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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C. FEBRUARY 24 883 ESTABLISHED8 HURDIENED WITH RORRO1W. Burdened wita sorrow, Fearing the morrow, My heart ia sighing, Jesus, (or Thee. Errors confound ine, Terrors surround ine, Falinting and flying, succor Thou me. Ileartslick and weary, Patti 1ng and dreary, Desolate, lonely, Death-threatened now; Waters high-swelling, Succor compelling, Refuge, Thot only: Jesus, hear Thou.. Hated, forsaken, Front judgment taken, 0 Thou cross-bearer, Mockingly crowned ; Bleeding and wounded, By foes surrounled, Still a Friend fairer Mortal ne'er found. Scoifed at, utplifted, Thy flesh spear-riftod, Thieves there beside Thee, Dying for mue I Crimson Thy ralinent, Making sin's payment, Sure, Thou wilt lilde tne.t Refuge wilt be I TUIC TWO 91111. Indeed am I sweetly blessed, Mis tress Myra. "I should not pause to reek how deep my love, that I should dare-dare' and win, al, mel a jewel that I have no right to wear. "1 am but a lad with empty pockets; only that Heaven has given me health of iron and these strong arms, truly were I poor-" "Nay, Julian, and may not the kind Heaven that has given thee these also bless what they may do?" "Come-and the girlish voice was bantering-' have you won my heart to pine upon it and thrust it back again?" "Heaven grant otherwise, my Myral" Happy lovers they, standing side by side on the vessel's clean deck, seeming . to gaze on the dark ocean around them, yet really looking inward at their own true hopelul sotis. Among the pious pilgrims who weigh ed anchor from Cowes, in the Isle of Wright, to plant the banner of religious freedom in the wilderness of Maryland, 1633, there was one unfit for the pro totion of that God to whom all prayed as they faced the perils of their histori cal voyage.. Stersempaniards or oiuising Turns .aif gxe4ily almost directly in the course of* the two staunch vessels, the "Ark" and the "Dove;" storms and privations they could not avert, but heroically anticipated. Our interest lies in the "Ark", the better manned, better armed of the two. On board won a lovely orphan, follow ing her guardians when they forsook home and kindred to worship after the dictates of their own hearts-her name, Myra. Sh lie was loved by everyone, and worth ily, for her purity was even lovelier than her face. Especially dear was ho to Jiltan Grange. And when it was observed that Myra regarded him favorably before ol others, they yielded the flk .to the handsome Only one demurred in his callous heart and mentally vowed that Julian and shte should never wed, - Peter Hardy had been an open suitor was promptly rejected by both guar dians and maiden, for his countenance was verily that of a regue, Three days following St. Cecilia's Day a violent storm arose. Just how it happened none could tell -but, above the roar of the tempest and crush of waves, the shudderinig cry went up "Mani overboard!" At the same Instant Myra was seen running across the rolling deck and shrieking piteously 9 ~ ".Julianl Julian I" It required strong arms to restrain her from throwing herself into the rag ing waters. "I want my Julanl" *. "Let me go with him!" she wailed, as they forced her safely to the cabin. "He is my Julian i my love! Oh, ho Is lost-lost!" Once she saw a chalky-white face with a pointed nose and baleful twink ling eyes-the eyes of Peter Hardy; *and he grinned infernally at her, even in her misery. Tiien ensued a blessed blank, and she lay delirious on her couch, * ~ History has recorded thtat terrible tempest, the maj tossing of the "Ark,' the pleading prayers preparatory to the seeming inevitable shipwreck * prayers that were answered by Heaven at last, still the deep, and giving joy to every pious breast. "But the "Dove,"'their consort had vanm'hed. Shte was given up as lost for ever, While matters were righting on the shipboard, Peter Hardy, in a mys te -nrous way, beckoned the captain aside. 'A word with you.' "What have you to ''say, Master Peter?" Peter looked slyly from his little twinaling eyes. "I have heard it said that John, thie sailor, lost his cup and knife?" "And Richard, the cook, has ls't some silken 1mos" "True." "And, Mistress Myra-mind thee cannot find anywhere a golden bracelet t] that was hers, a gift from her dying 11 mother." t "Well, and what of all this, Master Peter?" Peter's lean fingers beckoned towards d the cabin. e "Oh, come with me, that your own 8 eyes may discover what I but half sun pected." Togethei they entered the cabin. By one of the berth's was Julian's c chest fast locked. tl "You are captain," said Peter, point- t P ing. -1 "Julian Grange is dead; the key is gone with hin{. Open that and see v what you may find." a The captain hesitated. t But at last the chest was forced, and J there amid Julisn's tidy clothing lay P cup, knife, hose, anu Myra's golden a bracelet. 0 Unfortunate Julian! Soon afterwards, those who had t< mourned his loss were angrily shaking I their heads. Julian, then, was the thief; and even to steal the bauble of his own true m lady-love-that seemed unmanliest of e1 all. e "It was not he," ciqoared Myra sadly. b "I do not-you must not believe it of him, I pray." "My Julian was too good, too noble, too God-fearing for any crime." When not quite two mouth later the | "Ark" arrived at Barbadoes, seeking n provisions, the people weie so inhos- h pitable and extravagant in their charges that the captain himself, with three others went ashore to negotiate. s One of thp three was Peter Hardy, f( whose. reputation for driving a good ' bargain was well known. Night came on before they could re- b turn to their boat. J< The captain urged haste, for in that n January of 1684 there was a pending t' insurrection among the slaves for mur. t der and pillage. P1 Their haste was. too late. d Even as they reached the shore a horde of yelling, frenzied beings poured out upon them. There ensued a terrible fray. it Bravely they fought-fought until n every bandolier was emptied; but one .fter an'ot1or went down before the i bloodthirsty assailants. in desperation the captain sprung r< toward his moored boat. b "Save mel Save mol" screeched the voice of Peter Hardy, directly beneath his feet. k It was a hazardous task, but by i superhuman exertion the captain reach- i ed his vessel, bringing with him Peter fil Hardy. f bi Peter was badly wounded --dying, e pronounced the doctor. a] When lie realized that there was no is hope, lie summoned the captain.and a 0 holy man to his side. t "Lot me confess," he gasped, pain- It fully. tt ".1 cannot die with such sin as mine se untold." .t "My own hands pushed Julian Grange t I "My own hands stole what was n yJulian Grange's chest." "1 had a key that fitted cleverly." er "But forgive me now I implore." P "I loved Myra." 51 "When I saw that she was not for me, I hated him who outranked me in ii her heart." ha "At times I fear I dared to hate her s too." b "1 am dying." e "Forgive -" at The wretch died while speaklun The conspiracy of the slaves covered in time to utterly suple it and the "Ark" lay tranquilly in hamos wheni one bright morning there was a clangor of trumpets, and the air quav ered withI glad shouts from all oni board. s The "Dove"-thd mourned vessel o that had vanished during the storm 0 some weeks before-sailed gladly into I viewv and anchored near. First to gain the deck of the "Ark" was Juhian Grange, i A plank washed from the "Ark" on n that tempestuous night had saved him, t after an almost hopeless struggle the 9 "Dove" had rescued him. How describe the emotions of the two c fond, re-united lovers! o: They were at once married. l From the pair grew sons and daugh- t ters to become a pride of Maryland the only state that was not wrested for g settlement over the bleeding corpses of o the unfortunate natives. h The Bios 4-'4tanina~ Weedt. During the French expedition to Mexico ir General Martroy was informed by a native e~ that a plant grew In his district which was a largely used in the domestic surgery of c< the Mexicans, and he audvises the General to lay In a stockr of it for use In the Frenchi camp. 1t goes by the name ot "the blood stanchmng weed '-he exact native wordt has been placed oni record. This plant 0f lhas the properly, when applhed after being 1i chewed or crudhed, of almost instantly ar. w resting the flow ok blood from a wound. b; General Martroy biwught home some hi Speclmens of this plant to France, and cut- ci tivated it in hi. uarden at Vereaillea, where fc it has thriven excellently ever since, blos- w: soms every year and produces a sort of et fruit. Meanwhile its transplantation to Euiropean soil has not *robbcd it ot the qualhty for which it was originally recom-i- fa mend~ed to Its introducer. . w Bamboo and Paper In Japan. To enumerate the various uses to which ie bamboo is put would be to furnish a at altogether unreadable, for they seem make everything of bamboo and to treat in every imaginable manner. It must i rememberod that the bamboo is a tough brous, giant grass, with hollow stein divi ed horizontally at the roots. Thus it onsists of a series of cylindrical chambers liperposed one on the other, and separated rom each other by horizontal wooden di isions, the knots or divisions being very lose to each other near the root of the lant, and removed from each other by a onsiderable distance in the higher parts of le stem. It is from these knots that the tun shoots on wich the foliage is borne are rotruded. Before me, as I write, are a aries of carved boxes, each made from a Dction of the stem, with two of the trans erse divisions,\the one forming the too nd the other the bottom of the box, and iese boles vary in height according as the int has come from the center or lower ortion of the sterm. Here is a sachi bottle armed of an elongated joint and with an rehed handle. On it is a beautiful spray f the magnolia, carved in the manner cal .d cameo, and with a bud so arranged as ) become tee spout from which the sachi I poured, a plugged hole 'at the top of the essel being filled with the exhilarating uld. Here is a spill bordered with a Ireek key pattern, and on one side ot phich a snake is carve A, while on the oth r we have a flower,the surface being low red in both cases so that the figure stands ut.in relief; but, besides the carving, this cautiful spill is enriched with a little lac. uer work, in which gold, . oxidized silver ad a warm brown color prevail. Here is nother spill with flowers cut 'in ititagho,' lore is a tea box or tea caddy formed out f a root joint, with the spout carved in ju thickness of the side. & hole is made u inhe top, to which a lid is fitted, and the andle consists of a tuft of lateral shoots. Lere is auother made out of two cells, and tree of the dissepiments, the one being sed as the bandle. But before nie I see loops made of portions of the stem, ti ay& )rmed of the horizontal divisions, both irved and plain; medicine boxes;portable Friting cases;-a box formed by splitting a Drtlon of the stem lengthwise; a nest of xes consisting of a number of superposed nuts; a vcnser in the form of a tripod, and Lany other things. But, the Japanese at ich handles to poations of the stem, and ius make neeful ladles. They use large )ints for the carrying of water as we use alls. They make fences of a hundred ifferent kinds by plaiting and intertwii ig the thin shoots in various ways' They iake sun blinds by threeading little bits of amboo on strtngs,as we thread beads; they >lit )t into laths and form mats by attach ig the strips together with threads; tdey iake the spokcs of their fans of bamboo. 'hey split a stem throughout a.portion of a length, and make a hand screen by )readtng. the spill portionj awt pasting %per over them, They make tLeir fishing >ds of bamboo, they convey water in *uiboo stems from which the transverse Lemibers or dissepiments have been re ioved; and the gutters around their hous i are formeri of this material. The bak ats are of the bamboo (willow is not used i Japan for basket work), anui by ham ering it till it is reduced to a broken and brous condition, they form a fuse used >r blasting operations, while the tooth rush is a bit (if bamboo stem, with the id rendered fibrous by hammiering. These e some of the uses to which the bamboo put In Japan, but they are only a few a multitude. Te Japiunese paper is ugh and fibrous, and we have seenl that tey treat it in various ways so as to give the appearance of other substances.Thue oy make from it a material closely re mbling leather, and also an imitation of ,rtuise shell so :iku the substance imitsted tat. it might readily be taken for the real eli. Trhey make a paper so gossamer kte that the air pases thbrough it as it ould through a net, and which ilht al ost be used for iaadies' veils. In its leath lihke form paper Is used for mkinig the cketxooks, tobacco pouches, pipe cases itchels, andi for niost of the purposes to hich we wouil apply leather. In the >rmn of imitation tortoise shell it is Inlaid to cabimaP' 'md trays. Japanese pocket uudkerciefs are formed of paper, and 'me of these may be rubbed up into a ill without their tearing, when they be >me as sort as the finest cambric. Small urcels are almost invariabliy tied with ring formed of twisted paper. Water - roof coats are formed of paper, as wel' as e aprons of tihe jinrikishas, and paper Is o piut to all those uses5 to which we ap it in England. Te Fish Exhibie. The United States is to be well repre mted at the London Fish exhibit whiioh pens next May. TIhe fish industry is ae of great importance, and of late years as received most imtelligent encourage ment and direction from the Govern ment. The exhibit gathered together y the United States Fish Commission apparently complete in every depart ont. It is of soiontileo as well as prac ceal inferesat, because it embraces olored casts and photographs of all the nportant food fishes captured in our sa and inland waters. For the practl il people there is a wonderful exhibit f fishing apparatus, from the boats, arpoons, guns, &c., used in whalhng to .1o nets employed in mackerel fishing. 'lie nmethods of packing and canning sh and oysters are fully illustrated, and ie processes of fish culture will be showni n a large scaio. Even the angler has is department, and a very beautiful rhibit is made of rods, reels, files, &o. his is the kind of specialty exhiibision, mplete In every way, and arranged to apart information, that is of time groat it possible educational valtie, and of nuoh more use in that way than an In >mplete general exhibition, i3.rdis and Aoimama. Reiche, fte Bird and Animal Importer 'New York, hias a lot of some 800 Eng an pheasants coming from Europe, of hiem number 100) haye been engaged ' PIlerre Lorillard for time preserve on s estate. Three prominent shooting ubs will take most of the remainder r the purpose of distributing them ideiy, and giving them a ehanco to be >me common in American forests. Taa quality and juices of meats are r bettor preserved if the meat is wiped ith a towel iinstnad of washed. The Successiul Farmer. r'ho succe;sful farmer thinks and pla not only how such and sich work can easiest done, but to do It in such a maui as to render any subsequent;work conni ted therewith the easier. For examp preparing his corn ground he is careful leave it as smooth and as well pulveris as possible, so that there will be no clu to cover up the tender plants in plowir and in so far interfere with the progress the work. fie lays off fils Corn row straig so that the plow can run close to eve bill: His wheat land is brokon up in tu and so "fined" as to enasle it the better onserve moisture as well as drink in. t fertilizing gases of the Atniosphere. I furnishes plant food to hiskrops In rs mi available form. While hiniore neohge neighbor plows under his qaknure in a hi rotted condition, -he spreadh it, well rott and finely pulverized, -on the surface. I stead of applying it on lite corn ground uses it on his wheat., whvre it will, be more service in helping along his cloV( He not only.sows clover on all his sin grain, but knows.that to get the most be efit froin it, it must be allowed to devel< itself, and thus keep the soll shaded to il sure its nitrification. In order to accor phieb this he never pastures it the first se son,or not until the second year, and n even until it is in bloom-having provid4 a permanent pasture for his stock. Ret izing that underdraining warms a natural cold soil ar i fits it for earlier cultivatl( in the sprang, ie prefers to invest his car tal in draining all such, rather than m ti purchase of additional land. Instead i investing his means in railroad or oth, stocks, he is always looking for a prop investment in tne line of his busineas,eiti or to improve the productive capacity i his gelds or the quality of his live stool He nowe, t.oo, that lie is;too short to ei able him to master the whole business farmig without availing himself of ti experience of others, as found in the agi cultural literature of the 'day. He ali makes the surroundings of his honie attra tive and pleasant, and fosters in his sons love for the farm. He lightead the lab of nis wife and contrives an occasion holiday for all his family. in short, I alms at thoroughness in all he undertake and finds his farm improving from year your as well as his own information. Ac lowing a regular plan of work, lie hits ti market, and often finds his profits great in yuars that prove disastrous to his mo: negligent neighbor. The Ruuh of an Enginato a Fire, You are sit timg at tea when the alar rings. You don't know the box, but y( rush out on the street a id stare aroui you. In a moment the o nous rush coin on the ear. The horses catler out of th stables, the firemen, .nithqbas cats,eap their stations, the wide doOrs are t hrowi open, three palicemen dash out of o. to see the start, and bang| ding| whisl rush I G'lang I crack I look out I din (long I ding I away they go like a to nado. Crash I a baby may. be burning. Hanj sleeping children may be smothering.Dir dong. ding I An old man, feeble at rheu'natic, may be staggering in amoki isook out! the strong man, blistered wil flames, is yelling for his babies I Loc out, then! look outl stand aside and l them pass. Here they come; like a storn The driver, stooping down with slackc rein, speaking to the intent steeds that,b eyed,wide nostrilled and strained go thin dering on. The foreman sitting by his side, ere and defiant with arms folded, looks lic faced at the sky,searching for the ominot glare. The firemen behind him clingic litre cats to a ladder, dressing themselvi as the machine thunders on. The ubiquitous reporter taking notea c the boomplate of the lcity ladder. Hlanj boom, bang! look out? Th'ley pass a cro sing like an earthquake on wheels. Ti horses, alive and stung with the same ei thiuslasm which fills the thremen,spurn tI rough #treet and clash along as If a praur on fire was chasing them. 'They need r Whip, they need no lash: their big arterii are churning with hot blood;thear big mu eles are strung to the task they love. TI wild horse, followed fast by rca ilre,nev, sped like they. With ears laid Dack,wit eyes standing out from the bony face, wii nostrIls red as if withL blood, they galk( on untiring. 'The branchmnan gets out his key, tI foreman isa all readly. Ding, dong, swusi The fireman gather themselves for the fin jump. 21~ngl "We're near the fire,lad, -look out. (Irashi All rigiht. Blang Hiere's the box. Jump for your Jives. Bang bang! bangl They jump. Trho horses' sides heave like big bellow Their noble heads fall between tremblli knees- the sunk tails quiver, the pointi ears droop like limp leather, and the fir men, eloquient wth enthusiasm, dash in the street, and( an old woman, wiping hr hands on her apron, comies out on the stei and says --"the Lord bless you, gentlemi but it wars only our chimney; and the io: bless you, 1-" and the gang go home all play dominoes. Tihe horses stand waitm for the next, and just as willing to jun as the man who has been waiting an hoi for a shave. Ikatial Uuntomas. The exhibition of bridal gifts b been sanctioned by royalty. On zi marriage of the Princess Royal in E~n land, ini 1858, the tributes to the brid amounting in value to a fabulous sur wore displayed, not only before i eyes of the Court, but also forthe ben fit of the general public. After ti marrimge of the Prince of Wales, 1868, the bridal presents were also pu licuy exhibited'in Kensington Palae, Reporters and newspaper artiste we: expressly admitted, that they might,: type and picture, reproduce for ti curious pubile the wonders of the mai ninleent profusion with which the yout) ful princess of Denmark had been e, dowed by the crowned heads and wes the R~foeerry Rothschild presen were unusually superb. They weri exhibited in three rooms of the lRoth child mansion mi Piccadilly, the tabl< on which they lay b~eing magnificenta adorned with expens)ive floweri. On the principal table were the ear] a~fts to his bride, enclosed in a bord< of teia-roses and orchids. Among these were the Rlosebori family jewels, consiingn of a~ ta., comb, necklace, earrings, and cross, all of magnificent diaionds. be There were also presents from the be bridegroom of .A diamond diadem, with er seven large centro stones of the purest C' water ; a bracelet of double hearts, tied ie with a lover's knot, a copy from one worn by Mary Queen of Scots; a suit d of pearls, a large spray brooch of bril - lants in the form of a roseberry with a g, matchless pendant pearl, and anotner of - pendant of immense and faultless sap ry phires set*n brilliants. There were al. no so some presents of interesting histori cal memories. he The bridegroom proeented the brlde le with a beautiful painted fan which a formerly belong to , Marie Antoinette, nt and an exquisite gold box with an ift onameled portrait of some unfortunate ad queen. n. The prince of Wales gave Lord iose e berry a beautiful and curious dressing of case of silverwork of'the period of r. Louis Seize. The Sykes club presented a silver punch-bowl of the period of Dr. a. Johnson. E.rl Beaconsfield's offering >p to the bride was a ring of turquoises I- and diamonds arranged chookerwise. I- 'ihe presents of the Rothschild family i. in all parts of the world, as might be )t expected, were such as one might hope 4 to see only in dreams-gold and jewels 1- of the most sumptuous and priceless y kind. n Among American gifts were a silver I- coffee service from August Belmont, and ec a picture of the earl and his bride in a )f gondola, which the bridegroom is steer 3r ing, and which is drawn by six swans, 3r from Mr. Board. 1. The bride cake is no loss sanctified f by antiquity than is the ring. It is the hymbol of "pienty," and is intended to express the hope that the newly-mar ) ried couple may al- aye be supplied Le with an abundance of the good things - Of this life. 0 Passing pieces of the oake through * the wedduag-ring nine tines, and put a ting them under the pillow to dream upon, was a practice in vogue long be l fore our great-grandmothers lived and k loved, and the cuatom is not yoL obso lete. A pleasant custom formerly prevailed, after the ceremony had been concluded, e of handing round to each guest a ring er bearing the names of the newly married couple, after which the latter received the feioitations of their friends. We are told that Edward Kelly, a famous philosopher in Queen Eizabeth's M days, was openly profuse in giving u away rings, twisted with thice gold d wires, at the marriage of one of his houshold, to the value of $20,000. 3. Though wedding customs dil'r in o dia'erent countries, yet they are all ,n designed to express cortain idos, more or less correct, upon which marriags is founded. n The ancients considered certain days in the calendar as unlucky for matri mony. Lovers were told to beware of the entire month of May, and espeoially g warned off Irom Fobruary 11th, June 2d, d November 2d, and December 1st, And it was particularly desirable that the h weather should be clear, and that the k ceremony should take place in the day. ,t time, for "Blest Is the bride on whiom the sun clotii shine." d Nothing More To Say. ' I had often read of the slow speed made by southern railroad trains, but n noticed nothing unusual until reachig - Macon, says a writer. The train pulle,, out at about fifteen miles an hour, slowed down to twelve, and the waits were long and tedious. Some of the crowd didn't seem to care if we never n got there, but the drummer for a Phila 'delphia house took on terribly, le was bias ting awvay when the conductor o ame along and inquired what ailed him. S "Why, i'll be left I" hotly exclaimed 0the drummer. "Let's seo ? You go to Thomnaville ?" "'Yes, sir."~ e "You clhange ears at Smithivlleo ?" ~r "I ought to, but the train wvill be hi gone. h "Not a bit of it. That train is twvo phours behind time." " Well, I'd rather wait in Smithvillo," oe "You couldn't wait in that town two ii hours without being asked to drink il some of the worst whisky ever made, " and if you refused you'd have to fight." S"I could go to the hotel." gl "Then you'd have to walk a mile in the sand, 19o 'bus conmes down until s. our train whistles." ig "i might drum up a customer." d "You couldn't drum nothing. The t- last Northern drummer in Smithville .o had to fly for his life." tr "Couldn't I wait on the platform ?" >s "No, sir. Thore is no platform to na wait on, and if there was, you d be d suspected of wanting to start a turpon d tine fire." ig "Well, it's awful slow,-" 'p "What of it ? The other train Is atill ir slower ; no dinner can be had until we get there ; there is nothing to see ; the depot won't be open ; you can't sell a paper of pins in the town ; you can't get en to Thomasvllle ; no one in the 'town plays poker ; you can't find a do 10 cent cigar there, and from what I know of S3mithville I can assure you that it ,has at least thirty citizens who would ~'take a pop at you on general principles 'e within six minutes of your landing s' there." n The Streets oR i'aru. The Streets of P~aris are lighted by 48g, 000 gas lamps, and 420 lamps which burni Spetroleum and colza oi. There are in ad edition 2d5,000 jets of gas In the buildings -which belong to the municipality, and the total cost for lighting them is estimated 'for the current year at 6,500,000 francs. An ordinary gas lamp burns about six gal Sear, of gas n hour, and te cot for a about ten hours every mght, is almost ex 10 actly 105 france. The petroleum and oil ' lamps cost about 50O per cent.- more. The agas company employ seventy-six men 7y looking after the lamps and the mains, ,many of them being told off to inspect the ameters and the pipes in private houses and r eee there is no escape. The lightingr power of the Aas supplie" y the Company is Y tested every evening 14 eleven laboratories, I, situatced in dierent "'eta of the city. Utah's Base ores.. The wonderful value of the base ores of Utah Is made strikingly apparent by the carefully-prepared table made by Mr. J. E. Dooly, agent for Wells, Fargo & (o., in this city, at the close of last year. By3 that table it is seen that there was pro. duced last year of copper $75,785; of lead refined, $410,690, and of unrefined lead, $1,801,096; or altogether more than 20 per cent. of the value of all the money I from the mines. But the table further show& that of the silver -produced 47 3 10 1 per cent, was obtained from base ores and 55 5-10 of the gold was produced from base ores. This fact shows how inextric ably mingled are the lead and silver Inter eats of Utah. From what-is known of the districts which-ar..liable in, future to pro duce most, this percentage will be in- I creased raiher thandiminished In flgrc. One important district wilich is liable to become largely productive. in the opening of the Denver.-and Rio Grande road hag many base metal mines, and.the indica tions are that the districts immediately surrouiding Milford-Cave, Star and Lam coln-will within the next year add heav ily to the same quaty of ores. We ex- V pect, also, a much heavier yield of the I same metals from Tintlc before the close of the year. It seems, too, that of all the precious metals produced in the United t States west of the Mississippi River, 35 per cent. is produced from base ores. In . Utah for the past six years the average of silver obtained from lead ores, that is of all the silver produced, 40 per cent. has been from base ores, and of the gold 51 2-10 per cent. has been produced fron C the same source. These figures show how impottant the lead interest is, and what a r blow to mining a serious blow to the lead a interest would be. It also makes clear how safe a business extensive works for producing manufactured lead in all its forms must be. Nature has drawn around Utah a protective tariff in the form of mountains and deserts which no legisla tion can repeal, and though by special rates the railroads may modify it some. what, they cannot overcome it. Utah nunes, only scratched as they have been so far, produce 10 per cent. of the gold, silver and lead of the West, which shows what kind of a mining country it is. The Rothuciild's Palmous. The princely chateau of Ferriers, where Baron's Alphonse do Rothschild has been given a series of entertainments in honor of the Conitesse de Paris, bids fair i to outdo Beauregard for the magnificeneo of its fetes. The Itothschilds possess upon l'rench soil as many fine mansions as were formerly possessed by the mon arehB whose veins were coursed, by the blood of the Valois. Saying nothing of t the houses of the family in .aris, the muore prominent of these residences may be mentioned. There Is, to begin, witi, the splendid Abbey of Cernay, which has ben tranformed into a modern castellare t by the Baroness Nathaniel. Then there is the mansion of Chantdly. which the - unfortunate Baron James Edward was t having erected in the shadow of the house of the Condos at the time of his sudden and tragic death, and which has since been completed by his widow. a Next conies the chateau of Boulogne, bought by the Dowager Baronness de a Rothschild, and to which she has impart a ed a magnificence which is only equalled by that of her own villa at Cannes. The t Baroness Adolphe holds a plenary court in 1. the early daye of autumn at the charming v little villa of Pregny, on the shore of tie blue Lake of Geneva.. Lastely, there is Ferrieres, the residence destined to pass from generation to generation to the eldest son of the house of Iothsohild in France, in order that he may tiere main tan a Roverelga pmmp as chief of the dynasty., ________ Usefui EHirda. When Michigan was invaded by the 11 army worm, the blackbirds (11( excellent r work for the suffering ariners. On the t prairie myriads of these birds, yellow birds and robins were hioveriung over the place most invested, evidenitly making a meal of the worms. Just In front of the right flank of thme army of worms ms a corntild, all along the east fence, which seperates it from the meadow, a line of blackbirds were stationed in as good order as if mar. shialed for a fight uder a military leadIer.1 TIhmey woul fly in a solki1 mass to the ground as if attacking something, andt fall back to thme position on the fence, from which they repeatedly advanced in a body, "Those birds," said a geintlemaii, "arc protecting that corn." Surely enough examination sho~ved that the pestiferous insects had come uy to th'e fence, but, had not uobe an Inch beyond, and none coul< be seen on the corn, But a large nimbem' of dead worms could be seon on the grounda where the harde had been cast of the fence. it, Is certain that the birds had made hayoc with the worms, aiid it really looked as it' they had a design ini it to keep thiemi out of the cornfield. The Hustthity Portor. Thme porter of the Fifth Avenue flotel, New York, is. perhaps, the most aristo cratic and haughty porter the world has< ever seen. 11is business is handling I trunks, but he would no more touch a I trunk than lie would touch a red hot coal. He comimads a smal.l army of undler I porters, who wear check jackets and really move ,thme trunks of guests. Trhe head porter seldoii speaks, but contents himself with posing in elegant attitudes about the corrndor of the hotel, smoking fragrant cigars and gazing with immense condlesccnsion upon the Legislators and bankers who throng the hotel. ils attire Is fashionable in the extremne. It is not I gaudy, but it is rich, lie wears a silk hat, a blonde beard parted in the middle and light gleves. I ami told by a man a that knows him that he talks with great gravity and weight upon political affairs, and has a fondness for things Europeau, but that he never talks of the hotel and becomes magnificently silent when trunks are mentioned, even in an indirect and casual manner, It must he a great thng to be the greatest porter in tye world. The Government of India did a capi tal stroke of business when It estab lished ohinohonaplantations. The eash profit on the Bengal plantatiens alone I the past year was $40,700, besides $16,600 saveat on thme quinine furnished I to the troops-that suin representing the difference betweenr the eost of pro. I duotion and the market npinae1 FOOD FOR THOUGHT. The, gratitude of place-expectants is I lively sense of future favors. Trust that ;nau in nothing who has iot a conscience in everything. The manners of nature make a man; he manners of art unmake him. There's not a string attuned to mirth, ut hath Its cord in melancholy. The current may be strong,. but that which defles the current is'stronger. Ieligion can capture a heart easler ;han it can overthrow the pocket-book, Much of the- charity that begins at iome is too feeble to get out of doors. The shame of being thought poor, ods to worse eylls than poverty itself. Ione are so desolate but something tear, dearer than solf possesses or pos essed. Who would venture on the journey f life, if -compelled to begin it at the Ind? Character gives splendor to youth, mid awe to wrinkled skin and gray kIaird. If you would not have affliction visit rou twice, listen at once to what it caches. Devote each day to the subject thou n time, and the evening will find soio hing done. Comparisons, whothor as to senso ourage, beauty or rank, are alway.1 dfensiye. Nothing from man's hands, nor lav Lor constitution, can be final. Truth Jone is final. Law and equity are two things which lod hath joined, but which man hath >ut asunder. The eharity of the rich is much to be ommended, but how beautiful is the harity of the poor. Slumber not in the tonts of your athers. The world is advancing. Ldvance with it. It is from out the depths of our hu aility that the height of our doutiny ooks grandest. When slander and falsehood aro itched to a person's tongue, the devil ots as coachman. Matrimony is a great blessing, be ause even a blind man has his eyes ipened after a little while. A wise and good man does nothing or appearance, but everything for the ake of having acted well. Wait for others to advance your in - orests, and you will wait until t are Lot worth advancing, . . It is trito wisdom .to speak but.ttilo.. If the injuries you have received, or lie good deeds you have done. Imitation causes us to leave natural rays to enter into artificial ones; it herefore makes slaves. Few, with the hope of another life. rould think it worth their while to live bove the allurements of senso. It is better to be thought a fool than knave, says the saw; but it is better till to be known to be neither. A man's first; care should be to avoid he reproaches of his *own heart, his iext, to escape the censures of the vorld. May I tell you why It seems to me a rood thing for us.to remember wrong hat has been done us? That we may orgivo it. Nothing, indeed, but the possession f some power can with any ertaii ty Liseover what at the bottom Is thle rue eharaetor of any man. A man has no mere rigli 6 to say an noivil thing than to act one; no more ighit to say a rude thing to another han to knock 1im down. Discover the opinion of your enemies, rhich is commonly the truest; for they" vill give you no quarter, and allow mothing to complaisance. A word, a look which at one timo nakes no Impression, at another timne vounds the heart, and like a shaft flying vith the wind, pierces deep. Employ ment, which Galon calls "nat ure's physician,'' Is so essential to hut nan happiness that Indolence is jtustly ecnsidered the mother of misery. 'The talent of suecess is nothing nore than doing what you can do woll, ind doing well whatever you do, with )it a thought of fame. We cannot too strongly attack sup~er tition, which is the disturber of society; or too highly respect genuine religion; vhich is tihe support of it. The lightsome countenance of a riend giveth such an inward decking o the house where it lodgeth, as proud >alaces have cause to envy the gilding. Many persons, after once they be somc l earned, cease to be good. All ither knowledge is hurtful to him who las not the science of honesty and rood nature. Order is the sanity of the mind, thme iealth of the body, the peace of the ity, the scrutiny of the State. As the ieams to a house, as .the' bones to the aicrocosm of man, so is order to all bings, They teach us to remember; why do met they teach us to forget? There is Lot a man living who has not, some ime In his life, admitted that memlory was as much of a curse as a blessing. The way to subject, all things to thy. elf is to subject thyst' to reason. Jhou shalt govern many if reason gov irn thee, Wouldat thou be crownied he monarch of a little world? ,Coin uand thyself. St. Paul gave the palm to the women rho were stayers and workers at home; or he recognised that home is thes rystal of society, and that domnestic )ve and duty are the best eurity for 11 thAt is most dear to us on earth, .It was a very proper answer to him vho asked whly any man shotuld be de ightedt with beauty,p~hat it was a ques ion none but a blind man could ask; mone any beautiful object doth so muchi ittrnact the sight of all meln that it is a no man's power not to be pleased