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a mosm casti.
WMy at we 'm hepeimt of delay,
[ m ter fr the tme M be?
nr tm a t we torrow to. 4,
Tea, se t. marmew we mp meter see.
We are tee hedy; are aet meomaIed
To Ia ted astes her work stone ;
We lbnt our mea, end lthe a footob child
We dIV M lap ato ne if o e ph m.
The t at hl toem ew eaoed A.
We .rat wul for the hoo t :
oare the tra iso ripe, w the bg,
ad a=e the bud that fdeds away the Sower.
When dlnisht derks reigas we do ant see
ThIM the mad nlht h mother of the morn;
We eanmnt think aur owe sharp
May be the rth. mas oa ta se.wa
Into the dud we a r Moa eti sd
Ad. edy that damk Ies trlnlsd, lfes void!
we do an trd the p omis, t tbS Iqt
Mrl a ar arses a be itmeoyavltt
With adt alm to light Wte rprl t fatme1,
And beat sa k spw wny at the
our fat weold walk the oly the medate,
wean bme te anst da Its peeed.
Teth as me wesl'wma then wta appear
To khow that l thy wy and Ua are jut;
Thou seeswt that we do hadle, end fear,
Lard,4 moe as ealo em beliee and tru t!
Nerway.
Vsider the mfrt. NU.
A glame at the map will show that
Tromeob is the most ortherly aty or
town of any oideriable se in the
world ; ad, indeed I think there is but
one town, Hmee, above this. We
ae here, a you see, gite within the
Aretioe Orel. Siee abot the arst of
June the wan has not omee been out of
sight vae as obsused by louds; and
for sother manth he wilor to hide
himself. You may bt say of
Tromsoe for two mo-ths in t year,
tht there is "no iht thee." At what
shouldbie a be mn mai y be seen en
eft in ti , ad apprly abcat
an oar high, or so are or six de
pees above the horison. And that he
not ly gives light tthat, to aus, a
eeml hour, bat heat, is proven bthe
ue ofthe oamoa bundg-g -s Holes
barned in the bat or coat or poeket se
the trophies which travelers earr away
to pia the ' of the > nig
sun. At mnid y the suan is int
south, but oaly st a b equl tothal
wdehi we msl-ly lee tm the short
days of winter. ThuLMs i we sec
here the eatise skean of the sun. He
does not se. to go ammd the eth,%
as in lower latitdes, but to ride m
Sa eol over our heads. N.
motirn pesno isolated tre or
boe., but ejoys a doly sahias
sun ao three ides o the hloos, but
around. I too t y taus y
of awd-h faet beems I s tbhi
you are of iant t bo t hem I
wih, tr as I , . to lrprsea
realisti of its ets onm yor
mlda. The fea as ei m s i thb
existmee of N a i~ r ptll.; but a you
em only ira m adequate impre
of the power d sest of those al
equasltane with them, s m you
iwllb at a Die e umi-- Il
vs ts of the sa a s i ii  tss to
kmrlr wL', b s
inthe meah eoe gashm M
. mae tlaeul reiesmwa I atph
Yee mish oto e oa,: o wIn aT sm
-to - -- to. welsin
in the headt aw 0" is
Ther is a" n se tnt
Tel e s:o t 'po ess a at twe f e
neither A i r semM
etmree It, Sea B md - g- .
utab -rtab esi.
heat m$ skil la af ra
Wbin 110i -w
bhees sa t
rp r i T L as weI
a *br '*ha r lil os. a
aIhment ame r
5a I I!!ý! I ; sash ex
rIm a New Yu' wortd
Whatever hopes Don Carlo may have
based upon the strife between the fac
tions of the anish republicsas seem
for the time je In bo ben le i
pated. The revolt of the intrasigentes
hUoS dreulad their insm lai.t of the
s aMalis,  see set p ap tm
ber of indepemndet governments in the
ties in th enth aend e of Sd ain
as been subdued, and the cities which
for r brif period enjoyed entire free
dom from external control or allegiance
have resumed their former relations to
the eatsIl gnmam That these
cities should madltained their in
depadm ves `r a week, does not
aik well for the ahieements of re
pbliMemiema Spin Th were over
awed by a ommnaisic rab1le, aeinst
-wisk to pse nst lacked the re
sss to peast the more conserva
tvl elem-tn amo* the citizens, and
th* iait whi aheld have been re
bas en ieis military police
iae yilde only to siege and
"_a-ult.i sote the fairest cities of
kes ' this communistic outbreak.
These t s ae, prapd , inevitable in
revolui sk as that which Spain is
pasinlg  a it seems by no
of thes e ybou be L tyr
dentsi orm us,oýp
ext ended F roated insargents b
Vales For, if it was neessaryto
breatown the imaurreetion, it was also
necessary to take some steps for keep
iag d own nd this is not what has
bee done. The leaders have been
allowea to g their ways in peace, until
it at please them to stir up traouble
in smes other quarter. It was emi
neatlyumse .is Margall to counsel
"anSil tease unto blood," bat as
there A b me war witheout the shed
diqb blood to sm extent, it would
b terestg to knw on what ovel
principles rMllreposed to conduct
the war agai these disturbers of the
bl pears The doctrines of Cals
was even meesnouraingt
rideasty-disposed persons,
were r epbliesao: " War o tim
war wth irora and steel. Yes,
war even with teeth end nails against
theCartist, but no shedding of r b.
thsess entma the government is re
d from moeing obedience and
isplme ionsg ui ets. These
_-o who = a revolt may some of
thsem b sket down in bhtie bythe
orally - rRs qt e
wmek~ a, seemk to the_ ·
m d s y orsemot ansa punished
dlasei.werd e eralwaysease n repeat
lugthe pedmem$ as elen as itpleases
them da Sae. it is doubtful
w ~betro ssalles will come of
the dlries bars been ga-ine
ever tshe olr wlg sse aw r
hias nii- tiard a ea
at gm e ed msihde Mrb
Y iv r moralie:
.a is a mecs Tas resembles 
b quksmw sew ot r s . rs has bas as
b oer semp It o i iimbee ai
!a tss -'seat galming Iea it tot
Ieusr ..s o s s
t. r e b e .ays w t hse
Wam od afi .oab ,
fiat - their d
agis ;m l th
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ela
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American Mavels.
wee Great lters ami their Uewmrees*
It is stated in the sixth annual report
of the United SBttes geological survey
of the territories, by F. V. Hayden,
United States geologist, that there is
-erap no morintertin geologicasl
region in Ameria than tedifferent
branches of the Snake river and the
Madison, the great water divide of the
continent. The maps now in process of
ooastrotion will almost entirely change
the r of this wonderful region.
Wi tin-s radius of ten miles may be
found the sources of three of the largest
rivers in Ameries. The Reneral elera
tion is from 7,000 to 8,000 feet above
the sea, while the mountains, whose
etweal mows forum the sources of these
gret rivrs, ros to a height of 10,000
to 12,000 feet. lowing northward are
the vauious b es of the Niseiouri,
YeUllowmne anad Wid rivers, which all
unite into one mighty stres, the Mis
souri. To the th are b anches of
Grmen river, which unites with the Col
orado and empties into the gulf of Cali
fornia; whLile south and west flow
branches of Soaks river, whieb, uniting
with she Columbia, pouar their vast vol
me of water into the Pacis&.
The exploration of this remarkable
water divide proves that the Madison
forkhasits soreeina m mal lake not
hitherto noted am any map, and that
the so-called Madison lake belongs en
tirely to the Pacife slope. This latter
lake was foad to be twelve miles long
and eighteen miles wide. From this
body of water bows a stream of nearly
one hundred feet wide, which, after a
distance of about five miles, empties in
to second lake which is four miles
·dg and ne and a half miles wide.
The former of these lakes was name
shame, and the latter ke Lewi, in
home of the seat pioneer explorer of
the northwet. At the upper end of the
lake Shoshone a new geyser brsin was
dueovemsud with free sevety-five to one
hundred many of them geysers
of power. The ornamen
tatin about these springs was regarded
a more inteestig and elaborate than
those in Five-Role basin. The divide
between the Yellowstone lake and lake
Lewis was feund to be about ff feet
above the ormer. This low ridge a the
adwaterdivide of the continent has
doubtless iven rise to.the story of the
Two Ocean river, and eh a stream has
fond its way to mot of ourn pcipal
map From the summit of t moun
tain the eope of viiu embraces a ri
di of one hndred anad ifty miles,
within which four hunded an seventy.
ountain peaks worthy of name could
Tb areastast aold be swept by the
eye from this poit could not have bee
less than 80,000 miles, embre
-ing every varieof sandad bapti
f.1 a a t ..4brwley e p
bsbly oiautS a alel an the conti
m S'amirge send several small
Seas wrs emlred is the view, and
the enthire Tellowtone perk was ad
out underh e, To the ea the
Wid rier ad Big oern w eL with
 enslw-dad smits of imnt's
ialnn and Clad aI bamded the
view. n tihe the Yellowtone
s, with dand may
d lftiet 7o d MNaas
wanIe I lyep. To the west the au
~e mm enesiied Ip what are
called the Slm r rixer mate of
Idaho fartm se hurs of rision sia that
direction, while the mountains near
fort Hall amd the Waeanth range Ton
- the migy amphithe ae. This
M ilr hnesb d a larme pe
tionft WyinMe, M t Man
bm whr eaite and em ats up
pertie odof A river ware dae.
reabieuead Ut i tp.
he eof the High ates
oamr s
; as g odria tae alt -
i. eio~dhr enithe rI s k
Room ofAA- o tar
ls this
wied-ta* eea
db toos
- Bi
Ohnrch Accommodations.
Deaidetis trosm the Ceae e.
The United States census can scarce
ly be considered light reading, yet we
have found a perusal of at quite enter
taining, even in this hot weather. R e
have been coasulting its solid pages to
see what it had to say about the church
growth, of the last few deades. The
census does not undertake to give the
humber of communicants in the several
denominations: it only gives the num
her of local church organizations, the
number of church edifices, the number
of sittings, and cost of buildingb. We
suppose that the church aecommoda
tion furnisied by each denomaination
bears a veary nearly constant ratio to
the number of its eommunieats ; so
that the figures of the census afford as
some measure of the numerical strength
of the various denominations. The
population of the United States and
territories increased from 1850 to 1870
about sixty-six per cent. The native
population inressed during the same
period about fifty-seven per cent. The
number of sittings in all the churches
of the land increased during these two
decades about fifty-two per cent., and
the number of sittings in the Protes
tant churches only about forty-five per
cent. It will thas be seen that the in
crease of church accommodations does
not keep pece with the growing popula
tion. In 1850 there was room mn al the
churches for sixty out of every hundred
of the people; in 1870 there was room
for ol fifty-six in a hundred. In 1850
the Protestant churches would contain
sixty-four per cent. of the native popua
lation ; in 1870 they would sold only
sixtyper sent of it. The comparison
of the Protestant church ac ommoa
tion with the native pop lMI6a is, how
ever, not very instrutive ; for a large
number of our native populateio are
now Catholics, and about two-fifths, if
we estimate rightly, of our foreignborn
population are Protestants. The ratio
of the whole population to the church
accommodation of all the setser isthe
only sure test of progress; and itsbows
that in our facilities of worship we are
not quite keeping up with the growth of
the country. The e is not as bed,
however as at first sight mightbe imag
ined. lfty<-ix out of every one hun
dred of our eitiss can now find seat
in oar hunrehe. But it has been shown
carel investigation that more
haffty-Cght t uet of very
could po iblyattend chaurheb
8unda·CJ a ~ar out the
s k_, t e ag, man thore who
pejled to remain at home
of the populatiao M
corsof For aftyls· per
chrehe of this country
sion; and we all know that
will not go, no matter bow
is givenrthem, amount to
in every hundred. These
the churches of Amerisc
eough room for all who
be indused to salmd
preas~iVe viyew, fu
ci e topnloM IA q
large, uslatyu athi they
a -a, or that Dr. Pamer
cf the church builders em
e-.esn- go heme. New
r- all the while bd
hey must be
chasehbe. Basiles, we me
that, while, ht are
t.- be the sthe iaurch
dtisn is oim largely in
naedad toe oa seetmi
ans it rvense at the
seturies an was vwlegan,
pt them to the we't we
Saned to bill a am
the mianerya to
not bee Iwem . Th tee
as tee teo acurehes Mi
st all. It istee ingb.
head. In the twenty
teasi bta er
a- ,e - he
-s bun ,. tim
diws'aL, lwes
Wb sgt e sL aL
Mm laba
Spirit Peoms.
A rpeaial reporter of the Loudon
Da-ly Telegraph has furnished thrat pa
per with an account of some manifesta
tions by eertain mediums which they
are pleased to term "spirit forms."
The reporter of the Telegraph relates
the foilowing incident : "We arranged
ourselves in a semicircle around the
curtains which separated the small
beck dra room from the large front
one, joined hds, sas until we were
hoarse as crows, and kept our eyes
steadily fixed on an aperture left be
tween the curtains for the faces to show
themselves. The room was in blank
darkness, and, feeling rather tired of
the inantation, I looked over my
shoulder into the gloom, and, lo a
shadowy form stood self-illuminated
not far from me. At last I had seenit
a good orthodox ghot in white, and
visible in the darkness. It was the
form of the redoubtable John Kin
himself who was, I believe, a bold
bueeaneer in the hek but who looked
more like an Arab sheikh in the spirit.
He sailed about the room, talked to us,
and fnallydisappeared. Eventuall heb
reappeared behind the curtains, ad for
Sbriefspae the portiere was drawn
aside, and the spit form was seen
lightning up the reumbant gur of
the medium, who was stretehed on a
sofa, apparently in deep tranee. It
must be borne in mind that we were
forming a cordon round the passage
from one room to the other during the
whole of this time."
He eantinues: "I was invited a few
weeks aso to a very seleet seance, in
deed, where the same medium was to
oeciate. This family, who spared no
epmse in their inestigatio, had ae
ecognised piee of urniture. It wee
only used, wver, on .this occasion,
for the ismpriasonment of the mediuman
The evolatsons of John King, who soon
" l " ntook pae outside the
door. He was only materiali
sed' tothe middle; and, to our utter
masement, came up to the table, and
table, into the
very 'Ret l of the e where he dis
ported himself invarlomaways, keeping
p an ani d au rsation the whole
tha, and r y trdowing himself
int, the es le of a person swimng
the
but no
at ex
a a dd
-1 , a
wI t 
seen
with the
her ass,
her
Oen
elede
- -n
the
die
toi st i
SSit the e ase
O h on et ae
alsos ws
hew ise usson . 'h* eMt
sansansd her lemet ani
New @*n M at
...Ihoisesmay bI huh isee ,
wed aa steh sehp
them a shewy W uit w ienul
,smhr ut it glu ge.
i 1 t
k~1 ~ d~ b.r
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The Damaging Elect of False Packed
Cottona.
The New Orleans Times, thus refers
to careless and negligent picking and
false packing :
The great feature of the crop was now
(October, 1872) already manifest, an in
creased excess in the supply of the
lower grades, which forced them down
disproportionately compared with the
better qualities. This applies to their
classification, but was equally apparent
in the extraordinary amount of dusty,
sandy, dirty and mixed picking. Later
in the year it was the common opinion
that these bad qualities were more
marked than any previous year on
record. As the facts became apparent
sabroad, there was a general hue and err
against duaties, which were entirely
neglected, and could not be moved, no
matter how cheap they reallywere when
eompmed with clean cottons, especially
of the medium and better quallties.
The evil was not confined to New Or
leans. It revailed to as great an ex
tent at Mobile, Memphis and other
markets, and was characteristie of the
entire crop. The alleged cause was the
dry and dusty spell of weather during
the icking season, and carelessness in
picking and handling. It seemed as if
the negro laborers who worked on
shares imained that more or less of
dust or sand would increase the weight
without diminishing the price. This
was a great mistake. It was impossible
to sell such eottass in this market or in
Liverpool, unless at a reduetion in
prices, equal to double the amount of
grain in weight. Of course this was not
understood in the country at the time of
the early deliveries, but faetors soon
advised country merchants of the facts,
and the planters or their laborers found
for every dollar they gained in it,
by dust or sand, they lost two dollars
in priee. But it has now become too
late to coereet the evil, and there can be
so doubt that had the erop been ae
fully picked, cleaned as nearly as possi
ble from dry weather dust, and honest
ly packed, it would have netted very
muck ore than its aetual proceeds.
At cue time, when the stock on sale in
this market was estimated at 120,000
bales, a careful calculation demonstrated
thatthere was a lo of 121 per cet in
proest r b per b"fe inof anpa
e n by the 'e t the ad,
et, of ot over per bale This
shows a et loof per bale, sd if
we allow it for our entire reeeiptasit pre
aes the p in sm of over seven
millis odollars!: 8o far we have
al oidend the eects of eareles
But the trade ha dm oreover
ross intentional faise pacekis ng
the interior of the bale with worthless
stuf and planting it to a eartain thick
aes with low dd and the better
guilities In frmer, f this frudua.
les lse paking was so rare that it
was newser ndd as mea were
elp.d o it. But asie the war
it has been otherwise, sd the nsamer
eus vee fiome tr mined and tase
peaked coesbam n compsned the  rade
bee- of s magnitabe that it has
_mam. Thus deteoeti c .at p on
th. n, while the er yet t,he
ase e pToe ant only lqrseeae
 i amsd eer tain T hese _as
sadmthe paster, the country mer
aD .rmmk n - mm Jea t
wates well, who is brouh n dire A
utaaset with the prhedues, whether
they be labers or planters.
aWe h .he W s s me to I 1
Thae seeeksi em: e# e. lem
Smes, am, ri l o the ap
d s wealof bst
.b ad tede
S his & amled h. elag th e he
huaith ats Aseeshas a~bu
wMA ~ ~ ~ ~ h heiird m
tab heetthe id. d m r
buy 3 an let ak
·'?i~r~wd ~"Me~ter
baI ~0qin ) L
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Donkey DIversion.
Am Am ersdesu lPd,' Persm ee N Iho
rad to am magush ewer show.
IM. . i. in tt. Jloim sepubu~n.I
Fired with an noble ambition to ride
a donkey (we never had rid a donkey),
a donkey was sent for. Arriving, we
found the dear thing was very rough,
as though he had never been groomed,
with a wonderful pair of ears and a
hairless rope of a tail, gray as if with
age, a downward droop of a dead and a
depreecating east of countensne-such
was my donkey in repose. He wasn't
so far off, but the mounting was the
easiest part of our acquaintance. The
rest of my adherents went off to the
show in a landan, while, with a dignity
passing description, I brought up the
rear on my long-eared pony. I forgot
to mention a small, red-headed, cross
eyed boy who asecompanied the expedi
tion, armed with a young bean-pole. As
we crossed a little green the proverbial
perverseness of the animal came out
and he browsed around regardless of
the way in which I twisted his ears in
front and kicked at him behind (I am
speaking of the donkey). Up pushed
little forrel-top with the pole, and
screaming " H ! hi!" he poked and
prodded the animal in the rear. With
every dig of the pole that donkey shut
up like an asecordion. A spinal contr
Lion known only to the caterpillar andI
the accordion took place that made it a
matter of in,lry whether I went over
his head or tail.
Then my forbearance gave out and I
intimated to the youth we should take
it out of him. The boy unhitched a lit
tle rawhide tied at the saddle, and gave
Mr. Donkey a smart cut behind. What
ever trying position fate may have in
reserve for you, my dear readers, I pray
it My net be upon a donkey's back
when that donkey conceives himself
wounded in his finest feelings. In the
first place my donkey Ainfed till I looked
through his front legs and had a beauti
ful reversed view of the village below.
Then with a concusension heaven and
earth eame together sad he walked a
rod o his hnd legs. A number of lit
tle villas fronted the green, and a naum
her of little villains lined the road.
The houses all had bay windows and
the bay windows all had occupants.
My performance was the center of at
traction, and the center of gravitation
d very little attraetion for me. I re
alled that other distinguished Amei
ema who had achieved fame by riding a
dokey, anad determined Orant should
not go down alo. to posterity as the
only Yankee who had eaptred a jack
as. And all the while I was deserimin
in the donkey was kicking. It's be
belief how high the critter ean
He seemed to be trying to throw
the whole bask end of himself away,
and when he eame to the earth for a
fresh start the big hoots shook all Rich
mond.
This thing went on for some time,
sad barring a few steps taken on his
hind legs, he made no p as toward
the Soner show or any other point of
th e compass. In one mad movement,
however, the instrument of that don
key' t lay In my hand. Describ
lag a p l sirle that animal's tail
me athwat my bows. I wasn't slow
is pappl. it Ifa my donkey ever
oht-is tail was oaeluded, that it
d 6~en s tim like one of Cobb's
stories, till th r la t had arrived,
It was my ra y was the eare.
Why i didn't eame oat h problm to
the eye JRiskmeInA the edist of
Amerses rested e ma, I taok a reef in
-that.ta  la dpMa. Thmen took a
a hoter Bold a d ta ll and pulled
i. aGr y eaIsem s ats"d the
Beast a.34 irr S ieare beak as .
Mia t eWmas iait ammmnleoion
with them ad thg mid ulitely
,ka -- iawhat p to sl up ,b tha a,
eP naeh and e Ol gtd theo
Amwra. . But b adihp a idna e
Go a des t . a lar i
-"O- umbi is Umlte Id AnitioMon
of the or gin tal s: u C-sar
-An aeiesst BIlien of d eebrity. He
advrled to te "st a t be had
rterh Heat f a esend at a
ima nlBlags, Us wan a as of pead
ha thae p am iaya them au bi
bat pn es en t boL ldn a R noan
rnder of s how will eon
so mee, m en as rs. A mer
ael n faw ealm Tu ratehut ia
Omer wan beM, who Od is nt,
th ilard bal whe he esded ahadi.
N ueab ahathe wead awsiermn
the flasener. m - we aM
Whie the
New Pa
( deemed ba n
tet wa sense
ared mu e ; atse
'* ass a
..'esld ism aw