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* *' ~ ~ -.<.- v 4 * . ~ 9 I - C i2~ Ii .3... - , A be _____________________ TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBOIIO. S. C.. OO'1'OBER 27, 8~3. ** ESTABLISHED 1848 The forest! noblest g IL to man, Ileneath whose shades the breozos fti My fevered cheeks in suintner hours, As oft I seek her cooling bowers, To spond a day of quiet rest, In her green als Ile where none uolest. Oin mat of soitost inossos brown In blissful ease I sit inu down, Where forest herbage, froh and rare, With grateful perfunte Ili. the air; And bright birds sig, with happy' song, A lullaby the whole day lorg. Above, thebusy sqIuirrel weaves .in chestnut tall his nest. of leaves; While In an opening to the sky, A white-wingel cloud i- sailluig lay, But e.e It leaves my narrow- view Is all dissolved in intiby blito. Agreeting fills upon m)y car Of ligtld iitsic, soft, and clear; . For near ine, In t.h, shadows cool, A cacde tirops into a pool, With silvery skein of wa'ers sweets 'Whose spray makes <launiny instie seat. And there throtgh all the suninter day, The speckled t rout in beauty lay; A painted noth contmes to explore, She dips her winjis and all Is o'er. A dimple only lett to tell Tho tragic story how she tell. And thus from rimorn till dowy night I revel in a strango delight., Till through the purple twilight's frowin, Tie stars like angel-eyes look down, And then I honeward wend my wa'y, With memories of a hippy clay. TUE JEMIM.A'S -ORULE. Charlie, my young brother, lad been fagging at his studies; I had just passed the R.C.S.E., and was proportionately elate. We had earned our summer holiday, we thought. Notlingloth was I when Charlie. with a Cap in his hand, pointed out a spot on the Caithness coast aid exclaiined-"I ere we arel There we'llgol What say you, Frank?" "Very good choice. Plenty of ozone, fishing and boating; fashion at a dis. count. Where is the time-table?" A primitive fishing-village-call it Clanhead-was quickly fixed upon. Atter the usual delights of railway tra velipg we found ourselves in a place richly endowed by nature, but minums anl inn. A Ilighland cottage, however, proved a comfortable enough shelter. After a night's rest and a hearty fish breakfast we strolled off towards the sea. In the one straggling street of Clanhead were yellow-haired children who stood in wide-eyed, innocent won der, and stared at us. Perhaps they were overcome by the sight of our hideous brown sand-shoes. It might have been that- they were bewitched by Charlie's handsome face. Charlie is the Adonis of our family; and 1-well, I am an ugly young man with a war vellously wide mouth, eye-sight so near that 1 cannot pick up a six pence with out the help of my glasses, and an ex pression, to say the least of it, scared. Such as we were, we stood the lads' and lasses' scrutiny unabashed, plod ding, plodding on till we perceived a middle-aged man leaning on a gate in, I imagined, a dolco far niente condi tion. He turned, however, and nroved toward uts. "Will ye no' be takin' a sail the mornin' gentlemen?" "Just what we want," cried Charlie. "Aweel, tak' ye the first turn to the rpot an' 1t:'ll brbi g ye to the head o' the cliff. Some way bock ye'll see the openin' to a ravine. Gang awa through the gap an' ye'll soon be where the sea 1%ashies the clill-foot. Be ye canny, for tide's high the noo, an' the shallowest water there may drottin' ye. In live minutes I'll be conun' roond wi' my boat an' my mate at your service." The boatman touched his cap and moved o1f. We inade for the ravine, passed down it, ad camne suddenly upon the miost magniilcent exp~anse of rolling water that our oyci had cyor feasted upjoni. bhortiy, from, I slip pose, sonme sheltering nook under the cliff, camne along our little craft,, the. Jemnima, with her mainsail spread and her master at the helm, while Do nald, his mate, kept wvatch at the bow. With a "Yo hoy! "Steady I Yo hoy I" she was "brought to," and in scrambled we, neck or noth ing. We were scarcely seated before, em erginig from the ravine, tolling on wvith the help of a crutch over loose earth and boulders, came a girl, with a sweet but very sad face. Eviently she was suffering in mind and~ body. "Ech, Ilinny I Ilinny P' said our boat man with a softened intonation. "Ye should na act sae, my dear! "W hen gentloemon hire the Jemimua they dinna expect to tak' her master's family aboord. "Gang awa' hame again, Mamie.'' "Oh, by all meauns, take your friend aboard, Mr. -"Eleni 1s my name, sir, an' I. thanilk ye for your kindness. "Come then, bairn! an' look ye, dhmna trust to your crutch when ye step aboord. Should the boat lt it may slip frae under ye. Let mie lay it doon at the stern, an' gl'e me your hiond. N ow, steady, an' in ye are." Ben guided the boat off, then turned to the girl again. "Eh, my bairnie, not sao mickle as a speck o head-gear! an' they bits o' tal lal clothing flying about ye. Ye'll catch your death I ye maunm hae my jacket on. Mebbo, sir, ye'll be sac kind as to haud the tiller whiles I -dress her oop? There no0w, Mamle, &era ye no warmly buskit?" Off we were before the wind, our swelling mainsail Iding the man at Lihe bow. Tihe grand sea and sky threw Charlie and myself inito ecstacies. lien, usbed to such scenes, was quiet and, I thought, sad, " Whute the hassle looked decidedly sleepy.. "Ehi, my doo," said lien, "ye were oop wi' the birds. I marked ye wend in' your way to the cliff by the first glInt o' the sUn. Ye'so liken to a wraith, my dearl Ye'se aye wander In'. A weel, lay dooni your head awhile on my shoulder, an' be takin' a Wee bit nap the dfoo." With his disengaged arm Ben1 sup-: ported the frail little body. And soon , ils charge was dozing as restfully as any weary child. As she slept I espied - wedding-ring On her linger. Ev~en in // repose her face told a title of mental and bodily suffering. Some- heavy calan ity, I thought, must have fallen upon her. Her child-like confidence in Ben and his teuderness toward her were pa thetic; mnd, altogether, Iny sympathy was won. Presently I ventured to ask if she wore not an invalid; and returned Ben "Oo, yes, sir; an' she is my only bairn. Pre3tty doot She married ower early. An' a week after, Taiii, her husband, sailed north wi' his- crew for the hshin'. Three months Lae passed sin' the wofu' day, but nae word can we get o' board or inn 11." "Thon you think the vessel-" " 'Went doot,' sir, is what ye mean? -Tihere is ite (loot aboot it; for, miles aa' along coast, a piece of her sail was washed ashore. "But my lamb knowsiia that. Au' "II i'teiad o' puIttin' on widow's weeds, she aye says we'sC bouI' to find him. She watches the sea an' questionisevery fisherinoni site meets till it's j ust pitiru' to hear her." "She is nearly distraught," thought, I. Then I gave Ben a warning note regarding the imperative need of trying to divert her mind from her trouble. Also I proffered a word of advice about her lameness, which, it appeared, arose from some recent injury done to the muscles, and which, I gathered, had been treated in anything but a scienti lic manner: Ben was delighted to ilnd that I was a doctor, and most grateful for my in terest in him. Indeed, he was so ear nest in pouring out his thanks when I volunteered to take Manie's case In hand while I was at Clanhead, that the mlan at the bow (as he afterwards owned) became an absorbed and syni pathetic listener. Mamitie and lie had been playmates, and lie felt rather down-hearted, Ben told me, when Tam carried her oif. Deep in our subject, and entirely, free from appreleinsion, we scudded pleasantly along. One io zment all our thoughts were of healing. Tihe next-crash I crash I I crash I I I over our heads, under our feet, every wherel A swift glance at the mainsail, a wreiiclh at the tiller, and a tremeid o01s shout froim Ben "Bow, there, bowl aresleepin', nion?" The warning was too late! A large vessel was down upon us. Our main sail was pierced through by her bov sprit. Our timbers were shivering un (er her bows. I heard shouting on the dleck above us; Isaw a man leap from the vessel's side; I saw Mamnie wake up in an agony of terror, and throw her arms round her father's neck. I heard Ben say-"Nae, dinna cuibor me, but strike ye out an' trust." I knew we were alt in tWe water, for I saw Ben supporting hlischild as lie swain vigorous ly toward tihe man who had leaped over. I saw Charley going down (neither he nor I was a swinnner), I clutched at hmin fruitlessly. Then came confused cries of "-Keep your heads up!" "H ere's a life-belti" "Catch this ropel" and so on. But soon the voices sounded far away and undistinguishable: I knew that salt water was iII my nostrils and mouth. There wats singing in my ears. roaring in miy head, I felt, a inad im youlse to rise. I (lid rise. For a mo inent only, L heard eagur voices neiar mc, and caught a glimpse of the efforts that, were being made to save us; in agony 1 made an elfort to keel) up. It was futile. Then, hiss! hissi swishil through my very brain. After that, darkness, dense darkness! a clear con sciousness that the hand of Death was on me. A cry from my inmost soul to 11eaven, and-a stran e deep calm. * * ** * TIhie sun was going dlown in a flood of crlimsoni glory. I lay upon a wvell swabbed deck all alone. Where had I been? Where wvas I. going? What hadl liappenied? I pinched myself anid felt Lime pain; so 'was btill m the lesh. L tried my voice-"hil hiilloaI some body I" No one came. I sat up and took a speculative survey. Tihe vessel wa taut and trim, and she smelt of Liuuhur, butt, she was not of British build. As I cogitated--rather weakly, I must, own*--a footstep sounded on the deck, and along came a good-natiured looking mieamnan fair and blue-eyed; he made his way to ime and gazed smiding.. ly down. "WVhat sip1 is this?'' quieried L. A shake of uw neaid. "'Are you a Gierman?"' Two shakes of tihe headi~. "Speak, man, in some tonigun other, will you?" Th'ie word "speaR" lie untder! I od and obeyed with energy. But no word of aniy language could L pick out from his strange jabber. I~eeling, no doubt, that my understand ing wanted arousing, he went away and shortly returned with six other meni, some strong, fair, and blue-eyed like imself, the rest shorter, dharker, but powerfuLlly built, and all chatterin r the imost unintelligile jargon. As they bent their energies to make me ac.. quainted with something or other, I Lried hard to discover thteir natioioali ties, for certainily they were nmot all ot one ination, when-happy thought, 1.. camne fltting through my bram the wods "And then the blIue-eyedI Norsemnan tohlt A saga 'f thbu days ot sold." "You are from Norway!" bawled I. 'Anid you" to the darker moeu, "you are Swedes. Am I right?" "H-a! Norrowayl "Norgel Norgel Hal Ha! Norrike! Hal Hat" The words were taken up like a ro fraini with boisterous hatisfact on, had I onmly raised my eyes to tihe vessel's flag, I might have seen at firet, thbat, she was called the Janrl akon But just, then miy wilts were scattered. Tney began, however, to (disentanighe them selves, aiid thoughts of Charlie, lBen, and the rest crowded upon me. WVhere were they? Where was tihe lame gn-i? and where time Jemnima? It was use less to question, so 1. rose up anid with rather unsteady gait walked across the deck and found my way to the cap tain's cabin. On one side lay Bien, with pain in every line of his face. Ini the captain's berth, looking absolutely dead, was Mamle. Stretched out on a rug lay my brother He, however, managed to moan out "B~ravoat" when he saw me. I went to the girl's side and felt her pulse. Then, "Where's the captain?" said I to Bein's careless mate, Donald. who was standing by, the picture of helpless distress. "Here," camne a ready answer from a mellow voice behind me. I turned. There stoo:l it portly, grey. headed man. with a trustworthy face, ie spok liglish. This was worth soimething just then. ''6ave you a wife-a liady onl board sir, who will carry out my instructions respecting this patient,?" "Are you thon a physician?" "1 am a member of the Collego of Surgeonis, and am1 anxious to do my best in this emergency." "I am heartily glad, sir. A lady no; hero is not really one on board. .ut there is a man who would lay down his life for this child. Ite is burly, butdocile; let him be her nurse." "Oh, her father? "But lie is in sorry plight Iimself. I fear 1 shall flid some broken bones when I have time to look at him."' ",No, not her father-her husband.'" I glanced atL Bn. "I knaw," said he; "there's a reet, bright siller linii' to oor cloUd, thank GodI'" 'Bring him inil," quoth 1. ie caie, a young follow having a splendid physique and six feet two of height, tihe very man who had leaped from. the side of tle Jarl Ilakon to our rescue. I stretched out my aru in front of the berth as a warning or ba r vier. But Tain had tact and caution. Hie stood mutely looking down Un his ghostly young wife, thell, inl response to a touch on his arm, lie bent his head to take my orders. While Mamio re mained unconscious lie was to keep his post quietly, using the prescribed remo dies. The moineont she showed signs of consCiousness lie 1wtS to vanish. I turned to Bel, who I found had a broken arm. "Splititsl said Ito Charlie. who was ,-n his feet by this time. Go to the uaptain for thin wood, and tools to shape it, also linen for bandages-a sheet will do. Now, Ben, you are a Briton, I know; will you trust ie to set that bone?" "'Trust ye? Aye, sir; I ne'er wince At sic like. I'd be poorly oil an' it werena set." That business was got through. Ben lad scarcely uttered a ioan [rom irst Lo last, but cold perspiration stood on Iiis forehead, and I was just despatelh ing Donald for a strong cup of tea to .evive hin when-a sudden knock on ny arm. I turned sharply. "Beg pa'rdon, sir," whispered TI'ail, is his great bulk rolled and Atimbletl iuto a dark conter beyond me. But LNaunle'5~ eyes werb wide open; tihe hVlitoless had gone fromu ier face., Lier breath caie thick and fast. iShe sven tried to raise herself oi lier elbow. "LFatherl fatherl Ye'so foun' niy rain 'I' Q4taking with fear ilest the remedy Ilould be worse than the disease, I notioned Tai out froi his hiding >lace. 1 vaw the girl's face Hlush vio ently; I Saw her throw ilp hir armins to asp her husband's neck. I saw the ioung giant turn white and weak with 3mnotion. Then away dared 1, never ialting till I reached the stern. Tyro is I was, I wouild rather have set half i dozen miiore bones tLan have stood )ut that meeting. Tile Jarl ilakon wvas doing a pine trade between Ibrgen ind AI'i.doen. Oi her last homiward voyage . lie had picked up Tam and mother seanian who were bating iopAlessly about in a small boat, hili lead with thirst and exhaustion. i'ami's lue frame had b..ttled through, ndl lie was wvorklng his way back to Scotlanid. Bunt his companio.i in par I i1ad succumbed and was laid in a Nor ivegian grave. Mamnie wvalkedI witIhout lier cratch before I left, Clanhead- and lBen's bone' svas, doinig faimouishy.' I was in high upirits at my success a5s :trgeoni on miy >wn accout. I had galined f'riends too, utaunchi and leal. Saidl Tam att partting -- " Ye'se gi'eni me a bo.inty wife for a mickly anto, an' ll ite'er tuiln ye enco, ''All rigit., TJam, Y ol soeyed nily life whten you leaped fromii the Jiart lla-, Lon, yotz knowv, so we're initre hiain jiuits. Atnd look here, lad, itf ever you s'ant a friend, sendi to0 me." "'Sac I will, sir. An' stiul ye ()'er' mood an act, o' reot, willinm' an' faitlbrut' uervice, ye'hl s'nil to me?'' VThat, compaflLt, waus an honeost, oneu, am'n E.ausgba Ariinfg. The late l'rofessoir M~oses Stuart, Phlelps INCed to tll this story with great glee. In the days wvhen lie wats a graduiate studt~ll at New Ilaven lhe Look a walk 01ne morning with Prtofes sor Newton, who lives in thie world of tmathienuatics. Professor N e w tonasi lis habit, started od' on the discuisi,o fan abstrumse problem. As the profes sor wenit, deepen anid dheejer, Mr. Phelps's mind wand(eredl further an' further from what was being said. At, last Mr. Phelps's attentiont was called back to his complaniion by thme profes sor's winding up with:. "'Which, you see, gives us 'x;' " "D~oes it?" asked Mr. Phelps, thinking that in politeiiess hie ought to reply something. "Why, lloesn't it?" excitedly exclaimed the p~rofessor, ahainedl at the possibility that a flaw hiad beeni detected in his calculationms. Quickly his inld ranm back over the work. There had Indeed beoei a jnistake. "You are right., M r. P'helps, you are right," almost shouted thme professor. "It doesn't gIve us 'x> it gives uts 'y.' " And from that hour Professor Newtoii looked upon Mr. Phelps as a umathomatical prodigy. i~e was the first man who had over caughmt the professor tripping,; "And so," Mr. P'help used ofteni to add, with his own peculIar smile, in telling the story, "I achIeved a reputation for knowving a thing I hate, it's thme way many reputations are made in this superllcial world." Nwting is more danigerotas than a frienc. wIthout discretion; even a pru d~ent enemy is nrefeablei. AnaUnknowu d. - The Sandwich Islandhs coll(cted . gether in three groups, the Gilbbrt, tub Caroline, and the Mar.h1 'It groups, coll tain nearly 75 000 inhabitants anId coV er a considerable area. .The islands lie 3,000 miles west of. the Sandlwicl Is lands, and though termed South Sea Is. lands, are yet, with one exception, all north of the equator. Fev vessels have visited Micronesia, and tie history, the tratlitionis, the customs, even the very existasnce of the islands remain almost unknown. One vessel alone makes yearly trips to these et'al shores, the Morning Star, owned an- equipped b the American Board o 4%eeiga.Ml sions, and kept for the s0.l purpose oC supplying t1 mi3salonaiofe on the Is lands with the necessaries olcivilizationi. Oice overy year this brig sails froin Ihonolulu, and after braviic dangers ol which the ordinary sealmant luars littlo idea, sailing throughi curreits unknown and ever cliaiging, and among isles whose coasts have never been explored by white men, at last after a trip nearly of five moutlhs reaches the desired port and brings to tihe few s~rolig-hearted (hristians their news froam that home of which for twelve months tluhy lave hoard nothing. In comnliald of this vessel for the last, five years has been Capt. Isaiah Bray a Boston boy, who, altough 0now comparatively young in years, has by long years of service and by ability and uprightness won a lead Ing position among navigators. Capt. Bray is now at home in Boston on a year's leave of absence, and a visit to his house found him very ready to talk of his work and his desire to enlarge the suhero of that work. "Yes," Ie sa1d, "we now have mis siolnaries oil almost all tle islaids. Tile only other white people are a few traders who make their gaini by shipping dried cocoa meat, called cubra, to Eu rope, whiere it is made into oil. These traders are a low class ol iuei. It is noticeable, too, that they always Wait until a missionary has visited an island atul found it safe before they ventured to laud there. Are the islands safe? Yes, those where our missionary resiao are, but to the soutfh and west, of us are nuiInerouts little dots of coral peopled-by cannibals. Tle iatives getierally receive the Morning Star, whose reptitation has spread all through theso groups, with confidence, aid never attempt any in jury. But others are not received so cordially. It's their own fault, how ever. In tile Ruk lagoon onle white mai did ventiuro, and began at once in an unipriincipled way to play his gaimes upon tle natives. He mixed himself up inl their warsA-for all the tribes are hkostile to one1 allotherkd as a conso queoc -wasi murdered. - 'h natives il Lic-d hiii to thell by offering a pig from , boat in the river, and the mo illent tihey got tihe white man in their power thuy butchered hin in the iosit Lorrile italiner." "And does your wife accompany you to theso places?" quteried tho re porter. "Ol, yes; and you would he aiunised to seo how astonislied the natives are at seeing a wlite wolant. I rml0luinber alter t1he Star had juist arrived and was at anchior, the natives came clambering up the vessel's sides aud percbed tbem selves, as they always do, on the rail, to look acout.. My wite and another lady, Mrs. Logonm, calle Oil duck just then, ald the moment those fellows saw thie ladies, with a cry of alari they tumbled, rolled and pitched hona first down the side of the ship into their canoes, were at a safe distance they jubbered away and stared in perfect wonder itt tihe unll known beings.'' "'Is the nlavigationi inl that, vicimit.y thoroughly unlderstood by seal uepm, cap taini?" '"No, it, eniiuo. be. It, is neover safe for a sailing vessel thecro. 'Thler'e is no regularity about, the cuirrentls; one0 day) thbey will r'un at the ralti of Li0 miles In one( direction, the net day they will be running 30 miles in the opp~osito direc tion. Furthemnore, you1 never enni de pond1( oni a breeze. Whlat. is neceded is a larger sailing vessel, with auxiliary steam power, whieb ennt be used inl caso of adverse cumrreints or lack of wind. T1h ree 1hou1rs' Steami ig woulId oftoil Save three weeks of tinme. I reitnmnber on1e time I sighmtedl an islaund only ten miiles away, but thle wvt gave out,the curi. rent, wats adverse, anid ats a conseq&juenco we were thiirteeni datys inI r(eaeing that island, and tr aveledl, in stead oh to nu1los: nearly 8010 miles.'' "'Ihave yo0u ever had an~y ntecieents?'' "'No serious 01neS. Tre vesse1l used before this 0on0 was lost 01n tho island shore, anid mitne also hiadi a narrow es cape at the satmo plae. Two yeats ago we were left, In at deadl cahnl thr ee mliles froum shore. TIheo Stronig cuirrent to ok hld of the veissel an d catrriedl her rapid.. ly ini toward the breaker's. WVe felt, surte we shiouild be dashed to piebces, and gave upl e'verythIinbg as lost,. Q4uickcly lower lng the boaths we lihreed the3( laieis andil 11 asmy othbers as p)osible ill them, anld thteni the rest of us waited for the crash. A few muiniutes Inoro, we were dinost 01o Lm I~h brteaker's, w~hien shoal water wats discovered, anid like a flash our anchor chiaina flew out, the anchelor caught anid the stern of the vessel swung roundl~ just twenty feet from tile rocky shore, but safe fronm lull danger. Another timel our1 copper pilate wore through and worms gnawed a hole in the bottom of the vessel. By3 ptumping dlay and nighlt we managed to reach an island in isarety, but, eveni this could not have been done had I any other sailors than Iiawatiian natives. Those mni are natural watermoni, dive anid swini like lishies, and they, diving be'neath thei vessel, managed partially to stop) up the leauk. .1 may say, as an instanceo of the dlanger, that of the elovent vessels whIch fiye years ago accomapanied the Morn ing Star to thiat vicinIty, every otte has been wrecked In those islands.?" "Are tile islandhei- perfect barba rlins?" "Tihey all were before the Mornuing Star udertook heir mission. Tihe -native dress In a- meore fring~e of piandanat skini about the waIst. Ti.ls is put 0on when the child 18 12 years of age; pre vious to thm&t they are nalkpd.. I anay say that I never saw a wolian on any of the Islands who did inot wear at least this sImple covering. In tha arolna rd 1npiliefen wear their hair long, do fg it up in a big plug at the back, int which the tck long fancy pins, whost dii ifare t with feathers." -"How do hey take to the clothes o Olvi =zalan4 "'he moinent a native Is converted hie iminedi tely wants to pit on whitt nan's clothes; whenever he 'backslides the first indication of this that he give, is an -instant abandoment of the clothes It is aiusing to see them' put on oui -garments. One native will get a pair of lyots and dance around with only tid and his native skirt on, dressei for aught lie knows in thorough fashioi One man I kuow, wheni he was given a Shirt, with the most innocent stimpliclty at onice-put his feet through the sleeves aln(d proceeded to wear that upper gar. iment as an origlually conceived pair of panltaloonls. "You sieak of dancing. Do they have war dancei like our North Auori can Fidians?'' "Yes, but their warl dance are very low and obscene. Moreove they ar 0l'd of pifumlies--if you Cal call suchl things as kerosene oil porfuliery-aln(d especially beforo dancing they daul themselves with these oi1s. You car imagine the restlt for a sensitive nasa organ. Then they paint theinselves and the people of the Caroline Island bedaub their persons with yellow paint, which they make themselves. All tle natives are tattooed. Tle tattooing is begun as soon aus the child is born, and the processa is extremely cruel on the childrei. Only persons of high rank ca have their faces tattooed, and the more marks there are on the face the highei is the rank of the chieftain. 11 "WI hat are their custoims as regarls marriage and other personal obl igationsi Do they bave ainy code of verbal laws?' "They live according to old traditions and habits. Their marriages, wlhicl ire made at as early nll age is elevet years are plinidi by' parents and friends. They have great respect foi their superiors. They always go ill and out of the rooni where a King ol chief is in a crouching position, and when tile) paiss their superiors alwayI chiefs obtain their rank by descent, not from iiy prowess of their owin. The womnii are held as slaves and coipelled to do most of the work. '1hey have it respect for oiie another's property and lainl. If a iian does not want any trespassers on his particular pjege of soil he vinkds piaiidana leaves arolnd the t'eos and the bonidaries and no one then at tempts to pass by the tree so nia!ked. This they call 'tahbooing,' a;nd the word 'tabhloo,' nmaninag thii proscription, is used oi all the islands however different their language may be."$ ".1We have the samiiie word, meaning tile same, in the Eiglish language, cap till. Do you suppose it a0rose original ly from the white men who had at solnietiime or other run Ieross these is huiders?" "It is probable." "What is their native religion? Do they worship idols?" "No they are spirit, worshilp-rs. Their spirit gods, they think, live in certain lish-most prominently, the cel. They will never touch an eel, and Il. ways run away from it as fastas possiibe. They tire, in fact, terribly afraid of their spirits. There are numberless sacred spots which the natives never dare ap. proach." "Are these islatiders intelligent?" "They are of i simple nature, but have, considerable ingenuity. On the Marshall group especally, they rival our Yankees. They ire natural navigators, and have charts made of long twigs In tersected with one aniother in lattice work, and in the intersections they plaice little stonecs to r'epr'esent the is lands. I have found these charts won derfully correct, tar more mnathemati cally accurate than ouir English charts. The natives are' queerL in their love f'or lirearms. They like the noise, but al ways waint to putt In ball or shiot, even wh'len fIring in the air merely to hoar the report. I remaeinber a missionary anid myself were wading along a brook one day, when, whish, caine a ball directly between us. We looiked up and there satt an1 old native ini tront o his hut, p~opping off his gnm, regard(less of where he aimed, merely for thes fun of the thing." "'What about the few tradlers who 0111n1 to Micronelsia?"' "TheyO3 are the scum of' dlifferent Jna. tionis. Tihmey upset 0our wiork by. sellinig liquor, tobacco and gunis to the natives, lad by pirejudicinmg thenm against, the inissioniaries. Sonme however, were once prlominenit m11en. 1 rememl~ber 0one, an Eniglish noblemani, wvho hadl been1 ohblig EdI to thy Great Britain and was hiding amliong t,lhese~ far-olf islandCS. Several other nobles from Eurompe haave found refuge amiIoniL thetse islanids. Bitt, in spite of the oppjosinmg wvork of such men, the mlissionlaries and teachers halve donae donae much111 goid,iiand will (10 more in fut ure t ime. I hope (lie meanms of ox teninlg Ltheir work will be forthbcomig, but at lpresenit their work haas abnost reachetd its linmit, until a larger vessel is provided to take mmore suplieis to the islands.'" Anna or 1Annae. Th'isA name first app~eared among uts abou t I 272. buit naever haecamae cormon ufOO ntil Q ueen Anne, of 1B,hemsai~, inI 1381. UntIl Lunglish becameii thle tongue usalaly spioken in Eniglande, of' couirse th niaine can only be foundt in the F'rench iand fiai n forms of Annc ail Anna, it fromin 1381 dtown ward utill ihe accessifioni (f the nousec oh I lanuover, at thes earlksat. the formn iln Wiach we liad it is always Annie. The nuay herm of Ann hb pumrely the growth of that taste less eighteenth centiry waalch also d1itedl the finual e hn "Blanch, " and vainly tried to evolve 'N0athrain." It did, alast subi tute hIutsy f or liessy. TIhae often extrava gant and~ siomtetinES silly ftheticismi oh the prceent day is, to somec extent, a re bound Iroem the (dreairy lihness of that utilitarian ago. Q-aeen Ane occasionially signed( hier name as Anna, but, bad speller though she was, & will venture to assort that shle never perpeCtrated the cority of signmng Ann. A hMONTANA Indian la named Woman shoes. io had aeon a Chicago girl's feet as she rode a muile and he knew at once that ho had fond a preat name. Vapor* ot the Urown. "or all the interesting sights wit. nessed by the Villard party thus fai the Indlan war dance oi the lron Agency one afternoon lately was the iost unique aiid fascinating. The first two sections arrived at Gray Cliff about 2 o'clock. A bare range of heavy cliffr run parallel with the railroad 500 yardf to the south About 300 Indian wig. wans were clustered near the depol between the cliffs and tracks. Fullj 1,500 Indians were on the ground They had with them about 12,000 steel horses and pones and 3,000 dogs. II appearance they were t& the lastor viitoN unIiuo beyond expreggion, Many of the mounted ones came gal loping up to the traini with wild shotit" of welcome. The party alighted, and procoding to it small enclQosure near the track, found gathered there about Ia iindred Inadians inl wrLl* paiit, ready for the dance, which began upon the arrival of the first train. Each In. dian was dresse(in the most extrava gant; manner. lleads were adorned With feathers land War bOllOtS, faces were streaked with red, yellow, and green paint, and l charcoal. An1 abbru via ted costuio was the onder, and palited bare legs and clsta predomi nated. Many of the ildianis were uln armied; a large nimubir, however, had swords, guns, pistols, and kniv es, which they flourished recklessly as they went, through their wild perfornLice. It opened with a "'o'rn toin" upon a thick skiimed drui, thenu a low chait. Iroin 500 Indians who surrouinided the dan. ing grunid. Iimediately thosi3 wio were to take part, inl tihe per'forimaice were upon their feet., and tihe foreign visitors were regaled with a touch of' frontier life such as their miliest ilmagi nations had never dreainled of'. Tlie dance was continued nearly three hom-s without, cessation. Now a hitmlrlied painted demons were circling back anq forth, emlitting howls ad shrieks that almost thrilled the blood; knives and swords flashel in the air; and, at ov casional intervals, 'bang" went the gun or pistol of some excited lbrave. The Indians wNouhi dano togeter as a body for at while, theni two oi. tilei chiefs would appeiar anid give tihe medi eine dance. They were iduiced to comlie to Gray lif Iand give a war dance only after itiuch solicitation, owing to their suspicions. Some one0 splread a report that the railroad comlpally wanl ted to get them all together at iL big feast, wthero they could all be poisoned and this worked so upoli the 1ears o? iiaiy that, fully 6U0 mnembl)ers of the tribe iefised to leave the agency and comlie to Grity Cliff. Tile war ditnce, iml variols forms, was kept up till a lato hour. Tle Indlatins also gave somle line exhibits of their horsemanship. The elegant palace cars, as they stood upon the side-track, excited the greatest curiosity of the Indians, and the wo mun and children swarmed upon the p4latforins and peered into the witutows of the wheeled palaces with many ox pressions of delight. In one instance the occupants of a priIVaLe car went out, to view the Li(Iili enicalpme)nt amnd forgot to lock the door of their car. When their portor put in his appear ance shortly after, to his horror he found seven or eight lutidian women and children gathered around tile centro table in the ,aloon, amnd indulging in a dance. 11 clearet the car of its iun welcome visitors in short, order. The Indians did Ia thriving business selling trinkets to their visitors, anud disposeod of all their old moccasins, pipes, tomila hawks, bolts, &c., at IL good price. New York hay in the (ld Dlays. Of the Upper Bay of New York Richard G rant White says: "Now witin the last thirty or forty years, the bleaumty of thme shores of N ew York bay hats been utterl y and hopelessly destrov ed. Never grand or of a highly distini guishmed charac&Lter, it yet had the charm of a pleitsing variety of nature modified by human presenice. It has become wholly artificial and monotonous, anid, moreover, th oroughly~ and basely vulgar beyond( the power 01 eXpression in fan guage: because its very Vulgarity is withbout any huiividual chariacter, and is simpijly tinie and1( coiimmonpllace. T1his chiange has1 boeen wrought b~y what, is called thbe prospierity of New York, pr'ospi~ty melaninug inmcrease ini wealt~h antd size. 'Before this happened, the traveler who saihed uip through thme .Narrows saw oni his right the green shores of Long is land aluost. in nature's beauty decorate, with here anmd there a farm-house or a villa; on his heft, the hills of Stateni Is land in like verduare rose from a nautral shore line, brokent only by the village of Castleton, with the buildings of the iiuaranltinie. On either side, the pleace fud tone waIs relieved by the emphatic note of the two forts that guarded the harbor. Before him, as Ite advanced, the bay stretched out, opening hike tile mouth of a trumpiet froma the narrow strait through wh ich lie was passing. A s his eye pierced the distatnce, hie saw the verdure of the shore coining down to the wvater's edge, except where it was brok en by a house or a rare clump of houses hieie and there. Somec half a dlozen tide mills, brown with age, and two or three diligent hard--working windmills, varied the scene with the most pictur esque1 mechanical agents of thrift. * "At the east stood1 Brooklyn on its heights, from which it, had not yet descended to spread itself over the sandly acres in all tile ugliness of coim mionlace; becoming thus it size the third city in the Ui on, aind remaining the least i importance. Thte effec6 which Brooklynt Heihts thten had upon01 the beauty of the Bay of New York Is, and must remain, altogether unknown to those who d'id not see them before their hideous and deplor able transformation. Tihiat they should have been changed from what they were to whiat' they are is a perpetual evidlence to coinig ages of the abso. lute control of Philistiism and Mam moit-worship to,which all thingsanimate and inanimate in and about New York became then subjected. Some change was necessary for their tagulation and orderly preservation; but suc~h a change as they underwent would have shanted a commlnunity of Y'hloos," TIE VERDICT THE PEOPLK BUY THE BEST! MR. J. 0. lOAC--Dear Mr: I boight the frst Davis Machine sold by you over ie years a: for. imy wife who has given it a16ng and fair tr aL. I ain wel pleased with it. It nevet gives auy rouble, and is a. good as when, 117t boutht. Winnsboro, S. C., April 188. Mr. BOAo: I on wish to know what T have to say in regard to the Davis Muchlue bought of three ears ago, I feel I can't say too much in s favor. Itadle abot t 80,00 within ive inontis, at times running it so fast that the needle would t per feetl, hot from friction. I feel conlideni fcould not iavo done the saine work with as much ease ma So well with any other machine. No time lost li atijtling attachments. The lightest runnin ,tuchite I have ever treadled. BrotherJames an. itils' fainilies are ts inuch pleased with their DIavis Machtinles bought or you. I want no better tinti'hitie. As I aid before, I ton't think too inuch can tie said for tile Davis Machlue. Jtempect fblly, lRL.5N hTICVKNoN Wikrilit Colunty, April, 1881. M it. IloAd : My tticlitne gives tme perrect sails fattita. I 1intl no fault with it. The tattachments a e* so stiple i wish for no better than the Davis \c ltent lFeu. Respeetfully, Iis. It. MILLING. F'airteld county, April, 1883. MR. 11fA0: I notigit. a titviH Vettttal Feed e w lig Machinte froti yott foiur years ago. I ain elightell Witti It. It ntever has giveit ine any Iotide, al ttas never beeni thte leat otit of orier. It Is tam good ias witetni L rst bought it. I can cheterftilly recollum-iti If. iespiect f lly. Au.M.J. I RI.AND. MontleTilo. A pril 310, 1883. This Is to criftry that. I have been nsing a h).vis Verlte ii Peed Sewing iaiuiie for over mi. ye.ira, inin'-ihiid or Mr. .1. (. iloug. I haven't found I', 1 >sPesed of any fault-altI te attachmets are no silipile. It nev.r refuses to work, and is certainly th' lightest, running in the muirket. I cousider it a hit class iachino. Very respectfully MANNI AI. WiLL.INOMAs. Oakland, FaIrileld county. 8. c. M it BOAn : I am wei plteassel in every parttiut Wilih the llavis Machine iioight of you. I tnink a irit-class inacline In every resptect. You ksw you sold several iachitne of the same make Lo diierent menbers of our families, all of whom, is far ts I know, are %veil pleased with theu. Itesipectfully, M its. Ml. ii. Miost.Ey. Fairlield county, April, 18*3. ''in in to certiry we have iai in donscant use the Davli Aachinio bought of you about three years ago. As we take in work, mnid have mnade tile prive of It several hnie over, we don't want any better inathine. it in always ready to do any kind - of work we have to do. No puckering or skipping stitches. We can only say we are well pleasied anti wish no better machine. CAllRiNita WvYi.t. AND .'iisTH. April 25, 1N T. I have no fault to and with Illy machinte, ant1 don't want anly betitter. I have It tie the price of 1i sovera tinen by taking in sowing. It is always ready to do its work. I thinLk it a rst-class rua ehlino. I feel I oan'tsay too much for the Davis \V0r11('a11 100d MaChine. Mus. T1uoMas SMITU. 'alrdleld coutty, April, 18M. M i... 0. IoAG-Iear Sir: It gives ue munich pleasire to testify to tlhe inetits of the Davis Ver t1c.t Fleed Sewing Machine. The maeline I got of you amti, five years ago. liats been alnmost In con stant uie ever since that time. I cannot see that mm. In worn anty, antd has not cost, me one cent for repaiurs sinicn we have had it. Am well pleasedi andi don't, wish for any better. Yours truly, ItionT. UR A WPOau Grantite Quarry, near Winnsb~oro 8. U. We have usned the Davis Verticat tFeed Mewing Machine for the last five years. We would not have ainy other make at any prace. 'The aconine has gIven us unbounded satisfaictiofn. Very respectfully, Mics. W. K. 'iTUNNtEi AND) )AUGHirssj Fairfieid coluty. 8. 0.. Jan. 2i, 1883. hlavig hiought a DavIs Vertical tFeed 8ewlng Machine froin Mr. J. 0. Haag since three years aigo, andn it having gIven tme perfect satisfaction in every respect. ast alatully nmacine. both for heady iliti Ight sewing, antd never nceded the least re pair ini anly iway, I et chieerfully) rccommneind it to udy) oine s a first-cilass mnacine it every partiu-I itar, anti think it secondt to none). It is one ot thie stiulest imatchmten made; tmy childirent use it wite ailt cet. Thle atttachmietii aro umore easIly al jliusted andi It does a greater range of work b~y mteanis of ttn V'erl tiialutced than any other wma chinie I have ever seeni or tused. MRca. 'TitoMAs OwiNos. Wiinsboro, lFairlicidt county, 8. C, We hatve hadl oine of t he Dla Machines about four years antditamve aiwatys found it ready to tie ali kindis of worst we htave had occasion to tio. Can't see tiat the machline is worn any, and works as a olin whent new. Mio. WV. J. 'caAwi'Onnr, Jacksoni's Orek. Fairlilid county, S. 0 My ife in highly pleased wIth the DavIs Ma chine bought of you. Shte would not take douable what she gave for it. TIhe meaclane has cot bieen out of order sice she haitI, and she can do any kindh of Work on it. -Very 1tespeictfulily, 'J As. F. Pass. Montlleello, lteairiloId county, 8. 0. Th'le DavIs Sewinig Machtine Is simply a hras. u,'e M it. J. A. GooitwYN. Itidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, 15ss. J,. O BoAc, Esq., Agent-Dear Sir: My wife hat 'teen uining a iDavts doewing Matchine constant ly for the past four years, and ilt has never net led any repairs an a works just as well as when first btought. She nays tt will to a greater range of practical work ond dto it easier antI bet'er than sny niaint~jle she nas ever used1. We olheerfully. recomamend it as a No. 1 famiiy tnachine, tour tru.y, JAS. Q. DAvis. . Whnnsboro, 8. C., Jan. 3, 18t88. MB. BoG: I have always found my Davis Ma chine ready' do alt tinds of to work I have had oc casion to do. I cannot see that the muachine is worn a particle and at workcs as wedl as when new. Ilespectflully, MRS. 1. (I. 14ooDING. Winnsboro, S. (i., April, 1888, .Ms. BOAG My .wife has been constantly usIng the Daivls Machine bought of you about 1iv year. ago. I have never regrette buyi it at la always read~ for any a indof faall oig 4br i j~r lig t. Ii is never out of fl~or atig Very reetu lairfild, 8.0., March,188