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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION- WINNSBORO. S. C. APRIL 17, 1883. By AND nBr. There Is an angel over near, When tolt and trouble vex and try, That bids our fainting hearts take cheer, And willapers to us-"By and by." We hear it at our mother's knee, With tender smilo and love-lit eye, She grants some boon on childisti plea, In these soft accents-"By and by." What visions crowd the youthful breast What holy aspiration high, Nerve the young heart to (do its best, And wait the proniuse-"6y and by." The malden sitting sad and lone, Her thoughts half uttered with a sigh, Nurses the grief she will not own, And dreams bright dreams of--"B3y and by." The pale young wife dries up her .ears, And stills her restless Infant's cry, To catch the couitug-step, but hears, How sadly whispeted-"By and by." And manood, with his Rtrength and will To breast lite's tils and fate defy, Though funje and fortune he his, still has plans that lie in-"3y and by." '1 IE BULLET-PROOE' MAN. A bright, burning summer day on the border of the Sabara Desert; the huge bare cliffs of the El Kantarah Pass hanging like a cloud on the northern horizon; a quivering film of intense beat along the line where the rich blue of the cloudless sky .met the hot, life less, brassy yellow of the desert; and in the fore-ground a group of Arabs, en camped beside a tiny stream, in the shade of the clustering palms tIat over hang it. 8 njo ws re .iulhing halifuls of p.iche.1 corn, others Wero lying ,fast asleep, while one dried up old scare crow with one eye, and a itad like a worn out serubbing-brush, was droning out some interminable Easttrn legend. The story did not appear to get on veiy fast, however, wlhiqh was not sur prisig, itamnioh at, the whole of it, front beginoing to end (if it ever had any), was pretty much in this styl.-: "Now when the Princo sclim (.Un%y his name be honored forever) anmo up to the gate of the palace-a gate higher thun the dome of the Kaabah (holy place) at Mecca, and built all of marble wh;ter than the whitest milk-lot there stood beforae it a giant, mighty and ex eetding teirible. Then was the Prince of GIjlittani sorely amazed, aud said, "Never since 1, s8ehm, son of Mah Moud, son of Savid, non of Ali, first wore a yatagi an (salre) have I beheld such a monster as this!" - Aud so on for another half-hour, keeping poor Prince Selfm waiting at the gate of the palace. But on a sudden an exclamation of astonishment broko from one of the group, and ail eyes were turned to stare at a spectacle quite as wonderfni to them as any of the marvels to which tht:y had jut;t been listening. Sauntering leisurely over the burning plain, as composedly as if he were lounging adong the boulevards of Paris or St 11'tersburg, instead of traversing ono 01 tho most dangerous spots in the whole noth of Africa, was a solitary man, coming slowly toward them. True, he wore the white mantle and huge many-folded turban of the East, but he was none the less a European, as his fair complexion, well-trimmed board, and the janntiiy out pantaloons sufliciently showed. instantly the universal listlessness. cbangett to) bustle and excitement. The sleepers wvoko up, the lunch party for sook their dautes and( corn,- the s teller ai his hearers started ~ er feet tog<-thor, and all alike hirs ac for-. ward to meet their strang amator. n Bunt to their unop aameen the strange visit97*OOE no notice ol them whautever oeyond a slight bow and the una.ssi "Peace be with you!" spoken mi good Arabic, though with an unOantaikably .French accent. Stepping -into t,he sh'ade of the palms, he bent down to the stream, took a long draught of the coo'l clear water, and then seating lhimself upon the bank 'took off' hia~ turban, and began to fan his hot face with a f allen palm leaf, as if wishing to show his coolness in a double sense. The Arabsm were completely taken aback. They had seen men look pale, and try to run a way from them; and they had seen men look tleree, ann rtsn at them pistol in hand; but a man who paid no attention to them at all, and who hardly seemed to know whether they werer there or not, was a thing which th/y had never seen before, and they dignot know what to make of it. In if~ like most men of their class, theAlomentL they encountered .a man y.im they c ,uld not frighten, they at nee began to be frightened themselves. At length the chief, seeming to think 7himself bound to sot an example 01 courage to his followers, waikod jigli up to the stranger, while the test ap proached more cautiously, very adehc as a man approaches a strange dog which may epf'ing up and bite him at any moment. "Peoace be with thee, my brother!'' said the chief, in a voice not quite so steady as it might have been, "With thee be peace,. .bh, sheik (chief) of the children of'the desert!'' replied the unknown. "What seeks the Frank (lauropean) chief among the warriors of the tribe of Bien-Asyr?" 'll am a magician," answered the stranger, quietly. The Arabs looked at eaoh other with ndisguised trepiidation. A magions mnong thern, and a Frank magician at thatl Who can tell what he might d< to them? For every Arab had heart the fame of the mighty soircerers who could make wagons run without horses, ships go without sails, messages flv along a wire through the air swiftW than an arrow, little scraps of papel serve as money, and other scaps of paper, no bigger than a true believer's turban, show the whereabous of all the wells, rivers, hills and caravan tracks over an area of thousands of miles. Evidently this unknown gentletnrn was no, a man to be* trifled with. ' "I am a magiciant" repeated the mys terious guest, before any one could speak in reply, "and I have come to see if in the tribe of Ben-Asyr there be another magician like myself, and to try my power agahist his." This chal-enge was followed by a gloomy and general silence. But sud denly a cunning twinkle showed itself in the ohief's small, rat-like eye. Per haps this strange man was only boast iug in order to frighten them. At any rate, it might be worth while to see what he was made of, and how much lie could really do.' Bo*th chief made a very polite bow, and said: "We are far from the tents of our tribe, and none of our great magicians are with us; but let the wise man of the Franks show us his power, that we may behold it, and honor him as he - de serves. fThat will I do, willingly," answered the stranger, with a readiness which rather disconcerted the worthy chief. "Look all of you upon this c->in"-and he held out a silver fianc-"which I have marked with a oirole, as ye see. Thinkest thou, 0 sheik of the Ben-Asyr, that thou canst hola it too firmly for me to take it away?" "With the blessing of Heaven and of the Prophet, I can," replied the chief, confidently.' "Let us try, then, said the stranger, pressing the coin into the Arab's ex tended hand, which inApntly closed upon it as if meaning neo'er to let it go again. 'PrestoI pass!" shouted the magician, in a high, shrill voice; and the chief, opening his baud, found to his un feigned dismay that it wan empty. Amid the general silence and bewild. erment, the stranger pointed to a huge, overripe dato that lay rotting on the ground at some distance, which oLie o' the Arab's instantly handed to him. One stroke of a knife laid it open, and out tumbled the marked coin. There was a visible movement of surprise among the Arabs, and even the chief himself looked not a little discom fitted, "For a warrior of the desert, thou art easily conquered," said the Frenchman, jeeringly; "but it is no wonder that ill fortune should come upon the tribe p Ban-Asyr, when their ahief him h follower of the Prophet, carret for him the liquor which the f bade." 4the Oiet "What mean you?" t fiercely. dhe other, as, "T/dI," answere2 the sheik's wal thrusting his han'jo the horrified eyes let, he held faiall flask of unmistaka of the banii4ne. ber~ja,rankI" roared the sheik, p.al atience, "do you dare to try four magical .tricks upon a true believ ar? Take that!1" He' snatched a pistol from his girdle, md~aimed it full at the conjurer's face; but It only flashed in the pan) and as lie :lshed it furiJusly to .the. ground, his tnmoved ~opponent laughed- disdain rully. "Do you ibiak, then, that Iam to be hurt by mortal weapons? Try it again, if you will; or rather let me loed a ih tol for you, and you shall see whether 1 am bullet-proof or no." Hie drew .a seced pistol from the girdle of the sheik, who was too much. astounded to object; and loaded it be fore the eyes of the whole baud, mark ing the ball. with his knife just before dropping it into the barrel, "Fire!" cried he, putting the weapon i' iuu nuem s nzanu. The chief fired, and for a nioment the smoke hid everything. When it cleared, the stranger', with a mocking smile on his face, was seen to let fall the marked bullet from his month into his hand, and hold it up for every one to look at. The dark faces of the Arabs turned perfectly green with terror; but before anybody had time to say a word a loud shiout was heard from behind, and up slashed three mounted French officers with a score of light horseman. Instantly the Arabs took to thieir heels with a howl of dismay, nevei' waiting to see whether the new comers were real men, or phantoms called up by the ter rible magician, The spot was deserted in a moment, and fa out on the plain might be seen a confused whirl of arms, limbs and white mantles flying along lle dust drivern by the wind. ."Reually, M1, floudin, you must be more careful," cried the French Colo nel, excitedly. "To think of .your yen. turing alone among all those out-throats What a fright you've given us1" "And somebody else, too, seemingly,' said Robert Hondin- -for it was, indeed the famotis sleight of-hand artist glancing slyly at the fdying Arabs 'Wlen I 'first came ujP'o te I knew it was no use running, so I decided ti face it out, and scare them a little in stead. The next time you make a rai through t8ese parts, Colonel,'take a fi epnjurers with you; they'll be worth i whole battalion of infantry, take m3 word for it." The mero or sas Jacinto. An old comrade ot 1-imuel Houstor writes as follows: When I first saw Gen Houston his second term of ofileas-Pres ident of Texas liad not long expired. 0 course I had heard of him. There wat not a human being in Texas who was no familiar with his name, and froin my very infancy I had been taught by my father to honor and love him. When. therefore, one morning, as I was trudging along t< school, I heard General Houston was In town I determined to see him. The city of 'Houston was at that time the proud possessor of one biek buinding, known to all as "the brick offile." It was a sinal] one- story house, containing two rooms, the front one being used as a lawyer's of. fice. Inquiring as I went along of every one I knew, I soon learned that my itro was at the brick office. A. little child ig an unusual visitor in a lawyer's office, but I knew this lawyer very well, and when he asked me what I wanted in his genial way, I answered promptly . "I want to see tUeneral Houston." "But the Geuetal Is engaged j,ist now and I don't think you can see him." But a voice, rich, sweet, sonorous, called out from the back rnom: "Who is it wants to see me V' "Only a little girl, General." "Certainly I will see her,'' and as he spoke the realization of all my dreatus-Roland, hayard, Wallace atid Washington. all in one-ppeared In the doorway and came toward me with outstretched hands. I introduced myself. "Ah I the daughtc of my old triend-my good friend I am very glad to see you." "I said: "My father published a song about you." "Indeed I .Can you sing it ?" "Yes, sir; I came here to sing it to you." Several gentlemen had followed the chief from the inner room and my ingenuous confession was greeted with a ltighter which mortilled me no little until, quickly looking up into my hero's face, I saw there oily a pleased expectancy wtich convinced me lie only spoke the truth when he said: "I am very glad. Come, now, sit on my knee and sing it all through.'' which I (lid. It was only an adaption of "I3ructs Address" to our own circumstances and began: "Texans I who with Sam Houston bled, . Toxan I whom Rusk has ofteu led." and was sung by an untaught l le girl; but if I had hen Sontag or Rlahbran anti the Eong had been the most famous of ariaq, no more profound homage could have been rendered than I and my simple pare dy received. Proud, happy, intensely tatterea, I prepared to go. "Won't you be pnuished for being late at school ?" asked the lawyer. "I reckon so, bu,K seen Ueneral Houston I" was the p4on whereupon the friend of JacksVinhessee, gresman and ex-Governor Aidet of a hero of au Jacinto and Pd give 1Im his Hepublic, asked soin9t%; with you, lttle bat and said: ,j,, your excuse,'' and dauglhter, ant I'me tO the 6chool house actually wepi' ready pardon for my late and obtp ness.., -not see him again for nearly two j# when I met him on the street one y and was instantly recognized by him and greeted by name, - All the circum itances of my vi3it to him were recalled as freshly f's if 1 were a person of import ance and he had had nothing else to think of since. C-annot the reader see n these two instances some of the causes of his unbounded popularity I He never forgets a name nor'a face. At the time of my second meeting he was on his way to mu8 father's house whore he was always a wel ome and honored guest, and the evening of that day, sitting on the front veranda, he himself taught me with bits of colored paper how to make a Texas flag. On a subsequent visit he told me the legend of the origin of the name "Texas,'' as ho Lad it from an Indian chief. I wish [could give his very words instead of my memory of them. "A long time ago. when the 8paniards overran and plundered Mexico, some of the red men left them andi came towards the risin g sun. They crossed the ilo Grande, and not knowing what lay before them entered up.on the g#eat salt marshes. They traveled many days and found but little sweet water or game. The weather arew hot and the little alreamns dried up and the grass withierea, and many old men and wonmen and child ren died of th'iirst. One day, after ninny weeks of weary walking, a party of young braves, who had been sent ihead to rdeennornt.re, came runnilng back and said : "We have found water ; come on l'' This good news put new life into their veins and alth:>ugh nothing could be seen but a .driy, flat prairie, the scouts were standing stul, callhng and beckoning to them and pointing toward something apparently at At length they reach the spot where the braves are staniihng. Faftyvteot below themi the limpid waters of the Clorado sang a mneledy to heaven. Beyond, far as even un Indian vision could reach, stretched a green expanse. The tall, mesquite grass, yielding to the breath of the gentle south. wind, rolled In vast billows of verdure uinder the ar,:ent summer sun. Little "islands'' of mnesquite trees dotted .thh grassy sea, ant h&rds of b,ualo and dcei grazed in peccful ignorance of an enomy't approach. Forgetting hunger, fatigue anmi even thirst in this dclleious vision the ret men fail upon their knees and cry out: "Tehs Tehas I" * Tehas" is the nearest approach I cain make in 1English to the correct pronun'cia tion of Texas, and it means--so the nairr tor exillalned to ime--aradse. .How Lon,g ia a Mile? A nautical nrile, or an English admi ialty knot, is 6,080 feet. The Umte< States Coast Survey, always most ao curate in such things, has aaoptet 1 0I58.248 metres, ,or 0,080.27 feet al tie standard mile, which is populare "a minute of latitude,'" but more 'acen rately the sixtieth part of a degree oi the great circle of .a sphere, hose sur face Is equal to the surface of ther earth A minute of lati ude, according to th head, of the Coast buriey, would. b 1,861,655 motors at the poles, an 1,842,780 meters at the-equator. On minute of the equator would be 1,845, 848 mieters. or 6.087.15 foot. A Div4e0 Li ft. "I first began divi in 1803." ae Captain Anthony Wil ams. It was < r shipboard, 6oming froaf Kingston, Jami , ca. "I was a wrecker-then and was rai Ing a sunken ship 9ff (the lssachuso coast. I had workilit or me a diver wl seemed a very lazy, ca less sort of folio1 I was paying him by t day and onc after being under wate for a long time, I ,came up and reported aery little progre in his work. I was a ry and expreas myself strongly. He torted with, 'TI it yourself if you can any better.' "All right," said I. et me have ynt diving dress and I will y it myself.' U thought I was only jok g. but I "wasn' Re doffed the dress, I p It on and wim r diechargea nm 1came up at have been doing m. own diving ev since. I 1.sumequently, how ter, I placed m3 self under the instructi nof a diver name Scott, When he thou t me proficient h said to me one day: ' ny, I think yoi have learned about alij can teach you Now I am going to Pu on to the test. Taking from a canv ag five dollars i small silver coins he t4 rew theml into th sea. 'Now go down an bring those up., "As every schoolboy nowe, a dime o a half dime under wate looks as la-ge a, trade dollar out of ato, so I (lid no consider the task a ve afficult one. Dowt I went, and up I e presently witl every coin, whereupo Scott pronouncet my diving educatio - lomplete. Pool fellow, he was drown ,about five yearl ago while bathing in t 0,river Magdalen, n British Columbia. "Did you ever see lying dress? 4o I Then I will put mine and give you an idea of one," and the plain retired to hie state room, whence h resently emerged in tull divinr costum except the heavy cast iron helmet, wh several of the company raised from a deck and placed upon him, thus maki his outfit com. plete. The dress is ally two dresses. one Within the other, ph of India rubber. The stockings, pants and shirt are all made togetner as one rinent, which the diver enters at the a 'feet first. The hands are left bare, wristbands of the rubber shirt-sleeves ghtly compressing the wrists. There is copper breastplate, bearing uon Its o ro convex surface small screws, which ( adjusted through holes in the neck of skirt, which, by means of nuts futene on the scre We, Is held so firmly in pl to render the entire dress, from t eck downwards, absolutely air and w r:tight. Fitting with equal closeness to' 9 breastplate is the helmet me. tIoned bove. it com pletely encloses the hea nd is supplied with three glafses, o' front and one at each side, to eg1.tLie ver to look in any direct-la . r of., ry thick leather shoesa - e,ad I, ci tAiil,hen is rolmet had been remoied, after every body had ample time to criticise his ap pearance in it, "it takes about fifteen minutes to put those togs on, and when he diver is rigged in them all but the ieslmet tnere are placed acrois his shoul. ders ropes, sustaining two leaden weights, ne hiuging at his back, the other at his ipre..st. nl then goes down a ladder into Lhe water up to his armpits, and then the helmet is placed on him, the glass in front is screwed in place and when everything is ready he is made aware of the fact by blow on the top of the helmet. 1I1 then goes down by means of a rope previoully lowered, hard under hand, to the bottom of the sea. Sometimes, in - very strong currents, it is neeessary to make the weights extraardinarily heavy in order to hold tue diver down, notwithstanding the ract that the dress alone weighs h,ear.y two hundred Dounds, and yet I do not r eel the weight of it down among the in~hos any more than i do that of an ordi nary suit of clothes out of the water. It -vas invented in Switz'rland biy a nat,ive of tnat country, named Bauier, who spent .a sall co.ipentency in having it paten ed andl i trying to bring It into use, but lie dliedi a disappointed, hieart-broken pauper, leaving others to reap the beuiefit of hisi invention, " "Uan you breathe as freely in your diving dress as you can out of it? "\es, indeed. When ten or twelve fathoms under water my breathing is as wholly devoidi of eff rt as it is when I aim walking about on dry land. You knowt that by means of an air puimp, workedl by two men, the diver is supplied with air. Tbrougn ai hose this air passes hut', thet bac3k of le, heulmce,, an~d iaear it.s piace of entrance is a spring vaive for its escape. T'his valve can be controlled by the (liver, but he usually sets it bi fore gning into th< water and seldom disturbs it afterwards Thbe pressure of the air being greater t,hait t,hat of the water a surplus of the formne readily escapes. When this valve is nol auffiotent the diver ca'n open in his breast plato a similar spring valve, intended onlt tor such an emergency. Ele c-in alat regulate thie amount of ir l)umpedC( to) inu by sigtnais upon the air hose to the a engaged in pumping. One 'pull npJin thi he.ae a.eans iiore air; two pulls, less air aind two pulls and a shake, 'I want ti come tip.' The signals on the air-hose ar generially used by all diverb, but eiach,on of us hia.s his own private code of signal on the lite- line, which he always fastenei to time diver's waist, and by means ( which he is drawn up out of the watem Fhese sinais ech diver wrttea down ver, carefully and gives to the mian in claarg ol thli fe line. By means of these w can send upi for t,ols, material.'etc. Who a lenigthmy commitiniicati ns is to be mati we seL md up for a slate and write a4-# wanit to say. it, is juist us easy to re'id mum write uuder water as ouit of it.. One Cea see very plainly, all ohj-.cts being greaui magnified." 'D.2es a diver have any unpleasat sensations while at worFk U' "None, save a druuiiingin the ear and this will somuetiares d.st'roy tho Piea lug af the diver remains too long bekot I ouur nour4-two in the morning and tw in the afternoon-constitute.a day's Wo)rl and if the diver restricts tiliseif to tb limit, there is little or no daiger of hls.b coinlng dleat; but if lie gobs (uch boy'ott I i, he in pretty sure to mjure';his bearing, once remained under waier for nips h'6iU ad aS a constqence ca))upmotlf .loat ii ituse of mny left oar .for, three nionthp, du ings which time I suffered agony with'e ache. Eventutally, however, mny hearli I beamo normal again. Mi.ide I roil thI the sensations are delightful, andt { just as well, happy and contented g t bottom of the sea as I ever can under an: ld circumstances. While engaged in raisin the sunken schooner Dauntless in King ston, Jamaica, on the 18th of August 1880 1 became so disgusted at the stupidi of the men above in answering my signat o that I took a book which I found in tho 10 captain's cabin, and sitting down, read i * for nearly an hour. I once knew a diver, Tom Brintley by name, who, though a 1 thoroughly competent man and a goo( d follow, was a little too fond of stimulants ,d On one occasion he went down with i y pretty good cargo of spirits aboard, an( the men above,not knowing his condition ir became seriously alarmed when severa LO h,urs passed by without their recelvinj any signals from him or any response t rhou* they made to him. ¬her dive1 r was seht down to look for him, and fount ,r him lying on his back on the bottom oj the ocean, sixty feet below the surface, fast, asleep. "What Is the greatest depth I ever de. scended to? Well, about ninety feet, and it takes me about three minutes togo down that tar." "Must not a diver be a practical ship builder, also " "Oh, yes, the diver who could do nothing but dive would be of very little use. He must be both a ship carpenter and a boiler maker as well, that he may repair sunken shipa. The holei must be patched and the water pumped out before a ship can be raised. "8harkal 1 have often seen large schools of them. They would advance to within a feet of me and would then stop and look at nie in apparent wonder, as though trying to make out what manner of strange creature they were gazing at. They are a most cowardly fish, however, and the slighiest menace on my part wo,ild frighten them away. As I was re. pairing the schooner Shepherd in Kingston one day. I felt something tampering with my left-hana middle finger. Looking, I found a baby shark, evidently much too young to leave its maternal parent, trying to nibble it. "rho pay of a diver? That varies. Divers generally work by the job, and -when the do that they sometimes make it pay very well. A diver will go down, look at a vessel and then 6tate what he wil chargd to raise her. *1 raised the schooner Dauntless in two days and re ceived $750 for my time and trouble. The steamer Meredith, ashore at Jeremie, In Havti, I repaired with iron plates and raised her in fourteen days, receiving $7,500 for the work, but I had to employ two assistants. Frequently, however, divers are paid by the day, and then the average compensation Is about $10 per day of four hours, clear ot all expenses, the diver being furnished with first-class board during the period of his employment But soine divers are not nearly so well ment receiv4 only te'n shillings a day. "Instructions in diving I You will ex 'berince great difficulty in finding a diver. who will give you any instruction in the art. Most of us want to mike all we can and we don't want our occupation to be cone too crowded. Divers, as a rule, are very much opposed to taking apprentices. If you want to learn diving put on a dress, go down into the depths and learn for yourself." I tootgear Of ACtroesen "Talking of stuall feet, ' said a dealer in ladies' fancy and theatrical shoes, re ce)ntly, "I am niaking now two of the smallest pairs of shoes that were seen upjn a public stage. They are for the Midgets, one pair tor each of them. They wilt be No. 51, infants' size, and will cost $13 a pair. "Toat will be rather more than $5 an inch, won't it " "Yes, the shoes will be about as long as your finger." "Hlow small a size did you ever know a full grown actress to wear 1" '1 tLmiu a No, 18 iq about the smallest shplper that I ever had the pleasure ot selling to be flourished over the heads of an orcihest,ra." "'What are the favorite shoes with feminine stars just now ?" "Brocaded satin, either boots or slippers and made with high Lonis XV. heels. The boots cost $25 a pair and( the shppers $12. Then there are band painted slippers inported from Pa,ris. I dd not think that these, however, will stand utage use very well, and they are not likely to be per inanently popular. Just now they are all the rage. The~n we have rdal dressed seal skin low.quartered shoes, wiin arc quite popular. It makes very little difference wvhi.t character a lady assumns, she will generally prefer a stylish moderni boot to one perhaps more hlstorlcally correct. The Sultan's wife and the Utah settler's daughter are each bound to comte on the stage in the latest French slippers, tor the reason that these look much smnaller and prettier and withal cause more palpitasuon mn the regIon of the lr:mt tow of the par queitts. F4or gentlemen, where the char acters assumed willailow it, the gondola 6 slippers are ve-y showy. They are maae 'of builr allhgator skin and in the shape of a gondola. Rob-on and Crane bought U gondola4 when they wore hero for the * "Two D,oimios.' lbbson takes a No. (3 e whfahl is small aor him." "Ilow can the poorly paid subordinates and chorus-girls afford to buy $28 satmn ba ste, which will quickly soil and spoil ?" " they do not. T%.oy buy. white canvas or jeans b'>ot,s, which can tnon be c >veredi e wiha silk, or even cambric, as desired " i'ho canvas shoes will outlast several coy C e-rigi', and iheir first cost is onily $2 or 'a "What do you cons&der a small foot for aa large woman 1" Y"A large wotnan who cao' comfortably wear a L'o. 8 may bQ said to have a smnall fool. 1 ae howevbl, seein such whc only take a No. 1. A inediumn-slzed ' woman, 'to have a small foot, would re, quire about a No. 2, and a small womat -a No. 1 or No. 11. li you take the 0smalles~t ladies, as they. averuge, and no op on h hundred can *ear t No. 1. 11 eis not once a *eek thatswe have a call fo: Sa e4o. 1 and vety rar'ely indeed is a No 13 wanted. n' Avarice is generall the last paesaiou r. of those lives of which the first part ha ir beed squandered in pleasure, an th ig second devoted to ambition., qth a, shiks under the fi.iRR of p6ttim A Macaront Mint. Six Italiais assist Signor Scalcht in I micaroni manwactory on Baker street, b low Seventh, Philadelphia. Three of . him hds are women, and four or five babl 3 are usually stacked up promiscuously in corner ot the second floor back, where t) pasty sticks are made. Schalobi has tI reputation of making macaroni that- nev I can by any possibility be mistaken for t imported article. ie produces cheap| and pays his employees about twelve con a day each. liis macaroni is of the moi uncrthodox character . and quite unli t what usually passes under that name. never gets beyond the Italian quarter the neighborhood of Carpenter stree Scalchi once, imbued with the idea of i creasing 4s business called on a wholc sale grocer In this city and unfolded bag of samples of the best macaror he could make, carefully selected ft its symmetry and whiteness. He has nev since known exactly how it was, but h found hinself on the sidewalk, sampk and all. That one kick, besides bruisin him, knocked away all his enterprIse, an he now carries on a desultory sort or trade euploylng no drummers. A reporter recently picked his wa among Italians who were picking rail and, by a circuitous route reached the step of the house where is the Scalci tonelent A curious bundlo nat on the necond stel and the reporter strode over it and was be gimLing to go up stairs when the bundl( arose and began to talk female Italian On the stairs were other bundles, VIicL snored and swore. After a time a doo was reached on which was painteda (-yi dently with a finger dipped in ink) thc legend: "13. Scalchi, Macarni Saloon." 8calchi himself Jumped up as the re porter entered the room. le is a smal mnan, with a black beard and diminuti<v eyes. Ills myrnitlons laid down theli work and stared vacantly, with oyLs fand mouth wide open. Like a flash he grabbec a broomstick behind the door and brought it down with a sounding thwack on the shoulders of a miserable little Neapolitan, who seemed only too glad of an opportun ity to be idle. "Worka, cobblestone, boarding house dam, he shrieked, or words to that ef fect. 'L ie effect was magical. The figures re sumed their occupations. It may be here stated that an American hanger-on of the establishment subsequently explained that Scalchi's sentence was supposed to mean: " Work, you leather-souled sons of Italy I This is all the English Scalchi knows and he makes uso of it from the fact that his people think it a terrible imprecation. On the iiddle o the flour was a large crok of a sticky material, like paste. From this Vie macaroni was being fash ioned. The process In use was primitive iert visIore linger-marks, and commenced to beat it about with two ittle sticks. Then a child, apparently not, moro than eighteen inches long, who looked like a round ball, caught hold of a siall pair of bellows and began working them for dear life. The air pumped by. the bellows had passed through the stove and was hot. Next the artist bt-gan to build his stick of macaroni lengthwa3e from the m1outl Ot the tube, and as tho hot air touched It it became hard enough to retain the neces sary shape. Tho pastry pipo had, of course, to be constantly moulded by the handa to prevent its blowmig out iito all sorts of eizes and figurcs. The process re sulted in bundles of unequal and badly shaped macaroni tubes, such as are never seon in groceries. It was impossible to find ont the exact composition of the paste, but, it ap)eared to be made of coarso flour, with a mixture of some thick meal. A pan of muddy look!ng water, in which a proportion of gum arabic had been mingled, was what, t,he meal was moiatenecd with. Scaichi was, of course, unable to explain the virtues of the different articks or describe them by name, but he danced around and grInned as If cxceediing;y pleased with his own ingenuity, every intw and then stoppilng to give a playful anock with the broom handie to his associates or break over their heads aiiy shamefully "'botched" pIpe of his national food. in the i'imidst of the work, while thc leader ,of everything was putting ashes, stale potatoes andl other rubbish ini ti< stove mostead of coal, there was a resound, ing yeil iad the child who mnampulated thie tiellows tumbled headforemost in to thei paSte. For ai hiappy, sol tary moment th<n boy stood perpendilcular, wrong side up, ii the heavy mass, then hie topplhed over up setting overything on the floor. l3caleh host, his Bolf possession for a secondl, bu wvas soon hiimseif again. Th'le small bo; sat in the nidic of .the areni with eyes mouth, ears and l ace plasteiod with dough 'ITie thick paste traveled slo wly buit, surel; over the grimy boards. Scalohi uttered al immortal yell, waved his b,roomstick, right od the creek and in a minute every livinj thing In the room, except the reporter anm the boy, was scooping up the paste am tossing it into tihe earthen vessel. Thi stuff which adhered to the infant wit carolfully scrapedl off and thrown in wit the rest. Before leaving the ropom ter was show six large boxes of macaromi the color c cigar ashes, There is very little romnane about maclar-imaking, and S3calchi is thm most uninteresting 'parson in the worki1 Lt appeared that thme persons who make tlh farnincous articeo of food have to stud long and tediously b)efore they can succes fully work by Scalchii's miet,hodh, which said to be one oh thu earliest kinds. A Ohtirintg 4Onetotu. There ss a cus',om .prevaiitig among tLi inhaaitants of the Banmdeiimn island which may throw a light upon the civilizi use of wedding cake. When a native gi whose exceptional beauty hams brought hie many suitors is knocked down with a cmn and carrIed off by her acceptedl suitor, Ii wedded pair, within forty-eight hottrs wedding, send a cup of poison dIsthIll frtom the hiulahula tree to each and evel one of the bride's former admirers, any. rccip!cnt feels that lie cannot hecan reconciled to the marriage, hie (l4htks ti poison and dies; but if he dlectdes that) will survivo the loss of his intended 'wif k ho thirows away the >tmson1 and foe 5 bo,nmd ii lhonog never to onw the slight Ssigin of dl,s.appojattment, , By this adini able systemi lte husband is spared t pangs ofl,alotsy, andl 'able to -live ..iriendly trms,wtt the survvbfg admitt FOOD FOR'THOUGHT. ils The only jewel which will not decay e- is knowJedge. le It is not a profession, but fruit that es glorifies God, A sanctified heart Is bettor than a 1 silver tongue. 3r Enterprise loses strength if Its efforts 1c bear no fruit. Happiness is not confined to any sphere of life, Rather be beaten In. right than sue Lt ceed in wrong. To laugh at roguery makes. the ao .tion doubly dihonest. Love does not impute evil designs or a t1loughts of others. Gratitude, says some one, Is the r memory of the heart. The greatest truths are the simplest; so are the greatest men. 4 Other men's sins are before our eyes, I our own behind our back. That mn alone is worthy of a wo. man's love who has judged her worthy ot hin respect. Those who come to you to talk about others are the ones who go to others to talk about you. If We expect to achieve anything worthy in this life, we must set about it with resolution. Love is never lost. If not recipro. eated, it will flow back and soften aud purify the heart, To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great wisdom; and to for. give it, of a great mind. It matters not whether home is clothed in blue and purple, if it is only brimful of love, smiles and gladness. Never refleot on a past action which ws (lone with a good motive, and with the be8t judgment at the time. Whatever exception occurs, it is a great truth that man's body must be sound if he Is to be sound in mind and in body. Solitude is a powerful aid to refleo tion and imagination. Te brighter faculties necessarily dwindle in a perpet ual buatle. Nothing is easier than fault-finding .No talent, no self-denial, no charater, 1u required to Rct up the grambling but inces. Hnvy is a littleness of soul which cnnot be beyond a certain polnt, and if it doos not occupy the whole space, fels itself excellent. and not dimples. There is nothing nobler In a man than courage; and the only way to be courageous is to be clean-handed and hearted, to be able to respect ourselves and face our record. A good womuan is the loveliest flower that bloomtis under heaven. Whatt we know here is very little, but what we are ignorant of is immense. The silence of a person who loves to praise is tt censure sufficiently severe. It is best to have your cake, says an old ldag-, while you still have tooth to cat it with. The man who can say all lie has got to say in a few words is an ugly oUP toimcr to handle. Use no hurtful deceit; think Inno cently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly. Those who blow the coals of others strife, may chance to have the sparks fly inI their own faces. Tihe man who lives in vain lives worse than in.vamn. He who lives to no pur pose0 lives to a bad purpose. Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it-anything, but live for it. Christianity proves itself, as the sun is seen by its own light. Its evidence is involved in its existence. There is much safety in the absene of the bottle; and the abstinent father is not a tempter of his child. Whatever the weight of a reasoii I against fermented lhquor, it is weightier still against distilled spirit. (Choorfulness makes the mind clearer, gives tone to thoughts and adds grace and beauty to the countenance. Misfortunes come to man through cxcessave love of self. He misjudges things'just good, and beautiful, through thinking lie ought always to honor whalt belonga to himself in preferenen to truth. a Rejoice not when thy enemy fasleth, and let not thy heart be glad when lie a ustumbleth. A beuievolent eye, humil f ity of spirIt, and a mind free from pride a characterize the true disciples of Abra o huam. -When yott have learned how to live 0 well, you will know how to die well. Y' Be not sorry If men do not know you, but be sorry If you are Ignorant of men. s Not to correct your faults is to commit new ones. I am constitutionally susceptible of noisos. A carpenter's hammer, in a o warm summer's noon, will fret me into i,more than midsummer madness. But d those unconnected, unset sonds are ri nothing to the measured malice of r music. bTho old .iu religion dies, the old 10 error, theol dtapeznsation, the old an. erstition,bu~t not the old rteligion. dVhaeis a orevey~ new and forever fresh. F or this there Is no decline, u decay; Zor it is the life of G'd lathe an Fah'uith gritefully aid' reveettyac ,knowledge and useithe past, bu she Ssets her dtee tonad the futTXO 'Rho ~soutward toir o~ e 6aun f MItidw 4~oe A c1essedo 6i