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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WlNNSBORO, S. C., JULY 16, 1881. . ISTfl865. TIE GOLDEN SIDE. There is many'a rest on tie road of life If we would only Stop to take it; And many a tone from the better laud, It the querulous heart would wake It. To the sunny soul that is full of .hope, . And whose beautiful trust ne'er falleth, The grass Is green and the flowers are bright, Though the wintry storm provalleth. Better to hope, though the clouds hang low, And keep the eyes still lifted, For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through, When the ominous clouds lre rif ted. There never was a night without a day, Or an evening without a morning, And the darkest hour, so the provrerb goes, Is the hour before. the dawning. There Is many a gen in the path of life, Which we pass in our Idle pleasure, That is richer far than the jeweled crown, t Or the miser's hoarded treasure; - It may be the love of a little child, } Or a mother's prayer to Heaven, Or only a beggar's grateful thanks For a cup of water given. Better to weave in the web of life A bright and golden filling, r And 0o God's will with a ready heart And hands that are swift and willing, Tten to snap the delicate, slentler threads Of our curious lives asunder, And then blame Heaven for the tangled ends, And sitand grieve, and wonder. THE DEACON'S WOOING. The sun had disappeared behind the hills of New Bethany; and the lingoring light on the mountain tops was changing 1 from rose.to purple, when Do'acon Pinh stopped -his melancholy old mare in front of the village postoffice. . It was 1 Saturday night, the only tinie when New -t Bethany roused itself from its lethargy T and showed any signs of life and energy. The rest-of the week it drowsed and lan- I guished aftet Ohe fashion of small coun- E try - towns remote from railway and t manufacturing centers. "Whoa, MaryJane!" said the deacon c with untieccessary emphasis, throwing 1 the reins on the nare's broad back and I springing to the ground. But the despondent Mary Jane had al- ( ready ceased her shainbling gate from e sheer force of habit. A tOn year's ser- t vice with the deacon had made her per fectly familiar with the accustomed c round of stopping places. Wednesday a night it was prayer-meeting; Sunday, l1 the church service; and Saturday night, I invariably the postoffice, and, as a late t variation, an after pause at the house of v Mrs. Betsey Hill, the milliner, who for a quarter of a century had supplied the t women of New Bethany with head gear I fearfully and wonderfully made. f The moment the deacon stepped inside ii the office lie knew, from the unusual y buzz of conversation, that something extraordinary had happened. . "Heard the news-oh, deacon?" asked one of the village loungers. f The deacon looked up -inquiringly. a "Miss Keziah's had ani amazin' streak : of luck." "It's been nothing but an amazin' r streak of luck ever since she was born," returned the deacon. "If ownin' the v best farm in town and hevin' money at a interest isn't luck, I'd like to know what is." "Yes; but this is something out of a common. You used to know her broth- 3 er, who died years ago and left his only e child for lfiss Keziah to bring up? , Wa'al, when old man Mead. -died Miss 1 Keziah took the farm as her-share of the : property, and her brother, bein' of a rovm' turn of mind, took the few thous ands of personal property as his'n and invested 'em in Western lands, which turned out wuthless, and 1he lost every cent 1he put in. Folks alwas blamed t him for bein so foolish and hasty, and thley say grief and mortification like hastened his death. Wa'al it turns out they 1hev put a railroad square thro' tile lands, and it's sent estate way t lup, nobody knows where. Miss Kezi- ~ ah)'s been offered nigh onito $8,000 for thle lands, and thiey say sheo will get ever 1 so munch more if she only hlolds on." ~~You don't mean it?" "I dew; it's an true an scripture~ " "She'll hold( out, never fear," said tihe deac'n; "and I 1hold it to be our bounden duty an neighblors to advise her to that end." Inlstead of lingering as usual for the village gossip-for New Bethany post ofmie on Saturday night answered tihe purpose of a weekly paper-the deacon seemed in a great hunry to get home11. It wan tile nighlt of tile choir rehearsal ~ and in driving b~y tile chlurchi he saw Mary a Lead, Miss Kcziah's neice, going up the 1 steps. Ho suddenly whipped up hlis sleep)y old mare and drove home at a e b~reakncck rate of speed. . "Now's your time, Solomon Pinch,"t lie muttered to himself. "It's mekbo 'a long while afore ye'll have such a goodc chlance atg'ini. She'll be sure to be alone for a couple of hlonrg or so-Hi, old ladyl I no stoppin' here to-night," lhe added, I giving thle lines a sudden twist as Mary Jane showed an inclination to stop b)e fore Mrs. Betsy Hill's house; "we've 1 other flilh to fry now, old girl. i When lhe reachled home 1h0 drove the ] mare unider tile horse-shed and tied her , there, instead of uiharnessing her' as ~ usual. Then lie entered the house anid hastily swallowing the scanty suipper p wichl tihe hired woman placed before I him, donnedl his best clothes and drove a oft' againl at a rapid pace. . ( "Law sakes alivel" exclaimed the c woman, amazed. "The deacon's got m sumithin' on his mind surel' It's thec first time I ever knewv llim to disre'mem ber to ask a blessin'." Ever since the death of his wife Dca- ~ con Pinch had looked on Mtss Keziah as a her probable successar, for years lhe had gazed withl covetous eyes on the fine ~ Mead farm with its-aub~stantial buildings, i b~ut lhe never could ler'ew his courage up c to the point of facing the snapping black a eyes of its owner. Of late lie had been t seen several timer kooking at the-door of Mrs. Betsy Hill's little brown house i and the worthy millideor was .o.verjoyreA at the opening of the brilliant prospeoctc before her. But the news of the sudden I rise in Western lands(1 caused, Mrs.. Hill I with her small possessions, to sink intov insignificance b~y tile side of the richl'i woman with her well-tilled acres, hoera* prospective thousand~stof dollars.. Tile idea of failure in his matrimonial venture neve' for an instant entered the deaceon's head. "Thn way atorm ye ia na , dain and straight as a pipe stem, Solo. i aan Pinch?" he murmured, rubbing the i aln of his hands together, as he walk- f d towards Miss Keziah's side door. 'Women is mostly alike-eager an' wil- I in' to embrace matrimonial opportuni les. IThey'll snap at an offer like a t Lulgry trout at a wormh. She has got he money, and I hey' got the promi- I tlence and influence; that's a p'int not to i *e overlooked; and deacons isn't to be i iad every day. Put her money and my 1 uifluence together, and I rather guess' I e'll stand ibout top o' the heap in Now ] lethany." - Miss Keziah was -sitting by the table, Aitting as usual. She had just begun o narrow for- the too of the stocking, (hien a step sounded Qn the walk. She m brew down the stocking and opened the I .oor, and holding the lamp high above I ead, her eyes rested upon the amazing i pectacle of the deacon in' all the Sunday r iagnificence of white shirt and shiny - lack broadcloth. "Well, I neveri" she 1 jaculated, and then, feeling that her < eception had been hardly hospitable, i he lowered the lamp and said kindly: "Come in, deacon-come in." 'Thank ye, thank ye; I don't mind if. dew." "Take a seat, deacon." "Thank ye; I dont mid if I dow." The deacon surveyed the attractive < ooni, which, with its cheery fire and c omfortable cushioned chairs, eeome4l a eritable paradise in corAparison with is untidy, ill-kept home. He.placed his at on the floor beside his chair, display- < lg his scanty gray locks 'ngeniously < lastered over the top of his head so As r : cover as much of the bald surface as I ossible. Then there was a long pause. '"Anything going, on decon?" asked fiss Koziah, resmning her knitting. he was greatly puzzled to .account for i liose Sunday clothes. . "Nothin' within- the range of my bservation. There wont be much agoini' i n1 now till 'lection time; things'll be retty lively then." . "AVant to buy any hay this year?'.' hirped Miss Keziah. "Mine is extra ood this seasori, my hired man says it's lie best harvest- yield in town." "I rayther guess I'll hev' enough to arry me thro' the winter. If I don't I hall know where to conic for hay as is ay. I declare your farm does beat all! feel kind o' rigged like when I %ink lie best farm in town is managed by a roman." Miss Keziah smiled graciously, and lie deacon drew his chair a little nearer its hostess. "It must be a great load :r ye to carry alone. such a large farm i a tremen-jous responsibility for a lone romnan." "Oh, I don't mind it; It keeps me roper busy." The deacon hitched his chair along a 3w inches farther. "Ye'd oughter hev' brother or cousin, or some relative Ike, to share the burden with ye'." "My shoulders are plenty strong," Btuited Miss Keziah, good nituredly. "I'm glad to show folks that there are romen who- are good for something be ides giddy-gaddying and tattliiig." "Yis, yis;" answered the deacon. "We can all testify to your valley and vorth. You're a real honor to your sex. rou're-you're a bright and shinint' bep on light to the trifilin' and vain-minded romen of the world;" and the speaker raved his hand at the conclusion of this ittle oratorical flourish. Then hitch, hitch, hitelr went the hair Miss Keziah-ward. "Don't you eel sort o' lonely at spells," lie asked, asinuatingly. Miss Keziali glanced suspiciously at he rapidly advancing chair. She drop 'ed her knititing and wont to the fire and filed up the blazing sticks of wood. .'hen she came back to the table, and et her chair on the farther side of it. hus putting a barrier between her and ter visitor. "I'm never lonely, deacon ; lenty to do is the best medicine for anehness." "But woman's a tender, dependent reatur', . Woman's a vine," here the teacon took up his weekly prayer-uneet-. ug drawl, "and needls suthini' to cling to rhen the troublous, desolatin' waves and rinds o' affliction and sorrer roll over Ler. "Stuff and nonsensot" exclaimed Miss Ceziah, with a contemptuous sniff. "I houldn't have expected that a man of oti snse, deacon, would repeat such illy trash. I have no patience with the cople who are always talking as if romen couldn't stand alone, and needed ropping up like a rag (loll that hadn't ny backbone. I'm no vine --or such reepinig, helpless thing, I can tell you. can stand alone as well as anyb~d if lie Lord so wills it, altho' I admit,. leacon, that its pleasanter to have some ne keep you company." "That's jest it; ye hmev' hit thme nail quar' bn the head! It's pleasanter to Lev' company on our sojourn on this nortal earth."* The deacon seized his chair with hoth Lands, and by a circuitous line of hitch.. nig p~laced1 it within three feet of Miss Ceziahm's table. "You're a forehmanded roman, Miss Keziah; T'm a 'man of 'rominence and influene'e in thme commu iity; it seems to me that it would beoa ood thing if we could walk hand-in Land thuro' this vale of tears. Providence cems to p'int its fiiger that way." Thme] leacon was thinking at that very moment f the money lie would save by a thrifty1 ranager like Miss Koziah in th~e place i his' ineficient, Myantot~ul, hired' woman. Miss Keziahm was dumbfounmded. She roppcd her knitting, and the b~all of arn rolled across the floor. "Mercy! he finally gasped.cy" "I'll make ye ai first-rate husband, and e'll make me a good wife. We've been members of the same churoh for 30 years r more, and we've been'members of the 1 iritool family, we'll noW be members of I esame human family.". Miss.Koziah straightenmed herself up ai her -high-backed chair and drew in her hin, while her voice rang out shrill and lear. ."I rather guess it'll. take two t6 csake, that bargain." A -seoond look at her aged admirer, t hlo was edging up to 'her with a sheep uh simper, exasi)erated the old woman cyond controh., - "Thme oh(J.fool 1" she, said, wrathfully, ~ Tho color came Into the deacon's thmin hooks, and lie started to huis feet, look--r ir anxionaly towma tm door, as if med -I tating a hasty retreat. But the yarn vas wound around his boots and he was orced to remain. Miss Koziah likewise rose, and folding ier hands primly in front of her remark d grimly: "Whon you first began your alking I hadn't the least idea what you Yore driving at. I thought you were inting about Betsey Hill, and wanted to ake me into your confiderice. I never trearned that yo'u- meant me. Why, I upposed- that I wouldn't give Up inly reedom for the best nan living. Betsy ill is a pious, likely woman ; she'll nake a good home for you and she needs homo-herself." - The deacon was coieplotely withered, and Miss Keziah continuod: "If you'll top around a little liylier, deacon, and )iCk up the stones on your lots and put hem into good fences, and mow down hose pesky weeds, there's no earthly eason why your farm shouldn't look as vell as'mie. -If I've said anything to murt your feelings, deacon, I hope you'll iverlook it. Why, you're all tangled up n that yarn; I'll untangle it." The delay of unwinding the yarn from he deacon's feet gave Miss Koziah hiance for further remark: "One word nore, deacon; have you heard about the Western lands?" The deacon wished he was anywhere ut of the rauge of those merciless black yes. "I-think I've heern tell suthin' about Bm," he replied, meekly. "I thought so! I thought- so" ex laimed Miss Keziah, savagely. "Well, leacon; those lands rightfully belong to ny niece, Mary; I only hold them as kor guardian." The deacon began' to look upon his re ection as a blessing irf disguise, for vithout the Western lands Miss Ketiah's Uttractions seemed tame compared with hose of mild, blue-eyed, buxom widow ill. -"I can trust to ye never to men ion this?" ho asked, timidly. "I shall not mention it. Now, follow ny advice, deacon; Make sure of Betsy lill before another week goes by. You iave my good wishes. See to this at Thank ye, thank ye; I don't mind if I lew." The good woman followed her crest allen visitor to the door. As a sudden rust of cold night air put out the light, lie said: "Tho.air is snapping to-night; lave a frost, el, deacon? And the discomfited deacon felt that io had been nipped by something sharp r than a frost. The Giraffe as a Kickes'. One of the Leaders and a Wheel Horso )f the Band Wagon were discussing the liraffe's withdrawal from the Show. 'Of what use was the majestic animal o the Show anyway ?" asked the Wheel orse. " Oh, he was beautiful, princi; >ally beautiful," said the Leader. " Did lie draw ? " inquired the Wheel Torso. "Draw? Not only didn't draw but iad to be drawn. - His shoulders were so igh lie couldn't carry baggage or wear k saddle, and lie always insisted on rid ng in the Triumphal Car next to the Band. Why, that animal actially hought he was the greatest Show on ,arth all alone by himself." "Was lie a good runer ?" "In a Hippodrome. The ring had to >e fixed for him. He's what they call a .ippodromer." "Why then was lie considered so im ortant an animal ? " " Well, lie looked like a heavy Kicker, ma always acted as though lie was go ng to kick." " And did lie ever kick ?" " Once." "Do any damage ?" "Well, I can't tell yet. There's a ~ouncil of veterinary .aurgeons at work ,rying'to set his leg. Ho didn't hit any hing." " Any moral ? " said the 'Wheel Horse.' " Well, yes," said the Leader. " This ittlo one-' If you kick at- the wrong imo you are liable to break your leg.' Econoiny in Fuel. Dr. C. WV. Siemens thinks it about time hat the economical use of fuel should be0 racticed in our offices and our homes, is well as in large manufacturing estab ishmonts. He huas devised a grate which rives out a fine heat without noxious cases into a room-a grate which is very ileanly and- which meets fairly the re luirements of economy in construction mnd use. There is no patent on this irato. An iron dead lhate) is riveted at ight angles to a stout copper lhate fac ng the back of the grate and extending lye inches above auid below, where the ron plate joins it. The dead plate stops hiort abotit an inch from the bottom bar f the grate to make room for a half-in'ch (as pipe which is penetrated-with small ioles arranged zig-zag on its upper sur ace. This pipe rests on a lower plate >ont downward toward the back so as to orm a vertical and horizontal channel >f about one inch in breadth between he twvo plates. A trap)-door in the lower >late-below the gas pipo serves to remove lie ashes. The vertical portion of the hanndl contains a strip of shoot copper. rranged like a frill and riveted to the ack. This frill of copper conducts the ecat from'-the back and sets up a current if air in the channel,, and this air forces ho small gas-jets of .t 'he perforated pipe o burn brightly. Instead of the pumice tone, the front of the grate is filled with oke or anthracite, to which the heat of ho gas-jets is transferred. Dr. Siemens ays that lie holds it almost barbarous to se raw coail for 'any purpose and that the line will-comeo when -all our-fuol will bpe oparated into its two constituents before eaching our factories- or domestic eartha9I In the Hands of Brigands. The following is an interesting account of the capture of the Suter family by brig'ainds, near'Salonica, Turkey : On Thursday evening, the 7th of April, at about.10.80, Mr. and Mrs. Suter having retired to their sleeping apart ment, Mr. Sutor being already asleep, but dome of the servants still up in their room, Mrs. Suter's attention was attract ed by hearing the dogs round the house bark furiously. Suddenly' a dreadful scream from one of the servanta con vilnced her that brigands were in the house, and prompted her to call to her husband; "Harry I Brigands I" Mr. Suter then sprang out of bed, seized his rifle and rushed to the door, which ho opened, but, seeing the' gallery full of armed men, instantly tried to close it .Again. The brigands pu iqcd it from the .utside, trying to keel) -it open, but the united efforts of Mr. . aus Mrs. Suter, were successful in shutting and locking it. Thus'they stodd' foi- a -moment in their nightdresses, face to fabo with the terrible. reality that they. were in the hands of brigands, and terrified at the result of what was likely to ensuo. Their hesitation - was short; a mute glance at each other decided their course of 'action, and convinced them that they had no one but themselves to look to for hope or protection. 4k knock was heard at the door, and Mr. Suter asked quietly and firmly who was there, and what was wanted, while Mrs. Suter made a-rush to tile window, 'threw it open and called out as loudly as she could to the. soldiers in tile house opposite. The knocks then redoubled, and blows were struck at the ddor With an axe. Mr. Sutbr then Went to tile window and called to the troops, when the brigauds fired a volloy from the balcony of tile house,, This was evidently done to show that they were masters of the - situation, and that an attack by the soldiers would be perfectly useless. The soldiers resiponded with another volley directed at the house, and the firing became general, the bullets penetratibg the walls and passing into the rooms ; it was a perfect miracle that no one was killed. Mrs. Suter and her child lay flat on the ground under a thick quilted covering, while Mr. Sitter,. rifle in hand, stood in readiness to receive the first corner. Seeing,. however, -that the door was giving way, Mr: Suter pur sued the wisest and only course left to him-threw open the door and welcomed them with 'Kallos Oresi'(welcome), and extending his hand bade then enter. In the mean time the firing had redoubled, the messengers of death from the rifles of the Turkish soldiers entering the dwelling on all sides. The danger was imminent both to captors and captives, the latter standing in their nightdresses expecting instant death, till the brigands told Mr. Suter the firing must he stopped for the sake of all concerned. . Mr. Suter hastily dressed and went out on the balc6y. to use his influence to effect this indispensable measure. Fortunately his voice was heard and the firing ceased instantaneously oi both sides, whereupon lie returned to the room, and once more facing his captors, eight or ten in nuni)er, lie quietly asked them what they wanted of him. They replied: "Your money or your life." He replied : "Do what you like with me, but sparo my wife and child. I implore you; frighten her not, for she is ENCIENTE, and the result will be fatal to her." This he repeated several times, and asked why they wished to harm him when he had not wronged them. One of the number, rougher than the rest, approached Mrs. Suter, who was at the further end of the roonm, and drawing his sword, placed its point to her b~reast and said, "Give me your money or I will. cut your throat." Mrs. Sutter neither screamed nor fainted, but looking stead ily, at him said, "I have only four liras in the-house.' They are in that hox; take them if you wish." He replied, "It is a lie. I will kill youl." She respoended, "'You and I believe ini the sanme Christ, and in His nante I tell yout that I have no more money, a (ain g ba ro her throat) cut my throat If you' will ; I can do no more." He then said, ''It is a lie. What Eng lishman lives without money in his house ? We have been told that your household expenses anmount to .?20 a dlay ; how can you have only four hiras in the house ?" Ho again held( his sword toward Mrs. Suter, whio thent app~ealed to her husband, "and hle addressed him self to tihe br.gands, anid p)ointing to his wife,. said, ''Did I not entreat you ntot to frighten her ? She is a lady, and I ask you to-treat her as such.' On this the briganc loft Mrs. Sitter, who took out the four liras and gave thenm to' him. TIhey thent biegan appropiriating every article that they imagined cou~ld he of the slightest usec to them. Mr. Suter thten asked the brigands again what they wanted. They answered thlat that was not the time or placo to discuss that suibjoct, and ordered Mr. anud Mrs. Sutter to dress themselves and their child and accompany them to the mountain. Poor Mrs. Sutter followed these instructions to the liest~df her ability. Her little girl, a pretty child of four years of age, who had becen lying half hididen b~y a Turkish quilt1 with big, wide open blue eyes, qmletly sutrveyiig tile scene, now came out of her refuge and asked to b)e dressed to go. Hastily throwing on somne clothes, she added to them some articles of wear ing app~arel b~eloniginlg to her hubanild with the idea that they might h)0 useful to him. Dressing was a difficult matter, as tihe brigands had ranlsacked all the drawors, boxes, &c.,. in the room, and heaped their contenta promisenou~sly On the floor. To an unclourteous command made to Mrs. Suter to open a hex that was unlder thle lbed, she indignantly replied, "I open the b~ox for you 1 open1 it yourself, or call somebody to do so." Mrs. Suter's quiet and dignified mant nor evidently impressed those men, whlo' .now became very respectful in their attougtIons toward her, pud solicitous of sulrroulnding 11cr with every comfort that could be procuired. One suggeste3 tilat. the .Madama, not being accustomed to' rough walking on the mountain, should Atsko the precaution of putting on a strong. pair of boo. Another proposed that tea, coffee and sugar should be carried with them; while another occu pied himself in prophring a bundle of quilts blakets, &c and 1aI hand o a pile of towels and sheets just in- from the wash, remarking that the Madamua would be sure to want these articles on the mountain. . All being in readiness for departure, tho brigands, with their prisoners, passed through the courtyard, outof the villago and up the mountain side. Mr. and Mrs. Butor were accompanied by four men servants carrying covorings ,and food. The journey to the top of the mountain was very difficult, as there was 110 Pathway, and one had to climb up as best one could over rock and through brushwood. The. brigands, however, during the whole journey, which took about two hours, were very rospectful and attentive to their prison ers, frequently insisting on their sitting down to rest, offering water, making cigarettes for Mr. Sutor, and even going back to find the doll which the child had chanced to drop. ' On reaching the top of the mountain. they found a grassy platform of consider able sizo surrounded by bushes and trees. But the imoonI had now set, and the scene was ilhuninated only by tile torches of the brigands. The servants were then ordored to spread rugs on the grass, and the prisoners were told to sit down, while the brigands formed a large circle around them, soeie sitting and some standing, while others seemed posted all over the mountain, signalling and whistling to each other. The bri gands seemed to be mostly young men, havig no covering on their heads but their ample locks, wearing fustanollas, or kilts, singularly black, and armed with swords and rifles. The three captains (Aristioi, Ghiorghio Kaizaro and Nicola Dondonka) wore also a quantity of silver ornaments. They appeared to be all of a superior class, speaking not only Greek, but Albanian, Italian, and one of them oven English, and most of them were probably foreign Greeks. On being thus seated on the top of the mountain, Mr. Suter was closely ques tioned as to his profession and means and whether he or his wife had parent.9 living, or relatives likely to pay ransom. Mr. Sutor replied that he had neither private means or relatives who could pay any considerable sum. Finally, after- a great deal of talk among themselves, they said that Mr. Suter must write to Mr. Blunt, Consul General at Salonica, informing him that tho ransom they required was .15,000, and that this sum must be paid in fifteen days. On this Mr. Sitter exclaimed that " they might as well kill him at once, as there was not the least liklihood of his being able to raise such a sun." "Then," they said, "you refuse to write ? In that case, not only you, but your wife and child, will forfeit your lives on the spot.." Mr. Suter then begged to be allowed to consult with his wife, and they came to the conclusion to write as the brigands demanded. Whey then asked if it would be for the'r adlvan tage that Mrs. Sutbi should go itlon ica or stay, and Mr. and Mrs. Suter replied that it would be better for her to go to Salonica, as, in case of pursuit, she could not keep I) with them. They then made Mrs. Suter promise solemnly that, if allowed to descend the mountain, she would at once start for Salonica, and uso every means to -prevent the solliers coming in pursuit of them, and they threatened that as soon as any soldier or armed villager approached them Mr. Suter would be immediately killed. In return, they swore the BEssA BEss that Mr. Suter would be safe in their hands pending negotiations for payinent of the ransom, on the condition that they were not pursued, and were left free to con mninicate with the village. It was now ab~out 2 A. M., and after a sad parting from her husband Mrs. Suter was allowed to return with her child and accompanied b~y two of her servants, the other two remaining with Mr. Su.ter. Provided with a torch, they with great difficulty found their way down the stedp) mountamn side and arrived at home about 4 o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Sutor immediately sont off a messenger with the letters, and startedl herself two hours afterward (6 o'clock oni Friday morning) for Salonica. This journey of twenty hours she( accomplished by the afternoon of the next clay (Saturday) having ridden for seveiliteen hours and driven there in the carriage sent for her by Mr. Blunt, the Consul General. Plain English. Manager Pip~er was called out of the box-ofilee of the Opera-house b)y a man wh'lo wanted to speak privately with him. They stepped over to the foot of the gallery stairs, and Mr. Pip~er said: "Well, sir, what is it all about ?" " I want to h)o engagedl as a hiaetor." ''Oh, that's it, oh ?" said Mr. Piper, taking a survey of thle applicant, who did not hlavo any external marks of the~ profession. " What line of business do you do beist ?" "Well, I avont henny partickler hine. Hi tihing hi should mention"--hero e looked down and lowered his voice "hi'm a hamumachiuro.". "You're a hammer chewer!" exclaimed the astonished manager. "Some Don nerwotter is der mani verruceck ?" lhe added, forgetting his English in his sur prisO and falling back on high Duteh. "Hi said a hamnmachure, sir," repeated the applicant with dignity. "Well, dot's joost whmat I thought you said ; but, my friend, look here what sort of hammer is it you chew ? i like to hmev you tell me some more about it. Is it a sletch hammer ?" The ap~plicant grew rod in the face. He was evidently very indignant. He said: "Mr. Pipor, i spoke to you, sir, like a gentleman, sir. Hi told g'on i wasn't a professionlal hactor, b)ut sinmply a ham machure. Yeu see fit heither 'to p~oke fun at me, sir-to be insolont---or else, sir, you're a hignoramus 1" The man strode away with an air of loft~ scorn, and John Piper was left to m<itate. '" He said lhe was a hammer chewer, but he wasn't a professional ; a hammer chewer-lhe meant to say lhe was a amia-, choo. Hal hat hat Well, it's all his own fault if ho got mat ; why dlon't lie speaghk plain English? --The treasry o xas contains over $1,00,00 n csha Reading Signs In the Sky.. A Iery little practice will enable anf )ody to read the language of the clouds. About eight years ago Luko Howard, Im -Eiglish. Quaker, "whose business re juired him to- take. -long' wala in the )pen air, completed a classification pf -louds that has over since been ini on 3ral use. One of the most vonderful )heinomnena ever -witnessed ili the sky vas the great dry fog of 1783, Ithat over tpread the whole of Europo-and part of ksia and America, reaching to the ,g1uml nits of the Alps, and lastig from one o three months, according to the local. .ty. . The greatest terror prevailed and Ahe end of the world was thought to lie it hand. Howard noticed that there are. thr'e rincipal kinds of clouds, which he call ?d cirrus, cumulus, and stratus. Any body cal see the diffronee between Iheso clouds at a glance. The virrus is ,he highest of all clouds. You .mut lavo often scen it in the form of while laments smotimes called "'nmaren' tails" md 'cats' tails." Stretched aeross thl lio sky like delicate lace work, it is very beautiful. Travolers say that 'oi 1h summit of lofty mountains pe'akst romn which they cold look down upon lie heavier clouds, they have seen these wispy cirri floating overhead, apparent ty as far away as when seen. from the marth. In calm summer evenings, long ifter sundown, these clouls may be iecn reflecting the most delicate tita of ,olor from the last rays of sunlight that lluminate the higher-regions of the at inOspliere. The cirri are composed of little crys bals of ice. These clouds iind their ide rivatives cause the halos that 'are somnie tinies seeni about the- sun and mdon. irrus clouds indicate both storms and Alear weather, according to their ap pearance. If they appear in their' most lelicate forms after stormy weather, they are a sign that a *period~ of settled weather is at hand. ' When they show themselves in parallel strcaks after fair weather has lasted for soin time, they ire the first indication of approaching hamge. Cirri, when greatly tangled mnd knotted, show stormy weather close It hand.'. If their borders grow faint md indistinct, there is rain cominig. .. Cumulus clouds arc characteristic of mimnmer. The farmers call them thin ler heads when they poke their smooth, white, rounded summits, glittering in the sun like silver, above the horizon. [n that form they are the forerunners f local thunder stornis. These moun lainous-looking clouds sometimes net willy exceed the greatest peaks of the Andes or Himalayan in size. When nmulus clouds appear in ' a warm, pleasant day, not very large, distinct though soft in outline, and resembling cotton ballm, they indicato continued fair, dry weather. On the other hand, when they grow largor, darker, and more fornidable looking they f6retell storma. Just befo:c a rain they some times seem to throw off little fleecy clouds around their- edges. ' GoethQ, the great German poet, who was fond of studying the clouds, said that as long as cumuli have sharply dellned borders and a white color a continuance of good weather may be expected. Cumulus clouds often form soon after sunriso and temper the heat of the summer day. If they gradually disappear toward oven ing the weather will remain serene, blit if as the sun goes down they grow dark er and more numerous, Uhm look out for rain. The stratus is most common at night and in winter. They always appear iln the form of stripes or broad, low cur tains, cotering m'ore or less of the sky. The night stratus is formed of mis'ts from swamps, rivers and moist ground. It generally rises and changes into small cumnuli clouds on summer mnory iniga. The other kinds of stratus, apm pearing at consideralhe heights in the fall, winter and early spring, is, as I have said, an inivariab~le forerunner of stormy weather. These three kinds of clouds do not al ways ap~pear~ in their simplle . forms. They arc frequently mingled togethuer, andl four varieties of these derivative clouds have been distingnished. The cirro-enmnulus conisista of little roundish wite clus, floating at a high eleva ioadoften resembling a flock of sheep resting uploni the blue1 background of the sky. In wintgr these clouds fre quently appear before a thawi. Between summer showuriers .they accomp~any in creasedl heat. They are comnmoni in dry weather. Sure of Hea~ven. Timnblet-horp, who had( not attended church for sdnic time, thought he .would go the other sunday, and a he did -not have time to shave himnsolf hie concluded that lhe would not make his appearance im the sacred edifice until after the services had begun. When lie got there, however, he found that there. were a great mnaniy peCople of evidently the name mind as himelf, for the rear po0ws were all full. The polito sextonsaecing his annoyance told him there were plenty of seats half way up the aisle, and Tim'ble thorp, ashamed to turn back now that lhe had p~laced himself at the religious plough, proceeded through the dim light towards the chancel. He looked right and left, but could find no p)laco unt'il lie reached the vicinity of thme pulpit, \vhen' lhe eslpied a pow with only a lady' and a' sniall boy in it. They occupied the upper end of it, and lie modestly took his position at the opposite extremity. He devoutly proceeded to kneel, wihien the kneeling b)eneh shot up liko'a rocket and struck the little boy, who was atand ing of course, uinder the chin. An unearthly yell shbt through the church, all the members' of the comugregationi sprang to their feet, and the music of thd choir was completely drowvned. The next thing- Timblethorp. knew wias 'that lie was being escorted dowun the aislh by twio p~olicemnen, preparatory to bieing locked up on a charge of mnalicious assault. It was not till .the next day that the sexton discovered that someo mischievo's -h oy .hiad twisted off thme uniderpinning of - th'o kneeling hench' at Timblethiorl/'s side of the pow. TiPmle thorp was discharged from custody, but lhe says that no saint ever endured so imuchi mortification as lie, and that he is sure of heaven if lhe never goes to church nonin. NEWS IN BRIEF. iriti'feit .' 0.i ilver certificatea lre ii circulation. -son of Stephon A Dduglass in qluito a good orator. -' I ,T-h2e not profits of.the Cunard line last, yeas' woro.605,000.. . --The.,coloreo I tit iP the Unitod itates .numbpr about 800,000. --Mrs... Bell, wife of the inventor of the telephone,. is a deaf nluto. , .-One of the Now York Broadway milliners nets $0,000 a year. -It costs 84 cett tobrandfa hale of cotton from N. Y. to Liverpool. -The. Italian, army. numbers 1,700,000 wen if the militia k. ecaigt,..out. -Col. Bob Ingersoll -has matI $20,000 from his lecture on the bad place. -Alma Tadema's 'Sappho'" has been bought. by an Amnerican for $15 000. . -About 5,000 dead godies are sent to the 'Morgue in N'ew York' evory year. -Four million dollars hAve been spont is,4 nl)roving thte- Tiber at Rome. -During Maty. the. Philadelphia mint coined 4,241,640 piece . wortji $7,668, 550. --One hundred'." rd o'no p dople died laat' y'ar in Lohdon fron-aiiet al starva -It'is estimat'ed thab the acreage in winter wheat is 4, per scent. greater than last par . -Teli number .of Now Yorkers who will go to Europe this aunioimer is said to be 15,000. -The average ago atE which students eiter-American collegen is 17; a century ago it was 14. -The American Bible Houso issued 1,085,696 copies of the *rjptijkres during the pa year. -Tl e Indigama sqbgol. fild to the amUnt of' 140>. O ha, just been apxrtionied -- -'le' new Toxas Capitol will cost $1 ,500,000,. and will bo built by a De tioit architeet. --All the floekd of Morino sheop in Addison county, Vermont, -are assessed at $15 per head. -The railroad mileage of Ill.,is 7,578; it takes the lead, followed by New York and Plennsylvania. -Therd are 4,.000 specio of grapes distributed over tho world--all aapted to special-localities. -In 1739 a society in London, Eng land,offered a premium of .100 for coch imeal grown in India. -It in estimated that insects injure cropa of the United States to the value of $10,000,000.annually. -The West front of St. Alban's Abbey, England, is to be restored at an estimiated cost of $125,000. -California's wheat crop f6r this year is ' A0mtdta-fit40 000,000 bushels, against 53,000,000 busliols last year. --Andrew Johnson's heirs are now in litigation over tho distrobution of his property', which is valued at $100,000. --Over 4,000,000 bushels of grain have been shipped down the Mississippi since the ol)ening of navigation in February. -hicago live stock receipta for the month of May were fa follows: Hogs, 468,395; cattle, 122,413; sheep, 30,920. -On the first, day of its issue 2,000,000 copies of the New Testament wore sold in England and 1,000,000. in this coun try. -The tunnel under the Hudson river, between New York and Jersey City, is being pushed at the rate of live feeta a . dlay. -The Beaconsflold meimrial to be er'ectedl by the Conservatives in London will consist of a line statue of the late earl. -it is estimated by good.judges that the milla of Minineapolis will grind the present year 20,000,000 b ushels of whe-at. -TIhe receip~ts of the Ciinard steam ship company for 1880 were close on ?1,140,000; and 'the net profits about ?200,000. . s -There have be~on 1,140 b~uilings started (luring the p~resent yeoar in New York, the iunited cost of which is nearly $19,000,000. - -The . Agricultural Department of Ohio reports an annual increase in sheep while the number of hoga has decreased 20 per cent. -The stamp duty of 'six cents per pack was paid on 1,094,823 packa of playing-cards in England last year, amounted to $65,659. -In 1868, when Jack on retired from the Presidency, the 'n'mrber of post oflices in the country was 11,767; in 1880 the number was 42,980. -The trousseau . of the Princess Stophiapic is worth $400,000, but the doy-ry voteig for the future Empress of Austria does not exce'ed $50,000. -The son of General Ord, a young man of twenty, whose sister married General Trevino, has been offered a colonoley in the Mexican army. -The 382,920 -Congregationahista in the United States gave, last year for. their religious work $3,692,922.24, or an average of nearly $10 per member. -The most magniflcent head of hair inl Russsia b~elongedl to the Pr'incess Dol gorouki, but she cut it all ofi~and placed it in the coflin of the -Gaar, her dead husbaund. -A steam-tug drawing 10,000 tonis of grain, equal to 833,000 bushmels of wheat, eqnal to 1,000 car loads, has just made the trip from St. Loui 'to' New Orleans in five and a half (lays. -Thle Woman's Medical College, in New York city, hans, during 30 years, gradunated 276 wvomen as physicians, of whom 151 are now in active practice,withi average incomes of $8,000, per year. -The 2,586,468,320 bushels of wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat and potatoes, raised last ye'ar in this county w'ere produced 'on 105,888,605 acres, and the cultivation is in most cases care less.. - . -Secretary Blaine is informed that the Fren9h delegation to the Yorktown Centennial will consist of no more than ton geitlomen, descenaante of Lafayette, D'o Roehiambeau, and others of out '' alles in 1781.