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The Awful Rite OF JOhur.

Johur is an awful rite, says Hindoo
in the London Pail Mall Gazette. A
whole tribe may become extinct by it, as
is seen in several instances recorded in
the history of the Eajpoot States. What
it signifies is the burning of women to
save them from enemies. The Ra poot
is profoundly jealous of his women and
to prevent their falling into the hands OF
conquerors, he has recourse to the Johur
that is to say, the immolation of every
female of the family. And the Rajpoot
woman gladly embraces such refuge
from captivity; or even if she were not
in fear of being forced away as captive
she would prefer it to living on as
widow.
The loss of battle or the capture of q
city during the Mohammedan invasions
was usually the time when this dreadful
rite was practiced. At the end of the
famed siege of Cheetore, the ancient
Capital of the Rama of Odeyyore, by
Ala-uddin in 1903 the Rajpoot chief,
after an arduous day, passed the night
in pondering the means by which he
might save from the general destruction
of them fell during the next few days.
and when but one son remained to the
Rama he proclaimed the Johur. The fu"
ueral pyre was lighted within subterrane-
an chambers where the suns rays had
never entered, and the defenders of
Cheetore beheld the Queens, and their
own wives and daughters to the number
of several thousands, pass in procession
to the fire. The beautiful Pudmani, the
consort of the nana, who was belize ed
to be the chief object of attraction for
the conquering Tartar, came last in the
throng. The door of the caverns closed; /;
the fires ragged within, and the RaJpoot
women were saved from the conqueror.
When afterward Ala .uddin entered the
Capital on the death of the Rama and his
surviving son, who fell in the conflict, he
found it strewn with the bodies OF its
defenders, while smoke yet issued from
the recesses where the women had per-
ished.
Again, during the second seige of Chce-
tore by Bahadoor, Shah of Gujrat, in
1880, when the bravest had fallen in de-
Tending the breach caused by his artil-
lery Gt was served by Portuguese ad-
venturcrs), the Johur was proclaimed.
There was little time to build the pyre.
Combustibles were heaped up in hur-
rledly-made hollows in the ground and
magazines were placed around them.
The mother of the infant Prince led the
procession of willing victims to their
doom and $4,000 females were thus i'm
molated at once.
In the Johur on the occasion of Firoz
Shah's attack upon Jes-ulmir, some
wears after the event above described,
lG, 900 females were destroyed.
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readily granted, and we were invited te
return the next evening and bring Nora
with us.
Great was Nora's surprise when we re.
counted our adventures to her. At fist
she could hardly believe us; but, seeing
we were really in earnest. she gladly &C.
cepted the joyful news, and expressed her.
self anxious to visit her old friend in her
strange abode. After that we frequently
visited the cave, but always with great
secrecy. Indeed, it was seldom that
the gathering shadows of the evening
did not find Lord Glendale on his way
thither. and his radiant countenaucc gave
us assurance that his visits were not in
vain. As for Nora and I. we loved bet
ter to walk in the fragrant garden. or
wander among the grand old trees that
surrounded the hall.
Ihad already extended my vacation to
unprecedented length, and was beginning
to think seriously of returning to my
work, when Glendale one evening in
formed me that on the morrow he would
we'd the fair Lucia. 1t was quiet we'd
ding in the rocky cave which had shell
tered the beautiful bride for so many
weary years. An old priest performed
the ceremony, of which Nora, the nurse,
and were the only witnesses.
A few days later I to * my departure
with light heart, for Nora was my
promised wife. The Lord and Lady Of
of Glendale passed their honeymoon
quietly at Glendale Hall. The hard old
Lord had long looked upon his daugh-
ter as dead, and was 50 overcome to re-
ceive her again that he forgave her en-
tirely, and became from that time forth
a changed man.
All this happened years ago: Nora
and I are married now. and our home is
in London; but every summer we spend
our vacation with the Lord and Lady of
Glendale at their beautiful country seat.
Keina, in Chicago Current.
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Kissing the Book.

The idea on which oaths, or adjura-
tions, was founded was that the unseen
powers or deities would always punish
falsehood if their attention were called
to it. That is, the pers,n might be as
untruthlul as he woLld on ordinary oc-
cas- ons. but whenever he called on one
of the gods to witness the truth of his
assertion, he was bound to keep his word,
lest the deity, outraged at being made
party to falsehood, would wreak spe-
cial vengeance upon him. From this
idea, which has survived from the ear
liest times to the present, came the belief
that the proximity of an. object regarded
as sacred made the oath more binding;
j. e., made men more afraid to violate it.
The ancient Jews touched their phylac-
teries in taking an oath. Later, their
practice was to lay their hand upon the
book of the law, whence came our GUS
tom of swearing on the Bible. The va
rious customs of taking oaths in different
countries, have all similar or gin. The
early Anglo-Saxons laid the hands on
pillar of stone, because stones were re-
garded as sacred to their gods. In me-
dl;eval times it was customary to touch
relic, and this was regarded as giving the
oath more sacredness even than when
taken upon the Missal, or prayer book.
When Harold swore allegiance to King
William of Normandy, the Missal was
placed upon chest which, when after
ward opened, was seen to be filled with
bones of the saints. 1t il a curious proof
of the superstition of the times, this idea
that an adjuration to the Almighty was
made more solemn by the presence of a
knuckle. bone, jaw, or double tooth,
of dead man. Another custom of me-
dieval times was swearing by churches.
A certain number were mentioned, and
the attestor was obliged to go to each
one, taking the ring OF the church door
in his hand and repeat his oath. From
very early times the Russian custom has
been to kiss the cross to attest an oath.
and the practice has extended into other
countries. This was the oath of the
knights Templar and other similar
bodies, and the laws OF the Order of the
Garter ir Henry Wits time, required
the Knights to touch the book and kiss
the cross. A common attestation OF the
oath in Germany in the middle ages and
later, was by the bos ON, placing the haad
thereon. This came from the practice of
wearing a crucifx or amulet SUSPENDED
from the ne k. Kissing the book, which
is still the common practice throughout
the British Empire, as we'll as in this
country, has not been perm tied in Scot
land since the Observation-Disclosures
Ocean,
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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

1t was during the reign of Charles II.
(1860- 1850 that tea, coffee and choco-
late were first introduced into England.
During the three days of the massacre
of St. Bartholomew, August 1926, 1872,
there were over $4,000 victims sac
rifced.
A South Carolina hunter recently shot
a buck whose head was white and whose
horns were short and curved like the
horns of goat.
The japanese preserve timber by soak
ing it for several seasons in salt water:
but the proportions of salt to water have
to be very exact.
The first edition of the Bible printed
in the United States was in German, and
was issued in 1743. In 1852 an Eng
lish edition was published, both copies
being in quarto form.
The earth is supposed to lose time at
the rate of half a second in century.
Therefore, if the earth ever ceases to re-
volve on its axis it will be more than six
thousand million years before 1t will
stop.
A small river of true ink, with which
letters have been written, is one of the
natural curiosities of Algeria. 1t is formed
by the union of two rivulets, one of which
is verj strongly imprcgnated with iron,
while the other has imbibed gallic acid
from a peat marsh through which it
passes.
A remarkable illustration of the en-
during quality of human hair may now
be seen in the British Museum, where
has been placed wig, lately found n a
temple at Thebes, which is supposed to
have been worn by an Egyptian priest at
a period not less than three thousand four
hundred years ago.
Although the slave trade had been put
down wherever British power reached,
previous to William ~. negro slavery
still existed in Inglish colonies. In
August, 1888, Great Britain issued a
measure, the act for the abolition of
slavery, at the cost of twenty millions
sterling in compensation to the slave
owners.
One is never expected to butter his own
bread in England. The loaf is placed
on the table, and the host, after asking
if the guest will take butter, and receiv-
ing an affirmative reply, carefully buffers
the face of the loaf and then cuts off the
slice. The bread is never placed on the
table in slices. except at the fve-o'clock
tea, and then it is already buttered.
The familiar word ''dun," which so
many people have tried to trace to French
or Saxon roots, took its rise from ia
nous English bailiff, named Joe Dunn,
in the time of King Henry VIII. who
piled his hard trade of collecting doubt
full debts with remarkable success. As a
last resort, creditors would threaten to
put Dunn on their debtors. Hence the
phrase of "Dunning," which has contin'
ued to this day.
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Cure for LaZineSS.

The following singular treatment was
formerly applied in i'utch warehouses;
to indolent and apathe,ic individuals:
The patient was placed in a sort of large
tub. into which water was kept con
stantly flowing through pipe, so that
in order to keep himself from drowning
he had to turn a crank which pumped the
water out again. The water supply and
the hours Of working were nicely adjust.
ed to his strength and endurance, and
the amount gradually increased every
day. In one report it says: 'The mac
tive limbs arc soon brought to the re-
quired degree of suppleness, and the men
very soon begin to ask for some less lrk-
some labor, which they afterwards per-
form in a most satisfactory manner"
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flow of travel from Broadway. Tho
hawkers, too, must cease to hawk at 9
o'clock each night. excepting Saturday,
when an extra hour is given them.
1t may surprise the passing observer
to know that before vender can get
license he must prove good moral char
acter-by letter and under oath-and he
must show a residence of at least six
months in the State of New York. No
license is transferable, and much trouble
is found with the Italians, who are con-
stantly trading or selling out their Ii
censes.-Neu York Sun.
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There are chords in the human heart,
strange varying strings, which are only
struck by accident, which will remain
mute and scnseless to appeals the most
passionate and earnest, and respond at
last to the slightest casual touch. In the
most insensiUle or childish minds there
is some train of reflection which art can
seldom lead or skill assist. but which
will reveal itself, as great truths have
done, BY chance. and when the dis
coverer has the plainest and simplest
end in view.
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OLD YEAR AND NEW YEAR.

Old Year and New Year
It is al Gods year;
His time for sowing,
His time for reaping,
His time for growing,
For rest and quiet sleeping;
His time for soaring
On wings of the Spirit;
His time for adoring
The Infinite Merit.
o world above! our world,
Our times, and our places,
Are but as child's play
To thy marvellous spaces.
Butt if, as dear children,
With hearts full of yearning,
We love and forget not,
Are docile for learning,
Then New Year and OH Year,
Their hoping, regretting,
Will all turn to Gods year,
With no time for fretting.
-Wm. ". E. Butts.
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The manufactures of New Orleans en-
brace almost every commodity aud va
riety, and there are in all about 1, 200
manufactcril g establishments through
out the city, which furnish employ ent
to about s,OOO men and 5000 boys and
girls, to whoa is distributed in wages
per annum m about So. 7U0, 900.
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The Fir Pillow.

Next to fur cloak the woman of to-
day pine for fir pillow. This is the
latest craze, you know, crazy quilts hav-
ing been sent to the asylum for al such
freaks.
In the backwoods of Maine rude pill
low stuffed with the twigs and spills OF
the fir tree has long been considered q
specific cure for headache, neuralgia, in
somnia, etc. 1t occurred to some city
ladies who had spent the summer in
those solitudcs, that the fir pillow might
be rendered an object of ornamentation
as we'll as utility, so on their return they
set about construct them. The thing
became contagious, and hundreds are
makiug them now. The cases are rem
dered highly ornamental, bearing poeti-
cal notices in embroidery. We offer q
few new ones:
Who lays his head on me is blest;
I bring sweet dreams-pull down your vest.
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I breath the perfume of the pine.
These verses cost ten cents line).

Oh, pillow fair, your spills end twigs
Cause dreams to dance their merry jigs
When by the weary head thou'rt pressed,
We rhyme no more-give us rest.
-Ieras Siftings.
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wise ministering to our comfort.
The apartment was low, but roomy,
and divided by screens into parlor,
sleeping rooms aud kitchen. While
Glendale dried his dreuched garments,
and we drank the cheering cup of tea
prepared for Us by the old woman. Lucia
told her story, which was briefly this:
Despairipg of e cape from the hated
alliance in any other way, she had ap-
,ealcd to her old nurse for aid. This
woman, then nearly ghty years old, was
living with her son in a cottage on q
ncighboring estate, having quarreled
with Lord Larrilnoor some years before.
Sh. and her husband, now dead, had
been servants to Lucia's grandfather.
The old woman readily espoused Lucia's
cause, and, the day before the wedding,
she entered the hall unnoticed and found
her way to Lucia's room. She disguised
Lucia a, aIbeggar, and in tho hustle of
prcparation they managed to escape.
The cave had been discovered and oc.
cup ed by some English fug gtlvcs during
the rroublous times oft'romwell. 1t was
afterward occupied and enlarged by q
wi ard hermit. But he had been dead
for half century and the cave deserted.
Its entrance had been overgrown by
wires, and those who had known of its
existence, except the old nurse, were
dead or gone away. Even she had not
thought of it for years, until her anxiety
ouickened her failing memory. Hither
she had conveyed her charge, and here
they had lived in seclusion for five years.
A lonely life indeed for beautiful young
woman; but she chose it rather than sell
herself for gold. She besought us not
to reveal her hiding pace. We reas-
surcd her of our friendship, and asked
perm,ssion to visit her again. This was
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Your friend.
Fl. J.. PARISH.
AT Berry Building.

a SONG OF GRATITUDE.>
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And think these blessings worth pre-
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Better than all Golconda's wealth.
Is DR.. Richmond's SAMARITAN NER-
VINE.
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NOTICE.

/ hope my customers will come
promptly forward and settle their
accounts at once. My heavy pur-
"hases fall due this month, aud I
will ueed all that is due me. Please
don't drop in to say l must wal, a
little longer, until tobacco, or -four,
or something else, advances 10 pr,ce
really need the money. l have
made every effort to carry you for
a long tune ; now you mus, come
and help NE through. Hold ynnr
crops II you wish, bn, raise the
money and settle with me, aud en-
able me to help you again. | hopv
all will respond to this promptly.
G.. NJ. PARKS.
January 1856.
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This wonderful book reveals the in
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January 1856.
MARRIED.,

FLINToM-WooDs.-By Rev.
l.. Currric. OH tie evening OF Dec,
22nd, at the residence of the brides
father. W. d. Woods, Esq, in Or
ange county, Mr.. Z. A. Flintom of
Durham county, and Miss Mary +.
Woods of Orange county.
The attendants o. Il Z celebration
were Mr.. Jerome G. Bowling OF
Durham county and Miss Jennie
Jordan OF Orange; Mr.. Lewis iIef-
ILL of Durham county and Miss Pat
tie Woods Of Orang-; Mr.. Ed.
Moore and Miss Lizzie Flin,om of
Durham county Mr.. ID. N. Garre,:
Of Orange and Miss Lula Bowling
of Durham comfy Mr.. J. ID. Jor-
dan Of Orange and Mss Alice Jones
OF Durham county.
This occasion brought together a
number OF friends of the bride and
groom from Orange and Durham
counties, to II Of the most hosl,i,a
bic homes of Orange, who par,ici-
rated in the enjoyment OF the even
ing, seemingly, to their own salts
faction. No n presen, Will soon
forget the rich and ample entertain,
men,, The boun,itu; re;'ast and va,i
Gus other festivities, all aiding to
make the night memo able for the
pleasure it gave TO both old and
young.
On the following morning the
bridal p arty repaired to the unpre.
tended, but elegant home OF Mr..
Flm'om At Red Mountain, in Dur
ham COUNTY, ~herea very pleasant
and most enjoyable evening was
passed with quite a number ct Dur
ham %c"un,y's most noble pc";,,r
q" Tie morning of the oath OF Dee,
,'nf correspondent turned his Way
honey ard, leaving the happy bride
and groom with his hest wishes tina,
their future lives may be as pleas.
antIY steht as the celebration OF
! hear marriage was by All who at
'ei:'lrd, a,al al. the success and hap
pines il, this lite that a k.nd Provi.
deGce could see tit to hes,nw upon
theEs. ATTENDANT.
SMITH-LACksON.-A1 The resi-
@ercc OF Mr.. n. a. Mcneil. on
Jones street, at 9 o'clock las, night,
Atr. Samuel I. Smith to Miss Nora
Jackson, Rev. w. G. Norman, pas
tor OF Edenton Street NJ. +. Church
officiating. They were attended by
the tolIowing-named couples Mr.
Eugene Nj. Cheek and Miss Core
Hayes; MIR. Willie Cooper and Mis-,
SatIie Hardie Mr.. Thos. o. Eau
c"tt and Miss Laura Terrell Mr.. "
(. ILrower AID Miss Lelora Year
by. AT the conclusion of the Ger
emony, refreshments were serve(
aud heartily euj",cd hy the large
crowd present. The presents were
numerous aud ve'y handsome, espe
cialiy the one from the groom t
the bridr-a fine gold watch ant
chain. The Iisitor extends it's con
gratnlaiions To the Young conpl
and wishes them a long and harp,
life K'hiyh Evening Visitor, SIS
day of Dec, 1885.
The groom, Mr.. Samuel L. Smith
is a sol of onr countymau, Mr.. Ale,
A. Smith. He has a Large nu,nbe
OF friends in Orange, and in thei
behalf We join the Visitor in cor
CALCULATIONS and best wishes. Th
tickets OF invitation TO the marriag
were very neatly printed.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF IN *
~PORATION.
CT.iTE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
y ORANGE COUNTY,.

Superior Court, Jan. ,, 1856.
James L. Jones. Charles Nj. Parks.
David G. Parks. Fl. l.. Parish, L. a.
RoScnond. VIM. J. Freeland. Thomas
Rutiin. John W. Graham. Jas. \. Cheek.
Israel Turner, j. &. G. Hayes. Thomas
NJ. Cheek, W. A. Hayes. \. W. Graham
and +. II. Pogue having this day filed
with me articles of agreement in ac-
cordance with Chapter Sixteen of the
Code of North Carolila, and having
fully complied with all the require
ments Of law have been duly incorpo-
rated under the name and style of
THE ORANGE COUNTY TOBACCO
ASSOCIATION.
for the business and purpose of buvino
and selling leaf tobacco the CAPITAL
stock of said corporation is Two Thou
sand Dollars divided into FORTY shares Of
tittv dollars each. with power 10 IN
rrea>e tie same ii any time the said
corporation may dc>i!t 10 10 80 aud
the stockholders OF Said corporation
shall not te individuality or PERSONALLY
responsible for the debts a"d liabilities
of said cooperation the said corpora
ton shall continue onc wear from Jan.
Isl. 1856, with the privilege al extend
ing from time Ia time not exceedIn.
thirty years from said date the princi.
pal place Of business Of SAID CORPORATION
/ Shall be in ~liill>borourh III said county
and State.
Given under my hand and officia
seal. at office in Hill>borough. this 2nl
day of January y. II. lSs6.
PRIDE JONES.
, Clerk Superior Cour:.
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J. f. JONES.


DY VIRTUE OF A VEN. EN-. TO
u me directed from the Superior
Court Clerk of Guilford county. III the
following ease. viz. The National
Bank of Greensboro vs.. Norman Carl
| will sell tor cash 10 the highest bidder
at the court house door in Hillsboro. OH
Monday. February /. 1856, one tract q.
land on the waters of Emo. adjoining
the lands OF j. F. Lyon. VIM. Cox. ".
L. Blackwell and others. containing lo9
acres. more or less. a. the property oI
Norman Carl. to satisfy said Ven. Ex.
and costs. This Seth day OF Dee, 1855.
JOHN h. HUGHES.
Sheriff of Orange County.
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GALE OF LAND.

GALE OF LAND.
By virtue OF a deed OF mortgage Z
cutcd TO lie on March 18th. lSs4. BY
Alexander Wilkerson and his wife
Nancy /. Wilker-on. and registered in
the Registers office Of Orange county.
in book 4" page 2i3. ] will sell for
cash (money 20 be paid on day OF Sale,l
g til. court house q in Hiil-boro. on
saturday. January 9th. 1855. atrart Of
III Cedar Grove township. adjoiu-
it.g the lands Of II. T. Lindsay. .. y.
Nilkcr>on. and others. and containing
81 acres more or Jess.
Also, one Carditg Machine iii good
order.
All 10 satisfy said mortgage and ~
pay all costs.
This sth day Of Dec. l@.5.
y. j. NcDADE.
Aortgasce.