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Farmers to the front.
We rise to give out the hymn. 1t is the
two hundred and seventy-sixty Of "Shovel
and Hoe Harmony"

two hundred and seventy sixty Of "Shovel
and Hoe Harmony"
"Whistle and hoe,
Sing as yougo,
Shorten the
by the SOL gs you know"
The agriculturists will all Join in, while
some Lancaster farmer gives the keynote
with his pitchfork, and we are favored with
drill and threshing machine accompani-
ments. The outdoor life of our country
friends now begins. We hope that they
VIII plow up more health and good cheer
than ever before. Standing and walking
so much in the sunshine, they oaght to be
bright and gladstone. The breath of
the fields and the woods ought to make
them healthy. Their hard work ought to
sharpen their appetites three times day,
and affords them eight or nine hours sound
sleep. We pray for their freedom from
flood and droutb. weayel and curculio j;
that there may not be any long storms after
they get the gram down, no ring -boned or
spawned horses at the time they want all
the teams, no hollow horn to depress the
cows, no gaps for the rising generation of
chickens, no inculsion of neighbors' cattle
into the bean patch. We shall have pros
porous agricultural year. How do You
know p cry out the rural population.
What sign in sky on ground or atrnos-
phere do you judge by ?'' Our reason for
thinking so is that it is almost always so.
The good Lord has q way OF abundanfly
blessing the fields When one crop fails
the other makes it up, as blind eyes almost
always insure suDer-excellent ears. In the
last 6, 900 years we do NOT believe that there
have been 90 that might be called dead
failures. We are certain that this year,
with not more than one ~ two exceptions
of crops, we shall have large peaches. luz
uriant corn, golden wheat, sound potatoes,
| rich grass and great afhuence Of turnips,
celery, cabbage and squash. While you,
are guessing by the moon. or the squirrels
storage Of nuts. or the state .f the noun
tain streams, or the almanac. rs II, what il
coming to pass. sye refer tn the first agri-
cultural journal ever wt1sten, and find in
IT,: : While tine earth resn ainet i. seed time
and harvest, cold and ne II, ;snd summer
and winter. day and nigln shall i,oC cease. .
= CArEstiaa at Work
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A Man Without a Home.

At Fort Madison, Iowa, there may be
seen going about the streets with the ut
most freedom grey-haired old man, the
only appearance distinguishing linn from
| the city fathers is the uniform dress of the
penitentiary. This custom is in strange
contrast with the rest of nOt-unattractive
exterior, and it brands its wearer as an OBJ
| iect of curiosity tn corner idlers and of dread
to little children. 1t is the mark of Cain.
indicating that the hands which protrude
from it are stained with human blood !; it
is the badge of a murderer who escaped
hanging only through a technicalitySof the
law.
The old man is known by the name of
tlnctioE of having been the first white man
10 commit a capital crime within the bor
ders of Polk county, Iowa. When last he
crossed the county line, in August, 1854,
journeying westward with his young wife
Ruth, in search of home. They never
found one. In an evil hour jealousy thrust
itself between them, and the husband, in a
moment of madness, struck Il murderous
blow of which he has never ceased to re-
pent.
A trial in those days, and in that sparsely
settled region, though fenced about with
some formalities, was comparatively rapid
and positively decisive. Fouts, when
brought TO the bar, was confronted with an
unimpeachable witness, who swore that he
saw him stab his wife again and again with
a knife, despite the deponents entreaties to
desist and that after his victim had once
escaped from him and taken refuge in the
house of IL nei ghbor, he obtained access to
her there by deliberate cunning and deceit.
Neither the deed nor the malice aforethought
could be controverted by the Vaccinations
of counsel. Fouts was convicted of muir
der in the first degree and sentenced to be
hanged. Less than fortnight before the
day appointed for the execution, however,
reversal of Judgment was obtained and a
new trial trial ordered, which resulted, in
the then cooler state of popular feeling, i'll
his condemnation to the penitentiary for
life.
For the first ten or twelve years of his
imprisonment he lived like other convicts !;
but little by little the warden came to have
more confidence in him and to allow him
greater liberties, until now he is under no
restraint whatever, and transacts much of
the official business of the institution both
| inside and outside its gates. He really
needs no watching, for he feels no tempta-
tion to abuse his privileges. With his
wife's death the last link that bound his
desires to this world was severed. The
half-score of years that followed permitted
the rest of mankind to outrun him in the
race Of life. He is, to all intents, and pur-
poses, dead to social life ; the hands of the
century clock have been turned SO far back
for him that they can in no manner regain
their wonted place. Persons who know
him say that he is so sensible of his isola-
ton that nothing would induce him to
leave the penitentiary-not even a full
pardon those gray, grim walls, sorepug
nant TO the sight of men who never forfeit
ed their freedom, encompass the only home
/ he cares for
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-Gen. Samuel r. Spear, who spent his
life in the army, and who raised and COM
manded the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cayal-
ry, was buried on the 7th inst. from st.
Lnke's Hospital. Washington, D. G.. His
wife and Il little daughter and . few old
friends were the only mourners in The cheer
less little room, and a stranger read the
burial service.
When q Detroit man indulges in the lux
iof buggy ride with his young lady
he urges her to greater speed in her toilet
ny vociferating through the hall door:
& Hurry un. Kate. This rig knocks ms
out Of fifty cents an hour and han't got
more than q dollar aud half. Then she
rushes ont with her moutl, full of pins and
finishes sticking On the ribbons al she sails
through the sahurbs.
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POETRY.
JUST AS OF OLD.

saw my love in dreams last night
Pass up the sleeping moon-lit lands,
The love beams in her dear eyes bright,
rosebud in her rose-leaf hands,
And found me, as nearer stepped,
felt he. soft arms steal and fold,
While close against my heat she crept,
just as of old.
The gay dawn troke, my love was gone.
The golden dream was past and dead;
got me to the churchyard lone
Wherein my love lay buried,
! found'a headstone gray with tears,
| bowed me to the morn -mists cold.
l wept, and knew sne saw my tears.
Just as of old.
But ever while live alone
This comfort comes and soothes my care
We two may meet. when NIL is done
Far off in heavens garden fair;
And by the light above, beyond,
Chastened each others face behold,
Stainless, more pure but tue and fond,
Just as IF old.
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--ss That 'ar patch of grounds MEM
'rible." said an Omaha man, pointing to a
grave all by itself outside tho town. 81
reckin You'll know that. stranger. when you
see it again. The ockypant Of that was
git west--likewise lie was hung for stealin'
a mewl.''
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An Orphan.

can orphan boy, announced Bijah, as he
handed out Timothy Drummond.
Tim. had fearful eye, a bloody shirt
front, and his short hair stuck up like so
many wires. One coat-tail was absent, and
there was look to the man as if an ele-
plant had played with him in a tin-yard for
half day.
''Where do you belong?'' inquired the
court.
"Tlejo," was the gruff reply.
"What are you doing up herea"
"Looking for my brother"
sHaye you found him?''
s.No zur.''
SWELL, sir continued the court, as he
looked into the apple drawer to see if it
contained anything, am your brother
your long lost brother. / have the straw
berry-mark on my left arm, and ow be-
gin to see some familiar lines in you face.
/ have been greatly concerned abo ut your
health, and about your pecuniary pr ,spects,
and I've just made arrangements wit b man
to board you for three months. G 0 in and
sit down on the saw-horse until my .andanlet
arrives.
aAm sent up2'
The same.
Blast yer old phiz for that II exclaimed
the prisoner; and he muttered s that his
Honor did not hear, Wait till catch you
in Tlejor'
Lit. Col. Fred. Grant, it is sannounced,
win command the expedition which goes
lup the Yellowstone by steam er. They
expect to takea steamer at this point, and
| proceed up the Yellowstone tot lie Powder
River, and is much further as possible
| bismarck 7yi5aae.
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sangrientos horrOres id6nde ha sido mas
secundado que en- las l6gias parisienses
que tambien habiGn Dorado DiOs, y que
quieren desterrarle de la cuna de los nj
nos, asi como de Ia tumoa de los muertos,
de la escuela, como de Ia vida p6blica, y
de todas partesf
Escrlbo estas lIneas en- medic de la agi
tacion de las elecciones manicipa!es de Pa
ris Ahora bien, !en que terreno Sc rine esta
luchaY Esto nunca Sc ha5ia visto, al menos
en- este grado: en- ell terreno dc la moral
independence y de la ensehanza sin Dios
Los candidates que los comit6s mas de-
mocraticOs patrocinan !quienes son9 Los
que han escritO en- aus profesiones de f6 Ia
ensehanza ldica, es decir, atea, y he aqu{
entire esos candidates uno lie los hombres
mas considerables de las l6gias, miembro
del gran Oriente, al H.. Massol, aquel de
quien nosotros citamos tan violentos dis
cursos mas6nicOs contra Dios, y contra Ia
ensenanza religiosa: aquf le tenemos es-
cribiendo su circular electoral fjaudo
sobre las esquinas de Paris sus doctrinas,
su nombre en- los urnas!
Que el pObre pueblo de Paris haya oI-
vido todo, tan POGO tempo despues de las
calamidades espantosas que estas loctri-
mas ha desencadenado sobrs e, qte SO
siga siempre por los mismos guiss escu
che siempre a los mismos maestrOs y que
con sus votos Sc obstine en- resucitar Ie-
galmente, digAmoslo asi, ante los ojos de
la Francia estupefacta, la Commune! -.
no, 20 no conozco en- la historic ejemplo
mas temersrio de incurab!e ceguedad. Mas
tampoco conosco NADIA en- que sea mas fa-
Gil de tocar con el dedo el resultado del
: ~.@f ssa si 49,
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lla. :" las diputaciones de la Franc-ma-
sonerfa acompanadas de los miembros de
la Commune, salen del Hotel-de- Vile, la
orquesta toca la Marsellesa. :. ). Diez mil
franc masones estuvieron ALI, pasando del
Hotel de-Ville la Bastilla; bajando acto
continue por toda la Inca de los bulavarea
subiendo por los Campos Elfseos. aqus-
LA inmensa columna llega 4 los baluartes,
planta en- eIlos las 62 banderas mas6nicas,
y entra en- parlamento con los generates
con ell fin de obtener anG pGg basada en- Ell
progyamG de la Commune
Y despues del necesario NAL exito de
tai pretension, Sc lanz6 un lamamiento
las armas, por medic de globos, para la
federation de los franc maSones q coaspaSss-
ros de Paris, dirigido todos los franc.
masones de los depsrtamentos. Este la
mamiento q las armas terminaba con estos
gritos: iViva Ia repablica! iVivan las
CanaD,upes de FrGsciG .tederGdas CON las de
Parts!
Semejante hecho no necesita comen-
tarios,
Yo bien se que ell gran Oriente, sin
haber tenido una palabra de vituperio con
ira Ia manifestation, declare despues que
esta manifestation no comprometia mas
que d los masOneS' que d ella perSonalmeste
Sc habiGn Gdherido Pero por de pronto
estos eran 10 900. Y Iuego ique importa9
SY quien puede, tras tales hechos, dudar
del espiritu que anima las l6gias pari-
siensehs
81 la revolucion de 1871 fue atea, como
Sc "a escrito, 81 ella, segun otra horrible
expression ha DORADO d Dos, este movi-
miento de ateismo, que entranaba tan
tssas--s 4 - ~sSe@~-.
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ubterrAneo trabajo de las l6gias.

SuDcerraneO traDa1O dc las loglaS.
Cuando Ia Masonerla adquiere tai pre-
ponderancia, comprendo que sus afiliadoa
mas frances, sintiendose ahora bastante
fuertes y asa4 avanzados en- su obra para
echar a un lado las sntiguas preoeupacio-
mes de lenguaje, digan claramente 10 que
quieren y adonde van, y que reclamen
grito herido, todos los amos, en- los conse
JOS de Ia 6rden la abolicion de estss res
tricciones hip6critas que nadie pueden
va engahar.
En- efsctO, entire los voTos expresados
anaalmente por las l6gias mas activas, y
que sl Monde Maeonnique consigna con
fruicion, veo esta reclamation decisiya.
Las l6gias reclaman en- VOC alta el
derechO de tratar cMestiones polGticas " re-.
lgiosas, y todos los asuntos que Unforeseen
q la humanidad J, quieren, en- una pala-
bra, que 10 que es practica establecida
en- las l6gias, y el objeto esencial de Ia
Masoner1a, lleguen ser tambien el dere-
cho para todos, la regla escrita, la ley. /.
Tai es, pues, Ia verdad. Ell obieto esen-
ciai de la Masoneria es minar todo ell Or
den religioso y social; ella impulsa parale-
lamente = q profuudidades iguales sus ira
bajos de zapa = de demolicion debajo de
los altsres y debajo de los tronos que
todovia estan en- pie: ciego sera el que
asi no 10 yea.
Ella dice que lleva una antorcha para
aIumbrar el universe; no, 10 que lIeYa ca
una tea para incendiarlo.
La docsrsna que Prevslece en- las l6gias.
l5l Ell Monde uaeonatoue. !. IA l2o
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en- seguida al hecho capital.
Ell 20 de abril, pues (3), al llamamien
to que Sc hizo q todas las l6gias de Paris,
una multitud inmensa de f, anc- masones
desplegando al viento 60 banderas de Ia
6rden, Sc traslad6 desde el patio del Lou
vre al Hotel.de- Vile precedida por cinco
miembros de la Commune: toda la Com
mune se present6 al balloon de honor para
recibirlos. AIIi estaba la estatua de la
rep6blica "cenida con una banda roja, y
rodeada con los trofeos de pabellones de
la repGblica: las 62 banderas mas6nicas
vinieron & colocarse sucesivamente sobre
los peldahos de la escalera (4) Los her.
manos masones Sc agruparon en- el patio.
"En cuanto Sc hubo llsnado ell patio,
dice el DIario ofcial, los gritos de Viva
la Commune! Viva la Masonerla! Viva
Ia repdblica UNIVERSAL Sc oyeron nutridos
de tOdas partes."
Luego, despues de un cambio de discur-
sos, en- los cuales fue proclamada la
ssnion inseparable de Ia Commune la Ma
Sonerta, y despues que el H.. Thirifocq
hubO hecho la declaration siguiente: Isl
fracasamos en- nuestra tentativa de paz,
todos iuntos nos uniremos las companies
de guerra para tomar parte en- la bata-
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GVTUDlO GOBRE la FRANC -MlSONERIl,
Ell OB1sPO DE ORLEANS.
TRADUCcIoN
de D. Joss Perez Morris.
(Cmti.ssaciOn.)

Una manifestation mas6nica solemne
tuvo lugar en- tempo de Ia Commune, un
mes antes de Ia entrada de las tropas en-
Paris: mas sfue en- favor de Versailles y
del ejercito macdonald No por cierto; fue
en favor de la espantable insurreccion
communal, Ia mayor reUol'tcion, segun el
mason Thirifocq, qae hnbieSe contemplate
el m4'sdo CD.
Ell gran peri6dicO Official de la Commu
ne relata esta manifestation; oil H.. Thi
rifocq, uno de los principalss de sus auto
res, 10 ha referido tambien por su parte
en- un curioso escrito publicado en- Belgi-
ca que tenemos Ia vista (2). No hay
duda pOsible sobre Ell esp{ritu de que es-
taba animada. Abrevio los detalles y paso
-
N LsamaHsiento d los Jrdncmasones de tOdOs los
ritOs, pOs el H.. ThirifocQ.
~ ElIa%Hnisat0 'taa0 arraOa' 3
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BOlETN MERCANTILE Dr. PUERYG-RlcO.
CR0NTCA PENTNsULAR.
MADRID, 10 de Octubre de 1875.

Cumpliendo el ministerio que pre-
side el Sr Jovellar con la signlhca-
cion oue el mismo Sc atribuyo en- la
circular del Sr. Romero Robledo, ex-
plicando q los gobernadores las eau
sas de Ia Ultima crisis, ha publicado
en- la Gaceta del 3 del actual un de-
creto en- el que Sc dispone la torma-
cion de las listas electorales.
Fin el preambulo que acompafia a
esa disposition, la mas importante de
la qaincena que termina hoy, declaTa
el Gol,ierno que, dominada como 10
esta va por fortuna la guerra, y re-
ducfdos los enemigos de la dinastfa y
de la libertad una pequefla parte de
la Peninsula en- la que pronto de gra-
do 8 Dor fueraa habran de someterse.
entiende que no puede demorarse la
reunion de los comicios para que los
pueblos eierciten ell derecho polftlco
mas importante y elijan libremente
los representatives que, investidos de
sus poderes, han de ayudar al Rey en-
Ia organization defnitiva del RENO,
afianzando las instituciones que nos
rigen; y que para clio es precise die
tar ciertas medldas que restablezcan
la normalidad electoral interrumpida
desde principles del afio de 1874 y la
observancia de la ley de % de JUNO
de 1870, que ell Gobierno consi'lera
VICENTE en- todos sus preceptos, 81 bien
cree que los plazos que Sc sefialan
para la Peninsula no pueden ser los
mism5s en- Canarias y en- esa Isla por
la diGcultad que ofrecen las comuni-
caciones.
Esta, pues, va o6cialmente decidi
do cual ha de ser el procedim. ento
para reunir las primeras C6rtes de la
Monarquia de ID. A fonso XII, sien-
do ie notar gus mientras el Gobier-
no Sc ha creido en- ell deber de respe-
tar la legalidad electoral hecha por
las CONSTITUENCIES de 1869, no ma
considerable digna del mismo acata
miento la ley de II de mario de 1878,
hecha por la Asamblea Nacional, que
daba eli derecho de sufragio a todos
los espafoles de mas de 21 amos de
edad, y disponfa en- ell parrafo segun-
do del artfculo 81 que fueran electo-
res en- Puerto Rico los que pagaran
cualquier quota de contribution direc-
ia del Estaio 8 supieran leer y escri
bir, siendo & nuestro juicio la razon
.ie esta diferencia ell tener dicha ley
de / 1 de mario un caracter transito-
rio, como que equivalfa a un decrelo
de convocatoria, y ell haberse reunido
aquella Asamblea ilegftimamente y
contra 10 dispuesto en- la Constitution
de 1869 para variar la forma de go-
bierno.
En- cuarfto a la parte dispositiva
del Decreto publicado en- la Gaceta
de 3 del corriente y en- 10 que a e.a
Isla Sc re6ere, cdnplenos consignar
que, segun ell artfculo 69 y dltimo del
mismo, los ministries de la Goberna-
cion y de Ultramar dictaran las me-
didas necasarias para que las disposi-
clones de aquel Sc apliquen a las islas
Canarias y de Puerto Rico en- la for
ma y plazos que sean indlspensables
con arreglo al articulo 2o transitoriO
de la ley electoral.
Como era de esperar, una vez pu-
blicado ese Decreto, y aun cuando to-
davia no SO sabe cuando Sc publicard
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es la impiedad, es IL negacion radical del
cristianismo; es Ia hegacion implicita, pe'o
real, no solo de Jesucristo, 81 que tambien
de Dios; no solo de la religion cristiana,
81 no de toda religion, de todo quito Estoa
SON los progresses que ella suela para Ia
humanidad.
7 Ia formula polftica que ella adopta
para realizar estos designiOs, para edifCar
esta sociedad nueva, sin creencias, sin
cuito, ain Cristo y sin Dios, es IL repablica
sustituyendo en- tOdas parties & las monar-
quias; pero Ia rep6bIica dsmocrktiCa =
social.
de aquf demOstrado, por la fusrga de
las cosas, 10 que hay en el fondO de es1
traba1o mas6nico, cualesquiera que puedan
ser las ilusiones de este s del otro franc
mason engahado.
Tai es 81 sentido de sus mas altos sim
bolos.
Tales SON las ideas que sc elabOran en-
las iogias, y que, gracias & esta podeross
organization mas6nica, y Ia activa pro.
paganda de lOs masones en- el mundo pro-
fano, Sc esparcen con una rapides espan-
tosa en- todas las capas de Ia aociedad.
Z, llegado Ell dia, cuando las ideas han
hecho su camino, las minas saltan.
lie aqui porque 4 cads trastorno pOliti.
co social, los masones puedsn, como al
siguiente dia de febrero, salsday sltriGafo
de sus ideas; he aquf como la Masoneria
Sc a'e-cl0 pri'acipalnpesste en- las lsch0S ctso'
tidsaaas, y desciende d la arena polstied;
he aquf como ella es, en- verdad, y segas
u. Il. Martin, 81 LABoRAToREo dsl Tseg.
E4cioN,
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(3) FL 26 de abril en- una reunion prepsratoria
de la grsn manifestation del 29, ell cudadano Lefran
cais miembro de la Commune habfa hecho esta deca-
racion. "Y6 estaba de corazon con la Masonerfa
cuando fuf recibido en- la l6gia 133 una de las mas
repubcanas, cuando me asegure que Ell oBJETo de
la Masoneria y la Commune era el MISMo.r Citadc
por el H.. Thirifocq.
=. (D Llamamiento 4 los fancmasones de todos
les ritps ppr 81 e., Thirtocq
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God has said that he visits the iniqui-
ties of the fathers upon the children,
unto the third and fourth generations of
them that hate Him. An inspired man
once said, in his old age, that he had
never seen the righteous forsaken, or his
seed begging bread.
The late Chief-J Justice Taney will only
be remembered by future generations
for his infamous Dred Scott decision, in
which he held that black men have no
rights which white men are bound to
respect.
About one hundred years ago, Thomas
Jefferson, in his notes on Virginia. said,
when speaking of slavery, that he trem-
bled for his country when he considered
that God is just, and that his justice can
not sleep forever.
Here we find an attempt made to con-
tribute to the support of persons whose
only claim to charity is that Infamous
decision made by their father. The at
tempt made by the two pro-slavery Dem
ocrats is miserable failure.
The matter to which we refer is the
following. taken from the Chillicothe
Advertiser:
THE TASEY FUND-Some years ago the
public were informed through the col
umns of an eastern journal, that the
daughters of the late ChiefJustice Roger
B. Taney, were living in Maryland in
destitute circumstances. An investiga-
CATION was had of the facts, and it was
ascertained that the report was true. 1t
was then suggested that fund be raised
by the members of the bar throughout
the country for their support. A call
was therefore made upon the members
of that profession to send their contribu-
tions to Charles O'Conner, the eminent
jurist of New York, who for several days
past has been so near deaths door, and
for whose recovery prayers were offered
in all the Roman Catholic Churches
throughout the land. This call came to
the notice of Hon. T. NJ. Gray, the high
ly respected Judge of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, for this district, and whose
failing health compelled him to relin-
quish the labor assigned him on the
bench at the present term of our court
and he forthwith remitted FIVE dollars to
Mr. O'Conner, to be appropriated as
stated Some days before the serious
illness of the latter gentleman, Judge
Gray received from him the identical
FIVE dollar greenback sent by him, &C
companied by letter from Mr.. OCon
ner stating that Judge Gray's contribu
ton and one other from somewhere in
the South, were all that had been receiV
ed and that Mr.. O'Conner felt a reluc
tance toward offering such small amount
to the daughters of Chief-J ustice Taney
and he therefore returned them.