The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, October 20, 1883, Image 1

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- - 1A TRI-WLEKL~Y EDITION, WNSOO ~ WINNSJORO. S. f.. OCTOBER 20. 1883. TmTA m Tuon THE VERDICT a --- 1T1H E PE OPLK. BUY THE BEST!, UP. J. 0. IOAG -near Sir: I bought the first Davis Machine sold by you over five years ago for imy wife who has given it a long and fair trial. I amn weil pleased with it. It never aives any rouble, and Is as good as when first bought. J. W. LJOIOAK. Winnsboro, S. C., April 1883. C Mr. BOAG: Ion wieh to know what I have to say in regard to the Davis Machine ,ought of yo three years ago. I feel a can't say too much in Ils favor. I nade about S80,00 within live niontta, at tines running it so fast that the needle would get per fecty hot 'om friction. I feel confideni I could not have done the same work with as mluch ease and so well with any other nmachine. No time lost in adjusting attachiments. The lightest running limachino I have ever treadled. BrotherJaines and Williams' families are as nmuch pleased with their Davis Machines bought or you. I want no better imacine. As I 8aId before, I don't think too nmuch caln he said for the Davis Machine. Respect fully, RLLEN bTCVENSON9 Falrfiisd County, April, 183. Mit. HOAG : My mancnne gives me perfect sails faction. I Lind no fault with it. 1he attachments are so simple. I wish for no better than the Davis J Vertical Feed. Respectfully. MIRS. It.1MIiING. Fairfield county, April, 1883. MR. BoA0: I bouglit a mavis vertical Feed ewing Miachine fromn you four years ago. I am elighted with it. It never has given ine ay routmle, and has never been the least out of order. , It lit as gooi is when I filst bought it. I can cheerfully reconmmend it. lIesectfully, Mit. At. J. KIRKLIAND. Montlcello, April 30. 1883. It hi This is to cert-ify that I have been using a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over tw tye:tr, al purchased of MI. J. 0. lioag. I haven't found I'1 p'ssessed of any fault-all the ataschinentms are so slimple. It. never t-efise to work, and l certaluly thile ightest runmng In the market. I consider it in a tirst class inmachine. Very respect fully, MINNIR Mf. Wu.m.INouxA. i Oakland, Fairfleld county, S. V. Mi SOAC: I ail wemi pleasef in every particu tv with the Davis Machine uought of you. I think a first-class machine lin every respect. You knew IU' you sold several machines of tie same make to al ditlerent members of our faiiilies, all of whom, gii as far as I know, are well pleased with them. Itespectfully, PC This lat3 certiry we have naa in constant use so the Davis Machile oought of you abou. :hree years ago. As we take in work, anta have made the price of ., several ilumes over, we don't want any better machine. . . is always ready to do any kind of work we have to do. No puckeringor skipping Hj stizches. We can only say we are well' pleased di and wish no better machine. CA'rnintNEm WYMiE AND SisTEH. April 25, 1883. 11 I have no fau! to fud witn my taciline, and pl don't wat matny .etter. I have initle the price of it severa tiuaes ov taking ia sewing. It 113 always Y( ready to do isre wol K. I61uInk It a dirit-class nua su] chting. I feel I canl L say too Inh for the Davis Vertical Feed machine. AisTiMSSIH Fairtld county, April, 1883. 114 Mit. J. 0. BOAG-Iear: 1t gives me nimc a pleauIe o iesdiy sI o i110 imerits Os time Uavi, Ver cal Fe .d Sewing Macinmi. The mhuav-liac got of you about Ove years ago. lias he alimost i con stant use ever since that ii Me. I cnnimmot see that it is worn any, and lias not cost me one cent for repairs since we have had it. Am well pleased hi and don't wish for aiiy better. Yours trimly, -flioBT. CRAWvFomD, GateQtuarry, near WVinnsboro K. U-. bi We have used time D)avis Vertical Feedl Sewing lacine fo. time lasi; five years. We would niot di have any other make et, any price. Thes mnacine ,: has given us unbounde( satisfactiomn, I Very respectfully, Ma. WV. iK. T ~URNN~m A ND i)Au Ui'as . Fairfld county, 8. C., Jan. 26, 1833. 0 blvn ought, a DavIs Verlical Feedl Sewing agadimavimug give.n me perfect, satisfactoion ini every re e s.ainoiachine othifr hear y and light heinad neter neeved theli~ eat re fonyemas ami ir-as mwayshinm i eadry toart iu lilar, and thik t en hti none.i~ It aon io Cn' -wall eas fe. hnttn ietsaeinrwail.d maas fi ecl eee thonan amid ork as Mn..TuoMCAwOw!No, W Jnnkbomi Fareldcty, .el clny .C W aeadone yo. the Dayiit Makies aotil foryargn ave forlwaysh fon timired tow dotl oldtatt er chin se horn any, amid shek casi wels wo ont. I Jantclo 'srFairfleid co unty, yaAS F.Fe. 1 h 'f't he av eii f cilaTh insaphin has notmfa Mins... . FREmnwN. Itidgeway, N. (C., Jan. 10I, ia83. Jl, 0 BOAO, Esq., Agent--Dear Sir: My wife has oeen tisinig a Davis dewingf Mauh inie conistanit ly for tae pss four years, andis it imas dever needied C any repaiss an .worKs just as weii as wmemint ,L -boumght. Shme says it will dio a greater ranmge of = practical work send do it easier ands bet'er than any inachinsi sime usi ever used. We cheerauily recomniend it as a No. 1 famiiy iacine, l our tr t.y, JS .iva Winnsiboro, 8. 0., Jan. 8, 1888. i (1 Ma. Bo0M : 1 have always found mny Davis Mia .cinii readly do all kinids o1 to work I tiave. hadi oc oauion to do. 1 cannot see that t~he inachine is worn a particle and it works as wemi as whenm new. lIespectfulliy,. Mus. it. C. UoDsNo. Winnsaboro, S. C., A pr1l, 1888, Mit. BoAG : My wife has been constantly using ~ time Davis sfMcin e bought of you about live years agro. 1 have never reg rotted buying .s, as it is always ready for any a lad of famumiiy sewing, eIther heav or ligiit. It is never out of fix or needingI to pairs. Very reapetfully, A, W. LAD. -Fairild, 8. 0., March, 1888. CODIN, BLOW THE pioRN. 'one, Mary, blow the horfil For the mer are all a-field, It'was an hour and more ago, I saw then in the corn. Fosy has the table spread and the har'st apples peeled. Come, Mary, come and blow the horn! ome, Mary, blow the horni For the moon is In the skies. With sweoter, lustler voice than yours was never woman born; ut your call will not reach to the field be. ydnd the rise. So como, Mary, come and blow the hornt omno, Mary, blow thehornI For the har Vest Is begun; Half the ryo is in the sheaf, the field is lying shorn; i men must take a breath and be out Into the sun. So cone, Mary, come and blow the hornl oze, Mary, blow the hornI For the heat is very sore; I know it by the blinking sun, the twist Ing of the corn. 'l1e pail will be dry, and the en will thirst for more. Come, Mary, coi and blow the hornI o, Mary, blow the horni The wind is in the souath; Go out 11on the hill whore the echo will wil. bo borne, lion blow the r.nging blast from a full red inouthi Go, Mary, go and blow the horni 0, Mary, blow the horn!i For the mon are still a-tiold; Thore's Peter in the yellow ryo and Dennis in the corn sy has the table spread and the harvest a)l)lc4 peoled. All, go, Mary, go and blow the hornI W11101I e "Max, you're a fooll" "Thanksi" murmured Max, languid "WYell, you arcl" insisted his com mionI hotly, with the candor born of ig friendship. le took out his cigar and laughed, ily. "'WVell, if it is so, so it is, you know; id.if it be so, so be it' " le quoted. They wore strolling along the Sara ga walks this delightful.July evening, 1pulsive, hot-headed Max Warren, I and handsome as a hero of romance id little, rosy, rubicund Jimmie liar , with his round, hlonest face and inkling, blue eyes. There was also this difference be 'een them. Max Warren was liii insely wealthy. Jiinnie scraped mg, year in and year out on a beg ry salary, maintaining his honored sition in society only because of the aren's deep regard for him. Though several years older than hand ne Max, between then existed a rong affection. No other man would have dared to eak to Warren as frankly as Jimmie . d. Max would have knocked hui iwn for his impertinence. "Well, do as you like!" decided lar i, putling energetically away at his :ar. "Go and make all the love you Pase to Thalia Lynni Marry her if u1 wish. Only when you've made l a consummate idiot of yourself, in't conilde your regrets to me-that's 1!") ""ihew!" whistled Max, good-hu oredly. "A tellpest i a tea-pot! See ,re, old boy! What have you got ainst Thalia Lynn? She's the pret ,st girl at Saratoga." 'Yes, she's good-looking, I admit; it back of all her wax-doll beauty, she v got a deuce of a temper." "low do you knIow?" "I am a student of nmn and women; id I see more in flive minutes than any nad bat of a boy would see in lve ~ars!'' "'Oh, wise young judge!' Well, one )esn't want a wvoman alt sweetness. c0 much palls!'" "One doesn't wvant a womain unkind laeartlss, either, anad TI'hlia Lynni both," inamated Harris, sturdily. And eln warmiing to his work, "a Ilirt and rtune hunter in the bargamn?" eounig WVarren grew grave. 'ilid on, Jiuniel Aren't you gomng little too far? Will you not admit any )bility in wvomnan? You used to be ore generousi" "Not in tat woman!um" decided lHar chewing the end of his cigar quit~e ciously. "No4'w, take Vera Hialtoni. here's as truie-eartedl a little woinman cver~ lived. Pretty, toot" " Do you think so? Is hers your style, i ail, round, d impled, pinuk-checked id brown-haired? She has good eyes. .it all the samie, I plead guilty to pro unitd admiration for Miss Lynn.'' Jihnmie gave an indigniant snort. "Why don't, you marry little Miss altoni yourself, Harris, if you admiire sr no inamensely?" "I? I've a great deal to offer any 'oman-a starvationi salary and a host debts! No, thank you! .Besidles, she 'ouldn't have me-and I think she's bout right," lie concluded, savagely. 'Warren laughed agai, his lazy, miel w laugh, and pitchaed his cigar into io water. "DVon't dlepreciate yourself, old boy; *s ungrateful policy." "1 don't! I. depreciate my confounded ick. Anda you won't take my advice?" "No," said Max, snmilinig, "I don't elieve I will!" Muttering something decidedly un o>mplimentary to his friend, Jimmie heeled round and went away. And lax W~arreni went up to the hotel. "'halia Lynn was sauntering up and owni the balcony, aL tall, Blender young idy, dressed in the latest Paris fashion. he had a fair, handsome face, wvith ulte a coronal of golden hair and a air of soft, liquid, lustrous eyes, blue s violet,. She brightened visibly as young War 'm, lifting his hat came up) anld joined er. .5'romn below, Jimmie Harris saw the air and frowned. 11e was very fond af the boy, and lhe hated to see hin larow himself away. "What an exquisite night we shall maye for our sail?" Miss Lynn said, auning herself. "And I must deny myself the plea. dre of accompanyling you," Max said disappointedly. "I am obliged to go up to the city by the eight-thirty train." "Positively?" queried Thalia, with a world- of regret in her clear, flute voice. "Do you think I would go wore there any reprieve?" he couniter-questionod, reproachf illy. Their eyes met. Hers drooped with an air of consciousness. "I'm sure I don't know," she ans wered in a low voice. "You don't know," lie ejaculated. "Why Thalia-" "Beg pardon Miss Lynni" interrupt. ed a voice behind them. "Will you ox cuse Max a moment? There's a gentle man to see him on Important business." Miss Lynn clenched her long, white hand very angrily, and smiled very sweetly. "I'll sep hint later," declared fax impatiently quite. guiltless, however, of an intention to use slang. "lie can't wait1" insisted Jimmie, sturdily. "Where is he?" "In the billiard-room. I'll go with you." So, very wroth indeed, Max excused himself and went away. When they reached the billiard-room, lie looked around. "Where is lie?" "Here!" replied Irarris. "Youl Now what in thunder do you mean by treating me as though I were a child in leading-strings? I'll stand a good deal, Jinmime, but I won't stand that! What do you want?" "Tle loan of ten dollars!" Five minutes before lie had not dreamed of making such a request, but it would never do to provoke the lad. Warren burst out laughing. "Confound youT why couldn't you have said that at first without waiting till I'd got through abusing youl Let's go and have some dinner. You know I'm off by the eight-thirty." "For how long?" "Two or three days. There's your Miss Hialtol" They dofed their hats as they passed her-a little, white-clad maiden of so venteen, with a soft, wild-rose bloom in her dimpled cheek aid two-brown, shy, starry eyes. The friends dined together aid walked dlown to the station afterward. Jimmnie did not lose sight of Max until the train bore him out of the station. Titon he breathed a sigh of relief and went back to the hotel. Thalia Lynn, sitting on the veranda in a low rattan-rocker, swept aside her azure draperies and beckoned him as le I came up the steps. She did not like Jimmie. With a ury imm nor petty'plots and desImsed lher selfish alms. But she would make himi useful as far as possible. t "Mr. Warren found his friend?" she questioned, with a faint elevation of her pale brows. Harris sat dowin deliberately, a troubled expression on his usually jolly face. "Yes, and his friend. brought bad news. Awfull" "What was it?" asked Miss Lynn, sharply. But just at thIat ,,noinent up caMie Vera Haltoni. It was a rather risky scheme, this one of Jimmniie's. But lie told himself ho would not got too for, and that if, ne cessary, lhe could later lay his assertion on rumor. "I. don't think Max would mind my mentioning it before two such intimate friends, ''lie continued, when he had brought a chair for Vera. "We were just talking about Warren when you came ump, Miss Hialton. Heard( such wretched tidings this evening. Sbecial, messenger-very dlistressinig. You knowv his entire fortune was deposited in the Great Southw~esterni le~ctric Light Associationi. Corporation made bad investment. Gone higher than a kite-Max's money with it. Clean sweep). To'o bad! Nice fellow, Max." Andi all the time lhe was delivermng his telegraphic inftormation he was closely wvatching the dainity ladies be fore himi. When lie had finished, Verna Hlalton stood up, abruptly, her delicate lips tremling, and turning, walked away witho'ut a wvord. She was sorr-y, sorry, sorry-so sorry she dared not trust herself to speak, Miss Lynn drew her fleecy bunrnous arounmd her, and leaned back with a little shiver. "Ahil" she said, softly. "His grand father originally made the money in tradle, (lid lie niot? .Doubtlless he can umake more the same way. Onie can al ways d istiniguish thme nouve .LZO riche~s by their lavish expenditure. Mr. War ren was always so i-eckhess in this res pect one would imagine his wealth felt novel and just a litt le heavy. D1o you not agree with mae?" But J imumie spr-ang up in a flne i-age quite forgetful that lie had pr-ovoked this outburst. "No, I don'tl" lie declar-ed, (decidedl ly. - I think a crown would not feel niovel, a throne but a litting seat, to such a splendid fellow as Max Warreni!" And~ Max Warreui's loyal championi marched haughtily away;. while left alone, Miss Lynn bethought herself of the interrupted declaration which had occured earlier hii the eveninmg. "A narrow escape!" she murminured(. But t~here was an ache in her mer cenary brneast for all that. But while Miss Lynn was congratu lathing hierself on her escape from an en gagemnent with a penniless young man, and Vera ilaiton's warmi little heart was gm-ioving for poor Max Warren's misfortinne, and Jimmie Hlarris was wonideriing, angrily, what the mischief had ever Induced him to conicoct such a story, and how he was evei- goiing to logically contradict himself, Fate took all time tangled threads hn her own firmi ibgers, and unraveled thni with prompt dexteritry. An4 this wvas 11ow it happened: A telegram fhished over the wires to thme stationi from the stationi to the liea tel,.from thre 11ote1 to tihe gaf. crowd eollected on the beach1 preparatory to embarking for a sail. From lip to lip leaped the fragimentary terr'ible news. A collision had occurred. The outgo lmr 8:30 trai had collided Weith tIl New York express, The number of those dead and wounded, and also of those suffering from want of proper at tention, was bomething appalling. Help was needed, and that speedily. For a brief space all was confusion. Then, as though by 'the stroke of a magic wand, divisions formed of two distinct Iasses--thoso who were to go forward to action, and those who wore to remain and play the less laborious roles of spectators. Among the former, as the relief ox press rushed out of the station wore Jiumie Harris and Vera- Halton, In the first frantic appeal for aid, some one had asked Thalia Lynn to go but they had shrutqk ba~el dismayetd from the ghastly adiiwomanly joke, that she preferred beholding humanity complete to seeing it in sections. It Is doubtful that she would have been so callous, were it not for that which Mr. Harris had so lately told her. At length the traili stopped. Such a sight as met their eyesl To the last hour of herlife Vera italton grew woak and cold at the bare remembrance. But just then she set valiantly to work like tihe orave little woman she was. Many a speeding spirit took her sweet image with it intd eternity. Many a shattered frame struggled back to life with strength renewed, thanks to her gentle ministry. It was near midnight, and a serene imoon wias silvering all the landscape, whon Jimmie Harris Paine hurriedly up to her. "Coiel" lie said, "I have found MaxI" She was quite exhausted from her exertions, but she took his arm and went with him. They found Max lying by an over turned engine, very pale and faint from loss of blood. Ills Read was cut, his irm broken. Jimmie slit his sleeve and Vera bound ie wounded limb with soft, deft 1iii Sers. And all the time he watched her with % new look in.his eyes. How fair, and ;weet, and womanly she was, to be mnreh Harris was right after all. Iow iould ho-how could htle ever have been diot enough to ignore such a dear, Io lest little thing, for a il Lunting co IUette like Thalia Lymil All the wounded and their nurses vent back to Saratoga by tihe next ,rail. The following day Warren 's inothier samo to him. It was some tiipe before ie was fully recovered, and tho lie earned that Vera Halton had gene to ,urope with her father. h ii 10lad VanliShOd 01i eo~tl tit ,Wi vas that Max was lii'epired with a fran ic desire to leave America. One night, a few months later, there vas an immense audience at the (Grand )pera House in Paris. It was the oplleiig of the opera se on, and Patti was going to sing. There was quite a stir as a lady and entletm caie into one of the boxes -lie, tall, fair-haired, handsome; she, lovely little creature, with a skin of 'ose amt pearl, and a pair of' soft, dark .y;s. Quite a bewitching vision, too, n her foamy weddmig-dress of costly ace, with diamonds it her hair aid at ier throat. Thalia Lynn, sitting directly OPPO ite, looking pale and worn and slightly >asse, bit her lip as she saw thein. Jimnie Harris, beatming and jovial, nade his way over to'then. "flow are you, Mrs. Warren? Even ig MaxI Say," in a whisper to the atter, "look over therel What do you say to me now/0 Max Warren looks from hmis wife to Ll'hia Lynn and back againi, then, iuite forgetting where lie is, grasps hIs iend's haind and lifts his glad eyes to le kludly eones above himii. No wordh s spmokeii. Look anid grasp are eiioughm. Iimmiiie is cointent. Varelinal IUicieimoua skunl. Cardinal Richielieu, the King of the King, as the peoplhe had nicknamned him, va~s entombed ini the fullness of his liory in the vaults of the Sorbonmne Jhiurch. One day, some0 sixteen years igo, the Mayer of a little village in Brit ~any presented himsi'elf before thme Em eror Napoleon tiIl. ie openeid a simall 3ox w hichi lhe broughit uider his arm, .mnwrapped the parcel wvhich it contaied mud dr0w fromi it a human mask. Th'le mkin was dried up and wrinkled, the yes dleeplhy buried in their sockets, the :noutl i conitracted, the Ueethi perfect. l'he beard, mustaches anid eyebrows were still i their places, and1( tme whole was covered with a yellow vanish like an anatomical speCcimueni. "Sire,'' said the Mayer "you behold iall that reumains of Cardinah Richelieu." In the month of D~ecemnber, 1793, when a revolutionary party pillaged the tombs of the Sorbonnie, one of the sol diers entered the vailt which contained the body of the Cardinal, and, thiding that tihe mask of the face, doubtless ini order to facilitate somne process of cim balming, liad beeii sawni off from the rest of thme head, possessed hmiimself o1 it and dislhayed1 it, in triumph to the spec tators, who thought that lie had him self cut cit the great man's head. Sub, sequemitly a hatter named Chieval pon sessed huimnself of. the trophy, and hidl it, in a cupboard at the back of his shop. The Ninth Thermidor camne, the hatter, in alarm, gave the mask In chaigo to one0 of his customers, the Abbe Arm iz, who carried it with him to Brnittaniy and gave it to his brother. Tme bro~hiee, hiding that inisects were attacking the relic, consulted the village apotheocary, by whose advice It was varnished. It was this gentleman's son who brought It to Paris In 1866i, and in D)ecemnber of that year it was restored with great, ceremony to its place under the menu mont of the Cardinal, in the presence of the Arbhbishiop of Paris, Monsig nor 1)arboy, the Duke of Rlichelieu, and a groat gathering of notabilities. Since that day the Emperor has tiled in exile, the Archbishop of Paris has beeni shot, and the last, of the name of Riceieu has died without Issue. . -About 1,600 tons of coal are nogy daily consumed In Deniver The green covering or so-called moss which accumulates on plant pots is al ways injurious to the plant. "A'bright pot makes a healthy plaut," is the gar dener's rule. This green covering is an alga, a plant closely related to the sea weed. It acts much in the same way as glazing would act InI stopping the pores of the-pot and allowing 11o circulation of air. It should be scrub bed off as often as it appears with sand and water. In setting plants-imake the ground mellow and rich with manure for a considerable space around where the roots are placed, so they may have a chance to reach out. The roots should have ample room; do not cramp them. When the earth is well drawn up around the plant, place your fet carefully on each side of it, and "1rm'' the earth down solidly. Thih wlU greatly Ilcrease the chance of its living, as it prevents the soil from drying down to the roots. Bogonias in summer should have a cool, shaded situation. The best plan we have ever seen adopt ed was a small lattice house, made en tirely out of laths phleod halt an inch apart, sies and top alike; bonches were arranged on either side, the saine as in an ordinary green-house; upon these thie plants were placed, and all the in terstices filled with sphagnum. There the plants thrived most luxurialntly; we have never seen green-house plants in summer look better, if as well. Not only was this tile conlgelial home of the begonia, but all kinds of feris, colous and miany other plants grown express ly for exhibition purposes wore here to be seen in tile best possible condition. This was the work of an amateur, and when his plants were placed besides those of tile professional florist, the latter was coInpletely used up. Care should be taken to see thatplants In pots are given good drainage. '1iiis is best secured by putting a lot of broken bricks or pieces of broken 4ots in tile bottomu of tile llower-pot. Thiese pieces should be -as large as a hI'Zel-ililt or even larger. Over thee piecessoei dried ioss, spiagnum or peat should be placed, or even a handiful of tried grass, if nothing better can be had. .'his will prevent the earth froin falling amiong the fragients and will insure complete drainage. It is sulpposeat, of course, that tile regular flover-pots are used With a hole at the bottoml for tile escape of tile water. If a box or other vessel be used a hol0 should be made in the bottom. Persons who have niver tried tile above method will be sur prised with the difference it will make in their plants. Thie eartlh in tihe pots Mhould be kept moist, but not Wet Most hiousewdes ailW 'tf I tXkmin soaking the soil once a day or less, and then letting it dry out until it becomes bard. This stil, hard and unyielding Mharacter of the soil in pots is not Usu1 Ally conducive to tile growth of plants. Tihe earth should be kept loose by a lI beral addition of vegeLautle imid, Sull1 as oan be obtained under tile leaves in An old forest or in many neglected fence rows. For most phinLs a Lhird or a half of tile soil may be mold, which mlist be well mixed with tile heavier L)arth. .Tn give good drainage by L)fmployimg unglazed pots with holes in he bottomll, and by placing a hialdful if broken bricks or crockery ii tie bot Loom, adti over it, lay sphagnun or other luoss or peat. Doi not water heavily. Tile soil sioild not, be4 cold and soggy. Apply Water trequOenly, but avoid soak Isg. Te lcaves of tihe pliant soi Id itso be freuteitly spray -1, especially it Luaporation goes Oni rapit, ly. utL-of-thi-Way rari,. The tourist, whio has conscientilously donle N otre Dame and1( tile Toimb of N4aoleoni, P'aris, need nlot sit downu and~ weep~ for more wvorlds of curiosities to coniquer. There is still amncienit Paris to explore. Although there has been so munch miew building there are maniy old houses left, if youl know where to finud them. Th'ie Ilotel de Senus is oiie of these-a 111ne examplile of civil Got~hic arcihitecture, qulite feudal ill parts, half fortress and half dwvelling-hiouse. Th'is is at the corniei of time line0 du Figier and1 tihe 11otl (1e Ville. T1hmen there is a grand 01(1 iiouse inl thes ltume de Sevignea, called tile 11otel Carnlavalet. Th'i is may graldually un~d its way into the guide books, bu cause tihe Munmhicipl)i Council has1 taLken it for a nmuseumi of local and~ Revolu tioniary cuiriosities, but, till time other day it was known only to a happy few. Madiamfe do Sevignea lived thlere for twenlty years,andl~ manliy of those letters wiich were tile dlespair of our school life were mne doubt written inl liar apart mlent oil the first, hoor ini the rear of the cou~rt,-yard. hBut the hotel is really worth seeinig for itself, apart frotm its memories; it is extremely well pie served, and it lookH vary nearly as it may have looked two cenlturies ago. Tile keystonie of time outer doorway wvas carved b~y Jean GouJon., and there is moure of his wvork in tile gloat, court. The ld plac1 11 uCis am air of dignity anid quiet, ef "'refuge fromn the st~orms of h.,' whih siimchowv seems) wanting ini the alrchitee'tiire of to-day. T1hie 110otel1Jabaich, No. 40(, Riue Saint Merri, with its ground fioor of arcades, is another anmcient, of (lays in stomna. They danc;med there Ia cenltury ago ill "pulblic massembmliy,'' but, it is a mohre place of business niow. Tlhecre is a line old courtyard at, No 18, Rime des lBillet tes, onice Ia cloister of tihe Carmelites. 1I, has had to be restored, unfiortunaimtely, here and1( there, but, it is still a good exatnle of Iteonthl-cantury work. 1I, is closed to the puiblic, but time porter Is not lmadle of stone. Sonme live centu ries algo a ,Jew inaned Jonathan had a house oin tis site full of riches; and as time read~iest way of gett1ing at, imhe coil tenlts, Kin1g Pilliipp-le-BCIl accusedi him of secret practices of insult to time Catholic religion-to wit, time boilinmg of the saicred host,. Thley proved it without iunniecessary p~aini to hmis feel ings-hiis son was not broughmt imto thme wltness-box-and they burned him alive. Tihe Crown took his goods for thme sake of the examplet the Church his house, as the site of an explator'y chapel; and, thalmka to these prompt measurea1 trule reuition suffered leas than -might have been expecte 1. TI Hotel des Amubassadeurs do liolland No 47 Itue VieiIlo diu Teuple, has fine door and the remanis of a grai court-yard with some bits of good o sculpture hero and there. Tiere Is wonderful house in the Rtuo Franool Miron, No 08 built more than tW centuries ago by Anne of Austria f a favorite chambermaid, and "Inaugi rated" in state by lier Majesty on t occasion of the solemn entry into Par of Louis XiV and Mario Theres The iununenso balcony, still intact, WE full of good company on that occasic -two queens, Anne and the Queen England, Mazarin and Turenne, and host of courtior. The hotel con mandod the main approacli to .Paris i that tim, and the balcony was but as a sort of royal outdoor box for et tries of State. At 143, Rue St. An toine, is the Hotel Sully, In whil nearly everything is worth looking at the facade, the courtyard, the gre stone staircase with its sculpturei vault, and the gardeni; it is the bes preserveI ohd hotse in Paris. Fo some of the grandest private buildinl of the ninleteoith century, go and se the Hotel Sobisi, now the ollices of th, national archives, the richest colle( tions of historic manuscripts in th, world, and the buikling of the impri merlo Nationalo. Th esm wore palace of the Riohans, and the painters, model lors, carvers, and giliders of the ag did their very best with thoi, with - result that is full of a sort of mnel lowe dignity to-day. The Place dos Vosge i once the Place Royale, ought also to bi Weln, ioro especially as it is now ab solutely unknown to people of fashion It was once the square of Paris, ant all that was brightest, if Iot always al that was best walked under its 1lenr Quatre and Louis Quatorze arcades There is a large garden witlh a statut of Louis XL11 in the middle. Victol tligo held his youthful court here long before the coup ('etat; and almos poetical descriptions of the evening parLies he used to give, adI of th< house In which hie gave theimi, art occasionally disintered from the litera ture of the time. The Place i withir i stone's. throw of the Bastile. Even im such a well-known place at the market f the Hialles there h 1nch that Ias escaped the compilei f the guile-book. What about th( iPavillen of Tripery," for instance hiero they bring together in one ii. ionse shied the heads of half tIe sheel] lilled ill Paris, and thirty or forty fel lows, red to the very shiouldr-blades tro busy drossiig them all day lougi At La Vallee, ill te Pavilion do lia VQ4u19, at the corner o4 tIeiune 130r: ;hemsel'es but doves in another shape. thers, who are not killing the birds ire fattening them at express speed fo hie market by blowing seed steeped in varim water down their throats. Near ,Ihe corner of the Rtue Itaibuteau Imd the Rue Pierro Lescot are places where they work up second-hand pro visiois into a semiblance of new. It is Iuite a trade in the Qhuarter; and the 3ellar ill which the nicer nystories of ho craft is carried oi is appropriately 3alled the Chamber of Horrors. Inl mother collar they make delicious 3otutry butter from rancid refuse Louiidinig amd washlig and patting aiI rolling it into perfectly seductive shapes, and wrapping it into the whit 3st of white linen. At al old-fash.. onted house in tile Rune Mondelour hot mails are served (laily to hundreds o 5ourmnets. Two million shells a year 1re emptied in this shop alone. In thi Lue do ]a Verrerie, at No. 18, Is to be ieon a curiosity in restaurants, thec "Pensioni Aliimenitaire,"' founideid by a ph ilanthropic merchant to supply thec workIng 1peopl1 of this busy (juarter, the "City" of P'aris, with something aIt to eait at, a price within their izmas, llere you inay have soup, nmnt, vegc ables, bread, w~'ine, and diesert,, all ol perfectly wholesomiequality, for sevenlty 3entimnes, or a little less than seven penice ot our mioniey. Th'le P'ensioi1 iniakes its own bread and roasts an ox ivery (lay, and about four thlousand neals are served in the samie at ar xverage price of forty centimies a mieal hiarfi Old4 iMonks of (iroat, Value. I heard an old New York bibiiophile say the other (lay that lhe could make goodX living by buying boo~ks at 0on0 shol) and sellung 'them at another. A mai has to know a good deal to be thorough hy piosteil in rare books without turninj to relerencee catalogues, etc., wich are niot always on hnd. A little boo)< stood on a shelf in a booksellor's shoj for lIve years marked $3.50. One da' a clerk, ini reading over an Englisl catalogue, saw mention of a book tha drew his attention to this volume. Li went to the shelf, blew the dust off o it, and marked it $25 instead ot 83,50 It was the original eddition of the poemi of two brothers, Alfred and Arthur TIen nysonl. lie put the book in a conspieu eus plnec, and it sold at once. N< sooner was It so1(d for $25 than sorn one eame in and offered $150 for it. Nowv, if the bibliophile of whom I spoic niad seen that book, he would hav< couight it when -it was marked $3.50 bumt he would have known all about I at a glance. J ust see what a profit hi wonld have madel Oao day a man eamn into a bookseller's in New York, and carefully untying a parcel he carried under hibs arm, dIsplayed an Elliot Bible in peorfeot condition. He wantoi tile bookseller to sell it for him on comz mnissionl, .and fixed upon $750 as thi pdeo. 1'he bookseller examined it ani found it inscribed by John E'lliott in hi ownI hanad, a presentation copy to hi friend John S3hepherd. It had all th thlree dedications., and was bound Il call by Riliffe. A customer came in and the bookseller offered him tile booj at the owner's price. He seemed mor or less doubtful about Its authenticity our Amenican collectors are not always experts, but when he saw old Elliott' signatures of all the different owvner down to the present day, he paid thm price and carried It off. 1t. was real)' worth $2,000 or more, for it contained combination of valuable attributes tha at takes eleven Elliots Bibles. iii th 110ono1 library to oyer, 10 Won Se0 mets. 0, a 'No air,isaid a man who had been kd arraigned before a court, havindl een arrested- on account of drunkenness, a1 never intended to got drunk again. o I suppose not,' replied the Judge. )r 'I don't suppose that any man intends I- to make a beast of himself. No use,' 10 sir, in trying to offer excuses. There is no excuse for drunkennes. Don't a say that you met a convivial party, n and could not get away. Don't say f that you drank to drown sorrow. a Don't say anything, sir, but quietly submit to the tine I sall impose p) you. ) 'Judge, were you ever drunk?' Tliat makes no difference. You can't, move me to sympathy in that Way. 'If you had ever ben a drinking lnan I would bet you $10 that you would not fine mie aftor hearing my r 'I wason a drunkard, said the Judge, 'and I'll take tihe bet. 'All right. Some time ago F took a 30solemn Oath that I woild never drink again. I was 11,m; 1 could not, be in AL. gentlemiani presmited mo witi a flask of very line whiskey, and I took It home, but nevel- drank a drop of it. I bought a quart of brandy, but did not aSt it. I Withstood all of thes0 temp4ations, alnd during tille I My de0term ulation grew stronger, but flinally I fell.' 'Yout iave lost the bet,' exclaimed the .Judge, 'amd 1 shall line you.' '110i otul I withstood, you uide. stand, temlptation, but jtst ns 1 con cluded that I was perfectly ste, I found a bottle of whiskoy where swine 'ellow had hiddlen it. Now, sii, I want to know if sere is a m l in court rooni who could reirain 1'rom drinikiig when lie luids a bottle?' 'ie .Judge trembled. A n1a1 Iay evel be son from Ia Country dhance after a 1idd1le sCr-ing aid come back sober, bit whun ho gets back ami Mhils a bottle sitting inl tile corner of a fence, covered by an upright pieco of bark and an old back-band, wn' Ie drink?' The Judge (Itaked. 'This iiiy excuse, your Ionior, and I 11op you Will take a senisible view of the matter.' 'Young iiman,' sald the Judge, ill a treiUhous Voice, 'let 1110 tell you' that your excuse overcomes 1110. When I. wias a young luau. I joined tle temper aiceo cause and soon beCcaIo known as one of its leaders in Arkansaw. I made thrilling speeches, and brought many influence Was great. One night, while going to keel) ani appointment, ny stir rup leather broke and, while trying to secure a strip of hickory bark in the woods I found a bottle hear a tree. I took it ip and looked at it. I was surprised to find myself so near the enemy. I don't know why, I turiod up the bottle and took a, long pull. I hitched my horse and pulled again aid again. About ai liour afterward I walked into the citirch swinging a stirrup and yelling like a panther. I cut a baldieaded man on the summit, of tile craiuin. Fired by deviltry, I rolled thle log steps away from thie door, climbed .n it the window aid drove the congregation out. Peoiole tumbled over each other in a shameful iniannieir, and baldhelads gleamuued in the moonlight. After this I reformed, and did not take another drink till about tiree weeks ago, whien found anotier bottle. It was alcohol, but I gulped it down, I couiln't, help1 it. You have weon the bet. Here's your $10. Now Thinags in Toys. There has been in progress In tIs city for five nhmnths past, a now mhanu facturin g eniterprise 'whiceh prom ises to become one0 of considerable import ance. It was started without any flourish of trumpets and ini a miodost; t and iassumling ,style. Th'ie projectors of this newv busimess are William B. Smnith, of the 99-cent store, and Lodo wick Leeds, for some time withl the Brown (Cott~on Gin Company, who have associated themuselves. They are now enigaged priincipally in the mianlufactuire of toys. Among the articles they turn out are rocking--horses, of thle chaiir pattern, - rockinlg lions, ei(ephants anld lambs, complte mniniaturo chiamber sets, fold ing crales amnd croquet sota. Rocking horses are as old as the hills, but tile )introduction of lionis, elephlants, and lambs im the Way of rockers is a ne0w Ithiing tinder the sunt anud promises to b e a very taking novelty. It will be 3 a touch of romance for the younigsterx I to drive Jumbo or a king of the forest. .1The lirml no0w emlploy twenity-five 8 hautds, niearly all of whlom are enigaged - at the present time on these nlovelties -which are boinig turned out in large . quantitica to meet adlvance orders. B In the rooums of their establishment -- umay be 500en the millenilal spectacle of B the lin anid the ilmb lying down to. 3 getber, and when the holiday season arrives thousands of little chihdren in t all sections of the country wvill lead D them.~ Seveni painters are kept bnay I till the time ini totuchming upi tile ni ,umals. In addition to their specialties :1 in toys, the fIrm manufacture a folding t bed amid secretary combined, which is :1 the inlVention of Mr. Leeds, amid are - now at work' on a spechnein cotton gin, a also of is inventiin a ptenot f'or :1 which hats been appliedl for, and it is s eXpected, will be granted at aln early s day. TIhey also manufacture a hantd a screw for which they claim conlsider a able merit, anid are now engaged in ,filling nl order for 20,000 clothes-liftera r for IFoyd W. Rtoger, of Brooklyn, for e merly of this city, tihe inventor 01. the - article. Tile thim expects to double tite ntumbor of thteir employes within a a fortnight, to meet the holiday de a mnand for their goods. All of their e present product it the toy line is takeni y by a single fIrm ini New York. t Look well into thyself; theire isa e source which will always 49p'ing up 1 -thoij wilt always searoh hliro.