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RhI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBOIRO, S. C., SEPTEMBER 16 1879' VOL 1.-NO. 98. 'aiIE DAYS OF YORE. A stone falls in an azuro lake. And sinking to.its pearly floor, 8end4 swelling rings far out to kiss The pebbles on the distant shore. And memory's depths oft idly stirred By smiles like some we've known before, lreaks forth in thoughts that wander baok And linger midst the Days of Yore. A leaf that on the river's breast Gots slowly drifting with the tido, Is borne by whirling eddies back Within its parent shade to glide. And many a wearied wanderer Upon a distant, friendless shore, leturnson swift dream-loosened wings To grot the happier Days of Yore. The cloudlets on a summer sky Dissolved in teare upon the main, Neath sunny smiles forget their grief To float serene in heaven again. And human hearts unlook their gates When sorrow's reign is almost oer, And lot the olden sunshine streain ltopiendant from the Days of Yoro. The Bunch of Violets. Loudly rang the bell at Mrs. Evan's door, one morning, and Maud E vans, .peeping out, saw a small boy standing on the steps whom Rho seemed, to recognize. Not wait ing for Jane, the only servant in the estab lishinent, Maud ran gayly down stairs and opened the door. The boy smiled in re cognition, and handed her a box. S"'Please, na'am, I was to give this to Miss Evans ; you're she, ain't you ?" "Yes. .Mr. Howard, your employer, sent you, I suppose y" "Yes, Miss. Ile said As how there was n1o answer." ''Very well." Closing the door and running up to her room she opened the box, and taking out an elegant bouquet of flowers, stood and looked at them with a tender look in the brown eyes, as if she was thinking more of the giver than the gift. "so he halts come back," thought Aland, "and will be at the party to-night., since he sent me these ; I wonder if lie will repeat what he was going to say when we were in terrupted ?" Whatever the unfinished sentence was it must have been something sweet to Maud, for she stood there turning the flowers round and round in her hand, with a happy look in the bright eyes, till she heard her mother call. "Maud I Maud I Where are you child ? I with you would come and help me with this head-dress ; I want it to wear to. night." Mrs. Evans was a widow. Her husband had died five years before, leaving her with one child, the Maud of my -story. People had thought Mr. Evans a wealthy man, but it was found after his death, when every thing was settled, that the widow would have but a very limited lucomne. She knew it would not go far in trying to keep up ap pearances and live in the manner in which they had been accustomed. So being a sensible woman, she had removed with Maud to a small cottage that had been left them out of the wreck, taking with them what was suitable of their furniture, and one servant, faithful Jane, who had been with then many years, amct who declared she would never leave them. They had many kind friends who (1id not leave at their change of fortune. Judge B3-- and his wife were attached friends, the judge sending his carriage to take them to and from places of amusement, when they chose to attend, and the judge's wife kindly matronized Maud whenever her mother was unable to go. The party of which Maud had spoken was to be at the judge's house that evening. They had been very gay that winter, in M--, parties and balls following in rap)id succession. Maud had been to several, and had met Frank Howard, a young lawvyer. lie had sought her society oni every occa slin, and was evidenitly in love with the little beauty. TUhe week before there had been a bril liant party at a wealthy banker's. Maud had met Frank there, andl they had strolled into the conservatory together. Standing there beside some tropical planit lhe hind been telling her of, lie felt such love for her surging up) In Is heart that lie felt lie must tell her-must know if lisa love was return. edl. "Maud I" said lie. She looked up quick ly-looked upi to encouniter~ such at look of patssionaite love that her 03 es sitnk beneath it. "'Maud, (10 you know-" Bunt the sentence was destinea never to be1) finished, for~ into the conservatory bounced a young fop with tan-coloredi hair -andi nmustachie. "Amnd lie was so delighted to find Miss Evans I Did she know the band was playing the waltz she had p)ro mised him I" Young Howard glared a if he would like to annihilspte him on the spot. Maud, feel ing in no amiable mood0(, could do nothing but accept his proffered arm. After that, there had been no opportunity for tile pair to speak together alone that evening ; but as Maud stood with several others, bidding their hostess good-night. * Frank had, in answer to some invitation ext tended him, answyered that lie would be uin able to attend, as hei should be obliged to leave the city on business for a week. When Frank i'eturned:from his business trip, lie found invitations awaiting himn to several mecrry-inakings, -and amnong them one for the party at: Judge B-s that evening. He kt 0w that Maud would be there, andl, being Yather an hppatient young man, thought lie woumld risk .another inter rtption, but would write and toll her o1 huis love. Seating himself at his desk, lie proceeded to indite the momentous epistle, and, after using about half a quire of paper, he at length flnished one. Ho told her how dear. ly hie loved her ; of how sweet the hop1e had been to him that lhe might call her "wife," and asking her, if she could return bl13 iste, to w,ear the6 buneh of violets hie sent her'14 hei' hair that oveniuig "I shialh atoh for these flowers, aind 8911Efff fte frtoni them, If they ato i yor r shl lnow you return my hovo ; if 10t--.then1 G051 fore.ver bless andi iutake you hapf, daring, though I can never call you mine 14 .. Taking~ a box frafM hic desk, lie placed the letter and flowers in it, and, tying ,It tighity,. called the boy ,h acquaintance we haye made on% . E 'stps "I want you to takethis t1Mr. Etvans' - d iinblire fodfIpMaid;b ;g iure you' give it to 6 one els V'ou know *here It I~ctn'tyuP' . 'Yes, sir ; any answer ?" "No," said Frank, absently thinking of the answer that Maud would perhaps- give him that evening. IIe knew she had always seemed pleased and happ when with him, and though not a conceited or vain man, he hardly thought. her answer would be no. But their love seemed destined not to run smoothly, for the note that would have made Maud so happy never reached her, and this is how it happened : The aforesaid small boy, having received the box, pro ceeded to carry it in the way boys invaria bly do, swinging it from side to side, wrong side up or any other way, it inade no dif ferenc Of course this one came to grief accor< in'. y. Having one finger in the string t:.. around the box, he was swing ing it t the best of his ability, at the same tilne gazing in open-mouthed admiration at a boy about his size who was pommeling one several degrees smaller on the opposite side of the street. Being occupied in look ing at them, he did not see the ice on the walk, and consequently cale down with i force that brought tears to his eyes. Having sat there it moment rubbing his head with an -injured expiession of coun tenance, le gathered himself up and limped along t.o pick up the box. Now the string hadl slip)ped off the b)ox, wh'leni Johannie sat down with such force, and the poor little violets slid off the walk into the gutter, while the note, lying against the snow did not attract his attentionl. Taking up the bouquet of flowers, lie deposited themi inl them in the box, and tying the string se curely round it, started off at a good round pace, arrivimg at Mrs. Evans' (toor without any further calamity befalling him. A young man who was talking with some one had Reen Johlllliie's fall, and esled the note. Picking it up, he called to Johnnie; but as that youth's heels were just disap p)earing around the corner, he did not hear. The young man, thrusting the note in his pocket, forgot all about it, being in a great hurry to catch the traiu, with only flive min ntes left in which to reach the depot. Ten o'clock saw Frank making his way through Judge B -'s lighted parlors. Looking eagerly, lie espied Maud surround- I ed as usual by a crowd, for she had many admirers beside the young lawyer. lie could catch a glimpse of her now and then, so, standing quietly, he waited till the crowd parted and he was able to see her plainly. Looking, he coulil see no violets; he rubbed his eyes anid looked again ; but it (idi not Improve his vision ; there were certainly no violets in the bonny brown hair. lie stood there, feeling hiself grow white and cold, till he was conscious that. lils face would tell strange tales if anyone accosted him. Turning, lie left the room, toing out on the veranda, and there sat and fought the bitter fight out. A less manly man would have blamed Maud, would have !ccused her of leading him on for her own Imtusement ; but he loved her too well. Hle alone was to blame ; lie had thought it wvas love he read in the brown eyes raised to slyly to his ; if she did not love him, that was enough ; lie would never make her uin hiappy by alluding to it, but would try and be unselfish enough to be happy when lie mw her so in some other man's love. After a time lie went hack to the parlors, inowing he should be questioned as to his loni-appearance if he did not. Now Maud had seen Frank when he en tered the rooms first, and missed him when lie disappeared, wondering what had be "onme of him. When he entered the par lors again, she stood talking with some one. Looking at her as tie passed, he said, "Good-evening,'' and quietly passed on to whore Miss Fenton atou, and Maud heard liini ask her to dance. Annie Fenton was a sunny little blimde, id Frank had paid her more attention than anyone else except Maud. And now, when she she saw themi together, she thought, "What if, after all, lie does not love me ? Ie Ias a.cted strangely ths evening. 7os libly tie is In love with Annie lFenton, it wouild be nothing strange If tie were. Men wre over fickle anid changeable," with a bit le- smite, anid the wvisdomi of her eighteen years. "Not cven to give me an oppior unity to thank him for his flowers I But lie seems conipletely infatuated with Aniiie tFenton," looking at Frank, whto w~as benid ing ini seeming devotion over . the little blonde's chair. "'But. I wilt show hIm 1 cani be as gay as lie; he shall never know I love him." So imdi( dlaned andt llrted, till you wvouldi have thought she wvas the haiehst af the happy ; hb.it pridle will (10 mutch, and pride upheld Maud till the weary pamrty waIs After that, Frank avoided every place wvhere lie wvas likely to mecet Alaud, and( be canie morOSe iandt mielanicholy. As for Maud, sihe went out as usual, but wvent in a listless fashuioni that hiad becomie hiabhitual t.o lier now, causing her miother much axiety. Blut If MNaiud was mIiserable, Frank was no less so, though tie, havinig more to occu py tie attention, did lnt feel it as keenly as shue. Still, lie was not feelinug in a very hicerful muood, one morning, as lie sat in hs oflico, hooking intenutly at the lirc, anid pufling at his cigar like a whole volcano, wvhien euddeinly the door was thirowna open, md in rushed the stranger who hadl picked LIP thn lost note. "And how arec you ?" lie inquhired, seizing Prank's hand andl slinking It heartily. "First rate," replied Frank. '"When did( you get back." "Ohi, this morning ; thought I wvould Eirop in and see how you were. Seems to mue you are not lookIng remarkably jolly ; whiat's the trouble I Lost your money, . or lies some one left you out of hIs wilhl, or-" with a lauigh, looking at tis friend's gloomy face-"hass some one refused you ? Come, Iguess I've tilt It thIs time," ho said, as tie friend's face slightly flushed. "You were rathier sweet 'on Miss Evanus wvhen I left. You may a well own up ; she hiss refused you I" F~rank was naturally of a reticent nature, bilt he never could withstand Tom L,orimer. Why, he and Toni haed known cacti ether since the time they were roundabout jack its-iad helped each other out of Innumei mble boy scrapes-had been roomn-mates at Dollego, and after graduaeting, hiad settled in lthe same place. What I not confide in l'em? It would be treason to the cause of pirendship, So, in answer to Tonm's question If Maud bad refused him, lie answered that she liad, relating the manner in which the proposal had been made. "Welt, I'm sorry fou' fou," daid Tom, when hue had finished the story. "I( have been doing a little in that line myself since I have been away,. and ean Imagne hew .I should feel If.her aniswer had ben tie in stead of yes. He,thionproceeded to relate toraml how he had met his divinity, made tierce love ft her and had been accepted ; going intt lover's raptures over her ; to all of whici Frank listened patiently. "But I've her photograph here," takinf it from her pocket, and handing it to Frank, and at the same time pulling out the losl note. "Ilullo 1 I'd forgotten about this.' Turning it over several tines, but nol gaining much information from the blanlt envelope, he proceeded toopen it. Iavini perused a ifew hues he broke out with, "I say, Frank, here's a go ! Some om has been writing at declaration of love amd lost it I Want to hear it,?" lie then related how it catne into his pos. session. "Let me~see it," said Frank, excitedly, a1 gleam of hope crsssing his inind that it wm his note to Maud. Wlleu assured that this was reraly th< Case, he astonished his friend by jinpinp. up, over-turning his chair in his excitenitt, and demanding his coat and hat fortlwith. Johnnie, entering about this time, c"ausel a pleasant little diversion. Frank poulne"ed upon him, asking what lie meant by doinp errands in such a manner ? Vliite Ton tried to impress upon the mind of the be wildered youth the awful retribution that would surely overtake him if he did not. owi up and tell the truth. But Johnnie protested he had carried the box all right ; lie owned he had fallen and the flowers rolled out. "'But 1 picked 'el up," sniveled .Johlnie, 'and gave 'em to the young lady all right." Frank was too happy to be very unfor giving toward the delinquent, so, after de livering a short lecture on carelessnless, hu told him le would overlook it this time, if lie would be more careful in the future. That evening found Frank ringing the bell at Mrs. Evans' door. Jane ushered him into the parlor, where Maud sat. She lid not heard the dror open, and was quite tartled when a manly voice at her side said "Mlaud !" She started up with i glad cry as she saw Frank, and lie needed no other assur mtilee than the happy, hMushing face that his love was returned. Stretching out. his arms to her she went straight into 'them, m1d as he folded them round her he knew that for him the winter of his discontent had ended at last in a glorious suuner. 1ar-rett, the 'iper. Barrett, the Piper, you see, lost his skill, 2(d was advised to go to the Black iNorth to recover it. (Barrett was a Munster 1man). Well, he took his little boy with him, and they walked till the dark came, and then went into a cabin by the roadside to look for lodging. "GCod save all here !" says tley. "Save you kindly I" says the man of the house, but lie left out the 11oly Name. 'llow are you, Jack B3arrett. '' ''Musha, pure and hearty, sir ; many thanks for the axing, but how do you know me?" "Och, I knew you before you were weaned. Sit down and make yourself at 1ome ; here you stay till morning.'' Well, faith, they got a good supper of pratees and milk, and a1 good bed of straw was made for them by the wall up near the 'ire, aid they lay down quite comfortable to a good sleep. But some bad thoughts Came over Jack Barrett in the dead of the night, and he got up and went out of the bed, and into the fields by himself, and ia couple of mad dogs running after him. There was a big tree near him with ever so many crows' nests in the top, and lie run and climbed up into it from the dogs, and if he missed the (logs lie found the crows, and didn't they fall on him to tear his eyes out I Ile bawled, and lie roared, and the ma1n of the house came into the kitchen ad stirred the fire, and there was Jack Barrett 0n the lhen-roost, and, the cocks and(1 helns cackling about him. "'Mulshia, the s2rra 's 021 you for a .Jack iBarrett Ii low (did you1 get upl thIere~amonlg the fowlIs ?" "'The goodness knows ; it's lnot their :ompan211y I wiant. Will you hell) mue dlowni honest 21an121 WVell, lie got into bed aigain. and1( if he did lhe was1 not long there when 2a had thought, came into his hiead, and1( up lie got. He wvas going lnto the next roomi, wvhen where did lhe fInd himself but by t,he ban12k of a big river, and1( the same two (dogs tear ing along like venigeamnce to make gibblets of him. There was a trce there, and1( its boughs were out over the river. Up climbs ,Jack, 1and( up after 1212m the (dogs ; and to get out of their clutches lie scrambled out m2 21 long bough. The (logs were soon feel big aifter 1hhn2, and1( lie goIng out farther and( farther, till lhe was afraid It would breaik. At last he felt it cracking, and( lhe gave 2a '-oar out, of 1h11m that youi'd hear a mile ofi, and the man of the house' camile Into the kitchen and1( stirred the lire, and there was -Jdck, sthraddle-legs on the pot-rack. "Mumsha, Jack, but you're tho divel's quare youth at your time o' life to be niak ni' a horse of miy pot-rack. Conmo dlown, you onshch, and2( go to bed." "WeV ll, the tird1 time, where did the (lvel guide him but to a b)cd in the next r3om, and when he flopped Into It lie let such a hiowvl out of 1hhn1 tha2t youi'd thlink It was heaven and1( earth comIng together. "What's in the win' now, ,Jack ?" says the man of the house. "Oh, It's the pain1) of labor I am21 !" says the unfortunate piper. "Will we send after the miidlwlfe for you I" says the other. "Oh, the culrse of Cromw~ell on yourself an' the midwife I" says th( poor man ; "It wasni't God1 had 21 hiand in us the hour we :darkened your door. Oh, tattherathon to you, you ould thief I won't you give us some alseo?" "Fathier, honey," says the boy, "it' plshrogtues Is on you. A drop of hl1y water will do you more good nor the mia ter o' the house, God bless him 1" "I'll tear you limb from liptb "says the ould villaIn, wihen) le heard the LIoly .Name, "if you say that again." "Well, anyhow,1' says the boy, "make the aign of the cross on yourself, father, and say the Lord's Pra or." The poor ould pier did so, and1( at the bles-sed wortls and the sign his pains left 11121. There wfis no sIght of the man of the house on the spot theni; maybe lhe was irn the lower rooii. When the piper and his son woke the next morning, they were lyiung irr the diry moat of an old rath that lay b)y the higli road. --. The conqueror le regarded with awe: --he Wise inan Oommndsoutr'0steegt, but 4le the beneiolent man wh6 ins .our s'foogon. SThe (ianu,t.t tint. ".1eas " I'tayct. There was an awful time in a farm-housc near oltline. We haven't received any particulars, but solemnly believe th:U at a cer tain IhsI1aldt whose fron t nate is ".leeuins wa(s Inalde 14o wish he'd never beenl born intu this deceit ful world. ThI'e're arrived oil the Western expt-ess a nervous, wiry, blIack-c'ed womll of forly, who kept closing ande' pening her-l lingers all the limne, as if she was clawing noses or pulling hair. She h1ad a straight busciness look ill her eyes ts she got oil the trainl, and one of the hacllk(In at the depot door ventured the opinion thatl1 she hadt( olme in to tll' ciy to forelot- at n ortga;ge or ttke up at "shortage " on wheat. "Sir!" lieainl tile womiu as shw walked upl to tIhe depot. policenuml, "I walnt answers to at few (fuestioins." Yes, Iruintu-julst sn," wis th' hutilie reply ats he followed hi'r into the waliling. roolt. "Now, I h(ei," she c" >trl inuted as she(' took at Sentt, " I live nlear P'elntine. 3ly J(:(is was in here the I''ourth of .11uly, andI didnl't " get. home till Inidnight. I h c"amue mll here on mly monley, and I wvant to know hew he( spent it. I [ere is his bill of expenses ats he made it out. He hats pult down for rid ing tip towin iln 21 hack." '"'Tiat's t 'elve shilliigs too inuch," re plied the officer. "1J1ust as 1 ttouigit -just ('xtely !'" she wllispwred as she pa! down the figures. I liere he has got (owvn one dollar for see Ing the balloon go upI." " aNot balloon e"nt up that day, inadaml.", " .J ust as I t bought -just exatl ly ! Ie looked as innocent as lanh when he wrote tha1. down, but Ie didh'I know n e ltre is ('ighty ents for ridirlr across to Canada and haelk." ", That should be ten' ".ust exactly whati! I I tought lst night when he ki.sed me, and said it Wes an aw ful pric(e, but. lots of coniort," she olbserved ais s'te pit down ''70 " opposite his figures. lie lts it down here tlint his s11pp'r andt([ dinner cost him $1.1150 per meal at the Cenl Iral Jlarket. It strikes mle Ihalt. three (0l lars would buy Iwo pret) y festive lieals." "You Can knock oil 2cbtoul. two dollars and at half from that,'' said the oflicer after he ht( figured i bit. ''Just exactly as I thought. I1e smiled as softly as an angel when he wrote that (lown, btl he was sm iling at the wrong womnl. 'hlile I was hoitte lilking the cows and having an awful headache he was eating his high-toned iials like a second .loln Jaeol Astor I AI1(d now he has Jt down llfty cents for s(t'ei t lie heiars," "'l'The what ?" .'lie says it cost him ifly cenlts to go mito i menlgerie aid see Inle hitars," she exphiined. " If there wis a menaigerie in leowi ()In that. (lly, then 1 didn't heatr of it.," solemn ly remrarkedl thie oieer. " .ust as I thought-just as Ihou ht.! Wvent in to see the bs'eiu, lid le ? W1ell, he'll see srveral mhenageries when I reacll home I I lere Is 0110 more itemi. I 1 says ie plit ) 2 to see the rope-walk." "It wis free," replied the oflicer. "Yes, I thought so-thought so when he sat, there and looked so loving and fatherly and sald it made his hair stand lip. There will he a ' walk ' when I get, back home, 111(1 somebod'y's hair Will 8111111 si raight up! TIhat.'s all, and I'mnl uch obliged.'' ''You won't kill hii at once, will you' ? pleaded t he oflice'r. She looked over his head It the wall, breathed 14ar.d, ele"nched her hatnds, and aul swered : " I've 'speeled it. at long time, andl now I'll Claw him if I (lie for It !" She walked up and down the depot. willi her teeth hard shut ad her eyes growing 'brighter all the I im, and when she finally took the Irain for home, the hill of expenses Iitihly clutched int her htandl, the (tilicer looked after the0 recedling train and1( mused:( '"Now why did ihe give hImself away in that,1 manneriOI? Whyli3 didnl't he tell her light out1 thatt some1 on1e p)icked his pocket ?" hi first artesian well bor'ed at Antois France, over'I a01 entry atgo, Jils sinceIt thei ilowedh stealdily, Ithe water raisiing elevent feet ablove the suriface at the rate of 25011gal bits aill minte . Thell famouts GArenelle well itt the Paris basint was comn)ltcedl in I13, with the expectati1ion of oh.ainling water at 1,200 or I ,t500 feet, in the secontdary3 greent 8sand( formtat ion which undi(eriies thte chalk, the ulppermnost of Ithis series. At 1,5300 feet the governmttent weouIld have abanldoned t he enter11pr'ise but1' fl the rgent appeals of .M. Arago. It was'~i contitited till onl Febt'uary 26) 1841,1 at the dteptht of 1,797 feet, the hin8'lg rod( such(litnly peCnetrated thte atrch of Irock over' thte sbnterralneant waters antd fell f'iurteent feet. In a few htours the water roseu to thte surface itt an liuentse voltmne, aind has8 continued since. It. is well kniowii that at te depth.1 of 4 few foet below Ithe suIrface of the earth11 the templer'at.tI'e nevetr changes. At S1t. Loutis, Missqouri, the temn p)eralture of water at .1,500) below thes nu'fae is eighteent delgrees higher thant the meian tempel)ratulre at. the suirface, malhking the in crease one0 degree' for elighty-Itree and( 0one third'( , feet dI'eent ; and(, strange to say, theo Increase of temperature Is 0One In every lifty4two aIl 0)10-half feet, ait Charles tOln, South Caro'llinaI. The hot springs that81 flow out to te sulrface bii mlany paIrts of the wvorld tare nat ural artesian wollIs rising fromi great depths. In Virginia thtes, spritngs are foutnd along the lIes of great fautlts or' breaks intt hle strti'tfleaitiona of the r'ocks, by which formations usutally sep)ar ated0( by thioutsands( of feet arc brought into contract welith each other1 T1here is a cilas of 1h(1t spinIgs called1 gegser's whlose force woluldc be 88 ser'vlceable as that of thte hy dIrost-atic pr'esses if it, weere pr'acticeable to use It. Geysers, or eruuptive fotuttaints of b)oiin)g weater, are found In different plarts of the world. Trhere are seome very large geysers In Ithe southor n part of Iceland. In a circuIt of 81)0out tweo tmiles are mnore than 100 sprIngs which send1 forthI htot water. These springs ate of diferent degrees of ac tivity. Geysers arc to be fotund In Call forn ia and In Newe Zealand. The two prln elpal geysers In leeiland are called thte Great Geyser iand the Strokr or Churn. Trhe Great Geyser, whten quiet, presents the ap pearance of a circular mound of slleceous tncruIstatio*::a, InclosIng a pool witht sides slopIng inward and ouitward. Theo hteghIt of the miound Is ab)out twenty feet. TIhe dIameter or thte basIn varIes from fifty to sIxty feet, and Its averuge - depth Is four feet. In its centre Is the rnoeuth of the ver tical tube whIch connects It with' tihe sub terraneous piassages. The tube Is .about nitne feet In dlamleter at its nouith, and sev onty feet In depth: When tdu geyser: Is.I active the basin is filled to the edge with elear waler, which has ai mean temperatuire of I85 degrees Fahrenlieit, and runs gently down t he mnound, emit ting clouds of steam; but. for several hours after an eruption, the tuibe is empty to it deth of four or live feet. At intervals of about an hour and a half a rumllling noise is heard, and the water hl(aves ip iii the celtre, throwing an in. creased quantity over the margin. TIhe great eruptions take place at irregular in tervals sonetimes exceeding thirty hours. At lhese times lourl explosiolns are heard beneaih the surface, the water is thrown into violent agitation, it boils furiotsly, anid at last is stu(liely Helt. forth in asuccession of jets, which increase in force till they be come ani imnuense fountain, that is lost to view in the clouds of stean in which it is nvellope(I. 'ThIe heights reached by those jels are almost in(redile. V'I Troil, traveling in Iceland in 1772, saw an erup tion of boiling water from the (,reat. (ieyser which ascende(d ninety-t wo feet. Sir John1 Stanley, in 1789, saw one ninety-six feet. ieut. Olshen, aI Danish ollicer, in 180.1, saw an eruption or jet. which rose to the height of 212 feet. This interinittent ae tionl of (lie (reat Iieyser is supposed to be owing to t he sudden production of steatn in sublterainan chambers connectedi with (lie ebannels through which the waters flow. The water from the geyser has its origin in mlountainl land, anud in issuing forth is only seeking its level. It is hot. and in some in statnces boiling, because it comes ulp from an imlllense ( dept.h--from a depth where tihe earth is of a high and uniform temper atture. The water of (lhe geysers is always boiling at the time of an eruption. Tie temperature of cold springs is alsou 2niform, because they take their origin at some dep1h from the surface and below the influence of the external atmosphere. The samne sprilig watter whiek is deeled warmnh in winter is deemiled cold i- sumuer. But it is really of the same eciperature at all seasons, the difference being that inl SInunler it is str rotinded by a warmer atmosphere and ob jects than in winter. Six Feet Aroul( the Walist. A negro cobbler, nalmed Charles Joln son, weighing nearly four hiindred poidils, died in WVashingt(n1. He was born a1 slave on the estate of Charles Carroll, of Carroll County. Md., in 1809, but wats liberated just before the waril on account of his phe nomenal size-he then weighing nearly llve himdred pounds. In family history there was nothiig remarkable about. Johnson, ex cept. that he had two sisters and one daughter who nearly approached his own bulk. One of the former still lives in Car. roll County, and is the mother of a large family of children, all of average size. The fat daughter lives, but. is unmarried at. forty-six. "Aunt Eliza," the helpmate of Uncle Charley, is but i little woman, weighing about seventy-five po1ds, and appeared to feel deep grief at the death1 of her decidedly better half. 'l'he church people have been in the habit. of presenting their bulky brother with a new stilt of clothes at. each ('hristmas, mlade of such substantial material that. they suficed for the whole year. The cloth used in these clothes was sulllcient for three ordhiaiy men. The tailor had to repeat the stale joke of asking his customer to hold the tapel while he went round, for the gi:th of Uncle Charley wats at serious matter for one mall to attempt to encircle, he being over 11 feet arotuld the waiat. His shoulders men sured ;1 feet 2 inches across, and his hips the samne. When at young man he wits said to have stood over 1 feet, but, at death was hut 5 feet 11 inches. I [is weight at. (leath was slightly under 400 pounds, and therefore the arrangements for the funeral, which are in the hands of Nelson & Dabney, are matlers of considerable dilliculty. Nc or (iary casket will contain the huge bulk, 111 1 colli is now binmig biilt of such pro plortionls andt5 streiigthi as5 wilI insiure ai safe inltermteint. 1t wvill be oiver three feet, across andi two feet six inches inl height. TIhe cy'linder had1( to he 1taken out of an ordliinary3 large ice enlsket, and2( (velln iben there Is m t suifllcienit momn for ice enioughi to serve without conist ant reniewal. It is probable that11 the side0 of the flrae house ini which the body lies will halve to lie torn out to ial low o)f its remilovaul. J1ohinsoni was very fonid of gin, of which lie would drinik all ho counld obtain ; but clalimied to2 be) a tempe) ranice man22 and1 dlesp)ised been or whiskey. Futraining 1t t4, theo Endt. One miorin g recently a1 st.raniger plr chaIsedi some fishinug tackle it, the ('erry doek, iand took hiis seat, unider a shned to fish . People whlo were watchIng 1him1 sa1w tha, he pah11 l uly ats muchie atteni tIon to a 11insk of whIsky as to hIs fish line. and2( it, wais remaritked1 that every L,Ime aifter lie took a drin1k he app)leared to have several btes atL the book. A f ter he had been fishinag for an haouar, he was2l seen hauling tup lihe hook abouit once every tenl seconds, and ant idler satered1 ovei anid observed: "Begianing to bite, chi?"' "Yes, IL sheems~ zhatt way," relied (lie maii, ats lhe hauled tup again. "Are you halving imoie bites than when you irst, b)egun ?" "Weoll ," aniswered the Ihhierman, as ho valinly t.riedl to look thae other in thne face. -'I enn't zhaethy shany. I'm~ either having tmoire whIsky or more niah, ain' ['mi going to keep right at IL, tIll one or the ozzer1 am all gone ?" Chasngtng the Names of Streeta in Paris. The Municipal Cotuneil of ParIs ha or dere-d the following changes ini the names of streets: From Ave. do ha Reine-Hlortense to Ave. Hlochte, fronm Ave. Josephine to Ave. Marceau, from Ave. du Roi-do-Rome to Ave. Kleber, from Rue dun Dauphin to Rule do ha Convention, from Rute Saint Ar naud to Rue Lincoln, from Qui Napoleon to Qual aux Fieturs, from Rue Fontano to. Riue Valette, from Rue dui Frere-Phlippe to JRto Paul Louis-Coutrier, front Riue 131.. latilt to Rue Charron, frotn Rue Bonaparte to Rtie Gutenberg, from flue Abbatitcci to Rue do ia Bootle, from Rue Cambaceres to Rlue do Coulmiers, from Rue d'Albe to Rute Rouget do l'Isle, from Bloulevard H1aussa mann to B3oulevard Ettenne-Ma'rcel, from Rlue Magau to Rue Beauropaire, from Rue do Rovigo to Rua do la Blenfasanuce, from flue de Bloulie to Rue de Difban, from Rlue Mario Antoinette to flue Antoinette; from Rlue Marcesu to Rue doet aialee, fron1 Rue HJoche to RIue:de Presteapfrom flue Kleber to Rue do Ia PadatAn,c A Poetn1ylvaila (ieyeor. The Kane Geyser Well is located in Me ICean county, Pa., four miles southeast of the "Sumnut Sunmter Resort."' This well was drilled for petroleum in the spring of o 1878 to a total depth of 2,000 feet. No oil 81 was found in paying quantities and the well was abandoned, since which time it has been s throwing periodically-ten to fifteen min- t utes-a column of water and gas to i height varying from 100 to 150 feet. Mr. Charles A. Ashburner, assistant in charge of the o survey of McKean county for thegeological survey, has made a study of the "Geyser Well" and furnished the following facts : During the operation of drilling a number of fresh "waer veins" were encountered a down to a depth of :314 feet. All of this water was shut off by a cast-iron casing 51 inches im dianeter, which was inserted tn b the six-inch hole to the requisite depth. ti 'l'hus the hole was kept free from water during the after-drilling. At a depth of 1,415 feet a very heavy "gas vein" was tr struck. After the well was deserted from failure to find oil the iron casing was with drawn from the hole and the fresh water permitted to flow in on the top of the gas. o 1 lere the conflict between nature's elements i commenced, which has made this well one w of the most interesting natural phenomena in Pennsylvunia. ''he water flows into the t well on top of the gas until the pressure of o the confined gas becomes greater than the weight of t he superineunmbont water, when an expulsion takes place and a column of (y water and gas is thrown out. of the well. ; This occurs at present every thirteen min- r utes, and t he spouting continues for one and a half minutes. On the evening of July 1 v Mr. A. W. Sheafer, of the McKean Survey, measured two columns which went to a ki height respectively of 120 and 128 feet. On the 9thI of August Mr. Ashburner icas- al ured four columns in succession and the ti water was thrown to thu following heights: P 108, 132, 120 and 138 feet. )uring the ut tine that the columns are thrown out of the well the gas 2s thoroughly mixed up with of the water and is readily ignited. '1'he sight bt after night fall is grand beyond descripltio. br The antagonistic elements of water and fire da are so promiscuously blended that each sens to be fighting for the mastery. At ru one moment the flanie is entirely extin- i guished, only to burst forth at the next in- ti stant with increased energy and greater to brilliancy. In winter the columns become encased in ice and form a huge translucent. of chtimney.it The Art of Keeping CooL b It is not. by fretting or worrying or ply- s ing the fan that we can keep cool, but by tit taking up our work, doing it bravely an1 th cheerfully, with as little fuss as possible. eli 'Take time by the forelock' and rise early, getting as nmch done as possible before the heat. of the (lay. Never do any work lie directly after dinner, if it cannot be done sta in the forenoon let it go umtil the next. day; i you will live just as long and the family be as comfortable. It is a mistake to keep tit the house close as a cell all day, lest the i 811(1 rays should enter if. Pure air mtust be allowed to circulate through the house, wa and this is of Importance in keeping the Jody cool. Throw open the windoivs and blin'ds very eaIrly in ti,, morning and keep ( them so until the dew has dried off t tilen elose them tighltly aiid tile roloms will re- 21 main ite comtfortable'until evening, when the blinds can once again be thrown open wl to almit the cool evening breeze. Drnk- Lit ing large draughts of ice water when the body is heated or partaking too freely of tit food or ices, should be carefully avoided. Bathing when heated or in excessive per-0( spiration is a good cause for illness; but an anunonia or 2al. water bath once a (lly, bi but not directly after a meal, is not only a bit luxury but at positive necessity. Also we should he careful in the food we eat ; very little ment is desirable, bu fish, lam~, an chlickenIs and( a(1ll'white fiIlehe fowvls are In2( seaso5n ; al1so, al11 kInds of vegetables amil fruit.. ierries as5 well as5 stonedl fruits canri be eaten ini mo1deration2. Mulch Is Sai algainist, the unhilealthIfulness of cucumnbers and1( wat.ermelons; the fIrst (can be eaten~v wlithIout, discomifort If allowVed to remini a(2 fewv inultes In salt anld walter, t hen ploured 2u( off and vinegar pult In its phi8cc. Water- V melIons (can1 be eattenl If fresh anid thoroughly ripe. Iced tea and( coffee areO very deosir aible; as they aet a1s toniics upon01 thle system,.o On113 enou0gh should lie cooked to hoebe ea2ten1i I he saine (1ay3, for even. if puIt in an1bu ice box it will taste stale. All aininmal foodl lo' shou11(ld e ('atenl of spairingly, buit milk and , fruit, blread and1( vegetables, Ice cream, In (wvhich Cani bie biought at, 2a 821181 cost), ieed ho fruit, oat, meal, haird boiled4( eggs, served ibi ki vimegar an2d salt-they have lately been WI p)roniouncedl by meldicaIl authority more dII- thl gestilie thanli soft boiled eggs-hanm sandh wichles, drIed anud cannedco meats, jellies, fresh crackers, dried fish ; all of thieso are very goodl for suunnerlO meaClls, or for picnice Te Mlake Flowers llooma. No lan1lt canlf conitline in 1)100om If niature wI Is not peCrmitted to do work completely, for Lih the goIng to seedl exhansts the energies of 8s any13 subject, and stop everythling else. By vt constantly removing decaying flowers lbe- as5 fore a seedl 1)0( can2 swell, the growvth of thle JIl plant and( thle continued( deovelopmIent of newv buds 82nd flowers upon the new growthl ha* are matters of course. Try the experiment At upon the roso. Two cottages, having fine li plants covering their fronts, being in the sp hainds of two dififerent persons, frequently fo exhiblits the most stricking contrast-one a liC mass of flowers, while the other is bare; and these who pay no0 attenltion. to thle the cause5 are, noverthlecss, often surprIsed at mi the fact. If they look a little further into t h the matter they wouid observe thlat on)e is tiI loalded withI hIps or seed vessels, which are i swelling in great numbers, whIle in the si other not a solitar;y berry could be seen. It is only necessary to cut away the dead of flowers and the season of bloom will be of prolonged, oh oml A Oure for the Vrow* w. A very successful plan has been tried by P placing in Mr. Crow's way a nunuber of v granswit ahorse hliir run through thoem, cc He s otndto swallow one, Aind hsnote ,i of alarm is soon sounded. -It Is Impossible hi for him to dislodge the grain, and if he WI can be watched a sufficiont length of time, ea lie will be seen to cut his owin thr9at ini, lhig seratching at it. His usual note is changed, bi and I. caf. assiure you'that life to him ie dIe such a rmisery he would "oven wish that tir he wete dead. It h.as boon rloticed tit * i after' the hote bf. alArn had . 'n soutid~l all the orow~s in to vicinft wN ~ oa tha fld and ap ial h6 " seMt 4 Ilqt isu m e. , - FOOD FOR THOUGHT. To work outt our own contentment, e should labor not so much to Increase tr substance, as to mode{pte our die Those who can thetselvies do good rvice are but as one to a thousand >mnpared with those who can see 'ault. the labors of others. It I8 better to wear out than to rust it. We must not only strike the iron hlle it is hot, but strike until it is ale hot. Hlappy is he.who has learned to (1o c plain duty of the mnomltent (uickly ad cheerfully, wherever and wlattever may be. The poorest of the poor have been as ave as the wealthy ; the learned have ed gloriously, but the unicarned have most stulen t,he palm. A tintl ,trained to self-denial meeta ails with an amount of reserved moral re quito inexplicable to those less tbituated to self-control. A mtan should never be ashamed to v"n he has been in the wrong; whloh but saying, in other words, that he is iser to-day than. he was yesterday. Good books clected In- Loyola what e lear of approaching death, a heav ly apiarition, a miraculous restora )l to italth had failed to do. Error is blind, but reason Is argus ed ; but the naass of mankind will ek ti,e first for counsel and wisdom titer than the latter. Flattery Is a safe colin which our own aity has made current, atid vill never ott of credit as long as there are inves to offer it and fools to receive It. [low strange that the stratas of love d hate lie so close together that it kes but littl to bring time latter up rmost, when under the pressure of kidness or injustlco. !'cars do not dwell long on the cheeks youth. Rain drops easily fromi the d, rests on the maturer flower, and oaks down that which has lived ita y. Juar customs an1d habits are like the ts lin roads. The wheels of life settle Lo them, and we jog along through L. mire, because It is too much trouble get out of them. I'hore are no hands upon the clock eternity ; there Is i:o shadow upon dial. The very hours of hIeaven iI be measured by the sunshine-tiot the shadow. Beauty, like the flowering blossoms an fades; but, the divine excellence of D mnind, like the medical virtues of 3 plant remains in It wheui all those arms are withered. If we would have powerful minds we stt think; if we would have faithful arts, we must love; if we would have -ong tnuscules, we itust labor. These Lltie all that is: valiat ble :in :life. When you doult between words, use : plalntest, tia comnttlbst,, the most omatic. Eschew line wdrds as you >id rouge, love simple .ones as you mid native roseS on your ,h@ek. A sour godliuesa} chills and'represses ary bud of hope about us; a sunny il kindles into it glow o' life and siiets the w:'.ole oIrcle in whilh it )ves. Sa mnt's c'taraeter Is like hls'shadow tich somnetim's follows, and some Ins precedes him, and which is ocea Inally longer and occasioatully shorter iul lie is. Knowledge will not be geqaired with t pais and application. It Is troub ontc and deep atigging for pure water; t when once you come0 to the springs 3y rise up and meet you. Lie not diverted from your duty by y idle reflectlons the silly worl t may Lkc upotn you, for thteir censures are c in your p)ower, and they conse ently shloukt not be any part of your A good d1eedla Iniever lost; he wvho vs court,esy mteets friendship; and he io plaitts klidness gath eA love ; plea Li besiowed up~on a gratieful mind was ve.r sterlie bitt generalIly begets re-. rtd. But little do mneti perceive what soli ie Is, and how far it extetnds. For a )wd(l nio comlpany ; tuen1's faceSs are t, like p)ictures in a gallery, antd talk t ta tinkling cymbal whiete there Is no re. I'ruly haus it been said, emphatically these dlays ought to be repeated; a ring heart is the beginning of tall owledge. This it Is thtat opetns the tole mntd, quicros every ftaculty of' a in teliect to (10 its fit work. A~vert your gaze from the crosses of a future, you see thoem without the rtenintg. sustaining grace which ac Inpaities thm when thtey reacht you. .t all your efforts tend to bearing the )ss of the presenit inoment. D)on't you wvish sometimes thtat thte irld would stop talking and let you ttk ? Atnd have you never been exa. Lerated to hear somne one utter tihe ,y thought which you had cherished all youtr own, and which you we it gointg to utter ? Adtmonish a friend ; it niay be that hte tlt not done it, that lhe do it no more. imontish thty friendi ; it may be he hath t said It, but If he have, thtat he Ink it no more. Admonish a friend ; 'ttany times It is a slander, and be ye not eyery tatle. il'e art of conversation consists ini exercise of two fine qualitis. You ist originate and you must sympa.. ze, You must possess, at the same te, the habihs of communicating and tenting. The union Is rare, but irre tibIe. ntrive to gain new Ideas not thought by others, for thtey are the mothers progress. If we always retain our I thoughts and ch'erish athomias the ly truths, we stop In the dark Aagt ii soon rapidly dIgress I wisQqm and wer. As well might fog, and 0)6td, and por hope to cling to the sit -ilumIn landscape as lh ~ ues a ose as to comba j ovIal she laratin~ laugter. qc~?Ia ys. 'Ihto iS 3do be~I'II ilh hter, no shadown: . h~~ rau r t wil lilt sei00 IV~ rue. scoe diIUul,tf' hpr,gtfcftOl