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ALONE. , . Patient and faithful, and tender and true, Praying and thinking, and working for you , , Bearing all-silently sorrow for years Hopefully striving to conquer my fears ; Say, did my patience, tenderness, truth, Merit not more than the blight of my youth ? Give me once more my wild energy back, Give me the hopes that illumined fife's track ; Give me the faith that I wasted on you Give me the love that I squandered thereto You cannot : too lightly you cast them aside, . ' And for you and all others those feedings have died. Yet, though the hopes that I cherished are dead, Though the light from my spirit forever hath fled, ' Though 'twas doubting in God when I doubted in you, As my standard and type of the leal and the true ; O'er the wreck of my life I would never repine, . If the peace I have lost were but added to thine. civilizatioiTand health. , Writers in all ages refer to the simplicity, the health and hardihood of their fathers. In an bid English pamphlet, published three centuries ago, the writer informs us that then-a-days " the old inauly hardiness, stout courage, and painf'ulness of England was utterly driven away : instead thereof, men l-eceive womanliness and become mice, not able to withstand a blast of wind or resist a poor fish. . And children be so brought up, that if they be not all day bv the fire with a toast and butter, and in their furs, they be a straight stick." Writers among us refer to the agility of the sava ges oi. mis continent as an evidence ot excellence lost by excessive refinement. They inculcate the belief that barbarous nations possess very great energy and strength, and they lament the luxuries of civilization as a degeneracy of bodily vigor and muscular activity! Such opinions involve a scale of descent which would tend to prove that every generation has less of everything calculated to make it great and good than the last preceding. , Nations, it is true, do sometimes degenerate ; but it is only when their civilization decreases, not when it increase. After a nation has been swayed by the impulse of one mind, or excited by the stimulus of some one particular point to be made or goal to be gained, there is, usually, a corresponding relapse a falling back even below the last point of departure : and this it is which strongly marks that degeneracy which follows hero-worship, and which characterizes retrocession of civilization. Such was the greatness of the Spaniards under Charles 5., and the French under LouisXIV. . '', An absence of great leaders is an evidence of the general informition and high moral culture. The deadlevel is then so high that he who would soar above it is so nearly approached by thousands pf others that he can never reach an acknowledged supremacy "Small objects cast long shadows," says Landor, "only when the sun is low in the horison." . The bodily frame bears a corresponding elevation, and physiology proves that physical strength usually keeps pace with intellectual superiority. That there are no giants among a highly civilized people is because they are all strong, and he who pretends to be stronger than his fellows usually finds a superior. Mummies and ancient armor indicate nations of dwarfs. The hand of a modern warrior finds no hold in the hilt of an ancient sword, and the blow of the latter day's swordsman would not only hurl the ancient blade into the air, but would palsy the arm that wielded it. " ' Civilized travelers among liarbarians always come off best in contests of strength, and it is only among such that great physical strength is deemed at all remarkable. The invigorating influence of civilization, associated as it is with muscular strength, bodily development and physical endurance, is displayed in its powers of resistance to every kind of adversity. It is generally considered that subjection to the influence of hardships indurates the system and prepares it for a better resistance to further influences of the same character. This is a mistake. ' The only reliable resistance to hardship is to be found in a well developed and sound constitution. An individual who has been reared on wholesome food in the pure air of a temperate climate, and who has encountered just enough of hardship to brace and not break the constitution, is, above all others capable of most endurance. .- The perpetual superiority of the natives of temperate climates is owing to the formative conditions there which develop the strongest constitutions. Even in climates to which they are least accustomed, they display powers of endurance amidst the causes of disease which slay thousands of those who are habitually sub ject to them, and who forthis very' reason are lacking in max vigor ot constitution wlncn is the best safeguard. The native of the tropical climate may endure more heat nothing else while the continuance of it has rendered him less able to stand up against other influences fatal to the "highest decree of physical strength, in which an unacclimated foreigner is his su perior. : . During the great plague at Alexandria, In 1885, the French, English, Russian, and Gel-man residents, who were exposed to the cause in its fullest intensity, suffered in proportion of only five per cent.; whereas the Arab population suffered in the proportion of fifty-five, the Malays in the proportion of sixty-one, and the Negroes and Nubians in the proportion of eighty-four per cent. that is to say, falling upon the' several nations in close proportion to their general sanitary condition, the attacks being lowest among Europeans. The highest state of progress furnishes the standard to which all should be elevated, provided that this can be accomplished without involving the ngbt of independence. Selfishness and barbarism are ' noxious agents, and as such- they should not be tolerated ; for it-is neither the nature nor the habit of the human system to become so accustomed to conditions inconsistent with the highest state of development as to be unaffected by them. Cleanliness and refinement bear the same relation to each other in the progress of civilization as do filth and moral uncleanliness in the degra dation of uncivilized -communities The connection of cleanliness with civilization is everywhere manifest in direct ratio with mental culture. Attention to this, however, has not always been equal in the progress of nations! Holland seems to have been in advance of all other states in observing the essential necessities of cleanliness in order to a healthy progress. England was formerly far beyond Holland in this feature of civilization ; and even in the 'time of Henry the VHI. the Sweating Sickness was so generally prevalent there as to be called the English Sweat. Erasmus, one of the most learned men of the time, deduced the cause of the English being continually afflicted with pestilence, and especially with the Sweating Sickness, from their " totally regardless concern " for the aspect and the condition of their dwellings; and reminds them that a city was once delivered of a plague of long continuance by altering and cleansin" the buildings. ' ' " ' Previous to the great fire in London the streets were so narrow as never to have the : sun shine upon them, and the floors of the dwellings were usually made of clay covered with rushes ; and these were never renewed except by the addition of fresh layers, so that they constituted a porous receptacle for every species of filth. ' The diet of the common people consisted mainly of fish and beer. There was no provision whatever for cleaning the streets; hence in the damp fogs which have always prevailed in that climate there was ample provision for the worst effect of filthiness. But in the progress of civilization "Sweating Sickness," Black Death," " Hauptkrankheit " (or head malady), " Inflamation of the throat" so rapid in its

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course that it was usually past recovery in eight hours " Leprosy" (or tubercular Elephantiasis), have all ' ditappeai-ed. Could the sanitary rules of civilized communites be made to bear equally, the list of diseases capable of being dispelled by civilization would be much increased. The miserable, degraded, and sickly portion of every community is weak in projortioii as the highly cultivated and healthy portion is strong. To assist the weak in applying such sanitary measures as will protect mankind at large from the injuries which each, in a narrow-minded selfishness, would inflict on his neighbor, is therefore both national and right. Wherever misery is manifest there always exists at man's disposal means of mitigating or removing it. To find out and apply these means js advancement in civilization. . It is a common impression that a great mortality is an unavoidable necessity to town population. This is far from being correct. If proper attention was paid to the sanitary condition ot cities, the average duration of human life would increase in like ratio with their population. '. The effect of civilization in this particular, is demonstrated by the health statistics of Geneva, where they have been continuously observed and kept for a longer period than any other city in the world. ' . Health registries were established in Geneva in 1489, and they are regarded as pre-appointed evidences of civil rights, and are consequently kept with great care. The registration includes the name of the disease which has caused death, entered by a district physician, who is charged by the state with the inspection of every person within his district A table is made up from certificates, setting forth the nature of the disease, specification of the symptoms, and observations required to be made by the private physician who may have had the care of the deceased. "The increase of population has been followed by an appropriate increase in the duration of life. In the year 1589 the population was 13,000, and the probabilities of life were, to every individual born, eight years seven months and twenty-six days. In the seventeenth centar.Y. 'ie population increased to 1 7,000, and the probabilities of life to thirteen years three months and sixteen days and so on continuously. From 1814 to 1833, the population being from 24,158 to 27,177, the probabilities of life for every individual born were forty-five years and twenty-nine days. . The proportion of births is reduoed, but a larger number of them is preserved, so that the proportion of adult population increases. In the early periods the excessive mortality was accompaied by a corresponding fruitfulness. In the last ten years of the seventeenth century a marriage averaged a fraction over five births, and the probable duration of life was less than twenty years. At the end of the last century a marriage produced less than three children, and the probabilities of life exceeded thirty-two years. At . the present time a marriage produces only two and a half children, and the probability of life is nearly forty-six years. The degree of civilization' in Geneva, as applied to the whole population,' probably exceed that of any other city in the world. The science of public health is more thought of and better , attended to than anywhere else. In an establishment for; the care of orphans, taken from the poorer classes, out of eighty-six reared in twenty-four years, only one died. These orphans were all taken from the poor. It is frequently remarked that the luxuries of the rich and the miseries of the poor equalize the scale of happiness by being abke deleterious to health. But if we consider how very small must be the proportion of deaths from actual poverty, as compared with the number from other and removable causes, and apply the same rule to country population where the proportion of poor is greater, yet healthier, we find in it an abundance of evidence of other enemies than poverty, which occasion the excess of mortality in cities. The worst effect of poverty is, that it leads to filth and neglect, and this constitutes an insalubrity which affects the whole of the inhabitants. ; ' - ., Personal, regulations are neither just nor practicable in carrying out the most effectual measures for the promotion of health in populous communities. They undermine self-respect, and destroy self-direction ; they are inconsistent with independence and the spirit of manliness which civilization in every respect inculculcates. Contact with well cleaned streets and external purity, begets a distate for internal filth and degradation, and there are none so degraded or impure as not to be benefitted and elevated by association with cleanliness. ' F In fine, the only successful barrier to the appalling epidemics of ancient times is to be found in the progress of cilization. By it diseases that once swept the human race before them, are now eitheikburied in the dust, or barricaded in the corrupting dens of lingering barbarism, .;. j , : ,: - ,; "Judge Benjamin Tappan, at one time United States Senator from Ohio, was remarkable for two piercing eyes, whose line of vision crossed so closely above the bridge of their owner's nose that each appeared to be endeavoring to surmount that obstacle to have a combat with the other. The Judge was holding court in one of the newly-organized counties of the State in which there was not, as yet, any jail, except a log stable fitted up for that purpose. During the sessions of the court a 'green un from the country' sat, with eyes and mouth wide open, listening intently to the proceedings. At length two of the attorneys got into a personal altercation, at which the Judge reproved them sharply, at the same time giving them such a look as no one with ordinary , optics could command. This was decidedly ,a rich scene for"green un,' who instantly shouted, 'That's right ! give it to 'urn, gimblet eyes!' A burst of laughter succeeded, and the Judge, not yet perceiving who it was that had so offended the dignity of the court, looking out upon the 'crowd, called out, ' Who was that ? ' At which the same voice, in an effeminate, drawling tone responded, ,-j . . !, ,,';' " 'It was this We old hoss.' . . ,, -"'Sheriff,' exclaimed the Judge, 'take that horse and put him in the stable !.'" ' . Hehe is one more specimen of Indian cunning, and quite as good as any instance in the book : Tslr. King, of Camillus, Onondago County, New York, had the misfortune to have his harness stolen ; and, pursuing his inquiries, became convinced that a certain drunken Indian in the neighborhood was the thief. He charged the Red man with the theft, and, finally, the Indian admitted that he knew where it was. After much persuasion he named the place, but when the owner looked where it was, it wasn't there. Now he had the fellow arrested, and was taking him off to jail, when he promised to tell where it was if they would give him a pint of whisky. Mr. King gave him the liquor, and the stolen property was produced. "Now," said the owner, "you must go to jail for "What fur? White man got um harness ' "Yes, but you stole it, and must go to jail." , "Injun tell old chief white man give Injun whisky; white man pay fifty dollar!". ., ,; . This was a new wrinkle. That was" the law, sure enonoh, and Mr. King had made himself liable to the fine by giving the Indian the liquor, and he told the fellow to go. But he wouldn't go.. . "Give Injun money, he no tell !" And the fellow stuck to it that he would inform; and, finally, the white man had to hire him to hold his tongue. . ;

THE IRON FOOTSTEP. "In one of these barracks were quartered three officers of the regiment, Major Hamilton, Captain Gordon, and a third whose name I cannot at this moment recall. Major Hamilton's apartment was in the centre. He had lost a leg in the service, and usually wore a wooden pin, or stick, shod with iron; and being an alert man, fond of exercise, used to walk up and down this piazza for hours together, stopping occasionally at Gordon's door or window, and sometimes looking in at that of the other officer, exchanging a cheerful word with them as they sat each in their apartment, endeavoring to beguile the time with dressing, reading, writing, thoughts of promotion, of home and of a speedy and happy return to Britain. " The sound of the Major's step was peculiar. It was only the blow given by the iron ferule at the end of his wooden leg that was heard ; for although a stout man he trod lightly with the remaining foot, and heavily only with the wooden substitute, which gave forth its note at short intervals, as he paced to-and-fro, so regularly, that there was a certain pleasure in listening to it. "Sounds that strike the ear in this measured way, affect its' more than others. The attention becomes engaged, and they grow emphatic as we listen. The Calker's hammer-stroke, as it flies from the dock-yard of the busy port, across some placid bay, into the green and peaceful country, is an instance of this truth. Associated with this measured movement of the Major, was his deep, cheery voice, that made light of danger and difficulty; whether on the field of battle, or as now,

amid the sickness, which, in mockery of the beauty, of tropical sKies ana scenery, was devastating the colony at this melancholy period. " This sickness proved fatal to several officers of the regiment, and after some, time, Major Hamilton was taken down with it. It was a fever attended with delirium. The Major was confident of recovery; and, indeed, from the great equanimity and happy temperament of his patient, his physician had hopes almost to the last. These, however, were not destined to be realized. He expired the seventh day after he was seized, while endeavoring to speak to his friend Capt Gordon, and was buried under arms at sun-set of the same day, . . . " Now it was on the second night after this mournful event, that Gordon having retired to bed later than usual, found himself unexpectedly awake. lie was not conscious of any distressing thought or dream which should have occasioned this shortened slumber, and as he commonly made but one nap of the night, and his rest had been latterly broken by the kind offices he had rendered his comrade, ho was half-surprised at finding himself awake. He touched his repeater and found it only past one o'clock. He turned on the other side, and composed himself afresh. Thouohts of his friend came over his heart, as his cheek reached the pillow, and he said : 'Poor Hamilton 1 Well, God have mercy upon us !' . . . -r , He felt at the moment that some one near him said, 'Amen 1 ' with much solemnity. He was effectually roused, and asked : 'Who is there ? ' "There was no reply. His voice seemed to echo into Hamilton's late apartment, and he then remembered that the door was open that communicated with the two rooms. , He listened attentively, but heard nothing save the beating of his own heart. He said to himself, 'It's all mere imagination,' and again endeavored to compose himself and think of something elstv lie laid his head once more upon the pillow, and then he distinctly heard, for the first time, the Major's wellknown step. It was not a matter to be mistaken about The ferule sound, the pause for the foot, the sound again, measured in its return, as if all were arain in life. , He heard it first upon the piazza, heard it approach, pass through the door from the centre apart ment and there it seemed to pause ; as if the figure of me uepaneu was sianuing on the other side ot that open door, in the room it had so lately occupied, r " Gordon rose. He went to the window that opened upon the piazza and looked out- .The niuht was verv beautiful ; the moon had gone down ; the sky was of me deepest, azure, ana the low dash ot the waves upon the rocks, at the foot of the bluff, was the only thing truit pntrnnrorl lia nnrit.o oviont l.i wfw.n t.:.U. ness and lucidity of a solitary star, that traced its glittcimg yaiunaj ui ligui, iuwu.ru mm, across tne distant waters of the ocean. All else was still and reposeful. ' It is very remarkable,' said he, ' I could have sworn I heard it 1' . ; , . ,,,, "; He turned toward the door that stood open between the two rooms. The Major's apartment was darkened by the shutters being closed, and he could distinguish notluug inside it He wished the door was shut, but felt a repugnance at the idea of closing it; and while he stood gazing into the dark room, the thought of .being in the presence of a disembodied spirit rose in his mind ; and though a brave man, he could not immediately control the bristling sensation of terror that uegan to possess him., ,, He longed for the voice of any living being ; and though for a moment the idea of ridicule deterred him, he determin ed on calling up the officer who occupied the other apartment. .. , . ,-. . ., ; " He passed out on to. the piazza, and as he approacneu me ouier extremity ot the Duildtng, the sentinel on duty perceiving him, presented arms. ' Have you been long stationed here?' said Cap tain joruou," ,. " ' Half an hour,' was the reply. " ' Did you did you happen to see any one on the piazza, during that time I "'I did not.' r.- .-' ' "Gordon returned at once to his room, vexed with himself tor having been the sport of an illusion of his own brain. He closed his door and window and went to bed. He was now thoroughly awake, and had regainedj as he thought, entire possession of his faculties. 'My old comrade,' said he, 'what could he possibly want of me ? A Ve were always friends kind-hearted, gallant fellow that he was ! No man ever was his enemy, except upon the field 'itself. . Why should I have dreaded to meet him, even if such an event could possiblybe?' ,.','!..,!., .; - ..!::.: ;. "And yet, so constituted are we, that a moment or two after this course of thought had occupied his mind, he was almost paralyzed with dread, by the recurrence of the same well-known step that now seemed pacing the dark and tenantless apartment He even fancied an irregularity in it, that betokened, as he thought, some distress of mind ; and all that he had ever heard of spirits revisiting the scenes of their mortal existence, to expatiate some hidden crime, entered his imagination and combined to make his situation awful and appalling. It was therefore with great earnestness that he exclaimed: - -1 ' '"In the name of God, Hamilton, is that you " : "A voice from the threshold of the communicating door, addressed him in tones that sank deep into Ids soul: ' "' ' , "Gordon, listen, , but "do "not speak to me. , In ten days you will apply for a furlough ; it will not be granted to you. . You will renew the application in three weeks, and then it will be successful. Stay no longer in Scotland than may be necessary for the adjustment of your affairs. Go to London. Take lodgings at No. Jermyn-street You will be shown into an apartment looking into a' garden. Remove the panel from above the chimney-piece, and you will there find papers that establish the fact of my marriage, and will give you the address of my wife- and son. . HaflH-n, for they are in deep distress, and these papers will establish their rights. Do not forget me 1 . . - i "Captain Gordon did not recollect how long he remained in the posture in which he had listened to the I spirit ot his departed friend ; but when he arose, it

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was broad day. He dressed himself and went to town ; drew up a statement of the affair, and authenticated it by his oath. He had had no intention of quitting the colony during the year ; but an arrival brought intelligence of the death of his father, and of his accession to a large estate. Within the ten days he applied for a furlough ; but such had been the mortality among the offieers,that the commanding officer trouglit proper to refuse his request Another arrival having however brought to the island a reinforcement for the garrison, he fonnd the difficulty removed, upon a second application, in three weeks. He sailed for Scotland, arranged his affairs, and intended immediately afterward to have proceeded to London. He suffered, however, one agreeable engagement after another to retard his departure, and his friend's concerns, and the preternatural visit that he had received from him, were no longer impressed so vividly as at first upon his mind. ' "One night, however, after a social party of pleasure, he awoke without apparent cause, as he had done on the eventful night in Dominica, and to his utter consternation, the sound of the Major's iron step filled his ears. " He started from his bed immediately, rang up his servant, ordered postrhorses, and lost not a moment upon the way, until he reached the house in Jermynstreet. He found the papers as he had expected. He relieved the widow and orphan of his unhappy friend, and established them as such in the inheritance to which they were entitled by his sudden death; and the story reaching the cars of royalty, the young Hamilton was patronized by the Queen of England, and early obtained a commission in the army, to which he was attached, at the time this tale was told to me. " It is also known that Captain Gordon rose very high in his military career, and was throughout his life distinguished as a brave and honorable officer, and a fortunate general." . ! , AN INCIDENT ON THE CARS. ONE OF THE GIRLS WHO WENT OUT WEST FOR EMPLOYMENT. ' From the Cincinnati Times, March 12. Conductor Woodall, of the Little Miami railroad, is one of those dashing, generous fellows to whom railroad is just suited. He likes the daily mixing with the throng, the constant changing of faces, and delights to read the countenances as they pass. If there is anything peculiar in a passenger on his train, Woodall will penetrate it, and no one is more ready, if occasion require, to tender a sympathizing word or a helping hand. . . A few days ago a female, about sixteen years of age, got aboard of Woodall's train going east, at a village a few miles north of Cincinnati. He approached her to collect fare. ' ' . ' "How far are you going ?" he asked. "To New York," was the reply. . "I take you only as far as Columbus.- The fare is three dollars to that point. The girl opened her pocket book and took out two bank notes a three and a one. The conductor observed that was all the money in the pocket book, and as she reached him the three he asked . "Is that all the money you have V" "Yes, sir," was the reply. " . "How do yon expect to get to New York, then ?" "I will travel until they put me off. Then I will go to work and earn motley to carry me further." ''Indeed," remarked the conductor, now deeply interested in the girl. "And may I ask what is taking you to New York 1" ' . . "It is my home, sir. ' A year ago I was persuaded to come West, being assured that working girls were bet ter paid here than there. I came out to L , and was engaged in the family of Mr. r. I lived with them a few months, when they went out West. I then engaged with a farmer, but was taken down with the chills and fever, from which I have not yet recovered. I have worked hard for a year, and these four dollars constitute all my savings. I am sick, and I am going home. Probably I can get work as I go along to pay my way." . - i This story was told so candidly that the conductor,1 who had watched the narrator closely, could not doubt its truth. . i ,. , "If that is the case, I cannot take your money," he said. "Indeed, sir, it is true." ' : "Then take your money back," was his answer, and he passed along. r , Through with his collection, he related the circumstance to a couple of gentlemen passengers, and proposed to head a subscription list if they would go through the train and take up a collection for the girl. The fentlemen readily agreed to this, and in a few minutes ad the pleasure of handing the girl some seventeen dollars, enough to pay her way to New York. She knew nothing of the movement until she received the money, when her grateful feelings gave vent in copious tears. No one doubted her honesty. ! ; But Woodall was not satisfied. Before she left the train he gave her a memorandum setting forth the route : she should take; and a card which he requested her to use instead of tickets. On the card was written the-1 following: ' ' - To my Bkotheb Conductors I have passed this 1 worthy young lady on my train to Columbus. A col-i lection was taken up for her, and seventeen dollars . placed in her hands by the passengers. For God's sake don't take a cent of it' ; ' ' Woodall, Conductor Little Miami Railroad. This, no doubt, enabled her to reach home safely, . and with money in her purse. . - An Ohio correspondent regales the Drawer with a 1

last fall's pleasantry in that State that escaped our no-, tice at the time of its occurrence: . - "Governor Chase issued his proclamation appointing a Thanksgiving Day. '' To make sure of being right ' on the subject in hand, the Governor composed nis proclamation almost exclusively of passages from the Bible, which he did not designate as quotations, pre-: suming that every one would recognize them and ad- " mire the fitness of the words as well as his taste in their selection. A learned editor of a Democratic paper (the Governor is on the other side) pounced upon the ' proclamation Kieclared that he had read it before couldnt exactly say where but he .would take his : oath that it was a downright plagiarism from beginning , to end ! That would have been joke enough for one . while, at least, and perhaps longer; but the next day the Republican paper came out valiantly in defense of the Governor, pronounced the charge false and li- , belous, and challenged any man living to produce one : single line of the proclamation that had ever been in Srint before ! 1 ! A pair of them, don't you think so, Ir. Drawer?".'AVe do, that's a fact ' ' K Major Brown, some years ago, occupied a seat -in the legislature of one of our Western States. The subject of public improvements was being discussed, and, among the rest, a bill for improving roads was before the House. The Major " spread " himself hugely in favor of the bill. Pointing out the beauties and ! benefitsof roads, "Why gentlemen," says he, "look at ; the Mi-cAi-gan road, Sir straight as a bee-line, Sir ; : and, gentlemen, so straight that you can see a red dog , a mile long, Sir 1 " . .. . 0Alady was requested by a bachelor who was 1 somewhat advanced in years, to take a seat on his lap ' ; while in a crowded sleigh. - " No, I thank you," replied she, "Im afraid such an old seat would break down with me." "