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THE NEW COLUMBUS;
—OR,—
Narrative of the SoleSarvivor of Sir John Franklin’s
’ Last Arctic Expedition.
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CHAPTER LX.
March, the sublime torch-bearer of this re
gion, wai about to pay the Me h.s annual
visit. The light of day began to show itself
what his credentials may be, he never learns
from a relative that there’s an unmarried girl
in the family. He is left to find that out by
accident or by inquiring of persons outside.
This rule,” the Queen continued, ‘‘polite peo-
upon our skies. pie always adhere to, and it has been prac-
Whon the sun appeared I had the pleasure | tic( , d from time immemorial.”
of reflecting that I had now passed a summer, j „ ow bUnd j had been ,
and beheld a sun-set and a sun rise from the |
immediate vicinity of the North 1 ole.
Life in the palace at this season was as
pleasant as it could be made to a man in my
state of mind. Their Majesties devoted sev
eral hours of each day to public business and
study, and the remainder to social intercourse
with the ladies and gentlemen of the court.
There was music, and drawing, and paint
ing. There was the bountiful table at stated
times, and driving and riding, walkiug and
dancing.
The Queen, herself in the full enjoyment of
wedded felicity, often rallied me oh the subject
of matrimony.
‘•You will never return to your naiive coun
try,” she would say. “So vou must identify
yourself entirely with us. In other words, you
must marry. I have been all the while sur
prised that while you seem to like the compa
ny of the ladies that assemble here, you seem
to form no positive attachment for any partic
ular object. You have been with us now for
nearly a year. You seem at times to be un
happy, and it subtracts from my own happi
ness to witness your melancholy. l)o you
grieve to return to England again' That is a
vain sorrow. Now,” she would conclude play
fully, ‘‘if you continue obstinate and gloomy, I
shall assert my royal prerogative and choose a
partner for you.” ...
Upon one occasion, being summoned into
her presence, she said to me that she was
about to introduce into her court a young lady
who was destined to become distinguished
above her compeers for beauty and accom
plishments.
*‘She will make her debut now, she contin
ued, ‘‘at the ball about to begin. I wish you
to know her. Before presenting you, how
ever, I will point her out to you, after which I
do not doubt you will be anxious to make her
acquaintance. And if you should form a mu
tual attachment, 1 should be highly gratified.”
“The kindness and consideration of Your
Majesty,” I said, “is far in excess of my de
serts, and merits on my part the most unaf-
fected candor. Therefore I will frankly admit
that so far from being indifferent to the charms
of women, I am highly susceptible to their soft
blandishments, and the wish that is now and
has long been nearest to my h?art, is to be
married, lint it is my misfortune to have set
my affections upon an object that is far beyond
my reach.’*
A slight start of my august listener at this
point led me to fear she had misapprehended
my meaning, anl I hastily continued: ^
“The lady that has made so deep an impres
sion upon me, studiously avoids my presence
and my acquaintance. I presume she is al
ready affianced, or else has an unconquerable
aversion to me. Therefore I beg Your Maj
esty’s indulgence. A man that is indifferent
to the fascinations of tho gentler sex, is sadly
wanting; and fearing that Your Highness
might mistakenly plac) me in the category of
such abnormal characters, I have spoken
plainly upon a painful subject, well knowing
that my secret will bo carefully guarded. I
am not one of those who woo'd dogmatically
I began to think now I could read the rid
dles
“Well,” I said greatly astonished, and also
much relieved at these singular disclosures, “a
custom so firmly rooted must be based upon
some sound reason?”
“I can not positively assert that I know a
special reason for it,” was the reply. “I think
however it is to prevent the possibility of a
suspicion in the minds of strangers that the
parents of marriageable girls are seeking hus
bands for them. And now,” said Her Majesty
in conclusion, as she prepared to leave me,
“go at once to the young lady and seek conso-
1ation for all the useless trouble you have en
dured."
Filled with pleasureable anticipations, I has
tened to the presence of the charming Noona
without further delay.
I found her surrounded by a group of admir
ers, but emboldened by recollections of the
never-to be-forgotten scenes in her father’s
garden, I drew her away to a quiet place, and
seated myself beside her.
The lovely girl though yielding without re
sistance to my wishes, yet blushed and trem
bled with excitement.
“Sweet Noona,” I said, eager to speak words
that had been long suppressed, “think me not
hold. We aro not strangers though this is the
first time I have addressed you with your con
sent. Your family are my dearest friends,
and but for my ignorance of tho manners and
customs of your country, I should long since
have sought and found my greatest happiness
in your society.”
She answered tremulously that she had sup
posed I had evaded asking her family to intro
duce me to her for some secret reason of my
own.
1 explained briefly the mistake I had made,
and then at my earnest entreaty we walked
out under the evergreen trees where I could
speak without listeners, and without interrup
tion.
I told her of my love and the unhappiness
I had suffered, and that I should continue mis
erable until assured by her own lips that she
would become my wife.
1 felt so sure of my conquest I was shocked
to behold her stand erect and withdraw herself
from me. But I believed this to arise from the
natural coquetishness of maidenhood which
scorns to be conquered at once and without
some resistance, and I resolved to fire the most
deadly shaft I possessed.
Approaching her softly and taking her hand
which she half tried to deny me, I said:
“Lovely, beautiful, sweet Noona, resist me
not. I know your secret. You told it to the
gossipping stars, and they have brought it to
me. I)o you know these lines.
“O thou Inquiring stars that shine above me.
And seem to ask the cause of my distress;
0 mocking, trembling stars that gleam above me,
As If my Innocent secret thou wouidst guess.
Know that my sickness rankles In the heart.
1 languish from the pangs of Love’s keen dart.”
As I began the recitation, Noona, with a
look of astonishment, turned to fly. But im
prisoning both her hands and holding her
firmly, while her head hung on her bosom, I
“Buf now, O kindly stars that shine above me,
N w that you know the truth of my distress;
O smiling, quizzing stars twinkling above me,
Betray me not. Waubama must not guess
Tnat heavy sickness rankles In this heart,
That I am languishing from Love’s keen dart!”
am not one _ _
assert that the wounds ol the heart are incura
ble. Time, in its rich laboratory, may secrete | continued:
a balm for such hurts; and if so, I hope to en- !
joy its soothing influence; for none will wait
more patiently or seek more carefully for it,
than 1. It is no part of my wish or purpose to |
become a recluse or a misanthrope, hor leav-
I lass ion s—I ~h a ve sUlf mT'ample °lieM for By the time I had finished speaking she was
Sr c-njoymenu. . , , | hopelessly confused. She trembled ,n m,
“I «SK than a vear ago I was a famished and grasp, and remained silent,
desolate wanderer Now, thanks to the mag- i And is it not when his enemy is pamc-
. !; *T ,nv soverc,^e, I am a welcome 8t ncken, that the skilled general rushes for-
i iiciwin a delightful "home. Therefore 1 ward to assured victory?
' A" ifZ oleaLd to gratify the slightest wish of I caught my beautiful betrothed in my arms,
shall be pleaseu to graa Ef | clre88 | an d, pressing her quivering form to my breast,
“nWhJen listened to me with sympathetic . kissed her lips passionately over and over
The Queen listened
interest, and advised uio aUac hcd undue im- 1 'Tint why should I dwell on this ecstatic pick
w—wwi-fjsttsssHttS A " d
pang.
“fl
I the young women you __ « o ti ii
can have inspired this ill starred feeling? Still,
after all, it is perhaps best that I press not the
question “
. it not an old story all the world over?
e- . , id R ), e “which one of all 1 But it was not until long after that I could
llut ’ i lave met in the palace, prevail on her to talk freely about the riddles.
M Thitgliess my astonishment to find, *h«n»
. few minutes later the new star was P°'" led
* to me, that she was no other than the lady
who had caused all my distress!
“Now.” said the Queen, as we stood at a
short distance and regarded the Beautiful gir,
“now what says this sorrowful 1< ‘ ver?I " ther ®
a cloud upon his spirit so dark that. t cam
withstand the fight of yonder resplendent be-
'““Your Majesty’s remarks,” I returned in
some embarrassment, “but add fue to the park which lieg at tbe foot „f the mountain
flame that is consuming me. This is tne lauy goulb q{ tbe cityi the ganl e that Wona and my-
for whom I formed, in the first moment oi oe- ge){ ged through on my first entrance into
holding her. a strong but hopelesB passion. thjs COUIltry .
“Ah indeed!” exclaimed my royal patron, j une is near at hand. The trees aro covered
“then I am an unhappy blunderer indeed, to | WJtb rich folia „ ei the ground is carpeted with
commend to the sufferer the hand that lnnicteu agg tbe lir ig redolent of perfumes, and mu
...» .i. -idol, he langnishes. But I have ’—v „» „ h;„i„
CHAPTER LXI.
It is now several months sinc9 I began the
writing of this narrative under influences of
the feeling described in its opening pages.
The portions of it which treat of the Frank
lin expedition, my wanderings with the Esqui
maux, Loolik, and my cave life, are based on
recollection; but in the preparation of those
parts which relate to the country which I am
now living in (by me named l’olaria), I have
been much assisted by contemporaneous mem
oranda.
As I write these lines I am seated in the
the thorn of which he langnishes.
heard nothing of an engagement. Are you
not mistaken? Who informed YOU-
“No one has told me? 1 said. I have in
ferred it from the actions of the lady and her
f “You are in error I warrant,” answered the
Queen. “It is a breech of the court etiquette
for a ladv to become a member of our circle
without first imparting to the Queen an en
gagement that may exist.
“Not that we exercise any control of mar
riage, for you may have learned that freedom
of choice is a dear doctrine with us But we
do reserve the right to say whether the gentle
sical with the voices of song-birds.
The mild temperature and rapid growth of
vegetation, result from the combined effects of
sun-light and sun-heat, and the subterranean
warmth that proceeds from the great chasm
heretofore frequently alluded to.
The notion has generally prevailed in the
south that the region immediately surrounding
the North Pole is bleak and frozen; but I think
that investigators of the subject have never
made sufficient allowance for the fact that the
rays of the sun are directed to this part of
the globe continuously for months. In the
temperate and torrid zones, where night suc
ceeds day every twenty-four hours, there is an
worthy of our acquaintance, for if one lu , rnalin? process of heating and cooling al-
be admitted it would bo manifestly improper
not to give entree to the other. It is hard to
believe that Noona has violated the well known
rule."
As the Queen pronounced these words, I for
got myself and exclaimed, “So then her name
is Noona!”
“What!” said her Majesty in great surprise,
“ar.d have you not known her name before?”
ways going on .
This fact I think should be borne specially
Here
the
in mind in all discussions of the topic,
there is no such cooling process during
summer.
From the time the sun appears in March,
until the June solstice, the earth in these parts
is constantly accumula ing more and more
heat; and I am inclined to believe that even
* the volumes of
I had betrayed myself almost into the neces- without the assistance of
sitv of further disclosures; and only escaped : warm th we draw from the interior of the earth,
from my dilemma by begging my august inter- | t liis country would support animal and vege-
locutor to introduce me to the subject of our U ble life very comfortably during the summer
conversation. , , , , | season.
I was confused, and the young lady showed it, j g true that without tho auxiliary men
such unmistakable embarrassment when I was tioned, the dark months would be iutens ly
presented I felt it my duty to desist from any co ld; but considering the depression of the
special attention, and 1 withdrew at once; and : earth’s surface, and the accumulation of heat
1 asked the Queen privately to tell me who the j during the summer months, I think that even
voung lady was. I if we were not warn ed by our great natural
“Do you not even know who she is?” she | furnance, we could get on in winter with great-
exclaimed. “You first admit you do not know ] y |,, KS inconvenience than that experienced by
her name, and now you admit you know noth- i K raI ,klin and his men in the Arctic Ocean. But
mg about her l’ray tell me how you can ; thanks to a benevolent Maker, we are not re
manage to fall in love under such circumstan- , iu i re d to rely on the sun exclusively,
ces, and make yourself miserable about it ” 1 Al! this, however, is but the random spgcu-
Without further reserve I gave her majesty i i a t.ion of a mind unfitted by education for sci-
an account of my visits to the young lady’s entific enquiry,
home, omitting only the strange songs and po
ems.
“O ” said the Queen, “I think I can explain
the whole case. Noona is the sister of Wona’s
wife Yuema.” ... . . „
“But how,” said I, “has it happened in all
my intercourse with her family that the young
lady has never been mentioned to me?”
I was feverish to get at the mystery.
“That is simple enough,” replied the Queen.
“Young ladies are not brought into society un
til they attain tbe age of eighteen years. Noona
makes her first public appearance at this ball.
And it is a usage amongst us never to mention
to strange men the names of the unmarried la
dies in the families that they visit. Noona has
doubtless seen you often when you did not
know it, but our laws of etiquette required
that she should not meet you nor be mentioned
to you.
This was light indeed!
“But,” I further inquired, “are yonng wom
en entirely cut off from association with young
men in this country?”
‘‘Oh, no; by no means,” was the answer.
“They mingle together with quite sufficient
freedom. Where girls and boys grow up to
gether as Wona and Yuema have done for in
stance, that is, where they have known each
other from childhood as neighbors’ children,
the rule I mention has of course no force. But
if a stranger come amongst us it matters not
CHAPTER LXII.
But how can I in the presence of Poesy per
sonified continue to write prosy sentences?
Noona is by my side—we have been married
one month—and we are very happy. My life
is like a battered ship, which, after weathering
many icy storms and perilous coasts, rides
safely anchored at last in still waters under
balmy skies.
O, the sweet anchorage of love!
O, the still haven of marriage!
O, sweet, beautiful Noona! Angelic doc-
tress to a broken and despairing spirit! Erst
while I shivered in arctic winds and struggled
in arctic snows.
My comrades perished before me, and I gazed
appalled upon their ghastly laces.
Snatched from a grave of ice by a savage but
tender hand, I was a helpless wauderer in des
ert regions. . ., ,
Groping like a disturbed spirit in black cav
erns of eternal darkness, I gazed with intense
longing into the waves of oblivion.
In those terrible hours I realized the quintes
sence of misery, helplessness, despair.
But now, O, precious Noona, when I clasp
thee in mine eager arms and cover thy sweet
lips with kisses, I feel that if you should be
separated from me I would gladly live all my
sufferings and more over again to recover thee
back to my sidt!
• . v ..* - * . * *
As I lay down my pen tor a moment and
look at my beautiful wife, who is arranging a
bunch of flowers a short distance from me, she
exclaims:
“Wauhama, darling, what are you thinking
or writing that gives your face so sad an ex
pression?”
In response I point to the freshly-written
lines, and she conies and clasps her soft arms
about my neck and listens silently to my slow
reading; and as she leans forward her warm
tears drop like pearls upon the page.
• ***••
Wona and Yuema are walking arm in arm
not far away, and a nurse follows bearing in
her arms their child, my namesake, the little
Wauhama.
As they approach us Yuema, with a musical
laugh, breaks into our reverie.
“See, Wona!” she cries, “how sad this cou
ple look. Noona has been actually cryiog.
Shame on the monstrous man that makes his
bride of a month shed tears 1”
. CHAPTER LXIII.
It will be remembered that in my voyage
down Great Cave river with Wona, upon my
first entrance into the l’olar basin, I saw many
flicks and herds grazing on the green hills and
valleys that line the stream. I have lately
been enquiring somewhat into the condition of
these industries, and liud that they prevail to a
great extent.
In the summer season, when the mosses and
grasses of the upper plateau are growing luxu
riously, the animals find there a nutritious and
bountiful pasturage.
There are narrow passes at a good many
points through the mountains, and it is the
practice of the breeders to bring the sheep and
cattle down to the central plateau and keep
them there during the winter. The expense of
maintaining them while the grass is not grow
ing is the chief burden and drawback to the
business. But by cutting and drying supplies
of moss in the summer it is managed profitably.
The grasses of the upper plateau are very
hardy." They begin to grow long before the
sun throws its rays actually upon them, and
continues green far into the twilight of wilder.
The magnitude of this pursuit becomes appa
rent when it is remembered that the entire up
per or frontier plateau—a belt fifty miles wide
is devoted almost exclusively to it.
The mountains that border each side of this
upper plateau, and the lakes and streams that
abound in it, are the breeding places of vast
numbers of water-fowl that come there every
8< Tdo not doubt that the flocks so often seen
... Greenland and other regions in its latitude,
winging their flight to the North, are hound for
the country I have been describing. _
How little I dreauipt—when m the spring of
1853 I stood in front of my cave sadly watching
such movements of the wild fowl that I was
destined soon to track them to their mysterious
goal I W hat wonders I have seen in one short
>' ear j
I have been looking more particularly into
the geography of my adopted couhtry. /.uatni
discourses learnedly upon the subject
The great river so often mentioned as issuing
from the cave, running through the first pla
teau and falling over a precipice six hundred
feet high down to the second or central pla
teau, and passing thence Eastwardly in front
of the city of Hiawana, the capital of l’olaria—
this river, I say, widens into considerable lakes
both Fast and West of the portion of it which
forms the Southern boundary of the town; but,
contracting again to its natural size at a point
some ten miles to the East, it cur res gradually
in the direction of the pole until it reaches
nearly the central portion of the plateau, when
it runs in a direction parallel to the range of
mountains which constitute tlio boundaries of
the same until it reaches a point opposite to or
North of the Capital, where it empties into or
forms a lake about thirty miles in diameter,
which has a subterranean outlet.
(jreat Cave river is smooth and deep all the
way from the Great Fall to its end. It receives
many small tributaries, and its surface at all
seasons is enlivened by boats going and coining
with passengers and merchandise.
My remark, however, as to the terminating
lake being North of the Capital, must be quali
fied and explained.
It is on the opposite side of the Bottomless
Pit from the Capital; but I think that in the
great chasm the points of the compass are lost,
as the North pole must be situated about the
centre of it. .
This is comprehended bv considering that a
person stau ling exactly at the pole—if 3UCh a
thing were possible—would be conscious of
only 0 one direction. - .,
Look in whatever direction he might, it
would still be South, because it would be always
toward the equator. . ,
The accompanying maps and drawings make
the matter plain. . .
On the western border of the terminal lake is
the city of Kaniuna, famed as the birthplace of
the reigning Queen. It has about one hundred
thousand inhabitants.
The next most important river in this coun
try takes its rise to the westward of Great hall
lake, in the central plateau, and runs near its
centre until it also reaches Ramuna, anil emp
ties its waters into the lake upon which that
city is situated.
The river comes into the lake on the north
side of Ramuna; in other words, the river runs
between the city and the Bottomless I it
which the l’ole is situated.
It is navigable three fourths of its length,and
bears an important commerce upon its waters.
It is called Mountain river because it takes
its origin chiefly from the mountain streams.
Many streams of lesser importance come down
from the outer mountains and form junctions
with the large ones.
We have here unquestionably a peculiar sys
tem of rivers.
Many towns and villages dot this plateau,
which, as once before described, is a belt one
hundred and ten miles -vide, describing a coin
plete circle around the North Pole, and bottom
less chasm, and separated from the latter by a
circle of low mountains and a lower plateau
twenty miles wide.
Agriculture and various kinds of manufactur
ing engage the inhabitants.
The most extensive and important of the
government’s public works, is what is known
as the Grand Highway.
This is a public road which may be said to
have no end; for it constitutes a complete cir
cle; not a regular circle by any means, for it
diverges from a straight line in a good many
places.
Its general position is about twenty-five
miles south of the boundary line of the lower
plateau, and it runs parallel with that bound
ary line completely around the Pole.
It is tapped by fine roads from the cities of
Hiawana and Ramuna, and numerous neigh
borhood roads lead into it.
The custom of the country requires the king
to make the circuit of his Kingdom at least
once in every two years.
Nome times the journey is performed all the
way by means of tne Grand Highway; at otli
era most of the traveling is done by water
“I wish,” said Zuami as we sat in the libra
ry discussing these interesting matters, “I
wish you would give me a full and satisfactory
account of what you mean by the North Pole.
You have often alluded to the subject, but I
have never yet got a satisfactory understand
ing of what is meant by the term ‘North
Pole?’ ” . ,
“With great pleasure,” I replied.
“In the first place then, you must know that
the earth is a globe or ball revolving in space
upon a fixed and never varying axis. The ter
mini of this axis—”
>1 do believe you love Z lami and your books
more than you love me!” cried Noona as she
here entered the room.
1 of course resented this preposterous slan
der with a kiss, as Zuami (hardened old bach
elor!) with a quizzical expression of counten
ance retreated to his own apartments.
Ah, Zuami! lecture and upbraid me as you
may for suffering the pleasures of youth to
draw me away from more solid pursuits; yet 1
know from hourly experience that there is
more value in the carresses of the woman I
love than in all the volumes of the King’s li
brary.
And you, my dull and tiresome narrative
and journal; I foresee that the same sweet in
fluence will soon lead me away from you.
There was pleasure in filling these pages
when I talked about a new country, a new
people and a thousand strange things. But
my story is now mostly told, and the joy of
composition is dying out
And what good reason is there after all for
writii g this history? Is it not in a tongue that
the l’olarians will never know? And if they
knew it does it not treat of matters they see
and mix with in their every day life? I think
I must lay this book aside and compose works
about Europe, America, Asia Africa, and a
thousand other topics that will be new and cap
tivating to the Potariaus.
Yes! this is an inspiring idea. It comes to
me like an inspiration. I can become an edu
cator.
[to de continued.]
CHAT.
Returned home at last Lita Vere. Your pri
vate message read with amused interest, and I
thank you for the kiud wishes expressed in
your note. In return, “in crystal and myrrh-
ine caps, embossed with gems and studs of
pearls” I drink your health, and wish for you
a future of brightest promise.
Ned, your first of August experience is en
tertaining, as recorded by yourself.
Will not others describe the day as passed?
Certainly Hemlock does not believe me to
be other than a mere Mother Hubbard, so as
his pretty tribute to the imaginary “fair occu
pant” of the boat was not meant, it will be al
lowed space; ’twere a pity to dash such a bit
of ideality, when ’tis known that it was only
one of many dreams, inspired by gallantry.
l’arvenuc must be in “some land far distant >
else he would return to give the Othello of the
Household some other occupation than laugh
ing at the gentle sex. Another obstreperous
being broom-stick in hand, should rise into ex
istence and remind him. I et this would be a
tame circle without our Vaurien.
Shall we continue our corner of Literary
Curios? All ill favor of the idea will in some
way send contributions that it may prove a
success.
Motiikk Hubbard.
Othello’s Occupation’s Gone.
Dear Mother Hubbard: “Othello’s occupa
tion’s gone.” 1 feel somewhat lost in the
Household; I have nobody to quarrel with,
l’arvenue has disappeared—gone to parts un
known. One of the People has hid her pretty
little head am ing her numerous kinsfolks.
Timid Stranger has bee ime an utter stranger.
Quien Sabe has married a husband—“so pray
have me excused!” Clio, I presume, has be
come a midshipman, long ere this. .Scotland s
Mary is so enamored with her glide man and
the wee bit bonny bairns that she does not
give me even a passing thought. Rushlight
has long since paled his “ineffectual fires. I
feel lonesome. What am 1 to do? I have no
babies to discuss with Crushed and Comfort
Marshall. My ignorance of pleats, tucks,
frills, etc , debars me from sweet converse
with Musa Dinn. I presunied once to otT-r
consolation, sub rasa, to Blighted, but she did
not even notice me. I am too erratic to mter-
terest grave Veritas; besides I notice he has
quite a penchant for the gcutler sex. l'.mdo-
I Literary Curios, No. 3.—Shaksperean
Alphabet, No 3.
[This is one of the most remarkable compo
sitions we have ever read, evincing, as it does
an ingenuity of arrangement peculiarly its
own. Explanation: the initial capitals spell,
‘•My boast is in the glorious Cross of Christ.”
The words in italics, read top to bottom and
vice versa, form the Lord’s Prayer ]
Make known thy Gospel truths, our Father,
king,
Yield up thy grace, dear Father from above,
Bless us with hearts which feelingly can sing,
“< >ur life thou art for ever, God of Love!”
Assuage our grief in love for Christ, we pray,
Since the bright prince of Ueaven and glory
died,
Took all our sins and hallowed the display,
Infant 6e-ing, first a man, and then was cruci
fied.
Stupendous God! thy grace and power make
known;
In Jesus name let all the world rejoice;
Now labor in thy heavenly kingdom own,
That blessed kingdom for thy saints the choice.
How vile to come to thee is all our cry.
Enemies to thy self and all that s thine,
Graceless our will; we live for vanity,
Loathing the very be-ing, evil in design.
Oh! God, thy will be done from earth to Heav
en.
Reclining on the Gospel, let us live
In earth from sin deliver-ed and forgiven.
Oh! as thyself but teach us to forgive,
Unless it’s power temptation doth destroy,
Sure is our fall into the depths of woe. .
Carnal in mind, we’ve not a giimpse of joy.
Raised against heaven; in us, hopes we cannot
know.
Oh, give us grace, and lead us on the way;
Shine on us with thy love and give us peace,
Self and this sin that me against us slay,
Oh! grant each day our trespass es may cease!
Forgive our evil deeds that oft we do,
Convince us daily of them to our shame.
Help us with Heavenly bread; forgive us, too,
Recurrent lusts, and we’ll adore thy name;
In thy forgive ness we as saints can die,
Since for us and our trespasses so high,
Thy Son, our Savior, bled on Calvary.
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nately have a tendency to make us very seep
tical about human intentions. It is, to my
mind, very probable that Haggard’s whole aim
was to write a book which should sell. But if
he was moved by a higher motive it is still
possible that he wrote a stronger appeal for
Christianity than he knew. “She,” as I read
it, was a strong argument throughout for the
world’s need of something more than merely
speculative and unsettled religious theory.
One feels, as one reads this weird creation of
the imagination, that there must be a surer
foundation for man’s hopes than that gi ten
forth by human ingenuity or philosophy. It
all resolves itself at last into that short conver
sation carried on between a certain friend and
“You are poor and in trouble,” he said,
glancing around my little sitting room, ’’yet
y ou are cheerful and contented. I am rich
and free from anxiety, yet miserable. Why is
t h > 8? ” 3 . . ,, j
“Because I have a God and trust him, I
said, quietly.
He made no answer. But l could see be
caught my farthest meaning.
And this is what “She” teaches us to its
very last page. N. L. B.
G. M. D.
Walking down Broadway is very .
when ycu feel well, and T K never felt
better than when his friend asked him how he
g f ,t over that severe cough of his so speedily .
‘Ah, my boy,” said T , “G M. D. did it.
And his friend wondered what G. M. D' meant,
lie knew it did not mean a Good Many Doc
tors q- K had tried a dozen in vain.
“I have it,” said he, just hitting the nail on the
head “you mean Dr. I’ierce’s 'Golden Medical
Discovery,’ or Gold Medal Deserved as my
friend J S always dubs it.” Sold by
druggists.
Wheat Away Down.
Vienna, Aug. 8 —The price of wheat in the
Vienna market fell to a lower point on Satur
day tbau known in twenty-three years.
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,„’s wonderful box is frequently opened in our
midst, but my name is Beldom oil the list of
the recipents of her bounty. I have cast
sheep’s-eye glances at Viva and Kitty-May-
Cumin, but have learned to luy sorrow that
they do not appreciate the capaciousness of a
Frenchman’s heart; but—bless me 11 here
comes the dashing Rural Widow all the way
across the parlor, offering me a' lovely boquet
of pansies, complimenting me on my earnest,
“thrilling” gaze, soul entrancing sweetness of
voice But, my dear madam, poor Kit War
ren’s wail of despair has not yet ceased ring
ing in my ears; besides, consider my youth—
what would my mother tWiiijfe-heml—I have
an engagement, l'leasn excuijS me?
Fruit Hill, S. C. ' Val rien.
A Vision of Bethlehem by the Sight
of the Stars.
“Like ships that sail for sunny isles
But never come to shore,”
A perfect midsummer afternoon, cool and
balmy from the hasty shower of a few hours
sinus. A thousand sparkling drops hang from
the pine needles overhead while undeifoot
there is not a particle of dust, as our horses
feet fly swiftly over the smooth well-trodden
highway. The air is heavy with odorous
sweetness; the fragrant breath of the pines,
those tall sentinels of Gods fair world. On
and ou we go rapidly, and by and by the dusk
grows deeper, the shadows among the pines
more ghost like. The sun-light fades from the
highest tops of the forest over there in the
west, and then the stars come out, Jupiter, at
first, finds no rival near the throne, and his
majesty reigns supreme, shining pure aud clear
against the hyacinthine sky. And our thoughts
wander to far off Bethlehem, aud in sweet
meditation, we dream of that heavenly courier
which,
“At his birth proclaims him come,
And guides the eastern sages.”
One by one the lesser ligli 4 <s grow more con
spicuous, and at the risk of being voted unen
tertaining, I cease to join in the merry talk;
and soon my thoughts are far away. I see
j ust such a sky! only far more brilliant through
the clearer atmosphere of the orient—I see tall
palms waving to and fro, a?* if keeping time to
the silvery music of the fountains that sparkle
and whisper in their cool shade. While over
the way the Sabaen Worshippers kneel, with
faces upturned to the sky, the bight that is
burned to cjuntless Eons throws a strange
glare over their rapt countenances. The sweet
odor of rare incense, floats on the burdened
air, that brings to me a strange medley of
sounds and odors. The slow hours go on, the
fountains whisper wonderful secrets to their
tall lovers the waving palms, the incense floats
higher until it almost reaches the great Father’s
throne, almost, for these fervent worshippers
are very near the truth. Are not the starry heav*
eas his everlasting throne? And I now could
(almost) kneel with them, so awed am I by the
gleaming splendor of the heavens. The night
wanes slowly: and then grandly, as becomes
his majesty, the sun draws nigh, and, amid the
joyful accfamations which greet his coming, 1
leave the dusky worshippers. And as the
horses are drawn up suddenly, I find that we
have reached our destination, Taunsdale, a
growing little town on the E. T., V. & G. rail
road. The lights in town are shining brilliant
ly, and we soon found our way to the crowded
church and listened to an eloquent sermon by
one of our ablest divines, Ur. Graves, of Mia
sissippi. After service we leave for home, and
soon we are rapidly spec ling over the half
score miles that intervene.. The drive seems
very short, and I am surprised when the car
riage stops at the pleasant home of that kind
friend to whose thoughtfulness I am indebted
for a delightful drive. I am soon cosily en
sconced in her dainty guest chamber, and soon
my waking dreams are merged into others
which, like some day dreams, are
Miss Edith Clark of San Francisco, has been
sent a silver medal by tbe secretary of the
treasury, for saving the life of a school-mate
from drowning.
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“As ships that sailed for sunny isles,
But never came to shore.’’
Mexicano, you said something nice about me
a long time ago. Come again. My pensees are
all of you.
Euterpe, do you sing “White Wings ?
Mud a, dear Muda, how I W'.sh that time and
fate would sometime bring us together!
Ma Belle Carmen, will you write to me?
Starling, of the L. B., if yon will take a Bible
verse for your motto, I would suggest our min
ister’s text of yesterday, “Let your light so
shine before men that they may see your good
works and glorify your Father which is in
Heaven.” ll<jn jour,
Dayton, Ala. Lita V ere.
A Biddle Proposed.
Little Bess having given the public a glimpse
at an unhappy wedded pair, I wish to propound
for the consideration of herself and the House
hold a conundrum as follows:
What is it that each man aud woman enter
ing into the married state hopes or expects to
possess and never attains?
Has Little Bess read chapter forty-nine of
“The New Columbns?”
Sheffield, Ala.
A Chat Upon Woman’s Work, and a
Criticism of “She.”
I come at your call, dear Mother Hubbard.
Not, indeed, as N. L H. She is dead, and has
risen again to newness of life There are some
of our band who will, I know, rejoice to hear
of the quiet, restful life which has come to her.
When the battle is over, we think it is well to
have fought, since by the struggle we are
taught the sweetness of peace. Yea, taught
also a yet more noble lesson—a deep and active
sympathy for our sisters who are still in the
glare of the strife.
Adele is right, woman’s work is, unhappily,
to some extent, depreciated—that is, if a man
and a woman of equal capacity, apply for the
same place or job, the man will have two
chances of success to the woman’s one. I
know whereof I speak, having had experience.
But strict justice forces the admissio.i that for
this women are or have been large y to blame.
Until women recognize and abide by the stern
logic and the sterner requirements of the labor-
it,ir world, this depreciation must inevitably be
• their pc rtion. The sooner they K-arn to screen
themselves or their efforts behind no protective
wall of sex, the better it will be for the im
mense rank and file of workers. I found out
early in the fray that in the wide battle-field of
work there must be neither man nor woman,
neither male nor female, but simply so much
force, be it of brain or muscle, giving forth a
required result in a given time. VVotnan’s
work to-day is depreciated because in times
past woman, unknowingly, I believe, dii im
perfect work. Her will was good, but she had
not gone into the fight rightly equipped there
for. She put before her employer a deficient
result, expecting the deficiency to be supplied
by consideration for her delicacy of tempera
ment or constitution, or Borne other such ill-
defined aud subtle feminine quality, which
was supposed to permeate the result and give
to it the required leaven of power.
Now the pendulum begins to swing to the
other side. Women realize that if they are to
receive equal compensation they must give, in
all respects, an equal service; and this “equal
service,” from the very nature of the case,
must always press harder upon the women,
must consume more of the precious life-blood,
make larger demands upon brain and nerve
force; for, speculate or theorize as we may
upon this point, the God-framed and inde
structible fact remains the same. Women are
weaker than men (except in exceptional cases)
and less fitted for the stern and pressing work
of the world.
If we could return to the Gad-appointed
order of things (which, alasl we cannot hope to
do, seeing that tbe devil has our world firmly
by the throat, with no perceptible intention of
loosening his hold), but if we could so return,
all this talk about the depreciation of woman’s
work would cease, for woman’s work would
once more fall within its legitimate sphere.
I must not be construed here as crying
down woman’s sphere. Quite otherwise.
It is the work of the plodder that is most
effective in the practical world, and a large
majority of men are plodders.
By c mtrast with the quick, nervous, une
qual effort of woman, tuts slow but regular
stroke of tbe average man, gains much in
power and effectiveness.
A woman will go to her work to-day, and
meets its most exacting requirements fully; to
morrow she will flag a little; the third day,
ur ,r ed on by some magical impetus, she ap
preaches perfection; tbe fourth day she has
sick-headache and fails utterly.
On the other hand the man plods on some
thing after an ox-like fashion; he makes no
extraordinary success, neither does he chroni
cle any signal failures. With the regularity
of clock-work his strokes go on from <Uy to
day. You may calculate for him with almost
absolute certainty, according to the rules of
labor: so much work in so much time; much
as you calculate eclipses and with a kindred
accuracy. Unless some stroke of sickness be
fall him, you have your machine grinding out
the required amount, machine-like, with small
consumption of brain or blood. If “man’s
love is of man’s life a thing a part,” quits as
much so is the average man’s labor. It is
chiefly his means to a required end. So much
labor, so much money; so much money, so
much rest, and there you arrive at the first
small pulse beat of his life.
But with woman it is altogether otherwise.
Her work becomes an ever-Dresent and ever-
following shadow. She lives it by day, she
dreams it by night, and it tinges her prayer
with the dark purple of its blackness. Into it
she pours whatever is strongest and best of her
nature. She lets it consume her vital energies
sap her strength, undermine her health and
steal her life. The very delicacy and intensity
of her nervous organism makes against her in
this competitive labor-drill. That which pre
eminently fits her to reign in her own sphere
quite as pre-eminently unfits her to rule in
any other.
What that sphere is I leave the household to
determine. , ,,
White Wings’ suggestion that we discuss
"She” reminds me that weeks ago when I was
so work-crowded I had to fight the desire to
write to the Household and tell them what I
thought of this much talked of book. I had
private letters enough asking my opinion, and
tbe book was discussed time and again in my
sitting room. Why is it that no one ventures
a criticism of it here? When you begin to
read it, White Wings, let your fancy run
ahead of the writer’s (apparent) intentions,
and read the book as an allegory, letting “She”
represent the onsanctified world spirit of
Knowledge. Try this. It will open wide ave
nues for yon and lend a distinctly suggestive
—. I meaning to Haggard’s otherwise meaningless
I finale. Life and certain experiences uniortu
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Gentle men:—Yours inquiring wheth
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kine, and if so to what extent, &c., to
hand. In reply will say that my health
has not been as good in twenty years
as now. I suffered with chills front
malarial poison contracted while :
ing in the Confederate army on
Peninsular Campaigns in \ irginia.
not miss having a chill at least once in
twenty-one days, and more frequently
once in seven days, for more than fif
teen years.
In this condition I visited New York
in November, 1S85, on business.
While there I stopped with Mr. K. D.
Barker, of the University Publishing
Company. I told Mr. Barker of my
condition. He called nty attention to
your Kaskine and procured for me a
bottle. After my return home I took
the pellets as directed and found much
relief afforded thereby. Of this change
I wrote Mr. Barker, who sent two or
three bottles during the past year. M v
health greatly improved. I increased
in weight from 165 pounds to 200
pounds, my present weight. I believe
the Kaskine did it. Quinine had fail
ed, as had other remedies usually ad
ministered in such cases.
Now, unless in case of exposure to
extra bad weather, I do not have chills,
and my general health is quite good.
I turned over half a bottle to a young
lady friend a few weeks since. I learn
from her mother that she was much
benefited by it while it lasted.
I trust you may be able to introduce
Kaskine generally in this country, in
which many suffer from diseases con
sequent tqion malarial poison in the
system. From my own experience I
can emphasize its excellence lor such
diseases. Il l can serve you call on me.
I am very truly yours,
John C. Scarborough.
Seven years ago I had an attack of
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intermittent malarial. I tried all the
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drag cured me. Malaria aiul dyspep
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a June day, brighter for the summer
storm that had passed across the sky,
so the cloud left my life and my health
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Mrs. J. Lawson,
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Mr. Gideon Thompson, the oldest
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ninety years of age, and for the last
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I recently began with Kaskine which
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