he Democratic Watchman, fi BELLEFONTE.PA WILLIE'WENT A WOOING Young Willie went a wooing One pleasant Sunday night; Went wooing Jennie Gilbert - Pray who had a better right? The dew was on thellowere, When Wihe starlls ie wwent ere s a hi wn ooinging bright, , One pleasant Sunday night. The path led through the meadow, To farmer Gliberra houso„ And Willie trod an gently, Apd "slyly as a mouse." Flat'his heart it grew tumultuous, When first he saw the light In firmer o,llhert's parlor That pleasant Sunday night. Jennie Gilbert was the mistress • Of farmer Gllbert'a farhi, And many fond admirers Had offered her their arm ; And told her how they loved her, But It wasn't told aright, liptfl Willie went a wooing, 'One pleasant Sunday night. She wits her father's all on earth 'Her mother, years ago. Went down the darkened valley, And crossed the river'a flow ; And Jentile grew to womanhood— Of her father's home the light, Where Willie went a wooing, One pleemant Sunday night. Twee river known what Willie surd, • Nor iIPVI his love he told, But—Jennie let him hold her hind, (Perhaps that tniullb him told,) Por,he Mimed her on her hurtling cheek Her little hind'held Did Willie, while • wooing, One pleasant Sunday night. The farmer In the kitchen lone. Bat'by himself apart, The wooing In the parlor Mode sorrowful his' heart, The hour hand on the it 'when clock Ws* asaeding•bolt upright, Ere Willie left off wooing. That pleasant Sunday night To breakfast on the morrow JOlllllll came • Wes late; lier father gazed into her eyes, And sought to read his fate , Rdt she kept her seeret nobly, liar father's gate despite, Said not a word of Willie Or the pleasant Sunday night 1./ark-brewed sat farmer Gilbert, And with a lengthened fare; thought of all the empty rooms -Within that pleasant place; So mid was his demeanor, ThstJennie Ole with fright Thought Willie more was tabooed Prom coming Sunday night. But Willie bray was sent for That very blessed day, And everything was settled Before be went away, For Will, and Jane, and "Fether "Pot everything to righte,", And Wiaist,rametwoolng The eomingliunday nights,. Blithe WUI andgentle Jenne. Now journey s ide by side, A worthy, happy husband A loved and loving bride. Farmer (Elbert rocks the cradle, The.farrn look■ trim and bright. And Willie worsts his Jeon ie Nor every Sunday night, --offirmgeldirtepubhea. THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP There was commotion in Roaring Camp It could not have been a light, for in 1850 that was not not el enough to have called together the entire settle ment. The ditches and claims were not only deserted, hut; '"Tuttle's" grocery hid contributed its gambler., who, it will be remembered, calmly continued theirgame the day that French Petearid Kermit* Joe shot each other to death over the bar in the front room The whole camp was collected beforejs rude cabin on the outer edge of the clearing Conversation wax carried on in a low tone, but tho name of a woman was fre quently repeated It was a name (unlit iar enough pe in the cattp• "Cherokee Sal." Perhaps the less said of her tie better She was a coarse, and, it is to be teens], is very sinful woman. But at that tune she was the only woman in Roaring Camp, and was just then lying in sore extremity when she most needed the ministration of her sex. Dissolute, abandoned and irreclaimable, she wits yet suffering a martyrdom—hard enough to bear even in the seclusion and sexual sympathy with which custom veils it-- but now terrible in her loneliness Tim primal curse had norms to her in that original isolation, whicthmusthave made the punishment of the first transgression so dreadful. It was, perhaps, part of the expiation of her sin, that at a mo ment when she most lacked ker ht!efl in tuitive sympathy and care, she met only the half-contemptuous faces of her mas culine associates. Yet II few of the spectators were, I think, touched by her sufferings. Sandy Tipton thought it was "rough on Sal," and in the con templation of her condition, for a mo ment rose superior to the fact that he had an ace and two bowers in his sleeve. It will be seen, also, that the situation was novel Deaths were by no means uncommon in Roaring Camp, but a birth was a new thing. People had been dis missed the camp effectively, finally, and with no possibility of return, but this was the first time that any body Lad been introduced a 6 initw. Hence the excite ment. "You go in there, Stumpy," said a prominent citizen, k nown as "kentuck,' addressing one of the-loungers. "Go in there, and sec what you kin do.— You've had experience inillem things."_ Perhaps there was a fitness in the PI , laction. Stumpy, in other clime'', had been the putative head of two families ; in fact, it was owing to some legal in formality in the prooendings• that Hoar ing Camp—a city of refuge—was in debted to his company. The crowd ap proved the choice,.azullitunry was wise 'enough to bow to the tinayerity. The door cloned On the extempor e surgeon sad midwife, and Roaring Camp sat Bona outside, smoked its pipe, and awaited the issue. The assemblage numbered about a hundred men. One or two of these were actual fugitives from Justine, some were criminal, and all were reckless. Physi cally, they exhibited no indication of their past lives and character. The greateut scamp had a Raphael face, with .a profusion of blond hair; Oakhurst, a gambler, bad the melancholy air and in telleotual.abstraction of a Hamlet.; the coolest and most courageous man was scarcely o'er five feet in height, with a soft voice and an embarrassed timid manner. The term "roughs" appliedto them was a distinction rather than a definition. Perhaps is the minor de tails, tom, ears, etc., the tamp may hare been deficient, Lail tb*>4..alight °minions ,id not detract from their aggregate Three. The strongest man had but three fingers on his right land ; the best shcit had but one eye. Such was the physical aspect of the tderbOat yts‘redisorsed around the cab in. The . cidniiiiirin a trlArrerlar ley, between two hillcand a l iver. The only outlet was is steep trail over'the 'summit, of a bill that towed the cabin, .. ... . now illuminated by the rising moon. 1 The suffering woman might have seen it from the rude bunk whereon she lay— seen it winding like a silver thread until It was lost in the stars above. A fire of withered pine boughs added so ciability to the gathering. By degrees the natural levity of Roaring Camp re turned. Bets were freely offered and taken regarding the result.. Three to five that ' , Bel would get throd i gh with it ;" even, that the child would Survive ,' side bets as to the sex and completion of the coming stranger. In the midst of an excited discussion an exclamation came from those nearest the door, and the camp stopped to listen. Above the swaying and moaning of the pines, the swift rush of th river and the crackling of the fire, rose I sharp, querulous cry—a cry unlike anything heard before in the camp. The pines stopped moaning, the river ceased to rush, and the tiro to crackle. It seemed as if Nature had stepped to listen too . The camp rose to its feet as one man. It was proposed to explode a barrel of gunpowder ' but, in consideration of the situation of the mother, better counsels prevailed, and only a few revolvers were discharged; for, whether owing :o the rude surgery of the camp, or some other reason, Cherokee Sal was sinking fast. Within an hour she had climbed, as It were, hat rugged road that led to the *tars, and so passed out of Ro a rin g Camp, its sin and shame forever Ido I not think that the announcement dis turbed them much, except/ft speculation as to the fate of the child. "Can he live now 7" was asked of Stumpy. The an -1 swer was doubtful. The only other be ing of Cherokee Sark sex and maternal condition in the settlement was an ass There was sonie conjecture as to fitness, but the experiment was tried. It was lesa.prehlemati4 l than the ancient treat ment of Romulus and Remus, and appa rently as successful. When these details were completed, which exhausted another hour, the door was opened, and the an rime, craved, which had already formed themsekves into a queue, entered in single file. lie ' side the low bunk or shelf, on which the figure of the mother was starkly out lined.beloiv the blankets, stood a pine table On this a candle-box wasp/semi, and within it, swathed in staring red flannel, lay the last arrival at Roaring 1 Camp Beside the candle-box was placed a hat Its use was soon indica ted. "Gentlemen," said Stumpy, with a singular mixture of authority and f X OCk) complacenex—"Gentlemen sill please pass in at the front door, round. I the table, and out at the hack door.— I -Them WI Nu PAWS to contribute anything I toward the orphan seiH find a hat hart : dy," The first man entered with his hat nn, 11e uncovered, however, as lie 10 , 4(rd:thou him, and so, unconscious ly, set sn example to the next. In such common - aim. good and had actions an' eat, lung A. the procession filed in, colm»ents were aildible--eritictsim ad , tire,,,l, perhaps, rnther to Sturnpl, in the character of shotennin 'ls that him , ' • might . ) 11111 Rn "1111.1't morn got the t`4,11,1' , bigger nor a derringer The c4.titri buti..ns wvro as characteristic A sil ver tobtiaco-box , ti doubloon ; n nave revolver, silver mounted ; a gold speci men , a ver:, beautifully embroidered lady's handkerchief t f rout Oakhurst, the gambler), a Mamoru' breast pm , a dill ///011(1 ring. (suggested by the pin, with the remark (tinm the giver that he "raw that pin and went two dutelionds bet ter 'I; a ‘lung , hot , e Eibl,e (contribu tor not detected), a golden spur ; a .i - .ver tert.pon (the initial., I rvg,Tet ally, were not the giveri), a pair of %tar "Ton'. shears , n lancet, a Hank of En• gland note for .E. 5; and about $2OO in 1001« gold and silver coin During these proceedings Stumpy maintained a silence as impassive as the dead on his left—a gravity as inscrutable as that of the newly-born on his right Only one incident oecursed to break the monoto ny of the curious proces,ion AN Ken tuck bent over the candle-lox half curi ously, the child turned, and, in a spasm of pain, caught at his groping finger, and held it fast fur a moment K entuok looked foolish a ntrembiuntsb,d. Some thing like a blffsh tried to amen itself in his weather-beaten (dwelt "The little cool ho mud, as he extri cated his finger, with, perhafo, more tenderness and cure than 'he might Mtse lawn deemed capable of showing. lie held that finger a little apart from its follows us he went out, and examined tt curiously. The examination provoked the tome original remark in regard to the child, In fact, he seemed to enjoy ropeating,,it. "He rastled with rill; lin ger," ho retnarked to Tipton, holding up the member, "The little cum I" It was four o'eloek before the *amp sookr,ht repose. A lights burnt in the cabin where, the watchers sat, for Stu inpy did not go to bed that night_ Nor did lientuck. lie drunk quite fits'ly, and related with great gusto his experience, invariably ending with his characterib tic condemnation of the new comer.' It seemed to relieve him of any unjust im plication of sentiment, and Kentuck bad the weaknesses of the nobler sex_ When everybody else had gone to b,el he walked down to the river and whistled, reflectingly. Then he widkeil tip the gulch, past the cabin, still . whistling with demonstrative unconcern. At a largo redwood tree he paused and re traced his steps, and again passed the cabin. Half way down to the river's bank he again paused, and then returned and knocked at ate door. • It was open ed by Stumpy. ' , How goes it.f" said Kentuek, looking past Stumpy toward the candle-bore. - "All serene," replied Stumpy, "Anything up 7" "Nothing.' There was a pause—an embarrassing one —Stumpy still holding the door. Then KiintieFlus4 recourse to his linger, which he held up to Stumpy. "Beetled with it—the little cuss," benaid, and retired. The next day Cherokee Sal had such rude sepulture as Roaring been affor ded. After bar body had been commit ted to the hill-side, there was a formal meeting of the comp to discuss what should be done with her infant. A res olution to adopt it was unanimoue and enthusiastic. tut an animated discus sion in regard to the manner and feasi bility of, providing ibr hi Wants at once sprung up. It was-remarkable that the wrgunteat partook of non,q of those tide° persotWilltiety with which aiscusakina were usually a:inducted at Roaring Camp. Tipton proposedthat they should ,Re the child to Red Dog—a distance of forty miles—where female attention could be procured. But the unlucky suggestion met with fierce andunan innate opposition. It was evident that no plan which entailed' parting from their new acquisition would for a moment be en tertained. ..Besides," said Tom Ry der, "them fellow at Red Dog would swap it and ring In somebody else on us.". A diabolinf in the honesty of oth er camps prevailed at Roaring Camp as in other places. The introduction of a female nurse in the camp also met with objection. It was argued that no decent woman emild be prevailed th accept Roaring Camp as her home, and the speaker urged that "they didn't want any more of the other kind." This unkind allusion to the de funct mother, harsh as it may seem, was the first spasm of propriety—the first symptom of the catnp's regeneration. Stumpy advanced nothing. Perhaps he felt a certain delicacy in idtefering with the selection of a possible smees-or in office But when questioned hr averred stoutly that he and "Jinny"—the mam mal before alluded t.--.s.;_oultl manage to rear tire child There wail something original, independent and j beroie about the plan, that pleased the camp. Stumpy was retained Certain articles weresent for to Sacramento ‘• Mind," .aid the treasurer, as he pressed a lnig.of gold dust into the Pa pressman's hand, ' , the heat that ran IA got—lace. you krrw, and filigree work and frills (I -01 1114. coil!" Strange to say, the child thrived Perhapa the invigorating climate of the mountain camp was elflllifOrl4llloll for maternal deficiencies. Nature took the foundling to !ear broader breast. In that rare atmosphere of the Sierra foot hills—that air pungent with lotilmirnie odor; that etherial cordial, at °m.e bra cing and ..ahilaruting, hn may 'have found food and nouri.hment, or ~ludo'c hemistry that trine-muted , milk to lime „.„1 ploo.phorte. Stumpy inclined to the belief that it vo n. th‘• latter and good pursuit; . Nle and that te'," he would sat , ••111104 been father and mother to him I Don't. ton" l i e wuu4d add, apostroptii zing the lielples, bundle be fore hint, "never go back on u..'• By the time he was a month old, the necessity of Gin rag him it name became apparent 110. hail generally been known all "the Kid," "Stump% - boy s ' "the Cavoti."—(an • bi- vocal pow - ers)—and even by K,t I,dis . endearing of "the d--d Hilt the-ev,i re felt to be vague and iiii-ati.filetors, mot were. at last dismbe.ed ulster ariaher in fluence Gamblers and :1,1%1 trturers are generally superstitioid., and Oakhurst !MO 118) aet•lltrOil Olaf oho lath) bad brought ‘1111• kirk 1 , 1 !touring Camp It was certain that of late they h i44 l teen succeit:ful. .• Imo I. was the nano. agreed upon, with the pro fix of Tommy for greater cnrtacttienee No alluxiun v it oi made to, the mother, and the father was unknown. "It'? letter," raid the philosophical Dakiiiird., "to take a freak deal all around him Luck. and start him fair ' A day was accordingly set apart fOr the chri.tening Whitt was meant by this r.remonv the remoter may imagine, who liar already gathered aoirue idea of the reckless irrevero•ace of 'tour ing (camp The master of ceremonies was ono noted sag, and the of• 1•1151.11 seemed to prom., the grea t,...t Phis ingenious , uttirist had spent two, days in preparing a bur lesque of the church n0r1,14.0, wain point ed local 11111141010 The choir was prop• t•rly trained. and Sand) Tipmn wino to stand g.odfutlwr Hut after the prooeN sion had marched to the grove with mu sic and banners, end the child had loon deposited before a mock altar, Stumpy stepped before the expectant crowd "I t ain't my style to 'poll fun, bo3m," said the little man stoutly, vy,.ing the faces around him, "but it atrikes rue that 011.4 tiOng ain't on the *oar - It's playing it pretty low down Of) 01114 yer baby's° ring in tun on him that be ain't going to inalerstanot. And it , there's going to be any godfathers round, IA like to see who's got any hetter rights Man me." A silence followed Stunrhy speech To th e credit of all humorists be it said, that the find ratan to acknowledge its justice was the satirist, thus estopped of loin fun. "But," said Stumpy quickly, MI lowttig up his advantage, "at. re here for a christening, and we'll have it. i ptiwlitun you Tin orna. Luck, accoorol ing to the lane of the United States an d th e st a t e of inald'ornia - tin help me It wits the first (tote that the name of the . ,Wity find been ut tercil aught but pkiiiihely in the camp. The form of christening was perhaps even more ludicrous than the satirist bad conceived, hut strangely ematgli, nobody saw it and nobody laughed. "Tommy" was christened as , nerinonly as he would have been Under a christ• lan roof, and cried and wail comforted in WI orthodox fashion. And so the work of regeneration begana'n Roaring Camp. Almost nn• perceptibly u fthange came over the settlemint. The can assigned to "'roininy Luck"—or "The Luck,'' us he was inure frequently called /inn showed signs of ill/ provimieri t. It was kept scrupulously clean and white washed. Then it leas boarded, clothed and papered. The rosewood cradle— packed eighty milmly mule—had, in Stumpy's, way of patting it, "sorter killed the rest of the furniture." Ho the rehabilitation of the cabin became a necessity. The men who were in the habit of lounging in at StunipY's to see "how The Luck got on" seemed to appreciate the change, and, in self defence, the rival establishment of 'l:tittle's grocery" bestirred itself, and imported a carpet and mirrors. The reflections of the latter on the appear ance of Roaring Camp tended to pro -1 duce stricter habits of personal cleanli• nese. Again Stumpy imposed a kind of quarantine upon those who aspired to the honor and privilege of holding "The Luck." It woe a cruel toortifl cat ion to Kentuck--a Ito, in the care• leasnesa of a large nature and the 1 habits of frontier life, had begun to re gard all garments as a second cuticle, which, like a snake's, only sloughed 1 of! throtifib decay—to be debarred this privilege from certain prudential ren ame. , Yet such was the subtle in-, it uence of innovation that he thereafter appeared regularly every afternoon, in a clean shirt, and face still ahining from his ablutions. Nor were moral and social sanitary laws neglected. "Tommy," who was supposed to spend his whole existence in a persistent at tempt to repose, must not be disturbed by noise. The shouting and yelling which had gained the camp its infelici tous title were not permitted within hearing distance of Stumpy's. The men conversed in whispers, or smoked in Indian gravity. ' Profanity was tacitly given up in these sacred pre cincts, and throughout the camp a popular form of expletive, known as .1)--n the luck!" and "Curse the luck!" was abandoned, as having a new perronal bearing,. Vocal music was not interdicted, being supposed to have a soothing, tranquillizing quality, and one song, sung by "Man-O'-Wnr Jack," an English sailor, from Her Majesty's Australian - Colonies, was quite popular as a lullaby. •It was a lugubrious recital of the exploits of "the, Arethmia, Seventy-four," in a muffled minor, ending with a prolonged dying fall at the burden of each verse, "On b-o-o-o-ard of the Aretlinsa." It wasn fine eight to see jack, holding The Luck, rocking from side to side its if with the motion of a ship, and croon ing forth this naval ditty. Either i through the peculuu rocking of dark or the length of his song--it eontained ninety stanzas, 'Whit was continued with conscientious deliberation to the bitter end—the lalaky - genera/1y had the de sired effect. At such times the men would lie at full length under the trees, in the soft summer twilight, smo king their pipes and drinking in the melodi ous utterances. An indistinct idea that this was pastoral happiness pervaded the camp. "This ere kind o' think," raid the Cockney Simlllol/14, medita tively reclining on his elbow, "ix eying iv." It reminded lam of I ireenwieh. On the long mummer Ala) .4 The Lurk itsusuall‘ carried to the gulch, from whence the, golden store of Roaring, Camp teas taken. There, on ablanket spread over pine boughs, he would lie while the men were leprking in was ditches below. Latterly there II rude attempt to decorate this bower with flowers and sweet smelling shrubs, and generally sonic one would bring him a cluster of wild honeysuckles, azahas, or the painted blossoms of Las Mariposas. The men had suddenly awakened to the flirt that there were tt e vy and signiftrance I II these trifles, which they had PO long trodden rare lensly beneath their feel. A flake of glittering sure, a fragment of t.wriegit tel quart, a bright pebble from the bed of the creek, became beautiful to thusears cleared ontl Strengthened, and were invariably put aside Mr "The Lurk." It was wonderful hIM , many treasures the wools and hillsides yield ed that "would do for Tommy." Sur rounded b . } !any thing 4 such as never dill,' out of fairy-land had before, it is to be hoped that Tommy was content: lie appeared to lie securely happy -- albeit. !herd vine an tnfantine gravity about ham—airontemplintive light in his roil nil grey eves( that hornetimen worried Stumpy. tic wan alvn aye tract able nail quiet, and it is recorded that Mining crept beyond his "corral" a lodge of tessellated pine houghs, which eurrounded Lan bed- lie dropped ,nor the bank on his bead in the soft earth, aid. reinitined with his mottled legs in the air in that position fur at Iting line minutes with unflinching gravity. lie was extricated without murmur, I hesitate to record the ninny other 'manners of Inn angaelly, which rent, unfortunately, upon the statements of prejudiced friends. Some of them were not AA about a tinge of superstition. "I crop up the bank just now," said Kenumk one day, in a breathless state of excitement, "anti dery my skin if he wasn't a talking to it jay bird as was meittin on his lap. There they was, just as free and sod able an anything von please, a jawin at myth other just lake two cherry bums." Howbeit, whether creeping over the pine boughs or lying lazily on his back, blinking at the leaves aliove ham, to him the birds sung, the equirrels chat wed, and the nom, ertililoomed. Nature was 111 H hurtle., andplayfellow. For Loin she would let tilip between the leaves golden shafts of sunlight that fell just within lire grasp; she would send wandering breezes to visit him with the +alio of bay and resinous ennui; to him the tall red-woods nod ded familiarly and sleepily, the bum-' tale Lens buzzed, arid the rooks cawed a mlumbrouit accompaniment. Such was the golden 'outliner of Roaring Camp. They were "Hash times'—and the buck was with them. The claims yielded enormously. The camp was jealous of its privileges and looked eutipiciouely on stringers. couragentent was given to immigration, and to make their Heelusion more perfect, the land on either side of the mountain wall that surrounded the camp, they duly preempted. This, and a reputation for singular proficiency with the revol ver, kept the reserve of Roaring Camp inviolate Theexpresx-men—their only connecting link with the surrounding world—sometime; told wonderful stories of the camp, lie would say, ',‘Tbey've a street up there In 'Roaring,' that would lay per any street in Red Dog. They've got vines and dowers round their hous es, and they,,y*ash themselves twice a day. But they're mighty rough on strangers, and they worship an lo g in baby." , With the prosperity of the composite° a desire fei- further Improvement. It was proposed to build a hotdl in the fol lowing spring, and to invite one or two decent families to reside there for the takeiof "the sacrifice that this concession to the sex cost these men, who were fiercely skeptical In regard to Its general virtue and usefuhices, can only be ac counted for by their affection , for Mond my. A. few still held out. Hut the re • solve could not be carried 'into effect for three months, and tho minority meekly yielded in the hope that honiethingmight turn* An prevent it. And ' it did. The winter of win lontri.i iernem hared in the foot-hills, The snow lay deep on the Sierras, aitd every moun tain creek became a, river, and every rives slake. Itleh rite niul gulch was transformed into a tumultuous water course that descended . the hill-sides, tearing down giant trees and scattering its drift and debris along the plain.' Red Dog had been twice under water, and Roaring Camp had boon forewarned.— "Water put the gold idto them gulch es," said Stumpy, l'ltiebeen here once and 'Will be here - hgain t" And that night the North Fork huddenly leaped over its hanks, and swept up the triangu lar valley of Roaring Camp.. In the confusion of rushing water, crushing tree* and crackling timber, and the darkness which seemed to flow with the water and blot out the fair valley, fait little could be done to collect the stuttered camp. When the morning broke, the carton of Stumpy nearest the river bank wasgone. Higher up the gulch they found the body of its unlucky owner, but the pride—the hope—the joy—the Luck—of Roaring Camp had disappeared. They were returrykrig with sad hearts when a shout from tile bank recalled them it was a relief boat from down the river. They had picked up, they said, a man and an infant, nearly exhausted, about two Miles below. Did anybody know them, and did they belong horn? It needed but n glance to show them Kentuck lying there, cruelly erushed and bruised, but still holding the. Luck of Roaring Camp in his arms As they bent over the. strangely assorted pair, they 60,W that the child was cold and pulseless, "Ile is dead," said one Ken luck opened Mi. eyea "T)end 7 " he re twisted feebly. my man, and you are dying' too." A smile lit the eyes of the ex piring 'Kentuck. "Dying," he repeated, "lie's ttiking.me with him —tell the boys I've got the Luck with me, now ;" and the strong man, cling. mg to the frisilbabe as a drowning man is said to cling ton straw, drifted away into the shadowy river that floSisforever to the unknown amt.—Overloud Monthly Turkish Women—Their Customs, Traits, and Habits—The Bath and Harem. The most striking and painful feature* of Mohammedan countries, say& Kdnit Dean Prof-tor, is the degrading position of the women. The lower classes wear out their lives in the most.iiiimmldrudg ery ; in proportion as tinky rise in the scale of rank end inanity (beauty makes rank here) they are petted and eareised, but are guarded with the most jealous cure Any w,imun in the Sultan a 110- minions, no matter what her birth and circumstances, may aspire to become all inmate of his harem, pr o dded she hits the requunte perfection of fnrr rind fig ure, and, what is yet stranger, after re maining there for a time, she may anti cipate being given in reeogniKed mar riage to some one of his I hod Lacers Yet there is no respect for a woman be -I.IIOIIIJ of her nature, her character, or her sphere, She is admirable only so fir as she contributes to the pleiv•ure of man , and, in all station., NS hatever in- Ilrnes Mi.., is ,hie to her fleeting !salons! charms Alas, tia- one who has no enchantment% of lace or Turin I Ae eording to Moslem creed her heritage is doubtful, even in I.lw, world to cent. It is a mistake to SuppOin that Ma haininedan women never go abroad You nivel them in ever.) +trod and ba zaar, but always veiled according to tho peculiar faitbion of the place they inhab it, and watched and iittendedjiut in pro_ portion its they ore valued, Ay that the more resit ictetl they err, the mor e (mit plunented they bad 'rheir indoor dress is every where much tile same full trowatra, confined at the ankle, flowing tube, with a girdle about the the waist, the jewels proportioned to the wealth of the wearer-11..4y le mach more graceful and desirable than wan) etudes w Inch Paris dictates At Cairo, the women of the better classes wear usually in the streets a black silk mantle, which envelopes them from head to foot, and a thick veil which en tirely conceals the face, except the eyes. The dross of the poetiviiiiilur, but the material is a coarse bide cotton. lion: dreds of wotniin of this latter I.lslo , in Cairo, sit all day upon the ground with a little pile of bread, or fruit, or vegeta bles-15y their side for hale ; and through all the oppressive heat never lift their veils, considering it a disgrace which on ly the lowest will onus , to have their faces exposed to view, while at the earn,, tuner perhaps, neck and bosoul are whol ly bare Thu young girls at eight or nine years of ago assume this veil lri Damascus a thin bright figured handkerchief of silk or cotton is drawn over the face and fastened behihd. Thu shrouding man tle here is of white cloth, sometimes of embroidered muslin ; and with the wealthy, of those rich silk fabrics for which Damascus isrenowned. except in sea-shell and sunset skis, has,, I seen such tints its there—yellow pink 4, rosy purples, orange blues, crimson greens, maroon browns, all shot through with gold and silver threads, a blending ' that pleases and yet bewilders the eye. The native dyers of Cashmere boast of having myre than forty distinct and pe culiar hues. I thihk there can not be leas at Datrituicus. In Constantinople the veil gives place to the yarehinan, scarf of the finest and wind delicate white muslin, which is folded scree, the head and face, leaving the eyes and part of the forehead uncovered, and pinned or gathered Into a knot at the back. Nothing could be more biz:wiling than this gauzy muslin, giving a transparent look to the complexion, Enhancing the brilliancy of •the soft black or Crown eyes which glance from between its folds, and only half biding 'the luxuri ant hair. I noticed that the prettier the woman, the thinner was its texture; and there were lime blooming faces to which it was only such drapery as the moss is to the rosebud. Often it was caught back with pearl headed pins, while pearls bung In the ears, or gleamed in a. ban deau along the brow. The outer gar ment, the feridjee, is moretracefla shape than those worn elsewhere; and falls from the shoulders like a cloak or shawl. Its common material is merino or poplin, of a plain, light color—gray, fawn, lilac, maize; and, sometimes trial. son or green. 'Rings set itqtbSurqu o i sf , and diamonds, spatkled upon the fi nk era ; but gloves and black shoesare rnre_ ly soot, the slippered feet being inesee4 for walking In‘lbeise boots of rod or yel. low morocco. There fa for me an irresistible chain) in the Eastern countenance and maw,. The people of" the West throw them. selves into life as If they feared the ar m ant were all the Orientals take It ,„„ but a single phase of existence They are' in league with fate, and carry in their faces the serenity akin to sadness of they to whom all events are alike welcome.— I. have no desire to see the Asiatic tribes crushed and driven out before the Rd, wince of Europe. They spring hors earth's primeval inhabitants in her lint occupied lands. Many of their custom, and modes of thought date back toils infancy of the race. They have some elements of character grander than (in, and they need only to be developed and enlightened in order to add immensely to the riches of civilisation It part of the West to seek to win them!, purer faith and a nobler worship, and to 'show these that they can not reach their best estate until through all their rettlan, woman is elevated in the social wide, and made what she was meant to bp_ the equal and campanion of man. Interesting Brevities —A raro combination Dolima and Sense —What State IC hijsh in the mobilo x»1 round at both node , —Why Wal. pot Evo afraid of the tnealiler` Berson. , Filled Adam' --Among the-ofTierrn of the Chlongo In a SornioorPthrenß —Latitude, like n lothea line .trmehon trot, polo to pole --Age !retort , Ixatitt.nt rem rot I,el. old folk rrttrer Leto. wit,. —ln Switterhand one who kill% •nether , liable for the tl,hter of the nntrtioretl mm Indians has eight hundred and thirty-e aboriginal log school•hounen still In us.. —Roman typo were flrat made in linh luh , about the year IMIO. ---An edition of Donatur wig tliii first . 1.01. printed on movablo tYPes w o h•h o m . who sw ore Mr, !ntliTlitt (I..inth, in • eporter on a Philadelphia pliri —Pint flgbtw and law ink Infg are Ow lem.lll bllptinrns of llt.'renuomaen Loglellture, TeISH ha. this year raised a large va, oil crop Little Polka will ire sorry to hrsr - - Nearly s2N,ooa,lx) ure annually ' mpent I IqII4 or NOW by retail In gently M aa.ar hua~•n• --What grant man'. llama ought to n 0,1,1% the mind of I lovor oorho.o hloo ,w..•theart ve)A. Idol t tlnar —A Terre Rout. mirtiavr lH tr that te• leorn to nlanago a velocipede, to lemm thu week —lunch think, thn poorr%t farmer in I , land, if uoablo to ford his cold. n, o assn ht. /thins —nye hots., thletten were token free, lei Ityeretturic Tenn., lately, by the- etttzen• ehot to olenth. - .1.1. o• I pw.le randy" In new mirl.l 11 1 1,1 44(prot-111-s•T finds stomotemoutary to give /11A/Cti lh it in ii4il aorkwd with the !rel. --A ilttin Kiri in Wtm , onkin rhadr a hr olds on pert n.inoti which ahn • ,4 .1 , •• forty Shp has tint Set nsplodeil - -it ut otaltnattol that thorn ore nearly - thotootnct young men In Itogtop ttn,lor r,. tinge engagetnonts, waiting for better —A Itmt rivet. corrt,iponilevit. An rupUrew beinit"am#9,,•e, yet tellttm rr a emu ”1 , .!' the corps« nI hi I stop-moth.. John Howriniem trannlation •.f II T•ten Kt' CI !to. Flowery g-roll o, a 4 ilinehe. VI I, )110.11M..17 boen p. 1141141 0 ,1 in I,tnnlon -1 h.• firm' Initrry w•ro rhnrm•trry tnut handwriting Printing wm•. introdn. •.1 Piti is in 1470, into I••mdau y.•or, 1,.t. —Jun, ."hrof of Om Washor Inhlnlle 1. Ilia I t-txl.., oni.intinK of to IHwM, Nell I - idol amunit —The .Ing_tax. to 11:...0••111.0.1. 1, pro, I,r 10 n3IIINI‘, r a It 5, tef,i, ne,re them the .10004.0 lllr ,h.go .hvep -4 4 4'11•11tille. Mr" to Y. line. Allel think 0.310.04'111 l'011• 1111.11.1114 ..f the .6:ath .11..o n te the tiltimnte tornnittrin tient A lkftelogun In, eloor hek r.rfeote,l Innt• to wit eta 6tl h, %Islet, 111 OW ' well do the work of tL r. e ruen - The ye ..the, et erbium, upoe n I g a t fl : ;: t . , n , 4 1, 1.: i 'II pArt 1.0R1A..+•• of tt prud••r, ttn.•t rin t .I.•. •. . *Ai. Cl,.wd+• - Tim r.:eut 00.1 IN. from the rinotnit the therm Neva‘i tho iihrt wpm Atall in sight ltilx [3l,..twu • I . 1 . 4 caused by trirretion pi•raiini. hare applied i, Au er the February term of the Fort We) no. In' unatCommon Ilea. court- a large m.r from adjoining MiAttot - In the lute Maine rhi v. reek the and Ilia will, ma, rd thiqra aelyea a ilh server'', and a NearfoUwilaati dog .0•11,” dh the baby --Ott of 41/2,8141 ooldierx In Ow \l•'r+ tinny, but ' , 4,;.30 sr, Aldo to write, silo unto in Kt ti tan hops to beeol,ll' ,11).1 °MON,. --An Oregonintirnal in prttgrevnitut It t w tee blrtha ou head of ••141,... T. tinge. Il vlYleo "Fitted to M toy," Mill if , al ., reports cinder the head of •. 1;Onl• " - itlnWalt that evory farm of tutt w r e EvAterti Kansas In underlaid with d'Avt oud of ot!, or nine timer more fuel than tl the , ' fare were covered with heavy (Luther —There IH • bill bef,irti the Wensiiieun Inure making the attonilunen at le eillhif ell between right and fourteen yea, Mike eintiplibiory 4 A MOM being AAA holoy Innifing Lyn toll" iu the grant, whAt Was tho linighth of li't mbition, replied. ; 14 ilh had cough." '"fo marry 14 lob WO.. —A tie* Orleans lawyer has married girl whom be took from begging on the Xir ten years ago, educated and fell in I.,Te her —quails aro so rapidly disappearing tits prairies, wren as far west on Hanna, the Legislature of th a t sun. la rolled up" 1/1/411 a law against catching thorn in net, —The last %jelly out is a "hair" al Looks of hair b °aging to your friends, tbeir anfographe, are taatatuHy arrange the pages. It in quite unique, and pro to be popular. —The Moaque of Poundenkly, at Conn nople low, by order of ttie Hultan, born lit gag, and the other idusrolmsn places of whip are likely to be shortly proVlded similar apparatus. —The Mouth Americap Republica ha' espied the mediation of the United His their dispute* with Hestia. The Congo Plenipotentiaries Is expected to meet et Ington In the spring. —flare la • man I COnigeeeemau, Ketch In One, who ham "introduced • bill to e at ' age and protect inventor* of new kind , frutta." But who to to protect the fruit- - atnt cabbolie, double action beet, the plum, and warbling pearl: You punish thieve., but bow Ketfobain 11. —Beeches saps that .the only way to mlnats the Canada thistle la to plant ft crop sad propose to make money out Then worms will gnaw it, bugs will hi beetles will bore it, aphides will suck it, drownc it, hest will Amoral Id, fain it, mildew and blight will ride
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