. } From the land of Calboun and Clay; ! make thy song ever At tho God of all pation's command: Our fatherland swoops to both oceans, From the lakes to the far Rio Grande! Great mén of the cast, where fruition Smiles sweet upon heritage won! Strong men of the west, where the glowing Of hopo beckons endlessly on! Brave men of the northland, toll girded, Clear visloned and flr fo thy tesa! Grand mon of the scuthland, tran drured Ia the light of thy sorrow and dead! All! all! let our anthem by over At the God of all nation's epmmeand; Our fatherland swoops to bath oocans, From the lakes to the far Rio Grande; Hero are birthrights nobls in story: Thor, praves of a concerats ¢° Here, mountains and v Thor, echoes of Immortal feocomed! we are bib each oth All these have been pricek sly won! Ris, risa! to the love heloht of brothers, Iavinolale, evermore one! of, doathless, our song shall be seer At to God of all nation's comma Our fathorland sweeps Lo both « From the lakes to the far IN « weds —Ldgar L. Wakeman {a SBoutir AT A NEGRO FUNERAL. Ceremonies of Old Slavery Days Sti Prevailing In the South. Not long since I was visiting one of the towns in upper South Cuolina. 1 and a friend were taking nn aternvon stroll into the adjoining country. Ve had proceeded some distance, and wero passing through a dense wood, when suddenly my companion stopped and nervously inquired: “What's that?” 1 came to a halt, and listened. A weird, mournful sound floated through the ; trees and reached o@r cars. It seemed te come only a short distance; appeared to em- anate from the copse on the other side of the road. We crossed over, and folowed, bent upon iavestigating what it was We had scarcely gained the opposite thieiet when we dobouched into one of those country burial grounds which are t9 be found near every hamlet in South Carolina. It was a strange picture that met our sight, and one that belonged more to heathen lands than our own civilized country, There, around a newly made grive, about twenty five megroos were collected. They all held hands and were slowly moving »o and fro, while they wailed forth dirges, and at inter vals would ejaculate wild, incoberent words, In the midst of the circle, at the head of the grave, an old woman sat who rocked back ward and forward. Her eyes rolled wildly, and she moved in a mechanical way. This was the widow of the deceased, and it was her required part in the ceremony to loudly moan at appointed intervals during the singing. Something in this way their bymn sounded, as nearly as I could catch the words: De white horse he rode, Wid de sickle in he hand, i And slew down our brudder From among our earthly band, A moan! sister, moan! And here the widow would reintroduce her heathenish incantations These were kept up for some time, when suddenly they cessed and the negroes prosicated themselves upon ‘the ground, while the minister, a tall, very dark negro, stood and offered up a prayer After the “amen” was uttered they rose and two of the number took from a basket near some articles with which they decorated the grave, as if they were placing upon the tomb floral offerings. They then slowly formed in procession and silently marched out of the inclosure. My friend and [, curious to decide what the peculiar mode of grave decoration was, proceeded to the spot where an old man was shouldering his spade to quit the place “Why, old man,” sald I, “what are those things they have lelt on the grave! Botiles shoes, a jug! Why, what does it all mean?” “Well, boss,” said the ebony grave digger. with an air of importance, “you see, we puta de articles dat de departed brudder use to uso on de grabe for to keep away de bad sperrits, and I ‘spose it is a sort ob ‘spectfanl way ob treating de memory ob de lost sister or brud der. You see, dars de boitle dat be take the medicine from when he be sick. And dass Jeo jug’ bad de last dram be ds fon joined de temperance meetin’, an’ de boots | ¥poso is de shoes det he gwine to change for de golden slippers dat be put on when be fine de ban’ up yander,” and a beam of placid faith illuminated the old black face. It certainly was a strange sight. Hers wore numberiess graves, all bearing the same pict. uresque decorations. Children's graves were covered with broken toys, tin horns, gan lily colored clay cats, dogs, and owls. One mound was almost bout to the ground with age, and on it rested in dilapidation an old hat and the remnants of a banjo, also a clay pipe, and a coon skin. Near by them was the grave of a blacksmith, with the implements of his crafls wedged in the ground, and rusty horse shoes formed a circle around the mound. «Atlante Constatation, ror w The Short Halr Craze. p the fad The regular “close cut” is ordered, and then follows a coiffure a Ia Cupid. This consists in having what Is called a steam curl, the F HT i it : £ 5 ii E | 5 T : | ber own friends may think of it, ' 08 to the result of its mission, . wer be irre { and women, § | eign sights; pl | description | most eFquist j consiructs { ence that can be | factors earrying thousands at | Papa can't sho is WAY OUT IN ALASKA. A TENDERFOOT'S ACCOUNT OF Mis FIRST TRIP PROSPECTING. | went; Lack has Seen, will be, Now the cup brims o'er; The balanced moment holds abundant peace; Peace in the mild blus heaven overbent, Peace in the tender light, the slumbering breeze, Peace in the wave, as, soft along the shore, Dies the slow ebb of sorrow born content, ~~, W, Weitzel in Overland Monthly, Matrimony in British Honduras. When legal marriages ocour in this region the parents of the couple make all the are rangements between themselves, The tender passion takes early root in the tropics, and ib 8 BOL uncommon to see & bride and groom both under 14 years. When the boy wants to get married he tells his mother all about it. Bhe talks with the father, and if both are willing to accept the girl as heir daughter they repair to the house of her pars ents, taking witd them a chigquibuite of fowls, fruit, bread, ears of dried corn and strings of peppers. They organize a «#t of procession, composed of their relatives and friends, headed by a band of mu ie, thus publicly proclaiming their intention, It is good form for the girl's mother to politely refuse the first request until she has had time to consult the maiden as to her wishes in the watter, and to find out what She sends the procession home completely in the dark If the an- voesbly unfavorable she simply the parents of the would be lover their basket, with contents untouched, if, oy the ontvary, she be inclined to enters tain their proposals, in the course of a wel sends back to {or two she sends to them another chiquilivite filled with similar offerings. — Cor. Philadel. phia Record. New York's Magnificent Harbor, The passage from New York to Staten | Island means a trip across the most magni. | cent harbor the world knows, | that the navies of the universe could oasily A bay so large Tost upon iis inviting bosom, a bay sur- | rounded literally by sheltering islands— Long | Island, Staten Island, | with Jersey's shores beyond. The trip se- | cures you first a view of this quiet expanse, | bowed by high heavens of blue, fringed by | most fuviting 'andscape all round, a surface | 8a of molten silver, through which blow in. | cessantly lively little tugs, alert on busines; | majestic steamers incoming with their happy Manhattan Island, loads of immigrants, or outgoing with men yous with anticipation of for. asure boats of every name, 1; yachts, the the mast costly in hospitable in experi- Laize and erras wmodd, mond in any water upon earth, buge transportation a trip from New York to Long Branch, to Coney Island, the face of the | to Btaten Island, to the Narrows, Rockaway, to the Fishing Banks and everywhere, Joo Howard in Boston Globe Dragging His Yather's Musket. Gen. Hancock used to tell of a child scarcely 6 years old, who, in the midst of the fighting at Gettysburg was seen coming to- wards him with a musket, which the little one was dragging across the fleld, not having the strength to carry it. When near en migh tospeak, a feeble little voice that could scarcely be beard amidst the rattling of mus ketry, the roar of artillery, and the shouts of the struggling men, “Here's my papa’s gun here's his gun, cried out Papa IY else mst is dead, but Norn shoot it any more.™ As the general spoke a kis word, and ordered the little waif to betaken to a place of safoty, “something on the soldier washed off the stains of powder.” The father, like a nu citizens who lived there & cheek nber of the patriotio , bad shouldered his musket and taken part in the defense of the town. The child had strayed after him and seemed to know that be would not like that gun to be idle on such a day. Gon. Horace “orter in Youth's Companion In a Chinese Kitchen, Life in a Chinese kitchen is o the least. Early in the morning, lon ost pood Ch . are awake, the out buying goods {n Fulton Washington markets, At 7 be is ready to give breakfast to early risers or late night owls, He is busy all day, but manages to snatch a nap or two in quiet hours, Evening brings another heron stians ang rush of trade, and not until midnight or later are the lights extinguished and the doors closed for good. Despite this unhy- glenic time talde be seers to thrive. Of the leading cooks of Chinatown not one is weak or sickly. One in particular, who bas a strong pencimnt for the tiger and the green cloth, and has already w and lost more than $100,000, seems as well preserved today as when Lv started in business in Mott street eight years ago, — Harper's Weekly. California's Wild Morning Glory. One of the worst weeds with which the farmers of California bave fo deal is the wild morning glory. John Young, of Als meda county, is experimenting with it. He tried plowing and cultivation, and that was exactly what the morning glory thrived on, Then he plowed deeply, stripped the entire fleld of surface soil to a depth of fourteen inches, and picked out all the roots by band. The wil that remained was soon covered witha fine crop of the weeds. Even the loose dirt which be had piled in heaps yielded a good crop. Next he tried salt, and at last accounts was waiting to see what would be the result. — New York Sun, Just the Difference, Gubbins, in one of the rare moments devotes to the cultivation of his § was reading aloud from a work on “The camel is an animal that can work week without of TEE Roseate Romance of Boundless Wealth and Magnificent Beonery —Foasted by a Hospitable Tudian—His Claim to the Country —A Bad Indiss and Family, On the morning of July 9 we left Douglas City on the favorite and fast sailing canoe Hiak, Capt. Jim (both well and favorably known in Alaskan waters), for g prospecting trip in Lynn canal. As the da ¥ was fine and the wind fair, the sail through (lastineanx, Btephens' passage and Lynn canal was dee lghtful, as each one is Stted with little islands, rising from the wuter'y edge to a height of a thousand feet or tnore, whilst the mountaing on the main land are thousands of feet high, with rageed peaks not unlike the teeth of an old fashioned cross cut saw, tho spaces between the peaks boing filled with glaciers and vhe peaks themselves are covered with perpetual snow, As I am a chee-chuco in the country (that's what my chums eall me) everything appeared wild and pictur. | unations of | admiration every once in a while at the | esque, and as I burst out in exe! soenery, they would my, “Oh, shucks! that sin’ nothing: you | bogies " BOOnery on the Yukon, 1 ought to see The first night we camped on a creek about vhurty miles from Junean, where our native told us there was some quartz. We stayed and examined it, but did not think enough of it to locate it. The next day we arrived at our native's illahee (as be’ called ji at Lynn Canal, and distant miles from Junesy, filled with many idands and teeming with fish, from the mighty whale to the tiny her J, Bituated aby ii ring, while the woods and mountains are full | of game--the small and harmless ground bog | and the large and flerce brown bear. The Indisa who accompanied us is a fine specimen of his race, as be stands over six feet in bis bare fect, and weighs over 200 pounds, He is a Mormon in proclivities, for ho has a number of wives, who appear well satisfied with him as their lord and master, and I could see no sign of the green eyed monster. He is a bear hunter by occupation, an enthusiast in that line, and many were | the stories and hair breadth escapes he roe | lated. I can well believe he is a good hunter, | $s his larder is woll stocked with fish, flesis | and fowl; his wives were brown, fat and greasy; his dogs, of which he had seven, were all in splendid condition, and that is more than can be sid of most Indian dogs. Hoe told us the peculiarities of each, and showed us the many wounds they bad re ceived in the encounters with bruin. He also showed us the hole where be buried the bears’ beads, and thers must have been twenty skulls in it. 1 inquired of him why he did 80, and be told me, ** Bear all sme In. dian; by and by be go to the uappy rooting ground.” Asa host he is a prince, and right royally ho treated us to all kinds of pame put up in Indian style We had smoked porcupine pus up in seal oll, snd ove of our erowd who pre tends to be an epioure said it was delicious; there were seals fippers cooked in grease, which were not dissimilar to pig's feet; baked ground bog stuffed with mise ls, which gave the hog a fishy taste and im proved the flavor of the mussels, His benr's bead cheese was actually immense, and there Were many more dishes too numerous to mention. He showed many kinds of roots and berbs good for food and medicine He also showed his canned halibut, books and ail of his dancing His beadgear and mask coe him $50; it was wild and une mth, and was carved out of yellow ondar, It bad a large nose like a parrot’s beak, eyes made of mother of pearl, a touth which conta ned the teeth of the onl att i outlet, * UR NORGE ¢ wlth yo Vsiwall dortor from the hide of ¢ sauras, hair made from the kers. His hunt carving on the ark, ears made sea Lion's whis. Sues Proseited some sotiing except + ther places he wanted to 8 and we would have gone with Lim he party bad attack ry reminatism, The native told extent of his territory, and said he white men prospecting on his dor Bim $2.00 pes r his koow vi He said the land and water ged 10 bis ancestors from time immeno- s and be inquired if white men ow ings amount of land would allow ev ory. body on it. His argument brought { weibly a0 acules wer om Bmlar ¢ 10 our miod the “bloated bondholders™ of America and the land question that is now agitating the British empire, where Jo dukes and earls are holding bundre miles square that their ancestors acquired by might, while be claims his by right The only difference I see between them and this Indian is that be will be glad to see vou hunt or fish on his supposed country, while if you caught a trout in their waters or shot a pheasant in their woods you would got about five yours Bo wo parted with feslings of regret, prom- ising to return if the Hoonah springs cured our companion. We ran across two men looking for fresh water, communicative, so we con. committed sotne Bigs juj; i = - fil | ! 8 § the | forty | It is a beautiful bav, | VERSES Making Post Obit Investments, fs They Are CallodmBuying Logucies of People With ExpectationsTenefits and Lossow of the Buriness, It was in a real estate broker's office or Court street, and the time was after der Tho broker liad Just disposed of a big brick swell front house on Commonwealth avenue with as nvch case and as little difffealty us you could sell a pint of peanuts nt a cattle fair. Lo was a mon of busiie wh, that broker | was, and fo use an exprosion which lis dee lighted in, he liked to see things go st the {fist “eraci,” | I rather liked him, althouch I was uot | “stuck” on bim, for I wos tauzht in my earl {der and innocent days to be eantious in ay | dealings with the mun who talked 1 Pinon ns { col bloodedly to ms es an Anarchist hurls a i bomb at a czar of all the Russias, I “You buy legacies? I remarked. Such a flat, stale nnd unprofitable remark, 1 | thought, beside the vigorous and prolonged | push which ha gave to his alaceitogs vorab. | ulary, “Yew” ho replied, “I make and have made 8 preat many contingent Investinoent ou te obit sbinents I thom will {| paroeive that my business Is 1 novel ons, in unt east, It bal frou ue } rence in Bugland a young man who has been beguea a sum of money, or lefi { some read ost wh prop bis guardian FER BHO. Of Liisi « ate, Yo sell hiarieht to iy, the buyer, of course, not 1 | benefit until the desth of some i uncle, aunt aor parent, Of course we Lako no | chances on simple wills of living persons, as such persons ny change their wills a dozen thoy WW would we bo if we did? Lhe rive i mid wot adloat, you bet, BENEVITE GF THE BUSINESS “Let me give you an fibutration of the i bonefite of this business Only a few days ago mn sailor chap stops in here. Says he, ‘I've Just coma ashore, having laid alongside oie of | Uncle Bam's guns for years, 1 haven't a nick, | ye son, nnd a chap #8 would like to go with me ! to sow Jake Kilrain and Joo Lanoon maul | each other give me the tip that I sell what | right § bas in the property lf me and te | brother by the old man. 1 oan't gets pick until the ole woman dies, and although she's near 90, shiver me timbers if Fdon't think it) be a big break before she goes aloft. So, ye soe, 1 gows to me brother, and axes him what | bg'll give me fur my share. Be tells me that | my share ain't worth u schooner of beer. I'm disheartened, d'ye sew, until this chap as | wants te soe the fight - a feller as reads, he is, though he does booze tells me that you could domenp N if ye can, and does, I''n ne tar if ¥ don't drink yer health more'n wunst Yo soe, cap'n, we want to got & poop at the mauling.” "Yuestioning the fellow Surther, | was assured. that bis claim was solid, and I offered Git $500 for it at the first crack. He went away and soon returned withthe information that bis brother bad abandoned the schooner of beer theory, and would give him £1,000 in cold cush, 1 went the brether $200 better, however, and wo closed the trade, “Ho, you se, | have not ss Fel received & copper in return for my expenditure, and won't until the saflor's mother died Of cotirse, the chances are against her living long enough to euchre ine out of my investment, You most remember there are cass where the principal sud compound interest of the som advanced may in tine exoeod the sum realised fn the end * You see, some old women never die. What's to kill them? Having passed through all the critical stages of womanhood, leading exemplary lives, go over the river fre We'd be ln 0, Ww, tiring carly and not arising too earl ing toa and eating tosses, wiry want they tive long igh to balls me! Some dap far aw may dry ug then | linve a show to make You see this busines is the reverse of life BEY While the life § man is taterested in the prolongation of human life, tee legacy Layer looks upon death ss the TAN aE of Di maken ke 4 (#41 1 i] UTA LOe bam who unio the safety deposit heart of sald Thos the dark pall be vaults ves, and egacy buyer happy comer an immaculate wedding garoent.” THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUSTERRD Ho went on: “I'll oll you another thing It often happens that this cont invest ints operates In favor the one takes the risk and the « is the Thus, to protect myself, I frequently got the life of the man in question insured for ® sun eX pociaa bes ngent of who ’ i he dies before I got my lege I am protected by the insure It has a hap pened that | get my share all right, while the man who is osured, or his family, is not left either, “But I do wish I had thos old ladies, good souls, off my bande. veg three of them already, and may have more before winter thaws out in the lap of spring. However, 1 prefer them to some of the beats | come in contact with, You can't imagine the numer 34 jual £9 the FT why y. 8 a ¥ ous forces against which I am obliged to | believes to be in the inter- wants to be | work sometimes amerupulons trustees and such wide scope for a man who | crooked. Now, if I buy a legacy from a fel low there Is nothing 0 prevent him from ; Selling it again to some other man The | oourts in this state have decided that the in- vestment bel te the first purchaser, Therefore, if a fellow comes in here to offer me a legacy for sale, bow do | know that be has not already sold 14 to somebody else? “Bat you ought to gee the array of cranks with whom | bave #0 deal” he went on “Why, they come lume from all parts, from all clases and conditions, imagining that they have got some mosey Ued up somewhere, | Why, I had a womun come in bere not long i ago who told me that Jay Gould held §500,- {| O00 in trust for he, and that she would sell | #6 for twothirds, Of course, she did not fool Dishonest legacy hunters, There is a y and blow off; H % $1.00 The Largest, Che apest and Best Paper in the County. The Democrat is bound to be abreat of the times and willconstantly and con- sistently advocate what I ests of the people. 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