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Hall Township Teachers InsSi.

Tire teachers of Hal. township. Dubois
rnumsy. ind.. met IN Institute sf district
NJ. s. Atitr devotional exercises by
Chairman, T. j. Nolaad. w. w. Guile:
W. appointed Critic t0r tie day.
During lie furenoon the following
fraclers delivered cr.lilsi,ie lectures.
fo-wii: =. 4. Harris. W. W. sp,iet aud
~. r. Schnerk. " r.. Schheck furni-h-
rd us with splendid dinner FOR which
we tender him onr sincere thanks.
Afternoon exercises were by r.. J.
Nnland and c. q. MecoNn, intenpersed
Min discussions by Others.
The Critics report, which was good.
On motion. the second SATURDAY. Of
each month uas selected as the time for
holding our Institute: fhe next 10 be
held N No. s. Tile Co. Superintendent,
IL. C. Cooper. Is respectfully invited, and
all nihcr friends 81 eintaiion-
On Esufirn The Institute adjourned
lie following i the programme for
nexi Institute.
History of Indiana. by 7. y. Noisni-
How - teach Division 70 beginners. BY
w w. Cullcf.
How q teach Primary Geography, by
= y. Harris
Phy-ioIcgy- Subject: @The Eye BY
C. q. McCown-
OrtIcgraphv, by L. r. Robertson.
Infniiiycs aud Participles, BY Ii. p.
SchAeck.
Construction OF Capital Letters, By A.
J. Alles-
{. {. z 2 Nee. nMsc..s' Secretaries
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Fsss-sstrz rress-
Mr.. Jcrrie Csrchnrt. who tesrisss
school at Orwell. was arrested last Non-
day tor immediately beksing willard
Key. one oi her pnpiis. aeed nine Years.
she uas tried Lesore Esquire Mount aud
"A jury ~ tNelse net, Lot inasmuch As
lie jury failed 70 agree no dcc!sion wAs
arrived q.
Ben. Fuller v looming ~ -rand'y As :
candidate 70. coagress next YEA.
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Total AZ. va'nr rcr year Si.313.is5 .bl
The aggregate vaine sbf the pEurs.ris 4
Tor ten years L. ever fitsccn billions ~
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appears that the average annusl l,ro-
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The Department of Agriculture AZ
Washington has gathered siaii ics show
ing tie average production - this roIin-
Try f,r The past frn year.. BY The YEAR.
aId the figures are enormous, bushels
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whss V The difference between =
tcarher ard a r~iIway conductor Onr
irrirs he mind, the other minds the
train.
-.Thrf teacher who knows most about
hi .llil-. who know. tt.ir hclne life.
s..ir pleasures ard ihrir trials. who ~
sii- know Nlsdge mo-t fIlIs synpaghizes
= iIh ilrni, Enf thus game their love ard
vii! nsnks easily aud mos:
thoroughly govern ttem ~ stEocl.'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-01-25
The Lightuipg's Favorite.

The view that lightning prefers to
strike the poplar rather than even higher
trees near at hand has been advocated
by Prof. Calladon, and receives some
confirmation from Geneva, in a letter to
Nature concerning thunderbolt on the
shoreof the lake in August last. An as
pen (Populus tremula,) lower than the
surrounding fir trees, was struck by light
ming, and it's larger upper branches CON
Quoted the electricity earthward without
receiving the least damage, no part of the
poplar being rended until the trunk was
reached. That, however, was badly shat
tered. "Other recent observations
says the article to which we have re.
ferred, "prove the preference of lightning
for trees situated near streams or reser-
voirs of water, 90 that the best conductor
for houseis lofty tree, poplar es'
pecially, situated between the house and
well, pond or a neighboring stream"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-01-25
NihilisLl in Practice.

A Trial has ust taken place at Odessa
which will serve as a good illustration OF
the tendency of nihilistic doctrines when
carried into actual practice, and will
throw some Instructive light on enc fths
most delicate points Of the nihilistic
creed. The trial arose out OF 8 love
affair of two brothers, FAMED Pimene
and Dometi Eukouvatoff, Of tolerably
noble family. From their earliest years
the two brothers were united by such
tender friendship, that they could not
i've without one another. Having be.
come attached to the doctrines IF social
lam, they entered into one Of those secret
organizations which have become 30
celebrated, and adhered to all their
principles, which included the negation
Of the family, of conjugal rights, and the
practice of free love. The elder brother,
named Dometi, married simple country
girl, and actually went so far as to love
her passiouately and exclusively. Herein
lay his hetesy, for exclusiveness and free
love are hardly compatible. At the
same time his younger BROTHER, Pimane
following Dometi's example, also fell in
love, but unfortunately with the same
girl, now lis sister-in-law. Had they not
been ardent Dihilists, the two brothers
would probably have agreed to separate,
and Pimene would thus probably have
left the object of his criminal passion
but such method of acting appeared
unworthy to the brothers. They accord
ngly still continued to live under the
same roof, Pimene pursuihg the object of
his passion, sometimes entreating the
brother to yield her to him, and some~
times overwhe lining them both with
insultan menace. Dometi said he would
not object to giving up his wife to
Pimene if she only cared for him, but
this twas rot the case; so he enjoined
them in future to live like brother and
sister, al injunction which they obeyed
in order not to irritate him any more.
This concession, however, only served to
infame his brothers passion. and he had
recourse to violence. One night Dameti
issw his wife rush into his room prey to
terror and despair, crying to him to save
her, as Pimene was about to kill her.
Dometi thereupon seized revolver and
shot his brother dead on the spot. The
trial, of course, resulted in verdict Of
iustiEable homicide. Ga the second in
slant, the trial will commence of three
hundred and foFy nihilists in the same
town. The proceedings will be conducted
in aeeref
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-01-25
A Gull Story.
Wilmington Star.


A strange incident occurred on board
of the lightship off Frying Shoals. Dur
ing the prevalence of the severe storm of
the 18th of September last, after the
darkness of night had set in, rendered
doubly gloomy and forbidding by the
bowling tempest that thundered through
the rigging, broke with furious violenes
on the staunch vessel. and sent the salt
spray in phosphores scent clouds over the
very mastheads, one of the seamen was
leaning his elbow upon the port rail of
the ship, watching the storm as it ragged
in all its grandeur and sublimity, when
q large black bird dashed through the
binding mist, and lit upon the railing
near where he was standing. He took
the bird which proved to be an ordinary
sea.gull, all wet and drabbled by the
storm, and warmed and dried it in his
bosom, after which he placed it in a little
bed improvised for the occasion, after
feeding it, as if it had been little child.
The next morning, the storm having
subsidized, our seaman turned the bird
loose, of course with no expectation Of
ever seeing it again. Very much to his
surprise, however, en- the very next
night, at about the same hour of its
previous visit, the gull again put in its
appearance, alighting upon the rail OF
the ship as before, when it was fed,
caressed and cared for as on the occasion
of it's first call, and from that time up to
the oh instant, nearly two months
when the latest information was received
from the ship, the bird had continued
its nightly visits and had bseu regularly
fed and consigned to its "little bed"
where it would remain until released
the next morning, This is no fancy
sketch or draft upon the imagination
but it is al 'o'er true tale' from
source entirely relisble and trustworthy.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-01-25
WAITS AND WHIN S.

Lou LEU5RIE, editor of the Memphis
Sunday Times, and famous as Count
de Noses of the Memphis MARI Gras,
states that there will be no clrnival at
Memphis during the coming year.
IN 1910 the smoking OF tobacco began
at ConstantinopIe. To render the Gus
tom ridiculous a Turk, who had been
found smoking, was conducted about the
street with pipe transfxed through
his nose.
ALTHOUGH the Chinese have words
for fright" and Cleft" they are very Sci
dom used. A traveller will frequently
hear of "the north hand y "the south
ear etc. The packages on g mule are
"too heavy On the south SIDE; they must
be shifted northward," and 50 on.
IT was under the stars at the front
gate. May I kiss you?' he niurmured
in her ear. Her color came and went;
her heart beats faster tAan Rarus trots;
she looked down 20 blush, and she looked
up to sigh, with smile on her lip and
tear in her eye, and then replied: "Prop
osition accepted, if done only once"
"oh where are you going. my pretty maid ~
Il M going to the lecture slr," she said.
MAY 60 with you, my pretty nald?
The suhjce: won't ntere;t you she caid
och. what is that subject, my pretty madf"
"Ihe Anal sxtit eion Of man. she said
A POPULARITY of the baobab tree
found in africa, is that scarcely any iu-
Jury will destroy it, though it finally dies
Of some sort of disease alter living 10 q
great age, upwards of one thousand years
it is believed. Fire scolching the exte-
rior does not impair its vitality, and even
cutting down does not ezterminate it,
for it continues to grow in length while
lying On the ground, and its roots, which
reach forty or fifty yards irt m the trunk,
| retain their vitality,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-01-25

requested that after his death the money
be divided among the Sergesnt's COM
paniods. In return the emperor re.
quesied as a favor that the sergeant
would aim his bullet at his heart. A
monet u dep and draadSul silence
ensulu re cfticer was about to give
the 81; ii Tie military figures Of the
prisoners ncr: erect. motionless-not a
muscle GuiSerinc-- their faces calm q
though Il alta we're still far off. Maxi.
milan he ca trail figure maintained to
the last n Imperial composure which
eminently l., came that unfortunate
prince, TIE soldiers pieces are aim:d.
The wcr'1 is given. Bang =! The EN-
peror, Mtj::l~ [iramon, have all fallen
to the ground, on which each lies
stretched. MiIaH2on ard Mejia were
killed at tie first volley. -Four balls
entered the breast of each. The En-
peror did lot instantly expire, though
he had fallen unconscious. Five balls
had pierced his bosom. There were
some convuleive movements of the
muscles and quivering Of the flesh. See
ing this, two soldiers were ordered TO
step from the ranks. They aimed the
pieces at the fallen emperor. Two NOR
balls were cent into his PROSTATE body
Then he was still. The physician who
was to embalm his body approached and
threw sheet over the face Of the dead
monarch. The troops returned to theil
quarters, but the multitude remained tol
some time, and as if by sapernatu,a
instinct, remained rooted to the spot.
The imperial murder has passed into
history. Juarez, the cunning and un'
scrupulous descendant OF the Aztecs
under whose auspices Macmillan wa'
shot to death, has himself long followed
into the great beyond his regal prisoner
Escobedo, the cruel traitor-E more dis
picable than Arnold, mere vile thar
Judas Iscariot- -Escobedo, who had &c
much to do with the butchery OF the
prince was but recently prisoner, anc
his life forfeited in the grip of the same
power that executed Macmillan. 1t ii
not unlikely, from the drift of events I
Mexico, that for Escobedo, the principal
murderer of tn emperor, fate is pre-
pairing retribution.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-01-25
English Bacon.

In England the preparation OF bacon
is carried on very extensively and sys-
tematically in factories especially con-
structed and fitted up for the purpose.
The plan commonly adopted there is as
follows: After being tasted twenty-four
hours the pig is taken to the slaughtere
house and killed. He is then hung up
by the hind legs, singed by means of gas"
lights opened, cleaned by powerful jets
OF water and dressed. When the carcass
has become cool and firm, which is gen
orally the case after about twelve hours =
it is ready Tor boniDg or cutting up. I
This is done by placing the pig on.
strong table, AMI cutting off the ears
close to the head. The fore feet are then
removed, aud the hind feet, so as 10
leave shank in the ham. The carcass
is then divided strai hit along the back,
and the shoulder blade taker out. The
sides are now ready for Sc 5"g. Each
side is laid eingly on the floor OF a :old
cellar and dressed with mixture of salt
re and salt, four ounces of saltpetre
being used for each side, together with
a quantity of salt corresponding to the
size of the side. Brine is also forced
into the flesh by means of force pump
and jet. The next day the sides are
piled one above the other, remaining so
for four days, when they are turned
over and sprinkled with more salt. Thus
they remain for twelve days, when they
are washed and dried. They are then
taken to the smoking house, where they
hang for three days, being continuously
smokseduring that time with the fumes
OF burning OAK saw>dust, thus acquif1ng
the desired color and flavor. The sides,
when cold, are ready for market.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-01-25
Frosty Nights.

y correspondent OF an English con-
temporary gives his experience with
regard to frosty nights, that sometimes
occur late in the spring or early in the
autumn. He says that when be suspects
that there is or has been frost on his
vegetation: he at once goes out into mis-
garden, gets his watering pot, and
sprinkles with water those tender plsr Ia
which are liable to be frost, bitten, ta4 -
care to do this before the sun rises. By
this means he has never failed to OBJ
viate the disastrous effects of frost, when
his immediate neighbors have suffered
severely from them. The remedy is
simple, not very laborious and well
worth trying
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-01-25
The Delplo6fat,
OPELOUSAS, LA.
TIE SONG OF THE MYSTIC.

walk down the Valley of Silence,
Down The dim, voiceless valley a one,
And I hear net the sound OF footstep
Around me but God 8 and my own;
And the hush Of my heart is as hoy
As Lovers where angels have flown:
long ago was I weary Of voices
Whose music, my ioul Gould cot win
Long ago was weary Of noises
Chat irettel my soul with their din;
Long ago was weary of plscas
Where met but the human and sin.
walked in thu wolll with the worldly,
Yet crave1 what the world never gave;
And said, in the world each ideal
That shines like star on life's wave,
Is toned on the shore CT the ZEAL
And sleeps like dream in the grave
And still did pine for the perfect,
And still found the false with the true;
I sought mid the human of Heaven,
And clught mare glimpse of its blue;
And Isghed with the clouds of the mortal
Yelled even that glimpse from my view.
And [ toiied on, heart-tired OF the human,
And groaned mid the masses OF men;
Til knelt long ago at an altar,
And heard voice call me. sincs then
walked down the Valley OF Silence
That lies far beyond human ken.
Do you ask what found in the Valley?
'Tismy trystlng place with the Divine;
And fell at the feet Of the Holy,
And around me voice said, Be Mine"
Then rose from the depths Ct my soul
An echo, my heart shall be Thine"
Do you ask how live in the ValIey7
weep and dream ard gray;
But my tears are as Weet as the DEVELOPS
That fall on the roses In May;
And my prayer, like perfume from censor,
Ascendeth to God night and day.
In the hush of the Valley OF Silence
I hear all the songs that 1 sing;
And the music floats down the dim Valley
Till each finds word for wing;
That to men like the doves Of the de,uge
The message of peace they may bring.
But tar on the deep there are pillows
That never shall break on the beach,
And have heard songs in the silence
That never shall float into speech,
And have heard dreams in the Valley
Too lofty for language to read.
And have Feen thoughts in the Valley
All, me! low my spirit was stirred -
They wear holy wells ON their faces:
Their footsteps can scarcely be heard;
They ass down the Valley like virgins,
Too pure for the touch OF word
Do you ask me the place OF this Valley,
To hearts that are narrowed by care?
1t lieth altar between mountaips.
And God and His angels are there;
And one is the dark mount of sorrow,
And one bright mountain of prayer.
- Father Ryan. Of 1obiks
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-01-25
The Heat in the Bonanza Mines.

Virginia City Enterprise.
One cause of the great heat in the low
levels of the Bonanza mines has been
the long spell of comparatively warm
and unusually calm weather, When
there is no motion in the sir On the sur
face, that in The lower levels bec5mes to
great degree stsgnant and dead. Last
evening we had the first rsttling good
zephyr that has been seen in long time
The rush of strong gale on the surface
creates suction in the shafts that MAJ
terially aids their draft. On the 1850
level of the California there remains
but twenty feet to run to make 8
connection with the Ophir that will
greatly benefit both mines, and particular,
ly the former, which is very not. Thislevel
(the 1850 further south in the Consoli~
dated Virginia, also the 1850 level, has
of late shown temperature of 1oS de-
grees. The completion of the connection
between the 1000 level of the Ophir and
the G. and G. shaft will do much toward
cooling all the mines between the points
named. It is very difficult matter,
however, to keep down the temperature
in the large Mines where great numbers
Of men are employed and hundreds of
air-consuming lights are burning} In
these old mines-Consolidated Virginia
and Cslifornia--the openings are so great
as to be ION some levels) almost like
fields, and, though large and strong
current Of air may be introduced, it soon
spreads abroad and is lost, 30 far as regards
any further control of it. So long as
air is in motion it may be turned hither
and thither and made useful, but when
it has no motion nothing can be done
with it; a running stream of water may
be guided in many directions, but moth.
ing can be done with staenant pool.
Air is an element much the same as wa
ter in its motions. Where we find on
some part Of course Of creek OF river
a widening in the shape OF large lake,
no current is observable except at the
entrance and exit of the stream-the
inlet and outlet-and it is the same in
he large levels of our mines. On one
side there is found coming through a
drift current of air observed passing
out, but in the midst of the level the
air seems to be quito dead and motion.
less.