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covered with glory which should rival Solo.
mons. But she saw with agony untold that
ssthe silver bowl was broken" Her young
mistress life faded and fiickered, rallied for
day, relapsed, flared for moment like o
candle in its socket then went out altogether.
One morning the bell on the steamer was
struck, the fires were banked, and her PROV
turn ID toward the shore It was but few
miles south of Vicksburg. The boat tied to
the landing, procession of tho passengers
bore the lifeless charge Of Nanny Phillis to
the shore, and there, after several of the
deck hands had dug grave, reverently laid
the body in it. The steamer had lain to"
at an opening in the forest. Huge cypress
trees threw their dark shadows into the un-
known depths, trailing moss waved its gray
tresses in the summer breeze, birds were
caroling in all the tree tops, and the mag
nolia and climbing jessamine filled the soft
air with their delicious perfume. Sad eyes
looked on as the rough steamboat hands per-
formed their strange office. Was there no
one to offer prayer for this sweet spirit IN
oil that companya No! Only the uncovered
heads of the rough sailors and the few stran-
gers there gathered bore witness to tho un-
usual scene A moment more and they had
recrossed the gangplanl. Nanny Phillis
stood like statue where she had placed her.
self at the head Of the grave, deaf to all en-
treaties to 20 with the rest.
"Where missy lies, dare lie," was all she
would say.
At last they left her. As the boat
moved. away they heard her cry, "How long,
oh Lord, how long!" The sun went down,
silence reigned in the vast wilderness and the
stars looked down upon the solitary form OF
Nanny Phillis, faithful almost unto death.
4
It was the summer of 1868. Grant and
Sherman were investing Vicksburg. For
more than q year old Nanny Phillis had
watched over the grave Of her mistress on
that shore in the wilderness. An old cabin
had been deserted by its tenants as being in
too close proximity to the lawlessness Of war,
and in this the old woman had made her
home From q plantation not far distant
she had drawn what scauty subsistence she
needed, and there she stayed and watched
and prayed that Mars Robert should come
and relieve her Of her lonely vigil.
One day the old woman thought she heard
the booming Of distant guns. Was it guns
or was it thunder? She stepped to the cabin
door to listen. The sounds came nearer.
Then she heard volleys. Then the sounds
seemed to recede, then to advance, yet with
each advance drawing nearer, till at last the
forest about her resounded with the deafen-
ing roar of artillery, the sharp rattle Of
musketry, the shouts Of men, the neighing Of
horses. During the presence Of these mighty
conclusions old Phillis sat crouched in the
corner of her cabin praying the Lord to take
her to his " Kingdom come"
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Then the sounds grew further and further;
the noise of the cannon became again low
muttering, and the volleys Of musketry died
away into an occasional distant shot.
Now it happened by a strange fate that
this battle brought the end Of Phillis' watch
When the old woman found strength and
courage to 60 out of her cabin, she found
near it the dead and the dying. A temporary
hospital was established within few rods,
and who should be brought dying to tho old
creatures cabin, but her beloved Mars
Robert.
None of the arts with which the aged
nurse had soothed him as child would
avail now to bring him strength. No gentle
n, nistrations or tender words could rouse
him from his deathlike stupor. With his
head upon her breast she crooned over him,
till the present vanished and he was her own
little sipickaninny" at the old plantation
home. and she sang the song he loved to hear
as a child as she rocked too and fro:
Come friends come, done stop at Jordan
When de waters roll away,
Take up de staff an hurry on,
For de Lord won't let you stray
Into de promised land.
Hurry on, hurry on!
Nanny looked down and saw the eyes OF
the wounded soldier open, but smile of rec
| ognition was all tha3 passed between her
| and her beloved master.
.Bress de Lord he done gone to heben, On
when de angel Gabriel blow de horn fer de
battle to begin, Mars Robert 60 fine dat Yank
what shot him an pay him back, or Nanny
| Phillis don't know muffin OBJ de meanin ob
de Scripters."
From far and near they came. q dusky
crowd to pay the last tribute of respect to the
young massa, and he was laid to rest by the
| side of his loved one, in the lonely forest.
Nanny sat in the door of her cabin, gray and
blind waiting for the sound of Gabriers horn,
| firm in the belief that somehow when Mars
| Robert finds that Yank she will be there to
Sap
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such place" still makes his bosom swell with
pride-still makes him feel that he is dis
tinguished among men and has that pictured
in his memory which allies him with heroes.
Jacksons career Of glory was quickly run.
Before Bull Run he was only known as Zone
of the new brigadiers," and not quite two
years after it he received his mortal wound; !;
vet what wonderful achievements were
crowded into that short period. The world
will never willingly forget them. Even be-
fore the war closed the soldiers opposed to
him frankly conceded his greatness, and now
his fame is part Of the common glory OF the
country. Stonewall Jackson had graduated
with q rather low rank from West Point in
1916, and, though twice brevetted for gal
lantry in Mexico, was but little known. AS
professor Of philosophy and artillery tactics
in the Virginia Military institute, he becan
known merely as conscientious and pain
taking official and teacher. But all these
years he was growing, and when the grand
opportunity came his inherent greatness was
shown
There are those who imagine that an exist
ing condition will always exist, and hence
that the old sectional lines will be maintained
in history; that Lee, Jackson and their col
leagues will always be the peculiar glory OF
the south, Grant and Hancock of the north i;
1t is shallow and unpatriotic view. It will
never be in America as in Ireland, where
feuds of race and section have purposely been
prolonged; but it will be as in Scotland,
where the heroic achievements Of Saxon and
Gael, Lowland and Highland Jacobite and
Hanoverian are thrown into O common
stock and are the common glory of the coun-
try. In no part of Walter Scott's works do
his lines swell to more sublime strain than
when he paints the achievements of tho
Gaelic clans over men Of his own race and
religion. No man loved Scotland more than
be, buthe looked upon the past without preju-
dice and felt pride in oil heroic Scotch
men. So will it be in America-nay, so it
now is in many sections
Another of our heroes whose memory is
,,Jooe,ro x,.oo p,hroca Pnrva1l Hill He rOsa
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my boy" the gray

Igive into your keeping now
The sword of Harry Lee!
All, how we loved that noble chief
A hero grand was he;
No craven thought e'er filled the heart
OF Light Horse Harry Lee.
One day-it all comes back again,
Though am old and gray
The battle had ragged long and fierce,
For we would not give way.
Our chiectain at the legion's head
Rode on exultingly,
When red coat vile his saber raised
To murder Harry Lee.
dashed before the hero bold,
Right In the deadly strife;
Glove the Hessian to the earth
And saved brave Harry's life.
That night he grasped my wearied hand,
The flush was on his cheek,
The tears stood in his manly eyes,
His voice was hoarse and weak.
He gave me his own trusty sword,
That oft had led the free;
He told me must wear it for
The sake Of Harry Lee.
All, boy! that was happy night,
For proud he well might be
Who e'er deserved such heartfelt praise
From light Horse Harry Lee.
Iwore this blade all through the war,
And when the storm was o'er,
kept it bright and free from rust
AS in the days Of yore.
But when the British came again,
To threat US with their might;
buckled on the good old sword
And wore 1t through the fight.
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And when the soft, sweet, southern breeze
From tropic regions far,
Came laden with the clash Of arms H7T'
And thrilling notes Of war,
I.took the old sword from its place,
With tears Of honest pride,
And buckled it right gladly by
Your gallant fathers side.
He bore 1t manfully and well
In regions far away;
It flashed DER Palo Altos plains
And sunny Monterey.
It never was laid down in shame
God grant ne'er may see,
Ono base blot on the shining blade
OF flight Horse Harry Lee.
Now. boy, draw this sword again
Alas, that 1t must be,
That must count as foes the sons
OF those who fought with me.
My limbs are old and feeble now,
And silvered Is my hair;
Icannot WELD this sword, and 50
Igive it to your care.
Today saw your noble chief,
And, ah, seemed to see,
Erect again before me stand
The form Of Harry Lee.
That same bright eye, that noble form,
That bearing light and free;
All, yes, he's like his noble sire,
This son Of Harry Lee.
Now 90 and do your duty, boy,
You bear no towards name;
And as you dread your grandsire's curse,
Ne'er sully 1t with shame.
And l, as long as life remains,
Within this bosom free,
Will ask Gods blessing on you, and
The son Of Harry Lee.
JAMES D. McCADE
'ICEsBrRG, May. 1868.
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MAKING OUR LEAD PENCILS.

The lead pencil was unknown tn
the world until the year 1864, when
there was discovered In the cOun-
ty of Cumberland, in the north
western part of England, a mine of
the best and purest graphite, This
mine at B0rrOWdale at once became
very celebrated, and Of course very
valuable. Pencils made of Cumber-
land graphite were sold all over
Europe, and were highly priced
everywhere. The manufacture of
lead pencils became very important
business, and the British Govern
ment, in order to protect the new
industry, passed laws prohibiting
the export of graphite to foreign
lands. Only certain quantity,
enough to supply the requirements
Of the pencil makers, was doled out
on the first Monday in every month,
and a military force had to be kept
at the mines to protect it from bands
of marauders.
For nearly three hundred years
England supplied the world with
lead pencils, and then the great
Cumberland mine, which had aided
so much to the Golfers of Great
Britain, became exhausted. The
metallic part of this little implement
is universally called black lead, but
there is not particle of lead in 1t.
This black and glossy substance is
properly called plumbag0, of which
there are several varieties, and Is q
compound of carbon and iron. One
of these varieties is fine grained,
soft, nearly free from grit and we'll
adapted for writing purposes, and
this has received the name of graph
ite.
When the mine at Borrowdale
gave out it became advisable to dis
cover some way of making the inn
pure graphite available for the needs
of the world. After ma, v expert
ments had been tried the ingenuity
of a Frenchman solved the problem
and we have pencils now OF u bet
ter quality than ever were made OF
the best Cumberland graphite by
the old method. | understand that
the present mode of treating the
plunibago, after it is powdered and
purified, is to mix with it, in certain
proportions, powdered clay, and then
the mass is m0istened, dried, pressed
and baked; the treatment varying
according to the different grades Of
pencils required.
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THE Hoes OF MEXICO.-While
hogs are not raised to any great ex-
tent in Mexico that pay good profit,
Mexican hogs are a cross between
the Spanish porker and the wild
hog of the mountains, and, like the
wood hog of one half century ago
here in the States, they are rarely
attacked by disease. The average
weight of those killed is l75 pounds.
They are fattened and killed chiefly
for the lard, worth 20 cents per pound.
in Monterey, while fresh pork COM
mands ~ 10 cents per pound. None
is cured for bacon. Bacon is princi-
pally used by Americans, and is i'm
ported from the United States, bring
ing 40 cents per pound and sugar
cured hams 60 to Is cents per pound.
About five hogs day meet the de-
mand of the city of Monterey, with
$4,000 people. While the people are
fond of pork they cannot afford to
eat it. There is no desire TO ind
prove their stock of hogs by impor-
tations of better blood.-ChicGgo
Np1rS
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A BURIED CITY.-That one of the
greatest of all of the cities built by
the Buddhists in the east should have
been forgotten and lost in the depths
of a trackless forest for 1000 years is
a fact that lays powerful hold on
the imagination. Readers OF Mr..
Ferguson and Sir Emmerson Ten
nent have heard something of the
architectural wonders of Anuradha-
pura, the ancient "city of GRANITE"
in the island of Ceylon, and Of the
unparalleled immunity of its struc-
lures and rich monumental remains
from the ravages of the spoiler and
the religious fanatic.
Since they wrote great progress
has been made in the way of clear
ing the jungle. Mr.. Burrows, who
has lately visited the city, gives in
Macmuian's Magazine a remarkable
account of the progress made in local
archaeological researches since this
marvellous record of the past was &C.
cidentally rediscovered. The ruins
at present disclosed are described as
already extending for a distance at
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One day after peace came, boat landed
at the bank near mammy's cabin. A gentle
man camo ashore and took the old woman
away. He was her young masters father.
Nanny went back with him to Louisiana, and
when she went "into de promised land" she
was watched by those of fairer complexion,
and who were no less faithful to her than she
had been to her MARS" and missy"
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"Let us hope.n be said manfully. II will. n

"Let us hope" be said manfully. II will"
He turned and hurried away. Nanny Phillis
followed her master as he passed through the
cabin to the staircase in the bow Of the boat.
"Done you fret, Mars Robert, honey" she
said; "ole Phillis II care for missy like she
did for you when you was nothen but little
pickaninny on her bres'."
Robert Gibson tried to speak to her, but he
could not His lips moved but no words
came. He pressed the old woman's black
hand, and hurried down the staircase and
out on the crowded levee. Once he turned
and looked back at the boat that held his
treasure The last sight that met his gaze was
the figure of the NANNY straining her eyes
to discover him among the crowd. An hour
after tho steamer was standing down the
river while the negro deck hands stood in
the bow singing that strange weird melody
once heard never forgotten.
When they reached point near Island No.
10, they had come to the advancs of the Con-
federate lines. They were passed through,
and within a few days were again on another
steamer, moving southwark.
As the days passed, nearer and nearer
came the boat to the sunny south. Here
and there on the river banks the tender green
Of the poplars and the sheen of the Spanish
moss told that spring was waking, and soon
the songof the mocking bird brought cheer
to the weary heart Of the invalid, which in
spite Of all its courage could not rise to
resignation. Nanny Phillis lowered over her
young mistress with loving care, beguiling
her as well she could with dreams Of the
future when Mars Robert should come home
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cannot blame the United States for
this tardy return to moderation. 1t
is, however, none the less to be re-
gretted that this species of retreat Is
State, which is always ready to make
the best use against foreigners OF
the slightest signs of weakness on
the part of the great powers. 1t
would have been better all around If
the great American Republic bad
made less fuss of its grievances and
had insisted with greater firmness on
their redressal, for in future the To-
cal authorities, emboldened by this
partial success, will show themselves
still more arrogant toward any Eu-
ropeans who may have to do with
them.-Pdris Martin.
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to prominence more
slowly than Stone
wall Jackson. 1t
was his sad fate to
fall by the shot Of
O straggler only
one week before
the surrender. 1t
is claimed that no
general in the Con-
federacy was in
more battles and
'sKifh1sSts t han n
~ H.1l H. -,.o
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From the silence Of sorrowful hours
Tne desolate mourners 60,
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for the friend and the foe.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day,
Under the roses the Blue,
Under the lilies the Gray.
So with an equal splendor
The morning sun rays fall,
With o touch impartially tender
con the blossoms blooming for all.
Under the sod and the dew, ..
Waiting the Judgment day,
Broidered with gold the Blue,
Meliowed with gold the Gray.
So, when the summer calleth,
On forest and field Of grain,
With ON equal murmur falleth
The cooling drip Of the rain.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day,
Wet with the rain the Blue,
Wet with the rain the Gray.
Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
The generous deed was done;
In the storm ofthe years that are fading
No braver battle was won.
Under the sod and the dew,'
Waiting the judgment day,
Under the blossoms the Blue,
Under the garlands the Gray.
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Such enormous wealth rs the Astors
doubles easily-some calculators say every
ten years-and if the present heads of the
family live thirty or forty years more
and they are likely to, for your accumu-
lator of money is proverbially careful OF
his health-and the country continues to
thrive, it is not beyond the bounds of
probability that their riches will then
amount to two or three thousand millions
Of dollars, and five families may own the
most valuable part of the real estate in
that portion of the city of New York
lying between the Battery on the south
and the Harlem river on the north.
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ICE THAT NEVER MELTS.

It is remarkable indeed that SO
much of the surface ground on the
Yukon is frozen solid to a depth Of
several feet. 1t is the more 80 when
we come to realize the fact that
during the summer it gets as hot
there a. in the south. During the
heat of the past season the miners
found it a great convenience to 90 in
bathing in the streams at least twice
a day, and to seek shady places in
which to rock the gold out OF gravel.
At the breaking up of winter the
hours Of sunshine are rapidly in
creasing, and continue 80 until mid
summer, when the sun beams forth
twenty-five hours out of the twenty.
four, while on the high mountain
peaks it is for period Of several
days in June not entirely out of sight
the twenty-four hours.
But during all this heat and long
days of continuous sunshine the SUMS
rays do not penetrate the heavy
moses that cover nearly the entire
surface of the country, and conse-
quently the frozen ground under
meath lies in that state as If packed
in an icehouse. After it once be-
comes frozen, as any damp ground
will do in the winter time, it quick
ly becomes covered with this moss,
which is of rapid growth and
attains depth of two feet or more.
During the heat of summer this
moss become dry to the depth of
several inches, and the miners think
that by continuous burning of it as
fast as it dries they will soon have
the gravel bars along the creeks, at
least, cleared off, being Of the i'm:
preston that when the gravel de-
posits are exposed to the scorching
rays of the sun and rains and atmos-
phere they will readily thaw out.
When winter sets in the hours Of
sunshine gradually decrease until
during the shortest days the sun
shines but four hours out of the twen-
ty-four. But at this period the au-
rora il most intense, and helps very
materially in driving darkness from
the dreary land. The thermometer
goes down to 10 degrees in winter,
but the atmosphere is very dry, and
consequently the cold is not 80 per.
ceptible as one would imagine
Juneau (Aidska) Free Press.
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be would certainly say that there was one
poss on no money could buy.
Who that grew familiar with the heroic
figure Of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, as he
rode at the head Of his column in the stirring
summer Of 1859, would part with that men,
ory nowi Every veteran who can recall tho
scene considers the memory among bis
dearest possessions. And it has value which
arithmetic cannot measure; it ennobles the
man; the thought II was with Jackson at
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Sorrow is transformed by time into O
pleasant memory. We look on the face of q
dear one for the last time with intense
anguish; but when there has been time for
grief to be assuaged, we recall all the good
qualities of the departed and muse on them
till the thought becomes pleasure. Many a
middle aged or old person will admit that
the memory of one child who died in the
lovelness of early youth is now more agree
able than the attractions Of any one that
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Decoration Day, what he would take for his
recollection of Gen. Robert E. Lee! Suppose
a memory could be bartered and ask this:
What money would hire you to blot out that
mind picture of our noble commander as we
have often seen him on horseback among ust
How much, to make your mind as il you had
never seen Gen. Leea If he did not take the
question as an insult and answer with blow,
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least of four miles by two and half.
The wonderful Cingalese palace, sup
posed to have been built about the
commencement of the Christian era,
of which Mr.. Burrows gives an elab-
crate description, was discovered
only last year. So far the clearings
and excavations are stated to yield
results which entirely agree with
the most authentic account extant
from an eye witness Of ancient Anu
radhapura-the Chinese traveller, Fa
Hian, who visited it in the early part
of the Fifth Chicago Times.
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THE UNITED STATES AND MOROCCO.

Morocco is attracting more and
more attention from the great pow
ers, each one in turn seeking to gain
a footing in that country. 1t is, in
deed, this antagonism which will
save the empire of Morocco from
partial dismemberment, for every
government-especially that OF
Spain-is following with jealous eye
the action Of its rivals. This may
explain the sudden change in the
attitude just adopted by the United
States. The bombardment of Tan
giers by an American frigate sent
there to support the demands of the
consul, which was announced with
80 much noise, will not take place.
The only punishment inflicted on the
government of Morocco by that of
the United states will be the rupture
of official relations.
So prompt retreat after the noisy
threats so patiently endured by the
Sultan gives rise to the supposition
that the United States, having care.
fully considered the consequences of
military action against Morocco, has
declined to face the expense and loss
of life it would have entailed.. One
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lived to full manhood or womanhood. This
s often true of the dearest friends, and
always of great leaders and men of eminent
talents in any walk Of life Lee, at Apo
mattox, was then a sad sight; the memory of
bis dignifed bearing and manly resignation
isnow an unalloyed pleasure Ask any
veteran of the Army Of Virginia, on this