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?s - - I.* r5 TRI-WEEK EDITION- WINNSBORO- S. C.. MAY 6, 1883. ESTABLISHED 184 FROM THE SAME UANTEEN. There are bonds of all sorts in this world c ours, Fetters of friendship ad ties of flowers, And true lovers' knots, I ween; The girl and the boy are bound by a kiss, there'a never a bond, old friend, lik We have r the same teor It was sometimes water, and someti'me . ilk , . And someotillnes appi)jihek, fine as Hilk; But, whatever the tpplo haH been We Ared it.together, in bane or blis, And I warm to you, friend, when I think o this We have drunk from the same canteen The rich and t6e grbat sit down to dine, And they quaff to each other in sparkilin wile, From glasses of crystal and green; But I guess in their golden potations the miss The warmth of regard to be found in this We have drunk from the saine canteen We have shared our blankets and tents to gether, ' We have marched and fought in all kinds o weather, And hungry and full we hqve been; Had days of battle and lays of rest; But thin,iemory I cling to and love th< bet We have drunk from the same canteen For when wounded I lay on the outer slope - With iy blood flowing fast and but littl hope Upon which faint spirit could lean, On, then, I remember, you crawled to mn3 O ide, t And, bleeding so fast it seemed both mus have didl, W%e drank from the same canteen I A SEA OF FIRE. Hot as ever, and hotter tool "When shall we have rain again, I wonder?" "Hold your tongue, can't you, Diokl whatever sets you wishing for rain oll the morning of a pionio?" "Ther6's no need to wish for it,' struck in the third member of the party, with a grin. o "You've only got to start out on v pleni-, and the rain's hound to com( without being called for!" The speakers were three young Eng lishmen, on a hunting expedition ovel the prairies ot the Far West. Their tour ha< already lasted wevera) weeks, and their plan for the day wa to j ide over the prairie to a curiously shaped hill, or rather bluff which was one of the sights of the district, lunoL at its foot, and then, unless some ape cially 9ttractive game happened to fall in their way, ride back again, beforc the heat of the day set in, to their log. lhut, in front of which they were nov standing beside their saddled horses. Just at that moment their guid( stalked out from behind the hut, lead ing his horse by the bridle; and a very striking figure he was. His sharp vulture-like features, and] the coppery hue of his scantily-olad body, showed him to be an Indian. Iiis name of Mahtochuga (Littlf Bear) seemed anything but appropriatc to a man over six feet in height, and so gaunt and sinewy that he looked mudli more like a prairie wolf than a bear. The single look of coarse hair thal stood out from the old warrior's shaven crown was now whi.te as snow. But old as he was, one could see bi his keen bright eye, and the panther like nimbleness of all his movements, that he bade fair to outlive many a younger man yet. He spoke not a word, but simply pointed southward, and springing intc his saddle, rode off, followed at once by the three Englishmen, white a sturdy figure with hair and beard as red as its tattered shirt, suddenly appeared in the doorway of the log-hut, shouted after them a lusty "Good-fortune to you, boys!" Away they went merrily enough, keeping up a constant taik and laugh. ter which contrasted very markedly Swith the stern silence of the old Indian, who went straight onward without evet opening his lips, The three horsemen would gladly have put their horses to speed, and raced each other all the way; but this was impossible amonig that endless jungle of tall prairie-grass, dry as tin der from the long-continued heat, and 'so high as in many places to brush thein shoulders, "No smoking around here, boys,' said Dick Harrison, "If one spark falls among this stuff there would be a fine bonfieri" "Pooh I" cried Tom Melton, "If there were any danger, old Soaiptaker, in front there would have been sure to ic us know," "Seel Isn't that our bluff away to the right yonder?" "It looks like it!" His two comrades followeat his point Ing finger with their eyes, and behekt strange and startling spo0tacle. Right In front of them, springing UI suddenly from the endless level of th4 1..prairie, was the perfect semblance of I colossal head-the head of an Indiar chief, The chin of the colossus seemed tc be resting upon the ground, as if the figure were rising slowly out of the depths of the earth, Ita .mIghty faoe was turned watch fully towArd the'east, as though it W6re standing on guard against the istru sion of 'the'"pale.faes.' "See how old Ooppekhidle yonder ii br%ghtening up at. the sight of it! qronder if he expeets it to get up and Javo ght thim!" # #t#brtoohuga's gloomy fao had lightened up strangely at the firsl glimpse of the mighty figure, which doubtless. recalled to him many a stir ring memgry ot his past ' th But the inoWei!rrgle B tionjaWied"just as suddenly. f --y the time they reached the foot of the bluff, the three. young sportsmen were as hungry as hawks; and they did full justice to the good things which they had brought with them, f Many jokes' were made upon the "big chief" in whose shadow they were feasting, and into whose open mouth Dick Harrison, the w%g of the party, proposed to empty what was left of their food. The n was at its height, when their mirth received a sudden and terrible I interruption, . - All the time of their meal Mahto. r chuga had seemed straigelT startled, sniffling the air like a startled deer, and turning his head uneasily from side to side. Suddenly -he sprung up as at the War-whoop of a hostile tribe, and shouted "He comes, he comes our tread has aroused him, and his face is set this way." "To horse! pale faces! and ride for your lives!" Overawed by the terrible emphasis of the old man's tone and manner, the three Englishmen mounted at once, though without the l3ast idea what was the matter. But their horses evidently knew, even if they did not. Hardly were they in the saddle when their frightened horses darted off across the prairie as if chased by wolves. What could it all mean? Look back as they might, they could see nothing particular-except, indeed, a tiny curl of smoke far in the distance, as if some giant were lighting his pipe. Tom Melton was the first of them to guess the hideous truth. "You were right, Frank." he gasped hoarsely, "it's lie or death with us now. The prairie's on firel" All that followed was like an ugly dream. They were dimly conscious of scurry ing frantically through a forest of tall grass with the hot breath of the de stroyer coming closer and closer upon their trail, and a glare overhead as if the whole sky was on fire, while past them flew a terriied crowd of wolves, prairie-dogs, deer, ravens, vultures and ever and anon a herd of huge black buffaloes, filling the air with hoarse bellowings of terror. But swift as their pace was, the fire was swifter, and the roar and crackle of the flames came nearer and nearer, till it seemed as if :the conflagration were at their very heels. Frank Sedgwick's horse . began to show signs of failing; and the doomed men clenched their teeth in desperation. But just as all hope seemed gone, there yawned in front of them one of those vast deep chasms so common on the western prairies, beyond which lay a bare tract that would give no hold to the fire, even should it be carried across the gulf by~flying sparks, It was a fearful leap, but with certain death close behind them, there was no time to hesitate. One by one they cleared the gap, the Indian foremost; but Bedgwlck's tired horse slipped as it alighted on the other side, and Frank Melton had barely time to seize Frank in his strong hands and literally tear him from the saddle, when the poor horse fell helplessly down the precipice with a shrill 'cry. "A close shave, boys," said Dick Harrison, drawing a long breath. "You don't catch me out on the prai rie again in the dry season, I can tell you!'' "Nor me either," cried Tom Melton, turning away his scorched face as the flames, surging up along the edge of the chasm, shot long tongues of fire at them across the gulf writh a savage roar. - "Nor me either," echoed Bedgwick; and all three kept their word. An Optical Experument. Many readers may know the experi mont in which a lighted match or can die being moved about near the side of one of the eyes in a dark room, reveals the net-work 'of blood-vessels in the retina. A cur ious phenomenon of the same order has been lately observed by M. Oharpentier, Looking at a sky Suniformly illuminated with diffuse white light, he made the two lingers of his right hand (separate about 0.1 to 0.2m.), to pass rapidly to and fro before his eyes, and in about half a minute the uniform aspect of the sky was greatly changed. On 'a white background ap peared a mosaic coniposed of hexagons of violet purple col,or, separated by Swhite lines. Other persons, he says, hlave repeated the experiment with success. He gives reason for thinking that t)be hexagonal imiages oo1frebpond to the cones in the fovea and yellAv spot, which cones, pressed together, form a sortsof hexagonal mosaic. The white lines probably correspond to tflaments oharged with orystals of pig )tt *iOe Op ndg4 Jom t. ci, rodian colsk Walking Under Water. "This is what I promised to show you diving apparatus t ightly. It looked like o breast-plate that in the days of i chivalry took the place of overcoat, except there was a helmet attachment. S It was made of copper, about as long I and as wide, but larger, as the trunk of I an ordinary man. Made to be put en over the head, the bottom and arm open- i ings were fitted with a thick rubber. < The helmet differed only slightly, and ( that in shaps, from the ordinary diver's < helmet. There was a small valve at the c top, evidently to allow air to escape. To the back of the apparatus was fas- t tened an attachment like a soldier's i knapsack. From either end of this a t wire piotruded. t "This," explained the host, handlng I it proudly and' turning it about with r ease that indicated Its small weight, c "this is my diving apparatus. With it v I can walk in the deepest water as long t as I can walk on land." The visitor suggested the need of r abundant oxygen to successful walking c in any element. t "This supplies the air I need and the N light also,' quietly responded the cap- r tain, touching the knapsack at the back a of the armor. t The knapsack covered a light piece f, of mechanism which rattled slightly at i the touch. There were two minute L valves in its outer surface, or at the top, Y and one below, a wire protruding, and 0 a few small holes were pounohed in it v inside the armor jacket. 1 "This supplies me with air and with t] light. A drop of water is admitted e through this valve. The air within it is I separated from the other elements and 0 I breathe it. What remains serves to 1 keep alive my electrio lamp, and the B small residue is disohargea through this 0 valve." From a large box near at hand he P produced another helmet and jacket, l the exact duplicate of the first. Then two suits of clothing made of a thick a rubber like material, two pair of diver's a shoes with leaden soles, and two small, 1 ordinary looking lanterns were brought d forth. While the captain was rapidly cloth- n ing himself in his rubber-like suit, the visitor examined the lantern. Its globe I was secured by brass mountings, and was evidently hermetically sealed. In l the place of a wick were two wires, the ends nearly touching. His host attached 1 to it the wire protruding from the knap- r sack, remarking as he did so that it was a cable with two strands. 13 "Now," he said, "before you get into a your armor I'll test mine before you and show you its safety." He lifted a trap-door in one cornaP of the room. A flight of steps led down into a cistern of evidently considerable oxtent. "I'll go down there," continued the host, "and remain long enough to re move your doubts. You shall see the t operation of this little unapsack.'" a He lifted the jacket over his head, and d1 drew it down over his body. Tighten ing the screws that gathered the rubber h band, which closed it about his waiRt, he picked up the lantern, and walked a down the steps into the cistern. r.ie e instant his shoulders were immersed the lantern blazed out, illuminating ever.* part of the cistern, It was about eight feet deep. Capt. Ebbitt moved about in it with no apparent discomfort for fifteen minutes. Then he came up the steps, his lantern being extinguished as his shoulders rose above the water. Removing the glass front from his c helmet, he inquired if his guest was I satisfied.f With th'e captain's assistance he was in a few momenita clothed for his watery adventure, and stood, lantern in hand, a k taller and rather slimmer in the legs ~ counterfeit presentment of that indi-a vidual. About midnight the two gro tesque-looking figures emerged from the house and headed for the lake. It was scarcely a hundred feet distant. The leaden soles of their shoes maded standing upright difficult, and walking more so. Steadying each other they slowly approached the water's edge.e Nearly every trace of the tempest had disappeared. The waves, which taree days before howled and raged like hun-c gry tigers, were now klasing the sandsc and softl yripphng in among the rocksc with a musical gurgle, and a lamb like innocence. The moon floated in an undimned heaven and shed its effhlgencer over the sheet of water, stretehing far into the distance till it met and mingleda with the horison. Capt. Ebbitt screwed on the glassi front of his own and companion's hel- 1 met and beckoned him on. They waued r in slowly till the water was upto the breasts, to the necks, till their heads o were under, in eight feet of water. e The instant the knapsack of the novice a Was imiliersed, he heard a faint click, a d soft, continuous burr, as 91 some deli-- ti cate machinery in operation, and was tl sensible of a renewal of the air within c his armor. At the same time, the lamp g he was carrying blazed forth in a small d but moat brilliant light. Ho felt no tl discomfort-the contrary, in fact. ia Nothing of dampness or eminl permeated d his heavy clothing, and his feet felt as t light as they usually did while on land. t lie pausedipoveral minutes, heard the b burring of hidden wheels mn the knap- I sack, felt the fresh air circulating about c his head. The captain had kept his I word, and shown hi a great invention, a Ho felt confident, and ready to follow c: his guide. That personage lot ked r< enormous, such was the .magnifying 'i power of'the water. I(e seemed to fairly tower into the gigantuo. e "How d you et1" the visitor heard ni a voilue, apparently inside his helmet, say. .ie mutely looked.at the glass front of Capt. E~bbitt's helmet for an explana. J tion. That wizard touched a small wire o thabt bonhieoted the two armors froin the t; captain's right to his own left shoulder. e It looked like a telegraph or telephone wire, but where the 'phone was located was a mystery, It was certainly'nut im a the helmet or jacket. * tLoco ypa feel?" repeated the e voic. - "First rate; but where's the tele hone?" "The helmet is the diaphragm. It's elephone of my own. Now thenv keel ,our !7es ahead, and let's get into deel rater. The captain leAding they walked on distance of probably Seventy-five fee! rom shore and turned their facei iorthward. The water was slghtli lisoolored with the sand stirred up b ihe recent storm. -. The bottom wai Lulte frce of rooks and stones, affordinj ix6ellent locomotion. They marche< on in silence, passing three or four darl bjocts built out fron;,the shore. Proceeding it was soon discovere4 hat locomotion had #u4 onky growi liffloult, The Arm sawn gae o a sticky mud-like It seemei o be made of vile rfuse -some of i ighter than the rest doatinjlike th< esiduum of filthy ierse ponds, l urtain-like forms. As Wleir feet stirre( LP the mass, particles of it floated up ti he surface. They neared the dlgore. Soon th( ow of piles that guard xt from the wave ame in view. The eplorers markei he green slime that-adhered to thi rooden wall, and the' embankment o md formed against jit. With slov teps, for caution was, necessary here hey walked northa The captain'i Alower felt a soft substance yiela be eath his foot, Lowering the light, iti eams fell on the f ?.of a corpse. I ras that of a womaft:young and wel lad. Evidently it had not been n th( rater long, for the comely features were ot swollen. She lay half sunken it ie muddy bottom, her arms restinE asily by her sides. Asleep, she seemed, 'he quiet end of a -life crushed by hame and remorse. This was th( lace where the dark deeds of the city'k Bamy side were done. Perhaps th ight told of one of those unpublished iysteries, one of. those strange disap earances that newspapers note in twc ne. The captain bent. over the dead girl ad looked at her intently. "Leave hei lone," he said kindly. "We can dc othiug. I'll tell the police where toc rag." He gently lifted the corpse from the kud. and carried it a little distance ,here the bottom was cleaner, Com. osing its limbs the divers gave a fare ,ell glance sat the dead and resumed ieir march. Feeling their way along the greal ter they soon found an iron laddei achmg almost to the bottom. "Mount," commanded the captain tc is companion. He quickly obeyed, nd stood upon the pier with his guide, aterally, they were . h out of water, !hat element whi6h si plied them witi ir and kept. 001US alive nootiomi ito tne Knapsadg reservoi, hey gaspec )r breath, and their liguit expired, Vith rapid fingers Capt. Ebbitt thei x)sened the screws, took off his com anion's armor and as rapidly remove6 is own, and the two men oat down or ie pier inhaling the cold night al gain after three hours' immersion ii a opposite. The captain turned his face toward is comp anion with a smile of triumph. "Well," he said, "have I kept ml ord? Have I given you a new experi ace?" Thieves on iRailway Trainl. One day a commercial traveler visit ig Albany in the interest of one of th< irge jewelry jobbing houses of Ne ork detected' a thief in the act o: hanging the check attached to hli -unk near the baggage-room of th< rnton depot. He took to his heels be re he could be captured. The ofilciali aving charge of the checking are eon antly on the alert for escapades of ti cin. The depots, they say, are haunto y these vultures. The plan is to spo trunk the contents of which are knowy be of value, and following the ownL. com place to place, wait for the golder pportunity for substituting for th< heck attached another to a differen1 estination. It is reported that seve3ra aluable pieces of baggage have beer tolen in this way. The traveler, whose Kperience in the depot in this cit3 early cost him the loss of a trunk worti 10,000, had been pursued for the pro. iding two months by the thief whose Leverness was only by chance dis. ivered. The latter was a member of ie notorious 'Houston street gang,' hich has, graduated some of the boldesi >bbors' and desperadoes of the country, [e was a fellow of the most gentee :Idress and pleasantest manner. On ai revious trip west of Albany the strangoa iraped an acquaintance with thel trave. r for the New York houhe, claiming tc spresent a firm in .Boston whose nama rasn perfectly well known. Suspicioni f all strangers, no matt6r what theiu iternal display might be, the jewelra gent was happily chary of his conf once. He, however, accepted an invi ition to smoke in the car provided fo mat purpose several cars ahead. Having hatted quietly for some time, the stran or stood up and crossing the aisle en eavored to turn over or double one o ic seats, in order to provide a place or 'hich to stretch out his legs The usua ifficuity with the lock prevailed. Aftei signing to be quite put out about It e casually asked the jewelry agent a e would loan him his check a momeunt [e wanted to blip it down upon thn itch In order to throw it out of place, [e had seen the seats unlooked,in tha sy. The agent declined to allow lii boek to go out of his possession, a afusal which angered the stranger 'he agent, getting up, said: "You have get the wrong pig by thd ir. It will be a cold day, when you go y cheek." Hie then quit _the car. The tie 'ould have excha.nged checks under the retense of using It to unlock the seat hi ruse is a clever one. It has beer p.erated sucessfully in severai easee i me West. Not (ne personm in a hmundres vor notices the numb~er of his cheek. HamJ f,leaspooniul of oarl lie acid ii gill of milk is recommend4 by Mr.J .Dodge, In the .Journal qif 4gd'out ire,.as an' *xdoll6nl roeme& for haoj holena, The Poison League. The trial of the men charged with con > spiring to poison and with robbing a shoe o manufacturer named Merstallinger, having previously rendered him insensible by means ot chloroform, has been concluded at Vienna. The accused had the right tc speak in their own defonse; but only Pen. kert, a self-iducated man, who has been working in almost every country in Europe, availed himself of the permission. What he said in his defense (tbe corres pondent of the London Times says) seemed [to make more Impression than anything jaid during the two day's pleading. He said: "1 have been for the last ten years in the workmen's movement and have some education, which the prosecutioE makes a reproach of. When I joined the t movement the watchword of the latter was, "Workmen, get educated; endeavor to rise to the rest of soolety.' 1 have imbibed those principles; I have zealously studied, and when I did not understand the dead letter I said to myself, 10o out into the world.' I did so and educated myself, and that is to be a charge against me. The French government have sent m away without ever assigning any reason In spite of my demand. Lif the Swiss workmen nave honored me with their confidence and sent me to the Con gross in London they have no doubt done so in the hope that I would not misuse th#ir confidence. In the whole of that Congress there was not so much said about revolution, assassination and arson as there has been during this trial. The resolutions were not binding. I am noth but a victim of the Vienna. police. Scar cely had I arrived in Vienna when I was arrested. As there was nothing against me they had to release me; but I was nut allowed to go free, like the commonest i criminal. Although I had the means of subsistence and my papers were all in or der I was sent by force out of Vienna. I returned to show that I had been unjustly treated, and now I am said again to be playing a part." 'eukert then endeavored to disprove the several charges brought against him and denied the connection of the workmen's party with the burglary. The jury, after deliberating for four hours, acquitted all the prisoners except three. who had pleaded guilty to chloroforining and robbing the shoe manufacturer. Two of them were sentenced to fiftee years' hard labor, and the other to two years. The other men, when released, were loudly cheered by the crowd outside the court. It is stated that within the last few days threatening letters have been sent to the authorities. What may bo had in Venloo. The days, it is true, are past when a majolica plate or reliquary of Vene tian glaqs could be bought for two or do turn up now they fetch hundreds of pounds, and as for old Venetian glass, it has literally disappeared. Yet the shops, numerous as they are, contrive to make a fair show. Tie Italian loves color and instinatively understands its harmonies. A poor display of worthlesa things is tastefully and attractively arranged. The latest craze is for rich brocades, small pieces of which, quite useless for any purpose except to make a banner-screen, sometimes sell for several English pounds. These things are very effective in the decoration of the shops, as are also imitation majolica, and forged bronzes, to say nothing of the mock jewelry of the last century, much of which now comes into the market and attracts the ordinary tourist. These articles help to keep the curiosity shops open; but the finer works that Istill remain in the country are seldom seen among them, except perhaps with a few large dealers, who, possessing IsulUeient capital, can aflord to wait for the wealthy collector. The good things come chiefly from remote places in I mbria, and are the private property of old families, who are forced to sell them by reason of the comirulsory division of p roperty on the deaths of the heads of housos, or are temp)ted by hearing oX tihe great increase of prices. Among such things was lately to be seen, for instance, a plaque or tile of Gubbio ware, the indubitable work of Maestro Giorgio, painted with a Madonna en thronied, and saints on either side, deli cately drawn, gorgeous in color, full of gold lustre and the precious and inimi table ruby red. It was certainly a beautiful objoct, and a few years ago iniighit have been valued at as much as thirty or forty Napoleons. The modern price is .?800. This is not to be seen in a shop, nor is a plate by the same master for which 1.000 francs is asked. 5.omo Strango Bleres. Tlhe Chinese lull tribes believe that man h,as only three souls, aim( these are satis factorily disposed of. One appropriately and con'vemewntly remains in the 'grave, another takes tip his .position at the an cestral board, and the third roams about unrestrained in the spjrit world, and not necessarily upon earth. Many ot the hill -women are fond, as in India, of giving their dead child a (log, or (by dint of prayers and stipplications) the deported spirit ot an old and experienced person as a guide, that the wanderer may not miss its way on the path to the spirit world. ii'or this reason it was that the Mongolians sent slaves to accompany their dead prin ce. TIhe Chmiese, however, have a more phitmane idea. They believe that siuce it is likely that the dIead man wi'l be unable to find his way safely to the world of spirits, and may as probably as not stray Irom the right path, the kings of the under world would furnish him with a little devil to act the part of guIde and servaiit to the ne*iy-disembodied spirit on hts - journey. The Poles used to have a notion of a similar kind, though they, like the Chinese, did not display it in such an un. pleasant wity far survavdrs. It was their custom to lay bears' claws in the graye to servo the14daad' 16ia11 hooks, with the help of which he might ohignb thes great glass imoustain, According to thie com tuon notion among .the .Karens the dead renew as "plu pho" in the world of Plu, under the sovereignty of the- great- King Qootay or Thzedo, the oocupations winch they had followed while as yet mortals upo earth-a curious hint at the caste gygn of the Blindoos, hich has sio place ith the K~atens while they arc ahvo, Central Park Curiosities. There has been an interesting in crease in the happy family of birds and beasts which is assembled around the old arsenal in Central Park, New York. The latest coner is a young camel, which began its career of earthly trou bles on Saturday night. Its first ex perience o life was a rare one for a camel, for it found itself reposing in a heap of snow. Nevertheless, it did not pine for the hot sands of .t'o Great Sahara, which ought to have been its native heath, but proceeded to make itself as oomtable as it could until day dawned and a keeper removed the youthful quadruped to more comforta ble quarters. nr six hours the little infant was not permitted to draw nour ishment from the natural source. The old Mrs. Camel was inclined to be zomewhat ungracious towards her little one, and had to be tied up with strong ropes before she would permit the caresses of heko. Said babe is about the size of a olI*,an. o ugly that if it ever catches sight of iw 4 will go off in a dark oorner and dl1k It consists principally of legs. These are long. lumbersome, and apparently vezy much in their own way. The infant camel has a back just like any other person's. There is no hump visible yet. The keeper says that the young beast will sprout a hump in the course of time, and be as proud of it as a boarding-school boy of the first down on his lip. The infant's neck, moreover, is so short that it could not eat grass, it there were any to eat, without lying down. This slight in. convenience will also disappear in time, and the babe's neck will stretch out and double back on itself in the manner most approved by camels which have reached the years of discretion. This little camel, while it bears no resem baneo to ArLemus Ward's kangaroo and fails to jump or s ual to any pernicious extent, is nevertheless an "amusing little cuss." He will make his bow to the publi3 to-day, and be on exhibition in the inolosure. Ho has been kept housed since his birth on account of the snow on the ground. This young animal is the third camel born in the Park. His mother was born there before him, and he is therefore a true American. William A. Conklin, Super intendent of the menagerie, says that none of the animals suffer from the cold weather. The Strings of sound. Violin, guitar and banjo strings and in fact all sorts that come under the general head of "0ut" aie made from entr i&ai a cattle. frox racket ball covers to the half iob thick round belts. After a lamb is 7 months old its entrails are no longer fit for making strings for violins; conse quently this branch of the manufac ture can only be carried on a few months in each year. Few people have any idea of the many uses to which gut strings are now put. They are used to hold up clock weighta, for belting, for the lacing of lawn tennis and rackec bats, for laorosse scoops, for weaving fine white covers, for sew ing covers on balls, for jewelers' drills and for a thousand things, I suppI.Se, that even I do not know of, All the work of making gut atriags is about the same, but greater OArO Ila to be exercised in prop.tring those in tended for musical inastrumonts than others. The proess of manufacturing those is comparatively simple, but far from easy. When the entrails, for which a good pric has to be paid, are thoroughly cleaned, they are split with a razor. Only one-half is fit for use in violin strings. T1hat is the upper or smooth half. The lower half is fatt,y, rough, and of unequal ticknemi. TLIo strips are put through rollers turne.d by hand for eight or nine days, to take all the stretch out of the3m. Thelin they are spun or twisted, Five or siz strands go to make an E~ string, eight or nine an A string, and twelve arc put Into a D) string. Thea they go through a bleachmng bath of sulphur fumes. U.teir that they are twisted again. Then they are softenedl in peairlash ,water, again subjected to the action of the sulphur fumes, twisted again, dried, and finally rubbed down smooth with pumice stone, Altogether it takes ten or eleven days to make a string. When done, they are each seventy4two inches long-four lengths for a violin and thirty of them coiled separately and tied together make up the "bundle" of the trade. There is one maker in Italy who, by some secret process of his own, secures and guarantees perfect accuracy throughout for every string he makes. He does not make more than sixty or one hundred bundles a year, but his strings command $10 per bun die here-cost that to the importer - whi.le other Italhan strings are worth only E8 or $4, and others only $2,50,, Giuardan an&d WVard. In deciding a petitlon for leave to ex paxnd inoney for the i'hule minors of Phuiladelphia, Judge Hlanna gave some important advice respecting the duties of guardians in the mianagement of theit wards'-estates. A guardian, the Judlge said was entitled to the custody of his. ward, and was bouind to maintain him In a style suitable to the wvard's means uiid conidition in life. If either 'or both pat'ents were living they were enitl,ed to:the custody of the child( for inur ure andI education. It wias also to *bd tmemnbered that :as the father wvas Jbouhd to support his ownt chkdren, not witlistAidlng they possessed a seperate e4atei, he could no,t tthougl guardlain, a))propiatethd aofufrom heir prop1 Sfor'that iul 'mnubhi 'Ibs dist,urb the prnnlpale iini his private means and income were small, lie would be allowed assistance from their fortuneS to enable him to bring thenm up in he coining style; and where a mother-was 4thablWik fly sulport her children she would, tipon suffieient reasons behig shoign, not only be relibureed the cost of their mis h1alintelanlco but also ran-' t94 #Ra owince for fature suppott, iresentiments. "It may not have been fifty years ago," said a gentleman whose years did not seem to warrant the belief that he was in active life much longer than fifty years ago, "and it may have been longer, whea Dr. Linn was the colleague of Colonel Benton In the United States Senate. I was reminded by a chance pircumstance only a few days ago of au incident la which he and Mrs. Linn played a part. She, like her husband, was a great fa vorite in Washington society, and do. servedly so-not more on account of her personal attractions than her intellectual qualities. On the occasion whea the in. cident to which I have referred occurred Senator and Mrs. lann were to be the guests at'a formal dinner by the Presi dent at the White House. Early In the evening Dr. Linn, feeling somewhat ill, concluded to remain in his lodgings. Mr. Webster calling at the moment, he was re quested to escort Mrs. Linn and convey to the President his regrets at not being able to lie one of his guests. At the proper. hour Mrs. Linn, escorted by Mr. Wet)ste was conveyed in her carriage to e. The company hawnot been reare L6M e table wh 0mrs. Linn remarked to y whose side she was seated, that a feared she had not done right in I vIng the Doctor, and that she felt an i lination, if she could do so without arring the occasion, to return to her tel. Mr. Webster made some observatie designed ( to dissuade her from departing hen, say ing that if she felt so disposed he could leave at an earlier hour than t e rest of the company. So strongly di the 'm pulse to go grow on her that n atter she made it known to Mr. Webs , and so urgent was she that he (lid as e quested, and made known to the dent her wishes. rir. Webster accom panied her to the carriage, and at her request returned to the table. lIor In struction to the driver was to proceed rapidly to her home, and twice on the way she enjoined him to drive faster. Arriving at the spot. without waitimg for the groom to open the carriage door, she in the quickest manner opened it herself and hurried to the room where she had left 1ier husband. As she en tered she behold her husband on the bed and the clothing in flames. A moment more would have been too late. Dr. Lin was in a stupor, and In some manner which was never perfectly explained, the bed clothes had taken fire. lie was ill for a number of days. His life was saved apparently through his wife's presenti ment, which 1 think was as remarkable as any on record. Mrs. Linn related the facts to Mr. Webster in my presence, on his calling the next morning." "I am renunded by this," said another of the company, "ot what the Hon. N. P. Talmadge, many years a Senator from several years after he had retired from public life. He had moved to Pond du Lac, Wis., where lie became a Spiritualist, of the school of Robert Dale Owen. 'One morning,' said the ex-Senator, 'my daugh ter, with much agitation, informed me that she had, during the night, seen In her aleep a steamer on Lake bichigan go to pieces in a gale; when a large number of persons were drowned, and among then her siter, whose return home froi New York was expected about that time. All the particulars were vividly impressed on her inind, and were narrated with the greatest minuteness. It was the season of gaies, late in the fall. I was and am, now a believer in presentiments. Taking a hasty breakfast, my daughther and myself started in a carriage for Sheboy gan, the port near which the vision lo cated the disaster. It was a drive of several hours. On reaching the place we found the entire community out on the' lake shore, drawn thither by a wreck. lThe propeller Pioneer had been wrecked the night before in a fearful gale. lie -tween 50 and 100 lives were lest. Among the lost was my daughter. The partiou lars were in nearly every respect as they had been previously related. The facts were substantially in agreement with the vision or presentiment.' Mr. Taimadge was ali the more firm in his belief in supernaturalism after that, and with Mr Owen pursued his Investigations into its mysteries, which the latter related subse quently in his book entitled 'FioLfalls on the Bloundary of Another World.'" Tixo Pig anda the Dog. On account of his unsocial disposition, the greyhound is so troublesome as to be excluded from many kennels. A game keeper in the North having one of these animals givenm Into his charge, was for a while tormented by its noise and miscon duct, and at last became obliged to turn him out to wander wherever he pleased. blow, there happened to be a pig on the same premises which also enjoyed free dom, Tro the astonishment of everybody. these two formed a fast friendship, so close that they fed together, slept together, and kept constantly in company, without the one ever showing the slightest hostility toward the other. The dog, that had formerly kept up a perpetual quarrel among his own race, now seemed anxious to accommodate himself to the ways of his new triend; while the pig in his tuirn seemed equally willing to stand high in the favor of the hound. After this state of things had gone on for some time, they came to uinderstandi something of the natural gifts of one another. Living on the condnes of a moor where hares and rabbits -abounded, they soon began to do a little quiet hunting on their own account. The hound being guided by sight more than by scent, found most difficulty in starting his prey; andl here the pig,'which appears to be endowed with an excellent scent, came to his assistance. Kirowinig what was required of, hin, piggy .would trace the hare or rabbit to its lair, andi tuen want for hi's comnpanion to do thu rest. Thus guided, the hound wold sotmietimes take the prey with one bound,, or if he tailed in that, he gave -pursuitt and *heh the hare or rabbItt was ca'ptufed, re tiurned With' 'it to'the pig whibii iline4i ately tore it' to pieceh, to be anticablyl do voured betweein tIemi, ~ CeDr,-* obliged to put a,sp t th afuhig, condined the -pg it~ebd~~~f his const,andybyolol 4It#d j. the hou14 90~4Jet, vttY wih the ~~;'p