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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., OCTOER 7, 1879. V 11.-NO. 107.
THE WHIP-POOR-WILL
When apple-branches, flushed with bloom,
Load June's warm evenings with perfume,
And balmier grows each perfect day,
And filds are sweet with new mown-hay,
shon, minstrel lone, I hear thy note,
Up from the pasturo-thickets float
Whip-poor-will I
Thino are the hours to love endeared,
And summoned by thy acoonta weird,
What wild regrets-what tender pain,
Ilocalls my youthful dreams again,
As floating uown the shadowy years,
That old refrain fond memory hears
Whip-poor-will I
The garish day inspires thee not;
But bid in some deep-shadod grot,
Thou like a sad reoluso dost wait
The silver hours inviolate,
When every harsher sound is flown,
And groves and glens are thine alone,
Whip-poor-willI
Then, when the ra;. t. voluptuous night
Pants in the young moon's tender light,
And woods, and olifts, and shimmering
streams,
Are splendid in her argent beams
How thrIlls the lover's heart to hear
Thy loud staccato, liquid olear,
Whip-poor-w ll1
Wheneo comes thy itorated phrase,
That to the wandering oar convoys
half-human sounds, yet oboats the sense
With vagueness of intelligence,
And like a wandering voice of air,
Haunts the dim fields, we know not where,
Whip-poor-will I
My First and Only Love.
It ias often been a matter of wonder to
in why I loved Elwyn Ashton as I did.
le was twelve years my senior, and I
only clighteen ; yet I loved him.
I remember well how gloriously the sun
shone on tha summer afternoon when we
stood together on the lawn waiting for the
carriage to arrive that should bring Liuvit
Eleanor to spend sonio weeks at our house.
1, so proud of him, so happy at the pros
peet of seeing Aunt LEleanor's ad
miration for my noble darling, so shy at
his admiration for myself, so hopeful that
they would like each other and be friends.
"For she is very beautiful, Elwyn, I
said, and only ten years older than I am:"
I can see now the quiet laugh In his dark
eyes, and the playful curve of the lips, as
of one humoring a petted child-a strange
wife I should have been for him, after all.
And there was a sound of wheels, and
drawing my arm in his, he led mne to the
front entrance to welcome my Aunt.
I do not clearly remember when that
first feeling of jealousy stole Into my mhid.
I thhinc I scareelf undorstbed it' wien first
'it did e6m16. He had'never changed to me;
I was ever uppermost in lils thoughts ; all
his niost graceful attentions were mine ; yet
I saw plhily, that he found In her a con
panionship I'was ftir i from 'h4lng able to
give, for I was onl a'darling playinmate, a
beloved and-petted child.
One evening Tnoted well -how biglit and
animated he was, and the adiniriig look
that kept deepening in ie eyes, andthe in
creased interest of voice atd manner as the
conversation progressed, until 'graduolly the
hand I held begame unconsclbus. of mine,
and, when I loosened nky hold, "SlippCd
4way ta extend itsel[ for groatei' emphasis
towards her. And 'hen I xose, :'pale and
hearksick to say good-night.
"We have not-. had oyir- usual talk to
night, BfdieV,'4said
"No," I answered, taconically.
- "It Is too lhtt now," looking it his
watch.
"Yes."
' "What Is the matter ?" asked my Aunt;
''Are you unwell I"
"No," again.
Then she laughed, low an~d melodiously.
''You had better go to bed, child."
Child I Buddenly, and with a qumck,
sharp pain, as If struck by lightning, I felt
all that her words were intended to convey
t.o him-to him, though not to mec-and as
suddenly the child became a woman.
"Walk down the avenue with me, once
-only once, Elwyn," I said ; my head
aches."
With his old caressing touch, he adjusted
my shawl ; then hesitated a 'momeont, and
said, half reluctantly, "Will youi Shall
I ?",
I kneow what it meant, and turned with
all the dignity I could assume.
"Aunt Eleanor, if you wish to come too,
you may,"
"I may, may I ?" she answered, pettisht
ly. "Thanks. But if it's all the same to
you, I p~refer not."
"2Eiwyn, " I said, wheniv e were out of
her hearing-for I felt that I must mention
the subject or die, almost.-"Elwyn, my
aunt has been here more than a nionth nqw
howv do you like her ?"
"Bhie is charming," Ito said, honestly;
"charmmng."~
."Ah," I sai; "so they all say soonel'or
later."
"'lThey ?" lie asked ; "who are they ?"
"Men."
lie laughed and drew my arm thr-ough
his, and we finished the walk in silence.
Thlen, when We had reaocd the front door,
and I hold uip my lips for. tltO usual kiss,
lhe said, "She Is vex'y chiarin, but my
baby is worth ten of her."
"Oh I" I sobbed, throwing myself Into
his arms, and clinging to him with passion..
ate pain and sorrow, "do not say so, I atn
a woman now-a woman, lwynj do 'not
call me that any miore."
- "Well, I will net If it ha~rtA'you."
And he took my fade bettycee his hiahds,
*andl bemit over iii6 with bilown bright dalile.
--But breaking'from'hlini,' I ran~ upstairs, and
shut myself in my room.
Whiat copl~IlI'o?, Nothing. I felt that
lie was deli, hourly, being drawn away
fromt me, an'd tiny:Weoak power could a vail
nothing- against the v'noy-e 'enbtle 'will of tht
older abd- fa- puper10r Womnai of theO world.
My mother-, ab but not event e ol
went on. tIt
One afterpop, i .the' early -pautumn, I
went down to' the0 hohir~iv6 sitting list
less nd ~die, thotilh wearly,9tls
*qilieter as they approeled'Aud ,a y a
ed themselved on the other side of th a
hiotse from Where I sat anid kept. sileno,
-A few momenta and -her oee~ $rpC e '
I knWb's~e tr
but lie said nothing. I stifled my now loud
gasps and leaned forward to hear more.
"Elwyn ?" And now the one was
changed. It was as if the words were
forced, wrung from her. ''Havo pity-I
love you."
"Gracious heaven i" I knew he had
started to his feet. "You tell me this?
You I"
"I do l" she answered, tremulously;
"anld nioro-,you love me !"
I heard lilin groan, and knew by instinct
that his hands were stretched towards her
as though to defend her from her own
words.
'You love iie, " she continued, more
calmly, "and I love you. I have waited
for you to speak, but you would not ; so I
have (10110 it. You may imagine, if you
will, what it costs a woman to make such
a confession unsolicited. Do you blamle
me, ilwyn ?"
"Blamei" he said, "niiy beautiful I my
dearest I And yet-Oh, the traitor the
miserable traitor you have made of me,
Eleanor I"
"It is because I love you. Forgive ie,
if too well, Elwyn."
"'Shae loves me," he said.
"That child?" she answered, with a
tQuch of sarcasm. "11r heart is too young
fot- any deep impression. Oh, Elwyn,
what is her love to mine I She is a pretty
toy, a plaything. Will you weigh her in
the balance against me ?"
"Eleanor,' he pleaded, "have mercy I
Take my life as you have my love but leave
mic at least, a little self-respect. We are
strong in our love, and can bear more than
she can. Do not be cruel in your power."
"What do you want to do ?" she asked.
"To be true to her," lie said bitterly, yet,
oh, how-grimly I "I wish her never to
know that it is to a traitor her pure faith
has been given. For I will marry her and
and cherish her as though you and I had
never met. So help mi6 heaven I"
"And what h, to become of me ?"1
"I1lave mercy I Why did you ever come
between us ?"
"You say you love me. I ask, what is
to become of me ? You say you love mc,
Eiwyn ?"
"Alh, better than my own truth and
lionor I"
Oh, how changed and broken his voice
sounded I
1 waited to hear no more. My resolve
was taken. His pride was humbled to the
dlust-trampled beneath the feet of his
great passion. He should never knowingly
make me witness his humiliation. This
much I could and would do for him.
That evening I asked him to walk down
Lhe avenue with me, for the last time, and
then I said, Elwyn, this must end between
us. I will not marry you."
It was a strange start lie gave-a strange
look, almost of joy, that flashed over his
Face, only to be gone again. And then I
vained strength to tell the falsehood, that
was to set. him free.
"I do not love you, Elwyn."
It is needless to repeat his hurried words
,f question and confused remonstrance.
But I saw that lie believed my love was
-One from him, and therein I could be
,hankful.
A short month, and they were married.
I never saw them again.
But long after they told me lie was dead,
m(d that she was about to we( another
imaband, and they gave me1 the little packet
>f hair that lie laid addressed with his own
liand to hIls."First and latest love."
Ills first and latest, forever.
Skulls of Murderrs.
One of the most curious collections in
he great Anthropological museum in the
Paris exhibition of last year was a collec
,lon of thirty-six skulls of murderers who
hlave been guillotined In France. This
.ollection has been carefully studied by Dr.
Bornier, who has published the result of
lis studies in the last number of Broca's
levue d'Anthropologie. The mist str'ik
ing result of his observations is the very
large cubic capacity o)f these cranlia. In1
Fact, tihe average volunie of the thirty-six
ikulls, nmeasured with shlot by ~Broca's
inethod, Is as munch as 1,547.91 cubIc con
timleters. Eliminating, hlowever, one of
Ikulls,. which Is of unusutal size (2,670
aubic centhneters) andl Is obviously abnor
ial, the average is reduced to 1,531 cubic
senieters, But even this figure Is eon
siderably higher than the average of any
rdinary series of modern crania. In ordierI
to find skulls of equlal capacity it is nieces
gary to go back to prehlistoric times; thus
die capacity of Solutre skulls is 1,515, and
dint of the typ~o from the cave of M'H~om
le Mort is 1,606.5 cubIc centimetres. Thle
:levelopment of tihe murderers' skull is not
ln the frontal bt4 in the parieto-occIp~ital
region, ad it appears to Iidicate a low in
tellectual standard, with a strong tendency
to powerful action. Most of the celebrated
characteristles presented by the skuhs of
these crliminals are compar'able with those
f prehistoric races. A murderer may be
regarded as an anachronism, and lis char
icter may be explained on the principle of
itavlsm, or reversion to an early type. if
a prehlstoric savage could be Introduced
into modern society lie would probably be
some a notorious criminal; on the other
liand, If 01ne of the brutal nmurdlerers of
iupderni times had lived in prehistoric ages
lio might have been a chief of lis tribe,.
liighly respected.
.Cat and Looking-lss.
Many years ago, at Carne farm house,
where relatives of mine wvere then living,
he household eat was observed to enter a
bedroom in course of being apring-cleaned.
rihe looking glass being on the floor, the
Dat, on entering, was confronted with its
own reflection, and nlaturalhy concluded
that he saw before him a real intruder on
le detfain. Hostile demonstrations were
die result, followed by a rush to the mIrror
sud then, nieeting an obstacle to lia von
goakce, 4fruitless out rounad to the rear.
1'lus mandmvre was more than onCe re-1
peated with, of course, e Iual lack of sue
s.Finally, the eat was soon~ to doliber
rstely wtulk upto the looking glass, keeping
its eyes'en thie.Image, and tlien,'wheni near
enough to.the edge, to 'fool carefully with
one pirw behuind, for the *tupposed intruder,
while with its head twisted: round to the
traht it tssur-ed. itself of: thi persitence of
t4q 1r9t14tion. .Therieult io.f Ibtis experh
me If(Iuly sane'th cdt(that 1'e had 1
b nu the 1#i1th of ea dolusqin,'and neverJ
heocondeocou to notiq itere
he wd to4~rhab
Swell Thieves i Summer.
"Tell litc somletlnhig abliot tile habits o
swell thieves in suminer time?" said a re
porter to a detective.
"They devole tle sumilier to recreative
and 'prospective' work-that is, studying
the bearings and acquainting themselves
Witi tihe resources of tile places V which t (hey
propose to attack wien a favorable oppor
tunity presetints itself. They seldom Mtop
long in One place. Tiey caln be imet, one
day at Saratoga anmd the ne-xt at Newport,
Long Branelh, 'ipe May, o. doing tlie
Calnadian tour, all the time having their
eye to bisiness nse1111( n)Cidiig their leisure
mionients in tihe gmktllling dens.
"The sw.ll pickpockets migrate with
consistent regularity at tihle approach of
Summer to like wttering-places, put up iat
the most fashionable ko'els and carry on1
business as opportunity affords. The
swell pickpocket seldom gets caugat. lie
generally travels with at comlpallionk to Whom I
lIet passes whatever ie satutcies, and should I I
the linger of suspicion be pointed at him hie i
ilssumkes anl air of virtuotis innocence and I
Wounded dignity'which is amising to be
ilold, and offers, it may be in the most 1
p)lausible manner possible, to 'showi up' if
uccessary. Even if Ie is searched nothing I
is found onl him, and unless hke is really 4
oaught in the act he cannot be ield. The 1
light-fingered gentry are always inl swarms I
it, horse races, fairs, convent ions and caip- t
mneetiings, and indeed wherever there is a I
Jig crowd. They ply their trade with a t
persistency and And an energy worthy of a
hetter cause."
"What do they do with their spoils?"
"All. property besides cash which they 1
inatage to Ir.y their (ands onl they send( to
h1e city, Where agents receive it and con1- t
vert it into cash the best way they can.
l'ie hotel and boalrding-house thieves who f
nake their headquarters in the city are the
lread of every watering-place in the sum
ner. They live in grand style, drink tiei
nost expensive wines, simioke the most ex- J
cilsive cigars and drive in the gayest I
xvtilable coacies. Groups of them may be t
men nightly in tie corridors of tile Saratoga 8
otCls. They are eaily recognized, but C
lot so easily gotten rid of. Their restless N
nanner gives them away, but the hotel de- N
ectives as long as they have nothing against 11
,hem2:1 and they have no certainty beyond t
ippearances they are crooked, and cannot ,
ery safely interfere with them. They are r
matched. The detective forces at the ho- 1:
els in watering-places have to be reinforced t
u sumnier to watch these guests, and a V
)'etty hard tiia they have of it. In a ilday i
he thieves find out all about the guests, I
low much money or jewelry they are v
ikely to have in their rooms, and when 11
hey go to their meals they invade their --
kparttneats and carry away whatever of c
ralue they can lay their hands o1. The a
)anco, faro or three-card-nionte mn11( spend r
heir summer traveling on tie cars trying a
o 'rope in' countrymen. They reap a il
ich harvest, for the countryman is the eas- It
cat being in the world to impose upon, r
['1i sileak-tlhleves reinaltin lin 00 city during v
he summer and so do the low class of burg- c
are, looking lor a favorable opportunity to -1
;et. into a vacankt house. c
'Your swell thief is generally all edu- c
ated, well-dressed, respectable-looking, I
igh-toned 'gentleiant.' lie lives well, i1
peUds money lavisiy when h1(e has it and J
ndustriously cultivates the friendship-of n
ie wealthy and reflued. His demeanor is
io pleasing, his outwtard code of i-rtals so g
Lppareutly strict, and tie dealing with his s"
ellow-men When it'suits hun so seemingly o
itraight-forward that to the uninitiated he t,
ippears t j be the very paragon of honesty Ii
nd the eibodiient of all that is noble 3
md virtuous in manhood. That class of u
hieves are the most dangerous in the coml- 1
uunity. They ire hardest to detect in the i
lct, of committing i crioi and their tracks o
ire so skilfully covercd that after perpetra- U
ion of crime it is diflicult either to catch il
hietm or to trace any13 of the stolen p)roperty. i 1
t'he swvell thieves live in style duing the r
v'inter, dlomlg ani occai~onall job as8 their no(- d1
essities require. In thle Summlner they go h
0 1.11e watterinlg places-everywhere In fact s
vhcere thkere is a probability of there being a p
rowd. TIhe(y imay be clalsiiled as follows: p
lurgiars,pJickpocke2ts, conlfidlence-operators, t.
lanco-steerers, fare and1( thirce-card-mnonte n1
nenl, 110te1 and( boardIng-house thieves and a
neaik-thlieves. n1
"Nearly all the first-class burglairs belong a
o the 'swell' class. Educationi is nleces- il
ary to make a raily good, reliable, level
1(211ded( and( effective bur1glair. Take thle
nost famous burglars no0w in1 pison50 and~ at
argo in thkis counltry-the Hopes, Brady,
)obbs, Leary, Irving and~ Porter, for inl- n
ltance. They tire all men of brains, who s
vouild have probably succeedled at any 5
rade or profession they miigh~t hatve chosen, il
['hey are regarded as first-class 1men1 by thle J
hlieving fraternity ; they are cool, dlaring hI
aid merciless wvhien anty 0110 crosses their v
>ath wilie they are craicking a banik safe or
>hmidering a house. Ill the sumnmer tlimo 11
he swell burglars cease from active labor. r
['he darkness of night Is an essential ele- C
nent of 8success ill their professionl. Itlls f
huring the long, dark witer nIghts that li
hey p~rowl about with all their vIgor. and 1
nisguided enthusliasm, anid un~der cover of I
light commit their dlepredations. 1
A Mtulaeter Rtoughil.v Hlandledl.
A local preachler had been p~reaching in t
he afternoon in a village not far from i
Mewcastle, England, and having accom-t
anled one of the chapel miemfbers to his a
10ouse, was of course initrodulccd to his 3
A'ife, whko appeared very glad to see him, r
md1( warmly prcssedl himn for a full quarter. t
f ani hour to stay to tea. Hie at last con- t
icnted. While all this pressing was going 5
>ni, tihe husband was quietly standing by, 0
>reparlig to wash his hands and faee. The t
good lady then1 wet to get the tea ready, 1
lnd it was not long before both the tea and 11
ier temper were brewing ; for hearing, asb
ho thought, her dearly beloved washing, 5
ho made for the little window whkich corn- 1
nunicated betwecen the kitchen and pantry a
vhere she wast, and taking advantage of his n
)osition, more quickly than one could say I
"Jack Robinson," uhie administered two or C
hreo hard raps on his bald pate, accompan.. a
ed with the exclamation "I'll learni ye to R
>ring them hlungry prec5hiers hero to tea P
tvery time they comoe to pteachi I" -
AB Aeon as tile. unfortunate individual 1
sould get the soap-suds out of his eyes hle a
began to think what it all mneant, but could t
16mo to no other concluslon than that the C
>kA lady lhad made 'a sad- niistake tvhiih t
fre also found out, for upon returning to C
he parlor, she saw .hel' husband patiently '
lwaiting hsturn to wash. e, '
'A hopeless person Is one who desert a
)ts1 a
Pietures ofr mh ProsiletP1s.
llealy's portraits of the Presi( its of the
Lniled States, recent ly added to tle Cor
oran Art Uallery, are mainly ti e stiesli(s
romi which, about thirty years a o, lie ex
cited i conuission from LoviM) I'hiilippe,
len King of the Frenelh. 'l'e of the
!arlier Presidents are copies fram Stiart
n1d11 liardiig, Ilh others are from life.
'hey were purchased of the ,artist by
'hioias I. Bryan, Esti , together with the
)ortraits of Taylor, F'illhnore, ierce, ]Itu
hann ad Lineolin, painiteli Sincev the
Vrenchi royal order, aind sold )y hiin to the
rallery. They are of variouls degres of
ierit ;one or t wo are quite bad, ia grater
umiier 11(ilereitly goo(d, amd a few real
' excellent. 1i.roi some tiiexpliailed
muse the portrait of' (Generil l,larrison is
l)t embraced lin the collectIon. 'The direc
>rs Irei anixious to supply the onunission,
Ind two have already been forwarded them
or inspection, with a view to their sale,
mut neither proved satisfactory. The bet
er of these camie from Louisville, ard is
lie property of Mr. Oliver W. Licas, Clerk
of the Board of Aldermen of thateity. It is
)y Mr. John It. Johnston, forirly of Cin
iniati, but iow of Baltimore, and wis
ainted in 1840, about the time of the
eICeral's election to the Pres(lency. It is
tolerably correct likeness, but the colors
re much faded, and it wias considerably,
hough not irreparably, injured in its trans
iortation hither. For these reasons and Iin
Ie hope, of securing a less objectionable
licture, its purchase was declinel. Mr. J.
1. Beard painted several portrits (if the
-enerl, which must. still be in existenice ill
good state of preservation. The portrait
f Mr. Lincoln was painted In 18(10, during
lie pendency of the Presidtntial election
r immediately thereafter, undir an Order
rom Mr. Bryan, then a citizen of Chicago.
'h1e face is unshaven, which gives it a
tlier youthful look, without in the least,
nproving his native homeliness. Mr.
incoln was in the habit of explaining that
. '"turned his beard loose" at tle sugges
ion of a lady, whose knowledge of his per
Dimal appearance was confined to newspaper
its, which fairly made him an ogre. She
rote to him that in her woman's judgment,
iskers would add much to his beauty,
id if lie could be persuaded lo cultivate
hem sbe would kiss him the tirt time they
ver met. The gallant rail-splitter at once
estricted his tonsorial operations to the up
er and nether lips, leaving them free for
lie osculatory reward, and in a few weeks
arnished his checks, chin a d throat with (
hirsute adornment, which uzzled Mrs,
incoln and surprised lis equaintances
tithout, as already inthua , eilianicmg
is personal pulchritude. he necessary
mclusioi to this "ower lie tale," it
ianced that he and the unkn wn lady met,
id the promised reward 'was'elaiml ed and
-ceived. Ile was never Vclean-shaved
tierward. Tlie next ugliest of the Presi
ents (counting Jefferson as "good-third")
Zachary Taylor. His portrait somewhat,
flnes the plain features of tbe rough and
'eather-beaten old sohllm. bnit h very
>rrectly represents hitu "as lie lived."
[is eye, which was black, keen and pier
ng, greatly relieved his commonplace I
untcnance, and it fairly glows IromI
lealy's canvas. Probably the most strik
ig picture In the lot is that of General
iekson, who, too, in spite of his long life,
ever grew to be a "'marvelous proper man, "
though his appearance was very distiln
nlshed. Ile sat for Mr. Iealy in the
riig of 1041, and the picture was filished
ily nime days before his deaitl. Thie pic
ire is in marked contrast with the full
ngth portrai, of the General painted by|
r anderlyn in 1819, which hangs in the
lain gallery. The latter represents him In
niform, but bare-headed, standing beside
cannon, sword in hand, with the smoke
f battle filling the background, and its
laze flaming from his eyes and illuminat
ig his face with martial glory. Healy's
strippedf of all this glamour, and affords
aunful evidence of age and iuifirmity, of
isense anud suffering ; but thle wonderful
adi~ still bears its leonine aspect, while (lie
:el-blue eyes, undimmed by time or ap)
lication, retain their former marvelous
,wer, and seem to look dlirectly through
ie holder. A Quplicate of this pictumre;
ay be seen at the Hermitage, the po0se Is
ightly altered, and the egfect rendered
iore agreeable and implressive. Yet It Is
d to look upon, and one at last turns from
with a sigh of relief.
Trho Harvest in Runssia.
A field stretchmng away for nilles and
illes without a hedge, ditchi or l umndary
:>ne to relieve the sight offered by what
~oms to be a very ocean of waving corn
migedl with red by millionis of poppics. A
ow Is surveying this glorious crof amid as
e does so lhe turns tg sniff thb breeze
hichi is blowing gently from tl Black
en, about thirty versts off ; thuen hec lets
Is eye wandler complacently dow nI a steel)
-ad up which a long p~rocession of empty
arts is tolling. Th'Ie Jew Is a utorchant
'om Qdcssa, wvho bought the crops before
mn as far back as three years ago from a
obleman in dlilculties, and lie is pleased
the sIght of those carte, beckuse lie
nows now that lie will be able to get his
heat comfortably to Odessa before the
elptemnber rains set In. TIhe difficulty in
outhiern Russia Is not to rear wheat, but
get it shipped ; so when the aged Ben-I
Lidae was haggling with Prince Nokino,
e straitoned nobleman above-mentioned,
out the purehase of his harvests for three
oars, lie took care to mention that It would
qmire more than a hundred carts to carry
.u wheat to Odessa, and thatt after thant
iero mIght b)0 some1 trouble abiout getting '
barn in whiich to store the wheat until t I
-id be shipped. In fact, lie described i
ue purchase of the corn as quite a gatr1- I1
hing speculation : atid so It ofteni is.- But I
,otto dealers like Benjudas. H~e never
uys am) acre of corn without being quIto 4
ire about his carte, his bairn, his shIp, and I
is reapors; for, behold I even as heo stanidsa
rveyin~g that noble field at five In the'
xorning, on a promiseing August day, a11
undred or so of Prmnce Nokin's tenants
=nme slouchIng out of their cottages with iI
~ythose anti sickles, while a mnore distant
rouip, comIng from the' Barine's castle, ap
ar pushing before them a grand steam
owing machIne. Prince Noklno, like all
husslan landholders, Invests largely i'
:ricultumral machinery, as a c'hiild would I i
ya lf he had the -money ;. and it wasp
CBnaj udas's contract that lie shbuld have!
o Prince's mach~inc at his disposalf 1tt'
no of the Rlusslaui pbaantb can world hern
ut Beonjudas has brought with himnj
~uple of sha~ Ge*rmniA ship-stokers, hi
30Wow 0,t o Gvrything piore or -O$,I
i4fho egon lght tlhe ire under the ongo
nd eo- the mnower enorliai, mnovingad
cutting. Presently this big imaclhine is
strewin.g the corn aroind it as easiiy and
gracefully 1as at shil)'s iel slices the sea and
las it olit In foami ; and the Muscovite
peasalts, marvelling at the spectacle, rest
idly onl their scythes and ultter exchimition4s
of elight. But BlenjdIs lifts both his
hands indignantly an11d calls on theimi to do
their duty: "1 ou Izy swine, do you think
it's for this I give you each your len ko
pecks a day? There'll be no kwass for you
by 2an1d1 by if you1 don't bestir yourselves.''
Now kwass is a very small beer which tile
liussian peIasnIts love. Prince Nokine's
telant's set to with i will, and soon there
are n1 81o suunts heard but I heir toilsome gasps
mingnlilg With the swishiig noise of their
blades as they sweep through tle Corn1 ill
vigolou1s seiliciieles. Evenl woilen and
childrein aire it work with sickles; and its
faiut ats sheaves (tinl be iatle i) little lind"
of tottering boys and girls carry them to
the carts, where some sturdy louts pack
them down tight till each cart holds at pyr
aimid, which is covered with a tarpaulin.
Then the earls set off, and old Bllenjudals,
who has becil surveying all the operations,
retirns to the field inwardly ekuckling bult
outwardly morose. lie never shows his
laborers that lie is pleased with them, else
they might be asking for more kwass. Of
this liquor each reaper gets as much as can
make hin glad, but no more ; and Benju
iais, as he prowls aibout, n1otes every skulk
iir who, after doing less than his share of
work, would like to secure more than his
illowance of bovernge: "Now, then, you
hog, he off a few more of yor sort would
ruin me. I shan't employ you to-morrow.'"
I'hese are the benisons whiich Benjudas
catters about. him its lie stands in the
ha'ldow of a roadside ilr tree, carefully
)rotecting his venerable head from the sun's
Advice to a Iatnki1.
A seedy 1i1dividuil, rural In his general
ippearance and make-up, strolled into tile
l'hird National bank, C(iucinati during
misiness hoursand observing Fab. Lawson,
leceiving teller, counting a package of
noney, nodded pleasantly, and said, "Still
I handin' of it out ?"
'Yes, '' replied Lawson, "still crowding
t on the people."
"Ain't yoi a lectle too handy here?"
'ontinued the stranger.
"-low so?" said Fab.
''Why, strangers passin' 'long oil the
idewalk and seein' four sign so conspicu
)us like, must be runnin' in cvcry few min
tes to borrow money."
"So they do," retirned Lawson.
"Ain't it. a good deal of bother waitin' on
em? , Must take upl) a good deal of your
,ilme.1
"Yes, it is som1e bother, that's a fiet,
>ut we like to accommodate everybody,
(ou know. Can't, trn away a stranger
jist because we ain't acquainied with
1im."11
''Lose some, I suppose " interrogated
,le stranger.
"Oh, yes."
"Folkl drop in and get what 1m1one1y they
-vant and then forget all about it. Or per
)inps they senId it in a letter and misdirect
t. Awful careless, some people ire about
)orrowing money," said the man.
"Awfuil careless.''
"Owin' a good deal to keepin' yoir bank
lose on the sidewalk. Folks goin' by look
Ip alid see you cointin' iloley, an2d thenl
hey suddenly recollect they hain't got
juiite elloligh to see 'enm through, ItaId so
ite natturally, they steps in and11 borrows
loie of you. You can't very well refuse
ite to hirt their feelin's, and so they git
tway with you1. Some 1me0an1 folks in this
vorld. Now, I wouldn't do it."
"No, you wouldn't do it."
"No, sir-ec. I never borrowed a cent of
1o bank that I didn't pay."
"I'll .bet you didn't," slid Lawson, witi
"'Nowv if I wats rinili' a ban11k like y'ou
Ire conitiinued the, str'anger. I'dl keep it
)ick in an1 alley' wllere there wasn't so many2
trangers passin'. "'wouldn't make no dlif
erence wilth me), 'cause5 1 kniow how banks
re pesteredl. I never' bothers 'emi. 'T'ain't
rLy style. 1 could( walk rIght pa2st a mille
m1 '011 and( necver even look in the winider.
hut everybody aIn't that wvay. What, teni
:ents 1"
"Yes," sid Fab, "'that's all I can let
rou haive to-day. You see there have been
10 manliy stranigers In ahleadl of you this
norning that our funds are rulmiing low.
i'a-ta. Doni't trouble yourse8.lf to send( It
>ack in a letter. Wheir the bank wants It
lhe bank wvill niotify you."
T1he stranger thanked, him, and( agaIn
irging upon011him1 the expecdicey of nmoving
lie baink on to some1 back street or ailley, so
is not to attract the attentioni of paissIng
traungers so readily, the seedy mani took
118s(depairture.
Ho0w Eels are Caught,
Many pers5ons who cross the upper ferry,
n thie Iludson, may have noticed rows of
mall wvoodlen boxes, about the ese of aui
urdinary soap box, placcd a few yards
ipart. These boxes have covers on top,.
ud wire screens on1 the bottom to admit
resh water. These contaIn small ccls
vhichi, at this season of the year, are
aught by thousands near the State dam In
lie following mannier: The agent of the
ish commissIoner proceeds to some small
>utlet or mill-tall at ebb tide or slack water
mnd with a small screen, similar to those
ised for sifting flour, which lhe dips Into
lie eddles, somietimes gathlering as many as
thousand at a dip. It is nothIng unusual
o gather a-half million at one fishing.
Yhien caught they are placed in these boxes
nl running water, ntil enou 'h are accumn
ilated to make a shiipment. They are then
ulaced In ordInary milk c* which con
ain about two Inches of soit sewer mud
vlth a packing swail of marsh grass, newly
ut, upon which the eels arc placed to work
helr way gradually to the bottom. Then.
nothier laycr of grass is placed on thIs.
L'he whole is covered wIth a small pIece of
cc to regulate the temperature, andt then
bey are readly for transportatIon. At the
>rcsent tIme they eure being shipped to
dilchilgan tinder (lie supervision of Orin M.
Jhaso, who for the past six years has bee'
onnected with the State Fish Commission
ir, SeIth Green, and1 hias had entIre. control
~ecatching anid shIpping 9f ,hesp am
neonse nutnbers of. small cels, Y et there
coimsto be noe decrease .as . ag~h desson1
rinlgs its anillonseto or wtiter . Felp are
aid to depeelt thitf spawn In th, samne
menner as 4ther fishi and, acc9rdip to the
ekt authoritikb, vho.haves of atyears
agefetlly .litestigated the mater tlf41:r
pawn is deposited hi the 'nuid in the
vinter and hIcubated by the, worin tepte
inur of the 4ltr hnafaW)3
The .Jovid .Judge,
T proelivi y to joking in courts of
law is a htomtiage paid to a deep iuminui
instinct. l'eople like justice best when
it tinbeInds a litLe, and injistlee itself
may be softened by ingeitious judges
who concillate the loser wvithi irresisti
ble jest. Eveii among a grave 1)eole)
like tihe Turks, this love of humor often
overpowers comiplaltit. 'ihre is a story
in the East of a 'asha wN ho had receiv
ed a present ol two fat ge!ese. 'lFhese
sueculent birds were very searce at the
time, and thEo great man called a feast
of his intiniates, where roast goose,
stulled with plistachios, was to form the
central dish. But a rival magnate, Who
greatly wante goose for dinner, had
oifred the cook 500 plastres for a bird,
whereupon ithe too venal oileor repaired
to the Cadi, and said: I'If I give your
worship a goose, Ivill you see ie safe
supposing anyho]ly complains about the
other one'?" The magistrate winked
and took his bird-the other also disap
poared-and at the banquet, whon the
eagerly expected dish should have been
produced, there was an awful d 1isap
pointment. The cook being summoned
protested with many protestations that
the geese had "11lown away.'" "Recov
or them," the infuriated Pasha cried,
"'or I will have thee before our Cadi
for the basti.nado.,1' 'Tie guilty cook
rushed imadly along the high road,
wondering What to do, when he was
asked by a donkey driver, "In the name
of Allah,"1 to help him to lift his beast,
which had fallen. Ile forthwith pulled
at the donkey's tall with such thought
less fury that it came off in his hand,
and the cook then rushed on more Iran
ticailly than ever, pursued by the Cries
and curses of the driver. A little fur
ther ho ran in his blundering haste
against a Christian, and knocked the
man's pipe-stick Into his eye, destroy
ing it. Yet a little further, still wildly
hurrying, lie caine round the corner
full-tilt upon a very ugly Bulgarian
matron, who, being in an interesting
condition, was so upset that she then
and there suffered damage. Being
chased by the husband and some Zap
tiehs, the miserable man ran up the
steps of a minaret, and when the muez
zin would have seized him leaped down
to the earth in his desperation, from the
first platform, killing a Greek who
chanced to be sitting with his brother
below. Such a situation as that pro
sented In the above narrative, it must
be confessed, was embarrassing, even
to the humor and resources of a Tur
kish Judge. To the original sin of the
goose were now added four separate
misdemeanors, and the spectacle pre
sented shortly afterward before the
Cadi was one of terrifl hubbub; though
the prisoner exhibited a strange confI
dence. whieh proved not imfounded.
Firt Canme the Pasia, who told how
the Sinful cook had pretended that,
geese, lIlucked and drawn, could 11y
away. "DoSt thou, then, doubt, broth
or,'' said the Judge, "'tie power of Al
lah to call the dead to life? Let us not,
limit the divine might by our foolish
misbelief-it may have been so! Go
in peace." Next, the donkey-man
held up the reft tall of his boast, and
cried for justice; but the Cadl said,
"Give him the donkey, my son, to feed
and use until the talli has grrown agan a;
thea Iho shalh reatore it, to thee.'' 'The
Christian followed, Pointed to tihe mtis
slug orb, and clamored for p~iuinent.
"It, is written," sid the .ludge, "that
One eye to a behiver equals two of an
infidel. D~o thou, therefore suflfer me
to pult out thine other eye, and then it
wvill be lbut right that I should oirder
restitution, by removing one from this
abominable cook." The Christian de
p~artedl, and was succeeded by thnt in
itured husband, who told his woes. "lBy
lthe Prop~het's beard," quoth . the Cadi,
"1 see 1no way in this, save that thou
shouildst divorce the lady, and marry
her to the cook. A fter ward, if it be
heaven's will that sihe come again unto
the same state, lot him send her back
to thee, and all will be weoll." TIhis
suitor also deciined to p~roceed to exeu
tion, and there was ontly loft tihe Greek,
who vociferated for retaliation on the
slayer of his brother. "Inshallah 1"
said the Juidge, truly 'hurry is the de
vil,' as the wvise say; the cook shall
suffer for it; tis is but lust. Got
ihoui, therefore, to tihe top) of the min
aret, and jump down on the offender
whom I wvill place below, and it shall
be that if thou slayest him none shal
complain." Hlereuipon the Greek also
left the court like 7,then others, amid
acellmnations front tihe bystanders, who
were loud in the praise of the Cadi's
wonderful derees; biut that function
try was presently heard to whisper to
the cook, as ho quitted the court,
"Never you send me any more geose,
my friend."
Loat Children.
A mother one clay lost one of her child
ron, a child of two years, and after a long
anxious search found him in the kitch
cu closet, in a huge. iron pot, fast asleep.
Lbe had b~een left in charge of a servent,
who had fulfilled her duties by taking the
child to the kitchen and then going off to
gossip. A Mrs. D- of .Barrington, af
ter a similar experien~ce, found her missing
chil~d in a bread-trough, sweetly sleepig ori
the dough. Tihe trough was a *very large.
ao, .used for n~ixing bretad for tJlee.ship
yard men,'and when full of doujti tsual ly
stood on a low settee near to flr%3 that the
bread milght 'rise the ,~1~~ "Wis Ohild '
dlurin 'the alipo:of~I l r ithe
,"tpn repids tndjede~o,h mse coal
theocaso ofaldywho l$Lor"'b,
after dlsturbink~h bivhole community afid
oi-yinghetsdif 1ietrifblidifoidmd bab Mfd
In the cfadto, with cloth ds ieapt ed la3
Iiodory abuuinta~s to ha9 ded pwo
ImoV, aiith,patience-the iro esseii
tials to a happy lire.
Ituian IlIfe is everywhere ;l state in
wiiiclh much Is to be endured.
To possess the gift of helpfulness is
to b- the mortgage of' all who need.
Every child walks into existence
through the goldmi gate of lave.
People iust discuss soiethiig--It Is
tie great preventive of Insanity.
When one's fieart is full, one il not
alit to drop a plummet line into it.
Great souls hold ilrmly to heaven and
let the earth roll on beneath theimi.
how ats tihe grave is, only faith can
elina b high enough to see beyond it.
It is not life to live for one's self
alone. Lemt us help olne an11ohe10r.
Lot, your word be your bond. Good
credit is a fortune to bogin with.
Peace is 8uch a precious J9wel, that
I would give anything for it but truth.
Act well at, the moment, and you have
performed a good deed to ill eternity.
Death 18 the funeral of all sorrows
and evils, and the resurrectldu of all
Joys.
Where one is fugged, hungry, and
depressed, the worst seems most proba
ble.
If you have good health you have
lilne-tenths of all the Lord ever gives
to ally m1an1.
Ile who has created us with a thirst
after knowledge will certainly satisfy
that thirst.
Certain sermoum are more calculated
to weaken faith than to render men be.
llovers.
Hen show their character in notlhin
more clearly than by what they thin
laughable.
The grandest of herole deeds are those
which are performed within four walls
and In domestic privacy.
Ile that does a base thing in zeal for
his friend, burns tile golden thread that
ties their hearts together.
They who respect themselves will be
ionored; but they who do'not care for
character will be despised.
Be alweys on your guard against the
devices of wicked men, when you hap
poln to come In contact with them.
Some people have softening of the
brain, but the world suffer's more from
those who have hardening of the heart.
How great one's virtues best appears
by occasionms of ad verslty ; for owcasions
do not imake1 a man frail, but show what
he Is.
Ro wland 11111 said, when he onice saw
a boy on a rocking horse' "Like some
Christians ; motion enough, but n1o pro
gress.
Hard words are like hallstones in
sililer, beating down and destroying
what, it' imelted into drops, they would
notrisli.
Those who disbelievd In virtue be
cause manI has never been. found per
feet, Illiglit as reasonably deny the sun,
because It is not always 11001 .
It Is not uitil tile flower has fallen ow
that tie truilt bdgins to ripen. So in
life it is whenl tae 1liail1(3 s- past that
the practical useful begins.
The business of lite is to go forward
le who seeks evil iII Prospect illeets it
oil the way ; but Ie who catches it by
retrospection, turns back to lind it.
Gu0I demands all account of the past,
and that we must render hereafter; Ile
demaids ani improvement of the pre
e11', iiid thl8 wo mst attend to now,
Tihe ordinary employnent of artiileo
is the mark of a petty mind; at d it al
ways happens tht he who 1=8su it to
cover hinself in one place Uncovers
himself lin another.
So far 18 It from being true thart men~i
arie naturally equail, thalt nlo two people
ennl be hlfll hour together bjat onie
811al1 acqluire aii evident superliority
over the other.
Tiime goes at its own 'gait, and you
cannllot hasiteni it by uing1 thle "5pur of'
tle lmomen~it..'' 'ou gnlay a4k your
friend to "'stop) a minute,"' but neithier
you nior lie has the power to'do it.
Speak wvell of the absenlt avhenever
you have a suitable olportuinity. Never
speak ill of tlhem or of anlybody, unless
you are sure thley desorvo It, andunless
It is necessary for thleIr almenlduntnt, or
for the safety and benefltoof othe~rs.
Hie who climbs above the caret of the
world and turns his face to his God has
foiundt the funny si(Ie of lih. The
world's side of tile hill1 Is 'eidl and
freezing to a spiritual mind, but the
Lord's presence gives a warmth-of joy
wvhieiu turns winter into suomer.
To live with our enemies .asif they
rnight 0110 day be otur - rinss to be
wvithi our friends aus if thgey nht be
some our enemies, is neithi1a rding
to the natulre of hlatred, nor i raceor
lance with the rules of friendshiip. It
is not a morale but really; a political
inaxim..
Thell manl who has an emptycidp may
pray, and should pray that it blay be
hiled; but he who has a full eup~ought
to pray that he may'hold it fIrmly. It
seeds prayer In prosperity that we may
hlave grace to use it, as truly as it needs,
prayer in poverty that we may~ have
grace to bear it.
Don't live in hope with your arms
Colded. F ortunle smiles oh thibse whoc
roll up their sleeves anld put their
ihioulder to tile wheel that propels them
>n to wvealth and happiness. OVut this.
ut and carry it about with you in your
vest pocket, ye whlo idiQ ini bar.erooms
r at the corner of -the streets.
A man of genius has alwayA some
p~articullar reason for adventurin* tdpn
i certain work; lhe does otit4~alc lb
ect by haphazard, but is 14dy04t Is
~enerall' by circumstalics'owalek
ie has no control, invariabigby diroumn
utances which requIre to be miadeknown
o the reader before 110 9all tAh##I
~omprehiend and enjy tl e rn dqi*~
ion. '
Character alddi6 fsM 1m *i 'r
vbat we have, but wh#64'we 9t s
ehrito11r ofr .* ~~ A 4
hii sitpr4~.'
nfiulto will b&