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? . f ' . * ^ ^ ^ --?. - ? ?' ? -*? ? ? --. ??4?? VolVME 'I- - "1FKK AT l.i:XING .ON. "r <" ? ??' j [Qopyrlgbktl) 1%8, b.v Fvnk A WuKuallf. * Lkxi.n(iroN*! Concord! Wtmt "' * 1..... .... ..!?V I..on Iir M'llllWIII ^American uwy ?.n j-M,, ha.-- nut hoard < v read '? f these little * Massachusetts viliiuges, where the first earliest blows forJAmerieun independence nuti struck and the hot flume of tlie If volution first, hurst out, on the .'.'tii < ; April, 1775'/ , Aiming the first objects of my i 1 grin ?g?- U'M. these two \'dirges. It v.:?> a t harm ug morning in ) October, lSlb, when i traveled by railway from Boston to Concord, seventeen miles northwest of the New England capital. There 1 spent an hour with Major Barrett and his wife, who "saw the British scam per," and ha 1 lived togothoi there almost*si.\tv years. The major seommoc robust at eighty-seven and his wife, almost as old, seemed as nimble of foot as a matron in mid die life. She wjjs a vivacious little woman, well formed, and rotaine? many traces of the beauty of hoi -young womanhood. They had mucl to toll me of events their eyes hac witnessed. After visiting the place of tht skirmish at Concord, 1 rode in a pri valo vehicle to Lexington, six mile; eastward, through a picturesque ant fertile country, and entered the fa mous village at tho Green, whereot that skirmish occurred and a com moinorativo monument now stands After brief interviews With two oi three nged persons there, 1 drove t< the house of .loualliati Harrington in East Lexington, who, a lad sov onteen years old, had hoarklcd tht opening of the old war for itidopen denco with the shrill notes of tht r.r... ii nr As I halted before tho house o Mr. Harrington, at a little pas noon, and saw an old man wioldinj an axe vigorously in splitting worn in his. y;V"*i, i entered the gate an< introduced myself and my errand The old man was the venerable li for. "Come in and rest yoursoll," h< said kis. Uy, as he led the way int< the house. Although ho was then past ninet years of age, ho appeared no olde than a man of seventy. His fori was nearly erect; his voice was firm hps complexion was fair; his plaoi face was lighod by itnhl l>lue eyei and had but few deep wrinkles; hi hair, not all white, was very abun dant, a ,d i.i s* ?twre he ?%as of int ilium height and slender. I took seat on a cliint/. covercd iou.igc, an ho sat in a Hostou rcoking-clmir. ' I have come,'1 1 said, "to ntak Fomo iiujuiries about tlio battle t Lexington." " It. wasn't a battle," lie answered * "only it skirmish." ^ \ "It was n sham one," I said. ^ ^ "Yes, pret " sharp, pretty sharp, a he replied, 1'ughfully. "Kight fin jr young men out of a hundred wer Julled; two of them my blood rein lions." "] un.derstand you played the fif on that morning," I said. "As well as I could," he replies "1 taught myself to play the year be fore, when the Minute-men wer trainpg, and 1 was the only persoi in Lexington who knew how to (iff n That ain't saying much, though, fo |tj then there were only eight or tei y house in the villiago beside th< meeting-house." "Did you belong to the Minute men?" I asked. "I was a Minute7w?/. They askei me to life, to help Joe Burton mak music with his drum for Captaii (Parker's company. Poor Joel Hi drum-helyl was smashed and he los a finger in the fight. Captain Amo y .v-',tt~kcr's company was drilled th Mr. before, for Sol Brown, on I a while,f*1 ??'ghbor, came from Bostoi ~ t ami said ho had seen nin m (I JU1 uituio nit ^ iWnliers walking toward Lex ington. Sam Adams and John Man H cock worn at Parson Clarke's house whore Dorothy Qojr.coy, Hgnooikj sweet hart, was staying. Gago wan .t ted to eatTh and hang'em, audi was believed tho soldiers Sol hn< seen had been sent out to seize 'er night. A gunul of ton met C^^yant Monroe ( vho kept a tav v i em here) were stationed around Par I ^ son Clarke's house. At a little pat A. . midnight Paul R iTOre-ryou'vo hear ' - of Hevere?came riding like ma / i,> . V ;V ' V.# ?A.t -1 aA. ?V <?? : ' ?3E rrzE^xxiE] i: M)UT<?', I'kiitoi1. i ,l.<i?. itOGl-ilCH, l'uUllMlior. I from Cambridge, his horse all afoam for the weather was uncommonly warm. I jo told Monroe ho wanted to see Hancock, die didn't want o ho disturbed by noise,' snih the sergeant. "Noise," s!d Uevore; 'you'll have noise enoujrlt soon, for the roof'lars are oomimr!' Hancock hoard o him, and opening a .window Called ( out, 'Kovore, 1 know you; com? in.' Mo "wont into th? house a moment, then came out, nit.unted his hoi so, and started on a gallop toward ('uncord. Very soon everybody in Lex, ington was astir." 1 "Were you on duty then?" I inquired. "No," he said; "I went to bed at J eleven o'clock, and as all boys do, 1 I slept soundly. My mother, who was ' a Minister and one of the,most patriotic women who ever lived, called I out to moat throe o'clock in the morning*,'Jonathan! Jonathan! GeC . r, . . I | up. The reg'lars nro coming and , something must be done.' 1 dressed 1 . , ; quickly, slung tny light gun over my shoulder, took mv life from a chair, i and hurried to the' parade near the i meeting-house, where about fifty men i ? had gathered, and others were arriving every minute. My four o'clock a hundred men were there. Wo did % * ^ not wait long wondering whether reg'lars were really coming, for a man darted up to Captain Parker and told him the\ v, rn close by. ! The captain immediately ordered ' i Joe to beat the drum, and 1 fifed I" I with all 111 y ini?rht. Alarm guns were instantly ('.red to call distant ' Minute-men to duty. Lights wcre now seen moving in all tho house-. Daylight caino at half-past four o'clock. Just then the rog'lnrs, who had heard the drum beat, rushed to ward us, and their lender shouted, f 'Disperse, you rebels!' Wo stood ' still. Ho repeated the order with an * oath, fired his pistol, and ordered his ' men to shoot. Only a few obeyed. ^ Nobody was hurt, and we supposed their onus were loaded only with powder. Wo had been ordered not to lire first, and so we stood still. The angry leader of the reg'lars then gave another order for them to lire when a volley killed 01 wound' ! ^ several of our company. Seeing tho reg'lars trying to surround us, t.'ap11 tain l arker ordered us to retreat. ' As wo tied some shots were sent ^ buck. .Joe and 1 climbed a fence v near 1'arson Clark's house and took s to the woods near by. Climbing 1 over, Joo fell upon a lamp of stones and crushed in his drum head. His " hand was bleeding badly, and lie found that a bullet bad carried off a part of his little finger. ( Eight of our men had lost their ,f lives. _ "Whore were Adams and Hancock all this time?" 1 inquired. "Not far off. When tho first shots .1 1 A I - - t 1 1 ? wero neuru wicy were auviseu m ny 0 to n place of safety, for their lives wore loo valuable to tho publico to bo lost. At first they refused to go but wore finally persuaded, and re0 tired to a thick-wooded hill not far off. Dorthy Quincy went with her 1 lover. They wero married in the Fall. It is said Sam Adams, hear0 ing tho firing on the Green, exclaimn ed, 'What a glorious morning for , America is this! 1 have no doubt ho r said it, for ir was just like him." , "You said two of your blood reL, lations pqj-ished in tnat fight," I observed. "Yes," lie replied; "they were .Jonathan and Caleb Harrington, d Caleb and Joe Comes, who lived a e mile from Lexington, had gone into n tho meeting-house to get some pow s tier stored in the loft. They had ,t taken it to (ho gallery when tho 8 British reached the building. They e flew to the door, and started on a r run for the company. Caleb was n shot dead at tho west end of the e meoting-house, but Joe, though . wounded, escaped. Jonathan had . stood his ground with tho rest. His ?, homo was nenr the meeting-house. h He was in front of liis own dwelling when the re^Mars fired tlio thir<l it time, when he was shot in the breast t] and fell. His wife, Until,stood lookn ing out of the window wit', their cni, ly child, nine years old, by her side. - She saw "nor hushan 1 fall and ran 'o . help him. He raised up, streched it out hio arms toward her, fell a^ain, d ai d wns dead before sho could reach d him. Oh, it was too cruel, too cru rro -sroxTR -wcaRO . (ON WAV, el!" 1 "There wero bravo iiumi in that S I>'ti!(1 of patriot:-," I remarked. I "Brave 111011!" said tbo old man, r his mild eyes beam' ?<? with utmsual s lustre,. "Braver mon never lived. a Nut one of thorn h'ft his tnat until . t Br.ptiun Barker, seeing it was useless e to iii^ht aoaiust so tnativ ree'lars, s . told them to disperse. There was 14 olio man who wouldn't 00 even then. } It was Jonas Barker, of this town. | Me lived lieu- Parson ClndtoV He 1 hud paid he w< aid never run from an \ enemy, and lie didn't, lie had load- ? ed his musket, put his hat eon- t tnining powder, wndding and hul- ^ lets between hi> feel, and mi laced tin reg'lars. At the second fire he was wounded and fel on his knees. Then ho fired his gun; and, though ho was dying, j?o reached for another t 1 charge in his hut, when a bio red- ' | Coat killed him with a bavonet on the ". < very spot where Jonas first stood. ^ Wasn't that pluckV" v "llare pluck," 1 answered. "The t names of such men should never bo forgotten." r Ml ' "Thoy never will be," replied the r venerable patriot excitedly. Their 1 names are all cut deep in marble on 1 | the little monument down yonder on the Green Robert Monro-', .Ion is ) Parker, Samuel liadlev. .lonathan ', * | Harrington, .Jr., Isaac Murry, Caleb 1 i Harrington, John .Brown and Ashel 1 Porton. Should that marble perish ' | their names are cut deeper in the j memory of Americans." . "You said it was warm dav when . ! Revere rode from t.'aml lid- o to Lex- ' iugton," i remarked. "Yes, it was.i very early sprir.gday. , Voung leaves appeared on il.? fir ; t day of April. The gnu- on t! vil I i lago Gro3n was so tall on tho mill ' that it waved in the light wind that 1 was blowing. At noon that day tl.o . quicksilver in Parson Clark As titer- i ' inometer rose to eii/lilvdive degrees ! 1 on the notli sido of bis house, and j tho door-yards wore all bright with ( ! dandelions.'" , "Did you servo in tint army after- I ward!" 1 inquired. "No," lie. said: "further, wont to tho war, and 1 staid at home to help ' mother take cure <>i things, for I was I the oldest boy. I played tho lifoji sometimes after that when the young ' i men in the neighborhood were training for the fight.1' lly permission, 1 drew a likeness ol Mr. Harrington sitting in his rocking-chair, and under it he wrote with a trembling hand, which condin ; tion he attributed to the use of the axe that morning, Jon*atitax IIarimngtox. , Aged ^0, the 8th July, 1848. j His brother Charles, two years ' younger than he, came in before I f had finished the sketch. 1 could ! not hut look with reverence upon 1 these strong old men, children of one 1 mother, who had borne five sons and ' ? I three daughters, who had nearly grown to manhood when the war for, j independence hroke out. I hade1 i them farewell, received from the old 1 lifer the benediction, "God bless' you," went hack to tlie village Green : . sketched the monument and called li upon their kinsman Abijah Harring-: t ton, who was a lad fourteen years j ' old at the time of the skirmish. He saw nearly all of the fight. Ho had ( two brothers in it, and had been sent | by his mother, trembling on account 1 of her sons, to watch the fray at a ( safe distance, and to obtain information concerning her bravo boys. | They escaped unhurt. i From Mr. Harrington's I w ;nt to tlio house of Parson Clarke's, where I fouml Mrs. Margaret (.'handler, remarkably intelligent old lady, then ' eighty-three years of age. She had \ lived in that house ever since the f Revolution; had a clear recollection , of events at Lexington on the mem- t orable April morning, and gave mo ' a version of tho escape of Adams and j Hancock somewhat different from j that given by the venerable lifer. I On the seventy-five anniversary | (I860) of tho conflicts at Lexington ' mid Concord, Mr. Harrington rode i in tho procession with his brother j' Charles, aged ninety; Atnos Baker, | aged ninety-four; Thomas Mill, aged < ninety-two, and Dr. Preston, aged 1 eighty-four. At the banquet, after \ the procession, the aged fifer offered ( the toast; "The 19th of April, 1887. i All who remember that day will sup- < J* fvi .'D WOSB s. ' THURSDA.Y, MA >nrt tlio Constitution of the I'nitcd 'I I ilatos.'" On tliut occasion ICdward Jverott n a m : speech, in which lie eirarked that i'. pleased his heat '* to jj( oo these veneral ?. in- n beside him j,j nd he was happy to usso4?.Mr. .lonu- ' hi hnn 1 larrii'oton to put on his top- :|n out a few minutes; before. In doiter ' .!U> o ho was ready to sav, with Dn\;d, yerv pleasant art thou t < mo, mv lie Mother .Jonathan." Mr. Ilarrin<rton <liocl late in March, ' ( I st;n 851, wlen lir> was almost uin? !v m ; J m< 'cars of ago, and was buried wiin i|l( >ubl'o honors, the highest Slate olVi- otl :ers wit!) a military escort forming u >art of tiio funeral procession, str BKXSON .1. I,')ss]\( , LL,1). (r<, l?! VIVE I A' I lCIU'Cf T. ,m i tin Tlio following beautiful descrip- ' ' ion of our Savior is said to have ,m >eon found in u manuscript written i >v Lucius Lcutulus, President of .Ju-< 1H> lea, to the ltomnn Senate, and is ,M veil worthy of preservation by those "** vho are his followers at the nresent imo: ?1' 'There is at present a man in lea of a singular charac ter, whose rv' lame is .Jesus Christ. 'Lie Burba- 111 inns esteem him as a prophet, bu ! )is followers adore him as the inline-i ? liato offspring of the immortal Cod. wl le is end iwed with sueh unparallel-1 ?d virtue as to call back the dead!?8 Torn the grave, and heyl every kind !'" jf dis' Use with a touch. Mi person s tall and elegantly shaped, his as met mild and Vesorved. The i:nir;w< lows in those oeautiful shades which1 to united co'ors can match, falling!"" nto graceful curls below his ears, "" t?rreeablv tout hintr en his shoulders ind p. rlitig on lim urown of his head, like the hen 'dress el the Xn/arene- v"' ess. Mis forehead is s aootii and,''?' In rjre: lis elieel.s. will out mints nrn 1 1 jf a j&voly red; his mouth Rtid noso ire tiui ' od witii exouPito vnunetry; l,! hi-, boa v! i:i thick and suit' lilo to 'iiO olor of his hair, machine' a little her low his clnn and liurtinif in the mid- m I He like a fork; his eyes lar^o, bright . tnd y cue. lie rebukes witit mild-,v| ' ; id invites with the most nor- ; 111 masi vo luut^nacfc. ! ? "liis whole address, whether in Ul f words or de >ds, heinir eleioint, < naive (" and strictly characteristic of an exalt;;d being. No man has over heard C( liiin laugh, hut the whole world he- 1" held him ween, and so persuasive are his tears tmi ' one cannot refrain from K1 joining in sympithv with !)im. lie is modest, temper *e and wise, and whatever the phenomenon may turn , out in the end, he seems a being of excellent beauty and divine perfee- u tion in every respect surpassing the children of men." ?? e j \ i ICTC8UCS Olr C^NTItAL A F? ?i IMC A. j hi ! m Professor Driiiinnond gave so .no , in graphic pictures of Central Africa, in j in his address before the American As (o sociation for the advancement of ly Science. He wag surprised at the th alter lack of vegetable and animal at life hut a short remove from the wit- in lor courses/ Me says: uXet a tree, a to jhrub, or blade .)f grnss relieves the mi glares of the sunlight upon the white co tnd yellow sand. The unending si- m< lonco hecomes solemnly, weirdly im- in iressivo, especially at night, when lif >ne grazes upon a boundless sea of to <and broken into billows by occas- so onal rocks. Possibly at intervals, op n the distance, may ho heard the yelp of the hyena or the far away ()f oar of the lion, but the rustle or a 'pj oaf or the hum of an insect is an un- ,ir {imwii tuiiiwl 1..1.....I i 111 (i 11 \ i 111 un ifl(, orriblo. To movo was pain and jp >rost ration, and vet. to keep in mo- Mt ion \vh; better than to hftlt. Sleep I .jj. .va$ impo* able, oven under canvas, jjf )vcr the ; laius the quivering limit jv isos i!i waves as from hot irom, whilo * ho tnirno. mockji tho'scnae with life i ,|J( il<e pictures of lakes and rippling 1 m ivaters. The journey was day after i lav through narrow, oven hot vitl- j j? eys, over bahl hilltops, with liOro |<t aid there a ^r'ovrt or junjrlo Fcatterod ! |)( ike. isleo in.id the wust<\"?Mctrfii- | (>(j '.ifie of Awericft/i History. I p. WVi't h >IKI)bJ\L 'rBflMS. i!" Ik rq>e; of hu awful jaw break- ',f n?r ttM'iutt which the ior mitolooists. ?/' v p? cm lists ri skin disoa;es afTeai, I'im Now York Medical IJeuord says, heso gentlemen "may be a little dis- ] w ippointii o' in their therapeutics, like (" lie r t (?? the profession, but when I ? s to jdviii<r diseases names of pti eni, rasping, polysyllabical sf'Mu-lwt ousness tliev leave other ?oecialists, th ncluditiir ihe author of volapuk, far su >ehind. Dr. Hyde has recently ro- j so sorted throe oases in which the j?n-; wi ients Were affected with symmetrical {jn Kit I recurrent or persistent tylosis of i in he palmar and plantar surfaces, uc- ki )ompanie<i by hypcrindrnsis, alopecia, of ifoinidrosis, and a species or ony* diauxo, which the author supposed ; }<i :o bo duo to tho samo process in tho th ikin which produced the callosities." ],j The Daily News ventures to explain , ]? hit, in ordinary parlance, these pa-J jm tients were troubled with corns.? , hi 0hicayo Wars. i m i iv'** 'fa-, <*" v * / m * * : ~jl~0"0*J":"2. COI 1*( i< 15, ISS8. li: A N ATO ?V OF CONTCIT. * Sund:iy Octioo! Viiii"*>M Evorv 111 '?ii hips with his own cyos^ > disc- ors in tho world only whcit o-paoitv and rntijro ??f viv'nn lit 11 to sit, So o vor v mi flu thinks d jndjros uml p itimotes otlior 111011 i! hiimtdf according to standards d limitations poouliav to his own nd. Tito ovo ?>f tho son! has its tit of vis:- 11. Many a man has no jht 1110:1 urn of his follow-inon, l>?> Msi- he measures them by flu* false mdard of hi"4 <>w?> think. Still >ro i ion lav r'Vht estimate of n i s<-*1 ? . Wronj* op. i'liiivc.- of liers iin ! of oursi Ives are sure to bo sin! together sooner or later; they rini^ from the root namely, I?sn 1 mdur N, or a faulty application of io(! standards. In this way it man iv either underestimate or overosnate himself. Pints arises conceit, bs qnalitv is simply erroneous aolf asuroment. *- ^ Conceit implies !i narrow and surficial knowledge of the world. As perception we determine the size things by comparison of them with her things, so we estimate men and rs'dvea bv comparison. The ?< cms varv jrroat to us when v ? dks its oceans and traverse its conlents. But when we pursue the iron'oiner's reasonings, and learn a' there are worlds in eomparison l i which our planet is little more an a floatin?r particle of dust, our '.irnatcs of its relative si/.e and imntanco is wholly chanjfod. A hoti knowledge of the universe humcs mi jU'ijrcment coneerninir our irld as a art o the ereation of ?<:. Jn like manner a'l self-estiit*, v n rn v- !ul en !?? r ? * 111 o< i : v* "II* . in dwarfs Iiki Olivers'* in order to U'liifv In line I*-'. \\ !i a true eonption < r ti. i mail .stv of the uniTse, u t. wisdom ilild powiM voale i iii < icoi' is impc silile, lie I'.im: i: <>v? "wile . . 1 \vi!i t he iprcssiot: o' i; ivim:>;ness i i (In eseiu ; n. t! . j.if'U'itjc system ol inos in which it liuds Itself. It follow., that ooiVj'i^l spring* >111 i jjnora nee and thotiirRtlessness 1 n is consistent with only tiarrovi ewa of tho world and of life. !l akos precisely tin* mistake of tin d astronoinv, which supposed out nrld to be tliejoontral and largest out (ho system, simply because it low so little of other worlds. The niceited man mngtiiiios his own im irtaneo only heeauso ho does nol low what real gretUne s is. lie it eat in his own eyes only because s eyes can see nothing truly great Conceit arises from a low estimaw Other men. Kstiumtes of our lives, as well as of other men, an dative. All stdf-me.asureinciits in >lve measurement of others. It ro ilfs from this that there is no waj y which the conceit can lie talon it of a mail so effectually as b) '.'nging iiim into clear comparisoi id sharp eouoetition with otl.ei on. This is t ,io rea'on why it hr?< iconic proverbial that seliool-Jift specially ceilego-life) will lie like to cure hoys and young men oi eir conceit. I n tho class-room the) c hiouylit into close com ctition Co I which even the best scholar is sure ho sometimes outdone bv othei i>n. Thus every man is frequently mjicllod to a tacit uekuowledoo[Mil of others' sujuniority, and that their \ory jireaonoo. This kind oi o forbids to men the easy and (hitlino method of "comjuirine- themIves with themselves," winch is the eat promoter of conceit. This is the reason why the jrroeesf education tends to euro < o .. oil 10 men who recover from it icu.u 0 the men who have loo little |>erption to discover clearly, or tot tic sensitiveness to fool keenly, the periority of others. The same inoiplo holds in the oreat school ol o. No mi tin can remain persistentconceited who has any adequate ipreciution of the merits and a'taincut a of liis folic Av-in*m. A man ivy bo cons'-ions that he has done s best, and may fool a keen satisotion in this; tact V^Jiut any !* r^< lowlod^e til iiyiM|Hh!1 show hi it iw often hi' \v AorWus been equa 1 and sm ir ' 1 ' lie real schols r coinji *i d 'uiik modestly ol s j rod'. tor:-, for he well know* >v\ d- ire nrh a . 1 ncet' .sftd hn < ion the . .b >rs < >thi i ivi tlx Mime similar 'ields. lie who is most telv to '.'po at he has done n eat service to science is tlio tvrt ho tlocs not know what others liuvt com jilbhed. We c.stimate ourselves by com irison. The more widely and truly . know men, the more wo shall sot at we are frequently equalled ant rjiassod. Candid estimates of our Ives by comparison with othors ill make us think soberly, ant l l-l ' ... (ijtm inonesuy. i;oiiceit has n< oro fruitful root than a narrow towledoo and |>reju diced ostimati tlio labors and worth of othors. Conceit involves a faulty self towlcd^e. It is noticeable* tlui (; man who thinks most highly o msolf is ono of whom others thinl aft highly. Tlio conceited mat is only ono ardent admirer?that is in self. The world knows inos en better than they know them cTasnrRY." >-? 1 .--??> I'ei- \ n mi in. ' * ' solves, and at tliis point "this wise woj 1 is mainly ri?;ht." A true selfr> kmdQfod&u rovealsjour faults to us, and gives us i true view of ourselves. t lets the light in ujion our narrow prejudices, and makes s ashamed of tlioin. It disclose- tee ' iitsuPioioMt grounds of many of < r judgements, and unearths the subtle ?b processes t>f our solf-docoption. I' lays bare the operation * motives, . and shows how often conscience itself is matin : convenience.. Selfknowledge humbles a man. Thorn f'> who ;hitdt themselves complete beyond other men commbnlv stand . I _ . i ml a \ * \ mono in mat opinion. i noy uimik themselves eompleto only because while thov keenly porconve others' faults they are blind to their own. In this view lies almost tho onlv he excuse which can be given for the man of inordinate self-conceit. It |M implies intellectual weakness, an in capacity for keen discernment, an inability to study successfully one's } ''' self and ( thers. It mav bn a mental unite as much* as a moral fault, though it is usually both. In lioth , m views it is a finality whose develop, j nient is to be dreaded and checked with the utmost promptness and Hl 'riinoss. No trail oT character con- W Vevs a more unfavorable impression j as none so rmiok'u cites disgust; mine st provokes such constant, and universal ridicule. The ancient proverb ex- ^ presses the world's verdict on tit s point: "Seest (hou a man wise in bis own conceit.? '(Micro is more hope of a foci than of hint. *' t,ii Conceit is a mark of real smallness " of soul. It is a phase <>! selfishness. ' Conceit is es- ontial littleness. It t< means small thoughts of the world and oT otlmr men; low ideals of chari act. and a 'ainment; weak and nr-| ! row conceptions of duty. I' is a i mark of self-centered life; and tie life which makess f the center is as u , much stna;ier thaii tho true life as ri the : . a which in . le our earth the k r?i>r.!t ; 1 ' .n iiniv run umc 1 wmnu i 1? i I " | tin; true conception of tho Solar ?ys- ] \v J torn. "Conceit in weakest bodies w t| strongest work.*,'' aid (Shakespeare. j t< . 1 Tho moil who have been servants of . w - j humanity tho ureal reformers and Ifr philanthropist^ have boon freest > i from conceit. They were great in humility; for humility, rightly undor) stood, is essential greatness. lie-' , i utility is the finality which lends men ? to serve others; conceit, tho quality ' . , which leads then) to serve them- j ' , t J solves. 1 i Traced to its deepest root, there> fore, conceit is a fruit f>f fundninon- i . tally defective ciinnutrr. It implies 1 a t a lack of appreciative of Clod's great- ' ( - iu'kvc?^ ..wliic.fi evt-ry thoughtful a | miirtt'siiouhl stand with rovoronce f - and Immilitv, and tho proofs of which . in the world, in man, and in history f might well impress every person ! with own feebleness anil insignili! canco. It implies a want of goner- | i ous sympathy and kindly 'ippreeia- I ' i- tion of others. It gives rise to cynl j ' *1 oimi and misanthropy. The cone ait- r > : ed man helps nobody unless ho does,''. . it in order that hn may thereby indi i 11 r rectly help himself, lie is as into!- f' r erant of other men's faults as he is s' } tolerant of his own. ' Like all .other qualities, conceit grows by indulgence. It is as subtle - as counterfeit virtue, with which it n has a close ulTinitv. It is as mis j 53 t chiovous as self-deception, of whose e esseneo it. partakes. The analysis of h hub trail lays Dare its inherent mean- 1 a ness, and shows it to belong to a ? > typo ?'f life which is uuwortliy of any noble, generous, aspiring soul. / , ABOUT INDIANS. I The total Indian population of the : si > j United States is 5247,7(11. st 11 . ! / The estimated number of Indians' f in Alaska is 110,000. The Indian agencies of the United Stnt.es are sixtv-ono in number. ! * , !? i The number of Indian church u ? members in 11 i?* United States is '^o,- | y I 008. 11 j i * f The number of houses ocouped by ' Indians in the United States is ~i,- j 1 ; 2;3'> I ti ... . . ! a f The number of Indians in tho Uni- j. ii ted State living o:i and cultivating ? ? ! 1 IH1 1*0,012. !, ( | . , I J ' j Tin1 number f Indians in the Uni- h ' j t< *1 S'atea who wo, r citizens' .Iress is i t 1 Ui 1,021. ^ , 11 , Tlio number of Indians in the United States who can rend Indian ^ langagos is 10,027. r The number of Indians in the K > United States .vhocan read Knglish t I is tul)23,405. j There aro t>*n Indirn training ' j . - ? ' j schools, located in different parts of ^1 United Statos. >; ( t t c f Indian reservations in i8St? in the f , United States amounted to 212,408 jf j square miles approximately. ? t Tho Democrats have a limited j \ f rango of vision as far as their coir- j > i try is cor.cornod. They cannot fe < , beyond Cleveland,?Boston Gazette, t , Hut they enn see (Cleveland clear- r ? t , * I ly. No Mill obscures tlnnr vision.? c . Saratoga Eagle. ) c . . ' ' >$ NI MHKR 35. NTOISV lililK. I led clouds at - :: > r?so indicate >rm. Koxtv; barkb.y a: ni^ht indicate Brni. T! aurora, >\ icti \ rs' bright in. cafe.-, storm. Soot burning en bade of chimney dicfttc: to: ai. The weather usual 'v moderates bore a storpi. ' >i.rul travel mo1 far and wide a ' nnv ? in v. II betide. iVi.frw! utv i 1.>??*i cries before a ore, a:xj select i I?>?v perch. i Jor ?-ii a i . Is stand w.::? 'heir \ suds from tli" c . ninff storm. Distant -nurds homd with distinct,'ss Imv'u"- t ? du/ ' idicate rain. Xor* i son h the of ou^ht, < >' and nd west the si^fu 1)1.'Ht Wild rr,w.n< f'vjr,i* over in jjreat imbers indieulo approaching storm. Coals bee 'm.i alternately bright ul di.n indie do ajn?r mehing storms. hen O.vn o?* shi' v o'leot together f :!:>_) we ro u king shelter, a o'rm i ' !;<? s-ctod. 1' is said '< smiths select a onnv d ; which v< perform work ml r suiii extra beat. \YI :' ) a 1 >:w clou t comes tip in io nu'.hue t ?md -o. nis to settle ml: again 1 ink >ut for a storm. i.o ah a\s bur. i brighter and irmvs cii! -.-.ore ! t i ist uoforo tho trm, a id . h"',<. during a storm. \ ! mi.'; ' < f moods, called a 1 mon or \o.' - ca-f ;m<l west, .. . ion of lor riy weather;. but hen it extends north and south it is sign i f ilrv weather. If the clouds he of different heights, io sky, being grayi. h or dirty blue, ith lierdly any wind stirring, tho ind, however, changing from west ) south, or sbiiietiiiios to southeast, itliout per -epiibly increasing in b'oo, o.vj^'Ct iJ,oriii fiotfan ,/onrs> "2*1* * .M T ? a - * TJ11; M t?> r;11! v< r."'i?o \ rtox. Formic acid is die Mibstnnco which uts, wuspij, etc,, <: :?< It under the !tin, and which produces the intense urninnf and itchine1 which accotnpa* y wound:; i.tll'. od i v * This cid is powerful prison, arid if n nisoni'o w,r, lar.f" enough to conairi i.molt iu.ro of ' tt:e Into of tlitil r< atom would !?" verv dnncrorous ?* ' j h m it (jo y -i t' O- J MAKING T11131/, M ! I i;m i-,..i A r'. A I V!). 27. The ? Ioudor-nn St- d Wo?'lvH, an oxperi.cnta! pi n.. ; ( tit I v established by . hp't.nlists hero, niado steel at 6 k Vlai!'..' this ftftornoon for tho first out of I3irr.rti)jrlm?n pig iron, fl err liiiinitio :rn. I is now (lemon Iratod bey cm ! i doubt that stool can ^ o mat o f<" to n rth V, u>inu,i ore. M m It is said the nurriber of lantrtiacoa M nd dialect; *.ooUet in the world is and n man ca Tt find words I noiioli i(* express his feolitigs when I e taker; a (at "ti tlio sidewalk just s ho raises Ilia list to a pretty iprl. ?Roc/ti't-lrr t'o'f 7: .'press. tot iiml .Joint UesohitIoiim of too BCHMiOU Of 1887. I M The following Act* and .Joint Honlutions ? law at the late ess-oil of ' 1 . ca I legislature; in Act to ni' ?w 1 bur-roved -bands, \ on t ho Tax Hook* :i:r.'o 1 '/Y~>, to bo Listed u ith. at p- ri'ilty. ' S'. That in all cases whore nimproved Ian !, which lias not been pon t in ;a v b ! nee the fiscal oar eoinr.M'ir'ir e / ovombor 1st., 8ifo, and w iiirdi rr< not in tho forlited 1 i: t, slmli at anv time beforo he let. (' !c 'V lb",, 1888, bo rorrood to c n. auditor for tnxt\ n, ho s.'i 1 aud'ior be, and ho is eic'ov, instructed to as ess the same nil to enter opon '.he duplicate of he lineal year commencing Novcinmi I, 18S/, with the simple taxes of hat year. Sr.('. 2, Tli.it nil such lands us any lit' returned to the auditor for axation, between the first day of (.)?obor, 1888 nt: 1 tho lirs' day of Ootom., 18S0, shall bo issi..iod and barged with tiro simple 'a:*os of the wo lineal wars. roinntencins? resicetivclv on tl > -t day of Novem>cr, 18^8. Skc. H. That a <<"n as practica>lo after tho pass. gn <.f this Act tho oinptroller noral is directed to tinnsb a copy of tho same to each niditor in t!io Mate, and tlie auditors ire requited t<> piib'h!: ino same in well of their county papers once a vcok for throe n < nths during tho ,'oar l&XS, r.nd f?<r tl same ueriod tiiM3 durii.??* tho year 1889*; and ho < o^t of suoh |iiil)lici^ion shall be mid by the (ountlY^amtmissioners, >ut of'tho ordinary Townty tax last sol looted.