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-j4 . e. ., TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. JUNE 5, 1883. ESTABLISHED 1848 YE:STEtDAY'S MItRACLI:. HandH of flesh anl hand of steel, Clasping ronnd in endless reel! Earth, t1re Giver, yielding up: - Man, the Toller, seeking more; Pleasure draining Lethe's cup; Sorrow's measures running o'erl City and town and farm; Farm iunl city and town! To-day, the wild deer scents ala; To-norrow,-an empire grown! Canvas and wood and stone; Mod, adobe, and brick, A day-a drea-the tents are gone And places crowding i laick! Death! Life! A. noinent's span '., The blood lea ps swift; The shalows lift.; The babe has grown to be a nin! The earth is free; The direamer makes his bed; The twig by which he lays his head To-morrow is a tree! The Ancient dreams! 'Tihe Man-child drives! Thm Old World awarms! The New West hive! A FATAL MisFAKE. Marian Fellowes tossed her head in a pretty little way she had, and curled her red lip in a manner intended to convey her utmost indifference, if not actual cotitempjt. "No, I do not think I shall g "I don't care very nmuch for pn;Iics, alyhow." Sybil Conyers, a tall, stately girl, With grave, straightforward dark eyes, looked wonderingly at her. "I thought you always cared very mich for picntics, Marian." "I an sure you always seemed to enjoy yourself." "Do go-it's such a lovely (lay." "And Tom Lester will be there too, Marian," and dimple-cheeked little Amy Proctor looked saucily over the f'ence at Iarianl's now slowly flushing cheeks. "Tom Lester!" e"As if I care a straw where he goes, or whether he goes at all or not.'' She flashed the words out angriiy, yet. with ai certain coquettish suggestive Ifess in her tone that mtade Sybil laugh. "Of course, we forget that a re markable good-looking gentleman is boarding with your mother, Marian. "The foreman of the workmen who are doing repairs and alterations up at the (i range, ise't' le?" l"oreinl:aI'' "tSybil, you're too bad.'' "Mr. Alter is no more a forenant, or anaythinag of thmat sor-t than you are'' She hesitated, suliling and frowning, and flushed mysteriously. "Why yes he is,'' retorted Amy vigorously, "for I. saw him with mny " Pown eyes directing the workmen at the (irange." Marian nodded her head slowly seve ral times. "That is true." - "Mr. Alter does direct the workmen, in the capacity of superintendent, when really lie is the owner and master of the Grange hinself-Mr. Clifton." A little dluet of exclanations greeted her astonishing revelation. "Mamma made t1e discovery," Mar ian we lnt on, in suplressed, excited tones. "and you mustn't whisper it for the world; for he would be so vexed if he thought it was known; hut mamma d iscovered, very accidentally, that Mr. ('liftou preferred to oversee his own renovation, ineog., and so he came here as Mr. Alter. "Isn't it charminig ly rolnantic?' "]Iow did she find it out, Marian?" Amy asked in a we-stricken tones. 'By hislie,frnetigevy pic fwhich is maark(ed in full, F. Cliftona, and by other little inacidlents. ' Sybil looked gravely at Marian's pretty, flutshed face. L1ester because you lhave anaother ad irer(i who. is w~orthi muorei in houses and "Ib oketur engagement because I'd rather be miistress of the Granage thtan a farmer's wife, any (lay." "It's too bad,'' Amy flashed out. "T1omu Lester is worth a dozen of your high-toned aristocrats like Mr. Cliiftoni." Marianm smiled sneeringly. "Of c'ourse, if you think so. Perhaps -9you can console him, Amy.'' "1 will if I can," was Amy's readly answer. "Coime Syhil, if Marian's not going, let tus be off ourselves." "'Won't you -reconsidler youtr deci sion?" Sybil asked pileasantly as they miade ready to start. Bitt Marian bowed in a queenly wvay 2. * she had affected of late. "Thanks, no0, 1 really dlon't care to go, andl besides, I am engagedl for a drive this afternoon withi Mr. Alter." "[t's shameful in Marian," Amy ox claimed, when they we're ouit of ear shot. "Well, she always was ambitious." And nothaing more w~as s9aid( about her u ntil an hour or so lator, T1omn Lester strolled upi to A my, sitting on the grass weaving wreaths. "So Miss Fellowes Isn't hero to-dlay?" he reaarked castually, ias lhe threw lhim self beside her-a tall stalwart younag fellow, with bright, Ilon;st blue eyes and1( a bonnty face, that had made many a girl--Amy included-not a little jeal Otis of Maurian Fellowes in thme (lays before Mr. Alter camne. Amy went on wea$ g hidustriouisly. qumentce of a previous engagement. "'I suppose you1 miss herW dreaudfumlly?'' said Aiiy. "'Not at all."' ''A imnth aigo I should have mnissedl t her, but to-day-I wou)ildl not turitnmy ) hanad over to bring her hiere-nolr anmy o)ther girl whio laud jilted an honest man because h.e couhld not emnpilete with anm eote wvith mirer mloney." - '~~Ther~e wVas a1 healthy conitempllt ini his voice thait miade Amaly feel that Marlin F ehlowves had been dethroned most ef fectually ihi this aman's heart. She swept him a charmiing, symnpa thet ic glance fronm her prietty grey eye4. "f. 'I thiank you are a very senisible mani * ~not to ake yourmself mniseraible becauise one girl out of alhl to world pro'ved nuerself unlwor-thyof your trust,." seemed to stir Tom's interest very much. "''hat sounds delightful." "Amy, what would you advise me to do about it?" "About it?" "What?,' "Marian.'' Another lovely glance and a slight dimpled laugh. "Oh-I don't know, I'm sure " ste went on, cresting her bright brown hair to one side like a bird, while she critically surveyed her wreath-"unless I revenged myself by engaging myself to the prettiest girl I knew." "A good idea." "I wonder if the prettiest girl I know would say Io?' A delicious little laugh from Amy, as she jumped uI, scattering the refuse grasses and leaves. "There's only one way to find out, Mr. Lester." "And how is that?" "Ask her." And then Tom sprang up, a pale, eager look on his face, and caught Almy's hands in his. "Will she say no?" "Amy, will you take what Marian didn't think good enough?" "If you will, I will be so thankful she has jilted inc." There was no gainsaying the earnest ness of what he said, and Amy flushed and trembled, and then laughed. "Let go my hands, Tom-somebody will see us." "They may see, and-welcomel" "1 shan't let go until you promise you will have me-until you tell me you love mne dear.'' "But I won't." " o"Then you can't go." A saucy little dimpling of the crim son cheeks. "Tom, please let inc go." "I'll-say-yes-but I doni't mnean it a bit." "I'll take the risk.'' ~ And then lie leaned over and said something that made her cheeks crim sonl even deeper. While, at the self-same moment, Mr. Alter, three miles off, asked Marian if she would marry him. "I said yes, of course, mamma,'' site said later, when she rehearsed the scene for her mother's benefit. "Certainly you said yes!'' ''Marianl, I think I have nothing left to wish for, now that .I shall see you mistress of such a magnificent home as the Grange." "You have done splendidly with yourself.'' "And lie never dreams that we have discovered his chariming little romance, Ilaihlia I" And an hour or so afterwards the picnic came home, atnl Marian watcher them with a faint little sneer on hed pretty face, that deepened into a posi tive mocking triumph when she saw Tom Lester and Amy Proctor going by in Farmer HIetwyn's lumbering wagon nette-and thought that she would ride in her own carriage before long. "I will cut every one of them," she decided. Anid then something in Sybil Con yers' grave, haughty eyes, as sihe and a tall, handsome young fellow dashed by itt a lovely little phiototn, made her wonder very much at it. She turned to Mr. Alter who had been standing at, the other side of the window, idly looking out on the merry little cavalcade. "Miss C'onyears is with a strange gentlemani, and he seems to know you, Ernest,'' she said. "Who is he?" Mr. Alter looked up. "'That.?'' "It is Mr. Clifton!" "Why, what catn have brought him so untexp)ectedlly?" (Uliftot Clifton! Thetn Mr. Ernest Alter was nobody in disgui.ie after all; atnd all her charm ing romtanice htad ttot an atotm of foutn daitiotn! Mr. Alter _was only Mr. Alter, and she A sudd1en rush of rebellious tears clouded her eyes as she tried to realize it-she wvas not engagodto the master of thtejGranmge, whlo was driving with pretty htaughmty Sybil Conyers, and apparenttly very much smittet, for ali e was a strattger, but to Mr. Cliftotn's servatt antd overseer. Andi~ 'liTm Lester andto Amy lookedl so comfortable and cosy togethter-whtile she Poor Mariani could hardly bring her self to believe it. *Was it trtue that sIte had made such an awvful mistake, blintded by her pride and ambinition? And, in- the midst of hter self-tor mnting thtoutghts, she did not see the chagrini andt -ailartt that was on her lover's face, or the uneasitness In htis matnner, as he excutsed himnself. Atnd-"made himself scarce," or rather-"vanishted thtat satme (lay," wvith a big hill unpaid, not to metntion the quantity of stolent unde(rlinten Ito htad btorrowedl ftrott the waurdrobe of the Gr'ange. Shte had( ntobodly btut hetrself to lme biutt all theo same htetr worst etnmy would hiave pitied her could they have seen hter till forlorn atnd disconsolate, her face ted and1( swolletn with houirs of cr'ying, its site watchted the dloublle pro eessiomn of catriauges, the (lay Tonm Les ter atid A my, atnd htandsotme younig Mr. Cliftoti, the mtatst(r of the Grange, and1( Miss Sybil Contyers were married. -Madl Meiitue. A yountg phyt3slcil wholt hadt long worshiihped at at distantce was otte (lay suddoently called to see her. I Ie found her sufTerintg from no pairticuily dan gerouis mtaaly, bitt site wanitedi himt to prtescibe fot hter ntevertheless; so lie too1k her hand1( aind saidl imprttessively: "W~ell, I shtoutildpescrihe-I shtouldl prescribe thtat-youi-get---married."' "Ohii, g(oodniess!"' said the biiterthitltgI invalid, "whlo wottld imuarry met(, I woin (her?"' "'I would,'' stnapped' the docWtort, with all the voracit.y of a six foot p)ickereh. " You!'' exchlimed( the maidetn. I"Yes." "Well, dloctor, If that is the fearful alterntative, y'ou may13 go away and1( let tie die hii nonenii '' The Russian Frontier. From an examnation of the Russlau frontier it will be perceived thui except in the mountain boundary with the Chinese empire in the east atid for a short distance of the course of the Oxus in the west, it is an irregular and arbi trary line, rather than a well-defined and natural barrier. It is therefore in its nature one that is not calculated to prove permanent. Beyond the recogniz ed Russian frontier, but on the northern side of the Oxus, which is so much the object of Russian solicitude that the monopoly of its navigation has been secured, there still remains in the enjoy ment of nominal independence the large khanate of Bokhara and the small states of the Pamir slopes. Russia's relations with the latter do not stand in need of exact definition; they are based on the law of the stronger. But with the for ier they are of a formal diplomatic character, which has endured during more than 14 years. After the capture of Samarcuand, in 1808, the Ameer of Bokhara continued the war with Russia for some months, but personally he ha. little hope of success. After his defeat at Zara Bulak, however, he gave in and notified Gen. Kaufmant of his willing ness to accept the terns imposed by the Russian commander. '1'Ihe principal of these were the surrender of Saiarcuand and Katti Kurgan; the payment of and indemnity of more than ?200,000 (125, 000 tillas); the opening of Bokhara to Russian conuerce at a maximum tariff of 2j per cent. ad valorem, the right of passage for merchants and troop:s, through Bokhara to other states; and, lastly, the permission to establish, when necessary, cantonments and other mili tary buildings at Kermina, Karshi, and Chatjui. After the capital itself those three places are the most important strategical points in the khanate; and the last named is situated at the principal passage over the Oxu, Strange as it may appear, Char jui, like Kerkihi and Knoja Salik, higher up, lies on the south ern bank of the river. At first the last, and in some respects the most important of these clauses did not possess much significance, but the growing power of Russia, as demonstrated by the successj fiul campaigns in Khiva and Khokand, served to give it weight and reality which found expression in the secm( treaty of Septenber, 1873. When the Khan of Khiva transferred in that year his sovereign rights over the Oxus to Russia the practical use of Charjui he came clear. The gunboats of the Ana flotilla carried the Czar's flag up the Oxus, and Charjui has been made their principal rendezvous on a stream which it was supposed presented insuperable difliculties to navigatiot. Karshi has also been visited on numerous occasions by Russian oflicers and their escorts; and if Rtssjan troops have not yet abso lutely taken up their station there it is not because any difficulty stands in the way. Slaughtering suals. Captain Richard Pike Is master of Messrs. J. & W. Stewart's steamer Pro teus. Capt ain "Dick" is a big, jolly, sandy-whiskered Newfoundlander, of about five feet ten inches in height, but not looking up to his height by reason of his "bulk." IIe probably weighs 260 pounds, and he is a "solid man." le commands one of the finest ships of the sealing fleet. The Proteus was built at Dundee Scotland. 1Her net tonnage is 407, 'illtish measurement. She carries compound engines of 110 nominal horse power. It is the particu lar business of this vessel to make her I way through the heavy Arctic ice, and Captain "1)ick"' is going to make her attend to her business or know the reason why. This ship was hired by the American governiment some two years ago to do some special work. It will< be noted that the ship's net tontnage, does not exceed 467 tons, hence you, will be surprised to learn that her seal ing crew numbers 295 men. The crew of a sonlinig steamer wold gladden titeI heart of a recruiting sergeant. Blronze faced, iron muscled, broad chested sons of Hercules, every cne of thenm. Rang ing in height from five feet ten inches to six feet two inches and in years from twenty-two to thirty-flve, they are cala ble of enduring any amnount of hard ships. The law of Newvfounidland does not 1 permiit sealing steamers to leave port for thte p)rosecuitioni of the voyage unitil eix o'clock oii the morning of the 10th of March. Th'lis wise provision of tihe I law was p)assedl in ordler that inmnaturet seals might be protected until thtey were sutllciently developed to be of some economic value. Formerly the mother, seals were killed and the young cut out (often alive) and thrown aside to die. This was killing the goose that laid the golden egg with a vengeance-as Sir Boyle Rochie wvould say,-and the Legis lature step)pedl in and stayed the depart uire of the steamers as thme most effectutal method of curing th-e evil. Otn the morn ing of the 10th of March from an early hour the hills were re-echoing the dlis cordant notes of steam whlistics. Our men were all on board, however, and at one minute to six o'clock I heard the warning bell in the enginecer's depart ment and noticed thatt the telegraph marked "Stmand by." At six exactly the propeller began to revolve and our ship1 felt hter way out slowly from among the surrounding shippinig, and in twenty minutes we were outside the harbor and fairly on our way. The only Ice in sight was a long band or ribbon of light, slob'by ice, exteninig from seaward in to the point of Cape Spear. There was very little wind, tind hadly any sea run ing. Captain Pike shaped a course more to the eastw~ardl thanit any other vessel of the fleet. Th'ie min body of the ice was enicotnitered off Cape Blona vista, 100 miles from St. Joint's, and our vessel's nose was at onice run into it. For three or four days we worked east-northetast thmrough "bhay ice" (as distingutishied front the heavy Arctic Ice, nonie of whicht we hadt( yet seen). At the end( of that time an occasional hood seal ania family were seen. Otur course was altered slighttly, and for three days we mtade good way through the light, ice. On the 17th of M%arch the of the yes sel struck against a large sheet or ice upon which nto innression could 1)e made, and the captain ordered all hands out to look for see's. The men poured out over each bow, commanded by several masters-of-watch who divided them into gangs. In an fiour or so they could hardly be seen from the dock, but the man in the "crow's nest" re. ported that some of them were taking seals. This was good news and waited impatiently the return of the men so a to hear their reports. When they re turned they reported that they had seen no ''harp" seals (the most valuable seal), but that they had killed, sculped and brought on board 270 old and young hoods. Captain Pike judged from these reports where the main "patch" of oods lay, headed the steam or north-northwest and forged ahead until the 23d, when the 44hern a1 Arctic ice was eicouintere '.' ut !h Captain was right; the- set re"acs met and the work of slahililer coi mienced. Before night the.e Wkro 1,080 old and 650 young seals on board--somne of these were killed four milels from the hip and hauled on board. 'the next lay over two thousand were put on board; the following day 3,000 The best days work was on the 25t1h, when t,000 seals were killed, sculped (carcass s removed) lind put on board by 295 men-an average of over fourteen seals [)or man. An1 amusing incident occurred one avuning. one gang of men were out very late, and some anxiety was being tolt, when they were heard coming tlong. Just as they caine alongside a man called out, "Captain, have you mich a thing aboard as a justis of the ace, or a petty judge, or anything like ;hat?" "Come aboard here," said Captain Pike, "and get some grub and turn in. What do you want with justice ? I'll give you justice when I get to St. John's, md hand you over to .Tudgo Conroy for ikulking." "Ol, begor, captain, we're in earnlest!" :eplied the man. "We want to make )ur afferdavit about the sea sarpiat." "The sea serpent! What about it?" "Oil, begor, captaiiil we see'd him lalf a mile long and as big as the smoke stack !" "What did you do-did you kill him?" tsked Captain Dick. "Kill him? Kill him? Sure he could ito he ship; and, anyway, my wife is :o young to be a widdy." "Well, where did he go to?" "Faith, he just lifted himself three imes and come down on the ice, and he third time it broke and he went lown, and we pointed for home as fast is we could go." N,;thiing more could je got out of any of them, and sea serpent remains still enshrouded in inystery. On the 29th the Captain ordered the flags to be puilt up and we hev.'ed for St. John's, deeply laden with ;dls. A vessel deeply laden with such a cargo makes very bad weather, and twice we were compellel to run back into the ice for shelter. Finally ten punts wore cut down and thrown over and tbie vessel (id not labor so heavily. On tullay, the 1st day of April, we arriv d at 5t. John's, the first steamer in, with 14,600 seals, weighing 686 tons m1d valued at $50,000. Some1othintg Now. From Otago, New Zealand, come de bails of an invention more marvelous ;han any yet recorded in the annals of -leetrical science. Rev. Mr. Gilbert of ,hrist Church, in a recent address, told 1is audience that it was now proved to ie p'ossib)le to conlvey, by imeans of electricity, vibrations, of light-inot mily to speak withl your distiant friend, mit actually to see iml. The electros 30p-thle name or the1 instrumnent whlichl enables this to 1)e (1on1(-was tile DJr. Guidrahm of Victoria, be'lonlged tile )roud( distinictionl of being its inmvntor md1( perfector. Mr. Gilbert stated thalt u trial of this wond(erfuIl instrummnt ind taken place at Melbourne, inl tihe >resenlce of some forty scientific and )lblic meni, and that it was a great miccess. Sitting ini a (lark room, they anw p)rojectedl on a large (ise of white )urnlished metal the racecourse at T'lem1inigtoni, with its mnyriadl of active >einIgs. Minute details stood out with >erfect fidelity to tihe original, and as hey looked at the wonderful p)icture birougm hinocular glasses, it was dlifi milt to imagine that they were not retulally on the course itself, and amlong ;hose whose actions they could s(o comn )>letely scani. itoorcationi 1or the Meiinon. It is not giveu to every one to cross the cean and make the tour of Europe; to revel In the halls of dazzling light of New port or Baratoga; to repair to the ,sea-aide or the mlouintain top, and there tor five dol lars a day to drink in the life-giving air. l'he spirIt may be willing but the means ire wanting. And yet the same need for recreation exis's in the life of those of mo derate means as in those of thie tich. Tils larger class, hlowever, will be glad to know that tile Pennsylvania Railroad Conipany proposes to coiitiniio durimg the season of 1888 its p- pular (tally excursIons between Jersey City anld Newbuigh, a route fiurn seung many ot,jecas of Interest, aind an nfite variety of scenery. Tihe mlagii sent steamer, ichard 8tockton, under the iommnand of Uaptain Lawrence F. Frazee, wil leave the Pennsylvamia Railroad jocks, Jersey City, every morning at 9 i. mn., (eLcepting Thursday at 9:80 a. mn.) md arrive at Jersey City on tile return trip mbout 6:30 p. mn. Tils steamer Is sub tantially built, fully equippedi and with a uapacity for 2600 passengers. On the romute such points of interest ai Weehaw ion, Ft. Lee, Yonkers, tile P'iaeade, Tar rytown. Sing iling, Bleepy Hollow, Stony PoInt, West Point, lona Island and hew. burgh, with a privilege of remla1nmg at the diree last named for a time varyipg from no to two hours. The tickets are put at rery reasonable rates, and we know of no way in which a dlay can be so pleasantly ipent, with a trIffing expense as on one of theso trin)s up the Hundson on ime tnktan. Crowninug the Czar. it now looks as )f the Czar of all th Russias would sur<dty get a crown on hi head before the end of May. Advice from Warsaw state that General Butur lin, Chiif of the Police, ha issue< orders that on the day of the corona tion all shops are to be closed and al houses to display flags and iliuminate at night. In the public squares and gardens concerts will take place all da3 without inturruption, and for three days there will be free performances in the Imperial theatres. Tile Impe-ial palaces are being prepared for the arri val of the Czar toward the end of May The preparations at Moscow are being pushed on as much as possible, In the Kremlin all the towers on the outee wall are surrounded by scaffolding, ani even on all sides of the "Great Ivan, the highest point of the ancient castle workmen can be seen high up in then hanging seats. Tle electric illumina. tion has been completed, and every night a powerful light is displayed over the pricipal tower like a great star. The inner parts of the Kremlin are al 3o still barricaded with scaffolding for the erection of three large stands next to the church with the imperial sepul 3hres. The following foreign courts and gov 3rnments will be presented at the cur Dnation: Great Britain, by the Duke f E iinburgh; Prussia, by Prince Al brecht; Austria, by the Archduxe Dharles Louis; Saxony, by Prince Leorge of Schonberg-Waldenburg, the King's Adjutant General; Bavaria, by Priuce Arnulph, the King's cousin Wurtemburg, by Duke Herman, o Saxe-Weiumar, the King's brottier-in aw; Hesse-ljarmatadt, by Prince Henry the Grand Duk's brother, and Prince Alexander, the Czarina's uncle; baden >y Prince Williem; Denmark, by Prince Valdemar and Prince William of iols toin; Spain, by the Duke of Montpeu. ner; Persia, by the Shah's brotner Izzet-daule Abdussamed; Bulgaria an, Riuntonegro, by their own reigning princes, AlLxander and Nicolas; the L'rench Republic by M. Waddingtou mnd the Vatican by Cardinal Vannutell, who, according to custom, will arrive )ne day after the coronation to present the Pope's congratulations, All the princes will be accompanied by suits in proportion to their rauk. It is not yet nown whether the American Republic will send any representaive other than ts Envoy at St. 'eteisburg. Naturally dil the loreign Embassies will be pre ent. All tue foreigu guest will pro 3eet dirrect to Moscow, is at the time A their airival in Russia next month the imperal Court with the entire household will have already left St. Petersburg. All the foreign Embassies have rent. id quiarters at enormous prlu;;;, pa,ylul from 30,000 to 50,000 roubles for the short period1 of the coronation. Oa< high state olircial pay 4.300 roubles foi three rooms at the hotel and 1,00( roubles extra for each additional room. Many Moscow resitients intend to leave tue city tiuring the ceremony in order to escape the exorbitant expense for all neceswaries of liie. Carriages will aest from 50 to 8o roubles fper day, and, many of the foreign guests will there. fore bring their own horses. All the windows on the Tworakaya, where the eoronation procession will pass aftor leaving the Peter's Park have bei rented for months already at the rate of 100 roubles per window. Thie hight'st lrlicia;s of the .lEmire, the Council of State, the Ministerial cominittee, the Senato ar ti:e Holy Synod will take up) their tc 'rary residences at Mos usow dur .hOecoro'nation. For the salty of the city a special guard (Okh. rau) wvill be formed, consisting of 50, 30J0 citizens, who will be selected from eachi divisioni. The total strength of the troops at M'scow during the coro rintionI is now fixejd at 65,000 men, wvith lie fewer than 121 generals and '2,417 staff tufilicers. The invitations to the coronation of blhe Czar have been sent to carefully. sellected aiiti- Ropu >licans F renchi jour. iulnis, su as theP"igaro, G/aulois, Uliai,. 'on, Uuion and (Jazct de Friance I'heir correspo)ndent are to be splendid' ly treated. The Czar will pay their braveling and hotel exponecos, and rep ucetteveryone with a gratilcation oi.856, 100 rouables. The Powevr of WVind. T111( reQCQlit storinis in Ibe south anti westI will ailflordu thoseu iterstred fr'ei )apporitiunity lotudy111 the power and v'elo sity of' the wiind. The ques5t ion of maix imumlIl wVind forcei~ hats never been sat is. actorihy sttledi, ii an en, Iindheed, neQve' Je' fully3 establlishIed, utilI diffTerent hi trumienuts fronm thiose ini presenQt use cani a'e invente'd, and then b rotught to mecas ehoud vor'tex of a toiriidio, wh1ich F var'iously' est,imated ait frm sevenity t( night hiundrede muiles per hour. TlI.i: motion is, of coursle, inde'pendent of thi velocit.y of priogrecssionI of the stormi cloud1 which v'aries f'romi a fresh breeze to a alo of sixty miles. A velocity of eighi umrediih'~t iles an, hour corresponds, on hei( lowes~t bastis of calculation, to a pares mreii. of about three-four'ths of~ a ton oni u squtar'e foot. It can be easily imnagin sd wh at. a d1iiast-rous1 effect such a p)owei nuIst hiave uplonl any3 ()hjeeCt coing with ni its reacLh. Jhut, apart fromi the enor ntous force of thme winid within thme vortex lf a t oirnado, w~huhih is at best only local md1( shorad(1ie, the voc(ity of ordinary tormos, passing over' whole conItinen'its md1( oceans11 is somilethinug astoundling, nadlequaiite as Lte best94 aneeom eters prove n) a hurIiricane(, they haLve yet freqiuenut y r'egistered 180 miles per hiour', which :orre'Spond(s to a pres.sure of 81 poumndt ier square foot. But t hat the recordl falls 'ar short of the real force is shown by .he rinous1il effect of thme storm uploni oh ects calculated to withstand a much frete(r pressure. A rchi tects and en fineers5 w~ouild do well to dlevote some tudey to this imatter, to p)revenit', if poxs aible a large mu11nb)er of houses and1( other itructures beinug anlnulLh y blown away. * Never swerve in your conduct from roiur honest convictioin; dlecide because ,ou hav'e seent reas.'on for decisIon, and 'nni act haeait 1use yoa ha111ve d'cideCd. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. .A delicate thought Is a flower of the mind. The egotism of woman is always for two. Love decreases when it ceases to in crease. The heart of a statesman should be in his head. Jealousy is a secret avowal of our in feriority. It is not death, it Is dying, that alarms one. The only rose without thorns is friendship. The noblest mind the best content ment lpts. Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong. Ie who would eat the kernel must crack the nut. It is a,% delightful help merely not to be hindered. Men are wonetn's playthings; women are the devil's. Ink is the black sea on which thought rides at anchor. Punctuality is one of the character istics of politeness. Unchast language is the sure index of an impure heart. In this wicked world it is usually safe to be suspicious. Wealth is not his who makes it, but his who enjoys it. It is easier to take care of a peck of fleas that 1 one woman. Frequent.ly the curses of men bring the blessings of heaven. Counsel that favors our desires needs caref ul watchfulnessi. Itf there were no God it would he un necessary to invent one. Women like bravo men exceedingly, audacious men still more. Imagination Is a libertine that dis robes everything it covets. Mien whould be saints if they loved God as they love women. )iscontent is the 'ant of solf-reli alice; it is infirmity of will. Let not the tongue utter what the head will have to pay for. Without earnlestness no man is great or ever did great things. Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it. A lover has all the virtues and all the defects that a htusbtud has not. Miny men kill themselves for love, but mnny more women die of it. Conseience Is the voice of the soul; passion is the voice of the body. God has his eye on your heart, and yotur tongue cannot deceive him. Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole. The most dangerous flattery in the inferiority of those who surround us. 'l.o persevere in one's duty and be silt Ant is the first answer to calumny. A siuny face--The outward latch whiih invites to the home of the heart. We generally think better of otr selves than we are willing to acknowl To-morrow is nlot elastic enough In which to press the neglected duties of to-day. '1'he Most important part of every hL.itsim.s is to know what ought to 1)0 It is not what you have in bank, but wvhat, you have iln your heart, that mat~kes you a imn. The leaist erroi should haunble, but we should never permit event the great est, to discourage uts. A weak mind is like a mieroscop)e which magnifies small things, but can not receive large onies. That was a good p)rescrip)tionl giveni by a lph. "ianm to a patienit, "D)o some t,hing for somebody. When mna growv virtuous in their old age they are merely making a sacri lice to God of Satan's leavings. Imnprove the wvit you have bought at a dent rate, and the wisdom you htave gainedl by sadl explerience. A solid and substanitial greatntess of seul looks dlown with neglect on the er tiliures and1 appllauises of the multi tiide. Wn must be a." courteous to a man as we areC to a~ pictuIre, which we are willinig to give the advantage of a good light. R eligion hath a good influence upon the people to make them obedlint to govern tmnt and( pteaceab)le one towards antothier. TIhe more an idea Is dlevelope(d, the more17 coniteso becomues its expression; thme more ai tree is pruniedl, the b)etter the fruit. lie is a good tan, people say thtoumght hessly. They would 1)e more chary oif such ptralse if they reflected thtey cold be,stowv non1 htighter. Ont such as are affectionately disposed to become acqutainited with Divine and heavenly wisdom, light shines from heaven and illumiates their undter standing. Glorius Indleed is thme world of God arotud us, but more glorious the world of God within us. There lies the Land of Sontg; there lies the poet's native landl. iIe who proposes to htave a decidled influenee upioni a fellow-creature's destiny should rentembher our complicat tedi relations, for lie catnnot lhy his strong grasjpilu onle lIfo without be coin g entangled in the htiterests of oLter's. Notl$ing qulckeha the perceptions like genuine love. From the humblest pirofessional attachment to- the imost chilvalre devotion, what keenness of observation is born under the influmence of that feeling wvhich drives away the obscuring clouds of selfishness, as the sun consumes the vapor of the morn lng. 41 The Dolaware Hod. At any hotel in Delaware you can get a positive .hed-a bed that is ats com fortable to sleep in as it is to look ipon --in short, a bed that comes up to the description set forth in any respectable dictionary.- It is not one of those uneven, mountainous things euphemis tically called beds-those things that sted their slttta and keep you awake all night and charge you $10 a week for doing it--but a regular, honest, ninety nie-cents-on-the dollar feather-bed. And thick-why, a Delaware feather bed is so thick that you can't climb into it! You have to stand on the bureau and jump oil it. And when you land on it.you connence to sink. And you ,Sink.and siuk, and sink, until you think you are down in the collar. And r you sleep so well and so sound that you conclude in the morning that you never kne' - what sleeping was before. But when the morning comes the fun Comiinences. The fun consists in getting out of that bed. You had to jump to get into it, instead of hmavinmg a ladder; but, you cannot jump out of it. It isn't solid enough for a foot-hold; and if you at tempt to jump, you will only lose your balance and fall. The fall won't hurt you any, untless your hiead comes ini contact with the head-board. Then you will feel lonesome. You try to walk off the bed, but you can't; you become exhausted before you reach the edge. It is like walkitig through a - Swamnp. Y%'oui wish there was a chandelier over the bed that you could grab and swing from on to the floor, but there is no chandelier there. And you wish you had a rope fastened to the door-knob, that you might haul yourself out; but you haven't, and that is the end of it, dearly beloved, and there is no ust worrying about it. '1'hien you try to swim off; but you can't. You reach out and try to haul yourself up to the edge; but instead of hauling yourself up to the edge, you haul about four tonls of feather-bed down to your face. Oh, how you yearn and silently wish for a good pair of Canadian snow-shoes with spurs on; themi! But there is nao use of sighing for them, for there isn't a pair in town, and if there was you couldn't secure them without first get ting out of bed. Then you think it would he ia grand idea to pull some of the feather-bed up fron the edge, and fall over it and sift yourself through the slats; but this you cannot do, because you are already ump to your ears iln feather-bed, and if you go to pull the edge to you, you will be over your head and sufffer asphyxia tion. And then you sigh for your jack knife, thut you may tap the bed aid let all the feathers run out on the floor. But your jack-knife is in your trousers pocket, and your trousers-pocket is in your trousers, and your trousers on the chair, and the chair is by the window, and the window is about twelve feet from the bed, and there is no boat-hook in the room, and your knife might as well 1)e in the next coumty. ''hit causes you to give ip the idea of tap ping the bed with your jack-knife and you just stand u1p and yell: "Vire! Murder!" and everything else you can conveniently think of. Then ill) come the bar-tender, and the porter, atnd the proprietor, and burst open your door, because you can't open it yourself. Then they look for you--they try to Ihid the point from which the noise comes. And when they find where you are, they pick the feather-hetd up and, after four or live minulte's hard work, manage to shake y'ou out of it on the floor. spanisha Gitar Pliaying. All of us have hoard of, and some may have seen, the Spanish love talk ing to his "ladye fair" at the grtedit window, or serenading her on the twanging guitar. This cold-catching amusement is calledf "eating -iron" (comner el hierro) or "plucking the tur key" (pelarla pava). Most people have probably thought us I did, that those young men and maidens braved rheuu matism and chills (for the wvind Is cut ting enough sometimes, oven in Andaiu sia) for the sake of a romantic collogny3 untiisturbed by any listeners but the moon, confidant already of so nmany secrets, and never known to have be trayed them. I had often seen these enamored couples at Malaga, in years gonie by, and imagined no ether reason for their airy confabulations. In one case I remember at Seville the lady was aloft in a seonid-flor window, so that tihe communications interchanged could not be "whispel ed nt things.'' Never theoies, to my surprise, evening after evenmlg the entranced pair were to be seen at their posts, gezing on each other and talking sweet nothings when that stray passerby had turned the cor ner. Posbsessed with tis idea, I nad never inquired into the origini of such a common custom, which prevails, it may be said, among the botter classes, and rarely among the poor, But last Au Lumin, when the conversation turned upon1 thme subject one day, .[ was assur ed by Spaniards that this exterior flir tation owee Its origin in no way to ro mance or desire for a toto-a-tete by moonluiht. Tihe reason is simply this: The young man outside is outside be cause, though he knows theo Jady, he doces not know her family. AL cheurch or in the stree's thme teiegraph of the eyes and of the Ian has been at work. and1( an acqunaintance haIs been estab) iished; but as the swain in a stranger to the lady's relations the interviews can naturalhly only take pla1ce at the window. If, however, aifter a certain amount of sighing and guitar strumming (which latter, one may mention, Is quite going out of fashion) the acqaaintance ripena into something serious, the lover then tinds means of being presenlted in dueI form to the familj, But from the mo. ment he enters the door of the house romance flies away from the window. Theii love-making is henceforth conduct ed indoors in as matter-of-fac, a fashmion as in other countries. So far my in formants; It would be curious -'to hear wrkat any Spanish correspondent would volunteer on the subject.