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w-li - .,'lg l Sr -. 11T. - - TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. 0.. OTOBElR 9, 1883. ESTABILISILED 1848 A MEMOlRY. lOne night he danced with ie, And the roses in mny hair W hispered secretly That a kis fell 'niongst thei there. Perhaps 'twia for the flowers; They touch the heart, you know; They move with myst lo powers Hearts that are gold as snow. Or perhaps ?twas for the tresses; Surely they warmuer grew; With nestling soft caresses They thrilled ine through and through. Was't for Love, that welcome comter, Young Love, so stranlgely sweet? Oh, it seemed all the wings of sumuer Upbore my floating feet. Ahl well-but the dance-it ended, And the blush of the roses tied; Gray locks are with the brown locka blunded; And the kiss-the kiss-is it dlead'? HICEEZE 1EIrON's TRIAL. "Ile Isn't coming," said Breeze Be] ton. "-How provoking! I've almost a mmitd-not quite, but almost-to lock the house and go up the lake to where Uncle Ben Is building the new houso. How would he like it thell, I wonder." Breeze Bolton had been born and brought up aioig these wild and soli tary forests. 11er mother bad been a beautiful Indiant girl who had given her heart to a pioneer hunter, and who had died when Breeze was only four years old. Hugh Belton was a quiet, silent man, butl he loved his young wife with a passionate fervor, and did not long survive her, and Breeze had been brought up by her uncle, a hardy, brown skiinned old bachelor. The house onl the edge of the forest was only of logs, its rude floor carpetless, and the windows guarded by shutters instead of glass, but the spirit of true love had brooded there, and Breeze had never missed the tender care of her dead paret.ts. Uncle Ben was but a rude nurse, but Uncle Ben loved the child, and Breeze had grown up tall and beautiful as a lily, with dark melt inig eyes, a skmn just toutchd wil i creamy-brown, and movements as ftill of unconsciousgrace as those of a fawn. She studied now and then the New York fashion books which drifted across the frontier, and tried, in her wild, artistic manner, to imitate their grace lui drapings and bold contrastsoi color -she read of far away worhls across the mountains, and strove to imagine what cities could be like-and then she went, out into the forests, to gather masses of purple wild grapes, to look at Uncle llen's traps and bring home wild ferns and finally come to the conclusion that Mla) onac Falls was the nicest place after all. But love inds its way even into the wildest recesses of the forest deeps, and one day Harry Blake, the young engi neer, came out to survey the route of a new railroad through the lonely woods, and Breeze discovered, all of a sudden, that she had a heart. "Wal," remarked Uncle Ben, as lie put a square of chewing tobacco into his pocket, "I don't doubt as this 'ere railroad-line between Mayonac and Little Cascada will be a fine thing for the farmers, but it just spiles the ground for huntin'. I hain't seenl a deer, I dunno when. And as for foxeS and other wild creatures, why, they're clean gone." "All these things must give way before the march of civilization, Mr. Delton," said Hairy Blake. "And no body knows.the grand future that is in store fer Mayomuc Falls " "I dunn1 nothin' about your fu'itures," snorted Uncle Bena. "It's the present I'in most, interested in.'' "The new railroadl, however, weint bravely on. Gangs of workmen wvith shrewd browvn faces and red flannel jackets arrived-huge maasses of rock were blasted away, anad moumntainus of rich browni soil rose up to level the swampuiy stretches and raise the deep hollows of lonely glens to the regula tioni height of '"the line.'' Old hunt. era looked solenly on, as if nmot (quite certain that all thais was not time work of thme Evil One-settlements sprung up like .Jonah's gourds along the route of the improvement-and a class of people whom Mayonac had never before knownm now began to swarm in all di rections. The one log tavern which had beent thme resort of all the neighbor hood( for miles around, whore cheap tobacco was sold, anid the traditional barrel of whiskey was propped on two * logs behind tile bar, found itself sup plemen ted by iunnumnerable "ltestau -jrants," "Rtetreats," "Old Houses at I home," an~d "ltefreshment Gardens;'' anid beautiful Breeze Belton, who never before had known what feat' was learned to dIreaid the wvhoop of;#rudken revelers, and shut herself up in thle old cabinl wvhen thie noisy workmen wer'e going by. And so, wheni the trainis begana to thunder back and forthl twice a day on the New ltoadl, Uncle Ben gave his trousers a hitch. "'I cain't, stantd tis,'' said he, "'I've been usedl to a qjuiet life, and this sort, (' thing dona'. suit mec at all. I've built a shhouse on that there pice 0of land up the Lake-an' I hope to good S ness it'll be one spell before Modern . improvenmnts conmes there." "But Breeze cannot come here with youi,.Mr. Jieltoun," said Harry Blake, wiha mischievous sparkle in Is eyes. "h tim te reason she can't conmc thar withI mc?" said the old hunter, 4gruffly. "B~ecause I have a house dlownt by the station,'' aid1 flarry. "And be cause she 11as promised to comec with mAe." Uncle Ben's lips twitched. "Breeze," P said hie, "is that so'? Why, 'tain't nao 4 longer ago thtan yesterday that yott was { little yet playinig withI a corneob doll! And niow,-yout'd leave your ol uce, would you?'" Breeze flung botht her arms around his neck, with a suddeni burst, of tears and smiles. "It Isn't that I don't love you just as well, Uncle Ben," said shte. BUt. -but, "1 understand," said thme old man, smiling sadly. "It's what come to your mother afore you, Breeze! Wel i'its 'uman natur. An'd I don't s'poi 1've any cali in complain. Blake's clever feller enough, I'd ought to be swillin' to trust you to him!" So, upon this balmy August evening Breeze Belton was waiting for her loy, er, and still, like the. traditliml hero of song and story, "he came 1ot'" "I declare," said the girl, quickly, "I won't wait any longer. Harry ought. to know that the woods will be too dork to,. go up to the Alountain Point after 8 o'clock.. If.hoicared to walk with me (if, indeed!' Ah, sly little Breezel) he would have been here long agoil" And In a momentary llsh of pique she tied on her scarlet ribboned hat, locked the house door, and went out into the dim, delicious fragrance of the twilight woods. Down the laurel, shaded path across the wild ravine Nyhere the azhlea blos somed so luxuriantly in sumer to the river shores site went, pretending to sing softly to herself, yet secretly chaf ing the while at what she fancied the unwarrantable neglect of her lover. Until, all at once, as it were,' she found herself on the line of the new railroad, its steel veints glistening weirdly in the -purple twilight, its brown embankments forming a curious contrast, to the fresh green of the woods and meadows that surrounded it on either side. She glanced up at the sky, her only horologe. A sngle star had sparkled its way out of the violet gloom and hung brightly above the horizon. "Past eight," she said, alouat. "The train imust be along soon. I should like to see it ust past!" At that Instant, however, she stoop ed over the cliff and gazed more in tently at some dark object below. "I. thought so," shie murmured. "It is something on the trackl A man's body lying across tihe rails. Wild A bner, most likely. W ell, " with a slight shudder of repulsiont, "let hin lie there. lie has courted this sort of death inany atlt miany a tile--now let hiim meet it.'' For Wild Abner, one of the rude hunters of the neighborhood, was a notorious drunkard, and of all the sins in the calendar, Breeze could least tol erate that of inebriation. Nor did the' fact that in addition to his other fail ings, Wild Abner had once aspired to be her husband, detract from this esti mtation of hers. She hated the man, as she would have hated a hissing cop perhead snake, and there wassomiething in her untanted Indian blood which suggested to her that it would be best to leave the senseless wretch there to await his (100111. But then there dawned in her heart a sweater and imore womanly liglit of mercy. "God forgive mel" she cried aloud, "what is this thing that I would have done? " And, hurrying down the steep pine fringed declivity, she flew-to the rail road track, and with a cry of terror, dragged the senseless form off the rails into the deep gully beyond, where tall forns waved their banner-like head and sweet wild lilies bloomed. As the train rushed shrieking by, she saw the white, marble-like face-it was that of lai ry Blakel "Yes," he said, when revived by the cold water of the nearest spring lie was able so sit up, with his back propped against the rock. "I had hurt my foot badly,-- L'm afraid it's a sprain, Breeze, darling - ut I thought I should be able to hobble home in some way. But when I was on the railway track, a sudden dizziness seemed to come over imte, aid I can remember nothing more, until I saw your sweet face bendinig over mue. Oh, Breeze, my guardhiant angel, you have saved me!" An wi ~ hen Breeze comnprehiend~ed how near she hiad comie to the sini of imrder, the murder of lien own lover, too, a dlreadifui palr crept over her face? and she breathed an iniward thanksgiving foir the Divinue Alercy which had pro tected her front so direful a crime. She sawv W iid A buer the next day. Like the aillicted wretch of ii oly Wr It, he wais at last "clothled1 and( in huis right mind~." "I've tuned over a ne w leaf,Breeze,"' lie said with rugged fervor, "I've got engaged to little Iletty Sinpson, dowin at the grist mill, and, Ileaveni helping me, i mean to be a differenlt mtan. Julst you1 see!'' "'I wish you tall good luck, Albuer,' said Breeze with sinmple kintdness. "Every man hasL' his chance in life given to him, and I believe that this is yours!" And once more in her heart she thtanked lleaven. iReuedo L~ads. Five (lays after the disas'trous earth quake at CJasimcciola two youithm agedl 17 and( 18, were taken out alivt fromu the ruitts 'of a (demtolishied house. They were In a room on the groundI floor, and the floor of the room above beiitg sustained by achiest of d rawvere and a sewing mnachine-onte of the ladi was a tailor--had confined them, as II were, in narrow cavities of a few square feet. The (lay before their rescue phiotograp~h of this par'ticular heap oi rumns had beeni takent, and the mcer below heard the nioises above them aind called out ill vain., T1he~ next day a brothber of one of them who had es. caiped, began digging ini tie search for the . body of his father, ie heardb a voice from beloir, and the engineers after working for six hours,, broughti out tie' first othie survivors. F-or, tuinateely, the tw#1lads had within theh seachi a quantitydof fruits, tomiatoes am a bottle of vimegar, amid NI$4h ese thtel htad sustailed 'life, tho~ught )kposed t< the stench of ~deed npo~Ing body I the same apartment.' Tlje.. firat bo) rescued toldl that titer. 'WP anothei person alive, anal the Work Wsresumed In a coule of hioulrs als J~twas tun covered Mid restora ne' iistered One of his' fdst; was fast fter a beatm ud~ht. had to be .ut in tjvo befori his~ release was effced . The youth fir~t rescued a14Irthe - 89q' ch an( resoue'ot hituiloin misfortunie havhIg entirely vei'ed (roar the et fects of hig 4linhilement, but the othe; had to be removed to the hospital In at exhausted oandltinn. Itich but Unrefined. In the large parlors of the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, there is on Ox hibition every evening a most remark able old lady. The old lady's name Is Crouse. She is from Syracuse, N. Y. 11er husband was, in early life, a grocer in a very small way. lie worked hard and became rich. The latter part of his life he bas devoted to his money, so that it now amounts to several mii lions. The husband and wife were un eduoated, and used to manual labor av the outset of their mte, and so when their money came they enjoyed its pos session as few do who love money. For forty years they have been rich, without losIng for one day the keen zest of the possession and power of much money. Let us look at her enthroned in the grand main parlor, a little to the left of the main entrance , peering with her keen black eyes at the passers-by. She looks like a great lay figure for the ex hibition of jewelry, laces, and silks. 11er face is coarse-featured, heavy lined, and highly rouged. Her eyes are clear and bright. Her nose is large and straight, inclining upward. Her mouth thin, and curved toward her double chin, sinking down to a figure that is perfectly shapeless, hidden in billows of fat. The face is a kindly one, wearing an almost childish look of pleasure. It is made up as if for the stage. The lips are tinted, the cheeks rouged, while the layers of fat under the jaws are powdered. Above this mask of artifi cial bloom is a heavy jet-black wig of curls, coming well down upon the fore hlead. The eyebrows, too, are artificial, being perfectly curved and jet black. Upion the black wig is a great wreath of artificial flowers so glaring in color as to attract as much attention as an electric light. Back of this crown of color is a urpl(i-trimmned lace cap. In the ears of this strange old lady blaze great solitaire diamond ear-rings, price $8, 000. Around her neck is a gold chain twice as heavy as any dog-collar ever made. In the middle is a bar of huge diamonds. Fron this descend other chains over a surface of black satin and point lace to a girdle, where a watch and charms encrusted with diamonds repose. The left hand is loaded from the knuckle to the first joint of each finger with diamond rings. 11er hands are bony, and show the evidence of the hard manual labor of her early life. But the large joints hold on the rings better than a more supple hand. The right hand is adorned with only one ring, but it is a great, blazing opal en circled with diamonds. Her black satin dress, stiff enough to stand alone, is covered with black thread lace. White duchesse.lace is about her heavy wrists, and fairly swaddles her short neck. This is the way she looked the even ing I first saw her. But I understand she has a dress for nearly every even Ing. By her side sits her husband, her opposite in everything so far as more appearances go. Ile is a tall, handsome old gentleman, with snowy-white hair and beard. There is not the simplest indication of display upon his part. But he heartily sympathizes with his wife, and admires her as artists do the reali zation of their loftiest ideals. He is al ways ready to talk about his wife, lie will say with an amiablesmile upon his peaceful face: "How do you think she Is looking to-night?" "Splendidl" you say. "Well, she is splendid. She has all the money she can spend. How (10 you like those diamond ear-rings? I paid $4,000 apiece for them." "Beautiful." "Beautiful, you say. Well, yes5; but they won't compare with that, bar of diamonds at mother's throat. 1 p'aidl $15,000 for those." IMlr. Crouse will go lovingly over every item of his wife's wardrobe and check off the price of each bit. ie re. gardls her as the toy figure of the shop window of his lif e, lie is constantly thinking of somnethinig that wvill cost much money to hang upon mother. Mrs. Crouse is equally free with her mformation about the cost of articles of her wardrobe. A few (lays ago a niece of hers was here on a visit. Thme 01(d lady introduced her niece to one of the ladies of the hotel, and said: '"Look at tihe lace on my niece's dress. T1here are fifty yardls of lace ini that trimi~ming, and it cos5t $71 a yard." ,The (Clovo. Tihe Clove tree is one or the Myrtle family of plants. The tree attains a hehht of sonme forty feet, anid in its native island lives to an age of from one hundred t~o two hmundreud years. Tlhe Clove tree is now cultivated oni many of tue Islands of the Iudian Ocean, but It nowhere grows so lavge or lives so long as on the small group of islnds where it was orightially l oundI. It has a trunk quite straight, with a light,, olive-colored bark, and at, about half its hIa ght the branches put, out alnost at right anigaes, and( bear a heavy mamss ol foliage; the leaves are narrow and resemble those of the Laurel. ['he general appear asce of the tree Is quite formam, being that of almost a perfect, conie, suplporteid by a straight, steim. The trees In the plaunta tions are sot in regular rows, fronm ten to fifteen meet ap~art each way. The flowers are formed in termnnl clusters of a dozen or more. Time hlowor buds are pickedl when fully formed and before iney open, and are spread out thinly in the shade an I dried without allowIng rain to fall on them. T[heay are dIried partly by Ithe natural heat of thu air and partly by wood thie'. When first picked they are of a reddish color, but turii brawn in dfrying. The fruIt 1s a bierry, an l this ls gathered wl~ule green and driedl; the trult Is then known as Mother Clover al:dl is sent to sonic extent to this cunutry and h'europe, bust it is prumcpally usedt In China and other eiatera comntrIes. The rif.e fruit In s zn andl shaipe resembles a small olIve, andl Is of a liard1 red color and contains one 'or two seeds. It has the Clove flavor in a mild degree, as has also the bark, the wood, and thme leaves, none of them however, being equal to the buds in this respect. There is no prospect Ithat this tree will ever be cultivated more generally than at the present time, or, at least that its cultivation will be extended to other parts of the world, ' snce It do. alands climatic conditions only to be found ha the renion of Its home. "G(od Bless the VPoy." When you see a boy comling-down the street with a ball of cord in his hand aud a look on hii serious face like that worn by the picture of an early Chris tian father standing in the arena await ing for the new lion to be called to dinner, it is a sign that if you just cast your eyes upward, you can see that boy's kite dancing nimbly in the air to the lascivious pleading of a-whole colony of telephone wires. When you see a boy going along in the merry merry sunshine with his hat in his hand, shaking his hair with a pine stick to got it dry, now and thon leanig his head ol one sid. pounding the other side with his hand and practl cally kicking his feet in the air, in des pIerate efforts to got the water out of - his ears; or when you see him holding ,t warm stone to his ear for the saige purpose, it is a true sign that may thidk L)f that boy, by and by, standing speech less when his imother asks him how hIs irt came to be wrong side out,. You must not run down the street in the lirection of his home under the impres 3ion that the boy is being basely inurd mred. You can't kill a boy with askate strap. And in hoc signoes you wim know that boy hais been in swimming when lie should have been at school 4earning that "'twenty-six propositions ire rollowed by the accusative," all the way from ad to ultra. When you see a boy about 5,45 r. M, with ink on his nose and the grime of Aialk on his hands, his hair dishievoled, nd the two tipper buttons of his jacket gone, his collar rumpled and necktie dwisted away, and a suspicious looking lush and two or three scratches adorn ng his face, you may know that he was "kept in" after school, and was taunt 3d for the same by another boy when he ane out; and if you want it know the rest of it, it will not be necessary to go Uto particulars but just ask him 'which whippedi" If a joyous look of Priumph dances in the exultant eyes, you will know that just arouid the cor ier you will find a boy with a bleeding ioe aid a generally demoralized facade. But if the lad you question looks down ,ast, multisms cum lachrymnis begins his >ration. like Ainatiacus, by saying: 'Well, lie was a great deal bigger'n no,'' you know that your boy got 'licked." When you see a boy With the pockets )f his pantaloons bulging out until lie ooks like a great bumble bee, laden for ,he hive, while he walks aloig-trying ,o look as thin as a split lath, and wearing a profound expression of super iatural innocence, you know, without :eferring to the code of signals. that ,oy has been lingering ipsomnebody's )rchard, and doesu t care to have undue publieity given to facts that only con 3ern him personally. When you see a boy on the distant lillside, suddenly leap up into the soft summer air, holding one foot tenderly but firmly in the wedded lingers of both liands, while Io hops around in irregu ar but excited orbits at the same time voicing his grief with wailing surieks mellowed by the sunny distanee, thenl without going to the telephone, you imay know that bare foot boy has trod in the busy bee that nestled in the per rumed clover. And wherever and whonever you see him, in mischief or out of it-that is, just coming out of it or just ready to get into some more; awfully bad, or with many tearful failures and disgrace ful stumbles trying to be good; forget ting your commandments which thumd 3r upon him by the hundred, well nigh ms readily and repeatedly as you forget thme ten that ininte wisdoni has laid uipoin you; in all his noise, his poor litt le sitrug~gles, temptations, triumiphs and andi( failures, his piteous little troubles and his tearful honiest, penitence, in all the lightniess of a boy's life, your hearL must growv mellow and tender for the little germi of mianihiood, son full of wvon dlerful piossiblities, so rich with seeds oh strength that will ripen by and by, for good or for evil, as you walk and live before the boy; ever as you look at him, remember wvhat you were thirty or. forty years ago, and say, "Godl blss the boy." flare iNe,,-shelts. "Ohlcer," said a rIchly-dressed lady to Polieman Moran on Souith St., New York, "'caii you tell mec where the manm who sells shells keeps his place?'' "'First dooir arounmd the conier, mia'm, up1-stairs,"' ainsweredl the ofhicer, 1111d as the lady miovedl away lie conitiniu d: "A man wants to be a walk ing directory to stand on this cuorner. Thalnt's the fourth one this morning waiiting to buy shells. It's thme latest Sooni after a reporter foumd the shell lealer in his ollice, the wvalls of which ire lined withi shelves, supporting trays uonutammuttg specimlens of ahnmost, every kind of deep-water shells. lie said1: "Yes; I know somuethinig about shells -iniiact,, I thinik 1 ami the largest pro rflssina ldealer in this conntry, if nuot in the world. I was born and brought upi uinder the shadow of. Fulton Market, so to speak, and have beeni coleitg shells sinuce I was a boy." lIe wheeled over a mahogany cabi net to, where the l'eporter was sittihig, itd saidl:. '"This is my owni collection, and I do niot thinik it cani be equaled in this somutry. I value it professionally at $3,000; but I would niot sellit. Two of my custonmers- one a leadiing Hap List Clergyman in Brooklynm, and the ter a wealthy wlidowv lady who owins I great, deal1 of real estate ini this (hit4y, hiculug two or thre h() otels-have fine collectionus; but, inot so) complete ams nine. ,Just look it, over and judge for yourself." Tme lirst and~ second~ drawers of. the mabinet were devoted to coral sp'ecimiensH of every conceivable color and formiation. Thelm dealer explainted thbat they camne from the East Indies, Ceylont, Cuba the Austrahisilan Islands, the Med iter iteani, and I-he Paicillc Islands, -Thue third dralwor wals filled with specimens of tihe conch faniiy of beautiful form mani shades, and the fourth drawer was resplendenit with varieties of pearl shells. In the fifth drawer some very rare shells were seen. There were - neekramocs with hazel bodies covered with dark sj10t8 and convoluted edges. T1hey are a showy shell aid are found in Ceylon. Another East Indian shell, khown as "the Leopard," shifts and changes its color like a monster opal when turned before the light. lie produced an East Indian scallop shell which ho said was the finest speci men inl this country. A double rainbow was marked on Its inner surface, and the blending of the colors was inuiply wonderful. In another drawer were sea-urcins,marlig-spikes starlish, sea-ships or nautilus and many other curious shells. In a corner of the room, apparentiy neglected, were two pali baskets from the Garden of Pam pilnezo, Island of Maricu, anld brought to New York by Captain diodwiu of the brig Charlotte. "8top at Dorlon's on your way up," said the doaler,- "and' see mny Ilowo'r basket frdnir ia'waii. -It Is the finest thll-basket i this city, aid worth 100.11 lietjaen opened the east dritwer and akinig'out. a blue velvet case, handed it to the reporter, saying: "That is the Uhris4t Sbell." The reporter opened the case and saw 1te shell, which is small of size. The back Is a pale emeral green of indoscri bable tint, while on the white under iurfacoealpears a perfect reproduction: >f the Savionr's face, wearing the 3rown of thorns, the stigmata being listinctly marked by crimson lines. As 'ite reporter handed him back the ease I i silence the dealer said: k Is ifound in the Indian Archipel igo, and is extremely rare. 1 believe there are only four specimens in the lontry, mine, which you have seen; 1ht0 second, owned by the Brooklyn slergyintin; the third, which was pur iased in Europe by Mrs. S.,'and the !ourth, which is in the p05essiOni of Sir. Pierre Canonge, a distinguished Lrench gentleman living in New Or cans. Mine is not for sale." Ul further contvesation Ie explained I hitt tile fashion of collecting rare Ahells j .as (1n the increase, a Was wholly I .onfined to persons of relhietent and aste. Many of theim notified him to mll at their houses with atn1y new speci- 4 nens lie might have. There was act tally Ito fixed price onl slells, for ctsto- I iters on Iinding a rare spechnen which [hey had iiot inl their collections, would id far more tian its market value to a ossess it. Ladies far outnumnbered lentlement in securing collections. "Where and low do you get your I hielils?" asked the reporter. "Well, really now. I'll tell you that ionio other tne," was the answer. Severe on Liko Dudes Although there are so many tranquil, telleetual, and really distinguished persons hero they ar but few compared with the multitude. Newport is, eve I Apart from its solidly rich folk, the entre and home of dudedomn. I might name scores of young imien who are nothing but the sons of wealthy New Yorkers, and wio (1 nothming exept imitate, English stupidities, mersonal anld social, try to be fast and blase and assune to be superior on the sole, presumable ground of inferiority. It I was thoen who made that disgraceful 1 disturbance at the Casino the other night, and who are continually guilty of conduct they have not the sense or grace to be ashamed of. A more brain less, idle, impertinent, characterless, woul(-bo vicious set (I say, "would be," for they have not sulliciont energy and force even to be profligate), it w uld I be hard to discover. Thei fathers are often solfmade, and generally engaged iml active busmness but they disdain work and talk of "fellows in trade;" ridicule in their feeble way all earnest ness and enthusiasm and talk boast fully of exp~erienices they should blush to avow. Not one of thiem ever had an itle'a. I f ho shou)tldl have one it would pet ish f'romt predlestinied lone liniess, thouigh not before it had prob ably caused utncerebral congestion by occupancy of ia vaciunm. 'Tey art-] eternually talkinig about what is gentle-] manly anid about being a gentlemnan. .N itncomtpoop~s that they at-e, they have n10 imore coitceptiont of the char-acteir of) a tite gentleman I hant they have of the natur-e ot integr-al calculus or the nob tilar' hylml~ihesis. T1hey do tnot veni utnder-stand that, otne must he~ ai muan be for-e otte cant be a gentotmain. T1o ho a1 gentlemant the chief requltisites are, in] thteii (stimattioni, to have clothtes matte int L~ondont, to be a judge of Bjutrgudy, to r-egatrd labor as vulgar, and to lbe a mietmber of the Kn~mickerboeker- Club. Uutdes ate cottnnnonly thought to be betweeni 21) and 30), butt therie ar-e dudesl of 50 and~ (10 anid upward1. A nutinber of this ancient order1 mnay be opserved any day at, tue Casino, on the polo0 gr-otunds, Otn Ocean avemue, or in cer-tainti natrine vilhts. They arto wvorse, l'ar , inore offetnsivye, thtan their j unmioi-s, to whomt one unght be lenient on accouti Of youth. But, thetre seetms to be nto vahtnl eixcuse for1 a matn of adlvanedt age and numbet-less oppotitiies to bie anlt iextraordiniarty comblintation of fool, cox comb anid tutft,-hunttter. All the sum-1 terintg pilaces ini the Republic wouldi not,, int the aggregate. produice so imany1 Iimd~ s0 aggr-avated cases of d udedom i its this little island will. Inm Aivamnco.] Last, yeari tube 01(d ntat l[astings .qet Lied dIown ini a village ott thme other side iif the 11lud1son to enjoy old ago and lend( mtontey at 12 pet' centt, butt he has alosedl out buiss&35 so fat' as the hetnd inig goes, le henit $350) at 12 per cent, per annumtit for- fouri imoths, andt~ when the niote fell due1 and thme inani camte to pay it Iliastings wvas alonie in the house. lIe calhee up1 alh his kntowledge oif trithtmetic, got out a shtingle and a lead penceil, antd, atger liguritng away for' half ant htotur without anty sattisfiactiont, bie callied out, to a itain who wvats pas-I smig in a butggy: "'Hey, youl Ilow do you figger- at,12 per centt. itnter-est?" "I taike $20 off the capital," shotited thie meatn as he drtove on-. The ol'd mant fig me td away otn the ntew thteory', and1 by-. and(-b~y lhe wiped thte sweat oif his birow, tnd sauid: "'See here, Smtith thtis comnes [ut, mighty quteer'. You've htadl myi motney for- fottr miotts at 12 per- cent., and yet I seem to owe you $4. IIege Lake your old note and give me $350, anid we'll (call it square, and if I leud any more montey around here I'll bar gait for a calf or a hog, for the~ inter-4 est and drive the blame 'lirte home iii advance." 0'umier Squasn." "Take a square look at mel" lie ex claimed, as h1e halted in front of i policemas n on Michigan Ave. The policeman looked him all over pie was a pretty good chunk of a man carrying a florid face, a proinen nose, and an air of general innocence. "I don't see anything wrong abou you "said the olicer. "Do imy clothes fit? Do I wobbi W.hon I walk? Do I wipe my mouth 01 my coat-tails? Does the si.ght of in remind you of cabbages and other greei thinlgs?" &Well, no. You look to me like at honest, good-natured follow." "Then," said the stranger, as ht4 brought his list downx with a thiump 'there's going to be bloodshed in the own. I camte in this morning with al 3xcursion. We had scarcely landed Mvhen a man called out: 'Did you bring ilong the keow?' 'I)id you mean that ror me?' says I. Ite said lie didn't and L passed on." "lie might not." "Tliei, as I was going up the street, v chap in a (loor says he: 'Alit snel ,he carrot crop' 'l)o you mean tha1 For me?' says I, as I walks up to him lie says he didn't and I passed on." "I presume he didn't." "Well, I got up to Griswold street, mid I was looking for the Post-oflice, imd a man calls out: 'I'll bet lie brought dlong raw onions and turnips for his linner?' 'Do you mean that for me? lays I as I walks up to him. lie says te didn't, and I passed on."' "6lie must have referred to some one lse." "Well, I walked through the Post )fllce and started for the City llall, and L was almost there when a youiig felio's i tke door of i barber shop call out: Terie goes the biggest cabbage-helad of lie season I' ')o you mean that for me? iays I as I walks up to him. lie say. to didn't, and I passed on." 'lie could not have meant you." "Well, as I was walking through the ,ity Itall a great lig overgrown clhall iugs out through his nose: 'Behiohl he second (.1ro1 of daiidelionst Oh1, Iyl' Do you men that for me?' says I as I valks up to him. lie said he didn't Lnd I aIssed on." "TPhat's right." - Mebbe so, but you look a-here I I 'm ,oing down to the ferry dock. Th lrst man or boy who calls oit carrots m)mpk ins, onions, turnips, scare-crow, rreen-liorin, pig-weed or huckleberry )do som to iime won't have Io chance tc i about it. ['Il turn oil him and rend linm1 and slay him and htnmer him stone )1ind l Mebbe nobody means anything md mebbe it's simply their wiy, but l've got my dander up, and if you hear t roaring sound like a cyclone you may now that I'm climbing for a mian who imi called out 'sunimoer squash' to me.'' Jerry A borshaw. The Abershaw publIc house at Kon inigton, London, has recently been ,orn down. This ramons old tavern was naimeid inl honor of the notorious nghwaymnan, Jerry Abershaw. Kon lungtont Common, Iiounslow Heath B'agshot Heath, and indeed all the 1omml1ons 11111d rolds for several mites ound London were the sceones of the )redatory depredations of Abersmhaw; Limd such a degree of terror hadl his ro >eated acts of robbery and brutality nSpired, -that the post boys, coachmen, mdi all whose duty compelled them !requently to travel over the theatre of ]is exploits, tremiblel at hisi nmille and 2readed his visitation, Ahaw was billy arrested at the TIhree Brewers' hmn, ini Southiwark, killng one1 oliler Iuid woundling another b efore lie was >ver powered, lie was a most unmlit gaited rutilan. In jail and court room iis effrontery madle aL perfect show Of iim. When thme jutdge appeared in the )lack capl, the emblem aLsumei~d a~t the iume of p~assing senitence 01n convicted ~elonis, Abershmaw clapped his hat upon)1 is head andi pl~led up his b~reechtes with a swagger; anid duing the whole >1 the ceremiony tie stared full in the ace (of the judge wvithi a matlicloous snieer md1( affeetedl contempt, and conitinuied his conduot. till lie was takenl-hound umd andit foot--from thei dhock, venting murses andi insults 01n thle judge anid uriy for halving consignied him to 'mur ier,"' as he termedc~ it. ills bravado conitiued to the last [n the initerl'VL be0tween receivinig 5(on ence of' death and the execution, hay nig got some ltack cherries, hie animsedl aimnself wIth paliiting on thme woumto &alls of the cell ini which he was con ined, sketches of variouis robberies *vhich lie had comitted-onie repre en~ting him11 ruintg upj to the horses' enads of aL post chaise, presenting' a istol at the driver, \vith time words, 1I)- your eyes, stop," issuiing out of uls imoiuth; another, whlere lie was tring iinto the chaise; a third, where he parties had qiitted t~he carriage; enveral, in which lie was portrayed in hte act of taking money fronm the puas enigers, andl other scenes of a similar ,har'acter. lie was executed on Ken ilhigtoni Conmnon, Onl the 3d of August, L795, In the presence of an Iimmense ntitl ude1 of speLctators, amon~ig whoml ie recogiiized mauny acqjuintanlces anid :onfedeirates, to whom tie bowed, nod led andi~ laughed with the muost unl 'elinig iniffilerenlce. lie luad a flower ni his mouth, and his waistcoat and shirt vere ubuttoned leaving his bosom pen in thte tine style of vulgar gayety; md( talkling to the mlob anmd veniting mrsesJ Oin the ioillcers, tie dlied, as tha had ived, a riulhhan and1( a brute, lie was oft hianginig it chains until his skeleton vas actually carried off piecemeal by is admnirers for souvenirs. After the ~allowsu were takent downt a p~ublic house vas builtt uiponi its site and remained 01r maniy years aL popular resort of the vtorst cr'itiminals of IOLodo, A t a meeting of the aoademy of me lioie in Ireland, Dr. (I. A, (Jameront ead a paper showing that a potent jnse of deaf-mutism Is the marriage of Lear blood relatives. It is indisputable bat onusanguinoous marriages have ver had a tendenoy to produooadegen rsey pf thte ruece. Inisnity Is not unfro ;uently the resuit of marriage between tonsins. THE VERDICT -OF "THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! MR. J. 0.' HoAa-Dear Sir: I bought the first Davis AMachine sold by you over ve years ago for uy wife who hals given it a long and fair trial. I amu well pleased with it. It never RIves any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. J. W. Ioltc. Wilnnsboro, S. C., April I883. Mr. BoAU: on wish to know what I have to say in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three ears ago. I feel i can't say too much in its favor. mnaile about $8W,00 Wit1hin fiv3 muonths, at t ines running it so fast that the needle would get per feel , hot from fraction. I feel conildeni could not ,ive dlone the same work with as much ease and so well with any other machine. Nip time lost in ad1justing attachmnentS. The lightest running machme I have ever treadledi. Brother James and Willains' families are as much pleased with their Davis Machines b ought of you. I want no better machuie. A i saI d before, I don't think too much can be said for the Davis Machine. tespectfully, iI~i.g~lN SThvKNsoN, Fairilhld County, April, 1843. MRt. IOA( : My mnchile gives fie perfect satist factiou. I find no fault with it. The attachments ae so simple. I wish for no better tiat the Davis Vertical Feed. leapectfully. MR. It. MliO Falrlield county, April, 1883. MR. ileAO: I bought a havis vVertical leved ewing Machine from you four years ago. I aim elighted with it. I never has given me any rumtile, and his never been the least out of order. ii i" as good as when I 1irst bought it. I cau c lierfully recotum-ndi it. I(espectfully, Alins. A. J. KIRKL.AND). Montileello, April 30. 1883. 'T'iis 1s to certify that I have been using a Davis Vertihtl leed Sewing Machine for over tw yVas, purchased of Mr. J. 0. iloag. I haven't found I ' p-ssessteil of any fault-all the nttacitnents tire su supIe, It neverreftises to vork, and is certaitniy the Ighitest running In the market. I conaliler It a first class inachine, Yery respect fully AIINN1H N WILIN~wUMAX1. Oakland, Fairfield county, 8. t. MR HO5AO : I amt well pleaset in every partictn wil It the Davis hMachine iougliht of you. I think a irt-cHss uiachinte ini every respect. You knioaw you sold several nachines of the same make to different members of our families, all of whom, as far as I know, are weii pleiased with thorn. Respectfully, Ais. M. il. Moo0nty. Fairfield county, April, 1853. This Is to certify we have Ita itm constant use the DavIs Maclie bought of you about three years ago. As we take in work, sid have made tie price of it several times over, we don't watt any better machine. it lI always reatly to do any kid of work we have to do. No puckeringor skipping stitches. We can only say we are well pleasedi and wish no better umachine. VATHNINiS WYVv11s AMD Siarsaf. April 25, I183. I have no fault to Und witii Sy machine, sad doti'i want any better. I have made the price of it severa tiles by taking in sewing. It is always ready to do its work. I think it a first-elass ma chine. I feel I can tsay too much for the DaviA Vertical Feed Machine. Mas, u'loMAS SliIT'f. Fairtilet county, April, 1893. MR. J. 0. lloAa-Dear Sir: it gives me tn'1ch pleasure to leNtify to the tuerits of the Davis Ver tical Feed Hewing Machine. The machine I got of you about live years ago. has been almost in con stnt tse ever siiMn that ti in. I cannot see rhat it is worn anty, atad has not cost mte one cent for repairs sice wit have hatt it. Amn well pleaselI and don't wish for any better. Yours truly, liojaT. U!A Wvtoaia (Granite Quarr y, near Winnsboro S. U. We have used the D~avis Vertlcai Feelt Sewing Machine for theo last five yeafs. We wouldt not have any other make at any price. Th'ie muacimue lias giveni us unboundeit satisfact ion. Very respect fully, Mlus. WV. K. T'lERu AND DAUEIIITURS, Fair tih county, H. C., Jan. 2T?, la83. Havmng bought a llavls Vertical Feed Hewing MachIne from Mar. J. 0. thoag some three years ago, and IL having given mue perfect satisfaction in every respect as a tamuily macline, both for hteat y andl light seowing. anid never needed the least re pair in iany way, 1 can cheerfully recommend It to aay one as a first-class macina in every particu lar, andi think it second to none. It is one ot thae slinuoist miachmnes miade; may chlliren uise It with ali ease. The attachumenas are luore easily ad justed anid it does a greater range of work by umeans of its VertIcal 'eed than any other ima chine I have ever seen or useid. AMas. TIif As OwiNos. Winnsboro, FaIrfIeldl county , . V. We have had one of the D~avit Machines about four years and have aiways found it ready to do all kinds of work we have badt occaston to do. Can4t see that the machine Is worn any, and works as weoll aw when new. Mns. W. J1. CRAwIORO, Jackson's Creek, Fauirlci count y, 8. (1. My wife Is hlghiy pleased with the D~avis Ma chine botught Of you. She would not take dotubie what she gave for it. Trho macnine has not been ouit of ordier since she had it, and she can do any kind of work on it. Very iRespectrumliy, JAS. F. Fust. Monticello, tVairieid county, 8. U. Th'le D~avis Sewing Maclime Is ailpty a frse t4Pe MRs. J1. A, (Gooiw Ys. itidgoway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1883. J, 0 JBoAe, Eq., Agent-Dear Bir: My wife has oeon usIng a Davis flowing Machine constant ly for the p a: four years, suit It has never needed any re pairs and works juist as well as when first bought. She says it wail do a greater ranage of practidal work ad tio at easier atnd bother than any machine she has ever usedt. We cheerfully recommentd it as a No. I famIly machine, Your tru.y, JS .DVS Witinsboro, S. C., Jan. 8, 1883. Ma. BeAo : I have always fotund rmy Davis Mla chine ready do all kinds of to work I have had oc casion to ito. I catnnot see that the mlachlno Is worn a p:article anti It works as weil as when new. Rtespectfulliy, AMas. IR. C. (GoODINo. Wiannsboro, lI. C., April, 1883,. MR. BOAG m My wife has been constantly using the Davis Machine bought of yon about five years ago. I have never regretted uyn it, as t Is always reay for any kind of fatthIl sewing, either heav or ight It is never out of fx or needing Very reBpectful l, Fairfield, , 0., Marchb.1888. .W.Lb