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n Ifcr r SOL. MULEB, EDITOR AJfD PUBLISHER. - THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION. TERMS-$J.OO PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. VOLTJ3IE XV.-NUMBER 3. WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1871. WHOLE NUMBER, 731. m ' in i n 11 ii r ' l w. Mxv. From the JhiUin Unittrrity Ifagarint. THE BURIAL OV MOSES. "And lie Ituried him in the li&il nf MnaK mw azaint kth-pror; but no m&n knowetl of hia tk-pulcbre unto this lax."-IECT. xxxiv: C Bj XeWa lonely mountain. On this side Jordan' wave. In a rale in the land of 3Iab, There lies a lonely grave; Jd1 no man dag that sepulchre. And no man saw It e'er; Tor the angel of God upturned the nod. And laid the dead man there. That tu the grandest funeral That eTer panned on earth i But no man beard the trampling 4 Or aaw the train go forth. 3ioWles!j as the daylight " Comes when the iuht i done. And the crimson streak on the ocean check "'"" -iirvwBffiUthesrcataiuii - UoUeleady at the Spring time Her crown of Terdure weaves, And all the trees on all the hills Open their thousand leaves; So. without sound of music. Or voire of them that wept, Sflenily dvwn from the mountain's crown The great proceanion swept. Perchance the bald old raglc On may Bcth-ix-or' hdglit, 'Out of hU rocty eyrlo Looked on the wondrous fight; Perchance the lion, utalkiuj Still nhuiw Hut hallowed njiot; For beast and bird have seen and heard That which man knowcth nut. But when the warrior ilit-ih. Ills comnMles in the war. With arms revrnl and muffled drum. Follow the funefal car; Tlw-y show the lunners taken. They tell his battles von, And after him lead his masterleus steed, While xeals the.iainate gun. Amid the noblest of the land. Men lay the sage to rent; And give 1h bard an honored place. With cotrtly marble drest. In the grand minuter transept WhrrelighU like gloriti fall, JVnd the swret choir sines and the organ rings Along the emblazoned walL This was the bravent warrior That ever buckled sword; This the mot gifted iioet That ever breathed a word; And never earth's philosopher Trace, with hfe gulden urn On the dratldetis jwge, trutlis half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honor I The hill-side for )iUnll; To lie in state, while angels wait. With stars for tajtent tall ; And the dark rock pines, like tossing plumes. Over his bier to nave; And God's own liand, in that lonely laud, To lay him in the grave: In that deep grave w Ithont a name. Whence hU uncttfliucil clay Shall break asain imwt nimdnius thought! lb-fore the Jndgnient day; Anil stand with glory wrapited around. On the hills he never tnut And smiik of the strife that won our life. With the Incarnate Son of Uod. O, lon-lr tomb In Mtuth's Und! O, dark JMli-iNvr's hill! Sjteak to thi'tte t'tiriotiM hc:irts of ours. And teach them to In stilL Gol liath his niysteriw ofsrace, Wajs that we raiitwit tell; lie hides tliem dt-fp, like the secret sleep Of him He loved ij welL Select Jforiv. HOW JULES FAILED TO BECOME A LAWYER, It was just twelve years ago to-day, tliat I stissl .in nlil J till Wolf's ham-yard, trying to hammer lli pin into the how of nil ox yoke, which, after si world nf trouble, I had succeeded in placing on tho necks of a green pair of steers. Tlio Imiw was too tight, and every tithe I attempted to drive the pin into tho partially developed hole, the "nigh" steer would give a frightful leap, forward or backward, a struggle, would ensue, and the work have to lie done over again. I was out of all patience, and felt wonderfully like culling somebody's throat. I approached as near the aw ful verge of swearing as my pious teachings would ;pcnnit. "Now, do that again," said I, waxing very wroth, "and 111 break your devilish neck!" I felt that tho terrible statcof affairs absolutely de manded this. "Shamo on you, Itiles! If I conldn't yoke a "pair of steers without swearing, I'd let them go." I looked around, and thero was Georgia Wolf, with Iter muslin dress gathered up out of the dirt, watching, with a lialf-amused, half-serious ex pression, iny effort to adjust tho yoke. "I didn't swear," said I, gruffly! " Yes, you did, Biles," said she, shaking her Tuoad-Rulcwiso at mo, "and yon needn't deny it." "Devilish ain't swearing," said I; "but if I did swear, I guess it's my own business, and you liad letter go into the house and tend to your city folks, and let mo alone." And I made a .great show of going tin with my work, nnd licing perfectly oblivious of her. Jlie didn't reply, and I hammered away at the pin until at last in it went, turned in the notch, and tho rattle were yoked. Tho moment I let go my hold upon them, away they went in an awk ward gallop, over the bars, and'down tho field in to the pasture. -Oh, go it ! " said I ; "you won.' get out of that yoke for a week." Georgio laughed. " "What possessed you to get nomad, and drivo away at that pin with Your list I Look ! it's bleeding," said she, taking lurid sifthc paw that had pounded awaylikoa trip hammer on tho ox yoke 'Good gracious! What a monstrons great hand yon have got, though ; haven't yon, Itiles I " "Vcs; looks liko a stone-Wit, but it's good Chough for me," I said, sullenly. " "ft clU it isn't very pretty, 'but it's strong and honest, "said Gcorgie, "and that is Iiettcr yet. lint now come In to dinner. Wo'vo been waiting for yon." "Yes, I presume so; but you needn't have dono it, for I am not going." "Yes. you are," said Georgio ; aud she seized hold of my great hand with her beautiful fingers, and half-pulled, half-coaxed mo into tho house. I slipped, back into tho wood-shed, filled the big tin wash-basin with cool water from the well, washed my face, took out a pair of wooden comlis, and completed my toilet. Then donning a brown linen toot, I went round to the dining-room door, at down on the steps, and waited for Gcorgie to see me. .Hie soon came in witli a dish of fruit, and pla cing it on tho table, came up, and pntting her lands on my head, turned my face half-wav .round, exclaiming: "Why, Biles, you look as if yaa hadjnst come out of a baud-box a regular pollo, just unpacked and dusted for exhibition. Come, now ; and going to the parlor door, she an nounced diuner. Mr. Wolf, orold Bill Wolf, as ho was called, was a farmer who had grown rich by hard labor, and now lived at case, upon one of the finest farms in Ohio. Georgio was an ouly child, was nineteen, and had spent three years'at a boarding-school, having returned only a few months before. She had made many acquaintances in tho city, and the result was, that a number had lieen invited down to the farm to spend a month or two. The party numbered four two young la dies and a couple of very fashionable young gen tlemen and, as might lie expected, "they were enjoying themselves hugely. Although very wealthy, Mr. Wolf stnek to his old democratic no tions, and would havo all tho workmen employed aliout the place at tho table, and thus it was that "dinner was waiting" for mo. Being brought up in the neighborhood, I had known tho family for years, and liad worked o long on tho farm that I was looked npon as almost one of the family, and was rather a privileged character. I had long looked upon Gcorgie as my personal property, anil tho absurdity of my claim was never apparent until after her return from school. Ordinarily, I was satisfied with my lot; but when those city licoplo came down from the city, with their fash ionable airs and fund of Smalltalk, I felt like n great, useless bull-dog by the side of a brace of pointers, and could not resists growl aud snarl, now and then, to express my dissatisfaction. Then, I felt very keenly tho result of a compari son between us ; they, with their delicate hands, always in the right place ; I, with ray ponderous paws, eternally in tho way, aud obtruding them selves tho more from my apparent aud useless ef forts to hide them. I liad naid two dollars, one-sixteenth of inv monthly wages, for my linen coat, and then it hung like a blanket 011 old Spitted Tail, the In dian Chief. The amount of it was, my clothes would not fit. The collar of my most extrava gant shirt seemed to choke me; and my Summer breeches would shrink, no matter how mnch I may have liecn compelled to turn them up origi nally, until tho bottoms carried on a desperate flirtation with the- straps of my boots. With a full knowledge of this, I felt remarkably uncom fortable, ami jierspired like a porpoise, as I sat down that day at dinner. As the party came into the dining-room, they were engaged in discussing the merits of somo book, of which I knew about an much as the "off" steer that had cantered away ho furiously a few minutes before. However,! did not care, for I looked upon such accomplishments as effeminate nnd silly, if I looked at all ; and liesidcs, I believe wo are a. t .orp oess a cintempt for any science wo do not understand. I am better since, and have ever been thankful for the circumstances which drove me from the barren ten-aero lot of utter ignorance, into at least a half-section of lit erary clover. Most men, when they liecomo wealthy, and draw around them the outward tokens of refine ment, will, partly from contact and necessity, aud partly by their efforts in that direction, learn and absorb sufficient precious metal to give them the ring of a true penny. Dip a copper coin in a so lution of iodide of potassium and gold, and you have, to all out ward appearance, a piece of pure metal. People in the city, of nearly every class, arodipicd more or less into this solution, (often times frightfully weak, I admit,) and come out with particles of tho precious substance cling ing to them. Some attract tho galvanizing particles miiro than others, but all aro glossed. and corniscate, and scintillate, and throw off tlio borrowed particles with a prodigality that would lead one to think that tho mountain be neath was an inexhaustible lied of ore, iustcad of a wasio 01 sanu. I speak of these things, Ix-causo the old man, from his associations, had liecii for some years catching these pieces asthey were thrown around, and looked like a piece of qnartz, while tho young men and ladies were galvanized all over, and glittered like a new bullet. The discussion continued with a great show of wisdom 011 lsith sides, while I sat there and list emil, and wondered how on earth those young sters could have had so much learning crowded into their heads in so short a time. So long as this continued, I felt comparatively comfortable, for they would not notice me, and I was engag ed alHmteiiually in eating my dinner and casting glances, isteudeil to be defiant, at young Penning ton, who, ever since his advent to tho farm, had never erased to ridicule me, and laugh at my awkward manners. I could plainly see ho diil not like the terms upon which I, a menial, was received at the farm; and I had striven to appear careless of his sneers, though I am afraid I made a sorry success of it. Pretty soon tho conversation lagged, and the old mail broke in with: "How vegettin' along with the steers, IHIesf" "Oh ! pretty well, sir," I replied. Georgio laughed. " Yes." said she. "I went out there, a few moments ago, and found him crosser than a bear. Tho briudlo ox wouldn't stand, and I heard him make some awful threats.". " In ho dangerous when ho threatens f said one of the-yiiiuig misses. - V "Oh ! not very," said Gcorgie. " Biles, my gixid man," said IVnington, patron izingly, "you ought' not to hsiso your temper with tho poor brutes. " Oughtn't 1 1 " said I. "Xo,"sniil I'miiigtoii, glancing at Gcorgie, to seo if she was paying attention ; "no, ln-eanse you are an intelligent Iieing, you know, endowed with reasoning jsiwers ; a superior, that is, a a specimen of the gcn$ homo, witli faculties and attribute.) of a high and noble order, while the beasts tho lieast of tho field in short, the beast is not." "Tlio devil ho ain't !" said I. Whatever pos sessed me to make this profane exclamation, I know not ; but I had keen Nireil by this fellow's gratuitous advice until I was desperate; and be sides, I knew he was only talking for the benefit of Gcorgie, and it irritati-d me beyond measure. Georgio bit her lip, and looked at her plate ; but tho old man lifted his head, gared straight over his spectacles at me for a moment, and then ex claimed: "Biles, don't boa fool." "I won't," said I. "Well! don'," ho replic.1. "I believe Biles is getting profane," said tho other young man, a little fellow, with white hair, a spasm of moustache, and a baby voice, which gave one an impression of its having lieen keyed at least an octavo too high. "Oh, I hope not, I'm sure," said tho young la dy; "it would lie so dreadful." Tlio horrible thought camo into my mind, at that instant, that perhaps these people might be driven away by a systematic course of swearing, and I mentally resolved to try it, if no other rem edy presented itself. I did not know then that it was fashionable for young men to pepper their weak language with an oath now and then, for "Swear not at all" was a universal command with me; but I have learned many things since, and have hoard impre cations bubbling up from lips of manv besides tho giddy and thoughtless. Jloro shame to them, say I, who was once foolish and wicked enough to utter an oath. "Xow," said Georgie, at the conclusion of tho meal, " we are to ririo over to the lake this even ing. Two of us will rido in tho carriage ; Biles will drivo us, aud two can go on horseback ; now, which of you, gentlemen, will try your equestri anship with me t" "1 shall feel delighted, I am sure," said Pen nington, with a smile and a glance that called up a blush on Georgio's cheek. I noticed it; I had noticed their growing inti macy for weeks ; and I cursed him lieucath my breath, with a heartiness that would havo made him stare, liad the words been audible. "Very well," said Gcorgie. ""ow, Biles, sad dle Kitty and Trincc for ns, and you can hitch up tho carnage afterwards." , I loved that girl in my great, strong, homely way, with an intensity that was frightful ; and I felt ready at that time to do anything, no matter how dishonorable, to keep another from winning her, though I never darcdhopo to gain hermyself. The hardest place in the world to place a man, is in tho capacity of a menial to the wooian he hopelessly loves. Ho sees tho favored ones hov ering around her, and every smile she gives them is nn arrow that goes stra"ightto tho heart, and hangs quivering in his very vitals. I do not won der that so many horrible murders are the result of jealousy. It is the one feeling that will know no rest, no quiet, until appeased. Those who havo never felt it, can afford to sneer and make merry over tho poor wretch who experiences its cankerous burnings, and cannot, if ho would, rid himself of its ficnrii.h promptings. Well, I was jealous bat not hopelessly so. I was dcsK'rato enough, however, to blurt out the first lie that came into my mouth, and that was, " Prince is sick." "Why," said Ceorgie, "ho was well this morn ing." "Well," she added, "yon will have to rido the colt, Mr. Pennington ; but you will Jiavo to sit very steadily, for he is inclined to bo ugly." Pennington's pride w.-w aroused, and he instant ly signified his willingness to ride the colt, al though I could plainly see tliat he did not relish the change. "I hope the colt will break his confounded nock." I said to myself, as I went to the bam. When I bronchi tlio Ii.inm nronnd. Pennington aud Georgio Were standing on tho porch, and I saw him drop her baud as I cairio up, w hile a deep blush stole, over her fair face. I nit my lip till the blood came. Georgio was mounted, and Pen nington took tho reins of tbe-colt, while I walked away. "Here," Raid he, calling me, "Come here." I turned around, and walked lack. " If wo had such a servant as that," said ho to Georgio, "wo would soon teach Win something. Yon are terribly imposed upon, hero in the coun- "Here," said he, addressing me, "tighten this Kirth." "Tighten it yourself," said I. "You ill-mannered lacquey," said he, "yon ought to be horse-whipped." ."Why, Biles! won't you tighten the girth for Mr. Pennington f" " No ! Ill be d d if I do ! " I blurted out, and strode away toward the barn. That was my first oath, and I hail queer feelings over it afterward. I watched Georgio and Pennington from tho window, as they finally rode off down the road, and prayed devoutly that the colt would make one of his side plunges, and laud Pennington in the ditch ; but the fellow was really a good horse man, and controlled the colt admirably. We soon followed in tho carriage, and from my lone driver's scat, I had ample time for reflection. After a long study, I came to the conclusion that k was making a tool or myself. Here was I, a great, repulsive looking brute, and penniless, en deavoring to place myself on an equality with, and struggle against, one who possessed all these uu vantages. I Wonld do SO UO lonrrer. I would, first moles myself worthy of Georgio ;J failing in this, I wonld return to my honest em- hOTltatfT lltll- iiloymenr, anil try to be content. Tho"shoema ;er should not be above liis last." When I finally camo to the determination, I gave the horses a ui-uiiuuuua triuciv mm iiie winn, ju me way 01 a clincher, and started so suddenly that thelittlo white-haired fellow with the treble voice bump ed his head against tho back of the carriage, and cried out to know what was the matter. We soon arrived at the lake, and landing the passen gers, I remained quietly by the horses, thinking over my resolution, and what I would do first. I wished to do something whereby I would be ablo to learn of the world, and be "able, to speak intelligently of the thousand and one things I was constantly hearing mentioned, but of which I knew nothing. Perhatis. if I tried hard. Imiirht liecomea very indifferent lawyer,(I hardly thought it isissiblo that I could become a good one,) aud I half formed a plan to go to the cirv, wort hard for a living, aud give all the time aside from what was necessary to gain a livelihood, to hard study. While in the midst of my meditations, I heard a scream, and, as I glanced toward the lake, I heard Georgiecalling," Biles! Biles!" withallhermight. I ran down to tlio bluff, and all was plain in a moment. They had been riding in the lioat, and had.laiiiled safely, when Pennington, anxious to display himself, pushed into tho lake, and com menced to rock tho boat to and fro, inviting tho white-haired youth to join him. It was not n very dangerous jjame, but Pennington, in his zeal, overbalanced himself and the boat, and fell sprawling in the water. Unfortunately, ho could not swim, and was kicking and gasping in an alarming manner when I arrived, in response to Gcorgie s outcry for "Biles." Supioso I let the cups drown, thought I for a moment, while throwing off my coat. But that was too awful for even my stito of jealousy to think of, and in I plunged. It was nothing. I could have brought two liko him to shore, and I swam with him so easily that it re ally surprised me. As I ncared him in the water, ho made the usual effort of a drowning man to clutch mo j but I kept him oil' until I could seize him by his "back hair," when I held him at ami's length, and made for the shore. He was terribly frightened, aud made many efforts to seize me. Plunging and throwing" his hands aliout did not make my task any the easier, and I couldn't resist the temptation to duck his head once, while I said : "Keep still, or 111 drown yon." j ocucit- mini mat iinio ne icarcii me more man ho did the water, for ho instantly became passive. When wo reached tho shallow water, and lie felt his feet ujKin the bottom, his courage returned to him, and ho would have released liimself, but I clung to him. Ii vuiu i struggled to get loose. I felt, hu morous, mid gathering him up iu my arms liko a baby, I splashed through the water, up tho bank, and laid him, kicking, dripping and spluttering, at Georgie's feet- I then put on my coat, and stood a little way off, looking at them. Seeing that tho principal damago was a cold bath, Geor gio turned from Pennington, and, running np to me, throw her anns alsiut my neck, aud kissing me in the good old fashion of our younger days, exclaimed : " Bless your great, big, stout heart, Biles. You aro worth a thousand common men." "Yes," said Pennington : " if he had left me to myself, and not come round with his infernal great anus, 1 should have got out with half this fuss." "Oh, Mr. Pennington," said Georgie, "yon would certainly have lieen drowned." "I beg your pardon. Miss Gcorgie, bnt I am an excellent swimmer," ho replied. "Well, I'll bo'danied if it wasn't alxint time yon wall twying it," said Whitehead, with a chuckle. We concluded to go homo at once, aud it was arranged that I should tako the saddle horses, while Whitehead drove tho others ; Pennington now being considered an invalid. As we wero about starting, I some way felt that I had achiev ed a victory, and, liecoming generous at tho thought, I offered my dry coat to Pennington, at tho samo time telling him I did not mind the wet, being used to it. He took it without a word, not even a lsiw, in acknowledgment, and they drove off. I caught Georgie's eyo as they were going, and I noticed a very peculiar expression there, but it only made my heart the lighter. That night, I sat for a long time on tho old worn bench that stood against the path leading to tho garden, laying my plans for tho future. Tlio events of tho day had only confirmed my de termination to go, and I wished to fully mature my plans. I hail already told Mr. Wolf that I must leave him, for a time at least ; and although tho old man appeared vexed at my resolution, yet ho said pcrhas, after all, I had better tako a lit tle tramp, after remaining so long on tho fann ; and Perkins could como over and take my place until I came Kick. "But suppose I don't come back at all," I ven tured. "Oh! no fear of that," he replied; "yon won't find many places like home, Biles;" and so it was arranged that I should start the following Monday. Georgie had just heard of tho arrangement, and had been seeking me. I shall ever remember tho little rogue, as she looked that moment, in a white muslin dress, with black spots, mado high in tho neck, with the sweetest little ruffle in the world around tho top. Was there ever such an other trim little licauty f "Itiles! "said she, hurriedly, " Tve been look ing all over for yon; wbero in the name of sense are you going 1" " I am pring away, Georgie," I rcpljcd. " But where t " she asked. "I don't know yet." "Yon were saucy and impudent to Mr. Pen nington, to-day," said she, after a short pause. "I know it." "Twas very mean in yon." "That's what I have heen thinking to-night," I replied. "I don't think it was mean a bit." said she, a little pettishly. "Well, it was very foolish, any way, and I do not intend to do it again," said L "Xow, Biles, I just want you to tell me where von are going." "Well, Georgie, 111 tell yon all aliout it. I'm aliout tho biggest fool I ever saw. I don't know anything. I diil not think or care much about it until lately; but since your friends have been here, and I have heard them talking about a thou sand questions and books of which I have never heard, I have concluded that I am but little bet ter than the Indian, and I am going away to try to leam something." "But where !" qneried Georgie. "WclL I thought I wonld go to the cityj and wrk liard, and after many years stndy, I might (now don't laugh at me I might become a a very poor lawyer; aud possibly you would not be ufliamcdofme." "Oh, Biles!" said Georgie, "how can yon talk that way"" " I would work very hard," said I. "Yes, I know ; bnt how mnch better it would be, instead of going through all that toil, to lie como an independent, honest farmer. I tell yon, bov, von had better remain where yon arc." " You think so ? " said I. "Yes, I do." "Well, I don't. I might work here forever, nnd never get far enough ahead to buy a splinter from a rail ; but that's not tlio point ; I want to leam something." "Tlio professions are all crowded now," said Georgie; "and yon might go West, if you were oslv a mind to, and soon make enough to buy a nice farm; or yon might Biles! I have known people to get a cood" farm in a very easy war, with little trouble." "Howf" said L "By marrying them," said Gcorgie. I lifted my head in surprise, but Georgie looked perfectly serious. "Yes," said I, moodily; "hot who would mar ry John Biles f" "I don't know who wouldn't," said Georgie, digging a hole in the soft soil with the prettiest little foot that ever belonged to a woman. A queer light was dawning before me. I stood np before her, lifted her delicate chin with my great hand, and said: "Geurete! wonld you T" "Yes," said she, "I would; " and then she broke down entirely) and commenced crying. I took her right nn in my anas, as if she had been a chilih and gave her an steward" kiss. " I'm no ignorant, Georgie," said I. "I will teach you," said she.. ."Jiut your wtncrl" I TTn wnnM nnt rir vim fur dnxm nf that lwt I men in the country.- ft? sajd so to-night, and heJ I nAIJ !... Ulun -.. It J I could not get along without you.' Ana t'cnnington i Georgie hesitated a moment; then laughed, and putting herarmsaronndmyncck, said: "I am almost ashamed to own it, bnt when I saw you carrying him out of the , water to-day, I even lost all my friendship for him. I have no nso for him now." "God bless you, my little Georgie!" saidl. "I will strive harder than ever man strove before, but I will make you a good husband." "I ask nothing but your love, and I can work and wait for the rest." "Biles! B-i-1-e-s!" "Hellow!" " Do you know it's nearly 12 o'clock J " "Yes!" "Well! ain't yon coming to bed to-night !" "I am almost" through, my dear. I want to tell 'em how Pennington took it, and how happy we havo been through all theso years, aud then put in a kind of a brilliant peroration, or a moral, or something of tliat s rt, you know, my dear." "Xo, sir!. Yon have told them altogether too much already. You shall not write any more to night ; " and so I must break short off; but I'll jnst say quietly that, tlut little head enveloped in the frilled night-cap, and owning the voice yon havo just heard, is Georgit's, and I am John Biles, Esq, ITesutcnt ot tlie vino county Agncultural Society, but not a lawyer. Good night. TOERE IS XO DEATH. ET SIR EDWARD BIXWEB LTTTOX. There U no death! The staw po domi, Tfi rie nptra Mine fairer sliorr; Anil bright in Heaven's Jewelleil cruwn, Tueyahine for evermore. There U no death! The ilat wo trnul, Sliall change beneath the Summer showers. To cohlen grain or mellow fruit. Or rainboW'tinteil flowers. The granite rocks disorganize. To feed the hungry moss they bear; The fiireat tn-ca ilrink daily Ufo From ont the viewless air. Then? it no death! The leaves may tail. The flowers may xaite and asa away; Tliev only wait, oirongh wintry booim. The coming of the May. There I no death! Anangtlforra AValkso'cr tluvearth with silent. tread ; lie lieam our lies? toved tilings rtway ; And then we call them dead." He leaves our hearts all desolate He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers ; Transplanted into bliss, they now Adorn immortal bowers. The bird-tike mice, whose jo.vons tones Made glad these scrnes of sin and strife. Sings now an everlasting song, Ainid the tree of life- And where lie sees n smile ton bright, Ur heart ts) pure for taint and vice. He bears it to tliat world of light. To dwell in Paradise. IVim unto that nndjing life. They leave us tint to come again ; With joy we welcome them the same. Except in sin and pain. And ever near ns, thongh unseen, The dear immortal spirits tread; For all the boundless Universo Is life there are no dead. li THE HORSK MOXVllKM-. Tlio erection of tho statue of Professor Morso to-day will celebrate one of the most important contributions which America has made to that material progress of mankind which is the dis tinctive achievement of the century. There is nothing comparable to it in American annals ex cept the application of steam to transit by water. There is, indeed, some fecblo claim that Fulton was not the real inventor of the steamboat, as thero is that Morso was not, in a strict sense, the inventor of the method of applying electricity, to commemorate which his statue is to-day to bo given to the gaze of Xew York, and to vindicate for many generations his claim to the honors which the kings and peoples of tho earth have al ready agreed to pay him. Tho dispute about tho real-origination of tho idea which Professor Morse has realized is an idle one. It only confirms what tho annals of all invention prove that any mem orable invention is not tho work of ony single man, but that, as the proverb truly has it, neces sity is its mother, and that tho ripening of timo brings to birth, sometimes in many beads almost at once, the proper fruits of tho time. In no case can the sneer of tho satirist about the London monument be applied to tWs monument of Xew York, nor can it be said-that this statue, "Reaching to the sklea." liko a tall bully UIU lt head and lies. The averairo American reader of printed matter in America wonld be puzzled to fix at short notice the credit ot the invention ot tnat art. oi nnnting wWch ho uses every day, and would hover vague ly lictwccn Faust and Guttemburg, while if the ., - i - i - - . ..- . A,. quesxiou is put iijrmiy-iuuro-si si iniiTsuir to suiy nativo of that soil from the MorrriyMo Texel, ho would lie greeted with the unhesitating aud indig nant utterance of the nufamiliar name of Laurens Janszoon Kuster. So true is it that mankind. rather than any man or group of men, are entitled to the chief credit for what mankind has done. Bnt Fnlton and Jlorse nevertheless represent and rightly representtbo steamboat and thetelegraph. It is not the man who thinks ont a thing bnt tho man who does it whom Ws fellows delight to hon or. It is not the man who first proved the possi bility of a steamlioat but the man who first built a steamboat who deserves to be called its inventor. And it is not the man who first proved tha possi bility of communicating by 'electricity bnt the man who first communicated by electricity with other men who deserves to be called the inventor of t he telegraph.- And there can be as little doubt that Morse first applied electricity to human communi cation as that Fulton first applied steam to human commerce. In the language of the old doggerel, the popular faith will continue to be, that although " Twas Franklin's hand that caught the bone, Twas harnessed by Professor Morse." The sort of faculty which works ont a scientific problem is not the sort of faculty which is needed to apply scientific discovery to the nse of man and to produce that fruit which Bacon declared to be the end of philosophy, "the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate," The whole popu lation will unite to cry hail to-day at the uncover ing of the effigy of an American citizen who in his youth won a high place in the annals nf art in America, and to whom now, in a 'prosperous and blameless old age, it is granted to receive the hon orable tribute which in cases of like desert witli his is commonly deferred nn til the object of it is beyond its reach. ?'ete York Werld. mi , It Pays to Advertise, The Rochester Cnion, in commenting npon the value of printers' ink, says: We have kept the run of parties who used the paper in this city for advertising forthelast twen ty years, and know whereof we speak; and we say distinctly that we have never known a party to (ail in business if he attended to his business, ad vertised judiciously, and had the goods to back np his advertisements. fercWaug. THE POET OF S1ER.R.Y FL..VT. Bret Harte's Xew Story. The first of the promised series of papers by Bret Harte appears in the Jnly number of the Atlantic Monthly; It is entitled "The Poet of Sierra Flat," and it is a new story of California life, worked ont in smooth prose instead ofrhymed dialect. Tho "enterprising editor" of the Sierra 171- W 1.11- iL 1 Vl ! Jit.ll. JKTUTTI, nilllC CUUIJNJBUlg 1U a UI1UUID SCUM 111 Ws printing office, inditing his "leader" and set ting type at the same moment, is startled by tho sudden tall of a roll of manuscript at his feet. He looks for the person by whom it had been brought; finds nobody; then examines the manuscript, and discovers that it is a Terse of exceeding bad quali ty. A few days after this, the editorial seclusion is invaded by Mr. Morgan McCorkle, a prominent citizen, who ushers in and introduces the poet,. wno is uasntoi ana awicwaru, ana hasn't a wont to say for himself; bnt McCorkle vouches for him aa "a borned poet" "nevertheless. "Can jerk a rbrroe."avs Mr. McCorkle. "ssensv a tnmin JaeJC-ifeverhad any-eddlcatlonr lived outlnMis- sooray all nis lUe. lint he's chock rnll o' poetry. Only this mornin' sez I to him he camps along o' me 'Milt !' sez I, 'are breakfast ready,' and he up and answers quite peart and chipper : The break fast it is ready, and the birds is singing free, aud it's risiu' in thedawniu' light ishappiucsstomei'" "When a man," said Mr. McCorkle, dropping his voice with deep solemnity, "gets on tilings like them, without any call to do it, and handlin flap jacks over a cook stove at the same time that man's a borned poet." The poem is paid for $W down and is published. The mining settlement goes mad over it; a practical joker brings the bash- tut poet before the public upon the stago ot tne little local theatre, in which establishment there is a favorite actress known asthe "California Pet." This girl saves the poet of Sierra from an untime ly late ana runs away lroui nun ana tne seimei is told by Mr. McCorkle in a subsequent interview with the editor of the Rttord, thus: "Ye may not disremember that about a month ago I fetched here what so bo well call a young man, whose name might be, as it were, Milton Milton Chnbbuck." The editor remembered perfectly. "That same party I'd knnwed better nor fower year, twoon 'emcampin out togetlier. ftot mai I'd kuowed him all tlio time, fur he war shy and strange at spells, and had odd ways that I took wero nat'ral to a borned poet. Ye may remember that I saul he was a mm poet I ' Tho editor distinctly did. "I picked tho same party up in St. Jo, takiu a fancy to his face, and kinder kalklatin'he'srnnned away from home for I'm a married man, Mr. Edi tor, aud hev children of my own aud thiiikin'be like he was a lstrned poet " "Well," said the editor. "Ami, as I said before, I should liko now to make a correction in tho columns of your valua ble pajier." "What correction !" asked tho editor. "I said, if you remember my Wonls, as how ho war a lsinicd poet." "Yes." "From statements in this yer letter, it seems as how I war wrong." "Well!" "She war a woman." .V New llig.e: otMaoary. Tim Xew York Tribune is responsible fur the fol lowing, which we suppose: is "on the square:" A rather young man, whose features exhibited every symptom of having been slightly tinged witli emerald, lately entered a jewelry store in Xew York, and gazing earnestly into tho show case, remarked: "You've gota heap of mighty pretty lircast-pins thar. Mister. What lnout you ask for 'em f" "What sort of a pin would you like to look at?" asked the merchant. "Well, I diinno!" said the visitor, pointing to a plain Masonic pin, (the compass and tho square); "how mnch is that yere !" "Five dollars, sir," was the reply. "It's a very fine pin."' " on haven't any one witli a little gold hand saw laid across it, hev yonf" interrupted tho woulri-lio purchaser. "I believe not, sir," said tho merchant. "Wish yer had; it would suit me exactly. I'm just out of my time, and gwino to set up as a car jH'iiter and j'incr, and I thought I'd liko some sort of a sign to wear aliout, so folks would havo an idea what I was. What do yer tax for that ar pin you've got yer hand ou f "Seven dollars," proriiicingacompassaudsquaro surrounding the letter G. "Seven dollars, eh f" said the youth. "Ill tako it sorry yer didn't havo tho hand-saw, though, but reckon everyboily'll understand it. The com pass to measure out tho work, and the square to seo it's all right after it's dime measured; and ev ery darned fool orter know that G alius stands for gimlet!" Fort yv ears Aro ResslmlsccBce or Early Times la Rack Istama. Coast y. Forty years ago, ycstcnlavj our esteemed towns man, Judge Spencer, with his family, moved to tliis city. At that time there were not half a doz en settlers in the county. The Sacs and Foxes had their villages extending along the blufT from this city to the Rock river. On the point just above Scars' mill was the cabin of Black Hawk, the celebrated Indian cWef and warrior. Keokuk, their orator, who by his nativo eloquence could at one moment move his red-faced brethren to tears, aud the next arouse them to ntter the fearful and terrible war-whoop, had bnt just left for Wapello, Iowa, where he was endeavoring to draw his tribe to make their home. The only protection to the few pioneers from these savage tribes was the lit tle garrison at Fort Armstrong, on the Island, and frequently did they havo to flee there for safety. Little do the people who now live in tho city real ize the dangers to which the settlers at that early day were exposed. 'Wondcrinl has been .the change wronght in this county witWn the time Judge Spencer has lived here. He came by team across the country from the middle part of the State, and during the last four days of his journey ho did not piss a single honse. Now, along the whole route he traveled, there is scarcely a quar ter section but has a settler upon it. Rock Island, with not a "pale face" then, has grown tobe popu lated bv at least twelve thousand inhabitants. Jloci Uland Union, Jorea 2. HcU-Xaae Mrs. All the old cusses who before they peg out want to read their epitaphs in print, have got in the way of getting a wood-cut, and being held np be fore the community as being "self-made men." Their virtues are measured by their pile. Take an old wart who wonld take from a sick woman the tin spoon that she used to take her medicine with, and sell it for a rent to help pay her rent, and then go back and kick her because it wouldn't sell for more, and because he has a little money his whole history is varnished np and paraded be fore the public as an example for little hoys of thirty or forty years of age. He is so pious that when he sneezes the feathers fly from the place where the wings are going to be pnt when he be comes an angel. Nice angels they'd make. Why, if feathers shonld go up ten per cent., there is not one of them but would sell ont and try to foot it. X CORKESPOXDEXT of the Cincinnati ITmnt, after having read what Mr. Greeley knows about fann ing, and becoming so enamored with the views of the venerable anil truthful Horace, as to buy a farm and proceed to agriculture, writes out his disgust in a rich, rare and racy-manner, truly re freshing. He says: "Xo wonder Cain killed Ws brother; he was a tiller of the ground. Tho won der is that he didn't kill Ws father, and then weep because he hadn't a grandfather to kilL" Mr. Greeley's views of the future aro said to be won derfully cheerful! Jt is well for his present peace of mind that such is the case, for a vision of the scores of disappointed farmers who will be sure to confront him in that land of justice, would cer tainly have anything bat a quieting influence on the declining days of this agriculturist Gklcajo Republican. How to Kxow a Fool. A fool, says the Arab proverb, may bo known by six tWngs anger without cause, speech without profit,chaage with out motive, inquiry without object, pntting trnst in a stranger, and not knowing his friends from his foes. Ant one may do a casual act of good nature; but a continuation of them shows it a part of the temperament. OX V TOsVtlETU B1RTH-D.W. Jnst fortv years old! Can It he, can it be. That Urn Is thus rapidly passing from me I That my Sprine-tinie ue or uie nas ft orerrr nuin lw AMino of Its splendor illumines the sky) Ah! yes. it Is so: there are landmarks thrt tell AVe are all growing njd, which we reeugniie well ; Though there's light in my ere, and no frost in my hair. Still my brow wears the wrinUes imprinted by care. That cair, which the mother so richly enjoys. In teaching and training her line, manly bovs. Whose fresh dawning- manhood she haUs with a pride, And s love that la sweeter than all else beside. And a change, too, 1 feel, o'er mr spirit has passed. Which experience brings to ns alt lint or tut. Taming down the wild spirits which lire our youth, VnveUing its romance, disclosing the truth.- Just forty toayl Were those years spent In vain? Or hare all their lessons of pleasure and pain, Been teaching me wisdom, refining my soul. And giving mn power my r(f to control I t Tea, here la the question: and, oh! it were well To ponder It oVjiiy. sad then we can tell WkatTMOT erjv. "'"i-i C and whs virtues we need. To make our lUVbaltW a .lctory mated. "' Oh! may the swift changes of these vanished rears. Their sunshine and shadow, their smiles and their tears, ltat humble my spirit, my nature rrtine. And tench me in aU things my will to resign. filve me faith, oh! my Father, to plead and to prav. Vor s pure heart to lore Thee, and strength to obey; A son! full of tenderness, meekness, and lore. And assurance of rest in Thy mansions above. COLORADO. Its Attractive Features, "Scenery, and Wonders In General. Tlio Denver Airira presents a careful synopsis of tho most attractive features of Colorado, viewed in the light of summer resort. We tako the arti cle entire: If but a day or two can lie spared at this jxiint, but littlo can be seen, it is true aud yet it w ill Ihj worth while to step over to Golden, take a saddle horse or carriage and drive up Clear Creek canon, from there drivo to Mount Vernon, and so on to llear Creek canon, aud up tho canon to Turkey Creek a few miles further on. Even a two days trip of this kind will compass more nigged scenery than can bo fouud in all Tew England. If a week can be spared, one can take tho cars to Erie,-coach to Iloulder; up the Jlonlder canon, by Grand Lslaud, to the Cariboo mines, nine thou sand feet above sea level; thence by coach' or car riage to Central City, the heart of tho Colorado gold mining regions. From Central, James Peak is readily accessible over a good wagon road, and a little latur in the season its ascent is feasible. Idaho Springs will be an excellent place to visit, and reclimbing tho "Old Chief" and other peaks in the vicinity. The soda baths will soon eradi cate all reminiscences of contused shiuboiies and weary spinal columns. From here the Fall river country may bo visited and viewed in a half day, with its delightful dells iind picturesque falls, its laughing water-falls and mimic cascades. " Georgetown and Gray's jieak will take two days more, even for a hasty glance, aud a whnlo week may lie profitably and pleasantly spent looking up "places of interest and beauty in the vicinity. Green I .akc, two miles from Georgetown, nearly 10,IK)0 feet alnivo the sea, should bo visited, and Leavenworth mountain, the seeue of the recent surface silver excitement, with its Equator mines tho Marshal tunnel, etc. etc., will occupy a day. Tho lhirleigh tunnel, terrible mine, Uaker silver mining company's works, ana other mining enter prises, with the grand scenery along the upper SSouth Clear Creek, will require at least another day; and to "do" the most notable mines in the iieighimrhoud of Georgetown satisfactorily, will require lroui mu iu luieu tuijo. For fhoso who havo BiortrThiie-n t'irtrilfaposalfc - ,: - l, .1 1 : ::.r.. t... ...M.ll.. ..-t-v. a llll ", t r xi im'iiit jiaJvi uiiii hid uumuu iii, will lie the next best tiling in order. This is the grandest and most picturesque fur a snuimer tour tluit could possibly be selected. Tlio view from tho summit of the llerthoiid eleven thousand feet above the ocean is second only to that obtained from Gray's peak. Tho descent into tho park is rugged enough to satisfy themost exacting search er after the most wild in nature, ami tho delights of a month's sojourn in the park bathing in the hot sulphur springs, shooting elk in tho moun tains, angling for trout in Grand, gathering moss agates, or wild flowers and lorries from every thicket aud meathiw pa teh,in only lw enjoyed, not described. The pass can only bo crossed ou horse back, and for somo weeks yet suuw will lie fouud a considerable obstacle. A return from Middle Park maybe madnby way of Hreckeiiridgo and the South Park, visitingFair- play.Twm Lakes. tue!saltorks,anilotlierplaces of interest. All through the South Park the scen ery is simply enchanting, and there is plenty of hunting and fisliing. Those who court adventure mav 1j fortunate enough to encounter an x-ca- sional munntain lion, here and there a black Iicar, ana ty goou lonnne a genuine gnzziy or two. For'thoso who cannot compass a trip of such a length and hardship; two ilays from Denver by coach or carriage, will bring them to the foot of Pike's Peak, garden of tho gods, and tho celebra ted soda springs discovered by Fremont. The Monument Park is near by, and will furnish a de lightful place of resort lor a uay or two. Horace Ureeley. Mr. Greeley has written the following letter to Mr. J. A. lleocher. proprietor of a monthly maga zine at Trenton, N. J.: Nirvr York Tiuncxr, i Sr.vr York, May 21. ( Dkar Snt : I know of nothing in my habitsthat deserves public attention. I was formerly call"! a "Graliamite;" that is, I rarely ate meat. And it is still my conviction that meat should lie eaten very sparingly. I cat, however, like other folks, not having time to make myself disagreeable to everybody I'y insisting on special food wherever I go, since I travel mnch and eat in many places in the course of a year. I ceased to drink, distilled liquors January 1st, 1824, when I was not quite thirteen years old. I occasionally drank iM-erfonr or five years after, when I abandoned that also. I cannot rcmemoertnai lever more man rasicti wine. I stopped drinking coffee aliout 1831, lic causc it made my hand tremble. I am opposed to nerves. I did not drink tea for a quarter of a century, ending in 1861, when I had a brain fever and was very ill. My doctor insisted that I should drink either claret or tea, and I chose thn tea, which (black) I have generally used since, thongh not uniformly. My favorite exercise is trimming up trees in a forest with aa axe, cutting ont nn derbrush, &c. I wish I could take more of it, bnt my Cimi is distant and my family scattered. I sometimes lift weights at the lifting enrc. I have oulv lifted 2C5 pounds sinco I lccamo sixty years old, February 1 last. Horace Grkeucy. J. A. ISr.ECHKB, lisq., Trenton, New Jersey. The Washington Eepnblican is responsible for m. '-several vears niro. when Abraham Lin coln was President, and a vacancy occurred on the supreme bench that vacancy leing tho Chief Justiceship a certain gentleman took a letter around to his Senatorial menas ami assen mem imimiit. The letter was addressed to Mr. Lin coln, and was a request that the writer be ap pointed to tne neaii oi tor juuiciai iiriauuicui the government. He showed tho letter to one frank and brave old niau, and asked him to pnt his name to it- 'Hrothcr Chase,' said he, 'I cannot doit. I do not think you aro fit lor tne place. You have lieen a politician too long to is? a goou lswrvi-r ' Mr. Chase, however, was made Chief Justice, and he has been writing letters ever since at and about the Presidency. The town of Dudley was named at tho time of its early settlement, MS. "Chargoggaggogg roancboggagogg." It may bo found on Carlton's map of Massachusetts, but on Keach's map of Mas sachusetts is divided into two words, and bestow ed on what is now called Slater's pond. Marlbor ough, at tho above period, was named "Oggnioni kongqnamesut." A nonn wav to get sick is to co shonnini? cverv day in the week, eat ice cream and cakes for din ner, rtnnt strong lea inr supper in srrengineu lue nerves, and fret the balance of too time because yon haven't sufficient finds to buy all tho fancy goods displayerC BCTTEBiXiteltaTe been found flying at sea, six hnndred railearffrom land. Their buoyancy is great, and the muscular-effort of flying must be small, while the wind drives them forward rapid ly over great distances. , . V.VL.I. OF THE. COUCjIN VEXBOMF- " A Crapnlc Ucsrrlpllun of the Sceee. Under the date of Paris, May 17, a correspon dent of the A". I". HorW gives a description of the scene, ou the preceding afternoon, at tho destruc tion of the splendid Column Vendomeby thcCont uiunists. This great triumphal monnmnt, the bronze of which was made of camion won .by -poloim from the Austrian aud Prussians, had stisM fur sixty vears an ornament of Paris. The Commune had fct ont tho work of destroying it to contractors at 37.000 from which amount $100 day was to be deducted for every day the Columu remained standing after tho Stli of May. "Why they destroyed it for these vaudal wretches? the.V probably could not tell, had they been asked- The workmen had tho greatest trouble aud ditficnlty in getting it down. The corrcsjMiudent savs i I thought to tho very last moment tho Column ' would defy the incouoclasts, and exemplify in a new form the old fable of the serpent "aud the file. There was a Urge- wound it- tho Column 'on tho .side opposite ltuede Ja Pah:- It wss in shape a horizontal sectioiTof a triangle! WlicuT reaclieoT" Kue Lastigiione workmen were still sawing the base of the Column.. The. Ilagnenx stone proved harder thau tho bronze. Workmen wero busy throwing sand and manure fagots along Kue do la Paix where the Column was to fall. To mj sut prise I found the windows and balconies from thflr boulevard to Kue de Kivoli crowded with people,, principally women, danger despised wherecuiiosi ty was gratified: The barricade at the corner; of the Place Veudomo aud Hue Xeuvo des Peflls Champs was black with workmen, who were busy removing it. All the shops and doors were closed.. It was not until :i f. 31. that the workmen begait to remove the cniivas screens behind which they had toiled. A National guard went on top of the monument by the old inside stairs, waved a tri colored Hag, and then tied it around tho neck of Xaioleoii. "The."tri-colored Hag the tlag of Sa tory, of Meutany, of Mexico, of Sedan, of Versail les choking its Emperor as a ropo arouud a liangisl criminal's neck," to quote Lo Citoyen Fe lix Pyatt's language. A band of a battalion of National Guards played "I.a Marseillaise," and when it ended another band (thero were three on Place Veuibuue, or Place Internationale, as it is now called) struck up "I Chant du Depart." Tin; balcony of tho Ministry of Justice, which is on Place Yeiidomi', began to till. It is said the persons on it were; members of La Commune and mcmlH-rs of theCentral Committee. I was too-distant tiidistinguishafacc. Aboi!t:!:4Jl-.t. National Guards lieg-.m to mako dear the space in front of thes-oluiuu. Workmen quitted the scaffolding around it. llngles pealed victory. Tho throe capstan erected were manned. Tlip three cables, which were fastened to tho column to pull It down, begn'i totighteu. l'oiind tho capstan went, tho clank, clank, clank, of their check-pins quite audible. The vast mob dared not Ircnthe, so in tense was the excitement. Ilooni! Everybody started. The column was down. No. Thero'it towered as lofty as ever. T!u- report, which was as loud as n mnsket's detonation, camo from a chpstan, which was torn up by tho spikes which held it in position. The men who manned it wero kiiockisl iu every direction, (none were seriously injurod), and tlw capstan itself was shattered by its fall. The engineer declared two capstans wero inadequate to tho task, and another capstan must be sent for. Tlio bands playtsl revolutionary hymns. Workmen reaseenil-sl the seaffoldinganil began to work on the column. Th mob swayed to and fro, growing impatient -with the protracted delay. -X majority of the spectators had ls?cn on their feet since noon to secure a favorable view of the vandalism. It was nearly ttnVJP. Mt when. the now capstan was placed in posit inn." cable was fastened around the column. ThePCPP ! , Sll 'in wen, nirL-f! Ver- stuwlr tiinrt-nf niinflfr. similar accident. At f.tl) the column- qnrvertsl on" its base. Tlio crowd drew in its bteath with nn inarticulate accent of terror. Down camo tho col umn. The ground quivered. Sand, faggots, ma nure Hew hissing against the sides of houses. A dense cloud of dust rose, hiding everything be- ' hind its white curtain. Shattered in ten thou sand atoms, bronze, stone, brick, mortar, a name less mass of ruins, lay what has Is-cn tho Column Veiidome. Somo of tho mob, especially tho bon netless, capless women with dishevelled hair and dirty necks, shrieked "Vive la 1'ciiubliqno! Vive la Commune!" Somo officer of tho National Gnanl some declared him to lie General Hergcr et, others lo Citoyen Fortunn Henry climlsal on tho fragments nnd prayed. What he said was in audible. All tho bands played at the "same time. Several National Guards went on tho pedestal of tho column and planted nil llcgs on the ruins. TUB rKlir-STAL remains. This has always lieen considered tho most admirable portion of the monument. Instru ments id warfare, nniforms, and other emblems . are thrown together on its sides, thrown together as "with wanton heed and giddy cunning," which commands universal applause. The statuo nf the first Emperor lost its head aud one of the feet in tho fall. F.arly Di) of Wyoming Territory. In the bar-room of a wayside tavern, where tho stage stopiml to change horses, nnd where team sters tarried to drink, few rough enstomers sat ope afternoon beside tho stove. Enter a moun tain rnflian, venomously drunk, u ho fetched out his revolver aud conimcnrcd practicing with it at various objects behind the bar anil on the walls. While this was going on, tho cries of an approach ing ox-teamster to his cattle wero heard, and soon the driver appeared. Stalking up to the bar, he called for a glass of liquor, but as he raised it to bis dirty lips, the tumbler was shattered by a well aimisi shot from the practiced man's revolver. Without a word, tho bull-whacker tint his hand liehind hi back, produced "lis pistol, leveled it at tho ruffian's head, and remarked, nsthoboilydrop s?d to tho floor: "That d il scoundrel wonld have hurt xomelMxly pretty soon." Ho then filled another glass, and drank tho contents, strode ont as deliberately as he had come in, aud with a "whoa, haw, there," started bis oxen up the road. Tin: ITcrWsays: "We aro quite shocked to find so grave and scholastic a jonrnal as tho Herald as suring ns that it was "the famous Ilishop llcrkeley who said that the battle of Waterloo put back tho clock of progress half a century.' It was not halt a ccntnry, which is only fifty years, hut sixtyrtwo years tnat tins 'ciock was pnt um-k,' since nisnop llcrkeley died in 1753 and Waterloo jras fought in' 1815. Ilishop IVrkeley is not commonly thought to have survived his burial, notwithstanding the immaterialism of his philosophy. The lwrson who really made the admirable remark so- happily re cited by tho Herald was Ilishop Land, who let it fall in a conversation with William the Conqueror, at Berkeley Castle, shortly after the determina tion of Napoleon Ronaparte tomarry the. daughter of Pope Pius VII, in the futile hope, as it proved, of reconciling the Emperor Nicholas of Russia with the Reformed Dutch Chnrch of Houston in Texas. Berkeley Castle, We may adiL shortly af terwards passed by the female line into the pos session of Cardinal Wolsey, who established there a famous school for educating neglected grand mothers to suck eggs. General Grant was for for some time a tntor in this academy." Eggsel- lent! Danger of Reverik. Do anything innocent rather than give yourself up to reverie. I can speak on this point from experience. At ono pe riod of my life I was a dreamer, a castle-builder. Visions oi" the distant and fnture, took tho place of present dnty and activity. I spent hours n reverie. I suppose I was seduced in part, by phys ical debility. Hut the body suffered as much aa tho mind. I found, ton, tliat tho imagination threatened to inflame tho passions, ami that iff meant to be virtnons, I must dismiss my mu sings. Tlio conflict was a hard one; I resolved, prayed, resisted, sought refuge in occupation, and at length triumphed. I ls-g you to avail yourself of my experience. Vr. CkannUt' Ove who sees a "vision of the future and the world that is to lie," writes to a Liverpool paper to express Ws belief that in less than five years the Atlantic will be crossed by steamers la six days. We are nnable to say why ho reaches this conclusion, and by what agency the trip will be made so rapidly, but a greatmany peoplo will be glad to hear that it is to be so, as their opportn- nities to -visit Europe will in. that case doubtless be facilitated. ' ArTRWatrlc,"Ersnccraidsn iidanitsrrfl iuem iwi ?..... m.vj. "iviorinricwa -Z1?-. I I.IOSV,"'' iiiw, ssnu w,wy,vw .Treat-- te. ttiASIlisH Poersnt- --H K " " the allied Powers, rV?-vr I rS$k iv-lAl . - a.,. -n. - . - - Jrt c5