IIKMiDDLKIJUKUIHUST. T. B. HAIITEH, Km ic ami I'iio'r. y!hh!.h:i:t l;a, AVU :. Great Hr:!:.iri has $5(10,000,000 ia- d in our ruilwavs. A -l-itlit r expedition to search for tho Kor'.h IVi!" has been ori: tnizcd. K:r ii-hnu n i;i Xnv York who ran dlTnr 1 t talk fic ly pr. diet tli:it royalty i'l ih'gii.ml will not ouilast tho Prince o' W.U'S. of thirteen chrgymcn itit rvh we.. f:i Cim iuui.ii oa the 1 . jt-. t of preaching Ml":- fur 1 : T t ! ihihileti, twelve dc- i'iiK ily oppovd it. SCYTHBSONO. fowr, weary nnd brown am! blif.h t Vliat is thf word mrt'iinks y know, 1 Endless over-won! Hint thn frtcytlw Fin;, to the bind.- of the p-juw lxlow! Pry Ji.'g ti:at swing In tli gross nml clover, - Sonii'thi::, still, tiicy wir as they pun; Wlmt in t!; word tlmt over nml orcr, Mil the Kcyilin to tho flower nml Rras? Hush, nh lini!tli Scythe arc Hiving, Hush, nml I:hm1 r.ot, nml full nsl ep; Iiil.li, tin y ny to tlm Kriiwin sWfiyinK, y Hush, .i-y nintf to fli clover ilii-p! C llti h 'lis t'e.i' lullaby Time Is sitiKi'ag--Jlvsli, niel lnvd not, for n'l tiling wv. Uu-li. n!i !r.;,!i! mi l tho N.j-tli- nr. swing, iir; Oicr tli'- clover, ovor tho grass! A:i'tivw Lanj. Nearly iiiii; hundred of.icers of tho army hive qur.Il:-l a interpreter i.t f it ', I.-. ) '.r.cs thirty-ciyht of tho U U : '. . " ( r I'.'in.J in K - .'all. DRIVEN AWAY. T'i.'j '. w Vi I'".' 1. oi" tho oiin:o: t'.l. : ' C r.J.i is ih" pi i nij spot (if tills nt, r. -l., i.ilag laenrce to the li.'-' i. (f the t;.;i'.i'i!'..iir J toim- tr: -.." 11 ' y .'....i .:., :!,. fh-t ;':.;o begun t!ia !;, of jv.;iiv i , ; : i Tl:c hili.i uro of t . ;:.i.;..'.. i.i oT ..:r, I've nrvl tori t't a t:"i! !'::a:; CjUal to i;;v tut i I A: :tt i,; v. I K NKMX 1 f rT. T nm'i'.rinir in tuy (Iramlmotlicr fJoil f ivy's r.n-!; -i- at th- window of the rant loi.iii lo,.i,i,i out iiio!i the faiaiiy bury-lni:-.Siro;i'i.l nt tlie Toot or the li'ill, tho iic ;ii4.-li.i 'c on ilK miiiiiiiit, nail the M rrimac, v. hirU wiiuU romul it. in tlie ili-t.rn . Ili .-c, lift v war nt'i'. file iKi.'il l .m: .ih hrr knillinj; in the nfttr- lio..:i ; Wa li -vat lii'l.) 1:1: l! .M..rr ;h:i:i '.iiiy love I to t.vlk, (iixi. ft I - oui'iiti', many of Imt o'laint ol. . v w ro a'liin v.scl o inc. Oneof 1 ! n i all, t'.t il. ha i a rrrtaiii rr- laitti-r of this tiarr.it iw. 'l.' i'. as I fat near licr, Ilav;1 J i n l,-l.;ii. liiiivn iyis (ixi 'iJv r.. oi r li'-r Hti'. l-Iiowivl ! i)!tai I '.'i I. : .;i r :'.::.t t!.': l.i!;y !ritr:T't l'ni.. 'i M:.tc foot t;ji to the rnor la. i, a:.. ,;i:.t in' t:J,.r.K,U,K),t)ii(), v. iiilis 'i'' . '.;!. i:ii;"v i'l - t :: m:: il of t'i. ( vll'-V.J oi.iv ;;!ji;iit C-;7i,'j:)'.i;iii. L i:.!oii is t .ii-1 t, l.e full of t.;o:tey. i: tho J: )'.r. n: ul'i of J,-b!) tiicru v.cr loOJ j.iw joint.: -tuck :o::.m:iici ; ..:..;., 'il ati.I rci -t"i'cil t'.n iv, witii o to'.al v;i'..il i",;;:.! li .:,,.') .OJIJ.Oi.".), Th" "All;:i'l:is," Mill'l'.s Ji.tintin,', v.-iii' t w.n ro?: atiy ji.i: .';:: .c.l in l'at i; hy Ann tii'.ui, wiil !,a v iv.-t -ir.-J,ti'J wia a thr '.:;!y la. ; (. a lull. U is oiuy iin'hcvi v.-iilc a. hi 2'i I iai-iu's in li'tlfrtii, This m.ihiM it i-..; M a n,lw..i: inch. Tiio Ciiarli .: hi (S. C.) y,-!,,!it,l C-i. '' ' si.itli::'. if !iii.'-,vati'tiiifo:i siioulil li" iit.iv.i'.l f.;,' ),oc'u;c! io:i i f Kyrap it I.:...:. I liia :.,. a l"oriuiiiai;c j-iviil with r: aiir anil liia sa-iir Jwct r.i tho ...;;, ,' o j syniji hu;ij;iy. 'i'lm t.rt;! c ' : a'.i'.-iiii ioa sy. i;;) i- ji:'oi:ouin.Lii tu ha l.. -.::.::;. I' jiiif i( . vi:: j;;u t. the Anit rlcm ;i'S wlih';i ai.ioa.i;; .i t.i J.Ooj.iitii) m : .'.!. oh', ta; " i.i,: i'-.r I-iv.f, it J, :"t l...vi' :...:'.'.:;, iat laoai",- aail feel ! !'::: i .iiy i l,,',. u ;,; i.i'.l. Vale ( 'o'-Ici', it, U ,:; .'. o,i. I. i-'.U ; Jl.u var.l I s ;.rh. a;ai l.'.ilu; toia t'olli'.o ri.'itl!rt ;;a. I i ini'i J.imM lii-r iy, v.ilii prrfi'i t u-r tvity, "My i:i ::r, 1 1 i.ti !j yori'II he : o! mai.'l. Vi.ii'i!' u tliroiivli ui.'l through, mi l no ! i r tlii ir v,onii'iifolK wcru tlmt Jinii ' l," slip itil'li o, ri'll.-i lively, "J l ame ia ir m iritr oia' invsi lf." Ti.r f r. . hi't-y o tlie pio'l old ko.iI li 's l i "il fal Ml-1!. imt it was my elioicc that l. n.ili- it .". W in a was twenty-four, .lo lni i ( ;..s faun' hark on a visit from tin- t, w!ii:hiT hi. hail o.n' ten y ars r. fori' to si ; k his fortnai'. Hi: was of tin; J t; i "ii-r. tiirivinir New I'.ii','la!iil tyjic, aii' vlv '!i'-irroii i in his in w home liu ynnl tli-- Mi-sis, ijijij, ii'id promising tu Inriiini' riili, n rill j is lainoiis. 1 had ri.iri -j) lailrd witii him occj. tioii'illy inci' Jn; wi ld away. 1 had l.i'i'ii his favoii'i- ntiioiio; till' i;iiN lit H' Iiiii I, and was imt Mirpiisrd when hi' told mi' oar liay lint his i hicf ohj, ct in coiain li.n I, at iias tmii' was to iiidiuv inr to! i a t lay I c wit a his. It whs ia this wry room that he a.-ki'd I. it'll- Privy, only four yrars old tlii-i'. Ii'id roinc in tiri'd from his Jilav, 'ay I lit, nml falk'ii iisIlvii. tid lor in v iirswrr K'.rioiisiv liailu'd inti .In-!: Ml w: Usly. My heart P-iid vrs, Imt I l;i'l !.! tho child, and duty Imdi; tin' no. It cost me ii dr. v.dfiil lain, it ll l'i i!lli o 8a 1 did not. hi'vitati Vi-ty iVarkly I answered tl.:t this little orphan in my lap was iny charge; that my hrothcr Kjiiiiaim .onli never marry, ni'd that my duty forbade tint 1 Khoiiid have th; old home. .loshnil listened. lie did r.ot remonstrate nor aivriie, Imt I had never mi ii upon his face jiift Mitch h i i pn'.si,ei ns it then hai. "1'i r your own sake, I'at'caee," lie "inl'li '.-... " ..'...', u ( . I'i'.. in Ji.-.JIT, r i ...li aiixii li I he ra.ioas fait that frihi s nii.l h.U.' lii.t ; :.i:' Ian-!, livueat s in : .i l.,;.i.. i'i s are lie.-l j:.i:d, in I'mriei', ia !.:;;;!. Hid and ia the I'tolcd States, wi::!.' ;iie .u 'i.ans of Turkey nml K.i.,ti'r:i Ai; ;:lav..,:h v.iiluut a an.rur.ir for twen ty 1 1 a', s a dav. Tlie iiU!iii.l'iL'i;!;v of postage !;;;iic'', r.l.:,:h far tuti.ty-ei'it cai.l lias hceti lariiedoil at Mow Vo:-k ' ity, is ti) ho ti.i:-fi;i'c.l to I'iiil.ideloliia. l!iia,'k'.s btivle of thai city h ivia' pal ia the low est Mil, Tho husine-.H is a laro o:il. Two hundred hand- will be employed ntiil tho ui.naal output w ill boabo.a 110,. Oi;i),o:)o to,:-. ' Voice, "I ll"lle Voll k lie i he en wisely. Whether so or not, I k.aiw ou too v.iil l i try to alter V air leon:ti. 1 v.-;v Coodbv!'' iia my han 1 for an iimtirat W.i! the leu ' ! i : i .is lie siowlv will itown a I until the turn hid hii.i froiu lav The knapsaek by whii'i: tho weight ot the bunlm car.iod is '.r.-asierred to thu hip'i from Ilia shou'.dei': has been under t:i..l lo soaie tiiiu; by ti.o autlioritiei of the I'niti.'d States Wiw Department. So f iv,i;ali!i) h i.e beoti tiin reports received flia the o:lhi';s t.'..;:n it that the Ord ti.i:n e JIu.i . i: h...i lii ea Of.icreil to lil.'.f.U fui:'.:;ro two i i"'.:- .nil for ii. e in the army The ullL't: i of several of tho Ihirop":;:, Summers r.iauiij'jf t.'j ihe port of New V : .., are ivyi:'i; to xu;tirci ;M?i.!.Hnir by j.i'.'-.-.ie.v. Ti.a rule a'ai:t it li.ivo lve.i striotiy c: fi.ivcd ujioii soaie of th" lii.is, but e:itir;ly di.-fe.arded upon oth-C.-. It h.:1 1-i.e.l foUMl by loll',' CXjH'fj fi:to that it is a haul businis-. to tieal wi.ii oa the hi:h se.i.s, just as it is o:i tho dry land. 'Die Ho.-tou J,i(ti':'(tir si'.ould Iiavs iuws'i-attd the laws of probability be fore puhlishinii tho following hunting tory, whieii certainly sarpasss nil rifent ueUieveiiK'uls, even of our far AVcmern tp'Jcialists. The iimeijoto in oiustiou (.'e.cribcK tiie udvenlure of n duok-cutcli-in;r old tomeut that used to hide in a auebrake freii;eiited by swarms of water fowl. Hi plan wiu to pounce, on thu bird unaware and kill it lifter tlrain; it ashore; but the bust time he tried that t.iek hii cla. 'oi ficteiicd ia thu down vi ju old jjreeiiheud drake, iitid tseein; in ndviiiitaije, thu bird took winy ami flew away with it would-bo caitur. i i -, aril t'i n my life went on :u.ii:i the ' fauie a", il no interruption had occurred, j u . ii:e Min e tiien has not lie: a iin k'" v :i to ni", nor to the country. .'M', nld hi, true name be uivin here, it .o.;!d be i O'ui.i'd us thai of one .,ho:.v Vo;ee ! is often been heard in the Senale of th" l l ited States. AV'ieii Percy was four'yeat9 old n;id I tv.i nty-lmir. Kpuraini was twenty-six, I ntnl we three were J lie Mirvivor. of the ! lone; line (,f li.dlards, (iodi'ieys, Kjbie;., M ills at, 'I what not, running back far be yond tic War of the Revolution, who had i xvi it in this ancient hotiiesteud uud tilled this toeky farm. In l he last two years death had been busy with us. First, (iran. (mother Uod frey, full of years and ready to depart, mis hid by her fitherrs, and within the twclve.n 'nth boih our parents wen; ?!riekeii down by tlie terrible scourge t'iit l-itid the village that Niiuimer. The) wi re carried to one cruve on the s cue miniinir, while Percy picked clover tops in the yard, mid Inulicd ns the lonjj iroee.ssion tnoved toward the hi'l. In the six or eifjlit year following I t':iiik we were happier than ever iijjain while I '.rot her Kpluaiiu lived, for those j were ine years wiien rercy nwvet elulil ish way and cutinin prattle tilled the house with sunshine and music, nud be fore any 1 roiibh onie ipiestion u to his future h:td come in t i divide us. (rod's bh -sine; and coaipa-s'i'm, after our sore tribulation, seemed ivt'ii us in tiiis dear r hild. lie was not at nil like in, either in looks or actions; he never v.:k. Kphraiui and I were dark, almost sallov,, iike our father, and we had his rlow, thiHi;;liu'ul speech and ways; but the child was like mother, fair, biu" ryed, with nil her lie;htnesH of heart nud che riness of voice. The picture that couiebaek to me most vividly from those old days is that of Ephntiiii, stern uud serious, even w hen a yoan' mail, ns he read the llible aloud tit ouriarlv bedtime in his htroni;, luisul toi;c, uud bore with u patience that he would not have exercised toward miother the interruption caused by Percy' put tint' his chubby hands upon the pac. Tho boy Krevv up bright, ipiiek uud af fectiounte, but not over studious. He was full of fun and spirit, and hated con finement. I date tho leiniiinr of our troubles about him from tho time that a ropy of "Itobiusou Crusoo" foil into his hand. Tho book absorbed him. Ho was thir teen year old at that time, but ho naid to lni', with all the gravity and positivenesj of a ia m, that he could never bo any thing but a sailor. I thought little of what ho said at tho time, mid treated it nsu mere boyish whim; but he uevcr cli ue't' 1 hii mind. Tin km almost Hfronteon whon h left xi for the son. I think of what ocxurrwl Ix-forc that day with pain and uorrow, but it must be toM. It wm ono niht after Percy had fjono up to hi chamber; l'phrnir.i had b?cn pitting nomn tinw in silence, nml 1 saw thrro wan onie:hin on his mind. At last ho ixkc: "Patience, that pervento boy will lto tho reproach und disgrace of our lives, lie is b"tit on f.'oiprr tu e." I knew RoiViet'nitiir of Kphraim'n Ftcrn will, but I h.nl not oft"ii Keen him no aroused. He tried in vain to repress hi. anjrer a. he continued: "Tor a hundred year our father be fore us lived here, doimr their duty in the way that (Jod had called them, 'iliey tilled the land, nnd were not asinine 1 of their calling. There have been no rovcri ii'T vagabond nmon them, no far a I have heard; but here wo have an idle, nhiftles fellow, too proud to work on the farm, who must need jro off and hcr l w ith profaue and rum-drinking ailor." I'scles n it was ti nr;;ue with him, I could not bear tu hear him speak o of Percy. "Kphraim, pray don't wroaliim. He is not prom! ; he doe not despise labor; he i a 1'ivii'if nml truthful boy. My heart is sore cnoii;,'!i to think of his I'Mvin;;-us inth.it v.av; but I remember how ilii rent he is "' Kphr.iim roe, catidh stick in hind, and cut short th.' iiisTusMon before it ha 1 faily bv;;',iu. "I am hi K'ir.r.iian: I fifand In the jil-ieo of hi father; I know what i for hi oviod ; I will i:evcr consent. He is almost a nri:i, n:i I ouite able-bouied. Ho you kivr.v that I a:n paying five and three-pence n day for labor? Hevhnllbo informed of hi duty to-morrow." I hoped that the explosion which was now to occur would bo in my precnce, that I might stand between these two bro lu r, i liiffcro.it iu age and temper, and try to moderate their passions; but it wiui not to be. Nothing wa said on tlie subject nt the breakfast table. When the meal waa tinisiied, Ephraim said to Percy that ho wished to see hi::i alone, and walked out behind the barn. Percy followed him. At noon Kphr.iim returned to tho house nlo'ie, his face darker and terner than before. "Where ii Percy?" was my anxious in- ouiiy. "I do not know," he replied. My heart wc - heavy with upt'tehenston. other questions that I asked ho would not a'tswer. The day passed, an J supper-time came, but not Percy. I thought I nhould bo sure to hear whut had p. used between them before another day, but Ephrcim continued to bo morose nnd silent, end I passed the most unin.ppy night that I had known nincc our parents died. A wc sat mute and oppressed nt an other and almost untaxed breakfast, tho door opened. I looked round uud uttered a cry of joy, for Percy stood there, his luunl on the door-hitch. Ho lookod very tired, and his shoes wero white with dust. "I couldn't go thU way," ho said, 'so I walked all night to come back nud just say ;;ood-by. Eplvruim, don't bloinc me. I've tried t"j think ns you do, but I can't. I know I've tried your patic.ice, and I want you to forgive me. Wo must part friend." lie took a step toward ths tabic, nnd held oat his hand. You disobey me; you quit this houso without n.y leave," said liphrahn. "L'u dutiful boy, ncwr speak of forgiveness, nor oiler me your hand, until you have ceased to rebel !" lie 1-ft the room, and daring that last twenty-four hours that Percy remained under the roof, Tphraim saw him no more. A brief letter to me from Boston told me that our truant had shipped for a voyage to Canton. Ho put tho world between us ut the start, and not another letter was received by us from him. Almost ten long year passed before any intelligence of him reached us. They were years of secret grief for me, which only "the cares mid labors of tho house made tolerable. Not ft day but I thought of Percy ; not a night but I prayed for his safety. I used to scan the murino nows in the paper to rind something ubout him, and for his sake I was doubly kind und hospitable to tho blue-jackets who some times came our way. We rilled these yesrs with hard toil, and the unvarying round occupations that our situation utlorded. Thero was rest and the comfort of coming nearer to God oa tho Sabbath; there wero tho prayer meeting and tiie choir meeting, and on occasional visit witii a neighbor. Hut it seemed as if tho lurger part of my life had left mo with Percy. I had known that he was dear to me; but not before the sorrowful morning of our part ing hail 1 realised how closely uy heart was bound to him. His name was never spoken between Iiphraim and inc. Sometimes I fancied that some of the petition which my bnher oifered in his prayers must be in tended to refer to Percy; nud once when he read the chapter containing the story of the Prodigal Son, his voico grew huuky, und ho finished it with difficulty. 15ut he never mentioned Percy's name, nor did be encourage mo to do so. The Hith of March, 1S30, lives in my memory as tho darktst day of my life. Kphraim had gone to tho village after supper, and did uut return till near nine o'clock. The candle-light was bad and I did not seo his face well when ho came iu. When he had hung up his hat and turned round I was seared by his looks. "Whut is it, r.phraimi" I nsked. He took a copy of tho Boston paper of tho day before from his pocket, und handed it to me, pointing ns ho did so to a paragraph which reported that tho ship Kininii Mont ford had arrived from Cal cutta, and that the master reported tho loss of Percy llallard, able seaman, who had fallen overboard, while reefing. Wu sat there together till tho candle had burned low. The selfishness of my own consuming grief possessed me; I hardly thought of Kphraim until he spoke. Vie sat with his elbows resting on tlie table, and his gaunt hands clasping his head. "God humbles and smiles me to-night for iny hardness of heart," ho said. "You never knew what happened on that morning when I took the boy aside to reason with him. I did not reason; I was hnrdi nnd tyrannical with him. When I peremptorily forbade him to go to sen, he tried to coax and persuadn me. I cut him off with a stem command; he answered ma shortly, and I chastised him severely. "Think of it, Patienpc!" Ephrnim's voice was broken. "I beat him liko a dog. lie ran awny; but his great heart reproached him, and he came kick, peni tent nnd weary, to n.k my forgiveness. You saw nie you heard me. Pride and hardn'-s filled my heart, nnd I I re pulsed him." Hi faco was turned from me; if there were not tears in his eye, hi voice be lied him. For mi hour longer, before I went to tny sleepless bed, his heavy trend sounded from the rhnmber above, ns he paced the floor. The door was open nnd the light was burning ns I parsed nlong the hall. I looked in and saw Kphraim kni'dingby the bedside. Thereafter i "i;uo a dreary stretch of years, in which I toiled, sufTered nnd prayed. Our affairs went from bad to worse. Kphraim was not the same man after thnt night. The remorse that af flicted his spirit seemed ulso to have stricken his body, nnd he wasted into the more shadow of his former self. I tried to console and comfort him, as dill also our good minister, but even iu his distress of mind he seemed as fur re moved from human sympathy uud influ ence as he had ever been. Often in tho night, when I awoko to think of Percy as I last saw him, the deep nnd earnest tones of prayer from tlie adjoining room told mo that Kphr.iim wnswnstling for the pardon which his abject spirit almost declined la ndvanro to receive. He, too, soon slept in tho tamily bury ing ground. Poor, self-accused brother! I have suffered, but never as ho did. In better times r.::d with average sea sons, I am vain enough to think that, though a woman, I could have managed tho jilncj with tho uvcrago prosperity. But the crops failed, a. id then canio on the war-time, when help was scarce, and the demands of labor were high. 2Ce.t tho barns were burned by lightning, nnd most of tho stock perished in them. With each new misfortuuo I nerved myself for new efforts; but I came ut last to realize that I was contending against hope. Years wero piling their weight upon Lie; my streugta was failing. Yet I struggled on. For two years tho interest on the old mortgage which dated back to father's time had not been paid, and threats of foreclosure had reached me. Tho pros pect of being turned out of this dear old homo was rudely thrust upon me. I could think of nothing else. I was thinking of it one evening, Just at dusk, us I stood at the door. A poorly dressed man, leading a ltttlc girl, came out of the obscurity of the road, hesitated nnd stopped. His faco was half concealed by hair and beard, und his shabby diej prejudiced me against him; but thu roll in his walk be tokened tho sailor, and inclined mo ut ouce to charity. "We'er hungiy, ma'am slsy nnd me," ho said in a gruil voice. "Some bread and milk, please." I motioned them into tho kitchen. "Uo in there," I said, "nnd I will come in a moment nnd get you some food." I was gone no longer than was necessa ry to bring tho lamp that I had left light ed iu tho sittiug-rooui. At tho kitchen door my feet were urrested by the specta cle of the man's impudence. Ho had actually gone to tho buttery, brought out a pun of milk und a loaf of bread, dark us it was, uud out of ft dipper ull of the milk, ho wu giving tho child a driuk. I was very indignant. "How duro you take such ii liberty I" I uiked. Ho turned his faco over his shoulder to me, und tho merry expression of his eyes stopped my scolding abruptly. He spoke this time iu n voice that 1 knew at once. "Why, Patience, this is tho tray I used to do, you know." I did not faiat; but I must have dropped if ho had not caught me. "0 Percy!" I sobbed, "has God given you back to me?" "Yes, sister. Whero is Ephraini?" I pointed toward tho hill. Wo talked so luto that night in tho sitting-room that his little girl went to sleep in my arms. The report in tho newspaper couid not havo referred to him, us he said that ho had never seen tho ship limru Monfford. Erouzed and bearded us ho was, ho had the beaming eye uud tho laughing voice of his youth ; but when I told him more about Kphraim, his eyes moistened and he was silent f or u longtime. Later ho told me the story of his wan derings which I put in a few words. Ho had sailed lo uhnost every qunrtcr of the globe, and in the first year of his absence ho had twice or thrico written to mo. For sonio reason I did not receive tho letter. As he did not hear from mo he became careless, nnd for a long time was a wild and reckless rover. Later, he settled iu Austruiia, whero he married and reared a family. "I thought I was happy iu those days," ho concluded. "But when, ono ufter another, my beloved wife nnd children wero taken from me all but Clarice my eyes wero opened to my ingratitude uud selfishness, uud I said to myself thut these afflictions were judgments upon me. Away oil thero on the other sido of the globe I grew homesick for tho old plueo uud tho dear, familiar faces uud hero I um." His words filled me with delight, and also pained me, for how could 1 tell him that tho place was ubout to bo suldf lie was quick to see the change iu my face, nnd asked mo what was troubling me. Ho would have to know soon, und it seemed bettor to tell him lit once. His eyes actually brightened as he heard luo. "Is that all f" ho asked. "A1H why, you don't comprehend me. I told you there was two thousand dol lars and two years' interest due n the mortgage, and" Ho drew a leather wnlVt from his piM'ket, and tossed it into my lap. "There, Patience, cxamino thnt at your leisure. You'll find three thousand dollars in it; you can ue what's over to fix up the old house. Fudge! !o quiet t it's only a drop out of what I lmvn ac cumulated. l)id you suppose I'd been fanning oil in rich Australia for so many years with nothing to show for it?" I was laughing nnd crying nil nt once. "You looked so shabby, Percy, I did not think" "Xo more would any one. But you might expect that when I dideomo back, all my boyish fun would co:no with me." This happened one evening long ago The year since then have brought to us. nil the happiness thnt was forshndowed in Percy's return. On this mellow Indian summer afternoon my heart is filled with joy nnd gratitude. From the east window I seo I'ercy nnd Clarice ns they stroll among tho mounds iu the little enclosure where our parents and Kphrnim nre sleeping. He toM me on the night of his return that the dear rhild should always be with me, and thnt much of hi own time should bo spent here, lie occupies the little cham ber which was his iu boyhood; ho will have no other. Ah, is not life worth living, in spito of all the cloud nnd crosjes, when it brings so bright a sunset a this? Yea, not only iu tiie world to come, but here, also, do wc have our rewards. Yvuth'i Comj:i io:i. A New I'sp for Watermelons. The watermelon crop of Carolina, Georgia and Florida is rapidly getting to ) large more than the market re quire. There is profit in tho business, but what with the high freight rates, uud the lergc yield of melons during a favor able season, the profit is not n great as the Melon growers would like, and tho latter are louking around for some other use to which they can put their superflu ous fruic. Colonel William Duncan, of South, Carolina, ha mado a suggestion in this mailer, which has received tiie approval of n number of Carolina newspapers and melon growers this is tho muuufacturo of syrup from the melon. Colonel Duncan insists that tho melon can be more easily and more generally raised than tho sugar cane, and a it grows above ground it is moro conven iently cultivated than tho sugar beet. Hu has experimented in the manufacture of syrup from melons nud finds it excel lent, mora like preserves than tho catio syrup, ho says, uud likely to becomn popular with every ono who tries it. Ho has mado the syrup und sold it, nnd found no diliiculty iu getting u good price for it. Nor does tho vnluc of tho me'.on ceasn here, for after tho juice has been extracted, tho refuse remain excellent for feeding to stock, nnd as a stock food repaying the cost of making the syrup. Figuring oa un uvcrago melon crop of ono South Carolina county, Barnwell, Colonel Duncan estimates tho profits to the farmers if their crops wero mado into syrup at $200,000, which is moro than it would yield wero tho melons sold us fruit. These figures r.re likely to stagger tho melon growers, but they are backed up by Colonel Duncan from his own person ul experiment. It is true thatthc.su ex periment were on a small sc.de, und it may bo that if every ono goes to making melon syrup it will prove a drug ou tho market. Tho suggestion, however, nppeais ti havo met with favor on the South Atlan tic coast. Tho melon growers of that section have had n great deal of troubln with their crops during tho height of tho season, uud havo received very low prices therefore, nnd it is highly probable that with this experience they will ac cept Colonel Duncan's suggestion, nnd test tho fact whether tho muuufacturo of melon syrup can bo carried on profita bly on a large scule. -Seie Orltan Time Democrat. Tho Speed of Fishes, The speed of fishes is ultnost an un known quantity, being, us Professor G. Browu Goodo says, very difficult tu meas ure. "If you could get a llsh," suid Professor Goode to n Vott reporter, "and put him in a trough of water 1000 feet long and start him at ouo end and niuko him swim to tho other without stopping, tho information could bo easily obtained, but fuh are unintelligent and they won't do this. Estimates of the speed of fish consequently nro only approximated, and moro or less founded ou guessing. You can tell, however, at a glance whether a llsh is built for speed or not. A fust fish looks trim and pointed, liko n yacht. It heud is conical shaped, uud its tins lit down close to its body, liko ukuifo bludo into its handle. Fish with largo heads, bigger than their bodies, and with short, stubby lius. nre built for slow motion." "What arc the fastest tishesf" "Tho predatory fish, tho.-o which livo on prey, uro the fastest swimmers. Tho food fish nre generally umong the slowest, nnd r.re consequently, easily captured. Their loss is recompensed, however, by the natural law whicn make them very prolific in reproduction. Dolphins havo bien known to swim uround an ocean steamer, nud it is quite safe to say that their speed is twenty miles an hour, but it may be twice us much. Tho bonito is a fiiKt-swimming fish. Just what it speed is I do not know, Tho head oi tho gooso fish is very largo twenty times as big as its body. It moves ubout very little, und swims ut tho bottom of the ocean. Tho Spanish mackerel is one of tho fastest of tho food fishes. Its body is cone-shaped and as smooth as burnished metal. Its speed is us matchless as the dolphin, nnd in motion it cuts tho wutet like a yacht." Wathinyton J'oU. The Dampest Place ou Earth. The heaviest annual rainfall on tht globe, COO inches, is ou tho Khasia Hills, in India, ubout 500 inches of which falls in seven months. This astonishing amount is duo to the abruptness of tht mountains, which face the Buy of Bengal t'i " r uV .1.1 I: ccnious factT Melon wero found origin,,, . The Mormons founded v .. ' 1840. 'ni.,il Bngo is a native of t!i c. ., rope. 4!j An Atlanta (Ga.) store U U:.. nf tinner. u"l. In France a seventh son !n ,1;,. ces'ion i called a tnnreoii. " There i only one Inwjrr in w -cT. J., a ity of over 10,io ,y' It is an ancient belief ti nt 't':' Hi. i.,i ..t . ,, "'aiuwi "'" J " "Ci lirs every renr. ; 'ftl t Mr. C. W. Oldrivc vala, , nil un- nmitiLU T.atcr rccrntlv. Thfrn nro 450.000.000 mnniifnr tim1 nit it it ill.. IV increasing daily. " The New York Custom ,, , rflicirnt clerk, Willimi, ti. who is a deaf mute. '"'"' Tlie present English ii:iti,,;it lie sunt to Have commenced j.. ;.f William HI., 10St. ' ; Ship building was nt , Mass., nbout 1C10. So ln -,n building industry in this ci,ii,,:rv It is said thnt the iui hIh r ', recorded each month in thi. s,,r lantic alone varies rrma t, forty-five. About n week's nxm ti,,-, v thrashing machine w ii! , , voice fully an octave hi. lolk know. A Jefferson City OcO ir.ia i,,. to make a living by fuller, i;. parties and gathering up tie ,.:v..v j' which they leave. Toads from the sii::uv. ; ;, . .,. the Philadelphia rice, rie ;; . , ; feist on the fried Ims t;,,: ... it ' them sizzling hot. The '. Minie rille we.s inv. -it ) cenncs, France, about IMi.l, I,-,- .j who from n common soini.-,- j.,;. , self to n high rank. A Pennsylvania bey fe.,:n,l , i nest that contained clts "f f ..mi.;" colors white, pink, blue a:. All were of the same sie. A Chicago detective h pocket picked of iHim, drawn trout n lniiMiiiir ." make a payment on a kmi-i . A goat at Dallas, Ti , upon n rattlesnake, we.lki ! yards, nnd taking a runnine st.ir u loiuj jump, iilighiiii'j- with ; bunched, anil cutting the snake i:i Spiders have been known t'i i . 01 tneir wen una crawl ii"ua t. . :i,j of the wall at the sound of i':i:.;i ingly enchanted by the s,,,,;i,;s ,3 hurrying back to their hi iii:.' hu i' toon us the music censed. Tho latest development of tip lo;B chine is a brass frame ini'luitig the dp directory, which permits the vnluwi be opened only when a cent lu lieni serteil in the slot. It is ImikiJ messing ny uruggisis unu i,;!itts sm directories uro iu constant il in:J lijtix public. It is believed bv the M the Judgment day painters uiliW quired to furnish with souls ill mn sentations of human beinu-s have made. Failing in ;h.;; will lo. e their own souh as their presumptions imitation Mf the Creator. One method of keeping track clear of sand ne:'r the 4 to soak tlx; road-bed v ita In other tilaces it is inot'ie'l .;.ii; armor of clay, Puli-ades are ir. sometimes to stop drifiin.'. A:. t method employed is t hi- c ult'. ati 'B i hardy liliuits, such ns are unl ix'Si same purposu on the Daui-h m.-l. i-'i I. V.l: iT fbtii wliidl ;lr .i.-'i-.,!. fai : f'.rfiitlu i t'.i- vt.:i I.- r."-i: t M an .: Komanrc of u Famous Mint nil Witft. David Andreas Saxlchner, nwniTi'ltii Huiiyadi Jaiios, died recently niiiie his way to Carlsbad, lie was a maa c limited education, but practical id extreme. After failing in several utlr- takings, he established u "national d'i ing-houso" in Buda Pcsth, in !ii home-goods alone were sold. Louis K suth, tho Hungarian patriot, rcmi'i!tJt act us Saxlehner's clerk for several & in consequence of which the btwum creased enormously. While SuMf was sitting ono day in hisotliee, an entered and complained that hecouugs no fresh water on his farm. He Uored wells in a number of places, W succeeded in getting only a pifuiX: scented fluid, which he fcinil ta Saxlchner was interested. lie nh-l peasant to bring him a sample-li'ittle i tho water, had it analyzed, ami J"1 to imrcho.su tho estate. Ho Y- thousand gulden per ucro for the (i uud established u factory as sneii r sible. The water became popular at at and tho red label upon the hettlei inous trade-mark. Of late year, Sale reached four millions a:iii'i:i!iy. i .,,,.,),. sl,,vl..l...... . tl,... . HH'SVI k-lll.lllll4 I11UI1J II1IK a Aii Algerian Horror. A performance which is tpite o'A the common rut is that of the Ai'1 iu tho Algerian concert ut the I'" position. The Aissaouas nre nut 1A dancers, or athletes; they Ih Iomi; to tribe where religious juggling il"'fl grout honor. To please the Divina; cut tho leaves of the thorny c:M.-tu."-" their eyes project from their orbits. Plrfn their cheeks with long ueclU-s, h!" themselves bitten by vipers, t1 snakes or keep their equilibrium ' dagger, und ull this is accompli!1"1' out shedding blood and without rr eut Lain or iuiurv to themselves. A;,s roasting for a few minutes over a to" holdiug hot coals, they look intnt" and give to tho head a rotary which leaves them iu a sort of hypn state. Then, at tho sound of a F' lar sort of music, they perform hef""31 public all tho acts that I have ju merated. It is terrifying, eveu nf? nant, but all the sumo it is very und is ono of tho great attraction! p Exposition. Chicago Herald.