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audience is pretty clear. The ceremony
was nothing less than the opening Of
tho GATES OF DAY, and the sun standing
upon the threshold looking forth, like n
prince in bright armour, upon his king
dom.
The blue walls Of night parted, but
without n crash, aay, even without the
soft and silken rustic Of a curtain. Tho
lights alolj we're put out, one after an.
other, to give effect to tho sccnc--,hc
gates Of red gold swung back, noiseless
as the parting Of soft lips in dreams, and
a threshold and hall, inlaid with pearl,
were disclosed. There was a flush, Il
glcam and n gloM over the water and the
City, and there paused the sun, as If ell.
chan,cd with the scene lie smiled on.
A moment and he stepped forth, bu
there was no jar; moment more, ano
cloud and spirc and dome were all of {
glory.
There was no acclamatior, no song
the days have gone by when the dcel
blue Heaven is full of the voices Of un
seen birds, that are fluttering at the pail
portal OF morning. All was silent, yc
beautiful and sublime.
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the hand, and the last feeble kiss shall
be yours; and even when flesh and hear:
shall have failed me; my eye shall rest
on yours until glazed by death; and our
spirit shall hold one last fond commun.
ion; until gently fading from my view
the last of earth--you shall mingle with
the first bright glimpses of the unfading
glorics Of that better world, where part.
:ngs are unknown. Well do ] know the
spot, dear C., where you will leave
me; often have we stood by the place,
and, as we watched the mellow sunset
as it glanced in quivering flashes through
the leaves and FURNISHED gold. each per.
haps has thought that one Of us would
come alone, and whichever it might be,
your name would be on the stone. But
we loved the spot, and | know you'll
love it none the less when you see the
same quiet sunlight linger and play a.
mong the grass that grows over your
Mary's grave. | know you'll 60 often
alone there, when am laid there, and
my spirit will be with you then, and
whisper among the waving branches, Il
am not lost but gore before.-Knicher-
booker.
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his hand. lie had been for three years n
wandcrer, and had come homo rich!
Rich! there is great deal in that
word-to most. To him there was eve.
rything. The proud man had seen his
delicate wife, reared in luxury, reduced
10 prvation. and she suffered and com.
planned not; but it maddcne him! He
left her on mad crusade for gold-lcl!
her with n weary mcmery dwelling in
his soul, of clnging AIMS and wild pas.
sionate kisses. The deep bright eyes Of
their one child, their almost angel, Flor.
encc, looked on him in his dreams some.
times, and he heard the last tear. choked
God bless you, from his young wlc's
lips.
Not for many wcnried month had
he heard tidings from home, and there
were tears in the deep oycs that shonc
from underneath his slouchcd hat, as he
hurried from Slingsby depot.
The roses were bright around the porch
of the little fairy cottagc--lhc woolbinc
was green over it, and forth from turfs of
mignonncttc and hearts ease, noa,ed n
faint, delicate breath of perfume. But
where were his wife'a blue eyes-whcrc
the Sunshine Of Florcncc's golden hair?
He hurried in, there was no sound Of life,
and the pale thin figure lying on the
couch, with the golden fringcd lids
dropping heavily over the blue eyes
can that be Jennie-his Jennie. 1t must
be. Jennie, sweet wife, and the wolts
burst from his heart, like low wall.
The lids unclose-unclose, the ripe lids
part-and then she sinks in his arms in
fainting fit, almost liks death.
A half hour later, ard he held her in
his arms, murmuring low words of love
blent with VOWS never again to.part on
earth. '3ut Florence, our Florence.
he asked at last; whcre..s she?' Dead,
dearest, dead! and the word swellcd on
his ear like the wall from a broken
heart.
Yes, there was life and light on earth
and the great world rocked not the grass
grew over the chiid's heart-that the vi.
olcts grew above those eyes, and that on
ly dirses were the husbands welcome
: home.
All me, can gold pay for the wastcr
wealth Of the heart? Can the CLEAN o
gems shine out of memory, the tears tha
r sparkle on the eyes we love, or vclvc
spreads, enwrought with gold and pearl
warm us like the clasp clinging arm
t which hold us to the heart that beats 70
=, us only.-[ Family Friend.
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Life and Death.
at is appointed unto man once TO die. y
booker.

at Is appointed unOlnun once 10 ut'
Death is as natural, and as necessary
as sleep, and to the pure heart it has no
terrors. Sin is the sting OF death. 10
cease 10 sin is to disarm death OF Its
sting, and the grave of its victory
Where there is sin there is fear. Per.
feet love castcth out all fear. To be per-
feet in love, we must cease to sin, and
have conscience void Of offence.
Death has always been clothed in black
and in horror, looked upon as an enc
my of mankind!
Away wi,E such black, dolcful, mel
ancholy nonsense, cease to sin against
the light within, live with clear con-
science, look upon death as minister
ing angel sent TO unlock the door OF
poor earthly habitaton, and set the I'M
mortal spirit free, into world Of light
and love, a world Of beauty and peace,
world of perfect and endless bliss.
Teach your children that it is as ne
cessary for the weary, worn out body to
die, as i, is to sleep. lie, them under
stand that if their hearts are pure, they
have nothing to fear. And you change
your dress at the loss Of friends, change
to mhite, the emblem o! purity ant
peace. Plant flowers around the graves
your friends, make the spot beautiful
and pleasant, and learn to live in har
mony and love.
lhave read OF people, but have for
gotten where, that regarl death as de
sirable, as pleasant and happy release
from care and temptation. To them dcatl
has no tcrrors, their grave yards ar
: clothed in beauty, flowers and fruits ar
) cultivated there, and presents OF grav
. clothes, and even collins, from friend t
: friend, as New Year and Birth Day gift:
arc often made aud accepted as token
5 officndship and love.
S To prepare for death is TO prepare 70
, lire-to live we'll noaU. This is all tn
real preparation we can make, and
we do this, if we are prepared to fulfil a
the duties of life as we pass along frol
r day to day, we shall be prepared for a
, events, for death itself, when our tim
c arrives. EDW AkD DUVALlI.
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Water Drinking.

Professor Silliman closed a recent
Smithsonian lecture, in Washington, by
giving the following sensible advice to
young men:
"lr, therefore, you wish for clear
mind, strong muscles, and quiet nerves,
and long life and power prolonged into
old age, permit me to say, though am
not giving temperance lecture, AVOID
all drinks but water and inluslons o.
that fluid. Shun tobacco and opium,
and everything else that disiurbs the
normal state Of the system. Rely upon
nutritious food and dilucnt drinks, Of
which water is the basis, and you will
need nothing beyond this but rest, and
the due regulations Of your powers, &c
give you long and happy, and useiu
lives, and a serene evening at the close.
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Triumph of Learning.

Mind constitutes the majesty Of man
virtue his true nobility. The tide of
improvement which is now flowing thro'
the land, like another Niagara, is des.
tined to roll on downward to the latest
postcrty; and it will bear, then, on its
bosom our virtues, our vices, our 6 ory
or our shame, or whatever else we may
transmit as an inheritance. If, then, in
great measure depends upon the pre-.
sent, whether the moth of Immortality o.
ignorance, and luxury shall prove the
overthrow of the republic; or knowledge
and virtue, like pillars, shall support
her against the whirlw wind of war, ambi'
ton, corruption, an the remorseless
tooth of time. Give your children for.
tune without education, and at least hall
the number will 80 down to the tomb o
oblivion-perhaps to ruin. Give them
education, and they will accu nu.ate Tor
tunes; they will be fortune TO them
selves and TO their country. 1t is an in
heritauce worth more than gold-for i
buys true honor-thcy can never spenl
nor loose it and through life it proves
Giend-in death consolation.
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Origin of the Names of the States.

Maine was so called as early as 1859,
from Maine in 'rancc,'o which Hcnrict-
ia Maria, Queen Of England, was a. that
time proprietor.
New Hampshire was the name given
to the territory conveyed by the Ply.
mouth Company to Captain John Ma
son, by patent. Nov. I, 1859, with ref
ercnce to the pantentce, who was Cover
nor Of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire,
England.
Vermont was so called by the inhab.
ilaGts in their declaration OF indepcn.
dencc, Jan. Is, 1875, from the French
rerb, green, AMI mount, mountain.
Massachusetts was named from tribe
Of Indians in the neighborhood of Bos.
ton. The tribe is thought to have dcriv.
ed its name from the Blue Hills Of Mil.
ton. Il have learned says Rogers Will
liams, 'that Massachusetts was so cal.
led from the Blue Hills
Rhode Island was so called in 1914.
in reference to the Island Of Rhodes, in
the Mediterranean.
Connecticut was so called from the
Indian name Of its principal river.
New Yorl; was so called in reference
to the Duke OF York and Albany. to
whom the territory was granted.
PENNSYLVANIA mas so called in 1851
after William Penn.
Dclcware was so call in 1908, from
Deleware Bay, on which it lies, am
which received its name from Lord DE-
La War;, who died in this bay.
Maryland Was so called in honor o
Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles |. ii
bis p ltca, TO Lord Baltimore, June 80
1882.
Vrgn'a was so called in 1885, al,e
Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen OF England
: Carolina was so call led by the French
in 1864, in honor Of King Charles TX
OF rance.
Georgia was so callel, in 1902, il
r honor of King George II.
! Alabama was so called, in 1917, ror
, its principal river. o
Mississippi was so called. in lsoC
from its western boundary. Mississippi
| is Saiu 10 uc1ole ''ic "loio ''e'' >"N -
the river formed by the union oil many
Louisiana was so called, in honor
Louis XIV, Of France.
Tennessee was so called, in 79O, ,'roi
: lis principal river. The word Tennesse
. is said to signify a curved spoon.
,, Kentucky was so called, in l7S2,lro'
. its principal river.
Illinois was so called. in 1900, lrol
its principal river. The word is said
=, signify the river of men.
= Indiana was so called, in 1902, fro
. the American Indians.
Ohio was so called, in 1902, from
= southern boundary.
Missouri was so called, in 1921, fro
|, its principal river.
=, Michigan was so called, in lSoo'lro
- the lake on its borders.
g Arkansas was so called, in 1919, lro
>, :" its principal river.
j. Florida was so called, by Juan Pom
'uo u DeLeon, in l75l, because it was d
% covered on Easter Sunday-in SPANS
d, "Pascua Florida"
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Kidnapping..Great outrage.

The Maysviie Eagle very justly con-
dennis the parties 10 the outrage parllcu'
larized below. The Eagle says:
On Thursday night last, about ten
o'clock, a party Of eight men entered by
force the house of free black man
named Isaac Honsley, living near Sardi
ma, Brown county, Ohio. The family o
Hensley consisted of his wife and (ou
children, two ofthem girls, nearly growr
and two boys somewhatyounger. The!
were all in bed, but got up when 81
rudely awakened. The Kidnapping par
ty knocked Hensley's wife in the head
rendering her insensible. picked her VI
and laid her on the bed; then boun
Hensley and his four children, AMI pu
them into an old wagon covered wit
quilts. The wagon was driven theme
through L.ogan's Gap; and just above til
Gap Hcnsley AMI his children were ia
ken out of the wagon, put into ski
and rowcd across the Ohio river TO tn
: Kentucky shore.
The children were concealed lurin
Friday in some bushes but Henslcy WI
taken up the river to cabin, about
: mile and q half below Maysvillc, to Il
g house of the man who had driven II
t wagon. Thither, after night, the chlldre
4 were brought; from thence Hensley ar
=. the children were conveyed 10 Maysvill
: and put in a private Jail Of James M
d Lil,en, about midnight.
,, On Friday the occurrence becar
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Sunrise.--Beauti Description.

We should long since have atten led
to this subject, as it was in our line lit
tie; but our habits Of rising are such that
we have not observed the magnificent
ceremony" so as to depect it from ma
,ure. The N. Y, Tribune is happier in
its Editor. His habits enable him to see
the "rosy fingered dawn" drawing aside
the night curtain, anl opening to the
world its splendours rich though not fare
1t will be novel to many Of our readers.
TO the mud turtles Of the Press, it will
seem tamc:-OAio Statesman.
MAGvIrIcENT CEREMoNY-Onc OF the
most imposing and beautiful spectacle'
we have ever witnessed, was presented
Yesterday morning, ard we were not
little surprised at the very small numhe
of persons who were prescntto behold it
This, perhaps may be accounted TO
from the silence of,he City papers on tn
subject, ard that Managers did not se
fit to issue any "posters" or programmes
Superadd 10 this the fact that nearl
everybody was out oftown, "in the Ian
of Noi," and the reason for the smal
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God-a Moment-An Eternity.

How sad it is that an eternity, solemn
and ever near US, should impress us so
lightly as it does, and be so much forgot
ten! A Christian traveller tells US that
he saw the following religious admonl'
ton on the subject Of eternity, printed
on a folio sheet, and hanging in a pub
lie room of an inn in Savoy; and it was
pla ccd he understood, in every house in
the parish. "Understand we'll the force
of the words-a Coda moment-an
e,etnty; God who sees thee, moment
which flies from thee; an eternity
which awaits thee; God, whom yo'
serve so ill, moment Of which you 81
little profit, an eter nifty which you haz
zard so rashly."
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Spare Minutes.

"Take care of the pence and tho
pounds will take care OF themselves"
says a shrewd economist. Take care OF
the minutes and the hours will take core
oflhemselver, mig ghl become quite as val.
liable an adagc. A thoughtful writer,
thus discourses on the subject:-To be
really AMI practically industrious, ono
must improve those minute particles Of
time known as spare minutes.' or all
portions of,imc, these spare minutes are
the most fruitful for good or evil. and are
literally the gaps through which temp.
,a,on finds access to the soul. Spare
minutes are the gold dust OF limo, said
Young; sands make the mountains, mo.
mcnts make the year! Likeness makes
a man as insensicle as industry improves
him: evil deeds and evil thoughts never
creep in upon him who is assiduously
employed upon good ones. The mind
and body both require activity to keep
them pure and healthy in action. Like
water, if it runnclh free, it is pure and
wholesome; but what is there more nox.
ious and pes,ilen,ial than a stagnant
pool? Diligence Of itself alone is q fair
loltune, and industry is good estate to
have and hold.
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0nini0nS OH Land,

Iraman has right on earth, he has Il
right to land enough to raise a habita
ton on. 1.-The has a right to live he has
a right to land enough to Till Tor his sut'
sistence. Deprive him Of any Of these
rights, and you place him at the mercy
oflhose who possess ,hem-Eyins.
To afford every American citizen Of
enterprise the opportunity Of securing
an Independent! freehold it seems to me
best TO abandon the idea Of raising
future r,veaue from the public lands
Jachs,m's Mcssege, 1852.
"a great fundamental principle, which
entertain as the basis Of my political
creed is; that man shall not be permi tied
TO traffic or speculate in that which he
cannot produce, or the quantity on
which he can not increase.-Senator
| Walkers Letter TO A. L. Elmore.
"Will you, the sons ola warlke race,
the iuheritors Of conqucring memories,
not stand up with your countrymen for
life and land?'-Ertract from John
MiicheWs last address to The Irish Peo.
pie.
Earth is the habitalion, the natural
inheritance of all mankind, Of ages pre-.
sent and TO come, a habitation: belong.
ing to no man in particular, but to eve.
!, ry man; and one in which all have an
equal right to dwell.-Grey.
No one is able to produce a charter
from heaven, or has any better title to a
particular possession than his neigabor.
} -Rcr. Mr.. Paley.
Capital is mans produce. He made
(, it: but land is the Creators product! he
p made and gave it, not to a part, but all
i Of the human race.-J. X. Fisher.
It Not till men can present bill ofsalt
h from the Almighty, can they claim pro
g perty in the sol.--Rer. &. G. Feff. E.
c am now reduced to thousand acres
and | exult in the diminu,ion, since tn
= happiness OF others is promoted by Oh
tanning ii.-Lafayette.
liza man has right to light, air. an
water, which no ons will attempt l.
: question, he has right also to land
Is which is us, as necessary for the main
Il tenance of his subsisterCc. u ever
,e person had an equal share Of the sol
- poverty would be unknown 10 the worlt
:. and crime would disappear with wan
~ Mike Walsh.
e. Judge Colt, ofthe ST. Louis Cfimin'
C. Court, has resigned, and goes TO englar
to attend TO the business Of his brosh'
ne the inventor Of the celebrated hre.arn
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HOME AGAIN.
BY ELLEN LEWIS.

Rye field, next station! Hurra! 1t
seems good to get into Christian coun.
trv once more after three years camping
out among California savagea | declare
wonder if Kate hasn't just got supper
ready! (Par parentheso' isn't that a mas.
culine ideaD
.Hurrah, there Mr.. Conductor, just
shove out NY baggage; I'm off here! and
sure enough he hurres home at the rate
of two % onotives tied together.
Kate! Kate! l say little wife, where
are your and he looks through the win.
dow. .Where-w.h.e.w! if that isn't
comfortable; there sits Katie with hand
some young man. In dress, blue, too;
tho gipsy always knew she looked prct.
tiest in blue-and those earrings too
conround the women-l wonder where
she gets money to dash out with, when
I'm digging away in California. Taking
her hands now! Sathonos, what will
come next?' May you 60 to-Kate,
sware; God bless you darling: Kate,
say, Kate?' and he raised his voice
little. -.
l. NV husbandv and the prettiest white
arms in the world are around his neck
and the rosiest lips pressed to his own
and over the bright. black eyes closed
long, ietty lashes, heavy with tears!
Idon't know how it was, but by thl
!. time the husbands heart was soitene
: considerably. 1t might have been ow
/. ing to the influence Of certain othe
heart, beat ng and throbbing against hi
own; but it's certain he gave the hand
! some young fellow-his wife's younge'
| brothe,-a cordial welcome, and Sc
!. down with his good humor not at all d
r minished by the sight of nicely.browne
: bisc uit, and smoking tea cakes.
: HOME AGAIN.
o A handsome man, with slightly sui
e burned face, sat in the afternoon ira
,fl towards Slingsby, leading his head {
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Going Astray.

Cold words to fall on loving heart
he has gone astfay. And is this the
time to desert him? This the time TO
taunt him with words that roll like lava
from youf passion, and only scar his
soul? No! he passes under clouds; be
his light now; perhaps he has no o,hel.
Many true heart, that would have
come back, like the dove to the ark af.
ter its first transgrcssion, has been
frightened beyond recall, by the angry
look and menace, the taunt, the savage
charity of an unforgiving soul. Be care.
fi,I how you freeze the first warm emo.
tions of repentance. Beware lest those
pleading words unheeded now, sting
you in some shadowy vale of your future
sorrow. Repentance, changed by neg
lee, or unkndness, become cs like melted
iron hardened in the mould. TriAe with
it never. BE the first to NEE, the crIine
with outs,retched AIMS. Wipe the tea
from his eye-pour the balm of consola
ton on the wounds that guilt has made
Let your heart be the grave fof his trans
grcssion, your pity find vent in bearing
his burden; not in useless words. Oh
forgive the erring!-Did not He wb'
died on Calvary. shield him from th
contempt of gro ,scr minds; make bright
ness and beauty where all was clou'
ard Storm be(ore in his sad life?
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eyes "shc was just so good in the vine.
yard rs one man." "'and he nigh, just SO
we'll have los, his horse" lie got So.
cond wife, bu, she was Of has.y temper,
and gave the old man as good as he sent.
Finally she told him If he would give
her five dollars she would leave him,
and never see him more; "givc you five
dollars, said the old man, ] do no sucl,
Thing" "But ifyou 20 anl never come
back, | give you ten dollars" The mon.
ey was paid, and the old man was re-
licvcd of that trouble, but one that he
deemed greater came. have heretofore
said, that after being my tenant for ten
years he was ruined by selling his share
Of the crop for $500. lie clcard out
and wen, to the north part Of tic State.
bought land AMI planted vineyard. His
vines were killed, and he cane back n
poor man, and began newvineyarl on
farm of mine. This year his vineyard
cane into bearing, and tle old man re.
ioiccd, but alas! the got" came an,l
blasted his prospects. He became dis
pirilcd, which the cho.cra discovering q
few days since, seized his victim. Hc
was taken to the -house Of his son.in
law, ((or he lived alone, and could MOI
prevail on him to take n .frow for the
thirl time,) when they urgcl him to take
medicine, but he refused. He was told
il he did not in few hours he must die
"What | care" said the old man, g.
take none." "Wha, | want to live for
my grapes all rotten" A few hours an'
he was no morc--"pcacc TO his ashes.
| J.. II. CREIGHTON.
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: -
THE OCEAN Blu RIAL

o! bury me moi in the deep, deep sea;
The words came low and m0urnlully,
From the pallid lips of youth who lay,
On his cabin couch at close OF day;
lie had wasted and pined, till o'cr his brow,
The death shade had slowly passed, and now,
Where the land and his fond lov'd home were
nigh,
They had gatherd around him to see him die.
o! bury me not in the deep,dcep sea,
Where the billowy shroud will roll over me;
Where no light will break thro the dark cold
wave,
And no sunbeam rest upon my grave
II matters not, have oft been told,
Where the body should lie when the heart is
cold.
Yet grant ye, O! grant yc, this boon to me,
q, bury me not in the deep, deep sea.
For in fancy pve listen'd to the we'll known
words,
The free, wild winds, and the songs of the
birds;
have thought of home, OF cot and bower,
And of scenes that lov'd in childhood'' houi.
l had ever hoped to be laid when died.
In the churchyard there on the green hill side,
Nv The bones of my fathers my grave should be,
O! bury me not in the deep, deep sea.
Let my slumbcrs be where mothers prayer,
And sisters tear shall be mingled there;
n, twill be sweet, ere the hears throb is DER,
To know when its fountains shall gush no
more; -,
That those it so fondly hath yearn'd for will
come,
TO plant the first wild flower Of spring on III!
tomb.
lie, me lie where those loved ones Will "e'
over me,
O.bnry me not in the deep, deep sea
She hath been in my dreams, his voice talc
there;
They rave no heed 10 his dying prayer
Tbcv have lower'd him slow DER rhe vessc'
side,
Above him has cloScu t'ie o"'A WI" 'N'
Where to dip their light wings the sea 10"
rest;
Where the blue waves dance Der the ocea"
crest;
Whore the billows bound, and the winds sp'
free,
They have buried him there, in the deep dee
sea.