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TRIf-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C. OCTOBER 6. 1883. ESTABI HALF WAY. Have you forgotten where we stood, Between the lights that night of spring, The river rolling to the flood, Ho sad the birtis, they dared )not. sing ? No love was ever dream'd like this, Beneathn the shadows of' the park, Beneath a whisper and a kiss, Between the daylight and the iark. .There hai been trouble-this was rest; Thero had been passion-this was peace; Themisunset <lig 11n1 the wet. Made Nt igh and whlspers rease. I nily eft what. I had found, You only knew what. I wouti saty . But no0thing b1-ke the peacO pr'ofou-nintl Between the darkness aimnd the day. How will it end? I cannot tell; I asked it, many mouths ago, Iefore the leaves of autumn fell And changed to winter's waste of snow. Yet we stan wathelling at the gate Of summer time for promise-iarki No, love, 'tis nothing I We must. wait Between the daylight and the dark. 11E0 COUSIN. A lane as green as emieral, and as soft to the feet as velvet. Wild roses in .' iftnt bloom, almost hiding the g, gh stone wall which bounded it on either side; brilliant-hued wild flowers vied with themi in beauty; and to add to the charm of the rural scene the sky was free trom even a passing cloud. An old woman who evidently belong ed to the peasant class, and a child whom she carried laboriously within lier at ima, were the sole liuman beings with in sight, although the wild deaizens of the four-footed kind abounded. Rabbits, secure from molestation by law, so as to be kept for the rightful owner's slaying during the hunting sea So), which was even then beginning. squirrels and chipmunks vied iii their noisy chattering with the feathered songsters, and if not so musical, suc ceeded in producing as much sound; and mingling as it all did in Nature's vast chorus, filled out the chord of har mony even as the rasping voices of some of the inferior instruments supply certain tones to a trained orchestra. "Here, darlint; we'll jist occupy this purty place for awhile. Old Bridget's arms are that tired it seems as though they'd break off entirely. Dow's the wake little back now'?" "it aches, Bridget; but I don't mind, now that we've got such a nice place. I'll lie here under the big tree, and see if I can't catch a sight of the same cun ning bright-eyed little squirrel I was watching so long the last <day we were here." "That's a swate girl, p be so nice and contint-like. I'll sfi trr1e.beyant yez on that stump, where the light'll be better for my old eyes, and knit on the stocking I've started to keep your wake little feet warni when the frost comes by-and-by." Ellen Connell looked uip into Bridget's timeworn face with a grateful bright ness in her great Irish-blue eyes. "What makes you so good to me, Bridget, when you are so cross to your own grandchildren-Teddy and Kitty?" "Sure, Miss Ellen," said Bridget, brushing a tear away as she spoke, "they are so strong and well, and hasn't the Lord aillicted you? And thin, too, when the mistress died, bless her swate soul, didn't she say to me with her last breatl, Bridget, take care of my child. She will have no one to protect her own blood, and there's a promise in the Bible for those who take care of even one of the Lord's little ones. And I tould her as quick as I could spake fo.A the crying; 'Sure, attd I'll take care of Miss Ellen for the love of you and of her, and not for whtat it might bring me,' andi with that she shut her eyes and dtropped off to sleep antd niver again woke up.'' The child had listened eagerly as Bridget spoke, antd when the 8ot ud of her voice ceased she leaned hter head against the tree whtose majestic branch es shut out the glare of the sun from her eyes. But she did not remain silent very lottg. --Bridget, tell ine again of my mnoth er. I could hear you talk about her for ever." "But it's thte one thting 1 htave to tell, Alanna; and that is that she was the purtiesL lady I ever laid my eyes on, and thtat she was as delicate as thte posy on that wall." Before the wordls had fairly left hter lips a sound of tramtplintg hoofs struck on thte ear', atnd a mtaginiticent thtoroutght bred bore his tmaster over the wall, just escaping thte stutmp upon01 which Brndget was sitting. Ellen gave a frightetned cry and sank back int a faint. The young hiuntsmnan lost no time in dismtouting and trying to repair the * ~ damage he-had thus unwittingly donte. 11e caughtt Ellen up in htis arms and carried1 heri to a spot, not far distanlt, whtore the clear watot's of a rippling streamulet babbled cheerily on over' its pebbly bed. -Until thtat mnomnent Iharold Lancaster had been indifferent to womattly beau ty, althought haviung a keen eye for thet line pioints of a favorite horse or hound. Girls htad beeni avoided by himt from babyhood utp to hs presetnt hteightt of six-f'oot-one. But as lie gazed dlown at the white still face lying against Ih breast lhe was struck by Its exceeding~ j~. telinemnent and wonderful, classic love 1iness. lie bent and dipped his 'antd in t~te cool water and da~shed some of it in her face. By this time lhidget, had reach ed the spot. "Give the poor muirthiered lamb to me," sine said sharply, "anid ye'd best mind where ye't'e after' juimping yer quadrupid the next timle." "l'na sorry, my good woman, and I hope mty carelessness will not do any lasting harm. The child 1s onily in a taint fromt fright. See, she is opening her' eyes now. Do you feel better', lttle girl?" -'Ellen looked up at himt woniderlngly for an instaiit, then thought of wvhat - ad happented, and understood why she was In the arms of thte younag gentle "1 must have frightened you as much as you did me," she said witht a smile but her trem'bling voice contradicted: * ther attempt to make light of her fool. ings, and Harold felt himself a great sinner at having so alarmed her. "1 am a stranger in the country," he hastened to say) "and have come to make its acquaintance, as I have an es. tate here." Bridget's face, lost its sour reproving expression as a thought came to her inid. "Sure, sir, if it isn't too bold, may I ask if you're the lad who's lately come Into the ownership of Castle Flynn!" "That's the iame of my place." "Then you're the own cousin twice removed on the mother's side of that same little child ye've got in your arms. Look up, Alleen, and make the acquaint ance of yer cousin." Ellen. had wholly recovered by this time, and she slid shyly down from Harold's arms, and sheltered herself by Bridget's ample figure. As she stood thus the slight curva ture of her spine was made visible, and Harold's admiration was changed to an intenser feeling-that of pity for the beautiful child's Aflliction. "I hope we shall be better acquaint ed," he said to Ellen, "and I shall soon be riding this way again, and will come to see you, if you'll tell me where you live." Then he turned to Bridget: "Come up to the Castle this evening, I would like to ask you sone questions about the place and the people." His hunter had been standing quietly on the spot where his master had left him, after simply throwing the bridle rein over his arching neck. Now, how ever, as Harold approached hhi, lie laid bick his ears, and gave vent to a restless whinny which showed how im patient he was growing to be off. Harold patted him, and said a few soothing words as he inounted. The intelligent animal answered him with another low whinny, and darted off like the wiind, followed by Ellen's admiring eyes. " Lord save u!" ejaculated Bridget, crossing herself reverently; "if that beast doesn't prove the death of that line boy before he is done with hiii!" But Ellen said with a little air of pride: "Never fear, Bridget. One can see that my cousin is born to the saddle, and oh. how grand and noble he is!" "And lie's a civil nice-spoken young gentleman, too, worthy to be a landed Irish nobleman, though poor lad, he's come into a barren enough place; for what good is a castle without money to keel) it up? and Lord Lansfels ran through his fortune as though it had been wather to pour into the street." But Harold had been born, as the saying is, "with a gold spoon in his, mouth," and out of his full coffers tie soon imade Castle Flynn look like a dif ferent place. It seemed like a dream of fairy land to Ellen, when summer came, and she was invited to visit at the castle during the whole time Harold's mother was staying uhere. She was a widow, and Harold was her only child; and as lie had taken such a fancy to his young cousin, she was unsparing of trouble to give 11er all the pleasure she could wish during her stay. "What a pity it is that the poor thing is deformed," she said to her son one day. "She would be a perfect type of a beautiful Irish girl if she only had a straight back." "I don't think any gmi'l I've ever seen can compare with Ellen now," said Harold, "but I think that trouble can be reached, mother. Don't you renem ber that eminent surgeon whom we met in London last month? He told of cases ie had cured that were far worse than what Ellen's appears to be." "Yes, I remember something about it. Wasn't it about making his patieiits into plaster casts?'' "lIfard ly that, mother inie,'' laugh ed Iharold, "'but you have hit on onie of the component parts of lisa method of cure. I wvonder if we could get him to conic downt inmto our mild summer home. Hie nieant to remain abroad several months, b ut it isn't likely lie has gone yet." "Money generally will command a professional man's service, IHarold. 1 don't imagine you will find any dithicul ty in securing himi.'' "I'di be wvillinig to spend aniy amount to iiake Cousini Ellen a thioroughly strong healthy woman," said Harold earn stly. And if his mother felt a momentary pang as she detected Harold's intoinse interest in Ellen, she was a sensible wo man and stifled it at once. "I will do~ all I can to hell)," she said, and Harold's kiss and answering words relpaid her. "Tihank you, mothier, I knew you would You are the kindest and best of all the mothers in the world,'' he said. But wvhen lie sought out the great surgeon, he found that the moving sp~ring of his mind was not the idea of gain. At first lhe decllied to accomp~any himii honie in such a dlecided manner that Harold's heart grew heavy with disap pointmnent. But ias a last chance of moving him, trying all the other argu nients lie couild tinmk of, lhe threw him self 1u1o0n lis mercy, "D~octor," lie said; "I will tell you a secret. I love thiegi rl whom I want to put under your care. If you don't go homne with mec and try to cure her, I have no hope left for the future 'if Ellen dies, my heart will (lie too. Have pity anid try to save her." "But you have nione of the appliances I shall neced, and I dlon't want to make a botch of my work. I 1 (lid, man, all the doctors In England would be hold ing me up to ridicule." "No one shall know a thing about it unless you choose to tell them," urged harold; anid his eager importunity at last won a da. Th le surgeon accom panied him to ireland. Ellen's case was pronouncedh one that could be eured, and she was at once put under treatment, and eventually recov ered. Then there was a grand wedding at Castle Flynn, and, the bride was pro nounced to be the most graceful and beautiful of any of the brilliant company of ladles who had come to honor the nuptials with their presence. SHarold too came in for his share af idmiration and praise among the warm iearted people. And you may be sure that tue tenants ipon his estate are not to be numbered unong those disaffected ones who are naking that lovely green island a scene f violence and of desolation. With him "justice is tempered with nercy," and a good landlord makes a good tenantry. Ruby's Sorrow. "I wish I were dead, so there?" And Ruby Brown stood the picture >f lovely despair, gazing down at a yellow mass at her feet, consisting of six dozen crushed eggs. Poor Ruby had been a whole ionth saving and hoarding these treasures which were to play an important part in the purchase of a lovely "Easter bonnet," Aunt Emily had contempt uously called It, when Ruby had sakd in a pleading tone, "But, auntie, all the girls are going to have pretty new bats to wear on Easter Sunday." "Easter bonnets, IndeedlI" snapped Aunt Emily. "Girls in my thne didn't think eternally about bonnets; and Easter Sunday wasn't made a show-day for bonnets, either." "If I could have the eggs, auntie," pleaded Ruby, ignoring her last re imarks. "Well, take 'em; I. don't care, if you "an save enough 'tween now and then. You'll have to have a bonnet at any rate shortly after Easter." Ruby ran joytully out into the cool) to gather the first instalment, after giving Aunt Emily an affectionate little 11ng. "That child always gets the best of me," smiled the spinster Aunt, grimly -who had beeni mother and aunt for many years, nearly eighteen now, since tier dearest and youngest sister had lied. No one knew whatever had be uomne of gay, wild, dissipated Will Brown, Ruby's father, whom people said had once been Emily's lover, and who had deserted her for the younger sister, pretty Helen. The eventful morning had coie on which Ruby's eggs were to be disposed .f. Blithely and gaily she started forth, i neat willow basket on her arm, her ayes shming like twin stars, and cheeks rivaling summer roses. A stray robin 3hirped dubiously over-head in the budding, but leafiess trees, and visions :f the "Easter hat" floated before Rtuby's vision, with which the young Vurate, who had just been settled at Lhe "Caworth village" church, should be ensnared; for all the girls, Aunt Emily said, "were casting sheep'a eyes that; way." Ruby tripped along in the Drisp March air, satisfied with herself And the whole world, when, alas for human hopes and joys how fleeting, Ruby caught her foot in some tangled weeds, and fell headlong upon her precious basket of eggs, and for a mo muent felt as if the whole world had urushed all the joy and happiness out of her young heart and life. In her great sorrow she gave vent to the ejac ulation, "I wish I was deadi" as she slowly arose from the ruins of all her (eggs) hopes. "Can I be of any assistance?" asked someone behind her. Ruby started and looked around, to Bncounter the am used smile on the young curate's face. " I hardly think anyone can remedy this disaster," stammered Ruby, dis mally viewing the mass at their feet. "E-ggsactly," laughed Mr. Howard. "Don't laugh?" said Ruby, suddenly bursting into tears. "Don't cry, [ beg. I will try not to laugh," lie said, anxiously. "How foolish I am," said Ruby, bravely trying to smile; "but I have Lost my Easter hat." "Your Easter hat?" lhe asked, a ltl non-piussed. . ltl "Yes. "With those eggs I should have bought it?" sighied Ruby. "Hem I Well, Is it absolutely neces sary to have Easter hats, Miss Brown?" "'Oh, nuol' "Still, everyone does, you know," said Rutby, gravely. "No. I did not know it before. Do you not think you could enijoy Easter without a new hat, Miss Brownu?" lie asked, looking Into the sweet face searchingly. "Oh, yes, I could," replied Ruby, blushing rosily. I think I have been a little vain, and I am p'unished in this way." And Buiby laughedi quite merrily. "Not, one left to tell the tale," he answered, joining in her laughter. "Only on my dress and mantel,'' laughingly said Ruby; "that will tell all." "Allow me to remnove a few flecks from your hair." And lie bent forward wvith a dainty cambric handkerchief', remiovinig the golden spots from the soft, culing browni hair; both faces had taken on an added hue of pink. "May I walk back with you?" lie asked a little eagerly, as she turned to go home, after their unltedl ellforts to clean the basket which they partially succeeded in doing. P'ermaissioni was shyly given, and soon1 they wer~e chattlig like old friends, and Ruth was suriprised that she felt no greater disapposntment In the loss of her "Easter hat." Ruby went to church on "Easter' Sunday" with her winter's hat, and the Rev. Clintoni lIoward( thought thme face so sweet and good beneath it, that, all thme new "Easter hats" sank Into insignihicanice. ini contrast,; but Ruby looked arc und at, the pretty sprays of' rose-buds, im tgnonette, violets, anid pan sies, and could not help but feel a little pang of envy. Ilow coul she kniow that the young curaute was not admiring the pretty faces so sweetly adorned? Anid how could she knowv that while the organ sent forth its grandest music, the thought had comec to himi that aji other Easter Ruby Brown should wear ani "Easter hat," and it should be bri dal white. Tu sting of the bee is only one thirty second of an imch long. It Is only your imagination that inakes It eem as long as a hoe handle. ArGeutoai Appetites. "Do women real ly use arsenic for the purpose of beautifying their complex - ions?'' a prominent druggist was asked. "Oh, yes, they do," he said, "though perhaps not an mich as they seem to use it in New York and Paris, judging from printed or oral reports. I sell quite a deal of arsenic, but compara tively very little I it for the purpose named by you. ou see, arsec is an excellent alterativ ; it purifles the blood and clears the skin But all reliable down-town druggisa do not dispense it. in its most dangers-foran unless upon a physioian's prk*6rlptieu.- Most of what I sell goes t -remove vestiges of blood disease" Not far away frdm this one another druggist was found, whose custom was of a different kind. "Why, bless you," he remarked, I have a regular clientage of women who use arsenic to enhance their good looks. Most of them are fast, to be sure, but there is a sprink ling of I rofessiont4 ladies and society belles among them, who come in here to purchase the stuff when they are out shopping. - In that way they avoid the suspicion of the men, they think. But that's all nonsense oecause a regular devotee of arsenic can be picked out of a crowd. Their complexion is of a dazz ling white hue, almost marble white, and not a vestige of color remains in the face. Once know the symptoms, and you can always tell arsenic eaters at a glance. They are not all women though. There are more men among them. Actors and singers, an(t such persons whose popularity depends to a great extent upon their good looks, fre. quently are eaturs of arsenic. Very few men there are who have not some blemishes in their cumplexion, and this poison remedies that defect. I guess tue fact that most actors and singers are apt to drink hard occasionally has some thing to do with it, because the arsenic removes all traces of reckless indulgence in'liquor from their faces. One man I know of in this city for a certainty to be a habitual arsenic eater. He is a boker quite handsome, and a great favorite with ladies. I met him in a car and when I looked at hun and noticed the peculiar padlor of his features I won dered if his female admirers ever sus pected how it was brought about. "Actresses, I presume, are quite fro quently eaters of arsenic. At least, I know of a few myself who do use it. By them it is generally taken in its pure state, but in minute doses, of course. The quantity has to be gradually and .,teadily increased however, to effect what it is taken . Inside of a few months of uniutettpted use the devotee of this deadly drug may swallow with impunity a dose of it which would kill a person unused to it inside of a few hours. The effects of the poison are most per nicious, It enfeebles the whole system and predisposes to serious disease, so that such persons are much less able to cope with sickness when it comes than others. But, for all that, what woman would stop to think of that once she knows that arsenic will make har more beautiful and will not directly injure her if care is exercised? There is another poison which some women make use of to heighten their charms, and is bella donna. The very name of it, meaning "beautiful lady," is suggestive. This is also taken internally-a few drops at a time-and its effects are to dilate the pupil of the eye, to make the eye more brilliant, and to pive it a full and lust rous appearance such as very few eyes have in their natural state. Extreme care must be taken, though, for if the dose is only a trifie too large serious re sults may follow, even blindness, spasms, and other dangerous symip toms." Another veteran in the drug business was found. "I sell most of arsenic in ita prepared state known as Fiowler's Solution, which is the arsenite of potas sium. That is not expensive, for It only costs ten cents ain once, and ten to twenty drops sulilce for a dose. Physi cians prescribe it for all kinds of skin troubles, for .which it is a specific. Many people who are troubled with pimples, for instance, begin to take it, and, finding that it has a very good ef fect on the skin, they continue its use alter the original trouble no longer ex ists. 'The solut on is also used for all manner of nervous diseases, because it acts direetly on the nervous system. haut that is not what you want to know. WVell, for the beautifying purposes, our sale oi arsenic in every shape is very small. I don't think we sell overa pint a 3ear for tkat, outside of regular phy sicians' prescriptions. Whether doctors will humor their forhale patients to that extent that they give them permission to use arSenic, and then malie out pre scriptions for them, is moic than I know. Ii's not unlikely at any rate. I only know of about a dozen of our eus comers who use arsenic for the puirpose mientionsd. The comnmon arsenic we do not give every body, to be sure, uin less we know who she is. But Fowlor's Solution we sell to every one who is not drunk at the time, andt pays for it. Tihe ii'ouble with all those who rise arsenie in every shape is that they iftust go 0ii using it ant( increasing tl~e dose. As soon na they give it up they becomb dlabby and ull broken up. You can al. most always tell those people by their nearthly, deathly white faces, which at the saine time are well rounded, and in which no trace of the ruddy hue oi healh is to be discovered. Bl'ladonana is usedl but very sparingly by the haudits. it is used as a tcture, and but a few drops at a time. Tihe effect of it is to make the eyes look more brilliant," "Aind what do you know about the use of arsenic as a beautifler?" a proimi nent druggist was iusked. "There arc not many who use it of those that I know," answered he. 'it takes the color entirely out of the face and gives them uhait deathlike, marble palenels which is admired by a groat many men. When used in this way It is generally taken In the form of ar senic pills, which are put up in boxes and in sizes varyb,g from 1 2M5, 1 80 and 1 (60 grains in each pill. Taken in Fowler's Solution It will act aimilarly, purifying the blood and clearing the complexion.- it is by beginning with this solution that most of the arsenic eaters acquire and contirm the habit. There are all kinds of people among the arsenic eaters-society belles, sporting women, professional men and women. I remember an aetor, a great favorite, now dead, whose complexion was of this peculiar pallor. He must have bee n a regular arsenic eater. .Often I meet persons in the ears or on the street, and when I see them I say to myself that they are using this poison. It is so singular in its effects that it is hardly possible to mistake them. There is an other class of people who get into the arsenio habit in quitp a different way. I mean hard drinkers. When a man has been on a protracted spree, and has got his nose patuted and his face as red as a peony, all he's got to do is to stop drinking and use Fowler's Solution, and his cheeks nose and fore head will get as milky white as those of a baby. People who drink on the sly, such as book-keepers or others occupy ing positions of trust, often resort to this stratagem. The arsonic proper is on a physician's prescription. Some people come in here and pretend they want it to kill rats with, or some similar purpose, but the druggist will not sell it to them, because, even though they speak the truth. they are too liable to be careless, and somebody may get poisoned by mistaking it for some inno cent powder. Belladonna is used by society ladies on particular occasions. For instance, when they intend going to some evening party and desire to shine there to make a good impression on somebody, they will take a small dose of the tincture of belladonna, cau1s ing the eye to assume that full, large appearance that is very bewitching for a certain typo of beauty. Nobody gets into the habit of taking bollidonna for this purpobe, however, because it regu larly taken, it would dilate the pupil so much as to cause blindness, convul sions, etc. There are a few cases on record where ladies have injured their eyes permatlently in this way, by tak ing a larger dose than they ought. You know that belladonna is a very strong poison, sleepy and visionary in its ef feots, and somewhat similar ta opium, besides producing syncope and spasms." The Glunt Raft. The largest string of logs ever made into a raft was towed into; tite Erie Basin, south llrooklyn. The raft is 1 - 200 feet long, 24 feet wide, and 12 feet deep. It is Composed of 11 sections, each of which contains about 500 logs, ranging in size from Ihe diameter of a wagon wheel down to that of a tele graph pole. The logs are piled into huge bundles and strapped together with chains strong enough to tow the Great Eastern. These sections were placed in a string and fastened withi a strong hawser to the Cyclops, which was itself fastened to the 1Iaviland. Each vessel had its own master, Capt. Ellis having charge of the Cyclope, and Capt. Gaily of the Hlaviland, while the entire expedition was piloted and man aged by Capt. lufus Patterson, of St. John, New Brunswick, the veteran skipper of the I'rovince. Thologs were bought by Mr. James Murry, of No. 26 Burling-slip, in New-Brunswick early this Summer. The distance which they were towed is 650 miles, as the freight would have been very heavy Mr. Murray accordingly consulted with Capt. C. C. Ellis, of No. 60 South street, a brother of the master of the Cyclops, who undertook to tow the raft to New York, at a saving of 50 per cent. in freight rates. Tle raft was constructed, adtil on Aug. 7 was started from the harbor of St. .John. Th'Ie tipl was miade .without serious accidlent. Th'le first three (lays were as calm as could be desired, but on the fourth day Capt. Patterson was obliged to seek shelter in Booth's Bay, where the raft, was detained for three days. Pleasant weatheir was experienced after the stormi mntil Newvport, was ireachied, on last Thursday night, wvhen a strong gale separated the crib attached to tihe Cyclops from the reinainder of' the string, which was seiit adrift. Th'lis was a serious predlicanmnt, and the raft wvas in great danger of' going to pieces~ on the b~each at a loss of itiany thoutsands of dollars. Th'le llaviland was imnme diately detalchem anii dten to the rese' of tihe lost, rafl., anid ini thte mnorning the two vessels camne together with their charges and1( resmedo~ their original positions, which were miaintainied dur ing the remiainder of the voyage. T1he passage throuigh 11ell Gate was easily3 accompjlished. Sand 's Point was pass ed withont, any (diflculty, and at 6 o'clock yesterday mioring the great raft was securely anichored in the Erie Baisin, wvhere it wvill remnain umtil it can be disposed of. Leoisuare to be a insg. It Is a (luestion wlethor we cian fairly or hionorably plead thbat we have no timle to attendI to dties. Our pleas ires mlay be crowded olmit,, (iir plans lor' advaicetncit or ioney-getti ng may niot fInufl ilienit time for their fulfill mienit; but if wve have not, time to fultll the duties to others that our place in life dlemtand~s something is wvrong. 1I ithuer we aue dolinig too much neediless* work or we are trying to do work that justly belongs to othbers. 1I, Is told( of Phlilip of Macedoni that a poor 01(1 wo. man~i camie to his place mnatny timties int vaini to ask redress for wrongs that, had beent done. After manyli attempits she obtatinedi ani atulietice with the King otily to be rebuffed by hii~m, as site had been by his attenidanits. "l aimt not at, leisure to hear y'ott," he replied, abruiptly, whieni she began her story. "No?" was her exclamtation; "tell you are not at leisuare to be a Kmng." Thlis view of the matter quiite coin founded the Klu1g. A few mnometnts lie thought, 111pon it, ini silence. T1hen lie told the old wottan to go on with her case, heard her to the end(1 anmd thon gave orders that those whlo had wronged her should be punishied, anud- restitution mnade to her. And ever after this lie made it a ploinit to listen to all applica tIons brought before him, repeating to his courtiers, who objected to his troublitng himself, the lesson that the poor1 wvoman had taught him--that if heo was not at leIsure to hear the plea of his humblest subject lie w'As iiot at lilaren~ be ha nKina. The City Girl on lorseback. Spending the summer in a remote coun try place, she is tempted daily by a thou said shady lanes and by-ways, to learn to ride on horseback. On the eventful day un which sie makes her first attempt our young lady stands before her glass, con Lemplating with considerable satisfaction the braid and buttons adorning her trim figure, and the soft felt hat, whose long plume droops against her hair. Bhe tip toes about a little, putting a curl or so into place, gathering over her arm the folds of the long skirts she wears, and lashing the toe of hergaiter boot with a riding-whip. She even in the privacy of her chamber, perches sidewise on the arm of a big easy chair, and energetically whips up the foot. stool, viewing the effects In the mirror rrom the corner of her eye. At last some yne cries from the hall below that the torses have come, and she hastens down itairs. She stuibles once or twice on the way, and at the last step catches her foot. tn her tress and plunges headlong, only rescued from a fall by one of the members Af the household, who is, of course, pres. nit to see her off. Regain tug her balance, i the advances nure c.tutiously and inspects ier steed. She is not wholly satisfied. It is true that site requested a quiet aniial, Jut there are degrees of quitnems, atid site wouid have been content to stop short of i ibsolute dejection. Site conceals her dissappotinotn, how 3ver, and wonders how she is to get on the animal's back. The good-nattireat stable nan, who is to accompany her, has dis tnounted, but (oes not show the slightest intention of offering his han for her to put her foot in, according to all traditions >f the courtesies of horsemanship. There i a pause. Soie one suggests that she better have a stool. ler soul revolts at the thought. Nevertheless the stool is brought, and froin its sutimnit she mtakes a riesperate leap for the saddle, fully ex pecting to fall over the other side. A clutch at the inane or the steed saves her, however, and in another moient they are off. 11er sensations are pectiltar. Site never knew before that a horse was so tall. [low very tall the animal is! She wits not aware that. lie had such a longitude of backboie, or that it beaved so when lie walked. She has not long to reiflect on I those marvels, for presently her comnpai- I ion chirrups, and the animal she is on t 3tarts into a trot. She gasps, clutches tier itddle and bids good -bye to earth. When ie returns to her country hoine ait hour iater, she is pale but effusively cheerful, and tells her friends it was "perfectly lovely, but she thinks she shal li'e it bet ter when she is used to it." The aext d ,y ghe spends upon the sofa in the house with novel, and she smiles a faint but bitter amile when she reads that the heroine r)f the novel "touched her black mare lightly witih the whip, and took a five barred kate with the fearless case of a practical horsoian." ito (Ireat Volcano oriuption. Both the groat earthquake in the is- C land of Isohia, at the end of July, and the extraordinary and still more de tructive volcanic eruption which has just overwhelmed the slaand of Java, as [ully described in the Now York Sun, mcurred in a well-recognized focus of volcanic forces. Isohla is only a few miles from Vesuvius, with which it is 3onnootod by a chain of small volcanoes I and in the part of the Mediterranean Sea are Aina, Stromboli, and other famous volcanoes. Java lies near the focus of the greatest volcanic system on the globe, amid a perfect nest of vol- p Banoes, there being no less than forty live craters on the island of Java itself. The evidence given by these two out- I bursts, therefore, taken in connection - with that recenitly furnished by similar, though less destruetive, disturbances in other quarters of the earth, shows that there is at present extraordinary activi ty in the earth's interior, which is mami fested at all, or nearly all, the vents by j which these pent-upl forces ordinarily i escape. To show how widespread this internal disturbance is, it Is only neces sary to recall the fact that within six months there have been extraordinary volcanic erup~tioniI or earthquakes in almost every quarter of the globe, In Japan a new -volcano has been formed; , in Central America an 01ld volcano, sup-e posed for centuries to be extinct, has suddenily burnt into eruption; in Bonmth America Cotopaxi has incited the aceu. muiated snow on its lofty cone, and be gun to send forth flee and ashes; inJ En~iropo the giant AMina has recently p)artly roused itself to actIvity, and since the disaster at Ischtia, Vesuvius tins been gilving indications of an im pending cruiptioni. Bunt in the intensity of action displayed none of these out buruts can compare with the greatr Javan eruption. The focus of the vol- I canic system to which the Javan craters elong is suplposed to lie between the islands of Borneo and New Guinea, eon medorably to the east of Java, and fromi this focus four prmncipal fissures in the earth's crust are supposed to extend, oune reaching to Kamnschatka, another to, the Antarctic ci.ole, a third running through the islands east of New Guinea, and the fourth extending lengthwise across Java. There scenas to be no d~oubt, that on the p~resent occasion the, volcanic forces began t~o manifest them selves near the western extremity of the, Javani fissure antd advanced toward the focus. Tihis is a very interesting fact, sspecially since it is known that activity was manifested last winter in the morthern branch or flasure of this vol- 1 anie system, a new voicano being rormned in Japan. So far titere has been t io dilstuirbanice near the focus itself, . e An Exeliing Storma. Theli keeper of the light at Moinauk Pocit says lie often hias to go otside ,hie lanternt, 190 feet above the booumig e murf, ini stormy wilnter ntighits, amid with L still broonm clear off the raily gath tring snow that sticks to the glass 'You call tis an excitinig stormni" ho saidl to a summer visitor; If yout want ;o know what a storm is, you should be ti here on a winter night, when we myve a hard onel Then, sometimes, the tolid towver itself shakes as if it were a Eramue structure, and the roar of the I itorm Is like a~ menagerin nf wildI THE VERDICT THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BESTI MR. J. 0. BoAG-Dear ir : I bought the frst Davis Machl'e soId by you over fve years ago for ily wife Who has given it a long and fair trial. I 1im Well pleased with it. It never Rives any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. J. W. fU01slr. Winnsboro, S. C., April 183. Mr. BOAG: Ton wish to know what r have to say u regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three rears ago. I feel I can't say too nuch in is favor. matde about IS),0 within flive months, at times unning it so fast that the needle would get per ectl hot from, friction. I feel conlieni I conhl lot lave done the same work with us inuel ease aiid so well with any other inachine. No time lost U adjusting attachments. The lightest runnin naciie I huve ever treadled. Brother James an Nilliaitis' fitulies ure us much pleased with their )avis Macilnes baought of you. I want no better nachmne. As I i id before, I don't think too nuich cami be said for the Davis Machine. Iteper fully, lf..i.N Sracv ExsoN, Fali ehl County, April, lss3 MR. BoAu : My inteninie gives me perfect satisi action. I lind no faul. with it. The attachinients .te so simple. I wish for no better hlan the Davm fertical Feed. litespet fully. MIN. it. M i.i. Fairtleid county, April, 1S83. MR. BloA' I bougIht a ibvqI vertiv'al Feed ewing Mdeiine from you four years ago. I am elighted w ith it.. It never has gavImui Ime any rouimle, and has never been time least out of order. Is its gojd as when I lrst bought it. I elnn heerfully recoinutinl it. litespect fully, Nilts. M1. J. KiRK I.AND1. Monticello, April 30, 1883. t This Is to certify that I have been using a Davs 'erttld Feed Sewlatg Machine for over two years, itrehased of Mr. J. (). liong. I haven't found i t 'issesHei of any fault-all time attachinuonts are su lini de. It neverrefuses to work, anti is certaInly ih ightem running [it the market. I consider I& ilrst class mnachine. Very respectfully,. MINNIR M. Wi.ILINUiUAN. Oakland, Fairileld county, S. '. M it BOA: I am well pieaset mu every partcut viiIi the I)aVI Maclhin Dought of you. I tWiuk i drst-class IIi achimie in every respect. You knew ou mold several machines of the same make to l1iterent inemibers of our families, all of whomn, A far as I know, are well lieAqed with them. Respectfully, Mils. M. If. Moni.Ity. Fairfield conty, April, ISi. TIhis lato certiry we nave naI in constant use hie DavIs Aaci0e bought of you about three yeams go. As we take in work, and have made the rice of it several tiumes over, we don't. want any tter nachine. It is always ready todo any kind f work we bavo to do. No puckeringor skipping titches. We can only say we are well pleasea lnd wish no botter machine. VATU'RININ WYLi AND Si'rsam. April 25, 18,8t. I have no fault to and with my machine, and omn't want anlmy better. I have mnade time priae of severa tWines by taking in sewing. It is always cady to do Its work. I think it a firai-olass ma hine. I feel I cal t say too much for the Davis 'eriical Feed Machine. MRS. TuoimAs SMiTe. Fairtield county, April, 133. MR. J. 0. BoAG-Dear Sir: It gives me much leasure to testify to the merits of the Davis Ver cal Feed Sowing Machine. The machine I got of ou about live years ago. has been almost in con. lamit use ever since that time. I cannot see that is worn ay, and has not cost ine onme cent for spmairs siuca we have had it. Ainm Weli leasedi ad don't wish for ainy better. Yours trtuly, lioBT. CmRAlWFoRD, Uranite Quarry, near Winnaboro 8. U. We have used the Dhavis Vertical Feel Sewing iscine for tile last five years. We would not aive any oilier make at any price. Th'Ie machine as given usn unbounded satisfacotion. Very respect fully, Mae. W. Kt. TiURtNER AND) D)AUGHJMTUe Fairfield counaty, 8. C., Jan. 27, 198. Having bought a Davis Veil ical Feed Sewinig lauhino from Mr. J. 0. Boag somie thiree years go, andi it having given me perfect, satisfaction in very resp~ect as a family machine, both for hea.'y nmd ligh lt sewing, amid never needed time least re air in any way, I can cheerfully recommend it to tny one as a first-class niachaute in every pafticu ar, amid think it second to none. It Is one of time imnpmest maachinee made; my children use it with li ease. Thle attachmaents are more easily ad usted and It does a greater range of work by neans of its Vertical m'eed than any other tua hlue I have ever seen or used. Mae. 'TlOnfAs OWINos. Winnaboro, Fiairfield county, 8. C. We have had one of the Davis Machines about our years and have always founid it ready to do all hiuds of work we have hlad occasion to do. Caii't ee tilat the machine Is worn any, and works as veil as when new. Mas. W. J. CRA WFoRD, Jackson's Creek, Fairfild county, 8. U. My wife Is highly pleased with the Dla Ma hine bough, of you. Shte would not take double /Dat she gave for it. T'h machine has not 5men out, of order since site had It, and she can do mny kind of work on it. Very Itespectfully, J AS. F. Fuus. Monticello, Fairitld county, 8. C. The D)avls Bewig Macline Is simply a treau ie Mae. J. A. Uooauw v. itidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, lbss. ,1, 0 lHoAe, Esq., Agent--Dear Sir: My wife as macen using a Davis Sewing Macline constant. for the past four years, anti it has never needed may repairs amnd works just as well as wihen first ought. She says it will do a greater range of ractical work mend do at easier andi better than ny machine she hias ever used. We cheerfully scommnendl it as a No. I family mnachine, Your trn.y, -JAS. Q. D)Avme. Winnisboro, 8. C., Jan. 3, 1868. Ma. BhoAG : I have always found my Davis Aa line ready do all kinds of to work I hays had oc salon to do. I cannot see that the macblue is vormi a particle and it works as weal as when new. Rfespectfully, Mas. R. C. (;A00DINU. Winnlsboro, 8. C., A pril, 188, Mn. 3010: My wife has been constantly using he Davis Mamchtne bought of you about five years go. I hav'e never regretted buyngi, as it is Ilwayai read for any k Ind of tau Uyswng, either lev r1 .It is never out otf x or needliug Very respeotfu , A. WLADD. JairfieldS. 0., Maroh,1868.