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"ROCK OF AGES"

Rock of Ages, cleft for me-"
Thoughtlessly the maiden sung,
Fell the words unconsciously
From the girlish, gleeful tongue;
Sang as little children sing:
Sang as sings the birds in June;
Fell the words like light leaves down
On the current Of the tune
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee"
.'Let me hide myself in Thee
Felt her soul no need to hide
Sweet the song as song could be.
And she had no thought beside;
A II the words unheedingly
Fell from lips untouched by care,
Dreaming not that they might be
On some other lips in prayer
Crock of Ages, cleft for me, ~.
Let me hide myself in Thee"
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me;;"
A"oo "Oihah song shohu hong
Pleadingly and prayerfully;
Every word her heart did know,
Rose the song as storm-tossed bird
Beats with weary wing the air.
Every note with sorrow stirred,
Every syllable prayer
Crock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee" 50 sr IS
Crock of Ages, cleft for me-"
Lips grown aged sung the hymn a5
Trustinsly and tenderiy.
Voice grown weak and eyes grown dim
"Let me hide myself in Thee,"
Trembling through the voice and low,
Rose the sweet strain peacefully
Like river in its flow;
Sang as only they can sing
Who behold the promised rest
Crock of Ages, cleft for nae, -. sesE
Let me hide myself in Thee g
Crock of Ages, cleft for me,''
Sung above coffin lid;
Underneath all rsstfully, aa
AL life's joys and sorrows hid.
Nevermore, o storm-tossed soull
Nevermore from wind or tide, .1
Nevsrmore from billows roll, 5j
wilt thou need thyself to hide.
Could the sightless, sunken eyes,
Move again in pleading prayer,
Still, aye, still, the words would be-
"Let me hide myself in Thee
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Enforced kiberasiiy.

The Republican Caucus concede to
the Democrats and Liberals two places
on all The Committees, except Foreign
Relations, where they have one Mr..
Sclmz will remain on that COMMITTEES.
Judge Thurman will continue on the
Judiciary Committee, and at the head bf
the Committee on Private Land Claims.
Governor Stevenson will doubtless coli :
tinue on the Appropriation and Indiaii
Affairs Committee. and Senator Bayard
on Finance, where he will lie re enforced
by Senator FeDton -Edshingtoa Tele-
gram.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-03-25

''Mary my DEAR" said a doting hus.
band to the lady who owned him, "if
turn Mormon and marry another help.
mate, she shall be Mary, too, for youl
own dear sake!" ''Be content with one
Mary, my duck" said the loving wife
Sin my opinion another would be merely
4 super,new Mary"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-03-25


Dennison, Texas, is town incorpo
rated last December, aud now one of its
leading newspapers talks about the beau
ty and fashion that assemblies in an op.
era house there.
The bill abolishing the Common Plea
Courts, and erecting the State into nev
judicial circuits having received the sig
nature of the Governor is now law
Blufton Ind Chro"icse
One of the latest sensational storie,
commences with the casual remark
"Did you ever, gentle reader, have a tus
sci with a full grown Bengal tiger P
The Chicago Post says: 1--WE did, ant
if the king had turned, as we hetted i
would, we'd have come out $35 ahead.
The Ironton Register says: "Inside o
five years the furnaces of Lawrenc,
County will make pig iron cheaper thar
any furnaces in the United States. They
will use their own stone coal. A gen
tleman in town proposes to starta glass
factory, if he can get up the stock, which
he is now trying to do.
A remarkable phenomenon was wit
messed recently in the town of San Ig
nacio, Mexico, where there was quite
shower of quicksilver, fine drops of mer
curry falling every where and covering
plants. The inhabitants collected many
drops to preserve as mementoes of this
singular shower, and samples have been
secured for scientific analysis.
What it costs to "run" the Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, is shown in the fol
lowing figures: Mr.. Beecher is paid an
nually $4,000; Mr.. Halliday, assistant
$500; Mr. Wold, first sexton, $500
Mr.. Raynor, second sexton, 81, 200 :
The music costs 1000 insurance $500
current expenses, $1,000; Plymouth Ii
brary, $700. Total $4,000.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-03-25
A Per,inen, Inquiry.
From the New York Sun.

1t would be interesting to know now
much of the $4,000 unaccounted for by
Lowell, the New Orleans Postmaster and
Speaker of the Kellogg House of Rep
resentatiyes, was used in crushing the
legally elected Government of Louisi-
ana
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-03-25

If you are introduced to stranger
by friend, and he retains his hold on
your hand, expressing great delight in
having the honor Of your acquaintance,
be sure he doesn't care fig for you or
your acquaintance.
When you hear man declare that he
is the wisest in his line of business. SET
him down as the weakest, and all think.
ing men will approve your decision.
When you hear an editor call his
brother editor an ignoramus, be sure be
has applied the epithet to the wrong
man.
When you hear man relate story
that has the appearance of Truth, and
close it with an oath, set it down as
doubtful.
When you hear a man boast of his
piety, 60 to different church than the
one he attends.
When you hear man boldly declare
that there is not an honest man to be
found, lend him as mirror.
When you hear man justify pro-
tdlc oWcdIluS Oii Vic SIOdHQ vi udDit
don't make him your agent in business.
II you think of forming partnership
with man of whom you know but little,
invite him before signing papers) to
take walk of ten squares and back, ,and
| if he elbows you into the gutter, or runs
you against the walls of the buildings,
be sure and take time to consider the
matter.
If your clerk and salesman is civil and
polite, avoiding all that is vulgar or pro
fame, while engaged in his duties, but is
found in the saloon as vulgar and pro.
fame as the most abandoned. keep your
money under lock and key, and have all
bills paid on tickets to the cashier.
1t the young man you employ thinks
more of his cigar and hot whisky, en-.
ljoyed with boon companions, than Of ac-
quiring knowledge, don't trust him too
far.
If man tells you he does all his bu-
siness on conscientious principles, don
put him to the test.
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It rained the otl,er evening. and tl,ere

1t rained the other evening; and there
was an entertainment A young gen
tleman said to a young lady, inlay I
hate tie pleasure Of protecting yoii
with my umbrella p Aud said she, with
her round, expressive eyes looking +, 1,
into his, Put up Your rag" We hke
10 sec people soc:able.
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The Career Of MacMahon.

Without disrespect to the gallant
soldier who now rules France, it may be
said that to the redoubtable history of
Athos, Porthos, and Aramis alone might
one turn for precise parallel to many
of his exploits and achievements. Here
is private who has carried his baton in
his knapsack. Hereis an adventurer who
at the swords point has won his way up
the perilous ACTIVITY of promotion-not
unlike the grand plateau above Cha
mount, in traversing which the climbers
of Mont Blanc are liable at any moment
to be swept from creation by the storm
bolt of an avalanche. Here is younger
son who, sent into the world to seek his
fortune, has advanced step by step to
the very summit of his ambition. En-
tering the military service of France in
1925, when barely IL, he became in 1888
Captain, in 1910 Major, in 1S45 Colonel,
in 1S48 General of Brigade, in 1852
General of Division. In 1859 he OBJ
tanned on one day the coronet of Duke
and the baton of a Marshal. In 1865
he assumed proconsular power as Gov
ernor-General of Algeria. In 1872 he
grasped the supreme bauble of domin-
ion almost reluctantly, when an over
whelming majority of the Assembly
thrust upon his acceptance the Presi-
dency of the French Republic, Pail
Mall Gazette.
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One Victim of the Bank of England
. FOrger.

The arrest in London of the young
wife of Austin Biron Bidwell, one of
Macdonnells associates in the Bank of
England forgery, was reported in this
city yesterday. She was charged, before
Mr.. Vaughn, of Bond street, with con-
cealing the birth of her child. She
gave the name of Jane Georgiana Mary
Bidwe1, and said that she was married
to her forger husband on the 8th of
February last at the American Legation
in Paris by Minister Washburne. She
first became acquainted with Bidwell in
London at an artists reception, but did
not know that he was swindler until
his arrest in March in Havana, whittier
she had accompanied him. She never
spoke to him afterward. Her father was
Col. Debreaux, well-known officer in
the British army, who died in Madras,
India. Mrs. Bidwell is described as a
beautiful blonde, 18 years old. She was
ashamed of her child's paternity, and,
it is claimed, she allowed it to perish
NeeU York Sun. -.-
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IucombustibIe Paper.

: An English inventor has secured let
ters patent for incombustible paper and
ink Though the paper is not claimed
to be absolutely proof against heat of
any degree of fierceness, yet it is held
that, under such circumstances as fires
in dwellings,, stores and factories, it is
ordinarily incombustible. The pulp
is manufactured of vegetable fiber, one
part asbestos, two parts /; borax, one
tenth part alum, o-tenths parts. Not
only is writing paper thus made, but a
stout paper is manufactured for binding
books and for inclosing manuscripts.
The fire-prc of ink can be used either in
writing or printing, and is made accord
ing to the following receipt: Graphite,
finely ground, twenty-five drachms
copal or other resinous gum, twelve
grains sulphate of iron, two drachms ;
tincture of nut-galls, two drachms, and
sulphate of indigo, eight drachms. These
substances are thoroughly mixed and
boiled in water, and the ink thus OBJ
tanned is said to be both ire-proof and
insoluble in water. When any other
color but black is desired, the graphite
is replaced by an earthly mineral pig
ment of the desired color.
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A Curious Animal.

The Lepus Bairc1ii or Baird's Rab-
bit, is very rare animal, and one of
the most remarkable of mammalia. A
single specimen was obtained by DIR.
Hayden, in 1860, in the Wind River
mountains, near the headwaters of the
Yellowstone. Mr.. @. II. Merriam, of
the United States Geological Survey,
was SO fortunate as to secure five more
specimens in late expedition, and it is
described in Hayden's Geological Re-
port for 1872. A very curious fact re-
lating to it is that all the males take
part in sucking their young. Of the
five specimens shot four were adult
males, and all had large teats, full of
milk, and showed evident marks of
having been sucked. Although no
females wereobtained, dissection showed
that these were no hermaphrod1te.
Gases are familiar to readers of medical
journals in which in the human subjcst
flow of milk has been determined to
the breast of old women, and even of
men, by the putting to the breast an
infant that needed nourishment. The
readers of DR.. Livingstone's travels Will
remember that he mentions such cases
among the natives of Africa. But we
do not remember any other case among
mammalia in which this is rule.
Among fowls it is not infrequent for the
male to take his turn in Matching the
eggs, and every one has seen bantam
cocks leading about a brood of chicks
in true motherly style.
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Particulars of The Shooting of Thirty
seven of the Virginius' Crew.

A Havana dispatch says: On Friday
morning, the 7th, thirty-seven of the
crew of the Virginius were brought on
shore at Santiago de Cuba, and taken to
prison, to remain there until their exc
cution, which was ordered for that after
noon. Capt. Fry, a noble-looking old
man, fully head taller than the rest of
the crew, when he met his men on the
wharf previous to the march to the
prison, saluted them ALL The salute
was returned with affection. At 4:45
Capt. Fry and thirty six men and officers
were publicly shot, despite the protest
of all competent foreign authorities.
The marines were seven minutes killing
the wretched prisoners. It seemed as
if they would never finish. At last the
sailors marched of, and the troops filed
past the long row of corpses. Then the
dead-carts were hurried up, and loaded
Unfortunately with the mangled re-
mains.
The American Consul has done all
that could have been done. Indeed, it
was threatened that his exequatur would
be Withdrawn for his exertions in behalf
of the prisoners. In an interview with
Gen. Burriel, that officer yelled at him
and otherwise treated him disrespect-
fully. The. British Consul also made
an Intellectual protest against the execu-
ton. It is reported that sixteen of the
victims were British subjects.
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Thanksgiving Day.

The eve of our annual Thanksgiving
Day is drawing peacefully to its close.
Strange, that though this day comes in
the dreariest month of the whole year,
yet golden glory always seems cluster
ing about it, and all the joyousness and
the bright freshness, and the beautiful
charm of spring-time seem concentrated
in this one happy day; and our hearts
instinctively swell with grateful thanks
for all the blessings plentifully meted
out to us by the merciful hand of onr
Heavenly Father, throughout the long
but now dying year.
The spirit of Thanksgiving Dayl who
does not recognize its silent and pure
presence? No matter how lonely one
may be, however far removed from
friends and home-where is held on this
day the family reunion-still in your
silent room, where you sit in loneliness,
perhaps in grief, this peaceful and shin
ing spirit glides noiselessly in, and its
cheering presence sheds golden glory
around-you feel that you are not alone,
and as if some loved friends had burst
in upon you with their joyous welcome
ndsbeaming faces, your heart leaps with
sudden gladness, and your sorrow is
vanished as if by magic. s7H4.. aV.
'Tis the holy spirit of Thanksgiving
Lay. LII cheers every nedFI, anu gamers
up many fearful thanks-often silently
offered-and watts them on snowy wings
to the starry home in the skies.
May its beautiful presence, on this
day of the coming year, find all SORROW
ing hearts made happy, all desolate
homes rejoicing, the lonely wanderer
sheltered in his haven of rest. That all
may offer up, in one grand melody, that
glorious hymn to the Creator, " GLORY
be to God on high, and on earth peace,
goodwill toward men % s--- -
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Humorous.

WHAT is the difference between a
sailor and a beer-drinker? One puts
his sail up snd the other puts his ale
down. fIfI i3l 80 9at
A DANBURY man awoke in the middle
of the night to comment upon the ex-
traordinary fact that the heaviest end
of a match is its light end.9 &-.T- 5oH
A MICHIGAN paper recently closed an
obituary. notice with the misquotation,
Though dead, he yet squeaketh.l" The
printer. apparently, wasn't minding his
p's and q's. go, .,t-s....-..
AN opponent of woman's rights to
hold school offices says that she can't
travel through snow drifts with impu-
nifty. Why not let her travel with a
horse and cutter, then ?'7E 7sg7 -'lo.'
fio.sYou ought to let me pass here free
of charge, considering the benevolent
nature of my profession, SAID physi-
clan to a toll gate keeper. Not SO"
was the reply; ''you send too. many
deadheads through here now. The
doctor did not stop to argue the point,
but paid his toll and passed on-,o Ia
"A, BENNINGTON daughter, whose, do
mestic nature is equal to her natural
simplicity, was invited by an Advent
exhorter to join, his scot, get her white
robe ready and prepare to ascend. I
cam, the maiden replied, !, o@ father and
mother are going up, and somebody
must stay to see to the cattle.
/ A PROFESSOR in one of the Philadel-
phia medicala colleges habitually puts
this simple conundrum to. his class,
whenever he can find class to put it
to- eff monabomanthrayni is OBJ
tanned by the oxidation of tryboman-
thracent, what would result from the
union of bihthaline with dilute dichlor,
or dibromanthraeene disulphuric acid ?"
"Now, young people" /" said profess
or; of natural history to his class. ftnow
then as to hens. A hen has the capac-
ity of laying just 600 eggs, and no
more, and she finishes the job in just
five years. Now, what is to be done
with her after that 2" /" Gut her head
off and sell her for q spring chicken, 70
exclaimed an urchin whose father dealt
in poultry. g. T3iH 51a ysai u
A Western reporter thus describes
the toilet of the belle at late ball
"She was magnificent in a green calico
over crinoline full four inches larger
than the rest of her apparel, a white
apron with red strings, blue stockings,
a yellow neck-ribbon, and white cotton
gloves. Her redish hair was fastened
in a pug behind, and well adorned with
the tail feathers of the rooster she had
for dinner"
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AMERICAS THANKSGIVING HYMN.


ALMIGHTY LORD of glory -
Our praise to Him bring;
And chant our oountry'5 story,
Where GOD alone is KING;
HIS outstretched arm sustaining,
Behold the Mayhower comel
HIs mercy foreordaining
Our land of Freedoms hone.s
Though wintry darkness gathers,
And dearth and death prevail,
The faithful Pilgrim Fathers
Could look within the veil;
o joy amid the sadness ..-.
They're free to do and pray,
And keep in sober gladness
Their first Thanksgiving Day.
These seeds of Faith and Freedom
Gods Word hath waited free;
Ger rocks outsoaring Edom gr
They reach the Sunset Sea;
And East and West uniting,
One family become;
With Nerth and South relighting
Loves lamp,-wE'RE ALL AT HOME!
With half OF heaven above us,
An ocean each hand,
- We've room for all who love us, te D..
And Join our brother band;
Praising the Great AE-Gfver,
Our Home Feast we display,
And and forever
Keep free Thanksgiving Day.
In palace and in prison - e-- 4- g., -
Our Festival is one, sf a1z z-At 6
The witness CHRIST is risen -.
Good will for men beguns;t
Our hearts one hope rejoiees,
Our aou1s in concert pray,
Mid songs of choral voices ~
GOD BLESS THANKSGIVING DAY! 3
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AS TO the effect of the recent financial

AS TO the effect of the recent financial
disturbances, there can be no doubt
that to the people at large it will be
beneficial one. We have been spending
more money than we could afford, and
we are retrenching, that is all. That
this enforced retrenchment will be of
ultimate advantage to us there can be no
doubt, though it is equally certain that
a good deal of distress to the poorer
classes will be incidental to it. 1t be-
hooves us to do what we can to make
the sum of that distress as small as pos
sible, and the surest way of doing that
is to keep our spirits up and to keep
business of all sorts moving as actively
as we can; not boarding money, which
boarded is useless, but using it judici-
ously, so that while we are securing our
selves against want, we may not de-
prive others of the work that is to bring
them wages,-HeaTth and Home.
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Value of Rentals in Great Britain

The estimated value of rentals in Great
Britain and Ireland for 1872, as rated
for local and municipal taxation, was as
follows .F .-rz
England, city and country. y....... .9102, ,334, 254
Ireland, city and country ......... 13,239, 100
Multiply these sums by five, and you
have the rental value in dollars. Thus
England, in round numbers, is $50, ,000,-
600; Ireland, $3.50, 600, 900; ant Scot
land, $3.50, 100000; whereas the actual
rent paid to landlords is fully one-third
more than those sums,-the rental of
Ireland being 800, 600, 900. The pow
erty of Ireland, as compared with the
wealth of Scotland, which has but hall
the population, cannot escape the no.
tice of the reader. .
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6a,6ls, ,059 6o,5l1,s4s loo. 10, 1857
west Virginia taken from Virginia since 1860,

+West Virginia taken from Virginia since 1850.
Thus, Notwithstanding the ravages of
war, and especially the destruction of
farm interests in the Southern States,
the wool crop has increased about 49,
600, 600 within the last decade. This,
considering the. artificial stimulus, to
wool growing by the tariff, which was
afterward materially Withdrawn, is a
pretty fair showing for the production
of that textile fabric. c.-MfttcGukee
Journal of Commerce..
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MAMMA.
A rHANKsaIvING POEM.

Twas in the midnight that mamma fell,
That fed the hosts of Israel. 81 lt.sg P
Enough for each days fullest store, .isfas -
And largest need-enough, no more.
10 ~ -. '5.li. ? : 'o SOW
For wilful waste, for pridefu1 show,
God sent not angels food below. 80 SO
Still in our nights of deep distress
The mama falls our hearts 20 bless.
And, famished, as we cry for bread,
With heavenly food our lives are fed, fz.-.s
And each days need finds each days store
Enough. Dear Lord, what want we more? 70
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A CLERGYMAN in Dundee, Scotland,
has announced for his congregation
that, in consequence of his inability to
afford coal for his study fire, he has dis
continued studying, and will preach his
old sermons until coal can be procured.
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The Wool Crop for Three Decades,
and Territories :

The following table is interesting as
showing the increase in the product OF
some of our leading fabrics in the sew
eral States and Territories
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. Retiring Senators.

The United States Senators whose
terms expire March 3. 1873. are:
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Hamlin. Me-,
Lewis, Va,
Pratt, Ind,
Ramsey, Mimi,
Schttrz, Mo-,
Scott. Pa,
Sprague, R. l.,
Stewart, New,
Stockton, n. J.,
Sumner, Mass,
Thurman, o.,
Upton, Neb.-25.
n-a1z;4ia- -, iTo1{n1
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republicans in roman; Opposition in italics,
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"Never mind that !? Well soon get
the right furniture in. As for the price,
you'll soon find you'll have to earn it.
I'm the most troublesome man you ever
heard of. [ want hot coffee in bed at
six o'clock in the morning, and I eat
wait until you see me eat, I'll keep
your girl busy, and, as 1 said before, L
name, ma'am, of the little girl who let
me in ?''