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- ____ _ a'3Tb 2HLeai~dib+ ___ S.------------ .- -- - .- -- - - - ____ - TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSI3ORO, S~ C., MAY 10, 1879. YOL. 111.-NO. 43. a THI' CONDUCT OF LIFT. De it good that we do, let us do it, Giving soul and our strength to the deed: Let us pierce the hard rook and pass thjrougi it, And compass the thing that we sood. Does Fatto, as a dark cloud, hang over, And cover our heads from the light ? Does hato mock the heart of the lovor ? Must Wrong be the victim of Right ? Yet in Fate there is freedom for each one To mako or to mar as he will; And the bolts of ill fortune that reach one, May maim, but they never shall kill. Ever onward and upward pursnlug The aim that is thine for the day; Adding stiength to thy strength by thy doing, Thou shalt gain it, nor faint by the way. And though thou art bruised with small things, Though menial thy labor may bo, Do thy utmost in that and in all things, Thou still shalt be noble and free. Dost thou love? lot It be with full measure Nor mingle with coldness or hato Of others the joy of thy pleasure. Tho passion that crowns thy estato. Be to every man just; and to woman Be gentle, and tender, and true, For thy own do thy best; but for no man Do less than a brother shonld do. So liing thy days full to number, in peace thou shalt pass to the gravo; Thou shalt lie down, and rest there and slum her, Beloved by the good and the brave. Beset by Bushrangers. Surveying and exploring a new district in Queensland is a matter of some hardship and peril. In the evenings, after the day's work is over, when we have finished our "damper," salt-beef and tea, and are smok lug our pipes roundi a blazing log-ire, many a strange story is told. My men tire old ilushmn, and ill) to a thing or two, espe cially Aly Chaiinan. lie is a harun-searum, reckless, hand some, genuine Irishman of very respectable family, induced to emigrate many years ago as a hopeless scapegrace. lie has knocked about New South Wales and Queensland in all sorts of capctiities. I fell in with him by chance. I was fortunate enough to save his life, engaged him, and believe him to he as devoted and tltie a fellow as there is in the world. A few years ago, My Chainman was Journeying in the direction of Sydney, frotn a place in the interior, called, I think, Jim ballah. hlaving stopped lat several public houses on the way, lie found himself still on his journey with a ten-pound note, half a sov'ereign, and a half-crown, in his pocket. About a hundred miles from Sydney, he found. sonic confusion in a public house which he had entered to obt ain refreshment. The landlady was crying bitterly, and the servants were in a great fright. When he entered, the hostess eagerly ex claimed: "You tre not one of thim, are you?" 'What do you mean?" "'Och, it's the Bushrangers I mn11e. You aten't onte of thin?" "No. Have they been here, then ?" "Yes, half an hour ago, and cleared my house of all I had. iTe widdy's curse be uponl thiml I" "Have they gone .down the road, or struck right into the bush ?" "Gone down the road to pick up till they ineet wid." "How0'% many V" "'Three; sorrow less." Now, My Chaluman must go down to Sydney. le could not take the bush for It, as lie did not know the country well enough. le might evade the Bushrangers by some lucky chance, either by the aid of night or * othefr means. lie was dressed, of course, in the gear of a thorough Bushman, and they might spare him on tihe old Scotch p~rinciple, "Hawks pyke not oot hawks' eeni." Besides, he might conceal lis ten pounid note, and~ it would not break his heart to lose his half-sovereign and half crown. Ont the whole, then, lie saw nothi ing for it but to resume his journey, lie chose his short sock as the best place for the bank-note, and thrust the note into it, with out folding it un. Forth lhe went, and rode rapidly on for about half an hour wvithtout seeing the ran gers; however, he distinctly sawv the fresh * tracks of four horses in adivance. At anl abrupt turnt of the road, lie was coveredl by * three revolvers and addressed by three voices:. "Dismnount I" No help for It. He got off his horse, andl took a survey of the "glorious three." One was a very good-natured looking fellow ; the other seemed rather backward ; .the third wvas-an unmlistakable ruffian. "Where have you been? You're a dig ger'?" "I'm just coimig from the Wanooranu * Diggins." *These gold fields were noted for their proverty. "Howinuch money have you got ?". "One half-sovereign and( one1 half-crown." "Is that all ?" ''That's all." It was tihe good-natured man who spoke iln this dialogue. "I thtinkc, Jim, we may hot htim off. The poor follow must .be hard up, comning from those-wretchied diggins." "We'll have something to say to him first.," replied Number Thlree, whose accent was Irish; and tis gave My .Chainman some hope. "Well, at all events, hie must have a glass of grog." My Chainmian accordingly drank a bumper that took his breath away. "Walk before me into the bush," then said Number Three. "Not a bit of it, Jim; let the poor wretch go. Why, lie's a countryman of your owil. What do you say, Jack ?' "Never mind what Jack says I" replied Number Three. "Don't you make an ass of yourself, Dick!i I'll have my own way in ti." -Ie motioned to My Chainman to go on ; and on he went until he. reached a belt of scrub.- - "Halt! Now, listen to me. It's my opinion that you are a schepr If I find one shIlling on you more thd you have ac knmowledged to (he swore a terrib. ati) I'll blow your brains out on the ' spot, ytr I' anm owned tonme thtfor a mo ent. e fmortal terror,'but hosheok 6,o anded to undroess. *"Teke of ypur jumper first-not nyour boots. -N~w -your flane shirt. Throw - tet oerto me" Ile exambied them thoroughly. "Take off your boots. Throw theim here. Now your trowsers." lie found in the pockets the two coins. And. My Chainman hoped that the searcli was over. Not yet. "Take off your socks!" To hesitate was instant death. The ruf Ilan shook both the socks. Let the reader fancy the beating of My Chainman's heart, meanwhile! As he had thrust the note in to the sock without folding it up, and as the robber had caught the note with the thick sock between his finger and thumb, It was thus prevented from dropping out. To such small things a man may owe dear life itself. "Now be off." "What !' said My Chainman. "Wonld you send a man away stark naked, and in this weather, too " "You ought to be thankful for your life." Just then, up came Dick. "Haven't you searchedl him yet V What's the use of keeping him in the cold ?" "You mind your own business, Dick." "Jim," retorted Dick, "you know I can stand a great deal, but you're not the man to bido a quarrel with me when I'm roused. I won't allow you to (1o as you did last thme. Give this man his boots and trow surs; keep his jiunper if you want it." Thus thoy split the difference, and My Chainman was left on a bush-road without a horse, and only half clad. lie had his ten-pound noto, however. After walking briskly for about twelve miles lie came to a sly grog shop, where lie found two men conversing ; one, evidently the host ; the other (he knew as well - as if it had been revealed to him) was the fourth Bushranger. In the endless wilds of Australia there is not a Bushman whose life (toes not often depend on ''tracking;" and 'so wonderful do Bushmen become in this respect, that they can tell the date of every mark upon the ground. I have heard them debate as to whether a black's track was an hour old, or two hours. Now, My Qhainman had seen the'tracks of four horses in company, and lie had carefully tracked the fourth ip to this "humpy," close to which it was standing quietly tied by the bridle. "If I don't ride that horse away from this to-day," said My Chainan to himself, "may I never have the blessing of St. Pat rick I" The host was a little man ; the Bushran ger was a tall and muscular villain, with long black hair falling (own his shoulders a bad sign, as it showed he had been long "'out." They had been talking on a subject that had excited the Bushranger; and that sub ject., as far as My Cliainman could gather from the muttered words he overheard at his entrance, was that the police were on their way up, fInd not very far off. My Chainman gave the Masonic sign ; It was anmsivered by the host. 10"allo," said the Bashranger, "where do you hail from?" "I have come down tihe road." "Haven't you got a horse ?" There was no use shamming here, so My Chainnian at once replied "I was stuck up and robbed twelve miles from this by the Bushrangers." "The deuce I Are they so near? Isn't it fortunate, Casey, that I knew this in time V" "Why ?" said Casey. "You're not going that way ; you caie from that direction yourself a while ago." The Bushranger at that moment was lighting his pipe with a burning coal, and his back was ttirned. My Chainmn gavea a look and made a gesture which were per fectly understood by the shrewd little host. "I must be going, old man," said the Bushranger, after his pipe had been succeas fully lighted. "Let's have a glass of grog all round first." "All right I" said the little man. Three glasses of rum soon sto6d before the party. My Chainman p~ut his hand forward to take up one of the glasses, but Casey, with ain awkward apology about helping the gent first, handed the robber that very' glass, gave another to My Chainman, andi drank off the third himself. My Chainnman undlerstood all this, and hoped that the stupefying potion would soon take effect. But no. The ruflian's consti tution was as sound ais the foumidations of St. Paul's, and the draught- only increased his sharpness aind penetration. "Do you think I dlon't see through you?" said he with a diabolical glance at Casey. "I'm not so sure of you (this was to My Chainman) ; if I was, I know what I should (do." "WVhat have I done, sir ?" said Cas'y. "What have you done, you villain ? Everything. I'll have your life I" Now, although My Chiaanan did not think that the rutilan meant the threat liter ally, yet lie made his little preparations. T1heo fellow was armed to the teeth. lie had two revolvers in his belt, and a double barreled gun stood close to him. *A large sheath-knife hung on his hip. Every see end increased the ruihan's fury.' His curses and threats were, appalling. .Casey, tihe other side of the fire, sat the picture of dis may. "Why don't you answer me?" the rob ber at last shouted. ."Because," gasp~ed Casey, "I have noth lng to say." "Nothing to say?" roared thme Bushran ger. "Take that I" lie drew a revolver, half i-ose from his seat, and( with wonderful quickness, leveled the weapon at Casey. But My Chainman was quicker than he. . IIe had quietly piick ed uip an Americain tomahawk which lay on a block5 beside him, and, just as ~..o Bush ranger had given the half turn to fire, down came the tomahawk on the back of the nmeck. TIhe pistol exploded at the same ingment. The wvretched man gave hardly a q~Idver. l He was dead In a second. The two survilvors looked Into each other's faces. "Of courfie he was a Bushranger.?" in quired Casey, after a long pause. "Of co'urse lhe was," said My 'balnman; and lhe then told hiam the Whlole story. "But oven If he were not, I did'it In self defense, forhle wotild have shot meothe next minute." "Yon saved uihy life,- however," said Casey1 ,"and that Is everything to thme pur pose. "I thought at first," said My Chainman, that you were in league with the robbers." "Probably I, might have been forced to be so In'timne,"' was the reply ; "but I have not been here long and, rely upon It, I ::haa't be here lo m." "Whaut is bdE be donot!' said My Chalninan. "Shall I ride on and meet thme police, if they are on the way ?9 "For the Lord's sake, don't I" ezelal'med the other. -"is mates are sure to be here in no ime, and they'll tortura ma If thay 0ff:t1up. be(hi man wu'll both ridu off," maid My Chaiminian. "Then I leave everything bdlonging to ile to be plundered." "Well, theni, aini, what is it you wait ? What's your advice ?" 'Let us throw the body downi that rock into the scrub there, and then clean up. You ride off. I'll pretend their mate was after you. If you meet the police, don't say a word about it." "Biut the horse and saddle may be stolen property ? " "You must Chance that. It's the only plan. My Chainman adopted the only plan, rode down to Sydney, and sold the horse. "lut iow, tir," said he "comes the strangest part of the story, and, if I didn't feel sure that you would believe me, I would nover tell it. Years passed,. and I happened to be traveling through a town where the assizes were going on. I heard that a great murderer was to be tried, so I went to hear the trial. AA I live and must die, one of the oflcials of that court, and not the lowest either, was Jiin, the liush ranger who stripped me !" "Of course you communicated youir dim Covery to the police ?" My Chainman gave a dry cough, and, I rather think, got red in the face. "I never muhell cottoled to the police, sir, at any timemleast of all then. Not so much for my own sake as for others." "I see, I see," said I ; "but I hope that was the only human blood you ever shed?" "The-only drop," said My C(hainman, in some confusion, "saving and excepting one other case. That's a longer yarn than this." Madamo Bonaparte's Jewels. The most valuable article among the collection is a necklace of (ianonds, emeralds, rib'et and pearls, of hand Somic design and workmaishlip. The pendant Is a large solitaire diamiond, and the setting Of aill thle SWIMe is 1 x tremely quaint. The iiecklac witas the gift of a noblenatn.' Its preselnt value is $3,000 or thereabouts. A crown of amethysts and pearls, fully three Inches wide, ii valuted at about $5'i0. Tiiere are several ant~que pearl necklaces worth from $51 to $3t0 each. Two haidsoei stones, known as antique, are set for peidants. .One is transparent and tile other is similar to a earnelian. A black enamneled braclet made in Paris and set with American $2 5) golI pieces Is quite a nov Ity. It is worth $100. Another bracelet Is made of six $5 gold pieces and a French coin linked together with gold. A third third bracelet Is most curious and antique. It is made of gold wire taken from the-wrist of a skeleton in Pompell. The three watches are very old, and their intrinoic value Is not over $20 eaih. Two are open faced watches, vbile the third is a small hunting case, set with pearls around the edges of tile outer cases. One of the open-faced watched is blue enameled, and was given to Aladan e Bonaparte by her grandfather. It it supposed to be nearly 300 years old. In addition to numerous vinalgreties, two memorial iings and one antIquo .eameo ring, there are 5( ven rich and valuable head ornaments of pearls and garnets. Tunneiong the Alps. h'lie second tunnel beneath the Alps -the great St. Gothard-after passing through many vicissitudes, will be ready for traflle some tIme next Sear. It has already been bored for a dis tance of a little more than seven and a half miles, whIch Is seventy feet more than' the length of tihe Mlount Cenis. There reinainied on1 January 5th 0on1y 2 922 yards to be cleared, aind If the wvork progresses as rapidly as last. year, when 2 772 yards were bored1, time two companies of workmen who started from the Italian and Swviss ends would meet. In January, 188t0. GeologIsts have calctlated that thlere a hard stratum of sepentine and schilst yet to pass, andt If this pr~oves true tihe work cannot pro, ceed so rapidly. But In any event the workmen are likely to ieet before the year progresses many muonths beyond January. Thell tunnefll's length wIll be more than a'mile andi a hair greater than that of time Mont Cenls, and the total cost several mIllIon pounds ster) lng more. Thn Gernian, Italian andl Swiss Government have granted In subsies ?4 fitO 000 A Rare hsard. A magnificent trumpteer swan was shot at thle outlet of Buck Pond near Rochester, New York, recently, tihe first specimen of the kind, It Is believed, ever shot in this part of the country. Thei hunlters first saw the bird sailing over their decoy. Five' charges from their guns brought him down, and then they discovered that they had in deed capturedi a prIze. The body was per fectly white, and the wvings meastured six feet from tip to tip. From the tip of the bill to the extremity of the tail It mealsured .four feet and three inchtes. It is thle ina tent ion to have thle bird prepared by a tax idiermist. Gliven Up 1iy D)octor. "Is it possIble that Mr. Godurey is up and at work, niid curedl by bo simple ti remedy ?" "I ftssure-you that it is true that ho Is etitrely' cured, and with nothIng but 114p Bitters; and only tenl days ago his doctors gave hlim up) anid said he must die I" "Well at dayl That Is remarkable I I will go this (lay andl get seine for .my poor George. I know hops are good.". The only part of the conduct of any one, ini whIch he is amenable to society, is that which .concerns othars. In the pah't which merel cone ns himself, 111s1 ndependene' i of right Absoltitp. Over himself over his own body Snd mind, the indlvidtua is ifovereign. IN MAK ING puiff ms~te batter sh,o l be free from milk and ,~tt . 8 quees Ing tt in a clean towvel wil t.ke out alf snnarfinnns Juie. 4terurtted. Young Mr. doldsmitt who is a clerk in oue of our ry good stores upon a fair salary, an who has for some time been paying m ntion to a young lady of the south t , whose father is worth forty thousand 4ollars,made up ile mind last week thathhe would finally settle the question of her regard for him. Thuraday even~pg he arrayed himself in his most prepdgsesing garments, -and omitting his supper fromn reason of sud den and total lo s of appetite, he repair ed to the bar.ber shop, for the purpose of acquirlIg that, smoothness of face, so much admired ,.y his young lady. "Now," said young Mr. Goldsmith to himself, "it will be an excellent oppor tunity to think up sonethiin to say, while I'm beln shaved,"' and Ie took his seat in the 0 sair, W t, %ted his boots, closed his eyes, and put hist.houghts into reflective ol'der. ie said to him self: "I want to begin wth- " "S'ave?" enquired the knight of the razor. "Of course,"'Vaid young Mr. Gold smith, somnewhot tartly, opening his eyes, "you don't suppose I camne in to get a tooth pulilh, do you?" The barber snled In a soft tone, and proceeded with his work, while young lr. Goldsmith closed his eyes again, and resumed his nuising: "I'll begin by saylng that she can not be insensib. to the fact, that her--" "Razor pull?''xake in the artist, as lie gave an upwxad stroke under the chin. "No I" replied young Mr. Gold smith, crossly. "'-Thmat her (tharms have won for her a place in my affec tions that no amount of-" "Pimples?" inqired the barber, as young Mr. Goldsmith winced under the razor; "did I nip a pimple?" "Go ahead I" said the young man, shortly, and relapsed into: "-That no amount of adversity can ever eradi cate. I have longed to sit and drink-" "Bay rum?" Young Mr. Goldsmith shook his head with a wrathful feeling in his breast that boded the barber no good, and con tinued. "And drink In the love that I am certain she bears me. Then I will kind of lead on until I have my- " "Illair cut?,' interrupted the barber, unconscious of the mischief lie was do ing. A malevolent glare from lia cus tomer answered his question in the negative. 3 "-Until I have my points well stat ed," continued young Mr. Goldsmith: to himself, "and then I will conclude by saying-'and now, dearest Miry, will you have'- " "Any oil?" said the barber, pausing with the bottle in his hand. And then the other customers were horrified at seeing a young man shoot out of the chair, clutch the barber. by the neck,, break the oil bottle over his head, and then, as lie backed the territled razor-manipulator against the wall, they heard him scream, in a pas sion-tori'voice. "You miserable apology for a phono graph, I don't want any oil, any sham poo, any pomatum, any cosmetic, any cigars-any-any-any a aw V" And young M r. Goldsmith, grabbing his coat and hat tore oat of the door andl up the street, gritting his teeth so hard that he started two gold fillings and entirely ruined the nerves of an elderly woman on the opposite side of t~he street. H~e didn't propose that evening. .A Shoop Ranch. The ranch I had traveled more then four thousand miles to see lay on the westerri slope of a valley through which runs for four winter muonthis the Salinas River, emp) tying into Monterey Bay after a northwest course of about one hundred and~ thirt~y -niles. The eight thiousandic sheep on the lproperty were in six bands, each undier the care of a shiepheird and dogs. The shep. herd has his cabin aiongsidle of a corral that enclosed the flock at night. These camps -a corral andl a. cabin--were sixteen in number. As a.flock exhausted the p~asture in one locality it was moved to another. The stock drank from the little river stream if grazing near that, or from sp~rings or wells at the different corrals, where were pumps and troughs. An inportant line of ranch work was to supply the shepherds with fresh provisions, carrying them to this and that canip, four or five miles apart. Besides that weekly duty were the special calls for all hands during lambing, shear ing, wvashing, packing fleeces and hauling wool. There were necar the dwelling ample barns, tool and store hmouses, blacksmith's shop anid mn's qluarters. In fact, a ranch of such size, distant from any town, must coimmandh within itself muany resources. He sidle the sheep stocis, there were a few cat tle for beef and milk, four draught horses and half a dozen saddle mustangd. The vegetable gardern was situated eight miles from the hohse I It was on the only spot of the whole property wnerc a natural supply of water from a spring and pond-hole could be depended .on throughout tihe year. liut as 'u man could not be spared for continuous gardening, one of tile hands rode over twice a wveok.to. do the work. As may be ima gined, tile fertile little garden was sadly. neglected. Tihe exact details and patient care of small farming seem incompatible withu the nomadic administration of graz ing. The dwelling house, of but one story, was pretty and comfortalie. Its main room was parlor, hall and oficee. From it opened the bed-chamberg and the long, broaid 'plaza, which, trollised with vines and as much a living place as indoors, exa pressed the character of, existence where1 only fonii- months reqibed a roof. Tihe, dining-room, opening on anotheor piazza,| -das in A twing, where also were the quart-, ers of the house servant-two, a Clhiia-i man at $50 a month and ati Irish wetnan ati $403 -The latter was uiot extravhgaitlyI paid in A dialtiet' where iMere forty m~1 t6 one woman, and matrimotiy i bon~eVe neach mor desirabl tham homuseL There are three things at great premium in the pastoral region of Southern California -a woman, a saddle and revolver. Alan and horse are safe thus, but one must care Ally guard handmaid and saddle. A res pectable ranch family will send twenty miles to steal the female servant whom you have just brought from Sani Francisco at a cost of twenty dollars. The faumily consist ed of three brothers, the wife of the eldest and two children. It was an agreeable and a reflned household, preserving in its isola tion and liberty the social graces and re straints that, often laeking ingenuousness in formal colnttnnities, are yet oftener want ing allogether whIere nature is independent of art. The head of the family was a man of literary taste and habit so far as his pre sent activity permitt( them. 'I'he broth ers were energetic, gentlemanly young fel fows, escaped from all city pettfiness and growing to the perfection of manliness. On Eastern education and refinements were now grafted tihe good masculine accomp lishment of horse breeding, throwing tihe lasso, stock tending and dealing with varie ties of human nature as strong and rougher than their owt. The inen of the family were gelting an experience most valuable, and full of wholesome enjoyment. But. the lot of tle wife and mother, the on ly lady within a radius of ten mitiles, was one of loneliness and depetdence. Let us who would take wives and children into "the bush " consider unseltishly the situa tion--at least as we have the distance of it. This lady, delicate, cultivated and aceus tomed to the adornments as well as the comforts of life, was absolttely without one female associate. The nien of the fa mily were occupied out-of-doors for two thirds of tu time. All administration of the household, with perfectly independent and but half-trained servants, fell to the mistress, who had to care for and distribute the stores of the home and of the ranch, too, whose laborers were fed in an adjoin ing house. Mechanical conveniences were rude, and the luxuries of housekeeping en tirely wanting. Fancy the housewife's toil and responsibility.. Fancy the mot her's anxieties for lier children, with no physi cian within t.welve miles. Thus tried, the lady without female spmpathy, away from all religious forms, performed her duties gcntly, cheerfully and bravely. This lite ral picture of domestic life is the truth of what I saw on a Southern California ranch, and, as such, should not he omitted from a study of pastoral projects. The country is beautiful with a el-tain solemnity that, even in that. perfectly bright atmosphere, inspires melancholy, or at. least pensiveness. The vast spread of faded herbage, the Druidic groves, the absence of water-no pond nor brook, to passing shower nor gen lie dew to freshen; the cloudless unchang ing skies without even the illusions of suni act for months and motilha-clene, lcc) am1d full of' color, :mt so far away. There is a primeval, solitary, immutable character in its hidcape that saddens. Animaul lagnseltusm. Professor Chaurcot has unexpectedly brought us back to the days of animal mug netisml. ie-has effected sonC curious Cx periments on hystero-epileptic patients in the Saltjpetriere Hospital, Paris, producing catalepsy an( somnambulism at will. The object, placed for a few seconds or minutes before the full blaze of a Drummond or an electric light, becomes fasciinted. The anasthetic state is complete, for lie can be pincled, &c., without exhibiting pain. The members display 1no rigidity, and preserve whatever attitude is given them. The pat tient has become cataleptic. In vain you speak aud question him; but the features reflect the gesture. Place him in a tragic posture, the physiognomy becomes severe and the eyebrows contract. Bring the hands together as in prayer, the visage sof tens and the features become supplicating. But out the light, the patient drops Into a sominambulistiec of lethargic state. lie falls bsackward the eyelids close, antd if the skin be now rubbed the parts will contract as If unader she influenice of electricity; touching thus certain nerves thle muscles of tihe face contort, and the head itself can be mtadle to turn. llere is the somnamulism. Call the patient; lhe will rise and wvalk to you. Tell him to kneel and lhe willl kneel ; to write and lie will wvrite; to sew, and lie will, mechanically, like a slave, the eyes being closed. Somietimes thte answers are mtore intelligible thasn when the patient Is wide awake, so much is the intelligence cx citedl. Blowv your breath strongly In Is face, and the subject instantly awakens, after a slight throat spaam and some froth on his lips5, but utterly ignioranit of what has occuiredl. The experimient can be repeated at will. Bunt the miagniet, a D~r. Burg has showvn in the ease of metallic applications, p~lays an imp~ortant part, (during the stage of insensibility ; the patient loses all sense of color, or the colors of all objects becoame gray; violet first dlisappears, then green, next blue anid last red. D~ouble up the right arm; It will rest so. Bring the mang net, to act, on the left arm ; in a short time the right one will regain its supplleness and the left arm take the same contraacted1 form. Music-strong bell ringing--can produce this anasthetic conition as wvell as the lights referred too; henice, the action of sound1( Is idecntical with thlat of light. Stea dily looking into the eyes will also prtodluce the lethtaigic state. But this is treadintg after Mesmer'. A DIsmtnctin Wi'th a D iTerenace. A lady who rdcently alrrived ft m Japan, where lier husbatnd is a flourilshing phlysi clan, has had a muost amusing experience. Before leaving Tiokio she puirchiased material for a traveling dress, for which she paid $1 .50 per yard. She had it fashioned into a garm~ent, andl proceeded blissfuilly on hter journey. Arriving in Sant Francisco, shle found the fabrIc of which lier dross was composed was sclling.for $1 per yard' Her appreciation of it thtereforo. dleCreased one third. At Salt Lake City the same article was selling for 60 cents, and she began to think'that shte did not look at all stylish. When she reached Chicago she found it dis played in the shop windlows with the an nouncement: "Only 80 cents." She begftn then to consider it common, but when front lier carrhtge window, as she proceeded up Third avdnue, New Votk, she beheld it flaunting in the breeze in front of a third rate shop, with a soiled card- pinned to it, on which, was inscribed the legend, "15 cents," she coholided that it 'was vulgar. She coujld endure it n( lohger., She gavp it to the ehhnbet'rtaId at the liptel, and tli proceeded at once t4 Stewart's an'd bought a n'oest raVeling hujt to go to otorn. SThe faith di the6 chIld he always shd worrk at it. mother Gentle Spring. As the last pie-womanii at the market was clO!4ilg her sall for the ntight and woder ing if Washington pie would ever regain its lost grip on public esteemn, Charles McAn drews txned ll) through the darkness and solemnly said : '"Come, gentle spriig-come and see us! Now let the branch put forth its bud, the grass take on its green, 1111d the son1g of the robin rejoice our hearts. ('oie, gentle breeze.,, iixahing raindrops anid glad sunl shine-come over to our house mitd make yourself at lioei." The pie-woman said he wis a great, big drunkard, and Cinrles miled sadly and went up the street. Entering a bakery lie found an old man in cbarge, and when this old man asked him if lie would have fried cakes or cookies, he replied : "Come, balmy lireezes, antd thaw out the old frozen lins in the back-yard. Patter down,. warm raindrops, and make the tulip blossom and the suntlower get up and howl! Welcome, t humder and light ning--come and1( shake ! The old man drove himin out withi a barrel stave, and Charles fell down in a door-way anid slept till midnight. Then he arose and wandered on until he founid a handy ftn-1t door, and lie pulled the hell. Soine one J unpedi out of ied in the second story, a win4dow weit uip, and a female voice call ed out : "Now, .1ohii l'lnry, I told voui that if you were out after I0 o'Clock yotiul would hiave 14) slay out, andl I'll keep my word if it kills me !" "(Yne, gent, spriig-come anid woo t he hungry world !" replied ('harles from below. "Oh ! you needn't try to disguise yokir voice, for I know you, and you enn go right hack to your lodge !" shouted the wife. ' ('Olie, gent le thunder-come, eardinil red lighttning--come an11d agilite ol nion bels! solemnly conlinued the man uiniher a tree. "'My soul ! if my .lohn lIlenry hasn't come home drunk !" exclaimned tie woman. and she hurried down sitairs to help him in to the house. When she diseoveredl her mistake she set ill such a screaming tliat folks turned out to lynch the "gentle sprigi" m1an, but lie was takem in charge by an of ficer and brought down. "D1)o you want spring to come as miuch as you did ?" inquired his I4l)nor, nasI hth pi oner stood before him. ''My miot to is: '( 'loe, (entle Spring,' " replied the man11.' "Bit it, isn'I right to go around forcinig your spring weather on other folks, and I Shall scnd you up for thirty day"." "'I'll cull the daisy and gather the t1ulip from the door of my prison cell," was the mild response, but then, lie won't. do It. le'll gather a paint-brush or a s'oe-hammer, and thty'll make hiia use it for all lie's worth. Ault Lang Siiyn. A poor man rapped onl Mrs. Carruthers' loor one (lay, and whon she opened it and asked himl what be wanted, lie said: "Your name is Mrs. John Carruthers, nee Blackwell, I believe,. ch ?" "Yes, sir." "You formerly resided at Brighton, Statenl Island ?" " Yes, si r." "Ah, yes, lie went o), "well do I re member you In your days of youth, beauty and angelic innocence. You used to live in the little white cottage just back from the road, eh?" "I did, sir.." "Yes, I thought so. I was well off thon, myself. I reveled in all sorts of delicacies, tempora mutamitur." lie drew a long sigh and conitinued: "I just thought I'd drop in and see if I coild ask you for some cold buckwheat cakes on the score of old friendship." "I haven't a buckwheat cake -in the house." "Ihave you aniy cold meat? I'll accept any kinid except veal cutlets." "['im sorry to say I can't accommod)(ate yol." ''Can you give me an old palir of hoots?" lie asked in such ai pitiful tone that she was touichied, and got him a pair of her hus band's. lie tooks thiem, examilned thenm carefully, and said: "T'Ihank you, mai'amii; thank you. This is a pretty good p~alr, but, on the strengh of old1 tImes, can't I implore you to let ime have a dllar~l to have them half soled anid heeled." She slaamme~d the (door in hIs face. Qh uOen Victoril's Dairy. Th'le Queen of England has a very nice damiry farm. It Is a mille fronrWlndsor Cas tIe. Th'le dairy Is a beautiful cottage, with a marble-paved and 'frescoed vestibule. T1hie InterIor is a room about thirty feet sqluare, the roof supportedl by six octagonal colunns of white marle, wvith richly carvedi capiltals. T[he floors are of white p)orcelin tilces, the windlows staini ed glass, bordered with hawthorn blossoms, daisies, buttercups anid prihnroses. Tlhme floors arc lined with tiles of porcelain of a delicate blue tint, with rich medallions inlsertedi of the Queen, Prince Consort and each of the children. Shields, monograms of the royal family and bas-relhefs of agricultural die signs, representing the seasons, comiplete the ornamentation of this exquisite modleh dairy. All around the walls run a marble table and through the center twvo long ones, sulpportedi by mahtrle pos5ts, resting on bas ins, through which run a perpetual streamn of spriing water. By this means [he slabs or tables are alwvays cold, and the tempera ture of the (hairy Is chill, while the white and-gIlt china milk and butter dishes, rest nig on the tables, are never placed in water, The dlelieloiqa milk is brought Into theo room in brIght metal buckets, lined with piorce lain, [lie Queen's monogram andt erest glit tering on the brass plates on thie covera. In the room where the buittor is mnadd, .milk skimmed and straIned, the eyes may ,he feasted on the rows of metalie, porceiln lined cans o! every size, made to hock, and sent to the royal family, e'en as far as Scotlanti, or wheurever they may chance to be, so they always have good milk uand but ter.. Theochurn is of metal salso, lined with porcelain, and made into -two compart menter . T'he outsIde chamber surrounding the cylinder can have warm or jold Wa r poutrid In to regulate the temperatur. , o~i lid Ie screwed on/ adu the stattquary sa 4 ohnM1h the wilol is turned muea $es ,Work edisy and ray14 fut vthil over' ty* oowb are. daily mliked~ more arp out grazi~g the r~~ aIy*' mo thian satlanpd and ~e~q~r #Wl#1 O) the overphu Is o4 n t~ pketed b' their mhe4 FOOl) FOR THOUGIIT. Great hearts, like oceans iever con geal.. 4Judge no 1an till you have stood in his place. Never make yourself the hero of your own story. Never read letters which you may ind addressed to others, I have found it hard to persuade men ihat death i8 stitrrie. Never present a gift saying that It is no Use to yottrself. Never call attention to the features or form of itty one present. Never fil, if a gentlemen, of being elvii and polite to ladles. A straight line - is the shortest in m1orais as weiL as in mnathenaties. Never appear to notice a scar, defor mity. or defect of any one present. Never arrest the attention of an ae quitaintauice by a touch. Speak to him. Nevir answer questions In general com-imiy that have been put to others. Retturn cquity and justice for evil done to you, and pay goodness by good 1 i temperate. Liquor has made inore paupers thia all other vices coin bi I ed. Actions, looks, words, steps, fort lt letters by w hielh. we iay spell char icters. We can make our experience into bridges to bear us safely over what li b01ore us if we will. The i way for a man to secure himself from wickedness is to withdraw himself Troi the exampIlC8 of it. Malny a mnan bears his own faults pa Stint ly, and those of' his neighbors lii pat lent ly. Never .enli a new acquaintance by, I 1e Cliristlin nanic unless requested to do so. f The senses are the gates of our oti, it id, therefore, they need to be strong ly gtarded. It is easy to pick flaws in other peo - ple's work, but more protitable to do twl1er work yourself. Good rI'so'utioMns are like horses. The first cost Is an item of less Itmpor 1i:lce than the keeping. Keep the horrors at arm's length. Neve-r turn a blessing around to see w iether it hIts a dark side. Conclit is generally proportionate with high station, and the greatestgen liuses have not been entirely free front it. What, indeed, Is amibition, but an linmedliate love of praise V Soeiety iW generally supposed to give tie last polish to education ; but, per haps there is nothling like a little adver sity to bring about that healthiness of 'eeling whieh alone fits a inan for soototy. Kind words are the bright flowers of earthly existence; use them; and espec tally around the tireside elrcle. They are Jewels beyond price. and powerful to heal the wounded heart and make the welgled down spirit glad. Many a true heart that would have com back like the dove of the ark, after the first transgression, has been frightened beyond recall by the angry look and menacing taut-the savage chat ity of an unforgiving soul. Duty is a power which rises with us In the morning and goes to rest with us at iight. It is co-extensive with the action of our intelligence. It is the shadow which Cleaves to us, go Wh e we will, and only leaves us when we leave the light Of life. Men feel but dontempt for a wonian who may chance to love them if they love not in return ; but the woman to the day of her death feels a tender pity amounting almost to love, for the mnant wvho once honored her by desiring to make her his wife. Woman should all understand that no beauty has any charms but the in wardi one of the mindl,.and thata grace fuilness it manner is imuch more engag ing than that of their persons-, and meekness and modesty are the trute andl lasting ornaments. Tihese are the only charms that render wvives amiable, and give them the best title to our respect. Always remember no oneo can debase you biut yourself. Slander, satire, falsehood, injustice- these cani never rob you of your manhood. Men may lie about you, they may cherish sutsp I cionis manifold, they may make your failings the target of their wit or cruel ty ; never be alarmed; never swerve an inch from the line you~r conseleaee has marked out for you. 'I'hcy greatly nmistake who suppose that the measure of success Is the posi tion whidh-one seouros.. The fir'st anid greatest victory which a man should win is in himself. The greatest attaini mient is to be nloble and good. This s ithin the reach of" -very one. Tihe servant umay be as true as his mastefr tho peasant 'n his hut may be as upr ghti in character and life as the king i n hs palace. A rose may be as beautiful in somne seeluded spot Whet'e It is rdrely seent, as In the garden of a- rich mant where It is adml~ed by all -visitors.,. TIhe fundamental relations Qft pecial sciences as yet reuse to be resev y tne atomtb me hableb, a" d 4m ity and physiology. But oeei do'utd theSe difliculties be overcdmog tio Wbuldrie main whicei haye nov~er. been igesolVd and in the writer's o pio ilo ~ vra .Wii be. TIhose re mah'g neap ud derstand 'the natt ie 6? afa force, and lisa ingsacaity td aresol~e priu processepin odaaia pro limits Science rmayox nal ever g, boyand theo6 librIita a %(eft ie it to saAe :o knoW nothithga andhelu1 We som eimhiu orin~ q Wares, andi o . t'v ~ *~r 6ntertidnin ifw eU atitd ~ tH $%