The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, September 22, 1883, Image 1

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- w i r w r r Iw r TS TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C. SEPTEMBER 22 1883. ESTABLISHED 14 THE VERDICT -or. THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! MU. J. 0. BoAo-Dear Uir : I bought the frst Davis Machine sold by you over live years ago for my wife who has given it a long and fair trial. I am weil pleased with it. It never gives any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. Winnsboro, S. C., Apri, 1883. J. W. 00o,10F. Mr. BoAO: Tou wish to know what I have to say in regard to the Davis Machine bought of ou three ears ago. I feel I can't say too much in its favor. I made about 180,00 within live months, at times running it so fast that the need'e would get per fectly hot from friction. I feel confident I could not nave (one the same work with as muon ease and so well with any other machine. No time lost In adjusting attachments. The lightest running machine I have ever treadled. BrotherJames an< Williams' families are as much pleased with their Davis Machines bought or you. I want no better machine. As I said before, I don't think too much can be said for the Davis Machine. Respectfully, ELI.UN 1TkVENsoN, Fairfield County, April, 1888. Ma. BOAG: My machine gives me perrect satIs faction. I find no fault with it. The attachments ate so eim Ile. I wish for no better than the Davis "Vertical Fleed. Respectfully. Mts. R. MI I..INO. Fairfield county, April, 1883. 14. BoAo: I bougr: a u)avis Vertical Feed ew.ng Machine from you four years ago. I au elighted with it. It never has given me any rouble, and has never been the least out of order. It Is as good as when I first bought I.. I can cheerfully recommend it. lespectfully, Mis. M. J. KRlIxi.AND. Montcello, April 30, 1883. This is to certify that I have been using a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over t w >ye irs, purchased of Mr. J. 0. Bong. I haven't foundi I p,aessed of any. fault-all tie attachments are so simple. It never-efuse to work, and is certainly the lightest running in the market. I consider It a tirat class machine. Very respectfully MINNIM S. WII.t.INOIAM. Oakland, Fairielid county, S. U. MR BOeA : I am well plesse, in every particut with the iavis Machine uought of you. I think a first.-class machine in every respect. You knew yon sold several machines of the same make to different members of our families, all of whom, as far as I know, are well pleased with them. tespectfully, MRS. M. ii. Monl.v. Fairfield county, April, 1883. This isto certify we have had in constant use. she Davis Machine bought of you about three years ago. A. we ta:ke In work, and have made the price of it several times over, we don't want any better machine. It is always ready to do any kind of work we nave to dI0. No puckeringor skipping stitches. We can only say we are well pleased anc wish no better machme. y' l'ATUCRtINK WYLIB ArND 81i Kp. Aprit 25, 1888. A I have no fault to and with my mach;ne, and don't want any better. I have made the price of it severa times by taking in sowing. It is always ready to do Its work. I tiink it a first-class ma chIne. I feel I can't say too much for the Davis Vertical Feed Machine. MRs. TUOMAS SMITH. Fairfield county, April, 1883. MR..1. 0. loAo-Dear ir: it gives me m'tch pleasure to testify to the merits of the Davis Ver tical Feed 8ewing Machine. The maLnlne i got of you about five years ago. has been almost in con. stant use ever since that time. I cannot see that it Is worn any, and has not cost me one cent for repairs since we have had It. Am well pleased and don't wish for any better. Yours truly, hoanT. CRAt Wi.'RD, Uranite Quarry, near Winansboro S. C. We have used the Davis VertIcal Feed SewIng MachIne for the last five years. We would not have any other make at any price. The miachane as given us unboundec satisfaction. Very respect (fully, 'Mas. WV. K. TURan AND D)AUttITsus Fairfield county, 8. C., Jan. 2T, 1883. H-aving bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine from Mr. J. 0. Boag some three years ago, and it haaviaggiven me perfect satisfaction in overy reset as a family machine, both for hea.'y and light sewIng, anad never needed thae least re pair in any way, I can cheerfulily recoimmendl it to any one as a first-class inachine in every particu lar, and think it second to none. It is one 01 the simplest machines made; ny children utse It with all ease. 'The attachments are more easily ad justed and it doe:4 a greater ranage of work by means of its VertIcal Freed than any other rma chine I have ever seen or used. Mas. TuOMtAS Ow iNGs. * ~ Winnasboro, Fairtleld county, 8. C. We have had one of the Davis Macnines about four years and have always found it ready to do all kInds of werk we have had occasion to do. Can't see that the machine is worn any, and works as well as when new. Mas. WV. J. CiIAwFoRD, Jackson's Creek, Fairfield county y. 8.0 My wife Is highly pleased witha the Davis Ma chine bought ofyou. She wouald not lake double wnat sno gave for It. Th.e miachine has not been out of order since she had it, and she can do any kilmd Of work on it. SVery lRespectfully, JAN.F. Fans. Monticello, FairfIld county, S. C'. Trho Davis8Sewing Machine is simply a treas 14r6 Mits. .J. A. oomwvN. fladge way, N. 4'., Jan. 10, 18818. J,OBAG, Esq., A gent-Dear Sir: My wife has oeen tasaiug a Davis Sewing Machlne constani ly for the pass four years, and it has never nee.ied any repairs tin aworks just as well as when lirat biought. Slae says it will (10 a greater range of practieal work slid do at easier andi better th1um any inachine she nas ever used. We cheeriplmai recommend It as a No. I fataily machine, Yortu,JAS. Q. DAVIs. Winnaboro, 8. C., Jan. 8i, 1883. Mat. BIOAo: I have always found my Davis Ma 'chine ready do all kInds of to work I have had co eaaion todto. I cannot see that the mlachIne is worn a particle andl It works as weml as wnen new. Itespectfu,ly, Mae. it. C. UooDr'No. - Winnabore, 8. C., A pril, 18811, Ma. BOAG a My wife has been constantly using the Davis Machine bought of you about ave years ago. *I have never regrtted buyig ii, ias it in always ready for any ndm of fa... il sewlig, either aeav orliglt. I lis never out of fix ,tr nemidinig pars. - . Very rpspecst fully, Xargeld, S. C., March, 1I8. A i AD The Use of Flowers. God might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without a fower at all. We might have had enough, enough t"or every want of ours, For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet have had no flowers. The ore within the mountiin mine Iequtreth none to grow ; Nor doth it need the lotus-flower To make the river flow. The clouds might give abundant rain, *The nigntly dews inight fall, And the herb that keepeth life in man, Night yet have drunk them all. And wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow-light, AU fashioned with suprenest grace, Upspringing day and night; springing In valleys green and low, And _on the mountains high, And in the silent wilderness Where no man passes ,y 1 Our outward life requires them not Then wheref ,re had they birth 1 To minister delighat t,o luan, To beautify the earth ; To comfort mau-to whisper hope, Where'or his faith is dim For who so careth for the Rowers, Will much more care for him I LAUHT AT LAST. Editha Vane had known for a lon while there was something out of th usual order in the lives the two brotl era, Adrian and Vivian Long, led i Laurel Cottage, the pretty counti place they had purchased one year bi fore. The young men went abroad freely welcome visitors at every fireside I the neighborhood, but no one had eve been known to cross the threshold < their own door. The few persistent persons who mad their way to the cottage uninivited-a some did-were invariably met by th grum old houiekeeper with the infor mation that her young masters wer out for the day, or some message t the same purport, and she would stan patiently in the open door until suc visitors had gone down the walk an disappeared. Of course curiosity wa excited, and had not the young me conducted themselves with strict pr< prioty abroad, most damaging suspi cions would have prevailed. "The Longs are certainly hidin some secret," their numerous friend said; "but they are such exemplar gentlemen it must be a harmless one. Accident furnished Editha Van with an inkling of the truth. She we riding out one morning when her hors took fright at some trifle, just as si was passing the cottage, and threw he within a rod of the gate. The youn girl was stunned for a moment or tw( anld when she ' recovered a litt4 Adrian and Vivian were both bendin over her with pale anxious face "Are you hurt, Miss Vane?" they ft quired in one breath. She made an effort to sit up. "No. I feel giddy and confused -that is.all." Even as she spoke everything agal grew dark before her eyes. Vivian's voice seemed to come fron a remote distance, as he said hastily t his brother. "The poor girl has fainte again. We must take her in, and ca Mrs. arth." "Would it be quite safe?" remon strated Adrian. "We must run the risk. It woul be inhuman to do otherwise." Like one in a helpless dream, Edith felt herself lifted up, and born alon the walk to the house. The strong arms that held her wer Adrian's however, and for one instaar their pressure was almost suffocatin ere lhe placed her in the easy-chlai whleh Vivian wheeled quickly to tb open? window. "Now tell Mrs. Garth to come wit restoratives," lie cried. When the girl's mind cleared, the were all thlree beside her. She said little at first, but sat gazin curiously about the apartment. It was a pleasant room, elegenti furnished, filled with such pretty trifh( as only a woman's deft fingers ca arranlge, and yet, as Editha glance furtively at the' somewhat awkwar hard-featu red hou1 se-keeper, she fel intuitiveiy that Mrs. Garth couldl hia had nothing to do with this adorninq "Who thien?" She had just asked herself tile mnent question when footsteps were hear over-head, and there came a sound a of some one beitting againt a close door. The brothers exchanged glances, an Adrian turned hastily to leave t,1 room, At the same instant Edith heard a woman's voice crying-"Li me out. How dare you lock me here? I will not submit to it." Adrian sprang up the stairs, scalir two at a time. A key clicked in i lock, and his musical tones reache the listening ears below, breathin words of gentle remonstrance. "1 quiet, Florine. Do not excite yourne so. It is best you should remainj your chamber for awhile." '-Ilumphi You are planning son mIschiel'. Otherwvise you wvould novi dream of locking me in like some ni ruly child. I intend to find out whi it is." The woman's wild laugh seemed i pierce Editha's ear. There camne ti sound of a brief struggle-then all Wi still, a hen Editha ventured to look Vivian at length he was pale as deat and trembling in every limb. "What is the moaning of' all thlisi she demanded. "I canniot tell you, dare not," he answered with a groai "T1ry to forget that you have seen < heard anything unusual here." "B3ut who is that woman?" "A poor half-crazed creature n brother and I have taken in out pity." "PIray, Miss Vane, do not speak 4 her presence here to any one outsid.e the house." Editha's lip curled scor; fully. "Fear nothing,'' she sal< "Your secret is safe with me, M Long." A few minutes later Adrian rea peared, Editha had never seen him lot so white and troubled. "Are -you better, he inquired an liously. "My own horse is at the doe I will drive you home at once, if yo feel equal to the exertion." How anxious he seemed to be rid c her! Editha rose, her pulses thrilling wit: pailn. This' was the man to whom he heart's best love had suffered to go ou -a poor wretch whose life held soni shameful or dangerous secret. At how very foolish indeed she had beer Both were silent during the brk home-ward/ rive, but Adrian, as he se her down at her own door, suddenl caught her hand, looking imploringi into the old half-averted face with hi grave earnest eyes. "You are angry with me, Miss Vane, he said hesitatingly. "You think per haps I have no right to keep a secre from the world?" "No," she replied, in a haughty tonc "I have no interest whatever in you affairs." His face twitched, he took a momen to recover himself. "Once I thought differently," ho breathed. "I fancied you were learn ing to love me as devotedly as r 1ov you.,, Editha could endure it no more This declaration was so different fron the one she had often pictured to her g self. Snatching her hand from hi e clasp, sie entered the house and rat - upstairs to her own ioom, almost hys ,t tericul with excitement. y "How dare he speak of love whili i- that woman remains an inmate of 'hi housel" she exclaimed, begin.ning t< , sob piteously. "I almost hate him fo: L it." r The next day Editha was sittini f alone in the cosy parlor, when the door bell rang, and a visitor was ushered ir e -Vivian Long. He came hastily tor s ward, his face wearing so strange at 3 expression the girl was instantly struci - by it. "I have passed such a wretchei e night!" he cried abruptly, before shi o could speak "I never closed ml I eyes. I feared that the events of ,yes l torday might cause you to distrust an I dislike me, and that is more than : s could tamely endure." He seemed t< a struggle with himself a moment the resumed-I came to extort a promis( from you, Editha. Do not refuse, un less you would drive inc to despair." "A promise?" she asked faintly, s "What is it?" y "You must have known for a lonl time how I was learning to think o: e you. I want you to swear to remaii s faithful to me for one year, let wha1 e will happen during the meantime.' e He was looking straight into her eyes, r Editha gave a frightened start. Shc g had never thought of him save as r , friend. Some impulse it was impossi , ble to control led her to say abruptly g "Tell me who is the woman now stop . ping at Laurel Cottage. What relatio does she bear to your brother Adriani Is she his-his--Her voice broke an( died away. - The scowl that had wrinkled Vivian': brow when she first began to speak a faded quickly, and his whole fac brightened. a "What?" he cried eagerly. o "Adrian's wife?" the words. spoke I with a tremendous effort, were scarceli 1 audible. She stood with clasped hands, he pulses beating high. "Yes the woman is my brother' I wife " Vivian replied in a husky voice " iou know so much already I shal r keep nothing back." g "Three years ago he was delude( into marrying her, and before the e honeymoon had waned she was a rav t ing maniac. Insanity had been in the ? family from which she sprang for seve L ral generations. Adrian knew nothmni e of this until it was too late. The poo. thing has been more rational since wi i brought her to Laurel Cottage, one year ago. Pride alone led us to con y ceal her existence from our triends We intended no wrong by it." i Wiping the cold drops of moisture from his-forehead, he said imploringl3 V -"Now for the promise I came to ex S tort; it will lie a great comfort to me 1 Editha. Surely you cannot refuse." :i She hesitated. Her cheeks burned dl like tire. Why should she not consent, t and thus show Adrian how she despiset e his treachery in daring to speak of: lov( .to her while lie had a wife living. Give mec twenty-four hours for reflection,' Il she said finally, after a bitter struggle I Vivian begged with stange vene s mence for aii immediate promise, bu d as she remained firm, at last he wen1 reluctantly away. d Editha spent a wretched night. Il e seemed dreadful that all her brigh a hopes should be blighted and her lift it broken before the happy years of girl n hood had passedl. The next mornin she was wandering listlessly about th< g grounds when the garden gate clanged a5 andi a woman came hurriedly toward| d her-a p)allid young tihing, with sunke, g .eyes and hollow ocheeks who must onic e have been very beautiful. if "Are you Miss Vane?" she asked n almost in a wh-isper, pausing wich clasped hanids. Editha recognized thr ie voice instantly. It was that of ti ir strange woman at Laurel Cottage. i- -"I wish to make a request," tie ini Lt truder went on hurriedly, looking a Editha as though time latter held he 0 life in her keeping. "I am a poor un ie fortunate soul who has known nothinj 5 save trouble. Some folks say I am nio altogether right here." And she passei It both hands slowly across ner forehead , "You seem to be good and kind, mniss The doctors tell me I have only a few " weeks to live, and surely you will no I begrudge me wvhat little happiness 1. can find in titat brief time." r "What do you mean?" Editha in qumred, with a perplexed 'air. "O( course I will do anything you wvislh 7y Don't be afraid to speak." >f The woman breatnied a long shudder lng sigh. "I thought you would under >f stand at once. My husband loves you f and can think of no one else. Aih! I *a is dreadful. When I ami dead, o 1. coms~e you will marry him If you wish r~. But oh, for pity sake, let me have hm all to myself while I live." I-Jditha was horrified, and leanet k half-fainting against the ru.>tic beo beside her. "You are laboring unde csome deluaion," she said. "Adai i'. Long is nothing to me. The one mvii a of my heart is that I may never see him again. Until this moment I have f been in doubt as to the course I ought to pursue, but now my mind is made h up. To prove to you my sincerity I haie decided to marry his brother r Vivian." t "Vivian," gasped the woman. Why, e it is he I mean; he is my husband." Editha sat doivn, shocked and . stunned by the revelation. All at f ouce, in her deep bewilderment she t was conscious that q:.me one had Inelc y before her, and clisped her passive y hand. It was Adrian Long. He had s followed Florine, and came up unob served, just ih time to hear all that was said. . - . "What a singt. nistake," ho t breathed.- "Was it. te -ddiusive belief that this poor creature was my wife ; that made you so coid and hard to me, r Editha? Something in your face leads me to hope, in spite of your bitter t words. May I?" Her head fell upon his shoulder. She understood al4 at once. It was now clear as daylight why Vivian B wished to extort that promise from her. Before the year went by, his wife would be dead, his recedom restored. ."IIow blind I have been," she cried aloud. It no longer mattered however. Strong loving arms were round her, - and she knew the eld would be happi ness and peace. Letter-Writing in Dhlroroat countries. Turning to Mr. .Fawcett's English report for the year ending March last, we find the usual narrative of steady development. The- circulation of let ters has increased at about the same ratio as the population; that of postal cards, as was the case last year also, rather more rapidly. The total num bor of letters delivered during the year exceeded 1,280,000,000, while the numh ber of postal-cards was 144,000,000. It is interesting, as bearing upon the state of education of the country and the efficiency of the postal service, to com pare the nium ber of letters per head of the populatiun now sent through the post on the one hand with the number sent in former years; and on the other with that circulating in foreign coun tries. In 1839, the year before the in troduction of the penny post, 3 letters were sent per head. In the following year the number more than doubled in 1873 it had risen to 29, and it now stands at 8u. Comparing the different divisions of the United Kingdom, Eng Land is far in advittice, the average number being there-Aljn Scotland 31, and in Ireland 1if.in Oermany, on the other hand, where, the postal sys tem is in many respects superior to our own, and where education is generally considered to be more widely diffused, but where the population is thinly scat. tered our extensive districts, the aver age number of letters per head is, ac cording to the best returns available, only 13 while in France the number is 15. When we turn to telegrams we do not find the same evidence that the present system reaches the mass of people. The number of messages sent is only 32,000,000. and the increas was a little more than a third of that of the previous year. The proportion of telegrams to letters is not stated in the present report, but last year it was put at 1 to 44, while in the case of France it was 1 to 29; in Belgium, 1 to 24; in Holland 1 to 22; and in Switzerland, 1 to 23. bearing in mind the much lar ger correspondence of this country, as indicated by the figures we have just no0w quoted, the small itse of the tele graph here, ascompared with the Continental countries, shows that the serY Ice is of a far less popular charac ter. It Is to be hoped that the promised reduction of the minimum charge to Od., to which Mr. Fawvcett alludes, will redress this anomnaly ini the pantal sys Traveling in. a Dream. A remarkable dreami was told us by a former well-known citizen now de ceased. We met him on a Sunday morning standing on a bridge gazing dlown into the water apparently lost in thought. We approached, and puItting a hand on his shoulder, remnarked: "A penny for your thoughts." Hie looked up and answered, "'Do you think our sp)irit can leave the body and travel about the country seeing strange thigs and places as they actually exist?" I answered no. He then went on and a narrated the following remarkable . dream: "I luad been thinking during g the day about going over to Rodman 3 Furnace. So that nlight 1 dreamed I. ,started to go over, taking a near cut i through a gap in the mountain over a 1 road and through a part of the county 3 I had never traveled or seen before. In miy dream I passed over the breast of the reservoir, traveled along the foot Sof the mbuntain tup to the old Kephiart , pottery, took a drink out of the spring 3 at the end of the 01(d log house, was set upon by a spotted dog, but wvent safely - on, struck the gap in the mountain, 6 traveled the pathi to the top and seeing an e old coal hearth stepp)ed on to It to take - a view of the valley below. A big g stumilp stoodl on the opplosite 81(1e of the o coal ihearth, and near tihe stumpi were I eleven wild turkeys scratching among ,the leaves. Th'ie turkeys took hlighit and ,soon were gone; I woke up and found , miy Journey was but. a dream. Thiree a. days later I concluded to make the I til, and roemmberinig thle dream1 concluded to follow the same road, but -imagine my surprise when I found C everything Just as I had seeni it in my .dream and thme road as familiar as it could be had I been over it before. - The same old log hiouse and sprig, tihe - same spotted dog disputed my passage, ,and oni reacuing tue summit of time t mountain tihe same old coal hearth, r the same old stump, and eleven wild ,turkeys started up anid flew away. i From that on to Rodman all the way was strange, no single object that Iihad i ever seen before." Eromn tis tile i dreamer had deduced the theory that. r the spirits actually leave thes body to travel4rftound at niglit seeing things z and plAces as they actually are. Dog and Snake. "The water moccasin is dead," sak Lucien Alexander, the well-knowr druggist and snake fancier in Detroit "It died, and I wouldn't have taken the whole Tenth ward with the schoo trusteeship thrown in for it." "What killed it?" asked the repor ter, to whom Lucien was pouring ou his grief. "le was scalded to death. I had th< moccasin and a water dog in the sani jar together, but somehow or other they couldn't get along with each other They were continually fighting over te food I gave them, and yesterday they oonud. to.sattls their diereces for ever. They sparred around in th wa ter for awhile, neither one seemlinu to have the advantage, but- finally the water dog executed a flank movement on the moccasin and swallowed about three inches of his tail and body. In stead of the moccasin trying to fre himself lie laid perfectly quiet and com menced pumping himself fill of wind like a bellows. As he swelled up the water dog backed offi but it was too late. It was like pulling a boot off it swollen foot. The moccasin kept on pumping and the water dog continued to expand. As lie spread out you coul hear his ribs crack, and I expected every moment to see hhi fly ilto a i housand pieces, but suddeuly the swel ling ceased, for the moccasin had gone the full length of his expansive powers, and he commenced to contract. te d.uced to his ordinary size the water dog lost no time in slipping off, but he was so weak from the terrible strain he had received that for a moment or two .he was powerless. The nocchsin took advantage of this, and, turning on the dog, swallowed him whole. '1'uon fol lowed one of the most remarkable oc currences ever witnessed. The dog, evidently scared almost to death, be gan galloping back and forth the full length of the moccasin. By the wav ing ridges on the snake every move ment of the dog could be told. Back and forth he went until the friction in side of the snake must have been ter rible, for the water began to get warm from the heat of the moccasin's body, Every time the dog would gallop to ward the head of the snake the snake would close its mouth, causing the dog to turn and run away. This perforn ance was kept up for fully an hour, dur ing which time the water grew boiling hot, and the whole skin peeled off thi snake. Then the flesh got soft, 'am the first thing I knew he vent all to pieces like a chunk of soft soap in t wash basin. The dog soon shook oil the remnants of the snake which ad, hered to hum,. but lie, like the mocca sin, was scalded to death also. Y ou can see that grease on the top of that that jar of water? Well, that's all that was left of my moccasin and w ater-dog Tiho Infunnuy of Navigation. The infancy of the art of naval archi tecture, is enveloped in obscurity. It is quite certain, however, that the firsl vessels in use were not large, for tht largest vessel of the Grecian fleet a1 the siege of TroyI B. C. 11$4, carriet only 120 men. 'I he sails of these ves sels were of a small c1mensions, and auxiliary to the oars, which were the chief propelling power. There uppean to have been little need for war vessels at that period, as the fashion of fight ing at sea had not yet come in. It was not until some 500 yearn later that ves sels were built with a view to inarine warfare, By this time the oars had increased in nunIber and were arranged ini banks one above the other in tht cenltral part of the ships), the lIghting meni occup)ying p)latforms at the bon and stern. Tnese vessels were called galleys. About, 470 BI. (3. the Athien ian comnmander-iin-chief causedi thest platforms to be connectedi, thus form. ing a deck wnich served the double dut,y of p)roteictinig the oarsmeij and providing room for a greater number- of soldiers. Still, the sails were very salml and wore only of use in a fah winid. There is nO ground for main taining, says the -writer, that the air of navigation wase entirely unknown to the inhabitants of the worild befor-e ti llood. T1here is lie circinstanice meni tioned to indicate that the arik was tia uirst of its kind. It wouild, thierefor-e, be fruitless te endeavor to invesa.gaw, thle (irst invent tor of marine ar-chit,cture-, nd it seem reasonable to suppose that the idea 01 ships originiated ai the hun-t of men at t,he samne t,hnie in a variety of p)laces, The nations which appear 1,o be joi clnaimts for the inventioni of ships are t,he Egyptianis and Pnownicianis. Ac cordinig to Grechi fables, Pyrrhon (1i5 covered the art, of bending planks by lire for the p)urpose1. of HIlp-buildig, Thle beak-ijeaua, tue rudderi anid thi anCshor are ali cmimed as the devices 01 E~gypland. Grete claims the iveintli of masts and cross-yard(s; Tueseus Icat'us and .DLaius the applicationi 0i sails, wmle t,o a by'riani is ascribed the~ honor of devising vessels of t,raillc. 18is, Queen of Egyp)t, about the year 01 thle wurid 2aoth is accr-edited wvit,h lirst having t,aught the use( of sails. $u great was 11cr fame hncl the worlid of' in ventions that t,he Em~ipor J ulian caused modais to be struuwk, whmeieoin she is &epresentedh as a slump. Jason is shown to have built tue first, long ship. 1'ne ships used prior to t,his wy ar round, Tue Argonmautic eixped ition--wh aich awmI tu first, miercantnie voyage of wiulli we have any account-ooK place about 1203.1B. U. It was then that, tiils shilF or Jason's was empl)oyed. Copper and brass wvere substituted for- iron used for- lastenings about the time of Nero. The first sails were pr-obably made om thie skmns or amnuals, a mt,eial still in use in sonic coutieis for the same pur pose. in this connection the writ,en caills attention to the sbrong resemib lance between the nautical mo veahent-s of uniclvmhzed people now aiid those of remote antiqiuity. According to some accounts sea navigation wvas tiret under taken by the imhabitants of Lne island of (Uete. Usons, a P'hwnician, is re presented as the first person who ven tured to sea in a canoe lhollowed out from the trunk of a tree. A variety oh small boats were soon invented to SuIiI the needs of different nations. Thac East Indians constructed boats of ban boo or canes. Another kind of boat made with hides, with a light frame work of reed and a keel of bamboo was found among the ancient Britons. TI y were very like the skin skiffs now I use by the Kamchatkans. The Egy tians made use of boats made of pap ' rus. The shell of the land tortoise w even made to do duty as boats. Men tion of this fact is made by Pliny. Boats were also made of baked clay by a people of E:gypt. Mats made of birch bark, probably similar to the canoes of American Indians, wore used by a people of India. Alexander the Great crossed the ltivei Oxus with his, army, 330 B. O.;'oi tloats or rafts, which were -sup ported by skins made buoyant by infla tion or from being stuffed with straw and hay. Semiramis built a fleet of two thousand boats on the coasts of Cyprus, and had them transported on carriages and the backs of camels to the ,'ver Indus, where they fought and dofeated the loot of Staunobatus, King of Indus, which consisted of four thousand boats made of can. Daring the Pumc war a ltoman army was transported to Sicily uipon vessels moved by wheels woed by oxen. Everything tends to slow that their boats were small. They were capable of being hauled on shore, and fleets of thoin were built in an incredibly short time. Still, the fact relninain that the Greeks, Carthagiians aid Iotem:us conveyed iminenlso armies fromh one country to another by sea, and that great nutbers of elephants were taken in the saune way by tue Carthaginians into Sicily and Spain, and, during Han nibal's calupaignl, into Italy. It is dif ficult to see how small craft could have transported such cumbrous creatures. But, leaving thel question of utility aside, the fleets o' the anci'ints must have presented a sight fair to look upon with their carved, gilded and gayly do curated extremities, vari-colored rigg ing formed of painted roues, sails tlasn ing purple, crimson or flame color, ai embroidered with Lthe namne> of the Eli peror in gold or ailver; gilded oars, and the whole structure surnmouit,ed by bright streaiers. Viunlee Stonu,. "'lhe pumilce-stone trade of Phila delpilia is not so extensive in the mat. ter of dollars and cents, but It is an interesting and suggestive trade, when you come to think of it. Pumlicl" stone, though one of the curious pro ductions of nature, doesn't rank with the precious stones, or it wouldn't be so cheap." "What is 11 imice stone, and what does it come from?" the reporter asked. "Well, you might say it is the slop. ping over of a volcano after it has cooled off. It is porous, and so light that you may have seen pieces of it floating in water. All that we get here comes from Italy. One of the chief places there in which it is gathered and shipped is the Island of Lipari. It is one of the Eolian islands, and was the scone of a volcanic upheaval, nobody knows. how many centuries ago. I believe that Lipari yields wines and fruits, much more pleasant and prolit able that this Dead sea sort of fruit we are talking about." "HIow much of the stone do we in. port?" "Only a trifle over eleven hundred dollars' worth last year " was the re ply; "yet it is an article that enters into many industries. It is very useful in the marble business, and is a good deal in use throughont the city now in cleaniing up w~hite marble fronts, the silica of which it is so largely composed manking it very effective. In the pol ishing room of all marble establish memnts it is also Invaluable, in giving the surface the dlesired smoothness, which fits it for the rubbing by harder stones, felting, etc. Then it is used in various arts in shining up metals, dlressing skins, etc. It is often made use of in a p)ulverIzed1 form. One of the domestic ways in which It is some times utilized is in the cleaning of table knives; so.you see that, although only a cinuer, it comes handy to thousands of peop)le in their (tally wvork, and we could botter dlispense with some other articles that wve get from Italy than we could with this onie." 1anoy Ornmaments. A cunnming device ms a toy wheelbar row entirely covered with lichen, '"tip tiltedi" at any desired angle, an11( full to overnlowing with autumn sp)oiis. Even a wvell-worn leather shoe, the big ger the better, may with a little con triving borrow a grace never b)efore its own, and become, if not "a joy forever,'' why certainly a thing of beauty. If it - hees in front, mend every rent eyelet sulliciently wvell to allow the introduc t,ion of red cord or unarrow, gay-colored ribbon. Next p)lace a well-mended sock inside the shoe and pour into that either sandi or sawdust until the whole foot is unearhy hilled, thon stop. This wvill keep the shoe ini shaupe, andit yet leave the ankle free for whatever is to stand in it. Lace up tightly, anid paste lichen all over (excepting of course the sole), beoing careful to close the spaces near the ribbon, and 3 ot allow the bright co lor to show. Add to the ankle top a frill of mtoss plumelets or tiny fern fronds, Fill up with crystallized gras ses or sea-ferns, and b)ehold( a picture, not dlowni on any catalogue, it is true, yels with a rustic, tramupy looyk about it "for it that." A stemiess goblet filled with water and held-flowers slipped into the sh oe-leg, tale wayside bouquet pro jecting just enough, forms another and a different feature. Theli little barrow imay also ho'ld a glass of daisies amid roil and wvhite clover, or asters and golden rodi as each comneth in its season. In boriag an artesian well inm the Sausaa Clara Valley, Oadifornia, the amump or a redwood tree was met at a dist ance of 281 feet from thme ground sur fao0. .The point where the tree wa& struc'c is 8d. feet above tide water, from which it is diat.mt eight mile., and the depth at winoh the wood was resohed is muoh greater than that of the wa&er in the bay, Urlme s Uevisltod. Sebastopol Is in ruins, but here and there houses of a better description are cropping up. There is a new Admiral ty and a large new church, the latter on the top of the rido near the old ruined Church of St. I eter and Paul. t is built of Inkerman stone, and, with he new Church of Viadimar ant the great memorial edilice to the memory of those who fell in the siege, situated on the north side of the harbor, form three very conspicuous white objects, seen from the deck of the ship as one al, proaches Sebastopol. There is a good fish market at daybreak each day, and the city has three good hotels. The newest, or Grand Hotel, is very cout fortable. There are plenty of horses for riding and carriages for hire, so one disposed to revisit tne flields of his early battles can easily do so. and without either much trouble or 'ex)onse. The trenches ard easily discerned by those who have any knowledge of the.a. Bits of solo leather, heels of boots, buttons, the tim inside of potuclhes, are a>out in all directions, and innueturable pieces of brok". bottles. 'T'lhe monumlents, froml loug exposure to the weather, are in nlly cases illegible. ''nu sites of camps are now great Imleaulow.s wit.l fair crops. ''hu windmill has its roof decayed and gone. Otar roads are our greatest and granuest luonumnlents. There they are, unused and us0iess, as the Tartars never travel on inaciiaini. roads if they cau go on grass. 'T'he bat tie-field of Inkerman is low a forest of stunted trees. Nvot even t,he road up Li, the Riedoubt is passable for a carriage. Tlie two-gun battery cainot be seet until you are in it. The Plains of ltia clav:t are now Uitder ctultivation, ai1 tre covered with enormious lie ItIs o' torn1, vineyards, and orchar<ls. Tile town has soni, pleasant uew houses, recently built, and a good ltotel. It i recreation ground for ,hou.e who like to get away fron the dust an.l dirt of ,Sibast,opol. There has ieni a goo.d deal of property recovered fron t!te wrecks mn the harbor-monley, wine, beer, etc -and hopes are entert inerd that sonme of the XUJ,UU in gold known to be in the Captainl's cabmn of the Plince may yet be recovered. I visited Alla then; it lies in4solitary grandeur. l'he cattle and sheep avoid the deadly slopes. The few tonbs covering the re unans of compatriots are ruitnous and neglected. The monument over the of ficers of the 23d is falling to pieces. This is to be lamented, as it, is a beani,i ful memorial of white marble, and con spicuous for many miles as you approach the battery where so many fell to rise no more. The field of battle is not more than fifteen miles from the north side of Sebastopol, and the road, though hilly In places, can easily be got over Un two hours with three horses abrea .t; cost, 12 ruubies, or 12 shillings. At Yalta there is at splendid hotel now 250 beds, and fare reasonable. Tnere are also two other hotels. The Etdin burgh is a very large one, Plenty of horses and carriages can be hired for tours to any part of the peninsula. A tourist would do well to take a gun of some kind, as there are plenty of speci mnens of birds of all kinds to be shot. A large deer of Persian origin is wild about the Tehatyr Dagh. One can fill a basket of trout in the upper waters of the Alma, Katchka, and 13elbeck. A Sword-Fjishlig cruiso. Governor Burns and a large party of distinguished men went out sword-fish Ing in Captain Dodge's schooner frou Providence. Captain Dodge who will trust no other man to performn the duty, sat holding in constant readiness a long harpoon havig a wooden handle, so am rangedl as to separate, when the' fish is Struck, from the barb, perhaps six in ches in length, which is attached to a rope held on board the vessel. A man stood at the masthead watchling the stur face of the ocean around. A swordfish usually swims with his dorsal fin and one of the flukes of his tail out of water, dliffering In this resplect from the shov el-nose shark, which only shows the fin on his back. About nioon the cry was hleard, "A shiarki" "A shlarkl'' and right ahead could be seen ia I in just pro jecting from thme waves. Thinking that, a shark would be better Lhan no fishi the capitain ordered the helmnsimn.to put him in a position to throw the harpoon. As the schtooner approached tile fish be gani to sin1k slowvly and had dropped soime eight feet below the surfac9, when Mr. D)odge threw the iront and came on board. The fish at oune disappeared, but no one knewv whether lhe was ser' lously hurt or complaratively unharmed. One of tIme men got into the boat, which was promptly lowered, taking some 800 feet of line, attachedl at one endl to the vessel and at the other to anl empty cask headed tightly. The helm of the schooner was at once put, down, and as fast as the wind would take her she was taken from such dan gerous proximity with the fish, which Captain Dodge then declared was a sword-lish. Th'ie fIsh, when struck, us ually makes a terrific rush and then [lIves as deep) as lie caln. If lhe.is ser Iously woundedi lie may sometimes be pulled in in a few minutes and the fin.. Ishing blow given by lancing hlim. But tis f ish was not seriously wounded, as Lilght feet of water had deadened some what tihe force with which the harpoon was thrownm. For about an hour oe Burred a struggle of mind and matter, of science with brute force, far surpass big all the stratagem of trout fishing, 111d even ap)proachilug thme high skill of' takinig a bass. The f ishi would dive, but thle cask filled with air would soon1 Eliscourage such a course, and the sub merged cask would again reappear iloating like a cork upon the wvaves. Then tihe line would be pulled in by the man in the boat when the maddened lI'sh wvould again go down. At last 110 was brought a'ongside, and by a skillful blow the dangerous work of lancing was performed.^ Y ery sel. [lom does it happen thlat a sword-fish inust be handled so gingerly as this, mad the sport was not free favin daigger. Thle prize weighed 300 pound as It Was pulled in antd 215 pounds when dressed. -The prince of Wales elehte i blaok Qostumes.