The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, November 23, 1882, Image 1
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She was lovely, alld sauey and in
(oenident-aud they called her the
IL.nai of al! names that coinple-, lly litted
h 'r,. from her hair of ainbor-gohl and
boautiful brown eyes, to her slendor,
high-arced foot and daintily turlei
anliles.
Siu had been christoned by the niaio
the girl babies of The Dolaliolds had
been given for half-a-dozen gouerations
--regal "I1eatrica." that about as much
aititei her as a pair of spectacles oni a
gorgeous butterlly-until little by little,
as she grow into a merry, saucy-sweet
saucy girl-the diuinutive ot "Trixio"
IttaOiid to her, tnd wheii this day caine
of which we especially writo, every
body had forgotten her inano had over
been anything but Trixio Delaliold.
Tem Draytoi' was head and ears in
love witi her, and Trixio-weil, there,
was sone thing about her tiat pre
ventect peoplo--ven Drayton, from
knowing just ihow she did feel.
There was quito a little romance
about it all that a very few strokos of
the pen will to 1.
Firet, Mrs. Drayton, Tom's paternal
gratidmother, ia rioh, stately old lady,
with whom Tomnr was chiet idol and
best- beloved of her gran isons, and with
whoi Ie had lived all his life, had
ii u hjr juLiujd, narttir tito r~uhit, i. or
the Mees and tiu .orsimis, that 'i'oin
auiisId jmarry her Iavorito among her
granu-datiaters, Toi'a pretty little
blue eyed Cousi, Maud Fiening.
But Ataud preiered somo body else's
couisill, handsome F.red Douglas, ant so
the cross-tied knot bid fatir never to be
severed, and lour young pauple were in
a stil rairer way oL making at mess of
their ito-all because of one' haughty,
rosointo old lady who had forgotten
shIe rain away withi Rupert Drayton fifty
years boloro, becauso suo loved him.
Only Tom had really ieen unpar- &
donably cowardly to keep from telling
Trixio right out aid out that their
lonely trionsiaIp) coulI not aLnounkt tU q
anything; a0, as a matter of course,
when our indepeiniint little girl was I
told that grantiam Drayton insisted up- j
oni a formal betrotl.al be-tween Toim and
Maud, and told, too, inl a hIlf savage I
way that Tom forced himself to assumeo
for his own safety's s ike, our Trixie s
flashed out like powder
"O'f course you'll marry Maud Flom
ing-did you think il didn't know thati
"And she is just as sweet as Lver she c
can be, too I
"D1o bring her down to-night, To.11.
and( lt'.LW mecngratulate hier, and14 tell a
Mrs. Diayton 1 think she is so ice.
Anid I'omi frowned angrily.
"'Oh, themi you aire niot at all dis- a
surprised I(
"1 thought, maybe--'
Shle ihiashed the brightest of shining t
brown eyes full1 in his passionate face,i
on every feature of which was so visible
yexed restraint.
"dluriprisedl I
"\Vhy-i'rm del ighited 1
"'It's just the veiny. 'daisy' as Phil
ays. c
"Of course I am no)t in tihe least suir-.
prised,
"Excus hcone moenit, please0. "
And when she suddenly walke'd off~
ostensibly to see after the grocer's boy h
who came in the sidle gate, iand who ti
never had occasioned Tr-ixi any such v
solicitous care before--how was TIom
Dirayton or anybody else to knowv that a
there was such ai horrid choking feeling ,
in her throat, such an agoniz/ing despair y
thrilling through her, such wild beatmng -
of her poor little heart?
Or-how was1 lhe to knowy kowv firmly ~
she bit her hps, and3( vowed to herselff
to show no sidn of wonder or dlimay ?
"ini a couple of muiiutes she camoe
back-alinah iand smiling.a
"Wht nisanices grocer boys are. Hoe
actually brought cawedpnapo -
steald o1''f "I4P~0
"Don't talk to me1 abiout canned pine1
apleh," lie 5inapped,
"T'Ill mec once againi-you entireily l
applrovo of my mairr.,iuag Mad ?"'
buchi ai pale, eager, yet coli lace it f
w'as.
'Trixie laugh' d.
"You hale ma, apprval anid blessiug
"'Andt I youk dont t go, -.te pudding
for lunch wvdl burn, for I promiiset n
.Bkidge, I'd 'ink af 'ter it suro.' "
".Look after it then," lie retorted,
tartiy, and took up hiis hat hastily anud f,
wegt away towvard the p~r!tty whijte out
hage 01n the i'ide o1 the bill wyhi ro the e
.Fjomings lived.
And Trixie! !
PIroud, bravo, hlmorauble to her very
soul' acontre, <lashed uplstair.a to hier ownu a
room aud threw herself acros~s her bedl a
and cried until there woro ino more
toars to (iomo,
While tlhe '.rango puiddinig burno: to a i,
black crisp, and .Lred Uouglas, sitting
on the piazza, amazed at young Phil a
1elatleld's wratuful eff'orts to bring 15
u4 .13 iito p..~.r pson ..iiji'
yhere Trixie was, for he hAd o mo over
%pecially to be pitied.
"Go call her," he said, by-and-by, to
Phil, and a few minutes after Phil had
jawled
"Say, Trixie, come down hro.
"Fred Douglas has been a-waitin'
wor since Tom went away; say, 'ryou a
Vomin'?"
Trixie came-no signs of tears on her
reshly-batlied face, no sign of chagrin
>r defeat visible in hor nunriinpled
muffles, or the braids of hor amber gol
lon hair.
But only a outbius little light in 11er
)yes.
"Well?" she said, cheerily, as Fred
ossod his cigar out in the srubbory.
"I think not,,' he answored, so
fravely thi it touched her.
"But it can't be helped," she wont
M1.
'"It's a shame, a downirght shame
hat you can't have Maud.
"Fred I" and a sudden defiant look
iprang up in her eyes, ''why do you
lubmit to tamely?
I"They cau't mako her-forco her, you
now to mar y anybody."
He looked doletful onough,
"Perhaps they couldut't force you,
I'rixie, but Maud, you know, she is such
% dependent, gentle, obodient little
;out. She'l do precisely as she's told."
Trixio pulled a spray of hioneysuckle
>ff, thoughtfully.
'Fred, consider yourself in the wit -
1essbox, under oath.
"Do you thinic grandam Drayton is
loing right to separate you and Maud?"
"Right ?
"Well .I should say iot -rather. Nor
(on anld Tom."
"Fred, iu-ish!
'"Would you like to marry Maud,
,-oneself?''
Would a follow liko to go to fHoaven
vleni 1ie divs?
"'T ixi, can you doubt it ?"
And thwr wasM 113 (nIIet on of his
apturous asertion in his handsomo
"Very well, thou.
"Now, Fred, I daresay you know-a
-littlo-about Tom and me, and the
olution of this riddle, will dupeinl ii pon
rou and me.
"Fred, you and mo must fall in love
vith each other, not really and truly,
rou roguo," she added, thushing like a
vild rose.
"But it's just here.
"Ton Drayton and Maud Fleming
ubnit too tamely to their fate, wretched
miough they feel they will be.
"i'm ashamed to say it, but they
vant a little more stiring up.
"They want to be mado jealous and
rut thlir qyOu 012011 it .ii s.
"Will you do as I Hay, Fred?
"If you will. I will take all the re
ponsibility.
"Only romembor, you are not to
take love to me only when Maud or
'om is around."
And two or three hours afterwards,
rhon Mu', Drayton drove Miss Fleming
ver iii her pony carriagd, ai Troxio
ad suggestod, they found Fred Douglas
ust passiig through the gato, looking
'cry happy, indei.
And he turned to throw 'a kiss to
Crixio standing onl tile piazza, whjo
.iswored with a bewitching little smile.
And then he raised his hat, to Miss.
leminig very cordially, but not a usiual
omehow.
"You don't know how perfectly de
ighted we aill aro," Trixie said, as they
,11 sat in rustic rockers on the piazza.
"It soonis really as if fate was doing
tcr very best for all of us, for so long
s you have cojnffiled your charning'
coret to me I have Fred's poriiission
- t_ll you I have followed suit.
"See?"
And she lhld up~ a little slende1r hand11
an whole linger a solitaire gloamed in
noe suuislaine.
"'Indeod.''Dr~iaytonuaid~ inl a despeCralte
timpt to ap~pour' niouchalant.
''You have cetitainly surpriised1 us."
"'Fred is a -dleair fellowv," Maud said,
s she stoope'd to pick a rosebudl off' her
ress and liftied a fac paler thian usual.
Titoy dlidn't stay long after that, al-.
liough TIrixio wats in her~i most howitch
.ig, most spairkling, mood.
For Ia mionth tihe play was kept ui1)
bie taroo onl one side, that was aL d aily
COponiniig heart traigedy oil thle other.
Day alter day Tomi and Trixie would
3o each other, under seine circumlstlan
Os, from which ])rayto woil ego
way mnose furious thani over, while
'led andit Maiud growv almost liko
tranigersi to each other.
And the two Coniispirators loaked the
aipjiest people in the world, and all
10 counitryside gossipedl over their do
ooi.
"I cannuot stand this sort of thling
mnch longer," Fred said, oiio bright
tutu mn (lay to Trixio, when Maud
'loming hiad just passed thomn in bori
:arrmige, her sweet face pale and trou
led1, her blue eyes heavy and wearing
1e look (if a stag boicig hluntedi doathi.
'"It is killin~g her," Fred added, al
tost florcely.
"Dloni't be~ senti noni)tal,'' she said, al
test shairp)ly.
"'Jumst reserve your force for ('10I final
Itort, and1( the ba~lttle is yoursi.
"'If youl will obey me jusit this 01noo
lore," she saiid.
"1 will always obey youl,"' he said,
oII montly.
."You have~ been01 suhl' ai giod little
'lend, Trixio.'
Shoe lauighled, anld Drayton, stoppecd
15)n tile piazzal. thabt mlomenti, heard
it) swoat, joyonlS mirth, aind saw tihe
tddeni kiok Fred gave her, and diown
ihis hmea 1 wishedl that lie might choke
uin.
"'I certaini~y beg a thousija pardons
>r inltruudhng upon01 such a chlairinlg
S/c-a /c/a, but I hiave beeni colmmision-.
d t~o inIvite you t~o Moonilighit Fat~l at'
Ix thlis Oeomg--a carriage drIivo't ini
Cnples."
Tirixie looked up ini Fred's face wvith
look that made Draiytonl's heart thrill
utlocatinl!-ly.
''Oh, Fred, dot let's go.
"T.hiat's ai splendid drive, andi Pack
I iln splenidii formn to-dlay,
"I1 shall enjoy it so muach, iand whalot
charming idea to go /f/e-u /et."
She looked innocently at [ray ton,
"Very chairinl iile
''Beyond doubt -eli, Trixio, dear ?"
"Of Anurse you and Miss Fioming
Will go ?" he asked.
"That is tho arrangement I believe
-going at least."
Trixie loaned her bright head against
Fred's arm.
"Woll, I would prefer not to chango
coming back, unless Fred would.
"By no means," he said, so promp
tly, so rseltionly that D.ay'on went
oil' raging, for exchango all rount cotn
ing back.
"But of course yon will not loso your
glorious opportunity," Trixic naid, an
tocratically to her slave, when Drayton
was well out of hearing.
"You must watch your chance, and
wheni you see Maud alone, somewhere
or other--woll, Puck is the fastest pony
of the lot, and if I was in love with a
lady, I'd drive around by the village,
and stop at Doctor Tempest's, and when
the rest of the party reachos home, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Douglas willbo there to
welcome thom."
1Her )rown eyes wort shining like
staro, and Fred Douglas looked at her
almost inl awo.
"Trixie I
"Will I dare?
"Will Malud--",
Trixie gave an impatient little excla
mattion.
"Now don't be a cowarl and spoil
overy thing.
STihere's Puck and there's Mamd
there's Tempost and thoro's you.
"Go ahead."
And whent, as lie and Trixio passed
Maud sitting at Drayton's side, the
moonlight anking her piteous eyes even
more piteous, his n.ind was made ill),
and his heart beat most undisciplinediy
for an hour or more, until
Maud was standing all alone, quite
some distanice oi from the others, and
Drayton and pretty Eammio Shonton
were having a furious Ilirtation,
And Fred went up to her, so silently
and suddenly, that .the sound of his low
paIMSiolate voice startled hqr into palo
alarm.
"My MauN, my love-I shall not per
nit this any longer.
'Dra3ton can't havo you-1 wantyou
-I must have you, littl.o darling, for
alwaysl
"ComO, Maud, qiuickly:
"'Got in this carriago, and before an
hour you will be my precious wife,
whom no o can tLke from me.
"Maud, pet, do you love mie? Then
conio 1"
Are you a woman, roador ?
And did the man you love ever speak
so to you ?
'1 1on you know0 how Withi ad dIeilicois
ecstasy of yiCel$'idag, sh0 olbeyoC himl;
sho p.rmittod it to be us her lord amt
nlaster wishOd.
Nor did Trixic allow Drayton to ac
company her homo wivon it was d:scov
cred that Fred and Matud wot'o gono,
aMid lively liss Shenton enjoyed that
privilege to his unspeakablo disgust,
while the ripples of Trixio's laughter,
as mho sat cosily bsitto young Dr. Nor
mman, fired him with delirious rago.
And it wes weeks hoforo Trixio would
allow him to mako his ipeace with her,
weeks aftr Fred mnd 1aud had been
forgivon, because Mrs, Dray ton cuuldn't
1hol) hor solf. *
Tnon very slowly they resumed thoir
old intimacy; and not until one day,
longer after Tom had matdo sure of heor,
did Trixie tell of her little coiuitest )y
femiino strategy.
This is the shooting season. The law
for tha pre'servation of the fonthery tribo
amnd such wild game as may be too little
used to the wiackod ways of' the sports
meon to b~e abale to take care of them
selves nowv Jlts its proteotniig arma, and
a campaign of blood anil slaughter will
be at once iniauigurated a;auist the
feat hered domaianis of fiold andi f'orest.
It is now ini order for the city sports..
man to get ump at three o'clock in the
morning &ad after hilling his game-bag
with such edibles as aire warranted to
sustain the hold hunnter on a long tramp,
not forgetting the flask of liquid anti
tode for mialuara and snake bites, to
shoulder hais five-h und~red dollar guin
mnd, whistling for his fifty-dollar pom t
or, bie him away toa the haun~at of the
floot-footed quail and the swift-winged
grouse.
There airo many good things to be got I
out of a tramp of this kind. There IM
the glorious country sunrise, for in
stiance. No mana ever saw a sunrise ini a
the city. I.n fact, thme sun always rises
ini the counmtry and barely deigns to I
conic sailing along over the crowded
town about ten o'clock in the f'orenoa.na
heating thme bricks to about, thme temper-a
ataure of the furnmace thaut held the lie
brew ohildrcn. .iut the snriso in the
counxtry I Thait's worth seeing. Not
that anybody ever explained what it
Wats worth seeing for, but everybody
says it's a perfectly griandl sight, amnd
what every body says muast be true.
Then the long walk invigorates the
muscles, while the deep inahalations of
puire mri. eIxpandl~ the chest anid send the 1
blood tinglinug to the extrenmities. Anad
oiie gets so delieiously tired. Anad
what ian appietito one hats alter a si a
hours' truap through mnead~ows and'
woods. The thirst eungendered b~y the a
iunwomnted exercise reindor- the liqpuid
r'efreshament cairried ini the case bottle
a nectar lit for thme dlectationm of the
thirsty gols. Andu such exhiilaratinig
sport, to bo sure. Of course the birds
nounly ahvways got, away, owinag to the
poor1 qutadiy of thme p~t~odo in time emart
ridlges probaly, baut the gna anad dogs
nmalto a~ de~h of nloiso ainit evnry one gets
excited and rushes ar(oundr 'eiady to
brea1k his niek, docliaing hie :ieyer had
such sport, ini his life.1
Vienuaa as mr a lair way to realizo soon1
hera wish for' aa eleva' ed~ rail way. Tihe
Goeveramnent, has aire uuly <tecideil; it a
said on trustwor thy evidheni'e, to grant, tihe
nieeassary cone'ssions to ana En~ghisn cem- 1
patny, so that it remn'ias for the loa)tl an
Lhorities to a'ree up an certain dletalis an
the constuctionika. S1oime 150,000U tons of 1
iron wall be needed fra tue wvoak, nndmu
Aurlill furnaces00 wvill stipply It alli, a
c'mntract f' r ihie most of it haiviag aires.
thy been onli id
Health and Exercise.
Bertha Von Hillern, tbp fetnale pedes
ian, contributes the following sensible
remarka about exercise for young ladies:
One of the problems of the age Is to dis
covei the cause why women cannot pursue
the same course of studios with men, and
not break down by the way. or invalid
themselves for the future -they keep on.
It seems to have been prerty %ell provet
that they have the intelledtual power to
grasp the same studies, aud when they
broek down it is not beca4o ihey have
gone beyond their 'Lntelleual, but their
physical strength. Could Oehave, for one
year before their graduation, control of six
young women who have begun to faint and
fail, and of six of the most healthy and
active of the young inen, I would show
the tables turned. Let tile young men,
for twelve months, be fored toload the
kind of life these "broken down" girl stu
dents have led; let the young womeni
gradually fall into the hours of out(loor ex
ercise their brothers have had, and the re
stilt will be-six pallid and (Irooping
young men shial I come up to take their
degrees, and six rosy-checked, etmling
young girls shall come up foi ,heirs, with
health enough left to make long and happy
use of the stores they have treasured. tip.
To ask the tired school-girl or the more.
weary teacher to ' take a walk," seons to
invite them to a monotonous effort, of the
good of which they are only half couvniced
of the pleasire even less so; but once let it
be known what pleasures are open to the
habitual pedes r.an, anm the ranks of the
walking students would fill ripidly. It is
said that girls bread dtown in their studies
not on ly because I he studies are too severe,
but hecuuse, tired as they are, the naturat I
craving for excitment leads them to eve
ing paties and amulisenients which still
further tax the failing strength, and so a I
crusare is preached against excitementt
But the craving for it remains, aniid yout hI
however amnbitious, will still deiaid to
be amused; the only way is to provide a
means of Iacaltl.y excitement, ati( this
lies far more in the possibilities of a walk
than those wha have not experienced it
would readily believe.
In climbing mountains preserve a posh
tion almost as upright as when walking on
a level; the slight help gained by throwing
the ibody farther forward is inore than
counter-balanced by the extra strain upon 1
the muscles of the back causing "back
a'he,'" and the cramping of the lungs, re
suting ii short. pantitg breath. Fromn
tiine to time take a long, slow breath, ex
panding the hiags to their fullest capacity. '
In leaping over strean,or in any Jumping, i
try to avoid a Jerk; so Inuch injury can be
done to the delicate human miachinery by
any shock (mnental or physical) twat it, is
wor: it while to give a little ti0 to the
practice or leapiing in orler to 1 arn tO do
it ainootiiy. Tio great point i to lot the
wiole holy remnalmn supplo; thoui wwni We
land upon our feet the body 1titaina its
ipringiness, and does not conic dIown like 8
a log of wood.
lad I time to take charge of it )arty of
yoing people for a few weeO vacalion in h
Ahe Whito Mountains, for example, I he.
lieve I could show theln how to get
pleasuire out of a walk that, would astonuish
thenm.
Let us sippose ourselves aulwit to take a
walk 1;P a mntaiuintmi sile. Bilt. first let is
b) prehired with soft, strong boots, broad
mnough to give the feet full play, with
wide ;ow heels. Lot the dress be flannel,
inade so as to give entire freedom or actioii c
1O liibs and higs, and short enough to A'
keep out of the dust and mid. If ex- b
posed to I lie direct action of a hot sun, a
white cloth, dry, inside the hat, is the d
best prote-tion toi the head. 0
Do not drink cold water when overheat- u
Md; if cold water is taken, hold it in thei It
iionth umniil the chill is taken off before 1
iwallowing, amti ir you imuit sit aoiv for ar
rest, walk gently for a little before stop)- a
ping; never allow yourself to cozal sudden- v
f~g at tor beiing overhieated.s
omuie~ aof tihe ladies of my alcqti'iliice
uvhlo are iiow the best walkers were a few c
Veais iago pitiful invalids. Through a care
tltly acquiiredl habit (Jr exercisiing in the v'
:)pen air, t hey are now ini peifct health---- v
eap~able of great endurance anal rapid ro.
Duiperation. It seermis to me, could I have a
lie personial control of I00 delhicate waomeni g
ror a year, that I could bring naiety or u
hemi at least, to a cenidition of health be- t
ore the year is over. EL
It has been said that in this conu'ry 13
walking Is not practicle; that there are ino
iroper roads or paths; that our rade and '*
hiaiigimig weather, our mud1( nd (lust anal
rinds, are almost inmsurmionetable objec. 0
I have been thrown lby circumstances
nto niearly every variety 'of adiverse suir. b
ouinthigs, with regard to walking in this P
ountriy, aiid I have yet to fiind, in any
aiat of the United States, orF the British tI
'rovinics, where I could not-wvalk from ii
0 to 20 niules at almost every' detton,withi iI
o0 moare seriouis inconmveniene muau iiighit c
ec borne lby any young gIrl In ordinary b
enlth wVho had( a habit of out-door exer- g
ISO. c
Ulaitihaig Ona Fire.
Ini the rare ease of wvitnessing ain in- l
lividual whose clothing is on iro, it is a
veil to kiiow just how to aot, that b~y
aroimphti tudol iad presenno of indi~ the r
iifeirer maty be saved from a terriblo E
loath. Matko no outcry, if you can M
void it, but seix~o a blanket or any ii
vooleni fiarie-if none is at hand take p'
,fny woolon mnaterial--hoki the corners
a far iapart asM y'ou can, and( stretch
horm out higher than your head, aind a
tiuimig boldly to tie persoin, make ae
nlotioii of1 chapiiig ini the iarms, mostly "
inmothers the fire and saves the face.
1'ho next iumtaiit throw the personi onii
ho Iloor. This is an itdditinal safety 9
o the lace anud bre'ath, and any renminnt (1
>f tlamno can be put ont more leisurely, ii
LPhe next instant immierso the burnt \~
>art in cold water, and( all pauin wvill
case at once with the raplidity of lighl
ung. 1next got some floaur, remove
rem the water, and covur the burnt c
>arts with an inch in thickness of flouir, p
Ipossible, puot the patieiit in bed, and d
to 4tt thait is possible to soothieuntil theo ii
>hiysician arrives. Loet the flour remiaiin a
intil it fails off' itself, when a bomantiinl t<
ew skiii catn be found, Unleass th16 I
imns are (1001, no otheor applications are .
itnded. The,~ a.ry flour for' Latras is the e
nosh, reliable remedy ever' proposed, and is
he mnfei'mation ought to g)o imparted (fa
.o all,
Ancient Stationery.
Is It not strange in thesO days of cheap
itationery to thinkwpf a tine when both
parchment and papyrus had becomne so
rare and so exorbitantly expensive that
both Ureeks and tomans were in the
babit of using a palimpsest, which was
inply some old manuscript with the
rorner writing erased? Thus countless
works of authors now celebrated, and
whose every word is held priceless in this
iinoteenth century, were- ruthlessly do.
itroyed by their oontpmnporarles. Verily
hose prophets lacked'honor I Many were
he expedlents resorted to by the early
icribes for the supply of. writing materials.
I'here were no scribbling paper whereon
,( jot down trivial memoranda or accounts
)ut the heaps of broken pots and crockery
)f all sorts, which arc so abundant in all
[astern towns, prove the first suggestion
or such china tablets and slates as we
low use, and bits of smooth stone or tiles
vere constantly used for this purpose, and
enain to this day. Fragments of ancient
iles thus scribbled on (such tales as that
whereon Ezekiel was coumman(led to por
ray the city ol Jerusalem) have been
ound in many places. The -island of
PlephanLine, on the Nile. is said to have
urnished more than a hundre I specimens
>f thoee memoranda, which are now in
rarious inuseums. One of these is a soldier's
cave of absence, scribbled on a fragment
>f an old vase. How little those scribes
bd accountlants foresaw the interest with
vhich learned descendiant of the barbari
mis of the iscs would one (lay treasure
heir rough notes I Still quaiuter were the
vritinq materials of the ancient Arabs,
vho before the time of MohainieI used
o carvj their annals on the shoulder
iades of sieer); these "sheep-bone
bronicles" were strung together, and
hius preserved. Alter a while, sheep's
Pones were replaced by sheep's skin, and
lie manufacture of parchment was
rought to such perfection as to place it
mong tho reliumnente of art. We hear
f velhuns that were tinted yellow, others
vhIte; others weie dyed of rich purple,
nd the wa iting thereon was in golden ink,
vith gold borders and many-colored do.
orations. These precious maniscripts
vere annointed with tlie'oil of cedar to
ireserve then from motlis. We hear of
no such In which the nam.e of Mohannmed
i adorned with garlands of tulips and car
iations painted in vivid colors. 8 ill more
recious was the silky paper of the Per
lans, powdered with gold and silver dust,
rhereon were painted rare illuminations
ehlie the book was perfumed with attar
f roses or essence of siudal-wood. Of the
emand for writing materials one may
rn some faint notion from the vast
umiuscript libraries of which records
ave been preserved, as having been col.
ctod by the 01i.h 1301,1 or ies iuat, ati
Vest, the forner in Bagdad, the latter in
Lutaiusia, whoro there were 80 groat
'ublich lbraig hesid*s that vast one al.
,ordovat. We also hear of private hbrarias,
uch as that of a physician who declined
u invitation froin the Sultan of Bokhara
ecause the carriage of his books would
lve required 400 camels. If all the
liysicians of Ilagdad were equally lite
iry, the city could scarcely have con
Lined their books, as we liear that the
etheal brotherhoout numbered 80t licensed
ractitioners.
Sitaric YR. Swordih.
(Jen). Spminer gives the following dis
rilptiont of a sea fight off the coast of Flor
la:
Uticently as I went for my usual aurf
htt, accompanied h - my daughter, Mrs.
chunmacher; we witnessed what has pro
ably seldom been seen. The ocean was
nusually placid, but a str..nge connmotion
i the surf was noticed, On nearing the
ore it was seen that a fierce, battle was
Igiing between two sC!'iools o1 fishes, one
fsharks and the other of swordilsht. 1i,
'as high tide, anid the water was quite
iallow, so that the cauidal and dlorsal flns
fboth these kinds of sea monsters were
nstantly seen ahovo the waiter. Tile on
aught of each of the comibataiits, of
hich fromi sixteen to twensty weie in
icw, wvas fierce and terri'lc. A disabled
iw-lisli wvas strandedt. I wadtei[ into him
rid with the edge of a piece of floor boaird
ave him time coup dei grace. lie imeas
roid nmearly fifteen fcct and c-arried a swordi
iree antd a half feet long, with over fifty
ecth on its outer margin, .it, was founid
at cne of the sharks had bitten a piece
it of his side equal to a foot Fqu-ire, through
'nich his bowels protruded.
At one timne it iookedi as if nother pair
the co~mbatants wouild be stranadeid; for
their struggle they comiie so near the
ore shat they touched bottomn ali the tunme
it, they flidly mianaged to join their comf
unions i dleep) water, anid after fiftecen
miutes alt the bel1higeirints dhisaplpearedl,to
me great relief ot those who rcre mocre
>r sea bathing tihan for seeing time terriflc
hias of sea monsters. AMy dtaughiter will
irry the saw of the capfured fish to her
>mel as a iimmento aind trophy oh the
esat conflict, and for an addition to tier
bmiet of ocean curiositIes.
hats ini ?urenes.
Joei congreoB atioins worship with
cir heads covered; so do the Quakers,
though St. Paul's injunctions on the
atter arc caroly condemnatory of the
cactico, The Puritana of thme coimmu
caith wvould scorn to hmave kept their
its en wvhethmer prcehing or ibeinig
'oachod to, since Popy's notes hoar
ig a single clergyman exclaiming
(aumat men wearing thaeir hats in the
imrich, and a year afterwamrd (1662)
rites: "To the Frenchi church in the
oin prayer book, read~ in )?rench, anid
hichi 1 never sawv bolero, the minister
o preach with his liat off, I suppose
ifurther contforumity with our church.'
liiliam Ill. rather scand'alizedl his
mnrehi-goinig sumbj oo'a by following the
'mtch custom, and keeping his head~
>vered1 in church, and wheon it did'
lease him to (dof his, pondorona hat
riring the servic, lie invariaibly donnted
asa tho pre&ncior amounitod trio pulpitil
rs When Boasmuot, at the age of
erteen, treatod thme gamy sinners of the
~otel (d0 temblouihllet to a midnight
siwon, Voltaire sat it out with his ha~t
ii, but uncovering whom thie boy
reacher had~ fijahied h'i.wed low 1be
>re him, saying: ''Sir, I nover heard a
nan p)reach atoneso oarly' anrd n iain.a "
, uriolities of Evidence.
When the celebrated Sergeant Hill con
ducted a defense at the bar of the house of
lords, he prgpounded a question to a wit
ness which the counsel on the other side
objected to. After much had bcen said
on either side, the law lords themselves
disagreed, and the bar and all strangers
were orderud to withdraw. After an ab
sence of two hours they were readmitted,
and the lord chancellor Informed Mr. klill
that the house decided the question night
be put. "IPlease you, my lords," said th e
sergeant, "it, is so long since I asked ti
question that I forgot what it was,but sWith
your lordships's permission I will put an
otherI"
A witness was lately called on a trial at
the Old Bailey to prove an alibi. He s->l
emnily swore that the prisoner on the wght,
and at the hour in question (11:25 o'clock
P. m.), was at home and In bed at a distant
part of the parish. Nothing could shake
his testimony, for ho said he had looked at
the clcck just as the prisonei went up-stairs
and had set the clock right with the church
clo(k himself the same day, and it cer
tainly 11:25 o'clock P M., etc "Pray
what do you make the time now?" blandly
asked the counsel who cross-exatnincd,
pointing to a great white dial over the dock.
No answer was given. "Don't be con
fused-take your time. I ask you agai.n
-what is the time by that clock now?"
The question was repeated several times
and the witness was eventually bound to
confess that he could not tell the time at
all, 8ingularly enough the clock in the
court was standing at 11:25 o'clock when
he made this avowal.
We remember a country witness being
called at the assizes to prove that at a
particular hour on a certain night the moon
was shining and at the full. There hap
pented to be no almanac in court, but the
evidence seemed to be satisfactory, ror lie
had obtained his information tr-im "a reg
ular good Lndon ta' ioner's ali manac."
'he question was asked it, cross-exaiina
tion, "How did you obtain this London
stationer's alnanae? Did you buy it?"
"Buy it! Nio; my fattier pasted it be
hind my kitchen door nine years ago-the
d'iy I was married." It need hardly be
said that information as to the moon'as
age during a day in the current year was
01 little value from an almanac nine years
old.
We may remark that all evidence of a
"cirumniistantial"chnaracter is received with
great caution, and no doubt rightly so, on
a trial. Take, as an illustration of this,
the evidence offered against a prisoner, of
iootmnarks. Nothing is more commonly
found than the impression of boote antt
shoes near to a murdered body, or to pre
mises which have been bro'<en into. A
policeman is called as a witness on the
tral, who deposes that, ho took the boota
oil the prisouer upon his arrest, that he
vompared thet wvlth the' footinarks near
the place of the alleged crime, and that
they corresponded H' every particular.
"You compared them, I suppose~,"usually
asks the judge, "by placing the boots in
the impressions, and found that they cor
respondedi" "Yes, ny lord." The ans
wer is fatal to that bra ich of the evidence,
for the plaomng of the boot in the impres
-S!on found, very possibly caused the sini
larity relied uipan; the prudent ollicer pla
ces the prisoner's boot beside the footprint
presses it into the earth,and then removing
it, compares the inpression made with the
one( discovered.
We remember an amusing little circuim
stance occurring during a protracted trial
for felony in one of the midland counties
a few years ago. A boy, entering the
court and making his way to the jury box,
handed to the oficer in attendance a note
addressed to one of the jury, the ollicer
handing it, as in duty bound to "his lord
ship on the beach." The judae -first ask
ing permfission--openedl and readl the comn
nmication. After a solemn pause lie re
marked; "I think, sIr, 1 had b~etter no:
hiandi you this at present. You could not
now comply with its suggestion, andi it
might (istract your attention from the
Very serious case we are trying."''The
juirymnan bowed, andi the judge carefully
placedI the letter between the pages of his
nte~t-bj'ok.
WVhen the case conc'-udetd, about 8 or i'
o'clock at iiighit, saidl the judne, "There
is your note, sir. I am afraid it, will give
you little pleasure now." Tbclm juror open-.
u'd and readt it, smded~t, bowed, and hastily
left the box, leaving the note behina ',which
weut e wore guilty of no great in
tsrtoinreading. It was in a feiiale
Dea~rcs/ Jim: Mr. an I Mrs. Brown
have just coimo, and~ have brought, such a
Lo)vely pair of ducks, you can't, thainikliand
L~he omions and things for the stullng, and
we'll have the p~uitding we left, from
Uhiristmas. P1l put thema dlown to be rea
dty alt 1 o'clock shnarp),becnausO thne B's must,
leave early--by the 5 o'clock train. Do
leave (lhat nasty court. Say you're pooJrly
or anything. Mind, at 1 o'olockl W~e
shan't waih! Yours, Kitty.
Poor juryman.
Religious Oraters itn Inmla.
The Birahimo Samnaj of india is a ro
ligious Order which has been ian exis
teneo about fifty yea's, and lasa 1410
churohes scattered nll over that counitry.
It was founded by3 the late Ra~jah Ramn
Ailohmun 1Boy, and about the same time
another Order, calied tine '"Now Dis
pen~isationm," wams forme.i by Babu Hies
hub Chundor Son. 'Thleso Orders, dii
feriing in sonmc things, are both of themnt
p)rogressive and reformatory, anid are
doing nmuch to unldlermine thne citadol oi
hieatheinismn in IndIia. T1he plicii mindl
of that county is mar>usod as nover be
ioro freim the debasing pract icoof Pagan
rites and 5 iporstitionis, and tihe o'ld bart
riots to Ohaintianilty, thne growth of 2001)
years, seem ready to givo way before
th umrch of an enlightened and ilboral
sirit. Seome of the reforms iniitiatedl
are: A complete abolition of all caste
restrictions, a reform of marriage eus
toims, thme p~romfotion of feimalo educa
tioni mand e3manmcipation, thte prohibitioin
of' polygamny, the breoaking down of ems
tomr and preguudico againat the remarry
ing of widows, thre suppression of in
totalperaunce, aind general social reform.
Tigeso imlprtalnt measiwres, no0w taking
a strong hold of the native miind of
India,, are clearoly seen to bo the out
comto of miassionary labors.
1876. 1882.
F. W. HABENICHT,
Propriotor of tho
MORNING STAR SALOON
I respectfully call the atteutlon if i
public to my superior facilities for sup
plying everything i.i my line, of superior
quality. Starting business In Winns
boro in 1876, I have in all this time
given the closet attention to my busi
ness and endeavored to make my estab
lishment FIRST-CLASS in every par-,
ticular. I shidl in the future, as in the
past, hold myself ready to servo my
customers with the best articles that can
be procured in any market. I shall
stand ready, also, to guarantee every
article I sell.
I invite an inspection of my stock of
Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, etc.
F. W. HABENICHT.
IMPORTED.
Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey's).
A. Bin Laubert and Marat Cognao
Brandy.
Jamaica Rum.
Rotterdam Fish Gin.
es's Royal Ginger Ale.
Jules Mumm & Co.'s Champagne.
Cantrol & Cochran's Ginger Ale.
Apollinaris Mineral Water.
Angustora Bitters.
Old Sherry Wine.
Old Port Wine.
DOMESTIC.
Ginger Ale.
Soda Water.
Sarsaparilla.
Old Cabinet Rye Whiskey.
OA snlin:lcill Rvn Whiskey.
The Honotable Rye Whiskey.
Old Golden Grain Rye Whiskoy
Renowned btandard Rye Whiskey.
Jesse Moore Vollmer Rye Whiskey,
Old N. C. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey.
Old Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey.
Western Corn Whiskey.
Virginia Mountain Peach Brandy.
Now England (French's) Rum.
North Carolina Apple Brandy.
Pure Blackberry Brandy.
Pure Cherry Brandy.
Pure Ginger Rrandy.
Boston Swan Gin.
SUNDRIES.
Rock and Rye.
Osceola Bitters.
Hostetter's Bitters.
Bergner & Engel's Lager Beer, in patent
stepper bottles and on draught.
Rewv Jersey Sweet, Sparkling Cider.
L'olui, Rock & Rye, Lawrence & Martin.
Stoughton Bitters.
Rock and Corn.
Cigars and Tobacco
Syndicate Cigar, 5 cents.
The Huntress Cigar, 2} centa,
ifadelino Cigar-All Havana.-10 cents.
Don Carlos (Nub)-all Havana-10 cents
Ullnerva Cigar-Havana flleor --5 cents.
Jhcek Cigar-Havaina filler-5 cents.
)nr Boast Cigar--Havana fliller-5 cents-j
Lucky Hit Cigar--Havana filler--5 cents.
L'he Unicnm Self-Lighting Cigarette,
(Amber mouth-piece to every
ten packages.).
The Pickwick Club Cigarette,
(Shuck mouth-pioces.)
'I hi.- Richmiond Gem Cigarette,
(Light smoking.)
fii oid Billial'l anl Pool Par-.
lor' in Town
ICE! ICE! ICE!
An abunidanoo aiwaiysi oni hand for thio
use of my culstiors. I wil also keep) a
suipply of
FISTI, OYSTERS, &C.,
for my Restiaurant, which is always
ipenu from the first of Septoember to the
livat of April.
I shall ondelavor to1 please all who give
mne a call.
Very respectfully,
F. WV. HIABENIT.
OPPOSITE POSTOFFUE,