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TRtI-W EEKLY EDITION. WINNSBoR{o. S. C.. OCt'OBER 25, 1883.ETBIHD14 THE REWAUD OF SONO. ow are the idyls the poets Ping Under the shadow o gold ow are the laurels the m lgity bring Till the poet's brow is co d. utoliI what dreams to his heart still cling, Earth's archives have never told, or the Muses eve r their children guard, nd the poet's song is its own reward. he cot bath echoed Immortal strains Which shed their joy as the morn, nd royal thoughts that could brook no chains Beside the plow have been born, arry your wealth where glory reigns Give the bard his maecd of scorn, ut the Muses shall ayo their children guard, nd the poet's song be its own reward. Iow many Homers in lowly guise Have battleId lifo's conflict through? For this, hath song over ceased to rise, Or the harpers been untrue? ever; inspiration never dios, For all that the world can do, nd ever the Muses their own shall guard, ud over shall song bo its own reward. ot here alone is the triumph time lror the minstrel's glowing heart, There waits new life and a sphere sublime .For the poet's gentle art. Nobler heights for his soul to climb, Where time's grossness halh no part. Oh, favored the souls whom the Muses guard, And blessed the song-with its own reward. nasaF E"S BETROTHED. A low, irregular line of houses strag led somehow into the square, with iere and there a jutting gable frowning forward, as if resenting the attempt at regularity. Gothic, Tudor, and Saxon seemed to iave had an equal part in this strainge iedley of buildings; while, as if to add o this chaos of construction, the Rec or's house looked down upon the roup from the hill above, and brought our minds at once to the forward rots of the great queen. Strange how the mind of a people ill stamip itself upon even sticks and tones! This square, which wias mildly 'owned upon by the Rector's house, as the abode of sonie fifty gentle omen-'"'the wives of clergymen, eing of good repute, whom ye Count ss of Glencower hath minded herself o do God's service, by affording them helter, and food, and raiment, until it hall please the Almighty to take them nito himself. I In the valley below, there stretched om the hill-side a waving mass of J h and pine, and rustling sycamore, lding in their emerald embrace the rk fells and white-frothed coursing a nimble rivulet. As you turned this winding road to right, up the hill towards the rec ory the old church, with its ruined hitecture, raised its spires before 1, enlling to mind th6 timo whorn nute lifted the banner of Christ inst the black Raven of the North. t was an ancient, sleepy village, ich had scarce changed in all the ing years; and one might evei have osed the worm-eaten gate leading the church-yard coeval with the W s afore gone, since post and rail med to have long gone past their ce. Leaning against the rail was a iden of some eighteen years of age bright, piquant face half turned ist the setting sun. A light, dull y ycashmere gown, fitting closely to figure, was relieved only by a faint i rose-bud at her throat. ost wonlen are pretty in the eyes mCn, and all can captivate if they t rely on that softness which is their ~Ature, and not seek to win a tawdry m~parance by aping the masculine. ~~Man yields his admiration to this for ...moment, and resents it in his heart .uch as a woman resenuts it in the rni sex any approach to effeminacy. B4'~]essle Lewas awoman and achilld, mpehended for what else the Su ~ee Being had formed her, save to dlainnty in all her ways, and drink in 1 ch (lay the sweet homage of mnan. SIhe loved, for woman's nature is to ~pe, and the excess of that divine pas ni as yet unfulfilled within her, out 0ued itself upon every one wviih whom hbe came in contact. * She could not help loving. It was hier instinct, and she obeyed it. Thme ' ged gentlewomen of the home, full of bye-gono years, and bitterniess for the ~;rsent, felt their gall turned to honey '2;~she ministered to their wants; anid , le laborer ceased to think of thne deadly il which hungry mouths caused him, *Bessie Lee camne but near to warni n into better manhood. This was her instinct, her better ture. She could not help doing od; but books had taught her other ngs, anid beyond all that she hand hnceived aun idea of love from the thy dreams of romancers. ite is not madle of romance, ilessie S woven lher future of roses and shine. h ius much for her character. IIer andl face were p~erfect. She was damughter of one of the inhabitants She refuge. y her side stood a tall, grave man Ssomne seven or eight-and-twenty, jaking in a low, earnest voice upon Spay but petulant attention. L"Iife hams romaco enough in it for Yiof us, dear Bossle," he said, "if ~'but gild each morning with the ~nahine of an honest eneyop." 1 " Ignoiv-4- knoi, g1egr1" she re lei; "but lifp s annt bp all brchd' en esandl solemn word umnd soleilpp Ni.Oh, Tmlptml I Spuld die if I ouildn't hav'e excitement, and you 'ave drawvn such a gloomy picture." "Is5 It gloomy, then, dear, to be the asoclate and helpmate of one who, pod being Ilus help, honestly endeavors ~o do his dluty. 1 cannlot paint the lifg g ppr Londpnm 'd'etot 'to yo' 'mn pwI g colprs, 1.ei1se, if Idig - would 3 un rue to you myself." "You are trying imc very hard, alphn;" she said, turnming hmer ingp Mstihy, that bie lgilt o)seg h np ar Wt ch rpsp tp her pypsth * p ked ll er wyIstfully and 8~~,sightly seeaing thp pressurp lie dplaced upon her tiny hand. Aftor all. he thought,. was this dai ty, petulant village iaid the one to buffet the billows of life's great ocean. Could lie ever make the delicate child understand him, and be to him in all that second self lacking which in the great business of life no main is perfect. Was it fair, was it honest, to her or to him to tear up this primrose, and kill it with the deadly town air? le could not say. Ilis heart would only moan back in answer to r'ason "1 love her-I love herl" Yet, as stern stuff was in the man, lie could not show it to her save in his earnestness and his manhood. Ralph Braybrook's heart had no room for jealousy, but a numb pain tugged at his heart-strings when he saw her turn away from his society to mix with some nimble-tongued youth, when, as if the load of his sombre shadow being taken off her, she could laugh with the rest. Ile could have cried then in very bitterness, "1Pray thee, weep, May Lil ian," for this constant "gaiety without eclipse;" but lie was not a man to wear his heart on his sleeve, and many a time had he turned away murmuring, "Poor child, she is so youngl soyoungl" Ile had known her from childhood with that brotherly intimacy so danger ous for a man, so fatal to a womam's love. She had for years past regarded Ralph in the light of her protector, 'who would in process of time become her husband. lie was her mother's friend, almost the only being whom she could lean on in the world; and so, when in his grave, quiet way Ralph had proposed, it hardly cost her a flutter of the heart to say "Yes," and the rich blood scarce crimsoned her bright young face. She had-ahl fatal words--"grown so used to him." He came down to the quiet village to see them but rarely, for it was a poor, crowded neighborhood where lie had his practice, and the poor are ex acting; but he always talked hopefully and cheerfully in his own grave way of the little home to whichi he hoped to bring his bride. Of late lie had noticed a strange apathy about her which alarmed him even more than her childish petulance, and it was his trying to seek the cause of it which led to the conversation above. "Trying you hard!" lie said "I do not understand. Bessie, dear, I try to understand you but I cannot." "No; it is that-you cannot," she said, "and some men are like that, I suppose, playing with women's feelings : as they would with a little baby, hurt ing it to death nearly with their un conscious brute-playfulness. "You don't understand me-you never will understand me, and it is better that. you should cease trying." Had sonjo unseen hand plunged a have turned so deadly pale. "Bessiel Bessie!" he moaned, "don't E say that." Tihe cry was the short, quick cry of agony, and she turned her averted head to him, and would have sprung to his arms, but ere she could frame an ex cuse for her words, his pride leaped to relieve his bitt er anguish. He drew humself up coldly, while drops of ice-cold perspiration stood upon his forehead. "Be it as you wish then, Bessie," lie said. 1 am not one to compel a gen tiewoman to an alliauce against her wish." Ere she could realize it lie was gone and she was lert stunned and stupefied at the effect of her own words. Gone, her protector gonel her girl. hood's companion parted from heri for ever! It could not be! "ie never loved me!" she said bit terly; "and now I know well lie never loved mel" "What, Miss Lee! and sitting like Dido?" cried a voice; "am I mal a priopos, or may 1 act tile role of comn-1 forter'?" She looked up, and saw thme hand some, sunny face of Lord Ellesmere looking dlown upon her. "Give me leave to speak, Miss Lee," lie said, dropping his voice to a low, imp~assioned tone, "'I would not jar upon your feelings for the world. see you are ini grief; let me symp~athlize with you-believe me, your grief robs me of all joy." She suffered him to place her hand upon01 his arm and lead her away, suif fered him perhaps, because sympathy Is most (lear to us all; and lie had come to her m her hour of weakness. She knew Lordl Ellesmere as hand some, gay, aiid wity, but a man against receiving the attentionis of whom lRalph had often warned her. "I will show Ralph," she mused, as Rile suffered tile young nobleman to lead lier along towvard the wood, "that lie is not altogether so indispensable to me as lie imagines!" And in tiIs way she made an effort to arouse hei'solf from her sadness, until presently she had forgotten Ralph altogether, anid wvas listening, breath less with Interest, to accounts of the great world and its fine ladies. What a change thuis must be from 1 the life of a poor dootor's drudge in a crowded East-end practice. "You must be very happy with so mulch gaiety, Lord El lesmere," she said with a sigh. "Who can be happy without the one0 thing alone which conisti ttes typeo hiappnpasi Ah! Miss Lee- easih-1et gie ball you 'Bessie -iftyou could only buayoe rudeto N g it afteir night hiitp -I tyi~ped away from my gay com panIons, that I mIght see your shadow .lessie, Ilove you, madlly, devotedly! Come with me; be my wife; and you shall outshineo them all-Wealth, talent, birth, shall bow before you, for yoj ill be my queenl" AndI Qip,'pf fool, thinking of her revenmgc, and intoxie'ated with lier tri umph, accepted Iin, and inffered her self to be drawn towards time flariie1 as many a silly uloth lim begi before. vim~ niht ere s'he reached 'hiome,. slonately evod.an ~ "Did not love flash out upon her from Ins great blue eyes and did lie not show her a thousanA little attentions, of which lRalph had never thought?" So she twisted the great diamond engagement ring, which Lord Ellis more had given ier, around her finger, and dreamed her dream. Ile had asked her to keep their en gagement secret until he could obtain his father's consent, and she had pro mised. Otherwise what pleasure she would have had in saying, "Ialph Braybrook chose to leave me, and [ accepted Lord Ellesmere." "Bessie," cried her mother; "in the name of everything you love, child, what have you suffered to come be t' een you 01nd Ralph?" "We have quarrelled, mother, and the match is broken off," said Bessic," setting her lips deflantly. "Oh, my child, my clildi'"cried her mother; "do not play fast and loose with an honest affection like his. le is almost broken-hearted. Remember, men are not to be treated like toys they have feelings which must be re spected." "And so have women, mother," said the girl; "ask me no more. I have done with Ralph.'' But for all that her conscience smote and once or twice she had almost re solved to write to Ralph, and make it up. In the morning, however, came a splendid bouquet and a passionate note from his lordship; so she allowed herself to drift with the current. A month passed. Bessie was haggard and pale, and yet persuaded herself that she was desperately in love with Lord Elles mere. "One afternoon she received a note from her lover, urging her to meet him by the poacher's oak in Ellesmnere Park. It was their usual trysting-place. It was pouring with rain wlien she started, and showed every indication of a stormy afternoon. But something unusual' about the note seemed to demand her.attendance an the Spot. When she arrived there she found him pacing up and down in the most Agitated manner. "All is discovered, Bessie, my darl ingl'' he said, rushing to embrace her; "you must aid me or I am lost." "How?" she cried, terrified. "You must away to London with me it once. I have got a special license; :nce married I fear.nothing; the estate s entailed, and I will soon persuade ny father to forget his anger."' "Oh, Reginald!" she cried "alone." 'Certainly, darling," heo said "now Lhis instantl I have no time to wait, !or even now my father is posting down rom London." "I dare not, Reginald," she said -linging close to him for the storm had ' , it&,. -aa V UIV& M U libL. I b errified her; "I am afraid;" and then muddenly she released herself, and drew >ack, looking at him withi a new-born .ear. "Afraid of what?" lie said. "I call od to witness that I mean to be true :o you; if not, may this lightning strike no dead." Then there came a blinding glare of iglit, a hiorrid crashing of branches. Lord Eilesmere lay at her feet, and Lman dashing through the trees caught he shrieking girl in his arms and bore ier away. It was Ralph, who had sought refuge rom the storm in the woods, and wit iessed the mneeting. Months passed ere Bessie recovered hat fearful shock, and, if it took some )f the joyousness and giddiness out of ier life, it made her a itter companion or her iirst bethrothed. A Touching Incident In a p)ottery lactory at Cincinnatti here is a wvorkman who had one small nyahid child at home, lHe wrOughit at uis trade with exemplary fidelhty, being tlways in the shop with the opening of he dlay. lie managed, however, to ear each evening to the bedside of his 'aweelad.'' as lie calledhimi, a flower, a bit of ribbon or a fragment of crimson lass-indeed, anything that wvould lie mut on the white counterpane and give a color to the room, lie was a quiet, insentime- tal man, but never wenit iomne at night withiout somnethinig that ivould manko the wvan face light up with oy at his return. He never said to a Living soul that lie lov"". t boy so nuchi. Still lie weiit ' n thy lov .ng him. And by a. moved that whole shop .into p. v'ehy 11 but tmconscious fellowship 1.. ..hu. The svorkmem made curious little jars and mpsl) upon their wheels, and painted limninutive pictures dowvn their sides Jefore they stuck them in the corners >f the kilni at burning time. One >rought seine fruit in the bulge of his ipron, and another engravina~s in a rude icrap book. Not one of them wvhis ered a word, for this solemn thing was met to be talked about. They put them ni the old man's hat, wvhere lie found ~hem-hie understood all about it, and, ielve it or not, cynics, as you wvill ut it is a fact, that the entire hpottery ~ull of men, of rather coarse fibre by ature, grow quiet as the months Irifted, becoming gentle and kind, and some dropped swearing as the weary ook oin the patient fo1og. workeidi necp toW thpW beyond mistake thiqt thie nioylt be shadow wvas drawing nearer. E~very day now songe one did a piece of syork for hin and put it'on the sanded plank to dry so that he could come later md go earlier. So, when the bell tolled, md the little cofluin came out of th'e owly (leer right arbund the. cornet, onst of sight, there stood 1%,Q stalwar. wvork lngmen from the 'pottery with their Mm noothef on, most of 'whom, gave a lit i 'day's time for the privilege of baking part In the simple processicon und following to thme gr&vQ thig*t simall burden of ma child Wlhih probably no~t ane had ever seen. Prof. Joseph Le Corte has comg (A rmhe conclusion that $4 supp&pe hu-. ruped. -He adds that there f'~udant room for honest diferoee of opinion in the mattor ABOUT LONDON. London is the largest and grandest city in the world. Howeyor, it Is not a pleasant city for an American to reside I in for any length of time; owing to the gloomy oharacter of the Weather. Only now and then the genial rays of the glo rious sun are reflected o'er the great city, which is generally overshadowed by dark, lowering clouds,and yo4 know not V1 hat moment the flood-gates of heaven may be opened upon you. It is not safe to go out without an umbrella, unless you are desirous of receiving a good drenching Many Americans la bor under the delusion that umbrellas can be purchased in London at low Jg ures. The silk umbrella offered for thirty.shillings ($7.50) can be purchased I in America for five dollars. Clothing is much cheaper in England Anu iu the United States. When I whs returning from my recent trip to Londou, an American gentleman showed me an over coat which he purchased a few days prior to his depai ture for a trifle over eight dollars. The samo coat in the States Would have cost tweniy dollars. I examined it closely and found it to be of good material and well made. I re marked to my friend that I liked it much better than the one I had on, which cost twenty five dellars in Philadel phia. In regard to conveniences, the London hotels are far surpas'ed by the Ameri - can hotels. The elevator is almost un known, and gas is only used in a low of the most prominent hotels. Candles are used almost universally. Thero is so much form and ceremony about eve- 8 rything. You pay so much for lodging; t extra for the use of the parlor or sitting ( room; so much for attendance, although c you are expected to fee the servants lib- j erally. You are not compelled to get a your meals at the hotel, unless it is e breakfast, which you cannot secure un - til near nine o'clock. After you have I given your order you are compelled to I wait for about half an hour. You al- a ways have to ask for a naplin,or a glass i of water. The waiters moVe around in c a mechanical manner.They do not seem r to be possessed of any animation what- a ever. They are slow and deliberate in s all their movemente. C English people are great drinkers. In F some streets almost every other place of c business is a drinking saloon. We can . safely say very little water is usedt to I quench thirst in London. Beer is used t by all classes of people. Children learn to drink it as soon as they are able to a walk. You can got a large mug of beer a for tup pence (four cents). 11 It takes 11,000 policemen to govern 9 the city which contains 25,000 known 1 criminals. If a man is well educated, 9 and in good physical condition, he can s a get on the police force without any po pThe r resent a v ask for information courteously, which is more than can be said of New York or Philadelphia policemen. It seems to be a pleasure for them to answer inquiries. They never use un - necessary violence in handling their prisoners. The fire department of the city is very b primitive, when put in comparison with 1 the Now York or Philadelphia fire de- r partments. r The method of rapid transit by the underground railway deserves much , commendation. Trains run about every e live minutes, to all prominent parts of r the city, from stations along the lines. i The fares are very reasonable, and tens t of thousands of persons daily avail them- a selves of this method (f transit. Ten c thousand cabs and two thousand omni- t buses do a flonrishing business. The f steamboats are always crowded. You t can ride for several miles for a few a pence, and obtain a magnificent view of a the river front. Somersott House pro- a aents a grand appearance from the deck t of a steamer. The current of the Thames r is very strong, and the steamers dash ~1 along at a high rate of speed. The ( Thames embankment extends north and 1 south for several miles. Cleopatra's 1I Needle attracts much attent'on,. I admire the manner in which the t streets are paved,with asphalt or square ' blocks of wood, Cobble stones are not used. The leading thoroughfares are a kept very clean. The street known as ~ IRotten Row is only used by the Queen, or members of the Royal family, it runs through Hyde Park, which contains 888 acres. The famous Albert Memorial commands a prominent position in the f park.. The Zoological Garden occupies a t portion of Regent's Hark.whleh contains 472 acres. The grounds are laid out i artistically, and the buiktings are spa elous. Everything is arranged in the 8 most systematic style. The animals on ? exhibition present a fine appearance, and the cages are kept very clean. The t garden was opened in the year 181'2.The Botanical Gardens are alio situated in 1 Regent's Park.8 The American exchange is a great re- 1 sort for Americans in London. It is located on the Strand, near Trafalgar Square, which is abo.ut the centre of the city. All the prominent American papers are kept on file. Members of the Exchange pay five shillings ($1.25) a month. Among the premiaont London news paperg . can mention The Timnes,Daly 'Ibegrapha, ,Standard, P~al Mfall Ga #eico and St. James Gazette. The above named journals are the moulders of public opinion, They devote little space to American news. Six cents in the price of single copiesjafthe Timea, 1 In my opiai,n the Now York herald Is a muoli better newspaper, and it is sold at one-half the price. The 1ferag offico is situated on Fleet street. IS Ite visited by many American~s. I tnscribed my name in the regisntering book and seegre a copy of the paper.The Detroit .R'ec .J'es Is published In London, at1 two cents a copy. I was much impressed 'withi th ma jestic grandeur of WInfro Castle. I had no (Me9iAlty in soeauring a pass tQ eitet fue castle. .I was alkaw to tn apeot ten Spato apaiLieits. lingezed for somne timo in the throne rgom. I wondered how the. Qaeen Jookp4.,when seated on the beautllal throile,sua-roun dad by all the pomp and vanity of the ocoan~in.hoii wall ta a u oe fml, pariments are embellished with magni leent specimens of Gobelin tapestry. In he grand vestibule I viewed a grand itatue of the Queen, with her favorite log "Sharp," executed in fine statuary narble by Boshm. The ceiling of- the tate ante-room is painted by Verrio, md represents a banquet of the Gods. L'he Zuccarelli room contains nine large aintings by that ister. The "Meet. ng of Isano and Rebecea," and the "Finding of Moses," are truly magnifi. sent specimens. It was on the reputa ion of the first-named picture that Pucearelli rested his fame. The granl ,eception room is ornamented in th itylo of Louis XLV. The walls are em. ,ellished with specimens <f Gobelin ta ?estry, represeiting the story of Jasor mnd Medea. The guard chamber con. bains a splendid collection of arms and irmour. I was conducted through the royal stables and coach houses. and newed the beautiful grey and bay car. lage and saddle horses used by Hot I[ajesty and' the royal family. The mnnes of some of thehorses: Progress, Toxglove, Faust, Folly. Dinorah, Fair ax. Fairplay, Fantee, Bule, Fraulcin, sluebell, Profit, Buscuit, Cloister, Jes. *ie and Oracknell. Thro' Blazing Woods. Through Idaho and down the mighty 'olumnbla is a journey worth a pilgrimagc ,round the world. We have seen its won. lore, but ran a gauntlet of fire at its portal, where, In an hour, nature's labor of a tundred years was being swallowed up in moke and flames. Yesterday the air was lue with smoke. The mountains looked tim or drew their jagged peaks clean out f sight. For a day or two it had been azy toward the west, and we had neard tories of the forest fires. To-day, how ver, the smoke grew thicker and rolled pon the westerly winds In dense clouds. Ve had a glimpse of the Inferno. We ad left Montana to cross Idaho, when bout 9 o'clock the train came to a stop ?ithout a moment's warning in the midst f a wilderness. We hastened to the ,latform and looked forward. There was pread out a panorama such as seldom reets the eye of man. The forest was no mass of seething flame. The engine anted a time or two, and then, gathering ourage, crept nearer, A few hundred ards, and it again came to a standstill. was impossible to pass. The heat made me paint on the cars crack. The glass of 2e windows grew feverish under the cated breath from the fire. There was, mid all the glare, the roar of an approach ig tornano, crackling and popping like a ,ant's whip. This was accompanied by a issing like the sound of trying salt, as the reen foliage of the living pines was con imed with a white flash. This roaring pd crackling and snapping, terrible as it ,as, only set off the grand accompaniment - " rues, Every five seconds a f centuries, nieasira"lifs 'iw lia'E red feet acioss the fiery bed to which e had been felled. lie stood still, seared the core, and his hoary top was crowned rith IlN. As he yielded the mountains ylled back the booming of cannon from no height to the other. We hold our reath and gaze at. the sky, overcast with taden smoke, tinted here and there with a )sy hue. Tbc crashiug of the.fallen giants i still for a moment. The fire breaks arough the gloom of the forest in a ne v lace. The flames go racing like demons p tall trees and qulver in their top like iddy lantrons fi mnoment.- -The -follage i1lts away witypthe, &t hot bre~th, 'and ion 'the crashijg atid 'bodiiing goes on gain. For the moment the rush and rackle is drowned and the very orags of ie mountain side seem to be rolling on us rem their seats above our heads. We ask se conductor when we can go on. Lie Sys two hours. Long piles,.o wood ii about the track have baught fteo, and mores of Chinaimen, with long poles In Licir hands, tare hurrying up from the carcat station to save the track from ruim. 'we hours pass. and still the infernal pan. emnomium of hissing, roaring, cracking, corag,. crashing devastation goes -on. 'he. conductor' and engineer are afraid to o en. They fear the heat will fire our ramn. Shoald it yield to thme first spark it rouid melt away like tinder in a furnace, 'r., ovqr two hours we watched the courgo till it drew away from us anji let s go on. Fancy Canes. The dealer took down several catnes rom a rack against the wall, and taking very light-colored stick from amnon* hem studded with silver nails, said: 'Con you tell me what this is and wherc I comes from?" The cane was drab in color and very lim at the bottom, tke handle being omposed of a natural root. "English ash?" ventured the roer sr. "That's it, exactly, and not one in a Lundred can tell this woogl when they cc it, either. It is a very pecu),iar woot ecing sometimea very pliable anid then gain very brittle. Threy are used ~rent deal by those who dross for effem nly, They cost from 25 cents to $3, .cord(iAg to their quality." "What are the fancy woods?" "Black and white bamboo have has he foremost position for some timi >ast," was the reply, "but are gradualla ~oing out before the Tprett.y ash. d! >lack bamboo with tiliver mounting nakos a bandsome cane withot a Lowbs, ba~t then yrou see, people don't vant pretty thin~s as miweh an they d< >dd patterns. labcny is an odd wood >ut is still used ta great deal because it'i eliab),e." "Do. 'slims' oftenm buy heavy canes? '.dlims,'- what are -they?'' asked thu ilork in surprise. "Slim is a new name for dudes." "Oh, I see. Well no, hat they oftei yuy the Holly L1o, , which is a ver, arge cen, but not as. I19avy as aj willou iwiteh. It give. the impression that i a very heavy." "Tni,/* he ai conclusion "Is abp. A ziieg wepd, b ~very pliable. Qai pon gi.ess what it is? Well, it's snak< wood,an), when mounted in sllver mak~ i splendid stiek." TZhere are seversal varAeties of head md handles to canes-the Orera, ole Ifascot, Zrna, Rustle andi Bfehle bein amoa those maat sgt ma a~ar. Paralysis, or Paboy. By this we understand a condition in which thero is loss of muscular power from the arrest of nervous influence; and in which the muscles themselves continue unimpaired, but wholly or partially cease to be strong and moved by the nervous energy. The paralysis of the whole system, or what is gener ally called, palsy, deems never to occur in the horse; and the paralysis of the whole of one side, or what is called hemiplegia, seems to be comparatively rare; but the paralysis of both sides of the hinder extremnity, or what is called paraplegia, is somewhat frequent, and occasionally very stubborn and severe, When hemipiegia occurs it is compara tively mild; but, it not cured, it usually passes into paraplegia. A palsy-struck horse is commonly affected first in one or both hindlegs, walks on his fetlocks, is scarcely able to move forward, stag gers nt every step, and eventually falls. His disease is essentially inflammatory, and may generally be traced to a fall, to over-working, to exposure to cold and wet while covered with prospira tiona, to some injury in the head, or to the effects or mismanngoment of stag gers, The remedies are blistering or mustard -poulticing, warm clothing, mash diet, frequent injections, and the administration of sedatives or tonics; according to circumstances and the cause or causes. A numbness of the limbs sometimes arises from ordinary prolonged exposure to cold, wet weath or, but this must not be confounded with palsy, and needs no special treat ment, but it will soon go off in the stable or other comparatively snug situation. Paralysis of the sphincter muscle or neck of the bladder is some times induced by riding a horse hard and not giving him time to stale; and this causes a constant dribbling of the urine, and is often styled, with refer ence to the mere effect, to the exclusion of reference to the cause, incontinence of urine, Paley in cattle ;s sometimes very com mon, and at times may assume the ap pearance of an epizootic, and has been known to attack numbers of animals in certain districts. It generally has the form of paraplegia, but occasionally at tacks the fore legs as well as the hind ones, and is usually slow in its progress -beginning in mero debility, increas ing into stiffness and awkwardness of motion, and terminating in total loss of the power of limb. The most frequent causes of it are turning cattle out too early in the year to grass, depasturing on low. marbhy, cold situations, driving out hard-driven cows to search for food during cold nights, and stewing up cat tle in damp, ill-ventilated, ill-kept, filthy barns and shed'. The chief rem edies for it are comfortable housing, profusion of clean litter, loosening med of stimulatinug liniment, and perhaos the internal administration of nux vomica and strychnine, in small and repeated doses. Palsy in sheep and lambs sometimes affects every limb, and sometimes af fots only the loins, It most frequently attacks lambs, but also attacks sheep of all ages-aud parturition ewes that have aborted or have had tedious and difficult particulars. Some young lambs, when attacked by it, die the very night of the attack, and others lose all power in their hind legs; and seldom recover sufliciently from the effects of it to be come large and vigorous shoop. The principal causes of it are severe weather, excessive nutriment, sudden change of food, and pressure on the brain from the presence of hydatids. The cure for it in all cases, except when it arises from hydatid pressure, is strictly similar to the cure for it in cattle; and any possi bility of cure in hydatidal cases must necessarily be contingent on the provi ous reduction of the exciting cause--the removal of the tape-worm cyst If its location is such that it can be reached with proper intruments. Numbness or rheumatism arising from exposure to severe frost has no necessary connec tion with palsy, and may generally be removed by very simple and obvious remedies. Odd( Mongol an H a bi. The Mongol Is humane, almost to ex cess, toward the meanest creatures. An almost incredible instance of that humanity is recorded by an author, whose camel-driver, being as bald as Nero, had ben maddened one evening by a cloud of mosquitoes. In the night came a frost, and ini the morning the insects were benumbed. "Oh dlear oh dlear, the mosquitoes are frozen!' said the camel-driver, compassIonately. A Christhmi would have fallen upon them with a slipper and spared neither ago nor sex. Mongols, It seems, have no equivalenit for "good-bye;" at any rate if they have they seldom or never use kt, an~d so avoid a distressing phrase. A bow and a smile, It appears, suffice 6 for nearly all occasIons--unless, per hiaps, between loversl and Intimate re lations. The way a Mongol eats meat -at least among the tribes of which our author had experience--can niot be recmmniended on grounds either of sa fety or diegan'ce. H~e takes a large piece of wmoat in his left hand, having a kuito in bla right, fastens ids teeth in the moat, and with a sudlden flash of steel ents off a pice close to his lips. It is evident that a prominent nose is a great hdisadvantaige at a meal thus eaten and It is said that thme sight of a table m tul of guests perfor'mig after this fashion is enough to appal tihe stoutest heart, The Mongol does not yield to the iEnropeani in abuse of strong dlrink; and one of the Mlongotl'a favorite dis eases is that whieh is supposed rightly or wrongly, to be especially prevalent ~ n the land of "whusky." 4 Afica has. beein applied to a new use that og fashloning It Into middle soles to boott nd shoes the invention eon jsist of a sheet ci pica, imbedded in thin coatling of eenient, and placed in s the boot or shoeunder and adjaoent to :the.asole, h.419upper leather of the aho ap oe.tsedges, or next under ti.@fig0 and the outer or bot tom sole, e covering thme upper space fromi the toe to the insten. THE VERDICT THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! MnL J. 0. 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Mn. floAG : My macnine yives me perfect satis faction. I find no fault with it. The attachments are so simple. I wish for no better than the Davy Vertical Feed. Respectfully. BIBS. it. M3rIrTNO. Fairfield county, April, 1883. Mn. BOAO: I nought a 0avis Vertical Feed owing Machine from you four years ago. I am elightett with it. It never has given me any roubile, and has never been the least out of order. It Is as good as when I first bought it. I can cheerfully recommend it. lespectfully, MRS. 31. J. KIRKLANDi. Monticello, April 30. 1883. This li to certify that I have been using a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over twoyears, purchased of Mr. J. 0. Hoag. I haven't found I 1 p-jssessed of any fault-all the attachments are so mim ple. It never refuses to work, and is certainly the lightest running in the market. I consider it a first-class machine. Very respect full MIINNIE k. WILI.INQUAM. Oakland, Fairfleld county. . C. 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BIoAo-Dear Sir: 1f gives 11c m Wek pleasure to testify to the merits of the Davis Ver tical Feed Sewing Machine. The machine I got of you about live years ago. hits been almost In con stant use ever since that time. I cannot see that it is worn any, and has not cost me onie cent for repairs since we have hail it. Amn weli pleasedl anid don't, wish for any belter. Yours truly, ionlT. CitAWNoit, (Oranilte Qt'nrrv, necar Winnsboro 8. C. We have used the D~avis Vertical Foced Sewing Machine for the last five years. We would niot have atiy otiher make at any price. T1ho imachmiae hits given us unboundee satisfactioni. Very respectfully, Mus. W. K. TURNER AND D)AUeinTats F'airficlal county, 8. 0., Jan. 'JT. 1883. Elaving bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine from Mr. J. 0. Boag some three years ago, anti It haavig giveni me perfect satisfaction in every resp~ect as a family machine, both for heui.y atnd Ilighat sewing, aind niever needed the least re pair in any way, I can cheerfully recomumendl itto any one as a first-class machine In every particu-. iar, and think It second to none. It ls one 01 the simplest machines made; my chIldren use It with all ease. The attachtmems are moro easIly ad justed and It (lees a greater range of work by micans of its Vertical Feed than any other ma chino I have ever soon or used. Mm,. THOsMAS Owisos. Winiiabro, Fairfild county, 8. C. Wec have had one of the Davis Machines about tour years and have always foundt it ready to do all kinds of wora we have had occasion to do. Can't see hat the machine is worn any, anti works as well as when new. Mns. W. J. CitAwroxu, Jackson's Creek. Fairfield county, 8. C. My wife Is hIghly pleased with the DavIs Ma cblue bought of you. She would not take dloublea wnat she gave for it. 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BOAG :My wife has been e00l0tantly using the DavIs Maehine bought of you about gie years ago.I hae neer r' Ias it Is alwssrayfor any ?u~of famY~ swi, Gither heft 01'1 lih. It Isnever out of fx or neding Very rIespoot, FairAId,S, 0,, Maroh, 18*