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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 <H and fields! Let us awhile,
wind is rolling up the storm,
leave this maze of dusty streets,
and upon the darkening air
■L from the shelter of our rural home.
I Vha is not awed that listens to the Rain,
his voice before him ? Mighty Rain !
-aland -teeps are shrouded by thy mists ;
.tiies are gloomy with thy shade ; the pools
' ~,.r glimmer, and the silvery streams
rtea to veins of lead at thy approach,
iirhty Itaiii I already thou art here ;
■deverv roof is beaten by thy streams,
id us thou passest, every glassy spring
o*, rough, and every leaf iu all the woods
,: k and quivers. All the hill-tops slake
(i r thirst from thee ; a thousand languishing fields,
t„ .sand fainting gardeus ate refreshed ;
u i-aud idle rivulets start to speed,
• .r.tii the graver murmur of the storm
cad their light voices as they hurry on.
Thou fill'xt the circle of the atmosphere,
ac; there is no living thing abroad,
xrdto wing the air, no beast to walk
,;- c ;d; t e squirrel in the forest seeks
i hollow tree ; the marmot of the field
tampered to his den : the butterfly
let under her broad leaf ; tbe insect crowds
iimake the sunshine populous, lie close
their mvsterious shelters, whence tho sun
; sumuijn them again. The mighty Raia
.is the vast empire of the sky alone.
but my eyes, and -ee. as in a dream,
friendly clouds drop down spring violets
i -.[turner columbines, and all the flowers
I tuft the woodland floor, or overarch
streamlet; —spiky grass for genial June,
f: wo harvests for the waiting husbandman,
icifor the woods a deluge of fresh leaves.
! see the myriad drops that slake the dust,
bittiered in the glorious streams, or rolling blue
t i,.:-ws on the lake or on the deep,
,t:i '.cariug navies. I behold thctn change
t threads of crystal as they .-ink iu earth,
Rid leave its stilus behind, to rise again
L peasant nooks of verdure, where the child,
thirsty w .a play, in b >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.tn<ier herbs pressed low by weight of rain,
A-d drive, in joyous triumph, through the sky,
"•■'■e clouds, the laggard remnants of the storm.
SUPERABUNDANT DELICACY —The Detroit
■■iivtuer spins a tolerably good yarn upou
I- ; subject. We like moderation in all things,
; don't fancy combatting with the stn
-7 ignorant, or being victimized by the ver
of the over refined. The excessive deli
tlcJ of the young lady referred to, met with a
'•7 proper rebuke. Here is the Advertiser's
?er!i on of the affair :
Mies PR IM ROSE. —A story is told of a
priDie young lady of peculiarly strong smelling
Acuities, on t | ie Detroit and Milwaukee cars,
p' e other day, with Conductor Norris. At
Ltiac, a gentleman well known to Morris,
A aboard, and took a seat immediately op
hite a nice, sensitive young lady. He was
j-'etcj to the use of tobacco, and was eu
"Rvoring to break himself of the habit ; so he
'l '• an unligkf'd cigar in his mouth. When
; "lis came along to collect and examine tick
!!'• l ' ,c young lady very pettishly requested
p TI to " have that man stop puffing his nasty
' 3'ir, or put him out of the cars." "Why,
**(lame," said Norris, blandly, " the cigar is
u: \kgh led." " Well, it has been," she snap-
out, " and he has been puffing his nasty
• in my face."
. ->orris 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 <jqj e (i e f euce> 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
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! 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