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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSORO. S.. FEBRUARY 16. 1883. WIHE TWO FLEETS. The sun was bright and the sea was bland, And the tide danced in as morrily, When a sailor pushed his boat from the sand; And the waves kept time with his homely glee, For the sailor humumed, " Two fleets there be: And one sails over the sun-lit waves, And one lies under the sombre sea." The sea was bland and the sun was bright, And a favoring wind blow fresh and free, And the less'ning sail disappeared from sight; But the old refrain still remained with me Which the sailor sang-"Two fleets there be: And one sails over the sun-lit waves, And one lies under the sombre sea." The tide danced out with the freight it bore; Ah, the tide came back soon smilingly, But the sailor's boat never touched the shore; And I sing to myself, for I cannot flee From the haunting strain, "Two fleets there be: And one sails over the suu-lit waves, And one lies under the sombre sea." So one by one from the shining world The fleet sails down to the dismal lee To the fleet where every sail is furled; And my heart keeps time to the mystic key, While I drift and sing, "Two Aleets there be : And 6o sails over the sun-lit waves, And one Iles under the sombre sea." So a lttle while and he who sings Shall hum no more his songs to thee; 8o they who watch his sun-lit wings Shall hear, perchance, when they cannot see The lips which sing, "Two fleets there be: And one sails over the sun-lit waves, A nd one lies under the sombre sea." SIBYL SARTORYP irE'IC1L. One evening (I think that it was the first night of the revival of "Romeo and Juliet" at the Lyceum) Jack Bar torys and his wife occupied a box there, which, after much diffliculty, as he averred, Col. Dunkirque, of - the "Heavies," had been fortunate enough to secure. As a general rule, Col. Dunkirque was not in the habit of pre senting first-night boxes to his friends unless he had some object to gain. Peo ple suggested that it was a ruse on his part to win Jack's good graces--especi ally the smiles of Jack's wife ; but then people might have lied-they frequent ly do in such mattere-and yet for once they were right. Dunkirque was a notorious Lovelace, as handsome a man as you would see anywhere---a man uihose appearance was hailed with inward tribulation and groamng by poor devils who had not the pluck to kick him out of their houses when his attentions grew too pronounced. It was rumored, too, that his doings lately had been very shady-so shady that his friends (lie had many friends) all predicted that lie would speedily have to bolt from the impending clutches of those ministering fiends, Messrs. Shylock & Co. tibyl Sartorys was a very handsome woman-dungerously handfome. She had masses of golden hair, which did not owD its sunny tints U.) some vile wash, arched red ips, sweet blue eyes, a soft white neck, and a complexion of dazzling fairness. In addition to these charms she possessed a knack of pleas ing people. when she chose to take the trouble, and was also very popular in her own immediate circle. Jack had fallen in love with her in his usual im pulsive, headlong manner ; but, for my own part, I always thought her a trifle hard and unsympathetic. There was sometimes a look in her sweet eyes not entirely acquiescent when Jack had in timated something of which she disap proved. Having said what he wanted, Jack generally lot -her hnve her own way, and so the impending storm al ways blew over-for a time. She de manded absolute slavery from him, and accepted his devotion as a matter of curse. Clumb fricaua, amusements, all had to give wvay to this little autociat's imperious mandates ; and poor Jack waas spoiled for us. Yet he was very happy. In her sof ter nmoments, prejudiced as I was, 1 couldi but admit the charm of her sweet, low voice, and the winning ey~es which could have lured a babe from its mother's arms. But i often imagined that her thoughtlessness would on~e day bring her to grief. Bhe had such a superb contempt for the conventionalhities. You and I, gentle resader, know bettor, We bow down and worship Mrs. Urundy, as if we liked 1er ; but (do we ? I think D)unkirque (did despise the conven ionalities atnd decencies of life-nay, ho outraged ihem piersistently. He had always some confidante to wvhom he iubosomned himself of his troubles wvith those freel-mots, the money-lenders. Dipped as he was, lhe contrived to get through as much mnoneby as of ol. kiis horses ana dinners wore the bost in town-men eagerly sought to ride the one and to oat the other. I[ think Sibyl Bartorys alone knew how soon there would be neither-how quickly the bubble miust burst and Dunkirque hide his diinisheci head for the rest of his days in some little 11th-rate continental town. And yet she fancied that she loved him. klad lhe been prosperous, happy, gary, she would not have done so ; but as lie was going to the dogs it seemed to her as if sihe had no alterna tive but to accompany him. Who is it says that wvomen always wreck themselves with their best im palse4 ? In person Dunkirque was tall and wvell-built, but there was an-indefiuable something ini his face which betrayed that lie hiad not long to live, All the Dunkirques had died of consumption before their fortieth year, and the colo nel was thirty-five. With this sword hanging over him, it was impossible not to feel sorr.) -at feast the women thought so-for his miisspeiit le. Men were inclined to believe that he made the meet of the situation, and posed for that effect. But theni men are such unfeeling benmgo ; they have none of the finer symipattes of their wives their mission is to pay bills and be generally useful. That evening things seemed to be approachting a elimax-a deuced uin pleasant, one too, for poor Jack. WVhen (Japuet said to tihe maskers, "I have seen the day That I have worn a visor, and could tell A wispeering tale in a fair lady's ear, Such as would iPlease," Mrs. Sartorys' eyes met Dunkirque's, drooped i a half-shamefaced but still tender way. It was not a look I should he to na on the face of my wife when talking with another man, though hav ing provided Jack with his first pony and piloted him across the country at the early age of seven, I am looked upon as an old fogy who is not entitled to express any dir, et opinion. Perhaps my ideas are rather old-fashioned wholesomely so. Jack did not notice what was going on, He loved his wife too dearly even to dream of such infamy, It was a delightful experience to him to listen to the balcony scene, and to follow the hapless fortunes or the star-crossed lovers, although hecould not help wish ing that the Romeo would be a little less intellectual and a trifle more im pressive with the lovely Juliet. Prac tically his wite and Dunkirquelwere alone ; Jack told me all this long after ward without attaching any importance to it, and 1 linked the fragments to gether. Half an hour later I stepped in. Jack whispered to me not to speck, and I was greeted by Mrs. Sartorys with the usual polite indifference a woman reserves for her husband. In short, it was not ten minutes before I had seen enough of the situation, and concluded to step outside for a lounge in the corridor. The glamour of the scene had not touch. ed my jaded senses. I could not help seeing a grimy stage carpenter up in the flies, and this naturally did away with all illusion. What an awful boi~e if the man had dropped his old wide awake upon the passionate lovers. The door opened (I was leaning against the next box) ; out came Mrs. Sartorys and Dunkirque, she shiyering -in that hot atmosphere-and a tritle pale. Her eyes wore a frightened look; and-yes, she did seem inclined to cry. "We shall be just in time for the last train," she neivously whispered, "I told Jack that you would see me to my carriage, and lo-lie-is going to his club." ' So much the better," replied Dun kirque, hurriedly. "We shall not be missed until v e are across the channell" I hate scenes ; bnt it was necessary to do something. A little follow whom I had dandled on my knee, and loved like a son, must not be duped in this shameful way. Dunkirque hurried prst me ; but 1 reached the staircase before 1'lre. Sar torys reappearance, hooded and cloaked. God knows I never acted so promptly before in my life and yet I have been in one or two tight planes. There was -.But never mind. Let the "old man garrulous" continue his story. When Col. Dunkirque's carriage was called the coachman drove up with his fur tippet nearly over his ears. The night was cold, and Mrs. Sartorys trembled, half turned for a moment, then stepped in. She had crossed the Rubicon- and was lost I I wonder if she thought at that mo ment of the little hands that were fol (led before her night and morn, as the little sleepy eyes were raised to hers, and Jack's children lisped out their usual prayer : God bless papa and mamma and make us all dood. Amen I" I do not believe that she could have thought of them, or else sne never would have been there. "Viaduct Statior," called out the colonel, flinging the fellow one of lia few remauiug half crowns-it. was the last desperate flight of the butterfly in the sunshine. Alterward he would have time to repent or to die in a gutter un shriven. In the nadness of the me ment he did not care which. The horses dashed forward into the darkness, pulling well up to their col lars, but-they did ni, go to Viadurt Station I 11lf an hour later, when they drew up, the colonel jumped out to assist Mrs. Sartorys to alight. She was trembling stiil, and half inclined to re turn. Already the dark shadows of the weary years to come were length ened out before her. And the man wvhose love she was about to betray I Well, it was now too late to recede. God knows she wvas sorry--most wo men are-when they arc found out. "Sold I" hissed the colonel, in his rage kicking a poor crossing-sweeper who had rushed uip to openi the c~ar riag~e door. "I was only a-openin' the door," whined the old mendicant. "D-n you !" to amed the colonel "you ave always openipg doors when you're not wvanted. What the devil's the meaning of this ? But it is not too late." 'KNot so fast, D~unkirque," I said, swinging downr from the box, the fur tippet still upon my shoulders. "Wait a moment. Mrs. Bartorys"--for the benefit of the servants.-"I have won my wager. Thre colonel betted I would never drive him any where with-out his knowing it. Let me take you into the house." Mrs. Sar'torys took my arm, and I led her up the steps. She (did not speak, but smiled strange ly and touched my hand. Then I turned to Dunkirque. "You are an infernal scoundrel I" I saidl, taking him on one side. "if you choose to make a scene i'll knock you down, old as I am. No ; I- shall not give you satisfaction. Before you are off, let me warn you to beware of Scot land Yard. 'That bill of Lavingston's has been placed in their haude, and the fo-gery traced to you." This time nie really went to Viaduct Mtation, caught the last train, and was seen no more. Thon I returned to thme house. "You have acted like-a--hero," sob bed Mrs. Barrtorys. "I can never re pay you." There stood Jack smiling in the door way. She did not see him. Hfe must never know. "It was only a trifling service, and one which I was only too happy to ren der," I1 said, bowing low. "You over rate It. A drunken servent is always dangerou'." "You have-savcd--my-honor," she was begininmg. "Hush I" I said, "Jack must never know." Then aloud :"You are hyster ical ; let me ring for your maid." B~etween-us we got her out of the room. "What Is it all about, old fellow ?" asked the irreverent Jack, when Mrs. Sartorys bad been safely disposed of in her room. "Jarvis-4]runk -again-as usual" I f murmured laconically (the lie cost me t X500, and a free passage to the colonies t for the irroproacalible Jarvis and his family ; but It was not a dear price to pay for the happiness of one's dearest friend ). I've discharge the brute for you" 14 "Al right," said easy-going Jack, t] I'll get another." And poor Jarvis was dieliargod. I do not think that Mrs. Sartorys a slept much that night. Jack told me 0 that she cried a good deal.*"She seems a to think that she had a narrow escape, d old fellow," Jack said unsuspiclously. j "Yes." I answered, "very." But he never knew how narrow. _W_ el___ Unfusion Caused by Ladies' Names. 0 Why it was done we cannot say. hit " quite a numbor or the streets of Austin u have been named after females. Such d names as Emma, Laura, Isabella stare at you in large letters from almost every corner. The Austin people, or so'me of ir them at Jeast, have become tolerably t familiar with Maria, Jane, Susan and Ir the rest, but strangers are liable to be- F come bewildered by this singular nom enclature, A gentleman from Dallas, who had ti only a few hours to spend in our 'city, tl wished to take a look at the new Capitol, fc and not knowing where it was he made it inquiry of the first man he met. "Can you tell me how I can find the a new temporary Capitol?" ti "That's easy enough. Are you famil- m iar with Emma street?" p1 "I am not. I have no acquaintance bo with any lady of that name. There is a family by that name in Dallas, but I ai a not acquainted with them. Does W Emma Street live near the new Capi- fe tol?" 0h The Austiuman stared at the stranger of for a moment, and then, pointing down t Magnolia avenue, lie said: "You see where Mairia comes into the of ayenue?' cc The Dallas man looked hi the direc- li tion pointed out, and perceiving a fat te old negro woman with a big basket on her arm nodded his head in assent. "Well, you must take Maria until you lii get to the corner of Elizabeth, and un- b til Peggy and Sarah come together, and in then you will be all right." "Look here, my friend, if you think I am that kind of a man because I come from Dallas you are most confoundedly to off. I want you to understaud that I he am a gentleman," re "You dog-gasted idioti ' retorted the ti, the Austin man, "if I was as bad off for brains as you are I would bore a hole in C my empty skull and hire a nigger or to pour in ten cents' worth of cheap l Aeomargarine." fe The Dallas man shook his first at the at 3ative, and said: nc "I've always heArd that the State le; Lunatie Aaiyum was too small to acoom- ac nodate all the lunatics, but nowl know th t," and lie moved.oif toward Esmeralda, at while the other party leaned up against th ;he corner of Ann and Matilda and Zlared after him as he disappeared in he direction of Martha. Pceillaritles OF Statestmen. of de A peculiarity of speech, of manner or hi f looks, has often been the making of ac & public man. George Washington's W, inagnificent figure did much for him. re Eienry of Navarre's white plume has 3aused him to be rememberedeven more to than his valor. John Randolph's squeak- atl lug voice first attracted attention to him, ho Martin Van Buren's geld snuff-box was eu the instrument of working him into :n to Iluence. General Jackson's habit of. violent swearing gave him.all the repu tation he ever had. General Harrieon P' received the Presidency by living in a at Log cabin. Thomas' H. iEnnton made his reputation by swearing at paper money- et. yames Buchanan's good looks kept him at in public life half a century, and finally made him President. Abraham Lin p1 coln's rail splitting experience did much to originally raise him to the Presidency. Allen G. Thurman made a national re- p putation by his use of a red bandana handkerchief. Tom Och iltree has made a wide fame by lying. Jn the preent Senate George H. Pendleton lives on his at deportment. Mr. Edmunds flouishes y on his power of satire. Bayard is dis- gi tinguir led for his family connections. gi Dan Vorhees lives on the reputation made by his violent utterances during the wvar. Mr. Anthony is conspicuously si known as the only Senator who ever di matched Thomas 11. Benton in the of number oS re-electioras. Hampton and Butler are known for their peculiar ways m of carrying elections. 8. e Didn't Like Belf-C'ooking Rtavolveri. It was in the Carolina backwoods, a country couple and a country parson. Though a Baptist, the minister wore an old surplice. When he had finished the 01 ceremony, he said: bi "An' thonm'uns who God hath ein "Stop thar, parson,'' said the groom; 's "don't say them'uns, say these'unsl" g "John," said the parson, "I tech you a' at school, and I say them'uns."h "These'uns," shouted the groom, drawing his pistol. The parson seeing the movement fired through his surplice and the groom is dropped dead-winging the parson as he id went down. There was a lively fusilade si of perhaps thirty shots. When the di smoke cleared away haltf a dozen men were on the floor. The bride, peeping di over the pulpit to which she had fled F for r'fuge, .gaz d mournfully op the ne scene and said: B "Them self-cockin' pistols is a play- P in' the deuce with my prospecks!" 6P Of course the story Is an impossible 12 one, and yet, said Mr. Smith: "That IL is tue staple story of the south that is A circulated and believed throughout the d: north. Whilo such a thing could haidly lA have happened in North Carolina any p more than in New York, the average ai northern man smiles increduously when p you toll him that this performance is Iy improbable at a Carolina wedding." r1 Sunday at qua. The men before tie Wast numbood' 3rty-s-x. and were al motley set, from early every quarter bf the globe. As lior names were yet unknown, the intes called them (ut rapidly in turn, y some peculiarity they noticed in them, Step out here, you fatty!" "You fol. )w with the big jIbL como hero!" or .ie like. Tucluding Captain Hammond ad his wife, and three mates, the cook ud steward and thoir assistants, the irpenter and his mato, and myself, e rumbered fifty-eight souls on board estined to "share :and share" alike liatove-r fato might have been in ore for the good ship Threc Broth "e, while she sailed hok politry course I eighteen thousand miles. A sailina--a br nound -ftcross the seas in generally contrive .to leav8port, as o did, on a Sunday. Sunday is a ppor iy in port, as no worl? can be done in ading the vessels; if the cargo is all on a Thursday, the ship will be de ined a day on somepretoxt or other, order to avoid saillig on the dreaded riday. The following Sunday is om oyed in cleaning up the decks, and LO crow take an acopunt of stock, as LOy did on our first. Sunday. All per rmed unusual ablut4ona. and most of em dressed for the day and idlod. )out in the sun, sleeping, mending i eir cloths, or chatting in the desultory a annor in which a seere or two of peo- v o who had never klown each other ' ,fore, gradually find their afinities, and [just themselves to %le little world in v bich they are to live together for a a w months. The reckless, thriftless t aractor of a sai:or is (he natural result t the life to which he is doomed. Going r sea bafore he has the remotest idea a what kind of a career life in the fore- t stle must inevitably be, he learns to 0 ro in the present, and that fact alone P ads to produce recklessness, Every t yage separates him from those he a ,es and Introduces him to a new set of a ings, tossed in a half-hazard fashion his path, ai d from whm in a few weeks M is destined to seperate, and never to v 3 them again. Any storm is likely I be his last; every times lie goes aloft is likely to fall to his death, Deep F Section on the character of his des- i iy or the prospects of bettering his R reer can only m suggestions of suicide P despair. He is therefore, always :a nin overgrown boy in Liu m iaa, Or t ring strange alterations of simplicity o d cunning: now tender as a woman, w callous and cruel as a tiger-a med- a r of astounding contradictions of cl ar- ti ter, moved more by the impulse of c e moment than by settled convictions a .d easily by a mind or a will stronger anl his own. A V akinig a P'assencer "Git." hi al A justice of the peace in the interior a Miohigan had a case before him some it ys ago in which the defendai , who t x been arrested for snapicious char- r ter, and pleaded guilty to vagrancy, a is sent to the Detroit House of Cor- v ation for six months. A constable 9 ak nim in charge to deliver him there, id as the idea of securing board and Iging for six months, he was nothband fred. As the train was about ready t go the constable moved across the S ilo to talk politics with a frienti, and a etty soon they were havir g it hot d heavy, When the conductor came in for tick- d he held his hand out to the prisoner, a d the latter shook his head and re ied:t "I d on't pay fare." "Ahat You don't oh? WVell, inow, you p y or giti" "I won't p~ay j" ,i "Then you'll gitt" When wve slowv up i the crossing you jii.. off. If I find e *u on the train aft w e pass there IPll r ye you a bounce that you won't for- 0 t!1" In two minutes the train began to w a r the prisoner walked to the ] ior p~icked a soft spot and dropped C When the train had made anothe llo the conductor hold out his hand to e constable and received two tickets. "Who is the extra one for?"hle asked. e "For that prisoner over there.' ''Why, that fol--!" Then there was raving and gnashing teeth and hurrying up and down, it it was no use. "Sorry," said the conductor, as heI issed along," but when a passenger .ys lie won't pay fair on my train I S-him the drop. The only thing that t trprised me was to see how willingly I ob~eyed orders." Azniversare, and Hlolida.,,. For the year 1888 days and dates of r uportant events, anniversarIes and hiol- a ays will foil as follows: Epiphany, j iturday, Januarj 6; Septuagesima Sun- I sy, January 21; Shrove Sunday, t Fastnacht) February 4; Ash Wednes- 1 iy, February 7; First Sunday in Lent, t abruary 11; St. Valent~ne's day Wed-- i isday, February 14' Washington's irthday, Thursday, 1Nebruary 22; St. itrick's Day, Saturday, March 17; almi Sunday, March 18; Good Friday, t arch 28; Easter Sundasy, March 25; 1 ow Sunday, April 1; IRogation Sunday, I pril 29; Ascension Day, (Holy Thurs- 1 iy,) May 8; Pentecost, (Whit Sunday,) ] [ay 18; Trinity Sunday, May 20; Oor- 1 as Chbristi, Thursday, May 214; Decor- I sion Day, Wednesday, May 80; Indc mndence Day, Wednesday, July 4; Irst Sunday in Advent, December 2;' hriatma Tnesday, Denamber 25 The Engii.h Bohemian Bavou, Among the places in London interesting to sucb as have a penchant for the haunts of genius is a sort of tap-room, located in a collar under a corner of the Taristock Hotel, and directly oppesite the Convent Giarden M arket. Little known to-the Am erican tourist, aud more seldom visited by him, there are few, we take it, among the reading community of London to whom Its history is not more or less familiar. I0van's, It is styled, and it stands in the very midst of numberless scenes well known to most of us through the medium of old as well as more recent Britian authors. For the past century and a half-if what we are told be true-the choicest 4 spirits of the English literary and theatri cal world have been wont, at night, to congregate in this refectory ; then and Ihl,' 'n nhantinn thomoivoe to whatoyor I recreation appertains to such an assem fJage, 1 The original Evans, of course, went to r Ils last home long years ago, but succeed- E ng tapsters have occupied his shoes In 0 ich uninterrupted succersion that each h is taken the thread of histoiy where his v iredecessor dropped it, and so preserved V inbroKen the story of the place. ri The present depository of Its annals is a k ubicuind old fellow, who possesses an ap g oropriately colored nose, iut who lacks V omewhat that complete totundity of per- i on which one desires to see in the host of t very ancient tap. Though dignified and a ittle probe to the garrulity which might ir ic expected rom his occupation and sur. oundinge. he still Is quite ready to recite t] is story, whenever he feels that he has an d uditor upon whom his breath will not be a rasted. To the worthy listener, then, he I rill point out table after table, at which 0 ave sat various celebrities who frequentel j Ovaus's " before you was born, sir," and is nll nrrate such Incluents o- their careers s are the special property of that instit1u oin. But'his great boast Is of the pictures I bat adorn the walls, among which are the ortraits of Sherldan, Siddons, Kemble, H nd fifty others who within the recollec. on of Evans, have roused audiences, of 01 ven stiired the nation. 6 Quaint and cracked as many of these r ortraits are, they are much better than ae ordinary run of "likenesses," and not few of them are noticeable for genuine rtistic merit. In our memory to see Peg t roffington now, just as the artist depicted er; a lithe fair creature ; more girl than ai roman, simplicity's self, and yet about rhom there in that somethitg or other, re know not how to call it, which Charles |eado brings out so uleverly in his novel T. earing her name. Aioung the collection al a picture of Edwin Y-wrest; and we rill never forget the pompous flourish til -ith which the hst pointed to it as a 1 roof of .ljngland's appreciation of genius, w o matter what ite nationality. A portrait in I the gallery of which he has the ward, is Ls in West minster Abbey. But midnight has come. Tite theatres w' re over ani the crowd Is collecting. Bo re > be regular and to do as others do, let us m loose a table end order chops and potatoes 0 ad beer. in By this time, no doubt, the -ooin is filled to 'ith notabilities, and it would be our at reatest pleasure to tell the reader just ox ow they look, and all about them ; but ci: 3 we ourselves haven't the slightest idea el i to who is who, we will presume each w idividual to be a marvel in his own par- pi cular way, and turn our attention to the gi sfcction that we see is coming. at And isn't this a toothsome dish f Chops m 3 delicate as the daintiest palate could ot rish for, and potatoes such as are to be to otten only where potatoes are a speciality. 10 [ow whitu Ot latter oven, and how pl otautifully they crumble as the waiter m resses them from their jackets. Now, everything is ready. iSo, with $ 1e best of appetites and an imagination m , strengthened by the situ.tian as to be ble to summon whomsoever It will, we roceed to sup amnid a company selected oin a list extending back for ages. g Fancy occupying a table where, a hun red and fifty years ago, Colly Cibbor may have discussed chops and potatoes rith boon companioiis; or from which, In t. seir respective perIods, Garrici or Wal- ti n or (lear 01(d Tihackeray were used to ontrlbute to the fiui and hilarity of this in lace. .n Does any one who has read "Penden is'' forget the "Back Kitchen ?'' What a i >liy den it was! IHow every rollicking ispositioni gravitatedi to it naturally I Was ver description more graphio than the ovelist has written of that resort?9 When 'hackeray penned it he unquestionably ti ad in his mind some place that had fig- rc red in his own experience ; and we can si ardly visit Evans's without fechurg that oj l'oker, or Bhiandon, or miserable old b runken Costigan must be somewhere y, bout, or that little Blows may still be C oundi operating at the piano. Apropos ,of the turn eur thought has iken, how wild fancy runs when once sg ice rein is given it I Whilst we've been itting here it has peopled this old room tI rith beings whose talk and laughter it eased generations since, the walls mean dhul reverberating the din and clamor of living throng. And funrthermore, not unly has it rehmaliitated the dead, it has >rought hither the shadowy creatures of nagination and invested them also with ubstantlaahty. Well, the chops and potatod"are gone,? he tankard is empty, and the crowd is de- Y arting. Perforce, then, we must wend ur way. Having lighted a cigar we sally forth, nd as we homeward stroll th~is theughit uggests itself, that as we have sat and~ ' mesed of meon who now live only in the d3 tory of their achievements, so'whea the P 'resent shall have retreated to its position tI m the Past the coming wight will occupy c te seat we have just vacated, and therein " film meditate upon souls as yet unknown al ut striving, and whose names thme Future V1 nIll find upon the reord of the great. 6 ti -In spite 01 statistics showmng that ti hero were 1,645i more failures in the n hnited States anid Canada durimg 1882 nx han duuing 1881, the country is not a us prosperous than it was a year ago, al 'erhaps many of th1 wrecked firms ix ave been made wild and extravagant ti my prosperity. -This year may be set down as the great cotton year in the United IState. 'he indications are that the yield will 9 each an aggregate of 8,700.000 balea. J Thoughts For Winter. One of the first rules established for washing, is to wash white clothes firat, iid colored Clothesaafter wards. During his cold weather, when clothes freeze imst immediately on being put out loors, the whole day is scarcely auffici. nt to dry them. Colored clothes are ujured much more than white ones by 'emaining damp over night, so that it is 6 good plan to have them ready to put tut first. If there is a laundry in the louse, the result is the same. Another telp in this disagreeable business, in old weather, is to place.the small artic es, such as 3ollars and cuffs, etc., upon he olothes dryor which can be sot out If doors until the clothes are frozen, and hen brought in and dried. This saves aany cold fingers and toes. Wearing nittens when hanging clothes upon the mo, is another saving of fingers. These are little thinga, but the little hings are sometimes productive of more oal benefit than the larger ones, whioh iay not be suited to our circumstances r need. No housekeeper can long do or own work without discovering some ,ay of saving either labor or money. To are apt to think such matters of inte wst only to ourselves, or thateverybody nows them, or that others are not obli ed to practice sueh little economies. To are constant ly tinding that people do ot know as much as wo supposed, and iat the most of us are interested in iything pertaining to a saving of dol rs and cents. Now that the cold weather is here ecrc are other matters of interost to be tsoussed. How to hoep the little oves nused when they must stay in the :use, how to pleasantly and proiltably nploy the evenegs, which are longer tu in the city, Where the evoning meal seldom over before seven o'clock, how find time for improving reading, and hat to read, all those are sabjeots on hich w,. can all learn someth ig. Wo )po that wheu the hurry of the holi Lys is over, which is doubtless the rea n why we h'ave not heard from some our friends lately, we shall have the mefit of some ex,erience ilk these di otions. StantcardI Time. L, is always of interest to know how e world jogs by the clock and how the ack swings by the stan. The primary indard time-keoper of England is a leroal clock kopt iii Che basement of e Royal Observatoiy, Greenwich. uis clock is of the best construction, d is, moreover, provided with the >at approved apparatus for compensa ml and correction. Experience has own that the best results are obtained Lien the connection between the driv g weight and the pemiulum of a clock as slight as possible. This has been e use of an escapement, the details of 1ich are very intricate. The secondary gulator of the time of England is the Ban solar standard clock at the Royal baervatry, which was specially erected 1852 for service in the time signal sys M, of which it is now the most import It instrument. This clock has it see ids pendulum. which closes an electric reuit as it swings to the right. An actro-magnet in the circuit lifts a small )ight. which is discharged upon the ndulum as it swings to the loft and ves it an impulse; this being repoated each vibration is snillcient to keel) it motion. The pendulum also closes her galvanic circits-ono as it swings the right, another as it swings to the ft-which send invirents alternait-.-y >sitivo and negative through electro agnets, alternately attracting and ro tiling bar-magnets fastened to an axis, utech thus receives a reeip~rocating otion. An arm projecting from this1 :ts moves the socoinds' wheel one tooth rward each second; proper geering yes mnotin to the minute and hour teols. The mean solar standard, be lea controlling other clocks, drives a. conds relay, whicht controls a mean ne chronometer. Nearly all the mean me clocks in the Royal Observatory are 'iven by the standard clock, they are, fact, simiply dials whose hands are oved in the same way and by the same ittery as, the htands of the standard ,elf. Silty Years Ia th~e Mlrrico. At an early hour ovory morning in e year, there may be seen at the rail ad depoet at Fourteenth and Main roots, Louisville, Kentucky, a little d man, wearing the postal uniform, isy with the mails. Hie is seventy-five mars oh( and his name is Dr. Charles Green, a local agent for the United ~atos mails. "How long have you boon in the mal rvice?" a reporher asked Dr. Green. "Since 1824, when I began carrying me mails between Maysville and Lex gton, by the way of Winchester, Mt. terling, Owingsville, Bherburn's Mills, illsboro and Flemingsburg. I carried to mails on horseback, making onte trip ookly. "But I may be said to have boon in io mail service bolero i8a1,'' continued r. Green. "I was eight years old1 hen the battle of New Orlecans occurod, 1845. We had all heard thtat a battle id been fought, but had no particulars. n a certain bright, clear morning, lien the snow covered the ground asi ,r as the eye could reack, wve awaited the mmng of the mail carrier with his mok-horse. Before lie came in sight me stillness of the air was broken by ies of 'Good news I good newsl' People era awaiting all along the road for the ?proach of the bearer of the news. here had boent printed at the office of 1e ol Lexington G'aze~e a number of ips of paper containing the details of te b~attle and the mail carrier was ils 'ibuting these broadcast. I was comn missioned by my father to carry a umber of these to the neighbors livIng ound. I had never worn a pair of toes then, and I tramped about the olghborhood that day it the snow, my 'ousers rolled up to the knee., wita over a thought of discomfort." -During the month of December, 7,478 bales of cotton wore shipped to uorone. from Norfolk, Virginia. NEWS IN BR1EF, -The arrivals at New York from foreign ports, during 1885, numbered 6476, including 1945 steamers. -The total produot of the Leadville mines for 1882 is reported at 818,220, 803, which is $5,050,827 more than in 1881. -The cane orop of Mississippi is this year largely in excess of any heretofore produced, and is yielding a handsome profit. -Thirty thousand dollars is the money value of the cocoanuts shipped from the island of Jamaica to the United States. -The United States Government owns 43,000,000 acres of land in Cali - fornia, and half of it is suitable for gnnA farms. -There are 415 street railway com panics in the United States and Canada, which run an aggregate of 18,000 cars per day. ---Two years ago there wore but seven cotton mills in the Dominion ; now there are twenty-one, with an aggregate capital of $6.000,000. -The Great Dismal Swamp in Vir ginia is passing away. Much of the area has been reclaimed end converted into good tillage land. -Tomatoes to the amount of 1,500, 000 cases are annually canned in the Unitod States, or 03,000,000 pounds, valued at $3,830,000. -Pennsylvania ranks first among the United States in the number of post offices, having 8,596, more than any cther State in the Union. -The population of Great Britain on joys an income of $5,000,000,000, of wyieh eighty-three per cent. is expon dod for the necessaries of life. -The receipts of the Patent Office during the year were$1,009,186;, against $853,665 during 1881. Tieuct revenue of the Oflic" during the year was $825, 000. ---Compotont judges estimate that the Franco-German war cost France two provgcega million of lives, and $3,. 000,000.000. It added $2,000,000,000 to the debt. -The worship of Janus was intro duced into Rome by Romulus. Numa Pompilius named the lirst month of the year for him, and dedicated a covered passage near the foruim to him. -The three-cont silver piece has been abolished from the United Statea coioge, and they are now being re deemed at the sub-treasuries. New three-cont pieces will be maleof niQkle. -Treasurer Gilfillan, who h napur chased 3000 acres of laud in FRorida will have other persons associate with him, and during the coming year will AI - . .. ..--- - -l i - *1 o- o orange trees. -The late David Greenshields, of Montreal, bequeathed over $100,000 to various charitable and publi iistitu tions. The Montreal General Hospital and Queen's University, Kingston, re coived $40,000 each. -Lyons was the contre of the intel lectual life of Europe during the first half of the sixteenth century. Gry plie, the great printer, had his offico there, and in 1550 sent out a Latin Bi ble, remarnable for its freedom from ermors. -in the reign of Louis XVI. the landholders of France were few and their estates immense, a single person often being lord of a hundred parishes. Tie Duke of Numouille and his daugh ter, the Princess of Tiarente, owned 300 parishes. --Twvo hundred and forty-four earth quakes, it is stated, are known to have occuredl during 1881, of which eighty six were in Winter, sixty-one in Au tumn, uifty-six in Spring and forty-one in Summer. -A Nevada mine has just produced a bar of gold seventeen inches long, seven inchtes wide and eight inches thick, weighing 450 pounds, with a cash value oh $113,000. it is said to be the largest bar ever cast in the United States. --Madagascar is rather larger than France. A belt of almost virgin forest runs around the island. The popula tion is about four millions, and the soil will easily support thirty millions. In dia rubber is a principal export. The mineral wealth is enor mous. -The detailed project for the si marine tunnel between Italy and Bioi; has been finished, and will soon be suk mitted for Government approbatio1 The length of the tunnel will be abot' 8j miles. The expense is calculated $14,250,000. --The infant boy of the ruler of Bur mah has a cradle which cost $1,000,000; it is made of gold and covered with precious stones. But he has the snutfi les, colic and collywobbles just the same as the baby that tills a crib that didn's cost $2.560. -There arc 118 public scientific ob servatories in the world. The most ancient is that of Leyden, founded in 1632 ; then come Copenhagen, founded in 1637 ; Paris, In 1667, and Greenwich, in 1675. Prussia, now the richest country in the world. in astronomical observatories, had none before 1805. -The 21,000 English Puritans, who came over to New Enugland before the meeting of the Long Parliament haye now Increased to nearly 13,000,000. According to the most careful estimates, at least one-fourth of the whole popu lation of thes United States at the pres ent moment is descended from these men. -In the eastern part of Massachu setts, and with head-qunarters in Boston, are seven nail mills, operating 800 ma chines, and turning out an average of 10,000 kegs peor week, mostly -for the home trade, but furnishing shipments for Cuba and South America. -It is announced that a contract has beeni closed between the Canada South ern Railroad Company and the Phcanix Bridge Company, for the building of a ne suspension bridge across the Niagara IRiver, a quarter of a mile south of- the old suspension bridge. The new bridge is to be ready for traffic by Septembet. 1$$3.