VOL. 43.
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Best paper collars per box 15
A large assortment of hats 75 up
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Tito Song of The Camp.
[Bayard Taylor's later poetical work has
been in a grave and high strain, and readers
who are familiar with it may not readily re
call the lyric fervor of his earlier writings.
At the public banquet given to Bayard Taylor
at Delmonico's shortly before his departure,
Ex-Minister Pierrepont embodied in his speech
a felicitous reference to his first acquaintance
with Bayard Taylor's poetry. He had found
a stray newspaper copy of Bayard Taylor's
"Song of the Camp," which he asked Mr.
Bryant to reprOduce. Tbis poem is as fcl
lows
"Give us a song!" the soldiers cried,
The outer trenches guarding,
When the heated guns of the camp allied
Gres• weary of bombarding.
The dark Redan,in silent toff,
Lay, grim and threatening, under;
And the tawny mound of tie Malakoff
No longer belched its thunder.
There was a pause. A guardsman said :
"We storm the forts to-morrow ;
Sing while we may, another day
Will bring enough of swrolv."
They lay along the battery's aide,
Below the smoking cannon;
Brave hearts, from Severn and from Clytie
And from the banks of Shannon.
They sang of love and not of fame,
Forgot was Britain's glory ;
Each heart recalled a different name,
But all sang "Annie Laurie."
Voice after voice caught up the song,
Until its tender passion
Rose like an anthem, rich and strong,
Their battle-eve confession.
Dear girl, her name he dared not speak,
But, as the song grew louder,
Something upon the soldier's cheek
Washed off the stains of powder.
Beyond the darkening ocean burned
The bloody sunset's embers,
While the Crimean valleys learned
Ilow English love remembers.
And once again a fire of bell
Rained on the Russian quarters,
With scream of shot, and burst of shell,
And bellowing of the mortars !
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim
For a singer, dumb and gory ;
And English Mary mourns for him
Who sang of "Annie Laurie."
Sleep, soldiers ! still in bonoted rest
Your truth and valor wearing:
The bravest and the tenderest,—
The loving are the daring.
Ely *tall-Etna:
PRECEPT AND PRACTICE.
All quiet ; a bright fire burning in the
polished stove, the pussy est purring
sleepily on the rug; the clock tiating like
silver drops of water on the mantel piece;
and Mrs. Ives's needle glancing in and out
of her work like a small ray of lightning.
The children were all tucked snugly up in
bed, for Mr. Julius Ives liked to be quiet
when he came home from business, and
Mrs. Ives was the most devoted and obe
client of conjugal partners. It was an ex
quisitely nout room—a room where the
sweet home element predominated in every
nook and corner—a room to which the
tired business man might look forward all
day, a haven of rest and peace.
The clock struck eight; pussy stretched
herself drowsily before the fire, and Mr
Ives laid down the paper with a prepara
tory "Ahem !"
"And now, Melissa," he said, authorita.
tively, "you may bring me your house
bills."
Poor Mrs. Ives started in her chair as
if a cannon ball had omniously thundered
into the silence of the cosy little apart
ment. flow much she dreaded the weekly
recurrence of this domestic ukase was only
known to herself. It was the skeleton in
her closet—the one embittering element
of her happy home life—the haunting
ghost that no diplomacy had yet enabled
her to exercise. Yet, like a well-trained
wife as she was, she brought the tiny
packet of bills, and sat down meekly at her
husband's side. _
She was a pretty woman, tall and grace
ful, with strait, regular features, rosy
cheeks, and soft, wistful eyes that looked
like brown velvet; a woman whose hands
were always white and delicate, and whose
dresses always seemed to fit by magic.
Nor was Mr. Julius Ives a disagreeable
specimen of mankind to look upon. He
was large and finely formed, with black
hair strongly disposed to curl at the ends.
and bright black eyes Yet nevertheless,
there was a certain curve in Mr. Ives'
upper lip that savored somewhat of the
imperative mood.
'•Butter again ! that's five pounds we
have used within the week," moaned Mr.
Ives, checking off the various items of the
grocer's bill with the little gold pencil
that hung at his watch-chain. ‘'My dear,
does Bridget grease the kitchen pans with
butter ?"
Mrs. Ives' cheek glowed
"Now, Julius, what is the use of talking
in that sarcastic sort of way ? You know
very well that a family like ours cannot
subsist on air—and you like to have all
the cooking very rich, you know."
"Rich ! I should think so. Ham—cod
fish. By the way, Melissa, Jones says
they only buy meat three times a week—
have it cold every other day. His wife
knows how to economize. I suppose you
haven't the least idea what becomes of the
joints after they leave the table ?"
"I have no doubt of Bridget's perfect
honesty, Julius."
"Oh no—of course not. But I do
think, Melissa, it is a wife's duty to pay
some attention to her husband's pocket "
"Why, our bills are not disproportion
ately large, Julius."
"They must be, my dear—they must be.
Positively it's enough to frighten one to
run over these items in the housekeeping
accounts ! Sugar—raisins—oil —oysters !
Melissa, do I keep a restaurant? If not,
where do all these things go ?"
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"Bread—steaks—joint—two tonsof coal !
Upon my word !"
Still, NTS. Ives maintained complete
taciturnity.
"Melissa," said her husband, placing
the bilis rather emphatically on the table,
"we mast turn over a new leaf—we must
turn over a new leaf—we must, positively.
Can't you retrench expenses ?"
"How ?"
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"ln a thousati ways, my dear. Why,
my mother never spent half the money you
contrive to spend, and there were twelve
of us."
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'Your mother lived on a farm, Julius.
The milk, butter, cheese and vegetables
were from her farm and dairy—the meat
and poultry were from her own barnyard
and pasture. I don't think it fair to in
stitute a comparison between her expenses
and mine."
"Oh, that's the way you women all
talk !" said Mr. Iles, impatiently. "All
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I know is that there must be a screw loose
somewhere. You must economize."
"But, Julius—"
"Mv love, don't you see I'm jut light
ing my cigar ? I can never smoke when
my mind. is any way disturbed. Suppose
we dismiss the subject? I am quite sure
that I have stated my wishes on the sub
ject with sufficient distinctness."
Mrs. Icts bit h.,r coral lip and sewed
away vigorously on her work. But if her
thoughts could have descended in a shower
bath of words on Mr. Julius Ives' devoted
head, Low they would have startled him
from the calm placidity of his mood !
"Yes, fir economize," thought Mrs
Melissa, vindictively digging the thread
through the seams. "I'll give him enough
of retrenchment. Why will a man re.
linquish his dignity so far as to interfere
in matters he cannot possibly understand?
I wonder if he thinks nine persons live on
a pint of milk and two baked potatoes a
day ? I wonder if he knows that I make
all the puddings and pies, and give out
the tea and coffee and superintend every
thing myself. He might know, if he
would take the trouble to itquire, instead
of indulging in sweeping denunciations.
I wonder if he ever suspects that I trim
my own bonnets, and make my own dresses,
and make my little ones clothes, and save
unnecessary outlay ? It's almost enough
to make a woman wish she had never got
married !"
But then Melissa thought of the rosy
little ones fast asleep up stairs, and con.
eluded on the whole there were some sun•
beaws in her lot.
* * * * *
"Hallo, Eimer ! Why, surely this is not
you ?"
"Well, I don't know who else it can be,"
cooly remarked the handsome, bronzed
looking gentleman, who had lounged into
Mr. Ives' office. "Aud I've brought Harry
Lamarque with me—you remember him,
don't you ?"
"Remember him I should think soo.—
And we haven't met before since our col
lege days. Well, I declare ; this is a
curious coincidence ! You'll both of you
promise to come and dine with me to-day
at five o'clock, won't you ? Come—l'm
sure you haven't any other engagement,
and I'll introduce you to my wife."
"I'll come," said Elmer, promptly; "and
I'll engage to bring Lamarque with me."
"But you are not going
. .
"I must—l've no end of business to
transact, but we'll have a regular chat at
dinner, old boy."
Melissa bad hardly dispatched her little
band of chubby-faced children to school
that morning, when the office boy came
knocking-al the door, with a note.
"From Mr. rteg, ma'am, there ain't no
answer."
The ilotA ran as 1.0,-
"I shall bring two old college mats, Elmer
and Lamarque, to dinner. Let it be on the
table promptly at six. Your affectionate
Mrs. Ives folded up the note and de
posited it in her desk with a cuLuical
hovering around her mouth.
"Economy is the ord'er of the day," she
thought
It was a bleak day toward the end of
December, with a raw wind, and sky over
laden with clouds; and Mr. Ives' nose was
decidedly tingled with blue as he ushered
his two shivering guests into the parlor.
"Walk in, gentlemen—walk iu and warm
yourselves," he said, with hospitable fer
vor, rubbing his hands.
But, contrary to all his expectations---
contrary to the usual domestic arrange
meuts prevailing in that household, there
was no fire in the stove-4he air was as
damp and chilly as that of a mausoleum.
Julius bit his lip and repressed the
rather demonstrative expression that was
rising to his tongue. _
"Be seated, gentlemen ; I will rectify
this mistake immediately," he said, leav
ing the room
"How is this? No fire, and the room
like an ice well !" was his petulant excla
mation, as he met his wife in the hall.
"Coal is seven dollars a ton, Julius; it
is necessary for us to economize," said
Melissa, dernurdy.
'•Send the maid this minute to kindle a
fire," said Julius, his teeth chattering.
"And—my dear, you are surely not
going into the room in that faded old
dress ?"
"Of course I am. My best silk is be
ginning to wear ; and as I can't afford
another, I must be as economical as pos
sible."
Julius Ives made a queer grimace ; he
didn't at all like the idea of swallowing his
own words. And Melissa walked into the
presence of his friends, faded old dress and
all.
"Six o'clock—isn't dinner nearly ready ?"
asked Mr, Ives, consoling his chronometer,
with a sort of warning glance at his wife.
Melissa rose, and at the same instant
dinner was announced.
Now Mrs. Ives was a capital house
keeper, who posses-el the faculty of get
ting up tempting dinners on short notice.
So Julius naturally expected a repast suit
able to the occasion. What was his di3
may on beholding the cold, baked joint of
yekerday, flanked by a few potatoes !
Elmer and Lamarque took their seats with
polite unconsciousness, but Julius looked
black as a thunder cloud. _ _
"Melissa, what dues this mean ?" he
whispered
"Does what wean, my love ?" asked Me
lissa, with a tacc of the wo-it, innocent
wonder in the world.
Just at that moment the little Iveses all
burst into the room, shabby and patched.
As a general thing, Julius was passing
proud of his pretty, well dressed children.
"Go and get dressed, my dears," he said,
sternly. "What on earth does nurse mean
by allowing you to come down stairs in
this outlandish manner ?"
"We are drethed, papa." lisped out
Master July, with the boldness of conscious
rectitude. "Mamma laid out the clothes
for uth, She thays it ith econ—econ—"
But Mr. Julius Ives hurried and hus
tled the little ones out of the room with
out waiting fur any further explanation.
"Melissa," he said earnestly, drawing
his wife aside into the bay window, “what
is the matter ? Are you crazy ?"
"Nut crazy, love," sweetly answered
Melissa, "only trying to follow the example
of Mrs. Jones, and retrench."
"But, my dear—"
"Pardon me, Julius ; you said that my
extravagant housekeeping was 'wasting you
out of house and home.' I think after
this you wilt hardly venture to make that
accusation a second time."
"My dear, I—l----I was a fool," said
Julius, with a choking sensation under the
bow of his cravat. I won't interfere in
housekeeping affairs again, I promise you.
I am quite convinced that I know nothing
whateVer about the subject. Hereafter I
will leave the matter entirely in your
}lauds."
DAY JANUARY 10, 1879.
"Entirely, and without interference ?"
asked Mrs. Ives, doubtfully.
"Entirely, and without interference,"
said Mr. Ives, decisively.
Mrs. Ives turned to her two puzzled
guests.
"Gentlemen, will you walk in the other
room ?" she asked. with a calm self pos
session that rather astonished them. As
she spoke, the folding doors were thrown
back, revealing an elegant little apartment
beyond. Julius walked to the head of the
second table with a nio-t whimsical lace.
There were roast fowls and a ham, while
various vegetables were arranged in tempt
ing proximity. The glass and " ' silverwate
all in a glitter, and a dainty little dessert
was neatly arranged on the side-board.
Julius Ives' whole face cleared with magi
cal promptitude. He turned round and
gave his wife a hearty kiss before he com
menced to carve the chicken.
What Mess's. Elmer and Larnarque
thought just then is not on record ; but
when Melissa came in, subsequently to the
after-dinner cigars, with the little Iveses
clustering around her, as fresh and rosy as
so many pink and white daisies, they must
assuredly have concluded that Julius knew
what he was about when he married that
pretty woman, with her brown eyes and
coral red mouth.
And before the evening was out, Mr.
Ives fancied that his domestic discomfiture
was too good a joke to keep to hinisolf,
and so he confided the whole story to his
friends.
"Olcourse Mrs. Ivey was right," said
"To he sure she was," a..sented Lamar
que. "I tell you Jule, you wade a donkey
of yourself that time."
Nor (lid Mr. Ives venture to deny the
self evident fact. From that day to this
he has never sail a word—good, bad, or
indifferent—against the housekeepin , B bills.
*elect glisallang.
It was once Causeur's good fortune to
spend a few days in the modest home of a
friend of slender means, a home that was
all that its owner could afford to make it,
yet lacked many things that would have
made it more comfortable and cqnvenient.
During Causeur's stay two guests were en
tertaiued at tea, both of them men of
means, and wide acquaintance, accustomed
to atl the luxury that wealth can give.
But - they were widely diffuent in tbeir be
havior. The first dwelt upoo the fact that
the house was in an out of the-way spot,
and that there were few or no neighbors.
At 'table he told of the delicious tea he
had drank at the house of one friend, of
the rich tea service that he had seen upon
the table of another, of' the rare old china
that was used in his own household, and
of the dainty meals be had eaten from it.
In the crammed little sitting-room, after
tea, he . k..4t, by Lho stove 50,4:1 talkeet,Lthe
delights of an open wood fire, of his enjOY.
merit of rare and costly books and pictures,
and of twenty other things that the host
of whose hospitality he had partaken did
not and could not possess. When he had
gone it was clear, although nothing was
said, that his visit had caused pain, that
it made the wife feel her straitened cir
cumstances more keenly than ever, and
cast a shadow over her husbands thoughts.
The next evening came the other visitor
He brought good cheer in his very Ewe.
The room, he said, felt so warm and c)m
fortable after his walk, which, he added,
was just the thing to give a man a goad
appetite for his supper. At table he spoke
of everything that was nice, congratulated
his host on having such a snug little home,
apologized for eating so much, but could'nt
help it, because it was "so good" and
tasted "so home like," liked the old black
teapot because it was just like the one his
mother had when he was a boy, and told
his hostess, who was all smiles and as
happy as a queen, that she ought to thank
her stars that she had no gas or furnace to
ruin the flowers that made her room look
so cheerful. After tea he insisted the
children should not be sent to bed "just
yet ;" said he wanted to tell them a story,
as he did ; and when he had done, and
kissed them good night they trudged off
up stairs with beaming faces, under the
guidance of a mother who telt that a ray
of real sunshine had entered her home,
making it better and happier for all time.
—Boston Transcript.
Jctius."
Health in American and Foreign Cites.
Here aro some figures,
gathered from a
valuable table prepared by Deputy Reg
ister Nagle, of the New York health de
partment, which are worth preserving, as
they give the population and the death
rate in tht principal chip of the world.
The population is closely estimated for
1877, on the basis of official returns for
previous years :
American Death rate
Cities. Population. per 1,000
New York 1,069,362 24.50
Philadelphia 850,856 18 81
Brooklyn
St. Louis 500,000 11.32
Chicago .
Basto❑
Baltimore
San Francisco
Cincinnatti ......
New Orleans
Washington ......
Pittsburgh 145,000 23 50
Providence
Charleston • 57,000 31.81
Foreign Cities.
London 3,533 484 21.79
Paris (1872) 1,851,792 26 32
Berlin
_ _ _ .
Vienna
Glasgow 555,933 24.75
Liverpool.. .......
Hamburg 393,588 27.04
Birniingha®
Manchester 359,213 27 31
Dublin (1871)
Belfast (1871 182,082 27,07
Turin 225,664 25.84
Venice
___
Gipen hagen
Calcutta
Havana
Melbourne
Alexandria 212,034 .43.00
A glance at these figures shows that
the average death rate in foreign cities is
considerably higher than in the principal
American cities. This does not bear out
the supposition that life is more precarious
in the United States than elsewhere.
AN ILLINOIS judge has decided that a
washing bill cannot be collected, and any
experienced washer-woman will tell him
that he is right six times out of ten, which
is probably better than the average of his
decisions.--Ex,
Tact.
440,000 18.42
355,000 20.53
355,00 U 25 41
690,648 29.84
217,500 22 59
429,335 31.90
250,000 40.87
By Request.]
Sweet Evening Bells.
Sweet evening, bells, sweet evening bells,
How many a tale thy music tells,
Of youth, and home, and that dear time
When first I heard thy soothing chime.
Those pleasant days passed away,
And many a heart that then was gay
Within the tomb in silence dtells,
And no more hears those evening bell.,
And thus t'will be when I am gone,
Those pleasing chimes will still ring on,
And other bards will walk these dells,
And speak thy praise, sweet evening bells,
Perils of Young Womanhood.
BY BEV. J. R. MILLER
Young womanhood is a period of special
and peculiar danger. Thus far li"re has
been a June day voyage down a silver
stream, amid rich scenery, between banks
covered with flowers. Now it grows real.
Important questions must be settled.
Character must take its shape. Aspira
tions must be kindled. Decisions must be
made which will affect all the future.
Friendships must be formed which will
weave into the life web either golden
threads or hempen.
Look a moment at two perilous points
in this period. One is the formati,m of
character. What will it be ? Thoughtful,
studious, serious, dignified, Intel igent,
earnest, aspiring, noble ? Or, will it be
light, empty, frivolous, trifling, ignorant,
undignified, unwomanly ? Does not every
young woman need Christ to counsel and
to help her at this point ? There are many
influences to tempt young ladies to be sat
isfied with a very shallow and superficial
character. But what could be more un
worthy of those who wear the image of
Christ, and who are to yield such influence
in the ne'r remoter future, on the for
mation of other characters ? No young
woman in these days, with so many oppor
tunities, should grow up in ignorance
She should be ashamed hot to be well ed
ucated. She may not have the privelege
of extended school attendance, but she
should lay bold upon the fragments of
time at her disposal and appropriate them
to earnest self improvement. (A friend
of mine learned French in the odd mo
meats picked up between other duties.)
She should discard silly novels and trashy
newspapers, for books of substantial worth,
that will teach her something and not
merely fill her imagination with wild fan
cies and impossible romances. She should
seek in all ways to improve her culture,
and refine her character and enoble her
spirit. Womanhood is too noble to be
dwarfed and degraded and frittered away
in frivolous trifling. Every young woman
should rise up in the dignity and grandeur
of her soul and say :
_
"I will make my life truly beautiful and
noble. I will not make dress and society
my cheaf end, but mental improvement
and true elevation of character. I will
store my. mini with knowledge. I will
not follow after the multitude in their
idle, pursuit of airy nothings. I will
cht:- - 0-74 lofty aspirations. I will study the
lives of rip: test woman who have ever
lived, those whO have been real blessings
to the world. Above all, I will go to
Christ an 1 learn of him. And by his
grace I will rise above superfiialness, friv
olousness and emptiness, and will win my
way to all that is beautiful, brilliant, re
fined and exalted, in true, Chrisian woman
hood.
This question, what is she to be, every
young woman must meet and settle. And
It must be confessed there are strong cur
rents to drift her toward a life of silly
pleasures and superficial character, which
will, in the end, bring misery and sorrow.
She need.; Christ to take her hand and
lead her up toward true and lasting beauty,
genuine culture, thorough refinement, and
noble character.
The other point of special peril in every
young woman's life, is when she chooses
her friends. The character of these will
determine the whole drift and destiny of
her future life. If they are frivolous,
ignorant, shallow, trifling she will drift
out with them on a sea of pleasure, until
the frail bargue of her happiness is wreck
ed, like the poet's ship of glass, on some
hidden rock or treacherous reef. Many a
noble girl, with splendid opportunities, by
choosing unworthy companions, has torn
herself away from a grand destiny and
doomed her life to groveling and misery.
On the other hand, if she joins herself to
noble friends, intelligent, refined, studious,
thoughtful, aspiring, earnest, true, she
will go with them on, and on toward higher
acquirement; noble attainments, deeper
joys, greater usefulness How important
at this point to have the counsel of Christ
Brilliance is not depth or real worth The
superficial often glitters the most brightly.
The false heart often has the smoothest
tongue. Yet many are charmed by an
empty brain ; an empty purse and a false
tongue.
It is the custom to treat the subject of
marriage as a jest. It is hard to speak
seriously of it, or to win thoughtful at.
tention to it. But is it a matter for jest
ing? Is it a relation to be entered into
heedlessly, with laughter and thoughtless
glee? Look beyond the marriage day,
one year, ten, twenty—is it a matter for
jesting only ? Is it not infinitely the most
important matter in all Hr.!? Look at the
stories, written in tears and blood, of e.int
less lives that started out with laughter
and song, and careless words, amid the
flowers and wreaths and music and glad
bells of the marriage hour, but for which
few more flowers bloomed or few more
bells rang merry chimes. Is it not too
serious for jesting?
Some one has said that marriage is
rock, on which the life is either anchored
or wrecked. And never was there a truer
word spoken. A tine marriage is the be
ginning of a beautiful life; but a mis
taken marriage is the gate that opens to a
path of sorrow, regret, bitterness, wretch
edness, often misery and shame. If there
is any moment then, in all a young wo
man's life when she needs divine counsel
and the loving hand of Christ to guide, it
is when she is called to accept or reject
the hand offered to her in marriage. A
miQtake here will throw its deadly shadow
over all her future life. There are many
who have atoned in years of anguish and
regretful woe, for the folly of one heedless
hour. Take the question to Christ and
trust him to answer it Seek for his ben
diction. Ask him to wait beside you when
you stand at the altar, and amid the joy,
festivity and song, and streaming lights,
and brilliant beauty, and the congratula
tions of friends, forget not to look up into
his face and implore his blessing. The
hands that he unites in marriage shall
never unclasp. United in him, they will
clasp again beyond the river. But the
marriage unblest by him is the beginning
of sorrow and pain.
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Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 28, 1878.
It is a matter of universal notoriety that
with proper shipping facilities the pro
ducers and manufacturers of the United
States might furnish almost the whole de
mand of the South American States, and
thus promote our national and individual
welfare beyond the most promising dream.
But as it is now we are a fifth rate nation
in the South American trade, and the Eu
ropean monopolists are moving every in
fluence to break down the little trade we
have. In view of these facts the Presi
dent and Secretaty Everts strongly recom
mend Congressional aid in promoting
American commerce and industrial dever
opment. The British monopolists at the
same time have once more taken the alarm
lest Congress should do something tier the
maintenance of our one solitary steamship
line to South America, and are here in
farce, armed with the subsidies with which
their Government feeds them. Besides
they are renewing their c mtemptible war
fare upon the American line in order to
break it down. Let me show you how
that warfare is carried on. Never until
Mr. Reach and other Americans began to
negotiate with Brazil fur a mail contract
did these British ship owners dream of
running ships from New York to Brazil
'direct, but then, in 1877., they put on
three inferior *steamere, in order to show
that they were willing to run a line with
out a subsidy. They made but four trips,
however, during the year. In 1878 Con
grees was considering the propriety of help
ing to make the American line permanent
and of establishing another from New Or
leans to Brazil, when the British people
ran their steamers starting from New York
as follows : Glensannox, .zany. 10, Glen
logan, Feb. 28, Glensannox, April 25,
Casina, Feb. 12, Casina, March 23, Glen
Logan, June 7. The Congress adjourned,
and by a remarkable coincidence the
British line was withdrawn. Now that
Congress has come they are running again,
having made two departures this winter,
The American line was begun last May.
making departures en the 6th of that
month, June, July and August, and the
sth of Sept. Oct. Nov. and Dec. being con
fined to those dates by contract with the
Brazilian Government. Of course the
little guerilla fleet of the British monopo
lists has it in its power to time its de
parture so as to cut into the freight list
ruinously, but it does this chiefly to stave
off action by Congress. Should the United
States give our line a contract to carry the
mails as Brazil has done, these little vessels
would be withdrawn and the British Agents
would find their occupation gone, for the
whole campaign is instituted to prevent
American competition in South America.
It is well understood that if our line is
once made permanent by Government aid
and recognition, our merchants and those
of Brazil will go ahead with confidence to
make contracts for trade which will tend
to promote our prosperity in every branch
of business, and draw the profitable trade
front Great Britain. Congress has been
too long deluded by the tricks of the fir
eign ship owners and lobbyists, and all
parties are awakening to that fact. Every
country in South America stands ready to
pay half the expense of regular steam mail
service to connect them with oar markets,
and as the profits will be largely ours, why
should we longer submit to have" our legi
timate trade stolen from us? And why
especially should we submit to the destrue
tion of our only South American Line of
steamers, driven off without lifting a hand
to help it ?
The Democrats are crowing prematurely
over the temporary check given to the
Blaine investigating committee. The
Treasury officials have decided that the
fund upon which the committee relied can•
not be made available, and therefore they
must wait until Congress meets to authorize
the payment of the expenses. The jubila
tion of the Democrats is marked evidence
of their fear of this investigation. The
fact is significant and the more information
we receive here relative to this point the
more contemptible appears their position.
The late sudden disappearance of Federal
witnesses to bull dozing in Louisiana, and
their supposed assassination, carry alarm
to the Northern Democrats, who have de
fended the lapses of the rebels to the ex
Creme of safety. The latter facts are told
by DemQcratie witnesses and therefore can
not be gainsayed.
Resumption is now so well assured that
the Treasury officers arc promising to pay
out gold if required in all parts of the
country as well as at the Sub Treasury in
New York and here The fact is, as aeon
as people find that they can have gold far
greenbacks they prefer the latter.
VOLUNTEER
Unknown Graves.
Speaking of the matter of burial, says a
New York correspondent, one cannot but
recall the fact that many better men than
Stewart may be said to have no graves.
Nathan Hale, the patriot spy, fbr instance,
whose body, after execution, was buried in
the colored people's cemetery. The grave
was not marked, and after the war all the
bones were. removed. On that very spot
Stewart's warehouse now stands. Who
knows the place where rests the rem ins
of the Girondins, including Mule. Roland,
Charlotte Corday, the savant Lavoisier,
the poet Chewier and other noted names
of the French Revolution ? They were
buried in trenches, and the ground has
since been devoted to building, pirposes.
Even General Greene, the hero of the rev•
olutionontiv be said to have no grave,
since none can be found. lie settled on a
Southern plantation on the close of the
war and died there. The place of inter
ment, however, was neglected, and when
Congress voted a monument, the search
was made in vain for the honored spot.
To return to the outrage, it may be said
though such a deed is new to this city, it
is not new to history. We have an illu
sion of this character in "Romeo and
Juliet," where, in the graveyard scene,
Paris exclaims as Romeo. breaks into t' , :e
tomb :
“This is that banished, haughty Montagne,
That here is come to come to do some
ous shame
To the dead bodies. I will apprehend hied
Stop thy unhallowed toil, vile Ntontagne.
Can vengeance be pursued after death V
WOMAN is naturally gifted with quicker
wit, better judgment, greater self posses
sion than man, but there aro very, very
few women who can appear at ease and
look pleasant when unexpected callers sud
denly surprise her with a sot of teeth in
each hand and none in her mouth. And
it is pretty difficult for the callers to look
unconcerned under such difficulties, too.
THE useless waste of money on weddings
and funerals calls for reform. Extravagance
makesyoung men dread marriage and death.
Natural History.
T lIE DODO,
"What do I ftee here ?"
"It is a dodo, my boy—one of the lat.•
gest and finest specimens ever seen."
"But I thought the dodo was extinct r
Oh, no Some oleo, on account of
family resemblance, have evinced a dispo•
sition to bury the dodo in obscurity."
"Didn't the dodo 'used to have wings
and tip?"
"I-I2 did, but as he was of no account
among the birds he was given two extra
legs and deprived of his wings."
_ _
"Where Is he now found ?"
"Travelers can hardly run amiss of him
wherever they go."
How does he enjoy himself ?"
"In various ways. It tickles him im
mensely to get fifteen or twenty men try
to move him along the highway."
•'But why does the dodo have such large
ears?"
"lle was either first intended for a rub
bit or the rabbit was first intended for a
dodo, and Nature could never unravel the
mystery If his ears were small, like those
of a horse, he could not stand and flop
them when he had an idle hour, and would
perhaps, resort to some vicious practice,
like cribhin ,, and kicking."
4•What are his hours for sleeping?"
"Ile hls no particular hours in this
country, but whenever the boys get tired
of throwing mud balls at his ears, or he
comes to the last thistle head, he doses
off."
Is his song anything like the sad notes
of the whip-pot,r will ?''
"Not a bit. When you hear the sad
notes of the bird you named, you think of
some dear, dear, friend. When you hear
the strains of the dodo, you think of some
dear friend who ought to be dead for not
coming around with his shotgun and a
full bag of swan shot. The song of the
dodo, when first rising on the midnight
breeze, is as soft and sweet as the sound of
a bucksaw stailting a nail, but as they
float, farther and faster the strains seems
to grab each other by the hair, and you
feel as if a tarantula was walking up your
spinal column." . .
"Does a dodo kick the same as a mule?"
"He does not. He could if he wanted
to, but it would be too mach of an effort.
He is very economical of his leg power,
especially when hitched before a cart .
And, besides, nature has given him reason
enough so that he understonds that be can
sing ten men to death where he could
cripple one with a kick."
"What is the prevailing color ?"
'A fashionable gray. One of them
standing against a fog bank, may sing all
night and not be hit with a brickbat."
"Do they prefer mountainous countries
or low lands
"They have no choice. If they find the
garden gate open, they would not stop to
see whether a Balkan Binge divided th
land. If one of them should fall over a
precipice, he would stay right where he
struck instead of hunting up new territory
Now we bare enough for this lesson. Let
us walk out on the shady street and get a
closer look at the animal. Let us look for
a man carrying his umbrella on his shoal •
der cr his cane in his folded bands behind
hi m."—Detruit Free Press
The Profane Parson.
A TALE IN FIVE CHAPTERS
Chapter L Once upon a time, in the
dark ages of the nineteenth eentnry, there
lived a gentleman who held a c.)mmisrion
in the army.
Chapter 2. But be had serious seri:Ties
as to whether it was right or wrong to
kill his fellow creatures at the bidding of
others, or, in faet, whether it way a crime
to kill.his fellow men at all.
Chapter 3. He decided that it was a
crime notwithstanding the glister and tin
sel thrown about the murderous profes , ion ;
S.) he sold his commission and entered the
church, thinking that as he was an intelli
gent man, und not a mere machine, he
might do more goof to humanity in that
line than in the other line.
Chapter 4. One day, disvursing to a
rustic congregation on the folly of using
profane language, he told tlietu th..t h-,
himself was once guilty of the same folly,
and addicted to the same vice, but that be
had completely conquered the habit.
Chapter 5. A flying insect hearing the
boast, winked his eye at the congregation.
and thought, "I'll put him It. t h.! test."
So, making a circuit around the ell geu
tletnan's head, he lit upon hi, not,e
"See 7 ." said the, reverend gentleman ;
"here is an illustration. At nue time I
should have sworn awfully at this fly—bnt
look now." Raising he; n•tiel hn
gently : "Go away lira I, 113 (way."
But the fly only tickled I.i, ro-e rho more.
The reverend gentleman, 1
hand with some vehemence, made a grab
at the offender ; and, being successful,
opened it to throw the insect from him,
when in extreme disgust, he exclaimed,
'Why, d—u it, it's a wasp!
horror of the rustic congregation, fail
ure of the illustration, •ind
THE
HE came home very Lite one night, and
after fumbling with his lateli key a good
while, muttering to himself, as he at length
opened the door : '.l mushomalienynoish,
oaush tholoman's a.shleq. ' lie divested
himself of his garments with snnie trouble,
and was congratulating iiim=elf on his suc
cess as he was getting ir.t , bed, when a
calm, clear, cold voice be»t a chill down
his spinal column : 'Why, my dear, you
ain't going to sleep in your tr,t. are your'
A YOUNG gentleman ;Jot neatly ou t 0 f,,,
fine scrape with his intend , -(1. She taxed
him with having tw ► y •ung ladies
at some party at which s;it.:\va, tint present.
lie owced up to it, hut. s.thi that their
united ages only mide txta ty • lie The
simple-minded girl thought of ten and
eleven, so laughed off her pout He did
not explain that one was nineteen and the
other one of age. Wasn't it artful ?
A GENTLEMAN in New Orleans was agree
ably surprised to find a plump turkey
served up for his dinner, and inquired of
his servant haw it was obtained. "Why,
sir," replie , lSarnbo, "dat turkey has been
roosting on our fence tree night:. 8,) dis
morning I seize him for tie rent of de
fen ce. '
A LITTLE boy, w!-.os eno tact till& his
mother say that sbe feared he did n. 4 pray,
replied : Yes , I do; l pray every night
that God will make 3ou Ike tby
ways better."
THE useless waste of money on weddings.
and funerals calls for reform. Extrara
genee makes young men dread marriag.e
and death.
NO. 2.