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THE BATTLE FIELD.
oh not ilon. in the tented field
Are armies pitched and battles fought;
The use of sword and well-worn shield
Is not to every hero taught :
In all of life are soldiers found ;
In warfare deep, and no discharge,
The din of battle, pibroch's sound,
As hading on, they vigorous charge.
, The tight for daily bread may be
As noble iu the sight of God
any march of victory
jiv Christian or by Pagan trod.
\ Mi or abject, great or small,
Is not the one o'errnling test:
The motive is the ru'e ol ull;
Honor to God the grand behest.
[he battle-field is everywhere,
The foes at all times in our way ;
Temptation, pleasure, want, or eare
The conflict wage from day to day :
•vi.,l he who in the gallant fight -
Maintains his purpose firm and strong,
Who keeps his armor pure and bright.
Shall win the laurel-wreath ere long.
Courage, faint heart, whose narrow life,
Fettered and dwarfed by things of sense,
Whose soul would spurn the daily strife,
And pines for wings to bear it hence :
Full well 1 know thy weary way,
The earth-stained garments, spirit spent,
ihe piteous prayer that day by day
(toes up to the Omnipotent.
[ too have suffered and hbve fought,
I too have dregged the cup of lite ;
I know how dear the victory bought,
How fierce and deadly is the strife :
Vitpray and trust ; His grace is nigh :
And when this fevered life is past,
Tie One who scrupled not to die,
Will claim and own us at the last.
;.. li struggle that hath cost thee dear,
Though all unseen to mortal eye,
L sacrifice that claimed a tear—
'• d notes down all; they're marked on high.
Then cheerful let us battle on,
"Ugh storms shall rise and foes assail:
; ! ■ sweet the rest, the v etory won,
W'.rings through heaven the great, "All hail."
—American Messenger.
PERILS OJF THE JtJNGrLE
c. wis in tin; year 1836, that I joined
c giiiu-nt as a sub, at Bangalore ; and
- -.tig" used to such a climate, where i
.. nany nms to 110 degrees in the
: with no idea of coining down again ' i
lUtumii, 1 sunn louiid myself an invalid, <
■iMii'St cursed the day that I had been *
M'ted t" 1> ave cool old England for such i
"■weltering country. Some of my friends
cv;-i 'i u trip to the Malabar coast, and 1 i
is nothing loth p, try any change, believ
g even the wi rst I could possibly make 1
-".st he lor the better. So 1 procured a i
i anqiiiii am! eight good bearers, to take *.
ii.in. about, and set oil' forthwith, through I
A id a country as ever poor mortal could j c
v *1 tu Si'C. £
iiiug remarkable happened till we <
e ! what is known as the Weynard i
- : and it nothing had happened there, i
I have been t mpted to indict the 1
country as a libel on appearances, j i
' jungle as that may I never behold r
Heeds, weeds, grass, brambles c
-lies were interlaced like a net work j u
a gigantic trees of teak, whose i
- x interlocked and canopied the whole, r
in many places tin; bright sunshine s
avi ii never penetrated to the earth ; i
■ was borne along in my palanquin, ! I
shoulders of four timid coolies, 1
'■ other lour walked leisurely be- t
" I the satisfaction of knowing I t
a perfect wilderness inhabited by I
' I'a.nits, wild boars, tigers, leopards,
(' a-, jackals, a ud any number of deadly 1
"n and that if we were attacked by t
''■el'ms beasts I shout probably be t
■ and left to take care of myself. : *
' Qucy me at night, with all the I
n " .isp-, around me. attempting to t
1 : 'll the poisonous exhalations of i
" ls region, with millions of most
'■ "lot' s and bugs, humming, buzz- c
1 'I" ' locating every pore of my body, t
■' 1 will form some faint idea of the i
1 s "1 n sick man's journey. t
■ "li. hot, sultry afternoon, when i
'■•aclied somewhere near the heart t
l'"'gle, as 1 was leaning back on t
"I my palanquin, and dreamily I
to the drowsy, monotonous song 1
I was suddenly roused and i
i v two or three hoarse trumpet
~ winch proceeded from a wild or 1
' ' pliant, who was crashing thro'
, ; >t no great distance ; but be- ;
1 'd tirue for a word, my attendants ' I
" 1( ' without ceremony, and betook j
" 'light. 1 leaped to my feet, i
kind of delirious strength, and, <
there was not a minute between 1
, rnity it J remained where I was, *
"do the copse, opposite to the i
1 n<y advancing foe. i
innately f„ r rue I was only a few ]
"'" reaching ilie foot of a large teak i
which 1 began to climb as only a I
•v r( for life. I heard the mon- ]
. '•"ing down the bushes, and making
.y urili tremble beneath bis power
o*d I went up, up, faster than I i
'in bed a tree before or expect to i
' A 1 ' very stitch of clothes upon
' i; miturated with a pcrspira- j
l • ""g Ironi me in an agony of fear— ,
• t.vV" ' ttiu uatur l fear of death itself,
I tlii. V stll4Ct * ve hear of nuch a death.
'he animal must have turned
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VOLUME XXVI.
j from a direct course; for though close upon
| me, as I supposed, when 1 began to climb,
; I had succeded in reaching the first limb,
jat least some thirty feet from the ea*th,
j when he made his appearance at the foot
i of the tree, snorting and bellowing in the
| most terrific manner Seeing me beyond
j his reach, he lashed himself in a perfect
I fury, his comparatively small pig like eyes
I shooting gleams of fire as lie cast tliein up
| ward in his disappointed rage. Then lay
i ing hold of the tree with his trunk, he
tried his strength in shaking it; but as it
was too heavy for him to endanger my
position by that means, he soon relinquish
ed it for another. Quietly stepping back
a few paces, he measured his ground ; and
i then, with a sudden bound forward, he
i struck the tree a tremendous blow with
his head and tusks. I was watching him
; closely, but only barely comprehended his
design in time to throw my arms and legs
I around a limb and brace myself for a shock.
I Nor was I at all too well prepared ; for
i the concussion bruised me not a little, and
it seemed as if a few pounds more of force
must have sent me clean from my perch.
But my enemy was not done yet. Step
ping back and looking up to me, with an
expression that seemed to inquire what 1
thought of k, at the same time he would
assure me ol its being only the beginning
of his battering operations, he returned to
the cha'ge with increased vigor. But this
time I was better prepared for him, and
came not so near being unseated as on the
first trial. Nothing discouraged, he re
treated still lurther and then came down
like an avalanche. It was terrible. I had
twined and embraced myself in every pos
sible manner ; but when he struck, it seem
ed as if the concussion, after first bruising
me, and almost knocking the breath from
rny body, relaxed every nerve. Doubtless,
I should have fallen to the earth below,
only that I was pretty securely balanced
in the crotch of the tree, and having resis- 1
ted the main shock, had no difficulty in !
retaining an upright position.
On again looking down at tlie elephant,
I was surprised to see him with his head
! fast against the tree, lushing his tail, paw
ing the earth, and uttering as >rt of moan
j mg, bellowing sound, althogether not un
like a vicious bull when about to make an
attack. 1 did not at first comprehend what
! had occurred, but supposed his actions to
result from the ang.-r of disappointment in
| not being able to biing me to the ground.
But I soon had cause for rejoicing rather
than fear!
A's last charge had been made with so
i much lorce as to imbed his long ivory tusks
in the tree, and he was now a prisoner to
his own brute strength. In vain he pulled
and wrenched, moaned, bellowed and lash
ed himself into a perfect fury. There he
was a fast prisoner—caught, as one might
say, in his own trap—and if ever a poor
mortal was justified in rejoicing over the
misfortunes of a living creature, I think
• that individual was myself.
But I was still a prisoner also. How was
Ito get down? True, the elephant might
not l>e able to liberate himself in time to do
me any injury ; but I already knew enough
of the terrible jungle to feel little inclina
tion to set off through it alone. There
were many intricate paths branching off
from the main one over which I had been
borne, and the mistake of taking any one
of these would most certainly be fatal—re
sulting in death from starvation through
being lost, or death from some one of the
other surrounding perils. What would 1
do ? It was reasonable to hope that some
of my attendants would, sooner or later,
return to learn the fate of their master ;
and before venturing on anything rash, 1
resolved to wait a proper time for them.
Drearily passed the next three hours that
1 remained upon my giddy perch, above the
imprisoned beast, looking off upon an un
dulating sea of ruattcd foliage, with the
hot sun of that tropical climate pouring
down on me its scorching rays and almost
stifling me with its feverish heat. How
eagerly I turned my eyes in every direction
in.the hope of getting a glimpse of one of
my attendants, to whom I could make
known tny situation. No human being was
in sight, and my wildest shouts brought no
reply. Should I remain where 1 was, or
descend ? We were, as I knew, almost half
a day's journey from any settlement, and it
would therefore be impossible for me to
reach a habitation before nightfall, even
should I be fortunate enough to follow the
nearest path, while a single mistake would
leave me to perish in that awful solitude.
I decided therefore to remain where 1 was,
either till the sun of another day, or until 1
could see at least one human being capa
ble of acting us a guide.
The sun was rapidly uearing the western
horizon, and 1 was despairing of any succor
that day, when my attention was attracted
to a commotion in the jungle, some quarter
of a mile distant. Birds of various kinds
fiew up screaming and either hovered over
the spot in anger,or darted quickly in fear,
and 1 could catch glimpses of tiie deer, the
elk and the buffalo bounding off in every
direction. What could be the cause of all
this disturbance ? Was it some one or
more of my attendants returning to ascer
tain my fate ? Man, 1 knew was almost
universally feared by the wild feathered
tribe of the wilderness and the animals of
the brute creation, and in man was now my
hope. Wildly did my heart beat, and eager
ly did 1 strain my eyes to catch a view of
my deliverer.
The line of commotion advanced slowly,
but still I could not be certain of the cause.
Nearer and nearer it gradually came, till
at last 1 felt a cold thrill ol terror pass
through my frame, as i suddenly caught a
glimpse of the sleek, spotted hide of the
royal tiger, slowly arid softly making his
way through ;he jungle directly towards
the tree upon which 1 was perched. I look
down at ttie elephant,and perceived that by
some peculiar faculty of instinct lie was al
ready awate of his danger. He, standing
perfectly til ill, no longer made an effort to
release himself, but I could see the skin of
his broad back quiver, as if every nerve of
his body was affected.
The tiger gradually drew nearer, and at
last stopped within a few paces, as if to
calculate his chances. Then,with bristling
hair, he stole softly round his intend victim
in a broad circle,lus sharp teeth visible, and
bis terrible eyes glaring with fierce auger
and desire. Ihen crouching for the spring,
he gave one fearful roar and bound and
fairly landed upon the back .if his helpless
victim, who uttered one agonized crv a
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 25,.1866.
! sort of shriek and groan combined—that
| made me pity him,an enemy though he was.
But his sufferings were of short duration;
j as he could make no resistance, the tiger
j had matters all his own way, and almost in
j the time it takes me to tell you the fact, he
had torn open the throat of the giant beast
and was drinking his lull of the warm gush
ing blood The sight sickened rue, and I
j clung to the tree with closed eye and dizzy
brain.
W hen I looked again the terror of the
jungle was making his retreat, licking his
| chops with glutted satisfaction. I looked
I down at the elephant, and beheld a gory
j carcass still held to the tree by his tusks.
I Be was dead, and in his death was perhaps
j my own salvation, though 1 was still afraid
|lo d< scend,less 1 should I o assail* *1 by some
j carnivorous beast, attracted hither by the
smell of blood.
I expected nothing but that 1 should be
compelled to remain there through the night;
but I bethought me to try the virtue of my
voice again, and shouted for help. To my
surprise and almost frantic joy, an answer
was returned. 1 repeated my call for help,
: and one ol my attendants made his appear
ance. I explained what had occurred, and
by a signal of his side,l then descended,hut
found myself very faint, and was by two of
them assisted to my palanquin, where I
swooned away.
It is enough to add that 1 passed through
the jungle in safety ; though if any gentle
man thinks I flattered myself on being a
hero before I left, 1 beg to undeceive him.
1 have since experienced some remarkable I
adventures, but none that have left upon
my mind so vivid an impression of the ter
rible as the one 1 have just related.
How DIFFERENT NATIONS EAT.— The Mal
davian Islanders eat alone. They retire
into the most hinder parts of their houses
and then draw down the cloths that serve
blinds to their windows, that they may eat
unobserved. On the contrary, tin* islanders
ol the Phillippiucs are -remarkably socia
ble. \\ henever one of thoin finds himself
without a companion to partake of his meal
he runs til! he meets with one ; and, how
ever keen his appetite in ay be, he ventures
not to satisfy it without a guest. The ta
bles of the rfch Chinese shine with a beau
tiful varnish, and are covered with silk car
pets very elegantly worked. They do not
make use of plates, knives, and forks; every
guest has two little ivory or ebony sticks,
which he handles very adroitly. A Kam-
Hchatkan kneels before his guest, cuts an
enormous slice from a sea-calf, and crams
it entire into the mouth of the friend, furi
ously crying out, "Tapa !'' ("There 1") and
cutting away what hangs about his lips,
snatches and devours it with adiditv.
MEN AND \\ OMEN. — Women may talk of
their inherent rights as much as they please,
but they can't overcome nature ; they may
preach about the equality of the sexes, but
they can not overcome facts and organiza
tions.
Men and oaks were made to be twined,
and women and iv\ were made to twine
about them. Though an equality wore to
be established between calico and eassi
mere to-morrow, it would not be a week be
fore all the officers would be men, add all
the soldiers women.
Females are perfectly willing to go a
head, provided the men go first. Set fire
to a steamboat and not a yard of diminity
will budge till cassimere sets the example.
So long as the men cling to the vessel, the
women will cling to the men. But if the
men plunge overboard chemisettes plunge
too. As we said before, reformers 111113"
prate as they 111113' .about equal rights, but
th*' 3' can't alter the regulations of God. It
is impossible for women to cut themselves
loose from men, as it is for steel dust to
free itscll from its attachment to a magnet.
ONE \V AY TO 'I ELI..— A traveler called late
ly at night-fall at a farmer's house in Al- j
bati3' ; the owner being from home and the i
mother and daughter heing alone, they re- i
fused to lodge the wayfarer
" How far then," said he, "is it to a house
where a preacher can get lodging?"
"Oh ! if you are a preacher," said the
lad3 T , "you can stop here !"
Accordingly he dismounted, deposited
his saddle bag's in the house, and led his j
horse to the stable. Meanwhile the mother
ami daughter were debating th*! point as ;
to what kind of a preacher he was.
" He cannot lie a Presbyterian," said one,
"for he is not dressed well > nough."
" 11*' is not a Methodist," said the other,
"for his coat is not the right cut for a Meth
odist."
" Ifl could find his 11311111 book," said the I
daughter, "I eon d soon tell what sort of a
preacher he is." And with that she thrust :
her hand into the saddle-hags, and pulling
out a Husk ol liquor she exclaimed, "La ! j
mother, he's a hard shell baptist."
GOING TO RAMOTH GIT.F.AT).—A sailor, who!
had served the king so long at sea that he !
almost forgot the usages of civilized society '
011 shore, went one day into the church at
his native town at Kirkaldy, 111 Fife, where j
it happened that the minister chose for his !
text th*! well-known passage, "Who will go i
up with us to Ramoth Gilead ?" This em- j
phatic appeal being read a second time,and
in a still more impressive toneof voice,the !
thoughtless tar crammed a quid of tobacco '
into his cheek, rose up, put on his hat, then, !
looking around him, and seeing nobody!
moving, he exclaimed, " You cowardly lub
bers ! W ill none of 3-011 go with the old
gentleman ? I'll go for one." So out lie
went, giving three cheers at the door, to j
the amazement of ali present.
A CELEBRATED pork contractor for the Fed
oral army presented himself a short time
badk at a sculptor's atelier at Rome, and
stated his intention of sending a durable
memento of himself to adr>rn his native
place in America. With an amiable can
dor he explained to the art'st that he had
begun life as a poor boy selling mat dies,
and by lucky speculations had a *ained his
present gigantic greatness. " Now," he
continued, "I've seen a muniment in this
city as suits my views to a nicety. A kind
of column with little tiggers ruunin' up ali
round it, and a chap at the top." "Trajan's
Column," suggests the artist. "P'raps it
may be ; an' 1 wish you to sculp me jest
sicli another, a wojkin 1 opt the whole o' my
biograff, beginning at the bottom with a
boy a sellin' matches, and then keep on
winding it up till it ends with me in an
easy attitood at the top."
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
OUR BOY.
They covered his bed with the damp, green sod,
[ 'Neath the deepening summer skies ;
We had lain him down in his early bloom.
Life's hope in his dark-blue eyes ;
There his pale hands fold o'er his bosom cold,
And his waxen eyelids close,
And our voices, that tremble with tears, cannot break
The spell of that long repose.
With the gold-brown tresses so richly woven
From the blue-veined polished brow ;
! With the heavenly smile on his death sealed lips,
He comes to our memory now.
Oh! damp and cold is the daisied mound
O'er the pale, light form we love ;
But warm and bright is our darling's home
In his Father's hous'e above!
SCENES IN THE OLD WORLD.
TO THE CHILDREN OF ST. STEPHEN'S S. S., WILKES
BARBE, PA.
LONDON, Nov. 25tli, 1865.
It is Saturday evening, and I attempt to
review a week of great interest. I wrote
after my arrival in this great city and told
you .something of my last week's journey,
i London contains about three million inhab
itants ; but you would hardly guess how
large it is from these figures. It is eight
i miles long, and six in width. Yon can get
an idea of its size by thinking of all the
space between \Y ilkes-Barre and l'ittston
and between the two mountains being filled
I up with streets and houses and churches
and public buildings. It would take many
weeks to see all the objects of interest in
the city and its neighborhood ; and I have
: only looked at a few of the most important,
I which soonest strikes the traveller. I had
! read so much about London, and had seen
so many pictures of it, that I l'elt in a
measure at home. 1 determined to lake it
as leisurely as possiblc£uud what I do not
see now I can see another time if I live to
came back in the Spring. As it is 1 get
pretty well tired out before night, and am
glad to retire early. It is well perhaps
that the days are short and the objects of
interest which 1 wish to visit are only open
in the day time
I hardly know how to describe what 1
have seen this week 1 had seen pictures,
and read descriptions, but th" "reality—the
seeing tliern with our own eyes far surpass- ;
es the imagination. I tluugbt of the Queen
of Sheba's visit to King Solomon. When
she had seen all his magnificence her heart
fainted within her and she exclaimed that
j the half had not been told her. 1 do not
know how it is with others. Perhaps I am
more sensitive to these impressions than
some ; but when I have looked upon the j
grand scenes of 1113' native land—such as
the Falls of Niagara or the White Moun-j
j tains—they have far exceeded my expecta- j
jtious. I have rarely been disappointed. I
So it has been with the sights of this past
week, and with other things which 1 have :
seen since 1 have been in England. lam
in a state of constant wonder and aduiira- !
tinn. I hardly dare therefore to attempt I
descriptions. 1 can tell you how large
some of these buildings are—how many
feet long and wide and high they are ; but
all this does not gtve you an impression of !
them as they strike upon your own eye.
I have devoted the week to a tew special
objects. These are described in many pa-1
ges of history and everywhere you go there 1
! are persons asking volt to buy little guide
books, which in some cases I have found a i
great help as 1 could take one in my hand j
as I went, around, or read it over when 1 j
returned home and review the scenes of the i
day. 1 intended to devote a day to each of j
the principal objects ; hut found that I j
could see more than one—or at least by re
; turning again and making a second visit.
The iirst day I was in London I went
! around the outside of St. l'aul's Cathedral
j and Westminster Abbey. This was enough j
; for the first view. I then rested quietly till
j the next day. Tuesday morning by a few
minutes walk from my hotel through St.
James Park, I reached Westminster Abbey
in time for morning service where 1 heard
i again as in other Cathedrals before men
tioned—beautiful singing from a choir of
j boys. After service I went through the
Abbey with a guide who pointed out the i
various tombs and monuments. This old
; building is rich in history. Indeed it is a
good place to review your studies in histo
ry. Here almost all the Sovereigns of
| England have been crowned and here many
; of them are buried in great state and their
j dust is inclosed in richly sculptured tombs.
Here 1 saw the old chair in which many a
; King ami Queen sat at the time of their
| coronation. A part of the building called ,
Henry the Seventh chapel is one of the
! liucst tilings iu architecture to be found in
! Europe. The ceiling is very rich—all of
I sculptured stone. Here Henry VIII and
his Queen were buried. Other parts of the
; Abbey are full of monuments to the illus
! trious dead. Lord Palinerston's fresh
i grave is pointed out by a little sign. He
i was one of England's great men of the
I present age. and died while I was on my
; voyage.
Prom the Abbey 1 walked to Lambeth
j Palace—the residence of the Archbishop of
! Canterbury and gained admittance to see j
I the chapel where Bishop White the first
j Bishop of Pennsylvania and two other
i American Bishops were consecrated. It
I was an interesting spot to me. I also saw j
; the library and the dining room hung.
| around with portraits,—and the Lollards
j Tower, once used as a prison. From Lain-:
; beth I took a little steamboat and for a
penny went down the Thames till opposite
! St. Pauls, where I attended afternoon serv
! ice.
Wednesday 1 devoted to the British Mu
i scum. 1 cannot begin to describe that
magnificent collection—the richest I sup
pose in the world - in all departments of
science. There arc many large rooms to
go through, and eyes and feet become very
tired. It cannot be seen to an advantage
iin one day,—but 1 wanted to go through
; all the rooms and then review particular
portions at my leisure. The library con
tains 700,000 volumes. Here I saw copies
of the first printed Bible and Prayer Book,
with many curious early productions. 1
saw autograph letters of Kings and d stin
! guished men, among them I noticed letters
of our own Washington and Franklin. 1
was interested in the cabinet of inernls
j—the richest 1 have ever seen—and a-- i
looked upon the gems and crystals of e\-
ery hue and shape, 1 thought what a beau-
I tiful world was this which Hod had made
| and that text of scripture came into my
mind : "He hath made everything beau
j tiful in its time." Here as the poet said I
! favor "Sermons in Stones" The great
| sculptures of winged bulls and gigantic
figures which Bayard dug up at Nineveh
interested me much, with the specimens of
art from China, and Greece, and the re
mains of old Roman and Etruscan ware—
pottery—brass &c. It is a good place to
study history. The collection of stuffed an
imals, birds. &c , is very large and fine.—
I noticed a large variety of woods from dif
ferent parts of the world —many of them
very beautiful when worked ; but few of
tlieni were from our part of the world. To
wards evening I went to Westminister Ab
bey again and attended the service. The
building grows in interest as 1 study it.
Thursday I devoted to St. Paul's. I went
down into the crypt, as it is called, and saw
the tombs of Nelson and Wellington, and
noticed the stone over the grave of Benjam
in West, ol Pennsylvania, who was a great
painter, and at the time of his death, though
an American, was President of the Royal
Academy. I climbed to the top of the
dome of St. Paul's, about 616 steps. In a
clear day there is a commanding view of
London and its vicinity, but it was too
smoky to see far. However, I got a fine
view of the building itself. It is a wonder
ful structure, built by Sir Christonher Wren,
who lies buried beneath it. He lived to be
90 years of age, and saw the Cathedral
completed in his day. The same Bishop of
London who laid the corner-stone also lived
to see it completed, and the same master
workman.
Having some time to spare I walked a
little distance from St. Paul's to visit the
" Tower of London," a place full of histori
cal interest. The oldest part of it was built
by William the Conqueror, about 850 jears
ago, in days when Kings did not dare to
live among their people, as they do now,
but must have strong walls to protect them,
and sonic ol these are 15 feet thick, equal
to a good sized room. Then there was a
moat all around it filled with water, and a
draw-bridge with a port eullis or gateway
of iron. There are several smaller towers
within the inclosure, and in the whole there
have been in different ages many sad scenes.
Kings arid Queens and great men have
been imprisoned here, and some (like the
! sons of Edward IV ) have been murdered
here, and souie been beheaded. 1 saw the
block which was formerly used in execu
tions, and the axe, and the fatal mark left
upon the block as the head was severed.
These things are now among the curiosities
| of past history, and will probably never be
repeated. In one room there is a fine col
j lection of ancient armor. Figures of men
on horseback arc clothed in it, (the horses
too,) and it shows that they must have
been stout, strong men to have carried
such a weight. This room is cal'ed the
Horse Armoty. Iwo other large rooms
in the white tower, occupying now what
used to be the great banqueting hall, are
i devoted to men's armor of every kind,
! muskets, rifles, swords, Ac. Some one lias
exercised a great deal of taste in arrang
ing tlieru, for they are wrought into various
figures on the ceiling above, and on the
sides of the room, and in the recesses of
the; windows. Here are vines and flowers
made of swords, and daggers, and ramrods, !
i and bayonets, most curiously ar.anged.— j
One of these beautiful designs was the I
•'passionflower" I was struck with the!
\vunderfill contrast, and it brought lo my
mind the prophecy of God's \\ ord, where it
says : ' The time shall come when they :
shall turn their swords into plowshares, |
and their spears into pruning hooks ; nei- j
tlier shall they learn war any more." Here !
I saw swords turned into flowers. All
around this old building you can now see
the vast business which is carried on in
peace, and a great city enjoying the bless
ings of peace
As I returned 1 passed by the lofty monu
ment near London Bridge, built to com
memorate the great fire, when a large por
tion of the city and many churches were
destroyed. I write from time to time an !
account of the things which have most in- !
tcrested me, and which I would talk to you
about if I were with you. I hope to tell ;
you some things bye-and-bye in relation to j
the good works in progress for the moral '<
benefit of this great people, but I shall learn 1
more of them at another season of the j
year. Your friend and Pastor,
GEO. I). MII.ES.
IRISH ADROITNESS. —Ca>sar Otway tells a:
story of a curious little paper exciseman, i
who entered Donuetnara, single handed, to j
sie/.e a lat lady who did good business in |
French silks and laces. He met the con- !
trabandist in a narrow pass, and came up- >
on her, it I recollect right, unexpectedly, '
from behind a rock. The lady who was j
very large and fat, was riding on a pillion ;
behind a servant boy. Although taken by
surprise, she proved more than a match for
the excise officer.
" I shall thank you, ma'am," said he, tak
ing the horse by the bridle, "to dismount."
"Dismount! Arrah, what for, Sir?"
asked the lady.
" I am an officer in her Majesty's service,
ma'am, and have reason tc believe that you
have contraband property about your per
son, or beneath the saddle of your horse."
Fortunately for the contrabandist she had
none of the goods about her person ; they ,
were all stowed away beneath the pillion,or j
saddle, on which she sat.
"Really, I cannot come down," said the i
large fat woman.
"But really, ma'am you must," said tlie
courageous little man, looking up at the
mountain,
"Then if I do, sir, you must help me."
"With the greatest pleasure, madam," i
said the minature exciseman, holding up !
his hands to assist her.
The lady who come"down at a run," hop- j
ped into his arms with a weight and veloc-'
ity which threw him upon his back in the '
ivad, where she held him pinned beneath
her.
"Ride away,ma bechal," said she in Irish,
turning her head to the servant. "It's me j
the gintleman wants, and not you."
"Let me up, madam," roared the excise- !
man "
' Oh, dear me, sir,what a fright you gave
•r ." said she, rolling herself leisurely off,
"ai . ! -it idare that boy has rode off "with
Ihe horse,"- - Once a Week,
1 •. what, ship have the greatest number of
men been u )< <■!;,■,! ?—Court-ship.
per Annum, in Advance.
AMSTERDAM AND THE DOTUH.
: i
A SKLTC H OF LEFT: IN HOLLAJiI).
' | A correspondent of an English journal
i pleasantly describes Amsterdam and its
I people :
The city which lies nearly at the mouth
of the Zuyder-Zee, has direct communica
tion by sea with almost all the provinces,
and thus she had became the mart for their
produce long before railroads had intro
duced a new means of communication,
which has not even yet superceded the vast
intercommunication by water, which exis
ted in this very extraordinary country, al
most every field of which may be reached
by water, and the manure from the cities is
thus, at very slight cost, spread over the
most distant fields. The large barges
which are used for the sea voyage as well
as internal trade, carry about one hundred
tons. They are rigged with two masts,
placed considerably apart ; at sea, and
sometimes inland or on the rivers, they use
their sails. At other times they are pro
pelled with long straight poles, used by the
athletic boatmen who, placing the end ol
the"poles against their chests, and walking
backwards, urge the boats forward at con
siderable speed. Inland, when the sails
cannot be used, they are drawn by men, or"
sometimes women. The tow rope lias aliat
boaril, which is placed over the chest, and
thus the boat or barge is drawn along.--
Horses are seldom used. Indeed if one man
can pull one of these boats along, it would
be false economy to use a horse ; which
consumes as much food as seven men, to
I do the work. These boats, in order to
| turn in a small space, and to aflord consid
: erable stowage, are built very square at the
j bows, and have a very old fashioned look,
; but they do a very large amount of work.
Amsterdam may be said to be built in the
| sra : all her buildings are raised on piles.
The Palace alone required 13,695. In pass
| ing along through the city I noticed the
foundation which was being prepared for a
; house, fwo sets of men were engaged
] driving piles, while a third set, with a cen
trifugal pump, were pumping out the wa
i tor, a very copious stream of which was
I flowing from the pump. The pile driving
| vvas done with the rudest machinery, such
| as would in England lie superceded by the
j winch or steam engine Here the object
| seems to be to employ men, not to super
j sede their labor with machinery.
Ihe Protestant churches are rarely open
except OL Sunday, and even then it is diffi
cult to get a seat. At Berne 1 found the
church locked, and I was refused admit
tance because I was not there within a
quarter of an hour after the service had be
gun. In Amsterdam it was a little better.
1 was allowed within the porch, hut the
doors admitting to the seats were ;ril locked. ,
The minister goes through i.is duties like a
lesson of which he wishes to get rid ; and
as he does not wish to be disturbed, those
who come late are locked out. The chur
ches are provided with large, heavy pon
derous looking Bibles, fastened with two
imposing clasps. The catechism and pray
ers are placed at the end instead of at the
beginning.
They do not allow families to sit togeth
er in pews ; all the women are placed in
the centre of the church and the men sit at
each side. The men wear their hats even
iluiing the service, and deither men nor
women stand up during the singing of the
psalms which occurs three times in the ser- i
vice, and collections are made during the ■
sermon, fhe collectors have implements .
iike landing nets, with long handles ; the
net is lined with black velvet. These bags 1
are soked in succession under each persons
nose to receive the contribution. The col- i
lections were made on Sunday morning.-- ■
W hat their object was 1 did not learn, save
that one set of the hags was marked with ,
aK, and the others were plain. Most of 1
the congregation put something into each. '
The clergyman was supplied with water
and he paused frequently in bis discourse I
to moisten his lips and throat—a verv nee- '
essary precaution in using such a guttural !
language as the Dutch.
I found the Crystal Palace open on Sun- i
day evening, and a band engaged in its '
weekly concerts. The building,which would *
hardly be missed out of that Of Sydenham, \
is simply a large concert hall, with a few
flower beds in it. The eompuuy which num
bered eight thousand,were seated in groups i j
at small tables, where they had tea, coffee, i
wine, Ac., or strolling about the hall or ad- 1
jaeentground. The building was lit with
gas, and thronged with people of all clas-11
ses. The charge lbr admission was sixty 1
cents (ten-pence.)
The fair at Amsterdam has attracted all 1
the movable theatres and other similar
amusements. The tables are decked out i ,
with provisions of various kinds. Vast
masses of the people, all sober, all well
conducted, are moving about. In one sput !
is a f ronch kitchen ; the cooks are work- : l
ing in public ; it is well lit up. Adjoining
tbe cooking room are alcoves shut off by
curtains where visitors can taste the quicklv ]
cooked viands. One of the most amusing i ,
spectacles is the manufacturing of pancakes
or I litters, it is carried on in the open air. !
Upon a large brazier, about three feet by
tour feet, is pi iced a plate of copper, close
ly indented with little saucers-about three !
inches in diameter, and placed in rows— |
I wo women sit on high chairs, each having
a large bowl of batter on the left hand ; a i
long handled timber spoon is used with the '
rigl t hand to jerk a spoonful of batter into
each of the cups, which have already been <
greased. Here it fries a few moments until
an attendant reverses it with a long fork.'
1 hey are then quickly gathered up with a
fork, and taken away to be eaten. The
jerking of the batter never stops ; as soon
as the woman has got to one end of her
space it is time to begin again. Tbe whole
proceeding is indeed very funny. These
lairs are a sort of saturnalia. They occur
annually, and are the means by which a
very staid people throw off some of their
pent up animation. They are mostly enjoy
ed by middle and lower classes. All ser
vants consider thej have a prescriptive
right to the enjoyment of the fair, which
lasts a fortnight. If any of the better clas
ses visit the spots where it is held, they
never join in the sport. Sometimes parties
of a dozen young men and young girls join
in a band and march wherever they choose,
singing and dancing as they go. The pe
culiar costumes of the Dutch women are to
be seen in great variety. That of Xoord
Brabant, which consists of a cap fitting
tight over the forehead,but very large over
the back of the head, and with a deep cur
tain of fringe coming down over the shoul
ders, has a very pretty effect. The most
I curious head dresses are those of North
! and South Holland, in which a rich gold
hand is worn across the forehead, ana in
some eases small ornaments, like winkers,
;at each side. These jewels which are cost
ly, descend from mother to daughter, arc
much prized. The hat or bonnet, I hardly
know which to call it, is also very peculiar
!in its shape. As each province has its own
! head-dress, the fair presents features of
vast variety. The Dutch women seem to
l cherish their former customers and tradit
ions, and are not given to change. They
are well made and well looking race. The
Dutch are a sober, industrious people and
very well conducted. Illegitimacy is com
paratively rare, and there are it may be
s iid, no poor. Amsterdam consumes a great
deal of turf for fuel. It comes in barges
up the canals.
The blacksmiths of this country would
not attempt to shoe a horse unless he was
tied. In the forges here the horse is placed
in a narrow stall, and fastened with a rope
behind. There are projecting irons through
which a round piece oi ; ron is run, and each
hind leg in succession is tied to this be
fore the smith attempts to take off or put
in the shoe. An English blacksmith would
take the hind leg of a horse, put it in his
lap, and put on the shoe, while tbe Belgian,
or Dutch smith is rigging his apparatus.
The horses are used with winkers, but in
Switzerland they altogether dispense with
them, driving as well as in carts. The
horse's heads look more fair under the
Swiss treatment. The rope harness used
here contrasts with the laboriously piepar
ed leather harness in England.
Amsterdam is supplied with fish, it comes
to market all alive. The boat contains a
tank, and the fish are taken out by a kind
of landing net. These boats, which come
in considerable numbers to the landing
sjage at the fish market, have usually a
boy on board whose employment it is to
keep the water in motion. This is done by
means of a plank, which rests like a bal
ance ; one foot is placed on the projecting
end, and as it .worked up and down it makes
petite waves in the boat.
NUMBER 35.
FUN, FACTS AND FACETI2E.
" TOMEY, my son, what is longitude ?" "A
clothes line, daddy." "Prove it, my son." "Be
cause it stretches from pole to pole."
MONTAIGCE gives us one reason why bor
rowed books are so seldom returned, that it is much
easier to return a book than the passages in it.
" BOY, wheie does this road go to ?" " 1
don't think it goes any where. I always see on#
; here every morning.''
" WHAT would you be dearest," said Wal
ter, "if I were to press the seal of love upon thosa
sealing-wax lips?" "I should be stationary."
'■ A TAI.F. <>F terror " —A spaniel's continu
; "tion with four bunches of fire crackers and/three
pie pans fastened to it.
Is early Connecticut times, a farmer boy
was arrested tor kissing a pretty country lass, ut
her father's gate on a Sunday evening. He plead
ed as an excuse to the officer that he thought at the
moment she was his cousin. "Jonathan," said the
maid, "if you want me you mustn't try to get out
of it that way.' "All right, my dear, I'll stand it;
I'll agree to be locked np for three days, but when
I come back, I expect to have Patience." "To be
sure, and 111 be ready," returned the Connecticut
jirimro.se.
LOVE is better than a pair of spectacles
to make everything seem greater which is seen
through it.
IF the hest man's faults were written on
his forehead it would make him pull Lis hat over
his eyes.
A wide-awake minister, who found his
congregation going to sleep one Sunday" be for e he
had lairly commenced, suddenly stopped and ex
claimed, "Brethren, this isn't fair: it isn't giving
a man half a chance. Wait till I get along a piece,
and then if I ain't worth listening to go to sleep ;
but don t before I get commenced : give a man a
chance."
\\ HY arc wheat and potatoes like the
idols of old ?—Because the former have ears and
hear not, and the hitter eyes but see not.
WHAT is the difference between a Catho
lic jiriest and a Baptist?— One uses wax candies
and the other dips.
IT is supposed that the object of the bri
dal party who lately went tip in a balloon from New
\ork was to see the honey-moon.
A I'APER in a neighboring city reports that
there is n grocer up town who is so mean that ho
was seen to catch a fly oft' his counter, bold bim by
the hind legs, and look in the cracks of his feet to
see if been stealing some of his best su
gar.
A woman said in a police-court, the other
day, that before marriage her husband pretended
to be much struck with licr, but now slit- was every
day struck by him.
HAVE any of Toby's Continued stories
been printed into bound volumes?" inquired a
country customer of a salesman in one of our large
book-stores the other day. " Toby Continued!
Who s he? "Whv, the man that writes so many
stories for the papers.. 1 see Lis name to more
newspaper stories than any other man, and I want
to get 'em in bound volumes." The salesman an
swered in the negative ; and the verdant customer
went elsewhere with his inquiry, which we dare say
is To be continued.
BAD luck is simply a man with bis hands
in his breeches pocket and a pij>e in his mouth,
looking on to see how it will come out. Good luck
is a man of pluck to'meet difficulties, his sleeves
rolled up, working to make it come out right.
IHE "utter" most parts of the earth art
supposed to be the parts where there are most
women.
THE only Military Command that the Sut
ler understand—Charge!
DON'T open your purse too hastily or too
wide—nor your month either.
\\ E hear constantly ol absconding rail
road contractors. It is not a matter of much sur
prise, when it is remembered that it is n regulr
business with these fellows to make tracks.
THF. man who was "carried away" by the
eloquence of a certain popular preacher, was bro't
back on the following Sunday by the same influ
ence that carried him away.
\\ HEX is a smack on the month no offence?
hen ii is received from the lips of u jiretty wo
man.
A WAG in Detroit has been taking liberties
with the reputation of the Pontiac railroad. He
was asked whether he knew of an accident on that
road, and replied : "Never—but once a inidile-aged
gentleman left Pontiac for Detroit, and died oi old
age at Binghampton—half-way !"
W HEN a broker loses all bis money be is
dead broke ; but when he dies he is a dead broker.
LOVE'S fetters were formerly made of
flowers, but in our day yolel bonds are'preferred.
IN a Southern exchange we find a column
containing what is termed "A brief tribute to the
memory of , sketched irhile sitting up icith the
body."
" Ilalloo, Mr. Engineman ! can't you stop
your steamboat a minute or two?" "Stop the boat!
What for ?" "Wife wants to look at your bier :
she's afraid of it busthi'."
" DEAR me," said Mrs. Partington to Ike
the other day, as she was leading the paper, "what
an excoriating circumstance, poor, dear man! I
suppose it was the wind on the stomach did it. Dr.
Bellows' bust," Ike at once seized the paper, and
found the paragraph, so alarmingly headed, refer
red to a uia.-ble bust of the reverend gentleman on
view at a statuary repository.
WHY is a dog's tail a very great novelty?
—Because no one ever saw it before.
"MY dearest Maria," wrote a recently
married husband to liis wife. She wrote back,
"Dearest, let nie correct either yonr grammar or
your morals. You addr< ss me -My dearest Maria '
Am I to suppose yon have other dear Marias ?"