The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, August 11, 1883, Image 1

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TR I -EELY E D'I'T. s i - A W N O S. . A1 E 1848 4. iL.. TRI-W EEKLY EDITION. WINNSBOIZO, S. ;., AUGUST 11, 1883.E SALSHDii THE YERDICT: --OF- - THE PEOPLE. F o BUY THE BEST! H MA. J. 0. BoAa-Dear Sir: I bought the irst TI Davis Machine sold by you over five years ago for my wife, who has given it a long and fair trial. I am well pleased with it.. It never Rives any rouble, and Is as good as when first bought. J. W. IIOIot. Winnsboro, S. C., Aprh 1883. Mir, DOAO: Ion wish to know what I have to say $u regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three pears ago, I feel I can't say too much in its favor. I made shout $80,110 within lIve months, at times running I, so fast that the needle would get per fectly hot from friction. I feel confident I could inot have tlone the same work with as much ease JAnd so well wttt any other tnachine. No time lost An adjuiting attaciubanIs. The lightest running }i{ anachine i have ever treadled. Brother.James and. Wilians' families are as miuch pleased with their Pi Davis Machines bought of you. I want no better th achinme. As I saiI before, I don't think too much can be said for the Davis Machine. th ltespect fully, EIt.i.N STEVY.NSON1 'airili County, April, 1883. gi St] al Ma. BoAO : My mtnchlne gives me pt!rreet sails; 0s faction. I find no liuit. with it. Tiie attachnents aie so sim le. I wish for no better than the Davis Vertical Feedi. Itespeet fully. r( Musw. it. Mtr.LINo. Fairfield county, Apri', 188a. 'Mi. 13o&o: I bougnt a ilavis Verts'al -'eei 1Y ewiug Mahine fron you four years ago. I an bi .elighte 1 wItll It.. It never has given me any ,w rouble, and has never been the least out of order. d It. is as good as 'a lien I first bought I. I cau checerfuily recomiweB'd it, ill ltesJttetfIIry, MUn-. M1. J. lIaK1,AND. Monti'rello, A1ril 30, 188:1. Sh th 'Tils Is to certify that I have been1 usin'. a ).viu t Vertie iheed Sewing Macline for over I , yv.trs, purchased of Mr. J. u. lit) ig. I haveat found it en pussessed of any fault-all the attachntents are so siltp le. It neveriefusas to work, andl Is cer.alty th-> lightest ruuning in the mnarket. I co.asider at ti a first-class macline. Very respect fully, Cu .IINNIK Ml. W1I.LINoMAM. ke Oakland, Fairleid county. S. C. lla Mit BOAo: I ai weit cplease:t iII every p irtluint wvith tbe iuavis Machiiie ought of you. I tilink i, , nys1ab1 sa4i machlne in every resp.at. You kn,w Of you sold se' eral nachines of tite same make to dinerent nihslmbers of our families, all of whom, as far as I k4ow, are well pleased with them. 1u1 itespect fully, 110 M1ts. M. II. MoulI.kY. ;airlield county, April, iss3. t n1s tat.o certity we have ha.l in constant uss ' the Davis AMacnine bought of you about hltree years ilT ago. As we take in work, an,d have inade the price of it several hlines over, we dlon't wait any better Inachlie. Ji. is always ready to di any kind 911 of work we nave to do. No puckering or skipping 11e stitches. We can only say we are well pieaied al wash no better maclune. C4Urn$a1NE yvi 4N0 Sisra. C1' April 25, 18, slit Sol I have no fault to fInd with lly -tuach ne, and -Oi don't want any hetter. I have il vie tIle price of l it several times by taking in sewing. It is alvays ready to do its work. I think it a Ilrat-al iss Ial chine. I feel I cal't say too muel for t1 w Divis Vertical Feed Mtachine. Muls. THOMAS SMIT1T. s Fairfield county, April, 1883. Lil bi MR. .1. 0. IioAo-D. ar tir it gives inc m.ih l .l pleasure to testly to the merits of the Davis Ver- Ci tical Feed SewinJ Machme. The ma lilue I got of you ab.nit live year.i ago. ias been asiuost in c.ll. de stant nse ever siltee that itme. I callnot see tiat i., is wQrn alny, Sni has llot eQat mne Oue ceit for jrepalrg ide we have hal it. Am welt petse' and don't wish tor any better. Yours truly, 801 110nT. Cit tWFonD, Nt Graulte Quarry, near Winnsbore 8. C. W e ii rye isedl t1je Davis Vertlicil 1000.I Sewing K t Melline for tihe last live years. We would not have aniy othier malike lit anty price. The mnachinte i 1has. given us unbliounldOIt saf Igfaclon. Lb' Very reIspct 4iy, t Mits. WV. K. 'TURNRngi AND i)AMilvr.itj Fairfielid county, S. C., Jani. 2i, 1883. Ca havItig blought a Davis Vertical Feeid Sewing Macline from Mr. J1. 0. Bioag some three years ago, iand it ihavinig given me perfect, saItisfaution in Wi every resipect as a lainly mnacltl. bQth for iiea.'y yi andi light sewing andu niever needled tile least re p5ir Jiq lany way, I can, citeerfully reconndn it to a ny ono u. a first-ciass mnIchin-- In every partiu. ,chi I r, at)d tii)k It secolyd to nqne. It is one ol tile simplest mnachlles miadte; my cilid'req 11so ti t C all ease. 'tihe attacilmnents are more easily 5d justedi and it does a greater range of work 'by tit means of s Vertical eed thaln any other isa chine I have ever seen or usned. 'f MHS. TruoliAs Owitats. WYinit9sboro, lFair1ieid county, S. C. W il Weo have hadl 0one of the Davi-s Macines about jl f0mur years and iave always found it ready to (do ali ktilds Of worK we have ii4du occasion to do. Ualn't gi sgthat the ina)eIo is war;) aly, and works ast rt w.eli as when 4)ew~ v ,CiWlK) k Jackson's Crepx,'FQirfeid co niify, S. C. thi ~y wife Is highlly pleased with the D)avts Ma- orl ch no bought of you. She would not take dtoule i what ile gave for it. T4'ie mnacine has not been ot, of order since aho had it, and she een do Ot uny ktnd of work on it. t Very Itespectfully, L JAs. . lIE S Montleello, Irairield county, 8. U. Tile l)avls Soying ~mchline is sInmply aj fras S If6 Sits. J. 4. uopt,wvN, liidgeway, li C., Jan. 10, isb83. \ J, 0 BoAw, Etsq., Ag nt-D)ear Sir : My WIfe t has neon usinig a Davis Sewing Machine constiit ly for the piast, four years, and ii has never needed (il any repairs ian.i works just as well as wheni fir.st {} bought. Silo iays it wili do0 a greater ranlge of practi3al work @nid dlo it easicr' and bet'er than St any machIne she nas ever used. We cheerfuilly recommnend( it as a No. I family machine, i 2;.A41 ~ Your $ru.y, * JAIl. Q. DlAvis. SI S Winnsboro, 8. C., Jan. Ii, 1883.' SMjy. BoAo : I ihavo always found my Dayla Mit e.~j hind ready do all klinds of to work I haye had oi-) i 'rtcasion to do. I canneot, see thatr tile iacine is 1ti 'ofni a part,icle and it works Us weul as whien hew.. Itespetfulliy,' Winnaoro, . ~., Mae. It. C. GooDINO. Winnbor, S.C.,April, 183, Ida. BOAW: My wife has bee0011nstanitly miing e'0 Davis Mitchineo bought of you about ayve years p . Ihave never regretted buying it, as it is ,r wa reaty for any kInd of faam Ity sewing, either ea 'or light. It is never out of fx or nieetuig P ~ yoyy respectfully, 0 irqeld, 8. (.., March, 1083. A * Vi 4 I H, EARTH, ART THOU NOT WEARY?" Earth, art thou not weary of thy graves? Dear, patient, mother Earth, upon thy breast? How are they heaped from farthest east to west! rom the dii north, where wild the storm wind raves or the cold surge that chills the shore it laves. To sun-lit isles by softest seas caressed, Where roses bloom away and song birds nest. ow thick they lie-like flecks upon the waves. iere is no niountain-top so far and high, No desert so remote, no vale so deep. No spot by man so long untenanted, it that the pale moon from its march on high Sees over some lone grave the ehadows creopl Oh earth, art thou not weary of thy dead? HOW SNIC W As WON. Alexia!" The widow Sharply hurried out to the tie summer kitchen, and hastily uned a bow of scarlet ribbon at the roat of her dark morning.dress, and ioothed the crinkly jet-black hair at waved above her high forehead. "Alexial" she cried sharply to a ri with bare, dimpled arms and gold reaked hair, "go down to the suller d bring up that yallow pitcher full cider, an git a plate o t!hl crulls it fried yesterday. "Be in a jiffy, too, fur I want 'em ,ht away.'' "All right, aunt Phemic." Alexia flow (own the cellar, and stily brimmed the yellow pitcher th the foamy liquid; then seiwing a le-rinned pllate, sHe piled it high th the crisp, brown rullers--ri;igs, unonds, and phllp, telnptilng.loo k hearts. 'Is it Daddy Crabree, aunt Phemie?" 0 asked innocently, as she handed 3 plate to her aunt. 'Daddy Crabtree, Indeed!'' sniffed widow scornfully. 41Do you o'pose I'( waste eider an' ills on old Daddy Ci'gbtreo? 'It's Squire Lillinbridge, thit's who 3, an' you see that you mlmid that rrant jolly on the cook-stove, an' 3p out o' sight with your frowsy ir an' that old slouch of a dress." "Squire Lillibridgel 'I'll keel) out of sight," sighed Alex as she turned away with the ajadow tears in her downcast blue eyes. 'But I would liko to know what kes him so cold and distant to ne w, when he used to be so pleasant I kind.'' 'Taste another crull, squire, dew! er' 'en to you. 'What's the use, aunt ' she said, 'of ,in' away vittles to folks that don't Ad 'em? 'I wouldn't be a-throwin' away ills an' cider like that on anybody,' declared. 'lIut, l.a! I'm only too glad to hev nethin' I kin offer to visitors, espec ly when they are partikler triends. N '1 believe in friendship, an' I allus a o' an' allus will." a nnd she donned her most hospitable c lle, thereby deepening the track of a "crow's feet" around the sharp c ek eyes. t 'Won't you her another taste of the er, squire? 'Well, ef you must go, I won't hen r you. 'But (o came ag'in an' stay to teal 'It's a real charity to me to her 1 nething to cool fur once an' awhile. iw, :I shall expect you." I'h~e widow smiled comp)lacently as 3 watched her visitor out of si glht. all,sh muttered to hierself, "it's omini' alright now.4 I1 think he (lid hanker a lectle mite .er Alexha fur awhile, but I've sot it all right." A.nd she sm)iled to herself, much as a L might who was all ready to spiing on an unwary mouse. 'The squire's a mighty well-to-do mn " She continued, rocking back r<is and forwards mn the chair ler miter had just vacated-"a mighty l1-to-do man an' not a chick or a ild to hinder Ilim, no matter what lie es. 'Sn ths JEllibridge farnm--whiy it's s biggest an' the best kept of anmy rmn hereabout. "TVhe calves on his back pastuire mild be a forchin by theirselves, thiout a-countin' the medd(er 1ots, the apple-orchmardl, an' hop-field an' o big barn, plump full of clover liay, 'the biggest ears of corn that ever owed in a bottom field, "Besides, the squire's I p)owerfuIl pioolct' panp,ap' pf t'wvin't fuyl at old-maid sister of his I sh'd hoev 'thin to complain of, "But 'twQin't make no great differ ce, fur whiont I git himi I kin soon ake the house too hot to hold any her woman. I shill set Alexha adrift, o, fur that matter, but I won't give r a hint till the time conmes. "There's time apples to gether, an' thme oklin, an' slch. "Af ter that she kin Ipok out fur hpr if. "I ain't got no call to keelp her." And pretty Ahexia, umnconscimus of o fate in store for her, stood looking it of the kitchen window at thme great ~lds and p-neadows of the Lillibrk(lgo rin, and( thinking what a happy man me squire must bo, to claim such pos5 essons for his own. Ini the meantime, Squire Lillibridge id his own thoughts, as lie wvalked owly hlomewardl under the green trees hichi borderd thme grassy lne. "Yes Mrs. Sharply is a fie-looking onhan," he pnmtterptd, thpughtfully, uilling the enti of his brown mous ~che. "And If I was only certain she was true and gooj-tempered as she ap ears, to be, I'd marry her to-morrow, she was willing. "As for little 'Alexia, it is a great Ity she has such a shrewish temper ad urph aritable dlisposi tion.' And thes Squire sighed as lhe thought Sthe blue eyes and gold streaked hair, ri concluded the old proverb must be ne, '"all was not gold that glittered." Any doubts as to the widow's chari table disposition might have been set at rest the next morning, whon the gate-latch clicked and she peorel cau tiously out of the closed shutters to see who was coining, but soon drew back with a scowl of disappointment on her face. "Alexia," she cried sharply, "don't you see that there's a tramp limping up here with a patch on his eyes? "Go an' send him about his business ini a jiffy." "Oh, aunt Phemle, I-I can't," pro tested Alexia. "MAybp p's hungry." " Fiddlesticks) "Mebby he's lazy, you nleaul, "Got along out of the 'y.y, theu, and let me come. "I ain't afraid to ma-1c to n 1nio lieg gar." A1d sheck did speak, to such purpose that the poor fell,oy stp1e1.1 out again as fast as his lame leg would ,}lhwy, sc.arcely daring to shut the gate after him in his trplid.ationl. Uo was hastening (own the alloy withi all lj) might, when a back gate low open, 1n4 l, little llgll'e with gold streatked hair 1Idul convlvtulus bluo eyes, saulenl ' confronted hiln. "'IIero," a.i, whlispered llurriedly, "here's a slice of cako andg a 1ug of offee. "It's all there was left from break Past. "T1hrow the mug away when you're lone, for I must hurry back before aunt Phepie misses me.'' And shp s,littld quickly through the 'ate, only to run in'hor aunt's iltms. 'So, miss. I've caught you at lasti!'' leclared th,o widow crossly. "I've allus suspected you of givin' Wid vittles away to thelmn mizzable .ral.nps, ip' nWw I know it. "(A i.tto th.e hJouso this Inillute, au' f that fellow don't talce himnself fiI, i'll ,it the constable to help hiiii. ''Pray do so, inadaml'. said a fami iar voice, and, to the widow's conster tation, the tramp tore the patch fron Is eye, pulled off the grizzly wig, threw iside his dilapidated coatt, and Squire [,illibridge stood revealed. "It's a plotl" snipped the widow rabbedly,' ps soo lls she recovered 'oie enough to spok. ''It's all a plot between you two, and klexia kin pack up her things and git mit of my house this minutel', "Just what I want her to do," re urned the Squire composedly. "I want a wife, and if Alexia will aarry mle to-day, my home shall be iers for ever after," 'rTh widow Jll1i)ell Jints the house in huff. "Ef I'l only a-suspicioned it was i.l ." she e ouI atooled hil But it was too late now, for Alexia, lushing like the scarlet berries at the oadside, was on her way to the parson ge to become Mrs. Squire Lillibridge. Ta+u of thp Sa. Moby Dick, the celebrated white rhale, though not killed by the Ahab, was certainly scratched, and must long go have died. That wonder of the eep, therefore, can not be held respon ible for tile loss of the Inga. The Luestion then arises, if it was a whale hat destroyed the bark, what sort of a vhaie was it? "They aren't sperm vhales," exclaimed a whalesman, when number of huge monsters rose to the urface near his vessel; "their spouts bren't bushy enough; they aren't sul ,hur-bottoms, or they wouldn't stay up o long: they aren't hump-backs, for hey aren't got any hunmps, they aren't, In-backs, for you wont eateh a fin-back o near a ship, they aren't Greenland rhales for wre arou't off the coast of 3reenland, anti they aren't right whales or it wouldn't be right to say so. I ell ye then, them's erinkum-crankum rhales." A sailor asked what they rere. "Why," was tihe answer, ''them a whales that oanu't be cotched,'' It ras probably a criukum crankum whale hat rammed tihe Inga. QO would ather not think so because whales ca inable of sinking huarmiless barks and im eriling the lives of hearty mariners might to 11ind a place in the list of hings that are to be caught. Yet wve Io not doubt that a whale, if it has the mnd1( to attempt such a feat, is quite uapable of knocking in the side of a vooden vessel of the Inga type by butt nig her. The head, wvhicoh is its batter ng-ram, constitutes nearly onle-third of hie whole length and a greater propor ion of the whole bulk of the immnenso ireature. That ot' the sperm-whale is mpenietrable to the harpoo, and would aot,;therefore suffer much inconveniencc ~rom driving full til4 into a shiip's side. iuothier suggestive point is that few arge bulls of the sperm species laoe seen captured whose heads have not been found scarred and furrowed with bhe marks of the teeth of rival bulls, anid she fierceness oh these combats has been lgain and again attested by shattered teath or distorted jaws. It is possib)le. thiat a la'rge sperm buli, inflamed with ealousy, mistook tile hull of tIhe Iniga' ror its dletested foe, and "went" for theu unfortunate ship. Sperm whales have bieen kniown to run three hundred fath pmns of line in four minutes and six hundrued fathoms in sounding, and their runniug speed when '.gallipd" is es timnated at from teln to twelve miles an hour. though sonic authorities hav., put it as high as twenty-five miles. Let. us assumen i ship to be sailing seven knots ani att mcked by a liugo bull coning along at hier at twelve knots. The im pact duec to a velocity of nineteen knots, or about twenty-two land miles, an hour would, having regard to tlhe prodigious bulk of the Whale, be crushing. ''Some thing must go." as sailors say, and if if the whale survived it would be the ship. At all events, we may take it that, if the Inga was sunk by a whale the creature would be a sperm bull. A "right" whale would not attempt such an oxperiment with a nose so dlelicate that the least prick of ai lance issufficent to arrest or deflect its motion whei In full aareer. -Chief Justice Waite hias gone to his home in Ohio for the summer. Uar Hotas as 11ome1. The richlydres d lady and her polit+ male escort who at in the habit of hail 1ng a passenger ho c-car to bear then to their destinatio very seldom givi even a thought to the history of the ani mas whose tendons and iuscles are tit means of saving them an arduous wall through the hot sun of a summer after noon, Notwitllstandiig the importan connection between the averagO en horse's existence and that of the averag, citizen, the latter rarely gives a though to the plodding animal that jogs aloni all day over the cobblestones. '1'hi Chestnut and Walnut streets line Phila 1phllia, nius abant eighty ears a day o0 its three branches. To i tog j have in all 714 horsos, - People about the aity have a g6nera idea that the life of a .street-car horse i a very hard and rough ol('. The public however, sees the horse only wvhille aIl wVor!, and his nlaller of living whoi not trotting with ai car load of peopli through the busy streets of large citie. is comnpletely hidden froun the c uriou, gaze of ordinary mortals. Even tht( people, who remain in the car until tih( depot is raehed upyef think of visitint the Stables qr inquirirg how the horses live. The stable-boss of the company ha, charge of the purclhase, sale atnd general keeping of the horses, although it is al: done under the eye of the superinten (dent. ''he majority of the horses in this city come from the green ields and prairies of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wis. cousin and other Western States, and their youth is spent miles away from the toll and turpoil of their linaturor years, and the hoofs are at fIrst-soft and not aeeustoied to the hard and unyielding cobbles of a city pavement. .very ani mal that is purchased is carefully ox amuined by the stable-boss, an( is coin pelled to make one trial trip in (company with inp of the o14 stager s Lfoe it is paud for. If he proliss t n make a good animal he is purelased. The ages range from 5 to 8 years. N one older than 8 nor younger than 5 years are purchased. All horses when brought from the West ern pasture to the heat and dust of the city are liable to have a spell of sickness, and it is generally several weeks after a horso is purclased btmfore lie can be worked regularly as a car horse. No marks are put on the liorses to distinl guish them, nor are they ninbered and anl account kepit of each. If this were (lone, and a large number of any par ticular lot lied soon after they were pirchased, it would tend to shut out the horses fronm that section, whereas the cause may be and most likely would be, from the wveathefand general treatlleit experienced in their journey oust. korue l10% W.- mll\.l;v :wca'othEif while others may not meet with anything but sunshio and cool breezes. It would hardly do to blame the breed of horses if the former suffered more than the latter. ''he prices paid for the horses average about $105. For some 1ine ani mals considerable more is paid, while others again fall far below this figure. Each norse makes three trips a day or covers a distance of t.welty-one nmiles. Outside of this he has nothing todo but eat, sleep and rest., The questlon of provender forms rather an important One to the horse, imd is made the subject of considerable study by those having charge of him. The horses of the Chest nut and Walnuttt-streets line are fod three times a day. Tile prmiciple articles of diet are haty, mueal and bran. The quan tity of each varies slightly with the weather, but averages 15 pounds of hay, 15 pounds of meal and 2 pounds of bran a day. About 6 pounds of tie hay are CIlt fine0 while tlie othier is fmd as it is. ilostlers play an imiisortant lpart ill the care of the hlorses, Isleh hostler luis 14 horses to care for'. lie InuLst clean thlem' exanline thle coniditionl ofi theOshoes, look aifter tIhe sanitary condiitionl, feed anId w~ater themli and Put them11 in tad take thlem out of the car'S. The hlospital is also all iunportant, itemi iln connlection with a hlorse-car stablei. Thier' areo genm er'ally about 14 hIolses ill this deparltmlenlt whlicI h1' esufferinig from var1iouis (diS eases5 and( comlplainIt s. They aire trea1ted chiefly by the stable boss, but several filles a week a regular veterinary sur geon stops and1( hooks aifter thlem. iNo mledicinie is ever given to anly of' the horses uless thley are act,ually sulb'ering f'romu51( (1m dise;1sc. A bhItrksmit,h shiop is also COimueCteuI withi thle staleslC, amnd 10our blacksmniths three shioi's and1( one jobber'-are coni stantly employed. One set of shoes will last, barely three weeks, whenm they have to be renewed. Th'le hlostlers are obliged to exainle the hoof1S and WVhiOnever one is loose thmo horse ia laken to the bhick smith shop. Uar'dly any chlOelials ouit sie of lime ar'e used to keep the soors out, Qf thle stablhe, TIhe place is v'ery wvell dm'ainod, and1( limie is all-sufhicient, e)xcept iln very' warmI weather, whegn aL litth eart,by plaister' 1s strewed around( thtt stalesh'. Ry3O strawv is used( exchlsivel3 for hedding. T1imlothIy hay is used fmo f'eed ing purposes, bumt for' (uttinig severa] brands aire mlixed. Thle cleainiig is aili (1011 by the old-fashionled br'ush and( curryl'3comlb. Thi'le ci1(Inlane of .hme htmrse varilies considtIraly. Sotnie are ulseless af'tel soyeral mnoithls' wvork, hile other's arc goo for fifteenl year1S' serivi0. Therel' aire two horses0 no0w in t,ho stables at 41st and( Cihostnnt, iitieets wvhi haye beerl ill contulI(,its s(,rvico f0ir OvQ1 Iift.eAell year's. Such horIises, hIowever', are0 very' for' Car 11se it is sold, generally to tar. mer01s, but somnetimles to be used iln thlt city for carting puirpboses. Obi horser genierally realizie aibout g)9 oi.' 404 The avergo weight of the horse'ss is 1,11 Th'le meal and bran for feedinig pur11 pIosOs is gr'oundm onm the places. A 60 horse p)ower engine runs11 the ina1chhiory, Th'le hlay is also cut, by mhinliery, ALL kinds of rootsi au hi cellar wilt keep beteer if a little fresh dirt ii thrownl over Imeli. F~or beets and tuir mps tis is very important1 these roota (drying up or beooming tough and tabte less if exposed to 1he air. A foe to Glod was ne'er trule fiend t< maln. Despair makes victims somietimei victors. A case of letributlon. Nearly a hundred years ago a York. shire peasait died in 'nuglaud, leaving a widow and eight Children. '."our of 3 the children were children of a former - wife. His only fortune was a single sovereign. His wife, however, had a E little fortune of twelve pounds, re - ceived from her fatler. Soon after the hisband's death, the r oldest son, who was eighteen years of age, and had been apprenticed to a carpenter, ran1 away. As he was a skilled workman and his services were of value, his master was extremely in. gry, and declared he wottl(l nmis hin 1 tl tttll oxteno t of the law, It he we wd(ow-who was only a step. I mother to this boy--was most aixiots and troubled at the . boy'M deUlili, quency, She tried to appe}lso the wrath of the master, but in vain. Knowing of her little property, the man fially offered to cancel the arti cles of appreliticeship if the wido%y would give her little store of tvolvo pounds, all that. s11r had between her self anld lioverty. 'TItis offer the honorable woman con sented to accept. Soon after this crihtinal liability had I been canceled, the boy appeared, not to help the wonal who had sacri(lced so Inuch for him, not even to thank her for her noble act; but to demand the single sovereign, the sole propert. left by his father. As it. was hislegal right, the wilow gave it to him. lie inunel iately left England for America, leav ing his abused mother to fight. Ipl' 1' as best she could, and was never hearl of by his lEnglish friends again. Upon arriving in this couitry, the boy immediately foiiid work at his trade. Ile was covetous, and his ami hitioii was to accumuhlate loney. I io worked for i, as few 111n ver' wot lI:d. Iie took no Itq, It was as thengli a demon urged him on day and night. Ile lcanie miseily. S(oon lie allowed himself no Colmfortsand subsisted in the cheapest possible way. For more thate fifty years lie lived; loardim g, }Ind fever isli for more gold. All through these years he gave no sign that, he ever Ihoughit of returning the twelve pounds to the woman across the water, to whom he owed filial respect and grat itude. Finally the result of his excesgtivo work showed itself iln inllamnator(, rlieumatism. For seventeei years by hay on his bed, writhing under the pain this (lisease inflicts. Still he gave nto sign of grat efil obligat ion to his rant h er, or nade any elfort to restore (Ito lioney. lint the day of Stumons caine. Ho had lived to a most .atlv:ueel . su. man1, by his habits of covetousness, h died and passed, to meet his earl lily record I another world. A search was instittlded for his heirs. The step-mother had long been dead. All of his own brothers a1nd sistesr were dead. Of his hallf-brothers and sisters-children of the woinalt he hadl so wrolige(i--thl'lq3 woro living, and among thon the fortune of t ho mise1r was justly divided. It amiotuted to more than one hundred thousand dol lars. The lawyer in whose hands the prop erty hall been placed, had the curiosity to reckon the interest omi the twelve pounds for the years elapsed before it, returned (o the family. At the high rate of interest then prevailing the sum was found to approximiate so iiearly to the amuont which was distributted amnong the heirs as to excite his sutrprise, and to oause the quest ion, "Was this simlliy a coneidence?"' Unwittingly the manil hiad wvorked and piniched amid saved only to pays a debt which lie never meant to pay. Hie had illustrated a ti uth that is mnot always appiarenit to the humian vision. liijutst ice may do its wvretchied work amnd triumph ini its wronig. But some1 time andi( solue where, in (his life, or in thie eternmity that awaits with solenim portent all human events, the wvrong will be brought to light, mnd justice will be done. Neither moral law nor physical law canm be violated, with God and right, to uphold them, and the violat or escape penialt.y. Howv Anuta liry Tlioir liea,i. 1I. Is thle general habitI. among muany sl)eci(es of ant a to bury the deadl ver'y carefully. The followinmg int Ierestinmg atccounmt is given by an A uist u'alian 01) server: ''1 saw a large nuounber of' aids suirroiuntling the tdeaid ones, andit deter inaie to watch their procetlngs close ly. il'our or fIve started off from the rest toward1 a hillock a short dlistance away, in which was an ants' nest. This t,hey entered, and in about five minuttes they reappeared, followed by theothiers. All fell into ranik, walking regularly and slowly two by two, until they ars rived aLt the spot w~here lay the soldier anits. Ini a few minutes two of the iants adlvanlcedl andi took til the dead body of onie of t-heir conutradles: then two others, and( so on, until all we're ready to march. First walked two( ants bearing a body, theni two withiout a burden; then two others w"itht anothier deadl anit, and so oni, until the line wvas extended to aibot forty pairs, amid t.he procession now mioved slowly onward, followed by an irregular body of about 200 ant,s. Oc casionallIIy (lie two laden ants stopiped, amid, layinig down (lie dead ant, it was taken tup by t,he two waling unmburd ened behind then, andl .thius, by3 occa siomnally relieving cachi other, they ari rived at a sandy spIot nmear (lie sea. The body of ants now connuenced digging with their.jawvs a numbeinr of holes In (lie ground, into each of wvhich a dead ant was laid, wheni they were cairefull y covered over. This (ditd not qiite fmnish (lie teemturkiahle circuunistances attending the funeral of t,he ants. Soine six or seven of the ats hatd attempteds to runm off withotut pierformig their shaire of the task of (diggig; these weore catughit aund brouighit back when they are at on1ce attacked by theo body of ants and killed. A single grave was quickly dug, and they w~ere all dropped Into it,." It should seem that indolence itself would InclIne a peorson to be honest, as It requires Infinitely greater paIns and contrivance to be a knave. The Meadow Dranco. hear Aschersletlen, in Germany, lies i verdant strip of land, known by the name of the Dancing Moado N-a name whici the following tradition will serve to illus, trate. Ages ago the blooming daughters of the neighboring burghers were often in ihr habit of assembling on a sumner's even ing, when the weather was flue, to onjoy one another's society in this enohantini vale; during which the dance was nevei for,cotten. Besides, it wis the custom for all younl brides on the day before their nuptials, tl meet here the playmates of their infan years, whose circle they were about t guit for evc , and to join in a pa&ini dance,' allg with the bordering tenants o the well-known scene. A party happened to have met on the second evening of these rural ceremnonies, previous to a weddig, and were on tht point of escorting home their rich and beautiful betrothed, late on a clear moon light night, with all the nurthful triumph of dancine, innocent gaiety, and song. Not the wh'le of the guests, however, were destiuet to reach their home. Two of the most beautiful maidens dis appeared. Notwithstandng the most active exer tions on the part of their friends and rela tives, no trace of them could be discovered; their seats remained that night vacant in the domestic circle, and within a few hours all was confusion; no less among the parents thant in the surrounding abodes. Many weeping eyes were kept awaKe; their lovers swore the deadlliest revene; for they found reason to suspect that nler the veil of night a grievous wrong had been premeditated, and perhaps ac complahed, which left them nothing but the hope of revenge. And in part their fears were well grolundedl. Home douc sties in the service of the chief of Arnstein. heenming aciluamnted with the hour of the intendedtl festival, had the audacity, for the purpose 01 amusing theiose;ves and indulging their master's propengi.ries, to lie concealet in an adja cent tIicket. Undler cover of the nlght, they sueceedel in seizirg upon two of the dancers, who happening to stray frl:mn their companionRs, had approacedo Uarest to them, and they were instuttly Conveyed, amid shourts of surrodriig revelry indl reju lings, un heard, ltto tho nwighhoring 1l1ertz monn tails, until a ft tieo! s-min occur to con vey them to thiir miltllate detatuation In inubhere. B^arcely hadl the sun 'irt-cled the hori Aon on the followin. 1mormng, when a nutuber of time.citiztans, whose anxiety had kept them awake, were seen assembled be tore their doors, in order to advise with tbuu 1cteta. nnn they learned that a secret imesen ger who had been despatohed upon soue private affair, and was returning, erc day break, over theo mountains, had heard sntlicient to prove the forcible abduction of the young women, although he had lost the track of the robbers among the hills. T'here was reason, however, to conclude that, they mist reside somewhere upon the A rustei n Their haunts were still a secret. 'I'ITe imglttrate, lilon thus tleimli made acquainted viti the facts, instanly solic. ited a neeting of the relatives of the ad ducted parties, while they attempted in the meantime to preserve calhness and moderation in the minds of the incensed citizes. The chief part of the assemblv were tor instantly arming the whole of the inhabi tants capable of hearne arms, in order, if possible, to surprise ant desirov the hated and notorious eastle of Arustrmu, which, they said, outght, long sinee to huve bien levelledl withI the groiind. But, biesides the, imnieeamty of the in formationi ieceived, it. was justly remarkedi byV time mnagistrates who presRidedc, that it wouldi retire monthtis of open and( dhe cided hostilhty to cap)tura- so p)owerfult and( well p)rovisionedl a castle as5 that of Rlaubberg', whence tire formidab,le enemy mardle his depredations. Moreover, tihe prese-nt ease called for in stanlt redress. At length, after a long and stormy dis cuiscion of the mofst eflclecous means for obtaining it, during which the heads of the more hold and indignant hmad leisure to) grow conler, It was agreedh to ad(opt the hlist, Riuge+tion of the (oilest magistrates, whmo exi)hained to eonmcil the suiperior opinion lie en1ter-tamined of a rriao de guierre, by wihih lie Itu-ed that, the freedoin of the( ac,dutiedr part-y would be0 more sp)ee(hly accomiphlished, in the flrst plae every (one must retiirn quickly iback to hmis oWin house, concealing his fee~linigs of idilgnation andt revenge, as well as lie coul. 'IThen, just as if nothliing extraordinary occurredt at thmo late fest ival-as if thme absence of nlonel of the party had been noticerl or that t,heir return was quietly cieeted, anoItier nuptial eveoing shoiild( lbe as soon as p)ossible annouinced, with even 5eore bustle and splenitior than the haormer; all their neighbors to be iuiied( to the (lance, andi information Rent by trustv mnessengers to the adjacent villages around. Accordinugly, these samm. tidinmgs renehed tihe eairs of the lord of Arusteiu, who, on receivimg ain inuvatation ahone with his knighais andi esqires, loudly r(idicl the stupida(ity of the p)oor cliIzens, who thius actually threw their daulghters in his way. Tn'ien. amidst oaths and1( laughter, a stil more extendedi incuirsioIn than the former wais determined iuponi, the whole of the pcarty present, declarbiig that they would, this taie, cacti aind every one seize on lise indiviual prey, ofter the close of the Abolut twilight on the apiponted dlay, the meado(iw was seen coIveredl with beau. tiful groups of dancers; yet, with all this, nio virgins I hins (lay trodi tbe scene-they were safe in their parental mans:ons. It was the stotitizens, and next to themn their eidiest iboys, who were arrayed in women's at,tire, with newly shcrg,nned weap.ns O<ncealed uinder their clothes, all intent, ulvm avenaging the honor of their daughters--their sisters, or their betrothed, and for cver In future to secure It. Thley began tihe (lance with sounds of teveiry and mirth, yet somewhat subdhied to tones of womanhm'od, while their hearts throbbed for vengeance, untli the approacnm ot midmght-, when their trusty scouits brought word of the yet near and nearer advance of the lord of Arustem, ap roaching softly toward the spot., Now the dancing party seems to break up--concluding with the old national fig ures, and singing, and apparently draw. lug homewards. But, beholdl the next moment the chief of Arustein burst into the midst of them, followed by his knights and pages, on horseback and on foot, all eager to join in the pursuit, of which they vainly hoped that their former depredatlon was only a poor specimen. They let him advance; and tho chief no sooner found himsolt in the inidst of the dancers, then he threw himself front his steed in order t' enjoy the pleasure and applause of bearing oi the intended bride with his own hands. 1But what was the feeling he experi [ onced," WhAi, as with a thundering voice and a laugh of joy he claimed the bride for himself, the bright eteel flashed in his eyes, and smote his outstretched arm, be fore he could draw it back, quite through and through. 8marting with pain and uttering threats of revenge, he started back to regain his steed. But ten strong arias were about hlu'n; he telt himself Pinioned liand and foot and neck, as if chalis of iron girt hin round. yoime of the knig;hts andt pages who haa teiued wi'.h threats to his assistance, were, afier a short struggle, overpowerel and secured; most of them, however, escaped, witi cries of terror and surprise, anti wounded with sabres or with stones. The chief culprit, however, was carried with shouts of triumph into the city. 'I'nere the lord of Arusteln was thrown forthwith into a large, solitary tlungeon, andi there he confessed, on bltt!diing the preparations for his approactliing execution, the deceds he lia( perpetrated anti farther intended to accomplish. The young Idlies were, at his own con inand, inmnudultely telivered to thieir friends; in conseu'lence ot' which, after paying at heavy penalty and taking a tnentorate tttli never to co,,inimt any olrenrc against the cay or it-i nhbitats, ie was relesseti fromn his terrific chains. Blut these chains, in which le for months laI'uilhed,, are still prererved, and are noni to be Peen in the town.house at As chsrslehenl-a lastimir lontuent of the skill and taresight, of the olh tines, and wero worthy of- lhe adulitatiot of future goncrht.lon,. We have mally close shaves,'' said an old railroad engineer, "but after the scare is over a personi will recollect something that was said or done that, will cause hit to laugh in spit' of himli seIl'. I was once runming a freight. en gine on the Alleghany Valley Road. One warm inight in Summer, just after a heavy rain wi.wme"'. tto.gnu;g ILt; at black cloud over the river and track, making it inploasible to see twenty feet :!!!(ad of thu locomhotive. iuideuly a gust of wind lifted the fog, and not tmiire thaii thirty feet ahead I saw the red glare of a lantern anti could traco Ihe outline of a caboose. I knew al though I could hear only the noise of imy own train, that the one ahead was moving, but we were gainitig on it. I whistled for 'down brakes,' reversed Ilie lever, an(1 jumiped to the g;rotid. As I was leaving the cab I saw my tire lat grab the shovel auit begin to pilue ii the coal. My locoiiot.ive caught the cnboose and lifteil it froni the track liii, stoimed oefore serious (lam;age was d1o1ie. Vlien we hail straightened oit I asked tlihm ireniant what made h11 u put inl coal when I blew the whistle. J3e jatlt.,' was tie reply, 'I tought if stheau wad help you to start, thin shitre y'e wad iido sm0111 to sthop. Thea Fightnaig Slav. TJhiere, is 110 race or m1e(1 so) dlalgeroi:i as the tighitilig Slav, thne Moiitenegrinii ! lie 3osnian, I1[erzogoviniiank, the CJroat. A.iist.ria kiiows too) bitterly what a ter rible antagonist, is the civilized Dalnma-. tiani when lie takes up armns. If these wiler peopmle (ver had1( a characer re seunbling (lie Ruiss and1( Serbanid Bulgar, ci rc umlstaiices have t,ranisforimned them. 'IlT conitras, no0w is strikinlg. Quick of intelligence but stubborn, euing thioughk fearless, Ifatienit thottgh excita ble, the" mountain Slav is at very incur inationk of mani, (lhe perfecited wild beast. Under at iiiass ol soldierly franikness lie is p)erversely treacherous, as IL ruile, but, also h le is bouind to thlelath by his ownk shiibb.olethis it one knew them. Pit y (100s not miove him:iu his braink is coo'i white hist paikHonis blaze to imadniess. And( lie has (t hysical advanitages wvhiich give his character full play. Geiierally lall, often gigantic, he is al ways strong, for' heon bit thie vjgorous satrvive. lis features are handsome, his eyes, of )ahli blue or aimber yellow, have thie keeni look lhiting to a wvarrior. A long, fair mustacho upeurled hbde-i is Stern mouth; his bearing is iiartui, anmd his stride full of arrogant seif-coin ldence. Tihough routgh witk his fel lows, a mani of (lie upper class is superb ly courteous to the stranger. Anid a miaiily costume sets off every advait age. aiiams (w,odo iEmennetit? Sni,orstition,. Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, of Nowv York, have arrived at their summor reaidence, Newport. It is one of the most charming and extensive estates on thme island. Mr. James G*ordlon len nott, of the New York herald, thought seriously at one time of paronasing the place, but snplerstitioni preveuted. Thelirc appeared to be a strana ze fatality wYithk the people wvhio ownmed the place. Barredam. the Peruvian Mimister, built it regardless of expenuso, and lived to see the dlay whmen lie wanuted a dollar, 'iThe two suicceding owvners became im p)overishied to some extent, Mr. A. D). Jossup, of PhilaidelpIdla, bought the pliace for $100,000, and in a year more than doubled his money, dlisposing of it to John Jacob Astor for $201,000. Thlen Mr. Jessup went to Europe, and while at OUneltenham Railway Station, in Eng. landl, took up a London paper, road the account of President Gartild's assassin ation, and dropped dead. -Friends of Mr. B~ennet6 declare that it was super stition alone that impelled him to re fuseo to purchase the phace, Mrs, Ator is making it a more beautiful placo every year.