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TRI-WEEKLY EDITIO WINNSBORO. . C.. D1883 ESTABLISHED 14 WINNBOOGb ID - '848. THUJ VERD IC THE PEOPLE BUY THE BEST! MR. J. 0. 3oAo-Dear Sir: I bought the Prst Davis bMachine sold by you over ive years ago for my wife, who has given 1t a'long amid fair trial. I am well pleased with it. It never Alves any rouble, Id T od a h rat bu0 ,. J. WV ocil Winnsboro, S. C., ALI iA Mr.BI-ohow 9W wiha ate t y hq Daftsl ,n e boug yola t je ears mgo. I reel I can' say too mueh a its favor. Inade aoout $88,00 within five nignths, atguy running it so fast that the needlei wcdigT per fecti not from frction. I feel confident couel not have done the same work With as muon ease and so well With atty other machine. No tiae lost In adjusting attachnents. The lightest iunniug .niachme & hqve ever treadled. Brother James and Wlilliaws' tamilies are as much pleased with their Davis Machines )ought ot you. I want no better machmne. As I said before, I doii't think too much can be said for the David Machine. Respectfully, RLLEN bTEVENSON1 FairflId County, April, 188. MR. BOAO : My minne gives me 'perrevt satts faction. I find no fault with it. The attachments ale so simple. I wish for no better than tie Davis Vertical ced. Respectfully. Mims. It. MILLING. Fairfield county, April, 1883. At t. ISOAG: I oougnt a Iavs -.vertical -Feed w ing Machine froan yon four years ago. I am lignted with. i It never nas given me any o uole, and las never been the-least out of order. t is as good as when I urat bought it. I can cheerfully recommenil it. Respectfully, Ale. M. J. KIRKLAND. Monticello, April 80, 1883. This is to certify that I have been using a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Alactilae for over tw ,yea's, purchased of Mr. J. U. soag. I hayea't found It passessed of any fault-all the attachinetits are so simple. it iever refuse- to vor, and is ceriUly the ligitest runmug in the marke.t I consider at a Lirst class inacmine, Very respectfully L AINNIE A. WILLINoIIAM.. Oakland, Fairfield county, 8. C. MA I10A: i am Wen peasne In every prtoui with tie Davis Maone o9ught of YoU.. I tillhc a irst-class Inmulie in every respeet. You ke w you sold several macihines of the same make to different nammibrs of our families, all of waum, as far as I know, are well picased witt taeni, Itespectfully, MRs. M It. MOBLEY. Fairfield county, April, lss. Thi'Ito certiy we havenal n consta use t. e DivI Maimune bought of yotj bout turee years ugo. As wo take in work, ah ave made Ene price of it several times over, wa don't want any better machine. It is always ready to do any kInd of work we have to do. No puuieringor skippiig stitclles. Wo can only say we are well pieased ann wisii no better machitne. LATU5KINII WvLIR AND SfsT]Cu. April 25, 1888. I have no fault to find witti my cmac:ne, and don't want any iett r. I have mn tie kne priou of it sever. titne by in fSe wing. ies alnay ready to do il wor I tinn its a t -asis ar chinue. I feel I can't say too intien for Lae Davia Vertical Feed iMachine. Mus. TiHOMAS. SITIF. Ffidld county, April, 1883. MIR. J. 0. IloAU-Dear Sir: it gives me mutch pleasure LO testify to Line mevrits of the Davis Ver ticAl Feed 8ewing Mtaclhine. Theo muashine I got of you ab.ut Live years ago. hafs been almost In con stait use ever since that iime. I cannot see tLat it is worn any, and has not cost me one cont for repairs sinun we miyve bad .t.. At well peasmed dd'oni't wish t otany netter. Granite QuarrvyElear Winnm oro 8 C.tvtD We have used( the D~avas Veortieal- F'ed Hewing Machine for thie list livet years. We wonld not have any other anac at any pirice. Tihe macniime has given us unboundeu satisfaction. -Very respecmfuliy, ,Mus. W. K. Tunssa A.1 DauuoaIs .Fairlieil county, S. C., Jaii. 21 ;(3 ilayinghboughat a Davis Vertical FIeed Sowing *Macbhue froma Mr. J. 0. DJag soane t-aree yuarn ago, anal it naviug given me perfect satisfaction in *every resliect wi a iaaily inaime. botmu for he 4 y und figat se wing, anminever needed theo least re pair iii any way, I ean asteerfuiliy reconamend It to any one as a iirst-ciass aalnin - i every. pirtieu lar, and thank It second to none., It Is one of the simnpiest inatlmines mnide; my ehil iron use it wila all ease. I'iie .ttiuaneont are more easily al Justed ahd it doe a a greater ranige of work by * meanis of its Vertloal F'eed, than any other ma chine I have ever seen or used.' Winnsb~o, FalMinl.lTHoMas OWINOS, Winnbor, Firfeidcounty, H. C. -We have had one or the Davis Machines about four yearsi and nave always found It ready to do all kinds of wort wve. nave had occasion to no. Vsn't see tbet the mnachine is worn any, and works as well as when ne w. Mas. W. J. CRAWPORD, Jackson's Cree., Fairild county, 8. 0. *My wife is highly pleased with the Davis Ma chine bought oi you. tine would not take double wnat sue gave Cor It. Trho nacnine hl not been ot of order since she had it, and she can do any kind of work on It. Very Rtespectfully, Monticello, F~airfield county, 8s. C.S.F ax TrhoDavis Sowing Machine is simply a treas ure Miss. J1 A, GiooiwyN, idgeway, N. C., .Jan. 10, 1at83, di, 0 IBo~o, Efsq., Agent--Dear Sir: My wife has oeen usling a vavis Sewing Maohinae constant any ropales anld works Just as well as when first biought. he says It will do a greater range of paractiaal work e'n~d (10 it easier anal betar thab anly miacnine she ,uas ever used. WVe cheerfully keco.inend It as a No. 1 family machine, * your tru.y, Winnuboro. S. C., Jan. ?, A.Q.$z* Mu. Bo0o : 1 have always found mny Davis Ma ine ready do am kinds of tod'kuu had bsA 4 * ion to do. I ecannut see that the inaaulne is ora a particle and it WQIrks as weal as when ne w. -Rtespecfullyi Mus. It. U. uooDINo. Winusboro, It. C., April, lasth, Ma, BoAG: My wife has been constantly using the Davis MacbInie bought of y on auout five years A go. I have aver regretted buying it., as it is ailways ready ror any s Ind of faully se wing, ett her aeav or ligat. It Is never out oz Aix or useaisag Very respecttall, 1'lfialda S. C., Marchm , A1888,zi TH ?AY Then akan shal in, drejoice i. Ys h d, or ,conn hom'i en too fat 0 the hunger-wbit aner. 0 srange new wonderful Justicel But for whom shall we gather -the gain? For ourselves and for each of our lollows, and no hand shall labor In vain. Then all mine and all thine shall be ours, and no inore shall tuy man crave, For riches that serve for nothing but to fot ter a friend for a slave. And what wealth then shall be left us when none shall gather gold To buy his friend In the market, and pinch and pine the sold? 2(ay' t save thp lovplyCl y, and the lit tl house on the 1 S tes and tbd nd beauty, happy 11,. -And-the homes of ancient stories, the tombs of the mighty dead; And the wise mian seeking out marvels, and' the poet's feeming head. And the painter's hand ot wonder; and the marvelous fiddle-bow, And the banded choirs of music-all those that do and know. For all these shall be ours and all men's, br shall any lack a share, Of the toil and the gain of living in the days when the world grows fair. IN UiARVEsT-TIME. Without. a flerce sun burned and blistered; within, was delightful cool nqs tndl:greenisi bloom. But with it was a ajo the silence which follows a 0ock, id the shattering of staunch ly-builde hopes. In the great, library , two men faced each. other, .bne bedt, gray-headed, small of stature, the older tall, and str6oe as a young gladiator, with a handsoqme. olive skinned face, just now very set -,an grave. "My dear 'boy, it has been no easy task for me to come and tell you this , Mr. Roche said, speaking slowl'y. "You have all your life been consid ered, and have been taught to con sider yourself, master of Silver Cliff. I is, hard ;now, when for two years yu hav6 reigned as snch, to be ab ruptly deposed. No one ever dream ed .that Nicholas Edgerton had left a daughter. Indmqd the ,fact has been discoyered by he mWgest accident. -be proofs ar, hower, flawless. They have been thoroughly investiga ted and authenticated. You are cou sins, you know, three times removed. Of course you would never ha e suc ceeded to the estate liadtlieri bn' the least suspicion of her -existehce." - Hevpased to take out-his liaidksi chief and wiped his forehead. He had been thQ Edgerton's lawyer for many years, and, as he said, It came hard, on him to be the bearer of ill news to the boy lie had loved.from babyhoo'd. "When is she coming-home?' Maurice Edgerton asked, quietly, but choking a little over the last word. Naturaliy, this sudden information was a blow to him. To be dashed from wealth to absolute pennilessness, with out a profession or the priceless expe rience of those who have learned what the bar.e struggle for existance implies, was in truth, appalling, -. "4 am not positive," M4r. Roche- re plied. "It will certainly be some dat next week. In regard to worldly, matters she must be quite a child, having never In her life been without the walls of that old Belgian con vent." "Next week?" .Aarting ,slightly, "lebat seerps-so sooli." And theh he excused himseli and went away. August blushed to joyous being; and with its pomp of birds and flowers, and tendler dawns andl rare white nights, the new heiress came to Silver Cliff. Mr. Rochte met her at the depot and rjuite -forgot .o 'dislike her, fts She had resolved-to do.'e She hepiled ott'on ghie plidform and looked ar'ound her bewilderedly,,a sleni der girl, gray-clad from'head to foot. And how pretty she- was, to-be sure! Stately and a tall hlly, with a fair, pearl skined face, lit by brown eyes, clear and gracious. On the homeward drive she turned to Mr. Roche. "Wher~e is Maurice?" she asked. "Hie has gone away. 1 do not know where." He spoke shortly, his lips tightening, rememberingewhy he had gone away. "Uone away," she cried.. "Not for good?" "He's gone, anyhow " lie ans'wered, sturdily. "More like ior-bad-." Shte did not heedthe grlfrjoke. "Itis not fair, yr right, or just!" she went on, excitedly, her pale cheek flush ing hotly. "He cannot surely think that I mean to accept all; to rob him of what for years lie has looked on as hia! I have never expected good fortune, so for me a little'wlill suflice. The rest I' shall hold in trust for him. "My dear young lady," the old man exclaimed, testil3, but touched in spite of himself, "what a Quixotic scheme! Maurice would never agree to that which you prop~ose. The property is Leggily y'ours." "Yes, legally," she admitted, quick ly, "but not morally. I hold my slen dler claim secondary to his." 'h Qaygwent swiftly by-the sweet scented summer days. *All the people of . note in the neigh borhooll of silver Cliff called on its oung milstress, and voted her charming. ' g pass t41. air and graceful, and withal so charmingly originai, they said. They gave balls and dinners ini her honor, till she became quite a toast' September came and passed-Octo ~Nber ember, and at last the dreary But this year there were no blithe1 Christ as igst'vlties up at the grand u'othe 11ill. "1 hardly care to have much merry-j making while the master of the hogso is away,'' itose Edgerton would say t her friends. "Y ou expect your cousin back soon then?" they would muestn ' "We do not know what day he may come home," was her invariable re joinder. But the winter was gathered to the numberless winters which had gone before spring swept on with chill, and rain, and breaking buds, and still to one woman's gentle heart, so generous in its patience, came no word or tiding of the exile. Over the mantal in the library a great portrait of him hung. Occa sionbly she went and stood before it, looking up at the grave, kind face with the soulful eyes and firmly sweet mouth, Then she would turn and go half-guilty away. Suiper clap h4ands with, utun. e ro lig oun liff r in 9 f agest t com ght ddeb fa.s ed as swung by strong arms the scythes mowed down the sunny seas of grain. One.day M Ed erton, driving down the cou ry ad, n i her milk whiteb poltes ad leaed forward to wafcli the reapers. The day was excessively warm - but "lie, was attired in the coolest and air iest of India lawns, and held above her head a parasol of snowy thtin. * Quitq suddenly she sprang from the bmton, and leaped the low stile With a frig htened cry. One of the workers had reeled and fallen heavily. They were all around him in a moment-his colaborers. They fell back and made way lor Miss Edgerton as she approached. "What is it?" she cried. "What is the matter? Is he dead?" "No, miss; it's only the heat. le's a new un-only come this morning. Seems as if lie ain't been used to the businemss. Seems kind of delicate like. He's c oming to. It's only the heat." The prostrate man raised himself a little and looked up. He had a thin dark face, still young but heavily beard ed, and with a tired look in the sunken eyes. Just a second Rose Edgerton regard-. ed him, speechless. Then she fell on 1 er knees beside him, and caught his band in her own slim, kidded lingers. "Maurice!" she cried. "You have coine home, Maurice." - But once more his head dropped, his eyes closed. They bore him to Silver Cliff, and there for many weeks he lay almost within the valley of the shadow. When he awoke to consciousness it was to find a kind, old face bent over him, and strangely familiar all his sur round'-ngs. "Roche!" lie whispered. " You musn't tlk," i he other com manded:thly. " to.sleop, nd I'll Alnilty1y-and-by" there ,were mutual explanations. I qquld not sce"ed, Marice With one 'o -1is slow, sad smijes. tried a little of everything, from teach ing in a school to work before the mast. But I tell you a boy who grows up with a profession, taste or course of busines training is very easily worst (d In competition with those who have been in harness all their lives. I did not dream of stopping here, you know, but happening to be passing through the village, I heard there was a demand for laborers up at Silver Cliff. So, be ing penniless, and-I suppose you have guessed it- hungry, I presented myself. I did not dream of recognition, so com pletely one year had altered me. . I went away a strong Ind; I have come back a wea~a : aibt get atfong af:d try Once, when lie had lain silent for some time, he looked up suddenly. "Strange how she, and she only knew me-wasn't it ?" Roche nodded. "God bless her I" he said, huskily. But the,day; catne vihei~ bikturice, eoaited and capped, app'roliched -nis raithful nurse, and hold out his haiid in f are well. **Good-by !" he said. She sprang to her feet startled and arect. "You shall not go!" she cried, pas mionately. "The place is yours-your omne, b y God's law! lf either mgt- go. ie had fought lattle far more oitter than she could ha'ie direamed. And he had conquered. Now, at one word agian-, he felt~ugmnap ned. Don't make its too' hard for me " lie pleaded, hoarsely., "I must! ose0 R~ose! You know why!" The wvord, thie tone, the look in his iyes was a revlation. Iher face dropped. Slie spoke no word, but -hey, scarlet cheeks had growni brilliant as Scarlet poppies. Five minutes later Mr. Rtoche op ped his gray head into, the ch'erry ibrary.. uulered? a r-Inge is wvaithig. Why, great Jeru ialeml not, going alter .all! 'pl ero hero! childrecn! don't ye mliid mie." A sHoft Thung on Hrm. "Look here, young man," sals a Dapibrwi aur' ion the other night, "look here ; you burned up a good deal of coal and kero mene last winter, coming around here :md staying till 10 and 10.30 two or? ilree nights a week. Now I have no abjections to your visits, but you are a respectable young man, but you've got to find your own fuel and lights this Winter. I cannot afford to keep fires running and a lamp burning in this parlor all the winter." "All right sir 1" responded the young l~y 'w ~ are aak the ?Pti he M 20%%wil if A~d lady last ith a dur "but you 'needn't tell your pa w ht soft thing Iva got on him." . 3umnah ad~ .ourm The Kingdom of BurMiP, out off from the sea by the provinoes of Pegu t and Aracan, both 'i the hands of the l] English, separated by moiuntain ranges from Siam and-Yuan, aud bounded a to the waet and -northwest b .*6engs) and Assam.. s doultless desined ore long to fall, more of lese quietly, into British hands. The Irraiiai4y is not. ' only its' ole navigable outlet, but almost the sole practicable commerelal outht of the -country. Englishi steamers now ascend this river twice a week to 3Kanda- E ley, and twice a mouto to Bahbo, where they deposit goods ,'destined to find their way through h of Tapeng l to Yunnan. The Burmese belioe~ themielves do sce ded from Hindoo, emgr ents coming frog the borders of the Ganges; but, even if this be partially true, the In. coming tribes are now. so completely .r mixed,with the tribes previously inhab- p Iting ,the contry tht'no trace of the t Rindoo.type remains.t Whether balled Burmese, S3hans or 'Xarens;ftejhi&at i the characteristio Obihese or Turaniah a features. Sir Arthur Phayre' believes them to be Thibetans who have removed r southward. Their features atid their q build, as well as - the nonformation and ,r roots. of - their language, strangely re- O semble those of the Thibietans. 9 The 1Burmese are Well' built, wi-h broad shoulders and' strong ntUioles, o black and abundant 'hair, b 6 raithe 1 short legs. They ae extreiiply lay. Living in a oountry where ilhodratfe labor would insure atniparatife rio~ es, O they only work sufloetly,'i to prgburq a food and satisfy taxes. To danob, to smoke, to chew betel, *nd to be present V& as theitriohi performces are the so0 rious business ot life With most Buir mese. If here and 'there one 's ambi tious he, becomes ithe bumble courtier T of sdme ribh mandarin, and stops at nothing to curry favor. Cringing and subxuissive to superiors, insolent and contemiptuous to inferiors, the Burmese, a as usually painted 'bj travelers, aire not models of hiumanityI Yet thete is an other side to the picture: they are ao knowledged to be apt, ready and sober; and capable, should opportunity occur "I through a change of governnient, of ax becoming good agriculturists, nier- si chants and artisans. They excel in wood carving, have much power of com position, and are of a jovial and happy disposition. Dissimulation is so much a part of - their character that one can never know te what a Burmese really things. Men p and women arraige- their hair Ooquet ishly, and the latter wear brightly ool a cred flowers in tUejr. long tresses, The Xet they enjoy muoh libetty, passing , their time dressing and caring for their bodies, instead of in the hard labor which so otten falls to woman's lot. A married woman retains her rights to her 1 dower, and, if divorced, takes with her 2 also half the goods acquired during t the term of married life. Polygamy is recognized and' permitted. yet niot Burmese have only one wife. An olu a law, falling into diauetude, forbids the av men to marry before the age of 25. 0 Piety is carried to excess among th:* m p. ople. . Many will spend all that they de possess in decorating a pajoda or found. UK ing a monastery, ahd live without an 0i anna in a miserable cabih, happy and 4j proud in the idea that they are benefac- W4 to.s of their country, and with no em- pa ployment except the care of the temple 1&; they have built. No people is so fond si, of theatrical performnances as this, lii Scarce a man can be found Who has not ki at least once in his lite acted a part in is a play. The piece Is acted out of doors m im the evening, and all whi4 choose at- ti tend without payment. kiometioti man at pays for all, and receives hiis'ih~ends in a little pavdlion constructed for the pur- it pose. On the .announcement of such a w fete business is' suspended; bsilll, pre- at sided over by young girls, sp)ring tup at mn the sides of the road. and do a brIsk ,U business in cigars,- cakesa, fruits and Au sweetmeats ; and crowds di inen a women and children lock to the spot. or The Burmese do not applaud or hurrah ar like Europeanis. -When Yen-dsw -in- sL' lay, the prima dona of Maiudelay,sings, or wheni Moung 'lha-iiyah. the arnous a marionette sh6Wman, gives a seance, Oi there is no uioise in the immense crowd, it and the intense-Slence is quite as imn- tih pressive a tribute as the noisy bravos $i and clapping of hands indulged in by og TVeuton and Latis. We cannot ap- tu preciato the Brumese plays, for we have mu niot been saturated from infancy with se the prodigmeus adventures of ikiddhaa; am yet we can see that the dispair of the ni deceived lover, the majesty of a sovers at cign, the bestial fury of a drunkard te are mnarvilously portrayed, and can ad- 01 mire the coarse- chants -and grotesque p1 contortions ot the clever clownis. ct There is no green -rgon}; the imctors, ta mate and female perforllh all the detatils at of thor toilet befor-e the audIence, who bi amuse thselves by criticaluig -the ei personal appearance and gestures of the a actors. The play- lasta ali might, and an most of the spectators sit thinugh thie *h entire perforiance seite'd 91k the mats di ioey have brought Witti idei. 'inc tt marionette showinan Is the rival of the tim actor. The petf6~-manc. esa place 'va on a platform of bamboo, about Oignt gi feet long, bounded by a'curren , beui at which the players conoeaitid. itoi side I? of the small stage represon(. :a court, w with a thirone, glded parasot and otnier 01 signs of royalty, while the oe, eset with n: sone branches of trees, is Jijndeed to ci represent a folges).. -'The pg pets are i about three feet hfgh, oarvsel wood b, andi luxuriously coastumei9. A band of aj musicians, witth goa1s, oyqap, a, bell. fi claironets and castanetes v~iens i-ne e representation. Moung- I- iyan,sig- 01 br and play writer' as well as .spowmaa, a lhas acquired such credilt1419t bis jude- tA ments, when lhe plays thq pgrt'of prince b have become or beI, 'nier )(ing has og given hin the rmi . to wailt geneath as u gilded parasol. Lnces1rogattaa, mox- 41t 31g naiatches,5 3Muli -4 andceck lignts ti Iand other eikttainmntne 0*o tlye 11 Jlurzhese. My4a bwaies Eapd plea. tire are etar.g og 1Wk -lii, Noatw; weddings amA u erM s oftun take plane upon the'rt ra. and at night col. redtantrens and Bengal lights make a rilliant show. The Karens are savage inhabitants of ie mountains, yet are known for their ktelligenco. courage and loyalty. Their aditions assert that they came oriin Ily from "a vast country of plains, here the wind rolls the saud as it does ie waves of the sea." This desorip. on seems to apply to the desert of obi* The Shan race, which is widely )attered through the peninsula of 'arther India, and every where preserves io same manners, costume and ]an. uage, together with the same talent )r business and aptitude for agrioul. *re,- 'kteuds also into Burmath. In r northeth patthf the poua*y7whxeW a mounpiS a& lofty and the Irra. 'addy is' 'barred by rapids, Jive the -atchins and the savage Kansa Kaoh is. ' The mountains of Upper Tirmah are ch in iron, lead, copper, tin, goid and recious 'Atouels, as are the mountains I Yuuua , t which they are a con nutiI, 'There are also petroleum inei, 'worked simply by bucket, cor'. Id pulley. Tie oAr. at the bottom is 0 itelte tihat, tough the workman is Uleved iii a few minutes, he comes up most suifosatest, and requires hours to gain hie strength. To the north of auno are jade quarries, the prouuot which is mainly txported to Ohiua. Tilough the peculiaily trmppioal part thq country in conulied to tue uelta the Irrawaddy, the soil is every here higiy fortue; teak, india rubaer ses eag6le wood, and ouner valuablo ;we gbound m tue furests; wnido rice, ttI94, tea, tue sugareanc, the mango, Le dipiDA, the banana and many otUer iget'Wies and fruit trees Cau be oulfit 6tW4 with littie trouble. Bahno is almost the only considerable wu in the kmnguom outside of Man day,. the brand-new capital. Ava, saapenango and Amarapuora are rap. ly diappearinug beneati the exubaer kt vegetation. Mandalay is a square, Lrrqunded by high wall, and a uitwh, ad enclosing a second hquare, the royal L.y, un astelblage of paiaoes, pagodas, maploa, statues and parks, mingied itlh huts and taverns. It is in tine ijurbs .that all business is transaoted, Ld most of it is in tue hands of k'er mns. Oninese, English or other foreign ea chants. "Big oatsu" In India. Huuters who wish to bag "big game" ould lose no time in visiting the un Lppy hunting-grounds that are situa d among the jungles of the Madras reLdency, India. Hunting, which is pasttimie In most countries, is a neces ry occupation, if not a duty, in this aeck of woods." It the human inhabi tits should not' keep up an active war ainst the ferocious animals, the latter uld soon exterminate the former. A nstailt warfare for the supremacy is lng on. The oflicial reports show at during last year wild boasts killed L05 persons, while human beings killed J55 dangerous wild beasts. Among e dangerous beasts killed were live rocAous elephants. This was not a rge number, but it must be kept in ind that one elephant can do a great aount of damage. lie goes through a untry spreading desolation like a tor do, uproots trees, overturns houses, molishes carriages, and kills domeati ted animalAS and men. Each of the sphants slain last season had "killed s man." Among the animals killed )re 278 tigers, 1,300 pantheis and leo rds, 213. bears and 24 wolves. No is than 92U huge serpents were also An. These monsters had killed 200 man beings. Bears are credited with tling 11, and pantihers 20. Tine tiger held in the greatest terror It Is far aro dangerous than th~e lion, it is e impersonation of hunger, cruelty d cunnmng. Its appetite appears ver to be tually satisfied. in early life devours the helpless young of othier Id animals. As it becomes larger d stronger It attacks full grown do ~sticated anmmals. Funally 1t gets iliciently bold to pursue men. it rics by the wayside or near wedsu and rings, ready to leap upon the travel r water-seeker. Leopards and panthers a dangerous enougn, but are less do ~uctive or human nile than tIgers. The chiarac,.er of the wild auimals of tozmutry exerts a most powerfu ii nflu cc on its settlement and the prosper of Its iinhabiat. in this respect e territory occupied by tihe United ates was most remarkable. in the inion o f an eminent naturalist, it con ined no wild annal that was not of apre benmedi than dLaadvanitage to the Utters. At, abounded an fur-bearing tinnals, whose inus were in great do and In all the great, centers of Wealtht d civilization. These skins constatu Ia souirce of wealthi to thie early sot re. Htating and trapping Were olitable employments waien people uld not engage ini farming. Some of e sxils were converted into garment~s id otnersauto maoney. Tue sains of iffaloes were made Into garments, aploy&d up~ coveriuga for beds, or used pro tectavuis in aleeaths. Mloose, doer, iteope and bears furnished mesat untii ImentIbSLIated auimala couln be imtco iced and ralsed in suilaent nunoera supply the people wituh food. Tneir t and taides were userul for a groat, ~riety of yqrposes. Rtaubits, squirrels, 'oud-nogd, oposs'ims aud coous also *rnuatad valuaule meat and skin.. >xes and bears diad some lauiage, bat ere (assoful for keeping in cneca many the samall anianais that rank as ver in, Tney were easily caught mn traps killed by the use of firearms, and eir skins wesre veny valuable and ougnt a .high price at a time when trclturaiproduets raised at a distance omi wtiter colpinunicationi could not be ad for mney er exchanged for articles food and clothing. All tihe npitive humais of thin, ountry are of easy ex ruamation. Most of them disappear ufore the marcia of Qivilizatihon, and ily stay as long as they are-wanted py ie inhaabitn.. TMO ilindoos inight ad happier aind less exciting lives if eir games w,SAOe as valuable andi as u.Ite trouleseimp. Our greatest glor'y la not In- never iliing, but in- rising everf time We 11, Charcoal. "The charcoal trade of the city of Chicago," said a large dealer in that article of fuel to a reporter, "is a large one, and is in the hands of but a few meu. I speak now of the wholesale, not retail or peddlers' trade." "There are not very many peddlers' in the city, tre there?" "Oh, yes, but people don't notice themt as much here as they do in the Eastern or Southern cities. There the fainihar cry of "'Carcoal, charcoal, Sa.ve my so-uill Is heard frow 1plorninr tlI nigjt, as the 'ieddlers ff ie tfiAod ji tlfehrtrade through the streets. Here the business is carried on more systematically. Each peddler has his own particular route to supply. and goes over It every two or three days." "Whom do they principally supply?" "Tailors and peanut stands. The former, as every one knows, use the charcoal to heat their "gooses;" the latter to roast their nuts and keep their fingers warm as they stand o-i the cor ners when the Manitoba zephyrs sweep through the streets. Dealers like my self sell to these peddlers." "Of course, you have other persons to supply?" "Yes; we do a very large business with hotels and restaurants. Some of them take from 100 to 150 biushel- a week, and nearly all of it is used for broiling purposes. .Nothing is more palatable than a good steak broiled over a hot ban of charcoal. But the largest customers we have are tim-roof ing firms, cornice makers and tinners. They use It for heating their soldering Irons, and the tin-roofers call for a good deal. Then, again, Chicago supplies a arge territory west of here." "And how intany bushels a year do you suppose are handled here?" "The home consumption is at least four hundred 'and twenty thousand bushels, while .180,000 thousand are shipped to other points " "Where do these (00,000 bushels come from each year?" '"The most of it from Michigan, and the bulk of It from Van Buren county in that State. Then northern Indiana supplies the balance. E one is 'burned,' or made, near Chicago, as there is no timber about here." "What is the process of making it?" "Nine-tentis of it is now "buried" in brick kilns. The old process of using pits L almost entirely gone out of fashion in the West. Hlre is a photograph taken on the spot. of two or our square kilns near Michigan. These will hol( ninety cords of wood each. They are filled through a man hole in the top entirely full, save a square place in t he middle, which ex tends clear to tWe bottoin. The fire Is started at the bottom of this square hole, and then the kiln Is closed tight In tifteen days the sinouldering fire has done Its work, and the wood has become charcoal. It is taken out of a door in the end, loaded into a truck holding 25 bushels, which is pushed by a mnan along a tramway to the railroad track where cars are walting to receive it. Beside the square kilus there is one in the shape of a bee-hive, which holds about 50 cords.I "How many bushels will a car hold?" "In the neighborhood of about twelve hundred bushels." "And how much will a cord of wood produce?" "A good yield is about forty bushels to the cord. Yes, the charcoal business 13 a large one here, as I said before, and it takes experience to kniow howv to obtaini the best results in burning it. The mere selling is easy. Thle business is carried on very quietly. anid the only evidence Chicagoans see of it is the huge wagons wvhich go through thes streets filled with the stuff, but the noisy charcoal-vendor is an unknown quantity here." The Speaker's Orb.. As the time draws near fnr the as semibly of the F'orty-eigzidh Congress, which it will be remembareI maats on December 34, next,, a peculiar spectacle is sometimes atfirded to tuois w~uo happien to visit the House of Respre sentatives. A new mnemusr of' Con grss may be seen to eater. Hs lowcs around as if he ha i a last arri at the place he owni, and tuona as goes furtively and sits down in o.ue of Las comfortable cane seat eairas bsfore one of tae brigue. oalc desls, au i rI (el It to see hlow it lica. A broxt.l s.nilo en liahltenls his feateures as ne sits theore and gauzes towards the dyiscar's do 1K. tits ikn.uginattona s at wor~c. [Is soes Ins iisteami assstnbhy eiitrce1 of ins oratory; hangling oceeatnless oil ins ut. teranices; he is iiu nus inad solvria. tuae pohtteal quesdis ol' tais day a~ai prey 11 ing uastt to I s the states n L.i of tue hour. I once Know a un>.nojr of Con gress from a city of Abenigan,. lie was a lawyer. Yet thus geateu.u tried in vaia for soins long wejary mnonths to catch the speaker s eye Ia order to Introduce tile one oit wia lie hoped to get tznrouga during~ tne sei ston. Day after day noe w'ui cOhfn to Iiis lodgiug roouas and launaat nu a u crous way nits failure to lud.ase tue way ward optic of the powerfat parlia. mentary leader to rest aggrovuagly upon hun. I'ne session ended and tae bill was never inrlLdeI. Hie was in Congress two years without a enance to speak once except to yell "aye" or "no." I ttiouu of this as I watched the neophyte sitttng silent but happy uii the vacant cuaitnuer sfnooting ott nia oratory to Is laaginatsoa. Ii Is get ting to be a question with senslule men .whether it is wortih whue to come to Congress at all. Lawyefs predominate li (Jongress now. Tusse professional gentleufea usually have a good practice before imney can conie to represenat their district, andi 1c generally pays them bettec than the 45,000~ a year allowed to denOtaer and Rtepresenata tivee.. An absvuce of t wo years, i an told, bre sas up tush' busiusess, and fre quently leayes tliein wnaouac occupation when their teria onda. I know th~t a dozen or uawre urhtliant inen were left oult in te c04 t the osne of the' last annular, MexIOan windows. These are peculiar institutions whose like Is not to be found in any other country under the sun. They gener ally reach from floor to ceiling, are wider than church doors, and have al ways Wooden or iron bars before them. A comparatively few casas luxurate in window glass, but, as the duty on that substance is little less than robbery, the vast majority dispense with it al together. Tue inside shutters are of solid wood, not furnished with slats like ours, usually unpainted and open ing both ways in the middle forming four square doors. As their peculiar construction renulers curtains an Im possibility, the only way to secure the slightest degree of privacy when the household machinery is not on exhibi tion, b to close tlie lower half of the shutLers; and thou outsiders frequently climb up outside and gaze in upon you over the top, with sharpened curiosity becaube of tLne evident attempt to de prive them of their rights. Mexicans entertain tie idea that windows were uade to look in at, rather than to look out, of, and it is a matter of daily oc cur rence for nion, women and children of tiu lower classes to congregate out side aid stand calmly watuning you by th'e hour. In the deep recesses these window open.ns from in the thick walls is ample rojm for placing chairs upon the ledges, and therein tue family sit in the Cool OL te day, In suInmer tine this is very pleasant, but watm long, enilly rains come oi (and they SOineLiues even have a little snow in tiese higher attitudes) the absence of windo w gass is a great discomfort, foi to ciose t,1e shutters entirely means to tal Uaraiiess WitHiin. Il Saltillo and a few otner mountain cities the winters are really cold, and now they bear theni without ay protection from the otter air is a mystery. There is not, a house in Mexico witli any provision for grate or stove, or possibility of making a fire, except that for cooking purposes ill the kitchen, which does not warm tho roon in the slightest degree. When tie winter of their discontent arrives all hands from oldest to youngest, wrap tiemselves in rebosos, and sara pas, atmd possess their souls in pa ,ieince, for iaving nuvor known any otiter mode of lie they do not dream of mnaking themselves more comforta ble by knocKing out a chimney. The first sight of the barred windows strikes tie stranger in Mexico unpleaw atuy, and lhe is apt to feel himself in prisoiA beind thium, with his stonei door and iron bedstead for suitable accomplinenis: in time, however, lh4 sees not only the convenience but the necessity of them, and by and by coies to leei an uneasy sense of insecurity, if by rare chance he linds himself not, tuus protected. it4nuot boanembered that 1n greater portion of Mexico is :a land ot perpetual summer where win dows must, be open bott night and day. and these gratings cannot be "lncked" like locks or noiselessly CuI like panes of glass. Thougu one may sleep in perfect security without clos ing a shutter, it is well to remove one's eneuts-from too close proxinity to the bars, for the ladrones have a cheerful habit of throwing in ropes with hooks attached and dextrously drawing out even your garments-which perhaps gave rise to tie slang word "hooking" ior s4tealing. Legions of swallow4, in tle little Ituode Island town Uf Westerly, there has been annually oc eurrim ior several years past a peclhar puenomenon of great interest. The puenonienon conhtats in the faot thatL uilionsa of swallows and other buds are aooaistomed during each summer season to congregate every night to; a~ certain grave in tue town or Westerly, making tane trees their roosting place. and their nicvements as tucy come andc go about said ree Lrt afford a oasis for much oom - nient and speculeation. Wuen we first reaohed the scene we noticed severai IIaallws flitting hero and Cnere In the ire, but ast 7 o'olock their number iseemed legion. One .couid think or nuong bas a snowstorm, with large olacs Ilakes. From thre plaidest out lunis of tue loweas dlying nird, to te irest black MspOlc of tue most aspir ing waiderers, the picture was that of IJaustanetly miviag, lncerininglug m 1 liOaS 01 lite wingedI creatuires. It was a dligue never to lie forgotteua. At times no two birds seemied to ce flying in thu dame direction, tnough, as 4 wnote, tue Vaas company would away from side to Gide abo..ve Sue grove. Again a group uf hundrea wouid tauce a common di.. ruotioa, foironatg aroundL Ins innr cir euuierenoe of the general comnpny, Jo# nesosnling coward tue treJtopai, witu a nml.trical swoop, then riding i tile air silL almaiat loJI to View. Th~iey ena wouli return to tue common crowd and resume their separate courses as be tore. TIae ide,,idual dlyers would tilt and j in ,C wimn oeno otaer, or play at, .1ros.IA5 in sue air. ft wasa ooaeantiy a~lotIg USIaeAOcope. All tae waite nowas nero wire atul strearning in fro~n adl q Lartiri. aJ1idl '1 .15 o'oioak th., muitaude na.l beooaie dlense. Aooat tieiui shore was a uudtei oesitijn .f tue varioas dinta and a general cir IlaCa nisu of Sue whole oolapaay Wad apJaras&. R maud and r.,und in a beo id .vwepng ciroce oVer the grove they diw Lor severaL muitss ntil ail had juice . ia the cmmoa direction. Then they iela to draw closer and closer to geeaer in a constautly narrowing circlo. anid tae centre of the mass was observedA gradauauy to sink in fanel' shape tow ard tue tree tops. Suddenly, with al most Cae rapidity of thought, the whole host vaniaiasd, circing in the tree-topi wisu a whirring of wing. distinctly neard, and sogn tne air was almost stil; Drotemi only by the greeting ohirpo 01 tue now. Late comners, who were still asragganug in in sallgroups anid smnzly. A'ue.au last arrivals did not panse to oirele about in the -air, but flew $ to w ard tue, grove as straight re ati arrow and vanisned among theirsettled brgmsh era witM ligasning rapidity. At we now grov ,ttu nearer the edge. of 45. grIov sne rdstanug and ohirging of the birda ampbth leauet and branohob *4 they sot neMseltes in OOiilfokb for tk* night oonid be distiniotIy he#4,