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IF 0 TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. 00P)BE1R U. 1883. ESTAD THE VERDICT "TH PEOPLE. *BUY THE BEST! Ma. J., 0. BoAo -Dear Sir: I bought tIhe urst Davis blackline sold by you over fve years ago for my wife, who has given it a long and fair trial. I amn well pleased with It. It never gives any rouble, and In as good as when first bought. J. W. nli.icK. Winnsboro, H. C., AprM 183. Mr. BoAo: You wish to know what I havo to say in reaurd to the Davis Maclhme bought of you three year ago. I feel I can't say too iuch In is favor. made about $80,00 within live itouths, at tImes running it so fast that the needle would get per feet ho. from frbtion. I feel contiden could not liave done the Paine work with an much ease and o well with ay other inachine. No tune lost In adjuslting attachments. Thre lightest running iachm I lave ever treadled. BrotherJaines and Willion' fanilies are as nuch plet ed with their Davis Machmnes bought of you. I want no better urachine. As I said before, I don't think too anuch can be said forthe Davis Machine. eIesect fully, EI.LH.EN hVNHON, Fairlield County, Apri', 183. * MR. BoAO : ly miitne gives Ie perfect sais faction. I Had no tult with it. Tie attachments it e so siple, I wish for ne than the Davis Vertical Feed. Itepectfully. Mus. I. AIliANo. Fairield county, A prl , 1883. Mll. BOW: I bought Ia ltavIg verlal leee ewV.ng Macned frSin YOU fouter years aga. I am elighteot with it. It never Ias given mi iny oule, and has never been Elie least our t a of order. It Is a good fill WIe I rIrnt btigtgnetr t I cI a It cheerfully recommrend It. Vyespectfully, Mk. Mn. J. KIae o.AND. Mont icello, A pril p0 18n3. Ths Iis to certify thiat I Itavo been rising at Dryis Verto.dl Feed Sevmg Machine for over I w yo, yin, purchaed of Mr. J. %. loAg. I haven't foind i psesett of any fault-all the attachmet m are so istin e. I neveers ioen to work, and i wertahily the fatest, running in the mlarket. I conider it a first elams machine, Very respctfully MINNIte W. WI.LLIMUAM. Oakland, Fairtild count. S. 4. M IOAo :I am well pnemase in every paricut w th he Davis Machine outight of yo ou I think a t Art-class inane in every respect. You tknow you sold several machines of the sante make to dllerent inein.ers of our families, all of woin, as far as I know, are wtell pleased with the,. Iteopectfully, Mas. M. H1. M OB1.cY. Fairtield comity, April, S3. This nto certity we thave nai ma costat use thre Davis Machine bought, of you abot three years1 ago. As we take I a work, and tave miade the price of 11 seve-ral ies over, wve don1't. Want anly better inachine. It in lway read to d Iti alyi of work we have to do. No puckeringor skppgm stitches. We can only toy we are well plee)itv amd wish n, beettr machine. 4A'ItisatiNEC WYItK AND 81THR. 4i Aprile25 Id otitApi, 83 -I-have no faultt to findi with mny mach ne, and doet want any lbetter. I have m tole tine price of it severa times by taking in sewing. It in always ready to do Its wot k. I think it at first-class mna chine. I feel I cani L say too mnucih for the DMtviri Vertical Feed Machine. MSTOA 9T1 Fairtlt county, April, 1893. MIt. J. 0. lHoAu-D.-ar Sir : It gives tue 1m4ch pleasure to testity to tile merits of tie utavis Ver tIcai Feed Sewing Machts,. The nta litne I got of you about five years ago. has been almost in coi siaatt use ever since that l I ine. I cannot see.thiat it Is worn any, and has not cost, me one cent, for tepairs sinice we have hand it. Am well pleasedl a mni don't, wviel 14or tany tietltr. Yours truly, h'oilT. (Oit twt'omts G.(.ranite Qtuarry, inear WVinnsboro S. C. Wl~'Ve Ii uve used the D~avis Vert lcal Fieet Hewinig Machine for the last five years. We would intr. have any oilier miake ait any pirice. Th'le mtacitune has given us unbounden satisfaction. Very respect fully, Mits. W. K. TIunN~~i AsO IAUimurss F.'lalrtiels icotunty, S. C., Jan. 21. 1ssa, i lavmtg boutght a D~avis V'ertical Feed Hewing Machmite fromt Mr. J. 0. liuag sone three years Sago, and it having given mie perfect sautisfactaon in u every respect ass a nmly maisune, both for hlie. y and liht, sewing, and ntever needed thle least re " palir in anty way, I can onteerfully recotnionind It to nu cy ueas a iii st-euu iua~in~ la every partt.eu ~,4 lar, andii tlhink It second to none. It, Is one oi the 2simtptest, tmachmises made; any chleiren use it wiltt till calse. ATe attacnents are iore easily ad.. -' usted and it does a greater range of work biy men fits Vertical o'eed thtan anty other mla chn aeever seen or used. Mita. TuIoMAB OwaNs. '\ Winnsboro, Fairfieldl county, 8. U. We have hail one of the Davis Macines about foitr yea rsan uuave lways found it ready to do ali kInds of worK we have hiad occasion 14) io. Uanl't, jsee that the machine Is worn alny, suit works as well as when new. Mu o. W. J. CeAwFlOtRD Jackson's Creea, F'airilid cotunti H. .U My wife is highly pleased with the D~avis Ma cine bought, or you. Site would not, take idoutble wnat, siue gave ior it. The miauinse lias not been out'of or'der sin1ce shte hail It, andt site tan ito any kcind ot work til It.. Very Itespectfully, Montleello, t'atrlllhi couty, S. t. T1he DavIs HewIng Macfitne Is siimply a tretas tir M HA. .1. A. iioow vs. itidgeway, N. (S., .Jan, 10. loss. J, 0 IIOAG, Eisq., Agent-D~ear HIr: My wife hans ibeen tuslng a DavIs Sewintg Mlachin conustams ~.ly for the past four years, ant it has never needed any repairs an , works just us well as when llrst, bight. Sheo Sys It wall dto at greater~ r'ange of practloal wort und dio It. easier and .eetMr tilan sny snauclline sie nas eter u.,ed. We cheerfultly re.:oimiendi It, as a No. 1 fatmily msachmie, tu ryJAS. Q. D)AVls. WVlnnaboro, 8. (5., Jani. Ii, 1883.* MRii. HJOAG I have always fouind my Davis Ma chIne readly do ahm kinds of 1o work I have had oc casIon to do. A cannot see that the machIne Is worn a partIcle slid it, works us weil as when new. ltespectfmily, Mais. it. U. uoovla.50 Wlnnsboro, S. (5., A pril, 1883, Ma. BOAC: My wife hia been constantly using the D~avis Machine bought Of you about live year. ago. I have never regretted buying It, a It Is always ready for any akAnd of fantd ly sewIng, either hteavy or light. It Is tiever out of lix or neetding lepaira. Vr AD Fairfld, . 0., March, 18832. THIS SHADOW, Ino a bleak land and desolate, Beyond the earth somewhere, Went wandering through Death's dark gate A soul Into the air. And still, as on and on it fled, A waste, wild region through, Behind there fell the steady tread Of on, that did purso. At last it paused and looked about, And then it was aware A hideous wretch stood In its track, Deformed and qowering there. 'And who art thou?" he shrieked with fright "That dost my st5e) pursue; Go hide thy saieiess shapiIe from sight, Nor thus pollute my view." The foul form answered him : "Alway Along thy path I flice. 'm thine own actions. Night and day Still must, I follow thee." OtAItMING 13EITTIE. "It was all very long ago," the old maid said. "Can you believe I ever was pretty?" Priscilla opened her mouth to speak; but Miss Bettie did not want to hear her. "Yes I was oretty once, and I was called '?lharminig Bettic.' My hair was always curly, and my eyes used to be very bright. My cheeks were red-so red, they accased 1i of painting many a ume, and my teeth white and even, and my figure round and trim." She had her snug brown house, with its pretty, old-fashioned garden, her birds and her flowers, and her white kitten; but she imust at times, Priscilla allcied, be very lonely, in spite of it all. Prlscilla could picture her in the long winter evenings, sitting in the little dii, lapnilighted parlor, knitting-knit ting. "Miss Bettie." sie said, gently, after a little, "who called you that-'Charin ing Bhettie', "Who? Oh, a good many. ie called ine so lirst, and thent they all got to calling ne that. I have never. told any one yet. But sometimes I think it would do ne good to speak about it. I get tired of only thinking-1 think so mu111ch,'' with a little sigh, and the knit ting lying idle now in her lap. "'His name was David Allyn," Miss Bettie said rather treniulously. "David Allyn-Lawyer Allyn I" Pris cilla cried, her dark eyes large with titense snrprise. The spinster nodded. "I have a pictureof him, taken when lie was young," she said, and she got up and went to a little shelf and took it dlown. "le was a handsome boy," she went on, handing the faded daguer reo-type to the girl, "and lie was as good as lie was handsome." The beardless, boyish face, with its ir regular, unformed featu res,, and rather sunkei black eyes, did not strike Pris CbIA as being at all handsome. - "Did you meet him here in It-?" she asked. "Yes, at a dance at one of the neigh bors. lie was a young lawyer, had just gradulated, and hadn't hung out his shingle. But lie was uncommonly smart, even then. Ile is our leading lawyer now, you know," the spinster added, with no little pride. "It seens so strange to think lie was your lover," Priscilla exclaimed. "Y es, it does seem strange now, after all these years," liss 3Bettie said, witl another little sigh, "but it seemed very natural then. We met very often after the night of the dance, and we grew to know these country roads near here by heart, for many were the long walks we took together. There is one road--that one that leads by tihe 11illmnan cottage-i never care to go now. It was there, onthiat road, just about dark oiie October eveiiing that lie told me he lovedl iie. There had been a line sunset, and~ the sky had been a bright flame-color. As the glow faded and the meadows grew dark, an a iittle iiist began to stiut out the hilis, we turned to go home. 'Lean on my armi, dlear,' lie said, anti whlen I did so, trembling a little he said: 'llow wvould you like a young fellow's strong arm to leani on always?" I didni't say any thing right thien, lhe took ime so by surprise; amid presently lie went aiid tohil me how prietty lie thought I was, and lie said with a laugh, and giving my arm a little plich: "I am goinig to ntame you 'Uharininig Bettie.' So alter that lie always called ine that, and soon1 nearly every one ini IL-began calling ine it, too. We were never engaged to each other, although I wear a little ring lie gave in, in remembrance of our' love, yet," Ali8s Bettie said, and held out one tin hand, on which shone in the irelight, a worn band of gold. ''There was just, this understandiing between us; seome dlay when lie had got a iiice start in thme law anid ha~d a little hiomie of his own to take me to, then I was to be his wife. We were~ youiig and we were contenit te wait; and one day lie wvent, away to the city to go into partniershtip with an old established lawyer, a f riend of his father's. It was agranid chance, a ibne openinig for him, anmi we bo0th knew it,, and rejoiced ovei it like children, although we dreaded the separation. 'Never mInd, (Charni lng Bettie,' hei said, wvhen lie caine to kiss me good by. 'In a few years I will be inicly 11xed; perhaps rich, whc kniows? Any way, Ill have a good start1 and I will conie back and carry you away.' Aiid then lie was gone and that was the end, for when D~avid Allynm cameo homine at the end of twe years lhe did noteome aloiie; lie brought his wife with hiii. "TIhey staid here a little wvhile, and tlihn went back to the city. I met her, once in church and I overheard het ask bavmd 'who that ugly little thins with the red face was lhe was staring at so hard?" If that was 'Charming Bet tie?' That day I walked for the hlis time after David's marriage up the lilmhan cottage roadl, and, althoughi shed many bitter tears, I resolved nol to let what haippened spoil iiy lire fot me; but somehow It has-," the spin, ster oended sadly, and she stared al the fire with din eyes. "Miss Bettle, she is dead now," the girl said softly, after a little pause, "and he Is a widower." Priscilla htad been1 stariig at the hirt also, id weaving a little romance of her own. "Ihush childi" Miss Sligo cried. "How can you? She has not been in her grave a year yet, and David Allyn will never imiarry again, any way. Ills romance, like mline, is ended." "Miss Priscilla kissed the maiden lady's faded cheek,. and flung her young arms affectionately around her. "I shall love you better than ever, now," she said, tenderly, "and I hope someday things will yet-coine right." Then she went away, and Miss Bet tie stood in her open window for soi time after, looking at the sunset. Lawyer Allyn saw her as he caie up the street from his oflice. lie had moved to R--from the city, and walked more slowly as lie came to the little brown house aniong the trees. They always spoke to one other; It always seemed foolish not to speak. So when lie got by the window he said: "Your flowers are looking very fresh and nice, Miss Bttie." The spinster gave one of her little nervous stai'ts. She had not seen himli coining. Her hand struck against one of the flower-pots and knocked it over It rolled off the narrow sill, and lay at David Allyn's feet. "It is broken to pieces," he said picking it up, with a little smile on his thin, sallow face, "but I am going to keep it-may I not?" "Yes-if you want to," she made answer, a little breathlessly. Ile took the plant-a pale-pink gera nium-out of the earthern pot, and shook a little of the dirt of the roots. "'This shall bloom in my wimdow," lie saidt "ana I am going to naie it 'Charming Bettie,' in memory of other days." Miss Sligo's face flushed a deep red. "Good-night." she said, abruptly, and was about shutting the window. She felt shocked; his wife had not beeni dead a yeir. "'No, don't go yet," David Allyn said, his hand on the fence railing. Then lie seemed to remember himself. "Very, well, good-night.," lie added and walked slowly away, the little pink geranium in his haid. A few days later another stormy afternoon near dusk Miss Sligo heard a knock at her front door. There, on the porch was Lawyer Allyn. Miss hettie smoothed her curls quickly and hastened to the door. She led the way to the parlor. "Take this chair," she said, drawing a larve rocker close to the lire. . The lawyer held out his hands to the blaze. "You have a snug little home, M iss Bettie," lie observed. "I suppose you would never be willing to leave it now." "I am attached to the house," the spinster said, gravely. "My dear fa ther and mother both died here, and it has many associations." She was sitting inl anuoier rocking chair near by, and had taken up her knitting. David Allyn watched the swift-flying needles. "Don't you ever get lonely?" he asked, alter a few inoment's silence. "I do, up ink my big house. It isa pretty place; but it is too big for me." Miss Bettie only knitted faster, and was silent. iis coining had disturbed her greatly. Suddenly lie noved for ward, and took her work away. "I don't want you knit any more to night," lie said. "I want you to look at lne.'' "Lawyer Allyni" "No, not Lawyer Allyn-David. Call me that as you used to." Miss Bettie trembled; her cheeks glowving as in youthful (lays. D~avid Allyn took one of t~he spin ster's thin hands in his-the one oni which the little worni ring was, it hap penied. "Bettie," lhe said, gravely, "'I have come to-night to ask your forgivniess anid your love againu. I feel I made am mistake-a great istake, once ini my life, and I want,, if p~ossible, to rectify it. Don't tell ime it is too late.'' To feel she was loved again, all these lonely years' was too iiuchi foi Miss Biettie; she burst into tears. Iher white kitteii p'urredl and rubbed hmis soft head againist her dIress. The fire light danced on the wvall and iiade black shadows in thme col-ners. lIn the unmcertain light David Allyn bent and kissed the faded cheek beside Tihiey were sp~eedily mnarriejd. A Figh L. A'm'ongi th lrIgands. Th'le operations of a niotorhoins brigand in Macedonia, by iiame ilal Aga, have been brought, to a close unmder somewhat remar-kable ciricumistanees. ilal Agi was thme leader of a band of twenty foum brigands. and~ for sonic time past has been the terror of t.he car-avanus which go between Saloniea and the interior. it was his practice to lie in anmush with his baud in thme (dililt, defiles of the mnountamus thmrough whlich several ol the miahn routes led, anid to p~ounic( downu uponi the caravans when thern was the least chancee of resistance or es cape. le also diversifled lis proceed igs occasionmalty by attackinig and rob bing travelers, whiom lie muurdered wvhen lie happened to be mn a bloodthiirs ty miood, lie and~ lis band 1held thu whole district in ter-ror-; and althougl efforts were made by the authorities th cap~tuire them, thbey continued to exact their contribntions wiltlh the utmnost audlacity until the othier dlay, whn trouble befell them froim ain unexpectec qjuarter. There is anmothber equally Ia mious briganid in thle district,, by nanin Naum, also the leader of a band.- Naun: does niot stick at trifles, but, his dhisposi Lion is irathber more amiable than thiat o Bila, and with a good nature that doel him credIt lie advised Bilal to spare tIn lives of ci-tamn rich villagers whom hii lately captured. Bilal disregarded thu advice and killed the villagers. Natur was displeased at wvhat lie conisidered personal imault to himself, aind conse - quenitly a ilght took pliace near the Riv er Katranmtza between the bands of thie two brigands, the result being thaut thn iwhble of Bilal's band was killed, whim Naum lost only four men. Bihlal him self escaped, but by the latest accounti in aum was close nuon his holu. A Now Jersey EggSFactory. Do you mean to say ' that you mado that egg without the assistance of a hen?" asked the reporter of a Newark egg manufacturer. "Yes," he replied, "and it you wish L will show you something of our process. Come." He led me through a rootu in which there were stored boxes upon boxes of eggs, and it> another large, cool room in the rear. Everything was clean and neat. Several strange-looking wooden machines, totally unlike aything I had ever seen, stood in different parts of the room. hix or seven men wore operating the macinuery, -which moved noiselessly and with great rapidity. I fIllowed my conductor to one end of the apartment, where there are large tauls or vats. One was filled with a yello' compound the second with a starchy mixture, and the other was covered. Pointing to these the proprietor said: "The-e con tain thA yolk mixture and the white of egg. We empty the vats every day, so you can jndge of the extent of the busi ness already. Let me show you one of the machines. Y ou see they are divided into different boxes or reaeptiacles. Tue first and second are the yolk and white. The next is what we term the "skin'' machine, and the last one is the sheller, with drying trays. This process is the result of many years of experiment and expense. I first conceived the idea after making a chemical analvsis of an egg. After a long time I succeeded in making a very good imitation of an egg. I then turned my attention to m-skiug the ma chinery, and the result you see for yourself. Of cour'e it would not be policy for me to explain all the mechan ism, but I will give you ai idea of the process. Into the first machine is put the yolk mixture -" "Wnat is that.?" 1 asked, "Woll, it's a mixture of Indian meal, corn starch and several other ingredi ents. It is poured into the opening in a thick, mushy state. and is formed by the machine into a ball and frozen. In this condition it passes into the other box, where it is surrQunded by the white, which is chemically the same as the real egg. This is also frozen, and by a% peculiar rotary motion of the ma chine an oval shape is imparted to it, and it passes into the next receptacle, where it receives the thin, filmy skin. Aftr this it his only to go into the sheller, where it gets its last coat in the shape of a plaster of Paris shell, a trifle thicier than the genuine article. Then itgoesout on the drying tray, where the shell dries at once and the inside thaws out gradually. It becomes, to all appear ances, a reai egg." "How many eggs can you turn out in a day?' " Well, as we are running now we turn out a thousand or so every hour." "Many orders?" "Why, bless your soul, yes. We can not fill one-half of our orders. All we can make now are t.sken by two New York wholesale grocors alone, We charge $13 per thousand for them, and they retail at all prices from 12 to 30 cents per dozen. We sell only to the wholesale houses. I suppose plenty of these eggs are eaten in Newark as well as in othor places. 00l. Zalick, Billy Wright, Honest Andrew Aibright, Joe Haines, Judge Johnson, Judge Henry, and all Newark's candidates for governor are living on them. They are perfectly harmless, and as substantial as a real egg. The reason wa made the machiid ery of wood is because we found that the presnce of metal of any kind spoil ed the flavor and prevented the cooking of the eggs." "Cau they be boiled?" "Oh yes;" and he called one of the men. 'Here Jim, boil this gentlean ani egg." "OCan they be detectml?"' I inquired, wvhmle the bogus egg was being boiled. "1 hardly think tLat anybody would be likely to observe any differen'ce un less lie hiappened to be well posted, as they look and taste like the real thing. We can, by a litledsvoring, naake thsesa taste like goose or (luck eggs, of course altering the siza T1hey wvill keep for yeors, That one you have just eAten wvas nearly a year old. Tniey never spoil or become rottein, aiid being hard er and thicker in their shells, they wil standl shipping better than real eggs. We calculate tuat, in a few years we will run the liens of the country clean out ol business, as oleusm irgarine hias driven out butter." Timea asi Iiaru iubme. Whein we were passing bya plin looking farna hiouse near saratoga, N Y., I noticed a mnass oh weather-beaten lumber piled uap under a careless cover in Iront of a maina yar:l feance. Making sognme remark about the uze of the lumber heap and its age he said: "'nere is a roniance in that huinber pile." Expianinig hie said: "laxactly forty-two years ago that farmier was enagaged to be married. In is joy of acceptance, lie be gau to haul lumaber to butnd a inew house -a new nest for his dovey.' lie piled up the hambier there, and whena he got it ail together his paornised wife dlied. Th~e young peasant, as the Newport snobs woulcall hmni, was wizld with grief, lie shut, hhnlfua up) on the old farm in the old house. and fo, forty-one years lived the life of a rechuse. -ile woul not allow a stica of this lumbher to be touched. 'ach year he carefully stopped up the chinks or tue cover.nag tand appearedl to mmakqj the material of ms once contemaplates.l house the object of his laithi ul worship. l'mmK of hurymtg your heamrt uinder a lum ber pile for bory one years, all for the sake of the mneniory of a loving amatlh" "liut the pile Is neglected n~w. let the farmer lover dead?" "1 said the ple was placed there forty. two years ego, and that [or forty-onte years he was faithmfud." "Yes, I ace the rest. le Is deadl. lle l eft a wIll directing that lie be burled under the lumbiir pice. And to think that thiere are womnen who belIeve no man can be talthful for a hfe.thmne to a dead love.'' "1 thmtk you are going too fast lie is I not dlead Over a year ago he married Sagalu. fIls present wife hs having thec -Ilumber pile chiopped up for Jindling wood. You have no idea how ?orty-one years will seiaS)n the hardest or timber." Som Whidas of Uelobratooi Mtesa Some anusling features from t1i Jives of celebrated mno have beei brought together by a German writei Auber wrote on horseback; it was no possible for him to write In any otli place than in Paris, however beautiift another residence might be, and how ever many attractions it might ottea Adam composed best wheu lie lay, wit his clothes -i, in bed, and showed u great antipathy to all landscapo beaut ias love- to his cats. The same antipath to all natural beauty Is charged to Dc nizetti, who always slept wheni he wel upon a journey, when lie should hav given. his attention to the romanti scenery of Switierland and Italy Cimaros could not write without hav big a lot o1 friends around him, wit whom lie kept up an active conversa tion about art matters. Saccohiul train of thought was interrupted who his cats did not play their an ties upo lits writing-desk. Sarti could only be come inspired in a room without fit niture and which was dimly lighted Spontini could only coipose in thi dark, and Meye rbeer composed bes during violent thbnider-sAorni, undel the roof of his house. Sahieri gainem his inspiration while lie walked quickl; through the streets lilled with a huma throng, meantime eating a great quan tity of confections. 11ayuin, in orde: to compose, sat iml a soft armi-chair with his gaze directed to lleavenj Gluck composed in the open air, bus in the glaring sunshine. l1e like chaipagno by his work, imd gesticti lated very violently, as if lie were al actor on tie boards. Ilandel waiderei in the churchyard, and when lie wisie< to become inspired lie sat himself dowi in one corner of it whichi was shade< by weeping willows. Iaiesiello con] posed in bed, and di& not leave it unti he had Iinished a whole operatic seen or act. AMehul was a great worshipe of it, wers, and often loll into sileni reverie in obsierviig them. 1e ftel happiest in a quIet, garden. Mozar gained his iisAiration from readii 110oer, Dante and Pitrarch; Verd iiusL read piassages froti Stiakespearo Goethe, Schiller, Ossian and Victoi Hugo. Schiller inspired his iuse bi the siell of rotten apples, which hi kept constantly mn his desk; beside this, lie liked to live amnidi surroundhig corresponding to the stpect on whict lie worked, When ilivrote the las act to "Alary Stuart" he had his sol vants clothed in black; and so long a he worked on "lMIu1lensteinl" lie nog lected no review or other military spee tacle, and at home his wife must, sin b)attle pieces to him. Goethe loved to have plastic work of art before him as he wrote. 1t i known that in the creation of his Iphi gelia lie had the image of an antiqu oimale before him, in order to see i that which lie made his heroine Sa, would suit, tho features before hini Jean Paul replenished his ideas whil taking a walk, and drank a glass o beer now anid then on the way. 11 writing lie loved the strong smell 0 flowers. Herr von Kleist worked wit great difliculty, and wlen lie nmade poo try it was as if lie had a conflict witl an invisible liend. J ust the ol)l)osiLi was the case with Fattner \Viclatud. I making his poems Ie trilled a livel, song, aid sometimnes would sprinj away froin his work aid cut a caper ij the air. Kotzebue, in tio comuosiil of his dranuas, wa also actor. Ife him self acted single .conos in his study It is related that when Sand nurdeiet him, his litUe soi as lie saw lun1 ree aint then writhe 11upon tie ground, crie< to his another: "deo, naamma, Lathe. plays coiimsdy again" I'' urger, the im nmortal poet, of .Leonore, as said to hav< whistled street, sonags as lie wrote hi ver'ses on paper. 11is conaversation ii sitch inimenits is said t.o have been ob scene. .iioiderhmn was often lound ciy ing when heo comtposed p .ens. asimila things are said of the Frenchl roananca writer, Ladontainae. 1l1s wife onci fouliid huim beo e his wvritintg-desk swiin anang in la arlS. "Oha, it, ia- too anid,'' i sighetd. "t, doni't go at all,'' hesobbed "1. ani st~ill ini the first, volume.'" Mat tlisoui wrote his poems by anmanght woile stanadinag at the witndow. Lamar tine wrote lhie best things in the mtorna inag, before breakfast,, wa'ile sitting be uore theo lire. A coniteaanoraury oh. Dui alms wrote thtus: "Th'ie writimag-desk e Alexanader Dumaas preseants a piactire C. class, ' -isorder. le study floori cov aa a with books atad paLpers, bonaii wi' vma'hue is seated. formalliy barricaded. A ,o a qiuantity of dogs, cat~s, poultry ptgeonusandi( singing birds arxe to be see aaroi ad, nad these lae feeds, st~rokes til keeps out of' aatschief wiile hie is writ ig. Ini tihe back~gound st~anad a nun. ber of pruitur's devils waitinug for copy anad booksellers and such people, wit have busintess with himi. -11e wraitc very rapidly, anad carrties on, very ofttot a conaver'sationt at thte samea tine, ji is very negliget iai is dross." Coaling tor' leaky Mouors. Dra. RL. (I. Kcedz/ie, of thae Michigal Agrieniatural College, advises the um of' limeu water anad tar for leaky rooft lie says: Tfhina tlhe coal tar by auddita conaianon benzinte, one0 part, of' benazia Lto 1,velve of' coal tarl, then stir in got water limec (entirely freed f'remu imul by siftinag) unatit youa have thec counsis enucy of' a strong paint,, anid paint, th onm the leaky roof, coveing every pa iad illing all cracks. Apply alt, once good duasting of' water' inni to th p~ainated surflac~e before' it, dr'ies. Tia water' linme retards the r'utening of th tart, for'mas a hard'i coating by the actie of water', anda concais the vei'y dlt agi'eeabie color of' the coal tar'. C cour'se fire maust, be kept fi'oma this pahl lest, tihe iainamabhle benz',ine shouh starit a comnbuastiont dihliult to conatro Thle beninie rt'clh('s the stickiness< the tari, enablhles it, to comiabinae or mi miore easily with the wateor hie, mnaks it easier' t~o spr'ead oni the shinughes, ani it soonl evauporates, leaving a iram ani evena covermlg. 'The palit cani be al pled by a maop If it isamoderately wari whent apjphed. If anything ever may affect your ey< you ianstantly have it removed; but your ind as disordered you postpom thte term of' cure for an indeannit-e jecI Healh ini Var-Traverng. As a train on one of the elevated 0 toads drew slowly away from the stu tion, a bright-lookiig little woman walk ed briskly to a seal, in the car, bestow t ing a Just perceptible smile upon the r bralkeiai-a middle-aged, genial-look. ig person-as sie passed him: "Tiat lady doesn't look much like an ivalid," said the brakeman, "but 3 when she began to ride on mny train, about the middle of last June, sihe was Y quite thin aid palo. I had to help her Y nito the car on her first trip, when she t explained that she was sorry to trouble me, but coming up the stairs to the U platform had tired her very umuch. Sie rode to the mnd of the route, and I no ticed the air seemed to brace her up somewhat. I did not see her again for I some days, but when she reappeared I was pleased to notice that she looked much improved. You see, she is one of those. well-mannered little ladies that you cani not help remembering after you have once spoken to them. I suppose sie ioticedl my pleased look, for she spoke to me, and asked if sire did not appeaLr better thnm on the day when I helped her to a seat ini the car. Thien she told me she had not been able to go ito the country this summer, but her doctor had directed her to ride to the end of our route and back at, least once a day all through Lhe season. She hims followed the persuriptioi faitifully, arid you see the roult." "Ilave you iet other people who use the road ias a sanative rmearsurev" "There are twenty or more men and 0women011 (rr mlry trai alonie who have told ile that they did so, anrd there are miany more who ride regularly to tihe end of the route for no other purpose that I cant thinkc of. Mlen working onl this road anrd also on the surface roads have remarked the same thiig. On4 lady told ile that before site took to ear 3 ridinar she had made several efforts to prepare for goilig ilto the coulitry, but always becaie tired before gettmg ready. she said also that the very thought of the amouit of dre.siig she would have to do for herself aid chil (ren if site went away disconaged her. The railroad, sre said, seemed to brinag the country air right to ier own home, where sihe could have real comfort aid take good care of her lusIiun1 besid0 a whom site used to be oblige(1 to leave in the city whoen sire wont away. Hier method is to take our road four (iays in the week and give two to the surface roads, for the sake of variety. "Almost all the people I have talked - with, both mteri arid womn, semed to - hkav, a iervouts fear that if they travel Sed CeglIarly they would be sure, sooner or later, tW get caught in some great 5 collision. Tigy said they never thought 8 of tll matter when they used to make ani ocla-tsionral trip, but the idea of rid 3 iig every clay wsts what ntde them ner f voIs. One Mail t l1s rle that, he takes r the sutrirce roads once or twice a week Soil this necoiit. 'By d1o(ing so,' ie said 3 '1 break up the regularity of the thing - and greatly reduce the danger.' I ex , plainied that the way we brakemen look f ed at it was that a collision on the ole vated might bei a mitch more danlgerous - matter for the people underneaLl titan I for Irs. Ile said ie took IL surface road that did riot run tider the elevated. The nervous feeling, however, mooi wore away with most of my invalids. It was the fear of falling rather than the collision itself which seemed to affect them rmost. - "What has surprised me most in the invalid passemigers is the rapidity viti I which they would brighten up. Three or four days would make a surprising i difference i. their looks aid livoliness, though it was only after two or three - weeks of ridhinig thatL they scormed to feel 3' tire fuill benrellt of their journeys. A s trin who had been troubled witih mla. I ria said lately thait iris trips on tire roadl - had given him a better srinrnmer than he - had passed for four years. lIe tmade r two roundI~ trips daily. I think lie was I too poor to Lake iris family to theo couni 3 tr-y, arid did riot like to go withtir1 -them. lie stopp~ed makinig Iris Lrips a day or two ago, arid shook hands with ; me quite ceremoiously-, as though 1 -had had anything to (10 with it. , "A yoninig mrani who says hre is a clerk - downr town, spentds iris dlirnner hiour inl - mrakinrg a round trilp. 1ie hais niot rmiss - ed a day, except Sunrday, since thre - F"ourth of *Juily. ie spends a good part f of Sndary in tire Pairk. Whnen I Iirst 1 begarn Lo observe him hrie always lput Iris a htand over iris heart after coming up tire I stairs, but Ihe got. over tire trouble. -"D~o I feel ini better health since I be ,gain to work on tire road? Yes, I ant stronger, thioughr I thrmik that I anm per :1 harps getting too introi of a good tiring. - i was formrerly tronubledl witht air obsti - irate (dyspepsia, wiihi has compllletely ,loft rme. I suppn~ose that tire benefit 1) whrichr I hrave mayself received frm ear S riding, has given 1me atr initerost. in tire I, health of my inrvlhid paIsengers.") "D~ear nre," said Otto Brooklynu youngrr ladly to anothter as they foun md thoem selves runnmmiaginig over tire samre box of Inraeos, "dear mitc I suapposed yoru weore. e un tire coumntry.'' i. "So I am,'' resp~onded time lovely b~ru g nietto. "I ali just ini for a day's shop e, ping, burt how is It your are ini town?" a "hlow fumny; I'mn juast in for sirop .a ping, too. You don't irragirne thaut a ria wvould stay it townr all snummner. is Pa growls awfullly, bitt uma generally -t, gets wvha~t sire catlls very miuchr run a <town abourt Marcia, arid it grows worse a till J intr. Pa says all alonrg ire won't e go, bitt mra arid 1 get our dresses made, e and( irily wvhienr tire weatlier gets pretty n hot mia hais a bad turn; thenr ol Dr. s. Sinnarn is called arnd hooks concerned f arnd adivises pa, irn a wvhiisper to send Lt Iris wife to tire senashror'e, amid thterr, of i. "Burt wirere are your?" demanded ,f tire black-eyed grrl. x "Oh~ I wc're ut the Branch. Pa wanted a a qiriet pla(ce for ria's nerves, but Dr'. d Shimnan, (ihe anrd ria are great chums d your scel) said, 'No." Ma nreeded ,. 'pleasanrt excitement arnd moderate n gaIety.' So threre we are, and it is grimnd. Butt whiere are you?" demanded tire blonde. "In tire mountains. It is too lovely.' Il "Men?" .o "Menl well I should remark, crowds I. of them," "My!" responded the yellow-banged girl with a sweet smile, "I thought we had then all. Ma says she i.is'never son so good a year. The men just swarm everywhere, and we girls all enjoy it. Some fun in wearing one's best dresses now." "Who is your particular escort?" "Ohl no particular one. You see thure are always more girls than men, so of course one don't want to be mean. Did you know that Sir John Dinwiddie was stopping at our hotel?-' "No, no; but isn't that grand. Have you met im yet?" ."Yes indeed. Every day we pass hin on the piazza. The girls are just wild." "Is lie sinitten with any one particu larly?" donianded the brunette excit edly. "How should I know?" smiled the blonde archly. "But they all say he looks at me most." "Does he converse well?'' "Yes indeed, so Mrs. Simith says, id one (lay I overheard him tell an other gentleman that America had bet tor looking women than his own coun try, and ma said he must, be a smart nlall. " "llow did you get an introduction?" "Oh, I haven't been introduced, but being in the sano house of course we feel as though lie were one of us, and then, there is an Italian nobleman. lie is just simply divine. Suelh a fig Lure, such a moustache anld-oh, my lear, the expression of his eyes is too ice and melancholy for anything. lie Is a ftav.rito with the girls." "Does he flirt much'?" "No; he speuds most of iis time with Lhe gentlemnei. Thley drag iiim off whenl he is dying to be with us. Ma Lold pa she knew he was unhappy, for ihe had overheard these nen talk by Lhe hour to hinm or boats aiid gus and horses, and she wanted pa to exert himself to L.elp the poor fellow get rid of them, and pa grinned in that sneaky way that always irritates na, and walked away. lIe 1mu. have * some itw'ul trouble oi his mind, for lie al ways looks so pale of mornings and his 3yes kind of red, as though lie had been cryimg, and once I heard him imiutter: 'Balh! always left, I'll never trust three of a kind again.' '' "'hlow tragic!' ili"urmured the br niette, selecting some pink handker Chiefs. "What could hlie mean?" "Why, woeini, of course; but how sad to be deceived by three of them. Ma tried to interest pa and get the young mani In our set, but pa got tiwfully huIffed and ordered us never to speak of that "dissipated knave" itgain. But pa never had any reason.'' "Who else is there?" "Well, I don't know all their niames. We girls follow the registero pretty closely, but there are so many transients we get confused. I did know the naines of nearly a hundred, but iomehow they slip." "Well, you are gayer than we. We lave only twenty at our place." "Oi you poor dear." "But two of them are married and 3o jolly." "Well that is inice, I'm sure; how inany ladies?" "Not more than 150; of course it is gayer than last year. Then we had only ten and all married but one, and ie got engaged right away. We have A hop every Wednesday night, and ioinetimes they contie in and dance with four or five of us, and the brunette 5lanced triumphiantly at the blonde, bwho wias apparently absorbed in tne purchase of a pair of hideous black itockinigs. "Ilave you danced with either yeti" umd the blue eyes hadi a sha~de of envy n their azure deplthis. "No, but it, will soon be my turn. L'here are only forty yet that have not Jeemn asked and it is oinly August. "Woll, I'm glad you're having so olly a season; but ma is waiting and [have oceans of shopping,'" echoed the alonde. "Go~od bye, dear " chirped the dark aired beauty, "and I'm glad you are riot having a dutll time. Come and see no wheni we all get home, and PIl tell you the rest of my conquests." 'With regard to the climiate, the rainy lOeason genieral ly ruins from D lecemnber LAo .June, tihe r~emauining mionths being f ry; but on the Amazon slope it raiins null the year roumi. As to the influence of the climate on~ man, there are vast healthy districts in the river valleys of the Amarzon region, whlile those of the Pacific shore are commonly full of dis ease. Special disorders are chIefly (du1 to the lack of sanitary measures. In the westand northiwestern parts thme abuse af sweets as food results in a curious Lund frightful intestinal comiplaint. The country is nowv and wilil in all probab ility renmain, almost wvholly agricult ural, the Pacific coast and river valleys of both east amnd west yielding gener Otus crops of cacao, cotton, sugar cane, rice, coffee, tobacco and~ tropical fruIts, whilo the inter-Anidean plateau pro dluces all thme cereals and vegetables in cnednit to a temperate and even cold climate, though they are of inferior rjuality. No hope of the Republic ever bemng an exporter of cereals is held out, and cattle do not thrive in the Amazonl sectioun, chiefly front the inunense. uimmber of bats, which bleed or other wise irritate them. Cinichnoa bark which fIrst came from the Province dt lioja, is being so rapidly cut and sent ut of the country without new p~lant, ing that the siipply must soon cease, md Colonel Cliurch atttributes this to Lihe fauct that the highest oflicial sanc tioni is givoin to this dlestructive measure tor private emuolumeneit. lIn minercal weoalthm Ecumador is poor. TIhe popula Lion Is estimated at I 000000 (excltusivo f savage tribes), and Is distributed as l'ollows: Whiite, 100,00,mixed, 300,000; ure Ind~ian ,00,)000- fhe evil qualti bies of the mixed' races are condenined is the source of the degradation of the souintry. Iuternial come muinieations ire much needed in Ecuador, and a! though Colonel Church is personally interested in thme consta uction of future railroads, lie expresse his strong opin ion that for the next ten or twenty years a thorough system' of first-class mule routes w~oulld undoubtedly be the best of Ecouador