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Spooxit. * <
BT DAVID HVL JPtM,
As the moon went down one drintry night,
A blei^eyed monster liove in siahl
V>f a fine olJ mnndon In (he Snutn
Croaking lou<l with open ipnu'li?'
8| oons I"
With an eya asquint 1 with pockets wide] i
With steady look and steal ridnr stride I ,
With visage dark, whereon wa* wrote 1
The motto which honsatb wo qilole? I
"Ppooas I** <
fc " Whence oometh tliou T* ll?e good host said' '
H " Wh?t do yon seek?onr gold ? r bread J '
V| Or do ynu from the night air fly T" 1
*lhe strange heasl made, l ut one rrply?
*'8poone I"
' Oh rob u* notthe good wife cried,
jL " There lieirlooms are onr fam'Iy pride,
I Oh, lake whatever elae jou will P
' but the blue coat ilsuudrred Mill-*- + ,
1 "spoons: j
m " Then take my watch and chain and go,"
Th? old man aald in accents low ;
The watch was gobbled In a trice?
liut at 111 vai heard the a'mnga device? (
"Spoons!" I
''Foul fiend, woiddVt rob the old and weak j '
My eona are soldier* ;-them go'seek 1 i
A Ins, lliou art too base to fight, '
Tb-.u coward lliat dost Itowl at night "-t- '
" Spoon* I" 1
A guard of soldiers dreared in Idne,
Boon sacked the hon*eheld thro' iit:d thro' j
IT^tll at last?the prise spied With
one loud voicothe rohbeia cried?
* spoont r
Hie spoils secured, on plunder l<ent, <
These villains to the neighbor* went, j
In. every bouse defanceh as nigh, <
At'as heard the strange tinaod y cry? I
" Spoon*!" l
And when at last, at dawn of day, i
Tnc cock eyed monster knelt?to prayl I
Bed Butler's servant swears he Inard <
lliin matter that accursed word? <
" S p o o n-e f
A Haunted House in Erie- Pa
The Erie Di*patch of Saturday has '
5 the following!
We mentioned a day or two since
R the existence in our mid*t of a reritaRp
Me haunted house, or, at least, one
I which has gained that reputation;
[ | whether rightfully or not, we leave our
P S readers to jud^e. 'We came into pos
I J aes?ion of the information accidentally.
I As we are always on the lookout for
items, we plucked up sufficient courage
to make the acquaintance of the owner
of the bou*e, and questioned him aa to
I" \ the liuih of (he report. Although at
[ first ver^ reticent on the subject, he at
i 3 _)**( invited us to his house on ?
street, to see and hear for ourselves.?
There were two provisor# connected with
the invitation, uowever, one of which
wa?, that, whatever we might sav upon
the subject, we should keep his name
I and the locality of his dwelling iuvio
lsbiy secret?and the other, that we
[ should come alone. We begged hard i
for the privilege of a companion, but
he was immovable. "You need not
i come until 10 o'clock, or past," said the
M gentleman, 44 aa you would probably
;* hear nothing before thai time." x
On Wednesday evening, punctual to
the hour, ire rang at trie door, iuk! wax
inhered into the parldr, where a dim
9 fire wan horning in the prate. The gas
was turned on, and in another moment
j our host made bis appearance. * 1 was
half hoping you would aot come,' said
? lie, MI don't lttte the idea of making
the thing publie, and besides yourself,
there are aot a half a duzen people in
'W the city who have any suspicion of anything
of the kind.".
We eat for nearly an hour in eoover
^ ? sation, and at last began to despair of
V seeing anything q( an extraordinary
1 nature. Ah at once a. child's rocking
JPyg which stood within, a few (ret of
I us, oommenoed rocking?very gently
9 St first, and then .violently. We leaned
I forward to touch it, when it suJdenlr
. removed itself out-of our reach and
Jm stopped. At the same moment the gen
Rti?man touched our arm and. said
MB * i>opk ii> the glaos-" The mirror to
9| which he Qal.led etlention wse quite
large, end: stood, between two windows.
JM Turpjng. toward it we saw the suHhen
assut^md * singular appearance, pre*
cisely the same ae if oue were breath V
inS uIH>n it. " You can see it better
fm with leas light," said Mr. and be
Wf turned tip gas down, ht a fpn mppieute
Upindtati|>ct outline of a human
9 arm appeared. email, white and delicate,
mi
l_ REFL?
'
nf i * i
inrt-loptd it, ?hh a nort of entreating,
beckoning motion. This )**tad. perhup#,
two or three minutes, and then
slowlv diuamisarttf'.
-Toy oift see no more to niffht.M
mill Mr. '-The manifestations,
one may cull them so, always end
nrilff that. dome m' ghti they last for
no of three hours. They come end
to wilb> '?t any apparent rea*on. We
list beraimJ aware of something singuar
about tin* bonae, neatly ten months
igo. The noi. ae have been irreguliw?
oinetiine* inakt ""g themselves heard
ivery night and tin ' remaining quiet f?r
nun lh?. My wife i.- a woman uf nerve,
tnd we have boti bec> trie ed accustom d
to them, (bat liot."jli unplensan',
bey do not e*peciai> trouble u?. We
mil in no manner aco> 'tut for the phelomtm,
nor do we t* v. Sometime".
?y the sobnd of footstep', one won d
magine the rooiu filled. Often step*
jo up nnd down stair* wiilio t any vim.
>'? bodies accompanying them. Furliture
is changed fioiu one room to another.
No injury ha< ever been done, >
iowe\er, to any article. We think
bat by paying no slteuiioa to whatever
it ia, the trouble will sooner cease,
if you care to pursue your .invesligainns
fuiliter, \ou ip-e welcome at any
inie lo do so."
So ended the fust \i-it, and though
we were somewhat st at tied, we were
lot altogether convincid. We intend
o make HHollter ttial next week, and,
f possible, sift the thing thoroughly,
fielv, "there are more things in heaven
ind earth than are dreamed of in our
tbilosopliy."
Atmospheric Commotion.
Most people have heaid about the
l.rkness which on a certain occasiou
tervad d Egypt, but ?tt doubt if there
were any in this city w ho were ptepatcd
W a renewal of the phenomenon in
Jhicago, such as happened yes'.etday.
About 5 o'clock in the. afternoon llto
iky wan suddenly dntkened to such an
-stent that it was found necessniy to
igiil tlie gas all over the city. Kor a
iute it Beetned as though night had
"orgotten Itself and was preinalmely
ntelopinsj the earth in a more than
tstial tal'le mantle. Then, too, the
iarknejs had an unusual density shout
t, and brought with it a ch'llnesa that
was as startling as it was sudden ; and
hough it lasted but a few moments,
and then passed awaV its suddenly as
t came, most pet sons experienced a
Veling of awe and dread, as though the
:!oud were a pestilence that had sud*
lenty dropped down u|H>n the citi, and
with that activity which ntaiks the
l?east of ptey'ai he springs upon his
rictim, had, settled down over them,
making it Impossible to escape the hor
>jr.
Thtice in quick succession did the
nhenoroenon (for it can be called not ling
else) happen, and then the fisila
lion passed entirely away, leaving the
tain sliintni* l?*inlitlr ?1?a
? " # ",,v*
wondering and speculating upon the
;aase. The mo'l reasonable solution of
the mailer is. that the nir becoming (as
II sometime* doo) Maidenly ratified,-a
i?TM? storm-cloud settled close down lu
the enrlh, which mhii out the light of
day, and produced the unnatural darkness.
The peculiarity of the appearance
was that (he eloud which so rapidly
uatkened the sky seemed to joins from
no point of- the (ntrpw ttr particular,
but appeared suddenly to envelop the
entire face of nattrre in its cold, damp
shadow. 1: disappeared in the same
manner?none bring able to tell whiih
er it went awy more than whence it
rame. It was almost as sadden as the
extinguishment of a gas light within a
room ; and the accompanying sensation
of oold aad dampness which pervaded
the atmosphere, like the breath from a
tomb, lent horror to the scene and
caused many to tremble who are not
superstitious. The sensation was as
.i _i. - -.I-..- i
Illiru^ll n IIVIIICIMJUU3 11 Ml IBU'l III IUIHI
have pn*8bd very near us. The telegraph
wires worked with so much dif
ftculty thi^ wo were unable to obtain
aay sstUfajtory information elth refer
enee to the extent of country Involved
in this reinsikahle visitation
[('hieayo Republican.
Hoar to Rear HambThbouoii Sum
mkr.? After your haius have taken *id'.
bang them tip and smoke ihetn well,
tben take tlietn down and dip them in
to boiling water for a few seconds;
that will kill all the eggs of insects, if
there should be any on them ; then roll
thent in dry aihee while wet and bang
them np again; vmoke them more if
you ctioosn. Tide wiil do *Uo foe
shoulder* and sides; and those that do
their baoor. in this way will naver have
aay bugs or skippers oo their mast.
Cur* row Lica on Oattlb.?A cor
respondent of the Rural American recommend*
the following as a cure for
Kpe on oattle:; Takp twelve or move
good siaml Wish potatoes, pound them
fine, tben put them into two gallons
and a half of water, boil thoroughly,
then let U cool, and apply aa a wash to,
cows, caItcs, mares and oolts, and all
other creaturee that bare lioe.
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_ PKKKWVIM.K. .SOU"
semi's sfasti
1868.
Tlie celebration and commemoration of
the seventh jubilee of the Lutheran Clmruh.
oomm-ncrd at St. John'* Lutheran Church,
(Rev; Dr. Bachmati'*,) Arel.dily etiect, ye*
lerday afternoon.
For a?me time past the teacher* and
scholar* of the three Sunday r-'chools, numbering
between six and seven hundred
connected with the three Luther-in Churches
of the city, have been prepariug forthe
?r?at event.
These interesting occasion* are recognized
and observed throughout the civilized
world by all Christ i?ns, who are of the
great reformer'# persuasion. Every fifty
years from the time ot the It-formation ia
termed a jubilee, and ia regarded and celebrated
with peculiar interest by ail I-ttthrran
Churches. This fs theeecond jubilee
celebrated in thla city, und-r the auspice*
of the venerable and beloved Rev. Dr. John
Bacbraan.
It is exactly three hundred and fifty
yclrs since tin Reformation, and the ce le
hratinn of yesterday will be long remembered
by tbe happy participants and apeotator*.
Despite tbe threatening nppcar
ance of rain, between lour and five bnnrtred
bright eyed and joyous children nssetnld-d
jn the Cliurcli, under the .charge of their
respective teachers. The, body of tlie
Church was mostly tilled with the teachers
and children, the galleries being appropri
ted to the audience. Kev. W. 8. Bowman,
Pastor of tbe Wentwo'th street Lntbernn
Church, conducted the ex?rci?cs, tlio singing
being under the leadership of J no. I,.
Honour, Jr., E?q. Mr. A. J. lloffinnn, Su
perintendent of one of the Suuday Schools,
presided at the organ.
The exercises were opened with prayer
by tha Itev. Mr. Snyder, of Virginia. The
cliillren then sung very prettily the hymn,
1 want to be an angel," after which they
were addressed by the venerable Dr. Buch
uant us lowows:
Mr Dk\k Ciituntrx?I did not exf-eet lo
speak tliis afternoon until requested a few
moments ago, liut wlin can withhold an ex
ptvseion of pleasure ?ud of gratitude lo a
sight like tl.lrf
It has been customary with all of us on certain
occasions to carry wreaths of flowers to
lay the to on tha graves of the dear departed.
It is customary with you frotu time to time,
not only to go to your own grave yards hut to
go to Magnolia to evidence your love and affection
and gratitude to those who are huried
there. And We coma to^tlber this afternoon
to ^fidence our gratitude to the aged, heroic
godty man who laid the fotandatton of those
courses of lustructlon not only for the Sunday
school hut all those instructions wherehy man
Is tanght to reverence his God and 8aviour(
but lo be prepared for the eternal world.
You have just'sung, " t wittit to be an angel."
Look lug around I know vour sentiments,
and I rejoice that those little ones who
wish to be an angel are gralefal to those who
have taught them how to lire on enrth, In order
that they might be angels in Meaven>
IVhat wa? the state of the Church, what
was the state of morals, and what was the
state of religion before the reformation of the
Church in Germany? I have not time to go
hack to thoac dark periiMlr, hat the world was
living ia darkness. There were no Sunday
School* j there were no means of Christian instruction,
in a word, there was no Ukblo, for it
was wiAbeld from the congregation. But the
Fathers of the Reformation have taught us
that inan is an intellectual being, and that he
i must be tangnt and instructed and prepared
r <nr all his duties, and fitted not only for usefulness
on earth, hut to become an angel in
lleaven. It has oft^n been said that Robert
I.aikes was the author of Sunday Schools.?
He was a great and a good man, but ub, lto?
herl Halites wit* fur behind that great school
of instruction wbieh had been instituted age;
before him. Lather's Catechism existed before
Robert Raikes' time, and it has been pre erred
from tbat day to this.
I hare often witnessed in Germany the attentions
that li?ve been bestowed upon those
instructions similar to these in which we are
now engaged. If was not alono upon the Sibbatb
the eternal word was (aught, line upon
| line, precept upon precept, hut in erery school
| from the humblest primary institution to tbo
highest university, religion was taught to all,
! to tbo young and the old, to the ignorant and
j the learned, and why should we uot, wa who
I >>V IM ??IW HKV(? VI VUI IJ ll*? WXt ?r?W|IIJ{ u??wera
on tho grave* of our benefaetova, at a lime
like this, remember the benefactor* of the
Cburoh?the benefactor* of tho world, Luther
and Melancthou and the Reformer*, the great
end good, men who enabled u* to -become Instructor*
of the young t l? lay aaido mH the
memory of the dark age* and to teach our
children their duty td their Saviour and th;ir
Uod.
I beljeve I have (aid enough. But here are
the** young children who heue exproaaed e
wiek to become angel*. You will beecme angala
if you perform yom detiee to oae another
and to (lad. You will become angel*, and
Uod will receive you into hi* r*?t.
[Ckarlftum Courier.
A a<>g waa rent by kin mother to
sgw eouae elov# wood out oil obi railroad
tiee. Going out of doore ehortiy
after, he found the youtb aiding on
the *Aw-hor*e, with head down. The
mother aaked her hopeful eon why be
wjte oeet down a*oi why he didnT keep
at hi* work. Tho boy replied thus i
M My deer pother, I find it herd, very
Laid, to eeter old tiee." , ?
$ I ?III III
)PULAR
VII CAROLINA. JUNE 17. I
"The Fffty-flrst Psalm.
Since llie publicntion of Omv's Eie?
gv, the fifiv Hist Psalm ?.f David liHf> j
been translated into all the languages f
of the civilized wot(d. New versions of n
it, in the English, French and German \
tongue*. Imve been multiplied beyond |,
>*ll former precedent. l*n soon as (lie }|
language of n Pagan tribe hna been re j
dnced to writing, it haa been made the ,
vehicle for earning this lValtn to the t,
Pagan. When the " Elegv " fa trttns- |
laled, it parts.with many of its original
beauties; but this I'-altn retains its
glow and power wlien it is transferred t
to even the rudest language of rudest j
mill. It is the favoiite Psalm of slaves ?
and freednien, the poor and the rich.
the ignorant and the learned. Some *
of the most beautiful passages in mod*, p
ern literature have been suggested by p
it { some of ilie choicest hymns in our p
devutional poetry are founded on it.? c
Its words have been repealed by men v
as they were dying on the battle field, |
iu pii-uns, on the scaffold," ai d al-o by
the kings of the earth as they Were v
breathing*out their life in their palaces, H
and by the ministers of religion as they v
were bidding farewell to their churches. v
It was the sacred poem of the .lews ; it ,,
has been the still Miore sacred poem of f(
Christian*. "It promises to be more ^
and more the fresh utterance of good ;
men in all tribes and ail times.- ?
In what manner, now, bad David <!
been* educated for composing?and lie c
had no leisure for spending eight years ?
in composing?the Psalm which was to I
touch the sensibilities of the race f We i
first hear of him as pursuing the occu.
pation ordinarily assigned ' females, 1
or to slaves, or to the despised of the t
family." lie is represented to us ns li
cairying in his hand a switch or wand, >1
and as carrying around his neck a I
sciipt or wallet. Wo read of him as fn *
a conflict with the lion and the bear, a
as fighting with the giant, m a busy |i
wariior, a fugitive and outlaw, a stales- ii
man, a king, lie lived in a dark and ii
barbarous age, not only without (he <1
Hid of universities and libraries, but i
without the stimulus of litetary com> t
panions or a refind public sentiment, t
Still the poem which be indicted will *
lire, when the poem wiitten by a ma* I
ter of thu sciences and of the arts will 11
have been forgotten, and the l'salm f
will speHk to the heart of millions v
while the beautiful Elegy will be *p6*k /
ing to a relect few, and lite l'aitlm will f
be the mote highly prized as the senti* .
ment of man become* tbe mute choice
and pure.
On what theory ahall we explain this f
difference last seen "the ancient and f
modern poems i Various theories have fc
been invented, but that one which most '
easily explains the dis|Uiriiy, is that the J
modern poet wrote under the impulse a
of his own genius, and under the influx v
enees of hi* multifarious learning; but 0
the ancient poet was elevated alu Ve hi? v
own ingenuity by communion with the \
divine mind, and bis powers weie ?pir> (,
dualized by tbe inspiration of God, /
more than they could have been by tbe
largest human erudition. Ii
L Professor Park. r,
A Skvkuk Punisiimknt?A gentle "
man had a talk with a wicked man.? M
"You do not look a* if you had pro*- "
percd l?y your wickedness," said (lie 11
gentlemen.
"1 has'nt prospered at it." ciied the
man fee inglv. ** It is business lltnl j
don't pay. If I had given half the time |
and -energy to some honest calling
which 1 have spent in Irving to get a
living without work. I might now he n (
man of properly and character, instead j
of the homeless wretch I am." He ,
then told his history, and ended by
saving: "1 have been twice in the (
state prison, and I have made acrjoain- .
tnnce with all sorts of miseries in my
life; but I tr.ll you. my worst punish ,
mrnt is in briny what / am."
Is not this an awful and solemn ?
thought! The robbei robs himself.? j,
The wrong he has done to one man or ?
to a hundred men, is trifling and short |
lived, compared with the wrong which
he has done to himself; this is tjyep and
everlasting.? Child's Paptr.
,
Tntc theory that 44 Idood will tell,'' j
has lately found a refutation in the old ?
world, that of a plebeian proving just /
as thick as that of a count, and uirr .
versa. A poor woman to Prussia bns
lately confessed, on her death-bed, to
having committed n fault thirty years
ago hy substituting her own son for tho?>
son of a countess who hud been sent to
her to be nursed. The false count has
grown up, married a rich lady, end is
living on the estate, while the true count
was brought up in poverty and ignor
a nee. went out tO' service, married, a
plebeian, and baa given no sign of no?
ble de*oeat.
A curtain deacon being accustomed
to snore while ne slept in churchv re*
ceived the following polite note:: %
** Deaeoa Smith is requested not to
coram#nee snoring tomorrow until the
sermon is begun, as some persons in
the neighborhood of bis yew would
like to bear the teat."
4
ETENTS
i M *1+ V-* *' - *
1808.
"Rock of Age*, Cleft for Me."
In the pleasant county of Devon, find
n one of it* sequestruted passes, with a
ew celt age* sprinkled over it, mtiaed
ml rang Augustus Toplftdv. When a
ml of sixteen. find on n visit lolietiind,
ie I ml strolled into a linrn, where an
liberate layman wa* preaching?hut
notching reconciliation to God through
he dentil of his Sou. The homely ser
nun took ellect. ami from that moment
he gospel wielded a[l the power# of
lis brilliant and active mind.
Toplndv became very learned, and At
l.irtv- eight lie* flk'd, more widely i?ad
ri father.* and reformers than moat dig
italics can boa?t w-lmn their beads are
onry. lliscbiif woik* are controver
ia!, and. in acme respects, fieir the imre-s
of hia over aident apitit. In the
nilpii'it milder agency, nothing flowed
nit balm. In liia tones theie was a
otnninnding solemn!1 v, and in hia
*ord? there w as anrh pimp'.iciiy, that to
?ear wna to under* tainl.
Bii'.li at Hiond lleml'tiry and afterraids
in London, the happieat results
iltended hia ministry. kliinv sinners
iere converted ; and the doctrines
iliich God blessed to tbe acconipli.dilent
of the-e results, may be learned
mm the byiiina which Toplady has be
|iieathed to the Ghurcli?" Rock of
igca. cleft f<?r nie"A debtor to
i.vrcy alone;" " When languor an?l
liseaRe invade;" and " DeatlJess piinipie
arise ?hymns in which it would
eem as if the finished work were em
mimed, and the living hope exulting
n eveiy line.
During his last Illness, Augustus
Toplady seenud to lie in the very ves
ibule of glory. To a fiiend's inquiry
ie answered, with spinkling eye, 4* Oh !
i?y dear air, I carinoi tell the c.-mforta
f-el in my void?tlu-y Are pist ex predion.
Tliu consolations of God are so
butidaiil that he leaves me nothing to
iray i.?r. 1*1 y prayers Hie all converted
iilo prai.-e. S enjoy a heaven already
n my soul." And within an hour of
lying he called his friends, and a-krd
I they could give him up; and when
hey said they ?mid, tears of joy ran
[own hi* cheeks as lie added, '"O
that a Messing (hat you are made ail
i"g to g(*e me over into (lie hands of
ny dear Redeenur, ami part with me;
or no mortal can live after the glories
illicit (h>d ha* manifested 10 mv soul !"
tnd thus died tlie writer of the beautiliI
hymn, Hock of Age*, clefi for me."
[Dctedrap.
Dk.vtii or Kit Cauaos.? A let'er
roin Fort Lyon, Colorado, announces
he death of Christopher Carbon, hctiei
mown thronghont the United Slaves as
Kit Carson." lie died on the 23d of
Uy. from the effect of the rupture of
in artery In the neck. The deceased
ins horn in Madison county Kentucky,
n the 24 h of December, 1800. and
?as consequently, iu his fifty ninth year.
N lieu quite a clilld his parents eniigra
id to Missouri, where he was reaied.
Lher attaining his fifteenth year, he
m?? apprenticed lo a saddler, hut dis*
king the trade, and being of wild,
oving disposition, he left hi* master
wo year* aftei, and stalled on a hunttig
expedition. For eight years he pur
tied llie arduous and Oanireroits c tear
f a trapper, when lie was appointed
unter to Hem's Fort, in which capaci*
y he coniiniip'l for eight years longer,
leturning to Miwouii at the end of this
line, for the purpose of seeing his fatniv,
he tnet (ten Fremont, and prompty
accepted an offer to join Ids explorng
expedition. Ilia reputation as a
nountain trapper and guide had, hv
his time, become extended, his name
icing connected with many daring
eat*. In 1847, lie-was a lieutenant in
he United States armr, and attached
0 the ritls corps, and duiing '.he rebeltoo
be was promoted from rank to rank
intil be reached (bat of brevet brigalier
geuurnl. As an Indian fighter, lie
ras, perhaps, uncqualed. A splendid
hot?he is said never to have failed to
;ill redskin that lie tired at, and the
lumber that fell beneath bis aitu must
lave been numerous.
A rikautipi'l Iuka.? Iii the mournhmia
of Tyrol it ia the custom of the
vomen and children to come out when
1 is bed liuie and sing their national
ongs until they hear their husbands,
fibers, and brothers ansvrer them front
he hills on their return home. On the
i fk. a .1. t aha .-...u a
i*viv<* v? iiiv iiuimuu n?vu n VU9VUIII
irevaila. There ih? wive* of die fidiernen
some down about ?uii?el and aing
i melody. Alter singing die first stanDta,
they listen awhile for an answering
nelodv from otf die water, and coiithi*
i? to I'alen and sing until the well
mown voice cornea borne on die waters,
ailing that the loted one is almost
lome. LTow sweet to the weary fi?h
irtnati, aa the shadow* gather round
lim, moat be the songs of the loved
met at home that sing to cheer him,
iad how they must atrengthen and
igltten the links that bn?d together
hose dwellers bf the sea. Truly it is
unong the lowly in this life that we i
laid Moure (1 the moat bfautiful"cusonis
io piacttce.
Evk's first dress?a bar* skin.
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' Abyssinian Blare Beauties
Sir Bamuel Baler, in liin history of
the tributaries of the Nile in Abyssinia,
gives the following sketch of sn Aby*stilish
female slave mnrt ;
' On my teturn to camp T visile,) the
establishment* of the vniloos sis re merchants.
These were arranged tinder
Urge tents f .rmed of matting, end contained
many ynting girls of extreme
benu'y. ranging from 0 to It years of
age. There lovely captive* are of rich
brown lint, with delicately formed features
ami eyes like those of the gaselle,
and were natives of the Galln. on the
bordtrs of Abyssinia, from which country
they were brought by the Abyssinian
traders, to he sold for the Turkish
harems. Although beautiful, these
girl* are n-eless for hard labor ; thee
quicklv fade away and die unless kind*
Iv treated. They are the Vciiuse* of
that country, nnd not only are their
fices and figures perfection, but they
heconia ?XNemely nttnehed to those who
*how theiti kindness, and ibey make
good and faithful wives, ^ .
'"There is something peculiar Iv cap*
tivaiiug in ihe natural grace and softness
of the*e young beauties, whore
hearts quickly respond to those warmer
feeling* of love that ate seldom known
among the sterner and coarser tribes.
Their forms are peculiarly elegant and
graceful, the hands and feel are exqut*
itely delicate, the nose is generally
slightly nqyiline, the nostiils large nnd
Hnely shaped ; the hair is black and
glossy, reaching to nbcut the middle of
the-back, but rather coarse in texture.
These gills, although natives of Galla,
invariably call themselves Abvssinians,
and are generally known under that denomination.
They are exceedingly
proud and high spirited, and are return
kubly quick at learning At Kn*t
loom, several of the Europeans of higb
standing have married'lhe-e charming
ladies, who have invariably rewarded
their hu?bands by great affection and
devotion. The price of one of theee
heauMei of nature nt Gallabal washout i
120 to *40."
As Akcikkt LtoKNu.?A writer in
a recent number of the l'all Mall Ga- .
zelte reviews n Mahometan version of
Hible hi-loty, written in the latter part
of the ninth century, in whichjie tiuja
I It in paragraph :
"Balqiti* (Queen ofSbeba) was beautiful,
and fiee from defect with the exception
of some goat's hair which grew
upon her legs. The divs told Solomon
that lialqui* had very hairy legs, and
he consequently vanled to see them
and a'certain the fact, lie directed (lie
tlivs to build liiu) a mansion, and in
front thereof on lay down a pavement
of crystal one hundred cuhits square.
On this pavement he ordered them to ?
pour water, so that it might all appear
to he water, lie then had his throne
placed theie, and took his seat upon it,
In order to approach Solomon the pavement
must bo crossed, and lialquu like
all women when they go into the water,
hitched up her petticoats and showed
her leg;*. Solomon saw them with
surpn-e, hi.d l.is doubts were removed.
This is \ |.y it is usual even in the present
day for a man to look at the legs
of the woman he is about to marry."
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A Dkvil-Fisii.? A letter from Alaska,
published in the San Franchco Bui*
letin, rays the " devil fish " is an inhahiiant
of the waters of our new territory
Not long since one of them fasten-ed
to the h?ct which a sailor on the
Jamestown had thrown over for halibut,
and being detached hom the bottom,
was hauled on board without difficulty. ,
The correspondent says J "As the repulsive
glutinous mass sprawled its eight
cold, slimy, flabby, lning thongs (extending
fullv four feet) about the deck,
to which it would attach so firmlv that
rhe utmost strength of a powerful man
was required to rend the hold of one of
litem, we rccogn'zed the correct and
nnexaggernted description of Victor
Hugo. If anything were needed to
intensify its intrinsic loathsomeness, it
was added when some Indians begged
it, and taking it in their canoe ashote,
ate it."
A soman Dr woe ratio Victory.?The telegraph
brings III? gratifying intelligence that
Oregon bus boon curried by lb? Democrats by
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? mnjiriuy, 1 HO I1WW mPniTHJr of
Congress, and th? Slato is only entitled to
one, is a Democrat, mid the Legislature now
stands with n Democratic instead of n ftcpublican
majority in both hmtses. This Legisla,
turo wilt shortly bo ealiad upon to elect a
Senator to succeed Williams. The result ia
of course obvious.
So has the first pun been fired against Grant
and his Radical associates. Take courage,
I Conservatives, Democrats or Oppositionists,
by whatever nuiuu ya are pleased to signify
your abhorrence of the Dustructionists.
I Ch urlnton Courier.
Tiijcbk is great alarm along tbe Canadian
frontier. Volunteers along tbe front are under
nrms. A battery of royal artillery baa
j been ordered to the front. Barracks for SO,Otm
havo been erected at St. John*. Two sow(
panics of City Guards have gono there. Maujr
of the volunteers are Fenians.
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John ?avl write* to iho Springfield
Republican : ? ] had a cold in mv lumbar
region, probably owing io having
i had iuy head shingled."