Now.
Hiss! for the day I* paaaiug .
Wtill* you lie dreaming on,
The oU. era have buckled their armor
And f *th to the are gone;
A plaoe in the rank* await* yon.
Each a tan ha* tome part to play;
The past and tne fa tore are nothing
In the face of the (tern today.
Biee from yonr dream* of the future
Of gaining nome hard-fought Held,
Of atonning tomt airy fortresa
Or bidding tome giant yield;
Tow future baa deed* of glory,
Of honor (Qod grant It may!)
But jow arm will never be stronger
Or the need *o great as to-day.
Rise if the paet leiaina yon,
Her enn*hioe and atorms forget ;
No chains so unworthy to hold yon
As those of a vain regret;
Bad or bright, she is lifeless over,
Cast her phantom arms away,
Nor look hack ; strive to learn the lesson
Of a nobler strife to-day.
Rise! for the day is passing !
The low eonnd that yon aoaroely hear
la the enemy marching to battle- -
Arise! for the foe ia here.
Stay not to ebarpen your weapona,
Or the how will strike yon at last
When from dreams Of a coming battle
Ton may wake to And it past!
AdeUti de Anne Praetor.
Colonel Marshall's Wheatfield.
Just one hundred years ago, on the
afternoon of a beautiful summer day,
there sat, in the vine-covered porch of a
large mansion, on the bank of the Mo
hawk, two young ladies.
Both were beautiful. One was a
dainty little lady with blue eyes, yellow
hair, and a plump form neatly attired
in a quilted petticoat of dark blue silk,
over which was looped a robe of soft
gray. A muslin kerchief of a spotless
white folded about her neck, and a pair
of high-heeled slippers completed her
toilet.
Her sister formed a striking contrast.
A tall, slender girl, with dark eyes ami
hair, and an olive complexion, brighten
ed by the vivid carmine of lips and
oheeks. She was also attired richly,
wearing a robe of crimson silk over a
quilted skirt of black. *
These two young ladies were the
daughters of Oolonel Marshall, a noble
patriot of the revolution, whose age and
infirmities alone prevented him from
going forth to fight for a canae, which,
bowevrr, he strove to snpport in every
other way. His daughters shared his
patriotic opinions. In all the wide land
there were no women more strongly de
voted to American liberty than Don
and Diana Marshall.
On the afternoon of which we speak
they had come out upon the porch to
enjoy the beautiful scenery and fresh,
invigorating air.
"How peaceful it all ia," Dora ob
served, musingly, gazing upon the roll
ing meadows and shining river.
" Yes," said Diana, " I cannot realize
that some day, perhaps not so far dis
tant, all this peace and plenty may fall
under the devastating hand of the
eoemj. n
" What I " Is there really a possibil
ity of that, think you 7 " inquired Dora.
" I fear there may bo. Only yester
day black Pete told father that Silas
Ambrose, the scout, who baa returned
wounded, informed him that he firmly
believed that it was the intention of the
British to tend a party of Tories and
Indiana to ravish our beautiful valley."
"What did father my?"
"Oh, he looked grave, and, I believe,
Dora, that hia main design in riding
down to the Ambroses' to-day, was to
question Silas."
"And isn't that father returning
now?" hastily inquired Dora, turning
her eyes down the road.
" Ah, yea : but why docs he ride at
such a terrible pace."
"Oh, God I" cried Dora, excitedly.
" See I he is pnrsned by Tories and In
dians I And, oh, look I One is raising
a musket to shoot 1 Merciful heaven,
spare my father I" and Dora clasped her
white hands imploringly.
It was a moment of awfnl suspense.
Dashing along the road, with hia noble
head bare, his gray locks flying, was the
old oolonel, and, close behind him in
swift pursuit, likes pack of hell-bounds,
were the savages, yelling with murder
ous cries. Racer, the colonel's hone,
dashed on sa if he knew it was a oaae of
life or death, but, SIJM ! ha couldn't out
strip the leaden messenger which now
flew from the gun of one of the savages
and buried itself io the brave heart of
the old oolonel, who reeled and fell from
hia horse just as be reached his gate.
His noble horse stopped directly, and
stood looking at his fallen master with
an almost human expression of pity in
Usenet eyes.
The foremost of the enemy, a brawny
savage, hideously painted, sprang from
his saddle with the intention of aeslping
UM lack I ess oolonel. Diana, suspecting
hia design, rushed down the path, cry
Uf :
'• Btop, atop I"
For a minute he was struck by her
beauty and commanding appearance,
and than, uttering an "Ugh 1* he ap
proached bis pray; but lie a lioness
Mending bar young, Diana guarded
the body of her father. Dora, too, who
had now rraehed the soene, with tears
and pathetic gestures strove to ward
away the savage.
Just then the remainder of the party
rode up—two British officers, one about
forty, the other twenty-five or th'rty—
twelve tones, and eighteen or twenty
Indiana.
Diana immediately addressed the
elder of UM two officers.
" Sir," she said, " our father is dead.
fMay we beg the privilege of having Us
remains unmolested ?"
The offiesr bowed tow, and over his
•Dane fees stale an expression of won
der and admiration.
"Lady," he said, "the prayera of
MM beautiful ought always to be an
swered; but you know the rales of
savage warfare. An Indian always oon
ridera himself entitled to the scalp of a
fallen foe. Bat on one condition will I
prevent his doing thus in this oaae."
"What is the condition?" Diana
asked, ooldly, for she had taken a sod
den dislike to the man.
" The oondition, lady, is that yon will
give me one kiss from those red lips of
nnrs. Jovel but they are the sweetest
lave ever seen 1"
Diana drew herself up proudly,
"Sirl" she said, haughtily. "Ton
are no gentleman 1"
" Hey dev I Do you know that I am
Major Oridley; of his majesty's army.
Pray recollect the uniform I wear I"
" I reapest that you are no gentle
man. If you were, you wouldn't insult
a girl when her only protector lies dead
at her feet. Oh, shame 1"
" Hold your tougue, yon saucy minx 1"
cried the major, his face red with rage.
"Here, Arrowhead," turning to the
Indian who had shot the colonel, "finish
your business."
With a grim smile and a grunt of
approval. Arrowhead stepped forward,
and then Dora interposed. In piteous
aooents, she addressed the younger of
the two officers.
"Ob, sir I I beg you, let our honored
father's remains be undisturbed, and
heaven will surely bless you ! Have
pity I Oh, have pity I"
The offioer, whose face was noble as
well as handsome ( seemed moved by her
appeal, and turning to Major Oridley,
he said, in low tones: "My dear sir, had
you not better order Arrowhead to de
sist ? I fear General 0 will blame
us if we allow this brutality. We must
recollect that Oolonel Marshall was re
spected even by his enemies."
"Well, well, Harley, my boy, per
haps you are right," motioning Arrow
head to desist " Anyhow, that pretty,
black-eyed girl looks as though shed
munier us all. And we haven't time to
waste over a scene. Our men want
their dinner, and after that we must
ride yonder wheatflcld of its loaded ears.
Jove! what rejoicing there'll be when
we carry alt that grain back to camp !"
Major Oridley ordered the body of the
oolonel to be carried up to the house,
and Captain Harley and one of the tories
volunteered to do this, and Dora assist
ed them by supporting the head of her
father, on whose gray hairs she dropped
many a tear.
Major Oridley alighted from his horse
and persisted in walking beside Diana,
who treated him with the utmost
haughtiness. At last, stnng by her
scorn, he said, angrily:
" I'll break your high spirit, my
young lady !" and upon reaching the
house he locked her in one of the npper
rooms, tell her that when she made up
her mind to treat one of his majesty s
officers with pre per respect he would
let her out. Otherwise there was a
prospect of her traveling to Canada as a
prisoner.
Soarcely had the key turned upon her
before Diana's womanly wits were at
work to find some way whereby she
might thwart the pompous major.
" I have it I" she presently exclaimed.
" I heard him speak about the wheat
field. If he,thinks the British are going
to have the benefit of that he is mis
taken. "
Going to the window and looking out,
she oon tinned:
"I suppose he thought he bad me
safe up here. Bah I I have climbed
this cherry tree too often ! It reaches
way up to the window. The major and
his crew are all in the dining-room on
the other side of the house, so they
won't see me."
With one little bound, Diana was out
of the window and in the tree. Ho ram
bling down among its branches, she
soon reached the ground. Stealing cau
tiously around the bouse, she peeped
into the kitchen; no one was there ex
cept old Mammy Lncreoe, whose face
shone with perspiration as she bent over
the fire at her cooking.
" Mammy !" whispered Diana.
" Brass us, chile! Is that you 7"
" Tes, mammy. What are you
doing ?"
"Pryin* flapjacks—and, de Lord pre
serve us I die is de aebenth plate of dem
I'se made I And de meat and bread and
wcgetahle* and cider dem pesky Brit
ishers has done made away wia would
make yer brack eyes stare ! Ise had to
do all de cook in 1 myself, for Lisy sod
Bue and Wcnns hurried off when dey
see red coats romin'. I didn't go, fur I
was determined to stand by you gals.
Dat pesky Major Griddle does swear so I
De oder offioer am a gen'leman, and he
am helping yer pore sister watch wid de
dead oolonel. Oh, deary me, that 1
should live to see my old maasa murder
ed I But what can I do for ye. Miss
DiT"
"Nothing, mammy, only give me
some lighted brands from your fire. I'll
put tbem in this pan. May If
"Hsrtin. But what be yer goin' ter
do, chile? Notbin' rash," I hope?"—
anxiously.
"Don't worry, mairmy; 111 do no
thing that my poor father would disap
prove;" sod. taking the pen and glow
ing ooals, Diana harried away, bent on
carrying out her purpose.
" She's mad, she is," quoth Mammy
Lncreoe, as with a dexterous twist she
turned another flapjack. "Par high
spirit she is de colonel's own darter.
Hark I Dere'a dat Major Oriddle hoi
lerin' for mora flapjacks. Gracious | I
wish he'd done choke hisaelf wid one I"
Meanwhile, with swift steps Diana
was speeding along. She reached the
barn, and paused there long enough to
gather an armful of dried bay. Bearing
it in her arms, she continued on her any
to the wheatfleld. A pleasing sight o4
plenty was this army of golden grain.
" What a pity to deetroy it |" thought
Diana. "Yet better than have the
British enjoy it"
She earafully arranged the dried hay
in little heaps here and there, and ap
plied the red ooals to them. There bad
been no rain for several days, and it was
not long before the whole wheatfleld
was in a blase. Seeing that her task
was completed, Diana hastened back to
the house and entered her chamber by
the way she bad left it
Major Oridley and bis men had beat
so busy gormandising that It was some
time before they knew of the Are. AU
rushed out to check the flames, but in
vain; the destroying clement had already
passed over the wheatfleld, leaving only
a few black, smoldering remains, "Who
did this ?" angrily demanded the major,
stalking about in an tnfuriatod manner.
"Home of the servants, probably,"
suggested one of the soldiers.
"Where are Colonel Marshall's ser
vants?" addressing Mammy Lncrece,
who, with terrified eyes, olasped hands,
snd turban all awry, was standing in the
kitchen doorway. "Oh, dey all run
when dey seed yon comin'l" she stam
mered in reply.
" Then yon must have aet tbe wheat
afire, yon vixen I"
" Oh, Lord bleaa ye, I didn't I How
conld I, when I was frying flapjacks all
de while ?"
" Jove, that's so I Bnt did yon see
any one set fire to it?"
" No, nah I"
" Do you knsw who did it?"
This was a poser. Mammy Lncrece
was very religions, and not to save her
skin would she tell a lie. Hhe did
know who was the incendiary—at least
she felt certain that it was Diana. Bnt
betray ber yonng mistress I Never I
And so she stood silent.
" Why don't you answer?" roared the
major.
"I can't answer, please, sah."
" If yon don't answer in five minutes
111 have my Indians tie yon to a tree and
give yon a good beatiDg I" said the
major, brutally. Yet not even this
threat made poor mammy speak. Hhe
folded her arms firmly across her breast,
and stood in respectful silence.
Time passed on. At last Msjor Grid
ley said, shortly:
" Time's np. Maybe, wench, yon
don't think I mean what I say! and
with an o*ih he ordered two savagea to
bind Mammy Lncrece to the cherry
tree. They had taken but one step to
ward her when there was a slight noise
overhead as of a window-shutter thrown
open, snd a clear voice called out :
" Major Gridley 1"
All glanced np, and there, at the
second-story window, was the face of
Diana. With flashing black eyes she
oontinned :
" Major GriJley, yon will let that old
woman free. Hhe did not barn ihe
wheat field I did that myaelf, sir," with
! a saucy, defiant bow that set all her
j jetty curls a-flutter.
" Yon 1" exclaimed tbe major, in as
tonishment. "How oonid yon get out
! of your room ?"
" Ob, we American girla can climb,"
Diana replied nonchalantly.
" Curse you I I wonder if you can
walk as well," sputtered the msjor. " I
I will give yon the privilege of trying, for
' this very afternoon yon will start with
na, as our prisoner, for Canada !"
•' Scarcely I" said Diana, with a gay
laugh. " I don't believe vou will start
for Canada to-day, my dear major. Allow
me to ask yon to glance behind yon."
Major Gridlry and his companions
hastily glanced around them. They bad
. been so absorbed in tbe scene before
them tint they had not noticed a party
| of American soldiers who had silently
stolen ia the gate and surrounded them.
Hilas Ambrose, who had known that
Colonel Marshall was pursued on his
homeward journey, bad sent to tbe
j American camp for aid. A party had
been immediatelv sent out to toe rescue.
To say that Major Oridley was snr
> prised would be to express oar meaning
very tamely. Resistance was useless, as
be snd his soldiers bail left their arms in
the house. A surrender was tbe only
alternative, and this the major accepted
with many oaths.
At the request of Dors and Diana, the
yonng officer, Captain Harley, who had
been so kind to them, was allowed to go
tree. After the war was over, be re
turned to America to woo and win the
golden-haired Dora.
Diana became tbe wife of a general in
the American army, and with her wit
and Ix-anty was one of the chief orna
ments of the circle by which President
and Lady Washington were surrounded.
Cretrhety People
America know* something of crotch
ety people. It u a crotchety notion
of our* when we made np that tea-party
in Boaton. We are all the reanlt of
rrotchoty notion*. There ia no walk in
life in which we do on find crotchety
people. Pint, there ia your growler,
the man who i* never satisfied with any
thing or anyboily. Hi* dinner ia done
too mneh or it ia done too little. He ia
miaerable himaelf and make* every one
around him miserable. Another claan
of growler* ia the crotchety young fel
low who oomea borne to dinner and aaka
hi* young wife, "How did you cook
that, my dear T " She tell* him ahe did
it *o and no. and he replica, " Ah, if you
only knew how my dear mother nsed to
doit," If yon build a hrmae and aall
in a friend to look at it, ten to one be
will tell von bow be oould have improv
ed it, lie would put a door here and a
cloeet there, etc. So it will be aeen that
no two people arrive at 'the came eou
nlnnion. Aa proof that the work a per
son ia engaged in haa ita effect upon the
mind, the pofessor referred to an actor
and author of hia acquaintance who
wrote a farce entitled "Hy pooh on
driao," and through hia labor* npoo it
came to be one himaelf, and afterward
wrote the " Black Crook." Theo there
ia the melancholy man, the man with
a very long face, aa if he hadn't a friend
in the world. Qive me the man who
can laugh —that man who paaaea through
the world like the aun'a rave. He didn't
mean the man who chuck Ire, or he who
utter* the horse laugh, but be of the
joyoua, hearty laugh.— From Lmturf
by Projt—or Evans in Vtioa.
Bankrupt Laws.
The national bankrupt law of the
United State* haa of late give plaoe to
the State luanlvent and assignment law*
The States and Territories which have
each law* embrace all the New England
State*, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan,
North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, South Caro
lina, Wisconsin, Arkansas, California,
Dakota, Florida, Oeorgia, Idaho, Indi
ana, lowa, Kaneaa. Kentucky, Louisi
ana, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Tan
neeaee, Virginia and West Virginia. In
Delaware an arrested debtor may pro
cure a discharge by surrendering all hia
property, under special regulation*
In the following State* and Territories
therein neither en insolvent nor assign
ment law, namely ; Alabsm*. Colorado,
Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New
Meiioo, Oregon, Tnsse, I'tah, Wyoming
and Washington.—-i View IVk V< rnui
tile Jminwl.
4J. J ■
MIXTEEN YEAKM OP TRANCE*.
Oi #f Ike Hast Hvaarkafcle ( area aa
KaeavS-Mlas Jaaala Malik, ika Okla la.
valid— Ualslaaa. KllaSaaaa, Mpaerkleaa
liar MaCarlaas.
Miae Jennie Hmith wee born in ('lark
county Ohio, in 184*2, being one of a
family of nine children. Her parents
were in moderate cironmntanoee,entirely
reputable in character, and attendants
at an established church. From a ohild
she was seriously inclined end disposed
to meditate npon religious themes,
which was caused, doubtless, by the
number of alarming maladies to wbicb
abe was subject. At the age of sixteen
she had the typhoid fever, which set
tled in her back and resulted in a spinal
disease. From this time Miss Hmith
was a confirmed invalid, poasibly in part
by reason of a great variety oi domestic
calamities, a broken marriage engage
ment, the attempted snicide of ber fath
er, the loss of property apd a number
of deaths in rapid (accession in thg do
| mcatic circle. Hhe was nnder the treat-
I ment of several pnysiciana, but grew
' rapidly worse, and at last became per-
{ fectly helpless. Lying upon her back
in bed, occasionally she had what she
I calls "sinking spells," in which she was
seemingly lifeless, bat was filled with
remarkable visions of heaven, "seeing
tbe green pastures and being led by
the still waters." In February, 1862,
ber physician told her that she oonid
not live another day, at whiob she re-
I joioed, as her sufferings had been so
great. The prolongation of her life was
considered a miracle, as she bad lost her
speech, and oonid only move her hands.
lAs her mother—to whose care and sup
port she scc-ms to have been left at this
pern si of life— was in very gnat pover
ty, all the invalid's strength was em
ployed in making fancy work, which was
purchased by her friends,and afterward,
when sho recovered her speech, she had
some pupils whom she taught from ber
sick bed. The excitement of teaching
made her mncb worse, and in 1866 she
was carried to Vrbana, 0., to be placet]
under tbe treatment of Dr. Newton,
who bad some theories in regard to
medical practice at that time which were
| quite novel, especially in the treatment
of patienta by electricity. No good re
sults, however, were produced in Mias
Hmith'a case, as her back was so para
lyzed that after naing tbe battery for
three or four hours she was insensible
.to its effects. From this time Mias
-Smith kept a journal of her peculiar
: ailments.
The following year ber physical con
dition seemed to change. Her back and
limba liecsme so sensitive that it was
almost impossible to move ber, and eye
sight failed; but, as she says, "her
; spiritual sight brightened " a* she be
came physically bltn.l. Tins blindness
came and went,apparently, as sometimes
she could see as others see. and again
she oonid not,save in some supernatural
way. Electricity was resorted to a see
: ond time, and with some success, but
she wss afflicted with many diseases be
side* that of her spine, which made her
the wonder of the whole neighborhood,
I it being regydfd aa ao strange that a
: mortal could be so afflicted and survive.
Miss Hmith drew the plan of a cot,
which a Mr. Blackburn improved upon
and afterward patented as an invalid
| chair. From this time the poor invalid
| lived it) her chair or cot on wheels, go
ing by ear or steamer, when sufficiently
j convalescent, to various parts of the
country near her; always having visions
and developing the sfdritnal part of her
tieing, while tbe material or physical
seemed slowly dying. Hhe attended
camp meetings, at which people gath
ered about ber to bear her talk and pray,
and to learn that she ass fasting as a
means of grace. In 1870 her paroxysms
increased, so that at times her body was
bent nearly double; it often required
six persons to keep ber in ber chair;
she stiffened also from tetanus; and the
more sM re hrr illness, the more re
markably ber mind seemed to be affect
ed, an i ber visions were brighter and
more wonderful. The intervals between
her paroxysms were occupied in some
literary work which bad ready sale. In
1873 her brain became incapacitated for
mental labor, and again for days and
weeks abe was entirely helpless, blind
and speechless. From this condition
she again rallied. In 1876 she under
went s new kind of medical treatment.
Her whole physical condition aoetned
now to change, and she had new and
alarming symptoms. One day while
her friends were gathered around her
trying to alleviate ber pain, tbe terrible
twitching of hew muscles ceased, ber
system relaxed, and she breathed easily.
Hhe attributed this result to tbe prayers
which were offered for her at the time.
From that boar she gradually recov
ered, and is now residing in this city in
good health.
Miss Hmith has written a little volume,
which ehe cells " Valley of Bern; a
Record of Buffering and Triumph."
There ie a picture of ber in this book,
ee she appeared when ehe lay in her in
valid chair. Tbe introduction was writ
ten by her former pastor, Thomas H.
Paame, of Dayton, Ohio.— lfew York
Star.
Hettlag tbe Fasbtea.
"Whence come the fashions 7" is a
question often asked. " Oanseur " telle
in tbe Boston Tranerript where one
fashion came from : Bevara] years ago
a leading New York house imported,
through e blander, a large amount of a
certain vary ugly material which would
not sell, and lay dead upon their bands.
Homethiug bed to be done. The pro
prietota of one or two fashion papers
were interviewed. Tbe next week their
columns told thousands of eager readers
that there bad reeaetlv been shown a
new and stylish fabric which promised to
be very fashionable; and the statement
was widely copied by tbe daily pesos.
Retail dealers found their customers in
quiring for it, and sought it of the job
bets. The Jobbers in tarn sought it of
tbe importers, who quickly unloaded
their whole stock at a handsome profit
Tbe goods were voted "beautiful and
"stylish," and the fabric in question
wan " the rage " for a Uma, Just how
much the fashion papers were paid was
never divulged. All of which shows
bow one fashion was " set," and "what
foots them mortals be."
An Arkansas constable's pistol being
stolen, he advertised that if tha M&&H
wqold return it be would give him tbe
tgidnkt **fd no questions site d,
J '/Hfe
The Idi; Hwsrd-Daare.
While on i cruise unoog the iiludi
of the Malay archipelago, onr ship put
in at Batavia for a week's repairs.
Batavia is the Dutch capital of Java,
wholly UDder the oontrol of Holland ;
and ita Dutch architecture, and Dutch
manners of living, make one feel as if
every house had been built in far away
Amsterdam, then boxed up, people,
furniture, and all, and sent by ship
across the waters. Ho, to know anything
of the natives to whom this great,
beautiful island originally belonged, 0}
their habits, dress and amusement*, one
must visit the Malayau settlements of
the interior ; and a little pafty of us de
termined thus to spend the week of our
ship's stay at Batavia.
We had made the acquaintance of a
petty chieftain, who had once been in
the service of the rajah of Djokjskarta ;
and for a small fee, Helim introduced
our party to the court of his former
master.
Here, one day, we hsd an opportunity
of witnessing the "sword-dsnce " of the
Malays, the most noted of all their
national dances. Ordinarily, it is per
formed by some thirty or forty ten-year
old lads, who are trained to their voca
tion from a very early age ; but who
practice it in public only for a year or ao,
before they are aet aaide aa no longer
sufficiently light and agile for this pe
culiar danoe. The boys are rigged out
in very fantastic costume, their hats es
pecially, which are fancifully adorned
with the plumage of many-colored birds,
intermingled with brightly gloaming
jewels. Tbe onlv weapons used are
wooden swords ; bnt the youthful gym
nasts seem thoroughly in earnest, and
rush upon one another with all the fury
of real combatants, their eyes gleaming
fiercely, and their dark faces glowing
with excitement. They all brandish
their swords with great dexterity, deal"
ing blows sulewiae, and even backward
while they are in the very act of whiz
zing and whirling round the room in a
rapid gallopade. Their motions are not
less graceful than enthusiastic; anil
though tbe company is numerous, and
the tarns and thrnsta are sadden, none
•com taken'answares, nor ia there even
the slightest apparent confusion. Home
times single comlMits follow the general
engagement, each (selecting his own op
ponent ; but the ioys are ao well match
ed in regard to size, and all are so per
fectly trained, that really (here seems
little advantage to be gained. The
grand climax of tbe whole affair is to
force two of their leaders into a corner,
surround them with a circle of crosaed
swords, and hold them priaonera until
one or Uie other succeeds in gaining
BMSeaaion of his opponent's weapon,
ie victor then receives aa a prise a real
sword, and ia thenceforth honorably
J1 (charged from fnrtber trials of his
skill ; while tbe unfortunate lad who
permitted himself to be disarmed, has
to go through an additional season of
probation.
Tbe ordinary drees of the lower class
of Malays ia very simple; consisting for
I the most part of a long, loose " sarong,"
l or petticoat, in place of trousers, and a
tight fitting jacket of white or red eot
< ton ; but the garb of the princess in very
: gorgeou". The rajah* wore sarongs of
i heavy silk, jaokHa of velvet richly em
! broidcred in gold and tiny aeed-pearla,
and jeweled girdles that seemed all
ablate with diamond*. Both turbans
1 and sandals were adorned in tbe same
costly fashion ; and aa for the creeae or
serpentine dagger, without which a
Malay, whatever hut rank, neTer ap
pears, tbowe of ths rajah's were marvels
of costly workmanship. Tbe display of
wealth in the palace* of those native
chiefs was far beyond what wo expected
: to find ; but we learned afterward that
Malayan "saltans" are pirate chiefs as
well; and thongh they don't in person
; rob or murder on tbe high aeaa, they
derive enormous revenues from the
piratical hordes that everywhere inlest
j the Malay archipelago.—.Si. SicKolat.
Short, bat Satisfactory.
Writing from Greenfield, Conn., Rev.
Dr. T. L. Cnvler relates tbe following
marriage incident there in "ve olden
I time:
Rev. Steven Mix made a journey to
Northampton, in 1696, in search of a
wife. He arrived at Rev. Solomon
Htoddard's, informed him of the object
of his visit, and that the pressure of
home duties required the utmost dis
patch.
Mr. Stoddard took him into the room
where his daughter* were, and intro
duced him to Mary, Esther, Christiana,
Rebekali and Hannah, and then retired.
Mr Mix. addressing Mary, the eldeat
daughter, said he lately had been set
tled in Wethersfield, and was desirous
of obtaining a wife, snd concluded by
offering her his heart and hand. She
blnahingly replied that ao important a
proposition required time for consider
ation.
He rejoined that be WM pleased that
she asked for suitable time for reflec
tion. snd in order to afford her the
needed opportunity to think of his pro
posal, be would step into an adjoining
room snd smoke a pipe with her father,
and she oonid report to him. Hsving
smoked his ripe, and sent a message to
Miss Mary that he was ready for her
answer, ane came in and asked for far
ther time far consideration.
He replied that she could reflect still
longer on the subject, and send ber an
swer to Wethersfield. In e few weeks
be received her reply, which ie probably
the most laconio epistle of th* kind ever
penned. Hero la the model letter,
which wae soon followed ay a wedding :
" NORTH AMP-TV*, 1686,
" Rev. Stephen Jtfte.'—Yea.
"MART STODDARD."
The matrimonial Mix-tare took place
on the first of December, 1686, and
proved to be compounded of the moat
congenial elements.
The Death sf a Lake.
John Mnir, in Rtrilmmr. thus describes
the sudden death of a California moun
tain lake: A few lakes unfortunately
situated are extinguished suddenly by a
single swoop of an avalanche, carrying
down immense numbers at trees, to
gether with the soil they were growing
upon. Others are oblitaraV d by lan?
slips, earthquake talusea, etc., hut these
lake-deaths compered with thaae result
ing from the deliberate sod incessant
deposition of sediments, may ba termed
accidental. Their fate islike that of
tress atrook by lightning. *
tWX£*E CHARM*
?1lu IlKOlrn sr DrirtH Away D.
■MM.
It may be maid o( the Chinese that,
from the cradle to the grave, from the
highest to the lowest, the life of each is
an endless chain of superstitions observ
ances, of idol and myth worship, and of
perpetual effort to ward off the malign
influence or evil spirits. The following
are a few samples of the charms need
for this purpose:
As a general rale, anything red is ser
viceable in this way. To mark the
"stops" in a book with red ink will
keep away evil spirits from the reader;
so, also, will pieces of red rags or strings.
As those wicked spirits very often muti
late little boys nnfessthey are duly arm
ed against them, parents stitch a piece
of red cloth in the pockets of the little
fellows and braid the queue with a piece
of red silk to prevent Bends from cutting
,it off. Yellow paper is also very effica
cious. Hlips of this paper, six to twelve
inches long, inscribed with red or black
ink, are suspended on bed curtains, or
it is burnt and the ashes mingled with
tea or hot water and drank as a specific
against evil influences. Ancient coins
are very good also. They are tied to the
| wrists of new-born bibes, and put under
J the bed of the newly-married. The
small point of sn old' iron plowshare
will do if the coin is not convenient, for
iron of any kind is potent against spirits.
A knife that has been used in killing a
person is very excellent. Iron nails
j have been used in sealing a coffin are
not amiss, if carried in the pocket or
braided into the queue; or they may be
beaten into a ring and woni in "that
shape until a boy is sixteen years old.
Yet, excellent ss are these remedies,
they are need only on the defenaive;
but, an the fiend may feel more or less
eruboldened by mere defensive tactics
alone, an aggressive polity is often
j adopted, especially in the case of ft min
: lying aick in lied. For this pnrpoae a
hempen whip is made in the shape of a
snake, with shich the bed and bedstead
; are well whipped and the lurking spirits
made to take a hasty exit. Evil spirits
are much addicted to the malicious prac
' tine of injuring houses in course of eree
| lion. To pnt a stop to their pranks, a
piece of red or yellow paper, duly in
scribed with the proper formula, is tied
to the ridge-pole, or s small bag at red
silk or cotton is used instead, contain
ing five kinds of grain in honor of five
sncorssive emperors, or five iron nails of
I different lengths. Another very excel
lent safeguard against evil spirits is a
picture of a flying tiger, the spirits be
ing much afraid of that ferocious Mine.
A lion grasping a naked sword is good;
but two lions coming down s hill, the
sun and moon between them, are much
Utter. A cat made of lime and burnt
clay, and looking at something at a dis
tance, is efficacious; or three paper ar
; rows, or a paper boy in tbe attitude of
' shooting an arrow, or an earthen lion,
! either of those are also good.
The shell of s gourd ia suspended by
, the bed of children who have not yet
! had tbe small pox. on tbe last night of
| the year, because tbe god of messles will
: empty tbe small pox into the shell if it
!be placed convenient to his hand. But
: the better plan is to cover tbe child's
, face with an ugly mask, and then the
| god measles, who ia mischievonsly ad
j dieted to spoiling pretty fsoea, win not
think it worth while to waste his small
pox upon so ugly a child, and will psaa
bun by. The fiend ia thus tricked out
of hia victim. Tbe combined pictures
i of a tiger, lixard. centipede, snake and
' an unknown animal with three feet, sue
! pended round the neck, keep off colic.
1 A mirror, suspended to a bed curtain,
i face outward, will keepHatan away, be
i cense, on approaching the room, he will
: see himself reflector! ia the glass, and,
i shocked with his own ugliness, will hide
1 himself in some deep cavern until bo
j forgets tbe fright
j Of the innumerable omens of good or
j evil which tbe provident gods deign to
| manifest, a few here are given: Tbe mag
: pie is a bird of good omen; and hence if
, a man ia projecting, say an investment
| in stocks, and hears the voioe of this
| bird, it is a sure sign that stocks will go
I up and 'hat hia investment will be a
success. A crow, on tbe other hand, ia
! a bird of evil omen. A strange dog
j coming to take np hia quarters with a
| family ia a sign of prosperity. The
, coming of a cat is an evil omen, because
I the feline instinct points out tbe where
about* of rats and mice, and these crea
! turea have a preference for dilapidated
bouse*. A crowing ben and a whistling
woman are both bed omens—both being
unnatural, and whatever is unnatural is
also unlucky. A cock crowing before
midnight ia another bad omeo, and will
soon be killed or sold.— San /Voneiseo
Chrrmicic,
Wetting RM sf Rata.
A correspondent of tbe ffngluih Me
chanic nves one or two valuable hint*
for ridding premises of rata. One very
good plan, he saya, ia to nail a red her
ring cm the wall of the warehouse or
place infected, about eighteen inches
from the floor; on thia, a little to one
side, beneath the fish; place a brick or
piece of wood near the wall. At an
equal distance on tbe other side set aa
ordinary steel snap-trap net baited. Hie
rata, in jumping off from the brick to
get at the herring, after a few attempts
are sure to tall down ia the trap. This
la a good permanent plan, M it is sonss
what above their comprehension. If rata
have undermined the foundation walls,
which they do sometimes to such an ex
teat as to endanger the building, it ia of
no use to attempt to stop them oat by
tamping their burrows with broken ghee
bottles, for they work diligently to 1
make fresh ones, A better way fa to
put a shovelful of dry saad over every
hole. The rat* soon come up through
this, but ia so doing let half the send
Into the barrow, which, unlike earth,
they cannot either force or carry np
again, nod by repeating this at every
fresh opened place their runs become
quite filled up, and they make up your
foundations again. By this mean* I
have known a granary that was terribly
infested with rata quite cleared of them.
All their burrows being at last filled 1
with saad they were compelled to take
11) f■ ~1 wolves elsewhere.
r ii i—i
An idea of the importance of the po
tato crop ia Maine may be obtained
from the fact that the farm era is Ar
oostook county realise bum 9100,000 to
1170,000 yearly bum that crop.