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ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
Selected Story
The Mill on the Bannock.
It stand there to day on the banks
of the plashing burn, amid its hedges
of boar-trees end sauoh -trees end whito
bloaaotning hawthorn, a itronglybuilt,
ehl-fftihioned houae, with orow-etepped
gabion, heavily thatched roof, end deep
window obecured by Hour, mug
and well kept e structure a Scotland
boaata. A equate iugle-lum over
which the green ivy eliutei etaiidMat
one end , at the otliar ia a hute wuod
en watr wheel hiuh revolvee raeiti
ly WieMI tho gate im up. The Mower
bicMui a brightly in iu gmden ; the
euehat dove & u wWlfliMlhlr
iia h.-d.-n ; the j'urn water ef lit ' Vmn
nook oure e tuiuultuounlv over it
dm ou tliit J une dy iu 18HJ a on
Mitother fat -off June day when oue of
the must atrocious deeds that Mootiisu
history records was Mrfotrated with
in iu flour-whitened wall.
Gewatn end llysie Beaton were the
gudeman end gudewife of the Mill en
thn Bannock, in that year of grace
HBti, e contented end well-to-do couple
aoniewbat past middle life. He wee
convent to attend the hopper of his
little mill end to feed his goat, end
work early end late ; for Uawain wee
healthy end strong, end felt es btppy
in hi buckram gaberdine as any noble
who wore velvet tunic end aimor of
Milan make. As for Mysie, it would
here done you good to neve eeon her
bright eyes end ruddy cheeks, tad to
have heard her merry song as her
spinning-wheel birred by its tegle in
the sunny summer days, or the cooler
Autumn one, when the shadows of the
Tor wood oeke grew shorter along the
Bannock. little tbey ceied, boay
with their humble toil, leading pleas
ant, cheerful lives ia this quiet retreat.
for the quarrels of kings end nobles
and the turmoil of kingdom. Ho,
though this was a year of war end sad
ruin in Scotland, and though only e
few Bailee distant, bevond the Tor wood
oaks, e battle wee raging between the
chivalrous end hapless James Stuart
HI. end hie fierce border lords, gude
men Uawain end gudewife Mysie kept
to their hopper end their spinning
beel, ell unmindful of whether the
day was lost or won.
Ae the sue went down behind the
green peaks of the fertile O nils, and
the gorgeous golden rays spread them
selves in the western sky, irradiating
all the broad landscepe end Hushing
the waters of the burn to e tuddv hue,
My hi') laid by hr reel and wheelpin.
kindled e fire of turf end beg fir in the
wide fire-place, hung a huge, three-
1 uve i kail u it on the wo-xim crocaa
or crook, and, uking a tm pitcher,
went out to till it with water from ih
dam. Hinging "tie f t old Bcotch
Mug, ami bnHify engasp-d in tiding
veancl, hi kih1iwii gave ito I. .! to a
tall and eAeeell kuiah. iooumuI on a
etetely gray nt who came riding at
full spend up to the mill, till hurae and
rider wero alui'mt upoii her. Then,
alarmed by the unexpected sight, she
uttered a terrified cry, and, throwing
eway ber pitcher, started to go into
the mill.
Mysie's loud, sudden ctj and the
clatter of the t olling vessel frightened
the gray horse, which reared furiously,
unseating its rider end throwing him
heavily uponf the green sward, not
msny feet from the mill door, where
he ley like one deed.
"Alack-a-day ! what have I done V
cried the buxom gudewife, losing ell
ber ruddy color es she sew the knight
lay proetrate, end his steed gallopping
over the caree.
Hearing the oiatter of srmor and his
gudewife cry of alarm, the miller shut
down the gate and came rushing out,
hie gabertdne end bonnet end black
beard ell covered with flour-dust.
"Devil mend thee, Mysie f he cried,
in some consternation, for be saw that
the knight's armor wee of the costliest,
and that his violet-colored cloak was
of satin edged with minever. "Devil
mend thee ! thine eldritch soraigh has
fraugh the horse and slain this comely
gentleman."
"Noo ; sey it not ; he is only stunnit
e wee bit," said the wife, es she knelt
by the fallen knigbt, and strove to lift
htm. "Rise, sir rite, and for the love
of St. Mary tell us where ye be hurt."
But the man lay motionless, end
made no reply.
"Hoolie ! ' cried the mi! er, "this is
a pooty scrape. Should iu vaasais
come agang, we stau' a gude chance u'
having our mill burnt over our head.
Here, gudewife, help me bear bim iu
ayant the hallan, then hasten and
make a milk posset for him. See ye
nocbt he is feckless end week V
The gudewife' cheeks were as white
a the calf of Mary f 0 welder's time
that was around her neck, but she
helped her husbaud raise the inanimate
man, and together they bore him int
the mill, and laid him on the humble
box bed in the o raer of the room.
Then while th aympithiziug Mysie
bestir red herself in making up a povset,
Gawain gently unban ed the cloned
nmbriere of the helmet ; and, seeing
the knight did not revive, he proceed
ed also to unclasp the gorget and the
breastplate of the plumed helmet, and
laying them abide.
"By my soul ! a gude and kuiohtly
ooiintenanct," exclaimed the miller, a
he si aimed the pah', handMOine
anil the (Uric curling hnir and u
trimmed beiad of tho MKauge.
faith, ho i id geutle blude loo.
Mvsie, ilk Kti d on hi ui nuf in
lace,
oeeiy
"1'iu
pure
gold, sad tho diauiun i ubiue like sun
on ins oaianoK ami hom nut.
"St. Mary Rain it, U; be'; thai c.uio
ly faoe ae whit-tand dnuiiiLkf, end to
ku w my dioitn' t ry brought iere.
0n we do nothing. G iwum, for ttie
pair knicht V
A ack ! I ken not. ffcrimp Jy'
ai r will revive him and the honest
millet seized a black leatberu jack, and
wenv out. In a short time he reap
peared with it full of water that he had
dipped from the Bannock, and set
t V 111 I 1
down by the knlnhfs head. Mveie
took some of the cool liquid end began
w tave toe patients brow.
Tmink ye, gudemsn, that he is a
king's msa, or U he o' the biaokheert-
ed nobles V asked Myeie, as she took
the gsuntlcts off hie hands end began
- it. m . . .
"O enaie them also.
"1 oanna tell," answered the miller.
x et i would na' think suoh a pleasant
looking gentlemen could he' buck ltd
on armor to fight our gude King Jamie,
wnom uod bless."
'Hew white and how soft his hands
are, end his hair is as smooth es silk
Alack I some fair lady iu Galloway or
MHUian may be lokuig sadly owre
moss and muirland lot the aight o' his
grey ated and whit., plume. Wuie.her
I eyee wad melt to th pur air lying
rweverT "wsae..
'Od'a sook I Myaie, law, lee tongue
-1 " Ui... .. . . .
ivrupiu IIKH H IUIII liOJM r. UlllIlM
the gentleman ia comin' u k sen.
Ihi wee indeed the cao A faint
eolor swept over the twle cheeks, the
long eyelashes uncloaed, and the knight
with a strong eflort rose slowly to his
laow
"Thank, my good people, for your
ktnknem, but tell me where J am ;'
and hie dark eyee roved about tee lew-
roofed, clay -floored cottage, with its
scant furniture, end the turf fire bias
ing in the great i replace.
The miller took oil hie bonnet re
spectfully, before be answered.
"Ye'rl in the mill town o' Bannock,
gentle sir. And 1 em Gawain Beaton,
n puir miller, nt your service."
"I am safe, then. Thank God for
that," said the nt ranger fervently.
"But how fer am I from this day's
field of sorrow V
"I told ye, laes, I thought he wee e
king's man," whispered the miller to
hi wife. Then, in anewer to the
knight's question, he said, deferenti
ally :
"Little mote tbau a-mile, eir. Do
you know our King Jamie, and wheth
er he escaped I '
The knight fanned his bend across
his dsmp nod blood-stained brow, and
ighed feebly.
"Gie the brew gentleman some o'
ye posset, Mysie. Perhaps it will do
bim mickle good ;" and the miliar
Cored out e tin dish el the curdled
verege and handed it to hie wife,wbo
in turn pteeented it to the atianger.
He quaffed it with seat, and appeased
somewhat refreshed after dunking it.
"You ere vet y good, ami if 1 live
this service shall not be forgotten,"
be said, ee he hauded the vreael Uack
to Mysie.
"Command our nerrioaa an ye may ;
wa era ae ymr Htddittg, gamtla air,"
said the miller, who ayuteubiea wero
roused no leva v the atraugai'a appar
ent rank, than by the fot (bat he had
aoMuht tor the bliof.
M)Ste cl an atl' clU'uale ad think
ful glance t bev bubtid.
"Glad am I that 1 hid -Ui I
oiiue and humeM ikU mtelng,
GaWMlti sVeW. : you urbl be
i hi ; like thai;" and kheuodded toward
their guest.
"Twere a shame, though to keepil
me free lech ting for good King Jamie,"
said the miller. "Dule it may bring
to as, Mysie, my dee."
A groan from the wounded stranger
made them both go to his side.
"Can we not do something for ye,
eirr asked Mysie.
"I feer me I am a-dytnjr. Ceuld
you get me a priest, that I may confasaT"
"The neareet is nt St. Jtfiniau'a kirk,
full three mile agang, yet I can reach
there enen. But will ye net tell us
your name, sir!"
"I am James Stuart, and this morn
ing I was your king," said the sufferer,
lying back with a low moan on the
coarse couch.
Gawain bad taken hie dagger and
stout walking staff, and advanced to
the doer, but at that surprising con
fession be stood as one am axed. Not
so Mysie. At the aetouuding intelli
gence she slipped out the ttrlmg pin,
opened the door, and rushed out to the
highway just as four horsemen, with
closed helmets end drawn swords,
gallopped up in the gloaming.
"Gude sirs, a priest, for St. Mary's
sake!" sho cried, wringing her hands;
"a priest to contest our puir and tke
lees king."
"Who say ye wishes to coufesaT' de
manded the lending horseman.
"The king, onr blessed king J-uuie,
who is lying on our bed a-dyiug. Ob,
sirs, for a prieatl"
"Hush, wooiati, here is n priest,"
said one of the rider, who had a lioit
blazoned within the engrailed border
of his scarlet tambaid coat. "Lead
us to your king."
The four men demounted, and, fas
tening their home to the boar-tree
hedge, strode in after Myaie beyond
the hallan, or wooded partition, which
separated tho living to jm from the
open mill.
Gawain was sore alarmed a the four
armed knights entered his humblo
dwelling, lln thought by their rich
armor nd a ;eotitreinenta for they
were aplendidly dressed that they
were uf the king' train; and iu a very
apelogetical manner he hastened to ex
plain the reason of the royal presence.
"lie fell from his horse, a spirited
animal, and I think he -nitut have
been wounded before. We brought
him in hither, an mv gudewife end 1
have done a' we could, ira, uKu my
word, a' we on Id, though it's leetle
enow."
"No more fellow," said he with
lion on his sutoat, sternly; "Vut
up the fire on thy hearth yonder,
your den is as dark an a dungeon,
want to look at this king of ours."
the
stir
for
The miller hastened to throw some
untile upon the dying embers, which
blazed and crackled tntddeuly. ditlu
sing a brilliant light throughout the
apartment. Gawain and bis wife drew
aide to one corner, a the tour men,
their highly poliahed and embossed
suits of armor glistening like silver,
advanced to the low box-bed and beut
over the helpless king. Mysie had
thrown a coarse checkered blanke
over the wounded
monarch; this, one
11, 1881.
oY the men removed.
"How feels your msjestyl" asked the
tallest of the new coiners, a men who
wore a silver unicorn for his crest.
"Very near unto death," replied
James, very foebly, without opening
bis eyes.
The noble lsugbed boarsly.
"Thou sayest truth for oi ee in thy
life."
"Whet would yet I asked for n priest
sirs." And the monarch turned un
easily on his bed.
"A priest I em your msjoetty,
though cased in armor," cried a short
ish, thick-set man, who wore an
Enslish scatf upon hie shoulder.
King James ojiened hi vee.
"A craven pri I fer hnu prt.
Didst thou not fight with A'i(-n and
bis lord this dajj "
"That matter not," answered tlu
men dMrmqiceifulir. "I umv havr
fongbtfor my own hand, II -d r the
vynd fought in Rolnwt the rttunrt'n
time. Nevetthelene, I am a priest, as
thou onnat see by my tonsure." And
be rem v ad his helmet.
"Art thou not thnt traitorous Hoot
who has been stiiring up strife against
me, Hugh BortbwickF asked the king
suddenly.
"Ay, I am Hugh Borthwick."
m a a . a aa .a m a .
"And thou, said the king, turning
to the tall knight, "art Sir Williai
burling of Keir. I know ye all; thou,
Lord Grey of Kyneff; and thou. Sir
James Shaw of Sanchie. And ye think
to confess mef '
"Yee, wert tbou the veriest clown in
Christendom," said Bath wick, with an
oath.
"Away!l will have none of ye.
traitors nod rebels, nil of ye " cried the
king. "I will confess myself."
"Nay, same hat a orient can io that.
How long dost thou expect to livef"
"He who number set the leaves
in the Torwood alone can tell."
"I have never counted them, vet I
can truly say thou wilt not live tn
minutes.
"I bnve never feared detth, and now,
ith my queen dead, my kingdom lost.
and my son in arms againat me, 1 can
not pray to live. Yet would hate
e to confess me, for my sins have
a
been many.
"This shall presently give thee
pardon," cried tbe msrniless wretch;
and with these terrible words he plung
ed his danger into the breaat uf the
unfortunate king, repeating tbe blow
until his victim was deed.
Tbe assassin nnd bis companions
then took tbe body on their backs,
carried it without tbe mill nnd flung
it, all gashed and bloody, like so much
co rion, into a hidden ditch where it
was never found.
The poor miller nnd his wife, tetri fi
nd at the committal of a deed so awful,
bad also shandomed their dwelling, to
whti h ther did not return for manv
dava. When they did venture to do
so tbey MSI no trace of the murder
left, snve lha encmaid bieud on the
bedding where the kiag hd lain.
Thus died Jam -h the Thir l .f Scotland
in bis thirty sisth yenr by rjjwbaad of hU
nohlos; a deetl that for heartleaa tiendieb
nans nnd ernel attocity is matehed in
Hcottiah history only by that scene at
midnight in the Black Priory of Perth,
where James the First was murdered
in Jane of Beaufort's arms.
awiwaiisa.
Every boy and girl should he taught
to swim, and be trained to it. Most
boys learn of themselves, while the re
verse is true ef meet girls. This latter
fact is a grave mistake. The mistake
ia more serious than formerly, because
so large a portion of our population
spends weeks and months every yenr
nt onr watering places, and because
travel on river, lake and ocean, and
Bailing ia beats and yachts for pleasure.
have tneraased to suoh an extent. For
these reasons as wall as others, a
knowledge of the art haa become a
meeeity. The lives that were recent
ly lost in consequence of tbe collisions
end banting of steamboats might most
ef them have been saved, had all the
paaaengers known how to swim.
The mare consciousness of ability to
a. a a . . '.
swim, nd the feeling of familiartv
with deep water that it creates, would
either preveut or greatly dimmiah the
pantes that are so disastrous in cases of
accident on the sea. Besides this.
the inability to swim of persons who
are in tbe water when a dtsaater ht
ecourred greatly imperils the lives of
those who can swim and are abundant
ly able to take cere of themselves, t r
the swimmers are often overtawHted
by the wild clinging to them of the
luokleas persons who ate drowning
near by. The time to learn to swim
is in childhood nnd youth, and every
parent should see to it that all hi
ohildren become experts in the art. It
is an easy srt to learn. There are peo
ple who live in boats whose babies even
swim like kittens.
a weass's cexTKM.
"Ob 1 I almost wish something
would happen," she said to her group
of frieuds ou one ef the fany-boat
yesterday. "Since I learned to swim I
have the utmost confidence in myself,
and I'm n it a bit afraid of tho water."
"Can you swim t" asked several at
once.
"O, ye. I've been practicing for
over a week, and I cue swim, dive and
float. You ladies don't know how
much mijoymeut there is in skimmiug
along the surfaoe of tbe water. Why,
1 feel perfectly at home there.'
"And where do you swim," inquired
one.
"In the bath-tub, of oouse 1 Why,
our bath tub is seven feet long and
three feet wide and I can awini twice
around it without stopping ! Ou ! I
just ihh we had a puddle iu the
back yard, I'd learn you all inside of
a week !"
The ancient Greeks seem to hive
been entirely unacquainted with
the art of covering earthen war with
vitreous glaze.
NO 15.
as i. it en ASTfsaxasjejt.
Our reporter
yesterday in the
dejected.
met the astronomer
street, looking Very
"I have shut up my observatory,"
he eaid.
"Why, does the drought affect tel
esoenes V asked the reporter.
"No," eaid the astronomer, "hut it
affects the sky, which is about the name
thing. With the eir choked with
smoke from the burning Jersey bogs,
and no rain to purify it, there ia not
much nee of trying b etudy s'ars."
The aatrooonter stoptiwd to unecze as
- i..o- .r . i. ' ,
- wm.m ui KiuuKn icrniM air eaiue orr
mind m of
voiy U.itimg ii,,wyj
Uitl wM .,i,t f .rlh
a
a orlebraud Ifn-uvU m h um i.-iao
named Poio.. Hi l, thac .;,-
internal hrat of the earth hud been da-
rived from wuhaut You know that
as tbe eajth circle about the uu u in
being constantly carried into new re
gions of space through the forwsrd mo
tion of the sun itaelf. Well, Posion
satisfied himself, after a laborious in
vestigation, that the earth bad some
time passed through a very hot region
and so received tbe heat which has net
yet left its intericr. Suppose, sir"
tbe astronomer impressively took hold
of the reporter's sleeve "suppose that
the earth is approching another hot re
gionis already, in fact, entering the
outskirts of it I leeve you to imagine
the oonsquenoen."
After a pause the astronomer con
tinued somewhat excitedly : "Hum
boldt, to be sere, took the naics t as
in his Cosmos that he didn't agree with
Posses, and I believe that hardly any
man of science, accepted tbe thtorv.
Bot what of that T J nevev beiiav!
it myself, but since this year begna its
praaks I know we don't know as awes
about the wsvs of nttnr. n,l V.
J - W BMW .If V
secawss of the universe ss we thought
we did. Every world ia tbe solar
aystem is disturbed, and there const lie
a csuae for it. PoisSon mnv ha va hat-tt
right. We must have seme theory, sir,
we must bare some theorv. or
all at tea, and Poieeen's theory is as
goad fer the purpose as neother. Who
knows, sir, Hut the enrth may be rush
tog straight into another of that French
men's hot regions '."
As tbe reporter walked away the
astronomer stood shaking bis bead and
anxiously watching the clouds. .V. )'.
Sun.
var oi .t wa vasts it.'
The discussion of "Tbe Chriatain
Religion," by Col. Ingeraoll nnd Judge
Black, which waa commenced in th
August number of the XortJt American
lievtew, ia oon it.ued iu the November
nanie ot lliat pt, Lotion. CI. Iniro. .
son now red- uj thn strictures u hi
l, ouent. an I presents much m SM
fully than he bus ever la-fora --- " n.
logical grounds for kit Op)aaiition to
Cbriatiauiiy. The article will be rtv
ceived with inteient by those who bate
read tbe (trot nart ot the. dhn-
well aa by all those who believe that
tbe cause of truth is best advanced bv
free discussion. An early number of
the Review will contain an exhaustive
reply. In a 8ympoaium on Presiden
tial Inability, four of our most eminent
jnriste. Judge Thomas M. Cooley, tbe
uon. juyman lrumbull, Pi of. Theodore
W. Dwight, and Gen. B. F. Butler, dis
cuss the several weight v timblems
arising nut of Article 2 of the Constitu
tion. "England's Heredity Republic "
is the title of n significant paper con
tributed by tne Marquis of Blanford,
and Senator George F. Hoar writes a
statesmanlike article on "The Appoiut
iug Powei" efthe President of tho
United States.
aw to aa aaar ri ri i.
Most people wonld like to be hand
some. All cannot have good features
they are as God made them; but
almost anyone ean look woll, especia
lly with good health. It U hard to
give rules In a very short spice, but
in brief these will do:
Keep ciean wash freely. All tho
skin wants U leave to act free, it
takes care cf itself. Its thousand
of air holes must not be closed.
E it regularly, and sleep enough
a ma a b
no. too mucu. ine stomacti cnu no
more work all the time, dny and
night, than a hor.-e. It mut huv
regular work and rest
Good teeth are a help ta good looks
Brush them with a soft bruah. espec
tally at night. Go to bed with cleans
ed teeth. Of course to have whito
teeth It Is needful to let tobacco
alene. Washes for tbe teeth ihouhl
tie very simple. Acid may whiten
the teeth, but it takes ofT the enarue
and injures them.
Sleep in a cool room, in pure air
But more than nil, in order to lool
well, wake up mind and soul.
When the mind Is awake, the dull,
sleepy look passes away from the
eyes.
4 1 aioi s facts.
Tho cataract of Niagara recedes u
yard a year.
Arabian .scale armor was somclituea
raade of thin plates of horn.
isono snavtngs are used in case
hardeulng small articles of steel.
The number of air cells in the
lungs of a grown man are ($0,000,000
A hen will lay upwards of 140
erriM ier annum, ami beir one or
two broods.
By a law passed recently, a penci
written note is just as valid a9 though
written in ink.
Newfoundland dogs have been
kept by the city, In Paris, to save
human life in the Seine.
The food of the Greenland whale
la a small crusteceous animal not so
large as a shrimp.
tbe bay. Tnwi he wiped li s brow sod fre,nl nd doS5n Pengr I o ind
eoutiunnd : J f,.r Browraville. Thu lowering cloud
"liliff Ut4t '),l'''f l' WMl llf m.llan..iul . - '
m oo j loo oo
Wpeclal buaineaa notb-en in lineal (V.l
umn 2S cents per line. Kegnlar Iol
notioes 10 Cent per line.
For legal and transient adrertiemer is,
1 OS per square for the first insertion snd
JiOeent per square for each subsequent
IriHcrtlon.
4 Bine IV THK DABK
Editor Democrat:
I do not suppose that any thing 1
mightj write, concerning a little rldo
upon the ctrs tn this valley, would
be very Interesting to your many
readers. Bat in connection with tbe
ride, 1 wish to state the present con
dition of Narrow Gsogelt H. fr0m
Hay'rf Landing, in Marion county io
Coberg in Lane county, 73 miles. We
left the landing at 2:4 P. M. Oct. 14,
1681, with a moderate amount of
i.,,,,! ptowly to nuhrmrtt. rwd t.
k w
From rhenee tbr d v&.
In a Jadler cotitJltiou to tbi- North
Saniiaiu River. In lime darkm-
set In upon ui i t Ih-! Praltfi
We rode by fa 1 tli alone, faith thi
the conductor and brakesmen w,u!d
bring us safe through. At about 'J
o'clock P. M. halted at Weet stay ton
for aupper, and proceeded to cross
the South Saotiam bridge where so
lately a pier fell and killed one roan
and wounded two others. We paseed
over, however, slowly and safely,
and through the Forks to South Han
Ham bridge and when are crossed we
breathed easier, a wt knew that the
country to Brownsville was smooth
snd level. The rain poured down in
torrent, nnd we were chilled when
SJ
we reached North Brownsville at 11
o'clock P, M But thanks to tbe kind
care of ray good friend, J B Irwin of
Brownsville Hotel, we were soon
warmed and cheered. Ibis hotel i-
well furnished with good diet snd
beds, bu? no tchitkey. Mr. Irwin has
a fine run of custom, and is doing
welL From Brownsville to Colery,
19 miles, the track is all laid, but the
coach cars do not run, sthe road not
being ballasted. Tbe construction cars
run daily, carrying oat material for
aide tracks, depots, warehouses, and
gravel for ballast. Three stations
will be made between Brownsville
and Colery. The telegraph poles are
now being put up snd the insulators
and wires placed in position along the
road. It is believed that tbe bridges
can all be made secure, and the road
finished folly by March, or beforo.
The gravel is obtained near the
South Hantlam riilge, nnd o- N.JSar..
tiam bottom fr haHast. The et-nch
car will not ruu heyood Tirei. viUV
till the resnl is fully taidsWrd As n
general thing the whole coui.ii fr nt
Ray's Landing to Colery U sttprrtcr
farm land, well iraprovetl.
Dav.p Newstmf,
Oct., 1881.
saixTikc tsie rare
Thirty years ago a few persona of
foreign birth appeared in the streets
with hair on the upper lip, and wero
objects of curiosity nnd sometimes of
ridicule. In 18o0 some of the young
swells of the metropolis began to
wear mustaches, but for seme time
noclerk would venture to imitate
them. Io one case a merchant on
pine street, who bad josjt engaged a
slerk for twelve months, or daring
good behavior, discharged him for
wearing a full beard, claiming that
the adoption of the fachion laid the
open to dismissal under good-behav
ior clause to the contract About the
same time a number of leading mer
chants gave notice that they would
employ nobody who wore hair on the
upper lip. As late as ISol the senior
proprietor of this paper made His
cashier shave off his incipient mus
tache, and soon after-brought his own
son under tbe razor. In the church
of Dr. Bethune, on Brooklyn Heights,
an elder whe was suffering from a
lame wrist allowed his heard to grow
rather than submit to a barber. The
habit beginning in necessity, contin
ued on aecouat of the increase of com
fort It afforded, and the elder flaunt
ed his beard before the congregation
constantly. The result was laughable.
Many of the brethren cuded upon tin
pastor to Insist upon doing away w ith
such a scandal as a full-bearded eider,
lie led them to his library, and show
ed them how some of the early fath
ers had pleaded against cutting off
the beard. He quoted from Cle
ment, of Alexandria, the asserts in
that 'Nature adorned men, liko a
lion, whn a beard, as a mark of
strength ah d power.' v hen one of
the visitors asked bm how he would
like it if the clergy assumed the mous
tache, Dr. Bethune rsferred him to
a decision of the fourth Council f
Carthage (A. D. 282, can. 44) in
which it was positively enacted that
a cleric shall not shave his board, and
to a statement made by Luther In
discussing the subject, all the Pro
testant martys rwere burned in their
fall beards," This did not settle
the matter, for hulswiuently the
ladies of the congregation put in
their protest. But in a few months a
venturesome lawyer let his beard
grow after the manner ot th t ide,
nnd in a little while emooth si avei
faces were no longer the rule but
were the exception.
The bridge of boats on which
Xerxes crossed the Hellespont was
fastened by cables made of papyrus.
Nearly as many reams of paper,
In the United States, are made into
collars as are used to write upon.
Five thousand of the inhabitants
of Paris earn a livellhw d by t h
ingrats, and selling thtir skins to
the glave makers.