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-- EDI ION W .. .-, ..... TRI-W EEKLY EDITION. W INNSBORO, S. (C. AUGUST 11, 1881. EST ABLISHED 1865. GATIKER RIZPE FRUITS, 0 DEATH. Take thy shadow from my threshold, 0 thou dweller in the night; Standing right across ny doorway, Shuttilg out the morning light. Thou hast been here in the auttinn, And hast taken all thy sheaves, It is not time to gather The blossoms and the leaves. Oh, press not in so closely To the baby at my breast, Wouldst thou take the tender nuraling From the shelter of its nest? Oh child, lie is no playmate For such a 9ne as thee; lie smiles, and stretches towards li-. What can the baby see? Al I close behind the shadow lie sees the angel wait, And wide the leaves unfolding Of that broad heavenly gate. And lie seeth one who beckoneth, Poor heart, couldst thou blt see, Those golden gates nuflding And thiy lost on0s waiting tiee. Yet colder falls the twilight, And the children crouch behind, As tle garntets past them rustling Sweep like the hinter wind. But the baby smilles and watchelhi, And when the night grows dit There will be an empty cradle And a breaking heart for him. LABOR LOST. Thoro is scarcely anything more un fortunate for a man than the absence o loving women around his childhood an youth. Mark Ripon had never knowi such womon,and I offer this fact as som< palliation for his wanmut of faith in them He was ignorant of his parentage; h had been found one morning oil the step of the Foundation School in Baxtergate Ripon,; and as it was on the festival 0 St. Mark, he had received the iine o the saint and the name of his nativi city, and been adopted by the institu tion Wholesome food, stout clothinj and a decent trade had been given hin by the foundation, and in mlany respect he was felt to have done it lionor, fo after flifty years' creditable citizenshil he was one of the Cathedral vestry, sa ill the Common Council of this allcioll city which hal adopted him, and wa said to be worth at least ?50,000. But there is a success which the work sees little of-that of the heart-and ii this respect Mark Ripon was the vories pauper. Of the nurses and matrons wh4 had been1 around his earliest years 11 had not on tender memory; none o them had fed the hunger of his heart He had no homo, no mother, no sister The school had been simply a place ii which to cat, sloop and learn. Unfortunately, when. the lad fell ii love, it was with a pretty flirt, infinitel: more heartless than himself. BIu Mark's love had been deceived am mocked, and, wvheirhn- had come out o his chagrin and sorrow, -lie had a con firmed belief in the general and natura unftithfulness of women. Popular max is and jests confirmed him every da, in his idea, and, like most Englishmen having once avowed this as- his, opini 1 every reiteration of his own i.dea was i fresh confirmation of it. But he had many friends among ii own sex. Mi- generally spoke of hin as a erusty old bachelor, bat otherwis as a well-to-do, shrewd and honorabli old fello, -hief among these wA young .Goorge Downes, the elhild of th only companion his boyhood had eve known, his own godson. If Mark Ripoi loved any human being,-it was Georg, Downes, though the latter,. as he gre' to manhood, gave him a groat deal c anixiety, for Gerge preferred the societ; of women,'and wduld not/I eredit Mark' positive uasurances of their universn falseness and 1mwerthiness. One moonlight night, as Mark wa coming from a vestry meeting, lhe me George inl tihe cathedral close, and os his arm wata very beautiful girl. Trh old man looked very angrily andu doubt fully at the pretty fac6 lifted to hlis fia vorite's. Theobrightinoon-beams touche< hier long fair curls, and made the vyi rountd them ike a glory. Mark reman bered just such a lovely, innocent face to his, anti he had no doubt thalt thai girl would bo as false to George as prett; Fanny Maltby h1ad been to him. George, however, would not be per sunaded to doubt her. Then Mark offoere tpo pay his oxpensos if .ho would gi abroad and travel for two years; bu George said lhe had got a situation in bank, and p~reforr1ed to stay at home Th'Ie young main, ini Mark's eyes, wu b~ont on ralining himself; and in a-fo' wooks lie celebrated his wedding, wit1 all elaborate rejoicing that roused th old man's bitterest contempt. George fnlly expected that niowh wvould b)o ignered, and p~rop)ably lose an; chaances that lhe might hate had of iu haeriting his god-father' s wealth. But Mark was unlike the generality of ine inl many respootamand in nono more tha in his b~ehavior to the young man whl hiad so flagrantly disregarded all hi advices anid ani,reaties, H~e redouibled hits care over him,' anm wvatched all his umovemecntsa with a cor stantly inoross*inig i-iterest. In fact, hi did not blame Georgeo at all; ho rogarde himl as ohne who), In an anfortunate bo~m hadl fallen Ihto the' hands of' a powe which was too groat for him. He p)itie the happy bridegroom, andc resolved ai 500on as possible to release him from thi tolls of -a woman who had charmed an< enslaved him. In vafn George'd wvife smiled npon ani entertained Mark Ripon. He visitedl hi hiouse, indteed, for it was necessary t wqtchm her muoviemtsi; but neither sik nor .iongs, nor attentiona moved Marla He had gone through that delusion once and was not to be deceived again. It was one groat point of favor that George had taken a house in such a situation that he could keep the young wife under very close surveillance, and he was con fident that, sooner or later, he would prove her all he believed women univer sally to be. But month after month went by and George was more in love than ever. There had also com to the happy home over the wiay from Mark's a flue little boy that had been called after him, and a bluo eyed girl whom not even Mark could find it in his heart to regard as dangerous. He was even venturing to make Mrs. George Downes that excep tion said to be contingent upon every rule when suddenly all suspicions woro forced into active life and prominence. One day-a very wot one--a closo car riage drove up to George's house, and Mrs. George, heavily cloaked and veiled was driven away in it. "Very well, ma'am" said Mark, sums piciously. to himself ''we shall see whether you confess to having been out to-day." So he went over to George's, played a f rubber or two with his favorite,and tried every way to induce a confession as to : the drive in the rain, but the young wife would make no allusion to it. This L was on Monday. On Thursday, Pt the same hour, the carriage came again, and a George's wife went away in it. The a next week sho went on three different days, and twice, the weather beig fine, f he noticed she wore her very best dress, f the rich - brocade that had been one of 3 her weddinig suits The affair was beginning to look very black to Mark, for he had satisfied him self that George had been told nothing 8 whatever of these clandestino excursions. On the next Monday he had a carriage I waiting, and when the lady went out t again ie directed his driver to keep her well in sight. In this way lie followed 1 her beyond the aristocratic precincts of the city to a little house 'et back in a garden quite in the suburbs. A very handsome ,foreign-loolding man met her t with many smiles and escorted her into I the house. Mark sent his carriage home, 1 and patiently waited. f After an interval of two hours Mrs. Downes' carriage returned, the same gentleman put her carefully into it, and rshe must have driven at once home, for when Mark passed the house she was sitting in her plain nerino dress by the F window, tending his namesake. She t ran to the door and begged him to come I in; but Mark was toofull of his discovery f and answored, grufily: - "Ask George to come to me after din I ner; I have something to tell him." - Georgo heard what his god-father had r 'to say with a - face half angry and half incredulous. "It must have been my wife's sister," lie said. Mark laughed scornfully at such a s defense, aid moreover-, stoutly 'asserted i that it was Mrs. Downes and not her B sister. D "Come on Thursday and soo for your s self, George." a "If I do, god-father, it will not be r because I suspect my wife, but because LI I am sure to prove you wrong." e Still George thought it singular that v lie could not by the most adroit ques i tioning get from her an'y allusioni to y those mysterious visits. At length he s said; 1 "Emnia, I will ask for Thursday after nmoon, and we will go out to Alborough B woods and get the holly and mistletoe t for Chiristnmas. What (10 you say?" "I can't go. Thursday, George, dear; e I have so much to (do." - "WThat have you to do?" - 'More than I can toll, Is it not necarly 1 Christmas, and1( does thati nmot imply all .1 sorts of housekeeping duties? But I -will go with you Friday, dear." e George was a little cross at the refusal a and answered gloonmily; y "No; I have lost tihe wish to go niow.' Then both were silenmt,and~ the evening - dta pleasant one. All the next a1 d~ told himself that he would not a watch his wvife Thursday, and t -yet WYcn the (lay came he was sitting a with his godfather at the winidow.' At ,the usual hour thme carriage arrived, and~ at 1Mfis. Downos,with her hair as olaborate v ly dressed as if she was goihng to a state h d(inner at the Bishop's palace, rain down e the steps, andl was soonl driiven rap~idly away. e ''Well, godfather," he said pleasanitly y .".,t.hat is Emma~r, certainly, and she is Svery remarkably diressed; but, for all .t that, I am sure she has some good rea n son for what she tells mec." n "Don't be la fool, George; go anid o qnestion your servants." s After a little ref lection,George crossed to his own house and rang the bell. Thelm a housemaid seerned astonished at his-an> I- pearanco, and when lie asked where her e mistress was, said she had not sooni her d since she had takeni - her orders for din e, nor. Thoen George went upl to tihe nu r sery, d "'Where's your mistress, Anin!" s ''Is shea not in the parlor, air?" e "'You knoW she is not. Where did d shmo go in thme carriage?" "Inideed, sir,it is my p.uincss to mind a the children; tihe mistress knmows her Ii own affairs,without tile likes of mec med 0 'aling in them. ~i ie turnmed round impatieently,. wenit E. back to Mark Rioni amnd got aui accurate lescription of the house to which he had braced Mrs. George; and in half an hour ho half curious and half angry husband stopped at the pretty cottage. All was juiet about it; there was no appearance )f company; it looked almost deserted 4u its wintry garden. An exceedingly lovely womian, though evidently in frail mil failing health, opened the door for limt, saying: "You want to see the signor, sar?" "No; I wish to see Mrs. Downes; she a hore, I believe?" "Ah, yes, she is here. If you will please go up one stair. I am so weak md tired always." She pointed to the stairs, and George went thoughtfully up them. Half wiay there was a little lantding and a door,and Lhere lie heard a rtrange, musical voice, mud then his wife's merry laugh to its >bservation. It nettled George; he kiocked sharply, and before an answer 'ould be given opened the door anld wailked into the room. "Oh11, George, how provoking! What iado you come, dear?" His wife waa sitting in all her bridal [inery on a little elevated platform, aid signor Sarts was putting the last touches .o a lovely portrait of her. "I mean it for your Christmas gift, Jeorge, and you have peeped before and. Is not that too bad?" 'Indeed it is, Emma." But Emma was almost satisfied with liis peeping, so proudly and lovingly did lie take her home. "lHow did you find me out, George?" ''Oh, you are easy to find out, Emmian. Df course I knew if you went out in iL marriage that you got it at Morrell's. But how did you come to know this F~renchmnan?"* "You think all foreigners are French nen, George. He is an Italian, and so ia his beautiful wife. He came from London to paint my Lord Bishop and the cathedral, and the signora was so inuch better hero 'that he resolved to qlend the winter in Yorkshire and" try to make enough to go to Italy soon. My Lord asked mne to have my picture done, tnd papa paid for it in order to surprise you. I think, George, dear, you had better not let papa know you have qioiled his surprise." George felt more and more sorry and humiliated as lie looked in the pretty, frank face, and thought how cheerfully, after all, shte had taken the forestallment if her Christmas secret. "I will do as you say, Emmima. Has the signor plenty of work?" "(He is painting many of the principal ladies in the city. The bishop thinks very highly of him. Indeed, I have seen his lordship there at nearly aill my visits.' George let the subject drop now as quickly as possible to Emma; but he talked at good deal about it--alnd ill 11 very good temper-to his godfather. For onco Mark had no excuse for his sispicions. He was quite awed by tbe fact that hue had dared to think wrong if interviews which the bishop had ar ranged and honored with his presegiee. Hle had lost faith in his own penetratiOl regarding the sex,and George and Emnma wvore quietly at some pains to convince him that good anid true women are the rule and niot the exception. Though I cannot describe exactly how it came about, I know that the next Christmas Mark was the gayest old b~achelor inl Riponl, anid 0lponedl his festi val ball at George's house with Signor Sarti's handsome sister--the very same lady whom the blishmop humself,very soon afterward, made Mrs. Mark ipon. A Life of Advenature. Thle life of Mary Ami' Talbot, a laughter of the Earl of Talbiot, was one of remmarkab le adventure. B orn ill L0mondo, 01n Feb~ruairy 2, 1778, she was well edneated at the expense of her father. When only ablout fourteen alhe was induied~ to run away from school byv FL Captin Bowen. She wentt with his regiament to tihe WVest Ind(ies, served rfterwards as a drummmer at the siege of Valenciennles, where the Captain was killed, anid the intrepid girl left friend less She contrived to leave thle coast, an~d shipped as a boy 01n a Frenchl p~rivateer. TI s vessel was capturedl by~ one1 of the ships of Lordn~ Howe's fleet, and, the opp)ortumnity being OpIon to her, Mary Talbot entered tile British navy. She served ill many aotions, was several times ai prisonier of waur, and( filnally, iln 1796, when sufftering fremnI alshattered leg, wias commiissionecd aL midshlip~man and1( dischlarged. Sti &ueuently, Qaueen Charlotte granted her a penlsionl of .?20. When recovered of her wionda she went tdAmorica, working her way htitheri as5 stowar'd of a nmerehanmt ship, on bo~ard of which, it is said, she was obliged to re veal her sex. After a long absenice, little being known of her exploits iln the( meani time, she1 againl alppearned iln Lona don11. From this poinit her suibsmeuet life wmas 0110 of great wreI'tchedness and p)ovorty, andl she was frequmently 1in New gate ulndergoing imuprisonmen111t for delbt. Out of prison site assaumIed a variety of characters, being sailor, actress, p)eddler and footpad by turnms. Thte date of her death is unlknownl. Avarice is auniform and tractabl~e vice. Other intellectual distemnpers aire differenit iln differeyt contstitultionst (If mindI~ ; that wicih soothes the p~ride (If (o11 will oflfend the pride of ano(thier; but to the favor of the covetous thtere is a readly way--bring m~oney and1( notintg is donnial The Kremlia at Mosvow. t The Palace of the Kremlini alone has '. always been ia city inl itself. In the en virons the Metropolitan Bishop, the court dignitaries and princes and lords OCcpl)i'd iiagnlitienit maii1insiIlOns, reared by (irecian and Italian architects. It wis here in 1547 thatitlhe great fire-for the Kreimlini ha1s onever been a stranger to fire-wrought its awful destruction, balliing all human power. lere it Wats that tho venierable met1ropoli till 1anhisop, pleading it the altar for divinie interpo sitioni, was with great diliculy rescuied. Smothered and in a state of inisensibility the old prelate was borne through hil lows of late and smoke, while the P1a- s ee of the Emperor, his treasures and the archives of the empire, were ill con Hiumeld.c The Kirilin hill tands almost in the t center of Moscow. It is triaigular in form.t.he longestside facing the Moskva, about it mile in eircumiference and a tri lie under 100 feet in height. Adjoining it onl thle east is thle Kiti; (/orod (Chinese City), inclosed within the an cient walls, which rising directly from the Moskvai, at the foot of the hill, on the soitheri side, climb it at. either end and crown it oil the north. There was, ill its earlier history, a lak0-like mioat itrouiid the northern side of the hill, but Alexander I. drained it and coiverted it into ia pleasait garden. The golden j domes of the Kremlin were so construet ed as to be visible fromt alost every pIart. of Moscow. Travelers have vainly esaived to do justice to the beauties of the plice; (Well Bayard Taylor pleads the laLc of de scriptive power to do the Kremiin jus tice. The main entrance is through ia double-towered portal called the Situay Gate. Built agaiinst the wall, het ween. two arouhways,is a little chapel or shriine, entering which, bareheadel, all the pious do reverence. Witfhin the chiapel is reiteled at iiche lighted vith silver lamps before a screen dtzzliig with gohl silver and precious stones. Hiigh-iorn lady and serf kneel side by side to de votioinilly kiss the glass cover over a Byzantine mother atti child of dark coim plexion. This in the "'Iberian mother of God, it miraculous pictugfor hundreds1 of years tile protectress of the Mus covites, and her intereession is sought by all. Within the Suniday gate is the long& pausutoi l'lohuud, or Red Brquare, stretching south to the bank of the Moskv'a. Oi the right is the gray wall of the Kremlin and on the left the long low front of the (/ostinw,i Deior, orI Great Bizaar. In the ceitre of the square stands a bronze momunent to MbNinim and Pojarski, the Rhissiant heroes, who, inl 1610, aroused the people,storied Moscow and drove out Vladislas, of Po land,called to the throne bf the Royards. The sturdy baitcher of Nijni Novgorod is represented as addressing Pojarski, the General-, who sits, sword in hand. The figures are colossal and full of fire and vigor. Hard by is a small circular of masonry, the throne or judgment, seit, of the early Tzar.. At the southern extremity of the stluare is the most, astonishing structuare -il IppArUce It church or pavilion. It is described b)y Tialor its "i bewil dering pile, tilm i-oduclt. of soime arhi tectural kaleidoscope inl which the most incongruous things assume it certain or der and system. It is not beautiful, nor is the eiect oilesive, beiause the very maze of colors, in which red, green and gold predominate, attraicts and cajoles the eye. Thle purposed incongruity of the biilding is manifest inl the miiutest details. This is the Cathedral of St. Basil, built, by Ivan, the Terriile, who is said to have been1 50 (charmed withI the work t~lhat he caused the eyes of thle archiitect to be blinded to prevenit himi ever dluicaietinig thet struclturei. The cathtedrall is an agglomterat ion of lowers, n10 two oIf whtiich are alike ini eithter height, simpei, 0r ini any t ote par1 tiuar. $011ne are rounid, sonme sqpiare, somec hex agonal, somlie ocltagonail ; onie ends ini a piyraml1idal spire, aniothe~r in ia conie, and others inl 1bulginig domues, t wistedin spi ratl hands~l of yellow in d green like an an cient Moslem turban. The initerior of the cathledrailX 110n less cuious1t1 than the~ ouitside. Every tower encloses a chapel, so that twelve or lifteeni saints have the ir shr'ines und1(er one0 roo(f, yet separa'ite. TIhe colossal face oif Christ, the Virgin, or the pat ron saint stares down from the htollow oif thte cainj~ig (dome1. The teen tralit tower is 120 feet high, while the'di iamleter of' the chapel inside it is scarcely mnore thn thirty feot. at thle 1base. Bay ard Taylor descrileos this singular strueo turel an the Apot.hteoSis of echimni y.."' Passing thirouigh the JKremlhin wall by the Xpuns FIoe, or Gate oIf the Re dleemetr, the mlost( saced con11fines are reaedu. Over the ollo11(w arch thanmgs ia picturme of the Havior looking with lie nignlity upon01 the Russiians,but bireat.thiing 11iriad thunider upon01 their foes. The Titarir-so siays tratditin-were drivenm tbick agin and1 iagiin froni thin gatte by mairaenlous resistance, andl( althtough the Frmenchi enltered iat last alth leir attemtst to1 blow it up1 wore vin. Not even the El'mpleror liare palss through the (htte oif the IRedleeme(r withiot nuicoverinmg his head. T Ihmus is enitranice effeted to t he( the tower of .Ivani Veliki ; becyond are the (Cathtedral of St. Michaiel, thle Church of thme Assmnhption, and fi he inienmt clhiireh (If Ithe T..zarn, all crowded wvit~h tiaras oIf gildled dhomes* a Tlo the1( right is anouthier cluister of daL k bihue domies overi th1e House of the Holly Synod, while the b ack-gr( uoun is 1illed upl with'the niew plauce ((iranovitaya P'alata), wvit~h its heavy IFrench froni andme winI gs, atbove wthtich the 'iTartar1 toweros ofi1.1 the Kremilin waltl:shloot nyi oil the loft. At the foot of the t ower stantds oni a grainito pedestalh thle TPsur Lo/oko./, oir Emiprom of Bulls, whieb was caist by or dler of thte Emphress Annie in 1731), btin wast birolken some1 years iaftertwaridn through the biurniing of thle pnwer inl whtich it thung. 1t is over 21 feet in height, 22 feet ini diamei4ter at the hot11 1.om1, weigths 120 tons, andil the estimaited (l v'ahte of the goldl, silver and1( coppiler con tained in it is $1 ,500t,000t. In antother stoiry oif the tower is a hell 101) years~t ohler, whosie iron1 tongiue requires the exertionsI oif thriee) men11 to mlove it. It onily rings three tinmes a year. The Emplress Annme seems to have had1 a fondineas for mnnaitm. cntummgs fr in Irly kiowin ats the lIpoeket-piee 'of the Izarlina. .I1n the sitie Court ire Firenchl nld Germaniti cannlonl capired inl 1,412, ld also Turkish and Persian guis. The churches inl the palace court. are f modern dimensions4, and plain ouit -ardly,bltl withinl there isda]3zzlinlg ip) lid ghlre. A miiiilhititde of saintsIt are aiiited oil tlit walls, and ctlassie phil sophers anld historians ats well-Thuevcy ides and Plutarch in company with 88. LntlO)y mid a Jeroni. There are said > he 2,300 figurnes altogefther. In the Itedrl of the Areingel Michael, in. tend of siaints are large frescoes of leaven, Hull nil( the J uidgiieit. Oi he floorI, arraiged inl rows, aIre the sar oplmilgi of the early Tziaris, fromt Ivan i, 0 Alexis, father of Pet er tlIe ( rent. In he middle of the chuiirich inl it slniltidid ilve. cotlihtis tlie body of it lad,1 believed 1) he Chat of the younIg Deinietrilus, the ist prince of the riae of 1uirik,who was >it, to denthi lby Boris Ondoni'. The id of the coulin is openi ,iiid oil the inner ide is it portrait of tli boy sltded with i'we'ls. Visitors ar expected to kiss the rcieild. In the House of the Holy Synod is ireserv'etd th rI iobs wornt1 by tie ilussiin a1triar-cha during the last. 600t Yvars. Ie holy oil is preserved in thirty-three urs. About two gallons a ye1ar 1r leeessaiy to suipply 1ussil. Thlt secular palaices of the Kremlini are plain 'without. and mallgnificenlt. withlinl. le vespecial splendors in gold, jew1ehl mud marble are inl the grand hall of St. Aeorge, St. Alexander Nevsky, St. V'ladimar and St. Elizablti. A iarft oI he ancvient palace of the 'Tzars-all thalt vas left by fire and Frenehmen--formi >ne of the atatraotios. From th' hal olmy, iU is said', ']kc nparte watchledl thei >rogress of the fire the night. ifter I his .iirival inl Moscow. "N4) Sitck In Comics." "Maiy I as1k your opinion on tlt oIet ?" said tfhe' reporter, aeecosting a irt'ly matron who, wit.h i larg' market misket (It liu he arti'mli, wasI wveidinng lei m ' rapiring wiy down Fulton street, New Cork. She pulled up sudldinly and Lfte' hIvilg somiewhaItt. recovered froim ter flurry and excitement at, being ae 'osted by at strang-er said: "Ohl, comlies ; vell, I never did .take imuch stoik in hem things ; a coimic and it tryii' to righten people, in' a ilot. of erazy peloph t sayin' the world's ia Comlin' to anlli eil vhich it ain't never comin' to an end, eCor'din to my hlief. No, sir, I don' ake li) stook i: Comics, bu. my pool msiand has took oni dreadful since yes erlday. Night before last he come lmm loime time iin the mirniin' it ieelin' drunk. ilays I, 'Johnl, herev's at prett.y tilm fte !M1 homle, and inl this dreadful statt >f 'toxiention, too.' Says it', 1 tiglt nming himself up)), 'Maria, Il'm a soli nanl ; I've beeni serultinlizun'i theo ermiie. A strity what ?' says T, knowin' tht. olm he iever ied siicl lovely langig lilless le werte full. 'Sertiiiizun' tlii Omlie, Maria,' said he, gettin' qu1itt iniad like 'eause I didn't. uiiderstiiai Ivlat lie iinat'. 'What's a esiritiinizni? laid 1. Poor Joili Was too full to tel ute mrt, lit. T got him up-stairs to bed, Id after he hind laid Iuief it 1 bit he say piite confidential like, 'Maria, fthe vere fonr of us a serutinizuni' the coiie, ti' after we looked at thie comie a il ye hiad glasses roaund, aind thien we weni Bill lit sidt lie s'd~i five' coiiics, limh lever' st'i'd moriie thanj fouri. ' W\ell, sir, iiumt t hose 1blessedl comiies till hie ram ilid himtse'lf ftoi sletep . Wiht'n he wok d Ilp yeste'rday moiriniin' y on nevecr se'd rt islfhmedi oft yiuriiself ?' lHe furnied hiim telf over ini his lbed atnd, looikini' atf nii svith hilis 1blotodshott eye's, said, 'Oh, Maroia ! dot ne iive'r fake noi stock it T1o te smaill hoy who ni'vter wthis let, Toi fte womanii tover thiri'y whlo iov~el and an o~lt'r. -J'Ti the( hoyi~ of 18 whoit does nout kiunw .Tot thne widow who doi's not lke ft< nmye heri mounini ig 1heroii mig. To'c the youlng imn whoi ditoesn't thilii lie girls are aill dying afhter hcim. Ti) thet politician who nieveri sought lie p lace that seemed toi seek him. To the witer fior the pret.ss wholt inovi' a idh tat his cointiiuntioin wias tdasheit' >f. To'u the dictoir whou has ft' hardihoiod i) fell ia weailthny palttient tht nothliing tils hnim. fT yunig womnan whlo w~ouldni't shoiose an ie creamtii to a subsitantiil nea'il. 'To ithle married nan who never eon. ctiieed the po1 ssib i' ities of ia second Toi ft'eluchoil t'en'r whon enn tall v' ~iit.u seem'inig to wiatch eve~ry woird To' fte cltergyiian who dloesn't fee' uist a litt le prot~iud oh theu te'ars hia callIm ip at a fumneral. Toi (lie married wvomann wh'lo does not ti say "Yes." Tro t~he cam' coinductor' who does~ noti ake peculiar pleasure ini htelping tlit aidies iohT his earu. 'ITo the man who ever exchaniged um.i >rellas and weont off' with a worise olne hlan hie left behind. TIo thet young lady gi'aduiate whln ~vouldn'ft rather have a white satin dres: hian high honors at the graati un In 1-870), George Avry, then about 21 years of age, wax charged with the mur der of Johni Ifayes, of Iowlands, Pike couilty, Pit. le was arrested and an ottcer d'ttile'd to bring him to Milford. Evideieo of the murder was reported to be -o conclujive that he could not pos k4ibly escape hanging. On their way to Milford the oflicer imbibed freelv of liquor ind finally got "blind drunk." Avery secured thle key-4 whieb unlockted his handeuitlit and sliaekle anu took theml oil', and puitting theml inl thle bot toi of the wagon, he took the Ieinll from the stupidly driniiken oflicer's hands adtAl drove to the n iiearest lottel, where eliv arrived with the offiver in charge it a late ioiu. He put. the drunkent mtn in bedl, rousxed .him -the next mliorniing, got him inl the wagoil, droiv'e on to MilfoI, fite cointy sent, of Pike moiity, when af ter lio had pit tilt olieer ill bed at i hotel he wentt up1 to the jail aind deliver (d limsielf up to lt keeper. Ife was onineiia'd there till SepItemiber, 1870, wlei he was tr-ied for murder and to the great uisei of eveiry on11 acquitted. Iiimmediately after' he wisx dimchirged by flt' emiurt lie was arrested, charged with birglary, convieted and ent to State' pisOl for a yetar anit a half. le servt' his terii, readiig law during his confine mnltiil. When le left the Eastern Peni. fiiiniay ie retunlIled iomiie, opened a law iflice, a'reted sevtral citizens wi had testified againist him when ie wasI oi iilI for iirglary chiarging tlitm with, pIjIIuy', anid failing to) male out hi4 his case was seiteiced to pay the costs, lit! had no ioiey, so lIe weit. to prisoil igiain, where ht remained till hisxfriend t'01ub4 scria'pe 111 eiligh Imioniey to gel him iut.. When 11inaly he biteeni a frt iinaii lie returnied to hisuld hiomie at Ro. -laids. From that time forwarid burg lare's werte IImeIIIroIIsi inl that eeltion bul nit.'ter ('ol01d evidt'ee suiffieniit to cum. vitt Avery be ob tained. After awhilt the yoing ia mal weil to Oil City, P1i. ant hilieg (tit his Slingle as a lawyer Ctint ~were plenty and fee large, Avery was r'ap)iig a gobtit'ni hlarvest wlen le was conivicted (of fotrgery anit Stelt, t t he Westerin ''nitentiary, at Al leglieny City, for foiti years and elevet moiinti. W1l1le there he fell inl lovo witl lit' ket'eper's dtligltei, arlt shw plopoie( to assist hii to escalm, but le iefisei(' to l'ave 1it prison till his tiie was out At. the end of thti teii he retlrIed agail to Laekawaxen; Hooin after h piofese'' ieligion,switidled a neighbor out of $101 fali wis inIduced by the ieighbor, wi enforced his argumeits with a hlot-gun to refund the money. le t.hon Wet. to ILuzerne county, welire lihe got, into dill! culty fint wet'it to the Eastern 'eif t'iit ilry againi for it hor teri. Upon le ing releaed tho last time lie went. to Ill mining iegion of the West, wieire lIe ollied at law office andlt speculated if sto'ks. Not long ago, lio "st'ruck i rich" and Cleared over half it million dol lars, gave up his stock speculattion foro everi, seitfo f is finneeo the prisoll keep er's fair daughter, who veit W('st., ail thley hiavte beten ma rried. Avory is onl' abiouit thirty-two years oIf age anid write:~ to firienids here that lie is no(w an~ himti. upriigh t. man, andi~ thait the next t ime( hri (comes'1 Eaitt it. will lbe ats a Uniitald State Senaitor from011 one of the Western St attes (Graowl'ing nii ui aria. Jiudge lit man hast a habit iif xlipingui hisx watch unider hisx p illowv wh'en lit goi to lied. One niight ohoIltl~w it slippe< dotwni, andit as thei( .Judtge wi'f resxtlessx wo rked its way down toward the foi oft the bed't. Aftt'r it bit., while lie wa'i lying awake his foot touchedtit it; it fel vtery coh11;-hie waxsi urprwised, scared~u, am juipmig from the lbed, lit e'x('limed:( "My~[ griou s , Mardia ! ther'e's a i out or1 sotin iig iuideir the covters; I touch ed it with iiny foot." wax on the fhlor ini an inxt ant. "'Now don't go to hollering amil wak inig up the neighbosrs,"xut saidhe .Judge "'You get me ia burom or xomiething ant we'll lix the thinig mighty qick." Mrs. P itimin broIughit Ithe brwoom ian gaivi it to~ the J1uidge with the remiarl th at shet ftelt ax if xinaktes were creep'linf u p anid down her'i legs andio bactk. 'Oh. nonsx~ies, Miiriat ! Now tuiu doewni the cove'rx slowly while' I hold tin broomo and iihl ang it. IPut a buckeat 0o wutter aliongside the hed't 14o thaiit wei ei shiove it. ini andi drowni it.'" Mrsi. P it mian Iixed the bueket. anhi genit ly remolved the covter. Th'le Judge - in-d the birtom uliiftedt, anid as till black i'ibboln oif thei silveir watch wiax re v'ealed, he ieraekid awvay at it., three 01 four inux with the biroomi, then hii pushelid the flhing oftf intoi the biutket 'Then' lhey took thue light to inivesutliah lie miattier. When the .Judge xaw whia iut wats hie aid: "I miighit hatve kniow~n, it ix jusxt liki yoiu woiimn to goI screelhinig aiid fuxsinj aboiut, niot~hiing. It,'s utti'rly ruined." "'It wax youi madtto the fuss, not mie, sid Mrs. Pitmn."' "You needni't try to) put the blamte 01 me.'" Thon the Judge turned ini an growled at Maia until lie fell asleep. A wJTrI4sa was on thle stand~ in anm illega lIquor sale case. Trho counsel wais tryliij to find out In what kind of a glass the liquor was hianded to the wItness, and al la't exchlmedl. "WhV~at kInd of a lookins Iglass was it?" Begarra, S~or, it, was not lookIng-glasn at all, it. wan a tumbler. T1he0 Sumnp Ian, or 11Bow-Tuibe. The pIojctiles itsed are- darts, va'v. ing from five to eight or nine inclhes in leigth. The )yak war dart is the shortest, and is usually furnished with a siall nietal arrowhead. In thin case the shaft is of light wood. The longer dart, miteli an those used in Sumatra, are made from a harder and heavierl wood, us1ull y the long npikes taken from the paing. TheNe are left thicker towar the point, thani at the other eid, go an to counite rhalainee the w'eight, of'the e4ivjeilI piece of pith there aillixed. This piee of pitli, the broadest part of which is bit very little lens than the bore of the blow tilbe, is asIolutely ineceNsary for Ie forcible propulsion of the (art. Am it does not fit the tube precisely, there is nietcessarily soie eseape of force. For this reason wheli very hard shots are desired a sniall llellet of cotton or othier suititle tibrous miateirial in pIt lieldint tlie (Iat. The great secret inl miaking the darits is to insire that they balane exatetly, ;. r., one-hlltlf nust lie exictly the saine weight an the other. Under filly other ('onlditiOns tibe slhoot'iig is iipossibli. In .Padrtlg, Sumatra, I wa1s mu11Cih astonished to meet a mInti ulsiig for Very smnal1l birds (1ats1n 11-ol structed ouit. of cocon it, lest% lie took a1 spike of the lea1f, and a t oil a piece alot five inches lollg. 'lhe stalk of this he denutded of sall leaf except olle piece tln inch and i half long oi one side, tie resilt bing an article having tlim( shape of i qtill en. The inch and it haltf frainen411 of, leajf thatl -n1iined was enrb'I-d anmat~d to al1low of its admlittancet into) the blow-tubew. Wheni we remembeinlr thitt it, %vain it grein lef, we cll forim al idella of the force wit-h which 11 darts anr Propl'aled to kill. For ny particular aUt11Semen01t the sportsmlan, whol( was. lidenl with ia sipply of at least 300 darts, shot on1e of these paln leaf projectiles ove'r soie witter, und [ calculated that flit range was well over 80 yards. The init ili velocity was No great that tile dart could not. he neen for the first 25 yards. Tilt greittest aldepts with the silmpital, especially at, the pre'sent day, when itn lise is no nurely dying out., are imdoubt eully the Dyaks. Fron what. I havt liarl, andt(] froii what I know fromtI may own obserVation, a Dyak would lhloot a dart. a hundred and fifty yards to a certainly ; and f sltould not care to bot very imucl against 200 yards being a(conplislhed by picked men. This stateimnt may stvor of the "traveler" order, but I fancy most Borntean travel ers will agree with me. The smnall dart is, of coursje, not ilflicilt of itself to take human life, hut the Dyakn poinon itir projeetiles ill warfare, when a slight WORuMd anywhere iN ill that i Iecessary, Mr. Pautl, hol() wias sone yearn inll orneo with Sir James Brooke, told me that he( once( ,jaw% at Dynki whto put two darts into a umpitan, one behind the Other, in ia1 bv soile illexplienble mens shot out tile front one first., alnd followed with the other aofter an interval. This manm was dohuib8less It sort of Dr. CIrver among tle IDyakn. Precision with the blow tube is, ans with every other weipon, a Iere Iitteiri of practie. iIn lhootigl mlle birdes t of tiee foirt collgegtng iurpoeseic o t hihercen. Atom tmindedthie aselittle bladio will ueth itnge wou'rldlt ntver tbeveyg.A birdbli. totilen tatigt i thg lwer, full inlreeren t the h ighvery one. A t ifulc nthkledutihteonda wl rul, tetarr.y in triainixedl, whlen of co)urse' it is a cane. F give 20 feet be cause I always like toI be on the safe 41(1e in thesen( inatters, b ut .1, myiself, would :etin lly untaiihke to hiit foulr Iit'e out. of ixat ~wce heheight. I have frne IIuenltly provied thin bly bringinlg down'i tiny birds ouit of' the bte(l-nlut pahni. Your r'eadlers will notice that I npeak of "height, and nt "d(istan(ce."' Shooting upl into) it tree and sho(otinig lat an ohj'.'et uponll the1( gr'ountd atre two difi~erenmt miatters- when the pro'(jec(tile in a long dat, likely to 1b3 atlected by the least wind(. ]hnt. still, ait 30 feel smaill birds should not, escape)( very often from hiori zo11ntllts. For very*'3 tiny) b3irdsl play Ill s maly lie usned ; 1buit from the fact (hiat. thei(y never canl fit t~he blarrel proper ly', tilhey) are niot so sure an the dat,. A neule or Ile viklngs. I The oakenl hull oIf a vessel spoe datte' fromi thel timie oIf the old( Vikiniga I f the11( North , was recently discoveret while digging a tumulus niear* Frederick nstadt, iln Norway. it wasL rathier flat 'Ili low ini the wa'uter, talptinlg to a p)oinit at ened. (3nd(, with a length (of of keel of '44 feet, andl ai breadlthl of beam oIf 13 feet. It, in supp~hosed1 to have been1 used as a watr vessel for colant servico(, beling pro pelled by oarNu and sails. An ancient practice in Norway wan to place the vessel over the remajins of its captain, and fragnmnts of dress, horse accoutrc ments, ando harness have discovered un-. der this. ''Ihin is decemeid quite a prize for the arehmeologists, and the entite lot in to 1)0 placed in the Antiquarian I~Mseum at (Christiania. --The Gherman post-office uses p)ostage stamrps wvhose clhora canh be cancelled by water. This prevents frauds,for as soon as the stampls are washed the color is oblinvred,