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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.