly willing to sh'are his simaI t ortuni ; but her lover's praide ha'd of ten chafed t hat lie must ask such a tacrifico from her. Th'le evening after the tea-drinking 'l. Mrs. Jackson'r, Clara met Dr. Keith at a pmiy. She was tihe gayest of the gay, and coi.:'"antly ad tended( i3 thc stranger to wvhomj aslhasioni ha'h been mnade the afternoon before. "' What do you think, Clara ? Mary Hlay is going to marry young Abbott," said( a friend by her sidle. "Poor Mary I how shge is throwing her self atway. Why, lie is as poor as a church mouse; and as to this love in a cottage, It is more romantic thanm comfortable," was the laughing rejoinder. "I think Mary wvillibe very happy, though ; she is not ambitious, and is accus tomned to sacriflct.s. If she loves Mr. Ab biolt, all these pietty trials will be light," repliedh her friendl. Clara gave a groan, threw up her hianid aiid eyes with much earne~aness, andl said " Poor little innocent thing I You know nohbig at all aboiut it. How can love ex: ist through the soap-.sud~s of washing-day. And where is the romance of sweeping fromi garret to collar waith a whiite piocket handkerchief tlvd around one's heaid, or burninig one's hands and~ arin preseiving tune ? Oh no I let me marry a rich iman, whoi( enn affordl to keep ser vants for all this. A p)or mani, Inldeed I lie would he the dleathi of me." Careless words, carelessly spoken, but how hitter thme fruits. Dr. Keith was standing ne: r Clara at the timie. Th'ie gossipi of the afternoon before had iade him suspicIous. lie feared the feelings dirl inienace Clara, mind that she had repoiited her promilse to imi. lIe drew near to her, amid said, in a low voice, "Are you serious, Miss Grahatm?'' ''As a judge I" was the laughing reply. 'rho aniioyance of the lover increased, and lie said with arperity, " If I wvas en gaged to a young lady who really enter tainied these sentiments, I nh uid lbe most happy for a release.'" Clara looked up In surrriae, but seeing' how seriously lie had taken her trillinig, she answered, as the haughty flash monte t., , 'irck and brow, "And I should be too happy to releaso hhn." A moment after she wouldi havn given anything to have boon able to recall what she had just said in the Impulse of anger, but it was too late. Dr. Keith had moved to another part of the room, and the con versation was soon changed by the party. In a short time the chafed lover bowed his adieux to his hostess, saying there was a sick child whom he must visit that night, a few hours before he had Ussuaed the dis tressed mother that it was but a cold ailing the infant; but now one might judge that it Was threatened with an incipient scarlet fever. Mrs. Jones' baby received one visit more that ught than it would have done, had it not have been for Clara Graham's careless words. And how fared it with Clara? She was unusually gay after her lover's departure, but one might judge that she expected some one by the anxiety with which she watched the opening of the door. The Ilush which mounted to 1her brow died away, leaving only a bright spot on each cheek, and an unusual brilliancy in her eyes. " Why, Miss Graham, are you ill?" asked the lady of the house, as Clara's hand touched hers in putting down a vase of flowers. It was Icy cold, whilst the fever spot on her face burned hotly. "I do not feel well, but a night's sleep will restore all, I hope," said Clara. But there was no sleep for Clara that night. She reached home in a fever of an ger and excitement. She could recognize no reason why Dr. Keith should take her Jesting words so seriously. In her indigna tion she forgot how much reason she had given for offense, though unintentionally; how sensative a poor nian is who loves. Clara was one of those peculiar natures, the very depth of whose alfecion makes them undemonstrative. She forgot that lie did not know, as weil as she, how bravely her sirong hoart would battle out the world's ',rials with hini by her sitie. 'I'he night passed in this conflict between resentment and love, and the morning found her wearied out and weeping. After an hour or two of unrefreshing sleep, she irose and hurried through her toilette. But her haste was uunecessary. The leaves of her niusic-books had been turned; the plants in the window had the (ead leaves plucked off, and placed towards the sun, one piece of sowing after another was thrown aside, and still Dr. Keith did not mnake his appearance. Clara felt angry again, A few hours bo fore had be come she would frankly have acknowledged her thoughtlessness; but now, at the ring of the door-bell, the old haughty spirit rose up as she thought, "He has been giving me time to repent, I sup pose ;" and her manner chilled to iciness. Although she knew the voice and step perfectly well, Clara sat unmoved in her room till the servant announced Dr. Keith. She arose with the most imperturable calmness, and brushed off the snips of ophyr-worsted which cluiing to her dress, as if to her own heart she would not ac. knowledge her excited feelings. When Clara entered the parlor her lover was standing looking out of the window, with his back to the door. Whether it was that her light footstep was unheard, or that he was determined that she should speak first, Clara could not determine. For the moment her impulse was to go up and place ther hand on his shoulder, but pride for bade her, s she only said, coldly, "Good morning, Dr. Keith. Clara drew up her tall figure, then took her seat, and carelessly turned over the sofa cushion against which she was leaning. "Will you -be seated Sir,?" "Thank you, no. I called, Miss Graham, to release you from an engagement, which by your own avowal, was irxsome to yor. it. is not so great a curse, after all, this being poor; one finds out so soon how little suci' a pretty thing as a heart is worth,' Clara sat with 1her eyes fixed unquailing ly on his face ; and( except that at, this last taunt the bright alpot sprung to her check, and1( the lines of her flexible nmouth grow wonderfully rigidl, she gave iio sign of the death throes in heriheart. "You wvill remnember, if you please, sir, thast I have before said I should1( be most happy to be released. 1 see no chance of happiness in our union ;" andl she arose and~ bowed haughtily to her lover.. le had hopedi that whenc lie went in Clara would have made some apoloity, bit now that wvas all over ; so coldly bidding her good morning, lie dleparted. And Clara, p)oor Clara I she was not, one to give way to violent weening; but she threw herself on the sofa, buried her head in the cushions, andi after one decep groan lay lhke one deadl. A long time after she a~roS sm dwent uip-stairs; hut to) both din.. ner and tea shte excnsed hiermelf on tee plea of is severe headache. Whmen- her mother stoppled in her room before retirIng that iiighit, she was alarmed rat Claras's iippear anice, and sent for Dr. Sm th who p~ro niounicedi hier dangerously ill. Day after daiy she lingered in a violent fever ; and when she rose froml her sick-| bed her mother asked no questions as to thme absence of Dr. Keith, for she had gained intelligence eaongh, not from Claria's ravings, but from the heart,-broken voice ands look of her sick child. Years have passedl, and D~r, Keith, the bachelor, Is a rich man in the village ; and the oiice gay, proud Clara is Ciara Grahaim still. Full of a Chiurch Towe~r. .A fortnight ego half of the tower of the cathedral church of St. John, Chester, England, fell wilth a crash of mnasoniry and clangor of bells. Tlhe tower rose to a height of 150O feet, mand was a landmark for the surrounding country. An inmnense crack, which exteo.ded from the summit to the base for years p~ast, had, after the rigors of the past wiiter, opened more widlely, and the whole towver liad givemn such signs of insecurity int the authorities of the church had1( takeii steps to repiair It. Tlhese precaultions camne too late, however, for on the inorth side the tower was evidhently giving wamy, and was pronounced unsafe by the builder enigagedi on the work. Tlhe church itself, and the abbey adjoining, (date from Saxon times, and the tower, biuillt of thme red sandstone (of the district, 1mn the early Enghshl style of architecture, wais one of Its most beautIful featurce, In the tower was a peal of eight bells, the most, melodIous in the city, and five of these lie buried in the ruins, whaile the other three arec suspended In thme belfry by thme most slender hupp~hort. Thme body of the church has not suffered, except to a slight, extent, the tower beinig Isolated from it. 'l-he most sernous loss is the dlestruc lion of a massive and beautiful early Eng lish nnornh and ,rainway_ Ihe Pennsylvania Railroad, "The Pennsylvania railroad," says Post master-UeneralJanes, "haB always shown more public spirit in its connectiob with the government than any of the great trunk lint a I don-t know that I ought to say that, " he reflected, "bcc4use I may not have had the same demands to make upon any of the other lines; but the Penusylva nia railroad won my heart when it assisted us in the Australian mail service on at least two occasions. "l'io first was when the Cunard st caier Abysinia was going to sail from New York at 7 o'clock in the morning, and the Atis tralian mail was not due at Jersey City till 7:39. 1 went to Francklyn, the agent of the steamship line, and asked him to hold the steamer. le said it was impossible, because he must cross the. bar before 8 o'clock. 'Well,' said I, 'can't you wait outside?' 'It might storm,' said he, 'and I could not promise it.' Now, the government of New South Wales had just extended a subsidy to the Pacific Mail Steamship company to carry the mail from Sydney to Sau Francisco, while the British government, jealous of our maritime company, had subsidized the Peninsula and Oriental Steamship cenipany, which takes the mail through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. I desired that our steaiships should beat the British steam ships in getting that mail to London. ''I went up into the office of the Piesi dent of the United Railroad company, Mr. Dennis, and stated my case. Sidd he: 'Col. Thomas A. Scott is at this moment in his office, and we will telegrapb him.' So lie telegraphed that the postmaster of New York was there. 'What does the postmaster of New York want ?' said Col. Scott, promptly. " 'Cannot you hurry up the Pacific ex piess, and get into Joisey City before 7 o'clock, so we can get out the Australian mall ' 'What time does the Australian mail anrive?' answered Scott. 'Certainly at 7 o'clock.' 'Then,' cane the reply, 'the Pacific express will be in the Jersey City depot at 6:30.' I gave myself no more concern on the question, and next morning at 0 o'clock the train came driving in, and 0 we got off the Australian mail, put it on the Abysinla, and beat the Oriental mail s-.rvice to London three days. ' i "On another occasion they delivered the c mail for us at extra time over the whole V length of the Pennsylvania railroad, and we had a tug ready at the end of the slip which we fastened to theend of the steam or as she was slowly going down the bay, j and we got the mail matter on board, and woula have beat the Red tsea line twenty four hours, bi.t the British post-office , would not hold the mail train at Queens- a Lown fifteen minutes. We had- signalled I themn to wait; that we had the colonial mail, and they just went off fifteen minutes 0 ahead, and left our mail matter there 0 Lwenty-four hourm.'' .Wqwe -ti Farmere Houses. a Many of our farmer friends in the st-ite will doubtless build new houses this year, md to such we will throw out a few prac- t] ,ical hints for them to consider: h Build with the intention of making a u permanent home for yourself and your a ,hild after you. Do not build a home for a iome one else to occupy; therefore have it atted to your own wants. h Having decided to build, first consider d what rooms you want, and then etiniate rour means for providing them. Don't mortgage the farm for the sake of living in I new house. Build thorough. Commence at the bot om with a good foundation or cellar-wall, S is this is a matter of first importance. It will be cheaper in the end and give more tisfaction to build of goad substantial naterials, and in a thorough manner, than o build of cheap stuff by the job. The numbmer ot i-oins each one mustb ]ecidle for himself-some will want more,u >thers less, but sce to it-and if you feelu rourself unfitted for the -task, consult cite 3xperienicedi In building-that they are well i urranged. Tlhe rooms most in use, kitchen, lying-room and (lining-room, should have )recedence over those only used occasion ully. -B So arrange the rooms that the cellar anda sh utnber can both be reached from the kit- 5 acn, even if you have, wvhat every one Ii tiouki have, stairs in time fronit entry.' We maye seeni houses in which the only en ~rance to the cellar from in (leers was ulnder hle front, stairs, twenty or thirty feet from Lhe kitchen. By all means make provision for enter ing the cellar from out-of-dc rs, for the pur pose of carrying in and removing barrels, ar inythimg else. L I f possible, the partitions of the first story ihoumld he directly under those cf the uppera story, for the purpose of securing solidity snd firmness to time entire structure. Keep the nouse well painted inside as well as out. in all cases we wouild advisee the ceetion of two story ho'uses. Th'le ex ti-a expenise over an ordilnary stor-y-and-a half house, is very trilling;t and the better accoanmodationms of the second stor-y,|cspe cially Is, as is geticrally the case, they arec used as sleeping-rooms, will more than compel~nsate for the adhtionial expense. Slot'nmess In the car-s. e Many persons, especially ladies, arc great I sufferers from that form of naiusea and a headache kmiowvn as "car sickness." A f journey by i-all has foi- them all taie dit- g comfort, andi suffering that an ocean voyage a has to a majority 01 travelers. Thei effects1 af the motion of the car range fiom a mildl I disturbance of the stojnachi andl aii acconi - panying headache to "(deathily sickness,''" with intense nausea iand compl)ete prostra-t tion, accordiing to the condition qnd senms4-t tiveness of the victim. In the lightest formi the sensation is sufilciently unpleasati to make travel by rail thoroughly (diB agreeable ; in its worst, and by no meansa I unconmmon typ~e, it invests this necessary and( conveiment "methmod of journeying with dread and despair. A siniple and( hiarmiless preventive of car sickness has recenmtly come to the knowledge of the writer, n-< dier circumstanices that leave no0 douibt of its ellicacy with some persons ; andt if the device will work equally well in other eases, a knowledge of it ought certainly. to be spread abroad. It Is at least worth a trial of all who, suffers inconvenience in traveling. A lady who hasd occasion to take a sho~rt trip on the Lowell road--anld she never travels by rail for pleasuro-was, a tis uisual with her, as throughly sick as ever a landsanan Is on tile 'heavmng deep,' by the time site had riddeni a dozen miles. 'The conductor of the palace car Who was ap parenitly very familiar wit h such cases, old the suiterer's companion that a sheet of writng paper, worn next to the person, lirectly over the chest, was a sure preven ,Ive of the trouble in nine cases out of ten. Le had recommended it to hundreds of ravelers, and rarely know It to fail. The )rescription seemed very much like a 'charm"- a horse chestnut carried in the )ocket to ward off rheumatism, or a red tring around the neck to prevent bleeding it the nose. But It was simple, and could it least do no harm. For the return trip. a beet of common writing note paper was astened inside the clothing, as directed. tesult-a perfectly comfortable journey, vithout a hint of the old sickness that had or-years made travel by rail a terror. It vas s like a superstition, or a happy acci lent, however, that the lady would not ac opt it as real until subjected to a more overe test. This came in a day journey to 4ew York, and that hardest trial of all-a ilaht trip in an "alleged" sleeping car. 3oth were taken in triumph. The "charm" vorked. And the lady writes: "The (lay ourney was a perpetual wonder and (10 Ight to me. I could sit up and read, and ook at the landscape through which we virled, and act as other people do: And till I didn't feel ready to confess to a cure iutil I had tried the sleeping car, which as always been a horror to me. But even itere the '-pAll' worked. I ate a hearty upper im the dining car-and kept it I iept soundly all night,got up as comforta 'le, and dressed with as level a head and a steady a hand as though I had been in iy own room. Read until breakfast time -a thing I had never before done on the ars--aui I was hungry for my morning leal. It is really wonderful, almost too ood to be real. Feor the first time in my fe I have experienced the pleasure of raveling. I wish that conductor to be pecially thanked. I wish also that knew his name. I would like to call lie Lord's particular attention to hii case, id don't want to make any mistake and ave the blessing descend upon the wrong Ian." If this should meet the eye of the 1iicial In questihn, will he please consider imsclf thanked? To the scientific guessers is ,ft the explanation of thispeeuliar potency f a sheet of paper. And,as a further possi he centribution to the welfare of qualmish avelers, it is suggested whether the harm would not work equally well in pro enting sea-sickness. The* experiment is Drtainly worth trying. "Nune t'ro Tune." In the early dava of California history, udge B. was the Judge of the Flrit istance In the town of 8,anta Cruz. Tne idge, like many old .Californians, was >nd of hot whiskey a, night; and would times, with a circle of dougenial friends, eep watch until morning; in consequence f which his brain would be slightly iuddled when he went on the bench. On ne occasion, after a nigh of deep potations, Spaniard was brought before him to be *ied for horse stealing- a crime punishable that time by death. The judge, but a iort time previous, had a valuable horse ,olen from his stables. The defendant 'as a hard-foatured, wretched specimen of ie genius greaser; and when the judge eard the indictment read, he took one usteady but searching look at himi, and kid: "J. B., stand upl I believe you re the scoundrel wh) st I - my horse. he sentence of this court is, that you be anged by the neck until you are dead ead-dead 1'' "Iut, your honor," says the District .ttorney, " the man has not been tried." The judge sternly said. "Sit down. sir; is court knows Its business, and don't ,ant any of your impertinence. Mr. [ieriff, see the judgment executed ii Lediately. This court stands adjourned." The officers of the court and spectators ere astounded, but they know the temper the old man too well to trifle with him his prelent condition, so nothing could doine but to remand the prisoner to jail, Ltil the judge should sober up. After the adjournment, the officers of the >ur~t determined amiong themselves to rye the judgment duly entered up) by the erk, andl that the sheriff make a return mat lie had executed the defendant. Next orning the judge went on the bench >b)er, and glancing over the calendar,I died the ease of the P'eople v: J. B. Thei ieriff repliedl. " Your honor, the man is been hung." "hIung!i" replhed the judge, "' how is mat V there has been no trial yet." "NO, your honor," repliedl the clerk, but your honor yesterday waved the trial id senteucedl the de~fendanitt and peremp irihy ordered the sheriff to immediately irry the sentence of the court, into exocu on ; and it was (lone.'' '' Umnph" s ays the judhge, ''never mind -let the trial proceded nunc pro tune I orders antd judgmnen's of the courts must e justifled by due and~ legal proceedings 1(d. The judige was in earnest, the joke was ided, and nothing remaiined but, to bring ithe pirisriner for trini. It, need not be did that the sentence of the court was istifled ; nd~ that shortly a ft er there was noc less horse-thief in that, part of the outry. _______ Frean in ater epn in lthe Atlantic. One of the most, remarkable dlisplays of atuire may be seen oni the Atlantic coast, ighiteen miles south of St. Augustine. Off intnas Inlet, andl three miles from shore, manuniothi fresh- waiter sprinag gurgles up rom1 the dlepth of the oceani with such force ndl voluie as to attract the attentioni of 11 who conie in its iimmedilate vicinity. 'lis fountain is large, bold and turbulent. t is noticeablhe to (ishermn and others pats ing in small boats along near the shore. Por any years this wonderful and miys rious freak of nature hams been known to he people of St. Augustinendi~ those living long the shor e, and somie of the supersti 11ous OneCs hlave b~een taught to regard it, vith a kind of reverential awe, or holy morror, as the abiode of sup~lenatura l ifl. Onces. When the waters of the ceani in ia vieinity are otherwise cnan and tranquil iie uphieaving andl troubled appearance of he water shows unmtistakaible evidences >f ihternal commotions. An area of abmout maif an acre shows this troubled aippear mee-somethiling similar to the boiling of a y'asherwomian's kettle. Six or eight years igo Coimmodore liitchcock of the United states Coast Survey, waS plassing this pliace nad his attentin was directed to the springs iy the upheavings of tihe water, whici ,hrow is ship from her course'as she en ered the spring, is curiosity becominug xcited by this circumstance,h act to work o examiuie the ;aurroundings, d( found six Fathoms of water every where n the vicini ty, while the sprang Itself was ahimost Fathomless, Le0sou in Love Making. Don't love too many at once. Don't do your spooning in public. Ulve your little brother taffy, and get him to bed before your chap.calls. Recollect that 4 wedding-ring on your finger is worth a good many of them in your mind. Try to find out-by some means whether your intended knows how to earn a decent living for two. Be reasonable; don't expect a man work ing for $8 a week to furnish you with re served seats at the opera every other night. Don't be afraid to show the man of your choice that you love him-provided, of course, lie love' you. Love is a double sided sort of concern,and both have a part to play. Don't try to bring too many suitors to your feet. ''lhey have feet as well as you have, and you may see one pair of feet walking off from vou sonic day you would be very glad to call back. Keep your temper, if you expect your other-half-in-law to keep his. If lie doesn't suit you, give him the ticket-of-leave. If lie does not suit you, don't expect him to put up with your humors. Deal carefully with bashful lovers; lead them gradually to the point (of proposal, of course), but don't let thenm suspect what you are at, or they might faint on your hands, or go crazy oi the spot. It is said lovers' quarrels always end with kisses. This is partly true; but if you are not careful those little spats you indulge in may end in the kisses you covet being given to some other girl I If it is possible, try to suit your sisters, cousins, aunts, grandfathers, neighbors, friends and acquaintances when you hap i)cn to fall in love. If you can't suit them all, don't worry, for the thing has never been done yet. If you ute powder, don't give yourself away. For instance, it would be well to spread a lundkerchief over the shoulder of his broadcloth before you lean thereon. lie will be too green, depend on it, to suspect the reason. If his mustache happens to look a little powdery, there are several ways in which it could be brushed off. Don't iniagine that a husband cau live as lover does-on kisses and moonlight. Ue will come hone to his meals hugry as a bear, and any little knowledge of cookery N ou caii pick up during courtship is about the best provisio-n you can make for future happiness. Remember that nature has put every mLau under the necessity of having a mother, and that the latter is not in any way to blame if she is regarded as the bit Ler part of a sugar coated matrimonial p)ill. If you feel in duty bound to be her iworn Wnemy, postpone this duty till you know something about her. Don'% seek advice in love-affairs from rin old maid who has been crossed in love, i bachelor who has been jilted, a woman who married her husbaud's pocket-hook, 3r a nan 'who happens to be henpecked. Don't confide in your girl friends: l Ito ko it secret in a love-affair would kill them. Don't consult your minister; he'll have the marriage-fee in view. If you go to your family physician, lie will say your liver is :dfected in place of your heart. If you inust got instructions from somebody, why tot ask your mother how she used to man tge things with your father? True love .idn't run any smoother in old times than t (toes to-day, and, since she knows how t is nerself, we can't think, Just now, of ny better way to advise you. Itenewing Books. The art of renewiniz books is a most lelcate one, and employs all the skill of -xperienced workmen.=When used in a legitimate way, to* pres erv and enrich some~ valuable trearuro-trove discoved in a attered condition, a skillful workman ap iies with tender care a bituminous solvent ,o its raggedi edges, and literally incorpo ates--by a paper making process--each nouldering pageC into a broad lent of tine trong paper. T1his is termed '"enlarging, " mud is a lofty dlepartmenlt in thme art of )inding. rhcn the once ragged fragment roes through thme process of binding in Itussia or calf, gilding, tooling, niarbling, md1( takes its place as the pride of the book ahelf. When part of the (iottonman Library w .s burned in 1731, some valuable mnanu Icripts were by the influence of the fire irawni iinto almost a solid ball. Some of hose rescued were given over to thie cn irger and may be considered the brightest, rmnmphs of the art. They may now be r~en at the lBritish Museumi. But there ire other processes of renewmng which are -carcely so honorable naimely thle inanufac us e ot rare or early editions of old authors. 1'his ms doine by staining tl.e pa'per imita ting closely the (decorateli capitals, andl reprinting accurately all de''ects. Tlhme pro. luction of first folios of Shakespe rc has be-en a profit ible piece of buinelas . Paris is the center of the renewing tradie though It is also pi acticed to a small extent In Eng mnd- Apropos of renewing, nmany collec tors scorni its aid(, and will only purchase imperfect, copies. At a large book sale, where many mutilated volumes had sold very well, one lot, found very languid bid dhers on which the autioneer exclaimed: "Only ?30 offered for this valuable booic gen tlemen, a most, curious book, and qmic imperfect." At another auictioni, at the begman-ng of tihe century, an original editdon of Bloccaccio, prinited in Venice, andi of which therm we re only known to be two copies In existence, was se Id for ?220; and a D~idot lloraice brought ?140. Imperfees, E~yes amnon c Nohool Chsildren. Three years ago the Philadelphia Medical Bo iety ap~poinitedl a comnmittee to investi gate the condition of the eyes of the children in the city schools, T1he report of the comiittee was read by the chair man, D~r. -ltisley, at a recent meeting of the society. The committee had examined about 2,000 pasirs of eyes. The condition o. thiose examined, D)r. Rtieley said, had p~rovedh better than hadl beenm expected by the comnmittece. The cae of impaired sight ranged from 25 perT cenit. among the smaller children to 40 per cent. among the older scholars. Thec average of dliseasedi eyes rangedl correspiondingly from 30 to 60 per cent, Thue instances where ary blame attacheui to the Board of 2ducation or their sectional boardis for want of care for the eyes of the children were only two, one of which was thie case of the primary practic ing class in the Normal School. Th~e room is lighued by one large western w~ndow, which, owig to the position of tihe deski and the master's table, the children are obigred to face. A Bee Story. I had an improved back yard. I went through a seed store and bought a sample of everything that would grow in this cli mate. The result was a perfect tangle of flowers and things, from the overgrown sun flower to a for-got-me-not. Mrs. Bricktop is very proud of our garden,and while gush. ing over it tjie other morning, a happy thought worked its way under her back hair : "What a delightful thing it would be to have a hive of bees, and raise our own honey, as well as everything else 1" I have thought that woman inspired ever since she convinced me that I couldn't do better than marry her This was an origi nal, bold idea; a happy thought. I prom ised her a hive of bees, and wont to busi ness with a lighter heart, 4ud firmer belief in the genuineness of home comforts and amusements. I bought a hive of honey bees and bt ought it home with me that very night. It was one of those patent hydrostatic, back-action hives, in which the bees have pecnliar ac commodations and all the modern improve mnents. It was a nice little hive, none of your old-fashioned barn-sized affairs. It even had windows in it, so that the bees could look out and see what was going on, and enjoy theniselves. Both myself and Mrs. 1. were delighted; and before dark I arranged the stand for the hive in the garden, and opened the bay windows so that the bees could take an early start and get to business by sunrise next morning. Mrs. B. called me honey several tunes during the evening, and such sweet dreams as we had ! We intended to be up early next morn ing to see how our little birds too to our [lowers; but a good half hour before we probably should have done so we weie awikened by the unearthly yells of a cat. Mrs. B. leaped from her downy couch, ex claiming, "what can be the matter with our yellow Billy?" Tue yells of anguish convinced us thatsoiething more than ordi nary was the the matter with him, and o we hurried into our toilets. We rushed into our backyard, and oh, what a sight met our astonished gaze I The sight consisted of a yellow cat that appeared to be dohug its best to make a pin-wheel of itself, le was rolling over and over in the grass,anon darting through the bushes and foliage, standing on his head,and then tryingto drive his tail into the ground, and all tihe while. keeping up the most confounded howling that was ever heard "That cat is mad," said Mrs. B. af frighted. "Why shouldn't he be I the bees are stinging him," said I, comprehending the trouble. Mrs. B. flew to the rescue of her cat, and the cat flew at her. So did the bees. One of them( drove his drill into her nose, another vaccinated her on the chin, while another began to lay out his work near her eye. Then she howled, and be gan to act almost as bad the cat. It was qilte an animated scene. She cried mur tier, and the neighbors looked out from their back windows and cried out for the Dolice. and asked where the fire was. ThIa being a trifle too much. I throw a towel over my head and rushed to her rescue. In doing so, I ran over and knocked her down, trod upon the eat, and madc matters no better. Mrs. B. is no child on a wrestle, and she soon had me uitder her, and wa s ten oerly stamping down the garden-walk with, ny head using my ears for handles. Then I yelled, and some of the bees came to her assistance, and stung me all over the face. In tle ieantinie the neighbors were shouting, and getting awfully excited over the show while our servant, supposing us fighting, opened the basement door and admitted a policeman, who at once pro ceeded to go between man and wife. Tihe 'bees hadn't got at Mrs. B's tongue yet, and she proceeded to show the policeman that I had abused her In tihe most shamoful manner and that I had bought, a halve o1 bees on purpose to torment, here into the grave. I triedl to explam; but just then a beti stung the othicer on the nose, and lhe uinder stood it all ini less than a minute. lie got mad1( andl actually lost his temp~er. le rubbed his nose and1( (lid Some official cuts slng. But as this didn't help matters *any, lie dIrew his club anmd p'roceedled to de'mol ish that patent, bee-hilve. Tlhae bees failed to recognize his badge of ofle~e, anmd just swarmed on him They stung wherever lie had no1 clothing, and in somec places where lhe did have it. Tlhen lie howled antd commnenced acting after the manner of the cat anad its mistress, lie rolled on the groundi for a muomeint andi then got, up andi mlade for thme street,, shouting "'fire." Then the bees turned to the people who had c~led uponi the fenice to see the fun. Th'len they had some funi. Windoiws wont dlown, and sonic of the neighbors acted as thbough a 20 mch shell was about to explode. By this time a fire-engine arrivedl, and a hue of hose wss taken thr)mgh the house luto the back yard. One of the huosenien asked where t~he fire was; but just then onie of the bees hit him behind the car, and hie Knew. Th'ley tuirned a stream upon that hialf-wrecked bee-hive and began to "phay away" with one hmandl and fight bees wthh the other, lBut the waiter had the desired effect, and those bees were sou amongst the things that were. A terribile crowd had gathered in the mean tine ini front of thme house, but a large portion of It, followed the flying policeman, who was rubbing his af fected patrte, and making tracks for the station house and1( a surgeon. Tlhis little adlventure somehow dlampenedl our enthiusiasm regarding the dlehghit of mnaking otn own honey. D~urlng the next week we ' re milk and water poultices pretty ardently, but not a wordl was saidl about honey ; and now Mrs. B. has gone to stay a week with her inot'.er, leaving me and the convalescent cat; and the tickled neighbors to enjoy our own felicity. Shoop Tht, Travel. Traveling sheep are anothcr of the llt tutions of the colony in Southlern Austra lia. In a pastoral country like this thaeie must of necessity always be numbers of "stock" changing hands; thus,- sheep and cattle may be met, abnost, eve ry day p~ass lng froin one station to another. lBy law, sheep aro compehledi to travel six miles per (lay; cattle nine miles; and horses twenty. Sheep are often mect with traveling for "feed" that is, the owners thereof, having over stocked their ruins, find the grass fallhng; so they scnd a large mob of sheep off to some imaginary buyer, some lhun dIreds of miles off. choosing of course the route by which they will pick up most grass. A fter sauntering 'along for a month or two, perhaps the rain has come; and there being now plenty of grass, tihe shiep are brought home by a roundabout way. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Evil thoughts are worse enemies than lions or tigers ; for we can keep out of the way of wild beasts. but bad thoughts win 'their way every where. Anger may be foolish and absurd; one may be irritated when in the wrong, but a man never fools out raged unless In some respect he Is at the bottom right. A man who thinks it foolish to re ward his wife's devotion with kind words and caresses is the same one who wonders why it is that'women sometimes go wrong. It is strange how often it occurs that the person who thinks he know. most about a business Is one who b as never been engaged in it. The surest way to attain success In life, accordiug to the elder Pitt, is to be as regular and eareful to the books you read, as of your dinner. How many can adopt the dying words of Payson as their own living words, "I long to hand a full cup o happiness'to every human being I" Much misconstruetion and bitter ness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others, rather than what he ought to expect from them. To protect ore'4 Sltf against the storms of life, marriage with a good woman is a harbor in the tempest ; but with a bad wo nan It proves a temu pest in the harbor. 1 Neglect no woman nerely because she is plain looking; for beauty is to woman but what saltpetre Is to beef it gives it an erpearance, but imparts to it no ruish. As the shadow In early morning, so is friendship with the wicked; it d vin-e t,by ifon-. But trien ishio wi h the goud increases like the evening shadowa, till the sun of life sets. Nothing but frank iutercourse with Independent minds, nothing but d's ens-don on equal terms, will keep a thin ker- Intellectually humble and coislious of fallibility. One of the best rules for getting on easily-in the world Is to let the mind dwell upon the beautiful and good things of life, and to think as little as -possible of falsehood and wicked oness. What man believes that he will do; and if lie has no faith to guide his practice and impel him to aetion, he will only diift-and no man drifted *into a good and useful life, certainly itot Into salvation. If you want knowledge you mu toll for it ; if food, you must toll r it; and if pleasure you must toll or it. Toll Is the law. Pleasure mes through toil and not by el andul genie and indolence. Wlelu 0 e gets to love work his life Is a happy one. once 1ha)pinss a necessarily the supremo object of our desires and duty the supreme rule of our actions, there can be no harmony In our be Ing except our happiness coineides with our duty. One Pamnpelus, being asked hisopin lon of the 3mnians, who were glut tons, repllep:-"''Their conversation is just what that of pots would be if they had a voie--naiely, how much each holds."' We are always more disposed to laugh at nonsense than at genuine wit, because the nonsense Is more agre - able to us, being more comlformable to our natures; fools love folly and wise men love wisdom. Oftentimes could we wish that we had held our peaco when we have spoken, and that we had not been In aomupany. Why do we talk so' will ingly, when notwithstanding we sel demn return to silence without hurt of conscience ? ~,Manm is an intellectual creature, in deed but he is more sentimontal than intellectual-that is, he is more a ernature of feelings than of thought. Haylig iuund some dominant feelinugs that are noble, his success is assured. When you see an old man'Aig~ble, m1il1(, equal, content and good humor ed, be sure that in his youth he has been just, generous and forbearing, [3n his old age lie d'es not lament the past nor dread the future. He is like the evening or a flne day. In marrying, men should seek hap . py, cheerful women. The sweetest and the Ioveliest wives are those who possess the mnagie secret of being hap py under any and every oiroumstance. Allow no aspersion on your charac ter to remain disproved, no matter how low its origin may be; foul wa ter has the same effect, wheth sr' it is thrown upon you by the mistress or the maid. Ihad not men a reasonable degree of confidence in one another, did they really believe that "all are liars," as some croakers afirm, no society or organisation could hold together fur a day. A woman from her sex and charac ter, has a claim to many thlugs be sides shelter, food, and clothing. She is not less a woman for being wedded; anid the man who is fit to be trusted with a good wife recollects all which this implhes, and shows himself per petually chivalrous, sweet-spoken, con sidi rate, andI deferential. No man whjo has reached the age of three-score years and ten wouad, upon redeiction, be willing to rub out 'from his experience in life the sorrows which have softened lia character, the mistakes which have taught him wis dom, or the wrong-doings which he has ever 'roegretteid, and wh'oh, by their influences, have made the golden threads which itis reasonable to sup pose have been formed ini the texture of his moral character. A beautiful p reon is the natural form of a beautiful soul. The mind builds its own house. The soul taket precedence of the body, and shapes the body tq Its own likeness. A vacant mind takes all the nmeaning out of the faIrest face. A sensual dis position deforms the handsomest fea-. tures. A cold selfish heart shrivels and distorts tite best looks. A grovelling spirit takes all the dignity o-at of a figure and all the qturacter out of the t oim tenane . ' heris led n. t ed transforms the m ,st beautut al linieaments into an imaste of darkness.