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n, VOLUME III.
ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST; ?'
THE DIVER.
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As floats the lily-bud
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Deep down in depths of woo
IIo yruo wonld Pont V??
llieh pearl of Fofisy. 0 h '
I. * , iQnce found, ?orm> word or line,
In nil tlio diver elnRn,
Will tell of salt Res-brine
Or stormy batUings.
Bat slranRo and bappy lot 1
- ?-- v Tbo world, tbat buys end wears
Tho diver's p>arl,noes not
? Tis set in tears.
A SITUATION.
She stood at the crossing of the vil
lage Btreefc just us tho shower came
down. v It' had been a rainy morning,
the drops filtering playfully through
the clouds, interspersed with dazzling
outbursts of sunshine, but now a pelt
ing, mer?ilcs? torrent rushed ehurply
downward, gathering vehemonoe from
pa3t delay.
"And there stool Bessy in the midst
of it, one pretty, foot Btretohed doubt
fully outward to feol for a stepping
stone midst tho torrent that.swept over
the orossing.
Quito by aooidont, of course, young
Brownley,! dawdling at the depot, in
doubt whether to take tho noxt train,
caught'sight of this vision, as ho drum
med with idlo lingers on the gray-green
paues Ofv -the waiting-rpom. It was
quite^by accident 'also, of course, that
in a seoond after this he .was crossing
the street a little farther up, armod
-with a big umbrella. As Bessy, still
doubtful, glanced ruefully about to
seo if she could reach tho noorest tree,
or had better bravo it out, this stranger,
picking hin way through tho mud and
wet, stood by her side. "
, Now wo all know that i? docs not .do
for a woman to overstep conventional
limits; sho must keep to tho bars of
her gilded t oake, and twittar happily
behind them. To allow a gentleman
to ?peak to her without an introduction,
evYu ,if ho "were on a raft, while she
floated by, going politely to the bot
tom, .would bo a thing of very doubtful
etiquette. But down came the shower,
ana there stood Bessy with an umbrel
la, Under Borne oiroumstances, it must
be. owned, conventionalism makes a
poor show beside savageism, and young
Br?wnloy, having raoio, or loss of tho
savago lingering about him, proffered
his umbrella. It was promptly accepted
by the girl who had evidently far less
regard for the proprieties of life than
for her dripping dress.
" Oh, door I" she said, M it's com
pletely .spoiled, I suppose. This is the
second timol have started out to see
poor little Tom, and boen stopped by the
rain. I hope it won't rain this way every
after noon."
"I almost hope that.it will," said
her companion, glancing at the bright,
flushed face boside him. "I always
carry an umbrella."
Now it mu?t be confessed that this
commendable prudence and foresight
had sprung up in the young man within
the lost ten minutes. But what of that?
Reforms must begin at some time, I pre
same.
I have obsorved that, as a rnle, most
heroes of romance are well. provided
for. They have a higher sphere of
troubles tjian tho mere/ harassment of
looking for bread and butter. And
right enough it should be so, say I. It
is a pity if we can not have a plaoo
refuge, between book covers at leasts,
where the contemptible common-place
of life is not thrust upon us. All hail
to the heroes with rioh uncles and old
aunts, and good-humored mole-eyed
grandmothers, and forth-coming lega
cies ! I'm sorry I can't place my hero
among them; but he's an intensely
overy-day follow, not fit for snob high
society. He lnsn t oven a distant rela
tive in India with one foot in the grave.
The fact is, the yonth had actually
come up to Evansville looking for la
situation in the big country store of
Vandor & ?o.f and what is more, he'd
been refused it.
But hero, however, with tho incorrigi
ble hopefulness of youth, ho walked
nlnner beside li??sy. and forgot all about
it. He ezpeeted to leave her at some
cottage gato near by, and so he did
presently. A protty low-teofod Iiouho
stood just iu sight; with a row Cf red
and white hollyhocks nodding up to its
eaves, A scarlet-runner, dripping and
shining in tho shower, half hid a little
window feeing on tho Inno, wherein a
fantastio assemblage of spools, beads,
and jars of confectionery looked out with
au eye to trade.
Tho girl flung optm tljp gate.
"Won't you. Come iu?" she Raid.
'* Aunt Polly will bo glad to seo you."
"No, thank you," said tho young
man, staring stupidly after her, as sho
disappeared among tho hollyhocks.
" Lives there, doeB she?" ho said,
contemplating Hie tiny shop-window.''
"I'm too late for the train to-day.
Gijcbb I'll eall in to-morrow. Wonder if
th6y keep fishing lines ?"
The next moruirjg, after lounging
about-the village, and trving vainly to
got a BcnBe of bis situation, or rather
want of ono, young Brownley brushed
his ooat with extraordinary earo.
?rNp signs of a ?hpw Jo-doy," hosnid,
as no strolled up tho road. " Wonder
if I'd bettor take tho train."
And with that he turned up the lano
toward the littlo shop. A clean old
woman, in a wide-frilled cap and wrink
led face, pat rocking herself in the
doorway. Sho looked ,np as tho gato
latch clicked ; n great at purring oat her
feet rose sloopily, curling its tail, as tho
intrudorentorcd. "Fishing lines?" Tho
Tho old worn an not about fumbling, spec
tacled search1 among her motley Block,
but' none wore to bo found. He could
get them up . at Squire Vander's big
store in the village. Ah I well, the
young man recollected just then that
he wanted some thread. He Was often
in want of a bit to sow a button on with.
Poor young follow I " said Aunt Polly
to herself,, commisertingiy;4* boarding,
I Huppoao !." Anc? ncorllfis? would he
havenoedies? "He obuld'ht get no bet
ter than her'n any? where. -No, to bo
sure'not. And while the good woman
was putting up a parcel sufficient to re
store all the qtray buttons in Christen
dom, h er customer sat ?. expectant,, wait
ing, but not for the paokago; perhaps a
trim little figuro might suddenly alight
in the room, coming in from, among the
hollyhocks, or tripping daintily down
the old stairway visible joat beyond.
M Did?did your daughter gefe very
wot 'he. inquired, very abruptly at
last, oonsideling how long ho had been
contemplating the querry.
"SairyJano? Iliaint seen her to-1
day ; but their h-jusb do leak ??tae,
that's'ccftain, which i? bad for Ton^
who's got the whoop?" ...
But suddenly the old lady grow en
lightened." Her speotacles seemed to en
largo t!) ombolves, Tho frill on, hervoap
widened out interrogatively...
/"Blees my floul !."aho said; "what
upon airth am I thinking of, to be sure !_
I do got things a little confused, what
with so many inquiring arter Hairy Jane
and Tom. And you be the young man
that seo her borne with the umbarel ??
Miss Vauder, I moan. Oh, blqss .your
heart!! she only stopped hero to ask
after Tom, and to get in out of'ttfe~ wet;
though sho did match some worsted, I
recollect, and what's more, left them
behind her when sho hurried off artor
tho shower. 'I'd' be oblooged to you,
Sir, if you're going that way jo?t let
her know thoy're ail safe."
Going that way! The young mnu
lingered aa he closed the gate, and tho
sense r of bis. .poverty.and idleness did
como upon him then with a doadly
weight." What matter to him, or to any
one. .which way ho drifted ! As ho
walked down the p?tli among Aunt
Polly's nodding hollyhocks, he could
have found in bis heart to envy tho old
woman her quiet little way-Bide nook,
and the undisturbed certainty of her
homely existence.
So it was Squire Vander's daughter
ho had escorted so bravely with' the
umbrella 1?Squire Vander, who owned,
as Aunt Polly nad told him, " no end
of lands in these parts," " What a fool
I am to be lingering' about' here 1"
thought our friend, as he wandered on;
" I'll be off by the noxt train."
But then, hadn't he a commission to
Miss.Vander, wasn't,he charged vritb a
message for her, and wasn't business busi
ness? He heard the rosounding whistle of
the tram as it swept out of Bight while
he still loitered. He passed the squires'
big mansion wistfully. What right had
ho to look in at the pickets?a poor
wandering waif that would shortly be
in want of a breakfast? The great
fields of waving corn goldened in the
sunlight, the orchards on the [dopes
hung lustily ripe with fruit, and under
the trees h.re and there tho cattlo stood
i cooling themselves in the shade, and
lazily whisking off the flies; a pretty
sun-lighted Bcerie, where probably no
comfortable farmer, no hospitable house
mistress, would have conceived it possi
ble thi t the decently dressed young
man strolling idly by was Without a
dollar in his pocket or an object in the
world. - -
Objeot I Oh, well, perhaps not ex
actly that. Not if one can translate
that gleam in the young man's eyes, as
through the treeB that skirt Squire
Vander's lawn he catches a glimpse of
a pretty figure in fluttering mnslm, sit
ting and swaying itself leisurely in' a
great swing under the boughs o. a
spreading oak ; to and fro, and fro, the
airy figure flits, ,the leaf shadows' em
broidering her white dress^ and. glints
of sunlight spangling h?r braided hair.
Should ho venture in ? Ho stood irres
olute, and as ho stood the.ro oamp an ir
ruption ?f small boys through a side
gate?a pack of hungry youngsters just
let out of school,
"I say, Bessy, is dinner ready ?" they
dried.
"dome hero and give me a swing, ans
wered Besfcy, inconsequontly.
As they approached, the boys canght
'flight'.of the watchful, wayworn face,
faioo peering through the shrubbery.
'* Why,' that's the chap~ was down at
tho store after a situation 1" oricd Jack,
Jim, and Jerry in chorus*
Bessy turned hastily ; sho knew her
friend of yesterday in a moment. "Oh,
come in ! como in 1" sho cried. ?* I
ought to have thanked you fcr your
kindness last night."
" I just?just mi?sed tho train," said
tho traveler, startled but of his self
possession, and naturally, under the
circumstances, giving uttoranco to tho
first fib that suggested itself."
" Going away ? Why, don't you find
it pleasant here ?"
" Very pleasant, but?"
"But the hotel end boarding-houses
are all full, I suppose."
"To tell you tho tiuth," burst but
the young .may, won to strongo confi
dence by tho frank oyes looking out at
him, and speaking out the bitterness of
his heart, " It would make very little
difference in my case?they'd crowd me
out, whether or no, for I'eould'nt pay
for a room."
Not pay for a room I Bessy's eyes
looked up at the broad front of nor
fathor's house, whoro door and window
stood' open, free and spaoions. So
much room and to sparo whilo others
wore so straitened. But tho shadow on
hor face was quickly turned to a smilo
at beholding tho alacrity with which
Jack, Jim, and Jerry had monopolized
the swing.
" Now there's a fellow could givo ns
a regular toss all together 1" cried little
Jack, his merry black eyes looking out
toward the tall figure at the gate*
There is no resisting fate, and bet?re
he knew it Mr. Br?wnloy was (airly in
that sacred inolosurd, the leaf shadows
fluttering over Iub tall figure, and over
Bessy's arch lace, and over, the rpsy
merry bbja\ as they swunff. laughing,*
skyward," sent up with a~win,~once,
twice, and again. Aud while they were
all thus merrily engaged, an elderly
gentleman with an lvoiy-headea cane
came walking no the path.
"Father," said Bossy, soberly, "this
1 is Ithe young gentleman who was so
kind to help me. in the rain.yesterday."
?'And such a fellow to lift!" cried
Jack*, as he came down from bis ride in
tho tree-tops.
1 ' [ "Ah," said the old gentleman, eyeing
! the youth sharply, " Mr. Brownley,
whom I saw yesterday, I believe."
" He's a regular brick, father I" cried
Jack. "Such a swing 1 If- you take
him in the store, it '11 be jolly?then we
can swing every day 1"
. "Ay, ay,", said Mr. Vender, smiling,
as his: young people clung about him?
."ay, ay, to be sure; that's all young
folks think about nowadays?a jolly
- timo 1 Well, well, come in to dinner,
Mr. Biownloy, and we'll talk the mat
ter over. And so you thought it no
harm to try again. Nothing like per
severance, my lad !"
Mr.. Brownley did not state that he
came with a message from Aunt Polly.'
Perhaps he forgot to deliver it alto
gether. I am not sure.
.. But this I can- affirm, that in tho
annals of Evonsville it is rolated that
the successful Mr, Brownley,. the hon
ored and honorablo Mr. Brownley, rose
to his present estate from a very hum
ble position?a more place behind a
counter?and, as. some hint, by first so
curing a place in Bessy Yander's heart,
which situation, I understand, ho holds
to this day^_'
A. Singular Adventure.
The Evening Star prints a communi
cation making tho announcement of the
of the supposed existence of a i aoo of
Albinos on the Bio Grande, near San
la Fe. The paper vouches for the
standing and good character of the
writer. The communication states that
in tho month of July, 18-15, tho writer
was traveling east from the Pacific, and'
seeking a gap or pass though the moun
tains, which would load to t.lm Hin
Grande, south of Santa -Fe, he four.
{assago which led into their country,
t was a canon of thirty miles in length.
From the outlet of the canon he travel
ed about a mile, when he found three
women and two children, their skin as
white as snow. Immediately one of the
wpmen left the plaoo in haste, and,
about sundown, three men came riding
rapioly down on the finest horses he
ever saw. They, were well mounted
aud well armed. They immediately
dismounted and disarmed him.
They were white men, snoh as are
frequently seen in Santa Fe, and some
times in California. The next morning
early, he was ordered to mount his
male; one of the men rode ahead of
him, and the two others followed be
hind. After riding about twenty miles
thuy dismounted, and ordered him to
do the same. They had a short confab
together, and he was ordered to mount
his mule. They then gave him all his
arms and traps, with the understanding
that he was to make good time ont of
tho canon, and continue going in that
direction without looking back. From
that point he traveled thirty miles be
fore he reached an Indian village. It
was that of a tribe of Oemanehes.
When he told the ohief, by signs, that
he came ont of those mountains, he was
afraid of him. He said that they were
the abode of the evil spirit, and that no
Indian'that went into those mountains
ever returned from them. He describes
the country as circular, surrounded by
steep and nigh mountains, covered with
snow, without a break or pass.?Chi
cago Times._
A Trunk Which Gets 'Em.
Saturday morning thero came over
tho Great Western road, on its way west,
a trunk which made tho hair of the
baggage-master stand right up. Is was
thirty-fonr inches long, three feet wide,
and was made of solid boiler-iron, an
eighth of an inch thick. The handles
were of iron, rivitcd on with great bolts,
and the lid fastened down with an im
mense padlock. On one end of the
trunk was painted the words : "She can
stand it I" and on tho other: "Moro
coming !" Tho railroad men groaned
aloud as thoy walked around "them
trunk " and viowed it from every angle,
and two ominous men, who thought the
owner was going to stop over, made
tracks out of tho dopot.?Detroit Free
Press.
?A few days Binco, at tho Royal Ital
ian Opera, Oovent Garden, in London,
at the end of tho opera, when amid a
hurricane cf applause, Mile Albani, tho
Albany prima donna, was called before
the curtain, a gentleman in the grand
tier threw a bouquet and a box at the
Im donna, the latter of whioh un
luckily etruek her with considerable
force in tho centre of the forehead.
Tho author of this calamity was observ
ed to throw up his arms with a gesture
of despair when ho saw the lady plaoe
her hands on her forehead and instantly
retire to her private room, where Borne
simple remedies were applied with
good effect. Perhaps it should bo added
that tho restoration was a little assisted
by tho d'soovory that the guilty box
wlion oponed contained a tiara of splen
did diamonds.
JO A.QUIN ABROAD.
Tho Uonm !at; Poet ot the Slenrna on the
Apnlcm Way.
JoaqufjjHpller has an nrticlo in last
week's Independent ph a drive on the
Appian tfflgr. It ta written in an eccen
tric, off-hand manner, and is very char
acteristic. Wo givo some extracts be
"When&njtn from the far, far West,
from tho 'mdor work1; ?a ?t.were, makes
his way'a^onnd tho globe and comes
first upon tho footprints of the apostles,
he is thriiled by a sorb of awe that not h
ing clso c^-a produce. He feols uorne
how that ho has come npon tho confines
of anothj^rprld, a better world, and a
fairer ori?, and he, for the day at least,
is a better man for tho fact.
"Yon get tired of Borne in a month
or two, JtBtoite of yourself?mine and
galleries, . towers aud churches (365
cnurohesVif there had been more days
in tho yearrthoro would have been more
ehnronetfpa Borne)?and you want to
get outside the great brick walls some
where anxt Bit down and rost. You arej
a sort of raaoohdb, that has at last ewal
lowed an Ox, and yon want to steal away
and lio d?wn and digest it;
"I had; kept tho Appian Way as some
thing snored, a sort of dessert to be
taken when all else had palled and
grown dull.
" Tho road by which Saint Paul first
entered lio me, and by whioh the Cath
olic tradition Bays Saint Peter attempted
to cschpo. eruoifixfon in the Eternal
Oity, still-lay under tho mantle of im
agination, and now, at last, when deter
mined to Ic.'wo Borne for a littio rest,
my chum and I?my chum for a day, a
sour, one -eyed old ruffian; a reformed or
pcrhnp.i' unreformcd pirato; a man
whom I had met in Homo, and melted
into and liked because ho was so hated
by ail ot hers, and was very homely and
plain with his big forked teeth and hol
low-oyen?well, tins man and I had res
olved to take a'carriage and drive alpng
the Appian Way,'to tho first railway sta
tion on our way to Naples.
"We-jwero cheerful over tho prospect
of doing a Gypsy business, tumbling
ovor grassy tombs of tho Ctosaro, piok
ing up a few skulls by the way, and
abovo nil seeing this road?the road- of
all the roads that lead to Borne?and so
talked cheerily over the mattor at break
fast.
"The Appian Way is dreadfully dis
appointing. It is not more than twenty
or swenty-llvo feet wide, and there is
not a shade tree to be seen along the
i. lif! ijt-ont n/alla, tkafc
.) gardens and the peasants at
their labor; and but for the interesting
relics which composo these walls in part
yen would find but little to amuse you.
"These walls in many places have
been repaired, or were originally built
of broken marble plundered from heaven
knows what ruined city or plaoe, for
these Romans seem to have had no re
spect whatever for antiquity. The
great St. Peter's ohnroh, foi example, is
ailt for the most part, out of stones
taken from their most pictures quo
ruins.
" You will notice a broken arm reach
ing helplessly out of this wall on the
Appian Way in one place, as you pass,
ana in another yon will see a pretty
duster of flowers. A port of a giant
serpent is also to be seen, along with a
hundred other like fragments of art,
where the storms of time have laid
bare tbd rough masonary of the wall.
"Latterly, however, these gentle
Romans have come to preserve all these
things and stick them up in the stucco
walh of the houses all along the roads.
This, of course, soils the effect, and you
take less interest in tho broken marbles
when you find they are posted up for
exhibition.
" Gapuchin monks, in brown gowns
and sandals, go by, indolent-looking
and filthy, though they are said to be
about the best cf their kind and very
attentive to the sick in times of the
plague.
" Now we meet a family of peasants
going into town. They all have loads
on their heads, and chat and sing and
seem very happy. I have nover yet
seen a monk carry any thing heavier
than his little basket, wherein to put
whatevor may be given him in charity.
I may add, however, that that is just
one basket more than I have seen any
clergy man hero carry.
"Virgins and holy families look down
[ at us from niches in the walls, and now
and then we pass a Madonna, with a
burning lamp.
" An English party, returning in car
i riages, moot us here ; and a lot of parts
I bearing fruit and wheat for town ; and
we find tho great Appian road so narrow
that it is with diffioulty that wo can
pass.
" Fere is a little churoh to the left,
in whioh the guide-book says are the
two foot-prints of our Savior in the
stone. Wo step in, and find two monks
at the door stringing beads.
"ThiB is the story of the foot-prints.
"St. Peter had been condemned in
Borne to lie crucified ; but his heart had
failed him, and having met with an op
Eortuoity to escape, he was now making
is way at night on tho Appiau way
towards the sea. But suddenly here,
on tho si to of this ohnroh, whioh is
built over the old road, so that tho new
, road has to pass around it, he came face
to face wifch his master.
"Peter said : 'Master, whither goest
thou?"
" ? I go to Rome to be orucifled.*
" At this Peter returned to Rome and
died at the hands of tho Romans, on
the site of St. Peter's church.
" The very paving stones of tho old
road are still hero and form tho floor of
the ohnroh. But the good priest tells
us that this is only a copy of the stono
in which the feet of the Savior pressed
as he spoke to Peter; and wo pass on
towards tho church of St, Sebastian,
where we hope to boo the original foot
prints."_?
Religions Frenzy in Lapland.
A writer in an English magazine
says, in speakicg of servioo in a Lap
land church : " It seems that within
the last few years a kind of fanaticism
has crept in among ILeoo .Lapps, and
the word of God, instead of ? pouring
oil upon a braised spirit;,' as every one
is taught to believe- who will read. tho
Scriptures aright, only fills them with
imaginary terrors; and, far different
from tho creed of tho real Ohr ist inn,
they seem to think tho beat atonement
they can moke for their.sins lies in out
ward show. I have Seen a? little of this
in other churches in Sweden, whero nt
certain parts'of tho servioo .the women
all commenoe groaning and sobbing so.
loud that you can scarcely hear tho
clergyman. This, however, soon nasses,
off, and is scarcely worth notice. Theso
Lapps', however, must have been far
more snsoeptiblo, or for more wicked,
for all at once, when the communion,
services began, two or throe women
sprang np in different parts of 'the
church, and commenced | frantically
jumping, howling, shrieking and dap
ping their bands. I observed ono mid
dle-aged female >partionlarly energetic;
and who sank down in a kind of fit after
about five minute's exertion. The in
fection soon spread, and, in a few min
utes, two-thirds of the -congregation
* joinod in tho ory,' and all order was at I
an end. Five or six would cluster
round one individual, bugging, kissing,
.weeping an-1 shrieking, till I really
thought semo ono would be smothered.
One old patriarch in particular, who sat
close behind me, seemed an object of
peculiar veneration, and the* Lapps'
crowded from all parts of the churc?
to hug him. How ho stood it I cannot
imagine, but ho sat meekly enough,
and at one time I counted no less than
seven 'miserable sinners' hanging
about the old man, all shrieking and
weeping. Tho roligions orgies of the
wild aborigines .in Australia round
their campfire ore not half so frightful
as this scene, for they at least do not
desecrato a place of worship with their
mad carousals."
Royal Magnificence.
So passed tho famous Marlborough
House fancy boll of 1874, until that
happened which happens at every bajl.
???Ii people began to get hungry,
oil spite of - oil mo. omunemeut, \trJvxor
them.. Then, at half past 12 o'clock,
their.royal highnesses led tho way (tho
blind "Duke of Mecklenburg taking in
the Princess of Wales) into the upper
tents which wero pitched in the garden,
and reached from the ball-room windows
by a descent of a few steps. There
were two tents,-a long marquee with ta
bles accommodating between two and
three hundred people, and a smaller one
with a buffet. The supper was a bril
liant scene ; for, besides the feast itself
and the gorgeous throng whioh
partook of it, the tents were finely
decorated. Figures of men in armor
and rich tapestry were set and hung all
along the walls of the larger marquee.
This was splendid, but the smaller, and
still large, tent of the buffet was ex
quisite. Here all was Bcarlet. The
walls were hung with scarlet velvet In
dian carpets, wedding presents to their
royal highness frr m an Indian princess,
embroidered in the centre with gold
and precious stones in tho Indian man
ner. On the tables were scarlet gera
niums, scarlet geraniums hung in bas
kets from the roof; the servants wore
scarlet liveries. The vista along these
tents thronged with such a gay and gal
lant company moro than five hundred
strong, was very splendid. Snpper
done,there wasdancing till daylight came
and after; till at last the end came, and
the ball, which we bavo endeavored to
prevent from going the way of all balls,
was over. Tho art and taste which went
to perfect all its arrangements deserve
indeed a better fate than to be forgotten.
The pride of onr people requires that
there should bo a well-ordered magnifi
cence in the lives of their princes, and
certainly His Royal Highness, tho
Prince of Wales, proved himself lost
night well descended from kings whose
courts have never been wanting in
splendor."_. .
Spurgeon's Advice.
"You ministers who have got to bo
fine and intellectual, clear your throats
and proach Jesus Christ; pull the vel
vet out of your mouths, yo gentlemen
who use fine words, and speak so that
tho people can understand you; and
mind Christ, and Christ crucified. Ye
Methodists who are gotting to be very
respectable, get to be as red hot as
Methodists used to be; yo Independents,
be like the old Puritans ; and ye Bap
tists, who seem to bo damped with cold
water, or worn out, pray the Lord to
baptize you with fire, and that will bo
the very best tiling that oan happen to
yon. Look at your ohapels, half full;
your congregations, half asleep ; your
preacher, Often reading from his book,
and not preaching at all; or, when
when preach ng, preaching as thongh he
wore not awake muoh lower down than
his neck; his heart is still asleep, and
only his month is talking."
?Cyrus W. Field and Dr. I Hayes,
who uro to attend the Iceland celebra
tion, have received a commission from
ono of the Now York daily newspapers
to mnko a thorough examination of the
island with reference to its geography,
habits of tho pcoplo and other condi
tions and information of interest to the
scientific world,
PACTS AND FANCIES.
?Ifc is said that Brighom Young has -,
mndb his will, and given his friends ten
ohildren eaoh.
?San Franaieco rejoices over tho fact
that many Chinamen are departing for
their native land.' .. .....
?The price current of girls for wives
in Armenian villages is quoted at from \
810 to $80, according to age and quality.
??Gwrgiudoctors take onions, melons,
'possums, dogs, shot-guns, etc., in pay-.'
mont of their bills and are glad to get
them.
?Tho cost of the now government
building in Cincinnati,. tho plans of
whioh are now being drawn, will bo 03*-'1
600,000.
?A Saratoga belle flirts a. thousand- -
dollar fan, but there is supposed to be
rest in heaven for those who can't pay
above ihrco dollars for bnd: iir ?
?In Virginia City, n malo Indian
dressed as a squaw, is frequently seen,.
Ho is forced to wear female at tiro asla '
punishment for cowardice.
?They have 44 the Mprning German???
at Dong Branch. Dancing thoro be- ,
tween ten and eleven o'clock every foio
noon, and is continued for two or-three
hours.
?AboyatRyo Beneh did.nofc know^j
it was loaded, and the result is a one-.
Cyed hotel clerk. The boy's father ha-:
magnanimously headed a subscription
list for tho. one-eyed.
?The other day, whan a Georgia man
was being sentenced to execution; he i
romarked : ? '.Judge, yer an old boss in a.
a ten aero lot, and I rman't hold , any
grudge agin ye." ?- M 1 <~
?The girl who generally writes her
name in a straw hat and marries, a; mi 1-1'
lionaire through its influence hasn't
been heard of this year. Thb million
aire wtis probably married beforo tho"
hat came out. , . -/tXin ,; >iri^
?An up country .woman gave birth to
four ohildren last week. "When her
husband protested sho whimpered out,
r" S'nadrach, you know how the bo reaper .
I accidents are reducing tho population
; qf- Wisconsin.?Milwaukee Sentinel.
, ?A young lady, who has been greatly
annoyed by a lot of young simpletons
who stop under her window at night to
sing "if ever I cease to love," wishes
us to say, if they will cease their lool
ishness, come in, and talk " business,",
they will confer a favor.
?Bismarck's boy is well-nigh as
formidable as his iron sire. He has
just distinguished himself by making a
target of tho abdomen of au infantry
offieer of tlio U jrxanri uriuy; ^ii^ nU?w?v -
ihg was done in an affair of "honor,"
and was a natural result of the military .
custom, of carrying tho'honor in the
Abdomen.?(Kurier'Journal
?This is how it happened down in
south-west-Missouri:
Ho found a-ropo, and picked it up,
And with it walked away;
It happened that to t'other end
A horao was hitched, thoy eay.
They found a troe and tied tho ropo
Unto a'swinging limb.
It happened that tho other end
' Was somehow bitohod to him.
?Dyspepsia is a national ovil, and is
largely due to rapid eating, particularly
among "business men" and ' "brain- ?
workers." With many persons it is imT
possible' for the body to carry en tho
work of digestion wbile the brain in also
working hard. Tho stomach must have
some nerve force with which to perform
its duties. A little time for rest beforo
! eating, as well as afterward, is of great
importance to many persons. .
?Thomas Moran's last big picture,
the " Chasm of tho Colorado," has been'
sold to the government for $10.000. .
This pioturo is the companion to his
" Canon of the Yellowstone," and both
pictures will be hung in the alcove of
the senate gallery of the Capitol. Mr.
Moran is better, known as a designer
than a painter, but since he has turned
his attention to painting, he has taken
a high position. He is vary successful
as a delineator of landscapes.
?While taking a walk in Vienna re
cently, the Princess Pauline de Metter
nich was caught in a shower. A young
gentleman hastened np to her end offer
ed her the protection of his umbrella.
"Madam?" "Well, I declare, you
Vienna men are impertinent!" " Mad;
am, from lips beautiful as yours, even
such wordB don't offend lr* Thoy
don't? Well, then, you mustbo about
as sensitive as a spittoon;" saying which
sho turned and entered a cab.
?A Sunday-school teacher wishing
his pupil to have a dear idea of faith,
illustrated thus : " Here is an apple
you soe it and therefore know that - it is
there ; but when I place it under. this
ten-cup you have faith that it m
there, though you no longer see it."
The lads seemed to understand per
feotly ; and the next time tho teacho
asked them, " What is faith ?" they an
swered with ono accord, " An appio un
der a tea-cup."
?Exactly the opposite idea was in
culcated recently by. Dr., Wordsworth,
Bishop of London, who preaphefl a ser
mon in Westminster Abbey on the sub
ject of oremation. He could not con
ceive of any thing more barbarous and
unnatural, and ono of the first-fruits of
its adoption would be to undermine the
faith of mankind in the resurrection of
the body, and ?o bring about a most
disastrous social revolution, the end of
whioh it was not. easy to foretell, Thero
was no conceivable ground on whioh
the custom of burning tho body could*
bo defended, and were it to be intro-.
duced among civilized nations, it would
confirm and increase tho wide-spread
licentiousness and immorality which
now prevail in all tho great capitals of
tho world.
