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TI-W EEKL Y EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C.. JULY 7, 1881. HOPE ON WORKEII. wIo shouldI hope, if not the man Carrying out God's chosen plan, Working as lils lot may 10, On thle lland, 6r onitiMe sea ? Honest toll makes life conmplete, Bleep secure, and coarse bread sweet; For the toiler never knows Aught that inakes the iler's woes. See te busiest In tie throng I Light his heart and clear his song; Through, attired in goltlen-gray, Ilome front work lie spects his way. Mark the farmer's merry eye As lie gleans the wheat and rye, Sows his scel, or plouglhs Me holl, -Hiiappy in his cliosen toll. Work of lhand, or work of braini, Sliall not be put forth in vain; In life's sunlhinue ant its sh1ower, Hope for these siall budl and flower. Only do the tillers lack Ever on the inental rack, Ilope, to light the track ahead 1ope, to naike a downy bed? Blessed toil that gIldls our days, Covering up the thorny ways; Never let us miss thy crowt, Till, in leati we lay it down. Behind a Panel. A wide, white, forehead; above, braids knotted with a white aster; pansy-dark I eyes under curled black lashes. The love- j ly woman's face looking out of the oriel t windows held Captain Gordon Sommers I captive. "Com, Captain," called a voice from the water below. ie made no response to startle the girl, for she had not seen hin. The cool, oval I face rested on the slender hand, and she was looking dreamily over the watei. C "1 say, Cap, what keeps you? What have you found ?" He could have strangled Low, with his Impatient bellowing, for now the fair face started and flushed, and, turning, Adelaide Westerley saw the intruder In the garden. Captain Somers stepped forth, but with out his usual grace and ease, and lifted his hat. "I beg your pardon. Could we get some i water here?" "Yes, certainly. Knock at the south door, and my man will give you all you want." She seemed startled out of an habitual serenity, yet her voice had a strange soft- g nes and sweetness. "I--We" continued the captain, "are in search of a stray boat which got adrift from i theyacht Mermaidlaetnight. Wehavebeen a obout here for three hours. It must have 9 got over the bar and gone out to sea." h Low, lifting himself to look over the bank e saw how things were, and settled back re- t signedly. - "A small boat called the Dolphin!" asked Adelaide. "Yes." "With a book and spy-glass in it?" she continued. a "Yes," confessed Somers, ashamed of v his seamanship. "I let it get away from ie. I have charge of the yacht. There she is yonder." pointing to the offing. g "You will find your boat fastened to a post just inside the breakwater. My man Stephen picked it up last night. lie is in the garden. Stay, I will call him." Mhe came down to the Saiden dooi-a qj beautiful young creature all in white-and found'Captain Somers awaiting her, cap in ti hand. They went together down the over- al grown paths, he holding the rose vines aside to let her pass. "I am giving you too much trouble," n said he. a "No. There is my man. Stephen!'' 1 she called. D The old man came up with his spade. He f< began telling how he had found the boat- d for which the young gentleman did not 10 care two straws, casting desperately aboutt ft In his mind to learn how lhe was to meet at Adelaide again. l SBhe had already withdrawn to the terrace bi slid stood await-ing his final bow. Shte lit tle dreamed the truth-sweet Lady of Sha. oi lot! Site was looking fixedly at the fine, al strong figure, the cool, sensitive blonde face, V1 the picturesqute yacbtimn's dress; site had( tl hniiiled the faint fragrance of cigars, felt the magnetlim of tis s'r'anger's gentle l' touch as lie ptit her dtress aside from the sa thorns, and a feelinlg of pain she couldl not p express visited hter pure heart as she reall- sa zod that In a minute he wotuld be gone from el her gaze. And lie went. With one backward as glance from the fine bitue eyes, with a eay and graceftil salutation and a final call of it thauks to the young lady, Captain Somers turned a bend of thte -rosepatht and disap peared, followed by old1 Stephen. "A desaperate ventture!"< he muttered, n "but my only chancal" b If, while unmooring the b~oat, he deftly quiestioned the old servihor of the Wester ley's old Stephen never told, But when al he saw the two boats floating off shore, ho hi chuickled over the bit of silver in his hand, anid nmuttered, "Good luck to you, sirl" T1he fair Lady of Shalot went slowly back fi to hter bower. Perhaps thte pretty chamuber dtd not thein look quite beauitiful. Perhaps d site, too, murmiured, "I am half sick of di shadows.'' It would not be at all strange. ri This girl of 20 lived a strangely isolated o life. She was the last of her irace, living v on the estate bequeathed to her in inlfancy o by lien dyIng father. A half-sister of her mother's, an agedl woman called A unt lRe- fi solve, was hter only companion. . Sihe haid never entered society. Sihe kne'v little of v the world outside of thte beautiful gardens and shores of the Junipers,.1 But for 01(d Auiit Resolve, the girl seem-d ed to be wasting her sweetness on thte desert Il air. TIho devoted old woman idolizedl her. 1I From her babyhood shte had dressed, wash- a ed, andi tended her. Perhaps It was a mis taken fondness that relieved the hilress of i all care of her estate, for it retquired soe management to make It yield an incomea for the family, aind Adelaide suffered from ennui. Perlhaps a little care would htave I been good for lien. Butt Aunt Resolve thoeught differently, anti the girl know I nothting ot the oyster-beds and the crops that were hers, TIhe girl stood In the rosepath again the following evenhlig, her garden hat in her hanid, hen eyes unconsciously fixed upon thef yachtt Mermaid in the ofiling. Site was In I an unusually thoughtful miood. There had i come to her for the first time the thought] whither her life was tending. To wear away the seasons froln youth to age Iin tun- I v eventful monotony, her soul unsatisfied, did not suit her, lint a spell, a fate, seem- r ed upon her. Probably it would never be otherwise and a sa,1..... .- words,. c.-u - Dxpress spread through all her conscious- te cess. -II A step upon the gravel. She turned and sti -ncountered the gleam of two blue eyes. in Captain Somers bowed low. "Your pardon; more missing property, ar iss Westerley," he stammered. hi "What is it now?" asked Adelaide, In an nazed tones. ll "A ring I dropped yesterday. Ah, here th it is," stooping to hide a guilty, blush, and ce immediately, with strange good fortune, be .lscovering a diamond ring at the edge of .he grass plot. , sa He showed it to her-a diamond quaint- an y set; his property for fifteen years, he fe: aid, the gift of his dead mother. Ca The heiress of tho Junipers was as guile- rol ess as a child. She nevel thought of fear: na nd what was there to suggest it in gentle ne Nords and courtly tones? And, fortunate- u y, Captan Somes a was an honest man, and yo onestly in love. They chatted among the rose-vines for a ong hour. The young man made a prac- bk ical use of his time. With undue stresw ie told her who he was-tho younger of two So rpban brothers left early to find their for- w( unca. The elder had succeeded better Shi han lie; perhaps because less scrupulous. an t was Godfrey's yacht Gordon commanded. no te had no money, but he had not a vice, 6ud the good will of all men. wv And when he had gone, she found that tol te had left with her letters highly compli- col ventary, reconmending lum to stations of ha rust, so that she was able to affird aston- hit shed and alarmed Aunt Resolve all the hio surance she needed. un And now Adelaite was no longer alone. apl ie had a lover. rig Week after week the yacht Mermaid re .ained in the oling. Day by day the young bet cople floated on the on ooth summer tide, the r strolled in the garden, or sang at the old ano songs ringing ano full of sweetness. gu: Perhaps no happier hearts existed under lie sun. Then Godfrey Somers sent for usi is yacht, and Gordon must needs obey and ow peed North. ap] "Oh, Gordon, you will forget me!" she wi red. "Forget my little oriole? Neverl Child, ou do not know how I love you. Wear see his ring for me, Adelaide. su< It was deep and yellow. and bore in ceply engraved characters the word "al- Tu Fays." And so they parted for a few the recks, betrothed lovers. Or The sumnier waned, but Adelaide was tro - happy she did not iund when the rose real tals fell and the fruit was gathered. de( Aunt Resolve, who watched her constant- I nowadays, saw that she was wrapped in S& dream of bliss. Her nature of great ma veciness was alive, and her lover and her Ve life was all to her. And now, for a-k omers' sake- that was plain-she began jus take an interest in the tasks and the ans at the Junipers. hel "Where does the money come from that i ays the plantation hands for their work, Sm .unt Resolve?" "They have their cabins and corn and veet potato patches. I pay them small fee rages out of the fruit crap." the "What does that consist of?" her "Strawberries, pears. melons, and rapes. "Where are they sold?" man "I send them North by the boats." fat "What buys our food and dresses?" po( "The oyster beds. They are a great it L un of care, I assure you." we "For you. You have the care of every ling. Let me learn to help you. dear intie; let me learn to be useful t> yo -." And Adelaide grew busy, painstaking, nd thrifty. She was dusting an old cabi- Pei it one (lay when a panel, which always abl ened secure, slipped fron its groove into .r hand, showing a cavity filled with com irtmsents behind. In one was a bit of lit lded yellow paper. It was not worth tra isturbing, at first Adelaide thought. At em ist, with reluctant curiosity, she drew it Ilo rth, unfolded, and scanned its faded char blo( ~ters, and, as she read, her (lark eyes de ied, her cheeks paled, she caught lie;rdi reathi. (imi Aunt Resolve was counting out motney div athe library table. Suddenly Adelaide, thc Iwhite and trembling, entered the room, i so paper in her hand. "What have you mo acre?" h Aunt Resolve had grown suaddenly ghast- ths at the sight of the faded scrap. She are atched at the girl's wrist, and drew the thc uper toward her without touching it. She mou aw only too clearly the minute, quaint tt uaracters, clear as print, though the inkfr 'as faded. Tihsen she pushed Adelaide pla way and turned aside her face. -thc The bewildered girl sat down upon the u otstoof at her feet. "Oh, Aunt, what is it?"th "It is nothing," portioning off the silver Th ith a trembling hand. "1'he salt marsh CHC aust be cut now; so go away, child; I atm mil sisy." SW But the girl clung about her knsees. tii "'Ohi this Is my grandfather's. natme ilh gned to this," she criedi, "and I am home-t( '"Tut, tut." ag "Amu I not the last of miy race? ls h'y ither gained it dishonestly," he says, w~lt andh whsen lia descendants shall have fro windled to a single one, let him or her snot are to marry, but restore thme estate to the 1)11 htful family, bestowig it upon time poor. A t member thereof," quoted the girl, the of ordls of the paper stamped en her mnem- ocr ry. Aunm Resolve groaned and~ her hands fell the omi their task, .to "Child, childI" ase cried, "how in the w"' orld came you to find It?" u "I was dustinig the cabinet. It was be- ths nad a panel that fell down. 1 did tnot on are to touch it at first. .Now I have read to all, and I[know what it means-what I afl' ave to (10, auntie." And now the girl wec toed up. "Your fath~ur gave it to me for safe keep ug. I never meant you to see it, Adelaide." "That wouldl have been very wronig, untie." "No, no, dearie; you must marry anda 3o happy " adi Th'le girl (1id not speak. *Site stood look- thi ng around time familiar room, and her eyes lor ~row (lark with agony. Evidently her re-cr olve was taken. "The dear 01(d place-it seemedr part of 1) ny very self. It never before was beauti- to ul and dear as now, when it was to he my A omno andl his. It has seemed lonely and nm rksome-it never wouldi any mnore. And lie nust give'it up." This was fixed as an unalterable law itn her mind. The conditions being fumlfilled iA hieh decreed it to aniother, the Junlpers1 co aust forthwith pass sate other hands. Iofi There could be no doubt that Adelaide Im' as heart-broken. She looked as if some f~y -rible Illness had settled upon her. Aunt isolve was utterly shattered by the gir's ite; But now Adelaide was the stronger maintaining a settled purpose. The latter had a guardian whom she saw nually. She wrote to him, acquainting .n with the message from the deceased, d brielly relinquishing the property, as wished him to take steps to discover former owners of the Junipers-a pro is which Aunt Resolve thought would not dilficult, though she did not know them. "I would not .have done It, dear," she d, sick in bed. "I would have you live I die upon the old place. I fear-ah, I r you will miss everything now-for ptain Somers has no home, and he will re from and forget youl It is human .ure. These long-deferred marriages ror turn out well. You know your triage te him must be deferred, don't rhe girl uttered the one sad monosylla and said no more. ind now the time was flying. Captain nors she expected daily, for he sait he uld return to her in less than a month. 3 finally brought herself to write to him,' .I told hiin what had happened. le made reply. ['his added a pang. She saw plainly at it would be. Ile could not provide her adequately. Such support as he ild afford her-and which she would re gladly accepted, sweet, if shared with a-lie would not offer. She must find a ne in Florida, with some o* her mother's cnown relations, and they would drift Art finally forever. Aunt Resolve wAas [it. Istorm set in. Day by day the rain it about the house, and the sighing of wind filled the girl's heart with dread. it last there cane a letter 'from hicr trdian. It ran as follows: 'MY DEAR ADELAIDR-I have been un tally fortunate in finding the rightful ner of the Junipers. le will make his )carance there Thursday, after which I 1 see you' at an early day. LUinEln MEssENGER." .ot a word of sympathy or regret. It mod to Adelaide as If all the world had kienly turned her enemy. nd still another (lay the storm held, a Junipers tossed in the rainy wind, and wild air had voicesof cruel significance. was Adelaine's mind giving way under able? She had so anticipated such a far ching reault that she seemed already p in years of suffering. Lione, on a mournful evening, she was donly electrified by a coarse voice de ading: 'Where is this 'ere woman that's been 3epin' me out of my lawful rights? 1 L want to set jiny eyes on her." Yras her hone to go to such people? Her rt sank; but the heavy step came on. luddenly the door was flung open, and, ingly, there stood Captain Somers. 'Dearest, I have come" Ie caught her hands and drew her to her . She uttered a cry of delight, a broke into a sibbing sigh as she felt Rv!f nnAned itn hua hrfit )h, only to part, umy beloved I" she cried. 'Not at all, my dear one; for I am the ster of the Junipers. By your grand ier's decree, which bestows it upon the rest member of tie defrauded family, ecomes mine, and next month sees our Iding." Lud it was even so. Waltch D(;g0, 'he night watchmen at the Eastern iiteiitiary of Pennsylvania, have very a assistants in bruto companions, xsc instinct and superior training in le less than remarkable. These aro ned watch dogs, nino altogether, bracing one full iastiW, two full odhounds and the rent half-breed odhiounds. They are kept in three Linct kennels in as many separate losures, into which the prison-yard in ided. Thme feniCes divide them and y' never meet ; certain indicatiops 'o showecd that if they (lid there wvould several very tough dog fights. When night watchmen arc on diuty the dogs unleased anid accompany them on ir patrol, but the canine guards are ro effective in their way, n's they pone :o the angles and out-of-the-way ees, while the hiuman watchmen follow beaten path. If the dogs heaor any isul nloise, or find anything irregular, y notify the guard by a' sharp bark. ii' 'capacity to discover attemp1ted1 apes has never been fully tented, inias oh as the convicts stand in too whole iiO dread of thorn to dream of such a nig during the dog watch. An instance strating the wonderful instinct of so bruto sontinels develop)ed not long . The guard ono night was startled a warning bark from one of the dogs, ich lie found thirty or forty yards n a p)oinit where a small ventilating 'e led from thme interior of the pison. autions investigation showed that one the convicts on that gallery, but up~yinig a cell on the opposite side of corridor, being sick, was endeavoring attract the attention of the inside tchm. T1huo dog had discovered the asual noise ini the sound conveyed *ough the drain-pipe which thmo keepers the inside of tho bunilding had failed notice. The suf~ering convict wvas rded assistance which lie otherwise uhd not have obtained, Jalifornians may have faults, but anness in niot one of them. The other y, when the usual bank balances were juisted1, a runner's canvas sack burnt at >scam, and $10,000 in golden doub ins wer-e spilledl among tile promiscuous >wdl. Every one pitched in exep1t the r'ter, who, unconcerned, held a saclo receive the Coin that was piecd up. stranger, looking on, said : " My un, hadn't you better count and see wV much is mnissinig ?" The porter said; didn't think of that ; there is nothing an abant idifornians. -However, Il mit." Stepping iiito a stock-broker's ie ho did count and found not a picce asing. "I knowed it,"- said lhe ll~nely: - lerman A Music. Carl's band is the leading band a Stuttgart. The bands in Germany ar< all famous--that is, with foreigners, fo they all play so well and with such won derful skill. But some of them hav greater reputations and are greater favor ites than others. Carl's band, which ii attached to one of the king's regiments has sixty members, and each member, il is said, is a star player on his particulai instrument, and if the cornet, the trum pet, the trombone, or even the man whc clangs the cymbals or beats the ba;i drum is called upon by ai audience foi a solo, he can respond in a manner ai with a skill that will "bring down thc house" with applause. Carl himself is r great musician and has become celebrate(" as a composer. He is such a musical enthusiast that it is said he does nothing but drill his band from early morning until late at night, and the mnenbern have become so proficient by long aud thorough training that they are the mas ters of not only one instrument but o several, andParo equally "alt home" on violins, clarionets, post horns, hai'p, trombones, citherns, mandolins, piano or church organ.s Ono of the great pleasures derived from living in Stuttgart is the free con cert which is .given every day by the band in the kiosk in front of the king's palace. At precisely 11.50 alt midday u drum and fife corps of twenty illembets, Carl's band of sixty and an infanitry com pany of about 100 men file qut of the grounds of the military barraclp in the upper part of the city and proceed toward the king's palace. It Jiphc apparance of a grand military iic i, only on a very small scale. Not only the infantry company but. - both bandi are in full German military costumes, with side arms and brass belnet hats, an if for a dress parade before the king. They have to march the whole length o1 Konigstrasse,. which is the Broadway ol Stuttgart. It is a fine wide street, about half a mile long and lined on both sides with elegant shops and private palaces. A little before 12 it would seem as il half the inhabitants of the city wer gathering on this street in anticipation of the coming of Carl's band. As th( clock strikes 12 (the German military are precise on. time) the bands escorting the military emergo from a side Atreel into Konigstrasse. They strike up somc martial music, a quickstep or a march, which seems to start the city into life. The crowd begins to grow more dense eyory 11mmmaf u-" . s If. - 11 side streets and from all directions store kcepers and clerks forsake their coxuter and rush out on to the sidewalks. Schools close at 12 amd scholars by th< hundreds with their knapsacks strapped( to their backs, rush pell-mell to get au near the music as possible. The throng, of people who were walking up th( street to meet the banl turn about nun march down with it. Tle wide street, sidewalks incltded in both directions, is black with people. All are marching and keeping step to the music. From f distance it looks like an immense movint mob that-gathers new strength as it rolli along. The show of military is of n< account-Carl '5 band1, which is playing so splendidly, occasionally relieved by the fife and dr'umn corpls, absorbs th< attention of the multitude. Tob~acco (Growing. Few of the op)erations ini tobacco farming require greater1 care and niceta than settinig out thle plants. Carelessnes, tells as quickly at this point as at anl: later stage. Th1le Seed h)ed ought to b<4 moist enough to allow the plants to be pulled up without breaking tile roots It can easily be put into this conditioi by careful watering. Each plant shlouht be removed by itself, and care must b< exercised not to tear the roots or bruis' tile leaves. A small prolonged instru mont like a fork will facilitate the worn of removal. Tile p)lants shlid be care fully drawn, as on this depends much o the after value of thec plant bed. Onl; a single plant should 1ho drawn at a time If the removal of more is attempted smnal ones are often taken with tihe large ones giving time field ani unequal stalnd. Smnai plants ought not to lbe set out except il cases of necessity. Tile best plants are of course, those wvith a lowv, bulnchy top) as they are certain to have plenty o large, stronmg roots. Slender, spindling ones have far less vitality and easily sue cuumb to) the cut worm, drouthl, d; winds and other enemies of the tobaccec field. Thin sowinug generally (lees awa; with muchl annoyance on these points. They may be carefully placed inl b~asket and in thlis way carried to th field. Here the planting should 1)0 don as rapidly as possib~le. A boy withl th basket in hand passes beotwceen two row anid drops a plant onl every sp)ot marked Ho will be able to drop the plants quit as fast as two m11en can~ plant them. variety of methods anid devices are in us for tis puirposo. Some 'us a ligh trowvel, whicha is thrust into the( grou~nd p)ressed to one( sidle, amnd in thle openin thus formed tile roots of tile plants ar inserted, when the trowel is withdrawr and the cearthl closely pressed Aronun them. This at least has time merit< slleed, but we do not advise its blractic< The more nearly thle roots are pllaced i thme position they were whlile in- the see lbed, thle more likely and umore quickl tile young plants are to grow. A bett way is to use a planting peg, ab~out al inchles by one and a qluarter in diaimete and theo lower enid talporinlg,with a roui) ed point. Tiis the planter must thrust about two inches into the lilltheni with draw it, an1d into the opening made the roots of the plants must be put and the dirt be carefully pressed about the roots. If there is time and the field is not large the hands can be used with better result than either the trowel or peg. The nec essary opening in the ground can be scooped out and tie roots of the plants put into their natural position and the ground drawNi over them. This is a slow process, but it is the best. Few care to practico it, not being willing to encounter the labor it entails. The ground around the plant must not be left higher than the plaint itself, or a heavy rain may cover the latter with dirt. If lssible a slightly shallow disk may be left arolund the plant the better to catch the rain. If rapid planting is desired, the peg system gives the best results. Let the planter start in on this row with a plant in his hand, so held that the moment the hole is punched into the hill the plant is ready to be inserted ; ai moment is suflicient to give the required compression, after which, before rising, let him take up the one dropped on the hill, and be ready to place it in the hole as sooni asn he gets there. If not too stiff in the backbone one man can set out from 3,000 to 5,000 planits in a single day. The Pressure of W1ind4. In a paper beforo the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mr. C. Shialer Smith gives the results of many years' observa tions of wind pressure and its effects. Ho has personally visited the tracks of destructive storms as soon as 'possible after their occurrence, for the purpose of determining the maximum force and the widt1 of the path of the storm in every instance. The most violent storm in3 Mr. Stfith's records was at East St. Louis, in 1871, when tile wind . overturned a locomotive, the max nun in force devel oped inl so doing being 11o less talitn 93 11). per square foot. At St.. Charles, inl 1877, a jail was destroyed, the wind force required being 84 3 11). per squaire foot. At Marsh ifield (M11o.), in 1880, a brick mianisioln wAs leveled, the force required being 58 l1). per square foot. Below these extraordiniary pressures 1 there were sundry cases of trains bilown of' rails, and bridges, etc., blown lown by gales of wind of from 24 lh to 31 Ili. per square foot. Mr. Smith observes that in all his examples lie has I taken the inii nmm force required to do the observed dlamage, and has considered this as the maxinmim force of the wind, altholugh, fOmr. i mn v have b(-en mueli higher. So1me of the hurricanes .were very (w structive, the one at MaIrslileld having cut down everything along a path 46 miles long and 1,800 feet wide, killinlg 250 people. Mr. Smith has formed the conclusion that notwithstanding these examples, 30 lb. per square foot is Hufli cient wind pressure to allow for in a working specification. As reasons for this conclusion, Mr. Smith expresses doubts as to wlietler a direct wind or gale ever exceeds this pressure. Whirl winds may exceed it, but the width of the pathway of maximium efrort in these is usually very narrow. Mr. Smith hias only found oe11 examl, already quoted, wherein the p~ath of pressures over 30 lb. per square foot exeeded 60 feet wide. This pressure is in itself very unusual, and, referring more part iculairly to rail way bridges, it is stated that a loaded passenger train will leave the r'ails at. this pressure of wind, andi consequently not nmch could he gained by making the bridge strong enough to resist a storm which wouldl blow1 a traini oil' it. Tho frI the Hee r. Colorado Ike, the inidividual who blew inito town on a high wind, was confideni tially interviewed as to how heosubsistedl. T1aiking the question 0110 side; lhe said in a stage whisper :'"I have got a good thing and I ono't want it given away. I -am a chlorider ; I go into suchl mills as_ (d0 dry crushing-for instance the North ern Bell inoi-and stand around ant hour or two, or sleep in the corner if I get a chance. When I come out I have the chloride that sticks to me assayed and Imake a good thing out of it you bet.' Do you see that hat ? " said lhe shiowinig- an old battercd, whiity browni hat; " well, there is moro than three dollars worth of fchloride in that-hat. It had more in it, but Billy Farrell threshed a (log yester (lay and knocked about a dollar and a ,half out (If it. Can you throw up for Sthe beer?" Woodent ipet, 1 Wooden p)ipes are now being used in Switzorland to convey the waters of a thermal spring between Pfeflfer and RaBgaz. Tihey are constructed of fir.. wood made into staves, and bounid together by means of iron hoops. Af Stor being carefully tarred both inside and dut, they arc perfecthy water-tight, Sand posse05s many aidvanutage's over metal t pipinig. They are of course much lighter, anmd are insensible to changes of temhpera Sturo, whilst their cost is only about eight shillings per metre. It is interest ing to note that the Now River water wvas first brought to London 'hy means ,of wooden pipes formed by boring out tree-trunks an~d joining them length by Slength, Suich pipes have been exten 1sively used in America, ~and thq~y are under the best conditions, estimated to rlast thirty years. X VEN dumb animate exhibit atach r, ment. The horse is always attaed L to the vuloni whilna hae raw. Every one 111 noticed the ingenious and delicate workmanship of the spider; they have noticed too the way in which he spins his thread ; but every one may not have remarked tle interesting fact, that whenever we are to have wind or rain the spider shortens very much the last threads to which his web is suspend ed, and he leaves it inl that Condition as long ais the weather continues variable. If he lengthens the threads fair weather may be predicted, and the continuation of fair weather may be inferred from the !ength of the thread. If the spider re mains inert it is ia sign of rain ; if, how ever, lie c0oimIences to work during the rain, you may be certaini that the raini will not last long, and that it will be fol lowed by steady, fair weather. The spider elinges his web every twenty four hours ; if the change is made in the evening, a little before suniset, the iight, will be fair and clear. The swallow, this beautiful bird, the harbinger of spring, is also an unfailing barometer. When the swallow flies low, ()1n a level with the. earth, and gives a light. Iid plaintive cry, it is a sign of ap proaching rain. If he rises to a great height in the air flying either to the righit'or to the left., steady, fair'weather mlay be expected. Wheni a storim is coli ing, the swallow also rises to a great height in. the clouds, then lie moves sdowly, majestically ; he Ilats, but does not fly. In the spring, when a ingle magpie leaves its nest, it will rain ; if the father 11nd mother leave at the samiie tilme, it is it sign of fair weather. The peacock, at. the applroach of rain, emiiits frequent cries. - The woodpeeker coos. The parrot chatters. The guinea fowl goes to roost, The gOose shows the greatest unr'est.. t flaps its wings and cries, throws itself into the water, (omes11 1a1 d go(es, an1d miakes short liights. The singing of the cricket indientes fair weather. Fet'ing (of 1 he Mairket. " Ss I: wn't take inl the school to-day," said ia Carson urchin with a inewspaper in his hain1. "Why not?" - "Concordia has fallen oi' ten cents, anud I don't care to show. up until it "What have the Iluctuations of Con cordia got.to do with yotr studies ?" "A good deal I" answered the. boy. "My teachier has a. hundred shares of "-- md 1u1l when it- falls ofl iL few cents we all catch it. lieavy. . at 18. eye oin the list, and when there's a break you bet I doi't go to school I I play sick. Oolly ! how she hasted me the time Mount Diablo busted down to two dollars ! When it was sellin' at twenty she was as good ats pie. I was the first feller that got on to tile break, and told tile boys of my class that if she didn't sell there'd be the old boy to pay. I heard Unclo Frazer say it was a good short, amid I never slept a wink for a week. I grabbed the newspaper the first thing every morning, and when I saw her keel down to sixteen I skipped to the Hills. Lord I how she did bang Johnmny D~obsoni round thlat morning I I was iln hopes that tho blasted 1mine1 would pick upi, bmut the water got in the lower levels, and I kno1w we were in for it. She liekedl somebody for every dol lar it d1rop)ped. After it struck eight it picked up a little, and wo had1 time to "'get.'' My mo(therV's been patchinm' my pants now ever since the big break in Sierra Nevada, and if the market don't take a turn pretty soon I'm goini' to quit the pubhllic school anld go to work on aL ranh." The1 (Areat, liel of St. I'aul's. St. Paul's lias always possessed, and still ownms, a great bell. From timie immemorial the citizens claimed the eastern part of the churchyard as the place of assemblly for their folk-motes. "'in thjo great steepmlo thereO situate (whieb, we may remark, was an isolated structure), was their common bell, which being there rulng, all the inihaibitantis might then hear and come together." Thus Stow D~ugdale sulposes this build ing to have stood where is nowv St. Paul's School. So far back as the 15th of Ed wvard I. (1286) mention is made, in a Quo wA~nANTo, of thme custom of ringinig a boll ini this tower as one existing long cro that dato. Henry VIII. lost tower, spiro and b)ol1 at a game of hazard to Sir Miles Partridge, wh o quily overthrew his winings and nielted tho bell. For niot far short of two centuries St. Paul's had no great bell. That which it now possesses~was the gift of William III. It was originally cast in the reign of Edward I., and was hung at the gate of West minster Hall, to notify the hour to thle JTudges. It was afterwards called "Ed Ward (If Westminster," and subsequenO~tly, '"Westminster Ton." William gave it to the Cathedral of St. Paul, whither it was brought 6mn New-Year's Day, 1699. Since thien it has been twice recast, ech time with an addition of motal. It weighs more than two cwt. over five tonis. It is tog~ feet in diameter and toni inolies in thickness of metal. Tihe tonie is very flue in the musical note A, concert pitch. The hour is struck biy a large hammer, and falls on the .outsido rim of the boll by its own weight. The 1b011 is only tolled-that is to say, the clahpper is only used-on tihe deathl of one of the royal family, or of the Archbishop of Canter buxy, the Bishop of Lonldoni, the Dean '4 St. Paul's or the Lord Mayor, Hold on There. J. Edgar Thompson, was the chief en gineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. One day. Mr. Thompson was talking with Dr. Given, former colleetc of tolls at Columbia, and then holding a contract with the Pennsylvania railroad. IHe asked if the latter could recommend to him a man to act as station agent at Dicansville, on the Alleghany moun tains, then the western terminus of the road. Tihe station agent was to have elharge of the transfer of passengers ard freight between the cars of the Ponnsyl V1ma company and those qf the state road. 'There was a young man ised to clerk for mo at Columbia that would suit you first-rate," replied.Dr. Given. "'What's his nanme ?" asked Engineer T'homnpson. "Thoiasi A. Scott." "I will send word to him." And he did, and by telegraph, too. Mr. Thompson was sitting 1txt day in Us oflice in Harrisburg when in ho walked a visitor, who was a picture of manly beautty and who bore about him ueh i breezy air of independence as [laiinly indicated that corporation chief tainms had no terror for him. His long yellow hair straggled over his shoulders i wide-brinmed slouch hat was perched cm the back. of his head, his pants were tucked in his boots and his hands were L'xploring the very depths of his pockets. "Young man, what do you want ?" in rinired Engineer Thompson, looking around amd gazing at this picture. "1I believe you telegraphed for me," was the respomse, in a very clear but re ipectfiul tone, but .with no appearance Af embarrassment. I IW1a1t is yoilr nalme ?" "Tiominas A. Scott." "Are you the young man Dr. (iven recommen1~lded ?" "Yes, sir." The ehief engineer, after a long and iarnest scrutiny of the long hair, the big hit, the boot-encased pants and pocket Iidden hands, said suddenly and brus <juey, ". don't think you will suit me." "That doesn't make a darned bit of lif'ereneo," replied the fair young man with the golden locks, not one whit lihashmed. "I made up my mind to como downi here anyway and try you a month, and if I liked you to stay and if I didn't I would mighty soon tell you so. Good lay, sir." ''Hold ol,.there," called out Chief Thompson as tle young man was walking from the 116or, probably demonstrating more quickness of determination than 1ho 'rward displayed. Come back hiere;I guess I will try you ior a moma, mnd hto tried him for many years after "Rt's Heating." A party of us, while oil a recent exonr siomi, came across a company of Indians who were from Maino. One old squaw, who was preparing material for baskets of rather fino pattern, was quito sociable. In the course of our conversation, she told us an Indian boy had the fever and aguue. We asked : '"What do you do for it ?" "'Oh, we do what they toll us-we take somieting-I canm't think what they call it." ''Quinine," we suggeste d. Here a big Indian. who was within hearing, put ill: "'That's poison--ugh I" And time squaw rep~lied: "'No, no ; wo don't take that.." '"It goes to the hones," said the man. ''Yes," he continued, ''quinine will kill settle in your b~ones-make uim ache." We inquired wvhot he considered thne best remedy, Upon which our Indian "'GratLed horse-radish, one-half coup; whisky, half pint; mix;' take a spoonful three times a day-no fail-will cure you." After a moment lie added, "'It's heating;" which we do0 not ini the least doubt. It is thme custom in Germany to washi table-linen and sheets as seldom as possi le. Indeed, it is even a sign of wealth when one washes thnese things but four times a year, because it shows that lots of them are p~ossessed by the family. Whether this custom is a nice 01n0 or not, there can be no doubt about the work it causes. As soon as this great wash began we gave up the most import ant house and kitchen work ; and you might have sooni us standing, all eight of us round a hungo tubl, rubbing with soap in hiot water the sheets anid nlapkimns. Certainly it was severo labor', and my hamnds bled the first evening. But while stamnding and washing, e ven if almost tired1 to donath by wvork so iunaceustomoed, we trical to sweeten it by cheerful part songs. When thme washing was finished, Carl, tihe coachmnan, hmad to put the horses to the wagon. All the things, hleap~ed up in large white baskets, wvere put on1 it, we all got in after, and oft' it wvent down to the little river. There the things were unloaded, and ech of us kneeling on a board, rinsed ,out the linen in the clear flowing water. I dare say that this p~art of tihe wash was the most anmusinmg one ; whmethmer it was the kneel ing at the iver or the happy thiought that all wvould be soon at an end I am sure I don't know. But we were cer tainly in high spirits, and Carl, who silently watched us, often had to. get out of the way of the shoot of water that weo xtravaganit girls sent after hin,