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o THE OREGON SCOUT. JON KS A: CIIANCHV, liillllicr. UNION, - - - OREGON. Dirty Old Pipes. l'ca, it istruo. as you remark, that Mr. Carlylo has been a diligent smoker of envy pqies lor sixty years, and has done, uuLwuiiBuuming, a vast amount of ex diem worK. it wouia ill becomo uk to speak of him or his writings, except wiui proiounu respect. sut, my deaf editor, is ho a cheerful man ? Has he been generally a happy man? Do his later works show a better hope, n mot buoyant spirit, neater faith in man nnc in lua destiny, than thoso of his enrlv manhood ? His Inends toll us that lie has been a prey to indigestion all hi dnys, and that ho is tho farthest possible from being gay or jocund. His fast not able utterance, entitled " Niagara and Aft .r," sounded to mo like tho cry of do spair, and as to his comments upon tho into war oi secession, was tliero anything ever wmicn uy a great man nioro per VUSO? Iam glad you approve of Rood dinners, I havo tho honor myself of eating !105 of them per annum, and leap years DGfl. I believe in a generously nourished and totally unstimulated life. At tho samo tune 1 have never been (unto a teototal- or, not being ablo to livo up to my best conception. It is tho coming man wlux win not oriiiK wmo. I am not Jie, as you know. Gootho drank freely of tho light wines 01 ins country, as an mo uermans do, but lie was free from tho taint of tobac co. JIo had a particular dislike of it. Voltaire, temperate in all else (except work), was a snuff taker, and had one of ino prettiest snull boxes in Europe. Both of them, I think, would have been bettor and happier if they had managed their bodily all'uirs a little bettor. Allow mo, then, still to adviso students, jour nalists, and all who labor with tho bruin, to throw away their dirty old pipes, put men cigars into tno stove, never buy any more, becomo absolute teetotalers (or as near as they can), take a good dinner in tho middle of tho day, and rest as many eiays in seven as tiioy win uilord, but always one. Janicn J'ai ton'v letter to the Motion Herald. Munition In ItiiHulu. Educated men and women in Russh do not always find it easy to gain i livelihood. Trade is looked upon in altogether distinct from education. Ai educated man is obliged to ho a teach er, clerk or government ollieer, and il he cannot be one of these he is disap pointed and his mind is ripo to receive Nihilistic ideas, if he lias not oharuetoi enough to light the battle of life. The position of woman is still worse. A girl whose parents nro able to give hei n good education is in many eases left without any menus of support, unless sho makes a good marriage. It Is with in a short time that women have been admitted as clerks of railway and tele graph companies. Hut in consequence of the common prejudice a girl of re spectable parentage, who is without means, is thrown on tho charity of hitions, who in no ease would knowledge u girl who worked ro ue- foi her n living, and would rather see dependent on alms. The only mount of livelihood considered by society ns honest and respectable for a girl, is teaching in pnvuto families. The teachers in schools aro mostly male. In any Russian newspaper there are numberless advertisements for situa tions wanted by well educated youn ladies, leaching four, languages and music, for their board simply. '1 he only trades existing for women are millinery and dressmaking. Position; ns saleswomen in stores aro mostly oe! cupied by French or German girls, whe are independent in their ideas, or by uneducated Russian girls, who do not euro for tho opinions of society. Edu cated women aro thus placed in o really pitiable position. According to tho Jowish and Mohiimmo dau tradition, King Solomon, who was wiso beyond all othermen, knew tho hiu gungo of animals, and could talk with tho beasts of tho field and tho birds of tho air. A Itahhinicnl story is (old of him which runs in this wiso : One day the King rtxlo out of Jerusalem with n great rolinuo. An ant-hill lay directly hi his path, and Solomon heard its little people talking. " Hero comes tho grent King I " 9 heard one of them say. " His llattcreiM cull him wiso and just and merciful ; but Jto is about to rido over us, and crush us without heeding our sufferings." And Solomon told tho Queen of Sheba, who rodo with him, what tho ant said. And tho Queen made answer : " Ho is an insolent creature, O King I It is u better fate than ho deserves to be trodden under our feet," Hut Solomon said : "It is tho part of wisdom to learn of the lowest unci weakest," And ho commanded his train to turn aside and sjinro tho ant-hill. Then id? tho courtiers marveled greatly, and tho Queen of Shoba she bowed her head and niado obeisance to Solomon, saying: "Now know I tho Hoerot of thy wis dom. Thou listeuest as patiently to tho roproaehoH of tho humble as to tho lint-terio-s of tho great," Cripples lu (icriiinnr. Tho number of deformed, lame, hump backed people is very great. An En glish doctor told us ho had nover seen so many rickety, ill-kept children as in Germany. How can it bo othorwiso? The mothers aro in the Holds, and can not bo looking after thoir babies, mend ing and making at homo, where surely there is always enough to do for one pair of hands. As wo drove along, tho cripples sat by tlio roadside tending cows and goats, which must uovor bo allowed to go alone, lest thoy should stray boyoud Uieii" owners' uarrow fron. tiers. Carts, with smull wheels very far apart, most rudely puttogothor, passe I us driven by women. Content porary Jlevlew. Takk Ikt up Uuitrrljr, VmMoumI ao kleuilorljr, Young Mill M ttltt lluiJl lir rrvuUjr, Talk (o Ur (iriytrf ullr UUt'l MUM M ltm Famous Amazons of Dahomey. From tho Pall Mall Oazctto. Tho Gormaua, to whom Africa as n field of colonization is a mino of inox- haustiblo novelty, have just rediscov ered tho nmazons of Dahomey. Thcso famous warriors, of whom so little has been hoard for so many years, have boon inspoctod by Dr. Zollcr, who gives an account of his reception at the court of tho Portugueso half breed, Julia.no do Souza, who, in his semi-royal state at Whydah, rejoices in tho possession of a fully equipped battalion of women who fight Alas 1 however, for our precon ceived notions, tho nmazons of Do Souzn Jiavo moro resemblance to a corps do ballet than to a corps d nrmcc, and tno deepest impression winch tliey left on tlio minil of their visitors was that thoy would mako tho fortuno of nny en terpnsing impresario who would intro duco them to European audiences. Uf ,)uliano do bouza himself, who has had his son educated in an Eng lish boarding school, and married bv a Fresh priest, Dr. Zoller speaks in high terms : The tall, broad-chested man, with n dark yellow, almost brown, complexion, received us with thomninblo politeness of a pompous aristocrat. Ho woro a long, shirt-liko garment reaching down to his feet, high European boots, an nnbroidered smoking cap, and al though ho is a Fetish worshipper a big black metal cross on his chest. After apologizing for tho reinarkablo rostumo which ho had been obliged to don be cause of indisposition, Juliano gavo tho sign for tho beginning of tho festivities in front of Juliano's houso, a rather rickety building of two stories in tho middlo of tho village, which was filled with tho upper ten of Whydah, a mul titude of black spectators all of whom protend to bo of European descent. Rut woo to him who, without being a 'whito man,' dares to wear .European boots, or allow himself to bo carried m a ham mock, tho European moans of convoy nnco. JNot even tho Jving would over dream of committing bo unpardonabloa breach of African atinuctto. 'Whon it was dusk tho arinv of ama- zons niado thoir antranco into tho yard lantastieaiiy attired, and looking moro fantastical still bv tho glaro of tho torches which weroborno beforo them Shortly before tlieir dunco commenced tho Chaeha distributed German beer and Rania rum among tho audience. which consisted of b6")jio 500 spectators, many of whom were accompanied by tlieir tamo shoon, which follow their masters liko dogs. Rum is tho ordin ary bnveruira ollored to visitors in IJnho wHoy.ffro Amazons of Abomo, of whom there aro at tho most some (5,000, aro noininallytho wives ot tho Jung, and as such form a body guard, which said to bo superior to tho nuilo soldiors in courago , disciplino, and loyalty. But although thcso aniazons accompany tho King on all his wars, I think thoy aro moro for show than for sorvico. Among all tho savago and Bcnn-savago tribes singing and. dancing nro considered as essential as drilling and drumming among ourselves. Jt. is natural that the aniazons, having from their earliest childhood boon educated ns warriors, dancers, and singers, should bo as supo rior to malo soldiers in theso accom plishments as our Guards aro to tho re- serves. 'i'ii.. aniazons of tho Chacha, all of whom havo served in tho army of Abo mo, nro women between tho ages of eighteen nnd twouty-llvo; and ns tho Chaeha doe3 not go to war, thoy aro naturally only kept for show. Thoy havo separate barraoks, but livo, liko tho thirty nuilo soldiors, in different quarters of tho town, whonco thoy nro called togothor whenover thoy aro wanted. At their first entraneo, whon, marching up m a long proces sion, they saluted their lord and mas- tor, I was astonished at tho military ox- netiludo of their niovoments. Imag ine sixty young women strong nnd slender, who, without losing anything of thoir womanliness, present a decided ly warliko appoaraneo. Among Euro- poans this combination of tho woman and tho warrior could not bo imagined; hero it is exphunod by tho peculiar for mation of tho negro skeleton. Tho skeletons of neirro women fin striking contrast to theso of tho mulattoes) aro strikingly liko tho skeletons of male negroes. "Tho assertion isnntruo that tho fo- mnlo warriors of Dahonoy havo thoir breasts cut off, liko the mythological nmazons of tho ancient Greeks. Their picturesque uniform might furnish our masters of tho ballot with fresh ideas. Tho frosh young faces look voguishly from under tho white, brimloss yokoy cap, ornamented with black pictures of animals, such as lizards, birds, and others. Tho foot uro bare; short kniekorbockors of greon, rod, or yellow material oomo down nearly to tho kuoes, and a brighl-colorod tunio of striped silk or volvot, which leavos only tho nock and tho arms froe, covers tho upper part of tho body, which is supported by corsets of native manufacture. A broad belt of many colors heightens the slim appear ance of tho female warrior. At tho loft sidoof tho belt n sword is fastoned, and a small cartridge pocket in front. A scarf of white or light groon silk is worn liko a Scotch plaid, Tho ariua mont consists of swords, battle axes, nnd guns, which latter aro put aside during tho dance. Quito apart from tho effect pf combined dancing and singing, tho performances, which went for several hours uninterruptedly beforo our oyes, woro quito in tho stylo of our corps do ballot, with tho only difference that perhaps no other corps do ballot would dance with oqual exactitude First camo u tall mid somow lint el derly woman. Sho was tho captain, and ai she outercd tho son of tho Cha cha whispered to mo, "Just look how well my mother danco.s. Then follow ed, with battlo axes uplifted, tho Young er officers, und in their rear tho sttll youngor troops, now dashing to ward us in tlieir sham fight, now wheeling round, dispersing, ami again uniting. And nil this with rhythmical movements, half warlike, half coiiuottish, but never clumsy, tho ciegant play oi tno uaro round arms recalling to tho mind tho limbs of an' cient classical statues. All dances which I havo scon performed among savago and demi-savago peoples havo been grotesque, and to a certain degrco voluptuous. Jtcro for tho first timo performauco wan given which would navo hold its own before a serious rcsthcte. " Contemplating this remarkable feat. and listening to tho strange, rhythm of tho songs of tho nmazons, who, oven after a performance of Boveral hours, showed no sign of fatigue, tho delight cd Germans spent the ovening, and next morning wero invited to a similar danco performed by twelve young ladies ofthoagoof 10 and 17, all of whom the Ohncha introduced as his wives. Their performance, however, wns inferior to that witnessed tho night before. Tho threo days' fostivities, all moro or less of tho samo kind, wero concluded by Chacha presenting a bull to Dr. Zol ler. Tho Increase of Celibacy. Mr. Dana has indulged in some re flections on the incrcaso of celibacvjn Now England and tho Middlo States. His reflections aro not without interest: Formerly in Now England a bache lor of thirty or moro was a marked in dividual, nnd ospeeinlly in tho smaller towns was subjected to both ridicule nnd censure. Public opinion was of fotidcd when a man went much boyond tho marriageable ago without taking n wife, and ho was pretty sure to becoino a butt or an object of sus2)icion among his neighbors. Hut now all that is changed wherever thoro aro not many foreigners in a community. There is an actual and a proportionate doereaso in tho number of marriages, and lid? falling off was greater last year than over beforo. Tho Connecticut town clerks say that at least one-half of tho young men bctwoon twenty-one and thirty are unmarried, wnoreas lormeriv nino in ton married beforo thoy wero twenty- six. Uf courso, tho reason for jthis disposition to put off marriago is tho conviction of tho young men that thoy can accumulatnomorlc money, or get moro personal comfort, by no delaying. Thoy do not want to bo hainpored by a wife and family whilo thoy arc laying tho foundations of a fortune, but aro wniting until they get an incoino lame enough to enable them to livo nicely. Tho longer thoy wait, tho less aro thov disposed to nssumo matrimonial respon sibilities, for few of them got tho amount of money thoy think they need to sup port ii family, and their porsonal wants nro likely to go on increasing with thoir incomes. This stato of things is not nt all peculiar to Connecticut, Ihrough- outNow England tho ago at which men marry is growing greater, if thoforoign population bo excepted, and tho numbor of thoso who remain xinglo through lifo is largo, and continually increasing. Tho towns aro full not only of old maids, but of bacholors too; and instead ot being tlio butt of ridieulo, a young mau who refrains from niarriugG until hois well sottled in lifo is looked upon as a sonsiblo and prudent fellow. Tho same disposition to delay marriage, or to keei) out of it altogether, is strikingly displayed in Now York, whorocilfo numbor of clubs and of club members has greatly increasod of lato vcars bo- causo of it. Theso young men are ablo to got luxurios and oleganees at thoir clubs which thoy could not ospect to provido at their own homes if thoy wero married, and thoy will rather forego marringo than givo thoni up. It would be till very well if thoy could got wivos with portions which permitted tho con tinuuneo of such self indulgouco, but fow of them nro ablo to do that. As bach elors they can livo off tho fat of tho land, dress with elegance, and enjoy social gayoties, to which they know that thoy aro woieomcd with tho moro eagerness becauso thoy aro single. Ab married mou their income would force them to livo with tho elosost economy, or what they would regard as such. What Produces Old Ago. Tho Medical and Surgical Hoportor of April 11 contains n curious nr'ticlo on tho "Suspension of Old Age," the lend ing idea of which is "that tho real ohango which produces old ago is moro nor les3 than n slow but stendy accumu lation of calccrous matter throughout tho system; and it is owing to thoso de posits that tho structuro of ovory organ is altered, elasticity thus giving way to sonilo rigidity. Rlockago of various organs thus commenced, and sooner or later n vital part becomes involved, and death of necessity follows." Todolny this process tho writer advises tho avoidauco of food containing this calcer ous matter, among which broad is prom inent. Moderation in eating is enjoined; and nmong tho articles recommended nro "fruit, tish, poultry, flesh of voting mutton and beef, bee'auno, as lieforo stated, of thoir boing less nitrogenous. All well and spring water contains con siderable of tho earthy salts, and should therefore bo avoided, and cis tern water used in its stead, becauso wator is tho most universal solvent known. Therefore, if taken into tho system clear of foreign mntter, it is to that extent tho hotter prepared to dis solve and tako up thoso earthy salts nnd convey them out of tho system. Tho addition of fiftoon oP twenty drops of dilute phosphoric neid to the glass of water, and drank threo times a dnv, will add to tho solubility of those earthy salts. In England after August 1, telegraph messages are to Do charged for at tho rate of a cent a word, nddressos but not signatures to bo iueluded in tho count. England is happily exempt from tho monopolies that oppress tho poople of the United htates. Of tho 35,051) recruits unlisted for tho Rritish army during IBS I, 28,203 woro rained in England, !l,tGS in Scotland mid 3.8S3 in Ireland. How Lord Wolsoloy Lo3t the Vic toria McdaL A building called tho Khoorsheyd Muzil, at Luoknov,(Happy Palaco,) but better known ns tho "Mess House," had to bo taken. After a heavy fire of threo hours from Peel's guns Sir Colin deter mined to carry it by storm. It was a formidable placo; mnssivo in its struct ure, surrounded by a ditch 12 feet broad and scarped with masonry, nnd bo yond that n loop-holed mud wall. Tliero wero draw-bridges, but it wa not known whether they wero down or not. Sir Colin gavo the command of the storming column to Capt. Garnet Wolscley, of the Ninetieth, with instruc tions that in tho event of tho draw bridges being up, and his not being ablo to effect an entraneo, ho was to icavo his men under cover nnd return nnd re port to him. It. wns not tho first storm ing column which "Wblseley had led. Years beforo ho had had that hotgf in carrying tho atroughold of the Rurmoso Chief, Myat-toon, and had been severe ly wounded. Ho was moro fortunato in his attack on tho Moss House. Tho stormers had to run tho gantlet gf a very heavy lire from tho neighboring buildings, but thoy entered tho plnco with littlo opposition, nstho enemy had retired, lo ving tho draw-bridgo down. Calling upon his bugler to sound the "Advance" to intimato to Sir Colin his success, ho ran up tho steps of tho building and planted tho Rritish flag upon tho roof, lint no sooner was tho ensign displayed than tho enemy opened hro iroin every gun which thov could brine to bear, and twice was tho flag struck down, but only to bo replaced by "SVolsoley, assisted slrangecoincidencel by a young oflicor of tho Hengal Ar tillery, Jjieut. 1-rodenck lloberts, now SirF. Roberts, Hurt., V. O., G. O. R. Uut thero was another building in tho hands of the ijnemy, tho Motce-Mahal, (Pearl of PalfWos,) tho last post which separated tho besieged from their de liverers. Wolsolev's task, as intrusted to him by Sir Colin Campbell, was ac complished by tho taking of tho Mess House, lio had no instructions to do more, .uut tneroaro moments in battlo when opportunities aro to bo seized in spito of "instructions" and when what seems rashness in a commander is really j the genius which justifies daring. Gar- net Wolseloy was not a man to bid his Btormers retiro under cover and "stand at ease" whilo ho saw beforo him a prizo which might bo won by bold hearts withO, dash. Ho mndn a rush nt, tlin Mntrn Mahal, follPwed with joyful alacrity by his gallant fellows. Tho way from tho garden , of tho Mess Houso to the gratcway of tho Motee-Mahal was swept by tho enemy's lire, but the gateway was reached. It was, how ever, built up and loopholed, and through theso looplgdes n murderous iiro was poured upon tho attacking par ty. . Ready in resourco and cool, Wolso loy sent back an officer with somo men to bring up crowbars and piekQsos to Bniash through tho brickwork. This was done, but it was n hard fight to got the onomy's iiro under, and tho stormers lost many bravo follows. At length, however, an aperture was mndo in tho wall, and through this Wolsoloy nnd his mon scramblod into tho courtyard Of the palaco. Fighting hand to0hand thoy drovo tho enemy from room to room and from yard to yard toward tho river, on tho banks of which tho Motee Mahal was built. Hero tho fugitives throw themselves into tho water nnd sought escapo in swimming across. It wns whon tho men wero returning with tho tools which ho had sent for to batter down tho gateway that "Wolsoloy fairly earned tho cross by a gallant act of dar ing. Privato Andrews, whojiad been his servant in tho Crimearau from under shelter to show his comrades tho way across. Ho was immediately shot through the body from ono of tho loop holes and fell. Wolsoloy saw this and rushed to his assistance. Hntsing him up ho boro him back in his arms to a placo of safety, undor a nhowor of bullets, by ono of which Androws was again wounded. Now Woolseloy had- gained tho Motee Mahal, but he had not gained Sir Col in's good-will. Tho old chiof was furi ous at an officer excelling his instruc tions, nnd "Wolsoloy wns advised to keep out of his way until his iro cooled. But tho erst lender of tho stormers of Ciudad-Rodrigo was not likely to bo long angry with a kindred spirit whoso disobodiout daring must havo recalled to him tho memory of his own fiery courago, when youth and hopowere his only fortuno. Ho gavo dipt. Garnot "Wolsoloy n "wigging" for presuming to tako tho Moteo-Maltnl without orders, and mentioned him in his dispatches for tho courago and ability ho had display ed, but ho was not named for tho V. C. Tho United Servico Magazine. Hclic3 of War. j Tho wounds of fcgr yoars of war will leave their soars on fifty years of poaoe.C Not only tho mained bodies o tho last survivors of tho old conflict, tho bunion of its military debt, nnd the , lingering sorrow of its victim widow and orphans, continuo to bear witness to tho calamity of war; but tho dumb ' objects of uaturo on tho hard-fought ( baltlo-fiolds presorvo its history, and i testify to the violenco of its strife. A striking illustration of tho hard , legacy which a war bequeaths is hero i presented in the wrestling of tho pence- J fill lumber-mill with the old trees thnt stood whoro hostilo men fired iron and , lead at each other. Cornelius Smith has tho contract for snwing into lumber a largo number of logs cut from trees standing on the field of Antictaui at the timo of tho battlo. Ho says that all sorts of missiles, from cannon balls to buckshot, nro almost daily met with in tho timber, and that it is really dangerous to stand near tho saws Having boeii snapped into frag- boeii snapped into frag monts, by striking iron shot imbeddsd i m tho logs. A large, angular fragment of n shod was struck by n saw n few days ngo, and a perfect shower of spaihs mined nbout the mill from tho contact of tho motal.i, tlio saw boing finally snapped in several pieces. In another instnnco a crepe shot was cut through by n saw, leaving a bright, polished surface on each hemisphere of tho missile. mia.muiHin.muimij.jyiujiimaijui BEItHIUDA'C PSCUZ.AP-ITIE3. Kcltlier Soil nor Water, Animnla nor BlrJa, Only Coral. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. In no other part of tho world, I think, did nature show such supremo niggard liness as here. Sho gavo tho Rermudos neither sod nor water.ncithcr animal nor bird, ncithor fruit, vegetables nor (lower. Sho simply conferred the most (letightiui weather under tho canopy, and then stood off and said: "Such weather a3 that is a bountiful outfit, if you don't get another thing." So it has proved, lo tho prizo weather all other things havo been added by visitors. ihe only wild animals known hero aro tho rat and the mouse, brought by vessels ; tho casual and oleaginous whale. and the bat, that hus blown across the tUlantio by accident. Tliero is no garao whatever, and never has been. Of birds, thVsplendid cardinal of tho fropie3 is hero. Tho bluo robin of Now bnglaud is horo, piping as bravely as ever. Iho catbird has nut in an nn- pearance, nnd so has that even greater nuisance, tho English snarrow. tho pirato of the winged world. Two Span ish birds, tho "chick of tho villngo" and tho 7retty ground dove, movo quietly about. And that is all. Not a nativo bird among them. I hnvo said that nature gave Rormnda no soil. Ignatius Donnelly thinks that mcseisianus ami ttio Azores aro tho re mains of Plato's fabled continent tho last jot remaining above tho sea after tho great cataclysm of ono hundred thousand years ago buried tho rest of tho continent with its splendid civiliza tions forever. In that case, I should suppose thero would bo somo real soil, some rocks, somo drift, some sand, somo clay, somo alluvium, somo vegetablo mold. Thoro is very littlo of tho last and not a bit of any of tho others on thcso islands. TJiGto is not clay enough tor a pipe, or sand enough for a sand glass, or a stono big or littlo nearer than the coast of Georgia. Thero is noth ing hero but ground coral roofs, car bonnato of lime, digested and deposited by that mucilaginous nnd shnpeless crUuro called tho coral "insect." This island is as white as so much chalk, and about as barren. "Water soaks into it liko a spongo, and livo minutes after n sharp shower ono can go out walking and find noithor mud nor mois- turo anywhere. On somo lowlands this comminuted coral, ith tho mixturo - P ..1 i !l i i , i in eiumems n mis laKeil up, is not. as hard as olsowhore; nnd horo it is oc casionally cultivated by the admix ture with tho soil of n largo quantity of fertilizers from America. It can nl3orb unlimited cargoes of thoso stim ulants without hnvfiig its lifo much stirred by them. Tieklo this coral reef with a boo over so vigorously, it nover laughs with a haftest; and after you havo poured into it oceans of pou drotte. and dosed it with loam and bound poultices of warm ground ivpon its stomach, it only smiles a faint and gastly smilo. Rut under thoso circum- stances, potatoes, onions, tomatoes and lily bulbs nro plnnted, and if they can clasp rootlets around anything softer than a cast iron stove lid, thoy grow. Somo things grow in n warm climate without much encouragement. I saw this week a tamnrind treo as largo as a good sized Now England elm,that had j boon torn up by a humcano long ago, and stood on its very top, its roots point ing toward tho sky. Tho branches that stuck into tho ground put forth roots nnd gavo tho wreck a now anchorage, whilo tho upthrown roots reverted nnd set forth now limbs, and tho denso mass . of foliage now shades tho groujid and invites tho still fruitful giant lo forgot its disaster. j There is no fresh water on tho island 1 except what comes direct from tho clouds. Tho sky is tho cistern of Ber muda. The houses nro all built of tho coral that is quarried in beautiful whito cubes from tho ground anywhero, scorning lit for tho sculptor's chisel ; tho overy houso is roofed with slant j roof of tho samo and iurnisheel with abundant tanks. In theso tho rain is gathered; and the tanks aro so very clean, and tho roof is so very whito and , tho air is so very freo from dust that tho water is tho purest in tho world cold and pollncld as if drawn from tho choicest mountain spring. I nover saw such delicious water anywhero. Na tura know what sho wns about when she omitted tho Bermudian springs. Marriage and Genius. Tie author of "John Halifax" has positivo opinions on marriago as con nected with genius. "Two peojilo," sho says, "man and wife, of whom ono was supposed to hn, and both really woro, wonderfully gifted, succeed iu making ono another thoroughly miser able. Why? Because the woman mar ried out of wounded feiuenino prido or (sho owned) for 'ambition,' a self-absorbed, egotistical, bad-tempered man, who had ruined his constitution by his persistent broaking of every law of health. Disappointed, neglected, sho does her wifely duty in a literal sense, but sho seasons it with incessant complaints and tho cruel nsoof that weapon which is a gentlowoman's instinctivo defonco against a boor sarcasm, no, too, lives a lifo unim poachablo externally, but within full of raucor, malice and a selfishness which approaches absolute cruelty; his poas atit nature perpotually binding him to tho sufferings of his wifo, moro gently born and gently bred ; whilo her mor bid sonsitivoness exaggerates trivial vox ations into great misfortunes, and mero follies into actual crimes. All this wretchednoss sprung, not from tho man's gonitis, but his other bad quali ties, which, had he been a brainless u, uum mvo wi uu whb g mt mm llia 0i J08 M miserable. Yet society moans out the moral, "Nover marry a '..n.iillet" sir Mia U'nran tt. lf vml ilrt marry a gouim you must condono all , his short comings, lay yourself down as ' u mat for him to rub his shoes on, givo him overy thing, and oxpoet from him I nothing, not even tho commonest rules of domestic courtesy and social morali ty." Connecticut imporU $75,000 worth of honey every year, Ploa3ing not Himself: BY MAIU A. P. STAN'SUURT. "I don't think you ought to talk as if T was tloing wrong, Helen 1 You know father has consented. Nod Litton spoke in an injured tone, looking down upon his sister from his perch on the old stile. Tho sunlight flickered througlrvtho loaves nnd the cool, salt breeze from tho sea played with Helen's long, golden hair, but her sweet face boro a very sober and thoughtful look. "1 didn't say just that, Ned." "No; but you might aa well have said it. "What you did say means tho samo thing. Now, just look nt it. Hero I havo longed to go to sea ever since I can remember. And I hate school I couldn't tell anybody how much 1 And now, when thero is such a chance for mo a channe in a thousand, Helen with this Captain Lctchgrwho is nn old friend of father's, and father him self has at last given mo leave, you must all the time bo trying to mako mo feel that I ought got to go. I think it unkind of you, Helen I really do. Ono would nlmost think yau begrudged mo tho pleasure." "Oh, Nod I" said Helen, and her bluo oyes filled with tears. "Don't Nell dearl" said Ned. tinlinnf.- ly. "I did not mean that 1 But I don't believe you ever guess what this thing is to mo. "Why, I can't oven look at that schooner out yonder without feel ing as if I could fly. It's the freedom of it, Nell, nnd tho seeing strnngo countries and peoplo! Oh 1 it must bo glorious I' "Dear Ned," said Helen gently, "do not think it hard of 1110. But I can't help thinking of father. Ho lias con sented, but I am sii ro you can't know what it has cost him. You remember he has had such different plans for you his only spn, Ned! And I can't help feeling, either, that ho needs you moro than ever before. Father don't com plain of anything, but ho isn't so strong as usual. Haven't you noticed how pnlo and tired ho comes homo nlmost overy evening? Oh, Ned! if anything should happen to father! I don't think it would bo a small thing for you to givo up going, " her voico sank low " 'even Christ pleased not hiinsolf.' " Sho turned away, walking slowly up tno path. Ned did not follow her. Her last words rankled liko an arrow in his unwilling heart. IIo felt that a battlo was beforo him which ho could best fight out alone. How hard was tho struggle, only God and his own heart know, but whon it was ended such a peace decendod upon tho boy as ho had nover known before. "Father," ho said very quiotly next morning, "I havo written to Capt. Letcher that I havo changed my mind nbout going away. Plcnso tako mo into tho oflice, and let mo help you this winter, and, next year, I will go to school, or do anything you wish." "My own boy !" 6aid Mr. Litton, when ho could speak. That was all, but whon Ned saw tho look upon his father's faco ho folt half repaid already for his bitter self-sacrifice. ThoCwinter proved that Helen had judged lightly iuoher anxiety for her father's health, for ho was attacked by a lingering sickness, in which, moro than once, his lifo was despaired of. Ned seemed all at onco to havo be como a man under tho now cares and responsibilities which fell upon him. Ono could hardly havo believed that tho often headstrong and impetuous boy could havo grown so industrious and p-iinstakiiig. His young vigor nnd hopefulness woro liko a tower of strength to tho watching mother and sister in thoso dark days whon death seemed waiting at tho very door. Over and over thoy asked each other "Oh? what would wo do if Nod were away?" 0 And when nt last, Qho father, still very palo and weak, but steadily and surely recovering, called him to his sido ono day, saying: "My dear boy, if you had not reboved me of so much care and nnxicty, 1" am sure I could not havo lived !" Nod could only answer with a burst of thankful tears. Only a few mornings later, ns Ned entered tho breakfast-room, ho saw Helen with a newspaper in her hand. Sho looked up, but he missed hor smil ing "Good mcrning." "What is tho matter, Nell?" ho asked, frightened nPher gravo face. For answer sho reached to him tho nowspapor, with hor fingor on a para graph in tho column of "Shipping News. " Tho coles' fndenl on his cheoks as ho read. Capt. Letcher's ship hud gon down, and all 011 board had perished. Tho brother and sister looked into each other's eyes. "Holon," saulNcd, inn low nnd sol emn voico, "it was God who gavo you tho words to aponk to mo that day on tho stile. Ho has not only saved my lifo, but Ho has tnught mo that a selfish lifo is not worth saving. Sabbath School Paper. A 'Loving Daughter. q Tho following iucident, from tho Philadelphia Call, may bo of tho "niado up" kind, but wo doubt not that thero aro many fond and foolish Mrs. Bluch ers in tho world; and aro thoro not among our readers girls who rocognizo in Mary counterparts of themselves? "Hard at it. I seo. Mrs. Blutcher?" "Yes, Mrs. Brown ; this is my wash day, and looking after a family of ton don't leavo much timo on my hands. "Is that Mary's voico I hear at tho tiinnn in tho narlor?" "Yes, that's hor. I don't seo how I'd got nlong without that gal, nohow. Al'nys on theso days, whon I hov tho tiringest work, sho picks out hor nicest pieces, liko 'Sweet Rest By-and-by,' 'Mother's Growing Old,' 'Love will Roll tho ClottdB Away,' nnd sings Vra for mo whilo I'm runnin' tlio duds through tho Crst wator. 'Taint ovory gal ns 'd bf, t thoughtful, 1 can tell you." o o o 9