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What Then I We wreathe onr brown with fniroet flowers, We quad the onp of ploasure, We danoo through hours of giddy mirth' To tnusio'8 Kftyet measure; The garlands fade tho cup is drained, , The restless foot are woary, Tlie eyes are dim with mints of tears, And hearts aro sad and dreary; What thon ? We build us monuments of fame, We twine us wreaths of glory, Our names through doods of honest worth Are told In lon(? and story; But hand and brain grow weak at last By paiu and ago o'ortaken; We watch tho buny world go by Forgotton aud forsaken'; What thon ? Ah, then wo sigh for blossoms fadolcjjs, sweet Whloli onco wo might hare nourished in out breast; Wo long to fill our enp from crystal riils And turn onr footatops to tho valos of rest: We loam the worth of temples built above, Of hamos engraren in the book bf lifo, Of hearts made purer by the furnace fires. TJnhardoned by the years of toil and strife Oh, thoughtless out, turn not from wiisdom' ways, Nor all the higher aims of life forgot, Else memory will mock your misery, And fill tho after years with vain regret Mrs. S. L. UowrlU MISS TILT'S NIECE. I wish very much I could do any thing," caM Ted Murchison. I will go up to London on purpose, if yon like, and call at yoar house. But don't they write to you?" "They thick it belter not. They would lot rue know if there were any thitig fnsli to teU. I Lave to console myself wbh the proverb, 'No news is good news'" - Coeile lt'v'ding spike with a ring of cadneBH in ht-r, voice, m.d for a minute her giay eys looked misty as she turned them ay. Di:eotIy after she glaoeed ba-k at her companion and laughed merrily. What, is the matter?' asked the young mun, somewhat taken by sur prise, and looking quickly firt on one aide and then tbe other, with the ex peotation of finding some canse for her amusement. There was nothing to be seen but the smooth lawn with its neat flower beds, the high laurel hedge, and the brown gate, half open, as though in readiness for his departure. Ilis astonishment only increased the girl's merriment, so that it was some minutes before she could answer. While they were' standing thus in the porch a dogcart was driven by, its occupants being the village doctor and hjs groom. The former looked hard at the little gronp in the doorway, half raising his , hand to his hat, but lefraining on see ing that ho was unobserved. " I beg your pardon," said Oecilo, re covering her gravity; but you do look so fnatiy. Your eoat in covered with greon from tie woodwork, and yon were putting on such h sentimental expres sion." ' I wasn't aware that to have a few patches of green on one's clothes made '.one so irresistibly ludicrous. It would be much more praotioul and sensible to offer to give me a brushing before I go." His ill-used air caused Cecile's mouth to curl again as she shook her head. "I daresay it wonld; but you ought . to have learnt by this time not to ex pect anything practical or sensible from me." " I e ipeoted nothing, Miss Redding. Candidly, I never knew what to expect from you. When I am inclined to sympathize with your troubles you shut me up by laughing in my face, and if I venture on a joke you look as solemn as if I were preaching jou a sermon." " Your jokes are very, very bad," she said, naively; ' I think I should prefer the sermon." " You're always down on me," said Murchison, in a mock despondent tone, It is fortunate your aunt 13 more mer eifnl." ' Won't you come in again?" said Cecile. ianoring this speech. You must be quite tired of standing." ' Is that a hint that you wish me to ca ?" " Well, I have a great many things to do." she answered, laughing again I" What on earth can you have to do ? A novel to read, I suppose t Perhaps," said Cecile, calmly. Then good-bye for the present, shall look in again this affcornoon, as I rather want to see Miss Tilt. You think she is sure to be in ?" Oh. ves : auntio never goes out twice in one day." Thev shook hands, the young man holding hers rather longer than polite ness required, and then the gate swung after him, while Miss Redding re entered the house with a heightened eolor She went into the pretty little dining rnnm and sat down to write a- letter, which took a long time through her fitmiiiim? everv few minutes with the end of tho pen pressed against her soft nnder-lin. lost in thought, and the writing forgotten. More than once she Bmiled and colored consciously, though there was no one to see or note how wfdl nlie looked with that flush ia her V fair cheek. Cecile wus one of those girls whom severe critic would eet down as decid edly not pretty, though under favoring Airt-umstanoes she often seemed so. llor complexion wa4 very fair, with a bluibh, poacLlike bloom upon it; hc-r eyebrow by bo means well marked but scanty; her mouth a little too wide and her teeth large and irregular. Her chief beauty was her brown, wavy hair, that had never been marred by scissors, but grew all ovor her head to its natural length, the shortest part being about her temples, where it curled and waved unassisted by art or curl-papers, gleam ing Pwith touches of gold shaded into the darker hue of the rest. Envious friends admired this becoming growth, and endeavored to imitate it, with un varying ill-success. Even ber aunt, Miss Alethea Tilt, had tried her hand at it, but; her straight tresses absolutely refused to bo tortured into anything resembling a curl. Before the letter was finished Miss Tilt came in, accompanied by her friend nd companion, Miss Pelham a large Jady, with very round, protruding eyes, and a gocd-natured smile. IIow nice and cool you look, Ce cile," said Miss Tilt, sinking into a chair and fanning herself with a Japan ese hand-screen, " I was so afraid we should mett some one and my face I know is flaming I" " Mr. Murchison has been hero,nBa?d Cecilo, addiDg a few words by way of postscript, and looking absorbed in her writing, so that she did not see the conscious way in which her aunt dropped her eyes on to the grotesque Agaves on the screen-,'' "What did he want?" Miss Pelham inquired, as she unfastened tho strings of her bonnet. Cecile carefully folded her letter in half, nd answered, demurely: ' To see aunt." Dear me. How very strange I" said Miss Tilt, blushing. " He is coming again this afternoon, br I told him you would most likely be in then." " Whatever can he wish to see me for ? I can't imagine." Her aunt's tone was so odd that at last Cecile raised her eyes. 'Poor aunt! She thinks he is in love with her 1" was the thought that Hashed into her mind, and her cheek became as rosy as her lips. " How can she, when he is twenty-four and she sii-snd-thirty ?" "Now, if it had been the doctor," Haid Miss Pelham, with a ponderous at tempt at looking arch, "I should have said he was coming to ask you a very important question." Tor shame !" said Miss Tilt. " So phia, how can you ? . Poor Mr. Parry 1 What a Bhame to put such ideas into one's head. He certainly is very fond of coming here," said Cecile, thoughtfully. ' And he is about your age, auntio, and a very nice, kind man." " My dear girl I Ho is years older than I am. He-must bo at least thirty- eight." Her niece did not smile when Miss Tilt made this announcement, but she had hard work to keep her rebellious mouth straight. That afternoon Cecile went by herself to call on a friend who lived some two miles away. As she was returning she mot Murchison. You should not walk alone, now that the hop-pickers are in the neigh boihocd." he said, severely. " xou must let me see yon homo." As she made no opposition he walked by her side, stealing many a side glance at her face. " Promise me," he continued, after minuto, "that you will not go oat alone again nntil they are gone. don't like to think of it. They are an awfully rough lot." "They won t interfere with me. am not afraid," she said, laughing. " But I am. Pray don t think me in terfering, bat it is not safe lor an on. protected girl in these lauely lanes." Cecile was silent and nail emuar rassod for a few minutes, but Boon re covering herself changed the subject 1 hey were both surpnsoa wnen they found themselves at the gate ; the time had passed so quickly, owing to an in teresting conversation. Oh, here we are at home I said Ceoilo, blushing directly after for the dismayed tone of her words. I am sorry, he answered, extend ing his hand. It has been a delight ful wait to me at least. May it sqon be repeated 1" He held her small gloved lingers lingeringly, and when her shy look met his, as she said, "Good-le, and thank you," there was something in his eyes that made her hastily withdraw and run into the house, with her very neck suf fused with color. She went straight upstairs and had removed her hat when her aunt's voice called her into her bedroom. She found Miss Tilt sitting on the side of her bed with her handkerchief to her eyes. " What is it, auntie '(" and Cecile hastened to her 6ide in some apprehen sion. ' Oh, not not bad news from home 1" Oh, dear, no!" Miss Tilt hurriedly responded. "Nothing bad has hap pened. I am only a little agitated. Cecile, dear, I am engaged to be mar ried." " Oh, aunt, I am very glad, and not much surprised. I thought it would be so some time I guessed it as soon as I came." "Did you. dear?" Her aunt bestowed on her a surprised glance, and then surveyed herself in the mirror which happened to be op posite. ''I like him so much," Cecile went on; "he is so unselfish, and bo quiet and grave and gentlemanly. Is it to be a long engagement?" "No; on the contrary, Eilwaru wishes to be married as soon as posHible." Edward ! I thouBht I did not know his name was Edward ?" "Ted, then!" said Miss Tilt, with diffidence. ' 'I can hardly bring myself to speak of him so familiarly. Cecile started, opened nor lips ana closed them again without speaking, while the blood rushed to her face and then receded, leaving it unusually pale. "He came directly you had gone, oi course people may be rather surprised at my accepting a man so mucn younger than myself but after all age is more in feelings than in years; and he looks rdrlor tlinn hn ia." Yes." she answered slowly, and placing her arm about her aunt's thin figure, she save her a loving kiss. v "I hope yon will be happy," sh9 whispered: then moving toward the door, she added, " I remember that my letter is not posted. I'll just run and lake it myself." She walked down the road witn ner head in a whirl, and it was some min utes before she could collect her thoughts. When they assumed definite shape Cecile knew that she had been very near falling in love with Ted Murchison. So near that just now she felt as though she had lost something out of her life, and as though she would give a great deal to be at home. A dangerous and infectious disease having appeared in her family was the reason of Cecile s exile, wnicn nad now been of two months' duration. During those two months she hud been thrown much into contact with Ted Murchison, and Mr. Parry the doctor, it being the latter of these to whom ner tnouguts had Aown when her aunt announced her engagement. " Aunt has a nice income of her own, and I have none," she fcould not avoid thinking, though despising herself for the base suspicion. " But he has alwayf sought me out. and oh I how could he- how dare he talk to me as he has done, and look at mo like thatl How stupid I have been not to see through him!" She walked straight past the post- offico Unconsciously, and hurried on with the letter in her hand ; but soon recollecting herself, she turned Bharply and crossed the road. Too preoccupied to notice the sound of wheels behind, this unexpected movement of Cecile's very nearly re sulted in an accident. She was awak ened from her reverie by a loud ex clamation, and looked round quick.y to see a horse pulled back on its haunches, its head having almost touched her shoulder. The next minute some one had leaped down, and Cecile found herself confronted by the doctor. She kept her face averted slightly, lest it should betray the mortification she was leel ing. and spoke carelessly : "I shall have you taken np for furious driving, Dr. Parry. Your man was going to run over me, it seems." "It was a narrow escape," he said, briefly, and waved his hand to the groom to drive on. After a pause, he continued: " I look .-upon myself as your medical man, Miss Bidding, since I attended you when you first came down. That is my only eAuse for re marking on your appearance. What is the matter with Ton?" "If anything you ought to tell," said Cecile. laughing. "Perhaps I can ll you doscribo your feelings," said Parry. " There is nothing the matter I am perfectly well," she protested, adding, as though the words were forced from her.by his searching eyes. I am only a little surprised at some news I have had." " Nothing bad, I hope ?" " No oh, no. It is only that my aunt is engagel to be married to Mr. Murchison." Cecile had no sooner said this than an uneasy conviction came across her that she ought not to nave spoken out bo frankly. She bad received no per mission to make the affair public. Perhaps I ought not to have men tioned it," she said, hastily. "You won't say anything about it just yet, will you r Looking at him fully for the first time, she was startled to see that he was deathly pale. "Oh ! I am so sorry !" she exclaimed, struck with dismay, as she remembered his frequent visits to her aunt a house. It was very thoughtless of me to tell you that !" ' Why ? what do you mean ' He looked down with an amused smile at her troubled face, reading it with the greatest ease. " Don't get it into your head that this piece of information af fects me ono way or another. If any thing, it is rather welcome. "Then you are ill?" " No, Miss Redding. The truth is I nearly ran over you just now, which made me feel awfully qneer, though you appear to regard it as an incident of no importance." "Doctors ought to have stronger nerves I Cecile remarked, lightly. "Don't!" he said, quickly. "It isn't like you, Cecile ! It is the greatest wonder that I am not taking you home seriounly, if not fatally, injured I Don't be bo flippant, for heaven s saks I I will say cood-afternoou now, as I have a letter to post !" and Cecile ex tended her hand, anxious to get away before the tours that had started up at his grave, reproving tone should make themselves visible ; but tho doctor's perception was keen, and he caught the wet gleam under her drooped lids, lie took her baud, but not in farewell. Instead, he drew her to a stile by the side of the road, so as to be out of the way of a passing vehicle. 'A minute longer! nave I hurt you cr are you grieving for that young idiot, Murchibour ' " Please let me go !" she entreated, trying to withdraw her fingers from the tight clasp in which they were held. "My letter will be too late I " The box will not be cleared for an other hour. You shall go if you wish it, bat first give me absolution for what I am afraid yon think my impertinent interference." " 1 will attribute it to a fatherly in terest in my welfare," said Cecile, with a half smile. " I know you too well really to resent anything you may choose to say." " Do I, then, seem bo very oidr ne asked, rather nettled. Thus appealed to she gave a critical glance at his tall, well-proportioned figure, and dark, earnest face that might have belonged to a man of thirty or even less. "Cecile, am I too rH for yon? I am only thirty-foar'af'er all ! I can see you have never thought of my asking you this never thought of it ! while I have thought of little else since I first saw you 1" He stopped, and silence fell between them. .Could anything be more dis couraging than the blank surprise that greeted his speech? Sutton Parry felt it more quenching than a decided nega tive. ' Your face answers me, child !" he said, sadly ; bnt let me speak a little more plainly before the subject ia at an end for the present ! I love yon dearly I I would do anything on earth endure anything for yoar Basel Uive me yourself, Cecile, and you shall never know a care from which l could snieia Pray pray say no more r ueoue interrupted. " The more you say the more an grateful I feel. I wish 1 had never come here. I could not I wish I could sav yes !" b be looked pale and distressed, ana stood before him like a culprit, steal ing a troubled glance at his face, its ex pression affording her anytning put consolation. There was silence for a space; and then Parry lifted his eyes to see her dash hastily away a conple of tears that were on the point of falling. Don't do that 1" he said, quietly. Don't grieve ; it can't be helped. I might have known. You are quite sure yen never will care lor me, child?" A decided shake of the head was the only answer, and he took her hand to look earnestly into her clear eyes. Then relinquishing it with a deep sigh, stran gled in its exit from his breast, he said, auietlv: ' Uood-bye, tnen. uut 11 you snouia ever think dinerentiy promise me mat you will be honest enough to let me know. Don't let false modesty part as, Cecile, for I shall never change." Cecile went home in a very dissatis fied frame of mind. For the ensuing davs Sutton Party occupied- a far greater portion of her thoughts than Murchison; not even in her sleep could she shake herself free from the intense look that had seemed to read her very soul when she stood before him. wish I had asked him to give me a week to think it over," she said to herself sometimes. A fortnight slipped away, and she never saw mm except at a distance, and then one morning "came the news that he was very ill with low fever Cecilo had been looking hollow-eyed and anxious lately a fact of which led Murchison was perfectly aware, and the credit or blame of whiih he took to himself with secret satisfaction, Miss Tilt's housemaid, being engaged to the doctor's groom, was constantly supplied with information as to his con ditiou, and from her Cecile heard such accounts as made her very uneasy. The doctor was, in fact, seriously ill A neglected cold and general careless ness with regard to his own health, in combination with mental trouble, had compelled him to give in and take to his bed. He forbade his housekeeper to call in other medical aid, and prescribed for himself without much beneficial re sult. And now the belief was growing on him that he should not recover. He had given orders at last for the praeti tioner of a neighboring village to be called in, and awaited his arrival, too weak and helpless to shake on the morbid feelings that oppressed him As he lay thus his door-latch clicked, but he did not turn to see who entered A light foot came softly to his side, and there stood uecne in a dainty wuue apron, with a plate 01 jeny in ner uanu .. i . ll . I V 1 ' l have come to practice nursing, she said, with a little shake m her voice. "Mayl?" " Cecile I You can't mean" She set down the plate and kneeled bv his side to shyly Blip her soit arm under his head and draw it on to her breast. ' Forgive me," she whispered, with a vivid blush, " 1 did not understand my self." She was returning home toward even ing having promised to go again on the succeeding day when Ted Murchison overtook her. They shook hands cordially enough for Cecile hud used every effort to ap pear no diflerent to him lest he might attribute any change to pique. "How are you?" he asked, witn, a sort of tender interest in his tones "You have not been looking well lately." " I am very well, thank rou," she said, coldly, offended by his manner "Have I vexed you in any w.v Cecile? Do you know I have been half afraid that you disapproved of my engagement to your auutV" "By no means. I think you are very fortunate in having won her con sent. I suppose I may as well tell you, Mr. Murchison, I am engaged too to Dr. Parry." How to Make an Orange Grove Pay. A man who owns a full-bearing grove of 1,000 orange trees, covei ing twenty acres of land, has a perfect independ ence for himself, for his wife, and for his children who live after him. It Is clearly within the province of any man of moderate means and energy to secure his great boon. The quality most needed for Buch a venture is patience. A man who wants an orange grove must make up his mind to wait ten years be fore he can realize the promise of his enterprise. As to the cost I submit some figures given me by tjolonei juarxnam. Said he: " A man should not start an orange grove and depend on making it support him while the trees are ma turing. The orange region is not worth a cent for anything but oranges. A man may raise his vegetables, but ne can ao nothing with corn, grain, cotton or grass. What money wonid you say was re- quired?" ' No man ought to start with over 500 trees unless he intends to hire some ono to help him. This is all he can at tend to. and this will make him inde pendent for life when he gets it in full bearing. A model investment, ana one that could not fail to bring wealth and prosperity, would be this: Let him take $1,000 and buy twenty acres of good orange land at $50 an acre. Then let him get 500 young trees at fifty cents each. It would cost him twenty- five cents each to set them out, or say $500 for the trees and planting. Then for $1,000 he could build a pretty good house. This would represent .ouu outlay for his home and grove. To be safe make it tfiJ.uuu 'men ne snouia have in cash $6,000 to support his fam ily for six years. In the fifth and sixth vears he might nope to gei some return from his grove, but he should not count on this as part of hip support. All the revenue from the grove for the first five or six years should be devoted to putting out new trees and in fertil izing and improving his place. With what vegetables ne couia raise, auu poultry, etc., he ought to keep his family very wea on wie $1,000 a year. He might supplement this by working at a profession or trada when able, but he would need all his cash. This would make $3,000 for his investment and $6,000 for his expenses, or $9,000 in all. Now, add 31,000 for exigencies ana mase me total $10000. This is as little as any man ought to start with and feel cr tain of getting through." " Bnt." continued Colonel JuarKnam " see what be would have when he got through. He would have five hundred trees in bearing and good for $2,000 income for the seventh year and a steady increase until it reached $4,000 from the five hundred trees. But these five hundred trees would only occupy- about eight acres of his twenty. In tho meantime ho should have set out. sav one hundred new trees a year (at soventv trees to the acre, tne trees twenty-six leet apartj unui on eeveu teen acres of his twenty he had one thousand trees ranging from seven T 1 -i.-. years to two m age. mis proper would then bo worth jkd.uuu at least In three more years, or ten years from starting, is would be worth prooaoiy 840.000. and would increase in value every year. What would it represent It would represent ten years work and an investment of $10,UUU Half of this would be invested the first xfnr. t.htt rimer &O.UUU wouia ue uueu dnrinir tun nrst six years as uoeueu, . - - This expenditure might be aecreasea O - 3 by. an active man, and the result might be bettered by a sbrewd one. But I nnt the fl mires at a fair average, and even at this l do not mins iv,w yr ton years' time could be put anywhere that it would pay better, or more mi tainly." . . Colonel Markham's caution against a ... . 1 nn man without capital uuuBtmiuuB orance grove is a wise one From the firt dav of nlanting the trees need cui 1 . ... tivation from tho day they aro planted a lone as thev bear. A great many men with only capitnl enough to buy the ground aud put out their trees have nettled in Florida, and wasted two or three vears. onlv to Sbe their trees dies and themselves ret-rn to the homes rhAv lnft. Thev were misled by tne idea that they could scratch the soil pn.i it. wonld lauffh a harvest, and live minces bv hunting and flshiog. Of course, failure has overtaken all suoh people. A number of poor men wno are carpenters or mechanics have built up fine properties by living cheaply and sticking out a few orange tree whenever they had a surplus dollar There is plenty of work for almost any wnrkincman in Florida, and every orange tree he brings to maturity is worth from $50 to $100, and will give him from $5 to $10 every year. As they cost only fifty cents for three-year-old seedlings, any hard-working, economi cal mechanio ought to put out fifty or a hundred a year. Lake tlirvei (t in.) CoiTiKpomttnce. Newfoundland is the oldest of ths Ttritish colonies. It ia nearly as large n.q KniMaud. agriculture i nesrlectod. and her fiour, oat-meal, nA,ia nr.tfit.nes. iiav and straw nave iu iJ - . , , r - , j be imported. Alas, the idol Wild "iiiores. in shattered ; Ohc SUNDAY READING. Mlsnioa Wark In Chlua. The London Telegraph sayB: There appears to be a very lively competition among tho various sections of the Christian church for the honor of con verting the " hes.tb.en Chinee." In his annual report Sir John Pope Hennessy states that one ecclesiastical resident in Hong Kong is the agent of no fewer . than eighteen missionary bishops. Those are probably Catholics, but the Protestants are quite as much to the fore, the governor observing that the number of ministers and priests now devoting themselves to the task of Christianizing China is extraordinary. It happens, however, that the result are not at all commensurate with the means,3mployed, the number of Chi nese Christians, we are told, being con siderably loss now than in the last cen tury. As to the cause of this a Chinese official has made a statement to which SirTohi Pope Hennessy attaches im portance. He said: " The missionary enterprises that have their headquar ters under your government would be treated by us with the same friendly toleration that we acoord to the Budd hists but for their constant appeals to what they call treaty rights, which do not appear to ns Chinese to be as se renely elevated above worldly consid erations as their reiigiousiy-minaea authors doubtless intended, and tbe consequence is that Christianity is mak ing no way is, indeed, declining vis ibly." Here we have matter lor tnougnt. Has the old missionary spirit become extinct, and mast we support the gos pel with gunboats? Formerly the pioneers of Christianity went lortn " with their lives in their hands " and had no thought of "treaty rights." But we seem to have changed all that, despite a Biblical warning. St. Paul'a career as a missionai y closed when he stood upon his rights as a Koman citi zen and appealed to Caesar. Religious News and Notes. During 1881 182 Congregational min isters were ordained or installed, seventy were dismissed, and seventy-four died. Eighty-nine churches were organized. A pretty Methodist ProteBtant church, and the only church in Uniontown, Kansas, was dedicated a few days Binoe, A remaining debt of $425 was wiped out at once. Chicago has a larger proportion of Hebrews in its population than any other city in the world. There are fif teen synagogues in this city, with i( aggregate attendance of 20,000. Rev. Simeon Parmalee, D.D., nearly eighty years a Congregational minister, celebrated recently at Oswego, N. Y his one hundredth birthday. He wa licensed to preaoh in 1807. The gospel is winning its way in tbt. New Hebrides. Ten years ago there was but one island in the group that could be called Christian, and now they are all open to the gospel. One great drawback to the work is the fact that twenty different languages, or dialects, are spoken by the natives, requiring as many different translations oi tne jioie. There are in Richmond, Va., fifty-five churches, with 80,146 members. The list of churches includes three uatnonc, nineteen Baptist, ten Episcopal, ten Methodist, and four Presbyterian con gregations. The Baptists numoer 10,554, of whom 12,219 are colored. The Episcopalians number 2,381, the Methodists 3,150, the Presbyterians 1,471, nnd the Catholics 5,051. The population of the city is b4,b7U, and nearly one-half are church members. The Btatistics of Ihe Reformea mnteM church show that during the past year 118 churches reported no ad ditions on confession, sixty-four only one; thirty-six Keps r,neir uwu uuuiuor, 194 lost more than they gained. In all 510 lesB than last year were received; net loss, 477. Seven theological grad uates, thirteen ministers and one candi date died; 108 churches in their gifts ignored the foreign missionary board, 14U tne domestic missionary uuuru, iu the. education board. 341 the church building fund, 351 the board of publi- cation, 380 the disabled widows' funds; fifty-two all. passed them Origin of Names In the Week. In the museum at Berlin, in the hall devoted to northern antiquities, they have the representations from the idols lroui which the names oi tne days oi ine week are derived. From tbe idol of the Sun comes Sunday. This idol is repre sented with his face like the sun, hold ing a burning wheel, with both hands on ma breast, siguuyiDK uuov. round the world. The idol of the Moon, from which comes Monday, is habited in a Bhort coat, like a man, but holding the moon in his bands. Tuisco, from which comes Tuesday, was one of the most unoient and popular gods oi the Qermans, and represented in his garments of skin, according to their pe culiar manner of clothing; the third day of the week was dedicated to his worsh'p. woaen, irom wuicu uumoo Wednesday, was a valiant prince among the Saxons, nia image was prayed to for victory. Thor, from wbenoe comes Thursday, is seated in a bed, with twelve stars over his head, holding a scepter in his hand. Friga, from whence we have Friday, is represented with a drawn sword in his right hand and a bow in his left. Setter, from which is Satur day, has the appearance of perfect wretched nesa. He is thin-visaged, long-haired, with a long l-ard. lit carries a pail of water in his r.gU hand, wbemin are fruit ma fiowo:
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