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From the Christian at Work. ]
The Slow, Sweet Years.

"The slow, sweet years that brings US all things
When, inch by inch, the clinging ivy grows,
Its tender grace DER rift and ruin throws,
Caressing most where most is harsh and rude
The years that looked so long and far away
In morning hours, when we and life were
What distant chimes through that lost
Eden rung-
How infinite with bliss was every day!
In chiidhood's paradise we walked serene,
Nor wondered IL to talk the angels came,
Nor trembled when he spoke the Holiest
And God himself drew near felt, though unseen.
How sweet the voices of that early time,
OF bird and bee, and myriad insect things,
ma The welded ectasy OF song ana wings, sy,oah,y
climb.
Then, in the pensve murmur OF the stream,
And in the ripple of the bending grass,
The mountains purple and the lakes clear
Seemed God revealed by shadow and by gleam.
The love that kept us safe when nights were
As lambs are folded, gathered from the
When way for tempest fierce the north wind
clears.
All I childhood's garden left, by thorny road,
BY hedge quickest with tangle and with
We strayed Too oft there seemed a sword
of fire.
Swift menacing, between our souls and God.
The slow, sweet years9 They brought MS all
things good?
Not so-buf bitterness and pain and loss,
Hands emptied, only for the heavy cross;
Hearts vailed I'm pride and shame and solitude.
How should we tell their beaded rosary2
BY loves grown cold, by disappointments
by household names forgotten, once a part
or Daily JOY now lost OF memory?
Unthankful thus, we sometimes dare to say,
Alike TO all are dole and lack and thirst,
And beast and man of God alike are cursed,
And each alike shall molder In the clay.
Yet every year has had ifs tender spring,
It's regnant summer and Its golden sheaves,
Its harvest fruitage after blossoming.
And, in a better mood we tell our wealth,
And see now sre eyerbrim's II Iites frosted cub
With vintage foaming fair from love and
health.
II out OF sorrows rough, repellant sheath
For us have opened buds of heavenly bloom;
II richest sunrise came through thickest
How shall we dare to moan with little faith?
The slow. sweet years! To-day we, looking
back,
Can well discern how, ever by our side,
One walked Friend savior and a
And all his love was sown along the track.
So generous: : and we did not heed IT then,
But crushed IL deep beneath rebeliious feet.
On, wondrous love so patient and so sweet,
That gives us freely, asking not again.
Till, tired and sick. and from ourselves forIorn,
We turn, and reach to Thee our wearied
Then close are gathered, safe from all
alarms,
And on thy breast our names like gems are
worn.
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superfuities which are enough to drive
an honest, law-abiding citizen crazy.
The work Of the Codifying Commission
will Of course be mainly lost IL this legis-
latiye itch for tinkering the laws shall
60 on as it has done There is no use in
trying to analyze, simplify and boil down
this mixed up mess Of statutory contra
dictions il the result is only TO be resolv-
ed into original chaos again by silly am
bition to alter or add to the codified body
Of the laws. 1t ought to be, in public es-
timation, a sort Of sacrilege 10 touch that
work to tinker it, except in cases Of most
obvious public necessity and most clear
ly for the public good.
Ii seems pity, by the way. that a sim
liar work cannot be performed with ref.
orence to the. decisions of the courts,
Many Of these are wholly obsolete, utter
ly worthless as precedents, and perform
no earthly function except TO add to the
confusion of counsel. Now, IL these
dead branches could be Topped of so
that she bearing ones might thriye, so TO
speak, il the really reliably rulings could
be sifted from those which are Of second.
airy importance, and practically OF no
use, and IL the useful decisions could be
classified and condensed so that a short
examination should suffice to develop the
latest and most reliable ruling on any
particular subject, n most invaluable pub
lie service would be rendered
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dollars, and the bill could not be paid.
But could our country friend help him
out for an hour or two, I'LL the DRAFT
could DO cashed7 Certainly" replied
the poor victim. III fifteen dollars viii
help you any. that Is all / have
That was Just the amount Of the bill.
IL was paid and tho bill roceipted. and
the collector vanished. The Logansville
merchant then said he would 90 and get
his draft cashed at once lie gave his
green friend an order for his baggage NJ
the depot, requesting him 20 60 there
and get Il and have all things in rcadi-
ness for their departure on the train,
which would soon be ready 10 pull out
They parted then-forever.
A poor. lean. lank, lanternjawed. un-
calmly and unsophisticated piece Of pure
verdancy might have been seen shortly
after. stopping every man he saw In tho
depot. asking him II he was the man who
gave him an order for his baggage There
was no baggage there. Nobody in tho
depst had over heard Of Mr.. kirkland.
the name signed 20 the order for bag.
gage. and the poor. Aeeccd fool was an
object Of pity IIo could not even tell
what kind Of looking men they were
that he had met. Depot Master McCabe
tried to get some fixed information out
Of him. but the simple fellow could not
tell anything save that he was short &C..
teen dollars. and that there were three
individuals with the semblanco Of men
who had constituted the caste for this
confidence drama. lie would be eonvers-
ing wildly with Messrs. McCabe and Nc
Even. when spying some fellow in the
distance, would rush az him and ask him
II he wasn't the person that gave him the
order for baggage. He had but ninety
cents left. and this would not pay his
way to Logansville. so he concluded 10
60 home "Tll swow. says he, III don Z
mash them ere fellows all 10 flinders, II
! ever get hold on en-. bod rot their
dirty pictures, that enc fellow does keep
a store next 70 my unele's aud Ill be
dog goned IL don't write TO my uncle
and tell him all about this business, aud
make him get the money from tho fellow
when he gets back to Logansville. By
iinks, Ill just take the first train home.
and 60 TO work and earn some more mo-
ney, and IL any fellow ever asks me for
10 lend him any money. Ill see him bias.
ted before Ill give him a cent"
lie took the evening train for Zanes-
vile. 10 Is a mystery how fellow can
live in a civilized country aud remain
such n aonsummate greenhorn. Depot
Master sScCabo says be was the grecncal
looking fellow he ever saw.-lColumbus
Journal
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PAID NEARLY
S4OO.OO!!
January 2, 1875.

January z 1870.
II. r. Stevens, Esq:
Dear Sir: When about six months old was
vaccinated. The parties who were vaccinated
nom the same virus died from the humor. The
humor spread over me to such an extent that
was rolled in bran TO prevent me from scratch
Ing my person. The disease finally settled In
my head. / remained in this condition about
breaking in my head and discharging corrup-
tion from my ear. At this time a small kernel
appeared on my neck, gradually increasing in
size until n tumor formed of such immense Size
I could see IL by turning my eyes downward.
ALI this time was taking various remedies for
my blood without any substantial benefit.
then went to a prominent physician in Bos-
ton who, during his treatment of six months,
lanced the tumor eight times, which cost me
nearly $500. This left me with n rough, aggra-
of the tumor, and in a sickly, feeble condition.
consulted another physician In Natick, who,
after considerable time, succeeded in healing
the sore without reducing the size. At this
point / commenced TO use Vegetine, through
the earnest persuasion of a friend. After had
taken this medicine about one week i expert
snced wonderful sensations. MY whole body
til, finally, the tumor broke and discharged
frightful quantities. From this time IL decreas-
ed In size until the bunch disappeared, but my
neck still bears the ugly scars of the sore and
lance. am now healthy and strong and able
10 Work every day.
/ will also mention that have been an acute
sufferer from infiammatory rheumatism ever
since / can remember, until commencing the
use of Vegetine, when almost Immediately all
rheumatic pains ceased. This statement vol
fering humanity, and you will confer a favor by
giving IL as much publicity as thought proper.
Very gratefully,
o. NJ. SAVELS, Ashland, Mass.
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From the Scientific American. ]
Man as an Automaton.

A little more than year ago Professor
Huxley startled the world with his IA
nous paper on animals as Automata."
In that paper, this lucid writer and bold
thinker, used the word automaton in
much the same sense as we use the adj
jective automatic, namely, to describe
something which acts involuntarily, and
not, as Webster defines il, "a self-moving
machine, or one which has its driving
power within itself" Professor Huxley
meant to say that the movements Of ami
mails were directly caused by external
impressions, independently of any exer-
else of will power; in other words, they
were machines, upon which certain caus-
es produced certain effects. We are not
yet ready to acknowledge ourselves as
automata or machines (and really the
two words mean the same thing), even il
so great philosopher as Huxley should
tell us we were.
The differences between q man and a
machine are numerous. In the variety
of work performed, man surpasses any
engine that he has yet devised, although
many of his machines surpass in perfec-
ton their builder. Where great accura
cy, great delicacy, or great strength are
requisite, the machine outstrips the
man and yet so simple a motion as that
of walking has been but poorly initiated
by machinery.
The superiority of q man to q machine
is shown by his ability to devise and con-
struct machines it is, in fact, the superb
ority of mind to matter. But between
the machine which can do nothing but
what it was expressly built for and the
intelligent thinker who planned the ma
chine, there are all the intermediate
stages represented by different members
of the human family. There are men of
little brains and much muscle, men of
big brains and less muscle; men who plod
along, year after year. in the paths which
their fathers trod, and men who put all
their heavy work on muscles of steel and
of leather. The proportion of wide
awake, thinking men to dull plodders in
different countries or sections of country
is easily determined by the relative mum
Der of patents taken out in that country;
and measured by that standard, the Uni
ted States contains the least proportion
of automats.
But there is a word to be said in favor
of automat or man machines. Even now
toward the close of this nineteenth GEN.
tury, there remains many kinds of labor
which cannot be done by machinery.
There is also large number Of men, and
women too (for the fair sex are not to
be excluded in this classification, re-
quired to tend the machines, feed them,
prepare work for them, and ill up the
gaps in their work. For some of these
positions there are required skill, thought
full care, presence of mind, nerve, inge.
nuity. Yet the more nearly all our mo-
tions resemble those of a machine, the
greater is the amount of work we can do
in given time, and the less the fatigue.
As the movements become automatic
and regular, removed apparently from
the control OF the will, they become more
rapid and easier. Why has division oi
labor accomplished 30 much2 Chiefly
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JACKSON c. H, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IL 1876.

suppose that the White League, or the
mass Of the active and controlling mem
bers of the Democratic party in the
Southern States, have any more fraternal
feeling for the people Of the whole coun-
try than the members of the Republican
party in the Northern States. IL is not
in the North that relentless or vindictive
hostility Of feeling has ever been shown;
and the Just and legitimate unwillingness
of the patriotic intelligence of this part
Of the country to intrust tho government
TO the allies Of the White League senti-
ment and spirit is not q narrow, section.
al, detestable, unworthy, unfraternal, un-
generous, or unpatriotic feeling: IL is
simply the dictate of common-sense and
common humanity, and il is totally un-
accompanied by any wish or purpose Of
a harsh and repressiye policy Indeed,
the wretched condition Of many parts of
the Southern States is by no means en-
tirely due 10 negro suffrage, or scalawags,
or Republican ascendency. but in the
greater part to the logical results Of sla-
very and to the conduct of the Demo
Gratis who most loudly complain Of OPP
preston.
The assumption so sedulously fostered
by Democratic orators and organs, that
the Democratic party is the great and
Heaven-appointed agency Of national
conciliation, is as baseless as its other
claim Of being the party Of reform. Its
record Of reform is exhausted by the
turning out Of Union soldiers who are
not Democrats from few minor offices
and the reduction of the salaries Of a
few poorly paid consuls, A Democratic
restoration, instead of promoting peace
and goodwill, would make the mild in
timidation" of the Southern colored citi-
zens a systematic tyranny. il would food
Congress with Southern claims, and il
would stimulate and invigorate the eccle-
siastical hostility to the schools. An era
of absolutely unchecked Democratic as
tendency in this country was one Of des-
potic Southern leadership, Of undisguised
hostility to the Union, to the people of
the North. and to the safeguards of
American liberty. 1t is this knowledge,
and the consciousness that the traditions
and training of two generations do not
pass like a morning vapor, that cause
those who sustained the war but who
now differ radically upon some great
questions of public policy, still to main
tain their party organization, and to op-
pose a united and resolute front TO the
effort to secure Democratic restoration,
not for the purpose of sectional oppres-
sion, but for the sake Of the common
welfare. and Of fastening the era Of a
real fraternity.
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arranged for a reception by the various
temperance organizations of the city on
Monday evening, telegraphing to the
friends In London that Liverpool intend
ed to give me the first welcome And a
true, warm welcome it was. Some fifty
gentlemen and ladies representing all
the leagues and organizations Of the city
with some from other places. Mr.. Bark
eT, of the National Temperance Alliance,
residing in Manchester, had come down
on Saturday to meet me, but was obliged
to return before we got in, and not being
able to return on Monday, sent Mr..
White to represent him and the Alli-
ance. A gentleman from Scotland gave
me the welcome for Scotland, another
rom Wales gave me the welcome and a
pressing invitation to visit Wales. ! am
thus minute that my friends at home
may feel assured that | have received
the most cordial welcome, and to tell
them that while we are apt to be very
boastful of our hospitality we cannot
surpass our English friends in making
the strangers feel at home. | had let
ter to-day from Scotland saying eve have
a motto in evergreen in one room--'Wel-
come to the American before il
fades. l am here so thoughtfully taken
care OF. The friends are arranging for a
meeting OF welcome here, represented by
all the temperance organizations of Lon
don, with the expectation that Mr..
Smithies, editor of the British Workman
and to whom / have a letter from DR..
Cuyler, will preside. The friends are al
so arranging for future work for myself
and my good Sister Watson, who is so
kindly entertaining me. / wish | had
the time to tell you of the work being
done by the brave toilers in Liverpool
While it is conceded to be the worst
place in Christendom for the drink curse
at the same time there are no grander
workers in the world nor better work
done for the cause of temperance than
in Liverpool. May the Lord crown their
unequal handed fight with the fearful
curse with victory.
] am being most thoroughly advertised
in the various papers, and learn that
one-The Good Templars' Watchword-
will give an engraving with brief sketch,
etc. The Temperance Star has just
come in, with kind editorial full of
hope for the prosperity of my work, and
having notice of our reception Of Mr.J.
III. Raper in New York. While these
dear friends are thus increasing my. debt
OF gratitude, / can but pray that the Lord
may bless my.poor. feeble efforts to help
them fight the great and common foe of
the Christian World. Ever you're.
MOTHER STEWART.
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From the Detroit Free Press.
Seeking a Teacher for Linda.

She was at one Of the Union School
Houses. half an hour before school open.
ed. She had LINDA" with her. She
was a tall woman, forty years old, with a
jaw showing great determination. and
Linda was sixteen. and rather shy and
pretty good looking The mother said
she hadn't been in the city long. and
that il was her duty to get Linda into
school and see that she was properly ed.
ucated. When the teacher came the
mother boldly inquired.
"You know enough TO teach, DO your
IL think l do" replied the teacher,
blushing deeply.
And you feel competent to govern
the scholars. do your
"Yes'm"
do you pound EN- with ferrule. or
lick 'em with a whipY'
I'VE seldom resort to punishment
here" replied the embarrassed teacher.
That's better yet, continued the mo.
ther. II know that IL Linda should
come home all pounded up I'd feel like
killing some one. / suppose you are OF
a respectable character. amt your
"Why-ahem-why-" stammered the
teacher, growing white and then red.
Il expect you are" continued the wo-
man. "Its well enough 10 know who
our children are associating with. Now,
then, do you allow the boys and girls 10
sit togetherl'
"No, ma'am."
That's right. They never used 10
when / was young and / don't think
Linda Is any better than I am. Another
thing Do you allow any winkingT'
ANY what9' exclaimed the puzzled
teacher.
do you allow boy TO wink at girlT'
asked the woman.
why, no.
II was afraid you did Linda is as shy
as a bird. and " she should come homo
some night and tell me that she had
been winked at don't know what I'd
do Now, another thing-do you have =
beau2'
"why-why-" was the stammorcd ro-
ply.
Il think you do" resumed the woman
severely. II know just how IL works
When you should be explaining what an
archipelago Is you are thinking Of your
Richard, and your mind Is way, way of
But, madam
Never mind any explanations" inter.
brought up TO know ioggcrfy. figures.
writing, and spellography, aud II you've
got beau and are spooking 10 the thea.
ter one night. a eandy.pull the next.
horse race the next. and so on, your
mind can't be on education. Come. Lin.
da, we'll 20 to some other school house
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American Inventions Re- Discovered in
Europe.

II Is no unfroquent thing for us 10
meet, in the columns Of European papers,
notices published with all the flourish
peculiar to the first announcements Of
strikingly novel ideas, concerning old
American inventions, long known and
used here Here are two examples in
point "A French blacksmith has dc.
vised a perforated plate put in rotation
by clockwork. and Intended to be placed
behind the lock Of a safe. The conse-
quencc Is that the safe cannot be opened
except at certain times during business
hours, when there Is no danger Of any
robber intrudIng into the offices" This
Is from n late number Of Nature, one Of
the keenest Of English scientific week.
lies. A chronomcter lock was patented
in this country by John Y. Savage Ia
lsi7, and has for years been la use here
upon safes in banks, government troasu-
ries, and business houses. The French
blacksm tn aud Natures item are twen.
ty-cight years behind the age.
The second paragraph begins as FOL.
lows 'Of all the extraordinary discov.
cries which have been announced Of late.
Germany sends US the most surprising. "
After which. the English Textile Manu-.
facturcr proceeds 10 describe wool made
from liquid furnace slag by blowing
through it a steam or air jot This js
not German discovery. IL was invent.
ed by Mr. John Player. deceased and
patented here by Amelia Player. OF Phil.
adelphia Pa. his administrator. May 81
l 1870. Descriptions Of beautiful exam
I Piles Of this curious product have hereto
/ fore been published in our papcr.-lSc
cutifc American.
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There is something very touching in
the pervading sentiment OF Mr.. Whitti-
er's last volume Of poems. Ii is a vol
ume of memories-of loving words and
tender thoughts of those who are gone.
There is his fine poem on Summer the
Prayer Of Agassiz; the exquisite and
trustful verses on the burial OF his
mothers friend the old story of John
Underhill, told with the sympathy, the
generosity, the freshness of friendship,
as if years were annihilated, and the
poet looked into the heart and read the
heart of frail and brave Captain Under
hill. There is the tribute to conductor
Bradley; and that sweetest of all poems,
on the death OF a child Vesta And last
there are the few poems of Elizabeth
Whittier, published for the first time.
The poet speaks such tender, reverent
words of them and Of her. that added
words would seem only an impertinence.
Could Whittier give a stronger proof Of
the loving confidence established be-
tween him and his readers than to trust
them with these poems of the sister so
dear TO him? There are other "hazel
blossoms" in the book, all true to their
name, with "gift of mystic virtue" and
a hint of summer time. We quote the
new poem with which they are offered: 4:
The summer warmth has left the sky
The summer songs have died away;
And, withered i'm the footsteps lie
The fallen leaves, but yesterday
With ruby and with topaz gay.
The grass is browning on the hills:
No pale. belated flowers recall
The astral fringes of the rills,
And drearily the dead vines fall,
Frost-blackened, nom the roadside wall.
Yet, through the gray and somber wood,
Against the dusk Of FIR and pine,
Last OF their floral sisterhoOd,
The tawny gold Of Aries mine.
Small beauty hath my unsung flower,
For spring TO own or summer hail;
But, in the seasons saddest hour,
To skies that weep and winds that wall
It's glad surprisals never fail.
o days grown coldi o life grown old,
No rose OF June may bloom again;
But, like the hazel's twisted gold,
Through early frost and latter rain
shall hints Of summer time remain.
And as within the hazel's bough
A gift OF mystic virtue dwells,
That points 10 golden ores below,
And In dry desert places tells
Where flow unseen the cool, sweet wells
80, in the wise OWNERS hand,
BE mine the hnzel's grateful part
To feel, beneath "A thirsty land,
The living waters thrill and start,
The beating Of the riyulet's hearti
suniceth me the gin to light
With latest bloom the dark, cold days,
To call some hidden spring TO sight
That, Ia these dry and dusty ways,
Shall sing It's plcasantest song OF praise.
. Lowell the hazeI-wand may fail.
But thou canst lend the surer spell,
That, passing over Bacas vale,
Repeats the Old-tine miracle,
Aud makes the desert land well.