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EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. NOVEMBER S. 1883. ESTABLISHED 848 THE VERDICT --0. THE PEOPLE.1A4 BUY THE BEST! 'M R. -1. 0. O Oi -Dear Sir I . ugl t Lite larat avis Machain sold by yot over five years ago for any wife who has given it a long and fair trial. I amtl well pleased with It. It never stives any 11111o, and .iI as gooi as wilen first bought. .1. W. iOl.ICK. Wintaiborn . B* '., Aprh, l&%:I. Mr. IOA: tI Oil wiSI to Knlow whatE. I hlave to say it regard to the Davis Machine botght of you three ears ago. I feel I can't say too n iuch In its favor. Inade about $80,410 within live ioithis, at ties running it so fast that the needle woulid get per fectiy hot front fraction. I feel conlldeni I could not aave ione the Eaie work with as intch ease and Ho well with tany other nachine. No time lost inI adjustinag attachiments. The lightest luniiag maachino I have ever treailei. Bruther Jamiaaes and Wiliamas' famIulies lire as nuch pleased with their Davis Machines bought ot you. I want lao better iachmie. As I Paid borre, I don't think to) imuch can lie said for tie l)aviW Machitne. RCH ect fully, Fairlinid County, April, 18,3 MR. BOAGO: My iciaie gives ime perfect satis faction. I ind ito fault withli t. The attachmnets are so sinple. I wisht for no better than the Davis Vertical Peed. lespect fally. Miuts. it. Mii.t.,su. E airlieit coulinty, A pril, 1sa3. 1i t. ISoAU: I aougnt at tavi4 Vertical FeeA ewaing Machiue fromt youn four years ago. I ai elighteil with it. it never hiss given tie any rouule, and has never been the least out of order. It is as good as when I Iirst bought it. I canl cheerfully reconmenil it. Itettpect fill'y. MRs. M. .J. IKL.A N1. lont h'ello, A pril 30. 188:1. Ilia is to ct'Iy iat I have been uisatug at iLoYs Vertili Feed Sewing Machine for over tw tyears, purchased of Mr. J. 0. Boag. I haven't fotail I p,3ssessett of any fault--all the attachimenlts are so su ple. It never reftases to work, antd is certainly 1th ightest ratng it the maarkel. I consider it a first class inachine. Very reslpect fully tM atklan, Faliialli county, S. C. AMat ISOA : I ala watu pleatat all every l.triuitl wihh the inavis Machite otight of yoi. I think a ItrMt-cias iacilne lit every respect. You kiow you sold several machins of thu sa1ne make to dialerent miemibers of our famtailes, all of whoni, as far as I know, are well pleased with thei. Respectfully, Mas. NI. I.oi.Ev. lPairield coanity, April, iS:t. . Tis Is to certiy we nlave Ia I lit coiitia:t use the Davis Matehtine bought of you about three years ago. As we take in work, and have muade fite pr e of it several inies over, we don't walt atny better maclhiae. It is always reay to(o atty kianl of work we liave to do. No puckeringor skipplig ltieliqles. We ca aonly say we are well p.ewaci tanat wlash 1ao better nachmaae, Alirlt 25, ls-:3. I have no lattit to liad WitIt my III toc:a ni*, anti don't walnt ainy better. I have im tole the price of it Hevera Litiaes by takin.f Iln sewlig. It is at svamy. ready to do its wot-k. I tiink it at altrs-alass iiat chine. I feel I cana t say to-j niuci for tIle I).tyi Vertleal Feed Machine. M at-. 'it iia As M m.aIt. Fairfield county, Aaaril, 1s33. Mit. J. 0. B1oAo-Dtar Sir: it I'v m0 Ille In act pleasure to teslify to the merits of the Dals Ver ticat Feed 8ewing Machulae. The ma - nine I got of you about live years ago. has beei aliost lit coan stant minc over alIcO L thattme. I Camnot aee that. It is worn alty, atnd has not colt, mae one centt for reptamrs sinen we huve had its Aan wvell please.i anad ton't wrish tor aiay iheltea. Yurs trualy, iOnaT. UK iwPOntIi Giranite Qtlatrry, naear- WViinsboro 8. U. We hitve ual tihe Davis Verlical i e sving Machmite foar time last hive years. We w a>tld ita have any othier make att aany pirace. 'Thie aim cine has givela us tinbatutadeat eatasfactilon. Very resptect fually, * ~~~~Na. WV. K. Tl'inNit Astp D)Attawrl'ca miavmrg tblighlt a Davia V'ertl eIked NC .vmig Mitahine froim Mr. J. 0. Haag soin tharee years aigo, and14 it tiavinag givent me perfect, satisfaction int every respect its a itullly amcninae. bothI for hem y andta light so wing, aini niever naeeet ine leasat te phair lit anty wvay, 1 calmn ateerfuahly recoatmtenitI to anty one a-s a tlrst-cass miacheaa. In every parat icu lair, ani thik It seconda to anone. II. is otto o1 tthe ainaptest machtines tmadte; mty chtltirent uae it, wita talt etase. 'Tile atttatdantlents are maore eaailty ad jus.tedl andt at uae, a atgreater ranage of woak by mteanis of ats Vemrtia m'eet thlan any othter ma-. chine I have ever sceen or uisead. Winnstboro, Firtlebl countty, 8. ('. WVe hamve latntioneoof tile D~ays Mtatcitines abot, foutr yearsa iand htave always founad It ready to dio all kinds of wora we halve il otcitcain to alo. Canl't see tihat, tile iamahina is wrorna any, atnd wrorkLa als well its whena ntew. NiB-a. .W. J. UltA w ouu p Jlai*ksont' Creek, Fatirhilid count v, 8.'tU. Mty wife is htighaly lasedl with tile lItvis Mat chinte bought, o1 you. Shte would nlot taike dlotble whatt su0 glave for- it. 'tiae mlaaina ets notL beena out of order since alte hiad it, aund she cani doi anay kiatd of work oia it. Ver-y RespcLtfultly, JA9l. I'. FttKx, MIont Ieello, Fatlilchi counity, H. U. TIhe D~avisu Hewatng NMahine is silytll a bras toe Mtis. JT. A. tlo009wyN. itidgewaiy, N. C., ,Jan, 10, Isal. J,) iloa, E'sq., Ageant--Dear Sir: My wire hasoenl usintg ia Dhavi Sewing Miachaitne contst ant botught. Site sasIt wloagetrrneo practiaal woark lnd (d0 at easier atial bet'er thati anuy mnactilno she nas ever' used, Wo chleerfutlly rCommalliend II aaPt No. I famIly iiachinlre, W nshto' ., Jatu. It, 1883. Mi B. )iOAo : 1 hlave always foundat ity Davia Ma cline reatdy do alt kiinds o114) work I havea htada oc * atsion tod10. I catamot Ree thast tile aItahinie is . wornt a pahrtlcle ai It works ats weal as witen new. Itespectfuilly, Maus, It. U. lootmso. Wiinnsboaro, S. 4., A pril, 188:1, MHa. HJOAC: My wlfe hiss beaten aonstanitly uinltg thae Diavas Match in tabougtt of you abotut lIre years ago. I have never regretted buayaug It, as at is aliways ready for any in d of fatt iy sewing, eithter neav or lignt,. Julia never OUt of fix or nleedinag aopais. - Very respectrfuly, A. W. L.ADD. Fairfld, S. C., llareh, 1988. ON TIlE BE ACJI. I clasped ill 1ne her tenler hand, 4 And side by side, with loitering pace, And patshig Romietimes, face to face We wandered slowly on the strand. a We left bebind a laughing crowd We felt no need of conpnny; I -Uurselves, outr thoughts, tite beach, thle sea, ri 'The clear blue lIleavetis that o'er us howed, 81 b Made us a perect ollt uile, WN'lhero all withi peace anld Joy was filled W here jarring fears and care were st illed( And spet-cli were int<!rruption ride. So on wo waniIdere,1, halid it hand.(, O'erglad to be to each s ne: r. So hoart-content, so fonsd a ild Ilear, Alone upon that pleasant straul. 0 03 And when our footsteps were ret hael, it The eomiradtes we luad left belil d ri Exclaimel: "WNell, wha s 11p)n Y . Old4 boy? WNhat fancies have you chasedl While wandtering slowly atud aloite'.' i: Yott are not wont to stroll away: t( What Ido thle wild waves say to-a By 114 Iti ailled anld tuktinowi?" 'N I Smniled. 'lhey couAld inot see thme l11a14 i I clasped Ill ille, the upti lrul J lcite: a1 h'leir duller eyes biehl i10 I ratce a Of lit tle foot lrints inl tile satid. But that sweet, hour along t1h4e so I el Will never vaiiish fron mny heart, Wlewd, silentt, froi all else apart, n I walked with uIIseenI CollpIy. ________________ Ill AN AFFAIR OF J[O:Nu, g] 11 Tito lot rays of it July sti cane .1 down with uncomfortable intensi ty I upon tile glaring white sand of tihe o beach, as a somewhat flashily-attired tl young itian shielded himself with an t unbrelha, and watched the more active w specimens of ituIaintity(di;porting thei. tl selves ill tile brine, which was Ctosse(l rather tumultuously by strong southerly 114 breeze. S "Iy gracious!1" ie nititteredat length: "That girl in the bliue-bathing suit had hI better be a little more carei'l; she'll w get beyond her depth.I' fr And 1he took at few steps inearer to a the bathers-iostly females, one of ( whom, a little distance f rom the rest, l seemed decidedly venturesome, the re. lit ceding wives foriing a dangerous uildertow. "There!-I thought so!" lie cried , flinging away his umbrella and dashing across tihe narrow strip of sand, as a cry of alarmi rose upl) from tile water, g and a ble-clad form disappetired from sight, drawt uider by the backward sa riuih (f the waves. all Ile met the next incoming wave, but p1 succeeded in getting beyond it, as a it white face appeared in sight and ai pair f plump arms were behd despairingly to Loward him. al He was a stroig simmoriita, a,. of of hi olathiig, winchl impeded 'himt r sollewhat, managed to reach and grasp the imperiled maiden ere the t saline waters closed over her agaitn. His heart throbbed, as her arms clutched about his neck, and it seemed n altogether probable that they would h perish together; but he broke from her ci clingig grasp, itn a measiire, and bat- a" tied manfully with tile turbulent ele- b mielit, so successfully that the next 11 breaker laded them, breathless and h exhausted, upon the beach-in at safe fe position, if not a graceful one. sit "'You should keep within the protec- It( tion of the life-lines," enjoined tile rescuer, as lie assisted the half-stran- CN gled damsel to her feet. se And at moment after sile appeared in P1 at bathing house, leaving him to cast t rueful glances at his ruiiied clothing i and wonder who the pretty girl was a whom 11e ilad saived. s And then 110 realized thlat lhe was di liatrehleaded, his hat havitng disappeared1 9 mn thle hungry maw of the water-s, that " rolled and1( tumbled, als thlought seeking "~ mlore suibstanitial victims. In an incredibly short space of time " the dloor of the little box openled again,E and1( a bewvildering ision~ of hovolines 3~ burst upon01 himi, and iln pla1ce of tile t fl-antic, teotr-strickenl gtrl of a few " nmomnts betome, ihe boehold a stylishlly- b) dr-essedl yotung lad~y, her- ambeihr-brown eyes shinting w~iith mlir'th anld her fatce ft towvard iml. hi "I. am11 exceedintgly grauteful," she ci said, ill at cleatr, low voice, '"and feel e1 thlat I mnuist aipologizo for blein~g theo fa s9ource' of so mitch inconlvenience to 0J you. I had n1o thougiht tihat tile watter haid sucih p)owr"'-anld sile dre0w up1) her pretty shoulders with a slight, ri shiver, ams sho gazed a't tile inicomling d1 w~aives. p' '"Oh-i-please donl't, menCtion it,'' LI stamtmored tile younlg 1man1, who wais fi little used to ladies' society, bowing 0 his hlatless5 heatd an~d fumibling ill his vest pocket, from wvhich hto drewv a t picCO of dIrenched pasteboard upon11 1 wihicht sile couhl j ust dieciphier-: Bfostoni, Mass." "1 1am1 fr-om tihe 'Ihub' mlyseif,'' she said, laughingly, 1her whiite4 teethl gleami nag between hter ripe-red lips; and1( her0 shapoly hand drew for-i th ilny catrd catse, tromi wicih sheo aibstraicted a dalinty bit of enameled bristoi-boar-d, bearing the legend: "Miss Olive Orr-ington, hb Ellington avenue, Boston." ''Te heart between Peter Filmore's bI satur-atedi vest gave at quick thlrob as ihe t glanIcedl at thne caird anid recognnizedi tile v aristocratic locatlity iln whiichl shle lived. "1Ithope, iss Orrin~gton, you wvill r' receive 110 ill effects from yourt imm~ler- t 510o." And thent lhe stopped0( confiusedly, as a tihl rr taugh rippledi from her full lip)s, "Excuse 1me, but theore is little dlanger t of that, as I wvas alreatdy ill the watter; bitt I feairmost disastroutsconsequences f wottld have ensuned butt for youtr timely la tissistanico. Yotu ate the one wiho) have suffered," aund site hooked commiiser- f ailively at hais drenolchedl attire and1( til- e coveredl head, a ''Never Imlid thtt "'ite said, picklutg I; iup Is umbrella, wltich had1( been roll- lI ing about on the sand. "1 can1 shtelter d miy defenceless head1( ith this, and I a have other hats at the htouse where 1 1 am stopping. Ilave you friends her'e?" "Not alny," shte r-eturnied, "I am 1 stopping at the hotel yonder." "And T nm bhan-dngant a mriva t 1se just over tle lill,'" lie afsweredl, i she stopped and looked inquiringly L him; "and I consider myself very >rtunate in making your acquaint ace, eveli iider sitch adverse circumn aces."' It was the most gratidiloquent speech u had ever made, but he felt amply !paid by the bright smile with which ie rewarded him, aniid as he sat in his [iarding-houise that evening ai nameless Irill peyvaded Is being to which lie id hIretofore been i stranger. It had been the custom of Peter 'ilmoro for a number of years past to 1rOW aside the ditties of life onice in 1e 12 months, anld for a few weeks at ast to be a gentleman of leisure. IIis mcupationi was the hard auid rather uroinantic one of blacksmith and ear age-ironer; but. ie possesse(l a soul JOve that of the Commol Vulical, and hen the sunuer days grew warm and liny, the leatherit apron was cast ide, and behold the grub was a but rily. The savings of a year were Ierally consuimied in these annuiual creatiois, and when they terminated, . would go peiiiiless back to the shop ld patiently Sm1ite the glowing iloni id await the next respite from slavery. But that night a new ilpulse was 'ceping into his brain, and aniother ore coimen(able had found lodge ent in his heart. The latter feeling as admiration for the fair young girl had rescuied, and it warined and owed and lighted i) his lihoiest. not hiandsome face, as lie thoight ot her milimg graciousness ai1( apparent liviousness to the fact, that lie was ily a lard-handed son of toil. And is thought only helped to augnient I e other, for something seemed to be hispering to iim that if lie could win j e heart of this confiding maiden, lie ight thereby lift himself above the i cessity of earning his bread by tle I ,eat of his brow. All throught the night these thoughts mnted him, and visions of plminip, lite arms, a fair, frightened face,< nined in the whirling water of an 1 gry sea, a dainity, trim maidell, with Nvy lips and a mischievous aliit in j r-bright eyes, thronged im lipoli his full slumbers, and the next afternoon dressed hInseif carefully ill his ither" best suit, for his wardrobe was t exceedingly ample, and strail wn iponl the beach. Miss Urrington was there, awl ceted him vith childlike frankness. "I have been looking for you," she id naively, as she gave hiimi her hand, 1 d poor Peter was vanluiished com -tely as tle strong, yet gentle clasp of I r fingers closed ufion his. "I shall not venture into the water -day," said tile lady, as they satutered I mg the sand and watched the antics tile tl 1 est1N% lEy. - w r Shie did not look inl the least dis rbed, and when they parted Peter inore felt that lie was a doomed in, for lie well knew that, under ordi ry circumstances, his case was as peless as it could well be. How gra )Is, ani-d sweet and smiling she was, (I how different a creature a city lle was from what he had imaginedI r laugh had such a wholesome, arty ring in it, and she wis so unaf :ted in her manner, while in years e could scarcely, as yet, have exceeded r twentieti. Again that night lie sat as lie did the ening before and wrestled with him If, At one(, moment her evident asire in his company lifted him to e hightest piliacle of happiness, and en lie would be plunged in the deepest yss of misery as a dingy blacksmith 01), with its glowing forge and heavy udlgery rose upj before him anid seemed standh betwveen himiiself and the siinil g object of his niewvly awakened [oration. Th'le place where he had met his fate ais a rather secluded seaside resort, ini itern New Eniglanid, and as lie inecd in the company of Miss Orring ni (lay after day, lie deternmined to in lier, If possible, let the consequenices whlat they wvould. lie had developed of late a wonde r .1 liking for feminIne society, mnd siur isedl himself at. the ease witih which gluded into the~ ways of the hitherto marme .1 circle; for t houi lhe was an itire novice in such nmters, lie wvas irly wvell readt aind above thle average intelligence. So 0110 eveing late mi Jutly, as the a lay like a huge miirroir in thle soft Ltdianice of tihe silver mnonlighit,, lie cojpjed1 the oars wvhich lie had been ying wvitlh unusua(l vligor, and alowed 1e boat to (drift, over the glassy suir tce, urullien by the slightest, Hymp1~tom Ca breeze. I~is comfpaion was looiking dtreamlily >ward time shote, from wich strains of music and sounds of aughteor floated ko echoes from fairyland. "Isn't this~ detlicious,"' said Miss rringtoni, turnminug her radianit face >wardi him. "It, seems as thloughl I 31u1( live out, my life ini such a stale f beautitude as this." A strong hand1( seemedl to grasp the uroat of the young man. "It is heaven On eagth," lie aniswered, 1 a low, almost hoarse tone. The strange sound~ (if iis voice start d lher. "Are you sick?"' she said, reachling er hanid toward 11111 fronm the seat ini :1e stern of the little boat. "Y our oice seems to sound so strangely. '"No, .1 am v'ery wvell, indeced,"' he 3tuurned, wvith an (effort, "bhut, I was liinking how sooni these leasant, (lays lust end(." T1hie oppressed feeling camne sudd1(enl y 1)0n her, andi~ her rosy cheeks plled in [iC moonlight. "'I hiad nuever tho~ughit, of that, she iltered, "It seems as though we had nown each other a lifetime.'" Amid the looik in lier face mnade himi arget, everytihig; and, at the risk of aplsizimig the frail craft he threw him uhf on his kiiees before her, and clasped or hand, whichi he devoured wvith his IsSes; while the stern of the bioat sank COp in the tranquil water wvhich plashed in over the s1(1e, and Iroumght im to his senses somewvhat. "D~on't you knowv how mutch I have >Vedl ycu, Miss' Orrington?" he whis ered passioniately, as though fearful hat prying ears mught hear him, spit of the scClusin of the waters. and her low answer asstired hi that ils ).s sion was rettrned. And liotir after hour passed heedlessly by, and the moon cast many an adino. ishing glaice backward at then as she retired to rest behind the hill-tops, ere they realized the lateness of the hour, and the happy Peter, who eivied not the angels, onee more seized the oars and ptiled his proelosl.1 freight shore wa rd. Bill the reaction came is soon as he once more sought. i!: pillow, and lie Imoanied iml agony as hi thought of' the cruel gulf that hiy betweeln himself and the girl whom Ihle worsIipped;, for the thoughts of bettering himself by the alliance 11:1 all given ;plaeo to the onie engrossing idea of possessing her. 0110 device and anot' er was hit upon1 and thrown a.side a., 'impracticable, and when morninlg caie lie seemed no nearer to a solution than before; but diuriing the aily, lie coiijured up a path way ot of tle dileiia, which, though not honorable, lie felt assured would it leaIst brinig illtters.to aI crisis. That eveiiiiig lie told hir a story of how his parmts wore set; upon his narrying a girl for wlom lie had niever Lntertailned tihe slightest alfect ion, and tlen, as his well-nigh hopeless love idded fervor to his words, lie urged her to marry him immediattely, so that tiis question might be settled beyond ill dispute; an1d the girl, who was trembling with emotion, to his inlinite lelighrlt consented. Tneir arrangements were of the sim lest possible chiaracter, and twenity our hours afterward the guests asse5m led inl the hotel parlor to witness ti v inprompti Illri'iage, though all day Jug a horror of what be was doing iad )een creeping over Peter Filmore, chill ng his heart and palilg his Isuually Ilddy cheek. And now, as tihe hour drew near, md he vent to m-vet the guileless, coni iding girl, lie felt more like a eon ieienied felon going to his executionl, ,ban a prospective bridegroom. His eyes devoured her hiiiuiigrily. le noted her dimpled shoutlders that ,leained like ivory above the dainty Uuslini drees she wore, with the knots >f flowers and( simple adornilnients that ;o elianced her beauty, for n1o jewels hone upon her fair person; and then, Lt the ilat iimoment, his 1inanhilOOL as erted itself, and be begaed for a mo nelit's private conversation with her. A look of horror gleamed in the irown eyes of the girl as they stood lone in1 at side-room. She seemed al nost faiiltil)g, and grasped a chair for upport as he leaied tovard her, with et lips and the impress 4of death upon is face. "Miss Orrington, f cannot ma1rry le, iftIsUt,*$ .%r 19\ vlhile the deceived girl salk into the hair and sobbed piteously. "I would have illde you a good vife,"' shei moaned, as Peter gasped for )reath and tottered back and forth )efore her. "BI3it, 1 amlt only it bhiacksnith and lave nmothing but, iiny trade to depend 11on1. It wouli take nearly lmiy last lollar to pay the clergymni," he said, It length, pausing before the weeping Kirl, "alnd I cam10iot wedT O1' so falr Lbove me.'' Miss Orrington sprang to her feet Lnd bounded forward. Her arms were Lbout his neck, her tear-bedewed face vas pressed to his, while t( words she ittered seemed to conie from the depths A 1her tender, girlish heart: "Oh, Peter, Peter! I ai so glidI I ull niothiig but a ladies' iniail, 1n1d1 .1 -hought I woli triy to (10 this sinimuer 1s my13 mistrless does; but if we love each >thier what do0 we iare( 1for mioniey? I shioughit youi were going, to cast mne off Jecauise of my13 poverty!'' N ever a hiappier bridegrooin t han t'eter F'ihinere led his bhtshing bride to ,hie altar, alb~eit the guests had becomue somnewhmat imlpatienit at the (delay3; anid the honest b)lacksiniith is as proud of his t idy3 home and piret ty wifec as ever was1 I pirin~ce of hiis gorigeous palace anid bejetweled conisort. Plarh~l e.xpressiens100 are li very' signhiennt. "l1 saw three dozeni lights of all colors,'' or some1 similar expres sion, may13 frequently be heard from Lpersons whlo 1had( received violent blow~'s on the hleadl or face. Under the influ ence of shocks of this kind, the ey'e really seems to see infInite numiibers of sparks. S3hocks of' a certaini class im1 pre(~ssed upon0 the nerivous sys5temi seem to have the faculty Of piroduicing phe1 noimena of light. This remark has been suiggestedl by the facts which we are about to relate, which 1lead us8 to sup1 pose that soniorouis v'ibrationis are suis ceptible in certain cases of pr'ovoking lumliinous5 senisatiouts. There aire, in fact, persons who( are enidowed with such sensibility that they cannlot hear a sound1( without at the same11 tilune per ceiving colors. Each soundil to thema has1 its peclhiar' color; this word corres 1pond(s with red, and1( that, one wvithi green, on10 niote is blue, and1( aniothier is hearing,'' as the Eniglish cahl ift, hals beeni hithlerto little observed. Dr Nussbaumi1er, of V ienna,~ alppears to hiw~e beeni thle first person w~ho took serious notice of it. While still a child, wh'len playing one day wvith1 his brother, striking a fork against a glass to hear the riniginig, he d1iscov'ered that 11e saw~ colors at, the same11 timie thaIt he per-ceived thme sound; and1( 50 wehl did lie discern th~e color thlat, wheni hie stopped his eairs, lie could d1iin by it how loud a soundii thle fork hats prodluced. His brother 1also had(1$ simdar explerienlces. D r. .Nulssbamner was afterwardl able to add1( to his own observations nearly iden~tical (ones made(1 by aL meldicl stu dent ini Zurichi. To this young man. mus15cal notes were translated by cor tain fixed colors. Th'1e high notes in duIcedl clear colors, amnd the low notes (dul1 0one8. More recently, M. Pecdrono, ani ophithahnologist of Nantes, has ob servedl thle same1 pecullarities in one of hIs frihends8. --The cultivation in Florida of thle 'aanmhm.i tree Is snggnstn. AMark Twain went to Elmira last Siiniiier to finld ait quiet place to write. ie became somewhat out of health, and one day recently he was interrupted by the faily physician, who called to make a friendly visit. Into his sympa thetic car vas poured the tile of the Iumrist's woes, and after a moment's consultation lie remarked: "Clemens, what you need is exer eise 1" With I look of gentle reproach which soon changed to anxious 11nnfocelce, the hero of many an experience of rough ing it (in pictures) and tramps at homue and abroad (on paper), made reply: .'"Well, that's all right, but who's go ig to do it for me? You see," he con tinnted, "the men on tbe plae are all busy, and the children ain't big enough to accomplish anything a(d-'' "You must do it yourself !" was the professional stop put to his d emur. "1Do it myself ? Ilow in thunder do sou expect-why, what caln I do? There lln't a good poker player oil tis hill and the hammock broke down yesler (lay, so I can't use that-" ".No, 110,'' interrupted the doctor, ".yo11 must have active, exertive exer cise; something that looks like work you know I You canl walk down town, or-'" "Hold on, yo-.t'-e struck it," exclaim ed.*Mark. "I'll chop wood 1'' "Best thing you can dfhi," said the doctor, as lie took his leave. "It brings into play so ir'any varied muscles, ex pands the chest, deepens the inspira Lion and siperinduces a more bountiful oxygenation by the beautiful process of enioosimlosis and exosimosis, aind lience the red corpusles-'' ".llere, have a cigar," said Twain, pushing a box eifore him, "'and let, up oin Moses." You intsnlt sinoke. yot k now," the doctor slid, as he ~picked out a weed. "Oh I no, I've stopped smoking, said Twain, as he carefully placed a sheet of copy paper over the three old stiumps and a brier pipe. "I found that it disagreed with my family long ago. The doctor departed, and 'leiens, With a glow of renewed health already shining in anticipation on his brow, took one of the farm hands from the harvest field and sent hin to town after a new axe. lie returned with the tool bright-bladed, sharp-edged. Finally, thinking he had the hang of the thing Clemens had the man hitch ilp and drive up the road about a mile to a piece of woods. The members of the family went with him to look for flow ers and berries while i he chopped. Ar riving at the desired spot, lie carefully took out the axe, unwrapped the old stunipof atldlltilC. -'in e ."r 1Yinly wandered away,picked one or two flow ers, and then hastened back, as they heard him shout their nimes. "I've dlone enough for to-day," lie said, as they came near. They saw four blisters on his liands and a piece of new leather shining on one of his boots, but no wood lying aronid. How ever, they said nothing and went iolime ; the hired nian carrying he ax. That evening, sitting on the piazza, applying arnica to his hands, lie said: "'It s hard work, blit I'm going to keep it up 1 It's splendid excreise, and just see how it has built up other great men I Why, you know, Greeley pro longed his life many years by chopping at Chappaqua, and Gladstone is alive yet and making things hot inl Egypt by reason of the benelicial results of an hour's chopping every (day. You wait a monith and see me I I'll be able to fight Tiug Wilson and row Courtnecy and out talk Becechier." All this was several (days since. Cle mns noticedh his nmew axe lying whlerei he had left it on his return from his in itial trip), its brightness changed to re proachafuol rust. Conasciee smote himi. HeI would resume exercise. Hie woul attack anew the monarchs of the forest. ie wouild acqulire muscle. So he bold ly mnarchied for the same piece of woods and1( began operations on the (1hl pine. Bunt a few mninutes had elpsed before a six-fooiter appeared before hunii andt the following colloquy ensued: '"Now, you skin right out o' here young man ii TJhese is imy woods, and you'll learnu to let, folkses proIperty alone after l'm through with ye ! G it, now~ 1' Searcing on his forehead for an imi aginary bead of sweat, Twain glances dulbiously at the enraged bucolic, and said: " Well, wh-wat--seemis-to-- - the' matter with you?'" "'Matter,I'll shiow~ ye I TJryiin' to steal my wood I'" "U~nt, myi) good an, I 'lu't wiust your wood I" "'Then what are you cutting it for ?'' "Why, for exercise, that's all. Thle dloctor said--" "Ohi that's too LIn ii Exercise I You lok like a man that, would (10 aniythinmg for exercise. Now (with re niewed1 energy), you get right out o' here I Right out,'' and the farmer madle threatening advances. "Bunt-but-look here, my good muau, you donm't know who 1 aumi. You arec talking to a "Yes, I do know. You're that Cle moens. I've heard about your being here about four weeks ago, and I'ye had my eye on you ever since I Now (picking upi a pine root), you giL." Clemens took up the axe,east a with ering look oni the bucolic, and( sadhly climbed out of the w~'od, over the fence, and( out of danger, the voice of the en raged landowner sounding in his ears for some dIistance (down the roadl. --It is estimiated1 that (300 boats are engaged iniI i th fh business at, Cedar Key. --One hundred thiousand 'personas findl emiploymenmt at fan mnakinig in .Ja ----warfs usually die of premature old1 ago, It Is said, and giants of cx haustion. -Rhode Island and D)elaware toge thter are smaller than the Yellow stone Park. -It is proposed to raise the salary of Philadelphia's Mayor from $5,000 to $10,000 n. yenr. -rho niottoienog sagueniay. This river of deati of Saguenay, is bottomless. You imight, if possible, drain the St. Lawrence river dry, says t Mr. Le Moine, the Canadian authority, ' and yet this dark, still river would be able to float the Great Eastern and all her majesty's ships of the line. "A I bottomless riverl''sounds strangely new; i indeed, were it not so 1 s!'ould not trouble you or myself to mention it. But this river is thus far imfathomed. t It is full of counter currents, swift, perilous il the extreme. As the vast, red mo n comes shouldering lp) out of the St. Lawrence away above toward j the sea and stood there a glowing period to a great day, we draw back from 9 Tadiusae, where the ancient chureli sits in the tawnsy sand and scattering grass,ancd, rounding a granite headland, we slowly steaied up the silent river of t death. It widened a little as we went s forward, bit even its mile of water looked narrow enough as ve crept iiup between the great naked walls of slate e and granite that shut out these dark I waters from every living thing. On the right. hind great, naked and mono- 1 tonous capes of slate and toppling 0 granite. On the left hand, granite and a slate and granite, and all silent. all new j and nuiide, as if just fallen half' fiiihed V from God's hand. One mile, two miles, f twenuty miles, and only tihe weary wall of granite and slate; only the great a massive monotony of niude and1 uncom- e pleted earth. Now the walls would r seem to close inl before us and bar all possible advance. Then as we round- i ed another weary and eternal cape of overhanging granite, in its few fright- s. ened and torn trees, tho dark way -1 would open before us. And ten, twen- r ty, tiirty miles more of silence, gloom, i' river of death. No sound. No sign of* life is here. -similer or winter spring- q time or amituini, all seasons alike, noq bird, no beast, not even the smallest in- r sect, save only a possible hoisefly that, v may harbor in the steamboat and so be t brought with you, is ever seen here. This is literally the river of death. I h know no spot like it on the face of this f earth. Our deserts with their owls, o horn-toads, prairie dogs, and rattle- . snakes are populous with life in coli- c parison. And yet this awful absence of all kinds of life con not be due to the n waters. Tlhey are famous for fish of the sl best, kiid. The aitr is certainly delicious. n But all this vast' river's shore is as 0 empt y of life as when "darkness was .i 11pon1 the face of the deep.'' it And 11o man las settled here. For nearly 100 miles not a sign of man is seen. You seem to be a sort of Colum bus, as if no man had ever been here before you. At every turn of a great a granite cape these hines rhymed inces salt ly in imly ears: Upon that silent sea. An liour past midnight and we near ed the central object of the journey. Cape Trinity, a granite wall of about b 2,000 feet, which inl places literally overhangs tlie ship. Our captain laid the vessel closely against the monolitn, i and for a momeiit rested there. We i seemed so small. The great. steamer was as a little toth held out there in the hollo.' of God's hund.., No sound anywhere. No sign of life, or light, save the mooi, that filled the canyon witl lier silver and lit the amber I river of death with a tender and an al- c huring light. No lighthouse, no light from the habitat ions of moan far away on the mountains; only the stars that I hui1ng above us, locked in the stony hl0- Ip iets of their everlasting hills. "WTho is ti hIs gen themni ithatt papia calls a daisy?"' "lle is a baull player, liy dear'."' U "But paipa said lie lad a 'p~het~ne- C nal curve,' atia that they couldni't hit him."' '"Bht,, miaima, lie stood up stiraighit, and I didii't see aniy one try to hit, a him.''1 "Papau mieant. the hall, mny dear'."' "Yes, imainnua, but I dlicl't, see the ball.' "'N ci ther (could( t~he bat IierIs, myi) dleari." 3 "'But whlat makes eveiry one tailk about himi and call him a 'd'aisy'?' '' '"Because lie's the ne0w pitcheri firoii Clhicago, w~hoin the iiinager of the citib has j ust secuired at $1.000 ai sea "lint0 is lie o1 v'eiy smart, oammauw?"' '"Only3 as a pitcher."' "Buht can't lie really wm'ite Ihis ow nlamle, iaunma' "'So they say, my1~ (ear.' ''A nd yet, they give him S3,000J?" "Yes, amy dtear." "When I grow up eani't I lie a piterm, "Could I get $3,000y" "P lerhiaps."' 'Aild iotd havye to( leari'n to read or' wr it (?" Fvem'y coilliiune, every uliru is governi (d just the way it wants to be. Th'le Russian nmir is the per'fect, realization of the pierfect, communem drieamned of by cer'taimi Occidenital socialists. The pro perty' of the commune is inii~sible, mal as echl has always more land than it is possible to cultivate, a regular coil ference is held every year and a dlecision made as to wvhat par't of the soil shall be plantedl and wvhat, piroducts shall be cultivatedl. Every soul in the village is eimplloyedl in the w~or'k and after harvest the profits are equally dlliied. The "mnir"' has the p~rivilege of banishing lazy or wvorthiless chiaracter's. If a crime be commhuitted all thle inhabitants are held responsible until the guilt-y party is found. Ini the same way every member of the commnitliy is hold resp~onsible for' the p~ayment of' taxes. But in prac tice things (do not run so smoothly by any means as the theory of the system might lead one to suppose. 'There are plenty of lazy folk, turbulent and dani gerous characters, ambitious men, and over all these tower the employes of the, central government, who rule tyranni cally and make the peasantry pay them hecavilly for overlooking certain things or preteniding to Ignore deficinies.t Tho Oyster's Trunk. Said Prof. Rice, of New York. "I Vill show You the proboscis of an oys. er, something rarely seen except by cientists experimenting like myself. (ou see in this little bowl of water omethi ig that looks like a piece of thin cale, with a fraginent of subatance to b. all the size of a lady's finger nail: vell, that's an infant oyster. about a iioith old. I will now place it under he microscope, and you will then dis over the proboscis. " I n a moment the professor had adjust d the lens, and the reporter looked. te at once drbew back in horror and rasped for the table. The professor miled. Through the tubes of the nicroscope the reporter gazed again, nito a wide sea, wherein lay a hideous ionstor,and froiis indescribable body here rose a great serpentne coil which wayed hither and thither as if search tig for a victim. "We are not certain of the functions f the proboscis yet, but think that, ke an e elphtant's trunk, it is made use f to catch and pass the food to the touth. When the oyster is flve months 1d it loses its proboscis; that is, it is bsorbed and becomes part of the lips. will now show you the main artery -eich helps the oyster's heart to per >rnm its proper functions." Again the glass wasadjusted. "You !e that dark line which contracts and nlarges dontinually; that is the artery Aferred to." To the reporter the artery >oked to be at least an eighth of a mile i length and as large around as a log. "We will now look at the heart; >metines it doesn't appear to beat. but guess this bright morning it will be ght. Alh I yes, there it goes beautiful. The reporter's eyes had now become uite used to both the ocean and its ueer inluthbitant, and soon his eyes ,sted on a throbbing mountain. There as something fascinating about thu Ii robbing of the centre of life. "I have comted the pulsations of the eart," said the Professor, "and it ran 'omit thirty-five to fifty a minute; that I' a fill-growt oyster (oes not heat Sfast. I will niow show you its tenta les." Again the lens was adjusted and the konster examined, and from Its sides ,retched away out into the sea were a uimber of long arms, bot without hands r fingers, and the monster kept retchiug them out anid pnlling thenm I. Making a Start. " miin oil iy way ist and have bout three hours In which to see De 'it," said a stranger yesterday to a o liceman on Jefferson avenue. "1 A~AJ1)i9iY1U ,:jghk.,ioKv Lhen,, you ient in the country?" "Yes, sir." 'Ah! Exactly-exactly. And the cst police force?" "Yes." "Jtist as I expected-exactly. This 1, of course, one or i tie healthiest cities I the world?" "It is." "Ah-ves. You have a noble river t yo"r doors?" "We have, sir." "E xactly-I piresuied as much. You ave churches and schools for all, of otirse?" ")yes, sir."' "Exactly-of course. Taxes are mw, the local governmont efllcient, and Iw and oider prevail in all directions?" "Yes. "i.supposed so-yes. T1hme city is im-. rovimg, and is certain to become a "That's wvhat we think" "Of course----of course. You have ure air, goodi water and fmeedom front puldemnies?'' "'Yes, suir."' 'E xactly-exacly--just as I suppos 0. T1hey said the same in Ilufalo, ~levelamu, Cintcininati, Chicago, Indian. polis and Milwaukee. If you will now av'e the kindness to direct mec to a flye (eit, barber shop I will enjoy a shave ud( then'see the city. With the start on have giveni me I cani not fail to do ott just ice.'' strange lInppeautuga In an old Church. Years ago at Yarmouth, Me., one uiet Sabbath whtile the preacher held ortht tupon the ruin of unbelievers, and lhe congregation slutmbered peaceftully it thmer hight-backed poews, a signal gun w as heard from the Princes Point St ion. Another sharp report followed oud still another. Tme minister did ot, wait for tihe "fifthly" In his dhis ~oursre, but diashied down the pulpit tir's and joinied the excited people out ide. From their commanding situta ion they saw a strange craft sailing ip Casco Bay. it carried no colors. Phtey could see no men on. its deck. A fter a hurried consultation it was lecided to send ant armed deputation to Prince's Point to find out the mis 'tioni of the mysterious vessel. The womein and children, with a few men for dhefenise, remained on the htill, while the heroic band marched down to the point amid waitedl the arrival of the 'ttranger. An hour passed and they retutrned(. Th'le bark was-a schtooner fr'oim downl the coast which had sailed ump for timber! Th~e Chronicle tells )nly thme bare story, btut with a grain of fatcetioutsness as if the humor was evi tIent enough without any coimments, It dloes not attempt to acecount either for the fall of the plasterinig in the me church at the very moment whent the parsoni, a gloomy main with a sono rous voice and pessimistic views of life, was enlarging on the passage, "Blow ye the trumpet! Babylon shall fall omd become heaps," but simply says that "the people thought the end of the wvorld had come ana did leave the meeting-house in great distraction, in uring a woman seriously by tramping upon her in their haste to get out of the door. -Florida has seventy-one newspa Pers. -Boston has 100 gallons of water a day for each inhabitant, --The domestication of buffalo calves is being attempted In Arkansas.