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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C..: SEPTEMBER 4, 1883. ESTABLISHED 1848 THE VERDICT -ot . TI-H E PEOPLLE. BUY THE BEST! Mn. J. 0. boAu -Dear Sir : I boug: t the first Davis Machine sold by you over live years ago for my wife, who has giveu.lt a long and fair trial. I am well pleased witi it. It never gives any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. J. W. io1.1CS. Winusboro, S. C., Aprh 1883. Mr. BoAG: 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. I made about $80,00 within live months, at times running it so fast that the needle would get per fectly ho; from friction? I feel conldent I could not have done the saine work with as much ease and so well with any other machine. No time lost in adjustin attachments. The lightest running machine i have ever treadled. BrotherJames and Williams' families are as much pleased with their Davis Machines bought of you. I want no beter machine. As I said before, I don't think too much can be said for the Davis Machine. Rie_pesct fully, JLS TaRsN Falrtl"ld County, April, 188.. Ma. BOAu : My m lchine gives me perfect satis; faction. I dud no fault with it. The attacht>ents are so sinle. I wish for no better than the Davis Vertical Ieeed. Respect fully. Mas. It. M11I.1.tNU. Fairfield county, April, 1883. Mit. BOAG: I btaugtit a i)avis Vertical Feed ewiUg Machine from you four years ago. I ai slighted with It. It never :ias given Ine'any rouble, and has never been the least out of order. It-le as good as when I first bought ii. I can cheeauily recoiumendl It. Rtespectfully, Mus. M. J. KIRI.AND. Monticello, April 30, 1883. This Is to certify that I have been using a Davis Verticil Feed Sewing Machine for over tw 'years, purchased of Mr. J. 0. Hioag. I haven't found it p )ssessed of any fault-all the attachinents are s) simple. It neverrefuses to work, aad is certainly the lightest running in the in Irket. I cotisider it a Urat class machine. Very respectfully MINNIE M. WII.1aiNuwA\t. 0 iklan 1, Fairfield county, S. C. M1t BOAO: I am wenl pteasna in every p irtteui with the Davis Machine uought of you. I think a first-class machine in every respect. You knew you sold several machiues of the same make to different members of our families, all of whom, as far as I know, are well pleased with them. itespectfully, MRs. M. If. Mofi.EY. Fairfield county, April, 1883. % This isto certify we have hal, in oonstant US* She Davis Machine bought at you about three years ago. As we take in work, an;. have made the price of it several limes over, we ion't. want any better machine. It is always ready to do any kind of work we nave to do. No puckering or skipping stitches. We can only say we are well pleaseJ and wish no better machine, CAInPsi WvY.1i AND SSaTER. April g5, 1838.: I have no fault to dud with my in i:h no, and don't want any better. I have mtte the price of it severa times by taking In sewing. It is alvays ready to do its work. I think it a first-class ma chine. I feel I cant say too touch for the ) ivis Vertical Feed Machine. Miis. 'tluM Aa SMITiH. Fairfield county, April, 1888. MR. J. 0. ioAU-D ar Sir: it gives ine ich pleasure to testily to the merits of the )avis Ver tical Feed Sewing Machine. 'Tite na line I got of you about Live years ago. has been almost in con stant use ever since that itme. I cannot see that it is worn any, and has not cost ime one cent for repairs since we have had it. An well pleased and doii't wish fur any better. - Yours tru'y, Itoh. Uit iwoupm, Granite Quarry, near Winnsboro S. C. We have used the D)avis V'erticai Fee i'iewiing Machine for the last five years. WVe would niot have any other miako at aiiy price. Thle maclima baa gIven us unboundeti satisfaction. Very respect fully, Mius. WV. K. 'TUtRNEiR AND iDAUtiiTmHl Fairfild counity, 8. U'., Jan. 21, 158. htavmng bought a Davis Vertical Peed Sewing MachIne from Mr. J. 0. 1ling somne three years ago, aiid It iiaving gveni mn perfect satisfactioii In every respect, asa iamiily muachine. both for hut y andi igiit sewing, and never needed the least re pair In aiiy way, 1 can cineerfiully recommiend It to say one as a iirst-ciass imachini - in ovory partIcu lar, and thiink it second to none. It Ia one oi the siinpieit machimes made: miy cimiiron use It wvithi sit ease. Th'le attachimenis are more eailty ad justed and It does a greater range of work by iieaiis of its Vertteal F'eed thani any other mia chine I have ever Meeni or used. Mini. THOMAS OINS. Winnsboro, Fairdieldl county, S. C. We have had one of thme D)avis Maciines about four years anid have always found it feady to do all kinds of work we have badl occasion to ilo. Can't see that the machine is worn any, and works as well as wihen new. Mas. W. J. UntAwr-ont, Jackson's CreeK, Falrfld county, 8. C. My wife is ighiy pleased with time Davis Ma chine bought of y ou. She would not take double wnat, sue gave for It. The macine has nlot been ont of order since she had It, and she can (to - any kind of work on It. Very Respectfully, JAB. F. Fisx. MontIeello, Fairlield county, is. U. The Davis8Sewing Machine Is sinmply a freas tore Mas. J. A. GlOODwYN. Rtidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1[83. - J1, O) BOAt, Esq. Agent-Dear Sir: My wife has ueen using a Davis Sewing Machine constant ly for the past four years, an' IIt has never needed any repairs an I works Just as weli as when firat bought. Site says it will do a greater range of * practical work Pad do it easier aund better than any machine ulie has ever used. We cheerfuliy recomnmend It as a No. 1 famiiy machine, Yor~JAB. Q. DAvIs. - . Winnsbnro, 8. C., Jan. 8, l1883. M a. BOAt): I have alwaya found my D)avis Ma chine ready do alt kInds ofite work I have had oc eation to do. I cannot, see that the miachiie lia worn a particle andI It works as weii as when now. Respectfully, .Mas. It. C. GoODINo. Wintnsboro, 14. C., AprIl, 1883, MR. BOAt) My wifQ has been constantly using the Davis Mach ino bought of you about five years - ago. I have never regretted buying It, as It is always ready r any kind of fani,liy sewing, e4hler hev rlight.. It, is never ;ut of flier ,needing lairgald. S. U. March.1888. IJ.DD T1E ETERNAL UOODNEPS. I know not whab the future hath, Of miarvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. No offering of my own I have, Nor works by fai'h to prove, I can but give the gifts Ht gave, And plead His love for love. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from Him can como to ine On ocean or on shore. 1 know uint where Ilf islands li't Their fronded panis in air; 1 only know I cannot drift Beyond His leve and care. TIIE TOIt GLOVE. It was almost 11 o'clock as I left my riend Alport's law office and hurried up town. I had delayed longer than I Mnew, interested deeply in his account Af an intricate will case, inl which he was just at that time engaged. As I low remember, a property of some two miilions, held by a residunary legatee, had suddenly been claimed by one who tnnounced himself as the direct heir ind devisee, a nephew of the testator, whio had not been heard from for seve -al years. Alport deemed the fellow an im )oster, and although . his story had ueel well told, and his plan of action bvell laid throughout, my friend thought to had secured proofs of its falsity. [n fact, he had a bundle of papers con aining the positive proof that Neil Ilarcourt was not Neil - Iarcourt, iepliew of old Duncan IIarcourt, tes Lator; and it was his explanation of Lhis case that had rendered me so late n my up town journey. As I hurried onward, mechanically ny hand sought my pocket for a cigar, md finding none-a most unusual ondition or things-I glanced about 'or some place where I could purchase some. Just down a side street a light struck ny eye and moving toward it, I found t small but neat cigar store, waited apon by a girl. I entered, threw down ny money, mnd called for cigars. The waitress, >r shop girl, was evidently on the p)oiut of closing, for one light was tlready out, and she wore her hat and thawl; more than that, as she placed a landful of regalias before me, I noticed Llnat she had also drawn on her gloves, and that one, that upl)onl her left hand, lad been partly torn across the palm, ind neatly mended' by the insertion of mother piece of kid. 'T'his trilling incident would doubt less have escaped me, had it not been ahat the glove was a pale orange in -olor, whereas the inserted kid was black. I selected my cigars, lit one and walked out. An hour later I was at Lome( and in bed. The next morning after, I read at muy breakfast table that Lawyer Alport had been murdered the night before. To say that 1 was shocked would be but feebly to express my horror. Al port was a warm personal friend, my .ttorney, and a man without stain. His death in the most natural way would have been a sad loss to me; to hear of his end by murder simuly para lyzed me. Leaving the table as soon as I could collect my thoughts suiliciently to (10 so, I at once threw on hat and overcoat md hurried down town. My friend's ollice was in Blank street, a little off from the main cur rent of travel; but this morning I found a inmber of p)er.sons gathered about it- neighbors, storekeepers anid brother' lawyers-passing whoml I con fronted ani o00cer standing guardl at tihe tflce (leer. iIe wvould have stayed mny entrance, but as I handed hliin mny cardl his face changed. "Major MinIton, of tihe dletective?" he said, inquiringly. I bowed. The man at once opmened( thme door. "You'll ibnd Captain Ross and( an1 other genitlemnan inid~(e. I presmne they'll be glad to see you." I enlteredl. As the plolicemanl lad said, I found two detectives-men wvhoml I knew within. Tireir story was soon mine. it seemedl that Alport had been ill his oilice late; that IL Indy hand called ini lie evening and renmainied anI hour' or nmor'e; that after sheo had loft, his light continuied to burn aln g timel--until morning probabliy-amnd that it was not nltil some1( impIlortant client openiedl the unlIockedI doer, a t about 9) a. im., that tile death of the attorney was known. iIe lay dead inl his ollice cihiair, whlen found, a thlin, foreign looking knife stickinig ill his heart. Evidlently lie hmad boon struck unawares; there lad been no struggle, but little blood, and no r'obbery that tile otlicers could dis cover. Nor was ther'e any clew remaining. Evidently the woman had killed im, though whly was as yet unanswered. No one knew the wonmn. "BJut the reasou--the motive?" said I. "Surely there mulisi, have been 0one. If wve can lind that, we may have a clume to the criminal,., Without it everything ms in the dark." ''True," rep)lied Ross; "but tIhe mo tive is just what puzzles us. It evi dently was noet r'obbery, as his watch and mnoney wore onl his person when found." "hIodi'" Said I, with a suddeni thougiht. "Might not lie have been robbed of paper's?" "Yes; but what ones? ieow do we know what dlocumeonts lie had'?" A ne0w idea had comle to mue. I began at once to search for the papers which Alport had1( read to me1 two days before--the proofs ini tue Hlarcourt, caste. They wer'e goume. but I found in their stead, lying among letters amnd legal litter in his waste basket, a torn glove, bloody, andI mned( across the palm with a bit of black kid., I dre0w It out with a shout. "lIe was robbed of some Important papers thlat lie showed to me only nighit before last," saId I, excitedly, "and the person who killed him wvore this glovel" "A cluel" cried Oaptain ioss, as he reached for it. "No, no, my friend 1" said 1. "This is my case now. Alport was my attor ney; and, now that I have one end of the thread in this case, I propose to follow it out. The honor shall be 1 yours, but the revenge must be mine. 1 leave the matter with ine three days. At the end of that time I'll either give you the criminal or turn you over all miy proofs and give it up." Ross at once agreed to this plan, and my friend's body having been removed, and a Coroner's jury having rendered it decision of "death by the hands of iome1 party or parties unknown," the ease was for three days in my sole care. I naturally felt certain that I had the right clue-the missing papers and the torn glove--but I knew my business iullicitntly well to understand that. I could neither walk into the cigar store where my supposed murderess was and Errest her, nor was it at all likely that I could bluff or frighten her into con fession. Moreover, I wished to know lirst why she would have cared for these missing papers. That afternoon I strolled to the cigar itore. An elderly German was behind the counter. In the eveeing I tried it c Igain.' No girl was to be seen. I determined to learn something of ier. I entered and bought some cigars. " Keep the store alone?" said I, casu Lily, as I lit my cigar. "Yaw." "Trade good ?" ''Yaw.'' "You ought to have a pretty girl to help you catch the young fellows' trade." "Yaw." I turned and walked away. Nothing to be made there. 1 watched the store until it closed, tnd half the next day. Then I was re warded. At about noon a girl entered, laid aside her hat and cloak and took uer place behind the counter, while the ian went away. When lie was well aut of sight I dropped in and did a little tradiinir. It was the same s;irl, a little nervous, [ told myself. 1 watched her until the store closed ; then followed her as she hurried home ward. She lived two miles away, near .he river shore, in a small, old tene ient house. She climbed to a rooi iear the roof. I followed all the way, itumbling in the uneven halls, but ooked upon, doubtless, as a new tenant i little off. The girl entered the room locked the Ioor, and then I heard the voice of two :alking. Evidently she was conversing with a maln. I made friends with a half boozy bachelor on the floor below, and found from him that the girl was an old Lenaut, but u,it a mtn haa recently ,trrivet who occupied a room next to lier, and was called her brother. 1 waited all night just across the street fromn the tenement house. Early in the dusky dawn I saw a man iteal out. 1 followed him. He went straight into the country, walking fast, and covering nearly live miles before sun-up. I followed all the way, not near enougli to cause sispi ,;iwi, but near enough to watch. At last the fellow turned into a piece of woods. I hastened, and just as I cntered the grove I saw him not far away, bending over a little lire. As he heard me coming lie looked up atstily, hesitated ai moment, then tirned auid ran. At first I was impelled to fol low, then something at the fire caught my eye, and I paused. Papers were burning. Quickly seizing the bundle for such it p)rovedl to be--I nmanagedi to extinguish it, while still ai considerable portion remained unconsumed. I open 13( it. There wvere all the papers and proofs ini the IIarcourt will case-the idlentical p)apers stolen from Ailport on the night of this murder. My heart bounded, it was tile thiirdl day, buit the scont was very warm now. 1 returned to tne city will all haste, but by anothler road~ amnd at noon wasl1 Lt the cigar store. i'lhe girl appeareti and1( tile German dIisap pea red. Suipplieel with thme torn and bloody glove, I alwaited liy chanice, an4d when thle store was elipty I oentered. Ilay ing first purlchasedC( a cigar, I cameI close to1 the girl and said ill a low tone :"Is this your glove? I saw y'ou wearing it a1 few nlighits ago," at the sae timle wvas. Th'ie girl turnled fairly livid, gasped a little, thlen whispered: "Whore did you get it?" "Ini the suae uflice whlere thmose papers were stolen and Lawyer Alport, was m111(odered, thlree nighlts ago! II said. Th'ie poor tiling uttered a sinIgle mnoani and wouldl have sunik to tile floor If 1 h'ad nlot cauIght her1. A glass of wvater stoodi upon0 a shelf. 1 threw part of it Into her face. Slowly sile opelned her eyes. "Whio are you?" she wlhispere'd hoarsely. I opened nmy coat and showed a staIr. She uittered a low shriek. "A detectivel iIe is lost--iostl" "My good girl," 8said 1, "it is best for you, and him, too, to tell me the whlole truth. Shuit tile shop 1and( comel with me." She obeyed me unblesitatingly, and I led her to my own ofice? There, in thle presence (of a brother ofilcer, she told me tile whole story. She was tile wife-sad fate [-of ai gambler who hlad sought to personate the lost heir of the hiarcourt estate. 8o well had( lie succeeded that whien Alport began to make trouble for him lie (determinled to get ridi of Alport anld his8 proof at 0110 blow. D)ressedl in his wife's clothes lie hlad visited Alport's office anid kdild himn, theni stolen the desired papers. 'The torn glove lie had doubtless lound In the pocket of his wife's dress, and used to wiple some slight stain up from his hland(s, and then carefully dropped It in the wvaste basket. Thme papers he had taken home, and1( afterwards carried away to destroy. lie passed as his wife's brother where they lived. She had known of trie murder after It was comn mitted but n'ot before. "Why did you not tell when you saw what this mani had done9" ad I, ternly. " hVliy did you seek to hell lim conceal his crimee?" She looked at me a moment witl vide open eyes; then a great fear ove ;pread her face. "Gentlemen, I did not dare to. 1H .hreatened to kill 1me if I even spok .o him of it." Three hours later L.eonardi Giott ,he husband was in our hands. A ful )looded Italianl, with an English wif( desperado, if ever there was one; .oward, but a revengeful (logI As we led him away from the exam iation, where he refused to answer lingle question, and his wife had tol ier story again as she told it to ne, h isked leave to speak a word to tI .voman. It was grantedt and hIo dre lear to her. But evg%Q ho spoke, .1 muddenly raised his;'lltuacled ham u7i ntruick nor such a blow on thl tead that the poor thing sunk to th rounld without a moan, blood strean ng from her face, while the liiserabl ,rute turned away with a sneer. "She'll not blab on me agaii'' Indeed she did notl lie was founi uilty of mnurder, and hung withi biree nionths, and his poor wife (ie vithin the year, from the effects of hi ruel blow. 1)tny raynR. Who was Dolly Payne, the wife o James Madison, President of the Un: .ed States and a gallant soldier of th Revolution? A (Quak-r girl, aroun< vhoi clusters all that was romanti nd poetic in Madison's life, except hi .ender devotion to his mother. Ile fel i love with her while he was in 'hil, lelphia attending the Sessions of Col tress as a llepresentative froni V irginiii the was born in North ('arolina, bu tvhen quite young her parents remove o Philadelphia and joined the Societ )f Friends. Wien Madison first me ier she was Mrs. Dorothy Payne '1'odd ,he widow of John Todd. Still shi vas only twenty-three years old, and a retty in features as chanuing in con "ersation. His suit was successful bvhich is not to be wondered at, for h wvas a man of wealth and with a wid :eputation. With her he retired to Ii .ount.ry seat to enjoy her society, tlh .ompany of his friends, and the con 'orts of home. Seven happy years wer ;pent a i Montpelier. and theni in 1801 liadison was appointed Secretary a state and removed with his beautift wife to l'hiladelphia. Afterwards, wle fadison became President, she sharel he White Hlouse with him. It is sai f her that she presidtd with mor rilliancy over the Executive Mansio: ,hian any other woman before or sine Iler beauty, her charming manners, he luiet relinenient, and her dignity am. ruuo lont a atita u mi ,lnkttuwln t lie White Hlouse entertainments. And she was as brave as she w jeautiful. During the exciting days t ,he war of 181: she showed such devt ,ion and bravery that she was no loigt ;imply a queen of the drawing-roon .ut a heroine among heroines. Th .4th of August, 1814, witnessed the eI .ry of the British into the Capital, afte lefeatng our army at Bladenisburt i the day previous, Mrs. Madiso vrote thus to her sister at Mt. Vernol My husband left me yesterday to joi aeneral Winder. lie inquired anixiou y whether I had courage or llrmness t renain in the President's house unt lis return on the imorrow or suceeedin lay1 and on my assurance that I lia io tear but for him and the success t >ur army, lie left me, heseecling me I .ake care of myself aiid of the Cabin( )apers public and ptrivate. I have in.1 rece.iv'ed two dhispatchies from him wril ten with a pencil; tIhe last is alarmniu because lie desires that 1 should 1: ready at a monimnt's warning to ente ny carriage aiid leave the city. I am letermuined not to go myself until I se Nir. Madison safe anid lie can1 accomph iy me, as 1 fear nmuchi hostility ti svards him.'' On tIme folloiving aftei ioon she add(s a postscript:--"' Will yo ,olieve it, my sister, we have had a bx uhe or a skirmiish near Bladensburg, anm [ am1 lhere withini sound1( of the cannom Nit, Madisonm comeis not ; 1may3 G.od pr< tet himi Two miessenigers covere& with (lust come to bid mc fly, but I wa for himn.'' At, last she consenits to dlepart, b)1 iven then delays, at thme irisk of capituri Lo order the demolition of the heav .till framie around( Stuart's p)ort.rait, enrale Washington, so that the vahiu ntuemay be taken out anid cari to a p)lace of security. D)olly Payne I demuiro little Quaker girl 110 longe but, a brave woman of wvhom the who natiominimay well be proud. 1t is a plea mug inicit of her husband's Jove the in after years, when writing his will, h always mentioned her as "' my der wife." With all her beaut,y anid wit all her bravery D)olly Madisoni had ha shanire of trouble. John Payne Tiod< son by tIhe first husbanid, was a wih p)rofligate fellow, who inherIted non1e< the good qualit,ies of his mother. I. was the scapegrace of the family. Whi( Madison sold his5 manuscr1i5pts and i pers to Congress for $20,000, youm Todld manaiged to got mnost of the I mney from him. Afterwards when Ma ison mnade his will, he loft land and ot1 er property to all his relatives buti John Payuie Tiodd( hie gave onlhy lIme met alls p)resented to him by his friend Ge< WV. Ervig, and1( the wa'mlking staff matii from the timber of the frigat,e Const tution and1( presented to hiin by Commt dore Elliott, then her comnmander. Si young Todd, fIguratively speakmug. wn cut off wvithi a shilling. l)olly Pays as she is commnonlly called, resIded Wast.hin,gton (luring the last years< her life. Ini tier 01(1 age 51he was hal tized and became a member of St. .John Church, In Philadelphia. -Thme Chief of thie;Bureau of Stati ,ies rep)orts thait the total values of th experts of dlomestic breadstuffs from: the United States dhurinig the month u Junme was $11,545,936u. For the si: months enidig Jumne 30Jthu, 188 3, the t< tal1 value was $85,148,935, ant d for tl six monthis cending June 30th, 1882 tI value wvas $64,850,930. -Albany's brick-mak,inug indulist] hmas reached a prodhuction of 1,000,0( brick a week A T,rramp Painter's Peril. "it Was two Stittuiers ago. I was painting the Southern l'acilth for a Baltimore drug house, and had pretty e well plastered the rocks amid the fences e along that line with liver pills, electric pads, etc. Of course, I would make big jumps now and then, when I thought the scenery wats too tame to "be itaiting, or I never would have got t to the end of the road. "I branched off at eison, in Ari zona, and took a run up the San Pedro river as far as Tombstone. innaing to liy the paint on that town pretty t thick, because its name make:i it sort 0 of .conspicuous, you Know, and I thought the bums would like it. 0 "But the first pot of paint was the i last. I started in about 10 O'clock one Inorning to decorate at little shanty that was not fit to keep a billy goat in. It 1 was imide of about three dozen rough e phinks nailed to four posts, with at lot. of three branches as at rool. "I swung black patint all over one side pretty lively as a ground work for i the white lettering; but I no sooner started inl wil h the white, wlaen It big fellow slouched across to where I was and says he: ''That's lnighty pretty. 1'aint the other side now.' 'Wait' till I get done this side, will f you, miy friend? says 1, inaking the outline of a big L, in white paint, e ' Just scratch that out, if you please. AI My nam)1e don't begin with an L.' e "IIe said that mighty soft; but when s I looked at hinil had to look into the Il muzzle of a big seven-shooter navy. '"I've had plenty of trouble with men who didn't want their barns and fences - painted up with signs; but thatt fellow t made more fuss over his little shantty li than 1 ever saw before or since. lie Y said he was paying $i) a Ionhtlh rent for that place (I woulin't give hiint forty cents for the whole thing), anti lie made me paint all four sides, fromn top to bottom, with good black paint, while the whole town stood around and criticized the way I slung a brush. "They let me go, after I got that, e shanty painted; but the sheriff of the s town valked a piece with me, aul told me I'd better get. lie said the men could stand a little swearing, and a C little shooting and a little gambling; but when it caine to making sign-boards of the houses. he was afraid lawlessness 1 was going too far, and he wouldn't an swer for the consevuences if I stayed il town. l "I Was determined that I would not go out of that Tombstone district without leaving my marks any how. So I just bunked on the hillside that r night and it the morning I mhade a lbee-line for t.he Wh110stont' MI,m+t.uin. " which are In siglit of the city;and atftei a little skirmishing around I found a canon with a precipice oi one side of it as clean straight. up adtil downit as a knife. ". W hen I looked over the edge I could see the water in the little creek e down below dancing and singimg along through the 1owlders. It wasn't such a larliation piece dowt there-only two or three hundred feet--but it was ia little furtlh er thanl I cared to jttnp. "I had a coil of silk rope amhiotg lmly t tools, and after fastening one end to a cottonwood tree I swung ite other Scud, with a loop in it for a seat., over aboald, and climbed down h1ancd und14ler hand. I "What did I do with lily paint bucket ad brush? I put the 1brmush into o the bucket and carried the bucket hn1,1 die in liy mouth. Oh, I assure you, Cthis kitnd of ting wasl1 common with me. The next time you1 go) amng the m'liountin s, if you will exainte the Spaintteti rocks p)retty close, you will 11ind ithat my wayi3 is really the onliy way to get1 lit, them. e'"Give mec a good silk rope-silk be cause a v'ery small silk rope will carry ai man, anld a1 patinter dlon't wa'tnt, to lumg a hleavy rop1e arounld wit,h him1 u1 andl I'll pait. y'our nme on the ste(ep est precipice3 thait, ever wasIL. S "Whleni I'in sitting downVl my13 brusht has got ai 5een-foot swintg, am1i4 I set. out dto pauint the words 'Love's I,unig L oz eniges' in seven-foot letters. I didtn't eare if it, took mue ai week,. I wasnl't goinig to be blufled 1by thIemu Tomb111 stoilers. "''Well, sir, I was1 brush inlg a way amid ;.sinlginig to myi3self like a miockintg-b)ird, (Iwhenl a stonie came down and1( lit lair dIn the paint-pot, splashing paint aill over my sign, I looked tl up i madderu'n a hornet, and( thtere I see two dirty Apache heads grininlg at, mle. "I dlidnl't say antythinig; bult the sight of thiem took (lie life out, of me so thtat eI dlroppedl may brutsh, and1( [ cotuldl hear rit bount11(ing alontg fromi rock to rock un1 h til Ihlmily it struck bottomi. I swear' rit seeed to mte teln minutes froni tihe Itime thtat brush left my hand uti it struck the groutnd. Every tina it boumnced fromz oiie rock to another 1 seelmedl to say to myself: "You'll strike 'there,e amnd thmer, and1( there.' "I1 knew the indianms were Apaches the mliute I saw thmeim heads, andt( I Sknew, too, that the Apache is the blood-thirtiest ai mal onm earth. "'They gr'inned( at me, wit.h their heads stuck over the preccipice, and1( then omne of them swung~ oitt his righmt arm and1( begaL n makinug passes50 at time totaut rope with ai buitcher knlife in his hand. You won't find( them fellers ~carrying tomnahawvks any miore; they carry gumns amid kntives ins'.ead. "I watched the knilfe Ilyling artoundi( uip there, with its shmarp edge always ,tunmed towardl the rope, unitil it made me sick, anmd I looked dtown' for relief. Below me there was nothinlg but a lit tle tmesqult bush growig out of the precipice about half way downm, and under thmat bowlders. "'Suddenily 1 thmought of sonmething Samid whipping my whisky flask outt oi' 0 my breast pocket, 1 held It, up toward 'a them. Th'ey stop)ped grinnuing. the 'f knife stoppiedl wheeling arounad, and1( 1 Ssaw In a minmute, that they were two > thtirsty Indians, and that I hmad a chance 0 yet. But, lIke a blamed fool, 1 was too le sure, and (Ildn't take enough care of the bottle, and the first tIing I kmnew y It slipped from my hand amid sImashedl K0 to flInders oni the rocks below. "Tihn IndIans gave ne howlami then zip went the knife across the rope, and I followed the whisky bottle. "Did I get killed? Well, not hardly You reienbce" that mesquit bushi vell, the end of the rope inanaged to get wrapped around that bush in the fall, and it brought inc up so sudden that the shock broke out four of my front teeth."' t"But you were 8till one hutdred feet above ground, and your rope only fifty feet long.'' "To be sure, but every thing was plain sailing now. I just shinned up the rope to the bush, got the rope out of snarl and unraveled so as to make two ropes, only half as thick each as the other was. See? The roe'o was plenty strong enoug* to bear ie, thin as it was, and diown I came like'greased lightiintg, and thein footed it back to 13enson, where I bought a new ottoilt and went ahead to 'Frisco." 1unnig on' Human a1air. "" Hair Singeing 2> Cents," is the sonewhat novel signl displayed in the window of a South Broad street bar ber's shop, l'hiladelphia. The interior of the shop is decorated with half a dozen more of the signs, and two knights of the razor and a colored boy fanned themselves and waited for customers. The reporter had just made known his errand when two youths of the variety popularly known as " toughs " entered, and one of therm, notwitlhstanding the lavish display of signs, inIuired if " this here's the place the feller wos wot burned yer hair off ? " Being assured lie had reached the right place, the youth inquired if it, "hurt yer ? " and when the barber said it was a painless operation, seated himself in one of the chairs and told tire barber to " bring on yer blaze and do it up in style." lie added that he wanted it " regular sum mer cut, short all over." The first step taken by the barber was to cut the youth's hair in the regular way with the scissors, and this being finished, the act of singeing began. Taking a long wax taper, such as are used in any household, he lighted it from a gas burner, and with a comb lifted what remained of the young man's hair into ridges, the tops of which lie deftly burned otl by applying the blazing ta per. and a halo of smoke encircled his heap, and a faint odor of toasted wool floated about ini the room and out into the sultry night. With great skill he 0011 had the entire top, back, and sides of the youth's head completely siigt-d, that worthy iii the meantime stating at tie operation as reflected in the looking glass, and momentarily exclaiming: " Well, I'll be blowed I " 11 is companion was similarly impressed, and imiade con stant remarks of a like nature. When L,bu JurLth's eadl nati been suticiently toasted to suit the barber's artistic eye, the taper was put out, and the cuis toiner requested to step down to the wash-basin, where his head was thor ouighly washed, to clear away the "ashes " that remained at the end of each hair, and whnci the operation was finished the youth gazed in the glass at as beautif'ully clipped a cranium as ever left a barber shop. 'aying his quarter, and remarking that it wasn't such a bad racket, atter all," the young mian gave a parting glance of approval in the mirror, and with his companion de parted. " This is the only place in this country where you can get a regular 'singe,'" said the barber after tho youtlis,had gone, " but it's a pretty cominon thing in England and Euirope, uad iii t'anada, too, I belIeve." In concliusion, he stated that it was said tbe a capital thing for the hair, anid w%ounld cause it, to flourish like a corn fIeld after a stumier shower ; biut lhe added ini conacluisiona, "10I aint any good for bald-headed meni, for they hnavenr't ainy hair to be braced iup.'' llawaii, b)einng wholly volcanic, looks like a fortress ninety muiles long, bunilt by the genii. Yet, dreary as it is, or' seemrs froma the Sea, it is really full of' green pIasturIes, on wich feed wild cat tie, the dlescendtanits of those brought in by3 Vanicouver', and ownedi by ranch men, to thre tune (If tenr and( fifteen heads apliece, in r'uns (If twenty miles jong. It mrust have been sadl to stanrd by and see a f'or'est burned rup like so inanyi3 iinatcheis, andi( another with the trees snapped1C( off at the suriface of the fire-flood, tIhe por'tioni imibe(dded in the laiva hemng burned toI dumst, anid leaving a series of pock-inar'ks on tIhe hardened surface. One night ini 185'2, it seemed as if a solltar'y star w~as shilning on the side of Maumna LJoa, at a splot after'wards found1( to be four' thousand feet bielow thre summnit. After' tIre second eiveninug it seemiedl to (lie away, but soon burst out again with annazing splendor', no longer a star, but a colurmn of fire seven hundred feet, high by angular measure mnut, anud fromi two hundred to thmr'e hund1(1r'ed feet broad, whlih was visible oiie hundred miles off, and the rashes and charred leaves fm'rim which covered( the dlecks oIf applroachinig ships). The lava st,reanm was visible thirty miles off; and( iln twenty days thre had been thrown uip a corie a mile round( at tIhe base and fouri hurndred feet high, which is standimg to this dlay. Th'Ie weird( beauty of tire color-changes was some thring past belief. Issuing white-hrot fi'rm the cr'ater, the lava changed ih'st t,o light, then to (1e0p red, then to glossy gray, wvith sin y black patchbs, ever'y tint, intermingled ini constant move. mhenit, and a veiry catar'act of spIarks falling ftrm the fIre pillar. lin 1855 there waes a yet greater eruption, from which the town of flio narrowly es capled. One strange eplisode was whent a cataract of lava plourred over a p)recl pice into a vei'y deep r'ock-basini, In whlich a big- ship might harve floated. T1hre water was all diriven off In steain, the basin filled til, and the precipice changed into a gently slopig p)lane. Months aufter it was a hideous sight to see this lava stream, abouit fity miles0 fr'om its soturce, slnggishly twisting about In vast coils, whose lustrous me tallic surface was seamed with red, showing the uncooled stream below, while every now and then the glistening crust which hung over this fI r-streamn caved In, just as as "cat's ice " breaks and shows the water nnderneath It Pausing Hat Islaud. Coming up stream pIlots did not mind low water of any kind of darkness, nother stopped them but fog. But I down stream work was different; a boat was too nearly helpless, with a stiff current pushing behind her; so it was not customary to rur down stream at at night in low water. There seemed to be one small hope, however; if we could get through the intricate and dangerous Hat Island crossing before night we could venture the rest, for we would have plainer sail ing and better water. But it would be insanity to attempt Hat Island at night So there was a deal of looking at watch es all the rest of the day, and a; con stant ciphering upon the-speed we were '", ; F" making; Hat Island was the eternal -' subject; so:netinmes hope was hjgh -midf sometimes we were delayed by a bad crossing and down it went again. For hours all hands lay under the burden of this suppressed excitement; it was even Commuinicated to ie and I got to feel so solicitous about ltat Island, and under such an awfuI pressure of responsibility, that I wished I might have live miinutes on shore to draw a good, full, relieving breath of air and start over again. We were standing no regular watches. Each of our pilots ran such portions of the river as he had rim when couming up-stream, because of his famnilarity with it; but both re iained in thu pilot house constantly. An hour heroe sutnst, Mir. Bixby took the Wheel anld Mr. W- stepped aside. iFor the iext thirty minutes every maim held his watch in his hand aidl was restless, silent and uneasy. At hist somebody said, with a doomiful sigh: "'Well; yonder's flat Islind--aid we can't make it." All the watches closed with a snap, everybody sighed and muttered somei thing about it being too bad, too bad ai if we could only have got here halt' anl hour sooner" and the place was thick with the atmosphere of disappoint ment. Some started to go out, but loitered, hearing no bell-tap to land. The sun dipped behind the horizon, the boat went oil. l.iquiring looks passed fiom one guest to another, and one who had his hand on the door knob tutuned back again. We bore steadily down the bend. "More looks were exchanged and nods of surprised admiration--but no words. Insensibly the mien drew together behind Mr. liixby. its the sky darkened and one or two diii stars caine out. ''le dead silcnce and sense of waiting becamie oppressive. Mr. Bixby putlleu the cord, and two deep, mellow notes from the big bell floated off on the night. Then a pause, and one more note was struck. '1'lTe watchman's voice followed, fron the hurrican uLhk tehumien "L.abboard lead, there! Stabboard lead.' ! The cries of the leadsimno began to rise out of the distamee, and were gruf 1ly repeated by the word-passers onl the huirricante deck. '.M-a-r-k t hiree l---- - -a-r-k three Q"uaruter twain!---a-r-k twain. tuarterless" Mr. Bixby pulled Iwo bell-ropel, and was answered by faint jiinglings far be low im the ongine roon, and our speed slackened. Tihme steam began to whistle through the gauge-cocks. '1'lTe cries of' the leadsiimen went on-tnd it is a weird sound, always, in the night. Every pilot in the lot was watching now wilii lixed eyes and talking under his breath. Nobody was calm and easy but. Mr. Bixby. lie would put his wheel down and stando a spoke, andii as tie stean er' swung into her-to ime-tterly ini visable maarks..-for we seieed to be in the midi~st of at wVide and gloomy sea lhe would meet and fasteni hem' theie. Out <,f (lie mnurinur' of hall-audible talk one caught. a coher'ent sentence now and then--such as: "T r;she's veth irs cee' all right I' After' a pause aniothier suibduned voice: "Herm ster'na's coiming down just exact ly right, by George!'' I~~"o she's ini thie miai'ks; ovei' she . Somebody else mnouttered: "'Oh, it was done beauti ful-beauti Now the eniginies weire stopped alto gether and( wei driiftedl withl the current Not that I could g'ee the boat drift, for I could niot., the stans being all gone by this tIme. Th'lis driifting was the dIls mnalest work; it held one's heart still. Presently I. discovered a blacker glooim tanm that which surr'otunded us. It wvas the heCad of the ishland. We were clos mug r'ighut dhown upon it. We entered its dleeper shadow, and so imminent sceemed the peril that 1 was likely to sultfocat; and1( 1 had the strongest im ptlse to do something, anything to save the vessel. But still Mr. Bixby stood by the wheel, silent, intent as a cat, and( mall the pilots stood1 shoulder to shioulder' at his back. I"She'll not mnake It," somebody whil.+ pereOd. Th'le water grewv shoaler' amid shioaler, by thme leadmian's cies, till It was down'm to I"Eighmt-anid-a-half!--E--g-h-t feet ----E-i-g-h-t feet!---Soven-amnd" IMr. Blxby said warningly through his sp)eakinig tube to the enigineer: "Stand by, niowi" "Svnad--af Sevein feet.- Six and''-. We touched bottom! Instamntly Mr'. Bixby set a lot of bells ringing, shouted throtugh the tube, "Now, let her have it-every otunice you've got!" then to hi partiier', "Put lier hard down I smiatch lier snatch her!"' The boat raspedl amid grounud her way through tihe sand, humng upon1 time apex of disaster a single tremnendotis iinstanit, . and1( then over she wentl And such a shokt as, ,went .utp at Mr. Blxby's back never' loosened the roof of a pilot-house be forel iTher'e was no more trouble after that Mr. Bixby was a hero that night; amid it was some litt,le tiime, -to, before lis exploit ceasedt to be talked about by river men, e -Tramps mare depredating in north ern New York. They are said to be 'veteranms of thme species.