Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 iI a ESTABLISHED 1848 ' OEtILDROOD'VAIAi,t. it was a quiet'villey, Set far from human Ills, A l 0- 1. . , . A sunny, sloping falie, Begin with.green hnlhill Th .White clouds softly knitted Gray shadows in the grass; TPe sea4birds POised and flitted As they wtre loath to pass. A clear stream thrid the bridges, Blue, lasy sudoke upouried; Beyond its purple rilges Lay the unquiet world. Under the ike4 rafters, Low eidon6 the- euf-dosed-dove While youthful, breezy laughter deoved o0ie slopeskl3oife.' Wliere-mid the'U4wer-piUd apacos We children made bright quest Sure as we ran quick .raes The far-sen [uower was best. Thus while the sun $plift4d And flashed alowil the stream, The w11e clouds drifted, drifted, In;de4p, Uaptiouble,d drieam.. Fair shines that sunny valley, det far froan human Ils I Our childhood's simplu valley Begl;t with green, gen hills. Nor all the world's'iad riot Whlch we have known since then Bath touched tiUsvallqy's quiet Deep in our hearVa own ken. MINNIIs MSktCR-MAKING. A da$nty parlor, a, gl6wing fire, a pretty lfttle woman listening for the foot@teps ot hor lord:and master. This charming picture of domestic bliss John Ackerman fully appreciated ae he stepped into the room a few min utes later. Tea ended, the following conversa tion began: "You know my sister Amy is coming home with ine for a long visit, John." "Don't you think it would be a cap. tal thing if she and your brother Tom would fall M love with each other?" "They could get married and sot up housekeepipg ,iu that louse across -the, street; and, oh, Jo'ini,' it would -make mee perfectly happy!" John Ackerman laughed long and very heartily. "Match-making, by Jove!" he said, at last. "Miserable yourself, and want every bodsy else to be; is that it, Minime?" "Don't laugh, John, for I'm in earn est." "I know they will likeeach other, and I have set my heart on the niatch; just think how nice it would be to have Amy here always; and Tom is'such a darlium?" "Amy should furnish her sitting room piht like ours, only where this is blue hers sfould be;oard gal, for she is dark, you know." John was iaighing again by this time. However,' he fell in with the. glau readily enough. 4 tell you what it is, Minnie.' "Don't you say a word of this to Tom or Amy, or they will take a dislike to each other lwim.ediately." "I know it," wisely rejoied Minnie. "When L told Tom I was going to visit Aunt Margaret, I did not mention Amy's name, and I don'i think he kijqws of her existence." &As for Amy, I have been with her so little since I was marriedt. that I am sure I nevet'spoke to her of Tom." Minedeparted the,next morning. The day before she'Wavss to returin, Aunt Margaret fell ill, and Amy felt obliged to postpone her visit for a few daysa at-east. Minnie could go on as she had ~In tended, and she would follow as soon as Aunt Mar art goul(1 sparp her.. 'Shus it hpened ,ht.Miame' re turned home alone. One morning John said; "We had better take that long run to Cambridge to-day." We must go some time this month, and of course you won't want to go after yoursister comes." "John, you know we cannot stay away all night; I gave Jennie leave of absence until Friday, and it won't do to leave tne house alone. - "I'll get Tom to come agnd sleep here." .Minni$ had 'io e6tidx* I?easIonIZle:ob joction -to make after' this, so she p1'6 pared to go. "There are three keys," said she, s they l'eft... '"You can give one to' Tom, and I will leave one with Mrs. Gatos, next door." The house might take fire, and then It wodld be better to have a key, so that they could get in the house and bring out the things." "yes," said John, sarcastically, "or Imgthire a lot of pohcomen to watch .hehouse ay and night." About ten o'clock thait eyening Miss Amy Arden alighted from an express etrain, and looked about the station as if expecting somne one. "They could not have received my econd note," she concluded, after wait. ug nearly half an hour in the ladies' 'Well, I can very easily find thgir ouse." *Arrived, Amy rn lacross the smih as plot, and rang the-bell - Mrs. Qates from next door a nl~ ex ained niatters. "She probably did not receive my ndi nofA. which, 1 poated yesterday owig." "Well, I'll gIva you the key; ).hiat ard u not afraid to stay alone in the nse9 "Oh) I'm not at all' timid," laughe "There's a gang of burglars abot theneighborhood," urged Mrs. G.ar "They've been in three houses i this street, and only last Sunday nigl there was * dreadful robbery in tl next strret, and a man nearly killed." "You are welcome to come in an sleep on our sofa if you are afraid," '.No, thank you," Amy said. "I will risk it for one night, and yo say Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman will r turn to-naorrow." UAhe le6elf into the deserte house, "not w'th6ut some thrills of fea it must be confessed. How quiet everything was! Oh, if Minnie were only there! She took a survey of the rooms, tl neat kitchen last of all, where she coi eluded to look forsomething to eat. Hark! what was that? Only the slver-toned clock strikin eleven.. : IThab wompn's -talk about burglai has made me nervous," she though continuing her search for eatables," Hark, again! ,Burely.that was a key turning in lock;' then a door opened and sht quietly, at.d there were footsteps in ti halle Amy's small stock of courage wei down to zero. What would happen next? Instinctively sne grasped a poker l iug on the fender. The next instant the door openei and a great broad-shouldered man wit blao,kQued face and handq stepped int the room. Amy felt herself growing white wit fear, but she raised her poker threatei ingly. For a moment they 'stared at eac other in silence, and then the ma spdke. "Who the deuce are you?" Amy tried to shriek for help, bt the sound died away in her throat; oh was tod thoroughly frightened to spea or move. Presently the man came toward her. "Will you please lower the poker, < else move away from the sink?" "I would like to come there an wash my hands," he said, looking ver mue inolnod to laugh. Was ever such effrontery known b( fore? Still speechless, Amy moved slow] round towards what seemed to bd a1 outside door. "Don't glare at me in that frightft way," he went on, with a glance int her terror-stricken eyes. "1 will look moro presentable who I get my face washed." Then came a hearty laugh, which r( assured Amy a very little. Certainly this was a most extraordi nary burglar, or else there was som ridiculous, mistake, she thought, drol ping her weapob, and tugging away v a huge bolt with remb#ing fingers. By this time the ytng mbn had fit isbed his ablutions, at d presented quit a different appearance. "I at" Mr., Ankerman?s brother," b said, politely. "Hle asked me to remain in his hout to-day, as a rmeanis of protection in hi absence." "Mr. Ackerman has no brother, contradioted Amy, stoutly. "Are you sure of that?" "dertaidif I am." "Mrs.. Ackerman has just paid me visit, ,and she,.would have mentione him if such a person episted." "CAn it be possible .you are Anr Margaret?" "Aunt Margaret, indeed!" Amy was,finding courage enough. "I beg your pardon," said Ton "but Minnie told me she was going t visit her Aunt Margaret. and you sai she had been visiting you, hence m mistake," "I am Mrs. Askerman's sister." "Strange that I never heard her spea of you!" "Upwever~, I am sqrry I frightene you,. Miss--Miss 4rden, and ityou wi allow me I will explain matters." "I am book-keeper at Bolton's four "You looked more like Captal Moonlight," said Amy, ready to cr with vexation and nervousness. "Or a burglair," added-Tqn, "Well, as I1 was sayin2g, 1am boo) keeper there, .but as there was a prea of work at the fouridr.y to-nigfht, and they happened to ,be short of hands, offered to stayand assist; this-account for my blackened face snd hands." "Raeyou examined the photograp] alburki?" he asked suddenly. "If you will kindly do so, I thinl you will find a very good representatio of .me thb~re, which will convince yo that I sin at least oh terms of intimac here," He looked Vdiy much like indulgin in another hearty lau6h, but restrame himself at; the sight of Amy's whrit distressed face. *"I was afraid I was rude," she sai "but It was such a shock to me." "ain ve3ry tired and--" . R 9Drepg sto her side, or she woul, have fallen from sheer exhaustion. HKe Aplped pher into,the little .drawing room; brpught wi and refreshment from Minnme's weli-stockedl eupboari and they'Iere'soon tallibe matters ove quite~ calmly. T was atte two o'cnlock when TPn, d proposed to go and ask rs, Gates to come over for the rest of the night; but tt Amy protested against this, saying she 3. was not afraid if he would remain in n the house. it Minnie was quite beside herself when LO she came home and found how affairs had gone in her absence; crying one d minute over Amy's fright, laughing the next over Tom's graphic description of the same, it was some time before they settled down to anything like quiet ness - As the days and weeks went by, Min nie could not determine whether cer - ,d tain plans of hers were to prosper or not. , Tom spent all his evening with them, but he and Amy were always on con trary sides of every question, and they tantalized each other so unmercifully ie that poor Minnie sometimes despaired 1. of their being friends, not to mention a nearer relation. She was, however, delighted one evening before the month was out at 9 having her attention called to a diamond ring sparkiing on the finger of her .s blushing sister; and a marriage between t, Tom and Amy three weeks afterwards proved beyond a doubt how successful she had been in her little game of a "Match-making." it Dnio iarnw. Not very far frem the palace, we were shown over what we particularly wished to see, a model Dutch farm. Anything so pretty and so exquisitely neat we never saw; red and blue, here and there white and yellow, were the 1, prevailing colors. On entering, we h were directly in the kitchen. One o large corner was raised and made a platform. On this platform, the family h had their meals and spent their leisure hours, which, judgiag from the ac tivity we saw, must be few and far h between; for it was a farm where all the a sons and daughters worked, and few hired hands were employed. The stove was a perfect picture, bright as it steel; and the china plaques facing it e (blue and white) looked so tempting k and pretty. All the pails, etc..' were painted blue; and the iron hoops were Is polished till they looked like silver, The dairy was beautifully kept, but or totally different from our Ideas of a dairy. The farm is famous for the d skim-milk cheeses, not - those round, Y red cheeses we call Dutox ohoono, vi the Gouda cheeses, which are cobsidered - in Holland as inferior to others, but large, rather flat cheeses. The milk y pans are extremely deep and narrow at the base, and the milk stands one day and night. It is then skimmed, the il cream makes butter, and the whole of the milking of the day before makes one cheese. They make about 250 n cheeses in the year, all of which go direct to England. The pans are all set on the ground, which, like 41 the rest of the building, is tiled and painted red. The cow-byres were also all e painted red, walls and floors, except the stone coping which divided the 6t mangers from the cows, and this was painted in red, blue and white stripes. There was no division between the cows, who are fastened by a clumsy looking but simple contrivance when they inhabit this beautiful home. Just now they are out all day and night, and are milked in the fields. One thing all through Holland gives a well nfimaiheca and pleasant look to all country life, and was particularLy noticeable in the outbuilding of this farm--the wood work, it is so beautifully finished. The a railings of the outdoor staircase to the d hay-loft might adorn many a gentle man's house in England; Lhe bars are it round and polished, the commonest ladders are not rough, the gates are ornamental and almost always painted, and the palings are beautifully neat. 4; The good vrouw was pleased by our 0 keen appreciation, and led the way to a d very small sitting-room (which is never y used), to show us a glass bookcase. Each shelf was full of silver ornaments which liad been presented to her and k her husband the year before, on their silver wedding day. All round the d place the greatest tidings prevailed.. 11 The cows are almost all black and white, and you seldom see any other " color; when you do, it is generally dun color. They are sometimes a great n size, but theamost prevailing kind are ~not very large. Here the cows were very fine. We counted twenty in one field near the farm, andl there may have been more. I wanted to know 'a how many they kept, and was told the 5number varied. When they had a good cow they kept her; when thiey saw a a good cow they bought her; and when Sthey had a bad cow they sold her. The Isolaea itT. The "Isolated'city of the great North n west" is up the Missouri river, 1,200 U miles beyond Bismarok, away from any y railroad, hemmed in by miounteins, and at this season shut out from all the g world. It bears the name of Benton, d in honor of "Old Bullion," and it is the 0 magazine of the Brietish Northwest. It .; Is a substantial town, because lumber 'is so costly there that it is economy to build with brick. Daring navigation a twenty-two steamboats carry freight to this remote city, and the volume of e- business there justifies a Ohamber of 's Commerce and mammoth brick blocks. I, The 8000 souls in this mountain fast ir ness must enjoy a peace that passeth understanding in the busy life of New n York Life on the AKounain Frontier. The picturesque features of life in a Western Montana town like Missouls are best seen S. evenipg approaoLes Orowds of roughly clad men gathi around the doors of thie drinking-saloons A, group of Indlans, who have beet squatting on the eldewalk for two houri playing some mystrious game of cardi of their own invention, breaks up. On of the squaws throws the cards into th< street, which is already decorated frou Dnd to end with similar relUos of othe games. Another 7.1ugs_a baby upoi her back, ties a ihawl around it an< herself, secures the child with a straj buckled across her chest, and stride off, her mocoasined feet toeing iwar< in the traditional Indian fashiou. Shi wears a gown made of a scarlet calic bed-quilt, with leggings of some blu< stuff; but she has -somehow managed tc got a civilized dress for the child They all go off to their camp on th( bill near by. Some blue-coated soldier, from the neighboring military post remembering the roll-call at sunset swing themselves upon their horses and go galloping off, a little the worst foi the bad whisky they have been drinking in the saloons. A miner in blue woolei shirt and brown canvas trousers, with v hat of astonishing dimensions and a beard of a year's growth, trots up th( street on a mule, and, with droll oathi and shuffling talk, offers the animal fo: mle to the crowd of loungers on th( hotel piazza. No one wants to buy aud, after provoking a deal of laughter the miner gives his ultimatum: "I'l hitch the critter to one of them piazzf posts, and if he don't pull it down yo may have him," This generous offe: is declined by the landlord; and thc minor rides off, declaring that he ham aot a solitary four-bit piece to pay fo: his supper, and is bound to sell the mull to somebody. Toward nightfall the whole male pop alaton seems to be in the street, save bhe busy Chinamen in the laundries who keep on sprinkling clothes by blowing water out of their mouths Early or late, you will find these indust rious little yellow men at work. Onc ibufflcs back and forth from the hydr,nt 3aryiu wat.l fnr Ih' mrnnviAng waah JJ aoal-oil cans hung to a sUck balanced xcross his shoulders. More Indian aow-a "buck" and two squaws, lead mng ponies heavily laden with tent 3lothes, and buffalo robes. A rope tied .round a pony's lower jaw is the ordi aary halter and bridle of the Indians 'hese people want to buy some article it the saddler's shop, They do not g< n, but stare through the windows foi Ave minutes. Tie saddler, knowing the Indian way of dealing, pays n< ittention to them. After a while the.y ill sit down on the ground in front o the shop. Perhaps a quarter of an hour passes before the saddler asks wha they want. If lie had noticed them a Irst, they would have gone away with )ut buying. Only With Gontlemen. A rew evenings ago, while half a dozer rentlemen were standing at the bar of ona af the most fashionable up-town saloona in 'Wasbington, a well-dressed good-looking stranger entered the roonm and walket atraight up to the bar, and addressed the bar-keeper la language like the following: "8tranger, I ant in a very, very bad condition. I want a drink; 1 muet hava r drink, but 1 am compelled to make th< humiliating statement that I am unable at present to pay for it. If you w ill be kint singh to favor me in my extremity you shall be paid, sir." "We don't keep whiskey to give awaj bore," was the blunt reply of the bar. keeper. The stranger begged, but th< bar-keeper was inexorable and even rude, Thie mild-mannered stranger turned to th< gentlemen who had been witnesses to the icnversation and said: "Gentlemen, you are all strangers to me, but would one of you be kind enough to loan me the pric af a drink? I will pay it back." One of the party addressed banded the stranger 15 centr. liHe stepped up to the bar and said, "Now can I have a drink?" "Yes," said the bar-keeper, "anybody aan get a drink for the money here?" "I thought so, " said the stranger. The bottle of 'red licker" was placed an the bar; the stranger filled his glass iberally "A httle b'itters in there, if you please,'' said the stranger. Thean, when the bitters was furmished, he asked for a large glass of water, which was also set up. The stranger drank his beverage and lien turnedl to the man who had loaned [ilu the money andl said: "Stranger, I make it a point of1 honor to pay borrowed money before1 pay whiskey tills; here Is your 15 cents; amn greatly abJiged for the loan," and so saying lie walked out. The dased barkeeper, seeing Lhat lie was sold, and that the laugh was 'a him, ran to the door and called to the mian to come back. TIhe stranger promiptly returned and in cluired, "What do you want?" The bar keeper replied, "That was a cute trick you played, and I own up that you caught mec. rTe drinks are on me. What will you take?" "ECxcuse me, sir," replied the stranger, "I dIrlnk only with gentle uten; I cannot drink with you," and the mysterious stranger walked away, leaving ithe bar-tender to wonder whether it would iot have been better to give a stranger one irink than to be caught by a trick and iave to "act 'emt up'' to a whole crowd. Home is not a Dame, nor a form nos a routine. It is a spirit, a presenee, a principle. Material and method will 2ct and cannot make it. It must get ts light and sweetness from those who inhabit IC, from dawers and anbhin. Uulrk Transit to London. The announcement has just been made of the abandonment of the plan for organizing a fast steamship line of American-built vessels to ply between this country and Great Britain, which excited so much artention when first made public about a year ago. The intention was to have vessels start from Fort Pond Bay, at the easterly end of Long Island, and go to Milford Haven. Passengers were to be conveyed in swift express trains to Fort Pond Ray and, from Milford Haven 'to London, and bhe entire trip between New York e and London was to occupy .ess than 1 six days. ~ 6eoal featuresd the plin . were that no steerage passengers or freight should be carried; and that the steamships, which were to be of steel, should be built and equipped in this country. The line was to begin with three vessels, whose cost was to be $5,000,000. figher rates than those now in vogue were to be charged pas sengers, but there was also to be an increase in the luxuries and comforts on the new vessels. After the first an nounement the project was pushed for a while wiih vigor, ond even until very recently it was supposed to be still under way. To find out the causes of the abandonment a reporter called yes terday on Mr. Jacob Lorillard, who was its originator. Mr. Lorillard was quite communicative. He said: "When the American Express Line was first projected we thought the dis position of Congress was to aid Amori can shipping, and that the best plan of assistance would be to holp establish the finest steamship line in the world. and we had reason to believe that we should be able to effect a mail contract with the Government. We calculated to Issue $5,000,000 worth of bonds to build our ships. Then to secure bond holders we expected to assign the whole mail contract, which would amount to $600,000 per year, and was to run ten years. We expected thus to be able, at the end of ten years, to pay off the bonds, principal and interest, The contract we proposed to make was that the Government should pay us a cer tain price if the mails were deliverad on the other side within five days, a less price if they were not delivered within six days, iad nothing at all if they were not delivered within seven days. We also offered to carry Ameri can Consula and American Government officers on Government business free of charge. Our upplication for a mail contraA was made and reported favora bly upon, but we failed to receive it. Then the Shipping bill before Cmar-au was knocked endways, and we feared I that with the additional ,cost of con struction of vessels on tis side we should be unable to make the American Express Line pay, as the English Lines would put their passage rates down so low that we would be unable to com pete with them. Then, American ves sels are obliged to pay higher wages to sailors and officers, our wages account being nearly double that on foreign vessels. Incidental expenses are also greater. Why, American sailors will not cat the same food that Euglish ships provide, and where the latter are at an average expense of 88 per month for each man's food an American sai lor's food will cost from $12 to $14 per month. In fact, without (lovernment help a line of American vessels is im practicable. Mr. Lorillard went on to say that the only money lost in the soneme was about $10,000, which ne personally paid out for the construction of models and designs. The route whinn the American Ex press Line was to have used, from Fort kond Bay to Midford ILaven, is to be utilized, however, by the recently organmzed British and American Express Steamluhp Company (limited), whose vessels are at present building on the1 Clyde. The British and American Steamship Company is composed of American and English capitaliats. Its capital stock is ?2,000,000. The Company proposes to carry passengers between 1New York and London in six days by vessel and rail. The principal difleronce between the British and American Line and the abandoned American Express Line is that the for mer will sail English ships, and will carry steerage passengers and freight as other linrs are now doing. The gain in sailing distance by the new route is about 170 miles at the other end, avoid ing the inolosed waters and currents of 8t. George's Channel; and 118 miles at this end, avoiding the dangerous coasts of Long Island and New Jersey, , A survey is now in progress by the Long island Railroad for the purpose of laying steel rails from the present. eastern terminus of the road to Fort. Pond Bay, to connect with the incoming vessels of ehe new company. A Marvelous Momory. Frank Bangs, the well-known actor, is the possessor of a very remarkable visual memory. It is said that he mem orizes his parts entirely by the eye, and remembers distinctly the exact position of every word on thme page. Of this peculiar cbaracteristic a friend says: I have often hoard that it was a com. mon thing in the clubs to test Mr. Bangs' memory when lhe was more of a rounder. He would stand with his back turned while a number of gentlemen emptied their pockets of all sorts o things and laid them In a confused heap on the table. There would be cards, cigars, cigarettes, keys, money, knives, buttons, toothpicks, eyeglasses, pencils, and indeed odds and ends of all sorts. Bings would wheel about and glance at the mass, turn away again, and not only tell how many of each ind of article4 there was on the table, but would also name the dates of many of the coins and the denominations of the bills. Another teat was to put along row of ooins ona a table. The actor wouid run his eye4 along them, and after turning away tell their value just as they lay1 and then give them in reverse order. Somnewhat rnmarkahht Losing One's Diamxontas. People who o m u diamonds are very oareful of their property, though we know of one person who owned a $4, 300 diamond, lost it twice, and paid the run value of the diamond, in rewards for its recovery. But another dealer wonders, considering people's ouroless. ness, that he doesn't find diamonds on the streets and side-walks. It is sur prising that the setting holds the stones. It is so far gone, sometimes, that tap it on &pounter gently, and .e stonf wl1l roll ot. One can put bis finger nail to it and flip the diamond right out. Very often people don't know how many diamonds they have. It is very -ommon for a gentleman or lady to come i,ud ask "Why haven't you sent thr., Liome?" meaning a diamond ring or 3ar-ring. "It was seut," is the answer, .nd the reply will be. "Oh, well, I suppose my butler has it." A lady sent % box of jewelry to be looked over, and Lt was sent home. Presently her foot man came and asked, "Why aidn't you send the diamond bracelet?" The jow Dlor said, "There wasn't any diamond braeolot in the box," Pretently the footman oamo again an(t said the dia. mond bracelet wa.4 in the box and wanied it sent home, The jowoler sent round to the lady's safe deposit company, and found the bracelet there. She had probably taken out the box and sent it to the store without oven looking into It. After it was found the servint said: "I have lived with Mrs.--for sevon been years, but I haven't the slightest loubt that if that bracelet hadn't been ouud she would havo thought that I took it." A lady was looking at some :liamond rings aid one fell. The sales man saw it fall, but the rig could not e found. Eight years afterward her Iressmaker was ripping up the dress md the ring was found in one of the pleats. The dress had been -worn a Kood deal during the time. A lady ono wouing pulled ofi her gloves in her par or, went up stairs, and found that the tone in her ring was missing. Sile aad the rooms she had boon in after %aking off her gloves swoplt thoroughly. 'horo was no diamond to bo found. The next spring it Was; found under a very heavy wardrobe in a front hall 1-oamaooln. MLD tI IuaLVU bat she did not go into that room that evening, %md the wardrobe was so heavy that it was never moved except in house clean .ng. -- - -- Outcomo of A 1,11ing Sihooi. A graduate from the High School in lia city had a call from a country school Lbout 200 miles norlh ot Detroit, and he Yent his way provided wifh several writ c,u recommends and a whole cirt-load of mthuslasim. lie found the school house o be a one-story affair made ot logs and argo enough to hold thirty scholars im ,ase the teacher stood In the door. Wheni ichool commenced the score of scholars .ould only muster a geography printed in [848, an arithict.le a few days younger, a lozen leaves of a speller ani the half of a )roken slate. 'The teacher, however, went to work to hammer kio vlcdge Into heir craniums, and lie had convinced nost of them that the world was round md that the sun neither rose nor set in ,hat country when it caine time to have a pelAng school. For conv-ence sake it was held in a big barn, and the turn-out ncluded everybody from the boy who spelled "corn" the same as "horse," for tonvemence sake, to tihe old mian who at rays put "ini hamst" en his letters to his >rother in Vermont.L It wasn't much of a :ontest until the last half dozen towered tloft. "Ctrh and "photographl" laid em out b)y the dozens, and when only the mlampions were left, "Constantinople" leered all but two like a bolt of lightning. L'hen came the word "parasite." One endered it "parysight," and the other gave it "perrysyte," and when the teacher shook lis head one cried out: "I've writ hat wordl over a hundred times, and I guess Jknowvl" "And I've seen'cm every lay of imy lie for forty years, and I don't it down for anybody," adided thme other. 'it is parasite,'' replied the teacher. "I lispute it!" "So do I." "That's the ray Webster gives it." "Who's Web ter?" "Yes, trot him out." Then the riends of either rose uip. In the shindy he teacher camie In for two black eyes, cracked riD, kicas in the shin and bit,es in the ears, and the minute he could get dear andi over the fene~ lie headed for )etromt, and reached home hi want of so nany repairs that it took two months to nake him presentable. lio had a few lollars due him, and( ho left a change of mlohes up there, b)ut lhe doesn't want to car from the directors. They may eon. Idor that he has resigned, and any p)ara ito desiring the situation can have thme va aney without payinag bonds. The Jioardinig flouse Ant. Th'le Supreme Court of Pennsylvanma re ently rendered a decision of great ipor anco to bosr-lhng house keepers, lawyers, uistics and the general public. The case a which the opinion was delivered origin ted in Allegheny county and was entitled mith vs. McUimty. Tiho act,ion was for debt, the defendant havimg failed to pay 1)111 for boarding (ue the plaintiff, andl nit was instituted uinder what is gener tly known as the "boarding house act," >atssed by the Lagislatuire in 1876. Trhe ustic before whom the case was oriai alaly heard rendecred judgment for the 'ull amoount of the bill. The matter was ippealed to the District Court, where the ustice's decision was reversed. It was lien taken by the plaintiff to the Supreme Jourt, and that tribunal sustained the >pinion of the District Court, t,he judIges sohlng that the act, of 1876 Is unconstitu lonal and In confiet with other laws on )i the statute book, and that a debtor has he same right to thme benefit of the "three iuindred .dollar law" is an act,ion to re :over a board bill that ho has in a suit for my other Kind of claim. This decision, >f course, "knocks the bottom out of the aw'," and keepers of Public Houses will iave to resort to some othor means to pro cot themsnevas FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Haste very often trips up its own heels. Preserve your tAmper under all oir eumstances, No matter what you wore; look to what you are. Pride is a flower that grows in the devil's gardens. Make much of to-day, for to-morrow may deceive you. More are drowned in the wine cup thainin the ocean, A truth that one does not understand becomes an error. Hope is the brightest star in the lrmament of youth. Men often blush to hear of what they were not ashamed to act. The reward of doing one duty is the power to perform another. The pleasure of doing good is the orly one that never wears out. It is upon the smooth ice we slip, the roughest path is the safest. Next to love, sympathy is the divin est passion of the human heart. The greatest tempeat of demoraliza tion is the respect paid to wealth. Imaginary evils soon become real by indulging our reflections on them. A noble part of every true life is to learn to undo what is wrongly done. Genius at first Is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. Strong thoughts are iron nails driven in the mind, that nothing can draw out. There are people who feed themselves with their grief until they get fat on it. Ureat things are not acoompliIhed by idle dreams, but by years of patient study. The whole of our life depeuds upon the persons with whonm we live fami liarly. Purchase not friends by gifts; for when you cease to give, they will ceas3 to love. Conversation enriches the under standing, but solitude is the school of genius. There are more fools than sages; and among the sages there is more folly than wisdom. Ho permits himself to be seen through a microscope who suffers himself to be caught in a passion. It is enough for a man to undAra.aI1 mt- uwn iDuainess, and not to interfere with other people's. Every promise in God's book which refers to spiritual things is yours, if you are Christ's. A mail in love, however well bred. is often morose; and however good-tei pored, sullen at times. We swallow at one mouthful th3 lie that flatters, and drinkg drop by drop the truth that is bitter. Education is the only interest worthy of the deep, controlling authority of the thoughtful man. A-woman's dress is like the envelope of a letter; the cover is frequently an iudox to'the contents. The trouble and worry and wear and tear that comes from hating people makes hating unprofitable. To the generous mind the heaviest debt in that of gratitude when it is not in our power to repay it. ie that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonmst is our helper. Pity the man who censures what he has not the ability to perform, or even the courage to attempt. The very nature of love is to find its joy in serving others, not for one's own benelit but for theirs. Every condition of life has its own dignity and importance, whether we really perceive it or not. Some men in the world advance like crabs, by their eccentricities--walking contrary to every one else. Graceful manners are the outward form of refinement In the mind and good affections of the heart. Fear of punishment and hope of re ward moves cowards and1 sycophants. Virtue is independent of either. Pity is a sworn servant unto love, and this be sure, wherever it begins to make the way, It lets the magter in. Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the~ peace of the city, and the security of the State. It is impossible to find out how much religion a man has In his heart by measuring the length of his tongue. The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering, and the most bomfortable way of dying. Canting bigotry and caressing criti cism are usually the product of obtuse sensibilities and a pusillanimous will, Home is sometimes thought flat and (dull, and too often made so, just for want of understanding what it stands for. There Is nothing so easy as to be wise for others, a species of prodigality, by the way, for such wisdom is wholly wasted. The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the greatest ar) in life is to have as many of them as possible, tirief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever caln; and common sufferings are far stronger links thanm common joys. Behind the snow~y loaf is the mill wheel, behind the mill the wheat field, on the wheat field falls the sunlight, above the sun is God. A good wife is like the Ivy which beautifies the building to which It clings, twining its tendrils more loy lngly as tune convert. the aneoent edi. - fleito a ruin. Temptation is a fearful word. .t 1in dicates the beginnln of upossible series of infiluitoevi. Z*i the Rilng ing of an alarm bell, who melaneoholy sounds may reverberate throug1~ 6ter. '