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SPECIAL NOTICES.
NET SPECIAL NOTICE.
rO ORR rrIaTONFRg FRIENDs Ann THE,

n10 SPECIAL NOTICE.
TO OUR CUSTOMERS, FRIENDS, AND THE
PUBLIC IN GENERAL.
We have made an addition in every department.
many handsome and valuable PRESENTS, suitable
sYCLE BROTHERS have just received rs cases
days. kNlokERBoCKEk' DRESS GOODS, eos.
81 In gold 10 Iand.-are selling at 25c Don't buy
your Dres' e'Oou' DeA0f' s sYGHE BROTHERS
MD 'ho'Hs At 0''' "ofs sYs eli BROTHERS.
DRESS GOODS Ct Is weh 2 aoS,i az zoe. never
KNICKERBUCRER DRESS GOODS ut 1exc.
eAEG LEU ss i5c per yard 1 Ct : nnorur,s,
10000 yards of remnants BLEACHED COTTON
pa & ss Rn fPss gIee and all other
BLAcK, CAcGEMiRE at 4sc. worth eS SS;; at e2s
A@ 2S; G. sAc Gaiss sS at Soe in coers
ALFACAS at 23c. worth Soc; at csc; worth 37hc
Our soc. BRAID is certainly worth Toe. and thou.
sands of other styles which We are selling extra
SILK for gy ysEa r Sf6fhSR
CASHMERE for mems and boys wear-an extra
large assortment--which we arc selling from 10
to 20 per cent less than ut the first of the season
Don't by your Cassimeres before you 90 to
..3-4,iis-!-. SYCLE BROTHERS..
GRAY YARN ut 75c. per pound at
- :. ..... SYCLE BROTHERS.
a.. FLANNEL DEPARTMENT.:
FLANNEL, from 1870. to 81 per yard; at 1890
worth zoe. at 2Uc. worth Csc: ut 25c. worth
3Oc.; mt 35c. worth Soc: ut 40c. worth 60c
Don't purchase your FLANNELS before you &C
to SYCLE BROTHERS..
CLOAK AND SHAWL DEPARTMENT.:
CLOAKS from 81 up to S25; SlIAWLS for ladies
misses, and children from 25c. to S25. DOM
buy your CLOAKS before you look ut
SYCLE BROTHERS.
BLANKETS BLANKETS! BLASKETS!-Look
ut our 80 BLANKETS worth SO at SO worth 81
at 81 worth SIS at So worth $3.50 ut 81 worth
$40. Don't bay your BLANKETS before you
70 10 n -. SYCLE BROTHERS,.
Go to sYCLE BROTHERS for the HOLIDAY
PRESENTS for a little money. -..
Go to SYCLE BROTHERS, and get handsome
CLOAK, as their stock Is we'll assorted.
SYCLE BROTHERS have a large lot af HOLIDAY
PRESENTS, and thouSandS'Of new and deStra
BILE goods, but too numerous to mention. Cal
and be convinced that we have the largest STOCK
In the city. SYCLE BROTHERS,
81 Broad street,
dc 10 between Third and Fourth streets.
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The plan of refusing.to grant license has
proved failure in our town, and we think
the best thing that can be done with the
liquor question is to adopt the Moffett bell
punch. and apply the proceeds as a contin-
gent, fund for the State normal schools
Fairmont West Rirginia} letter in Wheel
ina REGISTER, E 80.
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The Story Of the Bible from Genesis to
Revelations. Told in simple. language.
For the young. Revised, enlarged, and
newly illustrated. Philadelphia: CHARLES
FOSTER.
This book, which is fairly illustrated
with wood-cuts, is commended earnestly by
many leading diyines in the country,
among whom is Bishop 7. U. DUDLEY, OF
the Episcopal Church, is for sale by RAN
poLPH & ENGLISH.
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The policy OF depressing the revenue of
the Commonwealth-of impairing the pub
lie means to bulldoze the public creditor
resembles the device OF the tramp who COM
mits crime to secure for himself winter
quarters in the public Jail. 1t is difficult to
tell which Of the two expedients is more
odious.
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ME- CASHMERES! CASHMERES
CASHMERESl .s..

CASHMERESi ~. 49,. .E..
Double-twilled CoLORED CASHMERES at So and
75c. per yard, worth Soc. and 81;
BLACK CASFMERES-all pure wool-at IS, rs,
S5c. and 81;
BLACK ALPACAS at 25, 80, 50, 40, SO, and 60c.
all 80 per cent. below regular prices;
KNICKERBOCKER SUITING at SIC. per yard
worth double the money;
FANCY DRESS GOODS at 10, ~, and 1890. pei
yard worth 10, 20, and Csc;
Handsome ALL-WOOL PLAIDS for chikiren's
dresses.
You can buy DRESS GOODS at lower prices now
than at any time since the creation.
des LEVY BROTHERS.
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It will not be reSssuring to the holders
Of Virginia State bonds to learn that the
lower house Of the State Legislature, which
has Just met, has chosen Allen, repudia.
zionist, to be It's Speaker, with only two dis.
senting CHICAGO Times.
The Times is in error. Judge Allen is
no repudiationist. Last winter he was re-
garded as debt-paying man. he now
roosts little lower, but he is not down in
the mire OF reputation.
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PAIRING should not pair when
it takes two thirds vote to decide ques-
tion-in the affirmative. A negative vote is
worth two affirmative ones, and so the
affirmative pairer gets much the best OF the
bargain. ~
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The Manchester Courier, DR.. MoSTEIRo
editor and Mr.. r. G. AGEE manager, seems
to have undergone under the new regime
change that will make it popular on the
other side of the river. Manchester will
not reflect credit upon herself il she fails
to support good paper. There is nothing
that adds more to the reputation Of town
avay from home. .-,-.t .r#tF = ~,
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C1.lbTHlNts,
q L 0 T II I n G. :.

CLor THIN
LOOK TO THE QUESTION OF ryryRr.r
between the
REGULAR and oLD.EsTABLrsHpD cI1,z,~,
AMI the
RUNNERS,
who will take your CASH and send their rpo,,-.
and MONEY by EXPRESS
FROM THIS COMMUNITY
out Of the State.
TO THOSE DESIRING
to support the old, established houses IN MIA.
itinerants twho are hereto-day and gone
would invite them to callupon me. The
OLDEST ESTABLISHED cLoTUJvr
In tEIs city, and only
PRACTICAL REApY-MABE CLOTHED
| In the State-onc who lives, movcs, and sr.,,,,.
money here at home when he gets Il from, ,i,c '
and has for thirty-two years ''''s'
| Call and see
WV. IRA SMITH
llG9 Main .t5yc,.
\. B.-This Is no humbus, especially on prjcs
| dc l0-cod3t
|OvERcoATISS or. nn,,
del dc / T. 3. SPENCE ( >oy.
IOvERCoATS,s
~ AT Low PRICES
de l +. y. SPENCE & sos
IHVERCOATS
~ AT Low PRICES.
del +. i. SPENCE son
~ At Low PRICES.
del +. i: SPENCE ( Sos
~ AT Low PRICES.
del dc / F: =: snENcE 4 son.
|TNDERSHIRTS
Y AT Low PRICES.
dc =. Is. SPENCE & son.
del ---------E: Il. SPENCE x >oN
" AT Low PRICES.
de ! y. SPENCE son.
ITTNDERSHIRTS
y AT LOW PRICES.
dc +. u. srESrE ( say.
BUSINESS SUITS s. RS. n,,.
- AT Low PRICES
dc +. Il. SrENcE < >"N.
BUSINESS s. sy1 It's rr,cr.
de +. j. SPENCE 4 suN.
business SUITS
- AT Low PRICES.
dc +. Is. >rENcE 4 >oH.
BUSINESS SUITS
ID AT Low PRICES
de l +. u. SPENCE SOY
BUSINESS SUITS
ID AT Low PRICES
dc +. i. SPENCE & >oy.
1ONE-DOLLAR SHIRTS.
IONE-DOLLAR SHIRTS.
del +. y. SPE>cE& soy
lnNE-DOLLAR SHIRTS.
del Z: =: srL&cE ( 10y
iNNE-DOLLAR SHIRTS.
del E.B. SPENCE ( sos
n 4 l. l. A T
~ 1900 MAIN STREET.
del F. y. SPENCE & son
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MILITARY NOTICES.
AMUSEMENTS.

GRAND FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AT
J MOZART HALL on TUESDAY and WE'D
NESDAY EVENINGS, December 18th and 18th,
in aid Of the enterpri &C Of building PGB4G Ii
RRARY and MUSEUM HALL for the city or Rich
mond, by chorus Of about one hundred Of the best
singers Of our community. assisted bv Miss ALICE;
SWAIN, Mrs. JACOB REINHARDT, MIS-. y. II.
JOHN y. BEDFORD, and other solo talent to be
hereafter announced. Also, FULL AND POWER
Full ORCHESTRA.
The choruses win be by the most distinguished
composers, and the solos, &c, are all OF the most
pleasing character.
oyerturcs ana will accompany the choruses and
some of the solos.
ricketts, 7oc. Reserved seats at Wyatts music
store on and after Tuesday morning, December 1th,
al @ o'clock. without extra charge. dc lO-ld
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TAXES THAT ARE TAxEs.-It is unfortu.
nately fact that the tax in Chicago, indie
pendent OF specials, is nearly four dollars
on the one hundred doliRrs-a rate which
cannot and must not be maintained.-Cha
caqo Times. lE.E-. l.l1...
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! RESOLUTIONS, ac., PRESENTED. :.

~ !. RESOLUTIONS, GC., PRESENTED =,
Mr.. HANGER offered a resolution for the
printing Of ,00o copies OF the report OF the
Eastern Lunatic Asylum, 700 OF the West
ern, and 800 OF the Institution for the Deal,
Dumb and Blind. Amended by the addi-
ton by MIR. PuLLIAM OF 800 for the Central
Lunatic Asylum, and adopted. 81
By Mr.. GRAVES: a resolution in relation
to the diversion OF the school funds. ~ 5.tf'
By Mr.. MoFTETr: Resolution for the ap-
ppi1tment of a committee OF five from the
Eenate and nine from the House OF Dele
gates to whom all propositions for amend.
ments to the Constitution and such mea-
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They can't bear the word "honesty." 1t
is as the red rag to the bull, or the running
stream to the rabid dog. ...-.
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me- T. r. PRICE & CO.,
NOAH-LIKE, SAFE AFTER THE FLOOD.
Just from the large markets we can offer complete
stocks of
BLACK and COLORED SILKS;
Beautiful THIRTY.ElGHT-INCH COLORED
CASHMERES at 75c.;
BLACK CASHhiERES from Csc. to 81: '.-.,.
Magnificent line of KNICKERBOCKERS;
BOURETTES and other DOMESTIC and FRENCH
NOVELTIES;
CENT? EadEN'S KIDS-One- and Two-Buttons:
GESTLEMEN's SCARFS, SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
SOCKS, CUFFS, COLLARS, and other FUR
NISHINGS; '
FINE CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, and BEAVERS
specially with house.
We can give to these goods that warrant that eI-
perience and honesty can confer. ~
Just opened, enormous stock Of
PLAIN BEAVER and MATELASSE CLOAKS.
We can promise satisfaction in these goods;
Assortment complete of 49, sts
RUFFL1NGs, EMBROIDERIEs,
FRILLINGs, LACES,
BUTTONS, and other TRIMMINGS;
CRETONNES, DAMAsKs, LINEN, and other
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
ne 80 ..a. l10l Main street.
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[no SOL nIl
so.CESr STORE.

9o.CEST STORE.
A MONG THE NEW GOODS
RECEIVED AT THE 99-CEST STORE
THIS WEEK ARE
A new SARATOGA TOY TRUNK
New CHINA TEA-SETS.
New BRITANNIA TEA-SETS,
New PANEL PICTURES,
New WALNUT FRAMES,
New WALNUT TABLES.
New TOY FURNITURE,
New CHILDS CAMP and Roth w.
CHAIRS,
New BLOCKS and TES-PIS>,
New KITCHENS and STORES.
New MECHANICAL ENGINES ana i''N
CARTS.
New BOOKS OF POETRY AND rkoSh' 80
young and DID, ,,.,.y.
New ROCKING-HoRsES, CuAlR-ko hhN''
and sHOo-FLIES;
New sHAwLs aud CoUNTERPAAhs'
New UNDERWEAR for ladies anu seh''''''
New CUSPADORES and TIN sErs'
Catalogues free to any address. ,.,.y>s
sos Broad street.
ut
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return thanks to WlLEIAxF.TAYLoR,
ssa., Auditor, sor . copy Of his annual re-
Port Tor ls77.
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GRAND SEcRETAHY's OFFICER
December 4, 1877.

RICHMOND. December 4, 1877. 5
THE GRAND ANNUAL COMMU-. r.
i NICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE XXX
OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTEDI W
MASONs OF VIRGINIA will be held at st: Adams !
Hall In this city. on MONDAY, December 10,
1877 at 6 O'Clock P. NJ. No visitors will be admit.
ted until after the Grand Lodge Is organized and
opened. BY order of the w. NJ.
RICHARD PARKER, Grand Master.
WILLIAM e. lsAAcs, Grand Secretary. =,
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LETTINGS.

THE MEMBERS OF LINCOLN LODGE,
i No. 90. l.. o. of s., arc called to meet at
their Hall on Navy Hill MONDAY, December 10,
1877, promptly at 12H O'Clock p. NJ to pay the last
tribute OF respect to their deceased brother, JAMES
EDWARD BRAXTON. Sister Lodges are respect
fully invited on. with us.
By order of JERRY MYERS, W. c.
dc lO-lt* +. P. HARRIS, Il. s.
THE EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION OF
l. THE VIRGINIA STATE DENTAL ASSO-
CITATION wiz be held at The European Hotel, No.
ol2 Main street, commencing TUESDAY MORN
ING, December 18th, at 10 O'Clock. Members OF
the profession throughout the State are most cor
daily and earnestly invited to attend.
BY order of the President. ..
dcs-td GEORGE F. KEESEE, Secretary.
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RICHMOND AND DANyILLE RAILROAD Co., !
RICHMOND, VA, n 1vcmbcr IA, 1877.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
4 STOCKHOLDERS OF THE RICHMOND AMI
DANVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY will be hello
ut the office of the company, corner of Bank anC
Tenth streets, In the city OF Richmond, on WE'D.
NESDAY, December 18th proximo, at IL o'clocB
NJ. A. ."-.
The books for the transfer of stock will be closed
from the 22d instant until after the day Of meeting
RICHARD BROOKE. .
no 1d:W3tStdtd ... Secretary.
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we have the testimony Of physicians who pre-
scribe IT, and of patients who have taken It. that 1T
is MORE ACCEPTABLE. TO THE STOMACH AND
MORE EASILY AssIMIBATgD THAN ANY OTHER
OIL. MEADE & BAKER,
- Importing and Dispensing Pharmacists,
Dol5 8l9 Main street, Richmond. Va
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GELATINE.
BARRIERS.

SCOTT & HOBSON
y Inform the public that they have opened the r
NEW EMPORIUM OF FASHION
FOR
HAIR-CUTTING. SHAVING. SHAMPO0tNG
AND UYEISG,
at the corner of Twelfth and Main streets. :,
j j. SCOTT. who win have charge OF this branch
of tho firm, returns his many thanks to al Tor the
liberal patronage heretofore given, and hopes by
strict attention 10 business assisted oy on aoe
Always on baud. full supply Of our celebrated
HATR-TONIC, SHAMPOO, aud BAY run; Tar Tar
hair and waiting on ladies At their homes.
oc 2-eodSm
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RlLL-HEADS. 81 to $40 per TeRrn, at the
DDIsPATGH PRINTING-HOuSE
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Mr. THE FREsHET Is OVER

~ THE FRESHET Is OVER
AND
COLD WEATHER HAS COME,
AND
TuALHIMER BROTHERS
are daily receiving tho best and cheapest supply
of FALL and WINTER GOODS 1t has ever been
their pleasure to offer and YOU must not buy Your
dry goods until you see their goods and prices.
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DICHMOND THEATRE.

DICHMOND THEATRE.
SIX NIGHTS AND SATURDAY MATINEE
of the popular American artists,
~ ROSE AND HARRY WATKINS,
assisted by the accomplished young actress MISS
AMY LEE, and first-class Dramatic Company
MONDAY and TUESDAY, december 10th anu
lth, the romantic emotional drama,
TRODDEN DOWN; OR. UNDER TWO FLAGS,
intarsners.d with vocal and instrumental music,
Forming the most popular entertainment OF the day
WEDNESDAY. Mrs. Southworth's great story'
THE HIDDEN HAND.
STON'S, 91S Main street. dc S-2t*
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CRIMINAL LAWS.

On motion of Mr.. BROOKE, the joint reSo-
luton for the appointment OF joint COM
mittee on revision OF criminal laws, to
consist Of five on the part Of the Senate and
nine on the part Of the House, was taken
up and agreed to.
Adjourned. 49,.
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HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

The House was called to order by the
Speaker at II O'Clock. Prayer by Rev. NJ.
D. Hoge. ~"
The House agreed to the Senate joint
resolution for going into the election OF
judges Of Danville and Russell county on
the 18th OF December. 7, -.
/: The SPEAKER announced the following
committee from the House on the joint Com
mittee on Reapportionment: Messrs. TAI
OGLEsBY, WHITE OF Caroline, DANCE, FRA
zrER, SYKES, BERNARD, TAYLoRof Fluyanna,
and FUIT0N .s.a3-.s..r
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public IL at that time party feeling IS sub
dued and all minds are left free to their
calm judgments. The rising young public
men should be particularly careful
how they make their records. A
mistake upon the very important questions
they will have to decide may settle their
fate and leave to their future lives regrets
that they may never shake of. 10 us who
have never been partisan, and never, as
we believe, can be, IL is a matter OF deep
interest how these young fellow-citizens Of
They are to participate in the direction Of
public affairs, They are to assist in
forming the public character Of their
State. 1t is matter OF public Interest
that they shall start of in manner
that may give guarantee Of their future
usefulness as wen in public service as in
assisting 10 preserve she honor, pride, and
virtue OF the people. It IS time OF trial
Tor the young statesman. He who passes
through it unwarped viii have, In time,
the highest Of consultations. This critical
period is soon passed. It will be sad for
any man who purchases little notoriety
now at the expense Of years OF regret in
the future. A day OF sailing on the tnrbu-
lent food viii be poor compensation for a
long life amidst shoals and quicksands.
Virginia is safe. She eanpot be wrecked
10 crafty and fatter partisans and personal
aspiranis who would nse the serious mat
tiers Of public concern as tools for party
strategy. The period has its temptations
Its demoralizing influences. But the PEG.
pie Of Virsinia are sure 10 DO governed by
the principles in which they were born and
bred, and they will yindieate the State and
bring her harmless through her trials.
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SYCLE BROTHERS have large lot af HOLIDAY
PRESENTS, and thousands'of new and desra-
BILE goods, but too numerous to mention. Call
and be convinced that we have the largest stock
in the city. SYCLE BROTHERS,
81 Broad street,
dc 10 between Third and Fourth streets.
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Go to SYCLE BROTHERS for the HOLIDAY
PRESENTS for little money. -..
Go to SYCLE BROTHERS and get handsome
CLOAK nc their stock Is well assorted.
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BLANKETS! BLANKETS! BLASkETS!-Look
atour 80 BLANKETS worth 50 at SO worth 81
SO. Don't bay your BLANKETS before you
70 10 SYCLE BROTHERS..
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ENGLISH HSPARRows.-The rapid null
tiplieatiOn of English sparrows in this
city and its vicinity having already
caused much discussion as to whether
these little birds do more harm or good,
the following testimony of Mr.. Town
send Glover, entomologist and curator
of the Agricultural Museum of the Uni
tad States, in favor of these immigrants,
rpay be reassuring to those who fear that
The sparrows are rather the ravagers Of
vegetation than its protectors. Says
Mr.. Glover (page 80 of agricultural Re
port for 1909
"The English house sparrows, recent
ly introduced into some of our seaboard
cities, have become entirely acclimated,
and have increased rapidly, and it is
universally acknowledged that where
they exist in any numbers the cater
pillars, which were formerly such a
nuisance to pedestrians, have almost
entirely disappeared. There is little
doubt that sparrOws will also eat certain
grains and small fruits whenever they
can find them readily; but as these birds
reside in the cities mostly, this is not OF
much consequence, especially as, should
they increase too rapidly and migrate
into the wheat fields SO as to become a
uulSesuCC, t ASW plEuS may muCn more
read Oily to destroyed by shots or traps
than the myraids of insects, which
would lie safely hidden amidst the dense
foliage OF the shade trees, or in the
crevices of the bark, where the hands of
man cannot reach without much labor
and trouble. An English paper states
that out of one hundred and eighteen
sparrows killed for the sake Of testing
the amount of benefit or injury done by
them, only three were found to have
been living the preceding twenty-four
hours on grain,-beetles, grubs and
Larvae having been their diet. Out of
seventy-five sparrows, of all ages, there
were hardly any without insect remains
in them. 1t has been found in
most cases that wherever certain birds
have been destroyed as injurious to some
of the crops, the farmers have been over
run with grub-worms, wire-worms, &C.,
for years afterward, and have been only
too glad to import again the very same
species of birds for which they once paid
so much per head to haye destroyed.
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tsIA
PO Il r. Y.


HUSHf
81 can scarcely hear" she murmured,
"For my heart beats loud and fast,
But surely in the far, far distance
can hear song at last"
"It is only the reapers singing
AS they carry home their sheaves;
And the evening breeze has risen,
And rustles the dying leaves"
Listen! there are voices talking;
Calmly still she strOve to speak;
Yet her voice grew faint and trembling,
And the red flushed in her cheek.
st is only the children playing
Below, now their work is done,
And they laugh that their eyes are dazzled
By the rays OF the setting sum-
Fainter grew their voices, and weaker,
AS with anxious eyes she cried,
Down the avenue of ehestnuts
can hear horseman ride.''
at is only the deer that were feeding
In the herd on the clover grass;
They were startled and fled to the thicket,
AS they saw the reapers pass.'
Now the night arose in silence,
Birds lay in their leafy nest,
And the deer browsed in the forest,
And the children are at rest.
There was only sound of weeping
From watchers around a bed,
But rest to weary spirit,
Peace to the quiet dead!
@ [Adelaide Il. Proctor.
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The Pin and the Needle,

A pin and a needle being neighbors
in work basket, and both being idle,
began to quarrel, as idle folks are apt to
do.
81 should like to know" said the pin,
"what you are good for, and how you
expect to get through the world with
out a head?"
"What is the use of your head" re-
piled the needle, rather sharply, ''if you
have no eye?"
"What is the use of the eye," said the
pin, eff there is always something in
it ?''
liam more active, and can go through
more work than you can," said the nee.
die.
YES; but you do not live long"
"Why not ?'
because you have always a stitch in
your side," said the pin.
"You're poor crooked creature" said
the needle.
y. ."And you are so proud that you can't
bend without breaking your back" re-
piled the pin.
'I'll pull your head off if you insult
me again J"
"I'll put your eye out if you touch
me; remember, your life hangs on q
single thread" said the pin.
While they were thus yconversing, q
little girl entered, and, undertaking to
sew, she very soon broke off the needle
at the eye. Then she tied the thread
around the neck of the pin, and at
tempting to sew with it, she pulled its
head off and threw it into the ashes by
the side of the broken needle.
"Well, here we are," said the needle.
1--WE have nothing to fight about
now," said the pin. ''It seems misfor-
tune has brought us to our Senses"
GA pity we had not come to them
sooner" said the needle.
''How much we resemble human be-
ings, who quarrel about their blessings
till they lose them, and never find out
that they are brothers till they lie down
in the dust together, as we do.u
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every man to take part in all the elec-
tions and all proceedings by which the
government is constituted and elected.
"This was the grand idea of our faith
ers. On this cornerstone they founded
our great republic. One glimpse at the
system they repudiated and discarded
has given me fresh veneration for their
wisdom and their courage. 1t has also
increased the sense of obligation we
owe to cherish and protect and transmit
unimpaired to our children the great
heritage left to u.s."
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AN EVENING SCENE.

stood at eve by the river side,
Watching the flow of the falling tide,
Out of the west came gleam Of gold.
Far in the east the thunder rolled;
Over the fields for miles away
Came stealing night in his robes of gray.
Out of the harbor into the bay,
Over the waters far away,
Into the west where the glorious sun
Sinks to rest when the day is done,
One by one the good ships sail
With wings outspread to the evening gale.
Over the hills sudden gleam
Lit up the breast of the peaceful stream;
The glorious light but moment staid,
Then faded away in the gathering shade.
The far-oT ships slow sank from sight
Into O sea Of dreary night.