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Year: 1878

BY THE LATE WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
How shall know thee in the sphere which


keeps


The disem mbodied spirits OF the dead,
When all of thee that time could wither


sleeps


And perishes among the dust we tread.
For l shall feel the sting OF ceaseless pain
If there meet thy gentle presence not,
Nor hear the voice love. nor read again
In thy serenest eyes the tender thought.
VIII not thy own meek heart demand me


there


That heart whose fondest throbs to me


were given,
Ny name on earth was ever in thy prayer,
And wilt thou never utter 1t in Heaven?
The love that lived through all the stormy


past,


And meekIy with my harsher nature bore,
And deeper grew and tendereT, to the last,
Shall 1t expire with life and be no more?
\ happier lot than mine, and larger light,
Await thee there; for thou hast Bowed thy


will
In cheerful homage to the rule of right,
And lowest all, and renderest good for i'll.
Yet though thou wearest the glory of the sky
wilt thou keep the same beloved name,
The same fair, thoughtful brow, and gentle


eye


Lovelier in Heavens sweet climate, yet


the same?
Shalt thou not teach Inc I'm that calmer home
The wisdom that learnt so III in this
rhe wisdom which is love-tIn become
Thy 1T companion in that land OF bliss?
Year: 1878

BY THE LATE VIM. CULLEN BRYANT.
gazed upon the glorious sky,


And the green mountains round;
And thought that when 1 came to lie


At rest within the ground,


Twere pleasant that in flowery June,
When brooks send up cheerful tune,


And groves a joyous sound,
The sexton 3 hand my grave to make,
The rich, green mountain turf should break.
A cell within the frozen mould,


A coffin borne through sIset,
And icy clods above II rolled,


While fierce the tempests beat
Away!-I will not think of these
Blue be the sky and soft the breeze,


Earth green beneath the feet,
And be the damp mould gently pressed
Into my narrow place of rest.
There through the long, long summer hours,
rhs golden light should lie, [ers
And thick young herbs, and groups of flo "


stand in their beauty by.
The oriole should build and tell
His love-tale close beside my cell;


The idle butterfly
Should rest him there, and there be heard
The housewife bee and humming bird.
And what If cheerful shouts at noon


Come, from the village sent,
Or songs OF maids, beneath the moon


With fairy laughter blent?
And what If, in the evening light,
Betrothed lovers walk in sight


OF my low monument?
1 would the lovely scene around
Might know no sadder sight nor sound.
know, know l should not see


The seasons glorious show,
Nor would its brightness shine for me,


Nor It's wild music flow;
But If, around my place of sleep,
The friends love should come to weep,


They might not haste to go.
Soft airs, and song, and light, and bloom,
Should keep them lingering by my tomb.
These to their softened hearts should bear
The thought of what has been,
And speak OF one who cannot share
The gladness OF the scene;
" hose part, In all the pomp that fills
rhe circuit of the summer hills,
Is-that his grave Is green;
And deeply would their hearts rejoice
To hear again his living voice.
Year: 1878

The man who loves good and
beautiful woman and cannot persuade
her to marry him this month of June,
deserves sympathy. June is a glOri-
Gus month for orange blossoms and
weddings. 1t seems to have been
specially set apart for this royal and
beneficial purpose. Life is so short it
would be sad to wait a whole year for
June and happiness,
Year: 1878

An old soldier at Omaha prints this
recollection of Col. Bob. IngersOll in
action: Col. IngersOll fought manfully
until overpowered and compelled to
surrender, but not until one of For
rests men had him cOnvered with a
gun and had drawn bead on him.
fngersoll sang out: Hold on there!
What do you want to shoot me for? ]
have been recognizing your old Con-
federacy for the last two minutesn
When Ingersoll was exchanged his
horse was returned to him by the Re
bel General, with the remark that
he was the man that saved his life
with Joke.
Year: 1878

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.


"A return to specie payments at the ear
lest period compatible with due regard to all
interests concerned should ever be kept in
view. Fluctuations in the value of currency
are always injurious, and TO reduce these
fluctuations to the lowest possible point will
always be a leading purpose in wise leglsla-
ton. Convertibility prompt and certain
convernbility into coin, is acknowledged to
be the best and surest safeguard against
them Annual Message, December, 1862.
Year: 1878

He was a man who wonld rather
do wrong than die, provided no
one caught him at it. He had
travelled through forty miles of arid
anguish while waiting for the tun-
mel, and. as the train shot into it,
he seized with a nervous clutch his
pocket flask, and sheltered a prize
drink before noticing that all the
lamps were trimmed and burning.
The passengers stared--he blushed
and felt more uncomfortable than a
man at church in the same seat
with a crying babe, as he mumbled
so that all could hear, "Hang
this thing of travelling when you
amt WE'LL" He appeared as usual
in the Sunday school, but his class
failed to catch his meaning when
he told them, oh, so very impress
sively, that there was a moment of
supreme discontinue in the life of
every one, and that he had just
had his the day before.
Year: 1878

II is when a boy finds himself,
without any solicitation on his part,
assigned to a position between the
ruler and his teachers knee, that
he feels the imperative necessity,
or at least the desirability of or
dering the immediate mobilization
of all his forces.
Year: 1878

A Georgia negro has no more
faith in banks. He lays all his
money out in clothes and hair oil,
and the news of bank suspension
causes him to exclaim: "Bust
away wild ye, but you can't hurt
these lavender pants"
Year: 1878

George Francis Train has dis
covered how any man can live in
luxury on five cents day. But
why should we live in luxury when
we see so many poor families
around us who are struggling to
get through the winter with only
one dog i-Worcester Press.
Year: 1878

A lady of this place had a min
lister of the meek and lowly visit
ing her house lately and conceived
the idea of having evening devo-
tional exercise, so she produced
her bible and after busting, it hand
ed it to the said Rev. gentleman,
On opening it he found card with
this device, "Good for one drink
at - saloon."-Bute Miner.
Year: 1878

venture into New York, she would
be swindled out of her sword and
scales, and be paraded on Broad
way, placarded with "Pity the
poor blind girl" in less than half
an hour.-Boston Commercial Bull
latin
Year: 1878

In Japan man may procure a
divorce from his wife on the ground
that she talks too much, and the
amount of domestic bliss that there
is in that country surpasses the
widest flights of imagination
Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1878

A woman will face a frowning
world and cling to the man she
loves through the most bitter ad-
versity, but she wouldn't wear a
hat three weeks behind the style
to save the government.-Keokuk
Constitution.
Year: 1878

| church In behalf OF the education ana


conversion of the Indian race. He


said that In his Judgment the proposed


transfer was unwise; that If effected it


would certainly work adversely to the


Christian operations now in progress.


He recited at length the many inter-


views he had with army officers on


the subject, and said those favoring
the transfer appeared to have but one
reason therefor, namely, that the war
department paid better subsidies for
military duty than any experiment. He
thought 1t impossible for the body of
the Indian commissioners to work in
harmony with the army officials as it
did with civilians, and gave it as his
opinion that the army was prepared for
war to subdue the enemies land make
peace, rather than to promote religion
and friendship. In his opinion in five
years time, under the supervision of
Christian discipline, the entire Indian
race could be civilized for one half the
amount of money which would neces-
sarily be expended in the event of their
being placed under the ruling of the
war department, and under the former
plan in the time mentioned. He was
sure the aid of the military to keep the
the Indians peaceful would no more
be required than it is at present in our
states. He considered that there are
some very good men in the army, but
did not think them adapted to the re-
quirements of Indian agents, and was
positive that they are incapable ef pro-
noting religion and civilization, etc.


E. N. Kingsly of New York, MEM
Der of the Indian commission and rep
resenting the Presbyterian church, and
also chairman of the purchasing COM
mittee, was the next gentleman to pre-
sent his views. He said we need an
army with hoes and spades for the In
dians, rather than swords and rifles.
If the commission SO desired he would
produce the books of his Office for every
expenditure made by the board, and
where purchases were made, where for
warded and the disposition made of the
same. He defended the Indian agents
as body and said their wholesale
abuse" was unwarranted. With refer
ence to the creation of contracts by the
Indian bureau, he said he did not ac-
cept the criticisms of the war depart
lnent on the subject, and considered it
''poor grace"3for that department to
offer it, considering the rascally con-
tracts which passed through the hands
of its officials during the late war. The
great mass of religious denominations
throughout the country favored the
continuation of the existing policy.
Should the transfer be made the board
would not feel that they had any active
sympathies. The good work done by
the board, had, in many instances,
been demoralized by the surrounding
military posts.


Adjourned.
Year: 1878

Washington, Dec. 4.-Secretary Sher-
man says there is strong speculative
feeling springing up to give silver bull
lion in the form of trade dollars great
er value than other bullion, thus dis
eliminating in favor of the bullion held
in China against the bullion in the
hands Of our miners. The secretary
says that trade dollars will be bought
as bullion upon bids each "Wednesday,
and that no preference will be given
to trade dollars over other bullion.
This is the secretary's answer TO San
Francisco offer of one million trade
dollars, deliverable there from China
within sixty days.
Year: 1878

WE HAD thought that our mission
ary efforts in reforming the Sun had a
lasting effect. The special field in
which we labored was bounded by that
little prevaricating sentence: Especial
to the Sum-" Come now, neighbor,
dispatches that belong to the associated
press, and which are furnished to the
LEADER as we'll as the Sun, cannot
truthfully be considered as specials to
the Sun. We rest in the hope that we
shall not again have to call attenti on
to these little outbreaks of falsity.
Year: 1878

am composed of five letters:


My first is always in the sea;


My second a measure shall be;


My third was first by Cadmus form'd:
My fourth Is that which always storm'd;
My NTH no king can be without.


Ny whole will make. beyond o doubt,
The name OF q prominent candidate for Ger.
tain office within the gift of the governor.
Year: 1878

ALEX. STEPHENS met with painful
accident yesterday. While ascending
the capitol steps on crutches he slipped,
and by the fall wrenched his knee So
verely. The old gentleman will have to
resort to his former custom of being
carried.
Year: 1878

NEW Yonk. dan. 1.-THE Cotton Exchange
The passage Of the silver bill. The committee
appointed on the eighth instant. reported a SET
oil resolutions pi oteBting against the enactment
OF any law whereby the silver dollar OF 4121a
grains shall be made an unlimited legal tender
and agAinst the free coinage clause contained
In the Bland silver BILL
Year: 1878

WAsH1NeToN Jan. 11.-The President before
sending a special message to Congress on the
subject Of civil service. reform will wait for the
report of the commission. OF which D. b. Eaton.
Of New York, Is ch hartman, which is inquiring
into the subject


This report will be exhaustive. and is expect
ed to be submitted In a month or six week.. and
the President will utilize Il in preparing bis
message on the subject. This message will be
followed by another Though the two may he
combined) on the subject Of opening negotia-
tions with China with q view to putting some
Limitation to Chinese immigration to this coun-
frt.
Year: 1878

1t would seem that il is much easier
to set an entire house on fire. than it Is
with deliberate intention, and with proper
combustibles, to LIGHT a stove for the pur-
pose of boiling a kettle This latter oper-
alton is not So simple as it appears to be,
as any one NAV prove who has not already
tried his, or her, hand al it. In fact, an
efficient or bad house servant may be al
most at once detected by the ease or diili-
Guilty with which She lights her fires. The
inefficient servant will place some crum-
pied paper in the grate, and will throw
the best part OF "A bundle ct wood on the
top of it. crOwnng the whole with Il
smothering mass ot coal; and will expect
the fire to burn The good servant WILL
on the other hand, first clear her CRATE, so
as to insure good draught; she will then
place the wood above the paper, crossing
the sticks again and again: then the Goals
are put in deity one by one. afOrdlng in
terstices through which the flames will
love TO linger; Il light is applied; and the
kettle will soon he singing acknowledge
ments Of the warm ardOr with which it
has been wooed. Contrast this with the
other picture. where smoke and dirt make
their appearance in lieu of tea and toast.
W. NtHluiS W say tildJ II udui -intudScu
kitchen fire, with its train of unpunc-
tual meals, leads TO more general loss
OF temper than all the other minor do
mestic troubles put together. The stove
is usually the scapegoat on which
the offending servant lays her in
competence Che cat clearly could estab-
lish an altbi;) but the most perfect of
ranges would not remedy the fault. The
only real reason for such a state of things
is the prevalence of sheer stupidity. Mol
ly's mother was taught by Molly's grand
mother to light fire in a certain way,
and Molly's defendants will, from persis-
tence of habit, continue 10 light fires in
that manner, be it good or evil. until the
end of time. 1t is quite clear that the
same stupidity which causes an Intention
al fire to fail, will occasionally lead to
pyrotechnic exhibition which has been
quite unlocked for. For instance, cases
are not unknown where servants have
used the contents of powderhorn for
coaxing an obstinate fire to burn the loss
OF finger or two generally giving them
sufhcient hint not to repeat the expert
ment. The general use of gas has done
much to reduce the number of confagra-
tons, for il has replaced other illuminators
far more dangerous but it has at the
same time contributed cause OF acci
dent which before its use could not exist.
So long as people will insist on looking
for an escape of gas with lighted can
die, SO long will their rashness be reward
ed with an explosion - Chambers Jour-
nal.
Year: 1878

JUDGE THOMPSON does not bear
defeat with the stocicism we should
expect from a veteran politician.
In his speech the other evening
he denounced the press of this city
with great virule nee, we are in
formed. Now as we were careful
to say nothing whatever about
Judge Thompson during the can.
vass, and as we have uniformly
treated the Workingmen's move.
ment with great consideration, we
are just the least little bit sur
prised at this ill temper. We dc
not see how the Judge can hold
the press re sponsible for his lack Of
popularity amongst the Working
men. He must look deeper and
nearer home for the cause of his
pol itical misadventure.
Year: 1878

although that gentleman was on
the Merced ticket, and about two
thousand ahead of Gen. Mansfield
who, We believe, was on the straight
Republican ticket. AS we have
said, the result is a compliment
which cannot fail to be gratifying
to our brother quill.
Year: 1878

It is easier to blame than to do better.


If you wish to succeed in life, govern
your temper.


We love much more warmly by cher
ishing the intention Of giving pleasure
than an hour afterwards when We have
given it..


If man be gracious and courteous to
strangers, it shows he is citizen Of the
world, and that his heart is no island cut
off from other hearts, but a continent
that joins them.


The last, best fruit which comes to
late perfection, even in the kindliest
soul, is tenderness toward the hard, for
bearance toward the unforbearing,
warmth Of heart toward the cold, and
philanthropy toward the misanthropic.


In this world q man is likely to get
what he gives. Mems hearts are like q
whispering gallery to you. II you
speak softly, a gentle whisper comes
back !; if you scold, you get scolded.
With the measure you mete it is meas
ured to You again.


Chaerfulness is an excellent wearing
quality. 1t has been called the brighter
weather of the heart. 1t gives harmony
to the soul, and is perpetual song
without words. It is tantamount to
repose. It enables nature to recruit
strength whereas worry and discomfort
debilitates il, involving constant wear
end tear.


The greatest man is he who chooses
right with the most invincible resolution,
who resists the sorest temptation from
within and without who bears the
heaviest burdens cheerfully,; who is the
calmest in the storm, and the most fear
less under menaces and frowns whose
reliance on truth, on virtue and on
heaven is most unfaltering.
Year: 1878

A man Telling tree on the bank of a
river by chance let bis axe slip from his
hand. It dropped into the water and
sank to the bottom. In great distress
at the loss Of his tool. he sank down on
the bank and dgrieved bitterly. Mercury
appeared and asked him what was the
matter. Having heard the mans story,
Mercury dived to the bottom of the river
and bringing up golden axe he offered
it to him. The woodman refused to
take it, saying it was not his. Mercury
aived second time and brought up a
silver one. This also the man refused,
saying that, too, was none Of his. He
dived third time, and brought up the
axe the man had lost. This the poor man
tooa with great Joy and thankfulness.
Mercury was SO pleased with his honesty
that he gave him the other two into the
bargain.


The woodman told this adventure to
his mates, and one of them set off for
the river and let his axe fall in on pur.
pose. He then began to lament his loss
with loud voice. Mercury appeared
as before and demanded the cause of his
grief. After hearing the mans account,
he dived and brought up q golden axe
and asked him if that was his. Trans
ported by the thought of the precious
metal, the fellow eagerly answered that
it wss, and greediiy attempted to snatch
it. The god, detecting his falsehood,
and impudence, not only declined to give
it to him, but refused to let him have hi.
own again. Thus 1t is seen that greed
Furnishes itself.
Year: 1878

It is well for all people in the country
to know the difference between "peep-
ing" and. croaking" frogs. Ameng
the first and most noticeable OF the
spring sounds that comes to us from the
neighborhood of the ponds and streams
is the voice of the peeping frog; and
this little creature will well repay ones
attention. It is commonly thought to
be the young of the hullfrog, but this is
not 80 it seems to be distinct variety
of the frog family. He makes himself
heard in the spring as soon as the ice
has melted, and is most musical during
the evening. You will find him sitting
among the old broken grasses and leaves
at the edge of the water and as soon as
he hears your football. down he fattens
himself, and you would easily mistake
him for a brown leaf, but, trusting to
your ears and not eyes, you soon will see
this little brown leaf cautiously rise up,
swell its little throat to half the size of
it's body, and give "peep" shrill
enough to leave no doubt as to what
makes that sound. These frogs are,
when sitting, about an inch long, and
vary in color from a light to very dark
brown. They are easily caught; and
by putting them in wide-mcuthed bot.
tie, covered with thin muslin, and
placing this under a hat, or in any place
away from the light, they will continue
their peeping for some time.
Year: 1878

Miss Peale; the daughter OF Japcs
Peale, tells this story of the punctualItv
of Martha Washington: My father ha!
an engagement to paint miniature OF
Mrs. Washington in Philadelphia, the
general being then out of town: He was
Obliged to go to her house, and the ap-
pointment for first sitting was al
ranged for seven o'clock in the morning:
NV father arrived at the house, and
taking out his watch he found he was
exactly on time. The thought then
struck him that possibly it might be to
early to disturb lady, and he decided
to give ten minutes grace before knock.
ing at the door. He accordingly walked
the pavement, and at the end of ten
minutes pulled out his watch and rang
the bell. He was ushered into the
parlor, and Mrs. Washington accosted
him, drew oqA his watch, and said she
had given hui orders for the day, had
heard her daughter take her lessons on
the harpsichord, and had read all the
morning papers, and after all this had
been waiting for him ten minutes.
Year: 1878

The Latelligencer, of Romney, W. Va,
has this to say about the recent floods in
that section of the country Never in
the memory of man has there occurred
such rise in the streams of Hampshire
county, W. Va, as by the recent food,
nor so great destruction Of crops and
fencing. So extensive has been the de-
struction that it amounts to calamity.
Along the South Branch scarcely shock
of corn or a stack of hay remains the
whole valley is clean sweep; crops
and fencings and the embankments are
all broken and swept away. All the fat
cattle and other stock of every kind are
left on the hands of the farmers without
food, and probably not suficiency OF
ground; consequently the cattle must
be thrown on the market, or seek more
favored country for food.


A dispatch from Moorefeld, Hardy
county, says that the destruction by the
flood in that county alone will reach
$4O0, 1000. There are not q thousand
shocks of corn in the valley of the
south branch of the Potomac. Farms
have been washed completely away, and
land that was worth 500 an acre is now
utterly without value. The suffering
among the cattle is very great, and hun
dreds of farmers are ruined. The tor.
rent reached from mountain to mountain
and was twenty feet deep.
Year: 1878

Many OF the colds which people are
said to catch commence at the feet. To
keep these extremities warm, therefore,
is to effect an insurance against the
almost interlninable list of disorders
which spring out of "slight cold. !"
First, never be tightly shod. Boots or
shoes when they fit too closely press
against the feet and prevent the free
circulation of the blood. When, on the
contrary, they fit with comparative loose
ness, the blood gets fair play, and the
spaces left between the leather and the
stockings are filed with q comfortable
supply of warm air. The second rule is,
never sit in damp shoes. It is often
imagined that unless they are positively
wet it is not necessary to change them.
This is q fallacy, for when the least
dampness is absorbed into the sole, it is
attracted nearer the foot itself by the
heat, and thus the Precipitation is dan
gerously checked. Any person may
prove this by trying the experiment Of
neglecting this rule. The feet will be-
come cold and damp after few moments,
although on taking off the shoes aud
warming them. they will appshr quite
dry.