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CHAPTKIt XL.
CATHBKINK Da MIDClVi ADVEfTUHrs.
With the early morning came the im
portunities of Catherine do Midcl's
friends urging her to relate her adven
tures. At first she seemetl rejuctant to
begin.is though loth to bring to mind
memories oi me past, but, rallying to
overcome her feelings, which, evident
to bo seen, cost her a great effort, she at
length began:
"No doubt you were all greatly sur
prised when you heard of my appear
ance in your midst, but scarcely more
so than I was at finding myself here, for
I had fully made up my mind when I
left never to return. You will remem
ber," glancing at Sonora and niuit Mag
gie, "the last you saw of me I disap
peared in the forest, after feeling fully
assured that the wretch who had been
the bane of my life had ceased to
breathe. But the evil spirits seemed to
have endowed him with a charmed life,
for ere I hail been gone two hours he re
vived from his death-like swoon, and
gazing about, for ho was still bound, he '
called faintly for some one to release
him, or at least to give him water. One
of the savages who was passing near,
perceiving the lips of what he supposed
a corpse move, in his cowardly supersti
tion crept softly back to where his com
panions were, and together they re
turned to Norman; but ere they reached
him he had again fainted from loss of
blood. Becoming partly conscious, he
became aware that they were terrified
at his ghastly looks, and that they wore
determined not to burn his body until
the noxt day. In his mind he resolved
to profit by this and free himself if pos
sible. In the first agony of the intense
pain caused by the stab I had Inflicted
he had struggled so hard that one hand
had become loosed, and remombering
his little pocket knife, he resolved to
cut his fetters and trust to his coming
strength for freedom. The snvages're
traced their-steps in single file to the
wigwam of Hard Heart, and which was
some distance from the slake where
his body was to be consumed on the
following day.
"As soon as all was quiot, and before
the moon had risen, Norman, whose
strength returned fast now that hope
revived, soon managed to cut the cords
that bound him. This done, his next
effort was to staunch the bleeding
wound, from which still oozed his life
blood. Creeping more dead than alive
to a place where he had seen some wam
pum, he hastily procured a piece and
applied it to the wound, which in real
ity was not very serious. He then
peered cautiously through the darkness.
All was still as the grave. Rising upon
his feet by the aid of a stick which he
picked up, lie silently groped his way
beyond the bounds ot the" camp; and at
each step gaining a little more strength,
he was soon wending his way through
the forest at a speed he little dreamed of
ever again attempting. Long before
daylight he was many miles from the
place he had sought of his own free will
for the destruction of another's happi
ness. Glancing hastily about for a place
of securit, he espied an excavation at
the foot of a hill, which had probably
been caused by a severe storm, a3 part
ly across it lay an immense tree, which
had evidently been struck with light
ning, and which rendered the little cave
a complete retreat" Into this aparture
ho crept, for now that he felt compara
tively safe, his over-tasked strength be
gan giving out oven faster than hope
had before revived it."
How often in the weary pilgrimage of
life would we droop and languish were
it not for hope. When utterly depressed
for the want of strength to endure, and
almost yieldingUo fate, be what it may
does this beacon rise up before us in all
her glory and whisper, "With me for
your anchor, press onward, and I will
help you through."
"Nornian determined to remain in
the cave until night, when he again
pursueu ms journey, and before the
next miumgiu was wimin a few miles
of Baton Rouge. He at once proceeded
to a little cottage by the road-side,
where ho was kindly received, after first
stating that he had been wounded by
some unknown assassins. He pin
cured the services of a physician in
hopes to regain his health and strength.
The former he never regained, hut lie
soon acquired strength euougli to pro
ceed on his journey to New Orleans,
where he determined to spend the rest
of his few remaining days, which he
felt were numbered.
"Having thus far related Norman's
escape, I must now go back to myself.
After running a distance of nearly a
mile, I at length fell, completely over
come with excitement and fatigue.
Feeling that I had completed my re
venge, I cared not what became of me,
and thus I remained In a sort of half
stupor for many hours in the midst of
the thick underwood, shaded by trees
whose height seemed to shut out every
bit of sun God had meant to shine upon
this earthy After a while I aroused
from the uneasy slumber into which I
had fallen, and began looking about
for some roots whoso medicinal powers
I knew would soon alleviate my de
pressed state of feelings. After partak
ing of these I felt better, and once more
set out to wander, I know not where
nor cared whither. I stopped at many
different places, and after two montlis
of weariness at last fouud myself once
more in New Orleans. As the climate
there suited me, and a few familiar as
sociations rendered the place somewhat
dear, I resolved to abide there, and ac
cordingly took up my abode in a little
out-or-the-way hut in the suburbs of
the city, feeling more peace and happi
ness than I had enjoyed for many years.
I had been there about a mouth when
one day, passing by a neat little cottage
in a very obscure part of (ho city, my
.At 1? . 1 . .. ...
aiieuiion was suuuemy attracted by a
well-known voice at an open window,
and turning quickly, whom did I behold
but Norman! Yes, twa3 he! Sun-
ported by pillows he was reading from
the Bible. Yes, though I had never
opened its pages, still I heard enough
to know from whence those words pro
ceeded: Thou wilt show me the path
of life; in Thy presence is fullness of joy;
at Thy right baud there are pleasures
forevermore. Turn Thee unto me, aud
have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am
desolate and afflicted.' Distinctly I
heard those words, and for a moment I
felt as though I would spriug.upon him, ,
so frantic was I to think he still lived,
but something held me spell-bound.
Then mustering all my energies, I
walked boldly forward, opened the door
without ceremony, and stood face to
face again with one whom I was fated !
to encounter. Tottering to his feet he
attempted to speak, but the excitement
and fear of my presence was too much
for his weak frame, and he fell his full
length upon the floor, while the life-
blood oozed afresh from the old wound I
had made mouths before. Hastilv call
ing the only occupant of the house, an
old negro woman, we raised him and
placed him upon the bod. Presently he
opened his eyes, while a smile rested
upon his bloodless lips as he murmured,
urorgive,' ana glanciug at his Bible,
which he still clasped, he faintly added:
'Seek forgiveness from above! Tell her
whom you rescued from me that I havo
learned to love these sacred pages ; that
her Christian Influence was my savior,
and tell her I died blessing her May
she forgive me as I hope I am for
given!' aud witli these words breathed
bis last. Though I was glad that he
died blessing you, yet had ho said one
word of love or uttered one regret for
my own white Star, my soul would
have echoed amen to his prayer, and I
too could have almost forgiven, or at
least felt happier, but"
Here tears choked her words, and
resting her head upon hor hands, Cnth
eritie remained so quiet that had it not
been for a deep-drawn sigh they might
have supposed her dead. Sonora, whose
heart was ever sympathetic witli grief,
threw her arms around her as she said
"Will you not consent toremaih with
us, dear friend? Nothing shall be want
ing to make you happy. Let mo be a
daughter to you. All are as urgent In
litis matter as myself. Only promise (o
aoiue me rest or your life Willi us."
"Yes! yes! You must not say no,"
hastily added the Colonel, as lie saw
Catherine about to answer in theneca
tive. ".tor our cniurs sake say you will
remain, iet me aud my persuasions
also," said Mrs. Hewitt, who until this
moment had seemed to bo deeply ab
sorbed with her own thoughts. "Will
you not consent to remain witli those
whose happiness you have been so in
strumental in securing, and thu3 be
come to us a sister friend ? Come, re
main with us and be happy once more.'
"Happiness is not for me," answered
Catherine hysterically. "Oh, that
were sleeping beside my child! that my
days had ended with yours, Lcnardo!"
and she gave way to feelings which she
seemed unable (o control.
All. felt deeply for her In her grief and
allowed her to weep, unrestrained by
words of condolence, knowing that after
this outburst of sorrow her heart would
feel relieved of its heavy load, aud be
more capable of receiving good inipres
sions. After a few moments' silence she
dried her eyes and said :
1 'My only friends, forgive mo for caua
roxiTx.vivr, oeegon, xix.vy, .xivxrvitY si, isra.
jing you so much unnecessary distress,
It Is not often I indulge my feelings uor
allow them to cain the mastery. As
! much as I thank you for all your well-
meant offers, still I feel none theess
gratcful-when I say I cannot accept
them. I have led too long a roving life
to sit down quietly to a tame one. My
spirit longs to be free. My loved ones are
gone -they sleep in the hunting grounds
of their fathers, and Oh, that I might
rest beside my warrior husband and my
peerless child! I have nothing now to
live for. My aim Is accomplished. My
God is the God of my Lcnardo, and in
His hands I am content Then ask me
not to stay, but let me go ! let me go !"
aud with an impatient gesture sho arose
quickly and opened the door, waved a
farewell, and before they could say more
was gone.
That afternoon Sonora and Adelo were
preparing for a visit to Blanche, when
Rissey came bounding up the stairs, her
face covered with smiles and looking
uncommonly significant
"Why, Rissey, what has happened to
cause you to look so very brilliant to
day?" inquired her young mistress.
"Oh, sumfin'! Bress your heart! I
bet I can make dem purty cheeks turn
red, he! he!" and with a malicious look
she drew a letter postmarked D ,
Georgia. Aud true to Rissey'a bet, the
pretty cheeks did blush and the eyes
glisten as Sonora recognized the haud
writing of her lover. Hastily retiring
to her own room, that she might in sol
Itudo Inform herself of its contents, let
us as privileged characters tike the lib
erty of following and be so impolite as
to peep over her shoulder.
Jy own loved one: With feelings of
pleasure, which ever expand the heart
wnen writing to inoso witom we sin
cerely love, do I pen these lines to you.
While writing I seem to be present
with you, and in fact I am so in spirit,
for oft-times I fear my thoughts wander
too much to you and less to my God. I
feel that I need more self-watchfulness
for my soul. How is it with you, dear
girl? Docs peace serene still reign
within your heart and love for God
abide uppermost in your soul? Let not
thelovc of mortal usurp the place of a
Higher, a loftier affection. Oh, would
tlnft I were near you, that I might bo
benefitted by your sweet counsel; that
we might help each other in the better
fulfillment of our duties. But I must
"let patience havo her perfect work," for
soon I hope once more to call you mlno,
mine lor inc. 1 feel that my happiness
Is more than falls to the common lot of
man, and in return to my God for His
kindness and love towards me, pray
with me, my loved one, that I may be
the means of making light where there
Is darkness, and making happy thous
ands of my fellow beings. I havo some
thing to tell you which I am so vain as
to think will make glad your heart It
is simply that if nothing prevents I
shall be with you before Sunday. This
may surprise you, as I did not expect to
come beforo next spring, but as the
church over which I preside is' to be
closed in order to undergo some repairs,
I am consequently free from my task of
love aud duly for a few months, and
which nflords me a pleasure I antici
pated more distant of clasping you to
my bosom and hearing you again pro
nounce those words which have so
lightened my labors and rendered me
one of the happyiest of men. I shall be
with you almost as soon as this letter.
Wishing to be kindly remembered to
all, I remain as ever, your fafthful and
true flLinrvPi.
Sonora closed this letter with feelings
that can only be known to those who
nave experienced sun iar ohm Timi
her affianced was soon to bo with her
again made her heart bound witli joy,
wiuie tno warm blood mantled her
checks as her thoughts reverted back to
the many hours they had spont to
gether, and to think they were soon to
be renewed under the eye and sanction
of both parents, as well as all her
friends, rendered her so perfectly happy
that sho became oblivious of all about
her, and was uot aware that Adele was
standing beside her until she broke out
in a merry laugh. Souora's cheeks
crimsoned still deeper as she placed the
precious letter within herdoskand arose
to accompany her sister-in-law.
"Well, my little recluse, you blush as
though you had been guilty of some
thing naughty, and not- the exquisite
pleasure which the reception of a love
letter must impart"
"Must impart!" laughingly replied
Sonora. "Then I am to suppose brother
Harry free from all such follies, or else
my sweet sister 'Doll is too dignified to
designate them by such titles."
"The latter is the most correct," said
'Dell, drawing down her mouth with a
comical expression that made Sonora
laugh as she replied:
"I fear I havo kept you waiting too
long. .Let as go as soon as possible, or
poor Blanche will think wo have for
gotten our promise. But I have good
news to tell you. What do you think?
Clarence is coming!"
"Well, that certainly is very good
news, aud enough to make any young
lady happy, but I have something still
better to Jell you. Come down in the
parlor first, and then I will tell you,
when if you like, we will go," and open
ing the door she ran down stairs, fol
lowed by Sonora. Entering the parlor
Dell said, "Now, If you like, I will go,"
and in a moment Sonora was clasped in
tho arms of Clarence Plerpont
ITo bo continued:!
FnBK SrnECir, Kkbe Pium, Fere 1'kople.
Marriage vs. Free Love.
Mils. l.tVERM-IEKVl LKCrtfltE IX BOSTON WHAT
site thinks or rnr.r. love advocates.
.Tho fourth lecture in tho lyceutn
course was delivered last evening by
Mrs. Livermore, and entitled "Marriage
vs. Free Love." It was made up of a
statement ot a very uign and pure ideal
of marriage, succeeded by a short but
slight attack upou free love audits prin
cipal feminine apostles in this country
and was, it is needless to say, very inter-
wiiug iiuu iuul-iuuj ueuvercd. Mrs
Livcrmoro began byspeaking of tho an
cient Ideas of marriage among different
nations, who considered woman as tho
Inferior and slave of man, and con
trasted it with tho account of tho crea
tion given in Genesis, in which man
and woman are both said to be made in
tho Imago of God. Man lias been saYd
to have judgment aud reason, while
woman has perception and feeling; man
Is the head, while woman is the heart
God is all these, and In order that man
should be made in His image it is nec
essary that ho should have all these,
and hence a man is only half a man,
until lie is married; and hence it is said,
"What God has Joined together, let no
man put asunder." The fact that per
fect marriage Is rare does not change
tho theory; we ought not to drag down
our ideal because it is not easily at
tained. Because marriage lias hitherto
been legally a condition of slavery, wo
should not say that it must continue so,
as if that were the foundation of so
ciety. Mrs. Livcrmoro said that in looking
about among young people she won
dered that there was as much happiness
as existed, and took occasion to say, 1y
way of parenthesis, that she did not be
lieve that there was more unliapplness
in married life than out of it, but rather
the reverse, and drew an extremely
funny, although truthful, picture of the
average courtshipof ayouugcouple who
meet in society, fall in love and marry.
She then spoke of the fact that five
sixths of the applications for divorce
come from couples who have been mar
ried only about six years; If they tidiid
over that period they generally kept on
to the end. Making another parenthe
sis, sho observed that when people told
her that they had been married, twenty
rivo or thirty or forty years, and had
never quarreled, she always accepted
their statement with a largo discount;
if peoplo were idiots, they might get
along forever in a certain sloppy effu
siveness of good nature; but sensible
people had wills which were not easy to
bend, and occasionally two who loved
each other dearly would come into col
lision like two locomotives. When
this happened, those who were wise re
ceded; and determined thatsuch'a thing
should not happen again. She then
spoke of the dlilcrcnt motives for which
people marry, and said that sho really
believed that, at the present time, more
men marry the woman whom they love
than women marry tho man whom they
prefer. This Is partly because the men
select their wives, partly on account of
the wretched tralnincrof tho womon.whn.
being reared dependent upon the care of'
a father or brother, naturally seekl
another protector, and make a merce
nary marriage. Tho remedy is to be
fouud in educating the girls until, in
stead of dawdling, idle, and lazy, they
stand upou their own feet; then, anil
not till then, shall we have the grand
est marriages.
Most divorces are grauted at tho re
quest of wives, aud the grounds upon
which they are demanded are drunken
ness and licentiousness. Mrs. Liver
more spoke at some length of the Inev
itable harvest which follows tho sowing
of wild oats, aud declared her belief that
there was no safety for youug men until
they were held to the same standard or
temperance, purity and chastity as their
sisters. From this she went on to talk
of the preponderance of men in the pop
ulation of tho West, and of women in
that of the East, the result being that
in tho former locality the men grew
coarse, while- in the latter the women
were held cheap. It is necessary, she
said, to go back and give women the
same training as men; then they will
find it for their advantage to go West as
much as their brothers do, aud will not
sit down by tho river of life and wait
till a young man comes along and offers
to paddle their canoe down the stream,
but launch boldly out and row them
selves. After defending Xantippo as a
much abused character in history, and
speaking of the unhappy marriages of
several distinguished men, sue closed
this portion of iicr lecture by drawing a
very beautiful picture of n true mar-
negc.
She declared that theassertlon of Mrs.
Woodhull, that frco love and female
suffrage were identical, was utterly
laise. rreo divorce sbo thought worse
man irec love, in say "l loved once,"
said she, is a libel on tho namn of Iov
Wrhocver loves once, loves every hour.
They never loved who loved "once."
Who loves once, loves as God loves, for
ever. Sho then spoke of the manner in
which the subject of love is treated In
somo modern French novels; of Jim
immsu, witli ins
"One wife In Mntchez under the hill.
And another here In I'iko,"
and or the Kit Carson drawn by Joa
quin Miller, leaving his stolen bride to
die in tho prairie lire, while lie rides
away on her father's stolen horse. She
explained all thiS as a social epidemic
of moral looseness everywhere preva
lent, so that society, although having a
high standard or intellectual culture,
stands witli its feet in tbo mire of sen
sualism, me lecture closed with an
animated portrayal of tho wid ilifTor-
euce between the results of the doctrine
of marriage and free love, and an invi
tation to the audience to choose between
tiicm.
An intoxicated Englishman beat his
wifA roAfinllxr In PlilMfn. ninl It. 11
of fifty dollars to pay his fine wa3 sent
to jail for one hundred days. The wife's
heart finally softened toward him, and
Kuiug io jiayor lueiuii, sue tearfully
begged her husband's release. The
Mnvnr ! vnrv rlfrnmna will ... I A. i i
ers, and refused to listen to any proposl-
u" iuaiu3 juuiuuuj, uut moved with
compassion, gave the woman twenty-
n?iid.TUws l? relieve her necessities
until the expiration or her husband's
wC; ?.li3 f1!? Gratefully took, and
trolntr to tliA tnil nnnl llm .
u - - Aciiiuiiiiiijr
nortlnn nftlm tlno tn 1 1, i. , . !t'
just but generous Mayor.
. Montreal young ladles play the sooth
ing air of '-'Home, Sweet Home," about
tho hour of retiring when their sweet
hearts show signs of lingering.
Pleasures of an Ocean Voyage.
I have listened in my lime, willi more
or less pleasure, to tno very rolllckinjr
1 . . 1 . 1. . j I t . . .
nuugs uuout me sea, me iiasiung urine,
till? Knrnv- fhn lpmnKt.r9 runt- u..
sheet and the flowing sea, a life on the
ocean wave, anu an tno rest or it. Tn
paraphrase a land proverb, let me write
the songs of the sea, and I care not who
goes to sea nnd sings 'em. A square
yard of solid ground is worth miles of
tho pitching, turbulent stuff. Its ina
bility to staud still for one second is tho
plague of It
Tn Ha nn ilin ilnilr Yvlintt Hia
shines, and swing up and down, while
the waves run hither and thither, aud
1033 tueir wintc caps, is an well enough;
to lie in your narrow berth and roll
frnm allln tn ciitn nil tho ntnlif I.... t
walk up hill to your statcsroom door,
and when you get there, find you have
got to the bottom of the hill, nnd open
ing tho door is liko lifting up a door in
thu floor; to del iberately start for somo
object, nnd, beforo you know it, to bo
flung against it liko a bag of saud; to
attenint. in sir. ilmvn nn -nnf cnr.
find you are slttiug up; to slip and slide
and grasp at everything within reach,
and meet everybody leaning and walk
ing on a slant, as If a heavy wind were
blowing, and the laws of gravitation
were reversed; to lie in your berth, and
hear all the ilislmi nn Urn fill! n nliln n-n
sousing oil against the wall in a general
losit ui tno taoie iioiuing your
soup-plato with one hand, and watching
iui n uiukuce io put your spoon in when
it comes high tide on your side or the
dish; to vigilantly watch the lurch of
tho heavy dishes while holding your
glass and your plato and your knife and
fork, and not to notice it when Brown,
who sits next you, gets the wholeswash
of tho gravy from the roasUbeef disli on
his light-colored pantaloons, and seethe
look ofjismay that only Brown can as
sume on such an oscasion; to see that
Mrs. Rrown, on advancing to the tabic,
suddenly stop and hesitates, two waitere
rush at her, with whom she struggles
wildly, only to go down in a heap with
them in tho opposite corner; to sec her
partially recover, but only to shoot back
again through her stateroom door, and
be seen no more all this is quite pleas
ant and refreshing, if you are tired of
land, but you get quite enough of it in a
couplo of weeks. Sauntcrinya by C. D.
Warner.
A lady correspondent of the Boston
Ttist, writing from Washington, D. C,
says:
And there is nothing more tamo aud
utterly insane, destitute of all human
interest, than "good society." Look at
good society at the fashionable watering
places, and sec how, nominally in the
pursuitof pleasure, itscorns the object in
view. It Is too aristocratic to dance, to
laugh, to talk with animation. It drives,
it dresses, it cats, it watches others danc
ingorcnjoylng themselves, and despises
them for being capable of underbred ex
citement Of nil the people In tho world
these immensely ricli members of good
society uru tho most to be pitied. They
nave no human Interest whatever. 1 he
moderately ricli have one object in life,
to wit: The desire to appear richer than
they are; but those who have plenty
have nothing to do but to take care of
tiicir diamouds nnd laces. And what a
care these, especially the first, become t
iu meir owners, iney iuusl ue eter
nally kent about the person. An owner
of diamonds to tiic amount of thousands
never dares trust them off her person.
If not worn outwardly the twenty
thousand dollar necklace is beneath the
waist of the dress, its cutting aud .--ettintr
goading tho flesh, a perpetual reminder
mat "l, uic representative oi ;i luriuue,
am here, wnereiore cease to icei my
pricks if you dare." Hie bracelets,
when they must not be shown, arc
clasped on the arm under the sleeves,
and the brooches, pendants, rings, and
head oruameuts are in a muslin bag
depending from the waist It is a heavy
case, is it uot?
IlKASONS "WHY AMEKICAX W0MF.X
are Delicate. Another reason of the
delicacy of our women is the far greater
style affected by all classes in dress, and
the wearing ot corsets uunng eariy
youth. Naturally, if she has attained
a full and fine physical development,
tight corsets, heavy smris, ciose-iming
boots and weiciitv cniKiions canuoi in
jure to the same extent as when these
It ...!.! .i..n.
appliances 01 iusiuuu mo iui upu uu:
soft aud yielding muscles of a youngand
growing girl. Tho noble ladies of Eng
land exercise many hours dally In tho
open air. They do not disdain to don
heavy calf-sljin shoes and colored petti
coats, In which to perform this duty.
This, of course, would not alono make
them as healthy as they are, were not
their constitution strengthened by a
proper physical education beforo they
urn eighteen vcars of aire: but it sulllces
to retain them in a cood degreo of
health. Our fair Americans, early in
the day, attire themselves in charming
morning costumes, wnu wuito .sKiris,
and then they are averse to soiling
these by exercise, nnd the least damp
ness deters them from a promenade.
American ladies think far more of dress
and fashion, and spend more money and
time on their toilets, than any women
in Europe, not even excepting the
French, from whom all our fashions
come. Galaxy.
Woman's Growtil There is a period
In tho early life of every true woman,
when moral and Intellectual growth
seems for the time to cease. The intel
lect, having appropriated ailment
. . h nf l ift nnernwnnd
rcnuisiiu lu jjiui.... -
feminine nature, feels the necessity of
more Intimate coniiKuaii mo
masculine mind to start it on its second
r .l..rt1rt,ininnl IForA. nft flila
point, somo stand for years without
making a step in advance. Others
marry, and astonish, in a few brief
years, by their sweet temper, their new
beauty, their high accomplishments,
aud their noble womanhood, those
whoso blindness led them to supposo
they were among the incurably heart
less and frivilous.
One of the down-trodden In Indiana
laieiy upuiicu " . , . ,
judge intimated his intention to decide
against nor. iue iau , u........,
to shed tears, and her dignified counsel,
edging his chair close to hers, whis
pered f "That's right, cry, cry like the
d hand you'll getyour decree." In less
than ten minutes she was made a lone
woman.
One-half of the falso hair worn by
American w'onien-conies from prisons
aud lunatlc'nayluuM
NTDIBER 3S.
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Commercial Honors.
Two centuries ago it was thought a
great Insult in the Highlands of Scot
land to ask a note from a debtor. It was
considered the same as saj ing, "I doubt
our honor." If parties had small bus
iness matters to transact together, they
stepped out into the open air, fixed their
eyes on the heavens, and each repeated
his obligation with no mortal witness.
A mark was then carved In some rock
or tree near by to be a remembrancer of
the compact buch a thing as a breech
of contract, we arc told, was then verv
rarely met with, so highly did the peo
ple regard tueir honor, anu so truly did
tuey icar mm beneath whoso eye they
performed such acts.
When the march of improvement
brought In tho new mode of doinsr bus!
ness, they were often pained by these
Innovations. An anecdote is handed
down of a farmer who had been to tho
lowlands and learned worldly wisdom.
On returning to his native parish he
had ueed of a sum of .money, and made
bold to ask a loan of a gentleman of
means, named Stewart Thin was cheer
fully granted. Mr. S. counted out the
gold on his library table. This done,
tiie farmer took a pen and wrote a re
ceipt and oilered it to the gentleman.
"What Is this, man?" cried" Mr. Stew
art, sternly eyeing the slip of paper.
"It's a receipt, sir, binding me to give
ye back yer gold at the right time," rc-
Xneu aanuy.
"liinuing ye? Well, my man, if ve
canna trust yerself, I'm sure I'll not
trust ye! Ye canna ha my gold!" and
gathering it up, he put it back in his
desk and turned his key on it.
"But, sir, I might die," replied the
canny Scotchman, bringing up an argu
ment in favor of his new wisdom, "and
my sons might refuse it to you. But
the bit o' naper would compel them"
"Compel them to sustain a dead fath
er's honor!" cried the higli-minded
Scot. "They'll need compelling to do
right If this is the road yer leading
them! I'll neither trust ye nor them.
Ye can gang elsewhere for money! But
yc'H find none in this parish that'll put
more faith in a bit o' paper than a
neighbor's word o' honor, and his fear o'
God!"
Qci:f.n- ViCToniA. When freo from
tho cares of State, nothing can be sim
pler than the daily routine of life Queen
Victoria leads at Bamoral Castle. She
manages her household on very strict
principles, tho servants risingaccording
to merit promotion always beins held
out. For a stupid act one member or
the royal household had to wait ten
years foe promotion. I Ter Majesty rises
at seven, breakfasts at nine, and then
attends to dispatches and correspond
ence, iunchcon is at two, alter which
she takes the air In her carriage. Dur
ing meals a piper plays in front of the
window. She dines at half-past eght,
In the library the arrangements are
or tho simplest character, bhe spends
mucli of her time alone in Prince Albert's
room. She comes quietly into dinner,
with her knitting in her hand, and re
tires early. She is a woman of great
method, "in nil weathers she is seen
abroad. Arainydaydocsftotkeepherin;
witli a water-proof and an umbrella she
defies the clement-. It is quite a com
mon thins: to see her walkimr in the
grounds under a drizzling rain. She is a
hardy woman, having no "fine lady"
fancies. Sho dresses consistently with
the cli mate and the weather; and a fresh,
comely, sensible-looking lady she is in
her comfortable plain jacket aud broad
brim straw hat.
Madb Him Pay. When Gen. Jack
son was President, n heartless clerk in
the Treasury Department ran up an in
debtedness to a poor landlady to the
amount of $C0, aud then turned her off
as he did other creditors. Sho finally
went to the President with her com
plaint, and asked him if he could uot
couiiel the clerk to pay tho bill.
"He oilers his note," she said; "but
his note is good for nothing."
"Get his note aud bring it to me," said
tho President
The clerk gave her-the note, with the
jeering request that "she wortld let him
know when she got the money on it!"
Taking it to the President, ho wrote
"Andrew Jackson" on the back of it, and
told her she would get the money at the
bank'.
When it became due, the clerk re
fused to pay the note; but when he
learned who was the endorser, he made
haste to "raiso the wind." Tho next
moniiii" he fouud a note on his desk,
saying that his services were no longer
required oy me uovernmeut anu it
served him right.
A rather curious contribution to the
incidents of the late Boston fire lias just
come to light. In one of the stores in
the burnt district, the porter with the
keys of the sarewason hand and per
ceived that the lire was rapidly ap
nroachincr. In his terror he rushed to
and fro in tho counting-room, and at
last caught up the plated Ice-pitcher full
of water, locked it In the safe and de
parted from tho burning building in the
proud consciousness that he had accom
plished something to save his employ
er's property. When, however, the
safe was taken from the ruins, it was
found that tho books were uninjured.
The heat which would otherwise have
charred and destoyed tho books only
converted the waterinto steam. At the
last advices steam safes are under ad
vertisemcntasthelast Boston "notion."
Gait, Hamilton- on a Man in Love.
Gail Hamilton is not nlwavs sensible.
as she should be, when she talks about
men, matrimony and woman suttrage;
but she did say this truthful and beau
tiful thine: "There is no slavery so ab
ject as the slavery or a man to me wom
an he loves. Abject, because u goes
behind his win and possesses tno wuoie
man. And the more ho Is, the more
strong and bright and free, the more
thorough is his enthrallment Woe to
such a one if he falls into the hands of a
weak, a frivolous, or an unworthy
owner. Joy to him if his proprietor be
a large-naturcd woman; for then his
completist thrall is most exalted and
divine irceuom."
A prospective New York brido has or
dered a trosscau of twenty dresses fiom
Paris. The wedding dress is now in the
loom at .Lyons, is or white satin, and
will cost $18 dollars a yard. It will h.
covered with exquisite point lace, also
maue io uruer.
Mrs. Swan, of Council Bluffs, lighted
uei ma mm iieroscuc, leaving, a 11U3
band and one child.
A Journal for the People.
Devoted to the Interests or Humanity. .
Independent In Politics and Eelljlon.
Alive to all Live Issues, and Thoronahlv
Radical in Opposlngvind Exposing the "Wrongi
ot the Masses.
Pnmvsnondonts writing overnssnmpd slima-
tnres roust make known their nam as to the
Editor, or no attention will be slvfip to tltrflr
conynunlcatlons.
George Francis Train.
A Sim reporter, who interviewed the
next President of America, in his cell at
the Tombs, says Georgo 'Francis, as
usual, was very communicative concern
ing Ids latest scrape. He said:
"On the 2d of November I addressd
10,000 peonlo in Brnml fitrnor. A fnu-
days after that Woodhull and Claflln
were arrested. I became satisfied that
these innocent women were to be pun
ished to satisfy the morbid sentiments
of a cowardly community. I wrote two
letters to the press in connection witli
their arrest These letters created a fu
rore, and the press, afraid or the public,
reftiscd to publish any more of my let
ters. I volunteered not only to become
bail for these persecuted womnn. hut
started tills paper to show to the com
munity that 1 had tho courage to face
public opinion tho same as I faced and
defied 2,500 infuriated Califominus when
I advocated in San Francisco the intro
duction of- greenbacks. I issued two
numbers of thcLinue. Thcv claim that
it is an obscene publication. This I do
uot deny; but If it is obscene, the ob
scenity is culled from the Bible. I have
been In thirteen prisons, but this is the
only one that I lmvc been in where
there Is nothing to cover myself with.
Besides, sir, the indignity that has been
thrust upon me. I am a gentleman of
means and education, and thev have
placed me in tho very cell in which a
woman mado three attempts to hang
herself, aud in which Bleakley, the
murderer of poor Maud Merrill, over
whose body six of your moral Christian
ministers refused to perform Christian
devotions, was confined. I have no fears
of tho result; I ask no favors at their
hands. The police and Captain Byrnes
have treated mo civilly, but I am an
noyed at being in this cell, with a
howling, drunken woman in the next
I have been announced for a course of
lectures to begin in Montreal on the
twenty-third inst. I suppose my visit
to that place must be deferred." "
A Western- Temperance Lecture.
Billy Ross, a temperance lecturer at
ilushviiie, ill., was preaching to the
young on his favorite theme. He said:
".Sow, boys, when I ask you a ques
tion, you musn't be afraid to speak
right out and answer me. When
you look all around and see all these fine
houses, farms and cattle, do. you ever
tmnic who owns tneni ail now ; our
fathers owns them, do'they not?"
"ies. sir," shouted a hundred voices.
"Well, where will your fathers be
twenty years from now?"
"Dead!" shouted the boys.
"That's right; aud who will own all
this property then ?"
"Us boys," shouted the urchins.
"Right Now tell me did you ever,
in passing down the streets, notice the
drunkards lounging around the saloon
door, waiting for somebody to treat
them?"
"Yes, sir; lots of them."
"Well, where will they be in twenty
years from now ?"
"Dead!" exclaimed the boys.
"And who will be the drunkards
then?"
"Us boys."
Billy was thunderstruck fora moment
and recovering himself tried to tell the
boys how to escape such a fate.
A Reciie for Bleaching Ne
groes. A "scientist" lias at last solved
the ancient conumdrum, "Can an Etuo
pian change his skin?" This is tho
way he propose to do it: The candidate
will be first subjected to a bath of alka
line water. Having been well eleancd,
he is placed in a room -where a reliable
thermometer indicates 120 degrees of
Fahrenheit. After fifteen minutes bak
insr, tho partially cooked victim is con
ducted to a bath of chlorine water, at
ine orumary temperature, me heat
has opened all the pores, so that tho
chlorine flows in and reaches the color
ing matter. To keen it in the pores
must be closed. To close the pores the
subject must bo introduced into an ice
cellar, where he spends two minutes in
absolute agony, but relative bliss, for
ine next step is to urop ins exhausted
form into water heated to 180 degrees.
in tins tno pores openrinccniorine grap
ples the coloring matter and departs
with it, aud our colored brother is col
ored no more.
An obscure vocal student in Milan has
doubtless started on the highway to for
tune by aid or a most nciptui quality
known as "cheek." While the King
was in the city, recently, she threw her
nhotocranh and a petition into his car
riage. The petition stated that she was
a stranger in Milan, aud in debt; that
she was told she had abilities, but she
had no lniiuence or money to help nor to
develop them; in fact, sho had to pawn
her clothes to buy bread. His Maiestv.
she had heard, was generous, and to him
she made her appeal. She did not ap
peal in vain, tor his majesty, arter mak
ing inquries, gave her money enough
to redeem her clothes from pawn ami
agreed to pay her training during four
years at the Paris Conservatiore.
A Shock. A Western editor on enr
tering his office and seeing his appren
tice boy cutting some queer capers,
called out to him, "Jim, what are you
doing on the floor?" "Why, sir, I have
had a shock." "A shock?" "Yes, sir."
"What kind of a shock?" "Why, sir,"
said the lad, gasping, "one of your sub
scribers came in during your absence,
said ho owed for two years subscrip
tion, paid for it, aud also paid for
another year in advance!"
A Word to Boys. Boys, did you
ever think that this world, with all its
wealth and woe, with all its mines and
mountains, oceans, seas and rivers; with
all its steamboats, railroads and tele
graps; with all its millions ot groping
men, and all its science and progress of
ages, win soon be given over to tho
boys of the present aire bovs liko von ?
Believe it and look abroad upon your
lniieritancc, anu get reauy to enter upon
its possession.
Train says some very nice things about
the freshness and"niodesty of tiie Eng
lish girls, and one thing especially, that
all American mothers should hear,
which Is as follows: "They love and en
dure exercise like their brothers; with
flowing locks, at six years they ride ou
horseback and take long walks. Active
life in this country strengthens the
phlegmatic temperament, and
!s kept simple, whilst the body gros
healthier."
Cincinnati belles devote Frhlayto
eatlng.onions.