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- E . . . J T-WEKYEDITION. WLINNSBORO. S. U.. JANUARY 9. 1883. SA~ ~-1m1A UPTr Iut .A NE. It to dark, and wot and shadity Up tile lane, And there goes a little lady Up Ihe lane, On the grass the dew is sparkling, Though the night the grass 19 dark'ning, And thie auimer moon Is rising Time t- go," it is advLuing, "Up the lane." For the moonrise was the tolten, Up the lane, That fond words were to be spoken Up the lune, So the little laity hurries Far off Gleo l cares and worries, And ner prettl faoe Is aushing, As she hears a*ift footeteps rushing Up the lans. Night moths at the flowers are sipping, Up the lane, waift and sweet the hours are slipping Up the lano, 'i'reep, majestio siallows flinging, Fireflies dancing, crickets singing, And white moonight sifting over iappv ainIald and happy lover, Up the )ane. TIM1's TatPTATION. It was getting on towards dusk, and 'Tim Drake, with his blacking-box swung over his shoulder, stood on the corner of Oourtlaud Sfreet and Broadway, eagerly watching the passers-by, and shouting almost continually, "Shine, sir-shine?" while at the same time he pointed down at the shoes of those gentlemen that Tim thought needed that attention. Mr. Robert Montague, banker of No. --Wall Street was on his way to the elevated station at Qourtland Street, to be carried to his elegant resi' -.0 in one of the fashionable streets up town, when upon reaching the corner he met 'Timl, who instantly rushed forward, tAid, pointing down to Mr. Montague's rather mudaly cloth top shoes, again shouted the repeated cry, "Shne, sir? Have a shie?" The banker paused before the boy, glancing (town at hist own feet, and tleu at the br' ht eyes and dirty face Of the bootblack, who had already sunk upon his knees and was prepare , for work, "Well," he said finally, "you can t4hino thom if you'll hurry about it." Tim did not wait for a second iuvita lt;i, but, trning up the bottom of his utstomer's pants, so us not to soil them with his blaoking, h went straight to his tAsk. fIt wns not long before tha job was finished, amt jumpmig up from the gitnid, 'Im stood waitig ior nits pay. Mr. Montagne put his han 1 into his trousers pooket, and drow out a handful of coins, Selecting three he dropped tihem into the outstretched palm of the bootblack, saying as he did so: A three and two ponnies; that's right, isn't it?" "Yes, sir, that's correot," replied Tim, as his late customer hurried.away, "1 think I'll buy little Jack an orange with that five," said Tim to himself as he walkeJ over to a stand on the oppo site side of the way; for Tim had a little oripplo brother, Jack, the only relation lie knew of in tihe world; and often, after a hurd day's work, -when lie made his way up town to the small room of the tenement which he called home, he carried some small delicacy to this little boy, though he somietimes had to scrimp him-telf to do it, While Tin was away down town, little Jack employed himself with a box of cheap paiuts that Tim had pro. .cured for him to make the weary hours pass more quiokly. Tim solected the orange that he thought looked most juicy and inviting, then taking the three coins from 1s month, whero lhe had deposited ,,em glancing as them as one mis look at a very casual acquainto.'e' before he let them go. In te ~ ~.-the oil lamp that lit tip the str' lie saw that one of the Shad taken for a cent was not a ,.at at all. 'By hooky 1" he exclaimed, opening his mouth wide in astonishment, If that 'ore gent didn't go and make a mistake; why, one of these cents ain't a cent-it's a two: dollar and a half gold A thousand difi'erent thoughts flashed through the beooblack's mind as to what he ehould do with the money. What a lot of things it would buy himl H~e conld get little Jaok a bigger biox of paints and even a drawing book, boo. hut then a small voice within him whipered; "I~t doesn't belong to you, and you have no right to it." Then stil another voice said: 'Xes, you have, too, for how do y ou know wvhere the gentleman who gave it to you .Iiveh?~". It was a puzzling question, anid Tim concluded, alter a miniuto's thought,, I hat whatever he would do by and by - he would not spend it just now, So putting -.he gold piece Into an inner pocket, and taking a nickel from among his earnintgs of that dauy, ho paid for the oranige and walked briskly up town. A week passed1, and Tim still had the gold piece. He had hung around the corner of Qourtland Street every afternoon, half hoping and half fearing thbat ho might see his cuatomer, but the gentlemia had n9t yet appeared. .Oa this parbitonua day Tim had ex-. perienced vs ponr fuok. 1tW ws a an day; peqple diadnot soem te want their boots blaaked. and Ki had shouted himself hoarse to no pur pose. It was cold and windy that night, and when Tim figured up lla day's profits, he found that he had made soaroely more than half of the previous day's earnings. Putting his hand into that inner pocket, ho drew out the gold piece and gazed at it enviously. "I can't stand it any longer," he muttered, "I must spend it. Little Jaok a paint-box is all wora out, and I'd reckoned on buying him a new one to-day." "It would be such a surpripe to him, poor little chap," "I'll got it up-town, though," he added. "Pait-boxes is chteaper up there." So, restoring the gold-pleoe once more to his pocket, and buttoning up his coat, he walked on. Before long lie had reached the same corner where he had blacked the gen tleman's boots. Looking down towards the elevated station he stopped in his walk. "It's awfully windy a-walking way up home to night," he said, "and I've half a inind to go up in the train." "If I'm going to spend the gold piece 1 can afford it for once." Turning down the street he was soon at the station, and just in time to catch an up-going train. The cars were very crowded, and Tim had to stand up by the door. Looking forward, whom should he see, also standing, but the gentleman who had given him the gold piece. Tim started. Here was a chance to return the ,money, Should he give it back to the gentleman, or should he get out of the train at the next station and keep it? If he kept it he could get little Jack the paint-box, and have quite a balance over. He could almost see the glad face of his little brother as he would hand him the box. Then, on the other hand, if he re turned it, ton to one he would receivo small thanks for it; aid what with the slim profits of the day's work, he would have hardly enough money to buy little Jack'a ald his own frugal supper. The train just now ran into a station, (lie gateman shouted the name of the stroet, and the cars came to a standstill. about to leave the cek when, turning to cast a glance at the banker, he noticed for the ilrst time a familiar figure stand. Lug near that gentleman. "Jimmyl" he muttered under his breath, "if there ain't 'Sly Sam.'" "A young pickpooket like him, whose been to Blackwell's Island as often as he has, don't mean no good in a crowd "He will bear watolihig, he will." "Sly Sam," as he was called, moved closor to the gentleman, who was road ing an evening paper. Tim, between the desire to get away with the money and the desire to pre vent a robbery, did not know what to do, While he lingered the train went on again. As it turned the curve into Murray Street, Tim saw the tjief's band slide into the banker's vest pocket. "He's ,going to do it," said Tim to himself in great elditemnt, "and I'd be doing it, too, if I went off' with the monley. "a'nore'd be two of us then." "i'ii spoil his gamle, though," and springing forward, he canght the bank er's sleeve with one hand and the thief with the other. "Say, mister," he shouted, "this here feller is a trying to hook your watch." Tim's words created a good dunal of confusion, and people felt instinctively ini thleir watcJh pockets. Some of the passengers soised "Sly Sam," while he himself, frikhtened and very pale, tried effectually to prove his innooducie by throwing the guilt upon Tim, At the next station the pickpocket was taken in charge by a policeman, and subsequently was given the oppor tunity to hoard, at tile public's ex pense, at that favorite resort of charac ters of is typo, Blaekwell's Island. Wnen the confusion was ever, and the banker saw that his watch was safe and uninjured, 110 turned to find the boy who hiad saved it. lie had not fair to look, for Tim~ was already by his side, and, before Mr. Montague had time to speak, the boot black oried out: "I #.ay, mister, you're the gent whose boots I blacked the other nmght; and you gave me a two dollar'ni a half gold p)1coe l'istead4 of a cent. "Hlerc it is," and TVim handed it over. Mr, "Montague was silent for some seconds, while he mechanically took the coin. "Well, may boy," he said at lengthl, kindly, "you've done mo a service to night, and I won't forget it. "Suppose you call at my oilco, No Wail Street, to-morrow?" "Then I can spea'k with you. "Ask for Mr. Montague." Tim said that he would, and touohing his hat left the banker to his paper. it was not long beore the buan reach.ed the Miesker street etation whare he had to get o4t. .lheahhna hia bray thran'lh the crowA he hurried from the ear and down the steps with a lighter purse than before, but with a lighter heart because he had overcome his teupPtation. Tim called on the'morrow at Mr. Montague's, and was given a place a the banker's offlee, where by hard work he will no doubt rise until some day he may himself mistake gold picoes for penmes, A Leap for liberty. A writer from Athens, Georgia, says we saw Joe Thurmond and he told us all about his escape .from the Ularke county Court House, his flight to Canada and lite return when pardoned by Governor Colquitt. It is a thrilling chapter. Said Thurmond: "I had no idea of attempting an escape when I was carried from the jail to tile court house, but had determined to die sooner than go to the penitentiary. But while sitting in my chair in Judge Jack son's office a sudden desire seized me to make the attempt and without stopping to consider for a moment or count the prob able cost I made a bolt for the window, but some one caught my foot just as I was about passing through that caused me to fall on my head and receive a fearful shock. I then rushed for my horse, expecting each instant to be shot down in my tracks, but I intended to die rather than surren der. One of Browning's bullets grazed my leg and passing through the saddle skirt and blanket entered the side of the nag I was riding. After getting beyond range of the balls I headed toward Brook lyn: but when about two miles out of town the horse began to give way under me, when I rode out in a pine thicket to see what was the matter. Upon reuiovng the saddle I discovered the wound, and knew that the beast could not carry me further. I turned it loose and started for home on foot, and by a circuitous route had to travel fourteen miles b(Aore getting there. But my leaving nmy horse bohiand saved me from capture, as the ofticers thought I was still hid out in the thicket and so (lid not telegraph. I only remained home. a. hour-. just long enough to get some money, bid my family good-bye and start for Lawrenceville, thirty miles distant, Taking my littma brother im the buggy we made the trip in just three hous, but it nearly killed the horse t was drivir. I traveled at night, passing through Jug Tavern, and met several ien oi the roiad that I knew, but as I had my hat slouched over my face they did not recognize me, not even my uncle, whose houso I pssed. Just as I drove into I-twrenceville the train was steamed up ready to leave and I got aboard. Had I been ten iniautes litter it would have left nie. I met with an - ether streait of good luck when 1 got to Suwannee, th- junction with the Air Line. Op4k j P yyP &&kyp"rdir irw a dark n oi ner remained there until the regular train came along, which was just ten minutes. - 1 boarded the smoking-oar, that was fortu - nately unoccupied. When I got to Atlanta I did not wait for the train to stop before I jumped off and secreted myself near the Onattanooga train, that the conductor told me would leave in ten minutes. I feared a telegram had been sent ahead and was afraid to risk even buying a ticket, preferring to pay my tare to the conductor. I had no way to disguise myself, as I was cleanly sbaved. and had to take the chances, Just as the Western and Atlantlc train was moving off I jumped aboard and soon left At. lanta behiod me. But I dreaded evert stopping place, expecting to meet a tele grain. When Chattanogo "as reached 1 for the frst tine felt pr.. safe, but pushed on to mny destmantic annda Mtambi n Ventoa. The little steamboats that now ply on the Grand Canai are tihe tirst things to arrest the traveler's attentIon when lie re visits Venmce. Till now, arrival at Venice has always been somethiing unique and fascinating. M1r. 1(ussell, indeed, thought, the fascination already gone when, Instead of stealing up to the city In a gondola across the open lagoon, lie was driven by steam, and could only see the noble land. scape of app~roach as the engine siackened its rushing on the iron line. But common place peop~le found a good (deal to say on the oter side; andi the sudldenness of the contrast, as one stepped out of the railway carrige into a boat to he rowed doewn the untrodden streets of the Island city, per haps enhanced Ihe charm and strengthened the impression, Lord lleaconslield was cottainly right im singling out the airange quiet of the canals as the particular qualit~y which made Venice unlike all other piaces. Bitt these "vapporetti di Venezia" have changed the aspect of thtngs. They have two courses-one from the railway station to the public gardens, the other from the Itialto to the Piazetta; and they riun every ten or fiteen minutes, calling at, several intermediate stations. For the first day or two they were not popular, and their enemies even began to hope with some confidence that they would die a natural death; but the Venetian public were so diuced by the convenience of them, and now the boats are always well filled. ta far, then, they must be admitted to hay justified their existence; but it is a pity that they do not bear thmur sutccess nmore quietly. The captains seem to dehgltt Ina turning on the steam whistle as if they wore children playing with a new toy, and the whistles themselves are certainly mi racles of shrillness. Mr. Ruskim diverai tied the pauies of oneo of the earlier chap ters of "IFors Ciavlgerta" by keeplug cout of tate number of whistles that piroc0ede fromn a steamer about to start, for the 1,ido, and lie counted seven during the writing of one page, when he gave up his writing in despair. But If he were to revisit hizi old1 quarters oni the tirand canal n iw, ho would probably find It imapoesttile to write at iall. The steamers ivhistle in the ap proved fashion on arriving at, and depart lug from each station; they whistle as they approach the ferries, they whistle as often as they happen to see a boat ahead, and they whistle at other times In ease there might be a boat ahead. Altogether they have imported a very noisy element into the life of the canal, and one need not be cursed with a peculiarly sensitive nervo'ts organization to feel now unples ant ta change is, It can no longer be said, as It was said hR "Qontarim tismmg," that Ia Vento. "no made sound distraots the, ear," or gat "tere te nothing to p~ut anoy t Wias'. Leaps For Liberty. A rccaptured deserter froin the UnitAC States Army, handouffed and secured tc an iron bed stead with a chain of thick, heavy links, made his escape out of the third story of the Generai MOuuted Se vic Recruiting lRendesvoue, at T wentieth and Alarket streets, Philadelphia, recently. rhe escape was made more wonderful from the fact of the fu.00tive carrying with him a large part of the bed-stead, from which he was not able to direngage him. self. He reached the ground in two leaps, one of fourteen and the other of twenty two feet. Not the slightest trace of him has been found. The piece of the bed stead,whieh weighs abo4t fourteen poundq, has not been recovered, and from present indications there Is no likellhood of a clue to ciher being struck. Condy Royle is the nano of the daring fugitive. Ile 1s of Hibernian stock and his birthplace is said to have been in Ire land. He Is twenty-two years old, five feet ten inches In heIght, and altogether well built, powerful and handsomely pro portioned. His relatives are divided in residence between Allentown and Phila delphia. On November 1 last he enlisted at the recruiting station which he has just left behind him. Altogether he seemed a desirable acqilition to thi army, and in due course of time would have been sent to St. Louis and thence turther West to fight the redsitns. Fatti conspired to favor the latter, however and on Novem ber 8 Rloyle, after dutifully serving his country [or a week, lost his military en. thusasmn and disappeared froin th bar. racis. The young women in the neighbor hood had one soldier less to look at and the Department of War one tiore to look after. Royle i'iiaediately went to Allen to % n1, where le is well k-nwi. The fact (liat he was a deserter was as notorious as his light comnplexioned tace and light eyes, and none ventured to give him up and earn the dtanding reward ol thirty dollars which is offered for the ap. prehension of escaped soldiers. ltven the police of Allentown are caild to have sym pathized Oith him and let hin go un arrested. lie got so bold tlat he walked about as if he had never been a warrior. He accosted one of the Allentown detec. tivet s and asked the loan of fifteen cents. The detective wits just going to clap Itoyle on the shoulder and urrest ilm, but he re Membered that he had not the warrant. In reply to the deserter -he replied some waiat amabiguously thAt lie 'had not got it " and hurried off as fast as he could in the direction of the Sheriff's offlce "to get it." He got it, arrested iis maun anti brought hiin to tPhiladelphia. W hen W-)yle reached the lieadqiarters it was about three o'clock, His conirlales welcomed him, shit they were glad toibee hiu,rushed him upsiatrs and chained himu to the bed, posting a sentry outdo to shio-> ham if he Lrind to emi ) i .i WAi1t oy Va0 neceeshr K* i %ioi0 iria direction. The heavy t~ead of the sentry and the occasional bang (f his musket on the floor did their best to inform Iloyle that lie was not at a fair. As the exact chronology of his prQcedlings can only he told by himself a large part, of them have to be guessed at. It is certain that tie began by working sonic screws and divid. iig the bedsteua into two parts. It is thought that lils next auuve was to tie it securely to hs body, so that when lie jaumped neitner he nor the bedbtead should a each tho ground firtit, which would have entailed cousiderable jolting. A few scraps of rope which lie uiroturi the room tend to coadria this beihef. The desoeti, of tle man, hampered as he was by the piece of Iedstead, vihich is some ttiree feet by two and a half feet square, seems ainoit incredible. Undeaneath the window at a distance of fourteenl feet is a slhppery and infirmu wooden shed belonging to the yard o1 a horise in the rear of the military rendez vouis. IHe must have jumped on to this, which feat in iteelf was perilous. The roof is covered with 1mo53ssand frost and looks utusthing but a safe resting place. From the shed heo evidienitly leaped on the haird bricks of the yard, twenty-two feet more. Toou- yard Is surrounded by a wooden fence some elOee feet in helgnt, which seemns to be unchimbal'e even il the climiber were not. handcullfed aand ac complafnied by a bedbt.ial, it was just 5 o'clock. when the escape was nmade. This was just the time when every one b.it the sentry was at tea. It was thought that, on reaching the ground Rfoyle must have been 'issistedi by friends, it is imnposdble, however, that any one iouild have cimbed up to the room trom without. T'he wonder is that Ro~yle was not, seen oitheor by soime one in t he coitrt at the tear or by persons in the houases. About a year ago i'>yle oepod fromn the police atation at Allentown, where ho was confined for a trifling offenee, in a similar way. Uiad he iiot 10d ho would lhave been sent to the Jefferson Barracks, dt. Lsouis, anid tried by court-.martli. The usual punishmient is five or six years' impirisoinment, wich is generally reduced to half Dy the judge advooate. Tihe de sertion is thei tlli this year in the distract, in which k'illadelphuia Is inoluded. The unida or Wintang. 'There is not so muob fainting in pub lie as there was thirty gaa ago. Bound healthi, which necessarily secures the firm niervos and musces, is the surest preventive of fain Lnest. An exchange remarks that the mnobriiy of vigorous mein -go through ail kuds-of severe and painful experience without fainting, while delieate men a d women swoon at trifles. Amierioan ocmen, who used to faint continualiy-i4 crowds, at bad fnews, at scones of di tres--now faint compmaratively seldom; ad .the fact is ascribed to their rel quishment, for' the most port, of the hbit of lacing, to their increased exercis in the open air, and their better phy ical conditions. Not one American won m faints to-day, whor e thirty years a o, twenty -Alv women fainted and th diminution of the disorder, always th resuU of direct causes, is an unistnable evidenoe, which other thing. o: roborate% of the marked amlioration iii thbalth of the- Ighly orgae, nommely) .easm' tive, but de1ile aa xduming weaer,. o5 f ut'Oompntrace, The Life of a Pilot, The brotherbood of Delawaro ba and river pilots is cbmposed of abou ninety active, sturdy, weather-beaten danger-daring men, whose ages rang between twenty five and seventy-fly years, and some of whom have continu ously pursued their useful, even Indis ponsable, calling for nearly half a een tury. The writor Is fresh from a socia chat with one of the oldest, best-known and most experienced of those hardj men, who conduct vessels from tiu open sea through the dangerous shoall and wrecking spota of the Dolaware bao and river, to their docks along the rive1 front of the city of Philadelphia. Th4 name of this old pilot is Lester D Shellinger, and for over forty years h4 has been engaged in piloting vessels uj and down the Delawiare river and bay and his father did the same thing be. fore him. For the pant t'wenty years however, he has alternated piloting witt] being Captain of City lee Boats. Cap tain Schollinger resides at No. 120 Queen street, and it wt a there the wvi ter received from him the infoiniat-ion embodied in this article. Captain Schellinger wais asked: "'What is the course of training to quality a mau to become a regular pilot?" "What we call 'pilot boys,'" was the response, "have to serve a regular up. pronticeslip of six years to soi ol, experienced pilot. That is, they have to aLiost live Oin pilot-boats, and ate studyiug and observing all the time. 'ihen they are required to miake'thirty two trips up and down the river and bay in squaro-rigged vessels hoforo their time is out. After going through thi the pilot-boy is taken boloro a conmuit. tee of the Port Wardens and a board of pilot-exainers, and if he is found to ho bright and capable he obtains what we onli a 'twelve-foot brinchi,' and he keeps that for eightoen mouths. Ho is then exaMnmed ag.ti, and if f>unid 01m potent he gats a 'tirst-clais britohi,' aid is a full pilot. 1'st of the pilot-boys are sons of (old pilots, and thoy have generally a natural aptitudo fior the buiniiOss." '"1-ow are pilots licensed?" "I'ho Pennsylv-nia pilota and Dela ware pilota are now working in opposi Lion to each other to some extent. For over 100 years all the Do!awaro bay pilots obtained their liconsao from the State of P0-mylvania, l1,t the last Po-unsy Ivania l is43ailature ont Idowu tihe rates about 4 per ceant., and thein the Delaware pilots had a law passod giving them the old rates. Whten a pilot goes down stream he gets $8.00 per foot (water diaplacouiouat). The highost rato up froml the sea in $1,16 per foot and Winter pitotage used to be $10 extra, but that is taken away now iltlmonubg the Delaware pilots got the old wintor rates yet. Pennsylvania pilots must work by ]Pennsylvania law." "'How ubout pilot boats?" "There are four pilot-boats owned by Pennsylvania pilots. Two of them cost over $18,000 each and the other two $8,000 each. Tnere are two Dolaware noats, making six in all. When a pilot boat goes out she has a regular crew of six men, and six pilots are allowed to go on her to hnut jo- s. The first pilot on the list gota the first job, and the others follow in rotation. $omet.mes in fair weather these boats go as far as sixty miles out-to sea looking for incoming foreign vessels, but as a general rule they cruise -about the Five Fathom Lightship. Tney remain on the watch day and night and in all kinds of weather. Whieu a vessel takes onr board a pliot he has full enarge, and his pay is acoording to the dralt of water of the vessel. Tihat is, if the vessel draws 18 feet the pilot gets $4. 16 per foot from 12 feet up, aiid ens-third of what he receives goes to the pilot-boat for her support. When a pilot takes a vessel out to sea he pays $5.00 for what is called 'the take-ohtf boat,' to bring him bacik in port again, if the veesol is a 20. feet boat, and he pays $4.00 up to 20 feet. It costs considerable money to keep these pilot-boats in first-class cono dition, and they must be kept in splendid order for the servioe they have to peo form.'' Aliuding to the knowledge possessed by Delaware bay pilots and the care and skill they have to exercise in brmng ing a vessel safely into port from the sea, Captain Soh~ollinger remarked: "A regulair pilot must be perfeotly familiar with Delaware bay and river from the Capes to the city. By day or night and in all kinds of weather he must be able to thread his way safely through the water and with as much confidenee as you woul go along the street on the way to your home. The pilot must have a muinte knowledge of every shoal, every channel, light houses and lights of all kinds, sound ings, bearings, e., in the bay and river, and hie must (ro to speak) be able tio see the bottom s his vessel ploughs throughr the water, e. must be able to perfectly work a square-rigged vessel, and must have complete knowledge of everything connected with the tides." "Describe generally the pilotage of a vessel from the open sea outside the Capes to the port of Phihlelphia." "When a pilot-tOoat while oruising sights a vessel signzallng for a pilot, hien skiff Is lowered, and( the pilot whose turn it is is rowed t. tihe vessel, and wvhen once on board he takes; comi mnand, It is sometimes bauardous work to get from the pilot-beat to the vessel to be pi oted, for you 'must remember the pilot is bon to answer the sum mns for is~ ussistance, 119 inatter whether it be day or night time, or whether the sea is rough or calm. Too only thing that would prevent a pilot f-rom taking the sma'.I boat, and going to the vessel that needed him, woald bei the almost oortainty that the~ boat could not live in the sea that might be run ning at the timne. A pilot, ,howvever1 will take to th'~ small boat and reach bIs boat lin safit, when a less experi. ened than .wquli take It for panted that the b~okt would ii swatn04 The '.gnaillag for palote at nighat timeo i done getierally b:i what we call Aash lts. whielt ean be adari four or liva iles away, but steamers usually send 1 up rockets when a pilot is wanted, and r they can be seen a long way off from L the dock of th3 pilot-boat. When a , pilot takes charge of a vessel out at L) sea to bring her Into port, he makes for 3 the Five-Pathom Banic, out from the - mouth of the bay, and on which there - Is a lightship. Then he looks for the . 'MoOrea Shoal,' between the light-ship I and the 'ovorfalls,' which spot is off , Cape May at the mouth of the channel; r but if south lie guides for 'Fenwiok's i Island Shoal,' twenty miles south of ;Honlopen. He must know just where r dangerous places are by day and night r and he feels his way by night time by ) various bearings and the constant use of the lead. when1 Imiaide the Ogiw there are numorous shoals on both" sides to avoid, and the compass and load are constantly in demand. Be. tween Cape May, or the 'overfalls' and Bombay Hook, the pilot encounters the 'Brown Shoal,' on the west side, the 'Flogger Shoal,' on the same side, and on the eastern side, above the 'Brandywino Shoal,' is the 'Mire Maull Shoal,' and then the 'Cross Ledge Lighthouse and Shoal.' Then comes the 'Ben Davis oyster bed,' close to the channel on the east sid, and just below Bombay Hook is the "Od John Shoal.' There is a light-house at B.mbay Hook, and from the latter place to the. port of Philadelphia are numerous shoals, all of which are well known to regular pilots." "How much can a rogu'.ar pilot make per annum at the present rate?" "Pilots are not at all well paid now when you considor tho k'nowledge they must POPsesR, and the exposod lives they lead. The ratoi are low, and about two years ago the merohants got a bill passed which rednoed their pay about 40 per cent. A regular pilot now can scarcely averago more than $800 per annumin, and wo used to make from $1,500 to $1,800 a year. It costa a great deal to keep the pilot-boats in orier, and one of then has lately gone out on a cruise on which $600 was spent for sails, riggirg, and necessary tuimga of difhfrent kinds. For the past six months many pilots have not had more than ono vessel per month, and some times they even cruise for two or three weeks at i time without getting a vos s4ol." "What ago is.the oldest active pilot?*" "William Marshal is the oldest no tive regular pilot, and he is past seventy. Ilve yoi'rs of ago, He goes out regularly, and kueps in good plysical condition. The old pilots, as a general thing, are toiorably hado, hearty men, and the main trouble they have is rhoumatism." "How about disastors, accidents, oto9' "Disastors and accidents aro quite or Iwoeluy yeaur- - immu&E,4 1UUG 5% on yellow-fovor vessels, and some of them havo caught that disease. I have had charge of yellow-fover vessols more thai oame." A Western RiUe. ilhere are two of us-two womou--sour rying along one of the ragged streets of a Territorial capital as fast as the shaggy, onc-eyed pony attached to the wide seated phaeton could carry us, our destioation a settlement tweityV-fv miles farther up the Missouri. it. Ii midumner of. 1881 and the sun was just rising as we reached the outskirts of the city. The air was s-t and cool, and fragrant with au odor dlf fised by the blooming plaIns. Striking the prairie road, nve sped onward, leaving behind us the little white town, which 1ay nestled among the elustering hills, the ocar, radlliant sunrise dmed only by the simoke of a river ateamner rising dark against the rosy sky. 1L was lovely in its sum mner morning freshness, that green water less sea, which spread wIth a mighty sweep away to the far, far nortLa and the snowy ranges of the wvest. The hour, the air, andu all this lbvellness had a suibtle elf sct upon mny companion and myself. LeanIng back in our seat, we permItted the horse to Jog along as he chose while we sought to drink n the splr it of the scone, so that we might, remember it forevot'. Thie enlire absence of fences, whInch tdhe herd laws render unnecessary, mnspirc~a one with the same delightful sense of freomn as being far out upon tho deep with no hand In sight. Somctlimes we saw a dininutive farm house, which looked as iho)ugh it might, have tumbled from the clouds, so solitary and out of place tIL seemevd. There It stood wkthlout a vine to slhter it,-a target for the mnidasumer sun, a toy for the winter tempests. But, the stuirdy, bravo hearted ploncoer may look( fromi has door anti see fortune smiling at hn from his broad, fertile acres. Ah, what p)ossibilitionR lie In that glorlous coun. tryl A hundred and sixty acres of the bestL ] land im the world may be had by the mana who Is couaragteous enough to set hIs face to the western sun and1 there turn the vjrs. gla soil, There Is rogmn for all ish that broad, new ecuni~i,"and secure prosperIty rm those who press on to these goals with stout lioarts and unflinchIng purpose. The Vunn. Recent writers trace the origin of the violin to the Indian Ravanastron, yet played by the poor Buddhist monks, wvho go bogging from door to door, and f it Is traditionally believed to have been thie invention of Ravana, King of Oey lon, 5000 BI. C. From thme Ravanastron sprang the gonudok of .1-ussia and the erawvth of Wales-the latter in use be fore thc sixth ~otury-both of whioh seem to have differed from the later iinstrumentjs of the same tribe in having the upper surfacee of the bridge flat, so that all the striings had probably to be sounded at once. Th'Je viol was the more immediaute procurs(or of the violin t aiid of its relatives of deeper pitch the s violoncello andu the double brass. Chaim bers's (Oyolopzedia says. "The vioi is to be seen represented on monumouts as far back as the close of the eleventh f, century. Violins were mentioned as early as 1200 in the legendary life of 2 St Ohristopher. Thy were Introduced .i into England, uogeo eay, by Charles U," Keep such omtpany as G3od keeps. t Old foxes are caught at last, Open deep? Uavitq thieves, Frettla~g cares'ozeate gtg Mei&a Keep your hand out of the fir,..sad. vouraAsif out of anatre1. 1876. 1882. F. W. HABENICHT, Proprietor of the MORNINGSTAR SALOON I respectfully call the attention of th a public to my superior facilities for sup. plying everythinj 11 my line, of uprr quality. Starting Rbusiess in WinnA boro in 1876, I have in all this time given the closet attention to my busi ness and endeavored to make my estab lishnient FIRST-CLASS in every par ticular. I shall in the future, as in the past. hold myself ready to serve my customers with the best artioles thatcau 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'li). A. Bin Laubert and Marat Cognao Brandy. Jamaica Rum. Rotterdam Fish Gin. lHoss'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. Guiger Ale. Soda .WaiWr. Sarsaparilla. Old Cabinet Rye Whiskey. Old Schuylkill Rye Whiskey. The honorable Rye Whiskey. 1(Abb~nod atCAIr'yWate~eY. - Jesse Moore Vollmer Rye Whiskey, )Id N. 0. 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 Brandy. Boston Swan Gin. SUNDRIES. Rook and Bye. Osceola Bitters. Hoatetter's Bitters. lergner & Engel's Lager Beer, In patent stopper bottles and on draught. few Jersey Sweet, Sparkling Cider. 'ohu, Bock & Rye, Lawrence & Martin. Stoughton Bitters. Rook and Corn. Digars and Tobacco Syndicate Cigar, 5 conts. The Huntress Cigar, 2j cents. dadcline Cigar-All Havana-10 cents. )on Carlos (Nub)-all Havana--.10 cents 4inerva Cigar--Havana filler.-5 cents. ~leek Cigar-Havana filler-5 cents. )ur Boast Cigar-Havana filler-5 centa inoky Hit Cigar--Havana filler--S cents. 'ho Unicum Self-Lighting Olgarotte, (Amber monlth..jiee to every ten packages.) The Plokwick Club Cigarette, e8huck mouth-Diece. Thle ichminond Gem Cigarette, (Light smoking.) ilia Dily Billiard and~ Pool Par lorl la Twn.. ICES ICE! ICE! An-abundance always on hand for tho se of my customers. I wil also keop a upply of IFISII, OYSTERS, &O., r my Restaurant, wlaich is always pen from the flrat of September to the rat of April. I shall endeavor to please all who give ie a call. Veywrespestftully, P.W, IIABENICUR~ - PPOSITE POSTOFFOC