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" i'II-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. (.. JULY 2S. 1883. ESTABLISHE ___D_ 184 THE VERDICT -OF THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Mn. J. O. BOAO-Dear 8ir : I bought the first DAVIS Machinle sold by yotu over lire years ago for my wife, who has given it ai long andi fair trial. I am well pleased with it. It never gives any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. J. W. lloLIcK. Winnsboro, S. C:. Apri 1883. Mr. BoAo: Y ou wish to know what I have to say in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three years ago. I feel I can't say too much in its favor. I made about $80,00 within flive months, at times running it so fast that the needle would get per fectly hot from friction. I feel confideni I could not have done the same work with as much ease and so well with any other machine. No time lost in adjusting attachments. The lightest running mnachine I have ever treadled. BrotherJames anti Williais' families are as much pleased with their Davis Machines bought of you. I want no better machine. As I said before, I don't think too much can be said for the Davis Machine. tespect fully, EI.I.x :TKV N:ON, Fairfl-ld County, Apri', 1883. Mlt. BoAo : My machine gives me perfect satis faction. I find no fault with it. The attachments are so simple. i wish for no better than the Davis Vertical Feed. Respectfully. Ms. 11. MIl.l.INO. Fairfield county, Apri', 1883. Ma. B3oAU: I bought a Davis Vertical reed Sewing Machine from you four years ago. I am delighted withIt 1, it never has given me any trouble, and has never been the least out of order. It is as good as when I first bought it. I can cheerfully recommend it. Respectfully, MAn. M. J. KinKAND. Monticello, April 30, 1883. This is to certify that I have been uslug a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over tw years, purchased of Mr. J. 0. Bong. I*haven't found it possessed of any fault-all the attachments are so simple. It neverrefuses to work, anl is certainly the lightest running in the market. I consiler it a fIrst-class machine. Very respect fully MINNIK 1(. WiI.LINOUAM. Oakland, Fairfield county, S. C. Ma BOA4: I am wenl p'easeli in every pari euia with the Davis Machine nought of you. I think I a first-class machine in every respect. You know you sold several machines of the same make to different members of our families, all of whoin, as far as I know, are well pleased with them. liespectfully, MAts. M. II. Moni.nY. Fairfeild county, April, 1883. This lato certity we have had in constant ses the Davis Machine bought of you about three years ago. As we take in work, and have made tile price of it several times over, we don't want any better machine. it is always ready to do any kind of work we have to do. No puckeringor skipping stitches. We can only say we are well pleased and wish no better machine. CAT111RINE W Yr.lR AND Sis'an. April 25, 18-3. I have no fault to find with my m:ach ne, an d don't want any better. I have nile ten price of it several times by taking in sewing. It is always ready to do its work. I think it a itrst-class ma chine. I feel I can't say too much for the Davis Vertical Feed Machine. Mus. TucMAS SHiTI. Fairfiled county, April, 1883. MA. J. O. BoAn-Dear Sir: i t gives me much pleasu.e to testify to the merlts of the D)avis Ver tical Feed Sewing Machine. 'T'ie machine I got of you about flive years ago. has been almost in con staut use ever since thai time. i cannot scu tiat it is worn any, and has not cost inc one cent for repairs since we have hail it. Am vell pletseu .and don't wish fot- any better. Yours truly, toin. r A wi-'oup, Granite Quarry, niear Winasboro 8. U. WVe have used the Davis Vertical F"ee1 Se wing Machine for the last five years. We would not have any oter make at anty price. Tihe maltchlIne has givean us unboundee satisfaction. Very respectfuliy, Mas. WV. K. TURiNlta AND) D)AUansus Fairtielli county, S. C., Jan. 2J, 1883. hlaving btoughut a Davis Veiticat Feed Sewing Macline from Mr. J. 0. Hoag somec three years ago, and it having given me perfect satisfaction in overy respiectasa family mnachtine. both for hea .y andllt sewing, rind nee eddtihe least ro patrm ay wy, ca unerfllyrecozmnenit it to ayone as a first-class machine inevery particu lar, andi think it second to none. It is one0 of the simplest maclilnes nmade; my ciltdren useo It witti * aiti ease. Tile attachmients are mtore easily adl ' jtustedi atnd it does a greater range of work b,y mneanis of its Vertiocal Feed than any otiher msa chine I have ever soen or ulsetd. Men. 'TioMAs OwiNos. Wintnsboro, Fairfield county, S. C. We have hadl one of tile Davis Machines aibout four years and have always foulnd it ready to ido all kinds of work we have had occasIon to do. Can't see that the mainle is wvorn alny, andt works as weli as wihen new. Mlii. W. J1. ChtAwvonD, Jackson's Creek, Fairfild county, S. C. My wife Is highily pleased with rte Davis Ma chine boughlt of you. Site woul not take double what Bihe gave for it. The mactine has not been out of order since alte hatd It, andi site can do any kindl of work on it. Very lIespectfully, JAS. F. Faxx. Monticello, Fairfild county, 8. C. The Davis8Sewing Machine is simply a treaa sreMats. J. A. (IoonwyN. Rtidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1883. ., O B0Aa, ECsq., Agent--Dear Sir: My wife (has been using a Davis Sewing Machlio constant lfor the pas. four years, and it, has never neededd any repairs an I works just, as well as when firsat bought. She says it will dto a greater range of practical work #ndl do it easier anid better than n achinle she has ever used. We chteerfutlly Ma. BoAoG: 1 have always fouand my D)avi. Ma elhine readly do all kinds of to work I htave had oc etision todo. I cannot see that the machine is worn a partIcle antI It works as weil as when noew. Rlespectfully, Mas. it. C. Uco001im. W~Innusboro, 14. C., A pril, 1888, Ma. Il0Ao! My wife has been constantly using the Datis Machine bought of you abotut five years ago. I have never regretted buying it, as tt is always ready for atny k Iind of faily sewing, either heavy or 1light. Itis never out of fix or needimg repatrs. 'Very respectfully, A. W. LADD, Fairfield, 8. 0., March, 188s, "WE ONLY." Come, wife, dear woman, and sit by me, For the toilsome day is adone, And many thoughts in my heart are born With the setting of the sun. Ay, give mo your hand my patient love, That m.y owin may clasp it tight; Not dearer was it in the dfays agone, Dear wife, than it is to-night. Ol and wrinkled it. may be dear, But look you, wife, at the shine Of the ring that has clung to your linger there Since the day that I made you mine. 'Twas a long, long march from our youtth to age, But Time, be he ne'er so gray, Can never tarnish the lustre, lear, Of the pledge of our wedding day. E'en so the truth of a faithful love, Born far in the auld lang sync, In our steadfast hopes, through weal and 1 woe, Never has ceasel to shine. There are tears in your eyes, my wife, to night; You are thinking, dear, 1 know, How strange it is thiat as shadows fall, We only are left below. We only to sit at the old hearthstone, In the twilight, lear, of life, While our children wait at the gates above When shall we meet them, wife? Nay, dry those tears and be alad with me, That the day is almost done, And father, mother and children all May meet-with the set of sunl. TIE WIDOW'S TEST. "Sybella, you are going to do what a. widow generally does when she marries a second time. You are going to make t a fool of yourself I Arthur Austin doesn't love you; it's your money he wants!" Thus spoke Aunt Margaret, prim and grim, behind her inevitable knitting. needles. 1Hcr niece, Sybella Ruthven, a young widow, looked at her indignanit ly. "Why, auntie!" she said, "how naughty of you! And have I no charms C that a lover should not be possible to me ?" "iut, can't you compare this man yourself with poor, dear Reginald, who 1 would do anything to make you happy? I'd rather live on the memory of such t love than take a pretence of a love like 1 this. Why, your Arthur Austin is too selfish to love any one but himself; and though, of course, first love stands apart and you can't have leginald back again, only be sensible for a moment and con trast Mr. Austin with the men you have refused-that fair-haired . artist-that t merry, good-hearted German, with a red t mouth just made for kissing-and o1( Mr. Bell, who, if he was '70, worshiped , ti giuutlu you iroutt upon. 1 tell you there's neither sentiment nor passion in f Arthur Austin.' IIe is an extravagant a follow, and he islazy, tool IIe happened to have the kind of looks you like, and s so you've been silly enough to turn your e back upon good m1en and held out your arms to him.'' "Oh, auntie! any one would think I did the courting!" said the little widow. "Ifold out my arms, indeed!" liW's all the amue tiing," replied the eler lady. "You drmopp)ed into his arms like a ripe cherry when he held them y out, and it's dreadful to me to see you t expecting so much, when you'll get so little. A gay honeymoon, perhaps. I After that, neglect, the pangs of jeal ousy-with good reason, too, no doubt -and bitter, life-long regret." "Auntie, dear, I love him, ''said Sy bella. "I used to say no woman could love twice. but this seend affection is very strong, and as sweet as if I were sixteen again. I trust dear Arthur1 thoroughly. If I had not a penny in the worl 1 shouldl be even dlearIer toI him, iIe has of teln said that lie wishedl that I had not. But I'll not be angry with you, auntie; only PIl test him. I '11 prove him. You shall own how gemner ouis lie is, and how fond of mne." "I trust so," said the old lady; "'but I dlon't believe it, and( beid, you are already having your weddinig dress But Mr's. Ruthiveni, as she kissed her aunit good-night, vowedl that the test should be made. "liIe will forgive me w~hen I tell, him all," she said. "Aunt Margaret is so goodl that I cannot bear she should not exactly know how good Arthur is also. Dear Arthur!' Tiheni she ran up-st airs, andl opening the locket in which she wore huis puor trait, kissed it a thousand times, thuink mig those thoughts that fill the heart of any loving womian who is a promlised bride, anmd which are so pu~re and hoaly that while they move her she is a buetter wvoman for them. Great grief had come to Sybella when her foung husband was torn from her heart, and she had been very wretched for long years; but the wound had heal ed at last, and then Arthur Austini had come into her life, suiting her so per fectly, realizing her overy dream of whlat a man should be. Often she won. dteredl how it was that she shmoumld ever be so happy againi. Doubt him I Alit she wvould not (lire to dloubt him. But Aunt Margaret ~ should be satliiedl. "You are looking very grave, my dear," said Arthur, a7s they sat togothier the next evening. . "A little, perhaps," shiqanswered. "I1 have beeii worried about sometinmg. 1 1 dlon't knowv exactly how to exp)laini it. But when banks fail, people who have their money in them must suffer, youi know; and( you've readl of the failuro of the Cosmopolitan Banik to-day?' 1 "Yes," lie said. "You had yourc money there?" "If 1 hual not, would it trouble me that it should fail?'' she asked. "'To be sure, I have a little beside, but Aunt Margaret anid 01(d Uncle Reuben mustJ have a home, you know, Lnd I suppose I shall have aboult $200 a year over all expenses. You'll not have a rich wife, Arthur, after all." IIe p)aused1 a moment, then answered, huskily: "It shall be my pride and p)lsure to see that you want nothing, I Sybella. I am almost glad you have] become poor for that resn. Theni lie kissed her and Sybella wvas I happy but ashamed of herself for put ting him to the test. "You see lhe is all I thought him, auntie." she sai1 to Mrs. Margaret, yien lie wis gone. "I shall tell him ill to-morrow." "No," said Mrs. Margaret, "wait a veek. Promise me you'll wait a week, 3ybella?" So Sybella waited, and Aunt Marga et, watching, saw the signs she waited 'or, though this loving woman had as et no suspicion of the truth. Four days had passed. it was a bright day, and there was to Je a pleasant picnic party that after loon. Sylu'Ila and her bethrothed were uimong them. They were all old friends mid Mrs. lluthven was in her gayest nood, and chatted merrily wi.th all erhaps a little more with a shy young :ellow.of eighteen, who was in the comtt >any, than with any other, because of lis youth and shyness. Arthur Austin had begun the (lay in lis usual good spirits; but as it went on te grew gloomier and gloomier, and at .tst relapsed .into perfect silence. In raiit did his betrothed endeavor to cheer dim. Ite scarcely spoke or looked at ier, and at last his manner began to iave effect upon the whole party. One tfter the other grew dismal, and the eturnl home was as solemn as a funeral )rocession. At Sybella's door Austin lifted his mt coldly and bade her good evening vithout even a pressure of the hand. "You are coming in, Arthur?" she aid, sot tly. "No," he answered. ''Are you ill?" At that lie turned sharply upon her nd said aloud: "No, I am not ill. I 6m not blind-that is all Nor deaf itler. I have watched and listenei o-day to my cost. Good eveningl" "What did lie mean, aunt?" cried ybella, when the door had closed, 'What has been done? I saw nothing.'' "Ile is pretending to be jealous of ,oung Mordaunt," said Aunt Margaret, ittietly. "Sybella, have courage. lie eans to quarrel and break it oiT with on, now that lie thinks you penntiless. L'ell him the truth, and lie will soon re over from his jealousy. Keep it to 'ourself, and you will never be able to nollify lin." And this time Sybella only sighed. lut she went to her room and wrote a retty letter to her lover, begging himi o conic to her, and when.he cane she aet him with an offer of her lips, which te shocked her by rejecting. "You know how I have been offended, ybella," lie said. "You know you Iirted with that boy llordaunt all lay!" "I did nothing of the kind! I never lirted ill my life; why should 1 begin o do so now? No woman was ever ruer than I have beenl to you!"' "1 doubt it!" said lie. "I have seen ath, t, I %trl ot, inllrn; ;t<l, s111ce our conduct has alienated my heart Yonl yu,4, ic lau ueter lpalrt. 'Inele i nly one way of managing these things." Sybella looked earnestly at him. She aw no jealous madness there; only a ool detemination to set aside his en agement with a wom1an whom lie had ever loved, and whose fortune had een his only object from the first. And she knew that Aunt Margaret ad been right; hut she loved him so ell, and trusted him so entirely, that Sseenled to her as if the knowledge vould rend soul from body. She tried o hide her tears, but m vain, Slowly she drew her engagement, ring rom her finger and put it into his hand nd turned away. At the door a strong ialil grasped hers. It was Aunt Mar aret's. She led her niece to her room, nd returned to the parlor before Arthur tustin had left it. Standing before hini, lookinig straight t lim, she said: "So, sir, you have >een1 tried in the furnace aiid found ranting! You know that my niece's >ss of fortune is at the bottom of this. )oii't prevaricate; you know it is true. have seen through you from the first.'' "l.t is not, your affair, I believe," Ar hur answered, sulkily. ' Of course, dien a miaii expects to imarry money, lie mi't pleased to find himself saddled wimth poor wife and1( her beggarly relations. hut of course I was jealous. I've broken all off with Sybeilla 0on that account, nd it's her own fault.'" '"She has had a lucky escape, Mr. Lustin,'" sa id A untt Margaret; ''but be ore you go, let me tell you a little se ret. Sybella has not lost her money. 'lie banik that failed had iiot a pennmy f hems in it. And as for the beggarly elatIon-you mean111 ime, you know Ao Aut Margaret, is worth her $50, 00, and( every shilling of it is to lbe lof o her (dear iniece Sybella ituhven, h'arned her that you did not love-her.. orcedl her against her will t,o put you C) the test. Amnd now I see that. I was ighit, and you may go, Mr. Arthur tustin."' Mr. Austini depar ted. A month after vard1 he wrot,e a pienitenlt letter to Sy ella, tellIng her that lie believed h111n elf to hlave been causelessly jealous, and noting a goodl deal from lhyroni anil ~hakspeare on the subject. Bunt the romlan whlo is fooled twice by the same ildividumal must be a hopeless idiot, and ,frs. Ruthven will remain Mrs. Ruth 'en unitil sonmc bettor man asks her to hange her niamo. A Stranigo.tarment. A tall young main WOint bathing in lie Mohawk river at Schenect,ady, New {ork, with several othior Sabbath arakers, in splite of previous p)rotests gainlst their selection of such a con picumous place for their ablutions. Vhile they were in thme water a Mr. ani Voaust appeared upon01 the bank nd( carriedl off .an armful of their lothlilg. All of the bathers, however, ad eiiough ap)parel left to get hiome vithout unidue exposure except the tall 'oung mani, whose onily remaining ral nent was a collar andl a pair of shoes. hut as luck would hamve it, lhe found iear the river an emp)ty barrel, out of vhiich lie knocked the h ead(s and into vhich lie stepped, aind thus alppalreledl io miadle 1his way home across the fields, >ainfully holdig up the barrel as lie valked, but dlropphing and1( siniking into t whenever anyone app)earedl In sight. 3eforo lie reachecd;thec paternal man loln half the dogs in towvn had detectedl is .predictimeint andl unitedl to form a owliing escort. -A million and a half shad are to be umt in Xentnnky waters. The, ol spy--GIass. Uncle Silas had a rickety, old-fash ioned spy-glass that lhe kept in a sail loft on the end of a decaying wharf, where he stored the spars and sails of his boats in winter-time. The loft was warmed by a rusty, drun-shaped, sheet iron stove. There were no chairs in it, only one or two benclhes. Uncle generally sat on the floor when he was patching the sails. For a thimble he used what sailors call a palm, which is a leathern hand, with a central piece of steel punctured like a thimble. With this he pressed the'rge spike-like needle through the heavy canvas. There was always a niumher 1r' old sea-captains or fishermen or sea-loving lads whiling away the time in Uncle St's sail-lnft.. telling their experience or listen;..g ''to. stories of the sea. Or they would talk about their favorite ships, or look out of a small sqiare-shaped window, shaped like a port-hole, at the vessels gliding into the harbor. They often used the old rickety spy glass, which threatened to fall t4o pieces every time it was taken up; but the glass was Uncle Si's especial delight. lie prized it as the apple of hiseye. To say anything against that spy-glass was to start him into at long discussion, which went to show thatt he was behind the times. For lie always insisted that all the improvements of later science had failed to make any improve nmits in telescopes that would eclipse his cherished ol telescope. But nothing would induce him to tell how the glass came into his possession. We knew that he had had many advent ures, like every man who has ever been to sea and sttrmised that there was something peculiar attending his right to the old spy-glass, although no one who knew Uncle Si ever suspected that there was anything discreditable to him in having it. But, one day, it happeied that the death was reported, inl the sail-loft, of a well-known shimpaster, Capt. Luce. "Is Capt. Luce (lead, then-'' ex claimed Uncle Si. "Well, that reminds me that lie knew as much about that spy-glass as I do." Every one at mnce gaveattention, for we seemned on the eve of learhnmng the story of the old telescope. .Not that it's so much of a yarn, either,'' said the ol skipper; "but I. just reniember the v'yage I took with Ilum, some 253 years ago last August. I shipped before the mast, for Calcutta, in the ship Skimier of the Seas. Iuce was master, and he had his wife and little girl with him. lhe knew his biz 1ess, it's a fact, but lie made us toe the mark, i tell youi add wouldn't s:ndml no0 ioannig n101 n1u1munce. "We had a good run out to Calcutta, and nothing special to note. But on the way home we met a hurricane neir i\iaumitius. The ship behaved well, but the gale carried away some of the light spars. "A few days after this we sighted a wreck and bore downh to see if she had been abandoned. The wind was mo derate and so a boat was sent off to her. iVe found she was a French ship. There wasn't a living soul on board. The crew had all left her in the boats, you see, except one poor fellow who lay dead just inside the companion-way. We didn't (lare to stay long, for the bark was wallowing deep in the sea and went down just after we left her. But we brought away with us a box of tea and this 'ere spy-glass. After this we had calms until the tar all came out of the seams of our ship and the captain's temper gave out. The heat and the terrible long calm kinder made hil crazy, I think. You couldn't wink but what he'd 1)e at you. ~Nowv it was the man at tIhe wheel he abused; thlen hie'dl heave belay'in' Pills at tIhe lookout, or he'd kick thme steward. 'Twas only whlen his child Ella-he called her ird ic-was a round that lhe was quiliet. ile loved hecr, aind when lhe began to swear and cuss, Mrs. Diuce would send thle little girl to hlim, and he'd stop right off and take her in his arms anid wind hecr curls around his fingers.. "One daIy it was my turn at the wheel. Th'le captain was aft fooling withl tihe glass wve'd got fromii the Frenlchlmlan. lie took it all to p'ieces and( wilped it clean and talked about it to himself. '"Thlis is thme glass to use,' said lhe, in muiltterring voice. '1 never see the like om 't;. Gu ess I can scare up a breeze inch at weapIlonI " , thlen the shilp gatvea lurch. She min. .eady-like, you see, bein' as it "is 'uad cua and am lump or aL swvell encvin'ig up froml the southl'ardl bring ing e wind with it. This threwv one1 of the lenses in the glass on thle (leck, and it wvent a-rollin' toward tile scuppller, but it lodged ini thme waterways. Tile capltain got up and looked at mie, Hlis face wvas as white as a sheet lie was so mad. 11is eyes glared like a delnon's. lie walked up to mel with his teeth clenc~hed. T1heni 11e up1 withl his fist and made a blow aLt liy head1(, saLying - "Where did you hlarn to steer, you confoundedl son of a land-lubbher?' I jest dlodged thme blow, and lhe Letchmed anlothier clip aLt mle. "'Capt L~uce,' says I, 'I'm a-dloin' the b)est 1 caii. It's this swell that did it. I cani't steer withlout iiary a breeze.' "'Yes, you can, y'ou lubber I You (lid it, apurpI'osel I'm a good inind to. mmake s jark's meat of you I "'Y oI'dl better take carol' says 1, speaking up smart, for there was blood( in his eye, and1( we'd stood this sort of bullyinig long eniough "'Y ou (dare to 5ass 10e, do you'?' saidl lhe. 'I'll teachl you to mlutinly on board my ship?' anid lie miade a mnovement as if lie was goiing to (raw the revolver out of his pocket. "'I let go of t.he wheel anid was just aL-goimi'at hlim with both hiand(s-I didn't waint to drlaw liy knife-when I heard the wild scream. WVe both st.opped and. looked around. Mrs. L~uce wvas a-f lyin' upj the1 compan ion -way, ai-shrekin' anid a-cryiin,' 'My chiildl OhI, my child I She's overboard I' "1 looked over the sido of the ship. I saw thme little thIng uder the lee quarter, a-struggling and a-holding out hecr hamnds. We all loved the lIttle creetur, althoughl she was~ thme child( of that old sea tyrant. But I didn't think munch of her beinl' In the water, for 'twas smooth and wed soon hiavo a boat down to pick her up; until I see a shark's fin not more'n a cable's length away. This settled ine ; 'twa'n't in human natur' to stand by and see a poor innocent creetur like that eaten up by them bloody ntisters. "I just cast off the coil of the main brace from the belayin'-pin, and, hold ing the end in my hand, went over board. I dove close to the child, and caught her by the hair just as she was goin' down. Then I took her under the arms, and, holding on to the brace, called to them to haul in. 'I'ie shark was mighty nigh by this time, and as I drew my feet ott of the water, he shot right under me and bruised my foot with his fihl. "Capt Luce didn't say nothing when he got his child aboard, but lie was ;ust like one dazed. II is wife took him '.elow, and that night ho was lyml' in his bunk with a fever mid ravin' for his child. '1'tne mate took charge of the ship. A breeze sprung up that night. We were close to Cape 'I'own and we put in there for a doctor. We lay there two weeks afore Capt ILuee was himself again. 1It was like ano ther ian the rest of the voyage, peace able-like and meek as a Quaker. "After we'd got to Boston and laid the ship up by Long wharf, anid I was a-goin' ashore, lie called Inc to colmne aft. Ilis child was sittin' on his knee and plavin' with his watch. " 'Bill,' said he, 'I aint said nothint' to you about how you risked your l.fe for my child, but I aint one of them folks who forget such a thing as that. I want to (o the right thing by you, although I could never pay hack the great debt I owe to you. What can I Jo for you?" "'.Capt, Luce,' says F, -you don't need to worry yourself about it.. I did my luty and I'd do it again for such a trim little gal as that.' "/ 'No,' says he, I aint satisiled to leave it that way.' " 'Well," says I, 'if it'ij ntale you feel better, then I don't mind if you let 1110 have the glass we got out of the t,rench bark. It'll serve to make me remeuiiber little Ella. " 'It's yourn,' says lie." "&Andl so, lads, that's the way I came o have that 'ere spy-glass." A Italn-Kinging Boy. "I would like to ring that bell. Say, von't you let me ring that hell ? That ntiust be a fine-sounding bell. I'll give rou fifty cents if you let meo ring that jell." The speaker was a mild-eyed young ellow with an iinocent look uponi his i''o that ivpirod confidence at the first ight. iIe was a Boston boy anl was 11 Wa;.erlo,o. Camubtts w i t o n 1 s,(1 ents m lls pocet. Hie hadn't had my breakfast or dinner, and when lie ffered Charley Hall, the proprietor of lhe hotel, fifty cents for the privilege of ringing the huge dinner-bell that set in .he oflice, lie was playing for a stake. Charley .gave the youth a casual ,lance, "Bized him up" as a "'fresh," mdul then told him he could ring the )ell as long as he wislied to for fifty "euts. Tilhe young man laid down his last ifty cents, seized the bell and began a vigorous rnging. As it happened to be about the diii :aer hour, the prop rietor thought this a food joke. In through the parlors, out uponi the roranda and even up into the chambers moinded the clang of the bell. ''heI fuests 5(On became annoyed and then 3xasperated. "What in thunder have you got thtat bell ringing for?" asked ime. '"Tie a ropeC to that calf mid haul [im ini," saidl aniother. "'If you dlon't ?ut a stop) to that confounded nuisance we'll quit your house,'' said a thiird. Th'le landlord, thoroughly bewilderd,4 both by the ringintg of the bell and the zomnplainits of the guests, wetit out to ulie fellowv and( saidl: "Conme, haven't you run11g that bell about long enioutgh ? Thle guests are all comnplainiing about "Runig it long enough? Bless your toul, I haven't hardly begunt yet. What :Io you suppose05 1 paid you the last fIfty1 senits that I had in the world for'/ L ong4 3omoigh? Pshmaw! You must, be cr.az/y, nan. Just, listen to that bell. A in't, hat It splenldid sounding bell ? Whlat a nagnilicenit bell! imani, anid then think low you could ask me to stop iringimig Mhat bell. I'd rather ring this hell thtan 3at my dlinnler. Doni't, keel) botherinig line. let tme attend( to this bel."' Sythis timne the attenitioni of the towvn )flicers was attracted to the matter, and thie landlord was told he mutist disconi dinue the ringing of the bell. "'Conidemn it ''said the tiow thtoroughm y exasp)eratedl Iaandlord, "I 'm not i-inig tng the bell.'' "WVell, you must stop it, nio matter who it is that's riniging it.'' To the bell-ringer again wenit thie an noyed landlor-d and repecat,ed htis r juiest, this time a little more severe. "I1 wanit you to let up on this businiess. You have made noise eniought, andl I think its timte to stop). D)o you want, to alarm the whtole country?'' ''Just listeni to that b)0ll; ain't t,bat, a :laisy bell? Tihat's the best, b)l1 1 thtink evor heard. Where (lid you get this jell. What an exceptionally lne sound ing bell. WVhat will you take for that boill?" '"The qulestionl ini't what I'll take for the bell, but, what, you'll take t,o let Iup,'' said the excit,ed landlord. "'Well, i don't know that I car-e to itop, but ali't that a ine sounidinig bell -if it's all the samie to .you abo~ut $t(0, [ think would be about right." "I won't give.you $10), but I'll tell you wvhat I will do ; I'll give you $5 mtd the best dinnier you ever had if you'll stop right where you are." "Agreed; let'shave your-$5. Thaniks. Now we'll go iinto dlinner," and in a lew miniutes the ravenous youith fromt Mhe "Ilub" was putting away roast, beef and( chickeni salad ata marvelously rapid rate. -Lord and Lady Onslow are about to leave England on a lengthenied tour through Canlada and tihe Untited States. -Sir Frederick Leighton's style of speakinig, like Is style of .paiting, is alaborate. lIe is grraceful, courtly amid IIigh-I'rlol lrlides. "A New York fashionable weddir is a very expensive thing,''saiti a pron nent New York caterer of Fifteen street to a journalier. "Of course," said the reporter, ''t bride's clothes cost a great deal, t perhaps the groom has to pay the minl ter a large sum, but do the other e lenses amnolmt to much ?" "The bride's outlit is soimething don't know anything about. If a we ding is coming off, the bride's father mother or uncle or somebloy comes ine and says: 'I am going to have wedding and I want you to furnish i it.' 'All right ,' I say, 'how many guest: 'Well, about three httndre(l to the i ception.' Thou I set to work to calk late what kind of a table they want.' 'How much per guest," interr'upt thme reporter, "doest it take for a ve nlice wedding collation ?" 'Well, I cali set a very pretty tal for $1.50 per head. That, will mhclu ices, bouillionl, cake, wine, jellies, bo hons, several kinds of salads, san wiches, flowers, china, waiters and all "Whuit else beside the above muel woul people wanit ?' "O0! many things. C_hamupagli oysters, a spiced fish whicl cost $20 niore, if he is a nice fellow; cold meal etc. 'l'hese are all expensive thinigl and of course we have to charge i tlheIm." "Do you incluie the wedding cake the $1 50 estimate " "Not generally. You see it costs about. twenty cents for each box fu The box costs a few cents, the whi satil ribbonl that ties it about ir cents, and the <Ike about ten coiul Each box costs the person who orie It about thirly-live 'cents, which ju multiplied by :300 cents, comes to $1(J You can always tell a swell weddil by the cake that's served to you."1 "Ilow do yout go about. serving wedding collation ?" "I send my head mal to ilnspect t1 dining-room and kitchen. Thenl 11 iiishes and silver are sent, the kitch< being given entirely into the hanlds miy men. They set the table, Imix it salads, turn out, the ices, etc., and ju before the guests comlie I go over il see if everything is going suoothi Some caterers take everything left ov away with them. It is a bad tling do. The family like the remains the feast so much, and it is really of 1 use to the caterer, except for the wv Lers." As the reporter left the caterer's I mncounltered Jolnison. Johnson is romg and rather good-looking m1a1 lie takes charge of the carriages au le admittance of guests at every fai onable affair. He is to be seen stam LtWItt r 'r hn i t h of t.huo lilitliSiE ut{ e balrwucng is enirA n :ing1 and calls the alumlbers of ti ,arrages, helps the ladies out., keel rogues away, and knows- everybod' '"Why," said a young lady to ournalist, "there is never the lea langer of any one but those we desil ettinlg into a house as long as Johnisu s around. You can trust hiin entirei n11d evervone is sure to Let their ow arriage, too. Ile is worth his $100 200 a night, and besides he often li, non to assist him.'' "Flowers,'' said a florist to the i orter, "cost money. But there al everal ways of decorating a house. an make pretty decorations for $75 1l 00, and I can make decorations fl 500. From $100 to $200 is the gener ayout, however. That will include thl hturchi also. You see we place t11 >ahms, ferns and growing plants abot hew chiancel, but we take thiem all bac Lgainl. Blut a wedding bell, a htoinii ilenty and baskets of flowers cost til mnoney. "W~hat are the other expenses of wet hings besides the flowers anid the 5ui ier ?'' lie was asked. "'There ar'e the carriages at $2 to $ iplece. Th'le bride's family ordler abou our besides their owvn; and there ai lie awnings at the house aind churcl it $15 ap)iece, and about $25 to thme se: on and $10 for the use of the chiurci rudt then there are the inv~'itationls )ig bill in thienmselves. Peole sen: ,Sards tto hiudreds they do nott invita l'ake for instance Mrs. Vanderbilt sall; She invited 1,200 people. Ft nlvi tations, directing antd delivery, :ost her over $6100. Now, let us Ilgm ip. I''tr the breakfast-$l 50 a hIea 'or. 300 people, $4 50; flowers,~ $20i vedding cake, $105; awnings $30; ,Jobn 1(on $100; carriages, $10; clothes, $30( n all, $1,195. I think I'll just gi niarrietd anid go without the wedding. anib of Fuarniure on* NOtUs. 'V. bought from F. furniture, all taid for it in other furnjiture and note: mid there was an agreemnent, thalt he niotes are't not paid F. can r'etali Lhe furniture again.'' The notes '.ce not paitd, and F. went to V. 's lhon: with several meni, ini the absence of V Lnd, in opp)ositionm to the wishes of tI athier mnembiers of the fanmily, carri( thie furniture awvay. V. suied for dt inages andi recoveredl a judl(gmnent.F ippealetd the case-Van Wren vs. Flyin -to the Supreme Court of Loutisiaatn where the juldgmenClt, was aillirmeit iJutdge Fenner, in the opinioni, saidl "T'he acts compllained of, umiless the ,u.urfeet removedI the parties fromi Lhte apphemation of the general princi ples of' law, constituttedl a gross ouitrag upon11 ihe rights amnd feelngs of the plaill Li 1. an a citizenl and a man, for whic Uouarts of justice must, grant, redress o muctioni time personal exaction o)f saLis [actiomi by violenice. Th'le agreemer sannmot, ini our opinion, shield the de [endanmt. 1t does nio', purport, in temrn. to conmfer upon0l the defendanLmt time righl to enter the house of the plaimitiff,i his absence, wvithmout his conisent anm without not,ice, aund carry off its com Lnts. The grant of the simple right r'etake his furmniture on noni-payiment c the price caminot be construed to emi brace such power. It conferred, a mnost, a Jal rIght uponl defenldai which,lc heor rights, could be em forced omily with the consenut of th plainitiff or. by" legal p)rocess; and wi Iloubt, ummder the cyvidence here, whi' timer amiy Court would have awarde p~ossession to F. without requiring am Lecedent teinder er payment of that pa of the nrien whinh ha.1 heen naid1," On the 28th of this month, Junle, the ' h home of Sanuel Smith, the "hero of Ch(hippewa," will be sold at allction, the " a last member of his famlily. Miss Miin nie, having died a few months ago. The act of daring t.hat won for the I brave Canadian his title was performed one winter several years since. A scow eontaining four men broke loose and started down stream for Niagara Palls at a terri.ic rate. Smith saw the scow L)r as it approiched Chippewa. le sprang tOinto a clinker boat at once. As he r forged out into the stream he >4uade a , hasty survey of the situation and then -plied the white ash with redoubled energy. As he sped along, the boat almost leaping from the water at ea'h el stroke, a cheer arose from the people on the shore that fairly rent the air. T'l'he monott Smith appeared the atten tion of the uen on the scow was rive ted upon him and his frail craft. On and onl he shot, each stroke narrowing the distanco between him and the a scow, but the latter was getting alarm ugly close to the rapids, to enter which was certaii destruction to all on board. As he neared the scow he turned his head and shouted to the men: "Scatter along the side of the boat. and d(1(rol in as I pass by." The conuand was promptly obeyed and the " little craft was alongside. One after tiother the men sprang ill, until the hour were safely in the hotton. Now caine a moment of painful mI nxiety. "What. will he do?" was the t (ery that came to every mind. Smhith lithad his p>lan of action an d1 never hesita t(d a unoment. At at pulut somei1 dis rs tatce froitl the Cataluda shore the cur 1 rent divided at the head of the rapids, 0. part of the streaun flowing aroutnl an islatn(1 inl tlhe vicinity of the bunlit sprimg. In reactling the current lead a ing arunlt ihe ishuul lay the only hope (if escape. Taking at diagonal course e actross id down the stream Smith htnt every effort. to reach the Canadian ( ivide. It was a1 desperate struggle for the lih' of five men hetween the Ie svething, boiling waters and( the muscle St an e lnduralice of young Smit.h, with lthe odIds scemlingly against him. BIttt the divide was filially gained with not a t boat 's lengt h to spare, and the frail cratft, shot dowi between the island f and the nainlamid like at rocket. Al the foot of the islnd the chauiunel 10 Wilenecd ma terially, ihe current. shick - ienled and the water became more shatl I low and here young Smith landed his . boa(, having performed one of the mt ]]lost heroic and daring teats ever per 11 forned by mortal nmnu. The. stepping ashore of the men was the signal for another cheer that for a borne ulpon1 the shoulders of tie excited people. a UYIil4ton or (ho Ilroy Lais. t. 'e The latest proposition is to build a m maritinma canal tirough 1'alest ine, and ai English coipanly, with the Duke of Marlborough at its head, has beenl form ed for the purpose of making investiga t2 tions and preliminary surveys. So far as at present proposed, the work will .nclude, in the irst inlstatnce, It catal e t.wenty-five miles in lengt,h, from Ihail'a, I iml the Bay of Acre, through the plain r (of Asdraclou to the valley of the river >r 'Jordan. The depth of the proposed i canal is to be forty feet and its width c 200 feet. This will bring the Mediter e ranean into the heart of Palestine, a111(1 it go tar towtards making a seaport of k Jer.utsalemi1. It is further propose to con('lustruuet a canaLl twenty milIes in lengthl f Iromi the head of the Gulf of AkabLlah to the l)ead SeaL, antd thus iunite the waters of the latter with the Red Sea. ,If these thlinigs were successfully lIlr formedltS it iS expectied that anu iniland seal abollult, :30 0 umiles long, varying ini width it t'romi three to teni milies, nd deep1 enioughi e tol llat ve(ssels of the largest size, would extenid fromt the Mediterraneani to the lied Sela. T1here are somue maltters be Ssidles eniginueerIing d illiulties which may a huimder the execution oIf this prloject. I TIhue conuset, of the PorteL3is idispen SaLble, anid cer'taLinm Et ropean plowers is woul undoubIttedlhy oppose the girantiing >r oIf a Iiuruuan coInferring upon11 Eungland it, the exclusive right of way by water .e thruouigh Palestinec. T1hie holy land also (I hals saLcred associationus for Christians ;thru u(ighouIIt the wvor'ld, and1( IL widespread Ssentimenut among all chiurchies and( sects .would doubitltless be raisedI iun oppositioni *to the inntovationu. It is possible thuat the niew entterplrise miay be proved to the satisfaction (of many (devoult muen and womeniw to beo the 'fulimenit of thie LI pr1opIhecy of Ezekiel, to the effect that ,there is to be a br1oatd sOIa in the (desert, f andi( that "the ishiers shall stand upon01 e it fromu ui-dedli even unto Eni-eglaim."' 10 Whant a Farmer Needsh. to A farmer nleedls his vacaLtion Just as dI uch as any main of buisinless needs one. 9* A week's run to town after the busy sea .soni is oveor will do him a wvor'ld of goodl. ti A nd they uneed to visit otheor farmers, , to leanu, if possible, eaisier or better I. mfethodsh of farming or of liviung. They : needL to attenid farmiers' conventiouis and1( 3 orgaiza/4tionus to gamt unew idleas-somie 1 thIng to broadeni or cunharge thecir views - of life. People who always stay at home 13 are suure to seek dark sides and shadowvs tof t,heir own lives. They need to learn bi and2 to realize that stormus and dIroughits e' anid thunders and showers and treshets - visit othuer faruns beside their own; that .t weeds and iunsects thrive in all dlegrees -of longitude; thuat flios and1( dirt accumui 26 hate nd anntOy other households beside I the onies that they p)reside over. In short, a they neced to learn how other people live. [ 12oul farniors maLnaLg so as to be coni I- fined less to their farms, could they work o more in partnernhip, as5 do men in othert f business, or could they believe it p)rolt - able to employ a higher grade of labor t ers-men whom they could trust alonie 5, for Ia day or week, or could they earlier 2- trin their sons and daughters to have a e care and an interest im the affaIrs of the |household, then they could of'teneri flid 3- the opportunity for leaviung the farm for (d a short season of rereation and enjoy 1- ment, and thus be in reality what theoy r't have the name of being, the most Inde pendent class of pole iin the world.