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e. IY* * 4. 9 4 - %y TRIW E-WINNSBORO. . (. D MBE R 29.1883 ,4 v. 'I.. TR- E L D T O .W N S O O .U.DsM E 9 83 S A LS E 88 MUTABILITY. The flower that smiles to-day To-morrow dies. All that we wish to say TEmpts and then flies. What is the world's delight? Lightning that mocks the night, Brief even as bright. - Virtue, hew frail It is I Friendship too rare I Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair I But we, t-hough soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all o Which hours we call. Whilst skies are blue and bright, W hilst flowers are gay, Whilst eyes that change Pre night Make glad the day. Whilst yet the caln hours creep, Dream thou, and from thy sleep, Then wake to weep. THE SLEIGHING rARITY. "Are you plentifully supplied with wraps, little sister? We have a long ride before us, and a cold one. "Oh, yes, Rob. Mamma took good care to see to that. Do take this great shawl, will you? She insists that I will need it, although I shall not, I am sure.I The carriage waiting at the door on this cold December morning conveyed me, Rob Ellison, and my sister Nanette to the depot to take the train for Ever ton, where we arrived after a day's ride. Another carriage met us there and took us to "The Elms," the old mansion of my uncle, John Crof ton. "The Elms" was a genuine old coun try house where the genius of hospitality reigned supreme. Tne walls were decorated with pictures, some of which were old-time portraits of fair ladies with powdered hair, gorgeous in silks and laces. Deer antlers, fishing-rods and engravings of dogs and horses were in the hall, and through the open doors that were never shnt rolled a glowing warmth of anthracite. It was a jolly place to visit. Uncle John was a fine old gentleman. His stable was well stocked with splendid horses, always at - the command of his guests; his cellar was plentifully supplied with the choi cest wines, and his table with all the delicacies of the season. Henrietta Crofton wits the grown up daughter of the family, and on this oc easion some of her old school friends were domicired under her father's roof for a brief season. I was very glad to escort my sister to "The Elms," for the fair Henrietta had been the subject ofY iiy day-dreanis for years. We h beeni much thrown together in or r childhood, and were so fond of ea i other then that we had exchanged, a promise to marry when we were -old enough. This was only children's talk, but I had treasured it iii ny heart, intending that no effort of mine should be wanting to bring about its fullill ment. Henrietta had grown up into a beautiful woman, my ideal of all that was charming in womanhood, and the thought of passing a fortnight under the sarne roof with her gave me perfect happiness. I had been. traveling in Europe for two long years, and my anxiety to see her was so great that when I greeted the family and found Henrietta was -absent, she having gone to the town on some errand, it was as5 much as I could do to keep my impatient feet from taking the road to meet her on hier re turn. However, we soon heard the sound of wheels coming down the aye nue, and I rushed, to the piazi'.a as the S vehicle drove uip. When the carriage door was op~ened and Henrietta leox.d forward to grasp pay hanid, at the same time attempting to alight wilthout assistance, she step ped upon her Uress, which caused her to fall, I received her in my arms, anid 0on my breast was one of the loveliest girls I had ever seen. Henrietta 800on re gained her feet and tripped hastily up the stops. There were indications on her face that she knew her cheek had touched mine as she fell, and that my arms had inclosed her in a warm em brace. When I followed her and our eyes met she blushed and tried unsuc cessfully to laugh. How happily our time was passig at "Tfhe Elms." Our rides andh walks in the crisp, cold December days added a rich glowv to the ladies' cheeks and~gave a-keen sparkle to their eyes. Henrietta was like her dear old self of many years ago, and I was supremely happy. Alas! a serpent was soon to enter our 7 Eden. One of Henrietta's visitors, a Miss Levering from New York, was about returning home, and her brother was expected at "'The Eli1" to escort her. When lie arrived he proved to be a flue-looking young fellow with p~olishi ed manmers, well skilled, in all those agreeable trifles that attract tihe atten tion of ypung girls. He was a cultufed musician and a grgcefuil danicer; lie could play innocent games of cards with dexterity, while his conversiatien was rich and sparkling; to crown all he was the son of a millionaire, who allowed him to use his money as-if it was his It~ was no wondeor that Mr. Levering was Immediately attracted by the beauty and grace of Henriette, nor that he at -Wonce showered his at tentions upon her. I had never feared encountering a rival before the advent of this young man, but now I saw, with great pangs of jealousy creeping throutgh my heart, .9 that Henrletta treated him with marked kindness and wats ffattered by his devo on to her. I rugretted this as much for her sake as my own, for there was an indescribable something about the young man that made me fear he was not a proper associate for the'ladles at "The Elms." Ilow -uncertain are the events of the morrowl The sun rose, bright and beautiful, in a cloudless sky, but before noon the day grew bitterly cold and occasional clouds chased each other across the heavens. Towards evening the sky was entirely obscurea and light flakes of snow began to float in the at mosphere. Mr. Crofton predicted a severe snow storm, and before dawn hip prediction was verified. The Leverings, instead of taking their departure, were likely to become fixtures for some time. Sleet and snow continued to fall with out cessation all the next day. It was not until evening that the clouds rolled away and the full moon shone out in an azure sky, shedding its pale light over the thick, white carpet that covered the earth, and giving a brilliant luster to the ice-clad trees and shrubbery. Although everything without was so cheerless, the drawing-room presented a scene of loveliness and gayety. The ladies employed upon their embroidery or crochet work were exchanging re partee, while Henrietta was playing brilliantly on the piano, attended by Mr. Levering, who bent over her to turn the leaves of her music and -utter low whispers that brought a flood of blushes to her face. He replaced her at the instrument, and she stood by his side while he ran his fingers over the keys and -aiig love songs to her with his mag. niicent tenor voice until the whole room was filled with the melody. I sat beside Nanette, with a book in my hand, full of hatred for the man who had usurped my place. Henrietta would not look toward me. I could not catch a single glance of her eye; at last I saw her leave the drawing-room and follwed her, meeting her in the hall. "Have I offended you, dear cousiu?" I said, extending my hand to her, but she only looked in my face with a pain Eul expression in her eyes as she whis pered to me: "Oh, Rob, how could you" A. sob was in her voice, and she turned iway without another word and left me. Something had evidently made her un LAppy, 1ut I was guiltless. The party at "The Elms" were be kinning to grow restive under the mo notony of their snow-bound exist 3nce, when Mr. Crofton said he was lesirous that the city girls should see what was meant by a genuine coun try sleighing frolic. He further in rormed them that he had sent word to the Red Cross Hoeel, about ton miles iistant, to provide music and a good iipper for our party, and to see that the hiouse was thoroughly heated; he added that enough horses were in the stable, but as he owned only one sleigh lie would leave it for the gentlemen to supply the others needed from the neigh boring town. All was now merry bustle and confu sion; the girls were delighted at the prospect of participating in this new pleasure and began to look up their warmest wraps, while Mr. Levering and myself went to Everton to procure the reqnired sleighs. I was not anxious ror his company, but as it could not be avoided I submitted as gracefully as possible. We found but two sleighs procurable in the towil, and these wvould hold only t Wo persons each. This delighted mec. for, being accustomed to drive with Henrietta, I thought a~t wvould surely tall to my lot to have her for my com panion. But I reckoned without my boat, for wvhen I asked her to accom pany mma she said, with a smile, that she was already engaged to go with Mr. Levering. Of course, the sleigh-ride at once iost all attractions for me, and would gladly have remnainedl behind had it not beeni for an unidefid'edl feeling of uneasiness for Henrietta that possessed me. There fore I invited Miss Crosby, and when we started it would have been diflicult to finid a merrier party than ours. Thme road was splenmdid, and the snow creaked and whistled beneath our run niers. The horses were soon covered with flakes of congealed moisture, and flew over the road, their hoofs keeping time to tihe mnerry jingle of the many sleigh-bells. The moonlight on the snow turned thp nighit into a brilliant day, and time ladlies enlivened the ride with merry songs and jests. At last our destination was reached aind the girls, thoroughly wvarmned before a roaring hickory lire, were showyn tq tihe dressing room, from which they soon emergedl to be escorted t0 thme dani cing apartme~nt, ma lmqrge hail decorated wvith evergreens and lighte4l up with an immnexso numbeor of camndlos inm tin soon ces fastened to the walls. Tihe floor was white and sinooth; the mugle was furnished by a negro violini player anid a colored assistant, whlo banged away on a tambourine. Mr. Crofton was In his elemnt. H~e met numberless acqiuaintances, among whom wvere some of the foremost men of jhme county, and soon had all the young ladies supplied with partners, Of course Mr. Levering took almost entire possession of. Henrietta, and whiile the rest of the party held high revel, I sat alone. "Hey-day, my good fellow," cried Uncle John Crof ton, as lie came to me and slapped me on the smho m-er "wh are you not danoing? By the way now, 11ob," and as he spoke a sudden thought seemed to strike him, "why is that follow Levering always with Etta? I don't like him. She came here with you, did she not?" When I told hdm no he was very angry. and said he would soon have arranged the affair had he known of it. "But," he concluded, "we will have to pass it over this time. The girl Is crazy to trust herself with such a whip as he is. You must keep a sharp lookout for them, Rob." That was just what I intended to do. There was a delicious supper, of which we partook heartily, for we all had keen appetites after our ride in the frosty night. Then, after a while, we prepared to start for home I had ordered my sleigh to the door and wa waiting very impatiently for the appear ance of Miss Crosby, when I saw Hen rietta coming along the passage,attend ed by Mr. Levering, who helped her into his sleigh, then jumped in hurried ly himself, and taking the reins drove rapidly away in a direction entirely opposite to 'that which led to "The Elms." Here, then, were some grounds for my uneasiness. I did not trke time to think. Miss Crossby was a. thor oughly forgotten as if she had ever lived. I threw myself into my sleigh and, with my fine little pair of spirited Arab horses, was on their track like the wind. Levering's horses, too, were thorough breds from the stable of Mr. Crofton, and the race between us was a fearful one. Once I approached them so close ly that I plainly heard Henrietta calling out to me for aid, which almost mad dened me. In desperation I applied the lash to ,my Arabs and, with their in creased speed, gained upon Levering so rapidly there was no escape for him. Levering stopped his horses as I came up. Worn out with their long drive they stood panting, while he threw down the reins and advanced upon me with the whip uplifted in his hand, which I Wrested from him, when lie gave me a blow with his clenched flist that made me stagger. For Henrietta'e sake I tried to avoid violence, but found the effort of no avail and closed with him. The struggle was desperate, but I finally came off conqueror and my an tagonist lay senseless on the snow. Henrietta's loud screams had attract ed the attention of some people living. near by. After giving them the name of Mr. Crofton and saying that an acci dent had happened, they consented to stable the horses until morning and take c*are of Mr. Levering, who was now recovering consciousness. I placed Henrietta in my sleigh. She was almost crazed. When she came suffllciently composed she told me that when they started from the hotel she thought of course she was going home, and that it was not until Mr. Levering had declared his intention of taking her to New York and marrying her imme diately that she discovered lie was ine briated, which she supposed was the cause of his unmanly conduct. "And you can still find excuses for him, Henrietta?" "No, Rob, I cannot. Yet it is all your fault that this terrible thing hap pened. You took it into your head to neglect me because I treated our guest with politeness, and It was in revenge that I encouraged Mr. Levering's at tentions. "Y on made me suffer enough for any fault I may have committed. Will you forgive me?" "It is I who ought to ask forgiveness of you, dear Rob, of you to whom I owe so much." "Then will you give me back the place I once hold in your affections?" "You have never been deprived of it," answesed Ihenrietta. "And you still intend to be my little wvife?" "If you will accept~of me after all my wicked conduct," was the answer. And so the miatteor was settled. Thue next morning Mr. (Jrofton sent for his horses and to inqi~ire about Mr. Leverington. The horses were return ed in safety, but Mr. Levering had dis appleared, and the Croftons never saw 11111 again. The Origuan of Sik. If we put any' trust in tradition there is a legend that Tchmin, the oldest son of Jap~het, father of the Asiatic race, taught his children thme art, of preparing silk, as well as the arts of painting anda sculpture. Be this mna it may, it is cer tam that about 3,0001 years before the Qhristian era a Chinese book,, the Chou. King, described silken cords, which were stretched upon a musical instru ment invented by the 1Emperor Fo-II, One of his successors, Chin-Nong, re puted inventor of the plow, explained to his contemporaries what beautiful stuffs could be obtained by the cuitiva tioni of the mulberry tree, and about the year 2600 B. C., an empress, to whom a gratetnl posterity assigned a place in a celestial constellation, per feacted the art of unraveling thme cocoon and weaving. From tbat time silk culture had its principal seat near the northern portioni of the Yellow River, inI the Province of Chan-Tong. There was procured1 the silk for the rojar household. Yellow was the chosen color for the emperor, empress and prince imperial, violet for the other wives of the emperor. hbn ue ordismn guished officers, red for'those less con spicuous, and black for -vryone else. In the book of rites, LivK4, the cere monies performed at the heriest 4re carefully described. Ev~n the empress did not disdain to gathe tille leaves of the mulberry with ker own dainty fin gers and watched over theo rearing of the busy toilers of the conon;' , For a long time this valuable industry remained the exclusive p' ' rty of the Chinese Empire, but a*- A the third 4 century before the Christai era a ifi.. I tary expedition from Ci&a bolethe results of its civilization tkithe startled Occident. Silk became lowai Per4 sia and India, and was at brqught to Europe. The aoldier!'df Orassus; fif ty-six yeare before Chrit, saw. silken otandards among the Parthians, and a few years later an immense velarium of silk protected the Ppectators in the Roman circus from the ray's of the sun. From this time the Romans were al ways provided with the beautiful text ures which were the admiration of their legions. Yet silk was still the privileged possession of the rich, and in the time of Aurelian, who flourishpd in the third century, was worth about forty times its present value. This enormous price, when considered with the fact that there was then no com merce between Rome and the Orient, goes far toward explaining the great I hoarding of treasure and jewelry which has since that time gone oin India. There is a dispute between tradition and history as to the periol when the genuine cocoon was brougbt from China to Europe. How was the vigilance of the Celeatials thwarted, since exporta tion of the silk worm from the flowery kingdom was forbidden under the se. verest penalties? One account states I that in 552 A. ID. two monks sent to I Kothan by Justinian succeeded in bearing away their booty concealed in a stalk of bamboo. Tne legend says that once upon a time, when Kothan did not yet possess the precious boibyx, the king of one of tle provinces sought and obtained a daughter of the Chinese Emperor in marriage. Boforo quitting her native land she hid seeds of the mulberry and silkworm's qggs in her hair, where it would escape the vigi- I lance of the customs ccelac on the frontier, When she reachti her new home she planted the seeds of the mui berry iu order thba UQUit 1 ouiish 1Meut:night be provided n thI& af-o r thelworms. Life In a Maning Camp. The camp is in the heart of the 1lr forest, perhaps, or on the stonoy sides ol a gulch. Nobody draws breath until he nas got a cabin, or a bough hut, or a 1 tent over his head. As it by magic, there grows up a sort of street, a nozen or two board shanties, with that cheap est and silliest of all shams, the battle ment front, flaunteng its ugly squares all along the line. Glaring sigus, paintd on strips of cotton shooting, bleached and unbleached, are nailea over tihe doors. In next to no tine there will be a "mint," an "exchange,4' a "bank," a " Vienna bakery," a .Chi nese laundry,"a "otel," and a "livery stable." Between each night and morning wilhl blossom out crops of' "reat estate olflces,'' and phaces wuere "mia ing properties are bought and sold," "claims located, proved, bought anmd sold,"* .uiveys of mmi.ng camnpsmade," etc.; crops also, ailas, or wisky sa loons, witnl wicked names and I urid red curtains, danger and death sig nals. The stumps are not taken out of the pretense of a road, neithier are the bowiders: nobody minds drif'lug over them, or over anythinig, in fact, so he gets quick to his '-claim," or to the tract in which he is feverisly pros pecting. If a brook trickles through the camp, so much tihe better; It can do ddubhe duty as draIn and wed. Lucki est they wiho drinK mhignest up, but they who drink lowest, dowvn do not mindu. Thme womeon, if women there anro, are force and restless, lae the.menn. TIhaey maae shifty semulanes of homies out of their one-roomed cabins, It Is not worth while to make things comfortb able, or keep thlem in order, bor there is nio knowmng whietiier the camp will turn out to be a good one or not; and~ to jnorrow they may pack upl theIr chattels and move on. At, the iamtest rumnor or a bigger "find" In another camp, theo inen to whom they being will be off, afld they nmust followv. Thiey stand in tule dlooiways, idling, wvondoring, wait mug, goinpmig and unarreimg. Tne only placid creatures are the babies, wllobe simple)1 needs of sun, dirt, au being let alone, are ampty sup'ph ed. Tihey arc happy, and they only, in all the camp. 4 is a strange life, unnatural, un--. wvholeisomi, 'eauilng to no goiod, comn fortless tp at Cegr'ee which niany or those who leu it wouid not end(ure1 a dlay,ex cept bor the hope of gieat gamn, whIch tires tiheir very veinls. T.ihe worst ot it is, the lil'e is as fascinmating as 'it is uni wiloesomie, "Once a minor, always a minor" is a proverb whicn is little less thn anm exact truth. Tihe lh~e is simply a gamester's hid, with the wide world for a hazard table, and the hastances are rare in which a person who has once comie under its spell ever bieaks away. It is no uncommon thing, in Colorado, to meet an old gray-haired man wno has been prospecting and mining all his life, and ims not yet made a dollar, but is buoyantly sure that, hie will "strike it" evon, -Professor Robert Collei1b, an eil nent Norweghin zoologit, states that beavers foi mierly ihabitated many parts of .Norway, but are. now found I wnly in two rivera in the south. le I estimates that not more than 100 'of these animals exist in N1orway at thle present time, yet lie does not believe that the numbar Ik dimininhin. Beauty and the Beast. A young laay on a Chicago, Burling *on and Quhiey train lost her beauty in talf an hour. No, not a smash-up nor t tip-over, nor the explosion of'a lamp. o4 see, it was done in this manner. rh6 youdl lady and her aged father and nother came into the coach, the daugh er taking a seat aloue next in front of ier parents.- I thought the young lady Nas the most beautiful I had ever seen. Ier complexion was that of the del ately thin sea-shell held up to a ruddy iunset--pearly white with tints of pink aid in by nature's master-liand. Her iyes, lerge, brown, beautiful, were lringed with long, dark lashes that shaed d iquid depths Into which A..eened tlinoat - snl for the vt i f, o ggd6e rhis is the gush of it-and I always hink that a man who is ashamed to gush should never undertake to ay anything about a beautiful wo man, Well, this young lady occupied the eat alone, and although many a young man came down ths aisle hoping he .ould not find a seat elsewhere, every - ody was well stowed away when the ran moved. The conductor came for ie tickets, and the young lady looked )ack and said "Papa," as sweetly as i, pahawl what's'.,he use iu cudgeling )me's brain for a comparison when there a ione? The gray-haired father showed his ailway tickets and said he wished a iection in the Omaha sleeping-car. "You must apply to the sleeping-car onductor; I have notHng to do with hat," said the ticket-taker. A brakeman volunteered to make the rrand for the old gentleman, and soon :eturned to say there was not even a irth to be had; the sleeping-car was ull. "And must we sit here all night?" isked the beautiful young lady. "I see no other way," said the brake nan, politely. There, now, you may inow how beautiful she must have .een when a brakeman was polite to ier). At first she seemed saddened by the nformation, and her eyes took oin an xpression not unlike that of the woun led deer pleading in the eloquence of lumbness for mercy at the hands of the ,ruel hunter. I wished I owned a rolden sleeping car that I might place 6 wholly at her disposal. Then her hin, crimson lip began to curl up under ier perfectly shaped nose ana the tire of ager was kiidled in'her beautiful eyes. I tried to make myself believe this nade her look even more beautiful .han before, and I might have succeed ,d had she not turned to her father and napped out: "1hat's ust like you. If I were a ibe ore tr 6u. I The silver-haired mother leaned for Yard and soothingly said: ".There, dear, never mind, we'll get long all right." "Yes, a.1 right indeed. This Is a nice >lace to pass a night." And turning ,o her old father again, she added: "I leclaro, I think you are the stupidest hing I ever saw." The old gentleman was wise enough o make no reply. It would have been vell had the mother been as discreet, aince words only furnish fuel on which anger may feed. "T'here, there, my dear, it can't be ped now you know," said the old ady, in a gentle, motherly tone. -No; it can't. It might have been kelped, though, if father had known nything." 'The old gentleman looked the chagrin ic felt, and the patient mother leaned ver and whispered something to the Laughter. "1Idon' t care if lie Is; he'sold enough lhen, to know sometiiing," was the ~oung womans reply and she turned ier herce eyes upon her old father, whlo luailed under their tire and said he was orry. "Oh, yes; th's is a good time to be orry. I'd like to see you catch me ~oing away from home with you gain."' The mother leaned forward and said: 'Dear, you can lie down on te seat uiad get a little sheep, at any rate." "I don't want to lie down oni the seat. 'd rather sit bolt uprignt all night. I wow, I never saw suca plaguey stugid Lv in my hule."' If' the young wvoman's face told the ruth, she wouad have enjoyed swvearinig Lt her father, or een slapping his poor ,1d wrinkled face, sihe hadl attracted he attent ion of the paussengers in the :ar, and some giggled at her, while >thers, inore senib~hle of the deep chagrin mdit sorrow or the parents, glared at ,ie young woman as if they would like ,o box her ears. But sne di4 not see myI of these. After a short season of touting, in which she shammed herself Lrouind In the seat, and shot revengeful lances toward her father, she bdgan to irrange the hmand satchel for a pillow. 'hie mother opened the shawl strap hat lay on her i, and tenderly spread thick soft shuawl over thme satchel, mzootling olut the folds with that pa .ient tentferness known only to a loving nothier, Spitelutlly, the young womanu e-arrangeti it, jerainig it about, not vitti any hope of making It a more oimfortable pIllow, but simply to snow ier disapproval of her mother's methods. i.s thme datughter prepared to lay her tead down, the old mother saw a wvrim tie In the shaiwi and leaned forward to mouth it out. "Do, for morcy's sake, let it alone," aid the daughter, impatiently and im 'ertinently. "I was only smoothing out-" "Don't you suppose I know It?" in errupte the toucny creature. The old mother leaued her head on mer husband's shoulder. 8he did not lied tears, but4 her heart was full. Tne laughter laid her head, with its luxu 'lant brown hair, ozn the shawl, and dlosed her eyes. In a few minutes the nother quietiy removed the tight shawl tom her own shoulders softly, almost lyly, laid it over her daugnter, and, tooping over to tuck it nm about he untotha, white neck, she kissed the nutm cheek and said: '1.eod uigt, tMar ''Oh, do for heayqn'ai sAke 19c me After~ this hurat of heaaan n*aencm all was silence, and I found myself studying the faces of the passengers about me t9. see what they prouauly thought of the young wo ilan. The thin-iegged little saip in front-the fellow who had had mistalten his cult for a collar, and button2d It around his, neck, twirled his strugfumg inoustache and seemed to say, "due's a daisy." The young girl baulc of mne eeuied to think it was a shame that young wo men should be obliged to travel in com mon coaches jus ha other people. 'The hatchet-laced woman witu tue short hair was disgusted with the whole pro ceeding, and beoed to be sayug. *-1'l warrant you she could go to i 'all and d e llight,-oi 'ano could i easy old soinlfa een to Cu.cago witu a tramiload Ateers, seemed to say, '-by tuuuader, if she was my gal, I'd Lake ner 'Oco&s my knee-hauged of L would't-rngut here alore the hull crowd." Then I tried to recall the young wo. man's beautitul face. I Cuuid see the pink and pearly color, the uriisou lips, the large bio wu eyea, tue abnuauce of rich hair; but to save me I could nUt brmg back lithoUIUUtAL tilat all these mauu her beUutiul. Japisneos Toa Mouses. A tea house of Japaa is but one story high, wiru a nicely inatnoi paro, from t1e co:ners of WLIOU depeAid We omUipreselnt Japanese paper ianeCs. We catMI a giUALSe or tue Interior, and are amiargd i( the su ailoity of Lue appouitilnents, altuough LuIs ib one of the better class of inns. Tae djor within is covered with tue uaIVersai Japanese mats, always tured Leec by six mncaes in dimensions, aud, therefore, used as as a matter Of cyonienae for iowsehold mesuremnent purposej. I have also learued Gac Lhe E4aj tu use in this couUty, witu a view to tue same utiity, are Usually made jusG oe fuot in iengta. Tad ua4 ars erupa iously cleau, and Ut seems euirely ag prupriatLU tja We reaivo our 5ijis, in OUedience to tLe PCevaleuG U45ala, Ua. 1 fore encering. T1e uIy reidALug article of furniture are sosi JrouLs which hang i tuI.e Wah, aaa Io o.i nIon sluig screens, WudUn are used for COLVertIng tUe mnterI:,r Of a Jaap&isede house into just as mziaany a.1d SLia suaped apartments as the o vuer pleases. lu.s is a respsdV, 1i Waied J.inAm,, conYLenijCe goes beyowd Awerican Convenience, LVu4h I aul no at all in 'doubc as Lo--Avie wayli pWe4 4 r. A party. of C4uropean tourists aro laburiously a'5uA4Dt4g" aoua sO 1 Little taules, One tor eauon gaesc, ail sipping tea froL Uiuy decated caps. Un LUL La0le Are abs) v'sry dLUAi nl dis.ss or cotmeciiouery and sweewdajUts. JF'or waitis we ouserve mjodest, ever-suUL ing, oleau.-ooa.1?g JA1Aa4eJ Snaidens, wuo are profuse II tWeir QeuioUSLtratioas or civulty. ladeed, We ace tenip04d 0, call it palavering uetore we ue0Ao'e aoustomed W ,Ae ways of tue gidjle. The premises about AIU tefa-noase are converted. iut a PreGY garUds, WIGL rockeries and cascodes, ld* gi ing us a sample ol cue laudsoaye gardoatng lor Wlioni the Japaae., uAs JO.u3S S3 favorably famous. it000i1o0:o0,9 of Maduizoa Togia 1 remember Mr. Monroe very well, says a writerL from Wasumngoa. Ite was ratuer an uLAIreeadous persod, alud in manner, couversed rieeky witn every one, and invited lamnarity by the ireeuom or his way, Lue cULAOAU oi receiving .d w Years Oaths was theu of rgyeus origsu. Mtr. Madison, I uc heve, ilrst iroduced t in Ii.), 1-e had imtroduced tue cereunouy in New kYork some years previous, and was pleased wih it. 3Au one OouaL have Aieresd suun a CUSLOnJ ister taaa no, or appreciated tue o uadiauty of tue oc. casion. iiis enterraiunients were umaud wliu hlospianiy and iii)raalty -a good repre,n4eaige. of tue uid schoL. 1t would be ainuaing Lu tue present genieration t~O hiave seen mni in is Oress, siuian of Stature, wearig small clOtuies, Kuee btuwaed and pow del ed wig, a tuurouguebred Va-auiia genblemnan, aind Omiowed Witu groat powers oi coniversatiun. Ilowever, LiAb apipearaiuune a ot ietrine tue oriospou deniit of tue I!d(itibuiga kteview Javor ably, who: wnenu akea wnt he thiougut or tae ifresideai;, sama: --r atad.,oy looked like a 5Ocuo-aaster dressed up for a fuea. Aot so, nowever, was Mrs. Madison, who was tue friend of everyody, ur wuom Wasmiugton irving wroe as a 'line, portly, uuxou usuie,,> and Mr.t Ogie raylor 'pea.a of nier toac -sae never lorgut a Lace 01. a name, anid been very uianuie, was giaceLui and grat clous, and WalS loved aitae uf ria atid poor." Mr. Medi.non was aa4vanced in years when he married nor, due was tue widow of a weaituy mhereanat u i'ailadeilplk, hauiled Loud; nor maiden name, I thius, was Daony jayu, Liur lug her stay in tue W aite douse sne made things lively by tue Iret~tient i dancing parties given there. duo was 1, a gracel ui dancer, partwtuuarly exceuiug In Like costtion a1 nihmuu. ArvUad I her was lire and every uw Lelt her pres once to be a need. due was, A can ay, the most popular lady wno ever pre sided over tue alfalrs of tue execuuive mason. 1t is a ad comninenrary tuat her lond hopes enhud nave Ueen 011ga. ted by tu4e miedoings of uur son, A'ayne Todd, Who, in Some Way, S.ditandereet her estate, worth 41W,uvw or more, and thus lett her iu an ?uup.oiJtaed condi tlin. Sue was uit urnamlent to ur country, and wats die last lady toulive in the original nmaudion. Y'ou usnu t LIII the grish bitrued tue hoane ia August -The leader of King Kalaaua's court orchestra is a iMerim man, M. ileriuca Biergor. THE VERDICT THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Mi. J. 0. BoAG-Dear Sir: I bougit the first )aviw Machine atold by you over ve years a for y- wife, whu has given at a long and fair I mi weil pfebsed ith it. 11. never any oubie, a d is as good as when first bought. Winnsboro, S. C., April 1893. . V SOLKOL Mr. BoAO: t ou wisht to Know what I have to say n retard to the Davis Machine bought of you three ears ago. I feel can't say too much in its tavor. I.aie about $80,00 within five months, at t imes *unitg at no fast that the needle wouid get per ,eaty not from fr.mtion. I feel confident I could lot have done the same work with as muoa ease ad NO well with any otner machine. No time lost n adjusting attachments. Tile lightest running jlachate i have eyor treadled. BrotherJames and u atataws' fatailies are as inucl pleased with their DXavis Machines cought or you. I want no better nach.ue. As I said before, I don't think too nuch can be said for the Davis Machine. Itespectfully, ELLRN bTEVENaON, Faireld County, April, 18. MR. BOAG: My mqcilne gives me perfect satts action. I find no fault with it. The attacinents e so lm)ple. I wish for no better than the Davis oertlcal 1 ied. Respectfully, MRs. It. MILLING. Fairfiold county, April, 1883. M i. BoAG: I uotigntt a ifavis Vertical Food W 1ng MaAchine froua you four years ago. I ain Ii gated with it. It never nas givea me any : ucie, and has never been tie least out of order. t is a, good as wnen I first bought t. -I can iheerfully recommend It. Iespectfully, ASd. M. J. KIRKI.AND. Monticello. April 30. 1883. This is to certify that I nave boeen using a Davias ?ertiw.1 Feed Sewing Macnine for over tw ly@ArA, urcwased uf Mr. J. u. aiqg. I haveaat found Ai -isessed of say fault-all tie attachments are sL luple. It never refuses to woric, and is certainly he iiantest running i the market. 1I conLider at a Uirst olaas macumue. Very respeotfally MINNIB aL. W11JJtNG9AM. Oaklaid. Fairfield county. S. v. MR 10OAG: I an wei pioasSo in every partluti Nith tile vavis Maculne cought of you. I tina Lallrs,-cda, mnacidue ln every respect. You kuow rou Iola several anachines of the same make to laaerent meaners of onr families, all of wuomu, La far as I know, are well paeased With them. Ite"Pectitally, . hi. fl. MOBLEY. Fairfield eounty, April, 1883. This Is to cot city we nave aI in constant use he Davis Macuine bought of you about three years ago. As we take in work, and have made the 4 ice of it several times over, we don't Want aay atter machine. It is always ready to do any kind of wurA we nave to do. No pucKering or skipping itatoen# We can only say we are well pieasea iia wan no better nachane, VATHRifINK WnIAt ANDS8Rs1'Var. Aprh 25, 1I8BA I nave no fault to find With my machuie, aud lou't waut ny netter. I have mAde the price of a tevera~ times cy taking in se wing. it is atltyays ,eady to do its work. I tunk It a drst-clasi ma ulne. I feel I can t say too much for tute Dvis vorttual Feed Miachune. MRS.'TaOMAS SWITn1. Fairfield county, April, lis. MuH. J. 0. no-,a - oar . it: t gaivs me muf o ?leasure to testify to tue mneritst of the Davis Ver icci Feed Sewing Machinte. The macnine I got ot rou auout five years ago. has boen almost l coo. iaut use ever sauoe that time. I cannot see that ltid worn any, and has not O0it me one cent for repalrs sic we nave bad it. Am Well pleasell 1114 aon't wish cor any betier. Yours truly, . Most. OnA.WrohD Giraulte Quzarry, near Winnsboro 8. 5'. W e have used the Davis Vertical Feed) Sewing Ifachine for trne last five years. We would uot aave any other unaae, ait any praco. rTeaoinem) ias given us unboundeu satisfaction. Very respectfully, MRiS. W. K. V'Unasa ANAD D~ua Fairfieldi county. 8. 0., Jan. 21 la. Havinag bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing lachmae from Mr. J. U. Ibag seine ttiree years go, anid it navug gtven me perfect atirsfaton in very res1,ecr am a saanily aia.came. bota for hoa.'j nad iig4itseavimg, ano never needed tlie ieast re 'air lai .ny Waf, I can c.aeerfaiiy reco.aneiid It to ayj oue a s a drst-oaas inatcnainm every partuu iar, atnd tinil it second to none. It is one or the hunp.s maanes ..nade; my unii iron use It witha h. ease. i'ne attacaenents are more easily ad usted andt it due, a greater range of work icy ieads of is Vertical eed than aiiy ottier ma 11148 1 nave ever seen or used. Mae. TufoMas OwINne, Witnnsb aro~ Fairneli COunt?. S. C. We have had one or tue Davis Machines about our yeard mtnd nave aiways found it ready to do ali lilid of wvora We nave hal ocussion to uo. (Can't is Otnat thle mlachmre la worn uny, and work-s as fell ats when new. Mns. W. J. QRAWFOntD, Jackson's Creea, 'aiflelid cotanty, at. C. My wife is highly pleased with the D~ais Ma hlue bough. of yon. Sac would not take double fate 4gave5 tor it. Tnead ialdnais ot sen out of order sinc, she had it, and she can do.. uy Kind of WorK on it. Very Mtespectfully, Jail. F. Fsaic. Monticello, F'airfiold county, S. C. Tihe Davis Se wIng Machine is silmply a treas re Mats. J. A. (l00lW vN. itdgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, losst. .J. O Bloa, Esiq., Agent-Dear Sir : My ware as ,een uslaig a J.avis dewinJ Atachine constant for tane pasa four years, as it nas never needed af repairs an , wora just as well as whten first cagi., Sne says ii wall do a greater range of raetical wont '-ad do at easier and bet'sr than nay aaui she aaRS ever tused. We ciheerfully 5.o.acinendl it as a No. 1 famnily anachinie, Winnsaboro. 8. 0., JTan. 3, 1888. Ma. ftoAo , )ahave always found rmy Davis .Mla hlne rcady do ai. auids of to Work I nave had oc: tnto mu. I cinnut, see that the soatidne is furn a partile anti it Woraci as weal as waen neW. Itespectfudly, Maes. t. U. clooDING. Winnsaboro, 8. 0., April, 1s, Ma. BOAG: My wife has been onstantly using lie la vms atacsane Omlught of you aout tave years to. I biave never regsretted buying it, am it la ,a ay 53 ready for any dand of faliy seWing, either aeavy or lagnt. It is never out oz iii or neeannag epat. Very resp tu~ , Wvialenaa. C., March, 1888.