The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-21
sEPTEMBE Err MAGAZINES.
Putnam's Magazine

we have published entire the interesting arti-
Gle on "Autographs," by Mr.. William Young.
We present the following interesting extracts
from this number.
Mr.. George Herman, in an article entitled
tCamping Out in Siberia" thus describes a
tempest in that region
We had proceeded only about ten versts from
Kuil, when darkness and the tempest came on
together. The black cloud wh'ch had prooleo
for an hour over the GulI' eA euueu Idppiuy
westward, and smothcTed In 9ark hihlle Oh
vapor The last CLEANS OF the Arctic twilight; the
wind shre KING out the wild cries which 1T had
learned rom the Northern bergs and lce-heids,
descended upon the steppe IN whlrling pillars
of snow which stalked like misty phantomS,
through the darkness before the denser body OF
the coming storm. There was only time to
shout cut an order to keep together before the
gale burst upon us, and all sounds were lost in
The roaring of the wind and the sutocating
clouds OF snow The very dogs which drew our
sledges were out of sight, and upon stopping
moment afterwards to be sure that we were
all together, only four sledges out OF thir-
teen made their appearance. FIVE minutes
ten - elapsed, and there were still no
signs OF our missing comrades. We
shouted, fired pistols, and sent men out into the
driving tempest on each side as lar as they dared
go but we might as well have attempted IN tue
"C ave of the Windso to dro WD, by q shout, the
thundermgs of Niagara as to make our feeble
voices heard above the deep dldpason or the
winds. Mans efforts aud even mans existence
seemed to sink into iusguidCauce before the
majesty OF aroused Nature. shrinking with
ayerted and covered face, behind our sedges,
striving with gasPing breath TO get one lnhAla'
tion OF air unmiXed with snow we waited, in
the almost vain hope that the missing sledges
would come up. Suddenly u halt-smOthered
aud despairIng cry came out of the darkness by
ou1 SIDE anu as we shouted in reply, the dark,
indisunct outlines OF three more sedgeS
passed before US, This increased our number to
seven, and as 1t seemed useless to wait longer
for the others, who were evidently lost we re-
luctanuy moved on, la-hmg our sledges together
With thongs OF seal skin to prevent a second
separation. Owing TO the darkness, our POCKET
compasses we're useless; but even could we have
determined our true course the kuOUledSe
would have ava led us but llttle, since the wind
made 1t impossible to travel in any direction
except be ore il. About five hours after dark
we pissed scattering cl1mps OF bushes, which
jndicat d our approlch to river, and soon
the darkness ahead seemed 10 grow thicker ani
denser, aud a belt of timber loomel up through
the drifting snow only faT yards distant II
was this Of which We were in search. No
one knew where we were geographically,
found trees TO break the force of the
deadly, chilling wind, aud 10 afford respite to
the CnOkgd lunGs from the driving Atmosphere
OF suow. Selecting a spot sheltered by the trees
and high bank, we dug dep cellar in the
snow, "Warmugn our bpnImbei limbs by the
violent exercise, spread aller BRANCHES aud
tWIgs oftue rating piue over the bottom built
q hrc in the Reward corner, AMI "Weng into
camp" As the ruddY blaze flashed t5tuly over
the suow-encrusted faces which Gro Tdel aO)It
how MANY were missing. BO vsher Yo INT,
Newton O'Bricn, aud Heck, were gone, and
sober expression tell !or moment up)n eVery
face a We thought OF our comrades out on the
barren steppe, hghtlng for lie in The darkness
against Geld, furious wind, and blm linz snoT.
DR.. n. Grttnbaum's article entitled "John
and Bridget; Talk about Names" is exceed
ingly interesting. We quote:-
at is a mysterious awe which halows the
TeuiOniC women and their names. The wives
OF the warriors not only accompanied them into
the battle, encouraging the dghtiug and greet
ing the Victorious but the women understood
the mystery OF the Runes. aud, as Jllus Cesar
tells us, they were consulted as to whether battle
was to be fought or not; they were the wizards,
the "Wlse acresn in the old honorary sense of
the word Tacitus tells US that the Germ IN
women-like the virgin Veleda- were con5d
cred as messengers OF tue gods, and sometimes
even AS gOddesses themselves. Aud SO we lind
the women deded as Wa'kyres, who sent out
by Wuotan tOdin), hOyeTed over the battlefield,
brought them to Wulhalla. Tue remembrance
of that we have in the names where Run and
Wal occur. as Gudrun Runhilt, Walantrad.
Tue name Regina has nothing to DO With the
Latin word; il signifies the adYi,ing-as al-o
Reginuat. Tue names OF lrmlna, lrmengard
recall the German god of war.
Wild animals are also to be found in the names
of women. We find the volt in Wulthilda ( volt
BtYIie), the raven in BeIht-Tama (Drlgnt rayen)
the bear in Eilen0irln (,rOng Oear), the boar in
Ebba, which is the female lorm OF EObo, the
boar, and hard, hardy) The serpent, which We
see winding through the whole OF antiquity as q
symbolic animal, is 10 be found in female names
and only IN female names composed with
'Llnt," as Siglint RPginlint. The swan, whose
name-Cy ycnus- -appsars among Greeks aud
Romans as masculine proOer name-is in the
TeutoniC mythology connected with female
beings, aud consequently feminine name, as in
SWanhvt (SwanWhIte). Toe comparison with a
swan-the bird OF Venus-is so natural, that it
is not surprising to tnd its name also as epithet.
Edith, surnamed the Swan necked (cOgnOnlenO
StoaneS.hdis, says the Latin Chrsnicle), who
found the corpse OF King Harold on the battle
held, is known 10 every one who has read
Thierry's History of the Norman Conquest" or
HeiDe's beautiful poem, the Battlefield of
Hastings"
Another beautiful name is that of Nannq-
also the name of the wife of the lovely god
BaduT-which is SAID to signify Blossom. This
name, like the mythOlOgcal name OF Else and
many other names, was afterwards blended
with Christian name of 5emitic origin, that OF
Anna.
Let us not FORGET the lovely names of the
two lovely women, Ruth (Benevoleace, Friend
ship and Naomi (SReet, SN eetuess), who said
- "Cal me not Naomi, call me Marah'
(Embittered or Ri ternCss). The last name
could easily be rendered by the Latin word
Amara; 1t would depend upon circumstances
whether this name should be derived from
GnldTG or from dmdrUS.
name similar 10 that OF Naomi occurs in
the name of the sister OF Yubalcain, N4Oamah.
These three names remind us OF another peCu.
liarty of feminine names, which ls owing &c
their more quiet aud domestic life. We tind alb
stract nouns as proper names of women. Lake
the English Grace, we hud the Greek names O
Charts, SOPHIA (wisdom), Irene (peace), Elpi:
(hOpe): the spanish names which seem partly
10 be taken from holidays-ot Consuelo (cOnso'
lauon), Mrrccdla tdminutiVe of Merced
MPrry). E1CaruaciOn (ncaruatiOn). NauViia1