, 1877-10-16


Tonight my non, IL sick and weary,
fhahtnn,s dark In fancy rise;
Life to the IL sad and L,eary
When tho Autumn nlgbt. wind s!ghs.
HAROLD.
n1sCf1'L1NE.
Sttn Fork nn<s.
There IA nothing like discipline. Instant and
implicit obedience IL tho must valuable lceson
that either boy or u1nn can learn. II involves
prumptnces, precision, and that DECISION Of
character which we have tho authority OF
Foster Tor regarding as m incsti,nabe thing.
A boy may he taught halt dozen tncr'tortoas
languages, together with ali the ORGANIZATIONS
uf apples mud orul,gxs in the arithmetic without
being halt as we'll educated as tho boy who
ncrriy knowA how TO obey ofslcrs.
Bnchis or was the opinion of Mr.. Chzmcnzryskf,
New England srstpol-t teacher OF the purest P,ir-
tsn blooi, who Until recently presided over tho
district sciIool nj Juhnsto~n, y. lie was un-
tloubtcdIY All able instructor Of youth, mud Lis
pccuffaf utct'tUl Ut ustnE the convex side OF the
ruler Wne greatly allu,frc.l by buys In other
towns. Willie hc taught hls pupils everything
school, he was particularly etrong III tile matter
of discipline. Ills pupls were tra,c.i with
such success that they did everything by the
stroke ot ysil With .hs % precision ol veteran
rressive sight tn Ills Latin class rccite their
lesson III two ttfnca and four ttdtt0ns,-as per
lis Tlrvate manual III tactt4,-al the hoy MIN
committed the slightest error was So thoroughly
convinced al his fault that III tn0st cnscs iIe pre-
terrcd u taks tiIs mrats iu a standing ptMttton
and 10 acep fxce downward Tor the cnautnX
week. While Mr.. Calznenzryskl wa* the stsict-
est OF 1i'cfpllnat1aps, hs WAS nevertheless far
tFoIu bc!nE llart3 muster a3l1 unaympatltctic
,nnn. Uh The contrary. he alwaYs tried to instHl
moral pr,uGiptts mud box.wUod rulers into llis
pupils in u genial al'd attractive war. Thus, be
VIA In the constant habit OF relating eutce-
thinning anecdotes TO the boys, AMI no matter
how often he told story. he ncvor had the
least Objection 10 repeat Il al m opportune mt
mcnt. Perhaps l.ia tuost frequent anetatote Was
the somewhat familiar one Of Napoicon's inter-
view with ono OF Ills sentincis. 3tr. ClIut.en-
zryskt never wcanel telling tho buys how, OF,
the night before the battle Of Austcrltz, the
Emperor left hts tent and took a quiet walk
through tic cncnmred artny, In ordrr to get
ll,x. Presently lie was challenged Gy sentinel,
who demanded thu counterslsn. NDw, SApo-
lcon had forgotten the countersign, and there
fore said, ntfaby. il nnErannlalica!9y, IT, NC,
disciplined veteran of q thousand battles, anu
lie replied, III brIcf, sentcnttous way, "Givu
mo the countcrsign or will summon tlc
guard. How do | know that your. stalcsty
L lest IT to yoiI nI that can Know know n nothins %
hut thu countessgu. and yos, must perceive the
imprut,rlety VI trying to triac with tho finer
feelings Ut y tcntrY's heart" Thus spgnkthg
le planted his bayonct In the smali OF the
Imperial back and rau the Emperor into tbs
guard -houhc. or course, the Sergeant INSTANTLY
released Napoleon, ind was about to reprtmand
tic Eeut1uet, when tic great utat said: "lioids
Ny friend. yuu did your duty III refusing to let
you arc = Marshal Of that beautiful France TINT
hnve loycA SO much. stnko a fcquisitton IN
Honor, and remember t!at in fifty years the
Republicans will bu either Cossacks ur Euru-
peans.'' All present burst Into tcars, and
Napotcon, vidihiy affected, borrowed D'alear3's
.iotc was ,ol,i to Mr. Chzmcnzryskl's pupils 80
often that they were firmly convinced that the
sentinel ws the gtEatcst tilah Of modern tfitlca
ahd that they should all strive Ia keep EMpcr.
or, .rum walking arouna without countsrslEus;
grarce. III his back yarrt hc had n nice little
vineyard, which wicked boya rayagcd nearly
every night troau the lst of September L. tue
lst IT October. In vain did Ae take lessons on
thc cornct an Eractice itat Devastating lustru-
lncnt late into ihe nigLt. The t,oys stuffed tot
tun III tacr cars, aud robbed him whiio III tho
very nct of trying to hit tho first three notes oE
"Windhatn." 1t thus happened that for four
consecutive years lic ncseF onse picked . stnrlo
rips grape fr.Nn his vines, while all the hoye Ut
the 1lt,Eht,orhutnt 1nxllrtatc1 In daily collie dur
INK the entt1u Crupe season. Last week tic itl-
dEnant sclutlmaster resolved upnn vigorous
measures tar the protection nf l's property,
and selecttng the two most athletic buys In ilts
school, hu armed thcm with clubs, aud PLACED
thr1n IN Euarl III his Vineyard, With ordcrs to
Thrush any one WHO might como near them dur
ing the night, without distinction of parson,
aye. Or &e1.
Ab,ul 10 O'Clock TINT evening It occurred to
ME. chzh,cnzryskt That TIC woulta go into the
buck yard all See II Tic boys WcFo alert aud
waleiilul. Al iirst he could not aud them, and
hr,etr IN fabF fhut ftkfY hnf1 nr.H1
fnilhl-ss, when they suddenly emerged from
bcilinl u large bush al,d found lin. lie WIS
about to commitment them upon their wntcftul-
ness When two clubs emote llnl simultaneously
OIL both sides OF Ills lell. In vain did hG calt
upun tAeu, to tttstnt, and assure them TINT hc
Was it0t chief, but the only original Mr.. CHI
inehzryskt. Merely paustnk to remark that
ths'r orlers were 70 thrash NY ono who might
como into t's yard aill that they rather thought
thcr llnt lcarhcd how 70 ohcy ortlers they ham
lnarrl away at ttler unhappy Instructor With M
enthusiasm tlat ought u have commanded ha
was!nest admiration. Ills careful teaching mud
thelr uatural results. It wa4 not until he had
\ been h.atea tnso gelatinous silence that tho
Toys paused, anl teu,aTking tlat thciF dear
leachcr would surely reward them IA thc morn.
| Ing fur their faithful execution OF hts orders,
Withdrew ~ their ausbuscale hchlnl tho bush Ia
wait for turthCr Marautfera.
Tlle jphnstown scboOl lias not since been re-
opsncl. The sehool-teacher is understood to b.
auHcIinks !9otu a SllEus4AtbG lefcFt unu liz t"1
TOYS WIN so slllcettly prutected his grapes aFs
coustantly rtagtug iis door.teli, ard II vain ~.
plying " III HIN uEder, they as1ert, to tell
lhe.r l'rlovcd teacher how they Euught aud beat
a luatlsu!ne trump who tried TO steal tht
| grapes. Whether Ar. ChxmtnzEyskt's views ol
| the value Ut d.&elptihe lave Undergone my
| change 10 not known, bur 1t 10 Understood thai
/ tie has rcstgue1 Ills posiifon as sehoo-tcachcr,
III the ground that tha JoAnstown boys arc SC
| lncorriEbly stupid thnt t.e cunnot waste hh
time III trying to teach them.
JUMPING 1'UHTAGE FALLS.
Nprstl!asiifs az. ~ AsralL
The train arrived at Portage 1t II l. M.
and II was announced ty Capt. Rhodes that hs
would dive over the falls at s p. N. At tbs
stipulated time Capt. R. and lady appeared n
the falls, the Cuntaiu being clad in hka farortt,