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Sr~ TRI-W EEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. ULY 24, 1883S THE VOICE OF THE HEART. 1k.afeued with, Voices from that hoarse tongued sea Howling around doubt's dungeon walls, I rise ndl gazo at midnight on the liquid skies. The calm, clear stars with patient minis try Performing each heaven's task unweariedly. Then, since life's mystery, death's dread surmise, In si.ence with the world's weight on mo lies, Voice of my heart, listening I lean to thee! Voice of ny heart, tlift art God's voice in me Spirit unknown, that will not let hope die, E'en though the death-pangs on my soul are nigh I Speak through the stillness! Strength and comfort bring Once more with faith's unconquerable cry! Lift me aloft on love's unfaltering winglI WINNING A WIFE "Go down and pick a few quarts of blackberries, Hulda, child, and don't sit Lloubled up over that book any lon ger," said Mrs. Holt, as she dumped down a basket of linen she had just 1 brought in from the bleaching patch fresh, fair, fragrant linen, with the odor of new-mown hay permeating through every fold of it. IIulda lifted up her golden brown head and gazed at her aunt with great, soft, appealing eyes. "Oh11 aunty, it's the Two Orphans,' and I do want to know whether they ever find each other again. You know Louise is blind, and-" "There, that'll do. I bet they found each other all right in the end. You know if they did it right off there wouldn't be any story. Take your basket and get enough berries for sup per. You know Joe Travers and Aleck Hunt are helping your uncle with the hay, and hungry enough they will be. Go along." So the "Two Orphans" had to be laid aside, and IIulda, somewhat reluc tantly, took her way to the blackber ries. They grew at the foot ot the meadow by a running stream, and they were tempting, luscious and plen tiful. liulda's thought were with blind Louise, while her fingers were busy with the berries, and she scarcely let her eyes wander from the basket. She was fair to look upon, this or phan niece of the old New England i farmer. Tall and slender, with gold tinted, bronze hair, brown eyes, and sull kissed, soft, smooth cheeks, with a I peachen down on them. IIer eye lashes were particularly long and curving, and she had a way of looking out from under them that had a great effect upon c the young men she met at "meetin" and singing school. Not that she tried to fiait-4 thImi'mn, hut n1ho oould nnt". help doing it, aiy more thaa a rose can help smelling sweet. Ilulda was not I quite seventeen. Her father had been i a teacher of inusle, her mnother a sister of Silas Hope. They both died young ant poor, so Iulda caine to the Hope i homestead when she was a shy girl of eleven, slender but not ungraceful, a looking, with her wistful eyes, like a c young fawn. Her uncle welcomed her 1 with open armns, and his wife, though ] childless herself, was a woman who had a heart big enough to have a place for t all the friendless little ones that came I in her way. Ilulda was happy-thoroughly happy I and coitent. The fresh air, new milk I and early hours soon built up her t slight form. . Though she remained I slim, she filled out with the roundness c of beauty. 11er warm cheeks glowed c with a sunset flush, anid her lips were t like coral. iluldia's dress was a simple dlark-blue-prinit, and her head was cov- e ered by that well-nigh obsolete form of '. uigliness, a sun-bom.et. Still the wav'es of golden hair showed on the smlootli young brow, and the blackberry ga' ~ erer formned a p)retty p)icture. *55f ~Not unobserv'ed, either, for,. 03 the brook under thme sh ade som dIrooping willows, a tall mj~ / nt a gray shoot,ing dress lay wac her. "Whiat a stud i> Jvangelinme.h sa.id lie to hiimself. Vhta Margue- ki ritei" c The man k .~ery still and in allN probabilitylP c awuldineverlhavebeeni lo consciou At his~ preseiice if another -party ha not appeared 0on the sceiie. hi Tite ^ewcomer was a stout man about f,y years of age, with a long, black P beard, large soft hat and browvn velvet " "Hlullo. Morley!i What luck?" lhe ex- k caimled. Th'le sound of the voice star tied the girl, but a healthly, careless ox- ti i'itenice had endowiied her with strong nerves, and3( her surprise was not alarm. I She gazedi at thetrangors with cahnlf in -terest, for they w~ere unlike the mcin a shen saw in her daily life. "Poor luck, Carlton I fear trout are too sensible to take iiuch notice of my unisopisticated efforts to attract thleir U * "Possibly so. Well, I have whipped a the stream also with more skill than * success. Let us adjourn." Hhulda 1had( returned to tIhe berries,r but her cheeks were flushed and her young heart throbbed, for she felt Mor hey's eyes fixed on her face. "What a pretty girli" said Carleton, ' --in ani nmdertoneo. "Yes; ani unusual style of beauty. I -never saw anything lovelier than the mixture tints on her face. .No common -pik anid white blonde beauty, but the ripe tonies of tihe old Italian masters." - The basket was full now, and1( the girl was turning away, when Morley rose todiiis feet and addressed her geintly --and respectfully. "Cani you toll me where I can buy some milk or cider-anything cool to drink?" "Yes. If you go up to the midldle of, -the inieadlows you will find a bridge.i . I'll wait here for you, and that re l' house is where iDy uncle lives. Aunty| will g ive.you some inilk; we haven't any cider." "Thank you." She stood wvaiting for them, basket in hand, while Morley gathered up hisi fishhig tackle and sought the bridge, efollowved by his friend. H{ulda was shy, but she reliled to the questions addressed to her by Mor - ly with self possession. He was sur /G in i1 ;. --' Irised to.flnd how well imformed she was. She had a passion for reading, mnd fortunately had been able to gratify It for the library of the old clergyman who lived near the Hope homestead had been placed at her disposal. When they reached the house supper was already on the table. Mrs. Hope )xpressed no surprise when the number )f guests at her table was increased by ;he arrival of the strangers. She made hem welcome and showed them their >laces. Fresh, home-made bread, cold )oiled ham, corn cakes and Hiulda's Alackberries, washed down with creamy nilk, engrossed their'attention for a :easonable time, then - the men sought the doorstep with their pipes, and [Iulda, her aunt and the hired girl went out to milk. Silas I[ope was a shrewd, middle tged Yankee farmer, God-fearing and ober, smart and far seeing, and Mor ey and Carleton soon became interes ,ed In his conversation. IIe asked them to questions that bordered on the in luisitive, but still learned that they were strangers in the neighborhood Jarlton, an English lawyer, come over o look for a lost heir; Morley, also a awyer from New York. "I've almost giving up hope of find ng the man I am in search of," said he Englishman. "I lost all trace of in since the war. le was a music eacher in Boston, and joinet the army was taken prisoner by the rebels and scapel from the Southern prison [ibby Prison." "An English-music teacher-served in the army. May I ask his name ir?" "Certainly. His name was an m onnomn one-Stanily Earlwood. He vas the younger son, of a younger son, md when he left England had no ex )ectation of ever coming into the title >r estate."' Silas Ihope took his pipe from his noutht and rubbed his chin thought ully. "Supposin' the man's dead sir. Sup >osin' he married out here and left :hildren. What then?" "If those cnildren can prove their de cent they will inherit the title and es ate." "If they are boys, maybe; but what vould they git if they are girls?" "If they are girls they will inherit arge fortunes, but the title will pass uto another branch of the family. I vishi I could find any trace of Stanley Barlwood. I shall return to England iext month, but I have done nothing." "You can find a trace of Stanly Earl vood, sir," "Where?" cried Carlton, startled utt of his careless attitude by the narked significance of his tone. "Yonder," replied Silas, pointing oroau tho .uccduw', wheru, in ,tie arly autumn moonlight the white ombstones of the churchyard glis cned. "What here?" "Yes here. Stanly Earlwood mar ied my only sister, Maggie, after the var. IIe met her in Boston, and they vent to Portland. le was sickly and ouldn't get along, and they came home ere for six months; then they went to 3altimnore for a spell, but got worse and . vorse. Now and then they woul come nmd stop with the 01(d woman Amid me, ut poor Earlwood was miity inde endent and didn't like to ) a-burdqg 0 Yell, he died flive year /ago, .i is uried in my plot, and/I h' all his o here-you can see 't in his own i apers is in my sit 'lgter, Hiulda, is 1 osk, and his offtss Hope, inilkin' our ut there wit d Sonde o ct of the search was ac- 0 Sotein an unexpected manner. n om day the grave was visitedl tihe examined--fortunately Earl 'd had beeni a methodical man, and his desk all the necessary documents prove his daughter's rights wvere uind. H-ulda was surp)rised to learn that she c :1s a member of an 01(1 aristocratic f mily. Herm aunt said she always knew t ~r brother-in-lawv belonged to good t nsfolk. Silas took the matter very 3 ,Imly and only seemedl sorry at the s osp)ect of losing his niece, whom lhe y vedl like a daughter. t "I'lsose you will go to Enmgland and 1 ve among lords and duikes?" hie saidi, ', acing his arm around her alnd dlraw1- I g her to his ibrnast. "No, I will not, Uncle Silas. I don't s wv the lords and (lukes. Can't I ay iln the States if I like, Mr. Carl "Certainly, Miss Earlwood. I think mr wish is natural. Still it might 3 lbetter to go home, just to form the :quainitance of your father's family." "I don't want to knowv them. They ever done my father any goodi. Uncle ilais was the one who always hel1ped a. I'd rather stay." Morley did not leave the Hop1) home Lead till he won Silais' consent to re urn, lie told him that hie admired lulda, and besought him to give per ission that lie might address her. "'No!" relidd Silas, sturdily. "'Tme :irl is too young. Go back to New f'ork, and come here in a year's time.. L'hen we shall see. Morley obeyed, though lie wvas loth 0 (10 so. He. took a long walk with Imlda, but faithful to his p)romise, aid n word of love, lie was wealthy, mnt worked hard duiring hiis probationary 'ear to better his fortune. It was a glorious moonlight night, mid Hluida stood beside Silas, who unoked lisa 1)11) on the stool). Ilulda was simply dIressed in a flowing robe of :,in texturLe-of a p)ale shade of silver grey. She was beautiful and the past year had been well employed b)y her, for she lad used her new-found wvealth to imp'rove her mind, with the assist imice of a good teacher-a lady of ge nius aiid culture.- She was sometimes thioughtful, her goveriiess thioughit a little sad, but never expressed aniy rea son for b'eing so. As she stood looking acrqps the mead ows listening to thme chirp of crickets, and watching the shadows ca t by the clouds as they crossed the golden queen of heaven, a click ot the gate caused her to turn in that direction. A tall form im a grey suit stood hefora her-a face that looked unnatur pale in the moonlight. "Frank Morley!" cried Silas Hop tones of wa1m welcome. "Yes. I've come now to ask question you would not allow me ask you a year ago. Hiulda-you ki what it is. Do you, not?" lie t her hand, which trembled and tur cold in his. "Do you, can you 1 me?" "Yes," she whispered. "I've lo you ever since the first time I you." The marriage took place at an ea day. - And sorry as Silas was to p with his niece he knew he had foun husband worthy of her. So ends history of how a wife was won waiting until the blackberries v ripe. Blue Eyes for Beauty. "To be in the fashion to-day, must have dark hair, blue eyes, no particle of color and liips as red as cherry." Thus speaks a promini writer on the fashions. The artill production of the black eye is a ma of every day occurrence. The best friends occasionally do a little of 1 kind of tinting for. one another, 1 from black or dark brown, or gray, hazel, or green to blue, is a horse, t is to say an eye, of another color, i at this stage of the new era in bea it does almost seem impossible that ingenuity of man would be able to complish the result. Such was opinion of Dr. Williams, an oculist. "There is no art by which the cc of the iris can be changed," said . Williams. "The iris consists of a c tain which is on the inside of the and the back part of which is suppl with a pigment which varies in col as we see daily, and is in characte tic harmony with the hair and c( plexion of the owner. The only chai which can be effected in tihe appeara: of the eye is accomplished by the use belladonna. Ladies who have lil eyes, which they wish to darken, d into them a solution of belladon which has the effect of largely dilati the pupil. '1'he light color of the iri thus displaced by the deep black of : pupil and the appearance of the eye greatly changed. Many ladies pract tnis habit, which is not harmful, though it causes considerable disco fort. Atter a lady has given her e a dose of belladonna, its immediate tion is to dilate the pupils and they main so, no matter liov intense light may be. ''hus you see the ba room beauty who has increased charms in this way suffers consid ably, her eyes admitting such a qu tity of brilliant light as frequentiy render her allost blind for the ti buing." "'11ow long does this unnatural di tion last,?" "Generally about a week. Wher( very weak solution has Peen enmplo' it will pass away n a couple of Very few ladies, however, wh 1. belladonna, use the weak y un1a1 "But blue eyes are tailuable7" .dtno process b "Yes, sir. '-he'lor, of the iris Ce which the in' }th'e pigment cannot b )e clianli ly way tit is now Knlowi :eacpale." oCould not the ladies wear blue eye rer their brown ones?" "Yes, they could-in a story, no ,herwise. A healthy eye would nc low of the wearing of a false one ovc There would not be room for 11 he artilicial eye can only be place ,,or one which has been shrunken b sease. No; there is o way by wlih ic color of tile eye cani be chaanget one whatever." lBushmein as Trackers. At the beginning of October I w ack( hiome at tile p)ermanenlt campi. ai mud that a large number of peoplia hi )llected around, among them a hunt Lomn the Okavango River, and a si ribe of bushmen- with thiemi. Some loem had been with him nlearly elev ears; and it was most initeresting ie the true bushmlan inl his nlative e ment. Tile 111en were islighmt, but bet ifully made, anid the women t,he aan ut hIideously ugly. I asked Sabat rith wvhiom thle bushmenl were, to let ave three of his men to show us i >uIsinnenI track. lie agreed, so off tarted one morning. A fter going soi vay I mniagedl to break the fore leg cowv koodoo. 11cr mate was with hi .nd away went tile bushmen, tracki lie wvounided animal, and we followi vithI our horses at a hard canter. T1': mnitedl the koodoo exactly like beagh mid when at fault sp)red. out and( C auchi in tihe same way as the hlound(s I Xfter going about three miles the bum nonl suddenily stopped0', and there st( ,he wounded koodoo in front of us, w ier mate slowly going off in the distani [ nlever saw al imore bieaultiful bilt ipooring, and If one had1( a numnbei ,hiese bushmen with onie, not a head wVounde(d game wvould be lost, as ti wvould go half a day running and( spo tug. Thley linishued the cowv off w Ilheir knobkerries, and in the even Uhe meat was brought back into camn It is a commonTh custom to leave a 1 of matches anywhere, just where: hiappenied to use0 thleml last-en table, bureau, closet, shelf -in fact, p)laUe except the nmatch saufe. Chiki get hold of theim, and slip thiem i their pockets, and then in pulling other traps to hInd somethiing else, matches sllp out, just as likely to oil a carpet or barn 1loor, withi sti scattered all aboult, as anywhlere e Somebody steps oni thleml, or a m1o nibbles at the phiosphiorus, anid off t go I Unaccountable I Strange I wvork of anm inlcend(iary I Another ---young men strike a match to lgI cigar or p11pe and throw it down ablaze, never minding where It ft If it Is out of doo1rs it cannot do; harm. It may not fall straight to ground, a gust of wilnd may carry li sparks or blaze into some comnbuist material, and1 it is a seven days' is der how the tire originated. ly . An Ocean phost, 3 in Two Englishmen led together < board a Cunard stea or from Live the pool for New York a'short time ag to They had never met lefore, but the tow happened to come to ithor in the fir yok evening on bo:ard, a4l finding they hi ned a grood deal im con ni, soon becain >VO mnore thnan mere aLcqj ,intancos. Tht were both universi - men ; one ha ved been at Oxford and ti other at Can naw bridge. They were b th.fond of spot and each was crossinl for his first tim trly that was quite enou : to reconlier >art them to one anotlier, ttud before tie dl a Ihad been two (lays at sea they had b the come fast friends. I was a rough pa by sage, and they were , doin able to. g< 'ore on deck; m) thoy dpon PJ;u-iA playing ecarte in a co F f the saloo: 'lho saloon of anl ntic steane however, is never a v - hiryplace, an one day the atinosphe got so bad dow 'ou there that these tw young fellow t a agreed that anything ias better tha the sitting there; so ti pocketed thei ?nt cards, i1tde a melnta leiuoralnduuin o ,ial the score and whose leal it was, an ter then adjourned to o of their cabin of and sitting, one on t 'lower bunk an his tie oilier on the cot u, they went of nit with tiei" gane. 1 Was between tin or deals, alnd i,n one I to was sitting of hat Line bunk (whom w will call Mr. A. and was shuilhiig tine ca , when boti be ity caine aware that a iird person Wa. the standing at tei cab door looknig a ae- tllelll. the -Good God, Jack exclaimed ir .13., jumping up tron lie couen, 'ltow ior on earth did you go Orel" L)r. 'T'ine figure at t,ie or said nothing ur- but quietly turnued und and waklet eye away agana. Tne b t, was roling bad ied ly, and wtelil .i. 1 Ione Luluihub1 or, over tne port,nantea aind nad naadae ii r1s- way to Line door sonl Lew seconniis han wl- elapsed. A. was in urally souiewlnal ige astonisned at the un erluotS interrup nce ton and the way hli riend hadl t,reatet of it, so 1e drew Lie ea s on tihe led, and, Oht Ianging on to tine d , seralnoed oti :op atter nil. Wlnen I got into the pas ua, sage he saw B. stan ig sonie ten yard: 1g oli, booRnig upI andC wni in a bew~ii S is ered Knnid OI a iwa.) ati nuobody elst he In sight. A stewar ine along from 15 the saloon just tien, id on eing qiuest iCi% loiedti e saidi he in innei, lioiJuty iuut il- the eat tiat way, an tne "nlre h ateni n- was bat.eined to wn ud tine t,wo nine yes5 nad tiein piaying n tno last cal>in bun ye- one, nu was not i1Ke a. the Suraugu re- visitor hai gone twi ier Way. tie "Wno was itY Sked A., as the lil- other caine back t 1u atter iuestion ner uiig tine steward. - i 4ve liOt. seei wiil Cr- on board Uefore." In- "e was my > tlher, ".4 he is no to OIL board,'' wi the nMiJ't1L11 anSwer. me "1 left nn inn IvP and . kuow lne can't ply a e , pS Iia- ".V onse Llne . 1 have believe it was yo Iro ita . lC was as utLterly tiliiiie you as ,- Li liian CaI, t 0 iku aaoticr-lii\ was 1 tail and you are short, ln was fair and you are dara, nnP was stout and you are siln, aind yotnr faces are coin,letely d1' Y ". es, I know. I call hinm iny brother, 11 but n is reanly nny half broi,ner. His e name was U., anid we are totally unlike e actn other. But that nani was my half brother, Jack U., as sure as I anlstand 8 ing nere, or-is gnost." 1Weil, Moere was no more ecarte that afterinooin; none of tie ollicers or pas it sengers had seen anybodhy answering to r tueesrliption of the supposed U., and Ine never appeared until they reache y hnhew York. y' When thney latnded, B. found a cabin Ii mnessange teihimg Inn L,nat his half-br'otheci Swas ded.1 .Nowv, so fan', tinis inncidenit was niol dnfferennt fromn a scor'e of othners whniell have beeni reported and pu.blishned al v'arious times; aind, beyoind thne fael s~ that tine atppartitiin was 50een clearly by 1( two p)ersons, it, supiplies nno t urthner evi 1( dennce of tIne existence or appearance o er' ghnosts or "doubles" thnan has beein ad til. duced ever and over again. ut thner ot was as equel to thnis whnich linds a ghasti Gin .eircunmstantiality to thme wvhole atfain to anid makes it ver'y hard to laugh th le- ,matter oft as a imere op)t,icali illusion,. u- A. lost sight of B. enntirely a few day $> after narrivinig in Amer'nca. 'While tn Li, former wvent, wecst at, ounce, thne iat,t us stnayed in Newv York three or four day:y >wV anId themn'recssed1 to Eingland. T w~ ye yea's had passed befono A. went bael nlo agnin, aind lie had prietty wvell given u1 of puzzling over tine mnystery, wnn on mr, day nas he wvas walkinig aloing Piccadill ing he saw tine nman- wino app1eareod in tii gstateroom that day coiing to imnet 03 niin,. ' 'ardon ine, sir,'' lhe began, "is in YS 3ouI intame C.?'' I. Yes," wans tine answer, "'my iuan iii C., bunt i. connfess yotu have the advan tn "I dare say. I only sawv youm 01c01b Ce. fore,' nnd thnat, was on boan'd tihe stoar of, shnip;'Paupa in mid-Atlantic.'' of ..Good heavens! Then youn' name of A. annd you were with mny half-brothec noy Charlt'ie .1., whlein he saw Jack. .N "r- Lhnbat wans not 1-thnat wVas my br'othne mmh We were exactly alike, and wore co *' Uhnar'li is t,tterly diiterent,-but t,iu Jacek and I took after our father. wishn yomn woulid t.urni in here," hie sa jiointnnng to a clubi hounse close at, han lox ''amnd tell me all about that, day. Y< p0ou kinow of course LImit Jack died that ye Jhe aLiwr'noomn'" imy Oh, yes, A. knew it wvell enough, b "~~ tine nor'rible dillicunty wnas t,hins: 11e hn alo never scen Charnile . unntil h met hili >ur' on boaird tine ship, nand haid never sei th liner of tine br'otuers C. at all. 'T2 rail only kinowledge which ho hnad of aw feturs or could have, was frnoim Li, Ise. shoart glinpse n boar'dshi. Who ICoy annothner peison altogetiner, whnen t: Phie remmnbrannce of his f'eature~s enable hi ato recognize his brot,her. If it was aloptical alusiomnitwas very wvonndert Us oe tat ouldpicurea face whioh *is hand neover seeni befon'e; and if it w not ant opticai illusion, what was it '? her ble Tme hardest tihing in tine world to on- to constantly that you caun do it wt is to mind your own buasiness. A 1'IuingO to Doath. m There arrived at Denver on the Bur lington train recently a well-known citi zen of Greeley who will probably di( 0e from the effects of injuries sustained i one of the most harrowing accidentt d that has a place in the history of round. up sensations in the West. The victin is Mr. Ilughitt. The Little Frenchman drange, in Southwestern Nebraska, h perhaps one of the most celebrated cattic sections of the country. In that neigh. borhood Iughitt was one of the most noted among the cowboys. A college graduate, he combined intelligence with that rare courage which the better class of cowboys always display on the range. He was more than valiant. 6 Uu everal stgCKmbn wer-well gathered ' on the brink of a largem looked the Little Frenchman river. The bluff was at least one hundred feet above the stream. W'hile the cattle were being cutt out a steer broke away and made a r dash along the edge of the yawning chasm. .lleneath was the swiftly pass :1 ig water and sharp jutting rocks. There were one hundred and fifty cow boys in the circle, the number being equally divided among three outfits. A representative of each put spurs to his horse and made the chase. llughitt was the foremost. Following liim close l' were William Thompson and John Green. All three circled lassoes above their heads and dng the spur points into their horses' sides until the blood spu rt ed. It was a rivalry of horsemans hip and herding valor. Along the edge of the awful phrecipico the maddened steer plunged, the three ambitious horsemen closely pursuing and awaiting an advan tage. When about two hlundlred yards away from the herd, and as the stur rounding cowboys were about to utter another yell of encourageenlit, a cry of destruction and death went heavenward. '1he. steer anl horsemnet disappeared Sinultaneously. The part y rushed to thle point of look out on the chasin only to see beneath the mingled bodies of dead and dying. While the members stood paralyzed on time brink, yet. irresolute as to what they should (do, ltughitt was observed springing to his feet. His horse re sponded to the release and tile rider, after some difficulty, mounted. 'T'lhe twain, by a circuitous route, then slowly climbed back to the mesa. Dismayed by the terrible catastrophe, the cowboys were still standing benumbed with dread when the maimed man appeared among them. Meanwhilo a descent was made into the canon by a rescuing party. The steer, the cause of the disaster, escaped mnjury. Green was found almost buried and (lead. He was bruised considerably and all his limbs were found broken. Thnmlpso" %, w found dead and fearfully hutiima..: : )e pommel of his saanl? I"$N~t viyoiTgif gr tijj ga, heard a word of suffering from his lips. Finally he began to bleed at the lungs and a halt was made to determine the extent ami nature of his injuries. IIe was dismounted and examinleid. Ilmagine the surprise of the escort when they found that he was llailled almost to (loatih. II is collar-bone was broken, Ihis riglht arm was fractured in two places and from his right side there protruded two broken ribs. Add to all this the fact that he was also illternally injured, as evidenced by the blood vomit, and the condition of the snlferer canl be realized. "That is the grittiest manm I ever met,'' said the cowboy, in rounding off his accoumt of the occlrrence. llokd Fast by a Log. Mr. Mitchell, wile lives somne six miles southl of WVest Plains, Mo., hiad. his house blowvn dlown Onl tile night of tile recent tornadlo. IIearing the ap ptroachl of the terr'ile storm, he toild h,is wvife to gathler the chlid(reni and( get int,o the Oclilr withl thienmias speCedily as possible2 at tile sameU time bracing him self agamlst the oultside dooer to prevent it, from blowing Openl, and calling to his5 assIistanlce his eldest chiild, alad of seone 10 years of age. Thelm cellar was 110 more thanii a 1hole exeavatedl under01 tile floor, scarcely large enough to 110ld a hmalf-dlozenm persons in a stand(inlg posi tion, andc reachedm byairp r After' holdiing thme (door1 alonel a me m6nt, Mitchell tumrnedl to see if the boy 'wats beside hml, and1( as he0 was not ther'e, (conclutded thant the lad had also takenl ref'uge ini the cellar, aind so Sabandoning tihe dloor, lhe also jumped into tile 1101, and( nt a moimeint too soon, for, as lhe did( 5s), the~ (3rash camie. The logs of ihis house5 flew ini all direc tionls, andI theO lamp1 wenIIt ont on the Sinmstanit, leavinig ali ini ult,tr diarkness oinly as llihtedi by mnomnentary Ilashies of tile most bliniding lightnling. All a cahn11, whlile tile railS pourled inl tor renIts inIto the pile of dlebris. It was Sthen he0 heaird the timified sound1( of a -cil d, hlfl crying, hlalf chokinlg. .lHe felt arond iu time groupi of child r, jumped ouit upni tile floor, andh gumided by the~ sounds(1, cralwled( over' thle fallen1 r.timlbers till lie reachied the little feliow's Sbed. Onie' of the top logs of the side .of tile hiouise had been thriowni in warmdiy, an end restinIg upon the few eind logs of tile house that remained ini place, and( the othetr enid driopinilg upon1 the u floor, while upon it, wit.h head covered Ywjth quils to shut omit tile horrors of the night lay thle boy with tihe heavy tlog lyinug (lirectly across hlis face. I Munster'ing all his strength, Mr. Mitchell ilftedl tile log aind elealsed thei 1little prisonmer, who, strange as it many 10 se(em, was more frighltened thanm hurmit, Sbut w~old hlave smnothleredl to (leathl in a few mlomenlts hmad he( not been1 re llieved. The little cellar undoubtedly m saved the lives of most of the family, Io for tile houmse lhad fallen dlownl near'ly "il to the floor, excep)t at one end, amnd the 'n logs that compIiosed it were piled pro "im miscuouisly insid(e. as Professor Blerd,clot mnainmtains thai~ the true element carbon is as yet un* knmown; that it must be of a gaseouw :lo nature, and that diamond, graphmtie 11, etc., are but stated of the veritabi car bon, The Brooklyn Bridge. After the towers had been built and the anchorage made ready, then came the strangest work of all. To make the cables and then put them over the towers would be a difficult matter. Very likely it could not be done at all. So the cables were made, just where they hang, one small wire at a time. The cables are not chains with links, nor are they twisted like ropes. They are bundles of straight wires wound tightly around the outside. They called the work "weaving the cable." At the Brooklyn anchorage was placed a powerful steam-engine, and on the top of the anchorage were placed I two large wheels, and with the aid of .roner mucinAry t.ha engine . caused these wheels to turn forward- or back ward. From each wheel was stretched a steel rope to the top of the Brooklyn tower, over the river, over the other tower, and down to the New York ' anchorage. Here It passed over an other wheel, and then stretched all the ri way back again. The ends were fast- r cued together, making an endless rope, a, and when the engine moved, the ropes Ia traveled to and fro over the river. For this reason they were called the "trav- D Olers." There were, besides these travelers, two more ropes placed side by side. On these were laid short pieces of oak, thus making a foot-bridge on which the workmen could cross the river. There were also other ropes for sup- ra porting platforms, On which the men v stood as the weaving went on. On each traveler was hung an iron wheel and as the traveler moved, the wheel went with it. It took only ten minutes to send two wires over the river in this way. The , men on the foot-bridge and on the to platforms suspen ded from the other ti ropes guided the two wires into place, e and thus the cables were woven, little by little, two slender steel wires each thne, and carefully laid in the place till 5434 wires were bound togedher in a huge cable, fifteen and three-quairter inches in dianeter. The work was fairly started by the 11th of June 1877 ve and the last wire was laid October 5,'i, 1878. There are four cables, each 4 3578. feet long, and if all the wires were placed in line, they would reach over fourteen thousaud miles. The work was long and dangerous. Sometimes the wire would break and fall into the water, and an hour or more would be spent in hauling it up W1 and starting once more. The men on a1 the footbridge or on the cradles high y in the air watched every wire as it was a laid i place. To start and stop the engine, innc stood on the top of the towers and waved signal flags to the en rineer. Such a 1nnas of wires wolc no very easiy keel) 11 . ae._au as td87d+i tit1" ic bun- A dle or cable. ~l, nygionio Vaiuo of Mirth. But, aside from all this, mirth has an hygienic value that can be hardly over rated while our social life remains o what the slavery of vices and dogmas rev has made it. Joy has been called the vh snshlhe of the heart, yet the same sun v that calls forth the flowers of a plant 1 is also needed to expand its leaves and ripen its fruits; and without the stimu lus of exhilarating pastimes pierfect bodily. health is as ilpossible as moral c and mental vigor. And, as sure as a yo succession of uniform crops will exhaust * the best soil, the i 'aily repetition of a rei monotonous occupA. tion will wear out 11, the best man. liod, and mind require an occasional change of emplloymnent, ( or else a liberal supply of fert,ilizing recreations, and this requirement is a factor wvhose omission often foils the arithmetic of our political econonisbts. Mu To the creatures of the wilderness tl a illiction conmes generally in thme f'ormn of impendinig dlanger-fanmine or per sistent persecutionm; and under such cir~cunmstan ces the muod iflcations of thme vital pr~ocess seeim to op)erate agaiinst its long continuance; well wishiing natture sees lien puripose dbefeated, anid ag the vital energy flags, the siap of life cv i'unis to 50eed. Oni the same principle "' an existence of joyless druidgery seeins an to draini the sp)rinmgs of health, even at gg an age wheii they can drlaw 1upon1 the all largest, inner resources, hoe, too, j" often bafthed, at last withdlrawvs her aid; 3 the tongue may be atuned to canting huymns of consolation, but the heart canniuot be de)ei ved, and with its sinik ing 1pul1e the strength of lif4 ebbs away. Ninie-tenths of our city child r'en are literally starving for lack of r recreat.ioni; not the mueanis of life, but ki its joet, civilizationi has dlefrauded ~ themi of; tbey feel a want which br'ead w~ can ontly alggravate, for anly hunger helps them to forget tihe misiery of enniiui, Thir pallor is the sallowv hue o,f a cellar-plant; they woukl be hecailhier if thuey were happier. I would under-31' e take to cure a sickly cnild( with fun and a ryc-br'eadI sooner thant with tidlbits and u tedium. A Libel ngraved on~ a TiouJtystonlo. Philander Finiley and Mart lieggs, of Marshaull, Missouri, brought suit against .1. 8. Potter and( ,J. A. Tipping ' for libel in two cases. The suits are f or $3,000 in each case. The facts coni unected with thme cases, as near as5 could be gathered, are as8 follows: Potter's Ii son, with Fiuley and ileggs, went bath- ij inig in the Bllackwater, a saml creek " south of town about one0 year' ago, anud p young P'otter lost his life by drowning. a .o one knows how it happened except r Finley and Beggs. The boy's father accused 'Finley and Beggs of tIme mur der of his scon, but in no way could he hrove It eon them. A fter tIme boy's body was recoveredl and burined prop)erly Porter camne to town and procured' a tombstone from J. A. Tipping and had v him erect it ever the grave of his son, bearing thme followlig inscriptioni: "Rlock of Ages cleft for me Let me hide myself in thiee.E' "Drowned by Philander Finley and Mart B3eggs." Finley and Bleggs made exception to tIhe above and brought suit as above1 stated, The jury returned a verdict against defendants, rIH TE VERDICT --OF THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! la. J. 0. BOAO--Dear Sir: I bought-the first Wis Machine sold by you over fiye years ago for - y wife who has given it a 1o gad fair ;rlis . ) m weii pleased with it. I never aives 1wy roubke, andi s as g004 a# When rat ht.- - Winnsboro, J- A r Mr. BOAO: Ton wish to know what I have to say regard to the Davis Machino bought of you three )ars ago. I feel I can't say too much ints favor. uuatl abou, $80,00 within five mlonthms, at times ing it No fast that the needle would tpr t ave loi a work wit eu as emuch ease 'd so well with aly other machine. No time lost aedijuitlllg attachuments. The lightest running, acluue I have ever treaileai. Brot11erJaesnau,l ilillus' famiies oare as inuch pleased with their avins Macinos bought ot you. I w,at no etter acltiue. As l si hefore, I don't think too uch can be said for the Davi's Macli,te. tespectifully, Fairf ^ii County, April, 1883. N TEVENSON, oii JA My lltc1 inO ives 1110 pet satl ri eo sill. I wish for no better than the Davis rtilcal I ced. Respectfully. Fairlleld county, April, 18s3.318. R. 1itLtNo. 1in. Doto: I h:itgnt a luavis Vertical Fee1 wing J Mtchine from you four years ago. I aiu ilihte<i with it.. It neOver 1hit gIvea 11n0 any nale, ali l his never been the iost out of order Is All goolt 't whenl I Iirst bought it. I can eerfully recominlone. it. lIespRect fully, lfonticello, April 10, 1883!R. M. J. Ii1RYE.AND. his is to certify that I have been using a J).wns rtlc,l loed Sewing Mlcline for over t'w >ye t,r ciltuaeld of Mr. J. 0. li;.g. I haven't found it sessell of any fault-ali to attachments are so ll. It never lefuNei to work, and is certatily 6lghtest runnling in the luarket. I consider it rst-cilass Inlachinle. Very respectfully Jaklan.i, Fairfield county, S. G. (ilt BoA: 1:1 amd wen plteasnt in every particuta 1h1 the Davis Machiie nought of you. I think it Irst-class Inlacilinle i every respect. You know it sold several m achines of th . same make to Ilerent members of our families, all of whom, far as I know, are troll pleased with. thet. lItespeotfully, Fairleld county, April, 1883S. M. II. Mont)Y. x ar is al ay r to ny kind tahes. We can ones$"we are . l Nea , , ca wish no better nachine. I,ATIuSRINR %.WyLtE AM" ,1s1gi. t prtt 25, 18-3.'2 have no fault to id with my Inaoh!ne, and 'It want any letter. I have in. uo thu pcice of everal times by taking in sewing. It Is always dy to do its work. I tilluk it a first-clatss ma ne. I fe.el I canl't say too nmuch for the D.tvis rtical Feell Machine. Ms. THoMAS SMITD. airfield county, April, 1883. in. .1. 0. 11A0--Dear Sir: It gives me inilch .isure to testily to tile merits of the Davis Ver ii Feed Sowing Maclln. Time inachlne I got of I ab.>ut live years ago. liats been almost in con ut use ever since that t1e im. i cannot see that worn any, and has not cost In one cent for .airs since we have had it. Ant well pleased I don't wish for any better. Yours truly, loaT. CiRAWVFoID, Iranlite Quarry, near Winnsboro 8. (1. Ve hiave usal31 the Davis Vertical Fee I Sewing citli for Limo last live years. We wojuldl not to any other muake at any price. Trhe machmne s given us5 unIIboalundi satisftaction. Very reapect fully, Mns. W. K. TUnNEnm ANiD DAUGHUTNRs) ~atrfilhi count y, 8. C., Jain. 21, 1888. haying bouight a Davis Vertical Feed Sowing tchine fromn Mr J. 0. iing soiue three yealrs I), andi it ihavliggivenl me1 perfect, satisfaction iu ery respect, as a famnily inacilinoe. bothl for heot :y dl lit sowing, atini never needed lime least re ir in ay way, I enln oneerfully recoininend it to y one1 as a first-cilasl mahtlinel ini every p.trt.llcu , and1 tinik it seIcondi to nlone. It is 0on0 01 the linIst imalcinesO majie; iny cibiirenl uset it with case5. '1'he attalcllinents are inior eaistly ad stei anit it doet a greater range of work by lains of its Vertical teed than11 anly other sna ime I have ever seen or ulsed. WVinnsbojro, Palrileid outl Ma.TnaaOw. t We have had one of ihe Davis Machines about uar years and have aiways found it ready to do all Ilds of worn we have hamil ccasiomn to do0. Can4t e titat the machine is worn any, and works as. all ias winen new. Mas. WV. J. CnAWF'oRD, Jackstoma's Creex, Fairfield county, 8. C. 'My wife is high\y ploased with t.he DavIs Mt Mine bought of you. 8tae would not take double 'hat s110 gavo for it. Tihe machine has not een1 out of order since she had it, and she can do ny kind of work on it. Very liespectfully, JAS. F. Fasif. MontIcello, trafrild county, 8. C. Time Davis Sowing MachIne is sImply a ,reaS re8 Muis. J. A. GooDtwYN. Uidlgeway, N. C., Jan, 10. 1a83.. J, O. IloAa, Esq., Agent-Dear Sir: My wIfe 1s 11e0n using a Davis Bowimug Machilne constanut 'for tihe past four years, and It has neover needled iy repairs all I works just as well as when first auIght. She says it wvili do a greater range of ractli'al work sand do It easier andi hot'er than ray mnaclino she nas ever used. We cheerfully' Bcotlnmenld It as a No. 1 faily inachias, Your tru.y, JAB. Q. DAVis. \Vinnsb 3ro, 8. C., Jan. 8, 1888. MIs. BOAG : I htave always found my Davis Ma mulne readly do am xhiids of to work I have had o00 .tstton 10odo. I cannot seO that the nmatlinO is torn a particle and it works as weil as whon new. Respectfully, MRs. K . . GooD1No. Winn1sboro, S. C., Aprl, 1888, Mn. BJoAo: My wife has been constantly using he Davis Macl lne bought of,y on about live years go. I have never regfettedl buyn it,. as It le. I ways ready for any ind of famil ewing, either ieavy or light. :jt is never out *f lx or. needing Very resp.Ott/f Yairfiold,B. 0., arch, 1888