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ribbons of silver; and here and there a vein ot 
snow-white marble lights up the cold gray oi 
the granite. A noticeable feature of the Sague¬ 
nay scenery is its silence. No birds wing their 
flights over the water, and I believe the only 
winged specie ever seeu here is the bald-headed 
eagle, which sometimes frequent- the dills. At 
intervals a salmon may leap up from the water, 
or a seal be seen bobbing Its droll head tip and 
down, but other than these no signs of life arc 
visible. There is only a strange, weird, sublime 
silence, lie who has experienced it can never 
forget it; be whose life is ever among the busy 
din and turmoil should go up the Saguenay, 
and realize and appreciate the magnificence of 
silence 1 
ORIGIN AND SEALS OF THE STATES, 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
UP THE SAGUENAY-No. II. 
NUMBER ELEVEN 
SEAL OP MINNESOTA. 
Minnesota was at an early day a part of Mis¬ 
souri territory, aud almost an unknown land. It 
was made a State in 1858, with an area of 81,250 
square miles. Its rich soil, climate cold but 
healthy, and ready access by the Mississippi, 
have led many Eastern settlers there, and the 
hardy aud industrious Swedes and Norwegians 
like its clear air. In 18(50 tho population was 
172,0:-.!, and has grown much since, liolling 
prairies, wide plains, heavy forests ou tho rivers 
In tho western port, and the broken rocks and 
sand hills of IU« northeastern portion make up 
Ub surface. The *<)fl La rich, and wheat, oats aud 
oven corn yield well Little, streams flow into 
WALTER SCOTT’S MANUSCRIPTS, 
Tue original manuscripts of Sir Walter Scott's 
poems aud several of his novels and prose works 
are to lie sold at auction, by order of the execu¬ 
tors of the late Mr, Robert Cudell of Edinburg. 
They comprise “ Tbr Lady of tho Lake,” “ Mar- 
mion,” “ Rokeby,” “ The Lord of the Isles,” 
“ Don Roderick,” “ The Field of Waterloo, aud 
other poems,” “ liullidon Hill,” “Doom of Dc- 
vorgoil,” iSte., with an introductory “ Essay ou 
Ballad Poetry,” u Auehindrunc,” “AuuaofOei- 
ersteiu, “Count Robert of Paris,” “Castle Dau- 
gerous,” and two volumes containing portions 
of “ Wavcrley,” “ Tvanhoo,” “The Bridal of 
Triermain” and “Tales of a Graudfather.” 
This portion of “ Ivanhoe,” says the Loudon 
Publishers’ Circular, is believed to be the only 
portion of that romance which Sir Walter Scott 
wrote with his own baud, as tho lateTMr. John 
Ballantyne acted as his amanuensis for a con¬ 
siderable part of it, owing to the uuthorjhaving 
recently recovered from a severe illness. The 
manuscript of the “Lay of tho Last Minstrel” 
was not preserved. All these manuscripts are 
remarkable for tho extraordinary fluency with 
which they were written, and the very few cor¬ 
rections or alterations occurring in them thus 
affording a proof of Sir Walter Scott's wonder¬ 
ful facility of composition. The manuscripts 
are stated to be all in a perfect state of preser¬ 
vation, and uniformly bound in Russia, with 
neat edges .—Rochester Democrat. 
SEAT, OF KANSAS. 
Kansas was formerly a part of the great Mis¬ 
souri territory, It Is but a few years since it be¬ 
gan to be settled. Tho rapid emigration of 
Eastern people in the last fifteen years, who 
went to cultivate the land by free labor, and the 
“border rutllan” raids and fights, growing out 
of efforts to make it a slave State are fresh in all 
minds. It was admitted as a free State in 18(50, 
with a population of 117,200, and has double 
that number to-day, probably. Its urea is 114,- 
798 square miles. The soil is fertile, productive 
of grains and fruits, and the western part excel¬ 
lent for pasturage. The eastern part Is rolling 
prairies and forests, tho central level plains, and 
the western Bomcwhat broken toward Pikes’ 
Peak and the Rocky Mountains, where are many 
“buttes,” or hills almost perpendicular, a hun¬ 
dred feet high or more, and with flat tops, stand¬ 
ing np like great pillars on the plains. The 
motto of the seal means “ Upward through 
PEACTICAL AND STUDIOUS MEN 
Tuose who call themselves practical men are 
too apt to undervalue the thoughtful and studi¬ 
ous men, and to sneer at them as mere book¬ 
men. Tho practical navigator, with a little 
skill in the use of instruments and a knowl¬ 
edge of common arithmetic, by the help of cer¬ 
tain printed formulas aud tables, can guide his 
ship safely through the perils of the pathless 
deep. But he should not sneer at book-leam- 
mg, iv. Uwcv mm** aud moles and lnstrumcnto 
by which he makes his observations and solves 
bis problems were the result of deep and pro¬ 
found study and thought. It is wrong to class 
among the non-producers all who do uot labor 
with their hands. But for studious men, what 
would be the present condition of agriculture? 
It would indeed be blind and toilsome. To pro¬ 
duce great results tho brain and arm must move 
together—the ideal to be wedded to the practi¬ 
cal. The world has as much, reason to bless the 
memory of the inventor as that of him who re¬ 
duced tho invention to practice. Those only 
who live upon the profits of labor without an 
equivalent are to be regarded as stale aud un¬ 
profitable. 
STATUE OF SLR JOHN FEAN KLIN, IN WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON 
commander, with a loose overcoat of fur as a 
protection against the extreme coldness of the 
Polar climate. The sculptor’s great object was 
to give the character of Franklin in the statue, 
and as far as jKissiblc by outward form to indi¬ 
cate those qualities of the mind which enabled 
Sir .John, by his deeds in life and by au example 
of heroic endurance in death, to add to the fame 
and glory of his country. The likeness has been 
pronounced by Lady Franklin, and others who 
knew her husbaud best, to be characteristic 
aud excellent. 
Oub illustration represents the monument re¬ 
cently erected to the memory of Sir John Frank¬ 
lin, the lamented hero of Arctic navigation and 
discovery, in Waterloo Place, London. The 
statue is cast in bronze, and is eight feet four 
inches high. The pedestal is of poliBhcd granite. 
The moment selected for representation in the 
statue is when Franklin was addressing his 
officers and crew, and telling them that the 
Northwest Passage had at last been discovered. 
He grasps in his hand the telescope, chart, and 
compasses; and wears the uniform of a naval 
8KAL OF WEST VIROINIA. 
We give the seal of the new State of West 
V irginia, its population we cannot give as it was 
admitted to the Union since the Census of I860. 
It embraces that part of Virginia from the west¬ 
ern side of the. Alleghanics to the Ohio river and 
Kentucky, a region of mountuiuoua country, yet 
with rich land in the valleys and near the Ohio 
and a healthful climate. Iron ore is abundant, 
and manufacturing of iron, &c., increasing. The 
people chose not to go with Virginia, and cast 
their lot with the “Confederate States,” but pre¬ 
ferred to stay in the Union, and were made a 
State. The seal has an oil dorriek, a railroad, 
and the farmer aud mechanic in the center, with 
the Latin motto meaning, “ The mountain al¬ 
ways free,” beneath. 
ion, as though no efforts lumber districts are in the neighborhood of 
Lake St. John. The fir is the prevailing species 
1 wc spent two hours very of wood, but its dark green is prettily relieved, 
mansion. The existence here and there, with the lighter tiut of the white 
nirably arranged farming birch. 
apparently sterile and uu- About twenty miles on our downward way we 
ueh surprised us. Mr. ii ml a marked contrast between the two shores, 
imtlemun who lias dwelt o n the left the bluffs are yet more high and rug- 
i, and has succeeded in g et ] ) while those opposite become much less so. 
,e into thrilty condition. The farther down we proceed the wilder the 
between three and four geenery becomes; and the shores increase rap- 
most arable land in the idly in hight and abruptness. Another twenty 
weDty-flve hundred acrcB tulles and they attain to a round thousand feet 
ic family are Scotch Prot- of altitude, though they do not at first impress 
nt aud refined. There is one as being so high. They are covered still, to 
tant family in the settle- quite an extent, with the light and dark green 
•ery agreeable to be able verdure, which is singularly beautiful. Here 
again, and received much the right hand shore is the highest and most 
a from Miss Mart Blair, abrupt, and continues so for several miles, 
mg lady who showed us a little further on, this shore is marked by 
now of no better kept or p 0 -, nt Trinity and Cape Eternity, situate on 
anged dairy in the States e jther- side of the entrance to Trinity Bay, 
lodafces two hundred cows. recedes a mile inland. These are the 
nearly two months shorter g, anc icst points of interest along the river. 
41 at each end, wheat and ^y^at we have seen before has been but a 
11. Mr. B. has sown over preparation for this. Words cannot describe 
of seed grain this season. sensations of awful sublimity which im- 
.r scenerv. press us as the steamer rounds Trinity Point 
returned to the boat. A and glides into the Bay close at the base of the 
s “Magnet” was gliding stupendous pile of granite. Above, the mass 
•, while the singular 6pot of ragged rock looms up perpendicularly fifteen 
behind us. Half an hour hundred feet, fairly overhanging us in its tre¬ 
ed through the mouth of mendous might; and below, the midnight 
ailing upon the intensely waters are said to go down—down—fully two 
iver. thousand feet. Cape Eternity, the other “ eter- 
vhere less than a half mile nal pile,” is eighteen hundred l'eet in height, 
that to a mile iu width, but is not quite so abrupt, and its dark sides 
at, being, thoughout the are considerably covered with fir trees and the 
over, from six hundred to glistening birches. Between these two massive 
and in some places still mountains of rock a beautiful echo is obtained, 
e principally granite, and which we tested as we lay-to at the base of 
Ired to one thousand feet Trinity. 
arance is varied—now jut- Out from this silent mightiness surrounding 
lands, with only the bare, the Bay, the steamer passed, at length, and after 
now sloping iuluud, inter- an hour or more of sailiug amid scenery wilder 
ee, and clothed with rich even than that which had preceded it, wc rcach- 
The groupings of naked ed Tadousac. The width of the river does uot 
ipes are very picturesque, increase much—its average 6till being about a 
SOLUBLE GLASS FOE SURGICAL SPLINTS, 
M. Velpeau has called the attention of scien¬ 
tific men to “ anamo-inamoviblc ” bandages 
made of soluble glasB, to replace the starch, 
plaster-of-Faris and glue applications now used 
for bandaging fractures in England. The great 
advantage possessed by this gluBB is that it af¬ 
fords a firmer support, becoming quite hard In 
two or three hours, at the same time being 
readily removed by moisture. All these recom¬ 
mendations do not apply to the substances now 
in use, nor Is their application as easy and neat 
as that of the soluble glass, it can be procured 
at a very moderate price from Mr. Rumney’s 
Chemical Works, Manchester, and wc hope that 
as fair a trial will be given to it iu England as 
has already been done on tho Continent. The 
discovery of this glass was made by Fuch, in 
Munich. It is of extensive use in the arts for 
stereo-chromic painting, and protecting sub¬ 
stances of all kinds that might be damaged by 
moisture, etc., from atmospheric action.— Chem¬ 
ical News. 
HOLD ON, BOYS 
Hold on to your tongues when you are just 
ready to swear, lie, or speak harshly, or use any 
Improper word. 
Hold on to your hand when you are about to 
strike, steal, or do any improper act. 
Hold on to your foot wbeu you are on the 
point of kicking, running away from study, or 
pursuing the path of error, shame or crime. 
Hold on to your temper when you are angry, 
excited or imposed upon, and others are angry 
about you. 
Hold ou to your heart when evil persons seek 
your company, and invite you to join their 
games, mirth or revelry. 
Hold on to your name at all times, for it is 
more valuable to you than gold, high places or 
fashionable attire. 
Hold on to truth, for it will serve you well, 
and do you good throughout all eternity. 
Hold ou to virtue—it is above ail price to you 
in all times and places. 
Hold on to your good character, for it is, and 
always will be, your best wealth. 
The Editorial Treadmill.— It is one of the 
hardships of our profession that its working 
wheels—brains and heart—are not allowed to 
lag for sickness, or to stop for calamity or sor¬ 
row. The judge may adjourn his court, the 
school and the workshop may close shutters, 
the mourner may veil his features and turn 
friend and stranger from tho door ; but the 
journalist must forget before to-morrow the sor¬ 
rows of to-day, mu*t write gaily and freshly, as 
a newsmonger, on the trifle of the hour, what¬ 
ever burden has been laid upou that same hour, 
by Providence or ills brains as a man. It some¬ 
times tries and mocks as the world that reads 
what is thus written would never dream of. 
The public looks upon an editor’s labors as the 
Indian did upon the man that was cutting hay. 
lie finally gave in his opinion that it was “ easy 
What We Can Never Catch. —Children, 
what is that you can never catch, even if you 
were to chase after it as quick as possible, with 
the swiftest horse in the world? You can never 
catch the word that has gone out of your lips. 
Once spoken, it is out of your power; do your 
best, you can never recall it. Therefore take 
care what you say, for “In the multitude of 
words there wanteth not sin; but he that rc- 
fraiueth his lips is wise.” Proverbs x. 10. 
The happj people of this world think that the 
unhappy ought to perish before them with the 
same grace as that which the Roman population 
exacted of the gladiators. — Oo-the. 
