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f/ 'rirn +'KLY EDITION. WINNSBORtO. S. (,.. SE~PTEMLBER~ 11, 1883. ETBIHD14 A RAINY EVININU. The twilight shadows darkling fall; 0 niemories dearl against thy thrall My heart strives all in vain. Yet wherefore strive against my tnood? I cannot silence if I would, The softly falling rain. At such an hour, on such an eve, Bright hopes, that yet I only grieve, Sprang up to only fade and wane. Ah, never more, hand clasped in hand, Shall we within the doorway stand, And watch the falling rain. Yet still the sweetness of that hour [teturns with all its wonted power Of mningled joy and pain, When dropping down from window-oaves, Or gently falling on the leaves, I hear the summer rain. o cruel Meiory I thus to bring That glad brief hour, with bitter sting, Back to my heart again; These parting words of fond regret.; With glad pretext, love lingering yet, Unmnindful of the.rain. Ah! br:ef indeed, poor aching heart, The joy those fickle hopes impart; Grief follows in their train. Nay, nay, my heart; take upward wing. O cruel Memory! thy sting Shall vanish with the rain. Though sadder seems the song I trill; Yet sorrow, with its plaiintiiltlirill, Adds sweetness to the strain, As tragrant perfumes soft.ly flow Fromn hawthorn blossoms bending low, Beat down by wind and rain. A FAIR FRIEND. Vernon, stepping down from the carriage that had been sent from Royal Oaks to meet him, thought what a pretty picture she made-that slender graceful young girl standing in the open doorway of the grand old man sion, the - -tering sunlight slanting across hei white-robed figure, and lingering in a glory on her yellow hair and rose-leaf complexion. Evidently she was expecting some one, and Vernon could not fail to see the look of inquiry in her blue eyes as he went up the step towards her, and the thought flashed over him that she was like a young saint on her shrine, and he the worshipper. As he went up nearer her, valise in hand, the look of inquiry suddenly changed into a little flush and smile of assurance. "I am quite sure this is Mr. Ver nlon?" "And so am I " "Only I am not quite so sure who you are." Hie laughed at this informal style of intiloduction. "Oh, I am Genevieve-haven't you ever heard Mr. Bascom speak of me." "I have not seen or heard from my grandfather for twenty years," he said graviely, --ana u ouly conie non In lJv dience to his dying request." A surprised look was in her face. "You have not come much too soon," she answered. Mr. Bascom asks for you every few minutes, and I told him I would watch for the carriage and bring you at once when you came. Shall 1 take you to him Iow? Ile is 1 alone, but for Miss Carlyon." Vernon followed her in through the magnificent hall, paved with colored marble in fanciful patterns, thinking with a curious little sensation that it was the first time in a score of years that he had crossed the threshold of Royal Oaks-to which lie should right fully be sole heir, but which in all human probability, he never would possess, because of a deep-rooted long standing grudge his grandfather held against him-because he was his moth er's child, and she had married Otis Vernon against her father's consent. And because young Vernon had his father's name and his fathier'f look anid nblanners, ok(1 Mr. Bascom had one day told him he needn't come to Royal Oaks any more, because as his mother was dlead, there was 1no longer any medium of welcome for him. So-for the first time in twenty years, Otis Vernon crossed tihe threshold of Itoyal Oaks, and met his fate when lhe looked ill Genevieve's sweet blue eyes. Everythling was so strange to him11 thlis lovely fair-hlaired girl, .whose name was Genevieve, the other splendid looking woman who was sitting by the main's bed, and whom Genevieve briefly presented-'"Miss Carlyon ,Mr. Vernon" - a creamny-skinnled, crinon-lipped girl, with ey'es ant(i hair like midnighlt. Old Mr. Bascomi gave him a sniff of perforce welconme. "You anid Genevieve may leave the rooml,'' he said to Miss Carlyon, in his sharp) autocratic way, that remember ing so wvell, seemed the 01nly lamniliar thing about It all. Themn he tol Otis to come up beside the bed. "1 didn't send for you because 1 especially wanted to see you oni my own accounIt,'" 110 said abruptly. "You know I am not in1 the habit of mtneing matters, and( I see no reasonl for doing an.y differently because I happen to be on my dying bed." It seemed1 strange, impossible to rea lize that thlese htard imlperious wordls camne fr'om a (dyinig man, and Vernon was at a loss to know what to say. "I caine at once when you sent," lie answered courteously. "'And it is a good thing that you did " the old1 man replied curtly. h~iat I have to say to you is just this. "I leave a fortune anId estate and valuab)les worth julst exactly two hlundredl thousand dlollars. If you w ant It you can have it by marrying p. Miss Carlyon. If you don't marry her, you can't have it.'' That's all there is about it. "It's all dlownl In my will but the wvill is not to be openied until one month from the day I die. ' "You have your choice." "You can do just as yell please." Vernon miet steadhily the hard, al most ciamel eyes that looked up fromn the p)inchedl paie face. "I think you knowv you ate asking an impossibility." TIhis ladly of whom you speak is an entire stranger to me. lIn a mnonthl's time It is not at all likely 1 would learn to care anlythig for her --to order." Vernon spoke coldly, proudly, and as lie spoke it occured to him that a month, a week would be too long in which lie could be taught to tell little yellow-haired Genevieve lie loved her. "You can do just as you p)lease of course," Mr. Bascom said. "That all I have to say." "I suppose they'll give you a root somewhere--you'd better stay, not you are here until after it's over-ye can have an opportunity of gettin acquainted with Miss Carlyon." But the end was not quite at hanm yet. Vernon stayed because he liked t be where Genevieve was, with whor he had come to be wonderful friends. She told him that she was a protege of Mr. Bascom's, but that Augusta Miss Carlyon-had superseded her ii his favor. Vernon watched Miss Carlyon ver carefully. She was undeniably handsome an charming in her manners. She could sing and play and rea aloud most exquisitely, whereas littl Genevieve was no elocutionist what ever, and only played simple littl pieces, and sang the easiest ballads. Yet Otis Vernon fell desperately i1 love with her, and before one wea; had gone by had made up his mind the he would marry her if she would hav him, and the two hundred thousan be lost as far as he was concerned. It was not without a struggle thougl -Otis Vernon would have been mor or less than human had he been placidl willing for such a fortune to pass liii even for the sake of such a darling a Genevieve was, with her truthful wist ful blue eyes that lighted so at sight o him. And Augusta Carlyon who couli have dowered him so royally, was i ordinary insignificant woman, wi< would have palled upon the man shi favored. She was proud and reserved an( elegant, and she did not in the leas interfere in the very pronounced dove tion between the lovers, and so every thing went quietly along until One stormy July night, when a thlun der-shower that had threatened foi hours, burst over Royal Oaks in fury and then settled into a pouring raih storm. Mr. Vernon had spent, the evenini with Genevieve in the library, and lac told her in a lover's frank conifidenici just what was before him, accordingc his grandfather's will, and took her 1: his arms and told her how infinitely hl preferred her and her sweet love to al the goods the gods could give him. He asked her it sie would be hii wife, and told her how he loved her it ai of love's most eloquent words. And Genevieve, with a little happ3 smile on her baby-sweet mouth, and ar upward rapturous look of her innocenl blue eyes, did not say hii nay. "I almost believe I loved you that vay frmt tiy, o alt cn aid. "And I know I did, my darling, when I saw you standing there in thi flickering sunlight, looking like a sainl throned on her shrine. That was at 8 o'clock of that wet July night, and at eleven a servant rapped on Vernon's door-would he please go at once to Mr. Bascom Miss Carlyon begged -lie was very much worse, and she was alarmed at his symptoms. Vernon found Augusta dismayed and anxious-but the thought that first ilasheu over him as lie opened the dooi and saw her leaning over the sufferer, was how beautiful she was. The next, how marvelously well she had played her cards to have become so great a favorite with this rich old man. "I do not understand his symptoms,' she said dismayedly. "Dr. Fortune told me what to expect-but there wa: nothing said of such agony as this.' "See-ohi it is terrible I" "Doe send Davis at once for Dr. Fortune, Mr. Vernon." That thme old man was in mortal agony was alparent, and Vernon in stantly desp)atched a carriage for thx( doctor, then returned to the bedside. "I have done all I could," Augusta Bald pitifully. "But I cannot endurn to see him suffer so." Vernon looked straight at lhen. "Are you so much attached to my~ granidfather?" A very faimnt little flush went intc her cheeks. "Hie has beenm very good to me," sht said simply. "lie heard me sing, andl volunteered to cultivate my voice, andl it enided in my coming to this beautifu home." "And completaly ruining Gcne vieve's chxances," lie said, so sternly that lie felt chxagrinied as lie saw thi look on her face. A look that inustantly changed to Ont( of haughty coldness. "Genevieve has not chioscen to de.vot< herself to har best frinnid. I have." A little snmeering smile was on hxi: handsome mouth, he almost anxswere( her that she had played for high stake: and played theim well. He wvas surp)riseod at her nxext words abrupt eauger. "You do not like me, Mr. Vernon why I cannot tell, but at risk of offend ing you beyond hope, I shall say thiu to you, Genevieve-" Hie stoppled her by aix lmpcrativt gesture.. "I shall hear nothing unkinud againsi tihe charing girl who has hxonored mi by p)romisintg to be my wife." Th'leir eyes met ini a glance almnos defliant. Theixn Miss Carlyoni's lips relaxe< slowly into almost a smile. "You are right. We wvill not speal of her. Mr. Vernon, do0 you thinl Mr. Bascom is easier''" "'I shmould say lie was.'' ''Can you leave hin to mnc until thx doctor gets here? You miust be worn out-you look very tired." HIs sudd(enm kindness of speechl mad her cheeks I lush. "T1hank you. I am tired, and have done all that any onec could dc If you will be so good as to watch b him--ten minutes or so, whlile I gain little rest--" She wecnt away, and Vernon, sceein the quiet into which the old man wa rehlpsing, laid himself dlownm en th lounge at the head ot the bed, t wait until the doctor should come, am to think over the Iitenise hiappinex that had come to im that night. n., silently, softly, stealthil1 s with a glance around the apparently unguarded room, Genevieve came in, i went up to the little marble-top medi v cine table, and hastily, but firmly .i poured half a dozen drops of some e g liquid, from a vial in her hand, into M the goblet of medicine, and then glided 1 I away as she had come, leaving Vernon a paralyzed with horror and fear, scarcely s D able to speak to Dr. Fortune as he came . into the room a moment later. "You look as if you'd seen a ghost," o 3 he said, and then stepped up to the - bedside, and gave an exclamation of i surprise. "Mr. Bascom is dead," he said, thou t y Miss Carlyon coming in, related all t the strange symptoms. t I "It looks like i case of poisoning," t Dr. Fortune said gravely, and all Ver- tl I non's pulses seemed stopping as he 1 3 walked to the table and took up the i, - goblet of medicine, and examined it i closely, with a face graver and graver, "Somebody has done it," he unai i solemnly. "There will have to be an s c investigation here.' t Sitting in her wrapper beside her i 3 window, Genevieve read the penciled 'j I note that somebody had thrust under q her door live minutes before. b, "For Heaven's sake get away as N 3 quick as you cani I was a witness to dl all you did. I can understand your s i motive-to have us think your fortu- ft s nate rival was in haste to secure her o fortune, so that 3011 might profit by tl f her disgrace. But I cannot endure to 1 think that the woman whon I have Nv kissed is in danger of the hangman's c , rope. Get away for Heaven's sake. i Good-bye." 3 And when daylight came, Genevieve 1 was far away, and no one ever saw her b afterwards. Six months later Otis Vernon stood p before Augusta Carlyon, grave, eager, a earnest. I "If you do not think me unworthy, t Augusta. I was sure I loved-her- a but-! s "Your sweetness and patience and t goodness too has taught me my own - heart's needs, and, besides, you know 8t what my grandfather's will says. Dear, b will you take me, and let us blot out s all the horror of the past, and muake b, Royal Oakes the bonniest, happiest %% hoie that wedded lovers ever had?" h1 And she laid her head on his breast, a and let him kiss her for yes. ri It'H a Wafor. A few years since a man of high ro spectability was tried on the charge of forging a will, in which it was discover ed he had an indirect interest to a large amount. Samnuef Warren, the celebrat. i ed author of the "Diary of a Physician," t was azsociated with the prosecuting at tornny and the case was tried before Lord 1nenman. The prisoner being arraigned, and the formalities gone through with, the pro secutor, placing his thumb over the P seal, held up the will and demanded of the prisoner if lie had seen the testator 0 sign the instrument, to which lie 0 promptly answered he had. lc "And did you sign it at his request as subscribing witness?" n "I did." t "Was it sealed with red or black wax?" 1 "With red wax."r "Did you see him seal it with red ' wax?" s "I did." r "Where was the testator when lie signed and sealed this will?" cl "In his bed." "Pray, how long a piece of wax did use?" b "About three or four inches n10g." t "Who gave testator this p)iece oft "I did." i "Where (lid you get it?" I, "From the drawer of his desk."~ "How (lid you light that p;iece of wvax?"a "With a candle ''" "Where did that candle come from?" 0 "I got it out of a cup)board ill his d room." 1' "HIow long was that piece of cand , g" "Perhaps four or five inches long." d "~Who lit that piece of candle?" t "I lit it." c '"With a match.'"1 "W~h1ere did you get that match?'' a "On tile mantel-shelf in the room." Here Warren paused andl ixed his large, deep blue eyes upon01 the prisoner. He held tile wvill up above his hleadl, his e thumb still resting 01n the soea, and said P In a solemn7 measured tone: '"Now, sir, upon1 your solemni oath, you saw testator sign that will-lie sign ed it inl his bed-at his request you signed it as a subscribing witness-you saw him seal it--with red wvax-a p)iece ~ of wvax two, three, or four inch es log he lit that wax with a piece of candle, ~ which you procuired for hun from a cupi- C board; you lit that candle by a mlatch9 which you found on the mantle-shelf?" "I did." "Once more, sir, upoii your solemn oathl, you (lid?" "My Lord," exclaimed the triumphl)i- t ant attorney, "it's a wafori" An old siup. The old sip New Orleans Is sooni to be sold by auction. The house8 whlichI was built over it at Sackett's Harbor New York, at the close of the wvar of ~ 1812 was blown dlownl three years ago. ~ Since then the vessel has been the sport ~ of storms. To-day It stand(s a sadl l weather-beaten object, awaiting its fInal t dlestruictionl at the fail of the auctioneer's hammer. Maniy of its tinbers have walked off in the shape of canes. The 1 81s11) was built ini sixty (lays from the 1 time the timber stoodl in the forests, I 3 and( wouldl have been launiched( in thirty - more hiad not p)eae beeni declaredl. All I [ the rigging was conlveyedl at great ex .)pense andl undl(er dhiflculities from New C y York. T1here were no railroads, and u the Government roadi that ran out of and into Sackett's Harbor was a very I g rude affair. The anchor chain of the I s Newv Orleans, weighing from 6,000 to I e 8,000 pounds, was carried from Utica ( ) on the shoulders of 300 11en, who'traced t I their wvay b)y mneanis of blazed trees. The i s Newv Orleams wasq built as a counter match on JLake Ontarnio for the Brnitish t , 51hin St Lawrene. London's Founuing Houpliai. The Foundiing IIospital, situated i iuilford street, was founded by Mt 'homas Coram, a inorcantile captail 'ho became interested in the fate of tl uimerous infants who, a century an half since, were so frequently to 1: 3enh exposed in the streets, where the rere left to perish by their parent Lfter seventeen years of dilliculties I btained the grant of a charter froi 'eorge II, October, 1739, giving lhii ernission to erect a hospital for tl upport of deserted Infants, and in O1 )ber, 1740, there appeared a notice c to door of a house in H[atton Garde > the effect that t.wenty children uid te age of two months woulfI be receivc lore, and that no questi't would 1 Aked of any person so bringing a ifant, on whose clothing somne di 1guishing ro,7 however, was to 1 mi.o. Et the hiour named a crowd 'omen with their babies assembled on do the house, and the stronge; bowed her way to the door and depo ed her child in Coram's safe keepinl 'his clamoring and fighting was subse ucntly ovoided by the institution of tlh allot, bags being provided with blaci 'hite and red balls. Those women wi row black balls were pronot,nced urI .iccessful, while those who were s >rtunate as to secure the white were v ace relieved of their children. As fc lose who drew red; they were p0 itted to draw again for any vacancir 'hich might occur ill the event of sut 3ssful children being ineligible on th hedical examination. Such was th rigin of the foundling hospital. I 745 the western wing of the presen uilding was opened, and the olls ii [atton Garden closed, the two otlie ortions of the hospital being built soo Lter,and in 1717, the chapel was begut large, light structure, with som ained glass windows, and with a [tar-piece by Benjamin IVest, reprc 3nting Christ blessing children. I lis chapel Mr. Coram was buried i] 751. '1'lie organ was originally pr( mited by l[andel, and although it ha eenh greatly enlarged and altered, ther ,ill remain sonic of the actual material efore which the great musician sa 'lien lie helped to fill the coffers of th uspital by the gratuitous performanc f the "Messiah." The funds( of tlh 'oundling are mainly derived fron th 3nts of the houses surrouiiding it, an 'itlh which the hospital is endowe( manks to the exertions of its benevolen )under. Something also is obtaine :om1 collections made in the chapel. I ie last annual report, for 1880-81, tlh icome was stated to be .11,030, an ie number of children maintained b Ie institution was 014. The placing of a child in the Found ng Ilm itsi ' not e'oented withnon :ouble. Application must he; mad eforo the infant is a yetir old, and rinted form is then given to Lh mother to fill in, stating her name, ag< acupation, inability to provide for h( Ifspring, the father's name, and who eserted. A fter presenting this form ng time often elapses before th iother is summoned to appear befor io members of the committee. ''he te is closely questioned as to her forn fe, her prospects shoul her child b 3ceived into the hhospital, and th ames and addresses of ladies by whoi 10 may have been employed. She nex 3ceives instructions to come agai efore the committee in a fortnight, an tiring the interval careful ingiuries ar hnde as to the trutlh of her statement: bhould they prove correct she is told t ring her infant on a certain date. 0 le day appuointel (usualy a 'T'uesday ie mother, with her child, present orseif at the institut ion, and is usiicre ito the roomi, wvherea lire blazes on thi earth, aind before which a basket c ifant's clot,hes is laced. Th'le mnothmi or three children are usually receive< L a time), assisted by a female attenl( at, uindress thieir babes and wrap eac ne in a large gray woolen shawl ; Li octors presenit exanminie thoem thorougl r, after which they are clothed in Li armeiits pro)vided, but instead of ress a white nightg-wni is substitute ic shawl is once more placed reound eac bild, and its nameul writteni onm a slip alper andt p)innedm to it. Th'le atttenidar owv leaves the room, the dioctor p)resse bell, three foundling girls enter, an imost before the mothers are awari icir babes are carriedl a way, never to 1 nlowni to tiieim again, unless in time I amne they can p)rove~ tiiat they are in osit,ioii to beneifit their chilireni by tal ig them from tihe institution. TIh iothmer isi givenm the clothes, the clii ras broughit, in, together wvith a tick(( earing at number, tie (late, and LI guire of a sheepq hioldinig a small brane iits mouth, and, i)y p)resenting LI icket at the olUc. any Mondnmy, Mhanaz !arni particulars, concerning t,he Ihealt f her infant. Unless it hlad previous ceen christenied, the child is brougi ito the chiapel the following bund& >r that putrp)ose, when it receives a nlO aime, by whlich it is afterward knowi )uring the first year of its exist,ence LI, bild is placed out to nurse in time couw ry, undler the supervisionl of paid inspei >rs, usually with some cottagers, wh sceive 3s. tid. a week, and a bonus c Ds5. 0(1. at the end( of the first year if ti ifant seems1 hlealthly. At the end< ye years the child again returns to tLI ospital and( beg ins its education,endhIi 'itli apprenticesip t,o somel trade. c rith some1 stittin iin diifoSti servic eing found for it. The cIdren al ear at chapel twice oni Sumnday, and 4i sat day (line ini public ; tihe nlurscrie may thlen also bie visitedl by those wis] ig to do so. Personal inispection an i(quiry as5 to tile conduIlct of those wI save the hospital for tihe various occi ations of life are kept up, and eve] ear a mneetinig of the apprenitices taki lace, and gratuities are given to thor rho can& show certilicatos of got Ond(uct. -PIrimary educmatiomi in A merica hii ot yet p)rodutcedl such good results ai light lbe expectedi. Of the 50,000i,00 rihabitants, more than 30,000,000J ar ver 10 years of age. Of tnese, '4,023, 07, or 13.4 per cent., cannot rea< vhiie 0,239,958, or 7 per cent., cai4i vrite. Pennsylvania, the busiest c lie States, Is at the same tbne the mro; ihitrati. Medaeal Items. n The knees are apt to be affected by rheumatic pains, lameness and stiffness. C The reason it is so often these joints in C 1 preference to others, is due to their it c1 greater exposure. They are often put d directly upon the ground, in place of the feet, but without the protection of the boots. We use them in pushing d gates and doors and to& hold things, as a a harnessmaker uses his vise. The T n knees are often the most exposed of all e the joints; as in riding either in a saddle 11 or vehicle, they are the first to get wet t or cold. They are above boots and be n low the coat. These joints should be % r protected, and when painful, should be t ( rubbed vigorously with hot water con- r 0 taming soda then with a course towel d and lastly with three parts of fresh lard 6 to one of oil of pppermint. Q To avoid nightmare and dreams, I sleep on the right side, never on the r back. Let the supper come just five (I It hours after dinner and four hours before I retiring, and let it be very simple and t light. Eat no vegetables or cured U meats for supper. If you are still troub led with dreams, take a little salt in water on retiring. And let those child- C ron lwho are very sleepy in the morning t do likewise--take supper at five o'clock 3 0 and retire at eight; they will waken a t early and feel rested. With dinner at 1l r twelve o'clock a child is very hungry at r five, and if he eats his supper thein, he I s will have it digested enough by eight o'clock, so that he can sleep and get u e fully rested by morning, But if lie is e obliged to wait until six o'clock (which t a ofteii means that the good housewife I t imtends to have supper at six and suc ceeds at six and a quarter, and the g r "nmenfolks" get ready at six and a e 1 half, and finish at seven), he is very (I hungry and eats a great supper that t makes him feel dull and heavy; lie re tires long before it can be digested, N and, with sleep, every activity of the ' body is slowed, and the stomach joins a the other muscular apparatus in taking l a rest. The poor child is wakened with k s difliculty, and feels worse than before. f , Very iicshy people may lay aside some ~ e of their burden by avoiding the use of s t sugar, starch and fat, eating very spar- sI e ingly of these. Vegetables growing P a underground increase one's weight. 1 Remember the fasts that have been un. d e broken for days and weeks without t 1 harm. Lean meat will not increase obesity. U t -A dropsical swelling may occur al 3 most anywhere, and is to be distinguish- l' I ed by its smoothness, natural heat and t e color, and by the fact that, if firmly . pressed upon by the thumb for ten so conds, it leaves the ianprint of the v thumb for a little time, gradually be- 8 . comilig smooth again. A bandage is d t useful. after gentle friction for a few g e minutes. Rest and quiet are useful. U a But the cause should be determined by a e a competent person. Among the com- v mon causes are leaking of the heart's t 1. valves; thinness of the blood, which is P 1 sometimes watery (in which case the 0 a sufferer is pale and emaciated), and 11 d disease of the kidneys. The dropsy it- i e self is not a disehse, but the result of I 1 disease. The causes are nearly always r mechanical; either there is too much i e pressure, or the circulating fluid is thin b e enough to escape through its tubes. e The pressure on the veins of the ankle t is mechanilcal-increased when one stands, diminished when one lies dowl. l The heart pushes the blood in jets to g e the extremnities, its return is in ia steady stream. Veins have valves that hold o the blood above them from settling i back, away from the heart. Muscular action passes the veins and relaxes them a by turns, thus increasing the motion of e (1 the blood throughi thme valves. e -- - .. b-- I C LEas*toru Glggors. .1 " The p)rmcip)al nuxedl drinkls uised in San Francisco,'' said the obliging bar hi tender of a p)opuilar hotel, "' are punmches, ( e cocktaLils, and toddies. It is very seldom - that miint juleps are called for. On a 0 e3 warm day there may lie some dlemand( ~ aL for them, but you knowv how often wve U d1 haIve Ia warm (lay here. Now, inthe h East, juleps, snmashes anid aLll sot f ~f fanicy compounds are drunk all the ofe It (during the summer. All the bars back 5 there haLve " giggers" for measuring I the ingredients of fancy drinks, but ', here they are seldom seen." e " What are these 'giggers'? '" 0 " I have omne here, aLnd I think it Is C ai about the only one0 in San FraLncisco. I don't think you could fhmid another at 0 any of the hotels. IlIe p)roduiced thme instrument, which San Irishman would p)robably dlescribe as e a small wvinc-glass made of silver. It had I hi a very smLil base, anid on the side were a a niumber of small miarks deniointh oxnttproportione@ of Iiquoru neod i h solemn and important procss of coin y pounding certain fancy driniks. The t last p)lace visited wvas a popular salooni. ' Y" No, we have no call for fancy Vdrinks," saidl the bartender, as he deftly wiped the glasses and set them on the ebar. " Our customers are all kinds - mining imemn, bankers and brokers. Whisky punch and cocktails are all the go here.''" 'fA party of thirsty men filing up to the ebari confirmed his wvords and the report er dleparted. g Foasani In Vihtna. 0 A writer in referrinig to fossils in i )-China, remarks that thme Chinese haver ni never advanced a theory to explin their g is existence. Ini their books references ar mad ilL(e to foss;il shells, crabs, fIsh, a dI trees, etc., but no attempilt is made to i ~o account for their occurrences in solid t I- rock. Tihe little that is said Is nmosthy y of the marvellous sort. Amnmonites a 38 are~ petrifled smiakes: fossil brachiopods 10 -lamp-sllsI-are called stone swallows d and1( are aid to come to life and fly fromj their hiding places at the applroach ofi wind( and1( raini, changing againi to stonles ( ts on the return of fair weather. Fossil s fIsh appearft and disappear at pleasure, &) and their appearances p)rognosticates a e e plentiful harvest and prosperous times. -- One author supposes that the fIgures of 1, birds, beasts and plants, which lie hiad I t seen on certain slabs, must be the work f of the gods or devils for no humman ut hand could chisel anything so minute iJ1and delicat e. "Yshaku's T'lophone." "I guess I hare my telephone took ut of my house," said a resident of f the eastern part of the city as he took seat beside Manager Jackson the other ay. "Anything wrong?" "Yes, eafrytings is wrong," was the oleful answer. "Perhaps the battery needs more rater?" "Vhell, maybe so, but I doan' keep o track of dot. You see, I vhas down j my peesness a good deal. In der lorning, after 1 vitas gone a leedle rhle, somlepody rings aboudt sixteen undred times and scares my old vho lan half to death. She asks vhlo 'has ore, und somepody answers: '1elo! >hake, vhas dot you? Say, Shake, how .boudt dot leedle gal dot wrote you (lot attor? ha! ha! ha!' Und (lot makes ly vife so nnadt (lot she shlutmps 0op ud down und pulls her hair, and vhen conies hone she goes for inc like sonic gers. Vhas dot dler ris.it vhnay to put p soie sliobs on a mall?' ''No, of course not." "Und pooty iiueek after (lot somebody so rings oop ily house two tousand mes, lund my vhife almost faints avhav. blien she asks who viias dero somebody nswers: 'Say, Shake, I saw you rid ig oudt mit your vhifo on der Lake >ad last Sunday . Doan' be afraidt" (loa t' give him away!' Und den my hife has mladt enough to bust in two, nd vi1,in I comes home she strikes .l le mit der teapot. Do you call him )lophone convenience?'' I 1 call it a shame, sir." " Vhlell, sonie odder times sonepody ms r-r-r-r-ring-ing-ing-riiig like tund ,nd iy vhife vhas as pale ash a bed tult. She tinks dot vhas some occident. me, or some steanipoat blowed oop it her sister. Her heart beats like it ould sh(umlp oudt oil der floor, and lhen she asks who vhas killed tolepody iswers: 'Ish dot Shake? Say, Shake, ow much you gif (lot policelan to Let) sthill on you. ehl i Ah! (lot vhats a nie racket, Shake, but if der oldt vho lnls drops on it you vhas gone oop like mile Gilderoy's kite!' Dell ily yhife ie vhas madt, somne more, und she acks oo) her trunks, und she vhas all )ady to go yhen I coies lione. VJms i)t some more convenience by electrici "I shall certainly look into this mat ;r. Such things must be stopped." "Und sometimes somepody riilgs soft , shu t like cats, und my vhife waots >(know who vhtas (ot. Me! Wiho hias me? Katie! Who vhas Katie? 'hy, Shake, doali' you know (lot vid'er hoimails you met on der boat. Say, hake, how vhas dei oldt vhomans to ay? Und how vhas dot on tme vlhein I oos home? Und how can I make der iL, vliulaat13 pmlief I vliut. in. py salut lI der tlime, 111(1 (lot I tioan' know some1 idder vhonans from a load of hay? I ill you, Misser Shackson, (lot telephone rcaks oop my family if I doan' look udt. Ea'eiy day it is 'IIello! Shake!' nd eafery evening vhen I comes home is sole more crying uind talking like vhas der worst man ini i)otroit." HLe was promised speedy and permla ect relief, and as lie backed ipl stairs the sidewalk, he said: "Vhell, (lot makes ie feel like I ytas appy. If somepody vhants to 'llello! Shake!' n1 me let h1in Come to my saloon. I if him some telephone convenience so e vhas lame for six months!" A Young (lr' Ioom. A younig girl's room may be furnish. :1 dlaintily and in exqulisite taste at a nail expense. The chief outlay will it for a bedstead. This cannot be coni -ructedl out of a pine board aind a bit C mnuslin, th ough many other things iay be; buit a hiandlsomne phaintedi bed Lead of blue and white Is the first re uireent, ot' this room. Th'Ie floor may c covered with p)laiin white miating, (or f blue and wvhite plaid, wvith a soft 'ug t the side0 of the bed; a dressing-case f white w',ood, co)ver'ed with blue ilesia, with white wood wvashlstand( is iso noeded. TIhis, like the driessinlg ible, should have the undi(er part eni rely concealed b)y branches of thme ilesia aind muslinI. These should be ather'ed slightly at the top, so that bey will fail ini gracefl df'olds. T1hie urtainis should be of' the mutsliin, drap..1 di, and1( the bedspread an il(lo1w covem's I. the mutslin ovei' silesia also. The cdspr*ead shoul or cour'se, lie smooth y over the lbed, aind lbe tucked in at the nd and 5ides5, unilike tile lace ones3, rhichi hang over'.- T1he muslin of the illow-covers may be shirried at the top) nid the bottom, if you like the fuIl yok thc shirring gives; they nteed, in his case1, n10' edlges, and( in fact w~hien uit over' tle snesil lilyma iy, taunt eami hem with lace, unless you add1( this dlornmeint to the cur'tains, but finish ritlh a plain hem. With the various rilling ornamnts a young gir'l gathers bout her, the rooui will receive any hing it may nee~d ini coloi' to brighteni L. A room so prettily furnishedl may ie a real help to a girl; it will not be asy for heri to cultivate disormder'ly abits there, for' the effect she has vor'ked to create wvould be entirely )ar'red. T1hihrty yeaLrs ago Ine total value of lie Southerni crops' of cotton, tobacco, ice, hay, hiemp andl( sugar-canie was 113,005,7'23. Th'ie census repor't of 880 shows the Souther',n farm p)rodutcts vere. ini the last census year',' valued at 760,000,000, one-third of which was lie value of the cottoni product, which emnainis the great staple of the South, vhose staniding in the mai'kets of the vorld has not beeni affected by the East ,nd1 West Inmdiani, thie Brazilhin andh the 0gyp)tian cultivation. Instead of send nig all the cotton to New Enigland and >ld Enigland, the South to-day Is loom ng up as the seat of a great cottoni mia uflacturing interest, so that tile cheap r or coarse gradles of cotton cloth are cad(ily mnade for home consumption, nd1( are competing wvith the New Eng umnd mills successfully. --The Albany Peniitenitiary encloses 70 prisoiner's, of whom ninety are wo. THE VERDICT -01r TH E PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Mn. J. 0. IloAn-Dear Sit: I bought the Orst Dlat '. :'cte sold by you over iave years ago for my n% wIIo has given It ' long and fair trial. I ti an we pleasedt wttn it. It never Rlvs any aon. e, aidtl l as good as when first bought. J. W. Iot.toc. Wtunnsbro, 8. C., Aprh' 1838. M'. IoAM: Toil wistl to know whalt I have to saY In re:ard to . 'e i)av' Maiine bou;Il of you three yeitrn ago. I frsl t c:an say 100 niucil in its favor. t tna'Io non 3$U,10 w..lhln live uloiltls, at times Sttngi'3 L ho fi's. iI', the needle would get per fec'v o - o!u i,...on. I feel .oalidenul I could not. nve I one ;lle ame Work w,i ' as naucu case na I he wel iv. ' anly ot ter ltachlue. No m fie lost ' .u ju aChneoitt. Tile liate4L runnling uinot,le I have ever tr'ea"tled. BrotherJatnesanld 1 - .'is lilaes ire as it lueat pieased with their i). v s M.'tuics' )ought of you. I want no hetter i.tc'1 -it. As I sanit before, I don't think too IIUCI r;'a 1e s1id for to 0 Davis Macniue. lRespect fully, EIJ.EN NTE9VEN8ON, Fatirli^l County, April, I13. 1 It. tloAto : My n cit'e lveCS ta1e perrect satls fac oa. I lad 0.o .auttl wi:h it. Tie attachients it e h, "nole. I w.s: f1ar no beter than the Davis lieIje t fully. MRs. It. M I tt.t. NU. F'le1a0le t:outll y, A p11', 1833. 1nt. Ita:: I )1'- It apviq 'e cial Fceed ev n'f A r:' IC +.0 .1 Ye o yo : - ,uye'q : go. I am elig Iv , . i. IevC nats g veoa Me aity Io.' >Ie, '1 tl ta ,aeVeN beeCn tie lec:s' ot of order. 1' " 1' go) .' 5 t !CI. 1 II St 'UttgIttL It. 1 cau Unlee, It' 'y I. g . I Rtes;lccl ull y. Mn1s. M. J. I Kna.1Ns. lottliulio, AI r't 30, 183.1. "ilt 't Is to a raifv iha. : it h ave been ising a Davis Ver.,c' I'ec,d 'ew nig Ia':ulue for over 1iw yeara, 01te I:tsed of I -. J. 0. i) I;. I iuaven't founl I t 1) S.I of a'Ir fatl'-.tl! . to atiacttuents ate sa i "1 si'. I ...lev:t ra ftlt5 to wo ;, anttt is ceratittly it i 110'1C 11in ")s il tIe in itrket. I colttl'r it it fit'.,t Chlls nliac t 11. Very reipect fully 11FNNii 1. WII..tNuAM. O.kkatkat, Fai1lIC1't cou'lly, 8. C. b'Ao: I it'll wYnl i'easoet ii every parttu1 wt, I I liv.sM ' ne iot.iiL of voua. i ttlk I' , . -U' t nt.tZ'i au ' I eve. a iesp"c.. You knew yc"1IO iott Scvera.t' iac tins of La saulm ulako to I'"liemeni .an,eiets of o'at fam'tic'. aill of whon, as I:'" as I iiow, a',e wYe!' t'etlsed W. ia tl1e1n. I tiectIu'lY, 11sS. M. iI. Moau.nv. t'rlel co.inty, A pri, I1St. tee~I" v, 1 .ehu tu'4ttyou') .'e3ili gco. As ve inke in woi, tind have in. to the I- e o1 seveial , ine ove'. we -ou I V.'atl atty a ' . i) g1"i. a 4 i' iw.yts reotly Ioti o 1 av kinlt o' wil . IV. ve 'O do. No ptcker!go w aipptlug S e t'. . \t e c.ill only sav we are well pleitse. ('iii,. wvs.I no oeier uthi'!l1ge, I'AThiliiNE VYi,ti AND S11gsit. Ail li 25, 131,3. I have no fr'u't to ii'ttl With my mnl t1 no, anti doiut I I ly .Aier. I have it te L le p-ca to It sever.' tlnle ofy haking I a itUinYgl!. I is alvayt really to do i s.vo" K. 111l 11 it a tl't.-class tILa c%t''lt. i iCUi Cui amtjen u tvisii fyIr i 1c D1.1V14 Vertical t'eet Machine. Ill its. T)Ho) As S3IIT11. Fairtletti county, April, 183. M1 n..1. 0. IloA(-DIar Sit': It gIves me nttt p'e.ttt.e i te-.iy to itoe lnerlis of lto Davis Ver a ic..' I,e'. Sew-'i Mateh'ur. The nilalline I got of yOu aiu. live years a'1o. its been at11ost Ina cona 8,a-l tlse eve" s'lice that i Inc. I cannot hee that Ito 11 wo.n 1ny a'iv_Ril has lnot coaf n,n nnn cenlt,uo 1e..5. x-in:a we tave itnd at. Anlivweli jpie.ied Yoittia t.a.ct, lIoluT. CUt twP'Rlgt, G(ilatie QI'laa ry, litar Winntsboro S. C. WVe tttve tuseid t he I)lvlit Ver;icat ei INewing MiTchtule fi iltie his., live ye.' i. We woubtt nt, i'att given tts tIih .undriti s.t,sfiiciion. MItt. WV. K. TiUIISi(i A .1) i)utrrTiisJs havt -'lo atgttt a D)avis Veral i eedoc Sewvig Mac-iei atial Mr'. .t. 0. it0ig touite tr.e yeats 9:.xa, eait I. - ainlg givedt ine t)2rec. saltistfaitilon iln ete.ly a't.,a'c. I'S a gatily mtllgtat botha for hiea:y P' a. i' sn. 50 IV ilg. an1it neOver neetlaei io least re l iy' (tIle a1 a n t-st-c'gIss tiainite i e very *)arttin ).. ittil al nt. I sotnl to none,Lt It 's onle o1 tIlt xiiat'es iin ~i tIeS matde: miy chi ena uise it wvit I lae 0.4e. 'ato ae at4meilt l'ae lantre easl y ad. lui ail li t doe) 9 II gra! or rantge of wvork by meansili of a' Veo eal a.eed tihat any othter mia. cltnne Iitliave ever seena or use'td. Mn is. T'lilAlt Owvison. Wiitti',ro, !"aiir'lchl counlty, 8. 1. We~1 haveo had onie of tIohe)Davts Macnines abiout foIl- year. iaiti alive always foundt iitoratly to ito all khati iof wvorl; we tnavet liad occas1t to 110. iia't 'ieo t the tlncInle is worna atny, talid wvorks as Mntt. W. J. CtLAWvFoap, Jlacksoni's Cree., i?ailietid county, 8. I.. Mv ife is iaightly pileased witha the D)avis Ma: chaseO bolAt iol youi. Site woul nlot, tatke dIouble ilt. it ' give 11or it. 'Thie maaaeie a so nolt g been onge of ordeir since site hail it, amii sihe enni do lay k,i of Wo a lon It. Vely espect fuliy, Mont leeio, ifairiieIid county, 8. U. Th'ie Dlavit Seiig Mac3huine is simpliy a freas ureMliii. J1. A. GOtwYN. itidIgewiay, N. ('., .Jan. 10, 1833t. .1( O HAo, i'iq.. A.enlt --Deart 'r. Mty wife Iti elen tl).tig 11 ?tdv.t 83 wlii Maclit it) CUistIaint iv n -o lie . ma I> .veat, 1fid 1t a i .leae nieteed bao-;i. .e isavs It wv it (10ii gierte: i1t1lge of pr.-et. lt wYork 10nd tdo it ensier ami bet'er thiang lt'y to e to shae ias ever' used. We cheecafully recommenlOl.i it as ai No. I ftamiay aichne, Your tru.y, lAiiS Wtiush-aro, S. ('., Janl. 3, 1883. Mit. JloAo : I laive lways fouanid my D)avis Ma ehine1 reaiy dtt ai' iniads 01 10 work I havei hatd oc 0.11s1 ou t) o I c?'i:um see 1that t1h0 intachine is wVorn I' pai dete andii it works us wveil as wihcn new. ltespectfully, Mns. Ri. C. Uo091s0. Winsboro, 8. C., A prIl, 1883, itIl. h1OAo: Myv wife hals been1 constantly usinig tihe Dai t liM ichino b:)ughtL of3 3on abou0t live years ago. I have never regre ted b)uy-ng It, as lt la alwiays readiy for any kindof faily sewIng, either havy or h:gat. I t '(never out of fix or needling Very resp,ct fully, FairtIeead, 1. ('., Marchi, 1888.