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3P& sc^escp-.T ?tili M .}^tO ! tvibfihr / ?r*T ? Wtm i>n rid*KW" ? ? ?~?~ VOLUME III. -?'-; -f V* 1 .A.n. Independent Paper Devoted t<3P tihe^Infer?st?* ?S? tW^FfifipJ^w-.A ORANGEB?RG, SOUTH CAROI^SC" TljJR^Af,^LY ^.1874;; ,^ NUMBER 23r>^ '0i v/rttfioai A PBECIOUB SEEING. ? weary of snow ami fire, Of frost bu window and ico on troc, I can show you sumnior until you tire; Como?look behindyon avrhllo and ?oo; Whv, hero is the nest in our old bent brier, Whcro the brpWh bird Mcdgg tJflT JQf ]j Ah I hero is tho brown bird, just as shy, KtA In tho Jittlts leaves with bor.warm wings down, ' On'tho \?co white eggs, that, byo and bye, '.. V' ?' Will chsngo into other birds as brown If you go too near you will make her fly, And that may make mo frown. , . , And hefo 1? the flower you must not touch?. Tho first .that bloomed iu our gross, you know. Your imt'erfile.', fook 1?woro.thoro ever such7? Wild with tho mtn thoy glitter and go. And hero are the lambB you loved so much ? flow littlo thoy soem to grow I And here are the borrics black and sweet; And here, in thv.glf miner of lightning flies, Is tho Kray str/ango raau you used to moot. Who walked at evening?to reach tho skies 7 i Oh, wovor look up through tho dark and sleet? Look down in yenr own fair eyes 1 WHO ROBBED MADAME? I bad waited but a few minutes when B*iO,fiteJ.B fT\ &"\ Tho tasteful cap surmounting tbe biowri looks clustering in a pretty oon fuslbn^fi^ibrt onrls about her forebead proejmbifl. bor no mugv. jonng, tbougb tlguSufflooming face e id shapely form wereifrrr mare suggesti' a of you tu tban of old age. Altogether, Madame De roux was a lady of most attractive ap pearance. . She japproaobed mo with nervous baste, her eyes fixed on mine. " I sent for?you are?" she faltered almost in audibly, and then paused in a Sitiable state of agitation, her slender tigers slowly intertwining themselves, and her whole frame trembling. ? " Detective Asutou," I responded, hastily, drawing forward a chair. Sbe sunk into it,-and by a silent ges ture invited me to bo seated. Present ly she murmured in a low quivering voice : . "Monsieur, I am in great distress. My? and again paused, overoomo by her emotions. I waited a minute in expectant silence, - and then said : "A caso of r?bbery, I understand,' madamo. Permit me to ask whether ' your servants are entirely honest?" ". Entirely," she auswered, brokenly. "They have served mo for twenty yearn." "And your pupils?" "Not a shadow of suspicion moy touch them." " And the resident teachers ?" Sho gasped once or twice, and then controlling hersolf with a mighty effort, answered tremulously: "Pardon my agitation;'! arty worn with trouble and anxiety," -aaa^ng^woo-''1' ently, in more even tones, " I will tell ? you about it, monsieur. ' My school is, as yon doubtless know from-report, the best, and, consequently, tbe most flour ishing in the oity. I take much money, and of ten keep large sums by. me. This is my private business room, and in yon dor cabinet I store my surplus funds." " A ratber unsafe place, I commen ted. " Not at all, monsieur," she answered, decidedly. "It is furnished with a se cret receptacle. Discover it, if you can." And rising, she led tbo way to tho cabinet, and throw open tho desk. But I exhausted-my wits to no pur fose. Madame looked ou in silenco till drew back and f dded my arms. She then quietly asked : " You would not suspect tho fact I have stated ?" " If tbo secret compartment is here, most certainly not." " It is hero," sbe repliod, briefly and emphatically, ns she closed the desk. "How many times have you been robbed ?" " Nightly, for tho past week," sho an swered, excitedly, " A large amount was taken the first night, but since then only a few counterfeits whjoh I depos ited in hope of detecting theHhief with out assistance." " Has any one under your roof a knowledge of the secret of the cabinet ?" I inquired, after a litlle interval of si lenco. "But one!" sho cried, bursting into tears, and wringing her blinds in an . agony of distress. " But one ! but one, alas!" I again deliberated a moment, and thon paid firralv : " Madame, I have not a doubt that I can, in time, clear up this matter with out assistance, but it is no less certain that perfect candor on vour part will greatly aid mr." It was some minutes before she could composo herself sufficient lo answer When she did it was in heart-broken tones: You are right, monsieur. I must tell-^you. My suspicions point to one who ban for years boen my all: namely, Mademoiselle Do Antoinette Do Gray. Mademoiselle Do Gray has boon my protege since tho death of her parents, whioh ooourrod while she whs yet an in fant. In her T* have hithorto reposed the most unlimited confidence ; now I ana distracted with doubts it is impossi ble to silenoe." 1 " But, monsieur, I have not sent for , you to unravel this web of mvstery with any intention of giving publicity to her guilt. Heavon knows I only desire to learn tho truth for her own sake. T would not wroDg the innocent even in thought; the guilty I would unceas ingly labor to restore." Then with a sudden burst of grief sbe exolaimed : "My poor Antoinette! She is tso younor! so winning! aud no boautiful !" " Does Mademoisollo do Gray know of your suspicion ?" I inquired, as a deep sob choked her utterance. "Sho dnen. A few hours boforn T sent for you I told her of my loss, and entreated hor to confess and receivo my forgiveness J* "With what rosult?" M Sho gazed at me with startled eyes I for a .moment, and then in proud, al most scornful accent4, replied, tbat I, above oil others, should know whother bIio wascapablo of ??oh a deed." 44 And is ?ho ncqiiointed with the fnot of your Having"seoured lVer services?" "Oh/ yes,- monsieur. I hoped "it would frighten her into a < full, confes sion." "-Your enryanjtsA" ?, ? r " They know nothing Whatever. For Mademoiselle do Gray'a sake T havo kept' these 'startling-robberies a pro found secret" After a few minutes serious consider ation I said; . _. .. , .. < 1 /'Mad?mp, I will watch here nightly until the mystery is solved." Madame shook her head 1 doapond ingly. .i - " It is quite useless, monsieur. I am no coward, and havo.atogftdyi tried that plan, and, ntran'go to say, my cabinet remained intaot both, times.'' 44 PorhspB Mamemoisolle do Gr.iy ans peoted ; your intentio$iB,T nf fablied.i This time wo-muBt?gUa*d %iiM& the possibility. And now, if you please, I will.take a sfew more details. About what time :do Ihese robberies tako plaoe?" ^ 44 Always between midnight and day break. 11 no!dom retire till twolvo o'olook, and on the night of the first theft it was considerably later. I re member distinctly : for by a singular coincidence Mademoiselle De Gray and I sat here disousBing the possibility of the very event whioh occurred. The recent Madworth robbery had impressed us both deeply, and as we loft tho room I bade tnademojselle look the door." 41 Did y outlook the other ?" 1 asked, indicating one I had noticed awhile be fore. 44 That is only o store closet." 44 It might Bocroto a burglar, how over." 44 Yes, monsieur; but it did hot. I was in there a very-few minutes, before we retired." 44 And the key of the door hero?did mademoiselle know where you put it ?" 44 Certainly, monsieur." 44 And sinco that night ?" 44 Alas ! monsieur, I havo hidden my keys in vain." After some further conversation I took my leave, promising to return about midnight. I did bo. Mademoiselle and the ser vants had retired, and, as previously arranged, madamo answered my light tap herself. She ushered mo into the privato room, and Boon bade mo gGod After a short absence sho returned with a steaming cup of ooffeo and a plate of Dutch cake. 441 always tako a cup before retir ing," she ex pi aimed, 4 4 and thought you might find ono acceptable." And with a final good night sho loft me. Feeling both chilled and thirsty, I emptied the cup almost at a draught. Then wheeling a ohuir behind the our tainB draping a bav window, I extin guished tho light and sat down to await tho appearance of tho unknown thiof. But I saw nothing. Just at daybreak madame softly entered the room and spoke to me. I rose unsteadily to my feet and Bteppod from behind tho cur tains. Sho gazed at me in surprise for a moment, und tlien smiled a little iron ically : 44 Monsieur slept well, I perceive." 44 Yes, madame, if well moans sound? I ly," I replied. 44 Tho ooffeo was drug ged." 44Drugged!" ?he eohood, staggering back a paco or two. 44 Yes, madamo. Termit mo to ask who made it?" Sho covored hor face with her hands for an instant, and tin n dropping them reeled over to tho cabinet. In a minnto she was beside mo again. 44 Who mode it?" sho repeated in deep hollow tones. 44 Mademoiselle Do Gray ! And?and, monsieur, the money is gone!" 44 But," I answered, in some vexation, 44 madamoisolle, of all others, should not have known of my preaenco here." 44 Ah," monsieur, I was most carefnl," returned madamo, sorrowfully. " 'Tib a myfltery how sho gained her knowl edge." 44Well, madame," I answered, after n few minute-s' deliberation, 44 we will meet mademoiselle on her own gronnd. Permit her, if you ploaRe, to prepare another cap of ooffeo to-night. Sho will bo doubt ormnt upon its effects." And that night I roceivod another steaming oup. But it was received only. O maequently I was not found napping. I had watched patiently for two hours or more, when the door softly opened aud a pale, slender little old woman wrapped in a crimaon drosaingvgown, and about whose bare head floated a fow scanty gray looks, stole nOiBelesaly into the room. Sho curried a bunch of keys and a lighted taper in a nmull bronzo candle stiele. Closing tho door carefully be hind her, she proceeded at onco to tho cabinet. 44 Can this woird-lookug old woman bo Mademoiselle Do Gray ?"' I thought, gazing aftor the singular apparition. 44 No, it cannot be. Certainly madem oiselle is young. Ttiis must be some old rolative or friend of madame." Quickly as noisolossly sho approached the cabinet, and in a moment it was Un locked, aud tho Beeret oompartmont open. After carefully withdrawing tho notes deposited there by mad-imo a fow hours previous, aho snapped the spring and recloBed the desk. Then turning quick ly away, ?ho went over to tho storo cloflet.' I now loft ray hiding-placo and cau tiously followed. Whon I readied the door ?ho was in tho act of removing the false bottom from a largo japanrled box in one corner. Dropping it on thofloor be ide her, she took from the box a roll of notes, and after adding .'he one jrist stolen, rotnxhed' th^;bnndle to its^plaoe again. Then hastily, restoring) the tox to its former, order, she rpse and turned away. I stepped back a pace or two with the design of seizing her outside the olqset. In a moment she appeared and con fronted me, and for tue first time I ob tained a fair view, of her features. But. instead of the horror and dismay which I had been anticipating. I,was the bhe to fall buok aghast. " liiA . My outstretched arms dropped power less as, witli swift tread and, strong gaze, sho swept'pasb; nie and* out of th'e rbem. ? " And this ia tbe pointi so !" 1 mut tered, drawing..a deep breath of relief as the door ol?sed"upon her, "What will madame ? say ? -^Will sho readily credit tho report I must give ?" Without deciding the question I drop ped on the sofa and made myself com fortable for the remainder of the night. As on tho previous day,; madame sought me early. Sho leoked at. me sorutinizingly. . " Ah I monsieur haS had another good night, without the aid of drugs," sho 'remarked, somewhat tartly. " YeB, madame, a very good one," I replied ; " but I first earned the right." " Ah ! " ejaculated madame .again ; but this time very tremulously.' " Then you have?you?" "Yes, madame," answered, finding she o uld not finish the sentence. " And now will yon kindly allow mo to see Mademoiselle Do Gray ? " " No, monsieur 1 no ! " she replied, with hasty emphasis. " My poor An toinette has Binned, no doubt t but she shall be protected. : Yo?> shall' not see my poor child, monsieur,"' sho con cluded passionately. " Heaven and I will mako a good woman of her yet 1" " My dear madame, you quite mis take me," I answered feelingly. " Ma demoiselle is innocent." I was hardly prepared, for the 'littlo Frenchwoman's outburst of joy. " My Antoinette 1 My pure darling 1 My whito dove ! My wronged angel !? Sweet heaven, I thank theejy she, oried, tearfully. _ I* And before i could say rubre, she had darted from the room. .-In, a? few-mint; utos she returned, leading a tall, ele gant, golden-haired girl, whoso proud7 eyes glitored with tears. This fair-vis; ion of youthful beauty left mademe's side and came to me. jia with simple, earnest dignity. " I thank you most truly." " I havo done little or nothing to en title me to your thanks, madamoiBello," I smiled iu response. " But have you no desiro to learn the name of tho guilty party ? " | " Ah, true !" exclaimed madame. "I forgot all but my infinite joy. "Tell us, monsieur." "First, madame," I ausworod, "per mit me to restore your stolen money. You have your keys, I see ; will you be kind enough to open tho treasure box ?" And battening to the closet I brought out the japanned box. Madame knelt down and wondoriugly turned the key. I then lifted the lid and removed tbe false bottom. An astonished exclamation parted Mademoiselle Do Gray's lips, but madame leaned ovor tlio box like one in a dream, and could not be convinoed until tho notes wero in her hnnd and counted, that it was no dream at all, but a most pleasant reality. " Yes, Antoinette," she at last said, rising and casting tho notes on the table, " every sou of it iB here. And to think of its being in tbo old box, Antoinette !*' "Yes," smiled mademoiselle, with a puzzled expression, "but?" "But,"interrupted madame,even more vivaoionsly, " but who put it into tho box ? Yea, that is tho point, monsieur ; who put it into the box ?" And bIio fixed her oyes in eager ex peotanoyon mine. " The?tbe apparition," I faltered, " entered tho room between two and threo o'clock, and went straight to the oabinot. Iu a few moments the notes were purloined and deposited whero you just now found them." "Buttlie secret compartment, mon sieur," interrupted madame, excitedly. " Was it oponed without difficulty?" " Yen, madame." "Strange! most strange !" she ejacu lated, in perplexing tones.adding tho next instant, " Go on, monsieur;" " That is all, madame." "All! But what did you do, mon sieur?'' she aeked, sharply,' ? " Nothing, madame, but stagger asido and gazo like an imbeoilo after the rotreating form I had extonded my hand to seizo." " Oh !" exclaimod madame, in a low, awed voico. " Was it?you called it an apparition I recolleot, monsieur. What ?what did it resemble?" "It was a woman. A small, pallid woman olad in a trailing crimson robe? " " A orimson robe 1" echoed madamo and madomoisollo.both evidently aghast. " Yes, an 1 with silvery white hair?" "White hair!" again*eoho^d both, looking at each other with faces of con sternation. Mademoiselle De Gray recovered hor self first. "What else, monsieur?" she queried impatiently. " Nothing else, mademoiselle," I re plied, " except that, this singular appa rition cirriod n bronze oindleatiok and yonder bnnoh of keys." Mademoisollo gazed at mo a moment in silence, and then turning, suddenly flnug hit'Arms about the madamo** neck, and kissing her on both cheeks exclaimed between tears and laughter : Ohi I yon naughty;? rinrighlynUiiaiii? j 'adame^stayed^om madomoisw^ . to the picture of hewildftfed'' ft^mj|v;'? uropp'?ig LeFfeyeB w'the floolPeue resolved,. apparently*[*0v&$ -perplexing, question^, pjreaentl.v sue h^kecwup. i '^^XwlF mop' An.toio.etle, "HHF ifiur mured doubtfully, **,.why did"yont,drng mbneieur]?,coffee?"j- -io ? . ... " " I ?" exclaimed mademoiselle,' fliiBh iflK Wfch ?uafonJslimelitJ^^dhd 1?'no raoro than I stele tho money. I knew ndt that.monsieur was hero, much less thut ho took tho coffeo. But, pbrhnps, fine roguishly added this "next momoat, aal ehe fagain,. showered (kissea en,madr ame> roseate 'obeeks, *f,uut perhaps Wn pT&^g%IBW^ *:>4arf -..? TIT ? : Again- bewildered dismay widened mp.darao'a .eyes, ond,*fJ;or a., little, sho lafferea \. ?v to j^jtt? ]' Oh, Antoinette^/:I-<*iD4yesrT sT ".cer. ta|nly did I Monsieur slept wpll-.and I slept poorly, Yea, monsieur **dt niy pflwaera!' Jtevor thought '?f5i iv 'tlll ilft?lfntttea'f: mJIn* hau b u I* i rfiWhaji..powder* r?. laughed, Made oi? de,GraJ. .'^-T'^^ . ; J^a6md*phirie I'^xoldimed, madame' m?re compbs?dlyvI:felt sleepless and oxSited, and put it into a cup, intend in^f^r ?bfree o'v?ic'iV'f!'b1?t> I must have given mou?ieur thcj wrong TJien, suddenly snatching the keys from' Vine table, ehe' thrust! them into Mademoiselle de Gray'? -hand, and ex claiming, tearfully : $ There! > keep them, my poor/ wrpriged darling. 1 T'h'ave played ? La Somnarabula' long onough."* j And I, looking at madame'a brown curls, rosoato skin, and faul Hees figure, thought amusedlyvTxm ,vtfwbir>A What a miraolo of French ert 17} r The Pharisees. h :r At tho coming of our1 Lord the Phari sees were the imost prominent. and in-' llupntial seot or party of tho JewiaH peo-. pie. Respecting their origin wo "have no certain'-'knowledge. They are re ferred to by Josopuus in connection with the priesthood of Jonathan abjut; 150y?ars before Christ, and it is not, improbable that they may. havo: taken their risn soon after the Babylonish, captivity. j . Tho word Pharisees signifler sbpara, tista, j and seems: to havo been either ohoscn by themoolvea or applied to them by othors as a designation of tfeir austere and ascetic manner of life. They allV.etod great purity and , sanctity of .laor&hj. and hold themaolvea quite atoof from tmi-influc- u/ -f.l?u>:.lKJrt3\l*?-i^Timir real oharaotor, however, was vain and hypocritical in tho last degree. While they made an osten'atious display of their piety, at heart they were grossly corrupt. Thoy were ambitious of ex erting a controlling influence both in church and state, and they appear to have been regarded by the maasof their countrymen with great deference. The carefulness with which they observed the forms of their religion gave them a reputation for piety. So far as related to the teachings of ! tho Old Testament Scriptures their doc I trinal views were in the main correct. They havo been represented a? holding that all things were controlled by fate, bot thoy recognized tho freedom of ther will, and it improbable that what lias ! been understood aa fato was simply tho Scripture doctrine of tho divive sovereignty. It appears from the New Testament that their viewB of tho resurrection and tho fnture j life was essentially othordox. Their I viows of the plan of salvation, or on the j question, How shall man bo jnst with God? were altogether erroneous and I grossly pernicious. It was on account , of their false notions on this subject, not loss than tho corruption of their moral charaoter, that they were led to reject Christ. But in addition to tho law of Moses they hold to a multitude of precepts, which they maintained had come from him by tradition. They regarded them as no lesa sacred than tho writtonj law. This was one great cause of their erro neous views and of the corruption of their oharaotor. The Scribes wore the oftioial or pro fessional leaders of tho Beet of the Pharisees, not a distinct body. They were doctors or teachers nf "tho law. Thoy transcribed and ' expounded tho Scriptures, aud taught tho doctrine.! of j tho Jewish religion. In addition to these duties thoy conducted tho BChools for the instruction of youth.- Thoir profession of course gave them great influonco with tho people?nn influence which thoy exerted' to tho utmost, es pecially dnring the latter part of his ministry, against Christ and his gospel. " Death to the Froirs." A writer on English wits aaya: " Cur ran was sometimes paid in Iiis own coin, aa on ono occasion' when he pressed Godwin for his opinion of a speech he had just delivered. 'Since you will have ray opinion,' said Godwin, folding hin arms and leaning back in his chair with Bang froid, 'I really never did hear anything so bad as your prose ox oopt your poetry, ray dear Curran!' Donglftfl Jorrold'p wit waa often exerted in this kind of way, amusing enough to bystonders, but mightily unpleasant tc. the butt. Thus a momber of his olnb hearing an air mentioned, exclaimed, ?That olwaya carrios mo away whoa I hear it.' ''Can nobody wh'jatle it?' naked .Terrold." Again,' after scupper of aheeps' heada, an ^oathutupstio gen tleman oxoiainia, 'Well...Bheepf?' beada forovor, Hayl.'- Jorrold?'Thero's ego tiamT'' wfe* ? ? y?M ?Unbounded patience is neoesrtry tA bear not only with ourselves, but with others, whoso various tempers and dia positions nro not 'congenial to'our own. Characteristic* of tllo DlacflHoln Ancient ">4 ir;rjj mb cci tia^rtp^iifen^ ji ioiHj ! .< j Tbiri diflb^s? has always been peculiar ; to warm climates, and,, in suchj esrje ciatly^1TOOTt,*?Rlfiilra?r regions oftbe ea?t, it in still found agreeing in all its - general symptonw with the descriptions of its ancient'character"as^ left' in the Bible by Moses. ?w l ed* ui izwiui . ' t~t .The dis^-r^o scem? to commouco deep in tho system .of the body, and gen or- [ ally acquires a thorough' settlement in tho person of its victim before it di?- ,' covers itself on tho outward skin. It 1 may lie thus concealed even for n'.num-. ber St years; especially when it is seatedj j in the constitution by birth, in* it of ten < is, when it does not commonly unfold ' its outward symptom's,until the child is' *; grownup to y e a r n o f < i a a t u r i ty. After its appearance, too, it docs not proceed i .with an.y rapid ruin. JJot until a1 num~, i ber of years1 docs Ir1 reach its full 'per- 3 feotion of disorder, and not nntil rt nnm- r her moro lmvo passed away does this disorder, terminato in death. A leprous fj person may liV* twenty?b>'-thirty, OJf it .] ho receives the ; disease with his, birth, ; forty or. eyen fifty years, but years of < such drradful miBery m??t they be,that j early death might seemto.be bet War. . The.hombly,malady.] advances with slow' but cert ain steps, from one stage of evil' VP ? anolh'eiry diffusing '? its ? poison j through the whole frame While the prin ciple of-life is still suffered to linger, in the midst of the desolation, and one after another the pillars of strength .are secretly undermined and parried away till the spirit flndB,- ere' yet she 'can ' es cape from its imprisonment/the' house . of f .her earthly tabernaolo literally crumbling on every-side . into dissolu tion and dust. The bones and the mar row are pervaded with: tho diseano so that the. joints of the hands and feet gradually l?se their powers, and"the limbs of tho body fall together in Guoh a manu or as to give a most. deformed and dreadful appearance to the whole ' Serspn.^ ^There.is a form 8f the;Idikbr er known in some places in which the - joints beginning^ wjUft tiio, furthest ,of the fingers and .toes**one alter'.another ? separate and 'fall'off; and- the' miserable isHtferec^lowlyj falls itfn pieces! to;the grave. QtiEwardly tho leprosy discov ers itself" in a number'1 bf small: spbte which generally appear first on the face , about tho noso and eyes, bub after some time on other parts of the body till it is all covered over. At- first these - spots, > have the appearance of small reddish, pimples, but they gradually Bpread in' as large as a pea or oean on tno snrroco ? which they cover. When scratched, as their itchy character constantly solic- ' its, a thin moisture oozes out of them which soon dries and hardens into a Boats ernst, so that .when the. ..disease reaches its perfect state the whole body becomes * covered with a foul whitish scurf. Fartioular directions were given in the law of Mose3 to distinguish the spot of the real leprosy, from others that might resemble it in appearance. These are contained in the thirteenth chapter of Xrsvitioos. There are vari ous kinds of leprosy, some more malig nant and loathsome than others. Ac cording to the appearance of its spots it is oalled by different name. There is a whito, a black, and a red leprosy. This shocking disease is contagions, so that it is dangerous to have much intercourse with leprous persons. On this account it was wisely ordered among the Jews that suoh should dwell alone " all the days wherein tbo plague should be in them," and should be held unclean so that no one might ton oh them without defilement. Hence too, it was so st rictly enjoined that the earliest appearance of my thing like the spot of leprosy should bo immediately and thoroughly, ex amined. The leper in whom the plague was ascertained really to exist was required also to distinguish himself by having his clothes rent, his head bare, and his lip covered (all of whioh were common signs of deep sorrow), and to warn oth ers - coming. near him by crying ont, Unclean, unclean! Lov. xiii. 45, 4G. The loprosy is still moro fearful as it may bo handed down irom one genera tion to another by birth. The loprosy of a fathor descends to his son, and even to bis grandchildren of tho third and fourth generations, assuming in deed a milder form as it passes down, bnt still Bhowing somo of its disagreea ble effects in each successive case. The leprosy was regarded among the Jews as a disenso sent in a peculiar manner from tbe hand of God, and designed to mark his displeasure against somo great sin found in tho person who suffered its affliction.' Nor was this idea without some support, in the dispensations of judgment whioh their history recorded, and in tho especial solemnity with whioh that disease is noticed in tho Xrovitioal law. PnoTooRAPniNo on Sixk.?Silk thor oughly impregnated with bichromate of potash presents a very sensitive photo graphic surface. Thus prepared, any shapes out out of tin and laid upon it, may be beautifully imprinted by tho sun, and in tints, according to the color of the silk. A white or a very light silk shows a delicate pale-red impres sion ; a reddish tint takes a still deeper shade of red in the pattern, etc. Fern leave.", arranged to suit tho taste, and kept fiat; by a sheet of glass, can bo imprinted in the same way. ?A new game, called " Granger SoTou-np." is announced. Three per sons play for a oau of oysters, 'lhe first man out gets'tho ovstois, the last the oun, and the " middle-man " don't got any thin?/. That is " High-Low " without either " Jack " or ?? Game." ?A barber at Portland, Maine, col lects his pay from customers when ho gets them half shaved^ *?ET? i ^r"'TUe cbUcl, is/ather to the map." "Hie," say* Gtimfobzlennf on^lnrdst, "the B hild mhuli behn ifa arriA rmrt y^jyftgfffi ?A Maine;huflband wanted tabatjga wife tb,at she could not whip a pantiier: but ehe saw the joko' arid refused id try* ?" Oh an go oafa !" ia what a city boot black said to p. countryman, tho other day, when he had finished blacking one of hta brogabfc "' ' ?*l"c ?iM ?Arinmboiof New Eoglend f hmaees have recently suspended operations,.!^ companies nob having orders.enough tg oloar out their manufactured''aupply^f pig-iron.1 1' A diu* to xaoo aJj ; ;?Adam Qladwin, of Louifliana^ould have died happy but'for one tMug*."?i ?evor could satisfy himaelfwhfeitattJtaatfe really . sucked any. onoja g^aa?-ojr whether it was all an old wive s fable, ?A temperance orator speaks iafi^h file of topers1, * aeVenty-flve'i HjtUoaaSi length, marching stfjadyy;to$nfiUgf|f* graves at the rate of three a minute,'or one every twebfy fe'eben^a'/nirTOS^y^MTr round/' - .' wod .7Wai ol iiaSet .?"The lqvecj^t..auwo.map,a...hoajt needs" is the love*" that* is' /spoken^h deeds," says a modern? poet. ''AiBajpe cially," say a Mary Jane, deeds to a handsome three \ story marble' front mansion and a few choice "oorneWolV' ?" O gracious I 'doj" exola??boSMrs. Marrowfat to Mr;<? Quogg?, raising her . hands and,, speaking, in # very pxcitecl tone. ; ** She'was so ill ,-when'her 'lfeV bonnet eamo home,- that sho couldn't get up ; :but,. dear sakes' J^ng, Ttbat didn't matter nothing, for,-she fust-put the hat on and lay with her head out, the front window the whole afternoon." ?A Frenchman roastsooffee, grwjs it to flour, moistens it sliglitlv, mlxe's^it in 'twice its weight of'?powered?'?W'bite tu gar, .and then presses jt into; tablet a. One of these tablets,-pan bq ^iasofved at any time in hot or cold wat?r; making at' once tho very perl cation" < of coffee ; and it {is-olajmed 4h.at.a ppum^gfribe berry will,go much further byjfchis Inan by any other preparation of-the beverage. ?The? '-?BOobesr^,CJironiolo>n-?ays Lucy Stono doesn't belijpjrp tb^tiadjpB ought, to change their names merelyoe cause' they ^marry. ' Ltiey'?. saarrieo'? a chap named Blackwell, and out of com pliment to their parents the children will be called Stone-Blackwoll, and'if one of "em should' marry iBrowh-Se qtiard and their ohildren should marry? ?The other day an aged couple drove into Indiana City,' Ind., just as an un dertaking firm was moving into an old church, which had been purchased for a shop. ' Tho old gentleman stood 'u^Hn his wagon, his mouth and eyes distend ed;' as the men silently carried coffin af ter coffin into the church. "At last he turned to his awe-stricken half and gasped : " Sary, be golly, it's cholera ! Let's git!" ?" How do you do, Mr. Jpnea ?" s?id a stranger, blandly smiling as ho entered the store-of a dealer. ''."Well, thank yon," stiffly rejoined Mr. Jones. " You don't seem to know mo; I dm Brown?used to live here,"- said the visitor. . ,"T beg ten thousand pardons, Mr. Brown," said Jones, relaxing and shaking hands cordially: "ex?nse'me, I thought you were a drummer." " So I am," said Brown. Tableau vivant. ?A new cotton factory has just been completed in Greenville, S. 0., with a capital of4 ^100,000. The proprietors intend* to rjin C00 cards and 3,000 spin dles, arid to manufacture cotton yarns. The Piedmont * cotton -.factory, jnat be low Greenville, on the. Salnda^ is," par tially in operation, nud promises' grati fying results, and to close these latest evidences that there is life, in. the.-?old land yet, the " English Manufacturing Company of South Carolina," with n capital of 0300,000, will soon have a large faotory at wovk in Spartanburg county. ?A New York reporter who wont to see a now fountain begin to playy and who had determined to write four or flvo columns about it, giving a history also of all previous fountains in the world, returned .to the; office a ^disap pointed man, aud humbly wrote The water was turned on in the beautiful new fountain in City Hall Park poster day. A few muddy drops, were seen to come out of the boles under the1 brass anomaly, roll down the sides qf tbo'in verted saucer, and drop meekly into the soup dish. By and by the water got to be more and muddier, and fllleiF-'the soup dish, limning oft' the sancer* like that shod from an umbrella on .a .wet day. There wero no graceful enrves. An attempt will be made to-day-to fur nish a sufficient head of water to make some graceful curves." ?In Philadelphia every lady is "a centurion. Everything in that citv is centuplicated ; wherever you go; what ever yon do, tho oeutonmal stares you in the face ; you have to wcor it on your paper collar and wash your hands with centennial towels and soap. The whole name is a farce, aa it would lead you to auppoae it was to happen but once in a hundred years; but in the city of Broth orly Lovo it seems they are to keep it up forever. The girls havo powdbred their hair to make them look-arsun dered years older ; the old women have f'owdeied theirs lo muke them look ike the Voubg glrle. On a careful es timate . there are about two hundred and twenty thousand Mart 1m Washing ton costumes in that city now, wbioli costume consists of about three *ynrds of old fashioned obtain caJiro^?~mob cap, a black pa'oh under the loft"?ye, and a seventy-rlvc cent palf?f high hceled alippors.