Bead Leaves.
A .took ago—how beautiful ■
To-dey—how Mirn thej Us |
glory of the formt fled—
l-'ks splendor from the sky.
I trample on the felling leaves
That yesterday, like gems,
Fleshed brlghtnrw on my wondering gftg
From ooantleeH diadems.
"hey anrwar my heedless fast |
With arispneoe in thslr tons:
"Tread tightly for the beauty's asks
Thine eyee in iw have known;
We ware bnt shadows when we glowed
In crimson, of thy pride;
We ettll are ahadowe of its fall,
dnd Just before It glide 1"
I would the withered leaves were fata.
That I might eliun to tread
Their dying verdure In the dost
With which my hnpee fall dead;
For whan, In ortmaou and In gold,
Ify ripened Joyn ehall flame,
The brief, bright Imauty of tha I saw
Is theirs to no re the same I
PRESENCE OP MIND
I have always Iteen celebrated for mj
presence of mind in emergencies.
Grandfather used to say that he ne 'or
had a girl who was not afraid of a mouse
or a spider, and how mother's daughter
ever came to be so bravo he couldn't
guess. That was before I married, and,
of course, I have not become timid with
advancing years.
I am Mrs. Jasper Jackman ; my hus
band is, of course, Mr. Jackman, and
our place is known as Jackman's Nook.
Nook, indeed ! If there was a corner to
the world, I should fancy it was put
away in that, for it is the most out-of
the-way habitation that ever existed.
It is, indeed. You can't Bee it until you
are within fifty feet of it, for the trees j
and tho nasty rocks.
Now, you know I'm not the least bit
nervous, but, having lived with father
and mother and tho rest all my life, I
did not enjoy being sbnt up all alone
like a—a—a—well, a hyena in a menag
erie, while Mr. Jackman attended to busi- i
nosa in town; and I often thought if
house-breakers were to make an attack
upon the house, what should I do, a
poor littlo woman, with no one to call
upon ? For I count Bridget as a great
cipher in every occasion of life that does
not involve soap-suds.
I told Jasper that absolutely, if I had I
known what a place Jwk man's Nook was,
I was not sure but that I should have
thought twice before refusing old Dr.
Muligitawny, whose palatial residence is
on Fifth avenue, New York city, as, of
course, everybody knows.
However, after you have once said
" yes" to the gentleman who " pops" the
question to yon, you may ay " no" ever
after to all other questions, for all he
oares, for hell have his own way al
ways.
Mother-in-law Jackman having mode
Jasper promise that I must live always
at tho Nook was considered unanswera
ble ; and, after all, what could we do ?
No one would hire or buy the place, and
we had it on our han Is. Of course we
llvod there. I alwai i knew that doing
so would be the cause i ? my showing the
presence of mind for which I am ccle
bratcd in my own family—if nowhere
fllse. And so it came to pass.
One stormy night in November, in the
/ear 18fl3—it was the 4th, I tliiuk, for
baby was just 1 year old on the Ist, and
there was some of the cake I had made
for his " bressed ittlo birfity birfday "
still left in tho pantry, and a cake of
that Bizo certainly never would last
longer than that in our house. It was
he most unpleasant day I ever remem
ber to have lived through. The ground
was soaked. The bare branches looked
like so many skeletons, and the Bky was
the oolor Bridget's tin pans were when I
first got down stairs this time last year.
In the city it would have been some
fun to sit in the window and watch the
folks go past, looking like so many
drowned rata, bnt at tha Nook (I should
think it waa a nook) there was nothing
to be seen—absolutely nothing.
I hod not a book which I had not
road, and the note-paper was out, for
Jasper had forgotten to bring me some
from the city, and I had finished all my
sewing.
spent my time as best I could ; bnt
how I did wish that the regiment which
was encamped about half a mile away
was near enough for mo to watch them
drill- -if they do drill in such weather.
I'd thought thera too near lieforo on ao
oount of Bridget, whom I have caught a
score of times talking to men in blue
jackets at the gate, and wished them off
to the seat of war, or anywhere else,
over and over again ; but that afternoon
what a relief they would have been 1
I was tho more lonely that Jasper had
o&id that morning, "My dear, if it rains
as it docs now to-night, I sha'n't come
home, but will stop at your father's."
And how oould I blame him in ouch
weather? Yet it was dreadfully lone
some. If you are sociable with your
seivants they always presume upon it,
and I do so love to talk.
Of course I watched the clouds with
interest. If it should prove fair at last,
Jasper would oome home, and if it
rained he wouldn't
Every now and then there would be a
pretense at clearing off, and I began to
hope for a pleasant sunset; bnt it waa
always a false pretense, and at tea-time
it poured as though thoro wore going to
bo a second flood.
Biddy asked me, as it was so near the
Hudson, whether it wasn't likely to be
a-risin',and whether in that case "we
wouldn't be drowned?" And I said
"Yes." It was too bad, I know, but it
was really some amusement on auoh a
day to frighten the stupid girL,
I had my tea alone—and I do hate to
have tea alone if any woman in the world
hates it—and then I put baby to sleep
in her cradle in tho sitting-room, and
took my knitting, and was as comforta
ble as I could bo under the ciroum
atanoee, when 1 bethought me of the
morning's papor. I called Biddy to
bring it to mo, and sho came to me at
once.
"It's well thought of, missus," she
said, ns she laid it in my lap. " It's
yerself will be intlierested wid tho raid
in'. There's aooounts of tho house
breakin' in it."
" Of what ?" I ejaculated ; and, though
I assure you I'm not the least nervous,
mj heart was in my mouth for a mo
ment.
"Of the house-breakin', mum, and
how the thaves in the wurreld got into
Misther Dinsmore's house, that's sitiAted
the same ns this, neighboring nobody,
and tuck all they could lay their hands
on, to say nothin' of half murdorin' the
ould gentleman The saints be above
us this night—"
There it was, sure enough, headed,
" A bold and outrageous attack upon
the residence of Mr. Dinsmore!" I
read it through, and then I said to my
self :
" Jerusha Jackman, remember your
presence of mind. Don't let it fail you
In cases of emergency. Should a nouse
breaker take advantage of your solitude,
let him find you prepared." It was as
though some invisible what's-his-name
had addressed me from tho chimney. I
answered, "I will! "and you cau't im
agine how bold I grew at once. I re
hearsed all that I should do in case
Biddy came to me in the night, saying,
" Missus, there's some one in the cellar!"
all I should do if I found anybody in
the wardrobe when I retired, and I had
the satisfaction of feeling that I was
prepared. I might wake up to find the
spoons gone—l might be murdered in
my bed; but it would be unawares, and
they would inscribe upon my tombatone
the words, " She showed her presence
of mind to the last" I felt quite self
posseased and happy, though I was cer
tain—yes, morally certain —that some
thing remarkablo would happen before
morning ; that I should be, as it were,
weighed in the balance and not found
wanting before the sun arose. I did not
foel like retiring early, and sat by the
fire till the clock struck 11. Then, just
as the lust stroke died away, Biddy came
down from her bedroom like a red-flan
nel ghost, with eyes and mouth wide
open, and something of importance evi
dently on her mind. I put baby down
in her cradle and arose, drawing myself
np to my full height, and feeling that I
was tho only one to lie depended upon
in this awful emergency.
"Bridget," said I, "hew many are
they ? Is it one or more ?"
" Mum ?" said Bridget.
" Tho thieves. I mean." said L
"Oh, it isn't thaves, mum," said
Biddy. " It's only that thafo of a wind
that's took the roof elane off the chick
en-house, and there's the wee bits iv
chicks a-stharvin to death wid cowld."
"And in this dreadful rain, too,"
said I.
"It's clared off flne," said Biddy,
" and the moon's up."
"We must go out and put them in
the wood-house," said I. And so say
ing, I tucked baby up in her blankets,
and, wrapping a shawl over my head,
went out into the night air. It had
grown very cold, but it was clear, as
Biddy had said, and we paddled round
in the mad catching the poor little
chickens. We had them all at last ex
cept one, and we heard its little voioe—
mute, twee, twee— somewhere, and, of
course, could not lie so heartless as to
forsake it. And at last there it was,
tangled up in some dead vines, and as
cold as a lump of ice. By the time we
gave it to its mother, who was very glad
to see it, the clock struck 12. Baby
had been alone throe-qnartcra of an
hour.
" Muzzer's darling 1 sound asleepy
yet?" I said, as I went to the cradle.
Merciful powers I shall I ever forget that
moment ? Baby was not there I
In a moment the truth flashed ou my
mind. House-breakers had entered the
dwelling In our absence, and stolen my
treasure. Perhaps they were in the
house yet, or some of them. I felt the
strength of a tigress, and, leaving Biddy
howling in the dining-room, rushed up
stairs.
Sure enough, there was a light in my
tiedsoom, and I peeped in. The mo
ment I did so I felt I was powerless.
The roblier who had stolen my baby
was there, and the terribly muddy boots
of another were sticking from under the
bed ; and, oh, horrors I another had got
into it, and had hidden, as he imagined,
under the quilts.
Ou my presenoe of mind depended
the recovery of my child and my own
life. In a moment the plan flashed
upon me. There was but one door to
the room, and tho windows were high
and barred, for 1 had contemplated the
time when baby should W large enough
to climb up and lean out. Noiselessly
and suddenly I drew that door to and
locked it on the outside; then, with the
key in my hand, and trembling like an
aspen leaf, I stole down Btairs and cried
to Bridget, "I've locked them in ; they
shall give my baby buck ; come with
me !" and away I went across the garden
and down the road to tiie first house.
That was " Mulligan's Tavern," a very
low place, indeed, shunned hy all re
spectable folk; hut I knew there were
always men there who were afraid of no
body. Tho greatest brutes would not
refuse aid to a woman at such a time.
As we came near I saw a light iu one
of tho windows, aud heard voices and
loud laughter. It was uo time for cere
mouy, BO I burst the door open and ran
in. There were four men playing cards,
and old Mrs. Mulligan behind the bur.
"O 1 please excuse me," I cried; "but
do oome right away. There are house
breakers in my house, and they've sto
len my baby."
" Hthole the baby?" cried old Mrs.
Mulligan.
" O, do oome !" I implored.
"Go, Pat," said the old woman;
" never mind tho gome. It's Missus
Jackman ; more betoken she's the neit
neighbor to us. Take yer pistols, an'
away wid ye, Iwys. An', missus, just
take a drop of acreechin' hot whisky to
kape the life in ye."
Of course I refused the latter offer,
but in a moment the men were on their
feet, and I lelt like blessing them—those
half-savage creatures who had become
my protectors.
I don't know how we got to the house,
or up-stairs. I rememV>er an awful tu
mult, a smell of gunjiowder. oaths and
shouts. Then there was silence—then
a loud laugh.
"It's thrue, ltoys !" said old Mulli
gan's voice. "I know Misthor Jackman,
aD' it's himself. It's a great misthuko—
that's all."
A singular mistake to enter a man's
house, and endeavor to shoot him in
his own bed I" said u voice I knew to be
my hust/and's ; and at that I rush>d into
the room.
He was there, and so was baby, for he
held her in his arms ; and there, also,
was Mulligan and his friends and their
pistols, and half the furniture was
broken and the stovo U]>set But as for
the house-breakers, they— I began to
see the truth. Mr. Mulligan was back
ing out
"I'll lave Mrs. Jackman to explain,"
he said. " An' I'm proud I didn't kill
ye, though ifa outo' friendship I'd have
done it; for if yotir own wife took ye
for a house-break>r how would I know
better ? The top o' the night till ye, an'
I'll lave the lady to explain."
All! I did really wish that the ground
would open and swallow me. You see,
my husband hail come home while we
were hunting up the chickens, and, find
ing baby wide awake, had taken her up
to bed, and gone to sleep. And the
robber under the lied was his muddy
bfxrts, with, of course, no foet in them ;
and well there were none, for they were
riddled with bullet holes. Mr. Mulli
gan had fired at them, fortunately.
When I thought of the awful danger
Jasper and the baby had been in, I went
into strong hysterics at onoe, and fright
ened Jasper so that he was glad to for
give me when I came to myself. It was
a terrible mistake, and might have end
ed seriously, of course ; but I will say,
now and always, that it was .laser's
fault, and that if he had been a house
breaker we might all have lieen thank
ful for my great presence of mind.
JOHN T. RAYMOND, tho actor, says ot
his experience in London : " The peo
ple I met were most delightful. They
received us cordially, and treated as
splendidly —as individuals but they
couldn't stand onr play, • The Gilded
Age.' The fact is, they couldn't under
stand it. Of course the character of
Col. Hellers was plain enough, and
they laughed at it. Tho Colonel's spec
ulations took enormously, but all the
localisms of tho play fell flat. When
tho stovo fell down in tho third act, it
all went for nothing. The andienoe
didn't see anything funny in that. On
the other hand the trial scene, which
we consider rather ordinary, was one of
the few redeeming feattirea of the play
in tho eyes of the Londoners. They
were almost willing to regard that much
of it as a success."
Tna Rev. Dr. Onyler says that 100
years ago the shining lights were not in
the pulpits of tho large cities, but in the
rural parishes. During the last oentury,
and in the early part of the present one,
" the ministerial throne* stood in such
secluded places as Bethlehem, North
ampton, Morristown, Franklin, Litch
field and Greenfield Hill. There stood
the theological anvils on which snoh
men ss Bellamy, Edwards, Barnes, Em
mons and Dwight hammered out their
systems of dootrinal divinity. Country
quiet gave time for study and hard
thinking. Jonathan Edwards never
could have written the immortal treatise
on the ' Freedom of the World' be
hind the bell-pnll of a noisy city street
and s crowd of call era."
I'ollHh Masnacros.
A Polish periodical gives interesting
statistics connected with the merciless
repression of the insurrection of \B(>3-'4,
hy the Czar's lieutenants. From this
duta, which appear to have been com
piled very carefully and dispassionately,
it appears that, within tlio space of two
years, 83,431 Poles were condemned to
perpetual expatriation, and transported
to Siberia, or to other outlying provin
ces of the Itußsiati empire. Above
10,000 more contrived to effect their es
caj>o to foreign countries ; but the great
er number of them suffered the loss of
their entire property, confiscated by the
state, and have abandoned all hope of
ever returning to their native land. Three
hundred and sixty patriots were hanged
in cold blood by their captors. Pecuniary
mulcts to the amount of 82,000,000
rubles was levied upon tho "Vistula
provinces," and 2,700 estates were se
questrated, the majority of them being
subsequently conferred by the Czar upon
Itussian noblemen fortunate enough to
merit his special favor. Public libraries
wore either destroyed by MuruviefTs or
ders, or deprived of the more valuable
portions of their contents, which were
conveyed out of the country and distrib
uted among tho state libraries at Ht.
Petersburg, Moscow, Kieff, and other
great Itussian cities. The outrages com
mitted upon defenseless women and
ecclesiastics are also tabulated in those
returns, and constitute one of the most
revolting records of modern history.
Uravestones at Auction.
The proprietor of a marble yard oppo
site Woodlawn cemetery, Brooklyn,
business being slack, made up hi
mind to sell by auction his stock of head
stones, footstones, monuments etc., and
retire from active business. "It is a
somewhat unusual thing," said the man,
"as folks don't throw on their things
and drop around to buy a monument its
they would a dishpan or potato masher.
Still, as there are over six thousand dol
lars' worth of monuments, why the
thing may go after all." But, after ad
vertising in the city papers and industri
ously canvassing the adjoining towns,
there was no one at the sale hut the auc
tioneer, the owner and a reporter.
"Well, gentlemen," the auctioneer be
gan, "what am I offered for this fine—
er—suppose we wait awhile?"
So they waited, and about two hours
later a country carryall drove up, and a
lady alighted, and began to examine the
monuments. Soon after a prominent
eitv publisher arrived, and the group of
five persons stood around for a few mo
ments, and then went tbeir several ways.
The owner sadly remarked: "The thing i
won't go."
Canning Reynard.
A New Jersey fox that had been tamed
secured the friendship of dogs, hut, from
his peculiar odor, cats kept aloof from
him. They would not walk upon any
spot wle re the fox had been standing
He used his knowledge of this to deal
pussy out of his breakfast. As soon ru
the servant poured out the cat's allow
ance of milk the fox would run up to tin
spot and walk around the saucer, well
know ing that the rightful owner would
not touch it. Day after day the cat lost
his milk, until the trick was found out,
and the milk placed in a spot where tin
fox could not reach it. After he had
been stopped from robbing the eat ht
tried his cunning on the dairymaid al
she was bringing the pails from milking
As she was passing along the fox went
up to her and brushed himself agains.
oneof the milkpails. The milk becaml
so tainted with the smell of the fox thai
the maid dare not take it to the house,
and thoughtlessly pound it into a pan
and gave it to him. The erafiy animal
repeated the trick several times, hul
when he found that the spoiled milk wai
given to the pigs instead of to himself
he gave up his attempts.
A tircat Many 110 It.
One day they hnppoued to IK* talking
Ixdore Eiuile Augier alnmt a family
whose means had Wen materially di
minished, but who had not therefore
censed to live in a most expensive man
ner.
"I never heard of anything of the
sort," said one of tho company; " they
are ruined, and yet tbey live in as stylish
a manner as ever."
"O that is simple enough," said
Augier; " formerly from time to time
they paid some of their debts ; now they
pay none. They have retrenched their
creditors."
GKN. GRANT'S first and last and only
Presidential vote was for James Bu
rh&nan, and, according to a Washing
ton correspondent, theso are the circum
stances under which it was cast: "He
was living in St. Louis, and had Won
out of tho city during the day. He
reached the suburbs about snndown,
and stopped near a voting precinct on
business. He was asked if ho had voted,
and replied that ho had not, and neither
could he, owing to tho distance that he
was from his home and the lateness of
the day. The judgea at the polling
place, Wing sure that ha had not voted
and could ot reach the place where he
was entitled to vote in time, permitted
him to vote there, knowing that he
would Mat a Democratic ticket That
is Gen. Grant's personal statement of
his first Presidential vote."
EDUCATIONAL HUMOR.
ONOB, S teacher was explaining to a
little girl the meaning of the word cuti
cle. " What is that all over my face
and hands ?" " Freckles," answered the
littlo cherub.
A SMALL child, being asked by a Sun
day-school toucher, "What did the
Israelites do after they crossed the Red
sea?" answered, "I don't know, ma'am,
hut I guess they dried themselves."
A MINISTER, in one of his visits, met s
boy, and asked him what o'clock it was.
" About 12, sir," was the reply. " Well,"
remarked the minister, " I thought il
was more." "It's never any more
here," said the boy ; "it just begins at
1 again."
THREE little boys, on a Sabbath day,
were stopped on the street by an elderly
gentlemen who, jierceiving that they
had bats and balls with them, asked one
of the number this question : "Boy,can
you toll mo where all naughty boys go
to who piny ball on Sunday?" "Over
back of Johnson's dam," the youngster
replied.
"SAM," said a young mother, "do
you know what the difference is between
the body and the soul? The soul, my
child, is what you love with ; the body
carries you about. This is your body
(touching the boy's shoulders and arms),
but there is something deeper in. You
can feel it now. What is it?" "Oh,
yes, I know," said he, with a flash of in
telligence in his eye, "that is my flan
nel shirt." Bams*' Educational
Monthly.
Chinese Monuments*
At the entrance to the villages and at
various points a series of monuments
were met with, in shape resembling a
large portal with smaller ones on each
side. These monuments are called by
the Chinese "pilaows." They are only
put up by the special favor of'he emper
or, and serve to commemorate either the
virtuous action of some widow or virgin
or else the deeds of a warrior. Here is
the translation of the inscription upon
one of the tablets: "The people of the
K.'ishing F'o, having petitioned the vice
roy of Ming C Sin n (Che K iang and
Foo Kien provinces), and lie having hum
bly presented to our sacred glance, for
our especial pleasure, the document,
now I (the emperor) do command the
erection of this pi Lao w for the purpose of
exhorting the people to deeds of filial pi
ety. Tung Che, eleventh year, third
month." Then follows the reason of the
pilaow being erected. Rendered into
English the story goes thus: "In the
year of Tung G'hc a family resided in
in Bashing Foo, consisting of the pa
rents, two sons and one daughter. The
two wins left their homes to go to
Tientsin for the purpose of trailing. The
daughter meanwhile was bethrothed,
but refused to get married while her pa
rents were alive, as she must attend to
their wants. The mother fell siel; and
died, and shortly afterward the father
also feel ill. The doctor informed the
daughter that nothing could save her
sire unless it was a decoction of human
flesh. The girl immediately resolved to
immolate herself upon the altar ol filial
piety and in strict conformance with the
sacred edict, offering herself for the sac
rifice. She heroically bared her arm,
and allowed the doctors to cut a portion
of flesh from it. The decoction was
made, hut, alas! the old man died and
sc did the daughter. Now, the people,
upon learning this act of devotion from
the expectant bride, resolved to present
a memorial to the viceroy in order to
keep ever present the virtuous conduct
of this devoted girl."—Cor. S. F. > 'hrom
clc.
A Helenddants Objections.
They were trying an assault-and-bat
tory ease in Detroit, when tlio defendant
objected to tlio jury which tlio constable
had gathered together. Beginning at
number one, the court asked :
" State your objections to the jury
man."
"I Wat him out of SSO on a horse
trade, and I know how lie feels," was
the reply.
" And this one?"
" Ho and I couldn't agree on a game
of cards one day, about two weeks ago,
and I punched his aged head. Ho hasn't
forgotten it, yon bet 1"
" Well, here's tho third man."
"Ho has a grudge against me for
licking his brother-in-law."
" And tlie fourth ?"
"We have never lieen good friends
since I shot six of his hens."
"And tho fifth ?"
" I know him of old. Ho say a I stole
'lis shot-gun."
" And do you object to tho sixth and
last?"
" I decidedly do. It isn't four days
ainoe I got ready to throw him off a
wood-dock."
" Wouldn't it he safe for you to dis
pense with a jury and lot the court try
the case ?" suggested his Honor.
." No sir I" was the decided reply. "I
don't say that I've got anything in par
ticular against this court, but this court
may have formed an opinion that I am
tlie man who bagged his twenty-six
game fowls one night last month. I've
heart, that he had his suspicion#."
The case waa adjourned to secure six
iurvman bom out of tha city.
THOL'HHT.* 01* MAN.
BY ROBKirr F. ixrrr.
In the earlier ago# man kind was bat
th germ from whence emanated •
grander, nobler structure, so to speak,
Ntructare which ww capable of Wing
developed in intellect by the rijx-jiini/ ot
age, by the existence of audi virtue*
and tushs aa culture, enlightenment and
education. Ko through the progreaa of
age, man, the chief ruler over all earth
and sea, hue become, by hi# sujxrior
mental judgment, the only object that i*
capable of planning, diacerning and
shaping hi# to-day and hia to-morrow.
Man has an immortal living concept,
while animals have but a fleeting or
temporary concept. To-day we see th
architect planning the saft t methrd of
buililing some structure, or the engineer
applying steam fhat he may be enabled
to work with more comfort and to better
profit. Ho it is with man. He may
build up his reputation by applying
enough energy and reason, and he will
l>e the profiler thereby. While man i
bleased with a concept extra, the animal
known nothing more then to e-,t
the grasses and live. So man, endowed
with his superb judgment and steady
will, gains foothold over all suhorde
nates.
Re ason is one of the existences that
builds up and gives symmetry to the
physical man, to a certain extent. N<
one can live who is utterly devoid of
reason ; yet we may sometimes see creat
ures who seem to be poSM-ased of hut
little of mental development, but they
are not utterly devoid of this. The
mind controls the physical body by it*
immortal living concepts. The prosecu
tion of investigation comes on, and tin*
tends to develop a spirit of enterprise,
and also proves a food to the t:<dy s>
exercise. Ho through the combined
forces of nature inevitably oomes the
casting of the future.
We l<jok out upon the broad sea of
science. The waves dash here and there
ami everywhere. Here is a sway, and .
there is a broad, rolling wave, dashing
away somo previous investigation thai
has l>een pronounced a scientific lie, but
there comes hack a wave, dashing to
pieces that particular wave which washed
from the memory for a time that self
same scientific tide in human research
that had been theannihilator. So things,
like history, repeat themselves !
The fundamental and philosophical
principles of life and living make the in
vestigations of generalities more plain,
and so through the course of ages w
have left the old foot-j>ath#, and, amid
the many science-waves of opposition
have gradually abandoned—as Robert
Ingorsoll says, "That state, when man
could havo been seen emerging from a
cave, w:ii a spoonful of brains in the
back of his head, to hunt a snake for
his dinner." Comparative genealogy
will prove the state of living at the
opening era of mankind's history.
Through successive geological epocha
that man has lived traces of progress
are visible. There was a time when
man lived in open lewdness, knowing it
not for such, as he mingled with animals,
and by this he partook to a considera
ble extent of the habits and manners to
which they were addicted.
But nature never meant man to be s
brute wholly. It meant that he should
be something grander. Man has some
characteristics that no other leing pos
sesses. He lias the power of knowing
right from wrong, how to live, and how
to lie influential in the world. Here
again we see the grandeur of man and
his noble mind. With his eye for
beauty, lie sees the Wautioa that are in
tended for him. He knows that a beau
tiful poem or sentiment is good for ths
mental powers, that virtue is a nobis
thing, that vivid scenery enraptures ths
soul, and revives in him thoughts of ths
true grandeur of nature.
The past! It can never come again,
nor do we wish it, for all its revelry, its
dead and its charnel houses it cannot
come! With all its horrors of war. it*
persecution of heroes, its crowned heads
uncrowned, wo wish it not 1 With all
its ruin, its military pomp, its inhu
manity to man, we are glad that the
past is passed ! With it* long catalogue
of bloody tragedies, its atrocities of
Kings and Queens, its rises and falls,
we are truly glad that the age of reason
is hero, and here to stay !
BKKTO*, 111,
MARIK MABCAL took a walk in New
Orleans with a rival of the man whom
she was soon to marry, in order to tell
him that he must cease his attentions.
Her affianced husband saw them to
gether, and, refusing to hear her expla
nation, peremptorily broke his engage
ment. She therefore desired to die, and
tried to throw herself before a locomo
tive, but she slipped on some wet grass,
and only lost a leg. Her lover is tyiw
convinced of her loyalty, and will marry
har.
THE census returns of Kansas indicate
a population of nearly 1,000,000. To
peka has advanced to tlio second place,
its ]*>pnlatinn being nearly 16,000 '
Atchison, 15,130, The population of
the central counties shows a wonderful
growth in the last ton years. Republic
oonnty, 14,000; Haline county, 12,673 ;
Mcpherson oounty, 16,000*; Butler
oonnty, 18,600; Sumner county, 20,800.