...throw down the spade for the axe, and, seized with an irresistible impulse, travel onwards. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first...low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a human sea. It is thus that, before Iowa was settled, Minnesota was invaded ; and, although that State is only...

...water-fall, \ aee the peddler's show ; The mighty mingling with the mean. The lofty with the low. 1 hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a Im, lan sea. The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet and warm ; The ch*',s of a mighty world Is...

...saved the nation. Let the nations love and reverence the names of Cutler and Dane. They " heard the tread of pioneers. Of nations yet to be; The first low wash of waves where soon Should roll a human sea." Yours, sincerely, J. WINGATE THORNTON. ABNER C. GOODEIX, Esq., VP, Chairman...

...mattock in the mine, The Jesuit chapel bell! And city lots are staked for sale Ahove old Indian graves. Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon I hear the tread of pioneers Shall roll a human sea. Are plastic yet and warm ; The chaos of a mighty...

...tread of pioneer* Of nations yet to De ; The first low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a hutian sea. The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet and warm ; The chsos of a mighty world Is rounding Into form 1 Each rude and jostling fragment soon Its fitting place...

...Resources of Kansas. Fifteen Years' Experience. By CC Hutchinson. With a new Map and forty Illustrations. ' The rudiments of Empire here Are plastic yet, and warm ; The chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form.' Topeka, Kansas : Commonwealth State Printing House." pp. 287. The following...

...advent of spring. The beautiful lines of Whittier are in a way illustrative of that epoch : "I heard the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be, The first...plastic yet and warm ; The chaos of a mighty world Is moulding into form." Gold was the talisman that set the pace for the swift development of an empire....

...that degree of perfection which challenges the admiration of sister States and the world. "I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be, The first...sea. The rudiments of empire here; Are plastic yet and'warm: The chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form." With commendable pride we look back from...

...The steamer smokes and raves ; And city lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first...soon Shall roll a human sea. The rudiments of empire hero Are plastie yet and warm ; The chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form ! Each rude and jostling...

...be founded on the confines of the country, which a native poet, Whittier, so gushingly describes: " 'The rudiments of empire here, Are plastic yet and warm. The chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form.' "The elements of the institution around us are rough and crude, but even in...