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. - .*** . TRI-WEEKL S D7TION. W WINNSBORO. S C MAY 29 1883, E WIho winds uulda ? ' UUN lat molest The sen folks, safe'froni'hLtt" They say williin the rude cyelone 'hiere Is a h,li,ce revolving iot They say the fiercext ihiinti+ must own One cool, imburning spot. So in Ihuliminti 'heart should be A place where care niay not intrude, Whore peace tad love, ,ecure and free, laittaint sweet a#olitule. A O0M4NlE 1 uI TOR It was nutting time. A ''ulooiiing band of pasnit children had gatlici'ed fro4n far and ltear to have a merry day amd idl the nut .es"aind hedges. I say children-but, girls of fifteen niid lads of eighteen and twenty were scattered through the scattering group. The nut harvest. \vas a joyful time to them. Tihe young are always attractive in a certtain way. 'Tlhe undimmed bright ness of the eye,-the happy smiles hoy ering around the rosy lips--each has a beauty to itself; but add to the youth ful face the charm of hiseled features, anid of lutstrouis brown eyes; lo6king out upon the world with an innocent wond er at the changing scenes a loveliness so constantly unfolding themselves before them-frame it in a. mass of shining1 wavy gold of natur 's own crimping and poise it upon a form so lithe and slender iii its exquisite grace that Prax iteles might have chosen it for his model-and you cutn form an idea of Rika Bremer-the acknowledged beauty of the whole surrounding country. And there was a romantic story about her going the roimds. it was said that no less a personage than IWrince Eric, the son of the great and good (liustavus, had been standing one morning by one of the palace win (lows to witness a rustic procession, which had been gotten up in honor of f some important victory, recently won by his famnous father; and as he stoodl gazing listlessly out, his eyes brightened suddenly, and heI turned to an attenetllt and whispered a few words which caused him to hasten away.. When he retnrn ed lie was not alone-Rika was with him. Prince Eric's beauty-loving eyes had been attracted by her, as ahe had stood amil a group of other maidens, looking b at the gaily dressed cohimns of her countrymen filing-by. She, too, was in holiday attire; and 1 the black velvet jacket, fitting closely a to her slender figure, and adorned with ' silver-gilt buttons, brought out so Vviy L.1 exetnt, Lalrness or ne1 " skinl, with its rose-leaf tints of red upon t her lips and cheeks, that she looked like of a different sphere as she stood amid her mattes. Confused and blushing, she now awmited the prince's pleasure. She dared not raise her eyes to his face. Had she done so, she would have been overpoweerd by the earnestness of the gaze with which lie regarded her. From the moment his eyes rested upon Rika's -face, the world held but' one peerless woman to him. It mattered not that -his yonnger I brother, Duke John, was even then in another kingdom, wooing for him a- e royal bride, upon whose brow iested a diadem, whose splendor far exceeded e the one which lie was to inhelit upon the deathi of his father. No. In that moment Elizabeth of England was forgotten. The peasant maid who stood before him had become 11the uee of his fancy. "Thy name, little one?"' lie aked. Rika raised her eyes to the handsome, earniest face, but dropiped them timidly its she miet, his glance. "I anm Frederika-the forester's dlaughter-your Majesty." "[Nay, not yet em'ave I for that ,title,I .maideni. Young blood must have its veut.. and I am glad to kniow that the cares of' government are not soon 'to rest I upon01 imy shiouldIers, broad though they may he."' With a smileo he glanced at his stal- I wart fratme, witich was ackntowledlged to be oneo of thme linuest specimemns of physical comlines~s ini the country, as was his face called thme hiandsomuest of any) printc's in Europe.. Rikau coutrtsied respectfully, but did ntot reply.] If the gracious prince coeto addriess father's subjects, shte knew well lier 1 p)ositiotn, and was to thme full as p)roudl of her unsullied ignorance aind integr'ity as time haughtiest maid in thue reahnu. IIer shty mnodesty added.to. her beauty it Eric's eyes.- ' ] "\Vhere livest thou, Frederika'?" lie ask'ed, soiftly; ''for I would like to send thy father a commission to (ell some trees wvhich tmust Interfere with tIhe coumfort of the kitng's hunting p)arties in the forest." This lie .'laid, knowing ituitively that it ould startle Rika to give her his to treason and.say that Ite intemtded to start out himself ini que'st of fairer and imoire pr.c(iouis gamue, which must be (en Ssnared in tenuderer toils than those at the conunand of thte keenest sportsnmani at his father's court. A fter a few words more lie suufferedl Rika to go. But thme swveet memtory of * her presence went itot with her. It nestled deepi within his heart. After this interview, scarcely a week passedl that (lid iiot flid Eric's steps - turned in the directin of thme forester's cottage. S A glass of milk from Rlika's own white hands was thme draught most pro ferred by the Royal hunter--although, out of courtesy, he would sometinmes accept a mug of imead from the sturdy (old faither. Matters were in thisst age ait the time ouri story' openus. The numts were0 gathered, ando the groups had dispersed to their various homes, wv Ith the uimnderstand(inig that they should meet ag~ain the inext daIy andi go together to the palace and1( (d1 pose of their treasures. Th'le next Iuornling .fouind themu ont their way, thessed in their best as5 be catme so eventfuml an occasion in their ,usually moniiotonious lives; foi Royalty, thttt mere Bight.vf the w,alls whicl Biut,it iffs h orly coveted. pw a 9 sight -to enyoue whl Mht have been, tai0ned at -h dow to seA-th' lblooiing proc(.e. r lently'ilressed lads and lasses, as the, wended their way along. with many merry laugh ,tnd jest, until at last the halted in the great square before th talace. But to the watching eye of the Princ -who had received a hint of thecomin >f the nut-gatherers--tllere was but oni race worth looking at among the throng, "Comp," hq said to the courtiers .wi were standing itea' "let's go down tc the oquarqt a lody and make ti( learts of you merry rusticseven iherriej Lo-day by exchaiging some coins foi he ilt'ts they hayeyltli them." A prince's suggestion' ilever lacks foi isteners, nor for followers; and sooi ie rich tollettes, of the 'court peoplk ere scattered about amidst the crowd n the square. L+ric's"tteps were at oni turned to. ards tika. le soon possessed hintself of her nuts nd .after paying ,for them lavishly i olden coin, he took from an innel )oeket a locket' and chain, which li rave to her, saying: "Wear it for my sake. There is no ne who would look fairer in it. You ight to be a queen, little Rika, and I :ill make you one." Before lika had time to realize aught ut that his words had filled her heari vith a bewildering sense of happiness, le had gone, his gift alone remaining to )rove that she had not been dreaming. But she soon caine to her sober senses. It was well known that King Gusta us had been holding negotiation with ie maiden Queen of England, to induce ier to bestow her jeweled handi upon ,is elder son, and it had reached itika's ars. Such a thing had been known as a umid of low degree being wooed and on by a royal suitor. The tale of risel's happiness, and of her woes as vell, was a favorite one among the elk-stories tclld around the humble earths of the peasantry; and if fate ad ordained it to happen to her also ika would have been as glad and roud a maiden, 'as ever the sun had hone on. But she would listen to no vords of love from one whose hand was s gcod as given to another. Thus she thought as sne walked slow homeward. So the next day a little barefooted oy-the child of a neighboring farmer -was sent to the palace by Rika with 'rince Eric's gift, carefully tied up in piece of linen cloth cut from the cor er of a web which she herself haid roven from dax raised from the seed Could the unconscious trinket have old Eric that Rika's bright eyes had ngered lovingly and regretfully upon ;, and that she had pressed it to her ad lips again and again, it might have ssened his chagrin in receiving his resent back again. As it was, it only kindled anew his etermination to win Rika for his own, e the- consequences what they might. t should not be said of him that a )wly peasant girl had given him, the rown Prince of Sweden, such a re uff. lie threw a large cloak over his rich ourt suit; and thus disguised he mount d Olaf, his favorite hunter, and hast ned towards Rika's home. Hot anger was contending with is love for the rustic beauty as he rode ,long. But when lie at last reached the orders of the cleared patch of land in le forest wvhich held the little cottage, Lad dismounted from his horse and tied him to a sapling, and found himself tanding at the door, awaiting her an wer to his nrap, all was forgotten but he thought that he wvas sooni to gaze pon the beautiful face which hla( aunted his fancy so persistently since ate hiad first broughit it before hun. Rika opened thme door amd stood for n instant in glad surprise, gazinig up uto her lover's face in utter forget uiness of the differences in their sta 'ols. "Al little one, thy face for once tells no all that I wish to know. Thou ovest me. I see it in those eyes." Anid before liika had timie to retreat ie caught her to his heart and inmprint. (I Passionate kisses oin her treimbling ils. She dhrew~ herself from his enmcircling liars, anid stood p)antinig like aL fright nmedh fawn. T.hen she threwv herself at his feet, Lnd clasping her hanids entreatingly, le saidl ",Uh, miost noble Prince, let it'not bx )ut against thy record thait innol(cecii ,irtue receivedl no respect aLt thy hands, io, 1 entreat you! Should imy fathei 'eturn and id .thiee here, lie wouh! urely first kill mue, aind then kill him elf, in shanie land despair. Oh, go!" "I mean thee no harm, Rika. I ovn haee; amid whlen onie loves he hurts no01 hie object of that love. To win thee I xil give up my heirship to thme crowi ~o my brother John; and while he years thme diadem upjoni his brow, I wil 6ntenmt myself with love and' happ,ines wih thlee."' "Not ~o, noble1 Eric,'' saidl Rikmi rmly; "if 'thou wouldst make such a acrifice, 1. for one, ilhlnot be a parth ou it. A fter such a marriage-entaline 15 it would, so much01 loss-love woik! prove but a transient guest without iome. -iReprohesmC would drive the tickle godl away." '"Tell ine tile truth, llika,"'Iiterrupt L'd Eric, Wvith passionaite eanelstnless, "ido youl love ni? "So well that 1 would rather (lie than harm would coime to one1 s) niobk .biroulgh aniy inthlence of imie." "'Anid yet you refuse to make mi mpp)hy?" "1 refuse to work your ruin, niobli 'rinice. 'Thme present, is not all of life. Bnt see-the sulight has aLlreadtiy reachl d the midle point of yon diall I n tel nore minutes my thtler will be here If thoui wouldst shieldthme from harm go." "I will obey now; but I will mioe >romise to give tip the hope w~hich lhur mn me hither. Farewell for aL tine ml >ilrate mniden.'' Thenl, wihth a1 long, lingerig, regret i ful look, the Prince turned and depart ed. Days and, weeks passed on. last came a time whiclk was to 1 So 1 .u-into iourning. The t go .d and great Gustavus was stricken wiIlb'a mortal illness. ie died, and was laid beside his f kiily progenitors and pric was the rei ling sovereign In Sweden. 0oung, impulsive and his own mast er, with his heart hilled with but one 1 image, is it to be wondered at that he suffpred no obstacle to delay his union with -the maiden of hialove, after the days of his mourning were fully accom- I plished, and that the pretty nut-girl of f Sweden became its crowned Queen? f Search the annals of history, and you J will find the romantic story of the mar- 1 riage on record, adding still another s folk-tale to those the country maidens 11 tell over to each other at that witching N time between daylight and starlight a when all nature is going to rest, and i young hearts are attuned to sympathy with all true lovers. Cardigal Manning. d Cardinal Manning Is in his seventy fourth year. le is the son of the late William Manning, M. P. and Governor of the Bank of England, and was edit- V cated at Harrow and Baliol, migrating thence, after taking the highest honors, to become a Fellow of Morton. He is a typical public school man, and could scarcely have becn at any but a fashion able public school. Men who have not had such training may have courtly man ners, may be thorough men of the world; those educated at home may have equal, soietimes more, erudition; but the coin bination of learning worn lightly like a flower, great frankness of imner with power of reticence when needed, aptness c for being at home in any society fron the rough to the courtier, and simple, un conscious ease, are generally to be found i among Englishmen only in those edit cated at our first-class public schools. I These were the qualities which, joined 8 with his birth and his father's position, ai gave him, even as a very young man, a g commnanding influence in Oxford society a which raised hit to be Archdeacon of tl Chichester at the early age of thirty-two, b' and which made him so great a power a: in his own communion since he joined al it. They have also given him influence o] among very various classes of society je especially among the great, so that his NV brother-in-law, the late Bishop of Win- it chester, smarting under the desertion of 01 his friend, and unable to deny himself ti: the use of epigram, called him tie "apos- pi tle of the genteels," le became Rector 13 of Lavington and Graffham in Sussex in to 1834, and married the youngest Miss II erjeait, one t ,r j tSi lA having married Samuel Wilberforce, e afterward Bishop, and Henry Wilber- s force, his brother. Mrs. Manning stir- n vived her marriage but a few months. t * * * * * Whenthespiritnal grace c of baptism was denied by Mr. Gorhama, and his view pronounced to be tenable 0 within the Church of England, Arch- si deacon Manning, with many others felt the very ground on which tile stood cut a from under them. If the Church of 'T England denied sacramental grace,which ti to them involved the very essence of re- tl ligion, there was indeed nowhere to turn 'I but to the Church of Rome, however fli i1mpoxlssihle it. had once seemed that they b should do so. Immediately after the til Gorham judgment was pronounced, ft Archdeacon Manning shook from his B feet the dust of a heretical Church, to ti join that toward which his steps had so b long unconsciously been advancing ;when it 1no doubt he found that the boundaries e: were by no means so diflicult to overstep) 1 as they had( seemled to him onl that No- i veimber (lay. After tihe shlort retiremenit, le inevitable on his chiange, p)reparatory to el taking ordlers ill the church of his adop- tI tionl, iis rise w~as raplid andl signal. lie, fi Charles Borromeo, fill ing inl theO interim bi the dignified oflice of Provost of West- g: mnster. In 1865, Monsignor Manning a< was conlsecratedl Archbishop of West- hi minilster. In 1875, lhe was created a car- (l dlinali with tile title of Saints Andrew a 1(nd( Gregory. Sinice his aplpoinltmuent as d archbishop few men01 have ever beenmimore k before the world. ~Not onlly is he a con- a statnt preacher in andl a frequent preach- si er out of his diocese;- not only has lie v been a coimbatanit in intellectual contests, fJ especially in the Mc taphiysical Society a ti club which met monthly, where lie held( 0 his own wvith such disputants as Dr. si Mairtinleau, Mr. Fredlerick Hiarrison,andl t Professor IIuxley,-ie hmas also taken ai part in the social life of London to such ti an extent that there is hardly a phillan- v thropic wvork in which he could consist- 11 enltly cooperate wherein lie has not been ti a sharer. Conspicuous above all has fi b)en the ak(l that lie has giveni to total ji abstinence societies both in and( out of v his church. In politics h10 is unmderstood ' to take a stronigly (delnocratic view, and has beeni heardl to say that, were lie not what lie is, his choice would be to be a dlematgogule. Oni tihe Irish question, and to some1 extenlt on the extreme Irish side, lhe has been very outspoken; amid shouldr It hereafter prove to be possible that the I Catholic Church, at least in the West- I should1( ally herself with the cause of the pbeople, as distinguished from the cause of the oligarchs, Cardinal Manning'st name will he founid onl the roll of those who have hielped the fusion. - All Accurate Timie-puoco. * * * While oni the subject of Wal- I tham walches, we may mention that we have seen a letter from the Commander of the Gordonl Castle (Castle line of 8team Packuu') who was fortunate enough to < save lhfe at sea, and who for his gallant conduct was pri senited in 8eptember last with a (3 aid Koyless Waltha-n Watch by the President of the United States, on be half of the London Local .Marine 1oard. Referring to this Presentation Watch, he says: "When & left L mndon the watch was six seconds fast, anad on my arrival at < Siagapore It wai only thr'ee seconds slow, a most eri.raordinary performance for a watchl, as 1 m arried it on amy person the whole t me. I compared atevery day with< moy chronometers on the passage out, and1 it seldom or ever dIffered one second from : them; in fact, I found it almost, If not as good as my chronometera, which is a good deal to say for a watch carried about and subject to all kinds of jolte."-London, England TJhe Watchmaker, Jewe4er am:d MSilerenUt h IA!.. f i, l8!3L Fussy saves a Man's Lifw. Vincent Morgan lives up at the hea of Grizzly Gulch, about six miles fron Helena, Montana. He keeps bach, aln his only household .companions are a cat and a dog. A few evenings ago hi was down to Unionville until afte: night, and while there drank a glass of two of beer, but not enough to affec1 him. About eight o'clock Morgai went home, accompanied by a friend who stopped and took supper with him After supper the two friends smoke( and talked awhile and then the guesl continued his way to his own cabin, faithei up the gulch. Morgan washec his dishes carefully, put the kitchen it order,and then lay down on hih buni to read. His cabin consisted of tw< rooms. One of these was used for a kitchen, and from this a door led imto a back room which was used as a sleep ing chamber. From the back roon there was no outlet except through ln kitchen or else through a small squarc window at one side of the room. Intc this inner room Morgan went and, tak ing off. his coat lay down upon hi. bunk to read. his dog and cat went to sleep in their accustomed places the dog under the bunk and the cat on a ipile of blankets. Morgan was tired, the room was comfortable and in a few moments lie read himself to sleep. how long he was sleeping lie does not know, when lie was partially awakened by the eat scratching gently at his arm. Oblivious to everything else except that he was being disturbed Morgan drowsily pushed the animal away and slept on. Again the cat scratched him and again he pushed her away. This was re peated several tines. Finally the cat becaie thoroughly in eariest aud, springimg upon the sleeper's breast, began to claw him vigorously. ,lor gan awoke with a start and, rising up in his bunk, saw with consternation that his cabin was on fire and that he was alost surrounded by the flamies. The partition between the two roomns was blazing brightly, and the kitclei-as he could see through the burned door was reddened with a hot glow, which showed that the fire had been in pro gress there some time. All chance of escape in that direction was shut oil, and the only remaining outlet froni tihe sleeping rooim was through the little square window mentioned above, and even this was surrounded on all sides by 1lames, which were spreading rapidly along both sides of the roof and beneath the roof. A moment more and his bunk woul have been on lire. All this his eye took in at a glance, and knowing that every monient lessened his chances for escape lie took the cat, Wich was steepsiig peacefully beneath the bunk, he dashed through the flames and sprang out of the window-not, however, without being painfully burned about the face, head and neck. The dog sprang out after him. The cabin, witlt all its contents, was con suaned. Mr. Murgan related the above circumstances to a reporter of the who met hiim on the street. 11e looked like a man that had been through a fire. his hair and whiskers were singed, his face was blistered and his ears were almost crisped. Ile said he had conie down to replenish his wardrobe, for the lire had left him without evei a coat. "Yes," lie said, "everything I had was burned except the dog and cat, and as for the cat, 1 propose to save up enough moniey to buy her a gold collar, for if it hadn't been for her I would not be here talking to you." -IHinta Ion Wvhat to weoar at 1Home0. Wt~e have done1 01ur work for years ami know froin expierienmce it is possible t( (d0 it andii be tidly. Most ladies reqjuiire some) amiount of neatniess fromi theii servants, and rightly too. Th'le lady o1 the house surely ought not to appelHar in a dress that she woui niot allow heti servanits to wear. Of course, we doni't mneani the wvorkt canm be (lone i nice dresses. llave dhark calico or' ginighiami nade with short skirts and1( little draplery; button thmest up to the thiroat amid have a t.urnovel collar sewed to the band. That will in sure a presenitable neck withouit, tIhe (11 jectionable white collar, or eveni tht troubhle of putting ini a pinm. Th'le hair ned niot he cumrledi or frizzled Just take thme trouble to comib it, ou smioothily and hut it up closely whet you rise, and1( you won't, nieed to ruin ul stairs to fix it when breakfast is ready Wer1 have always in our kitchen a washl stand1( with a large washpan-bowls art too easily broken-a cleani towel and (a comb. TihmIs mammkes it very easy to gm to breakfast, with a face that does not loo0k as hot as the foodi ought to be. The sweepinig cap, madce like a nun' cape, p)rotects tIhe hair, neck, and ear1 f'romn dust. A long housekeeper's aprmi catches the stray flour and other thinig that wVouldl soil the dress. A cea! white apron01 and( white tie miakes thi dIress pr'esen taible for any emergency Sew the b)uttonis on at the right tim and they will bie all inm place at break fas Limie. We think a womani's self respect re (qures this much for her, and I hamv heard the wise ones say it, is the sures way to keelp a husbanmd's love whIic1 ought to be the chief end of a wife' life. However, I will leave LIhat suibjee for thme 'ives to enlarge upon. Let mec advise all the girls of "'TIh IIousehold'' to get in thme hbit of dlress ig neatly wvhiile housekeeping cares dI not press you; thenw, when you hay hiomies of youri ownm, it will lbe an eas5 imatter. Make long cloth gloves to sweep in' they protect andic d1( not bind1( the fhngers have a amp to wash dishes and a larg oiie to wash floors. The last saves man na back ache and many a doctor's b,il Don't weari slovenily wrappers and sam they are good enough for homne. You brothers see themi. D)ress for them, in stead of some other girl's brother Make yourself am attractive comnpanloi nfor them amid they will not leave hiom to be entertained, It may be to meeC temptation which will work their ruhi - Be not the first to quarrel with *friend. Found Fishing. An Eastern correspondent ays;direct. y across the harbor from my hotel, oi lie Long Point Shore, Proyincetown fass.-, barely two miles away, are tw( urge pounds-perhaps ,the most efilcient raps for taking fish that the ingenuity tf man has over invented. Making rionds with their owners, I was invit d out one afterntoon to see them "takC tp" the day's catch. At the fish-hohtsc am furnished with "jumper" an( veralls. We embark in the dory, and a half an hour reach the pound. 'rhia IH utade of strong netting attachd.to# rmly fixed in the and, and rising ll ew inches above high water mark. L'here are three posts or divisions. A !ne of netting extends. from tlse $tore everal hundred feet into the .kay. Al .s end the leader begis, fori of twc valls of netting that descrlbe ellipse nd open by a narrow apertu nto thI ound proper-a small circular space, ticlosed by walls of netting, adld having o outlet except the opening froim the Mader. The fish-mackerel, s'up, floun or, cod, bluefish-coa8ting along shore re stopped by the wall of netting, fol )wing it to get around by it, and, hav tg a tendency to go :traight ahead ,hen started, keep on at its end through 1e mouth of the leader, follow its walls, ud pass through the narrow entrance Ito the pound, where they are as effec tually caged as though in the fishermuanu's et. Not one in a thousand has wit ntough to discover the door by which it .ne in. The fisherman push their oat through the opening in the leader 0to the pound. Within is a sight to Air a hlandsman's blood. The water is live with fish, its surface lashed to foam y their fins, while the netting that in oses it is bending and shaking with to mad rushes of the victims. It is not often that one finds himself t such proximity to these rovers of the a; within reach of the hand blue, tottled mackerel course around in -hools; bluefish make wild dashes nong then; ugly flatfish and lorsefeet covel on the bottom, and crabs gyrate >out, attacking everything weaker an themselves. Here, too, are nun 3rs of the squid, or devil-fish. These ce the smallest of the genus, however, out a foot long, of a dark brawn col ', and furnished with a valve-like pro etion in lieu of a tail by tneans of hich they dart through the water like flash of light. The fisherman strikes te with his hook and throws him into 0 boat; the creature lies there a pal tating, jelly-like mass, and I can hard believe that beneath his fringe of ntacles there is a beak that can gnaw <e a serpent's tooth. We haye an in nuceof.hifsyox'tusly After thw "nets aw is injured and floats helpless on the trface. "Look here," says the fisher an; and turning we see that four of te polyps have fastened on the poor eature. A blow of the hook drives tem away, and we find that they have tton four gaping holes in his back and dies. The fishermen secure their catch with not brought with them in the dory. hey drop one end before the entrance Iy pull the boat around the side of te pound, dragging the net with them. hey allow it to slip over the squid, Wtfish, and horsefeot which lie on the )ttomn, but drop it as they approach te food fish, which are gathered at the irthest possible point from the boat. y and by the circuit is complete, and t0 fish are enmeshed. There are five irrels of mackerel and a few bluefish the net, and the landing them is an citing struggle. The fishermen haul 1 the net-one steps overboard and its it bodily; the victims struggle vie ntly as they feel the water shoal, lib ally besprinkling their captors, but ie not rises steadily, and at last with a m'al effort is rolled into the boat. Five irrells of blue1 beauties lie there strug ing and threshing. We row back aross the bay to the dock and fish muse. Ei ght bronzed and1 rugged vet ntms in oil skins and top boots are waiting our approach. One in the mry shovels tihe fish inito a bushel bas lit, which another hoists with pulley uu bluks i,o im dock. Six others are ationedl near by at three tubs tlled ~ithm clean water. One takes the fish om the basket and deftly slits It downi ie back, beginning at the hieadl; three thers cleani it; two wash the fish; a sventh cuts a slit on each half, thlat 1e inlspector may judge of its fatness; n eighlth trund(les the cleanmed fish into to lishhouse, where two men with a rheelbarrow of salt between thiem are aicking thle p)rodumct ini hogshieads. One Irows a handful of salt on tihe Opened shm, and hands it to his fellow, who aicks it in the hogshead with umore salt, hlere it remains until snfliciently p)ickledl," when it is sorted hite three culls" and( marketed. The Military 1)ude1 No sight that tihe faIr afforded was Aore entertaining than that of tile dude a uniform. lie was tall and narrow, Ils belt reduced his waist to the girth f a shapely belle's, and the spreading palulets broadened his shiouklIers so hat, if I may be allowed a fominine Ixpression, his corsage was givenx the( 'eal taper. I suppose that real soldiera a war carriedi cotton on their breasts as a protectionl against bullets. I omember readinlg that Generaf Jack on1 found( cottonl bales of utility in the( ortificationls at New Orleans. But it eems to mne that mimlitamen in tinmem >f peace, and( particularly at a danger ess fair,- might safely dispense with luch armor. It was nlet so, hlowever. 0mth this duide. Is bosom was vers hickly protected. This was in harmnon) vith the other girlish outlinles of hih igure, but of course that was mnerely 1ecc1dentah. In keeping with tile resi >f him, too, was hIs bang. It had n< )artinlg, It hunmg necarly down to hh1 yebrows, it concealed whatever indi 3ation of~ intellect his forehlead mighi >therise have shown, and It occup)ie( sis most solicitous attention, even t< rrequent inspectioni by the furtive us<5 >f a little mirror stuck in the cap which iQ carried. Very swveet indeea was 1e. AN eoho: January 8, 1883-Rave re iolved tn qnit resolving tn keen a diary Elepihants and Ivory. It ls hard to say whether ninanklid in general, and this nation in particular, would be worse off for the loss of ele' e phants or for the loss of ivory. The noble beast has, indeed, been of such t' infinite use to us in Iudia-soinetiines a' as a contributor to the ainuseneut of British sp1ortsnen, who, perched upon I his back, securely enter the jungle in pursuit of the tiger, and sonetimines as the trnisporter of mountain cannon up a rocky pass-that it is as difficult to conceive of India without elephants as of Ireland without agitators. Yet in this and every other civilized 1 country the loss of ivory would be more. sensible felt than the gradual destruc Lion of the elephant in the land of his birth. Hitherto neither science nor re t1search has been able to discover any substance so weighty in its specific gra vity, so firm of texture, fine in grain, and elastic in quality as the core of the elephant's tusk, out of which billiard balls are made, with which, as with tortoise-shell, costly cabinets are inlaid, and1 which contributes the finest ina terial for turners and decorators. As for what is called vegetable ivory, it is but fit to furnish toys with which the venders of worthless books, of maga zines, and of trash of all kinds torment passengers upon the railways of the United States. It is not, billiard balls alone that will be iissed when ivory has risen to such prohibitive prices as to be practically beyond the reach of coini nuerce. What substitute can be found for the handles of dinner knives and pocket-knives, for the backs of hair brushes andtl the boxes which adorn the toilet tables of ladies? Sonie sanguine Aunericans tell its, indeed, that paper, in the forni called "papier atuche," will take the p!ace of ivory, as in the United States it is displacing ''wrought iron'' for the wheels of railway cars, and fur nishing niaterial out, of which canoes, boats, and even larger vessels are inade. Bit, how as regards specific gravity, beauty or color, capability of taking the highest polish, and elasticity, can nashed paper pretend to bear colupari son with ivory? It is useless to conceal fron ourselves that the world seens about to lose one of its Inost valuable and beautiftil substanlces, tt( to lose it forever. Umuler these cireunistaItees, with what patience can we think of those elephantt hIttters who have, killed the noblest of aniinals in wattont sport and with needless crielty? PTe prohibi tion to shiy eliphants in certain districts of II itotstalt has cotie too late for their general rescue, while South Aft'ica, whither hosts of British iarksinen-we wvill not call tlue'tl st)or('sii'i--l,ave di is beginning to be as ciest.ttan, sif' Mir game of all kinds as the continent of Eutrope it,self. In those "lSlephat lIlatutls" of' whiclt Mr. Ilenry Faulk nler,, "latte of the Sevetteentt Iatciers," discoursed in a book bearing that, name and putblished in 18lu8, thlere will soonl apparently lie no elephanuts, nc hipopu tituses, 110 lions, no buffaloes left. The a(viting arinies of nlmut ar'e, inl short, extinguishinlg the ntative fauna of the "Dark Continent," and the saine inischief is going ol inl every other <11i1arter of' tle globe. Itu iorg uus F"o}( Invoetsgat,sons. The countless and colossal ire nutasses reported by Atlantic vessels recently appear to be phnlultueil enough to justify Ia luore scientilie inlvestigation than canl[ be givein tlheni by passing niterchant, shis. Tite detailed account of' the icebergs eneountteredl by the Ger'inan bark Olber's, shows that this year's ice drIift, is transporting 1lrge quant1) iLies of earthy inatter, and( priob a lily heavy ro(cks, to the NewfoundihurtIi Banks. On)ie oIf these blergs (Ibserved by the Capltain of' the Olbers, and es tinltatedl to he f'our hiundied feet hiight and1( haif aL iniie w~ide, was of a bluishm green color oni its highest pleak , wihile ano1(thier, said to have riseni (h00 feet, aboIve the 5Q'a, "'was much dariiker' in co(lor' thani tihe reisL."~ Accord'(ing to the English hiydro(gr'aphler, Findolav.y "'the bluie strIipes5 iln iceergs are fQrnle'd by a filling up1 (of the fissuries it the inland ice wit,hwtrprasmxdwt . snow, tgravel and' Itones. in wthe A ntiaret ie suunniier' of 1841 Sir' ,Jameis Ross paissed a berg witht a large pliece of' r(ck( upon11 it and1( near'ly (cover1ed wvith miud and1( stonmes.'' On~e (If' his oflicer's boardedlC( tihe berg and1( founid the rock of "tmny toils weight.'' Ross saw munlti tudoes ofI Aniitrctic ber'gs tnmaIspIorting stonies and1( rock, and1( his comtpanioni, Dr)m. I looker, held that mo1(st (If tihe Lsout,hI ernm iceblergs conltainmed stony matut ter', though it was coniceailed b)y the qumanltity (If' snow fallinig on thenm. AlIthiough Arictic hIergs are suppllosed to be freer' front sucht matter' titan these of' the usual1 seas,w Scor'esby in 1822 r'eportedl passinig a ileet oIf live hunmmdred towerinIg bertgs drmiftLiing alontg ini latitude it ort.h, "'lmny of thenm loaded with beds of earth amiti rock"' of such thick less thalIt te weight, waIs conjiectured0( to lie "lfifty thouItsandl tons.'' It is im (ln the Atlantic floor by3 the imeltinig -glacial inasses can imnper'il the safety of the telegr'apht cables nuotr Newfound land, thoutgh It is conlceivablle that large iocks falling on a cable mightt 5eriously interfer'e withi the opleratloln (If raisiing it for' rirsli. Still it woumld 1be IL mat ter' of gr'eat scientific imnter'est to (de these5 collossal iceb)ergs by aictuaIl ex vice cana be r'ender'edi to htydrographic vscienice by3 somte of thme Coast Surmvey steam'rs thtan sucht1 an ivestigationi. .JLast, year' Capltatin Shackford, (If the . Amiericani line, pohited (lit the urigent Sneed f'or an investigation bIy the gov v(ttermits initer'estedl to ascer'taini the s(Iut.hlern limit of the Atlantic fog belt hmm thte ice months. ''Two of thte least r expenlsive vessels in thme Bi'itish 01' -Anemican utavy,'' lie says, "in one season)1 could amtost, deter'imine the niatter." Suich a research as lie pleadis Sfor nmight include both the phionoiena ,of icebergs andi fogs, as well as tIhe Arc tic curr'ent oft Newfoundlamid, of which but little is known. Its' results could niolt fall to be0 of great pra'Icticl. benefit to nav~'igatlon and1( conuntoirce. FOOD FOR THOUGHI. We seldom repent of having eaten too little. Frugality provides an easy chair for old age. An ill servant will . never; be a good master. Never spend your money befpre you have it. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. If you are In debt, somebody owns part of you. Trust not the man who promises with an oath. Always look on the bright side ot everything. The sweetest rose grows upon the sharpest thorns. A true man will not swerve from the yath of duty. Bustle is not industry, nor is impu deuce courage. )esperate diseases must have despe rate remedies. Nothing is so reasonable and cheap as good umlanner:s. The first and worst of all fault is to cheat one's self. Search others for their virtues, tind thyself for thy vices. Experience is the name Imenl give to their follies or their sorrows. There is no sweeter repose than that which is purchased by labor. Every man has his gift, and the tools go to him who can use them. Grieve not that men know not you, grieve that you know not men. '1'rue independence has no ditliculty in accepting necessary kildness. We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for. The company in which you will hn prove most will be least expensive to you. There is more folly involved in sus pecting every one than in trusting every olne. There are many vices which do not deprive us of friends; there are many virtues which prevent our having any. A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. Never take more li hand than you can well accomplish, or you will break up, and the work will be broken up with you. v'nelnout1 a vays Ompnasize tne second .yllable, though your meaning is con tainied in the first. Love, and the passions wl>ich it ex cites, are almost always a subject of ridicule for those who do not inspire it or experience it. The di ie renice between what is called in this world happiness or unhappiness is so little that we ought never to envy or pity anybody. The impatienit uan, however bril liant, seldoin witns, because he destroys his own chances of success by not waiting for the harvest. V'irnimess is as different from its nticant substitute-obstinacy, as rashness is from true courage, prudery from virtue, and bigotry from religion. A beautiful godly life, a noble man Iood, illed full of fidelities and heroisms, is itself the very best statement and the very best (dfense of Christianity. W hell we dIsagree wvith another mnan as to the details of anx event, there is a great (deal of difference betwveen history and( mystery or his story and my story. 10 is said by those whlo have made theimselves acuanlted wvith good society that fewer hlies thatn ever be fore sutlfer frott ainy formt of~ heart dis ease. T1hte best deihixitionx of "step mother'" tells us that, site is a mtothter whto tipoils her owni chtildren and steps on those which shet has utnwillinuAv in,hueritl hv b mtarrimage. All those thtings wvhiich are now held to he otte of thte greatest antiqity, were, ait 01n0 time, ne0w; and what we to-day hold( up by examle, will rank hereafter ais a prcedettt. TCo pteserve ourselves happy, it is not entough that we have external soutrces of comfort; wve must keep open thec well-spmriings of contentmnt and peace within. lReal foresightt consists in reserving our ownt forces. If we labor witht anxiety about thme future, we destroy that strength whtich will enable us to meet thte fututre. A man is always a fool. If he be younig, thte world says whenx he is older heo will know more; if he be older, it says lie is old eniought to know better; aind when lie is 01(1, it says there is no kintd of an idiot equlal to atn old fool. Candor is oftenx nothing bitt another namne for rud@mtess or malice. Cold wordls will break a f1ine heart, as winx ters frost does a crystal vase. Those whlo have no p)atientce of their ownt, forget what (demand they tmake on thtat of others. Let us cherIsh sytmpathy. By atten tioin and exercise it may be improved in every man. It prepares the mind for receiving thte implressonts of virtue; and without it thiere can be no true politeness. Nothing is more odious thman that insensibility which wraps a man11 up1 in htimself and htis owyn con-. certns, anmd prevenits htis being moved witht either the joys or thte sorrows ot antothter. Social positionis are like tlie key board of a pino. You start according to the intelUgence, fortune or rank that you have, from suchx and such a note; but the diaphtason once given, the gamut of cares and .pleasures is the stame for all. You sing, laugh, suffer, hope, despair ini do, inx re, in nie, or itn sol. It is a scale of setnsation, more or less elevated; but it is a scale analogous to all other scales. -Everythhig there is relative in the events of life, except death, which terminates It.