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HOW TO READ WITH PROFIT.

HOW TO READ WITH PROFIT.
For the sake of those who are
not greatly accustomed to sys-
tematic reading, we make some
suggestions as to the best mode oi
reading so as to gain the highcs,
advantage from the books you pc
ruse.
l. Ascertain the NM of the au-
thor. You will thus know what to
expect from his book, and may
save much time, which might 9th
erwise be spent in looking for what
you could not find. An attentive
reading Of the title page, preface,
and table Of contents will enable
you to Judge pretty accurately what
the author is about Some facts,
too, which float only among INTEL
ligent men, will aid you greatly in
these matters.
e. Read wakefully and attentive
ly, and with a determination to
comprehend throughly the book
you are perusing. Read neither
credulously nor skeptically, but
candidly cndeavoring to go to the
root of the matter if possible
One hour OF such reading is worth
q week of the superficial reading
which is so common.
8. Read with good dictionary
at your elbow, and consult it free.
ly, whenever you meet a word
whose meaning you are not sure
you understand. Webster or Woos-
ter is the best in general use. We
use W ebster. Never pass an i'm
portant word without mastering. in
the work you are reading. In this
way you will soon gain a good
stock Of words for your own use.
while you are learning the meaning
of the hook you are reading.
4. After reading chapter. close
the book aad try to recall, and
state briefly in your own language,
the substance Of the chapter, in
the order which the author pursues.
This is one Of the most profitable
exercises. 1t will show you just
now much you have gained bs
your reading. II You find you can
not do tnis, just read the chapter
agnin. The seconi reading will
probably 60 you some good. The
first reading has been Of little use
to you. if you are unable 10 state
what the main thoughts are.
5. If the book is your ovn-but
not, if it is o borrowed one-you
may mark with a pencil the most
important thoughts, You will thus
remember them more easily, and
can refer to them readily
Adopting these suggestions, yon
will read slowly; but what you
read will be yours. Il wall stir
up your own thoughts, Rni
probably develop your mental pow
er as healthfully as any other dis
cipline you can have. 7-
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supported by the testimony OF
Democrats, Mr.. Bright certainly
owed it to his own party, il not to
tina, small remnant Of character we
have left him, to have publicly
proved himself innocent if he is
not guilty. The case is one OF
public interest He was charged
with having unlawfully obtained
the peoples money from the pub
lie treasury by means of perjury.
Every taxpayer had a recuniary
interest in the result, and every
good citizen was interested in
knowing whether Mr.. Bright was
a perjurer, or the victim of calum-
NOUS, charges. If there ever was
case in which every consideration.
personal and public, required an
open and public investigation, this
was one. Mr.. Bright declined it.
If he had desired continuance to
procure witnesses, he could have
as ked il and it would have been
granted but this was not asked,
snd his declared preference for
grand jury investigation is an un-
equivocal declaration that he fear
ed public disclosure Of his crimes.
We have done ali in our power to
put the case where the public could
have all the facts. If Mr.. Bright
will sue US for libel and malicious
prosecution, we make deposit OF
$4,000 in a National Bank in this
city, with power of attorney to
Mr.. Brights counsel to receive any
sum that may be adjudgel against
us in such an action. Such an &C.
ton would enable us to prove in
public what we have said about
him. Mr.. Brights political friends
have arged him to sue us, but he
has not dared to do it. Our main
object has been to let the public
have all the proof, so that the
whole condemnation might fall up
on those who deserve it. The pub
lie are fully aware Of the stTle OF
attack in which the Sentinel has
assailed the journal since it was
purchased by the present proprie-
tors. We have answered all its
calumnies with truths. and from
our purpose to expose Mr.. Brights
official villanies we arc not to ba
moved by fear. favor or affection.
In order to keep the public fully
advised OF the progress OF the
case, and to put our readers in
posses sion of all the facts as they
might be developed, we had en-
ployed an experienced stenograph
er to prepare verbatum report of
the daily proceedings before the
magistrate, and he was at the mag.
istra'e's office ready to proceed,
when Mr.. Bright waived an exa,n
ination and gave bail for his ar-
pearance at the Criminal Couit.-
We have no hesitation in saying
that MIR. Bright's course is a con.
fession of his guilt. The public
80 regard it, and he now stands
before the public branded IS a per-
jurer and confessing his crime
| indianapolis journal of July 28.
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THE KU- kLUK

The Chicago Tribune which, for
a time. had opposed the enactment
Of the Ku-Klux law, has not been
able to resist the effect Of the over
whelm;ng testimony concerning
the lawless proceedings Of the
Southern Democrats. In it's issue
OF August 1, it published a vigor-
! Gus leader, which we copy in full
The Congressional Committee
upon Southern Oatrages visited
Colum bia, Soui Carolina, some two
weeks or more ago The fact OF
their visit had beensmade known,
and when they arrived th~J found
one hundred refugees. fugitives
from violence, who sought safety
in the city. The committee. how
ever. adjourned to Spartansburg,
the central point Of the Democratic
outrages, where they were over
! whelmed with visitors-all the VIC
tins of the lash, the knife, the
tnrch, or the bullet. These peo-
! pie show ed their wounds, told tho
story of their cruel suffe; ing, and
related the particulars of the many
murders of me2, women and chill
dren their friends, relatives, and
neighbors. These people had, fer
the most part. been compelled to
abandon their houses by nisht, and
secrcte themselves in the woods
! They exhibited their scariiied
i backs and limbs their gunstnt
! wounds, their crodped ears: and all
other visible evidences Of the
fiendish cruelty with which they
had been treated. In one town
ship there had been lis cases ot
whipping. Some OF these person.
al outrages were OF so beas,ly o
character a, to be unfit Tor publ
cation The pers ons whipped were
compelled to sign cards renounc-
ing the Republican party /; if they
refused, the viii ping was renew
ed or they were shot. Though
numerous white men informed the
com mi,tee, in confidence that they
we're Repu olicans, they dared not
publicly avow it. The persons
elected to Office at the last elec
ton had been compelled to resign
and many of them to leave that
part of the country. A Democrat
ic lawyer bravely stated that al
most every respectable unmarried
white man in that community be-
longed to The Ku Kiax," aad that
there were at that the l ,0o0 with
in days march Of that village.
| A Metho odiss preacher, named
Thompson, was notified not 30
preach, and, disregariing the DO
tice, he was tied aud whipped, ted
to o horse and dragged for miles,
whipped again, and when he died
under the barbarity. they mutiia.
ted his person, asd then hung the
lifeless body, snd aiterward threw
it into the river. The country is
occasionally startled by accounts OF
the barbarities perretrated by the
Indian savages upon prisoners fall
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THE RESULT.

When we challenged Mr.. Bright
TO public investigation Of the
frauds we alleged against him by
having him arrested on a charge
of perjury, we we're assured by his
political and personal friends that
he professed willingness and
ability to vindicate himsel. thoro'-
ly. When he announced in the
Sentinel, in a very pompous man.
ner, that he was ready for an im-
mediate trial, we were satisfied
that it was q sign Of weakness, and
that all his buster and bravado
would ultimately terminate in a
thorough collapse, and most cow
ardly and humiliating back down
from his customary hraggadocio
style. What has happened has
fully justified our anticipations.-
Mr.. Bright declines a public inves-
legation of the question Of his guilt
or innocence 1t is proper that the
public should be fully advised OF
he circumstances under which he
has taken this course. We call
attention first to the character OF
he witnesses summoned, at our
suggestion, 10 prove Mr. Bright
guilty OF perjury. These were: the
Rev. l. G. H.y; Col. Eddy, Sec
retary of State J. c. Shoemaker.
Auditor Of State; Henry Homan,
Superintendent Of Mr.. Bright s
printing establishment; II. S. Gar
ner, the late foreman of Brigh,'s
job printing office M. B. Hopkins,
Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton; Capt. John Nj. Commons,
Private Secretary of Gov. Baker
Mr.. Collins, book keeper for Mr.,
Bright j. j. Bingham, editor OF
| the Sentinel; W. A. Musse, Mr..
bright's foreman Ed. Hastings,
and w. C. Morisrity.
Four of the Witnesses are Dem.
ocratic State officers. Six Of them
are persons whom Mr.. Bright has
employed in the Sentinel establish
ment, and the remaining three, Mr.
Hays, Captain Commons, and Mr.,
Hastings, were summoned merely
to prove certain formal matters in
the case. We were ready to prove
Mr.. Bright guilty of perjury by
the oaths Of the Democl attic State
officers, and of men in his own EN-.
ploy, all the Witnesses but four be
Ing Democrats.
| Confronted with our specific and
formal accusation of perjury, to be
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HASTY WORDS.


As specks in the sky are the germs Of the
= tempest,
Az cloudlets of black spring to birth in
the blue,
Harsh words will oft drop, in the wrath of a
moment,
From hearts that are generous, noble, nd
true.
Beware for words has.y, unmeaning, when
spoken,
Have severed true friendships In anger
All, if once tine sweet links of that gold chain
be broken,
No tears, no regrets may unite them again.
No gem was e'er fiultless, no joy without
sorrow,
No sky without clouds, and no sea without
storm:
And it may be that good hearts repen mt on
the morrow
The words that escaped when the temper
One word brings another, the st ream grows
torrent,
The breeze that was slight in a hurricane
ends.
Stay wrath at it's birth then, meet half way
each other,
Leave harsh words unspoken, and kiss
and be- friends.
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Psnrtfp-
LOSING AND LIVING.


Forever the sun is pouring his gold
On hundred worlds that beg nd borrow;
His warmth he squanders on submits cold,
HIS wealth on the homes OF want and sor
row.
To withhold his IA rgeness of p recious light
Is it to bury himself in eternal night.
a To give
Is to live.
The flower shines not 70 itself atall;
Its Joy is the 10y it freely diffnses
or beauty and balm it is prodigal,
And it lives in the lite it sweetly loses.
No choice for the rose but glory or doom,
To exhale or smother, to wither or bloom.
To deny
Is to die.
The seas lend sivery rain to the land,
The land its sapphire streams to the
ocean;
The heart sends blood to the brain of com
mand, -s1z
The brain to the heart its lightning mo.
ton.
And ever and ever,we yield our breath
Till the mirror is dry and images death.
To give
Is to live.
He is dead whose hand is not opened wide
To help the need of human broth her;
He doubles the strength of his Ii le long ride
Who gives his fortunate place to another
And thousand million lives are his
Who carries the world in his synpathies.
To deny
Is to die.
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THs MoDRRN INDIANA Kan.
sas correspondent says: Pictures
in the old Biographies used to rep.
resent the Indian standing solitary
and in . melancholy attitude on
rock, gazing IN a sad, reflective
way upon a train OF cars. He
seemed weeping to. see the steam
horse invaded his hunting ground.
| saw the lonely Indian ut the rail-
road depot this 'norning. Hewas
grumblins because the train was a
few minutes behind time. aud
cursed the depot agent because he
did not hurry up and check his
car .,ct sack.
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ing into their hands; but the Com
anches have never exceeded the
infamies committed by these white
Democrats claiming to be the chiv.
airy OF South Carolina The Turks.
in the olden time, used to subject
the Christian soldiers to tortures
and barbrity, but the Turks have
long since abandoned that mode Of
treatment which seems 10 have
found it's last champions among the
cowardly braggarts and lazy scoun-
drels who styls themselves the
white race Of South Carolina.
On their way home the committee
stopped at Yorkville, where they
were joined by Mr.. Wallace, the
member of Congress representing
that district. The chivalry had. In
anticipation Of the event, arranged
that wretch named Berry should
assault Wallace at the table with
the other members OF Congress-
Berry did his part Of the disgrace
full job, and owes his miserable life
to the forbearance Of the other
members Of Congress.
The Democratic leaders at the
South attempt to gloss over this
horrifed business Many OF them
swear that there are no Ku-Klux;
that they have never heard Of them;
others admit that such bands may
exist, but have no personal knowl-
edge of them and still others ad.
nit that such bands do exist, are
composed of "the most respects-
BILE" men Of the community, but do
no more than patrol the county
suppressing crime, and generally
enforcing the ten commandments.
1t is difficult to say how the Gen
eral Government should proceed to
remedy these matters. These out
RACES are violations of State law,
are, in fact, insurrections against
the authority Of the State. Ii the
State Government has not the
means sufficient to suppress these
bands, it is authorized to ask the
aid OF tho General Government,
and it should do so. II the State
has the force necessary to main sain
its authority and protect lis people,
it is dicgrace TO civilization that
it does not use that force for that
purpose, The further continuance
of these barbarities should not be
tolerated, even If it he necessary to
place soldier in South Car Dina
for ever Ku Kiux in the St,te."
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-08-12

We met, day or two since, a
gentleman recently returned from
the Texas border. who was ct Fort
Sill at the time OF the capture Of
the ArApahoe chiefs. He gave US
some details in reference 70 the
death OF Satank, that illustrated 10
a peculiar manner the stofcism Of
the Indian nature Satank felt
certain that his fate was sealed,
and that unless he could otherwise
compass his destruction; . judicial
death at the end Of q rope was his
certain lot There is no death so
distasteful to the savage mind as
nothing SO degra
ding or humiliating as to Idle the
death Of dog" as they call it.
Satank asked to be released, and
offered to bring in all the ponies
possessed by his tribe, his pretti.
est young squaws, etc., and give
General Grierson as many of each
as he chose tc take.
When this tempting offer was
curtly refused, Satank folded his
greasy blanket about him, and qui-
etly and smilingly observed that
he guessed ne was ''gonc up" Sa-
tank made no overtures for his re-
lease, but preserved + grim com.
posure, asking from time to time
that he be taken out and shot at
once. When the party that was
TO convey the prisoners to Texas
had prepared them, they we're ta.
ken out of the fort ironed and con-
veyed to the wagon in waiting.
Tell my people," says Satank, as
the teamster was picking up his
reins to start, sthat l die to day"
Tue wagon had proceeded but a
short distance when the old savage
with a demoniacal ,gleam in his
eyes, raised himself to his feet,
drew knife that he had managed
to conceal in his blanket snd stab
bed one of the guards, seriously
wounding him; at the same time
seizing the soldiers carbine, and
wrestling it from him.
A dozen carbines were. cooked
in an instant and leveled at the.
cantankerous savage. He paid no
attention to impending death. but
busted himself trying to cock his
weapon. A carbine bullet broke
bis right wrist, and two. or three
more tore through his old red blan-
ket. He grinned and clcnched his
teeth, and still! tried to press back
the lock with his wounded hand =
glaring on his tormentors. A 2
more carefully aimed carbine lod-
ged bullet in his head. and with
ringing whoop he fell back in the
wagon, covered with his own blood.
A messenger sent back to the fort
met an officer with squad of mem
approaching, the firing having
been heard Inquiring what was
the matter, the messenger replied
that "Oid Sataok got on the ram =
page and they had to shoot him."
"Well. throw him out of the
wagon said the officer, 'syou don't
want to tote him to Texas" Sa-
taok was accordingly thrown out
in the dusty road, and the train
went on. Hardly glimmcr of life
remained in the resolute old saw
age. but that spark be used in
preparing himself for the "happy
hunting grounds" Writhing with
pain. covered with blood and dust
he tw:s1ed his body some distance
from the road; and a party from
the fort that went out several hours
etterward found it decently COM
posed with head and feet due east
and west, according to the aborigi-
nal idea Of decorous dissolution.
= Letter to Leavenworth Com
mercial.
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IF, as is asserted in some quar-
tera. the recent performances Of
the State Printer, sre but repe,i-
tions OF similar conduct by his
Republican predecessors. why 10
the name of sense has the public
never been advised of it2 Demo
Gratis in the rural districts are rum
mating upon tue question, and can
not understand Why aas Sentinel
never heard OF it until quite re-
Gently Ind Jourual
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A Eve year old CITY hoy tod his
mother how to make butter; You
jus: take a long stick with . cross
at the end OF it; then you get q
big tub; then you borrow q cow"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-08-12

Man may oe worm; but q
glance 1T the dsndies proves that
he Is not the worm that never
! dyes. s9 @@2h @s'
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J OH N H. PO PIP,

J O H N H. PO PIP.
A TTORNEY AT LAW and NO.
"A TARS, Office No. 33, Main street,
Il 'hmond, Ind: attends to the collec.
tion OF all claims in any State the Union.
Will practice in any OF the Courts OF Indiara
and Ohio. Execute Deeds, Mortgages, and
Powers of Attorney, either inland or for.
eigp. By special arrangement with C. p.
ADAE, in Cincinnati, German Consul) and
KILLER Co., Of New York, am enabled to
forw ard and receive any money packa ges or
uther valuables, as we'll as to attend to the
transit of persons from any part ofEurope
or from this country.
All business strictly confidential and
promptly attended to. J.H. p.
July 7th, 1sS9. l9tf
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On the 3lst day of December
1869. the debt Of New York City
was 34,407, ,O47. On the Both
day Of April 1871 she debt was
aaA. .s4I, ,ioo, showing an increase
Of $50, ,l34, l39 in a period of %
months. On the 4th of March
1869. the debt Of the United States
was 81 525, ,457 ,259. On the lst Of
August 1871, the debt was 90 2S3,- !.
328 85S, showing a decrease Of
Sa42, l28. .4Ol in 20 months. Ifthe
finances of the general government
had been managed after the fashion
Of the Tammany Democracy, our
gigantic debt would have been
doubled. Under Republican rule ,
| it is reduced at the rate Of nearly
Sl00,0O0,O00 per annum. The
Democracy say we must have
change! What change they
would give us.-JoURNAL ZOO
KEsr1NG EN- AwAKE,-A cele-
brated Methodist divine, one very
warm Sunday, seeing some Of his
audience were getting very sleepy
paused in his discourse and di-
Creased as follows: Brethren, You
haven't any idea of the suffering
Of the missionaries in the new set.
Elements on account of the mos.
quitos. A great many of them will
weigh q pound. and they will get
on tho logs and bark when the
missionaries are coming along"
! BY this time all ea,s and eyes
were open. and he proceeded to
finish his discourse. The next day
one OF his hearers called him to
account for telling lies in the pull.
pit. "There never was a mosquito
that weighed a pound," said he
But i zdidn t say that one would
weigh pound; I said great
many would weigh pound, and l
think million of them would"
"But you said they would bark at
the missionaries?" mo, no bro
ther. ! said they would get on the
logs and bark" z. as .ss f..
New-York tribune., 1871-10-04

rally like to como into possession OF lands that
will yield year after year large crops OF
wheat
Over the line from st. Cloud to Pembina
will pass all the traffic Of the Hudsons Bay
Company; and that Company, taking time by
the fore-lock, has already leased docks and
warehouses at Duluth, for the landing and
shipment of their goods the coming year.
This line Will form direct connection between
Chicago and Puget Sound, forming junction
with the main line of the Northern Pacific, a
few miles east of Red River. Over it will
come the. teas Of China and Japan, the silks
and Oriental fabrics and wares already turning
from The old-time routes, and floating to US
through the Golden Gate. With q shortening
of distance over the present route ex-
ceeding five hundred miles of land-car-
riage, with but one mountain summit,
and that of low altitude, the new line is GER
tain to obtain it's full share Of the trans
Continental traffic and travel. The extension
of the line to Pembina will bring Manitoba into
close commercial relations with Minnesota,
and undoubtedly in short time 1t will be
extended by the Canadians to Fort Garry and
the valley of the Saskatchewan, which Is SAID
to equal even, the Red River valley in fer
tlity.
The Company also have contracted for the
construction of line 70 miles long from st.
Cloud to Branard, to be completed in the early
Spring. While doing all this in the North
West they are vigorously at work on the Pa-
cifc slope, where IS mules is under cOnstruc-
ton, and upon which the iron is now being
laid.
Such is the progress making on this great
enterprise that was at Onel time regarded
by many in Ethe community as chimercal.
By the 1st of July 1872, during period OF
two years dating from July, 1870, about 975
miles of railway will have been constructed
by this corporation, which, with that portion
of the St. Paul and Pacific constructed at the
time of its purchase, will make little more
than 200 miles of road in their hands upon
the completion of the contracts.
We have only indicated q few of the results
that are to follow the carrying out OF these
plans. There are others of commercial i'm
portance worthy of the study of our merchants
and apitalists-important and far-reaching
results. 1t is the straightforward dealing OF
the men who have the enterprise in hand,
their energy, perseverance, and integrity OF
character, that have given the public conf
dence in their promises, that have enabled
them TO open so much of the new highway to
the Pacific in so short time, and to take
measures to complete it at an early day.
New-York tribune., 1871-10-04

The Republicans of New-Mexico are reported
to cherish hopes of having that lively young
Territory admitted into the Union as soye-
reign State. These are the reasons: There
were three candidates lately in the field for
Delegate to Congress; two were Republicans
and one was q Democrat. The Democratic
candidate, Gallegos was elected by majority
of 1856 votes over the leading Republican can
didate; but the aggregate Republican vote
was 1870, or 149 larger than that of Gallegos.
Therefore, the Republicans, with less than $50
majority in total vote of 15,489, propose to
move for an enabling act, and ask for the
privilege of electing member of Congress
and two Senators. We trust they will do no
such foolish thing, or that, if they do, Con-
gress will promptly deny their petition.