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Bicycle u. HoFSe. /

f' As regard spssd iSr a mile or u J, or
even several mites, there can BE no com.
.:perisnn between TIT. r;'ce of 'l,t,rse aud
tshai u man on bicycle, The horse
sisfar and away The sieetiie.; l.,' allsT,
Al,stss twenty 81 twtnts-liv.. si,iles The
!. horse, III seems, tegina to come back 10
10 the man. The relative speed Of h.nrsc
and man, quite unincumbered by weight,
has never been tried. az Il il always nee.
resaary either TO ride or drive horse
when i.eis bein., tried 3D..
Bn. in comparing she be4i times on
rsgoru of u tro,iinx hnrse dr,Yen ina
light gig, NJ il tn. ,ashi", in America.
and man riding and propesling q
twsnty-seven pound bicycle, the contii
tons, taking the relative strength Of the
contestants ia equal. Mauk g., Mr.. Van:
t,erbil,'s celebrated horse, trotted one
mile in 400: the champion time for q
bicycle s2:89 Lesying cut intermedi-
ate distances find that Lady Mack did
Ave miles IN 10; Mr.. Hitler has ridden
/. on bicycle Ia Haas. Controller did
,es miles in ~ :2s4; Mr.. English &C
compljshetl that distance in 29:10 35.
Twenty miles was done by the horse
Capt. MCGOWAN in 1926; Mr.. English,
who holds the recosd for twenty miles
~ hour much surely be looked on as =
wonderful performance But after'swen-
~ males The man r~pidly begins 10 go l."
the front. The hest fifty miles On record
has |eru done by Ariel in 3:55 ,4011, bu,
Ion Keith Fa'coner rode that distance IN
bicycle in 2:4s:5 IS. Con4ueror
travelled 100 miles in 8: 35 "a; F. r. Fry
Or a bicycle, did 100 miles in 5000 as.
THIS same distance, 100 miles, was don"
on the high road by George Smish in
7:ll:l0 The other times mentioned
wsre performed on the cinder.path No
trial has been recorded for horse hey
You'd. l0O@ miles. But a tricyelist has
ridden ea21 miles in,twtnly -four hours.
and few weeks. ago %p<rforlner5nn q
newly invented title fwo.whe slrd ma
chine Of strange appearance, called a
kangaroo, travelled 226 miles within the
same time. II is, therefore. plain that
in staying p"weT man On bicycle, or
even on tricycle.. which is much
heavier machine, not primarily adapted
for racing, ~ Infinitely superior to q
horse Probably npto twenty five miles
the best horse would beat the bast bicycl-
ist, bnt, after thai distance, the horse
would, in yact..racing phrase, never see
the way his adversary wen,-Nne,eenjh
Century.
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notice.
l persons desiring burM permits,
81 Information in regard 70 Oakland
gen1stery will please apply to John
Workman, actnary. By order If tha
Sloerd Of trustees. ~
O. A. CHrEcYYrL. Scc'y.
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&hE 18v10ent 0I4eu" FeftAll 0S132}22SU GN3lS ~
Sot Ailetyliour aelle rs tss4 eacl' at u nX
eight Der cent inter est per arNun,S AVG m ~
S0rded in tbs cfie Of the 1eeis =
Minnesota, on the h,u day Of May, 4, D. tsssl
At 4 o'ciock D. NJ, Ii book Fof mortgages, OF
nsee 142. and no &C 1c4 3 protecting tfH 81
ot6srvise havinf b "a Instituted to reeQeilAs
debt secured by = ID Mortgage, or - rh i
s' NoW THgBEFo Re. NOTICE IS HER ksf.
GIVEN, That by virtue Of apower Of ~ cox
tanned n said stor tgage, and rsiryusn INT ~ "
etatut1 IN such Pas made and pfdxia4H n1Ds
said NOtxage wi 3 fol1S4ned slkiiee Nv 1
ises descl bed in and coselS By q III McItQ age
yiz: TiJehorth hi II Qf4hes 1n,y As(ttYDe -.
nL Of SEQ aid the liorsh HI AZ NlA0ntbEt4s
quarter lr5x Of spyL Of egc4fQA az y t1tftE ~ SH
township No, foisys 10y OF rRnses = thirty M
ts1), containing ono hpN1rst % sssty acreh o.
land hccoMint ae esFhnent saU q.
sofa, nth the horedi aments SAC ar-I, rtenances,
bidder for cash, 10 ~ aid debt and antsrest.
and thfa1axes, &c any, on said prem,sea ana filty
dai1af4 qttOrnoy 3 fees, as STIPULATED il SID
Mortgage In cAa1of foreclosure. and the dis
bunn6lre' it, allafHed BY law, VII ich sale will be-
NAV 81 the sil4 An 81 aaid Nor ism county st
the from. door II the court houss il, the village
Of Little Fails ii q ID county aid ttite on tia
nth DAY Of April, A. D.. 1875. a. e. sleck .. 4.
Of tbssfay. subject % rsdempt N ri any time
Within one ysa so = the day tssk Aprovid.
= s: wa ixEkIEN,
g 5 NostssSee
s Attemey % Nutsaese: UT
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MORTGAGE SALE.

Attorney Of Mortg agee.
Dated Feb. Il, 1885.
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NO SURPRISE.
-
THE GOVERNMENT NDORSES
THE
AM 2RICAA AGRICul7URALlST,

(Fron the tenth census, Vol. =, Just pablished.)
"Thc American Agricu,turalist Is es-
peciaily worthy Of mentiou because of
the remarkable success that has attended
the unique and untiring efforts az its
proprietors to increase and extend it,
circulation. It's contents are duplicated
every month for German edl tor,
which also eircnates widely"
This Tribute is a pleasing incident n
til" marvellous nearly
HALF 4 CENTURY
Career Of this recognized leading Agri.
cultural Journal Of the world.
WHAT IT Is TODAY.
SIX months ago the American Agri-
81 cn'turalist entered upon \ new career of
and to-day 1t is fer superior
to any simila'' periodical ever produced
in this or any other country. Richer in
editorial strength; richer in rnyravings;
printed on finer paper, and r".cnting
in every issue 100 columns Of original
. reading matter from tho al.l,st writers,
z and nearly 100 illustrations. Dr. George
Tharber, for nearly q''r'"r ct II crntu-
= ~ the editor .in-chief ci .hr American
'AgriculturalIst, Joseph Harris, Byron
10. Halstesd. Col NJ. G.. Weld, and
Andrew s. Fuller, the other long time
Editors, together with the other writers
who have made the American Agricnl.
rturslist what it Is today, are still at their
posts.
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THE ROYAL ROUTE.
CHICAGO. ST. PAUL,
MINNEAPOLIS 4 OMAHA
--kND--
Chicago j. Northwestern Railways.

JBDchSO o. ADEtHHeSVfb" h0uWuySs
The Shortest and Best Route East to
Chicago, with Dining Cars, Elegant Day
Coaches, ard Palace Smoking Room
.smekers on all trains -L.ssn biinnes,.....
is;!;y VI! i;t'9 Why;
81 gPaSilJ 10 Dos Anes, = No thea5i frons
Jss5IS khroogh traxSae run to Ash"
Aaky! ~ shburn and Bsyhxd, Lake 81
)heri4a and from Eau Claire 70 SUPERIOR
IC,ty, whereO eoaneA'oo is made for
Duluth: OBut this route to Chicago Is
yhal khe r,snage!s tate pride IT, and be.
cause os the smooth steel rail track, we'll
'bAlassed ROAD bea Ore best Day 0crete:'
e eas ipEesa csad xits trains: OF
time, It il R'sSsS n1ged =
SThe:sReyd Route e !.
Try thi. Route whevyoy tr.,sl: !.
eltor ticket. and eli infkmatiopA s,l'or
" s. Msrtin. 4snt oSsthera PsciK
E.slle.a =. .''s's fa. y w,pg.se Ere !
4 80 =
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Prnfassiona Gard.

10 Whom il CoIccrnc all parties, IRE
spective Of race, color, previous or pres,
ent condition, who are indebted, wlleth.
or by note, account or otherwise, to the
undersigned, or 10 the late firms Of Drs,
Barbce 4 NeAlc, Drs. Barbpe Il McC6ne,
Drs. BarbeC & Fravel, and Drs. BarbeC
& Stone, Rre once more respectfully aud
earnestly called upon to come forward
on or before the first day Of June, 1884,
and pay amounts respectively due me,
as It is now positively my intention to
close up my long outstanding business.
Stern necessity. pecuniary pressure and
embarrassment iHlpels me thus TO call
upon old friends whom 1t has been my
free of.hand will and pleasure to serve
in the past, and to whom my profess.
ional services are now us freely tender
ed, nnd my readiness ever to serve them
in the future as in the past, just a. this
accepted time to give evidence ol
proper appreciation Of past iayors and
services rendered, by all coming forward
and paying me by the time above pre-
sCribed. Sincerely,
ANDREW r. BARBEE, NJ. D.,
Point Pleasant, W. Va, April %.
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m1srnLLANnous.
A CARD.

II NOW sc, that By the payment Of
N S297.4O l am permitted 10 sell in.
tOXic0ting liquors at my house. To the
wife who las q drunkard for Il husband,
or friend who is unfortunately dissipa.
ted, say emphatically, give Inc notice
in such cases IN which you are interest.
ed, and all sucll persOns shall be exclu.
dcd from my place. LetmOthers, fathers,
sisters and brothers do likewise, and the
request shall be regarded. pay a hea.
w tax for leprivlegc Of selling whisky
and other liquors, and ! want it distinct
ly understood that have no desire 10
sell to minors, or drunkards, or to the
poor and destitute. | much prefer that
they save their money and put it where
il will do the most good. There are gen.
tlemen OF honor aud men OF money, who
eau afford it, and it is with those l desire
to trade. would say to those who wish
TO trade with me, and can afford it,
come, and will treat you gentlemanly
and COurteOusly.
Respectfully,
may97-lm, JOS. HEN,
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roih.Iore Of the highlands.

| Neha' N+'s A'N' tNNNllNtl
Thus, with regard to tho current
supOrstitlons Of our peasantry aud Of tho
HighlaudGrs, II Is much moro rational
to consider them, as DR.. Rolert Cham.
bers did, aa ''sprihging from dispOsI,
ton Of the human mind 10 account for
actual appearances by some imagined
history which the appearances suggest" +"
than as relics Of the old world mylt0lOs
giGS. Tho untutored mind disregtrds
tho natural even in these days OF ap-
piled science.
There Is an old weir across the Tweed
which tho common people, forgetting
tho mill which had disappeared, ponted
out as tho work Of On6 Of tho inns of
Michael Scott tho wizard. Wherever
there are thro.tOpped hills there is surs
to DO legend Of the work OF this salnU
Michael or some other wi ard. lnthG
same wa, deep, clear lakes exist in
various parts OF tho country, concerning
which traditions survive Of cities lying
at the bottom, submerged for Their
wickOdncSs or by tho Vaccinations OF
some evil spirit Old buildings exist in
many parts in such unfayorable situa.
tiOnS that pOpu ar tradition can only
account for tile singularity by thd
operation Of some untriendly spirit
transporting them from their original
locality. iarse sOlitar rocks OF thU
coast or on hilltOls have bcOn epositcd
there by witches. Watcr springins
from a rock Ly the roadside has always
been the rcSrlt Of the stroke Of some
magician or Saiit.
Large dopre@,ons on hilIsides ara
generally the footprints Of giants, lik0
the mark left by Buddha's foot rs he
Nsccndel to Heaven, which Is still TO ba
seen on q hill in teylon. Tho circular
marks in the fields aru tho rings drawn
BY tho fairics for their midnight Dances
aud u scaur or ,liIT bearing tho marGs
oil volcanic action OF 0t lightning is In.
Iarlably associated with some tale Of
diabOllcal action Al Ost every reader
can add instances Of natural appear.
anccs or csOuts idealizCd By tic work
iDgs Of the inaginations Of nncivili1eI
or uluultivated minds,
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Photographers paralysis Is tho last nd.
lition to long category. With plan.
lists it takes the form OF inability ia
strike chords correctly, with violinists
there is loss Of power 10 hold the inStru.
ment and to finger, violOnrcllists be.
come unable to make the nut, tailors
to uso the needle, smiths and brick lay
crs TO WELD hammer or trowol, and
Compositors can no longer set type
The right hand forgets Tho cunning
which It may have taken years to ac'
fuire in some special art or handicraft;
but for all else, even for far more com.
plex or laloriOus efforts, it Is as obedi.
Cnt and as powerful as ever.
As one sufferer graphically described
II: THAT finger which Coul guide
razor or needle, wiCld oar and mulSket,
and, though numb with cold, knot and
cast of reef.pOints on wet sail, should
yet strike work when called on for tho
familiar characters Of their owners
name, seems utterly beyond Compre.
hensiOn. Itnot untrequently results
that tho mental distress caused by this
incomprehenSlblo muscular alteration
produces Il condition bordering on mol.
RnehOlia, and this Is the more apt 10 be
tho case when, as loo often happens,
the sufferer is dependent for his liveli.
hood upon the special form of manual
deSterity which is q .ected by the dis.
ease.
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The Cror OF Tho Nile


Tho riso OF the Nile Is measured by
nilOmCtcr situated in the island Of Roda
Just opposite to Old Cairo. The prescn
building, with its graduated pillar, ha.
been used for measuring tho height Of
the river ever since the ninth century,
an earlier nilOmctOr on tho Same spot
having been washed away by a food
The increase is proclaimed every day
after tue third Of July by public cricrs-
ono for each district Of The c,ty-whOst
announcement is wrapped up in groaI
deal of poelical metaphor, and Communi
Gated ordinary sing.song rccitativC
OF the Cairenc street huCkstors.
The "Munadee.en- Neel"-"the Criel
Of the Nile'-taGes his stand before tho
house Of some well.to.do Cairune from
whom n gOOl "backshecsh" may be OK,
pected, accompanied by u boy, who re.
spends to his chaunt as tho clerk re-
spends to the clergyman. II Is q tire
some formula, consisting Of many
versicleS; but tho following will serve as
specimen.
,,'NahOlnct is tho guide" sings tho
CiiCr.
"IIo will prosper who blessoth him, +"
fnswOrs the 10y.
Crier-I cxtCl the perfection OF Hin
kho sprcal out tho earth.
Boy-And hath given running rivers.
Crar-God hath given abundance,
and watcred tllehighlandS.
Eoy-And the mountains and LhC
fields.
CriCr-Nay lie bless this housal
Poy-And pour the Nile over the
country.
last Of all comes tho announcement
Of how many digits tho Nile has risen
that day, US recorded by the nilOmutOr.
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IRRIGATION IN soYet.
Why the Egyptians raIl to rndsn,asd
the New Cultivation.

The ancient wealth Of Egypt has over
been in its crop OF corn. Assurely as
the seasons come round, 50 surely has
tho Nile risen year by year, From tho
eatliest time the valley Of the Nile has
been divided by earthen embankmeuIs
into succession Of great fats, measur.
Ing occasionally as much as 100000
aCres, Tho rising aOol Is diverted BY d
series Of short canAls into these fats,
\ where the water stands two or three FEET
deep until It has soaked tho soil and do,
posted It's rich allulylal mud. By this
time the Nile has sutslded. Tho drying
mud Is rudely plowed and sown, aud
four or 1--we months after the crop Is
rcaped No rain has fallen on Il, but
the soil has beon su iiciently saturated
toreluire no further watering.
A flch crop Is produced, but BY this
system only one crop in the year, and
during tho summer months when, from
Its latitude and tenn, nature, ono might
expect Egypt 10 10 yielding sub.tropIcal
fruits, the empty tiolds Iiu baked and
parched. MohRmmed Ali pasha, whose
genius and enorgy created modern
gypt, soon recognized TINT moro might
bO obtained out OF tile soil than this one
crop Of wheat or beans. ho set to work,
therefore, in Lower Egypt to deepen the
canals, 50 tlMt they should 1ow in low
as well as high Nile. His people were
not long in discovering the 6cnefts this
conferred on them. Plmps and water
wheels soon lined tho tanks OF tho ca
nails. Egypt ecamo known rs q cotton
producing country, and during the
American civil war, twenty years ago,
wealth poured into It.
But this new system was a vastly
more complicated one than that which
II superseded. 10 suit the convenience
Of wealthy men numerous canals weN
cut, without system or arrangement
Complaints soon began that tho crops
were detcriorating, that tho soil was
being cxhausted-nO longer replcnshed
by lying two months q year under
muddy water. In many places a salt
OreScence appeared on the surface,
fatal TO vegetation. In high Nile and
low Nile there was abundance OF water
for all, but in low Nile, Just when tho
cotton crop wanted 1t most, there was
least to be had, and then the peas.
ants poor little patch had ever chance
Of becoming withered, while the pasha IS
broad acres were ourishing.
Worst OF all, this great network Of
canals was yearly. filled with Nile
deposit, which had yearly to DO 70.
moved, and an unpaid army Of 10000
peasants was employed for about half
Of every year eaocting the necessary
clearances. ln tho long, narrow valley
Of pper Egypt, oxceut in ono portion,
the old PharaohiC system Of irrigation
still prevails, aid there tho Egyptian
has litt'e to learn. In the delta the
new cultivatlons with perennial irriga.
tiOn is practiced, and in this, tho richest
part Of the country, ord DntTerin soon
saw tho grayCst reasons for anxiety.
A system had been created which the
people did not understand. Ignorance
Of the most ordinary rules Of engineer
ing, Incidence and corruption wCrO fast
destroying the country.
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A Cherished D4y.Drcnm Of Dickens

lANAllth huWNsl
Going round by Lambeth ono aftcr.
noon. IL tho curly summer Of $50,
DicEen abruptly asked;
what do you think would be tho
realization Of one Of my most cherished
day.dreams." adding Instantly, without
waiting for any answer, TO settle down
now for tho remainder Of my life within
easy distance Of great theatre. in tho
direction Of which ! should hold
supreme authority It should be
a house, Of course, having u
skilled and noble company, and one In
every way pagnihccntly appointed.
The pieces acted should DO dealt with
according to my pleasure, and touched
up here and thOre in obedi .nce 10 my
own judgment, tho players as well as
the plays being absolutely under my
command. There, said he, laughingly,
and in q glow at the mere fancy, tiat 5
my day dream"
Dickens delighted enjoyment, in fact,
Of everything in any way connected with
tho theatrical profession wRs second
only to that shown by him in tho indul.
gcncc OF tho ulaster.passiOn Of his life,
his love Of literature.
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me rirA.ilsl In..lAsl ID Man.


THERE'S not the slishtost certainty
that any invention, however terrible,
would put an end to war, while there Is
almost a certainly that Il such an N.
yention Epre perfected, It would griey.
onsly incrgase tie mlseries Of mankind.
Taken inithe lamp, men will face any
means Of destruction whatsoever, Il
also they possess It themselves. Give
two men pistols, and they will fight
actpss q handkerchief. They are not
afraid Of death, tut only Of death'with.
out change Of victory. King Theo.
dore, Of AGySsinia, asked his courtiers,
when the foeketstieks fell at his feet,
i he to1ld be reasonably expected TO
face things like those, and ultimately,
In pure despair Of defeating science
with unsrientifc weapons, killed hin.
self, hut II he also had possessed rockets
he wonld have fought on.
No men, not even Pfnsian soldiers
or English sailors, will face shells with.
out shells TO throw buck, but when they
haze SHELLS they face the enemys shells
as brayely as they did the old 70 nd
shot. The methods Of war are changed
by science, but war Is not extinguishad.
Suppose Il true that able chemists and
mechanipians could invent o method OF
throwing an asphyxiating Yapor on a
sleeping army, what would 10 the re-
sultl First, tho adoption Of some pro.
tectlye covering, such as iron.clad nuts
for sleeping IN, next, tho adoption OF q
method Of encamping which spread the
army over a surface TOO great or too
uneven to 10 reached; and next, the
use Of similar nechaniciRns and
chemists as the asSaillng force.
Huxley would march with fis fisher.
men 10 choke Tyndall with his Alpine
climbers. War would then consist
mainly OF efforts to obtain advantageous
positions, from which showers Of death
would be thrown, but war would not
cease. lorlorn hopes would be organ.
led among chemists or mechanicians as
easily as among soldiers, enormous re.
wards would be paid to tho new war.
rlors, and nations would fight each other
as brisEly as ever.
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SCIENCE coNpLsfELy uSOoSE.


History repeats ITSELF i'd thsdisoonr
agements which surround budding
Baltimore genius Tho Herald report
= recent lecture on 'erhe Earth Not
9lobo, delivered by Professor Car.
pcuter, in thatcity, ina manner calcn
lated 10 suppress any acal which the
scientist might possess. II SAYS; The
professor illustrated his lectare by
means Of large maps, DIAGRAMS and
charts. Some Of these represented the
heavens, and others were pictures Of
various terrestrial objects The sub
stance Of the discourse, which lasted
over an hour and . half, was about as
follows:
The lord fung tho earth, shaped
like a pancake, out on tho sea Of space.
How thick this pancake Is / do NOT
know, but believe II Is At least SO,OU0
miles In diameter. There Is fire In thu
pancake somewhere. and maybe para
disc Is around there or thereabouts, too,
but am not certain about that.
The Bible is right and mo lorn scli
euceis wrong lnthis matter. ldepend
for proof Of my assertion that the world
is Fit uron the fact that tho surface dt
standing water Is also utoly level. Tho
sur eyorS charts for q section OF
100 miles OF the Sues canal make
positively no allowance for. tho al
legged curves in tho Oarth's surface. The
survey for tho first ocean cable from
Ireland to Newfoundland, u distance Of
/ 1865 miles, likewise allows not an incl
for curvature in tho surface Of thc
water. This single fat alone over
throws the ontiro NOwtonian system.
81 don't know how far distant thd
sun l., but Judge about 5000 miles
certainly not much farther. Over tho
center Of the earth is tho north star.
There is no south point, but tho south is
the cntirc circumference. The earth is
fixed, docs not reyolyO around II, This
seasons result from the varying distauc6
from us Of the sun in It's orbit. When
we think We arc going around tho earth,
as II II were a ball, VIC arc mistaken: we
arc lnerelf travelling around tho surface
Of the pancake"
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Tie I.eaoat Of Careful Living.

NhVluhAH NpHlWiICth u 'E'tcl
How many yeas the rlinary lifetime
may and should comprise, il men werl
protected Iron tue priVatiOns Of the
poor and tho temptations Of tho wcll.to,
do, and were fenced about with all The
guards that medical science can furnish,
Is strikingly illustrated b. the vital sta,
tiStics Of the nSlish Society Of Friends,
more commonly styled suakers, Attic
present tine the average life OF one Of
this sect is about ju years, or at least
fifteen ycaB. greater than that Of thu
population asa whole. +. The industry
for which these people have long Leeil
noted keep almost all Of them out OF tho
ranks Of tho very poor, while the SimpO o
aud moral lives presented by their Creel
shiold them from other dangers scarcely
less threatening to human health and
litC,
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Tho Songs Of Russia.
AIA

The Russian comic songs arc full Of
snap and vCrvO; and they always have
n Nttling chorus, in which every one
within hearing jOias, while tho singer
accompanies Ihe strains Of his chorus
with a ludicrOusly fantastic breakdown,
in which llo seems 10 dislocate every
ioint in his body. The plaintive mClo.
dies vibratO strange pathOS, that swells
the heart OF the listener, oven although
he may underStah | nothing Of the words.
Aud the grand chant, with which the
massive columns moved forward into
the battle, glOws with tho true fervor
Of fighting NrloE There Is a legend Of
a battle.sOns so hoart.stirring, that IL
inspired MCnn0niteS to violate their
tencts, and light. like mon possessed.