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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~
