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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C.. JULY 5, 1881. ESTABLISHED 1865. A SONG. o hearts, come go with me a Maying! Dear hearta, 1 cannot have you staying Within your prison doors to-day, 'The world,' you say, 'with grief is sobbing The world,' you say, 'with pain is throbbing, And we to so6tho the pain must stay." But listen I Hear the bluebirds saying: 'God wishes hearts to go a Maying,' Bo can you best bring May, bring? May To darkened hearts too faint with aorrow, To know the omfort of the morrow, Come, sing with all the birds to-lay! The "Saucy Sally." The Saucy Sally was to be a bark of marvellous beauty and swift sailing; a nimble pair of heels she would show--so said the young builder, as he toiled over her, glorying in his own handiwork, as the young are wont to glory and rejoice over their first achievements. My cousin Allan was the son of a captain of a tight little trading vessel. Ilis dark face would glow and become tremulous whenever he told us of the -two or three voyages lie had taken with his father after lils mother died, and dwelt loviugly, long ingly upon all the incidents and adventures of the happy period.-. But there came a thne when he returned home without his brave, fond, indulgent father, for they left him sleeping his last sleep on one of the Sbuth Sea Islands, in a fair, sunny spot, in . a. glamor of light and sheeny glory. Thus orphaned he was hence forth to live with us. We young ones wept as we listened, to the story, and gathered the small orphan to our hearts-all save myself, perhaps I ought to say, for somehow I did not quite take him to mie as I, especially ought to have done, seeing he and I were of the same age-ten years. No great age to have been a traveler, and to have lost both parents. He was looked upon with some sort of awe and respect by all our juvenile acquaintances, and here, 1 believe, lay the root. and cause of my holdin: him somewhat aloof from me. All through the glowing autumn .and early winter the building of a small craft, which was to be named the Saucy Sally, occupied all the leisure time of Allin, the once sailor, traveler, or what you will, now time simple school lad on land. His work shop was the bow window of his little chamber; here he toiled and dreamt, his dark face aglow, all his spare moments, as I have said, through the autumn and early winter. 1 think 1 must have been natur ally of a very jealous disposition ; stili that was no excuse for what I am about to re late. Naturally we have a great many evil promptings to be crushed down and overcome-my jealousy of Allan and the notice everybody in our young world was according him. Even my brother Ben, a i all lad of sixteen, would stand at his elbow for hours on holidays, watching him, as lie wrought, when we other little lads c'uld not tempt him to become one of us at cricket or any other game. . "No thank you; you small fry mustn't expect to mate with herrings," he would say, disdainfully, when we tried to coax him, and walk off sometimes for a ramble over the hills with Allan the next mo ment. I knew that was one of Allan's sailor .peeches, and hated this httle dark, win ning boy at such times-aye, children, hated him, till-till-guess what I resolvea to do! To spoil his handiwork, to wreck his ship before she ever left the docks, that is what I resolved to do I And the inonent camo when I carried my wicked plan into operation ; a moment presented itself when I told myself it would be justifiable-to .nweep away another's joy, glory, happi ness, as malice, hatred, and jealousy prompted. I was in Allan's room ; there aloud the Sancy Sally-a few more touches and it wvouldi be comlpletedi; there was her name embroidered in yellow floss silk by my sister Kittie, flying at her miasthiead; she was indeed so trim and pretty that my heart half misgave mec. But no, I did it a i .,, deal of mischief can be acconi - -phia..d-hr a short timec-a few uold strokes and she lay a wreck, a poor dlismantled wreck, before ever skiming over the water as a thing of life, as her owner in tended. 1 stole out, and down time stairs, and scarcely was I below, when up leaped Allan, to look once more on his beloved work. Oh I how he fled down again I his eyes ablaze, his dark cheeks pale, his lips tremulous. "Bert, you never have beeni so cruel as to wreck her, to tear her in pieccs I" lie cried, seizing me by the arm. "A wrecked ship isn't any worse than a tattered kite," 1 asserted coolly, for lie had brokeni my kite aceildentally, and my bro ther had laughed at it. "It is, Bert ; and you did it on purpose, while I dlidn't try to tear your kite." lie spoke calmly ; 1 think his great sorrow and anger held him calm. "So you ray, but you wouldn't believe me if I told you what i've done was an accident," 1 returnedi scorntully. "It couldn't be," he rejoined, "and you are cruel, and oughut to be punmshed." "Go and tell, then, like a good boy, and get me punished-I don't care," 1 retorted, dhetermined to brave it out. "You know I wouldn't tell ; telling wouldn't do ay good, it wouldn't mend~ my ship," he replied, sadly. Turning on Shis heel and passig me, lie wvent and stood1 at the front door, looking out oni thme ruddy glory of the winter's afternoon.' His taking it so calmly angered me ; I thought he wou!d have blustered and raved, but instead of that he was thus (quiet andi placid. I leant over the balustrade, hum ining a tune, and trying not to care, and presently Allan came in, took down hits skates, which hung near the back door, and went out at the front, passmig imc on the way. "Are you going skatmns;t" I asked snap pishly. "Yes," he replied ; bitt he never lookced up. There was no anger In his tone; I was glad afterwards that there was no anger in that one word lie uttered. When lie wais outside thiq (leer lhe glanceed back, the radlince gone from his face, but it was with no unkindly look, and asked : "Are you comning ?" -"No," I replied ; "and you had better not go." Hie did not seem to hear me, but walked on. Down to the gate, through the open door -the amber lighut upon him--1 watched him. and then he was gone. I stood lean lig over the balustrade, a cold, clainn dow gathering on my forehead. The Ici on the pond where we usually skated wa not safe ; a laborer had told me so as came through the village before dinner. had warned him; ought I to -have of.14 more ? Pooh I somebody would tell hin the ice would not bear; he would be al right, of course he would, abd then I won out and wandered over the garden an< grounds, humming as I had hummed oi the stairs. But the thought of Allan goinj out solitary and alone to skate on that dan gerous sheet of ice, unwarned by me, wh< know how dangerous it was, by me, whi had done him a cruel wrong, haunted n( like a nightmare. I knew what conscienet was whispering might be happening ; thal perchance he was -falling a prey to th< treacherous ice ; and I shuddered, and re solved to go and find hun if not too late. The sun was sinking fast in the west a I set out, and by the time I had reached the meadow and the pond twilight was stealing on. The wide swieping mcadow was very silent as I crossed it; a fear, t dread, a something horrible yet undefinee clutching at my heart. Oh I that I night see one solitary figure gliding ither an] thither on the frozen pond I But no ; ther it lay, a thin nist circling and crawling over it, bleak, cold, desolate--oh, so deso. late I as I ncared it. "Allan I" I cried, "Allan I" I felt I must breathe his name, or I should shriek in my conscience-stricken terror ; but only a mocking echo came back to me--"Allani Allan I" -low and weird and piteous. I went to the edge of the pond and glanced over it. Oh, horror I In the gather ing gloom I could see a long crack in the ice; ay, a dark yawning chasm, like a greedy devouring mouth. "Oh, Allan! Allan i" I phrieked in my terror, but nothing save that mocking echo voice answered me, no other sound broke on my car; no tongne gave word or utter auce. I was alone, for aught I know and my heart was telling me it. was the truth-with poor Allan in his icy grave. Never shall I forget the agony of the moment'ss the conviction came to inc. I clasped my hands, my -head reeled, I felt like Cain my punishmtnt was greater than I could bear. He had come all unconscious of danger, had darted out bold and free, and sunk to his death as in a moment. And I had watched him go, and never really warned him. Had lie struggled ? had he cried out for Ben ; Ben who had been so good to him ? Ah I had the thought of my cruel wrong flashed over him, or had his young soul yearned and panted for him who lay in his sunny far-off grave I Thoughts something like this thrilled me through with anguish; and then I left the meadow and started homeward: I would tell them all-my pa rents, my brother Ben-of my cowardio, my hatred. Poor, pow Allan I And then I thought or insas o x homo wharp nmow ho was sheltered from malice, hatred, united to his fond, protecting father for ever and ever. I was glad thatt he spoke so mnaibly a9 lie went out-out to his death. 1 wept a flood of tears as I wont along a by-way home. I stole up to the back door, I dared not enter at the front; and there-there stood Allan alive and in the body, the ris ing moon shining -peacefully down on his dear dark face. "Allan I" I cried, "Allan I" clutching at his hand; and then, strong boy as I was, 1 fainted, and fell at his feet. When I re covered consciousness I was lying on a sofa in the parlor, my iothei and Allan bend ing over me. "Oh, Align I didn't you go to skate and fall through the ice ?" I asked, my breath coming so feebly that I feared I was going to faint again. "Yes, 1 Went to skate; but some one had ripped up Ie ice as a warning, I suppose, and so 1 wNt on a long walk instead." "And I Y11ought 1 was your murderer," I whiisperedh,sa flood of happy tears relieving mie "Not so bad as that, Bert," said the genrous, boy, kissing me like some gentle girl. "But I wrecked the Baucy Bally," I mnoanedl. "Yes," said Allan, sadly, "'you~ did that." "And I aii so sorry, so miserably sorry," I replied. "Well, let the wrongs rest for to-night, my dlears, eonly be friends, and hay- aside your anger," suggested my miother. "It, is iaidi aside-at least, mine is," con fessed Allan generously ; "I put that to rights this evening whlen tile sun wvent down." From that time I laid aside my joalousy of Allan, and took to him Wondleifully-ini fact, we becamie fast chus, andl I felt, a pridhe equal to his in tihe spring, wheni we launched another little bark-not, another Baucy Bally, but, the Saucy Kate-~which showved as nimble ". pair- of heels ams her predecessor could have shown, and skiimed the water as dlaintihy as a sea-bird. The Newv York Pross. A wrIter in the Tfroy h.'smca says it is ai frequent subject of comment, but the wealth of the press,aswell as its circulation affords figures of a startling amount. In 1845 the senior Bennett, for tihe puirpose of' creating a sensation, advertised the J1er aid f or sale. In order to display the um imenso value of his establIshment lie placed the terms at what thon appeared an ex travagant rate, time price named being $1 25,000. Trhis 6ffer 1 readc in the Jfcrald4 of that, dlay, but at piesent the same es tablishmnent wouild bfe cheap at $2,000,-. 000. The TPimcs, which *Was started on $100,000, is nowr worth $1,250,000; the Tribune and( the World are now each worth $500,000, while the Journal of C'ommer-ce is valued at double that sum. Hugh Ihastings, whien . approaiched with a proposai for the sale of the Commnercial Advertiser, meontionued $500,000, but as the termas were not acceptedl, lie felt re lensed from the dlelay and withdrew from the proposed transaction, The amiount of capital invested in the dlaily papers of this city ,ls probably net less than $8,000, 000. In Bennett's early' days, however, they could all have been bought for onc~ sixteenth that sum. Th'le real value was probably as fellows: H~erald $25, 000, Trilbune, $10,000, ,Journal of Commnercs $25,000, Courler and .Jn querer, $20, 000, ,S'u, $25,000, .A'vening P'dst ami C'ommercial Advertiser each $1,000. The Cdourier was discontinued by its pro prietor (Janies Watson Webb) at the be ginning of~thie rebellion, when journalisir became unprofitable, and he had a fim diplomatlo appointment. I believe, how ever. that'hno always rerneted tis stop, Mental Disease. It is'essential to skill that the muscles of 1he body should work unconsciously, but the moment they assert, as it were, their independence of self consciousness, and prompt to the initiation of efforts outside of what they have been taught, a diseased condition is begun which we call "absence of mind." Such a habit begins on little things, more generally by an omission than a commission. Thinking of something else while dressing, a part of the toilet is over looked, the necktie is forgotten, the wrong coat is put on and the hair is unkenipt: Soon, as the habit increases, absurd and even harmless acts aro committed. 'The collection of anecdotes are full of stories of such follies. We know of an able young lawyer, who, instead cf pouring a tonic from a bottle on his desk,carefully emptied the ink from his Inkstand into a spoon and swallowed it. Another, an ex-attorney general of the United States, went on a fortnight trip to attend to an absorbing legal case. His wife packed a half dozen .shirts in his portianteau. On his return there was no shirt visible. Pushing her inquiries, she found that- h r husband had regularly a clean sllt every other day, but had forgotten to take off the soiled one,and now returned wearing the whole half dozeni An authentic anecdote of the ureat political economist, Adam Smith, tells us that when called upon to sign a contract, instead of writing his owyn name, he made an elaborate imitation of the signature of the other party, which had already been aflixed. Such Incidents tend to depreciate a man, though perhaps unjustly, in the opinion of a hose with whom he does business. They 1 become also a grate annoyance to the indi- 8 vidual himself. In a sense they are men- Y tal weaknesses, which, pushed to a certain degree, pass into mental diseases. Senility and Insanity are not Infrequently marked by automatic actions, carried out without a the will or consciousness of the doer. The P absent-minded one, like the sleep-walker, l performs actions without the knowledge of them, and neglects duties which are r pressing. Justlj, therefore, it is a source of anxiety with every thoughtful. person c when he linds himself falling into this bad 8 mental habit. It is usually gradual in its d onset, stealing over one in moments of in tensest occupation. Unlike other mind weaknesses it is not the foe of the idle man so much as the busy one. Yet habits of revery and day-dreaming may also bring it about. Those who feel this habit creep- 0 ing over them will do well to make all b early and special effort to resist it. It can be conquered by a habit of attention, and by severe self-ciding when the mind yields V to it. Tm (&rowu of thle un. p 0 Hunting for game was practised with r bow and arrow only, until in the sixteenth century the Spaniards contrived the arque buss or matchlock. Here the match was b fitted to a "serpentin" or cock, hung upon a pivot and brgouht into contact with the pi mnk uy a workng suumanuaiay I'm y same as that of the modern hammer and 1 trigger. This was further improved by the y German invention of. a steel whoel with e serrated edge, fitted to a spring, and made d to revolve rapidly, the edge coming in con- j tact with a piece of pyrites, and by this t( friction producing the sparks, to ignite tile r priming. The use of the wheel-lock for c sporting purposes was very general in a the middle of the sixteenth century, and v, for a long time was not improved upon. al But necessity is the mother of invention. b A band of Dutch chicken stealers or of oi Spanish marauders-it is disputed which- c, being too poor to provide themselves with p the high priced wheel-lock, and afraid to use the matchlock because its light revealed 1 their whereabouts to the minimons of the law ; abstained from their evil practices long enough to devise a weapon better adapted a to the needs of roost robbers. The result c was thme flint lock; and the pot-hunting fra- r ternity scored a long credit nmark. The E sportsmen of our grandfathiers' generation e owed the mechanism of their guns .to a i band of poultry thieves; there is yet hope -j for tihe eclored brother. The flint-lock reached its perfection in the hands cf ''that king of gun makers." Joseph Man ton, ini the early part of the p~recont cer.tuiry, and it gave way only to a worthy su p~erior in the modern gun explo- c d1ed by iprcuission, The discovery of fulminating powders y and1( their application to gunnery mark a s most inilportant, epoch in the manufacture r and employment of ldre-arms. .The chairge j, in thme gun was at first placed above thme d fulminating powder which was ignited by 'j tihe concussion of an iron plunger struck a by a cock. TIhenm this plunger was dlisp~ensed : wvithi, andi the fulninate was simply placedl e in time flash p~an. The successive steps are c familiar to almost, all gunners: the p~riming was placedl between two bits of paper andI called( pec ussion pellets; the fulnminate was nliixedi to the breech of the newly inventedl cartridge and fired by a penetrating needle; then caine the copper cap; andl then the culminating improvement of the cartridge containing both t~me charge and~ the piming, andi ignitedl at first by tihe pin and after. wardl rim fire and( central fire principle. Theiu Sidmaor Ohop. Wiile the proprietor of the Maison D)ore was standing behind his counter the other I dhay, catchming tlies from currant cake, and1( 1 wishinmg that a little of the business -wave tihe Eastern papers say so i'melch about would siop over into his restaurant, as it were, a young man with a beCamling smile oni his lace and a big box uinder his armn enteredl. "Don't, want, any sleeve-buttons, nor nothin'," growled the dlyspepsi a distributor, glancing at the box. "No, nor I," said( thme st~ranger affably, diepositing the box on thme counter, and ire. moving the lid. "But, what you (10 want is tihe greatest invention of recordled time the Restaurant Keeper's Friend-the Board lng House Proprietor's Salvation." "Roach Poison?" saidl the stecak stretcher contenmptuiously. "INo, sir," retorted thme young man, tak lng a handful of singularly-shiapedl objects, out of the box. "Something that beats the phonograph arnd the telephone all hol low. I refer to the '8kidmore Chop.' "' "What's that?" 1 "Why, it's the most economical device of modern times. and~ I'll prove it right; here. 8uppose you are serving a dinner: to, say half-a-dozen persons? Now, how1 many chops do you generally put en the table?". "Well about two apicce, say twelve." "Amid how manmy are eaten? "Ilum! about four." "Exactly,-that's about the average, as our restaurant statistics show. As a matter of course, however, you are obliged to cook three timcs as much as you need to make a show. Now, If you could save six Dhops every dinner for a year it would smount to-" "'A fortune," said the man of cutlets, tagerly. "All we can do with 'em now is Lo work 'cm over into hashes." "Peace to your hashes," said the agent; "Iall this ruinous waste is r.ow prevented )y the introduction to the same dish of the p)atent Skidmore Indestructi'j!e India-Rtub Jer Chop, put up in packages of one dozen, mid warranted for five years," and the food, .conoinizer exhibitcd some life like umta ,ions of cook ed imitton-chops. '"Looks like a good scheme," said the ,oncoctor of stows, thoughtfully; but don't he customer ever-" "Ever tumble? Not in the least. Ile only notices that one chop Is a little tough r than the others, and finally gets his fork nto a real chop and chews phead. These maller ones come higher, a.4iey are niado if a little more limber articit of rubber, f')r anb chops. Uan't be toll from genuine >y the naked eye. All youlbave to do is to ;reuse 'eiii on both sides, warmi 'em up a ittle, and serve them up mixed in with the thers same as usual." "Seems like they are about as tendar as lie regulation kind," said the restaurateur, abbing one with a fork. "Don't they ver &yet caten by mistake?" "No-no-that is, not now. We did )SC a few that way when first introdunced, ut now that we make the material tougher, don't happen any more, unless they wallow 'ei whole. Why, here's a spect ien that's been in use in a Chicago eating Edoon for .three years, night and day, and ou can't see the first tooth print in it yet." "That settles it," said the proprietor. TIl take a gross." "I thought you would," replied the chop genit, as lie trok down the order and em hatically declined an invitation for sonie inch. "I will drop around in a few (lays nd show you samples.of some soft, white ibber lobsters we are getting up especially >r the country trade-make the best arti .e of indestructible salad known-and lie iouldered his box and walked oil in the irection of Baldwin's Hotel. [ow Tikey Antqe Thonsolves in the Nortri--sumner Excursions up the fludfota. The lte ex-President Thomas A. Scott, r the Pennsylvania R-ilroad, did much to uild up this great thoroughfare, aid by tat means to extend, foster and encourage t0 trade of the whole country. To this rork was added that of catering for the nusenent and entertainment of the peo ic-travelers and tourists-and lines are pened in all directions by which they can tach prominent and romantic places of miner resort. The plans hitherto pur ied will be again carried out this summer y the oilcers and managers of the Pon rlvania Railroad, with such additions and lo to sill gre t git. ndiniig fii tany lines of summer travel projected by ie Pennsylvania Railroad this summer, ccursions up the romantic Hudson stand 3servedly preeminent. About the 25th of Lne, the superb steamer "Richard Stock - in" will be restored to the Neoburgh >ute. She is now being fitted np in a )mplete manner for the suinmer service, id will be as popular this summer as she as in 1879. Captain Bloomsburg will be the post of command; there will 3 a full and excellent band of music 1 board. The restaurant will be ynducted on the basis of popular rices, and no intoxicating drinks will be >ld on board. These features of the cx irsions cannot fail to commond them to. ic confidence and approval of tourists rho wish safety, pleasure and profit com ined in one trip. The Stockton will run very day, including Sundays, at the low nid popular rates of 1879. She will leave ie Pennsylvania docks at Jersey City at A. M., excepting Thursdays, when her maing time-will be thirty minutes later. 'ho Brockton wvill stop at Cozzeii's Dock, Vest Point, in both dlirectioins, and passen. oer will have an hour and a half, at that oit, to view the place and Its ohjccts of iterest. She will also remain half an our at Newburgh,- which is full of histori al memorials. Jerseyv City will be reached t 6.30 P. M. At tise point conmiectiomns rill be made wvith Brooklyn Aninex boats, ndl the trainis of the Pennsylvaia RaIl )mad. From Jersey Cit-y and Brooklyn, ic price for the round trip will be half a ollar, amid chilhdreni half that amount. 'his will be a delightful summer jaunt, ndl the price is p~ut on such a popular apis ams to enable all classes to visit and njoy the picturesquie and varied senery f the Iludomi river. The Magie of Nu,,mbers Numbers arc .sup~posed to be of magic nport, and haive beeni used from tie im.. iemiorabic for purposes of dlivination. )iltercnt, nations set dhilferent store oni uimibers. The Bedui of Java regardh the umber one of the superations. One daiy, or inslamnce, Is appropriated for carrying omie the grain, and what cannot he car led hiome that day is left to waste in the ield. Several nations regardl three as imhe mfloat mportant number. According to thme 3rahnimis thicro are three supreme powers, creating, a presrving and a destroying. tmnong the ancient Greeks there was a agic imnber; Jupiter had lis trifornm ymbol, or three-forked lightning. Nep une the trident, andl Pluto, the dog Cerbo us with thur<.eheads. Thme R->sicrians hldd hat there were three ordlers of angels, the 'erephiml, the Beraph im, and thle Chiern sim. Th'le Magi presenited three gifts, gold inyrrh and frankincense, which Chrysostomb ays signmfied that Christ was man, Kmig 11(1 O~xl. The P'ythagoreans held four to be sacered Lfnd swore by that number. TIhe rabubinical vrlters thought that six was the iimportan~t muiber. Th'ley say that the worki wvas reatedt in six (lays, a servant, hlad to serve ix years, the soil wa's tled six years, and~ lob) had six tribulations. la~ Itonmo six vas ominous of evil. Seven is regarded as a number of stro'ng mport. Naaman was told to wash in Jor Ian seveni times. Elijah sent his ser Jant oven times to look for rain. Jeri'lio v.'as -ncompassed seven times, and Jacob serv')d even years for each of his wives.-It- is clieved that the constitution changes evetky even years and that trouble end~s after even years. The sevenith son of the scey ath son is borm a physician, anid caii same lines heal by the power of touch; and~ the meventh daughter of the seventh daughter Iietslip her clims na a nenss Comedy of Errors, A most ridiculous scene occurred at a church in Newcastle. A policeman was passing tih church,as agentlenan caine out. The man jokingly accosted the policomfan, ani said lie was wanted inside, meaning that the minister would be glad to have him turn from the error of his ways, and scek the truth and enjoy a peace that passeth all understanding. The stupid policenian thought there was some trouble in the church, so he went in. The sexton, seeing the policeman, was anxious to give hinm a favorable seat, so he said, "Conic right in here," and took him to a pew and waved his hand as much as to say, "llcip your self." There was another man in the pow, a deacon with a sinister expression, as the policemen thought, and he supposed that was the man they wanted arrested, so lie tapped the deacon on the arm and told him to come along. The deacon turied pale and edged along as though to get away, when tie policeman took him by the col lar and jerked him out into the aisle. The deacon struggled, thinking the police man was crazy, add tried to get away, but he was draiuged along. Many of the con gregation thought the deacon had been do ing something wrong, and some of them got behind the deacon and helped the oill cer fire hiu out. Arriving at tWe lock up the policeman saw the man who told hil he was wanted in the church and asked him what the charge was aganst the dea con, and he did' know, so tie sexton was appealed to, and lie didn't know, and finally the prisoner was asked what it was all about, and he didn't know. The po licenian was asked what he arrested the man for, and he didn't know, and after awhile the matter was explained, and the poliecian, who had to arrest, somebody, took the man into custody who told him he was wanted in the church, and he was lned live dollars and costs. le says lie will never try to convert a policeman again,and the policeian says he will never go into a church again if they are knocking each other down with hymn books. Watcenoi wich Gain or Loo. A watch which gains in a regular manner is superior to any whose variation is un. certain, and where its variation comes to be familiar, the little companion may vie with the most delicately adjusted ship's chrononicter. A skillful watchmaker one day thus reasoned with a customer who complained of his watch. "You complained," said he, "that your watchi gains a minute a month. Well, then, y->u will congratulate yourself when you have heard me. You are awaro that in your watch, the balance, which is Lhe regulator, makes five oscillations every second, which is 432,000 a day ; so that your watch, exposed to all the vicissitudes which heat and cold occasion it, the vary ing weight of the air, and the shaking to which it is subjected, has not varied iore than a nunute a nionth, or two with each vihbration of the bahace a vari ation of the two hundred and sixteenth thousandth part of a second. Judge, then what must be the extreme perfection of the mechanism of this watch I A watch can not go for an indefinite period without be ing repaired or cleaned. At the expiration of a certain time, the oil dries up, dust ac oumulates, and wear and tear are the inevitable redults to the whole machinery, the functions becoming irregular, and fre quently ceasing to act altogether. A per son. possessing a watch of good quality, and desirous of preserving it as such, should have it cleaned every two years at, least. But care should be taken to confide lhis cleaning and repairing to careful hands; an incapable workman may do great in jury to a watch even of the simplest conl struction. A Mexicai U~otei. Th le Mexican hotel furnishes you hodg ng, thaL Is all. You eiigaige your room by the (lay or iioiith, and yo~u get, your bea and toilet,. Of course we ring for the ice water, more Americano, and thme waiter brmngs us water without ice; we ask if we can't get ice, andiu are toldl thamt we can if we seind out, anid buy it,. Before going to bed my chmum thinks of his phlysic, and asks for warm water; the wvaiter caii't get, us any warmi water, because the only place to get, it is at the hainig establishment, mand that is closedl at 'J:30J. We need a spoon, and sent, the boy for one; lie returnis and reports that the restauraiit is closed, andl the cafe, won't, trust ham in the room. I go down ho the cafc when tihe proprietor, a polite Frecnchimiani, says; "'I am very sorry to give you the trouble to comae downi stairs; I am very glad to lenid you aniy tiing in my establhishnimnt, but, I have livedi too long in this country to take the wYordl of one of thbese fellows for a spoon1." TVhe force of the hotel consists of a sad looking clerk, who writes the inmes of the guests-in chalk oii a blackboard, a mil anchmoly custodiani of the keys, two bare footed Comanche boys for iceneral utility, and two wvaiters on each floor. 1t is owned by the lturbes, who are the richest, family in Mexico. They paid $130,000 fur the property, aiininmke $40,000 or 250,000 a year from it. They own tihe whole block, the Hlotel Bazar, the Hlotel San Carlos, and~ whole blocks of the best p~rop~erty in- the city. Thiere are two of thmem, aiid their fortunes arcesctimated at $20,000,000 Too Costly, A Western heiress a year or two ago bought a husband bearing omie of the m et ancient titles in the italian aristocracy. 'rhe usual marriage settlement gave the I >rd conmmand of a large income in his own right, besides which the Italian law makes the husband master of the wife's property. The hardheaded lather objected to the cold- blooded bargain-and-saie-stylo, but the (laughter Insisted. The terms were finally dirawna up. Tio tihe husband, $100i, 000 (downl to p~ut his estates in order; $20, 000 per annum as an allowance; $20,000 for each child born, the father to be solo truistee of t~he money. Ini lessq than a year the pair were embroiled. Ti.o wife was beaten by her lord and finally put In con vent under plea that she was mad. For a thne the fathmer was In ignorance of the real state af affairs, as no letters could pass from thme incarcerrated woman that were not first submitted to the hiusbaiid. TIhe case was brought before the American Consul, and the father has begun proceed ings to rescue his daughter. It Is botter not, to dispute where there isd no nossihilIty of onninntnie Alu atiplieat lon by MValuiu-ery. Mr. taion Verca, a Spanish realdent c New York, has been devoting his leisur hours for several years in developing machine that will multiply and divide, an has finally succeeded. It will prodnce product having fifteen figures, and the fac tors may be of nine or less than six figures A turn of a small crank once for eacl figure. in the multiplier displays the produc on a disk. The work is almost instantane ous and the accuracy of it unimpeachable The machine consists of ten circular plate placed vertically, and on.tho edge of caco are figures from 1 to 9 inclusive and zero On the sides of these plates aire pointa which form in substanco a multiplicatiot table. Suppose 9 is to be multiplied by. , The first plate is turned so thiat 9 slowi on top ; the other factor is then shown ot a wheel belonging to a similar set as thos< on which nine is shown. When the crank Is turned the multiplication pliato turni six ninths of a revolution and a point or the fourth concentric circle of points oti the side of the plate is presented on onc side and a point oil the fifth concentric cir. e on the other. These two points niee each a small tongue which operates upo i the product box, where the result is direct ly shown. The inechanism by which the product is recorded is too complicated to admit of a description except at great length. There are a serLes of wheels worked upon each of them, graduated as to size and shape with thlm concentric cir clts on the plates. It might be said that in the multipication tho additions neces. eary are matte simultaneously with the multiplication. For example, multiplying 6 by 7 the process Is 7 times 0 are 42, 7 times b are 35 and 4 are 39-product 392. With the machine the work is instantane ous. When the wheel is turned the record is first made of 42 and then ot 35 The figure in the last of 35, that is the 5, is at once addenI to the figure in the place of the tens of the other niunber, aidI the en tire prodict "bobs up serenely" its the crank coipletes the revolution. If the imiltiplier were a double number, say 56 by 27, another tnrn of the crank would make the multiplication and addition coni plete. To prove the opetation pressing a button throws into gear a *new set of wheels, andi a turn of the craik reduces all the numiibers in the product box t) zero). should not the zero at once appear it would prove the original operation was wo-n1mg. Mr. Verca expiniis that. lie did not make the machine either to sel its patent or to put it Into use, but simply to show that it wap poshible that a 113paniard could invent as well as anl American. A number of tests that were maiao in the presence of a reporter and other visitors were condueled with facihity anud accuiracy. The operation of multiplying 900, 000 by 9,OO was correct ly performed by the imaehiine while the reporter anm an accountant were trying to write out the product which they had al ready arrived at by a mental process. In tile neighborhood of Mlarseliles, not long ago, was discovored an auient loman burying-ground, containing, among other interesting graves, that of Consul Caus Septimus, wherein a quantity of antique weapons and coms were found, and, more over, an aniphora-the inscription upon which was all but illegible-containing a small quantity of a thick, reddish liquor. The amplhicra, emptied of its contents, WaS submitted to the inspecttion of an eminent archailiogist, who, after bestowling extra ordinary pains oil the deciphering of the mutilated characters engraven upon its si-face, declared it to be his opinion that they indicated the presence of genuine FN lernian within the vessel, added that Caius beptimuis, a J.vial consil of considerable repuite as a judge of good wine, had obvi ously ordered that a flask of the best vintage in his cellar should lbe iburid with himn. The scientilic gentleman who hiad (liscov ered the consul's gr-ave and taken possession of its conitenits, upioin learnmng the true character of the liqnid r-ehg in questioln, at onice started for l'aris with his Falernian in a glass dlecanter, atid, there arrived, in Vitedl a dozen of I-Is friends,nmh~iers ot thme Academy of Inip~ijtions5, to ai dinne1r at one of the leading restaurants. AL desert lie proiduced the '"consul's wine," carefully l oured it into four tiny liqueur glasses,and~( handed it airoundi to is guests, exhorting thiemi to di-ink it, reverently andm~ uplstand ing, to the luinmortial memiory of Cains.fcp tiimus. Tme glasses had scarcely beeii emlptlced when a telegram was brought ini by the head-walter on a salver, and( laid before the founider of the feast, lie opened and( glanced at it, and then, lettimr it fall to thec floor, [led from the room~ with a cry of terrible agony. One of the startled Academnicans icked uip the milesage and read it, aloud, It ran as follows: " Mar seilles, 7 P'. M. D~on't, drink contents of amphiora. Not Falernian at all. Hmave dteciphered iniscripltion on foot, which pre viouisly escaped imy notice. Jted lhquid ii hodly of Consul Camus, liquefied iby specia emnbaininig process." iUut the frienaly waring camne too late. The archmzcalagis and lis Academiical colleagues had( draii upj the consul to is last drop). Railroad *,urowth. The vast railroad system of this country and, indleed, all the railroad systems of th worhld are the growth of half a century In 1830 the whole number of miles of roa In operation in the United States was oni, twenty-thiree. For ni netein years endin in 1849) the progress of railway construc tioii was very slow, and there was co'mpai atively little system about It. The1 averag annual rate of conistruction was oinly 81 miles. During thme next twelve years thi average aininual rate was 2,056 midles. Thel came the war perlodl, when time energies e the people were diverted from peacefri pursuts, and1( tuhe average annual rate a construction for the four years enided I1 1865 was ouily 812 mIles. But the Wat period was not lost, *for It brought to thi knowledge of men ccrtaiin possibliltics Il rallroadiing not before realized. The con sequecelC was that, when pec was restore railway consitruittion wvas 'rcsulined witl great energy, and the inumiber of miles c track 1laid Increased year by year fromi 751 In 18611 to 7,670 in 1871. DurIng tli years of dep~rcssion following the .pan1 there was a decrease to a nmnimm ol 1,91 miules in 1875. Then came another revival andh the constructioni last year was abou 7,600 miles. We had twenty-three ile of road In 1880; we have ntow more thn 94,000 mIles, and( by the end of the presoe1 calendar year we will have more thal enough to gIrdle the globe four t imes eve at the equator FOOD FOR THOUGHT. f 0 There 18 always a number of men I who will support any governnaent. Continental liberalism means the I abolition of property and religion. 'There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers. Stay not till you are told of oppor. t tunities to do good-inquire after them. Advice Is seldom welcome; and those who need it the most like It the least, One should never think of death. One should think of life. That is real piety. The happiness or unhappiness of old age is often nothing but the extracts of a iast life. I would rather cherish affection than indulge grief, but every one must fol low their mood. Many preserve themselves by hum bling themselves; the bullet fites over him that stoops. He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which lie must event ually pass himself. When we are out of sympathy with the young then our work in this world is practically oyer. An ounce of keel) your mouth shut Is better than a pound of explanation after you have said it. If all hearts were frank, just and honest, the major part ol thu virtues would be useless to us. You may gather a rich harvest of knowledge by reading, but thought is the winnowing machilac. Without the virtue of h'aillity one can neither be honest in poverty nor contented In abundance. There Is a piradox In pride-it makes sonic men ridiculous, but prevenits others from becoming so. it is al ways safe to learn, eVen from our elolmies; seldom safe to venture to Instruct veen our friends. lie who spends all his life in Sport Is like one who wears nothing but friages ai cats nothing but sauces. The galn of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted (of any, nor to be believed when we speak the truth. Knowledge may give weight, bat aCcoIpIlishm1ents only give lustre; and many more people see than welkh. As land Is improved by sowing it vith various seeds, so Is the mind by exorcising It with different studies. Amongst such as, out of cunning, hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or If you must talk, say little. A Man of sense finds less difliculty in submitting to a hot headed fellow than in attemptinig to set him right., The testimony of those who doubt the least Is not, unusually, that very testi neoy that ought most to be doubted. What are the alms Whieh are at tie same tie duties? The perfecting of i.Jthe 4a)P19A ness Is a wearlome companion. But beware of him who Jests at everything. The seat of knowledge IS In the head; of wisdom In the heart. We are sure to j udge wrong if we do not feel right. The mian who will live above his present circumstances Is In great dan ger of living in a little time beneath them. Most arts require long study and appilcation; but the most useful art of a1l -thatof pleasing-requires only the (1esire. The chi lef properties of wisdom are to be mindful of things past, careful of thmg1 present, and provident of things to come. There Is hardly a year in any man's lifei In which a small sun of ready money niay not be employed to great advantage. The scholar wIthout good-breedig is a peCdent, the phlilosophier a cynic, tihe soldiler a brute, and eymnds agreeable. ieeyiinds lie Is ntot indIfferent or altogether Iucredulous, but lhe is so essentially p~ractical that lie can only deal wIth what lie sees. Great wealth Is a great blessIng to a muan who knows what to dto with It; and~ as for honors, they are Inestliable to the honorable. Would you p~unilsh the spiteful-show him that you are above his malIce. lh'ie dart he throws wvill rebound and pierce him to the heart. Spare the feelings of your frIends. D~on't flatter yourself that friendship auithioriz/es you to say disagreeable things to your Intimates. . ossip) Is the peculIarity of a'sm~ii mind. Some 1)eop)le don't know en 'ugh to talk about the greatness of tha ngs, and so they talk about the littiena~os of persons. Theexp~ressions of their OWnl shallowvness is what we call gos ip. So far from persistence being n1 asso ciate of weakness andi inf'erlori ty, It Is itself a power whIch underlies and up.. holds 'all others, and without whIch they could never develop into value or efficiency. The feeble, ineflihnt, in-. ferior man is he who, whatever may be his latent abilitIes, lacks the force requisIte to make the mnost of them. T1he wear and tear of lire come chiefly from straining after the imposslie. Nervous excitenment, alternate hopes and disappointments, unavailing strug gles, feverIsh anxieties, bitter failures -these are the worst cneml-s of health -and happIness, the most fatal destroyers of pace nd rosperity. Theoy come fo h ost part from taking up need lehss burdens. When a man asks a question I look himn in the face-. If I see no inquiry there, I cannot answer him. A man Sasked me about the coldnes's of thIs winter as compared with others r scently. I looked at hIm; his face 3 expressed no more curIosity or relatIon to me than a custard pudding. I made -linm a random answer. I put him off' I until lie was i'n earnest, Hie wanted to imake conversation. r Tlhiere is a persistency In the life of right--doing which Is more Influential 3 as a moral agent than the highest con coptlons of abstract goodness or the most eloquent appeals to noble senti ,mont. No power equals that 6f a life t well spent; no force Is so great as that S of character. For to be wisely and nobly persistent In anything th6 whole t nature must be in love wiuih it and 2 loyal to It, and must, ini seote degree, r* lie assimIlated with it and permeate4 by It,