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TRIWEEKLY EDITION. WINNiSBORO, S. C., AUGUST 16, 1881 ESTABLISHED 186~.
TUE UNOUANGEABLE DEAIV.
'They change not, though the world is ever cliang
Ing;
In memory still'they live, the dear ones gone,
Wile others flee, they seem to fondly linger,
To cheer our pathway as we wander lone.
They live to bless us ever,
Disseveredi from us never.
The world's great throng Is swiftly by us hasting, t
Their eyes Intent on luring prizes sought,
While our loved dead look kindly on us ever,
With smiles more sweet than gold hats ever
brought
TIlr eyes look coldly never,
Their love endures forever.
Upon our minds, our looks, our senses falling,
'ime cltisels changes as tie years flit by,
Still chisels none upon the features loving,
Smiling upon us with an undlinmed eye
They look and love forever, C
Unkindly gazing never.
Wlihen all our yeari bav 1ie, the last (lepartiug,
When frienuds have changed, have beei and passed
away,
Unchanged our dead are near the only living
Adown eternal years prolongingstay.
Our dead desdrt usinover,
Are with us now aid ever.
. iJISENCHIANTED. ]
Pretty little Mrs. Norton sitting be- I
lind the urn was as fair and lovely a
two year matron ta over smiled over a t
table at her lord and master.
He was a fine looking follow, too, that
husband of hers, and it was very evident I
that there was no lack of warm affection
between them, for all the subject of con- s
versation was one of very decided opin- t'
i0n, at least upon Mrs. Norton's part.
Just now she sugared and creamed a
Mr. Norton's second cup of collec, and fl
handed it towards him with a little in- 1
dignant remark: '
"'But it's too bad, Frank, and I be- i
lieve you think so'too." . t4
And she looked suspiciously a if there
were tears in her pretty eyes. a
"'Indeed, I think it's just as bad it c
can be-bad enough for us, but a ft
thousand times worse for Uncle Toni.."
"It is ridiculous I The idea of him'
falling in love at this time of life, but k
more than ridiculous in falling in love
with such a creature as Aura Vane." | 01
Frank laughed at Lottie's emphatic
remarks. F
"We mustn't forget that of course the -ti
gentleman has a perfect right to do as g
he pleases with his own, dear. His be
ing sixty years old does not- preclude 01
him from even marrying Miss Vane if he a
chooses to." a]
Lottio looked very earliest indeed as Y
she answored ti
"I know all that, but why can't Uncle
Tom see her as le is, as everybody else a]
Soen r'9 Rim is forty if sho's a day," V
said Lottie.
He interrupted her with a little tor- &
nienting laugh. d
'*A very suitable-age you must admit
for him, Lotta."
"Frink Norton I How can you, when hI
you know just is w611 as I do that its ti
only Uncle Tom's inoney she is after? a
And to think h6 promised to leave it Il
to baby if we'd name him after him, and
wanted the little darling called Roland n
so badly, instead of Tommy. 0 Frank I
you never will know what a sacrifico I
made. And I'll change baby's namO
yes, I will-if Uncle Tom marries that A
horrid old thing, who never hattd a beau, 1
nor an offer 'befoi-e in her life. How
ever she coitrived to entrap himt I'd like
to. knoW." .
Twvo bright little red spots were ,fam- a
ing in her -ohecks, and despite the-.
p~assionafte bitternoss of he rott t4r
Norton realized there was a great deal
of righteouS truth in it, and lie wvas
looking grave anid thoughtful pust as thet
front doof was opened, and in a minute
or two Un'ele Tomn himself came ii'.
"I ant sorry to have been so late for ~
dinner, my clear," lie said briskly, witht
a smile towvard Lottie, "lbut I have beent
driving in the park with Miss Vane, and i
really it was dusk before I knew it."~
"Arc you porsonally acquainted with ~
Miss Vane, my dour ?" he cotinuedi
presently, . after dilating upon the ~
beauty of the p~ark ini its late autumn 1
diress.
And then Lottie p)umposely avoided ~
her lord's eyes, where site knew, full ~
wvell would ho a cautionmary signal.
"' Not at all intimiately, uncle To'm.i
When I was a little ..girl she was a '
growni upi womnt, amnd, of course, I.1
never had occasion to associate with
her. As a child I neover fancied lher,
however."
Hie laidi his knife downi ini the act of
slicing off a delicious .piece of brownm
meat..
"'You mean to insinuate that Aura is
as old1 as-all that ?"
Then Frank took up the cudgel in I
his quiet, unimpassioned way. '
"'I don't think my wife would 'inmsinu
ate' anything, Uncle Tom.' - he simply
knows it to ho a fact, as I do, and any
one else who cares to think at all about
it, that Miss Vane is past forty yoars
old. But tlien, of course, no~ one ev~er
troubles onte's self abouit it.. CompleXIon
and hair can both be 'iought nowva
clays."
"I ant perfectly ners of that fact.
But I assure you I have satisfied myself
that Anra is one sof those rarely pre
served on wio' at tliirty-fJo' , have
it front lher .Owp ~4s ,thp her last birth
(lay was her thirtieth-are more charmt
ing and mature, and every way suitable
to a discerning ripii'a tato _thant wi .on.
younlg antd girlish."
And 1h0'ookhadtratightly, rloflhmutlf, ii
Lottie's eyes.:
"you'll find out somo dlay." '
"Yes," lhe answvered, "1 expect to flnd '
out thty~hmo woman who will honor mtc
by being my wife is just what I have
said site is ini all respects. Frank, don't
you wnt tickets for the opera to-night ?
['ve a coiple to sitare if you want to take
iottie to hear Patti. Miss Vane and I
ire going."
Of course, Frank accepted the tickets,
md after dinner, when Lottie went. up
o the nursery with him for their usual'
ialf hour of baby-worship, she declared
he never would call him by his odious
iamo again.
"He shall be mamma's darling little
loland now," she said, holding him in
ior arms and showering kisses oi his
weet, laugliing face.
Frank laughed.
" You had better wait a little longer,
lottio. Perhaps the old man's dison
hantment will e na4 even yet."
" It's disgusting," she said.
And then she said good-night to her
'ear-old boy, with dozens of kisses and
tugs, and gave him back to his nurse.
I want you to go on ain errand,
leaso, Frank," she -said suddenly as
hoy went into their own room, "up to
ilandford's for an invisible net and hair
ins. Will -you, Frank ?"
" An invisible not? What oi earth is
hat? Can't you see it? How shall I
now when I've got it? I'll enquire."
She gave him a little push toward the
oor.
" Never mind, Mr. Impudenco I You
niply ask for what I tell you, pay what
licy chargo, and bring it home to me."
So good natured Frank put on his hat
nd started of' to Blandford's, the
nious hairdresser's, where lie was to
uy the invisible net, to meet Uncle
loin oi the doorstep, iipationtly wait- I
ig for the enrriage that was to take him
his beloved.
"There is plenty of timo," Frank said i
1 he stop)ed a minute. "Get your
me, Uncle Tom, and walk up to Bland
>rd's with nie."
Uncle Tom looked at his watch.
"$Well, I will. I shouldn't liko to i
Dep Aura waiting, though." I
"There is no need to," Frank answer- s
1.
And they started off,. every bit of a
rank's determination and tact kept con- a
nuously on the alert to prevent the old 3
*intleman froin discussing Miss Vane. 11
However, by violent effort lie succeed
1 till they reached Blandford's, where (I
i obliging shopman gave them seats,
id begged theni to ivait Only one me- f
ent, as they were so very busy just
ion.
And Frank and Uncle Tom sat down
id waited, close by them being a tall
enetian Hcreon, which neither partiu
,rly nouce un 1i, mn ab u yet, Uluiry
stinet voice, they heard N, sentence or
> that startled them..
"How- will that do, Miss Vano? I
%ve applied nearly an entire bottle of.
io enamel; but, pardon me, the hollows
id wrinkles are so deep that it is-al*most
apossiblo to obliterate them."
"It -will have to do, I suppose. Fortu- 1
itely 'all my new costumes havo longer t
coves than the old ones. Now, if you i
ill make haste with my hair, I will r
ear the. 'perfection' to-night, I think. t
nd, oh I please remember the touch of i
Encil on my eyebrows. They are -get- i
ug so horribly thin and pale I" .
Beyond doubt of mortal comprohon- 1
on it was Aura Vane's voice, and Frank 3
Itually pitied th look that was enl the
ldt gentlemain's fa.
And thon-no one in'all the world ever I
new how much an linlieard of, awvkward i
itastropho happened- -except Uncle 'J
'om, whose foot reached out and I
mnched the door--the door in the screen<
ow open, and revealed to both gentle- <
men the startling sight of a woman with
head almost as bare of hair as a pump- 1
i-only the nierest wisp of gray hair,
wirled.in a little pig-tail on the crownii
--and on the dressing-table besido her a
Ofap of soft, rippling tresses, anid a
ottle of belladonna, and of enamel, and
arious sponges and b~rulshes, aiid other
araiphornialia.
T1here was a shriek of horror from the
ald-foreheaded lady, a series of "Ohi-o
-c-li's I" and then-it all seemied ini less
hman a minuto--thme attondant threwv a
hmawl over Miss Vane's pate. Uncle
20 gave a groan of utter horror as lie
~of upi and took Frank's arm.
"'I am going home," lie said torsely.
'I've seen oniough. What an escape I
['o think-to think I was so near marry
ng-that"
I think the story is told. Miss Aura
(ane didl not secure her rich husband.
knd the baby's niame was iiot exactly
~hanged, lbut Lottie inserted "'Roland"
or his middle name, anid ais once in a
while they call him, in jest, of course,
'IT. Roland," I shouldn't wonder if,
mfter all, the little fellow has his pretty!
ne aiid the fortune too.
More cornfIwone(rs.
Colonel Stephenson, of the United
states geograp~hical survey, has -turnied
unrthier page in the long-sealed volume
f Andricani antiquities. A large village
>f d'liff dwellers has been discoveredl bo
[weeni thle J'omei 'aomntains and the Rio
Grande river, in New Mexico. The
iliffs rise to a heiget of from fifty to flye
hiunate6d feet. -Somoc of them contain
two, Aome three and others as many as
Ihe linesm of 'dwellings, rising line above
line, andi, baQJ( toward the mountain,
tieir abovo-tier. Tholi houses cii the top
of the cliff in thep abantioned city are
cirdul&r; being t'en or fifteen foot in
sliinotol', With arched roofs. Within
tlke oicavatiis 'are numerous small
r~ots. BeoforQ each line of 'dwelling,
there appelid -to hato been paomonits
sometimes four'-o fivd 'foet in width. !on
the broadest of which Colon'el Stephbin
son found imprints of feet. Many pic
tures and hieroglyphics adorn the face
of timn rook.
Gough and the Harber.
The first day of my first visit to Eng. 1
land I was in Liverpool. I had spoken I
the evening before, and was to give my I
farewell speech that evening. In the n
course of the day I went into a barber's ia
shop. While the "professor of tonsure," A
tas I saw announced the other day, was a
pracicing on my hair, he began to t
ipeak of the plentiful harvest in Aneri- jj
L'a. I said: 11
"I sail for America to-morrow."
"Ali, indeed, air I You will have as a b
Eelow-passenger John B. Gough." f4
"Does he stail to-morrow ?" 1
"Yes; and I have a ticket to hear him t]
,)--night.'
"Have you heard him lecturo?"
0
"No, sir: have you?" a
''Yes."
"How do you like him ?"
"I do not think much of him ?"
'Then you are not a teetotaler ?" a
"Yes, I am." U
"I wonder you do not like Mr. 1
.4ough." 13
"I said I did not think much of him, 11
iot that I did not like him." 0
"Ah, that's.very much the same thing I ci
Yhat sort of an appearing person is lie?" I
"A very ordinary-looking person." V,
"It is plain to see you do not like b
kim. What might be his size, sir ?"
"About my size, I judge."
"Have you heard him more than
nce ?"
"Yes, many times."
"I beg your pardon, sir, but do you Is
:now him ?" a
"Tolerably well."
"Shall you hear him speak this even
ug ?"0
"Yes, I expect to do so."
"Did you hear him last evening ?"
"Yes."
"I have been quite desirous of hear
ag him, and I have secured my ticket.
)oes you'r air suit you, sir? Shall I put
ome hoil on it ?"
"No, thank you, it will do very well;
nd you will have an opportunity to T
tudy your work on the platform. for
ou have been cutting Mr. Gough's
air."
"Bless my soul, sir I I beg your par- b
on, I 'ope I 'ave not said anything b1
m'r'mg, or been in hanny way disrespect
-'Oh, no; on the contrary," you have d
cen quite complimentary."
"So you are Mr. Gough. I shall 'ear
on to-night. Enory, sweep up all this in
ir and take care of it. Good-bye, sir.
I 5AaI'vo 'ad the oyortunity and "
A Wonderful Window.
The stained glass windows so much n
sod in churches, and representing flow
fr
rs, or foliage, or pictures from the f
criptures, are usually made of colored
lass put together in lead sashes and
minted. The glass gives the color, awd w
lie painting gives the drawing and shiad-- a
ug. Some of our native artists have
eontly tried to make improvements in
his beautiful art, and now the most del- it
,ate and complicated pictures are made b
a this country entirely out of glass and
rithout the use of paint. To under- t1
tand this some account of a wonderful C
(indow made in New York may be
iven.
It is for . a church, and is in thren
arts, and represents a view of the sea at a
unset as if seen through the window.
.'hree curtainis are represented as if
aniging up before the wiuidow. The
enter curtain has fallen down, but those a
n the side shut out the view save at the"
01), where the .rosy sky and the clouds
nay be seen.
The, colors of the curtains are madc by ~
ho bits of colored glass, and the figured '
>atterni is marked by the leads or sash. Ii
Lt the bottom is a heavy friezestudded 0
vith precious stones.
In the centre, where the curtain is 0
Lown, is the picture. In the foreground d
~ro flowvers in bloom. Then comes thme ~
a
en with a distant hill and over it the
ky with a white dove flying upwvard and a
he silver bowed moon. All this is done i
ni colored glass anid without any paint. r
The water is a sheet of glass marked 13
with wavy lines or ripples; the flowers
ire pieces of white glass stamped wvhen
met in the shape of flowers, the clouds
tre made of white or colored glass thai ,
.s of very uneven thickness.
The light comes through the thin
places, and is kept out or shaded, b)y
blie thick parts,anid it is these differences
in the thickness of the glass that make1
theo waves, the leaves, the fringes on the
curtains, the clouds, amnd, in fact, the
lights and shades of the picture. The.
precious stones are bits of thick colored
glass chipped and cut into diamondIs of
many faces.
Stand necar the window and it looks
like a confused mass of glass of every
degree of thickness. Stand at a distanco 1
when thme sun is shining on the window,
and it is a wonderful and beautiful pie
ture made without paint. This is the
beginning of a now art, and it is thought
that it will lead to still more remarkable
windowsa in the future.1
The Rate of Women.
ft still appearA to b)0 holieved in the
wilder regions 6f Eastern Europe, that a
man's wife is a marketable commnodity,
o(vhich lie is at liberty to -dispose by
sale whenever it may please him so to
do. Thefothier daiy, at the ahinual fair
of Papoea, a large village in the Eisen
burg Comitat, two peasants from
different hamlets in thme neighborhood
had sat' drinking together, for ,some ,
hours, wvhen tihe wife of one of them-a
remarkably pretty young woman-came!
to the wineshon to look for lher lord and1
inster. The other ratic struck by her
eauty, asked his felow-oper whether
,o would sell her te hin), and this the
usband promptly agreed to do for the
ioderate. price of one silver florin
bout two shillings of English currency.
Ls soon as the money had been paid,
nd the contract ratified 'by a libation,
hie purclasdr rose from his seat to take
ossession of hi- beauteous bargain;
ut, seeing that wiat she had until then
igarded as a conival jest threatened to
ecomie grim earnest, sho took to flight,
>llowed by the cltiniant to her charms.
'wo gendarmes, however, appearing on
ic scene, she appaled to them for pro
-etion, and not in vain. Failing to
btain delivery of his goods, the diK
ppointed peasant demauded his florin
ick, with another for interest, in which
(juisition lie was stoutly sup)orted by
number of his fellow-villagers, who,
1)on1 the husband's absoluto refusal to
ay up, seized him and beat him sound
F. Ho contrived, however, to cxtricate
imself from their clutches, and made
l at the top of his speed, but was
mught by the peasant whose money lie
rd pocketed. Turning uponI his
arsuer, lie drew a hatchet from his
Alt, and with one savage blow split the
ifortunate man's head in twain, killing
imi upon the spot.
Sinx G ravo,.
The smartest Texan, atid in f!et. the
nartest farmer, I ever met: says Eli
erkins, is old Sim Graves who lives on
1.000 acre farm west of Waxahatehie,
Central Texas. Aftdr Mr. Graves had
iown me his cattle and cotton, 10 took
c over to his woods.
"Woll, what of it?" I said, as lie
>intcd to a ton-acre forost.
"'What of it?" Why, them's black
alnuts, sir. Ten acres of 'em. Plant
I 'em myself ten years ago. See, they're
ne inches through. Good trees, el ?"
And sure enough there were ten acres
hand-planted blac-walnut trees.
hey stood about twelve feet apart, 200
the acro-in all 2,000 trees.
"Well, how (10 you get your money
ick ?" I asked.
"Black-wahints are worth -$2.50 a
shel, ain't they ? I'll get 400 bushels
is year. That's $1,000. A hundred
>llars an acre is a good rent for land
orth $15 an acre, 'aint it ?"
"Well, what else ?" I inquired, grow
g interested.
"The trees," continued Mr. Graves.
e g9y.i.1 an inch a -y wil-;io
noteen inches through. A black-wal
it tree nineteen inches through is
orth $25. My 2,000 trees ten years
om now will be worth $50,000. If I
mU't want to cut them all, I can cut
ilf of them, and then raise a buahel of
alnuts to the tree-that is, get $2,500
year for the crop. Two hundred and
ty dollars an acre is a fair rent for $15
nd, ain't it ?"
The more I examine into the possibil
ies and probabilities of ten acres of
ack-walnut trees, the more astounded
become. There -is no crop on earth
iat will conic within fifty miles of it.
alculate it any way you may, ten acres
black-walnut trees will pay $250 an
ally an acre for the forty years. Ten
3res of black..walnut trees fifty years
.d, be worth* $100,000. There is no
uiit that will pay $250 a bushel, the
arket prico of black-walnuts. Ten
3res of black-walnut trees, at any age,
ould always finid a miarket, like a masr
he quarry or cool wine. It conkl( al
ays be sold. Mr. Graves says he hias
ever seen a time since his black-walnut
>rst was two years old1 thathle couhin't
ave sold it for more than as many crops
wheat.
Now, aniy farmer whou has ten acres ol
verflow land on the Illinois Bottom cn
o just what this smart Texan has done.
[e can make it worth more than toul
eres ini the suburbs of Chicago insidc(
f ten yearsi. Any Chicago man can buy
fty acres of low, black prairie within
fty miles of Chicago at $25 an acre,
lant it to a black-walnut, and make ii
ay him $15,000) a year.
Softening of the Bain.
Thllere was a man itting in one of tht
aratoga hotel ofice chairs 0on0 nighi
ist sunmmer apparently asleep, whaiel:
ras5 doubtless the reason a coup~le o;
lerks b)ehind the counter began to con
erse confidentially. ''I '5pose you 'vi
iear~t the 'boss new rulle ?" inquired th<
ashier of the room-clerk. ''You meam
hat we are not to charge guests al
hey've got hereafter ?" ''Exactly. Thi
lea of allowing boarders to leave wvil
,t least tenl dollars in their p)ockets
Thy, the old man must be getting th
oftenling ofstheu brain. At Long Branch
mid Newport thley unlderstandl the hote
miniless better. If a guest gets awa;
vith his life and baggage, lhe consiider
iimself in big luck I can tell youl.
'Wecll, the Governor explainedl his ide
0 me," hie said thoughtfully, "'and
nust say it sounds reasonable, Hie say
hat when you clean out a man comn
>letely lhe generally takes to drinkini
md brings up in the poorhouse, and il
hat way a cuhstomer is lost. By leavini
em just a little corn for seed, as it were
hey have a chance to get started agai
md ready 'for a new assessment, so t
peak." '-May lbe something in it, bu
--s-lh." For the guest in thle chai
typomaled to groan anid shiver in hi
mleep, and for ftear lie should wake ui
blh4 clerks (lexterously turned the convei
lation to the subject of a boarder wh
tiad that (lay clhoked to death oni a hiail
in in the hash.
"To lie Shut tit Six."
A terrible example has been made in
Tunis. One of the special correspond- w
ents attached to the expedition now in il
the field against the Khrounirs was 81
Camille Farcy, well known as a brilliant A
writer. He had long been connected rf
with La France, one of the leading tl
journals. The army which he was do
tailed to accompany was that of General
Forgeiol. This officer is a martinet,
and entertains the most rigid ideas re- p
garding discipline. Before the expedi- m
tion left Algiers, he, in codjunction with ti
General Vincendon, concocted the fol
lowing pledge, which ill the journalists p
were obliged to sign:
"1 , --- ---, promnise upon muy honor to
tranmlit no infornuation witatiever, either by tele
grapit or by mailt, or by any other niesu, without In
lirt. having tubinititel ny inatntiscript to the ex- el
atinnatioii of the officer cointimatlinsg the exiivill- at
tion, or I o uch oli cer or officers as he muay d 'elegate
that power to. I further agree that tiny faiulure to f
keel, this pleige will expose inc to tite rigora of eI
uartlial laiw. (Sigied) ---. - . 1
This doctimient. was signed by aill the
correspondeits attached to the expedi- c<
tion. When Farcy's turn caine, he took I.
the pen, but it was with evident reluc
tance that he signed. When he had tl
done no, lie turned to Forgemol and n
said :
"General, I sign this document only ti
because I an forced to do so ; because c'
without doing so I could not fulfil my ih(
duty as a correspondent ; because with- TY
out doing so I could not accompany the
expedition. But I warn you, sir, that I a
shall speak the truth, the whole truth,
antd nothiig but the truth, touchiig tl
such matters as may come under my T
observation." And with a defiant glaine thi
at the General, Camille withdrew. el,
The old general gnawed his grizzled tih
nmistache to conceal his wrath. He did Va
what perhiaps most men wouldL have
done-he set- a spy to dog the footsteps
of Farcy.
The expedient was successful. Two ro
evenings after, the spy detected the is
journalist, under disigise, quitting the U
camp. He followed, and saw him de- M
posit a large envelope in one of the 0N
minor post-offices upon the Algerian thi
frontier. He was at once arrested, se
and conducted to Forgemol's head- thi
quarters.
"Aha!" said the general, "at it al- I
ready, my fine fellow. Well, what have a
we here ?" and he sized and broke open st
the envelope. "'Hum-addressed to La
France. Evidently sone correslpond- <v
jA1 e uwere sen'ding without
"'Yes, general," said Farcy, cahnly.
"Let us see what it is," said Forgemol, 1
as he began to peruse the letter.
"General," said Farcy, coldly, "per i
mit me to remind you that you are h
violating private correspondence." a
"Private correspondence I Bah I"
retorted Forgemol. "1 Very pri ito, Ac
indeed ; all Paris would know it ii an
other dity," and he resumed his read- l
ing. li
There were some tsevere strictures in l
the letter upon the conduct of the cam- a
paign. Forgemol's reading was inter- d
rupted by oaths, and when he fluished "
he was purple with wrath. ci
"So," said he grimly, "you consider VI
yourself competent to judge of the IT
operations of a general in the field, do jt
you ? WVell, sir, you shall have a taste ri
of martial law to addl to your knowledge w
oif military affaiirs."''
Farecy tisliiwd to defeind himself. A
court-martial w~as imimed iately convenmed.
Its pro'(ceedinigs were sumaraty -its semi
tencee short: "C' amille Flarey is eon- ha
demined to lbe shtot at six ini the morn- 01
ing." ''
It was thmen midmghit. Th'le doomied a
nman was placedi in charge of a lieuteiiantt tl
aind a squad of soldier's, p)ut upon01 a
special train, and he was bornte swviftly g.
to the caipitail city, Algiers, where the
('eeutioni wats to take place..li
At halt-past. live o'clock the train t
dashed into the city. It piassed under
the walls oif the palace where Allbiert
Grevy, the goivernior-genieral, lives in
lighted, and the strains of a wvaltz were
borne to the ears of the prisoner. The'lc
govenior wits givinig a 1ball.1
'"You have half an hour in which to 5
prepare for death,'' said thte lieutenant,h
comp~iassionately ; "' would you like to
have mec send for a priest ?"
" 'I sutppose,"' sid Farey, ."' you will
grant my last requemst ?"
''Yes.''
I'"Thien let mne go to the ball. I would a
like to have a waltz biefore I die."
The omfcer ho0wed, and repairedh to 11
Monsieur Girevy's palace. I*
"'His request shall be granted," said
the president's hrother. "'Who could
refuse a dyiing man's request ? Bring
him here ; he shall dancte with mtyi
daughter."
And it was donte. The11 last moments
C
of his life were sp)ent upon a ball-room'
At~' six o'cloick the offcer spoke:
'"Thle file is waiting,'' said lie.
"Let us go," said Farey. Ho saluted
the dancers, and withidrew. When he
reached the ground where the file was
awaiting him, he refused to allow hisI
eyes to be hanidaged, and demndetd
per'missiomn to give the wordl of coin
) mand.a
t "May all journalists do as I havei
r (lone," said lhe; "' it is their duty."
Then, folding his arms, he cried:
''Fire I"
The crash of the muskets rang out Qnt
the morniing air. Caille Farey fell
o dead, pierced with b~al. t
-. The vengeance of General Forgemol
was accomplished.
Strategy of the Weasel. W.
The remarkabie sagacity of the weasel
us well illustrated the other day by an
cident which actually occurred in the
iburbs of Santa Barbara, California.
gentleman's barn was infested with
ta, and lie was greatly annoyed by
eir depredations. They have been
adually disappearing, however, during
0 liast few, weeks. The gentleman
ially discovered the cause of their
-obale disappearance in a very wide
vake weasel, which was engaged at the
nemin a vigorous combat with an un
mually large-sized rat. The latter
oved too much for his adversary, and
tally ch1ased his weaselship out of the
in. A few mornings later ,the gentle
an again found the same141 animals
gaged in a similar battle. The weasel
last ran away as before, and the rat
Rowed in hot pursuit. This time how
er, the weasel ran into a hole it had
trrowed through a pile of hardened
mnpost. This hole was quite large at
o entrance, but the outlet was scarce
largo enough to admit the passage of
e weasol's body. The weasel darted
to the hole, with the rat at its'heels.
moment later the weasel emerged from
e other side, ran quickly around the
mlpost pile, and again entered the
>le, this time in the enemy's rear.
1o gentleman, interested in the pro
edings, watched the place some time,
A found that only the weasel caimo
t. Digging into tho compost he found
o rat quito dead, and partly oiton.
mn weasel had arranged his trap so
at. the rat (ould enter, but becom1ing
>sely wedged in the narrow portion of
e hole, could be attacked at a disaid
ntage aind easily killed.
-rhe K(angaerou.
Lamb like as is the face of the kanga-I
c, tender and soft as are his eyes, he
by no means so gentle as lie looks.
ke the heathen Chtinee, his counte
nec belies himand there are few more
citing and withal dangerous sports
an kangaroo chasing. To the liuter
[king for some new sensation a visit to
e wilds of Australia in search of kan
roos can be recommended.. It requires
leot horse to run an "old man" down
he gets a fair chance toshow tail; and
:ong, well trained dogs to tackle him
ten brought to bay. Inside his 'soft,
wy lips aro strong formidal teeth,
NJ-1t9u~rex im hweqpomyp.
the air and crush him to death; whilo
ien lying down,. his favorite fighting
titude, lie can kick with his powerful
ud legs in a manner that rapidly clears
Arcle round him; and woo. betide the
in or dog that comes within recwlh,)i
os huge claws, which can make .t
Ah wound deep enough to maim the
e and kill the other. Of course we
rec speak of the great kangaroo, tho
>omner'or old nut of the colonista. As
mimatter of fact, there aro sonic thirty
flerent kinds of kangaroos inhabiting
riouts parts of Australia, and one spo
ps peciliar to New Guinoa. They
.ry in size, from the tiny haro kanga
o of South Australia, the most agile of
kind, which is but little larger than a
bhit, t the several gianit species,
tieth er blacok, red, brown or, gray,somie
which stanid nearly six feet haigh.
IDr. Sim.
''You see," observed Dr. Slim, as lie
mnged the patient across the back of
.0 neck with a club, ''you see plainly,
mitlemont, that there is nto organic dif
umty. T1hie functions are natural and
is is a plain case of hysteria."
"'I dlon't know about that," sid D)r.
.eut, kicking the woman a fearful kick
ader the car. ''She may not nianifost
bct there . is certainly sensation
"'If you lation,"' chirped in Dr. Green,
'oppling a hod full of bricks on the sub
ct's head, ''she doe.. not act as though
to were conscious, thonga. that may re
alt aus much from hysteria as tTom spin
dleralngemfenit."
"This test," remarked Dri. Sapp,-as he
,arted ai chatrcoal fire oni the wo~mani's
end, '"has been found infallible. If
nder this treatment she kicks, it is hy
eria. If she don't kick, we find that
ten mor'e potent tests must be appli
1."
"Ini that case my 9ystem is the one to
inploy," said D~r. Fist, running a .light
ing rod through theo patient. "^Under
s treatment we invariably arrive at
asults."'
"'I am not sure but what we will'have
> resort to the heroic remedies," sug
ested D~r. Gruel, emptying ai gallon of
itriol down the. woman's throat.''.These
dIid tests d'i not appear' to conduce to
ronolusions."'
'"Have you nioticed aniy peculiar symyi
tims ?'' asked the faculty in co rus of
lie weeping husband.
"Only-one-gentlemen," sob~bed the
pouse.
"What wvas that ?"
"She-died abogt-twonty-fuer honrs
-ago" . "
And the qhestion now. is Whether she
ied of hysteria oi' spine,'With a pinepionJ
Lorance of evideoncy'ubdn't 1li sides.'
They who forgive most. shel o most
orgiven. . -t '..
Lived hl-.hoW loug om<ho % perin it
o heav'en.' " .* - -*~,
Sin may he clasped so close we cannot
cn its lace.
' FOOD F01b THOUG'iT.
The height of m ianness is to eoxlt in
its sfuccess.
The duty of religionl ilows rom a spirit
of religion..
Happiness is just as Chea) a conmo
rlity as misery.
The greatest rogues complain most of
Ibeing slandered.
Children havo more nced of modols
than of critics. .S
It costs more to avenge wrongs than
Lo bear them.
Fortune doe,not change men, it only
tlimaSk them.
Virtue offends itself when coupled with
rorbidding manners.
An obstinate main does not hold opin
is, they hold him. -.).-.0
A court without- ladies would )e a
year without a spring.
What maintains one vice, Would bring
itp two children.
Want of care does us more damuage
han want of knowledge.
Religion is the best armor in the
bvorld, but the worst cloak.
Remembrance is the only paradise out
>f which we cannot be driven.
If slander be a snake it is a winged
)me; it flies as well as it creeps.
Frowirs blight young children as
rosty ighta blight young planta.
The norality of domestic life is the
very corner stone ,of civilization.
.ro twit a muan of his faults, is to ex.
[lowe i greater failt of our own.
Half the ills we hoard in our hearta
iro ills because we hoard them.
A man of integrity will never listen to
my reitaon against conscience.
People never attiek religion but when
:hey have an interest 'to attack it.
Grief ennolles. lie who lias not
m1ilrered cali nevei have thought it.
To break a bad habit requires'moro
flort than to contract a good one.
At a great poimvyworth pause awhile;
nany are ruined by buying bargains.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
or want of a shoo the horsewaa lost. '
There are m1en whose friends are more
o he pitied than their worst eneinies.
Many objects appear of 'value to us
mly while they are beyond our reach.
Many a man has measured his farm in
i glass goblet, and found room to Apare.
Gold is in its last 'analysis, thii.sweat
A the poor, and the blood 'of the biavo.
We carry our neighbor's crimes in
uight, but ttirow our own over our Shoul
lers.
All real life is cheerful, nudl the.only
proper place tor croakors is the grave
yard. - -
A weak man 'will say 1mor.' thum lie
It costs more to avenge than to for
(ive.
Extraordinary virthes are defamed by
those who want the courage to, initato
them.
Let tho slanderer take comfort it is
miily at fruit trees that thieves throw
4toniem.
If you would never have an ell'deed
poken of ill connection -with you don't
lo olle.
It often happens that those whom we
ipeak least o( on earth are best kiiown
in heaven.
Lif'e is not so shrt but that there is
lways time enough for cburtesy. Self
cIommnanid is the main elegalcoe. .
Blessed is lie who gives to' the poor,
rIlbeit oii!y a penny ; dopbly .hlessed he
le wvho addls kind words to his gift.*
Bad temper is its OWnr scourgo. Few
thigs are. bitterer than to feel bitter.
A mail's venom poisois, hijnmilf .mnore
than his victim.
TIhe cheerfIUl arrf usually" thie huay.
When trouble ku, dks at yotir dobr, or
rings -the bell, lhe will generally retire if
you 50end him wvord you are ,engaged.
Whenever you find a ,poor man who
is truly, grateful for tlie pittance you give
him, you may he sure thet he would
himself be generdmu-if lie hadl money to
give. -
Tihere is only now anid' then~ iml oppor
tutnity of displaying great courage, or
eveu great wisdom ; but ory hour in
the day off'ers a chango to shiow our goodl
nature.
All tio good things of this World are
no further good to us than as they are
of use; and whatever we mayi heap 'up to
give to Others, we enjoy only as much as
we can 11se, and nio more.1 .
A swimnier beer'ues strong to ati the
tide only by frequenitly breasting, te big
waves. TIf yoY pi'actide alwitys in 'shallow
water, your heart will' assur'edly'fail in
the hour of high flood. ~
To~ think we are .ahle is almost to be
so---to) deterin~e upon attainent is
frequently attainment itselC. Thus ear
nest resolution has of ten seemied to
have about it almnost a 'savor of omunipo
tence.
We canadai~ly manage if we will only
taike each (lay the hurdeii appol~inted for
it. -Aut the load will be too heavy for
ns if wve add to its wp~'ighit the, burden of
to-mnorroyv beforeo.we are .called to bear
it.
Somel clocks do not Htrikd. Yoi must
look at them if yo'n would'kmow' the time.
But a clock he'ed, not' heu:hto~f'i~t be
eiause it attikes; a man nreed'notehe in
consistent becauseO hje sp.eake 4gflell as
The Tman whlo can d? ali hn
eiluly ye is nrer , rtgii w11pr it is
a fpmtflah er anV u1hfortiM circum
statice 'irf 1i& life. V'ristility, Idie re
inemibora,: may, preent coteentration,
(ind LIhrs scatter .the .torea~ of~jjfq.
If yi .desire 4tQeinj1y liZe, 'avoid
upun pe , iic buai
hensa 1 gn a~utg a our
litlslieotbih .Sheh aIbit abnres
al~i0mere11Ahiolivik 'essentlal tobhappi..
homage to genius, however bright, when
it is deteatable.