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TRI-WEELY EDITION.' WINNSBORO. 8.,. JANUARY s1883 ESALIHDF8 7 . 1 7 Sweet evenings come and go, love. They came and went of yore; This evening ot our'lite, love, Shall go and coma nu' more. When we have passed away, love, All things will keep their name; But yet no life on earth, love, With ours will be the same. '1I dalsles will be t14ere, love, The stars in heaven will shine; I shalt not feel thiy wish, love, Nor thou my had in thine. A better time wilt come, love, And yetterpouls Pe born; I would ngt b the best, love, To leavb thee now forlorn. SUSPENEDP ELOPEMENT, I had loved Bella for more than a year. When I say that I was over twenty-five, my readers of the sterner ex will, I am sure, be impressed by my constancy. Bella had money. Not that this had, of course, anything to do with my extra ordinary devotion, but it served -for a time to be the barrier to our happiness. I first met and fell a victim to Bella's charms when her mother was alivo. Her father had then been dead several years. The old lady took to me. I have a knack of getting on with old ladies. This is a very useful gift when they are w'ell off, and are the mothers of lovely daugh tors. 1 advise all young men to culti vato it. , The.maiu point is always to be more attentive to the mother than to the daughter. It is also well to throw in cecasional remarks a.4out the appgir ent degeneracy of the age, and alludeto the superior constitutions and charac ters of the preceding generation. All was working smoothly for Bella and me, when cruel fate, in the shape of a drunken car-driver, crushed the mother under its Jugger-nautian wheels. We prosecuted the driver, and an intelli gent jury, largely influenced by the wealth of the car company, decided that pedestrians have no rights which car drivers are bound to respect. It turned out, by her father's will, Bella in the event of her mother's death, was, until her twenty-first year, to be placed under the guardianship of an uncle, who was a farmer in Vermont. This same uncle was an admirable specimen of the typical Vermonter. He oould freeze to a chance of making a dollar harder than a lobster's claw to a i small boy's investigating finger. He , had two great lmlknig sons, and dbter- I mined that Bella should marry one or 1 the other. Indeed he believed ihe was a acting most kindly in giving her a i ehoice instead of insisting on her taking I the first-born. When old Green 'found I out that I had come into the neighbor hood and was hanging about the promi. 3 sea, he sternly warned mo off, and even i hinted at the fierceness and number of 1 the dogs which populated his yard at i night. I took his word for the dogs it was about the only thing I wouldI have taken it for. Bella was virtually a prisoner. The old farm house was three stories high a very unusual thing in that part of the country-sud she was locked in at night in her room on ' the top floor. With I great uifficulty 1 managed to get one I or two letters to her; bur 'so closely 1 was she watched and guarded during I the day that speech with her - was im possiblo. I wvas in despair. There was yet a year to run before sie could claim release from this guardianship, Was there no means of escape possible ? While I was pondering over this question in the liutle hotel where I haid now beten staying for some, weeks, I hoard a strange voice addressed to ,the proprietor in loud tones, and distinctly h eard the words "portable fire escape." .instantly ant ispiration dashed through my mind. 1 joined the party, and in docing so. heard these wordls: ".it's just the simplest tbnmg in the world. A two-year-old babe couldn't hurt itself. ''No, sir, it 'ud like to have *o for a plaything, sand 'uid amuse itself all day haulhng itself to the top of tue house and lettin' itself down again. TIhey're so light and easy, that wv aenf toiks don't wnt escapes I often sells them as baby-jumpers. Jest try one ;t it's only $4 510. Mlake it for you as an .advertisement, seein' you keeps a -hotel and you'd ought to have one foir the pro tection of your guests.''" "Guess not. My place is~only two A ~stories high ; and ii we have a fire, they 1 can jump out or burn, just as they may please." And the caremul hotel-keeper strolled off. "What have you thiere, my friend ?" 1 askedt of the stranger, "A portable fire-escape. &3mplest thing in the world. Bunt I was fooled to come to this section, anyhow. Thtere isn't a house high enough for a man to hurt himself much ii he rolled off' the roof, and a Vermonter 'ud sooner take chances on hus life tihan spend a dime, any day." "I'll tell you how you can sell one escape for $20 and no trouble cither," "You will I l'ms your oyster." I unloided my plot.y and found a sym pathetic listener. He was to go up to ). 3ella's uncle's house and try to sell an escape. Of course, we knew that would be perfectly hopeless. So, aflter being rebuffed, lie was to masist on lcinving one on trial for a week or two, till 'he came around again, Hie was also to try to smuggle a letter to Bella, explaining she was at night to get possessioin of thes escape, attach it to her bedstead, and slide down nito my waiting arms,J which would be waiting- as -near as the1 dogs would let them. On the night site was ready, she was to signal in *a certain way ii ith a candle att toe wiiow., * ~ The peddler stattod off' and soon re turnea, having be en successful in get ting a letter to Bella, ana having gi'ven an exhibition of how to use the escape. For several nmghts I waited in vain fur the signal, but, at last it was hshown. I did not hear the dogs about, and t gent ly crept nearly under the wiidow. . it was opened. . " re you there, Della.?" I whispered. "es." "You're not afraid, dear I" "Noet very, I've tied thie exid atotin& thaehadntoad andlTdont thinkr i aan elip out of fhe loops. Hayn you a buggy waittug ?' . "Yes, dear, at the first turn of the road." "Very well. I am going to, try now. Oh I" She had launched herself off front the side and was descendibg beautifully. "Don't come too fast, dear. Use the check rope if you feel you are coming too quickly." Sihe had got to the second floor, when there was an uunacetthtable stoppage. "What's the matter ?" I criad. "It won't move." "8hake the rope." "I have." 'tLoosen the check.' "It is quits loose." "Try to pull up a bit." "I can't ; I'm stuck fast." "Let me shake the rope." "Try. Oh I Oh! It's no use ; it won't Move."01 "Can't you slip out of the loop and slide down the rope ? I'll catch you." "No, I cannot. , I'm settiug in them nd can't got out. Oh, 'wh'at's to be lone ?" "I'll try to climb up and see." Bella sat danglig in the air, like Mo liammed's coffin, "betiveen' heaven and 3arth. I tried to climb, but the rope was iot half an inch thick, ani I slipped back. Then came the tragic sequel. Ihere was a rush of something behind [ne, and a bulldog seized me in that part which had been nearest to him as ie approached. I have hoard. of sol, hers riddled.with bullefs, or almost 3ut and thrust to pieces by swords and ayonets who have still advanced upon he enemy. I don't think they could ave done it with -a bulldog, hanging rearward. If any one of, my male readers doubta (his asicrsion of man's ,ourage, let him get an angry bulldog md try. Other dogs began to give tongue. Bella screamed. Lights were seen noving in the house. "Go I" she cried. "'They will kill you if they find you.' "But I cannot leave you, Bella." I vas leaving her in small sectic us down, ie dog's throat, and I felt I must run tway. -Go ; save yourself I" By a convulsive effort I shook oir the h log, a considerable portion of my rousers and a couple of good mouth uls of my anatomy, andi bounded over fenco and up a tree. From there I vatched triumphant Vermoneters haul ell. into a second story winidow. Then hey came out, anti with much crying f u d swearing began to look for'me. I im happy to say they were unsuccess ul. About two hours afterward I ven- c ured to limp home. C B.Ala never tried to elope again. She I 'emained proof against all the arau nents o her uncle and the chlarns of he Green Mountain boys. and when he became really her lown instress shie )ecame mine legally too. Never saw that fire-.scape man again. ?crhaps it was better for him I dian't. I never called for his machine. Pos ibly he heard something oi the story n his travels.' 1 don't know as there is any moral to his tale, except never to use a rope f ire-escape for an elopement. There nust have been something prophetic in he instinct of the author of the old ong, when he wrote : When a lady 6lopes . Down a ladder of ropee, I ifho may go to Hong Kong for ine. Queen or the T'ankI. Enting, sleeping and sowing beneath the raters are among the accomplishments of he New Y ork aquarian diver who calls erself ''The Water Quccn," When asked r it required much time to acquire her ari, he said, "about three weeks." "How much did you weigh when you' egan first?'' she was alled. "Between 145& and 150 pounds." "DId the water reduce your weight?" "Very little. It simply Lththtenect the auscles." "Did it cande- any change In you' relish or foodW'' "On the contrary, it increased my appe te.". "What was your first experience?" "The first plunge madIe me very sick." "Ho0w long have you becen practicing the ank ac? "I commenced five years ago last Aug. 1st." "What is the longest time you ever re nained under water?" "Three minutes, forty-five seconds, with [60 pounds pressure to the square Inch on lie chiegt. On one occasion it took me me minute and twenty-five seconds to (d0 he sewing act as they call it." "You oncei trod the tanbark9'' "Yes, I followed Mmne. Anderson. I lid not have one day's training, but 1 made ip my mnind to do it, and I did.. I accomn ilished the feat of walking 1,200 half miles luring so many half hours." "What cec has tank (living on youtr are and eyes?" "Only a little on- my eyes. Smi~etinme s here arc specks In the tank. When the rater is clear I can see a foot froni me, ant I cannot discern faces. I can see per. ens crossing the stage, but there is a sort if blue mist across my eyes, so Ihalt I can iot toll who they are." "W hile remaining so.Jbqkls the water 11h1 you not feel a sort of inclination to re saam therel" "fNo,I amn obliged to come up. for 1 feel is though my head would burst. But I rant to tl you a good joke. I went to :oston once, and after perform~Ing there ye thobght it best to change the water in he tank. My husband got somne barrels lomewhmere and had themn filled with water i.s soon as I- got into thQ tank I detected lie smell of whmisky, but thinking that I was mistaken I kept In until I got drunk. L afterward discovered that the water was isrried in whisky barrels, which soaked birough the pares of my ski, so) that 1 had o be rolled out, -Benator dmndqhsedowed a room in the Mary Fletcher Hospital, In Burimngton, in memory of his dahghter; LKiss Julht M. Edmunds, who retently lied. The enutowment, S5000, provides for the .9upport and care of one free philt. ~randun first hannanoiaz has al. The IInidoo Stitee. In the remote village of Gader Dehee, in the district of Banhurah, there r< to be seen two small tombs on the banli of a small lake, containing the holy asies of a'young lady who burnt hersell alive on the funeral pyre of her deceased busband. The iame of the husband of the lady was Brahamand Gossain, and he died of fever in the morning. She wept not, but sat by the dead body ol her husband. How we wished that she could give vent to her feelings, and relieve herself. But no, she sat and utbered neither a sigh nor a groan. At last she rose and proceeded straight way toNards .the Tkakoor Barec to the image of the god Krishna. There she went, followed by many men and wom en, and prostrated herself before the the god. Then.she stood, and began to divest herself of the oxnaments that she had on her person. One by one she took them and placed them at the foot of the god, for the first time speaking: "Here, my lord, take them, I nced them no longor." And then she slowly came back to where the body of her husband was lying covered. She then addressed her brother-in-law, andBie said; "Pro bare for the ceremony of cremation, r.nd you know I can't live without him. I must accompany him." Though her relations, friends and neighbois had all suspected that something serious was impending, the first announcement was received with a shock which could not be described. Then followed dispuasions, and her friends, relations and neighbors all began to dissuade her to no purpose. The uucle-in-law, the mother-in-law, whom a Uindoo lady is bound to revere next to her God, commanded, and then earnestly pleaded to her to forbear, but ihe was not to be moved. Then came the guroo, the purohit, whom, as her ipiritual guides, she was bound to obey. J'hey tried their best, but she Was de bermiued. Time rolled on, and she wayered not for a moment. Then the last device was resorted to. Her fears were appealed to; they described to her the horrible and P1ainul sufferings Of a iving man upon a funeral pile. At Irst she disdained to give replies to hir appeals to her fears, but at last when oblged to say something she said: "You need not be anxious; my soul ias Lied with my lord. As for bodily iufferings, I shall show you that I need iot apprehend them." There was a lamp burning, under the isual custom, by the corpse, and she )ut one of her fingers upon the slow Ire of the lamp and burnt it without vincing. Crowds had then pallected rom all parts of the country. It was hen about A p. m., and the corpse was iarried to the burning ghat on the bank >f the small lake, only about a couple >f hundred yards from the house, and he lady followed, followed by thousands if men chanting "Raribole." TIu irowd then began to collect dry faggots, nd healps were gathered in a few mo nents. When the funeral pile was in >rocess of being prepared, the corpse vas bathed, and the lady herself per ormed her ablutions. She than put rermilion on her forehead and dressed terself in a new Paree jcloth for ladies) nd then slowly entered the funeral pile. Ier hair was properly adjutsted by her riends, and tiey adorned her with ,arlands and wreaths of fl:wers. The irowd then with tearful eyes begged of ier blessings and some tokens from her o be kept in remembrdace of her self accifice. She was supplied with cow les, plantains, betelamts, etc., and she egau to throw handfuls of them mongst the crowd, She then laid her elf by the corpse of her husband in the >osture of warm emnbrac5. She gave he order, and the pile was lighted in everal places and there was at once a >hizing fire, The Suttee raised her ight hand and began to utter the name >f Horce, tiurning her band round and 'ound. She was dead before the nire ad reached 1her sacredl person. Thius a liindoo w idow ended her life m1 thle funeral pyre of her husband. Elor husband was dead and the wvorld ippeared to 1her a dreary waste. She w~as determined to follow her lord to the mnkno'vn world, undeterred by the sol citations of 1her friends and relations md~ the temptations of worldly pleasures. Heor fears were appealed to, but in vain. She felt she could not live a moment without her lord; she must accompany liim, anid under the influence of this >verwhlelming impulse she entered the llames without the least display of fear mnd with an alacrity which surpasses ill deeorlptioni. We ask, who can con lempkite this spirit-stiaring scene, this wonderous spectacle, without feeling a tort of veneration for the lady who thus lfrered herself as a sacrifice on the altar f connubial duty? May her spirit rest in peace, and from its place in the heav mas shed light upon her surviving Mothers and sisters and upon her couni rymen, inspire them with courage in he accomplishment of their ends in life. 0o6 Joote. The arcbilogical treasures of Paris vill shortly include a colleotion of old ,oots. It will be the most curious eature of the new entle -to be opened iezt motith i onnection with the m1useo de (Iluny, and promises to be ahe most complete history in leather of he bootmaker's art that tire world has ret seen. To the specimeps already iequired by the museum have jast been ulded two famodis private colletions lamely, those of AM. Jaeiemart and albe Baron Schuter-togetner with a umber of boots once worn by Venetian mourtiers, purchased on behalf of the F~renchi Govet'ment In Italy a-few days' tince. In the same room will be shown hle ancient tapestries and articles of ilothing formerly belonging to the Dhateau de Boussao, which but for con-. renlent French law would have passed into foreign hands. TIhe Qommune of Bousmac, being in want of money, was ictually negotiatink with German agents for the sal9 of these relics of thre past, when tihe Government stepped in, claim ing the collection under the Historical Ibintments law, The tapestries are sow being restored, and so cleverly will the work be done that oilly tile eye of an erperionced archeologist will be aible to distinguish the new patohee froin the ba he aories. "When the old State Savings matitu tion failed in August. 1877," said Re. ceiver L. B. Otis, "the books of the bank showed the'names of 14,600 de positors, and of this number 11,212 have drawn dividend. The remaining 2,388 are-no one knows where, The face of their unclaimed deposits is $20, 000 or $27,000, aid all efforts to find thcm have provol unavailing. Many of these accounts are very small, and some are only for interest, but in order to pay a fina) dividend it is necessary to know just how tnany claimants there are." "On July 24, 1682, six difforent divi ,dends, amountiigin all to 45 per cent., were in process i.- viel. As no diVidends had be0 dI wn upon many of the claims ageinst. the institution, and for the purpose of enabling the re ceiver to pay a thlal dividend and wind up the affairs of the institution,.an order was entered by the court that all credi tors and holders of 'deposit-books should draw their respective dividends on or before December 1, 1882. This date was subsequently extended to February 1, 1883, after which time all claims upon which dividends are not drawn by that time are barred and excluded from any participation In the funde. of the inslitution in the bands of the receiver. There is now, and in all probability will be on February 1 next, about $26, 0(0 of unclaimed accounts, and the dividends on these will therefore go to the other depositors, thus increasing the amount they will receive. "Within the iast month the receiver and his clerks have gone through the books of the institution, and, using the latest city directory, besides resorting to other.moans, have endeavored to find out the whereabouts o' theso unknown claimants and notify them by circular that dividends were awaiting their pleasure. As a result we have made some interesting discoveries. "There was an account of $827 75, for instance, in favor of George P. Leo, formerly assistant treasurer of the Chi cago & Northwestern Railway. He moved from Ohicago to Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1870. He was traced to that place, and when informed of the fact could give no explanation of it. He had at one time done ia large business with the bank, and supposed hio had drawn out everything. He was, how ever, glad to draw his dividend. There are.atill 2,388 unknown claim ants, and very few if any of these will be found. The fire scattered a large number of them, and many of the serv 'Imta who had small sums in the bank wont bick to Europe. I as still trying to hunt up the old depositors, but do not expect to find many more of them. The claims against the bank amounted to $3,000,000, and when the final divi dond is paid, sometime after February 1 next, about $1,500,000 will h ave been distributed to creditors," A Fl1orni vent. Among the women married recently in New Iork was one who from early girl. hood has been extremely tend of flowers. lie decided to spend her energy and her father's money upon floral decorations in stead of in the direction of fluc gowns. Her floral feat is a matter of remark with every guest who attended the reception that followed the marriage ceremony. Palms and ferns made the hall lovely. In the drawing room the grates were fllect with maiden hair fern and bright cut flow ers beneath. A medium sized plant rose from the centre. On the ends of the man - we were floral fans widapread. The centres wore sn. all white daisies; the0 frin ging of rosebuds andt ferns. The sticas were marked with ardesia berries. Another fan on an easel of smilax was composed of white pofnipons, edged wilh bon silene buds and fringed with yellow daisies. Tihe sticks were of violets. Both of the fans were hand palated with sprays of the loveliest combinationis through the centre. On the mantel stood the "Old Oaken Bucket." a marvelous piece of flor al work. Upon a bed of llcopodiuras, fringed with cissus. erntne and ferns, with terrestrial orchids springing up In places and a spray of passiflora rubra near near the old shaft, stood a square well, the sides made of different blossoms. One side was of yellow pompon artemeslas, one, of white, one of crimson king carnations, one a la purity carnations. Each one was sprayed with a knot of roses. The top of the well was mossy; oii one corner perched an owl, wise in expression; the owl's back and wings were wrought of chrysanthemums and lis breast was of pale purple artemesias. His eyes were of yel low daisies. The well bucket was full of sweet smellhng violets, and trailing moss seemed to have been caught en the pendu lous sdck. The floral screen was effect ively worked out. There was a clover leaf on the marble of- the pier grlass, aiid loose baskets of roses were intersperse'l throughout the rooms. The portiere of ivies and smilax chains which swept in the arch between the extension and the draw ing room was the most effective work. This was looped back with rosettes of white satin. In its centre swung the wed ding bell, a bell of roses sprAyed with pale buds. A Doclor's Subatge, Ho was a young man with a wild, disordered look. Ho rushed into the oflice of a prominent city physician yes terday, placed a small cup on the desk, took off his coat, bared his right arm, and whispered: "Stick me!" "Do you want to be bled?" "I dot Open a vein, and let me catch the blood in this cuip."~ "Too full in the head?" "Alas! too full in the heart. My ai~anced will not believe me when I tell her that I love her better than my life. I will write my love--I will write it in my own lIfe-blood! Proeeod!" "Is that all you wanit?" "'All! Is not that sufficient?" "Young man you are a. dodo I Put on your coat. I keep a red ink here for the very purpose you desire, and I will sell you a whole gill for a quarter." - And the young man was not stuck. -The vapor or tobacco jalce will destroy all kinds of troublesome inaeota that infent hot-hanae planta. Uritish Igzowmneo of Ainaorio. A correspondernt from Parli, Says I was lately at a dinner party where the a guests were all Americans, and all of to them had made a sojourn of longer or shorter duration in London. The con versation turned on the really comical bi ignorance of all things American die- in played by the best educated English al people. and numerous anecdotes in il- T lustration of the top in question were - cited. One of *these related to the 1 son of a former United States Minister at in London, Mr. Edwards Pierrepont. ra At some public dinner one of the guests b( asked Mr. Pierrepont, jr., whilo his fri father was in the acf. of making a speech. st who the orator was. Tho young gen .tiqgpnmade answ9e that that was the W American Mnuster. "Is he of the old Tj established Church or a Dissenter?" was m the next question. But this does not 1 quite equal the query of the Archbishop ti of Canterbury, who lately asked of an American visitor to explain to him "the b attitude assumed by the United States ru towar(tI Dissenters." A general of our an army next told how he had accompanied Bul an English officer of high standing to th visit Newburg, and informed him that Washington had once had his headquar- n ters there. "Which Washington?" ne' languidly demanded the Briton. for Next came an accomplished young nit Southern gentleman, the son of a United avi States Senator. who described an in- i terview that he had recently hatt with an English lady, who wals introduced ba to him as a prodigy of intellect and of th< learning. "You came from the South- en ern States, sir?" she romarded amiably. bk "Which of the two do you come from- no, Missouri or Peru?" With great pres ence of mind, my young friend in formed her that he was then residing nu in~ Peru, but intended shortly to re- wa move to Missouri. But I rather think for that the climax was capped by an wit English author, who, on being told by alo an American lady that sho came from Missouri, said, thoughtfully;-'Mis- cnt souri-let me so-what State is that wal in?" "Missouri is a State," responded bu the lady. "Ah, yes-yes-to be sure for it is-it is Mississippi that I was thina- On( ing of." Fortunately the lady in ques- tm tion was well used to the peculiar ign)rance of Englishmen and Eaghnrh wh society in general respecting our coun- tail try, and she did not even smile. I the myself have become thoroughly case- ani hardened on the subject; so when a mu charming English lady, the wife of am distinguished Indian oilicer, asked me awl one day if it were not very dangerous up to walk in the environs of Philadelphia tho on account oi the rattlesnakes,.L was sor enabled to answer her without moving pa a muscle of my countenance. 3 sto Vami,lro .Bats in itraij. ph Probably no part of Brazil is more tht ailhoted than a portion of the province anl( of Bahia with the scourge of vampires. leo Whole herds of cattle are sometimes thr destroyed by this venomous bat. to It was long a mattbr of conjecture wol how the animal accomplished this in- al sidious and deadly work; but scientific exl men have now decided that the tongue, bui which is capable of considerable exten- die lion, is furnished at its extremity with um a number of pipilisn, which are so ar- str< ranged as to form an organ of suction, the lips having also tubercles sym metrically arranged. Fastening them. I 3elves upon cattle, these dreadful pap animals can draw the blood from their we victims. The wvound, made probably from the small needle-like toeth, is a use linc round hole, the bleeding from which whi is very difficult to stop., 'tell' It is said that the wings of thrm doadly A bat flying around during the operation pro of wounding and drawving blood, with Au great velocity, thus fanning ihe victim Enj and lulling while the terrile work is In " progress.ta S3ome of the creatures measure two. feet between the tips of the wings, and atic they are often found in great numbers duc in (deserted dwellings in the outskirts o the city, is The negroes and Indians especially all' dread them, and there are numerous Enja superstitions among the natives regard- bc ing thieip. s . . ...... .. . . -ant wh I ino muiOntIon of an 9strichi. No old It has commonly been made to appear wh that ostriches are so stupid or so grody wit as to be totally indiscriminate in the tha matter of food; but this Is a mistake, out When two kinds of food are placed be fore them they will prefer the one, and '' are notably fond of certain kinds, such tini as mealies and prickly pears. Many of of them even shoew delicate choice lBut lee a hungry bird will eat almost anything. W Btis system requires food in large quan- at tity, but he always prefers the suitable she kinds. It is a fact, however, that the the ostrich often dies a victim to over-in- prc dulgene. On the farm birds also die ba by the score from apoplexy, brought on the by their keers stuffing them constantly tru with all they can eat. An incredible "ci ma number of pebbles are sometimes found ant in an ostrich's stomach where they toi serve the same purpose, in triturating cid the food, as sand In a pigeon's gizzard. ma Mr. Tillbrook, a farmer of the Graat so RUinet district, once found a carcass, * the gIssard of which contamed~ some by nine hundred and thirty stones, of sizes e Ii varying from that of a pea to that o TL' a walnut. Most of them were bright T and hard, and all more or loss rounded hat by constant rubbing. We may see the a a reason of that instinct which prompts wh an ostrich to stretch hris neck over tghe An fence and pick off a gold stud or a dia- B~ mend pin from the breast of the unsus- , peoting visitor, or in default of a jewel ant so attractive, to attempt to pull a button as oaf his coat. en [876. 1882. F. W. HABENICHT, Proprietor of the O8NING STAR 8ALOON I respectfully call the attention of th e Public to my superior facilities for sup Plying everything U my line, of superibr tuality. Starting business In Wians oro in 1876, I have i all this tim., iven the closet attontion to my busi ess and endeavored to make py estab shment FIRST-OLASS in every par eular. I shall in the future, as in the ast. hold myself ready to serve my ustomers with the best artioles that can e procured in any market. I shall and ready, also, to guarantee every rticle I sell. I invite an inspection of my stock of rines, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, eto. F. W. HABENICHT. IMPORTED. Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey's). Bin Laubert and Marat Cognae Brandy. Jamaica Rum. Rotterdam Fish Gin. 1tos's Royal Ginger Ale. Jules Mumm & Co.'s Champagne. Cantrel & 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. Old Schuylkill Eve Whiaki. The Honorable Rye Whiskey. Old Golden Grain Rye Whiskey. Renowned btandard Rye Whiskey. s Moore Vollmer Rye Whiskey, d N. 0. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey. 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An abundanos always on han~d for the of my customers. I wil also keep a pply of FISH1, OYSTERS, &O., my Restaurant, whieg is always en from the Airst of September tO the .t of ApriL. I shall. endeavor to please all who give a a call. Very respootfully, r. W~uumi. E A ra-nprey's Newr. A writer says: Ono day late in apring I was passing over a bridge I chanced moo two lampveys, or "hamper-eels," they are usually called, engaged in iikding their nest in the crook below e. It was one of the most curious rotacles I ever saw in our stream. .iy w.re a few yards below the bridge at where the water breaks from the ill pool beneath it, and flows with a pid current over its roughly paved ittom. They were distinguishable >m the yellowish brown and black anes and pebbles amid which they 1 re working only by their motions'. aey wore tugging away at the small 1 :vable stones with great persistence. 8 went down to the water's edge where 1 3y were within reach ot my staf', the ttor to observe them. They would a up to the edge of the still water d seize upon the stones with their I A10on mouth and drag them back with e ) current and drop them upon their b it. I understood at once why their s its, which I land often observed be e, were always placed at the begin ig of a rift; it is that the fish may kil themselves of the current in build then. The water swoops them 3k with the pebble in their mouth, ir only effort being in stemming the rrent to seizo it. They am thus cna d to move stones which they cou-d stir in still water. [ho stones varied in sino from a wal- A to a goose egg. When one of them i tugging away at a stone too heavy it, I would lend a helping hand h my staff; I would move the stone ng gently, and the lamprey seemed irely unconsoious of the fact that it being helped; it would drop the don at the proper point, and rain up another. Indeed my aid and pres o did not disturb them at ail, Prom o to time, the larger of the two, ich was the female, would thrust her with great violence down among pebbles at the bottom of the creek i loosen them up, and set free tha d wvhich the ourrent quickly carried ty. The new material thus plowed was carried to the nest. Twice in course of the hauf-hour that I ob ved them, the act of spawning took 00. 3emides helping move the larger aes with my s'aff, I several times wed up the bottom with its point, s relieving the female of that duty. 3 fish took it aill as a matter of course, I seized upon the pebbles I bad OJ sened with great alacrity. When I nut my cane beneath them and tried lift them ont of the water, they ild suck fast to the stodea and pro It me; but they (lid not manifest any rm. The lampreya beoome much aausted with the spawning and nest Iding, and largo numbers of them wheu it is over. In June it is not mual to find their dead bodic in the ians they inhabit. Etow to Pronioune clerk. 'rocnan, the historian, in a readable or on American speech and pronnicia , published sInce his return to England says: Tlhe words 'm'itropolie' and 'provinceh' d in this way, I venture to call slang, ~ther the city which is set up above its ws is London or New York. Anyhow 14t use of thenm as in no way distinctly criean; indeed the misuse of the word vinces, is, I fancy, excessively rare in &( erlea, and it is certainly borrowed from iland. Each side of the ocean unluck. finds it easier to copy the abuses of the or side than to stick to the noble hera i which is common to both." '(hat he has to say about the pronunc. un of the word "clerk" Is w rth repro Lion at length: 'The wordi "clerk" is in Magland usu sounded "clark,'' while In America it, sually sounded "clurk." I say "ugu -," because I dad once hear "clurk" in rlani-from a London shopaman-anu d ause I was toldI at Philadelphia tha ic old people there still said "clark," D i-a m~st important, fact-that those M o said "clark" also said "marchant." c1 w it Is quite certain that "clark" Is the or pronunciation-the pronunciatIon tO Ich the flrst, settlers must have takent Lu h themi. Thais Is proved by the tact t the word is a surname-andi it is ia of the commonest of surnames-ia at ys sounded and commonly written lark" or "Clarke." I suspect, that lerk" as a surname, so spoiled, is dis 3tuvcly "lScotch," in the modern sense hat fiord. Also in writers of the six oth and early seventeenth ce'ntury, the rd itself is commonly written "clark," 'clarke." But of course "clerk" was hll times the most clerkly spelling, a-. wing the French and Latin origin of word. It is plain, therefore, that the F' nunciation "clurk" is not traditional, Ii has been brought in artificially out of otion of making t~he sound contorm to spelling. But "clurk" is no more the o sound than "clark;" the true sound is airk," like F'rench "cloe," and a Boots. n would surely sound at so. "Clark" I "clurk" are both mere approximations ~he F~rench sound, and "clark" Is the or and surely the most natural approxi. Lion. The truth is that we cannot na "cierk" as it is spelled; thst Is, we us not give the e before the r the same nil that we give it when It Is followi. d s any other consonant. We cannot sound1 "clerk" exactly as we sound e in 'tent?' is applies to a crowd of words, some of atonic, some of Latin origin,, In which to: spelling is e, but in which Ihe sound op1 just as ini "clerk," fluctuated between ad u.. The old people at Philadelphiar o said "clark". also said "mnarchant." d quite rightly, for they had on their in a both older Iaghlsh usage and, in this. e, the French spelling itself. The sound aurchant," has come in, both in Soglakid I Americs, by exactly f~he same process hat by wnich the sound "citerk" haa ne in in America, but not In Ungland'