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. .a- . { -6 T R 1 I* S0UE DAYS. Sonie days there are when life and love U Seem best of gifts from heaven above; Some days when sky and cloud and sea Bring sweetest thoughts of life to me; Some days heartaches but tritleA see, 8 And haunting care an idle drean; At Some days. r But clouds may eovoi the bluest sky, And tears 'neath tile softest lashes lie, c Rough winds may ruile the smoothest sea; c Forever hid is life's mystery; t Though lightly to its life's burdens fall, - 1 The sorrow o( others must saaden all t Somne days. Why should grass be green and skies be ' blue t When life is dreary and love untrue? Why do sunsets fade and nights grow cold? t Why do friends prove false and hearts grow old? Oh! life seems cruel and God but a dream C And death far sweeter than .ife, I deem- d Some days. Forever I follow a vision faij", t But never shall mine be its presence rare; For fate is mocking, and hope is vaii; And my heart cries out in desolate pain, "lias God no 1hought for the pain below?" 0 heart sore t ed, shall we not know C Some days? 1 THE MYSTERIOUS LEGAUY. My grandfather was a sea captain- 1 not a mere claimant of the title, like the watermen of the lakes and coast skippers wno never got out of sight of land, and who, if they got there, could a never get back-but a genuine "old salt," trained from boyhood under a tarpaulln hat, and as familiar with the "'paths of the sea," as a shepherd is e with those of thesheepwalk. Spending t his life on extensive voyages, he was seldom at home long enough at a time t for the salt spray to dry on his weather beaten cheeks; and there was hardly a port on the habitable globe in which he could not shake hands with an old ac- f quaintance, civilized or savage, 1 Of course his history was crowded d with curious incidents. Most of these, at which my childish ears tingled and mny eyes dilated, have become so faded '.J in memory as to be incapable of a toler- t able narration. The tollowing, how- 11 ever, made a more lasting impression: During the calm between the Old i French war and the American revoli- I1 tion, a large ship was lying at a wharf u in the town of New York, loaded with a valuable cargo and ready to sail for li Liverpool, and thence to whatever part iI of the globe the chances of commerce c might dictate. c This was my grandfather's ship, only v1 waiting for her papers and a fair wind. a The papers were sooi ready, and short- t ly after them caine a breeze. Presently a everything on board was in active pre- at paration-the casting off and coiling of t ropes, the unfurling of canvas, and the Z rumnig up of sailor boys among the e ratlines like spiders on their webs; j 'hile the sharp, imperative orders of the mate, and the hearty "ye-hoy-ye?" f of the cheerful crew echoed over the rippling waters, which looked in the rays of the setting sun as if it was cov ered with a cream of liquid gold. Just before the last plank was hauled p in, a stranger stepped hurriedly on L board and inquired for the captain's state-room. being conducted hither, he entered, and with a slight bow, ac costed the captain, who sat writing at his desk: "You are for Liverpool, I believe, sir?" "Yes, sir." "I am in poor health, and, intending to spend the winter in Italy, wish to get passage in the first ship that sails for Europe. Will you take a passen 1ger? I t "Yes, sir, if my accommodations wvill C suit you." ".No matter about accommodations, ~ captain. I am an old sailor, an d know a how to accommodate myself. .Besides, C the trim of your ship suits my eye." ~ Thle allusion to his ill health attract ed my grandfather's scrutiny, and time introuctionm of hinself its an old sailor t louchedI his heart. On noticing him 1I imore particularly, he was struck with t ,an unidellnable toelhng of curiosity and .sympathy at his appearance. ''Tli, I .st,raight and rather slender, he was diressed in line black broadcloth, with a t - sort of Spanish cloak of the same color v and quality. A two-edged sword, coim )ion on shipboa; d at that time, and 2 imp~rop)eriy called a cutlass, was partly ( coveredl by his cloak and hung by his I side without a sheath. His hair was t quite gray, and( his manly features wotuld have becen handsome had they I iot been so emat,iated as to give un- e pleasant p)rominience to half a dozen il deep scars on his face. ils eyes were il blue and futll of expressiomi, but restless a1 ati times, showig ab'ludd(en abstraction, i Th'le looseness ol' one of his black gloves gave evidence that lie had lost a linger s or two from his left hand. Tihese ob- a servations were made by thme captain ~ .while the stranger was looking at a beautiful sextant on the table, Turn- i *ing, as if startled at his forgetfulness, I he resumed. ".N amne the price, captain, and I willd pay it now." t1 My grandfather had already lxe.d the price in his amid, and reliied: e "You are a sailor, sir, and sick. Thme m accommiodattionms of my ship, as wedl as I my services, are at your free coum- I Tihme languatge of a sailor's heart can-t not be misuntuerstood, andi knows no interpreter; and the straniger knew that I reimonstrance would be uingenaerouas on ly extended is h;and,a am ny grand. her, part lihdeshoo rtl, tht heaer gratitudie, ani lie quickly added: "I am reitdy to sail, sir. 1s your ( baggage on board?" t i "his is all my baggage, sir," lie ro- a plied, showinig hima small black satcmmel undler his cloak. Leading haim to a state room thme cal) tain left him and went on deck, aind t found the ship already under way, tihe I sails huled with a stiff breeze, and I wharves, warehouses and spectators I fast growing saah ini the distancee. At i!. lenmgthi, as darkness shut in thme view, . the wmad, increased to a gale, and from a a gale to a tempest; and for ten days t - a~nd,nights the noble ship -which had < loughed the seas of every latitude, con Spitzenbergen to New Zealand, nderwent such a confildt with the ele ,ients as she had never before encoun ered. During all this time, the stran er had been confined below with an pparently rapid consumption, which ough weather had swiftly matured. During the storm the duties of the aptain were so urgent that he could ny make snatched and hasty visits to he sick man; and although they could ave been spared from their quarters, ae could have hoped for little aid or ympathy from any of the crew, who, ith the easy tendency to the supersti lous peculiar to their class, had asso iated his presence with the perils of he ship. It would have required but slight en ouragemnent from their officers to In uce them to pay him the same com liment that the sailors of Joppa paid o Jonah, on a similar occasion, when "'hie sea wrought and was tenlpestu us." But on the tenth night, just as the aptai was ready to answer a sum uions to visit the sick man's berth, the torm ceased with a suddenness that ras startling; the wind was entirely Ulled; and. no evidence of its fury re iiained except the long swelling billows f the sea-the deep after-sighs of its nighty passion, The sudden stilling. of the tempest, ,nd the mournful creaking of the spars, Low audible for the first time for uimauy ays, forced a shade of melancholy over imy grandfather's spirits, as lie hast ned down the gangway at the call of lie stranger. As he seated himself beside the borth, he sick main lixed his brilliant eye upon ii and said cahnily: "Captain, I am dyingl I' hope not, my dear sir; this dread. ul gale has weakened you. It is over ow, and you will soon be better." "No, captain,'' he repeated. "I am yingl Tie tempest, I know, is over; u is that other tempest in my breast! he ship has long been tossed and bea en about by the fury of the waves, but has been sunshine and caln con ared with that tempest, captain! But t is all over, now-for I have forgiven ini--he has long been in the grave ut I have forgiven him!" My grandfather thought lie was de rous; but a second look at the deep itelligence of his eye, and the smiling almness of his features, forbade the onclusion. ile gazed at him a moment ith mingled compassion and curiosity, nxious to learn something of a history, he closing scene of which was so (lark id mysterious, but was unwilling to sk it. His look was interpreted, and ie stranger continued: "I told you Iwasasailor. Of thirty ve years I have not spent one on land. lut this was not my choice. Like a hip, captain, my supports were knocked romt under me, and I was laimiched p0n the ocean. My father was an nglish merchant in Cadiz, extensively nigaged in navigation. lie lavishly rovided for my education. Having raversed the halls of science, I left Ox .rd and returned to Spain at the age f twenty. Tie first year of my free om1 from school I spent in rambling ver the mountains of that enchanting ountry. In a deep inland deli, shut ut from the world, where the earth as always green and the sky always hue, I met, one (lay, a beautiful young hepherdess-and loved her. "I will not describe her charms, cap am, for you have been young, and a cart that has loved needs not to be old that to the eye of true aifection its bject has no defects. "My fa'ther learned my secret-but I new it not. I had a life-long secret fterwards which he never learned! He amne to me one morning, smiled, and " 'My son, do you want to go to Cuba?' "'I eagerly answered in the allirma ive; for it had been a cherished but itherto forbidden passion with me to ravel. "'One of my vessels sails to-morrow," e said, "andl you may go." "This short interval allowved mie 1no line to bid farewvell to my shepherdess, rhio was lifty miles distant, nor even to iform her of my dlepartuire; but [ said .loud.; 'I'll soon be back,' and many ithier consolutions,I whlisperied to my ceart the next day wvhil e bounidinmg over le Atlantic." "Thei ship arrived ini good time at havana, dischlarged her cargo, reload d anid sailed for---Calcutta! I was a risoner on my father's sipl, and for ye long years I was kept from home s if all the water of the ocean could rash out my love!" "I escaped at length from the prisoni hipi, while lyiing at 1Uio, and took pas age in a French bark for the Guadal ulver. N~o circumnavigation of the lobe was ever so long~ as that voyage. strained my eyes every day watchinig or Gibraltar, which I knewv was thous ,nds of miles oif; and every night I reamed of mountaini rivulets, snowy Locks, anid 11nn.'' "Arriving ait last at Seville, I hast ned over thle Nevada, and sought the unny deli where my affections had so ong niestled, anid there found that the clol of my heart was tihe wife of an t.ndalusian shepherd! She hamd beein old that I had deserted hler, and after vardis that I was dead. I did not weep, or myi) heart was turnled to stone, 'My aither, said( 1, 'shall never know of his 'ictor.yi' I did not go to see him; It vas wi~vcked, .1 know, but, burninig with lie spirit of revenge, I turned again to hIe sea, anid niever sawv hun moreI iny tale. In six mionths I was master I a large saiilinmg vessel-you hlave sieen hat vessel, capLahin, but nover in port, uid 1 have often seen you, and knew 'our namie twenty years ago. But no utter about that. My father contin iced to freight his ships and sendu them o different p)arts of the world-but he iever knew that I sulperintenided a large >art of his business, anid that imany of us8 cairgoes found a sale in ports to whichi tucy had never beeni consigned. .ls agents sometimes failed to report. S"1 have said enough, captain; before .omorrow's sun sets, I shall be in the maverns of the deen. hut I have for given him and do not complain. I have a fortune in the bank of England, but with it is deposited a will, and the or phan son of Ina is my heir. "You have been kind to me, captain, and in token of gratitude I beg you to accept my watch and cutlass, and this paper, which you will carefully pre serve." So saying, he held out a folded scrap of paper, which my griandfather put into his pocket Morning dawned-but the stranger'i eyes did not open upon it-they were closed forever. In the afternoon the "burial service at sea,'' that most solemn of sea scenes, was performed and the shrouded body of the pirate with a gentle plunge, broke the glassy surface of the ocean, and sank swiftly into its mysterious depths. It was many hours afterwards that my grandfather bethought himself of the paper in his pocket. He opened i1 and read as follows: "Captain Lane: On tho oaoCin point of Nantucket, at high-water mark, is a tall, sharp cliff. A quarter league due west from that cliff is a large, roum] stone, and near the stone a thornbush, That bush grows in a very rich soil." AThe duties of his station kept my grandfather a long time abroad, and when he wvas in Boston about twt years afterwards, and having a few days of leisure, he was thinking about acting upon the hint of the enigmatical paper, when his eye happened to fall or the following paragraph in the old Bos ton Messenger: "WoNDERFUL JDIsCOVE.-AsMr John Rogers was breaking a piece of pasture ground on the coast of N an. tucket, about a month ago, his plough share turned up a stout thornbush, sticking to the roots of which Mr. itog era spied several Spanish dollars. Upon this he went to digging lustily, and did not give up till he had hauled out coins, chielly Spanish doubloons, of more than $23,000 value. No doubt it was buried by Captain Kidd or some of his piratic kin." "No doubt," thought my g:and father, as lie put down the paper with i slight nervousness. In a week he was again facing the storms of the ocean, enriching his employers by his skill and toil, till infirmities finally drove hin hign and dry on shore. There, in due time, lie died of old age, leaving little to his family, except the pirate's eut 'lass which three generations of boys have used in their iuvenile "training," and which, rusted and blunted, may now be seen in the oice of his great grandson, a lawyer of New York. Hie couldn't Help It. Two tlashily-dressed young men with enormous diamond pins on their expan sive shirt-fronts and seal-rings on their little lingers large enough for paper weights, sauntered into a confectionery the other day, and leaned against ti counter to wait until the numerou othier.customers had been disposed of, A young fellow who had just been in duiging in a dish of ice-cream in th< parlor at the rear of the store, cain out to the counter, fumbled in i: pocket a minute or two and finally said, "Guess I must have left my purse al home this time." "Here, none of that," said the pro prietor, stepping out from behind the counter, "you'll have to pay the cash and you'd better do it right away and save trouble." 'I'll drop in to-morrow and see about it," said the impecunious devourer of ice-cream, who hadn't supposed that the proprietor would make a fuss when his store was full of people. "No you don't," said the proprietor, grabbing hhim across the couniter, "we don't trust, and if you doni't shell out the cash right on the spot, I'll-,' He wvas suddenly interrupted by the queer proceedings of onie of the two y oung men, whom pulled out an elegant gold watch held it up to his ear to see if it was going, and then dropped it de liberately oni the loor. Everybody in the store clustered about him as he picked the watch up and opened0( it to show that it had stopped riining. "'Sam," said lie, turning to his comn panion with a horrible grn en his coiln.. tenance and( his lower lip ciurledi out like a d1roop)ing cabbage leaf,"Sm wvhy is dis here wvatch jos like do store we's iin now?'' "Why is dat watch jes like die store we's iin niow? Well i don't know. Why is dat ar watch like de store we's ini now?" "Case (lore aiin't no tick here," anid the bejeweled young men griined until their mouths looked like two Itussiani leather hiled satchels, and rolled t,heir eyes until they preseniteui the appear anice of rubber balls bobbing arounid in a barrel of mortar. Suddenlhy the two young men looked at each ether, started as though they had just wvaked lup fromi some hrorrible dream, and t,hen walked out ini tep). "There's a hundred and fifty dollars' worth of wvatch gone to thuuder," said one end-mani to the other, as they reach ed the sidlewalk, "buit I coiuldii't help it, it came oni me all at onico, like the nightmare." Thle pr(oprietor is still wvaiting for the impecuniouis young man to co.ne back and pay for his ice -cream. The lest ia Notes. The eldest bank notes are the "flyinig money," or "' convenient money,'' first issued in China. 2097 B. C. Originally these notes were issued by the Treasu ry, but experience dlictated a change to thme system of banks under (Gover1nmenlt inspection and control. A writer in s provincial paper says that the early Chinote "greoenbacks" were in all es. senitials almilar to the mnodern bank notes, bearing the iiame of thle bank, the date of issue, the number of thme note, the signature of the ehicial lssumg8 It, inications of its value in figures, i words, and ini the p)ictorial representa tion of coins or heaps o)f colis equal in amount to its face valuie, and a no. tice of the p)ains anid penalties of coiin terfeiting. Over and above all was a laconic exhortation to sndustry and thrift.-" Produce all you can ; spend with economy. ' The notes were printed in blue ink on paper made from the fibre of the mulberry tree. Onie issued in 1399) B. C. is preserved In the Asiatic Museum at St. Petersburg. What ParailsbN Is. So common has become the occur rence of paralysis in recent years that many use the word for a slang expres sion; but for all that it is probable that a vast majority of the people who think at all of paralysis reckon that it is a disease of itself. That some medical men so regard this condition is plain from the fact that deat is are frequently certified to have beell caused by it. The Incorrectness of this notion will, however be plain .vheii the conditions which give rise to paralysis are clearly set forth, and this we iiow propose. A carpenter, black imith or some mechanic, whose business requires him to wield a Ianunler flnds some moi, Ing that he is unable tp. raise his halm nier arm, or perhaps w. ilo at-Work;tIe man suddenly feels his. 4am become numb and wook, it falls to his side and lie 4s no longer able to work. The doctor to whom the man applis says a "brachial mhonoplegia- from muscle tire," which means simply that the man has overwrought his hammer arm and it needs rest. To these cases the very appropriatej name of "artisans' palsy" is given. Again, alpoor-blooded, nervously-constructed person, most likely a woman, meets with a great shock or has to endure ani tunusual and prolonged mental or physical effort. Soon and perhaps without warning, the individual loses the use of some part of the body, often of the vocal apparatus, and the patient is unable to speak above a whisper. The doctor says "hysterical paralysis" or "hysteri cal aplonia," loss of voice. Nopw just how this comes about we fancy it would puzzle the most learned doctor to say. Concerning this condition, however, as well as the one before mentioned, this much is known, viz,: that by appropri ate treatment they recover perfectly and promptly, very good evidence that no part of the nervous apparatus is broken. The faith cures mentioned from time to time are probably cases of the kind last mentioned. It sometimes happens that an intox icated person will fall asleep with the head resting upon the ari or with the arm hanging over a chair back. When the person wakens the arm is numb; it tingles and is parAlyzed--another "brachial nonoplegia,"but really pres sure upon the tr.unkO of the nerves which supply the disabled member has affected those nerves so that they are unable to perform their usual duty. The nerves which go out from the brain and spinal cord to the extremities are quite comparable to the wires which are stretched from place to nlae for electric comhunication, and Spresure upon or section of those nerves produces results very like those which follow an interference"-with the wire. The- ease just givea - dhhstrates very well a large number of cases-of palsy from pressure, for pressure upon the brain or spinal chord or the nerves which have their exit therefrom will produce a palsy whose extent will de pend upon the extent of tihe pressure and whose curability will depend upon the chances for removing the pressure. Pressure upon tlhe:nerves which supply one side of the face produces a very characteristic paralysis and one that causes many laughable mistakes on the part of tyros and non-professional peo ple by their attempts to detect the af fected side. Pressure upon the brain or spinal chord is mostly due to the presence of tumors, to f aotures of the skull or bones of which the backbone is formed and to blood clots within the skull or spinal canal. Patients who recove-r from diptherL.., scarlet fever anld some other acuits sicknlesses are frequently paralyzed in somne par-t. These cases gener-aily recover by ap propriate treatmlent, amnd .it is quite probable thlat many cases would re cover- spontaneously. Th'le remarks befor-e made concer-ninlg certain cases wich r-ecover well ap)plies equally to tile cases just men3ltionled. People who work in leatd al-e liable to a peculiar- form or par-alysis, wich is fir-st se0en, as a rutle, ini the muscles of the forearm, oni account of whlich the patient is unallble to extend( tile hland upon01 thle arm. At timles tile wvhole mutscular system is inlvolvedl. Change of occup1ationl and tile 1use of remlediies whiich will assist the ehliina tionl of the mineral fromi the systemi is the prop)er course for- such p)atient. Anaiagous forms of paralysis ar-c cauised by arsenic -ard mlercdury, p)robably by thmeir act.ioni upon0 the neorve struture1 of tile spinai cordl. Woorarla, thle Ini (dian arr~ow poisonl, will aliso produ11ce p)aratlysis if introduced Into tile system in siuilcient qulant i t,ies. Tile p)aralysin g eiTect of large doses of aicohlol are w~ell known. Certain co'nditions, of tihe cir eculatory apparatus pred isplose to oxtenu sive andl often inculrable par ulyss Tihe ar-teries ar-e lastic tubes. ,iy age, hlard1 wvork, ca-e, aiNd tile p)rolonged use4 of alIcoholhic (drinks, theose tubes lose tneir eiasticity and1( become br-ittle. By some event whlich determiines ani unIusuII La untity of blood to tile bra-in 011e of these no0w Inelastic tubles is broken, tihe p)oured-out blood clots, as befor-e men3ftioneCd, and a par-alysis im mediately follows. Owing to cer-taint systematid condi tions5 librinl, a substance nlormaltly sus5 penmdedl im tile blood, lodges upon01 the 1100od-gat.s---valves-of tihe hmear-t. Pr-esently a p)art of this mailtter' is dis lodlgedl and1( washeid iway into tihe blood; perchance ii realches all arltery ini the br-ain wichUl will niot permit it to pass. This at onice eutis off tihe blood suiply fromi a part of Lihe barainl. Th'lese pa r-alyses are usually extenisive and( lire nIot readily (listh gu isihed froml thloso just menOltioned. Tkhe presence oif wormis inm the b,oweis of childr-en is believed to pr-oduce pa ralysis in seome cases. Suchl cases being dhue to a known removable catuse are described as reflex par-alyses. Thlese are not seen alone In children, but ini adults as well. Finaliy, change in tile structure of the braml or spinial cord produce paralysis, varying in extent Withl the extent of nerve structure In volved. Such paralyses are especially obstinate InI those of advanced years. Chanlge of structure in tihe spinal cord usually produces disability in tihe legs. Now, these are the most. common causes of paralysis and, from what has been said, it will be observed that pa ralysis is not a disease of itself. Neither is it always incurable. Mldu,Ight Sunuers In N,rway. Wayfarers on the coast of Norway are classed as 'rivers,' 'rods,' 'tourists' and 'Iidnight sunners.' The first class comprises the renters of salmon streams, the second the occasional visi tors of the first, the third are those who now and then leave the steamer and penetrate into the interior, and the last coinaists of those who go direct to the North Cape by the excellent steamers starting from Molde or '1'hrondhjem, and having for their professed mai objects the sight of the midnight sun and the satisfaction of standing on the most northern point of 'iirope. The sequence ink which these classes are enumerated indicates their relative so .eial importance and the degree of res pwet they receive in the tourist world. Notwithstanding that the midnight. sunner is lowest on the scale, his lot is one by no mcauns to bev despised, and there is good reason for believing that when this eminently comfortable, inter esting and economical route becomes better known in Great Britain the ig norance which is there so pretty gener ally diiused regarding the part of Nor way within the arctic circle will be cone dissipated by the tourists who will seek thiose regions in ai great flocks as those who now seek the liigllaunls, and Islands c f Scotland. From the 20th of J unhe to the 18th of July the Berganke and Nordenfjeblike Steam ship Company starts a boat from Molde every e'cin5sday, and from 'lhrondh jem every Thursday. Tiese ports can be reached direct either from 1I ull, or Newcastle or leith' steamers being changed at. Bergen and Christiansand. Tile boats are in every respect comfort able and even luxurious. A good table is kept and the comfort. of passengers is im every way considered. Leaving Throndtijem in the evening, the steamer coasts in sight of the magnilicent mountain ranges of the mainland till the Island of '1'orghatten is reached, where the tourist is landed, and has ample time to visit the caverns or tul nel which perforates the rock. Wind ing in and out among numberless moun taimous islands, occasionally creeping through sounds little broader than twice the breadth of the ship, and skirting 'Tle Seven sisters of Alstenoe' and Iestmandoe, the boat arrives at the 'Glaeier Svart.isenl,' wilere again a land ing is effected, and this inumense ice river can be easily visited. Bodo is generally reached on Saturday morning, whence the course is laid over the West fjord, and in about four hours the tour ist finds himself among the wonderful scenery of the Lofoten Islan'ds. The visit to this grand region is by no means a perfunctory one, for the steamer threads its way through narrow chan nels to the west coast, and after skirt ing its great mountain ranges it again reaches the east coast by the wondrous "R(afte Sound." On Sunday the pleas ant town of Tronsoe is reacned, where a party of Lapps, with their reindeer, are brought down from the lmolntails for the inspection of the tourists. On the following day the ship anchors at 11ammerfest for a couple of hours, and then sails for the .Notl Cape. Here the passengers can ascend the cape, after which the return journey is begun, and the boat by constant steaming, with a short (letour into the Lynjen .?jord, arrives at Molde on the following Sun day. The sun never sinks below the horizon for many iiights during the most northern part of the trip, and it is nieedtess to say that the eicts pro duced arec most picturesque and extra ordmnary. T1hie irate of passage from Thirondhjemn to the Nor-t (Xpe andt back, prlovisions included, is ?i2. Ti'iis for ten days of a most, pleasant and no vei experience. Th'le whole tirip from England and back need not, exceed ?230.' A fter religion and politics ther-e is nothing about which i ntelligenit people (liffer so radically as wvhat they call the cost of living. A skilled nman in somec departnment of businiess will earn seve ail thlousandu dol1lars a year, spend noth ig on1 wie, wonmeni or hor-ses, yet always be in debt,. Somne acquaintance of his, withl similar saLlar-y and( a large family, lives comnfortably, send(s his boys t.o col lege, drives a good horse and has a snug lIttle bank account. Thmer-e ar-c mlechamn incs earing two dlollar-s a day who comn fortly feed and clothe a family of half a dozen people, while some of their fel lowv wvorkmen, marr-ied, but without clil11rin, live meanly, wear shabby clothes on Sunidays and are occa:sionaliy ejected fr-om i,heir hlomnes for nonu-pay ment of r-enit. The p)rinicipal cause of the differ-ence may almost always be found in the family larder, and the famn Ilhy war-dr obe. Americans whietheri rich or poor-, know but little more about economy in food than all equal number of savages. Some families mnust break fast either on beef-steak or mutton chops; others will serve just as much meat and make it juset as palatable at ai quarter of the expense of choice cuts because well cooked. Temperament has munch linflence on tihe larder. Excita ble p)e1ple 'will eat twice ais mulch with ont satisfyinig their hunger, as those of better- physical balance, yet they will not (d0 more work. Soume wives will save the price of a toil of coal by renmew ing foir 0110 of the children an oldi dress or suit of clthes; some others, seeming to be destitute either of tact, skill or iincilnationi, mnust buy everything newv oi- go withIout. Economy is a .science which qJuite a nulnmeof men and wom en hlave mustered by close observation land diligent practice; others do not seem to know of its existence. A few days ago a couple of ladies who had been re fitting their parlors compared notes. Onie had spent just $150 and time other nlearly $1,500 and the chleaper parlor was tihe plrettier. E' takes longer to learn economy than to learn a trade, but when learned it is the most consol ing science In existence, no matter howv much or how little moiey its devotee may have, Power or Waior Stevenson, the great engineer, con ducted on the West Coast of Scotland a series of experiments to ascertain the force exerted by waves, and he found the average force for the five summer months to be 611 pounds per square foot, and for the six winter months 2, 086 pounds. He mentions that the Bell Rock Lighthouse, 112 feet high, is odmetimes in spray from ground-swells when no wind is blowing, and that on November 20, 1827, the spray was thrown to a height of 117 feet-equiva lent to a wave pressure of nearly three Da tons per square foot; while during a mny gale in March, 1845, his dynamometer am registered a pressure of 6,083 pounds per square foot. He has also recorded that a rock of forty-two tons on one of the Hebrides was gradually moved 5 feet in a storm. iagan has reported n the muoving by waves of a block of con- Inll crete weighing probably 125 tons. ~ Lxperts swimmers say that the rea- rur son a man cannot long survive in a choppy or lumpy sea is that the contin- am ual pounding of the waves against his " body uses him up and knocks his wind Wi out, just as blows from a boxer's fnat Dn do. The waves move almost as solid E bodies, and a comparatively small one weighs a great many pounds, so that F in bufleting with a choppy sea a swim mer receives the impact of successive blows heavy enough to quickly exhaust hum, and actually pound his life out in y a short time. Anybody who has been tae knocked over by a breaker on the beach , can form some idea of the weight and force of water in motion. F 'Tie power of water under pressure is more familiar to most persons, as illus trations are continually to be seen at fires in the effects of hose streams di- et rected against walls and windows. But oi to fully appreciate this one needs to JO' witness the operation of hydraulic min- ?Le ig in the West. The steam from a monitor nozzle will tear a hill all to a pieces at a marvellous rate and wash away bowlders like chips. Across the Washoe Valley in Nevada are laid 'r pipes to convey water from Marlette ver Lake to Virginia City, the depression pur in the line being 1,720 feet, which gives y a Pressnre on the pipes of 800 pounds to tbis the square inch. A stream of water a coming through a break in the joint no larger than a knitting needle bores t through rock like a sand blast. The flying water is as hard asi ron, and feels rough like a tile to the touch. It is impossible to turn it with the hand, as a Iu it tears the flesh from the bones, and if you the fingers are stuck into the stream ? with the points up the nails are instant ly turned back, and sometimes torn F loose from the flesh. The tremendous power of water has not been utilized to any great extent in doing the work If the world, the tur- hat bine wheel, the cotton press and the ago hydraulic nozzle being the principal ap- t pliances to which it has been adapted, of but no doubt human ingenuity will one em day devise a harness for the ocean and ant compel the billows, that now tear down, A to aid in building up. Man has not learned to use half the forces of nature that are at his hand, clamoring for , work to do, and of all these unemployed hl a powers the wave is the most tangible r and dircat in action. Ver Fishing was a far earlier mode of nt supporting human life than ag, aculture. lm, However far back in tlhe stream of ter- 1ti restrial events we may suppose it allow- St able to carry the date of appearanne on A itH the scone, still lie must have been pro- n ceded by fIsh. Thie rivers, lakes, and seas, when he first looked upon them, u must have beenm p)eopled very macli as they arc at this day. Tihere was ats greamt a variety of species, and probably much the same inlinitude of individuals 2 in some of those species. And as a hav savage population must be always sparse, has and in any locality few ini number, their supply of food from this source " could only have beeni limited by their inability to capture it. What the wild game of the forest and1 of the openi p)lainsH were to the inland hunting tribes, Ma the fish of the fresh and of the salt- wa ier were to the riverine and the marl-i-u tiune tribes. Between those early days ha awl the hirst begiming of agriculture lar, vast periods of time umust have elapsed. First, becase ini these, andl more or less .jus in all latitnudes. nature offered to man i m no0 plant that in its unimp)roved state (R was worth cultivating. The suitable1 form had to be evolved or created by long p)rocess'es of obs~ervationm and1 selec tion. This is wvhy wve know nothing of the parentage of wvheati, barley, oats, . rye, beans, or maize, and why the trope 2" ical bread-frmutt, plantain, banana, anid see sugar-cane have lost the power of pro- *~O (uueing seed, andi so of reproducing themselves; this must have been a re suit of long ages of human selection. Nothing of the kind had to be done for a: fish, There it was as lit for human ciii food on the first day thaut nmn stood on the river banik of the sea-shore as it Is any~ at tils day. Agriculture also required impleemts to clear and stir the ground and to gather in the crops with, and these implements we know were the re suIt of a long series of disooveries, im- 'r provements, anid advances. Primeval wre man, therefore, as we now road his his- R tory, could not have lived by, or' known anything of agriculture. Nor could lhe have lived by wild fruits, for they are nmot continuous throughout the year. mya They have their season, and that a brief any one0. He must then havehlved by hunt--"~ lng and fishing; and of the two fishing pra would be time most continuous and an.. ree< failing thiroughout,the changing seasons, the most valuable of all qualities for w those ill-supplied times. It would not be more diflicult to hook, and spear, and not, anmd trap fish and to gather eg mollusks from the rooks and sand-banks eiast than to trap or pierce with arrows wild wo~ game. Oar Imnmediate comparison, however, is with ~agriculture; and wve "" may be sure that not In it were the foundations of society laid, but in hunt lng and fishing, and that of these two, m,,e as the great carnivors at first had pos- ?11. session of the forest anid the plain fe* against intruding man, fishing was the tep main primeval occupation and inmean.s of sublstence, , ilE VERDICT THE PEOPLE. DY THE BEST! IR. J. 0. BoAo -Dear Sir : I bought the first vie Machine sold by you over ave years ago for wife who has given it a long and fair trial. I welt pleased with it. It never Rives any uble, and to as good as when first bought. J. W. IJOLiOL. Vinusboro, S. C., AprI, 1893. Ir. Boao: Ton wish to know what r have to say egard to the Davis Machine bought of you three re ago. I feel I can't say too much in its favor. ile about $80,00 within five months, at times ning it No fast that the needle would get per iy hot from -friction. I feel confident I could have done the same work witlt as much ease so well with any other machine. No time lost idjustutg attachments. The lightest running Lhine i have ever treadled. Brother James and ilain' famillp are as much pleased with theli ia Machines bought of you. I want no better 1ahme. As I maid before, I don't think too cl can be said for the Davis Machine. - ltespectfuity, ELLEN STE VENSON, airiiid County. April, 18s8. it. 10AU : My m.vchlue gives me perfect Satis4 ion. I and no fault with it. '1The attachments so aim Pe. I wish for no better than the Davis tical Feed. Respectfully. MRs. R. MILLINo. airlield county, April, 1883. i. lit to : I bought a i)avis Vertical FeeA ing \I trhhue trout you four years ago. I am ghteil with it. It never has given me any tule, and has never been the least out of order. a as good as when I first bought it. I can erfully recommend It. tespectfully, MR, I. J. KIiRaANDI. omtltullo, Atnil 10, 1883. lls i to certify tilat I have been using a DaVIs tlc-"l Feed yewing Machine for over tw Iyears, :liased of Mr. J. 0. Iloag. I haven't found I t ieased of any fault-all the attachments are so Ple. It never refuses to wor, and Is certalnly llghtest running in the market. I consider I at class machine. Very respect fully MINNIE M. Wtt.t.INouaa, aklanl, Fairfield county, S. C. It BOAe : I am wel ineasott in every parttcul I the Davis Machine nought of you. ( tinauk st-clas: machine in every respect. You know sold several machines of the same sIake to erent members of our families, all of whom, an as I know, are well pleased with them. Respectfully, Mul. M. it. Mosmaiv. airlield county, April, 18. his Ito certity we have tisa t constant use Davis Machine bought of you about three years . As we take In work, and have made the e of it several titues over, we don't want say er machine. It is always ready to do any kind rork we nave to do. No puckering or skipping lios. We can only say we are well pleased wish no better machine, ALTHErINti WYLIE AND SISTER. pri 5, 1s8,: lave no rault to find with ny machlas, and t want sny better. I have tails the price of vera times by taking in sewing. It Is al.vays ly to do us work. I think t ita firs-class ina i. I feel I can t say too muonn for the Davis tncal Feed Machine. MaS, THoMas SMITH. tirtleld county, April, 1893. i. J. 0. BoAu-Dear Sir: It gives me m'ici sure to testify to tne merits of the )avls Vor. I Feed Sewing Machine. The mahline I got of about flive years ago. has been almost in con ,t uise ever aince Miat thun. I cannot see that worn any, and has not cost me onat cent for iirs alnen we have had it. Am welt pleased don't wish fur aiiy better. Yours truly, ltoBT. Ct IWFORD, ranite Qc arry, near Winnsboro 8. U. e have aused the Davis Vertical Fee,l Sewing hine for the tust five years. We would not any oilher make at any pt'ice. The mnaclue given us unboundert satIsfactIon. Very respect fully, Mats. W. K. TUaaui ANaD DAUQIITRsjs dileld county, S. C,, Jan. 2r. 1893. avng hiought a Davis VertIeal Feed Sewing hine from Mr. J. 0. Boag some three years and It having given me perfect matisfaction in 'y respect as a family macliac. both for hea'y light sewing, amnd never needod the least re lun:iny way, 1 can ceerfully recommuend it to one as a flrst-class machine In every partlcu and think it second to none. It is one of the pleat manhimes imado; my chiliren uime it with ise. Tihie attachinents are more easily ad edi amid it does a greater range of worit by mns of Its Vertical ?Veod than any otiior ma le I have aver seen or used. MRS. TiioMA5 OwiaNos. linnsbioro, Pairfield county, 8. 0. 'e have bad one of the Davis Maclines about years and have always found It reamly to do all Is of wora we have had occasion to do. Can4t that the machine is worn any, and works as I as wnen now. Mas. W. J. CRAWFORD, ,Jackson's Creek, Fairfield county, 8. C. y wife is highly pleased with tihe Davis Ma le bought of you. She would not take double it sne gave for it. Tlhe maoniue has not a out of order since she had it, and she can do kind of work on it. Very Ieospeotfully, JAB. Fi. Fuss. on; lcollo, lFairield county, 8. C. me D)avis Sewing Machine Is sImply a trees Mats. J. A. (GoODwYN. dgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, less.. 1) DoAa, ECsq., Agent-Dear Sir: My wife 'ieen usiug a Davis Sewing Machine constant >r mime past four years, andl it has nevem needed repairs an a works just as well as when first fht, lJhe says It will do a greater range of tieal work s'nd do It easier aind bett%r than inachine she nas ever usmed. We cheerfully mnmlendl it as a No. I faily mnachine, Your tru.y, JS .Dvs inneboro, S. C.. Jan. 3, 1888. It. 1D0to: I hlave aiways found my Davis Ma e r,ady do all *..nida of to work I have haIl 00 oIn to do. I cannot see that t40 machine is a a parti dle and it works as wedl as when new. Iteapectfuilly, *Mba. . 0 . GJOODING. inesboro, 15. 0., April,.1888, R. BOAG: My wife has been constantly using Davis Machine bought of you about liVe years I have never regretted bu i i, as at ia 17. read1y for any kind of famaI sewig eIor eyor light. It is never out Of Axor eIn Very repctu A,.19 -i l,8 . arh18