1897 



THE AMERICAN BKE KEEPER. 



leaping the teuce ot lath about the gar- 

 den patch amid a shower of bullets they 

 scarfed through the open lots. Auother 

 shower of bullets fell about them as 

 their horses leaped the broad brook, or 

 caual, as it was called, and theu almost 

 before the guard had cleared the feuces 

 they had gained the shelter of the 

 woods beyond and were safe. 



The chagrin of the British Tarleton' 

 was as great as the relief of Mrs. Slo- 

 cumb, and when ou the following day 

 the troops moved ou the cordial adieu 

 of the hostess led the colonel to say: 

 "The British are not robbers, madam. 

 We shall pay you for all we have 

 taken. " 



"I am so rejoiced at what you have 

 not taken that I shall not complain if 'I 

 do not hear from you again," she re- 

 plied. 



And she neither heard" nor complain- 

 ed. — Louisville Courier- Journal. 



Sacred Threads aud Cords. 



The sacred thread of the Brahmans is 

 well known. It is a caste distrnctiou 

 assumed at an early age and liever "part- 

 ed with. It must be made by a Brah- 

 man and should consist of three strands, 

 each of a differentrolcr, 48 yards in 

 length, doubled and twisted together 

 twice, the ends tied in knots. It must 

 be worn next the skin, over the left 

 shoulder, hanging down to the tiiigh on 

 the right side. The three castes of the 

 Hindoos are distinguished by the materi- 

 al of these threafls — cotton for the Brah- 

 mans, hemp lor the warriors and wool 

 for the artisans. The Parsees also wear 

 the sacred thread, and boys of 7 or 9 

 are investeil with it, the threads used 

 being made always of fibers of the suru 

 tree. Mouier Williams describes the sa- 

 cred giruie of the Parsees as made of 

 73 woolen threads, forming a flat band, 

 which is twined three times around the 

 body aud tiid in two peculiar knots, 

 the secret of which is known only to 

 the Parsees. 



The use of "medicine cords" is com- 

 mon among North American ludiaus. 

 Mr. Bounce utscribes those worn by the 

 Apaches, xhese consist of one, two, 

 three and four strands, to which are at- 

 tached shehs, featners, beads, rock crys- 

 tal, sacreu.gxcej siO-ies aud other arti- 

 sles, cioiiij^iehs eiUijioyed symbolically. 

 •—Chambers' Joariiui. 



3inton. 



Miitoi] V, as born in 1608 and dird in 

 1674. Kis Lrst jcem of note, "Ou the' 

 ]Vloinii:g ct Chrst's Nativity," was 

 Vrritten in 1629. The "Paradise Regain- 

 ed" was fiuji^hed a short time before 

 his death. His literary labors covered 

 45 years. His greatest poem was writ- 

 ten by the i and of an amanueusis, and 

 his most serious annoyance was the pet- 

 ulance of his daughters, who sometimes 

 refused to write when he was in the 

 mood to compose. 



Where Prisons Are Untenanted. 



The inhabitants of Iceland are com- 

 mended as the most honest people out.- 

 Cases of theft are almost unknown to 

 them, aud a murder does not happen in 

 a generation. There is only one police- 

 man on the island, who spends six 

 months of the year in the north and the 

 festof the time in Reykjavik, where the 

 only jail is located. According to the, 

 islanders, this prison is a magnificent 

 building, in that it is built of stone, and. 

 they think it is a direct invitation tO'; 

 wrongdoing, as an inmate of the prison- 

 lives iu a nice room, enjoys the privj- j- 

 lege of x-eposing on a real bed and eajt-i- 

 ing bread at meals, luxuries which aBf 

 ordinary Icelander scarcely ever has the 

 opportunity of iudulging in. In spite- 

 of all these temptations the Reykjavik; 

 prison is nearly always empty. — Prisons, 

 Service Ga zette. - __;_ ; 



In the Dime Museum. 



Borneo Chief— Say fellers, the bald- 

 ieaded bearded lady lays over us all ; 

 fihe's a freak. " 



Cifcassian Snake Charmer— Freak 

 nothin; jist accidental. Got her face lo- 

 tion mixed with her hair restorer, and! 

 the resiilt was mortal.— Philailelphlaf 

 Press. ""• '■ '■•'•' " ■'''■■ 



No Theologians From Harvard This Year. 



Out of the 400 youug men about be- 

 ing graduated from Harvard college not 

 a single one intends to take up the study 

 of theology. Are we to infer from this 

 that there is a glut in the market for 

 ministers? it would seem so. — Haver, 

 hill Gazette. ^ . 



It is noted that the womeu of the roy- 

 al fantiliesof E-;irope are ou the average' 

 much stronger, mentally and physicallyf 

 than the men. 



