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Home Circle.
"Home is the Sacred Refuge of Our Life."
' .Dryden.
TAKING THE CHANCES.
A Thrilling Incident ia the VTar of Mexican In
dependence.
The following thrilling narrative is from
a translation. A captain of the Mexican
insurgent' army is giving an account of
meditated night attack upon a hacien
situated in the Cordilleras, and occupied
bv alarge force of Spanish soldiers. Af
ter a variety of details, he continues:
''lT-incr limillv arrived at the hacienda
uiinerceived, thanks to the -obscurity of
moonless night, we came to
some
The hacienda, so far as 1 could see in gli
ding aero, formed a huge,, massive pai a
leiogr.mi
tni'rs of hewn stou
tliA w ills of the hacienda
the continuation of another
,,.W1 hv- Nature her
a' halt under
tiv.i-a some- distance irom mv
.....h.r tn reconnoitre the place
l'i v - -
I
jticiiirtlieued by enormous hut
. i ... , -
Along tins -cuasm
almost, fxa-iued
perpendicular
rise II in the
i, , tr, t hi' bottom oi wuu.ii
fi.r the mists, winuu
in
the eve could
inces-
Itlv boiled up from below, did not allow
to measure their awful depth. I lus
country ry tue
the
roc
not penetrate,
sau
it to
hi ace was known
name of "The Valdero "
I had explored all sides of the building
except this, when I know not what scru
ples of military honor incited me to con
tinue my ride which protected the rear of
the hacienda. Between the wal s and tl e
precipice there was a narrow patUwaV ,a b
1 f ...i a.,. Kr A-iv the oath would
nt. six ieei ivwti v . . -
been dangerous, but oy mg" "
The wans oi tue
sweep, the path
crept around their entire basement, aim io
follow it to the end in the darkness, only
wo paces from the edge of a perpendicu
lar precipice, was no very easy task, even
for as practiced a horseman as myself
Nevertheless, I did not hesitate, but bold
1 i: iw,, between the walls of
iy urgeu .n , , v ,
with alarming coolness," 'that I should al
ready have blown ottt the brains of your
horse, but for fear lest mine, in a moment
of terror, should precipitate me with you
to the bottom of the abyss.7
I remarked, in factrthat the Colonel al
ready held his pistols in his hands. We
both maintained almost profound silence.
Our horses felt the danger like ourselves,
and remained as unmovable as if their feet
were nailed to the ground. My excitement
had entirely subsided.
' yv hat are we going to dor 1 inquired ot
the Colonel. . ,
'Draw lots to see which of the two shall
jump into the ravine.'
It was, in truth, tho 90le means ot re
solving the difficulty.
'There are, nevertheless, some precau
tions to take,' said the Colonel. 'He who
shall be condemned by the lot shall retiie
backward. ? It will be but a feeble chance
of escape for him, I admit: but, in short,
there is a chance, and especially in favor
of the winner. 1
'Jou cling not to life, then i' I cried out,
terfified at the satlg froict with which this
proposition was put to me.
;I cling to life more than yourself,' sharp
ly replied the Colonel, 'for I have a inor
tal outrao-rt to avenp-e. But tlie time is
o ------ o a ,
fast slipping away. Are -ou ready to pro
ceed to draw the last lottery at which one
of us shall exist ?
How were we to proceed to this draw
ing by lot? Bv means ot the wet ringer
like infants, or bv head and tail like the
school-bovsf ' Both were impracticable.
Our hands imprudently stretched out over
the heads of our frightened horses, might
o-ive them a .fatal Bta'rt. Should we toss
up a piece of coin, the niirht was too dai
to enable us to distinguish which. side fell
iimviinl. Tho Colonel bethouirht him of
an expedient of which I should never have
dreamed.
'Listen to me, Captain,' said the Colo
nel, to whom I communicated my perplex
ities. 'I have another way. The terror
widt h our horses feel makes them draw ev
ery moment a hery -breath, lue ni-st oi
iia two whose horae shall neigh
'Wins!' 1 exclaimed hastily.
- Xot so shall lose. I know that yon
are a countryman, and, as such, can do
whatever yon please with your horse. As
for my sell", who but last year wore the
gown of a theological student, 1 fear your
eonestrian prowess1. You may be aide to
-L I
had no desire to die. One last, solitary
chance of escape suddenlv appeared to me
like a flash of light, and I resolved to em
ploy it. Through the fastening ol my boot,
and m reach of mv hand, was placed a
sharp and keen knife, which 1 drew lorth
from its sheath. With my left hand I be-
cran fflrpssinor thfi manfi of mv horse, all
the while letting him hear my voice.
The poor animal replied to my caressing
bv a plaintive neighing. 1 hen, not to a-
farm him, my hand followed, little by lit
tle, along the curve of his nervous neck,
and finally rested upon the spot where the
last of the vertebrae unites itself with the
cranium. The horse trembled, but I
calmed him with niv voice When I felt
his very life, so to speak, palpitate in his
brain bypath mv fino-ers. I leaned over
toward the wallmy feet gently slid from
flirt stirrnns. and with one vigorous blow
I buried the pointed blade of my knife in
to the seat of the vital principle. The an
imal fell as if thunderstruck, w ithout a sin-
glemotion; and, for myself, my knees al
most, ns hio-h n mv chin. I found myself
0.. , -
on horseback acioss a corpse ! 1 was sav-
1 nt.t pred a trinmnhant crv, which
was rpsnon ded to bv the Colonel, and
which the abvss re-echoed with a hollow
sound, as if it felt its prev had escaped it.
I quitted the sadcMe, sat down between the
wall and the body of my horee, and vigo
rously pushed with my feet against the
ffimnss nf the horse, which rolled into the
abyss. I then arose and cleared at a few
bounds the distance which separated the
place where I was from the plain; and mi
ller the irresistible re-action of the terror
ivhifb T liiul bino- reoressed I sank into a
swoon upon
A SIGNIFICANT CATECHISM.
cities, our villages,
in the land"
cottage
Who built all our
every namiet ana
Mechanics,
Who built every ship, steamer, vessel
and water craft that floats on every ocean
and plows on the surface of every river I
Mechanics.
Who printed every Bible, hymn book
and newspaper printed, and bound every
printed volume on the taco ot the globe T
Mechanics.
Who construct all the
factories
and who
and
run
the ground.
AN EAST INDIAN PAPER CUTTER.
workshops on the earth,
them Mechanics.
Who construct all our lines of railroads,
their locomotives aud cars "the Pullman
cars f Mechanics.
Who make every instrument of music,
from the f organ down to the jews-harp ?
Mechanics.
W"ho make all the agricultural imple
ments for cultivating the the soil, all nau
tical instruments for navigation of the
ocean f Mechanics.
Who make all the magnificent furniture
that ornaments the mansions of the rich:
carpets, mantle ornaments, silver and c-hir
ua table service i Mechanics.
Who make all the iewelrv that adorns
the persons of the ladies? Mechanics.
What would the civilized world be
without mechanics? A howling wilder
ness, and man a barbarian.
We never think of this brave class of
men and their great work, without a sense
of profound gratitude pi-evading our whole
nature. We honor and revere them for
their great achievements. We cannot ex
fiect every fool to do so, however.
GOLDSMITH MAID.
There is an Eastern air about the
lowing story, but it is not at all an
probable tale :
M.iiiv Vears aero an Indian Raiah, who
was a great admirer of his English njas
teis, and who had een learned the lau-
'u;i-e after a fashion, frequently visiteo
ti t- V lcerov ot Calcutta, un one ik-iunuu
he noticed'a copv of the Edinburj Iieciew
i the Viceroy's table, and borrowed it.
Some time after he returned it; and, up
on the Viceory's inquiry whether he found
.i : !,,.,. . !.!
an vimng imeicst ii! m n, ic i-'i .
inn ii v be.-intifnl thintrs
lisconnected articles."
0. History of the Fastest Trotter in the World.
a perilous undertaking,
farm took an extensive
TiM r i cn'f" w
t. - . i I. ...I-. I
Cached the pals where the .ground was riot
Wide enough for the lour K6-
and it was impossi
'You will allow me a minute to mak
my peace with Heaven?' I asked, with
ble-te turn back.
7ciri?cnalondlattheri-kofbe-
nvi,r myself, which was even less dan-a-
" 'rtntPrinor a .horseman m
a ,i
1. PThere is a
Keep
Ira
trerojts tuan enwuuo
K. r on such a roa(
Cliristian passing along the ravine. .
hatt was too late, At that moment a man
V , -i- ivmnd rne ol the but-
on liorseoacK y. ,,,. .ctrnM
and inric u.
He advanced to-
lt
agitated
-r i , ,i
more,' 1 said to trie
The following account of this favorite
trotting mare we find m the current J0. ol
the Lice Stock Journal. It was evidently
written previous to her last great feat at
Buffalo, when she made the unprecedented
time of 2:151.
"The early life of this wonderful animal
was distingnishe 1 by manv striking pecu
liarities. Her great power of speed, the
sagacity and pluck manifested in per ma
luit olrk nmnv
O
"How sof said
tare vears, shown especially
in races, made
WHOLE-NO. -57.-
Correspondence.
cellent judge of horse-flesh, of Blooming hears are, "The women have escaped."
Grove, Orange county, N. Y., for $600. With the doors all guarded, and a cordon
rom him she took the name of (xoldsmith ot KU?sian soldiers surrounding me piace,
Maid. TTp. IcAnt hfr in nrottxr ctpartV trnin- their escane seems inexplicable. "Con-
ina- under a driver named William Bodine. iecture." M.r. MacGahan, tells as, "
to whom, morn than nthpr mpn Khonld he rife, and of conrse I Was no more able
awarded the credit of first, hrmorino- the than anybody else to give the proper ex-
mare out. The renowned Bndd L)oble. planation." He now asks General Kauf-
who now drives her so handsomely, had man to excuse him for not having made the floor" read "i foot;" in line 51, for "a small foot"
not then seen or heard of her. his report earlier, "in consideration of the read "a small fiirt;" and, near the close of the article,
"While in training for the trotting course peculiar circumstances of the case.
Reminiscences of a Sojourn of Many Years in
the Principal Empires and Kingdoms of Europe.
X0. XXX.
Errata: In Ho. 29, 9th line, for cases "4 feet from
she was so fretful and irritable, so deter
mined to run at every opportunity instead
of trotting, so hard to bring to a trot after
breaking from that gait, that Mr. Gold
smith many times determined to give up
the training and sell her at any price; but
his patient driver maintained his abiding
faith in her, and assured his employer that
she was the fastest animal on his premises,
and would come out at last a great trotter,
and finally persuaded hirn to keep her,
which he did until this driver so brought
out her points that Goldsmith, in November,
1868, sold her to B. Jackman and Budd
Doble for $20,000. These gentlemen sold
her to N. H. Smith for $37,000. Doble
still drives her.
She made her first appearance in public
in August 18G5, When she trotted in
2:17 at Milwaukee, September 6, 1871,
there was great excitement everywhere
among horsemen. The majority doubted
the length of the track and the time. Bat
the trac& was measured afterwards by
competent engineers, who testified, under
oath, to its being a full mile, in length
when measured three feet from the inside
rail; and the accuracy of the time was es
tablished beyond dispute. Ever since
then vast crowds have attended her , rapes.
Since her last great achievement at
Mystic Park in 2:16, this excitement is
again revived."
TWO HOTJKS IN A HAREM.
'A SUCCESSFUL CONUNDRUM.
"John has never given you a
said Kate's sister to her one day.
was Katie's lover.
"Never," said Katie, with a regretful
shake of the head.
for "studies in Munich" read "studies in music."
Messrs. ' Editors : The collection of
. i : a. r4. rt--i : i i
porceiam in mo vjil-ui. vjaiucu m jjiesueu,
John 13 tal1 ancl very nne opeasmg oi porce
lain reminds me of a visit we made to
Messien. Here it was that I was arrested
because I had not that little scrap of pa-
"And never will Until you ask him for V m my pocket, an accconnt of which I
it,'' returned the sister. gave in a lormer numoer. e cau every
"Then I fear I shall never get one," attention shown us, and we werelaken a-
was the reply. ' round and i had 'everything explained fb
'Of course rou never will. John is us, from the commencement of the prepar-
too stupid to think of such things; and as ation of the material to the finishing of the
vou can never pluck up courage to ask finest porcelain and glassware, I was
him for one, it follows that vou will never rather surprised to find them so conirnun-
. one i, ' ' nicative relative to the coloring. 1 saw a
This 'set Katie to thinking, and to what great many racst beautiful pieces of work,
rmrnose we shall see. &monZ WD1CU V, .
That evening her lover came to see her.
He was very proud and very nappy, lor """-s y 7 7 o Vno
M uua ul,;on fnr wten finished, would cost some $3,500;
Wt ttUlll 111 tL 11 X JJ liny cuu t I . - , 1 1 i , 1
several weeks pledged to marry him as they were intended for some one of the
1 . o ...
soon as
tresses whicn ucit,
this accursed pathway,
ward me. . , . ,.nv,t,1,.n,f
the love ot uou, can
i pVT terrified at the fearful situation
exclaimed, teriim-u .
hi which we both were placed,
m won." ... , . -i .i, liniKfrnan.
'Impossible!' exciaim
1 commended my f
,.r l.oi-pe-j round,
we had traveled, or even
pd the hoi-seman
T A .. n .l Tn.
SOUl lO Jou. i
to back them along
to dlS-
he.patn were three impos
aoun from them the.
..Ul.ties, f Between two
ntc ol a y . f ,ful tl
norsemen so piaccu ur-.
pn tatuer aim " r .
. . . i r.-ulir.r
iuid ttiey nee" - - w nf ti.
incnm i niu M'v.) "
i" - i i
nHi liart nafseai ana
DUW""- i
must inevitably
hvss. i r .,.,tlm unknown
1 ,1 fo.'P '
if l lor lpco
TA, m wrfla. dilated with ter-
i(-ad, anc -cVo-e her their fiery breath
:or, mingled tofeettier silence.
Both OI Ub u-.-- - u f
ihpr sine, out mice
i - i . .. i. i.;m ..avi-
maKe vonr noise neiuj m uiuuci
doing "so is a very different matter.'
We waited in deep and anxious silence
until the voice of one of our horses should
break forth. The silence lasted for a min-
nfp -for an a.o-e ! It was mv horse that
- o
neighed first. The Colonel gave uo ex
tm.al 'manifestation or bis lov: tut, no
doubt, he thanked God from the very hot
torn of his heart.
... i
e
a
failing voice.
'Will five minutes be sufficient?'
The Colonel pulled out his watch.
addressed an intense and burning prayer
towards heaven, which was brilliant with
stars, and to which I thought I was look
ing for the last time.
'It's time,' said the Colonel.
T answered" nothing, and, with a firm
hand, o-athered un the bridle and drew
within mY fingers, which were
with a nervons tremor.
'Yet one moment more
Colonel; 'for I have need of all coolness to
to carry into effect the fearful manoeuvre
which I am about to commence.'
'Granted,' replied Garduno.
M v education had been in the country.
Mv childhood and part ol my earliest youth
aad almost been passed on horseback, and
may sav, without flattering myselt, that
f there was anv one m the world. -capable
of executing a difficult manoeuvre on horse-
back it was myselt. l ranieu vvuu aimosi
a eupernatural effort, and succeeded in re
covering mv entire self-possession in the
very face of death. Taking it at the worst,
had already braved it too often to be a-
asmed at it. From that instant 1 dared
to hope afresh.
As soon as mv horse felt -for the first
time since my rencont-re with the Colonel
the bit pressing his mouth, I perceived that
he trembled beneath me. I strengthened
myself on the stirrup, to make the terrified
animal feel that his master no longer trem
bled. I held him up with bridle and hams,
as every good horseman does in a danger
ous passage, and with the bridle, the body
and the spur together, succeeded in back
ing him a few paces, the Colonel enconra
cring me all he could with his voice This
I let the poor, trembling brute, who
the Viceroy. "See here," said the Rajah
..... ; " - . tt 1 .-- . ii.. A
out an g, does it not I
the page,
oi -darv fotuart.
The book wa
Uove was
t . 1 . . 1 ho
Aomv hmore :ruv
It Str,, which
?esl ine mv vounff bos-
Wled at that mom '
, led me to no!-,- , . Tnflnrffentsf
I . fy 11 PTC1CU " O
Are. you x '.-- of ex9.hcmeut.
exciaimeuiu 1int,inwn horse
ealv to spring upon
it i,a nnswered me iu a
-..., u uv, - , i,Q ia mv nass
Wie;; 'I ad the Col
.' replied the cavalier.
.1 rt 1
T bantam ja.ai,a
Our act.
' . ..5 of long standing,
lnainia'"- . "
r mutual asita.c."
won!
W hnd no need to excmu,s-
"V i u left US two days since,
VfcTrf a detachment, Which . wenp
.J,. ihPr nrisoners or cut off, for
, hZZZZZ leen to return to camp.
Wei Colonel I replied, 'I am sorry
K l l naniartl for tou perceive
kvBt yield the" pathway to
' Z the bridles on the!
and I put my bands to the holster
iSv saddle to draw ottt my plstolsv -
S1
done,
obeyed me in spite of his terror, repose for
a few moments, and then recommenced the
same manoeuvre.- All of a sudden I felt
his hind legs give way under me. A hor
rible shudder ran through my whole frame
closed my eyes, as if about to roll to the
bottom of the abvss, and I gave to my
body a sudden impulse on the side next to
the hacienda, the surface of which offered
7 MM "I
not a single projection, not a tutt ot weeds
to e.heek mv descent. This sudden move
monr ininpd to the desperate struggle of
if mv horse, was the salvation of my life
He s'prung again on his legs, which seemed
ready to fall irom unaer mm, souepeiabe-
lv did I feel him tremble
T had succeeded in reaching, between
the brink of the precipice, and the wall of
the building, a Spot some few inches broad
er. A few more inches Would have ena
bled me to tarn roundt but to attempt it
here would have been fatal, and I dared
not Venture. I Bought to resume my back
.orrl ninrrPR. sten bv step. The horse
threw himself on hia 'hind legs, and fel
down on the same spot. It was in vain to
nim anewv either bv voice, bridle or
spur: the animal obstinately refused to take
a single step in iue asu. iic.i...vU.., -
.i: j t. nnrM -TlinnBtP.n tor
Pliis bea-ins with ;Huntinar the Orang- !
And now turn over
nd here you have the 'Historv
'?? TUV;,.r,w lnn,TllP.l
uncut, and his vassal had
read it thromh without discovering it. He
therefore took from his table an ivory
paper-cutter, with a carved handle, and
explained its use to the ltajah, who was
much pleased, but could not help wonder-ino-
how thev contrived to print the inside
oftbe leaves before they were cut open
Tins nlsn was exnlained. and the itaiau
departed, carrying with him the paper
cutter which the Viceroy had given him.
About a year after, when the matter was
almost fonrotten, the Viceroy saw from
his window a gallant troop entering Hie
court, in the center of which was the Rajah,
moi.iitpd on a vonnp- elephant. As soon
as the latter perceived the Viceroy,
pried: "Do vou happen to have an uncut
number of the Edinburg Review? If so,
please toss it to me." I he V iceroy threw
out the book, which was caught by the
elephautrand placed between his tusks,
which, to his surprise, the Viceroy saw had
been turned into paper-cutters, even to the
carved handles. In a moment the intelli
gent beast cut open the leaves and then
handed the book to the Viceroy: The
Rajah- dismounted, and, pointing to the
elephant, said to the Viceroy ; "He is
yours. I return your paper-cutter alive."
Madame Bazaine. Madame Bazaine,
who did wonderful service for a woman, in
effecting her husband's escape, was married
to the ex-Marshal during the latter's service
in Mexico. From all accounts Bazaine
had a very poor opinion of the Mexicans
as a people, but this did not prevent him
from falling in love with and marrying a
native Mexican woman. I he ex-Marshal
was married in the city of Mexico,' on the
26th of June, 1865, to benonta uona
Josefa Renav Azcarate, a lady of great
beantv and immense wealth, albeit, ac-
i . - . . 1 1 1! C .! Ian nrl nr rf
cording to general uenei, uau.
l brio-ami. The civil marriage was per
ormed bv the intendant of the city, after
tna Arr-hbishnn tironounced a bless-
lno- on the haonv couple, Maximilian and
n nadrinos But .this
ivrt-vtw JL ,
was not the only imperial patronage the
happy couple received, as tbeji-mperoranu
Empress of the French were sponsors for
their first child. There are now four chil
dren in the family. The eldest, a boy of
seven, kpt his father company at bainte
Marguerite for some time before Madame
Bazaine and one of the other children
were permitted to join liira in February
last. N During the progress of J5azame s
trial, and before its commencement,
Madame Bazaine and the tonr cunaren oc
cupied apartments in a convent at some
little distance from the house in which he
was confined at Versailles.
Dickens thus exokins the origin of the
savino-. "Mav your shadow never be less."
"What do yoit mean, said l to
an em-
nnssador. who had passed a long time in
Europe, "by the salutation, "May yonr shad
r nppr'lia less ?" "We live," answered
ho tahn nlpasantJv. "nnder a very hot
sun in Persia, and we retire to the shadow
for repose and peace. 1 he power oi
p-reat mail gives rest and tranquility to
o-reat many, for no one dares to injure or
molest those whom he protects. So we
rail this his shadow, and hope, for our own
sakes as well as his, that it may never di-
inish."
horsemen anxious to know something o
her old life; and to gratify this curiosity
the ever enterprising newspaper corres
pondent has pushed his way among the
meadows where she first saw the light, and
interviewed her owner, gleaning the
following incidents of her life :
"It seems that the 'Maid was a way
ward child. From the date of her birth,
on the farm of John B. Decker, in Wau
taga township, Sussex county, N. Y., in
the spring of 1857, to the age of six yeara,
she distinguished herself in many ways,
but never as a trotter. She was under
sized, nervous, and fretful, and utterly re
fused to work. Mr. Decker, her owner,
says he never got an- work out of her but
twice one-half day in ploughing com
and one-half day in drawing stones. Once
she was hitched to a harrow, .but atter a
short distauce she reared and entangled
both her hind legs in the cross-piece in
the haruow, and so injured those members
that when she goes put for her rooming
walks, it is said, she'fstill shows signs of
stiffness behind, caused by this fall.
"From the time she was two or three
years old until Mr. Decker' sold her at six
she was used as .a race-horse, though with
out her owner's knowledge. The boys on
the Sarin, of course, as all boys are, were
anxious to know which was the fastest
iorse, and at an early day they found that
it was the '.Maid.' And so alter tue oid
man' had jgone to bed they would take her
out of the pastnre or stable whenever a
race could be made up, and run her on the
road after night. She beat everything
that could be brought to run w-ith her, so
that finally none but the uninformed from
a distance could be found to bet against
her. These races were made up at the
country stores and lounging places in the
evening, after farm, work was over, and
the race run the same night after tho old
man had gone to bed. No training, no
grooms, no jockeys, no Weight for age -just
as a man or boy in his ; bare foot,
mounted bare-backed, with his toes hug
ging the mare's belly like a leech, wras
the style; and the 'Maid' no doubt enjoyed
it more than she has some of her late races
in the trotting-ring.
"One of the most singular freaks of the
crazv-headed little mare during her farm-
life was a habit she had of taking a month
ly trip through the country. About once
a" mouth, no matter how high the enclosure,
she would break from her pasture and go
sailing over the nighbonng farms, leaping
and 11 vino: over fences, ditches, stone walls,
and streams; thro' fields ot growing crops,
meadows, woods, and pastures; up steep
hills and down, until, making; a circuit,
generally about ten miles, she would finally
land m the field horn whicn she started,
behaving herself afterwards in' a steady
c. .. . . . ml
manner, for her, until the next ; run. iue
time that she was out during these trips
wna ofpnpjrjillv fl, hont fortv minutes. A
few stops by the way to have a little gos
sip with'her neighbors, probably account
ed for the time being so long. !
"One day in the summer of 1863 two
men who were out buying horses for the
mVht at Mr. Decker's,
nnrl'in flip, mornincr bought ' the 'Maid' of
An English newspaper correspondent
who accompanied the Russian expedition
to Khiva, relates the following interesting
adventure in which he was the principal
actor:
On the evening of the day on which
General Kaufman enterered Khiva the
authors attention was attracted to a young
Circassian girl of great beauty who stood
erect and tranquil among a group of half
demented women at the door of the harem,
and turned her eyes toward him, as though
she wished to speak to- him. 1 he dark
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the business could be properly ?rpwueu nuur "'"F
done, and John was a grand good fellow, " "f .-. "
too, notwithstanding his obliviousness to shovn all tin ough the establishment, and
certain polite mattek had everything explained to us, we were
"John," said Katie, at length, looking allowed to go wherever we felt mea
up with an innocent smile, "dS you know were told to do so. Here as
what a conundrum is?" . 11 as at y .tSLTSS S
"Why, it's a puzzle-a riddle," answered Saxony, we received that respect due to
John strangers. J I can truly say that nowhere
"l)o you think you could ask me one I all Germany did I find the people more
could not guess V- intelligent, more refined and polite. I was
"I don't know. I never thought of very much pleased with them and as re-
such things. Could you ask me one?" K BTO f-- -
"I could try." uian anywoeie m wwumuj.
lion can very easily suggest. iu an w
what is the cause of this difference when
the kingdoms join, there being a difference
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Tl. ...,1 l,?a rar fbo ifnb- Ol OU1V SOUIC UVUllUUUlCUimito
lem for a lonsr time, but finally was forced o capuais, anu
to give it up.
"Well, try, Katie."
"Then answer this :
D like a ring ?"
Why is the letter
"I don't know Katie. Whv is it V '
"Because," replied the maiden, with" a
very soft blush creeping up to her temples,
"ire cannot be wed without it."
In less than a week from that date
Katie had her engagement ring.
A Rake art Treasure. Professor
DnAmninr li.-a Tj-Oiiim f Oil fl tllP British
eyes of this lady haunted him,, and he f n a cast of tbe torso of a BnpPpBed
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eouia noi rest, iuiuuiirm came, tmu iut-
same language? I can only answer that
the same difference can be found existing
between families, and even brothers some
will be gentlemen, while others are vaga
bonds. If you will take the cars that leave Dres
den for Prague, and stop about eight miles
from Dresden, a walk of three miles- will
bring you to a place called Saxony-Switzerland,
which is the most romantic spot I
sleeping city was bathed in a flood of glo
rious moonlight. By this time our hero
had found his wav to the top of a high
wall overlooking the court of the harem,
into which ho was determined to penetrate,
heedless of the unknown dangers he might
have ever seen. Here are. to bo seen in
statue of Sappho, found at Larnaka, in a Braall space, looking like a little valley,
Cyprus, and has received through the gay a half mile long and a quarter broad,
principal librarian, Mr. J. Winter Jones, twelve or fifteen natural pyramids -that
the best thanks of the trustees. The torso spring up like so many chimneys or shot
comprises the entire upper part of the towers, some of them bearing a strong re
body, reaching considerably below the semblanco to huge giiud stones piled one
waist. Relics of the strings of the great 0T)0a another. Perhaps close on each side
eyPS several of them) ope will see rugged and
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higher
encounter, searcmng a out, ue corner ou oete88 ;1 re rema;n and there are even cf one cf these little valleys (for there are
a door lockeu witn a pacuocK, me pubis, ui ftf tu nionta with which her eves MOMl f ttm on,
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Wl.icn, nowever, are mi iuu lacu m iuo and mQuth were colon,d. TUa - Btatne of almost perpendicular ridges, not
wall, that he nas no mmcuiry m uwug .lRnrm-nff Rannho." the martyr of love, ,iin. o. Kl,,. tower. There are-gaps in
them down; Descending a stone stairway, . , P. . , . n l .;th;n. the ner- Li,.. rMn-; nfl jia voiT nass over or
cincts of the temple of Aphrodite, at through them you will cross some very
Larnaka. and to be the work of the famous nVer chasms: the bottoms of some of which
Greek sculptor Silanion, who flourished have never been fouud, and the width of
he gets into a court, on the other side ot
which stands the wall of the harem.. In
this wall he finds two passages, inta one
of which he enters. It is pitch dark, and
the corridors are intricate, so he occasion
ally lights a small piece of candle with
which he had thoughtfully provided him
self. After wandering through a succes
sion of empty, mud-walled rooms and pas
sages, he finds himself suddenly on the
brink of a well about fifty feet deep. A
little further on he enters a small room, in
the corner of which he "observes a pile of
what appears to be black earth.: Stoop
ing, he picks up a handful it is gunpow-
in the age of Alexander the great, and is
mentioned by Cicero in his oration. against
Venes. This rare art treasure was pur
chased at Beyrout by Herr Joseph Bach-
maier, who is now traveling in Syria, lie
is the brother of Professor Anton Bach
maier, the donor of the5 cast to the nation
al museum.
A Fougotten City. The late Lieut.
mi
Gamier discovered last year the ruins of a
o-reat ancient city Angeor. These
der, enough to blow the whole place to ruins are of extraordinary, magninceuce,
both m point of extent and architectural so.me most o
splendor. The sides of. the principal tern- ebmbed up ai
pie measure no less than two miles and a wi.h as mucii
remains
atoms, and lie has been wandering anout
... . I.! "
or an hour, striking matches and throwing
t. o.ni linn.inn irniT nf t.lipm p.n.rplpsslv I nle
K TTnct;K? i-PtrpntlnVr hrpathlpss and Quarter in circumference, and the
aiUUb iHKHii v. v -w j -w-. 11- , m -1
weak with fear, he leans against a of endless roads, buried in lorests ana jun-
wall. and logins to wonder how he could gle, contain monument aiier wwm.u0u,
have been so idiotic as to undertake such each, if possible, more astounding than trie
an adventure. Getting out, however, was preceding. 1 he architecture arm
not so easv a task as getting in. For an- tnre ot this forgotten city exmou a vei v
other half hour he wanders through a la advanced knowledge of the arts, ana iue
rinth of rooms, and just as he is on the great temple is descnoea as u e . -int
of despairing, he comes to a door at piece of some unknown Michael Angelo.
from two to five feet. There
are any number of little waterfalls. Some
of these isolated mouutains have been
washed into various forms, and have been
washed into shapes resembling various an
imals, and are named accordingly; as the
Lamb, the Deer, tho! Shepherd, the Lion,
the Monk, the Bear, and many others. All
this great variety of Swiss scenery jn min
iature has a circumference of only about
twenty miles. Here we met several of tho -Scotch
nobility, and amongst them were
onmp most beautiful VOUHff hUllCS, WHO
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and down those steep places
ease as the men. We re
mained in this wild spot for three days.
There are several beer-houses in this little
Switzerland; but such fare! Atone house
I heard ofscup, and it proved to be .that
miserable buttermilk soup I spoke of in a
former number, the very thought of which
is enough to make one's blood run cold.
As theGermans were so fond of it, and the
Scotch and we Americans- had such a hor-
i .1 . innci'iiiv ma tn thinTr
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the end of a corridor, on the other side Angeor must have been one oi uiv -perhaps we were not able to appreciate fine
per. pities or me trioue. uim vcl , i ,i i r i, ir h
O . ' , ,
bv
point
ry no account remains.
6ave
an ancient ruin.
him for $200, and started for home, lead
ing the mare behind them. On their way
they metMr. Tonikins, w ho knew the lit
tle mare; and bought her of them for $300.
The twomen also knew her, and were
aware that the mare had great speed, ana
believed that she conld be made a' trotter,
but were willing to make $100 by their
morning's bargain. The next day Tomp
kins sold her to Alden G oldsmith, an ex-
of which he hears female voices. After a
Uttlrt hesitation, he knocks softly, and a
l i" : .,0
1 1 1- 1 ..... . , anon-ar in ' cmr 1 KT w all 11D Lreji-.
seconu kiiociv uuusjb au " . , 1 ' , ,i ;.
girlish voice that went rippling over the traveler, m the year im, m
ooth syllables of the Tartar tongue like splendor, ana mai iniee
n. brook over stone.? but not a word ot ter it was reierreu io oy CuCUy5-
which he understands. In reply he mut
ters "Aman" peace," or "peace with you,"
the universal salutation, he. says, in such
Cases which evokes smothered laughter;
and so, after a little further parleying, the
light door springs open, and neisgreetea
by a loud peal of laughter from six or sev
en women, some old and ugly, some young
jind pretty, among whom the gay Lothario
soon discerns the beauty he is in search of.
They all have tea together, and the Sul
tana pours water on her admirer's hands
from an elegantly-shaped pitcher, and
gives him a towel to dry them with, in the
most kindly, officious manner. Converss
tion was a "difficnlty which could only be
partially overcome. ""He manages, hower
er, to ascertain that the beauty's name is
Zuleika, that she does not like the Rus
sians, and that she is aware he is not a
Russian. Afterwards he learned that 6he
took him for an Euglish agent, sent out
by the English government, and wished to
place herself and : her companions under
his protection, and in this way he accounts
for her interest in him, and for the recep
tion he got that night. Having spent two
hours in the harem, Mr. MacGahan gives
anh nf thft ladies a present, and under the
escort of his hostess is conducted to the
foot of the stone steps br whieh he first
descended: Hurrying back to the outer
eonrt. where General- Golovatchiff is re
posing, he flings himself on a piece of car
TiAt and ia soon sound asleep. .When he
-0Vpns next, mornmsr: the first words he
t 1-J iV. lr ,iirnf flio inn if ho
Nothing is now WUPH rlZ ZXZ
tl.af a Chinese 1 wouia oe bo gouu . . s.v, r
tliat a Vninee I .if .L:.1.I.J 1 An.laaanmn
tiir maK II' IT,. V 11 1UU klV UIU. nuuiwiwmu
of vour readers may bo desirous of making
it, I will give you his directions; -dou
the buttermilk until, (I forget how long,
hut not long, as he had not as much wood
TWv Ti ativ. Beautv and style are aa he. eouldhold between your finger and
not the surest, passports to respectability thumb); when done take handful of garlic,
some of the noblest specimens of woman- i)ruise it, and tlffow in; put in a handful of
hood the world has ever seen have pre- dried gage; add a cuplul oi Deer, ana a cou-
sented the plainest and most unprepossess- pie 0f gt herring; alter taking on tne nre
in appearances. A woman's worth is to be 8Weeten with honey." I think the. land
estimated by tho -real goodness of her iord must have forgotten some of the in
heart the greatuess of her soul, and the gradients, for I am sure that the soup had
purity and sweetness oi uer cnaiai;i.ci, uu at least eignt or ju uums. waw
a woman with a kindly disposition, and a ny.gwiss we walked one morning early
well balanced mind and tamper, is ioveiy four miles to tne ioriress oi xsuuiugbiem,
and attractive, be her face ever so plain tuated on a very steep mountain. Our
and her figure ever so homely; she makes wait was so fatiguing that we were oblig-
the best of w;ives and the truest of mothers, ej decline the politeness of tho usher,
She has a higher purpose in living man ag we were oroKen uown.- iuisivuoiuii-
the beautiful yet vain and supercilious wo- ress to which was sent all the treasures of
man who has no higher ambition than, to te Green room in 1848, during the r great
flaunt her finery in the streets, or to grati- resolution throughout all Europe. After
fv her inordinate vanity by exacting flat- being thoroughly rested, we (my friend,'
ter and praise from a society whose com- myself and our valet de place) went that e-
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pliments are as hollow as mey areTiusin- vening to the uuttermna-soup : uouue oi
cere. - ' :. '- I Saxony-Swiss, which we found crowded by
Ambition -Never expect a selfishly additions to the many we had left there
ambition, jivci "F1' J ii nio-ht came on we had a storm, which
ambitious man to bo a . iend. the to turn much cooler,
man who makes ambr ion his god tram- " lled to our choice of
pies upon everything els. X He wdlcbmb ches, or the dining room
upward, though he treads upon the hearts 'Jer a'logies for beds were
of those who love him besVandinhis eyes ble courge But &g .
your only value lies m the use you may be given P w ld have'it we had brought
lo him." Personally, one iothmg to him, th U8? So W we weroas
and if you are not rich, or famous, or pow- SbleJcouidJe expected under tho
erfal enough to advance his interest, after IorT -
h Uo w. above, von. he cares no more cl;hu.bi
iw to"- -
for yon. .'- - - - -; -- '-
VorAGECR.