Caldwell at Mprlngllehl.
Morn's tho s|i>U Look around you. Aliovo on
the height
May Hessians uncatujx-d. lty tho church
on the rigid
Wood tho gaunt Jersey farmers. And In n ran
a wall
Yon may dig anywhere and you will turn up a
ball.
Nothing more, (iraescs spring, waters run,
flowers blow
Pretty much as they did ninety.throe venm ago.
Nothing more did I say ? Stay one moment;
ycn'vo heard
Of Caldwell, tho parson, who onee preached the
word
Mown at Springfield! What? No? Come,
that's had. Why he hail
All the Jersey's allamc. And they gave him
tho name
Of tho "rebel high priest." He stuek in their
gorge.
For he loved the li>nl Mod—and ho hated King
Oeorge !
He hail cause, you might {say, when the Hes
sians that day
Man-hed up with Knyphatisen, they stop;s ion
their way
At tho "Farms," where his wife, with sehild in
her arms.
Sat alone in the honse. How it happened none
knew
But God and one of the hireling crew.
Who tired the shot! Enough ! There she lay.
And Caldwell, the chaplain, her husband away!
Mid he preach did ho prav ? Think of him
♦ as you stand
By the old church In-day, think of him and
that hand
Of militant plow-hoys! Sec the smoke and the
heat
Of the reeklem advance—of that -tniggliug re
treat !
Keep the ghost of that wife, foully slam, in
your view-
Anil what could you what should you, what
would you do '
Why, just what ho did ! They wero hft in the
lurrh.
For want of more wadding. He ran to the
church.
Broke the door, stripi-d the |s w-. and daslu I
out in the road
With liia arms full of hymn-booka, and threw
down his load
At their feet! Then ahov- all tie shouting and
shots,
Bang ilia voice; " Put Watts into 'em. Imvn;
givo 'em Watts."
And they did. That is all. (irasnea spring,
flowers blow,
l*rotty much as tliey did ninety-three years ago-
Yon may dig anywln ro and von'l! turn up a
ball.
But not always a hero like this and tliats all.
llrtl ll'irtt.
THE DIAMOND NECKLACE.
"He's a very agreeable, peaceable
behaved young gentleman," said Mrs.
Peepandpry, rubbing her hands with
the motion jieenliar to stont, middle
aged boarding-liouso keejiers. " Not a
bit particular as to what ho eats, and n
regular with his week's board as the
Wednesday afternoon conies around."
" But who is he?" said Mr. Majilton,
who, having no special bnsinesH of his
own, was so good as to identify himself
with that of his neighbors, and formed,
in his kola individuality, tho star
chamber and tho jndgo, jury and execn
tionor of tho vicinity, sfwaking from a
social standpoint. " That is tho ques
tion, ma'am—who is ho? Begular pay
ments and agreeable manners aro a
good doal, I'm willing to allow; bnt
what aro his conventional indorse
ments ?"
Mrs. Peopandprv looked puzzled.
" I am told," resumed Mr. Majilton,
" Mr. Eugene Aram had the ]>oli*hcd
mien of a gentleman."
"Sir?" said Mrs. Peepandpry.
" And the Nihilists themselves prob
ably have their social code."
" I'm not acquainted with the family
of whom yon speak, sir!" said Mrs.
Peepandpry. " I've hail a many hoarder
in my time, hut nover anybody by that
name."
Mr. Majilton rnhltod his nose in some
irritation.
" Never mind," said he " never
mind. Details aro of no importance.
It's the general principle that wo mnst
look to."
"Certainly, sir," aaid Mrs. Peepand
pry, more bewildered than over.
"And yon tell me yon haven't any
idea of Mr. Gnymard's profession T
Mrs. Peepandpry shook her head.
" What references did he bring?" pur
sued the querist.
" Well, sir, now yon remind me of it,"
said the honest woman, "he didn't men
tion no especial references. He merely
aaid he shonld probably want the rooms
all summer, and wonhl pay in advance,
and he gave me a month's rent, in gold,
on the spot."
"This looks very had," said Mr. Ma
jilton—" very bad, indeed ! For all yon
know, Mrs. Peepandpry, you may be
harboring a political spy, a forger, a
counterfeiter; even," lowering his voice
to a tragical un<fcrtone, "a mnr-r-derer."
" Good gTacions, Mr. Majilton ! don't
talk in that blood-curdling way I" said
Mrs. Peepandpry, wringing her hands.
" And him so little tronbleand so regu.
lar with his pay I"
"Ah, the selfishness of this world—
the selfishness of this world !" sighed
Mr. Majilton, easting his goo*el>erry
colored eyes upward. "Yon seem to
forget, Mrs. Peepandpry, that yon owe
something to your neighbors and tho
world in general, as well as to youraelf."
- . £ * ' -
Mm. Peepandpry got out her pocket
handkerchief, and shed a few tears he
liind its folds. flow could alio tell
this high-minded philanthropist that
tho neighbors and tho world in general
had nover helped her to gain her hard
earned livelihood ? What wero her
poor little private interests to tho grand
and colossal view of society taken by
Mr. Majilton, who had a snug little in
come of his own, and nooded not to
track out tho course of every penny with
microscopic eagerness ?
" What do you suppose General Ger
ard would say to this culpable careless
ness of yourH ?" ho resumed ; " or Mrs.
Dalrymplo, whoso fair, lovely daughters
represent tho beauty and talent of the
neighborhood ?"
"I'm sure I'm very sorry," snitTid
the poor boarding-house keeper,
" but— "
"Sorry!" echoed Mr. Majilton.
"But of what avail will be your sor
row, when once you have introduced a
serpent into these Eden bowers ? No,
Mrs. Peepandpry, I have no desire, be
lieve me, to wtmnd your feelings—l
merely desire you to bo a little more
cautious in your dealings with the world
in general. Here's this great diamond
robbery at Palace Heights- Miss Du
ponceau's ancestral jewels gone like a
vision. How do we know that your
model boarder may not he the head anil
front of the adept gang who |>erpetratod
thisontrage? Good heavens, madam !
I've locked up my collection of postage
stamps and raro coins every evening
since I heard of the diamond robbery
at Palace Heights."
"Oh, sir, I'm quite certain," stam
mered Mrs. Peepandpry, " that Mr.
Guymard isn't one of the kind to—"
" And I read only last evening in tho
!>*per," inexorably pursued Mr. Majil
ton, "of n gigantic plot to tiro nil the
coal mines of Pennsylvania, and set
tho Canada woods in a hla/.e. Am Ihv
any means sure that this mysterious
stranger whom you have so injudiciously
admitted into our midst is not the
diabolical wretch whose fiendish in
genuity is responsible for all this
crime ?"
" I >oar, dear!" aid Mrs. Peepandpry.
"Suppose I see him V" said Mr. Majil
ton, authoritatively. "I can eanilv in
troduco myself, and —"
" But yon can't, sir," cried the poor
landlady; "for lie's jnst took the ex
press to New York, to be gone all day,
and I've got the whitewasher and tho
carpet-beater here; and Bridget, with a
pale of hot water anil scouring soap- "
" Oh," said Mrs. Majilton, " it's very
unfortunate—very !"
" Perhaps you <1 like to look at his
room, sir?" suggested Mrs. Peepandpry.
"Well, it wonldn't do any harm for
me just to glance around a little," said
Mr Majilton.
And with a majestic stride he fol
lowed Mrs. Peepandpry into thoajiart
nfent of the city hoarder.
The whitewasher, with his olion
countenance beaming beneath a i-upir
cap, was mixing a miniatnro maelstrom
of white foam in his pail. Bridget,
mounted nprm a stcpladder, was dust
ing the hooks, which wero ranged, not
wiihont artiitic elegance and taste, on
hotao-constructod shelves. At the sight
of the house-cleaning phalanx every
domestic impulse was roused in Mrs.
I'eepandpry's nature.
" Bridget," she cried, shrilly, "have
yon commenced on those Iwoks without
cleaning this closet?"
"Please, 'm." retorted Bridget, "the
closet was cram-jam full of things, as I
didn't ventnr' to take the liberty to
move,"
" It's only dressing gowns, and fenc
ing-gloves, and snrh like," said Mrs.
Peepandpry.
" Please, 'm, there's a false-face there,"
argued Bridget, "and ten t>oxea, as I
didn't know but they might lie full of
spirits of niter and glycerine."
"Nonsense!" said Mrs. Peepandpry.
herself plunging into the depths of the
closet, while Mr. Majilton peered cau
tiously over her shoulder. " Spirits of
niter and glycerine, indeed! I never
heard such folly in my life I"
"A mask, eh?" said Mr. Majilton.
"It looks lul—very Isul! And a black
serge cloak with a hood! Indeed!
And where's the dark-lantern and the
false keys ? "
"There ain't any, sir," said Mrs.
Peepandpry.
"There must lie! " said Mr. Majilton.
"Don't tell me! In this world one
thing invariably leads to another, and—
Eh? What is that?"
It was a little, flat Japanese box,
which had fallen from the folds of tho
suspicious serge cloak.
"Dear, dear!" said Mrs. Peepand
pry, " how could I he so careless ?
There, the hasp is broken !" '
"If '■ providential, mk'ara—qnite
providential!" uttered Mr. Majilton, as
he solemnly opened the box.
And ont dropped a string of sparkling
stones 1
" Lords- massy 1" said Cnsar, the
whitewasher.
"The saints betune us and all harm !"
said Bridget.
"It ain't—diamonds T cried Mrs.
Peepandpry.
"Didn't I tell yon so!" said Mr.
Mujilton. "Let this respectable col
ored person bo sent to Palace Heights
at once. Tell llridgot, hero, to make
all tho haste alio can to the nearest con
stabulary force. Ah for you, Mrs. Poop
atulpry, I will trouble you to write a
description of this cold-blooded rufliiyi.
While you are thus enguge.l I will
scribble off a telegram to the Grand
Central depot, in New York, that bo
may bo arrested the very instant that
lie steps off the train. This is really—
ahem I—what one may call a direct in
terposition of Providence 1"
"Gh, dear! oh, dear 1" criod Mrs.
Poepandpry, wringing her hands, " lias
it como to this? And Mr. (luymard so
civil-spoken anil gentlemanly, and all!"
"Pray remember, my good woman,"
adjured Mr. Mujilton, "that time is of
tho first importance. Get a pencil and
paper immediately. (loorge," to the
carpet-beating youth, who was standing
by, all eyes and ears, "run with this
telegraph to tho office, and let it be
charged to my account. And in the
meantime, Mrs. Poepandpry, let ns have
a circumstantial and minute description
of this wolf in sheep's clothing who lias
thus entered our fold."
Hut Mrs. Peepandpry'sfew little wits
wero entirely frightened out of her,
and she could not, at a moment's notice,
remember the items of Mr. Guymard's
personal apjx-aranoe; and tho more im
patient Mr. Mujilton waxed tho more
bewildered she became; so that the car
riage from Palace Heights, and the box
wagon from the police court were both
at the door before she bad decided
whether Mr. Guyuiard's eyes were dark
gray or light blue, his nose aquiline or
Romanesque.
Miss Duponcean, from the Heights,
looked around her in amazement. Tho
constable eyed poor Mrs. Poepandpry
as if lie meant to arrest her at once.
Mr. Mujilton l>cgan, in four syllabled
words, to explain the situation to the
gentry from Palace Heights, whose ac
quaintance ho had long yearned for an
opportunity of making: and presently
the complication of aflairs in renden d
more hojM'less still by the nncxpected
apjioaraucc upon the scene of—Mr.
Gnymanl himself.
" Don't be alarmed, Mrs. Poepand
pry," said he, cheerfully; " but I dis
covered at Chntham Junction that I hod
left some important papers behind, and
Bat, pray, what is tho meaning of
all this ?"
And he looked around him in extreme
amazement at the little crowd, th dis
organized closets, the japanned box on
the tahlc, with its sparkling contents.
" A illain," cried Mr. Mujilton, "your
machinations arodi-oavcre 1 at last! Con-
arrest that man! Miss D ipon
ceau, let me lie the fortunate instrument
of returning to you your diamond neck
lace, which yonder aliandoned fx oundr<d
has —"
" But he isn't an abandoned scoun
drel," said Miss Duponcean ; " lie's my
('untun Charles. And these things
aren't diamonds at all, but miserable
glass stones, not worth a farthing !"
" Eh 7' criod Mr. Mujilton, his lower
jaw dropping, in dismay.
Mr. Gnyniard looked keenly around.
"It seems to me. Mrs. IVepondprv,"
said he, "that there lias been a great
deal of very unnecessary meddling
here."
" But what does this disguise mean ''
questioned Mr. Majilton, faintly.
"It is my masquerade dress," said
Onymard, carelessly, "for Miss Dupon
oeau's ball ; and the necklace of cheap
stage jo wel ry w.vs intendod to accompany
it."
" Who are you 7' demanded Majilton.
" In the interests of the village, I have
a right to ask this question.''
"A right which I don't in the least
recognize," coolly retained Guv mar d.
" But there is no reason why I should
decline to state that my name is Charley
Gnymanl, that I am a lawyer, and that
I am lodging with this good woman l>e
oanse I want qniet and privacy while I
am engaged in studying np the details
of am important will ease. If you want
any other particulars I can only refer
you to my coiuin. Miss Duponcean, who
was quite aware of my residence here,
as well as cognizant of its rnwons."
Miss Duponcean burst into a clear,
musical langh.
"The idea of taking my Cousin
Charles for a burglar!" she cried out.
1 "Really, there is no end to the absnrd
' ity of these good people. But, now
that tho carriage is here, ('harles, I
shall insist upon Uking you hack to the
Heights with mo. Mrs. Poepandpry is
very kind, I am sure ; hut, after what
has happened, this place can hardly 1*
a home for yon any longer."
Ho. Mrs. Peepandpry lost her boardor;
the constable slnnk awsy, trying to
hide his handcuffs under his ooat-tails
as ho went; Mr. Majilton departod,
looking like a barn door chauticleer
who has bean out In the rsin ; and the
Palace Heights people considered the
wbolo matter as an excellent joke.
But the detective policeman who
waited at the Grand Central depot for
the down train, and didn't find his pri*.
oner after all, did not participate in
that opinion And neither did Mr.
Mujilton, when the bills came in for his
littlo piece of ofllciousnoss.
It i moro than probable tliat be will
mind liia own business in tho future.
A Terrible Blight Experience,
A writer in lf'irj>*r's Mayiuiw write*
about a terrible night experience in tho
Mount Washington signal service build
ing as follows: Noticing that the side*
of the summit wore strewn with boards,
beams and debris, my guide explained
that what I saw was the result of the
great January gale. Ho added:
"Late in tho afternoon my romrado,
M , came to where I was lying alod
sick, and said: 'There is going to be tho
devil to pay, sol guess I'll make every
thing snug.'
" By nine in the evening the wind had
increased to 100 miles an hour, with
heavy sleet. At midnight the velocity
of the storm was 120 miles, and the ex
posed thermometer recorded twenty
four d< green below zero. With tho
stove red, wo could hardly get it nl>ove j
freezing inside the house. Water froze
within three foot of tho fire—in fact, j
whore you are now sitting.
"At this time tho noihf\ outside was
deafening. Al>out 1 o'clock tho wind
rose to 150 miles. It was now blowing
a hurricane. The wind, gathering up
ull the loose ice of the mountain, 1
dashed it against the house with one
continued roar. I lay wondering how
, long the building would stand this,
when all at once carne a crash. M
shouted to me to get tip ; but I had
i tumbled out in a hurry on hearing the
glass go. You see. I was dressed, to
keep myself warm in bed.
" < >nr unit* d efforts were hardly equal
! to closing the storm shutters from the
inside, hut we finally succeeded, thottgh
? the lights went out when the wind came
| in, and we worked in the dark."
He rose to show me how the shutters
of thick oak wero first secured by art
iron bar, and sec ndlv by strong wooden
buttons firmly screwed into the window
; frames.
"We had scarcely done this," r -
1 sutned Doyle. "and were shivering ov< r
; the lire, when a heavy gust of wind
at'ain buret oj n ti;<- shutters as easily
as if they had never lv-en fasten- >1 at
all. We sprang to our feet. After a
hard tussle we again ecu rod the win
dows by nailing a cleat t-> the floor,
agaii *t which one end of n board was
fixed, using the other end as a levt r.
| You understand 7" I 'nodded. " Well,
jet en then it was all we could do to
forecAhe abutters back into place, lint
we did it. We bad to do it.
"The rc-t of the night w., . pus-i-d in
momentary expectation that the build
ing would 1 • blown into Tnokennan's
1 ravine, an lwe with it. At t o'clock in
the morning the wind registered iw,
miles. It had shifted then from east to
northeast From this time it ste.idih
fell t<> ten mill A, at o'clock. Thi- was
lie biggest blow . rer •xjri<need fin
the mountain."
"H'ip|ose the house hod gone and
the hotel stood fa t, could you have ef
fected an entrance into the hotel 'f I 1
asked.
"W" could not have faced the gale."
"Not for a hundred feet? not in a
matter of life and death ?"
" Impossible. The wind would have
lifted us from our feet like bags of wool.
We would have lieen dashed against the
rocks and smashed like egg shells," was
the quiet reply.
"And so for many hours yon ex
pected to be swept into eternity V
"We did what we could. Each
wrapped himself in blsnkets and quilts,
binding these tightly around him with
ro|e*, to which were attached bars of
iron, so that if the house wout by the
loard we might stand a chance —a slim
one—of anchoring somewhere, some- ;
how."
l.lfe at f'oncj Island.
All the world begins to journey down
to "the Island." Think of 35,000 as
a lieginning, in an afternoon, taking an
airing in a most friendly, democratic
and trnly Yankee fashion. Seeing and
' l>eing seen, ellmwing and being el
bowed, laughing and being laughed at,
eating, drinking, making crabs of them
selves in holes in the sand, flirting,
selling and Itcing sold, and, in fact,
doing everything that our ingenuity as
an inventive people can devise, and all
good-natnrcdiy. A homogenous lot in
deed, is to be found at this American
Vanity Fair. They pout in by Ixiat and
ears, by carriage and on horseliack, and
they make straight for the long, cool
white shore, as if to collect their senses
in the face of the majesty of old ocean
before trusting them in tho settling,
hustling, noisy crowds about the hotels
and promenades.— Xmr York l^Uer.
A French writer ssys that in the
United Btates the confectionery shops
for ladies are as numerous as the liquor
shops for men. Ameriea.i girla hare a
passion for sweet stuff. They only
leave one bonbon shop to go and sit
down in another. We thought, he
adds, that tho French women were he
worst gourmands of the old and new
worlds. We have now to offer them
our most hnmble excuses.
Mrs. Jenny Idnd floldsehmidt is said
to be worth •1,000,000.
% t . .■% J • -Ml/
tiib family doctor.
To RimmvE 11.000r0u.~-A medical
journal gives the following simple means
of relieving hiccough: Inflate the lungs
as fully as possible, and then press
firmly on tho agitated diaphragm. In a
few soconds tho spasmodic action of tho
muscle will cease.
Bahlkv Watch.- A doctor says : I
have found this useful in private prac
tice to keep up tho strength of a patient:
A cupful of barley in two quarts of
water, allowed to boil two hoars. About
an hour after it is on the flro add a
down stoned raisins; strain before serv.
ing. It aught to be cooked in a jxir
celaiti-lined vessel, or it is apt to dis
color.
It imxo in Bku.— Never road in lied
or in a reclining attitude; it provokes a
ten-ion of the optic uorve very fatiguing
to the eyesight. An exchange says:
Jiatbc your eyes daily in salt water; not
j salt enough, though, to cause a smart
! ing sensation. Nothing is more
| strengthening, and we have known
I several persons who, after using this
simple tonic for a few weeks, hail put
j aside the spectacles they bad used for
. years, and did not resume them, con
tinuing, of course, the oft rcjieated
daily u c of salt water. Never force
1 your eyesight to read or work in insuffi
cient or too broad light. Heading with
the sun"upon one's l*ok is mortally in
jurious to tho eyes.
Mm-k. This article contains all of
' tho elements needed to sustain life in
the young, and is one of the simplest in
use—wholesome, if it is pure. Its
' purity dejiends on tho health of tho pro
duo. r, and that largely on tho quality
of tho food eaten. If at first pure it
1 ina; become otherwise by carelessness.
To keep it in tins made of lead
and nrsc-nie, if it ltocomc* sour,
especially, is to endanger the life
of the f.unil . If uncovered or in
any way ex j.o. Ito fresh paint, or to
filth or poi >n in an; form, it • .on be
come. affected b\ absorption, since
water and all li quid* containing it are
grand purifier, of tho air, the*, impuri
ties 1 mg retained in the liquids
Never kf'p milk in a new)--painte.l
pantr only water, and that to Is
thrown out. - Itr . //. I fun* if or ft.
. Captured by llrigand*.
Mr. S iter has given to a correspond
ent of the I. iidon S: tut tnt at Halonica
an acco :nt of the experiences lie h d
wl.il< a captive of the brigatuLv
"On the r.ight of the capture, imme
diately after *e|>*r#tij)g from lii wife,
1. was burro I off tea distance of twelve
miles from Is* . where lie was hidden
all the follow ; day. Fo- nearly a
fortnight his hiding-place was changed
every night Hi-.arms were kept bound,
and two men were always standing over
him with loaded rifles for two days after
bo was taken. The brigands were com
pi ed of two bands -one of thirteen,
under Captain Aristidi and Ohiorghi
Kt7,iro: the other of twelve, under Cap
tain Nicola. Home of the brigands
were Ottoman Greeks, some Hellenes
1 others < hristian Albanian* and den-rter*
from the Greek army. There was al
ways groat discord U'tween the two
bands and in their quarrel* the captive's
life was often in great danger. Mr.
Hutcr and his captors slept on leaves
upon the ground. The il*v* wore mostly
s|>ent in daneing, drinking and Kinging
when the brigands were not alisent on
foraging exjieditions, and part of their
time was ja*se.l in play in-* cards and in
telling stories of murders and exploits.
The brigands used most profane and
blasphemons language; but tfcey were
superstitions, and were strict in their
religions observances. They fasted the
whole of Lent, and .celebrated Easter
|d V with great solemnity."
Then follown an account of tha nego
tiations for and pymeut of the ransom
leading to the release of Mr. Hutcr. The
corresjmndent adds:
" During Mr. Hcter's captivity sen
tries were always jxmtcd at advantageous
J positions. They wore capes to cover
their arras. The brigands were all capi
tal shots, and well armed. Home of
their rifles were Martini's, of the Tur
kish pattern, and seme were t'hassepots
with Messageries Imperial?* marks, and
one was of Greek pattern. The brigands
hail no in procuring ammu
nition. They were most suspicious of
eing poisoned. Whenever provisions
were brought the peasants were forced
to taste everything. They were well in
formed as to all that is passing in Hal
onica, and in the whole of Macedonia.
They were aupplied with Greek news
l*qier*, and they took a lively interest
in the negotiation*about the ratification
of the Greek frontier."
A Very lUrc Jewel.
A citizen of Atlanta has in hi* posses
•ion a ram natural curiosity in the
shape of an amstiiyst recently found in
Habun county. The peculiar feature
about this amethyst is that it contain* a
drop of water in the center of the stone.
There is a s)>ecimsn of white crystal on
exhibition in .Philadelphia containing
a drop of water, but this i* tho only in
stance on record of an amethyst so pe
culiarly formed.— Atlantu (Go.) d/yvib
It is better to liear injustice than to
do it. •
MOim, AM> KKLIOIOUH.
Ite Trar,
ll- what Dun w HJ'-M' ; || V<! j( ( y ,-rtu I ;
Hold up torsfth tin t-.rrl, .|ivin< ;
Jin what thou J.ry.-*i t,, |„. maAe .
lA>l the KT'-at Master's I*, ihi.-
How love, ami taste it. fniitag. .
How paoe, and rosji it* harvnst bright;
H<w auulx-atriH on tie rock aiel moor
And tind aliarvmt home of light.
tUmar.
Thr l,rt tf li oln ( l.ild.
The laugh of u child will make the
holiest ilay moat sacred. Kfrike with '
hands of fire, oh weird musician, thv i
harp strung with Apollo's golden hair;
fill the vast cathedral aisles with sym
pbonitM sweet and dim, deft toarhfir of
the organ keys ; hlow, hogler, blow,
until thy Hilver notes do touch and ki*H
the moonlit waves and charm the lower*
wandering 'rnid rine-clad hill*. But
you know your swectc*t strains are dis
cord* all, comparcKl with childhood'*
happy laugh the laugh that fill* the
eye* with light and every heart with
joy. Oh. rippling river of laughter!
Thou art the bleued boundary line be
tween l>east* and men and every wav
ward wave of thine doth drown some
fretful fiend of care. Oh, J laughter,
rose-lipped daughter of Joy! there are
dimples enough in thy cheek* to catch
ami hold and glorify all the tears of
(irief.
Itrlitflon* NfHa and Nofra.
The sessions of the international con
vention of the Young Men's Christian
association, which was held recently at
Cleveland, ()., were intercting in many
respect*. The work of the branches of
the association in different States among
various elas-es of young men was re
view 1, and the statements ma le wore
most cnxiuraginr*. It was deided to
hold the next convention two yean
hence iti Milwaukee,
Hi'hop Huntington, a short time ago ,
at Syracuse, N. d , ordained two young
Indians who have been educated for
mi: 'denary w,rk, I'aul Caryl, a chief of
the Kiowa tr:l•. whose Indian name i-<
Zotnm, and David IVrdleton, a Chey
enne, wlio-e Indian name i*Oak< ihater.
The two men were captured on the
plains -'viral y-ars by Unite]
>St.ites trooj .
The annual national conference of
'lie 11 mkar l or German Baptist church
was in s< '•ion in Ashland, < la*t week.
The only college In-longing to this de
nomination i- in this town. It is stated
that more than DtO.OOO persons are con
nect 1 with the church, which employs
about 16,000 minister*.
1 hat the tni' !<<•■* of Andovcr seminary
believe in muscular Christianity is evi
dent from the fact that they employed
Dr. Sargent, instruct<r at the Harvard
gymnasium, to make a physical ex
animation of every student at. 1 to lay
down * course of appropriate exercise.
There are 71,7-1 Methodists in lowa,
an increase of nearly 15,000 in the last
ten tears. In that time the nnmWr of
churches has increased fr< m f-l to t*l3.
Of these ferly-nine are crgaged in Ger
man, eight in Norwegian and nine in
Swedish work.
Fifteen Indian youth from Captain
I'ratt's school, Carlisle, I'a., was re
cently received into the Second Pre sby
terian church at that place.
r<irtnirnese shepherds.
<n the hillside under the cork trees
w. see a child tending her flock and
spinning with distaff and *p ndle. Such
a sight is very common; little girls
have mneh to do with the domestic ani
mals; they run fearlessly between the
long horns of the great, tawny oxen,
and guide them in the way they
shonld go with a shower of blows on
their long-suffering forehead* and mm
xles. Tlioy milk the goaf* and herd
the wine, and grow lithe and Mrong of
limb and nnt-browmof face in the warm
sun. The herdsmen and *heperdesses
beguile tlieir lonely watch with the
peculiar antiphonal songs of the conn
try, which often displav remarkable writ
in repartee on the part of the improvis
atores, a* well a* a ready talent lor
rhyming. Those song* are composed
AS well in Spain as in Porfngal. One
shepherd challenges another to a tour
nament in verse, and begin* by singing
a stanza which is to serve as a key-note
for the whole production, a* well in the
kind of measure to L>e used A* in tnne.
In one of those lyrical ballads, which,
so far a* I know, has never crept into
print, a man begins a song half in ban- *
ter, half in earnest:
" tt I* lietter to love * Jog than to love • wo
man.
For for s piece of gold * woman will leave jot
to grief. .
But the affection of a dog is endless.™
A woman, who perhaps ha* had some
experience of the improvidence as well
a* of the voracity of mankind, replies,
in ready caricature of the other: *
" It is better to feed • dog than to feed • man, '
For with apiece of meat a dog will leave von
in peace,
lint the hunger of s man will last forr-ver."
And the keen, sharp-shooting ia kept *
up tbrongh a long range of topics, the
ball tossrd back and forward from one
skillful composer to another, and when
improvisation fails traditional ltadinage
ia remembered and snug with c pud
gnsto.—//irpe.-V trine.
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