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- " " i 1_w .wwr . r" r " rr " rr - _ _ _w "_. r_ ". w i r . w. w. , . _._-.._ _.._ . r._r _ r .wr w . wwr r +. tir"...rr " ti " 100 TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S." C., APRIL 3,- 1880. A SONG FOR OLD THINGS.. In vain men tell us that time can alter Old loves or make old memories falter, That with the old year the old year's lifo . closes, The old dew still falls on the old sweet flowers The old sun revives the new fledged hours. The old summer rears the new-born roses, Much more a muse that bears upon her Raiment and wreath and flower of honor, e Gathered long since and long sincevovon Fades not or fails as fal the vernal Blossoms that boar no fruit eternal, By summer or winter charred or cloven. No time cast down, no time uprises, Such love. such memories and such praises, As need no grace of sun or shower, No saving screen from frost or thunder. To tend the house around oi1under, Thp imperishable and peerless flower. Old thanks. old thonghts, old aspirations, Outlive men's lives and lives of nations. Deadl but for one thing Which survives The inalienable %nd unpriced treasure, The old joy of power,the old ptide of pleasure, That lives x the light above men's lives. The Echo in Her Heart. John 1lolt was in love ; and as he was one of that class who never do things by halves, when he concluded to lot the charms of Sarah Pentley rule his happiness, he meant that they should, come weal, come woe. Sarah Pentlcy was the beauty of Rough Reef Beach, and she knew it. Her father kept the only shop in the district. and was the justice of the peace, antd general authority for its people on all subjects, save fishing, physic and theology. - Sarah Pentley was like her father, brave, generous, and proud ; and perhaps it was for this reason that, although John Holt was a good match, she refused him. "I id 'perhaps,' but it might be per haps she" had not weighed the matter, or analyzed her own feelings. She had liked the young skipper, who for long years had supported his mother and sisters, and had still found time to study both books and nature, so that when he was twenty-five he was looked upon as an authority, and was loved and respected by all the people. He was trusted, too, and one of the finest ves sels that belonged to the fishing fleet of Rough Reef Beach was under his chiarge, and many of the best fishermen preferred him for a commander. Sarah Pently knew this, and knew that lie had been very successful, and had money laid by ; she know, too, that he was a good companion, and many a pleasant stroll had they taken across the sands when the nioon light shimmered across the ripples and filled the qir with a flood of glorious light. But she had never thought of love in con nection with him, and when John IIolt had told her the Sunday eve before lie sailed, that he loved her, she had been surpriged, and refused him. They had been rambling over the hills, - and had come to a point fom iwhich the harbor, with its fleet of fishing schopners, could be-deen. Most of them were moored close t6 the dock, but one, the finest loak ing of all, rode near the entrance, rising and falling with the swell, as if impatient to spread her white wings for flight. "The Spray looks well, John, and you . sail soon?" "Yes, 1arah, I shall go on next Thurs day." "Do you expect a good season, John ?" "Yes." '"How long will you be gone?" "I cannot say, I may stay away all sum mer, perhaps." And his voice sank low. "It will depend upon you whether I - come home before fall or not." "Upon me ?" "On you, yes. I- may as well tell . you now Baah,for my heart has long wished to sow ou1ts secret. I love you. For years, since we first gathered shells op the beach, I have loved you, and even my boy ish dreams were full of visions of the time when you would be the queen of my home: For your sake I have studied, and son'ght to grow worthier of pure love and trust. *For your sake I have toiled and saved, that the comforts you now enjoy might be yours *always." A i e stopped, and she said not a wr;her hands weepressed 'tightly, her eyes downcast, and with,.one little foot she marked half circles in the grass.. TIhe silence grew oppressive, still, sihe neither raised her eyes nor spoke. Again -he went on, but the hope that his voice had *expressed when he began talking was all gone now. "I have said that the matter of my com ing home Ibefore gutumn depe.pded on you, and I have 101(1 you why ; will you tell me whether I am to come or not, Miss Pent * ey ?". Now,.le was silent, Is eyes wandering restlessly across the.sea. . - "John, you do not know how muchi It - Ho turned toward her, the deep 'passion of his soul making him fierce, the great die appointment making him wild. "Do you want to, or is the fishing Aip per no match for the squire's daughtof 94 The pity and reproach in the word re eafled him. *"Forgive me, I was wild." - 'Theh' ho seized her hand in jis and pressed liot kisspea ub~on it, heldi tor a ino ment, and then skjodo. hastilyc away towargl the harbor. * 5he gasseda a eyes, . then .t -th'at led to the ' *4*''. 'Poor John, *: T he nmoon't - * across the. Way 'e ,.~h~i'o ched its crest shda~h~ir * ~j1 ~ 6~ltheoharbpr, ldirectl ie hieglsofM 9664b tOJ (I bIO~tit lfe 8~hhthe Schooner 8 ii hAt ~~1~9f hert~ the shadows, and with a sigh she turned I away from it and sought her home. a There was much wonder when it was known that John Holt had sailed so soon, c but none guessed the cause. 1 'rhe old fishermen, who believed in him, shook their heads wisely, and muttered: '"Cute fellkw, smelt the fish." And the reports that caine back during t tife,summer seemed to confirm this, for the Spray was doing better than over before. Other crafts called at the harbor' and stayed a few days, and such, previous to this, had been John Iiolt's.custom; but the summer passed, and lie came not. The 1 season was over and the autumnal equinox at hand and stiliPthe Spray was out. There came a day that will always be re membered at Rough Reef Beach-one of those days that take hold of time and acts, and;bccome marks in the years-known as "the great flood," o' "the Septembergale." The sun. hid risen gray and lurid, break- I Ing from the low hanging mist like a ball of hot steel. The air was hot and oppressive and the gulllcaioe flying landward scream ing discordantly. F Then theblue sky paled away to a gray ishiieSs, and the sun faded from sight. Soon the sea grew fretful, and the air was full of woe. In the east a dark line gathered along the n water and slowly up the sky growing blacker as it rose in height. Still no wind, I no rain. Then, under the low-lying blackness, a I white line, growing broad, but rolling along t the face of the sea, told that the storm had i come. Never before had the slhock been so great i or so sudden. Sweeping like demons filled I with the power of wrath, the huge waves broke upon the reef and ran foaming up I the beach. But there was no rain. The' 1 foam-whirl filled the air, but the clouds held t firm. f The old men had gathered at Pentley's A shop, while the younger ones were watch-' 1 ing the moorings of the crafts in the harbor. I All could sea the ocean, tossed by the wind and raging for Its prey. Then a cry arose. Through the tossing crests, far out at sea, came the white line of a sail. Nearer, nearer-and the high ledge was thronged with anxious watchers who h l hurried there ; men from the shop and harbor, and women and children from the cottages, for a fear had seemed to fall upon them all and fill them with dread the fear that the vessel in the mad fury 1 yonder was the one that had lives (lear to tliem-the Spray. . On she came, the foam flying over her I and often hiding her from view ; and still the stray sights given them had told the watchers that their fears were realized it was the Spray. There were white lips and prayers, but 1 no tears. Death was a-thing with which the dwellers of Rough Reef Beach were too well acquainted to call for' such a motion until it came. 1 They know that Holt was making for the harbor, and coulQ lie make It, lie would be safe. But would he make it ? Still the Spray came on. White faces watched her, but whitest of all was that of Sarah Pent- l iey. "Oh, John, John-I love you ; I love you " So rang tie echo in her heart ; and If lie should li1 lost,- would it not ring so for ever? When she knew it was the Spray that was driving before the storm, and heard that it was a mere chance whether she would come in or not I then, with the shadow of death hanging low over her lover's head, her heart awakened to the knowledge-that he was hll to her. "He shall not die-oh, God Is too good I" - she said. And so she waited and watched. A few yards niore-only a few yards more, and then all would be known. "Oh, God I" There was despair in the cry, and death seemed to reachi out its hand to take' the crow of tihe little craft., As "she entered the 'channel that ran through the reef, a gust of wind seized the sails of the Spray and shook them, and be fore John Holt could shilft the hielmi to meet the emergency,, a huge i-oller dashed the little craft high on $he reef and rolled overi her. Then It was that the cry arose-a cry that all but one mouth answered, and that mouth grew firm and set, and whispered rather than spoke : "He shall not die." A small bost-a mere shell to 'meet the mfad%hock of the sea-Jay in the little cove formed by the- ledge, and sheltered by Its strength. Into this Sarah Pontloy jumped, and before any one was aware of her lnt.en 0'6if'or could' stop her; she had pnished out into the boiling foam at the c6ve's mouth. Her father called to her, but she kept on. S"I love him and wil,l die with flim, or save him,"' she answered, liut the windi drowned her voice.- Eager, eyes watchdit her, eager hands wore stref6hed out to save her, when a wave cAms roaring 'in-but it 1 seemed that the fate of Gqd was wvith her, Slowly, but surely, she werit on, the twirl of the sea'sending her this way. aild that-rand now -other eyes than those on the ledge watehed her. Clinghe~ to theodast hreaking schoonor, John Hoit and his companions saw the little boat tossing In the foam, yet steadily mak ing way. Then Holt recognized the wo& man wl, was risking..all for them, a shouted (thor ,to, go back.' She:- did' not hett'. Thiey had di*11lto save themselves tha. . th6eye oud led to a spare spar, t,ie on l ~ e sea hlad destroyed theit boEtd, h floats as thdy could seize,thOCto " e sehooner were whit ig th% a. T)16 re1em~bQredJtbtt~ death .1 h~41 ben g htere, and hoped mt ~41e boat, me, but they know,tlit ~ i~~n it, anid before It could V ~1~Min theoend would- con[,? l nTh o,"'said Holt, excitedl .y. * ~I I~S~rry one oshlore, they can 1 raW Im( fIe." A piece of rope etfil 'clung to a boiaj'hrig pin;i this was soon bevered from Its. hold anu Jastened to the spar1' and when (1i4 ~~ ~s i s at of sea,t,bat was , o~ ne4hi Wsle *ekin ebs1 ~~~O~i*er errfsP iti bearsY M~heI o r he beach strong hands were waiting to eize the line and bring'them ashore. llands that were so eager that their own rs waded out into the surf to be dashed ack on the sands. At last the boat, still forced on by its veary but undaunted mistress, rose on a cavy roller and came rushing up the cove, o be grasped and held firmly against the ction of the foe by strong and nervous iands. As the spar reached the shelter of the edge, strong arms encircled the half dead ' orns lashed thereto, and bore them to the and. Joy, Joy, none was dead, though excite nent and bruises had made John Holt sense ess. But life came, and as he opened his yes, their glance was met by one so fond, o loving, that he closed them again, think ng that he was dreaming or dead. But they were not dead lips that whis >ered : "John, am I forgiven and loved now?" ' hen his arms clasped her torm, and 1 iarah Pentley knew that love and forgive- I iess were hers. F reacs of Acoldent. ange mischances, with fatal results, .ru happening daily all over the country. I. Boston butcher ran against a knife that ny on a block, severed an artery, and bled o death. In New York a man, hastening iy a meat stand, had his eye caught and orn out by a tenter-hook fastened to anl wning-post. A Denver woman caught ier foot in a frog, and could not extricate t before a train ran over her. A horse :icked a Michigan boy into a deep well, vhere he was drowned. A Vermont far or sneezed while holding a straw in his 1 nouth, drew it into his lungs, ahd choked o death. In Nashville a shoe flew off the oot of a kicking mule, and fractured the kull of a baby. While standing on his read on the top of a higl fence-post, fell nto a tub of boiling water, and was fatally calded. An Oregon girl swallowed her ngagement ring, and lived only a week ,fterwards. A stone, thrown by a play cllow, broke a glass from which a St. .ouls boy was drinking, driving some of he pieces down his throat, and he died in a ew days in great agony. Looking up to vatch the tfight of an arrow, a Nashville roman (lid not see it descending directly ver her head, and the sharp metal poimt) enetrated her brain thi-ough one of her yes, killing her instantly. In Ohio a five ,ear-old boy went to feed the pigs; the men was furnished with a sliding-door, mo 'ing up and.down, which, as he poked his ead in, suddenly fell on his neck, strang Ing him. A bachelor in Philadelphia met with a curious death ; he held a button in is mouth while threading a needle, and ccidentally swallowed it, and it so lodged n his throat as to result fatally. In Citu innati recently a young man was leaning ipon his gun, watching a game of base >al1, when a foul ball so struck the ham ner as to discharge' the gun, shooting him it the forhead a:d killing hi on the spot.. L few days since a boy in Providence was >layiug with an umbrella handle, and tmnbling over it it pierced his eye, causing leath in a-few hours. 1telics of De Soto. When the chestnut tree quite three hun- I red years old was blown down on the anks of a little creek near a church called 'South Carolina," within a mile of the vil- I age of Yorkville, in Pickens county, Ala i nsma, and about seventeen miles south- I amt of Columbus, Miss., beneath the roots 1 vere found a pair of brass scales for weigh ug, with the brass weights having Spanish lescriptions and numerals on them. Two I hrec-pound cannon shot were found with he. scales. The soil beneath the tree was i inusually dry, as the little stream near by trained the spot. H-ensce these relics of hlpanish adventures were wvell preserved.t t does not follow, howvever, that because hese articles were found there that Do loto ever visited that section of Alabama. Ie could have had little use for scales, nd probably left themi at somne distant en- c amnpment, froni whence they may havet een brought by some curious red man who a esigned lhttle value to them and thus left c lenm where ho dirank from the stream. I ndians had no wagon or wagon ways, and-' 'et when Western Alabama was first set-i led by white people, in '1880, and while la he Choctaws still owned and occupied thet ountry, it is written that there was a broad, leep wagon road following the course of he river seome dIstance anid deeply - cut in c lie hill sidpa and into tIe river's bank. Itc rossed the Tombigbee at what Is called thet 'Mounde," near the Alabama and 'Missis ippi line. The Choctaws related that this y oad was cut by white meon, who marched cross the country, fighting and killing, ong before their recollection. If this bet lie tradition, there Is little doubt that De 1 loto made the road and crossed the Tonm-t ligbeo at. the place Indicated by the Spanish I cales and weIghts and that the ol high Vay wvas cortalnly made by no race of 1 nodern Indians. In Two races. One cold mornhmig a couple of ragged ur shins strolled into a restaurant and stood I Lroudid the tab~les in an out-of-place sort of way, with their bemninbed fingers buried leep in the depths of their trousers pockets. "Well, boye, what's wanted ?" Inquired io of the white apron h~Wat king~ o' pie you got ?" "Peach, apple, mince, custard, lemon, 41ias1." "Call it squash,|Tim," said the hungriest ookingbo to the other. "I'hll 'a piece of squash," and a tri fuarterLW passe,d over th'e coun "ow ive a feller a show, Tim," and iitfui' h looked volumes of inxle Tim's )riouth shut down over he tpf the set*adhytriangle. awy swe you a show ? 'ake abite," and another nouth shut down on the pie, and, altorna tod hlr aw I n 'Now don't bo inhan, Tims. Voui had the 1rtbiteo; gvene the last." as niiday tht tashall b4 ie, fi 5%ves he' a t,':Bdai et t,dhte tq, A Ytudeit'i Funeral at ieidelborg. When, in the sunmer of 1870, the decia ation of war came from the French, and cademic lecture rooms were t}traighl way ransformed into hospital wards, leidelberg tudents parted with uany a formal cere nony, and clinked glasses with special oudness to the proud toast' "Auf Wieder ehen on the Boulevards of Parisl" And vlen, afterwards, while wit l the armies in hat brief and bloody camp ign, I saw ma ty a familiar students forl lying neglected n the trodden mud on hill-tops and in the )eds a'nd streams, there was but little time or ceremony, or room in the mind for pa hos, as itnan carcasses were thrown into tameless pits, in spite 'of the memories that nany of the dead brought vividly up of life it Berlin, and of that proud parting toast it Heidelberg. But the ceremonies that at end the burial of the student who (lies imid the peaceful strife of science, and is aid beneath the classic flir that grow on he slopes of the Neckar, cpll the medieval mast to their aid, and add to the sadness of he occasion by the clivlric forms that radition c'munands. It was in the middle >f his summer semester that the student tad died faraway from his home in Ureece. !o kindred were there to care for his re nains. So, oh ile comrades fell (lie duty tf laying his dust teitlerly away according o the ancient student custbm. It was at tilidnight that hundreds of us gathered on he Hauptgasse before the door of his lniplo lodgings. The studects of the dif erent corps were in f till uniform-gay ser rice caps, black swallow-tailed coats, white rousers, and high top-boots, the broad ro alia of their orders swung over right houlder and breast. and the little schlaeger lade drawn and glistening in the right and. Each of the other students c %Tied blazing torch. Th'ie coffin covered With a iroad pall was born on the shoulders of the lead man's beet friends, and preceded by a >and of music. Accompanied by the nournful notes of requiel s, this intposhig >roccssion moved slowly t of the town, md ascended the mountai on the slope of vhich was "the acre of ot." 'T1he grave liggers with uncovered heads waited lean ng on thdir spades. In a great circle the tudents formed about the grave, and with he torches lightning up the=ark depths of lie "narrow cell" his comrades lowered the tody down. Then, with thb yellow torch ight playing fitfully on sombre faces, rich egalia and glistening steel, the night-wind oughing through the firs, and the stars look ng down solemnly the while from on high, lie prayers of the church were read by a >rofessor, and those who knew the dead nan best pronounced their brief sad culo les. When the last word had been spoken, ach student silently stepped. forward from lie circle to the edge of the grave, and vith torch or sword reversed, while a dirge ounded over the hills, threw in a handful if earth until the coflin was hidden from ight. With a fierce blast of trumpets, the veird procession reformed among the trees, nd with swinging torches and flashing words, re-entered' the gates of the town, ud passed thIough curious crowds to a arge court in front of some university build ngs. Here the long line-halted, and formed n a hollow square. The band struck up a vild and dashing air. The corps students >osed themselves as in a combat, touched clilaegers, and then clashed the blades to lie time of the music. At length, a shout vas raised, the ringing of the steel ceased, and on a given signal all tht torches were turled high in air to fall in a blazing pile ni the middle of tie court. Around this ire, as of an auto-da-fe, the students then ;athered and chatted as only students can, f life, as well as of death, until the embers ,11 died out. With the flicker of the last rand the funeral was over, and the beer Irinking began. Over foaming mugs the raits and merits of the dead were freely tiscussed, anectdotes ruled the hour, and lions of WValhalla lighted manly a student, o his short, and narrow feather bed. A hiaokwootie Advenituro. "Ratt,lesnake Pete" is one of the features f Western Pennsylvania..- Recently when alking of Pike county forty years ago, lie aid the woods thereabouts were wild and overed with a thick underbrush, and mpany lnds of reptiles and antinals abounded. hjie species knowvn as the catamnount existed a larger numbers; than any other. You now the catamount is more like the pan her than anything else, being larger and more ferocious than a wild cat. One little lillage had been bulk on the edge of one f the longest stretches of woodland in the ounty, so that It only took a few minut,es o bring ycu Into the dlense thickets. It vas in the winter of 1888 that I am to tell ou of. I ivan then about 18 years old, ,nd as rugged and strong as mnost of the 'oung men of 20 are In t,hese times. All brough the autumn thme catamoujit and thme >lack snake haed bothieired tihe mcen cutting imbpr for homne use. Several of thme vil agers had been badly huirt, and one old nan was killed by the tricky animal. The >noys always helped in hauling the logs and mieces of tiumber, driving the buck wagons rom thme woods to the houses where it was o be d3mmpedl. After old Uncle Bimeon vas killed the womien became badly scared mud made the men go armed, and wouldn't et us youngsters go" with tihe .teams. No nore trouble occurred, however, until' time ivinfer set in. -Everything was quiet then, nd the fright caused by the accidents of he fall had passed away. One day a ter ifle snow-storm set in. The flakes came hown so thick that we could0m't see from mnr windows across thme road to Sam Brigg's ouse. Bly.da'rk at had become three feet heep and we could hardly go to the barn .o feed the stock. About' 7 o'clock It itopped snowing, and began to blow very mard. It grew very cold also.' We heaped [reat logs o)1 the fire, amnd'had thme blaze 'oaring up the chimney. The sold .mman was resting quietly In theo coriner, smoking spipe, and seemed niot -ta caret about Vihat was going e n, when stiddenly we meard a'long, deep growl comning from the vooder Thme, old matt knew what that neapt, and so did somne of my.older -brothu sr. The catamounts,' maddened by hun' ter, andi prevented by the stofm from lng anything..to eat, were chfgin -e o the viii e. In a miniat9 as er ' r'wo Qf .tim' bys 4tal'ted for giobwA od hat the doorwas fast, so -httz cats noutstsogd hot destroy the ~otl. 'The for the hungry animals. I didn't get those blinds shut any too quick, either for the head of the gang were within a few yards of the house. Just as I was leaving the room the old man came rushing through the hall, saying, "Jim and Jake have been headed off between here and the barn by the pack, and all tl.e wild cats are on 'em." You bet there was lively movin' around then. The old man and Bill, an older brother, took the guns and went up stairs to the bedroom windaws looking out on the yard. We could hear the boys yelling for help amid the growls of the delighted animals. I put for an uppw window and there was a fearful sight. Jim had drawn his jack knife and was keeping the cats at bay, but poor Jake was helpless. A big fellow had hdm down, and Jake had his hands on the rascal's throat with an anrful grip. F7our r, five more of the gang were trying to get n.show at Jake, too. IIe kicked right and left and fought like a tiger. .Jim had,l his hands full, even though he did have a knife. They got behind him and would j3tp on lhim. He gradually worked his way toward lhe house, however, and sister aue, a brave girl, with nerves like a soldier, was waiting l.o open the door andl let hinm in. The old itan fired from the window first, and one f the pack fel) dead. Neither Bill nor the guv'ner dared shoot at the animals right tround Jake for fear of shooting him. It was awful, I tell you, friends. Bill put a :barge in another of the fierce brutes, and lie kneeled over. By that time some of ,he pack were devouring the first, cata niount that the old man shot. But there were so many of them that even tihe two lead ones only drew away a few of the gang. Jim had put two of them out of the way, and was working his way fast toward iafety, but he was terribly weak from the wounds the cats had given him. 1k. was werfectly cool, thi9ugh, and lie shouted once o Bill: "Kill another blackguard, and then mnough of 'et will be busy eatin' to give ne time-" 1111 cracked away, and down went a catamount close tt Jim. Two or iree of the beasts jumped on the wounded nembers of the pack, and J im made a dash ,or the door. Sue had it unfastened, and lie minute lie reached the steps she threw t open and he rushed in, but, by George! me of the hungry rascals sprang in with ilin. Then I tell you there was fun. , She iad a big meat-knife in her hand and she itabbed the brute, but it only exasperated Ain. It went for her right away, and in a noment there was a cut down her pretty zheek that left a scar she always carried tfterward. Jim turned as quick as a flash fud buried his jack-knife deep in the brute's hroat. It was a stunner, but before the tnimal expired lie gave Jim a dig in the Iight hand that was sore for a gooi many weeks. Meanwhile Jake was stiuggling ut in the yard. How lie held out as he lid, with a half-dozen bloodthirsty beasts . bout him, is more than 1 could ever under itand. When I stopped watching Jim, md looked again to where Jake was, he was all torn and bloody. You would't Ave known him, so disfigured by the cata mounts was lie. The only thiig that saved [him was the fact that sonic of the neigh bors, hearing the noise of the guns, had come out to lend assistance. The instant they came near the house the animals icented them, and all but two left Jake. No sboner had they gone than Jhm rushed' :ut of the house, followed by Sue. I told you she was a brave girl, didn't I? Instead nf making a big fuss over the cut in her face, she never thought of herself, but only Af Jake. The two catamounts left Jake right away when they saw Jim and Sub, tad started for them. While one of the rascals was midway between Jake and Sue, the old man put enough shot in him to end tiis life. Jim got the first dive at the other :ne, and stabbed him in the neck. Sue was by his aide, and put the old butcher knife behind one of his ears. That settled the business. Poor Jake was nearly dead; indeed, they picked hhn up unconse ens. Lie lived for about a mouth, bitt thig strain I lhad been too great, and lie died fronm the uffects of the fight. The rest of the pacek were killed by the neighbors, although th(iy 3aused' considerable trouble. A Proverb Criticised. Among the many prtoverbs that apparent ty have a great deal of wisdom, but which iced a little analysis before accepting, is that which declares that we should not "put nff until to-morrow that ivhichi can be done ~oday." Now this proverb is erroneous in philosophy, and, if strictly followed, would ften lead to a great deal of mischief. While nothing should be delayed beyotnd the proper tour for its doings, nothing, on the other liand, should be performed or executed un til the proper hours arrives. If, in obedience to the instruction of the proverb quoted, we pursue the plan of doing cverything to-day that can be done to day, we shall soon (118 aover that we do a great many things nied lessly, and a great nmany thtings wrongly. To-morrow often throws a new light upon a tiiing; to-morrow may develop new eIr aumstances, bring in new conditions, alter Bassentially all thie bearings, and hence re guire the "doing" to be etntirely different; and time al,o settles many matters, so that, I a tiing is left until to-morrow, it may not be necessary to do it at all. A general never fights a battle so long as he can post pone it. A lawyer never brIngs a suit to trial so,long as lie can hope for now devlope monts oe additional facts. WVise men in all things never delay ai moment when the crisis. "Do nothIng to-day that can post.. pone untIl to-inorro%w," is the cunning of polIcy, and the craft of the diplomnatists; but "do everything to-day that ought to be doneQ to-day," is the true isdom -of lIfe, and to this expression the proverb should be aitende Didn't Ont It Ofr. -- Nobody expcA hata dry, goods clerk can keep, his mind~ pn every little .detail of the bausnoess day in and day out without a break. '1hat they can't do it wats witnessed in a Woodward avenue *tore, Detroit, wheon a Woman inquired for bedteking. . 0Cer tainly, three difrernti grades," replied the clerk 'as he pulled down the stu1d. $ho. gavem each grad ajong and close inspection and finally said : , "Dopit this tan-oorwear t~ eh$ ia eye 6 a etonef at the omer.etJi of theo' "I e rain$ th ( oe4*ydro)'datI tis on! The thrifty city of Holyoke, on the Con necticut river, and on the line of the rail road bearing the name of that sluggish itream, is now the scene of production of the millions of postal cards which are an nually consumed in the country. The mianufactory is an unpretentious ediflee, ,tnd utterly insignificant in dimensions and ltherwise, when compared with the tower ing paper and other mills which ant round t. The business is carried on by the Anerican Phototype Company of New Y ork, who have a contract for a year from next July. Originally, the manufacturing was dlone in New York, but the papery at nosphere of 1Holyoke was probably more ,ongenial to their calling, and a short time ince the whole business was transferred o that point. The interior of the manu actory is seemingly as inconsequential as I is outwardly, but the liriness with which eneral or' special visitors are denied ad nission seems to impress one with the fact hat the concern is of more than ordinary iccount. The government is represented mn the premises by a special agent or super ntendent, who sees to it that alV the cards >rinted are properly turned over to him, vhile all the other business is under the lirection of the contractors. About forty laids are employed altogetier, and, iur ng working hours, they are as industri >usly kept from all intercourse with the mitside world as if they were under the are of Warden Chamberlin of Concord. 'he cardboard is manufactured in the im nediate vicinity by the Parsons Paper oipaty, and is furnished in packages of 1,000 sheets each. The work of transform ng one of these packages into postal cards, :ouited, packed and ready for shipment is >nly momentary when the concern is driven o its full capacity, as Is at present the case. l'hrce of floe's super-royal presses are kept n operatioik both day and night,- and -each heet bears the impression of exactly forty iards, a register attached to each press ceeping a faithful record of each sheet rinted. Having become properly seasoned >r dried, the sheets are slit up by machinery nto strips of ten cards each, and then in nunediate succession a gort of rotary topper, with ten compartments, receives lie cards as fast as cut, and when each :ompartnment, contains twenty-five cards, lie hopper revolves and empties themi on a able. 11ere -they are received by girls, 'lho quickly detect and throw out all dam iged or Imperfect specihnens. Boxing is text in order and then the cards are ready or shipment to any desired part of the ountry. They are placed in seamless ateboard boxes, each box containing wenty packs or 5100 cards. Lots of less han 2,000 are forwarded -in these boxes, trongly wrapped in heavy paper, ahd argo quantities are sent in strong, iron iound wooden cases. As before intimated very process of manufacture is Indus riously guarded by the vigilant agent of he government. The mechanism of the -egisters on the presses is secured by 'pad ocks, to which none but this agent has a cey. They are examined at night and the nimber of sheets printed is noted. Again, a the morning, they are examined to see hat they have not been tampered with be ore the day's work commences. A strict ecord is kept of all damaged or imperfect :ards, also of all blank cardboard given out, mtd as all has to be accounted for, to the mallest fraction, undetected pilfering is endered simply impossible. In forward ig the cards every package or box is 'egistered and hence loss in this respect is >ositively gua-ded against. In fact, it Is rue that nat a single card his ever been ost in the factory or in transit since their ntroduction Into the postal system of the ountry. The growing popularity of the postal :ard as a means of correspondence Is sone liing wonderful. The entire number manu actured and used during the first year of heir Introduction was 100,000,500, and luring the year which has juist closed, the iggregate numiber sent out was 246,068, )60. This latter number is an increase >nver the numlber Issued In 1878 of 86,879, )60. It would p)robably be an error to ittribmute this marked Increase In the postal lard servico to the late or current business ,oom, for it would seem that in periods of lepression the public would be more likely ,o avail itself of chleap postage rather than n more prosperous tImes. The true ox >lanation, evidiently, is the growing favor vhich thme card finds In the community as t becomues more familiar, as is manifested Jy the,steadiness of the increased demand luring tile half-dozen years it has been be ore the community. The orders from dif rerent p)ost offices differ in amount very reatly, e1 course, and they do not In any legree represent the population or general business done at the several points. It may be stated, as anf Interesting fact, that New York has lately taken nearly one-tenth of all the cards issued, consuming upward of half a million a week. AllIthe large cities Luse more thlan the actual business of thle post ofice Indicates, but this discrepancy is accounted for from the fact that many country manufacturers and trdders have their advertising circulars printed on the backs of postal cards, and thme city printers who do the work buy their cards In the city where the printing office is located. M~any small post offices surrounding large cities like Philada. and New York also pur chase from the nearest metropolitan point, instead of applying through the proper channel of the Post Office Department. The proper way is for a postmaster to send his order'to Washington, which in turn is senlt to Hlolyoke, and from this point the cards are forwsrded direct to their destina tion. The capacity of the concern Is about two million per day, though until lately not more- thtan a million has been the average. It is intended to keep about twenty-five million 'cards on hand, and for this purpose, a special fireproof vault hiasbeen provided. Beside the incoreasd demand for the domestic cards, there hias also come a sudden call for tho now Intel' national cards. Upward of two 1411l16: have been furnishled during the brIef period of their Iatrodtiction. Whleo It my be trume that England hairtakeni the lead inti postal card blessing in point of roiyp date, It is questionable if the ~tn been so generally adopted byat ll s ~ the eeomtmalty. Thi infereno0 Is liWl it eporm~ f~onl f BRIEFS. --)turing the past year 10,000 per. sons left British india for British colo Illes. -Tite British Government will give $3,750,000 for lIsh amelioration this year. --The Prince of Wales lays the cor ner stone ot the Cathedral of Truro ia April. -Manbouquet, the celebrated French steeplechaser, was sold recently for $8,000. --When an English poor is made a Knight of the "arter his robes cost abou t $600. -The salaries paid to federal oflice hblders Id the whole country amount to $31,252,107. -I Amsterdam there are 22,000 Jews en aged in cutting, polishing apd setting tiamonds. -Mr. IV. B. Astor owns a narroW gauge railroad in Florida which is doing a good business. -Mississippi was the banner cotton State last year, having raised 75,000 bales more than Texas. -The Baptist theological seminaries tn the United States have 450 young men studying for the ministry. -Nearly 40 per eent..of the colored children of 1'enaessee were last year enrolled in the public schools. -Cents have begun to appear in San Francisco. Hitherto live-cent pieces have been the least coin received. --Th United States government-pays srlaries to 98,000 persolis, of whom only 230 this year come from Georgia. -The late A. E. Borie, of Philadel phia, left a bequest of $10,000 to Oen. Grant, of whom he has long been a neat' and intimate friend. -Keen, the English bicyclist, ofters to wager $1,000 against $4,000 that ihe 01ill beat the best American trotting record for one mile. -Franoe has just been able, ten years after the event, to figure up the cost to her of t,he Franco-German war. It was $3,000,C00,000. -A young man at Canton, Ohio, has sued his own mother for $10,000 for slander. She circulated a report that he was drunken and thievish. -The salt in the oceon is estimated by Schaf hautl at 4,051,342 cublo geo graphical miles, or about four tines more than the mass of the Alps. -The German Government has re cently re-uhristened no less than 080 places in Alsace-Lorraine, giving them German names in the place of French. -The grape Islands of Lake Erie have .1,000 acres of vines,.and the yield in 1879 was 10,000,000 pounds. The wine production was 1,520,400 gallons. -The French Assejnbly refused to gradt full and complete amnesty to all Communists who were arrested and convicted in 1809-70 by a vote of 115 to 813. -During the past year Massachusetts has instructed 311,558 public schools. The teachers numbered 8,740'. There were 210 high schools, having 19,311 pupils. -Thirty thousand eggs of the Atlan tic salmon have been placed in a hatch. lug house at Bloomsburg, 1'a,, where there are already 500,000 California salmon. -More cotton Is passing through the looms and spindles of New . England than at any time since' the beg inning of the business. '1'ho English con sumption is about 32,000 bales a week. -'1'he nmiber of slave vessels cap tured by British cruisers in the years 1874-78 was 152, of which 115 were con demned and 87 restored to their own ers. Tihei number of slaves captured was 2,185. -King Cetywayo is-said to be a man of sinmp)1e and- abstem Ious habits. .lHe does not drink to any excess and does not smoke, his reason for not doing so being that "it would spoil tihe color of his teeth." -The Hawaiian Legislature has ap propiated fifty thousand dollars to bld ahalce for the king, whose home has hithiert'o consisted of a num ber of wooden cottageb enclosed by a high stone wail. -Mr. Peter Sprague, of -Boston, is said to be thme oldest memnber of Coin gross now living. He was a Repro sentative from Maine from 1824 to 1829, when 11e was chosen- Senator, and acted in that capacity until 1885. -Mr. J. C. Flood has just bestowed a pleasant little amount of, pin-money upon his daughter Miss Jon nio Flood - ho has registered 42,500,000 in Ukited States bonds in her name. This gift provides for her an inaome of $100,000 a year. -Joseph Blrandt, the famous chief of the Mohawks, -the half.bre'ed savage who led the Six Nations as Blritish al lies In the Revolutionary Wr,'Is to have a monument costing$3 000 erect ed to his memory in Biranttor, Canada, where ho died in 1817. -The total value of the imports for the flscal year of 1870 amount$d to $4803/5, of which $314,115,809 *ere mprdinto New York. -The total domestic exports for- the same perIod amounted to $717,0118,777, of which $338,817,540 wore exported fro:n N4w York. -Hatmaking was fin6t - Oihi < Danbury, CJonn., in 1780, the faost there employing:three Workmob and turning out three hats a hem Ibre are now em loy0:1. 1 they makie i40o hats a~os roll is $28,OO eact weo~I~1'0i was uudor$20 a Wofe0p ~'' CQuWeern sa o aI.1r 9 T 4vius9qt'e9to,oQ t1 .r ed to $82 revi~