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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-09-03
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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
StOD The Interest.

Daniel Webster once dined with an
old Boston merchant, and when they
came to the wine, a dusty old bottle
was carefully decanted by Peter and
passed to the host. Taking the bottle
he poured out Mr.. Webster's glass and
handed it to him. Then pouring out
another for himself, he held it to the
light and said:
How do you like it, Mr.. Webster?''
az think il . fine specimen of old
port"
'Now, you can't guess what that
cost me" said the host.
"Surely not" said Mr. Webster, 81
only know that it is excellent"
"Well, now, can tell you, for
made careful estimate the otheI
day. When 1 add the interest to the
first price, find that il cost me the
sum of just one dollar and twenty
cents per glass"
GOOD gracious! you don't say SO"
said Mr.. Webster; and draining his
glass he hastily presented it again
with the remark;
"Fill up again. for / want to stOr
that eonfounded interest
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
Mother Eyes Serrant Girl

"Can any one tell why, when Eve
was manufactured from one of Ad-
ans ribs, hired girl wasn't made at
the same to wait on her sn
Because Adam never came whining
TO Eve with ragged stockings to be
darned, collar string to be sewed on,
or glove to be mended fright away,
quick. now !" Because he never read
the newspaper until the sun went
down behind the palm trees, and
then stretching himself, yawned out,
"Ain't supper most ready, my dear?n
Not he. He made the fire, and hung
over the tea-ketTle himself, we'll VEN
ture, and pulled the radishes, peeled
the bananas, and did everything else
that he'd ought to. He milked the
COW, fed the children, and looked
after the pigs himself. He never
brought home half a dozen friends to
dinner, when Eve hadn't any fresh
pomegrahates, and the mango season
was over. he never stayed out until
eleven O'Clock to ''ward meeting"
hurrahing for an out-and-Out candi-
date, and then scOlded because poor,
iear Eve was sitting up ami crying
inside the gates. He never played
billiards, nor drove fast horses, nor
ehOked Eve with cigar smoke. He
never lOafed around corner groceries,
while solitary I've was rocking little
Gains cradle at home. In short, he
iidn't think she was specially created
for the purpose of waiting on him, and
wasn't under the impression that it
disgraced man to Tighten his wife's
care q little
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
A Horse Doctor Dies of Gyauders.

The Hagerstown. Nd T,,;eo.o,-
! Week, has the following in q rooo,,t
issue More thai year ago DIR. r.
tL -. Alks came to this town a bale.
lsalt u ", hne looking. handsome man
ne came ne, for the purpose of Ieeturing
upon Inc Horse" he having writ
zen a treatise upon the subject. and
was also the inventor of one Of the
pest horse shoes ever made. He had
innumeraole apparatus in the wav of
Illustrative brides, bits, eurbs .strsDs.
shoes, ETC., which he used in his lee.
lures, and seemed to be a perfect mas
ter OF his profession. He was called
upon by a farmer to make A most NOR
tenn examination of a horse that had
died suddenly, which was done. and
1t was discovered that he had died of
that terrible disease called glanders-
The day was excessively warm when
the examination was had, and il is
supposed that the doctor absorbed the
deadly virus from the animal. He
was not affected Immediately, but in
Que time began to f. ell the effects of
the poison in his system, which in
creased to such an extent that finally
ne was confined to his bed at the
washington house, where he remain
ed during all last winter, when, in
the early part of the summer, be raj
lied. Again, he was taken with
symptoms of the further stages of the
loathesome disease, and, not wishing
to be burden to any one, took refuge
at the almshouse. Here he fingered
until a week or ten days since, when
death came to his relief At or time
immense ulcers appeared on different
portions of his body, but, strange to
say, within a short time of mis- disso-
luton they had healed up Outwardly.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
WHEN ?

II were told that must die tomorrow;
That the next sun
Which sinks should bear me past all fear
Foran one
All the fight fought and all the short jour
What should do?
do not think that should shrink or falter,
But just go on,
Doing my work nor change nor seek to alter
Aught that is gone:
But rise, and move, and love, and smiles and
For one more day.
Say in that ear
Which hearkens ever, Lord, within thy
keeping
How should fear?
And, when Tomorrow brings Thee nearer
still,
Do thou thy will"
might not sleep for awe; but peaceful.
My soul would lie
All night long: when the morning splendor
Flashed DER the sky
think that could smile, could calmly saw
at is this day"
But II wondrous hand from the blue you-
Held out a scroll.
On which my life were writ, and with
Beheld unroll
To long eentury's end It's mystic clue,
What should I do?
What could do, o blessed Guide and
Master,
Other than this
Still go on as now slower, faster,
No fear to miss
The road, although so very long IL be,
While led by Thee?
Step by step, feeling Thee close beside me,
Although unseen;
Through thorns, through flowers, whether
the tempest hide Thee,
Or heaven serene
Assured the fatthfulnesS cannot betray,
Thy love decay.
I may not know, my God no hand reyealeth
Thy eounsels wise;
Along the path no deepening shadow steal
eth,
No voice replies
To all my questioning thought, the time to
tell,
And it is well.
Let me keep on, abiding and unfearing
Thy will always,
a long century's ripening fruition,
Or a short days.
Thou cans't not come too soon, and can
IfThor1 corna late
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.

At the Roman Catholic National
Temperance Union, Father Willard
is reported as saving that "all the
temperance movements of the eoun-
try have substantially failed because
they have not been connected with
the Catholic church. Prohibitory laws
can do nothing. The cause cannot
triumph unless the heart is reached. {"
While we would dispute the posi-
that the temperance movements have
failed because they have not been
connected with the Romish faith, we
heartily agree with the Reverend
Father in his assertions that prohib-
itOry laws will not reach the evil, and
that to work reform the heart must
be reached. In other words, temper
ahce must be made a matter of reli.
gion; of conscience. That is wherein
the Romanists have been so much
more successful than all others in
prosecuting the temperance cause.
All the prohibitOry laws that can be
bound between the two lids of the
statute book will not avail. Make a
man feel that by intemperanee he is
committing not only a sin against
himself, family aud society, but also
against his God, and a substantial
basis is found on which to build up
temperance man.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
A RACE FOR GOLD.

A rather interesting race is going
on between the New North Clunes
and the Megdala Company, in the
Colony of Victoria, to see who is to
get the sum of So 900, which is said to
have been offered by the Government
to the first mining company which
the surface. The Magdala's shaft is
down sos feet, the New NOrtL Clunes'
pump shaft is 1,0O4 feet, and the lat
ter has apparently great advantage /;
but some people think the Magdala
will get the gold first, because, they
say, that their shaft is right over the
lode, and must pass through it either
above or below the 1000 feet, while
the New North Clunes may have to
drive long way before they find gOl-
den stone. Then again, if the Mag
dala should strike golden stone before
they get 1000 feet down, the chances
are that the reef will have such a
heavy underlie that they may not get
through it before they go to the 600,
Or good deal more. The Pleasant
Creek NetUs says: "a singI lar and
unaccOuntable feature in connection
with our deep quartz mine is being
developed daily, which must surprise
those well experienced in mining
matters. It is the decrease of water
as the greater depths are reached. In
the Magdala shaft, $50 feet, the water
has decreased to a minimum; in the
Crown Cross Reef Company's shaft, at
500 feet, Notwithstanding the two reefs
recently struck, no extra water has
been met with and in the long drive
of the Extended Cross Reef COmpa-
ny, at a depth of over 500 feet, the
water is lighter than it was nearer the /
surface. This, if a general lule, is
very important to companies engaged |
in deep sinking operations"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
AN LMBRYO STATESMAN.

He is seated on the top of the old
weather beaten gate, at the foot Of the
iane, building his first "eastles in the
tir." A young sun-brOwntd barefoot
/ 'armer's boy. His clothes are tidy,
vet torn and patched in many places ;
nis hat of plated straw with It's rag
sed and nOtched rim, partially shields
ais bright eyes from the sun. With
me foot resting on a bar below, and
the other restlessly swinging back
ward and forward, he fingers there in
mute contemplation.
In human life there is no time when
The future presents more golden
promises, than in the ever changing
and resistless f'ncies and meditatiOns
# bOyhOOd. The mind revels amid
'cenes of oriental splendOr; the soul
ives in palSees; the young boy for
gets his bare feet and tattered gar
;nents; he is q farmers boy no Ions er,
out prince at home in the castles of
Iis imagination.
Years will come and go with their
changes and with the fulfiIlment and
Infulfillment of their promises That
young boy humble, uneddeatPd, yet
hopeful, may yet fill high place in
the temple of fame. It is boys like
these that make our greatest states
neh and our best men. Nothing but
The difficulty of attaining means ana
POSITION in society, can make ore
ruly appreciate their value. From
-arly habits of persevering industry
the soul of man goes on gathering and
growing from Obscurity to the most
,nviable fame and reputation. Our
Influence aud our usefulless in this
world, are not to be measured by our
early prosperity. We deserve no
credit for what we are born to, but
.Or what we create for ourselves. The
world has use for all of US. None are
accredited in vain; but for a purpose,
and he who fails in living aud doing
that for which he was divlnely in
tended, does not establish the fact
that he was born in vain but that he
lived in vain. Whatever be our sta
ton in life, our caste or our advanta-
ses, they are no just condemnation of
Us; we are 10 a great extent what we
make ourselves, socially and financi-
ally.
"Do not then stand idly waiting
For sOuss gre ater work to do,
Fortune is lazy goddess,
She will never come to you;
Go and toll in any vineyard
Do not fear to do or dare;
Ifyou want a field of labor,
You can find il anywhere"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
SEEING THE POINT.

A boy returned from school one day
with a report that his scholarship had
fallen below the usual average, "Welln
'aId his lather, 'yOu'Se fallen behind
this month, have you ?"
"Yes. sir"
"HOw did that happen 81
Don't know. sii."
The father knew, if his son did not.
He had observed a number of cheap
novels scattered about the house: but
ne had not thought il worth his while
10 say anything unlil a fitting oppor.
tunIIy should offer itself. A basket of
apples stood upon the floor and he
said: {:
Empty those apples and take the
basket and bring it TO me half full OF
chips"
Suspecting nothing, the son obeyed.
And now" he continued, "put
those apples back into the basket"
When aifthe apples were replaced,
the son said:
Father, they roll of. can't put
in any more"
put them in, tell yOu.D
but, father, l can't put them in. ~
PUT them in! No, of course YOU
can't put them in. Do YOU expect 10
NIL a basket half full of chips and
then NIL it with apples? You said
you didn't know why you fell behind
at schoOl, and l will tell you. Your
mind IS like that basket. It will not
hold more than so much. And here
you've been, the past month, filling it
up with CHEAP DIRT-cbe0D novels ~
The boy turned on his heel, and
wnistled, and said, "Whew! I see
the point"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
SOME ENGLISH LAWYERS OF
MARK.

There ere many lawyers of mark
among the minor celebrities of the
House of Commons. The name of
Mr.. Vernon Harcourt is well known
in America. Mr.. HarcOurt-the His
tOricus" of the London Iimes-is a
man of forty-tive, tall, loud 5oiced
self asserting, brassy in manner; a
master of vigorous eOmmonplaces,
fearless in the cOmplacent production
of the oldest jests and the most hack
neyed quotations; a parsonage who
gets credit for great ability, partly by
means of an imposing manner and an
unbounded confidence. A very rising
man is Mr.. Henry James, a man
whose iutellect has peculiarly fine
edge to it, whose speeches are as deli
cate in style as they are keen, remind
ing one somehow of a Damascus
blade. Mr.. James made probably the
most telling speech in the House of
Commons last session. 1 doubt, how
ever, whether he has the breadth and
robustness to make a political leader.
So he will probably become law off,
Ger one of these days, and then van
ish out of politics and ascend the ju-
dieial bench. l ought to say a word
about the Irish Attorney General,
Mr.. DOwse, the most successful buffo
member of the House Of Commons at
present, whose broad humor has left
Bernard Osborne nowhere, and who
can make even Disraeli laugh. He
will be judge, perhaps, before this
appears in print, and will probably
sOberiZe his humor on the bench, for
he is at bottom a man of sense and
ability. Nor should 1 pass over
wholly unnoticed big, burly, lost Isaac
Butt, the leader of the Irish Home
Rule movement, a man sent into Lie
with better intellectual endOwments
than nine out of every ten of the men
who have left him long behind. Butt
promised at one time to he a great
orator, and might have been a great
leader and patriot, and perhaps even
statesman. He is now only a failure
and wreck-a man grown grey and
old striving with futile energy to gal
vaniZe into life the corpse of a once
bright and promising career. The
Parliamentary shore is strewn with
such wrecks, for in the House of
Commons, when the faYoriny mo-
ment is once allowed to pass, there is
little chance left Of a successful voyage.
"SOme Great English Lduyers, by
Justin McCdrthy, in December Gal
dTy.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27

The Portland Argus tells of the ad-
venture Of a reporter at a fire last
Sunday in that city. 1t says that be
had gone into the stable and got q
horse by the halter and was urging
him out. Just at the door there was
standing a deep tub, which happened
to be empty. When opposite to il
the horse shied and set the young
man gracefully into said receptacle
He was completely doubled up, and
there he was wedged in so tight he
could not move. The smoke was
pouring down thick, and frightened
horses were rushing around promis-
cuously. He kept hold of the halter,
determined the horse should pull him
out, but the horse seemed determined
not to, for there he stood. Finally
the hat and boots were seen by man,
and thinking there might be some
thing else in the tub he pulled out the
boots, and then followed the rest oi
the reporter.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
JUDGE NOT.

Judge not" the working OF his brain
And Of his heart you cannot see;
What looks TO thy dim eyes a strain,
In Gods pure light may only be
A scar, brought from some well-won field,
Where hou wouldst only faint and yield,
The look. the air, that frets thy sight,
May be token that below
The soul has closed in deadly flight
With some internal fiery foe,
Whose glance would seorch the smiling
grace,
And cast the shuddering on thy face.
The fall thou darest TO despise,
May be the angels slaekened hand
Has suffered IL that he may rise
And take firmer, surer stand;
Or, trusting less to earthly things.
May henceforth learn to use his wings.
And Judge none lost but wait and see
With hopeful pity, not disdain;
The depth of the abyss may be
The measure of the height Of pain,
And love and glory that may raise
His soul TO God in after days.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
THE CHRONICLE.
THE GOOD UNGRASPRD.
BY RACHEL WEST IN "oLD AND NEW.

BY RACHEL WEST IN "oLD AND NEW"
This life is not long enough,
Our souls are not strong enough,
To take in our I'LL of the good.
All tempt us tryingly,
But we, self denylngly,
Shut from ourselves what they would
Patience; dear hearts!
When the glad soul departs,
1t shall grasp all the Lord meant it
should.
A heart in 1t purity,
Come to maturity,
Full Of its hungerings stands.
Things It is stliving Tor,
Things worth the living for,
Everywhere lean to its hands.
Patience; young heart!
Choose thine own part
Out OF the bountiiul lands;
From the enchanted ground,
Sun-blest and planted round
With manifold flowers. Too fond
Longing for many kinds,
Brief space the chooser finds;
All gOne If time wave his wand!
Peace, eager heart!
When thou must part,
Broad Is The garden beyond.
Birds as in fairy dreams,
lily in our reach it seems.
Nightingale, oriole. dove,
When we are choosing one,
Look we are losing one,
One that we long for and love.
Peace, young heart!
All that will dart
From thee, will wait thee above.
Soul charming sciences,
Arts and appliance
Loud Tor our choice plead and call.
Dear social pleasure brings,
BY the hearts measurings,
Jewels more precious than all.
Patience, fond heart!
True as thou art,
Thankfully take what may fall.
Passing our reckoning,
Calling and Ueckoning,
See the starved souls we would feed!
Large Is our charity,
Sad the disparity.
Wide between that and the deed.
Patience, kind heart!
Learn the true art,
Giving where most is the need.
Life, Life too great for US
Art thOui but wait for us!
Keep for us kindly thy good!
When we hear first thy call
BOuntful nurse of all,
Warmly careSsing US,
With thy gifts blessing US,
Thy babes cannot clasp what they would.
WinninS us so to thee,
Life let US grow 10 thee!
OH If but only We could.
Patience, dear heart
When the glad soul departs,
1t shall grasp all the Lord meant 1t
should.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
MIR. Lincoln Decides on EmaueipatIOn.

before reading the proclamation the
President again said re felt the great
responsibility of the step he was TAX
ing, both to himself ana the country.
II had oppressed him, and not till all
other measures and expedients failed
had he come to the conclusion tnat
this element, which was arbitrarily
used against US, must be brIught into
the Union cause. Having reached
that conclusion, his decision was fixed
and unalterable. The act and all its
responsibilities were his alone. He
had prepared the paper which he was
again about to read without advice or
assistance-had pondered over It for
weeks, and been more confirmed in
the rectitude of the measure as time
passed on. There had been moments
when he felt awed and overwhelmed
by the gravity and magnitude of the
subject and OF what might follow, but
his way was now elear-he knew he
was right Among other things, he
said in a subdued tone, he had looked
to Higher Power for aid and direc-
ton. He had made vow that if God
gave US the victory in the impending
battle he would receive il as an indi-
cation Of the Divine Will that it was
his duty to 60 forward in the work of
emancipation. In q manner half
apologetic, he said this might seem
strange, but there were occasions
when, uncertain how to proceed
when it was not clear to his mind
what he should do-he had in this
way submitted the disposal of a sub
ject to a Higher Power, and abided by
what seemed the Supreme WILL
Events at Sharpsburg had confirmed
and strengthened his original purpose
in regard to emancipation, and ne had
no hesitation in issuing this prelimi-
nary order; the States interested
would decide for themselves as to its
consummation.
This was not the only occasion when
he manifested the peculiar faith or
trait here exhibited. 1t was doubtless
to be attributed in a great measure to
the absence of early religious culture
"a want of educational advantages in
his youthful, frontier life. In the
wilderness Of Indiana, hfty years ago,
there were few churches, and only an
occasional wandering preacher fur
nished the sparse population with
rude religious instruction. Although
his early opportunities for religious
improvement had been few, there
was deep-seated within him a feeling
of dependence and trust in that Su
preme Intelligence which rules and
governs all.
Some general conversation followed
the reading of the document, when
the President handed it to the Secre-
tary of State, with directions to pub
lish it fOrthwith.-"The History of
Emancipation 0y the Hon. Gideon
WeLies, an December GALAXY.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27

The process of reform is nothing bu
an expulsion of degrading sentiment:
by the infusion of Purer spirit.
the philanthrOpist would stifie intem
peTance, he must, plainly, inspire tn
popular heart with a nObler sell
denial, or an affection for a highei
than sensual qualification. He labor
to smother wars. Could an entire
reverence for the Christian law of life
possess the hearts of rulers, armies
might be disbanded, and navies useu
for commerce. And all those event
and epOchs of time that are connected
with the birth and development of a
greater truth, are the important
epOchs, the immortal events. The
salient vital periods in history have
not been the times of widest tumult-
the wars of Napoleon, the crusades, the
political storms, and social convul
siOns and temporary anarchy. 1t l.
astonishing how soon, when no great
principle is involved in them, when
1t is mere brute struggle, these pass
away without a trace from history,
and leave the surface calm again.
Great epochs begin with the birth OF
a new truth, with a new discovery.
with the development of a higher
character. When the idea of print
ing press dawns on the mechanics
mind; when Columbus faneies the
round shape of the globe; when
Luther u.ters an impregnable princi
pie; then the fortunes of therace are
gently turned into q different chan
mel by the mild pressure of necessity.
The most notable period of the ages
was that when a Galilean peasant ut
tered by the wayside, and in humble
homes, to artless listeners, to dull
disciples and wondering ears, his sim
pie winning thoughts. They were
feeble sounds, articulated in a decay
ing Language, but in no fact seems his
spirit greater than in his serene con
fidence tnat they could not die. Heav
en- and earth, said he, shall pass away,
but my words shall not pass away
What q calm statement is this of the
superior permanence of q f1eeting
thought, il it be a truth, over all ma
terial nature. No, they have not
passed away. They are still stronger
than all resistance of the world. They
are the chart of life, the cement of
society, the pillars of our welfare, the
hope of the Tace.-T. Starr King.