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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-17

LIFE IN LoUIsvILLE.-A few days ago
an eX-church member 'bucked'' the tiger at
certain faro establishment and won be-
tween fifty and one hundred dollars. He then
purchased q fine gold watch with his win
nings. The third day he tried his luck but
luck turned against him and he lost what
money he had and the watch besides He
then made complaint to the police and took
out a warrant for the arrest of the dealer
promising the officers a liberal reward il
they obtained the watch. The dealer was
arrested Saturday morning and gave bond,
and the watch was returned TO the man who
had lost II. AS q reward for their services
he gave the two officers who served the war
rant two dollars, one dollar for each man.
What great liberality - OmieT.Jon7tal. I'm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-17

NEW POSTNASTERS.-The President has
signed the commissions of the following post
masters;-David Day, at st. Paul, Mimi;
Thomas Sayler. East Saginaw Mich: BENZ
w. Davis. Richmond, Ind; Robert VI. OrreIf,
Fayetteville. y. G..
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ALMOST HoNIF.-The Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs j. in receipt of information
That the Sioux Indian delegation, recently
in this city. reached Cheyenne on Sunday
last, and proceeded on horseback TO their
stamping grounds. some POO miles distant
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BOSTON, June 1.-THE WaShin gton Ligh;
Infantry corps, of Washington, which ar
rived here yesterday, had a reception al
Webster Hall last night
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-22
NOTICE !!

T HEREBY NOTIFY ALL PERSONS
| that az the owner of that certain spring
of water situated on the Secret Canyon road,
about one-half mile south of the Way
$, ring.n All persons are hereby warned not
purchase any rig hit to the said spring, as
attend TO maintain my right TO tho same.
'A'N TIf0S. HOVEY.
Aurust IL. 1875. aul2-lms
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14
Brief Hints to Teachers.
N. Y. School Journal.

Go to school in season. Call school at
the right time. Have the pupils to come
in promptly and quietly. Write out your
order of exercises. Arrange your pro-
gramme as well as you can. Carry it out
to the minute. Consider it as necessary
for you to follow it as for the children to
follow it. Provide enough work for every
pupil Suppress whispering, Secure the
cooperation of your pupils Lead them
to see that it is for their interest to
have good order and good school. Re
quired hard study from the pupils. Lead
them to love school, Give short lessons.
Assign them so plainly that none can mis-
take their lessons. Have the lessons well
studied. Require clearness, promptness
and accuracy in recitation. A little, well
known, is of great value. Let not show
much, but how WELL" be your motto. Do
not assist the pnpils at recitation. Guilt
vate their self-reliance. Self-help is their
best help. Do not let them help each
other. Excite an interest in study. Be
enthusiastic yourself and you will make
your students enthusiasts. Encourage
those who need encouragement Review
often. Talk but little. Be quiet your.
self. Speak kindly and mildly. Be firm.
If you love the pupils, they will love you.
Keep good order. Government is the
main thing.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14

A SIMPLE PLAN OF VENTILATION
The following simple plan of ventilating
ordinary dwelling and sleeping rooms, is
recommended by Mr.. Hinton in his
physiology for Practical Use:" A piece
of wood, three inches high, and exactly as
long as the breadth of the window, is to
be prepared. Let the sash be now raised
the slip of wood placed on the sill, and
the sash drawn closely upon it. If the
slip has been well fitted, there will be no
draft in consequence of this displacement
of the sash at its lower part; but the top
of the lower sash will over lap the bottom
of the upper one, and between the two
bars perpendicular currents Of air, not
felt as draft, will enter and leave the
room.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14
Publishing all the News.
Rev. DIR. Thomas.


So long as the world is SINFUL a paper
that did not publish its crimes would no
be a truthful record of the world as it is
Its murders, its rapes, its burglaries
should be given along with its good deeds
They may not be pleasant reading; Meth
er are they pleasant facts; but until the
facts can be changed let the people know
them as they are. The Bible is priced as
faithful record, and saved from the sus.
picion of unfairness simply because il
gives the life of its time as that life then
was. 1t records the adultery of David as
well as his psalms; the lechery Of Solo
monaswella ashis proverbs: and the swear
ing of Peter and the disputes among the
apostles as well as their devotion and theil
work. When the press exposes the false
character of a clergyman or public man.
it is simply doing its duty; neither is il
doing a harm, but good. The harm to
society is in having such false lives in
their midst, and the sooner and the more
complete the exposure the better. There
are few causes from which society suffer,
more than from its hypocricies and shams
Let the masks be torn of, and then vii
truth and honesty, as well as crimes and
fraud, stand revealed. The secular press
is bound to be the conserver of all public
morality.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14
LEAVING OUT THE JOKE.

Some people are bright enough to en-
joy good joke, but do not have reten-
tive memories, so as to repeat it to others.
Failures Of this kind are sometimes very
ludicrous. We give some good speci-
mems:
The most famous Of this class was the
college professor, who, on parting with a
student who had called on him, noticed
that he had a new coat, and remarked
that it was too short.
replied: at will be long enough before /
get another"
The professor enjoyed the joke hearth
ly, and going to a meeting of the faculty
just afterwards, he entered the room in
great glee and said:
"Young Sharp got off good one just
now He called on me little while ago,
and as he was leaving noticed his new
coat, and told him it was too short, and
he said, it will be a long time before l
get another
No one laughed, and the professor so
bering down, remarked: at doesn't seem
as funny as when he said it"
A red haired lady who was ambitious
of literary distinction found but poor sale
for her book. A gentleman, in speaking
of her disappointment, said: "Her hair is
red (read) if her book is not" An audi
tor, in attempting to relate the joke else
n ea.l. .sSIo &c IL,
book hasn't"
The most unfortunate attempt at re-
producing another's wit was made by an
Englishman who didn't understand the
pun, but judged from the applause with
which it was greeted that it must be ex-
cellent. During dinner at which he
was a guest, waiter let boiled tongue
slip off the plate on which he was bearing
it, and it fell on the table
The host at once apologized for the
mishap, as ''lapsus lingue" (slip of the
tongue). The joke was the best thing at
the dinner, and our friend concluded to
bring it up at his own table. +
He accordingly invited his company
and instructed his servant to let fall a
roast of beef as he was bringing it to the
table
When the accident" occurred, he ex,
claimed: "That's lapsus lingue.'"
Nobody laughed, and he again said,
81 say that's lapsus lingu@.'
A screw was loose somewhere; so he
told about the tongue falling, and they all
did laugh.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY E. G. TABER.
PROPER SCHOOL INCENTIVES.
National Teacher.

The subject of proper schoolincentives,
without doubt furnishes one of the most
difficult problems for the teacher to solve.
Many different views are held upon this
subject, and many of them may be sup
ported by good arguments But too Of
ten, we fear, the teacher is looking to-
ward immediate results rather than con-
sulting the future good of the pupils in
volved The pressure brought to bear
upon many of our teachers by the social
ed per cent. system has tendency to
urge them to use incentives which will
serve the present only, and in the end
work injury to the best interests Of the
school,
One plan which is sometimes resorted
to even in this advanced age of education,
We feel obliged to condemn We base
this condemnation not alone upon our ex-
perience as pupil, nor our observation
and experience as teacher, but also up
on the results obtained by many eminent
educators who have preceded us, and who
have left their record to prevent us from
being betrayed into mistakes and dangers
from which they barely escaped. This
custom, which we believe to be so perni-
cious to the best interest of pupils, is that
of OBTAINING them after school to do the
work not properly do in school time; to
study unlearned or poorly prepared les
sons. This habit, we think, will in the
end tend to make them dislike more and
more the subjects studied
Our best students of human nature
have laid down as a principle, that we
should never allow anything, which we
desire our pupils to become interested in
and to love, to become connected in any
way with the idea of punishment These
being associated, the mind of the pupil
naturally turns with dislike to the work
which is required as penalty; regarding
it as the cause of punishment rather than
the want of application, which is the truo
cauhe. Hence that in which we wished
him to engage with interest, becomes any
thing but agreeable. We grant that in
stances may be found where some may
have been benefited by such a method !;
but where one such case may be instanc-
ed, fifty may be found where the results
are unsatisfactory and even detrimental to
the intellectual and moral education of
pupils.
Again, we believe that the tendency Of
this method of treating dull and delin-
quent pupils alike, is to cause them not
only to dislike their books, but their
teachers and school and eventually to
drive them from the privileges of the
school, where, in justice to them and So
ciety, they should be retained as long as
possible.
We earnestly ask teachers, who may
have adopted this practice, to earnestly
consider its bearings upon future results,
and we feel assured that the will arrive at
the conclusion that the practice is con-
trary to good management, and tends to
evil rather than good. T.. III. G.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14

Dr. Hall, in his Journal of Health
gives us the following advice on treatment
of scalds and burns. He said: On the
instant of the accident, plunge the part
under cold water This relieves the pain
in second, and allows all hands to be-
come composed. If the part cannot be
kept under water, cover it over with -four,
an inch deep or more. In many instances
nothing more will be needed after the
-four; simply let it remain until it falls
off, when new skin will be found under
In severer cases while the part injured is
under water, simmer leek or two in an
earthen vessel, with half their bulk in
hogs lard, until the leeks are #, then
strain through muslin rag. This makes
a greenish colored ointment, which, when
cool, spread thickly on a linen cloth and
apply it to the injured part. If there
are blisters, let out the water. When the
part becomes feverish and uncomfortable
renew the ointment, and rapid, painless
cure will be the result, if the patient, in
the meanwhile, lives exclusively on fruits
coarse bread, and other light, loosenine
food.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14
DEMOCRACY AND THE OLD FLAG.
DUBUQUE Times.

Dubuque Times.
The Democracy have unauestioned con.
troll of one State-Georgia Another
fact worthy of mention, and right in this
connection, too, is that .torty-eioht COM
panies of the Georgia militia, armed with
United States rifles, drawn from the arm.
ories of the Federal Government, refuse
to carry the United States flag. Not ON.
ly this, but on recent occasion they re.
fused to parade with another company
composed of ex-confederates, because ii
aid carry the United States flag. And
among these companies Democracy reigns
supreme. There is no escape from the
inference-no, it is not an inference, it is
a demonstration-that Democracy in the
South is but another name for bitter. re-
lentless and reasonable opposition to
those sentiments which during and
since the war have found an emblem in
the flag OF the Union. Under its name
the unreconstructed rebels prescribe and
socially ostracise every man who is true
to his government, and seek to give re-
spectibility to treason. A Democratic
National victory in 1915 would inaugu-
rate the second century of our national
existence with dishonor and disgrace, and
unSettle the results that nave -
mented by the blood of hundreds of thous-
ands of heroes and patriots. If Georgia
militia noU refuse to march under the
Old Flag, what excesses would not be
committed, if the White Leagurers and
their Northern allies should, in the flu.
ture have the destiny of the Union in
their hands2
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NOTES

There are now twelve States with COM
pulsory educational laws, viz: New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Michigan, Kansas, Texas,
Nevada, and California.
! Thirty Chinese students are on their
way to Hartford, Conn.
The legislature of California has pass
ed law forbidding the making of any
difference in the salary Of teachers in the
public schools on account of sex.
The Wheeling wv. w. Board of Edu-
cation is agitated over the question
whether parents have the right to write
notes asking, as necessary for the dis
missal of their children when they wish
them TO attend dancing school.
The Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton in Providence, r. l., in his last re-
mort declares himself in favor Of compul-
sory education. He says: sOne of tho
greatest obstacles to the successful work
ine Of our schools is truancy and absent
eeism." Hc reports in the high school
35z pupils, in grammar schools 1900 pu-
pills, in che intermediats 2,142 pupils, in
the primary l,so2 pupils -tosai lo,2e7
puplA
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14


To EXTINGUIsH KEROSENE FLAMES
The alarming frequency Of accidents from
kerosene flames, coupled with the great
difficulty encountered in subduing them,
renders the acquisition of any ready and
convenient means of extinguishing them
matter of much Importance to every
household. Perhaps, one of the most
ready means is to throw q cloth over the
flames, and thus stiAe it; but as the cloth
is not always convenient to the kitchen,
where such accidents most frequently oc-
cur, some one recommends -four as sub
stitute, which is always at hand in the
kitchen, and which, it is said, promptly
extinguishes the flames. 1t rapidly alb
serbs the fluid, deadens the fame, and
can be readily gathered up and. thrown
out of doors when the fre is out.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14
CITY DIRECTORY.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

DAPTIsT CHURCH. No pas
ID tor. Services at l0is a. m, and ~ p. IN
Sunday-school l21 IN. Prayer-meeting Thurs
day evenings.
NJ f. CHURCH.-Rev. c. b. CLARK, pastor
VI. Services at 101s a. M, and seven p. IN
Sunday-school2 p. IN. Prayer meetings Thurs
day evenings.
SIMPSON CHARGE.-(M. E.) Rev. c. L. STAf-
~ FORD, pastor. Services at lO1a a. M, anu
p. m. Sunday-school at = p. IN. Prayer meet
ings Thursday evenings.
CONGREGATIONS CHURCH.-Rey. >. b.
~ SNOwDEN, pastor. Services at lV's ~. III, H.
and u. IN. Sunday-SchOOl at lZ1s III flaSS Si
meetings Thursday evenings
THIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHU IL.
II s. SNODGRASS, pastor services at IL d. ih''
and Ga p. IN. Sunday-school AT va a- III. ~
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN Cid1 ~ ~ ,1 M 4,
SJ Rev n r. LESTER pastor. Services o1a p M
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.m,okey- JAMES ,5 all-EN' LII :,
H rector. Services AT luts Il. nl'' anu "a p
m. Sunday-school at l2:l5 III.
T-NIVERSAL ALIST SOCIETY.-No regular SER
u vices Sunday-school at p IN.
I,HRISTIAN CHURCH.-No pastor. Ser
I ! vices at I01s a. m, and p. IN. Sunday
school at ga p. m. Prayer meetings Thursday
evenings.
II p. CHURCH.-Rcy. r. \. McATEAL, pas
: ,to-. Services lJla Il. m, p. m. Sunday
evenings.
SECOND NJ. E. CHURCH.-tcolored Rev. -
- pastor. Services lOla Il. IN.
Sunday-school 80 p. m.
E'RIENDS' MEETING.-On 1st and 4th days'of
Il the week, at 10 q m; on lst day al : p. IN.
Sunday-school Immediately after service on list
day morning.
CATHOLIC CHURCH-Father HARDIN. Ser
" vices first Sunday of each month.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14

The Dacotah City Mail says: We un-
derstand that many of our farmers are
losing cattle this fall. Mr.. Goodwin Tay-
lor informs us that he and his brother
have lost twelve of the finest ones they
had. He supposed the occasion Of their
death to be the eating Of smut on the
corn, as upon examination they found
that their stomachs contained great quan.
titles Of this smut mixed with the husks,
and the whole was dry and hard .pd
could not ba digested,
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14

We notice in one Of our exchanges the
fact that there is a merchant in the town
in which the paper is printed, who, when
ever man buys gund bill from him, he
makes the purchaser present of the
village newspaper, in which he advertises,
for one year, and he thus manages to
keep the purchaser constantly reminded
OF his business he will not forget
such present. Should that man give
his customers two dollars in greenbacks
or in goods, it might soon be forgotten;
but when he is once week for ffty-two
weeks, placed in receipt Of his friends
bounty, can any one doubt its being good
way to advertise? This is worthy Of i'm
itation by business men.-Stdte Jour
| II
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14
DANGER FROM BAD FLoUR.-From an

DANGER FROM BAD FLoUR.-From an
investigation recently conducted in Peters
burgh, Mich, into the cause of the epi-
demic of cerebro spinal meningitis, with
which the locality has been afflicted dur
ing the last spring, there appears ground
for ascribing the prevalence of the des-
ease to some poisons in the food of the
people. Experiments conducted many
years ago show that grain affected with
smut was capable of producing violent i'll
ness. Ergot of wheat is more active even
tnan ergot OF rye. The examining ply
slclan In the present case, reports that the
crop OF the first mentioned grain, raised
IN the vicinity last year, contained much
more smut than usual 1t is, therefore,
possible that the disease is due to con.
sumption of bad -four.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14
THE HEAVENLY SECRET.

The following stately and exquisite poem Of
the grave theme of immortality was written b.
George Cooper.
Does the dark and souless river
Stretch so wide
The homeward rolling tide
Over which have crossed
Our loved and early lost,
That their unsealed eyes may never see
The further side,
Where still amid this coil and misery
We hide?
Is the realm of their transition
Close at hand
To this our living land?
Nearer than we dream?
Can they catch the CLEAN
Of our smiles and hear the words we speak?
And see our deeds?
And, looking deeper than our eyes may see,
Our needs2
Do they mingle in our gladness?
Do they grieve
When ways of goodness we leave?
Do they know each thought and hop,
While we in shadow grope?
Can they hear the Futures high behest,
Yet lack the power
To lead us from our ills or arrest
The hour?
When they find us bowedwith sorrow
Do they sigh2
Or when earth passes by
For them do theY forget
The cares that here beSet
Their well beloved? Or co they wait
%, be it thusg
And wait beside the gOlGan gate
" For US?
We are yearning for their secret:
Though we call,
Noanswers ever fall
Upon our dullard ears,
To quell our nameless fears.
Yet God is over all, whate er may be,
And trusting so,
Patience, my heart! q little while, and we
Shall know.
We wait then, in patience; or
We pant, we strain, like birds against the wires
With beating our bruised wings against the rim
That bounds our utmost flying,
When we seek the distant and the dim;
But-we wait.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14

ECONOMY IN THE USE OF TEA.-The
superintendent of a work house, at VOL
yerhampton, England, according to the
Pail Mall Gazette, has discovered meth
cd OF making more than the usual guam
tlty OF tea from any given quantity of the
leaf. 1t has been satisfactorily investiga-
ted by number of persons The whole
system consists of steaming the leaf be-
fbSre bll,e,s sleeping By this process fourteen
from one ounce Of the tea. The method
OF steaming is not described, but any
smart housewife can devise one for her
self, and if the result is good one it will
be a paying experiment.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14

The proprietor of the White Elk Vine
yard, and who has the largest vinyard in
Iowa, says that after the second year an
acre of grapes can be as easily cultivated
as an acre of corn. To sell the grapes at
one cent per pound, he says, will WELD sn
average of $50 per acre. And yet in
Northern Iowa, where the Concord grape
fourishes, they have never sold lower than
five cents per pound. Nine-tenths Of the
children never get taste Of this fruit
during the season.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-01-14

Few have definite idea Of the i'm
mensity of London. A few figures may
assist in giving conception of her great
ness, as compared with our larger cities
where six or eight railroad stations give
the reputation Of railroad center. In
London there are at least $50. Through
ClaphaN, the great southwestern juno
ton, 100 trains pass daily. Its platforms
are so numerous, and its underground
passages, and overground bridges so per
picking, that no uninitiated person can
understand them. The metropolitan
street railway alone, last year, carried ov-
er 100000 passengers, while the num-
ber of ominibuses is greater than ever be-
fore. Besides the Hallway there are
some fourteen or fifteen thousand tram
cars, omnibuses and cabs, traversing the
streets, one company alone having 56S
omnibuses. Three-quarters of a millior
business men enter the city in the morn
ing and leave it at evening, for their su
burban residences There are 10000 po
licemen, as many cab drivers, and con
nected with theaapost Office an equal num-
Der. 1t is as dangerous to walk the
streets of the city as to cross the Atlantic
or to travel by railway, as is shown by the
statement that last year 125 persons were
killed, and 2,513 wounded, by vehicles il
the street. There are 314 daily anc
weekly newspapers published in the city
The population will, it is estimated, ex
ceed FIVE million at the close of this cen
tury. The resources which can feed and
sustain this immense number are incalcul
able.