, 1873-04-27

J, Il half hour nfter this we stood
Together in the crowded wards,
, And the nurse checked the hEsty steps
4 That fell too loudly on the boards,
thought him smiling In his Sleep
6 And scarce believed her when she said,
. Smoothing away the tangled hair
From brow and cheak, " The boy Is dead"
! Dead? dead 80 soon? How fair hs looked!,
One Etreak Of sunshine On his hair.
Poor lodl Well, 1t Is warm in heaven:
No need Of "chauge f" md jackets there! 80
/ Made 1t go hard for mo to speak,
i turned away, and left tear
Lying upon his guubu1ued cheek. .. :.
: e. Il. House, in
TIE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF JAPAN,
calls attention to the universal ignorance upor
: the subject OF Japan. The singular political
and social constitution Of vigorous and intelli.
gent nation numbering s0,o0o,0o0 Of inhabitants
Is regarded with an Indifference which is be-
slowed upon no other people Of ancient
i or modern times. Scholars vouchsafe q
1ar greater amount Of consideration to the study
OF the vanished empires Of antiquity, and to the
common mind the existence Of this by no means
contemplate body Of the human race is as re-
mote as that OF the lost tribes. Altar describing
tho different steps by which that secluded people
have drawn near the light Of modern civilization,
Ar. House sketches the prospects OF the future:
Ihs determination seems to have been to make up ~
nasty Us possible for the 1ost centuries when tho
country WIS ehut in from foreign contact: but the
raee against time has been too rapid. with tho gen
era plans for constitutional reorganization intn2nal
| improvement, and educational DEVELOPMENT no fAuit
Gooia 1a1ry be found: but tho precipitats
taken threstens, Tor two s1 important tA reaaons %
distant day + the rst P!aec, ths nsuon i. utterly
nmted-not much greater now than in the time Of tho
earliest sloguns Nothing worth speaking Of is d.
easng and For Of Ha'ey a cya ths
Government declines to remove the restrictions
a IL Is sPns q sss rasn II % sssss ss
compelled 70 seek 1eief IN repeated issues OF oi
snott intoersble e1ecss, and Is 6ela in circulation
ony by the exercise Of that peremptorY power which
Government Is nearly bankrupt, notafthstanding
which 1t continues it's course Of munihcent e1pend-
ture as its resources yet unlimited. In every
afecton new plans for posroutes, railroads. telegraph
lines, Western colleges, and augmentahous of army and
navy are announced for the execution Of which for
must be promptly paid for in solid money. state Of
things 30 ruinous this cannot Last forever and
~ as end aGss sss9 III. Ell a .
aHon but with the additional shock OF what in itself
my constitute second and quite independent cause
and In many respeets wei-founded dlstrust
OF tbs value Of this foreign assistance which
whoever may be to blame for It, there is no dIsputng
that the results OF the laEsh outlay do justify the
fosP f s sss II
from awakenug suspicion, they undertake to assume
the direct management Of enterprises which beyond
perimcnts, Obliged to set aside all they have uteesay
accomplished, and rccommence from the starting point
know themselves to be, the victims Of unprincipIed
a1toron and fraud 1t is probably impossible to find
spe q oasaps obcry ~ ew he ey soen m @
Japanese Board Of Works show. In truth they do
moi know how to protect themselves. They continually
seek counsel yet afraid to nct upon it. They feel
themselves betrayed by foreigners every side Tho
mercantile community is aayed against thern and ita
authorities, whose duty 1t should be protect them
against unjust dealings. Provisions Of treaties which
Of vital consequence them dsregarded without
excuse or explanation by tho governments in which
thoy have placed tho most implicit trust And nov
own servants That they should manifest disgust and
alarm is not to bo wondered a and when 1t becomes
cea1|es there Is eyery prospect thas It msy-that
they have thrown themselves into almost iuextrIcable
tnsatiate strangers their indignation will hardly be
much Of tho misfortune must be attributed At such
tne should the crisis before the internal re
sition OF the Government will be ouby embarrsstng
There a1c plenty among tho dtssnocted who would
md no Its @ % be- 70 3Is
the Administration does not represent the people at
ar8c or even the power Of I'll the var1ous clans. Years
may pass before byngcnious shifting Of local officials
md redistribution Of the several provincial cements
t can bring about thorough aud secure homogeney
"THE DRAWER" says:
There arc persons now living in Bennington who
urnished an example Of the rus passion srone @ ia
leath." When very III. and friends were expecting an
aston had butchercd steer which had been fatened;
nd when the Job WIS completed the nephew entared
he atck-room, where few friends were assembled,
a hA man al
draTag grane oa9 as h. head sh |. s
da you Do ias he ri { Il Is e.
arm going to o. sell @ It by,an,d-bys g "1e: ths boys
weigh heavier" And the good old man was gather
unto his fathers. )
uent1y contain announcements that combine, in man-
nny md 10 ane." Recsnty he accidental ehanee
Jus. beressed friend, v1stns of tho dessi % Of an
'tim.be l.dy, said, She has gone to her. eternal
linn I'd 1 % shs :sI @
her eternal rpdst." Al
Tho tepg vs curious sDa ,s1 ,9snt
rophecy, wss publishad $50 years ago: o.
Carriages without horses shall 60, =
md @ accidents de dll tLe world With woe. :"
Theworld upside down shall be, nj
And gold b found at the root Of tree. It
Through hills men shall ride, ~
And no horse be 1t his side. e.
Under water men ahall walk, "
Shall ride, shall s1eep shall talk. It
In tho air men shall be seen, bl
In black, in white, IN green. te
Iron In the water ela1l float, 1T
As easily wooden boat. | he
Gold shall be found and shown ~
In land that's not now known. &c
Fire and water shall wonders do. III
Engand shall at last admit foe, so
The world to an end shall como | an
In eighteen hundred and e1ehty-one. to
N.
AN ADlEU. di1
bu
d 10 the last farewell IL co1dly spoken o1
That 1unders mo forever from thy aide, ts
9 upoll Of dear delusion has been broken, &c
The flower Of happy hope has dropped and dtod. on
orn me, II 80 thou will, with angry r1go7, Wh
Rhila confeaa to thee In poignant pain, nh,
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