_,_r
VbUWIK It
r
A W onum's i'ciiMiit.
You snkltii uio "itv don't y<m ?1<> it?"
1 only could :ins>v< i". "Because."
You laughed :?1 the IViuinine reason,
And prated ??f logical law ?;
1 lnugle d at votir truinpei'V science
What good arc von roinur to do
With a logical chain that is t'nui'h
\ ,..i < i .
\ in i n?'i iini^ 1*? i IM"il H l??."
You have to lake sDinolhiiiir for granted,
.hi t like unv woni'in or ?iiiiicc*;
i :ii in: ir, ,i. . <i : '
' So build it tirnily at unci.
A fable says i itrlh is uppnrted
1 Iv a turtle I lint i -Is dm a cow ;
Tin cow C sustain >1 bj n soinothitig,
But never a fable snvs how;
And t!i it is the way with your reasons
Tims far and no further you go;
There"-; sometliini' you m \er ran fathom,
Some basis you never can know.
It" you and youvlo^ic wore missing,
The world would not totter or pause;
Accept, then, wliat is (if you like it.)
And ice as your reason: "Because."
Miriam K. Ihivis in Frank Leslie's.
^ tii m ki:s(n:i> ha hy.
Hours AVitli Alenainl Women of
lite {{evolution.
Cojwr ii.'titi'd, 18ss, bj Punk A Wnun ill-i.|
In the suminer of ITS! elTorls
were made By. the liritish military
authorities in Now York and in Chip
uda to soi/.o the persons of dist nmiished
citizens in the State, in order
to hold them as hostage or for
exchange, (Jeneral Philip Schuvlcr
and (lovcrnor (omro Clinton wen
specially designated for such attempt
;. Armed part: -s wore sent
out of t he city stealthily for such purposes,
and Tories in interior wore so
employed.
The person of tumoral Schuyler
was particularly coveted. Ho was
not only the ^foremost man in the
State in the extent of his influence
But was then member of-tlie ('on
linentn! Congress and one of the
most trustworthy oflieers in the service
of his country, lie had Been the
oflieient eommnnder or the Xorth*rn
i lepartment in opposing and clieck;Mi;r
tlio Pritish invasion of New
York from Canada in 1777, until ho
was displaced 1?y <ho intrlgucs of
uioii in and out of Congress. l!o
was now out of tla* military service,
and was living at his elegant home
in the soutiioni sii!>urt>s of tho citv
of Albany, but was actively engaged
in assisting tho General < Joy- rnmcnt
in its liunncial operations,
and in providing supplies for the
armies. in these labors ho was tin
most trusted and efficient assistant
of Robert Morris, who had latel\
boon appointed Superintendent o!
Finance or Secretary of the Treasury
at all 1 nnes in the public service
that he was called ' The Ky? of tin
Northern Department," On his re
liromonl from the army he was fnjj
nished with a guard of six sohlieVs
for the protection of his person. At
the time we are considering, Selmywas
employed 1>\ Washington in
intercepting communications between
General Sir Henry Clinton in
New York and (ier.eral Sir Frodor
iek i laldimand of ( 'nnadn
rito munificent rewards (lint wen
secret 1 v offered I?v the I?riti>li foi
the seizure of prominent persons,
and the promise of plunder, had excited
the cupidity of the Tories in
the. vicinity* of Albany. Several
seizures had boon attempted, ami
some had been accomplished by
!h*m. A mono* the boldest of the
lead rig Tories in active service \va..
Tohn \\ alter Meyer, a colleague ol
'jhe notorious marauder Joe Bettys,
fie was employed.to abduct Genera!
m|>j) 'vlcr. Aecomjianied by a gang
of Torn ^ Ganadians and Indians
* he repaired to t,)0 neighborhood ol
Albany, but, n certain how we!!
General Sclrtiylor im/''1* ^T,,nr<!''d
he lurked among thopiB? shrubbery
in the vicinity for eight or {en itnyn
lie seized a I hitch laborer, aim learned
from him the exact position ol
affairs at Schuyler's house, and extorting
an oath of secrecy from tin
man ho let him go. The I Mitchman
appears to have made a mental
reservation, for he gave Sehuylei
information of his experience. A
Loyalist, who was the Gencralb
personal friend and was cognizant ol
Walter Meyer's designs, also gav<
him warning. Thus forewarned, thf
(ienernl and his family were eon
sfttautly vigilant, and the guard?
v.vere kopt constantly on dutv, thre<
a time.
At the (dose of a sultry, day ii
August General Schuyler and hi:
family were sitting in the front hnl
of the mansion. The servants won
dispersed about the promises. Tin
r-i ;' ,
THI73
11 \ I :?k 1 lor,
I, I<0<; IMtS. I*ii I?I InIk'I'
three guards, retin d ior the night,
wore aslcon in tlx basement room ol
tlx> house, and the three* who were
on duty, oppressed bv the boat, were
lyinj* on the cool grass in the garden.
A servant announced to the
' (jenoral that a stranger desired t<
! speak to him at the back gate. The
strangers errand was at once comprehended.
The doors of the house
were immediately shut and closei.,.?
I 'IM... f :i i -i
iiiiik ii. i mi i;tiM11> were iiasmy
collected in an uj?pcr room ami tin'
General ran to his bedchamber for
! his arms. From the window ho saw
! Hit1 house surrounded l>v armed
men. For the purpose of arousino
! the guards on the jjrass and perchaneo
to alarm the town, lie tired
a pistol from the window.
The assailants burst open the
doors. At. the same moment Mrs,
Schuyler perceived that in the confusion
and retreat from the hall, her
infant child, only a few months old,
I had been left in the cradle iji the
nursery below. Parental care subdued
all fear, and the mother was
living to the rescue of her babe
when her husband interfered and
prevented her. Iter life was oi
mor< conseijueneo than that , of the
infant. Their third daughter ruslied
down the two lliohts of stairs,
n
snatched the still sleeping infant
from the cradle, and How with it toward
pica! tower staircase. < hie
of the Indians hurled a sharp tomahawk
tit tin flV"i11!? jjfirl. but it effected
no other harm than a slight
cut in her dress a f.>\v inches from
tiie head of th . o. . ml a wound in
the inahniranv mil if [the is Irease
On the stairs she met Wnlt r ' >yer
who, supposiii ; her to bo n s< 'van'
, exclaimed,
"Wench, wemli! Where is yout
: master?"
With ereat jiresen.ee of mind thr
couraocouso sister tins vered,
"(ionn to alarm the town.'1
The Tory leader's followers wen
in the diuinnpronin st< alinj^ the silver
jdatn and otlier valiutbles. lb
called then together for .consultation
At the moment the (loncnil threw
ii|> a window and, ns if speak in?r I*
numbers, called out in it lend voice
, "Come on, inv bravo fellows!
Surround the house and se< ure tlir
villains who are plundering!"
Tho assailants made a precipitate
retreat carrvine1 with them the three
. j jnuirds who were iii the house and n
. laroo quantity of silver plate.
. The Inirstino open of> tlie doors ol
Io I
the house had aroused the sleeping
. guards in the basement room, win
n rushed u|> to the hack hall when
I 1
thev had left their arms, but theii
weapons were eone. Mrs. Chureh
Mil married daughter of Genera
Sehuv'.er. who was there at tho time
without ;i suspicion that they migiil
bo wanted, hail removed tho arms
just before the attack, on account o
> 1 apprehended injury to her little Inn
whom she had found playing will
, thorn. The ettards had no other
i
weapons l?ut their brawny lists, and
i these they used manfully until the}
I were.overpojwcrcd.They were'utken ti
1 ('anada; and when they were ox
' changed and had returned < ioneral
> Sehu\ ler gavo each of them a farn
i in Saratoga. Their names were
f John Tubbs, .John C'orlies and Join
. Ward. The marauders fled wit1
I their booty to ('utiada.
In the summer of IS18 I visiter
, friend at Oswego, then a plcnsan'
village tho southern shore of !,ak<
I < )ntario, at th.e mouth of the Oswe
, go I'iver. I wa* informed that t
daughter of General Sc'uiylor, hi'
. youngest child, .and wife of Ma jot
James Cochran, a neplmw of tla
f General, was living in tin village
\fv' f|.|niwl? i> f.f Iwii- ... .. .....
j ** J - '? ^ w* ?? #1 Illl
? charmine1 old iii<.lv, almost sevent\
years of a?^e, who was beloved 1 >\
evorvbody who knew her because o
r1 the sweetness of her disposition, flu
, blamelessness of her life her aboun
> dino kindness toward the needy am
r afllieted, her social graces, and hei
; intellectual cjrifts.
>, At a suitable hour I called on th<
- venerable couple. .Major Cochrai
\ was almost four-score years old
3 feeble in bodily health, but mentally
i vigorous. lie was a son of Dr
t 1.1 ohti Cochran, Surtreon-( lenernl o
s the Middle Department of the Con
1 tinental Army, who married a sistei
? of (jleueral Schuyler. The Majoi
a himself was a member of Centres!
p i
3 rro
CONWAY
, ddrine tlx? administration of the
elder President Adams. I lis family
i relationship and his position jrave
> hi.M opportunities to become acquainted
with the most of tne oenoral
ollieois of the Revolution, and the
> utleranees of his reminiscences of
i persons and events of 11?e loner buried
past jrjive mo oreat pleasure and
i edification durinjr our brief interview.
Major ' 'oehrau related llio ainu'
^"l^jeirouinstaneos of his nomination
ami election as a member of ("oncross.
A vessel was to be launched
oti Seneca Lake at tleneva. It be
inc an nnnsnal event, the people
leathered there from far am! near to
witle ss it. The voiiiijr people determined
to have a dance at nioht
i A (iddle was found, but a fiddler
was lacking. \Oiin<' ('oehran, who
was present, was an amateur por
former on the. violin, and his services
were demanded on that occasion, i
lie "ratified the joyous eonipany^j
ami at the supper-fable a jjentlemiyf i
remarked, in commendation of jjen i
ac1 i'Vein iii, 'die I- lit for (',o^U
cross." 'i ho hint was fa vorabl \y?^B.
Mi i p. m \ Tin- i^^B
\vn ''talked up," and ho
nominated for and elected t?? sca^EStl
I 'onan ss from the district wl^Ha
then included the whole of XlH
1 ,v.,o ,.r <..i SB
""' I- , K
1.1 M.-i jor < '< ><'iir^H
u!:!i i ii 11 nSli^H
the story, "I liddled iny w:iy ii.t^H
Tin .Major died : few montl^B
, | after iny visit. w
M r>. < 'i ii bran \v: \ r- t h<^
j junior of her liu.sl>anr). She was j
tall and slender, grace!" ! n uit
with rnflicr doop-set in coo liuirli
expressive eyes, and p ml i.unioi
land honovolonoo pervading her
. whole countenance. She told me of
much of lor home-life at Albany,
of tin* eminent persons she had met
. there in her t'hildhood and young;
. j womanhood, of the domestic charao>
tor of her father, and of the sweet
face and abounding* ooodness of her
; mother '"toward everybody/' whoso
> maiden name in full- (.'athnrinoi
: \ an I*ens:-eb'er ('ochran she bore.
1 These seemed to constitute her 11:ij>>
piest memories. She spoke with
i enthusiasm of the broad Christian
. chat it v and 1: iudly Ik -j>italii y of her
*' . "
. father displayed toward friends and
i enemies during the war, which she
know only by testimony from the
f' lips of others, for she was born in 1
r l iS1. She spoke of his unswetwin?r
1 .
/patriotism under cruel pcisecutions
i and gave affronts, and of his foiti
lludo and patience while tortured',
with hereditary gout when in tho
I ' military service, and of the perils
J which surrounded him at times from
L tho Tories, who, stimulated by tbe
< prospect of great rewards, sought to
f carry him off a prisoner to the lirit'
ish at Now York city.
II ! told Mrs. < lochrau in brief tho
story I had recently heard of the at'
tempt of Walter Mover to abduet.
; her father, and the narrow escape
) from death of the rescued baby. I
. : observed that her countenance hoam1
ed with an amused expression whilo
\ 1 related the incident, and when I
> concluded the narrative her smile
i developed into hearty laughter us
i she exclaimed,
"Why, / am that rescued baby!"
1 I was silenced.
I, "Yes," she -aid, "I am that res}
cued baby. It was I who was
sleeping in tho cradle in the niiri
scry when Sister IV^gy snatched me
i from it and ran up fairs with mo.
r She was Si?ter Margaret t, who mar*
/
>('iod the Palroon Van Bens-minor.
. | 'f you ovor visit my 1\. r's house p.'
t j Albany?and I hone von will -you
* I - J
may hoo tho scar of iho wound
r which tho Indian's tomahawk inf
dieted on the stair-rail."
)| "1 hnvo somcthincr curious to tell
you about the silver plate which was
1 carried off at that time," said Ma jor
Cochran. ' ! have been informed
that fiieutbnnnt-f 'olonel Barry St.
) l-eoer, whoso headquarters were at
1 Montreal at that time, and who v.;rs
, carrying on a sort of guerrilla war
rlfure, received an intimation from
.j Governor llalchmand tliat the scizf;
tiro of General Sclmrlor was very d?
sirablo. St, I,ooer proposed a plan
* which the (ro\ornor functioned, lie
r i sent out a scout on pretense of mal<iiino
observations, but with secret |
m
?i
-A-OSTID "SrOTXIK "WOS
i. s. < .. THURSDAY
instruction to Albany and attempt
the abduction of General Schuyler.
A portion of the scout was a band of
Tories led by the Walter Meyer,
and to him was intrusted the task
of seizing the Geuoral. Ho attempted
it with a motley ijanef, with the
res ult which you have related.
"General Schuyler afterxvnnl
wrote a courteous letter to St. I.euvr,
complainino of hho plunder of his
i... ... i ... i . i
Mi.'uni'i n> 1111(11'1' Ills ('( >11111 lil II < I ,
and asking for a return <>f the plate.
St. I.cger replied as courteously, and
assured (ieneral Seliuvler thai the
circumstance had inortilied him and
that the moment he heard of it lie
did everything in his jiower 'to rescue
it from the hands of a scoundrelly
silversmith, what had escaped
the disfiguration of his erucilde,
and which is now in my possession.'
I"ho phi'",w:is never returned. Ono
f . . Mlll.V r ' i r i
of ,| !- vs.,]rescued from thocrnei
vre, a cheat . . ,
\ tureen. And hero
,(N\oryu;iv cecum-:;) ,
... nous ?>art of inv
9round the notebook .. ,
^ ' f oohran. ;,l
bouse or tho stoeUtf ....
. .a , . JPii if, 11, on th<>
is a ifi.
' - S . I ,a 111nue11fa11ou of
a"tr \:md while in t!h?
...
\<o surrender
"; c..- at dhow
jaBgWaalai^K . >
I replied.
H^^^^^^SggH^Fiu vlerl' repealed
fH/S^SSSBSm '
M9K9hSEHVimI I".
' n
lie Hi-t and ulv time
iii! of s faini \' over iieard of tho
0 indered artie' >, oxoejitino- the a!1
1 1 .*>
leired letter of St. Le<n'i\'
I visited Mrs. (Cochran twice during
lier widowliood, the last time
at the Iteoinino- of \innmt IS.".'.
r* ' *
She then seemed to 1 > .* iii fairly
?.? <><? 1 health, but tin; Anjrel of |)eath
was hovoriior near, and In- departed
from earth before the close of that
month. She was the last livinj/
T)
chihl of (ieneral I'hilip Schuyler.
lii:.\so.N .1. l.ossiNC, I.L.I).
Tuirill and Wnjtes.
A eorresjioiident, writing to us
from Ihilfalo, asks some further
questions ro?rnrdinir the rate of wairos
as related to the tariff, viz: "Is it
not true that hifdier wages are paid
in this country than in Kngland?
How do you account for this? Wag
j OS dopOIld Upon tllO law' (>f Supply
and demand. Hut dons not a pro
teetivo tariff so affect the condition
I of supply and demand as to give
higher pav for labor?'' Those <juesi
lions have been answered a great
many times, and they will need to be
answered o. great many times more,
I undoubtedly. We have no objection
to answering them as often as
' any sincere seeker after truth prcsents
t hem to us.
Hut wo must first ask what is
meant by the rate of wages. Wages
are the whole amount of money laid
out for the employment of labor.
We need not go into a technical discussion
of the wage-fund theory,
since the ?jnostions under consideration
are not affected by any treatment
of that much controverted subject.
< )ur point is that the rate of
wages in thocountry is not merely
tho rate prevailing in iron-making,
or in carpet weaving, or in protected
trades merely, pr in mechanical
I,., ?1-. - - -
i <11 ii-.t mun-iy, or in inillfTHiniUIOIl,
or in fi: liiii'r, or minin<f, or aorici.l
7 n' r>
(uro, or domestic service, hut in the
iiggre .ite of all Oinployments in
w ieh nion and women aire liired to
work for others, whether they are
pa d out < f a "wages fund' previously
accumulated, according to econoI
? ' r*
mists of the I'icadian school, or out
of the pioccods of their own present
labor, according to (Ion. Francis A.
Walker.
The question put fo us, therefore,
is whether the rate of wages in all
employments taken together is not
higher in this country than in Fngland.
We think that, the question
may he fairly answered in the affirm ative,
for, although any intelligent
consideration of the rate of wages
requires us to know the crtst of living
and the permanency of employment,
in order to see what return the
wage rocoiver gets in the way of u
ilEZ "TOXJI^ CO'
J I NK II. isss.
ijood livin"- and how much ho can
lav up nt tho ond of tlio year, wo do
liovo that tho Mi^grooato #oturn is
j*roator lioro than in Knolaud, hut
that tho dilToronoo has hoon prowino
loss and loss for sonic years, and is
now small.
Whether tho difforonoo ho proat
or small, the only matter of importanco
i1- to know wliat has caused it,
lias tho protective tariff had any in
flueneo in causing tin4 excess? \Vr
think not. We think, on tho contrary,
tltat :ts influence is exactly the
contrary, and that wayfes in oenoral
% ' n n
would be lnVher if there had never
lieeu any protective tariff at all.
The remuneration of a hired man
must he, speaking hroadly, equal t<
what he could obtain hy work infor
himself, and this is reoulatcd hy tin
cheapness or dearne s of land. I'roT.
i Summer has illustrated tliis point h\
ciiine a well-known tact in tlie historv
of Massachusetts. 4*. n t l:e qood old
colony times, when wo lived under
the kino." it was customary for the
< ioneral (..'ourI of Mnssachitsef ts <
li\ tin* waoes of carpenters and masons.
The aim of the public author.
ities was to li.x tin4 rate so that tho
house-hui hlors' earnings would he
about equal to those of the farmers,
but one year they put tin4 rate a lit
t!o too low. So tlx) carpenters ami
masons said, "Wo know that wo can
1 >nil?i our own houses. ami wo know
t.liat wo can make bette^ ua^ than
von allow u l>\ ooin?* out to Sprin?/field
and to!-.in? * up land of our own:
and that is what wo will do.M Sonic
of t' > m > i?dy j,tartoiI with
1 ilioir families for ?nrin?*ficKI. Ilousobuild
ii1/ in >ca 10 o an end,
or wo il ' h vo count t-> an oiul had
not tho (lonoral ('ourt rescinded tlioii
action and put tho rate of waoo.-. tit
to tho standard that tho men eouh!
obtain by working for tliomsolvos.
The true rojrulator of warros in
o h
this country is tho farm. What n
man can make bv ifoiii?r to the W'est
and bocoiniiio* '< homo -loader ho iniisl
bo paid on tho average bv any cmldovor
of labor, whether in protected
or in unprotected employments. Thb
silent rocrulator of wa?ros is perform
in? its otlioo under our eyes all tin
! lime. Twelve hundred iuifniornnb
I
i arrive here iroin Kuropo every dnv
I t 1 j J
! Some of tiit-m tn? to the Weston
States and Territories, and oiiijne'C
' K I
in agriculture. Others liiro them
Helves oul to work as miners, railroa<
builders, domestic servants, or whn
; not, some in jiroteoted and others ii
non-protected trades. Individua
eases there are whore the new-come
has not the option of taking up lam
or hiring out to an employer. lit
may not have the small amount o
j capital needed to heeomo a homo
! steader. He may not have the pnci
I of a tieket to tlx* West*. liut si
laroe a portion do have the means t<
decide whether they will work fo
I hire or work for themselves that tin
rate of wa<res is regulated for tlx
r~)
one as well as for tlx- other l>y an in
fluonco in which the protective tarif
cuts no fi noire whatever, except s<
far as it increases the jirico of tin
protected articles and the cost, of liv
inf, and thus rodnces the effective
wtn'OH of all laborers. A'. ) . /'e.sv
*">
'J'ho Supremo Court .Instices an
mapping out their snminer work, tin
i (1ourt havinef taken its usual lon<
r> f
i reeoss until fall. The Justices will
as a rule} fro on circuit during tin
suminer, but as it. is not required tha
they shall sit on circuit every yea
some of them will rro on vacatioi
wtiile the others do th.? work. ?t )n tin
the death of ? hief .1 ustice Watte. Jus
tico IlaiTm w?t . .>iinted to the 4t!
and "J th circuit:-, to which Jtistici
I ,amar succeed: .1 ti< I iarlai
will take a rest this summer. Just
ice M i'ei il sit in the 8th circuit
which includes several Western ant
North western State.-. Justice
lilatchford and (Iray will make.
, tour of their circuits, that cnmnris<
i the New Kugluud States and N'e\
York, and Justice Field will assis
tho Circuit Judges in holdii g ('our
in I ho I'aeifio coast. States. Tin
new .Instice, Mr. I.aniar, has a largi
circuit, embrncinir the States o
r>
i Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis
si|)j>i, l.ouisiana and Texas. Justici
Matthews has not yet decided wheth
er he will work or play during tin
summer, but as he went to Kurnpi
on his wedding tour during tho las
prolonged recess, it is probable tha
lie will he seen in his circuit, wlucl
embraces the States of Ohio, Michi
gan, Kentucky and Tennessee. Jus
tich Bradley will not sit, as ho think
la vacation necessary to his health,
i-jr^rrrx^-^r."
I ..*><> IN'i' Villi II ill.
I
, A M Ill llANH A I. WOM>r:if.
t A Clock hi Ccrinnn.Y Tlnil is a
Murvt'l of Mechanical <i< a ox i
Uriel I )csci*iplioii.
A copy of Tlio l>illin^on (<! rumiiv)
Swurzwiekler, handed in I?% u
(ierman friend, contains 111? divicriii
I | (
(ion of a wonderful eloeli, which, lie- ,
' i . . ..o -- i -
ni?' ii ?ui:miii. i> in ii*r 111r- I 'lsiiioii
r>
Ah >ut ;i yonr ago a scientific clock %
was on exhibition here, the maker of
which, Mr. Martin, called it the .
Kightli Wonder of tlio W oriel, Jungcs
in the matter of clocks found this t
designation exaggerated, as the ,
work, ou close examination, failed to
| I
make the impression which the high (
i colored description le<l j>eojile to < \
poet. Two I Hack forest < lock milkers,
Adolphus Ilaonsle ami Align--- (
tue N'oll, have, however, created in j
the course of the year ft work which
I places the Martin clock very much j
in the shade. This llaensle and
Noll clock lias a height of Id Ail > metII
n (
ors, width ') motors ami depth 1 mot* "
; it is Imilt it; the style of the renaissance,
and with its figures and
canines, executed in a truly artistic
> I ^ i
1 manner. 'I iie clock shows the seconds
and strike.; tlio hours, 'quarter ,
and miuuti s. Ihv-idoS, it shows tlio
days of the week, months, seasons
and the years up to 10,000. ft shows
| I * 1
the solar system, the phases of the
'I .
iiiw.Mi, iin' n-\<i:ii11<in 01 ino earth
i it1111 tln? zodiac; then on seventeen '
clock face,the timo at Itcrlin, I Vaiau .
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Ifiipi, Vienna, Cairo (l\i(vpt), 'L'illis, 1
Trieste, I' ome, M "?*]), I ionic, N ew
Yorl . (ioiieva, I5f;li'oii, 1'uris, Met/, ;
! .on-ion, anil in tin center, on tin*
M principal face, ilio timo of tho t>l:? I
where the clock is i oeatod. |j
i i>1l
( I In- arrangement of the clock is-1
I the following. liolow in the center 1
| thei'o is, under <d;?ss and ipiite open '
. to view, the principal movement, !
[ I which, when wound, will run for a I
year, supposing that the clock is not 1
moved. At tho ri?rht of tli inove,
I tnenl there is the work of the cuien- ]
i d irium, at the left a music ho.v, am!
. in the front the jrlobe of the earth,
. which receives its revolution l?v a
, ver\ simple hut i ijmnions tnee'ianJ
ism. Above the movement is tho
' second and minute hand, after the
, revolution of which m anjod strikes
. a hell and indicates the expiration of
. a minute, while the hands of the sov1
Ollteen facet* sulvinwn* ......
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t minute. The expiration of a <piarter
, is a?_r;iii? indicated by nu angel's strik- |
| ing t Ww bolls.
r In 1110 course af an hour the noes
I of man are represented at the end j
' of the first rpiarter a eiiild appear, at
f the second a youth, at the third a
- man, and at the fourth an old man.
- The hour is struck by Death, by
> j whose side stands an angel, who
> winks Death to desist at the uppcari'
mice of the first three figures, but
D suffers hint to strike the hour at the I
o | appearance of the old man. At the
i left hand, half height of the clock,
T there stand the twelve, apostles, and
^ before them Christ. At the oxpira- i
ft 'Ion of an hour tho twelve bow be
fore Christ, who blesses them by
ft raising his hands. At <? o'clock.
' moraine's and evenings, a sexton
n n '
rings the bell, while three monks
ft ' step from their cell and go into tin
ft church for prayer; as they go in chof
ral music is played. At 10 o'clock
h in the evening a night, watchman enters
upon his duty and blows lii.s
horn every hour until 2 o'clock in
i, the morning; at A the cock crows, i
i) stamping- in a natural size at the left
upper corner of the clock.
At 12 o'clock i i and night the
, inns ; box plays piece, and at 12,
nig! , the calendar changes and the
?! following week, niv and date anil
i
pear, and at the end of the month,
Si1
|( whether of thirty or thirty-one days,
> the name of the next month will
v eonie up, and leap years are not i'or'
gotten. At the left upper einfr m ar
' tho cock is a representation of the
n apparent course (revolution) of the
f sun round tho earth. which ohaniros
according to tho season, so thai it
appears larger or smaller. On tho
other sido nearest tlm cuckoo is the
[j
J, course of tho moon, representing the
t different phases of that satellite. The
1 globe of the earth revolves every
'' twenty-four hours. On the 21 of
March, the beginning of spring, the
s cuckoo, also represented of natural
size, begins its musical performance'
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NUMBER 18.
and continues until t!i?- boLjinuin^ of
Tall.
Kncli season is roprepontod eytw
helically. March 21, : pring uppears
is a maiden in company of ft child
wltli wr< allis i .i\v< r .fnno 21,
Lho maiden carrier a sheaf of wheat
iml tlio child n sickle; Sept. 21, both
%arry fruit, and l)oe. 21, th< maiden
ias a spinning wheel ud the child ft
minimi " wniri {spitnllc.) ' >11 ! )ee.
>r?, a lovely < 'hristmas picture is rep.
osonted in the chapel anil tin* music
>o\ plays an appropriab* tune. On
l)ec. 21, at 12 o'clock at tiiijlit, the
r> t
rumpetop plays a solo, accompanied
>\ tho orchestra, to indicate the beritining
of t!i?> new year at, the same
inie the nuinbor of the year changes.
The run of this clock, as wo have
Inscribed it, would repeat it.-."If up
o the year 10,000, and might thou
>o prolonged for another 10,000
fears, if the numbers wore changed.
)f course "this is illusory, but it
hows that such a work miifht bo
O
routed. The clock woulc! have to
laud in the saino plaeo for 10,0()0
fears and be wound regularly every
fear. And the tooth of tin ? and the
iatural dee;i v of ovotytbintf earthly
nu ' be stopped which is not very
ike!v. 1! <if . l//or/-' ?.
'an.
?? o ?Value
of (irass Culture.
The status of agriculture ran bo
letermined by t'e employment. of
^rass. The more grass the .higher
lie agriculture. No agriculture can
?o long prosperous wh'ch does not <
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^ minium'' ] PI'HIIH tlVi'lll'ii'i ()1 IIIO 1:111(1.
A system of n<rricnltiMi- which lakes
from the i ind without sparing ;i11< 1
Lpves no return will for a timo brintf
laroo income, but it i t self-destructivo,
find the. prosperity is apparent,
not roftl. That noriculture, that
steadily impoverishes the land is a
general crime, for ii produces ;i national
ealaniit v.J
Aliniirty (i()iI made the land ft
provision for the switonnoe < f htm
that tilled it, and in I lis wisdom put
in the hands of man the moans of
keeping the held that yielded food
napablo of s istainiii'T man and boast.
Tho means aro ?ho grasses. i hey
are at the found, ion of that n<rriculturo
which ai >ic allows man to prosj?cr
and tin land to bo kept in i^ood.
liODSonin^ the ground with tho
plow, that soino plants may make a
hotter growth, also increases the corroding
action of tlio rain: so that if
much land 'ho kept cultivated, the
beneficent rain must impoverish (Inland.
I tut such ground, covered
with a sward that breaks tho force of
the water, and held by millions of
roots, is bound to its place.
The prass does much more. It
feeds cattle that return to the soil, as
their excrement, about ninety per
cent, of that which they have taken
for tho needs of their life. Ifenco
tin? actual subtraction is small, and
this the grass more than makes good.
Its roots, penetrating into depths of
the soil and even to tho subsoil,
bring food to tho surierficial parts of
the plant. ! Tern it is stored in organic
compounds to enrich the
ground. The roots of tho grass are
constantly lifting fertility from hidden
depths to tho upper strata.
We see effects produced, and know
that nature has done '.ho work, but
her ways we c-an not discover. Thus
wo know that land exposed to air is
emiclu *1; but while ' ttmo pherie fertilization
' is a fa t, the method we
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know not. We do k tow, however,
that the effect is . re a est when the
earth i-- loosened, tilled with numerous
passages for the a.r, and when
the ground is shaded* hv a cool, nioi.-t
cover' l1*. Such a covorini' is the
> O
irrn. s, nixl its roots, luvssinr/ through
r> ' 1 rt n
the earth, loosen it, and by tlieir decay
leave passages for tlx: air. Land
in grass is enriched more than land
fallowed, simply rested.
Quincy, 111. John. M. Staiii..
A fish on dry ground, w hen it
jumps, always jumps toward the water."1
And this is used as a figure
for the fact that where choice is free,
we choose our associations according
to our character.
Keverene? is one of the si?rus of
n
strength; irreverence cno of tho sure
indications of \ . .n v . No man
will rise high who jeers at high
things. The line loyalties of life
must bo reverenced or they will be
foresworn in the day of trial.
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