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* -'* anrt RI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. OCTOBER 25. 1883. Wily? Sometlines how near you are, Hornethnes how doar you are; Then, thon, so thr, so far, Like sono far star you are. Sonethnes, through you, through you, I see the gray sky blueo Ap And feel the warmnth ot May In the December day. sometinmes, somnletlite$, I lot All burdens faill, torgot All cares, and every fear, In your sweet atnosphero. Then, then aIlas, alasl Why does it come to pass, Before the hour goos by, Beforo my dream doth tile, I drift and drift away Out of your light. of dlay, Ouit of your wanVII-th ant(I cheor, Your blussed atmnosphero? WVhy does it corme to pass? A la, and still ala,! Why doth the world prevail, Why doth the spirit tail, And hide itself away Behind its wall of clay, Sinc tihme began-alast Why does It come to pasal IN TitE CARLY SrRING. A pale young thing, with such a wealth of wonderful hair pushed off the low brow. A raly of sunshineo struck the silken waves of red-gold, showing the lavish abundance and exquisite texture of Sirene Selwyn's one beauty, as she bent closely above the sewing in the little sitting room for her home. A very plain room, but neat and confortable. A rose-colored hyacinth, blossoming on the window, tilled it with fragrance. On the lounge lay an exquisitely beautiful child asleep. She was care fully covered and Sirene glanced at, her with solicitude fronm time to timle. So radiant and rosy was little Nan, it ((liot. eeni poss-ble that the pale, -fail creature stitching tier life into her sowing could be her mother, but It was so, and Sirue lived for her chil. Four years before, when barely six teen, she lad inarrie(d her first girlish tfancy. Light-natured, vacillating, i selfish, he lived but a year, yet in that short time wore her love out. But then she had the child, the little '' gold-haired thing, her own inage. Sirene ha( been an orphan at her mairriage. Whien her young husbandi died (ho felt baby Annette to be "the oe bright thing to save her yet young h. e in the wilds of time." Its snuis amused her, Its weakness gave her strength to toil for its sup portand hter own. And the little creature throve ol feaifully upon her own health. irene was but a shadow of her old sel f 'Vk Suddenly the child opened her brown e, thlrew oI thO litltle blaket and lipped to the floor. 6"Mly darlig," sid Sirene gei;tly. Little Nan caine directly to her wnother's knee. The two looked questioningly into :ach other's eyes "Nai's hundry," lisped the child. Sirene shrank over her sewing again. Fior one bitter moment she was silent, then she spoke with forced cheerful "'Mamma is hurrying to get her work done, so she can have soime money to buy Nan's supper." The child's rosy lips quivered a lit. tie. 'Nan's hundry now," she said. Sirene arose and went to the closet. Th1 ere wa is a plate of dry bread there nothingmo. Shie gave the child a piece of the Sbread. Tihe pretty eyes looked up un Hatitied.t~ "Nan wvants some milk.'" "I haven't any, miy dear," anisweredl Siruene, aus she retuned to her sewing. " &Ah, howv ha':d it was! llunger gnawedi at tier own stomnach; butt shiar per was tier heart's pain as hier needle flew, for the 0itl1on, with chiildhiood'si unireasont stood by wvithi reproachful eyes, anal tihe unpialatalble bread held ,loosely in lhes little lIngers. Little Nan could not understand, and the tears begani to roll down her pink cheeks. Shie hadt( gone to sleep hungry,'" been coaxedl off to her nap, with a promise of "a nice supper," and why was it ,not forthcomiing? hand not her pretty &mammiia always fed her on good bread, niicetfresht milk, anti ripe truit? Why was she deunied this now? Sihe went silently for her muig, andh eitune back to her mother's knee. A tear fell from the miother's eyes upon hor white work. Little Nan's brownm eyes widened. " 'Oh, nay child(,"' saId poor Sirene, ,*leaning back, that her tears might inot. ,4oil thme snowy camibric, 'we are starv :~Hitherto they had lived in comfort. SIrene had been fairly paid for her line Aembroidery and exquisite sewing; bit SMrs. Wahldegrave, her chief patron had ~'lately left town, and oii shop-work her income quickly decreased. But though slie lad worked miiuchi hairder than ever before lately, anid grown thin with care, she had not been able to providle for their necessities. She had given the child her own breakfast, had herself eaten but a few cruambs of dry bread; and now-thbere was no denying it--they were starvinagh flurry as she night with her we~ak, trembling hands, she could not linish the flue shirt in tinme to receive her pay that night. Sirenc thbrow tdown her sewing, and going to the mirror, faced her owvn re iteotion. What a shadowy tlguirel What a p~aie waun face! But her hair! -She Look out the comb, anti let the waves of amber silk fall to her knees. 11er wonderful tresses encircletd tier like a mantle. "Maima's pretty hair," said little Nana, smiling, and forgetting her tears. Shrene did not smile. "Must I?" she said to herself. With her Innate passion of beauty, her hair had ever been such a pleasure to her. She had spent miany a lonely hour combing out Its shining length it the sunishina. Th'a thought of unhar ishorn of it smote her almost with a Ssense of Iisult. But it was her only resource now. Day by day her pay was dwindling, anld im this moment of extremity she could neither borrow nor steal. Little Nan must at least have suitable food. Winter was coming on, too; they must, soon have additional clotling . Yes, sooner or later, her hair must go. As well now as any time. There was no doubt of making a sale of-it. Froi where she stood she could see the broad brick walls of the Park 1ouse. Tle previous spring Mr. Ilayles burg, the rich proprietor, had said to her.casually: "Miss. Selwyn, the color anid quality of your hair is very rare. If you ever wish to sell It, I would like to be the IRichaser." She had InstInctively shaken her head slightly. She would never come to that, she thought. She and Nan were living comfortably, and she had no apprehension that; they ever would b0 any the worse off. Under the Park House was several large stores. On of thorn was occu pied by a dealer in human hair, and Mr. Ilaylesbury had an Interest in the business, as in many others. lie was a bright, shrewd, kindly man with a pair of keen eyes, and an abun dant brown beard. Froi childhood, Sirene had always heard hinm called the richest man in town. Ile was a widower now, with a son twelve years old. Sirene remembered when his -wife lived, and occupied a luxurious suite of rooms at the Park House, dressed like a (uieen, and rode in tier carriage. She was an lnvalid. 11er faco was always pale indifferent, and languid. At last sue died. Mr. Roscoe Ifay lesbury seemed unchanged, by that, ast by every other event. lie was always active, courteous and full of businiess. hlow inuch would Ie give for her hair? Sirene wondered drearily. She wrote a note at, last, and sent it I to tihe Paraer House by her landlady's e boy. Then she cried unrestrainedly for a few inonients. The chiid stood by her side, awed into silence. Sirone arose at last, and bathed her face and none too soon, for Mr. Hay lesbury's step was on the stair. lie camne inl and bowed, with his hat i in his hand, looking sharply around ' him. 'I took the liberty of sending for i you, since I did not know what otlher c course to take," said Sireno, "--I d have concluded to part with my hair,'' 1i Mr. 1Iaylesbury's sharp eyes took an- I , acurvey of the glain roon1 the 81 Siren's face, where Ie couk1 plainly see I the traces of tears. b "Yes," lhe said, moving a little to 8 get a better view of Siren's treasure in i the fading light. "Yes, yes." lie ad- I ded; "it is in a very itne condition t and-would you kindly loosen it and i let me get a more accurate idea of the 1 quality?" f Sirene took the comb-for the last r tiie, she thought-and let the great t, ropes of gold uncoil t hemselves. Mr. N1 11aylesbury stood ill quiet survey, and c seemed satisiled. t "What-what is it worth to you?" stammered Sirene, in a trenibling 0 voice.v Little Nan, twirling her empty mug, I stood between them. Mr. llaylesbury t walked to the window and cleared his throat, before lie ans.wered. "I will give you fifty dollars for it." g lhe said. "Is that enough?" "1I0 is a great (deal of money-for ~ me," answered Sirene with a start.. I "Y ou mnay haive it for that." Tihien she took hold of Nani's little hand to fortify herself against, the mio mient of sacrillee. 1B1t Mr. hlalesbury wase already coiunting out the notes upon01 t he table. ( "lie scissors--" began Sirene. t "Not to night,," lie said, "niot to night, Mrs. Selwyn. I can have it cut anothmer tiiiie julst as wvell. Just now I have n10 inoie time to spare. We will postpoune the holocaust.. TLtle 0on0, do you like boiibonis? Fortimantely 1 here are a few in my p~ocket, I will i see y'ou again 5ooni," to Siene, v So she put, up her hair again, listened u to his retreatimr~ steps, anid looked at il the money.e "Now, my darlinig,"' she said, "'you r shall haZve your supper."' The pleasure of compensation, the ml enjoyment of nourishing tood and warmi i clothes; assuaged the bitterness of her Y sacri lice. Mr. Ilaylesbury was. a very wvise I man to have advancedl the money. Si-i renic grew quite hapipy quartermjg or- I aniges for iNan, and deccidinig that her 3 neow eloa1k Shlould be the pretty tint of blue. TJhie next day camne a iiote from Mr. hlaylesbury. hlis twelve year old boy a was gmnng to schioi, a111ndiust have an e outfit preparedl. Would Mrs. Selwyni make the hine shlrt maurk the hiandker chiefs ete?] Sirene was only too glad of better I paid emplloymient,. Work for Guy llaylesbury was quickly followed by e othber sewing to be done for the hotel. I "1It was the darkness before (lay," ' said Sirenie to herself; and thought with ( apang of her hair.{ But, ilaylesbury never mentioned it. 1 She saw him every day. They were I but brit f mecetings, for as usual lie was i driven with business, but, lhe always t gave her a shaurp glanice and kindly t greeting, and niever saidl a wordi of his ( bargain.' As for Slreiie, her health and spiritsI were bettei. She found timie now fori a bright out-door walk every dlay, the I child( runniing by lher side. She got one I or two sleigh rides, given ini Nani's lion or, driven by Guy Ilaylesbury.1 Oine day, early in the spring, when Mr. Ilaylesbury hadl given her a I beautiful bouquet of greeni-house flow- I eras she blushed over the roses anid 1 sahi(:. "Mr. Haylesbury, when are you going to take your hair?" "I canmnot say lie answered. "That depends entirely uponi you. Por the present I prefer to keep my hair upon your head." "How canl it depend upon mie?" %aked Sirene, in wonder. "Because you must give me your self, when I take your hair, Sirene," Sirene turned white and red. "Hlandsome as all this silky gold 1," lie continued, putting his lLud gently uipon her head, "it is not lalf so beau tiful to imie as is the sweet spirit of the mie who w ears It. Long ago your sor rows touched my heart. To-day I love the tender heart I have learned to know; the lovely face that-thank Jodl-is growing rosy and cheerful; 'his little hand that has toiled so faith. rully to support you and yours honor tbly. Dear Sirene, have I frightened you? Are you glad or sorry that I want you fot ily own-l-ily wife?" She was; not all unprepared, perhaps -few women are-but 811 was start ed by Mr. Ilaylesbury's directness, blrilled by his ardor, surprised by his elderness. Ile read something of this n her face. "Did you think I was made of dol ars and cents? No, not Glad or sorry, 3irenle?" He drew closer to him the pretty lelicate form. She lifted her arins to 11s neck, with a low laugh. "Glad i" she said. And in the comfort of his embrace Vas no thought that she had to marry ,he richest mnn ill town. Beasonable Advice. With the . advent of Autumn the vorld in general makes a change. Sum nier amongst business men,11 has becomel lilhe possible, a sort of general holiday. .;ot all business, of course, is stopped, ut what is dojo is done ahost fiom iecessity. Tile wieels of trade which nove to satisfy tile actual demand of lving can never of course be really topped. Yet in tile Summer season hey run as slowly as po'ssible. "Driun ners1" are "o the road" to accoinodlate lie actual necessities of custonIers; lit le or no new trade is sought, for it is iretty well understood that non is to m, found. But with theadvent of cool r weather new activity is imparted to rade. B1utsiness men look forward for .n increase of business and make their laims for a fare share of what is being one by availing themselves of tile 'arious opportun ties presented. The ages of the newspapers are filled with (vertiselmelts of tihose whose exper nice and wisdoll ilve taught theill how aluable are such means of attracting ublic attention. There is something ii tile very coot air of Autun which ompels labor. Men who during the og days were half inclined to acknowl dlge to themselves, down deep ill their earts, that they were getting lazy, M. Riff 11111 that it was aI&1 %V Ldd , d I I % id its just rewards ats they ever were r could be. They apologize to them Alves for having dared to suppose that ley could be lazy, and feel a dread ast anyone may have detected their ioughts. There is little to be said of 11c season excepting that iiien should ot overwork themselves, because they .el refreshed an strengLbened by the st which sunmer necessitates, an1d 111s be likely to undo all the good '1hich had bee1 accomplished. Sucho a iurso is little wiser than to build in 1e morning and tear down ill the af 3rloon. Most assuredly, thoIgh, let ur merchants take advantage of ad 1rtising, which is one of tile greatest tor saving principles ever originated. 'here is nothing enervating or debili tting in It. The ancedote, which has een going the rounds of tile press re arding the merchant who said that 'hien he wanlted a rest he (din't go way, all lie (lid was to stop advertis Ig, is not lit aill 1an impllrobable tale; it as8 more~ truth in it than pleth wh'lo ate tile small expensel of advertisinlg re willing to admlit. Briefly therefore, re would advise thati being back iln the aness and full of amnbition to toil nd( aiccomplhish much,1 work not above our strength andu advertise freely, and 10 benellits of the SulnmIler's rest, will 11ger till tihe Sllumer's retlirn. Au Elecotric Stroke. Old Genleral Sableiniope wvas very 1m1eh annloyed by a younig muan who ersist-edl ill visitmlg his (daughlter. "I ran1t to tell you nuow," said thie Gener01 1 01ne evenling, "thaut youi sha1 l Ot marry lmy daulghtlor, and1( that if' you ver 00om1 ihere againl ll maiaul yelu un.. lercifully."' "Gcunral, you1 coildl not bec so cruel 5 to blight my life' and1( destroy thle appinless of your daughiter, could Oil?" "Ilatlher than hlave you for a son1-ill iw, I wvould willilig nail my daulghlter I a box and1( send( her to a eremlatory. give you fair waring. I don't want oul to come11 aroundl here agalin. Light, uit or Ill dulst your coait-tall withI bira blot." "W~ho's that in the parlor withl aneC?"' the1 Gener'al asked of is wife iJveral nights later. oiung Jaigle.'' "WhIatl is that scoundrel here again? 11and( 111 that, caneo; Ill go in and maizui imu oult of shape." "D~o not1 molest hun11, General, lHe is o devoted to Jane thalt, I do niot thlink C cani keep away. Better let h1111 mar y, for it seems11 that niotlung but death all break his admirat ion.'' biTle Genleral slit, and1 nliused. It was ~struiggle for hliml to refrahii fromn stik iig the persistenit follow, but lhe waver dl. A r'ainl stormi ca01mid boat, against, le house, and twisted the limbs of the rees in thbe yard, bult still tile ol Gen mrl muse54d. A b~ilidig lash, and thien Srepiort tbat, shook the house brought lie old 1man1 to his feet. Rushing in~to hle parlor lie found the young 11an1 ly iig oil the Iloor. Thme General railsed 11im upj. lie op~ened his eyes, an1d said: "If youl won't lilt ine againi I'll leave Lere and never 00111 back. 111an trav 1 no0w. UGimmie my hat,"' and tearing dmnself loose, lhe rnl away, and1( canie 10 more. Ainothier evidence of "saved >y electrIcity." Thue grave is a very small11 hillock, >ut we can see farther from It thani roml the highest mlounitain ia all tihe Aworld, Love like charity, covers a multi ~ude oefanlte. Hip Van Winkie'* Grave. JosepI Joffersol1 recetly visited, for the lirst thne In his life, the gorge in which Irving located the' tale of "tip Van Winkle." It reach6s ip from the plain very picturesquely betweej two of the Catskill mountains. A creek creeps and trickles down between boul ders and over pebbles; the slopes are wooded and the precipices nussed; the meagre deSCriptiwn which irv ing inatie of the scene of his legend strikes the visitor as wretchedly inadequate. There is an inn here in 'eepy ..1ollow, and the owner was foolish enough not to build it in an old-fashiojied style, or stick moss on It, or even hang a wea ther-beaten sign from It. - Wmat he,did was to erect a stilf, witAionse gud let it look brand new. 1I.Sri.'Nt 111s conscience that prevont l. hiu from counterfeiting a coloniat tlivein and swearing ,hat it was an Antique. Ile has got the idea that peo le generally believe the story of Rtip An Winkle, and he points out the spoth where the lovable sot encountered the keg-laden dwarf, where lie saw the 'old fellows play tenpins and where he bky during his long sleep. i1e lias s<, Jefferson act 1ip, but lie did not r ognize the actor in the close-shavei, venerable old Inan who cane with others to look at the placo. lie mistook him for a mn iSter, as anybody might easily do, and wias agreeably surprised to see hin drink a glass of beer. The gorge did not seein to greatly interest the man who has inade fame and fortune out of its legend. lie has grown tired of Elio "Itip Van Winkle" play and rather re sentful toward it, because lie tOinks that his success in it has obscured his versatility. "1 ain going to New rk to open a new theatre with the &d drama," lie saidl, "and I heartily wih that I may never afterward have to appear in It. I shall undertake to play the rest, of the season altogether in other pieces.'' I asked him if playing one character alnost exclusively and contiiuously t for iany years did not blipit. his coI ceptions concerning it, so khuat lie found it soinewhat, dillicult to kijow whether lie was acting properly or not,. "That's hardly true,?' he replied, "and yet the perforiance of the part long ago ceased to be anything but the inost perfunctory task-alinost ine clian ical. Still, I aI told that, there is no perceptible difference between the character as I present it now amid as I did twenty yeais ago." Very wveaithy, indeed, is Jefferson. ie has a line rural home over at Rlo kus, N. J. One of;his solis, Toiln, is an actor in his couipany, and another is his business inanager. Neither lie nor Paul, an actress. 1le is a believer in Spiritualism, and it is said that lie sees -or thinks he does-the spirits of Hien drik iludson's mLen pr Ginenty pIe sent during his scene wit h the ancieims in the mountains. Ile will not talk on the subject for publication, hst lie should he accusea of uinmig his religious views for advertisinig purposes. For the Lat, Trim114. A somewhat remarkablo remiitoli oc curred at the residemice of Win. 1. Payne, in Nelson towiishiip, Portage county, Ohio. Wi. II., aged 75; It. F. aged 73; and K. B. Payne, aged 72 and Mrs. Abigail Conant, a sister, of Lawrence, Kansas, coiprised the re unionists. They had not all been together for fifteen years and it was a sort of fare well gathering of a family that hewed cut a home in the early wvildlerness of Ohio anid inade thme lirst, foot, prinits of civilhzation. hlow renmarkable and yet, sad must have ap)peared thme ravages of time. Nota vestigeriemaisof thelog cah in whlere the fathier, inother and six little ones were wvont to gather about the lire sidle in the long winter evenings, crack ing their hickory nuts and listening to the howling of' the wolves. The snow that usedi to sift, between the cracks in the logs and cover the beds of the little ones so :nugly titcked in together now falls on the graves of father, inother, brother, sister and thme ashes of the old honie steadl. Th'Ie little spriing whlose cooling wvaters were shared l;y the deer, bear, wolf anid the faniuily has been dried up by tiine and over its grave fluta~er the leaves of the corn. T1hie litte clearing, thme only spot, in which the sunshine could touch the earth for Inimies around with tiolds Of wavinig grail,, a few deC caying stumps thme onily m nurnent, of the grand~eur of the forests that stretch ed farther than the eye could reach. Sadder than all appears the havoc tinie hats maue ini the fatnilies that in those early dayH were hound together in on10 great faiily by hardsh ips and su Itering, who watched by each other duriing sick cess, who hepedl lower each other's decad hito their last long houses, and who shared their fresh licat and other lux mries with each other. Where are time old nmaters anid schooliates? D)eadl. TIme old playfmmllowvs? Dlead. Where are all the friends who cluig together through those early years of hiardships and~ teoil? A huandred little weather worn hieadlstois in the little cemetery nestling 'nmoumgst, the chestnuts on tbe hill give answer. lIIcreol Seventy years agol Imupossiblel it, all looks like ii dream anid yet, perhlaps thiat old life, with all its stilering, was lmore full of love, pueace and genuine enujoymnent thana anytmnig tlhat, tihe progress of tiune and civilization hasi broligh t,. But, tihe Paynes had their reunioni, and wvhen time P'aynes reuneo tne dutst, is bound to fly. Tiulere was that staple article oh country joihlil cations, stewed chicken, ami lull and Kith tackled it as if their teeth had nover before been introduiced t~o chick cen. Then there was good, old-fashion edl pumpllkinm pie, and Bob ate it till his very foet swelled. And Ab, she trotted about and waited oni and scolded the boys as If they were little fellows of 7 instead or 7U, and big and gray-haired. The striiggles of over half a cnmtumry ago were all recountod and when time for separation caime anid each nmust, go back to the world again, there 'wias 5ad.ness In every heart, It was thir Last mueeting oni earth. m--A single pea bean planted in liar bony, Maine, last spring, produced 4357 Itamibling Notes. The first thought that strikes one coInig from Londoni and Paris Is 'that only twenty-eight Miles of water sepa rate two nations so entirely ditforent in nmnner, language and customi. Al thoughi not the season, Paris la crowded and gay. The Republic seems to have had a bad effect on all classos. The soldiers swagger around with very little regard to military exactness, swinglig t heir arms and moving their shoulders like raw recruits. Change in govern mont, like any other change, always brings with it soine limmediate abuses, which time will efface. At the Grand Opera house M9yerbeer's"L'Aricaline" Is the attraction.. + Tiptopera reduir ing Alldhius of 300 and a blhdtof still inore, Including a scone of a ship 111uder full sail, completely mnned and Lxpuipped, will draw a crowd ini Paris it any, time. Au institution worth isiting and a little out of the usual way is the 1otel Dronmot, ai establish anent under olicial supervision where ioni of the handsonest brouzes, china nd works of art, are knocked down to ,he highlst bidder. There is a house 11 Mexico endowed by a private gentle lanL where imipoverishied1 families can get a loan on anything they are obliged 0o part with. It is larger than the Ito el Dronot, doverinig as much ground is the Mayazender Louvre. These two Lre the only ones of their kind known tn the world. After Paris, with the brilliancy and ife of that metropolis, the sleepy old own of Nntes is quite a relaxation. Divilization with its effects of toning lown style of costume, has not pue rated into Bretagne, and here it is poos ible to see the French peasmant in all is glory-not the hard-worked, hand o-mouth Parisioner. The cathedral ,e g'trdens', thbe old castle anid tihe lar )Or are the principal points of interest in Nantes. Tle cathedral contains a omb of Frances It., with linely cit as-reliefs encircliig it, and four stat ies, lif e-size, at, the cornmers. Th'e castle s a grand old structure, and, with its hick walls and deep moat, remindsone >f Ivanhoe and Rebecca, Tht(e country if Bretagne is supposed to be the hil iest part of France. If one can j udge >y a yiew from a car window, the sur ce has the appeaLance of being flat. he Saxons and Gauls do not think of he sea in the same way that we do. Clhe Emngiish do not coin regilarly-a hooting box and the London seasouL 6re more to their taste. Foreigners reqient the north of 'raice, but from Ircachon in tile south to Paraine inl tile torth canm be found tihe genuine Firench )eaches, as Well as their hills and rivers, Lre modified to such an extent that they 6ppear to Auitiricans as though seen hrough a microscope. Amusunemns tre nmore simple than wi th us, amid it is 10 uIcomimonm thing to see fathers and nothers ol tile merry-go-round, with ,heir children. Here there is much ess of what may be called "Babiolatrv" 'hildrnm lind their own iLis1elioelIts mud are seldom at a loss for sometlming ,o do. Many funiy things occur at a able dhotl. The expression 'faites u(8 gras" signilles dO you at iMeat Oil riday? Literally "gras" ineans fat,. k. stoilt gn.tlemnmil, not far from us, vhen the question was put to him, ,urned very resentfully and said, "What liifer'nce Ioes it umakM Lo you whethber am fat or not?" There was a general augh at the expelnse of the stranger. t is wonderful what excellent dishes ire given at, these tabtle de'holes, even in ,h e 11nost primuitivye places; palatable :ourses are served of odds aud ends hat, wei wavid throw away. America as yet. t.o learn the economy of F'ranmce. High Food. i11 may be laid down as a great. prin 3iple that, meat., fish, or poultry in a itate of dlecay canntI~ be eateni with safet)', sinmce sy mm ptoms of irritant poisoninig hav~e so fremjyiently airisenm rrom this cause. But, a little conisider' ion will show us the impmjossibility of Irawinig a hard amid fast line uipon this poiint. We relish venisonm wvhichm has partially undlergone dIecay), while we at inuce reject beet our mumit.ton in a similar Lsondition. Again, poumltmry to lie pala table miust lie fresh, yet, we do niot, surnptle t oeat game wVhich is -far adl vancedl in dlecompijosition. T1here is no doubt in manmy cases we are guided by our pahates in determininig wvhat, food is wVholesome for us; for while maniy or us eat, muouly cheese, a Uhinam~an will swallow bad eggs, and11 soum races en joy fish which we would consider pu t~rid. Eveni as regards :ysters, which are. genierally rel ishmed in proporitioni to thir freshnmess, it, is sometimies a mat tehr of taste. For example, it, is recor ded)1 of the first, mnonarch of the house of Ilaniover that, lhe objected to the En ghlish native oysters as being udelicienit, im lavor. it, was privately suggested by a shrewd courtier t~hat the native oyster should lie allowed to become somewhat, scaile before being brought to the royal table. Th'le kiing at, once recognmized the Ilavor which had always pleased himi so mucmh at, flerrehaumsen, a:imi gave ordersi that, in future lie shoultd always he0 supplied fromu tbat particular bied. TIhei absence of evil conseqlueun ces aifter eatinmg food which has unuder gone a cerhuun auimunt, of decay is dhoumbthess due1 in umany cases to the coumpleteuiess of th e cook in g process; but, this (lees inot, militate againis, the geineral rule that food ini anmy stage of decay .is unmwholesomue aund should be avoidled. Of late years there have beeun cases of p~oisounous symptoms arislig from thme use of canniedI meats. Thme cause appears iuainly to have been im piroper methods of caniniug or of the use of meat, that, was taimnted before beinig caiined. Anm examination of the outside of' the can Is. our oinly available guide as regards this clas~s of article. Th'Ie head1( of thme can should be slightly conicave, whereas if it be convex It shows that decompositIon hmsw connmnen cd within the cani. Somnetimnes thurough careless soldering the preserved article becomes couftanminated with load, amid noisonimr by this substance Is the re With a cimb. Recently a wity-woirn looking man having a shirt or two tied up in a rag ged handkerchlif, made lis way up b ort street, east.-Dotrolt. Some folks could have seen from his general air that, while he knew exactly where he was going, 1e couldn't tell within forty rods of what his reception would be. lie walked like a man iho doubted and he looked around hin like one who felt anxiouis, lie 1inally turned in and Mounted the StWIs of a modest house, and his knook at, the door was ilnally answered. The door was pulle( open about an inch, anit a shrill voice ex claimied: "Go away fron heret" "I'll never do ILI" answered the inah. The door was closed with a bang, but he stood right there anml kept his eyes on the knob. After three or four Mnutes it was oponed again and a voice cried out: "Go away or I'll call the police!" "I never go away from mny dar ling!" "Who's your darling?" "You are!' The door banged again. The man was prepared for It, and he maintained his place for full live inlinutes without becoming discouiraged. At last it opelled anId a i voil piped oit: " You, have been gone two inanthst" "Exactly, mly darling." "And you didn't send ne i single cent!'' "iHow could I when I never striuck a job? Darling, I've retllrled to thee. "G- away-L've got a divorce!' "0th, but I know betterl Darling, bid your lollg-atbsent hiiusbanti welconte lioie. "Never!" and bang went the door. This timto hie coolly sat down and began to whistle. Site wont to alt up per window aid looked down uponi i him, tnd finally retutrned to the door Lld cairefllly oplened it and said: "You deserted me for two whole months, and I haid to take inl onrlders! Go away I I nvo io fllrI'ter Is( lotr yot!' " Katie, do you iean it'?" " 1 Yes.II "Then it only reinains for me to die. I'll hang miself with tiit piece of rope ao this tree. Katie, darling, good bye!", She banged the door am lie proceeded to ailix a piece of clothes 11n to a nb ind make ready the fatal1 noose. lie had everything nicely airranged wheit 5h suddenly rushed out, with:. "'And it's more trouhle yout'd make 1 for your poor, weak wife, is it?" and . she fell tupon hin anid flung him over i bush anid jainnned himt into i flowr med and sloved him into thelouse with " Xil'ipAumgati nas Ie-iriturl. tl nilt 'he fatted calf Ie gets will be laid on with a club' Tihe Brush liHarrw nlgliatly I . For covering gras'is-i seed anid for 'rind ig dowi and pulverizing the mantiure a ipread oil pastures, imeadows and on lowed or st.ubble ground, the0re is 110th ing superior to it well-imade brush liar row. It is h11elIap ipl)llntent-, but its mecess depends wholly on being con tritetd right. Badly made, it is worse ,han none at all. The faitrior ofteni ,uts down ia thick Irsli, anl with little 3r n1o preparation, or perips with lop ping back a few of the lrojecting limbs, bitches his teamit to it and goes to work. L :scratches the grouilld uimevelly, prIo jectinlg limbs )ow furrows il t1he soil I palt of thie surface is scarcely tomihed 1 iutd another iart dug into gutter. Muich depend1su1 on 1seleting th igt kind of bru'Ish. There shioiilbe manya snmall branchets, anid pro)jectingl~ twigs help1 the hiarriowinmg prlocess. TIhe best niiatermial we ever' used contsisited of the trinn igs of' sonie old li(ar trees. L ar'ge, few and heavy braniches should be avoidetd. A crossbar is thrust, thlrougha neat' the l" ge etis of the branlches, or il they, are evenily stirng alontg onl it,. Speci~al care inist, be takent to hlave p)lenty of' anll side-shoots undl~er li1i, cross-bar', so as to keep t,hie intain st~emis wvell upi out of' the soil. One of the wvorst tings for' a brush-har'row is to have the large enitl5 of' the limbls, wvhiere they have beena eut,, rt'ting into tihe 54oil as it, is drlawn ioirwardl. After the' miain piortioni1 i'constt'ruted, additional smiall brhushl maty be pulaced on it to give it, inif'orim thickness, anld aniotiiher lighlter' crioss-bari may be thrus11t throiugh the tor'ks to soeure thle brush in their places. Th'iis is a very chmeap. kind of har'row amnd if' wel-l-ade and prioperly ulsedi it is 01n0 of the uiost, valuable fot' eritain puri poses whIch the tfarimer can eiploy. It Is (one of the best, ofteni tile very best. Implement, to pu!ver'iz/ed and1( spr'ead the top)-drIessing applh)li to wvhea~t groult(1 ini aititumni after' tIhe plowing is comipleted, and1( before or' after' sowinig, anmd by re dlucinig tihe manureli' to ibiteness and grintdinig it Iito tile top-soil, greatly in creases its valute. 1t is the best sprtead er' of matnutre on pastures. It is better tihan any3thinig else (perhaps tihe roller elxcep~tetf) fot' covermlg anitl insur'ing the~ growth of grass Seed. T1hie gr'ounmd be ing pr'evloulsly biarr1owedl even the brush goes over' it reduicing thelutrttace to fi ne p~ow der' making it as smoo0th aLs a floor, tamd whlile coveri'ig tall thme seed, b~uriy inmg little or' none~ o dheepm thamt It will not, comle iup. We have neverm'lbeen ab~le to secutre so smnootfi a sutice with any otlber' iimplleiment. '1The two great re quiisites ar'e to have It welt ma~de3 amid to use it, wheni soil or manure is dry oulghI to work wvell. Wod Preserv1ation.--A new process for impregntng wood for its preserva tion hasw been patented in Germany. This cooits in first treatmng the wood witht a slolution of gine vitriol, and theni with a solution of cad lUm so that the perservative coating is foraiod upon the wogi b~y the chemical action of both substanees on one another. In the last report of the scottish Hor tic.imrnl Association is a paper on thle analysis of sotis :t~ken from the vide yards in which the crops have failed. Comparing th6 constituents with those of spl. upon which giapas have been suocesfually grown, at appears that there is a deficiency of lime and'potash In thec unproductive vineyards. TIlE VERDICT THE PEOPLED. BUY THE BEST! MR. J. 0. HOA-Dear Mir: I blight the -tiat Davis Machie sold by you over fve y rs 9or liy wife who has given it a lo and r ral.' aml well pleaseti witIl. I never gives any ronble, and is as good as when first bought. J. W. Bot1,tox. Winlusboro, S. C., April 1883. Mr. BoAO: 1on wIah to know what I have to day inl regard to the Ditvis Malchile bought of you hreo ears ago. I feel I can't awy too Mtch in ts ivor. Snmle abont $80,no within live months, at tilnes rituniting it so fa It hat lte needle witid get per fectl hot froin friction. I feel contilnII could 01 1ave doxt the santo work with t, ntich ease Mid so well with any other atiutlile. No time lost in adjusting attachnients. The ilightet runn ng Illtichmie I have ever treadled. BrollterJaines Aui Willaims' families are a mItuch pleatl with their D).ivni Matiiueos boulght of you. I want no bettor illathine. Am I idlI before, I don't think too imch catt be said for tile Daslm Machine. Rtempete fully , Mi.l.N 8TKVENSoN Faiiril"il County, April, 1883. , It. iIOAo My mATtchine gives me perfect satis litellon. I filnd no talt with it. The aittailnt-ons I ' so Iii ll'. I wist for Ito better titan the Davis Itspekt fully. A111t4. It. tLI . Fairliell contity, A pri', I883. Mit. SoAo I: I witlgnt. a t aviq Vertlal lreed w.ig %cthlin. fruoi you fuor years agio. I aitn elighiielt w ilt It. I liever hats giivOn me any 1iitilmle, and this uittvt'r oeei the leatst out of ori4er. I i ws goihi Jim wht' I Iirst o5light it. I can heerfillly recolit l i. Itei ect fil',y, AlInS. Ml. J. K ENxtAND). Mntlile't4hl), A jril 30, 1883. Tli is N to c 1ritfy t it. I lhavi! )een iming it a Dayii ',rl te ii i v'ii ew ting Aladifii e for over I wayu.ri, 1I1trehastid of Mrl. .1. (). 111.1g. I Itavenl't foun-lll 11, oi)st4sed5 or any falilt -ai tihe attaentiiti are at) lii pI. it it-vor refiles ti work, at 1. ceilrtitl y lie iglhtetll rtinging ii lite t.rkot. I consider It lirst t'lais tu itin . Very respect fully AllNNIN Al. Wit.,1011UAM. Oakland, Fairliell couinty . . C. ', % oAn : 1I ami weilleasielI in every parcltii viih the avis altine ioiiglit of yotn. I think lirst-claiss intiilno lin every respect. Yon know !Oil Hold severati lthinllites of lie samte mautke to lilleenITI mebiters of otir fitillies, ail of wtioum, ,i far as I'kiiow, are well pleased wilia thelm. Itespet fully, hins. Mi. if. Mon.sy. Fairiled coulity, April, iss3. 11tS Is910 certify we nlave na'I Im C(A)lstanlt use Ito Datvls llachiliie bought, of yot about, three years go. As we take in work, and have ilade the iOo of it msverail I ltes over, we don't. wait anly etler iit-tiliiie. It is iwatys reatdi y to do any kind ( work we itave to do. No pieketilgor skippinig titclcs. We (nll only say we are well plealed utt wish no better niiachinetto, ( A'1'11KittslC WYIIK ANDI) STWan. April 25, 18S3. I have 1O fatit to find wittI my 11.1hin1e, and14 lon't want any bott or. I havo t tile tilu price of evelra times by taking in sewing. I t is always enldy it) do its work. I think It it irslt-lass ma tame. I feel I can t.ay too iiieh for thn livij erilcal Feed hiachine. Allis. TfoHA AS MrITH. Fairlielid comity, April, 18813. Mit. .1. 0. RIOA-lrnr NW: It gives ile In ith Ieasttro lo lestily to tile meorits of tile Diavis Ver Will i0441 Hewiing hac4hineo. The mauine111 I got of ou abutl live years ago. hits beel attlost in COil taull 41ve.r 511nce that iii no. I cainnot seeoa is worn anty, andi hias not cost mue one cenit for eipatrs sinen we haviliV aul it.. Amil well pleaseil liii ion't, wish for lany bletter. Y'otra truiv, (Granite Q.tarry, ntear Wlinnsboro 8. U. Wen have uisedl the Davis VertIcal Feeii Newling *iaichine for the int flive years. We wouliel ilut lve any o1 hr mnake at any pric~e. The inieiliine ias givits us ultbouindeit satisfaetion. V'ery respectfulily, Mits. W. K. TiURtNgl ANI) i)AL~nNiTRIS FaIrfieldl coutniy, 8. U., Jan. Wl i853. laisng bioughit a D~avis Yertleal lFeeid .ewing tluhine fromn Mr. J1. O. Iliag 5011ne tlree years go, and1( It having given mile perfect satisfaction l a ivory respect as a lamtily miaein~e. both for heady lind light sowing, and never neelledl 11. least, re lair it ally wiiy, canl ceerfitlly recollimendt It to lily one1 as a first-clatss miatintle in every partlcu atr, andl think it secotil to none. It Is onto of the Ililplest m inellli madtle; liay hiiilrent use It wit til t'ase. Thie attachmnutis are miore easily aid tiolusted t mit 104o- a greater range of work b~y ueans uf Its Vert~ial."eeii lhan anty other iua 11hine 1 have ever seeni or tiacil. Mas. Ti'ioMAB Owiwos. Winnlsboro, Fairiold counity, 8. U. We have hal one0 of the D~ayls Macineis abotL !oturyeairs and have always founid IL ready to do all findls of work we have hadi oeeiasiont to tie. Can't ice hinat the mnacine is worn aity, and works as t'eil as witen new. Mils. W. .1. CtA wvont>), Jackuotn's Creek. Fdairlict county, 8. U. My wife is highly pleasedl with tihe Dhavis Ma Ochhle bought of yu. Hhe wotiuld not take dhoule whait she gaive for It. lThe itacitlue has not been 0ut, of order since0 lte had It, and shte can do stty kInti of work Oil i.. 'Very lfespectfully, JAB. P. Plass. Monlicello, Fairfcie coity, 8. U. ''Te D~avis Hewing Machine is simpli! a treas.. nru his. .J. A. (IoobWYN. Uidgeway, N. (!., Jan. 10, l'8a. J, O HAO, Esq., Agent-Deatr Sir: My wife has bleen using a Davi'Js Howing Miachhlto constant ly for the past four years, and it has nover needed say repairs init works just as well as when ist bought. Shme says IL, wdll do a greatter ranege of praet.ltal work anid do0 ii easier and11 beter thtan auy mlachtine she nas ever used. WVe chieerfully relromlmend~ it as a No. I family imacinet, Ma. BoAG: I have always fotund my DavIs Ma chine ready do ali klnd~s of Io work I htavu hadl 04 easiont to io. I cannot, see that tile ma1chine is worn a particle and it Works as wedl as whsen no0W, - Mas. It. U. Uo0001NG. Winnsboro, 15. C., A pril, aIs, Mn. B0AE 1. My wife Ita ben conslantl uslug the Davis Mach Ino bou 'o you about Uv years ago. I have never :regr(Ldbtthg it, as it, is - ~~Verytrsos Filirgeld, P. 0., Match, 1886.