He led them through old Egypt, to the land whence Jesus came, He led them by Prussian forests, to lie down on Russia's plain, The soft snow fell around them, and death marched on for fame ; He led them over mountains, through Switzerland they came, They gathered up in Belgium, and a Waterloo sustained. SUGGESTIVE HYPNOTISM. A little potato in the garden laid All the cold winter untouched by the spade, That was gathered together and thrust in the barn, When the night dews were heavy, and the summer was gone, When potato vines sagging laid flat on the ground, With their leaves partly perished, and partly turned brown. This small wee potato though growing deep down Not a rotten spot on its rotundity was found 'Twas no larger in earth than it's seed above ground. Was the farmer delighted when in springtime he found Oh! why did he dig it with looks of disdain ? It was almost as big as a whole head of grain. Did he want nothing but pumpkins to grow on the plain, Like a nugget of gold to his pocket it came; FRIENDSHIP. A Free Translation of “Old Lang Syne," by Robert Burns. "Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind" Should old memories be forgot "We two have run about the hills "We two have sported in the stream From morning sun till noon Wide years between us rolled Since days of long ago. "For old long ago my dear For days of long ago" We shall take one cup of kindness MONEY. "Gaily bedight A gallant knight In sunshine and in shadow Had journeyed long Singing a song In search of Eldorado. "' "But he grew old This knight so bold And o'er his heart a shadow Fell as he found No spot of ground A That looked like Eldorado. -EDGAR ALLEN POE. N essay on the subject of Money that shall contain any new information is a difficult matter to cope with, and at the same time do so famil iar a subject for thought, intelligent, selfish, accumulative treatment in a manner that will not be an infringement on some of the many political manifestoes that have been issued on this important, and universally absorbing matter. There has been so much thought given to money by people that one may as well start in like the young school child writing the first composition on the subject of animals; which composition sometimes begins by simply recording the names of the many kinds of animals; so with money "there are many kinds of money," such as good money, and bad money, better money, and worse money, dear money, and dearer money, natural money, legislative made money, individual made money, and inherited money, honest money, more honest money, and mostly honest money; you will readily understand most of these kinds of money, that are at or above par; you may wish to know what is meant by legislative money.-Legislative money is that kind of money which the nation compels its citizens to accept in payment of debts; or at any rate that is what is meant here. Natural money is the money that does not need the Congressional legislature to give it a value, as it can always circulate for that which it is, its-self worth, as an exchange. It is quite in the usual line of thought to calculate the reason why, money other than natural money came to be used: one reason that favors legislative money above small values is it is a money very convenient to carry about, i. e., paper money; this convenience is an important matter to those people who have a good deal of money to carry around, and these kind of people amount to considerable in a Republic; as well as in an Empire, or a Kingdom. The following from a reliable authority shows to some extent, perhaps erroneously how much convenient money costs the people of the United States of America, since the dates given. If the bullion in amounts as hereafter stated should remain in the treasury of the United States, to offset |