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TRIWEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MARCII 12, 1881. ESTABLISHED 1865 IN THE FOREST. Oh the stillnes's in the wood: Only little brooklets ripping Past the mossy bap all dripping; -irthe pebbly 1T)CO lut %kipping, 00A'41eq 4ill. Fi. 'ht pines are sweetly singing, (aily plumaged birds are winging, Through the leafy branches flitting; In a silent mood. Playful squirrels always chattering, . Each the other over flatt ring. All i gleei and oh such clattering, Jn the stilly wood. Far away from noise of city, Far from friends with converse witty, Far from dull, froiaio trudging Of the business world, all grudging Each his brother; all o'er reaching; Where the honest poor beseeching Of tno opulent, a fart'hing Thus to save some one1 fron starving; Theme the thoughts in solitudo Of the quiet wood. When with brott ra oft oon'endlng, And with brotheis oft Cfiending, (Angry clouds with 1ii portending, In a selfish mood.) Then with nature thus communing, With our hearts to love attuning, We will here the virtues wooing, Here is stilly'wood. Banish care and banish sorrow, From the book of Nature borrow t That to make our lives to-morrow Like this tranquil wood. Washing a Lover. A rainy jay in the country! Drip, drip, soupded the water In the barrel under the eaves; patter, patte trin. kled down the rain drops upon the leaves t of the syringas and lilac bushes; and Lucy, 1 Darl, sitting at the window, her round r chin resting in her handg, awl . her eyes flxed dreamily on the -woods, half hidden In vapory mists, began to feel the least bit , in the world bored. y An open letter lay in her lap-a letter to 01 which she referred every now and then, Y with a pretty, half-puzzled contraction of her brows. "Wash and wear I" she repeated to her- it self. "I wonder what Aunt Judith means? c She hopes that whichever of my suitors I c may select may wash and wear. Upon my 1 word that is likening the lords of creation a to a pattern of calico, or gingham sun bon- h net I" And Lucy laughed a little-a very be dimples around her cherry lips, and the dewy sparkles under her lang auburn U lashes. n "I'm sure they are both models of amia- k bility and good temper," said she to her- y self-"that is ap far as I know." And then all of a sudden it occurred to fC her how little a woman could really know Al of the actual bonafide habits and character of a man until she is married to him, past N all escape. Ah, if one could peep behind the G scenes," said Lucy. "if one could only o put a lover on trial for a month, as Aunt Judith takes a servant girl and discharges L her if she don't give satisfaction I And c then the wash-and-wear question, which c gives Aunt Judith so much tribulation, I could be easily scttled. Hteigh-hol I be- 1 lieve I shall have to draw lots which I shall marry, Eugene F~olliett or George h 11aven. But there's no use wrinkling up my forehead about it now ; time wvill do- t: cide. In the meantime I snall be hope lessly wvearied if .t sit, here staring at the , rain. I'll put on my things and run over ei to Nell Folliet,'s. Eugene must have ~. l arted for the city long ago." It, was a pretty, shaded road, (deliciouis in the freshness of morning, but rather drippy and dragly just at p~resent', that, led ~ to the 01(1 Folliett mansion-a sturdy erec tion of grey stone, with half a (dozein honey locusts keeping guard over it like a band of sentinels. L icy Darl, a privileged visitor, did not ring at the front door bell, but slipped qidietly ini at the b~ack (doer and ran upi to y? Miss Folliett's room. - "At home, Nell ?" she cried, tap~pinlg 4softly on the panels of the door. "Of couree I'm at ihome," said Nell, brigatly openmng it. "You dear little rose Sbud, you've come just in time to help me about the pattern for my new polonie,. 4 ~Isn't it a wretched (lay ?" S And the two girls wore presently (deep in the mysteries of bias folds, knife plait mng and side gores, until, all of a sudden, asurly masculine voice down the hall cried: "Where's my breakfast, I Bay ? I want my breakfast I Confound all you women folks. why don't you bring me my breitk fast ? Am I to starve to deathi Nell I *Mother I Come, wide awake, there I Bring my slippers l Fetch.,,Lhe newspapers, 8somebodyli AfC tea -'o you hear ?" And the dloor w hu./t again with ' , sidierable emphiaa* Nell ooket Lucy with a crimson burow. ,Ay opened wide her inquirin aEugene," saidI Nell, in rather ai i arrassed manner. "He was out lat4 .iOhi" said Lucy, beginning to be con seious that a flaw existedi in this patet imasculine diamond-that this pattern o goods "washed" but lndhi ierently. At this moment footsteps hiurrie~ by. I was the patIent and much enidurmn Mrs, 'lifett, bringing tip the tray of toast 'jfl Ism "I wouldn't wait on a man so," said Lucy, indignantly. Presently poor Mrs. Folliett returned, with the tray scarcely touched, and stopped in Neil's room to relieve her mind. "He won't touch a mouthful, because it lan't smoking hot," said she with a sigh. "He's crosser than one would think possi ble, and-" But she chocked herself abruptly at the sight of Miss Darl. "I beg your pardon, my dear !" said she, "I did not see you." "Oh, don't mind me," said Lucy, color ing. "I'm going over to Mrs. Haven's a' few minutes to see about a fern she prom ised to get me froin the Hartford woods.' For it had occurred to Miss Lucy. that this was an excellent opportunity to tet Lhe "washing and wearing" qualities of 'le second of her lovers. Folliett had been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Now let George Haven take his 3hance. The Haven cottage stood about in eighth of a milp further down the road -a pretty little honeysuckle garland affair mud Lucy Darl, feeling rather like a spy, ]rept up tho -tairs, (nobody _chanced to be n the hall,) and took refuge i' Mrs. Ha ren's own little boudoir. Mrs. Haven had three or four unruly, ll-disciplined children staying with her hat sumner-the children of an invalid ister-and Mrs. Haven was not rich in hisjworld's goods like the Folliett. As Lucy sat thete wondering whether a ucky chance was about to befriend her, as t had befriended her before, a cheery voice ounded l elow. George had just conic in, lripping but cheerful. from the post of ice. "Ihello, mother I what's the matter ? 'rying and discouraged I Why this will ever do in the world I Come, little ones, an to the barn, every one of you, to play. 'he fire smokes, does it? Well, nNer iird ; I'll have things straight in a minute, rith a few kindlngs. Tfie fact is, mother, 6u sit at home too much. You get nerv us. I must contrive some way of taking on out to drive every day." A sly, dimpled smile came into Lucy larl's face as she heard the strange, caress ig voice of ier lover, bring hope and t >urage with it, and reflecting that he was I artainly of a different stamp from Eugene olliot, whose dashing manners and city irs and graces had so nearly captivated or. it was quite evident that he would S wash and wear," accorditiv to Aunt AUiEJLS ineory.. "1 suppose I am a little nervous at times, corge," Mrs. Haven answered, "but I t 3ver feel it when you are here. I don't now what 1 should do without a son like >u. But if you ever get married-" But Lucy Darl could not stand this-she r ilt like a little, innocent eaves-dropper, as 11 e was, and hurried down stairs. - "You here, Lucy," cried Ars. Haven, I S ho was busy at her stockings. "You here, Mise Dar " exclaimed corgo who had just brought in an armful I frsli kindlings. 6 "I couldn't find any one np stairs," said ucy, blushingly, and looking painfully )nscious. I looKed all over. I've just a >me to ask you if yon got the root of f [artford fern you promised me, Mrs. : [aven." "It's set out in a flower p~ot undier the ack kitchen window, saidi Mrs. Haven. But you'll stay all (lay, Lucy, dlear, now iat you are hone."t hI ss Lucy did( not refuse. Mr. Eugene Folliett lay in bed until ieven, and read novels. Al noon he caime own stairs. "'Confoundedl dull here, without a soul :> speak to,'' saIid lie. Of. course his mother and sister were ouit idle the pale of civilized humanity. And at sunset, when the crimson beams f t.he declining sun broke radliantly out birough parting cloudls, hl ied( oii his best, Lecktie, anid pinnett a piink earnation in his utton- hole. "1 think i'll go over to Mr's. Dail's for a [ti~le while, saitt lie. '"You iieedni't," said astute Nell. "Why not ?" "Because Lucy was here this morning, indl heardl you scolding at poor mamma, mnd because I saw her go by just now with scorge [Haven, and they are engaged." "How (10 you knowi" "By instinct." Mrl. Folliet madeo a grniace, unpinned lie carnation and stayed at, home. The engagement became a public alfair lie next day, and Lucy Darn wrote back to icr Aunt .Judith that she had accepted at over whom shec could warrant as an article lint would ''wash and wear.'' New P'roces or Emnbaiming. One of the most simple and effective processes, it would appear, for preser ving the dead, has recently been brought f or wardl In Germaniy. T1hie liquid used for this purpose is prepareil as follows : Th'iree quarts boilIng water, three and~ onc-hsaif 'snees alum, six drnachms commion 8salt, "co drachms salipeire, two ounces pol utwo and one-half' drachmns arsenic aci o salts are dlissolved in the water. cen t hr are add~ed two plnts of gly cein cn"--half pi of wood alcohol. The embalnula, js accomplished by siimply saturating ana iegnating the bodies with this comipoi iu from one and a hal to five quarte being \ d for a sIngle body "SnAtr, I take r love .tAo youir mother 1" said a laU visitor to a lile child of three year who was goIng -t~o see the mota eri questIon. "She has-my love' iequaint reply. JJAF3ORE Somel4 g weSi can l00l well wearing ts new styles of hats , hyms have ni styles of head. A Colorado Robber. Below the salt works, if' the lower part of the South Park, Colorado, in 1802, there lived a man named Leaper, who was the Rinaldo of his time. lie robbed not en. tirely for the gain but for the pleasure of the thing. Hle took delight in torturing his victims. For a period he was the ter ror of the mountains. lie had a cabin In a lonely gulch on the road leading to Canon City, about ten miles from the salt works. Here he cooked his meals, but spent the most of his time concealed in the rocks above the road. lie seldom disturbed the travelers going into the mountains, for they were generally broke, but upon those con ing out he pounced like a hawk upon a chicken. One (lay an old man ana woman were driving down the mountain in a buggy, and from their appearance Leaper thought they had money In searching then he found none, and was so mad that he pulled the bridles off the old man's horses and started them running down the hill. For tunately they ran until tired out, and then stopped themselves without Injuring any one. Many men passed him without being robbed because they traveled in companies. It was the single wayfarer he watched for. At times lie had confederates, but they were never caught. This man Leaper was a very powerfully built man, weighing upwards of 200 pounds, and stood six feet in his stockings. His countenance looked more like a beast's than a human's. He had small, snake-like eyes set deep iii his head beneath a low forehead, and a thick black beard covered his entire face. le had a grum, beastly voice and a maniac's laugh. le was a inan of few words-in fact, he seldom spoke. He was a silent villain, with his uind upon his hellish business. The summer of '62 had been a prosper ms one in California, Georgia and McNulty ,ulcihes, and many a roughly-dressed man niailing from them.carried thousands of dol lars' worth of dust in his pockets. They isually travelled in pairs, for protection. [f so, Leaper let them alone, bt woe to ,he single pilgrim-he was in the jaws of & tiger if lie caine by the cabin. It was cetting late in the fall, when just at even ng one day there came a pale looking man, -iding a flue mule, and halted at Leaper's ,abin to inquire If lie was on the right road .0 Denver. lie was informed that he was iot, and that there was . no other house Vithin twenty miles; but if he would dis nount lie was welcome to stay during the might, and in the morning Leaper would ake him across a mountain and put him ipon the road. The traveler accepted the nvitation, unsaddled his mule, picketed ini by the roadside, and entered the cabin. hie nights were getting cold, and a good Ire felt comfortable after the sun had gone lown. Leaper piled high the pine logs in le fire-place, and as they burned and hone out upon the hearth the traveler felt heerlful~ find~l~In ue ae had a thou - and dollars in nuggetshe had washed from he earth that season, little thinking he ras setting a trap to lose his own life. e This was about the last chance of the t eason for Leaper. A long winter would non set in, and there would be nobody to ob. Men seldom traveled the mountains a the winter in those days, and it was nec ssary the robber should be prepared to ten up like the grizzly bear for another pringi Wten morning came, the trav, ler saddled his mule, and Leaper his horse, ,nd they started across the mountain to lnd the road to Denver. After traveling t ome distance, they dismounted in a gulch, when Leaper seized his victim by the hrcat and demanded his money and his istol. He then ordered him back in his addle, and, taking a long lariat, last-ed his cet firmly beneath the mule's belly and his ands behind him. This done, the fiend ulled the bridle from the animal's head nid turned him loose, at the same tine ut spur to his own horse andi rode rapidly way. TLhe grass wvas fine ini the mountaIns at hiis time, and the niule paid more attention o this thiaii lie did to the prisoner upon lisa mack. Mild words unaccompained by cini or cud~gel, had no influence on the long Laredl hybrid. Hie ate and drank uiiti lilled, thieii la~y down for the night. lie, rowever, lay upon his belly and knees, and nd~icated by his p)osition that lie would (10 he best he could for lis unfortuniate bed ~ellow. When morning came the beast irose and dleterminied to leave for oilier ilds. Over rocks andl through tangled woodls lie wenmt-often nearly tearing to )ieces lis rider-until lie halted at a rip )lhng stream to take a drmnk. At this mo nent the rider heard the sound of an axe. t-le hallooed loudly for help. In a moe nent his call was answered and a man miessed in a red shirt and buckskin. breeches uame in sight with aii axe upon hisshoulder. As lie ap~proached the mule became alarmed at lisa appearance and started off on a brisk trot, but not until the ax-man had gotten miear enough to learn from the riler his sad condition, The woodmnan laid down his axe and startced in pursuit. For hours he followed the mule and its lone rider in vaini. At tlimes lie would almost lay his hand upon the creature, when, peculiar to a mule, with a snort lhe would bound away with increased speed. Night was now fast ap p~roaiching, ad darkness would endI the p~ursit. Tihe case was getting desperate. The pursuer had a pistol in his belt, lie availed himself of the best opportunity lie could get and sent a bullet whizzing through the animal's head. A moment and the ridler was released, but too much exhausted. to travel. A fire was kinidled, and the two strangers who had miet by chance this un usual way camipedh for the night among thme rocks, with wolves all arounri them. in thes morning they succeded in reach ing a cabin a few miles away. After rest ing a few days and partly regaining the use of lisa limbs, which'-were nearly para lyzed, the mani of fate departed for D~en ver. Here he made known the robbery, and described the robber so minutely that lie was easIly tracedi as the mysterious oc cupant of tihe lone cabin at theo foot of "Warder's H1il," as It was called by the pilgrims of that day. Colonel Farnhamn, a United States mar shah, and a practical miner at Buckskin, was sent to ferret out and capture the rob) ber. The Colonel will be remembered by all old settlers of Colorado as a sharp de.. tectIve in early days, and as a man of nerve. Hie soon lcariied that there was a proba bihity of there being a band of robbers in this cabin instead of. one. To make him self familiar with the situation he disguised himsnlf as a tramp. With a blanket andl .a coffee-pot strapped upon is back lie halted at the cabin and bogired for some thing to eat. Here lie found threa men in the act of dividing Smio plunder, but in stead of giving him food they robbed him of i blanket and a silver watch and told him to move on. The Colonel hail a trusty revolver which lie carried iII his boot, and which was not found by the villains. As lie left the door, to more effectually de ceive them as to his errand, lie feigned to cry for the treatment lie had received, when the burly chief and proprictor gave him a kick. This was a dear kick for the beast who gave it, as the sequel will show. Farnham went a short distance away and concealed himself in a cleft of rocks to watch his ganie. lie was but a short time there when two of the men cane out, sad died their horses, and started on the road to Canon City. Waiting until they had got well away; the detective wandered back to the cabin and knocked at the door. Tile man within, who was Leaper, sang out, "Come in." As the door opened Farnham was confronted by the robbet, with pistol in hand, who demanded : "What do you want here, you d--d old beggar? 1-11 kill you if you don't go away." "Give me but a crifet of bread-I am starving," said Farnhamn. a When the robber, probably thinking it F the easiest way to get rid of his unwelcome I visitor, stooped to pick up a piece of bread E that had been thrown upon the ground, ii Farnham snatched the pistol from his boot, t and with one blow felled him to the I ground. lie then disarmed him, drew a a pair of handcuffs from his boot, where he Ii always carried such trinkets when on duty, a clapped them upon his hands and ordered Ii him to arise. Losing no time, he walked v him to the salt works, there procure-l a wagon and conveyed his prisonor to the t jail at Denver. He was confined in the prisoni-the only b. n in the Territory at the tinie-on Lari nur street near Fourteenth, but before the neeting of the court that was to try him, tl the only witness that could convict him- 1 he man of the dismal rkle-died framl the c affect of his injuries. Nothing could be m lone now but dismiss him. k General Sam Browne was then the prose- f, uting attorney for Colorado, and, know ng there was no chance to convict, and to I( Lave the government unnecessary expense, ic entered a nolle prosequi and directed s8 he prisoner turned loose. But Leaper b vould not turn loose worth a cent. lie c aid he was going to "Noard in this hotel or burn it down." To turn himt out tho isual way was dangerous. It was easier vatching the tiger inside than out. O. the ther hand, it cost a dollar a day to feed I Lim, notwithstanding lie took his neat raw ike a beast, and ate more in a day than a d log would in two. *This was becoming v tionotonous to the jailer, who had to pay ic lie bills. Just at dark otn evening he put % JA1AU meIuvoe araa, t ,f the prison, near a side door th.C a - ourteenth street, with instructions to fire t t1s pistol in the air as the prisoner should a merge, to exhilerate his motions, the jailer 1 ntered the prison and intormied his boarder ti hat a party of miners had come from the I nountains, and inside of an hour were go- I ag to hang him. The story took with the y] >warder, and lie asked to be let out that he n night run. The side door was opened and , iut he jumped, and as lie started down the d ,ill towards Blake street, the detective fired mne! two ! I three 1 I I shots, and eie the ( choes had died away the villain was juml)- NN ag like a running horse. Just at this par- 81 icular time the city was under martial law, Lnd the streets were patrolied both day and j light by Colonel John Wanless's provost iuards. rwo of these guardians were trossing the bridge on lLolladay street when ,hey spied a man running down the hill 'rom the bastiie at the top of his speed, and icard tie slits fired, apparently at imii. l'hiey cried halt, but, he nad no time to halt si antil a volley of shots were senit after him, ti hilng his hide too full for comfort,. in less 'i than twenty minutes lie was brought back il ,e the prison badly wounded, and had to s ie fed until he recoveredh. lie afterwards a went to Montana, and was hung there fori Slit tie uidiscretionl in robbing an lidiaii 1 igeiit, ind not, afterwardis dividiing withr Artificiai Teeth,. Sonie of your readers may 'be glad to I ulnow how ill-fitting artificial teeth may be S ndo to fit perfectly wvith little trouble or I :-ost. Even when quite perfect, in the first, ( instance they often cease to lit, owing to I absorption andl loss of subhstiince in the I gums, which takes lace aifter extraction. 1t somuetimes takes two years before the I gums acquire their pber~manent shape or I hardness. Get, some thick gutta-percha t (the hardest kind, some is too) soft), cut, two strips iboiit twvo inches long, anid say I half an inch wide. Theii wyidh wi~ill depend on the amount of material required, to be I aiscertainedh by exp~erimentalh trial. P~lace I them in very hot water until (quite plastic ; have the uipper set clean, p)ut the slips (one each side) in the hollow into which< the guams fit,; place them inuniediately in I the mouth and close the teeth steadhily and < quickly to the natural position, and then avoidl further pressure until the gutta-percha is quiite hard, which wvill be in four or five hours. If properly (lone the guitta perecha wvill fall dhown oven the outer edige of the I vulcanite ; this shiouldi be left along the. miolars to keep it nteady ; elsewhere nare it off with a penknife. If too lumpy to ward the checks, etc., pare it down, also cut it so- as to avoid toucbhim any stumps oi natural tceth remialning in the mouth; sharp edges and~ roughiess causedl by par ing can Ije removed by holding a lhghted wax match to the place and drawing a wet finger over it andi placing it in the mouth. In ordler to adijust, as above, the gutta pierchia can b~e separated fromi the set, Th'e ripper set, Is very easily done ; the lower takes a~ little more care. Have the lower set, quite dry, and on taking the gutta. per chan out of the hot water, touch one side of it alightly to blotting paper, then press it lightly ii'to its place, and it will stick syflie iently to enable it to get into positioni in the mouth. It may be fourtd more conve nient to do one side of the upper on one occasion, and~ the opposite side on aunothier, and similarly with'the lower set. After some experimental trials, and (which is very essential) a little handiness in adapt ing it to thme circumstances 'of the~ case, the above wouid be found very useful. Tfhe gutta-perchia moulds itself on the gumms, and sits mosti comfortably with an even pressure. Thd gutta-percha shrinks in cooling, which should be taken into account in manipulating it Jantie' Good-Night. At a late hour the other nmg' , a poor t old man, weak with hunger and ..lff with t cold. entered the central station, Detroit, R to ask for lodgings. While he sat by the Stove to get warm they heard him groan like one in distress, and the captain asked: "Are you sick, or have you been hurt?" t 'it is here." answered the old man as he touched his breast. "It all caime back to me an hour ago as 1 passed a window and saw a bit of a boy in his night-gown. I would to God that I were dead I" "What is it ?" asked the captain as lie sat down beside the man. T "It is the heart-ache-it Is remorse," the :Id man answered. "I have had them gnawing away at my life for years. I have wanted to di-1 have prayed for death Jut life still clings to this poor old frame. t [ am old and friendless and worn out, and a Nere some wheel to crush me it would be mn act of mercy. 1p lie wiped ds eyes on his ragged sleeve, t liade a great effort to control his feelings, ail and went on : "F"orty years ago I had plenty. A wife a ang in my home and a young boy rode oil re ny knee and filled the house with his shouts th and laughter. I sought to be a good man w] nd a kind father, and people called me tv uch. One night I came home vexed. I m ound my boy ailing and that vexed me pi till more. I don't know what ailed me to thq ct so that night, but it scomed as if every- rh hiug went wrong. The child had a bed 1e eside us, and every night since he hadbeen ra ble to speak had called to me before closing rf is eyes in sleep, 'uood-night, my pal' Oh, tIu ir, and I heard those words sounding in tI4 1y ears every day and every hour, and they thi rring my old heart until 1 am faint." l For a moment lie sobbed like a child, ne lien he found voice to continue: "God forgive me, but I was cross to the or oy that night. When lie called to me ic ood-night, I vould not reply. 'Good- wil ight my pa,' lie kept calling, and fiend pr< at I was, I would make no answer. lie ai kust have thought me asleep, for he 1la'lly be iddled (own with a So) in his throut,. I ,anted to get up and kiss him, but I of opt waiting, and waiting, and finally I i 11 asleep." Th "Well ?" queried the captain, as the si. oil nee grew long. tog "When I awoke it was day. It was a if i triek in my ears which broke my slum- ettq ars, and as I started up my poor wife wit died: 'Oh I Richard I Richard I our Ja- tam ale is (lead in his bed!' It was so. lie tria as (lead and cold. There were tears on to is pale face-the tears he had shed when sace had called: 'Good-night, my pa ' ani sa had refused to answer I I was dumib. she hen remorse came and I was frantic. I in I u not know when they buried hiin, for I in t as under restraint as a lunatic. For live be ng years life was a dark midnight to ine. lie rhen reason returned and 1 went forth bec A2UhnuN. i"Mu~ailodHagibi ned\, suffer remorse. I cannot forget. It was ha% most a lifetie ago, but through the mist pro years, across the valley of the past, from bod ic little grave thousands of miles away, Thi hear the plaintive call as 1 heard it that plie ght: 'Uood-night, my pa I" Bend me to tim 'ison, to the workhouse, anywhere that I obj ay halt long enougah to die I I am an old i reek, and I care not how soon death rat< rags me down." wh lie was tendered food, but lie could not bell Lt. lie rocked his body to and fro and Wi ept and s.abbed, and by and by, when Ing eep came to him, they heard hin whisper: St. "Glood-nilghtf my boy, good-niglit, inmy wit unie' P cat: ,rito lim Tl3xic iluro..ha'i ice The morning after the day I reached anta Fe, I left my mid hotel early and Sg rolledl slowly about, taking in greedIly 'nh io fresh, cool air and the unns'al sights. tic) 'urning a corner off fromn the plaza-what adi the States would be called a p~ark, a ena iuiare, a common, or somethinag else- I wa aw just ahead a group of burros, or dim-- in mauve dlonkeys, urged on by a Mexican me uid his son. Each dlonkey was loaded .0, overloaded-whh stove-wood bound to p~ack-saddle. As thme pony walked brisk y the load swayed and shifted, threat. in g every moment to slide off, gom aut only threatening. Th'le Mexican wia lurrie~d on his buirros by a -small des' t~ick, antd by rolling out an al. It habet every few feet that it seemed to mue yo ughit to s'care each donkey's soul clear of elmj Is body. Buit they only amb~led a little iim aster ror ai moment, and then relapsed la ato their fast walk, picking up eacha foot to minby, and puilttang it down suirely. Thhey cam aid no headgear of any kind1( on, and~ seemmeli a o be guilded entirely by the driver's voice thu ,n stick. As 1 watched the group the Sair Iriver suddenly stoppledl hIs burros. aind it ~oinig to a front window Ia a low adobe ble aouse thait seemed to fill completely the the mall square bounded b~y four strects, lie it, xchiangedl a few words at the Spanish or cam alexican language with a lady who had Irawn across her face,just, below the nose, :(de he inevitable nimatilla. 'The window soon -an hosed, the driver gathered together his get traying dankeys, and, urging them on tal ith even more energy thana before, turned pa wo corniers, and then stopped belor'e a tot ate ini thae high, dead~ wall, it openied fa >resenitly,andl he startedl a donkey throughm. pa But although the gate was a double one, ac mnd the way very wide, the tionkey's load go vas widler. And then what, twisting, and he training, andl contriving, and, 1 fear, ML uwearing I A ta'a lonleedge of the load was yo got through, and then the other; the don- De kiey, mieanwhile, aiding in every possible stl way. I was much suirprised to catch ad glimpse, through the gateway, of an open sn ipace, which I haid supposed, from ian out 11ide viewv, was occuipied b~y the house en- E tirely. Tis apace, or court, Is common, li I learned, and Is called the placeta; it Is an tia exceedingly poor man's house that is not, dl arranged in this way, having Its four sIdes wa Inclosing the hollow squares within. As I cC turned f om these donikeys I saw a most di mstontishling sIght, a load of cornfodder ol coming briskly up the street apparently of s Its o wn volition I But on miearinag mae there tu was to be seen the long nodding cars, the y( little feet and the slim legs of thle omni- hi present burro. The patient lIttle beast was a loaded all buit out of sight; lis burdea ap- di p~earedl as large as a commnon-slzed load of ha hay (though, of course, it was not), and aN still lie hurried on, entIrely oblivious of time kl fact that his dIriver had stopped in a door- b] way to exchange a buence dilas with af friend and roll a cigarette, probably laW ha sixth or eight since breakfast, an hour and hi a anif ago. - u Curiosities of Ice. In 1850 Air. Farar'ay discovered tha wo pieces of ice placed in contact froz >gether alnost instantly. Air. Tyndal %ys : "One hot summer day I entered v 1op on the Strand ; in the window frag ients of ice were lying in a basin. Thi adesinan gave me permission to take the ieces of ice in my own hand; holding th rat piece, I attached all the other piecel the basin to it. The therniotineter wa ten sixty degrees, and yet all the pieces ere frozen together." In this way Air. yndall foried a chain of ice. This ex. 3riincnt may be iide even in hot water. hrow two pieces of ice in a pail full of al ost boiling water, keep them ii contact id they will freeze together indespite of the gh teniperature. Mr. Faraday made an. her experiment of the same sort. Ilie row into a vessel full of water several iall pieces of ice. They floated oil the rface of tihe water. The nionent one uce touched another there was an instaii. icous refreezing. Attraction soon brought the pieces in contact, so thait in an ilistant ice-chain was formed. Aln ice wheel turning on a surface of ice freezes at the point of contact; during D rotation a series of cracks tire heard ilch show the car that successive refreez ge are constaulty taking place. The enonienon ot refreezing is easily ex. tiled. At the surface of a pieco of ice I atoms, which are no longer in equilib Li on the outside, tend to leave their ghbors, as iappens in boiling or evapo ion. Mielting ensues. But if two Pieces ice are brought together the atonis on i surface are restored to their equilibrium, attractive action becomes what it was, atoins resume their relations with their ghbors and Juxtaposition ensues. lit isequence of this property ice is endowed h singular plasticity. A rope and a knot blckle may be mude of ice. It iay be Ided. The school boy who fills his hands ,I snow aid compresses it into a ball iduces the phenoinnoii of refreezing, I forms an ice ball suillic iently hard to a dangerous projectile. lis explains the cittraordinary rigidity ,he bridges of snow which are olten seen he Alps suspended over deep crevasses. L Alpine guides, by cautiously walking these snowy masses, freeze the particle. ether and transform the snow into ice. inow be compressed in molds, ice statu -s may be obtained. Fill a hollow ball I snow, pressed in as hard as p)ossible, you may obtain ice balls atinirably islucid. Nothing wouid be easier than dlinc with a service nade of nmolded w-plates, glasses, decanters, all of w. A gentieman in Paris recently served rry wine to his friends before a hot fire oeakers iade of snow. Snow coinipressed his vay does not inelt so rapidly as mught thought. ice requires a great deal of t before it nielts. A layer of ice often omes a protection against cold. If you e but to wrap it in wet rags. The cess of freezing gives to the environing ices all the heat necessary to destroy it. 1 water in the rags slowly fornis sinall ,es of ice on the rag, and in the iean o disengages heat, which warmes tihe Lct wrapped in the rags. L tree wral)ped in rags, or in moss satu ,d with water, does not freeze evein 3n the therinonicter is .everal degrees >w the freezing point. The slowness h1 which ice melts is well known. Dur the winter of 1740 the zar built at Petersburg a magnificent palace of ice, icl lasted several years. Since then iious have been inade of ice, and they re been loaded with balls and fired. uy were fired ten tines withOut burst It is coinseiuently indisputable that, melts slowly, and may be turned to A account in the polar regioni. in cria the windows have panes of ice. ii remarkable property with wich par. es of iec 're endowed of molding thiem res into different, shiapes by refreezing ily explainsa how glaciers maitke their y through inarrow 'gorges anid expaind valleys. Theli ice is broken into trag nita which refreezec whenever they touch. Mrs., Utijtle's ,iiaonl on WnVhtu,. 'A cleair fire, a cleani hiearth, and thle i of the gaine."' This was thle celehrat ed ihi of ok(t Sarail attle, who, next to her rotions, iovedi a goodl game of whist. was none oR your lukcwarm giunesters, ar hanlf-and-half latyers, who have no ection to take a hiand, if you wanit (one to ke upi a rubber, who ailliim that t hey Te nIO plen.oure in winning; that they like win one game and lose anothier; thatthecy a hile away an hour very agreeably at :ard-.table, but anre indifferent whether y play or not; and will desire an adver y who lias slIpped a wrong caird to take ip) anid play another. Tihese linuffera trillers are thbe curse of a table. One ol so fli t, willl spoil a whole po;. Of such may be0 said that they da) not play at dti, but only play at playing at them. 3arah Battle was none1 of tha~t breeti. She ~ested, as 1(do, from her heart andi soul, 1 would unol, save upon a striking enmer. ey, willingly seat, herself at the same ile with themi. She lovcdl a thorough. :ed p~artner, a determiined enemy. She ik and gave no concessions. She hated rors. She never miade a revoke,nor ever ssed it over in her adversary without en ,ing the utmost, forfeiture. She fought a i>d tIght; cut and thrtist. She held( niot r good sword1 (her cards) "like adanicer. E e sate bolt upright, and neither shoved ui her cards imor dlesire to see yours. All op)1e have their blind side---thelr super tions; and~ I have heard her declare, un r the rose, that hearts was her favorite I never in nmy life-and I knew Sarah uttle mnany of the best years of it--saw r take out her snuhf-box when it wats her no to play; or snuff a candle ini the m11d-1 u of a game; or ring for a servant till it is fairly over. .She niever intreduced or. nnived at imiscellancotus conversaions iring its process. As she empphatlcally served, cards were cards; aind if I ever w unmingled dlistaste in her fine last ceni ry countenance, it was at the airs of a mung gentlemen of a literary turni, who 4d been with ditliculty persuiaded to take hand; and who, in the excess of candor, :olared, that, hie thought there was no irm in unbending the mind1( now and~ then. ten serious atutdies, in recreatious of that nd. She could not bear to have her no e occupation, to which she wound uip her culties, considered in that light, it was in business, her duty, the thing she came to thie world to do--and she did it. She ibent lh ind afterwards over a book. Not Bible Language. Last Sunday afternoon, the superintend et of a Sunday school out in the Black Hills happened to be visiting some friends in Brooklyn, and on invitation, attended the school services of one of our. popular Methodist churches. Invited to address the children, he declined at first, but finally consented, and to Illustrate the welcome of the sinner to repentance related the follow. ing anecdote. "1 reckon most o' you young ones have hearn about that old feller in Egypt which was fixed for kids. The old man was heel ed clear to his neck, and thar wasn't a dip nor spur that he wasn't onto. and you bet he had his squar dose o' slicers in every pay mrt claim on the divide. Lie was a good old man, straight as a rifle bar'l, and without knot, rot or woodpecker hole from root to crow'v nest. For a long time he'd been full owner o' an eighty stamp mill,and travelers in them parts seen the smoke ris ing from the chimney pretty steady, and they knowed quartz was grinding and the dust was good. Thar warn't 'no funny busieioss about the old man. lie knowed. prinie wash from salt by the color, and it warn't long afore the boys quit stealing his mules and set right down to the levels and picked for trade. They knowed he'd strad die any blind, but he dealt fair, and they respected him. Well children, the Old mau bankel a heap o' quartz. Ile had at big ranch, ant the sheep on it was as thick as miners' tents. Thar was anteiopo. and prairie chickens, and jack rabbits, and black-tail bear till you couldn't rest. Anti thar was lots of wheat and a big shack built o' logs, with a parlor in one end. 1ow, I tell you thut thar old muai was fixed up to the tiap, and don't you forget nothung. But one o' his sons was kind o' rostless. lie wanted for to prospect for himsell. 'he h( mani give him the racket straight from the hip; told him not to make a dok gone fool ot himself. 8tay whar he was. 1har was more mnoney in a stamup nu1ill than mlar was in nines, and lie advised the kid to locate right tlar. Why chiadren, thet that- old man knew from Lac fust sour thet the short didn't have no show, even for tailings, and what's tailings, even if he played to win, to a square divide oi the regular washY "But the kid wanted long grass, and so the old man started hiu and gave himn his blessing, and told him for to always deal level wih the table, and never let a man get his elbow behind his kidney on him, and so the boy got away. Fixed straight to his hair. All the dust lie wanted. Best udvice a boy ever got. What do you think tie didt lie went broke. I never knew wiUter lie got into a game whar they plaiyed straigats, or whetner some fellow teid over hin on a square deal, but lie went clear to the bottom o' his sock, and struca bed rock. Clean up, dead gone. l'he yield didn% .g -u -ti--...-unrratiuworr LIe was digging for yellow in black rock aind could see the glory that was only wIai, ing for lun to assay and coin. Yes, you tiet. T'int, the poor boy, without miioniey enu)igh to buy at boy a box of Matches, was Irivuig where thar wasn't even ;pyrites, while all the sky was pouring out the best uolor ever panned, and IIe couldn't geL on to it. W eli, thar was oinly one tiling to do. Prospecting was no use. o he wvent d >wn un a ranch and told tue ratinchnaen he'd Keel) ihe Coyotes oil the pigs. You know wIIar till oruery darned tuing a pig is. You've got to kill him and smone him and throw iil away and forget hinm uciore you can eat hilm, and yet that thar young man hived rig[IL down with thei pigs anti drawed wnun it was his turn, and It lie got a fair hand o' shucks le was goose on his luck. ilinoy the racket got too sUl for hiii, and lie kick - e(d. lie made up his imnd Wit lie would llock back to the n1ll and strike the old mian for another stake. Did the old mnin go back on hii Well, not for coin. Di.l lie say he wasn't liring any naew hands,but, the kid muighit get, oin . a lnamilton's llollow( I reckon not. Says he, 'Put it. here, patrd,' and lie just fell clean over hini. Tlhat's style. Tihet's traide from the origin. lhet ain't tall. TIhet ta1ar old mian fetenett out, a buckskini troa sur ,snti ain anitelopei shirt, and1( someW blfalo boots and a camip liat, anmd drawedl the yotung feller right, in. E~hi liow' that? (hitting you now, anm 1? Begin to hook on to my racket? Ktnow who the old mnan wasi Yes, you bet your ie, and( lie's waitumig for you to paws out, on a bobtail antd for you to comec to him and lie lhted out and started in the stamp mill augan like you niever hopped the tira-,u and hooked out irom uiider tue famiily umabrehia, l~et, tup and1 be saved. For I1tell you, chil dren, the lower level gets awful not, sonic titmes, and I if you cani (10 placer wvork withi the sky right around you, keep away tromt the tunnel business, .tor thur's no drawing aftr the bet. I'd like to have you sing a nymn for mne that, we sing in our Sunday school. "Baby Mline;" d >you kniow It?" And to the astonishment of the loctal sui perinitend~enit they did know it, anud hue couldi't, stop It. rThe Mayor Watt to Ree Thee A young man had been to sea, and oii his return lie nairrated to his uncle an ad venture which he lhad taet on board a ship. "I wits one night leaning over the taf frail, looking dIown Into the mighty ocean." saiid the nephew, whom we will call Wil liam, "'when my gold watch fell from may fob atnd immedIately stink out of slght. TIhe vessel was going toin knots an hour, bait nothing daunted, I sprang over the rail, down, down, and after a long search founid it, came up close tinder the stlern anti climbed back to the deck wIthout any one knowIng 111had becn absent." "William," said his uncle, slightly ele. vating hIs br'ed 'rim, andi( opening lis eyes to their wlidest capacity, a"how fast did thee say that the vessel was going ?" "Ten knots, uncle.''" "And thee dove down Into the -sea and came up with the watch, and clinbed up by the rudder chains?' "Yes, uancle." "And thee expects ime to believe thy story ?" "Of course I You wouldn't call me a lIar, would you ?" "William," replied the utnolo, gravely, "thee knows I nover call anybody names; but, William, If the Mayor of the cIty were to come to me ad say: "Josiah, I want to find the biggest liar in all PaUadelphia,' I would come straight to thee, and ptit my hand on thy shoulder, and say to thee, WillIam, the Mayor wants tLo see thee,"