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. .. . . . * . . I * - I - EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., AUGUST 9, 1881. ESTABLIShED 1865. ~ _ ___ _____ UNREST. Ol tie dreary, bright, spring day I Will it never wear away? Every budding spray and leaf Seems to mock me in my grief, Till I fee like her of old, Whio forbade then to unfold Mystic Mother, who, like me, Mourned her one Persepholie. Olt tie weary, long, dark, night, When I toss and wait for light, And no gentle breathing hear, Which, in cadences so dear, Tells the little presence near Ol the weary, long, (lark night I When I toss, and strain my sight WatchIng the unwelcome light. When tie soft sweet summer rain Heat its delicate refrain, I cau only hear tie sound Falling on a little mound; And the green turf (lasied over seems only ier form to cover; Anti the robin, loud and clear, Pipes to one who does not hear. Will the sun shine briglit again ? Shall I sleep away this pain? And this earth, now sicklied o'er, Ilud and blossom as before ? And this anguish grow to be A uiuli ache that none canl see ? Will these tearful tossings cease, Andi shall I some time tind peace? "ONLY A FALMER." "I don't like the country, and I never would have come here but for the chance of hoominug Mrs. Allen Waters-that's tMe truth." Her mother looked up amused at the frankness of her youngest daughter, and, as for the oldest daughter, Dora, she sank back in her seat with a pained blush in lis (lark cheek. "I am sure, Ada, you need iot com plain. You have a far easier living at the Hollyhocks than either mother or I," she said. - " Why everything need be so hateful, I don't see," grumbled Miss Ada, frown ing under her flaxen curls. " If father hadn't died now, he might have run along for years, until Dora and I were suitably married, and kept up appear ances so we could have made good matches. Now everybody knows we are poor." "eAnd everybody knows we are lion est I" cried Dora, who still trembled at the mention of her dead father. "We settled everything as honorably as possi ble, and came here to live, glad of Un cle Alfred's offer-at least I was." "And I am sure I was, my dear," said Mrs. Atherton, with a sigh. "I am tlhatnkf ul to have a roof over my head in my old age." "Unle Alfred was absorbed in flori culture, and made a pet of the place for years. It is lovely here, I think," said Dora, leaning to look out into the bright summer garden. "I don't care for flowers," returned Ada moodily. "I can't make myself happy with hose and watering pots. I think it would be better than this, with the Waters' place opposite. But Allen Waters is away and the gates are shut against us. In fact,there is nobody here. "You calculate a great deal on the society of a man you don't know in the least, Ada," said -Dora returning to her sewing. " I'm not in the least bit like you, Dora, with your notions of congeniality and similar tastes," burst forth Ada. "I've a taste for comfort and luxiry, and I could love any mali who could give them to me. Besides," somewhat moderating her violence, as her mother looked annoyed at her extreme state ment, ' you know we have always heard what a fine felfow Allen Waters was." Dora said no more. Her bright, dark face burned with indignation. She was ashamed of Ada, grieved, yet secretly tried to make some excuse for her sister. Day by day Ada contiinued her comn lhaints of the Hollyhocks. She was milserab~le herself, and she certainly made everybody else so. While Dora wvas as busy as a bee, Ada mnoped her self almost sick. The little hactonl which Dora had driven in as a child wvas left to the mi 13y, and at her mother's suggestion, D~ora hiredl a mild, fat Dobbin of a neighibor in~g farmer one clay and invited Ada to a dlr've. ''1There's lovely scenery along the valley road. It will make a little change for you, Ada. Besides, I've a bit of news to liven you up." Ada turned languidly. "Allen Waters is .coming home," said Dora with a faintly mischievous smile. After a moment's thought Ada rose, arrayed herself in her prettiest driving costunme, and eniteredl the carriage. " Drive past tihe Waters estate, Dora. What a fat, lazy horse I There is no fun ini driving if you can't drive iln style. 'Ther: now see the Waters' place. It's all I eipeut d it-to be. T1here'd be sonme coimfort in li',:g if one could be mis tress there. It's nio better marriage than I ought to have made if papa hlad iiot failed." And, withi dIiat.onted lips and an arrogant toss of the head, Ada was dirivenm past a wagon in which was a man in his shirt sleeves. He glanced at the yognig ladies with frank curiosity. " Did you bow, Dora ? ,mpuldent fel low I How ho stared I Cquntry folk I" sneered Ada. "' I bowed becauise he bowed to us, Ada. You wvould not have inc repel such a macre civility, lie is probably some1 0one who knlows us, theough we are st ranigers here." "I detest suchi People." ".I don't think .1 couldl detest any one wvho wore such white shirt sleeves, andit looked so comfortabile under a broad straw hat this hot day, laughe~d Dora, carelessly. But thme very next mnomenit Ada was thanmki for the existence of "a chi pmeo p~le," for the phiacton broke dot ni, and, wvithi a (dismual scream, shte wvas tip~pedl from her seat anld landed am< ig the roadside buttercups and clover. Th'le mil, fat old horse in tantlhy stopped, Dora looked anxiously bout her for help. No house was near. IShe looked appealingly up and dowimV the quiet road ; then-oh, gladly I-she aw the hay wagon, the straw hat, and hle whlite shirt sleeives drawing near. "You have 'broken down," said the~ owner, hiastihy jumping down, "Thank vou. vna. Thn narrlaan sunams coming all to pieces," said Dora, tremb lng with fright. " Could you do any thing to help ? I should be, oh, so much obliged to you ?" "Yes," said Ada, shaking the dust off her silk skirts. "We are the Miss,64 Atherton. We will pay you of course. The man bont to look at the axlett-ee.. His face was turned toward Dora, and she saw him smile. "It's not so very bad then ?" she said, anxiously. " It might be fixed, I think, so you could get home safely; but I haven't much time, in fact I an in a hurry." " What is your time worth 0) you ?" asked Ada, with the air she once heard a millionaire use in speaking to some workmon lie was about to employ. "Sometimes more, and sometimes less," lie replied, with the same quizzi cal smile. But he had produced a cord from his pocket, and, with deft fingers, began mending the broken trace. Then lie produced some nails, and with a stone pounded away vigorously beieath the carrige. "There I By driving carefully you will bo able to reach home safely," lie said at last, rising. There was something in his coiinposed manner and distict enunciation which nade Ada staro for an instant ; but she could see little beneath the broad straw hat, but a curly black beard, a tanned cheek, and two piercing eyes. "What is to pay ?" Nothing. " He offered a hand to help Dora into the carriage. She seated herself and drew out a lit- ) tle embroidered portmonniaie. "I beg your pardon," she said earn estly, 'but you must let me pay you. YOU said you were in a hurry, we have taken your time, and you have done us great service. I have nothing but a half sovereign. Pray take it. I am sorry it is so little," blushing as she tendered him a shining coin. Again the quizzical smile, and the eyes--they had a world of meaning in them, those piercing dark eyes under the hat brim. Dora felt her heart beat strangely. It relieved her greatly that the mai extended his hand and received the money. "Thank you," he said, quietly. "What may your name be ?" asked Ada, who had seated herself unassisted, " and your occupation ? You are quite handy," patronizingly. The man laughed outright, a low, mellow laugh. " My name does not matter, I am a farmor. Good-day, ladies." He stepped back, lifting his hat, smil ing again at the look of consternation upon the features of the girls at the grace anid the face the movement re vealed. .1 A kingly brow shaded by close-clipped yet beautiful hair, a white forehead eyes dauntlessly bright, with scorn and a smile in them. The Phaeton turned one way, the hay wagon another. "Whoever thought that he looked like that unaer that old hat, in a hay-cart ?" said Ada, breathlessly. "Who can it be? How provoking I He was a right down gentleman, though lie said he .wap only a farmer." Poor Ada ! Her mortification had just begun. That evening, with silk hat doffed from the handsome head, -faultlessly arrayed, Mr. Allen Waters presented himself in the little parlor of the Holly hocks, and introducing himself, begged leave to inquire if the yo'ung ladie' had reaecd home quite safely. Ada apologized quite eagerly, and tried to be sweet, but Mr. Waters seem cd-to have eyes only for Dora's brunette1 face. He came again and again to the Holly hocks, and at last one day boldly de clared himself Dora's lover. ''You have known mne ?It such a little while you don't know half my faults," she murmured. "I don't care if I don't " he laughed,4 "I love you and have loved you ever since you offered mec that half sovereign so) charmingly, blushing and ashamed of the small sum. Why, you little darling, do you knowv your appealing dark eyes kept mec from meeting a man who would have paid nie $100 that'day ?" "And you have never got it ?" cried Dora aghast. " No ; but that does not matter. I have syour half sovereign, and had rather hlave 16 Such an incorrigible fool was the falt, he had his ow~n way, and Dora be caine Mrs. Allen Waters. She loves her husband because, ulnder all circum stances, she finds him a gentleman. And Ada is in the sulks. The Meat Mines of Sibeia.. It has often been stated that the inhabitants of Polar Siberia feed their (logs on mammoth meat, p~reserved in Nature's ice house, and sliced off at the convenience of the -dogs. Howv these trop~ical animals come to be so near the po0lo is an unsolved problein of the earth's history. There are various theories intended to explain the coni ditions, but none of them are quite coni vincing. Thle most reasonable 011e is that countless ages ago there must have been a Sudden change of tempecrature at the poles from torrid to frigid. The animals were cauight out of their latitude, frozen, and buried in ice. A recent traveler in Siberia relates that, happen ing to drive ini a sledge along the base of one of the nmnstrous ice cliffs that overhang the estuary of the River Lena, he caime upon a pack of wolves devour ing the frozenu flesh of a mammoth, and at the hanuds of nature the wolves were helping themselves. So nature brings recompense for her freaks and takes care of her own. Tihe meat mines of Siberia have not been developed, and no one knows what riches they may contain or how they may yet be utilized in the economy of the world. The search may discover the delicacy of filet de mamn nuoth warranted fresh fromn Siberia. A Spring Bonnet and the Missiouns. He was lately married, and had no more idea of what any article of a woman's dress cost than an elephant has of a humming bird ; so when his young wife gently hinted one morning that she inust have a new spring bonnet he looked pleased, and blaindly told her to get something nice and have the bill sent around to the store, and lie gave her a good-by kiss and said he wanted his little wife to look as well as the rest, and went Aff humming a Sunday school air. He had been to a mis.sionary meeting the night before, and, pleased with the ermon, had promised a liberal donation to the collecting agent when he called, is he had announced lie would do on fhat day; so he took $25 and inclosed it in an envelope, with " From a Friend " 3n the outside, and then tucked $5 into bis vest pocket to pay for hiis wife's bonnet. "I don't suppose it will cost inore than half of that. My hats never lo, and they last a whole year ; but per kiaps tile gew-gaws may come to thiat," ie soliloquized. About 5 o'clock P. M. t small boy. appeared witl a box, and Ihe lately married man took the $5 out >f his pocket and asked for the bill. "It's inside with the bunnit," lie said, 'lie master of ceremonies opened the )ox and looked vaguely in. "I don't ee any bonnet," he said. The boy ooked on and grinned. "It's there," ie said, " in the corner ; it's a little un." 'he husband took it out tenderly with iis thumb and finger. It looked like a rold horseshoe-a hand's-breadth of ;insel with a tri-colored feather. He icked up the bill ; $25 I Phew I The ienior partner of the firm was making up he day's account when a frantic indi ridual rushed into his private office and 3xclaimned: "Look here, Smith, look t this I" " I see," said Smith, calmly; 'it's a niew bonnet." "Heavens ! do hey cost like that? Why-why didn't ron tell me so before-before-it was oo late ?" "It would have made no dif erence; that is one of Madame la Iode's imported bonnets, you see. I cnow; it's an old story to me, and if you lon't let her have it, now that she has )icked it out, she'll be wretched and so vill you; it is really cheap at that price -see ?" He thought lie -did; lie groaied md walked out. Theni he took the $25 )ut of the envelope and paid the boy, mud put the $5 in his vest pocket with lie envelope and laid it away. When ;he agent called for the help for the nissions the young manm thrust the in losure into his hand, muttering sonim ling that sounded like " Charity begins kt home "-as he had found by experi Mce. Tnunn ig a Voicano. The rocks which constitute the south urn island of New Zealand are for the greatest part of the archaic type, con. iisting principally of gneiss, granmite, nica-schist, phyllitc. quartzite, and fel titic rocks. They are partly covered by palmozoic strata, which are folded up nto inniumerable troughs and saddle >acks throughout the province of Can ;erbury, and which partly belong to tie ,arboniferous period, so that there are )rosp~ects for a future discovery of coal leds. By far the greatest interest,how >ver, is offered by the extenmsive volca lie phenomena of the island, amnd among hem the extmict volcanoes uponi the Banmks peinsula, east of tile towni of Jhristchurch, are prominent. This eniinsula, inow onily connected by banids >)f low and recent dep)osits with the nainiland, was onice a compillete island, )mly formed by volcanioes, which rose up roim thme bmottomi of thme sea. Tihie special ~onstructioni of such aii extinct volcanoe 11as been made visible by a tunneol of ~,620 metres' length upon the railway >etweeni Christchurch and Littleton, which has piered through tile walls of I volcanic coneO and thus has laid bare La structure of successive streams of Lava and beds of scorio, ashes, anid ufrim, which are again intersecd bty lykes of younger volcanic rocks. This s perhaps the first volpano through which a railway has been constructed. Another peculiamrity of New Zealand is he extremely freqnent ccutrrenice of bones5 of those large wingless birds, which by the aborigines were called "mona," and which belong to tihe family of the Dinornithiidai, of wvhom the lar gest rep~resenitative, Dinornis mnaximuls has reached the considerable height of Len and a half feet; the largest deposits of ti' - bones were found iln the Point taavern and the marshes of (Grelnmark. T'hero is now no0 doub~t that these giganl Lie birds wer'e conitemphoranelouls with nan, and that an early hmuman race wore iioa hmunters ini these ishlnds, who lived tilpon the flesh of these birds at a time when the glaciers extended still very r.m~chl below their p)resent boundaries, for bones, tools, aind other remnantis of thesae early moca hiunjters are frequently noV inter-mingled with bones of the now ixtincet Dinrnlithidjo. A Lissy Man's Deofence. Not a thousand miles from St. Anthony, nfinn.-a certain physician, from New Hiampshmire, wenit to work getting up and )rganiizing a Lazy Mai's Club, and lie mad good success. The club was duly onstituited ; its by-laws adopted ; and, hiief of all, its larder looked after. Thie shijef law-really the lawv that formed theo distincetive features of the club-was this :Any mfemnber who should be0 proved guilty of having been In a hurry-i. e., >f having allowed anything under the mn to nansn him to haste a movmemt of body or mind-shoufd Vo fined ai amount suflicient to piay for a supper fo the club. The first man accused, and brough forward for trial, was the President an< organizer of the club himself -- Dr Haskett Eastmns. The court was dul, organized ; the comiplaint read ; and th< witnesses sunnoned. It was proved first-that ia boy wits seel to call at East man's office door and deliver a nessage and it was known that said niessenge reported on that occasion, a case of sick ness, and begged that the doctor wouh make haste. Next-it was proved b;, several reliable witniesses that Dr Eastman was seen, very shortly after th< delivery of that message, driving throug the city " like lightning I" which plainl: signified that lie was in a tremneudoul hurry. Ae, clearly enough, he ha< wilfully violated the fundamental law o the society I But Eastman called witnesses in hii own behalf. le called two groom both of whom swore that the horse whiel he used on that occasion was a head strong, hard-bitted, high mettled beast that would ''streak it off like blazes i ye'd only let her." And Dr. Eastman claimed that he ha not hurried an atom. His horse hat hurried, but not he. In no way, mianlie: or shape had lie made any haste. "But," said the Judge Advocate "'yoi could have held that horse in-you couh have prevented the beast from tearint away in such a hurry I" "Certainly. I could have done tha very easily." " And why didn't you do it ?" " Why-didn't - I - do --it ?" Th< Doctor repeated the words in amazement "Do it ! Hold in my horse? What ar you thinking of ? Had I done that, yo might well have muleted me ; but I didn't. The fact was-I was too lazy t( do it I I was just that lazy, torpid, su pine and utterly lifeless, on that occa sion, that the headstrong beast migh have killed me, and I wouldn't have pu forth effort enough to hold her in I" We will simply add that the club di not get a supper at'their President's ex penso on that occasion. AmerIcuNs in Japaizn. Mr. Stevens, who is an expert in mat ters relating to Japan, was recently ask ed: "How are the Americans treated ii Japan ?" "With the utmost courtesy and atten tion, and the greatest kindness. In ti Empire of Japan there are about 4,00( foreigners, and of these 800 are Ameri cans. In Tokio, the capital, there '20( Americans, and in Yokohama about 400, The others are settled in smaller cities, About 100 Americans are in the emplo) of the Japanese goverment and privath Japanese companies. Americans lavt almost entire control of the educationa: affairs. By the way, the Japanese pre. fer America when they go abroad for at education. There were fully 100 Ameri can missionaries in Japan; they do goo w ork and they live pleasantly and wit comnparative ease. In Yokohaina somn of the large business houses are Ameri can. Th'le tea houses, by the way, hav< of Iato years sustainedl very heavy losses, America controls the kero sene trade,andil this rep~resents from 10,000,000 to 15,. 000,000 gallons annually. Th'le United States is rapidlly regaining its cottor tradle in Jap~an, At present the Englislh unidertrade us by selling a very inferio: article that ini external appearance see~m equal to thme American aticle." "Woeuldl you adlvise the Ameicam youth to migrate to Jampan ?" "'I should mnot advise any large num her of Americans to go to Japan for buasi, ness purposes, as the avenues of trad<( there are wvell takeni up. Still a muac wvitha capital eann make mioney in JIapar in the not distant future. Thme JTapanest aiai to control their export trade, am even though trade with Ameica mai largely increrase, Americans ini Japanm mna nmot priofit~Iby theic increrase. Travelers, however, should not fail to vist Japan it is, however, a lovely country, the epitome of beauty. Thea climate is very healthful. T1okio, for its size, 850,00( peopIle, is one of the healthiest cities it the wo.dld. "'Howv ablout the morals in Japan, esp~ecially thme females ?" "From an oriental standploint, Jap)ar is an extremely 'moral country. Thea condition of the women is excellent and steadily improving. Maniy of the womner are engagedl ini business. T1hae social cvi is open and licensed, with medlical in. spectiona, baut I doubt if the licentious. ness5 is any greater ini Jap)an than in th< Eu ropeau coun11tries, or evena in America, Mr. Stevens made a plarting statemeni that will certainly be refreshing t< Anierican pride. T1hriouigh out .Japan th<a amne of Washmingtoni is a household woro and een thme miost ignorant seem awoar of the fact that 'Washaingtona was the firs1 of Americans, and1( a great friend to Ian mnanity in general. No other foreign aa tiona's hero was apparenatly knaown to th< -The p~eanuit crop ini Tennessee hia failed. -Millais'plortrait of Cardinal Newmaar will cost $5,000. -Tusaloosa, Alabama, is to have a street railroad. -'The Shakers in this country numbe1 acout 100,000. -Ex-Soeretary Schurz has writtenm r four act comedy. -Henry Ward Beecher has his life in smae fo. $100,000. Cheesae It. Recently Professor P -., a distii t guished musician, undertook to escort young lady, where they had been inv ted to dine with some1 friends. It wit Sunday, aud the party,ais the surest an 3 cheapest conveyance, determined t patronize the stage, a mode of travelin which the lady viewed wvith but litt favor. Before they had gone a mile on tlhei journey, she complained ofi a feoling < fainiess, which was succeeded by a sici 08s at the stomaaeha. ''Oh, heaveis !" she exclaimed,throv ing her head languishiig on his shoul or, "'whet shall I () ?" "It i very strange," imsed the Pr< essor. "Strange ! oh it is dreadful !" "'Perliaps it is the motion of th stage !" ''Oh, 110, not that." "Doubtless you have had an attack < the kind before ?" "1Oh1, never," she gasped, "never oh, ah, why did I come ?" and she a most fell fainting into the arms of th alarmed Professor. ' "Perhaps you have pain ?" l "Not that-oh-oh I" ' 'What, then, is it like ?" "Itis-ah--excuse me, Profess.or-i is a smell I oh, such a smell I I sh1all di -I shall die I" "A smell !" uttered the thorough per plexed musician-"'a smell I" "A smell I smell nothing !" and he tnif'ed the ai to right and left like a buflhlo. The passengers laughed and winkeI but it was soon apparent that withou relief the lady could not long survive. "Air, air, air I" she gasped, hysteri cally, as the alarmed Professor thre, open the window. "'0h, it is horrible vile, villainous I" ejaculated the oper singer. revived by the fresh air. And thus, wita her handsome hea thrust out of the window, she filishe the unpleasant journey. Occasionally however, her sensitive nostrils were mu sailed with the disagreeable odor < which she complained. That day at dinner she Was invited I taste some fine cheese. When the plat was handed to her she turned pale. "Take it away--take it away I" she ex claimed; "it is the horrible smell tha sickened in in the stage I" "W'tVhy, dot.s a goot schmell," expost1 lated the professor; "dot's Limberger. brought out this lump in inii1e pocket a a presmt to our kint friends I" The lady fainted, and the worthy pro i fssor las not been kiown to carr Dutch cheese in his pocket since. Cards in a P'ray-er B1oo1kH An incident in the Little Rock Arkar sa, Episcopal ehurch wmhich horrified a elegant aud accomplished young laid. She wore a.sweet spring suit and hang. and a charming old-fashioned bonnet from which a confiding womaly fac looked out. As she glided along, neithe to the right nor left, her devotion wa apparent to the most irreligious eye. Af ter bowing her head in silent prayer I the hack of thle seat in front of her, sha settled herself with a little rustle, ana 10o1(e( straight at thae minister. Manl adumirimng glances were tu~rnied ill her1 di rectioni, which of oourse, sile did nao not1ice. The ser-vice pr~oceded, and(i bmeamiie nlecessatry for the congregatioi to join in thle responses. The young lady picked up a neat, mnorocco-covere< prayer book. Shle held it up somuewha over the seat back aind openied it, when horrors ! several playinag cards, jack (I hearts, queen of diamionds.nece of spade etc., fell out. Everb)ody inl tile vicinit; saw them, and~ tile situlationl was so fumnm th at her neighbo~rs could scarcely restraii thleir smiles. It was mniexpected, andi must lbe confessed that tlte younmg lad; looked very intently alt the preachler (1m1 imng thae remainder of the service; an< the weaither turned out very sultry all c a sudden, anmd she was obliged to fa:i hmerself s(o violently thiat the bangs a] canme out. It is not knoewn of what sh wvas tinkinig, but it is supposed thait sha might have then andl thaere re4solve4 never to give her blig brother any muor christmas presents for perpetratinug sne] aI hecathenishl joke on heCr. A Had Lilar. Among the inalmates of thle county Ian sane0 Asyhuan inl New York, is a man wht is often per'fectly sensile, lad when t costed at such times caiuses visitors t wvonder why lie is conlined. Th'li s imi amate enteredi into conversation recent] with a caller, whose dress proclainme him a clergyman. Said the mad~mlanl: "'It was too baud, was it naot, the kill ing of Jones at Chlicago ?" "It wais," said the mfinist('r, who0 fol lowed the adopt< d. cuistom of aussenatinm to the statmemts of lhmatics for peac sake. "'Brown was assiniatedi at Oiancinanati was he not ?" again aisked the lunaatic. "e,'' repliedl the clergyman. "'And wasl nlot Queen Victoria mum decred in her p~alace ?" To this query from the mnadlman th clerical visitor onice moreo anaswered(i the raffirmative.Th'le lunatic, with "'damna able0 iteration," nuamed, One after th other, a dozen living royal parsonlage> all of wvhiom the clergyman was led to a<1 mit had been pult out of the way. Findin, his catechism,the mnadmuan turned on th ecrgymanl and( said fircely : "Your dross shows you are a ministei hut you na tie worst liar I ever met." Whaut They Put, in Flavors. "There is mighty little genuine fruit M extract in the syrups and flavors of com nereo," the chemist of a manufacturing a house said, pushing aside glass jars, strainers and retorta, so as to make a e clear space for some of his books of formulas. " Natural flavors are both 0 weak and costly. For instance, if you sugar down pineapples or strawberries . you get a delightful natural syrup, but your white sugar alone will cost you eighty-eight cents a gallon, and the fruit ii expensive, as you know. The .flavor is just at its proper strength and will not go a great ways in flavoring additiona to the syrup ; and so only a small portion of the fruit syrups and essences of commere have any fruit about them. Smell this." He unstopped a vial of thin, traispar ont liquid. It difinised it strong pine apple odor of irritating pungency. "'That., Ie said, '"is butyric acid. Mixed with alcohol, it is the pineapplo oil of commerce, and it enters into nearly every flavor manufactured and into most perfumes. It is extracted from rancid fat. The tallow oil wilich is the basis of artificial butter will furnish it. Another prominent ingredient of arti ficial flavors is amyle, which yo'n will know better by the name of fusel oil. Some one of its compounds go into the manufacture of tie flavors of piniapple, strawberry, raspberry, apricot, pear, orange and applIo. Compounds of r methyl, an extract of coal tar, are also much used. Succinie acid, obtainCd from allbler ; shnaeie avid, extracted from fat ; and benzoic acid, originally extracted from a vegetable resin, but 10w made from naplhthaline, a coal oil V product, are also much used inl various shapes. Formi acid, another ingredi ent, was originally obtained from ants, and hence its name is derived from the Latin word for ait, formuica. But it is now manufactured artificially. Chloro form goes into some flavors, notably grape essonce, and oxalic acid goes into the bloom of gooseberry, apricot, lemon and apple. Tartaric acid is also largely usied. Most of these substanmes are used in the form of ethers, and their strength of odor is due to their exceeding vola tility." "A r not such compounds injurious ?" '"Not when used simply for flavoring purposes," was the answer. "'The reason why they may be used to imitate natural flavors with such success is doubtless due to the fact that the flavors of the natural fruits are due to their presence. Butyric acid is naturally present ill the pileapple, tilarie aicid ill wine, citric acid in lemons, and oxalic acid iin gooselberries. While artificial flavors or essenlces would be poisonous, taken in large quantities, it does not follow that their use as flavors is ilnjuari ous any more tlhan that almonds should not be eaten because their concentrated extract is pxisonous. As a matter of fact sodia water flavors and candy flavors are alniost invariably artificial, and the 4 bouquet and flavor of manniy a bottle of wine is due to the various amnylic or fusel oil ethers." S''Irentembeir,'' he 'onitimiled(, "seelig 50ome( time ago ani aniecdote about a French winle seller, who said to his sonm: " 'Always remember, my son, that wine may13 be made out of anything, even~ grape juice." I. have thought the same thing (oftenl when I have drank thne sweet e ider of comnmer'ce. Of course there is 1a sweet eidler that is muande fronm apple1( Ijuice and it may lbe kept from getting hard by tihe addition (of hiisulphite of ~lime. But thlere3 are immen~lse quan~tities of sweet eidler sold that are perfectly innioceint of apple juice, and there are pilnty of re'eipts for making it. Peop(lie that klno1w what goodl apphle cider is are nlot likely to drink mutch of the manufac tired wider, and if they dhid it would not hurt thema, although T could not, like to d (rin~k cider madle from thlis receip~t f The chemist shlowedl the reporter at I t rad~e receipt for cider, which clled~ for I honey, caitechmu (ani astrinlgenlt resin), .1 aim, yeast, bitter ahnonld, eloves, burnt sugar andl~ ai(lcol. The receipt, 1 add1a: "'If too sweet, add sulphuric acidl 3 to suit thne taste.'' ' "Mu~lhuric acid," lie said, ''is ntot a healthful article of diet ; but, as 1 aidl before, a thing may he pe(rfectly inniocent iln a dihIted shape and ill at very small - qjuantity that would be hurtful inl a coin 3 centrated form. Odd, isn't it, that - dleliente flowers and p)erfumeos shuoul > colme from the refuise of then abbhattoir . and1 the coal oil distillery ? But a great mny pleasant things have humble or I gml. And-Anad. - All ilimocenit young ladly, of Elmira, New York, had for a friend onpi Ham - H~arrison. The younig lady and1 some1 i other girls were talking of thneir likes 3 and dislikes. One saidl 1h0 liked the smell of tocacco) Hsmoke so mulchl; anlother ,said the same, and1( tihe whole crowd echoed the semntiment. Thlen Sam11's girl said :'"Yes, thle smell oIf fresh smnoko is - delightful, but I don't like thne taste of it when it's stalle." E, "Tastei of it I" said another, "how~1 Staste (of it ? Yeou don't smoke, I hope." - "No," was tile ans1wer, "(If course T .1 dlon't smloke, but you know Samn (doe, ,all tile time, and it gets into his - mustacho, and-and1-and"--by this ; time the girls hlad recovered and looked a at each other, anid the speaker began to blush, and the pressure was only reliev ,ed by 8011e 0one asking if the church fai' was an assured ancessn FOOD FOR THOUGHT. The greatest truths are the simplest; so are the greatest men. A real spirit should neither court neglect nor dread to bear it. . He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. If you have no enemies, it is a sign that fortune has forgotten yo'u. Distance sonietimes endears friend ship, and absence sweeteneth it. He is surely in want of another's-pa tience who has none of his own. - '. If there was no wisdom in the world, no one would suspect himself of folly. Truth never wants an adversary ;. he goes seldom without a scratched face. A man in the path of duty is twice as strong to resist temptations as out of it. The manner of giving shown the cha: racter of the giver more than the gift itself. Speaking much is a sign of vanity: for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deeds. A failure establishes .only this, that dotermination to succeed was not strong enougl. As long as our own conscience does not upbraid us, we need not fear the criticisms of others. H[e that doeK good for good's ake soks neither praise nor reward, though sure of both at last. He who saves not as he gets may kep his nose all his life to the grindstone and (lie not worth a groat. Good and evil are continually striving within the heart.. It rests with man as to which gais the victory. He that lets the sun go (own upon his wrath, and goes angry to bud, is like to have the devil for his bed4pllow. He that studies books alone will know lhow things ought to he; and he that studies men will know how things are. A man who can do good with a well filled purse only, is but a lagging follower in the way of benevolence and kind nens. Men are frequently like toa-thej-eal strength and goodness are not prolierly drawn out until they have been in hot water. How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill. It is only the thought of the future that makes them great. We are hanging up pictures every day about the chamber walls of our hearts that we shall have to look at when we sit in the shadows. The surest method of arriving at a kInowledge of God's eternal purpose about us is to be found in the right use of the present moment. It is a good thiigtto know how to en joy the blessings sent us that we may therefore not only have them, but have their intended results. The business of constancy chiefly is bravery. to stand to and stoutly to suffer those inconveniences which are not other wise )ossible to be avQided. . We are sowing seeds of truth or error, of dishonesty or integrity, every day we live and everywhere we go, that will take root in somebody's life. Charactor is power ; it makes friends, creates funds, draws patronage and sup port, and opens a sure and easy way to honor, wealth and happiness. When you would indicate the evil do ing of another, be sure that you are not Liideavoring to make an argument which shall fit your own case sometime. (Genuine politeness should flow as the heart dictatesi and as nature teaches: and( nature known no atnbetation, but a tharmning and unmstutdiedl simplicity. The poor1 old negro preachcr was more than half right when lhe said: "'Bredder i.n, if we could all see into cutr own hearts 15 God does, it wold 1mo0' skeer us to leath." Flowers never emit so. sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. B~eautcousn soul I when a stornm approaches thee be as fragrant as a swoot-amellinig floweor. Prosperity is a more refined and sin ecre test of charaicter than adversity, as one hour of summer sunshine produces greater corruption thtan thme longest ~vin ter dlay. Wickedness is generally a plant of slow growth, ando we rarely find that exireme youth is to)tallly devoid of vir tutes, though it may be stained with nmany vices. In making friends consider wvell first; and whenm you are fixed, be true, not wavering of reports, nor deserting in ffliction, for that becomes not thme good anid virtuotuis. It is in vain for you to expect, it is Lmmpudent for you to ask, of God forgivo ness on your own behalf, if you refuse to (exercise this forgiving temper witht respet to others. It was one of the maxims of St. Fran Cis do Sales--and good men01 and women in all lands might well adopt it as theoir maotto-thmat "'A judicious silenee is al ways better than truth sp)oken without charity." As a man's life, so are his studios. I think it is the miont beautiful' and hrne thing in the world so to mingle gravity with pleasure that thte one may notisink into melancholy nor thmo other rise up into wantonness. The man who talkes his place in this. - world, whethor to preach ini a tabernacle sing in a colosseum, or build thme waste plaoes, having a clear view of his work, a settled conviction of dufry--who bec hieven what lie asks others to believe, and lives what ho teachtes--will find an opon (10cr to' Success. A wealthy man displaying one da his jewels to a philosophei, the latter da : "Thank you, sir, for being wvilllitg to sharo such magnificent jewelA with me." "'Share them with you, sir? What do ou men T' "Whty, you allow nye to rook at them ; and what more can you - do with thtem yourself ?" He whio wishes to exert a useful nfiu. once must he careful to insult niothing. Let himn not be troubled by what seenms absurd, b~ut let him consecrate his enor gles to thte creation of wlhat i~gq4 Heo must not. d muolish, but bufl4 uso raise templeR wvhere mamikid me~ and partake of the purest pleasure,