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The CoNsTITUTIoN.-As we predicted. on
the appearance of that instrument in print
here on Saturday last, the Kansas State Con-
stitution Is achieving unqualified praise from
the Northern Democratic presses; the few that
have virtually taken service under Messrs.
Greeley, Garrison Co. alone failing to ap-
prove it with praise without stint The Penn
syIranian, that gallant champion in the Dem
Ocratic cause, takes occasion to say of it:
g The much abused Kansas Constitution
winch nobody had seen and nobody was to be-
permitted TO see which was to be kept from the
people OF Kansas until after the election on the
2lst OF December, and interpolated with all
manner OF aSrarian provisions which even Gov
ernor walker leaving Kansas about the Goth of
November, had not seen and WAS unable In Dro-
cure, though offering, it was said $50 for copy;
this document, 80 full of unciviIized proyisioos
so proscriptiye apd unjust-was published In the
Lecompton Democrat, Governor Walkers spe-
cial organ OH the HiHetSeHth Of NoUeULsy I'm de-
TAIL filling upwards of nine columns II will
thus he seen that. instead OF being drbarr.d from
all knowledge OF the Constitution, the people OF
Kansas will have at least month to examine
aud digest the different and various provisions Of
the INSTRUMENT. The Constitution Is model one
In all respects, embodyIng the experience Of the
past with the requirements OF the present, and is
afked with singular enlightenment and liber-
ality I'm all the great essentials to prog In
new Stale The trainers have manifestly sought
proht from the workings OF various constitutional
provisions la the old States, engraftiDg upon
them numerous wise and saiutafy provisions,
which bring this new Instrument fully up to the
most forward movement of the times More
over no other state Constitution in the whole
'hoh SO broadly recognizes the popular will, by
making all its officers elective and submitting 70
much vi the policy VI the State to the decision of
the people. =. -. $3.50 :
"The provisions Of this Constitution, 50 wise
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CAUTION.
all. persons are cautioned against purchasing
Land Warrants No. 20 29i for 100 acres Issued TO
John Lindsey No. 3a3l!. for l6a acres, ISSUED to
VIM. NJ cConche; No. ~ 8s2. for ~ acres. issued to
VIM w. Pugh; No. - .2a3 tor 80 acres Issued To
lsham lvey. Said warrants having been stolen from
my office. caveats have been entered IN the General
Land Ofhee te prevent patent issuing said war
rants, aud APPLICATION W i'll be made To the Pension
Officc for the issuing of dup icate warrants.
WIN. j. MARTIN,
mo W6w Attorney for Warrantees.
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GOING AHEAD.

The Harrison (Texas) Flag says that
500 to 600 men are employed upon the two
first divisions of Southern Pacific Rail-
road-and the Yicksburg papers say that
their road to the Texas limo, to connect
with the Southern Pacific road, will be
ready for use by the close Of the present
year, so that the friends Of the Pacific
road may be able to eat their next Christ
mas turkey at Marshall, in Texas-or
Tylel. 80 miles beyond Marshall-and
thither on a railroad all the way from the
Mississippi river.
Twenty miles Of the Vicksburg, Shreve.
port and Texas Railroad, are to be laid
by the middle Of the present month, and
twenty more by the middle Of April, thus
completing forty miles Of the road.
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THE OIGIRN OF WHEAT.

The Edinburg Review, in late able
article, discussing the origin Of the cere.
ais, especially Of wheat, states hat there
are two theories uron this sub ject, one
which considers races Of plants immua.
Bile, and holds, therefore, that wheat ex.
listed once and may still exist indigeni.
ously, somewhere. and another, which
maintains that cereal, as present known,
has been developed by cultivation. This
latter opinion the Review advocates, that
the peculiar plants from which wheat or.
iginated is growing well on the shores Of
the Mediterranean, and known to botan.
lists by the name OF agilops.
1t is urged, in confirmation Of this by.
pohesis, that, wherever the cultivation
Of specie is known, it is found tina,
man has first applied to his use a plant
growing wild about him, cultyating it.
and sowing seeds from the best species Of
the cultiva,ing plant, until it reached
state so far e1celling its original condition.
that it would have been impossible, for
any but an observer Of the process, to
trace its origin.
The origin Of wheat is presumed TO be
analogous, and, in fact, the Review adds
that a French botanist reasoning in this
way, and observing many striking points
of resemblance between tho agilops and
wheat, Undertook to develope the latter
from the former, and by saving, year after
year, the seed from such plants as appear.
ed to approach nearer to its object, actu.
ally succeeded in his object. The plant,
thus obtained, still continues to be cult.
waited both by him and by others, and do
yield real Bona .fda wheat.
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Books mentioned in the Bible which are
now lost or Unknown.

Mr.. Ames writing to Mr.. Da Costa,
says AT your request, have copied out,
from the collection have made, the ten
unwritten | think J lost books, but |
should be glad to be set to rights by bet.
ter Information:
|. The Prophecy Of Enoch. See Epis.
tie to Jude IA.
II. The Book Of the Wars Of the Lord.
See Mum. xxi. II.
III. The Prophetical Gospel Of Eve,
which relates 10 the Amours Of the Sons
Of God with the Daughters Of Men. See
Origen CONT. Celsum, Tertul, &c.
". The Book Of Joshua. See Joshua
K. l3, and Samuel i. IS.
V. The Book OF lido the. Seer. See
Chron. tx. 20; and vii. Is.
VI. The Book of Nathan the prophet.
See as above.
VII. The Prophecies Of Abijah, the
Shilonite. See as above.
VIII. The Acts Of Rehoboam, in Book
Of Shemaah See 2 Chron. xii. Is.
TX. The Book of Jehu the Son Of Ha
mani. See 2 Chron. Xxx. 81.
Y. The Five Books OF Sol lomon, treat
ing on the nature of trees, beast, fowl
serpents and fishes. See | Kings, iv. 33
XII. You may add the l6lst Psalm.-
have it somewhere in the house, bu
cannot at present find it.
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True WoRDs.-"Education does not
commence with the alphabet. 1t be-
gins with a mothers look-with a
fathers smile of appreciation, or sign
ofreproof-with sisters gentle pres
sure of the hand or a brothers noble
act of forbearance--with handfuls of
flowers in green and daisy meadows
with birds nests admired but not
touched--with creeping ants, and al.
most imperceptible emmets--with
humming bees, and glass beehives,
with pleasant walks in shady lanes.
and with thoughts directed in sweet
and kindly tones, and words to mature
to acts of benevolence, to deeds of
virtue, and to the source of all good, to
GoD himself"
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The Eird of the Toling Bell.

Among the highest woods and deepest
glens Of Brazil, a sound is sometimes
heard, so singular that the noise seems
quite unnatural; it is like the distant and
solemn tolling Of church bell struck at
long intervals. This extraordinary noise
proceeds from a bird called the Arapan.
go. The bird sits on the highest tree in
the deep forest, and, though constantly
heard in the most desert places, i, is very
rarely seen. 1t is impossible to conceive
anything Of more solemn character
than the profound silence of the woods,
broken only by the metallic and almost
supernatural sound Of this invisible bird,
coming from the air, and seeming 10 fol-
low you wherever you 60! The Arapan.
20 is white, with a circle Of red around
its eye. Its size is about that Of small
pigeon.
There is also bird to be found in the
forests Of Peru, says California ex.
change, whose song contains notes so
wild and so full Of anguish that the Pc
ruvians, with the poelical taste which
they possess, have endowed it with the
beautiful name Of "Alm Perddi," or the
lost soul. The Peruvians relate the fol,
lowing legend in regard to this bird:
A man, his wife and chill, were trav.
cling through the extensive forests that
in some places line the banks Of the Am
azon, when, becoming frightened, they
sat down to rest The party becoming
thirsty, the woman started in search Of
water, leaving the child in tho care Of
the man. Becoming tired Of waiting,
the man went in pursuit Of his wife
leaving the child asleep beneath a tree.
Upon their return the child was missing.
Wandering amongst the bushes and call
lng on the name Of their child, they
heard in reply, the melancholy song Of
this bird. Their grief and anxiety easily
led them to believe that it was the spirit
of their lost child, replying to their calls
as the notes OF its song some what resem
bled tie name OF their child.
This bird is said 10 be rare y seen, bu
the traveller, on a still, clear night, car
often hear its wild, sad cry, for hours a
time.
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THE HAIR SNAKE.

The New England farmer, dwelling up.
on his singular species Of "annimated
nature" says:
"Science has not satisfactorily deter.
mined either the origin or the modes Of
existence OF these animals. In reply
to inquiries by correspondent Of the
Michigan Farmer, who found hair snakes
in pan Of milk, Mr.. Justus Gage, Of
that State, furnishes very interesting &C.
count Of his experiments and observa.
tions. He is satisfied Of the fact that
both the large and small crickets depos,e
these snakes in water during the month
Of August; but whether the cricket resorts
TO water 10 rid itself of q parasite, OF TO
deposite natural product Of its body,
he is unable TO determine. Mr., Gage
says that one morning. after he had been
experimenting in his rooom by throwing
crickets into water to obtain snakes, and
had succeeded in procuring two OF about
four inches in lengh, he noticed black
cricke, crawling up the sile Of his wa.
ter pail. 1t jumped into the water, lay
quiet for moment, produced snake
nearl y seven inches in length, and then
nimbly made its escape over the edge Of
the pail. He also found live hair snake,
nearly seven inches in length, coiled up
in the abdomen Of dead cricket that
lay on its back under a fiat stcne. The
hair snake, he says, will live long time
in moist earth, where he has found them
Of graysh color, sometimes Of great
length, and much resembling the fbrous
root Of some vegetable. When seen
through amagnfying glass the hair snake
presents an almost exact resemblance to
the lamprey eel. A lady Of our acquain.
tance found hair snake in her tea kettle
one morning few years since. 1t had
been standing where cricket might have
crawled in by the spout; but she is hard.
ly willing to give up the theory Of her
girlhood, that it was q vivifed horse hair"
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GET ENOUGH SLEEP.

We have often heard young men
remark that four or five hours sleep
was all they wanted, and all that the
human system required. The habit of
going without sufficient sleep is very
injurious. Thousands, no doubt, per.
manently injure their health in this
way. We live in fast age,when ev-
erybody seems to be trying to invert
the order ofnature. If folks will per-
sist in turning night into day, it is not
to be wondered at that few last out
the allotted term OF life. No matter
what be a mans occupation physical
or mental, or, like Othello's, "gone,"
and living in idleness--the constitu-
tion cannot last, depend upon it, with
out a suficiency of regular and re-
freshing sleep. John Hunter, the great
surgeon, died suddenly of a spasmodic
affection of the heart. disease great
ly encouraged by want of sleep. In
a just-published volume by a medical
man, there is one great lesson that
hard students and literary men, may
learn, and that is, that Hunter proba-
bly, killed himself by taking too little
sleep. -Four hours rest at night, and
one after dinner, cannot be deem
ed sufficient to recruit the exhausted
powers of body and mind" Certainly
not; and the consequences was, that
Hunter died early. If men will in
sst on cheating Sleep, her twin sister,
Death" will avenge the insult.
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OLD MEN.-A wise man will never rust
out. AS long as he can move or breathe,
he will be doing something for him self OF
his neghbor, or for posterity. Almost
to the last hours Of his life, Washington
was at work. So were Franklin, and
Adams, and Young, and Howard, and
Newton. The vigor Of their lives was
not decayed. No rust marred their spir.
its. 1t is foolish idea TO suppose that
we must lie down and die because we are
old. Who is old? Not the man o!ener.
gy; nor the day laborer in science, art or
benevolence; but he on y who suffers his
energies to waste away, and the spring Of
life to become motionless; on whose hands
the hours drag heavily, and to whom all
things wear the garb Of gloom. There arc
scores Of grey headed men we should pre-.
fer in any important enterprise, to those
young gentlemen, who fear and tremble
at approaching shadows, and turn pale a,
a lion in their palh,a harsh word or a
frown.
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CRoUp.--A medical correspondent Of
the New Hampshire Journal Of Medi.
cine states, that for three years he has
used alum in Group, and in all that time
has not seen fatal case which was trea.
ted with it from the beginning. He usu.
ally gave about ten grains, once in ten
minutes until vomiting is induced, using
at the same time tartar emetic of the hive
syrup freely-the latter subduing the in.
famation, while the alum has more Of
conclusive action.
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OMINOUs.

An exchange paper copies a curious
calculation from the autobiography of a
Wesleyan minister in Canada. 1t is
something to this effect: The fall Of
Robesperre occurred in the year l794.-
Repeat 1904 in single figures, add the
whole, and you have the fall Of Napole.
on l., 1915. Repeat and you have the
fall Of the Duke Of Orleans, 1912. Re.
peat, and in this year Louis Napoleon
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There is no doubt that printers are bet.
ter decipherers of bad manuscript than
any other class of persons; but when, for
instance, merchant writes that he has
received FIVE Brs., ten pounds CLs., it
is somewhat difficult to tell whether the
merchant really means boots. biscuits,
or buternuts: chalk cheese, or churns;
cloves, clocks or clans.
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Written for the Homo Journal.
WHEN THOU AND WERE LAD
AND LASS.

BY MRS. ADELIA G. GRAVES.
When thou and were lad and lass
fresher hue was on the grass,
brighter tint was In the sky
And flowers more fragrant met the eye,
For Natures glorious beauty cast
secret spell DER lad and lass.
When thou and were lad and lass
Less frequent clouds the skies o'ercast,
For m'ry scarcely brings us back
single day draperMd inssolack.
SO pleasantly the moments passed,
When thou and were lad and lass.
When thou and were lad and lass,
How bright the fancied futures glassi-
But changed the prospect now appears,
The eyes Of 'ope grow dim with years,
And specialized with reason, cast
Aside the dreams of lad and lass
When thou and were lad and lass -
Ills pleasant to let Memory trace
Her steps adown those heightened years
So thckly strewn with hopes and fears,
And yet, how sad to know they're past
And ", ire no longer lad and lass.
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To unite broken glass so as to rem.
der the crack imperceptible, dissolve
isinglass in spirits Of wine by boiling.
This composition is easily prepared,
and is equal to the best cement sold at
the stores.
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When you are low spirited, and feel
like looking at Nature through q
smoked glass. don't seek relief by fly
ing to the bottle, but take a stroll in the
country. An hour spent with birds
and mullen stalks, will do more to-
wards getting up reaction in your
system than all the warm drinks that
were ever invented.
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CATHEDRAL AT MosTREAL.-A project
has been started in the Roman Catholic
churches Of Montreal, for the erection OF
a splendid Cathedral. which in ITS size
and magni6cence is to surpass any edi.
fee OF the kind on the continent. IL is
TO be built after the model Of ST. Peters
at Rome. The length is TO be three hun.
drsl and fifty feet; breadth, ono hundred
and seventy five feet; and height Of doms
three hundred feet. 1t will contain ten
or twelve separate chepeIs andtwo or.
gans, and the time calculated for itt com.
pletion !. n, lees than twelve yesrs.
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The less man knows the more he
believes in the supernatural. Who
ever knew an ignoramus to pass an
unoccupied house without seeing four
"spooks," s,"or a white horse with a blue.
haired rider on him?
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A man says the thing that turned his
attention to matrmony was the neat
and skillful manner in which pretty
girl handled a broom. He may see the
time when the manner in which the
broom is handled will not afford him
50 much satisfaction.
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WHAT WE IMPORT.

Tho articles Of chief value imported in.
to the United States during the fiscal year
ending June the 3Oth, 1856, were coffee,
teas, sugar, and the manufactures Of
woolen. cotton, silk, linen, non, steel
copper, &c., &c. These were in round
numbers nearly as follows:
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Po,oer Of Gold.-Midas was so great
aman, that every thing he touched
turned into gold-altcred case now,
touch man with gold and he will
change into anything.
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We are too careless Of posterity not
considering that as they are, so the next
generation will be. If we would amend
the world, we should mend ourselves,
and teach our children to be, not what
we are, but what they should be.
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you would preserve the health Of
your horses exercise them in the open
air every day, when not actually in
use. The same may be said of your
children. yourself aud your wife.
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1t is said there are two words, and only
two, in our language, which contain all
the vowels in their regular order. They
are,"' "abstemiously" and "face,iously."
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We find the following little piece Of
poetry going the rounds Of newspapers,
and generally put off in a corner, as
though it were wanted only to fill up
For our part we think there is much poe.
try and much truth. too, in it:
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Do not accuse others 10 excuse thyself;
for that is neither generous nor just. But
let sincerity and iDgenuousness be lhv
refuge, rather than craft and falsehood;
for cunning borders very near upon kua.
very. Wisdom never uses nor wants it.
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VERSES FOR 1900.

Tell John to set the kettle on,
| want to take drive,
only want to 60 to Rome,
And shall be back at five.
Tell cook to dress those humming birds
| shot in Mexico;
They've now been killed at least Two days,
They'll soon be an peu haut.
And Tom, take you the gold.leaf wings,
And start for Spain at three,
want some Seville Oranges
'Twixt dinner time and tea.
Fly round to France and bring new
Perpetual motion gun
Tomorrow. with some friends | 60
A hunting in the sun.
LIVE FOR A PURPosE.-Tne secret OF
all success in life, Of all greatness, nay
Of all happiness. is to live for purpose
There is no creator obstacle in the way
Of success in life than trusting to some.
thing to turn up, instead of going 10 work
and turning up something.
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LITTLE THINGS.

Little drops Of water,
Little grains Of sand.
Make the mighty ages
And the beauteous land.
And the little moments,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
OF eternity.
So our little errors
Lead the soul away
From the paths Of virtue.
Off in sin to stray.
Little deeds Of kin lness,
Little words Of love,
Make our earth an Eden.
Like the heaven above.
Little seeds Of mercy,
Sown by youthful hands,
Grow to bless the nations
Far in heathen ands.
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Written for tho Homo Journal,
TO M********.

Swftcr far than swallows Night
Home ward o'er the twilight lsaJ
swifter thanthe morning light,
Flashing DER the painless sea,
Dearest, In the lonely night
Memory flies away to thee.
Stronger far than Is desire,
Firm as truth itself can be,
Deeper than Rarth's central FIRE,
Bonndless as the circns sea.
Yetas mute as broken Tyre,
Is my love. dear girl, for thee.
Sweeter far than mi.er's gain,
Or than note Of fame can bs
Unto one who long In vain
Treads the path OF chivalry.
Are my dreams. in which again
My fond arms encrcle thee,
'yNcHRsIxE. March 4. 1857. NRl
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will fall. Thus
1915 1880 l842

Poor Louis Napoleon! What an event.
full destiny his would be if all the predic.
tions which have been made respecting
him should be fulfilled.
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Plough deep, and you will reap abun.
dance Of corn.
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Love is shown by kind actions, not BY
fair speeches.
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Say not always what thou kno west
put slwsys know whs, thou seyes..
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All who wish to be rich must spend less
than they earn.
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II we crave tho love Of others, We
must love them. 70
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Never trouble others for what you can
do yourself.
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A Aregular diet cures more people than
physic.
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The tongue was intended for divine
organ, but the devil often plays upon it,.
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Coffee, $2l,5O0, 900
Teas, 100000
Woolen Manufactures, 3O.OOO,OOO
Cotton, 26,OOO,OOO
Silk, 33.OOO,OOO
Linen, 100000
Iron and Steel, $4,000, 900
Copper. 100000
Tin, 100000
Molasses, 4,OOO,OO5
Sugar, 22,6OO,OOO
The total value Of the products OF ag.
riculture, exclusive Of cotton and tobac.
co, were s77,OOO,oO0. or this amount
it required about As per cent, to pay for
silk alone imported during the year. The
value OF the cotton is l28,OOO, 900; OF
tobacco. $l2, 10000 and Manufactures
$40 100000. For convenience we have
stated the amounts in round numbers.
All who wish to be rich must spend less
than they earn.
People who take out and do not put
in, soon find the bottom.
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People who take out and do not put
in, soon find tho bottom.