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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-05-04

President Chadbourne, Of Will
hams, says, very sensibly: "Just as
soon as a student feels that, instead
Of being dealt with personally, he is
only part Of great machine, that is
controlled and worked as a whole,
much of his individual responsibility
is lost, except to do his part in the
machine. Personal responsibility con-
slant, ~ though no other student
were associated with him, is the true
condition Of development, and unless
you secure that condition fully, much
Of the students time and strength is
wasted, and your own strength is vast
I'd in managing the machine, which,
when the school dissolves, is worth.
less." 49,.
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HINT TO ST. CLOUD MERCHANTS.
The way They do 1t in India.

/ paid visit the other day to the
shop Of ;Baboo Debi Pershad, the
+ richest merchant in Benares, and who
'at the time Of the. visit of the Duke
'd Edinburgh exhibited goods valued
"a $3.50 a yard! Leaving the busy
street we penetrated rambling sort
Of 4 building, in the second story Of
which is an odd room which is the
place of business of the wealthy Hin
d doo. I had scarcely time to note the
singular apartment, and the clerks
sitting croas-legged on the floor, be-
fore old looking ledgers filled with
jodder characters, when the proprietor
entered, saluted me, and proceeded
to make arrangements to display his
goods.
One seatvantplaced a large bolsterat
bis side, to make his sitting posture
more comfortable; another approach.
ed him deferentially on all 3ours, and
tied bits Of betel-nut in the corner of
his handkerchief, so that he might
chew their at his leisure, while others
drew the fabrics from their cases as
he commanded them. There was
rAiment stiff with gold, costing fabu-
lous sums, and embroidery SO exquis-
itely done that it seemed only fit for
TIE use Of the fairies, while Iris her
self would have been envious at the
display Of delicate colors. Being
ready to leave, a servant handed me
cardsmon seeds and raisins on a sill.
vet;satver. and proaered me a sweet.
smelling ointment, contained in an
antique vase, in: which was expect.
ed to dip my 6ngers.-Ertraet. on
! d Letter from Calcutta.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-05-04

"A writer in the Nep-E England
journal Of Education suggests the fol-
lowing plan for a. reading lesson /.
Give from one-sixth to one-third Of
the time Of the exercise to class drill
onssome ont" or more Of the points
grouped under the head Of vocal cul-
ture. 2. Give one-third to one-halt
Of the entire time to study Of . new
Or advanced lesson, and to class drill
threading it, 8. Fill the remaining
time with individual reading Of re-
lessons or easy pieces. In. the first
Division, aim At accuracy; in the rec
ond, at completeness ; in the third
At quantity !; and in Ill, insist upon
attention, promptness, and anima.
ton: 80 - .-;:.,: 3.-t<... -
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j ,iALUCKY: DRRAM.

Mr.. Scott, one ofths owners Of the
Last g Chance Mine, at Nevada City,
attributes his, being, alive to-day to a
dream Of his wife, the other night,
that he was killed BY having hin: head
struck :. by > rock in the. mine. The
other: day, when '; a signal was given
that a blast was to be fired, Scott and
1 Nh. Feote, both Of whom were hold
ing the hydraulic nozzle, retired to- =
distance Of 25o feet, but Scott became
uneasy, la.pd tried to get Foote to 60
IT'LL further away, oonoealing himself
bahindMa tree, instead IF standing
beside Foote - usual. When tho
blast *venttoG aeAying stone struck
Foote onJths head; killing e; him in
ataa*lnand Scott is firmly convinced
that If be- had not remembered his
Kifss dream and: got behind the tree,
he would have been the man killed. I;
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THE RETREAT.

Happy those Early days whom
shinsd On my apssl.ilhncyl
Bef0fs pndszstood tho place
Appointed for my second racs,
Or taught ny ssal 70 fancy aught
1st vhits, celsaAial thought;
When Ut had not walkad shoys
4 mile or two ftsm my ant love,
AID looking back, at that short space
Could ~ gliupss Of his bright hAos;
When - some gilast cloud 81 aowsr
~ gazing soul wsuA dwell IN hour,
!. And in those weaker gleRies spy
Some shadows Of eternity: -
Before taught my tongue to wound
Ny conscience with sinful sound,
Or had the black art to dispense
A. several ain to every ssnss;
But felt through all this aeshly dress
Bright shoots Of eysrlastingnes.
Ohow I long to travel back,
And thread again that ancient trsek!
That might onss moro reach that plain
Where hzst len my glorious train,
From whence the enlightened spirit ssss
The shady city Of palm-trees.
But ah! my soul with too much stay
Il drunk, and stagsers IN the vay,
6ome men forward motion love, -.
But I By backward steps would move; =
But whom this dust falls to the urn,
In that state came, return.
........ ,!-Heasv Heuqkaw.
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"A gentleman visited an unhappy
man in Jail waiting his trial. 'Sir,"
said the prisoner, tears running down
his cheeks, II had good home ed
ucation !: it was my street education
ruined me. I used to slim out Of the
house and go of with the boys in the
street. In the street 1 learned to
lounge in the street I learned to
swear in the street I learned to
smoke; in the street I learned to gam
bic; in the street learned to pilfer.
Oh, sir, it is in the street the devil
Turks to work the ruin of the youngT
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,--Bet~een I he 1.t and 18th Of
April THO ! National az y ] Bank. surrender
ed ). .s0o, 900 Of their ] circulating
notes. They sent y 70 The 2, Treasury +
that amount Of greenbacks to re-.
deem notes and withdraw the bonds
held in pledge for the redemption Of
notes. It is hardly necessary for the
ragamufins to. insert in their Rag
BABY; platforms a demand for the
Withdrawal, Of, National.Bapk notes,
= the banks 'l''' 're y voluntarily retiring lie
them. -, 49,. =. -, ..-.+.7. .... i
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ROAANCE IN THE KITCHEN.

Miss Jennie Marshall, the heirese
Of 81, 100000, was married to- the
object Of. her affection, A. NJ. Brown.
She started for England on Good
Friday to claim the bequest.> She
came from England to escape 4 hate.
full marriage, and, having come out
here, was content to live as a servant,
rather than live in affluence by bar.
tering away her better nature. Mr..
Brown was not aware Of the poesibil.
ity ewaiting her. By her marriage
Mrs. Brown forfeits a part of her for.
tune ne-Naparee (Canada) Standard
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.The North Carolina Journal ]

Tho North Carolina Journal re.
ports that in consequence of the scar
city of: money COWS have become al.
most the medium of exchange in that
State, a thin COW passing for So, one in
good winter order for $40, and a fat
one far $13.
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THE i ctt'9(ssjflsaE t'('sjfl :; OF i rin['1IAR q

Delmonico's, on the corner Of
Chambers street and Broadway wss
closed finally last Saturday evening:
A history of the events that have
occurred there, and a description Of
tie characters that, at different
times have been included among the
guests would constitute i large and
curious volume. ..,
IT was in one Of the rooms on the
second floor that Colt killed Adams
many years ago, before Delmonico
had the building. Great efforts were
made to save Colt from the gaalows.
Seward was then Governor Of the
State: Greeley was even then aGfor'
midable power. He was zealoualy
opposed 10 capital punishment; but
it was a notion of his that tho way to
make the law odious was to execute
it, and pertinaciously insisted that
Colt, who had rich and influential
friends, should be hanged. It is not
unlikely that it was Mr.. Greeley's de:
termination which made the Govern.
or inexorable. But at the last mo.
ment the prisoner saved the execu.
TONER his task by taking his, own
life. ...~ ;;
There is no similar place in the
same neighborhood, and, with .othe,
departing land marks, the disaPpear'
ance of Chambers street DelmeAieo' Z
will be regretted BY many.-:lNVe.l
York SUM-. .!.-'.' =; ."..- - .': 70
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. ANIMATED shortcuts.

Animated, not because they lick,
like % many Of tho guns our readers
= 70 familiar he Jig wit: with. bpt; because they
swim: g BECAUSE they shoot I, the@}sellves J! l e
OF; not accidentally, t Ike other guns,
but puEposely; because thbey b "a sb9qeEt to
kill, and to eat what they shoot ;
more remarkable STILL. ,because, they
load themselves with water, which
they live,in, and shoot: their game, in
the .ir, which they ,can't:live in. ;: !,
; They are aboutsix inches long, and
the naturalists call them Tesete. jaeu1
latar. They look<ssvsry much like
perch, only mora beautiful. Theirgen.
'eraI coloris greenish above, and green.
ish silvery.gray beiow. ~:Across the
back are four short dark :; brown
stripes; shaded with green: :: Those
who have seen them 41ashing through
the water, speak with enthusiasm
Of their lovely and ever.chane-
ing hues. J: No wonder theysare'a fa.
vorite' with the petIloving Chinese.
who keep them in ja<sas We 'degold-
{ fish; and amose themseltes'b by tempt
ing the fish to- ldsplay'their skill;by
dangling "a fly over;the e'water.': .;;>S
!. The Texotes are natives Of the W.
tiers; Of: Java, but they ~hsye sbesn
widely distributed throughout the
East a. an ornamental fab. II il
said thattheir aim is 20 accurate that
they: can bring down an insect from
the height Of three or: four feet Shove
the water. $50 -,
This fish has . near relative, Chat:
odon ro,tratu. BY name, which inhab::
its, the Chinese: ssaa md riivers,-a
beautifully oolored fish which may: Be
called ..n animated n' = =. rifle, 4 from the .!
fact that it shoots, not 3 shower Of
drops, like the Texotes, but : single
, drop, bringing down its game, With
wonderful g certainty n.y. aH aaHpd precision.
In this Z fish,. the jaws are' prolonged
into O sort of beak. which, serves A 4
rife 1l barrel: In other respects it re
sembles the scaly shotgun above de-
scribed.-:&. Nicholas tor May. -,
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THE GREATEST TooTH THACHE EVER
Known. ): {; ;. Il III

At Exeter Change, in the great
city Of London, there was, many
years ago, = menagerie in the second
story of q building: Here the ele:.
pkant;;'l Ghunee by: nalns,--=a very j,
quiet, well.trained beast, t,-4.was :. cor
finedin i cage, under which the floor
had been strengthened to; support
his weight. Chunee never came out,
but seemed very; happy; for alf that.
Suddenly he became raving mad, and
screamed and ttrumpete;d; and endea'v'- edes ''
ored oorously 70 tsaq w. the ir,onn
bars Of his cage. ''& l. ~ :
Well, Chdnee grew more and more
Wild and dangerous, until, at last, the
"Beefeaters," who are the keepers of
the Tower Of. London, were called up
on to destroy the poor beast, They
discharged many balls: from their
old;fashioned muskets into his body
but loss of blood seemed to increase
his fury, and not lessen his: strength.
There, were no rifle teams IN, those
days, to reach his brain with a. single
shot, SO piece Of artillery was: aetu.
ally brought up, and poor Chunee,
obeying his keepers voice, even in
his rage, kneeled down, and was shot
to death with cannon-ball. 90 III
Then the surgeons discovered that
the elephant had been Sd suffering from
the greatest; toothache ever known:
His tusk, preserved III the warehouse
Of the East India Company, SHOWS u
this. - IT, .: :
Now just think Of what an, awful
thing six feet Of teothaehe must have
been, and. pity poor Chpnee le,&:
Nicholas for May. -, ...-:,>o t., .:;.:a|s
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Those who relengaged in. gum
ming labels, etc., hsve often been m.
noyed BY the curling; Of the edges
and corners, "A simple remedy tof
this is to ~dd to tie mucilage . little
salt, sugar, and slycer'ine, and the pa:
per, if not exposed to too strong>a
warmth, will not curl. A very small
quantity Of glycesine, must bs used,
=. = l.Fge proportion q win n psal0ag ri .Ae
process Of drying. ~ .......
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"A shipment of twenty-five boxes
of Chinamen's bones was recently
made at San Francisco for China.

w. F. Cody, better known as
"Buffalo Bill" recently shot and kill
ed the Sheriff of Young County,
Texas. He had not at last accounts
been arrested.
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The disproportion between the
weight OF small boy and the noise
of his boot-heels as he walks out of
church at the quietest moment is a
curions problem in dynamics.
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"A subscription paper was lately
circulated with the following object
in view: 1--WE subscribe and pay
the amount set against our names for
the purpose of paying the organist
and boy to blow the samep'
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sse-: III ,1,sas:::'...:: :..:' r!
A,ssatlenan Of. hkhpositiop, who
has bean summoned as 4 witness be-
fore one, ofr the Demoerstic commit.
teee, hea made this. statement: Upon
my arrival in Washington / learned
Of the presence Of numerous private
detectives of the GLASS denominated
'jobbers" q. g., always. ready to put
up q Job on anybody for m,o,ney).
Upon inquiry I learned that two no 10
torious 'jobbers' from Chicago we're
there vigorously 1t work in the inter-
est of the Chicago Whisky Ring.
Some time during lsst winter one Of
these same Chicago iaettectives visited
Springfield, ILL.,, and suggested to q
certain United :stateaa o&cial that
$780, 600 would bepaid for q case Of
corruption or fraud Against the Gov
eminent that could b made te *'stick'.''
against Solicitor Wilson. :, The other
Of these Chicago detectives was also
in .Spnpg6eld:some time ago, and Wis
tied this United States ex-oficial, he.
Ing induced to do tsso. through the
hope that the ill.will entertained by,
The ~ elxI!o@cial 9! = for MGf! G Wilson would
induce J. him to tell tld things about him
if he; knew them. a.. III !;
After fer: this visit to Springfield both
Of there detectives proceeded to
Washington and having rehearsed
their conversation With the ex.o&oial:
to the Committee oa:; !! Expenditures
in the Department q Justice; sue
ceeded in having, ths ex.omcial sub
ponaed before that tribunal, and
there this :5ex;o@cial: Indignantly de.
MED under 81 tn ever having stated
what either of: the detectives had
sworn: he told them. The manner in
which the investigations are conduct.
ed by the : committees makes it an
easy matter for Tho detectives t,
makes a p'1mo tfae;e case against any
Republican. The. witnesses are in.
formed by; the Chairman Of the Com.
mittee that it is not necessary that
they should know The facts Of their
own knowledge, but that they have
heard of any chargea made: against
the: person under Investigation, it: is
proper to give them to the Commit
tee, together with their opinion a
to the. truth of the charges. H. =
| Only last Tuesday gentleman
came to me and? told me he had
been approached By enc Of these de:
tectives (from Chicago, who inform
ed him that he had nearly completed
The working up Of x,eore of goe1
tasee upon prominent persons, and
that some Of them would be certain
to "come down with + the dust" to
avoid = badBcotchine before the Com
| nittee.
4
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General Hancock has been invit-
ed to take command Of the Centen-
nial Legion at Philadelphia.
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EDUCATION IN ENGLAND AND THE
UNITED STATES.

At the annual meeting Of the Gin.
cinnati Yale Club, President Nc Gosh,
Of Princeton, spoke Of the advance
Of education in Europe and America,
and said that while the elementary
schoolsof this CO. untry had always been
ahead Of the mother country Great
Britain was rapidly gaining on us,
and had now elementary schools very,
nearly if not quite equal to our own.
The collegiate system Of England he
considered very thorough. Their plan
Of inspection was perfect. There was
an inspector in every county, who
vas paid more than the highest off,
eers in our colleges, and therwere sub:
inspectors who were paid more than
most of American professors. The
Doctor thought the requirement Of
9uE colleges Is to the age of eligible
applicants for admission shonld be
modified that, instead Of requiring
itudents to be. 18 years Of age, they
should be admitted at 16. He also
thought that primary schools should
be encouraged more than they are !;
that public, benefacters, instead of
founding the universities Of Brown,
Smith or Robinson, should direct
their !benevo1Snce toward the support
of, academies Of f. preparation for
college. This, was done in Great
Britain and in the Eastern States. and
resulted in much good to the public.
In England &candidate for anyposi.
ton under the Government had to
undergo the most rigid examination
according to tho requirements Of the
place he sought, and no influence, no
matter by whom exercised, could get
a man into the public service with
out that examination. The putting
Of educated men into public positions
had purifying effect on the civil
service of a country: and the Doctor
archly intimated that it might not be
= bad thing to try in the United
States. As regards the general class
Of students educated at Yale, said the
Doctor, they are fully equal to those
of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh
and Berlin. BIZ, ,,.i year these col
leges turn out dozen men who art
higher in learning than arc turned
out in America. ''''''
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The estimated income of the
parochial clergy of England and
Wales is $32,000,000.
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An effective sermon is one that
hits that man in the next pew.
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'10H1MtEbIN 9M0sQUE:

Atraveller In India writes from
,Delhi:,7 The most rb4sutfnl building
ihe<he city ls the sJdhna Muejid, q
nesqi'e rot the, most exquisite pro-
i HoEhoni; eohsidered the finest in the
Fa6t ''ysAjvqdadiangalaras platform;
450ifee4,squlre, md 40 feeti thigh, ,:s;s
surrounded by y'clDitaf:like, structures
)ihelnsing the court frsn (which the
shparb sdi6es, built of white marble
and:red sandstone; RISES. In: viewing
thislb beautiful Eaanctuaty;zone is forced
;tptexclaim, that the Mohammedan re.
lilgian he's certainly Inspired the most
spnl-elevadng places. of,xonhip that
1can be, found on the face ofnhe earth.
"A Though kmsy be. severely CRITICS.
ed for such an utterauce, I must
:avow that, to my mind, St. Peters at
3 Rome, grand and impressive as it is,
i Of '''.l "earth, earthly" when eompar.
ed with the glorlea Of, these, gems Of
!saracenic architecture. The Fort
los s -inclosee : palace consist:
:ihg s q. .ll elegant " group ,f ,of buildings,
to the beauty Of Which my pen could
,rani1ar mt al,la.r;;; H. ,,ost ;,,
'st1iliippg structure :, the : ""1DEex.n-i
; Khas,' q audience hall, built ot
white marble inlaid with tt,rtace.sries IL d
precious stones. TIE llljittl supljptulouus io,eil.
ing of %a.Fbls rich ';!xiith, gliding: :, i,
EsapPorted BY graceful !, horseshoe alch::
'es, While At each end Of tie. hall i
written in Persian characters:
-.!t:t..tsEt'tN.. .'!s :,fft:t -.
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There are % Catholic parochial
schools ell4aq@ ~ :Chicago, and The total A.
Tendance ..at M i. nearly 5000: 4 s::.:;
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THE sLAlN'1DER An conMl1r1'rll!EEEs. TIE

Nod, q Condueti,,g H. -Inysstigations
~. wo4k q "jsSb.l;'' :. frivste
Observation-Disclosures ChafsStSr y u
tAo T0sednOny B0ooevoa. N
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! 2.t:s..E:f.t>.. q: :,itt:.: q :'!'-
Oh, II there be an eltsium upon earth,
/: ii}:..t Ms thia.S IL ii THU.

In this gorgeous apartment former.
1y stood the wonderful Peacock throne
(valued at $1,000, 900 sterling J
which. d together VIII other treasures,
was taken Z e ! away from the imperial
city by the Persian conqueror, Nadir
Shah. 2;
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I bill to sdmit tho Chinese' on equal
privileges. Of citizenship, and Mr.
Sumner had: tho floor. His speech
was, as usual, elaborate, studisd:and
classical-his periods well rounded
and his arguments fully up to the
standard Of the Massachusetts, states
man and scholar. Defending /. .tle
propriety Of suffrage and equal rights:
70. the enfranchised slave, he: urged
that the Chinese who had emigrated
to and settled upon our shores, were
equally entitled to similar recegni-
ton. His appeal for the children OF
the "Aowery kingdom" was earnest:
and when Mr.. Sumner concluded it
was evident he had made quite an
impression upon the Senate.
At this juncture, 80 soon as Sum-
her had taken his seat, Nye sprang
TO his feet, and was recognized by
Mr.. Colfax, the President of the Sen.
ate, orating somewhat as follows:
"Mr. President" said Nye, his face
beaming with humor, and his attract
i've person showing to the best ad-
vantage, II was born in tho good old
county of steuben, in New York
State, and raised upon = farm. Ny
parents were hardvorkinI. thrifty
people, fearing God, and pel4fe4m i: ming
their duties with a clear conscience.
We had morning and evening 8 *przy.
ers, in which was always: offered IN
appeal to the Almighty for therelease
Of the slave. I trudged between
the handles of the plow, drove up
the COWS, fed the stock, reaped the
grain, and moved the grass, and, like
every other farmer boy, did my share
in the home work. =.
my good mother, God bless her !
was q careful housewife, and among
other standard delicacies, doughnuts
were always provided. We allliked
doughnuts, and I think the American
farm boy that doesn't like dough
nuts is hardly to be found. / often
watched my good, old mother, God
bless her when she made the dough
and kneaeed and shortened it, until
it was in fit condition. Mr.. Presi-
dent, the result Of my observation
was hat she alaoays took a small piSce'cf
the dough and fried It in the Jat before
she risked the ,ohole batchI She tried
it first and awaited results. -
~ have listened to the eloquent
speech Of my friend from Maasachu-
setts on tho Chinese question. I live
on the Pacific coast, and know the
Chinese better practically than any
one can know them theoretically.
They have nothing in common With
US. They save. their earnings, and
then return, pig-tail and all, to
the Flowery Kingdom. You cannot
make a citizen Of . man who will
not sacrifice his pig-tail! We have
enfranchised the black-they are now
free and citizens, and I am content
l am willing to place these Chinese
on a sort Of probation, if needs il
must be, and want the question deter.
mined by the same. rule that my
good old mother regulated her batch
of doughnuts!"
Then, turning to Mr.. Sumner, be
resumed-"My friend from Massa'
chusetts has made an exhaustive and
able argument but I suggest to hin
it is far better and safer to follow my
moihers example and FRY = little
piece Of this suffrage dough be
fore We risk tie whole Chimes,
batch T. :=:.zsz*.:: ). ::.:. 4: !. !
The efact of th;a >..neecb - -, -, n mar
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~; i.iF. .F:'.t ~: = Uo.I-
EX-SENATOR. NYE'S HUMoR.

How He Demolished Labored Afeua--
mont Of Charles Summers by . Laugh
able Simlle. .'''