8Y THE FIRESIDE. I care not haw, in reckless rout, The rude winds blow the leaves about; Nor how, in sumer vales serene, They toss the white above the green! I have here, where no cold winds be, A kindly that And one simile can charm, In the strong cir le of min Vain is the winter's fey dart While her dear love doth heart! covereth me, cheer cot whose and ari; warm my Within the lights and shadows shed On sweet, wee forms tucked up in bed; Hath glory such alluring gleams As children smiling in their dreams? Oh, world of waste and wintry snow, &ive me but this—my A corner in the storm and strife With love of wee ones and of wife And I shall yield all other art For just that love that warms mj heart! Atlanta “TIMID SIS. held in ver boys down at fireside’'s glow, Constitution. had hacked down A man on in many it covered Texas Sims ha defatiga struck g Had he monopol tented One ene then doy bodied Texas works two ye righ f the plea Bixel's derneat coveted, clashed found the lated w notices would | water, with had di Wang tle prin sity opium above I} utlly it constructed parties of tine to t the lop Kido most : i timbe terms the b had an ine dictory sult wa Ark” a g starting pol a suspensi business } itv fizgainst the current All the ng onl on nt, wold drown somebody ere its mi was ended. On this being told Wang Chu, as an additional precaution, he painted another eye in the stern, burnt more joss-sticks, and terininated ceremonies with another outpouring of gin and opium. in the mer time a California mountain river i® an attenuated feeble stream, that one may ford at every few hundred yards, Bat when swollen by the long-continued rains of winter or the melting snows of the Slerms in the spring, its peaceful character van fishes: it becomes a turbulent, roaring, treacherous monster, The banks quiver and tremble ax the immense power back white men on tl reed “io the Bum is caught from your lipz and hurled into Indistinetness, The Stanislaus was “booming” one spring afternoon at its highest water. mark, when five Chinamen, encum- bered with their bundles, rockers, pans trail. They stopped and then, accompanied by Wang Chu, boat to be ferried over. A quarfer of a mile below their start- ing place was the Black Rock, a gi- gantic boulder, which for centuries had pitted itself against the stream. It ‘was not more than one hundred and the amd he this point was not that distance in width, suddenly nu kf rocky from shore, Pre 1 double wed oo nters, Lr COMpass wills, ushed rather sion of great 8% OF burst an Succes a regular current ot, was the upper entrance two miles in length, the wills mining could plished : Canon asgon of rock und urrent, no ever here at rire tly Rock, on a little Plmid Sis Black wis the eabin of with a chance on fhe bank near by. picking up the partner, Sims was always tways drift. His house and them trasglers and try. der were ever open to and trustea they had trunks full of in then: as partners, freely as though burdened with 1 fimnonians hundre like 2a whale shooting water to blow, came the boat, from the depths, and cling Wang Chu, It Black Rock and pressed under the current. Wang Chu sprang on the rock Fhe rest were never Nims the gazed fare then, they were all gone. A ards below, if the bottom up. out ing to it was dashed wis ngninst and te men in a dream. were still the rushing, roay- ing stream, theesun shining, the birds singing: all going on 2nd having gone through it all as though nothing was happening or had happened, and, in five four buman Iweings snatched from life to death! But Wang Chu must be seen. straggler There, In seconds, resend. creature on the rock, the cecolil cur rent at times dashing clear over him, amd striving, as it were, to tear him from his hold; and between him and shore the merciless stream, which could as easily sweep away a thousand men as one. There he remained until near night, gpot. proved abortive, “I'll swim off and take a line to him,” at last said Sims. said the it's certain death! “Wo, don't go, one Among " nid Nits, not £1 1 recimant ie “1 will!" ‘hQ, You tan help “You're and if you do, we're We've ns good a man fi wont to try it; stop you deihit to stop n om committing nf murder kent from and There was a murtour of a yvatanders, Bi tn l nwny the group and spoke “You will stop me Planck shinll. You mnking Iie on this fiat by in amd now rid of It Ay you to the Hook have thor intend that you LTRS miserable taunt that ustice, and abuse chance for getting to stop me, Yon see vou have You've put me up for “Well, I'm adifferent 1 to draw HOW vii before CIS Bridal ngular marring the Gueer Customs. om prevails Que After morning marriage ser viee in the church the bridal party, in ealeche or cabriolet, make a tour of calls upon relatives and friends during the day, and then return again to the h hi for Before the new * ons French Canadians in the i 5s “1 re evening dance at the Lome comes the supper. When the company rise from the table the bride keeps her seat, an asks with nity: “Why mada ine wait? grace? great dig does She replies: “Some one has gtolen my slipper: I eannot walk.” Then they earry her. chair and all into the middle of the room, while a ford knocking announces a grotesque ragged vendor of boots and shoes. He kneels before the slipperless bride and tries on a Jong suecession of old boots and shoes of every variety and size until at last he finds her pissing shoe, The groom redecms= it for a good price, which is spent jn treating toe company. If the groom Is not very watchful they steal her hat and cloak, which he redeems in the same way, and they have been known to steal the bride, for which there must be liberal pay. The church forbids round dances. The event of the evening is a jig, in which the guest volunteers to out- dance the bride. If successful, the vis- itor demands a prige from the groom. 4 0. RECEIVER. Motion of Company's Attorneys. Jamed, President and Vic Prassl- dent, Respactivaly of the Em barrassed Corporation. Huzh LL. Bond, gonsral timore and Ohio bhators Ja lz Va sition that apiards had usiy prot i whenever the Nj entered the Cuyuni Valley, thal Spain that, any she never claimed its ownership. Bat in 1759 and 1768, de- manded reparation for Spanish the Dutel territory on th “Puteh correspondence ia cited awerting ownership of the entire watershed of the Fasequibo, laying great stress upon rights to the Cayuni, where the Dutch had gold dig” gings and forts, and with those Indian tribes they had intercourse for one hundred and fifty yoars. “The Spanish correspondence shows that the government rejected the ad- vies of Governor Cumana to push the Dutch out of Cuyuni. The government declared that the proposals were too audacious, as they attempted to show that Guiana was more extensive than was actually the case, “Tie Dutch archives havebren so well kept that Sir Froderick Pollock was atile to establish an {rrefrazable case for the British ownership of the Cayuni basin, though thers is no adducible evidence as to how far the Duteh held the country between the S8chom- burgk line asd the Orinoec.” no auswer to theaa protests, anid Way, the Siates general twice, visiati # Cuyuni, The losses of the Italians In their recent defeat in Abyssinia ars said to have been 3,000 soldiers killed. The news caused great excitement in Rome, and the resigoation of the ministry Is espected. The Spanish minister of foreign affairs, Senor Elduayen, resigned because of ilk ABOUT ROTED PEOPLE. “He voted for Abrah EGOR.Rigty North Carolina LIYE CHICKENS ~Hens ‘ ii Ducks, per 12 Turkeys, per ® ‘ 13 TODACOO, MA Infer's..$ i560 500 £03 10063 Hound common Middiing Faney LIVE STOCK. jest Deeves Hogs FURS AXD SKINS, HUSKEAT Haceoon Red Fox Sunk Black. Opossutn Mink. ORE. co vonss KEW TORK FLOUR--8outhern cir WHEAT -~No. 2 Red. BYE Western. . CORN--Xo. 2 OATS No. 8, BUTTER State. CHEESE ~State 310 ® 430 4 Te% PHILADELPHIA I — FLOUR—Bouthern....... 8 od ® 2 WELT No. 3 hed 4 MEsssassnrsanh EUR EY ea Was anny iam FRIAR ES Fees ssuna ASK YOUR DEALER FOR 53. SHOE BE %oRLo. =9%3. AND WIDTHS, TTON mn mede 1 ul} po OVER 100 STYLES —-— CONGRESS, Bi and LACE, kinds of bowst selected Jemt hor by skilled work Fox RB Ww. L. DOUGLAS , Brockton, Mass. eieven vears has done 1 work, mainly on account of rheum He has a good deal with constipation ism. aiwars been tn few months since, his atiention having bean directed to Ripans Tabules, he commenced a course ol {reatmeni with them, using them according to directions, As a repaid the troubie from constipation is and thers is a positive improvement 10 be noted in the eons dition of his rheumatic joints, His daughter, who lives with him and has suffered a good deal from dye- pepsia, also uses the Tabulss and has foand in them lhe greatosi pos sibie benefit, avercome Ripsns Tabu'ies are e033 by druggist nr be mad ¥ the price {0 sents a tax; @ send 1s The R'pane Chem onal Conpanc, No. 1) Spracs ot, Sow Yors Rample vial, 0 rants The PLINENE™ ste the oni Collars and Oufle win; cloth, both finished vag Boy Pl oh Se Sollag n Saal tg other # well nn wel, oy or 2 Pairs of for A Sample Osliar snd Pair of Comin. Name style asd spe. REVERSIBLE COLLAR COMPANY, 7 Franklin §t., New York, ¥ Kilby 80, Boston,
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