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HUrafe PllMra|l»V af liiauMfaA, ibt MM (*• v«*l«* t.,rm la aaa. Alaa, jaat prfaiaA. a wapln* bra af Mi>*ra beaA. i. p. PIIiRKB, Na. ITt «4 WaMilaflaa itrart. apfaaltt Uggir* ■ Itera T>KMOCSAT. la tha <Hjr af Naa Frurariarm. All arivi for Mr rapar ar A 4 ran Ma« Irti with kla «■ ha prwapMy at j. la aartuiia iMraartra mm ay» 4aa ihii Oftat, t T avtarrlptUva aa4 raralra .'-m-rr* «OOTITAIN MtHOOUT V, f. ntVM la tha mlnrivl ipatof tha OtMOTtAT at fWarartava. Oriara for tha parar. aArartlataf, •* for job ■ark. IrA «Uh feta*, arttt ha praMpttv auaaAM la. CM AB. P. afIMM «a «ha a«Hhartaa4 Ayrat af tha MOl'V TAI V PIMOCBAT at BI Bara4a. Vritn loft aim hl« «UI ha pra«ptly ■ flora4*4 la. 014 MP Cblbbib Street* PATIKBCK. y>er the him eila lea»on f i»rn— You (ell me I ran it patient be. How W*f 4wi patience lut, and haw Tan It be learned by me .’ Dear mother, must 1 natch and hope, Through all the tuneful day* of Spring, To see my tiny Lirdiea batched, And taught la chirp and ting ; While each green tree ia full of life. And flneh and larh the soil %lr All With music ; o’er my ailent neat Mnat I be patient alili.’ The aeeda I ahed ao long ago •till In the Carth’a green bosom real. While every where, o’er dale and hill, • looms gather an her brraat. The chnrchyard haa ita daiaiea abita, Hie lea Ita cape of careen gold, And laden bees A/ late at eve From blossom* manifold. But in my garden’a tiny apace JCo Spring like bissa sms can I aee ; |>ear mother, *tla a neary task, Why must I patient be.’ Ah, dearest child, a time mnat come To thee and all, or aoon or late. When all (heae childiah griefs aad joys Will aeem of feather’s weight. Tet childiah griefs may pierre at deep, Though momently, as manhood’s woes. Still are Ha tear-drop* dried at aoon As den apnn the rose. Hear one. tby lingering aeeda will grow Though leaAeaa now to bed and bloom. If not to blush in Summer’s wreath. At least to crown her lamb. Tl y tardy birds from brighter skies. Their soeeleat notes shad tb*-n have caught, When all life’s patient tigil long The truth I# thee haa taught. Theu at.alt thou know the purpose high For which thy tribulation cants i When patience, through es perirne» grows To hope, without a shame. The heart that putientiy abides O’er tener and bird uithheld ae long, •hall ene dar see Its hope fhlAUed, In cod lass bloom and song. Praaisa m imAma* rratllSlaiM. There at* voiious lad»» !■; which Ibc «kjfrt (M kf Mnifti riihrr dm of which we drem preferable lo root pruning. Ttieir adoption may depend much upon the con dition of the tree, ita habile of gr iw th, fertility and moialure of Ike anil, and pa •-ulisrities of the climate. Where Ike habit of unfruilfulncsu arine* aolely from an apparent esuberane* of growth in duced by a sterling fertility of the «oil, almost any method that will detract from the effect of that fertility upon the tree wilt effect the object in a degree. The culture of plants or vegetables around the tree, by which a portion of the fertility, of the surface soil is abstracted or kept from acting directly upon the tree growth, will almost, in all cases, cause a tree to set its fruit buds more profusely than though the full vigor of Wood growth had keen permitted. In a California chinata, hnwerer, care should be had that the veg elation so produced doe* not in- too great a degree abstract the moisture from the «oil, la the detriment of the fullest «level opinent of the tree's fruit The last mode to be described in this place is the one which, though not always the most effective, is of the easiest appli cation, and when judiciously practiced, will, whilst it generally secures the object, work on injury either to (he health of (he tree or the fertility of (he soil. It consist not in pruning, but culting-in, or short ening tha litnha of the trees at the proper season. Cutting-in the-limbs of the trees is practiced at different seasons of the year for three very distinct purposes. Firstly, to give symmetry to tire tree ; secondly, to promote the growth of fruit spurs and buds ; and lastly, to cause the new growth of wood to ripen hilly before the autumnal frosts shall injure It. For the first, the cutling-in should be per formed both in winter or early spring before vegetation starts, or upon the new wood of the present season ; and, if upon the latter, (hen never later than tha mid dle of June or the Ist of July in most of our California climates. ‘ 1 To secure a concentration of sap, for the purpose of promoting a growth of fruit buds and spurs, cut back from tha middle to the last of August, about one third of tha length of the growing wood; upon the larger and mora luxuriant limbs, one-fourth their length is enough. A further obuervrlion may not bo amiss here. If a more severe cottine back, amounting to an injudicious one, be given at this season of the year, instead of pro moting the growth of fruit bud*, so en tire now growth of fresh wood is induced, which is a complete perversion of the object aoa|ht Practice and obacrrtlion alone, «an rondar a man an adapt at «ut «jng 4n fruit tree# judiciously fat im perfect maturation of the season's growth, as a preparation for the frosts of rafcr, the cutting to (he extent Of one-fbartn of the extreme ends of the limbt ol peach and such othertreea as couth)uoiwgrowth, made from tha middle lo thwlaac e* Sep tember, «tilt canee the wood oflkijl meinlng porticos of the limbo to mature and harden mora fully tbau otherwise would be the one*. A Judicious cutting-in, we bedett, from a long and laeSamfhl practice, to-be a made to induce, the fruit fulness of trees, decidedly superior to rootpiuning. “I do declass, Lib, you are pretty enough to cat” “ Well, dear Charles, aim I eating as fast as 1 can," replies Lib, with her mouth full ___ FVncrla srbdtMrily which mnsl be de licately handled ; If rade fingers tamper with it, the flower dost ia rubbed off, and the gay Inasto parishes i” ;!) ..uroagy “ Isn't my shirt clean I” quoth one Bo hemian to another. the •nswari ita clean for bravo, but It’a awftil dirty for white.” DtBMMII, Cwnlr CMTMtIM. The Democratic Courtly Convention as seni bled at Piacervi lie June 7 th, 1861, at 12 o'clock, u. Convention wan called to order by D. W, Gel wicks, Chairman Dem ocratic Central Committee. On mntiort of J. A Blackwell, Col. W. B, Dickinson «rag elected temporary Chair man. On motion of Lewis Foster, Dr. Duncan and J. 8. Blackwell were elected Secre taries. On motion of 0. W. Hunter, A committee of one from each town »hlp w— appointed to eUatine and report on credentials ; and a committee of live consisting of the following named gen tlemen, Hoover, Ashton, Jabine, Foster and Kiley—was appointed to report per manent officers and order of business. The Convention then took p recta* un til 8 o'clock, P. m. AmtKNOON SESSION. At 8 o’clock the Convention was called to order by the temporary Chairman. The committee on credentials made the following report, which waa adopted : Botilo JiiU-WL |L Jirown. Brownsville--Samuel Strong. Ccdsrvilh- I). U. Solisa. Centerville —I). Fairchild and Joseph Stearns. Ckrksville— 0, N. Douglas and W. P. Woods. (’old Springs—T. Y. Grigg. Coloma— George Williams and John Teucher. Coon Hollow—Chas. Broad. Diamomi Springs—C. D. Broocke, W. Turley and I- Dry fuse. Duncan's Store—R. 11. Duncan. El Dorado—C. T. Koussin and S. An- MOfl Feir Play—J. D. Rankin and C. F. Where*. Garden Valley—J. S Blackwell. Georgetown— E. il. Watson, A. Kittles and John Aohlon. Gold Ilill-U. B. Newell and R. Donni ciitr. Greenwood—T. F. Lewis. Half Way House (Georgetown road) — T. Morse. Irish Flat—D. Ilcindal. Indian Digging.—S. Hay Icy. Kelsey—A. D. Hock. King’s Store—F. J. Hoover. Ladies Valley—T. Stapleton. Maine Bar—J. H. Smith. Missouri Flat—D. Seat Is. Mt. Aukum —E. Bennett Newtown—Lewis Foster and William Reilly. IMaccrville, first ward—John Kirk and I. S. Titus. Second ward—Ja«. E. Bowe, T. C. Nu gent ainl Geo. 11. Condee. Third ward—John Fountain and D. Davis. Red Hill —Jacob Stuhl. Reservoir— E. J. Tittler. Spanish liar—G. W. Simper. Spanish Camp—James It. Miller. Spanish Dry Diggings—G. W. Hunter, Spanish Flat—W. B. Dickinson and W. Jabine. Tiger Idly House—ll. Larkin. Upper Placcrville—Joseph O’Neil. The Committee on permanent officers submitted the following report, which was adopted : President W. B. Dickinson; Vice- President, A. D. Roek and George N. Douglass ; Secretaries, John S. Blackwell and C. T. Ruussin. On motion of James E. Bowe, that part of the report of the committee on order of business, relating to the selection of a County Central Committee and the elec tion of Delegates to attend the State Con vention, was adopted. On motion of J. S. Blackwell, the Con vention then «circled the following named gentlemen as a Democratic County Can , trai Committee : Henry l<arkin, J. J. Lawyer, C. C. Mc- Lain, E. H. Watson, G. W. Giffin, Sami. Sparita, J. D. Rankin, T. S. Dorsey, G. W. Hunter, J. S. Evans, D. M. Boyd and I. S. Vitus. The following Delegates were elected to represent the Democracy of El Dorado County in the Democratic State Conven tion, which meets in Sacramento on the lllh inst. : L. Foster, Ogden Squires, I). W. Gel w icks, S. W. Sanderson, J. J. lawyer, C. C. McLean, E. H. Watson, K Dimmeli tL £L N. Douglass, 8, Bey ley, R. U. Ounce»*, w Milam Roush, James S. Evans D. M. Boyd, T. & Dorsey, T. H. Williams, M. G. Griffith and D. Fairchild. A ooaittrttfoe of twelve—Haasra. Larkin, Titus, Jabine, Solisa, Blackwell, Williams, Woods, Rankin, Duncan, Fairchild, Rous sin snd Scarica— were appointed on Plat form and Resolutions. On motion of Mr. Hunter, the Conven tion adjourned until to-morrow morning •t 9 o’clock. - BATCHDAT MORNING. Convention called to order by the Presi dent Committee on platform and resolutions submitted toa-foUaraiag ; { . •> the Democracy of El Dorado County to Convention assembled, express their unalterable attachment to the Union af thaae Stata*, and their will* ingness, at all times, to assist in the con stitutional *nfercoi>ei«t'«f the law* of hk government Revolted, That the terrible calamities that hare overlaksn the ooup\ry and now threaten ila dealruction, are justly attribu table to the avowed sentiments and doc trines of the present Republican party. That we will approve of any measure, emanating from any quarter, that will bring about a cessation of boa lililiea between the conflicting auctions, that the voice of compromise may again be beard In favor of Juatice, Equal Rigbta, Peace and the Union. edeptod. On motion, the Convention then went into nomination for County ofliOera, with the foUowiftg reault : - • County Judge—Charles Meredith. District Attorney—A W. Sanderson. Sheriff- Fred. Baker. Collectns—M.G. Griffith. Clerk—Ogdan Squires. Recorder—W.l, Thomas. Treasurer—Wm, Roush. Aaaeaaor—G. W. Olffln. Coroner—John Teuacher. Surveyor—Joseph L. Deady. Public.AAaiMatratprrvLawia Foster. Supcriittetraertt Prtwlc lnstrocllon— U. A Hen lek. , Supervisor Third Disfrict—James D. Aa3iyUen--A. D. Rock, Daniel Searlea, J. D. Rankin and D. M. Bay A Mr. Hunter offered the following reao lutioa,' 1 whkh wag adopted by acclama-' lion: Rttohtd, That our delegates to the Stale Convention ha instructed to present the name of David Fairchild as a candi dala for State Printer. Just as tha Convention was about to ■yw^ fohahliW *«rid the that wa cannot recognise the right of any “OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT; BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” PLACEKVILLE, EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1801. Slat* ta secede from the General Govern mant, and that w* believe in the right and duly of the Government to occupy and protect the public property. As the resolution»already adopted cov ered tha whole ground, the above was laid on tha table. On motion, the Convention adjourned ««* die. ~—______ J W. B. DICKINSON, Prea’t J. S. Black wbll, » - _ C. T. Rovaaia, J s * cU ’ Artsstaw Walla, sei ihslr Oml which can be located wherever needed, end which posses* ail the permanency and other desirable qualities of natural foun tains. They differ from wells of the Ordinary kind in being bored and not dug ; in be ing usually but a few inches in diameter ; in being fined with a metallo or wooden tube ; in their greater depth, which in Home instances in more than two thousand feet ; and in many, but not all cases, fur nishing a supply of waist which contin ually overflows. Such wells are adapted to localities where water cannot be reached by the ordinary process of digging; to manufac turing establishment.! where a Urge sup ply of water is needed ; to those in which it is desirable to have water rise without the aid of pumps ; to raising brine, oil, or other substances from great depths, with out mixing with surface water ; and they have been used for purposes of irrigation, where rain is not abundant. They are board, in earth, bv gradually forcing down tubes of mete) or wood, and at the same Iìm withdrawing the earth from the inside of the tube by meant of s rand pump. This pump is a tube two or three feet long, and nearly as long sa the (rare of the well-tube, with a valve at the bottom opening upward. By work ing this pump up and down in water in side the tube, the loosened earth gradually passes the valve and accumulates in the pump, and la then raised to the surface. When stones or hardened earth are met, they are broken hv mean* of chisel paint ed rods prepared for the purpose. Rock is bored by means of appropriate drills, and the loosened matter raised by the sand pump. The tools used in drilling rock are of many and very curious pat terns, to suit the particular cases which occur. The expedients resorted to for extracting broken tools, and overcoming other difficulties which arise in the pro gress of the work, are remarkable both fur their ingenuity and success. The tools are usually attached to wooden or iron rods, which reach the whole depth of the well. These rods are in joints of manageable length, usually about thirty feet, and are screwed together as they are socrgidvdy put in the tube or boring; and unscrewed every time they are raised ont. This putting together and taking apart the joints of the rods consumes a great deal of time, and renders the whole work a slow one. For hoisting the rods and working the drill*, minimal labor, horse, steam, or water power is used, ac cording to the magnitude end location of the work. The most remarkable well of this kind in the United Stales is at Louisville, Ken tucky. It is 2086 feet deep, with a bore of three inches, and ha* a flow of 880,000 gallons of water in twenty-four hours. The water, by its own pressure, rises in pipe 170 feel above the surface. Its tem perature la 76 1 2 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the year. The quality of the water is brachisi*. There is a well in a brewery at St. Louis, which is 2180 feet deep. The water is sulphurous The mot of this well is variously listed from 810,000 to $20,- 000. The famous artesian well at Grenelle, in Paris, is 1081 feet deep, and has a di ameter of over seven inches. It pours nut 600,000 gallon* of water in a day. Tb* temperature of the water is 81 de grees Fahrenheit It is well adapted for all domestic uses. Artesian well* have been very common ly and successfully bored in central and «estera Alabama and the adjoining parts of Mississippi. Wallas* Report on the Agriculture and Geology of Mississippi say*-the** as* net lew* than five Hundred of these wells ia Alabama, and one hun dred in Mississippi. Those in the latter Slat* range in depth from 116 to 870 feet. The water in them ordinarily rises from three to five fret above the surface, and discharges from 20 to 100 gallons a min ute In making the wells, a bored log la usually Inserted down to the indurated marl or lime rock. When compact rock is penetrated, and sandy, incoherent strata ■rc met .with, tubing Women necessary; sheet iron ia generally used for the pur pose. Thirty feet a day can b* bore i in the soft lime rock, but not more than ten in the sand rock or green tend. Fifty feet I* sometimes accomplish od the first dsv. The ordinary eharco'for boring is thirty-three cents a foot lar «I Brat 800 feet ; for the next 200 fret, fifty cents ; and over 600 feet, one 4Mar a foot Tu bing with sheet iron la estimated to cost fifty'cenls the foot Two in a Beo.— Ned and Charley are room-mates, but they occupy difflerent beds. Ned’s sleeping apparatus was so situated that ha could get in on cither side—that is. to say, thera wore two fore shies, which Med found very aowvenieni One night Nod and ChsHev had been out, and on returning, which they did n«ur morning, both wen considerably el evated. However, they walked to their room tgjtb an sir that seemed bv say, “not so drunk, after all,” and sought long and patiently for match** and iaasp. After Knocking tha. pitcher aff tha wash-stand, and smashing the looking-glass, they Anally gave up tha starch and went to bid* Wont to had—vea, that’s the word, but owing loth* dorkrteaa and confusion of their sanse*, they made a slight mistake. In abort, Ned’s bed bad tha bonoi 1 of re ceiving the two friends—Charley getting li*diUa»a>b,'Msl bis Mint Nlflng' in on the ether. ' “I any, Ned," cried Charley, touching amrtehoayVcaMj “ there's a follow In my bed." “ Wonderful coincidence,” exclaimed Ned, foalln'g a strange elbow in the neigh borhood of bla rihai “there’s one in pjr « Agreed I* arid Nad. And ataaaiiwf ly the two friends began to kiak. H tamed about a minoto airi a hali, atri Nad »m sprawling on th* floor. Ghana* waafofti» pass rasimi of tb* bod. wsgefiasosL. “ fof Y hTiWbipMd^ cato bis Joy, Ari as ippobas posaiUsooo ceil bis Borrow., Viws 0» »«*«■«! Hifulat. The widows first lots. The fire cracked cheerfully on the broad hearth of an old fashioned public house, in an old-fashioned Tillage down in Corn wall. A clt and three kittens basked In the warmth, and a decrepit yellow dog, lying full in the reflection of the blaze, wrinkled his black hose approvingly, as he turned his hind feet where his fore fleet had Men. Deer the chimney hung aer erai fine 'haws and pieces of dried beet Apples nere festooned along the ceiling, and other signs of plenty and good cheer -were stuttered profusely about There wane pianta, too, on the window ledges; horseshoe geraniums and dew- pianta, and a monthly rose just budding, to say noth ing of jars of riolets that perfumed the whole place'whenever they took it into their purple heads to bloom. The floor waa carefully swept, the chairs had not a speck of dust upon a leg or round, the long settle near the fireplace shone as if it had been just varnished, and the eight day clock In the corner had its white face newly washed, and seamed determined to tick Iho louder for it. Two arm-chairs were drawn up at a cosy distance from the hearth and each other; a candle, a newspaper, a pair of spectacles, a dish of red-cheeked apples, and a pitcher of cider, tilled a little table between them. In one of these chairs sat a comfortable-looking woman about forty-live, with cheeks as red as the apples, and cyia as dark and bright as they had ever been, resting her elbow on tM table, and ber head upon her hand, and looking thoughtfully into the Are. Thit waa the wiouw Minards, “ relict’* of Mr. Levi Minards, who bad been mouldering into dtiat hi the neigh boring churchyard for more than seven years. She. waa thinking of her dead hus band, possibly, because all her work being done, and the servant gone to bed, tbe sight of hia empty chair at tho other aide of the table, and tbe silence of ths room, made her n.littlc lonely. “ Seven years,” so the widow’s revery run; “it seems as if it were more than fifty, and yet I don’t look so very old neither. Perhaps it’s not having any children to bother my life out, as other people have. They may say what they like—children are more plague than profit, that’s my opinion. Look at my sister Jeruaha, with her boys. She’s worn to s shadow, and I am «uro they baro done it, though she never will own it” The widow took an apple from the dish and began to peel it. “ How fond Mr. Minards used to be of these apples He never wiliest any more of them, poor fellow. Tor I don’t suppose they have apples where he has gone to. Heigh-ho I I remember very well how i used to throw opplc-poel over my head when I waa a girt, to see who I waa going to marry.” Mrs. Minards stoppe)) short and blushed, for in those days she did not know Mr. Minardi, and waa always looking eagerly to see if the peri bad formed a capital‘S.’ Her meditation took a new turn. 4 How handsome Sam Payson was, and how much I used to care about him I I wonder what has become of him. Jernsha says be went away from our village Just after I did, and no one lias ever heard of him since. What a silly thing that quar rel was I Tf it had not been for that ’ Here came a long pause, during which the widow looked very steadfastly at the empty arm-chair of Levi Minards, deceas ed. Her Angers played carelessly with the apple-peel ; she drew it safely toward her and looked around the room. '" T 4 Upon my word it is very ridiculous, and I don't know what the neighbors would say if they saw it. 4 Still the plump .fingers drew tho red peel nearer. 4 But than they can’t are me, that is a comfort ; aod tho oat and oli) Bowse never will know what it inyans. Of course I don’t believe anything about it* Tho peél hung gracefully from her hand. 1 But alili I should like to try it ; it would seem like old times, and—’ Over her head it went, and curled up gracefully on the floor at a little distance. Old Bowar, who always slept with one eye open, saw it felt, and marched delib erately up to smell of it. 4 Bowse—Bowse, don’t touch if I" cried hia mialrcm, and, bending over it with a beating heart, the turned as rod as Are. There waa aw handsome a capital ‘S’ as any out could wish to sen. A great knock came suddenly to the door. Bowse growled, and the widow screamed and snatched up the apple-peel. 4 It’s Mr. Mtnsrda—lt's hia spirit come back again,because I tried that ailly trick,’ she thought, fearfully, to herself. Another knock—louder than the first, and a man’s voice exclaimed : 4 il ilio— the hoofel* ■* 4 Wholeitr* asked the widow, some what relieved to And that ths departed Levi wgs still safe in his grave upon the hillside. 4 A Stranger,’ said the voice. 4 What do ton wantf’ 4 To get lodging hero for (hv night’ The widow deliberateti 4 Can’t you" go on 1 There’s a house half a lidie. farther, tf you keep to the right-hand aide of tbe road, and turn to tho left after you get by—’ 4 It’s gaining cats and doga, and I’m wet to the akin ; don’t you think you can ac commodate me? I don’t mind sleeping on Che floor.’ 4 Raining, is it I I didn't know that,’ and the kind-hearted.little woman unbar red tho door very qujukly. ‘Como in, whoever you may be ; I only asked you to go on bediuao 1 am a lone woman, With only one servant in the house/ The stranger entered, shaking himoelf like p Newfoundland dog upon the step, am) scattering a little shower of drops ov* his hostcpa and her nicely swept floor.. (~ * Ah, tynt looks comfortable after % mao b*!» fcKiWfc.H wW* i he said. a»>e eaugfit eight of the fire, and. Striding «long fqwarU the hearth, followed by Bowse, who sniffed suspiciously at hia heels, he stationed hiroMif in the arm chair—Mr. ’ Minards* arm-chair I—which had Man kept 'taerad M hU Memory' for seven yearn The widow «ras horri fied, buj her guest looked m weary and worn out that, she could not salt him to mòro, bàt misled hersrlf in stirring up tho Maas'that M ■'might the soother dry his dripping : Wiethes. > A hew thought struck: Miti Mr. Mlnardahad worn aooo»- which Hilt hung In the closet to her right. She wóoWiWt let this poor than batch Ihia death by sitting In that wet coal ; if he wmt ip Mr, Minando’ Chair, why should be " 0t ■;*, *!!&«"# *WMf I. She went nimbly n the closet, took it down, fitted òut'à pilf of'alters from a boot reek betow, ond brought them to him. iMthlnkifoa had better take off your iHIt hi** ‘hszheu drying. And tom amMt bo hungry, too ; I will go Into'the -pantry and git you something, to oat. V tr-> j:> ,-r - She bustled 00, *pa hospitable thoughts intent,’ and the stronger mede the ex change with a ouinfoil amile playing around hie lip*. Ha waaa tall, well form ed man, with a bold but a handanme fare, aunhurnt and' heavily-bearded, and look ing anything but ‘delirate, ’ though hi* blue eye* glanced out from under t fore head ae while at enow. He fookedanund the kitchen with a mlachleroua amile, and stretched owl M* fact before Mm, decora ted with the defunct Boniface's slippers. ‘Uporwnv word Ihia (a Stepping into the old man’s shoe* with a Vengeance I And what a hearty, good-humored leaking wo man she i»I KÌQdaaaltlUen,’-andiie leaned forward add stroked the cat and her brood, and then patted old Browse upon the heed. The widow bringing in sundry good things, looked plessed si his attention to her dumb cat and dog. ‘lt’s a wonder Bowse doe* not growl; he generally dues if sti anger* loucli him. Dear me, how stupid t’ This last remark waa neither addressed to the stranger nor to the dog, but to her self. She bed forgotten that Ilio little stand waa not empty and there was no room on it for the tilings she held. ’Oh, I'll manage it,’ said the guest, palli ci ing up paper, candle, apples and specta cles, (it was not without a little pang that she saw them in his hand, for they had been the landlord’s, and were placed each night, like the arm-chair, byside her,) and depositing them on the settle. ’Give me the table cloth, ma'am. I can spread it as well as any woman ; I have teamed that, along with scores of other useful things, in my wandering. Now, let me relieve yon of those dishes—they are far too heavy for those bends.' The little widow blushed. ‘And. now plesso sit down with me, or I cannot oat a mor sel.’ ‘I had aupper long ago, but really I think I can take something more,' said Mrs. Minarda, drawing her chair nearer to tile table, •Of course you can, my dear lady ; in this cold autumn weather people ought to eat twice as much aa tiny do in warm. Let me give you a piece of this ham, your own curing, I dare say.’ ‘Yes ; my poor husband was very fond of it. He used to say that no one under stood curing limn and drying beef butter than I.’ ‘He was a most sensible man, I am sure. I drink your health, ma’am, in this cider.’ He took a long draught, and sat down liis glass. ‘lt is like nectar.' The widow was feeding Dowse and the cat, (who thought they were entitled to a share of every meal eaten in the house,) and did not quite bear what ha aald. 1 fancy she would hardly have known what occur was—so it waa quite aa well. •Fine dog, ma'am, and very pretty cat.’ ‘They were my husband’* favorites;' snd a sigh followed tha answer. ‘Ah, your husband roust have been a very happy man.’ The blue eyes looked at her to long that she got flurried. ‘ls there anything more I can get for you, air,’ she asked at last. * ‘Nothing, thank yon ; I have finished.’ She rose to clear tbo thing* away. He assisted her, and somehow their bands had' a queer knack of touching aa they carried the dishes to the pantry shelves. Cuming back to the kitchen, she put the apples and cidur in their eld places, end then brought out a clean, pipe and a box of tobacco from an arched recess near the chimney. •Myh usband always said he could not sleep after eating supper late unless he smoked,’ she said. ‘ Perhaps you would like to try it yourself.’ * Not if it is to drive you awav,’ ho answered, for she had her candle in her hand. i - ‘Oh, no; I do notol>jeot tosmotkat ail.’ She put the candle down; some faint suggestions shout 1 propriety’ trou bled her, but she glanced at the old clock, and felt assured. It wea only half past nine. The stranger pushed tha stand back alter the pipe was/lil, and drew her easy chair a little nearer the Are, and his own. * Come, sit down,’ he said pleadingly ; ‘ it’s not late, and when'll man has been knocking abuut in California and ali sons of places, for a score of years, he is glad enough to get into a bertli like this, and to have a pretty woman to speak to once again.’ . * California I Have you been in Cali fornia »’ site exclaimed, dropping into a chair at once. Unconsciously, aha had •long cherished the idea that Sam Payaon, the lover of her youth, with whom she had m fooUebly quarreled had pitched his tent , after many wanderings in that far-off land.. Her heart warmed to one who, with something of Sam’s lònica and ways about him, had also been sojourning ‘in that country, and who, very possibly, had met him—perhaps bad known bint intimately I At .tlfat thought her heart beat quick, and she looked very graciously at thu bearded stranger, wrapped in Mr. Min arda’ dreasing gown, snd wearing Mr. Miiiards’ alippara, and titling in Mr. Min arda' chair, baaide Hr. Minarda* wife, smoking Mr. Minarda' pipe, with sudi an sir of feeling most thoroughly and com fortably at home I ‘ Yes, ma'am, I’ve been in California for the last six years. AmTbefore that I went quite around the world Ina whaling ship.' ‘ Good gracious !' The stranger aent a puff of smoke curl ing gracefully over bis head. * ft'a very strange, my dear lady, how i often you sen one thing as you go wan dering about the world after that fashion.’ ‘And what is that?’ * * Men, without bouse or home above their heads, roving, bara and thany and turning up at al) aorta of odd places; caripg very little for Ufa, as a general thing, and making fortunes Just Ip fling ‘hem awey again, «"d all for on» reason. You don’t ask me what that i*? , No doubt you kffow already very welt* r • I think not, Mr.’ * Because a woman has jilted them I’ Here was a long pause, and Mr. Mir>- ards’ pipe emitted, short puffi with ama ling rapidity. "A guilty conscience needs no accuser, and the widow’s cheek was dyed with blushes aa she thought of the ‘absent Sam. ■*l wonder hoar women Manage when they get Served in the same *a£ r kald the strangermuMhxly f ’yon aeWr meet them , roaming up and down (n that style.' ‘No,’ said Mrs. Minarda with stime salir, it, Hf a woman ia in treubleabe must atav •at hams and baar It, the best way aha can. And there are mom women bearing such thing»,than.™ know of; tfera any.’ •Like enough ; qre never knew whose hand fata pinched in n tmp untava they eorenmi'And women are teo ahy or too senaible—arkfahron tfaoeea for that " ‘Wd yf«AW.fo,^J»tnfwmd*rings, nylon min «!• wnww k QnOOMdrnM I v Ttoitaingtr feritovi tolta to ; to w rueamagmg ia tini table drawer for her. knitting-work, and dh) nqt notice him Whan it wa# found and tha naadlaa in motion, ha answered her. I Payaon —Sam Payaon f Why, he wa* ray moat intimata friend t Du you know him ?’ ' A little—that la, T oaed to, when I wit I girl. Where did you meet lilinT* 'ila went with me on the whaling voyage 1 told you of, and afterward to California. We hud a tent together, and nome other followa with uh, ami we dug in the aanie claim for more titan ail montila.’ * I anppoae he waa quite well ?’ —‘.Strong aa an ox.' * And—happy ?" pursued the widow, bending clone over her knitting. ‘ Hum—the lens raid about that the lietler, perhaps. Hut lie Reeuied to enjoy life after a fashion of his own. And lie got ridi out there, or rattier, I will say, well off.' 0 Mrs. Minardi did not pay much atten tion to that part of the story. Evidently she had not finished asking questions, but she was puzzled about her next one. At last she brought it out beautifully. ' Was his wife with him In California ?’ The stranger looked at her with twink ling eyes. * Hi* wife, ma'am 1 Why, bless you, he has not got one.’ * Oh, 1 thought—l mean I heard’—here lite little widow remembered the fate of Ananias am) Sapphirn, and stopped abort before ahe told such a tremendous fib. * Whatever you heard ol Ids marrying waa all nonueoHi-, I can aasura you. I knew him well, and he had no thoughts of the kind about him. Some of the boys used to tease him about it, but be soon made them stop.' * How r ' lie just told them frankly that the only woman lie ever loved had jilted him yeara before, and married another man. After that no one ever mentioned the sub ject to him again, except me.’ lira. Minards laid her knitting aside, and looked thoughtfully into the Are. * He was another specimen of the class of men I was speaking of. I have seen him face death a score of limes as quietly •8 I face the Hie. ‘lt matters very little what lake» me off,’ he used to say ; 'I have nothing to live for, and there's no one that will shed a tear for roe when I am gone.' It's a sad thought fur s rasn to hare, isn’t it ?' II rm Mi ward* sighed, as she said she thought it wan. * Hut did liu ever tell you the name of the woman who jilted him?’ ‘ I know her Hist name.' * What waa it?’ 1 Maria.’ Tile plump little widow almost started out of tier elisir, the name was spoken so exactly as Sam would have said it. •Did yon know her, too?’ he asked, looking keenly at her. * Yes.’ * Intimately?’ * Yes.’ ‘ And where is she now ? Still happy with her husband, I suppose, and never giving a thought to the poor fellow ahe drove out into the world?’ * No,’ raid Mrs. Minards, shading her face with barbami, and apraking unstead ily i ‘ no, her husbend is dead.’ •* Ah I but she never thinks of Sam.' There w as a dead silence. * Docs she ?’ 1 How can I tell ?’ * Are you still friends?' ‘Yes.’ * Then you ought to know, and you do. Tell me.’ •Dm sure I don’t know why I should. But if I do you must promise me, on your honor, never to tell him, if you should ever meet him again.’ * Madame, what you say to me never sfinii be ro|icated to any mortal roan.' ' Well, then, she dues remember him.' ‘ Hdl how.’ » ‘ Aa kindly, I think, as he could wish.' * I am glad to hear it, for his sake. You and I are the triumlg of bot|i parties ; we can rtjoice with each other.' He drew hia chair much nearer hers, and look her hand. One moment the widow resisted, but It waa a magnetic touch, the rosy palm lay quietly in his, and the dark beard bent so low that it nearly touched her shoulder. It did not ■natter much. Was he not Samuel'sdear friend? If he was not the rose, bad he not dwelt very near It, fur a long, long time? i 'lt was a foolish quarrel that parted them,' Mid the stranger, softly. 4 Did he tell you about it ?' * Yea, on boaed the whaler.’ * Did he blame her much ?' 'Not so much as himself. He mid that bla Jealousy and ill-temper drove her to break off the match; but be thought sometimes if he hud only gone back and spoken kindly to her, site would have had him after all. ' I'm sure she would,’ raid the widow piteously. ' She baa owned it to tue moro Ilian a thousand times.’ •She was not happy, then, with anoth er?' * Mr.—that Is to a»y tier husband—was very good and kind,' Hid the little wo man, thinking of the lonely grave out on the hill-side rather penitently ; ' and they lived very pleaMntly together. There never was a harsh word between them.’ ' Still, night she not have been happier with him? Bo honest, now, and say just what you think.' •Yen’ •Bravo I Thalia what I wanted to come at And now I have a secret to tell you, and you must break it to her.’ Mr*. Minards looked rather soared. •Wha| «• it?’ * I you to go and see her, where everabawray be, and say to her, ' Maria’ —what makes you start so?' •Nothing, only ypu apeak,like some ons ! used to know, once To a while.' •DoJ? .We(l, take the rest ef the met sage. Tell Iter tnAt Sara loved her through thy whole; that, when he> heard ahe was free, be began tp work herd at making a fortune. He has got It, and le coming home to share it with her, if she will let him; Will you tell her this?' The widow did not «newer. She had freed her hand from hia, and covered her lace with it. By and by she looked up again ; he waa waiting patiently. t •Well?' * I will toll her.' , v He rose from hia aaatr and walked up; and down qhe room. Than ha came back, and, leaning on the mantel-piece, stroked the yellow fade of Bowes with his slipper. ‘ Make , her quite understand that he wantf her. for .We .wife. She may .lire where she pleases, end how sha pltaase, nsrafc****’--’ - • ■ * ‘Safy he baa frown aM; fat noiooM, than faine* herns w bet tra tto a be did twanty ye«*o age* that ht has been faith Ail to barati through bfc life, and that fa*W fathHMsl tttha dies’—. Tht i Cali fern lea broke off eaddealy. Tha widow answered Mill—c - • •I will toll her.’ ‘And what do rou think she will-say f’ he asked. In an altered tone. ‘ What ran she aey hut eomt P •Hurrah I’ The stranger caught her out Of her chair as if she had been a child, and kissed her, * Don't—oh, don't I’ she cried out. -* I •m Ram’s Mario.’ •Well—l am Maria's Sami’ Off went the dark wig and Week whisk ers—there smiled the dear fece she had never forgotten I I leave you to imagine the tableau ; even the cat got up to look, and Bowse sat on his stump of a toil, and wondered :f he wax on Ilia licci» or hit head. The widow gsv* one little scream, and then she But, stop I Quiet people like you and me, dear reader, who hevo got over all dieso fid lies, and can do nothing but tom up our noses at them, have no business here. I will only add that two hearts wire very happy, that Bowse concluded, after awhile, that all was right, and so Imd down to sleep again, and that one week afterward there was a wedding at the house that made the neighbors store. The widow had married her fikst love I ODD PBOPLB. TOE DIMISI* Of SOUTH AFRICA. The Bushman is the smallest man with whom we are acquainted ; and if the term dinar/ and pigmy may be applied to any race of human beings, the South African Bushman presents the fairest claim to these titles. He stands only four feet sis inches upon bis naked soles—never mere than four feet nine, and not unfrequently is ho encountered of stilt less height— even so diminutive as four feet two. Bis «rifu is of still shorter statore, and this autisn lady is often the mother of en when the crown of her bead is Just three feet nine inches above the soles of her feet. We have given his hight Tt ti iti tol erable proportion to his other dtamisloM' When young, lie -appears stmaj enough ; but this is only when a- mere boy. At the age of sixteen he has reached all the manhood ho is ever destined to attain ; and then his flesh disappears ; bia body assumes a meager outline ; bis arms and limbs grow thin, the cslf disappears from his legs ; the plumpness from his cheeks; and altogether he becomes as wretched looking an object ss it is possible to eon ccive in human shape. Older his skin grows dry, corrugated and scaly ; bis bones protrude; and his knees, elbow and ankle-joints appear lite horny knobs placed at the end of what resemble more long straight sticks than the arms and limbs of a human being. The color of this creature may be de signated a yellow-brown, though it is not easy to determina it to s shade. The Bushman appears darker than be resilo is; since bis skin serves him for s towel, and every species of dirt that disonni modes his Angora he gets rid of by wip ing it off on his arms, sides, or breast. The result is that. his whole body is usually coated over with s stratum of grease and filth, which has. led to the be lief that he regularly annoints himsolf—s custom common atnpng many savage tribes. This, however, theßadttnan flees not do ; the smearing toilet is mesedy os* cagionai or accidental, and consists sim ply In the ftt of whatever flesh hs has been eating being transferred Troni his fingers to the cuticle ef Ms body. This is never washed of again—for «alar touches the Bushman’s hide. Sock not even for Washing his face. Should he have occasion to cleanse bis which the handling of gum or some tike substance' sometimes compels him to do —bo perform* the operation, not with soap end water, but with the dry dunfgof cattle or aomo wild anima). A Untie rubbing of this upon bis skin is all tbs purification (he Bushman believes to be needed. Of course the dirt darkens Me com plexion; bat he has the vanity dt Hints to brighten it op—no» by msklngit Whitby —bat rather a brick red. A little ochre ous earth produces the color he requires; and with this he smears his body all oVer —not exeopting even the crown «if Hie hew), and the scant stock of wool that covers it. ' ' I The Bushmen has no beard or other hsiry encumbrances. Were they, tngyow he would root them oot as aseleas inodn vcniencea' lie has a low-bridged nose, with wide, flattened nastrila} an eyw that appears a mere slit between the eyMids; a pair of high cheek banes adds receding forehead. His lips sre not thick, as Is the negro's, and he is furnished with n Set of fine while teeth, which, as he grows rider do not deoay, but present the singular phenomenon of being worn down to the stumps—as occurs to the sheep and other ruminantanimsls. The foot of s Bushwoman rarely meas ures so much as six inches in length ; and fult-gvown girls have -been seen, whose feet, submitted to the test of actual meas urement, proved but a very little over four inches. Intellectually the Bushman does not rank so low as ia generally believed. Ha has a quick, disertili mind, that appesta ever on the alert—as may be Judged by the constant play of his little piercing black eye—and though ho does not al ways display much skill in the manufac ture of bis weapons, ho can do so if he pleases. Soma tribes construct their bows, arrows, fish-baskets, and other Imple ment* and utensils, with admirable ingenuity; but in general, the Bushman lakes no pride in weapons. Ha prefers having them effective, and to thié and he gives proof of his skill in the manufac ture of the most deadly poisons with which to annoi nt bis arratfa. The domicile of the Bushman past merito dwriptiun. It is quite as simple end primitive ss his dress, sqdTgives him sbobt equal trouble in lta oonatrpqtioa. If a cave or dell can be found.in,the, rocks—of àuflldent capacity* qd mi this be it ever « tight a aqwv It there U no cave hander, an OTwh+gjifaig rook will antfany sort of wiUabafaèr ing. 1 cave, cravtcàyi orang-outang. A borii id riaSriiL hrsnnheeri^ll^nmtds? I*** 1 *** } WHOL^JIiM lUiifflStegal would Marnar MIWWM hole -li tfbhfc f’if*fctky ém srranged «A e* hi frgtsM<■ ~f , Mtmtt&mniar MìNMMMf i>f th« Buihwwyjl»*ji *JWWPafri he melili.,-r» i 4 Ma ■k. iii..iik«ya, «aVllwMl^MMVliujtta, curcume* they afl"daap M %. r <l ‘ sweetly* ap**uMMN'^wkloQpPlNMr upon mo to tlaf «atadUbP rn« uuMoaticea, o#’ —■»—WÉWt > - 1 "'iLwiàtàé'iS ' / '«r 'WtafiPly*** Hr fore the diyé èftlft 9*Ggmm* hunting, rha MnndrtrrtW wjWjMWBi south bank df tba AfMÉÉdfc #SH mouth of thè Tapàloè tif IMS Sf (leri*. The^resenff^ttgaiMEgg»- drucus la belfreén Ole rii, ai formeriy, butfrrkf WMÉlttil) An odd cult cu» of habit of "^Uttooi iqfr" iUlhMfc contradlstlncHdn I»' nMI ,i MMIIPVf KUinmit, which «ornili y-h*Jwa*aÌé«, It i« upon tha young ia performed—f ban ujey.afla MP)rt W| or ten join of ace. TBq ptnOTMtHH usually the work of who, from tong praatloahheé MpM greet «kill In to* ait ,TbMÌMIfÌMÌrtfr meni used ia a comb of Ikfifcnlit * Miopie thorn, aa ia s tier or row of (beta ait (ÌMIWMHR Tha eemb, then/1 »' p—ghgjf the akin af tha lUWWfrS-<p*j|w points bara penatnlea, row of holea (a laid bain, from w&HOSp blood flows can be wiped w, SIMaBtNdHifMWMPit* pitch an rabbad IniattmWewMH when healed, appae^ cheeks, their anas «aJIWwHpftBK* bodies laaiMfr i iiiWlWtjMfcif^ Bat tha Mandril* I*PB9NHmn lunata offspring,dn MmnÉÉSI MMÉb fashion. The tattoo IM/’h^WWWI baptitm <{/ Moti, pMitmté & mrmKKr age of ten. When thè youth—fljrtjMHdy it dosa not ezltod to tha WidwUfrMßM. attained 1 tbs age df iMti^ifrwni 1 undergo thv tha nasM oUtffim ifjkt U for rU man^/Jw^^^S^ ia prepared for bita. ' ’VImWi ainfllM# palm bark, with U» qfl» IwfcbjUjfcb but left in at an* cad. la of auffleimt dUqietar ta di«4ggF»e hands loosely, and so lobi awnMni to the ftild-hrih, «ItartbkfrMflafyjßpE lets. .- y- ”'ff; large or amali, that «an of which tropical South an etuUaaa variety, w I tit. this. norie* is oompt^ed^JllaraH Should k r -rtfitif, a|ft to ahriotrfro*aha tal man. T m<il I til>l ll|lWlÌ|tf|w)l up bia head, much Ina nftr Mfßjlfi|M(. heart, for there Is from the pleaeurc o(.baaa«MaftAiS Of course be the eery mldgt seta eboet the eÉNÉwey* t Ha must keep 0* the M*wdS9MÉf danced before aree* He rouat sing as if from itap there ia plenty of n(W»ja| him—d runts and flfaK, ahtf b —for his naretrti'abtt MBtwjTaBBBBL, side encouragidrlM^lMraH and gestures. Me,k‘lßfl*hP^H| agony(or thwt *» both from the”rery M mJ| moment his «gdi*y*|ttWÌflh! his suflfering* ia thrilling tbmugh^%«Éfl|^^H« Creasi qulverawifp tremble beneath bIoihOTUM —woe to Mta If- be mk* iWM n «eel—it weaMhfa^MehddPj t° ing throng, tnMa^ÌM«UiÌfraSßfl3)SMMhlff with face* sound of tb^abrilLptpfagwi^ chief! Th^Li7ri *‘jlg" is danw-d -bdft pWSSIS till the strength the wotrer fa^baAhote^wCgi frierids—» Girls Vme. roaad'-llsc i3b tatooad arme ihnnt. Ma flUlh i /AÌBnHRia in the P mood for iioftimlWkS ing from tbeir a rush toward the rfraf. Oafl bank he plunges 'hdtd^fr^gJ iiis tcbin?anna.aod rent of his boißnc MOC, m --Là ICO jTjmlx saTaJH— emerges irocn me waw, stuff for a Mundrwt^tWMM ordeiT'of , h»j>s, peculiar mmm ■ tdieri: title > %n m issl. Ìp^téSl ;