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TIIEC PIoTUE.
A bit of lovely coast, .
Dashed by a f aning sea,
Tha'. lie might see uo mtore
in far-off 19oly.
A figure, dumb as de;nth,
Prone oi tho yellow sand,
Beside his use:es craft,
Shattered upin the strand.
And a fair fisher girl,
Watchiug with Bad, wild eye
The breaker's seething foam
And dhun, tenape'stuuus sky.
Crouched on the broken bow,
The giae of sky and sea
shone oil the sweet, dark face
And wild hair nournfuliy.
A simple ploturo hung
Oil the waiscoted wall,
And yet tie prouil inin's heart
It hold with solenia thrall.
Ills was tie prostrate forrn
Lyftig upun the sand,
And his tile true eyosi girl
Who Watched upon the ttrand.
He lived-; but she alas I..
in sea-Iole wioly '
S'ept In a loniely grave
Beside the toauLng ooea.
Hle broke lhor untaught, heart
1y silence cold and long;
In vain wguid late reinorse
Atoue her grief and wrong.
Nor wife nor child had lie
To cheer his lonely hall:
Only that painted bit
Hung On the dreary wall.
ilERt RELATIOMS.
"I tope, miy doarl, you won'tolbjeot to
John's folks?" said the, bride, tilily.
"John's folks ?" repeated the tall,
lilack-eyed young man, who had just
been Made happy, and wias n1ow sitting I
be side Mrs. Frederic Fane, in the rail
road train hteaing t wards Hastings, I
which was their nearest station to Lau. i
rel Farm.
"Not in the least, my love. Why I
should I objoect to them ?"
"Oh, I don't know," jid Mrs. Fred- <
orio Fane
"SomO people do, you know. .
"But of courno it. 'bcns hard to turn<
It hem out, after all theso years, and-..-"
"Stop-half amiiluto, iy dear," said I
-Mr. F ano.
"I am not quite sure that I under- 1
Stand you.
"Who are John'ii folka? ]
"And who, if I may take the liberty
to ask, is John ?" f
Mrs. Pano turned pink, and look3d 3
hatoitatingly down at her lace-bordered
pocket handkorchief, as if uncertain
whet.hor a toar or two wotltt not be ap- c
liropriato.
''Oh, Fred, said she, "what a quea
ti )111.
J ust think a moment. a
"And of course they always expected
to have a home with mne."
''Oh I" said Mr. Pane, making Up his
lips into a whistling position, as lie re
membered that Mrs. Fino's first hu. I
band had been named John Quiioy i
Adams Larkins.
"Yea, I comprehend. Are there 1
aany of 'em my dear?" n
"Well," hesitated Lilias, again color I
ing, '"thero's John's stopfather-a dear I
"1id gentleman, but a little peculiar.
He's an escaaped Mormon-"
"A whatT' said Mr. Fane.
"A Murmon," explained the bride. C
"He joined ile community, and then I
lie didn't like thom as well as lie thought ai
lie should, so ho ran away aud married a
John's mother.
"And ifter aho died, nothing could
induce him to ieatve the soene~ endear- I
*d by her presence."
"Ah 2" said Fane. "A sentimentalt
old party."t
He very ngreeablo,'? adtded Liiis,
'it only you will let him have his owun
way ini over~ythiing." a
Do you know, my dear, that is a I
oharacteistio-whuich I have observed in
othters ?" gravely remarked Mr. Fane.
"Then there's auht (Jrace," went on I
Liilias.
"She's an cxcllent housekeeper---in
fact she is cleaning neaely all the timeb.
"It does get a hittie uncomfortable
4now and thea ; but it's aunt Grace's I
way, and so.I put up .with it.
"Andc John's two sisteirs, Diorcas and
Keturah, are water-cure people.
"They like tihe plae buecause thtere is
a cascade ait the b~ack and a river close I
by."
"'Ah I" said Mr. Fane,
"And oousiin Ferdivand-thiat'si all!"'
added Lilias, with a sigh of relief.
"Th'lat a all, elh ?" said the bridegroom.
"Cousin Fordinaun ini very agreeablo,"
she said.
"He's waiting."
"Waiting '?" echoed Mr. Pane.
"What 'or ?"
"For the millquum," oxpilained Mrs.1
Fane.
"He's been1 wiaitinig these many
years."
"Oh I" said Mr. Fanti.
"He's crazy, ohi ?"
"Well," confessed Lle 'i i
T ittle peeuliar.
"Butt we're used toitadwe(oi'
"And are tho people all to live with
us ?" akedi Mr. Fanio, a little gloomily.
"'If you don't objoot," Lilias timidly
No inthe least, my darling," said
Your will is Iawv to me."
"So ided of you, dear," said Mfrs.
IFano, aesparently much relevod.
And then the train sto'pptd att Ha-li
ings and the young pair got, out,
But during the long dhive to Laurel
-Farm-Larkins Farm it~ jmd be when
Lilias fbst,1 came there, but shte had
adopted the more euphonidus iuamo
Mr, Fane turnedi matters over in his
muiud.
His mother, a shrewvd old prophotoes,
had warned him that he couldn''t 'ex.
pet to marry a rich young - wiglow,. who
Swas pretty and attractive into the bar.
gain, without some return of annoy
anoe or trouble to balance his bliks.
And here it was the urs't thimg,
Not' the ghost of thel cdear, departed
Larkins-tat he thought he ool4 have
endurd-but live substantial bequests,
1a
fastened to the old farm like limpets t<
a rook, barnacles to the hull of a ship
And Lillas evidently expected him t<
adopt them ito his affections, ana to]
erate their various eccentricities even a
tihe had done,
Lilias was such a pretty, dove-eyed
confiding little thing.
She ihould not be tormented at a]
events, lie resolved.
if "John's folks" were to be met an
conquered in single combat, he woub
do it alone.
And so he looked down with a smili
on her innocent face, and replie<
pleasantly to-her timidly-hazarded ob
servations, studiousIv veiling the cur
rent of his thoughts; for as they neare<
the old home, Lilias was evidentig
growing nervons.
It was a line old brick house, as Mr
Fane could see, in the cold Decembei
moonlight, surrounded with alternai
rows of Jeafleis maples and evergreens
with lights gleauing in all the windows
and "John's folks" were all asemble(
at the door to welcome the now marrie
couple.
.iiest and foremost stood the "es.
calped Mormon," a tall venerable gentle
man, with a flowing board and a suit o
pepper aid salt, with a red necktie and
turnover collar.
" elcome, my children, welcome;'
sail this relic of the past, with a patron.
iziiig air, as if the wholehouse belonged
to hum.
"I bliall use my every effort to rendei
your stay at Laurel Farm agreeable.
"You're a little late," glaning re
proachfully at the clock, "and I'm
cfraid the roast fowls will. be spoiled.
"It always disagrees with mo to eat
)vordono poultry ; h/ut of course this
will not happen agai. ."
"Oh, no, .indeed, pa I" Lihas eagerly
iaid.
Aunt Grace stood in the background,
t grim, bony female, with her faco tied
ip in a handkerchief, and a dress of
)adly dyed merino stuff, made in a
nost outlandish fashion.
"You'll have to sleep in the garret.
ihainber to-mght, Lilias," she said
0ioofniy,
'I've had yours whitewashed and
ileaned, and it ain't dry yet."
"But it wa cleaned thoroughly only
ast fall, aunt Grace."
"I can't help that," said aunt Grace,
rith a sniffle.
"Clcanliness is next to godliness, and
ain't one to live iu the dirt.
'-You wouldn't ask me or your step.
ather to turn out of our rooms, would
ou ?"
"Oh, no !" cried Lilias.
Dorcas and Keturah mat knitting on
ither side of the firo, Ovidently in a
C~aj ILJ ULMEIUL.
"We were invited to tea to Miss
'Jumbitgo's to-night," said the eldest
inter.
"But Keturah thought we'd ought to
tay and weleome you fust," said Dor
"And the tra*n's late, and we shan't
>e iii time to go there now," moodily
dded Koturah.
"But some folks don't care how they
acouvenionce other folks," said Doas,
s she extended a thlbby; nittened
and to her new cousin-in-law without
ooking at him.
"I1am vety sorry' pleaded iias,
vith a troubled fatce.
"Well, then, Grace," said the See
nd Advent man-a stout, rubicund
ittle follow, with a red nose, and hair
a white as silver-"let ui have supper
erved at onc.
"What arc you waiting for ?"
And Mr. and MIs. Fane were com.
ielled to seat themselves without los
f time at the tab e, without an oppor
unity to remove the dust of travel, or
o reiresh themselves alter ther jour
ioy.
Mr. Fane had iudeed ventured to say
omnething abou t to wels and fresh water,
mtt Lihias whispered
"Never mind just now, dear.
"Va will be so put out and Grace
nd Keturaha like punctuality. For this
mee, do oblige me ?"
Mr. Fanoe looked around in. some suir
>rlse.
Roare were ho and Lilias, the right.
tul ownaers of the house, placed in the
Jositioni of scond-into guests, of no
great iuapo'rtance onte way or the other,
whilo "pa," aunt Grace, the resentful
isters and the isecond Adventist
eigned supreme, and Lilian hardly
lared to express an opinion of her
>wni iin their presence,
But he miute no comment, to Lihas'
great relief, and endunred everytiunig
vith tue serenity of an Ariutotle.
Eatrly the next morninug' he descend
3d into the cellar, where aunt Grace
vas skinmming milk, and looken sharply
ihout him.
"My dlear aunt Grace," lie said cheer.
'ully, "will it, incouvemencee you if I
ise some of these shelves for my oci
3.d1 ?"
"Your wvhat'? ' said aunt Grace, drop.
ping her creamn-apoon mn amasement.
'1. intend to use this cellar as a lab
3ratory," blandly explained Mr. Fano;
"andi~ a'id asn some ou the chiicats are
"I had bettor move the pans1) cut to
the airing-nonse," gaaped aunt grace.
"But LDoicas and Keturahi are ~very~
timid, and--"
"Ini that case," said Mr. Fane, "per
hiaps they had better remove themselves
to tthe sp~ring-hlouse, too,
"I1 really cannot -exist wvithout my
Aunt Grace sat down and thought it
over.
Was shte, after havng hved for sixty
odd years in peace and qliet'iess, to be
blhowni upl like a torpedo at last?
There was cousin tarke, in Wales.
t would not, perhiaps be such a com.
fortuable home a tids, but there wouk1
be n" chemicals.
M.. Bogle the roelreant Mormon, wat
cezily reaidi'ug the paper by the fire
when his stepson's successor blandly
rootuested him to '-moyo a little."
"Movo~l" said Mr. Bogle, droppinj
his hlseas.
"Wheo? and what for 2"
"I am endeavoring to attack elect'rl
wires here," said F'aso.
-'1 aba-getting up 6 aialitrr
assist in may ehhemical experimants."
1 "Ohemical experiments I Hero 1" oried
I the ex-Mormon.
> -"But I di'slike chemistry, and I don't
- approve of electricity.
3 "in my opinion it is a trifling with.
the gifts of :'r(svidenoe."4
"Electro-ohemistry is a wonderful
agent," serenely remarked the bride
I groom.
"I am thinking of charging all the
boards of the floor with electrioity, in
j order to observe the effect prodnoed by
the footsteps of dillerent members ca
3 the family."
I "Sir," cried Mr. Bogle, involuntary
. lifting his feet up on the round of hiq
- chair, 'I will not tolerate it,
I "I[-I am not a lamp, tobe lighted by
r electricity, nor a battery, to be charged."
"My dear air," smiled the bridegrooiil,
"in less than three days I shall have
made a convert of you."
"Never I" roared Mr. Larkins' step
father.
In the meqntime cousin Ferdinard
was dubiously eyeing a pair of superb
blood bounds which were chained up in
the stable.
"I don't like dogs," said cousin For.
dinand; "and I always used this par
ticular stall for my pony Grib."
"I have ordered GruU to be changed
into the stall beyond," said Mr. Fane.
"And you need not be afrai4 of Star
and Planet; theyarechained carefully."
"But suppose they should break their
chains ?" croaked cousin Ferdinind.
"In that case, your life would not
be worth five minutes' purchaso," said
Fane.
"But my wife and I are very fond bf
the dogs ; they know us."
"i'll leave the house I" roared cousin
Ferdinand, retreating as far as the
barnyard fence would permit hiw.
"I won't be made a martyr to hydro- 1
phobia.
"Pray reconsider your determina
tion?" said Fane politely.
But cousin Ferdinand was away like
a shot.
Liliras came to her husband t4at even
ing with Hushed cheeks and brilliant i
eyes.
"Fred," she cried, "they're going I" L
"Who are going, pot ?" he asked.
"John's folks-to-morrow mirning." t
"Impossible I" said Mltr. Fane tragic. I
ally.
"Hfow should we ever live without I
them ?"
"Every one of them," whispered Li- I
has; "and oh, I am so glad, because <
they had lived here so Jong that they v
had become exacting and cross,
"I didn't observe it so much in tho 1,
old times, and I think we shall be so i
muoh happier by ourselves. L
don't like electricity, and oousin Fer- t
dinand has a horror of dogs." ]
"I am very sorry," Mr. Fano solemnly i
said. (
"Fred," cried the little bride, looking s
up with a sudden light in her eyes, r
"you have dono it on purpose I" t
"Done what ?" said the bridegroom f
innocently. ti
IWasn't I always an amateur chemist i
and eleotrician ? t
"AInd ore iot Star and Plknet my in- I
separable companions wherover I go? r
"How can I help it if my tastes are I
antipathetic to those of your deceased
husband's relatives ?"
But Lilias shook her head and laughed
merrily.
"Ired," she said, "I have penetrated 5
your mystery. 0
-But I shall not scald you, dear, for )
it ia so nice to have the house all to our- d
selves."
"So you will not mourn hopelessly ~
for John's folks ?" mischievously asked
Mr. Fano.
"No,'' said Mrs. Fane, "I do not
think 1 shall."
For it was as she had said-"John's
folks" had becomo chronic; and people
are always glad to be relieved of a
chronic ailment.
A C'onjugal Lssc.n,
In deciding an interesting question
growing out of an ante-nuptial contract t
the Supreme Court of Iowa has given
an opinion whicb may prove a sugges
tive lesson to a good many husbands I
and wives as well as those who may pro. I
pose to take one another for "bet-ter or I
worse." It appear's that Johni York of- I
fered to make a specified pecuniary pro
vision for Susan Mosier if she would I
marry him. Susan consented, the con
tract was duly nmade and the marriage I
followed. Lai less than two mnonthsB
after their wedding the bride aban
doned her husband and refused to live
withl him. 11cr r 'anson for this was his
druinkcnness, Subsequently John diedl,
wvhether oni account of the loss of Susan
or the cause for which she had left him
does not appear. After his dleathi the
widow claimedl the benefit of the con
tract and sued to enforce it. The Su
promo Oourt docides against her, It
finds that Johnx's intemperate habits
were no worse after his marriage thani
they were before and that Susan knew
as much about them before as she did
after. Under these circumstances the
Court holds that she was not justified
ini leaving him and had not lived up to
her p~art of the ante-nuptial agreement.
Uence she was not entitled to the bene,
fit of it. "She chose a drunkard for her
husband,'' says the opinion, "and she
ought to discharge the duties of a
drunkard's wife. Sne does not show'
that her personal safety or even her
well-being required her to leave him.
She dloubtles~s woulid lhave livedl more
comfortably in the society of a sober
iman, but shle ought to have considered,
and d >ubtless did consider, the discern
forts of a drunken husbanid wvhen she
married the intestate. But she urges
he promised reformation before mar
Iriage. His fairuo to keep this promise
did not justify her in deserting him.
All the world knows that such promises
made by a drunken man are always
broken. In a few words, as she know
ingly married a drunkard she must be
content, to be a drunkard's, wife." This
pointed leotnro doubtless left Susan a
sadder if not a wiser womn..
There is no mnore ooniedable trait
than thetat detoi~mmnaton to persende
in the right Miretion.
fEiotory anid Cost of a Tunnel.
The recent opening of the St. Got1
ard Railway througm the Alps has move
Consul Byers, of Zurich, to write
sketch of the great tunnel. The pa
of that name is over the highest mom:
tain chain in Europe. Tue old yIo
road, commenced in 1820, 7,000 fe
above the sea in places, was 18j fol
witle ; it orossed. gorges. clung dizzil
to stoop mountaiu sides, and wk
roofed over %%here most threatened lb
avalanches. When the first railwa
was opened, in 1840, from Badeu t
Zurich, it was proposed to ask concei
sions to enable the company to attae
one of the high passes, and in 1863
union or soieLy for theli' pose wa
effected, upon the basis of '%u estimiate
cost of $37,400,000. - In. Decombei
1871, the 8t. Go'thard 1 rilu ay Co
pany was orgaiiized,.$6,80.000 btoe)
and $18,600,000 of bonds wore issued, i
aoitract was made calling for conple
tion in eight years, with a forfeit o
81.000 for each additiomua da'. and i
bonus of $1,000 for each day gaine<
upoii the contract time. Work begai
in the sumni-r of 1872, and it was sooi
discovered that tWe estimates wer<
wrong, and that $57,800,U00 would b4
needed to carry out the plan ; a crisi
foilowed, ad tho enforp4se seems t(
have been sayed only by what had al
ready beon Invested in it, leaing in
way out but to push ahead. The rail
way property exteujs 113 miles frona
mnumenseo, in switzerland, to Chiasso
in Italy, and morb than 6ne-Ufth of til
hole line is in tunniols-fifty-six Ii num,
*)er; many of these are 'not straight,
ut actually spiral, accoiuplib Iung
leavy ascents in short distances, and
ohere are also many lofty vi- tnets
>ridges, and compliicateI -raldories.
.he ttal eligthlibl tumimlidg is 23 rgiles.
L'he main or great tunnel is 9k miles
ong, although others, exceVdiiig 6,000
cot, might be thought noticeatule else
vhere. The great tunnel is 26 feet
vide and 19 high. Tne modern boring
naclhinos were worked by air now
>rosset by la4rge turbine wheels driven
)y the rapid river Reuss. The air was
arried from the compressors outside
o the borers within the tunnel in iron
apes of six inches in dianletor, P'1 Ghe
soaping air served gn irdinpewiable
urpose In ventilation; 8,00,000 feet
4 compressed air wore daidy thus do
tvored and sot free, pushing back and
ut of the tunnel the bad natural gases,
nitli those sot free by the dynainito and
brown off from animals afd workmen.
Oifty drills vere worked; the usual
Aily advance waw 21 foot, % orkiug 1.om
oth euds, and the while 'e3.uavisi,)ii
hick. The workmno woro plincipaly
talians, who worked eight hours a day,
roeiving 60 cents to ;1.20 per day
inmstly the former), boardmng them
alves, and living chiefly on meal pur
idge ; yet most of thema are reported
3 lave saved and sent home to their
Onili's a part of this pittmuoe. The
aunel cost 310 of their lives, and
rounds were inlicted upon 877, Tue
milal aitual cost of the tunnel anti rail
ly, cexluusive u rolling k is n
eported at somothing oyer $10,000,
U0.
A Largo Owl.
Home two m1onith8 ago a hunter over in
hanmoth Park, Ualorado, shot a largu
wl. tie rueic( up with the expectation
t huling it struggling in the agonies of
enth, but was simewhat 6urprlied aind
tartledI to find the b rd stainlig erect iand
ipparentliy anxious to have reve'nge oit. of
omeO one for the ijuries lie lhe had su-i
isn'd and the pain he w s suffering. lHe
lade a dlash I'or the huinit, but it wa'
VithL at that he wais wvilgeti and could not
take mutch pOrore. Tiie hiuiter secuiredl
long pole andi deterined to make a cap
ive of lisB large eyct ed hthness if it Was
.ssible, w'ithaut kuiling hiun. This, a~tcz
nime irgn,iq, he s icceeded in dolig. but
Lot until he was roaced to elab the obsti
ate bird into partial suuhmission. lie fin
11y pinned him ubown to the earth and then
ed his legs togethcr. A rope with a run
mng noose was thrown over his lhead, so
hat when lie becamieobsrreperous he could
me choked into submnission. In this way
ho hunter succeeded ini dragging his esp.
lye to the road, where an ore wagon souon
assed and lie sencured passage for himself
nd cap)tive to thme city. O arrivmng there
ho bird, of course, attracted grea'. atten
Ion. Hie imaur-edi nearly ten feet from
ly to tip of each wIng. He would snap
Ls viciously as a mad cur at ths approach
uf any one, and the only way one could get
ieat was by first choking him down. What
0 (do with hitm was thme questIon. Thes
munter had about, decided to take him out
ild..i the corporate llitis and round upi hii
arcer with a rifle shiot when Alexandel
amrstena, the saloon mani, p~roposed to pur
ha-.e the wild fowl aid attemipt to tamnt
The cap:lve was taken to the rear of Mr.
Jarstens' ostablishmnent and chained In the
utddle of a store room. Uarstens ther
spent to work to civilize him, and, remark
ible as it may seem, he accomplished al
hat he set out to do. The broken wing
it first aggravatedi the captive, but than
p'adually got well and In the course o,
bree weeks was In as good oondition s
he other. For nearly a month he woult
per.ni6'no oneO to'come Inside of hIs priuor
mad It was necessary to throw food in t<
tIm by stealth. Hie soon learned to know
Carstens' voice, however, and gradually
his owner wa-s permitted to open the dom)i
andi throw nmeat to him. In this way th<
lap~tor and caiptive mtade friends ftud n
the end the great bIrd took delight in havy
mng Mr. Carstpns comes In an'i put him 01
tils great h)ead. (Uaritens always utsed en
ckaeadng words and sentences, such al
"Goo~d old boy.'' "Does you like your oltn
boes Alecki" "Kiss your dada," and al
that kind of thing.
The fame of that bird went all over th
Btate, but Mr. Carstons would not par
with him. Ha. had( determine'. to keel
blom, un 11 s few days ago agentlema:
camne up fro'n New M'xico, .nut only t<
see hirni but to purchase, him. Hie hai
come all the way from $ania'F to- hay
that bird. They wanted It for a hIUSeuIC
which was now traveling, but ulmatel
would hleomeo a fxttirQ in (hOt0.go. Afte
sonve bantering Mr, Qafstens ag~eed 10 t~sk
$100 for' is' pet, atid the bWrgalk w'
oled anad the mesey paid,
Another Great Latko in Africa.
The existence of another equatorial lal
ld in Central Africa, far to the west of Albe
a Nyauzs, rumors of whioh have reache
Is Europe froin time to time since Sir Samu
. Bker's first journey, is again reportet
it this time In a much nore deflnite form
)b hir. V Lupton. Governor of the Egyptia
It proviuce of Bahr el Ghazal, writes to i
y from his statIon, Dehui Siber, on the 27'
a of July, to the etfect that Itafal Aga, a
y employe under his coiniand, on his retur
y from an expedition toward toe Uelle, tol
hin that he and some of the nouiber4 C
the expedt:a had soon a great lake ha th
k country of tbi Brbja, a powerful capp3r
a co) tribe clothed with a peculiar gras
eHl'ItTf whicL Mr. Lupton sends a spool
men in his letter). Mr. Lupton gathere
that, the position of the lake was in1 abou
8 dog- 49 mini. north latitude, and 23 deg.
east longittide, and that It was quite a
large as V ictoria Nyanza. When thc
weather permits, the Barboas cross th
luke in large open boats made out of a
siig!o tree, the voyage taktog three days.
and they obtain fromn the people living on
the western side (their owt country being
east of the Lake) articles of Europeasi
inaufacture, suion as blite beads aud brass
wire. Mr. L;ipton adds It bai Aga's own
account of fis route to the lake: Started
fro:n Dchm Beoeer, marched six days
southwest to Z-.riba el Pailetb, then four
days soulth solutlwest to Beugler; four days
southwest to Z.rlba Warenidiemna; six days
soutiwest by west to the Bahr el Makwar,
which he crossed after vIsiting several yeiy
large Islands inhabited by a people who
call theiiselves l1:wago. The Makwar is
called by the Arabs Bahr el Warshal, and
joins the Uello, but is a much larger
stream; both flow in a west southweat di
rection. After crosming the Makwar Halal
iirched teni das sonth )stitnivest -andl
rmached the residence or tile '%ultau" of
Biarboa, by whon lie wis well received;
the lake is rtiitetd four day's miarch to
the Southwest of the Su't-in's residLnce."
Mr. L ipton conc!ldes by saying: ' I feel
I should not be doing right in keeping
(lark thIs izformnation, whien. When looke!d
into by oompeteut persons, may thro*v
soie liyht on the famuous Congo and Uoill
rivers. I believe that the Uelle flows into
the lake discovered by l~fai Aga, aud
that the a ream whicht is said to flow out of
Lie lake probably joins the Congo. " Mr.
Upton further informs us that lie is on.
gaged in preparing . map of this province,
and that lie was about. to start in a few
days on a journey to a cointry called Tjti
iungu,, aone ifteei days' march to the
west of Delim biber.
' kio 15aby'l Haak.
'' No," said the engineer, as lie closed
one valve and opened aniotlm.r At T
anything for a long tinio. I had the
knowledge ill my head all the while. but
it was lost under a heal) of rubbish.
What fools men are when they are left
to thietmielves sometimes I Now look at
no. Would you say I was ever a
tramp?"
A tramp I His wbite, munsular
throat-white and wholesome under the
coal dust-his strong, vell-kmitted
frame, clear eye and Arm hand denoteil
a ninia of pinck and courage-a practi
cal worker; not the idle, nervelo.s, re.
laxed object which is denomaited a
triaimlp, and which is a blight on tie face
of naLure. No ; this nan, guiding the
good engine Mohawk, was never a
tramp, and we told him so.
" But I was, gentlimen," he said,
coolly sightiig a long stretoh of road
over the backbone of his enine, and
letting her out a little for a dead level
he at, " L was not only a tramp, but
the meanest - kinid or one, and L worked
harder and suffered more to get into
that conoition than I ever did to reach
this," acid lie looked proudly at the
polished trimmdings of his flying steed.
" i'll toll you howv it was," he said at
last, as lie slowed itp to rounfi a curve,
and1( tucon went easily on piast the Ilcids
clad in their summer verdure, past
woods that were panoramic in a flash of
beauty, and away itito the open country,
"I was a tramp-nio mnatter how I came
to be, or why. I lost home, friendit,
self-reagieot, ad that makes manhood
but I di n't woar a red-ribbou at my
watch chiaram then, and my brain was
muddled-there were more like mue
and I weut from had to worse, but I had
never broken the laws ; wronged any
oune but myself, when I full in with some
fellows who thought they hali fout a
tool, and they had. Tiney say every
man hias his price, andt they offered me
mme.; it was the price of my soul, too,
and I agreed to take the money and do
the work.
"It was this-to sneak around andl
get acquainted with the inside of a
house-the house of the richest man in
the place, and to show them the way ;
they said I looked the moat respectable
for the purpose. G~entlomeni, you
wouldn't trust one of the gang with a
ten cent bit, least of all me as I looked
then, but I~ felt aimost proud of the
comaplignent, and that afternoon I was
to go uap to the house to look for work
or to ask for food, just as it happened
to strike me, when there was no one
home bitt the women folks, and look
airound to see how we could get in that
night-for robbing, and perhaps iiur.
der was what they meaut.
"itkj was just suchk a pleasant, peace
7it~ afternoon as this, and all the doors
'and windows opon, and not a soul saw
me as I lounged in through the gArdert
and up the veranda. The gang I had
fallen in with had made one mistake
they had kept me sober' for the work,
not eleta-hieaded, but sober enough to
make me feel that I was doing a ,spepnc,
dastardly trick, to make me for the lfirdt
time Iin many a day ashamed of my own
company. But I d gone so fpr i1 must
go on. I had walked uptho' steps and
intothe ous witoutseeing a saul,
and I stepped into a long, cool roonm,
and there I. saw on the manitel, in ai
great gold'framed glass, a white face
a and two red, blood-shot eyes-my own;
a, but what a fright "tliby gutle me ; and
i then I saiw somet lilg ptlse, a small Iror
e bank, sueh 'as ould ren keep penmes in,
a It was made of latticed barsat wroughi
iron, and between every bar was th<
gleam of quarters and half dollars,- anc
9 smaleor ,OolR, .I hadn't a ppany to msa
a amse,. A was he~ngry, tired, gootsor<
and disgusted withx wiab I~ hadude
taken. It came over me like a flash
that I could take thiN money and get
0 out of the gang; it would be a dishon
t eaty, but not such as this they had
d planned. I reached out my hand and
I stopoed. There at my very feet, on a
, whito pillow, and all white and fluffy
like an angel, lay the loveliest baby I
Q ever saw in all my life I She was asleep,
8 but as I looked at her in startled won
der, she opened her eyes as wide and
3 bright as daisies, held up both pretty
hands, laughed like a bird singing, and
said "Joe, Joe," which wasn't my name
at all. J didn't touch the baby's hand,
and I didn't touch the baby. While I
stood there a little pale woman came
out of her room and nearly fainted when
she saw me, and I sat down there and
told the whole story, and asked her to
have me sent to jail for protection for
myself and others; she sent for her huq
band, and all the timo we were talking
the baby laughed and cooed, and called
me by the name she gave me, "Joe,"
and the rest of the gang were walting
at the turn of the road for me to come
back to them.
"I didn't give them up-it wasn't
worth while, when I had to put the
people they bad designed to rob on their
guard, and left the town that night; I
didn't go to jail; the man whoso house
was to be robbed gave m some work,
but I didn't reform all in a minute, and
he never could have reformed me at all
-it was the baby did it. Bhe trueted
me ; when I felt the old )oy getting the
botter of me I wont to the baby and she
smiled at me and I grow strong right
off-it made a man of me. I never
conl tell what that baby sav in my
face to make her help me in that way,
but it wasn't of this world. Sio know
she -could save me, and she did it. Tant
was ten years ago, gontlemen, aid I an
more of a man to-day than I ever was,
and it's her doing."
"She must be quite a largo girl now,"
wo said. inquiringly.
. "iaybo so I I don't know how that
is; some folks say they don't reckon
them by months and years I I'd liko to
feel Bhe's the same sweet, smiling baby,
holding out her hands in that conlding
way and calling me thatsame name -but
I never wanted anyone else to use the
name since she said it the last time.
Bhie was going to sleep, never to wake
up. the doctor said ; they told me she
wouldn't know me, that I would distiri)
her. I went in on my knees, I erawiett
up to the bod and looked at her ; doar
saint, she was a8 whito as the shoots,
and her prelty curls neveratirrod a hair
and her swoet eyes cliod, and I
groaned in my heart, for I thought Phe
for breath ; and oh, my God, I'd have
died to ho> hor, and she just looked at
me and put 0:.e hand up-I fancied she
pointed up there-and she smiled on
me, and salyq she, all it onoo, 'Joo-l
Joe !' and then aho made hor mother
understand that alte wanted something.
It was the little hank, and she wantedI
me to have it. I took it to humor her
and thought I'd give it back to her
when shu got weil. And then she
amied again, and I listened to hoar her
say : 'Joo l'-and all was still You see
I could never go. wrong now ; it how
did sh11 know about that little bank and
my wicked thoughts ? And so forgavO
and loved me, too, pretty #lear. The
smoke makes me cry. Thoro's our
depot at the next station, anl we're
running on sohedule time, aW you seO,
gentlemen.'"
larbers amn Surgeons.
It must be recollctued that in early tImes
thcre was lelnty of need of the surgeon 's
art, and conaparatively little f'r that of
lhe physician. 'Taking Into account the
tig wars andl htile wars, crusadea, rebel
lIons, the Iree exercise of the "right. of
Drivate war" by persons of noble birthi,
and ordinary brawls and eq'aahbles, it seems 1
to have 'uemn long odds on cold'steel agmiust
all other aIlments whatsoever, en I there
was little fear 6f a gentlemiau's hite heing
protracted to the prejudice at his heirs by
a correct observanice ut thme laws of Ilygela.
'The chances were all In favor of being
k cnoched on the head at a comparatively {
Iearly afge; but it is wetl known that in the
hand to-hand conflicts with sword and
buckler, for instanice, many more were
hurt than killed. The wounded sought,
either the mnhe kor the Jewn. -,ho em-1
played as their assistants the barbers of the
periodl, an allhance whence arouc the (a.
mous Uoinpany of lBar ber-Burgeons. How
closely the two callines were at one time
knit together is shown by the sign which
surgeons have abandoned altogether, and
which barbers nowadays buti rarely hang
out. 'Ihi well-known pile is an imitation
of one fortnerly held in the hands of pa
tients during the operation of phlebotomy
-now abolished altogether-end the
stripes represent the tap or bandages us90(
for fastening the arm; both pole and tap
being in oldier ti'nes hung up outside the
shop as soon as done with, to announce
that there was a vacancy for a patient
wishing to be "blooded."''Ihe foundsa
tion for the (Jompany of Barbors is as
cribed to as early a date as the reign of
hEdward of Carnarvan, but the fIrst kRoyal
ciharter was granted to the Barber 8ur
geons by Edward IV. and his amIable
orother,; the Duke of (loticester. F1or
same unexplained reason thme barbers and
surgeons did not p~ull very well together,
and the surgeons scveredl the connectIon;
but so much inconveniedcoe arose froni the
jealousy of the two companies that they
were reuhited by the Act. 9, Henry VilI.,
under pioe na no of blasters or Governors
of theo iys~tery and Comanalty of Bar
tiers hnd Surgeons of Iondon, Thls dec
unient bound .the associated crafts firmly
together titi the yoatl1745, when the sur
geons finally departed to the Old S dlley,
aid subsequently, in 1800, tormed the
bodnW' well knmown as the IR yal 0W1.
lego of, isurgeons yin Lincoln's innilelds.
COhpose for your friend him that is
wisq .anm4 good, and seoret .and just,
ingeniious: andl honest, an d In th~ose
thinugs waloh have a latitudeuse youir.
owniliberty, . 9
Men speak too much about the world,
Eachx one of us here, let the world go
niow it wll, and be vlotorious .,. 9
victorrous hshnot adJl~, ot )his own
to leadt 'ihe world's belzi saved wml
save us, We rhould look to ourselves.
11876. 1882.
F. W. HABENICHT,
Proprietor of the
MORNING STAR SALOON
I respectfully call the attention of the
pnblic to my superior facilities for sup.
Plying everything ia my line, of superior
@iality. Starting business In Winne
boro in 1876, I have in all this time
given the closet attention to lny busi
ness and endeavored to make my estab
lishment FIRST-CLASS in every par
ticular. I shall in the future, as in the
past. hold myself ready to serve my
austomers with the best artiles thatcan
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. HABENICHTV.
IMPORTED.
Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey's).
A. Bin Laubert and Marat Cogna4
Brandy.
Jamaica Rum.
Rotterdam Fish Gin.
1098's Royal Ginger Ale.
Jules Mumm & Co.'s Champague.
Cantrol & Coobran's Ginger Ale.
Apollinaris Mineral Water.
Augustora Bitters.
Old Sherry Wine.
Old Port Wine.
DOMESTIC.
Ginger Ale.
Soda Water.
Sarsaparilla.
%U lbMdha lYfry-Whiskey.
The Honorable Rye Whiskey.
Old Golden Grain Rye Whiskey.
Renowned btandard Rye Whiskey.
esse Moore Vollmer Rye Whiskey,
)1I N. 0. Sweet Mash' Corn Whiskey.
Old Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey.
Western Corn Whiskey.
Virginia Mountain Peach Brandy.
Now England (Frech's) Ram.
North Carolina Apple Brandy.
Pure Blackberry Brandy.
Pure Cherry Brandy.
Pire Ginger Brandy.
Boston Swan Gin.
SUNDRIES.
Rook and Rye.
Oscola Bitters.
Hostetter's Bitters.
oergnor & En~el's Lager Beer, in patent
stopper bottles and on draught.
eow Jersey Sweet. Sparkling aiaer.
-olu, Rock & Rye, Lawrence & Martin.
Stoughton Bitters.
Book and Corn.
Cigars and Tobacco
Syndicate Cigar, 5 cents.
The Huntress Cigar, 2j cents.
Ifadeline (Jigar-All Havana-10 cents.
:)on Carlos (Nub)-all Havana-10 cents
lnorva Cigar-Havana filler-S cents.
iheok Cigar-Havana filer-5 cents.
-ur Boast OJigar-Eavana filler--5 cents'
suoky Hit~igar--Havanallr-5.. cents.
he Unionnm Self-Lighting Cigarette,
(Amber month-piee to every
ten packages.)
The Pickwick Club Cigarette,
(Shuck mouth-Dieces.)
'1 he Rtichmond Gemi Cigarette,
(Light smoking.)
i'18 DilY Bllial~ al Pool Par
lbr 11 ToRn
.ICE! ICE! ICE!
An abundance always on hand for tho
use of my customers. I wil also keep a
smpply of
'FISH, OYSTERS, &O.,
for my Restaurant, which is always
open from the first of Septemnber to the
e~t of April.
* e hall endeavor to please all who give
mea call.
Very respeotfully,
*PQIITE POS561~Z