The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, August 28, 1883, Image 1

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r ( 4 . - . . r TRFIW EEKL~Y EDITION- WINNSBORO. S. Cl..AGS 23, 1883. ETBLISHED 1848 THE VERDICT -O F THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Ma. J. O. BoAG-Dear Sir : I bought the first Davis Machine sold by you over flive years ago for my wife who has given it a long and fair trial. I am well pleased with it. It never gives any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. J. W. iJOLi.1. Winusboro, S. C., April 1883. Mr. BOAO: You 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. made about $80,410 within five months, at thes running it so fast that the needle would get per fectly hot from friction. I feel confident 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 machine i have ever treadled. irotherJames and Wililams' families are as much pleased with their Davis Machines bought or you. I want no better nachne. As I said before, I don't think too mnuch can be said for the Davis Machtine. Iespoetfully, RLLICN STK VIENSON, Fairli"ld County, April, 1883. MR. BOAo : My machine gives me perfect satis faction. I find no fault with it. The attachments are so aimple. I wish for no better than the Davis Vertical I'eed. Iespectfully. Mae. 11. Ali.idNo. Fairfield county, Apri', 1833. Ma. BeAU: I bought a iiavis Vertt-al Feed ew,ng Machine from you four years ago. I am elighted with it. It never has given me any roimle, and has never been the least out of order. It is as good as when I first bought it. I can cheerfully recommenl it. Respect fui'y, .IL-. M. J. KIR81LAND. Monticello, April 30, 1883. 'I'his is to certify ithat I have been using a Davis Vertlc.ti Peed Sewing Machine for over tw syetrs, purchased of Mr. J1. U. iio.g. I haven't fotindt ii pussessed of any fault-all the attachments are so sin le. It. neverrefuse+ to wora, and is certainly the lightest running in the market. I coasider it a first class maclone. Very respectfully MINNIR MI. WI.LIUUNoTAMi. Oakland, Fairfield county, 8. C. MR IOAU : I mi w11 pteasest in every particut willh the lavis Machine bought of you. I think a Urat-clas, nachine in every respect. You know you sold several machines of thu same make to dillerent members of our faitniles, all of whom, as far as I know, are well pleased with ttem. Itespectftlly, Mxs. M. it. Mon.Y. Fairlield county, April, 1883. 't't '- to certity we have ha i in constant us2 the. " tachiue bought of you about tiree years ago. A . take in work, and have made the price o , several t limes over, we don't want any better i chine. 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, CATnARIINE WYL1RE AND SISTER. April 25, 1883. . I have no fault to tind with my machine, and don't want any better. I have m:le the price of it several times by taking ia sewing. It is always ready to do its work. I think it a Iirat-class ta chine. I feel I can't say too much for the Divia Vertical Feed Machine. MRs. THOMAS SMITH. Fairfield county, AprIl, 1833. MR. J. O. BoAO-Dear Sir: It gives me m'cii pleasure to testif to tile merits of the Davis Ver tical Feed Sewin Machine. The machine I got of you about five years ago. has been almost in con stant use ever since that time. I cannot see that it is worn any, and has not cost me one cent for repairs since we have hail it. Am well pleased and don't wish ior any better. Yours truly, Granite Quarry, near Winnsboro 8. C. We have used the Davis Vertical Feedl Sewing Machine for the hust five years. WVe would not have any other make at aniy price. The machine haq given us unboundem satisfaction. Very respect fully, Mns. W. K. TuntNa ANt) iDAuouTssI Fairfield county, 8. C., Jan. 21, 1883. hiaving bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine from Mr. J. 0. Iloag seine three years ago, and it having given me perfect satisfaction in every respect as a family mnachifie, both for heavy anid lgight sewing, andm never needed the least re pair in any way, Ican cheerfully recomumeind it t) any one as a first-class machine in every particu lar, and think It second to aone. It is one of the simplest niachilnes made; my children use it with all ease. T'he attachments are more' easiiy ad justed and it does a greater range of work by means of its Vertical I"eed than aiiy other ma chine I have ever seen or used. MRs. THoMAs OwINos. Winnsboro, Fairfield county, 8. C. We have had one of the Davis Machines abdut four years and have always found It ready to do all kinds of work we have had occaston to do. Can't see that the machine Is worn any, and works as well as when new. MRS. W. J. CA&wronD, Jackson's Creek, Fairfield county, 8.'0. My wife is highly pleased with the Davis Ma chine bought of you. She would not lake double what sac gave for it. The machine has not been out of order since she had it, anti she can do uny kind of work on It. Very I(espeetfuliy, JA5. F. Fass. Monticello, ti'airfield county, 8. U. The Davis Sewing Machine is sinmply a freas tu'a ' inS. J. A. UooDw'v'N. Rlidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10. 1883. . O AG, Esaq., Agente-Dear Sir: My wife U. has i,een tusing a Davis sewin Machine constant S ly for the past four years, an~ ~it hams never neoed any repairs al works just as well as whien first bought. She says it will do a greater range of practical work ~m1d do it esier anti bet'.er than any machinu she nas ever used. We cheerfully recommend it as a No. 1 family machie, lour tru.y, e JAS. Q'. DAiS. Winnsboro, S. C., Jan. 8, 1888. MR. IBOAG: I have always found my DavIs Ma chine ready do all kinds of to work I hiavo had oc easton tode. I cainnot see that the machine is wbra a particle andi it works as wed as wvnenm new. IRespectfully, Mas, It. 0. GoODING. Winnsbo-o, S. C., A pril, 1883, MRn. DOAG: My wife has been constantly using the Davis Mach me bought of you about aive years age. I have never reuretted buying it, as it is always read for any und of fam ly sewing, either eay or liht. It is never outR of x or needimig Very refpect fully, A. W. LADD. 1OOM ENOUuH FOR ALL. Don't crowd and push in the march of life, Or tread on each others's toes, For the world at best, in its great unrest, Is hard enough as it goes. Oh, why shouhl the strong oppress the we Till the latter go to the wall? - On this earth of ours, with Its thorns and flowers, There is room enough for all. If a lagging brother falls behind And drops from the tolling band, if fear and loubt put his soul to rout, Then lend him a helping hand. Cheer up his heart with words of hope, Nor :eason the speech with gall; In the great highway, on the busiest day, There's room enough for all. If a man with the tread of a pioneer Steps out on your track ahead, Don't grudge his start with an envious heart For the mightiest once were led. But gird your loins for the coming day Let nothing your heart appall Catch up if you can with the forward man, There is rootn enough for all. And if, by doing your duty well, You should get to lead the van. Brand not your name with a deed of shane, But coine out an honest num. Keep a bright look out on every side, Till heeding the Master's call, Your soul should go, from the world below, W hore there's room enough for all. TOO LATE. How do you like her, Mac?" Young Dr. h' tcJames looked up at is cousin a second before answer ng "My lear, if she were worth ten tousand, I would marry her to-mor row. She is a girl that ten years from iow will make a mark, and will do ionor even to a MacJames." His cousin, fair golden-haired Carrie, wvas silent, and outside the door in the tall Miriam has come, all unheared in ter slippered feet, but not unhearing, 1d stood silent also. She was not vain, so felt a strange lelight in this man's words, cruel and teartless as they were. But she was proud and sensitive, md her eyes ilushed, and something of .he superb power that the heartless MacJamnes prophesieu for her ten years ience, thrilled ier as she stood there. ''hen she shivered as she thought tow easily she could have been won by -his handsome, careless man had she Jeen wealthy. Won, but, alasl not loved. She crept quietly away, wondering if she could ever be anything to be proud f, anything but a poor, badly-paid school-teacher. "I'm thirty to-day. "Once I should tave thought myself old at this age, wvith the best of life past, and little be core me to enjoy. "But now I am very happy thankful, and content." Miriam ioscoe was looking across the blue sea waters, her hands resting upon tte railing of the balcony, her -alim, sweet face grave and thought 'ul. The people on thet'each below looked up at her, and marvelled at so much eauty. Every passer-by took a second gaze it Miriam Roscoe. tWho is she?" asked William Mac [atmes of his friend, Jack Herbert. "Miss Roscoq." "Is that all there is to say of her?" "No. I might talk all day of her, md you would be just as little ac lualted." "What is this mystdry about her? You have not been quarreling with ,er?" "No, we are good friond.. I knew 'our questi"ns wore prompted by mere dle curiosity, so I thought it better to wait until you met her." g"But who is shto?" "A lady who has won a fair fame mud unexpectedly inherited consider mble wealtht. Site has met trouble and torrowv that would htave crushted a woman less brave and( now from it i she brings a nature so thoroughly pure, that mtetn are made better' for hter living." "'She is wealthty and fatmous, you may and yet utlnarrled?'" "'Yes Mac, evenm all old maid, if' you ike. 'But tto one ever th.,nks of bhtat." .Jack Herbert frowvned, and thtere was a ring of grave displeasure in his usu ally sn cot, strong voice. This iuestiott antgered htitm, evett whten comning frotm a friend. Dr. MacJames at htis side, handsome, fascinatlmtg, and worldly - mindedlC turned again to look at the wvhite-robed liguro, whose appearance in Newvport had caused so mutch fluttering among the butterfies of fashion. An htour later, as thte two friends re turned from their stroll, thtey saw Miss Roscoe tightening the reins over het high-stopping horses. "By Jove I thtose are magnificent ani mals!" exclaimed Dr. MacJames. "Yes, and sie hatndles thtem perfect ly, too." And Herbert's dark eyes flashted, and a woniderfuil light swept over htis face with the smile and bow he gave Miss Roscoe, while shte gave a glance at both, but a smtile to only one0, as she dashted by. Thte fast,idious man of fashtion was smitten. That evening, at a p)arty Jack 1Her bert introduced her to lbla frlind. She rose,' smiling graciously, a thtorough lady, with 110 pretence of girlishtness. Her eyes wore clear, brave, and ten der, hter face -one thtat changed with every thoutght, bitt was.' very pure and true. The. season was nearly over before Dr. MacJames could summmion sufii cient courage to meet his fate. One night Miss Roscoe was standing on thte balcony listening to the eyel beautiful music of the ocean's roar, whenom Dr. MaeJames found hter there, looking, hte said, like the picture of ai saint. "Did you come to escape the crowd?' he asked. . h rw be ee "No. "Hadthcrwdbehr,I should have stayed. "1 love the sea s< nmuch." "But you neglect the pleasures of the dance." ' "J never dance," she answered, "an( o no pleasumws are missed. ' "I missed you, and searched until I found you hlere-dreaming." I "Yes, dreaming-or rather, perhaps, thinking of your past life." "Your past, like the glorious pros ent, must be good to remember." "I was only thinking of the starting point. "Shall we return?" "Not unless you wish it, Miss Ros coe, for I have wanted to see you alone, but have not been able to. "You must know what it is I have to tell you, for no man can be in the sunshine of your presence without loving you. "Oh, Miriam, I love youl Nay, love is too cold a word to express miy feel mgs. Will you be my wife, Miriam?" Dr. MacJames was pale with the great passion which had thrilled his soulI. His eyes were burning and bright as they searched her face for one tender look, and his hand, wich had taken hers, closed over it with a fierce, over mastering grasp. She was looking away across the sea. Y esently she turned and faced him. Then, in the coldest tones, she asked '. it myself, or my money, that you would marry?" All the scorn and subdued feelings of twelve years rang out mi that clear, cold, but proud voice. "Yourself I What care I for wealth? Come to me penniless. I have wealth enough for both, or I will work for you. "Only tell me you will be mine." "Wait, Doctor MacJames, until I re peat your words of twelve years ago. Let me show you how well I can re member. "You said of Miriam Roscoe, the poor friendless school-teacher, "If she were worth ten thousand, I would marry her to-morrowl" "I am worth four times that now, and you come say ing that you love ne. "Had you said so then, the poor girl would have be lieved you, and Miriam Roscoe would have been your wife. "But-hear me I am glad you did not say it, for when I crept away, after hearing your cut ting words to my friend-your cousin Carrie-I determined to be 'worthy a MacJames.' "Years ago, I should have thought your offer made to-night to be the best in the world. "Now I can on ly say that 1 am sorry if you suffer through caring for me." The sweet voice was silent; the wavaes moaned and sobbed like some doomed lost soul. "Is there no hope?" lie asked. "None." "Oh, Miriam, can you not forgive my youthful, foolish and mercenar.y words? Miriam, let me live for you, and prove my love by thati" 11er face turned white as his, and a look of pain came to her grave eyes. Then softly, with a world of tender ness in her tone "I can give you no hope, for I am engaged to marry Mr. Herbert. We have loved each other fora long time." A grasp for breath, and the strong Dr. MacJames had fainted. The love of his life had come too late. ,Jack Herbert led Miriam away from the balcony. thinking that his friend would recover quicker if he did not awake to see the one lie loved so inten sely. Herbert and Miriam were married quietly the following day, and, as at first, they still continue to walk in he glory of perfect love. A Real Nice Girl. I saw a girl come into a street car the other day, though, who had, I was readly to bet, madle her owvn dress, and how nice she did look. She was one of those clean, trim girls you see inow and then. She was about 18 years old, aind to begin with, looked wvell-fed, healthy and strong. She looked as though shte had a good sensible mothier at home. Hier face andl neck and ears andl her hair wiere clean - absolutely clean. How seldem you see that. There was no piowder, no paint on thme smooth, roundied cheek or firm dimpled chin; none on the moist redl lips; none on the shell-tinted, but not too small cars; nione on time hiandsomely set neck rather broad behind, perhaps, but run ning mighty prettily up into thme tightly cordled hair. And the hairi It was of a light chestnut brown and glistened with specks of gold as the sun shmone on It, andl there was not a smear of oil or p)omatumi or cosmetic on it; there was not a spear astray about it, and niot a pin to be seeni in it. As the girl came in and took her seat, she cast an easy, unenibarrassed glance around the car, from a wvell opened gray eye, bright with the inimitable light of "good con dlition," such as you see in some hand some young athletes who are "ini train ing." There ~were no tags and ends, fringes, furbelows or fluttering ribbons about her closely fitting but easy suit of tweed, and, as she dlrewi off' one glove to look mn her purse for a small coin for fare, I noticed that the gloves were not newv, but neither were they old; they were simply well kept, like the owner and their owvner's hand, which was a solid hanid, with plenty of muscles between the tendons and with strong but sup)ple fIgers. It would have looked equlally p)retty fashioning a pie in a home kitchen or folding a band age in a hospitable. It was a hand that suggested at the same time wo. manliniess and work, and I was sorry when it found a live-cent piece andl had been regloved. Onme foot was thrust out a little upon the slats of the car floor-a foot in a good walking boot that might have plashed through a rain storm wvithout fear of (lamp stockings -anid an enminently sensible boot on a two and one-half foot with a high in siep, a small round heel, and a pretty broad tread. The girl was a p)icture from head to foot as she sat erect, dis daining the support of the back of time seat, but devoid of all appearance of stiffness. Perhmaps thme Wvhole outfit to be seen, from lint to boots, did not cost $40; but; I have seen p)lenty of outfits costing more than ten times or even twenty times that, which did not look one-tenth or even one-twentieth as well. If our girls only knew the beauty of mere simplicity, cleanliness and health, and thei. fnaination? A Pagan's ife. Marcus Aurelius 4as emperor of Rome, intrusted with east power ; yet he lived a singularly ly life, humbly and patiently doing hi duty in his' im perial state. At the a e of elevQn he assumed the coarse dr t and plain life of the Stoics, adopting spare diet and scorning luxury. Ni uhr says: "If there is any sublime h. an virtue it is his." Lecky says tl tt he was "as nearly a perfectly virt ous man as has ever appeared upon ott world." There is a little book-a sort of dialy--wlhich Marcus Aurelius kept, a which he jott ed down, in severely swple style, his thoughts from day tQ day. His out ward life, as emperor, soldier, citizen husband, father, was 1hmeless; but it was his inward or sL21r ' 11ill revtidd in these "meditation nt a' o8 p so remarkable. li e vefhatfhlere is a "divinity" in main, a something that calls him to holiness for Its own sake. iIe carried pativ';e, gentleness and forgiveness of eneulies to the ut most limit. While he w'as away from ltomle, defending its frontiers against the barbarians, and catlping amid the nalarious marshes of the Danube, he found time at night, when the camp was still to set down suhi thoughts as these: "13egin1 the morning by saying to thyself, 'I shall meet with the buisy body, the ungrateful, arroganit, deceit ful, envious, imsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ig noraice of what is good, and evil. But I, who have seen the nature of the good that it is beautiful, and of the bad that it is ugly, and the nature of him who does wrong that it is akin to me, not only of the same blood or seed, but that it participates in the saine intelligence and the same portion of the divinity, I can neither be injutred by any of them, nor can I be angry with my kinsman nor hate him." There is a vast depth of spiritual beauty here, if onle will pon (der it well; and yet this man rejected Christianity, and, actuated by his sense of duty to pagan Rome, persecuted Christians. Again he writes: "Since it is possible that you may depart from life this very moment regulate every act and thought accordingly; but to go. away from among men, if there be gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for gods will not involve thee in evil. But if, indeed, the gods do not exist, or if they have no concern about humani af fairs, what is it to me to live in a world devoid of gods or devoid of provideice'?" At another time he says: " What, then is that which is able to conduct a man? One thing, and only one-philosophy. But this tonsists in keeping the divin ity within a inai free from violence and unharmed, superior to pains and plea sures, doing nothing without a purpose, nor yet falsely and with hypocrisy, and waiting for death with acheerful mind, that being nothing th:a:4 dii)1utien of the elements of which every human being is compounded." It would be easy to multiply quotations, showing the purity and serenity of this pagan soul, its lofty ideals of duty, and its faith in the divinity within the human soul, even while it doubts the existence of the gods or the life beyond the grave. But it may be seen that what he calls philosophy is what other men have called by the higher name of faith. The "divinity within us" is a thing'to be felt, but whose existence cannot be proven. Shaving by 'iucouoal. A commercial drummer With several heavy caues in hand, panted into Warth's barber shop, adjoining the State-street House, Trenton. One side of his face had a several days' growth of whiskers while time other side was lperfectly smoth. Hie threw hiin.seJf inito a chair. ''Shave me "' lie said brusquely. TIhe aston ish ed barber be gan to adjust a cloth arouind his neck looking at the drummmer-3s face mean wyhile with eloqluenit curiosity. "Been in tIme barber chair once this morning, hmaveun't you'?" queriedl tihe barber. '"Twice,'' saidl tIhe st ranger, correctinig himi. Onico in "'Philadlphia and once at Bristol. Got miy fake lathered in Philadelphia and theni saw I could not make my train unless I started. Got the barber to wipe off my face and I raii and got on just as tIme train was moving. At Bristol I thought I'd have time to (10 sonic business and get shmav ed end ctch time next trin. Got through wi't.h my busimiess, ran iinto a barber shop, got lathered again, and got half my face shaved, when I heard the train coming. Jumipedh up and( paid the barber, and again had mmy face wviped off, and struck for the diepot andh got the train just as it was moving. People on the train looked at mie and then turned away and whispered. They thought I was an escapced lunatic.I want a close shav'e lelase, and take your time to it. I 'm going to make up for this helter skelter business ini the, morning." Leanf PhiotographM. A very pretty amusement, espec ially for those who hiave just complletedi hestudy of botany is the taking of leafphotgraps. Oe vey si pe r cess is this. A t aniy druggsPs get an ounce of bichromate of potassium. Put this into a Pint, hottle or water. When tIhe solution beconies saturated-that is, whieni the wvater has dissolved as miuchi as it will -pour oflf soine of the liquid hito a shallow dishm; on this float a piece of ordinay writ.ing pauper until it is thoroughly Imoistenmed. Let It buecomie dry' ini the dark. It shouuld be a bright ylow. Oni this p)ut, tihe loaf-under it, a piece of' soft black cloth, and several sheets of newsp)apers. Put these be tween two p)ieces of glass (all of the pieces thme same size) and with spmrinmg clothes pilns fasteni them toget,her. Ex - pose to a bright sumn, .place time leaf so that t,he rays w~ill fall upon it as nearly perpenidichular as possible, In a few mo ments it will begin to turn brown; but it reqJuires from half an hour to sever al hours to produce a perfect p)rint. When It has become dark enough, talte It from thme frame and put it into clear water, which must be changed every few minutes until tihe yellow part be comes white. Sometimies tihe ieaf-vein ings wIll be quite distinct. BIy follow ing these Instructions it Is searcely pos sible to fail, and a little practice will make perfect That's Met Ito drove a policeman into a door way on Woodbridge street, Detroit, and began: "About two IotUS ago a cadaverous wooden-head might have been seen gawping at the river from the foot of Randolph street. lie didn't know enough to chew gunt. That was me." "You, oh? Well?" "Well. he gawped and gawped, and he knew he had $20 in his pocket, and he chuckled and tickled and said he had come to town to' look around and see things and go hom e and be a lion. That was me again." "I see.'' "iHe jest fairly ached to have a bunko mati.coi!o,upl. ad. slap.hhn ou the.back ud , 1l Jo Apheus:,$asswood ;ad t . jlw and ma' aid the childt ii ill got along. Iie itched to have a three card monte mtan tickle him under the chin and ca~ll him a red fox from Iona County, and open up his little. galne. His bones all screamed out for the muan with the bogus gold pieces, and- he drew down his left eye as he thought how they'd take him for a hay-stack and get sold. le was an infernal Idiot. That's mel" "Yes." "Well, as ie was standing there and feeling how sharp and cute and cun ning he was, up comes a nian who was breathing hard and looking scart, and says to tme in a whisper: 'You look like a friend to the unfortunate. I can see by the cut of your face that I can t-rust you. I have wounded a man wNho in sulted my wife, and 1 must skip to Canada to escape arrest. I have no money, but here is a liundred dollar bond. Lend mne $20 and keep the bond until I see jou.' That is what he said. 'IThe double-jitited idiot frot the cout try took it all in like a boy gulping down sulphur and 'lasses. That,'s inc sollte more.'' "'I'mn listening." "The greenhorn was flattered and tickled. IIe saw a chance to make $80 on that bond. The bomb-proof, b:'.ck action, cop per - riveted agricultural peach-blossom figured as how he'd cash that bond to-morrow and tikip, and as how the man in haste to reach Canada would never find limn, and as how them $100 would buy a yoke of oxen, and so he passed over his green backs and pocketed the bond. Yes the bald-headed, cross-eyed, bow-legged turntip patch did that very thing. That's me to a dot.!" "1s it possiblel" "And here's the bond-worthlessl And here I al--strapped I And sotne where up town Is the sharper-tickled half to death at the way lie played met Say?" "Yes." "Ilunt up a born fool, catch a crank, scare up a dude, bringAun an old man with a third wife, and boil 'em all down and bag up the bones and call the thing Josepheus Basswood! . That's titel'' And he walked off to find the plank road rttnning West, waiving the bogus boint with one hand and helping to kick himself with the other. iIalf i block away lie halted and looked back, and seeing theoflicer still there he gave himself three kicks and shouted out in a lonesome voice: "Don't you forget it-that's mel" The White loarse. "Isn't it pretty?" said a little old man as he wheeled a baby carriage to a place where a reporter was sitting in the park. "It must be p)retty," said the report er,.looking ito the carriage and seeing a tinty creature, sniugly nestling it a dowvny niest, with its face covered with a delicate lace veil. rThe lit,tle old1 man was declighuted, his little old chin w~entt twit-a-twit-a-twee, atnd lie chirped like a bird. "They keel) its face covered," lie said with a sigh, ''since the little white hearse drtov'e away from thte house the othter dhay. Butt I-" Tihme litile 01(1 tian stopped amnd look(ed all around wit,h his little twintkling eyes "I will show its face to you, sIr, it's so v'ery. ver-y pretty." And the little old man's cin agaitn went twit-a-twit -a-twee. "Th7ley will be angry,'' lhe conii tiued, ''bitt I 'mi so proud( of its pretty fac(e tat I muist, show it." Sudldently the little old1 uimta took the lace thuat covered the baby's face in lis tretinbling lingers, and the reporter p)re paruied to burst, into exclamations of de light, evenm if the faceshtould prov'e to be the homeliest face int the wor-ld. "'Musn't,'" a little child said, cointg from behind the bushes andl seizinig tIhe coat-tall of the little mnan. "Dattpa "T1he flies will annoy lhose,'' a gentle girl of 12 said, joiniung the group~ and( carefully rep)lac'intg the lace. Close observatin showed a tear trembling itt the girl's eye as thte little old1 tmatn wheeled away the crnage with t,he litt,le Cliildl dlanitng by his side. "Oh, it's sucht deceptioni!" she ex claimed, burying her face itn hter- htand. "Baby lRose dlied last week," sihe con tintued, ''and we are afraid to tell grand pa, ats his minid is weak and she was his 1(101. 50 we p)ut aL doll in thte carriage, closely veiled, so lie cannot see its face, and~ let him i wheel it at ound. But it's 50 dlecepti ve. J ust, the(n the lit tle 01(1 tian ptaused, left tihe lit tle child with the catrriaige, andi( came back to where thes girl was seated. Hie pitt hIs face close to hers anmi whispered: ~''hat wvas it,"' lhe asked '"that they carried away itt thte little white hearse?" Tihe p)oor girl tited awiay her face. "Flowers, sheo saitli "only flowers, grandpla." "I wonIdler," thte little old man mused, "why they all tdrn their faces away when thery tell mue what they car ried away In the little white hearse." Then heo went to thme carriage again and chirped like the merry little old man that heo was. I"F"lowers, only flowers," the reporter heard him mutrmur, as lie wheeled the doll away. *. - r-* A Truly Strange Coinoidence. "Speaking of strango coincidences," said Dooillicker, "[ am reminded of a thing that happened to me once. I was standing on the breakwater here in Chli cago one day in the summer of 1842, when one of my cuffs droppad off into the lake and a big fRlh came up and swallowed it. I mourned a good deal over it, because the sleeve-button in that cuff was made of gold that I dug myself in Calilornia in 1819. Well, time ran along and I forgot all about the sleovo-button. Soon after that I had the trouble with my hair, and had to doctor for that." "What trouble was that, paw?" asked Theophilus. ."Wh dltidn't, ver, tell you about th2At? W ell, goti'eWo1'ound,out that 1' was losing my h ir. It dida't ond out by the loots, but it seemed to be broken i off near my head, and yet, although I lost cosiderable every night, there never I was any loose hairs in the bed in the I morning. I finally got a friend to sit up I and watch me one night, and in the morning he explained the whole thing. I had bitten it ol' and swallowed the 1 hair." "But to get back to my first story. I One day about seven years alter I lost I that cuff I was walking on Manhattan Beach, arm-in-arm with Mr. Sehignan, when he piokcd up something that was buried in the t-and. 'Why, that.'s silver,' sautl ho. 'So it, is.' sail I, anld sure enough it was solil silver. But what is funnier, it was the identied sleevo-but toh I had lost thirloeu years before in Lake Michigan. Now, what puzzles mei is to know how that tiph got way around to Maihatton Beach tron' Ciicago." There was a short slence. which The- I ophilus interrupted. "What pl) esAl. I me, paw, is how the tis elanged a ,,old sleeve-button into a silver one." Doofilioker thought he heard one oi the liens cackle and1e went out to see it she had laid an egg. Uorttl IlisIg. he largest, vessels emlo)lyedI ini the coral lishery on the Italian coast are of about fourteen tons, andi employ ia dozen hands. They hatve to work night, and day, the inou relieving each other every six hours. They tish from March to October, and their food consists clielly of macaroni and biscuit. Each boat nakus from 300 to 00 pounds, according to its size. 'l'he coral is usu ally found attached to rocks, never in mud, nor in muddly waters. h'1e coral rock Is formed of different species of mladrepores. Sometimes it is also found attached to shell and other inarine ob jects. It spreads out its branches in all directions, attaining a height of about iL foot and the thickness of about an .This mode of fishing coral is very prinitive and might e unproved with advantage. A frame, consisting of two bars of wood or iron, about fIfteen feet in length, placed across each other, is weighted in the iildle with iL large stone. 'T'his frame is hun1g with tangles of hemp and nets, one of which is at tached to each of the four extremities of the crossbar frame. 'T'his is then let down by means of a thick rope onto the coral bed and is dragged backward and forward till the coral branches are en tangled in it. The rope is then attached to a winidlass, and the traime is thus brought heavily to the surface. Pre cious coral varies in color from a de) red to a pale pink. It is also somnetimes marbled black and white; and there is even black and whitecoral. Red coral was onice the most esteeued, now it del icate pnk is the iost valiued. The1 finest pink coral is worth fromi $400 to1 $1300 per eunice; wvhile ordinary red co-: rail may be had for $l10 per onice. GoorI Audvie o Y oung Parisonis. 1 want youl to~ ne mnanly. I dlon't like aL "spoting"' preaicher. I dlon't think you nieedl boxing gloves In your room, anld your p)resenuce ait the horse-race isn't anI absolut.e necessity. Th'le wvorld ex pects you to live oni a higher plane of morality t han the rest of us. But I dlon't see w~hiy you1 shouldni't be aible to throw a fly into a trout brook without wrappm)lg yourself and two or three al der bushes upI in your line. I don't see why you imiay not lay base halh as well aLs croquelt, or lawnYl teniis. I thinkll you might play cricket It you haLve a few weeks you cani spaLre for thait puirpose I consider it ai imost excelent gamne to develop ai1U1 ma's paitIince anud build up a habit of long-suffering endl(urance. I have ntever- seen a game played clear through. I am too young. If yeu be come aLddictedl to croquet, however, re member to what an undue indulgence in this fascinating game may lead. 1t requires a great deal of grace to p)lay a game of croquet without cheuting some and quarrehlig aL lttle. Especially after the evening beg.ns to grow dark. But if you enjoy any of these gamnes, put on a soft felt hat and pILy. D)on't attemfpt to lay base ball in a stove-pip)o hat. D)on't be too dignified, RLigidity isn't stanids before the cigar store never laLughis. But he isn't miajestic anId lie isn't dignifIed, by aL long chalk. Don't b)e a woodlen Indiana. Detter be a lIve wild one, hair, piniIt, grease, dlirt and all. I wouln't caLrry a p)istol In my hip p)ocket if I were yeol; buIt if you have a guni aLnd( love to shoot, aL (lay ini the miarsh or on the mneaidows may Infuse new life ini your Hermions. I hunt a greaLt (heal, both h1iInd out of game season. I used to carry a gun wIth me. But it waIs heavy and1( a trouble to carry it, and1( 1 was always leaving the caps) or' wetting the p)owdler, so I gave the gun aLwaLy. I shoot just as munch game with out it, I thinik, aLs I used1 to bintg (down with It, and haLve just as good a.. time, So can you. Plain, stralghtforw ard morality and every- day righteousness are better than all emotion and dogmatism and all churchismn, says the world, and Chris tianity says much the sameo; but plaIn straIghtforward righteouasness amid every-dlay morality come more surely when a man is keepIng olose to Christ. -,The number of sheop In New Mox Ice Is reported to have increasedl from 10,000,0( .in 1880 to 20,000,000 at the nresent tion. The Sorrows of Sea Lions. "Here's Captain Eastman just come in the office to sell us a couple of 600. pound sea lions, Come in and see him." ' iaid the keeper of a collection of curios ties in San Francisco. ;r+ Captain Eastman was found to be a ,igantic man, with a sun-peeled nose tid a beard like the Ancient Mar tier's. " "Where were your sea lions caught?" isked the Marshall. "On the Farallones," replied the aptain. We caught four; two of them I've sent on to Baltimore and the other ,wo are now at the bulkhead." "How do you catch them?" "We lasso them below the flippers as ley, lie on the roe and ie ut tbetn: ia strait-jao ' all,ite h 3ome' un doing that I kin assure you low. "We are not doing much in sea ions now "said Marshall; it's a losing aue; and here's Mr. Roop, our 'animal nan, who can tell you why." As Benjamin Roop, the keeper of the Voodward's Gardens menagerie, has een in the business for twenty-seven 'ears, it was inagined that he would >i able to furnish some other informa ion than that on sea-lions. The idea vas mooted and he said lhe thought 3o. "You see,'' lie continued, leaning wer the railing of the duck pond, 'some years ago Mr. Woodward was akeni with the - fever for raising sea ions, thinking there was a fortune in t. There was no money in it by buy ung and seiling them, so we tried rear ig; but 'twas no good and ['m ready u-day to pay any one $250 who will each mhe how to rear a sea lion in cap ivity. We got them when they were bout two years old and, with a good leal of care, managed to keep one tardy old chap six years and live nonths, The young ones want sone hing from the sea that we can't fur hish. I used to think they died be ause they were in fresh water, but I aw the experiment of salt water tanks ried in Portland. Or, and they died ust the same. You'd be astonished,. n fact, to find how tender all of this ribe get when they lose their freedonm, iee that seal there, for instance. That's he seal of commerce, and the only one ve've managed to keep out of I don't :now how many. ''he durned boys .re always throwing gravel at him. If t's on the shore they chuck stiones at liim to make him swim, and if he's winuting they worry him until he lops upi on shore. The other day some little wretch >linded his left eye with gravel, and ince then he's been getting thinner ,id thinner. I 'spose he'll die. 'rho nost troublesome thing of all to keep, lowever, is a coot. That's a coot; that rpotted bird cettig down' there. We an keep a coot just as long as lie's got at enough of his own to live upon. L'io critters won't feed. and when heir own reservoir of fat is gone they ust dies." 'T'Iho HM Matolh. The defeat of the American Rifle l'eamt hy the British volunteers was xpectod, and tIhe slight lead they ob ,ained in the first day's shooting did tot awakeni hopes of a different result, imong riflemen, at. least. They were ielieved to be stronger than the British illemtenh at the shorter ranges, bur xvere known to be weaker at the long 'anges. The result of the match was, ndleed, rather gratifying than other wise. The Americans did much bet er than a year ago, notwthstnding he bad weather. Tkhe most difficult .nge that was shot over is the 200 ~ard, where tire riflemren aire required o shoot from a standing piositioni at an 3ighit Inch bull's eye. At the longer :ranges the bull's eye is much larger, mid lying down positions rmay be ans mored which give greater steadinuess At the 200 yardl range, the Americanis lcd arid beat their score of last year, Lire British team just hioldling its own. At the 500-yard 'range the Americans lell off three points and the Blritishi two p)oints, as8 comp)ared with last year. At $00 yards the Americans gaimed six arid the Brmitisnh one over last year. Th'le weather of tIre second (lay was evident ly very bad, the scores of both toanis falling off at all but the 800-yard range, whrere thre AmerIcans gaineu so largely ais to boat the Volunteers. The riot r'esult of the mratch was that the Amer icans gained 101 poInts over last year,. while tihe Biritish lost 24 lioints. As suming that the latter's loss may be ascribed to the bad shooting weather, tire American gain is relatively greater than that shown by the figures. From thiis point of view they cani be said to have done very well, although they we'e beaten. Th'le match was with mnilitar'y rifnes, under military rules, and probably tire chief reason for the superiom ity of tire British marksmen is that they have been practicing for Heveral years wvithi the weapons they used, while tire Americans are armed wvitlh new guns, made for thre match, with which they have had leasthan one year's )ractice. QJutok as Lfigtning. Tlhis is a pnhrrase onosen to Illustrate in inconceivable rapIdity, but of those who use the expression probably very few appr'eciate its full nmeaning, for Sir Charles WVheatstone hars shown that a liash of lightning lasts less than a mil hiontrh)npart of a second. This is vastly more rapid than our conep)tionl of the flash, and at least one-tenth of a second mrust elapse-according to Professor Swan-before our sluggIsh sight can take hr tire full effect of the light. On account of tire slowness of our percep tionm, we never see tIre light at Its real Intensity. Professor'iTait has suggested that the full brilliancy must be in soe degree comparable with the sun, as Wheatstone's and Swan's data prove that Its apparent brightness of tire land scape as hit up by a lightning tlash Is less than one-hundred-thousandth part of what It would be were tire lightning perme~nent. The apparent biIghtness, it should be mentioned, was shown by Swamn to dimInish in about tihe ratio borne by tire length of time,.the flash lasts to the timeo required for us to j)er ~eve it.