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THE CHRISTIAN’S PEAN,
Softly blew the gentle zephyrs
On that c -ttage by the rill;
Touching now the leafy shade-tree,
Now ageending yonder hill.
Oit it echoed with the langhler
Of the merry, lightsome heart,
For their cirote so beloved
Ne’er bad grieved that they mast part.
And the sun, the tiod of daylight,
Ne’er forgot to come that way,
And scarce shone on place so lovely
Nor sont down his cheering ray.
Not a place on earth more cherished,
Not a home so dear to those
'Who encircled round the fireside,
Nor e’er thought of human woes.
Though oft suffering ’neath the chastening
Of iH health’s most bitter rod,
Still they’re hoping, hftrdly fearing
Aught'can sever nature’s cord.
But of earth how little certain
How its dearest relics flee;
When we’re living then we’re dying,
Travelling to eternity.
One dny there was a loving sister,
In that band of children dear.
On which sickness preyed so greedy,
Seeking now the dread career.
Angel like, she watched its progress,
rearing not though death might come,
Then foreseeing, then rejoicing
That in Christ she had u home.
When for earth so fitly warring
Ceased she not her words of love,
But, as ever spake so cheering,
Like a seraph from above.
When the hectic flush was deepening
Aud her voice grew faint and low,
Then requesting, then entreating
That no silent tear should flow.
And when friends were gathered round her,
To receive her last farewell.
Breaks she forth with such a Fean
As the apgels deign to tell.
“I have gained the glorious victory,
I bnve trusted Christ the while,
Now I only wait to welcome
On my face bis dying smile.”
Saying this she breathed her prayer
That the Lord would bless her friends ;
Then with smiling spirit flying
Breaks she forth, to heaven ascends.
[.ZV. H. Patriot
KATIE’S SECRET.
The sunlight is beautiful, mother,
And sweetly thedlowers bloom to-day;
And birds in the branches of hawthorn
Are caroling ever so gay ;
And down by ihe rock in the meadow
The rill ripples by with'a song;
And, mother, i too have been singing
The merriest all the day long.
Last night I was weeping, dear mother,
Last night 1 was weeping alone ;
The world was so dark and so dreary,
My heart it grew heavy us stone !
I thought of the lonely and loveless —
All lonely and loveless was I!
I can scarcely tell why it wus, mother,
But, oh 1 I was wishing to die!
Last night I was weeping, dear mother,
But Willie came down by the ga’e,
And whispered Come o tin the moonlight,
I've something to say to you. Kate.”
Oh ! mother, to bim I am dearer
Than all the wide world beside;
He told me so out in tbe moonlight —
He called me bis durliDg, his bride !
So now I will gather me roses
To twine in my loDg braided bair;
And Willie will come in the evening
And smile when be sees me so fair;
And out in the moonlight we’ll wander,
And down by the old hawthorn tree;
Oh ! mothef, I wonder if any
Were ever so happy as we?
THE ARABS IN SPAIN.
For five hundred years, dating from the
opening of the Eighth Century, Spain was
ruled by -Mahommedan masters. At the I
period of the invasion—in Til—the peo
ple of Europe generally were simply bar- ;
barians—unclean in person, inhabiting huts I
iu which it was a sign of wealth if there I
were bulrushes on the floor and mats on !
the wall • miserably fed on beans, vetches, :
roots, and even the bark of trees ; olad in i
garments of nntanned skin, or at the best
in leather ; in a state in which the pomp
of royalty was sufficiently and satisfactorily ;
manifested in the equipage of the sover- j
eign, an ox-cart, drawn by not less than
two yokes of cattle, quickened in their ■
movements by the goads of pedestiian :
serfs, whose legs were wrapped in wisps of |
straw, and were devout believers in all the ■
wild fictions of shrioe miriicles and pre- '
posterous relics. These were the circum
stances at the time of the Arab conquest j
of Spain ; aDd however repulsive to the j
Christian instinct may be the idea of Infi- i
del domination, we cannot shut our eyes i
to the fact that, iu the ease of Spanish
invasion, the benefits and advantages were j
■ decidedly conferred on the conqueredparty. j
Traces of Moorish origin down to this day
are clearly discernible in some of the
proudest families of Spain, who display
rather than disguise the fact.
An act of licentiousness was, it appears,
the origin of the threatened conquest of a
material portion of Europe, and of the
actual subjugation of Spain by the devout
but fiery followers of the Crescent. The
relation Is eloquently and graphically
given in a ‘ History of the Intellectual
Development of Europe, by Prof. John
W. Draper, M. D., LL. D., of the Uni
versity of New York, from whioh we make
the following condensation :
It was the custom of the Goths to send j
their children to Toledo to be educated ; t
among whom was a youug girl of extra- j
ordinary beauty, the daughter of Count;
Julian, Governor of Ceuta, in Africa, j
King Roderick, of Spain, fell passionately I
in love with her, and, being unable to !
overcome;her virtuous resolution by per-'
suasion, gratified himself by violence. 1
The girl found means to inform her father j
of what had occurred. ‘By the living
God !’ exclaimed the Count, in a paroxysm
of rage, ( I will be revenged 1’ But dis- j
sembiing his wrath, he crossed over into
Spain, had an understanding with Oppas,
the Archbishop of Ttledo, and other dis
affected ecclesiastics, and, under specious
pretences, lulled the suspicions of Roderic,
and brought his daughter away. And now
be opened communications with the Emir
Musa, prevailing on him to attempt the
oonquest of the oountry, and offering that
he himself would lead the way. The con
ditions were soon settled between them,
and the consent of the Calif to the expe
dition obtained. ; Tarik, a lieutenant of
Emir, was put at the head of the army,
and landed on the rock of Gibraltar in
April, 711. In the battle that ensued, a
1 . portion of the Spanish troops went over to
the Arabs, the restbecamo panic-stricken,
and Roderio himself was drowned in at
tempting to oross the Gaadalquivier-
Tarik now proceeded northward, and
iS*® 800 n i oiDed b y,Ms superior, the Emir
Musa. As the Arab historians say, the
. . Ahnighty delivered tho idolaters into their
hands, and gave "them one victory after
another. The Moorish forces, in .their
conquering march, passed the French
frontiers, and halted on tbe banks of the
Rhone. It was the intention of Musa to
cross the European continent to Constanti
nople, sobjugating the Frank, G-erman and
Italian barbarians by the way. But a
quarrel bad arisen between himself and
Tarik, who bad been imprisoned and even
scourged. . But the friends of the latter
did not fail him at the Court of Damascus,
aud Musa was ordered by the Calif to
return to Syria to answer the charges
against him. Musa disregarding the order,
the angry Calif despatched a second mes
senger, who, in the face of the Moslems
and Christians, audaciously arrested him
at the head of his troops, seizing the bridle
of his horse. The conqueror of Spain was
compelled to return, was cast into prison,
fined 200,000 pieces of gold, publicly
whipped, and his life with difficulty spared.
Musa was afterwards driven as a beggar to
solicit charity, and the Saracen conqueror
of Spain ended his days in grief and abso
lute want.
These dissensions among the Arabs,
rather than the sword of the enemy, pre
vented the Mohammedanization of France.
Their historians admit the great check re- 1
ceived at the battle of Tours ; they call :
that field the P.ace of Martyrs ; but their
accounts by no means correspond to the
relations of the Christian authors, who
affirm that 375,000 Mohammedans fell, but
only 1,500 Christians. The defeat was not
so disastrous but that in a few months they
were able to resume their advance, which
was arrested only by renewed dissensions
among themselves. On the overthrow of
the Ommiade honse, Abderrahman, one of
that family escaped to Spain, whioh ac
knowledged him as its sovereign. He
subsequently strengthened his power by an
alliance with Charlemagne.
Scarcely had the Arabs become firmly
settled in Spain before they commenced a
brilliant career. The Califs of Cordova
distinguished themselves as patrons of
learning, and set an example of refinement
strongly contrasting with the condition of
the native European princes. Cordova,
under their administration, as its highest
point of properity, boasted of more than
200,000 houses, and more than 1,000,000
inhabitants. After sunset a man might
walk through it in a straight line for ten
miles by the light of the public lamps.
Seven hundred years after this time there
was not so much as one publio lamp in
London. Its streets were solidly paved.
In Paris, centuries afterwards, whoever
stepped over his threshold cn a rainy day, i
stepped over his ancles in mud. Other
cities in Spain considered themselves rivals ;
of Cordova. The palaces of the Calls j
were decorated with inconceivable luxury. !
Those sovereigns might well look down !
with supercilious contempt on the dwel- i
lings of the rulers of Germany, France '
and England, which were scarce better .
than stables—chimneyless, windowless, ;
and with a hole in the roof for the smoke i
to escape, like the wigwams of certain \
Indians. The Spanish Mohammedans had j
hrought with them all the luxuries and all !
the prodigalities of Asia. Their residences :
stood forth against the clear blue sky, or i
were embosomed in woods ; they had pol- j
ished marble balconies overhanging orange !
gardens, courts with cascades of water, !
shadowy retreats provocative of slumber in j
the heat of the day, retiring rooms vaulted i
with stained glass, speckled with gold, j
over which streams of .water were made to ;
gush ; floors and waits were of exquisite j
mosaic ; here, a fountain of quicksilver j
shot up in a glistening spray, the glitter
ing particles falling with a tranquil sound,
like fairy bells; there, apartments into
which cool air was drawn from flower
gardens in summer, by means of ventila
ting towers, and in the winter through 1
earthen pipes, or caleducts, imbodded in
the walis ; the hypocaust in the vaults
below breathing forth volumes of warm
and perfumed air through these hidden
passages. The walls were not covered
with wainscot, but adorned with arabesques
and paintings of agricultural scenes and
views of Paradise. From the ceilings,
corniced with fretted gold, vast chandeliers
depended ; it is said that one was so large
that it contained 1,084 lamps. Clusters
of frail marble columns surprised the be
holder with the vas.t weights they bore. In
the boudoirs of the sultanas they were
sometimes of verd antique, and incrusted
with lapsis lazuli. The furniture was of
sandal and citron wood, inlaid with mother
of-pearl, ivory, silver, or relieved with
gold and precious malachite. In orderly
confusion were arranged vases of rock
orystal, Chinese, porcelains, and tables of
exquisite inosaio. The apartments were
hung with rich tapestry ; the floors were
covered with embroidered Persian carpets.
Pillows and couches, ■of elegant forms,
were scattered about the rooms, which
were perfumed with frankincense.
Splendid flowers and rare exotios orna-
mented the court-yards, and even the inner
chambers. Great oare was taken to make
4ue provision for the cleanliness, occupa
tion, and amnsement of the inmates.—
Through pipes of metal, water, both warm
and cold, to suit the seasons of the year,
was delivered into baths of marble; in
niches, where the current of air could be
artificially directed, hung dripping alcaz
saras. There were whispering galleries
for the amusement of the women ; laby
rinths and marble play-courts for the chil
dren ; for tho master himself great libra-,
ries. The Calif Alhakam’s was so large
that the oatalogue itself filled forty vol
umes.
Such were the palace and gardens of
Zehra, in whish Abderrahman 111., hon
ored his favorite Sultana. The edifice had
1,200 columns of Greek, Italian, Spanish 1
and African marble ; its hall of audience !
was inerusted with gold and pearls.
Through the long corridors of its seraglia !
black eonuohs silently glided. The ladies
of the harem, both wives and concubines,
were of inconceivable beauty. To that
establishment alone 6,300 persons were
attached. The body-guard of the sover
eign was composed of 12,000 horsemen,
whose scimeters and belts were studded
with gold.
No nation has ever excelled the Spanish
Arabs in the beauty and costliness of their
pleasure gardens. To them, also, we owe
the introduction of very many of our most
valuable cultivated' fruits, suoh as the
peaoh. Retaining the love of their an
cestors for the cooling effect; of water in a
hot climate, they spared no pains in the
superfluity of fountains,.hydraulic works
and .artificial lakes, in whioh fish were
raisedior -the table. .There were also me
nageries of foreign animals p aviaries of
“THAT COTTHTRT IS THS HOBT PBOSPXBOUS WHK&S LABOK OOMMAHDS XHS OBUXXST BXWABD.”—BUCHAHAH.
LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1862.
rare birds ; manufactories in whioh skilled
workmen, obtained from foreign countries,
displayed their art in textures of silk, cot
ton, linen, and in all the miracles of the
loom ; in jewelry and filagree work, with
which they ministered to the female pride
of the sultanas and concubines. Under
the shade of cypresses cascades disap
peared; among.fiowering shrubs there were
winding walks, bowers of roses, seats cnt
out of the rock, and crypt-like grottoes,
hewn in the living stone. Nowhere was
ornamental gardening better understood,
for not only did the artist strive to please
the eye as it wandered over the pleasant
gradation of the vegetable color and form ;
he also boasted his sucoess in the gratifi
cation of the sense of smell by the studied
succession of perfumes from beds of flow
ers.
To these Saracens we are indebted for
many of our personal comforts. Relig
iously cleanly, it was not possible for them
to clothe according to the fashion of the The Worth, of a True Wife,
natives of Europe, in a garment unchanged The man that asks no love is a monster,
till it dropped to pieces of itself, a loath- The man who expects none is a child of des
some mass of vermin, stench and rags.— pair. There may be hearts so frozen by
No Arab, who had been a minister of state selfishness, or ossified by pride and ego
or the associate or antagonist of a sover- tism, or paralyzed by disappointment, as
eign, would have offered such a spectacle to be indifferent to affection. But these
as the corpse of Thomas a Beclret when his are icebergs, drifting in darkness on Polar
hair-cloth shirt was removed. They taught seas; cold, barren, desolate. In them no
us the use of the often changed and often tree or shrub plants a root no flower sheds
washed under-garment of linen or cotton, its fragrance there. No melody of living
which still passes among ladies under its joy is chanted there. God found that it
old Arabic name. But to cleanliness they was not good for man to be alone, ohiefly
were not unwilling to add ornament. Es- because he needed the conscious affeotion
pecially among women of the higher olas- of a female heart to soften the aspirations
ses was the love of finery a passion. Their of his own, and thus give completeness to
outer garments were often of silk, em- his being. In the deep, full affeotion of a
bioidered and decorated with gems and wife’s heart the husband finds that appreei
woven gold. So fond were the Moorish ation and interest that every soul covets,
women of gay colors, and the lustre of This stimulates his enterprises. This
chrysolites, hyacinths, emeralds and sap- makes him brave in peril. This cheers his
phires, that it was quaintly said that the bard labor. This comforts him under irri
interior of any public building, in which tation, slander, reproach, in the outside
they were permitted to appear, looked like world.
a flower-meadow in the spring besprinkled To meet this craving of man, woman is
with rain. adapted. She is not ambitious of wealth or
In the midst of all this luxury, the fame. She shrinks from great changes
Moorish Califs, emulating the example of and great perils. She is not fitted for the
their Asiatic compeers, and in this strong- great struggle of the forum, the confliotof
ly contrasting with the Popes of Rome, arms, or the labors of the field. Her home
were not. only the patrons but the personal is her earthly heaven, and she holds a lov
cultivators of all the branches of human ing heart to cheer him to whom God has
learning. One of them was himself the . given a loftier ambition, a deeper craving
author of a work on polite literature in not The mention of the mariner’s oompass of earth’s wealth, a stronger arm and a
less than fifty volumes ; another wrote a might lead us correotly to infor that the higher courage. Subjected, by the ordi
treatise on Algiers. When Zaryab, the Spanish Arabs were interested in commer- nance of God, and the laws of the land, to
musician, came from the East to Spain, the cial pursuits—a conclusion to which we abide a sterner will than her own, she is
Calif Abderrahman rode forth to meet him should also come when we consider the furnished with a wealth of affection which
in honor. The college of music in Cordo- ! revenue of some of their Califs. That of makes her burden of subordination light,
va was sustained by ample government \ Abderrahman 111. is stated at £5,500,000 and melts and moulds to tenderness the
patronage, and is said to have produced I sterling—a vast sum if considered by its controller of her destiny,
many illustrious professors. 'modern equivalent, and far more than > The treasure of a wife’s affection, like the
The Calits of Spain carried ont the pre- j could possibly be raised by taxes on the grace of God, is given, not bought. Gold is
cepts of Ali, the fourth successor of Mo-j produce of the soil. It probably exoeeded power. It oan sweep down forests, raise cit
hauimed, in the patronage of literature.— j the entire revenue of all the sovereigns of ies, build roads and deck houses. It can
They established libraries in all their chief i Christendom taken together. From Bar- collect troops of flatterers, and inspire awe
towD.s. It is said that no less than seventy celona and other ports an immense trade and fear. But, alas ! wealth can never pur
were in existence. To every mosque was with the Levant was maintained, but it was ohase love. Bonaparte essayed the subjuga
attached a public school, in which the ohil- mainly in the hands of the Jews, who, from tion of Europe, under the influence of a
dren of the poor were taught to read and the first invasion of Spain by Musa, had genius almost inspired—an ambition insa
write, and instructed in the precepts of the ever been the firm allies and collaborators tiable, and backed by millions of armed
Koran. l’’or those in easier circumstances |of the Arabs. Against snoh Jews as re- men. He almost succeeded in swaying his
there were academies, usually arranged in j mained after the expulsion of the Arabs, sceptre from the Straits of Dover to the
twenty-five or thirty apartments, each oal- ! the hideous persecutions of the Inquisition Mediterranean—from the Bay of Biscay to
eulated for accommodating four students ; ! were mercilessly directed. Butin the days the Sea of Azoff. On many a bloody field
the academy being presided over by a reo- jof their prosperity they maintained a mer- bis banner floated triumphant. But his
tor. In Cordova, Granada, and other great j chant marine of more than a thousand greatest conquest was the unbought heart
cities, there were universities, frequently . ships. They had factories and consuls on of Josephine—his sweetest and most price
under the superintendence of Jews—the ! the Tanais. With Constantinople alone less treasure her outraged but unchanged
Mohammedan maxim being that the real , they maintained a vast trade ; it ramified love. If any man have failed to estimate
learning of a man is of vastly more public ■ from the Black Sea and East Mediterra- the affection of a true-hearted wife, he will
importance than any particular religious ! nean far into the interior of Asia ; it reach- bo likely to mark the value in his loss when
opinions he may entertain. In this they ]ed the ports of India and China, and ex- the heart that loved him is stilled by death,
followed the example of the Asiatic Calif, 1 tended along the coast as far as Madagas- In the true wife the husband finds not
Haroun Alrasehid, who actually conferred j car. Even in these commercial affairs, the affection only, but companionship —a com- ; -
tho superintendence of his schools on John singular genius of the Jew and Arab shine pauionship with which no other can com- Hearing a Ghost.—‘Believe in ghosts ?
Ibau Masne, a Nestorian Christian. The forth. In the midst of the tenth century, pare. The family relation gives retirement °f course I do,’ said the widow Tongh ;
Mohammedan liberality was in striking when Europe was in about the same con- with solitude, and society without the rough ‘ m y P oor husband appeared to me, just as
contrast with the intolerance of Europe, dition that Caffraria is now, enlightened intrusion of the world. It plants in the plain—’
Indeed, it may be doubted at this moment i Arabs, like Abul Cassen, were writing husband’s dwelling a friend who can bear ‘ Bid y on 800 h™ I’ her hearers asked,
if any European nation is sufficiently ad- \ treatises on the principles of trade and com- his silence without weariness—who can lis- open-mouthed astonishment,
vanced to follow such an example. In the meroe. As on so many other occasions, on ten to the his interests with sym- 1 1 b didn t see him,’ said the widow ;
universities the professors of polite litera- these affairs they have left their traces. — pathy—who can appreciate his repetition 4 heard him.’ He went to the oup
ture gave lectures upon Arabic classic The smallest weight they used in trade was of events ouly important as they are em- board and took down the teapot and drank
works ; others taught rhetoric, or cotnpo- : the grain of barley, four of which were balmed in the heart. Common friends are rom ■ t > j U3t a 3 be to > tben he
sition, or mathematics, or astronomy, or j equal to one sweet pea, called in Arabic linked to us by a slender thread. We must went t 0 worb at tbe store. 1 laid and
other sciences. From these institutions j oarat. We still use the grain as our unit retain them by ministering in some way to : beard it, but thought it was one of the
many of the practices observed in our eol- ! of weight, and still speak of gold as being their interest or their enjoyment. What a 1 boys.
leges were derived. They held Commence- ;so many carats fine. luxury it is for a man to feel that in his ' * Who s there 1 said I, but there was
ments, as we do, in which poems were read | Such were the Califs of the West—such own home there is a true and affectionate ; D0 a “swer.
and orations delivered in presence of the j their splendor, their luxury, their knowl- being, in whose presence he may throw off 4 What are you doing there V said I.
public. They had also, in addition to these ■ edge—suoh some of the obligations we are restraint without danger to his dignity— 4 That’s my business,’ said a voice that
schools of general learning, professional i under to them —obligations which Christian he may confide without the fear of treach- knew to be .my husband s, because he
ones, particularly for medicine. j Europe, with singular insincerity; has ever cry —and be sick or unfortunate without always spoke in that pleasant way. I got
With a pride perhaps not altogether in- 1 been fain to hide. The ory against the being abandoned. If, in the outer world, u Pi an( i there wasn t nobody there.’
excusable, the Arabians boasted of their | unbeliever had long out-lived the crusades, he grows weary of human selfishness his The teeth of her auditors chattered,
language as being the most perfect spoken j Considering the charming oountry over heart can safely trust in one whose indul- .
by man. Mohammed himself, when ehal- which they ruled, it was not without reason geuco overlooks his defects. A Good One.—Pat was helping Mr.
lenged to produce a miracle in proof of; that they caused to be engraven on the NorJ.in the manner of personal comfort , Blank to get a safe in his office one day,
the authenticity of his mission, uniformly public seal, “ The Servant of the Merciful in the thousand thiugs which combine to n °t being acquainted with the article,
pointed to the composition of the Koran, . rests oontented in the Decrees of God !’ i shed happiness upon man’s pathway ' inquired what it was for.
its unapproachable excellence vindicating - through life, is the wife a less precious gift ‘To prevent papers and other articles
its inspiration. The orthodox Moslems— ; The General and the Teamster, of God. Who is it that gives care to the whioh are placed in it from being burnt in
the Moslems are those who are submis- The soldiers in Kentucky are famous for j neatness, order, and tidiness of our dwell- oase °f fire,” said Mr. B.
sively resigned to the Divine will—are ' practical jokes, and arc constantly on the | iDgs, our halls, our bedobambers! Who is ‘ An’ sure, will nothing ever burn that
wont to assert that every page of that book ! i oo ]jout for subjects. One was recently :it that oonsults our tastes, our affinities, is put in that thing I’
is indeed a conspicuous miracle. It is not, I procured in the person of a new teamster, our repellanoes, and so regulates our tables, ‘No.’
then, surprising that, in the Arabian . w ho had the charge af six large, shaggy our couohes, our apparel, as to minister to ‘ Well, thin, yer honor, ye’d better be
schools, great attention was paid to the mules. John was also proprietor of two our comfort 1 Who is it that, supplies our after getting into that same thing when ye
study of language, and that so many i bottleß of old Bourbon—a contrabrand in lack of interest in ordinary things, and die.’
grammarians were produced. By these camp—which a wag discovered and deter- sends us out into sooiety prepared to fueet M r - ‘ wilted.’
scholars dictionaries, similar to those now mined to possess. Beiog awaro that the the claims of decency, taste, and propriety 1 ;
in use, were composed ; their copiousness driver’s presence was an impediment to j Who oaters for our appetites, and swelters K?” 1 never (says Quilp) bear any
is indicated by tho circumstance that one the theft.,had hit upon the following plan to in heated kitohens for our indulgence and, malice towards the man who, without
of them consisted of sixty volumes, the : g et r id of him: j often unthanked and unblessed, plies the malice, says an ill thing of me with no
definition of each word being illustrated ! Approaching the driver who was busy ; needle in the lone evening, for our benefit I intention that I shall hear of it. Ido the
or sustained by quotations from Arab au- curryiDg his mules, he accosted him with : ■ Who is it that schemes, by a rigid economy, same thing to others—perhaps to him. In
thors of acknowledged repute. They had < j ga y ) ol<j fellow, what are you doing :to get the most elegance and comfort from fact, with few exceptions, everybody talks
also lexicons of Greek, Latin, Hebrew, there V 1 the least tax on our income 1 Who furnish- ' about everybody whom be thinks worth
and cyclopedias, such as the Historical , Can’t you see V replied John. es the ready pin, the napkin, the bandage mentioning. And what of it 1 Nothing-
Dictionary of Sciences of Mohammed lbn a Certainly,’ responded the wag. ‘ But ! for our wounds, the cup for our thirst, the unless some tale-bearer chooses to make
Abdallah, ot Granada. In their highest j s no t your business. It is after tat- 1 friction for our aching head, the medicine mischief. Accordingly, in such a case, my
civilization aud luxury they did not forget t 00) an( j t here is a fellow hired here by the ; for our pains 1 What angel of mercy is it quarrel is with the man who brings me
the amusements of their forefathers—list- ; General, who curries all the mules and ■ that watches:by our sick pillow, bears all tho news - 1 set him down at once for my
ening to the tale-teller, who never failed horses brought in after tattoo.’ ! our complaints and irritations, and moves enemy, or the weakest and nfost trouble
to obtain an audience in the midst of Arab ' Jhe mule driver bit at once, and wanted ! with muffled step when we slumber. some of friends whom lam to cross out of
tents. Around the evening fires in Spain ' to know where to find the hair-dresser. | Tho assiduities of a faithful wife are so “J books as soon as possible.— Boston
the wandering literati exercised their won- ‘ Whereupon he was direoted to General I common, so various, so cheerful, so unex- Post.
derful powers of Oriental invention, edi- 1 Nelson’s tent, with assurance that there 1 pepting, that husbands are likely to regard'
fying the eager listeners by such narrations was w here the fellow ‘hung out.’ : her kindnesses, as they do tho sunlight l’ HK UniMhrEXT. s cK B
as those which have descended to us ‘ You can’t mistake the man,’said the : and the dews of heaven—matters of course 1 No. 8 north .duke street, Lancaster, pa.
in tho Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. wa g . ihe is a large fellow, and pnts on a ,—to be.received without gratitude. But • TC w h anit b ek^tty!» n Df I » t very t d«2ri l pHon? l and b ir l nndar
Their poetical productions embraced all Sundering sight of airs, for a man in his the constancy whiohmakes them feel famil- Thi.Pro^riotores™ 'prlpJSfto Ip<:riencell • ,ol) Prlater -"
the modern minor forms—satires, odes, business. He will probably refuse to do it, t iar—to a rightly constituted mind—deep- prin^ checks,
elegies, &o. ; but they never produced any an< i te n you to go to the devil, but don’t | ens the sense of obligation. While the ! NOTK3 ’ circulars,
work ic the higher walks of poesy, no epic, l m ; D( j that; he has been drinking to-day. husband safely trusts in the companion of ku-l UEAD3 and
no tragedy. They were the authors and Nlake him come out.’ | his years for his personal comforts, she has paper books and pamphlets, sters,
introducers of rhyme, and such was the ■ John started off, and entering the tent' a right to expect that her beneficence shall printing i/colors and B pla?n l pri I nmno SS ’
luxuriance and abundance of their lan- : where our Napoleon of the fourth division be appreciated. If not he will be likely with neatnesF, aecnnury&DSdispatch, on tha most reaeona
guage that in some of their longest poems; gat ; n deep reverie, probably considering |to find her worth in her loss. Her absence ' £?oTt!?th“cit" sm ‘ mnornot “ Mllod ®>y mumm.-
the same rhyme is said to have been used j most expeditious method of expelling *or death is to the little world at home, R b r mail or otherwise,
alternately from the beginning to the end.; the rebel Buckner from his native State, ■ like the loss of the glowing snn whioh pro- P P ’ k SON,
Even among the Spanish women there j slapped iim on the back with a force suf- tects our earth from eternal darkness and’ v
were not a few who, like Velada, Ayesha, | t 0 annihilate a man of ordinary 'frost. f. -Wh Daka .treot, Lanm.tor, Pa.
Labana, Algasania, aohieved reputation in i gpje. 1 Asa counsellor, the faithful wife is in-' T> o on> i h o slate.
these compositions, and some of them were ; Springing to his feet, the General ac- valuable. Well might Solomon say, ‘The > iiam>war| D storS“n wkt *
daughters ot t/alits. Ahia is the more m- ‘ costed his uninvited guest with : heart of her husband doth safely trust in 1 Person in want of Hoofing Slate, or wUhiog to bare
teresting to us, since it was from the i < Well, sir, who are you, and what the her.’ -It is difficult to find a friend who is
Moorish poetry , that European literature ; devil do you. want V I so deeply.'interested in onr welfare as to * l l *tr^°? l i!£ l ttti"tS rj " <ll * l - ty ’ tl “’ y wlil ° gered
arose. Sonnets and ronianoes atJast dis- j < Qifl hoss, I’ve cot a- jon for .you now,.! take the trouble to study our nerplexities 1 * At»o” general «Ejortmerit ot hardware, to »hicß the
placed the grimly orthodox productions of! gfc mnlexto be ourried, and right off :too,’ I —so conversant with us and ouEaffiuraas i
the wearisome and.ignoranfc Fathers of the
Churoh.
If fiction was prized among the Spanish
Arabs, history was held in not less esteem,
Every Calif had his own historian. Many
of their learned men were travellers and
voyagers, constantly moving abont for the
acquisition or diffusion of knowledge, their
acquirements being a passport wherever
they went, and a sufficient introduction to
any of the African or Asiatic Courts. The
scope of their literary labors offers a sub
ject well worthy"of mediation ;it contrasts
with the contemporary ignorance of Europe.
Some wrote on Chronology; some on
Numismatics ; some, now that military elo
quence had become objeotless, wrote on
Pulpit Oratory ; some on Agriculture and
its allied branches, as the Art of Irrigation.
Not one of the purely mathematical, or
mixed, or practical soienoes was omitted.
Our obligations to the Spanish Moors in
the arts of life are even more marked than
in the higher branohes of scienoe. They
set an example of skilful agriculture, the
practice of which was regulated by a code
of laws. Not only did they attend to the
cultivation of plants—introducing very
many new ones—but they paid great atten
tion to the breeding of cattle, especially
sheep and the horse. To them we owe the
introduction of the great products, rice,
sugar, cotton, and also, as we have pre
viously observed, nearly all the fine garden
and orchard fruits, together with many less
important plants, as spinach and Baffron.
To them Spain owes the culture of silk ;
they gave to Xcres and Malaga their cele
brity for making wine. They introduced
the Egyptain system of irrigation by flood
gates, wheels and pumps. They also im
proved the manufacture of textile fabrics,
earthenware, iron, steel; the Toledo
sword-blades were everywhere prized for
their temper. The Arabs, on their expul
sion from Spain, carried the manufacture of
leather, in which they were acknowledged
to excel, to Morocoo, from whioh city the
leather itself has now taken its name.—
They also introduced inventions of a more
ominous kind—gunpowder and artillery.
The cannon they used appeared to be made
of wrought iron. But perhaps they more
than compensated for those evil contri
vances by the introduction of the mariner’s
compass. •
said the captain of the males, nothing
daanted at the flashing eye of the General.
‘ Do you know whom you are address
ing?’ said the very indignant comman
der.
‘ Yes,’ said John, elevating his voice to
a pitoh which rendered the words andible
a square off, ‘you are the fellow hired by
Unole Sam to clean mules, and I won’t
have any foolishness. Clean them mules
and I’ll give yon a drink of bast-head.’
‘ You infernal villain !’ exclaimed the
General, now perfectly furious. ‘ 1 am
General Nelson, commander of tho divis
ion.’ •
John placed the thumb of his right hand
against his nose, and extending his fingers
waved them slowly, in a manner supposed
by some to be indicative of great wisdom.
The General’s sword leaped from its
scabbard, and John from the tent, just in
time to save his head.
to understand onr wants and dangers—so
mortally brave as to venture to tall ns un
weloome truth—so perfectly disinterested
as to assure ns that no selfishness prompst
her advice—and so persevereingly as
repetitiously to urge that whioh is for onr
benefit. A wife is such a friend, and a
wise man will often seek her oonnsel.
And there is something in the ready,
instinotive suggestions of an intelligent
wife which no sane husband should ever
despise. She does not pause to colleot
facts, weigh arguments, and draw inferen
ces. Her impresive nature, whioh renders
her indisposed slowly to reason, is furnish
ed with instinotive perception of the right
whioh is better than logio.
It is wonderful how often, in nicely bal
anced cases, when we appeal to the judg
ment of a wife, she instantly decides the
case for ns, and how generally she is right.
Pilate was embarassed in the struggle be
tween his sense of justice' and his desire of
popularity; but his wife said at onoe,
‘ Have thou nothing to do with that just
man.’ Had he heeded her oonnsel, Pilate’s
bands would not have been stained with
the blood of the Son of God.
In the matter of economy, too, in the
watchful guardianship of his inoome and
estate, the husband can well trust the good
wife. It is true there are some wives who
oanuot thus be trusted. Actuated by a
foolish vanity for dress, furniture,and equi
page, and reckless of a husband’s toll,
anxieties, and pecuniary embarassments
they will sustain a certain style in the
present, even if they have to trample on a
husband’s broken heart and ruined repu
tation in the process. These are the wives
that drive husbands to wild speculation, to
frauds and embezzlement, to debts never
to be paid, to lottery gambling, to despera
tion, and a premature grave.
But we are happy to bolteve that suoh
cases are few. As a general faot, the prin
ciple of justice, economy, and thrift is
strong iu the heart of a woman. Her home
destiny qualifies her for a minute regard to
the details of domestio economy, and her
love for her husband and regard for the
welfare of her children disposes her to use
wisely and well the earnings entrusted to
her control. She is the one that obeys
Christ, in ‘ gathering up the fragments,
that nothing be lost.’ Her’s is no hire
ling’s eye and hand. The husband lays
his purse in her lap, assured that the com
fort and responsibility of bis house and the
interests of his property are safe in her
keeping.
Let the husband, then, who is thus
blessed, appreciate the gift of God. “ A
prudent wife is from the Lord,” and the
gift is worthy of the Giver. “ Her price
is far above rubies ; and, we are told in
the word of God, ‘ the heart of her hus
band doth safely trust in her.’ There is
a peculiarity iu this language. Ordinarily
it is the office of divine truth to weaken
our confidence in earthly blessings. Thus
it is said : ‘He that trusteth in his own
heart is a fooll.’ ‘ Trust not iu man whose
breath is in his nostrils.’ ‘ Put not your
trust in princes.’ ‘ Trust not in uncertain
riches.’ Human friendships are treacher
j ous. Wealth is too cold to fill a warm
; heart. Fame hangs on a breath of air,
| and comes and goes, rises and falls, by the
caprices of a crowd. God ordinarily rep
| earthly resents things as vanity. But he
! seems to make an exception in favor of a
'■ virtuous woman. Of a true and virtuous
wife, he says, ‘ The heart of the husband
doth safely trust in her;’ and, while he
| may trust, let him love, appreciate, and
! meetly cherish her.
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