Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-11-11
The Test for a Wife.
How SHE COOKED HIS RIop.

Master of prosperous aud profitable bu--
| siuess, he came to the conclusion that q
wife was vented to complete his happiness,
and determined to 60 in search for ono.
Adopting tho guse Of a fortune tellor, aud
carrying some rice bound up in cloth, he
started on his travels. Whenever he en-
countored q girl that pleased his eye, he
asked. her to cook his rico for him. Some
laughed at him, some reviled him, none
seemed inclined to comply with his modest
domand, and it seemed as if ho would have
to take his rice home uncooked. At last
he reached Swiro, where he beheld beau
tiful girl, who, instead Of ridiculing or abus
ing the strange traveller, roiievod him of
tho rice, aud bade him bo rested Then
the kindly maiden set about preparing tho
rico. First tho stepped it in water then
dried it in the sun, and that accomplished,
rubbed tho grains on tho ground, removing
the awn without breaking the rice. CALI:
lug her nurse, ehe despatched that worthy
to sell the bran, and with tho proceeds pur
chase an earthen boiler, Two plattcrs, and
some fuel. by the timc this commission
was executed the rice had been prayed in
mortar, winnowed aud washed, and was
ready to put in the boiler with I've times
it's bulk of water. As soon, as it had
swollen sufficiently the boiler was taken
from the fire, the water cleared Of the scum,
und the boiler put back, and the rice cou-
stantly stirred by the pretty cook until she
was satisfied it was properly done. By
turning the boiler mouth downward she
extiuguishcd the fire, and, collecting the
uuoonsumed fuol, dispatched The old wo-
man to convert it into butter, ourds, oil
and tamarinds. This achieved she told
tho onraptured Sakti Kumar to 60 and
bathc, and not to omit rubbing himself
with oil. Having obeyed orders, the wife
seeker was directed to seat himself upon a,
plank on we'll swept floor, 90 which were
already laid a large plantain leaf and two
pluttcrs His charming hostess then
brought him water in q perfumod Jug, and
administered two spoonfuls of wellseasoncd
rice and ghec, preparatory to sorying UP
Tho remainder of the rice mixed with spi-
ces, curds, butter md milk, of which
SaIti Kumari ato his gil, aud then indulg-
ed in siesta, with MUD at ease, know
log that his quest was ended. AS soon as
he woke he asked tho girl to become his
wife, aud she, being willing, the necessary
ceremony was gone through without delay;
and the supposed fortune teller took his
bride home to surprise her as the Lord Of
Burleigh astonisllcd his rustic love; but tho
Hindu lass was luckier than Tennyson's
heroine, for we assured that she lived long
TO worship her husband as god, to pay
the most assiduous attention to his house
hold adaiis, TO superntend tho rcgu
lation of tho family coming in duo
course, aud made her house suob
an obode of bliss that Sakti Kumara was
well repaid for the trouble he had taken to
get q good wife, and tasted in. his we'll
ordered home the joys of Paradise.
Cham6e,s' Journal.
The BEAUTY OF BAGDNEss.-A great
change has taken place of lato yeurs with
regard to the estimation in which badness
is held Fifty years ago it was viewed as
serious infliction, misfortune to be
concealed by wig or a velvet skull cap.
! n some cases, no doubt, tho wig was inten
ded to deceive, and give juvenile appear
ance to the wcarcr. In the majority of cases,
however, the covering was SO plainly artificial
TINT it was clearly adopted not from mo.
tive of vanity, but simply to hide the un-
pleasant object from tho eyes of the world.
Of lato years, however, partly, it would
appear, from the habit of wearing boards
having come into fashion, badness is far
more common than it used to be. 1t may
be that nature furnishes to each human being
aullicicncy Of what may be called hair
ointment to support an average quantity Of
hair, und that when men allow their
boards TO grow they do so to tho detrimcn,
Of The natural covering of the scalp. Ger.
| tain it is large proportion of men with
boards begin to grow bald at an abnormally
early age. Hitherto, however, they have,
when questioned, been willing to allow
that they regarded the lack of hair as
drawback to their personal appearance.
They will now be icclined to take higher
ground, for tho British Medical Journal
tells US that in lecture on badness Pro. /.
fessor Fournicr says: "Thero is nothing
ridiculous or mdformed about it, and It
confcra upon the physiognopy an express
sion of wisdom, experience and vcncrability.
1t adapts itself marvellousIy to certain
heads which would be desormed, by wig,
aud is tho severe beauty represented in
sculpture by the classic head Of Escbylus.' -
This is consolation indeed HeDcefortn let
man bow before the severely 'beauritul; let
there &c an end of the use Of uugucnts and
oils, and let depilatories tako their place
upon the toilet table. Let the thoughtlcss
and giddy keep tho hair oo their heads, but
let all who value tho possession of tho
severe beauty Of Hfschylus get their heads
as bald as billiard ball without IN insta q 8
delay.
Tho ballot seems to have beGnra failure ia
England. The general election of last
/ A null oh Il,