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oppress the natives. His darling bridge (which he erected 

 across the Manado river), the idol of his brain, broke 

 down, his heart well nigh broke, too, for the mocking 

 laugh of his enemies seemed ringing in his ears. A 

 common mind might now have sunk in despair, but 

 Papke bore nobly up against the stream that strove 

 to drown his energies, and his heart grew firm within 

 him. The bridge ere long was strengthened and repaired, 

 his young plants thrived and grew apace ; his wife re- 

 gained her wonted smile, and Papke's home was now a 

 cottage of contentment. 



" One lovely evening, attended by his wife, he visited 

 the spot where his children lay interred, his faithful 

 Gertrude sat by his side, the parents' eyes were turned 

 towards the graves, they pressed each others hands in 

 silence, and tears stole down their cheeks. They may 

 never have more children, but their lives will glide down 

 peaceably and in affluence, to ' that bourne from which 

 no traveller returns ', the just reward of patient perse- 

 verence and mild endurance of misfortune." Subse- 

 quently we learned that this honest man had been 

 patronized by the Government, and had been advanced 

 to some station of importance under it. 



" The Bugis women of Celebes are much better featured 

 than the Malayan ladies of Borneo, although, like them, 

 they spoil the appearance of their mouths by the odious 

 practice of chewing the s'irih leaf ; but as the custom of 

 kissing is never indulged in by these Asiatics, perhaps it 

 is not objected to by their husbands. The damsels of 

 Manado dress their hair very frequently with a large 

 knot curiously placed on the summit of the front part of 



