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- * * - -. "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 1' VtY TIlI I -W EEKIJY EDITION. W INNSBORO. S. 1 JUN 12S, 1883. ESTABLISHED 1848 NEW VERtY MORtNINo. Every day is a fresh beginning Every morn is the world made now. You who are weary of sorrow and sinning, Hero is a beautiful hop for you; A hope for me and a hope for you. All the past things are past and over, The tasks are don and the tears are shed. Yesterday's errors let yesterday cover, Yesterday's wounds, which smarted and bled, Are healed with the healing which night has shed. Yesterday now is a part of forever; Bound up in a sheaf, which God hoids With gla days and sad days, and badi days which never Shall visit is more with their bloom and their blight, Their ftluess of slushine or sorrowful night. Let them go, since we cannot re-live them, Cannot undo-and cannot atone; God in his mercy receive and forgive tliont; Only the new days are our own, To-day is outs and to-day alone. Here are the skies all burnished brightly, Here is the spwt earth all re-born, Hero are the tired limbs springing lightly To face the sun and to share with the nIorn, In the chrisin of dew antd the cool of dawn. Every day is a fresh beginning; Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain; And spite of old sorrow and older sinning, And puzzles forecasted and possible pain, Take heart with the day, and begin again. IIOUSE AGAINST LION. "Ilow I came to be sitting, in very good company, one glorious September even inlg in the little moonlighted garden of the hotel at Algiers is neither here nor there." The story-teller wits a good-looking man of 50, with beard grayer than his head, and a merry twinkle in his eye. What he said I shall repeat, for the sake of clearness, in the first person, just as 11e told the story himself: "The adventure of which I an going to tell you, gentlemen, happened to inc a good many years ago. It was ily first serious interview with a lion. Like most serious things, it had a comic side, too. "I was a young man then, and had been some half lozeln years in Constan tine, farming in partnershlip with a friend an old colonist, whose acquail tance I made on board ship coliling out from Marseilles "Our business was corn and cattle raising, and we did very well together until my partner died of a fever, and after that I took a dislike to the place. I thought I would shift my ground into this province, Algiers, push toward the frontier, and get a grant of government land and make a farm of it. So, getting a neighbor to give an eye to things in my absence, I started on miy prospecting ex peditioll. I say I, but I should say we, for there were three of us, sworn comrades as ever were. "First there was your humble servant; secondly there was my horse Marengo, and a better iever looked tiirougli a bridle. IIe was bred between a Barb sire and an English mare belonging to the Colonel of liasselrs, of whom I bought himt in town when his regiment wasgoing home. lie stood about lifteen hands two1 carried the ])arb head, and the rest of his body was all bone and muscle. His temper was as good as his courage was high; inc lie would follow about like a (log; but lie had one failing, and that was an insuperable object ion to the close proximity of arvthiihg, except one thing, that stood om . " legs. We all have our peeuharitip' +id this was his. Bipeds were all esj well, but multiply the legs by two, anid lie let fly immnedilately, and niever missed his aim. "Such was Marengo. '"Thirdly, there wvas Cognac, the faith fulest, the most honest, the odd(est, and the wickedest little (log the worldl ever saw, lie was more like a terrier than anything else, with a short yellow coat, a fox's head, very -long ears, and a very short tail. The slhrillncss of his bark l)iercedl your ears like a knife, but thie awfulness.of hlis howl--ho always howl edl if left alone--bailles description. D)urmg thie fourteen years 1 had him he sukiomi left me day Or inighit. On a journey he would run beside 1m1, and when tired get uip and sit in my wallet. Thme great pleasuire of his life was to st eal behind pleople and secretly bite their legs. "By somie mysterious afllinity he and Marenigo were friends fromi thme first. TIhmey now sleep under the same tree. "Well, we started, and after going over a g(ood deal of ground I thought I had dlecided( on a location, andl turned my face homiewardl. My direction was by Alma, to strike the great road that runs undier the A tlas eastward lnte Coni stantine. "It was about 8 o'clock one'mlorinlg, *when I had been some two hours in the saddle, thmat I emerged from a narrow valley, ,or ravine, through which the roadt ranl, on to a sandly plain (lotted with bushes and scrub. "1I had just laid thie reins on Marengo's neck wheni suddenmly lie gave a tremend eus shy that pitched me clean oT. "Thme next minute, with a horrible roar, a lion sprang right at his head. "I made sure lie wasm on thie top of him, and so lie would have been, but11 as Maren go whleeledl short round like lightniing on his hind legs thle streaminlg reins caught time brute's fore-paw and, as it web , tripped him, so that lie fell side ' The heay jrk necarly brought the horse downm, but thie throat-lash broke, the bridle was pulled over is ears, andi, recovering hihnself, lhe darted away among a grove of trees that stood by thme waysidle.' ''So Intent was the lion oun the horse that he pai no attention to mne lying defenceless before hni. "Crawl ing swiftly along the ground, he ptusued Marengo whlom I gave up Ior lost-for his chance against the lithe .brute among the trees seemed hopeless. "However, as luck would have it, there was an openI Space about a dozeni yards across. In the center of this Marongo took his stand with his tail toward tihe lion anId his head turned sharply' back over his shoulder, watching him. ,"IXe stood quite still, except for the slight shifting of his hind feet and lifting of his quarters, which I knew meant mischief. "The lion probably thought so too. for he kept dodging to try and take his opponent by a flank movement. But the old horse knew. his game, and pivot ing on his fore-legs still brought his steri) guns to bear on the enemy. "Soon with a roar, the lioin made his spring,. but Marengo lashed out both heels together, with such excellent judg ment of time and distance that, catching him full in the chest. he knocked hun all of a heap to the ground, where he lay motionless. Then with a neigh of triumph and a Ilourish of his heels away he galloped through the grove out on to the plain and was safe. "The lion lay so still that I thought he was dead or at any rate quite hors de combat, and was just running to pick up the bridle and follow Marengo, when lie sat up on his haunches. This made inc stop. "As lhe sat there with hishead loosely wagging from side to side, and mouth half open, he looked qutlito vacant pind id iotic. "Suddenly his head stopped waggiing, he pricked his ears, and by the flash of his eye and changed expression, I knew lie had seen me. "Only one thing was to be done, and .I did it. The outermost. tree was large and low-branched. To it I ran and up it I scrambled, and had just perched in a fork about fifteen feet above terra firma, as the lion arrived -'t the bottom. "Looking up at me with two red-hot coals for eyes, his long nervous tail lash ing his sides, every hair on his body turned to wire, and his great paws pro truded, he chattered at rme as a eat chat ters to a bird out of reach. His jaws snapped like a steel trap, and his look was perfectly diabolical. When he was tired of chattering he stood and growled. "Catching sight of the bridle, lie walked to it, smelled it, patted it, and then came back and lay down and glared at me. "My carbine--conlffound it!-was slung at iy saddle. My only weapon, besides my hanger, was a pocket-pistol, douible-barreled, and what in those days we called a breech-loader, 'that is, the barrel -unscrewed to load, and then screwed on again. "It would have been a handy weapon against a man at close quarters, for it threw a good ball-but for a lion! Be sides, the beast was too) far off. "Then the thought flashed into my mind, where was Cognac? "I supposed lie had run away andl hid den somewhere. If the lion got sight of him it would, I knew, be soon all over with the poor little fellow. "All at once there arose, close at hand, an awful and familiar yell. It had a strange, imulled tone, but there was no mistaking Cognac's voice. "Again it came, resonant, lon g-dra wil, and sepulchral. It seemed to comie from inside the tree. Where the deuce was he? 'The lion appeared utterly astonished, and turned his ears so far back to listen that they were almost inside out, when from some hole among the roots of the tree there popped a small yellow head with long ears. "'Down, down, Cognac!' [ cried in my agony; go back, sir l "A cry of delight, cut short by a piteous whine, was his reply, as he spied me, and then, dashing fully a yard toward the lion, lie barked defiantly. "With a low growl and rufiling inane the beast charged at the little (log. "Back went Cognac into his cave as ulick as a rabbit, and stormed at hun from inside. "T..hrusting his great paw right down the hole, the lion tried to clawr him out. Oh, how I trembled for Cognae! '"But lhe kept up such ai ceaseless fire of snappling and( snarling that it was plain lie was either well round a corner or that the hole was deep enough for his safety. "All the saime, to see the great cow ardly beast digginig away at my p)oor little (log like that was more than I could staind. Cocking my "stol, I shouted, and as he-looked upl I Iiredl at his blood shot eye, le shook his head, and I gave him thle other barrel. "With a scream of rage lie b'ounded back. "Cognac i nunediately shot forth hiis head and insulted htimu with jeeriing barks. 'lBut lie was niotito be drawvn again, andi after a bit he 1af'dow~n further off and pretend(edl to gb to sleep. Cognac barked at him tililihe was tired, and then retiredl into his castle. ''Reloading, I found I had only three buillets left, and concluded to reserve them for a crisis. "'It was no0w paist 1noon. To beguile the time I smoiked a~ pipe or two, sang a song, and cut my name, Cognac's. mind Marengo's on 4the tree leaving a spaie for thme lion's, which I deternn ined shuould be Wellington. "I wvishied lie would go awaty. "Ihlavinig seine milk in iy bottle I took a drink, and should have liked to have given somel to Cognac. "Thme lion began to pant, with his g:od thorny tongue hanging a foot out of h,is mouth, Ile wvas as mangy anid disrepiu table a looking brute as I ever saw. "By and by lie got lip and snuffed the air all ronmnd him, and tlien, without as much as looking at ime, walked off and1 wvent dleliberate d (owin the roadl. "Slipphig to the groutnd, I caught up Cognac, who had crept out directly, and, af ter look ing catefully roundi( for the lion, was smothering me with caresses. The lion was turning toward a bushy clump in a hollowv about two hnundred yardls off. That light green Iolinge-willows, waterl had the cuning brute sniffed it out?. "Anyhow, It was a relief to stretch one's legs after sittIg six mortal hours oni a braneh. The lien disappeared roundl the bushes. I strained my eyes over the plain, but coutld see nioth ing moving. Titen I gave Cognac a drink of milk and a few bits of bread-cake, for wvhich he was very grateful. Of course it was-no use beginning a race against a lion with only 200 yards' start in any number of mIles. T1he tree was better than that. "All the same, lie was a long time; perhaps lie was really gone for goodl. BahI there came his nuly had ammu1d the corner again, making straight for 11. "Whenli he was pretty near I kissed Cognac and threw a bit more cake into the hole, ''hen I climbed again to my perch, Cognac retired growling into his I fortress, and the beast of a lion nmounted guard over us as before. "Hle looked quite cool and comfort able and had evidently had at good drink. "Another hour, and he was still there. 1 "While 1 was wandering how long ho really meant to stay, aid if I was des tinled to spend all night oni a bough like a monkey, and oin very short commons, he got up, and walking (luitely to the foot of the tree, without uttering at sound, sprang up at me with all his might. "lie was quite a yard short, but I was so startled that I nearly lost my hal at ace. .nice coup having failed, he lay down. right under the branch I w~ ,i couclh ing his head on hi:, iaws as if to lide his mortificntion. "Suddenly the thought came into may mimd: Why not make a devil and drop It on his back? I dismissed it as ridict lous, but it Caine again. As we have all, maeluding our English friend here, been boys, you know what. I mean-not a fallen a:iigel, but the gun-powder devil. "GoodI Well, it seellied feasible--l would try it. " I had plenty of powder in may little flask, so pouring soee into my hand, 1 moistened it well with spittle and knead ed away itil it cae out a tiny Vesu vius of black paste. Then I formed the little crater, which I filled with a few grains of powder, and set it carefully on the branch. "My hand shook witl excitement; I eoil( hardly hold the flint and steel, but I struck and struck-the tinder ignited -now Vesulviuls! "Whiff, whizzl The lion looked up directly, but I drop)ed it plumb on the back of his neck. For an instant lie did not seem to know what had hia.ppened; then with an angry growl tp he junmped 1 and tore savagely at the big fiery flea ont his back, which sent a shower of sparks into his mouth and nose. ''Again and again he tried, and theli raved wildly about, using the most hor rlble leonine language, and no wonder, for the devil had worked well downi among his greasy hair, and must have stung htim.like a hundred hornets. Ills back hair and mane burst into a flame, and lie shrieked with rage and terror. "Then he went stark, staving maId clapped his tail between his legs, laid back his ears, and rushed out of the grove at twenty miles an hour. and dis- t appeared up the ravine. "Almnost as mad as the lion with joy, and feeling sure le was gone for good, I tumbled down the treeand ran off along the road ais hard as I could with Cognac barking at my heels. By and by 1 had to pull up, for the stiun was still very hot, but.I walked as fast as I could, looking out all the time for Marengo, w "ho would not, I,knew, go very far from his master. Presently I spied him in a hollow. A. whistle, and whinnyinlg with delight, lie trotted uap and ltid his lcad on may shoulder. "In my hurry I had forgotten the bri die, but with my belt and handkerchief I extemporized at halter, tied one end round htis nose, anad, catching upl Cogtae, mounted and galloped off, defying all the lions in Africa to catch late. ''There were still two hours before sunset to reach the next village, ai(1 by hard riding I did it, That we all three of its enjoyed our suppgrs goes withotlt saying. And that.,- gentleenin, is my story." We agreed it was wond(erfual.a a -~ Thte steal intg of melons is sonmethaing i thaat will try theo lpatimence of' evena a a Qaker. A farmner nmy lose his wheat crop by butgs, his corn by smaut or cattle and htis potattoes by rot ort hugs, anad he I will go rightt along whistling ''Yankee Doodle"' and( put anothier mortgage ont I the f:armn, and lhe cheerful. IIis cattle may (lie or be stoleni, his huorses follow off a tramptl with a halter, anad his click ens disatppear, and Ite will ntot get mad i(1 butt if aniybody steals a mnelona lie wilI' load upl a shot-guin and1( lay ini an aidja centt corna-field five night s in the week to get a chance to shaoat somebody. A lightaning-rod peddler or a fellow selliaig a p)atenat coran cutitivattor ay beat him j out of haundaeds of (dollairs by getting hinm to sign a receipt whiich taurns out to he a note, aand he will sigh or go to law, I and1( act as though lie hatedc to hurt th li fcel}ngs of personas whio bilked lhim, baut if lie has a tmelona patcha t.hat is ntot worth $4, anad heo hears thtat a greenm melon hats beent pluggedl by a meloit thief, het will poeison all his mneloans to get a chance to murder somebody, oar fIre his old blunder-j buss at a crowdl of boys with murder in lisa heart. Therte is something queer about this, and .wo would like to huave< somebody expulatin why it is thait a sensi- a ble' mana, a deacon In a chur'b will get ' so boiling over with rage at tiae loss of a few melons, and standi( upl and( smtilent losses a thioustand tiames greauter. Of course it is wronug to steal mnelonts, and( we do not defend the practice, liut, sinace we havie picked so manay bird-shot aand (log's teeth omit of aia othaerwise imacu laito pe~rsonl, we hauve felt thtat there was a good (leal more fumss made aibouat a few mieloins tan the imaportatnce of that agricumlt.ur.l p)rodu tct, seemed( to warrant. r1c 4)1Corders. A'mng other cutrious 1police ordlers issued at Moscow In view of ihe corona tiont is (one prohibitinag the exhibition er. sale of buasts or pIctures of their Imper ial Majesties amnag the p)oplace, wvhicha dlecree is dictaatedl by the (desire to pro- 1 von t the d istri baation of fatlse rep)resem tationas of thie lImperiail featuraes. All Itoumsehoalder's anad propr'ietors of a pairt anents inm the streets thurouagh wvhicha (hl , stato eantry lnte Moscow will be mnade have also beean oblIged to give gtiaranttees to the police thait they wvill anot let out their wvindows andl balconies, or allowv anybody to be on the roofs of thecir I htouses, duaring theo passage of thue pro cession; besides whmichi thaoy willl be haeld responsible for all porsons within thaelr doors on that occasion, -. The We 1ith of Poru. The populattiou f Peru is a curious nixture. In the. lterior the best type >f Indians predo X tate's. In all settled )laces along the st we find half-breed panittards, tixt.t s of negroes, Chinese mnd white peopl1 .. people having the rices of every nai ltality and the vir ties of hardly an ' The Incas or In Hians still preserVy" their siple habits, >it are steeped ill he deep'est ignorance out kept downi every way. ''hey tre engaged muostl in agriculture and nhling. They fQ kn but an insignitn ant factor amoi. the people on the atgar plantations 4 ong the coast. Cli iese laborers are e, iolly employed, be ng cheaper amt(i 1n I'o reliable. Many mve been thrown It of employmnont, he haeldl(las hliivr .-. 'INSo wuyod ,by he Chiliatns. In 1 t hre 'enue for twenty- ii 1was, )00.000. All the (li try has to show or this immense wealth is a few lines of railwaty-one toW!trds the mines of Jerro del Pasco, which, for want of unds, is left unfinished to within sixty niles of the mines. Another line runs romt Yollendo to runo, on Lake Titi aca, 11(1 Is the most direct route to La .az, .Bolivia1 the road going by way of regitipa. 'here are two or three )ther short liues. All these are govern ient property. There are also two or hree short hues of rail o. -ied by pri rate parties. The debt on the goveriiue t railways s nearly $200,000 000. Much of this n1oney has enriched 'foreign merchants, mtt most of it could be found in the lockets of runaway presidents, and )tlir Peruvian notables. P'eculation 11 oilicial circles has ruled in Peru to ucih extent that a manl who, after oc mupying oflice, cane out without a for u110, was called tin 108) (half-witted.) .ndustries hardly exist in Peru. Con nerce is in the hands of foreigners. b'irst quality of rice (cliiclayo) and arge quantities of sugarcane are grown tihnost without labor. Miuch Pi'erivian )ark and some caoutchoue are'found in lie interior, some being sent abroad )y way of Gunayaquil, but. iost of it hiding a market by way of the Ama :io river. '1'he immense iuineral wealth if the country is almost undeveloped od until a different race of peopte takes told of things the mines will not rise to lie importance they should. Of late 1ears immense deposits of nitrate of o(la have been discovered along the oast of southern Peru, extending to lie Bolivian and north coast of Chile. L'hey have proved a large source of re "enue. These deposits have been the hief cause of the war. From the nit ates large quanttities of iodine are ob ained to such ain extent that this metal as become a drug- in the market. any experiments have been made to liscover a mordanti to iodine for dyeilg )urposes, but so fur with out any prie ical result. Like 1Ecuador, the east ,rn slope of the Andes in Peru contains mmense forests of valuable wvoods, but )wing to the lack of communication bey are almost unattainable. In the iterior, near lea, the celebrated liquor ailed piSCO is 1ma(e. Someo is made roma rice and some froii grapes. The iuor is put in large conical earthen ars, holding about six gallons each. L'o give it age it is buried in the sand und in time becomes mellow. Much vool isshipped fronm uvurai ioLIts of 'eru, going by the Strilit's steamers to .:nglanld. With few exceptions from Payta, the xtreme northern port of Peru, to Cal [era, in Chile, the country on the sea )oard is destituite of vegetation-nothi ng but barren sand-hills, with an oc asionial oasis of vegetatin. lIn times tast, thiroutgh volcantie actiotn, the sca -eceded sonic nues, leaviniga wide strip >a sand expos5ed. Our stealmer remlaini nig at, Payta all daIy, I went ashore to ake a look at thme placee. A coupille of 11011ths before the Clileans h ad handed Lid dest,royed the railway shops) anid lepo)t. Th'le town looked delatie. All vhto could had left. .Nearly all tihe touuses were emptjty. I took four Mexi an1 (1011111 aishmore with mei. We had a >ottle of: bear, whlichi cost %5, atid I re urnied with (31I. The exp)laniationi is hat, the silver was exchtaniged for Pc uianii currenlcy, $1) in patper money >elnig equal11 to onie Mexicanj dollar. Ll:his miiglit pass as an adaptation of the tiiracle of thie "loave's and1( fhishes."' So iiuch for the credit of poor Peru. My oipanioni invited tne to take somne hichma. Here it is made from 1 maz. .t is a f ermtonted beveraigel We cen credl an adobe building wvit.itt floor. inl old( woimani handed us8 a muddy ookinig liqJuid( ini an 0o(1 tealpot. One ulp-was suilheient. 1I, tasted like v'ine ~ar bitters. Theli natives said( it was hiceha. TIambilo do Moro is an excep ignial Peruvian por1t. It is a greent alot mn the dhesert. The utnest oranges >n (lie west coatst are grown here; ailso, ritit of all kinds. TheIm palta, a fruit aisting like fresh butter, is much growvn iere anmd prized1 by the p)eopl1 of thie loast. Ilere the vegeitioni is very rich howing that manny pilaces in Peru couk1( el mnatt*produictive if the people wvould aike (lie t,rouble to irrigate the hand, as8 8 (d0n1 itn Chile. .Next to Callao (lie miost Important cutvian port, is at prtesenlt I(juiquie. It a near thie frontier of Biviaii but only nu nme, Ultile having gol'bled the vhiole territory, for (lhe timie at least. t htis port, hats acqired its imnportance .btroumgh the large salt deposits in its ineuiate vicinit.y. Iquique is (lie ca )ital o. (lie p)rovinice of Taraipaca. Its 'mplortance may be uindersroodL wuhen it s known that its average motthly re eip)ts at the custom house are over 10U0,00. There is a railway leaditig to lie salt f Ids some1 sixty nmles dlist mit. Th'le toad, until lately, was ownmed >y Montero, a Pleruvhian nlotable, who urned1 it, over to an R'nglishi cotmpanty, mut, lhas lately betn actiually' sokd to par ies in .England conneted wlih (lie Pe utvlan bonds. A year ago ani opposi ion road was started by this comipany. L'htree leadIng firms, unitIng, built and quipped a wagon-road and1( noiv get heir salt by carts. Still' the railway s kept busy all dayt). They do not run Lt nIght. Iquique put me more in mind1( if a California iing towni than any >ther place I have seen 1inCe, -leaving hat country. It htas the nlost go-ahead ort of people on the . coast. Biurnt down twice, shaken down by an earth quake once, it is now rebuilt on a more substantial basis than over. Most all nationalities are represented here. This accounts for the cosnopolitaunha racter of the place. English capital controls the salt deposits in the north, although two or three German houses have heavy inter ests. Americans are nowheie- in fact there are but few on the coast. Much lumber is received from Puget sound; the market for it is controlled by the Bremen house of Gildemeister & Co. Three of that firm have retired with large fortunes and the house is now manag'ed by juniors. Gradually the business of the place is being concel trated in few hands, as It requires large capital now to handle saltniiues, aud as a rule, the, people of - Bonth America db 1Yot understind Mluch about co-olior ativo societies. It is also the usual story of the big fish swallowing the little fish. Inique is built on flat projee tions of land extending out from the Illls. The anchorage is fair.- The place is protected from tidal waves by an islaln riing from southeast. in a niorthtwestterly iriect ion. 'ITe rocks render landimr, especially inl rough weather, dangerous and at times it possible. Earihcquakes are often felt. The bulk of the town is built of wood. Water being scarce, distilled water is mostly utsed. A fire once statrted is dif flenlt to check. It -hardly ever rains along this part of tlh'f coast, but when a shower (loes conic It is fun to watch the people scrambling out. with canvas, carpets, etc., to protect the interiors of their houses. For want of yard space poultry is kept on the roofs of the houses. The roofs are all flat and any thing but water tight. Most goods are purhcased cheaper in Iguique than in Valparaiso, as the bulk of merchandise is imported direct from Europe. I(ique is now the coaling station for Amnericani men-of-war. The streets are wide and well kept. Taken altogether, Iquique is the most. cosmo politan town on the whole west coast but such a hard set I never met, since the )alty (lays of Virginia City. One noriing I asked an acqtuaint'utce be fore brealfast to take a cocktail. l1e refused. Astonished, for it was the first tiue such a thinr had happened to me, I asked him, " What's the matter?" "Oh, nothing," said he, "only I have already had flye.'' This is not an ex trene case, either. Thus it goes on all night. At night they taper off on Ger man beer. English beer is not much liked, being too heavy. Large quan tities of Chilean beer are consunted Itere, as well as at all points south of Callao. Mitch AlePrican hardwaie is used, such as shovels, locks and notions; still, not near so much as there should be. Mat chester and Birminghiam goods, :s well ui Gormiui imnitat.ielmw, Ioku the. lead, American houses having no one to ro present them permanently. '1'lie best institutions in Iquique are the baths. Ote may have hot or cold baths, salt or fresh water swiuming baths. H-at- in IlHekuoepIng. A nother convenienc at Alit, ,Jalile's is the two dtisitpans and the chaniber broom hung in the back entry upstairs. You know when one has been cut I ing out work in her room there will he lit. ter, or whten the boys are not careful to use the door-mat, they will leave traces of mud on the carpet, and what a trouble it is to rtin down stairs afte tbroom alicl instpan. A iint Jano said she neveur coul afford to carry her one hiutdred and forty pounds of weight up and down1 staitrs every timte a roomt necededl ext r'a sweeping, when a new broom costs thirty-five cents andt( second( dlustpant t on. While she was about it, she would htave a (dust-binl too, anmd if' you lift the covetr of that large box ini browvn linen ami1( red timmiinig in thle cornerC of the pats sage uplstalirs, youi will lind it anl 01(1 Lini cracker-box, to receive sweepings froum the bedrooms. Th'ley are0 all swept thtoroiughly onice a week of course, biut, between wliules aill tramnsientt sweein gs go ito this buox, wvhi ch ist emptiedl at coniventience. Aiunt .Jane counts that this second broom and pan which cosf -10 cents it all, have soaved her' gomng tip and1( downt stairs at least five timtes a wveek for the last live year's, or thirtteein hiumidred times, and allowinig that, inte rest con the fir'st inlvestmenit ightt make the price of her broomt and i ngs 75 cnts; 1 cent faire saves her from going up) and downt seventeen timtes, antd she conisidlers It cheap. I kntow a family who w~ent without a niew duistpan ten y'ear's af'ter they needed It, andl mtade the old1 one do, because they nevetr felt they could afford to pay half a (dollar' countr'y pr'ice-just for a cionvenCienice. Bunt the mtistress saidl when she had to get aL now oneo fintally, and thought of till the backacites and vexations about Sweeping upj shie might have saived by getting it before, she felt 1(10 big a fool to stay ini the family. The- boys' bed stands int a cornet' of their room, away from the indows, and( iconvenient to reach for' making. You know how untwholesomeo It is fotr anly Otte who sleeps at the back of a bed in such a position where ino fiesh ait reaches it. Yet howv tiresome it, is to 1)ul1 the bedsteaid out every night, and( [puSh it out of the way it the morning, the roomi beig too tsmaull to allow its stanidinig out. T1hte caster's are too small. Gect a larger' size or broad woo detn w~heels, anid you catn push the bed steaid back andt( fot'th easier thiant you can move a chair. TJhue boys can puli it out at night Iito the b)est air itt the r'oom, andt shove it back to give them roomt for drtessing. Yout canm move it about as you like to tuck itt the clothes wvhent makinig time bed, anid leave it out to alt' whten no otte Is it the room; a touch ill lutL it itn place any time. and1( thme broad tir'es wiill ntL wear' thte car'pet like smtall iront ones. It is a trifle to see that thte furnitureo In a homuA has easy castors, but the dlifferotnco. in ease of moving andl keeping It neat wvill sutr priso yon. 'It's the prIincile of having two tea-kettles over again-that coin forts are always cheap. -Reports up'to date show 250 persons to htavo been lilled by tornadoes in this coutmtry sinice Jantuary 1. U)4ring 1881, 187 persons thtus lost their lives, and in 1882. 3$9. to 4jurars' TrickM. r Mechanical pistols, not 1)er111itting ex amination, in which the projectile drops into a secret chamber by the action of springs on the pulling of the trigger, will be beneath the consideration of the true artist, as well as being dangerous In the highest degree. The mode of per forming this surprising trick at the pres ent day is as follows: One member of the audience places in the pistol or rifle -an ordinary one-a charge of real powder; a second is asked to choose and privately mark a real bullet from a box of suich, which he himself drops into the D barrel, and a third rams the whole tight ly down with a ramrod, either retaining possession of the weapon from that moment, or pa-'ting it to ome one else. But in the act of moving from No. 1 to No. 2--that is to say, between the Intro duction of the powder and the ball-the performer, while calling general atten- , tion to, and laying great stress upon the fi circumstance that three or four people 1 take part in loading, and not one only, f who might be a confederate, slips into e the barrel a little tube about an inch in t length, which slides down to the charge, J liadlfterwards receives the bullet. This w n t uhe, closed at one end, is of just such a tm size, shape, and color as to lit on the end of the ramrod, and be brought away with it without being noticeable. It is disengaged by the wizard, and the balf secured as he walks back to the atage, and is put inside the lips in readiness in (i the very act, of showing that the mouth it is empty. v1 The great difliculty which occurs in the execution of this feat is to induce the casual spectator to take deliberate aim at one's face; so impressed is lie, as i rule, that the weapon he holds is genuinely loaded, that he hesitates to let liy at tlie s' performer, and will rather let Ily' In the i air. '1'his, of course, spoils the effect It altogether, unless the conjurer has pres ence of mmdlll(I enough to pretend to catch ihe bullet as it falls. Iloudin, who was pre-eminent for neatness and 1hiish, used to coltQl1(le this rick by imaktng a long palaver about. the mysterious properties of lead in'ex- v taract iiig vital essences from the body; then tirimg the bullet, himself at a white- HI washed wall, and prod ieing thereon a ' splash of red, the ball having been ex changed this time tor a hollow shell of black wax filled with a blood-colored liquid. Only a short time ago a son of the famous Iloudin executed in Paris a very pretty little trick. Coming forward on i the stage as the curtain rose, lie made .C anl amlultsintg introductory speech, with * muuchl characteristic gesticulation, anld flxt'enled and shoulders shtrugged up to. his ears; then lie breathed on h is gloves, and presto! they vanished. The gloves -I got it from him afterwards-had no backs to them, and were secured only t by the this of the lingers. which harevi covered t lie nails; a piece of stronlg olatst iic ran in a. hem round the margin of each of and kept them In position. t he end pass- Hi ing up the sleeve, to be attachedl to the back of the vest. A slight flexturo of the fingers, therefore, freed them, and caused them to fly away with lightning rapidity; but everything (lepended on the palms being alone exposed, French- It muanlike, all tho time. Address ls lnre re than half the battle which the magician i has to fight single handed wit Ii the army of watchful eyes which encompass him. A good story wias going the rounds of Lie papers sOMe months ago to the effeet that Ilermnann, while on the River 'laa a was giving a private representation fi before the Patagolianl cliel., am, YC though exerting his wonderful abilities i Lo. the utllmost, was aolmewhait a Iliiyed re lt thie stoklity, andi apsparent 4tck of at mrpr)lise w itl h ich theiy r'eceiv~edl thle inarvels displaiye<'. Showers of gold and packs ot cardss weire made to fall from t hgiir (aris and( 1noses, d1Voens df' eggs from Sheir pockets, and1( iVe cauar'ies fr'omi thleiri ha ir, anud st.illI t hey' sat on undi(is. miayed. At. Imsi ,after thleenteort ainet I wa'ms over, if. was dIiscoveredC that one of themI had' abstrlated a v'alusable goIld wa'mtch fr'oni tien Profeossor's pocket while Lhie ltr wasi~ii d isenigaginig a miraculous fowi1 fro~m the Savage breast; anid that the utittored mind( of aniotheri had led M h~iim to inmpr1ove the occasjin 1by ainnex- a4 ig a hand(1ker'chief anid pencwil case. e~ l All (brough t he initerior' of' time (coun- JP try3 at, almiost every towvn and village, 2 arie to be foumnd "rmunneirs,"' usumily In rlianis, whose businiess it is to c'arr'y sniall packages upon01 th eir shoulers from place0 to place. Kniowing all tihe monni taini pamthis and short cuts, and( possess5 lang a vast amount of str'engthi and stay- to umg power, these "rtuners" muako long kl. lourneys in a pr1odigioumsly short tine. SO To cite, a case5 (hat illustrmates bothi thme W austomi of gif,t senig and the manner of sendhing gifts. One of my friends here in Monterey, being then on his wayi3 home from time City of MexIco, stopped fon aL ight wvith his carriage, el horses and1( ser'vaints at a hospitable bi rancho, where lie w~as admairably well at emntertained. On the evenbmig of (lie next (liy lie caine to ai town famous tor its dlelicious fIsh, and as aln acknowi edgemnent of thle hospitality tendlered him, he senit a "'runni~er" with a basket of fish to his host of thed night before. u TJhse dhistalnce, allowing for short cults, was forty miles across a rmountainous (couuntry; yet (lhe "rmunner"' made It in side0 of teni hiours-leavinmg at 7 o'clock at night, and armriviing at thie rancha (as "' my friend subsequently was informed) at 5 o'clock the next mfornuing. Tiakimg 1bo into conisiderationi the time lost between pr collectionm aind shIpment, and( between ' receipt at the termlinal pmoint anid actual lelivery to consignee, the best regulated express compaLny In the world could not have made this shipment more ex pied itiously. Moreover, as these "mun ners" are absolutely trustworthy- eni theme are cases on record of their dlying *" li defence of their freight-the express facilities which they afford In a small way scarcely can be improved upon, --In July 'next an Educational Coni gress will meet In Rio Janeiro, uinder a t call frona thie Brazilian Government. The ~ Covernment of the United $tates'has i been requested to' furnish the beat specd. me mens of work done In tl public schools af this country, [E VERDICT --DLF THE PEOPLE. MUY THE BEST! Mit. J. 0.. lIoAU-Dear Sir : I bought the first avis Machine sold by you over five years ago for y wife who has given It a long and fair trial. I n well pleased with it. It never gives any ouble, and is as good as when first bought. .J. W. liot.tUK. Winasboro, S. C., Apri 883. J Mit. IoAI : You wish to Know wlt I have to ty inI regard to the Davis Machine bought of you ree years ago. I feel I can't say too much in its tvor. I made about $80.00 within five months, at mies runnIn it so fast that the needle would 't Ilerfectly hot from friction. I. feel confident eoulid not have done the same work with as much so and so well witit any other machine. No ne lost In adjusting attachments. ' Tito lightest lining tiachtne I have ever treadled. Brother ines and Wllianti's families are as much pleased Ith their Davis Atacli nes bought or you. I want bettor luachine. As I said before I don't ink too much can he said for the Day.s . tacpino Respectfully, EI.stN STBv ENSON. Fiti rfleli counly, April, 1883. M l Mit. IloAU: My machine gives me perrect satis ction I find no fault with it. Tht attachnients o so simple. 1 wia for no bettor than the Davls )rtleal Feed. Respectfully. M. Rt. MILI.IN0. Falrlleld county, April, 1883. Mn. H1oAo: I bought a Davis Vertical Feed wing Machine from you four years ago. I ai lighted with it. It never his given tue any uule, antl has never boen the least out of order. is as good its when I urst bought it. I can leerfuily recoin nil it. ltespectfully, Monticello. April 30, V83. This is to certify that I have been using t Davis ,rtlc.ll Feed Newing MaciIne for over tw lyears irehased of Mr..1. 0. oliag. I haven't found it ssessed of any fault-all the attachinetts are so i0e. It tlever iefn.ser to work, and is certaInly I ligitest running in the market. I conslder it Inrt class tuachle. Very respect fully 311NNII Ni. Wl1.LNUIIA). Uaklanl, Fairfield county, 8. C. Mt IIOAo : I an went pieasna in every partucuLar .lh the Davis Machine nought of you. I think it irat-clas"i tuttie in evety respect. You know in sold several iachines of the sante make to tierent iemibers of ollr familIes, all of whotm, far its I know, are well pleaseti witht then. lItespectfully, Allis. M. It. Mont.y. Fairftield countty, April, 188;3. l'his lsto certify we have hal In constant use e Davis Machine bought of you about three years o. As we take in work, and have made the tier ntachine. It. is always realy to do any kind work we ihave to do. No puckeringor skipping Itches. We etn only say we are well pleaseti ut wish no better inachine, CATIIINK Wvt.Iu AND Saritn. I have no fault to Ilnd with my niach'ne, and n't wanl any hotter. I have motle the price of ieveral times by taking in sewing. It is alivays uty to do Its work. I think it a t1rs-elass ina tne. I feel I can't say too inuch for the Davis irtical Feedl Machine. Mia. TtoMAS SuITu. Firtielt cunty, April, 1883. Mt. .1. 0. 1IoAU-Dear Sir: it gives me mnueh oisure to testify to the merits oftite Davis Ver 1ai Feed Sewing Machine. The nirhine I got of n abati five .vear, atuo. has been almost in con. tlt, NH ever since that lime. I ctlnot see that is worn any, and has not cost me one cent for ialrs sinc we hnve hal it. Ait wvnll pleasel di dont't wvishi ior tany btetter. ' Yours truly, liOnT. (aAwvvonut - We have usetl the Davis Vertical Feel! Sevinig ichine for the0 last live years. WVe would not, ve ity othier make ait any price. 'The machute is given us unbtoundlen stisfaction. t.iie' Very respectffully, * .nsls liledcounity, 14. C., Jan. 21,18. hlaving b.oughtt a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing achtine fromt Mr. .J. 0. Dong some three years o, andI It, having given mte perfeot satisfactioni in cry respecl, as a lituitly machine. bot.h for heavy id light sewing, and tnever needed thte least re tir in tany way. I can chteerfitliy redammlendl It to my one as a nlrst-claiss muchin' i every partieu r, anid tink It seconid to none. It is Otto ot the Inpiest imatchiines umtie; my chiildreni tts it wIth I ease. 'rite atttichmnits tire muore easily ad sled and it does a greater range of work by etnns of ts Vertical F'eed titan any othter ma inte I have ever seon or uisedi. Mits. TitoMAs Owl Nts. Winnsbotro, It airfieid county, 8. C. We have hadi one of the Davis MAfclines about tir years and( have always found it ready to dio alt ilds of wort we have had ocoasion to dto. Can't a that, the machine is worn any, and works. as tli ias when now. Mnfs. W. J7. CuAwionna, Jlackson's Creek, Fairfiebd county, 8. C. My wife is highly pleased wIth the Davis Ma lne btoughit, of you. Site would not take dlouble tat stie gave fur it. The machine has not en out, of order sInce she bad it, anid she can do my kind of work oin it. Very Itespectfully, Monticello, Fairfield county, 8. C. rte Davis8Sewing M,achine is sImply a treaa El ins..J. A. GooDwyN. [lidgeway, N. 0., Jan. 10. 1688. 1,0 HloAG, Esg., Agent-Dear Sir: My wife a oeen itslng a DavIs Sewing MachIne constant for the past four years, antl It has never needeid y repairt an I works jusat as well -as whent first tight. Sile says it will do a greater range of ictical work and dlo it easifi anti betoer thait y machin site htas ever used. -We cheerfully .:ommtend It as a No. 1 family machine, Your tru.y, JU .DVS Wfnnaboro, S. C., Jan. 3, 1883, fin. BoAU: I have alwas folind y Davis Ma inc rea(i dO all kiuds of to work I have had 00. ulon to o. I cannot see that the mabbinoe Is irn a particle andt it 'works as weollas when tnew. Respectfuly, Mas. II. 0. GioODNGw. WVInnsboro, S. C., April, 188,' Nin. BoAU My wife hbet 0'4 uantly uing e DavIs Mitch bh hs e . u stvyarg o. 1 have nevE reg rtied b asg i, 58 . aye fra kind of fainlflwog, either' orl ,Itl never out of. x or needling Yery r.00p0 FarAld S .,Maeh18'