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Women and Masonry.
At a late Masonic banquet, E. 1*.
Brown, a Cincinnati humorist spoke
as follows, in response to ".The La
dies :"
It may be a light matter for you,
^brethren, to conscript uie in this way,
but it is far from being such to me.
JDo 3'ou realize what you have culled
upon mc to do? Havo you for one
single instant considered the magni
tude of the task you have thrust upon
me 1 You havo not,or that far 1 caching
charity Which makes his headquarters
in this lodge room would have spared
mc. You Impose upon me a task
that would have made Hercules turn
pale and feel like a small boy with a
bile on his elbow. Yon ask mc to
enlighten you on a subject that has
always been utterly incomprehensible
to the minds of men, from the begin
ning of humanity down to the last
new bonnet?in fact, ever since the
morning when the first woman filled
her pretty eyes with tears, put on her
waterproof find went home to her
mother in a high dudgeon, with what
she conceived to be a broken heart,
and a 'deep-sealed impression that
her hubby was a beast, because he
persisted in going to the lodge every
other night. From that unfortunate
morning, I say, up to the present mo
ment, woman has been a riddle that
?o man could guess, and yet not one
of thorn would give her up. The lit
tle boy wasn't far out of the way
when he said, "Man is a mister, and
woman is a mystery." But a mys
tery, you know, is always attractive
until it is solved and understood, and
as the ladies never have been, and
never will be, Fully understood, it is
safe to say the time will never come
when they shall cease to be attrac
tive. My subject is an old one, or at
Jeast of uncertain age, but a most in
teresting one; especially in the morn
ing of youth ; in the days of the first
budding mustache, when John Henry
Jooks into the love-lit c'3'es of Mary
Ellen, and sees in their limpid depths
everything in this world "worth look
ing for and a large slice of heaven
besides. For him the magic pencil
pf inspiration itself can produce noth
ing brighter than the sweet look o'
cffeclionnle confidence that beams
upon him at the moment of betrot' ul
and fills his heart with noble aspira
tions and a new-born interest in the
market value of household and kitchen
furniture. In the priceless gems of
coronets can be found no jewel that
ghincs with a brighter anil pu or light
than the eyes of love. Brawny smith
and relentless anvil have never forged
a more binding fetter than has been
found in one little tiny golden curl ;
and, in all the marvels of mechanism,
where, I ask, can you find anything
jn machinery that can keep up with
a woman's tongue, without a break or
smash-up ?
Jn many respects women and Ma
sonry strongly resemble each other.
Both are full of- mystery and devo
ted to men. Both are celebrated for
theirgood works. Masonry is the
handmaid of religion so, also, is
woman. The mission of Masonry is
to relieve the sutiering,- minister to
the distressed, comfort the alllictcd,
und watch by the bedside of disease
and dea'.h, anil in all these good of
fices the soft hand of woman is never
miesing. Masonry has signs and
symbols to remind its members of all
the cardinal virtues, hut in woman
they arc all manifest, even to a near
sighted man like myself, and require
nogilt and tinseled ctpblems to ad
vertise their presence. Masonry has
\t$ alter, upon which arc pledged
vows of fraternity and virtue, but
pot more sacred is it than the altar!
Of woman's heart, which never shrinks
from sacrifice iu behalf of those she]
loves.
Masonry raises man to sublime de
grees of beauty, prunes his heart of
vices, and implants in their stead
vines of virtues and flowers of fra-1
grant goodness. Woman "raises"
jlim also?if he happens to stny late
at the lodgo--to sublime degrees of
consternation and infinite amaze
ment at the high-pressure endurance
pf her vocal machinery, while shoj
plants on bis alabaster brow u hand
that means business and destruction
to hair, as she'.wines her taper fin
gers in his ringlets, und inquires,
with an inflection that pries up the
shingles, if this thing is to go on for-!
ever. Masonry has its jewels, but!
none to compare with woman?atj
least many of Ihe brethren think so.
In, the hands of the Master the gavel
is one of the most impressive instru
ments, nnd never fails to enforce si
lence, but, in n match for silver cup,
brethren, don't you think it would
come out about a neck behind the
rolling-pin in some lodges you could
name ?
How good and how pleasant it is
for brethren to dwell together in uni
ty ! The wise man didn't say any
thing about the sisters getting along
together in that samo way, because
I in his wisdom he could see itwns one
I of the things that couldn't be done.
1 But talk about the compass binding
I tho brethren together in fraternal
love! Where, may I ask, can be
found a greater love without the
walls of heaven than that encircled
by a mother's arms when they un
fold her first-born babe ? To Mason
ic cars the square speaks volumes, en
joining correct principles and upright
conduct toward all mankind, but
which, think you, has done most to
make men honest, good and honora
ble in all the relations of life?the
square which wc revere so highly or
that formed by the bending limbs of
childhood at the mother's knoc, lisp
ing forth the first prayer? The
"lights" of Masonry have thrown
their pure and life giving rays into
all the dark corners of earth, and
have done much to make the world
brighter and better, but, though the
beneficent iullucncc of our beloved
Order stands as high with me as with
the next brother, J am ready to con
cede 'hat the bright lights typified in
female eyes have penetrated farther,
and have done much, aye, much
more?and I say it with no irrever
ence?to make life sweet, and beauti
ful, and grand, than all the lights of
Masonry put together.
And yet, though our good sisters
so strongly resemble Masonry, they
have always been more or less antag
onistic to it. They can't see why
the}' are shut out and debarred from
its privileges. "If U12 women arc
not good enough to belong to your
fraternity," say the pouting fair one?,
"will you please tell us why not:"
That it is the very trouble, dear mad
am and miss. You are too good. The
necessity for your membership does
not exist. Of the highest possible
good yon are the embodiment. Now
Masonry was founded for the express
purpose of making mai better?for
the Lord knows they needed it.
There was an abundance cf material
ready at hand to work on, and
Masonry undertook a lug contract
when she assumed the job. But with
the crinolined angels Masonry had
no mission, because they were al
ready better than Masonry could
ever hope to become, and so you were
left out of the programme, with no
slight intended. If Masonry ever
gels the advance of you in true good
ness you may rest assured the doors
will be thrown wide open, and the
Tyler will be instructed to oppose no
body wearing back hair. But if that
time ever comes, the prediction goes
011 record right here, that you will be
so fully occupied in taking an invent
tory of what the candidate has on
that the sublimity and impressive
ncss of the ceremonies will do you
but little good. The man who said
you were kept out because you could
uot keep a secret was the basest kind
of a slanderer, and not a married
man, or he would have known better.
Ask any census-taker who have ever
tried to find out a woman's age and
how well he succeeded, and see if the
good man don't heave a sigh, and be
gin talking of the weather right
away.
But, though woman cannot be
come a Mason in all '.hat the term
implies, the close observer of human ,
nature will bear me out when 1 say
that in nine cases out of ten she is
the Master of the Lodge, and no one
understand better than she how to
wear the apron nnd call the breth
ren to refreshment, She may not
be able to give the password in due
form, but, if she don't know how to
give the last word every time, and
in all sorts of forms, will some bro
ther have the kindness to inform me
who docs/ And whan she gives one
grip?on a man's hair?something
has got to give way. 1 never call
any man a bald-bead, or indulge in
personalities, but u glance around
this lodge-room will show that I talk
like Truth on the witness block.
Altbougii woman connot come ns
an Entered Apprentice to tho inne.,
sanctuary, she never fails to cuter,
heart and soul, into every good work.
It is easier?ten thousand limes easi
er?for her to pass another woman
on the street without looking back
than it is for her to pass to the de
gree of Fellow Craft; but when it
comes to making u "raise" to buy
Christmas presents, or pay off a
church debt, she is rght at home
every time brethren j and talk about]
"lectures"?but I must draw the line
somewhere.
Woman J the divinest work of the
Supreme Architect! The shrine to
which all hearts must come! Poets
have gone into rhapsodies over her
beautiful eyes, her will has swayed
the destinies of nations, and her
"won't" has kicked up all sorts of
trouble. Kings and Princes have
bowed the knee in obedience to her
mandates, and the small boy has
made woe eloquent when inspired
by the slipper swaying to and fro in
her lovely hand?an emblem, by the
way, which she can extract more good
from than the Master of this lodge.
Bless the ladies! We admire them
for their many virtues, and love
them?well, just because we can't
help it.
Our Bodies After Death.
Within a very near approach to
truth the human family inhabiting
the earth has becif estimated at 1,000,
000,000 ; the annual loss by death is
18,000,000. Now, the weight of the
animal matter of this immense body
cast into the grave is no less than
631,000 tons, and ittTOeconiposition
produces 1),000,000,000'000 cubic feet
of matter. The vegetable productions
of the earth clear away from I he
earth the gasscs thus generated, and
decomposing and assimilating them
for their own increase. This circle of
changes has been going on ever since
man became an occupier of the earth,
lie feeds on the lower animals and
on the seeds of plants, which in due
time become a part of himself. The
lower animals feed upon the herbs
and grasses, which, in their turn, be
come the animal; then, by its death,
again passes into the atmosphere and
arc ready once more to be assimilated
by plants, the earth or bone substance
alone remaining where it is deposited,
and not even there unless suilicicntly j
deep in the soil to be out of the insor- j
bent reach of the roots and plants
and trees. It is not at all dillicult to
prove that the elements of which the
living bodies of the present genera
tion are composed have passed
through millions of mutations, and
lormcd parts of all kinds of animal
and vegetable bodies, and consequent
ly it may be said that fractions of the
elements of our ancestors form por
tions of ourselves.
Flying from a Harem.
A young female slave has escaped
from the harem of the cx Khedive at
Resina and taken refuge in an oppo
site house, in which lives a young j
gentleman who bad fallen i:i love
with her from seeing her at the win
dow, and with whom she bad manag
ed to carry on a pantomimic wooing.
It seems that the young man's nllcc
tion is sincere, for he has now ap
plied to the municipal authorities of
Resina to publish the notice of his in
tended marriage with the interesting
young fugitive. But the authorities
arc much embarrassed by this re
quest, for the Italian law demands
that all strangers wishing to marry
must produce a certificate from the
authorities of their native country ,
Lhat there exists no impediment, ami
is this young girl, now only lb'
years of age, was sold in Cairo when
% mere baby, no one knows to whom
lo apply. The young beauty says
licr name is Nasik Missak and that
she believes she is a Circassian. The
municipal authorities have applied to
Lhc government for advice us, lo what
they should do.
Flight of a Priest.
Deputy Collector Robinson, of
West field, Mass., has obliged Father
A. B. Dufrcsnc, the French Catholic
priest at Ilolyoke, to settle for selling
liquor without a United Slctcs licenso
and be has left for Canada. He had
four casks of liquor in the basement
of the church, in the same room
where the juvenile school was held,
and several persons, ready to testify,
have bought of him. Eufresnc is the
priest who told his people not to pa
tronize Joseph Barker, tho hackman,
who bad displeased him, and so de
stroyed his business, for which Bar
ker recovered $3,400 damages.?Ez
cJiangc.
Widows.
There is nojjiuman being under tlic
sun half so interesting us the widow.
Pathos, tenderness, and subdued mel
ancholy hallow the person of a beau
tiful young widow as many scented
perfumes sweeten the atmosphere
which lovingly caresses a bed of
June roses. She is the incarnation
of an amorous poem and the heroine
of a tragedy. SI13 has been wooed
and won, has indulged in exquisite
dreams of love in a shoreless para
dise, gazed into the unfathomable
abysses of the unknnwn through the
fading eyes of her lover husband,
suffered the stormy pangs of separa
tion in the Valley of the Shadow of
j Death, and out of the gloom, stepped
j again into the glaring sunlight of
life, her 030s dimmed with tears.
This struggle with the forces of life
|and death?this sublime episode, too
j brief to chill the heart?has stirred
j all the emotions and passions of her
{soul to their profoundcst depths.
With the bloom of gir'hood still on
her check, and the careless pride of
youth still Hashing in her eye, she
realizes that joy, grief and agony
have conferred upon her all the pow
ers and rcsponsibillies of mature wo
manhood. She tenderly lays away
the remains of h(ir husband in the
ground, weeps, plants dowers in the
"headed up earth," and resumes her
pilgrimage. And as the turf, water
ed with gentle showcis, after a lime
springs with living green, so the
young widow dries the tears with
happy smiles, and blooms afresh
like the rose. Let mankind beware
of Ibis woman in weeds! Beautiful
as a girl, charming as a wife, she is
enchanting as a widow ! Docs she
choose to please, she is as coy as aj
maiden just buddirg into woman
hood, and her widow's cap half con
ceals, half reveals her blushes. Is
she assailed so much l>3' a rude
glance, she summons the aid of her
late husband with a wave of her
crape veil, and, like lightning chill
ing from the*Cimmerian depths of a
cloud, Hashes back a glance of min
gled reproach and scorn, lie who
would not surrender forever the free?
doom of bacbcloihcod?he who would
not become, on the instant, a desper
ate, fond, foolish, slavish lover, be
yond the hope of reprieve?lot him
floe the fascinating sociciy of the
young and charming widow who
smiles or frowns from downcast eyes
upon whose lashes trembles a tear.
John Gilpin and Ella Stanford.
John Gilpin was thin, callow and
awkward ; Ella Stanford, bonnic,
buxom and loving. They worked on
neighboring farms at Middlctown,
Conn., and last Wcdnsday they went
before the 'squire and were married.!
The next thing on the programme
was the wsdding tour. Neither had
money. Both had good, stout shoes.
Keeping excellent stop as bulb hearts
heal as one, they set out to walk to
Wood bury to visit John's old folks.
Wednesday night found them on the
road pushing on through the snow.
Ail day Thursday they pressed on,
and as night fell they stopped at a
lilllo inn by the roadside. John was
very much used up on Friday because
of llie long walk, but Ella lent him u
shoulder, 1 ml so the wedding tour
was continued. As Iho two ap
proached within four or five miles of
Woodbury, John gave out, and per
sons who kindly asked what was
the ma tor heard only from Ella a
request to borrow a wheelbarrow,
At last, when a neighboring farmer
learned that llie pedestrians had just
been married, he lent thorn a barrow,
and tenderly placing the groom in this
the bride wheeled him in triumph to
the old folk in Woodbury.?Neto
York World.
Says J\ck's Sun: Two Congress
men who own a paper mill have got
more influence in Washington than
all the friends of all the newspapers
in America. A hundred paper man
ufacturers can hohl this country by
the nose, and the newspapers uro as
helpless as puling infants. The boast
cd influence of Ihn press don't amount
to row of no-headed pins, and the
sooner newspapers quit imagining
they have influence the better it will
be for them. Belter all turn news
paper pirates, and when a man comes
for olllce prove conclusively that ho
has just escaped Stale prison, where
he was sentenced for murdering his
grandmother. Tho papers havo al
ways tried to do tho fair thing and it
don't pay.
Congarco Democratic Club.
Editor Orangcburg Democrat:
Pursuant to notice, the Congarcc
Democratic Club met on Saturday,
the 10th of April, at 3 o'clock P. M.,
and was called to order by the Presi
dent. The call of the County Chair
man and the rules of the Democratic
parly were read by the Secretary,
after which the names of fifty mem
bers were enrolled. An cleetion was
held for olllccrs to serve for the two
ensuing years, winch resulted in the
unanimous choice of the following
gentlemen: President, F. M. Prick
et; Vice-Presidents, D. Braddy and
II. C. Pauling ; and Secretary, K. L.
Arthur.
The following wot king committees
were appointed: On Registration,
W. W. Wise, W. L. Buyck and T II.
IIcape ; Executive Committee, Capl.
B. W. Braddy, J. II. Arthur, A. A.
Stabler, J. W. Ruckcr and T. E.!
Barsh. Mr. V. M. Pricket was unani
mously chosen to represent the Club !
on the County Executive Committee.
The following preamble and resolu
tions were offered and adopted :
W;ikki-:as, there seems to be a dif
ference of opinion among our leaders
on two points, namely; The two
thirds rule und the lime of nomina
ting State uiliucrs ; and whereas, iu
our opinion the success of the party
depends greatly upon the character
and ability of our leaders ; and where
as wc think such things can be most
satisfactorily settled by the delegates
going to the Convention from the
local clubs under instructions from
their constituents ; therefore, be it
resolved,
1st, That wc consider the noblest
part of Democracy consists in a sub
mission of a minority to the will of
a majority in all things.
gd, From the position of the proba
ble candidates at present, we deem it
I est to postpone the Stale and Con
gro sional nominations until later in
the summer.
3d, That wc believe Mr. S. R. Mel-i
lichamp to lie a man in every way ?
suitable for County Chairman and in
every way competent to till that im
portant position and to lead the party
lo success.
The delegates were instructed iu
accordance with the above resoln
tions. The Club then adjourned lo
meet on the second Saturday in June
at clove:: o'clock, A. M.
E. L. Aktiick,
Secretary C. D. C.
Ladies About to Marry.
In mat tying make your own match |
do not marry any man to get rid of
him or save him. The man who would
go to destruction without you would
quite as likely go with you, und per
haps drag you along. Do not marry
in haste lost you repent at leisure ; do
not marry for homo and a living,
when by taking care of your health
you can be strong enough lo earn your
own living. Do not let fathers or
mothers sell yoc for money or a posi
tion into bondage, tears, and life-long
misery, which you alone must endure. 1
Do not place yourself habitually in :
the society of any suitor until you 1
hava decided the question of mar- 1
riage ; humun wills are weak, and peo
ple often become bewildered, and do i
not know their error until it is too
late. Get away from their influence,
settle your head and make up your
mind alone. A promise may be made
in a moment of sympathy, or even
half delirious ecstasy, which must be
redeemed through years of sorrow,
toil and pain.?Christian Union. ,
Luck is Pluck.
When a man is fortunate be boasts
of his good management and shrewd- ?
uess ; when he is what is termed un
fortunate, he conipjuics of his ill luck.
It is said that Providence always
smiles on the side of the best and ,
most bayonets and heaviest guns.
Cannot the same principle be applied
lo fanning? Suc-ccot is the result of
good management, of the best breeds
of cattle, best tools and the richest
soils. Success springs from economy
in saving and making manures
and in the judgment used in their ap
plication. It consists iu the proper
selection of seeds, the lime of mow
ing the grass, the way and manner of
tilling the ground, vigilance in de
stroying weeds, the care of cattle and
the manner of feeding, iu keeping
fences iu order and tho building in
good repair. These aic a few of the
elements of good luck.
Nbw Youk actually proposes lo
have a couple of hangingSi^-Chastine
Cox, the negro who murdered old
Mrs. Hull, and Pietro Balbo, who
brutally blabbed bis wife to death?
being the doomed men. They arc
both worthy subjects for the halter.
AlFuture Nomination.
All tho Democratic calculations
rest on the assumption that their can
didate will receive the united South
ern vote. With a "solid South" he
would need only forty-seven electoral
votes in the North, and New York is
relied on to lurntsh thirty-live of the
forty-seven. But Mr. Tilden's can
didacy would upset the whole calcula
tion. It wotdd break the solid South
by the loss of three important States,
which would of itself lend to inevita
ble defeat, and it would give the indis
pensable Stale of New York to the
Republicans. The party cannot
ulford to lose the three Southern
States in question, even if it could
count securely on New York, it could
not afford to lose New York, even
with an absolute certainty of a unani
mous South. Mr. Tilden's nomina
tion would burn the candle at-bulb
ends by throwing away New York
in the North and throe important
Stales in the South. This is not our
opinion, but the opinion of intelli
gent representative Democrats, who
take tho personal responsibility of
publicly avowing it. It is but a few
days since letters were published
from seventy Democratic editors in
New York, and fifty-seven ofthesev
only depreciate ihc nomination of
Mr. Tilden on the ground that there
is no chance of his election. And
now we print Opinions of the same
tenor fiom nearly all the Congiess
men of till Co important Southern
Stales. Tho Democrats of New
York do not believe that Mr. Tilden
can carry his own Stale; the Demo
crats of Virginia, Louisiana and Mis
sissippi despair of carrying their'1
respective States for Mr. Tilden,
although they lire confident of an;
easy success with any other Candi-h
date. If by his unmalchablc dexteri
ty in packing conventions by his <
"still hunt" methods he should sue- 1
cecd in getting the nomination what
would it avail wheu so many i lid is- 1
pensablc States are certain to vote
against him??Xcw York ljerald. '
The Responsive Chord.
In the eaily spring of 18G3, when
Ibe Confederate and Federal armies
were confronting each other on the
opposite hills of Stafford and Spoil
sylvaniu, two hands chanced one
evening, at the same hour, to begin
to discursc sweet music upon either
bank Df the river. A large crowd of
the soldiers of both armies gathered ?
to listen to the music, the friendly I
pickets not interfering, and soon the |
bands began to answer each other, j
First the bond on the northern bank j
would play "Star Spangled Banner,"
"Hail Columbia," or some other na
tional air, and at its conclusion the
"boys in blue" would cheer most lus
tily. And then the band on the
southern bank would respond with
"pixie," or "Bonnie Blue Flag," or
some other Southern melody, and the
"boys in gray" would attest their ap
probation with an "old Con ft derate
yell." But presently one of the bands
struck up, iu sweet ami plaintive
notes which were wafted across the 1
Rappahunnock and caught up at once
by the other band and swelled into a
grand anthem which touched every ,
heart, "Home, Sweet Home!" At
the conclusion of this piece there went
lip a simultaneous shofrt from both
sides of the river. Cheer followed ,
cheer, and those bills which had so
recently resounded with hostile guns,
echoed and re-echoed the glad ac
claim. A chord had been struck re- ,
sponsive to which the hearts of ene
mies?enemies then?could boat in
unison ; and, "on both sides of the
river,
Something down the soldier's cheek i
Washed oil the stains of powder.
To Hang for Killing a Negro.
At iho lute term of court in Spar
tnnburg Thomas White, charged with
the murder of l'ct Hawkins, a negro,
was tried and the jury returned a ver
dict ol guilty. The prisoner is a
white man, about 28 or 30 years of
age, and the facts brought oitt in the
trial clearly proved that ho deliberate
ly shot tho deceased without the
slightest provocation. Tho defense
did not introduce any evidence, but
While pretends total ignoiancc of llie
deed, and further alleges that he was
so intoxicated as lo he oblivious ol
everything. His jury was composed
of white men, whose veidict will
probably stagger sonic Republicans,
ever ready to exaggerate and misrep
resent the stale of u Hairs iu South
Carolina. Whilo was sentenced to
be hanged on the 23rd of April.
Ill ? I?? I? I II II Ill IlllWIIWJIj????!?! ??IBIIMUBII
A Tragie Romanoe.
Chicago, April 14.?A telegram te?
the Times, from Kansas City, says.-:
"The simple announcement a few
days ago of the murder of a woman
named Thomas by Sam Broom field,.in
Washington Territory,.was explain
ed to-day in detail to your correspou
ent by Mrs. Broomlield, the wife ot
the murderer. She says the murder
ed woman is Mrs. Frank Shanks, rae
Miss Kdriugton, formerly living near
Iudcpendance, Mo. She was marri
ed to Broomfield's stepson in 187G,
soon after which the young couple
went to Broomfield's house \p live.
Brootnfield, up the time of the mar
riage of his son, was a highly esteem
ed and wealthy farmer, and was con
sidered a most honorable' -man. lie
was a hard worker, and was noted us
a thorough business man. As soon
as the bridle couple took up a perma
nent residence in the house be fell
violently in love with hto stepson's
wife. Broomfieid was 49 and Mrs.
Shanks was 16, but, notwithstanding
the disparity in years she returned
his passion, caressing him so much,
even iu the presence of tho plbe
members of the famjjy, that Mrs.
Broomfield insisted that she should
leave tho house. Frank finall}' solv
ed the difficulty by taking bis wife to
Texas, but was induced to return by
Broomfield to testify in a lawsuit.
Soon after arriving at the farm near
Kansas City a deputy marshal ap
peared with a warrant of arrest for
him on a charge of rape, and flic in
nocent victim of what afterwards was
ascertained to be a foul conspiracy
was obliged to hide in the brush, pur
sued and hunted by a posse. Broom
lield still pretended to^bo bis friend,
although ho was really bis enemy,
and persuaded him to send for his
wife, As sonn as she arrived Broom
lield advised his stepson to fly, and
then took the wife as a mistress.
For three years he continued Ids
uour.se, and finally ended it last sum
mer by running away with bier, sell
ing his properly and leaving Ids wife
penniless. After reaching Washing
ton* '.territory Broomfield's mistress
fell in love with another man named
Thomas, and gave him a large sum of
money which she had 'obtained from
Broomlield, on learning which the
latter murdered her in cold blood."
Human Sacrifice,
London, April 12?A Rangoon
dispatch sa3-s that .-even .hundred
men, women and children, including
priests and foreigners, have been bu
ried alive,under the towers of the city
walls, as a sacrifice for the restora
tion of 1 ho king's health. The panic
in Mandajay is frightful, aud hun
dreds are leaving the city. The King's
illness is said to be leprosy, The
following is an explanation of the
massacres at Madalay. When a city
is built in Burundi human sacrifices
are offered up. A new monarch usu
ally has a now capital. Evil spirits
are irr it i ted that theie has been no
change of capital,anil the \iitueof the
old sacrifices being supposed to be
gone, to appease them the nstrologeis
declared that it was neccssuiy to of
fer up seven hundred lives. The sac
rifices were made by order of King
Theebau.
The Boss Hen Story.'
Glen Cove goes to the front, with
the "boss hen," not as a me:e ordina
ry egg-laying ben, but a singing hen
?alien that sings "Hold the Fort''
with all the unction of a Widow Van
Colt at camp meeting. This biped
is the pet of a young lady of this vil
lage. She has taught the hon-to"tic
company her as she sings the hymn,
and the pullet does it with a vim, <\
gravity and propriety really credit^
hie to poultry nature. She has only
to star?the melody, and the pullet
joins in and sings along with her to
the end, following the scale and
minding the rests iu a way that would
delight the most exuding choir mas
tor, and, as a matter of genius, (i leu.
Cove's singing hen :is lUq luster uf
Aldobraaff to the glitter of a pin head
in the pinafores of beauty dancing at
charity balls.-i-(t7oi. CWj (Ar. }'.)
GuneUe, ?>
Tim Boston papers tell of n stage
struck woman who got a divorce from
her husband in order to bcuoxc un
actress, failed dismally, behind the
footlights^ returned to her home, and
begged to bo made a \vife ' again,
w hich was done by a remarriage.
Suitscmmc for the Okanueuuho,
Dumouut.