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CALM AFTER STORM,
I.fffl Is tin long and difficult campaign,
1 ha arl'ator' ’marciaon the nd,
The ship r contentto
While erase . F fitra.n
Ik calling uh in ounce to stan 1
With palm and incense ’mid the
band
mow, trumpets, blow, and bring again th<
u roam
That tlirilie 1 tli ecstatic outcast on his isle;
Hhouj may never loose our grasp
w lo
On blodi till bared, and long tho waitin
m,
Till gate* of pi .rl turn on their hinge
amain,
Ami storm ami battle vanish in the gleam
Hhat forth from street -j untrod by guilt or
pain,
Where heaven’* own host their wished for
welcome smsiet
— Th•’ Churchman.
A SPY’S EXPERIENCE.
BY F.W1
bn 4 v *aK at u «m 11 t wn in the West on
Mina ■ time ago, and, in.is ng my
-v, :al hours With
hole ji‘ith.eg hut,i to i ■ r. Hbib Wascught idling aiouiul by the the
my rye
btrikitig app mi u ce d in old man sit
tin on a bench outside. II \\ as tall
ami powerfully limit, but h s long nay
hmr proved Ini, to be no longer young.
J a 1 lie ele: k of the hotel who he
w m. Thi i'“l v dual was bu-y, but
managed t risw<-r me a, well as he
Could. 1 !l n *'Dl hi id why, that’s
I awton. 1 !e was a b ave-oldier in
t w.rr itnd p aye.| the spy two or
, l| u i ' 't him to tell you some
ol 1) * i x:rienc< - J hey arc right good,
and those ho know *-ay they are true.”
. 1 - raped and made my way to tho old
veteran. Ho wa moking a short clay
- id refused = vuliiruf a cigar m
it — o. After a * v well-directed i,nes-
1 nl1 ' 1 ". M| him ta f. iiic and I asked him
■ give me ount of wha heeonsid
an am
en ii the toil: le t scrape ho was ever in.
1 le old fellow I- o! e I at jimealmly as he
refilled and lit hi pipe, while I made my
m II comfortable and waited for h m to
b J n, lie had a -hort, strong way of
talking, and 1 w ill try to tell Ins story in
us I'ii nc ii 1^ hi own worth hh possible,
tne to your elf a strong old man of
sixty full or thereabouts, w th a rough lace
of character and determination, and
you have a fair idea of Id n.
“Well, stranger, about the worst fix I
was ever in, and I’ve been
many, u*
with m, .....
the
him-<i.. bin to 1 , on th ‘ loo S 1 , u
torn ui „o pro e t |
to lH* in bn,-, i n i> v !in an ,| i i .t o, tin red d ol o wait* u, ,
mg. ml hi* *n * milking over a heme
for some time and at a t 1 suggested to
Z. :.^my’ ‘ ,, , , , ,
m 41 L]
id. a and pr, 1 ( .e, ded r ain’o ,
were eve Ml or ,,m .sTn . all
took my i hon e of 1 heh 1 " *n 11 f • '"■* s D 1 ' 1
]',* i . i:inr I'lL a^ed , Il , nd"‘un! f 1 t im*n , he
bail n.np'l 7 ( ame Tim 7, am n
HU ..... || t t! ,3 lu , ! U|
, i o , *, ,, .',‘, . nnvi i h 7h , U ?! .
w oil , , | p'tl*at „ i!
round o i, anul. " .;., 1 , 1111111 '
r;,K Iil ,
1 , 1 - ,, u i,.,. r , ;l , V, <11 ‘“"bit n Ei, take
... i !’ gcoBS, iut t h°
' i'7', Vi t "' ,ll>l ' ,n “
ii , n 77 I ’p *'i i'i! “YiV mt * l-,|in e? 1
lp 1( | i , *' iil’ ," } "‘bivcd nrto
tl.<. ■, ... v S 1 . ... I w as i ,. I , ()
7 ; , 7, Y ,I( 7 U • ' lv;,s °' y " :,s -U a -C<1. 7 Uai « He ht
a b '* 1 ' 1 ’’j 0r n,lt ; long before
1 7- 7,, ‘ ;” ,;t !o a jygiiiu-nt in Mis
■‘ 7 1 ' i ‘ ’* 1,1 ° ’i him,
’ 1 ‘
t Y, : ‘ ', n V :< :my and a u ! ' v
biKo to ootam. .
Y " . cate
77 7" 7 * , ' I'*,id ‘ not do I'T'bbig b.r
me
i’. 7 ,77 ln,1 “ 'b»vv and 1 was in
1 i ) 7 1 '*-'V 7 lc ", 1101 u>cd
1
, .
* * j 1 | " 1 n °r I'.'U'ty
, 7 1 seemed
' ; 7 ' 7 ' p.ace
*. 1 • : booing
l ' nearer,
7. ! , ' , 7 . :qne ot a lying
I iu m
on 2 " b‘ a ’ thought he
•
"a-si ej.ii *!>= . ut seemed strangely
,|UI ' II I l a and looked c.oser
ami , , I saw that ho was dead. A
glance around showed me a collin with
the lid resti u m another comer of
1 , "77' nut much l.ke to h ive
“ , ,<M ’ a companion, but I
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. .
" 11 1 ‘ “ l ' u ’ t a " 11 “ ilnd un derthe cir
ctimstam < 1 J t U !! ;ii. a dead soldier
7 ' ( ,kl 7 l, *>';ve me trouble
'
1 ia :l 11 ° l *’ w, 7 1,1 7‘t !1 " !v trouble-
8 to-lav '” ,u ' T' ;i line ° 1 • ° j m i by le up my down mind
aw, o. .ng ou
some sir ;w in tn lartho-i ^ corner I was
80 11 77"j' 1 ! ' w 1>: 1 sdq.t t am not
-
0 7“ dioutmg " ? :nv ’ ard usivl of 7' gtllo.-mg 11 1 " se out of *
, hor-.-s mixed with the commands of of
t • vis given in l.uid, hasty tones. M hat
‘. ' 7' ! 7 m 7‘ u-'-’-r.l 7 wa ' not ’o»g ^ hi
u ’ : '- "u paY-ng steps and a
von-c . >iv:i'•;* wb ;t «.as thema:ter. ‘Mat
ter t* o**:*.a, c m>.7 w i« the reply;
•Hirr * \w:s a 1, iiow oome licro to-d.iy [mV
n- auv; 7 \e -no* ot our men from Mis-
7 >::l 7 ilhI il:,rdi v ‘E'.ippearc-l be
.
for.* t , aud
Uf iva: nun turns up ’ Their
voic.v ki tv.t avay ns they wa ked past,
77‘ 1,1,1 ■"■'I'M cnoigji to eoavinco me
7 7 1 ' ‘ ' : '* " hat hard luctc
777 prisoner 1 " as representing
! '7 ’ 1 1 !uv ‘ 0 : day of all
r " 1 * l 7‘ noun’.* :or idle regrets,
, Low ever. o. In tne notse outside I knew
an a. mei,.h was , ep.g imule for me.
1 heard a X o.co >h ut: ‘look mside the
dead hoii'c! Quick as t nought 1 ran
to ttie co *.n and got inside. As well as
I ivulu i j> lu* i tae ;m o-er and waited.
lnaseeom. th* do,-"-a.pubcd open and
aha.t do .mm.m ran m. Tney paused a
momeut*i tli, tr ey. < got a c istomed to
the darkio i lav ; leme. expecHng
instant di>c >vt y but the idem of 1-ok
mg -n t.iroi ..n m*\er >.*cmed to occur
to th in. 1 bear ; one s :y: Tie i<n t in
here, • ami the. left as quickly a- they
'^ l 7 k ( 1 a \ou a d* i‘l li •>u>e i"
a good , ;u e tor a man t > ; ide when he
19 n a fix -ike m no. Tho bravest men
h c sunn >uj e stition aoout the presence
of thed ..d aad ike t-ge: away a< qni.-k
sthe.ee,. I wa> in a regu ar trap now
and did not know what to do. Any at
tempi at escape in the present excited
>ta;e of tin -wop wou.d m an death
sure and certain. My only ch toco
was to > »y quiet and try to mac
my v.., y out in the n ght. N\ hei
w ,-.s ti. i* (1 !'l so! lier to i>e buried.’ That
», rnn-l „ illas.*-d through my
c.-ral times as I lav confined ui
the rough c> n. Everything depended
on that i leqii-d th * best and lav
quiet. I wa< bailv ci uiiij.cl in mv
stia me ri-ting pla-.-e, but I fell asleep h‘*ar- in
spite of it all. I was arou>ed bv
ing m me one e :*cr a ,t close the d-mr
after him. I opened my eves. Who
ever t was 1 ail :ought a lant-rn. As
q.tHtix a- I could I si Pi-el mv hmdt>
my 1* >ck and un! > .-em-o my pi tul. ]f
I had to die I determined to make a
light for it. Scarcely daring to breathe
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH. GA • i TETESDAY. OCTOBER -2, 1888.—EIGHT PAGES.
I waited Tim steps approa he 1 c!o«er.
The nex nioinea' I he.rj ha i;Is f um
b * "„ ' n the lid and it was hfte 1 up.
til
^ ay he i le 1 d i, K'-y. T.j lifting the
ill he hell it betweo himself uod me
i\Q did not sec me. He leaned it
f^t *• As 'ho he W! did ‘ !i s and he ra turned ght a to glimpse come
>
r‘i!T ,Ils 1 ; >w ' f;r { ,vv feil * tn<l h!S e )' e *
W ,Ml V in h r ttS r ?; !irc \
-
"° t . b,lt - tcd the ;st °’
arilv ;i d \' or i’ ,,n l! . L P f
ir ,tr ,\ i
parmysH. i Ilis legs . snook and tottered ..
:i - d;itia .v; vc ; r? t 1hRfeI1 on h u
k nee His hand went npina supph- ,
a 1 " * m inner and his lip- moved as n
l r was try.ng to say something. J-.vi
denUy he took me for a gho-t. As !
wasn’t e C V7‘ d,dn '\ und t0 hc
III if , ; , . h e , ! |, lt> 1 8iud: uld man Y0J
* -
lK f !'! 1 ,
ik could only , nod. ,
^ /“Wc , rT"'^ ' went t '' er V' on. ,,n;,in ‘it is loaded '? to iil
"
g. i , ,t ; , jou‘f you mate a now above a
“ I h s was a practical sort of talk that
he uml ,stood an 1 convinced h.m that
* "'as real flcdi and blood.
‘lie o’ ■ od, Ho sI ain’t gwine to
breathe hard i’
he spoke 1 noticed a spade and
other tools he had brought with him. A
; u ' |,,ei1 1<ici1 H i-h<-d through rny brain.
<h , f " as a desperate one, but I was in a
sperate fix and could not pick and
( * 1 °' 0 I took out of my pocketbook a
bm dollar bdl.^ I li Id this in my left
hand and my pistol in rny right.
‘ A mi si <; these !' I asked, as I held
them belore the terrified ncgio.
‘‘lesboss.
• If you do just as I tell you the
money is yours; if you don’t, the pistol
*'» an i I put it an inch nearer his head
a ^
“He cocked his head quickly to one
side and swore he would obey me. i
told him to get up and answer my ques
lions.
“‘When isthismanto be buried?’ I
asked.
“ *l)is ebeniu’, boss. I’se made his
grave and was ■ wine to put him in his
coiiin when I sec you.’
“After a few more questions I found
the grave was a little ways out of the
lines at a well known bury in "-place, and
burial was to tii.vc place *it h r. m. It
was now near 3. I had very little time
to lose,
“ ‘Take your spade and dig a grave in
that corner as fast a you can.’
“The mmn> seized li.s spade and
m ' C *° earlh and 1 a,t ened it 1 scat
t < lud th(!
" rcU " -T a, ,° 1 ut 110
dl bWig_ wou.d be oh erva
bp.. -r 1 he first part ol my task was done,
The last and worst was yet to come. I I
took the lid and put it on the co.un. It
lus ,s Waa ^ }. waal n ° f d r took a S ^ »net
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1, OIU ;llu< ?"» th e tools, and . in the head
° f I ,U ' !U ^’ 119 1 could
abo c where a man’s mouth , would be, I
l,or « d l,il f a do e:i 8m * dl holea - J ‘i tho
dark 1“; 10 lj «f x ‘^7 wo.o not aoticeanlc. .
n 77* T SOll 7 niUlS audbr,,kc them
• halt-all These
m d except two. two l
n:uu ' ,u lhe 111 ab0llt oaethrl the
, ' from . ,he , to i > 1 worked fmt, for
~ *
every mmn-nt was of f value, Tne negro 4™
" *"' lu!d ,"“,»»*"**'*'• "'*' I*.
eyo9 ’ and 1 u, “ 8Ure tb.light
„ie a lunatic. My next remark
convinced him of it. ;I a n going to get
m thatco medowa.’ m,’ I said, ‘and I want you to
nad 4 .es, sail, with pleasure,’
and ho grinned and looked happy for the
Inst tin e. This was a Av.y of gdting
rid 01 m -’ wh ell he h ghiy approved of.
l wioie a few line V oil a piece of tissue
paper to my Captain, telling him of the
fix 1 was in. 1 added that I had im
port ant news to toll him. 1 put this in
because 1 Knew it would make him take
mo: e trouble to save me. 1 made a copy
ol this and took out some silk thread,
Both of tuese tilings 1 lud brought to
ihc with the carrier pigeons. \ gave
them to the colored man and described to
him how to fasten the piper arouud each
bird’s leg and then to let them loose. I
had tote l him three times before he
showed any s gn of undcistaiulin cfj- me,
and oven then it was doubtful, out I
i o Id lose no more time. I drew my
pistol head, once more - and, pointing it at his
told him c it if he failed to obey
me or said a word about me I would kill
him. ‘If I am killed,’I added, Twill
haunt you till ou die.’ This threat l
had .
beueve as much terror in it as my
pistol. Then 1 g >t in the coflinand told
bun to nail d ,\vii the i d. The half nails
l had l>rok**n he had used all around the
Id T.sey were too short to catch any
hold, aud merely made a show. The
two real mils caught bit a s ight hold,
for l had made holes for them to fit in
with a gimlet. My idea was, if not res
cued, to force the lid, and in t e terror
wii ch would accompany my sudden res
urreetion to escape* 1 was never a nerv
ous man. but I tell you when I heard that
heart negro hammering on the coflin lid my
almost failed me. But it was this
or death in some other form. Iu a few
moments he had gone and 1 was al m >.
Tii holes I ha 1 ma te in the lid enabled
m* to breath with co rar.itive ease. s
I thought over my chances of life I felt
they were slim, imlee i. Granted the
might ».>_ro proved faithful to me, he
not fi a th > pigeons. If he did
find them h.< might not fasten the paper
propcrly.or the birds might not return in
time, or—in fact, the e were so many
chances against me that I knew my life
liuug on a very slender thread. A nerv
ous fear seized me that the negro mght
not have used lhe half nails i' had pro
vided, but had substituted others. He
certainly had hammered in a way that
- eme 1 ha der than was necessary to
drive ia half mil's. If that was the ease
I m i;lit lie buried alive! Th-s thought
so tided m * w.th horror that it wax with
di , culty that l could refi am from trying
the ltd. Only the kuow.ed.o that this
w.-u u mean disc very if the lid yielded
restrained me. It was a hot dav, and
the heat was inteu* in my narrow prison.
1 was> feartul.y crumped trom my strained
position, and th s and the heat added to
my misery. After waiting what seemed
an age I heard a last the sound of steps,
A p.uty of men had entered and came
up tome. The next m meat the conn
was lifted. A sudden giddiness and a
ru?h of blood to the head followed, aad
I knew they must have held the head
1 over tl. a t e toot I fett the bottom
grating something hard. I was being
i ut ir.to a wagon. 1 hen I was moving.
I c<»ultl not hear very thi dist.actlr, ir’amp but I
c ull „», rc,„ t-.- of
soldiers to Ho wing. 1 lie rea-l was rough
and I was fearfully jolted. My one
thought now was Has that negro done
as he promised and does mv - tptain
know of my fix' Want I feared most
was faint g aad being buried alive,
To p:event u.is w is my aim. At la-t
the wagon atT stopped a d 1 was taken out.
A g. g s mad aud the n xt moment I
was swinging in the air. Then I rested
q U; et. Hollowed the movements in mv
mind and 1 knew now I xvas in my grave,
'hore was a pulling at my feet one of
the ropes mu-t have caught. and the
next moment a heavy body sprang on
the co rin. Then a voice, hoarse and
dem birds loose jest as you told me. v« For
God’s ea!<e. don't haunt me, boss!’ The
next moment he was out. Now was the
time for my help to come, if it was com
ing at all, but I resolved to wait to the
lt-tmnute. A dead silence followed,
and then 1 diraly heard a voice *
i n 5 tne , f ,nt T a s rvlce I thought. How
~ .
1 kept mys 1 . calm at that time is more
than I can say. but the knowledge that
vt- nt 1 c ™ id be in
the fresh air must have had much to do
with it. I h : voice stopped, and a dull
thud followed that made my heart beat
like a sled ,e hammer They were
hr " v ff « t;ie d ; r 7 and oiy grave was
a led U 1 , 1 had u ° time to spare
>*ill head and I , i wain reeling I doubled
myself up to force open tiie lid. Oh,
horror! I could not move it. 1 made
•»«>*« ««l*.a»eir.rt.b«« m vain: I
coaid not hit it aa inch I had never in
much In - ! lfe , for 1 efore and fainted, I fell but back this was.too dead
me m a
swoon.
^ hen I recovered I found ^ myself ^ on
horseback in front of a comrade who was
holding me m my place We were rid
ing at a iur.ous race, and the fresh air
q nckly revived me. My friend handed
“ ie « llask - 1 *oo.< a good pnil and
looked around. 1 was surrounded by
my lriends. \\ e soou reached our camp,
i « ot a! i explanation of what had
happened. It xya« my l aptain who gave
7 1 \ me ' skoo,t my hand warmly,
got \ our message by those pigeons,’he
and ^ S ot U P tll:a party for your
reunn; at once. We hid very little
trnu de with the half dozen soldiers who
were at your funeral, but the old negro’
—'htu he burst out laughing ‘had
jumped m your grave at the first sight of
lls > and we had a haril time to make him
conic out. W e got you out of your hole
Ia t a » we could, and the rest you
know -’ this explained all, and it was
. 16 nt ‘£'° 8 weight that prevented me
lo.n^e '.ig out. was a erotorsome
^' me > and information I had picked
11 E & rea t value, but it did not pay
1110 for tiie a g°»y * su .ered in that
E riv< ;- ) ou see this hair, he added,
runnin o his lingers through his siivery
bicks. t was as biack as yours when
^ cutciccl tlifi coslin. \> lion they took
me out * ^ wua aa Y 011 sce J t now.”
Sad Fate of Jeannette Ward.
Every acre of Manhattan Island, says
the New t ork Telegram, is haunted with
waiters and the knives of the mischiev
ous b °-’ s lave left bttle of the once
smooth u marble, yet the , original inscrip
tion remains.
Few persons know when the stone was
erected and few know of the horrible
d -d that led to its erection. The co d
marble bears only the name, “Jeanette
u aru” and the indistinct date of her
death.
Jeannette Ward was a daughter of a
wealthy farmer, whose land extended
from waat is now 11 th s.reet almost a
mile sout;1 and west * Th0 adjoining
farm belonged to Thomas Harris, whosj
only son, Harry,had always been looked
upon as the probable husband of pretty
-Jeannette. That she was pretty there
*'«**■ WWI* li fonlDg to this
story the. eporter saw a picture of the
girl which had descended to the narrator
from ui.s grand a* her.
Jeannette had many aduvrers, and
among the favored ones besides young
Harris was an o.peer in the Continental
army, a dashing young lieutenant named
1 avis. To the hitter Jeannette made no
secret of her aim r'ation for him, but as
she wasas good as engaged to°be to Harris
their love making had carried on
unknown to her parents, and the spot
now mar red oy the little white stone
was the trvstiug place. There the lovers
used to meet, and it was there young
Harris came upon them one ni-ht.
lie apparently accepted the situation,
renounced Jeannette and gave himself
up entirely to the care of his father’s
farm, and soon the engagement of the
faithless Jeaunette and the dashing lieu
tenant was announced. Only one week
before the nuptials the country was star*
tied by the news of the murder of Jean
nette Ward and the terrible mutilation
of Lieutenant Davis. r l he news created
the greatest excitement, and the country
for aides around was scoured for the
cruel murderers. No one took a more
active part than the disappointed lover ’
Henry Harris.
Lieutenant Davis, it was found, had
had both hands cut off at the wrists and
had also lost his tongue. Davis died from
his injuries and was buried without
leaving a clew. Years passed and still
no clew to the murderers had been dis
covered when a farm hand in the employ
of Henry Harris brought to light a
blood-stained bundle which he had found
concealed in an old well on the Harris
farm. The clothes and knife were idea
tiffed as those of Henry Harris. A posse
w.is.oilected and the sheriff starte l for
the Harris farm. Young Henry must
have seen them coming and realized that
his end was near, for when the sheriff
reached there he was found hanging dead
in the ban. and a servant who had
helped commit the murder lay ' at his feet
with his bra.ns blown out.
The crime and its sequel created a
gn at sensation,but was finally forgotten,
us ail such tilings are, but Jeannette's
father placed the white marble stone
there and no one has since disturbed it.
It evidently became a try sting place after
that, as even now the faint tracing of a
heart enclosing the initials J. II. and M.
(.'.remain. A little lower down a.J. and
part of another letter with lTv‘2 remain
ia fairiv a* f. good condition, whi’e a Idtle
abo e II., is i z. ha«« almost entirely
disappeared. dav and Thousands pass it every
thousands have done <o during
the p ist M ■ years, but of all the number
proba oly not one knows the story it so
eloquently ’_______ tells.
~
A 1 or?i an r.iolo.
A rat, savs a Pers'au .Esop, seeing a
cat approaching, and tiadin-V no avenue
o said: escape, went boldly up to her and
“Madam. 1 have just swallowed a
large dose of bine, and in accordance
with the instructions upon the label
have come o it of mv hole to die. Will
you kindlv direct me to a spot where mv
'corpse wid prove peculiarly offensive.’’
“Since you are so ill,” replied the cat,
‘Twill mys f transport you to a spot
which I thin will suit.” *So ^ savin®* ™? ^he h“
S tu .t lv r ,c«h ,hro 0I h ,he m
ne. k and trotted away with him. This
was more t an he had barga ned for, a.d
he squeaked shrilly with tho pain.
“Ah.” said the cat. “a ra: who knows
he has but a few minutes to live n.-vei
makes a fuss about a little agouv. 1
do.,‘t think, nrz fine fellow, v »u have
tak n pohon enough to hurt- either you
or me.” >o she made a me.d of him. 11
this fable does n-t teach that rats get nc
p oilt by lying I .houid be pleased tc
kaw what in the name of common sens<
or uncommon sense it does teach.
ilLi \f PTf iliiE AT U-L^lUAlO.
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AS
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Marnase . Among the Primitive . Jews T
—Babylonian Wedding Kites—
Quaint Irish Customs—Tying
the Nuptial Knot by Proxj
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j th earliest recor( i 3 that have come
do 7? wn to to us us, savsMarcus says Marcus Lane I ane in m the the
do^unft^Arnon-henTimitiv^ 1 1 couple■5SJ£
w- 3 ll. there umtL<L was a betrothal Among the and primitive espousal,
} ™J\ S^TtheT^LTh? “oom
ath jjgj 8 ® ! thatof fater thebride
t a time
moa i e3 es began began to to be be more more elaborate elaborate, On lu
the ,, wedding day the bride would be as
'**Sd% «Thl'fourth Z't ~ diy ?he
earned of
^ a widow ^ on ™ the ™ lift ii During the°cele° the
if he were
b rator u° ’ would take the hand of his
da if h ter aa d dfd ffive her to the celebrator brideeroom
if t ™ e £fj® father d ; d n not °‘ a act < 'would as the
8 Iscari „ o e toke the ex
trem tv Jnd of the ^ or garment which
cover the head of the bride with it after
w hich he consecrated a cud of wine and
» aV e it to the two contracting canonv° narties
in modern times a of silk is
usually bridegroom out ud under which the bride
and stand on either side of
the parents rabbt or guardians and in front is
the chief standing betv.eeu the
two ministers of the svnawo^ue. Then
the bridegroom presents the rino' in°liea (which
W as only a modern custom of
dower \ The ring *ks is examined by the
chief rabbi who the happy man if
the ring is his own and bein<>- answered
i a t he normative the bridegroom places
the ring ^^Sngsand^gravers upon the forefinger of the bride
T hen by the
rat)b £ after which one of the svnag'oo-ue *the
otficials deposits on the ground at
foot of the bridegroom a small board,
upon which an ordinary wine glass is
placed. The bridegroom then stamps
upon it aad dashes it to pieces, when
all assembled cry out: “Mazzletouri!
Mazzletouri!” (Good luck! Good luck!)
Then follow the usual handshaking and
congratulations, and the ceremony is
over.
Among . ,, the ancient Babylonians the ..
ceremonies were originally much the
same, iliere wore festivities lasting
caught m an open handkerchief held
under h.s ohm . Alter this a.party of
young men would rush into the crowd
and carry off the most wealthy guests
aaii 1( >ck them up in a dark room until
they pa.d proper ransom, which would
go to swed the dowry.
I he custom that guests at a wedding
should make presents to the bride and
bridegroom is very old; in act it has
been observed in all parts of the world
by many peop.e and at all periods of the
^rld Roman s and History the Jew The ad did old it, Greek, and it the is
a common custom among even savage
tribes to this day, but the presents made
vary with the people making them, and
with the rank which is given to woipen
in the nattonal castoius. I.t old TO,r
way the bnde-s wedding outfit mcluSed
a shield, a sword and au ax, it being
supposed that she would need those to
protect herself against her husband’s
bl ows.
The easiest _ wedding to make in any
civilued country in the world at the
P^sent time is what is known as a com
nioa law marr.age under the laws of
Scotland, buch weddings have been
held valid lor at least seven hundred
years.
In Ireland an important part of the
ceremony is a collection for the priest,
which sometimes amounts to tfluO or
51.0. The Irish peasantry are ingenions
in doing this so as to secure the largest
results; and here is one of the methods:
A Immed.ately wedding feast is provided and eaten,
upon the removal of the
cloth, the priest marries the young*
couple, and the bride cake is brought in
ind placed before the priest, who, putting
sn his stole, blesses it and cuts it up into
small slices which are handed around on
i htrgo dish among the guests. Each
one lakes a slice of the cake, and lays
iiowu in the place of it a donation for
the priest, consisting of pounds, crowns
or the shillings, donor. according to Dm ability of
If the amount given by any
guest be not considered surncient. those
it present are by no means slow in making
; uncomfortable for the guest, until he
| ! shall In pay a places proper in amount. England and Ire-
1 land many
it is considered prudent on the part
i of the bride to take care at the altar to
put lier right foot before thatof the
; bridegrooiu, for then she will be sure to
got the better of him during the whole
j ! prudent of the married in Wales, life. for, This under is the especially Welsh
! law, a husband might administer three
! blows with a stifle on any part of the
! person (except the head) of his wife, iu
* case she misbehaved, and another di
rected that the stick should not be longer
than the husband’s arm, nor thicker than
j his middle finger.
Tne most singular custom of the mid
die ages was that of marriage by proxy,
I The earliest mentioned was 'that of
: Clovis,of France,with Ulotilde. Aurelle,
his agent, married Clodlde at the Court
of Bourgogne, iu the name of Clovis, his
master, by giving her a ring and other
Podges of a regular marriage. Polfnd, Alike
marriage occurred in where
! Ring Sigismund III. first wedded his
Queen by proxy. It is aho mentioned
In the life of Charles V. that Lino Men
dez Uuixana Manuel de Figuerodo. of
Mendoza, the Emperor’s major dome,
was married to Dona Magdalena de
Llloa, at Valladolid, by proxy, he not
being able to obtain leave of absence in
order to attend his own wedd ng.
Business MetilO Is in Ecuador.
« E ^aior j s a that P ecu 7 he # ar Ry. will 01 sell nothing Ind.an of at
who esale, nor wi.l he trade
bu 7 ln the “ ar ket in the *P<>t
where he . and his . forefathers . have , sold
V?l r ' ien truck ”. for tn ee centuries.
although , travelers on tne highways
armies of Indians bearing heavy
burdens of vegetables and other supplies
upon their backs, they can purchase noth
; a S fiom them, as the native will not sed
bis goods until he gets to the place whe.e
is ia the habit of selling them. Ho
« “1 carry them ten miles and depose of
tbem for less than he was ottered for
them at home - We me' one d y an old
woman trudging a ong with a heavy ba<
Jet tr*«d of to pineapples rel eve her and of other part of fruits, her load, and
o: - € rin S tea cents for pineapples wh.ch
could . be obtained for a q artilla ( 2
cents) She .
« market was polite, but
and declined to sell anything until
she Sot to town, although there was a
waary ’ d ’ Jst y J ourn ?y of two leagues
ahead of her .—American Magazine.
The ** ed Cross Society. 7 V
Eon TheEedCrossSocietvisan’organiza
for the purpose of securing neutral
from disaster bv Hood, pestilence or other
had calamity during peace. The movement
its origin iu Europe Th« battle of
Solferino was fought in 1357 and Henrv
Dunaut, a Swiss gentleman, ’of visited the
battle eld. What he saw suffering l
on the field and iu the hospitals made
^ting ,he impression. He saw that with all
a PP i iiaa «* and outfit of the French
^ bv inhabitants where the
• - 0
often left for days without attention or
• ° lu lSli' he ^and oublish-d a
d „ r iption SSowfS^tabShi?* of what he had set
^rth in
countr -V Permanent societies for the re*
lief oi the wounded. A society iu Ge
neva i Switzerland, called the Geneveve
^ g oci g t Jf public “hicli^ Utility GenerTDufo^r annointed a com
General"n.ChwV(hTs»l SS ^ Co^iet the
«on, accepted the Preaidency, for the
P ur P ose 0; advancing the proposals of
Th s led to the International
Conference, held at Geneva, in October,
1S63 > which was attended by delegates
from sixteen governments. The eonfer
rence lasted four days, and resulted in
tbe ca Hi n g °f an International Congress,
k “°wn as the International Convention
01 Geneva of 18ii4. ’Ilie spec al aim of
convention of 1864 was to obtain the
neutralization of the wounded in war
thne, and also of the persons and mate*
r als necessary for their care. The con*
fr reQ ce of 18t>3 had aimed at a system of
re ^ e ^ societies for all countries. The
treat Y of 1B84secured the neutralization
hospitals, materials, nurses and sur
S? on3 ’ and that these might be recog
u fr ed > a common sign was fixed upon by
one the articles of the treaty, which
Provides for a flag for hospitals,
aQ d conveys an arm badge for persons,
Tbe desi S ned was a red cr08S u P on
a white to-Switzerland"this ground, adopted as acompli
ment des gn, with
tk e colors reversed, being the natonal
h ,a o °f that country. Unis from these
two notable conventions ^ in Geneva, in
18*4-3 and 1864, arose the establishment
of national relief committees, and a
treaty that now embraces every civilized
nation of the earth .—New York Dispatch.
The Penetrating Siberian Frost.
Over fifty years ago a Russian mer
chant in \akutsk, Siberia, decided that
he would no longer draw water from the
Lena River, as everybody did in that far
northern town but lie would di" a well
ever, and the merchant kept them at
work all that summer. Next year he
courageously resumed work, expecting
every foot lie dim °afterpenetratin<- to wt through thp
f roZ en earth; but 105
feet big hobTtlfSS'decided in solidly frozen soil he covercii th e
that
ri \e r water was good enough for him.
The Imperial Academy of Sciences at
S t. Pete sburg heard this remarkable
story and tiiev thought expended it a e*nod idea
to see how far frost to the centre
of the earth at Yakutsk. So they sent
men k to for resume digging, and kept up the
wor many rnomhs. When they
reached a depth of 862 feet, and were
8ti il in solidly frozen ground, they gave
un "EohlSJ the job t& carefully ?xT3 Sr covered Slalfy the well to
0 and
a scientific man to take the temocritures
throughout the well. Fromtheseob
servations the conclusion was reached
that the ground on which Yakutsk
stands, except a few feet at the surface,
which thaws out in the summer, is
perpetually frozen to a depth of 012
f ue t.
In that region the greatest depth of
permanently frozen snow in northern
latitudes doubtless exists, and the rea¬
son is that there is foimd the great
est co d that has been experienced
in northern latitudes. It is a mistake to
suppose that the weather is colder the
farther north one goes. Tho northern
pole of the greatest cold i 3 duly about
300 miles northeast of Yakutsk, where the
mean annual temperature is a little lower
than in the highest latitudes reached by
Nares and Greely 1000 miles farther
north. — Century.
Tiie Cockroaches of India.
Who that has been in India does not
know the fiat, shining, ill-savored, cof
fee-colored cockroach seen only in dimly
lighted head, places, the eyes starting out of
the the long, ever-moving feelers,
the swift uneertatn movements, the sud
den uncontrolled flight when lie dashes,
perhaps, into your face, and for a brief
and horrible moment his clammy legs
cling to your skin? What a life he must
lead! Even in cowardly terror of his
life, his personal instinct is to hide him*
self- From some dark corner lie glares
at you with guilty eye. As he darts
from place to place he knows that you
will kill him if you can. and he knows he
deserves to be Killed Even in the
houses of the highest in the land the
cockroach is not unknown. Boots,
gloves, and books bear witness to his
ravages, and a pungent smell betrays
his presence in your wardrobe. But the
paradise of the cockroach is a ship. It
is in the depths of the ship’s hold,where
he may hide among the cargo undis
turbed and feed on all rank things, that
he s in his glory. Happily, lie seems
unable to live except in tropical heat, so
that in the great passenger steamers con
stantjy The returning to Europe he is seldom
seen. home of his heart is the hold
of the ship whose course is limited to
tropical seas. There, among bales of
rice and legs of oil, where darkness
reigns and the air is hot and foul, and
"here humau foot rarely intrudes, he
roams at will from post to post. Thence
the more venturous spirits ascend to the
upper decks and haunt saloon and
cabins, and especially pantries and store
roo ,.s, where corners and crevk es
shelter thep, and there are endless
chances or “loot.” Fence comes the
chief ingredient of that sickly atmos
l y ‘ e ' e wtiich strikes the sense on descend
nig irom r the outer air, and often makes
a voyage in such a vessel a nenauce in
deed. - Black wool's M iqazine.
Jioiioea Mottoed Leaden Leauen Bullets unueL.
The ancients, like the moderns, used
lead to fasten iron into stone, to give a
glaze to pottery, and as a help in the
minufactnreof glass. Very sngular
were the “imprecation tablets, rarrepti
tiously deposited the in tom*.»s, of the and deceased, some
times even in coznn
the, a c„pe might follow bin, to .he
other world, which seem 'to have been
more frequently deposited oy women
than by meD.” \ itruvius describes elab
orately a vast aqu d ict, the lead in
which would cost to day two millions.
The leaden bullets of the ancient s)inger 3
often bore an inscription in relief such
as “Appear,** h >w yourself,” “De
sist.” “Take this,*’ “.-trike borne.” The
< reeks were especially fond of bullets
with Mich mo’toes, and they have been
found uoon Marathon and many other
famous fields
TREE LORE. I
LEtiEN’DSCOXCERXIXOTHEM IN
MYTHOLOGIG VLSTOilY.
WoK-hlpiug the Forest Monarch as
a Deity — Venerated by the
Ojibway's—The Famous
Soma Tree Myth.
The tree figures in the earliest cos¬ !
mogonies. lu the Garden of Eden stood
the tree of life, whose fruit would have
bestowed perpetual youth upon the first
pan*, and , near it was the tree of knowl*
edge, fatal to them and to the destiny of !
man. A Scotch tradition assigns to the
apple tree the honorof being the tree of
knowledge the plays
In Norse cosmogony tree a
still more important part. It is here the
world tree—iggdrasil—whoso foiiage is |
the clouds, the stars its fruit and the sea
its bed. At its foot bubbles the fountain
of life, and from its branches fire was
brought to man. VAider it sit the three
Norpes who weave the events of man’s
life. Its roots extend into the hignesl
heaven and into the deepest hell. This
tree Odin was created an ash, Adam and another legend ash says and
from the
Eve from the elm.
Like this is the famous soma tree,
which stands on an island in the middle
of the lake, guarded by fish. Fiomit is
distilled the soma or arnita, the d ink of
immortality. Near it stands another tree,
called the inviolate, bearing the seeds of
all plants and flowers. In i;s branches
are thousand perched the eagles. When olf, one rises
a branches break scatter¬
ing the seed over the earth.
Like the Norse world tree, the intelli¬
gent oak of Dodoua had its roots in deep¬
est purgatory, and a fountain at its foot
gave forth the oracular sayings of Jupi¬
ter. This evergreen oak spoke its
thoughts, even when cut down, for of
it was the intelligent prow of the Argos
made.
The “tree of life” was not merely a
figure of speech in ancient belief. Many
Greek and Persian families claimed de¬
scent from trees. Cadmus sprang from
a tree, the Acliamenid e claimed a simi¬
lar descent, and even Mars, according to
one legend, was the offspring of a tree.,
Pliny says there stood before the temple
of Cu i rin us, at Rome, two myrtle trees—
one the patr.cian,the other the plebeian—
and that as these orders of society grew
or diminished in importance, its tree
flourished or p ! ned.
Among god. savage tribes the tree is often
a The Ojibways thought certain
trees were deities, and made offerings to
them. The Dacotahs worshiped many
trees, especially medicine w T ood. Caro¬
lina Indians venerated the youpon, or
wild tig tree; the Mayas recognized a
divinity in trees; the Tepanecs worshiped
them, and Darwin saw a tribe which
venerated a tree, the home of a deity
called Wallechu. They poured libations
ttirougha hole bored in it, and around it
were the bones of horses that had been
sacrificed. Indian tribes generally
worshiped trees, and some thought that
they sprang from them. Darien tribes
descended from trees, and some of the
Aztecs claimed their oiigin from two
trees in a wooded gorge.
As the tree was the origin of life, it
was also thought the home of souls after
life ended. Empedocle says sculs of the
highest virtue passed into trees. The
old tale ol Ehilemon and Baucis assigned
them a final home in trees as a reward
for charity shown to Zous Another
tradition says the penitent Myrrha be
came a tree, and the drops which-fall
from the bark (myrrh) are her tears.
Dante traversed a leaiiess wood, iu the
bark of every tree of which was im¬
prisoned a suicide, and he spoke to Rie
trodelle Vigne. The Greek Dryads were
fabled to have their abodes in trees.
Ojibway Indians thought trees possessed
souls, and never cut them, some fearing
to pain them. In many places in Ger¬
many trees are thought to be the first
abodes of infants.
The tree of knowledge also occurs in
popular lore. In North Germany, when
the master dies, somo one must go into
the garden and stand under a tree and say:
“Master is dead,” for if the tree is not
informed there will be another death.
An Ojibway tale represents a tree as
whispering maiden a tale of love to a certain
who dedicates herself to it, dies,
and is often seen wandering in the for
est. and According to a Maori myth,heaven
earth were once oined in an embrace
so close that their children had no place
to dwell. But Tanemahuta, father of
trees, branches. pushed them asunder with his
These ideas concerning the
divinity of trees led to their worship in
primitive times.
In the deepest groves abide the gods.
Primitive nations inhabited the forest,
and the tree was their first sheRer. The
centre ot the early Greek as well as ot
the T eutonic dwelling was a tree, around
which spread the house. Groves wmre
the first temples, and the Gothic church
is but a grove turned into stone. In old
German dialects temple and grove are
the same word. Tree worship was the
foundation of Germanic and Celtic re
ligion. Down to the introduction of
Christianity in the North, the deities
were worshiped in sacred groves, and on
the boughs of the trees huag the heads
of sacriuced animals. As late as the
eleventh century trees were worshiped
in many places' The Druids, as is well
known, worshiped and sacrificed in
gro ves, and the 0 . 1 k was a sacred tree to
them.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Children of the World.
T.r.nnnUtv.n P.*f nf wnrH ; a mm’ „ atl
“ ate . ,
00J * r) 2^ f thU awreaate outV ahnnt FaX one*
tenth 1 belong to the African and and Bantu
i a f, C9 ' 1 kefamuy named bantu occupy
fully one-third of the African continent
ou the south-from the Gulf of Guinea,
r^ked w^h l? T thT The bar fS m
? aa bard ^ be . e differed A n
tJe and* Afr ran
„ a nf f “ n 7 families 7 m 77 as a ' 7if’ one 7 1 a add J to ^
{^PaoMM , ^ or'Ne^itos ^ of'portions h,
^ 775^+^ n ,
0 ; c w f 7
and Australia, . tne total A oo.u m probably
not exceed loo,uuu,uou. in. t aucas.an
^o-’K’S « 0 o£> 0^5“ afd°^the ana the Mongolian 3Ion-oEan race race
b3o,UJJ, too.
- 11 -
A Prodigious Hospital Dietary.
^fP Theijat * i e n ts » b ^ ;ji 0 f fare a at the London
.
L,R P‘. , ,..i 7? i ‘ °f OA
1 , ~ . 7Ni r • 7« } 1
^nii P” . m id : nr °lu ’ r>*7 Idli-iSi ni-.t* th^ r,f
milk and . 6 ) e s. Iu adduion to to the
patients there are some o Jo servants and
eludes f 4001 ^neets, .MO J blue- t becked
upper sheets, 400 counterpane*, and
blankets. Twenty-three women and
sandryman are medical employed daily in
amidry. he stores
llQS ed oil A lG and ^ n ! 0t miles ff’ of bve plaster.- * oas
« n six Y m r
lorn. Post.
3
THE MILL FOND.
Hare once tha green-edged mill pond spread
its raiiTor to the light of day, ,
And here I came wkefl I was yonng
To while the truant bokra •way.
Here golden sunfish, silvery iT»eh,
I landed proudly on the bank,
And once—ah. what a thrill it gave'
A pickerel, long and lank.
The pond to-dav is tilled with ooze:
The dam is broken, fish are gone;
The mill wheel rotten— nevertheless, f
The stream runs merrily on.
At times upon the bank I lay,
Ifensath a spreading beechen tree,
And watc hedtbe shadows come .W go
O'er what was ejuite a lake to me:
I listened to the noisy mill,
And heard the merry voices sound,
From where iu groups the f.af uaer boj
Waited till grist was ground.
The mill is roofless now and still. 3
The beechen tree I siw has gone,
l'he boys are men perhaps, and still
The stream runs merrily on.
Tis sixty years since I was here,
A careless barefoot boy of ton;
To-day, iu spite of silver looks,
I seem to be a boy again.
[ hear the clack, I see tho wheel
From which the water gayly falls;
But waken from my midday dream
When yonder hoarse-voiced bittern calls.
Aides out the picture of the past,
By memory on the vision drawn;
The past is dead; but nevertheless,
The stream runs merrily on.
—Thomas Dunn, English.
P1T1I AiND POINT.
Booksellers deal iu yarns.
A soar spot—The eagle’s nest.
It is the police who ma-nip-u-latff.
Healing is nature's knitting work.
Makes tracks—The railway conductor.
A race for large steaks—lloldstein
tattle.
It is easy to make light of a pound of
candles.
The old fashioned school teacher wa?
rather pro-licks.
The tender passion—The antipathy
igainst tough steaks.
The average barber doesn’t hesitate to
scrape ap acquaintance.
A ditty that is very unwelcome to the
New Yorkers is humidity.
The wag of a poodle's tail is the nearest
thiyg to purp-pet-ual motion.
The sue essful lover thinks lie is get¬
ting ahead when he is gotting a heart.
A cornet plaver who cannot attend
the band meetings should scud sub3-to
toot.
Wife (tenderly) —“George, do you still
love me.” Husband (who is busy)—
“Yes, I love you still.”— Boston Courier.
“I am at your seivice ma’am,” as the
burglar said when the lady of the liouso
caught him stealing her silver .—New
York News.
A woman’s rights lady remarks that
tho highest use of man is to have his
life insured for his wife’s benefit— Mer¬
chant Traveler.
“A baby’s life is a constant series of
surprises—both to the baby himself and
to the people who have him iu charge.—
Somerville Journal. t
He kissed her ’noath tho moon's pale rays, ;
He kissed her on the lips and “fornd”
She bent on him lier ra0ltin S ? azo
And softty murmured: ' you horeidP*
'
“I went down to Bar Harbor for a
change and rest,” says a drummer, “but
the bell boys got the change and the
landlord got the rest .”—Lewiston Jour¬
nal.
First Deacon (criticising minister)—
“Well, if Mr. Hardtext isn’t very in¬
teresting, he at least doesn’t slop over.”
Second Deacon—“No, lie’s too dry for
that.”— Idea.
A story he told her of ten lerost lovo,
Of eternal devotion and more,
But sue heeded it not; all his words failed to
move —
She had heard it so often before.
Merchant Traveler.
A lot of speculators have got coffee in
a corner, but so long as they let the
chickory and split pea crop alone most
of the great army of consumers in tho
United states ought never to know the
difference,
“A tribo in the palm region of the
Amazon cradles the young in palm
loaves.” In this country a palm also enters
largely in the work of bringing up tho
young, but it is used more in threshing
than in cradling.
Will Run Through f the Week. — “You
geem to be fond 0 r0ast bce f ( Bobby,”
ga j d tb e minister who was a guest at
Bunday ; dinner . - Y e?, tired sir,” replied the
Bobby ^ .« but I will be of it by
time hat roast ig all gon e.”-Drake's
7*7 I he 77 Hat w Went , With w .., the Boy. „ Atlne . . ,,
Mountain Resort Fond Mother (whose
son had just been rescued by De Jones
f rora a watery grave) Ihank you,
® ver so muc 'f 1 > Mr. De Jones, but you vo
forgotten to get lommys hat. 1 i.ts
uarg Bulleton.
The Secretary of State has just issued
a license of incorporation to the “Gcgen
seitiger I. nterstitzungs \ erein Bei
Schmeide Wagcnmacher von New York ”
He is expected to be out in the cour-e of
a week if no unfavorable symptoms set
in.— New Y rk News.
First Brooklyn Citizen—“Fay, Per
kins, I see by the papers here that the
annual output of cigars in th : s city is
05,000,000.” Ee oud Brooklyn Citizen
— “That so? Well, I shouldn’t wonder
?hi^^moming^ a hit Mine’s irone ^-BuruZrn^ out four times already Bre4
this morning. Burlington ire, ires*.
Enterprise— And is that yenow dome
which rises in the field yonder the roof of
another dwelling?” asked the city vistor
ff his country friend. “On, no, said
farmer; “that « my prize pumpkin
yo«®fe, whmh is gromng ^ along
*gncultaral show.”-Detroit Tree
YVest End Society of London—Lord
Pcr \7 ink i e ’ an ad f irer “ L ’ , uia, ° B,il ”
—“May I—aw—have the pleasure . of
roping you in for Somebody—“Uh, the next, Lady Some
body? » Lady thanks
awfuUy> Lord Periwinkle, but I have
already been corralled by Mr. Deadwood,
of Dakota.”— Harper's Bazar.
“Will nobody separate those dogs?”
exclaimed the humane man with
ri^hreous indignation “Have you no
feelings, sir?” he continued, addressing
a big fellow who seemed to be taking a
delighted interes** m the rombit “ cel
in’« |ol1be“ nard'” was the Z’W.“d renlv “Feel in’s j ?
on m
do^’s ° on top Thaw’im Zeke"’— C»i
^ 7 J Tribune "
Man as an athlete 13 an unmiti c
failure. 4\ hv, the. h Ik - i *
syrupy times Ms gras-hopper mwn length and t^t nexcr J ■»« 1 think P® of
the grand stand and the sinewy ant that
drags a chunk of c^ke s xtj or .even y
Hmes its own weighs just for cum ary
bood ‘ e ' ^ of'i
wnw*®nd r dl Uey Wa are e of u t ’ -
.ail ago