TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. W INNSBOR1O, S. C., J UJNE 3, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO
- KISSES OF SLEEP. p
Wat shall I sing for the darling who lies I
With the kisses of sleep on her innocent eyes; t
Who sees in her dreamland the wonderful ai
flowers
Whose shadowless beauty has vanilshod from p
oure
Ah, fair little maidon, my wisdom is vain
To choose the one path never hauntod by z
pain; .
Thy feet may be bruised, but in darkness or
light
The hand of the Shophord will lead thoo C,
aright.
he years of thy futuro ara safe In h4 It >ld
Whose smiles, like the sunshino, his children
onfold ;
Go hido in his bosom, if troublis assail,
Beouro in his keeping whose love cannot fail.
Under False Colors.
'i'hey were making a railroad from a cer
tain eliy to-no matter where. Suffice it f
that it was somewhere in that boundless
Out West," and it ran through a wild,
w
Indian-infested country, where fever and
ague, and raids from the savages were un
comfortably funiliar evils. Among the
snall army of employes was John Marshall,
a civil engineer, in charge of a section in
one of the wikest portions of the line. But
he was young, fresh from college, and
hard work and terrors had no dang:s for
hin. n
John Marshall sat one (lay in the rude log h
hut which constituted his "office." examin
Ing plans, making out requisitions, etc.,
who a shadow across his paper caused him
to look up. In the doorway stoo:l a boyish
fellow of apparently eighteen or twenty
with smooth face, fresh c miplexion, curly
hair, and somewllal efleminate in form and
figure. In response to Marshall's inquiring
look, he said: "I have called upon you, air,(
hoping to got work."
"Well, we are full just now in the see
lion,' was the discouraging reply. "What
can you do?"
"I--can write, keep ac-ounts, or do sonie
thing of that kind better than anything
that "
"I see. You haven't been used to very T
hard work, as your hands slow."
"No, sir; but if you will only try me,. I
am sure you will find me willing. I am
very anxious to got work." s
"But what sent you to this outlandish fc
place to find it I"
The young man colored, but made no all
reply. s
"Well," continued Marshall, "of course 1)
that's your own affair, not mine. I can't o
offer you anything in the way of work, be
cause you don't seem qualified for severe
manual labor. I want a clerk-an assistant -
--bad enough; but the company wouldn't
pay you if I should engage you."
"That doesn't matter," said the young i
applicant. "If you could only give me th
board and lodging for a few months I would
gladly stay." ro
"Very well. On those terms 1 engage sb
you. But what is your name?" yr
' Frank Burroughs, sir,."
So Frank was engaged to assist Jon
Marshall. and he soon proved himself a in
valuable aid, FAlucated, quick, and ready,
ho soon made hinself indispensable in vari
ous ways.
"Montoa passed, and that portion of the
railroad drew near completion. In the to
meantime Frank and John had become fast a
friends. They were inseparable compan- T]
ions, and a deeper than ordinary liking in
seemed to have sprung up between them.
"Frank,"said John Marehall one day, p1
"our section will be completed this week,
and then our employment here will be at
an end. What do you propose doing?'
"I don't know," and the youth hung his
head sorrowfully. r
"As for mte," continmed John, "I am go- to
ing home for a mouth's vacation; and I a
should be more thtan pleased to have you go a
with me. In fact I must insist upont it, for
-In spite of your almost girlisht .ways-I
should be last without your society."
Frank remained silent, 'eemingly oppress4-.
ed with a sorrow of some kind.
"You don't seem it good epirits to-day, ~
said Johna, rallyingly. tc
"No; I ant very sad indeed." i
"Will you tell me why ?''
"It would involve a long Atory, and ali
confession; onte that roqmires a sacrifice of t
self respect to make.,,"
"But we are friends."
"Yes, and I feel that you have a right to
know. So listen with all the patience you11
can. Away down in one of the lonely val
leys that dot our beautiful New York State,
situated near thte head-waters of the Mo
-hawk, there lived a few years ago a man
named Lamport, with a family consstinug
of wife and one child, a girl. Mr. Lam- hi
port had once been a prominent merchant of
New York; but meeting with heavy losses st
in his business through wild speculations,a
he had sold out, and with the remnant of
his fortune had settled in the valley I have
just mentioned. Hlero he resolved to begin he
the world anew. Possessed of a wife who in
sympathized with him in all his trials, he hi
never despaired as many might have done.
"But one child had blessed their union,
little Fanny, at this time about eleven a
years of age. In heor, all the parents' love b
was centered. Mr. Lamport htad been at
his new vocation about three years, and d
was in a fair way to retrieve the losses he
htad met with in his mercantile career.
"The little valley was but a few miles
in length, and but little more thtan a miie
in width, surrounded on all sides by high
mountains, thickly woodedh But few otherc
fimilies had thteir residences in thte valley,.I
The scaroity of neighbors, however, did not
cause Mrs. Lamport to have any vain long. i
m igs for the society in which site had been
reared. Her natutre was not of an ambi- ~
tious turn, While hter fanily possessed
health, and the wolf was kept from the
* door, site would never complain, but
would always be a loving and fItting help. it
mate to her husband, Mr. Lamport was ec
fully conscious of the treasure ho pos- ti
sessed in'his wife and they were happy in- si
deed. things went well for a time; and i
then oalardity came. Both Mr. and Mrs. si
Lamport suiddenly died, leaving Fanny '
alone, and alnost penniless. Paralyzed o
with grif thte poor girl knew not- what to C
do. The neighbors kindly came forward t:
to aslt her and a hundred dollars in her I
pocket, shE a't t.o a relate in New York c
-a widow lady samed Plessley.; She was U
tiot abhalidsed WoWnin she .wa* net par- t
ti wrlas certainly over a
3rfectly understoodl her fascinations. Mrs.
lessley possessed a most brilliant Intellect,
>ice several languages, had read every
ilng that was to be read, and could talk on
iy subject in the world, from the most
struc theological creed to the lightest
rouette of the Black Crook dance. She
as the most amusing woman It. New
ork. 11er conversations was like the
>rruscations of brilliant fireworks, so daz
ing that it was alost ill)ossi)le to ana
ze it; but those who had self-possession
ictugh to close their eyes against the flash
g light saw in her thoughtlessness and
trelessness for the feelings of others, and
thorough absence of heart in herself; she
as as brilliant as a rainbow, but as cold.
"Fanny was taken Into society, after
ily a few mobths. by Mrs. Plessley, who
ok every care to display whatever beauty
accomplishment her young relative pos
esed. Fanny soon nade her mind that
rs. Plessley was using her for a specuai
ve purpose, the desired end being a rich
isband. While the window was not par
enlarly anxious to exchange her freedom
,r the matriionlul yoke, she schemed to
tinl for herself fortune and position by
arrying Fanny advantogeously. The
aited-for man came at last. lie was
millionaire, and was infatmatcd with
anny, and was sixty years old. The girl
coiled from the proposed match with dis
ist; the venerable suitor pleaded. Mrs.
lessley commanded. Upon Fanny's re.
taal, the widow ordered her to leave the
)use, never to cuter again. With the re
'inder of the money she had orginally
ought with her, and which she had kept,
,cause she had found no need to spend it,
e went out into the world."
Here the speaker hesitated as if loth to
)011.
"Is the story flnished?" asked John.
"No."
"Well, go oi, then. I should, of course;
Le to know what became of Fanny."
"Not knowing where to go or what to
,; but with a vague idea of getting work
mewhere or somehow, she applied to
microus warehouses and ihops, but she
as in every instauce obliged to confess
norance of the work in question. In
mc places her good looks subjected her to
suilt, and she went to bed at night in a
cap lodging, thoroughly discouraged.
ie next day she went through about the
nie experience, with the same result.
"If I were only a man,," she said to her
If, 'I could get oi better; I would at least
free from insull, and I could seek my
rtne much more cImfort ably.'
"'This set her thinking, and by morning
e had resolved upon a novel masquerade. t
:ry early she set out, and a short walk P
ought her to a clothing warehouse She d
tered. and thus addressed the shopman: r
lave you ready-made suits for boys or
ing men?
" Yes," was the reply.
"Picase show me Bom 1"
"She selected a suit of clothes which she V
aught would answer the purpose, had t
Dm put in a bundle, and took them to her Y
)ni: together with a cap which she (
ught on the way. Half an hour afterward t
e looked in the mirror, and saw a smart l
a'ug fellow of eighteen-bat with her
Ir reaching to thme waist. A pair of scis- t
rs, skilfully used, soon brought the hair 8
to a proper condition, and then she scarce- a
knew herself. B
"With the next train she started for the
Cat, stopping at Buffalo where she ob- a
ied a situation in a warehouse to ill a 1
uporary vacancy; but that job lasted only b
ew weeks, and then she went to Chicago. v
iere sie looked for work in vain until her q
ney was almost exhausted, and she a
and that being a man did not insure com
ute success. tier slender and youthful
pearanee debarred her from work of a V
avy nature; and lighter sitaations, such t
bookkeepers, clerks., etc,, were scarce.
"At last, finding that starvation was her ,
ly prospect in Ihe city, Fanny resolved
try the country. Bly chance shle reald In
new'npaper of a railroad being in course
co.-struction, ad so she camne here,"
"Came here I',ejaculated John Marshall.
Ll'hen yell are--"
"I ami Fanny Lamport," was tile lusihi
g reply.C
JIohnu stiarted hack .in amazement. H~e ~
is naturally a bashful -fellow, uniaccus.
mned to female society; andl thme idea that
1had( been mloniths associating wvith a
ug iadiy unawares was startling. Then ~
wvondered that lie hiad not suspected the
sth before; that he had not more particu- ~
rly noticed his clerk's effeminacy, girl. ~
Li blushes, and piretty ways. And now 1
at ho thought of it, lie did not relish thme
ca of parting with that same pretty clerk.
A slience of seime length ensued at the ~
mnpletion of Iatmiy's story, broken finally t
rJohn Marshall, C
"I dlon't see," he said with some hestlta- ~
m, "that we need part just because you
sve changed your sex; but then, you see,
wouldn't be exactly proper for you to
iy here with me, now that I know you're
girl."
Fanny was silent. She was thinking of c
e bitterness of leaving the man she had i
arned to love. The months she had spout c
his society had b~eenI the happiest since0
mr parent's death.
"Do you wish to leave me?" asked John. r
"No, indeed," replied Fanny, quickly.
Please do not make me go away, No
>dy but you knows of myl sex."
"I see but ome way for you to do as you
sire."
"Name it."
"By marrying me."
It was settled with a hug amnd a kiss.
Jolln Marshall went hionme to spend his va
~tion, which resolved it self into a honey
oon. When his friends ask him where
found Is lovely wife, lie always replies
at there Is a funny story connectedi witih
as courtship; but Fanny blushes at this.
>int, and ho never tolls the story.
hinigen.
Wngen, " fair Bingen on the Rhine,"'
amortalized by Mrs. Norton's ballad, is
edited with a population of seven
ousand in1 thme guide books, but looks
naller. We confess to a fooling of disap.
aintmeont on looking at Ilngeni. A dirty
okumg railroad frontp the towa and do
roys all thle romance attached to the pllace.
heir are many fairer towns farther clown
a the Rhine, the rhapsodj of thle "Soldier
f the Legian'" who " Jay ylng in Algiers."
>the contrary notwithstanding. The
rand scenery of the Rhine just begins to
pen at this' pint; Ilelow Bingen, and
uti we reac ( oblent;, tho mhountains
>wer preciphitiusly on eitheir side and the
iins of old'eastles beonid raidienumerou~s.
~pposite Birnsn, .In thy9 middle 'ttheI
iY e A BlahopO of atto'a art0s"~o
97" 11ngood ttt op
Probably there have been madder wone
han this one was, but we have never seel
ne near as mad its she seemed to be. Sh<
vas going down a street, in Detroit, whoe
t was raining, and she had an umbrella
wo packages in yellow papers, and a shop
>ing-bag. Oi the street there was I
>ace where the sidewalk had been torn ul
o allow -builders to haul out clay for a cul
ar. The workmen had gone in somewher
nit of the rain, and nobody had thought t(
>ut (own any loose boards. The clay wai
resh and sticky, and about four inchei
leep. Sh1e hesitated, and looked back a
hough be thought it would be wise to g<
mack a block and go around the mutid, bill
Wually concluded to go through it. Put
ing her packages under her arns, aM
bolding the umtirella firmly, she steppN
0oth feet into the clay. That was eas]
inough, but when she undertook to reonv
>ne foot the rubber shoe came of. Sht
iegan to look mad then, ut she wias nol
talf as mad as she got to be in a couple ol
nillates. She tried to get her foot bacl.
nto the rubber as it stuck in the mud, and
ame near tipping over trying to bLlancei
in one foot, but by jabbing her umibrell.
nto tile mud she saved herself fron sittinq
lown sideways. Then she got both eli
et into the overshoes and tried to 8tep,
11e couldn't rescue those shoes to save heot
ife. Then she looked around to see if any.
aody was looking. She bent over am
ook hold of one of the rubbcrs with het
11111d and finally coaxed it to come alonj
vith her foot, but while she was doing hil
>ne of her packages fell out from unde
ter arm behind. Sie tried to turn arount
u pick it up, but her rubbers laid becom
astened in the yielding ciny, and they
vould not move. At this point, shte begau
o get mad. Her warn-colored hair 1111811
d fire, her eyes snapped, her face turned
he color of a red wheelbarrow, andi sh(
joked around for a man, to kill. It wat
lie most awful sight ever witnessed b3
iortal man. For tully three inuliites sl
tood there, aid then she took her foot oui
if those rubbers, picked up the muddy
hlings in her hards and waded ashore
Cer eiecate gaiters going into the clay eieA'
Ip to her shoe strings. When sile got oil
L> the plank walk on Van Buren sreel, sh
viped her feet off on the fence, and afte
:ooking around for the1 author of her fun
Dr a tow minlutes, she went away, looking
ack at every step as though the fate of the
erson who left that sidewalk open was
aaled. It is said that a woman nhas beeu
,en for two nights walking up and down
ie street, with a mountain niowitzr sirip
ed to her back, looking vainly for giamei
tat is out of season. Web, :the ad .
glit to be nad.
Mar'lo.e ciniscnce.
The wonderful change which has takeu
lace in navigation is shown by referenec
> the condition of our commerce thirty
ears ago. In 185 there were 318 shipE
ill sailing veaolQ) rogQtrpd at the Ju.
:m House of New York, belonging to that
ort. The largest wis the Hlenry Clay,
,207 tons. The average was about 5U
nis, and to Liese were added 90 barks,
rhich are three-masted vessels of smaller
ze. The largest of these was 4164 tons
ad the smallest 160 tons. This entire
cet has given place to stea) navigation,
ad, considering le' immense Increase in
ur commerce, it would seem hardly possl
le that it could be performed by sailing
essels. In 1810 the steamer British
,ueei visited New York and one of its pas
mgers, by way of bravado, told his friends
lat he would be home by a specifled time.
'lie period designated for the entire trip
,as 32 days, three of which were spent in
tat port. le astonllshed his friends by
ecomplishing this purpose, but it present
tC same thing could be done in one third
as9 timle. Thei 1best linerls then took hardly11
lore Ilhanl a dozen of irst-class passengers,
nd it, may be added that one of tile last
ien of distinction to cross the Atlantic ini
.118 manner was Washlington irvng. Whlen
ppoinlted to tile m1ission1 at Madrid he~ wasi
ivited by (Grinnell, Minturn & Co. to ac
opt a stateroom in 011e of their best yes
ls. H~e returnedl, however, in a steamer.
Lmong the most popular of thle thle above
ientloned packets was thle "'Dramatic
.ine," controlled by Edwvard K. Collins.
le hlad great histrionic taste, andl lhene
aimed hIs shIps tile Garrick, the Sllions5,
fie Shakespeare, and the Roscius. Colli
aresaw the suIpremlacy of steam, and this
ad hlim to create the "Collins Line,"whose
1l-fate has long been famlla.1 to the public.
,ooking back ' upon the above-mentioned
cot of barks and ships, numbering miore
tan 400, illis sad to thlink that all are out
f exIstence, hlaving been either wrecked al
ia or broken up for their material.
Ilund as Baits.
The subject of color blindness came u11
t a ferry-dock saloon, Deotrot,, thle othlel
lay, and an old ox-captain offered to teos
lie eyes of several sallogs present. lie got
if his stool, laId down Is pipe, anmd be
:an:
"Now, boys, whlat is tile color of my~
.0se?"
"White I" they replied In a chorus. I
ras s red as a beet, but they were after
rink.
"Correct," saId the cap~tain. - "ThI
onvinces me that your eyes are all right
s to the color of white. Whlat Is th<
air?'
"Gray."
"Correct agai, except the sandly spots
"Yogll all pas on white andl gray,
ha 111Is tihe color of thlat dog oult there ?"
"Black."
"So It Is. And the color of this5 chair I1
--what?"'
"Red."
"And of this?"
"Blue."
"And what Is my general appearance?
l'hat is, If you saw me1 forty rods off hov1
would you describe me?"
"As a perfect gentleman," was tile read
eply.
'They thought thley h~ad himi then. H
atarted for the bar, but halted ad finall
aat down and had no more, to say for a lonl)
en minutes. After they ha~d despaIred c
lettiing any beer at is expense arnd wa
bout to go out he suddenly saidi
"Ahi boys, one more question. If
real this crowd whlat w'ould be the colo
>f the liquid?"
"It would be the color of beer," the:
iopefully shouted.
"Blind as bate-Mworsoecase! er saw l
ie muimbled, is he tokhis hand fromn hi
foot, "It w6utId 1* ezu'tly the debit 4
enter.
How Peat la Foramt.
Vast regions of the globe, designated
in the geographies as solid lmd, are
covered b3 peat bogs. The table lands of
the South American Cordilleras, the im
mense plains of Siberia, about one-tenth
of Ireland, large proportions of the surface
of Scotland, Gemany, Norway, Jutland,
the gorges of the Swiss Alps, and large
tracts in this country are COYeed with the
morasses which have been formed by peaty
deposits. On many a low plain, on lofty
table lands, in valleys and depressions
iwhere water gathers and is held by the
clay subsoil tor the solid rock, the forma
tion of peat goes on. The surfaces of these
silent waters are covered wit h a thin green
filmn like it mere scum which, however, is
plant life, minute confervie, that decays
and silks, to be succeeded by another
growth. These depositions going on, age
after age, be!cone a Solid mass, and ulti
mately are transformed into peat. Varieties
of peat that to the unaided eye are but
smooth, oily muck, become under the ii
croscope, the remains of vegitation, min.
ute morasses that flourished and tied
through countless generations, and sank
below the water that sustained amid nour
ihted them while living. In time this
gradual accumulation becomes at palpable
mass. Particles of sand auni stones, the
roots of adjacent plants killed by the slug.
gish ivaers are held li the mass, which, a
rising year by year, at length affords a
foothold for water-fowi, and gradually
reaches the surfaUCe, making a soil for
aquatic plants. These In their turn con
tribute tothe accretion, so that the mass
consists of layers, more or less defined, of
the renai -E conferviu, coarser vegeta
tion, i , mid entire plants, ningled with
sitid atid minerad substances. Theme
changes are passive and unnoticed, but the
water continues to accumuhite, saturating
the entire mass, and at length becomes ag- t
gn s:ivc, breaking through the treacherous
surface and destroying tie vegetation that
has obtained a foothold over the slinie.
Sometime the imprisoned and generated
gases burst through, sending forth streams
of black liquid mud, which overwheln
and destroy all vegetable life within their
reach. These bogs are continually grow
ing. Quietly, gradually, but irresistibly, t
they spread, undermining forests ii som1e
cases and sinking them out of sight. What
are connonly known as salt narshes are
a
frequently ininiense beds of peat. The
accumulation is very gradual, but the rank
grains, rushes, and other aquatic vegeta- 1
tion which retain a precarious foothold die
and decay and adid year by year to the
mass. What was once a treacherous
imorass, becomes iin tinie apparently solid
land, and more advanced forms of vegeta- a
tion siicceed; perhaps a forest. But the t
marsh is still there, and below the root of
the trees is a spongy bed of peal. Even
beneath the shade of forests growing on
solid ground peat is in process of forma
tion. The folhige of the trees deposited B
annually and the surface vailtinn 1.111t.h.
au iln ranir lurnou id the impenotra
ble shade decay and add layer after layer
of soft, shimy substance, that in tinie be
comes concreted peat. 'ihinning or cut
ting ol the trees allows the water to eva
porate, and the peat becomes the compara
tively dry fibrous substance we use as
fuel.l
PerilueF]. n una
The owners of American petroleum de
posits w.l before long have to encounter a
considerable amount of opposition in view
of the discoveries of this valuable oil on the
Continent, and especially in Hanover and
Russia. The beds in the latter country are t
boundless, extending for a wide distance of V
1,500 miles, along the Caucus range, from tl
the Caspian to the Black Sea. At the si
present time, haowever, there are but two o
districts in tils large area where any sys t)
tenmatic efforts arc being made to obtain the c
petroleum. One Is in thme valley of the 1,
Kuban river (which flows into time Black f
Sea), where two wells have been sunk by si
a French conipany under the superinten- t]
dence of an Amiercican imanager; this com -
puny has a retinery at Tlaham. The otherp
and1( imost p~rodhuctive dlistrict Is near' Baku, Ih
on the Casplan Sea. M~any wells have y
been sunk here to the dlepth of 300 feet, a
having a daily yieild of 28,000 barrels of 1
crude petrolcemn. An extraiordlinary amount,
of sand flows out with the oil, and is heap- r
ed up near the orillce of thme wellsjp bauke o
at least thirty feet high. 1Large refineries t
exist at Baku, although the relined oil at
present produced is not as good as thme
American oIl.(
ilabylon.,
The traveler who is fortunate enough to
see Babylon in April cannot call it deso
hate. T1'he dale groves and( gardens along
the banks of thme Euphrates are then thinmgs
of beauty ini their fresh spring verdure, and
the plain itself is laid( down with crops.
Irnigating canals cross it here and there,
and give trouble to thme horsemen. No grass
grows upon the mounds, and there are
-lpatches of the level white with the nitre
which is to be found here as in other parts
of Mlesopolamnia; but time surface of the
soil is on the whole green and~ pleasant to
the eye. The glad waters of the river flow
in the bright morning sunshmne, with paln ~
and mulberry hanging over its banks,
drinkingin sap and life. Th'Ie great cIty,
which counted its population by millions
and filled the world with a renown not yet
forgotten, hiss dIsappeared under thme dutst
of 20 cenuies; but nature Is as fresh andl
jocund as when Babylon was still unbuilt.I
Uirds sing overhead In the pleasant, spring
altr; btutterliies flutter abott in search of
flowers, and balmy odors regale the sense.
Tihe C'locks of Pamrtu.
Paris Is getting the start of other capt
tals as regards public clocks, the munici
'pality having contracted with the Pnetu- I
i umatic Clock Company for the erection of a I
number of clot~ks inm thec.principal thorough- I
fares. Some of them have been set in I
motion. Euch clock consist. oi two opaque
a .glass dials, with a hollow spae between, I
y' in whmich a gas-barmner is hit at night, so a
g that the time can be soon by persons ap- 1
I preaching in either direction. The hands I
s are removedl at an Interval of a minute by I
means of pneumatie tubes, the air beIng
I putmpedl in by a six-horse power engmne,
r Obse.rvatory time is of course given, anti 4
the company offer to lay tubes to private I
y' houses. The principle is that of an Auts- I
trian Airm and it will have to compete I
'with the' ~eettio clocks at the htilway eta- I
a tionms. 6n. objection will perhaps le I
f takeil to it-- is. that it does It*t' indiest4 I
2 fraction of Iita ' . . 1
Marriage In Egypt.
When an Egyptian wants a wife b1
lot allowed to visit the harems of
riends to select one, for Mohammed
>le men to see the face of any wor
hey could marry--that is to sa8'. any
iides their mothers or sisters. A man
ierefore, obliged to employ a "1 khathic
)r matenmaker, to find one for him,
vhleic service, of course, she exp(
I backsheLsh"--that is payment.
Lhtathaenl, having found a girl, recomme
ker to the man as exceedingly beauti
m(d emniently suitable to hin. i,.' fat
s then Waited Ui)U to ascertain at .ov
ke requires, for all wives are I)Ui V sed
hey were in patriarchal dayt WI
lacob had no money to pay for Iachel
erved her father for seven years as
quivalet ; and when duped, was obli
o served a second ltime to secure his pri
Gen. xxix.) Fathers still refuse to g
younger daughter in marriage before,
hier shall have been married. 'J
cople of* Armenia, in Asiatic Turk(
orbid a younger son to marry before
Ider, and this is likewise the law of
lindoos.
The price of a wife varies from
billings to $1.500. The girl may not
aore than live or six years old, but, wi
ver her age. two;thirds of the dowry i I
ne paid to her father mn the presence
vitnesses. The father then or his rel:
entive, says: "I betrothe thee,
aughter," and the young man respon
'I accept of such betrothal.'" UnI
mong the lower classes, the father expel
he dower in the purchiase of dress ori
ients or furniture for the bride, wh
ever become the property of her husbai
;ven whent betrothcl, the intercourse
lie parties is very restricted. The An
vill not allow them to see each other, I
lie Jews are not quite so stringent. 'I
etrothals often continue' for years befi
lie man demands lhi wife. Thus, "1 Sa
am went idown and talked to the womai
r espouiSed her, and "after a time Ie
airned to take lier." Girls arie deianml
t the age of ten an( between that and s
,en years, but after sixteen few men v
ek them, and the dowry expected is tI
roportionably low.
Girls in Egypt are often mothers
iurteen and grantimothers at twenty-sa
nd in Persia they are said to be moth
t eleven, grandmothers at twenty-fo
nd past child-bearing at thirty. Whom
1an demands his betrothed a day Is fix
3r the nuptials, and for seven nights bef<
e iii expected to give a feast, whilch, ho
ver, is furnished by the guests themselv
'hus one sends coffee. another rice, anotl
ligar, etc. The principal time of tl
ontinued feast is the night before the cc
ammmation. The conduct Is intrusted
1e " friend of the bridegroom.' (John|
9.) About the middle of this lay t
ridre arives at the home and then returns
lie harem, where she sits with her nioth
isters, and female friends. At the thil
r fourtlh watch of the night--three or f(
an fcr amonot. the brWegroom, w
as not seen his fair one, goes to t
iosque to pray, accompanied by Imeshall
r torches and lanterns, with music. Up
is return lie Is introduced to his brit
rith whom, having given her attendant
resent to retire, lie is left alone, lie thi
rows o1 her veil and for the first tiu
3es her face. If satisfied, he informs t
romI1n outside, who Immediately expr<
:eir joy by screaming " ziggareet," wiil
i echoed by the women in the house, aI
ien by those In the neighborhood.
Saving the Crown.
After the Empress' flight frotn Frai
ie new government ordered that all t
almables of the imperial family, Includi
,e crown, the regalia and the sword
ate, should be deposited with the Ba
r France. But a rumor soon got abro
mat the Empfess' crown, together with t
ilebrated regent diamond, has been seer
r forwvarded to London to the care of
tothischilds. A little later the gossi >si
rmed that it had been sold by Dr. E~vai
ie American dentist, andi that the p~rocet
ad been alppliedl to the support of the El
ress at Chiselhiurst. The trute account
er light, and of the yaluables she to
rlth her, has recently been pubhlih.
ppears that when Prince Metternichi a
cared at the Timileries, and bade the E
ross hasten her dep~arture, she went i
ledly into her bedroom, putt oni a bros
materproof cloak, a round traveling h
Dok a green p~arasol, began to collect
reat haste all the mimnatures of the E
eror, of her son, of lher sister, thei Duc
sse d'Albe, andi of her niece, andl put the
ato a lapis lazuli box, which, however,
he haste ot her flight site was destined
iave behind. "Make haste, madame
cear cries; they are mountIng the shah
hey are coming!"' cried M. Nigra. Prhi
(Ietternmich went boldly into the bedro<
11(d took the Empress by the arm. Evi
no had, more or less, lost their preset
f inad. Th'le Empress left without taki
ny money wvith tier, althouigh there v
bout 40,000f. in the drawers, and Mars]
raillant, wvho hiad had a thought of t
nd bringing sonme rouleaux of gold w
im, had, with the greatest diificuity, al
ceded in entering thme palace by thte gate
lie Rue de itivoli, arrivedl too late to gi
hiem to the Empress. She was dirivenl
he hotel of Dr. Evans, who suppledl I
rith money. bhe was then puIt in i
ands of Sir Johnt Burgoyne, who convej
her across the Channel, and whien she
ciot on British shores she was almost pc
illess. in the subsequent arrangement
ier affairs, after the Commune, many
icr valuables, and among them the croi
ere restored to tier.
Thie nottomi Out.
N4ow we have a story of Mr. Neff,
iding near Alexandria, hiuntingdon coun
an., who recently, b~y attempting to (dr
vater, found hise well dry. On (descefei
o investigate, it was related that he 'v
astounded to dIscover that the b~ottomn 1
actually fallen out of the wel,and,ln shc
heo well p~roved to be tihe entrance to
ninense cave, st-retching miles and ml
a every dilretion., Stalagmites and at
actites of magnificent gorgeousness lx
>eaulty amid variety to the otherwise ton
Ike scene. Here andh there a flowl
tream of water rippled over stoiiy be
shihle thousands and thousands of bats ft
ered theIr clammy wings, surprised at I
mntrusion of man. Petrified sea-shells e
muadred varieties strewed the floors
rotruded from the strata. Among oil
hings, it is said, valuable deposit. of ti
allio os wore discovered, wt ob.with
he rest of the hmngenIous tatiy e h
nay prtotp and add m'uch tQthe ai
oeillealth ihe 7nf ,
Secrets of the Sea.
1 is
his Siioner or later the poles and Africa mu
or- yield up their little mysteries to the organ
zation and persistence of inodern explorF
tian, and then there will be one thing oni
i left to look for-a) spot of grouind larg
I enough to he inhabited on wldch humanlt
>r Ihs not its represientatives. The searc
cts mnay not be hopeless, but certainly up I
this date the most eccentric and indefatigi
ils tie globe-trotters have failed to find an
fucl ath place. The main, woman, or chilh
hier i, this country of free schools who knov
ry of even tihe existence of the Tristan D
as Cunha islands caln scarcely be found ;. y(
mii )st imaps show them. and inl som11e cyclh
le pedias they are recognizable in the few line
an about Tristan Da utinha rhere are thre
red islaids in tihe group, Which lies in thi
ze. Sout Atlantic ocean, about midway be
IVe t ween A frica and America, and nearly on
all line drawn from Buenos Ayers to Cap
'lie Town. It was on the largest of the grouli
containing about forty sqtuare miles, thu
the ship Mabel Clark, owned in this city
the and sailing from Liverpoolilto Hong Kong
was driven aishore by stress of weather tw
5 years next May daly; and111 nlow, Capt. East
be of her imijesty's shilp) Comuis, has just rt
at- ported his delivery of the presents sent b:
at President I layes to tine islanders who suc
of cored the crow. They are one hundred I1
numir, and ar chiefly descendatis of I
ny certam Corporal Glass, who was one of
14 garrison placed on the island by Englani
e when IBonaparte was imprisoned oil St
kda lehena, fifteen hundred miles away. Tih
it oliest inhabitant i19 Peter Green, a hln'
h lierty man, in his 72d year, and the young
iUt is his great-grand child, aged a fem
of months. There have only been four death
in thirteen years, nd nio death in infane:
ut was ever known among them. 'The per
hle feel cliimael.e is probably the explanation 01
>o these facm. The connunity cultivat
ill- Out twenty acres, potatoes being the chie
,, crop, land usually get ten or twelve bushel
fron one of seed. They have five hundre<
e i cale, live hundred sheep, and inty quanln
xtiy of fowls. The little state is both or
,ill derly and contented, and Peter Green i
en looked upon as the chief, although he (is
claits all pretentions to power. Doubt
less the fact that nearly a majority of thn
X, population are related to lim-he had six
teen childrun-accounts for the estimatioi
in which lie is held. Capt. East recom
a mended his son, Williain Green, for tit
ei Albert medal, or the life-saving medal o
ore the Royal lumni1ane society, and as hI
kv- greatly (istinguished himself on the occa
Sion of the Mabel Clark's wreck tine mattel
er is one for somebody's attention i thi
e country, also. Seie years ago the island
- era begged som1e cats from a ship, which,
to for some reason, stopped at Tristan Da
1 Cunha, but the perverse animals preferred
It ralhiits and chickens to exclusive mice and
to now they ruu wild all over the island
r while the mice are greater pests than over.
r( Ali the islanders wa, lnow is a clergyman.
Ar The chaplain of the Conus christened fiv<
in childred, who, doubtless, could have waite'
1 a Year or t wo loner for the ceremony, but
,, the case of expectant brides an brute
tn gromns is hard indeed. Contemplativi
e, persons without inordinate appetites foi
a letters and newspapers, may not find its
en picture unattractive, bit, the genius of thI
ne age is all for restless competition, and most
he penple will regard such a life as vegetatio
M rather than existence, and will not cease to
Ch wonder that human beings should, of thei:
id own free will choose to embnalre it.
No "Vag."
cc In the Buffalo Police Court, recently,
ie t here was a curious case involved in the oix
Jg ainination of an tdian named Nicholak
of Smith, from near Branford, Canada, am
'k a pretty looking young white matron witi
id two simall chiliren, from the samie vicinIty.
lie H1er name was Mirand PoL~ts, and1 she statet
at- that her husaand left her some two monti
lie ago.
if- Tihe lInan, wvho is remarkably inteill
1s, gent, and a good-looking chap, perhiapn
(d5 thirty-five years of age, with a Caucaslar
i-, formed head and face, and an excellen
of talker, accompanamiedl by the woman, arrive<
ak at a hotel on Exchange street, and thne tw<
1t registeredi as husband and wife.'
P- Thinking all was not right, the Iandlor<
ii- notified the polie, when they were arrest.
ir- edi.
in On beling asked what was his purpose hi
it, comiung here with this mnarriedi woman ami
in tier little children, the Indian promply re
hi- '"ro get married.''
11) "Ildn't you know that woul be big
in amy I-a states p~rison oflenise,"' his hono
to diemandled.
I"Bigamy don't frighten Indian,'' thi
s 11noble red mtan responded.
ce '"But suppose you fonid y'omnag)f in ti
ry "For as nice a woman as that," poinkipr
ce to thne piretty mantron with .the baby on lie
ng 11ap, as mildly unconcerned as if overythin
ras was perfectly serene, "I would take mna
ta chances for a dozen penitentiaries."
us "Why don't you marry a squaw ?"
n "When I've got a chance to own as pret
ic- ty a white wife as LthatI" again pointing ti
in the young matron, with a ecute smiile of ad
Ve muiration in lis black eyes, "Iundiani knov
to too nuch for thant."
or "D'ye know what I've a goodi mind to d<
lie to you?"
ed "Well, nol"
set "80end you to the Workhouse as a vagi
n- "I guess not," said Mr. hIndian,. with
of still outer smile, "I own,a good farm ou
of whore I live, with a good house on It, ant
l 've plenty of money in my pocket. Wher<
will your vag come in?"
Thhis was a stumper, so Mirand Pott
was called tup to see what she had to say
re. When asked li sihe did not know what
Ly, serious crine it was to marry a second timi
aw while her husband was living,'she looke<
ng as Innocent as a country girl sent out t<
ras milk the cows, "and sali:
ad "L~a me, 'Squtire, I didn't know as I
rt,. mattered. Jobn he's up and left mio an<
an lie never was much account anyhow.'
les "Then you could stoop to marry a nigge
al- Indian?"
tnt "I don't know nothing about nigg
ub. Indian, but lie's got a good place alreada
ng provided, and so far as I've seen ho's
is, good man, aind I'd a hosp rather have
it- smart Indian that wold give me a gQO
he plato to 1 is, .than A poor shpt# pg-a
fa count wlilo tw~n' that rius away.
nd "But didn't you Imnow if yom arq
ier him it would bo a St~tes prison oftes66 "
me- "Yes; 'Ia e It m be.
all thought! oI~ uts ol~ IIO
pe after,when~ eot ~
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
t The heart 18 a book which we ooght
- not to tear in a hurry to got at its eon
tents,
y We cannot conquer fate and neces
C slty; but we can yield to them In such
Y a manner as to be greate than if we
hl could. ; !.* ,ft , 1
0 Logic helps us to strip';offtlietoh't
I- ward disguises of thiigs, and to. be
Y hold and Judge of thein 91 (helj own
I, nature.
Wlien a Christian goes Into the world
a because he sees it in his call, y'6t while
lie feeih it also his cross, it will not
hurt him.
It is a strange desire to seek power,
and to lose liberty; or to seek power
0 over others, and to lose power over
oes11' self.
An act by. which we imake one friend
and one enemy is ailosing game, be
cause revenge Is a-much stronger pri'i
cplpAe than gratitude. i - )
.Ahat w bich eachican: do best none
but'his Maker can teach him. NonWan
yet knew what' It Is nor'c'an tell that a
person has exhibited it.
Fualth builds a bitdge across thp. gulf
of death, to break time shock blind Na
ture cannot shun, and lands thou'klt
smPothly oil the further shore.
Tie business of life Is to go forward;
lie who seeks evil in prospect meets it
on the way; but lie who catches it by
retrospection, turns back to find it.
Man's value Is in proportion to whit
he has courageously suffered, as the
value of the steel blade is In.proportion
to the tempering it has nndergone.
There are some mail who are busy in
idlencoss, and mank e the leisure of penen
not only more troublesome, but even
more wicked than the busIness of war.
Alen trust rather to their eyes than to
their ears; the effect of prncopts Is
therefore slow and tediotts, whilst that
of examuples is sitnmnary and efrectual.
It is enly by labor that thought can
be miade healthy' aid oily by thought
that labor 'cen be made hdpby, and the
two can not be separated with im phnity.
l'he Grand old book 'of. Godi Istill
stands; and this old earth, the more Its
leaves are turned over and pondgred,
the ifiore It will 8iistain and Ilustratu
the sacred word.
All useless misery is certain folly,
ami lie that feols evil before they come
amity be deservedly censured, yet surely
to dread the futire is more reasonably
than to lament the past.
It is a fault 'Agfist politend6A o
praise liII joderi ,el y in the, lpregnce of
these whid re sliging or playito you
upon an in strument, some other person
who has these san taIlent'.
Do not take it upon yourself to ad
imois~hi comparative strangers on re
ligious topics; the persons of their own
in opposition to yours, and your over
zeal may seem to them an impertinence.
There is no trait in the human char
ItRUVI au, pukadIail fur woni oa woo ao
fIrmness of purpose. It Is wonderful
to see what miracles a resolute and un
yielding spirit will achieve In a short
time.
Large minds, like large pictures are
seen best it a distance; this Is the rea
son, to say nothing of envious motives,
why we generally iidervalue our
contemporaries, and over-rate thq an
cientq.
Make up your mind what you int'Ad
to do. Sit. down and count the codt.
Do not undertake more than -yott.ln
perform. It is unwise to co pme 9e
work that you are not able tg inish n11
due season. ' . 4
Tihe clearness and purity lbfe oe's
mind is never better proved than Its
dsovering its own faults at first yiew:
as wben a stream shows the,.d rtat its
bottom, it shows also time tranisparency
oft the water. .
Tlhe fruit of righiteousnesR 1 wealth
and peae'rstrength andi honor ;"the
fruit of umrighmteousness is pover ~ad
anrhweaknmas au 1 *f not
fare tdunided. .: t' ama
A religion .thfat suapedsguwes day,4n
the week amnd opens, uipm i p
dnay, Is a sham. Tihis wIll!~ o .~ia
second time and 1hibit~ of. 'jffF6J
miore of this kind of *'businksA' Wn
appears at first glance..wy
A an~who makes hismoy
epneof hIs health and his 1pr
pays too much ; lhe who gets his mbfy
by lucky hilts pamys too little. Jr'ho
pays too much he cheats hlrneeltsvype
pays 10o little hi e lieats mankind.,,.
The darn ~q ~am umn siig 1nto~ the
leav'eh dnu fr lre thdm foi he ne~qs
sity of their fall; and tints ftxgenkit5y
>6rdowbgas 46&k18 eliuserrouim>, us, de
-tetchedbfrom'ogniteroneltyofi lfe by the
gebsie iressiure of recQglAAorrow.
The best thing-to gfte ydur uneniy is
forgive'idas; to yonsitouoent., tol~r
erance; to a frieuidy, youarahparb;s to
your child, a goa~d example; 'tos a.
t'athier, deference; to a m, es.
ditet that will make her proud ~f~~;
to yourelf, respect ; toall ragg~y
-We need to chmange our stand td.
Men must be honored ini proportio ito
their virtue, and considered rloh by
the measure of imtegrity. ife is so
much wasted that it loses the divine
idea, which is, .not. tire number 9f a
man's ideas, but~ the ,9haraer of,41s
lite.
10tlsour foly to betray tr duty
our wisheos; il t were thus amnd tus
with us we would servo God resd fly
and~ cheerfully. Thou foo,there i 'no
condition but grace can improve 'to'
of some duty or other ;,it is th .3 i
iness; and the blame of thifte o e ne
retmust net ye oh~rged (upon Provie
dence iWehe.1 &, woof : .J h
As'Iipla ee'h elmi i'd9'a0nt
of out-frieid.s, a h'alil it'tsmidtd!~
505s0s 'i15 ap'ir eeiallg vimm*uJ) Wi~.
fevsec oft ill-humor iii'ourse', it
ean have no healing or soothtdg- iual
itles for others. The ted k' .fit is
only evil. The presence o~'f spirIt
should never faij to remipd Usb$we
are on tihe wrong -rpadctteg sno
SThe stoutest- timber hi$Vfl
.ltegiantreeks, wheret~e~. I4I
Jopghar'd wntes m ~mt1 TU
are mioat ully4v1~mi