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'5 ' ... t ...' .iff'''1 t I; r J " "T ... " i. ... .. - a.,.-,-,. , i, ,. , .., . , BORACH ORSKLEY BEFORE BURIAIi bi ntmn c: wnkouAx: hi let.iv;ecteat.rhani1 wJtf TYhoee VouiU was nnrtnrad t .), kI Who kmd the. with such tender yearning J He knew thy fields and woodland ways. And thy humblest son hie brother : weep, oevrnm our uuuu M We yield him back, O gentle Mother! " f.Pr'?'i blame he drank his Ml Who has not read the life-long story? AaT holA ni '""M bnt stlU TB tnn w.a deafer tHatt Ilia tflortj Attd now Ip ti. kre left alobfe " Tj cloeet where hi shadow UnRerW TlT.Tcflt chair that was a throne . f0 tfam fromri fingeK-; Th -k"15?ei i iudnes on that jii i 2 w 'PPed In Rail tt flowed with honey One flash from oat the cloud, and then ins skiea with smile and Jest were sunny; w?to he npdT lckd the art, Who made his enemy his lover : reverend head and Christian heart ! Where now their like the round world overt He saw the goodaeee, not the taint, in mauy a poor, donothing crraturrV Ana gave to sinner and to saint, Bt kept faith in human nature "chance De not worldly wise, Yet he who noted, standing nearer, The shrewd, kind twinkle in his eyes, For every weakness held him dearer, Alas ! that unto him who gave 8o much, so littls should be given ! ' Himself alone, he might not save Of all for whom his hands hsd striven. Place, freedom, fame, his work bestowed; Men took, sud passed, and left hint lonely; What marvel if beneath his load. At times he craved for Justice only I let ttuuikieaeueaa, iar rcvec i.::- His lofty piiriione could not alter; Toil had no power to bend his youth, Or make his lusty manhood falter; From envy's sling, from slander's dart, That armored soul the body shielded. Till one dark sorrow chilled his heart, And then he bowed his head and yieldeJ. Now, now, we measure as its worth The gracious presence gone forever ! The wrinkled East, that gave him birth, -Laments with every laboring river; Wild moan the free winds of the West For him who gathered to her prairies, The sons of men, and made each crest The haunt of happy household fairies. And anguiHh sits upon the mouth Of her who came to know him latest; His heart was ever thine, O South 1 He was thy truest friend, and greatest J He shunned thee in thy splendid shame, lie stayed thee in thy voiceless sorrow; The day thou shalt forget his name, Fair South, can have no sadder morrow. The that tears that fell from eyes unused The hands above his grave united, The words of men whose lips he loosed. Whose cross he bore, whose wrongs he righted, Could he but know, and rest with thit ! Yet stay, through Death's low-lying hollow. His one last foe's insatiate hiss On that benignant shade wouid follow ! Peace ! while we shroud this man of men Let no unhallowed word be spoken ! He will not answer thee again. His mouth is sealed, his wand is broken. Some holier cause, some vaster trust Beyond the vail, he doth inherit ! gentle Earth, receive his dust, And Heaven soothe his troubled spirit ! THE WIDOW'S OXLY SOX, In nearly all of our Sunday-school publications of music will be found a piece entitled " A Light in the Window r m l n,, i . . . ior inee. xnis Deauuiui nymn was written from the history of " The Widow's Only Hon." It was originally printed, we believe, in one of the New York pavers, some twelve years ago, we inimt it win Dear reading, con taming, as it does, many beautiful sentiments: " Mother, I will be everything to you luai i cau De; i promise you that. lho boy lifted his head. A look of high resolve made the young brow manlike in expression. Not yet had ten summers deepened the gold on those fair locks. The earnest blue eye looked ionuiy in ine lace tnat bent over him. I here was a world of love in his soul a love that was not only lip-deep, but wan proveu Dy acts of self-denial. They were poor: that mother aud son oh, how poor they were! Yon could almost see how poverty had drifted over everything about them united whitely over the pine chairs and tables drifted over the humble quilt that had grown so faded drifted over their clothes and through them, till patch after patch was placed on the sad havoc that pitless, drifting want had made. joui : in noiy neart-iove they were richer than the Rothschilds; yes out of meir DanK in neaveu that bank direc tors here might sneer at they drew every day, every hour, uncounted treasure. ."Mother, I will be everything to you that I can be; I promise you that" The words are beautiful enough to be repeated. Henry Locke smiled, be cause as he spoke there came tears to Ins mother s eyes. He had that morn mg leen promised a place in a little country store, live miles from the cot, or cabin, where they lived. It was but a small pittance; but of late the mother had grown so feeble that she could earn nothing; could scarcely do the little that order and neatness called for at her hands. vjne uoiiar a weeK! it was a very little sum, but better, much better, than nothing. Besides, Henry would have his meals with his employer, and could. if he choose, sleep there. But he did not choose. For a glad smile from mother; for a pressure of that feeble hand; for the tender Christian words that came from those pale lips, he was bravely willing, after his hard day's work, to walk the five miles, dark and tedious though the way was. Often he came bringing some little delicacy that he had earned, and which was sweet to the invalid, because he brought it. One night the sky was curtained with clouds. The ' widow looked from her little window facing the hilly road along which the hay-wagons went on their way to the city, and said, as she saw the twilight deepening earlier than its wont, " He will not come to-night" No, he would not surely come that night. The wind blew fiercely, and sent the branches of the old applereet rattling against the clap-boards, and threw the rain, as with a spite, over the little windows, sheeting them, and making dreary music. So the widow, quite confident that Henry would not venture out in that storm, read her Bible till her heart kindled with the holy words, and putting out her little light, went to her rest. She knew not how long shs had slept, when a voice awakened her. The sweet voice, so dear to her, was crying, "Mother! Mother!" At first she thought it a dream, but listening intently she heard, blending, with the wail of the wind, that cry, and a sound against the latch greeted her. Instantly rising, she groped for a light, unfastened, the door, and behold there stood Henry, a piteoHs sight indeed, covered with mire, literally, from head to foot. His face was wet, but the honest, happy smile was no ways abated. " My boy, how could you come in such a night!" exclaimed the widow. "WTiy, mother, storm couldn't keep me from you," was his hearty response. " I've had the greatest time, though, you ever did see lost my way, got into a creek, and it must be midnight; but I meant to come, for S. gave me a trifle over to-night, and I knew how much you needed it. " . "My dear boy!" sprang from the mother's full heart, with a tear or two that trickled down her pale cheeks. "I wonder I haven't thought before," she said, musingly. "After this, I'll put a light in the window. To be sure, it won't show far; but when you get to the top of the hill it will be pleasant to see it, and know that I am watching for you." For three years the lairp was placed in the little window every night. People often remarked it; and" as bright as Mother Locke's little window" became a favorite saying. At the end of that time young Henry was offered a good chance on board of a whaling vessel, and he resolved to ac cept it. It cost him none knew what a struggle to part from the being beloved with an almost worshipful affection. But he knew that the time had come when he must go forth into the world to do battle for himself and for her; and a sailor's life was his coveted call ing. " It seems to me, Henry," said the mother, when, with trembling lips, she parted from him, "as if I must still put the light iu the little window, I shall think sometimes I hear the sound of your footsteps, the click of the latch, and your pleasant voice. Oh, Henry, Henry, if I could but light you over the stormy waters!" "Mother, God will do that," said Henry, pointing to the glowing heaven. " God will light me through storm and through calm; bnt, mother, I shall think every night that the lamp is in the window; that yon sit near it; that TBS " - . , . '- - - , BY MOR&LEY BROS; .& FIGUERS somebody-blesses yon for the guiding ray, and, above all, that you are praying forme." The hiiig voyage was almost ended, but another oyage was to eiid tiefdfe that, The widow Loeke was taken ill Yet, with unfailing regularity; with feeble step and tremulous hand, night ly the dear woman trinimed the little lamp and placed it in the window? Still, when the blended form could no longer totter about the cottage, when she lay helpless upon her bed, and tlie neighbors twne to care for her, she would say, " Put the little lamp in the window: my Henry will be thinking of it. V Night after night, and even until ker eyes grew dim, she would watch the radiance of the flickering light, Only saying sometimes, " uall 1 live to hear his footsteps? Will that feeble flame still burn wheu my life's light has gone out.' " Pray with me," she muttered, " that I may see him before I die. Oh for this most precious booh. in vain an prayer, aiowiy, more slowly, the wheels went round, and the pulses, like ebbing drops, fell fainter and fewer, until, one calm night in summer, the waters were scarcely stirred. She lay quietly, a smile upon her lips, her eyes closed, her hands folded. " I have longed to see him," she Said " I have prayed earnestly; but I have given it all up now. I shall not meet him in this world. " Have you put the light in the win dow?" she asked, suddenly, earnestly, a few moments after. " It is growing dark. Her hands grew cold. Over her countenance came that mysterious shadow that falls but once on any mor tal lace. " Oh, my boy! my boy!" she whisper ed; "tell him they bent lower to catch the failing words "tell him will put a light in the window of heaven to guide his footsteps there." The thrilling . sentence was hardly spoken, when the shadow dropped from the sunering face, and it smiled in the calm majesty of death. A funeral followed; humble hearts attended the body of one who was loved for her . sincere goodness, all through the hamlet; and on the hill siue, in a iittie graveyard, she was buried. Not many days after a great ship came into the port of busy city. Among all those who stepped from her decks none were more hopeful, more joyous, than young Henry Locke. He nau passed tnrongn tne ordeal oi a sea life, so far, unscathed. No blight of immorality had fallen upon him. He had kept himself as spotless as if at every nightfall his feet had been turned towards the door of his mother's cot tage. How his heart bounded as he thought of her. Strangely enough, he never dreamed she might be dead. It did not occur to him that perhaps her silver locks were lying under the lid of the coffin. Oh, no! he only thought of the pleasant light in the window that her hands had trimmed for him." Beautiful and bland was the day on which he traveled ogain the long-accustomed road. How pleasant now to go home with sufficient to provide for the comfort of that dear mother. She would never want aarain. He would take her to a better home, and give her the luxuries he had once longed to see in her possession. That old arm-chair she should have a new one. easy in motion, elegant in mat?rial. The faded shawl, that he hod eeeu folded and re folded year after year; the old-fashioned lwnnet, with its one band of crape; these, yes. everything, should be re placed with newer and better. The flowers on the road all smiled as he looked toward them; the very kiue seemed to him turning their meek eyes at the sound of strange footsteps, to Know that his heart was glad with love and anticipation. Hope on, dream er! Yonder comes one who trudges on laggingly a farmer in heavy boots and frock, his whip in his hind. He cheers the lazy oxen, but suddenly stops, amazed. " I see you know me," said the young; sailor, smiling. "Well, farmer Brown, how is " "Know ye! why, how tall ye are! So" his eye drops, his mouth trembles "so ye've got home." " les, and glad enough to cret back again how's my mother?" " lour mother he savs it in that slow, hesitating way th it telegraphs ill tidings before that are told in words. "xes is she well? is she expecting me? Of course she is; we're late by a month." " Your mother, Henrv, well the old lady- ." He plays with his whip, or. rather, strikes it hard on the dusty road. How can he crush that happy heart! " There, you need not speak!" cried the young man in a voice of sudden anguish, and he recoiled, almost stag gering, from the farmers side, and buried his face in his hands. " Henry, my poor lad, your mother is . "Don't! don't!" cried the other, showing now a face from which all color had fled. " Oh, my mother! my mother! she is rrone, gone and I coming home so happy!" X or some moments he sobbed as in agony. How dreary the world had grown! The flowers had lost fragrance, the sun warmth; his heart seemed dead. Henry, she left a message for you, said the old farmer, wiping; his eyes with the sleeve of his frock. " A message for me?" it seamed as if the white lips could hardly speak. " xes; says she so my dame told me. and so the minister said 4 Tell Henry will put a light in the window of heaven to guide his footsteps there. '" "id she, oh, did she say that? God bless you for telling me! All the long voyage I have thought of the light - l I'-iil , -r i . . in ner nine winuow. i have seemed to see it streaming along, along down to the foot of the hill, till it grew brighter and brighter as I drew nearer. A light in the window of heaven. Yes, mother, will think still you are waiting for me. 1 could not see yon in these long years; but 1 knejv the light was burn ing, i . can nor see you now, but 1 knew the light is burning. I will come, mother." Slowly and reverently he went to the hillside graveyard, and there he knelt and wept upon her lowly grave. But not there he thought her. A sweet vision was vouchsafed him. All robed in heavenly garments he saw the beau tiful soul he had called mother, and streaming from the brightness of her glorious home a slender beam seemed to come trembling to his very feet. Then he knew that the light was placed in the window of heaven. Once more he knelt in the little room where he had last left her. Nothing was removed, but, oh, how much was wanting! There, on the window-sill, stood the little lamp that brought the tears afresh. But he took his mother's well-worn Bible, and, kneeling by the bedside, as if she could hear him. he sought her Saviour, and consecrated himself to a life aud work of righteous ness. From that cottage he went out into the world, carrying his grief as a sacred memorial, but seeing always, wherever his work led him, his waiting mother, and the lamp in the window of heaven. It is unofficially bruited alniut that in the next difficulty with England if one there should be the loss of the United States through the Canadian horse disease, will le included in the " indirect damages." BRET HART. TLe Author t tires in Boston Abont '49. om the Boston Post. At a quarter before .eight M; Hrtrte appeared ppoii the piatforni accdriipsV meu w jvr- omues r. rieras; mid was greeted wish appiause. Aftei a fe rttq ments, Jlr. 1 lelds approached the desk and introduced the lecturer : Lapjes. And1 GentlIeman. Surely, Bret Harte needs' rid lntdduPtiWr to" rfny audience in Boston. He has made so many beautiful and lasting additions to American letters that he is no longer a stranger anywhere I have great plea sure this evening in asking your attefl- - - - ' ' ' ' " niro aubiiui Ul Lilt) "ljuck of Jttoaruig Camp" and the " Heatheti Chinee, The audience received the lecturer with applauseand he commenced hie lecture, or which the following is an ab stract i , tfHri IjECTDBE. Ladies and gentlemen I prondse to night to tell you a story of the Argona uts of '49, I propose to talk to you of an episode in American life as quaint and typical of the Greek adventurer whose name I have borrowed fof its ti tlea knld Of cTiisade without a cross an exodus without a prophet. It is not a pretty story. I do not know that it is even instructive. It is of a life of which perhaps the best that can be said is that it exists no longer. Let me first give you aild idea of the country which this recreated; of the Civilization that displaced it. Fo more than three hundred years California was of all Christian countries the least known. It was set down on old English maps in very strange locality, and the history of ite discovery was wrapt in Spfinisl tradition. One Spanish discoverer re A - 1 11 1 1 i ported mat ne touna it on a voyage irom tne racihc to Lake Superior. where he found a Yankee vessel from Boston whose Captain informed him that he had come there from the Atlan tic only a few days before. Along the line of centuries the old freebooters had cruised along its shores and captured their booty and plunder, and within ten years a band of gold-diggers came upon a large piece of wax in the broken ribs of a rotten ship. California heard and was at once fired with discovery. and in a few weeks they were searching the ruins for the lost treasure of the Philipine gallon, and at last they found a few cutlasses with the Queen's broad arrow on their plates, which only showed that the enterprising and gal lant cranes urate had been there before them. These were peaceful pastoral days of California, when the angelos bells rang out peacefully and summoned the good people to prayer and sleeo before 9 o'clock every night. They were happy, tranquil days. But a po litical and social earthquake more pow erful than any convulsion ever known shook the foundation of the land, and m the disrupted strata of. the land the favorite treasure suddenly glittered be fore their eyes. Then a change came upon them suddenly, which had been strengthened by a change of circum stances. It was not the finding of a few grains of gold, but for years tile way had been slowly opening and the doors unlocked for the people who were to profit by the discovery The Argo nauts were a lawless, irreligious band of men. J. hey were given to no supersti tious rites, enthused by no high ambi tion, and skeptical events of existence of the golden fields until they saw them. Embarked in an adventure, they accept ed, with a kind of calm philosophy, whatever it might bring. " If there is no gold, what are you going to do with those sluice boxes," said a newly-arrived fortune seeker to his friend. "They will make first-class coffins." was the reply of a man who had calcu lated all his chances. If they did not burn their vessels liehind them, they at least left the good ship Argo to lie idle at the wharf. The sailors were shipped only for the outward voyage. Nobody expected to return, even if he antici pated failure. An Argonaut thought he recognized in the boatman who pulled him ashore and charged him $50 for the favor a brother classmate of Oxford. " Were you not," he asked " senior wrangler in the class of 1843?" " Yes," said the other, singificantly, "but I was also stroke oar in the regatta." At my hrst beakfast at a restaurant m San Francisco I -saw a man whom had looked upon as a perfection of politeness talking with the guests. The waiter remarked. "He's mighty handy and can talk eloquently to a cus tomer as he is waiting for his cakes, and can make him forget that he is starving. i asKed him n it would be possible to fill his place. "I am afraid not," said the proprietor, with a tone of suspicion, and he added, significantly. "I don't think you would suit." It was this wonderful adaptability, perhaps it was the influence of the climate, that pro duced in them this element .of success. Much of this adaptability was due to the character of the people. WTiat that character was perhaps it would not be well for me to say; at least I should pre fer to defer criticism until I had arrived at a safe distance from the historian. In distant parts of the country they had left families, friends, and in some cases officers of justice perplexed and bewil dered. There were husbands who had deserted their own wives, and, in some extreme cases, the wives of others. Nor was it possible to tell from their super ficial exterior whether they were or were not named in this general indictment Some of the best men had the worst re cord, and some of the worst rejoiced in spotless iTiritan pedigree. "The boys seem to have taken a fresh deal all round," said old John Oakhurst, "and there's no knowing whether a man will turn up jack or king." It may be said of John Oakhurst himself that he came of a family who regarded games of chance as sinful, and who had never be lieved a man could be successful by them. "To think," said Mr Oakhurst, after a game of ten minues, by which he made$5,000 "to think as folks be lieve that keerds is a waste of time!" Such was the character and such the un derstanding of the men who gave a dominant tone to the life of that period. But I would not have it inferred that there was no respectability in morals among people of that time; but their character grew, and the strongest was not always the best. Let me bring them nearer to and sketch for you two pictures, one in their city by the sea, and one in the little scattered cabins in the camps of the Sierras. Mr. Harte then described beautifully scenes in tke Sierras and in San Francisco in the winter of 1852, when flour was worth 50 per barrel, and a hard season had been the rule for the winter; when, perhaps a glimpse of a female face was one of the greatest comforts the hardy "adven turers wished for. The gambling saloon was then spoken of. The gambling sa loon is always the central point of inter est in the history of the Argonauts. There are four of them, and they are the largest public buildings in the city, and are thronged and crowded all night long. They are approcahetl by no mys terious - passage or guarded entrance, and are frequently open to the street with every invitation of gildings, lights and music. There is, strange to say, a quaint decorum about them. They are the quietest halls in San Francico. There is no doukenness, no quarreling, scarcely any exultations or disappoint ment. Business men who have gambled all day in other enterprises gnd nothing here to unduly to excite them, and in the intervals of music a leautiful calm pervades the room. People move around noiselessly from table to table, as if fortune were nervous as well as fickle. A cane falling upon the floor causes every one to look up, and a loud laugh excites indignation. I do not COLUAlUfA, mean that under this siifface Lvt there is not often the intensest feeling. There was a Western man who, having made a few thousands in the mines, came to San fraricisCo to take, a steamer home. dn1 tile, iiiglit before he was to sail, he entered the Afgd salOofij seSted himself it itei tble ' iu sTieef. Itetlessiiess; aild staked $3(i aifd wriri i huridred. In two hours he won a fortune. An no'iif lster he rose from the table a ruined man. The steamer sailed without him. He was a siiiipld feftfifi Vrtoiag little of the world, and the sudden winning' ztittl los ing of a fortune ' crazed him. He went again to his work, and regularly took his sat at the table, and spent the earn ings wliicli llS liau saved; Ho a year passed. If he had t'orgotLeii & waiting wife she. Had riot forgotten him, and one evening tille hiriuedi with her child, upon the pier at San F;uncisetJ, penni less and alone. She told her story to Johil 0(fkJurst who quietly provided for her wants. Twd of three eenings after, the Western man won some trifle, and theh gained other plays' in succession and it really seemed S fiffrtoh fortune nad come again. John Uakhurst saw his joy and said, " I will give you $3,000 fof your next deal." He hesitated. "Your wife' is ttt the door! will you take it?" The trtan accepted; but the spirit of the gamol?r was stroiig within him, and, as Mr. Oakhurst fully ex pected, he waited to see the result of the play, Well, John Oakhust lost, and with a look of gTatittldc, the man turn ed aghast; seized the money, and hur ried away as if le feared that he might still be enchaiiled by tile spell which bound him. " That was a bad spirit of yourn, Jack," said his friend. "Yes," said Jack, "I was so tired of seeing that fellow round. It was a put-up game between the dealer and me; It is the first time," he added with an oath which I thiriK tlie recording angel placed to his credit, " is the first time I ever played a game that was not on the square." The social life of that day was peculiar. The best of best men were gamblers, and the best of best la dies had no right to that title. Gentle men young in years had wives lnueli their seniors and Considerably larger in their physical perswis, arid often one lady had a troop of gallants to do escort duty of an evening. I myself never knew before what was meant by " the pleasure of your company." Surely in the niultiftlifitv of such attention thprfl was safety, and especially so when each gentlemen wore his revolver. A wife of an old pioneer used to show a chair with a hole through the cushion, made by a gentleman caller, who sat down in bashful confusion and exploded his revolver. Such was the ripened life of the Argonauts. But with a change of affairs a corresponding change took place in morals and manners. and people began to put locks on their tloors and portable property was no longer left out at night. Fine houses were built and real estate rose, and the dealers were convicted of for gery and deceit. California is a coun try unlike anv other. Nature here is rude and unfinished as the life itself. The peoile seem to have come here a thousand years too soon, and before the great hostess was ready to receive them. Everything is new, crude and strange. There is nothing soft, tender or pastoral in the whole landscape. Nature invites to Homerics rather than to Bucolics. The lecturer referred to the regret with which the miners left behind them the chimneys to their cabins for the simple reason that they could not carry them away with the shanties, which were made moveable. Happily the wants of the Argonauts were few and infrequent. It was often that the diversity of amendments to the miners' clothes were a serious perplexity to the recognition of the person wearing them. In the earlier days, two gentlemen of respec tability, lost their identity entirely in the labels of the flour sacks which had been added to their clothing, so that one of them came to be called Genesee Mills" and the other "Eagle Brand." The lecturer then spoke briefly of domestic life, and de scribed the time when the highest ex cellence in woman was to keep a boarding-house, and to be the wife of an aristocratic Argonaut was to be able of taking in washing.' The only legacy of the Spaniards to California were the names left there, but these were fast being superseded by the hardy musical names of the Argonauts. Every touching re lation of Aunt Ruth or Mann Bichardf, whom the miners cared for tenderly, at her death reverently said, "She died of longing to get to heaven." The heathen Chinee came in for his share of the story as a new element, and an all important one, and the lecturer then said in conclusion: I once more refer to the Argonauts of '49. In the rank and file there may be many known personally to some of this audience. There may be gaps which the memory of others may supply. There are homes all through the land whose vacant places can never be tilled. There are graves all over California on whose nameless mounds none shall weep. I should like to end this picture with a flourish, but the - trumpets and the bands have gone on before, and the mountains are be ginning to hide the Argonauts from our view. They are marching to the city by the sea; are watching for the sail of the last Argo, and when the last Argonaut shall have passed in, she, too, will spread her white wings and slip unnoticed to the golden gates that open in the distance. CONCLUSION. The lecture was delivered in a man ner devoid of oratory in the strict ac ceptation of the term, but in a pleasant, graceful and easy conversational tone entirely suited to the admirable narrative which made up the lecture. The bits of humor and pathos, which those fa miliar with Mr. Harte's sketches recog nized as his own, were told in a vein of seriousness which was well adapted to the romance of real life which" he pic tured. That the leoture was a thorough success the audience abundantly testified by their lavish expressions of delight and close attention. At the conclusion of the lecture Mr. Harte in company with Mr. Fields, retired to the reception room, where a number of ladies and gentlemen were accorded an introduction to the author of the delightful sketches and poems which were so familiarly associated with the name of Brete Harte. Action of the Brain. M. Fournie communicates to Leu Mondeg the following experiment on the cerebo-spinal nervous system of animals. He says : "I wished to de termine a process which would permit me to injure any portion of the brain with out destroying life. With this view I made a' small hole in the head of a living animal by means of the instrument used in surgery for osseous sutures; then across this hole I introduced the needle of a hypodermic syring (seringue I'ravas;) and, at the point of the brain I wished to destroy, I injected a caustic solution, chloride of zinc colored blue. The part touched by the fluid was in jured; consequently it ceased to fulfill its functions. After the subject had re posed, I noted the symptoms presented for some twenty-four hours and then killed the animal. I discovered readily the injured part by the induration of the tissues and the blue coloration. The experiments show plainly that simple perception resides in the optic couches couches optiques,) that distinct percep tion and memory require the integ rity of the cortical periphery, and that the lesion of the circumvolutions is not accompanied by paralysis of the mem bers but only by weakening." The author proposes to extend these ex periments with a view of arriving at further important results. TENN., FRIDxiY, JANUARY 3, 1S73. SOUTHERN CLAIMS. List of Cttrtrrt Allowed Since Lmsl Re port to fanrrrm The report submitted to Congress on the ninth instant, and will be passed upon and probably affirmed during the present session: ; TENNESSEE. " Geofge'4:. liexaiidw 74, Lorendo D. irMes4 -ffi-i T; A.- Arfttstroiig- 100, David Aslifer 5S9V Joshua H.- Atch ley $696, William T. jgeffy 9,41$ Par 11611 Bales $100, -J. M. Benton 125, Henry Jliggs $225, Robert B. Billue $104, PatteifS Kneklev $639, estate of Eiehard Bishop 384, Haffwell Boring $155, Joseph C. Bradshaw $70, ttiloe Breadlove $60, Bartlett Bright $97, John irown 178. Jcccplr E . Burchfleld $2l3, P. T Butler $325, William Card well $100, Alviti B. Carsoil $100, E..5L. Carson $75, John Carson Hfi'Mf Joshua F. Case $305. Joseph Cate $187, Nancy Cate $6o, estate of 1 nomas Chambers 550. William Chaney. sr.. S183. Mitchel Childef $103, Thomas S. Clevinger $72,. John Clinton $12Uj Jolm L. Cknle 185, Peter Conally $150. A. J. OowaO $350, Abraiii V.- CWmtrts 2,G62,- John W. Cunningham $126, Jilg.- Cnf$114, David T. Dalton $140, Wm. B. . DaltoTi $831, Jno. W. Davidson $430, Zach. Davis $130, Abijah Dean $196, Jos. De Loach $3,700j DorcaS Denton $224, Pat. Dinteer $350, L A. Durican $180, J. W. Dunn $200, Alphft Klliott $1,314, G. M, Elliott, $8 Rich. England $14rt, Jas. Irwin $12 . J. T. S. Fall $664, H. For rest $05, John France $160, R. Frank $100, L; li. French $104, M. French, sr., $474j estate of E. Freeman $170, Jno. II. Oalifreftth- $335i I. M. Gahs $3,216, Geo. WT. Gant $210, Evftt George $150, John Gibbs $286, Joseph Gibson" $100, Joseph Gryder $276, Hinton Hall $350, Joel M. Hamby $125k David B. Hamilton $315, Emeline Hamilton $110, .Tames Harper $7l; Thon1a 8. Haskins $50, Thomas H. Hayes $505j Gideon M. Hazen $323, Chftt-les Hartsell $318, James Helton $378, W. . Hicks $79,, James Holloway $400, Ezekial Holly $200, estate of J. T. Horn $105, W. A. Houston $434, John Howard $205, Wil liam P. Howard $96, Enoch M. Hughes $162, Richard Humphries $100, Alex ander Inmaii $100, estate of A. G, Jack son $747, John H. Jackson $140, Richard Jefferson $10(5, D. F Jennings $200, Lewis F. Johnson $160, Sarah Johnsort $150, William F. Johnson $557, John D. Jones $45, Joseph Jones $262, William Jones $90, William R. Jones $125, Samuel B. Jordan $352, Soloman Julian $125, Gilbert P. Kean $100, George W. Keith $249, Nancy J. Kelsoe $60, Wil liam L. Kennedv $115, LeRoy S. Ken ner $225, W. D.'Kenner $412, Jeremiah King $100, Charles Knegh, sr., $360, Andrew Knott $50, Diedrick Kreis $25, Hugh R. Lacy $150, Edward R; Lane $398, Ephraim Lee $107, Thomas Leek $125, William R. Leeper $410, Rebecca Lennon $254, Philip Long $100, Wil liam H. MfCastliu $260, estate of Thomas McCawley $85, Thomas Mc Dermott $200, Robert McKenna and wife $2,565, Margaret McMurray $184, William H. McPherson $110, Marshall W. McSpadden $746, Samuel McSpaal den $375, Nathaniel McGill 100, James Mahon 6300, John Mansfield $320, Martha L. Martin $123, Joseph Mat thews $114, Robert WT. Maxwell $100, Marcus D. Meek $412, Joseph R. Men denhall $202, Caroline Meinshead $875, Jolm Minton $208, W, H. T. Morgan $135, John Mort S523, Jane Morton 81,341, John H. Nave $489, John W. Neston $824, Alexander A. Newman $250, Howell Olive $400, James H. O'Neill $260, James Orten $-170, B. M. G. O'Brian $875, Nathan Parker $120, Peter Pearson S500, Shadrach Pearson 8280, Jolm C. Peregov $400, George G. Perkins $240, Bailie Peyton $3,355, John H. Pritchard $125, John R. Put nam $240, Josiah E. Rankin $93, estate of John Redman $215, Martin F. Red man $200, William Reed $90, William Rhea $100, John M. Rhodes $232, George W. Rich $513. Josiah N. Rich $360, Eaton Roach $382, estate of Wil liam Robins $216, Luke Poland $357, William Sample $153, Elizabeth M. Scamlon $350, John Scliimmler $600, Adam Scott $90, Julian F. Scott $406, Thomas Scroener $1,125, Sarah P. Set tle $1,635, James I). Shannon $93, Isaac R. Cheltou $1,425, Sanford C. Simpson $100, Thomas SI ay ton $168, John Snead $132, Isaac Sparks $80, Joseph F. Speed $150, C. Spencer $60, estate of B. F. Staples $276, William Summers $350, William Sumner $600, Jasper M. Teague $178, Harvev Thompson $151, Allen J. Threadgill $180, Henry Van Dyke $14, Sampsom Van Wliooser $140, David Vargner $118, Cornelius Waggoner $2,100, Jolm G. Watson $66, Charles WTayman $17F", James L. WTester $126, Joseph N. Whitehorn $43, estate of John Williams $1,200, David P. Wil liams $120, Richard Wilson $100, P. G. Wright $150, George Yoakum $223, Reubel Zerkel $346, Bernhard Zobrist $90. ARKANSAS. Booz W. Aday $255, Archy Anderson $250, Emanuel W. Armistead $416, Aus tin Ashley $725, Henry Austin $225, Wlnley Bailey $730, Claiborne Barnes $400, estate of J. M. Bell $430, Henry C. Berne $160, John Bonham $1,016, Jessee Bonham $609, Willis Boyd $445, John Bradford $106, Martha WT. Brad ley $500, Mathias Brewer $84, David Brickey $633, James M. Britton $849, George B. Bur $825, Elijah H. Butt ram $860, Mary Bnshong $300, Abra ham M. Calahan $200, James M. Camp bell $300, Jos. M. Campbell $1,195, Hosea G. Cardwell $1,070, P. M. Carri gan $90, Edward B. Chastain $240, Zill Coleman $110, Alfred L. Condren $100, Charles W. Connelly $58, estate of Jacob Cook $318, Daniel Cook $300, An drew J. Coomer $580, Jesse Darby $75, William Davis $332, Harriet Dickinson $200, Margaret Drake $1,340, Henry Dreyer $925, Ira M. Echols $300, Thomas E. Enloe $110, William F. Fin toh $280, Jacob Fisher $630, Lucinda Fitzgerald $326, Moses Ford $380, James C. Garrison $220, Thomas Gaery $569, Albert G. Gratton $125, Delilah Hammond $1,120, Jeremiah C. Hamia $305, Richard " Harris $325, Matthew Henderson $256, Elias Hays $300, Jas per W, Hensley $602, Albert Hinds $300, Sol. M. Hobbs $270, R. E. Hodges $255, Stephen L. Holman $530, Harmon L. Holleman $540, Lucretia Hopkins $370, Charles J. Howard $343, Andrew J. Hughes $350, Charles Hunt $400, William Hunt $518, William H. Hnteh eson $100, Abram W. Jackson $625, Henry Johnson $475, Melinda Johnson $130, Riley Jones $65, Jackson Jenkins $100, William Karnes 430, Robert Keatts $620, George C. Keeler 2,500, William C. Keltner $405, John B. Kib ler$465, Wesley $335, Matilda Lamb $100, Moses C. Lemley $355, Thomas Little $150, "Giles Lofton $125, Sarah A. F. McAllister $560, Christopher Mc Cord $125, William McCullongh $1,80 Mrs. Zelith A. McCee $280, Hugh Mc Murray $104, Abner Martin $100, Galla tin Martin $500, Henry C. Martin $110, Daniel B. Mason $1,316, John Mayes $142, Rube Maxey $120, Syrena M. Mil ler $100, William Mooney $222, Han nah Moore $200, Hiram Morris $878. Mary J. Mouldin $100, Nancy H. New land $387, Nancy Nicum $200, Green B. Nolm $156, Betsey E. Nordan $150, Arnold O'Broyn $1,335, Harriet B. Out law $335, Arrena Peters $150, A. J. Peters $75, Abijah F. Phelan $1,000, estate of Calvin Phelps $660, Nancy A. Pope $50, William W. Reese $106 Ab salom Rice $665, Asa Richmond $330, Elisha B. Robinson $910, James Rose $800, Wesley Wr. Ross, $950, William M. Russell $275, Benjamin Scott $140, William Seagraves $1,000, Humphrey Sewell $709, John A. Sheffield $1,030, estate of William Scrags $1,435, Philip Smith $325, Benj. E. Snead $650. Jacob Strickles, $345, Jolm Thurman $300, Jane H. Turner $265, Emma Wall $377, HERALD William Warren Hdie.tt Ansel Webber $100, Thomas M. West $18, Dolphin Wells $300, Thomas Wheeler $200, John Wilson $200, Catharine Wrood $24(T, eatotet of Daniel Wood 1,610; Darid d: White $,199 - Alabama. Hiel Abbott $175, Jloip. A,dare $l2ty Marion A. Addison $100, ThAWra T. Allington $1,720, 'Elizabeth Alvis $75 Tbos. Ashcraft $125, Harriet Ashford $175", Robinson Ashley $315, Wiley G. Bagwell $125 Jm Baker $170, John M. BWton! $4i0', Hlraiifl Barton, third, $365, Hirani ;Brton,- sr.,. $837, Nathan iel Barton, sr., $475, Oiffbrd M Bar ton $244. James A. Barton $tf$. Willis Barton $91, Levi Bates' $81, Martini A. Bates $120, John W. Battle $125, Lewis fi1?. mtn Iiishou $277.. Davitison Blackwell $5"9o. Jn!jr Bor den $221, John Boshell $150. MaCk , SI. Boshell $340, Dr. T. Boyd $150, Eliza . beth A. BVftselton $100, Martha Brown $52, Isaac lirulstn $410, Lemuel Bur nett "$265, Darius 11. Sutler $250, Henry W. Butler $250, Loyd fl. Cogle $260, Milton H. Chandler $182, estate of Gabriel Clements $250, Stephen Cole man $320, David A. Collins $300, Ma linda Cowan $137, George WT. Creamer $2,074 Wiiev1 Cross $100, Sandifer Cross $2tld, . 'William1 'S.anforth $887, Win. Danley$325, DeiapXey D&Tid $97, William Dodd, sr., $203, BraxtoK Prt davy $143, Sarah Edwards $1,224, Davia Edwards and N. A. Johnson $ouU, James Ellis $100. Wm. H. Farmer S17o, J. J. faught $200. Nancy Faught $406, Sarah E. Faught $12f9, James Jfiniev $251, Benjamin F. . Freeman 250, Ed ward Frost $150, Thomas WrFry $213, E. C. Garland $1,510, Elizabeth Gilbert $225, Susan Goin 8150. John C. tJood- loe $1,iii, Ri'ig Ooodloe$219, Malcolm G. Graham $85, Jfpef N, Green $113, estate of Elijah C. Green ?U7, Jared Gresham $363. Edwin Guthrie 8120, Isham Glittery $163, H. H. Harden $350, Hiram Hanes $345, Lewis F". Hall $175, estate OI Veniamm Harper Lew, Harrison $807, P. L. Harrison $1,470, Stephen Haynes and John Ogdeu $620, R. S. Heflirt $465, Dr. R. H. Helton $837. Laurette Hendricks $172, H. Hemdou $139, Orin Hill $790, G. W. Holt $171, Paul Ingle $50, Wm. B. Irvin $3,058. S. B. Isom $352, J. C. Isoni Ephraim Jetton $104, Square A. Johns S5437. Johnson Sow, Benj, Jolley $470, J. A. Junes $187, Al fred A. JoneS, 200, H, KahelmanJ225, H. Keller $120. D. Kehiwlroer.- jr.. $316. Sophia M. Kennamer $43"8, Detea'rius Kennamer $200, Wm. Kilgore $21j, Leonard F. Laniberson $652, G. W. Lttwrenfle $625, B. L. Legg $230, Jas. H. Leutz $15", Eliza Lewis $163, Wm. Lindscy $645, E. LoYetfc $225, A. Mo Cafferty $410, Jacob McGeC $o91, Ab salom Marshall $410, estate of E. W. 8. Mason $930, Elizabeth Massie $570; James 5. Mrtsterson 8130, S. C. Mid dletou $523, Susail -Ttfitehell 4 $1207, Ezekiel Morgan $500, DaViil Kkitgtm $158, Richard Mullinax $132, Abraham Myers $100, Emanuel Nail $337, Isaae & Nelson $140, Sarah Newby $130, Jane R. Olive $512, Jerry O'Rear $103, Wash ington Patterson $349, H. J. Pickard S550, P. P. Pike $847, Pctef Pihder $132, Charles W. Pitt $550, Wyatt Poe $140, Susan Pollard $245, Nathan N. Pugh $256, Edward Ragdale $628, Job Richardson $238, Elisha Ridley $200, Nancy Richards $184, Enoch Rinehart $991, Perkins Roach $172, Deums Roach $300, Julia A. lioberts $13U, Elizabeth M. Roberts $140, Joha Robin son & Son $1272, James Romine $253, Wm. Ross $325, Walter Rosser $1037, Jordan Rowan $450, Frederick Rush $1363, J. G. Scott $300, Alfred Scruggs a540, Jno. Seal $175, Daniel Shackelford $100, Archie Sherrod $160, Susan Sides $171, William Simmons $529, Wyatt Simpson $330, John Wr. Smith $370, W. B. Smith $400, Rebecca S. Smith $140, estate of Samuel Sparks $348, Thomas Sparks $120, Samuel D. Sparne $297, Hansford Speaks $300, Archibald J. Steele $2794, Robert S. Stephenson $745, James Stricklin $208, Charles Sul livan $1306, estate of James Taylor $100, E. Thrasher $583, Thos. Thrasher $100, Wm. B. L. Thrasher $290, Susan Y. Thrasher $110, Martha Teara $360, Daniel Tnbbs $269, Prior Turner $572, Joshua C. Wall $632, Anderson WTard $548, William W7att $116, Nancy M. Webb $200, Elizabeth Wells $621, George W. WTest $741, Mary J. Wilder 880, Jolm Wilson $130, W. W Wilson $150, Samuel E. Wilson $75, Jolm Wil son $85, James M. Wilson $354, Lewis Wilson $155, Willoughby Winchester $587, estate of W. O. Winston $2346, Thomas J. WTood $305, Silas P. WTood all $360, estate of Thomas A. Wright 8893, Andrew J. York $117, Tapler T. York $312. . . . MISSISSIPPI. - Lewis D. Allen $240, James H. Bar nett 420, Jesse W. Beale $230, Gabriel Roger $450, Valentine Brown $100, Eli Buchanan $150, Samuel Brown $200, Squire Bugg $375, Reddin Burt $438, estate of J. N. Clark $240, Richard W.. Clausel $706, estate of William Cook $721, estate of W. H. Lowan $1815, Jas. D. Cunningham and Cogan Gorman $240, Josiah Daily $150, Kye Davis $100, Theophilus Dressier $521, A. J. Dumni $2800, WUliam D. Ellis $1247, Emeline Fake $490, Theodore Fitler $190, William L. Fortner $511, Isom Garnett $223, Thomas Garrett $320, James G. Gibson $900, William Gor man $290, Philip Hart $200, George Hawkins $1140, John S. Hays $150, es tate of Robert S. Hodges $225, Mrs. S. M. Holman $1782, Isaac Hodges $450, Wesley Jackson $230, Nelson Kenner $900, Martin Knabel $696, Isaac Lowen burg $500, Robert E. McClure $150, John McRae $280, Fabions J. Mead $525, Lambert Moore $150, Pnidy Moore $140, Richard J. Moorehead $130 estate of Haller Nntt $56,368,' John M. Powell $16,425, Mrs. Adeline Reed $653, Jonathan Rucker $500, William Scott $300, William L. Sharkey $1920, Hardy Smith $512, Maria Smith $165, James H. Steger $393, Eveline Steward $110, Benjamin Stinyard $200, Benjamin B. Thompson $800, Lewis .Thompson $260, Thomas T. Turnage $3275, Ed ward H. Valentine $800, Malinda Ward $150, George Washington $600, Harriet Whittaker $156, W. S. Williams $700, Oliver P. H. Wixson $945, Abram Woods $280. Rendering Iron Inflammable. The combustibility of iron has recently been demonstrated in a remarkable man ner by Professor Magnus, of Berlin. He takes a straight bar magnet of con siderable power, and sprinkles iron filings on one of its poles. These filings of course arrange themselves in ac cordance with the lines of magnetic force, and however close they may ap pear to be packed, of course no two of the metallic filaments are parallel, and consequently a certain portion of air is inclosed as in a metallic sponge. The flame of a spirit lamp or gas burner readily ignites the finely divided particles of iron, and it continues to burn for it considerable time. Hthe experimenter stands on a little elevation, and moves the magnet to and fro while burning, a magnificent rain of fire is produced. This phenomenon of the combustibility or inflammability of iron may also le produced by dusting iron filings through a large copper covering with lamp cot ton soked in alcohol and set fire to. The effect of this is a very large flame, though by daylight. not very visible. The effect produced when the filings fall into it is very fine; the whole flame be comes intensely luminous as each particle of iron burns with those bril liant scintillations which are charac teristic of it combustion. Agassiz, having thoroughly figured out the matter, gives Lake Erie just eighteen thousand five hundred years to dry up. WILD UEA8T8. front da ew Tofk Times, In tie" e6urse of nrt wanderings around the city I cWme the other Ur, across a monopolist puf t ttmptc. lie is a trader on a large scale, but i prally very careful not to handle that lt?6 r?towk in which he deals; nor, for that matter, do any of his employes. Hia business is the' lsrportation of every variety of wild beast and bird, from an elephant to II guinea-pig, from an ostrich to; a Java spflfTrw, Does the proprietor of a menagerie lose his elephant, he repairs to this gentleman's repository. He states whether he would prefer An African or an Asiatic elephant. He gives his order according . to his farlCy Mid in due time the animal ar rives, ana m immediately shipped to whither his new trwnei oarsrsn rr- happen to be. If all African lion is wonted, a dispatch is at oho eut to Capetowu; if horned horses, giraffe, or lhinoceroses are in demand orders are at once sent out to ship to New York all that can be bought or found. The fact is, this gentleman has some fifteen em ployes, who are scattered over Africa and Asia, whowe sole busines consists in collecting rare wild animals for him. So complete are all his arrangements that none are found to compete with him in the business. He has the entire trade to himself, and supplies every ffielerie in this country with such animals HH they need from time to time. There are over thirty menageries travel ing about the country every year. Every year they lose a certain percent age oi tneir animais irom natural uem or by accident. Some of the more rare animals, are generally delicate, ami never become oclimati7.ed, consequent ly do not live long. This makes them very costly. Others, again, like the S'raffe, too, is so awkwardly built that does not lie down with its legs nnder it, like tiler of the antelope tribe; consequently, If th vessel rolls at sea it loses its balance, is swung against the side of its cage, and frequently breaks its long, ungainly neck. This risk runs up the price of giraffes to a high figure, A year or two ago a well-known show n8 who had imported four giraffes through the gentleman's agency, but who took the sea risk on himself, lost them all on the voyage. He could not now get four equally good specimens under $25,000. But when a cargo does come safely across the profit to the im porter are very large. It is a great mistake to suppose that Mry of these animal are captured when full grown. A full grown lion, could he be trapped and put in a cage, would soon pine away ana die. A full grown, wild elephant is the most savagely treacherous of animals. Even when captured young and trained in a circa, the elephant betrays those inborn qualities more and more as he grows older. It is only of late years that elephants have been imported from Africa. Many, persons will recollect P. T. BarrHttn'a advertisement of the first one a dwarf wbteh was to appear in his menagerie. The animal, however, died on the voyage, and was conse quently never seen in this country. Our monopolist dealer in wild beasts soon after obtained four young elephants from Africa and retailed them here to different showmen at about $8,000 apiece. They were "baMes," The elephant "is an animal of very slow growth. When five years old it does not stand more than three feet high; and one out of the four alluded to above wfl only thirty inches high. They were, however, a perfect God-send to showmen in the way of startling novelties. One, the thirty-inch one, was coollv exhibited as a dwarf. An other was shown as an offspring of an old female elephant, which had been in this Coltntry years before the youngster first saw the light in his native African jungle. Three of these young elephants are still alive in this country, out tuey have grown out of all knowledge, es pecially the dwarf. The showmen who exhibited the young calf asserted to have been born here made a great hit, it b pretty generally known that elephauts will not breed in this country. Lions breed freely. In fact, there are few menageries which do not have a litter of cubs every year. But the mothers always destroy or desert them, and they are obliged to be brought up on milk given to them in a lottle, simi lar to that used in rearing babies by hand. The hippopotamns has also been known to breed in the Zoological Gardens in London. Like the lioness, she destroys her young as soon as they are Iwrn; but the attendants in London did once succeed in rescuing a young one from its mother, and in bringing it up by hand. But animals brought Up in this artificial way, and born in a con fined cage, never grow up to le sucn fine specimens as those born in a state of nature. As a general thing all animals are captured when young by the natives, acting under instructions from the white agents. If lions are wanted the natives sally up the country, and either kill the parents and then secure the cubs, or track the lioness to her den, and then, waiting till she goes hunting for food, seize the opportunity of steal ing the cubs. In capturing elephants they drive them, old and young, into an inclosure, ham-string the old ones so as to disable them from protecting their calves, and than easily secure the young ones. An African lion commands a higher price in the market than an Asiatic lion on account of his more noble -And commanding appearance. His mShe is much thicker and 'longer than that of his Asiatic brother, and is black. The quality and length of the mane is the test of tlie value of lions. An African lion sells for $3,000; an Asiatic only $2,000. Royal Bengal tigers will command $6,000 a pair; Brazilian only $4,000 a pair. Camels and dromedaries bring about $1,200 apiece, but white camels have been sold at $2,500 each. A good ostrich can be bought for about $400; elephants from $6,000 to $8,000; horned horses (so call ed, though they are really only a varie ty of antelope,) from $1,500 upward. The importation of animals is only a branch of the business; but it is in this case very entensive, for the last fifteen years the value of the animals imported having averaged over $100,000 a year. Of course, the needs of every menag erie are known; aud when one wants to sell a surplus animal or two, or to re place them with finer specimens, they are almost invariably sold direct to this gentleman, or through him, on com mission, to the proprietors of other menageries. A very fair menagerie may be stocked for $50,000; but some few of the giant shows value their stock of animals at two and three times that figure. The aggregate value of all the wild animals in the different caravans in this country must approximate $2, 500.0X). In no other country in the world are ther so many kept in con finement. The show business is essen tially American, and, as a general tiling, is a very profitable one. KoldeB Mottoes. The Vain Man's: Win gold aud wear it. The Generous Man's: Win gold aud share it. The Miser's: Win gold and spare it. Tlie Profligate's: Win gold and spend it The Pawnbroker's: Win gold and hnd it. The Fool's: Win gold and spend it. The Gambler's': Win gold and lose it. The Sailor's: Win gold and cruise it. The Merchant's: Win gold and use it. VOL. XVIIf. NO. 2G. HP ARK 0W.i. T MRS. A. I. WHITUKt. UMle birds sit on the trl.grsph mirrr. And rhllter. and Hitler, and foM Mlr i:ir Mavbe tyey think that for them and tfterr sires mrefa'hed always, on urv"", tnr wiweWful fringa; And perhaoa the MiouKht that the world Inspira tm l'lau for birds, among other thtiur. UUW if.iAm sit tm the sl-nfler line. And tlie l f the world ntns nutler their Iret ; How vahie rise, and how doline. How kingL. with their armies in hattle meat ; And all the wijle, 'mid the soundless (?". The chirp their small gost4ug, foolish sweet. IIM! thhiffs lialit on th lines t out Uvea Hopes, aud , and arts of t.-ar;( And we think that for thi-e Jie Lord -utnv, Nor catrh what the hidden LhUiings sr, Tet from end to end His meaning arrive. And His word run nudururath all the way, I Is life only airoe and lightning tlu-n, . Aj-art from that which about it rlliiKT Are the tuonghts, and the work', aud the prayer of mvu 1 only suarro. ' li ' le!eKsJi striugs Hohliug a niomeut and gone again 7 Nay! lie planned for tlie birds. With the larger things i rractlcal Education. ! The Cabinet Maker, a Boston journal devoted to the furniture trade,, answers a young correspondent , who inquires 'n.-litluT there are any schools where they can teach a person a mechanical trade in connection with his education," that no such sehwls exist within iU knowledge. This is an inquiry which should have attention. A young man wishes to learn a trade. He w poor. If he wa rich he would not want a trade. If he, or his parents, had the mean" to educate him Drenuratorv to learning a "mechrauiral ' .i " ,w.l.l nnl tmvo amVpiI the IIe ig wr. ambitious, and 1 I 1 . l 1. 1... lndA .niiaina n.nt iliriel. XJ lit- niiiriniim ii, .. . he must sacrifice education aud le bound to serve a master for a time, satis factory to the master. That means that he must pay back, for his support while learning, an amount of apprentice work measured by the ability and aptness of the poorest grade of apprentices. The apprentice system is not even regulated by the master's requisitions. The edu cated laborers are united in trades un ions, and dictate to the masters iu re gard to the apprentice system. . The number of apprentices to be admitted to every trade i.i carefully scanned, so as not to interfere with prices of labor sought to be established by the lnlxir associations. The interest of the h prentirv i not fairly considered. If the education of the young is the duty of the State, as it is practically nn siimed to l)c. what edncation is more necessary more useful to the individu al more lieneficial to the State -more conductive to the morals, stability, and happiness of society, than a good trade ? The restrictions put upon the appren tice system by the masters and the la bor associations, are narrow-minded. They would restrict the number of ap prentices, and depress the ambition of the best young men, on an assumption that the competition for work must lc limited. They look too narrowly on their own particular localities. They assume that the fresh journeyman will remain iu the cityiind le their competi tor. They do not look out upon the broad exp'anse of our yet uew world, which a century of conqetition will not fill up or exhaust. There is a large philanthropic, Itenev oient side to this apprentice question. We have known young men to seek iu vain for weeks and months for a place in which to learn a trade. The one an swer was, that the trade at that time was depressed, and that there was no room for apprentices. The young men could not wait, and sought other uncon genial employment. Some became bar tenders; and others went into adventur ous expeditions. In two years the trades which rejected them were in usual activity, and tlie laWers were few. We need exactly what tins young man seeks m hooU for practical educa tion. The State could not endow a bet ter institution. A place where a young man might be educated, and at the same time learn a trade, and when learned have the lenefit of his work while he remained in the institution, and, if in dustrious, graduate with money in his pocket. Such a man would not be a competi tor to indifferently taught mechanics in old cities. IIo would either lead the less educated workmen of the cities to a higher and more independent sphere, furnish them with laW-saving liiaehine-,-v. establish on a firmer basis the digni ty of labor, break down by the force of superior intelligence the petty misera ble lines of caste; or he would go, with his superior knowledge, his good habits, his well balanced mind, acquired in a school far superior to that of a city aj prenticeship, as a pioneer into our own undeveloped territory, or as au instruc tor to Russia, or China, or other lauds, which are now struggling to take part in the progressive spirit of the age. The Oregortnn Calendar. To restore the civil yir to respondent with tlie astrononn al, Gregory XII. ordered that the 5th of October, 1582. should be called the 15th. To prevent the intrusion of the same errors in the measurement of time in future ages, and to secure the re currence of the festivals of the church at Hi uinn ieriod of the year, he further decreed that every numler is not divisible by four three hundred and everv vear which is should consist of sixty-five days ; so divisible, but not 'divisible by one hundred, of three hundred and sixty-live tiays; ever yeur divisible by one hundred, but not by four hundred, of three hundred ! sixty-five; and every year divisible by four hundred, of three hundred and Bixty-six. A more erfect correspond ence of the civil ami astronomical years will probably never be obtained. After the lapse of four thousand two hundred and thirty-seven years the error will less than one day. In the preparation of this rule every source of disagreement is estimated, and as far as possible cor rected. The allowance of an extra day every fourth year is indeed a small ex cess ; but this is not allowed to accu mulate, for at the commencement f every century the centennial year is not to consist of three hundred aud sixty six days, or in other words, is not to le counted a leap-year, unless its number cnu lie divided by four hundred. Thus the year 1600 was a leap-year, and tlie year 2000 will 1 the same; bnt the years 1700 and 1800 contained, and the Vear 1900 will contain, only 365 days. Winter Headiog. As the long whiter evenings conic oil the farmers should lay in a supply of good reading, whether it be dirr -tly re lating to their own business or of histo rv, travel, or science. And to the resi dent of the country, unaccustomed to strain upon the eye, the primary consid eration should be having a bright, Hear miflickering light. It has long ago been demonstrated that the flame derived from pure petroleum oils is tlie liest of all others for reading or stndy, from its peculiarity in containing tlie rays which accord more harmoniously with the structure of the human eye, bnt so many have lieen the accident from careless ness that even those who felt almost compelled to use it did so with most ex treme caution. However as now science has produced these oilrt of high gravity and entire safety, even many persons in the city who study and write by night have adopted them instead of gas. The fanner cau thus provide himself with that light which experience of our first scholars has proven to lie the best for the eyes, and really have iu his home as sate, and far more reliable and a cheap er light than any we get from our city gas, - Maury County-Directory. LAWYERS. AM. II CUM CM, . Atlerasy elLe. ... CJmmilm. Tm Will atUad all Cearts te be holds for Mtu Mil edjolsinr eoaetie. . Ott-i Wbmbomo) bioek. fob M. 7t. Attorney al Law. jwmUm. Jbs Cpeelel attention (Wea U tee eel!eetie ( claims. ritir.M Attoraeyao-t t'oanMlior ai Law. Wll prsrtleo In tit aeveriJ rVmria u.. . .. i t t ryan.fal joining on li I lea. and In lha Ha i-rv-iiiw nq r i-leml luurU at Na)t villa t eieml t oorU at AOS III Uwyn'i lll.wk. Waal u..i.. . . iuniiiMi.nnnn riven tn wi miah. tlon arlven In . formerly occupied by Krlerwn A Ym-D-- Un.L "JJ. Hixi. a rmi-r.it' Attorneys at Law k Sol I -Hon laChsaeerr. t'"lumhm, Tnn. Will prscMea lo tha o.rU of Maarvand ad jpiaiof oa (. Offioa la lbs Wkitthorss biook. (pjeh 14 IU JT.lCOC.IMA. AUorner at Law, Aid QaseraJ ColJaetiag Aseet. Ol.mina, Taw! noxit, Attoraer I Law. w (Mmmbim, 7Vaa. Prompt atUntlon rlvaa U aollaetioaa. ROHT. X. MeKAT. ATrjr at Law, rrompt attention lvn to all husi neaaen Unatad to tic care. Oiiloa: YVhiltliorn Block. JunsSMy. D4TIDO. SBSI.TOS. aLaitt W. STOCI'LL. STOCK ELL at ftlf ELTOV, Attnrnev at Law. ,. Ikitumtna, J rut. evuoties. Collections pramolly attended to. Orrica Front iwina (up stain) aver J. If. it Jewslry rtore. torn r. wiiht. If 7 RIGHT at Wr.MTCH. w.j. vianrta. ' Attorneys at Law. (Mtmbta WW. if. Tl-innsrsj, Attorney at Law, Spaeial alteatioti trutad to him. Was to all business ea-mar.W-lr. DENTISTS. J. I. Ileradas, HUKG CON DENTIST. ('Ivmlim, 7Vs. Office : Fuotogrni'h (jallery. D NaaiHel Illrlinrll, UE.NTlriT, Columbia, Ten. Offlos: Whltthorne mock. IJuue 11, 70.- HOTELS. po Trmwailcrw. THE NE I.HON HOUSE, Colum'iiit, TesaeasM, H. RltWAI.L. Irprlear. KsepaRooU UI)l.-, loi.n un.l f.mforlrtliU beds and r.iii. nnil tin- Ih-m of wtvanl. all at moderate pric-v imv. l "71 Gtieait llosaf, COLUMBIA, TENX., Having refitted and taken rharueof this Hotel, I solicit a Hilar" of milillo iatronacv My labia shall be supplied with Uia beat tu market affords. Lodtclnira rleun and t.ia fortabia. Prir to suit the tlmee. Jan. 1, Tl-tf. JAB. I QUEST. STATIONERY. B oka t llaaka ! ! Itooks III riLRlODlCALB, BTATI0XERT, WALL PATER, Window Shades, News, Notions, Acv, at w. If. KNGLK'H, West Bide Publlo Square, Oolumtna, Tew BERKSHIRE 8WINE. tv W. nrroRD, Brevier fThoroaiar) J. brad Varkshire Hwm anUed to all purchasers brad Berkshire riwtne. .Saturation fuar Bprioc Hill. Is ITT F HRKOLAW. Breeder mt V . Thoarnuthbred Berkshire bwlne, Sprint Bill. Tenn. li. pel Illinois I.EnBirrrr.K. Breeder and. Im- rterof Fare Berkshire lion: near c'o- ia, Xenn. II EN BY JO KB has Berkshire fit: a for lale it I1UU1 each, Mt- Flearant.Tenn. L. II. EHTi:N. Breeder asid Imp.rtH of Fare Bloodad Berkshire!. Colombia. DURHAM CATTLE. ClEO.W. FOLK, Importer and Breeder I of Thoroughbred Durham Cattle, Colnua bia, Tenn. NASHVILLE DIRECTORY. BOOK3 AND STATIONERY. HAUL at TAVtl., BoekaellerjT, Htm. I doners. Printers, and Bookbinders, Ko. 4, Union street, ftathvilie, Tenn. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. p WIKUEKH, Prsrllral Wstrhmsker li. and Jeweler, Ho.SA North Cherry street. Nashville, Tenn. Ooods sent O.O. D. for es aininatlon, also watches, eto. for repairs reoeived and returned by Express. HOTELS. BATTLE HOI Hi:, Ufa. Joel A. Battle Proprietor, Church street, Nashville. AX WELL HOI'HB, Nashville, Tenn. FULL.TON A CO., Proprietors. 1IOOTM, NIIOKM, Vc. COOKE, METTLE aV CO. Jabber of Booti and Mioei. 3d Publlo Bouare. Nash, ville. Tenn, Watson M. Coolie, Joel W. hot tie. Rusiell M. kinnard. Jambs FoaosY, pialesman. rn E. WIKNTEAU at CO. Iealera la 1 . Boots, rhoes. Katahels, Valises, opposite lias- BQ Iran:, iso. i merry street, well House, Na.hville, Tenn. (. i ;oit ii:ai.i:hn, CHEATHAM at WtHIIM, Waa. I and -J Hoot h College it, corner of Church, ftarh ville, Tenn. JIPSCOMB BROTHERS, GEOOEES, COMMISSION MERCHANTS AMD WHOLESALE DEALER?, COLUMBIA, TENN., Keep on band all kind Field Seed at very I ew price. Everything New Everything bongbt low fr Cash and every thing Mid low . FOR CASH. Oct, 17. 187 1-1 T. OME INSURANCE COMPANY. tmtt Aaaeta OrU l.7l. Loaae mt 4 blrna will ,7a3,306 o .,ooo,ooo .ar Lenvlasr Cah A aae La, Oca.13. 171. ' O M. All toeae will be promptly paid, aad Polloiee toned ae uiial- CHARIE8 J. MARTIN, Presidea J. U. WABHBURK. Heeretery. New York. October. 1871. The Board of Directors have nnaifimonly re solved to increase the capital of the "Home" to Capital Assets about M.OOO.OOO (four million dollors) after paying all losaee at Chica go. Policies issued by W. J. DALE, AcbVt. Columbia, Nor. 10. rpHE GEORGIA HOME isrsTJiisroiD co, Of Celnmbva, Georgia. Iwerp)rmtal C apital Md Aaaete. ...14 Me,ofta Untouched by the CMeago and other dlsae ten, eontinaee to furnish Indemnity aeainst loss by fire on all insurable property, at ade quate rate. J. RHODES BROWNE, Pref . D. F. WILCOX, Bee'y. mr Applications reeejved and policies Issued by, W. J. DALE. Asm. Not. 10. NOTICE TO HUNTERS ANUTRKMPASjiER". All persona bunting or trespauineon ear lada will bs prosecuted to the extent of tbr Elisabeth T)owell, J. W. WI.ener, L. B. Forgey, Solomon llnywood. Mrs. M. J. West. J.B. West. Stephen Williams, 8. V. Wiseoer. li. Hull. K. Haywood, W. 0. Wan. Mrs. J. Keer. J. W. Tuuina. W.J. Bates. David K. Dortoa. Pee 0J71-ly.