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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION~ WN __anib._2Ie9 IbE ~1
LEDTO.WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE 26, 1880. VOL. IV.-N.7 L
THE OLD HOME.
.1 h1ave gone-I cannot always go, you know
e BO'tis so
Homn.across the dltant ridges of the years,
. With my teara ;
And the old house, standing'still on the old
iground
Thor I found.
In the parlor,- in my fancy, I could traoo
Father's face ;
And 'afmothdr, with her old acoustomed air,
Bitting there;
While besido them, brothers, sistors, true and
good,
Silent Vtood.
Through the stillness swarms the sun of sum
mer b:rd,
And there stirred
On the wall the leaf-fleoked sunshine ; and its
glo*
Faded slow;
But from all the loving lips I watched around
N.t a sound.
Then I went up stairs, slow entering 'mid
their glooms.
All the rooms;
And I trod with softening step a!ong the floor;
Opened eoors;
But I never heard a voice or met a soul
In the whole.
Of the broath that stirred the draperies to and
fro
Long ago;
Of the eyes that through the casement used to
peep
Out of sleep;
Of the foot in these chambera uaed to run
Now are none.
Of the suushino pouring downward from the
sky,
Blue and high
Of the loafago and tho ancient gardon plot,
l3rown and hot;
Of the sroamlet and the shingle, and the
tide
Thoso ab-do.
But beyond its azures vaulting overhead
Are my dead ;
Though their gr.ves were dug apart in many
lands.
Joining hands,
They have gathered and are waiting till I
Com6.
This is home.
The Phantom Rider.
It was on a cold, blustering, December
night, that my Uncle Jolly Longshore and
I were seated before a blazing wood fire,
in the best room of his most comfortable
farn-iouse, in the valley of the Wissahic
kon. The snow witliout was falling fast,
and anon drifted in masses against the
window panes, while the wind sighed and
noaned through the trees, and the old oaks
shorn of their foliage, bent their gnarled
limbs, and creaked and groaned belore the
power of the wintry blast.
"It Is on just such a night as this," my
uncle began, "that the Phantom Horseman
rides."
"The Phantom Horseman?" rejoined
1, my curiosity becoming excited, for I
knew that my uncle, who was gifted in
ghostly lore, could give me some wild tale
or legendary story.
"Yes," lie replied, "and if you would
like to hear the legend, I shall be pleased
to give you an account of it."
"It would afford me much pleasure."
Aly Uncle Jolly put Ils pipe on the ta
ble, drew his chair closer to the fire, but
toned his coat over his fine form, cougliLd
slightly once or twice, as though to collect
his thoughts, and began:
"You may remember, that shortly after
the Battle of Germantown, a portion of the
American army retreated into the adjoin
ing county of Montgomery, and encamped
near the site of the farm of 'The Cedars.'
On the march they had taken one prisoner,
whom, overcome by fatigue an(l the loss of
blood (for he had been wounded In the
notion), they found in an insensible condi
tioni along the toadeide. lie was treated
with great attention during the march, and
when the troops hialted1, lhe was coniveyedl to
'Dryburn,' .vhose noble and patriotic
Inmates were widely known, as well for
their horpitahity as for their devotion to
the cause of American liberty.
'Treated with great kindness, and re
ceiving the particular care of Miss Alice
Wayland, the lovely dlaughter of his host,
need I say that in a short, time lie recovered
entirely from fie wound(s. But, perhaps,
you would like for ime to give you a more
exteinded dleseription of Miss Alice, as she
Is destinedi to be a prominent character In
my story."
"I suppose she wvas an-'' began I.
"An angel," he replied, with enithusi
asm. "Ay, an angel; fair as a lily; her
beautiful, light brown hair culed in soft
ringlets aroundl her cherub face, while be
neath her penciled browvs lurked eyes of
oxqusite beauty-eyes of the dleepest and(
loveliest liue- eyes that beamed upon you
with a holy, pure radlIance, which I never
saw surpassedh."
'"My dlear uncle," said I, "one would
have supposedl you'hoved her yourself."
''No, no," lie replied, '"but the dies
cription 1 have given Is of one whom I
once knew andi loved- ol so wvell. God
bless hern Tlhourgh no matter now--it is
over, it is over."
A large tear gathered in the old man's
eye, and trickled slowly down his furrowed
check; he wiped aside tis symptom of
weakness, but it was some moments before
lie began again.
'"Marston Trevore was a Hessian of no
ble birth, whlo had .enlisted in the Bitish
army a short time before, from a mistaken
Idea of the cause lie was about to war
against. Ills first engagement, you have
scen, was disastrous to imm, and now,
having recovered from its effects, he re
solved to enter the ranks of the American
army, in common with many others of hris
countrymen; and after this resolutiorn, lie
entered thre camp), explaining hris situation
and feelings, andi was rewarded by reely.
lng a commission of lieuteifancy.
"At the request of Major Wayhand, the
proprietor of 'D)ryburun,' lie coinsentedl to
take up his quarters with' 'hrim, while thre
party encamped in the neighborhood. It
Was not ldng before the artless simplicity
-and lovely manners of his host's daughter
were evidently making a great limpr'essioni
upon hris heart. Th'le charms of Alice
Wayhand could not fall to create feelings of
admiiration and love in a heart much less
/susceptible to fomale attrarctiorrs than that
of Marston Trevore. But lie soon found
that, In his case, love's course was not
d.estinedl to run smooth, as a rival was
ushered upon the scene, in the shape c
one whose only reputation consisted ii
being a professed duelist, and possessin
great wealth, suing for the hand of the fai
Alice, who was entreated, almost . coin
mauded, by her parents to accept his pro
posals, and who represented to her the
Trevore was a stranger, of whom she knev
nothing; whereas her present lover stoo
lkigh in the ranks of the American army
and who had never made any serious over
tures for her hand-he was accepted, bu
with she assurance'that her heart neve
could be his. The parents appointcd ai
early day for the marriage, as, in thoa
stormy times, It was linpossile to knov
when a regiment might be ordered to soni
distant post.
"The tidings of the betrothal fell like
death-blow upon the hopes of Marsto
Trevore. He left Dryburn with scarcely
moment's notice; and repairlng instantly t
caip. entered the tent of Colonel Boyd
ton, lils commander and successful rival
and deslred a commission for his regi
ment, as it was his wish to join the mai
aimy.
"'What is your hurry,' Trevore ' sa1
the Colonel, in a sneering tone, for lie wa
aware that he was addressing a disal
pointed suitor; you probably know that
am to be married in a few (lays, and I cN
pect, of course, to see ny gallant lieutennit
at the wedding."
"This was too much for human forbear
ance. Trevore seized a wine glass frov
the table, and hurled it full in the face o
his commander, who, bending his hea
in time to avoid the blow, drew his sword
and rushed upon Trevorc, who stood pre
pared to meet him. The clash of the
weapons, as they came together, wr
heard without; and several soldierk
entered the tent, disarmned the combatants
When he recovered his breath, Boydto
shouted:
"Trevore, you shall suffer for this! Gc
I will comnuunicate with you in a shor
time."
"Trevorc retired to his own tent, an(
it was not long before he received a note
signed by Colonel Boydton, requceting
secret meeting on that day week, 'mni
wed(T.ig day,' ne he said. The weapon
were to be pistols. I need not say an
more than that the challenge was accepi
ed.
"The days rolled on. The appointe
time, 5 o'clock in the noraing, found th
adversaries at the place of meeting..
was a calm lovely swinier's norning,- seenm
iady little fitted for deeds of blood. Bu
little time was spent in measuring the d
tance; and, in a few ino.ents, the rivi
stood face to face.
"'M1ake your peace with God, Trevorc,
said Boydton; for you will not live beyon
another hour. Look aboVe. "
A crow was flying along, high ove
head; Boydton raised his pistol, and fired
the bird fell directly between them.
"See you that!" said lie; "now, can yo
doubt the correctnese of my aim ?"
'The dying bird lapped its wing agains
the foot of Trevore, as I o replied: 'Foo
[doubt it not-life or dea:h is of little mc
ment to me.' "
"They raised their pistols, and fired r
the same moment. When the smok
cleared away, Boydton was standing ur
hurt, while Trevore had fallen, shot throug
the heald. As Boydton approached him
he roused himself; his eyes slowly opened
and, recognizing his enemy, lie uttered th
words: 'Bewarel beware! Dcath shal
form no barrier to my rcvenge!' Th
rattle'sounded in his throat, and lie fel
back, dead! Boydton drew his sword
and, with fiendish barbarism, severed hi
head from its body, and, tossing it asui
hurriedly left the place.
"In Dryburn, pleasure ran high; for i
was night wlhien Alice, the favorite daugh
ter of the proprietor, was to be wed. Thi
designated time had come round; th,
visitors had assembled, the piiest we
there; but still the groom conme not. Th
wvindi without had increased to a gale, an.
was now raging fearfuLlly. Peal on peal1 o
thunder reverberated along the distant hille
while lurid Ilashes of lightning revealed
scene of wild (desolation. T'he hours wor:
slowly on, till the large clock in the hai
tolled the hour of midmight, when a horse'
hoofs wvere hieardl clattering along the road
until the sound ceasedl in front of the man
sion. Tihe door was o)penied. Assiste'
by the servants, the rider, (who could b
no (other than the groom) alighted fror
his horse and entered the house, iIe tool
notice of nonie, but walking straight up t1
the bride, threw off the covering whic!
lhad enveloped and( conicealedl his whiol
form, and caught her in his arms. Sb
screamed willdly, and fell back fainting
The guests shrunk back aghast, for thei
saw that lie was headless? A hiollow%
epulchiral voice was heard, as thoug
from the horse without, and the fury o
the storm seemed to be stayedl whilei
su)oke:
"'I have conmc to claim my bride-separ
atedl on earth, we shall live together in tin
gravel"
"le paused iiot; but, bearing the sense
less bride in lis arms, dlashed( over tli
door-way, sprang en his horse, and( rodl
furiously away. It only remains f or mi
to say, that the next tuorning Colone
Boydtn was found (lead in his tent, wit]
i,wo purple marks upon his throat.
".AIy story is over now. Popular Ira
diioii has it, that to tIs present time, 01
wild stormy nights, at, 11h hour of twelve
a headless horseman, carrying his head lie
fore him on his saddle bow, may be thiun
(derinig through the camp woods; wvhile
with the clatter of his horse's hoofs,
woman's shriek is hecardl, mingling witu
the sighing of the gale."
SponL.e Underclothing.
A Berlin inventor has p)atented a nov
kind of cloth, which consists principally o
entirely of sponge. The sponge sara firs
thoroughly beaten with a heavy iiammor
in ordler to crush all the mineral and veget
ab)le Impurities so that they can be easil~
washed out. They are then dried ani
IlaredI, like a potato, with a sharp knife, th
J)arings being sewedl together. The fabri,
t.hus obtaIned is free from all the dange
which somnethnea arIses from the absorptIi
of poisonous (dyes into the system ; it ab
sorbs withlout checking the perspiration, st
as to diminish the dlanger of taking cold ; I
:s a bad conduiictor, and(, therefore, helps te
:nainitain a uniform surface temperature
it can be more readIly cleansed than th
ordihnary woolen garments, and its flexibil
ity diminishes the lIabIlity of chaning.
-The Pennsylvania RIailroad west o
'Conteavllle is being stralghftened.
Fooling the Peddler.
k t
Father, mother and Sarah Jane started I
r for the city, leaving mne to keep house
- along with Jake, the hired man. But they
- hadn't more then gotten out of the gate t
t before Jake bribed mne with candy and a
f peanuts not to tell if he went down to the
I Corners to a horse race. "I'll be back
long before night," says lie: "Bill Jenkins
- can conic over and stay with you, an' I
t you'll have a jolly good timel" I said. "I t
r wouldn't think of telling," and persuaded
i him he ought to go, for I quite enjoyed I
u the prospect of having things to myself; so <
r lie got ready and went for Bill.
3 Oh, what a time we had that dayl We I
got saucers and spoons, went down collar .
% and cleared out half of mother's peach
a perserves. We tried on Sarah Jane's best
a clothes and tore the rufile half off her new
lawn dress. We pleyed horse in the nar
- lor; tipped over the lanp, and the oil ran
out on the carpet and made a great grease
spot, This rather frightened me at first,
a but I soon formed a plan of escape by
shutting the olo cat in the room and do.
I claring solemnly, when they got back, I
s "that I hadn't been near that room all I
(lay; and that Tom must have followed I
I Sarah Jane in when she went to get her 1
hat." (I never owned a hatchet.) But I
t about three o'clock Bill and 1 began to get I
tired. We went and hung on the big gate 4
and looked down the road to see if the I
i f,Iks were coming. No folks; but instead I
,f we could see way down by Deacon Spic
I lers', a peddler's cart.
"There conies a peddler," shouted Bill;
- "hain't there nothing we can sell and git
r the money and buy fish lines, and tops an'
a lots of other things with ?"
, "I dunno," said I, quito struck with
the idea.
aI "Well, I know sonethin', "---Bill low
ered his voice considerably-"it's eggs!"
"We hamn't got none, narm has sot all
t the iens."
"Can't we take then, what's under the
i hens?"
"Then we won't have no chickens."
a "What you care for that?" says Bill,
r "May be they would'nt live if they were
s hatched. 1 was a readin' somewhere they
'spected a deniky among chickens this
year.
"But Bill, " says 1, "they won't be good,
I they've bin sot oi too long."
3 "Oh pshawl that don't make no differ
t once; you can fool a peddler as easy as
- you can a boot jack. Oome les get
'em?'
- I procured a basket and we started for
I the barn. Bill pulled the liens off by the
tail, while I robbed the nests. They didn't
oseem to enjoy it much, but we left one egg
I and they went back contented.
We got six dozen, robbed every lien.
r Soine of them looked soiled a trille, so Bill
proposed "we wash them in the hog
trough."
I made a tour to the house, secured the
dishcloth and wiping towel. We proceeded
t to do things up in style. After we had
got them all washed and wiped and packed
- in the basaet, they looked real nice. We
put the poorest ones to the bottom. I car
t ried the dishcloth and towel back, laid one
on the chair and hung the other on the peg
just as I had found them, (they never mis
trusted whore those articles had bcen,)
then we wet down by the gate and waited
until the peddler came along."
"Yern mar got anything to sell ?" he
t injuired.
0 "She's gone away," said Bill, "but she
1 telled us, if one of you camie along, to sell
you these, " holding up the basket, ''if you'd
8 give us a good price for 'em. They'refresh
laid yesterday."
"I'll give you ten cents a dozen," said
hie,
"Wal," said Bill, meditatively, "you
can have'em for that, basket an' all."
H He paid out sixty cents and drove on.
6 "What insde you let him% have the baa
e kot, Bill?" I asked.
"'Because I was afeaired if he took 'em
-out they'd pop); sonie on 'cm looked as it
they was jest a gwinc to."
"~'Marm will want to know where it's 1
gone to."
I'-Oh tell her," said Bill, "'that you just
a sot it dlowni, when a boy runned out from
behind the smoke-house and grab~bed
It, and that you run after him, but
couiln't catchl him. She won't know the
differ-ence."
" 'Sarah Jane will be whopping mad
about her lawn dress we tored, Bill." '
S "r'oll her you 80e(d Sanm Fordl step on it
the day of the picnic, wsth your own eyes.
I guess thsat'll lix her." (Sam Ford wase
Sarah Jane's beau.)
"'But what about the preserves ?"
"Say you.hain't never beeni near the jarn
didn't know where 'twas..
"dupplosin' they should look uder the
henics?"
"Say you saw rats a suckmng the eggs."
These stories werne all swallowed, for
only a few (lays afterwards I overhleardl
"m-rm" tellin.r Mrs. Slivcr "lie- Jimi was
a very truthitul boy."
P. 5.-Bill and I went to the corners
the next week and bought a kite, some
llsh-lines, andl lots of candy.
Miley Manin's Hear Story,
"One day," remarked Miley, "a long
time ago, about the timic when Jackson s-an
for President theo first time, p)erhaps, I was
one day hsunting up eon thse ridge between
Meadow 1Run and Cucumber Run, whsichi
tumiblos off the rocks just there. I had
known for some time by the signs thsat
there wvas a nest of cub beairs somewhere in
the neighsborhoodi, so on that day I con
cluded thsat I would pu1t in smy time finding
them, as a pai-ty usp in Uniontown wanmed
a pair to send o)ver In Baltimore to a firienid
who was fond of outlandish pets. You
see It was along abtout the first of Septem
ber, and pret,ty warra at that, and after
walking up and d.own thc s avines I began
to feel pretty tired. I was not so heavy
thsen as I am now, and (11d not weigh more
than a couple hiundted pour2ds. As I said,
1 was a little tired, and so up oo top of thse
ridge I sat dlown by the side ot a smo1roth
chestnut stumip about twelve or fourteen4
-feet hIgh. I hadn't sat there more than a
minuste tIl I heard something InsIde the
stump, and soon made out thsat It was a I
couple of cub bears playing with one
another. I looked on all side of the
stump to find an opening, but none was to -
be seen. Then 1 happened to notice thei
marks of claws up the side of the stump,
and I understood it. The hole went mn at 1
the top. I sat my gun against a bush, up
ended the branch of a tree, and was soon
on the top (of the stump looking in at the
two cubs, which were about the size0 of 1
full-grown rat. dogs. I was exited at,
juibed down into the stump and grabbed
lie cubs. They first began to squeal, and
hen turned on me for fight. But they
vero small enough to handle, and in a min
Ito or two I had their mouths tied so that
hey could not bite, and their feet fastened
o that they could not scratch. I know
hat the old bear would be along pretty
oon and make It hot for me if she found
ne in the nest, so I swung the youngters
nto my buckskin belt preparatory to get
ing out.
"Cet out?" Did I get out ? Land of
ove, It makes me shiver to think of It. I
:ould no more get out of that stump than I
:ould fly. The hollow was bell shaped,
arger at the bottom than at the top-so
arge in fact, that I could not put my back
igainst one side and my feet and hands
gainst the other And crawl up as rabbits
ind other animals climb up inside of hollow
rees. In no way could 1 get u) a foot.
rhere were no sticks Inside to help me i)
Lnd I made up my mind I had to (lie cer
aln. About the time I came to this con
,lusion, I heard the old bear climbing up
he out side of the stump. With only my
iunting knife as a means of defense, and
u such close quarters, you may possibly
magine the state of my feelings. The old
ear was not more that half a minute, at
he outside, climbing up the stump, but it
ieemed like a month at least. I thought
f all my sins a dozen times at least. At
ast she reached the top, but she didn't
icon to suspect my presence at all, as she
Jeliberately turned around and began slow
y descending tail foreisot. i telt as
hough my last hour had come, and began
wriously to think about lying down and-let
'ing the bear kill me, so as to get out of my
niscry as quickly as possible. Suddenly
in idea struck me, and despair gave way
;e hope. I drew my hunting-knife and
tood on tip-toe. When the bear was about
ieven feet from the bottom of the hollow I
rastened on her tail with my left hand with
i vice-like grasp, and with my right drove
iny hunting-knife to the hilt into her
[launch, at the same time yelling like a
whole tribe of Indians." "What did she
du ?" chorused the whole crowd, who had
been holding their breath. "What did she
Jo? Well you should have seen the per
formance. She didn't stop to reflect a mo
inent, but shot out at the top of the stump
like a bullet out of a gtn. A keg of pow
ler wouldn't have hurried her a hair's
breadth to the minute. I held on until we
itruck the ground, some thirty feet from the
itump. Then the old bear went like hght
,ing into the brush, and was out, of sight
n half a second. I was a little bruised by
he fall, but that was all. I took the cubs
o Uniontown the next day, and on account
>f the adventure I got five dollars apiece
'or them, and in those times five dollars
was as good as fifty dollars ncw.'
Temperature of the soil 1uring Winter.
The French physicists, Edmond and
[enry Becquerrel, took advantage of the
ntense cold prevailing at Paris last Decem
ber, to study the changes in temperature
below the surface of the soil under various
,onditions. It is a widely spread belief
inong farmers, that when protected by a
ayer of snow, crops sown in the autumn
tre effectually guarded against freezing.
rhis opinion, however, must lose much of
ts weight in view of these late observa
ions, which we will briefly summarize.
[he observations were made by metians of
Becquerel's electric thermometer, which
.onsists smnply of two wires isolated by a
,oating of gutta perhia, and soldered to
tether at their extremities. Differences in
emperature between the two places of
unction cause electric currents varying in
ntensity with the greatness of the dif ference.
t magnetic needle, brought under the in
luence of the current. registers on a dial
hese differences. The wires were inserted
n the Jardlin des Plantes at various deths,
rarying.from five to sixty centimeters, and
>bservations wvere made from November
wenty-sixth to the close of December.
rost first appeared in thme tarden Novem
)er twenty-sixth. December third snow
eli in abundance, and thme temperature of
he air sank-eleven dleg. C. The layer of
now was twenty-five centimeters deep).
December tenth, the temperature had sunk
0-twenity-one dleg, and comnmoecd then
radually to rise. December 15, the snow
vas nineteen centinmeters in depth. Coim
ng now to tile observations made below the
murface of time ground undler the above cir
3umfstances, we find at once a striking differ
nce between the results obtained in soil
3overedl with grass and( those obtained b)e
ow a bare surface of the ground. in soil
>rotected by grass, before as wvell as alter
ho snowvfall, at all depths below that of
lye centimeters, thme temperature never des
:ended below 0 dier. 0. Registering 3-5
leg. at the depth of five centimeters on
Novemuber 20, It slowly sank to 0-18 (leg.
mn December 14. T1hme presence of grass
s'ould appear, then, to effectually protect
he earth beneath It from freezing at thme
owest temperatures attained in our clinate.
Julte different results, however, are yIeld
d In the absence of grass. In this case, at
idepth of five centimeters, tho thermome
or sank below zero on November 27. Two
lays later it registered--2* clog. On Dec
ember 8, Just, before the snowfall, It roach
3d its minimlum of--3-17 dog. After beinig
)overed with sno0w it registered -0-8 (leg.
mnd later -1-4 clog. TIhie snow hero ap
ears to act in a certain measure as a screenm
sgaint changes In temperature, but its con
fiuctive properties arc still too marked to
prevent these changes from being felt seni
uibly at a certain depth in the earth. In
he c'aso of time agriculturist, this slow con
luction, whien united to the still shower
oenductive properties of a tolerably thick
ayer of dead shoots of cereal crops sown
n autumm, may frequently ineruro immnun
my from freezmng to thme roots below tihe
mrface.
Tirft.
A farmer in Connecticut married three
vives. It is said lhe ordered off his farm a
ister of No. 1 because sihe ate too many
eggs. No. 2 had beon his servant girl, and
-efused to work longer at low wages. On
he way to the depot he said: "Will you
itay if I will marry you ?" "Yes," was the
answer ; and lie is said to have chuckled
wer his bargain, as she was a hard wvorker.
No. 3, who was wooed when No. 2 died,
was a widow and dressnmaker. who owed
tonsidorable money. By a state]law a hus
>and is responsible for his wife's debts con
racted before marriage; so, to avoid pay
ng these, our friend, as soon as ho was onz
~aged, kept the 'news quiet until he had
ought up all the claims agasat his Intend
d at twent.y ents on than dollar
The "Dosseh.9
The annual ceremony of the " I)osselh,"
closes the festivities indulged in by
the Mussclnian pilgrims after returning
from their long visit to Mahomet's shrine
at Mecca, Arabia. Every good Alussulinan
Is expected once during his lifetime to
make the pilgrimage to Mecca. The per
formance of this sacred duty confers the
title of " ladji," secures indulgences for
sins, acts-to use a legal expression-as a
"rul nsi" to finally enter Paradise. A
Musselmian who has made his pilgrimage
is sure when he dius to enter Heaven unless
some very weighty reason for his not
going there should be clearly established.
Recently, the Egyptian pihlrrims formally
entered the city of Carlo upon their return
from Mecca. Tihe caravan, consisting of
about 1,500 Hadis, proceeded to the mosque
at the citadel, where they deposited the
sacred carpet I Aliahimel," which during the
past year rested upon the prophet's tomb.
This carpet, brought back by the present
caravan, has been replaced at Mecca by the
new one carried thither by this caravan,
which left Carlo last fall. The ceremony
ot placing the carpet, in its final resting
place at the citadel took place in the
presence of the khedive, the sheik-ullslam,
the shelik-el-bekri, the multi and all the
high functionaries. The cermony of the
" Dosseh" winds up the festivities for
the return of the pilgrims. 'I he principal
feature of this religious ceremony consti
tutes one of the rare public manifestations
of fanaticism in Egypt. Some thirty or
forty pilgrims. whose religious feelings
have been wrought up to a climax by con
tinued festivities of a week's duration, and
by means of "hasheesh," lie upon the
ground with their faces downward. They
lie close together, and are so placed as to
form a sort of "cordury" road. A sheik
mounted upon an Arab stallion of the
purest breed then rides over their prostrate
bodie. It was only after repeated efforts
that the horse could be made to tread upon
these human forms. The united efforts of
five men were required to overcome the
noble animal's aversion to this terrible
task. Al hen the horse felt his feet cutting
deeply .nto the flesh of the half-naked
fanatics beneath him, lie trembled, then,
becoming frightened or maddened at the
scene of reckless frenzy about him, the
animal commenced plunging. The killed
and wounded were quickly and silently
removed from sight, and the horse with his
rider having reached the end of this terrible
lane, seemed greatly relieved to stand at
last upon firm ground. Hlis pure white
feet were, however, deeply stained with
the blood and gore of his victims. The
fanatics submit themselves to this ordeal
with the belief that Allah will prevent
then front receiving any harm from the
horse bearing the holy sheik: There are
many other incidents to this fete, such as
eating live snakes, swallowing glass. etc.;
but the great event of the day took place
In the presence of the khedive, the sheik
ul-islam, multi, and all the princes, minis
ters and functionaries, both native and
European. as well as many hundreds of
women of the princely and other hiarems.
International Fipha,ry Eimlailon.
The great International Fishery Exhibi
tion was opened at'Berlin, Prussia, on t,he
21lth of April. It is wonderful both as re
gards the interesting collection of fish and
fishing tackle which has been gathered from
all parts of the world, and the great variety
of smoked, preserve(, and tinned fIsh.
China, Japan, Holland, Germany, Anieri
ca, England, Russia, Italy, Deniark, Nor
way, Sweden, and Austro-lungary are all
represented. It is, in fact, as the Commis
sioner of the United States remarked, "A
union of all nations of the earth in a compar
ative and competitive display of the wealth
of their rivers, lakes, and seas, and the in
genuity with which thme inhabitants of the
waters are laid under contribution to fur
nishi food and clothing, ain ornament for
mankmnd." Tlhis country contributes over
one humnred anid thirt,y tonms of articles im
bracing casts of fish, fIshing tackle, canoes,
boats, oysters, saltedl herrings, specilmens
of smoked salmon, and tinned fish of all
kinds. [hina andl .JapanII send some inter
eating and( exceedingly curions specimalens
of st.uffed and dried fish. Jap)an particu
larly has marine monsters of the most un
couith shape, and on the walls of this sec
tion may be seen ptictuires representing mid1(
night, fishing expeditions, such as catching
fish by torchlight &c. These are very
(quaint and curicus. IHolland, Italy, and
Switzerland send an Interesti ng collection
of nmets and apl))iances for catching fish.
We must lhere remark that the greater part
of the nets exhibited by IIolland are really
of English or Scotch manufacture. Russia
exhibits, amongst other things, some clev
erly designed ice sailing boats and( sledges
for transporting fish. In the large grotto
are some line living specimens of the well
knownm "Proteus" or blindI fish of Adhesburg
Caves, near Trrieste.
A mbe,r.
Nearly 2,000 yeiars ago, Pliny, the natur
alist, wrote that amber was the fossil resini
of an extinct cone-bearing tree, and muodern
sciene can say of it but little more. 'Tho
original amnber-produci ng forest probably
reaced from Hlollandi over the German
coast, through Siberia andl Kainschatka,
ever to North Amierica. One of the most,
celebrated dleposits is on the peninsula of
Samlandl, a p)ortmon of Prussia, nearly suir
rounided by the Baltic Sea. Thle nothern
p)art of this region, constituting the pro
montory of Brusterort, Is hilly, and the
coast banks are often 150 feet to 300 feet
high. At one time all the amber found
here, cven by the peasants in ploughing,
belongedl to the German Government, thme
finder, however, receiving one-tenth of its
value. For a piece in the Berlin Museum,
weighing 18 pounds, the findler is saidi to
have received a thousand dollars. D)urlng
stormy weather, when the wind and waves
beat, violently against the coast, a great
quantity of amber is wvashed up. Thme total
yearly p)rodluct, is, however, applarently on
the decrease, andi so the p)rice of amber as
on the increase. Professor '4addach, of
Konigsberg, conichuides that tihe trees yleldl
ing the amber resin must have grown upon
time green-sand beds of the cretaceous form.
ation, which at thme time formed the shores
of estuaries where the lower division of tho
terrlary accumulatedl. hImmhediately over
the amber-producing strata rest thie brown
coal beds, the fossil plants found in which
differ entirely from the amber-bed flora.
Many insects and p)lants are found omnbalm
ed In the amber. Over 800 species of the
former have been named, and over 100 of
t.he lat ter.
A Freneh Lower-Close Wedding.
Did you ever witness a wedding at
mainrie in ParisI If not, go some Saturday,
for that Is the day which, though never
chosen by fashionable people, seems to be
set apart specially for the class who labor,
exist by the fruits of their labor, and have
no time to lose. They have Sunday to
faire Ia noce, and on Monday they put
theinsesives once more at work. About
11 A. M., generally, the finances, their
relatives, and their witnesses all meet to
getner. Sone of the company have brougth
with thei their children dressed in new
clothes for the grand occasion, frizzed, pom
inaded, and " got up regardless" in honor
of the festive event. The garcons de nooe
are blooming in appearance, the intended
husband and wife are critically Inspected
by all the company. They try, therefore,
to put on an air of modest indifference, and,,
naturally enough, do not inake much of a
success of it. M le maire, or his idjoint,
has arrived. lie puts on the tri-colored
scarf across his breast diagonally, which
glorious scarf,,jn the eyes of the people,
confers on him alone the power of pro
nouncing the magic words whose effects
no human power can ever break. He
takes in his hands a little book bound in
red morocco, gives a glance at the mirror
in order to assure hiiself that lie cravat is
correctly tied, and walks forward to the pre
toire, where a low platform supporting a
mahogany stand represents the tribunal of
Indissoluble union. A servant playing the
role of huissier announces M le maire. le
enters. All rise up. IIe seats himself.
Everybody does the same. Whatever be
the season, however cold it may be, the
doors always stand ,wide open, for the act
of marriage isessentially public. Agreffiler
(or recorder) is seated before a pulpit-like
desk with a register before him, which big
book resembles a huge ledger in a counting
room. A name is called. Then advance
to the little platfoi in the flancee, the rela.
tives, the witnesses; they arrange them
solves im front of the imaire in some red
velvet arm-chairs, which remind one of the
orchestra stalls In our theaters. The
greiler reads the commencement of the
marriage act. Then the inaire, eftiling the
candidates for matrimony by name asks of
them each individually if they consent to
take the other as spouse. Their response
must be made clearly and loudly in such
a manner as to be distinctly heard by all
present. If there are present the progent
tors of the couple, the maire asks them if
they give their consent to the marriage of
their children. Then if granted, he opens
the little red book, reads article 212, 218,
214 of the Code Civil, relative to the rights
and duties of the spouses, terminating with
article 620. which says: "' Tie wife may
make a will without the authorization of
her husband." The ones who most often
accept this permission are, so it is said
He0brews. The maire then declares the
couple "united in imarriage." The greffier
resuming his rending, finishes it; the
temoins, the relatives, and the married
couple are invited to sign the record of
the cormony written down upon the great
register of the Etat Civil. The garcon d
burcan brawls out; "Don't forget the poor,
s'l vous plait," and each one in passing
out drops a small coin in the poor-box on
the table.
A Captive Note.
Not long ago, a well known collector of
curiosities in Paris, who had devoted con
siderable sums of money to the gathering
together of bank notes of all countries and
all values, became the possessor of a Bank
of England five pound note to which an
unusually strange story was attached. This
note was paid into a Liverpool merchant's
ofilee in the way of business sixty-one years
ago, and Its recipient, the cashier of the
firm, while holding it up to test its genuine -
ness, noticed seine red marks upon it, which
proved on closer examination to be semi
effaced words, scrawled ia blood between
the p)rinted lines and upon the blank mar
gin of t,he bill. Extraordhinary pains were
taken to (deciphter these partly obliterated
characters, and eventually the following
sentence was madbe out: "If this note
should fall into the hands of John Dean, of
Long 11111, near Carlisle, he will hereby
learn th.at his brother is languishing a
prisoner in Algiers.' Mr. Dean was prompt
ly communicatedi with by the holder of the
note, and lie appealed to the government of
the (lay for assistance in his endeavor to ob
tain lisa brother's release fronm captivity.
The p)risoner, who, as it subsequently ap
peared, had traced the above sentence upon
the note with a splinter of wood dipped in
his old blood, had been a slave to the Boy
of Algiers for eleven years, when lis
strange missive first attracted attention in
a Liverpool counting-house. ils family
andi acquaintances had long believed him
dead. Eventually his brother, with the
aid of the British authorities in the Mcedi
terranean, succeeded in ransoming him
from the Bey and brought him home to
England, where he did not long survive his
release, his conastitution having been irre
pafrably injutred by exposure, privations,
andl forced labor In the Boy's galleys.
H olding His Own Wake,
One Johmann Kruger, a well-known
poacher and woodsteaher, of Neuendorf,
mnear Potsdam, met his decath recently uin
der circumstances of a very unusual and
surprising character. It appears that the
royal keepers and gendarmerie were on the
lookout for imin by reason of some sylvan
dereliction he had recently committed, and
that lie had therefore taken to the woods in
the so-called Klefernhaide. Being hard tip
for food andi liquor, he contrived to steal a
large dog and a quart bottle of corn brandy,
which stores lie conveyed to his hidIng
pla1ce and there proceeded to make prepar
ation for an al-fresco feast and carouse
which wouild.havo been more appropriate
to an Indian scout than a Prussian
poacher. A fter lie had built up and lighted
a hutge wood fire he slaughtered the dog,
skinned it, andI roasted one of its legs, upon
which lie made a copious meal, washing
dlown the "friend of man" with deep
draughts of fliry spirit. Having finished
this strange repast--the relics of which,
clean-picked canine leg-bones and an empty
bottle, were subsequently found near the
ashes of the extinguished fire-he must
have stumbled, all but senseless from in
toxication, over the pile of burning wood
aad fallen into the flames, for hile charred
remains were discovered by the royal for
esters next morning literally burnt to cin
ders, with the sole exception of the head,
by which he was recognized. In surfeiting
himself with roost dog and raw brandy
Kruger had unconschoushy celebrated his
own death-foet.
BRIEFS.
-The total product ot precious mnet
als on the Pacific coast since 1848 Is
stated at 2,130,001,186.
-!Ihe German Empire has 21 unt
versities, with 1,250 professors, and
more than 17,000 students.
-Moody and Sankey are to pay for
the education of twelve Creek Indian
girls at the Northfield Seminary.
-Edward S. Stokes and the widow
of James Fisk, Jr., chanced to sit at the
same table in an Atlantic City hotel.
-The rails used by companies within
a radius of six mniles from Charing
Cross, London, would form a single
line of 750 miles.
-In Lord Liverpool's cabinet, in
1819, eight of the eleven members sat
in the House oi ",ords, and all but two
bad the title of juord.
-A. G. Burgess, of East New Yorl:
has produced a new seedling which lie
calls Witarea GigaMted. It bears much
doWers than the ola sort.
The task 6f transfornink Rome into
a modern city has provod a very costly
affair, and the undertaking is now at a
halt from lack of further lunds.
-California's production of gold for
the month of July, 1879, was$ 078,100.
In Nevada the production was, for the
same month, gold $311,100, silver $426,.
B00.
-The Edison Company has obtaineQ
from the French Government permls,
slon to establish telephone conimunicd
Lion between the various quarters of
Paris.
-The trustees of the Rev. J. H.
Hlartley's church, in Cincinnati, have
asked him to resign, on account of his
habit of borrowing money and never
paying.
-During the last ten y'ears 233 miles
of street car rails have been laid in Eng
land and Wales, at a cost of nearly $15,
000,000, exclusive of the outllay on
horseL, engines and rars.' s,
-About ton cents' worth of damage
was done to a fence by a boy with it
knife, at Galosourg, Ill. The ownek
maimed the boy for life by kicking
him, and had to pay $12,000.
-The increase ot specie in the Ifa
tional banks from October -1, 1878 -th
return next proceeding spe6le pJAY
ments-to Febiuary 21, 1880, the la4t
full report, was $07,750,00Q.
-The Governor-General, Prinicess
and suite will leave Ottawa efor QkPr
bee. They will spend some time 11s)x.
Ing on the Sagusney, but the sum'nier
prograinne Is yet to be decided upon.
-A shirt contains about sixty yards
of machine stitching and thirty yards
of basting, and for this work 13d, -is
paid. A lady worked for a wuk for
3d., working on an average live hours
a day.
-A recent ofilcial ret--rn of the na
tional debt qf Great Britain puts the
exact figures on the 1st of April last at
?778,078,850 ($3,890,3194,200), In 1878-9,
Z803,120, was 'paid oil and X6,588,123
added.
-Since February thie sale of one cent
stamps at the city post-office in Wash
ington has increasee from 90,000 a
mnonth to 300,000 a month-showing
that much printed matter is being
mal led.
-Othnial Gager has been clerk of
Norwici, Conn., for forty years. He
has filled eighty-eight volumes of 731
pages each, or 04 328 pages In all and
a neater set of- books, it is said, has
been seldom seen.
-It is calculated that 30,00Wipassen
gers will sall.for Europe thiq season.
Allowing ara expenditure of only $500 to
each person, which is very low, wo
tiavea total of $15,030,000 that will be
tent out of tehe country.
-Dr. Peek of Indianapolis has ampu
tated the legs of a young girl on aic
aount of decay in the bones, prod'uced
by excessive rope jumping. H[e ad
v ises parents and teachers to lii'Ohiibit
this play under all circumstances.
-Five generations are living under
ne roof in Rehresburg, Berks county ;
Qeorge Staudt, aged 87 years; his sona
George, over 00 years; George's daugh
ter. Mrs. Susanna immelhlerger, and
hear daughter, Mrs. Alice Brobst and1(
ahxild.
-T1rain agents on the Chicago and
Northwvestern Railroad are required
by a new set of regul ations to keel)
alean, act decently, talk in a 1,ow toule,
not work the cars- more than once ini
hrymiles, and never throw books in
apsegra lap.
-Of all tihe nations living undler trie
scepiter of the Czar the Jews are the
best educated. The'' propoMiion of'
Jews in Russia istohe Jaw to every
twenty Russians; while in the colleges
the proportion of students is one .Jew
sih scholar to every six Russians.
-Thue electric light will be again.
used at the French Salon this season,
although the jury of p)ainting protest
strongly against thuis mode of lighting
as too unequal and glaring, injuring
almost invariably the effect of painting
and not improving that of sculpture.
-Three large personalities have re
eeontly paid probate duty in England- '
the Dean of York's personal property,.
$2,500,000; Mr. Julius Beer's, $2,000,
100, and the late Duke of P'ortland's,
17,500,000, in addition to his vast land
Bd estates In and out of the metroDolis.
--Naturalists who have been explor
ing Borneo assert that in the stems of
certain plants fo.und theye are galleries
tunnelled by a specie of ant, and that
the presence of the alit is essential to
existence oi the plants, for unless"tat
taked by the Insects when -young the
plants soon die.
-"The Temple of Glory of Russla"
is the naije of the building whichi t is
proposed to erect in St. Petersburg on
Vasi lievsky lsland, just obposite the
Winter ?aiace. The form of-the bitild
ing will be similar to tiatof.tito rn~wn
of Vlpdigpir Monomiaol,t dl r rlnee
of the elevozgth entury an Ier
nal arrangemients ard"t$ reigf t he
history of Russia. ,, : )f r't,
-The Comptroller -of"the C'uri-Knoy
reports the total number of.-igional
banks organized since Novemq #79,
at forty, with a capital of $581 70.
rotal number of banks gone in 1-Vo
tantary liquidsation in the same jriod,
nine, with a capital of $1,800,00 4
banks have failed during the. at nine
months. Cuironoy outatmitth $802,
i7754.8,