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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., AUGUST 27, 1881. ESTABLISHED 1865. BEST OF ALL. The worli hath very little it can givo To make us happy; and its precious things What men call precious, and for which they live To a sad heart are worthless offerings. For what are genis and what Is tawny gold? And rarest spices from sweet Uyprlan blooms? And silken fabrics shimmering fold on fold, The costliest products of the Eastern loonis? They cannot save the soul a single pain, Or to the weary heart bring hope again. What is the fash of wit, the salon's glow? The wine may shine, and leap and sparkle up, Froin marble tables white as pmrest snow, And briin blood-red %he gold-incrusted cup; The air mnay languish filled witi perfume sweet, Etruscan vases burn with roses red, And velvet carpets sinking 'neath tle feet (live back no echo from the statellest tread: But iniman hearts crave sometiing more than this Splendor alone can never give us bliss. Far more, far more we prize a gentle touch The mute caress of lingers on the hair A kind word spoken-oh, how very much 'fliee little tokens do to lessen care, It matters little if the homse be bare of luxury, and what the world calls good, If we lave only one true spirit there lly whoin our better-selves are unlerstood, Whose deepest heart-throbs are for us alone, With whom in thoughts and wislies we are onle. JENNIE'S I)ISAP1POINTMENT. It was a rainy.dismal autumnl day, anid the big country house where Jennie lived with her pareits seemed so unu sually quiet, that a young lady (who was Jelnie's cousin, and was staying there on at visit) looked up from her work-she was at work with JonniC's auninia in the drawing-room and said : " What can have become of Jennio? I have not heard her laugh onice aill this inoriiing." The mamma said rather sorrowfully that it was one of Jennie's " bad days," Site was a dear good child, but a little impetuous and unreasonable. Her papit had promised to take her for a drive that morning, as he was obliged to go to a neighboring town on business. " But of course it 'was impossible to take the child in the pouring rain," site added, "only Jennie cannot see the natter ill this .light, and feels deeply in jured1," " I will go and find her," said the soft featured lady, who looked contented and happy, although certain people had already, sometimes called her " an old maid." And she hunted tile house through, visiting all Jolinie's particular haunts, bilt there was no Jennio. At latst shxe camie upon her, crouched upollI a window-seat in one of the corri dors looking miserable and defianf, her lips pouting, her eyes swollen and rcd. At first she would not speak. But at last the coaxin'z manner and soothing voice of her good friend melted her somewhat. Sho detailed her injuries. " They delight in promising me thiligs and disappointing Me at the last mon1ent. 4 As for papa, ho is cruel." "I cannot bear to hear you say that, child." Jennie's cousin seemed transformed. She looked almost angry. Jennie felt a little ashamed. "Why not ?" she asked. Because I once said the same thing, and was so bitterly punished for it," was the reply. -- " Tell me," asiked Jennie, subdued. "I did not- mecan anything wrong." 'I " That is a' poor excuse for'your hiasty' wbrds, Jonnie. . However, I won't preach. My little story-will do that." Then shx e began :.. - " When I was' a little girl like you, Jennie, I had, a very dear father. .H was a elergyman, and though my love for him did inot keep me from being troublesome and disobedient to him, I thought I loved him very dearly indeed. " My mother had died when .I was a b~aby, but I had a mlidd~le-aged governess, whlo was good .to me, in her prim, dry wvay. "I haid birds, two (logs, a p)ony, and ia most beautiful cat. Children in the nieighborhood woero often invited to sp~end~ tihe day, and we were of ten allowved to roam abmout the gardeons and grounds as we plealsed. 'Thon I went to spend the day with them. " I had some cousins, big girls, and when I was but a little older than you, a grand party wvas given in honor of tiho. twventy-first birtlihday of the eldest one. Th'le latter wrote to my father, and begged that I might be allowed to come, fand he conisteto. These cousins were rich and had a big house in the city. " I was of course very anxious to go anid made great prep~arations but the day before the one fixedi for our departure, I felt violently sick of a cold. " Next day I got up a triflo gidily and very3 hoarse, but dletermninled to persuade them all 1 was quite wel. I talked and laughied anmd miade a great sl~iow of being very hungry at dinnler time. But I did nmot like the grave look on my father's face. Surely-lhe could not bo thinking of forbidding my going to tihe p)arty I Ho would not be so cruel 1 ''But my misgiving proved true. He sid that on1 accoupit of my illness I coulld not go. "You tare cruel I" I said, springing~ away from him and~ rushinig awaty. "And stubborn amid angry, I vyont to bed(, ref usinig to speaik whein I was 81)0kon1 to. And next maorning I got up late. I heaird my father calling me from below, andm wheels on thme drive told mnc the carriage wais coming to take him to the station. Then, as I failed to appear, lie camn uip-stairs, and knocked at my door. "IT made no reply. Miss Jones, comn ing into my room at the moment, sail in a low voice, ' Mary, you ought to bi irhamed of yourself,' then opened th< loor and said I was dressing and wouh niot be long. I heard him take out hii watch, and say in a disappointed toni that he could not wait;- then he said 'Good-bye, darling, God bless and keel you, I shall soon be back,' so fenderl aid sadly, that for the moment m; hardness inlted-I longed to throw my self iii his arms." " But he was gone. I saw the carriag< tirive out of the gato and disappea where the road turns; then a dreadfu einso of desolation caie over me, tha [ never had, either before or since." " The morning seemed as if it woul never pass. There were to be no les sons. After dawdling about I went t< the window which overlooked the road md the drive to the front door." "' Whatever can these men be doing? [ thought, as four or live nen I knev by sight came inl at the gate, slowly ach one seeming to talk without liston ing to the otherq." " I felt something was wrong. ] watched the mll till they disappearei behind the bushes ; they were goink round to the back door ; then I listene( mnd waited." "Suddenly I heard a scream-ni acrt seemed to stop-then some on< mished in.." "It was the housemaid looking s( whito and scared." "'Don't you go down, Miss Mary, die said, 'it's only somebody got a fil >r something,' but she shivered and wving her liands." " I made one spring and darted down. itairs. But nurso caught and drew i( iside, I doll't know why, blit I felt I ha( Lost my father." " There had been ia serious accideni :o the train by which lie was traveling, 'he car he was in had been overturned md a fellow passenger who knew bin: law him taken out from among the ruint ifeless, and had brought the terril)( ieos back with him. I lay like 0110 hall lead too onl Miss Jones's bed, listenint o the cruel tale, and half hoping it wa t cruel dream, a nightmare from which I ihould awake. "Then, the storm of sorrow spent, ] ,vas worn out, and fell asleep. "When I awoke, the last rays of sun. let were streaming into the room. Son >ne had drawn up the blinids and th( ioise had awakened me. . Dreamily I istened to a whispering behind the cur. ain of my h.A. ' Do you think il vould be prudent to tell her to-night ? Qiss Jones was saying, ' Certainly I L'hen followed a long sentonoo delivered n a voice I recognized as that of tli( rillage doctor. I caught the words 'joy loes not kill.' Then by their very mock ,ry I remembered -all. I pushed aside .he curtain and cried 'Why do yo omeo helle to.. torment me ? r. Why di rou not let me sleep?' "Then I stared in astonishment I Mis Fones, beaming,' smilini, kissed . me xildly for her-and said, ' Mary, com )ose yourself, make up your mind for r ;reat surprise, a great meroy.' "'He is alive I' I cried, and wouli iave rushed to find, him,, but thefhli noe hack." ' "-The good Doctor sat- down ani alked to me, quiietly and gravely. I: ras true that' nly father was ndt (lead, ts had boon supposed ; bdt ho had beer )roulght hioihe in. a most critical' state, md his recovery depended entirely umpor Iuiet." .( 'For many wvoeks we did' not knou who'ther lie would Jive ior die. But al ast he begatito got better, and befort witer set in -lhe was 'being -wheele. ibout the garden, and I wmas walking by 11is side, an altered child, because tih< laily anxiety had taught me more thar had learned during time years I lived it ~he world; I knew how selfish I hal Joen what a useless life was miine coin )fred to that preciou~s 011ne Ihad s0 lit le valued, 'and had so nearly lost,. "I have told you this story, dear, as ittie warning. I cam~ot wish you t< *eaurn the value of your piarenits at 5< Ireat a cost." + "'I shlall inot said ,TennlieO wip)ing he: yes, and noddinig her head. "nolxt timu [ will indeed tinuk biefore I speCak: Idi tot really mean what I said, y'ou know.' An Old1 Acquin~ftanlc. Charles Chapman, whlo was in his~ dag lio foremost criminial lawyer ill Con eticut, Once so alhy defeinded iiani who was charged with the crimie o niurdler, that he got him oft wvith man dlaughter, alihoughm there was .scarcely m dloubt of his guilt of the graver oflonco Svery promiiienit citizen wilo was coni iced of the mani's guilt wasO so annoy md to think thlat Chapman had saved tie elliow's neck from the halter that lie i'e used to speak to the (distinguishled ad locato for a long time after, A numboe >f yeary lator Mr. dliapmnan's doocr bol1 ~ang,an<Iav visitor was announced. "Goo< norning, Mr. Chapman," was thme saht ation. "You have tile adlvanitago ol no," relied the lawyor; "I (10 no ecognize you." "My name is--. Donm' you reniember that you got mie off fol :en years for killing so and so ?" "Ye: do reniemuber it anid I got through witi you then and thoere.I want nothing morn to do with you," "'You needn't be so up pishi about 'it," mnutteredl the fellow 'Tihe way you talked to that jury almos made me believo I didii't do it, aiid nov you've gone bank on me;". and ho wvalk 3d disconsolately away. Tho Iron Virgin. Please do not imagine from my title that I am about to relate any 4hrilling talc that -is to do with the o-called 4 "Iron Virgin" of the Middle Ages which crushed a man in its -iron embrace as easily as you would crack a iut. No ! my, heroine belonged to what at the time my story opens was the small town of Springfield, in Massaichusetts. When it was, comlparativoly speaking, in its infancy,there stood on - stret, little away from M-street, a stove store, and visited its door by way of sign, stood the figure of a girl, made of iron. I do not know what the connection was between the stoves within and the interesting female, ex cepting the material of which they were both coniposed; but there she stood. eight feet in her shoes and weighing perhaps 600 pounds. She stood there year in and year -out, one of the notable signposts of the place. The suns of summer beat down upon her until heat visibly irradiated in every direction from .her. Many a winter's cold had sent a freezing chill through her and had given her a nightcap and epau lettes qf snow, and formed icicles on her nose; and yet she had borne all with the most supreme indiffirence,-kept her place and remained faithfully on her post. If you put yourself in her line of vision she would stare at you in the most impertinent manner, though to tell the truth, she had not a particle of brass in her composition. She was in a country town and in truth she was a rustic object generally. Every sununer, however, her owner, "Old Steele" as he was called, had her scrubbed and polished with stove-polish and she would come- f6rth resplendent. She was an ol friend of the small boys. Not even their annoying trieks h ad power to move her-not even the indignity of a putty-ball on her nose. In summer when the sun had made her burning hot, they would entice some green hand to touch her and would shriek with delight to see him jump. In winter when Old Steele was not by, they would peg snow balls at her until srhe broke out into a rash of big, white spots all over her body. But she was cast in an iron mould. She bore all with the most ironical in difference. One exciting incident, a little while before my story opens, had varied the monotony of her existence. One night somec 'larkey spirits" (called so, I sup pos, because they rise so early-about 10 o'clock P. M.) smei larkey spirito, I say, removed her froni her position, and set her at the door of the Union Bindery wpere a sign gave notice "Girls Want ed." That same night. the "jovial band of ardent spirits" removed two large coffins that acted as signs inl front of an undertaker's shop, and placed them by the door of a "Dl)ye-house" much to the amusement of passers-by in the morn ing. "Mr. Steele, the owner of the stove store, wias a queer, old fellow, and we boys delighted in playing jokes on him. I am going to tell you of one that we played on him, which was connected with the "'ilronl virgin." Mr. Steele 's and we boys boarded at a small hotel, a fewv blocks off from Mr. Steele's store. One evening, a few days after the ''vim-gin" had been1 placed in front of the Bindery, we boys felt like some1 mischief. So we concerted the lanum, which I shall unfold to you,in my story. We -first sough t outs the hotel-keeper, a man named Sharpe, full of funi, and a prime.favorite with us boys. We unl folded our planm to him and he promiisedl to help us as much as lhe could. Mr. Stelle was in the parlor warming himi self beforec the fire. We went in and joined in conveirsationi with him; one0 by one, howecver, we boys feigned sleepi ness5 and started off appar-ently for bed. But before I go on, I mluist explaini a peculiarity of Steele's.. You have 'seen- a piece of seaweed hanging by the sidle of a -wharf at low tide--how dlirty it looks and howu list lessly it hangs thoere ? And you have -noticed, too, what a chang~e comes over it when the tide comes in-how its co'lor becomes bright and how it is tossed ablout by the waves? WVell, so it was with' Mr. Steele. Ordinary gibjects stirred hinm but little, but wvhen polities wvere touched upon01-0, he wvas all ex citenient 1 His face shone and hIs armis gesticulated wildly, as the discussin stirredl hinm up. After we b~oys had gone out, Sharpe tulrnied the conversa tion to p~olitics, and immediately Steele became very excited, 50 excitedl that wheni I slipped inito tihe room ini my stocking-fact and look the key out of his outside plocket, lhe (lid not notice it. - This I was the easier able te (10 since lhe - wore a style of 'coat very common at -that time, with very large p)ockets styled I a la propr-ic/air-e. Heinvariably kep~t I his key in the right pocket-at least I mneani two of his keys--his store-key and the key of his room ini the hotel. Chuck ling with delight at our success, we hurr-ied down to the store which, as I ' have already said, stood about four blocks off (romi the hotel. Having broughit our prize, the ironi maideon, ouit from her retirement f rom beside the stove that glowed dimly in the darkness of the store, we carried her to the hotel, SOh I but it was a. hard pull carrlyinig hier. It was hitter cold, dnd the frost . hit our thmigers that could not help clasp) -ing th'n cold iron rmm ve..y stifnes. It was fearfully heavy too,. for our five pairs of aris, and we had to stop and rest sevoral times before we arrived at our destination. There a new difliculty presented itself. How were we to get it into Steelo's room, for-that was what we contemplated. There was nto back stairway, and the only one ran inl full sight of Steele in the parlor. At last we succeeded in hauling our burden in at the window by the htel) of Sharpe's well rope which we borrowed. Then af ter snugly tucking her up inl bed,we left her in quiet, and softly made our way down stairs. We had oceupied but a short time and Mr. Steele had not yet emerged, so to speak, from his fit of excitement. Af ter replacing the keys inl the same mati ner by which I had stolen them, we boys dropped casually il one by one so as not to exeite suspicion. Wheni all our niumber were seated arouid the fire, Sharpe changed the subject by asking Mr. Steele if he had not had his sign post stoleni. Mr. Steele, his late ex eitenient ill vanished carelessly answered ''yes." "Ain't yOU afraid of having it stolen again?" said Sharpe. "No" answered Mr. Steele, "9I lock it up every night ill the store." "W1ell I" said Sharpe, "I'd being will ing to bet you she's ill your bed now." Steele immediately set up a roar, we boys joining in. I-o ! 1ho !" cried lie; ''that's a good joke I"- "Why he coiitinued, taking the keys from his pocket, "'here are the keys of the store and of my room. What have you got to say now? Why I'd be willing to treat these boys here to all the eider they wanted out of the that cask you bought recently, if it was so!" And lie laughed at the idea. ' "All right. !" said Steele, iietly. "I'll treat 'em at my own expense if it is not so." 'All right l"said Steele, still laughing, "the boys are sure of their eider any how I" Upstairs stumped tile old inii with the cane which he alwaf's carried, un locked the door and entered the room. "There !" lie cried, pointing to the bed, "nothing there !" He went up and struck it to add force to his 'words. I never saw a face change as his did. We hid-the figure up very cleverly but the clank of the metal wie struck betrayed her hiding place. He fell back a ste) or two with his mouth nilen. "By Jupe !" lie cried, a favorite exciamUIoni u0 r .., 1 'rle ia here." I wish you could have seen him. It is useless to try and describe it. A more wonderstruck man was never seen. Theyv say people enjoy a thing which they have fairly earned and I can assure you we boys enjoyed that cider and the laugh oi Mr. Steele. ntow a womani Ioes It. Some crusty old curmudgeon thus tells how a woman goes to work to mail a letter. It is a libel on the sex. Some of the girls will make it red hot for him if he is discovered. Any day when you have time you can see how she does it by drop~ping into the postofice. Shio arrives there with a letter in her hiand. It is a sheet of niote in a white enivelople. She halts in front of the stampl windtow, opens~ her mouth to ask for a stamp, buit suddenly darts away to see if Ao hats masde any errors iln the names or d1ates. It takes hier five miinutes to make sure of this, and~ thlen she~ balances the letter on her finger, anid the awful query arises in her miind :'"Perhaps it is an over weight."' She step~s to the windowy and asks the clerk if he lhas a thiree-cemnt stampll, fearing lhe hiasni't. She looks over every compairtimint ini her portmo naie b efore aho finds the change to pay for it. T1he funm commences as she gets the stamlhp. She fiddles arioundio to one' sidle, romioves her gloves, closely inispets the stamp~ and1 hesitates whether to ''liek it'' or wiet. her finger. She fially conchidles it would not lbe nice to show her tongue and wvets her finger and passes it over envelope. She is so long picking uip tihe stampl that the moisture is ab~sorb~ed and1( thme stamlip slides off the enve'(lope. She tries it, twice more with like success, and getting de'sperate she gives the stampi a "'lick" and it sicks. T1heun conmes the sealing of tile letter. She wvets hler fini ger again, bult the enivelope flies op~en, andm~, alfter thre ie minutes' delay she has pass5 her tongue along the streak of dried mucilage. She holds thle letter a lon time to imake sure that the envelope is all right, and finally appears at the wini dlow 'und asks :'"Thlree cents is eniough, is it?'' "'Yes, ma'am,"' '"This will go out to day ?'' "'Certainly.'' '"Will it go to Chicago without the name of the county on ?'' "'Just the samne." '"What time will it reach there ?'' '"Tomorrow muorninug." She sighs, turns the letter over' andl over., and finially asks :'"Shall I (drop it into onie of those places there?' "'Yes, ma'am." She walks up ini front of the~ six orifices, closely scans cacth one of them, finially makes a chloice and drops- no she doesn't. She stops to see wvhere it. will fall, pressin~g her face against the windowv unitil she flattens liar nose out of shape, anid 5ho docsin't dro it wvhcre she intended to. She, how over, releases it at, last, looks downu to make'sure that it didl not go oni the floor, ando turns away with a sigh of' regret thiat she didn't takoe m fore look at Birdlie. Everybody about the depot knew Chub, the basket-boy, for he was always limping through the room cry ing "Apples I Peanuts-Peanut-ten conts a quart ! Apples-two for a penny ! Right this way, Mister, for your fresh baked panuilts ind ripe red apples !" Where Chub came from, or to whom le belonged, seemed a mystery. He was always at his post, from early morn ing till nine at night. Then ihe would disappear, bt. only to retirn llpunctually the next. day. He wasn't at ill coullillilciativo, and said little to any one ill the way of geni eral conversation. Yet everybody liked him ; his plde face and withered limb were sure to appeal to their sympathies. I used to like him myself, and it always pleased lle to see him get a good day's Custom. But it's over a year, now, since Chub sold apples and peaniuts at. our depot., and I miss him yet.. There is a real lonesome place over in the corner ; hero lie used to sit. and eat. his hlnch at .noon time ; it was his favorite seat, and it never seeis filled now. I often hear ouir antr( qj and workmen remark, "It seems kind 'o lonesome not to see Chu11b around." I r.elmllemibe, as if it. were but. yester day, the lady coning ill leading that little witch withli '.c silk bonnet crowning her eurVI. . t was the sweetest, baby I ever saw. As she ram about the depot laughing and sinigin g, she hap pened to espy Cluh limping his roinids. She ran right ill) to him, and puit.tiig out her tiny han11(d, touchied his ertiteh. "Oh, 0o poor 'aime hoy,'' shl cooed, "I'se dl t a t iss for oo.'" Chib's face fairly glowed with delight as he bent, his head to receive the kiss from the roselbud lip.;. lie reached her a handful of pealluts, which she took and placed in her little snck-pocket. "I loves oo, poor 'ame boy," she said, softly, "'tause 00 wits dood to me." "Come here, Birdie," called the hlly. '"No, mammhi1a, no I I's doing with poolr 'ame boy," she said, resolutely sticking close to Chub. But, the lady came and took her away, and Chuh hobbled into the other room. The lady was busy with her book and didn't notice her lchild slip out ; but I did, and every now and then caught a stray glimpses of the little figure as she ran uip and down the platform. By-and-by I heard a whistle. 'Twas the fast mail going up, but it didn't Uf.%L T thoughflit. of the bab y and so did her mother. Birdie,''. she called, but no 'Birdie' answered. Just then I glanced out, and there stood tle little one in the silk bonnet right upony the track. I fairly stoppe( breathing from terror. The mother rain shrieking forward, 'Will no one save her? will no one savo her ?" "Yes," shouted a voice. I 4aw1% Chl)ub limp wildly out aul snatch the little fo'rm from its perilous position, and throw it on one side just as the train thundered by. The baby Wis saved ; bit upon the track wa's a crushed and maingled form. They lifted huim sadtly, and laying him down onl one of the seats, wen'lt for hlpJ. It was too late, for he only openedcl his eyes on1ce and1 whlisperedI, "I[s she They' brought her to him but lhe did( not heed. She stroked the still, white face with her tinly hand and1( cooed in swee(t baby fasion as she~ looked arolund upon11 the crowd: "'Poor 'amec boy. done fast. see ! done1 fast~seep."______________ A bohtt inatM.n~ongs. W~hat muonth most15 peole die in and vrhat they die of is interest ing qu~estion)1,an to) which the last bulletin of till) Nat ional BIoardof.liealt~h mal~kes an1 answer for 1880 based on mean popu1latIion of 8,100~ 0001 r'epr1esenlting tihe malljorit y of the cities ini the Unlited St Ites. 'The anuswer 1s givenl iln tabu)Ilated form, w',ithi dleath rate per' thousand11(. N inc dliseaises lare givenl as8 thle chief clauses of dent h. TPhey aire con~sumlp tion1, aicutel lung disease51s, dip~hltheria, eniteie felver, malerial fevers,serlet fev'er, 'T.his list follows the order ill wAhiich the greatest mu~lnb er of deat11hs occur, and it nuimst please niervous people to learn that small-pox is the least ense of deathl. F"or conlsumpljtion thle huighest, dheath late is 3.32 pe(r thousand in Dec'nmber, and neuitel humg dliseaises, beginnin1ug withI to the loest rate is 2. 59 inl Ji.nme. uiary~ at. 2.3 2 per t housanid; rise regnu. April, then decline reglarly to Auggum, with 1.01 deathls per thoiusaund; then aigaini it rises to D)ecembelr, iln which tile rato is 3. 20 per thousandl. The highest. dentlh raite for dhihthe1ria is 1.49f per thlousanmd in No vembe ir; the lweslt 1). 51 inl ,Jun11. Malarial feve'r is hlighuest inl SetembelOr an~d October, with 11-65 and 1.58 as thle death rate, whlile naaturally it is very low from Decemnber to April. Searlet fever runlis unevenly thronuglioult thle year; tihe highest dea'th rate being 0.65 ill Decem ber andmi thle lowest 0.33 in July). Whoop1 inlg-co~ughI runs1 very even'1ly throughout tile yeartl, tile highest rate being 0.27 in March and July, and thle lowest 0. 11 inl 0,10 per thousand except. in. N~ovembeir and U~elmber, whmen the rates were 0. 17 and 0.36' per thousaud. Thelm highlest dleath rate from measles was 0.4(1 in May and the lowest 0.08 in October. From this it appears that above all other lung diseases carr'ied off' .biy far the largest, numuber of pornonls last ye'ar, amnd that such diseases far' beyond( any o thersl' are the bane of Anmrican city life--a fact, whlich has5 often beenl maintained before, b~ut not so tig~rouughily shown as by this blrek tablo amid chart of.- the National Board of tnaltth. Peonoaal Pecuniarities. About forty years ago, I ha1d a lad ii my oliploy who had the habit, when i expectedly spoken to, of pricking ip li ears in so dec'sive t manner as to remim one of the ears of Puss or of Tray whei suddeuly called. Maria Louise, th, second wife of the great Napoleon, wa in tho habit of amuusing.the ladies of lie court tit their private soirees by turniiin her ears almost completely round, an< im i manner closing them up. She di this by a peculiar motion of the jaw,ait she is said to have pridcd herself on th exploit not i little. A man I knew well wore til enormou shock of raven hair, and would allo' himself to be lifted by the hair from th grouind by any one who wits stroifl enough to do it, and to be swung to an fro like a pendulum, or to be dragge4 along the floor. The faculty of sleeping iat will was on of the endowmenti of the first Napoleon who it is said could sleel) any length o timle, long or short, and awake at th< time,almost to a minute,he had resolve upon. Among the muscular movements no commttont, I have noticed several instance of persons who could throw back thi four fingers of either hand until tley stood quite perpendicular to the back o the hiand and wrist. Other instances Iave Se11 thlough but a fOw, of person who can project the lower joint of ti thumb aliost into the hollow of tl palm. 1in neither of these ctses is tll use or the ordintiry syminetry of tl hand att all affected. Of left-handed peo ple we have ill seen many, and the; abound among the working classes; bu of the artibtndist, or both-handed, tha is, of persons who could do everything with either hand, its well with onte is til other, I have known but oie in til whole course of my life. This was mu orhanitil boy who hitd no paretial care it, had been't heft 11hn1o8t. to himself froin infrancy. Quick, active, and sharpwit ted, lhe ha1d tught himself MNIny thking tolerably well, could draw fairly, col play the fiddl-e and flute, and wrote ad nmirbly and with unr'valled rapidit, with either hiand. There are many persons who fron causes they cai never expltin, have I repugauce, almost imiutiing to horro. itm some11 casso., for certain animals. Ti French General .fitnot, who wats ats Co as a eliembititer tmidstau storma of bullets tid would itce the ctnnont's mouth titn Ioveid, would take to his heels at thl sight of a live frog, and would not. re cover his eujuinity for hours. I. have known a ma11in 'who could no touch mutton, however cooked, while It would eat heartily of any other imt Homoe there tre in whom the thought o eating hare or rabbit excites loathing some who would starve rather than en shell-lish of any kind; aid there tire no a few to whom butter and cheese ar< abominations. Others are equally pre judiced against certain vegetables, bu ....... .A ...41-,-~ -.- -- - -- ~---.0. The ecenru ll KaIN garto. Lamb-like ts is the face of tilt. kanga roo, tender and soft, as atre his eyes, Ith is by no nietlls as gentle as he looks Like the heathen Chinese, his couite nantilce b elies him,and there ire few mor exciting tntd withial dangerous sport than kangaroo shooting. To the liute seeking for sone new seisttio, a visi to the wilds of Australia in search ti Kantgaroos cal be recoImiended. It rt <quires a fleet horse to run tilt "old moan dtwin if lhe gets a fair chancite to shim taiil; tantd stron tg, well-trainted dogs t tackle hut im hen 1broulghit to itay. Tut side his soft, dowy lips arc stronig, for mtidal e teethI, whtich can b i to severely I [is forepaws, weaik as they seem, eni lift a dog high int the atir tand crusa lhin to death; whbile, whten layiing dowin, hi favorite lighting tittittude, lie can kiel with Itihis powerytful bind legs in a mitanne tht raidtly clears a circle rounid him antd woe betide the mantt or dog that comets witin reachl of thoa se hunge claiws whicb canl atke a flesht wound dee] enlough to mimtit tite one0 or kill tihe otlher Of. course, we hero sp eaik of the grena kaitgairoo, the boomier, or' old mnl,of th someit thlirtty diff'erentt kindis of ktangtaroo iinhabl itinIg variiosparts of Aulstritait,anil onte sptcites p~ecliari to New (Guinend Th'ley vatry ini size fromt the tiiny hatt kangtaroo of Sou1th Au strtalia, thte mion agile of tIhe kind, wvhichi is buit liE t~laoh ger' titan a rabit., to the several giae spiets, whether bldatk, red, brownu ftet high.______ A oee or I'rE'SA ir. Hie camie up ai lit tle hit e, steppted i1 wit hout ringing, anid stidinig softly int 'e parilior, droop)ed inito a easy diba bt the careless gr'ace of a younag mat ')1 iccuistomled to the prograummi i3y ,Jove," ''le said to the figture sittini int thme dimu obscturity onl the sofa. ''B Jove, I thought I wats ntever going to se you talone again. Your miothter nevo go~s taway ftrom the house now-a-day oeos she, Miitie ?'" " Well, ntot aunti in gly frequently,'' ch eerfully repl ied th old laidy fromtl thte softi. "'Minnie awtay so nmuch of the time tnow, that have to stay in."' Ini the old hickory the end of the htouse the miopig ov compllained to the 1moon1 mutch inil usutal st~yle, fte katydids never stil muore cleatrly, tand the plainttive cry< the whip-poor-will illied the night wit poetry, b~ut he dlidnt't hear any of it, v the same~t. '"Atid, by Geoinge," he si to a friend fifteen milnutes ltater, "if didnt't leave my hat ont the piano11, ar my enn in the hall, I'm a goat. Thiu of 'oet? Strike me blind if I knew 1had( anty clothes on at all. W~hat wantod was fresh air', and1( I wvant< aubout thirty acres of it, and1( migh qmick, tin " "I Forgot Mina." 1 On Dupont street, not very far from - Market, San Francisco, is the shop of a i young Gernian theatrical shoemaker, I who is doing a thriving busines, and i: who has every reason to be contented 3 with his lot. Among the treasures he i lad brought from the Fatherland on his r arrival here, some three years ago, was a 3 pert little bullfinch, whose merry piping 1 -for bullfinches can be taught to 1 whistle ahnost any tune-kept time to 1 the cordwainer's hammer. A more in 3 telligent and companionable bulliinch never lived, and thin one's aptness was i the wonder of all Heinrich's customers , and neighbors. It was his companion, 3 his encourager, his "bird of luck," and I his only friend. But there is no rose I without its thorn, and it was Hloinrich's I one grief that among all its accomplish ments the bird positively refused to a learn the one air dearest to all Gernman , hearts. "The Watch on the Rhine." f| Day after day, and hour after hour, the 3 shoemaker would patiently whistle and I hannmr out the tune, but without sue cess. Either from inability to master t this strain or from soine peculiar orni ! thological perverseness of its own, the j finch reinnited provokingly mute. Even a day's deprivation of its food did not, bend the stubborn little will of the saucy [ pet, and Hoinrich was about giving up in despair when something occurred that engrossed his whole attention. The hearts of shoemakers are not quite so tough as the leather they hammer, and one fell in love. His sweetheart was a pretty and shapely young girl, who was llaayllg nunor parts at the Baldwin, whoso gorgeous stage shoies he laid t made, and wlose symmaaiot-rical 11 last he haad professionally fallen in love witla from the first. A ionth or two rolled by, and as poor people have o tiie for a long court ships, Heinrich's wedding day caime aUrounmad, tind the hlandsoie and learty - yoiuig couple were married amid the good wishes of everybody, the bride I groom's wed(lding presont being a pair of - whito satin shoes, whltose perfection of workmanshlip rendered his rivals in the truade ready to wax their own latter ends a with envy aid despair. T The bridal trip lasted just a weekland wa Iuite a journey through fairylsd to the saanple-minded and obliviously happy couplo. As the train that brought them back again to the city catored the - depot, however, at slIddeln change come over the grooin's happy face. - "What is the matter, man ?" said lAin wife, torrified at his emotion. ' "The curses of heaven will follow me for a heartless vwrotch.Iforilot all about . Mina P" i It was indeedI true. Absorbed by hin happiness, and in the hurry of depart t ure, le lad left the bullfincl locked up t in th dark shop with only onei day's seed m hin i cngo. Loaving his wife to - look after the baggage, Heinrich sprang I from the scarcely stopped train and tore ( t 1i i the strwets like a madman. He Gat in - illut wao wVA1161n u n ~ w .. key had been left, snatched it from its nail and hurried 'to his door. As lie placed the key inl the lock his trellbling hanad refused to turi it; and, sick with dread of what he was about to see, he leaned for at lmomient against the door - frune. Hark ! Faintly from witlin, came a weak, quavering chirrup,painfully striv . ing to form a familiar tune. t It wais '"The Watch on the Rhaine." After exhausting all its repertoire to f ftch its cruel master back to its gloomy 1 prisoi,the little starved thing bethought itself of one last moans to bring what it ,considered its puaaishmnt to an end,and ,strov'e to whistle the disp~uted air. IBut thec snecor, so pitifully pcled - fora, camne too late. It gave one little, - feathery flualf of joy as the door opened, and thae next moment tho manster, as lho aknelt beside thme cage, saw, tharougha the tears that waet lhin cheek, thae little hecad droop slowly over tan the song and singer died( togethaer. IAttacks of colic mosctt frequently are Sthe result of ctarelessnmess, and generally may lbe traced to a horse lhaving drank cold water whten heated, or ime dliatly after bieinag fed, by being gorgedl wit~h fo~od after lonag fastinag, or be inag chilled lby currenats of cold air. )a Ho hiorseos are conistitutionally more liablhe to it thttan othaers. Th'le first symp 1 ftms are a genecral lidgetimiess accomn .pantied biy lift inag oif thte feet very quickly, followedl by violent rolling. These symp t toims also ind~icato othear disorders, re ..aqiring v< *y diffheent treatment from t colic. Thaere are two that distinguish r colic fromt inflammaation of the bowels. x Ini thae former, thae horse will strike lhis belly violently with feet between thae thae paroxams of paina; but in thae latter, thuhtemy lift lain feet, lao will noct istrike, amad thae ptain in continous. "Wheni colic symptoams are accompantied r by coaastiptiomn, thae first care must be to " (emptfy'thae howels by ''back rakiang" E elearly, the stinmla~inig maedicines prop1 er to flatulenat colic would bie inamppropri " ate and1( mosatt likely piroducie inflamnationa o (f thae bowels. Flatuletnt cohao is the itinore frequenat andl sudd(en loran, requir imng proimpt treatimnt, aand p)erhap~s with (Iwhat maay be at hand in a country pilace. ~A horse got quickly well after the ad Smainistrationa of one-quarter pint of gina, at anid twoi ounmces of grond ginger mixed witha water to fill a sodau water bottle, 8from which it was p)oured dlowa lain g throiat. Equal parts of whliskey and >fmilk, anad from half a pinat to ai pint at a h time has been useful. A veterintary 11precriptiont for colic, is: Spirits of tur' (1 p~entinlo, fouar ounmces; linseod oil, tw elve (inces; lauadanumn, oae anid one-quarter Iounce, to lie mixed, and given every a hour unmtil the paina ceases. Bathing~v k 'the belly with hor water, anid fiaction, S'are both usoful. If a horse in led about y quietly, not galloped, as will be done by ignoranat grooms, it will aid the action of a ta muedicma, and prevenit a horse fromxi y'' laurting haim self by rolling as he wimll be I apt to do, dluring the paroxysma of pai