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'rirn +'KLY EDITION. WINNSBORtO. S. (,.. SE~PTEMLBER~ 11, 1883. ETBIHD14
A RAINY EVININU.
The twilight shadows darkling fall;
0 niemories dearl against thy thrall
My heart strives all in vain.
Yet wherefore strive against my tnood?
I cannot silence if I would,
The softly falling rain.
At such an hour, on such an eve,
Bright hopes, that yet I only grieve,
Sprang up to only fade and wane.
Ah, never more, hand clasped in hand,
Shall we within the doorway stand,
And watch the falling rain.
Yet still the sweetness of that hour
[teturns with all its wonted power
Of mningled joy and pain,
When dropping down from window-oaves,
Or gently falling on the leaves,
I hear the summer rain.
o cruel Meiory I thus to bring
That glad brief hour, with bitter sting,
Back to my heart again;
These parting words of fond regret.;
With glad pretext, love lingering yet,
Unmnindful of the.rain.
Ah! br:ef indeed, poor aching heart,
The joy those fickle hopes impart;
Grief follows in their train.
Nay, nay, my heart; take upward wing.
O cruel Memory! thy sting
Shall vanish with the rain.
Though sadder seems the song I trill;
Yet sorrow, with its plaiintiiltlirill,
Adds sweetness to the strain,
As tragrant perfumes soft.ly flow
Fromn hawthorn blossoms bending low,
Beat down by wind and rain.
A FAIR FRIEND.
Vernon, stepping down from the
carriage that had been sent from Royal
Oaks to meet him, thought what a
pretty picture she made-that slender
graceful young girl standing in the
open doorway of the grand old man
sion, the - -tering sunlight slanting
across hei white-robed figure, and
lingering in a glory on her yellow hair
and rose-leaf complexion.
Evidently she was expecting some
one, and Vernon could not fail to see
the look of inquiry in her blue eyes as
he went up the step towards her, and
the thought flashed over him that she
was like a young saint on her shrine,
and he the worshipper.
As he went up nearer her, valise in
hand, the look of inquiry suddenly
changed into a little flush and smile of
assurance.
"I am quite sure this is Mr. Ver
nlon?"
"And so am I " "Only I am not
quite so sure who you are."
Hie laughed at this informal style of
intiloduction.
"Oh, I am Genevieve-haven't you
ever heard Mr. Bascom speak of me."
"I have not seen or heard from my
grandfather for twenty years," he said
graviely, --ana u ouly conie non In lJv
dience to his dying request."
A surprised look was in her face.
"You have not come much too soon,"
she answered. Mr. Bascom asks for
you every few minutes, and I told him
I would watch for the carriage and
bring you at once when you came.
Shall 1 take you to him Iow? Ile is
1 alone, but for Miss Carlyon."
Vernon followed her in through the
magnificent hall, paved with colored
marble in fanciful patterns, thinking
with a curious little sensation that it
was the first time in a score of years
that he had crossed the threshold of
Royal Oaks-to which lie should right
fully be sole heir, but which in all
human probability, he never would
possess, because of a deep-rooted long
standing grudge his grandfather held
against him-because he was his moth
er's child, and she had married Otis
Vernon against her father's consent.
And because young Vernon had his
father's name and his fathier'f look anid
nblanners, ok(1 Mr. Bascom had one day
told him he needn't come to Royal
Oaks any more, because as his mother
was dlead, there was 1no longer any
medium of welcome for him.
So-for the first time in twenty years,
Otis Vernon crossed tihe threshold of
Itoyal Oaks, and met his fate when lhe
looked ill Genevieve's sweet blue eyes.
Everythling was so strange to him11
thlis lovely fair-hlaired girl, .whose name
was Genevieve, the other splendid
looking woman who was sitting by the
main's bed, and whom Genevieve briefly
presented-'"Miss Carlyon ,Mr. Vernon"
- a creamny-skinnled, crinon-lipped
girl, with ey'es ant(i hair like midnighlt.
Old Mr. Bascomi gave him a sniff of
perforce welconme.
"You anid Genevieve may leave the
rooml,'' he said to Miss Carlyon, in his
sharp) autocratic way, that remember
ing so wvell, seemed the 01nly lamniliar
thing about It all.
Themn he tol Otis to come up beside
the bed.
"1 didn't send for you because 1
especially wanted to see you oni my own
accounIt,'" 110 said abruptly. "You
know I am not in1 the habit of mtneing
matters, and( I see no reasonl for doing
an.y differently because I happen to be
on my dying bed."
It seemed1 strange, impossible to rea
lize that thlese htard imlperious wordls
camne fr'om a (dyinig man, and Vernon
was at a loss to know what to say.
"I caine at once when you sent," lie
answered courteously.
"'And it is a good thing that you
did " the old1 man replied curtly.
h~iat I have to say to you is just
this. "I leave a fortune anId estate
and valuab)les worth julst exactly two
hlundredl thousand dlollars. If you
w ant It you can have it by marrying
p. Miss Carlyon. If you don't marry her,
you can't have it.'' That's all there is
about it. "It's all dlownl In my will
but the wvill is not to be openied until
one month from the day I die. ' "You
have your choice." "You can do just
as yell please."
Vernon miet steadhily the hard, al
most ciamel eyes that looked up fromn
the p)inchedl paie face.
"I think you knowv you ate asking
an impossibility." TIhis ladly of whom
you speak is an entire stranger to me.
lIn a mnonthl's time It is not at all likely
1 would learn to care anlythig for her
--to order."
Vernon spoke coldly, proudly, and as
lie spoke it occured to him that a
month, a week would be too long in
which lie could be taught to tell little
yellow-haired Genevieve lie loved her.
"You can do just as you p)lease of
course," Mr. Bascom said. "That
all I have to say."
"I suppose they'll give you a root
somewhere--you'd better stay, not
you are here until after it's over-ye
can have an opportunity of gettin
acquainted with Miss Carlyon."
But the end was not quite at hanm
yet.
Vernon stayed because he liked t
be where Genevieve was, with whor
he had come to be wonderful friends.
She told him that she was a protege
of Mr. Bascom's, but that Augusta
Miss Carlyon-had superseded her ii
his favor.
Vernon watched Miss Carlyon ver
carefully.
She was undeniably handsome an
charming in her manners.
She could sing and play and rea
aloud most exquisitely, whereas littl
Genevieve was no elocutionist what
ever, and only played simple littl
pieces, and sang the easiest ballads.
Yet Otis Vernon fell desperately i1
love with her, and before one wea;
had gone by had made up his mind the
he would marry her if she would hav
him, and the two hundred thousan
be lost as far as he was concerned.
It was not without a struggle thougl
-Otis Vernon would have been mor
or less than human had he been placidl
willing for such a fortune to pass liii
even for the sake of such a darling a
Genevieve was, with her truthful wist
ful blue eyes that lighted so at sight o
him.
And Augusta Carlyon who couli
have dowered him so royally, was i
ordinary insignificant woman, wi<
would have palled upon the man shi
favored.
She was proud and reserved an(
elegant, and she did not in the leas
interfere in the very pronounced dove
tion between the lovers, and so every
thing went quietly along until
One stormy July night, when a thlun
der-shower that had threatened foi
hours, burst over Royal Oaks in fury
and then settled into a pouring raih
storm.
Mr. Vernon had spent, the evenini
with Genevieve in the library, and lac
told her in a lover's frank conifidenici
just what was before him, accordingc
his grandfather's will, and took her 1:
his arms and told her how infinitely hl
preferred her and her sweet love to al
the goods the gods could give him.
He asked her it sie would be hii
wife, and told her how he loved her it
ai of love's most eloquent words.
And Genevieve, with a little happ3
smile on her baby-sweet mouth, and ar
upward rapturous look of her innocenl
blue eyes, did not say hii nay.
"I almost believe I loved you that
vay frmt tiy, o alt cn aid.
"And I know I did, my darling,
when I saw you standing there in thi
flickering sunlight, looking like a sainl
throned on her shrine.
That was at 8 o'clock of that wet
July night, and at eleven a servant
rapped on Vernon's door-would he
please go at once to Mr. Bascom
Miss Carlyon begged -lie was very
much worse, and she was alarmed at
his symptoms.
Vernon found Augusta dismayed
and anxious-but the thought that first
ilasheu over him as lie opened the dooi
and saw her leaning over the sufferer,
was how beautiful she was.
The next, how marvelously well she
had played her cards to have become
so great a favorite with this rich old
man.
"I do not understand his symptoms,'
she said dismayedly. "Dr. Fortune
told me what to expect-but there wa:
nothing said of such agony as this.'
"See-ohi it is terrible I" "Doe send
Davis at once for Dr. Fortune, Mr.
Vernon."
That thme old man was in mortal
agony was alparent, and Vernon in
stantly desp)atched a carriage for thx(
doctor, then returned to the bedside.
"I have done all I could," Augusta
Bald pitifully. "But I cannot endurn
to see him suffer so."
Vernon looked straight at lhen.
"Are you so much attached to my~
granidfather?"
A very faimnt little flush went intc
her cheeks.
"Hie has beenm very good to me," sht
said simply. "lie heard me sing, andl
volunteered to cultivate my voice, andl
it enided in my coming to this beautifu
home."
"And completaly ruining Gcne
vieve's chxances," lie said, so sternly
that lie felt chxagrinied as lie saw thi
look on her face.
A look that inustantly changed to Ont(
of haughty coldness.
"Genevieve has not chioscen to de.vot<
herself to har best frinnid. I have."
A little snmeering smile was on hxi:
handsome mouth, he almost anxswere(
her that she had played for high stake:
and played theim well.
He wvas surp)riseod at her nxext words
abrupt eauger.
"You do not like me, Mr. Vernon
why I cannot tell, but at risk of offend
ing you beyond hope, I shall say thiu
to you, Genevieve-"
Hie stoppled her by aix lmpcrativt
gesture..
"I shall hear nothing unkinud againsi
tihe charing girl who has hxonored mi
by p)romisintg to be my wife."
Th'leir eyes met ini a glance almnos
defliant.
Theixn Miss Carlyoni's lips relaxe<
slowly into almost a smile.
"You are right. We wvill not speal
of her. Mr. Vernon, do0 you thinl
Mr. Bascom is easier''"
"'I shmould say lie was.''
''Can you leave hin to mnc until thx
doctor gets here? You miust be worn
out-you look very tired."
HIs sudd(enm kindness of speechl mad
her cheeks I lush.
"T1hank you. I am tired, and
have done all that any onec could dc
If you will be so good as to watch b
him--ten minutes or so, whlile I gain
little rest--"
She wecnt away, and Vernon, sceein
the quiet into which the old man wa
rehlpsing, laid himself dlownm en th
lounge at the head ot the bed, t
wait until the doctor should come, am
to think over the Iitenise hiappinex
that had come to im that night.
n., silently, softly, stealthil1
s with a glance around the apparently
unguarded room, Genevieve came in,
i went up to the little marble-top medi
v cine table, and hastily, but firmly
.i poured half a dozen drops of some e
g liquid, from a vial in her hand, into M
the goblet of medicine, and then glided 1
I away as she had come, leaving Vernon a
paralyzed with horror and fear, scarcely s
D able to speak to Dr. Fortune as he came
. into the room a moment later.
"You look as if you'd seen a ghost," o
3 he said, and then stepped up to the
- bedside, and gave an exclamation of
i surprise.
"Mr. Bascom is dead," he said, thou t
y Miss Carlyon coming in, related all t
the strange symptoms. t
I "It looks like i case of poisoning," t
Dr. Fortune said gravely, and all Ver- tl
I non's pulses seemed stopping as he 1
3 walked to the table and took up the i,
- goblet of medicine, and examined it i
closely, with a face graver and graver,
"Somebody has done it," he unai
i solemnly. "There will have to be an s
c investigation here.'
t Sitting in her wrapper beside her i
3 window, Genevieve read the penciled 'j
I note that somebody had thrust under q
her door live minutes before. b,
"For Heaven's sake get away as N
3 quick as you cani I was a witness to dl
all you did. I can understand your s
i motive-to have us think your fortu- ft
s nate rival was in haste to secure her o
fortune, so that 3011 might profit by tl
f her disgrace. But I cannot endure to 1
think that the woman whon I have Nv
kissed is in danger of the hangman's c
, rope. Get away for Heaven's sake. i
Good-bye."
3 And when daylight came, Genevieve 1
was far away, and no one ever saw her b
afterwards.
Six months later Otis Vernon stood p
before Augusta Carlyon, grave, eager, a
earnest. I
"If you do not think me unworthy, t
Augusta. I was sure I loved-her- a
but-! s
"Your sweetness and patience and t
goodness too has taught me my own -
heart's needs, and, besides, you know 8t
what my grandfather's will says. Dear, b
will you take me, and let us blot out s
all the horror of the past, and muake b,
Royal Oakes the bonniest, happiest %%
hoie that wedded lovers ever had?" h1
And she laid her head on his breast, a
and let him kiss her for yes.
ri
It'H a Wafor.
A few years since a man of high ro
spectability was tried on the charge of
forging a will, in which it was discover
ed he had an indirect interest to a large
amount. Samnuef Warren, the celebrat. i
ed author of the "Diary of a Physician," t
was azsociated with the prosecuting at
tornny and the case was tried before
Lord 1nenman.
The prisoner being arraigned, and the
formalities gone through with, the pro
secutor, placing his thumb over the P
seal, held up the will and demanded of
the prisoner if lie had seen the testator 0
sign the instrument, to which lie 0
promptly answered he had. lc
"And did you sign it at his request
as subscribing witness?" n
"I did." t
"Was it sealed with red or black
wax?" 1
"With red wax."r
"Did you see him seal it with red '
wax?" s
"I did." r
"Where was the testator when lie
signed and sealed this will?" cl
"In his bed."
"Pray, how long a piece of wax did
use?" b
"About three or four inches n10g." t
"Who gave testator this p)iece oft
"I did." i
"Where (lid you get it?" I,
"From the drawer of his desk."~
"How (lid you light that p;iece of
wvax?"a
"With a candle ''"
"Where did that candle come from?" 0
"I got it out of a cup)board ill his d
room." 1'
"HIow long was that piece of cand , g"
"Perhaps four or five inches long." d
"~Who lit that piece of candle?" t
"I lit it." c
'"With a match.'"1
"W~h1ere did you get that match?'' a
"On tile mantel-shelf in the room."
Here Warren paused andl ixed his
large, deep blue eyes upon01 the prisoner.
He held tile wvill up above his hleadl, his e
thumb still resting 01n the soea, and said P
In a solemn7 measured tone:
'"Now, sir, upon1 your solemni oath,
you saw testator sign that will-lie sign
ed it inl his bed-at his request you
signed it as a subscribing witness-you
saw him seal it--with red wvax-a p)iece ~
of wvax two, three, or four inch es log
he lit that wax with a piece of candle, ~
which you procuired for hun from a cupi- C
board; you lit that candle by a mlatch9
which you found on the mantle-shelf?"
"I did."
"Once more, sir, upoii your solemn
oathl, you (lid?"
"My Lord," exclaimed the triumphl)i- t
ant attorney, "it's a wafori"
An old siup.
The old sip New Orleans Is sooni to
be sold by auction. The house8 whlichI
was built over it at Sackett's Harbor
New York, at the close of the wvar of ~
1812 was blown dlownl three years ago. ~
Since then the vessel has been the sport ~
of storms. To-day It stand(s a sadl l
weather-beaten object, awaiting its fInal t
dlestruictionl at the fail of the auctioneer's
hammer. Maniy of its tinbers have
walked off in the shape of canes. The 1
81s11) was built ini sixty (lays from the 1
time the timber stoodl in the forests, I
3 and( wouldl have been launiched( in thirty -
more hiad not p)eae beeni declaredl. All I
[ the rigging was conlveyedl at great ex
.)pense andl undl(er dhiflculities from New C
y York. T1here were no railroads, and
u the Government roadi that ran out of
and into Sackett's Harbor was a very I
g rude affair. The anchor chain of the I
s Newv Orleans, weighing from 6,000 to I
e 8,000 pounds, was carried from Utica (
) on the shoulders of 300 11en, who'traced t
I their wvay b)y mneanis of blazed trees. The i
s Newv Orleams wasq built as a counter
match on JLake Ontarnio for the Brnitish t
, 51hin St Lawrene.
London's Founuing Houpliai.
The Foundiing IIospital, situated i
iuilford street, was founded by Mt
'homas Coram, a inorcantile captail
'ho became interested in the fate of tl
uimerous infants who, a century an
half since, were so frequently to 1:
3enh exposed in the streets, where the
rere left to perish by their parent
Lfter seventeen years of dilliculties I
btained the grant of a charter froi
'eorge II, October, 1739, giving lhii
ernission to erect a hospital for tl
upport of deserted Infants, and in O1
)ber, 1740, there appeared a notice c
to door of a house in H[atton Garde
> the effect that t.wenty children uid
te age of two months woulfI be receivc
lore, and that no questi't would 1
Aked of any person so bringing a
ifant, on whose clothing somne di
1guishing ro,7 however, was to 1
mi.o. Et the hiour named a crowd
'omen with their babies assembled on
do the house, and the stronge;
bowed her way to the door and depo
ed her child in Coram's safe keepinl
'his clamoring and fighting was subse
ucntly ovoided by the institution of tlh
allot, bags being provided with blaci
'hite and red balls. Those women wi
row black balls were pronot,nced urI
.iccessful, while those who were s
>rtunate as to secure the white were v
ace relieved of their children. As fc
lose who drew red; they were p0
itted to draw again for any vacancir
'hich might occur ill the event of sut
3ssful children being ineligible on th
hedical examination. Such was th
rigin of the foundling hospital. I
745 the western wing of the presen
uilding was opened, and the olls ii
[atton Garden closed, the two otlie
ortions of the hospital being built soo
Lter,and in 1717, the chapel was begut
large, light structure, with som
ained glass windows, and with a
[tar-piece by Benjamin IVest, reprc
3nting Christ blessing children. I
lis chapel Mr. Coram was buried i]
751. '1'lie organ was originally pr(
mited by l[andel, and although it ha
eenh greatly enlarged and altered, ther
,ill remain sonic of the actual material
efore which the great musician sa
'lien lie helped to fill the coffers of th
uspital by the gratuitous performanc
f the "Messiah." The funds( of tlh
'oundling are mainly derived fron th
3nts of the houses surrouiiding it, an
'itlh which the hospital is endowe(
manks to the exertions of its benevolen
)under. Something also is obtaine
:om1 collections made in the chapel. I
ie last annual report, for 1880-81, tlh
icome was stated to be .11,030, an
ie number of children maintained b
Ie institution was 014.
The placing of a child in the Found
ng Ilm itsi ' not e'oented withnon
:ouble. Application must he; mad
eforo the infant is a yetir old, and
rinted form is then given to Lh
mother to fill in, stating her name, ag<
acupation, inability to provide for h(
Ifspring, the father's name, and who
eserted. A fter presenting this form
ng time often elapses before th
iother is summoned to appear befor
io members of the committee. ''he
te is closely questioned as to her forn
fe, her prospects shoul her child b
3ceived into the hhospital, and th
ames and addresses of ladies by whoi
10 may have been employed. She nex
3ceives instructions to come agai
efore the committee in a fortnight, an
tiring the interval careful ingiuries ar
hnde as to the trutlh of her statement:
bhould they prove correct she is told t
ring her infant on a certain date. 0
le day appuointel (usualy a 'T'uesday
ie mother, with her child, present
orseif at the institut ion, and is usiicre
ito the roomi, wvherea lire blazes on thi
earth, aind before which a basket c
ifant's clot,hes is laced. Th'le mnothmi
or three children are usually receive<
L a time), assisted by a female attenl(
at, uindress thieir babes and wrap eac
ne in a large gray woolen shawl ; Li
octors presenit exanminie thoem thorougl
r, after which they are clothed in Li
armeiits pro)vided, but instead of
ress a white nightg-wni is substitute
ic shawl is once more placed reound eac
bild, and its nameul writteni onm a slip
alper andt p)innedm to it. Th'le atttenidar
owv leaves the room, the dioctor p)resse
bell, three foundling girls enter, an
imost before the mothers are awari
icir babes are carriedl a way, never to 1
nlowni to tiieim again, unless in time I
amne they can p)rove~ tiiat they are in
osit,ioii to beneifit their chilireni by tal
ig them from tihe institution. TIh
iothmer isi givenm the clothes, the clii
ras broughit, in, together wvith a tick((
earing at number, tie (late, and LI
guire of a sheepq hioldinig a small brane
iits mouth, and, i)y p)resenting LI
icket at the olUc. any Mondnmy, Mhanaz
!arni particulars, concerning t,he Ihealt
f her infant. Unless it hlad previous
ceen christenied, the child is brougi
ito the chiapel the following bund&
>r that putrp)ose, when it receives a nlO
aime, by whlich it is afterward knowi
)uring the first year of its exist,ence LI,
bild is placed out to nurse in time couw
ry, undler the supervisionl of paid inspei
>rs, usually with some cottagers, wh
sceive 3s. tid. a week, and a bonus c
Ds5. 0(1. at the end( of the first year if ti
ifant seems1 hlealthly. At the end<
ye years the child again returns to tLI
ospital and( beg ins its education,endhIi
'itli apprenticesip t,o somel trade. c
rith some1 stittin iin diifoSti servic
eing found for it. The cIdren al
ear at chapel twice oni Sumnday, and 4i
sat day (line ini public ; tihe nlurscrie
may thlen also bie visitedl by those wis]
ig to do so. Personal inispection an
i(quiry as5 to tile conduIlct of those wI
save the hospital for tihe various occi
ations of life are kept up, and eve]
ear a mneetinig of the apprenitices taki
lace, and gratuities are given to thor
rho can& show certilicatos of got
Ond(uct.
-PIrimary educmatiomi in A merica hii
ot yet p)rodutcedl such good results ai
light lbe expectedi. Of the 50,000i,00
rihabitants, more than 30,000,000J ar
ver 10 years of age. Of tnese, '4,023,
07, or 13.4 per cent., cannot rea<
vhiie 0,239,958, or 7 per cent., cai4i
vrite. Pennsylvania, the busiest c
lie States, Is at the same tbne the mro;
ihitrati.
Medaeal Items.
n The knees are apt to be affected by
rheumatic pains, lameness and stiffness. C
The reason it is so often these joints in C
1 preference to others, is due to their it
c1 greater exposure. They are often put d
directly upon the ground, in place of
the feet, but without the protection of
the boots. We use them in pushing d
gates and doors and to& hold things, as
a a harnessmaker uses his vise. The T
n knees are often the most exposed of all
e the joints; as in riding either in a saddle 11
or vehicle, they are the first to get wet t
or cold. They are above boots and be
n low the coat. These joints should be %
r protected, and when painful, should be t
( rubbed vigorously with hot water con- r
0 taming soda then with a course towel d
and lastly with three parts of fresh lard 6
to one of oil of pppermint.
Q To avoid nightmare and dreams,
I sleep on the right side, never on the r
back. Let the supper come just five (I
It hours after dinner and four hours before I
retiring, and let it be very simple and t
light. Eat no vegetables or cured U
meats for supper. If you are still troub
led with dreams, take a little salt in
water on retiring. And let those child- C
ron lwho are very sleepy in the morning t
do likewise--take supper at five o'clock 3
0 and retire at eight; they will waken a
t early and feel rested. With dinner at 1l
r twelve o'clock a child is very hungry at r
five, and if he eats his supper thein, he I
s will have it digested enough by eight
o'clock, so that he can sleep and get u
e fully rested by morning, But if lie is
e obliged to wait until six o'clock (which t
a ofteii means that the good housewife I
t imtends to have supper at six and suc
ceeds at six and a quarter, and the g
r "nmenfolks" get ready at six and a e
1 half, and finish at seven), he is very (I
hungry and eats a great supper that t
makes him feel dull and heavy; lie re
tires long before it can be digested, N
and, with sleep, every activity of the '
body is slowed, and the stomach joins a
the other muscular apparatus in taking l
a rest. The poor child is wakened with k
s difliculty, and feels worse than before. f
, Very iicshy people may lay aside some ~
e of their burden by avoiding the use of s
t sugar, starch and fat, eating very spar- sI
e ingly of these. Vegetables growing P
a underground increase one's weight. 1
Remember the fasts that have been un. d
e broken for days and weeks without t
1 harm. Lean meat will not increase
obesity. U
t -A dropsical swelling may occur al
3 most anywhere, and is to be distinguish- l'
I ed by its smoothness, natural heat and t
e color, and by the fact that, if firmly
. pressed upon by the thumb for ten so
conds, it leaves the ianprint of the v
thumb for a little time, gradually be- 8
. comilig smooth again. A bandage is d
t useful. after gentle friction for a few g
e minutes. Rest and quiet are useful. U
a But the cause should be determined by a
e a competent person. Among the com- v
mon causes are leaking of the heart's t
1. valves; thinness of the blood, which is P
1 sometimes watery (in which case the 0
a sufferer is pale and emaciated), and 11
d disease of the kidneys. The dropsy it- i
e self is not a disehse, but the result of I
1 disease. The causes are nearly always
r mechanical; either there is too much i
e pressure, or the circulating fluid is thin b
e enough to escape through its tubes.
e The pressure on the veins of the ankle
t is mechanilcal-increased when one
stands, diminished when one lies dowl.
l The heart pushes the blood in jets to g
e the extremnities, its return is in ia steady
stream. Veins have valves that hold
o the blood above them from settling
i back, away from the heart. Muscular
action passes the veins and relaxes them
a by turns, thus increasing the motion of e
(1 the blood throughi thme valves.
e -- - .. b-- I
C LEas*toru Glggors.
.1 " The p)rmcip)al nuxedl drinkls uised in
San Francisco,'' said the obliging bar
hi tender of a p)opuilar hotel, "' are punmches, (
e cocktaLils, and toddies. It is very seldom
- that miint juleps are called for. On a 0
e3 warm day there may lie some dlemand( ~
aL for them, but you knowv how often wve U
d1 haIve Ia warm (lay here. Now, inthe
h East, juleps, snmashes anid aLll sot f
~f fanicy compounds are drunk all the ofe
It (during the summer. All the bars back
5 there haLve " giggers" for measuring
I the ingredients of fancy drinks, but
', here they are seldom seen."
e " What are these 'giggers'? '"
0 " I have omne here, aLnd I think it Is C
ai about the only one0 in San FraLncisco. I
don't think you could fhmid another at
0 any of the hotels.
IlIe p)roduiced thme instrument, which
San Irishman would p)robably dlescribe as
e a small wvinc-glass made of silver. It had I
hi a very smLil base, anid on the side were
a a niumber of small miarks deniointh
oxnttproportione@ of Iiquoru neod i h
solemn and important procss of coin
y pounding certain fancy driniks. The
t last p)lace visited wvas a popular salooni. '
Y" No, we have no call for fancy
Vdrinks," saidl the bartender, as he deftly
wiped the glasses and set them on the
ebar. " Our customers are all kinds
- mining imemn, bankers and brokers.
Whisky punch and cocktails are all the
go here.''"
'fA party of thirsty men filing up to the
ebari confirmed his wvords and the report
er dleparted.
g Foasani In Vihtna.
0 A writer in referrinig to fossils in i
)-China, remarks that thme Chinese haver
ni never advanced a theory to explin their g
is existence. Ini their books references
ar mad ilL(e to foss;il shells, crabs, fIsh, a
dI trees, etc., but no attempilt is made to i
~o account for their occurrences in solid t
I- rock. Tihe little that is said Is nmosthy
y of the marvellous sort. Amnmonites a
38 are~ petrifled smiakes: fossil brachiopods
10 -lamp-sllsI-are called stone swallows
d and1( are aid to come to life and fly fromj
their hiding places at the applroach ofi
wind( and1( raini, changing againi to stonles (
ts on the return of fair weather. Fossil
s fIsh appearft and disappear at pleasure,
&) and their appearances p)rognosticates a e
e plentiful harvest and prosperous times.
-- One author supposes that the fIgures of
1, birds, beasts and plants, which lie hiad I
t seen on certain slabs, must be the work
f of the gods or devils for no humman
ut hand could chisel anything so minute
iJ1and delicat e.
"Yshaku's T'lophone."
"I guess I hare my telephone took
ut of my house," said a resident of
f the eastern part of the city as he took
seat beside Manager Jackson the other
ay.
"Anything wrong?"
"Yes, eafrytings is wrong," was the
oleful answer.
"Perhaps the battery needs more
rater?"
"Vhell, maybe so, but I doan' keep
o track of dot. You see, I vhas down
j my peesness a good deal. In der
lorning, after 1 vitas gone a leedle
rhle, somlepody rings aboudt sixteen
undred times and scares my old vho
lan half to death. She asks vhlo 'has
ore, und somepody answers: '1elo!
>hake, vhas dot you? Say, Shake, how
.boudt dot leedle gal dot wrote you (lot
attor? ha! ha! ha!' Und (lot makes
ly vife so nnadt (lot she shlutmps 0op
ud down und pulls her hair, and vhen
conies hone she goes for inc like sonic
gers. Vhas dot dler ris.it vhnay to put
p soie sliobs on a mall?'
''No, of course not."
"Und pooty iiueek after (lot somebody
so rings oop ily house two tousand
mes, lund my vhife almost faints avhav.
blien she asks who viias dero somebody
nswers: 'Say, Shake, I saw you rid
ig oudt mit your vhifo on der Lake
>ad last Sunday . Doan' be afraidt"
(loa t' give him away!' Und den my
hife has mladt enough to bust in two,
nd vi1,in I comes home she strikes .l
le mit der teapot. Do you call him
)lophone convenience?''
I 1 call it a shame, sir."
" Vhlell, sonie odder times sonepody
ms r-r-r-r-ring-ing-ing-riiig like tund
,nd iy vhife vhas as pale ash a bed
tult. She tinks dot vhas some occident.
me, or some steanipoat blowed oop
it her sister. Her heart beats like it
ould sh(umlp oudt oil der floor, and
lhen she asks who vhas killed tolepody
iswers: 'Ish dot Shake? Say, Shake,
ow much you gif (lot policelan to
Let) sthill on you. ehl i Ah! (lot vhats a
nie racket, Shake, but if der oldt vho
lnls drops on it you vhas gone oop like
mile Gilderoy's kite!' Dell ily yhife
ie vhas madt, somne more, und she
acks oo) her trunks, und she vhas all
)ady to go yhen I coies lione. VJms
i)t some more convenience by electrici
"I shall certainly look into this mat
;r. Such things must be stopped."
"Und sometimes somepody riilgs soft
, shu t like cats, und my vhife waots
>(know who vhtas (ot. Me! Wiho
hias me? Katie! Who vhas Katie?
'hy, Shake, doali' you know (lot vid'er
hoimails you met on der boat. Say,
hake, how vhas dei oldt vhomans to
ay? Und how vhas dot on tme vlhein I
oos home? Und how can I make der
iL, vliulaat13 pmlief I vliut. in. py salut
lI der tlime, 111(1 (lot I tioan' know some1
idder vhonans from a load of hay? I
ill you, Misser Shackson, (lot telephone
rcaks oop my family if I doan' look
udt. Ea'eiy day it is 'IIello! Shake!'
nd eafery evening vhen I comes home
is sole more crying uind talking like
vhas der worst man ini i)otroit."
HLe was promised speedy and permla
ect relief, and as lie backed ipl stairs
the sidewalk, he said:
"Vhell, (lot makes ie feel like I ytas
appy.
If somepody vhants to 'llello! Shake!'
n1 me let h1in Come to my saloon. I
if him some telephone convenience so
e vhas lame for six months!"
A Young (lr' Ioom.
A younig girl's room may be furnish.
:1 dlaintily and in exqulisite taste at a
nail expense. The chief outlay will
it for a bedstead. This cannot be coni
-ructedl out of a pine board aind a bit
C mnuslin, th ough many other things
iay be; buit a hiandlsomne phaintedi bed
Lead of blue and white Is the first re
uireent, ot' this room. Th'Ie floor may
c covered with p)laiin white miating, (or
f blue and wvhite plaid, wvith a soft 'ug
t the side0 of the bed; a dressing-case
f white w',ood, co)ver'ed with blue
ilesia, with white wood wvashlstand( is
iso noeded. TIhis, like the driessinlg
ible, should have the undi(er part eni
rely concealed b)y branches of thme
ilesia aind muslinI. These should be
ather'ed slightly at the top, so that
bey will fail ini gracefl df'olds. T1hie
urtainis should be of' the mutsliin, drap..1
di, and1( the bedspread an il(lo1w covem's
I. the mutslin ovei' silesia also. The
cdspr*ead shoul or cour'se, lie smooth
y over the lbed, aind lbe tucked in at the
nd and 5ides5, unilike tile lace ones3,
rhichi hang over'.- T1he muslin of the
illow-covers may be shirried at the top)
nid the bottom, if you like the fuIl
yok thc shirring gives; they nteed, in
his case1, n10' edlges, and( in fact w~hien
uit over' tle snesil lilyma iy, taunt eami
hem with lace, unless you add1( this
dlornmeint to the cur'tains, but finish
ritlh a plain hem. With the various
rilling ornamnts a young gir'l gathers
bout her, the rooui will receive any
hing it may nee~d ini coloi' to brighteni
L. A room so prettily furnishedl may
ie a real help to a girl; it will not be
asy for heri to cultivate disormder'ly
abits there, for' the effect she has
vor'ked to create wvould be entirely
)ar'red.
T1hihrty yeaLrs ago Ine total value of
lie Southerni crops' of cotton, tobacco,
ice, hay, hiemp andl( sugar-canie was
113,005,7'23. Th'ie census repor't of
880 shows the Souther',n farm p)rodutcts
vere. ini the last census year',' valued at
760,000,000, one-third of which was
lie value of the cottoni product, which
emnainis the great staple of the South,
vhose staniding in the mai'kets of the
vorld has not beeni affected by the East
,nd1 West Inmdiani, thie Brazilhin andh the
0gyp)tian cultivation. Instead of send
nig all the cotton to New Enigland and
>ld Enigland, the South to-day Is loom
ng up as the seat of a great cottoni mia
uflacturing interest, so that tile cheap
r or coarse gradles of cotton cloth are
cad(ily mnade for home consumption,
nd1( are competing wvith the New Eng
umnd mills successfully.
--The Albany Peniitenitiary encloses
70 prisoiner's, of whom ninety are wo.
THE VERDICT
-01r
TH E PEOPLE.
BUY THE BEST!
Mn. J. 0. IloAn-Dear Sit: I bought the Orst
Dlat '. :'cte sold by you over iave years ago for
my n% wIIo has given It ' long and fair trial. I
ti an we pleasedt wttn it. It never Rlvs any
aon. e, aidtl l as good as when first bought.
J. W. Iot.toc.
Wtunnsbro, 8. C., Aprh' 1838.
M'. IoAM: Toil wistl to know whalt I have to saY
In re:ard to . 'e i)av' Maiine bou;Il of you three
yeitrn ago. I frsl t c:an say 100 niucil in its favor.
t tna'Io non 3$U,10 w..lhln live uloiltls, at times
Sttngi'3 L ho fi's. iI', the needle would get per
fec'v o - o!u i,...on. I feel .oalidenul I could
not. nve I one ;lle ame Work w,i ' as naucu case
na I he wel iv. ' anly ot ter ltachlue. No m fie lost
' .u ju aChneoitt. Tile liate4L runnling
uinot,le I have ever tr'ea"tled. BrotherJatnesanld
1 - .'is lilaes ire as it lueat pieased with their
i). v s M.'tuics' )ought of you. I want no hetter
i.tc'1 -it. As I sanit before, I don't think too
IIUCI r;'a 1e s1id for to 0 Davis Macniue.
lRespect fully,
EIJ.EN NTE9VEN8ON,
Fatirli^l County, April, I13.
1 It. tloAto : My n cit'e lveCS ta1e perrect satls
fac oa. I lad 0.o .auttl wi:h it. Tie attachients
it e h, "nole. I w.s: f1ar no beter than the Davis
lieIje t fully.
MRs. It. M I tt.t. NU.
F'le1a0le t:outll y, A p11', 1833.
1nt. Ita:: I )1'- It apviq 'e cial Fceed
ev n'f A r:' IC +.0 .1 Ye o yo : - ,uye'q : go. I am
elig Iv , . i. IevC nats g veoa Me aity
Io.' >Ie, '1 tl ta ,aeVeN beeCn tie lec:s' ot of order.
1' " 1' go) .' 5 t !CI. 1 II St 'UttgIttL It. 1 cau
Unlee, It' 'y I. g . I
Rtes;lccl ull y.
Mn1s. M. J. I Kna.1Ns.
lottliulio, AI r't 30, 183.1.
"ilt 't Is to a raifv iha. : it h ave been ising a Davis
Ver.,c' I'ec,d 'ew nig Ia':ulue for over 1iw yeara,
01te I:tsed of I -. J. 0. i) I;. I iuaven't founl I t
1) S.I of a'Ir fatl'-.tl! . to atiacttuents ate sa
i "1 si'. I ...lev:t ra ftlt5 to wo ;, anttt is ceratittly
it i 110'1C 11in ")s il tIe in itrket. I colttl'r it
it fit'.,t Chlls nliac t 11.
Very reipect fully
11FNNii 1. WII..tNuAM.
O.kkatkat, Fai1lIC1't cou'lly, 8. C.
b'Ao: I it'll wYnl i'easoet ii every parttu1
wt, I I liv.sM ' ne iot.iiL of voua. i ttlk
I' , . -U' t nt.tZ'i au ' I eve. a iesp"c.. You knew
yc"1IO iott Scvera.t' iac tins of La saulm ulako to
I'"liemeni .an,eiets of o'at fam'tic'. aill of whon,
as I:'" as I iiow, a',e wYe!' t'etlsed W. ia tl1e1n.
I tiectIu'lY,
11sS. M. iI. Moau.nv.
t'rlel co.inty, A pri, I1St.
tee~I" v, 1 .ehu tu'4ttyou') .'e3ili
gco. As ve inke in woi, tind have in. to the
I- e o1 seveial , ine ove'. we -ou I V.'atl atty
a ' . i) g1"i. a 4 i' iw.yts reotly Ioti o 1 av kinlt
o' wil . IV. ve 'O do. No ptcker!go w aipptlug
S e t'. . \t e c.ill only sav we are well pleitse.
('iii,. wvs.I no oeier uthi'!l1ge,
I'AThiliiNE VYi,ti AND S11gsit.
Ail li 25, 131,3.
I have no fr'u't to ii'ttl With my mnl t1 no, anti
doiut I I ly .Aier. I have it te L le p-ca to
It sever.' tlnle ofy haking I a itUinYgl!. I is alvayt
really to do i s.vo" K. 111l 11 it a tl't.-class tILa
c%t''lt. i iCUi Cui amtjen u tvisii fyIr i 1c D1.1V14
Vertical t'eet Machine.
Ill its. T)Ho) As S3IIT11.
Fairtletti county, April, 183.
M1 n..1. 0. IloA(-DIar Sit': It gIves me nttt
p'e.ttt.e i te-.iy to itoe lnerlis of lto Davis Ver
a ic..' I,e'. Sew-'i Mateh'ur. The nilalline I got of
yOu aiu. live years a'1o. its been at11ost Ina cona
8,a-l tlse eve" s'lice that i Inc. I cannot hee that
Ito 11 wo.n 1ny a'iv_Ril has lnot coaf n,n nnn cenlt,uo
1e..5. x-in:a we tave itnd at. Anlivweli jpie.ied
Yoittia t.a.ct,
lIoluT. CUt twP'Rlgt,
G(ilatie QI'laa ry, litar Winntsboro S. C.
WVe tttve tuseid t he I)lvlit Ver;icat ei INewing
MiTchtule fi iltie his., live ye.' i. We woubtt nt,
i'att given tts tIih .undriti s.t,sfiiciion.
MItt. WV. K. TiUIISi(i A .1) i)utrrTiisJs
havt -'lo atgttt a D)avis Veral i eedoc Sewvig
Mac-iei atial Mr'. .t. 0. it0ig touite tr.e yeats
9:.xa, eait I. - ainlg givedt ine t)2rec. saltistfaitilon iln
ete.ly a't.,a'c. I'S a gatily mtllgtat botha for hiea:y
P' a. i' sn. 50 IV ilg. an1it neOver neetlaei io least re
l iy' (tIle a1 a n t-st-c'gIss tiainite i e very *)arttin
).. ittil al nt. I sotnl to none,Lt It 's onle o1 tIlt
xiiat'es iin ~i tIeS matde: miy chi ena uise it wvit I
lae 0.4e. 'ato ae at4meilt l'ae lantre easl y ad.
lui ail li t doe) 9 II gra! or rantge of wvork by
meansili of a' Veo eal a.eed tihat any othter mia.
cltnne Iitliave ever seena or use'td.
Mn is. T'lilAlt Owvison.
Wiitti',ro, !"aiir'lchl counlty, 8. 1.
We~1 haveo had onie of tIohe)Davts Macnines abiout
foIl- year. iaiti alive always foundt iitoratly to ito all
khati iof wvorl; we tnavet liad occas1t to 110. iia't
'ieo t the tlncInle is worna atny, talid wvorks as
Mntt. W. J. CtLAWvFoap,
Jlacksoni's Cree., i?ailietid county, 8. I..
Mv ife is iaightly pileased witha the D)avis Ma:
chaseO bolAt iol youi. Site woul nlot, tatke dIouble
ilt. it ' give 11or it. 'Thie maaaeie a so nolt g
been onge of ordeir since site hail it, amii sihe enni do
lay k,i of Wo a lon It.
Vely espect fuliy,
Mont leeio, ifairiieIid county, 8. U.
Th'ie Dlavit Seiig Mac3huine is simpliy a freas
ureMliii. J1. A. GOtwYN.
itidIgewiay, N. ('., .Jan. 10, 1833t.
.1( O HAo, i'iq.. A.enlt --Deart 'r. Mty wife
Iti elen tl).tig 11 ?tdv.t 83 wlii Maclit it) CUistIaint
iv n -o lie . ma I> .veat, 1fid 1t a i .leae nieteed
bao-;i. .e isavs It wv it (10ii gierte: i1t1lge of
pr.-et. lt wYork 10nd tdo it ensier ami bet'er thiang
lt'y to e to shae ias ever' used. We cheecafully
recommenlOl.i it as ai No. I ftamiay aichne,
Your tru.y, lAiiS
Wtiush-aro, S. ('., Janl. 3, 1883.
Mit. JloAo : I laive lways fouanid my D)avis Ma
ehine1 reaiy dtt ai' iniads 01 10 work I havei hatd oc
0.11s1 ou t) o I c?'i:um see 1that t1h0 intachine is
wVorn I' pai dete andii it works us wveil as wihcn new.
ltespectfully,
Mns. Ri. C. Uo091s0.
Winsboro, 8. C., A prIl, 1883,
itIl. h1OAo: Myv wife hals been1 constantly usinig
tihe Dai t liM ichino b:)ughtL of3 3on abou0t live years
ago. I have never regre ted b)uy-ng It, as lt la
alwiays readiy for any kindof faily sewIng, either
havy or h:gat. I t '(never out of fix or needling
Very resp,ct fully,
FairtIeead, 1. ('., Marchi, 1888.
