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Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29
Educational Discipline at Homo and
Abroad.

An American teacher in Europe, tSt. Goer,
Belgium makes the following contrast be-
tween cur system Of instruction and that OF
foreign countries:
In the discipline Of lessons lessons as
such-mere recitations-n the solid studies
Of practical value, must prefer the system
aud mode Of American seminaries. H. draw
ing, embroidery, usic, and other accomplish
nients, the French and German conventual
schools are, doubtless, superior and unsur.
passed. 1t we're well if our American schools
could be pursuaded, or gently enforced to
submit TO the plain diet Of the celebrated
| school Of 81. Sacrament-two hundred years
old, where coffee and tea are never tasted by
the pupils, save 60 of weak coffee or choc
oiate, on Sunday morning, no meat save
| on Friday at dinner, where bread takes the
place Of cake, and fruit the piece Of pastry,
for in this house pastry is an I'M
heard Of luxury aud where the Friday din
ner, only has the rare accompaniment Of
fake and butter.
The lump Of butter an American girl puts
upon plate already co erred with rich sauce
would make q Parisienne, if she could forget
her manners, stare wildly. To bed at halt
past eight rise at half rast five. An hour
in the chapel, and one hour Of study before
the fast is broken by the simple breakfast to
which have alluded. With this diet, and
the plain toilette Of the Partisan schools-if
| the mammas would permit tive should have
left with US distinct childhood, more come
ly than of any other land-for in physical
beauty, though often evanescent, our Yam
kee girls are without rival. But in Amer
ica las asserted by foreigners) the mother
fears and is governed BIZ the daughter, and
receives the child's advice and command as
to where AID how sLe shall be educated. and
where-witl.al she shall be clothed Abroad
the mamma takes this thing into her own
hand. and yon see childhood, real girlhood,
and finally prolonged woranhood.
While no. feeling called upon to approve
the rigid surveillance over sponaence
insisted on in all first class Catholic schools.
| think we might learn lesson from them,
and improve upon our own system. TIE
mania for miscellaneous letter writing with
our young girls at home, as see il from a
foreign shore, is disease that papas and
mammas could so easily cure, and which,
unless checked By independent and consci-
entious teachers, leads TO bad results. The
cure-and cnre is needea-is with the moth
ers as the Threshold of home. Perfect homes
make perfect schools. Schools should be bu,
a type Of the cultivated home.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29
Poor People and Pecr Money.

In sermon on the disadvantages Of be
ing poor, preached by Henry Ward Beechel
last week, occurred the following:
"In all the troubles and spurious currcn.
cy, it is usually the poor that suffer most
Here is spurious quarter Of dollar. The
merchant, in whose hands it chances to be,
thoughtlessly, Of course, (for the merchants
are always honestly passes it to the trader
aud be. seeing that It does not look quite
right, but not thinking it worth while to seru.
tinize it too closely, passes it to the grocer
and he, glancing at il, and not liking the
looks Of it exactly, but not wishing to be ov.
er particular, and saying, II took it, and |
must get rid Of it" passes it to the market
man and he, saying, l, might as well be
travelling" passed it as be went journe, ing,
to the conductor; and he knowing that it
was not good, but disliking to say anything
to the man, says to himself AZ will keep il
and give il to somebody else," and passes it
10 the sewing woman. She is poor, and a
person that is poor is always watched; and
when she offers it, ii is discovered to be spu-
rious, and is refused sadly she looks at it,
and says, sit is nearly my whole days wa
ges; but it IS counterfeit, and of course
must not pass it, and she burns it up. and
so is the only honest one among then all.
Bad bills, spurious currency, almost always
settle on the poor at last"
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29
The Winter Of the Heart.

Live so that good angels may pro-
tect you from this terrible cvil-the
winter Of the heart. Let no chilling
wind freeze up the sympathy and hap.
piness from its depth no cold burden
settle over its withcred hopes, like
snow on the faded flowers no rudo
blast Of discontent moan and shrek
through its desoate chambers. Your
life-path may lead you amid trials
which for time seem entirely to i'm
pcde your progress, and shut out tho
very light Of heaven from your anx.
ious gaze. Penury may take tho
place Of ease and plenty, your luxu.
rlous home may be exchanged for u
single homely room--the soft couch
For the straw paaet--the rich viands
for the coarse food of the poor. Sum-
mer friends may forsake you, and the
Implying world pass You with scarce
" a word Of compassion. You may
be forced 70 toll wearily, steadily on
to cara livelihood, you may cncoun-
ter fraud and base avarice, which
would extort the last farthing, you
well nigh turn in disgust from your
fellow beings. Death may sever the
ties that bind yon 10 earth, and leave
you in darkness. The noble, manly
boy, the sole hope Of your declining
years, may be taken from you, while
your spirit clings to him with wild
tcnaoity which even the shadow Of
the tomb cannot wholly subdue. But
amid all these sorrows, do not come
to the conclusion that nobody was
ever 50 deeply afflicted as You are, and
abandon every sweet anticipation Of
better days ia the unknown future.
DO not lose you faith in human ex.
cellence because yonr confidence has
been betrayed, nor believe that friend
ship is only delusion, and love
bright phantom which gides away
from yoor grasp. Do not think ytu
are fated to be miserable because YOU
are disappointed in your expectati, ms
and baffied in your pursuits. DO nes
declare that God has forsaken YOU
when he calls your dear ones to tho
land beyond the grave. Keep holy
trust in heaven through every trial;
bear adversely with for,itudc, and lcok
up in hours of temptation and suffer
ing. When your looks are white.
your eyes dim, and your limbs weary
when your steps falter on the verge
of deaths gloomy vale, still retain the
freshness and buoyancy of spirit
which will shield you from the winter
Of the heart.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29
NAPOLEON COULDN'T SMOKE.
Napoleon could scale the Alps, but,
he couldn't smoke.

Napoleon could scale the Alps, but,
alackaday, he couldn't smoke.
IN Egypt he pretended to smoke
as he held out his possible conversion
to lslanism- to please the Egyptians
by adopting their customs. But he
never could light his pipe himself.
1t vas his Mamcluke Rouston's duty
to set it going. If his master let It
go out again, charcoal and matches
were not ruinously expensive.
Afterward, when the Persian En-.
bassador presented him with very
handsome pipe, he ordered his raiet
de chansbre, Constant, to iii and light
IT. The fire being applied TO the
mouth Of the bowl, all that remained
wasto make iAa tobacco catch but
in the way in which his Majesty set
about it, no smoke would have APP
peared from that time till doomsday.
He simply closed and opened his lips,
without drawing the least in the
world.
What the deuce :" he exclaimed
at last. There is no setting light TO
it."
Constant diffidently venturcd TO oh.
serve that the Emperor did not FRO.
ceed exactly in the usual way, and
showed him the right mode Of going
to work; but tie inapt scholar still
returned to his imitation Of the act OF
yawning. Tired at last of his u.eless
efforts" " Constant" he blurtcd out,
:" do YOU light the pipe. l cannot"
So said, so done. II was returned
to him with the stem well up, going
al high pressure rate, with double
Persian power Of smoke. Scarcely
had he drawn a Whit, when the
smoke, which he did not know how
to get rid Of, went down his throat,
coming ont Of his mouth ard ewes.
As soon as he recovered his breath,
" Take it away" he gasped, take it
away. What an infection. What a
set of pigs they must be. II has
turned my stomach -
He was i'll for more than an hour
after ward. and he renounced forever
ga pleasure whose enjoyment" he
sand, "was only good to fill up ths
time of idle people with nothing bet
ter to do.''
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29

MENTAL AND MANUAL LABoI.-Professor
Houghson. Of Trinity College, Dublin. has
published some curious chemical compu,a
tions resHec,ing the relative amounts Of phys
ical exhaustion produced by mental and
manual labor. According to these chemical
estimates, two hours Of severe mental study
abstracts from the human system as much
vital strength as is taken from it by an entire
day Of ere hard work. This fact winch
seems to rest upon strictly scientific laws
shows that the men who do brain work should
be careful, first, not to overtssk them selves
BY too continuous exertion, and secondly
that they should not omit to take physical
exercises each day sufficient to restore the
equilibrium between the nervous and mus
cular system.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29
How a Fishernsn Paid for 1Iis Home-
stead.
The Gloucester (Mass.) Adrertiser tell,

The Gloucester Mass Adcertiser tells
the following instructive story:
Several years ago there resided in -
fisherman whose surname was Peter. He
had quite large family, and had purchased
a house, giving rs part payment mortgage
on the building. Time passed off aud he
got in arrears, aud the mortgage u.rcatened
to foreclose. This was severe blow to Pc.
ter, as be knew not where to 90 or how TO re-
lieve himself In his trouble he applied TO a
well known fnancier in town, who listened to
bis story, blamed him for his negligence,
gave him some good advice, and concluded
by saying that be would help him out Of diff
fculty, and put him in the way Of paying for
the house, if he would solemnly agree to fol-
low Out his instructions, and if he ag1si&ted
in the least. he would have no,hias xs<<ser
10 do with him. Peter asseu;ed 70 this and
received the money to pay up the mortgage,
amounting TO 81 900. Nov" said his ben
efactor, want you to own that house as
soon as possible, and TO do so you must give
me your note, and upon your return from ev-
cry trip Of fishing, wait you to immediate.
ly come to my house and tell me how much
you have earned, and how much you can af.
ford to pay toward the house without dis
tressing yourself and family. / shall watch
you, and II you fail to come even once, then
you will lose your house." Peter promised
and wen, his way. A fortnight passed, and
one morning Peter knocked at the door Of
his patron.
walk in" was the response.
" How much did you make this trip p
"Forty dollars, SIR.
How much can you pay toward the
house r.
"Thirty, sir"
The amount was duly indorsed on the
note, and Peter again lift At the return
from every trip he never failed to report him.
self, although sometimes he could not pay
bu, one dollar, vet be was always kindly re.
ceiyed and encouraged. At the expiration
Of two years he made his last payment, in.
terest and principal, and received clear ,i-
tie to his house, which is owned and occu.
pied BY his own family to this day, who would
have been poorly Off indeed, had he not left
them a, his decease place of shelter.
There is a moral to this sketch, which is.
that those desirous Of owning property must
make a beginning, and add to the amount
from their earnings, even if the sums are
sometimes small. They all help 10 swell the
aggregate and teach lessons of econony
which in themselves are more valuable than
the money saved. Young men, save a por-
tion of your earnings, and invest them where
they WIN be safe Instead of spending them
.oolishly, as is too often the case in these
days.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29

Herodotus tells us that Sesostris.
one Of the early kings of Egypt, and
one of the greatest, Who reigned
something over three thousand years
ago, desirous Of drawing the rich
trade of the East to his dominions BY
more convenient route than BY the
camel's back over the desert, project
ed and commenced canal over the
Isthmus Of Suez Immense sums of
money, and the labor of q hundred
and twenty thousand men, were en-
ployed upon it for years without
bringing it to a completion.
Some six hundred years afterwards.
when the Persians, under Darius.
became masters Of country, the work
was resumed, and finally completed.
But Time can q, last destroy the work
of Kings; and the shifting sands Of
the desert have long since obliterated
the last trace of the great work of
Sesostris and Darius.
France is now again Of work, push
ing to completion another canal.
probably near the same route as that
which was finished thousand wears
ago. When finished. it will be less a
canal than an arm of the sea, capable
of admitting the largest vessels. 1t
will shorten the voyage to India by
several months, doing away With the
long and dangerous route by the
Cape of Good Hope. Besides revo-
lutionnizing the commerce Of Europe
it may have important political results.
The Pacha of Egypt is merely the
vassal OF the Emperor Of France, and
Egypt herself, BY means Of this cana is
but the outpost of Louis Napoleon on
his way to India. The Mediterranean
is again "mare causum "a closed
sea--to England, whenever it suits
France and Italy to make it SO. Eng.
land has seen this long ago, and has
exhausted her diplomacy to weaken
French influence in the East, but ali
to no purpose. Trance grows strong.
or daily, as England grows weaker.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29

No HuRRr.-The ten unrecognized South
ern States, whose admission is dependent
upon their adoption of the amendment, ap-
parently are in no hurry to obtain this priv.
lege, and there is not the least reason why
they should be. There are plenty of loyal
States, and plenty of material to make 9TH
ers out Of, not debauched by treason and ru.
incd bv wicked rebellion. Colorado and
Nebraska will probably be admitted at this
session. Washington, Idaho, Dacotah, Ari.
zona and New Mexico, will soon follow and
these poverty stricken States now talking so
big and defiant will soon become so insignifi-
cant that nobody will care whether they ex.
ist at all.-Nep,phis Post.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29

UNCLE John Norris vas a chronic
topper. One day, while returning from
the tavern, he found locomotion i'm
possible, and brought up in the corner
of worm fence. where he remained
standing. He had been there only .
few minutes when the minister came
along. "Uncle john" said he,
where do you suppose you will 90 to
when You die ?" :. II can't go any
better than l do nov, I shan't 60 any,
where" dubioasly responded Uuclo
John,
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29

A rather green village editor up the coun.
try was very desirous Of gaining the good
graces ofthe new minister. and, in describing
his first entrance into church, wrote thus:
He is most venerable sample of antiq.
uity."
. But to his astonishment, aud the amuse-
ment Of ell the inhabitants, 1t came out the
next morning in type:
He is most venerable sample Of in
iquity." .
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29

Old lady Ito . hackman)-"But
these hacks are dangerous. You never
know who rides in them. We might
get the small pox"
Coachy--" You'er no cause to be
afeared OF my coach, mum, for I've
'ad the hind wheels wacciuated, and
il took beautiful
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29

DR.. Franklin's celebrated receipt
for chesp sleighing runs as follows:-
Sit in the hall in your night clothes,
with both doors open, SO that you can
get good draft; put your feet in
pail Of ice water; drop the front door
key down Your back ho.d an icicle
in one hand and ring the tea-bcll with
the other. You can't tell the differ
ence with your eyes shut and it's q
great deal cheaper.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29

Golden speech-talk by the cable st
= guinea word.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29
FARM FOR SALE.

EAlSM FOk IA LIE.
YNliE subscriber having removed 10 Dacotah
i Territory. offers for sale his farm. situated
three fourths Of mile southeast Of Littleton.
buchanan Co., lava. continuing two hundred
acres Of land, one hundred under mprovems
Said farm is we'll watcred by a good spaing, also
a good well. There is plenty Of timber for IRE
wood, also twenty acres Of oak timber two miles
distant. offer 10 sell the farm and timber for
three thousand dollars, one half cash, the re-
mainder in annual payments to suit the purchas-
er. For further particulars, inquire Of Il. b.
Cook, Of Jesup, or Z. Little. near the prenires.
T. X. H0VEY,
23-3m] Nermillion, Dacotah Terry,
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The Author of Juniur.

In Merivale's Lille of Sir Philip Francis"
just published in Loudon, the lollo wing estimate
is made OF his character, implying that he was
just as malignant and ungrateful as Francis as
he was as Junius:-
There never was character in which light
and darkness were more strongly contrasted.
Inc deeper shades of 1t are brought out only too
powerfully by its own revelations of his conduct
ana motives. With the vindctive and raneo-
rous quality OF his animosties, the world is
already pretty well acquainted; not so WE'LL
perhaps, with that unhappy nature which made
him quarrel with Que friend and beneiactor
after another, and leave on record the most
cutting memorials of his dspleasure against
them. / have felt at times, when falling in with
these productions of perVerse malevolence, as il
it was violation of what is due TO the dead to
publish them; but, in point of fact, many of The
documents which contain them were evidently
intended by himself for posthumous, If not
earlier, publicity.
Setting aside altogether the sins of which
Junius was guilty in this respect, those perpe-
trated in the unmasked person of Francis were
sufficient to constitute "a heavy Indictment
colleague after another-Kinnoul, Chatham,
Thomas Wood, Calcraft, DOylY, Clayering,
FOwke, Coote, Fox, the Prince OF Wales-those
who mad wished we'll to him, defended him.
showered benefits on htm-appear at last in his
written records, branded with some unfrlendlY
or contemptuous notice, some insinuated or
pronounced asperslon, ungrateful at best, but
tIeacherous also, If, as has been already cOnjec-
tured, he meant those records to be known some
day to the world. From such displays of charac-
ter as these-and it is of no use for the honest
biographer to attempt to disguise them-the
observer shrinks with natural aversion.
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Important, II True.

We are enabled TO present TO the readers of
the MGu this morning the following astounding
prtUdte telegram from General John Pope to
General Swayne. We were placed in possession
slant,n but will VOuch for its accuracy. n is
literally Hue and is in the following words:-
ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 2, ls6z.-To Brevet Major
General sW ayne u. s. A, elo.;-Cannot the Conyen-
lion ne Induced tO adjourn without urther legislation?
They are O0iDg incalcuable Injury 70 reoonstrneton
BY their late action. JOHN POPE,
Brevet Msj..Gen. U 8. A., Commanding.
We have no comment 10 make-the words of
Pope speak for themselves Wen vouch for
the truthfulness OF the despatch, and so viii
General sway !-A0RtqOaseT lsGt, 7ta,
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LATER By THE GULF CABLE.
Interesting News from the
West Indies.
THE RAHAMAs.


Holiday in Honor OF Royaity-Nov,o,"
Of the TroOps-Am American SsSSoA -"
Distress. -
HAvANA, Dec 9.-The Cunard y1 u, npoeO, HU,
sica from Nassau N. p, on tue Ith 1I 9I DeOeu- i
Der. reached Havana this evening. Ihe pa. annl,
versary of the visit Of hi: Bo{si % ss ces
LdteS s 0a Sete day al Nassau. 1t was observed
as general holiday ana 9ant5H there o,r0So was
commanding the Queens forces
in jamaica and the other West
India islands, reviewed the troops in Nassau
and witnessed the first practice of firing with
the snider rife. The revision courts of the cleo
tions were in session. On the 9th instant the
brieantine Constantine, from Jeremie, Hayti,
hound for Boston, with cargo of coffee aud
cocoa, encountered severe storm in latitude
25 north and longitude rs west. She has put
in at Nassau, eaky, and with loss of her sails,
and other damage. The steamship Corsica has
been sold to the Royal West India Mail Com
Pany and vii MAKE MAKE c ner man sS p0Tt @ OF OH eau at
Havana.
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Another Mortara oaae.

The Monthly Letter" of the English Protest
ant Alliance contains the followIng:-"Anothe
Mortara case has lately'occurred in Galcia. A
petition from a Jewish father came to the Pre-
sident of the House and DR.. Muhlfeld by tele-
graph, stating that his daughter was detained
in the Convent of the Sisters of st. Benedict, in
Lemberg, where she was on the point OF re-
ceiving baptism. The Minister OF justice rose
gram, to which he had Immediately replied,
directing the Stakeholder TO prevent the bap-
tism, to allow the father access to his daughter,
to inquire into the matter, and bring 1t before
the tribunal, and 10 report about II, as well as
similar case which occurred at Biala. He ex-
planned that four weeks ago he had similar
telegram from Jew, stating that his daughter
of fourteen had abseonded, taking with her
money and valuables; that she had taken re-
iuge in convent, where they we're trying to
convert her; that he had tried every means to
get her back, but had failed; and that he now
prayed Tor the Intervention of the Minister
The baptism in this case had been prevented,
but the Stakeholder, although asked three
times TO report, had not done So statement
which caused cries of 'depose him.'n
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The Death Penalty In Holland.

The CouTdnt of Rotterdam makes new point
against capital punishment. 1t says the galloWs
is too expensive an institution 10 be maintained
by a small State. In the last budget of the
Minister of Justice one item is 70A6 horins for
pay and pensions TO executoners. As sentences
of capital punishment are on the average, only
carried out in Holland once in ten years. each
execution may be said to cost 20, 400 forms for
eXecutioners alone, not reckoning other eX-
penses. The cost of prisoner to the State on the
other hand, is so cents day, and supposing that
he is detained for twenty years, which is the
maximum period, in prison, ne would have cost
$3.50 forms only, or about a twentieth of the
cuted.
Thus, according to the Courdnt, the dispute
about capital punishment has an economic as
well as an humanitarian side, and can be argued
as a simple question OF profit and loss,
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NGIWTW -OE NITI' UTUIW08 90 NV WTT0WWUs
We observe the presence in our city of that
spirited lady and most perseverng and indomi
table OF plaintiffs, Mrs. Myra Clark Gaiues, who
has returned to us to prosecute her claims to
the est ate of her father, Daniel Clark. Toe re-
markab'e history OF this lady and oil the litiga-
derlul perseverance and heroism, form O most
Interesting chapter in the history of our State
and OF our iurls prudence. II is now over thirty
years since Mrs. Games, then Mrs. Whitney,
assert her CLAIMS as heir 10 the large estate once
hello by Daniel CLARK. Without iutermission or
any ialteling or despairng, through innume-
she has continued to the present honr the sanna
hopeful, energetic, indomitable Claimant abe
was nearly forty years ago, when She first
learned the secret OF heI blrth and early history.
Il Cgether would form a series of Volumes as
large and numerous as the "Encyionaedis
Americana ~ NelO Orleans Times.