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mtmmum VOL. XXI' fhrtV IOT Elttf NTINt: L GEQRGE M. MATHES Editor axd Proprietor. Ttrtnt: Cask in. advance. 'im copy, om ye.-r,. ........-a' OO-j' . - ix moettia....... ....1 t - . three month. ........ I Drf TRESTOK ROAN Having determined to make Winston his tuture home, offers his PROFESSION A L SEIt VICES to the'cltlzens'of the town and ;rarrnnd injr country. ' i." Office at hU reaidene. Any mfwage left t aithK Drag Store will receive prompt attention. Dr. R.D. Hay. Offera his professional services to the citizens of Winston andarroauding country After an expe rience of tweuty-live yeara at the practice, he feels onAlent of giving satisfaction. tfflc at Reaidence on Main Street, opposite Skstkski. Office. D. P. MAST, A T TOR WE Y AT LA TF, WINSTON, N. O. Will practice in the courta of Forsyth, Stokes, Barry, Yadkin, lvieand Davidson counties Pays special attention to the 'olleotion of Claim la all parta of the State and settling up estates of deceased persons. OSn-.t in Court House. Winston Tin Shop. TE. JL. sTROl'PE Announces t the citizens of Winston and sur rounding countrv, ti.-.r. he has opfucd a Tin Shop in Winston, "in, tao Holland Storehouse, op posite the Jail, where he will be pleased to receive their orders for all kinds of work in his line Hoofing and t uttering done at short notice and n reasonable terms. April 1C . MARTIN GROGAN. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IX GENERAL MUil, Winston, N. C. "A. Halaiar Beuatj Is m. Joy Forever." This beauty can be attained by the use of ALEX. GATES' Hair Eenewer ail Restorer! It cores BAVnVESS, Restores Decaying, Fall ing Hah-, and gives it its natural lustre. It cures alandrnfffaud should be used by every one desiring a nice auit. Numbers testify to its valne. Parties wishing this valuable Hair Kenewer will apply to lr. V . O. Thompson, Winston, N. J , who will keep a supply on ham!. Feb 1- ALEX, tilTEO. TOOT MALE ACADEMY, aautcatl, JHtaf histar ical, 8c:atlflcl Mad Commercial. Spring Session will begin January IS, 1877, and continue 20 weeks. Board and Tuition lowest of any FIKST-ULASS SCHOOL In the Stats. for fall particulars address J.JLMONEOE, A. It., Principal. Winston, Forsyth Co.. N O. J uue 1st. Livery Stable ! Barrow. & Beck n VEOPFNEDA Livery and Feed Stable I Winston, near Lath's Warehouse, and in rear f J.E. Gilmer'i Store, where they keep cons tanly hand Huggies. Wagons and Horsas for hire V Stock fedon reason ble terms. r-ejf tmr Ijaiawesllate Cave. From the thousands of purchasers of our PRE PARED PAINT. have yet to near the first complaint. The reason is apparent. Our pal ts have stood the teat of yeara. where all other paints hare failed In durability. Their covering capacity, beans: greater than that of anv oh-r 1 taint nrmuwta practical item of economy Our painta ar guaranteed in every particular, the eonsnmer aa snraing m risk whatever, aa we will repaint any (mlding on which our paints do not prove satisfac tory: allowing a choice of English B A. White Iead, or any other paint in use. " j'er aals by . OR. V. O. THOMPSON, Oct.. fc. . - . .. . . . : 1 ' -- , ... .... : i. . ! : ' ., - .--3- V.'.T WEARING TI1E SHORE- An old man sits in a worn arm cbair,.. White as the snow is his thin, white hair, ' Furrowed his cheek by time and care; ' ': And back antl forth its ways. . m i -i There's m lar-an ny look in tfi liia, hlue eye. Which tell's of the thoughts of the Ions , gone by, For he sits once more 'neath a cloudless kv, , - . And childhood merrily plays. j He rests his cheek on the hend of his cane, And. happily snilliiiff. dreams orer again Of that home, the brook, the meadow, the iatie, -. Dreams all with a vision clear. Then childhood yields unto manhood's place,- And he looks once more in his bright, bright face, . 1 And down in the starry eyes he can trace A love remembered and dear. Then he wakes and sighs, "It seems but a dream That comes tome now like a golden gleam Oil the shimmering glow of the suu's last beam. But 'lis pleasant to think it o'er: That youth was so sweet, but now it is past, Those days ot youth were too precious to last, But over yonder their pleasures are cast, And I am Hearing that shore." lie is gliding along in his little boat ; O'er the calm, still water they peacefully float. But echo full soft brings a well-known note. From the lend he has left behind. But time will row back for him no more. And he glides away to that other shore. And knows when the voyage of life shall be o'er That his dream beyond he will find. Thar seed of youth which in youth we sow Adown through the aisles of the future will grow And shed on age a beautiful glow, As they come iu memory's gleams. Loved faces will come to dimming sight; Sweet words will echo iu daydreams bright. And circle old age with halo.? of light As they mingle in beautiful Ureums. Tie Oli ReMle House -of B. F. Orosland Uas completed its stock of GROCERIES PROVISIONS, ALSO Staple Dry Goods, BOOTS & SHOES, HATS & CAPS. GOOD LINE OF PRINTS, Everything in the Grocery Line at WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Ccec, Bo.c.oV, Xav, Brandy Peaches and Cher ries Snuff Flour and, Spices. 8fC. 4'C-t In large quantity. we Duy heavy uroceries Dy the car !aad and sell in large lots at a small profit. WHITE LEAD, aints .iu OH and Dry. Oils, Varnishe Olive Oil for;Totacj Manufacturer. Fish of all kinds to be had at this sea son in all sized packages. Agenta lor Holt & Moore's laids. Cotton Yarns, fcc. Best Fluids made in the btate. A Splendid line ol Shoes and Boots NO SHODD Y WORK. Agent for Xon Explo&i e Lamps and Cbaudeliers. Uest Kerosene OUs. Stock of Groceries always complete Thankful for patronage heretofore ex tended. 1 ask ali to try me when In wan of Good Reliable Goods. . Iii my absence Messrs. Johg. J. bell and Nath.G. Stockton will honors.' !' Winston and Salem, 31 arch 25 Camp do th it . QBT.MAJfti u .M , 1 1 j.t ,:'. iitl- 3 There lived upon .' a s time, ,.ru a Ijind there is lid need of - .mention ing by name,' a perabn who-was riot a young '"prine,: ae- 'Uiy preamble seems to indicate, but an ordinary' mortal, yo'tvn-whose papa's' chim ney neither good : nor jevil fairies came at Ills birth,'' though' both seemed to have a hand In theweav; ing of his 1 destiriyi'-' W ' which 'the wojjf was perfect'iind the',welr sadly inVpffect:;ft;j;;;".n,3 ) : V V'J" ; : He wa3 rich',' he was yonng' and he had a pleasant face and a warm heart, and a fine lr.ind ; but, in his youth, a nurse had dropped him from her arms to ihe stone floor of the court-yard, and had so hurt hitn that he never could be 'anything but a bent and distorted cripple all his lite. As a child, he had been so sheltered from every annoyance, so loved by his mother, and so nmch had been done to case him from pain, tiiat the fact had not troubled him much. He limped about with a pleasant smile on his face, as hap py a child as any. lie had but to Ureatlie a wish and it was gratified. Books, toys, mnsic, whatever he wanted, came at his call as though the fairies had given him a wishing cap. If lie could but have remained a child all would have been well, but, as all children must, he grew to be a. man, aud sudden' it dawn ed upon him one day that he was unlike other men ; that women pitied him instead ot ndmuing him; that all that he had was worth nothing to him, since ho could never hope to have a straight back, well formed limbs, ard six good feet of height; and having once fallen into this train ot thought, he would have been the poorest laborer 01 the road-side if that laborer would have given him for his wealth advantages his well-knit figure. This was after his cousin Linda had been sent to his lather's care on her parents' death in a foreign country his cousinLinda, fresh and owcot and fair as a snow drop. She had been in great giief at first, and he had done his best to make her happier. He read to her from lis valuable volumes ; he played to her the music he loved best. They had long talks ; they were com panions for days together; and strange, s.veet emotions grew in the boy s heart. He did not nnocrstand them at first. It was not tor a long while that he knew that he was in love. Knowing it, he awoke. He stood before the glass one dajT and looked at hir.self, and tears arose to his eyes. llo woman could love me, he saio; 1 must not dream ot it. And from that moment he was changed; he sought Linda's company no more, but hid himself away from her. 'Have I angered yon, cousin Clarence V 6he once asked him ; and he only shook his head and made no answer. Other men were about her. Others perhaps loved her also. He began to hate them. All his tenderness turned to bitter ness. ile had not a Kind, word tor any one he who had been always so utterly amiable. His mother was repulsed most rndely when she questioned him. He closed his doors against his friends; and at last he had the misery of hearing one he had of fended aj' to another : - 'I believe deformed persons are always bad tempered. ; I 'need to think Clarence an exception," but it seems I was mistaken.' 4It is true,' he said, 'I have a de formed body, and my sonl is de formed also;' and he went sadly aay to a lonely place where he hoped to be left to himself for awhile. It was a river bank, shaded bj the trees, under which he laid him self down. .The waters were clear and deep; in them he saw himself reflected. 'Little hnnchbaek,' he said with a groan, and menaced his own im age with his clenched hand. Then shame possessed him, for, looking tip, he saw a tall, well built, young man gazing down upon him with a 6ingular smile a tall, handsome man ; bnt the dust of the road was npon his clothes and his feet, and he carried a little knap 6ack on his back. He was evident ly eitncr a poor man or an ceccn- trie one, who . liked long tramps Once uuon a Time ever weary ways. And lie was not a bashful man, tor. while Clarence eyed nim "itngfil, he spbke'1 wih a laugh !. ;; ; V'J'1 does npVsee 'tQ .pleifsg jotu : .j'ltf is scarcely , jTpnr, ,$&ic. if v .ii does ,coS'i repi iett Ola HBOf! o,V )-. M don'tvfeel enieof tbat;'u'i,aid- the other , -taking 9, seat hcadei him. 'Irh a rtirious kihd ot a fetyotr; iitid I shdtild jfnlTy like'to-knowr'vWhfat is on vbnT 'mind.''' ! ' ' -I ' : ' Al.l thh was Vety" impertinent, Clarence ' thought, but " tjiefe Whs that in the man's manner i'iat did rot deepen the offence. ' -Jdenly the poor boy's heart softened. ? . 'Would there not be something on yonr mind,' he said, speaking as he might to a brother whom he had known all his life, if this was your 'reflection instead of mine V and he pointed to his image in the water. 'Oh,' said the stranger. I under stand. I certainly have a better figure than you, and doubtless can walk further, but you'd not change with me. Your'ro master of that old mansion j-onder, I think. Yon ire rich. You are learned and ac complished. Yon have troops ol friends. TI 115 is ail the money I have in the world,' and he tossed a coin in his hand. 'I have neither house nor lands; no prospects, no profession, no learning. I stand alone in the world.' 'Ah ! but yon 6tand so tall and -trnu-ht in it,' ssid Clarence. 'Change with you ! Heaven knows I would if that were possible.' 'Possible !' cried the other. 'Yon have learning, I have none, but I know something that yon do not. It is possible ; and if you would change your good fortune for my long legs and straight back, I'm ready.' 'Change I why, I should be not to do so,' said Clarence, what a fool I am. Yon are mad 'But onlv mocking me. Such things cannot 'Try it,' said the other. Take this flask, drink half the contents and give Mie the other, then shake hands with 111c and my after me what I shall fay ; only re.nember I don't want to cheat vou when you've slipped into 1113- skin you'll be a very poor man and a very un fortunate one.' 'I care nothing for that,' 6aid Clarence, 'but 1 will be as fair with vou. Yon'l! be a little hunchback. Think of that.' I'm ready, if you arc,' said the )thcr. Ile took from his breast a small fla?k and handed it to Clar ence, who drank a portion of its contents and handed it back. Then they joined hands, and the stranger uttered some words in what seemed a foreign tongue, which Clarence repeated after him. As he did so, strange thrills ran through his frame, a terrible pain for one moment wrung his ever3 r.erve, and then he stood tall and stright as the oak that flung its shadow over him, locking down upon a bent and halting figure by his 6ide. The metamorphosis had taken place. He had read of this sort of thing in queer old German books, but he had never believed the tales until now. rill 1 m xne aeuce r 6am his own voice ac ins siae ; -i didn't know 1 was such a handsome fellow. It's de cidedly unpleasant to limp. Well no matter; 1 keep my carnage l can ride when I choose.' jhsi men two ngnrcs Mirned tne T i-it .a . s,.sj corner ot the road a handsome matron in black eilk and a girl in white. Clarence knew them for his mother and cousin Linda. They advanced, but neither cast a glance at him. They looked at the de formed bodv he had been so glad to leave, with tender glances, 'My dear son,' said the mother, 'I am so glad we have met yon.' And she kissed him, with all mother's love in her eyes. As for Linda, she only smiled and said, 'Clarence; but looking on the three, a quiet, unnoticed 6tian ger. Carence saw what he had never seen in his own bodv. There was more than cousinly liking in the dear girl's eyes, and when she 6aid 'Clarence,' her voice told the story better than her smile. To be sure, the figure that stood between tiiem was not straight or handsome; bnt -hat of that ? How fond those two were of him ! The handsome fellow, leanipg agains the tree, felt pangs of regret and sorrow pierce his soul as the . three turned away and' left him alone with his new found beauty; he saw them pass out of sight, and sunk nprn the grass and hid hi& face with his hands, ' " 'Olf; wlint ft-' tnadnirin 'l - hav been i' ! b tnoahed."-! bavrj'tat awainV jnp'lher's' Tfenerne'ss'.'4 V I iyii utsu !iwv xinaa 8. lYO-rr-Ior now. I.pjaialjj.,''. 'ployed i-i How long Ivo, lay; in be Mass he did riot know; at last jl hand touch ed his. -.: in ..- '..-T-r.H : rf'VttCic sfivt a"' vb(ee;; - 0nce, yon had befefc'gone sry11 Jorig your motner grew, anxions.and Rent me' to see if I could" find yon.: ' . Yon arcnot ill, cousin Clarence 1 jTtcii he raiee4 j;islia,'nd ti'nda knelt beside him. He was lying near the river under the old oak trees, but he saw hi6 own deformed figure in the water, and knew that tlve 6tranger and his magic flask, and the transformation that had come of the draught he swallowed, and incantation he had uttered, had been only a dieam. Yes, he was not the handsome fellow who had been left alone and lovelcs9 to go his way. 'I am not ill, Cousin Linda,' he 6aid, softly. 'I have been asleep and dreaming. I dreamt a ftrange dream. If you knew what it was. you would he angry, perhaps. I am not dreaming now, Linda I have a miror there in the water that would drive away such dreams; but what I dreamt was that 30U loved me, Linda, as 1 love you.' And Linda listened. She did not take away her hand; and now Clarence clasped it close and looked into her eyes. 'lhit. for the mirror yonder, I might hope that it w is not a dream, he whispered. 'The water into which you looked reflects the face that is dearest to me of any . upon earth, and the dream is a true one, Clarence. It id not. the body that we women love it is the soul.' So there was a great wedding, and they lived happily ever after. THE TELEPHONE. UE5CRIPTIOK OF THE WONDERFUL NEW INVENTION. It appears that Salem, Massa- h u s e t t s people have been specially concerned in the pur suit of this investigation. The fact that electricit3r, in passing through a masrnetic helix, or coil of wire, is pro ductive of sound, was first discovered by Professor Charles G. Page, of this place, as long ago as 1837. His ob servations were published, and, as he was a man of large attainments, Ins experiments attracted attention at hoire and abroad. Other scientists became interested in the same line of investigation, among them the -late Colonel Francis Peabodj-, of Salem. The fact, therefore, that sound could be conveyed electrically to consider able distances has been known for some time, and the nature of the ex periments therewith was Jshown on Monday evening, in various ways, no tably by the transmission from Boston to Lyceum Hall of a telegraphic mes sage, which announced itself, not by the usual dots and I nes of telegraphy, but by sounds of different lengths. This was a veiy interesting experi ment. But it remained for Professor ' Bell to discover that articulate sounds can be conve'ed b' the electrical current. This he has done during his residence in Salem. Professor Bell is a Scotch man by birth, and is engaged in teach ing in the state Institution Tor the genius system of "visible speech," of which he wa3 the inventor. Associa ted with him in his telephonic experi ment is Mr. Thomas A. Watson, of Salem, to whom he expressed his obli gations for valuable assistance. The apparatus by which the aston ishing result is secured is wonderfully simple. O11I3' a telegraph wire, a horse-shoe magnet, two helices and a vibrating disk at each end. The audi ence can see a mahogany box upon the table, of the appearance of an or dinary photographer's camera. The tube in the end is used In the case to speak into and to hear out of. With in the box is a horse-shoe magnet. Opposite each arm ot the magnet is a helix of the usual construction. One end of the wire among the helices is connected with the ground and the other with Boston or the place in con nection. Set up against the helices within a sixteenth of an inch, is a sheet of thin polished iron, upon which the voice of the operator im pinges when speaking. j.he magnet induces electrical current in the tele graph wire. The vibration disk imparts pulsations to this electrical current corresponding to the sounds, which are conveved to Boston and reproduce themselves upon the vibrat ing board there with exactness of tone and articulation. The little four iuche3of iron utters the whole gamut of the human voice. This U indeed wonderful the greatest achievement of modern science. GOSSIP ABOUT GREA T, : MEN. T; - ..j ii'l ' - '-'Ah intrwtiig't;haptir'ujig'bt be iwrirtqn ulitxtt. aim: vroaLnesfics m -of inen.f rt.Tbojj.afcdotfS fAnclij tnedea( wjlj ba remeubered ; ..lie rushes through the 6treetq 'of 'Sj' facuseSyrdsdiocrynig' "Enreka," and at the'taking ol ihe'etry he was killed by- soldier while tracing gei otnfetrifftl lines on. pan!.; ., Socrates', .when filled wifji., omc idea, wonld 6tand for lionrs 'fixed like a statiiG.' It is recorded of him that Le stood amid the Boldiefs in the camp of Potidea, in rooted ab straction, listening to his "pro photic" or "supernatural" voice. Democritns shut himself up for days together in a little apartment in his garden. " Dante was Btibiect to fits of abstraction, in which he often quite forgot himself. One day he found an interesting book, which he had long sought for, in a druggist's shop at Sienna, and sat reading there till night came on. Bnde, whom Erasmus called the wonder of France, was a thoroughly absent man. One day his domestic brok into his study with the intelli gence that his house was on fire. "Go inform mv wife," said he; ;you know I do not interfere in house hold affairs 1" Scaliger only 6lept for a few hours, and passed whole days with out thinking of lood. Sull3", when his mind was occupied with plans of reform, displayed extraordinar3 fits of forgcffnlness. One day in winter, when on his way to church, he observed. "How cold it is to day !" "Not more cold than usual," said one of his attendants. "Then 1 must have the ague," eaid Sully. "Is it not more probable that yoj are too scantily dressed?" he asked. On the secret tunic the lifting was at once discovered; he had forgot ten all his under-clothes but his breeches ! Mrs. Bray Wis a somewhat fn mi'iar story of the painter Stoth ard. When invited on one occa sion to dine with the poet Rogers, on reaching the house in St. Jame's Palace, he complained of cold, and chancing to put his band on his neck, he had forgotten " put on his cravat, when be hast ' returned homo to complete his at tiie. Buffon was very fond of dress. He assumed the air of the grand seigneur, sported jewels and finery, woro neb lace and velvets, auc1 was curled and scented to excess weaiing his hair en papilotte while at his studies. Pope. too. was a little dandy in a bag -wig and sword; and his crooked figure, en veloped in fashionable garments, gave him the look of an ovr dressed monkpy. Vo'taire, also was fond of magnificent attire, and usually dressed in an absurd man ner. Diderot onee travelled from St. Petert-burgh to Paris in his morn ing gown and night-can. and in this guise promenade! the street and public places of the- towns on I113 ronte. lie was often taken for a mad-man. While composing his works he used to walk about with rapid strides, and sometimes throwing hi? wig in the air when ha had struck out a happy idea. Odo day a friend found hiir. in tears. "Good heavens !" ho ex claimed, "what is the matter ?"' I am weermg. said Diderot, "at a story that I have just composed ! loung, the poet, composed Ins "Night Thoughts" with a sknll before him, in which he would sometimes place a lighted candle ; and he occa sionallv sought his sepulchral inspira tion Tjv wandering among the tombs at, midnight. Mrs. RadclifTe courted the honors with which she filled her gloomy romances by supping on half- raw beefsteaks, plentifully garnished with onions. Drvden used to take plrysic before setting himself to com po;e a new piece. Kant, the German philosopher, while lecturing had the habit of fixing his attention upon one of his auditors who wore a garmpu without a button in a particular place One day the student had the button sewed on. Kant, on commencing the lecture, fixed his eye on the usu al place. The button was there Fancy the consternation of the phi losopher, whose ideas had beoome associated witu that ou'.tonioss gar ment. His lecture that day was de testable ; be was quite unhinged by the circumstance. Too many authors have been fond of the bottle. Rabelais said, "hatin and drinking are my, true sources of inspiration. See this bottle ! It is my true and only Helicon, my cabalistic tountain. my sole enthusiasm. Drinking, I dc'iScrate ; and delibera ting, I drink." Ennius. schylus, and C'ato all got their inspiration while drinking. Mezerai always had a large bottle of wine beside Liiu among bia books i h frnk.of it t each page he wr,ote. Ire .ttirned lb night into dayt'iid never composed esprit by )ainp-li"ht, evn , iu , th daytime. All liisindows were dark ened, and U wss tio uMsttal tiling; for him to show a friend to the. Jer with n lamp, tlHHigh-aouteide it vas brood daylight. ! On ihe . contrary,. Varijias. the historian,; nayer , wote except at full mkklay. His ideas, he imaginM grow" knd declined with ! the sun's light'.; Watou'$ A Jmat : ' ? " TEARS-AJfDLO YE I OR if.: TJIEGRET i Before the present political erisia Republicans were never known to fawn upon th.ir enemies ; but they have at last been reduced to the commission of that mcanuces, aa all men must who begin by the . per petration of crmes. The 6iiddcn affection which thc3' have conceived for the people ot the Sonth is some thing wonderful, and thev exhibit it. with a gushii.g exuberance that would do cred't to Judas. Their hearts have become so soft as curds from the milk of the goata ;of Basham, and their sjeeeh as sweet as the hone3 of Engaddi, Their admiration for Lamar's eloquence is like that of a .British tult hur.tcr I for a lord's wit. Their solicitude tor the good opinion of Hampton s as assiduous as that of a fpend- iril't for the tavor of a rich relative, 'heir loud profession of delight in ic success of Ben Hill is like the ostentatious flattery of a bully paj-- ng tribute to the prowress ol a man who has beaten him. Their sudden harity for unrepentant rebels and Confederate brigadiers is a thing so contemptible in its origin and so whimsical in its effect as to be be- ond all comparison. TI1C3' are full if schemes for the prosperity of the South ; they denounce the misruio under which it has suffered as hear- lv as if thev had heard of it for the first time since the election, and they make as many promises ot eternal friendship as a drunken ailor to a lamp post or a V assar graduate to her weeping class mates. They are actual!)' maudlin n their demonstrations ot affection. Mr. Foster stands up ir. Congress and stretches out his hands to the South hailing her pecplc as coun trymen and brothers and beseechi ng them to como to the bosom ct Iayes. A few weeks ago they were murderers, assassins, rebels, uilldozers and banditti, bnt now thev are the elect of the new Ad- iin?stration,nnd the carpet baggera and negroes for whose take they were oppressed and outlawed aro declared to be poor and worthless reaturcs, ineapabic of exercising olitical authority and unworthy of political trust. The chorus of adn ation was struck up so suddenly hat some of the party organs in the country failed to catch tho tuno at once. Paper fok Buildino. Paper for building purposes is the last novelt3. Three large mills in tho West turn out sixteen tons per day, manufactured into a thick hard puteboard, wound in rolls of twenty-five to one hundred pounds each, and usually thirty-two inches wide. It is subject to an enormous pres sure, compressing the fibres into a solid bodv. The sheet is air tight. ind as paper is a non-conductor of heat and cold. In case of a fire tho paper sheets do not burn so easily as wood on account ot their solidity. This queer building material works admirably in all conditions and circumstances. The uses to which paper is now applied is for paper boats, pails, basins, milk pans, spit toons, paper lining for refrigerator 1 M ' . ' - II - ear, watei prooi sneeimg in wana and floors of buildings, tarred sheet ing for use under clapboards and shingles. Curious Lovk Making. Lovo makfng, in the Balearic Islands, generally is carried on in a novel fashion. In the Island of Iviza the popular emblem or love is gun powder. The most dclicato atten tion that the most devoted of lovers in that island can pay to hi mis tress is to pop at her lega with a loud-reporting pistol or gun, and the most brilliant accomplishment the young woman can display tritely Spartan in its nature-is to stand fire unflinchingly. Girls' legs, from tho time they enter their teens, are scored from the peppering of pebb!es they re ceive, as the charge, aimed at tho ground close to their feet, raises up a volley of earth. Seeing is Dot believing. There are many men you cau see, and yet ouuuot btlieve.