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a Change I'm the scene.
Hudson Register.l

The moment Justice Welch put his
head 10 the court room door the other
morning, an old, wiry faced fellow
hustled himself forward
See here, Judge, slap out war
rant quicker'n scat"
"What for"
ITO stop my old woman frOm steal-
ing"
whats she been stealing2"
Everything bring into the house,
consarn her everlasting pictur."
"A wife can't steal from her huss
band"
"Can'Rp
mo. She can do anything she likes
with all you've got"
why; damit, that's reg'lar built red
commuDisml'
"Can't be helped Everything you
have is the common property of hus>
band and wife"
And me buy it with my own mon>
ey?"
"Yes; it makes no difference who
buys it,
"Well, by thunder! that licks me.
Here | so prancing around, peddling,
und everything bring home she car
ries off and sells. If that's law, by Ju-
piter, the old woman can wear the
breeches, and I'll so to the Nashtub."
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Educational Department.
]. H. SAUNDERS. Eprrnn
Th oroushness in schcol WORM.

OF course you want to be thorough
You want your pupils, your children
to be thorough This should be the
aim Of every one who attempts to
teach But there are Two kinds of
thoroughness One is of the text, the
other is of the mind. The first, al
most any fgurehead, who is alt'Hesh
eau secure. 1t requires very little
soul effort, but much bodily effort. II
is the kind which comes from pound
ing both the bodies and the minds OF
the children You measure out your
lessons as regularly as the physician
does his doses. In preparing lesson
the pupi! knows he is to be measured
bodily, with regard to that lesson, by
a rattan or rule In the eyes of the
friends of this species OF thoroughness
the more rattan a teacher uses the
better be will measure.
There is a Kind of convenience at
tached to this method of thorongnuess
which makes it attractive to many
teachers The exact work is kno n
by both pupil and teacher. The exact
form of recitation Is understood. Dur
ing recitation the pupil need only use
his mouth and his memory; the teach
er needs only his ears and eyes. If
the teacher Is smart he can read pa
per while the lesson is being mumbled.
We have seen much of this kind of
teaching. God forgive US five sinued
in calling such teaching hunbug and
such teachers block heads.
How different is that other thor,
oughness which Is of the mind aud not
of the :ext; of the spirit and not of
the letter; the kind which comes from
enth usiastc intelligence, which fires
the soul aud quickeus the body. This
IS the steady glow of an inspired heat
which communicates its warmth like
magic. 1t employs every faculty. Of
both teacher aud pupil. Il requires
of the teacher careful forethought and
special preparation for every RcitatiOn
His every pupil Of every class must be
personally known aud felt. 1t cons
siders the whole soul of each one, not
the memory alone Itrequires nerves
quick. sensitive, nerves which must
suffer many jar and twiuge It is
above order-beyond discipline. 1t is
forgetful of seIf-mindful only Of i'm
mortal souls Il requires skill in the
assignment Of lessons; geuiGs In the
conducting of recitations; warm, hearty
ingenuity in giving preliminary drills:
patience and love in examinations 1t
creates thoughtful aud ambitious men
and women 1t is a gift from on high,
and its greatest reward is eternity.-
w II Campbell, Charleston, Mo, 10
Eclectic Teacher.
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Is. LfGe worth asvings

Homer was beegar.
Spencer died in want.
Cervantes died in hunger.
Terrence, the dramatist, was slave.
Dryden lived iu poverty and dis
tress.
Sir Walter Raleigh died on the
scaffold.
Butler lived a life of Fenury and
died poor.
Bacon lived a lie of meanness and
distress.
PIautus, the Roman comic poet,
turned mill
Paul Borughese had fourteen trades,
and yet starved with sll.
Tasso, the Italian poet, was often
distressed for I've shillings.
Steele, the humorist, lived life of
perfect welfare with bailifs.
Otway, the English dramatist. died
prematurely aud through hunger.
Chattertou the child of genius and
misfortune, destroyed himself at eight
cen.
Beutivoglio was refused sdmittance
into hospital he himself had erected.
Savage died in prison at Bristol,
where be was confined for the debt Of
forty dollars.
Fielding lies in the burying ground
of the English factory at lisbon, with
out stone to mark the spot.
Milton sold his copyright of " Para
disc Lost for SIS, at three payments,
and flushed his life in obseuriy.
Camoens, the celebrated writer of the
"Lusaid." the great Portuguese epic,
eaded his days, it is SAID, 10 an aims
house, and, at any rate, was supported
by faithful black sTvant, who beg
ged in the streets of Lisbon for him.
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Mhnt Memnn,s nas Lost.

The Memphis A ppeal declares that %
two years that city has lost nearly eight
millions Of dollars and buried six thos
sand Of her people. Filthy cutters, b1
drainage and accumulated garbage, 4
claims were the cause of 81 all TT , 30.
feation by fire, drainage, fumigatieA,
street paving and the most rigorous en-
forcement of the well-ascertained laws OF
health as shall insure the city against
recurrence Of the epidemic Otherwise,
Memphis - threatened with decay, If not
extinction.
What is true of Memphis is true of
all towns and cities, TO greater or
less extent Hsnce. the oil important
necessity of laws compelling the nec-
essary sanitaiion.
Hickman, since the epidomie of '38,
has stood the criticislng test OF expert
physicians from all parts Of the world,
and each and all of these physicians,
have been forced to admit TINT il Is nat-
urally the most healthy situated townon
the continent 10 a good climate, high
elevation, and magnifcently drained,
naturally, there Is no excuse for sick
ness or epidemies, except through our
own negligence. These being facts,
our citizens should, with one voice,
insist on the good sanitary work com
menced this last spring being continued
each season
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Tne EsiNer Coam,nbsa.

1t may be safely stated that no river
10 The world, the Nile perhaps except
ed, can equal the Columbia in variety
and grandeur of beauty. The Rhine
10 comparison with it is only rivalet,
and its most lannon's heights only hil-
locks compared to the stupeDdOus PIN
naeles and chains that stretch for miles
along the shores Of the great river of
the West. What river but this can
show mountains mile high, rising
perpendicular from the waters edge 2
terraces that extend for distance Of
800 miles along its banks, at an eieva-
ton of from one to 1900 ieesI tower
ing crags that loom up apart to height
Of 500 feet? and an Ontline Of its OVID
that spreads ont in places into lake
six or seven miles vide, or contracts
into spaces 40 or so feet 10 width?
None. Hence it stands pre- eminent
in its sublime grandeur.
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COTTON waIsIng RevIvIng.

During the war, and the years im
mediate following, the farmers of this
section very generally raised cotton,
but have since very generally abandon
ed it. But it has again received a
vigorous impulse, and next year the
area to be devoted to cotton in Fulton,
Hickman, Obion, Lake and Dyer coun
ties, will be nearly double the present
year. Although it does not bring so
large return on paper as some other
crops, it is found to yield more cash at
the end of the year, and many farmers
have found way of raising few
bales of cotton, without diminishing
their other productions. The labor OF
the women aud children can be utilized
in the cotton patch Where farmer
has housefulI of child,en small
patch of cotton is just that much gain,
and comparatively no loss to his main
crop.
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Grants zouisvisie speech.

10 reply to the Federal soldiers
address at Louisville, which appears
to have been separate and apart from
the regular citizens ovation, General
Grant said
General, l am very much gratiGed
to meet my old comrades, as | am at
all points, and when in my travels
abroad and in my own country, have
scarcely been any place, and certainly
net IN any country. where have not
found them scattered, over 10 Asia and
In all parts of Europe. am always
happy TO meet them and welcome them
Between US there is necessarily Il bond
of union which Is as lasting as life,
and which, 10 the future, will unite
our children. We have a great coun
try. It is common country. As to
-our citizens. no matter on which side
they fought 10 the late war, we are
glad to welcome them. While there
is a bond Of friendship between those
who are united, we are giad.to welcome
all those who were on the other side
only asking them to be like our
selves. good and true citizens, friends
of the nation, and ready to stand up
with US if we should ever have for
eign war, fighting under one flag, for
one cause, a merican unity and great
ness
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nsindhoyv you Quose.

From the harrodsburg observer
Many common sayings are attributed
to the Bible, that are nowhere to be
found therein, and many quotations
are purposely or ignorantly perverted
of the Holy Scriptures, by preachers,
politicians, and other demagogues, to
suit their ends. Forinstance, the oft
repeated sentence, "God tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb" is often at
tributed to the Bible, when Lawrence
Sterne is the author Almost all tenn
perance orators, political speakers, and
many preachers are in the habit Of quo-
ting, as the Bible expression, "He
that is not for US is arainst u.s." when
St. Mark, Chapter TX, verse XII, says,
"For he that IS not against US is on
our part" we make these kindly sug-
gestions to prevent some persons
from ipcurriDg the penalties denounced
against those who add to or take from
the Divine word
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svAsazINGrov LETTER
Ihe Report Of he Bureau Of Statistics
-ImPortaat Railroad Legislation.
LFrOm our regular correspondent

From our regular CORES spondent.
WAsnSGroN, D. C., Dec. 10, 1879
The chief of the Bureau of Statistics
has just completed report on the in
ternal commerce Of the United States
which is now 10 the hands Of the print
e The report embodies the results
q an extensive investigation Of com
insreial and transportation affairs in
vsuous States, and shows how rapidly
she habits Of the people are becoming
caHormed to the necessities Of railroad
tra9s portation The report is no reve
adm, it Is simply a compilation Of
tees aud changes which almost every
'e1ehas seen on smaller scale 10 his
e3eneighborhood. Many changes and
a. 9lopments set forth 10 the report
hlve resulted from the establishment
OF hciliiies for the direct shipment of
nielehandlse over connecting roads aud
direct traffic with foreign ports
growth Of MANI featuring indus
I flriesfhroughout the Middle, Western.
aud North Western States has, also,
Z tepled to produce important changes
in he course Of our internal commerce.
1t is shown that seven eighths of the
suplus products Of the trans Missis
simi States now cross the Mississippi
rivF on railroads between St. Louis
andSt Paul, and are transported East
to harkets in this country, or 10 Eu-
rops The eastward shipment from ST
/ Loas by rail now exceed her southern
shipments By the Mississippi river.
Ney Orleans and st Louis were once
elosly identified in trade aud trans
poratiOn. bur they are now sharp com
petiors for the commerce Of the iu-
/ ternediate Statos bordering on the
great river
Tie power Of Congress to regulate
inter State commerce Is not questioned
aud tnder this right Congressman Rea
gan, OF Texas, proposes 20 have the
Gowrnment establish some regulations
over railroad traffic. Mr.. Reagan $
bill passed the House of the 45th Con
gres, but was buried In the Senate
eomnittee 1t was fought at every
siepbv the railroad owners and officers.
who are always opposed TO any law
except such as they make themselves,
for the government Of railway matters
The Reagan bin forhIds unjust dis
ordinations by railroads in freight
charges, requires that uniform rates
shall be charged for long ana short
distances, aud prohibits all poolings
and rebates. The people who patron
.ze and support railroad lines, as well
as build them, to a very great extent
have proved powerless against theil
exionions. Competing lines combine
+ with rivals, and excessive rates are es-
tabli,hed aud maintained. Another
bail pending before the House proposes
TO accomplish substantially the same
eud as the Reagan bill, bnt by a diff
fereut method 1t vas introduced by
Mr FapPs of Iowa, aud provides iol
the ppoloiu.eutof commission, which
sshaN establish rates and regulations "a
rdnHay tres zsss.a-a-=aAsi.s,aa Indtcations are
that Congress will, during the present
session, enact some lazy for he contro
Of railway traffic, aud to relieve the
masses who are forced to pa.ronize TIE
transportation limos from the dominion
the railway magnates now exercise
over them.
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Rodn.an,a EAper.eacc.

owen snOEO Messenger.
Two sweet scented shrubs, bedccked
IN The latcst style suits, and wearing
the appearance at least OF gentlemen,
Bho we're driving an elegant team,
pulled up at Mr John II Rodmau's
near Curdsville, this county, on Sat
urday, and represented themselves as
the agents for tie Banner Wind Mill
Company, of indianapolis, Indiana
Mr Rodman thought al glance their
visit portended some evil, as ihey seem
81 to be i'll at ease when they first
Sighted from their vehicle, but when
they came in and began to talk 90
bu siuess their tongues were 20 silvered
Der that they completely allayed any
suspicion Of wrong. We are the
agents for the Banner Wind Mill Com
'pany, of Indianapolis, Indiana, said
the spokesman Of the pair, "and desire
10 secure your services as agent in this
section. Our business is lucrative and
our goods meet ready sale, SO you may
have 90 fears in taking hold of it We
can erect a mill and pump on any farm
in the county that will keep the stock
we'll Supplied with fresh water at any
season Of the year Now We want you
sour agent for the enterprise. Mr.
Roimau, who is one of our old aud
good citizens, accepted the agency.
This much accomplished they next
uroposed to send him six pumps at
500 each. he to reserve ten per cent.
commission for his sales. a paper
purpor,ing to be contract between
Relman and the company, but really
bill negotiable IN bank for $3.50, was
presented and signed by Mr. Rodman.
The parties, whose names could not be
learned, then took their departure aud
lave not since been heard from. MIR.
Rodman was not conscious of the snare
10 which ne had been caught until
some time after they had gone. While
looking over a paper called the Indi
ana Farmer his attention was attracted
to significant head line, beneath
which appeared a full expose of the
swindle of which he was a sad victim
Runners were started iu hot pursuit of
the perpetrators, but no clue as to their
whereabouts has been obtained.
SIint's meat-gold and silver.
Confidence game-decoy ducks.
A bouncing baby--a rubber doll.
A ship ruled by womau-eourt-
ship.
A real Lucifer is a match for any
man.
Sound logic-aFguiug through a tel
ephone.
It is quite natural to exclaim "Holy
MOsesl" when bull rushes.
If care killed cat, care can throw
a oootjack straighter than most of peo-
pie.
Very good. but rather too pointed, .
said the fish when it swallowed the
bait.
The falls at Niagara have feecy
look, and the hackmen say it's couta
gious.
The coming three months of the
year are preeminently the farmers
marketing.
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HICKMAN, FULTON, COUNTY. -KENTUCF

bid defiance to the authorities OF Walc q
you allude; but will say that [ haSe
no apologies TO make TO you or anyone
else, concerning my official aci' ~
regard to the matter spoken of.
Aud now, in conclusion, let me ay'
with the best Of feeling 10 the ia
ture, wheG you are oat picking up
criminals without authority, When sou
have caught your man, go along WIN
him and don't be making a public sboT
OF your prisoner, and don't;raverse The
whole country, about the public coufs
where such men are generally antsi,
tempting county officials to isregad
their official duties, aud drink better
whisky and less of it, and | think yau
viii have 10 just cause for complapi
with the Obiou county officials
Respectfully
S . Higgason.
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Married without knowing Ell.
NJ III YInrll ]


10 the summer of1875, Moses Tan
neholz, formerly a resident of Cana
ia, but then living at Newark, induced
Ruchael Blumeuthal's girl Of fifteen, to
agree TO q ceremony which she now
says she believed to be a betrothal
according to the Jewish custom. The
young girl was rich ia her own right,
and was the only heir of her parents,
who are said to be worth $3.50 900.
The ceremony was performed by Jus
tice James a. Morrisse, of Patterson,
on June Is, and on the following day
Tannelholz told Rachael that they
were husband and wife, and she learn
ed for the first time then that the Ger
emony was legal marriage. She then
went away from the house of friend
where she had been staying and wen.
to her parents ia Canada. There she
applied for a divorce but was unsuc
cessf9l, and she returned to New Wark
and sued for notification of the
marriage The case was sent to Judge
J ohn s. Barkalow to take testimony.
On his report the Chancellor has deci
ded that as the girl is minor aud le-
galIy domiciled with her parents, and
that as neither parties to the ceremony
was a resident of New Jersey at the
time of the marriage, the court had no
jurisdiction in the matter.
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curktsh aeis8ees Arriving In
shf4 Anufry.

Hn * world.
Seven disapsa4ed Turks, wearing
tarpaulins eias hfnespun goods. and
lacking the aceDRomed gay attire Of
their countW0eR arrived yesterday
by the steame1 Bahama, from the
West IndRs scPe of the party spoke
French. SQd acseHed as Interpreter for
the otbeE said that they were
refugeeS %hv Hsdescsped at different
times hShlskbe' French penal settle-
ment ae euue Their names are
Mahoms3 iysti ek suader sentence of
twenty years koda Benois, sentenced
for tYAnN years Bodaiza Bedoin,
sente - for life Mahomet Beehelil,
sentes fer Twelve years. Borqim
Ben RThsd and his brother. II Hechim
Ben AAAned, seatenced for twenty
years eaTs ard Amar Mohamed, sem
INT cscspel eohgicts, for such they
turned outAf4Sbe, were active in
the reSoHs 6 hst the French in Alge
ria IL s7es- srse, of them were cap
tured aud senteDced FOR conspiracy
The other two escaped at the time, but
were recaptured while visiting their
families 10 1876 For time there
we're many complaints on account of
the tregtmert Of prisoners in Cayenne,
and latterly certain amount of free
dom has been allowed 10 compensate
for previous harsh treatment. This
confidence appears to have been abused
for two of the party which landed yes
terday succeeded in overpowering their
guards and escaping to j neighboring
village. Six others knocked one of
the sentinels down last spring, and
stealing a Government canoe, compella
ed him to accompany them. The
conviets made for Demerara witho ut
any provisions and were six days max
ing the trip. On the sixth day, when
I they were almost exhausted, they
hailed an English ship aud received a
/ few TutiOns Of biscuit and rice. The
men went to work on a sugar planta
tiou on their arrival 10 Demerara, and
when they had saved twenty francs
paid their passage to Trinidad. They
have been working on the latter island
for the last four months repairing the
roads. They saved rs francs each
and came on to New York by steamer
All the men wish to return to Europs
and settle down at Tuuis. They say
that they are all married, most Of then
having two wives. 4 number of theil
companions have recently escaped
from Cayenne, aud are waiting for al
opportunity to come to New York
The present party brought only S12
and the men want employment to carr
money to pay for their passage to Eu-
rope.
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Ane,v when E.e Elad Enough.

John 4. Haddock in Philadelphia Times. ]
In the year 1859 l made the cele
brated trip with Professor John La
Mountain from Water town. n. y,
which was the second longest trip ever
made by an air. ship, and the only one
| ever heard Of where a second ascen
sion was made after remaining eight
hours at night tied up to the top of a
tree. Like Professor Wise's late as
cension, we started near night and in
the same month-Sep tember. We
travelled over 400 miles in little over
four hours, but whittier We were being
borne, or how fast we were travelling,
we were as ignorant of as two children,
for it was dark night, and in balloon
you can never tell your course ct flight
unless you can see the earth.
Instead of being thirty or forty miles
from home, as we supposed when we
anchored TO tall tree for daylight, we
were 400 miles from our starting point,
and instead of being in an inhabited
country not far from some friendly
farmhouse, we were in the great Bos-
ketoug wildernessof Canada, which ex~
tends from the River Ottawa on the
South to the Artic Circle Oh the North.
| will not further enter upon details,
safe to say that, after thirteen days OF
the most painful absence, we at last
worked our way into civilization, two
OF the raggedest and dirtiest, but glad-
dest men that ever lived. From that
time three sqnare meals a day, and
store clothes, and telegraph Offices, all
assumed new Importance to US, and
made up my mind that balloon NIGH
be good thing for 'professors" tC
fool around With, but for a "steady
thing" the solid earth was good enough
for me.
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Tae pressure on seymour.

Governor Hendricks, 10 course Of a
conversation yesterday wish some per
sonal friends, remarked that he had
learned, while in Washington, that
most tremendeous efforts were being
made to induce Governor Seymour, OF
New York. to accept the Democratic
nomination for the Presidency, and he
appeared to consider it not improbable
that gentlemen would accept. As TO
bis own prospects he made no remark
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An AbSent-5Iinded senator.

Ex-senator Goldthwai;e, G of Ala,
bama, was noted for bis extreme absent
mindedness, and he was occasionally
seen running about the Senate trying
to get out and not being able to find
the door. He would have the page
boys in the Senate looking for his hat
or cane, which would be all the while
firmly cIasped 10 his hand He was
much given 10 walking up and dowo
the lobby plunged in deep thought.
often smoking a fragrant Havana, and
entirely oblivious of all things about
him Often some cheeky page of The
Senate would walk up and ask the
Senator for light. Mr. Goldtwaite
would mechanically hand over his
sisse-. he hoy -Seusd .el<- i-s-s,s, s-st
the choice weed 10 bis precious mouth,
and hand over his old stump to the old
gentleman, who would continue his
stroll IN blis>ful ignorance 1t is re-
lated on good authority that, in one OF
his fits of abstraction, he walked into
the Senate elevator, dropped a nickel
into the hole back OF the mirror. aud
calmly requested to be let out at Il
street.