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THE BEA UTIFUL LAND.

There's beautiful land, by the Spoiler untrod,
Unpolluted by sorrow or care;
1t is lighted alone by the presence of God,
Whose throne ond whose temple are there;
It's crystalline streams, with murmurous flow,
Meander through valleys of green,
And its mountains of jasper, are bright in the
glow
Of fsplendor no mortal hath seen.
And throngs of glad singers with jubilant
breath,
Make the air with their melodies rife;
And one, known on earth as the Angel of Death,
Shines here as the Angel of Life
And infinite tenderness beams from his eyes,
On his brew is an infinite calm,
And his voice as it thrills through the depths
of the skies,
Is as sweet as the Seraphim's psalm.
Through the amaranth groves of a Beautiful
Land,
Walk the souls who were faithful in this,
And their foreheads star crowned, by the
zephyrs are famed,
That evermore murmur Of bliss;
They taste the rich fruitage that hangs from
the trees,
And breathe the sweet odors of flowers,
More fragrant than ever were kissed by the
breeze
In Araby's loveliest bowers.
Old prophets, whose words were spirit of flame
Blazing out DER the darkness of time, a.ss..z,
And martyrs, whose courage no torture could
tame
Nor turn from their purpose sublime;
And saints and confessors, numberless throng,
Who were loyal to truth and to right,
And left, as they walked through the darkness
of wrong,
Their footprints encircled with light.
And the dear little Children, who went to their
rest
Ere their lives had been sullied by sin,
While the angel of morning still tarried a guest
Their spirits pure temple within
All are there, all are there, in the Beautiful
Land,
The land by the Spoiler untrod;
And their foreheads star-crowned, by the
zephyrs are famed
That blow from the Garden of God.
My soul hath looked in, through the gateway
of dreams,
On the City all brilliant with gold,
And heard the sweet flow of its murmurous
streams,
AS through the green valleys they rolled
And though it still waits on this desolate strand
pilgrim and stranger on earth,
Yet it knew in that glimpse of the Beautiful
Land,
That it gazed on the home of its birth.
-Burlei0h
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THE LOVE OF BE Boz FOR HIS MoTHER.-
of all the love affairs in the world, none can
surpass the true love of big boy for his moth
er. 1t is love pure and noble, honorable in
the highest degree to both. | do not mean
merely a dutiful affection. I mean love
which makes boy gallant to his mother, say
ing plainly to everybody that he is fairly in
love with her. Next to the love Of her hus-
band, nothing so crowns woman's life with
honor as this second love, this devotion Of the
son to her. And never yet knew boy to
"turn out" badly who began by falling in love
with his mother. Any man may fall in love
with fresh-faced girl, and the man who is
gallant to the girl may cruelty neglect the
worn and weary wife. But the big boy who is
a lever of his mother at middle age, is true
knight, who will love his wife as much in the
sere leaf autumn as he did in the daisied
spring. There is nothing SO beautifully chiv-
alrcus as the leve of big boy for his mother.
-Beriah Green.
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my gold, and did not care for it, as the land
was living on would have been valuable, but
the "squatters" came and settled on it, and
every year they were growing wealthier off of
my property. My suits were settled in my
favor in tho first courts they were taken ints
in California, and the verdicts were appealed
from. In all cases, in all the California courts,
it was the same way-I won all. 1t was insl-
ly carried to the United States Supreme Court,
at Washington, and the "squatters" whs had
become very wealthy, had more money than
had to push their claims, and lost all.
Are any of your old associates living that
were with you in California, in your younger
days, General?
Very few. l received a letter some time ago,
from DR.. McKinistry, cousin of Judge McKin-
istry, Of the Supreme Court Of California, also
of General McKinistry, with long list of our
old associates, with the word "dead" written at
the end of their names. On the opposite side
of the page was list of the living ones, but it
was very small. But number of young men
whom he wrote about as living there, are sons
of men whom had been intimate with in my
youth.
Do you ever expect to visit California again,
General?
l don't know. often receive invitations
from my friends there TO comeout and SEQ them
and would like to GO, as know would receive
cordial welcome, and would enjoy myself.
Have you met General Sherman lately?
met General Sherman last winter year
while in Washington. He was always good
friend of mine, and like him very much. In
a conversation with him he said, "Our militia
days are over, General" While in California
he resigned his position as captain in the reg
ular army and entered banking house. He
was then appointed by the State Major Cen
eral of the militia. 1 was Maj jor General both
before that and at the same time he was.
From what you have seen of Shermans me-
moirs, General, do you think them correct?
Yos, so far as have examined them they are.
In fact more SO than expected them to be.
You could write very interesting book,
couldn't you?
Yes, guess l could, and had quite number
of letters and docum ents which preserved
But one day in California we caught man
who had been stealing whisky and punished
him. few nights after that my buildings
were set on fire, and my writings were all de-
streyed. There is no doubt but that the man
we had punished was the guilty one.
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The Sense of HMnsOr in Brutes.

A nondon gentleman writes to Nature: In
the recently published edition of the "Desoent
of Man" there is some additional matter con-
cerning the sense of humor in brutes, and as
the following illustrative cases fell under my
own observation, think it is worth while to
publish them as supplementary to those ad-
duced by Mr.. Darwin.
Several years ago used to watch carefully
the young orang-outang at the Geological Gar
dens, and I am quiet sure that she manifested
a sense of the ludicreus. One example will
suffice. Her feeding-tin was of somewhat
peculiar shape, and when it was empty she
used sometimes to invert it upon her head
The tin then presented a comical resemb blanee
to bonnet, and as its wearer would gene rally
favor the spectators with broad grin at the
time of putting it on, she never failed to raise
laugh for them. Her success in this res pect
was evidently attended with no small gratif-
cation on her part.
l once had a skye terrier, which, like all of
his kind, was very intelligent. When in good
humor he had several tricks which know to
have been self-taught, and the sole object of
which was evidently to excite laughter. For in
stance, while lying upon enc side and violently
grinning, he would hold one leg in his mouth.
Under such circumstances nothing pleased him
SO much as having his joke duly appreciated,
while if no notice was taken Of him he would
become sulky. On the other hand, nothing
displeased him so much as being laughed at
when he did not intend to be ridiculous. Mr.
Darwin says: "Several observers have stated
that monkeys certainly disliked being laugh
ed at" There can be little or no doubt that
this is true of monkeys; but never knew of
really good case among dogs save this one, and
here the signs Of dislike were unequivocal. To
give one instance: He used to be very fond of
catching flies upon the window panes, and if
ridiculed when unsuccessful, was much annoy
ed. On one occasion, in order to see what he
would do, purposely laughed lmmoderately
every time he failed. 1t 50 happened that he
did so several times in succession-partly,
believe, in consequence of my laughing-and
eventually he became so distressed that he pos
itively pretended to catch the fly, going through
all the appropriate actions with his lips and
tongue, and afterwards rubbing the ground
with his neck as if to kill the victim he then
looked up at me with triumphant air of sue
cess. So we'll was the whole process simulated,
that I should have been quite deceived, had 1
not seen that the fly was still upon the window.
Accordingly I drew his attention to this fact,
as well as to the absence Of anything upon the
floor; and when he saw that his hypocrisy had
been detected, he skunk away xnder some fur
nitnre, evidently very much ashamed of him
self.
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-"It's generally the case with bad boys,
philosophcally remarks Miss Anthony, "that
thew look like their mother and act like their
father"
"A man in Iowa obtained divorce from
his wife last fall and then hired her for cook.
Since that time she has had more new dresses
and pin money than she ever possessed as
One of the curious institutions of Stowe,
Mass is a "Three-Score and-Ten Society,
composed of eighty-seven members over sew
enty years old. One of the members, lady,
is 100, one 90, and another 81.
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JOHN F. PLUMMER,
WATCH MAKER e. JEWELER,

Adjoining the Bridge, BALTIMORE.
NONSTANTSY on hand a beautiful assort-
u meut of CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWEL
RY, SPECTACLES, &C., which will be sold at
the lowest cash prices.
CLOCKS, WA TCHES AND JEWELRY
repaired at the shortest notice and anted to
giUe satisfaction.
Ns~SPECTACLE GLASSES to suit all eyes.
MF-All work from the country promptly at
tended to. MAY l5,'75.-ly.
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ass-An old lady, riding on street car yes
terday, took clay pipe and tobacco from her
pocket, and after filling the pipe and borrow
ing match she leaned back for smoke. The
conductor entered the car, tapped her on the
shoulder, and said: "You can't smoke that
pipe in here" "I know it's leetle crowded.
she replied, as she looked up, "but I'm Used to
travelin' and guess I can stand it,"
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nae-She used to keep bits of broken china
and crockery piled up in a convenient corner
of the closet, and when asked her reason for
preserving such domestic lumber, she shot
lurid glance at her husband, and merely re-
marked: "He knows what thems for"
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s-"why, Ichabed, thought you got mar
ried more'n year ago." "Well, Aunt Jerush'
it was talked of, but found out that the girl
and all her folks were opposed to it, and SO l
Just gave 'em the mitten and let the thing
DROP"
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ND- Mrs. Rose, of New Britain, said she
would hang herself if Rose wasn't home at
eight o'clock. When he came home at nine
she was suspended to beam, cold and dead,
and he rubbed his hands and whispered,
"There's woman who couldn't tell a lie."
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Ms-They wondered at the short collections
in Missouri church, and Investigated to find
that one of the collectors had tar in the top Of
his hat.
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L-Deacon Ladue, of Wisconsin, went to
the barn the other day and hung himself with
log chain because his wife playfully kicked
his hat off and exclaimed: "That's the kind
of clothespin | am"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-07-10

M1-At the outbreak of the Revolutionary
War in 1775, there were only thirty-seven
newspapers published in the American Cole
MES Out of these thirty-seven there are five
in existence to-day, and two of these five are
published in Maryland. One was the Mary
land Gazette published at Annapolis, by Fred
erick and Samuel Green, and now published
by ]. Guest King, and the other is the Balti-
more american, then published by Wm God
dard and now by C. G. Fulton Son.
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Discrimination is as necessary in char
ity as in everything else; and indiscrmina-
tion in charity is in many respects more dan
gereus than in anything else.
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Mg>How many troubles might mankind be
spared if they would only stop to hear each
others explanation
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ax@-It is said that one or two geranium
leaves bruised, bound upon cut or abrasion
will heal 1t at once.
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ns-As length of life is denied us, we should
at least do something to show that we have
lived.
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nInEIEI Dsc TyGRI oInD DI.MPl
TINE undersigned has now Oa hand about
1000 feet of choice White Oak Pump Stock
which has been in spring water sufficient
length of time to free it from sap. Any Pump
constructed of this stock is guaranteed not to
give an unpleasant taste to the water. His ar
rangements for preparing Pump Stock in the
above manner are most ample and complete,
and he will always be prepared to put up the
EXCELSIOR PUMP at short notice.
Always on hand all kinds of Pump Fixtures
of the very best quality, including Leathered
Buckets for Old Pumps, which can be furnish
ed on demand.
Common Wooden Pumps made on the prem
ises where they are to be placed, when desired
All Pumps constructed by the subscriber are
warranted for one year. After the first year
they will be kept in order by him, for ten gears,
for the moderate sum of 81 per year.
If the. Excelsior Pump should not giUe SGtisfGc-
tio1, it aoiI be removed and the money refunded
Refers by permission to R. R. Boarmsn,
ESQ.,, Towsontown. Orders by mail, or in per-
son, attended to promptly.
WIN. 0LDFIELD, PUMP MAKER,
My2s-1y* Fountain Green, Hartford Co., Nd
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WOULD TALK.-As man and woman were
riding on Girard Avenue car, he whispered
something to her, and she began to speak out.
He nudged her, and whispered again, when she
shouted:
"I will talk-so there! would as soon the
whole world knew thatyOu struck me with the
stove handle, and then got down on your knees
and asked my forgiveness"
The M an dropped out of the car like shot,
and the woman put her head out OF the win
dow, and continued:
'If you aren't home on the minute, I'll make
you think you've been struck by tornado"
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Sold Out.

THE ~ NAL EFFEcTs OF A. T. STEWARDS VEL
vEf q. iRK--A MAN WHO HAD IN HIS WARD
ROBE ONE BUNDLED AND FORTY -FOUR
PAIR OF PANTS.
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Nor TO BE RAISED OUT.-In 8 certain city on
the Mississippi, good-souled landlord, named
zal B., kept hotel, and among his numerous
patrons was his brother Sam IA jolly, genial,
shiftless kind of fellow, who for five years
"bummed" on him, and, like Burrill's boarder,
had never missed meal or paid cent. There
being limit to all things, Mr.. q. BIS patience
was not an exception; he, therefore, hit upon
the following plan to get rid of his pro6tless
customer. The clerk was to notify Sam when
he came to dinner that the board was to be
raised from three dollars and a-half to FIVE dol
lars. When dinner was announced. Sam, along
along with others, was making his way to the
dining hall the clerk called Sam, and the fol-
lowing conversation ensued:
Clerk-"Do you know, Sam, we are going to
raise our board 2"
C.-"The new rates are going into effect to-
morrow"
S.-"How much will you then charge ?"
C.-"Five dollars day"
S.-How much have you been charging" "
C.-"Three dollars and a-half day."
A slight pause ensues, in which Sam scratch
es his head, as if in deep thought, then sudden
ly asks:
S.-"What do the other boarders say to the
raiser"
C.-"They say they will stand it."
S. (energetically) if they stand it,
l guess can also"
At last accounts Sam was still boarding with
them
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The Model Summer Boarding.
House.

From the Westchester, Pa, Local News.
summer boarding place, at which city peo-
pie should find all the comforts and convent
ences they wish, has never yet been establish
ed, but it will be seen by the following adver-
tisement that an effort has been made in that
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-03-19

Col. Jose Navarro, the only surviving
signer of the declaration of Texan inie-
pendence, lives at San Antonio.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-03-19
Sing More.

CULTIVATE singing in the family. Be-
gin when the child is not yet three years
old. The songs and hymns your child
hood sang, bring them all back to your
memory and teach them to your little
ones; mix them altogether, to meet the
similar moods, as in after life they come
over us so mysteriously sometimes. Many
a time and oft, in the very whirl of
business; in the sunshine and gayety of
Fifth Avenue, and amid the splendor of
the drive in Central Park, some little
thing wakes up the memories of early
youth-the old mill; the cool spring (;
the shady tree by the chOol-hOuse-anG
the next instant we almost see again the
ruddy cheeks, the smiling faces, and the
merry eyes cf schoOlmates, some gray
headed now, most " lie moldering in the
grave" And anon, "the song my mother
sang" springs unbidden to the lips and
soothes and sWeetens all these memo
ries.
At other times. amid the crushing mis-
haps of business, a mere ditty of the
olden time pops up its little head, breaks
in upon the ugly train of thought, throws
the mind into another channel; light
breaks in from behind the cloud in the
sky and new courage is given to Us.
The honest man goes singing to his work !;
and when the days labor is done, his
tools laid aside, and he Is on his way
home, where wife and child and tidy ta-
BILE and CHEEKY fireside await him, he can
not help but whistle or sing.
The burglar never sings. Moody 81
lence, not the merry song, weighs down
the dishonest tradesman, the perfidious
clerk, the unfaithful servant, the perjured
partner-HGlPs Journal.
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SeleFtsd eWisrellat,y
MY LOVE AND I.

WE never spoke word Of love,
We never named its name,
As through the leafy wood and down 81
The shadowed path we came;
And yet--and yeti almost think,
Although / can't tell why,
His love is mine, and mine is his:
We're ours-my Love and l.
Here let me sit and live in thought
Those blissful hours again,
And ere hoard them in my heart
Their sap and sweetness drain.
The bluebells hung their fair young heads
Beneath the bluer sky,
We talked of trivial, common things,
We talked-my Love and l.
And once--how we'll know the spot
We stopped beside the brook,
And saw the gurgling waters rs
Their suDlit way they toCk..
NY ewes met his, the soul OF love
In that brief glance did lie,
My eyelids drooped-we watched the stream
Flow past-mg Love and l.
And now, Pve nothing more to say,
NV heart won't let me tell
The silent talk our spirits had,
The charm that DER us fell.
am not sure, but still think,
Although | can't tell why,
His love is mine, and mine is his:
We're ours-my Love and |.
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proach me again. I am young, / can
work, can be resolute. / have bought
my experience of life and find the taste
too bitter in my mouth, A man may be
a man and yet not be ashamed to think
of his wife as well as of bis pleasures,
and / will think of you now"
she sighed and then she smiled.
you come back to what you left"
she said in a tender, caressing kind of
way THAI seemed as if it buried now for
ever all that had gone wrong between
us.
Of course the struggle was tremen-
dous one. / lost my clerkship and every
sixpence [ possessed both in goods and
money. My wife had to give lessons and
| had to accept anything that would keep
US from starvation; but we pulled
through in time, and the suffering we
had encountered was perhaps a good
thing in the end. 1t taught us to value
each other in deeper and truer manner
than ever before and it gave us friend
For dear old Jacks luck turned with his
uncie's death, ana he used his influence
to get me situation that began at 500
a year, and has steps upward in the
future. Things have gone we'll with me
since then. Edith'a health has come
back, and my boy is at the head of his
class. / have travelled good deal, and
lately | have taken up chemistry as
study. Edith declares will blow the
house up some day, but have not done
so yet, and think / am ON the track of
a discovery that will do great deal of
good--make me name, and bring in
lot of money. / find that as one grows
older work is a more satisfying thing
than pleasure, and knowledge goes
further than excitement; and Edith finds
that wife's influence is greatest when
least visibly exerted, and that when
woman abandons the persuasion of love
for authoritative command, and tender
ness for i'll temper, she loses her power
and only deepens the unhappiness she
aims at preventing.
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THE OLD WORLD.

THERE was heavy gale on the English and
Irish coasts on the 9th, which greatly dam
aged the shipping and caused the loss of
many lives.
On the 10th it was announced that NJ. Buffet
had succeeded in forming new French CaD-
met.
The rumor that Prince Gortschakoff had
demanded the recall of VIM. Schuyler, United
States Charge dA.faires at st. Petersburg, is
declared to be untrue.
On the 11th John Mitchell was reelected
to Parliament from Tipperary by about 1855
majority.
u. s. MINISTER CALEB CUSHING presented
his credentials to King Alphonso on the
11th.
ACCORDING to the Vocede Ve1itd, of Rome,
Archbishop McCloskey has been appointed
Cardinal, "not only on account of the per-
sonal merits of that prelate, but because the
Holy See is desirous of honoring the Catho-
lies of America, and of marking the progress
of Catholicism in the United States"
On the 10Th, in the French Assembly. M.
Buffet, the new Premier, read declaration in
behalf of the new Ministry that its policy
would be eminensly conservative.
GREAT disorder prevailed in Tipperary on
the night of the 10Th on account OF the re-
fusal of SONS ,f the citizens to illuminate
their dwellings in honor of the second cleo
ton of John Mitchell to Parliament. Several
houses were sacked.
A BERLIN dispatch of the morning of the
18th says large consignment of horses re-
Gently purchased by French dealers in East
Prussia for the French army had been stopped
in transitu at the Berlin depot by order of
the German Government.
A LONDON telegram of the 18th says that
immense crowds were in attendance upon the
revival meetings in that city under the direc-
ton of Messrs. Moody and Sankey, the Chi
cago missionaries. On that night there were
10000 people present, and thousands were
turned away.
DUKE DANDIFRET PAsQUIER has been
elected President of the French Assembly.
IT was reported that twenty-five young men
of Cuban birth, residents of Cienfuegos, had
been recently arrested in their homes in that
city by volunteers and shot outside the walls
W[Ieut the form of trial.