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- *. TR I-WEEKLY EDITION- WINNSBORO. S. 0.. JUNE 30 883 ESTABLISHED 1848 T*JE HHUOST. 11ushod and still, .Jeweled ni git, with opal moon, Reigns, at her inlpressive noon, Clear and chill. As isit . At the open window here, Fancied faces, dimt and qIeer, Past me filt.. ]1urmnurs dread From the brooding willow lhere, Aloan a cadence of despair For the dead. Hark i a soundi In the moonlight mottled street itunmbling wheels and hoof-stro6es fleet Shako the ground. At the gat'es Somnething patses. Nautght?i seen, Though in moonbeanns' whitest slien Souething waits. Hush811 I hear Rustle of a silken traii, Dainty stops, a sob of pain, Who is here? Shadows thrown Fromn the willow weirdly fall, Dance and linger on the waW, Shades alone. Faint and rare Steals a perfume thought the room Wafted fron the gathe'red gloom Over there. Fancies dread Echo from a story old, Weeping willow would unfold Of the dead. COPPERFIELI) COyltT. - It would be diffcult to poimt out the exact spot where Copperfileld Court once stood. Suffice it to say tlat tile metropolis has been robbed of its existence a great many years ago. It was no thoroughfare, being only a sort of bay out of a once great, fashion able river of a street. It held six houses, two On each side and two across the e11(1, and there was a placard bearing the words, "No pedlars permitted to enter." Number one contained old Mr. Flack and his wife, but they were each seven ty years old, and rheuinhitic. Number two sheltered the deforied little librarian of a certain library in the city, and his consunptive young sister. Number three held-how, they only knew-a schoolmaster's widow and her four daughters. Number four was occupied by an old lady who had a son at sea, an ollicer on a vessel in the navy. Ile was always being expected home, and branches of coralt Chinese curiosi ties and boxes of foreign jellies and con serves attested to the fact that he did retutN tasionally but the chances were that he woulk be in midt-ocean at any given (late. Nimber live was occupied by Miss Cornelia Copperfield, a single lady of eight-and-forty, and a very old poodle. And number six, being haunted, was left to its ghost. Probably want of patronage rather than the placard banished the pedlars. The reason why Copperfield Court people set their faces se sternly against pedlars was that they were not genteel. And the people of Copperfileld Court were genteel or nothing. Its occupants all lived on limited in conies, and not one of the ladies had even earned a penny in her life. Mr. Flack had a pension under the G.oi'ernmnent. The librarian was connected with a wonderfully genteel society. A naval oflicer's mother is a person of position. And so is a schoolmaster's widowv sometimes. And Miss Cornelia Copperiield was the poor relation of the . magnificent Copperfiel who ownled the court, was said( to be wvorth a million, and wvho had presented the small dwelling in which iMiss Cornelia livedI to his cousin, her mother, a lady always alluded to by Miss Cornelia as ''my late 'ma.'' A ghost is seldom vulgar, though sometimes alarming, and the ghost at niubersix was that of a bankrupt banmk er who had shot himiself. Occasionally a carriage, with several men01 in livery perched upon it, paused at the entrance to the court, anid a fat lady, in fine clothes, and a thin gentleman, with a greaLt diamond on his bosom, en tered Miss Cornel ia Cop)perfehl's (door. It was then whispered through the court that that lady's ''family" hand cal led upon her. Tihis might have continued for many years but that MIrs. Rtooney came into her grandfather's p)roperty, after havw * ing'quiite given up to the idea of his decease, for lhe lived to be a hundred and two years of age, minus aL.fewv mnths, the exact unumber of wich may easily lie obtained by aL reference to the regis ter's book at Somerset IIouse. Feeling herself entitled to bealanded prop)rieter, she employed an agent to buy her aL bit of a house. The agent having looked about him, proposedL No. 6, Copperfield Court. Alr. Cop'perleld, weary of a tenant who paid no rent-we allude to the banker's ghost--agreed to the price of fered, and one morning the housekeep ers of the court peeped through their green blinds upon01 the arrival of Mrs. Rlooney 's household goodls; and two boarders caime with Mrs. Rooney. One was1 IL young imian who habiLually wore a Iredl shirt. The other wais a foreigner ini a shabby Wold black. He looked genteel butt alas! app)lear anmces are dleceitful. On the morning after his arrival lie wIas seen to leave the court bearing a small11 tray on~ which were ranged in rows pipes of all sorts, except very costly onles. They were china pipes, with p)ainted -flowers upon01 them, the hiumble clay (du dleon, antd others more or less aristocra tie. Pedlars wvere not admitted to the coutrt, butt oneo had colle there to reside. "ThAat I am alive to-daty," said the schocolmnastor's widow, "is a p)roof that one cani live through anything." As for Miss Copperfild, she shut her self up in her flowery clihitz bower, and -seemed Inclined to remain there for - over. A week passed. One night Miss Copperfield was awak ened by awful groans. She started up in bed and listened. The groaning was at her window; sh also heard raps. She went to the window. Within a foot of it she saw a face her next door neighbor's, the pedlar o pipes. "What do you want?" she asket sharply. "Pardon, madame," replied a weal voice with a strong .Frencli accent "pardon, but I have some colics." "Colics?" repeated Miss Copperfield. "Vera bad,,' responded the neighbor "I expire of pain, and Madame Roone3 goes of her cousin's child to the funeral and in ze house is no one. - "Perhaps you vill 'ave a leetle eau ( vie-brandee. "Eli! you comprehend, madame?" "Yes, yes," said Miss Copperfield t< whom returned a memory of gentee lessons in French, taken in her earlie days. "We, Monshure; jer comprany-je -" but the elegant memory was but 1 faint one, and she added, "I don't knov about brandy--perhaps I have a little. "I will see." "'Madame is an angel,'' responded ti neighbor. Miss Copperfield brought the brandy about half a gill in a cologne bottle-an( presented it on a small fire-shovel. The neighbor, thanking her in a pro fusion of complimentary French, retir ed, but soon was heard to -groan agaiu more dismally than before. "Are you worse?" called the lad) through the shutters. "I am vera bad," piped the sufferer in an anguished falsetto. "Perhaps a mustard plaster might relieve," suggested Miss Copperfield. "Per'aps," moaned the Frenchman. Miss Copperfleld who was really t tender-hearted souf, instantly rushed t< her tiny kitchen, and soon approache< the window again with the plaster be tween two soup dishes. Placing them1 on the shovel, she way ed it before her neighbor's window. "The plaster," she said. The plaster was taken with many thanks. Shortly the groans ceased. Was he dead or relieved of pain, thiy man who had called her an angel? She called softly, "Are you better?" "Ah, yes. replied the voice. "Ze plas taire-is 'eavenly, like madame." Miss Copperfield retired. Early the next morning a tap catm< on her door. It was her neighbor, with her plate: well washed and her bottle refilled. ie had come to overflow with grati tude. lie declared that he should have ex pired but for her most amiable conduct her delightful mustard-plaster, and h ended by a narrative of his own life his fallen fortunes, and how he came t( peddle pipes. "I say to myself, what mattair ver no one knows me?" he said. ''Still, madame, I am a gentleman zat I would 'ave you know." "I am sure of it, " said Miss Copper field. 11er guest departed. Miss Copperfield sat thinking. What handsome eyes he had! Whal a nice nosel How romantic to fall from the aris tocracy to pipesl Ilow he had looked at heri Ah, Miss Copperfield, who had lel( herself too aristocratic for every suito of her youth. found herself blushing. That evening her neighbor callet again. iIe brought with him an offering, ni ivory ut thimble, in a case shaped lik an acorn. Shortly a sort of scandlal sprea< through thie neighborhood. Tihe l)edlar, the vulgar pedlar, calle< on Miss Copperfield! iIe took tea with her on Sunday aftet nlooi Could such tihings he? The family heard of it. It called in its coach, with its red coekadled footmen. It ascendedl the steps. It seated it self in her p)arlor. It was largely rep)resentedl. Two stout ladies, two stout gentle men, amnd a very old lady, with a faco like crumpled piarclunenit. They filled Miss Copperfield's chiinty coveredi room to overflowing. They occup)ied all the chairs, while sht p)erchied on the small round stool befori the upright piano, and1( they addresse her. "'Cornelia,'' said the old lady, '-w, hear frightful niews of you; that you ar visited by a segar pedlarh" "HIe isn't a cigar pedllar," replie Cornella. "iIe's Monsieur Blanc. IIe sell p)ipes, aunty.'' ''This Is flippant,'' saidi the old hiudy. "'A pedlar! "'We call to remonstrate.'' ''We hear you are engaged to himt, said stout lady number onme. "And we call to warn you," saim stout lady nunmber two. "D)ismiss him at onice," said the thin ntest gentlemian, "or we discard yon." "'And( disownl you," said the othe thin gentleman, "since you have forgot ten you are a Copperfld." "1 was so lonely," she sobbed. "You never eveni invited ime to ten and lhe's a-a gentleman."' "We say nto mnore," replied the oli lady. "Yes, or nao. "Will you dismliss hint?. And site looked an atnathema mtarmi nathta. Miss Cornmelia could not endure th exconnmmniation. Sheo said "Yes." The family then arose amid departed'. She was left alonie. For an hour site bathmed her poodle' head with her tears. Then she heard a knock at the dooi and arose to opent it. Monsieur Blanc appeared. "Again I arrive myself, my angel! lie remarked, "Oh, you must go!. ''You must never come again. "I have promised my family," sighec noor Cornela "Alt, ze family I" cried Monsieur - Blme. "Aristocrats. "B3ut, bah I never mind, mademoiselle. I adore you." "Oh!'' sighed Cornelia. "Let us fly!" said Monsieur. - "Let us go live-somevere-avay. f "Me viii be 'appy. "Ah, bahl zat family! "Ze people of ze court so aristocrati que. L "Come, ve viil fly. "Marry mne to-day." Ile kissed her. Neither of them were very old or ugly, and that which had never happen ed to Cornelia before happened then she foil desperately in love on the spot. "I don't care for one of them," she said. "I will marry you." Early next morning (he had the lie ense in his pocket-"the artful!"),two I figures stold out of the court arm in hrm. e They were those of Monsieur Blanc and Miss Copperfleld. They were we(l. Shortly after the first excitement of the elopement had ceased to thrill the court, a person duly authorized bore away the furniture of No. 5, and sold the house, and no one of the genteel oc cupants ever saw Miss Copperfield again. The family disowned her, and the ol aunt was very particular that Cornelia's name should never be mentioned in her hearing. And indeed Cornelia would not face these outraged beings for the world. In a little house over a small shop where pipes of all sorts are o1(1, she liv e(l with her husband. She grew quite portly, and never was so gay in her life. Together they walked inl the Park of sunny Sundays, or went to the cheap seats of places of amusemnent, where they had much ado to hear or see any thing, and they had nice indigestible little suppers at ten or eleven o'clock. Wnether she (lied happily or still lives in hopes of rivaling Mrs. Rooney's grandfather by seeing her hundred and second birthday, we know not, but we do kudw that for a long time her story remained a fearful legend in Copperfield Court. Intonao uspenso. "John IIenry,'' said his honor, .Jus tice Powers, "you are altogether too in telligent a young man to be before the court on such a charge-you have a good-looking face." Johnny looks furtively up and smiles at the agreeable prospect of a light seni tence. "The charge against you is of a griev - ous character, and has been clearly nade out by the testimony. It shows a 3 depth of depravity difficult to be imagin ed in one so young." Johnny drops his eyes to the table and nervously fumbles with his hat in ex pectation of the ominous sixty (lays. "I am aware that the chance for re formation as a result of sending you to the island is very slim. It might re - sult in more narm than good, and if I thought a warning would be suflicient to deter you from a repetition of the offense I would not pronounce ia sen tence against you.'' "IIe's going to let me off, sure," - Johnny's face says, as he ventures to raise his head and stammer out a pro mise to be very good. "But on the other hand it is my duty, r sitting as a court, to protect society against the repetition of offenses by m making examples of those who commit them." h, ordy! L'mi aL goiter now, " is a written oin Johnnmy's browv, and( htis ex cited counsel begins a special p)lea itt his i behtalf: "Th'le patrenits of this younmg lad are l very resp)ectable,- your Ilonor. They are ready to promise thtat thte b)oy will - behtave htimself hereafter.'' "Yes, if there is one thting mn"re tha:. another that pleads stronigly in your be half, and tentds to blind justice to the - graivity of your olfenise, it is the sight of an agedl mothter in tears attd the expres . sioni of disapp)ointmtentt atnd sorrowv on theo face of your old fathter. If thte court is dlisp)osed to lettiency, titerefore, - in your ease, it is rathter ott thteir ac count thant your own." iIe is gointg to let me off after all," is -what thte look of relief ott Johnnity's face "'Butt '' conttintues his Ilontor '"if the Court sftould give way to a l'eelitng oi; pity for your parentts, attd release you from the consequenlcesC of your aict, it might be thte mtost unkind action lhe could perform agaittst thetm. Vice shouldl be siummtarily nihlpped in the bud, if p)ossible." "liIe wont't lot mue off for less thanm thtirty, at least,'' thtinks Johnny, as the1 miomenttary flush of pleasure dies out o htis face. "But you are younmg, and soiteting by way of a warnittg matiy prove effec tive to chteck you itt thte career 01n which you have enteored." "IIe initendts to let tme off wvithl a re p)rimaind antd tihe costs,'' Johtnny coni . ciludes, as heo gathers iup htis halt, onice mtoreC read(y to dlepaIrt, e "1 1h01) you won't forget what his . IIonior is sayiin'g," says thte htopeful countsel. "I will, therefore, do whatt I cotnsidler best .for you und(er all1 the circum statnces.'' Johtnny, tnow 8sure that lhe Is dhismissedl. "I sicerely hope) 1 shall tnever see you htere algaini after this taste of cor rectiOn." "I'll never comte here againi, sir," ex claims .Johnntty out of the dlepths of his gratitude wvith all1 the~ preparaitionls ttatde to depart. "Yes," I hopte you wvill retmemtber your promise. 'The senttence of thte court is that yoit pay a fhie of $200 anid a be confhred In the workhonse thirty days." ,A tableau exp)ressive of openi -mouthmed wonder atnd crushing ast.onishment, as the oflicer takes thme daz/edl amid bewild 'ered culprit below. A P'rcnch physician reccomends the treatment of burns 'with oil of turpen .1 tine, oovering the place with gumed gold beater's skin. Urowning the Czar. The 27th of May was a beautiful d; in Moscow, and .the coronation yf A e ander III, as Czar of all the ]tusgi took place in the Uathedral of the Ho Assumption in the Kremlin, in Mosco' in the presence of a distinguished i semblage. A special account of tl ceremony says: I have just returned from the Krei lin. Moscow is wild with excitemuen Cannon are everywhere firing in Ring shots and in volleys, rand 5,000 bells a ringing, as only the hells of Alosco cal ring, in honor (' tie event w'hi: makes the 15th of -ay, in the Russia calendar, a red-lettor da in the amn of the Russian Empire. Aluxaider II1 who succeeded hi8 atir more ti two years ago on t Lhiolie of all ti Russias, has at -last been crowned at appointed sovereih n of the vast etnpil which owns his sway. This morntin; in the presence of is Iupiberial relation his Court, the various deputies of b people, and the representatives of LI States and kingdoms of the wurtl, vilized and semi-barbarous, he assuut the imperial crown and was anoinite with the holy oil, thus conliruinmg al consecrating-, in the eyes of his milyrit subjects, the righteousness of his ri ad the sanctity of - his person. Mot than once during the last two years have heard the opinion e.xpressed I -peasants in the country that. the pres;t Emperor was only half a Czar so lo is he remained uncrowined. '1'le coin >letioy of the ceremony which has deep a significance in the eyes of all o thodox Russia is now being llasin along the wires to every part. of the va empire-to the wanderinig Sanoyede to the fierce mountaineers of the Cai casus, to the survivors of (eok Tepi to the distant shores of the Pacilie and everywhere the reign of Alexatnd 111. acquires a new and higher presti frot the solemn celebrat ion which lio cow has been privileged to witiness ti day. By 8:30 A. M. tIe cathedral wt filleu by all the oilicials anid nobles t the highest ranik and station in ltussi; with the exception of those who forntt i part of the imperial processiot. TI appearance of the interior was rtagni cent. '1'ie Eikonostasis, glittering wit gold, formed a background to the pie ure. In the centre, between the foi great columns, was a scarlet cantot with a double-headed eagle and embl, zonings amid plumues in black, yello and white. Under this stood tw tlirot and before it a table for the regali; Every point of space on tire floor of tI cathedral, save that occupied by the in perial tombs, was crowded with Li assembly in brilliant uttiforms of eve: color, while the cl(rgy, in gorgeo1 robes, extending in h.ouble lines fro the dais to the eit rance, presented t. not least striking feature of the seen '1'Te ceremony began with the chan ing of the Te .Uoumt by the choir, at wore deeply imlressive througihou They included an address from the MD tropolitant of Novgorod to the Empero that he should be pleased "Lo profe the orthodox Catholic faith accordit to belief;" tie Ettrleror's professiot tine singing of litaies; the placing : the imperial purple on his Ahoullder the placing of the crown, which iI Eimperor placed on hi; head with I own hands; the giving to him of Li sceptre and orb by the Archbishop: ti crowning of tie .anpress with her snat ler crown by the Einperor; the readit of the Eimperor's full list of title,.; final prayer; tire ringing of all the bll and the firing of 101 rounds of canno the Emperor's prayer invoking 1Jivii support; tire prayer of ali present. I tire same obijeet; anid a Tec .I)eumr by LI ciroir. T1hen followed Lire liturgy, t: anointing of the Emprieror, tire puart al itrg of tire Sacrameicnt by tire Ermpero and closinig prayers and( singing. Th'ie Czar wvas so overcomre with emirotir that at erie titnie Ihe solbed aloud, thon Iris voice was flrmn in makmng p)rofessiu of* fa~itih. T'.hre Czar issued Iris miainifes early last evening, and conrferred >rdler (in M. (1e Giers, tire iturssian Mi ister of Foreign Affairs. Frecht )octotives. Les Ageists Secrets are trot oily pe seially urrkkirowrr to tire general pitlii hut, save int exceptionali cases, even1 each other. It is knrownr where tin nay be fournd at. a momrernt's niotic when wanrtedl; burt, as a rule, they riot frequent the~ Prefecture mnor'e t.ht can be hnelped. Th'ley have nrotii whatever to (do witir snrvirrg summe;nr ses or executing warrants. Th'iero a: among them mien who ihave lived in a miost every class of life, anrd cach: themr has whrat may be caliled a spech litre of business of Iris ownr. In Li course of their dutty seime of them mi with thre receivers of stoien good; others withr thieves; mrany with wvh are called ini Paris corninercial ranscal rind niot a fewv vithr those whrose "ii :lutstry"' it is to mrelt silver and( oLin property of a like valuable inatuir Forgerr, sharpers ot aill kinrds, hnous breakers, anrd horse-stealers-a yei rutmerouis and most, imrdbistriouns classi Paris-hnave each and all their specl agents of tire police, who watchr tire and( know where to lay hanrds uplotr thre whenr threy are "wne. A Fren( (letective who camniot anssumre andu ''a uip to"' niny chnaracter, anid wire camir (hisgnuise imnself in arty mnannuer so e fectually as niot t,o he r'ecogrnizedl eve by those who knowv hilnr bhst, is mi eonildered fit to hold iris app)loitnmen Th'ieir ability int tis wa'ny is mtarvelou One of them somic years ago made mre bet thant ire woutld inr tire course of Li neoxt few danys, ailress mte four time( for at least, 10 miinuites each time, at Lihat I shnould rnot know hrimn on anry c casin utrtil hie discovered'himself. 2 a matter of course I was otr mny' gina mfndl mistrurstedl every otte whro carn near tie. .liut tIre tian won his hot. Is niedless to enter into par't icular Let it surilcee to say Lihat hI tire counr of tire next four days ho presented hii self in tIre character of at bootmiaket assistaunt, a Jfacre driver, a verner'a old gentleman with a great inter'est the .ilour'se and( finally, as a wvaIter. then hotel int wv?tloh I was stoppin Assuredly, tire manr deservedl to win I bet, for in no single case had .L threfa In est suspicion of ihis identity, In it Cattle Town. t' Miles City, Montana Territory, Is the >- helad quarters and principal .shipping Is its point of the great cattle interest of the I ly Territory and its proximity to Fort. o1 V, Keogh wilich is only two mil'es disttant, ci s- gives It Idditionill prominence .S it " 1. trading place. The town itself has a 1 eurious interest for the stranger, being 11 in 11111 respects different in its charac- is t+ teristics from the other towns on the id l line. It. is iore like at typical border h 1 town andl more In ro11so1n1e with the 0 w generally aceepted nature of what a i 3l border town Should ho. Cowboys with v( u1 lariats hanging on their saddles are i1 seen att every turn, riding on the stout (1 -", little broncho ponies of the plalfk; a mit rough-looking men are loniing on the 1v 10 streets corners; occasionaily a "big In1- g d dian," with a squaw or two following 0 0 lin, stalks neross the scele, and on ,,(ach side of the street are illntlmerab)le tt phaces of low resort., in which the conI i hilled attractions of ruil and gamblhling h. (' are o1enly advertised. These phices iu a rie so nunerous, indted, that they seem o. 1 aIt first, glilec to coistittite the chief ri (l itl(dustry of the town. At. night thev Ot d p)resenta u(r1ious1 spectacle. Nearly all w d are large roullns opellilg on the stIreet. cl lc Th1e doors an-e ke.pt wide opIn wluen the cit ' weather will perilit and inside i113' be Il '3On olie side of the 1ooiln is a long 1air b1 It fromil which b)cet" ain(l whisky are dis- i Ig pense,d and about which there is al- o Swalys a cr'owd. N':attered ab1ouit the U rOoIIn aIre thr'ee or four faro lay-out, O with grimi and initenselv interested n tlgroupls(of phryersstantding a'round them. CC Seat tered atnong tile groups are several tl Ciinainen, for John thrives onl the 01 - 'ronlt ier even has lie does in the large 1e , ('it ies, and0, if he escapes leiig lasso ied - by a iiischievous cowboy, is allowed to of 1 11rsue in peace tle usul vocations of lt s his race. At somie of the tablies women of s' act ats (lealers of ti- ganite, iid aplllar- O >- ent 1y the,y are regarded with the utmlost o1 respect by the rough meln who are telmpt- (l is ing fortune 11nd waisting their hard- l' )f (arned si,vigs. Everything is conulict- t ed quietly and in the nost orderly inn- (C ner. To lie sure, there is i revi lve' or cl 1( , 1w ( ostentatiously displayed at, the side 01 1- of ia heap of 122oney aiid( chips on the Pl hl table, or sticking in a neinacig way il t- f1ron a player's 1b5road buckskin helt; of n' but they t-a reseldoi iisei and seelied to nl 1' he carried niore in a spirit, of reckless 1n - ravado thni for offensive or lefensive A. w pirposes. Iln wil-m11 weitLher tile gaiing- of le tables are reluovedl to the edge of the wi . 1)1i111k sidewalks, an1id (Iin a ipleasant In S51211111r evenling tile hp'eita1ce is One 1 til 1- that. does not iimpress a sianger with gi 10 the higlh lortl tone of the inhabitants. tli ' Such 's one phase of life in1 Miles Pl .-S City, 1ta' le metropolis of Moltaia. 01 1i Another is furfnishled by the "cattle S1 le kings" 1al ranch--owiners, who congre- W D- gate inl the hOtes aifter 1naking their 10 L- shipmients and talk of their Iusiness eu id prOspects, the state of the a11rket, the st L. chances for a favorable winter, an(1 the 1'- respective merits of h)unch and buffalo r, grass. As a rule they are'u111iet, reser s. v('( i1,enl, wit h rough exteriors, but gen Ill; t I1nnlly ino manner and thoroughly in S ealrnestl il he plisulit of their lucrative ill 1 calling. ''ley r 11 m 1ostly mlent above tit 1he average in intelligence, antti the hl ef (1e'rence paid to them by the smraller g 12 fry a In he cowboys is noticeable. They b< Ie ir"e ulien who own or have a controlling hi 0 int'rest in vast herds of cattle, and have of - harge ilterests at stake. St a I. ---- hs it'P rils of 1,1ke M1111e1lua . ,, - - ti i; I he M ich igan Is Inlore perilolus to the . 1: navigator 11an any other of the great LtI ir N orthen('i 1lakes. This 18 owinig pl)Ly C te to itx lac(k of convenient har11bors anid w 20 shelt(rinlg islands or h1ead(landls, and1( bi E- part'lhy to 110he peculiar1 51udenness anid di r, great violence of' the gailes that sweep 51 iii tinn2. iloth the~se 0cause0 of' frequent, t( h1 shipwr(eks are' part1'iclarly manifest at 1.1 mhisi 11 nd o11(f the lake. Two shIipwr'ecks 11 to have alread(y occurired tis spring with-- 8( .n in t,wenty-five 21n11es of the port of Clhi-. di Il- CagJo, both1 of' thenm in the vicinity of thlat (32 Ieiarly1i11'3 danigerous locality, G rosse ti1 lPoit (Ei'n1iston). The governmenlit, gi minItains1 th10ere aIirst-class lighithouse, IL aL coupIle (of 8steam1 fog-hiorns, also first 2'- la1s8, and af wL~~ell-equ1i pped hi fe-saLvi ng- et )efliceuncy in 11(1th the recent ship1wcks. g< 33'but all the precau112t ionar1y aIrrangemnents 1.1 0foir the benllt of' mar11inerlS do 120t pro'- 1.1 Lo ven3It freg(aItent sh1ipwrecks2l( at, the per'iI- t1 LI ou pIlace. Northwar o'L'l(f t he point on1 i g w~hiohl the light-house stands1, the dir'- cl ~- ectioni of the share is such 1that1 it re- wv ['0 ceives the full and d1irect force of every it - niorthealst gale and1( the oblique2 for'co of sit )f abouIt ll other'gales 1t isak$hiore aLbsolu1te- Si 11 ly withiout, bay, inlet, ind(enttion, 01' 90 jIrotec2tion (of any1ind(11( aIgalint t,he force bi IX oif the sea1 for' a distance of 50 miles fi i with water' 8o shoal1 fully IL 12111 seawart(I Li tt, thaIt, theo only hopelI of escape fronm ship- o: 6, wreck for the vessel whli ch is carr'1ied p) 1- by aL norItheaster' too far1 west to dlouble S w the point is in the hold(inIg st,rongth' of p. 0. its anchdor'S. TChie anchiorage, howcycr', is 81 0" nowhere in1 that,1 viciniity very good7 an1- ai y other' circlinnstanice thait 1211 contribut- t< 1 (81 to mailke Griosse P'oinit the terrior (of aL ali seameni and( the gra~ve of mniy a 81211 n1 21 ahnos1t in sight, oIf the (entranee to ti s vy 21 harbor. Th'le time pr1olbby is not very III h~ distanlt wheni to the lighthouse, the at- hitdeous f'og-hior'Iis, the lit'e boats and2( 30t oilher Governmenit, appIlian2ces at that n1 sea1-wall, 01' someiI kind2 of' artificial con A trivanco whlich wiltl afford, if not shiel t,- ter', at, 10eas1 a 2ornIfor'tab1le anchIoring.- d 's- place forips n118 1 dhistress,. At presenC2t ci aL tile only safety (If aL ship in a gaLle is to1) iO give GArosse Point aL ver'y wide ber'th,(4 s anid tha.t, in th2e teethl of a first-class 1Lak1e M ichiigan gale, is not an casy thing e- for a shill 1)0und( to Chicago to do.c '(I ~ Ani Old Comiioner. t, Aarioll Jiur'"s original column.issionI a1s ,s. attornIey-at,-ILw, signjed by ChIief .Jus- pI so tice R101ichard Morr1i8,0f.New York State, o a. February 1, 17821 Is now in thie relIc- di 's room of t.he Ohio State Itouso. It Is y Ic wr'itten on1 vellum11, Cighlt anid a half by it iln ton inches mn 8iz01 and bearst~ a red wax al ii scal, with thes motto- "LaudemOfl vin- n g. cit,." Oin the same page of the 'scrap- w~ il hook in w.hiichi it Is paste3d is 0110 of Lime s 1.- old State lottery tickets, with the In- a ser'iItionI: "Not two blankstoa prize." ei Pihotographlng on Fleah. r A new triumph of photographic art reported. It is claimed that by this ,ocess an indelible likeness of any )ject can be produced on the human it ile, and that, unlike the barbarous ethod of tattooing, the new discovery rapid, accurate, cheap, ln(1 painless. l'he idea, for instance," says one who interested in making the operation )pular, "of having with one an indeli e imprint on the person of any object affection, a dear relative, a favorite >rse, (log bird or cat, is certainly a ry pleasing one. Indeed, to those v, ithout sentimental feelings such a in scovery would prove of interest as a11 chance to carry constantly ithi tm a reminder of their worldly 1ods, their houses, lands, ships, or her property." "Yes, that sounds very pretty,'' said veteran operator, '"but there isn't 1i uch in it. I've been staining my tmds with acids for nearly thirty years the business, and have yet to learn fe any such process, From my expe- n 'nice out oin the plains I think that, i itside of tattooing, Apache wvar-paint mt ill last longer than any photographic j enuicals. 'There was once a man here m5 lked the Blue Manl, who took some- m Img internally for fits which perma ntly changed the color of his skin, it that's the only instance I know of. ow, I can put a picture or imprint s your skin, but you must understand y ere's a good deal of fancy work in ia, ir business not comprehended by the ' linitiated. But, after all, we have to me down to the light of the sun and e sane nitrate of silver which col ed the blue man internally for our al material. '.Now, I can put a picture on the side Se a house as well as on your skini, and 't rhaps better, if the -paint don't peel ii f as fast as your skini does. Inl polit. oil fact, a picture will not last as long t your skin where it is covered by tithing as it will on the exposed cut i e. This is because the body cont atntly throws out, perspirationl wheni vered, and perspiration is a deadly , lciy to chemicals. lit the great jau )jection to this so-called triumph inl 1" iotographtic art is this:-If I take an "it ipriint oii your haid, for instance, or i 1 your leg, arm, chest, or back, your tuscles, and, inl fact, your entire body, lust be inl a certain fixed positiont. ou mlay, for instance, have an imprint a beautiful woman on your hand ien open. Clench your list, and the I lprint, of course, becomes at cnrica- yo re, the saime as those india rubber or d itta-percha faces you see for sale in as e streets. Why, in order to have icttures accurate we have even t-) cut ir paper in a certain way. A paper retches whoen wet, and if cut 1i one ay many a thin face has been made to ok fat, amid vice versa. We have to ~g it our paper so its to get the least pr retching. 'Vorba-Mato"l asi a Drink. A number of parties in the East and 11th are considering the qiestion of troducinfg the cultivation and sale of e "Yerba-mate," or Pariguay tea, ?, to this country. This article is im re eat favor in South America and lts ' en so from time immemorial. So ghly is it prized that even in certain the coffee-producing districts of lth America it is consumed in much rger quantities than the coffee. In the Argenthie repuiblic the quan- tic Ly imported from Paraguay and yo razil is more than six times in value "stI at of the tea and coffee imported. re misul Baker, of B3uenmos Ayres, ina riting. of the genici al use of this uverage there, says: "It hats come< >wnm from a formner geiierat,ion as aL rt of ollicial institution, which has ~comne venerable anid must not be in rfered with. And every daty, both ini m 10 putblic oilices of the niationi and ofli 0e provinice, the hours of' 'sies5ta' are t apatrt, to a great extent, for an in scriinate bout at the 'mate3 cuip'-alh niployes, from t,be great minister of 0o Government to thme pocrter who iards the door, takinug turins at the *mbilh." Th'le "imate," lie says, is consideoredI pecially useful ini "postponing ~htim- 9 r,'" the dIrivers of caravans andc Ar- nr aitine gauchos taking their '"mate'' in e mnorniing, and( eating nothing until ati IC eiid of the dlay, whieni a [full mieal is i" keni. T1he "'lmate'' is imibibed scaldI- .E g hot thirotighi a tubo inserted m the pj or gourd, amnd in the homes of the oalthy these circulate all day, one be doing general service, and a refui . of this hospitality by a guest is con- , Ieredl an act of rudoeness- tol Those wvho have studied thme question kIl ,lieve that the mate can be succesa- It* lly growin in the Southern p)ortionis of is country, nid it is p)robable some pIeriulmnts will be0 mnade both in lin rtationi of the article as prepared ini >uith Aimerica and( m an attempit 'to oducee it hero. It is the product of a itaIl tree of thte holy family, the leaves bc 1(1 tender twigs beinmg used3( for the a" a. Tiheo taste is a .'lighit bitter, with paectuliar and1( palat able aroma. Th'ie ethiodis of curing andl( prep)arimng are ~ry simple, and1( the cost about one lih of that of tea or coffce. Youneg Meni. Younlg nmen, save that penniy; p)ick( that pi; let the accotunt be correct a farthing, Ifind out what that ribbjon id isls before you take it; lay the haift ly me your friend handed you to make g ange with; ini a word, be econiomical, pr accurate and kniow what you are anS thiig; be homnest and then be generous, r r all .you have or acquIre thus be nigs to you by every rule of right and m maay put it to any good use you caste. 11, is notl parsimonemy to be co >lmial. It is not small to know the ice of the article you are about to c0 irchmase, or to remember & little you W< ve,-W hat if you do meet Bill Pridle sckied out in a much better stilt thaun murs, the p)rico of whIch hue has not arnmed yet irom the tailor, who laughs your faded dross, and old fashioned >tionms of hlonesty and right-your day am il comb. F"ramklin from a penny at .ving boy, wvalking him tile streets wvith r loaf of bread under his arin, becameo a >mn)aIIon of kines. [HE VERDICT, TI E PEOPLE. DY THE. BEST! tin. J. 0. lloAo-Dear Sir : I bought the first ves Machine sold by you over five years ago for f wife who has given It ia long anl fair trial. I t well pleasel with it. It never ltives any Auble, and is as good as when irst,bought. 'J. W. 1101.10K. Winnsboro, 8. C., April I8M. tir. IoA: You wish to know what I have to say regard to the )avls Machine bought of ou three tra ago. I feel I can't say too much In its favor. tile about $80,00 within live months, at tmes lining it so fast that the needle would get per :1 hot front friction. I feel coulldeni I could t iave done the sate work with as much ease it so well with any other machine. No time lost atljuvting atIaclnientis. The lightest running ichlme I have ever treadled. BrotherJanes anti uilims' fiamilles are as nuich pleased with Iheir vis Machilnes bought of you. I want no better ichine. As I said before, I don't think too tu'h can he aid for the Davis Machine. Respect fully, RI.IxN 'T' kNSON, alrtlI' County, Apri', 1883. iln. lloAo : My maclie gives te perfect satils lion. I tind no fatilt with itI. 'I'he attnehmen'su t so simple. I wish for no better than the Davis rtieal ced. lRespectfully. MAte, It. M I,.1Yo. Pairlitil voity, Apri', 1883. Siln. lo.u : I bought a 1)avis Vertical Feed wIng Machine from you four years ago. I am lightedl with it. It never has given inc any m)lde, and has never been the least out of order. is as good as whelk I first bought it. I can eerfully r,comnlen'i it. ltespect fully, Ait'. M. J. KInII.A%D. Iloltilhello, A pril 30, 1833. l'his s to certiry that I have been using a Davis rtilcil Feed sewing MachIne for over iw.ayears, rcha'ted of Mr. J. 0. Hloag. I haven't found It 3sessed of any fault-all the attachments are so i pIe. It never refuses to work, and Is certainly lightest runuing in the market I conslkler it rst class iiachline. Very retpet fully MiNNIS AM. WII.I.IN(1HAY. ).tklan.1, Fairtield county, 8. C. lIt IoA : I n well ptleaHn in every particular i the I)avis Machine nougit of you. I think it Irt-clas1 mnachine in every respect. You know i sold several machiues of thu samne make to terent memubers of our families, all of whom, far as I know, are well pleased with~theti. Respectfully, Mits. M. It. MoBisnr. !airllei h couity, April, 1 ?83. 'his Isto certify we have had in constant use l)avis Machine bought of you about three years ,. As we take in work, and have matde the ce of it several I hues over, we don't want any tter machine. It Is always ready todo any kind work we have to do. No puokeriigor skipping juies. We can only say we are well pleased I wish no better machine, tATH1tIN8 WviiK AND StarEn. pill 25, 18-3, have no fault to Ilid with my In.th io, and it't want anty better. I have male the price of everal times by taking in sowing. It Is always tdy to do its work. I think it a llrst-lass ma ne. I feel I can't say too nluch for the ).tvl. rlical Feed Machine. Nus. 'IOM AS SrTn. 'airlieli county, April, 1883. hinl. J. 0. 11OAa-Dear Sir: It gives tne much asturo to testify to the merits of the 1)avls Ver ai Feed Sewing Machine. The mlahline I got of a about live years ago. has heeu almost in con ,nt use ever since that tlIe. I cannot see that a )vorn ally, and has not cost ime onq cent for tuira since we have had it. Am well pleased I doun't wIsh for any better. Youirs truly, itoa. UnIawPonth, iranite Q~uarry, near Winnsb)oro 8. C. Ve hiav: ossed the D)avis VertIcal Fee.i Sewing chine for tihe last flIve years. WVe would not ve any other make at, any price. 'The machine at given tis unboundett saItlsfactIodn. Mi'.Very respectfully, Mr.W. K. TUulwt AND) 1)AUotltTsi Valeild cotunty, .9. U., Jan. 27, 1883. llaving bonght a Davis Vertical Feed SewIng acinie fromi Mr. J1. 0. itoag seine three rears o, and It havIng given me perfect, satlufaction ini ory respuect asa1 laimily machine. bolit for heavy d liglit sewing, and never neededl the least re Ir In any way, I can chieerfu lly reconmnend Itlto y o1n' s a flrst-cas's machine In every partlcu ', and think it second to none. It is eo of the miloest mallchinies mhale; my chIldrent use It with ease. Tihe attachments are more easIly ad sled andih It doei a greater range of work by [lans of its Vertical t"eed than aniy other ma ine I have ever seen or used. MIta. TIIoMAS Owrsas. Wlnnsb,'r., Fairfield cotinty, 8. C. Ve have hiad one of the Davis Machines about ir years and have always foundi it ready to do all ails of work we have hiad occasion to do. Can't t,hat the machine Is worn any, andl works as di as when new. MIts. WV. J. CuAWPonD, Jackson's Creex, F?atrlleld cotinty, 8. C. ity wife ia highly pleased wIth the D)avis Ma ine botighlt of you. She would not lake double nit she gave for It. The machine has not en ouit of order sincee she had it, anid shocan do0 y kinid of wvork on it. Very IRespectfullly, JAB. F. Fass. tiontlccilo, trairfield couinty, 8. C. i'hceDavls8SewIng MachIne lI simply a treas a Mite. J. A. (lOObDwYN. tidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1883. 0, OlhoAa, Esq., Agent-Dear Sir: My wife neeni using a Davis Sewing Machine constant for the past, four years, anal it has never needeud y~ replairs an i works jusat as well as whea first light. She says It wal do a greater range of setical work Pnd do It easier anal better than y machIne uhie has ever used.- We oheerfully ommniend It as a No. 1 faily machine, Y f1.,JAil. Q. DAvIS. Vamnab oro, 8. C., Jan. 8, 1888, In. HoAo : I have always found my Davis Ma nto reatdy do all kinds of to work I liave had oc iotn to ito. I cannot see that the machIne is rn a plarticle.anal it works as weal as then new. Itespectfully, Mats. 1I. V. O00DINo. Winnhsboro, 8. C., A pril, 1888, kit. BoAo: My wife has beeni conl nltly usIng e Davis Mach he bought of yon at'o live 0 ara e. 1 have never regeted buying It, 5s lta1 says ready for any kInd of famil sowiog, either a1or light. It Ia never bu'. of Ox or needlng '--Very respectfelly, A. W. LAbD. llaIrSeld, 8. 0., March, 1880.