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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-27
By James If. Taylor & Son,
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
Office corner of Eleventh and Bank streets.

TRUSTEES SALE OF A VALUABLE
L FOUSE ANDLOT IN TTlF CITY OF RICH
MOND, FRONTING ON THE SpUTH SIDE OF
MAIN BETWEEN FlFrr,thTH AND ShEE I'm;
TENTH STREETS, KNOWN AS TIE Mlii--
DIE TENEMENT OF TIE "MANS'uS
House" AND AT PRESfN Mt OCCUPIED III
A. l.. JACOBS, ESQ. Al AUCTION by virtue
Of deed Of trust executed On The list Jay Ci ~
vcmbeI. ! 500. 10 the subscriber. from VI. y;
Kracker r, recorded In the erS's Office OF hichn"na
Hastings (now ,hancery) Court, In u; Is. - A.
page 527, 10 secure the payment OF certain ~ S"uI
bic notes therein mentioned. 1T the request 81 me
beneficiary IN said d. co. and In cor fjrmity WIZ lf
directions Of decree of The Cfarcery Court % !He
city OF Richmond prououncsd on the 21th d4f o.
AIny, 1871, Ia tue case Or belds Us. hra;Ars,
shall sch at public arcfeB upon the premises on
MOSD.Y the LIT day Of March, 1879, ~ IL
O'Clock 81, ~ far: If not, The drst fair day merry
after, Sunray txcepted.l that desirable tklCh
STORE and DWELLING on the south sce OF
Main between Fifteenth a1ld Seventeenth sIeetS
No. 1925. The lot fronts tweaty-ohe fe.t two
inches, and runs back niney.iour feet to AN alHS
fifteen feet wide. u,
TERMS: Enough In cash 10 pay the expenses OF
sale ana the sum OF S2.a41.1s with Interest trota
Muy 81, ST. at the rate OF ten per cent. yer Ai-
mum until pad. v,,
FERNS Az 10 surplus Of the proceeds oil sa.e WILL
! Ike Made known IL The hour or sale.
JAMES 81. TAYLOR, Trustee:
| JAMES NJ TfYLOR & Son. Auciioneers- |.
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ct JSIJlS MARKETS,

ST.. LOUIS. February 26.-Flour firm for low and
medium grades: others dull. Corn steady. Whlskey
nominal. Pork declining ut II S.25. Bacon steady
and unchanged; only limited tobbng demand.
I.ard dull.
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Yeah Killings and Jean InEefeW.

Iosss nilgfnea and 5enn AnEei""'
Filters Dispatch. What the thunder aoes
Bean Iseelow mean bys~- .,on.
with omen windows from the prime
a.. our beating about on "ndier springs
ar. a. dread Is the leisure up soove
Il shere any leisure up above! Ii 'nere
h vhy "dread' - Ali nonsense.
So as to Josh Billings all nonsense. Inel'
room more acceptable than their company
even IL It left blank in the columns Oh tue
Dispatch r.a. - .,
10 .ueb taste any where, for such stupidity,
such stuff, such atfectation, suca nonsense!
COMMON SENSE.
JOSH BuLtNGs has been pronounced by
airh authority in England 10 be the Mon.
YAIsSE of America. JOSH is a genuine phi
iosopbcr. We have known two clergymen
10 quote of his excellent sayings. He Is a
universal favorite. The man who is unable
10 appreciate his huWor is not to be blamed,
but is 70 be ptied. He may rest assured that
he is not judge in such matters.
Now, as to JEAN INGELow, one ofthe sweet
est of poets. Here is the poem which "Com-
mon Sense cannot understand:
GODS WAITING. ..~
Grand Is the leisure OF The ca, TIL:
She gives her happy lDyrfsds olrth,
Ann after harvest fears n't dearth.
But goes 70 sleep in snow-wrcaths dim.
rread Is The leisure up above
The while be sta whose name Is Love,
And wsHs. 40 Noah did thn Cove,
To If she would fly 10 him.
He waits for us. while. houseless things.
We beat about with bruised wings
On the dark GoocS and er--pifpgs,
The ruiz I'd world. t3e desoia,e sei;
With open windows, from the prime
All Eight. all day, He waits sublime
Until the fullness OF the lime
Decreed from r. is eteruity.-Jean Ingelo,o.
A beautiful way Of declaring the eternity
OF God, and how patiently be works out bis
ends. "Dread is the leisure up above"
Poetical, beautiful, and yet inculcating a
most solemn lesson and giving an awful
warning. That "dread leisure" means, as
quaint writer has said Of something else,
Shat God does not settle up his accounts
every fall. Wait but His time, and the pun
ishment will come. Though you have re-
yelled ia forbidden pleasures as long as the
Wandering Jew and never felt compune-
ton OF conscience. yet be not deceived, 1t IS
not too late. "Dread is the leisure up
ABOVE, WDeTe u tDOuSsHu years 10 q
day and day as thousand years."
with open windows. from the prime
All night, all day, he waits sublime, &c
common Sense" cannot understand this,
but he can understand the dictionary. WoR-
sEsTgR says:
..Prime, 2. The beginning; the early
days"
So that JEAN INGphow means that call
night. all dry, from the beginning till now
nav, until tie itllness Of aTt hmc"-He looks
out upon Us as from au OPEN widow, and
waits pslicutiy, knowing that His will must
re wrought out by His creatures.
Read the news, the locals, the advertise.
Fnculs. and our editorials, " Common Sense"
Evidently you cannot philo>opbize nor ar-
prccia;e poetry. By-the-way, send usa speci-
men uf " hat you call poetry. 1t will be, We
sGcdlcl, something like this:
MARY had little lamb.
liz fleece was white IS snow.
And .vcrywh-rc tat Mary went
The lamU was sure u CO."
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EURNIrURET TO SUITTHE TIMES. a
street. Walnut, stained, and painted Cottage f
Chamber Suits and Parlor and Dining ooms
Furniture OF latest styles Goods purchased princi-
this side Of New YoSk. Feather. Eeds. Pillows, Boil
sters, and Mattresses. Goods packed Tor shipment.
.e 16 ..... .
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Emmanuel Arago told me at III. ThIers's
that ne bad foued good, way to snub PEG.
pic Wb2 asked his age. :" Alas Ii ain much
neaseF sixty than 6rty." In fact he IS sixty.
Sour.-.Arssae Nsassaye, ~ Nee York Irf-
baS.S. e.
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COMMERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND, February %, 1875.
OFFERINGS.

WHRAT-white. 4OS bushels. Red. 900 bushels.
CORN.-white, 812 bushels. Yellow, 81 6uSne $.
Mixed, JAG bushels. .. .a
UATS.-SS7 bushels ''.''..''
SHIPsTUFF.-3.32S pounds. ..........r . 8.
SALES.
CoRS.-Whte, L2O bushels very good at nc.
COKS-Yellow. Sc bushels very good nj Toe
CoKN-Mixed. 4 bushels good Ut 76c.; 6 BUSH
els at 7Sc. Total. IA bushels.
OATS-406 bushels at nc.
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ERANK D. HILL, ..
REAL ESTATE AGENT, AUCTIONEER, AMI
NOTARY PUBLIC,
No. HOS Main street. opposite new State Bank.

Real estate and personal property sold at public
auction or privately. houses and lands rented Out,
and particular attention paid TO the prompt collec-
ton Of rents. COnvcyanctng and notarial acknowl-
Judgments promptly attended TO. -
heal estate negotiations OF every description
attended TO- no 23-3m
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A n INTEREST IN TIE L1AItibc az
N REPUBLICAN, AND The JOB oFrtST
FOR stLr. Ar PUELIC AUETfoS.-Jn %
UKDAY. March 9, 1873. al 2 NJ. the uluets tan
ed conlm siNn.rs, appointed 10y me aofp"sste,y
Court for the city or L,nchtnr3' ~ Tue c"A I'D
suit of " Nckeisar, Smtths s JorIn -: a., of
wlcke." will sell al puric AUCTION. ~ tue " r ~
the Lys,clIurg Republicans, In SAID Gtif: = INV
TFkEST UF GtUGoE ". HAtDNl NE Ok
elyht per ceu;um) IN THE GoaGShN
GEORGE; w. HAkDWl 'kE & CO. 80. ..,,,.s
The assets OF the coucefp consist ei ipe -. ~
type furniture, subscription list, goo:-siI'' inn
the L...shburQ Republican, ne" paist' ~ ~, ct'n-
office thereto attached ana The debts iae s''" wa
Germ. .g -, o,.r,,ion
This newspaper has hsen In sncce Ss1ui op+,SH ex-
for ihirty-,our years, with large IL aneese
teus We circulation. II Is to-day oAe OF the
Cons e. yative papt Is or the state. .,, IN th,
The JOB OFFICE Is valuable ~ !ut> snI rs
rapxr. u has recently been ezatpiien,u' ,,l OF
presses, types, forms, &c., arc aesise'l! hs" -"
tie latest patents. t' ,,.,.,in , =. M q
Persons Wishing more accurate iniorna lo' -. " =
sei II from either OF The subscribers, oS ""1"
George ". tlardvicEe. s,ys,
! TERMS One.taira c1sh: ece-lhifd IL slANt I'm
aud the residue * four ulonshs; puIeha,s L.. de-
negotiable ut ties satisfactorily enoorssI as,rS re-
ferred !nsialmeuts, with tnierrst aaaea. ~ ND
tanned OH all auL deh.s 20 secure pay n eTT
notes. EpN ARo y: .hH'
GaaRLxs ii. BLAckFoRp,
! ,ooo-oos.,s Colxa - iop efs.
-
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w attention to our fine stock Of WALNUT "a
DRESSING-CAsE SUITS; BEDSTEADS, BU- jT1
REAUS, WAsIsTANDs; large Stock Of WAHb-
beige to sell from len to ireen per cent less than
inferior Styles sell ut auction-sae All other goods
cheap Calf and test the Owe.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-27

OLD GOVERNMENT -PERUVIAN
" GJANO.-We offer ioI sale the small norton
remaining Of this truly valuable GUASO. Plant
ers and others are assured that This GGANO Is
undoubtedly the last Of the supply formerly drawn
IN large quantities. from the Chincha Islands.
fe % -3m LIZ. "...- SnDD:bN & RPUCE.
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xEAT. ESTATE AT PRIVATE SAFE

BEAUTIFUL ACRE LOT No. 324, IN
y SIDNEY, AT THE SOUTHWEST coz
son 81 RhkTS.-This reautifnl LOT, 40 7-12x
1794 feet to u wide alley. Is for sale. Price and
terms reasonable. II lies only one square west of
the hlndsomr bl lex dwelling owned ty DR.. Brown.
Main street will soon BE- graded and grayelled and
will be the main avenue to the new reservoir. p
ply To W. GOD1lN,
|. fc 27-3t Auctloncer.
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AUCFIOSEEasS, &c.

wv 3. RADCLIFFE, AUcTIoNEER,
w. No. 1917 FRANKLIN STREET.
will In future give my personal attention to out
door sales of every description of MERCHAS-
Disc, especially 10 thu sale Of stocks ofgrocers and
of parties declining business; also, TO the sale of
HORSES, MULES. CATTLE, &C., at the horse-lot
every SATURDAY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-27
BY Cook d LaI4ynton, Auctioneers,
No. 10 Governor street.

DECEIVER'S SALE OF DRY GOODS,
IL CLOTHING, CRocKEkY, FURNITURE:
&C.. AT AUCrIOS.u pursu 'ncc OF an 9fdt ,o, =,
the Unlred States district Court entered on Tue III
day OF Fcruur,. 1919 In The case VI o r%yis On
yaientiue, bankrupt. ] WILL sell al aucinD. y.
THUnSDAE IN 4,h Of March, at II Sci"frS; ~ !.
the store Of said George IL. valentine NO i'-
Main street the G,LI Ire stock OF
EERNrTURt, DRY GLODs,
CLOTHING, CROCK cry,
= PICTURES. FANCY GOODS.
MOTIONS, SC, &C. , . ,,o,rny
TERMS: Cash. ri. ). MI, ~,
fe pa h'to'S---
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FURNlTURE.


offer for sale 81 6. 1000 worth Of FIRST-CLASS
FURNITURE. t'all and ste my Walnut suits, full
without marble Ut $50, ali wa.nul, o pieces; Pup
lar SUITS, full marble, from, s65 10 sos: Parl0r
suits, Haircoth OF Reps from 800 to roo Poplar
Suits, ! @ pieces. without marble, with high bed
stead, from $40 u $2S. Compare with what IS
SOLD b! auction Tor more money. This Is no hum
bug. have at least 81 5 600 worth of FUkAI-
TU9E Of all descriptions which win sell for cash,
or by weekly or mouthly instruments.
WILLIAM DaFFROS.
Office antisalesroom, 1893 Main street. fe Is
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. FEBRUARY 20, 1875.

IMMATURE ALMANAC, FEBRUARY 81, 1875.
sun r1ses..-..... 6.26 Moon rises. .....-..12 05
Ann sets,......,... 634 High tide. 81
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TUST ARRIVED AT OUR STA an
y ~
BLES from the Valley Of Virginia,
FORTY FIRsT-CEAss HORSES AND MULES
for sale.
fe 20 TURNER & co.
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lost. sTRAYED. AND FOUND.


HORSES AND MULES FORA
IL SALE.-I will receive this week ands mA
next FORTY MULES and HORSES, wy
which will sell low. Apply at my sta <RRxzaA
bles on Franklin street between tighteeuh ant
Nineteenth. BCMOND BOSSE1u8.
fe 23-l Uteod " ...yt. .. ..Eey ,...s..
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BY james L. Apperson.
Real Estate Auctioneer and Agent,
No. 1O16 Main street

TRUSTEES SALE AT AUCTION OF
1 PERSONAL PROPERTY. by virtue Of trust
duly recorded (beIng thereto required by The bene.
fciary), will sell at bis residence, "Greeawooa,
Malvern Hill, &c, on SATURDAY, 27th Febru-
ary, 1875, at II A. NJ, one SoRRFL MARE, one
SoRREL HORSE Que BAY MULE, one RED Cow.
three RED YRARLINGS, an increase Of the MAZE
and COW: WAGON aud twh sets or GEAR, CART
and HARNESS. and Sow With eleven PIGS, &C.
TERMS: Cash as to the debt secured, interest,"
and expense Of sale.
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by Cook i LanHntou. Auct,oneeis'
No 10 Governor street -,
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-25
Books Received.

Life of Lord Byron and Other Sketches
By Emilio CASTELAR,. Translated by Mrs. Arthur
Arnold. Cloth, 347 PIP. New York: Harper g.
Brothers. Portland: Loring, Short s. Harmon.
The Life of Jonathan Swift. By John For
ster. Volume First, 1667-1711. Cloth, 4S7 pp.,
with portrait New York: Harper g. Brothers.
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.
"Reminiscences of Forts sumter and Moul-
Major General U. S. A. Cloth, 1874 PIP. New
York: Harper s. Brothers. Portland: Loring,
Short s. Harmon.
The Thrones and Palaces of Babylon and
Nineveh. From Sea to Sea Thousand Miles on
Horseback. BY John P. Newman, ID. ID. Cloth.
455 pp., with maps and illustrations. New York I:
Harper & Brothers. Portland: Lorng, Short g.
Harmon.
Betiy's Bright Hden. BY Harriet Beecher
Stowe. Paper, illustrated, l21 pp., price 80 cents.
New York: j. B. Ford & Co. Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmon
wish Harp and Grown. A Novel. By the
authors of "Ready- Money, Mortality" SC. Au-
thors edition from advance sheets. Paper, 1917
DID,, price rs cents Boston: j. r. Osgood s. Co.
Portland: Bailey s. Noyes.
General Sullivan not n Pensioner OF Luz
zerne. With the report of the New Hampshire
Historical Society, vindcating him from the charge
made by George Bancroft. Second edition. Paper,
70 pp., price 25 cents. Boston: A. Williams & Co,
Chats with ,he Little Ones. From the French
of L. Sauveur. Illustrations by j. NJ. D., and T
t. Merrill. Engraved by John Andrew s. Son
Cloth, 172 PIP. Boston: Estes g. Lauriat. Port
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The Portland daily press., 1875-12-25
Current Notes.

Gov. Tilden is not so much spoken of as a
candidate for the Presidency as he was. Iu
some mysterious way he has lost prestige, and
there is a deepening conviction that he is not
in state of health sufficient to risk the Pres
idency with him.-Cincinnai Commercial,
(Ind.)
We think we do not ..misrepreseDt the feel
ing of the country when we state that discon-
nected from the obnoxious idea of a third
term, Gen. Grant would be preferred by a
great majority of the Republicans to any man
named, or who is likely to be named, in con-
nection with the position. st. Paul ,Pion-
eer-Press (Ind.)
Grand Panjandrun Weeks of the ga. o.
u" says of the Herald's expose: "There is
much in it that is.true. and great deal that
is devoid of truth; but would rather not at
this juncture enter upon any statement for
publication. I will, however, say this upon
my own responsibility and from personal
knowledge as an officer of the order, that
neither President Grant, Speaker Blaine nor
Mr.. Jewett are members of the order, nor are
there any members of the Cabinet of the
United States connected with our society"
The Western journals have all sorts of
opinions about the significance of Speaker
Kerr's committees. The Cincinnati CONNER
cial curiously enough concludes that "Kerr's
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-25
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

appointments are unquestionably made in
the interest of Western candidate for the
Presidency uext year, and it is assumed that
the labor is in behalf of Gov. Hendricks of
Indiana" That will surprise Mr.. Hendricks,
since his peculiar friend and supporter, Ian
ders, the pet of the Hendricks Club, is almost
entirely Ignored, and none of bis friends are
in prominent positions. The Cincinnati En-
quirer thinks the committee as whole are
pretty fair, but it is very bitter on Mr.. Morri-
son, saying; "a Mr.. Morrison, the lealer of
the Democratic party in the House! A brawl
ing, empty-headed, unknown village politi-
clan of Waterloo, Illinois, attempting to di-
rect Democratic legislation in the National
House of Representatives! There is no man
in the East more fully in sympathy with the
wishes of the East upon the currency ques-
tion than Mr.. Morrison" The indianapolis
Journal is disgusted with the whole lot, say
ing: "The chairmanshlps that are not filled
by rebels are filled by second-rate men or by
nobodes, while the able and experienced Re-
pubcans bring up the rear. Perhaps, under
all the circumstances, Mr.. Kerr has done the
best he could; but, between his personal am
bition and the wretched paucity of materials
with which he had to deal, he has made ter
rible botch of it for himself and the country,
though he has done as good days work for
the Republican party as we could DESIRE"
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-25

The destructive critics have lately discov-
cred that Moliere did not say: Je prends
mon bien on je le trouue. One of his earlier
pieces was stolen by Cyrano, and for years
Moliere disdained reclamation. Late in life
he retouched his earlier farces, and among
them the one which Cyrano had stolen, say
ing in regard to that: Je reprends mon Jien
on je le trouue. So the plagiarists can no
longer plead Molere as justification.
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-25

THE holiday season now at hand ought to
be made as far as possible one of hearty and
unalloyed enjoyment. The endeavor should
be to drive dull care away, not necessarily in
the university fashion, but in the spirit ofthe
old English ballad:
"Crown us with garlands of holly
Rosemary, ivy, and bays,
For gravity's nothing but folly
Till after the hOlidays''
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-25
HOLIDAY GOODS.

Our display of Russia Leather
and Turkey Morocco Albums,
Pocket Books, Bill Books, Bibles,
Glove and Handkerchief Boxes
and Novelties cannot be equalled
i'm New England.
Writing Desks of richest pat
terms.
Standard Works, Gift and Mis-
celIaneOus Books of all descrip-
tiOns and styles of Binding.
Louis ROusseIefs India, The
Dresden Gallery, The DOre Gal
lery, HOgartVl HcliOtypes, and
other works of ancient and mod
ern art.
A large stock of staple goods i'm
the
The Portland daily press., 1875-12-25
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING. DEC. 95, 1875
Christmas,

Year by year the observance of Christmas
becomes more general throughout New Eng
land, and the kindly customs of the day
reach out TO great prominence. Though
the church recognizes the resurrection time
as the great festival of the Christian year, in
the popular apprehension the gracious season
OF gift-giving holds a higher place. AS a
commemoration of the opening of the Christ
ian dispensation, Christmas has a peculiar
signfcation to the>churchman. AS the ush-
er in of modern civilization, the opening
chapter of modern history, it commands the
highest regard in the mind of the student.
And to all thoughtful men it is of the loftiest
significance as marking complete revolution
in human thought and an entirely new phase
in the history of the world. Other religions
have inculcated morality and benevolence;
but in Christianity we for the first time find
the statement of that truth upon which all
modern lite is based, the fatherhood -of God
and the brotherhood of man, and it comes 10
us with the Divine sanction. We are accus-
toned to regard with horror that basphe-
hiONo Phi@oO Vi tAO IlCuCu
"Jesus was the first of the Sans Culottes:,
and yet the revolving sentence enshells a ker-
mel of truth. From the Masters inspired lips
the world first learned the worth of the
human soul, first learned that men, despite
the accidents of birth and position and
wealth and knowledge, are equal in the sight
of God. This it is that should make Christ
mas ihe grandest of all festivals in the popu.
lar regard.
The custom of gift-giving. however it
originated, is one peculiarly appropriate to
the day. Not only does it bring home to
every heart the sublime truth of the saying
that it is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive, but it keeps in perpetual remembrance
the fact that He whose advent the annual
festival marks gave His own life that men
might be saved. On this day at least we can
thrust aside our theological differences and
definitions as to the sacrifice and gladly recog-
nize the act. And it is proper for us to bear
in mind in our gift-making the utter forget
fulnes and giving up of self which the OBJ
servance commentaries, and the ALIEN
bIacing bene1cence of Christ.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-03-11
SECRET PRAYER.

Besides the open return, there is a
secret reward Of secret prayer. There
is peculiar and present Joy in comun
ion with Goo. The deeper pleasures
are the parest; and of all pleasures, the
purest is the peace with God. To feel
that he is love-to draw so near him as
to forget the world-so near as to lose
the love of sin-is of all pleasures the
sweetest, of all blessedness the purest
and most profound. And next to this
high communion with God next to
this Joy of passion lulled, and sins slain
and self forgotten In adoring fellowship
with the Father of lights their Sc
dater comfort who can pour their griefs
into the Heavenly Fathers bosom, or
who feel that they have bespoken help
against coming tolls and trials at their
Heavenly Fathers hand. To know that
God is near-to know that he is trusted
hon pred, loved-to feel that you are act
ing toward him as a reverential and at
fectionate child, and that he is feel ing
toward you as gracious snd comoas~
sionate father-there is in this itself an
exquisite satisfaction, a present reward.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-03-11
ANCIENT AND MODERN CITIES,

One turns naturally to the East for
the ruins Of ancient cities and lost
empires, and the plains of Mesopatamia
and the Syrian deserts offer long list
of fallen marts of commerce and early
centers of civilization, hidden beneath
their sands OF marked only by few
tall and shattered columns. The Chi
Cages and Cincinnatis of the past once
lined the banks of the Tigris and the
Euphrates, OF sprang up in the track of
the caravan, and, wanting chiefly the
mental elements Of later progress, per
ished wholly IN the midst of their great.
ness. No modern city has ever met
with so complete ruin as Babylon
and Tyre; all the great centers of
modern commerce seem gifted with a
civic Immortality. The printing press
and the scbool-house, the telegraph,
and the steam car unite to shield Lon.
don and Paris from decay; and New
York and Philadelphia, in nearly the
hundreth anniversary of their freedom,
are menaced by few of the perils that
surrounded Carthage and Rome. Men
haYe become somewhat more discreet
since the world was governed by
Sennacheribs and acknowledgements.
Yet tour over the ruins of the Eastern
capitals, and down those famous rivers
! were Semiramls labored and Israel sang
its immortal lament, has always
strange interest, and no one treads the
Mesopotamian plains OF speculates upon
the site of Babylon without feeling
that the def fingers of the Assyrian
| weavers have instructed the modern
artist, and that the inventions and
devices of the merchants and mechan~
les of Mesopotamia were not lost to
the factories of New York. Cities
perish, but knowledge never and the
lowered muslins and painted vases of
the East live again in the looms of
Lyors and the furnaces of Sevres.-
Eugene Laurence IN Harper's Maga-
zine for March.