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There are long stretcln-F of dull wenrying monotony of patiently endured plod ing, which cannot be changed or vuried,l1e(nu~1e it is 11 repetition, shown hour by hour day hr dn}, week by wevk, of the same duties and responsibilities Whi( l1 keep us trom taking any path which might change to more agreeable act 11:3 and occu pations for it 13 a juurhey, and for each there is a way which our journeys tend and an end to which we hasten ' toward wl1ieh.ve instinctively keep our course however rough the road l1ow11111r poor the fare Whether the pnth hadx at times through burning desert,. or luxuriant fields, which oter it may he, humanity adapts itself to the position and endures or enjoys, according to what is provided or laid out for them. When the journey is ended the dull days are tiirgotten, and the bright, joyous ones which (101111- ocuisionally and break the monotony fill up the recollectionmnd ;_ri\e (haracu r and tone_ tri 0111‘ menmries oftht whole Journey. 'I'hits it W113; with 11 journey which it was my pleasure, and good fortune to take in a brilliant <1mnpuny to Colorado some years ago, on the. occasion of the opening of the K411113113 Pacific Railroad.) It is an old story nomaud so often deSd-ribr’d that I would not attempt to repeat again so well told a tale Years have now passed. ENE days of the long journey which were endured with patience, the weariâ€" ness, the aches and pnins are forgotten; but. the ex. perienoe andthedeepi111prexmions made in a single ‘hour upon my mind will never be forgotten, 'wiil never grow dim in my memory Many have journeyed there . since, and the novelty 15 past but what I saw and experw: ienced, 111 that hour, I believe tew huge, Unevgr will see or enJoy. It was :1 picture that I,saw, a picture set in flat: Heat/ens, “picture. made by God's own hand, seem- 1iuglyt01nakt1 the climax of 11 glorious excursion, to dazzle and awe those who hurl come in do homage to the edterprise and power of man. To attgmpt a descrip. tion is présumptinus; not to in stupidity and selfishness eoui1m1ed. lgezed with open eyed wonder and declight, which after years stirs withip me, and instinctively I try to pietui-e the scene. so that others may taste of the delight which was so rich a feast. to me. It was early ' in September, the weather had been perfect, neither hot or cold. For days we rolled «long over level plains in the" hnlniy atmosphere the scene on all sides, and all about. the name All was peaceful, 31nd quiet, saVeXthe rumbling ofour'wheels, eafiemwu put aside, only happiness was welcome. When withinrabout thirty m' of Denver we were in fullwiew ot' the mountains, ur train stopped, the engine was put on the rear ofthe train and, open and platform curs covered'with apnvm were” put in'~fi‘0nt 11111 the excursioniata invited forward. When all were (“run with luv to llw muunulm win-rs Neil, Boar [1.th aim"! the lruop u! bulging pine, . A journey howm'vr long, or‘shurt, is math the amm- el‘euwuta us the journey of life. VOL. I Wlnru Autumn, l'll'llk Ind aunvlmrul du nppmr, “'Illn MI gold lmml Kildlng Illa-{Idling lvnf. Bringing up while-r lu fulfil Illa ymr, Benriug upon hl- hack the rlpenm] nhml; Who-u I” (In Mll- ullh wnody haul An; ubill‘. Whnn leaping In. um linen du maul {rum fur the ughl. Whrn tho fufr nyphv. rudde A: null uky. Du ln-ud Huerw unlc llu- Irurtiln gwlxnul, Wlu-u )qu y your: and berries n! Mark «lyv, 1k: dnnn- In air and «all flu- c-ynr uruulnl; ’1‘hrn,lm lln- evrn fnul, or Mru fair. . Molhlukn my hmn'u by In aluluml wllh some are A PIECE OF A JOURNE‘" I'lCTl'RE 0!" AUTUMN Npuf bulging plumâ€"THOWOOIMGI , or‘shurt, is madcap (Nahum ('HA'I‘III‘MN HIGHLAND PARK, {LL., OCTOBER, 13374.. n-unifnrtuhly semi-d, the train nmrud un. Frum this point In Duiifl‘r the i'nud is down an slwp gr‘iulu iuLu the Vailr‘)‘ ul'tlu- i’luuo River which minus tumbling and rushing deu thu monuuiiu inw the mlioy, imo wh'u-h we mu rushed at a fi‘urt'ul ruu- which 10 111031. ofuur-purtv was most exhilarating, but to the (‘XIM‘ISL‘HCA'LI ruiliuud mm; is imNt dawn mus Lhilw m Illi f0} (h.- m ight ml the twin was all in the rmir, umi the H511“ and .u 1th lhq ir humm. freight were liable to jump the track at an} ninnlvni 5nd becrushcd and destroyed by the iiwtul weight; n! a. iruin of heavy l’ulhmininrs und ihexngine in ihe rear. The. ladies especially enjoyed the excitement and felt no fear, but the brown and grizzled faces of old rail- rooders blanched, and with eagerfierceuc I they demand- ed a inore‘reasonahle and safe rate of speed which was cheerfully cdmplied with. The ride was most exciting and exhilarating, but grndually all eyes were fixed for 0t)“ in the west, and exclhmations of delight and wonder con- tinually broke forth from unemotionnl men, 11nd never in my life have I seen a company of sober people so intoxi- cated with delight and wonder over the grandeur of what lay before them. It was the afternoon of a lovely Sep- tember day,the air was cleanthough softand drcmny in appearance. We were gliding down into the valley. Be yond from the river, rose gradually up, hill upon hill, mountain upon mountainâ€"up,stili upward, up,even with the clouds, above the cloudsâ€"up, alniost,to the sun. The mountains not only ”extended >to, - and joined the clouds, but. spread. out, _ to the 4 North and South mountain upon mountain.asn though the gods had here uiade wstupendous barricade to awe, and keep back poor, puny man. For height, their tops were lost in the (‘louds. Where the cloudsbegan and the mountains left (iiiv could not be, told, To .1 right and left, milelieyOud mile, and beyond the reach of vision they spread their mighty forms above- them, and directly in fronLo‘r before. us the sun in all his autumn aplendornvas grundlysetting in a scene of glory. As the sun was be- vond the mountains, the eastern slope was in shadow Snmbrejn (lecp black and richest brown, but varied and 0on changing us a vast cluster of gorgeously fringed 11nd brilliant clouds of purest amber floated in «rmcefnl and fantastic shapes before the regal sun, each amber cloud fringed with a deep bordering of gold and silver light, golden upon the upper edge, and silver on the loWer, sometimes veiling the sun 8 face with transparent drapery, then forming in shapes/like. vast Aniountsin ‘ raiiges,, the sun ’all the, time radiating bright rays ofl light below the mountain top, below the clouds, down, down to the {slender rails‘of our iron track, which ran perfectly straight for miles. Here was the strangest part of the beautiful/ ‘scene. Sitting 09- the center (if 1the front car of the train, directly between the two ”toils of Mr track, and'looking forward for miles in the perspec- tive, the two rails which in the light of the setting sun, shone and looked like silver, and seemed, only {short distance forward,tonnite and become one broad,beautifel line of silver leading directly up the mountain, into the clouds and into“ the sun. The end of the track heCame , invisible 1n the shadow of the mountains, bat the bright radiation of the sun directly in front of it, made a perfect . illusion, and no illusion could have seemed more perfect than that our course was directly there. The whole re- mindedme ofn picture I have seen of the last scene in the Pilgrim 3 Progress, and for moments it really , seemed as though the golden gates of the Celestial City were before us, and that through a blaze of light and glory, we were being borne “right onward to the gates of Hcaveu." The 51111 gradually disappeared behind‘ the dark 1uouumiun,thc clouds hccnnw (lurk u11d glumny, the air grew chilly 111111 u111mu1lbrmhlo, ovrr wrought nature relapsed, the usual eflocu of intoxicntion wan exp<31ie11ccd, the pun} xepumtud quietly. l rvtirt‘d )0 the gross occupation ofenting, and 301111 to slot-pjbut '110'. In flu-got; as I never shall, the mughilicent picturé thu had vanished awn} frum sight. All men are only big children. Taemg'nometimeo Bee me'n' whose loftyqualities impire us with true and high reverence, and whom we wish instinctively to full down before and worship.‘ Such are the men who in all ages have passed thruugh the onletfl of upbtheosil and becom gods in the animation of their devoted- worshipcrs Ind followers. But still it remains‘truc, notwithstanding- these iso- lated case. of nil-o excellence, that all men he only big children. They are natural fools and natural rogues. We’say natural fools and rogues became they are so until their natural foolishness and roguery are educa- ted out ofThem. Culture 13 the watchwurd, the tall-- man of human progress. These assertions conceded, it follows that men {rill carry his foolish” and m‘gue’ry into afifieW- ~ ments of human life. The great mass of mankind, be- in; naturally ignorant and helpless, tall helplessly into the hands of their human oppressors, like children into the hands of their parents, or like sheep under the leading and control of the hell wethers of society. The intelligent- -few must necessarily govern’the ignm ‘ rant many until society reaches a vastly higher grade of uniformity 1n intelligence and morality than it has at present attained to These principles being conce- ded, it follows that all government, whether civil, ecclesi- ast1cal corporate or merely the government of unorgamzed public opinion, is,anti must necessarily be, more or lei unjust and oppressive, until the true principles of gov- ernment are thoroughly and universally understood, and- there .1; sufficient power in the at present feebler classes fully to enforce all the demands of equity 11nd justice. ‘ We begin then, by asserting that all "laws Whether c1911, exclamation or merely corporate 111m 1111 mm influences of whatever kind, whether organized or 1111. organized, which are employed for the ‘coercion 111' the beliefs, opinions or conduct or any hnmafl being 111 op- position to the moml convictions of that being as to what is tfue and tight (meaning by the term coercion in opposition to pure moi-a1 snasion the infliction of my personal penalty when) er, whether ’that penslty' be’ physical mmint or mstmint or physical pain, moral 01- social stigma, or the direct or indirect forcible suppression of intellectual activity,) are gross outrage. on the dea’rest rights and interests of its victims and against society at large unless they are rendered 'necesury for ‘ the general we'll. ’And in the great majority of cases . whfle priva ‘ bo- liefs, opinions or conduct are forcibly interfe with in any of the above xmentioned ways, tiie chances no that the individual isjight end the public is wrong,be- cause hws‘ snd all other social influences as we have, already shown are slmost always instituted more orlm (Continual on ’flfih Page.) Compubory Irorsfliy. BY HENRY H. lVEI’lfS. 6W8