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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-01-16
1879 THE W0RL 1879

A new political era is opening be-
fore the country. 81
The negro-cycle of our politics has
rounded to its conclusion through civil
war, social violence, Industrial disord
err, and has ended in giving freedom to
four millions Of the negro race, and the
ballot TO its adult males.
The old orderchangcth, yielding place to new.
The politics of this new era will come
home to every mans business and
bosom as neve. before, being vital to
private prosperity and the maintenance
Of Democratic Republic.
For not only are the manifold en-
croachments of Federal upon State pow
ers and of both upon the large liberty Of
American trecmen now as always to be
repealed with ceascless vigilance not
only is home rule or local self
government now as always TO be main
tanned for the best guarantee of civil
liberty and Of national greatness, but
besides, the victories of peace which
are to give splcndor to the new polit-
Cal era must be won against every
advantage which even enemies of free
institutions could desire or possess.
A gigantic debt, which the honor of
the country is pledged to pay, en-
cumbcrs all our industries with its OPP
pressive burden. Nevertheless our
system of Municipal and State Taxa
ton are crude, unequal, and defraud
the poor to release the rich. Never
less our system of Federal Taxation is
such an Infamous masterpiece Of iguor
auce and incapacity, put to the vile
uses of monopolists and favorites and
thieves, as never anywhere has dis.
graced modern civilization since Louis
XIV, with his methods of taxation
rather than its amount, paralyzed the
industries of France. And along with
the Tariff, which prohibits the export
of our manufactures, abridges the
number of our industries, cuts down
the profit upon the exports from all our
farms, plantations, and mines abolish
es our shipping from off the high seas,
and filcles S. from the peoples peck
cts every time it puts 81 into the U. S.
Treasury,-alopo with this engine Of
oppression, stu .ity and fraud goes
Currency Of fuctua'ing value as the
measure of vaucs in every act of do
nestle exchange.
Whatever parties may arise or fall,
whatever their defeats or ,riumphs,
and whatever their names, The WORLD
now and always will remain the I'M
hinching champion Of a
LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY.
whereof Freedom defended and defined
by Justice, is the polar-star.
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Its fresh, abundant, various, and &C.
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circle OF current intelligence and liter
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Trustworthy Orgon of Opinion, with
candor. with steady devotion to sound
public and private morals, with special
knowledge for special themes, and with
various aud wide reaching apprehen-
sion of the manifold interests of men
and women in their homes, their mar
kct-places, their workshops, and their
farma.
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A Megro's Prayer.

80 Lord, bless dc teacher who come
so far to 'struct us III de way to heav
en-. Rock her in de cradle of love.
Beacken de word of power in her
heart, dat she may have souls for her
hire, and many stars in her crown in
de great gittin' up momin' when de
general roll is called. And when all
de battles is over, may she fall all xiv
cred with victory, be buried wild de
honors Of war, and rise to wear de
long white robe in glory, and walk de
shinin' streets in silver slippers, down
by de golden sunrise, close to de great
white throne, and dere may she strike
glad hands wild all her dear scholars,
and praise you, O Lord, forever and
forever, for Jesus sake. Amen.
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The Ruin.

The old house stands where the hilltop trees
Bend to the breath of the upland breeze,
Stands in its solitude alone
An olden castle of I'm hewn stone.
But crumbling,
Falling,
This once stronghold.
Burial pile of memories old
Stands in its silence--sad. forlorn.
Its walls o'ergrown with the briery thorn.
Wondering brush and rank weed tall,
Choking up portal, path and hall.
Thus checking,
Fretting ....
The stranger, who
Would boldly wander the old pile through.
Night owls build in the turret grey.
Fox and wolf through the great hall play,
Or from the thickly tangled grass
Start as the wandering footsteps pass,
All swapping,
Snarling,
Lonely, bold,
Modern lords of the castle old.
The daylight peers with curious eye
Through the broken panes of the windows high,
And the ever cheerful sunbeams glare
Der ancient mirror and antique chair.
And glimmering,
Shimmerng,
Mournful cast
gloomy smile DER the mlldewed past.
The summer rains find an easy pass
Through the crumbling roof and the broken
glass
And winter winds with relish keen
Whistle 'mongst rafter brick and beam.
And gaiy.
Madly,
Wild carouse.
Through the halls of the old deserted house.
[ d not wander there when the dcwy eve
Gave to the day glad reprieve,
Id fear to see through the twilight air
Some oden knight or his ''ladye fairc,'
Some ghostly,
CHASTITY,
Quaking sight
Of eltn dwarf, or goblin sprte.
~. S. Read.
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The ELEPHANT IN LovE-The ele.
plants are susceptible Of the most
tender attachment to one another, is
eyinced by the following occurance
Two very young elephants-male and
a female-had been separated, in or
der to be conveyed singly to Paris ;
and, not having seen one another fol-
several months, the joy they expressed
on meeting again is not to be describ.
ed. Running instantly together, they
uttered cry Of delight that shook the
whole building, and blew the air out of
their trunks with violence resembling
the blast Of a smiths bellows. The
females pleasure seemed to be the
more lively; she expressed it by move
ing her ears with astonishing rapidity
and tenderly twining her trunk round
the body of the male. She laid it
particularly to his ear, where she held
it for considerable time motionless,
and, after having folded it again about
his body, she applied it to her own
mouth. The male, in like manner,
folded his trunk around the body of
the female, and the pleasure he felt
seemed to be of a more sentimental
kind; for he expressed it by shedding
an abundance of tears. Afterwards
they had one stable in common, and
their mutual attachment excited much
interest
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4" Unless you give me aid" said a
beggar to benevolent lady, II am
afraid shall have to resort to some
thing which | greatly dislike to do"
The lady LANDED him dollar, and
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Skin Diseases.

PERRY'S IMPROVED COMFDONE AND
PIMPLE REMEDY.-The SKIN Medicine of
the Age. Is warranted to cure Flesh Worms
Pimples, eruptions and Blotched designations
of the face. Sold by all Druggists. Depot 40
Bond st. New York
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JOSH BILLINGS says: IL don't sup
pose there is ever killed, on an aver
age, during emmy one year, more than
16 heas in the whole ov the United
States oy America.
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THE BACHELOR JURoR-A gentle
man who is rather given TO story-tell
ing relates the following:
When | was a young man | spent
several years in the South. residing
for while at Port Gibson on the
Mississippi river. \ great deal Of
litigation was going on there about
that time, and it was not always an
casey matter to obtain ajury. One
day | was summoned to act in that
capacity, and repaired to court to oct
excused.
On my name being called I inform
cd his honor, the Judge, that was
not q freebooter and therefore not
qualified to serve.
Il am stopping for the time being
At this place.
You board at the hotel. pre-
sumo
- take my meals, but have rooms
in another part OF the town where !
lodge.
$50 YOU keep bachelors hail.
Yes. sir.
"IIow long HAY, YOU lived in that
manner,
About six months.
Il think you ale qualified grave
ly remarked the Judge. For have
never known Il man to keep bachelors
hall the length of time you name, who
had not dirt enough in his room to
make him Il treeholder! The court
does not excuse YOU.
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Two PARTs.-LiGe, according to the
Arabic proverb, is composed of two
parts THAT which is past, a dream, and
that which is to come. a wish.
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a VERY SINGULAR Story OF a
WEAZEL. The following story was
told to us as being a positive fact,
the narrator protesting to be one OF
the workingmen who witnessed the
performance al the said weasel: A
party of men were prying stones in a
field, and found under a large rock a
nest containing four young weasels,
which they captured and put to one
side. Upon the return of the old
weasel, quite a scene ensued. She be-
came much excited and very angry,
and at once set off, but soon returned,
and going straight to the little pail
containing the drinking-water for the
men, she spit something in it, and
was about to go off a second time,
when she discovered her nest and her
young, all alive and unframed. She
Immediately returned to the pail and
continued jumping at it until it was
overturned, thus saving the lives of
the men she evidently meant to pun
ish tor the destruction Of her off,
spring.-Ne'cJeug Telegraph.
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AL Impurities of the Blood and diseases
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