I:.,l;• . 6crrit . soit,' .11161i44
• . For the Montrose lietnocrat.
- The Maiden at her Mother's Grave.
Stan their silent watch were keeping,
...Birds in sylvan conches sleeping,.
Cynthia'S beams, on lake and river.
Shone with phosphorescent quiver,
Hushed the lazy beetle's droning;
Sunk the distant woodland's moaning,
-7 1
Still the ting.dove's turiumtul cooing,
Echoed not the herd's faict
When a young and blooming maiden, ;
Lovely as a sylph of Aidenn,
Kneeling where her mother slumbered,
s 'Hong the 'dear departed" numbered—
Whitt, the aegels stooped to pity,—
‘Hreathed this melancholy ditty:
•
. Gone! gone! is my mother,
And _never another,
-Her place in thisboiom.can fill;
. Jehovah bath spoken,
The golden bowl's broken =
Her fieht•bOunding pulses /ire still.
Where erSt was iiut gladness,
Reigns sorrow ansi
Our bosoms no 10ng..! rejoice ;
For, alas! nevermore
Will ourtoini4as of yore.
Reso‘und with her musical voice
I well ,
.00 remember . .
. One morn in September,: •- •
When I learned my dear mother was dead
• , How, with sadness oppressed,
Her cold cheek I caressed,-
. And wept that her spiiit had fled.
Kind frionds, ere the Morrow,
O'er burdened - with sorrow,
Her form in.a winding-sheet hid;
A deep grave was made her,
• -Iu coffin they laid her, • -
And heaped the damp mold on its lid
•
But why do .I lingt •
ush?
• Or,;woo bittjr anguish? •
The lost one to heaven has flown
I hope - soon tomeet her, . •
And lovingly greet .her,
Before-the Omnipotent 's throne,
*•*.* - * • *
We mount the departed,
And oft broken-hearted
In sadnessli) down to .the tomb,
' But we all may unite, .
- In a land-of delight.
• Beyond the cold sepulchre's gloom
St ucv GLts. •
Getting a Marriage License.
A 'license. to amity is 'often wanted %her,
it can't be had, but" a poor-one is better than
nine, when a man is ia a 'Miry—namely, the
folli.rwing: -1
In the early days of Texan indeiendence
and youth, an eccentric genius, still living
and reigning, was clerk of one of the western
counlit. The *Wage was quite seeltided in
the Prairies, and the sqUire nastured his cows
on, the broad acres around, bringing them
home at night, and letting them go ao gra.s
in the. morning. Ile kept a bell- on one of,
ttion,•to help in findin,g bait as he•
was letting them 100-e, he perCeired that the
shipper o(:he bell was left ont, and being un
able-10 find tt, lie made a substitute by mak
ing fast iti the bell his office-key.. Not till he
raidtied his office' did it occur to him that he
should want the key, but now fielding himself
locked out, he, betook himself - to other mat
ters, propte•ing to find Ihe key at night.—
About no.m, a rongh-and-retidy young Texan,
in 'buck-kin dress, came riding into town,
and inquired for the clerk, scared him - up, and
asked fur a marriage license:
"Sorry I can't accommodate you to-day,-
-but it's no go."
Why . not I I'm going to be spliced to
night, and I must have it whether or no."
"1314, the fact is," snid -the clerk, "my of. '
lice is locked up, and my cow has 'gone away
with the key !" •
"The cow! What does the - cow .want of
. the key 1"
So the old felt)! told the Wholeltory, and
they set off for the prairie to find the cattle
and met the key. But the more they lootd
the less they found, and finally had to give it
up. A bright thought struck the clerk7tif the
county.
"I'll fix you ont," said he; and the young
Texan jamped a rod.-=io tickled. was bts to
know ,bat he - was to be fixed out of the fix
Le w& iri. They-proceeded to a store close
'i'v theofft , :e and there the ,country scribe in
tilted the following autograph
"REPUBLIC OF . TEXA.B.-TO.ltli who All4ll
see .tlns pi.e.sent• - greeunz: Whereas, I, clerk
of this county„having this tri4ninguntliouglit
edly tied my .41 2 ,k:ekes as a clapper in my
'vow's bell; And. whcreas the .said . cow has
gone erray 16 parts unknown, bearing with
-her th, said key, and• theref..re the said key
is non invenius ect—that - is, it can't be had ;
And, whereas, one Abner Barnes.has made
,applicaiion to me fora marriacre.ficense, and
the said Atluer:persi4ts that' he cannot wait
unlit the cow comes back With the key, bur
is-corepelted,by the rioletMe of his feeling
and the arrangrnents Alreadv•tuad•to get
'Married Therefore, thew presents are to
- command any person -legally authorised to
Celebrate . the rites of oratriinonr, to, join the
Said Abner' Barnes to Reber:Cs Downs, and
• for so doing this shall be your sufficient an-
" Given
. ntuder my hand and iriratsi seal,
oa the door-step of tny,..office - -the seal of the
office being locked up, and - my cow baying
gone 'away with the key—this fourth day of
October, A. D., 1838. -
*. WRY' 0 4 BORNE, Clerk."
LESSON ON GENTILITY.— The following em
hrsees a refit' . exquisite lesson oc gentility :
A geetlernaa * from Boston happened to find
himself atnodi a little party of ladies away
down east, las), sdEntner, and While in the en
joyment of some innocent play, eadessly
placed Lis arms about- the *leader waist of as
pretty a damsel as Maine can boast of, when
she matted and exehriured:, "Be do?e, sir
don's hostile leer—The gentleman instantly
apologized for the seeming rudeness, and as
sured the half offended fair - one-that he did
Lot itoedd to insult her. "IsTor she replied,
archly. " if yob: didn't , xou may. do ad
-411aP The yeing Wise don' net tceppliie
Attu gentians*: ;re-9400t.-tted ttiey esti%
tt CU ye: a:dr addraece.
(From the New York Mercury.)
114,SSAN', THE COBBLER,
on
THE SEIGE Or MERV:SHIM.
BY LOUTS N. BURDICK
_ 0 _.___
CPAPTER
In the time of Al Mansor, - Caliph of the
Moslem - Empire, and one.of.the most wise as
well as devout disciples (whose memory May
God embalm 1), )(used. Ihn Ilahassan, a
scarred veteran of Islamism, was emir of the
district or province . of Pot'ssara, and at the
particular time of which we make mention,
.h e was,
with a troop of four hundred follow
ers, beleaguered in a smalltown many leagues
to ttie north. west of his capital. Lie had
been on an important mission to the city of
Khaibuk, and while returning. had come* t
unexpectedly upon a large force of insurgents
from a neighboring pruritic° which was at
the time in a ,partial state of revolt . ; and,
dier a sharp skittnish, had succeeded in re
treating and thiciwing hitnself into Meershud,
a somewhat Icluged but, well fortified place.
when, closing the gates upon his pursuers, he
di-rpurehed. a messenger to his crap tat with
•fal, information of his condition, and aith an
order for his lieutenant to has et. .with a su
p, rior force to his assistance:
A %seek passed away, and cld Yuseci.was
wondering of the tatdiness of the expeeted
aid, when - he learned from one of the enemy,
whom his men had captured that his messen
gerhad been taken and beheaded. - The.
same day it. bevatue apparent that the re-,
sonices of the place were becoming fast ex
hausted, and that a . few days mord would find .
the inmate of .the town - without provisos.
Another messenger was dispatched for relief,.
hut the town
.was so . closely guarded, that he
alio fell into the bande.of.the horde without
the walls, and his bead, after being uncere
moniously:sstruck oft
.was elevated
,epon a
lance and paraded before the - principal gate
of the town the following morning, accompa
nied with threats that the inhabitants w old
all meet with the like fate. unless an instant
surrender took place.
The old warrior Legan now to be seriously
apprehensive for Ahe safety of himself and
those cede r Bur:he was brave and res
oltite, and was bully determined never toy ie'd
himself alive, but to make every exertion
for the safety of the town. S , , for a third
time, . het chose a messenger fit m among his
:rustiest men, • , 4 ho, 'by dint -of the Boldest
ingentiitY, sueceeded one night in ! firer:dog a
'passagi , through the enemy, send setting out
upon his mission. bit already the sCatcity
of food 'was so great al to cause Much alarm;
yet the ,inhabitants of ldeershud were by far
too loyal to mtumur,. especially
. utr4r ,the
very eye of their- emir. True,, the geivernot
of the town, a weak, old. lover of mach ewe,
tied matt ) women, met - on one or two occa
-ims, hinted at the advantages which might
tesult, if terms were to be made with the ene
my ; bui the rumor coming tothe e r of thb
etuir, it was hinted by that old warrior in re
turn, that he needn't meddle with affairs of
that auto e, but that he might-.-in fact that
it was for his interest, to,te as vigorous as
possible in-devising means fOr keeping the
gatrison and townsmen from starving—which
advice be ptoceidtd to follow, ass the most
wise and least dangerous one under existing
circumstances. A proclamation accprdingly,
went forth, to the effect - that all persons hay
ing 'a supply of gain, or other provisions, in
store, were to report the same to the govern
ment, and that'a neglect on the part of
. any
one to do so would sul t ject the unfortunate
owner to the, loss of his head. Nevertheless,
the result•was by no means gratifying. and
famine stared grimly-into the faces - of the in
hafiir ants of Meershud.
Among the inhabitants of Meershud was
Ewan lbn Abbas, an ardent believer in the
teaching of the great prophet, aswell,as a
skillful Maker. 'of men's Shoes. De was a
young, handsome, generous-hearted 'Arabian,
and •a great favorite with the humble
demi of that part of the town were lie lived,
who pitil-obized him extensively, and delight
ed in listening to the tales he would tell—
for he was a wit, withal, and had a most
lively imagini:ionwhen forming d one of a
Ifroup which would gather in the evening for
g.issip, after the hour of prayer. ile_lived
entirely alone, "in a little house which, with
,the scanty iinpfetwmis of his'tiadse, had been
left to him .at the des.stli of old Abbas, Lis
venerable father.. •
N e xt to ittssan dwelt a tish old man, who
- was, known throughout the town as Azwar.
the miser, front his strong : love of gold, and'
ahe mans miserly ,propen,ities he exhibited.
He bad..vne daughter, his only child, whose
name wa, Zuraya, of whose peerless beauty
re -port often sp,.ke ;, vet she was seldom seen,
for her fatfier,wlso,e affections rested next ,to
gold upon her, liept her confinvil as. much
a- , it was possiLkWi: bin the walls of his house.
Its 'truth, she was the brightest jewel of all old
Az wa trestsute.s—Noung, graceful, and lovely
asthe loveliest in-the land.
The dwelling of the mi.er was a large
~ quye-strucittre, behind which were spacious
grounds -filled with, beautiful tru ? Ners
.and
-hady groves of orange; date, and pOrnegtan
ate trees; and here, in the lieu ..jf the day,
would- the fair Zorava often crime to pass the
hours alone. The humble house of Hassan
was. built up against the. eastern fall of Az
war's dwelling, and from his little garden ad
joining, he bad of:eu seen the form of Zoraya
passing through her filther's ground; and as
often had be watched her till die disappeared
from his sight amid the foliage of the shrub
bery. The youth. was . struck with the deep
est admiration when by accident the veil of
Zoravaswas wafted aside oneday, as she was
waikihg near tho garden'wall of the cobbler,
giving that voung man, who happened at that
morneut to be near at hand, a full view of ber
exceeding b - eauty, his, senses wete-completely
• nioxicated with love, and be . e.ould. not re
press au exclamation of rapture *bleb rose to
his lip?. • The maiden heard it: and turned ;
and as the fiirure of Hissia met Lei
his haindsome'face lighted, up , with. such an
open admiration other,rand his rich tone still
sounding it) heuear, a burning blush suffused
literwountunsioce,. and
.hastily -replacing tier
veil, she _turned :away, not a little e,onfused,
but with a--sensation of pleasure at . heart
w hicks she .wits. totally uaal4a to account , for..
inassatx Ibn -Abbas .vtas a pervereving and au
inganions Wins., and mlisize ha bad .eolteetad
his senses ini soniedegree...fortheaid- bait
considerably simile red=—be set aboni devising
itt /114 Wind smealp of geitio; the actiaint-
1; entrust usque#lntira &wag, TUttrisbag Darning, AUrit 29; 1858
• i
.tance of the fair object of his adoration—for
he really did adore her from that, hour.- He
lyas'quitesuccesful. Seeing each other day
after day, a week had nut elapsed, ere salute
tations -passed between them, and then words
et a different nature; and wheue month had
fled, they were become very intimate; on two
Or three occasions stolen interviews had taken
I )lace in the grove, and filially they.had mu
'aridly- pledged themselves. to love - ono an
other till the end of time, though there was
not a ghost of a, hope that they would ever
he united. But :venal is ever sanguine:
II One unlucky day, a- short time
,hefore the
mir Yused had entered the town, Hassan
met his loved one by appointment, in the most
riechided portion of the miser's garden. He
w a seated in the shade beside her, with one
Of her slender hands clasped in his', and into,
her willing ear was pouring his passionate
tale of love. He was urging heft. to forsake
her-home and fly with him to-some more fa-
Vored spot, where they could be united, and
enjoy, undisturbed, each others-society, prom
ising by all the stars in heaven, and -all the
Iruths in the Koran, that no other maiden
should share his love, but she - alone should
reign undisputed mistress of his heart—when
a slight noise was heard behind them, and
the next moment they were confronted by the
Person of old Hazwar, who paused before
them with flashing eye, and rage in every
feature. - The lovers started to their feet, and
Zeraya nearly swooned with affright.
'What doest thou here uttered the old
man in a tone of suppre,sed wrath, looking at
t i young cobbler.
liessan was terriblyembarrassed, and could
•
riot for an instant, reply.
'Why art thou here l'inquired the old man
'again, still more fiercely.
1 'Of.a truth,' replied Hassan, • recovering
himself somewhat, and wishing to be concili
atorv,•of a truth, oh, most. excellent Azwar, I
was enjoying the welcome shade of tby
grove.'
'And the company of my daughter!!' said
'the miser, satirically. 'Bismillah !' and he
,pat upon the .ground, as expressive of the
disgust of the young cobbler and his entire
proceedingS.
Hassan was silent, but he glanced towards
the trembling, &Kaye.
'1 know ''thy purpose,' continued the old
than ; 'thou woulds't have stolen this silly
girl, and have tobbed me--'
, 'Nay,' interrupted. 4 1 . am not
thief; but thy daughter is very fair, and if I
could have persuaded her to fly—'
' ! son-of a dog ! thou darest t 3 love
her •
By Alluli !' exclaimed the younginan,with
sparkling eye, and carried away by his pas
sion, `I will make no denial of it—l do love
her as my Idea!'
The miser's rage was redOubled by this
coufe-sion. Turning fiercely to his daughter,
t;c, snit •
'ln with thee, in to thy- chamber,, thou
shameless one. Away ! I will see that ye
meet not here again.' •
As she hurried, werping, from the spot,
Hassan caught one glance from her dark eye,
which assured him of her continued lose;
hut he could.notspeak to her, though-he re
turned the glance, with one that tokl more
titan ords how he would cherisd her in hts
heart.
' The old man noticed it.
'What,' •he cried, 'doestthou stil! dare to
look toward her ! Away ! Get thee gone,ere
Islay thee, .beggar. Know that she is not
far such as thou. The fire of Jehentiam
scorch thee !'
With such thOughts any exclamations, the
miser advanced menacingly toward the outig•
man. But Hassan retreated precipitalv, not
liking at all attituile of the e are.. d map.
and knowing that any reply would only irri .
tate him the more, and render the liability
his meeting with Z.,rriya still less. And
fOr a Month he saw her no more, though he
daily puzzled his brains not a -little, as he sat
in his little dwelling at work—for be was not
one of those who could allow his beAness to
interfere with his labor—in endeavoring to
devise some mode .Of obtaining one more in
terview with the object of his adoration.
While his hands and mind were thris busily
employed one evening--for be bad sat later
than usual at his labor thitt day—his anions
tiOn was'suddenly arrested by a dull, clicking
sound, scarcely audible, which proceeded,
seemingly, NJ/1 the earth directly beneath
him. He listened attentively; again the
sound was heard, and this time he fancied
that it was accompanied by a sligerjairing
of the ground For mere than one hotir, at
intervals, the noise was audible, causing.
rather uneasy feelings to enter the breast of
the young cobbler. who, being very super
titiously inclined, fancied that the genii were
at work in the,earth somewhere in his imme
diate vicinitt; and he revereetially uttered all
sorts of prayers that they would not,trouble
him, but depart to other regions, and visit
with - indignities those persons whose regards
for the prophet were, feebler than his.
On the evening of the day succeeding the
one on which Yused, the emir, has dispatched
his ltot rater:-enger for relief. the young cobb
ler went from ; his dwelling with thoughts of
a most despo'fidin,g nature, wondering whether
or not it would ever be his happy fortune to
again behold Zorava, - but letting his „Inlaid
run more particularly upon the idea of ob
taining some food; for the famine was affect
ing the good people of Ideershud not a little,
and that very day the youth had eaten the
last trifle of food his house contained, and
acme could be Purchased in the ,market
place.
As the evening advanced, Etas= formed
the centre of a small group of his friends,
who were gathered together, discussing upon
the all-absorbing topic of the seige of the
town and its probable .consequences. The
conversation waxed warm and earnest.
'The town cannot bold ont , much longer,'
observed one.
'Allah Aohbar !' utteied another, devoutly,
'we shall be massacred every one, of taken'
'Famine i* 0301 i) dreaded than tba sword,'
added a third.
'Thou gayest trulv, said a Bravo old than,
'were it not.that wi; have no 'food, I would
have no fear of
.capture by the, bord Without
while the son •Habasan
By the beard of the Prophet!' exclaimed
Raman itt an animated tone,. 'let
_the enemy_
'remain, before.these' walls imother ieek, and •
not ‘,t,..sto obeU acne Jam' • The force of
" WE ARE ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND THE CONSWITUTION.".•r3aotcs Buchanan.
CHAPTER II
Yused will be down upon them like a. Whirl
wind."
'But if they come, not soon we shall be un
able to resist; many are famishing already,'
said one of his companions.
.'True; our greatest enemy is hunger,' mot;
tered Hassan ; and then he said- vehemently;
'Would I were governor of Meershud—would
I were governor but for a day V
'N't'hat would'st thou dol' said -, ,a„ deep,
quiet voice.
• Every eye was instantly - turned to the
speaker, a tall powerful man, who stood upon
.the outer edge of the circle,' and who had
come up unperceived by those who now be
held him, so absorbed had they been by
their own conversation.
'What would'st thou do he asked again, •
his dark eye still fixed upon the young cob
bler. 'What wourd'at thou do it thou wert
governor of this town for a day ?'
'What would I do l' -repeated - Hassan, con
fusedly and bewildered by the sudden appear
ance and stern bearing of the itranger, and
by a question so directly :to the point i , 'of a
truth, I would-14 would •procure food to
sustain - the inmates of Meorshud till we could
be relieted.'
The stranger gazed at him in silence for a,
moment find a slight smile played ahout,the
.•
corners of his mouth.
'Thy name!' be then said, 'what art thou
called V
'Truly,' answered the astonished cobbler, 'l
am named Hassan Ibn Abbas' •
'And I,' said the other, 'am - Yused, Emir
of Bassora. Thou, shalt have thy wish.. At
the rising of to•rnorro's sun thou shalt be pros
claimed
. Governor Meershud. See that
thou provide the food within that. time„ . and
the governorship shall be .confirmed" to thee;
fail to do so, and thou shalt,' lbse thine office,
and also receive a sound lesson from *las
tined° :'
In a moment and before his astonished
listeners could recover from the complete
amazement which enthralled them,the speaker
was gone.
The bsstinado is no-light punishment, and
was not at all to the tutse of Hassan, who
1.
bad ample time, as be walked slowly home
ward, to. reflect urea the. dilemma in which
`he was placed, and to heartily curse himself
for uttering the expressiori which caused it.
Not that. be was at all loth to take upon him
self the governorship with all its powers and
dignities, but to.l.es deprived of it nt the Crid
of a single day, with the additional humilia
tion of receiving a sound flogging—and ho
could not possibly see how itwas to be avoid
ed—what was weighed upon his spirits,
met yielded him food for the bitterest re
flection. -
He reached his dwelling, enfe4d, and bar
red the door, and seated himself to think up—
on his situation in as calm a manner as pos
sible. For more than one hour he sat thus,
'VW tarou Lim Landa, Li naliald
deeply engaged in trying to conceive s sorue
method of relieving himself of thewesh which
entangled him, and he had almost given up
le despair, w hen his thoughts happened to re t
cur to the noise in the earth beneath Lim,
which he bad heard a few nights since. lle
endeavored to turn his mind frotu the subject,
and reflect - upon the,coming morrow, but be
could -not. The more he,attempted to centre
his thoughts upod a plan to es - cape the calam
ity which hung over him, the more forcibly
the mysterious sounds he had heard occurred
to his memory. .
'Who knows,' said Hassan to himself; after
pondering for some time over the singular
circumstance—'who . know but the genii were
goad spirits, who would help me in my emer
gency But cow to raise- them—how to
call them before me, know not. It 'has been
done bs others, I know,' he muttered; 'but
' ' alas ! I have not the talisman wherein lies
the power. Perhaps they have a place of re
sort beneath my very seat.'
A alearn of awakened hope lit up his `eye
as he thus mused. He continued :
`They have vast treasures, too; and, could
I but gain them, - what could I not do ? By -
Allah ! something was at work in the earth !
I was not deceived, and it could not have
been other than they. Can - I not reach
them or their treasures I'.
He started - to his feet as the thought struck
him and then—uttering aloud, .1 will try !'—
he hastened to procure a spade, which found,
be sought out the spot from beneath which
the sound had seemed to come, and, without
ceremony, was vigorously to work throwing
up the soil ; he soon had quite a hole race.
vated. Once or twice be paused, for a few
moments, to rest from his toil : but, a length,
after an half hOurs labur,his implement struck
against a solid substance, and be could pro
ceed no further. He cleared the earth from
the -pot, and,great was his surprise to find a
wall os masonry beneath him. It was not a
natural rock-'-that was plainly evident;
it
was the workof human, or of ghost's hands,
That it was the latter there was no doubt in
the %mint , man's mind. At first, he was
astonished—alarmed—awe struck. Lie be
lieved there was a cavern beneath, the resort
or residence of a powerful race of spirits;
and be stood in instant dread of the sudden
appearance of the genii, and the utter- an,
nihilation of himself by them, for disturbing
their abode.
Gradually, however, as nothing presented
itself, his fears were calmed; and be reflected
that he was ins dilemma that required cour
age to'meet ; that his wants were immediate
and pressing; and that the spirits of the earth
would inflict punishment upon him for what
be had already done, it at all; and, so, his
mind were soon made up—to proceed, at all
hazards, to the investigation of the mystery.
Accordingly be trimmed hit light, and went
to work, with renewed vigor, at clearing a
way a broader space . ; which being accomp
lished, hesoon after, by dint of-honest•labor,
succeeded in dislodging one - of the large
stones forming the arch, when he found that
an opening was effected to some kind of a
vault. The removal-of other stones was not
SO difficult, and, in a short time, an aperture
was made sufficiently large to easily admit
his Way. '
Hassan grasped his torch, pressed iuto the
cavern, and .perceived that Abe bottom was
at no great distance beloit so, without hesi
tation; he dropped through,. safely landing
ilpott the earthen floor. - -He looked around
him; he walked along the llassage; he'stop
ped ; he went still further; he stopped again;
and took'another observation. '" The apart !
mint were nearly-full of wattled sacks: .He
made an investigation into - the contents of
isoiveral;-.-010'sire . re filled' With barley:- -111 e
itaoks-weropilid up-en-titber- aids, leaving-.+a
. . . .
paSsage-way in the centre. There were many
hundreds of them, for the •vault was an ex
tensive one.
Haisan lbn Abbas seated himself upon
one of the sacks, and reflected, for a few mo
ments, upon his discovery. The genii, he
thought, were entirely different in their na
ture, from what he had supposed, if this was
one of their haunts. He began to believe.
that it was nothing of the kind; and, as this
belief gained ground, be became impressed
with the fact, that if the place was not con
structed by the spirits, it must have been by
mortals. With- this conviction he arose, and
proceeded to make further explorations. He
passed along , lhe chamber till he could go
no further, and then he knew, by the direction
from which he-had come, that hemust be di
rectly under, the house of old 4zwar, the
miser. And 'thee the truth broke on him at
once, and he became convinced that the old
man had-here, in a vault which be thohght
secure from detection, hOarded away this .
great amount of grain, and, fearful of losing
it, and of coming to want himself, ho had
kept the knowledge of it from the governor.
He returned to where he had effected an
entrance; near by the detected signs of recent
improvement in the wall verhead, and he
p
s rightly conjected that a rtion of the old
stonework havin'o fallen in,f
the miser had, on
the night when he had heard the mysterious
sounds, been secretly at work repairing it.
He clambered through the opening 'above,
reached his own room, fitted the stones in
the aperture, and, in a little time, had replac
ed" the earth upon them. -Ile slept little that
night.
'Great was the amazement of the people of
Meershud, but greater that of old Mowyan,
the governor, to hear heralded the proclama
tton of the emir, that Movtiyan was deposed,
and that Hassan Ibn Abbas governed - in his
stead. The cobbler was escorted to the place
of public justice, and in the audience chamber,
the under officers waited to offer their obe
dience. Of the emir, he saw nothing. Alt
to him was.hew, but in the prosecution of the
mornings simple business, he was quite suc
cesful. When that was completed and-he
was left alone, with two or three attendants,
he dispatched one of them to bring before
him the °id' miser, - Azwar,
exulting not a
little in the thought that he bad the power
to humiliate one who had used him with so
little eeramtny-onAlbe-eeeaniou of their react.
ing in the grove, and congratulating blinself
that he saw in the miser, also, the mians of
confirming him in hii now-position.
it was not loncr b before-Azwar stood before
him. He ordered his attendants to leave
him, and then he turned and confronted the
cld man. Astonishment and dismay was on
the countenance of the latter, for it was not
till now-that*he was conscious that his voung
neighbor was.in power. Hassan looked him
sternly in the face. - •
•Thwu knowebt me r he luqulred.
`Truly, 1 havo not forgotten thee,' was the
answer.
'No; it'is not long since we met--you re
member the time
'Allah Aebbar ! God is great!' said the
miser, 'thou wert not goyerner then.'
•True ; but l have something else to- speak
to thee about,' said- llwatn, in a grave tone.
'Thou knowest that !famine is within these
walls.'
•Bismillah ! it is even so.'
- .Many are perishing Or want of food, and
the strength of the soldiers is wasting a
way.
'Allah preserve us!'
- 'A r e must preserve !ourselves. Thou bast
heard, the proclamati-im that whoever 14s
grain must yield it upj l'
The old man looked quickly up into Pts
san's face.
'Yes, said be, have beard IL'
`Then why has thou not acted !'
'I r uttered the miser, starting and trernb-
•
' •
'Yes, thou. Remember, they life is forfeit•
ed in not obeying the decree.'
ferbid ! 1 have none,' said the old
man, exhibiting signs of great terror.
'Beware hOw thou sagest :' exclaimed
Hassan, warmly. 'ln the great vault beneath
thy house and mine, are stored many lmndred
sacks of barley.
. The miser was thunderstruck. He fell up
on Li,: knees before the governor, his face
pale with terror.
'Make no denial exclaimed Hassan; !if
thou dost not send it all hither ere noon, it
shall be forced from thee, and thy death
bball surely follow.
'Mercy !" cried the frightened man, 'it
shall all be given up. But spare my life.'
'Upon one condition.
Tho miser looked up with an expression of
Lope
'Th.
ou hast a daughter,' continued Hassan,
'thou shalt give her to , me to wife.'
'God is great !' 'ejaculated old Azwar,
rising with perfect composure • 'she is thine?,
Before-the set of sun, Yused Ibn Habassan,
the emir, was gratified and astonished—for
he had looked upon his affair with Hassan
more as a pleasantry thim otherwise—at the
reception of sufficient food to suffice for his
men for several days, with word from the
young governor that mote would be forth.
coming when needed. :The emir kept his
word in confirming the cobbler in his new
office, and two days after he honored Hassan
by attending his nuptials with the beautiful
Zorava.
The next day, four thousand horsemen
swept down across the sands, and, when night
closed, not a rebel—save the many dead—
remained about Mebrshud.
TOE ToorrrAcom.—'My dear fiend; said
'I can cure your toothache in ten
minutes.'
'How f bow inquired I: 'Do it, in
pity l'
`lnstantly,' said he. 'Hato you any alum r
'Bring it, and some common 'salt'
They were produced. My "friend pulver
ized them; mixed them in equal quantities,
then - wet a small piece,bf cotton, causing the
mixed powder to'adhere, and placed-it in my
hollow tooth. - " •
'There, said he,'if-tbat does not_Cure you
I will forfeit my head. You may tall this to
every one, and publish - it every7hore. - The
remedy is infallible'
It was as he predicted, ...On the introdae
tion Oithe'tnixed aloft and talt;-Texperiene
eid a sensatioi.:efeoldnese,l'whieh"
subsided; abd . ;with alt !
cured ihnlCitniat'ef the AetitliachetUnit.
Readiiiitine'a ()Wu Obitturii
In the days of old. Myeall, the
. publisber of
the Newport (Mass)Herald iciurnal still
alive and flourisbing)the Sheriff of-old Bssex,
Phillip Bagely, bad been asknd several times 1 ,
to pay up his arrears of subscription. At!
last be one day told Myna that he would
certainly "hand over" the next morning as
sure 'as he lived. 'lf 'you don't get your
money to-morrow,you may be sure I am dead'
said be,
The Morrow came and passed, but no
money. Judge of the Sheriff's feelings when,
on •the morning of the day after, he opened
his paper, and saw announced' the lamented
decease pf Philip Bagely, 'esq., WO Sheriff
of the county of Essex; with.,aa. obituary
notice attached, 'giving the deceased credit
for a good many excellent traits of character,
btit adding that he had one fault very much
to bo deplored—he was
_not Punctual in pay
ing the. printer. • '
.! .
Bagely,• without waiting foi his breakfast,
started for the Herald office. On the way it
struck him as ,singular that pone of the many
friends and acqaintarkes he met seemed to be
surprised to see him. They must have read
their morning paper. Was it possible they
cared so little about him as to have forgotten
already that he was. pp more Full of per
turbation, he entered the printing office to
deny that he was dead.
'Why, Sheriff 1' ,exclaimed the facetious
Witor, thought you were defunct !'
'Defend rexciaimed the Sheriff, 'what put
that idea into your head V
'Why, you yourself !' said Mycall, 'bid you
not tell me-'-
! ah yes ! I see!' stammered out
the Shore 'Well, there's your money ! And
now contradict the report, in the next piper,
if you please.'
'That's not necessary, friend Bagely,' said
the sly joker; 'lt was only printed in your
copy I'
The good Sheriff lived many years after
this "WI," and to the day of his death always
took care to pay the printer. .
A 11 -Ann Wirstass..—The following dia
logue, which occured-several years ago-be
tween a lawyer and a witness, in a justice's
court, not a great many thousand miles from
this place, is worth relating:
. It seems. that Mr. Jones loaned Mr. Smith
a Lorne,-which died while:, in his (Smiths)
jiossession. Mr. Jones brought suit to recover
the yelp() of the horse, attributing Lis death
to bad treatment. During the course of the
trial, a Mtness, (Mr. Brown) was Called to the
stand to testify as to how Mr. Smith treated
horses.
Lawyer (with a bland andconfidence-in
yoking smile) : Well, sir, how does Mr.
Smith generally ride a horse Y
Witness (with a very ineriy twinkle in hi
eye, citherwige irnperturbable)—A. straddle,
bolio,e, "air.
Lawyer (with a scarcely pereePtible flush
of vexation upon his cheek, but still speaking
in his inaoothest tones)—But, sir, what gait
does be ride ?
Witness—Lle never rides any gates, sir.
Ilis boys ride all the gates.`
Lawyer (his bland smile gone, and his voice
slightly husky)—But bow does he ride when
in company with others ?-
Witness—Keeps up if his horse is able; H
not, Le goes behind.
Lawyer (triumphantly; and in petfect fury)
=How does be ride when he is alone !
Witness—Don't knoiv; never was with
him when be was alone.
Lawyer—l have done with you, sir.
WAGGERY.—Some time ago, on the Sab
bath day, we wended our way - to Ime of our
churches, and instead of a' sermon heard an
address upon some missionary Or other be
nevolent subject. After the addtess was e'en
chided two brethren were sent around with
baskets for contributions, Parson
who was one of the lasket'bearers taking th
side upon which we sat. Immediately in our
front and upon the next seat negligently re
clined our Mend Bill ll—, a gentleman of
infinite -humor and of dry jokes. Parson
L=• extended the basket and Bill shook
his head. .
"Come William, give us something," said
the Pe ram
"Can't do it," replied Bill.
" Why riot la not the cause IL good
one f" o -
"Yes; but I am not able to give any.
thing."
" Pooh ! Pooh ! I know better._ You Must
give a better reason than that."
" Well, I owe too much -money—l must
be just before I am generous,' you know."
"But, William, you oWetod a larger debt
than you•owe any one else." \
"That's - tree, Parson, but then he aint
pushing me like the balance of my creditors."
I The parson's face got into rather tucurioui
confusion as he pasted on.
"Gor Hut' Foci.."—Aunt Jenny was a
very exemplary_corored woman, and always
felt and showed much concern for the future
welfare of her numerous children. But little
Nicholas had so much of the "Old Nick" ilr
him, that, with all her persuasions and
threats; she could not, bring him into 'the
good way of saying his prayers; One after-.
noon Aunt Jenny was startled, by hearing
loud cries .from the barn yan,:l—" 0 Lord .'
and hasteiing out she saw young - Nick pinned
to - the fence with the horns of a-cow, one ou
each side of him, and now and then she
would let him out, but only to "bunt" him
back again. Nick, kept up his cries—" 0
Lord!' and all the louder When:he saw his
mother coming. .But ,she didn't inteofere.
She stopped, took a sood look, set her arms
akimbo, and'sang out, " Oh yea! you's mighty
williie-to call on the Lord now yon's in trou
ble; but you_couldn't pray yer tinder
like a 'apectable ohile !" And turning to the
kitchen she left Nick to the tedider mercies
of the now, being quite sure; however,, that
noieriouslarm would come ,-
fowls it thei . girls can ali n ys - tell a
Married - from a single one?
Th'e fact is,indisputablo, Blackwood says;
that "the fact of matrimony or biehelorship
is Written se. legibly in a man's appearance
that no ingenuity Min 'conceal it. 'Everywhere
there liciare' inexplicable instinct' that tells
us whether au - individual`, (whose nawe, for,
tent,. and cireurnsuinces are Wally unknown,)
be or ba'not; a married man. Whether it is
a 'certain subdued:. lonk, such as :that *Ain't
•Charrieteiliteti' the nankin the menagerie, and
distinguishes theiu from the lords of thelifes 7
er t, we'cannot tell ; but. the truth is sCrore
-
fell= 15 ) Snllatr 17.
Origi of the-Odd
Many persons who are under the irnpres - -
elan that the Society of Odd-Fellows
origination of modern times willhe sornewbs
, surprised to learn'tbat its origin dates as far
back as the time of Nero, and wasteatablished
by the nomhn soldiers. in the year,bi.—At
that time they were called "Pellow Citi*ens,", -
the present name being given them_hy Titus
‘Coesir,lyventy-four years afterwards, and they
were sd called from the singular character.cf
their meetings, and from their knowing each
other' by; night cr day by maids of myetical
signs and language. At- the same time he
piesented Ahem ,with a dispeneuttion, engraved
4311 a plate of gold, bearing different embleina
•of morality.' In the fifth - centarrthp Prtler
was established in the Spanish domitcons;ana -
in Portugal in the sixth century. It'did noi . t
reach France and Ehgland until thercleventh
century.- I .lt was then established in the latter
country by John de Wevitle who qsalatiat by
lvm.knights from France, fo...7med - .a Grand
Lodge in London. This ancient frateinity has
now its lodge in every quarter of the globe,
and by its usefulness and benevolent charac
ter, commands the respect and countenande
of all who are acquainted With its nature and
purpose. _
THE BITER BrriF.N.- 7 , 7 A few year!' ago,'-1•
farmer, who , was doted for his waggery,, stop
ped at a tavern, Which - he was in the habit of
stopping at, on his way from Boston toSideta.
The liOdlady had goftbe pot, boiling fOr
slur, and the cat was • washin,g'hei Caccia' this
corndr. 'f he traveler , thinking. it would b's
e
goo joke, took off de pot-lid, and, while did
landlady wai absent, put the griMalkin
the pot with - the potatoes, and pursued his
journey to Salem. The amazement of.the
landlady may well be conceived, whets
taking up her dinner, she discovered :the un
palitable •addition - Which was mate tb it.
Knowing' well the disposi.t . lod.Ofltai custo
mer, she bad' no diffieulty-in fixing ,on the
agressor, and she determined to be rev„ishged.
Aware that be would
,storod returnfue.
a cold bite; the - cat " was was Carefully tressed.
Thewag called, as was expected, and rise . )
was put On the table, — among other cold
dishes, but was so disguised that be did riot
know Isis old acquaintance. ge made
hearty meal, and washed it
,down with sigkaks
of gin.. After paying:his bill, **id the
landlady if she bad a cat she could g t iveldin,
for he Was plagued almost' to deith -with
She said ".she could ; adt, for shir hid lost
bet's." = ,
•
"What ?"'said he, "don t you . know when
she is `l 2. •
"0, pea," repliLd the landia4, " yoti have
just eaten it."
As this is the season of the . year when
peoPle-begia to clean up - and make thitigo
loOk fresh for the approaching summer; we
copy from the last Scientific ...eitnei icon` the
following in respect to the best and ebtapest"
whitewash,-both fOr the inside and Outside bf
the house :
Take halta bushel of fresh burned white
bine, and elaielie' it either viih bot or Cold
water, in a tub' or- barrel: Wheii thoitiugbl3 -
slackened, dissolxe in- -tb9 water:required to
thin the lime, two quarts of common
stir it thoroughly, add- one quurt of street
milk, and leis ready for use •to put it on with
a brush. ,
Tiflis - Wash' for outside of building, fences,
&c., is very durable. §onie "put gibe in
whitewash; and others flour and 'rice paste;
but those render it liable to scale off in very
dry weather.
The above wash mar be made a *atm
color by the addition of ochre. - `. •
The above whitewash is all that can be de-
sired for the interior of houses, eithiiiitint
the salt, it must be omitted as it tends to im
bue moisture. French white
,is sity§flOr to
lime' washes for the ecilihkof roorris, as it' is
not so liable to turn yellowish in color, but
it rubs off so easily that it can be used
for side walls.
/al' A few nighti ago,Ur. Jories'who had
been out, ongoing home late borrowed an war
brelis, and when his wife's tongue was !dwell=
ed, be sat up in bed, and sirtidenly spread out"
the piraphuisc.. = •
'What are you going to do whir - that
thing V said she.
'Why, my dear, I expected yery heavy
storm to=night, and so I came pretiarea?
In less than two Minutes Mrs. Jones was
fdst asleep.
ExperiMental pkilosophy 7 —okini. a Man
to lend you reomiy. Moral philoiophy—Re
fusi rig to do it.
If a small boy is called a lid; M .it not
prow to call a, bigkei boy a Udder
Cockriey Epitaph !Ur a Cook-=?Peas to his
hashes."
Beautiful - Extract—iielpiug a .youeg lady
out of a mud bole. . .
Why is ti the most heautifullette lu
-
alphabet for a deaf woman? Because it v
make her hear... • •
Jur " Dub, llairy . Smith has - ono of the
greatest curiosities you ever saw." . i'
"Don't say so—what is it!" .0 -
" A tree that- n6veraprouts, and tvhiho
tj....„,
comes.smaller thelolder it grows."
" Well, that's, a ouriovity. Where di he
get it ?"
"From California." :'• ' ' -..
"What's tbenanie-of it ?" •
. "Azle-tree! If once belonged to a t ail.
fornia omnibus." : -' -
t - zr Now, George, you must divide the
cake honorably with - your tittle 'brother
Charles:
'What is honorably, mother 1' •
'lt imams that:
.soff Must gir - i -hire. the
largestpieee.'
'Then,. mother, I'd rather have 'Charley
divide It, • • '
oir..Two friends werediniug toget ieiy..ono
of whom remarkett— ;
"An I.,am going abroad, toulo-itly
will, and I lisive bequeathed to .. yomy. WlOO
Stock ofimpudetlce.4.
The other replied ".
"you are very generous: al walla *uollr —
You hav(.):Wt nae.by far Abe huvatportion of
youredstab"..":
A,Affse lotatioa - out great, cia!ms to be
p oo tes a - - - iisten , - _
Johubit tnYnaTi ,
v s,titt9n, •' • ,
'will be the ) 1 i0 4.1 ! 311 4' - I --
.An& aPPY - • - - 7 ,
' • ThaOnakes the,