Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-06-27

I. S, June. st "a
Throw open wide your golden gates.
Oport.lauded'nionth.of june,
And waftmc. on your, spicy breath,
The melody Of birds in tunel

Oport.laudedmontho of june
And waftrne, on your spicy breath,
The melody Of birds in tunel q
! o, fairest palace of ihe three, y s.s I
Wherein Queen summer holdeth sway,
| Igaze upon your leafy courts
From out the hc'vestibule OF May.
fam would tread your garden walks, %
| . Or in your snady bowers reclme--r
Then open wide your godengates
And make them mine, and make them mine.
a FAST SroRY An Englishman was
Dragging of the speed on English railroads
| to Yankee traveller seated at his side in
one of the cars of !" fast train," in England.
The engine belly rung as the train near
ed Il station. 1t suggested to the Yankee
an opportunity Of taking down his coin
panion apeg or two"
"Whnt's that noise 7" nnocently inquir.
ed the Yankee. "a .se,
We are approaching town." said the
Eoglishmon @They have TO commence
ringing about ten miles before they get to
station, or else the train would run by it
before the bell could be heard! Wonder
full, isn't it3 suppose they haven't iuven-
ted bells in America yet?"
"Why. yes" replied the Yankee, "we've
got bells, but can't use them on our rail
roads. We run so tarnal fast that the train
always keeps ahead of the sound No use
whatever; the sound never reaches tho vii
age till after the train gets BY"
Indeed exclaimed The Englishman. ;
Fact" said the. Yankee; "bad to give
up bells. Then we tried steam whistles, but
they wouldn't answer either. I@as on a
locomotive when the whist was tried -
We were going at atremendous rate--hur-
rlcanes were nowhar-aud had to hold
my hair on. We saw two horse wagon
crossing the track, about Ave miles ahead,
and the engineer let The whistle on, sc,eech
ing like a TROOPER. 1t screamed awfully,
but it wasn't no use. The next thing /
knew, was picking myself out of pond
by the roadside, amid the fragments Of the
locomotive, dead horses, broken wagon,
dead engineer, lying beside me. Just then
the whistle came along, mixed up with some
frightful oaths that had heard the cncin.
eer use when he first saw the horses. Poor
fellow he was dead before his voice got
to him. After that we fried lights, suppos-
ing these would travel faster than sound.
We got some so powerful thatlhe chickens
woke up all along the road when we came
by, supposingit to be morning. But the
locomotive Kept ahead Of il sill, aud was
in 'he darkness, with the light close on be.
hind it. The i1habitants petilioned against
it; they cohdn't sleep with so much light
in the nighttime. Finally, we had to sta.
ton electric telegraphs along The roadwii
| aignal men. to telegraph when the train was
IN sight; and have heard that some OF the
fast trains beat the lightning fifteen minutes
every forty nayes. But can't say rs that
is truc-the rest know to be So e
INTERESTING FACES ABOUT WoMAw. The
Mohannedans nearly all believe that wo-
man has no soul. This is not taught in
the Koran, but is countouanced BY the fact
that, in the great prophets, paradise, honris
are given to the faithful Instead of their
earthly wives. The Chinese make slaves oI
the women in this world, aud deny them
any hope of compensation hereafter. In
Western Australia, female children are al,
ways bctrothed q few days aftcrtkei birth,
and should the first husband die before the
gyl attains her maturity, she belongs to bis
heir: In New Zealand, if girls future
husband should die, no other man can make
proposal 10 her. Among the Hindoos
widows may not marry again. In China
the parents bargain for the marriage ot
! their children while they are yet unborn
The New Hollandars steal their wives; and
IT woman attempts to escape her captoi
he at once thrusts n spear through the Aeshy
part other leg or thigh. OF all methods
of obtaining a wife, Chat Of purchase is the
most universal. 1t is practiscd by the AZ
ricap, 10y the black and brown races of the
Indian Archipelago, and by nearly all the
nations of Asia. The .Circassin women pre-.
fer being sent to CoDstantinople to be sold
| In Siam aud Cochin China, men invaria
Tbly purchase their wives !; but tho women
have one privilege, the parents cannot sci
them without their will. Iii China, how
ever, women are sold without being consul
ted on the subject, and have to obey every
one in the family Of her purchaser, without
exception--the husbands control over hen
being entirely unIimitcd. Ib Japan, pre-
sehts are made to the bride, who transfers
them ,to4her relatives, TO defay,tlle xpehsc
and trouble they incurred in bringing hel
up from her infancy.
The dinner table at the late railroad fes
tival'in Memphis was nearly three. quarter,
of mile long, and had on it eight thou
sand plates and dishes, two thousand Eve
hundred pounds Of beef and mutton, seven