LjiILAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. J TOWANDA: I fljnrtlwo illorninn, 3nnc 17, 1858. | gtlctttb f oetrp. A RAIN DREAM. IV WILLIAM CULLKK BKYAKT. I these tumnlts of the noisy world. fl„ Fraud- the coward, tracks his prey by stealth. ■ *streu* lh - the ruffian, glories in his guilt, the heart with sadness. Oh, my friend, *rener mood we look upon ■Llo,miest aspects of the elements I . lhe WOO th his little hands faitake theco.>l, clear water, raising it tav-.: his pretty lips. T- -morrow noon I' * proudly will the water-lily ride pae trimming pool, o'erlooking, like a queen, Etr c.nies of broad leaves. In lonely wastes, aext the sun-hine makes them beautiful, >J-~ -p.- of butti-rflies .L:tll light to drink i: tae replenished hollows of the rock. N' v slowly falls the dull blank night, and still, A :h the starless hours, the mighty lUin !■- :c- with perpetual souud the frest leaves, Aid teats the in itted grass, and still the earth ..' tis Ik- unstinted bounty of the clouds ; - ks for her cottage wells, her woodland brooks : • a- f r the springing trout, the toiling Lee, Hi brooding bird ; drinks for her tcuder flowers, •- iiks, and all tae herbage of her hills. Amelancholj sound is in the air, A deep sigh in the distance, a shrill wail Arand my dwelling. 'Tis the wind of night ; Rely wanderer between earth and cloud, ■'•'•be l-la k shadow and the chilly mist, 1 •? the streaming mountain side, and through -" pping woods, and o'er the plashy fields, •"•"ix.ng and sorrowing still, like one who makes •S'j 'Emey of life alone, aud nowhere meet* Avelcume or a friend, aud still goes on -darkness. Yet awhile, a little while, Asd he -ha!! toss the glittering leaves in play, Ard dally with the flowers, and gaily lift -es.tnorris reached around, took the cigar from friend's mouth, and presenting it to Mad 'J 8 ® Squeamish quietly asked, " Which end - was lighted, madame ?"' There was a •-neral roar among the passengers, and the ■H'lady wilted." Judge P., of Indiana, has his ecrentri ,e! hut an abler jurist can scarcely be found " *est. A young windy lawyer was once ~ a plea in a manslaughter case before .J judge. The lawyer talked beautifully, but 1 ke points in the case. As he ,■/ fboot closing the judge asked him which e b Was oa y o ur honor I" the astonished lawyer. "Thou," said r, 'f. **•> " why tbe dcnce dont't you say so ?" 118 strictly true. Peep into a Turkish Harem. BY MRS. SARAH BARCLAY JOHNSON. The following interesting account of Miss Barclay's visit to the Turkish Harem will be read with interest. The accompanying article is from advance sheets of a new work by that lady, entitled " Hadji in Syria." It was with no little pleasure that I accepted an invitatiou from the Bash Catib, whose office is next in rank to that of the Pacha, to spend a day with thein. They had proved themselves true friends ; but apart from this I had long been anxious to obtain a sight into harem life. On enteriug the house I was greeted with the usual cry of welcome, "Aldan Wassahlan," iu which every occupant of the harem united. Even tbe slaves ran to the door clapping their hands, and making the noisiest manifestations of delight. Five minutes after I had taken my seat, fingans of office and pipes were hand ed in which I attempted to join them, but the effort proved a signal failure. The delicate workmanship of the tiny cups containing the coffee by no moans exempt one from a burnt tongue, uor makes palatuble tiie unsweetened beverage, for the charm of Turkish coffee (with some,) consists in its being boiling hot, and the absence of Sugar. The narghileh, so temp ting to the eye, with its crystal urn and amber mouth-piece, was soon lai i aside with disgust which I fear was hardly understood by my Turkish friends who so highly appreciate these luxuries that most of their time is devoted to their enjoyment. There is but one Turkish lady on my list of acquaintance who can boast of their ability to read and write. Her preseuce afforded some variety to the trivial subjects generally discussed ; for she not only possesses the rare accomplishments of reading and writing ; but has improved them, and her conversation showed that she was conversant with the Korau and other text-books rf Mahommedan faith.— In addition to this a pilgrimage to Mecca, and a hand ever ready to relieve the wants of the poor, have secured for her a wide-spread fame. About noon, dinner was announced, not how ever, before each one had washed her hands and face, and observed the usual forms of prayer. A large round waiter was placed on a stool richly inlaid with pearl, and npon it little dishes in endless variety were temptingly displayed. Among thein confections prepared from rose leaves and apricots, transparent jel lies and soups composed of a variety of nuts.— Cucumbers scooped out and filled with rice and minced meat, a favorite dish, and another almost as popular, a bowl of minute cylinders of dough, dried in the sun, ami then mixed in a sauce of butter and sugar. Cushions laid on the floor were substituted for chairs ; but alas, for knives and forks ! In their stead my only resort was a wooden spoon. The favorite wife, and the queen of the harem, frequently handed me morsels o. food with her own henna-tipped fingers, intended as a mark of great honor. Having done full justice to our elegant lit tle dinuer,the luxurious divan was resumed, and a warm discussion entered upon as to the man ner of spending the afternoon. The bath was proponed by some, but a dissenting voice was heard from the seat of honor, where the chief ladv, gracefully reclined, in favor of music and dancing. A messenger was accordingly dispatched for tamborines and dancing women —for in the East dancing is considered far beneath any hut the poorer class, who make it a trade, and charge a certain sum for their services on festive occasions. I heir dancing consists in a few undulating movements of the body, not ungraceful, anil accompanied by the castenet and the taraborine. My European dress caused them as much amusement as their curious apparel afforded me, and they were not satisfied until we had exchanged costumes. A mirror was brought into requisition, in which they wonderingly surveyed the change wrought by the sport.— A large number had assembled to see the lady from the " new world," and they were very curious to know something about the manners and customs of my country. Great was their surprise on hearing of the liberty enjoyed by their Western sisters which, strange to say, although I used all the terms of enthusiasm my knowledge of Arabic could command, they did not seem at all to covet. Tliev could not conceive of a woman possessing a soul. On asking one of them what would become of her after death, she replied " I shall be put under ground—nothing more." "And your husband," said I, " will he be doomed to the same fate?" " Oh, no," she sadly replied, " he will be taken above, and there enjoy all the delights of paradise." Among them were some lovely Georgians profusely adorned with sparkling jewels and purest of Orient pearls. There were few besides these with any pretensions of beauty Nearly all however, had the soft gazelle eye so often apostrophized by poets. I left them, feeling more grateful than ever for the light I enjoyed, and the hope of bliss ful immortality, and ardently desiring to share with them my own glorious civil and religious privileges, which wouid at once release them from the leading cause of their degradation — the tyranny exercised over them by their hus bands, who" can put them away for any reason, every reason, nnd no assignable reason. I can but feel emotions of the deepest in dignation at the painful recollection of quite a pretty young girl, who was inhumanly divorced by her bard-hearted husbaud before either of them was twelve years of age, simply because he saw a more beautiful girl aud was unfortu nately able to buy her. Oh ! the inexpressible and by us inconceivable wretchedness flowing from this awful traffic in female flesh—the burning shame and the crying sin of Oriental life ! Love, of course, is a plaut that will thrive in no such soil. Indeed, it seems to be ; rather an exotic in the Orient at this day cul tivated ouly here aud there as a mere pot house plant. While memory performs her functions, I shall never forget tbe impression made on my mind when witnessing the anguish of a poor PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." ! girl, as she went along weeping to the house of a brutal old monster, who had brought her for his pandemonium harem. Nor is it the father and husband alone who thus tyran nize over tbe degraded women of the east.— The authority of the brother in the event of the death of the father, even though the mother is still living is quite as absolute. He can beat them without mercy and impu iity, and though he may be younger than his seven sisters, it is he alone that sells them to their heartless hus bands, or iu other words, the uionster who will give the most for them. Happily now, however, this is rather a rare case, owing to the ascendency of Frank influ ence. Indeed, the Orientals are extremely im pressible by the example of their more civilzed neighbors. Several incidents may serve to il lustrate this. On first arriving at Jerusalem the male portion of the family were always served first, when we were hinded refreshments at their houses ; but, seeing that we observed the very reverse order of things, they soon im itated our example. The veil lias also often been stealthily drawn aside in imitation of our non-observance of a strauge custom of smoth ering oneself. In cases of cruel treatment by their husbands, such as dashing any missile at them which may chance to lay in their way, brating them with sticks,and otherwise causing the blood to flow, our remonstrances have not unfreqnently proven effectual. As may be imagined the more sensitive of these maltreated creatures are thus rendered very miserable, even entreating for poison in some instances, to put an end to their existence as well as that of their cruel masters. It is well known tint while Oriental women arc taught to believe that they have no souls, they are impressed with the idea that their husbands will revel in delight in the bowers of Paradise, where each will have a harem of any number of black eyed-houris, varying from seventy to seveuty thousand, to administer to his happi ness. But notwithstanding this, these depriv ed creatures are very religious, so tar as bodily exercise goes, strictly observing their many fasts and festivals, and devoting much of their time to prayer. And their prayers al though so complicated, lengthy, and fatiguing are not confined to their mosques or their homes ; but whether visiting or on any excur sion of pleasure, they no sooier hear the sono rous voice of the muezzim, than their girdles, sheets or mats are spread, their faces, arms, hands and feet bared, and they commence the intricate process of prayer. Not twice or thrice a day, but five times do, these deluded creatures go throught their genuflexion and prostrations, thus setting us an example,which if imitated, to but a limited extent, would prove not only a blessing to ourselves,but reflex ly to them. One day we bad a visit from several of the harems of the nobility, numbering twenty la dies and half as many slaves,but although away I from home, they sent their slaves to the well for water, performed their ablutions, and each one immediately on the cry of the muezzim, devoutly prayed. Of course, their veils and sheets were laid aside, and I was not a little amused at the great commotion by the sudden | entrance into the court of a Turk, while they j were eating with uncovered faces. The slaves set up a loud scream, and terror struck ran in every direction for their mistress' veils. As for the mistresses themselves, it was actually dis trussing to hear their painful cries—and such was their effect on the unfortunate intruder,that he made a precipitate retreat amid their shouts of " Roohee ! roohee !"—away ! away ! Gratitude is one of their redeeming qualities! What will the ungrateful lady of the Occid ent think of her Oriental sisters abasing them selves to kiss the feet of a dispensor of medici nes, to show their appreciation of soine slight medical services lie may have rendered thein ? I have seen a lady of the upper circles of Jerusalem society struggling to perforin this too, in spite of an uncultived mind and soul. The education of Oriental woman is not only entirely neglected, but strongly reprobated by public sentiment—almost the sola arbiter of j manners and customs in t hat country, if not in ; this. Indeed, must not this necessarily result from the contempt and servitude in which she is held ? Among rich and poor, in the faimily j of the Effendi and Fellah, she is alike igno- j rant. Her accomplishments consist in being able to cook, arrange her turban gracefully, ! and administrate to the every whim of her doting husband ! Odious as he must too often j be, yet she has no other God than her husband and to gratify him with the strictest obedience is the most praiseworthy of all good works she can perform. Love is ingenious in reasons, or at (east in pretexts. Sometimes they are very flimsy ones. Every body remembers the young lady who assigned as a reason for gcttting married, that she thought a wedding in the family would ; "amuse the children." Here is another little humbug, equally specious. " Bridget," said a young lady to her servant Bridget Conley, " who was that you were talking with so long, at the gate, last night?" "Sure, no one but me eldest brother, ma'am," replied, Bridget, with a flushed cheek. " Your brother, I didn't know you had a brother.— What is his name?" "Barney Octoolain.— ma'am." " Indeed ! how comes it that his name is not the same as yours?" "Troth, ma'am," replied Bridget, " he has been married once." THE DANGERS or INDOLENCE. —Indolence is one of the vices from which those whom it once infects are seldom reformed. Every o'her species of luxury operates upon some appe tite that is quickly satiated, and requires some concurrence of art or accidence which every place will not supply ; the desire of ease acts j equally at all hours, aud tbe longer it is indul ged is the more increased. To do nothing is iu man's power; we can never want au oppor nity of omitting duties. The lapse of indolence is soft aud imperceptible, because it is only a mere cessation of activity ; but the return to diligence, is difficalt, because it implies a change from rest to motion, from privation to reality. The Guano Trade. An intelligent gentleman, who has been employed in loading a ship with guano at the Chincha Islands, on the coast of Peru, has communicated to us some interesting intorma tion with respect to the trade. He has been at the islands at three different times, and near ly six mouths in all. The last time he was there was in the fall and summer of 1856. He I says that he found at times five hundred sail of vessels together, loading with guano, gener | ally large ships. One ship was tons ; burden. Not less than three hundred sail of vessels are now at the islands, loading for the United States, Spain, Portugal, France, and English and German ports. Some cargoes are sent to Constantinople and some to Russian ports in the Black Sea. This was before the war in the Crimea. The Russian trade will now open again, both from tho Black Sea aud the Baltic. Freights are high ; JL'6 10s are often paid per ton for Liverpool and Hampton Roads. Generally tea shillings more a ton freight is paid to Europe. At the rate which guano is now shipped from the Chincha Islands, it will be exhausted in six or eight years —not a ton will be left. Twenty thousand tons are sometimes removed in a single day. These islands are about one hundred miles north from Callao. The longest of the group is two miles in length and a quarter of a mile wide, but contains only a small quantity of guano. The most northerly island is the small est, being about a mile in length by half a mile in breadth. Guano on this island is two hun dred and fifty feet deep. The island contains a Chinese settlement of Coolies, about a thou sand in number, who are employed in digging guano and loading the vessels. A task is giv en thein each day, and if the gang fail to iret out the given number of wagon loads, of two tons each, a day, their bondage is continued a longer period to make it up ; so many months or days being added a3 wagon loads are want ing. The Coolies arc cheated into the belief that they are to be shipped from China to Califor na and the gold diggings, and are further de ceived by the offer of a free passage. The knowing Chinese, or Mandarins, ship them. The ship master carries them to the coast of Peru, and sells the cargo of living Chinese to the Peruvian government for his freight money. All this time the Chinamen are kept in irons and confined below in the hold of the ship.— The Peruvian government purchases the cargo of living Coolies, paying the Yankee or E ig lusli captain a round sum for his care, diligence and labor in stealing Chinamen from their homes to be sent into the guano mines of Peru for life, or for live or seven years, and to be held in bondage or peonage to pay tiieir pas sage to the glorious land of the -bkij. The guano is hard and can only be broken up with the pick-axe. It is then broken and shovelled into the wagons, and rolled from the nhutes into the vessels. No person can go upon or come away from the island without a pass, as they are guarded by more than one hundred armed soldiers be longing to Peru. The Peruvians send all their prisoners of state into the guano mines, say about two or three hundred, where they are let out to work ' by day, and at night shut up in their colls,with 1 only two meals per day. These prisoners are 1 generally provided with wives or female com- ; puiiions, who have been permitted to go the islands, nnd hire themselves out for woik and j prostitution. They are mostly Indians,natives ! of the country. There is no fresh water on the | islands, and each vessel is compelled by law to carry a ton of fresh water there for every hun- j dred tons burden of the ship. The oldest cap- j tain in the fleet from each nation is appointed I Commodore, and hoists his flag as such on his | ship, where all disputes are settled. Indeed j the municipal laws of the islands and the fleet j are decidedly of Yankee origin. The islands are about ten miles from the ! main land, and are composed of new red sand- | stone. The guano is not at all bird dung, but i is largely composed of the mud of the ocean ; ' that brought from Peru, is so, at least. When . anchors are hoisted into the ship from the hold- j iug ground of the vessels along the Peruvian ; coasts, large quantities of mud, of a greenish j white color, are brought up, and this mud, when dried, makes guano equally good with the i guano taken from the islands. The birds and seals come upon the island when the people are not at woik, but it does ' not appear that their dung or decayed bodies are more than a foot deep on any of the islands. Fish are taken in great abundance about these islands, as are also seals, which come there in large schools. Sea lious also abound. The j composition taken front the islands, called gu- j ano, is stratified, and lies in the same form it i did before it was lifted up from the bottom of; the ocean. Our informant, says that a geological exam ination of the islands will satisfy any man that j the guano ships are bringing away from these j islands a very difiereut thing from the dung of birds or decomposed animals. Gibbs & Bright, of Liverpool, have a lease of the Guano Islauds from the Peruvian gov ernment for five years, which expired in 1851, but hope to get their lease renewed. This house pays the Peruvian government ahont $1 50 a ton for the privilege of taking nil the guano from the islands, the government furnishes the men to dig tiie gnano. The ships that loud at the islands are mostly ships chattered to carry a cargo, or are sent there by the owners to take away a cargo, honght ot Gibbs & Bright, who have the eu tire monopoly of the trade. GOOD AND EVIL. —It is curioos to observe how good ar.d evil are merely harmonious qu alities. Thus health is the regular and har monious function of every part of the physical organization, while illness is a morbid or irre gular action. Doing good is the result of men tal health, and iu the same way, crime arises from an inharmonious action of the mental or gans. Wickedness of all kinds may be classed as "moral insanity," in fact, but is none the less deserving of punishment. (From the Graham's Town (S-A.) Jonru.il.) Perilous Adventure with a Tigress. About a month ago, a man named Wiiitboy Stuart, residing at the Zwarts Ruggens, went out at daylight one morning in searcii of a horse, and while strolling about the neighbor hood in which he resides, his attention was at tract towards a bush, by the yelping of three young dogs that had followed him from his home. On approaching the spot to which the sound directed him, lie was startled to find that his canine companions had joined a beau tifuly spotted tigress, that was lying on its back,w ith which they appeared to be enjoying a very satisfactory romp. Upon perceiving the man, the animal sprang to its feet, and Wiiit boy, though a noted hunter, and an athletic, bold and active man retreated from the spot, being unarmed except with a small switch or stick. The tigress pursued him, and finding that he lost ground, he resolved on wheeling about and facing the animal which, with one blow of its paw, tore away part of his cheek, and would, with the violence of the concussion, have knocked him to the ground, had in not been for the support he received from a small bush near him, which prevented him from fall back. Probably to this circumstance he is in debted for his life, for with the tigress above him he would have been perfectly powerless. Wiiitboy struck at the savage beast with the switch in his possession, but this fell from Ins hand. To preserve his face, he now assum ed a pugilistic attitude, when the tigress seized hold ot his arm : with his other hand he then picked up a stone, which he placed in the jaws of the enraged brute to prevent his arms from being bitten in two. This done, he next seized his opponent by the throat, aud placed his knee on her nock- Fortunately, the dogs, though young, now harrassed the enraged an imal, and tlius kept its paws engaged. The man then drew his arm out of the jaws of the animal, but when he had almost extricated it, the stone f<-II out, and the aniinall seized his hand, which was so severely bitten a* to be dis abled. With the other lie now took the stone and battered the tigress' nose and teeth. In this position, and in the greatest agony,he was two hours contending with his enemy. He had a knife in his pocket, but the other hand having been rendered helpless, he could not open the blade. He now contrived by main strength to move himself and the tigrejs to the spot where the switch lay, about six yards off. The struggle of the two combatants became quite terrific ; the ground was trampled quite hard, and the spot covered witii blood. Re duced to the last extremity, and believing the animal to be in a similar state, he resolved on encouraging the dogs to attack her while he jumped up and ran off. After mulling for anout three hundred yards, he looked around, and found the dogs coming on alone. He then hastened to a farmer's house to request assistance. They visited the spot, and curiously examined the small clumps of trees, but having no dogs on which they could depend the search was soon given up, and the wounded man carried to his home. His wounds were dressed, and he lay in a precari ous state for four weeks, having twice been attacked with the lockjaw. His sufferings were intense, one arm being entirely disabled, and the lower parts of his body severely lacer ated. He was engaged altogether two hours and a half. Hopes, however, were indulged, two days before our informant left the locality, that a sound constitution and powerful nerves would sustain him, and that lie would ultimate ly recover from the injuries which must have proved inevitably fatal to one of less physical power. The conflict of Whitboy and the tigress will rank amongst the most marvellous adventures with beasts of prey iu this country. WHAT MADE AUNT MILLIE HAPPY. —"Why are you always happy, Aunt Millie ?'" asked little Jamie. " Because everybody is good In me, Jamie." " Whv is'nt every body good to tny papa, aunty ? He is always fretful ; he says very body tries to burt him ; what makes every body try to cheat and vex my papa, aunty ?" A shadow fell over Aunt Millie's facp, and site became silent, Jamie stood still, looking at her. At length he asked, " Aunty were you always happy ?" Aunt, Millie's work dropped from her hands "No ! my dear hoy. But, fen years ago I left off speaking ill of everybody ; and in stead, I tried to see excellencies in ail people's characters, and good in their conduct. Since that time they have all treated me kindly I do think the same people are better than they I were when I saw only their shady side. Their j good is more positive than it was before I i sought it—when I expected only evil of them, i In some way looking lor it seemed to nurture i the tendency to the good in others ; as the sun ' shining on the cold,dark ground,makes it warm, j developing flowers and ripening fruit. I seek j only good, and receive only good. Ought I not to be happy, Jamie ?"— Life Illustrated. process by which oysters make their shells is one of the most singular phenomena in natural science. A London oysierman can tdi the age of his flock to a nicety. The age of this bivalve is not to be found out by look ing in his mouth. It bears its age on its back Everybody who has handled an oyster shell must observe that it seemed as if composed of succc-sive. layers or p'ates overlapping each other. These technically called " shoots," and each of them marks a year's growth,so that by counting them, the year when the creature came into the world can at once be determined. Up to this time of its maturity, the shoots are regular nnd successive ; but after that time they become irregular, and are piied over the other,so that the shell becomes more thick ened and bulky. Judging from the great thick ness to which oyster shells have attained, the molin is capable, if left to its natural changes, unmolested of attaining a patriarchal age. BSy-Tbe virtue of prosperity is Uraperance , tho virtue of adversity is fortitude. XIX. —NO. 0. THE USEFUL ASOTHE BEAUTIFUL, —The tomb | of Moses is unknown ; but the traveller slakes j his thirst nt the well of Jacoo. The gorgeous i palace of the wisest and wealthiest of moil archs, with the cedar, and ivorv, and even the great temple at Jerusalem, hallowed by the visible trlorv of the Deity himself, are gone ; but Solomon's reservoirs are as perfect as ever. Of the ancient architecture of the Holy City I not one stone i? left upon another ; bat the I pool of Bethseda commands the pilgrim's ref erence at the present day. The columns at i Persepolis are raou! ering into dust ; but its | cisterns and aqueducts remain to challenge our admiration. The golden house of Nero is a mass of ruins ; Aqua Claudia still pours into Home its 'impid stream. The temple of tbu sun at Tndmor in the widerness has fallen - f but its fountain sparkles in its rays, as wheu thousands of worshipers thronged itsjofty col onnades. It may be that London will share the fate of Babylon, and nothing be left to mark its site save mounds of crumbling brick work. The Thames will continne to flow as it does now. And if any work of art should rise over the deep occean of time, we may well believe that it will be neither a palace nor a temple, but some vast aqueduct or reservoir ; and if any name should flash through the mist of antiqnity, it will be that of the man who sought the happiness of his fellow-men rather than glory, and linked mem ory to some gr at work of national utility or benevolence. This is the true glory which outlives all others, and shines with undying lustre from generation to generation, imparting to works something of its own immortality and rescuing them a from the ruin which over takes the ordinary monuments of historical|tra ditiou or mere magnificence. ABOUT GARTERS.— A lady correspondent of the Mtlwaukie Wisconsin discusses the garter question with a familiarity with the subject to which few gentlemen can lay claim. We think her argument settles the question. She says : " You will take notice, (It will be quite as well to take your word— Devil,) that just abova the knee there is no hollow or depression in which a garter could be retuined.no projection on which it could be made to hold. The ac tion of the muscles in walking would surely dis place an elastic put there, as they project quite as far if not beyond the knee pan, and would therefore cause it to slide downwards until ar rested by the swelling muscle that forms tho calf of the leg. As legs were made before stockings, wo can hardly supjrose that this hol low was j urposely for elastic, but whether it was or was not, we make use of it as the pro per place to attach our garters to keep our stockings in place while on promenade. This is the only spot where garters can be retained with any comfort, the spot designated by Na ture arid made use of by ladies who have well formed limbs. Those women who resemble men in their shape may perhaps tie their garter above the knee, but they are exceptions to the general rule." A HERD OF EI.KPHA.VTS.—The elephants came nearer and nearer. We discharged our rifles in the air, the Bedouins, applying tho bucklers to their lips, giving utterance to cries reverberating in the most terrific manner.— There was a moment of silence, as though the monstrous herd had hesitated ; soon it resum ed its and overwhelmed the spot we had just quitted like a torrent whose every drop s lould be a gignnt'c block of bes 1 The valley was too narrow for this huge pro cession of creatures pushing against each other with terrific snorts, and violent blows of trunks resounding from each other's hides. Their tread shook the earth, the upturned forests bowed beneath their feet, and enormous brunch es split with a terrible crash. The air whis tled with the oscillations of the summit of the trees, the roosting birds were hurled from their perches like bullets from a sling. The hyena and jackal 1 fled with veils of terror. The re ports of our rifles might have been taken for signal guns half drowned in a storm. When we resumed our route next morning, our path was interrupted at each step by a falleu tree ; enormous branches, hanging by strips, threat ened to fall on us- at every iustant. Wherever the gigantic herd had passed, the valley seem ed devasta'ed by the fury of a tempest. —• Reminiscences of Travel in Abyssinia. £*AY* EVERY man has at times in his mind tha idea of what he should be, but it is not. Tho ideal may be high and complete, or it may bo quite low and insufficient ; yet in all men that reality seeks to improve. Perhaps no one is satisfied with himself, so that be never wishes to be wiser, letter and more lirrlv. Man never falls so law that he can see nothing higher than hitnclf. This ideal which we project, ns it were, out of ourselves, and seek to make real —this wisdom, goodness, and holiness, which we can aitn to transfer our thought to our life —has an action more less on each man, render ing him dissatisfied with his present attain ments, and restless, unless he is becoming bet ter. With some men it takes the roses out of the cheek, and forces them to wander a long jiilgriinnge of temptations before they reach the delectable mountains of tranquility, and liud " rest for the soul, under the Tree of Life." is not a perpetual moping over good books. Religion is not even prayer, praise, holy ordinances—these are necessary to religion—no man can be religions without them. Bat religion is mainly and chiefly tho glorifying of God amid the duties and trials of the world ; the guiding our course amid th" adverse winds and currents of temptations by the starlight of rtuty and the compass of divine truth ; the bearing ns manfully, wisely, courageously through for the honor of Christ, our great Leader, lu the conflict of life Coird. SfiyA dandy, with a cigar ID his mdtith er tered a menagerie, whea tho proprietor asked him to take the weed from his mouth, lest he should learn the other moukeys bad habits