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. , ' ,, r.. .i. '+ .1 ,r"r .-: -._ . ~ .. B.. r. ) ,. .r. . * N TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. -WINNS'BORO. S. C.. JULY 10, 1883. ESTABLISHED 184 3.e A DAYDI(EAtii.a In a long-forgotten packet., Tied up with a silken band, I found it: only a letter Traced in a girlish hand. * I read it over and over, t Ah, mel as I did before I ' In the days that were full of sunlight- + The days that are no more. I dreamed of a golden-ummer, . Far back in a Joyous tine, When every day was a poem, - And every hour a rhyme; There came a fragrance of roses . And lilacs and mignonette, And a sound of sylvan music, t And the eyes that are with me yet. A flood of purple sunset, In scintillant glory came, Till the deep old forest kindled, And burned like a fluid of flame. There came a girlish figure, 1 With billows of floating hair, And she bent her face above me An angel over my chairl * I saw it all in a moment, While I held the crumpled sheet; And then, as the vision faded,. The long, gray, city street, With its hatetul rush and clamor, Came back to my wears eyes, Ah, still the fruitless strugglel Ah, still the worthless prize! IN MID-AIR. "My deal' Fred, will you not give up this hazardous life?" "Yes, Annie, when this season is over I will - abandon it forever, and we will get married and settle down." . The young girl blushed deeply at the words of her lover, but she did not r resist the arm that was thrown around her waist, and drew her closer to him t or the kiss that followed. In fact, she t was very.proud of his handsome face and manly form, but his dangerous profession-that of a trapezist-made her tremble for fear of accidents, and she continued to plead that it should be e given up. "You have now sonic money, Fred- s I a little, amn an orphan as well as your- c self, and we are all in the world to each ti other." . "Indeed we are, Annie; but hard fortune threw me into the life I am leading. It was a hard school I was trained in. I know little else, and o after so many years of toil it would be a almost foolish if I neglected the golden opportunity before I renounced it alto gether. "I believe you love it almost as well r as you do me," she replied with a smile. d "Not one thousandth part as well! And yet I must own there is something attractive to me in the breathless swing -the hanging from the dizzy height the daring leap in mid-air that makes the heart of every looker-on stand still." "And mine among the nmunber," with t a heavy sigh. . "Have no - fear, darling. Practice has made me so perfect that there is 0 not the slightest danger." "Danger there always is, F(red." 0 "I can see none." "You have to depend very much I upon others, do you not?" u "Certainly." c "And failure upon their part, care- Ii lessness-the breaking of a rope might be fatal." 1 He could not deny it, though he made 0 light of it, quieted her fears as best he t could, and turned the conversation into another channel-the one that is near- a est and dearest to young hearts, f For a year they had been acknowl- h edged lovers, and there was no one to 0 say them nay. IIe had striven to edu- 11 cate himself and rise superior to iron 8 fortune-had succeeded as mien of reso- P lute will ever do-had been frugal and t saving, with the dletermnination of some 5 day turning his back uponl tenit, span- ? -gles and sawdust1 and taking the p)lace in society to which he fellt lie had a u right.. And so it was in a great measure wvith 1] the girl who had become very dear to him and donme much to strengthen his .1 good intentions, to keep hiim from wan- a (derinig into the paths that have been the ruin of so many whom fhe world c applauded to the elho for a time, only i to forget as new faces came-who I floated upon the top)most waves of suc- C cess, to be the more certainly wrecked Y upon the dangerous rocks and dragged to the bottom. . She, like himself, had been early orphaned and knewv something of the a hard lot of being brought up by distant relatives-begrudged the little foodl she ate, and made to toil beyond her ti strengthm. .But this was over now and t her slender fingers made her needle fly U as she thought of the future. r And that future they talked of long i and earnestly, laid their plansB and madhe 'I themselves supremely happy in what a wvas to be. There was no single cloud Si save that of fear entertained by the girl V for the safety of her lover, and again V and again it forced itself upon her Ii mind, and found utterance from her ii lips. ,5a "It Is but a few short months," lhe a relied, "before the tenting season will 4: be .at an end, and I am free. 'Nowv I am boun md by a contract the most lucra: nl tive [ have ever mnadez and to break it " would be ruinous. '1here Is little to k be feared, my darlinIg. All will go well. Winter willl soon come, and n then good-bye to tis wanderIng life." "But only think of how luch time n1 will elapse before I see you again. If e .I could only be with you, It would not I be so bad. But I fear-fear' that I I! shall never see you again."h ~ ~.* It was the dold story of tears. andl fi comforting adpronmises to be faithful; o: and Imlonths indeed passed be ore they b again saw each other's faces. But, as lhe had -predicted, all had gone w.ell, b -Famne as well as money had been gained yi by the young and daring trapezlst. .lie ti stood at the very head of-his desperate h profession, and the hearts of women g stood still and strong men held their a breath when he hung high in mid-air, and leaped-a wonderful distance.-.freim tm one swinging bar to another. H-ad it b been 'in the olden days of Rome they sj - would have crowned him with tihe vie- a tor's laurels, borne him .upon their e~ shoulders, made him -rIch in gold, and b hailed him as King of Athletes. f And now tlle last nightjame that 114 tI was tom appear before the public--tile ni Very last night of the season, and that f his benefilt. Well might he be roud of it Well might he look long ugly for it, for the substantial reward b would bring. A favorite with all, olunteers had been far more numerous han was usual and the management iore liberal.' A. whisper had reached hem that lie thought of leaving, and hey were doing their utmost to .bind im so as to secure llnt for another eason. He had left Annie early to make the Lecessary preparations-but met her .gain as soon as he dressed-dressed in he most magnificent garments lie had ver worn and her gift-the work of ter own hands-and drawing aside as nuch as possible they talked gayly, much nore than was customary for her to do, or she appeared to have forgotten all ear for his safety. "I feel, darling," she whispered, 'that to-night is to be the grandest ;riumph of your life." "And the last." "The list!" appeared to be echoed by stern voice, and they turned hastily tround, but could discover no one near, mid believing their ears had deceived hem, she continued: "How I shall glory in your success, ?red." "And I in outdoing myself for your lear sake.." "Besides, it is so much pleasure for mne to know that it is for the last ime." "The very last!" was whispered to heir ears as if by the lips of the wimd hat found its way through the little ents in the canvas. Both started more fitfully than they ad done before, aid released the hand hey had been pressing. A horse-one of the linest, in the st ini -had beeni led out, and was standing ear the curtain that concealed the ing andh spectators, ready to make a ashhig entree. By its side, but the pposite onte to them, it wou.mai was tanding, black haired, brunette in omplexion, with a tall, supple figure, nd eyes that flashed with almost more han human brightness. For a sinigle istant Annie caught the expressioi of er face, and saw the line of sharp hite teeth that broke the intense red f the full lips, and drawing back with shudder she could not repress, asked: "Who is that, Fred." "She is known by the name of the Juban Queen'-is the best woman ider I ever saw-brave, fearless and ashing." "Has she been with you all sumner?" "Yes; but why? Are you jealous?" "No, but-" and she blushed under is earnest glances. "Well," lie continued with a smile, 'you might have had reason if you had eeu with us. Certainly I might have ad her for a wife, had I but given her lie slightest encouragement. "Does she love you?" and the voice f the girl was as low and sad as the eating of the waves upon the reaches f the silver sand. "I believe she would have done so if would have let her. But there was o danger of that, darling." and he ailed her attention to the beauty of the orse. The Cubaness had also been engaged i conversation, though a very brief ne-only consisting in asking one of Ae riders if that was the girl the trape ist was to marry, and receiving an flirmative answer. Then she hid her ice=one famed for its tragical beauty, lit now almost devilish with the spasm f jealous rage that distorted it-for a iomeiit in the flaring manie of her teed, conquered her emotion with a owerful effort, wreathed her lips into tie studlied smile of the artist, and tepping toward Fred, said in a skill Lilly imodulated voice: "Let ime congratulate you ini advanice poni the success of your benellt." "And let me thank you for the kind ess you have showvn in the matter." He wouldi have introduced her to Lnnie, brit the girl had turned away, ud( so lie continued: "You know that this night ends my annuectioni withi the comlpaniy. Be isuired, however, that if, in thme future, cani do aniythinmg to promiote your suc ass or hlappiness I will do so, and hope' ou wvill feel free to call uponi mn." "You are to be married?" she asked, 'ithout even a word of thanks. "Yes. Will you not comie and dance I my wecdding?" "Certainly-when you are married."' He (lid not notice thle emiphiasis upon 10 latter part of the sentence-hlad no ime to do so, for eveni as they were ttered the bell summnonedl the fair ider, and she leaped, unassisted, upon er horse anid (lashed into the arena. 'hcin hc called Annie again to himii, ud they took a place where they cold e her speeding arounid the circle, rhile the air rang with plauidits. Anid 'ell it might; such matchless ridiing ad neover before been .seen-probably ever wvould be again-and the horse' 10 rode, goadled far beyond its.traiined nd regular pace, rani amnd leaped as if Ltirely unbroken, "T1he devil is in that woman to ight," said one 'groom to another. Yes, andI in thme horse, too. I niever niew her to ride with a spur befo.re." "A spur!" was echIoed in astonish went. "e,Iawlher get one of the ring in tell by the liory leaps of the horse. [E niever would stand( such a thIng, and lie doesn't break her nieck he wvill is own. By heaven! just look at her tee. H1er ey,es are llashinig like balls f ire and her teeth are set 1mard1. I slieve she is either dIrunk or crazy.'' 'Pahaw! it Is only her hot Spanish hood. Something hias gone wvrong, mu may depend. But if she makes iet leap) over the garters with the arse running at that mad rate she is ano. No! She is safe. I never saw lything to match it in all my life.'' She was indeed safe, though she had iken desperate chances suflicient .to reak dlowni a dozen niecks, and as she >rang lightly from hier foaming hoi-se flash of triumiph shlot from lier black ,es, and scornfulhf disdaiing -the uquets that had beemn flung at hier let, Bihe rapidly disappeared, ,leaving me clown to appropriate and niake erry over them. Another act or two (very tame after the last) and the king of the trapeze as the Cuban was the queen of th arena-was called to take his plac( With a single word to the girl he loved he spiang Into the sawdust. circle, an bowed low to the storm of applause one wild enough to have turned a les steady head. But coolly, perfectl collected, he cast his eyes over the vat assembly, and a bright light came 't them, and a truer smile to his lips, th he saw where his Annie was seated looking at him with a not to be cor cealed pride. lIe braced his muscles drew up hi head, ran his fingers lightly up throug his curling chestnut hair, .and thanke all for their presence. The dress h wore showed his finely knit figure t the greatest advantage, and iasheil with every movement as if covere with stars and diamond dust. His fac was glowing with health and hope, an many were the eyes of admiration tha girlhood turned toward him as b swung lightly frbm bar to bar until h had reached the topmost one as easil) apparently, as a bird would have flowu Feat after feat of the most dangerou character (so it appeared to the unini tiated) was performed and then cam the crowning and final one. That i required a clear head, great precisioi and calculation, cool nerves and ihi mese strength was evident to all fror the minuteness and carefulness of th preparation. '1'h8 king of the trapeze stood leanin against the centre-pole and seeimingl watching tihe proceedings, while lie re gained his somewhat overtasked breatli in reality more intent upon.tlie beaninl and anxious face of his love than any thing else. "''he feat now about to be plr formed," said the master of ceremonie iln explaiation, and to do away wit] something of the tediim of waiting "is 0one that has never been attempte< by any other mn, and upon this occa sion the leal) will be greater than eve before. But as it is perilous,-beyoin all lescription, I must beg the 11os perfect silence." A net was about to be stretched so a to save the performer in case of falling but lie motioned that it should not bi dione, saying, so as to be heard distinctl: by all: "There is n0 use of that. I will desire to make the juip without it make one that will be long remem bered." Those who uiderstand the matte the best were the most thrilled by th' words, and the same groom who ha given vent to his feelings with regari to the dashing Cuban, whispered to hi comrade: "I believe they have all gone mad Heaven give safety, but I wouldn venture (even if I could do it as well a he) for the whole concern.'" i's all ready?" asked Fred, as lie rai his eyes swiftly over the slender cord and bars that were to be to him aq th spinlings of fate. "13Rready1" le kissed his fingers- apparently t the audience, but iii reality to the gir he loved, seized a rope, C.limtbedt to tli first bar-then another and anothe uitil lie reached the hust, cut the other loose and performed' all the variou acts he had before gone through witi from that dizzy height, and with a much certainty and seeming as careles as if but a foot from the ground ii place of iiearly a hundred. Then he rested, and braced himsel for the fial one--tho daring, thrilling unmatched leap in mid-air, from ont swinging trapeze to another, and failini to catch which at the proper instan' and cling to it was death. .Backwvard and forwvard lie swung while a breathless silence reigned p)rep)aredl himself for the desperate feat Iixedl his eyes upon01 the treacherous bal to which lie must spring and fastem 1up)on, shot through the air almost lila a flash of light, clutched it safely witl his' hiands, was struggling to gi i seat as the wild buzzas that could nc longer be controlled burst from every ll), and then the supporters gave wvay, and, wvith a mighty crash1, lie fell back wardI to the ground I Women shriekedl and fainted in ter ror, men were awe-stricken and incapa ble of action; but even ini that swvifi descent w~as heard ab)ove all the cry oi "'AnnieP' Carried from the rinmg with the forn of the girl lhe loved wiilly clinging tc hin, inmstaunt aid wvas obtained, btut though n10 bonmes were broken, it wa: the opinion of the phlysicians that hii recovery wvas doubtful, the jar had beer so, great and there might be internal iijuries. Thle sports of the ring hadl ceased the audience been'dismnissed, but did ntot stir. 1;orrow1'ully they waited mnd whiisp)eredl with white hips, for sem< 11h111 tidIngs, someting 'beyond imert uincertain t,y. Thle comipany were gathered aro und thme InjuIredh man with tearful eyes, and the gr'ief of the girl would have imeited the heart, of stonie. And silently thern stood the fair Cuban, wvrinmging ho: hmands, and with the muscles of he: face workinug tempestuously. But she wvas' ai wvoman, wouldl naturally feel more deep)ly than men, and nothing was thought of it. Meanwhile, even as the white-winged angel of life and the black-wvinged ong of death were battling for their prey, ani investigation was being mlade Into the cause of the accident by thoese whose di.y it was1 to see that all wvas safe, anid upon w~hiom the blame would fall the miost, heavily. Hopes and1( bars weore found sto be intact,. It wAs the Ironm rings that had broken, and1( wond(erig at this, they stood with themi in their hiands, whien 0110 of the physcians, (mand by chlance aI chemist) who was in at.tend(ance caine alonig; and hiad his attention called to thme matter. "T1his fatal fall " hie said, after even the most casual ob>servationi "has not been the result of accident, 6>ut of pro meditated malice upon the part of some oenemy. The iron rings have been honsycombed, and rendered as brittle as glas by some Dowerful acids, then rubbed over with varnish to hide It from detection. Whoever did the deed had murder In their soul." At that instant came tihe mnrmui - that the injured man had aroused from o his stupor; had spoken, that there was ,. no longer any doubt of his recovery. L, "Thank Godl" burst from the lips of a all. - Even the pallid, ghastly face of the a Cuban Queen flushed, and she turned y away when the other news-the trench t cry with regard to the rings--came o to her ears, and hastily freeing herself s from the press was lost to sight. 4 But almost instantly the double re - port of a pistol was heard, and rushing in the direction of the sound they j found that she had shot her horse and h then herself, and was lying gasping I for breath, and with the life-blood e swiftly flowing from a wound in her o side. I "Beyond all help," wiit d decision of the physid e any one toll the meann li-i ^ d "I loved him; he would have married ,t another. I tried to killed him-failed, e and Ohl God, I-" e 'T'hey were the last words of the beautiful and passionate woman, but told the entire story, few as they were was as the condensation of an entire volume. . U From the admiring gaze of the pub t lie disappeared two stars upoi the same night. One we can follow to a home of light, love and happiness. And the other? e sing Sing. Y The present cells, at Sing Sing, such - as they are, are much below the stan (lard of those in other state prisons of ? more modern and improved construc tion. The visitor who is used to boliev ing large and airy bedroonis, with uin inileded ventilation, necessary to health s and well-being, would recoil on glanc ing for the first time iito a convict's , cell at Sing Sing. Entering by a low I browed and narrow door you come into - a space, for it cannot be called Ia roomh, r only 31 feet wide. Most of this siall I breadtil of space is occupied uy the bed, t which extends front end to end of tihe cell, and is ixed up to the wall during s the daytime. Imagine, in addition, a not over high ceiling, and you have 3 some idea of a cell at Sing Sing. A y bucket and a few washing utensils conm plete the furnishings of the cell, though - some of the convicts have ornamented - their "dens" with pictures and other - articles. The small width of the cells is the most obvious defect in the inter r ior construction of the prison. 1For this ii as in other cases, no one now connected I with Sing Sing is to, blame. The I present managehnent, as well as those s conuected with every other good prison in the land, will admit that 3 feet 6 in ehes is not sutlicient width for a cell oc t cupied night after'night by a;hunan be g ing, and inm many cases by two. Passing along the corridors; looklng into the i smal open doorways, as theJ stretch s before and behind in rows of 100 each, o the visitor imagines he is gazing into a number of interstices or right-angled holej, cut into this erect mass of stone > by some huge mach'ne at regular inter I vals and of uniform size. That they are i bedrooms can hardly be realized. 'l'he r convicts are marched back to their cells every evening after supper and are al lowed lights by which to read until 1 9 o'clock, when "lights out" is the i orkler, and sleep is supposed to super i vene. Keepers patrol the corridors all i night. At u the convicts rise, have breakfast and by 7 o'clock commence [ work, returning not to their cells dur , ing the remainder of the day until work is over. On Sundays they remain in their cells all day, excepi, to go to their meals and return. There is no regular recreation or walking exercise at sinig Sing. Work, meals and the cells are tihe altenthating occupations. Indeed, if there were any regiular hour allowedi during the day for walking in files or go-as-you-please order, there is no suit able p,iece of ground( within the p)risoni enclosure large enough to allowv 1,500 or anyi hlrge numiber of meni *to parade at the same time. All the available space is occupied as sites for the present buildings, leaving IL few roadways be tween each. When one comes to the manner of -pumishments in Sing Sing, dangerous ground is approached. Many have boeen the stories published of crueolty in cor recting the dlenizenis of this institution, and( sadly se3nsationial have been the 're velations" made by released prisoners Iof wvhat goes on behind the bars. A casual visitor has no'. opplortunit,y of ex pressing an opinion one way or aniother as a result of his ispection, for lie merely uses his reportorial iinstincts Iand describes as wvell as he can what lie sees and whathle is told. On the occa sioin otthe recsent visit the correspon dent was "takein to what was formoly used as the puniishimenit roomi"--a duni ly lit chamber, comnfoirtable looking enough, boarded half way roundl. Inmto one0 of the boards was fIxed a hook, upon whlich the hianidciffs on a man's wvrists were securely placed, so that Ils hands were hel to the wall high above his Ihead, while his feet were tied to an ar rangemnent in the wall close to the floor. llis back was then bared and, und.er' the old regilmc, the "'paddle"& app)jlied. T1hme "palddle,"' the corresp)ondent was told, is now aL relic only for flogging haus been abolished ait Sing Slng for nieariy Ia year. Thie "'padd(le'' is inoffensive enough to look at. Many people seem to have an idea that it is a piece of thin w~'od perforated wilth holes, which cruelly tear the flesh. It 1s simply a p)iceO of' leathear, linhl flat, pliable and mLodlerately thick, six Inches long and three inches widle, with a rolled handle about a foot long, B fhas not been supp )sod that sewer - ago gas could exert any corroinig infti-. .ene on metals, yet invettigations show that hoies are actually worn in lead and zinc by such gases. From all that appears, the gas prooeeJma from the dIrain is the most dangerous element exhalations of this character exercising their deadly influene both by perfora ting the pipes whieh.contain .them and thlen issumng through these! apertures to mingle with the respired'- air. Sub stantial itron pipes, well vetilated,, and joined in the most perfect m inner possible, are considered the beet protee tion,. Opon-Air Soenco. A gay band of wanderers trudged over' the hills and arioss the valves of Montgoimry county recently, much to the wondermens of the natives and the advancement of science. Soine of the invaders were clad in sacks and trousers, some in jackets and knickerbockers, some in bright-colored Je-seys and frocks, but all carried hammers and each had a leather bag slung jauntily over one shoulder. There were little lads scarcely forty inches high, who chatted about triassic and jurassie, silusai and Devinian, as they might be expected to do of balls, bicycles and hoops. There were lanies who lugged h* * nglomerato shale and ore ease than they a spool of thread in town. There were pretty girls who thumped away at granite and litestone like-venerable macadamizers, and there were grave. professors who skipped up hilly roads and threaded forest paths like mountain goats. It was the sixth expedition of Professor Lewis' geologi cal class under command of the profes sor and attended by a reporter. The May air was like May wine as the party left the train at Rubicun Station. It was filavared with lilac and honeysuckle, wild thyme and mint. There were green hedge rows all about, leading up the drives to pretty villas. There were peach-blow-and-apple-blos som clouds, and tuero were the dain tiest contrast of color imaginable, as the bright dresses of the ladies in the party and the gay ribbons of the youngsters' hats moved through the green flelds and flowering orcoards. At Rubicumh the expedition picked up some specimens of the oldest fossil kuowi to Pennsylvania, the scolietus lihoans-naught but a faint thread in a hit of lime:tone rock now, but the first progc'nitor in direet. line of all the wav ing iorests and nodning grasses. Troop hug along the t urhnpike, by Willow Grove, the caravinh tutried into the waods past a bare and grim old school house and over a qliint and pictiuresque cross-road to "The Kocks." Iere, with the soft sough of the south wind in the branches over head, within sight of the ricn green of the meadows and the prosperous quiet of the neat farm houses, the class endeavored, while Pro fessor Lewis lectured, to throw them selves back in imagination some mail lions of years to the time when the spot they stood upon was the eastern shore of the first of all seas, the Caimnrian. He[re, then, was 'a deadness, compared with which the Saihara would be a gard en; a brackishness that would make the waters of the Dead Sea sweet as a run ning brook-only sand and gravel and water from "The Rocks" to the Rocky Mountains. - The thought was overpowering. The expedition rought rrlief in its lunch baskets. Retracing its steps the class stopped to drink at a whitewashed farm house, Which smelled strongly of doughumts. "Water from the Cambrian sea," said Professor Ilines, of Girard College, as the bucket cane dripping out of eighty feet of coolness. The 2'imes man found forms of life, 'however, in his glass later even in generation than the carboniferous era. Turning off the cross-road into the Davisvillo highway the class caught sight of an innocent looking stone fence and charged it en masse, the light infantry leading in gallant style. The stone clanged back to tne uhmmners like tihe shield of Font de Jlwouf to the challenging point of Ivtanihoe. "GUneiss," said a breathless youngs ter. "Cyanmite," rejoinued Professor Lewis, correcing lum. A stonme's thurow downi the road the road thec class ran into a bed of conglo muerate, which was the shorec of anothber sea, the T1riassic, a coup hle of thtousand centtu ries less antique tihan the Cam brian. Thue shore is to-day the b)ank of Morgan's creek and muill pond1, into whicht a few snmall boys did their best to tumb. Morgan's mill yard onceo way ed with lintce andi palms, the pupils learnted. Strange fisht swmin whuere now the creek is, and huge reptiles sunned temselvyes whl ere now a barefooted boy restedl himself on tee fence. 'The Trias sic sea w~as th irty miles wide andt( stretch ed from thme H [udsont to lIarp)er's Ferry. IUndler a finte breeze thme class turnedi argonauts aitn sailed across the Tr-iassic sea--that is to say, thtey turtned to thme irighut atnd walked upl hiill -ito a f armu yardl, wvhere eroppled out a ledge of de comuposiig sanud stoine, thme ancient bot tom of t,his iinhamd ocean. Further ump the hill and into thte kitchen garden of the farm house thte p)rofessor hled his ba nd(. Thiere, htowever, t,he mtaraudlers met, their first check in the person of an ancienut virago, whto stoodl withm armns akimnbo at the back of her dwellintg and chuargedl the cl.ass with initended burglary and actual trespass. 'lThe invad ing hosts fled in disorder down the hill, and the baggage carts and ambulancees hiavinug beent scint to thte fronit uinder stronug gutatd up~ halt was madhe tintil thme trainu was boarded. Newv (utnaoa. At the Royal Geographical Society of Enghmid recenutly a paper was read oin New Genhnea by Mr. Wilfrnid Powell who spent eight, years on the coast o thant ishumtd. It has ait area of 312,000 English square miiles. .1t, Is 19,000 s(tinr mnies larger than Birnteo, andit as large as Englanud Ireland(l Scotland, and France puLt togetluer. N >sln itt .the world is its equal for natural products. Amnong the productions are tortoise shuells, pearl sheoll, ivory tnts, gumu, san dal wood, camnphtor-tree, sage, arrow root, ginlger, sugar-cane, cocoanuts, ebony, birds of paradise, and pliums, while tobacco Is grown In large quanti ties. lit the discussion wich followed, Admiral Moresby said it was a mistake to suipose he had annexed any portion of New Guinea. The English flag had been heisted there seventeen years be fore by Lieutenant Yule duringOCaptal,n Stanley's visit. -Taking the 20,794 names in her city directory as a basis, Lowell claims a opulation of 108,790. Vocal Sounds. A common defect in speaking in large buildings is inability to catch the key note or resonance vibration of the en closed space. All large areas have such resonance notes, and in some it is very marked. Westminster Abby, for in stance, consonates to G sharp, and in toning on this note Is much more aud ible than one a semitone above or below it. The use of an open-chest voice as little vocalized as may be is the best. It is less laborious, less liable to acci dents, less lablo to develop the affection commonly known as "clergyman's throat," and by removing the sensation to effort, more easy and sympathetic. To analyze the constituents of a good delivery--flrsb come the pauses, Haste is one of the commonest faults in speech. It has two defects-the one in gvertax ing the complex muscular mechanism of the speaker, the other in adding to the intellectual labor of the listener. The rapidity of reception of Ideas through" the ear differs materially in different iesons, even excluding those distinctly "hard of hearing." It is not great among the uneducated, whence it has been paradoxically said that all ill iterate )erson are deaf. But they do require a longer time to aiouse theml to a state of attention than the more cul tivated. Naval ollicers had defended the practice of swearing, or, as it was euphemistically termed' "shott.ing their speech," with sailors, the expletive rousing attention and preparing the mind for the succeeding command. Mr. LIullah had on a similar ground explained the refrains of fal-lal-las of the older music in that they dilute the too cnicentrated sense of t.he words.and give time for the perception of the inus ic. When the great actor Salvini was in England, in 1875, an investigator made some experilments on this point. Salvinli's voice was one of the imost re markable ever heard for its power of traveling, even suppressed phrases coiing up to the distant gallery with perfect clearness. lie spoke on a note about 1) in the bass about the chest, and in a sort of recitative; there were distinet periods from accent to accent, and the inflections were very large, run ning over an interval of more than a fifth. The individual wordse une about one a second, and the pauses were aston ishingly long. ', hey frequently amount ed to four, several times to five, and at the two great crises of the play to seven continuous seconds. And yet there was no sense of delay or of interrupt ion, but quite the reverse. The lecturer in eidentally noted another thing, which the recent developmieiit of Wvagner's imusical theories had invested with ad ditional interest. in the play "I'I Gla diatore," the four principal characters -a young Christian virgin, a Roman matron- the hero, a Roman oflicer and the gladiator"-forlmed an unintent?onal; though perfect, vocal quartet of sopra no, contralto, tenor and bass. At times the alternations of dialogue prodluced a distinctly musical effect, an observa tion which to his mind, strongly corro borated the views of the great musician lately deceased, that; (ramnatie music instead of being conventional, should be the outflow of passion and emotion, and that the result could be attained as well from the elecutionary as from a strictly nelodramatic side. ,teang1 Hhr iamonas. Daniel Waldron, now playiig at the National Theatre in the-- liowei,', New York, lives ini a first-floor flat at, No. 407 East Seventy-eighth street. On Tuesday night the 29th of May, he re muaieid duwn town severa hourS i ae the performance at t,be theatre with a number of friemds, and got home at 8 o'clock the next mnornimig. As ho step ped up to the door lhe noticed that both front windoows of his flat were openi. His wvife and Miss lRiekert-, the house keeper, sat at the w'indlow. "'I've beeni robbhed by huruglars,'' Mrs. Wald ronm exelaimedo. '"~J;he dianmonid cross and every cent of~ money were taken." Mr'. Wahh-on notlel the police at once, lbut nto clue to the robbers was obtained. "1 retiredl at 13 A. M.," said Mr's. Waldron. "I1 placed under miy pillowv a satchel containing about $150, and hinnied on t he front of my underclothing my (dianmond cross, whiichi conltainled t welve stones. A f ew minutes after 4 o'clock something awvakenied me1 and1( I sa w the rear door of the bedroom openf and close two or' three tiimes very gra dutally. It, was getting light, and I had heft lights burning for imy husband in hothi sitting room and dining room. I shouted, 'Who is thlere?' A lo w voice answered, 'It's mIe.' It was not my huisbaiid's voice; aiid I spranig to the floor and screamed. A tallI man step ped in, p)laced his hand over my mnouthi, anmd wiuspmered, 'If you make any noise I'll kill you.' I Saw something which looked like pincers In his hand, and I heard something wvhich sounided like theO clicking of ai p)isto. iIe threw meW upon01 the bed anid coveredl lmy headl with the sheets, lie reiumied holding the clothes over miy head, but I heard whis p)ers, and( was sure there were -other men in the room. I- conltrivedl to get the sheet oft onme of my eyes, and saw thiree men01 in tihe room1. Th'le sheet was again pulled0( over imy eyes, and1( 1 was aigalin thireatened. I remaIIined quiet wvhiile they rumniaged1 about. "'Then they all caime to tile bed again, and( one0 said, 'Where is thlat diamnond cross?' 'My husband is wearing it7' I said. -i know you have it,' he0 relied, anid they' tore miy nilghlt-clothinig awvay, foIundl it, and'tore if, loose. Then they took thle satchel fromn undier the 1)111ow whillch contained the monoley. While one of th'e 1men1 watced me1, the others went thriough to tile rear or the flat. Theil man by me callea to them, 'lli, boys, put onl your shoes.' Th'ley all departed so noiselessly that I did not know they had gone. As soon1 as I could after. I found that n10 one wvas in the room J ran to thme Window. No one wvas In sight. I then alarmed the housekeeper, who lives In the basement. The meni were not more than twenty--five years old. g 'The housekeeper says shie heard -foot steps above, but thought it was, Mr. Waldron. Tm. touchstonie by which muen try ,es ib most often their own vantym. THE VERDICT -OF-- - . THE PEOPLE. BUY.THE BEST! Ma. J. O. IOAO-Dear Sir: I bought the first Davis Machlue sold by you over five years ago for my wife who has given it a long and fair trial. I ant well pleased with it. It never aives any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. Winnsboro, S. C., April 1888. J. W. Botao[. MAr. BOAG: YoU wish to know what I have to say in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three years ago. I feel 1 can't say too much in Its favor. I toa'ie about $80,110 within five Ionths, at times running it so fast that the needle would get per fectly hot from fr.ution. I feel confident I could not have done the sain; work with as much ease and sl well with any other machine. No tine lost in adjusting attachments. The lightest running machine i have ever treadlei. Br )therJamies and Wliaus' fauillies are a much pleased with their D.vis Mlchines bouht o you. I want no better mnachine. As I sa d before, I don't think too " much can he said for the D.tvis Machine. Itespai t fully, Fairliald County, Apri', 1i '}8. - t xsox, Mat. B3oAuo: My machinc gives me perfect sails faction. I find no fault with it. 'Vite attachments ae so altuple. I wish for no better than the Davis \ ertleal Feed. Respectfully. F'alrtlied county, A pril, 1983 i. . AI[t M it. lnto : I ougnt a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine from you four years ago. I am delighte- with it. It never hIas g ven me any I otni,le, antd has never been the least out. of order. it is us good Its when I irat bought to. I can cheerfully r.coitunen'i it. itespect ful'y, .1ite. M. J. KIKI.AND. littni leelio, Aptil :0, 1883. This ia to certify Ilhat I havI beenl usIlg a Dayis Veriic i Feed Sewing Machine for over tw lyc.trs, purchased of Mr. J. 0. li. ig. I haven't found ii p"ssessed of any fault-ail the attachments are so suiple. It teverieftsO.s to wot-, and is certainly the lightest runming in the market. I consider it a first. class mactine. Very respectfully MINNI \i. WiLLIS011Aa. Oaklan I, Fairlleld county, 8. C. Mn boAon: I an.weu pleaset in every partiena with the Davis IIachine nought of you. I think it a ll"r.class nuacnine i every respect. You know yott sold several InachiInes of the sane make to diierent members of our families, all of whom, as far as I know, are well pleased with them. Rtespectfully, MaS. M. Ii. MOB,EY. I'airielll county, April, 184. - This Is t certity we have.hal in constant use the Davis Machine bought of you about three years ago. As we take In work, and have made the price of it several times over, we don't want aay better machine. It is always ready to do any kind of work we nave to do. No puckeringor skipping Htitches. We can only say we are well pleased antit wish no better machine. A ATIIitiN WvYLIH AND SIsTER. Apr1t,35, 18=3. I have no fault to tiid with my mach'ue, and don't wa-it ltty letter. I have i 1e the price of it sever.l times by taking in sewing. It is always ready to dui us work. I think it a first-class nia chilnIe. I feel I cant say too nucht for the D.lvis Vertical Feed Machine. . Mits. Tu salAs SMITU. Fairliel I county, Alril, 1833. Mu. .1. 0. IlOAa-Dear Sir: It gives me much hle,tsure to testify to tile merits of the Davis Ver tlc.l Feem sewing Machine. The ma nine I got of you ab.nt live years ago. has been almost in con stant use ever since that lime. I cannot see that it is t orn ay, and has iot coi,t my uOiu cenit for repars sin c we have hiad it. Am well pleased and udoil't wi-sh ltr iany betier. Yours truly, litonT. Un4wFvona, Grnanite tGliarry, near Winnsboro 8. C. We have used the Davis Vertical Fee.l Se wing Mztahhine for the last live yearts. We wouldi not have Iany othier make at atny price. Th'ie nauchne has given us unbounico satisfaction. Very respect fully, Mits. W. K. TUtNERt AN!) l)AUOnTma Faileiet coutiy, S. C., Jan. 2r, 1883. tiaving hought a Davis Vertical Feect .Sewintg Muahlate froaia Mr. J. O. iag somte three years ago, uad it lhaviniggivent tme perfect. sattisfaction ini every respect, asa Stamily Intachine. both for heavy anld light se wing, ani never nteeded the least re pair it any wvay, I can citeerfully recoummend it to laly onei a-s It mdrt-class nmachin-- ini every particu lar, andt think it second to none. It, is one ot the almti.es5t inchinies itadot my chiliren its.o it with alt cie. TVh atttacalnents are ure easily adt jilsitr atiu it does a greater ranige of work by tanis of its Vetical Feeid thait anty other mua chline I have ever- seen or used. Mas. iOMAs Owisos. Winnsboro, F'airfleitd count,y, 8. U. We have had( onte of thie Davis Machlines about four years and htave aliways fountd it ready to do ali kitnds of wvorK we iaave lada ocuas on to do. Can't see that the machine is worn any, and works as well its when new. Mats. W. J. OnAwFonD, Jacksont's Cree n Fairilich county, 8. 0. My wife is highly pleased with thte Davis Ma chune bri)ightl of you. Site woutid not take dlonbie wvhat site give for it. The machine has tnt been ont of order since shte htad it, and she can do anuy kinad of work ott it. .Very Rlespectfuliy, JAB. F. FitEE. Montleillo, lVairield coutnty, S. U. The Davis Seing Machine is simply a freas ur* Mius. Jf. A. U0OowYN. IHidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1883. J1, 0 BOAG, Esqi., Agent--Dear Sir: My wife has been utsing a llavis Sewing Machino constant ly for tIhe past four years, andi it hIas ntever nteeded any repairs tin works jest as well as when first botughlt. She says It will do a greater range of prac-tisal work Ptnd do it easier anid bet.er than any inacheilne alho nas ever used. We cheerfully reconnnenad it as a No. 1 famnily ainatie, Yortn,JAS. Q. DAVIS. Winnsb,oro, 8. C., Jati. 8, 1888. 1iR. BoAo: I have alwa 'found my Davis Ma Chute readly do all Kintds otto work I have had o0.. euuion to do. oi nnio, see that the machine is worn a particle and it works as wet-as when noew. MR. .uGooDPING. Winnsboro, 5. 0., AprIl, 1888, A MI. 3OAG r li 1wid had bOen. '6unatantly uising the Davis Machil bonlght, Qt yg at five years ao. I have nov regrtted as i, it is hleaYorliglt 't never ou Of DXor UWi1i . 1epalrs, - -'ta: Very res 0 0~sL, Faifieda , 0, arch 188~ * -''t