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S. -. ' m . .! - Y 1 . Til-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. AUGUST 14, 1883. ESTABLISHED 184s THE VERDICT -OF THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! MR. J. 0. ioA-Dear Sir: I bbught the flrst Davis Machine sold by you over live years ago for my wife, who has given it a long and fair trial. I ant well pleased with it. It never gives any rouble, and Is as good as when first bought. J. W. sol.IOr. Winnsboro, S. C., April 1883. Mr. BoAO: You wish to know what I have to may In regard to the Davis Machine bought of on three ears ago. I feel I can't say too much in Ila favor. made about *80,00 within live months, at times running it so fast that the needle would get per fectly hot from friction. I feel confidoni could not have done the same work with as niuch ease and so well with any other machine. No time lost In adjusting attachments. The lightest running machime I have ever treadled. BrotherJames and Williaus' families are as much pleased with their Davis Machines bought of you. I want no better iiach:me. As I said before, I don't think too much can he said for the D.lvis Machine. Itcspoctfully, ELLEN bTVRNsoN, Fairflelid County, April, 1843. Mi. loAO: My machine gives me perfect satis faction. I Hud no fault with it. The attachments aersoiile. 1 wish for no better than the Davis Respectfully. Mis. i. MiL.ING. Fairfield county, April, 1883. Mit. IloAi: I bougnt a IlavIs Vertical Feed ew,ug Machine from you four years ago. I am elighted with it. It never has given me any rouble, and has never been the least out of order. It is as good as when I first bought it. I can cheerfully recommend It. ltespectfully, Alit.. M. J. KIRKLAND. Monticello, April 30, 1888. 'l'his is to certify that I have been ustng a Davis Vertic.el Feed Sewing Machine for over tw ,years purchased of Mr. .1. 0. iiu.ag. I haven't found it possessed of any fault-all t he attachments are so sltuie. It iieveriefuses to woru, and is ceriatuly th4 ltihtest running in the market. I consider it a tirst-class machine. Very respect fully MINNIE M{. WII.LINOVA]. Oakland, Fairfiell county, 8. C. Mn IoAO: I am well pieaseit in every particui with the iiavis Machine nought of you. I think a ilrst-ciass mniaeine in every respect. You knew you sold several machines of thi sane make to diierent meinbers of our families, all of whom, as far as I know, are well pleased With them. ltespectfully, MiS. M. Ii. MOB LEY. Fairfielli county, April, 1883. This into certity we have har in constant use the Davis Machine bought of you about three years ago. As we take in work, and have made the price of it several times over, we don't want any S betier iachine. Ii is aiways ready to do anly 1:L'd of work we have to do. No puckering or skipping stitches. We can only say we are well pleased and wish no better machine, CATERINE WYLiE AND SiSTEt. Aprl 25, 183. I have no fault to fiad with my machine, and don't want .iny better. I have mate tie price of it several times by taking in sewing. It is always ready to do his wvoru. I think it a first-t:lass ma chine. I feel I cant say too much for the Davis Vertical Feed Machine. Mat. TiauMaS iiMIn. FairL'eld county, April, 1883. MIt. J. 0. BOAO--Dear Sir: It gives me much pleasure to testify to tne merits of the Davis Ver tical Feed 8wing Machne. The nachtine I got of you ab.mt live years ago. has been almost In con stant use ever since that iltile. I cantot see that it is worn atty, and has not cost tme oup cent for repairs since we have had it. Am well pleased and don't wish tor any better. Yottrs truly, h oiT. CR AWFOR D, GranIte Quarry, near Wlnnsboro 8. 0. We have used the Davis VertIcal Feed Sewing Machine for thte last live years. We wouldl not have anty othier make at any ptrice. 'The mtachtine has givent us unbounodeui satisfactioni. V'ery respect fully, Mits. WV. K. 'TunNHnii AS iD)AUflnTRait5 Fairfield county,8. C., Jan. 21. 1883. llaving hiotughit a DavIs Vertical Feedl Sowing Macline from Mr. J. 0. Boag sonme three years ago, and it having gIven me perfect satisfaction in every respmect, as a famIly machine, both for heavy ati Ilit sewing, and never needell the least re pair in aniy way, I can clneerfuily recommentd it to aumy one as a ilrat-clatss machine* in every p)artieni lar, anti think It acconil to none. It is one of the simtp.est machines made; nmy chiidren use it withi all ease. Thu attaicihments are more easiiy ad jusated and It (100 a greater range of work b>y means of s Vertical teeed than any other ma * chine I have ever seent or used. Mns. TrioMAs OWINOS. Winnsboro, Fairfield county, 8. C. We have htatd one of the DavIs Machines ab)out four years and have always fotiud it ready to do ali kinds of wora we have ha-l occas.on to do0. Can't a t th machline is worn any, and works as Mas. W. J. CitAWPontD Jackson's Creek, Fairileidi coutay, 8."C. My wife is highly pleased with the DavIs Ma chine bought, oi you. Shte would not lake double wnat sue gave for it. The macnine has not Sbeen out, of order since she had It, and she can do any kind of work on it. Very Itespectfully, JAR. F'. Faws. ~7 MontIcello, Frairfleld county, 8. C. The Davis Sewing Machine Is simply a freas eure Mine. J. A. UooewYaN. RIdgeway, N. 0., Jan. 10, 1ass. J, 0 BOAG, Esqi., Agent-Dear Sir : My Wife ly for the past four years, and it ihas never needeid anty rlaIrs an a works jiat as well its when first bought. She says it wilh do a greater range oi pctiial work nid dlo it easier itmi bet'er than) V etny machine site ns over used. WVe chieerfully recommenid It as a No. 1 family muachnine, Your trn.y, JR .JA's nboro, S. C., Jan. 8, 1883. .DBAG : I have always found my Davis Ma ereadly do aii hinds of to work I have Jiad oc a to do. I cananot, see that the snachIne Is a particle andl It works an weil as when new. Iteapectfmily, MRS. It. C. UooDrINo, Innsboro, 5. 0., April, 1888, BOAG: i My wife has been cOnstantly using avis MachIne bought of you abont, live years I have never reg retted buying ii, as it Is s ready for any K lad of faim iy sewing, eithter or lig a. It is never out of fix or needing Very respeetfully, eld,8. 0., March, 1883,A8. AD VARIPE DIEM. Now, in the season of flowers, Now, when the Summer is bright, When Phobus stays long with the hours, And the earth hardly knows any night, The tine for enjoyment is ours, The time for delight. Ero the chill winds have seat tered the roset Ere the petals lie dead on the earth; Ere the season of sweet blossoms closes, And the cold winter months have thel birth, Let us join, ore the year Its youth loses, In laughter and mirth. Ah, sweet, youth can last not forever, But will lade like a dream that is naugi Though we fancy that Sunmer dies novel And on Winter bestow not a thought; But time is a weariless weaver, His task is soon wrought. Then we'll spend not our days in Raud guesse As to what the dim future may bring, But we'll cast off each thought that opprosse For life is a fugitive thing; And, happy in love's soft caresses, We'll dream but of Spring. HOW HIE CAUGHT l1Elt. Her name was Katharine-Kathar Ine Hauton. But nobody ever lreanei of calling her so. She was "Katie" t all the old men and women in the vil lage-"Katie to us young folks who ha< been her school mates from our pina fores, and "Katie" to every little ur chin that could toddle about and lis her name. Katie was an orphan and lived wit] a stately old aunt, whose least wort was enough to frighten any ordinarl child into hysteric fits. But Katie wa afraid of nothing, and treated Mis Deborah exactly as she did the rest o: us, that is, she laughed at her ant talked in her half saucy, hialf-goo( natured way, till the lady'sgrim moutl relaxed and looked quite good natured 1 can scarcely remember having a grea ter fright than when Miss Deborali caught us in the very act of trying of her "Sunday-go-to-meetings" befor the parlor glass.-But the mischievous audacious -look Katie cast over he shoulder settled the business, and I onll heard a muttered: 'Good gracious! What is this work coming to?" as we scampered off ir (lire confusion. and left her treasuret brocade silk and lioniton laces lying om the floor. "Tell me one thing," I said; "art you willing to marry Ned Williams?' "Ain't I though?" she said, looking up with a face of honest bewildermen that made me laugh till I choked. "And is he willing to marry you?" "Yes, only he pretends not tc be. But I know he loves me," she ad ded quickly. "Then you ought to be ashamed of yourself, Katie," I said. "I know it. And I am just as ash amed as I can be," she answered rue fully. "But I can't help it.." "I'll help you out of the scrape, Ka. tie," I said, after a moment's thought "on condition that you'll promise novel to flirt again." "Ponl honor," said Katie, piously laying her little brown hands in mine and looking very demure. That is-at well as I can." "Go and make up with Ned-that ih the first thing necessary.'' "I can't," she answered with a dole ful sigh, "for if I come near him, ht calls mei a rattlesnake and goes off. D talk to him for me, that's a dear, gooti girl. Will you, just for my sake?" "Take yourself off," I answered "and on your peril, do not let me see you any more to-day. To-mo, row, you know, we all go to your unch 's farn to celebrate the New Year. bue tha1 you look your best and are in good sea son. Now be off." She would have thanked me witl countless kisses but I put her out of thn room, and locking the door went bach to my wvriting. A note from me brought Ned WiI liams to my room that eveining. 11 was teii o'clock before he left lme, an( and if my litle Katie had seen the fer vor with which lie kissed my hand al p)artinig, I think she iiight have hat cause to be jealous, unless she knew, a: I didI, that it was all on her account. The next morning, bright aiid early I was closted with Miss Deborah. Th'le maiden lady looked half distracet wvhen 1 told hier' tihe result of our over night debate, but I soon won her eve: to my way of thinking. She looke'd a Katie, however, as5 she went singin~ around the house, as if she had been niaturjal phenonmenoii. Katie's apple!t piR an~d (dumplings wver the nicest thing immaginable, and Ka tie herself, with the fun of her eyes little dimmed and softened by a t(ouc] of pensiveness, was a very agreeabli thing to look at, and 1 began to thin] Ned Williamis was a very enviabh lnan. My warning about her dress was en1 tirely necedless as I found when sh came dancing downi stairs after break fast with a pale blue muslin and co quettish white apron onm, and a kihhnj little gypsy liat tipped jauntIly onu oni side of her head. "D)o you like my new dress?"~ shi said, glancing archly at me. "You'll do,'' I ansaweredl. "tBut re member the bargain, no0 fued, 110 flirt ing." "1x-act-ly," she answered, dropphIn me a mock courtery. It was a great affair-Uncle ,Johni' New Year Celebration! All the coun tryf'olk laid been invited, and the ox citemeont and enthusiasm was at al uniusual height. It had been the talli of the village for months. T1o further my little scheme concern ing Ned Williams anid Katie, I wen quite early to Uncle ,John's (everybod: called him Uncle ,Johni, although h was uncle only to Katie,) and had qmut an animated conversation with him in which lhe must have said: t"We'll d it by Jove," about three hundre< times, more or less, As the guests entered his lmnmens mansion, he whispered sonme thing ii a very mysterious way to them. Everybody nodded. At last Katie camne, accompanied b: her stately aunt. "YVou are late " I whispered, as] kissed her. ".Almost everyonie I: here." "tAm I?" 51he replied. "Is he here?' "I havent seen him yet my dar.., I returned. A fib-I wanted Katie to look for herself. "Excuse me for a moment; I must go and speak to the Johnstons." Off I went-another piece of by-play. I hated the Johnstons. As I was about to go out of the parlor I heard voices in the hall, and stopping unconsciously listened. "She'll never marry hm," said one; r "she's too much of a flirt." "You're right," said another, "he's a fool to be so easily deceived." "But she's promised," said a third. "That don't matter. A flirt promises what she knows she don't intend to perform." "IIave you heard the joke we're to play on them?" "No," said the three voices in uni son. s "Well listen, said the speaker." ie lowered his voice. "It's all right!" I said to myself. I was suddenly startled by a terrific beating on a gong, and jostled along by the crowd to the dining room Such a dining! Oh, my! And how everybody went into itI That is-how it went into them! Jack Slei mer, the biggest hog in the village, act ually had a whole turkey on his p!ate, and I can't estimate how many pota toes! And such merrmient. Really, I thought the whole table would suddenly go up like a powder magazine! The moment the dinner was finished, Uncle John shouted: "Off to the parlor-to have a dance,'' and away everybody went, helter shel ter. To my great satisfaction, I saw Ka tie hanging lovingly on Ned's arm. "lIe's forgiven me, dear Julia!" said Katie, as I edged to them. "And she's forgiven me!" said Ned. "Like a dear little creature as she is." Pressing her closer to him. "Oh, don't Ned!'' said Katie. "Off with you to the dance," 1 said, and a moment after I saw them whirl ing around in the crowd. "Iie hasn't I got her yet," I murmured to myself. She's an awful little witch, but she shall-" "She shall '' said Uncle John, at my elbow. Gaies followed dancing. In the midst of the merriment. some one cried, "Let's play the marriage game?" "Yes, Yes!" shouted every one. A young man jumped upon a chair and exclaimed: "Silence in the court. I pronounce the bands of marriage between 10dward Williams and Catharine Ilauton, both of this town." Everyone laughed immoderately, Ned and Katie with the rest. "That's right," said Uncle John. - "keep the fun up, boysl Keep it up! Join hands," he said to Katie and Ned. "Here, 'Squire Fatiuni, you play the priest." "Ila! ha!'' laughed Ned. "Go on, sir; it shall not be said that I interrup ted the fun!" "Bravo! bravo!" shouted every body. "Nor 1, either!" exclaimed Katie, boldly. "Stand up! stand up!" eried the laughing crowd, as they gathered round the couple. The lovers stood up. "Join hands,'' he said, solemnly, and the little palm of Katie lay confidingly i in Ned's "Go on " cried the laughing girls who stood beside her, as she seemed to pause. iIe drewv himself up and wenmt quiet lv through the marriage service. Katie listened wvith a dreamy smile up)on her lips; p)erhaps she was thinking of the time wh'len it should be all in earnest. Suddenly she startled, as the wvordi s fell upon her eors: "I pronounce you man and wife. And whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunader." "'Marr'iedt" exclaimed every one. ''Married?'' gaspJed Katie, turning p)ale and looking appealingly at Ned. iIe gave her a gleeful, triump)hant kiss. Ytouk were so slippery, Katie, I had ttaeyour' unawares. Now, wimll you Lforgive mie, Mrs. Williams?" ''No, I won't I" said Katie. "Yes you will, Katie," sasd Uncle JIohn. "'Throw yourself in his arms this instan t. N ow-one-two--th reel Katie turned, andi, to Lihe suarprise' of every bod y, threw herself into her lover's arms, S "I do love you, Ned," she whispered, in his close embrace. "I know you doe," said Nod. "Another dance!" shouted Uncle -Huusm,r mb:"r m.xcursieons via Pennsylvanta V It. It. Com~mm encing Thursday, the 5th instant, adcontinumng on Thmursuday only until further notice, this most delightful of all 3 the one-day excursions wviil e commenced by the Pennasylvanmia It. R. by rail to Jer.. - su.y City, and thenco via the favorite . steamer, "Richard 8 ocnkton," to West Point and Neiwburgh. The beauties of' the Hudlson river haive bieen p'ronuncedb E great, travelers as equai to any in the work and by stame said to exceedl the we'ri..-. mocus scenery of the Rhino. Cortainliythaer - is nothing to comapare with it in point of conveniemnce and cheapniess, a thme titro -trip can b)e comfort,ably takena betweena early breakfast andl late suajppr. A special train to connect with the boat will leave Blro,ad Stree.t. 8tat ion at 7.00 A. - M., on Thursday only, to stop at [Poweimon Savenue, Ridge avenueIE, Ge'rmnantown Juno tion, Frankf ord Juction, Torresdale, Bris tol, andi T1rentonm. Connaection~ will ho made at TIrenton b'y the train which leaves toot. 3 of Market street at 6.20 A. M., which train stops regularly at n'l principal st ations be tween Camdeln and Tire,nton. Thme tare for the entire round trlip is only $2.50; childlren between the aigos of ive an .1 twelve, half price. .Outwvard actions CanI never gave a just esimate of us, since there are many perfections of a man which are not cap)able of ap)peainmg in actions. Even If work was thme solo a!tm and end of life, It would be folly to neglect relaxation, for no. labor can be efficiently , and permanently carried on without it. Prairlies on Fire, la In the early days of the West, the n plains were swept over with fire, annu- to ally, in the month of October and early in November, throughout Western Ohio el and Northern Indiana, clear through mn to the Lake shores. It is impossible ge that any one who has never beheld the u scenes of the wild prairies on fire, do driven by a lively gale can form any n conception of the awful grandeur and sublimity of the view; nor can the penl tih describe it intelligibly. None but the ull oldest living inhabitants have any just pa appreciation of the burning prairies. do The like will never be witnessed again <t on the principal parts of this continent su because the conditions that caused or these conilagations have been destroyed to by the clearing up of the facq or the Ut country. --tn-lbe The vast and extended plains of the i, great Nori.hwcat, Previous to the set- dc tiement of the country by the white wt rice, were luxuriously grown over by hu two particular varieties of grass known p1 as blue bent and pond grass. The for- ro mer occupied the m ost elevated lands mn 111 sparsely timbered sections. Its to, height varied from four or live to eight re, or ten feet according, as it was shaded he by timber or otherwise. It light not frt be inaptly likened to a miniature aie old brake. In fact the stalks were idenvti- he cal with the cane, differing only in size. tlh: The top was surmounted by a tassel, m bearing a close resemhblaneo to that of wa the common field corn. Its growth on the ground was exceedingly dense, as a fr1% rule, and its height on the open lands loy suflicient to hide a man on horseback. in The blue bent seems not to have with- ni stood the march of empire, for with the dis filling up of the country, and after the un fires ceased, It disappeared, so that at in >)resent 110 more thanl mlerest ap)pear mnces of it ill a dwarfed condition, and in out of the way places is to be seen. The pond grass was a prot het of the low wet portions of the prairie land. 1w It was a coarse, rough blaced grass, !l mad grew to the height of froi two to four feet. '1lhe grasses, together with !11l pea vine, and luxuriant growlh of wild da veedls every where very abunidanmt, ' covered the whole face of the country. ial When they became thoroughly dried biri .fter the Fall frosts set in, and the dry w forest leaves were down on the ground. ie] if fire got abroad, and the wind was upl), hat nothing could arrest its progress until 111y it burned through or was extinguished at by rains. fel There were different ways by which do fire got out. Sometimes it escaped ,W from t.he clearing of the settlers, and to sometimes from the hunters' calip. v But, it, was likewise supposed that the Intlians tired the prairies for the pur-. tl [lose of facilitating the chase. b t bai it was a common saying that the fire could outstrip the fleetest horse. This dai ws true where the grass Was tall and the wind blowing a lively gale. The sa, flames in that. case rose to the tree tops, and being driven forward by the t wind, lapped over and set the grass on da lire several rods ahead, and which, being repeated rapidly, thus ouiran a swift horse. Travelers were sonetimes lin nvertaken and their lives imperiled dit Iii one instance two Iloving Wagons ey: were overtaken about one mile from bj)o ny father's cabin. The wagons and .heir entire contents were consmied, hit mnd one woman and two chilren lost their lives. The horses were saved lie by cutting them loose from the wagons, when they ran away, ad were after- wi ward recovered. It camne to be under- v, stood that safety lay in facing the fire sel md dashing through the fire back to tw lle burnt district, thus escaping from gih the voluane of smuothering smoke that of was always drivoen ahecad. fin Instances wvere not wantaag whiere C(! the little impllrovemelts of settlers wvere n4i overwhiehaned and swept out of exist - is ne1e, tile families barely escap)ing witha be their lives. Thle inhambitants were t o ometinmes able to parotect their little f1i places by burninag a belt aroundm the inl premises of 50) or 100 yards in with, aL I lhis was requmiredh to be done befor'e the Co grass became very dlry, and( whlen thle sW litmlosphere was enltirely cailm. Th'ie raiss was set onl fire and whenl a belt ill was buarned over of suihicienit width it se v~as wipped ouat alonag thae margins. un~ But if time winad began to colle upl ha while thlis was going eon it was nOce!ssar'y lol to put tIle fire out withl thae greatest di8- p1 >atch; andat still, ini two instanesx re- ur nlembheredi by thae writer, it, got away l(o 'romn tile guards and( swepRt over tile hhi coumtry. ani Fighting the fire was a COnunonca !)l tiing. Inl doing thais thieare were two in1 nlethlods. Th'ie fime was somletimles at- I .aueked1 wh'ile it wats umkiang thae slower wr' >arogress thriougha thae timbiered(lan 111( 1 and whlipped Out,. Somietiames it wvas l)reven tedl from crossinag a part I iular roadl by rakiang and sweeping the dr ly leaves from the road for miles. In the shlort grass or leaves, when thiereo was w no0 Windt, It was somectimes whliiped Ra out, and a stop p)ut to its furthaer pro- ill garess. The imlplements used for wip- be ping out fire were buasheos five or six CO feet in length, wvith the top left oni. TO With thlese blowvs were struck back- (1( wardl towards the burnt district and rl i.he line of thec fire followed until tihe a I work was comletedl, if p)ossible. Whlen IR fhae wvas abroad, the settlers for' somel bii (listanace aaroundo rallied, and mnassing by their forces, rmovedh on the enemy inl an force, uad these forces were madle up lio of men01, wVomen0 and chidreni. Ti In onue inlstance, whenI fire wats ap- 110 >rloachiing our settleent from tile tr'( seuthawest, and while it was yet two eor hut tbree maihes away, tIhe centire available tii forc.e of time neighlborhiood turn'led out. g' ilavimg been warned by a couriier on iaoarseback from below. My father and by another, with a sistem' of 14, wont, leav'- th:a Ing in thae cabina my bro'therl of seven nyself five, and a yoauager ba'othaer oft li three years. Thecy wenat away ina the soin inornaing. We hado coldl cornIed heef' to and nmilk left on time table to eat. Tihat wi aight we stood out iln tile yard for' amfo louir and( watched tile ilaimes and( list. of mied to the awful moarinag. The view ta:i was granad beyonld description. It was tam. cloudy, and time red glar'e of time flames ime illuminating thme under'sides, andl thae fa nargis of the denise columns of smioke inu as they rolled uip formed a picture in M ny mind that will only be obliterated Al when my brain is decomposed. .At tel it we went into the house, and hav. barred the door, as directed to, twled into bed and cried ourselveu sleep. In the morning a good old >ther, knowing we were left alone, li( fron her house half a mile away I brought us some warm corn dod. rs and fresh milk, and after telling not. to be afraid, walked all the way wn to where the tire was to toll our )ther that we were safe. It was growing towards evening of a second day, when mly brot,her got on a chair aId looked through the per window that was broken, away wn the road, and screamed out bley're coming,'' we ran out; and re enough they wore coinig, a dozen iore of thenl. 'l'hey all stopped in get rest and get some fresh water; t o? all the woe-begonp,bedragglecd grimed, half starved looking set of >rtals I have ever set mny eyes on ring my earthily pilgrining, they Tre the most forlorn appearing. They I fought the lire ill night, and hall ,vented it from crossing the State ad, and felt sat islied with th achieve mt, but the fire was still burning on vaids the North. While they were tiug there, distanlt thunder was trd, which callel out, the remark an the irreverent old 1Curiceo, "The llnanl has his danider up now, and 'If put the tir"e out.'' That, night. re were Copious showers, and in the iiing the sun rose clear, tlhe sioke s all gone, and the tire omit. ilhen there were iloilds, the light m burning prairies was visible for g distances. When tire was abroad the Sanltiusky plains, nore than 81J les to the N orl h, it coil Id lie seen tiiictly. Were it desirable, a vol e might be trit ten about the bu'n prairies, and the halt' not, be told. onurting Entmilrely by Ietier. 1e was ia nice yoing mnan, coubl not else, beca use you see, le Caiiie fronm icago. Which vital tact stamps hiitn leless. But he acecoiplishea a nine 's' wonder in St. ILoiuis. It was re tied thus: We were invited (ut to a ewell dinner, given to a brand new de of a few hours' existence. She s to leave ou' classic shadesand bury -self in the city by the lake. No one Sinmet lte him of the case, and in the sterious second story region devoted "swell'' affairs to the adjustient of )inine nothings surinise and specula a were busy, to which I listened Idering tiltil called across the hall the bride, when I learned this niar ous tale: 'I)o I look well?" whispereci she of new title. ".I am so anxious. u must know I don't know niy' hus d very well.'' 'No? I thought your introduetion ed back two years.' 'So it does, but by letter. I never v him until lMonday.'' 'I)electable thunderbolts! Last day? Why, this is only 11'Wcdes "'vyen so, n)y deal." 'If this is not al instance of sub ie ecstatic faith. how iii tle w(rid l you know but. that lie was cross 'd, knock-kneed, pig;eon - toed ori Land to soie sort of horror?'' '1 knew nothing; 1 siiply trusted a." 'Blissful trnst! But, natiurally, since caine I'roni Chicago you are safe." knd it actually caime to pass, in this ked and perverse generation, a Ing woinan, in full possession of her ises. took a ian blindly on trust, on o days' time. She is a very sweet 1, quiet and dignilied, decidedly not. thie sorIt)h would dlo the thing for , but shte sob ely3 and hioiiestly ac at etl(lie man through (lie prlOlnt, 8s of somne ocult power, which she pileasedI t.o callI love. ILow~ iit couh1( love, thie object. unlseen, Is a nmys 'y to (lie practical iiii, wh'lich pro 5 sointiniig in ore t angible anid less (lie abstract, upon)i which to1 button Plssion. St.ill, in iiattertis ot spirtitual icerni, we are taught. fait.h is (the es Ice of love. I forgoit my3 own per1so)nal aornmiet 11ny 1niiiet'.y to decendii anid be pre ited to the man11 whose pen1 had( aic IreCd such ab1so lut domi(1111nion over so 11lthy a mind. Looking 5i<pmrely I 111d heir har 1gaini goodau, in inatteirs y'sical. Such a lrge wVell-buil t lg. and broad shiouluiers arc nice t.hinigs a girl to own. II is coniverse proved intell igen ce well spret, ith i c?ult ii re, 1 by (lie seeinig she had not. orawni a ink. Tiheni tollows thle wonder, what Iuced haim to run ihiis halfC of ihe r'isk. (lie popular coniceptioni folly ini a man11 is perisibSShle, in ai man1 it is TI'ao origIn of thei. wVor' Itaan'fi. n 17115 a co'ok namlied Bouhmiger', o kept, a shop at thie corner' of thie ie deos Poulies and- (lhe liue Ilailleul, Paris, huniig out a large wvhite flag irmhg thie inscripation (imrit ated of 11rse, firomi hie p)assage in the New i stomailcho( laborarl'is, et, (eg( res5ta1 >o) Vos. " ileneaith these wvords was ist of his~ picest. Andt 1as the good mi d1 id not, look f'or out rageous pr'otits, dining roomi was quickly inivaded all (lhe yountg bloods of (lie capital, [i every one begani 10 ask his nleighi r', "'I ave youi hien to Boulalnger's?"' le favorite d11.1h at the new house was Lliing mior'e appetiinig than11 shiep's (li-es; but. so excellent,ly was this mnbie fare cooked thati, lar'ge qiuanuti s of it, were senit, ouit. daily to all (to t mniisions in (lie neighbhorhood. L'hie reOstaurant wasii mluchl resortedi to (lie courtiers of (lie (lay; and1( evetn celebrated gourmet Moniiffil, (lie ong readler to (lie Queen, lie at, last muied the praise of sheep's t,'otters (ihe eal's of royalt,y; and( Boulaniger, o had by t his t,ime aiccmulat.ed a 'tiune, wa'&s ordIer'ed to suppl1y (lie table Louis X V. Th7lencefor ward the. res irant became 0110 of (lie peculiar fea 'es of Pai'isiani life; and1( within the~ Kt. few years Very openeod that, fari nied estabishmenomt which, after hay beeni the resort, of Saint-Julst, and rat,, was removed in 1808~ from (lie leo des Oranges to its present qjuar S. A Masqueratle, 1773. "The miasquerade at Soho was re m arkably brilliat. and jovial, there were many very rich dresses aniong the Turks and Persians, and inany pepl)10 of the first rank chose the lowest characters to exhibit their drollery. A very di verting scene was produced by a formal complaint before Justice .'eliding against a drunken Chairman, who de fended his cause with great ability and hnunor against all the law and rhetoric of Sir J. and his brother Justices. A group of gypsies with their ehilkren and baggage were very much noticed for their dress aud pleasantry. Two female ballad singers drew the crowds after them. A uilk-womuan with her yokes and pails transformed herself into a very nimble and excellent harlequin. A Meodl j,) aher witli - prlsh igir anda 9allot with his doxy, aflorded much mirth. The figure of Night, the OI)helia, and a lady in blue and silver vand(lyke, were remarkably beautiful antd, elegant. Tle Friar was a good masque and a muerry one. There were several well fancied domninoes, of which the one worn by the Duchess of C-d was the best. There were several shepherdesses, nosegay girls, haynakers. A lawyer solus Seemled more lit leisure to take fees than the coipany were inclined to give themi. The Quaker's dress was well chosen, aid his Iauentations while in quest of the friend of his bosomt, who ha(1 absconded from hitu, were really both hunlorous and affecting." This was coinsidered "treinarkably brilliaint,'' but. what, a falling off fromn those ohl balls where "Miss Moneton, daughter to Lord Gallway, api)eared in the char acter of ant ldian Sitltur-, in a robe of cloth of gohl and a rich veil. The sea ius of her habit were embroidered with precious stones, and she luid a inagni ficeit cluster of (lidunoids on her head, the jewels she wore were vaI td at ?30,000,'' or, "it is said a lady of (Iual ity inta('Is appearing at the Soho inas (Iuerade in the character of ai Indian Princess, most superbly dressel and de c,orated with ij'wels an(1 pearls to upti- c ward of ?'100,000 value. lier suite is to consist of three black feinlalo slaves, of dilIerott heights and ages, holding tit) her train, and the two youing black a nutle sliives si)p)irtiug at graiid canlopy over her head. Everytihing at Suconti-iltcui. '' This blitsiness is lifty years ol,'' I said a New York dealer inl second-lhand material. "t We occupy nearly forty I city lots, They are covered wit Ii I second-hand building material. We can supply brick for interior walls, or I brown stone for front walls, or granite i cumlns for ornamental high stoops or c porticoes. I t is all ready for use, and I it is of: known qtaility. We have thou- i san ids of' feet of tiiuh'r and l utulber of i vai iois kinds. Every k iii of lumber t umed in huiliig at houu can be L'o(un here, joists, stu(lding, rafters, and roof boards. The roof itself ean be had, too. Til deteriorates somne, but, slates do 1not. so 1ieih. We c;n suipply a Liii roof I that is as good as it was the (lity it was laid. We havi e several cords of' slates. ()ut"Ilurimber is better than new, it is thoroughly seatsunel. We su11pply the h1imiber flr abouit all tieswell matsions. Every piece of tiunber in Van-derbilt's I house caiicn fuoii this yard. Whei n uieni put thottsautds of dlilars into fres cues they want to be certail there will be no shrinking iln the timlbers of their lhouses. 1' ott (10 inot confine youir attention to dwellings, do you f n "c Your tIuest.iont reiminds ime of a man fronn a neiglhor"isig village who caine here. Ile said he guessed lie'd got, aii order thtt woulId pulzzle us to 1fill. lIe wanted aL seCcond(-hiand pulphiit - Hie w~ats astoinishied whtein i owedI lhiin aL compllete (iitlit. W,e had1( statiinedl glass w'.indiows, ('rosses, al tar s, eaindle stiekS, raIs, inm ii uin g beinch es, a spinkhling bowl, and( aI bapltisteryv. I I 5htowe'd him 'a 1fll assortinenut, of' pews for the bodly ofil the churichi. Thenoi I offcieed hit a seconid-hiand steeple wi thI hbell coiinplete anid all set, mp. lIe bought at intiiit mid pid( f'oi' it ini silence. lie was so aLstontished lie couldni't talk We have everiythIinig iiece'ssar'y to lit ot,t either' aL nitioni int l"ifthI avenue ior a shianty f'or' at sqitatter' sovereigni. We just si,hl ai padi' oh I taliaii mablteJ( mani les Ltat, probably cost, $500t each whenci niew. They are' as5 good nuow~ as thlein Youi enni abliiost see throuighi Lthemi they aire so ('lear,i antd the car'ving is exii site. We have manities ini various5 kinds oh colored1 iutarble, and1( t wo itt Mexicant tinyx tht. ate be:iuititful. BoothI's TJhueat.u' is now imak'nig its way hiere liPiieil. 11 ere is ai desk t hat was inmade ini the timue of' Quteii Elizai beth." "I ow mtuch' o,f a busiiess is it.? "' "Ours is not the only yard. We sold $35,000 woi'th of fir'ewood fromt lie waste last year,' and thie total sales amtillu i( a te t little more thant $'50 - 00). We usedl to give away the kind Iinug tent yeai's ago. Now it keeps a goodl muany teamts geoing, especially it the witter. We have 317 mien ont our pay roll. Their pay is high. 1I, takes aus great, skill to take line work out of a hiouse ats to hut it ini.' A sOicool of ih.{ ing atlongside0 the bakLle Iligler wood < domiue atL thte liher' yard( ini Car'sonu I called out to the me('i nelow thatt aill the fish in La~Ike Biglei' werei cominrg dlowni (lie flhiune. A few seCOui(ls later' a school I of fish stu'uck thle apparau'Ituts which is I placeed in th e IIhtume to Litun sticks of t t.imubeur over the edlge of1 the Ilume, anmd< beinug stu(ldl(ihy dleletedl, they fell all i over' the woriikuuneni. Thle wa'tero waIs I bi'ist.ling with tu'out and1( suuker's, anid I: they caime iin'rreguilar' numbers, abloiut I Six iniehes long, and( till alive. Nearly II aL ton of the fisht fell under the iume, andi( the workmuen took them away ,in 1 baskets. A ton of fish in hualf an honr i is abo4)ut the best score on reccordl for I Nevada. IL is believed that they wvere I. er'owdedl into the sutpply p)ond( of thte i flume by thie storm, andtt thuen diven i1 into the flhume in btunchies , of say two C or thr'ee dlozeni In a bunch. Theoy would st rike the dlefhector and fly in aill direc ionms. Th'lis thinig wvas kept upt for'3 ntearly half an hour, whlen they got beau tifuilly less, and thmen ceased comting al-1 together, Thmey were mostly brook * tront. Uounterfeits. "I guess I am mistaken," said a well. known Chicago bank teller, looking suspiciously at a $1 greenback, "but Iny first impression, upon handling this bill, was that it is the most dangerous otunterfeIt ever produce(d for circula Lion. But, as I can see nothing of a positive character to confirm my sus picious, I may as well consider it genu ine." ''how is it possible," asked a repor Ler, "for treasury notes to be long in Airculation without being detected, when they are likely to be paraded be Fore such expert eyes as yours." "The truth is," replied the teller, "that the best talent in the country is brought into requisition to render the illtiton.aan><etm'ttgtht tt ible, : .z The men who originate -and back the nanufacture and sale of coulterfeit. illIs'are always wealthy, and, as a rule, seleet sober, energetie, and unsuspecte(d 'ienl as contfelerates. You would be iirprised to know that sollne of the eading iel of the different Mtate.s if the Union have been identi ied with this business. lut the udlispttable excellence of the worknai tipil aId the extreine cattiousness of hose who plae the goods uponl the narket raise such a cloud of dustaround heiiit as to bewilder all the bankers and rokeis in the country. "You see, the bills are at first, as a iule, put into tho hands of farners, neclanies and retail dealers. They Ire theu given ottt as cliang;e whienl lar ,er notes are prodIuced by a pirehaser. l'he latter innocently lases the noLe 1po1 14011 ome Onl)se, aid this 1thy go ,rough tLhottsanls of handls before thy tre deposited in a baik, or stl to Washington to be redeetied. Years lapsu btefore the bills fall into the fauds f tLhttie Who are comiu1eteut to deeide plui their neriits. "T'1'he parties who urganiz anid con Iet this eliterprisintg bus iness m'ts blrewd enough to evade the law. They 11n11loy, as I have sid, the bust talen't it the world. Their mode of opening :orre'spoildfence with a new hut reliatble igent shows that they are imn who iave profiled by experience. They lever offer the goods in their real na ure, or ini such a ianier that the att horities can get a hold ont them. 'Ci rat's,' 'chrownos,' or 'business cards,' re the terms used when they corres oid with their customers. But Ltheir nlysterious language is well understood. have no doubt that there are hundreds f men who appear anlong their fellows tS retail ierenlants, or as me01n well-to to, but waiting for any chance to invest, ioney to advaltage, wsio, if their deal ligs could be investigated, would bd ot1nd to have made their fortunes at his fhusiness. .')n surprislig feature in connection with the circulation of coniterfeit noney is that no individual seems to be It a loss in the end. 'I'hc national ailks sustin1k all losses. Their caslliers all never iake out where they got the pilrions bills 1ronl, and, as those Who >tssedl tiein originally are not partLicu arly ilIXtouls to assist the banks in the nal ter, 1lie latter are left to tight their Jal 's wiutlott Lite aid of res'eres; but urtuiutly the banks can staiad the sses wiliout, serious daiuage." 'rho Chiunplon saklco. In Central Ohio, nIot mnore thatl fifty n iles from Coltm bus. there is a wealthy 11d poptllots neighborhood of ftrnrs, vhoi enljoyedS some years since on Sunday he ministrations of It venerable huin sl.ur 0f the II ardshellI or Ant.1-mnissionl tr'y Baptist Chnurch wh'lo went by thre iaine of IElder C-~-. One of his~ sto ics was I fiat oniet Sundahiy mloring, oil is way to clhuirch, lie.ohserved a broad irack culrving back and forthI through lie dust, in the r'oad(. It looked as if it and been iinade by the but, end( of a big yeamnore log. Buit nobody would have lnraggerd a saw-.log in such a wvinding ashion, s,o t1.his track nmust hiave been iiadle by somelthling else, While lie was 'limig aloiig on1 his old horse and( pon)1 ler iig on the iiystery lie saw somiet hling .hiiniing ini the dlust right, ill the muiddle >f' the broad tra~ck. lie gil downk off lis horse and1( picke'd it upl. It, was arge andii fhat, and1( he saw at once that t, wats nth in ig less thlan the scale of' a great. Herpieit. By anld by though lie Ouil see nothiung of the rept,ile whfichi id once owned the scale, lie caine t.o v'here a niani hadl jiust, killed a big black iniake, a terr ie fellow, fidlly six feel, ong, anid, of course, three iniches in di imecter at, thle largest pant. Taking thle cnfe he lad fotiid hue bient it~ eomlplete y arioilmid the bodly of the si nake and etmptuted that the serpeint lie hail not, eeni must have been akt least, t.welve feet nl diimeOter. Unichhiag a Prairie Dog. I was assured that Ii might, aLs well ry to dilp the creek dry, as each (log aid a pikssage fromn his r'esidenc'e to the ayel of the creek, anud that all the wa~ter hat could be emptied in wvould not aise anl inich atbove the river' bedl.I lidn't take much st,ock in this wvater itssitge idlea, however, so, afIter seculr nig it box for t,he gamie and half' a dloz/en vatr buckets, l. too~k three or four men nd ran the engine tip to t.he water ank, tilled up the enigine tanik, 1and( heii ian down to call on the doniizeiis f Prairie Dog Park. Tlhe old p)ioneer vas at his piost as usual, but, disap eatredl like a flash w heni the engine tofpped opposi1t.o his door. I dlisconi ected the hoseo 1, he engine tank, nd( the bucket brigade went, at it live y. J)ozens of buckets of water were Ised1, aiid the tank was getting low, hlen at last the hole was.' filled to the iouth, and shortly the 01(1 fellow p)ut, is nose out for a little fkeshk air, Hie mt put, Ill the box and ilk less thtan an our lie had it dlozen iPore to keep him inmpany. ---The election in Connecticut this ear is for a H-ouse and half tIle Senate. -Four thousand tonls Of guano have , een 80old tis year in one Georgia coun,~