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AL to.MQM - TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. CaJULY 12, 1883. ETBIHD14 THE VERDICT --O F THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Mn. J. O. UIoAO-Dear Sir : I bought the first Davis machine Fold by you over five years ego for any wife who has given it, a long and fair iial. I ant well. pleased witt it. It . never gives any roublt, and is as good as when firstr bought. J. W. ISOI.OY. " Winnsboro, H. C., Apri' 1883. - Mr. IloA: You wish to know what I hdve to say iltregrd to the Dais Machmine bought, of you three years ago. I feel I can't say too nluch in its favor. I ma-le about 180,'0 within flive monthls, at *lines running it so fast that the needle would get per fectly hot front friction. I feel cmaillieni I could not have done the vamue work with as much ease and so wt-il with any other machine. No tline lost in adjuting nttachients. The lightest rumnning uMachine I have ever treadled. IlrotherJanes and 1 lilinos' fanillies are as much pleaset wil their D.tvis Machmine nought or you. I want .noK too aimcie. As I ralti hefn ,naenine. much can he o '-.' - tespct fllly, IEI,.KN : TEV ENSON, Fairileldl Count.y, April, 1b83. Mit. loAO : My nihine gives me perrect sails faction. 1 find no lault, with it. The attachuents a e so simple. i wish for no better than the Davis Vertical Feed. Itespectfnily. lMims. i. MmrLi.mNo. Fairileid county, Apr', 1883. lMu. liov: i biought a Davis Vertical Feed Pew.ng t wchine iront yoy""our years ago. I amo deliglate I with it. It never hus g.vell tue any I rouale, tid has never been the leuts. omt of order. It I. ias good as when i iilrst bought it. I can eht-erfully r.coinmt-nd I. Resatect ful'y, 4tN11. M. J. KIHI,AND. Monticello, A pril :0, 188:. Tis Ii to eriify taitt I hav lbeen using a Dayis Vertic.l Feel Sewnig Mlitshine for over i w iye.trs, pmarehasedl Of 1ir. .1. t). il.ig. I haven't founh it p )sstrrsedl of a'ly fault-all tihe attalmhitis tre su siipl'. IL never I eftaso. to wors, amd is certainly tIh ilitmesl ranning in the market. I considier it at irst-ciass llinclhile. Very respect.fully Ai NNIh \t. Wi1,1.IViIAM. O.kland, Fairfield county, 8. U. it 1OAo : I tlu well plcasett ino every particula Wil i the Davis Machine ittumght of you. I think it aa first-c.ass muImitie in every respect. You know you sod Reve'ral miachines of I he smine nake to dii nerelt nieinliera of our families, all of who1i, is far as I know, are well pteased with theimi. I(ealpectfully, Mis. M. If. Mon.BKY. Fat rilei1 county, April, 983. This s to certif y we have lit I it constant use the Dtyls Mitcine bought of you about three years ago. As we take in work, and have made tie p. ice of it. Nuv.-ral i lines uver, we don't want q better munchine. It is always re.isdr skRipilg of work we h,ave tod ky slf we are well pleased st itci ,1 lbetter imach no, 'L ATnIItNK WVLit ANDt SisTRKl. April 25, 18-8, j I have no fault to iind with my mach ne, and doi't want .iny better. I have in the time price of it neverali times by taking it sowing. It is always rety tio do is work. I think it a irar-olass Iua cin'n-. I feel I c;unt say Lou tnuch for the D.vis Verteal Peed1 Machine. M1ts. THo_MAs SMIm. Fairleitd cnlnty, Alpril, 183. Mu. 1. O. IOAa--I). ar Sir: It gives me much plea.ute i tea,tify to time inerlts of the Ilavis Ver tc.ii Feedie a iniatalichne. The mna hine I got of you ai.at live years ango. hams beenm almost in con slati ise ever sint:e that Ii Ime. I cainnot see tltib it is wort any, amlti has not coet ne ona cent for repans since we have Ilad it.. Ain well pleae.1 anlttott'. tvwishi for may tieIdtt. Yours irma'y, hmOnT. Cit WFVtOID, Granite Quiarry, necar Wimnnsboro S. U. * 'm~We h.ive used the Davis V'ert ical Feedi Sewimng MaInhinc fmor time hamst fie years. We wvould mimic -have ny olier namkte mit amty price. The mutacthne has yiven uis munblutilei1 satisftictiona. V'ery resaccm fually, Mints. W. K. TlUitNIti A'.tinl)AUOunThitaI * ~Fahimleiti coumnty, S. C., Jan. 2, 1883. tiavimng bought a Davis V'ertimcal Feemd sewimng Amlmhine fromin Mr. J. 0. Hong soma three ymeas mgo, manii L it,hvimng given tue pier feet sattisfactmonm ini every respmect. is mm family iniaimne both for hmea, y mimal light seo wing, amid never needed mtmn ieast re pair 1iay wamy. I camn chteerfulily recommnemnd lt to any one a+ a flrst-clas~s aimachime in every iti ien. lar, and think it second to) nonme. It las onae oi lime simnpiest mnnacinems aclae; mny chlildremn umse it witi mali ease. lime itlattimns aro mnore easily adi juasteil manii it inem ai greater ranmge of work by * m~meanis of is Voarticali i"eed tutan any otheur nina chine I have ever seem or used. Mute. THiOMAti OwlNos. Winnmsbir s, l'airfieild countiy, 8. C. WVe have hail (mie of than D).vit a ttineas shonut fenr yeatrs tncl hamve always fmmunai it ready to do anll kimnds of work wye iiavi iiaii imccasmon to mlo. (ani't - st'e that thme iachaane is worn miay, anti wvorks as well a.s aimeni nmoW. Jackson's Creek, Fairlield commnly, 8. C. My wire is highly plifasedt with time Davis Ma chine bmought. of youa. Slit wouldi anot hake tdoubie whiat ammo gaive for1 it. Time mnamcfine has not been emil of order simice she html it, amid shiecan tdo any kinmd or work oni in.. Very Rtespecfumlly, JAR. 1V. Fiax. Afonticello, Faairfleld countby, 8, 0. 'iheDavis Hewing Machine is aimply ni frea.s twoe Mmas. J. A. Uooow YN. Itidgewamy, N. C., .Jan. 10, 181. J. O hA, Tsq., Agent-Dear Sir: My wife i ly for the patm four years, amn lit hiji never need any repatira andi Works juset as well as whenm lirst buh.She says it wdal do a greater mange of prci'al work sPnd tin it easier andm bet'er tan anmy minciin: she nas ever used. We cheerfully recommnend it as a No. I fanimly inachine, Your trmu.y, JAB. Q. DAvis. Winnsboro, S. C., Jan. 3, 1883. Mat. hiOAe : I hmave always fonnd anv Davis Ma chinom ready do alm Kimmds of to work I ave hail JL. c.ioto Id)o. I caftnot see that, the iaehimie is .worn am particle and it, works lis wemli w ten no0w. Ifesp)etimly, hf as. It. V. VOODING. * Winnstboro, 8. 0., A prd,~ 1883, Mn. IB0AG My wife baa been constanatiy using the Davis Machina bought of you abiout five years agto. I have never regreltedi bUYing it, am it L always ready for army mind of familiy sewing, either heavy or lriht, It is never out of fix or- neetding - Very~ resP etully, A. W.. Ap . Fai8eld 0 -arh,188 .TRUNT. I cannot see, with my small human sight, Why God should lead this way or that for me; I only know he bath said, "Child, follow me." But I can trust. I know not wh y my path should be at times So straightly edged, so strangely barred before; I only know God could keep wide the door; But I can trust. - I find no answer; often, when beset W ith questions fierce and subtle on my way, And often have butstrength to faintly pray; But I can trust. I often wonder, as with trembling hand I cast the seed along the ttirrewed ground, If ripened fruit for God will there be found; But I can trust. I cannot know why suddenly the storm Should rago so fiereely found me in its wrath; But this I know God watches all my path And I can trust. I may not draw aside the mystic veil That hides the unknown future from sighti . .au dark or light; Nor know if for Paiii trust. .nve o power to look across the tide, To see while here the land beyond the river; But this 1 know, I shall he God's forever; So l can trust.. FROM TIE HEI'TIS. Helen why no you waste your tune talking to Paul Thyrley when Mr. Hart well and Egbet t Van Dorn are both disengaged?" said Mrs. De Groot, in an angry whisper, to her daughter, on the evening of her debut, at the house of a fashionable friend. "Yout know the position Paul T1hyr ley holds in our homie. ''Your father keeps him as his secre tary out of charity. on the score of their old boyish friendship. "I ai surprised that you should dance twice with him this evening. "Some one is sure to make an ill-na tured remark about it." ''lIe is really very nice, mamma,' said IlIelen, gazing after her late part ner with a suspiciously admiring ex pression, in her hazel eyes. "If he was only rich he would be per feet." "But he is not rich. "Ilow can you be so foolish-so imad, IIelen?". "Are you sure that he is not rich, ina11na?" "II ave you noticed that splendid dia mond ring in the shape of a star that he is wearing to-night? "How could a poor man have a ring like that?" "It is paste no doubt," said her mother irritably. And then a really tragic expression crossed her still handson A4w.*& - "Helei. Mr vaI Dorn is coinig "For mercy's sake, leave off staring after that poverty-stricken Paul Thyr Iey, andtci make yourself agreeable to him ii: lie asks you to dance-unless you wish to break my heart." With a sigh Helen dropped the plumed fan from before her face and turned to welcone the wealthy banker with a beaming smile. Egbert Van Dorn was a short, heavi ly-built, prosy man, live and forty. le had been born and reared in pov erty. Coming into an immense fortune when youth was gone, he had but two ideas, apparently, in his brain-the one his money; the other his very uninter esting self. Such as lie was, hmvever, the bright est and fairest of society belles were ready to run a race for his favors. And 1Ielen DJe Groot's handsome Spanish face ilushled with exultation as the evening passed by and still found hini constant at her side. Schooled by lher proud mother, and p)romlpted by her own ambition, she cast aside her momentary dream of love, and meot Paul Thyriey so colly on the next morning in l' ownt homte that his sudden look of itenlse mortifi cation showed the pain lie felt. Fromt that day they were as strant gers. Paul Thyrley busied imnself in the dluties of his phIace, and tulrned for comt t'ort in his leisure htours to 1Helen's young cousin, Lucy Fair, whlo held a position in the great g .andi house thlat was even lower andl less satisfactory than his ownt. -13 ne ming, some weeks after his birthntight ball, Lucy Fair ran hastily down the staircase from her cousint's roomr, her pretty face all bat,hed it tears. "What Is it Lucy ?" lie asked, hold( ing lher fast as sihe attemted( to runt .iway. "What has been grieving you?" "It Is-oh, Mr. Thyrleyl - ".Illent says that ,L have beent so rude mid forward it my behavior to you thiat you muist despise me it your heart," said Lucy, after t long paiuse. "Sihe saw us coime In from our walk last evening do you know?" She hesitated. The secretary smiled. "Well. my Luciy. "Did sh1e see me bid you goodl night with a kiss? "Is that the cause of all these tears'?" 1e said. "Oh, she hans said suichl cruel things, Paul I "Site declares that you catinnot possi1 bly respect me, because I have not re ipected myself. "And aunt, De Groot says that she cannot take me to the grand( party at Upton Park next week. "Sihe says that I wvil(disgraice them biy my behavior, that I have already lisgraced them--that I-oh, Paul! have L. done wrong? "WVas It unmnaidenly In me to-own Ghtat I loved youn, andt to show It as I 11id?" "My poer little Lucyl" cried Paiul ndignantly. "I see htow It Is. "But they shall not torment.you like ,his anothter day. "Look hero, Lucy I "I've~given up my place-I am going neay attoncel" "Going away?. "Going to leavs me? She ahung to him in mute dia, the tears still standing in her brigl eyes. "There is the thing that grieves me, replied Paul. 'Do you love me well enough to g with me, my dear? "If you do, speak the word-and t least your aunt and cousin shall nevw have the power to torture you again. "1 can promise you comfort in yoi home, and kind care, and a love thi will never fail. "What do you say, Lucy?" "I would go with you to the end the world, Paul." "And never be afraid of the hai work, the anxiety, the care, that a the daily portion of a poor man's life? "Neverl "If you are with mo tt."- r iaU OU row, no trouble thtat I fear to meet, she answered, with a trusting smile. That night the lovers left that state home and fled to the city, wnere, in ti presence of her ui.", "Lucy Fair pr( ounc vi.e vows that made her a "You have done well and wisely f yourself, little girl." said her uncle, a he bade them farewell the next day. "I wish your cousin had been halft. wise. "Farewell, Paul don't fail to brir your wife to the party at Upton Parl my boy." Mrs. De Groot held up her white an Jeweled hands in horror when her hu band1( toldl her what had happened. But she was too busy preparing f< her own and Helen's sojourn at Upto Park to waste many thoughts upon h rebellious niece. The party was now close at han< and was to be a gorgeous affair. The owner of Upton Park, it w} widely rumored had been a poor bo3 a newsboy in the city streets. Befriended by the benevolent Paulu De Groot, then but a lad ltimself, ti newsboy lad wvorked, striven,a11(1 riser till in the prime of his mathood, I: had now come to reside near his earl friend in a home like a palace. It was a romantic story. Mrs. De Groot received them, actin as hostess by the request of Mr. Upto who had not yet arrived. "Mamma, you told me yesterday no to accept Mr. Van Dorn till I had see Mr. Upton," said Helen Be Groot, ie they stood apart from the guests watcli ing the inner door of the lib,rarl through which the owner of the hous would very toon appear. "But they are sayijg now that Mr Upton is actually married, and that 1h is to bring his bride home to this hous this very night." "Nonsense, IIelen!" cried Mrs. D Groot sharply. sh lnnknll 11rooughly uneasy. - rs. tone pretended that your fa Ther was n the secret, and that he we present at the weddting yesterdayi thg city," she began, "but I will neve believe that Mr. De Groot would - The words died on her lips. She grasped Helen's arm, clinging t it as If to save herself from falling. The arched two-leaved door of th library w~as op)ened(. There stood Paul Thyrley and lean ing on his arm was a lovely little dark eyed fairy, in a bridal robe and laci veil, with diamond ornantoits tha Ulazed like stars. '1'lTere, too, was Mr. Do Groot, whos( voice sounded likethe "trumpof doom' in the ears of his wife and daughter a lie spoke in this wise "Friends and neighbors, let me pre sent to you P'aul 'Thyrley Upton and Mrs. Lucy Upton, my own dear niece "In their name and in my own I bih you wvelcome most heartily to thei: pleasant hiome-comig at Upton Park.' niowers. The amouni, of money invested ii and spent for flowvers in London it something marvellous. Fashion lovei flowers, or pretends to, and is wvilling to pay for them. One florist says: "The best business comeCs from th( wealthy, who give ordlers to furnish flowers and( decorations for such at evening at such a price, andl -do noi concern themselves with dletalIs. The flowei-s fora (linner party of fifty covern can easily be made to cost from ?100 t< ?200, and I have lad 0on0 dinnetr hasi winter for whlich my bill was ?300. That, of coni'se, inIcluded the deccoratlol of tihe dining-room after special designs, which were first p)repared in coler, showing the masses of foliage, thc pahnls, and the beds of flowers in differ. ont parts of tile rooml. When you con. sider that hybrid roses, of which thmerc are seven (differenlt varieties, cost 2s, (3d. ap)iece, amt that a hundred of thmem can be crowded into a vase oni a mantel. piece, you see ho0w the mloney~ goes, Marechal ,NLe1 and 'Jacquteinln6t roset are worth now 1s. each, but there it lit,tle foliage with thern, whereas a hy brid rose with its stemn antd leaves' I iuite a bouquet in Itself. Besides (deco rating tihe supper-table and rooms foi balls we frequently have to make up fa. vors for a wvedding, anmd these are often miadeo to cost from 28. to 53. apiece. The intentioni Is genierally to combime in a favor a few beaut,iful ilowers, and somiethling that will remamin as a me monto of~ the occasion; so the holder is of silver or porcelain, or a basket of value Is used(. A few nlighits ago the baskets were Leghorn hats wvhich will tiollbtless he 'trinned and worn t,hl Bummiiler." A return was hately pubbshed in London giving the loss of hfe In each of the iast Iiteen years arising from casualties at sen lo liritish ships in the hlome and foreign lrado, excludig fishing vessels. 'The Rrandi tot:al ia 89,414, of which 8872 is the total for 1881-2, this being the largest in any single year, the nearest to It being 1874 15, with 2986. In tihe three years immiediately preceding the numabers were much smialier-they having beenl 1967 ini 1878-9, 1789 in 1879-80, and .2421 in 1880-1. Of the graadi total, 2170 was the number 'of lives lost by colhlon, of Whbich 519 were those of passengers; it is to be noted, however, that 272 of the latter athibor, or mere, than half the total for af teen years, were lost mn the first si: nonuths of 1878, the running dowin of ab k4orthfieet by the Mcuilotite early. :ly of that year oh? Dringoeed acoount. id for thi.. . t Front V rd Vexatious. We have recently moved into a house that has a front yurd. We have atways o lived in houses Whose front yard was the street. Children will play in the L street. Children ' ill play in tite yard )r whether there is s Btreet running through it or not. After two or thyee of them r had barely escaped being run over by the teams that Insisted on running through our front) yard, wife said we must rent a house that hadn't any street ) in it. So we dic. But pshawl the children don't make any account of it. d 'They are in the atreet as much as ever, accumulating thelrailv.*. - row escapes. vue inaum( the yli'Iloked bare with out shrubs Mid flowers and vies. I hinted that a little'grass would help it, Iy too. t One evening as I was going away, . wife asked me to bring her a few 'an a nuals" when I came back. I wondered what she wanted of annuals as t rode rt down town in a street ear, but I am i accustomed to blind obedience to her reqllests, so when I went lonrie at night s I hrought her some annuals. There were Dr. "Jayne's Anmual Alimanack," g I remember, and "The Odd Fellows' Annual Offering," and a New Year's Address" for 1862, and the "Birthday d Gift" and numerous annual itd(ldresses . before agricultural associations, that had accumulated on my hands. or "Good gracious?" exclanned Mrs, n Boggs, (sle never swears like that ox r cept under great excitement) what ive you brought me?" - , "Annuals, Mrs. Boggs," said I. "You said you wanted annuals, and a here they are." Then Mrs. Boggs hurst out laughing, and cried: "Why, you old fool, you s (we have been married twenty years, e but Mrs. 11. calls (me pet nattles yet), the annuals I meant are llowers, such e as verbenas, panlsies, (isies, morning y glories, nignonette, a th the like, to set in our front yard." Tlhen she took all the annuals I had been at so much r :ains to collect and set them out in the back yard among other rubbish. The next morning she asked tme if I t thought I couhl get somie roses for the i1 front yard. Told her I knew a man s who had got a lot of early rose potatoes, but it wasn't the right time of year fi'or , setting them out. (I have an idea that e ground is much better employed in rais iug a potato than in raising a flower, umn less it is a barrel of flour.) Wife said I 3 hadn't a bit of taste. She then gave e me a memoranda of roses site wanted. I was busy all day, but as I was about e taking a car for home, I thought of the ross. I referred to the m .- , i( tounld_tlhn- ." ' -C er-H !W-gra Rinms, fuchsis heliotrope, roses, bourbon, running 1 rose, 'Prairie Queen,' golden tea plant vines, English Ivy, Wandering Jew, seeds, etc." I studied it hard, but it was slightly incomplrehensible. She had evidently got things nixed up. However, I went to a florist's and got what I wanted. Said I, "give me a few gera - niuts and a few she's, and---."' "A few what?" asked the flower luan, looking puzzled. "A few she's," said I, turning very red, I know, for I couldn't tell for the life of me what my wife wanted of a few sie's about the place, as she never could live in the sane house with an other woman. As the florist looked more staggered than ever, I haided him the memo randa, when the burst into a lou(t laugh. ''Why, man, he cried, "it's fuchsias she wantsl'' and he roared again. "Well, wvhatever it is give me a cou p)le of yardls of it anyhow, front and back yard1, too." You see 1 was mad. I got the things the memoranda seemed to call for at the various places, and wenlt hiomte. "IIere, Mrs. Boggs," said i, testily, "are the things for ottr front yard." "Why, what is this?,' she cried, as Ethrust' a two-gallont jug upon her among other thimngs. "Bjouirbon, mty dear. I found It on the memoranda. Pr'etty thing to set out in the front yard, though. Hoew long do you s'pose it'll stay there with the nteighibors we've got?" "JBoggs, you are a confounded that mnemiorandla was 'B3ouribon Itose.' B3ut what is this -ntasty little book?" htoldinug ill a (limo novel with a highly colored tit,e patge rep)resenttinig a got' geous squiaw onm a fiery and( unttaimed mnustanig. "That? Why you ordered it, dhidn't you? T1hmat is 'lLunnuing Itoie ;'or, the Prairie Queen;' one0 of Beadle's you kntow.'' My wife carried it at arm's length and threw it into t.he stove. T.Lhen shte took theo jug of IBourbon and emtptied It inito the back gutter. While she was gone t I conceealed1 Alexanider, 1 tunas' "Wantutderinig Jew," which I land also purchmasedl, for I begani to see that I had made a terrible blunder it filling that ordeor. (1 have ascertained siince that .Wandemling Jew"' is the namemn of a vine; hst how was I expected to know all alAi, it ?) "11ere, my (lear," said I, as my wife entered the room again, desiring to mollify her, "here is some Ivy. 1 know that, It is right, for I hired a boy to go ut into the wvoods and cull it." 'Wo out in the woods and cull it!" shrimekedl Mrs. l3oggs, sud(denly dropph)ig it; "why, Bloggs, that's Pi1zen ivy!" So It was. Dear! Deoar! how was I etxpect.ed to knowv anything about it? I (ddn'L kmnow there wits any othier kinid of Ivy 'cep)t that which grows i time < woods. I went around a week or two wvith both hands (done up) i h ineni lags I soaked ini salt, and water, and Mr's. Iioggs' hiands looked like a pair of box- I ints gloves. I will never meddle with I Ivy again, Ivy notioni. Bunt my mishaps are not all re ated I yet. I planited the seeds5 1 had bor.gmit1 I and whlat do you think camne ul)? A I lot 'of gourds, sunflowers, hollyhocks I anid pumnpkint vines? "What are these?" said Mrs. Bogus 1 examining a ilower bed where I h~ad in stuck soizne plants .LThen .shte benit I down, scrutinized the leaYeA closely, in And swith a scream piulld th6im up by the roots and threw therm away. We fixed it at length. We fie r landscape gardener, and turned the front yard over to him. Mrs. 13oggs bossed the job, and under her eagle eye very little ground 'scaped gardening. A hose became necessary, of course, to sprinkle the. grass and flowers, so she bought one properly furnished with a nozzle and sprinkler. Mrs. Boggs going out marketing one evening, requested me to take the hose and sprinkle the front yard. I hid never operated such a contriv ance and made horrible work of it. .1 forgot to substitute the sprinkleL' for the nozzle and played havoc among the plants and flowers. Whenever the .'..... -o,. n ulant It vas eithe' scooped out or driven uto the grouli out of sight. The flower beds looked as though they had been fooling around a water spout. I was disconcert(l at the ruin I was working, and turning around to see if my wife was coining, I let the stream go full drive In my neighbor's face who was observing me and 1 turned it quickly around, firing It into a passing baby wagon. Batby screamed, and getting a (lose il my own eye, I popped it next in the face of Mis. Boggs, who was just entering the gate. 'l'hat concluded my performiance with a rubber hose. If you know any one who wants to rent a house with a frolt, yard, send me word. The Inpalement of persons sentenced to death for great criles has been practiced in the East for many con turies. In Turkey, where this punish muent was most, frequently inilicted, assassins whio'se crimes were of an aggravated character were always con denned to (lie on the pole; anld the traveler wIo penetrates into Asia Minor will now and then, even in our times, ride past. slender posts erected along the roadside, on which the skele tons of the unfortmmnates are hanging who have been Int t o death in th is horri ble nuinner. Saint Edmne in his )ictionnaire de lia Penalite describes the latner in whiih this punishlment is inilidted as follows: "Tie unfortunate man who is to suffer death by inpalement is laid flat on the ground, face dowlward. his . hands are 1.ied ont his back, and one of the executtioler's assistants sits down on his back, so that the victin cannot move. A second assistant holds the culprit's head firmly to the ground, and a third assistant seizes his legs, which lie hohis so that he cannot lmovI theml. The execution'. , now ap proaches with t.h :asLrumenit of death, a lonl Ltr N.re or pole, which he pusles +..tO time body from behind. Thu pule t ers almost to a point, but is rgunded 'u1 stmewhat at the end, so that'it will not penetrate the entrails all at once. The executioner pushes this pole into the flesh as far as lie can with his hands, whereupon a fourth assistatnt drives it in still further with a mallet. Now the pol, which has penetrated deeply into the body of the doomed man11, is set upright into the ground, and the victim is left to die upon it.. The weight of the body )resses it further (down upon the stake every moment, and the point finally protrudes from the l>reast or side of the culprit. i Some of those upon whon this horrible I lnishmnent has been inflicted, died t quickly, and their suffering was soon t over, but others are sail to have suf- t fered untold agony for lours, and even i (lays, before death put an end to their t torments." Impatlemecnt, horrible as it is, is not the cruelist punishment inflicted in 1 Oriental countries. Particuhtrly the I Chiniese andl the inihabitants of Ainm, Cochin China and1( Siaum seem to haive exhausted all their powers of invention in (devisinig new anad insufferable tor nments for criminals or personis who hadl incurred the haitredl of the rulers of t t,hose counitries. In China rebels and traitors are life. rally cu1t inito IL thiousanLd pieces. T1he executioner whlo us to carry out this dreadful sentence laslenms time prisoner, who is tiedl hiand aind toot, with aL chain to a p)ost, ati~ nd mkes ani incision over the forehead of his victim, lic pulls5 the skini of the forehead over the eyes of the sufferer, so thalt he can noe longer see. A large basket with sn'all knives is now lahced beside the executionier, who shakes them upl sevenal times, and1( then takes themi up, one by one. On each knife is writ,ten t.he nlamie of aL par't of the hiumain body1 whichi tihe tiend whmo takes thei insKtr'iiuit of tort, uire fromi the basket p)roceedls to hitce r'ate slowly. Lit,tle pieces of' flesh and skin ar te cut from the struggling wretch anmd when the execit,ionier hats cit and slaishied 01ne part, inI his opiion, sutli i,iently, lie takes anmothier knife firomn the basket and proceeds as before, until at, last all the knives have beenl takent fromi the basket. Buit, while t,he vict,im suilfers horrible0 tormmeints tIhe execuitieir operates on him with such skill thait nio vital part1s ar'e touiched1 and1( death (does not, coine to the relictl of the suffer'er. And w~hien all thme numbers cof this teri''ble lottery of knives are (drawnl, the bleeding body of' t,he unfortnmate main is thr'ownt to r'ave nous1 dlogs, who, miorl imeirciful thani their maiisters', soon1 put ani mId to thme tgoniies of the dloomied manLl. .Another' p)IuishmenL't said( to have been Inflicted In Cinai oin groat crimi- a 11a1s consistedl it being "brushed to o .heathl."~ Thie iistr'uiment emiplod In si whlichi the executiner' hbruisheid, or' t. 'athier scratpedl cif the flesh of tIhe cuil >i't, a pr'oceedling wvh ih naturally 11 :onsumed aL gre3at deal1 of timle. Th'le C or'imtor', wit consumnmate skill, ti )ntushed around( all great veins and1( a 1,rteries to prIevenit the vict iim fronm k )heedling to dleath, and kept hm alive a~ br a long time. 54 .In Siam the dleath penalty was it- al Ilcted on rebels by having them tram- wi >led to death by elephianits. Others 3 tad a sinali cocoanut forced into their nouth so that they ifad to starve. Other horrible .punishments hMveo een infieted by Oriental despots, an1 e; nanty of themn I ave taken particular bi iali to vary the pains, changing the li node of their to nent'with overy suf.. n erer. But thxe abeo instalides will rt ufikie to do6w wh ernelTies arg prac- ia iced in~ those countries,. l Thin out Fruit. As the season seems favorable, th prospect is that the trees, of all kinds will be well loaded with fruit. To much fruit is something unusual, fo the market is never overstocked i1 quantity, but too much inferior fruit i a yearly infliction on all who buy Pruning, trimmhig and cultivating while pushing forward the trees in vi gor and productiveness, also assist i the development of a surplus of blos soins, the stimulus causing the trees t( bend their energies in that direction ii preference to an excess of leaves, fo the embryo buds are alike, and diverg Into teat or rrmt us the conditions di reet. Thinning out fruit seems repulsiv to those who are accustomed to seeinl heavy clusters of fruit on tree. ana the operation appears to be a wastefu one; but, when we consider that fruit ing is but an effort of natural reproduc tion, it is to be wondered, rather, thal thinning is not more commonly prae tice(. If the tree cannot propagate b3 seeding it will endeavor to do so fron the root by sending out shoots. 11 either scuds out shoots or fruit buds or both, it( this must be ac'.comllplislhe( only with the material which the trei affords, part of which is stored ala part new, takn directly from the soi at the time of blossoming or a little be. fore. This material is distributed tc every part of the tree, the remotesi blossom not being forgotten, and tin tree can only nourish according to i: capacity to supply. Where the fruit is overcrowed on1 the tree the fact is ap" parent that inferiority of size must b( the consequence; and whenever tlu fruit is dwarfed the llav or and appear ance is below the average to say noth iug of the drain on the vitality of thc tree, which is thereby compelled ,o ust its utmost elteavor in order to deveio its fruit. By thinning out the inferior speci mens, leaving only that which look promnising, the sap is directed intoTower ehat nels instead of the manty, the fruit being supplied with at greater propor Lion of nourislinnent, grows more rap idly, ripens sooner and is improved in tppeartatnce and titlity, Nor will the ctuatl production be less, for the chan ,es are that by mleatsurement*the quan Lily will h more than if no ttinuing Iprocess had been practiced, th e chie bontelt being the doubling of the price uwing to the huperiority of thlao fruit. itrawberries no treatea have been grown to acl proportions as to readily coim mnani lifty cents per quart when infer ior kiids were not in demand, and pears have been sent to our markets Lhat sult singly at good prices, while others yore sold by measurement. Thousan bf bushels of apples rot in our orchards ann11ually sin)ly because the trees are overcrowed and the fruit becomes unsalable, and the cherries, Peaches and even the small fruits are lio exception. Another point to be observed is that ;rees and vines must not be allowed to nake any elfort other than by seeding. l'ho shoots and runners mnust be kept lown, as they rob the parent stock of ritatl power-as is well known to those vho grow strawberries especially, the unuers of this year being detri mental o fruit production the sieceeding sea on. Let every fruit-grower enleavor o produce gouu, well-formed, market ble fruit., culling out that which is iferior, and allotting to the trees only hat which is suitable to their capacity ,nd the in creasc(l prices and (taick sales vill be more than a satisfactory renu ieration for the small amotnt, of extra tbor required.. A scoretiary in TIroubto. A genthenian whto had business with ho War Dlepartnment dutritig tihe P'resi ency of Genieral JackFsonm, called upon lie Secretary for t,he purpose of trans cting it. As lie approached the dloor 3adhing to the Secretary's apartment, ho~ messenmger iniformed him that the icrmetary wasI enigaged for the mio rient, and begged himi to take aL seat in lie ante-roomi 'lThe door was ajar, iid the visitor could not aLvoid hearing lie lotud and aiigry tones of the great unlctionary. 11I0 was evidlently ad ressmng an otlicer of the army, who van delinqutent ill t,he matter oif his *ccounits, "'You have been repeatedly lireted to bring your affairs to a ettlemeont,"' said lhe, "andt you pay ito ttenition to the instrumctioni, delaying in one frivolous pretext or anuothert, ,nd offering the mtost prpostorous xctuses, unt,il the tIhing ha~s become itolerable. I f this goes on much Ion er 1 shaltl order your arrest, and try oii by court,-martial. T1hie War I)e artmtet cannlot 1be t,riled wibh. T1heo oitendinig ollicer was a .imrench nanti, whose broken En~tglish and ex raord in ary phlratseoilogy wvere most nirth-provok ing. 1ie p)resetlty bowed aiimself out, int.o thme hall, te very mipersoniation of comiposutre and self omplacency. TIhe genit,etman wvho was vaitinig for ang aud{ience imiired what vas theO matter. "N ossing wvia me," vaIs the repuly wit,h IL grimace and IL hug of the shiotulders. "'Butt ze Minis or of ze WaLr is in trubblo."' N*iasoteon's soin. Prince IN'apoleon's sont 1s onily oneo of long line of royal p'retend(ers, refugees, rn captives who have enttered Enuglish dhools within the paust dozen years. Hie utters Cheltenhamn College. It wIas there tat D)r. Jex-Blake first received Prince .leymiayu, soni of King Tihteodore of .byssinia. Soon aftet:, the Duke of entoa entered Harrow uinder Mr. Mat Jew Arnold. Ptinoe iIassanm, of Egypt 11d Pincite SootchiaL, of Siam, were noL ng ago at Oxford, The KCing of Spain 'as once at Sandhurst, and Don Jaimo, itof D)on Carlos, the pretender,n~ow the Jesuit College nearWA sor hile thte Woolwicli career-oftJ n-o apoleon III is still freshuiui meInru u 1tellglon is as necessary to reitson y asont Is to religion; tle one0 canpot list without Lhe. other. 'Ardaddibig' ing Wotild lose his reason in *tte xpt g to accoum6 for the phenomena ofe tture had lhe not a Supreme e gt for to. If there had beoe 9~o aakind would haye boeiio~~4 ag6ine QO. ' A Joke on a Soldler. Many persons think that these old soldiers who meet at reunions have be come dignified and forgotten how to have any fun when they geti together. This is the greatest mistake that was ever made. We suppose there was more fun to the square mile during the reun ion here than was ever -enjoyed since the world began. Among the C4icago boys, as a guest, was Theo R. Davis, the artist of Harper's Weekly, who was all through the war, and whose pencil has caused many a battle-fold to be impressed upon the minds of hundreds a of thousands of people who were not there. There was one of the Chicag6 mon who sometimes took a little too m auch wet stuff, and who was' a little. excitable when full7 though a i<yaI I good follow. The visiting,.the music, the marching, the cheering ard the ex-' citeniont of the reunion with a little dust of liquor, had made him feel quite excited, and lie wanted to fight his battles over again, but the boys kept him quiet, and finally got him to bed, and soon he slept like a log. The boys were in the room telling stories, when some one called attention to the sleeping comrade, and in a second an idea oc curred to Davis, the artist. He said lie would go to his room and get his water olor paint and brushes, and some court plaster, and paint the face of the 51e01 ing comrade so he would look as though ie had been in a fight, and been knocked all to pieces. The boys said it would be a good idlea, and pretty soon the artist was at work with his soft camel's hair brushes, and the boys stood over the artist and his humani canvas, holding their sides to keel) from roaring. The artist first painted two black eyes that you would swear had been made by a wian's list. Then lie painted a swelling ou onle che'k, and on the forehead he painted what looked as though a sledge launnter had mashed in tli skull and left the brain oozing out. Then the artist took some strips of court ,laster and stuck one across the painted broken nose, another across the mouth, sealing both lips ; amid the boys stood back to look at the stricken man and wait for the court plaster to dry. The scene was so real that one of the boys actually turned pale while looking at the sleeper. The boys held a consultation and agreed that when their friend awoke they should look heart-broken, and make hii believe he had been mauled out of all i mana shape ; and they got a strange veteran from Oshkosh to personate a doctor. After a little the sleeper began to wake up, and one of his friends took a seat by his bedside, took hold of his pulse and as he opened his eyes the friend said : " N ow don't exert yourself, and don't try to tal'k. The doctor says you will be all right if you remain quiet." 'I'he victim of the joke opened his eyes and was gong w ti, wh t in Gehenna was the matter, and what mnaae' Ioia stand around like a lot of pall-bearers, when lie found his mouth held together by court plaster, and his vice sounded like a man with a hair-lip asking some body to go to the devil. At this*point LIu Drury, one of the jokers, was having trouble to keep from laughing, so ho put a hiaidkerchiief to his face, sobbed, and said " My God, boys, this is horri ble." 'llhe victim looked at Lu, and would have sworn his great heart was overcharged with grief, and lie tried to talk, but the court plaster would not pernit him. At this point the Oshkosh villatin, who acted as army surgeon went to the bedside of the wounded mn, relieved the other watcher, felt of his pulse and said : "Don't be (iscouraged, my boy, we wvill pull you through,- if you do not get excited. I have cured worst cases." T1hen lie took ai p)air of scissors and cut the court plaster that held thme lips together, and said: "There, how do you feel nowv? Don't talk much, but don't you feel relieved ?" TIhie victim looked at the doctor and at the boys who were picf,uresquely staninig around, the bed, and said : "lDon, for God's sake, what has hap peuned to me ?" The doctor told him to be quiet, and then whmisp0eed to him " You have had the wvorst fight that a man ever had and lived. A man at tacked you on Wells street wvith a view of robbing you, and you defended your self, but it was a hard struggle. Mr. Drury, please hand me thai, hand-glass. There, you can see for yonrself. ,There is a coinusion of thme brain, the eyes are dilscolored, and I thought your jaw was broken, buit as you can talk I guess It is eoily fractured. But you ought to see thme man that junmed on you. There, nowv, don't look at yourself too. much. You will look better to rommw." The victim took a long look at him self, anid the fist thing lie said wvas: "Is the other fellow alive ?" It was all the boys could do to keelp from bursting, but they kept sober faces, anmd the doector said the other follow was alive, but he wvas the worst used up~ man lie ever sewved uip. He sid one arim was broken and one eye goulged out, andl his face looked as If a piile-driver had struck him. The .victim smIled a satisfactory snill as he~ heard how he had whipped thme other fellow. Then the boys asked if lie had any mes sage to send( home, iIe took the mirror and looked at himself again,.and said: " Telegraph for my wife." 'That was too much, and the boys roared and the doctor tore off tihu court plaster front his nose, another fellow brought a wet towel and time paint was washed off, and when lie was clean the boys handed him the mirror, and lie looked at himself again, and then saw it was a j olie, anid hie 'wanted :to kill. somne of (them, but just then a colored, boy aqgt up a egymploof bottesm of win, h\ured my gotf u n l~s i I andthBu te~fthe follo'~ ,