The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, November 11, 1880, Image 1
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., NOVEMBER 11, 1880.
ONLY A REART.
It is not a stone that will bruise, my lord
Nor Is it a serpent to sting,
A thorn to rend, a sword to plere,
Or any vile, poisonous thing.
Only a heart, a woman's heart,
Step on It i crush it i so !
Bravely done like a gentleman,
Turn on your heel and go.
Only a heart I what harn is don?
Let it bleed in the dust and moan,
Or stifle its anguish as best it may,
Or stiffen, my lord, into stone.
Only a heart I it was fresh and young,
And tender and warm, I know;
As pure as ths spirit of chastity,
My lord ; and it loved you so I
Dut nothing is lost: let it die, my lord,
Let its doathe quick or slow ;
Such hearts are as plenty as summer leav
We find thom wherever we go.
Only a heart I do not fear, toy lord,
Nobody on earth in near
Tro come to the cry of the woun4ed thing
And God is too far to her.
Kate's Adventure.
I am Kate.
Of course I can tell my own adventu
a great deal better than any one can i
them for me. That stands to nature. ]
not a practiced writer, and I don't kn(
how to produce what the fashionable o
thors call "grand pen-affects," but I tbeht
I can make -you understand how it w
Ani that is all that is necessary:
Leeman bad sprained his ankle-tha
my brother--and he could not go to to'
with the load of russet apples that was
ready piled into barrels, and stood walti
under the big red shed.
"It's too bad !" said he. "Those risi
apples are worth a deal at this time of yt
-and we shall miss the market day I"
"Can't you ask Neighbor Hutton to ta
them'?" said my mother.
"Neighbor Hutton is a deal too sharp
practitioner for me," said Leeman. "I
a hard thing to say about a neighbor; b
I can't trust his honesty."
"Mr. Hall?"
"Hall would be casting It up it inmy fa(
for the next six months, that I had ask
a favor of him," said Leeman. "No,
rather lose the apples than lose ny in(
pendeuce. But it is too provoking that
must needs have slipped on that piece
orange-peel, now, of all times in the yet
I have been saving up these apples all t
winter with a special eye to this particul
market day."
"Leoman," said I, "I'll go."
"Nonsense l" said Leeman.
"But why not?" said I. "Old Pomp
-a getle as a kitten, and I know every in
o. the way."
"But there are the Red Swamp woods
that desolate stretch of three males, w
never a house on either side of the wa
except the deserted cabin where the
negro hanged himself, twenty years ag(
argued my mother.
"Who cares for the Red Swamp woods
said I, valiantly. I never was afraid
frngs and whip-poor-wills, and i'm i
going to begin now. Lil, will you go <
and help me harnessed early in the moi
ing, and-"
1Oh, I wish I was going too I Can'
go, Kate?" cried Lil, my hoyden you
sister, with her blue eyes glittering w
tielight at the idea of anything unusual.
"Stuffl" cried I, imperiously. "Of cou
you can't. Hasn't Pomp a heavy load (
ough, without your ninety pounds of in
chief loaded on? Besides you must si
at home and take care of mother, and L
man, and finish the chintz curtain for i
big west chamber; for Colonel Hay n
come at any time now."
Colonel Ilay was our city boarder
gentleman who had been recommended
ia physician to try the fresh, pmne-sceni
breezes of the Shawaugeenta mountai
and whomi our rector had recommended
the Icy Spring faime.
We were not, rich, although mother
Leeman had managed the farm econoi
cally and well since father's death and
weekly addition to our income would
something worth considlerinig,
The idea of a city boarder was v
pleasant, too, and Icy Spring farm wva
very lovely spot, although we selom
lowed ourselves to tink of that.
So, alter a little, I coaxed another a
Leeman to consent, and the next morn
Lil and I were up long before daybre
harnessing old Pomp, and getting ready
the day's journey.
By the time the red, level light of
rising sun touched old. Pomp's gray mn
with radiance, I was driving through
Red swamp, where the mnaple trees ft
which it took its name were all aglow v
crimson blossoms, and the thruselis
robins called to one another with flute.
.notes. .
Well, I .managedl splendidly. I ka
where I was going when I started. 1 a
the six b~arrels of russets to the man
kept the Park hotel for four dollars apai
andi that was more than Lenan lhau
anticipated.
"Be careful -you don't get robbed, no
said the man, as he watched me put
bills into my little leather portmonnaie.
"Robbed?" saidl 1, with a laugh "W
who should rob me ?"
"Oh, I don't know,'' said the landl<
"There's always tramps andl buarg
around. They're a crop that don't be!
to any particular season of the year."
..As I turtned away-I did not mptico
the time, but It icaane back to me a!
wards, as things do come back, like a I
dlen flash across the (lark shield of mn
-a man who was lounginig on the a
looked hard at me. ,
1 colored a little and thbtigitto mys
''Well, lie will know me the next tinwi
sc(a me," and then forgot all about it;
I had mother's black bomnbazine to in
and lill's spring hat to buy, anti some
nor china to select, and tihe doctor's
scription for Leemnaa to fill out at the a!
gist's, so it was well on to seven whi
turned old Pomnp's head hiotneward in
suburbs of thme town, with a feeling of
tion which was quite pardonable, y
one considers nmy iiexperience~s hI:
marketing line, and miy exceptionally
success.
TIhe sunsb~ine was warm andl still or
highroad, and. Ifas rathier glad whe
last, wecamne to the cool shadows el
Ried swamp,.where the birds were all a
in the noon-heats, and the sweetest of '(
came floating up fr~m the tangled re
of fern and qowalip on either aide 01
solitary, railted-In fence.
All at once old Pomp gave a sidewise
start--his ancient idea of shying-and then
I saw a man. pale, dusty,-and tired-look
ing, sitting on a fallen log, just outside the ga
road. I felt sorry for him; I was like ba
mother-who never would let the shabbiest u
or meanest looking vagabond go past onr pns
house without a draught of milk or a piece n
of fresh-baked pie, or a slice of her famous ne
home-made bread-cake--and without stop- 81
ping to think I drew In old Pojnp's rein. sh
"Are you going towards lenox cross- n
roads " said 1. 'Yes ! Then jump in; I,,
I'm going in that direction, too, and I'll 111
give you a lift." rif
Ile thanked me in a allent, drooping sort du
of way, and seated himself on the board at be
the back of the wagon, towards which I art
pointed with the handle of my whip. an
"You look IIl," said I. th
"I am not ill," he said, with a smothered bet
cough. "Only tired with my long walk' ch
el I didn't know it was so far to Lenox." Ti
"I suppose you are going for work ?' pa
said I. "Deacon Brierley has a good an
many ha.. % just now in his tobacco fac- kn
tory."
"No," said lie; "I am not going to lar
work." sh
I asked no more questions. I did not ov
like the Idea of a man's shrouding himself idi
in mystery in that sort of way; and, as I thi
glanced around once more, a sudden rev- ev
l'es elation came across me like a blaze of co,
ell light. of
m It was the same man who had eyed me do
w so keenly on the steps of the Park hotel. is
6u- Then I remembered my mother's words bo
ve of caution, Leeman's reiterated exhorta- mi
s. tions, the landlord's friendly words of thi
warning. of t
t's And, In spite of all, I had deliberately ph
vn thrust my silly head into the jaws of dan- geo
al- ger. There was only one thing remaining sic
ag for me to do-to get out of the scrape as an(
well as I could. Th
4et I cast about in my mind how to do this ; wu
ar and presently, with beating heart, I drop- cal
ped a little paper parcel of blue ribbon into tht
ke the road. art
"Oh I'" I cried, checking up Pomp, "I've we
a droppea my parcel. Would-would you to
L's mind getting out after it" His
Ut "Not in the least," said the stranger, YO
and he climbed laboriously out of the o
wagon. or
:e, He had scarcely set his fCet on the ground a
ed before I had laid the whip on old Pomp
I'd with a will, and rattled away over the long Y.
le- straight road at a pace that seemed posi
I tively marvelous to me and Pomp both. fI
So we left our passenger behind, in the tif
- middle of the Red swamp. I could see ig
ar0 him standing there, blank and astounded, pa
air pdngthre
the sole figure in the long perspective, as kii
I ventured to look back; but I only whip- all,
ped Pomp the harder, and never let him ma
'bate his pace until we were well out of the ow
Uh Red swamp. by
"I've out-generaled himu," bald I, to my- oh
self, "and I've saved Leeman's twenty-four me
dh dollars. I'm sorry about the blue ribbon; lie
y but it was only a yard and a quarter, after leg
4d all, and I can trim bil's hat with something mi
),T (lse." lie
They were delighted et my prowess wri
?i when I related my adventure at home. Lee- yo
of man declared I was a capital little market- ad
kot woman; mother shuddered at the idea of
ut the desperate tramp alone with me in the
n- tangled wilderness of the Red swamp; Lil
declared that I was a heroine.
I "Wasn't it a good idea for Kate to droV an
ng the blue ribbon, and send him after it ?' na
ith said she. TI
"Kate was a goose ever to let him get tr
rae into the wagon," said Leeman, knitting his ot
mn- brow. ytf
is- "Kate musn't go by herself such a long wj
ay distance again," said mother. wi
e- Ana I drank my cup of tea, and rested wa
he myself, and went out afterward to see the 1In
ay new brood of darling little yellow chicks, an
which old Speckle had brought off the nest rei
-a during my absence. e
by I was on my knees in the hen-house, P<
ed feeding them with scalded meal from the LC
ne, palm of my hand, when I heard mother sh
to calling me from the house. Ft
"Kate I Kate I Come at once I 001- a
,id onel Hay has arrived." m
ni-- "Colonel Hay ?" edl
Who I started up, looking with blank dismay ra
be at my calico dress and the meal stains on wi
my hands. tie
iry However, there was nothing for it but to 'ro
a a obey the summons ; so I went up to the of
ali- house. A sort of blur seemed to come be0 16
fore mny eyes as I entered the sitting room - |es
end and heard mother saying: Iw]
Lug "Colonel flay, this is my eldest daugh- M
ak, ter, hate." Ft
for And then the blur cleared away, and I leI
knew the man I had twice befoie seen that of
the day--the pale, tired traveler whom I had rc
111 so recklessly abandoned ma the middle of ha
the the Ried swamp. - . ki
0om "I-I beg your pardlon, Colonel Hay 1"'' o
~Ii cried out immediately. "I thought you gi
nd were a thief I" fe
Ike The burst of laughter that followed from i
oevery inaeof the room effectually scat- ol
kl That was my adventure. And Colonel a
vhio Hlay has long since forgiven me thaL nn w
~ce, kiud dlesertioni of him. In fact-tals is ci
sell quite private and confidential, mind-we hI
,are to be married soon, and I am going di
with him to Florida, to try-the effect of a 01
tho Southern climate on his health. Trhat Is at
all. Isn't it enough? i l
hy, _________A
)rdi. InadIu Carpets. P
lairs 'n
ong An Agra jail carpet exhibited at Parii In tr
18718 was, as pointed out at the time, remark. 01
t at able for the fine proportion of its border to Is
ter- the center. The borders of modern OrIental
ud- carpets are generally made too narrow. n.
tory In the Mionaic floors of the Greeks and ci
teps8 liomans, which were evidently suggested by 6
Oriental tapestry, the border was always 2'
elf : remarkably broad, and in the oler Persian T
lie carpets it is often a yard deep and more. ri
for The singular excellence in design of the a~
itch Agra jail carpets is due'to tdir John sa
din- 8trachey's influence. When visiting the tI
pro- jail, many years ago, the zealous superin- e
rug- tendeont triu~mphantly showed him some p
mn I carpets he h'ad beetn manufacturing from tl
the the vilest European designs. Sir John ti
cla- asked him if they were all the patterns of lI
!hien tihe kinds he possessed. "No ;not by any a
tho ineans," replied the superintendent. "I .1
cood have ransacked all the factories hI England .:
for their latest patterns." Sir John begged ri
the that hie might see them all, and whion he t
a at was at last satishled, that all had been il
the brought out, he &dered them to be all hi
ilent burned jn the heap as they lay before him, t
dora and that for the future only native patterns E
usses should be followed without deviation. TIhe I
the Agra-jall carpets are, however still defe- 1
ive, in haony of coloring.
Conscientious Workers.
'he tendency of our times is to disre
rd old maxims. It is true, many of them,
sed on the experience of other people
der very different conditions, are not ap
cable in our day. "Haste snakes wamte"
y be true in the workshop, but the busi
is man knows that "time is money," and
pays to be in a hurry when the market
ows signs of a change. The good old
xim that "whatever is worth doing is
rth doing well," is often forgotten.
,ht is good enough for him, or for the
ney," is a poor excuse for a man to a c
ce his good name, and still worse to in
c him to acquire careless habits. It has
31 said that 9vhle American workmen
better paid, better fed, better educated,
I we may a.d, better behaved, than
in those of any other country they can
it the world in slighting their work and
atlng their customers and employers.
e shoemaker, who turns out one or two
!rs of boots a week for a customer, takes
honest pride in his work, and feels and
owS that he Is to be held personally re
mnsible for every stitch he put in. In a
go factory, where the division of labor
)uld make every man an expert in his
n branch, the workman often loses his
intity and responsibility. He knows
a customer cannot fall back on him,how
)r imperfect his work. If it Is only
rered up so as to conceal it from the eye
his foreman he is safe. Probably this is
lug much t.o encourage careless work. It
well known that ready-made clothing,
fts, dresses, underclothing. everything
de in large quantities, is far cheaper
z custom work, but alas I it is very
en not as good. There are many peo
in every land who like to be humbug
1, while others have equally strong pas
n for cheap wareswhether poor or good,
I some one must supply this demand.
c; producers of such goods employ poor
rkmen at corresponding poor wages, be
ise they must make their profits out of
ar workmen. Five and ten cent stores
lowerang the standard of production as
If as the scale of wages. It never pays
be a poor workman. If you are a young
,n, alhn to do honest work, and, althotugh
ir present employer may not be willing
pay you any more for a well-made coat
a neatly-finished boot than he would for
o'ch, don't be discouraged, If you are
arpenter, maike the best joint you can;lf
i are a machinist,see thas eve y bolt and
ot is as firm as if your life depended on
properly fulfilling its duties. How caro
ly the aeronaut examines his balloon,the
lit rope performer hia rope before he trusts
.ife to it. Would a shipbuilder take
sage on a vessel of his own building if
ow that he had wilfully. neglected or
hted any essential part ;f her hullI Yet
ny a young mechanic has destroyed his
n future and committed moral suicide
sending forth a poor piece of woik. Tne
I surgical protessor's caution to young
dical students is not inapt here. Said
"If you are ever called to set a broken
, and your work is a failure, and the
n becomes a cripple, you may be sure
will conic limping along just at the
ong time, when you are surrounded by
ir clients anti friends. He is a walking
rertisement of your incapacity."
0at.
[n 1848, a French force landed at Tahiti
I took possession of the island in the
ne of Louis Phillippe, the citizen king.
*e natives were nq, subdued without a
aggle. The Frane4-Tahitlan war lasted
ir years, and the last native stronghold
ilded through the act of a native traitor,
oguided the French through a forest trail
ere they got in the rear of the native
,rriors. The natives in their stronghold,
ding that their enemies were in front
I rear of them, were compelled to sur
ider after a long, heroic struggle to pro
ye the independence of the island. Queen
mare escaped to the four kingdoms, or
wer Society islands, and insisted that
i would not .-eturn to Tahiti unt il the
each abandoned it. The Vahine Aru,
roaminent chiefess, finally induced Po
ire to change her mind. She was restor
to her throne, uinder a French protecto
e, andI, with a brief intermission, during
iclh her son Toamatoa was king, contin
d to reign, a venerable speciamen of the
fal barbarian. Pomare died on the 17'th
iep)tem -or, 1877. Bihe had reigned since
22, a pericd of fiffty-five years. She was
eceeded by Prince Arnane, her eldest son,
1o was married ia 1874 to the Princess
arau. This marriage was the result of
'each intrigue, and under tie sway the
and hias been practically a dependency
France, like the adjacent island of Mo
i. .The French, 6fter conquering Tahiti,
d made an attempt to reduce the four
ngdoma to submission. Under the lead
a Scotchman, however, the natives be
uled1 the French into ambush, and made
mi-ful havoc in their ranks. Then an
neracan adventurer named Jordan, a sort
forerunner of Steinberger, get up a
home to annex the group to the United
ates. He began by marrying a native
>aman of rank, ended by suslamm~ag a
ushing defeat, and barely escaping with
* life. ils wife swam out to sea in the
irknes of night, with the heroic filibuster
a her back, and then they took a canoe
ad made their way to a neighboring la
nd. Five years ago Mr. Atwater, the
mnerican consu a the four kiangdomns,
arried tihe Prince a a Moetia, sister to the
rincess Marau. These complications are
)W straightened out by ,the new Frencd
eaty, which, it Is supposed, embraces nol
aly Tahiti, but the entire group of is
gds.
The Society islands, as the group is
umed, lie about 18 degrees south of thc
luater, and have altogether an area 01
16 square miles, and a population of aboul
),000, all but '2,000 of whom are natives
wo-thirds of the entire population art
sidonts of Tahiti. Seen from a vease
>proacinig the huarbor of Papelte, Taht
ems ai vision of thait beauty which stirre<
Ie hearts of the old jaavlgators, and made
ron the steady-going pen of Captain C'ol
octical. The ciocoanut trees rise agains
ae sky, and orange groves are seen, thmough
10 orange is not hero an indigenous plant
verything looks quiet, cool and pleasant
a if here at last were the possibility of
Itopia where one, might live at ease fa
,om, the ngaddenmng crowd, and carini
othaing for the outside world. Papelte
ic capital of the protectorate, is situate4
the north western part of Tahiti, ani
as a large and recure. harbor, accessibl
ships of every size. It hati streete nanm
d after those of Paris, its little thops, an
B smnall trade with the nieighboring islandi
ut ats native inhabitants, though ever
oa howa Qhat they ar ?eDag AWSy
the manner of "natives" when white men
visit them, retain many of their old char
acteristics. When Cook visited them ma.
ny years ago they were accustomed to sac
rifice human beings, and had some other
customs not in accord with European views
of propriety, the most objection ible of
which have long since dissapeared. Their
complexion Is dark-darker than that of
Spauiards--and the men are lighter than
the women. They are of Malay blood,
but in their faces show none of the malign
ferocity of the parent stock. They are a
lighthearted and cheerful race, civil and
even courteous to strangers, the men often
sple l id athletes the women quiet and la
zy. Tho aloe and vanilla bloonm side'by side
with the hibiscus and pandanus, the l me,
orange u banana, and all Is pretty and
picturesque as possible. Most of tne in
habitants have been sufficiently well in
structed to enable them to read and write.
In general the Tahitian women go bare
head and barefoot. They are often be
witchingly beautiful, and in every way so
charming that the name given to the island,
Nouvelle-Cythere, is readily understanable.
It was by the ancient Cythera that Venus
Aphrodite is fabled to have sprung from
the sea-a mythes which probably means
that the worship of the lovely goddess was
introduced on the iPland by some maritime
people who had come to i's shore. Tahiti
is divided into two parts, Tahiti proper
and the peninsula of Talarapu, both nearly
circular. The soll is stony and intractable
on the mountain tops, and on the interme
diate space stetching down toward the plains
often argillaceous: in recompense, howt ver,
it Is luxuriously productive in the valleys,
and a ong the line of the sea-ooast. A line
of coral reefs entirely su:round the island,
with here and there breaks which are said
to have been formed by the invasion of
water from the streams which in cascades
fall down the mountains and into the ocean.
The group is of volcanic origin, and elemen
tal disturbances of that nature are yet com
mon. In 1878 two of the smaller islands
of the group, Raitaa and Burraburra, were
completely burst up, and a great number
of people were dr )wncd. Hurricanes and
waterspouts are also frequent. On the 7th
of February of last year there was a hurri
cane in which over one hundred persons.
were killed and much property was de
stroyed. So that this elysium of the south
seas, described by Hermann Melville in
his facinating books, "Typee"and "Omoo,"
as the most perfect spot on earth, has
drawbacks as a place of residence.
Bliood-B~ath.
According to a dark tradition, which is
incidentally mentioned by Pliny, the an
cient kiugsof Egypt used to bathe in human
blood when they were seized with leprosy.
A similar story is told of the Emperor Con
stantine; but he seems to have been-re
strained from employing this revolting
remedy in consequence of a vision; and he
is said to have been cured by baptism. No
great weight can be attached to these ill
authenticated stories; yet it is but too true
that, both in ancient times and in the mid
die ages, decided healing virtues for the
cure of leprosy were supp I ed to exist in
the blood of innocent children and virgins,
and that occasion was given thereby for
numberless cruelties. It is needless to re
fer to the remoter traces of the belier in the
expiatory or healing properties of pure
blood-they ramify far, and pass into the
most ancient times. Cures of leprous peo
ple by the blood of animals, in employing
which certain symbolic customs were ob
served, are mentioned in the books of
Moses; and it might not be difficult to dis
cover similar forms amongst all nations.
During the middle ages the delusion about
the healing virtues of human blood, which
must hav. had horrible effects in the plague
of leprosy, received a check from the im
pression that only the blood of those child
ren and virgins would prove efficacious
who offered them freely and voluntarily
for a beloved sufferer. This idea Is par.
ticularly exp~ressed in the touching story of
"Poor Henry," which forms tihe subject of
one of the most beautiful poems of the
thirteenth century. A Buambian knight,
who sits in the lap'of happiness, is seized
with leprosy. In order to escape death,
lie seeks through the word for help. The
physicians of Montpelier can give him no
assistance: he hastens to Salernum. Here
one of the masters makes him acquainted
with the apparently hopeless means of
cure. Sad a~t heart, he returns home, and
prepares himself to sorrow omit the remaIn
der of his days in solitude. A girl of
twelve years of ge, the daughter of a
countryman, conceives a passion for the un
fortunate knight, attends him affectionate
ly, and, upon accidentally hearing of the
free-will offering, cannot be dissuaded
from her resolution to purchase th. recov
ery of her master with her life. Both bet
out for Salernum, but the catastrophe is
not fatal: Henry gets rid of the leprosy,
and rewards his generous benefactress with
marriage._____________
tior Long Lost, Uncie.
He was a man with bronzed features,
stoop-shouldiers, and long hair, and as lie
walked up Fifth street any one could have
told that lhe made a-piie of money ini some
far-off country, and hadi come home to live
with his almost forgotten-relatives, Hie
finally found the house he was looking for,
knocked at the door, and that's the lasi
the boys saw of him. The rest of th<
story was afterwards told to a policemnar
by Mrs. McCarthy. Said she:
"I was washing me dishes when I heart
a knock at the dour, and I 'an and openet
it. It was a stranger on the step, and he
smiled like a dm<k and axed me does Mr,
McCarthy live here?' 'lie does.' says 1,
antd then says h.c: "W as your maiden nami
Mrs. O'Rasffertyt' 'It was,' says I, and a
that lie began hugging and kissing t me
and called out: 'I am your long-lost uncl<
from Qucenstown' "
"Well, that was very nice," romarke<
the ofiledr.
"Nice; was it! Oh, the sneaking villain
I set him up to a warm breakfast, anm
me eyes were full of tears, for I thought i
had money be the thousands. After h<
cleared the table ho borrowed a dolla
uv me to telegerph to Ireland that he wa
safe here, axed mec to land him me hun
-band's Bunday hat, and the next I heard o
him he was in the shtation for a vagrant
and was no more me long-lost uncle thai
you arel"
"Is that so?"
"That's the shining truth, nor; and thia1
of his kissing me on the nose and fairl
i cracking me rib.! When 1 think of how
tuk him for me long-lost umicle I fee) de I
1 culd kick the park foR00 dowh an
rlather him wid thepikt"
* A Collection of Pipet.
Most men, and even some women, would
find much to interest them In a unique col
lection of pipes which is now on exhibition
in Edinburgh. It is a collection of 6,000
pipes of all nations, the whole valued at
?8,000. The Interest of the collection to
smokers is sufficiently obvious, and if non
smokers should too hastily deternine that
an assemblage of tools for burning tobacco
had no interest to them, they would make
a great mistake, for, besides its curiosities,
the collection contains for those who can
find it much information as to the artistic
and mechanical developenent of the nations
which smoke, and which of them do not.
What a progress is involved, for instance
in the passage from the English small-bowl
ed clay pipe of 1600 to 1750 to specimens
of blue Wedgwood or Worcestershire and
Stafford ware, and which doubtless deserve
their description as exquisite V Or, com
paring nation with nation as well as pipe
with pipe. what inference would not the
student of anthropology, who had no other
source of information, draw from two pipes,
one rude, like those from Siberia; with
stems made from thong-bound slips of wood,
and the other fashioned as symmetrically
as any statute Or, who considering the
nature of its intended service, would hesi
tate to say that pipes of gems and precious
metals, like those from Central Asia and
Turkey, betoken a barbaric taste in comu.
parison with the beautiful and comparative
ly cheap bowls of Venitian gl-tss or Sevres
chinaware, in which material goes for
nothing and fitness and workmanship for
all? We would not even inferentially lay
that anythlug is good enough to burn to
bacco in; on the contrary, jasper, agate,
jade, and serpentine, or the silver used in
Japan, and the polished precious stones
used in Circassia, are none too good, but
only a woman, a dandy, or a savage would
use them to put fire in. Other national
characteristies are expressed in these pipes.
The Swiss and the Scandinavians carves
theirs; bowls of painted porcelain are com
mon in Germany; Russia sends soei stems
"embroidered" with flowere, and an Amerl
can Indian's pipe is decorated with scalps
and woman's work in beads and porcupine
quills. Among the cuiosities is a pipe
which belonged to the Corporation of Co
logne, and was smoked by "the ,iant' of
their guild processions; one has a cluster of
five bowls, but it does not appear how many
are smoked at once; another has a bowl for
each day in the week. In the Dutch case
is a "bride-groom's pipe," a long clay dec
oiated with gaudy ribbons, which i smok
edonlyon the wedding day and its anniversa
ries; there Is a tomahawk pipe and a
Polynesian club pipe, which are equally
useful in peace or war, and finally, there is
the "biggest" pipe, of which the stem is
5 tet 8 Inches long, the (lhiensions of the
bowl not being given. A suspicion arises
that this is merely a show pipe, and so it is
probable that a pipe ordered some two or
three years ago by the Russian Court, Tyo
skiewecs, from a maker in this city remains
on the record as the biggest pipe intended
for use. The block of nicerschatun from
which it was cut weighed, when ready for
the stem, just half a pound, and measured
91 inches from tihe outer edge to the joint.
The steni was made from a single piece of
clouded amber 81 inches long, and was
joined to the bowl by a silver screw. The
total length was 171 Inches, the weight
was 14 ounces, and the cost only $200, as
the bowl, though nicely shaped, was not
carved at all.
Tonbs Near Naples.
Last June we were courteously invited
by Baron Spinelli to pay a visit to his
casino, near Cancello (a station within three
quarters of an hour from Naples), which
he had made into a museum for all the
valuable objects lie has gathered from the
crowded part of the metroplis of Suiersula
.already excavated. Passing through fields
rich in produce, and meadows crowded
with young b~uffaloes and scented with
sweet clover, we arrived at tire simlile old
country house, which leans against an old
imedhaoval tower. Ascending the broad
staircase, lined with rows of amphorre, we
enatered a suite of spacious rooms, fille d
with cases and tables crowded with rare
objects. It was dilicuilt to believe that
such a quantity andl variety had been found
in a piece of ground not more than about
two acres In extent. We saw vases scara
bel, ornaments for the neck, bracelets,
rings, brooches on exactly the same princi
plo as the modern safety-pin-thre sheath
which guards the point being, however,
very long-sonmc withr several endis of
threads, upon which hung a few remaining
herads, still adhering and various large or
naments, the use of which It. has not yet
been possible to ascertain. -BSome of thre
most splendid are the things found In the
most ancient graves. They consist of arti
cles made of bronze, particularly personal
ornament8. Tney are all of exquisite finish
and workmanship, though very primitive
in their figurative decoration- when it ex
ceeds a mere straight or waving line. Seve
ral bracdeots whieh aaron Spinelli caused
to be polished shine with deep lustre like
that of red gold,and still possess their elas
ticity. Somec were found for the most
part of pure gold. It seems as if tire aur-o
ohateo so praised by Pliny and others had
been rediscovered. In only one place has
a similar metal been fouind, that is, in
Corinth ; the celebrated mirror with tihe
reprisentation of Korinthois and Leuikas is
miade-. s made of thre same material. Th e
apoearance of the b~racelets is, when in an
oxldiewd condition, exactly similar to that
of oxidized bronze, but the metal of the
bracelets Is considerably heavier. In Naplea
tihe dealers ha antiquities made a good busi
ness by selling all that they possessed of a
similar shape to thomse eager to have and
wear such ornamats; but no one could
change the nature of the common bronze,
or give to objects of a different material
the beautiful lustre and elasticity of those
made of "lSpinelli's motal," as it has been
called in Naples. Among other thingm
taken from the tombs of the first period we
Inoticed large pieces of amber, generally
perforated.
One beautiful vase, taken from one of
the tufa tombs, was a GAreek lekythos, the
lower part covered with a fine shlnmnl
black glaze, the upper with a coat of ex.
cessively fine white clay, upon .which fig.
ures in outline were designed with exquist<
delicacy. There is only one vase, found
at Nola, which can compare with it-the
celebrated vase with tire representation o.
Anesldorus. Another vase which con.
i tanned the ashes of some fatty substance
L was from the inanufactory of Hioron,gr
fr frst ofthat make dound witp two na iel
1nahAnn 1inanaoino that Mehron
of Hieron. It is the' one of its kind
and epoch till now fou'n rsula, and
It would be premature to dra-w .rom Its
presence there any chronological
slon. It might be that such a vase had
come into the possession in later ages of
one tar from the country of its manufac
ture. A curious object was a cup with a
cover ornamented with figures, Inside
which was the remains of a balance in
miniature; perhaps a toy. The arms and
supports of the balance were of wood,
well preserved; the plates were made of
the two halves of a nut. The bracelets
were always found In pairs, and generally
st.ill encircling the bones of the skeleton.
From the fact that fragments of linen may
sometimes be seen adhering to the inner side
of the ornaments, it may be inferred that
when the corpse had been clothed in a
kind of a long-sleeved shirt, the bracelets
were put on outside, so as not to be hidden
by the dress. They are mostly of a spiral
shape, like a serpent, and often wind seve
ral times around the arm. They are so
olastic that they can be drawn out to a
great length. Many rings are also spiral,
and so long that they must almost have
c3vered the finger, like the rings worn in
such numbers by Neapolitan women. No
arms of bronze were found at Suersula,
and few of iron; several knives and dag
gers, and perhaps some lance-heads. The
objects from the oldest, and therefore most
interesting period, give evidence of a peo
ple little advanced in the art of design; yet
well to do, and not only accustomed to
adorn themselves with the metal ornaments
brought them by Greek ships. but also to
pride themselves on giving a rich trousseau
to their dead on their departure from this
world, and on omitting no prescribed relig
ious rite. How strange it was, in that rural
and lonely villa, to ponder on the remains
of so distant an age. flow vividly they
remind us that the fair country around
Naples has been, ages and ages ago, peo
pled, devastated and repeopled ; as rich in
in native productions twenty-thrte centu
ries ago as now-perhaps richer. Every
step taken in the campagna felice is a step
over graves.
Trees a. a Check to Connlagrations.
A Sacramento (Cal.) paper bears testi
mony that in that city disastrous and wide
spreak confilagrations have frequently been
averted, almost solely through the agency
of shade trees. The trees serve to prevent
the passage of burning debris through the
air-the embers of which would otherwise
be blown from house to house and from
block to block, being caught in the upper
branches, and falling :hence harmlessly to
the ground. In the summer trees act 'as
screens between houses and blocks, moder
ating the heat of fires, and interposing a
barrier which is seldom passed by the
flames. When we add to these very prac
tical considerations the value of trees in
breaking the force of the wind, enhancing
the beauty of a city and offording a grate
ful shade to pedestrians, it will be seen
that trees, planted along city streets, pay
for themselves many times over and in
many different ways. A commuuty which
actson the suggestions thus enforced notonly
ministers to its estlietic tasts and promotes
culture and the love of the beautiful, but
erects a barrier against fires and checks
the spicad of conflagrations in one of the
simplest and moat conimon-sense ways con
ceivable,
lWanted his Hair Cut.
As a stranger caine out of the Washing
ton Hotel lie was accosted by a hard-fea
turedswamper with long-flowing hair hang
ing down over his shoulders and his pants
so short that one could not help thinking
his feet had been run too far through
them.
"Are you a Christian man?" asked the
lean, lank and cadaverous swamper of the
hotel guest.
"Well I don't know," said the stranger,
cycing the swamper with seome curiosity.
it dlepends upon circumstances.
"Could you lend a poor man a quarter?'t
Th'le stranger looked at the questioner.
lie wore low-quartered shoes, with no
stockings. ils feet were very dirty, as
well as his face and hands, and the poor
man looked both hungry and thirsty.
"What do you want with the quarter?"
Inquired the hotel guest.
"To get my hair cut," lie sid; "when it
is so long it gets dirty."
The stranger gave him a qnarter, andi
when last seen, the swamper was wending
lis way to the nearest bar-room, where lie,
noe doubt, had hiis hair cut to his complete
satisfaction.
A Good Dog.
A good (log belongs to William Morrison,
a herder at Jenks' ranch, situated on the
(Chadron creek, Nebraska, and ten miles
from the nearest ranch. Recently Morri
son was thrown from his horse, and sus
tained a complicated fracture of the leg.
He crawled across the bridge and over the
prairie, a quarter mile or more, to the
ranch and on arrivIng there w rote a note
stating his condition and asking for help to
reach the hospital at Fort Sheridan. He fast
ing the noteto the dog'snceck,unticd the saga
clous animal ,and pointed it toward Nelsoni's
ranch. The dog went'straight toward the
ranch end after traveling about eight miles,
when lie was yet two mIles from Nelson's,
iet a herder, who recognized the dog,
stopped him, read the note, and went to
the relief of Morrison. lie re.tied the note
andi tihe dog went on to Nelson's. The
herder rode post haste to Morrison's relief
andl after making him as comfortable as
possible conveyed him to the hospital at
the fort. Morrison says that the last thing
lie shall part with will be that dbog.
-D1iary of a Dofllar.
Found myseii yesesday morning in th<
pocket of a man~ who had. promised to love,
honor, protect and cherish me with all is
might and main, And this morning where
am I? Burst. broken. in a hundre&
pieces. Lying disjecta membra, etc., ir
grim saloon tills or dirty pockets.
.But I anticipate.
1 was on the reserve foteo and laid by t<
pay a bill. My comrade wab a fifty ceni
piece who was expected to pay that day'i
expenses.
tsuddeny this comrade disappeared. Oi
dit, he was borrowed, I camne next.]
wetthus:
For a cige' fite breakfast, 10c; fot
glass of beer at 10 A. M., 5c.; for tQen
glasses of beef for the crowd at 12 M, 20o.
for soother oIf A(00; beobakigd0
for a shave, f4.or frtolt 10e.; fr
fare, 200.; for 'nte glass of, beer, ,54
Vhhy. vnas t aoi M 11ain
FOOD FOR TH2Q
The man who studies
only manages to keeplh
reen.
lations always tAke
liber and frequently
assistanoe.
If man desires man
ted by hope, but if he
he becomes a slave.
A man ean profess 90'
fifty minutes than he t ..4
working hard for fiftyy
The man who won't bell
he can't understand is - h
believe much, nor undO' io of
either.
If you sweep your - own I are
clean you will have little tf med.
cise those of your neighbor. f the
All are bigots who limat sup.
within the boundaries of t and
knowledge. aga
The most popular
who let us see just r
selves to make us wis
tecret kindnesses d l
are as beautiful as see t
detestable. To be in le
Godlike, as to be invisi fis
bolbeal.
When people have reS
their eyes, or to look oul
it is of little consequeno
their eyes may be.
There is in man a high
love of happiness; he can
happiness and insteAd ther
sedness. d
Whenever we palliate a or1 an'
of the provocation which
eommislon we aim a blow d
the welfare of society.
It may serve as a com
our calamities and afilict
that loses anything and
It is a gainer by the los.
We thirk the poorest w
such a Sabbath as we need,
the impression that all Chr
given up the desire for it.,
There cannot be named a a
suit or enterprise of huma-:
which there is so little poO
failure as in praying for sane
I have read the Bible throu
times. It is a book of all ethe
lawyers, and I pity the man who
not fnd in it a rich supply of thai,
and rule for conduct.
A swimmer becomes strong to.
the tide.only by frequently bro'
the big waves. If you practice li,
in shallow water, your heart a
suredly fall in the hour of high rel
God walks with the slimple; al
veal# Himself to the lo -the
discloses His meaning to pur
and he hides Ills grace from
ous and proud. . C
Those who openly confess f
and cheerfully suffer for it. o
a believing spirit, and a hol rs
visible realities.
I think the first virtue is 't
the tongue; he approaches
the gods Who knows how ' c
even though lie is in the ri sil
There is a great deal of ma
country within us which
be taken int account in an con
of our gusts and storms. an3
Keep the head cool by clea.
all things, and the feet w ennr
exercise In the discharge
duties-deeds of kindness.
It is imperfection that com0104t,
what Is imperfect. . The more
we are, the more geotie and qua"t
become towards the defects of
Though the word and the spi s
the main work, yet suf'ering so
the door of the heart that
word and the spirit have entrai
A man need only cret hi~
with the same rigor that he reprehe~4
others and excuse others witit
sameindlgene tatie showstbh
Thee cn b nosurer way to a
than by disclalming all confddp6 d
ourselves, and referring the eV~ae~"
things to God with an impholI
ance.
Wnat Solon saia of individual at
no one could truly be called ha~ 'jI
his life had terminated in .4.
death, holds equally true of fam~~
There is nothing by which i.
thoughs llfe more prolitted
the just observations, the good opli$
an I the gentle eneouragement oa
able and sensible women.
No man be brave who considefg.
to be the greatest evil of life; ndgi
perate wibe considers pleasures
the hlghestgood. -
Worldly friendship is like our
dow : while we w alk in sunsh4.
sticks close to us, but the mome7*
enter the shade It deserts us.
Some people poses. good quil
which are very serviceable to d
but useless to themselves, like t
dial on the front ot a house to a
the neighbors and passengers.
There are moments when by
strange impulse we con tradict ou
selves-fatal mnoments when a
passion, like a lava stream, lay
the work of all our lives.
The footprints of a barbarian I
sand prove the presence of a ma
that saine atheist who denies the 4
tenee of a God of whose hand the w
universe bears the impress.
The sweetest, the mostoliaging a
tion is of ten snakent - by tue slig
breath 01. unkindness, as the del(
rings and tendrils of the vine are
iae b he f aintest air that blow~,
Doni't let us rejoice in punishm4
even when the hands of G.od ato*
fiet it. The best of us are butR
wretches, just saved ifrom i&W
wreck. Cana we feel anything Ia
a we and pity when we see a e
pussenger swallowed up by the wai.
0 God, thou hast given us a migt
weapon1 and we have permittedi- :
rust. 'ihouh ast given us that whic~
mighty as thyself, and we have let
power lie dormant. Would it n
Ivile crime if a man had - aney g 4
him which he would not oEf,0
hand which he wortld not lit~
foot that grew otiff beoaune'le:
not use it!I And whati mtVidsw
of ourselves when ~God ps~
us power. n .ya79t~'i~ #
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