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TRl-W EEK1LY -EDITION. WLINNSBORO. S, . JUNE 14, 881" SALSIED14
A SUMMER SONO.
Good norning 'O sweet morning,
Kiss me with suni and wind,
And without word of warning,
Drive winter fi'oin the mini.
Then lot the heart be taken
- With niany it happy sigh,
To hear the songs awaken
- .Frontout the bluebird sky:
. The robins' sil'ver fluting,
Upon the maplo tops,
The sparrows' gay disputiug,
. In every hedge or copso
The lark's long, mellow whilstle
Where flds are cool andl moist;
The finch upon the thistle;
'l'ho wood dove, echo-voiced;
The phoube softly calling;
The warblers' bidden choir,
Whore apple flowers are failling,
And darts the oriole's fire.
The swallow builds her dwelling
Of clay fron sunny pools;
The doves their loves are telling
'J'he scolding wren o'errnlos,
Up starts the golden flicker,
And hurls his notes about;
The blueJays tilt and-hicker
The cuckoo's a sly scout;
But .1ark from last year's stbble
How cheerily pipes the quail,
And bobolink notes uphilble,
From yonder grassy swale;
The blackbird freo from troubl',
Pours out i gossip tale;
Loud laughs the crow at pilbage,
On fields of planted corn;
All drunk with spring's distillage,
All mad with joy this mornl
Good inorning, 0 sweet morning,
Good cheer unto my songs;
Come ye in thronging na'.suro;
As sprifig birds conme in throngs.
HARRY.
Miss Abigail Burr was a little brom
ol maid who lived in a little brown o1
house with her eat, Debby, - and 1n
woman-of all-work, Prudence, sharp i
tongue, long of visage browner au
older thtan the mistress herself. ''he1
was nothing of grace, nor beauty, in
sweetness about Miss Abigail's lifi
everything was Iry. and hard, an
husky. lindeed, Some peopre Were
uncharitable as to say that her hea
was like a very much dried-up kernel i
a nut-shell, and would rattle if she wei
to be shaken hard enough. But I nevi
quite believed that. I alwayssaid.thei
was a soft spot in Miss Abigail's hear
to be found when the time came to flu
it.
One spring twilight a boy ope c
Miss Abigail's garden gate and walkc
r 1 up the path between the rows of stral
ghng lilacs. He was not a boy wl
lived about Caperstown or he would in
have dared venture, I aml sure, fa
Prudence's sake, besides having notl
ing to venture for. lie was an u1
keupt, starved-looking little specin
of humanity. II is coat was a world t(
long and patched at the elbows; at
his trousers were a world too short ar
patched at the knees. his hat w;
guiltless of brim, and through a hole
the crown bobbed a-little tuft of ha
which had once been brown, but w
now wofully faded. .le went straigl
up to Miss Abigail's porch steps. Mi
Abigail was sit,ting on the porch in hi
high-backed rocking-chair so intent c
binding -off her stocking-heel that sI
heard neither the click of the gate-lat(
nor the footsteps on the hard-trodd<
path, and she did not look up until tl
boy's figure interposed itself betwec
} her work and the fading sunset light.
.le doffed his tattered hat-crown.
"If you please, ma'am, will you
may I have something* to eat?"
It was iiot at all a tramp's mnnewr<
asking; there was a manliness in ti
voice which Miss Abigail could not lie
but notice. 'erhaps that was the reas<
she lookedl at the boy sharply for
moment before she anisweredl. In th;
stood in the door, wvithi a shawl throv~
over her head, and her right hand swat
ed with soft cotton.
"I'll1 have to git Jonas Batrrow 's ua
to (10 the imilkin','' saidl she. I can
'I've b)urned my hand that bad.''
The boy looked tup (quickly. "Cani
1-coidi I milk for you?"
As I have initimlatedl, P.rudence d
not like boys; and that shte somnetimi
expressed her dlislike in a very forcilb
could testify. N ow, she surveyed thi
' boy standing by the p)orchi steps, fro
his b>are brownt feet'to his .brown hea
.not forgetting the faded little tuft,
du11mb astonishment.
"You might, let hin try, Prudence,
saidl Miss Abigail, thinking rather dul
ously of the nervous, miouse-coloredl A
derney in the yard.
* "I chored on a farm all last sunnner,
explained tile boy, eatgetly, glatncil
from mistress t(d maid. "I want son
suipper, and I'll be glad to (do sonmethia
to pay for It."
"Well, you kinl try' it," said Prudenc
after a momentary deliberation. II
bett.er'n begging a favor, anyhow."
She led thme way to the kitchen, ai
took a shining tlin pall from the dIressI
"'lleore's the ilk-pall,'' she said
tihe boy, who steed waIting; "an' t1
*cow's in the yard yonder. Pay-di
comeis when the wvork's (done."
And P'rudlence smiled grimly as s:
wont albouit setting out a lunch of b)rei
and butter Jmd( coldI ment. She ft
morally certhin that the flighty Aldorn
heifer, used onily to wonma-kinid, wou
be mtuchl muore likely to spread a p)air
hiovino wings and fly away than aik
herself to be milked b)y Ia boy.
"lie can't dho It," she said to Mi
.'Abigail, wh'lo present ly brought ther kin
Sting work it the k itchen. "T1heo heifeor
send him sky-high."
]But lie could anid lie p1" Soon
appeared i the doorway, his pail birh
ming wvith sntowy feamt.
"'WellI I never" ejaculated Prudentw
"You didn't think I could?" said t
boy, smilin rbightly.
.No, I <dn't," adimitted Prudem
and straghtway1 in lieu astonishmlel
she added to his .iare a segmatnt of rh
"asn't., there a bit of chteese bi
frein tea'?" asked Miss Abigail.
*Prudence thought there was, a
while she was fetchting it from the c
lar the boy gave himself ahealthy scrt
bmig at the pump, coming in from..]
ablutions fresh and ruddy aba rose. I
was very hungry, there was no doubt
that, He.looked at Miss Abigail wit1
deprecating smile as rrudeoncoecarri
off the bread-plate for a third replenish
Ing.
"I'm pretty hungry," said he. "This
Is the first bite I've had since morning
and it tastes good,"
To be sure it did. Miss Abigacil
thought of a little brother who died
years and years before, ere his tender
feet -began to fee1 the pricks in life's
path. How strange that the sight of
this little vagrant, satisfying his cray
ing at her kitcliin table, should bring to
her remembrance the child who had so
early put off the mortal for the lnmor
tial. Presently, when the boy had fin
ished his repast, he laid his knife and
fork across his pluto with a methodical
precision which it pleased Miss Abigail
to see and then he glitnced from Pru
dence, standing near her with arms
akimbo, to Miss Abigail.
"Thank you for my supper," said he.
"May be I'd best be getting along. You
don't want a boy to work, do you?"
"A boy--t.o work!" ecled Prudence.
"Did I ever!"
".No we dtonl't," said Miss Abigail,
shortly. And then--it, was strange
enough that. she could not help thinking
again of that frail little life which had
blighted in the bud so long before.
"How far are you going?" she asked.
4%I don't know, hn;t'am.'
"And where have you conte from?"
proceeded Miss AbigaiI.
"Trescott, nia'anh. Mother died there
three months ago."' There wasa pathetic
<uaver in his voice.
And then, with little clinestioning, he
told his simple story. Ilis name was
Barry Olmstead, and lhe was twelve
years old. Ile had lived in '1'rescotti a
n long time-he and his mother; they were
d very poor, but they had kept a little
r home together. His mother had taken
,f in sewing, and lhe had worked for the
d neighboring farmers sumnnters, and gone
o to school winters. And lie had been
ht haippy, for all they were so poor, until
- -mother died.
d "Then I stopped wit.h Deacon Staples
o a spell; he said he wanhed to try me.
* But they were going to bimd in meout to
. liin, alid so I ran away."
-e "None o blahnne, nlt hher," interposed
sr Primleice, wit h1 a great deal of emphasis.
c "' ve seen old Staples, down.to Trescott.
ile's that macan he'd skin a mouse for the
(j hide and taller!"
"I've been trying along for a chance
d to work," conltinued the boy, smiling
d faintly. IIe was very near to tears now,
I but he bel then\ back sturdily. "But
, there don't anybody seem to want me."
>t Miss Abigail was moved more than
>r. she would have cared. to owt by this
- recital. Even to her, -who had lived for
. self so long, there was something inde
*h scribably pitiful in the thought of this
o little wanderer battling alone with th6
d world, buffeted by fortune, driftinghere
d or there, as chance might dictate. It
i had grown dark now-the lamps had
n long since been lighted; and there were
rt mutterings of distant thinder in the
air.
t "It's going to rain," said Miss Abi
; gail. "You needn't go to-night; you
r may sleep in t lie stable loft."
n Barry thanked her.
t The storm broke with great violence.
hlt And while Miss Abigail listened to the
t sharp peals of thunler and the piuring
e of time rain against the windows she
h thought of the lonely little wayfarer in
the stable loft with a new, strange throb
of pity. Morning caime, merry with
bird song and glistening with myriads
of rain drops. Prudence was up betimes,
,f but, early as it was, she heard the sound
e ofan'ax in the wood-shed; and when she
opened the door Barry smiled at her
from his post by the chopping-block.
a "Idoii't thinik I paid enlough for my
it .sliper-L eat such a lot;" he staid, "5o
r I've1 slit somel kindlings, and I'll milk
, for you this mnorning if you wvant mn to.''
u. P'rudence brought thme milk-pail with
out a wvord. Bitt whlen she had prepared1
in Miss A bigail's morning meal, she made
t. readhy a good substant ial breakfast for
Barry, also. When he had (enteni it lie
't~ took up his haut crowni.
'"Go out the way you came in,'' said
id Prutdence, " N *lse yuotal bilig had
as luck."
he Barry gave a little" incredulous laugh,
is but lie wvent out to the p)orch. Miss
is Abigail was there taking (deep) breaths
a of the fresh air, and she bade him a
i, kind '"Good morning'" as lie went oft
a the step andi (down the p)athi again be
tween the lilacs, exuberant in growvth
"~ hut, mieager in bloom.
'i- "I wonder wvhy umy lilacs do not flower
.1- more freely.'' This Miss Abigail saId
'to .Prudenice, who had followved to the
"door.
ig "I dunnioi," answered Prudenice.
1e Barry hteard and turnted. "1 guess
ag it's because you leave the old blossoms
on," he said, hesitatingly. "Mother
e, uisedl to say 1 must pilck the blossoms off
's one year, If I wantted any next.."
And then lie went out of the gate,
id closing it carefully behid hinm, and
*r. along the moist, brown'i highway.
to ''That is a very unCommon boy," saidI
to Miss Abigail, looking after hun with
sea edons eyes.
'"Yes,'' assenited1 Prudence ''le's au
te clever 'n oumgh little chmap-for a boy3."'
d ''To thinmk of his kniow~iug about thle
mit lilacs," conltinueid Miss Abigail medita
ty tively. "I must cut cit all the flowers
1(1 this spring.''
of "'A' lie got as good a mess o' mtilk
wfromt the heifer as t could ha' don1e my
self with ai well hamlii,'" Prud(enice weont,
t- "'Yes, lie wvould have been handy
11 about milkig and gettig the wood for
yon," said( Miss Abigail.
ie "An' bringin' -the letters from the
n- p)ost-etlehe," proceeded Prnudenice. "'It.'s
a good piece over to the village In mudd y
e. walkii'."'
me "So It isu " said Mlss- Abigail. Shte
gazed reileelvely along the road whiph~l
e; wvoundt, serpentine, to the little hamlet
it, a mite away. Barry was clinblng the
ui- hill, IL mere, p,itful, lonely speck, in tihe
dilstancme, as lie was a mere InsIgifficant
uit atom i the great body of hiumnilty.
MIss AbigaIl's eyes filled.
rid "We mfighit have kept hhun," shesU(d,
al- "Tainu't too .late yl" iut, in Pru
Lh- den1ce,
its Tho two 'Wometn looked into each
Ic' othiers eyes..
of "If yott could make 1h1 im er," began
ta a|iss Abigail.,
ed j For answegQ1 P'rudence atrode to the
road, and sent a long, quavering cry
after Barry.
"B o-o-y l"
But the little flgure they were watch=
lng plodded steadily on.
'Gimme the old tin horn out'er the
kitchen, Miss Abigail" called Prudence,
excitedly, "quick." -".
.Miss Abigail, staid spinster that she
.was, without a thought of the ludicrous
ness of the proceeding, ran to the
kitchen, snatched the horn from its nail,
aud ran out with it to Prudence. And'
Prudence put It to her lips and blew a
blast so long, so loud, that it startled
the birds Into silence, and set the echoes
ringing from hillside to hillside.
"Iie e'n hear that if he c'n hear any
thing," she muttered.
Ie (id. 1le stopped. Prudence flour
ished the horn In frantic excitement.
There was a moment of suspense; and
then Prudence turned to Miss Abigail,
stending by the gate..
"'Hle's a-comin' batck,'' she said.
When Barry, bretthless with the haste
lie had made, reached the cottage, Miss
AbigalI was waiting on the porch.
We made up our minds to keep you,'
said she, "so long ts you don't give too
mtuch trouble."
"0, thank you, mal'am!" cried Barry.
"'Indeed, I'll try to please you."
I. an sure he has succeeded; for the
lilacs have been in bloom three times
since that morning, and he is with Miss
Abigail yet, growing tall and strong
and manly as .the years go by. lie tills
the bit of a farm, which had so long lain
umimproved and in wiiter attends
school at the village where he is in ex
cellent repute. le is, withal, so faith
fil !tnd helpful and kind that Prudence
is fain to apot'hegnatize the horn after
this fashion:
''lIarnsome is as barnsume does; im'
you're deservin' of a bed o' velvet, old
horn, for the good (Ied you done that
A Itenairl,le Story.
II the Surrogate's Court, of New
York, on the 6th of May; much excite
ment was created by the development
of a pecubiar, interesting and romantic
story. The principal actors are young
men of high social standing and wealth.
The story is as follows:
In 1809, Win. Tilden, a relative of
Samuel J. Tilden, died, leaving an es
tate valued at $2,5002000. IIe divided
it equally between his four sons-Wil
liam, Milano C., Marmaduke and Bev
erle B. Tilden-aged 20, 15, 12, and 9
years. Josiah M. Fiske, Win. T. Blod
gett Davis Dows, Charles Tracy and
N. '. Ely were appointed executors. 1
1870 the executors employed an Italian
named Biazzi as tutor and manager for
the boys, and they were sent to Europe.
In Paris they occupied the roons form
erly occupied by the Prince of Wales
and other members of the Royal family
of England. They then proceeded to
Berlin and lived in sumpthous style ex
pending in' sixteen months about $70,
000.
The oldest of.the four, William, pur
chased a. palace in Coburg for $10,000
and with it the title of Baron. While
in his palace he became very much in
terested in the wife of the former
owner and very soon was inder coin
pleto control of her husband, to whom
he gave at power of attorneyand permit
ted him to purchasce all the furniture
for his palace.
In 1872 the executors discovered the
condition of affairs abroad, and by the
payment of a very large sum of money,
the young man was extricated front his
difliculties. The four then conceived
tihe iea of a ball in honor of Americans
in Germnaney. They hairod an imimense
hall at great expense, and gave thme ball,
which was widely coummented on.
When they re'turnied home thme execui
tors footed up their expences for' two
years and tour mouthms at $185,000.
They were sent to Hlarvard1 College,
but did not remain there. William was
made an executor of thte estate, and ini
1877 a p)artnier in tihe business formerly
carried on by his father. This lie was
comp)elledl to give up owing t.o his in
ability to manage it. M any account
ings were had for which large counsel
fees wer'e paid(.
Ini 1877 Gustavus G. J. Thme baud was
appointed guat'dian of Beverie IB. Tild
en. lie received1 $1250, and afterward
it is alleged, was locked upi i Ludlow
Street Jlail for~ eleveni months for misap
prop)riating $15,000 belonging to another
estate for which lie was the attorney.
Friom thme accounmt ing now m progress
before a referee it appears that the two
eldest sons have beena paid $175,000
mnore.than their share. It. is also charg
ed1 that a mortgage for $160,000 on
.Jersey City property, with the mnterest,
was collected by the, executors, and that
one of them deposited the money to his
p)rivate account.
The estate Is in a bad condlit,ion and
ill yieldl b'ut $100,000 to each or the
youngest sons. The executors are chiarg
edI with procuring ratifIcations of their
acts by threats. iloverle B. Tilden naow,
seeks to have the various accountings
opened on the ground that tIhe expen
d itu res were foolish and rashi, uanneces
sary and1( contrary to his father's will.
lie also claims that the executors
should be charged with the unnecessary
expenditures. Th'le executors make a
general (denilal, and( (declair that they
have accouintedl for ev'ery cent. they
spent, and that the boys, wh en the iy caime
ofi age, ratified their acts.
Gloves have thme honoer of sharing~ in
the censure of modle'n medical ditators,
who declare that they injure the skin,
and( by being worn very tight check the
circulation of the blood, There is little
fashion can do--It tries to i'reVect th#
imitation of the vulgar by dheclat ing
sometimes for sac gloves which reach
the shoulder, or with the same length ih
an lnumera'ble number df buttons; now
that, they shall be worn on the dresst, and
now on the bare armn;'and now'th'atthe6y
shall be painted, then beaded; now that
they shall have ruffles or Insertion.
Onie' neVer knows a mani until lie
refuses him somnethhig and( studies the
effects of the refusal. One nieyer knowd'
himself- until lie has denied himdelf.
.something.
Poetry In Patchwork.
Mrs. Mulfor'd wifr f the clerk a
the' Ai'lipgton tplt Va$liitgton, hi
finished a patchwork (i ilt that is nc
merely a quilt, but a work of art.
is a poem IIn patches-a symphony 1
samples of silk and sati. It is sevc
feet square and is composed of fort
nine different blocks, arranged in row
each row separated by a division ribbc
of dark red satin, and each block divi
ed from each other by a ribbon bord
of the same texture and hue. Aroum
the whole is. a border of drab brow
sati(, traversed by seve rows of stitcl
lug in various silks. '.he pieces ai
chiefly silk, with many,.f satin and
few of velvet. There alp*sibout 1,0(
pieces in the quilt, and e1,ce 1I
a history. There are .I . .dililds'i
silk from a wedding d1css, made hui
(reds of years ago h Englandl whc
the looms wove silk ts enduring
time. There are in it syecimens of tl1
latest styles of gentlemen's cravat:
And between these two bpochls are hui
dlreds .of pieces of different times an
all possible shades of color arranged I
blocks of a general arabesque patterl
the whole presenting a unity of desigi
that is marvelously synmctrical, and
blending and shading of- colors that i
artistic In the highest degree. Only a
artist, with a firm, bold hand, a quic
accurate eye, and a true perception c
the harmonies of art, could have mad
it. Sonme of the pieces are mtere shre(
in size and none of thelu are lrg(
With tioese materials are displayed tast
and judgment, and the result is n(
merely a guaint guilt but an arabesqu
mart. ' A ',
The blending of the colors is the mo
admirable feature' of the whole work
The arrangement of the pieces is equal
ly satisfactory. The general result ol:
tained is consequently. artistic. ''w
of the squares containes a piece u
l)rocade silk, of the now fashiomabl
color, crushed strawberry. I , cam
from the wedding dress of irs. Mul
ford's great grand-mother, ant is I
years old. Another square contains
fragrant of her own wedcling dres.
Still another holds a. small scectiosa
her husband's wedding vest, ome c
those patterns in light silk which wer
fashionable before the war ind whic
having gone out of 'ashaion, has bee
replaced by nothipag half so elegam
either in texture or in styli. Agair
another block has a piece of w leddin
dress of Mrs. Mulford's bridesmaic
Miss Sherron, with her initials worke
in it. This is the only block in ti
whole. quilt which Mrs. Alulford di
not wolk with her own hands. 11u
dlreds of these pieces wore sent to Mr:
Mulford by her friends. One block i
called the Beach Block, because th
wife of ion. Lewis leach, of Ne,
York contributed most of the pieces i
it. The predominant colors here al
purple crimson, black, light blue, gree
and others. In one corner a crescei
lnoon, attended by stars, gleams o
from a field of blue. In the centre
cluster of leaves are beautifully worke(
Very much of the work is dillicu
needle work, done by Mrs. Mulfor(
Many of thopieces hu're various desigi
painted on them by the same lad
whose abilities as an artist are highl
appreciated by her friends.
Another block contains . a piece
Thos. Jefferson's carriage kiniug; whic
despite that Presedent's wbhl: kInow do
muocracy, was of silk. The .lapaues
embassy sent another block. On one <
the pieces in- this block is painted t1i
minister's name in the strange, uncout
Japanese chalacters. Mrs. Mahouc sei
sonmc pieces, which were arranged ini
handsome bTbek. In this occumrs'one<
the few pieces o,f velvet in the qui
One b.lock contains a piece oin which
seratched a. lifelike sketch of the fa
and the stork at the famous dinni
where the fox was worsted. TJhe e'
pression givn to the expectant but di:
appointed fox is perfect, iIe is sittin
on his haunches, licking his chops,whil
the storig, with his bill (deep into tI:
norrow-nedked jug, seems to say briski
and hospitrbly, IHelp yourself, Biroth<i
Rleyi*ard!I In another square the sagi
cious starling is dlroppiniginto tihe itel
er the Pebbles that will enable hmim fui
ally to take a drink. In one block
a piece of silk from the curtains of 111
White IIouse. Sonie of the-blocks has
in them pieces of silk which are nt
imade in this country. Mr. Laimbei
the silk manufacturer of Paterson .?
.J., in importing patterns from Englan
has sent sampiles to Mrs. Mulford to 1
worked in the quilt. Mr. Lambert. wi
so struck by the crushed st rawberi
silk of 110 yearstago that lhe manufa,
tured a quantity exactly like it. Ini om
of the squares L,ittle Boy Blue is blov
lng his horn, in all thme glory of the Kei
sington stitch, and i ainothier a litl
girl on a stile seems to be in doul1
which side of the feince to come dow~
on. A very elegont block contains
p)iece of imported English silk, in whic
a perfect strawberry, with a Cal) still (
appeals to the eye for appr)iovatl of 11
perfect shape. Oue block holds a nun
ber of olephanmts. Another, has piec
semnt by Senator PlattW son, a part 4
his cravat, in which little pigs, with
ring in their tails, are ambling gloi
wvith a larger ring on th'elF'backs. 13w
the quilt; to be fully descyibed, woul
require far more space thad~ thuh;.artic]
can afford. It lhas beeni seen byS M4ni
& Proctor's decorators, who pronloui u
it the finest piece of 'decor'ative war
they have ever seen. It has been.esee
by a fav'ored few at the hotel, who al
in raptures over It. It is really a s
perb affair. Mr. and Mrs, Mulfor'd 1l:
Washington on Saturday for their hon
in Salen) Nj..J,., and took tl e quilt wit
them.
Whether it is of wood or coal, ti
ylrdues' of an -'openi T flt'/ are thest
.Bys its1 ipecullen~ heat action it warn
the air,o$ .rool jes. tIycli, a
room, prdcing a comforabe amtl
'jation, mand, 1t.1Is the most I- orf
11s o,wel .1 co feoah1V 8y oireel
heat. .4 mu re it yYtoii
tiehdfl' r troubli e Yire
Wh esa open fre give a coyny
table heat when the heat from a systemf
of pipes Is often oppressive, and some
it tinws stifling? Because of the great dif
1s foronce between the ways in which the
A itro lmd .the hot pipes dispense their
it he. T'h heat rays from an open
if :ire' pass (lirectly through the air with
Al out munch heating it; they heat any
Y- solid object in their way, whether it be
s, the walls and furniture of the room or
11 the person of the sitter, but they leave
i1- the air itself cool until this is heated in
1' turn by radiation from the walls. The
d occupant of the room (oes not have to
n wait for this secondary radiation; he is
1. impartially and promptly warmed, like
'e any other solid object. In the room, by
ia the direct glow of the fire, while the air
10 around him may remain comparatively
s cool. It does not. ti poit of fact, get
f to be quite as warm' as the 'walls and
.- furniture, while by choosing a less or
nl greater distance from the fire, or by the
is use of screens, you can adjust the heat
e of direct radiation exactly to your per
. n011a1 Comfort.
- This is not the case with any olher
system of. heating. Warmed pipes, it
t stove at anything short of red heat, and t
a hot-air register directly heat ti' air
s itself, leaving the walls coInparatively
a cool. The 1oomh is full of hot air, which
s you can not temper instantly to your t
"1 comfort as you can tenper the radia
tion of the openl fire, while the walls re
main cooler than the air when these
e heating appliances are used, and ab- .s
s stract heat from the oceupaits of the i
room instead of supplying heat to theni, I
0as (hey do wlein waried by the ope'n
. The Clheerfulnless of thle op(iel fire re- ec
(uires nto eulogy. But the open flanie, i
whether of wood, soft coal or hard coal, g
is a costly luxury. Soft coal is with us g
one of the most expensive kinds of fuel;
)htt it is worth remeimbering that one
- good umip of it 1111on 1 har11d-coal fire
1 will fill a roomt with cecer'Ili thu1m' for
a hours.
For these reasons the open fire is the
( most Comfortable way of heat in g. As
a to its virtue in producing veltilition,
an 1 open tire "is powerful enough to
i" draw into the rooln all the air it wants,
f and f this purpose will ulse indiscrilin
e ately all openings, whether inlets or
h outlets, if necessary.'' if, as often hap
11 .)cns, when this is cold and the house is
mot t ightly built, the fire nia easilyca use
too nuch ventilation, so t,hat the feet.
become clhilled, and the temperat ure of
the rolm does not reach i co1fort,ablet t
degree of warmth. In such a case a
r register supplying warmed air fromu a
( furniee below is a necessary supplemulnt
1- to the open fires; a simihilr comhpensa
tion is needed in large buildings where
Is hot pipes arq used to warm the halls.
e The open tire, indeed, is often, in our
wy clinate, a htxury for at single room},
i rather than a sutlicient me. 11s of heat.
' ing the house; but the open fire is a
1 great coifort. Other soulrces of heat
at mhav usefully supplelelt it; but no
It other, at whatever expense of msoney
a and scientific contrivance, can take the
. place of it. I have known more than
It one builder of his own house who has
,. found out that its initer' cornfort was
is by no means wholly decided by the
height of the thermometer.
y Of the heat furmshed by an ordinary
open coal lire only about. one-cighth is
f utilized in a room. This waste has led
I inventors to contrive Various means fori
3- retaining a part of the heat that escapes I
e directly up the climnaey. The principle
,f is to warm an ascending eurrent of air
e in proximity to the fire, but not to an
I excessive degree, and to disengage the
it air near the top of the room. Galton.
a has devised onte of tihe best of these
>f contrivances, but it is little known in
t. this collintry. Jin any tire-plhice thme
is forms and( mlaiterials emiployed make1( a
x good deal of' ditference with thel amounat
~r of hea'2t salved. .Brick and tiles are bet
c- toer t.hian iron ifor the hacking; the grate
s- should pr1ojct aL certaini d151istnce t
g thle r'om, and( a. pr1ojectinlg chimnel(y
Cle pece absorbs and( radiates a consider
0e11 able1mount of hetat. Th'le fashion, now '
y going out, (If conc1ealing the man1itel
r p)iece with a1 board, suitable tr'iimmd
1- and1( decorated, was thus a thrifty as
i- well as5 a pruetty one, the fringes ant1(1
1- other coverings of the falso manuut ~A.
Ia piece3 servinmg to r'etaini and1 (dist i'oute 1
~e thme heat of the tire bemneath.
0 The huob is an attachmencut blhat should
>t be f'ounld upon1 time grate cof every o,peni
:1tfire. Any one0 canm make a good 1101 ~in
I . live mmnumtes. Takule a p)iece of stout
d wire on1e-lifth of 011 inchl ill diameter
0e andl twenty to twenmty-foum' incies long
is bend it into tile shaIpe of a long capital
'y U. fIve or six inchtes broad, lput the
points of this U between the two upper
le graite bais and( bbnd dowvn time loop of it
-until it stays level, and you will have a
1- conveient movleVLc hob, anhd quite as
0o good ai 0on0 as8 can be bought. for money.
>a The hob amnd kettle arc very serviceable
n for evaporatimng water, according to
a1 the p)1an1 J have recommendeted for keep
hi ing tIme air moist. A hob) thius mnakes
nm the grate tire in thle parlor more health
Ls fuml, while 'the tea-kettle simmering
1- upon01 it adds its own elemnent of domIues
is tic c~uom't.
>f - . .
a Ignoiranceo of Coneuneon MatteWrs,.
g.
it
(I There arc some p'oUiar qualities of
to thme Mexiean mind which will, for a
e while, sttwd m thme way of quick pro
ae gross.. Thlus, very fewv of triem will buy
k their railroad tickets until lie train isi
n~ iln fill view of tihe station, and, until a
'e short time ago, preferred paying their
.- cash to the conductor. They have ani
rt incomnprehmeusble itching to deter auy
eo enterprise, or even triviail work, untdil
h thme mo(rrow. Whe1re3 these defects of
their disposition a- d training~ are undler
stood, amnd patienco. amnd mmnuaienment
.are exercised, a fair service can be got
out of them, As exemp'if,..ng ho~w
e little Mexicame- know of the rights of
,: common oarriord, the other (day, when
s Q , ,ia ,stor pod here, the,elomipany?,.
csa drtey teedored the munlic.ipaty? t
the ue of' their osa for }he GeneIal's s
.* pdrty.' Thbr #pon t er ci y att'thioritae f
I. udirtookt to -let evr boIy'have ia freet
At idI and, tuitil t'ye"mAtt4e 'al gally
>g exgaied -to8eu ttomre i4fed tronubhe.f,
' -to Lhe railway iople.'. Timso mistakles .J
4 of the Moxicarts in their dealing with
Iour peooespring not .much'iromn a
~nr drat nbn'rninmano e
"Nary a Stk,k, Mir."
"No, sirl stranger, I wasn't driv out
y the overflow of the river," he an
iwered ais he patched away at the old
lainess on his rack-ribbed mule.
" Land-owner close you out ? "
"No, sir. You. see, I didn't exactly
IlJ any sile, and had no crops.to fail."
"Been cutting steainboat wood, inay
>e ?"
"' Nary a stick, sir.''
We looked him over and none of us
ould make him out. He was tall,
atuint and ragged. IIls mule was old,
)oor and discouraged. His cart had
een cut out with an axe and dressed
town with a hoe. IIe halted in front
>f thq old-fashioned Arkansas tavern,
V1h. i,was the landlord who put the
ltte;tions :. + - e u
"Maybe ye lost yer fainly by swamp
'ever? "
"Never had a family, sir.'
Kinder prospectin' fur w Ilut, eh 1''
" Nary a prosipect..
St'ranger '' said the laiillord in a
'exed tot', I maybe you'vI n1o objee
ionls to tell this cro'vwd jist how ye cutn
o be mt sich redooced sarleumstances ?
Coll sartinly don't look llrty, and I
Lon't believe ye're rich."
"G(ientlemen " said the stnitnger as he
ured his back on the mule. "I'd jist
s soon tell ye all about it. 1'im aliving
roof of the fact that old Ar'kimsaw is
10 place fur a high-toned gentlemuan or
fttst-chass muitle, and we ar'i on r way
tito ''ennlessee. Tlis is a purty goo'd
;entry fur a mule with a stiff knee or a
nian with a serub edlication, but when
coies down to Greek and- 1,atinl and
atin' with three-tine forks Arkansaw
i lifty years behind the World I Moriuinl',
ents--inornin', in tlhree Iliter(Int lam
'ulges."
ylomrt ommn(ung'Lcunt e11 rn.
)ne day says a writer, I saw some( (Ilf
he chidren playing at "breaking hor
es," One juvenile tdemon wa'as leading
band of foir or live others, in the
urslit of a big bristling bla r. L,asso
a hand, the little fellow watched1 his
halnoe, andl 1twirling Ithe flexible eordl
le ' t wi("e rapidly in the alir, sent it
ike lightning toward the head of the
IU;1r. 'Thi'e litter lttido a ilespel''a1te
hash only to n'lit his snout ;111d forel'(o
nto the coil, whiic'h, held by the 1-om
>ined4 efforts oft tril, qtuickly p recipitatedl
inl, ii a snecession of entangling
omnersaullts, into the shatllo,w river.
n Ian instant another lasso was dexter
1 1y throwin over his hind feet, atl
is calptors, regaIrdless of 11111d au(
rater, wild wit i vociferous glee, bc'
Iraddl'd him and held him ilown.
L'he leadher tore oil one of the legs of
is trousers, aind wit h this lie bandaged
he eyes bt' the s<inealing animnal, wrap
)ing another piece arottundl his snout so
is to smtothe' his cries. ''hits e(uipped,
he hog was set at liberty. 'l'wo of the
ittle wretches jtimuped astride him,
a"hile the others prodded him behimd
11(1 at the sides. Thus g(.nded, the
loor beast ran uncertainly' in all tdire
ions, in1to corrals, over logs, headlong
nto (eelp holes, precipitatiiig his ad
enturesomlei riders; not, however, to
heir discomiiture, for thev would 1imi
lediately 4sclmler up1 , drive, push,
'ad, or haul timn out and mount himt
gaint. The last I saw of them was
oaward tvening; they were ruefully re
arding the dead carcass of their novel
or':se.
-1 her " weren'. ISatl m ltr.
Atmong the score of us wlIo rutshed
itO a1 raIilr'oad eatiing house in Missis
Ippi at. the call of "'twenuty m1i1')'nning'o
inner,"' was a chal) who had his mnin4
P to say somnethiung unmpleasnt when'I
S('nmne to' pay for' his mecal. I Ie was
r'owl ing w~hien lie went in and1( he ja wed
11 the whIle lie wasii eatinig, and wheni
ic slouched lip to th!e detsk to pay his
ev'entiy-flye (enits h le brloke out with:
"Themu sand wiches ar'e enioughi to kill
"Why3, themIi ont the talte."
"'But, we' have no0 5andwViches 0on ttIe
ab)le, 5sir, lptrsistedl ihe landlor'd.
"'Yout .haveni't'? 'Well, I shiouild like
nick-bats on that lue p)lat ter"'
''You didn 't try to eat one of' those?''
''Yes, I dil'''
"T1hien, amy fr'iend, you lad b,etter' go
or1 a dloctor' at once! Th'lose are talie
n nt,iade of terria-cotta, anid
erpacdheeto 1h(lp1 111ill) the
pa1ce! Land1t o' e'ats! b)ut you imst have
ived in1 a canie-br'ake all y'ouri life'!'"
Theiu traveler r'usheod into the cari and
leganl to suck at aL btrandy-tlask, iand
ie (lidnm't get, over looking pale f'or t br'ee
And they were samndwichues after all
-retal goo)d ham asand(1wichies made that
lay. The landlordt iiad adOopIted that
>art ileulr style, inistead (If using a chilh.
4LboraItory experhnntstl have fr'e
linently been resorted to pr'odhi(ec the
itrora ini miiniaturo, anid the resemnb
anice to the original has been1 oxtrenmely
lose, but an artificial aurora on a large
cale and wIth 11o electilcal nuachinery.
as latel1y been effected by Pruofeossor'
a.mnstr'ocm. lHe selected a station just
vithin the Ar'ctic cIrcle, In North Fin
and, w~here there w~ere two monuntais
los(e together, and havi'ng altitudes of
',(00 amid 3 60 feet. Ini accord(ance
vithm the well known fact thait electri
ity gauthmers upon01 polits, two hills hav
nig elearly doihed conilcal sumimit s were
elected. lie believed that aurora was
lie resuIlt of an endea'or on the p:urt of
ertalin forces to estabh)lSi an eiallibr'
tin, amid assuined that electrieity was
>assing fromi one hill top) to the other.
tensonting that if b,y any means the in
ercohange could lbe hastened the effect
u'ouktlbeome .visble, the summ'its
yere conniected with their bases by a
tet\vork of copper to .serve as a conduc
or'.' Imimediately an arch of the auroi'a
.ppeared, estimated to be at least 30
est above tle top. An oxambinationi of,
ht e uffents p ~roduced In the w.res
hL4o4e thenm-to' be positive. The spec
roscope clearly revealed the welil known
Ines of -the aurora. Althiough -the-dts
ilay was .only of short duration, th~ere
ould be no doubt of ts genuinenesd or
f thoe success of the experitnent,
THE VERDICT
.H E P11OPLE.
BUY THE -BESTI
,n1 I-. 0. 110 A-)ear Sir: I bought the first
Davis Machine sold by you over five ears ago for
mny wife wIho has given it a long andl fait tr a. I
11111 well pleased witlt it. It never Alves any
rouble, anl Is as good ah when first bought.
J. W. 301.10K.
Witnsboro, S. 0., Aprl: A8S3.
Mi. IJoAU : You wish to know what I have to
say lIn regard to tihe I)avis Maoeltihl bought of you
three years ago. .[ feel I catn't say too mlch in Its
favor. I tuade aboti $SO.O within five months, at
I lines runnin it so fast that the needle Wouli
get iecrfeetly lot from fraition. I feel confident
1 could not have done the saine work with as much
easo anld so well with any other inachilne. No
tine lost in adlustiig attatchlnents. Tne lightest
runuing inachine I have ever treatlled. Brother
Jatn's andi Williant's fatilies ire as nutch pleasaed
with their lavis Mlacsh tes bought of yot. I want
no better satachine. As I sail before I lon't
thinik too mucih can be satd for the Dam.s lachline.
itespectfully,
1C,s..N S'rsvRNsoN.
l'"alrtltl+ I ounitiy, April, 18$:.
3iu. Bo*( : My mnchilne gives te perfect stl Is -
factilo. I indh no liit with It. The attaciuinens
aire so stuple. i wisn for uo better than the Davia
Vertical leed.
ltieset filly.
311us. It. 3f tt.t,.Nto,
i'llitld eutty, April, Iss:t.
1an. ISO41: I bougiht a Davis 'ertlial Feedt
Sewittg stach;in froin you four years ago. I at
dielightet willt it. It never haus given me nissy
troUle, aiil hiss iever been the least olit of order.
It is as good as when I fist bougiht it. I Can
ehi'rrfully recouitc tiid it.
Rtespect fully,
'M1s. 1l. J. inxu t.ANs.
Miot(eello, A pril :30, IS 8.
'lis Ia to r.ertmfy thait I have eell iusing a Davs
'ertical 'e'd Sewing tachine for over twoyears,
purchased of Mr. .1. 0. Ili<mg. I haven't founl It
i'Jssessed of any fault-all the attachiments are no
si111 t'. It nevermefisl to work, antd is certiily
the ightesl running In the miarket. I coistider It
is irst class Iuclilne.
Very respee fully
3llNNiN Y. Wir.i.INIiAM.
ahiklin.i, FahriI'1ii eolunty, 8. C.
31it htoAUt : I at well pleaseil in every particular
wiHh the lhavis 1 aehine notght of you. I thiink It
a first -culsss inaihlso it every respx,ct. You know
you sold several tachines of thse ,1amiso iinake to
dlitereni smettbers of our fantillies, all of whom,
as far its I know, sire well pleased with thel.
ltONpect fully,
M)us. M. II. 3Moni.nv.
Ftiriie*ld vounty, April, Iay:.
'is iss 1(1 tertity we have ha+1 In costtilt sine
the Dhavis Mneinse bought of yout about three year's
ago. As we take in work, atnd have inlae the
1icce of it seveitl I lnes over, we slon't want any
better achine. It is always realy to to any kindl
of work we nave to d1o. No puekerhilgor skipping
siliches. We ean only say we are well pleasei
ani wilsh no better machine,
. CATIIilulN% WV.i. ANI SiSTRIt.
A prill'25, Ia'a,
I have nio fault to find with my niitehsie, anl
docn't 1ait1 any bes ter. I have mule the price of
It several tines by taking lin sewing. It is always
readsy to dlo Its work.. I think It a irst-elass nta
chne. I feel I cat.t say too nmuch for thet Davis
Vertical Feed Machine.
its. TiroMAs SMlTii.
Fairlielil comity, April, 183s.
Mtn. .0. 0. loAO-1)eur Sir : It gives tui ln'ch
lilettsttre to tesltIy to the userits of the l)avis \'er
ilcal toesd Sewing Machine. The mat ile I got if
you abut live years ago. hats been almost in Co
sslt lis ever slice thasit iintto. I Clnnsot see that.
1ils worn sissy, asai las1 Itnot cost use om.ts s-ent for
repsairs sIice we hasve hadsi it. Ains weil lseas
55!Ii stisti'S'wish list sany het ter..
Yousrs lrruly,
liotT. (UnA 4wi'Oii,
rnitt- Qissisry, tneat Wsilushoro, 8. C.
W es5 hive use<1 thet Dasvlis VserticailtmFel Hewing
Maies for uh asoit five yearis. Wse wosuld not
lev asisy olther msakes at. atny price. Thie siachineo
liiits givens tinsstihttileis sastisfaictbit.
Very respect fully,'*
- 1ins. Ws. K. 'i'UinNER AND) fl&U(lHTRial
iFairlielti counst y, 8. 1'., Jest. sIr, 18'C.
siavling Isoughtl 15 Dava Ysertical Feent Sewhiig
Mainiie from Msr. .1. 0. ing nsime lthrese yearn
aigo, init Ithavitig glitm n110 perfect uiatisact loss us
evesy renspect an usaisily intachsite bollh for hieavy'
smutS l iht. aeswiiig, sasil never isceiled tihe eant re
pair is ansy way, I cani cheerfusliy tecoinendi I i o
any13 one iss a first -chins inainis. us every particus.
lasr, alal1 tiik it s'coasid So stoiie. It, Is cne of tile
siiiplest intachinei tmmiet rssy chileiren usne it, ii is
iali (sie. Thes attiiinis aire itore easliy adi
jusdstud anS itidoen a greater ransge otf wesk by
isseisns of insVeru lou eal i l han anly othser ma
cinse Iishave ever seens or usedl.
Mns. Tu'IOMAH (wtNos.
Whlinshi ir ', 5* sirlielsi counity, 8. C.
W,e hasve ihadi else of the IDavi slaonises abot
four yearnsll andihve ialways foundis it ready to do all
kindls of wvork wve lave hati occs:on to slo. V,an't
ice thateS n ahi e iscn worn ansy, and works s
wvell ans en nlew.
3fin s W. J. Cg A wvon,
.hwssksin's Cree, Fairflolit coutnty, H. S'.
My ife Ila highly pleaseid wills tihe D)ayln Mm
ehinse bsousght of yosi. 'She wouild inot lake doubile
wisat she gasve for it. Tihe aeino liss nout
beetn out. of ordier sinsc0 she hasd It, anti she~ can dio
asny kind of work oni it.
Very Itespeotruilly
JA. F~. Fasx.
Thse 1Davis 9e wing Mfachine i4 simply a freaq
N ins. J. A. (Gooowya.
It dgewaty, N. C., .Jsan, 10, liSl.
d1, 0 lios, Esq., Agenti-Desdr Sir: Mfy wife
lass tieen usng a DavIs 8owins 3ilihho constantl
*y for thse it, four years, ast lit hais niever neediert
urny relpaIraa si Iworks u sst f'weli en wihens firsat
sought. Sho says it vi11(do a greater ransge of
practical work Pisd do 1t easier ansri bettor than
ay maines se lies ever usedl. We oheerfuslly
recommsendu it as a No. 1 family msaohine,
'su m.,.AS. Q. DA VIS.
Winnasbnro, ft. CS., Jian. 3, 1888.
Mit. hioAG: I Isave alw&y T onun y DavIs ata
swtiso readly do all ktmudrso fto work I havo isad otu
melIon to do. I c.snot'soS that the mnachin isa
vora a partielo sUid lk Works 890tol as when nlow.
IRespetfsully, . fs
WtuInsboro, .C. Apri 18813,n
iR. BIOAG ;IsMy wife he bee ostantly usillg
thse Davis Machin bou htftdaout live ear. - 6.
ftal ara~ for ay uid of fasiyswn Ik
lo ,It isnover outso Ax ordeug
IFairfill,8 c' 0 aroh, 1688 :