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Year: 1872


In the cold and northern cline where aurora loves


to dwell,
Uisten, all ye youth, to tho story I'm to tell,)
Where the weird and ghostly spruce its barron


arms uprear,
To hug within its grasp the snow-birtls of the


year,
Where never song of bird awakes the icy plain,
Where silence holds hor'court with awfulness OF


reign,
traveller was seen, at the dawning Of the day,
TO drive upon the lAke with his pony and his


sleigh.
The morn was amber clear, the sun like glazier


shoue,
And all the northern hills were wrapt in icy zone
No kindly cottage fire, no smoke of chimney nigh
Sent up its curling folds to warm the pallid sky
Save tho retching Of the lake and its hollowness


of roar,
To the painting and the Wheeling of the burden


that it bore,
No silence ever woke from such a sleep before.
Twas in mid winter time, the coolest of the year
When all the sky is white, and all the earth is


drear,
This traveller set out, wrapped up in warmest


gray,
CAS- / have said berorc,) with his pony and hi.


sleigh,
To cross the frozen lake. full thirty miles or more
Where family like n thread was discernible the
On, on, with ccaseless tramp, and long majestic


stride,
With never ! Iausc or break, without compass, with


out guide,
This easy-galted beast, her white breath like 4


spray,


at pay)
Is frosting in her name and fading far away.
Now ghastly, yawning seams arc made, and al


the surface rocks
And tremors all the air with horrid ice-quakt


shocks;
And now upon the lake. a single speck remote,
All tracklcss n ship that never more will float
The pony holds his course till the skies are over


cast
And drifting, whirling SHOWS are binding him al


last,
And burying the track, so sudden is the change
And night is coming down DER all the eastern


range.
The morning came again but with the break o


day,
No traveller was seen with pony and with sleigh
And he never more was seen, at least in morta


mold,
And every one believed he perished in the cold,
Or, dropping through some iissure that opened on


his way,
The stranger lost his life, his pony and his sleigh
And now when winter comes and kecnly bites the


air,
When Aurora flashes light from all her jewels


rare,
Across this frozen lake and through the track.


less snow,
A phantom form is seen driving to and fro.
The ghosty steed speeds on, the stranger sits up


right,
And his bearing to be the terror of the night
lie comes and goes again. and in his stately round
lie gldes across the lake with never word or sound
And from the ponys name, and from his spectral


tail,
That flashes in the moon, or quiyers in the gale
lcicles gleam like spears, and form with every


breath,
In mockery of pain, and in mockery of death,
And all the night, until tho morn, no other holds


the way,
But the Ghost of the Lake with his pony and hi:


sleigh


Hartford, Conn, Dec, 1871. b. ). ".
Year: 1872

More novelties are the results Of ac.
cideut than is generally supposed The
origin Of Blue-tinted paper came about
by mere slip of the hand William
East, an English paper maker once upon
a time set his men to work, and went
away on business. While the men were
at dinner, Mrs. East accidentally let a
blue bag-fall into one of the watts of pulp.
Alarmed at the occurrence, she determin.
ed to say nothing about it, Great was
the astonshment of the workmen when
they saw the peculiar color of the paper,
and great the anger of Mr.. East when he
returned and found that whole vat of
pulp had been spoiled. After giving the
paper made from it warehouse room for
four years, Mr.. East sent it up to his
agent in London. to be sold "for what it
would fetch" "For what it would fetch
said the agent, not understanding the
meaning " well, it certainly is a novelty.
but he must not expect too much" So
he sold the whole at considerable ad-
vance upon the market price. and wrote
to the mills for as much more as he could
get. The surprise of Mr.. Fast may be
imagined He hastened to tell his wife,
who found courage to confess her share
in the fortunate accident and to claim a
reward, which she received in the shape
Of new cloak. Mr., Fast kept his secret,
and for a short time supplied the market
with the novel tint, until the demand far
exceeded the supply, and other makers,
discovering the MEANS used, competed
with him.


Tillotson very justly says that shame
is a great restraint upon the sinners at
first but that soon falls off, aud when
they have once lost their innocence, their
modesty is not likely to be long trouble.
some to them.
Year: 1872

Mr.. Hendricks in his noble speech
before the Indiana convention spoke
these words, which should bs written Oh
every Democratic banner, and fixed in
every democratic heart:


We haue turned our backs en- the pnst-
zoe stand IN The present. and look to The
future. The pas, is lost to m-Me future
is ours, let us make IL a glorious one


These splendid sentences have tho
trumpet ring Of victory-they are the
key note Of the coming camp.ixn. Mr..
Hendricks is one Of those leaders Who
have laid their ears close to the popular
heart, heard its beatings, comprehended
the meaning thereof, and arc ready to
yield cheerful obedience to the lessons of
the hour. A Democrat now, as he always
has been, he knows AMI feels that the
party which fingers too long on q fatal
held, counting the dead and wounded,
and discussing the science of defeat.
must soon sink out of sight forever. Its
salvation depends upon learning wisdom
from disaster it cannot retreat, it must
reform the ranks. throw inside all useless
incum brnncos. and movo forward Tim.
"out OF this. neitle, danger, We pluck
this flower, safety" The Democracy
have done their duty in the past faith
fully and we'll their failure is their mis-.
fortune, not their fault, and for the evil
consequences which this failure has
brought already, or may bring hereafter.
they are in no wise responsible--uo drop
OF freedoms blood stains their garments.
But the past, full as it is of sad aud
sacred memories, is dead and buried, and
the pen of impartial history must write
its epitaph but the present is ours
ours to wisely improve or ignobly waste.
What Democrat can hesitate when his
country demands his services, thouth
those services may require some sacrifice
Of personal feeling? What Democrat
will refuse to accept victory because is
does not come precisely in the shape he
could wish What Democrat will prefer
TO look backward into tho gloomy DAYS
that are gone, rather than forward to hail
the dawn Of brighter and bettcr era ?
When the claims of country, the trusss
interests Of party unite in urging him
to action, what Democrat will sit down
with folded arms and assist the ruin he
might avert? What Democrat will not
from his inmost soul echo the words of
the gallant Hendricks--"Let us make
our future glorious ono ?"-Republi-
can.
Year: 1872

The account OF Carl Scburz as Minister to
Spain has been adjusted by the Fifth Auditor
of the Treasury, and a balance certified
against him of s1,0139l. The &c count will
be certified bs the Comptroller and suit at
once commenced against Schurz for the
balan,e. There is moth ing like giving these
Reform doctors little dose of their own
medicine.
Year: 1872

In q recent letter, Senator Brow wnlow, of
Tennessee, says 'At no time hitherto, in
Tennessee or throughout the country have
the prospects of the National Republican
party been brighter or more glorious tn an
now. Victory is in the air. as ths New York
Tribune said before The North Carolina elec-
ton, and the glorious Republican victory
which was in the North Carolina air per
vAdes the atmosphere in all parts Of the coun-
try. Ihave no idea that Greeley and Brown
will carry more than five or seven States
and the corrupt coalition which brought abou.
their candidacy will lie more disgracefully
beaten than has ever been any parry in the
history OF this country.
Year: 1872

The Republic An majority IN Maine is more
than six per cent. larger than it was one
year ago. A gain sq ual TO that in the Pine
Tree State, throughout the country, would
rs.slsct Grant BY moro decisive vote than
that which indorcsd the administration of
Lincoln.
Year: 1872

THE THEATRE.--Janallscfek is in Mary
Stuart queen; in Deborah she is the out
cast Jewess, but in both she commands Our
highest admiration. 1t is hard to say in
which of these dramas she cNccls; in both
her genius must he acknowledged. Last
night it was as Deborah that she won the fl
yor of Richmond audience. In the terror
stricken maiden surrounded by the village
mob in the refugee fallen unconSciously ut the
foot of the cross, and in the repentant war-
derer bcholding the happiness Of the little
family upon Which in years gone by her curses
had been showcrcd the greatness of her @e-
Mus was abundantly attestcd, but i'll the scene
in the chtrch-yard, at the base of the broken
column. there was presented Sublimity OF
acting which could hardly he surpassed. But
the most glowing eulogy is tame after wit
Messing the acting Of JanauScheS. Only
those who see it can fully appreciate it,
power upon the mind and the heart; and
those who fail to see it miss an intellectual
luxury that few ever have the rare pleasure
Of enjoying.


Chesncy Void. which is underlined for to.
night, is Il dramatZation of DickenS'S Bleak
House, prepared, as we are Informed, cN
pressly for Janauschek by distinguished
dramatic author. In it ,Ianiuschek appears
of course, as Lady Dedlock, and all who
have seen her and read the story in which
that character appears will admit that she is
admirably adapted in all respects to per.
soniy that fine creation of Il llEiStcr-hanu in


fiction.
Year: 1872

CHARGED WITH PASSING COUNTERFEIT
MoNEY.-Yesterday afternoon Detective
Kendall O'Dwyer arrested colored man on
the charge of passing counterfeit 800 bill
on Marx Nelson tailor on the lower part of
Main street. The officer had to fire shot at
the prisoner, who was brought to finally
without being injured.
Year: 1872

THE stock of dress goods at LEVY BROTHERS Is
such rs is seldom met with at this of the year.
and the prices have been fixed at such low figures
to enable even those with small means an opportu-
nifty of procuring nice dress pattern ut moderate
Year: 1872

hair is retained in moist condition fol-
aTlong time. As class. the vegetable
oils are better for the hair than animal
oils. They do not become rancid and
offensive SO rapidly, and they are bus
ject to different and less Objectionable
chemical changes. Olive oil and that
derived from the cocoanut has been
largely employed, but they are inferior
IN every respect to that from the castor
bean.
Year: 1872

NEwspApERs,-Nf b unreasonable ia
texpect that the public press will always


publish ony such thiags as We, individ.


ually, shall like, A person of strictly


religious habits and hstes win be Of


Tended ifkhs sees il . newspaper the 20.


count of a prize fight, or of something
obscene and sinful. He forgets that the
newspaper is but the reflection of the
world at large; and if he is so fastidious,
he should retire altogether from life, for
in single street he will And. at any
given hour f the day. Whist win offend
almost all his senses. He need not send
what he considers to be objectional; in
like manner, he need Eot eat at table
d'hote any highly seasoned dish. He
may not like venison and game, high.
Let him order something to- his taste
a veal outlet without sauce. But my
Lady Godiva may like few of the in
delicacies of the season, and Lord Cow
entry may have stomach for anything.
A newspaper would have few readers
were its dishes of news to consist solely
of pious pastry and fiimsy puffs While
the tone of newspaper is moral, the
public cannot complain. The music of
an organ may be of the purest character
though the organ itself, and the organ
grinder likewise, may sometimes slow
symptoms of the mud and filth that are
picked up by or scattered upon them
throughout the ramblings of the day.
To the pure all things are pure, and to
find fault with newspaper for every
mice offence" is to display the hypoc-
risy of o prude, or the Stiffness of an
ignordmus. Examiner.
Year: 1872

With the first heats of June in all our
large cities, comes cholera intantum
and the summer complaints of children.
of which it is the chief and the most
unmanagrable and fatal. Diarrhua
and dysentery have each their victims
i'll the same class of subjects. OF the
medical treatment and means of cure
we are not called upon to speak i'll
these columns, the less so, indeed, as
on these points physicians are not
agreed. The more important consider
alton is to prevent the coming on of
the disease and the Use of all hygicnic
agencies which preserve the health OF
children Chief among all the causes
of cholera infantum are high and sus-
tanned atmospheric heat and defective
Year: 1872

an NIL, out on.S 5 segment Of the moral
circle. Ihsg are honest but not charitable, they
may De lost but not benevolent: Such were the
moral men OF Christ's day. They made long
prayers In public places, and went not into the
Judgment hall lest their skirts should be deGled;
but they were cruel, bloody, hypocritical and
merciless. In our day have we not many


MORAL MEN
OF q similar kind-men who pray ana peculate-
who keep the Fourth Commandment on Sunday
and break all the others on Monday-who tread
alike the sacred aisles OF the sanctuary and the
slippery paths of Wall street, and who wrap their
morality about them, and go forth feeling that 1t is
perfume OF Araby the blessed to counteract all
the unblessed 0dors OF their sin2


PRAYER


cannot be bought by creeds, and 1t is the greater
part OF Christianity. You may bring all your
scientific batteries to bear against it, but you can.
not batter down the true belief In the efficacy OF
prayer until you have stilled the mothers cry or
hnshed the ravens call for bread, or taught the
lily not to rear its head to heaven in petition for
the dew; and, until you can convince me that God
does not feed the raven clOthe the lily, you can
net convince me that prayer is not answered.
There is an angel In the worst men and devil in
the best. Tie calamities that have fallen upon
US week after week, the bereavements that have
saddened our eyes and our hearts, need only the
consciousness of an immortal spirit above to
sanctify them, for the hand upon US Is Fathers
hand.
Year: 1872

virtue. Among the arguments he adduced was
comparison between the retributive justice dealt
out by the State to the transgress0rs or It's laws
and the justice which 1t might be reasonable TO
expect from God toward rebellious subject. II
subject rebeed against the supreme power OF the


State he expated his offence either by sne forfeit
OF his life or by a term OF imprisonment Men In
such cases frequently applauded the justice of
the sentence. or at least by their silence tacity
approved OF it-nay, even, at the present day
men clamored for the expiati0n OF great
crimes, and for the full vindicat0n OF the
outraged laws, in alarm at the consequences
to the community OF long deferred justice. And if
the soul should rebel against It's sovereign master


that God to whom 1t owed all the allegiance OF
which 1t was capabe-was II not just that 1t, too,
should suffer the penalty due to its transgression
should IL be said that we accorded to man right
that we denied to God or should we dare to bind
up the hands OF God and tell Him He must not de-
mand from man-that the Creator must not exact
from the creature-what any one OF MS would in
McCready then went on to speak OF the means by
which penance c0pld be practised, and concluded
by exhorting his hearers to heed the Cos
pels admoniti0n. "rhe voice crying in
the Wilderness the same that appealed to
the people OF Nneveh and Jerusalem, might still
be heard appealing to the hearts OF men to do PEN


ance. 1t called upon us to prepare the way OF the
Lord and make straight His paths, to root out
everything OF evil in our hearts, that In our souls
might take root the seeds OF Gods word and
there fructffy. In but very short time He whom
John announced would OH the great feast OF the
Church be born to us, and His coming should not
alone be season OF Joy and peace in earth things,
but should also be blessing and JOY to our souls.
Year: 1872

Christ that was promised. This was what John
taught to the multitude that gathered round about
and the heart in the fasting OF humiliation. Christ
does not despise the heart that is bowed down
many sins, but lifts it up and seeks to lead it higher
towards His throne. This the Church well knew
and hence. by precept and example, she implored


Before the throne OF the Almighty we should
to Thy great mercy oh we corn coad SSt see
oGencesl The stili stars would then look down
agonized eyes lifted to the sky, and we prostrated
en- the ground begging Of the Almighty to have
Another part Of the lesson OF example was thar


81 John the Baptist spent his years In the desert
WIN Win sven rigorous penance we should also give ne
spirit which the Church wished to infuse into her
children In the holy season OF Advent. Ihe rev.
erend gentleman then depicted


TIE NFIDELITY OF THE TINE.


Nowadays we sought to take our !, ease eo ana 70
career. II was the age OF Inventions. Man sought
to force his brain to do the work OF his hands and
now among US, would be called an anacreonlsm.
He would not be believed, and the crowds that
be known as egregious fools. Nowadays to do
penance person must go into his cloister and
bow before cross This Is the age not OF , pen, n
man. But let us remember that il we escape Gods
punishment for sin In this world we sure to
meet II in the other. The same unchanging law OF
retribution rules In heaven that rules here. But
the age OF


ENFORCED PENANCE rs PASSED AWAY,
and the Church now begs Uf her rchildren-implores
OF them-that which before she could command
It was for this great virtue that Christ praised ST.
John-that without having committed any sin and
being free from stain, he yet did penance. we are
TOO apt to fall into sins, because we have not III
our hearts


THAT ABIDING SORROW


for our weaknesses the Lord wished us to have
that which David had and which he handed down
IN those sublime prayers OF his, SO touching and SO
heart-rendng. He was o man after Gods own
heart. He did penance. And we who have SO
many SINS perhaps even greater than his, scarcely
think to bow before the Lord with a word OF sor-
row, word OF shame coming from our mouths


THE DUTY OF GOOD CHILDREN OF THE CHURCH.


Do we not act sometimes too much against our
sevesf Let us, during the season OF Advent, con-
form to the spirit OF the Church and perform those
duties OF penance which she imposes upon US with
the will and earnestness OF good children. We
should always keep before our eyes remembrance
OF our past transgressOns, and should ever pray
the Lord to forgive the sins that have escaped u.s.
remembering that the Almighty never ceases to
see them. although we may, perhaps, have forgot
ten them. II we are humble and cOntrite OF heart
he will not cast us FORTH and our guilt will be can
celled by the blood OF the Lamb that taketh away
the sins OF the world. We shall then be received
into his wondrous home among the saints and the
angels OF light.
Year: 1872

Sermon by the Rev. Father McCready-


Penance a Preparation for Christi


mas-Gospel Work in st. Stephens


Parish.


At st. stephens church yesterday morning the
high mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father
Flynn. The music sung by the choir was Bianche's
In the "Credo" the leading feature was the "Et
Incarnatus, quartet, which was well rendered by
Miss Houson, Miss Muner, Signor Coletti and Mr.
Bernhardt. At the offertory an ave Marar was
sung by the soprano.


In the


ABSENCE OF THE REV. DIR. M'GLYNN
who is away from the city fulfilling ongdcferred
lecture engagements made to Bishop Foley, OF
Chicago, and to Bishop Ryan, OF Buffalo, the Rev.
Father McCready, after the first gospel or the
mass, announced that the collection taken at each
OF the masses was for the benefit OF the Jesuit
Missionary Fathers who during the month OF No.
vember, had labored so assiduonsly aud success
fully for the sp ritual welfare OF the parish some
idea OF the labor performed by these missionaries
may be had from the fact that during the mission
ance and the Holy Eucharist. Father McCready
therefore, In the name OF the pastor expressed the
pleasure the priests OF the church felt ct the great
fruits the mission had brought forth.


Of the day-John t. s am the voice Of one s'Fy. CIV.
ing in the wilderness" The pharisees had become
jealous OF John. Anxious TO know who he was,
they nig sent depa,ation to him to know If he was
e Gnts ,s, m yonn es them that he Is not the

the wilderness, Prepare ye the way OF the Lord.
make straight HIS paths, as was spoken by the
prophet Isaah.n And so these good pharisecs who
composed this deputation, having heard Johns
account OF himself withdrew, satisfied that they
had nothing to fear from him. They no doubt gave
answer TO those who sent them that he was


MERE VISIONARY,


teachinga doctrine which would never become
popular, and that, no matter how much he might
draw the multitudes for the present, the learned
and the refined OF Jerusalem would stil remain
listeners TO the pharsees when the novelty passed
away. Had they had sufficient faith, however, to
penetrate that humble garb Of camel's hair they
would have found that other Elias whom they
sought Had they applied their knowledge OF tie
scriptures they would have found that he IL was
who was TO roughhew the royal way of the cross
that he was the star that was to usher in and in
turn to pale before the bright sun OF JUSTICE they
would have found that this voice III the wilderness
was the true, though faint echo OF Gods own in
carnate word aud that this doctrine OF HIS which
appeared 10 them so unsavory and impracticable,
was but the germ the mere foreshadowing OF that
more perfect and complete doctrine which was to
be TO them scandal and FOLLY.


The speaker then spoke at length OF the doctrine
OF John III regard to


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