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t.o al TRI-W EEKJY EDITION. WINNSBORO S. C.. OCTOBER 11, 1883' SWEETIHEAltT. The stars shine out on the wide, wide sea With a light that is ue'or forgot; But your eyes, sweetheart, shinxe out on ne With a light that the stars know not. The larks sing soft, in the fresh green grass, Their heaven-taught melody; Biut the birds are iumb as yoursweet words pass Swift-winged as the light to me. The rose eltubs up to any window-seat, And faints in its rich perfumue; But the breath of your lips is sweeter. nay sweet, And their crimson is love's ripe bloom. Oh, lips that were fashioned for kissing mine, That whisper in love's low tone! Oh, eyes that out, of love's vast deeps shine[ Sweetheart of my heart, mine own ! You have feasted te, love, as the rose the bee, On the sweets of your lips and your eyes; You have opened love's portals and given to Ine The cycles of Paradise. WAS IT FAIR OF l11M? A lovely day in September. The rays of the sun are tempered by a slight laze that lies over the sea, while the air is so calm that the flag at the end of the pier has hung motionless the whole morning. At the foot of the cliffs, among the boulders, sits a girl sketching-a girl, wt ho in her pretty pale tinted dress, relieved by a bunch of poppies iat the neck and another in the becoming little sailor hat, makes a fair picture herself. he hats a sweet, earnies fawe framed with curly dark hair that falls softly onl the white forehead, which is jilst now prettily puckered in the earnest ness of her task, By her side, stretched to the full length of his tall, athletic ligtire, re clines an equally fair specimen of the opposite sex, his thoughts apparently far away, jax'ging by the absent look in ; the handsome gray eyes which are looking out to the sea. Suddenly lie rouses himself, and iushing his hat a little further back from his broad white brow, trins lazily on one elbow, and says, penitently: I am awful sorry, Miss Grey. You must think ino a very dull companion, I am sure,' but the fact is, that froim being alonae so much when I was abroad, I have acquired a very awkward habit of going iuto day dreams without the iligatest. regard to time and circum stances; so please accept my most, hum ble apologies;" lie concludes, looking pleadingly into his companion's face. A ,oit laugh answers his words, and Dora Grey. says, gently, without rais ing her eyes: "Pray don't apologize, Mr. Carelton. I am afraid I must plead guilty to the weakness of absent-imindedness myself occasionially, and at the present mo mIent I was so engrossed at this difilult piece of sky that I had alhost forgotten your presence." "Oh," says Frank Carelton, blandly, under his breath, while the girl's sweet voice resumes, unconscious of the in terruption: "I always think that one of the tests of trtue friendship is being able to be with a person, and either talk, think, or keep silence, as long as you choose, vitlout the expectation of giving of fence." "Oh," says Frank, resuming his old attitude, "6I suppose you go in for that sort of thiig; iost young ladies do-for a thine." "I don't, know whatt you mean by going in for that sort of thing,' but I certainly believe that there are such apeop~le to be met; with as real, sinci' fiend~s in every sense of the word." .Naturally enioughi at your age, Miss Grey; but pardoan. me, whent yeou have lived a little lonager you will finid people are taot always what, they seemi, nor' are their priotestationts of friendship maucha to be depeunded uipoin.'' "lowever old I maiy live to be," says D~ora, "I hope I shall always hanve ats muatch faith ini my follow-creaures as I hauve no0w; and 1 lirmtly believe it possi ble to meet with thaose who will, thriouagh richws and poverty, good report and( evil, be steadfast and uanchanaging friends." And blusing at her ownt esarnetness Dora resumes the br'ush, whach she had beeia neglecting for the .last few minutes. F'ranik smiles untder his mustache at the girlish outburst, but turns ad looks gravely eiiough iinto the charing, slay lace and satys with a sigh: "Alh, child, you don't kanow what y oa aure taulkiiig about, Jut,4 put it, to P'yourisef t mto~iit, gnd~ tell (1doyo behin you cold be suIch a friend if uneed ' "I do!" Is thte quiet, earnlest ansawer, and somnethaing ina thec p~ure face maakes F'rank take thae little bare htand tnarest lain into his and( kiss it rev'erenatly. T hen, hetting it go, he :says getntly: "1 supipose, Miss Grey, your thaeoiry w ~ouild niot ailow fr'iendishiip between two 01 opptosite sex?" "Certainly it wouldl," ireplied Dora. I cana never understand why the re Sgard whtich amay exist betweent a tian and. a womian should not, be dictated by a feeling of trute, ear'nest frienidship, kand, as such, be fraankhy showun before thte world. I dhare say you thinik tae 2ver y foolish," thte sweet, gialish voice nomcludes, a little hastihy; "may sistwers h~aotme have often laughed at whsat "tey call my 'peculiiar anotions.' '' ITere is nao r'eply for a tmomet.,, foir SFrank is look ing earneostly over theo sea; then lie turns with ant air of hiavinag made(1 up his atmnd to somtethinag, nad ''says, quietly: "Dora, will you he such a friend to iThe gir'l's cheeks tlushies, and she urnas to nmeet the expected samile; but lie glanace whtich meets her is grave uid e'artiest said thec clear gray eyes * ok hiohtetli to hers,' thecre is ai lmetmentary ptase then ao lays her' p)e-OILy wlhte thagers gently ' to the hand outstretched to meet em,.atnd says, steadily: "I will, Mr. Uarelton, as far as it lies uay power, if you wvish it." "I do wish it," says Franik concisely, a hand closing firmly round the id little fingers, over which lhe benids handsome head before releasintg them, and upon which he imprints a soft kiss to ratify the contract. The pretty white house, nestling I among the dark firs, which are such an I addition to the beauty of the coast near 4 Sandcombe belongs to Mr. Barrington, i and he and his pretty wife are never I more pleased than when they can in- i duce as many as possible of their nuim erous friends to visit them; and they are particularly happy in the selectioni of their guests, and are never tired of I devising some pleasant plan of amuse ment-Raveiswood house is almost al ways gay and lively with ploasant, laughter and merry chatter. Mrs. Barrington wasa Miss G rey, and Dora is her pot sister, so she often stays I at Ravenislyo6d for months together. < - Frank Carelton has only been down I from London a fortuight. Ie is a ris ing young barrister, with a good private I income of his own; but, this has not I prevented his overworking himself a little, and he has accepted Oscar Bar- I rington's pressing invitation to recruit < his strength in the bracing air of Sand- I combe. There are not so many guests as usu-t I at Ravenswood house just now, so Dora I and Frank have been thrown together t a good deal; and Mr Carelton is too fond of the society of pretty girls not to I think it a very pleasant arrangement t altogether. t The day following the little talk on k the beach there is a large influx of vis- I itors; but Dora finds, to her satisfaction, that in walks or drives Frank seems ever at her side, as usual. t One day she laughingly reinarks the c fact, but lie merely says, quietly: f "I prefer friends to acquaintances, D)ora. If you are tired already of our bargain, say so; but it is only natural 1 Ahat, under the circuinstaices, I should ahouse your society rather than that of 1 .iyone else." ; So the two wander about together t -ontentedly, though not unnoticed, for iany are the glances and little innu- i -mdoes they have to encounter, much to t Dora's expressed disgust as she freely liscusses the matter with Frank. "It is too utterly ridiculous," she says ingrily, as they were one day walking Abrough the woods; as if we were bound I .o be talking a lot of nonsense about V ove just because we are alone together. 0 "Ridiculous, indeed," calmly asserts h Frank; "wait until Mr. and Miss Light tppear, and we go off with then re spectively; then these clever people will il see the difference--oh, Dora?" 2 Dora's heart gave a sudden jump, but 3 lie answers in hier usual geitle voice, I .hough she is rather silent during the :emnainder of the walk. 0 "I am expecting Miss Bruce down ere to-morrow, so I warn all those of V ou gentlemen who still possess that e Iseful article, a heart, to guard it well, f] .or Nelly is a fascinating pussy." g So says Mrs. Barrington at the lunch- at on table one day; and to those who V tnow the young lady spoken of, the mnouncement appears to give univer- N1 ;al satisfaction. 1 "And who is Miss -Bruce?" asks ti Prank of Dora Grey, by whose side lie a s sitting. h1 "One of the loveliest girls you ever a; maw ini your life," puts in Mr. Barring- 11 oni, before Dora caii reply; "and just 11 our style, old man, I should imagine. " 8 Frank Carelton looks at Dora, and t1 repeats, inl a low voice, meant for her l ,ar alone. I "Just iy style. Can my fate be ap- t proaching already?" "Perhaps," is the only reply, given in 1qually low tones. "Do you hope it nay be so?" "I don't quite know," said the young d iiain, gently. "1 have my friend, you i tuow, Dora.'' b "But, notwithstanding, Mr. Frank i4 Ipimears to 11b1d the chiarnming, fair-hair su girl, who is told oli to his care the 1h ext, eveinhg at dlinnier, very attractive; c; mdi~ wheii the gentleimen rejoin the la- c; lies lhe makes his wvay straight to the ni >ttomian upon which Miss Bruce is sit- Ii ,ing. i "'llow selfish [ am," murmured D~ora ji o herself, as she watches Fraiik's tall, ai iandlsome figure crossing the roomi ini h )rder to turni over~ Miss Bruce's music; imd somehow everything seemis a little fl hiull and uninteresting to the girl's 1; nind, and a heartache accomplanied r mer to bed that night. But it is gonie by the morrow, and r L~ora is her own sweet self, and as (days li fo on sue resimnes her rather neglected m mketchiing, thioughm by degrees she flnads el iow often she is without her faithful rind, and she misses his cheerful chat. a .or* mid genial laugh more thian'she will a icknmowledge. For Frank Cairelton's esting wvordi seem to have conic true, md lhe shows no signis of his evidenlt, um irationi for pretty .Nellie subsid ig or it is at, hipr side lie uingers nowy. Aw (I .here is evidlently a very good ude-- I mtandinig between them, for it necessi- d Aites mnch low talk and apparent per- si uasive eloquence on Frank's part; aind hb omehowv thme thought of those two will rn ,ersist, in obtruding itself on D)ora's di 11ind(, no matter what she is docing. h At, last miatters caine to a crisis. A h picnic is arrangedl to be held in somng j, woods a fewv miles inland, and durinig a y luncheon on the grass Frank anid N eliie p mie, as usual, together, and the girl is .i in such a merry mood that it is evident si shme fells very happy. Dora feels more j< Uhan ever the foolhah piosition into which hier girlish ignorance has led her re- ja spectotg Frnik, for more than one re-y tuark reaches her, referring in nio very i, llattering terms to his conduct. But p ihe (defenids him on every occasion, and lj in such a sweet, unconscious mannmer g thiat suspicoon is at onice dIisarmed re- p specting the state of her heart.p But the effort to dissemble her disap- t pointmenit i Frank.'s sudden avoidance I is too great to-dlay, and she manages, tj Lfter luncheon, to steal .away enitirely e alone, Intending to sketch a pretty li'ttle e glad~e she had often y'ls1ned i lMut, whei slhe reiaches the sput she nerely seats herself onu the ~hank, and -v Ilercely argues out her own unreason- f ibleness, as she terms it. But the pro- v, cess does not seein to be saitisfactory, fi for presently one or two tears force ii themselves slowly from behind the m closed eyelids, aind the girl gives way a~ to a passionate flood of tears. By degress the sobs subside, and the soothin ef nfect of the snft warmi air ami ta subdued quiet around begin to be fel md leaning her uncovered head againi ,lie hard trunk of a tree, she falls fa: Isleep. So fast, indeea, that the soui )f advancing footsteps does not mak mi eyelid quiver; and when Fran jarelton reaches her lie stands for noment lookhig down at the little lip ire in its attitude of careless grac hvith aln expression upon his face thea s not exactly falithful-to the memory u UIiss Nellie Bruce. Just then Dora stirs a little-, and wveary little sob bursts from the prett )arted lips. This is more than Fran ,an bear, and ini a moiment lie is knee ng beside her, and the startled girl ,akeii tenderly Into his arms, while tit .urly head leans for a moment uncoi iciously against his breast. "What is It? Whore am I?" mui nurs Dora, and looks up so quickl ,hat a soft mustache brushes her chel "Oh, Mr. Carelton," she stammer: rying to diseugage herself and blushin leeply at the POsitliol in which sh Inds herself. "1)ora darling," says Frank, earnesi y, "what do these tears mean? To ne, dear." And lie holds her so tirmil he can scarcely move. "Nothing much," falters thme gir lushing again as she recollects thei rue cause. "At least, nothing I coul all you," she conclualles, as Frank' ,ray eyes look into hers as if to rea ler very heart. "Now, Dora," lie says reproachfully 'I thought you and I agreed always t ell each other our troubles. Do yo all that looking upon me as you riend?" "But I could not possibly tell you,' epeats Dora, succeeding in drawinj ierself away, though her heart be vildly at the tender look upon th andsone face look ing into hers. "'Ilov , it you are here?" she asks, to chang lie subject; "and where is Nellie?" "I followed you, child," is the reply gnoring her latter question. 'I intent o know the imeaning of these pal heeks. I have noticed them for th ist two or three days, and I want tt nild ouL If there is any reason for them )o you know What I would give hall my life that they did meanu?" lie sayl assionately; while Dora, a little fright ned, falters out a timid "No" withoul )okiig at him. "Well, I won't tell you yet," l< xys, more quietly, "but I will let yot ito a secret that will interest you, abou lellie Bruce. What is it, child? Are ou cold or faint?" for Dora startet nid closed her eyes. "No," she says, with a smile, "Gt n1, Mr. Carelton." "vell," he continues, "It turns oui at Miss Nellie was a few months agt ngaged to one of my most intimate r'ienids, Harry Sylvester, and a rare ood fellow lie is, too; but they man ge( to quarrel over something, and tie affair was broken off, though both 'ere as desperately in love as could tell be. I happened to hear poor old [al's woes at the time, and from put ng two and two together, and writing letter or two to Sylvester, I think J ave managed that all will be well gain without aniy compromise of dig. ity on either side. Mrs. Barrington as asked Harry down next week, and ) I told Nellie; so let us hope when icy meet they will see the error of lair ways once and for all. Why, Oora, how pleased you look; you cart hear about a love affair after all." "It isn't that-I thought you cared mnean, Nellie cared "Were you jealous?" interrupts 'rank, passionately. Dora, my owi arling, is it possible that you love nu tfter all?" and lie takes the sweoet. lushing race betweent his hiandsu aiu >oks down into it, rapturously. "Do you knowv, my dear one, I. havi >ved you ever simie the first week .i une here, but you seemed such a sweet ihn little maiden that I dlespairedl of iaking you even thinmk of me, so, dlar. ng, may I conifess and tell you I fell ito your pretty little phln of friemidshmii inst to try and see if I could awakeu; iiy deeper feeling in that pure litth "Ohi, Frank,'' says Dora, rep~roach ilhy, lifting her lovely dlark eyes to hib ice, then droppiuig them at, what sin 3ad there, "waus that qite fair?" 'ERverything is fair ini love anrd war,' 3plies 1"rank, fondly kissing the )pret~t3 Ps softly, with an air of proud posses oni, "especially whein the strategen 1(d8 in surienider. Anid Dora leans back lher'darkc heat gainist his shoulder, sighs contentedly. mmd Ways-thinmg. After n I moip i41 the 1Mark 1'(rse( roppedl ancihor a mnile cif P'itcairm ilanid, where she was boarded by eighi escendants of the old inutieers of thm tip Bouinty. TVhese people, in the ca. ini, sang several sacred songs amid hlcd shmgionms seirvices, and upjoni taking thou; opartuce sang "Pull f or thme shore' as good style as the Captain eyel eard, "even as good as the singing ai .m omnster concert held in Boston so oral years ago,'' said lie. Theliy re orted thme nuinbor of ihabitanits to bi 1i>, anid that all vore well and in good irits. The femalies were in the ma >rit.y, and~ instead of provisionis thtos carding thme ships seoemed to prefe 3swelry, caustile soap ani cologne. On ounig fellow was particularly anixioui 0 sectare a pair cf sleeve-buttons: st leased were the visitors with hmavinmj ceei presented with some of these gew aws that, thbey went ashore without, Lh revisioims aunt clot~inig they had beem resented with. TJhiey informied tli aptain that the ishamut was capable o 'roducinig einough for 500t people, an< nut, they had goats, shoep, binga, chick nu, dogs and cats in~ fleity, Thie, ere 101l nf sonleWhat, dhal' colo, sihow hg tliolr T'ahmtlan bloott, amit whifle tht ten weore stronmg amud maindsomeu, t~hu ,Omenu were well-formed and beauti ul. One young follow aboard the shil ias so struck with the beauty of on, uir damsel that lie wishied to leave thm hip, but the Islanders would not per att this, as according to their law im traniger can lind a home with them. --The Kimball llouse at Atlanita mm o be rtsbumlt.. "A Lime and its Outis." t "1 used to think it was my duty to ii cut 'em1 with the whip, and I took satis. faction in striking hard,l:.it I wouldn't a strike a boy now for the best thousand - dollars ever coined." 0 le was a car-driver, and his attention t had been called to three or four boys ' stealing a ride on the rear platform. t Yes, 1 was a sort o' terror on this route to the boys," hie continued after kC a time. "Not one of tlio crowd could put hIs foot on the At ai4 get away 8 without a cut from thv wyhin Big or little, rough or gentle, I served all alike. and if the iassengers scowled at me for lashinig a little kid of 7 or 8, 1 solaced inysel with the reflection that It was my duty." A passenger was dropped at the corn er, and as the car started up again the driver went on: "Well, one (lay when the boys had bothered i more than usual, I dodged through the car and found a little bit of a chap, not over seven years old, seated on the lower step. He was all humped over and softly crying about sonitihing or other. At another time I might rhave felt pity, but thle boys had got mly mad up and what did I do but give the little chap a cut vioi the lash and call out with such a voice that off Ie tum. bled into the dust. I saw him rise up and limp away, and there was some thing in the look lie gave mne that I shan't forget in a hurry. Whoal nowl" The car stop med to take on two ladies and presontly the driver resumed: "Do you know that I felt so con science stricken that I kept looking for that boy on every trip, calculating to make up with him and secure his for giveness for my brutality. I did not see hii again until the afternoon of the second day." "And what did lie 'say?" was asked as the driver hesitated. "le was in his colhin"' was the reply. "It was his funeral procession which stopped liy car two or three minutes. That child was ill when he tried to steal his way hiomiie with me, and deLtl was twenty-four hours away when I lashed iiiii and chuckled over the way lie roll ed into the streetl I tell you, sir, when I saw his collin in the hearse, and caught a look from t lie mother, which seenmed to charge meo with being his murderr, I got a stab at my heart that pams me yet, and I wouldn't strike an other boy if tle reward was to be the Whole line and its outfit." The stommahi, Thestomach has no mnore to do with digestion than have the liver, pancreas and intestiies. Each contiibute to the process of digestion. By tile constait motion of the stomach, tle food is more fully brought into contact with the di gestive glands. In this, and its special action in at length forcibly expelling food from it, the stomach is not parti cularly different from the vermicular (worm-like) motion and expulsive power of the intestines. The stomach acts as a receptaole by which we are enabled to take a sutlicient quantity of food at convenient inter vals, so that we may not be always eat ing. Evei its power to reserve its ac tion, as in vomiting, is possessed, an1d sometimes used, by the inte'tines. ;:Tihe glands near the intestinal open ing of tile stomach (the pylorus) secrete an alkaline fluid, the others, an acid. Each, however, equally digests meat. Vomiting does iiot necessarily imply a foul stonIach. A thought--in a n sitive lperson--a blow on the head, tickling of the nerves unear thie gullet, the sympijathietic influence of other or gans, miay cause vomiting, It is pure ly a nervous action, and~ the nerves causing it may be irritated in malny ways. Evenm the foul contents of the stomach cause thme vomiting only by irritating the nerves of' the brain. Ilenice thle pain and vomiting of stek headache may be (due either to foul stonmachi or solely to an inudependent ir ritation of the cenitral nerves. Meat Is digested in thejstomnach; 'fat, b~read and othber articles lurther along. But the st~omach is not es~sential to the dligestioni even of meat,. Th'le latter can be digested just as rapidly and well in a bowl with peopsin at the right tempera ture. Of course, thme pleasure of eating depends oni nerves inl the nmouthi, not in the stomach. And the food, too, is as readily digested if put in~to the stomatchi through a hole ini thme sidle. It Is now found that, ini certatin dhife.se, the stomlachi may be thorotluhly and advan tageously washed out ([ally, and the food hlatrodulcedl throughi a tube, and thie patielits can be tught, to d1( thijs themselves. Il-s 01 anhs -tn In front of a Detroit butcher shoif yes terday a butcher sat cleaning a revol ver. It was a rusty old ''Colt'' which had not been used for years, and was to bu -put ini order anid traded off. A shoe - maker caime alonig directly and observed. "OUf course there'll be ani accidenit." "-e-s, I presume so.'' "It, isn't loaded, Is It?'' "But it will go, off?" "I never see a revolver without want ing to hanidle it. Let mue look at that weaipon. Ah! I'mi satislled' now that, it doesn't contain any stray bullets. D~o you sluose yeou could lilt miy foot at, thiat, dhistance?" "Certainly i. coilld. Now, If shte was I loatded'I'd take ti deaid sight like that I and pull the1 trigger aind -" -Theeshoemnake jumilpedl two feet hIgh Sandi yelled lIke anm Indiani, and when hie camle down lhe dtanced andl~ kicked anid Sgalloped aroumd unitil p)eoplei tiought him dirazy. It' wits (lnly after a crowdl had collectedmand cornleredl lhimup lj in the shiop that any 'one found omut the 3 trouble. The butcher had put a bullet 3 along thme sole of his foot close enough to draw blood. "I told you she'd go off!" howled the shoemaker, as he sat with his boot, ini his hanid. "And didn't I agree wIth you?" Innocent~ly reponided t~he hutdhne. Tho Art Loan. A visit to the Art Loan Exposit building shows the work of decorat in the interior nearly comupleted and hanging of pictures begun. This lat task is one of not only ernormous 1 portions. but puzzling, exacting i ofttines exasperating in the extrei and there is none too much tine 1ili it. However, the same iud< itable energy and tireless deterini tion which have characterized t leading spirits Ii the enterprise fr the out set, will undoubtedly suc in having everything In readiness the formal opening Anything rollecting credit upon i City of Detroit in sn art sense Is course peculiarly grat ifyiig to the c izens, especially in view of the A Loan Exposition, therefore it istli The Free Press speaks with pleast of works by two Detroit boys, wll are already on hand, and will be xhl Ited alongside the works of the leadi artists of Europe and America, wil the citizens may have a fine opportun to make intelligent coinparisons. The Detroit artists thus alluded are Gari J. Melchers and Mr. Ie hoven, soiis respectively of Julius M chers, the sculpt or, and P. Rolshovt the jeweler. The two young men we together to Europe a little over . years ago,since which time they studi at Dusseldorf and separating lai sought according to their tastes, o the art schools of Paris and the other Florence. Mr. Melcher's pictures l 'The Letter" (which wits admitted the Salon in 1882), "Tle Gladiato and '"The Lictor," painted at Rome t year, a scene at Attina, Italy, ai "In the Cloister." Mr. Rolshoven's pi tLures are "A Southern Aloor" and tv Italian landscapes. The first one Mr. Melcher's pictures shows a moth and daughter in picturesque Brittai peasant dress standing near a windo' the mother listening to her daughter she joyfully lads the last letter fro her sweetheart, who has gone to Amt ica. The drawing of the figures is ( cidedly correct, while the handliig the light as it comes through the wi dow to the faces of time women, tlh clothing, and upon the window-sill al other articles in the domestic interic shows fiue streuigt i and appreciatioi modeling and handling colors. Al Rolshoven's"Southern Moor" shows i aged African of the intellectual ty found on the Northern coast. le draped in the bright yellow and whii ropes of his iationi, aad is seated in thoughtful attitude before the dai hangings of his cafe. The pose is pe feet and has treatment of the anaton and the contrasts in color evidences tLi utinost confidence in his ability on ti part of the artist. li this connectic it may be said that both young gentli men are prospering artistically ai financially in their chosen profession urodging the Iuthimusl. .The secoid of tie three dredges bml in Piuiladelphia, for work oil the Pan tima Canial, time Prosper II tlerine, mann tfter a distinguished French engimee wts launched recently froi the sli yard on Petty's Island, formerly op tted by Dioughty & Kapella, aind no leIased and rumi by Slaven Brothers. TI Ilrst d redge, tile Count de Lesseps, wi laneheil oil tile 17th of March, aud hI been used on tile Panama work sin August 1, drigi g 10,000 cubic yar< , day. The Prosper litterne will 1: ready to start for th IstImus about ti lirst of October. Slaven Brothers al kiulicers of tlh Alerican Contractii itln IDreliging Conlpany of' N4ew Yor. which hlas t1,he ctt,att 10r dredgi seven aimd a hall' miles of time new3~ canl iin the Atlantic sidle to Gettuni, whit la ant imlnportant sttioni. The excav tion to be ntade by theini und(er tIs coi tract, wili involve the rellnoval of 8,000 000) cubic y ards, at a price of $2,000,001 Tile inacines in operationi dumnp LI iredlgedl mlatitir inito a dischmargd piL which carrios it, off beyond the banl of tile canall. The .le Lie)p digs I a depth of twelve feet, and1 to a wvidthli 101) feet,. '['le linerne, followingi thle wake of thie De L~esseps, digs to wvidth of 200) feet, and the third dIredig ini thme rear wvill dig thei canal to tie au depthi of twentuy-sevenm and a half fee giving tile sides n easy slope andi widtll of 110 feet, at, the bottom. Th'ius fair tihe l.'anulia Canal Coni panjy hlas spenit $20,0J0,t00 onl tule wol of severinig tihe two colit-inents by tle)water canial. As $30,000,000 stock subhscriptionms haive CCeIn paid i there is a Iiarginl of $10,000,000 on hats i.e LiU.5.eps pr1Oises to hhb~ls the can~ b~y 1888, the conitract, of Siaven Bro reiuirinig theiih to liish~ their secti( ini fifteeonioiithas. Tlhere are 10,01 11nen no0w at, work ill thme service of tI coipanly. Thety have beeni brouigi fromi Jaiaaca and Sonth Amnerica, an are ptilresued to be able to witlistam the dlangers of thbat, region. There is story which niay be true, butt probab) is exaggerated, that, pictures tlba terro attendug suicR enterprises across L Isthmus by figuring thbat, lmore liVI wereC host, ini bilding the I'aniamia ital road thbanm there are ties in the line forty-seven nules oR road. This line now ownied by tile canlal c)ompany~ all is uitiized( inl distribttiug the ma~cilioIa and1( in the umutitudinons uses iitcidei tal t.o such a great, enterpr'ise. TI collmay has erectedl iunidredls of '1hous for its workmlenl, it, has extemited an deepenled tile htarbour at Aspiwali, at: is biulding a bureak water there. large stun lus beenl spnit, inl this ~oinI try f'or land excavators, locomctivi amlu construction trainis. Thew I higlie. ~oint onL the line of the proposed ciui IS :s60 feet, above sea levet. All th muist, be rliaed, --he va'ne of the railro)ads in Ohli its assessed b~y the Stait~ Bocard of Itai road Equalization, is $92,730,840.8 This Is ani inlcreaseof $1,0219,562.84 ovf time valuation for 1882. --One hundred chests of tea ha bieeni rejected at the Bay of San JFra cisco by the inspector, on the growi of adulterationi with foreign anigd e hausted leaves, s'ua itnd ofiher ingpui ities. Thei~ tea will hne taken bank - Cut Glass. ion Tle manufacture of glass has alwa ion been an attractive and interesti Ite study, and many of your readers w ter doubtless recall with pleasure, prc ro- ably. tihe only int-sight they have ey nd had into the details of its productic no, as they lingered around the glass-wor to of our Centnnial Exposition, so fas m- nated with tile process by which t la- fairy-like shapes were formed in cr3 he tat, they were loath to pass on to oth )Im attractions so patiently walting to a 3ed sorb their attention iln some new qua for. ter. It will probably be news to son but novo theless a fact, that the c ,he glass now being produced i Ameri of rivals the very fintest specimens impo it. ed. in cutting as well as In purity at .rt brilliancy of material. Lat Tile present demand upon the man tre facturers, from the leading houses cIh New York and Philadelphia, and, ib. fact, all large cities, is so great tl g re(juire a long time for delivering re orders. One of the largest furnaces f ty the manufacture of glass, from ti most ordinary lamnp climney to tl to largest fruit bowl, destiled to adoi 1. some aristocratic sideboard on Fift 31 aveiue, or iperhaps our own West Em is located at Corning, in the State < t New York, where one may follow ti ix sand, creamy white and clean, to il d fiery bed, note the addition of tI or "llx, " and thon turning to other ape 10 tures in the great stack, see the inolte at mass drawn froin crucibles in incandi re scent bulbs deepening rapidly to orangt to as it rolled. blown, and shaped int .-11 something comely and useful. Lis This pure white sand comes froi id Cheshire, in Berkshire county, Masi c- That it may be melted there Is inixe (o with it oxide of lead, sulplhlurate c of potash, saltpetre, borax, and arseni or in proper quantzities. This is put, int iy urucibles, which are subjected to tht V, flercest furnace heat for thirty-si i hours before it becomes clear. Thes crucibles are made of clay from Mi r- son1 called "Christie fire-clay." Thi 1e ismixed and softened by treading wit] )f the feet and then moulded into shap jI- by hand. Each crucible will hold ir ton. Tenl of these are built into eaCl id furnace. In these furnaces tires ar r, kept burning constantly, tell tons o .n coal being consumed in each one daily r. The crucibles require fIlling up over3 jn tweity-four, hours antd tiie given fol )0 inelting. When tile glass is inited it i is taken out iml quantities needed, On th Lo end of an iron tube, about live fee a long and an inch in diameter, the glas k being of about the consistency of imo r- lasses candy when ready to pull. 1, y blowing in this tube tile glass Is madi j hollow, aId of almost any shape whici e may be desired. After the glass i. n shaped it must, be put into ovens anc heated, anid gradually cooled in ordei d to anneal or toughen it. Tile beni . skilled workmen receive as highi as $2. per week for their services. The same deep Interest follows thi process of cutting. First comes thi it horizontal iron wheel, upon whieli . water and grit, or sand, drip contimually d On this the edges of the glass arn sqIuared or smnoothed. Then the arti, elo passes into the hantus of tile skillet artisan, who grinds out the glass intt any desired figure, upon a grindstoim 1 brought fCrom Cragleith, Scotland. Tli 1 1s a 1thin sone, brought down to at 15 fdge, and upon it the workinen grind: e the glass according to tile pattern be a fore him, the glass often being entirol3 uniarked. This process is very slow e and therefore very expeiive, llLny3 e days being required upon elaboratt places. If a mistake is mnade, ever s slight, 0or anly flaw occurs, tile whole i: Sconlsignted to the was1te as brok~en glass fit only to be reinelted. Ss precise art h these mlanulfactuIrer's thlat some piece: .upon whichl $20 worthl of labor havy Sbeen expended are frequlently eon del~inne~d for dlaws which all unlskilled eye would not detect. Th'le ct,; d isli e goes nlext to a wheel nuade of wood 01 e willow, for polishing, anid theni froin *. wvashing anld ilishing t~o a wheel 01 o tarapico b~rulsh, wet; withl p~utty. Th'll fcutters r'eceive from $2,50) to $1 a day. The sl14de In the FraticoniIa Flueo li A recent writer says; I will try anm L, describe the appeara1ance of the Frail a conila leham ne. After crossinlg tile bridgi (whichl was niot carried awvay) instear i- of' the open space whlere the platfornl k lor' mlounting and dismounting used 1,< a be, you und the p~lacc covered witI f large boutlders, pebbles, paving-stones n1 and( gravel, scattereid ini wild confusi I. to the dlep~th of eight to tell feet, pre ii senltinig a scenle of deisolatioln whicli i. nmlkes the heart aoche inl remlemlbrancte ni of thle formier beauty andi pict.ulresqu~e ii ness. 11 ore and thlere are Hsetn rein ie nants of hu~ge trees, stripp~ed of thei: It; bark and1( spllitered. MuchI of thiu .1 debris has been remioved Inl order t< dI build thle substantial wooden walks a wlhicht mtake the ascenit of the fInum y' much131 easier thlan before. Soon1 yor rs come to the smtoothi stone floor, dowi ie iv hiich the water' slies as formnelrly till is ftonies aitd rulbbishl thrlownl up)on It b) I- the avalanche htaving been remtoved toc f the sides. You go on to where thi s solid stone walls rise to 50 an~d 70 feet, d fortnerly covered witlh beautiful mosses 'y anld fer'ns, no0w entirely (denuded by tlhi I- rush of the atvalaniche which ocarried e away tile boulder. All tils mass oi is rocks, trees, aVyd boilder~s, ste.rtingl d ig upg on) 1 Mouiit Liberty, swept dowi d wtith irresistible andto increasin51g forcd Still tlhe brittge was nlearly reached, whle! I- It dliv ited, part going to the left thtrough s the forest;, antd part to the rlghlt. T1hhI 't n1m11, coinig in above witih tremten~dou .1 force, itade an extenision of the flume is of sever'al iuiidred feet beyonld the end of' the old passage. In passing, i choked the1 old1 channtel and( diverted the water to tile top of the highI wall oil tihe left as you go up, auid It nowi tumbles over thle cliii 50 or 00 feet in & *very beautiful waterfall. Thtis Is thet ronly c3ompenClsationl for the loss of the( old-thne wvonders aund beatty At thi re topl wihere the cliaIrnlt9 was obstructed, ii- a htige boudes; hns lodged, leaingli id againsf thle 4ight iwall, which Is tippe( &- to mecet It, making a sort of cave r- i'romi this point, looking down thE o whole lenigthm of the flumie, the view Li very' urand. p THE VERDICT lig ill b- -O 'r 1j THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! or b 0,r t10 IU. J. 0. BoAG-Dear Sir: T bought the brat Davis Machine sold by you over five years afo for alt umy wife who has given It a long and fair tr a, I am well pleased with It. It never aives any d rouble, and is as good as when frst bought. kd J.W. IiOI.WK. Winnsboro, S. V., April 1883. .1 Mr. BOAo: 'Tol wish to know what I have to say )y in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three f 1ears ago. I feel I can't say too iuIth in Its favor. .Iade about M80,00 within live tuonths, at timos )r running it so fast that the needle would get per l0 fectly hot frot friction. I fee. eonideni I could not have donn the samne work with as much ease and so well with any other machine. No time lost it in adjusting attachmternts. The lightest running i ltachiane I have ever treadled. Brother.lames ant Williams' faitillies are as much pleased with their Davis Machine bought or you. I want no better f machme. As I said before, I don't think too Lmuch canl be said for the Davis Machine. Itespect fully, 4 Fairll''ld County, A pril, 18%K. it 3 tit. BOAH : My mchaine gives inc perfect satis faction. I flind no fault with it. 1Ta1 attachments are so simple. i wish for no better than the Davis SVertical ed.pectfully. InS. It. MIMANix. F Fairlield county, April, 11M3. d X MAt. BOAU: i 10nugit a iavts Vertieal oeed C ewing Maclue fromn you four years ago. I ltam elightet with itI. It never lins givena tme ally roulbe, and his never been the least out of order. 1 it li as good as whena I first bought it. I can ceierfully recomnenid it. ltec.tteCtfllly, L) ~Mus.. Ml. J. KanaI.ANn. Motaleelo, April 30. 1883. 13 This i4 to certiry that I have been using a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over I w y-ars, purihased of Mr. J. 0. Hoag. I haven't fotmid it I p'-ssesed of any fault-all tI he attahutltltetts are 1to Ssiaaple. It never reftses to work, and Is certainty the lightest. runiting In the luarket. I consiter it a first class niuchine. Very rmaeetaftll MtNNIX k Wii.t.TNUuA x. Oakland, Fairfield county, S. C. Ma t ISOA: I am welt ilCeaiR t aivry partieui with the Daavis Machite taought of yout. I think a lirst-class iachin in every respect. You knew - you sold several machiues of the sane make to ditiereat members of our familles, all of Whom, as far as I know, are Well pleased wiith theam. 3 Iteepectfully, hilts A. M t. Moua.Ky. Fairfield county, April, 1883. This iIsto certify we nave na-1 in consrant use the Davis Maichine bought of you about three years ago. As we take in work, atid have made tie priv'e of it stveral It aes over, we don't want any etter mchite. It is always ready to do any kind of work we have to do. No puckerilugor skipping 3 stitches. We can only say we are well pleased anti wish no better nachine, cATCatiNR W YMB AND) SIsTHa. April 25, 1843. I have no fault to inl with my machine, and don't want any better. I have made the price of it sovera tanes by taking lit sewing. It is always ready to do its work. I thimk it a first-class ai ciine. I feel I can t say too much for the Daivis Vertical Feed Machine. L t M nas. TuomAs SuMTi. Fairfield cotanty, April, 1883. Mal. .J. 0. IIoAU-Dear Sir: it gives tile Muchi pleasture to testify to the merits of the Davis Ver tical Feed Sewing Maclile. The machino I got (if you about live years ago. its been almost in con. St ialt ise ever since that 'line. I cainot see tbat it is worni any, sand tias nt*s cost mae one cent for repairs since we have had11 it.. Am wveit pliease.t andu don'~t wish for tany bcetter. Youlrs truty, G (ranite Quairry, near WVinsboro a. C. We have uised tile D~avas Vertical Feel Sewing Machine fur the last tive years. We would not have any oth~er anako at any price. Tlhe mnacitine has given its unboundeat satisfactilon. V'ery respect fully, Muis. W. K. TUNtNRK AND D~A~atiT'sU Fairileld counaty, S. C., Jan. 27, 188. ilavmag hautghat a Davls Yertical Feed Sewig Machlarue from Mr. J. 0. Aloag somte three years ago, anid it, having givenl me perfect satisf action ini every respect as a lamnily mnachtine, both for heavy I and light sewing, sad never needed the least re pair in any way, I can chteerfully recommend it to ally one at a first-ciass machine in every pairticu I lar, and thinlk it second to none. It is one of the [ sinplest imachines mtatde; any children Its. it withi ail ease. The attachmnents ar: nmore easily ad justlted anid it does a greater range of work by )meants of its Vertical Feed than any other a chine I havo ever seenm or used. Mna. TufoMAs OwiNos. Winnsboro, Fairileidi counlty, S. C. We have had one of tile Davis Machines abo~ut fonr years and htave always found it ready to do all kinds of work we have had occasion to rio. Can't - see that thle machine is worn anty, atnd works as . Weil as whlen tiow. Mins. WV. J. CRsAWrottD, Jackson's (Cre. Fairfld count y, S. U. My wIfe is ighly pleased With the Davis Ma chine bought of you. She wonid inot take double what sue gave for it. 'Thie machiaxe has not been out of order since she had it, andi sheocan do Iaiiy kind of work on it. Very Itespectfully, JA5.IF. FatuS. Monticello, Fairfild cotuty, S. C.. Theia Davis Soeving Machine is simply a freat Idle Mlas. J. A, Uo00n>vs. Itidlgeway, N. (., Jan. 10. ia83. J. O BAG, l~sq., Agent-Dear Sir: My wife htas been usintg a Davis Sewing Macinao constant ly for the past four years, anti it has never needted any repairs andt works just as well as when first biought. She says it will dto a greater range of practi.:al work ?ad do it easier anti better than Iatny macihino she nas ever used. We cheerfumj recommend it as a No. 1 family mnaclInte, Your tru.y, JS .Dvs Winnsboro, H. (i., Jani. 8, 1883. Ma. Bo0*0: I have always found my1 Dkvis 'Ma chine ready do all kinds of to work I have htad oe saslon to tdo. I cannot seei thlat the miatinie ia worn a particle attd It works as well as when new. Itespectfuily, Mas. it. C. GtoODlNO. Winaboro, 13, 0., AprIl,.1883,. Ma. BOAG: My wife has been cOnstantly using the Davis Machine bought Of you about gve years [ago. 1 have never regretted buing it, al.t is. always ready for any k ind of fatml swing, eithen havy or light, It is never out of Ox or needing Srepair. Very rempctful, Nalrgleld..S. 0,, March,.168.