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A Northern laborer, a Rhode Island blacksmith,— the gallant General Greene, who left his hammer and his forge, and went forth conquering and to conquer in the battle for our independence! And will you preach insurrection to men like these? —Naylor.

Sir, our country is full of the achievements of Northern laborers. Where is Concord, and Lexington, and Princeton, and Trenton, and Saratoga, and Bunker Hill, but in the North? And what, sir, has shed an imperishable renown on the never-dying names of those hallowed. spots, but the blood and the struggles, the high daring, and patriotism, and sublime courage, of Northern laborers? The whole North is an everlasting monument of the freedom, virtue, intelligence, and indomitable independence, of Northern laborers. Go, sir, go preach insurrection to men like these! - Naylor.

LABOR IS WORSHIP.

"Labor is worship!"- the robin is singing;
"Labor is worship!"- the wild bee is ringing:
Listen! that eloquent whisper up-springing

Speaks to thy soul from out Nature's great heart.
From the dark cloud flows the life-giving shower;
From the rough sod blows the soft-breathing flower;
From the small insect, the rich coral bower;

Only man, in the plan, shrinks from his part.

Labor is life! 'Tis the still water faileth;

Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth;

Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth;
Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon,

Labor is glory! - the flying cloud lightens;
Only the waving wing changes and brightens;

Idle hearts only the dark future frightens;

Play the sweet keys, would'st thou keep them in tune!

Labor is health! Lo! the husbandman reaping,
How through his veins goes the life-current leaping!
How his strong arm, in its stalwart pride sweeping,

True as a sunbeam, the swift sickle guides!
Work for some good, be it ever so slowly;
Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly.
Labor! all labor is noble and holy;

Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to thy God!

-By Frances S. Osgood.

THE WORK-SHOP AND THE CAMP.

The Camp has had its day of song:

The sword, the bayonet, the plume,
Have crowded out of rhyme too long

The plough, the anvil, and the loom!
O, not upon our tented fields

Are Freedom's heroes bred alone;
The training of the Work-shop yields

More heroes true than war has known!

Who drives the bolt, who shapes the steel,
May, with a heart as valiant, smite,

As he who sees a foeman reel

In blood before his blow of might!

Let Labor, then, look up and see

His craft no pith of honor lacks;

The soldier's rifle yet shall be

Less honored than the woodman's axe!

When the great obelisk, brought from Egypt in 1586, was erected in the square of St. Peter's in Rome, the tackle was all arranged for the delicate and perilous work. To make all safe and prevent the possibility of accident from any sudden cry or alarm, a papal edict had proclaimed death to any man who should utter a loud word, till the engineer had given the order that all risk was passed.

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As the majestic monolith moved up, the populace closed in. The square was crowded with admiring eyes and beating hearts. Slowly that crystalization of Egyptian sweat rises on its base-five degrees, ten degrees, fifteen, twenty-there are signs of faltering. No matter no voice silence. It moves again twenty-five, thirty, forty, forty-three- it stops! See! Those hempen cables which like faithful. servants have obeyed the mathematician have suddenly received an order from God not to hold that base steady another instant on those terms. The obedient masons look at each other,— silent,— and then watch the threatening masses of stone. Among the crowd, silence,— silence everywhere, obedience to law,- and the sun shone on the stiliness and despair.

Suddenly from out of the breathless throng rang a cry, clear as the archangel's trumpet,-"Wet the ropes!" The crowd turned to look. Tiptoe on a post, in a jacket of homespun, his eyes full of prophetic fire, stood a workman of the people. His words flashed like lightning and struck. From the engineer to his lowest assistant the cry had instant obedience. Water was dashed on the cables; they bit fiercely into the granite; the windlasses were manned once more, and the obelisk rose to its place and took its stand for centuries.-Adapted.

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Ashamed to toil, art thou? Ashamed of thy dingy work-shop and dusty labor-field; of thy hard hand, scarred with service more honorable than that of war; of thy soiled and weather-stained garments, on which mother Nature has embroidered, midst sun and rain, midst fire and steam, her own heraldic honors? Ashamed of these tokens and titles, and envious of the flaunting robes of imbecile idleness and vanity? It is treason to Nature,- it is impiety to Heaven,-it is breaking Heaven's great ordinance. Toil, I repeat toil,- either of the brain, of the heart, or of the hand, is the only true manhood, the only true nobility! - Orville Dewey.

IMPORTANT DATES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

It is believed that pupils may become interested in the study of American history by presenting for their study and investigation its important events on the anniversaries of their occurrence. Experienced teachers recognize the value of having at hand a few dates around which may be grouped a number of facts with sufficient accuracy to preserve that sequence of events so necessary to the study of history. What dates should be remembered is not particularly essential, and each pupil may largely be allowed to choose those which interest him personally or are in some way connected with his individual experiences.

The following arrangement of dates has been compiled for use in morning exercises in schools, in the belief that if used intelligently such exercises will materially aid the avowed purpose of this volume in stimulating an intelligent patriotism, through a knowledge of events that have been influential in shaping the development of our country to its present marvelous greatness and have added to its acknowledged prestige.

The references have, so far as possible, been chosen from works easily accessible, but they may always be supplemented to advantage by the alert and enterprising teacher. Either a class or a particular pupil chosen for the work should carefully study the history relating to the event which is the subject of a morning exercise, preparatory to its presentation, and should, under the direction of the teacher, provide short recitations or quotations supplementary to those given in connection with the several dates. Abundant material may be

obtained from the excellent selections given in this volume.

It is suggested that pupils whose birthdays are the same as the anniversary of an event which is the subject of a morning exercise should be chosen to take part therein. It is also suggested that morning exercises should be limited to fifteen minutes.

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In the arrangement, September has been placed first in order to correspond substantially with the opening of the schools of our State. As the dates in any given list must differ materially in importance, those of greater moment in the list presented have been printed in black-face type in order that they may be readily distinguished from others of minor importance but still of interest locally or in connection with other school work.

Believing that the faithful and efficient teaching force of the State will find much that is helpful in the material submitted, I unhesitatingly commit to their care the great interests which this particular work, as well as this entire volume, is intended to promote.

Charles R.Mimmer

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