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Snap in the SchoOl-ROom.

Tqere is no place in the world where
snap is more needed than in the school
room. A teacher needs it on his way to
school; he sets an example by the way he
moves along; what sort OF IL man he is
appears by his movements in the street.
He should walk well, with head erect and
shoulders trown back Ike man, and a
cultured man at that.
He needs snap to make his external APP
pearance as becoming as possible. His
clothing and shoes should be kept nicely
brushed, his linen should be white, his
nails should be carefully cut and clean,
his hair properly arranged and teeth
brushed, and thus show that education
has had an effect upon him.
Snap is needed to correct other things.
Some have habit of picking their teeth
with their fingers! some OF gaping,
some Of splitting, and some of blowing
the nose. All these things should be
done out of view Of the scholars. A teach
er can step out into the entry and blow
his nose, if it must be done: teachers
sometimes shuttle more than our high
civilization will warrant. 3
Oudp Is uceueu III yOuA oCHool WIN
Don't sit in your chair an hour at a
time. Let your style of sitting there ex-
hibit activity. Sit upright; don't lean
on your elbows. Insist that your pupils
shall sit in good style, too When you
stand properly; don't lean up against
the side Of the house, door or desk; stand
erect
Snap is needed in conducting your
classes. Have your pupils walk proper
~ to the recitation seat; have them wait
there, standing, for your direction to sit,
unless they can take toeir places properly
without. When pupils name is called, see
that he rises promptly and looks you in the
face. When he goes to the blackboard
see that he arranges his work evenly and
neatly. Have it copied until it is right.
When you recite or explain, have snap
enough to do it better than any one else;
be model when you undertake to do a
thing.
Have the snap, when disorder begins,
to repress it at once. Disorder originates
in one person generally; find that person
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-29
January and May.

January and May were linked together
in Il waiting room of the Providence s.
Stonington railroad at Richmond one day
last week. They arrived by the eastward
bound train and walked briskly across
the platform. A clergyman was waiting
for them, and a carriage had been en-
gagged to take them to his residence where
the ceremony was to be performed The
bridegroom hastily inquired when the
next westward bound train was due, and
on being told that only five minutes would
elapse before that event, he calculated:
81 am in a hurry! We must return by
the next train! It's going to rain! We
must be marricd!' They entered the
humble "ait:ngroom. The hands of
the clock moved. The station agent
minutes, nown Just then the westward
bound train rounded the curve, approach
ing the station. The bridegroom's agita-
ton was evinced by heads of perspira-
ton on an ample forehead fringed with a
few tufts of gray hair all that remained
from the SHOWS of seventy winters Lit
tie May, with the innocence Of girlhood
in her eyes, was in flutter. The clergy
man alone was cool and self-possessed.
"Join hands!" he cried, as the locomotive
shricked. 'sYou take this man to be your
husband9" he demanded sternly, as the
engineer gave the bell-rope a vigorous
jerk. Yes" whispered nervous May,
as the train ratified by, with the brakes
grinding and the engine suffering.
"You taSe this woman to be your
wife," asked the clergyman with his
hand on the bridegroom's arm. eyes,
quoth January, fumbllng his railway pass
and ia" ing the spectacles from his nose,
just as heavy trunk was dumped on the
platform and the locomotive again found
its voice. ''Then pronounce you man
and wife, exclaimed the good man, and
the conductors Gail aboard came in like
an amen. The bride was bundled into
the car, there was transfer Of silver half
dollars from bridegroom to clergyman,
the hackman murmured "Gol darn it, I've
lost a job," and January was nearly car
ried off his legs on the platform. In a
moment the train boy cried, "Lozcnges
here Their wedding journey had be-
gun.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-29

neighbors, whilst playing "Baby Mine"
and "Whoa, Emma" at home, that he de-.
termined to have a nice quiet time with
his fiddle at least once, without Interrupt
ton. So while Rome burned, Nero took
seat on stump on the outskirts of the
city and ratified off "Lanigan's Ball.
tsYou'u Never Miss the Well till the Wa
ter Runs Dry" "Where was the Light
when Moses Went OUT and other airs
popular in his day-and not single
brick bat was heaved at him. He knew
that all his nei gbors, and their sis, and
COIL and their hts We're down in the
city listening to the tiremen swearing at
each other, and shouting through their
ridiculous horns, '"Turn-on-the-water
-Phmniy Hoo sci
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Growing English Ivy.


l have heard many people complain
that they could not keep English Ivies,
because they grow so slowly, and that
they could not afford to wait for small
vine to grow to any considerable size.
While visiting my old home last summer
I made my calls, and among them one
upon lady who is noted throughout the
village for the beauties Of her ivics. I
never saw any more lovely Though COM
paratlvcly young plants. they were stalky,
while the leaves were Of that glossy green
which is seldom seen on plants outside Of
green house.
/ asked her, after having admired her
plants sufficiently, "What IS the secret Of
your success?' She assured me that it
was no secret, adding, 81 put piece Of
beefsteak at the roots every spring and
fail, and this is the result
"But docs nd Pthe odor of the decaying
beef annoy you?"
'sIt never has and why shouldn't? Won't
people fill their pots full Of stable rich
ness, and never think of offensive odors -
On my return to Worcester I put some
steak-a piece perhaps two inches square
under the roots Of my ivy, and in a
week or two It began to run, and has
grown very rapidly ever since.
Now, perhaps other decaying matter
would do as well, but can truly recon-
mend the steak as having been tried.
Many say too much richness uill Kill the
plant, but I know from experience that
vines, all kinds of ivies, air plants and
Madeiras cannot tavc too much. use a
mixed dressing, such as has been made
ready for the garden two-thirds of this
and one of common earth, and your vines
will grow rank and beautiful, astonishing
you with large leaves and stout stems.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-29
SONG OF THE WRECK.


High o'er the beach the shattered hulk,
With storm-wrrnchcd timbers stern ana
gray, u-
Mars, with its grim, unsightly bulk.
The brightness of the golden day
While tossed on high each gnarlcd beam,
Clear cut against the amber SKY,
Like wrestling giant arms might seem
Flung out in helpless agony.
And fancy counts the winters gone
Since, bowed beneath the tcmpests hate,
The hapless vessel drifting on,
Came grooming, shuddcrln" to her 1ate.
And gallant lives OF stalwart men,
Borne upward on the raging air,
Went out mid terror, night and pain,l
In fierce pang of wild despair
Now while on shore and sea the sun
Its purple mantle gently lays.
And far-seen islands, one by one.
Melt in the rosy glmmerng haze
While yelling up through beach and scam,
~ The sun-tipped Wavelets pulsing flow,
Telling the beach their summer dream
In scn.b]Own mrrmllrs faint and low
Fair, gentle girls, with eyes like stars,
= And ripping laughter crisp and sweet
Cluster around the gray old spars,
The bright foam dancing to their feet
Till when the sunset glories fade,
And twilight deepens into night,
When, kcenly flashing through the shade,
Flames DER the sea the beacon light.
Their parting voices Wane and faint
To stiffness all unknown before
Save where the night wind means its plant
Round wreck and tower, on wave ant
shore.
Courage, sad heart! Though dark and chill
The storm-wrecked life in ruins lie.
Though wailing ghosts its chambers fill,
And strength and hope and impulse die.
Still young and love some tender CLEANS, y"
Some jolly light, DER thy gloom shall cas-
Stirring to transient, happy dreams.
The old sweet ycarnings OF the past
And when the darkness falls again,
Stand, like the watch tower, strong an
sure;
In patience bile thy lonely pain,
SteadfaSt, 7'eHle1abe1-and endu7ef
--Chayles Carroll, IN Ha1per'S Magazine il
July.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-29
out and put an end to his disturbing in

out and put an end to his disturbing in
fuence.
Have snap enough to watch your own
influence on the school, and see whether
you are the cause Of the order or the dis
order. Watch your tones Of voice; see
whether you "get mad' or not; see wheth-
er you speak harshly or not; see whether
you use the same language you would if
a visitor were present ii you don't,
something is wrong
Have snap to pursue course Of study
just as earnestly as you want your schol-
ars to. Do not go home to lie stagnant
and unprogressing. Select something and
go forward, go forward. Take up theol-
ogy, and get the needed books and follow
it up until you know it; you will need a
year or two on that one subject. But do
not neglect to take hold Of current events
at the same time. Discuss these with your
pupils day by day. In fine have snap
enough to be live, progressive teacher,
instead of dull machine teacher.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-29
About Teeth.

Teeth have been both source Of
trouble and vanity to their possessors
from all time, as they still continue to be.
Dentists were common among the Egypt
ians, on the authority of Herodotus, and
the extraction of teeth was known to the
ancient Greeks. SpreDgel, in his "His-
tory Of Medicine, /" says: Given surgical
instruments were bequeathed by the in
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-29
SUSAN's EASTER BONNET.
Susan had an Easter bonnet

Susan had an Easter bonnet
Broad and lofty-6 by O.
Plumes and ribbons grated on it
Gracious goodness, want it fine!
Susan wore that Easter bonnet
Into church on Easter day
When the women gazed upon it.
Pewfuls~ of them swooned eway
For it was perfect daisy,
Tilted gaily fore and aft
Calculated to set crazy
Half the giddy female craft.
Susan thought the service splendid
As she felt her bonnet loom,
And was sorry when it ended
And the bonnet ceased to boom.
st Louis Zimes-I oa,7aol
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Just How and Why Nero Fiddle4

Nero fddled while Rome was burning.
And when we go behind the returns. we
discover that Nero was what the lamented
Artemus Ward would call "segacious
cuss.' He had been so frequently dis
urbcd and threatened with death by the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-29
A LITTLE HELP WORTH A GREAT DEAL
OF PITY.

have seen a blind man walking
Along the busy street;
l have heard the people talking
As they watched his shambling feet;
have marked their words of pity
AS they saw him pass along
Through the overcrowded city,
And I've seen the bTight-eyed sehoolboy
Leave his brothers at their play
To help the sightless stranger
Across the busy way.
All! the pity was not worthless,
Though it lent no helping hand,
But that little help outyalued
All the pity in the land
have seen the little orphan,
Left without mothers care;
have heard the words OF sorrow
That the neighbOrs had to spare;
have known them say: "The poorhouse
Is just meant for such as she;"
And Though very sorry for herr
swell, she has no claim on me-"
And I've seen the toiling widow,
With children half a score,
Take the little lonely orphan
To her hospitable door.
There were fifty folks who pitied,
There was only one to aid,
But the one excelled the fifty
AS the sun eXcelS the shade.
Ihave heard the schoolboy signing
Der his lessons home from school;
I have seen him vainly trying
To master some new rule,
Ihave marked the words Of pity
That his brothers lips supplied,
And I've seen the dewy teardrop
That yet remained undrled.
Then pve seen his mother gently
Take his blunder-covered slate,
And with loving effort help him
Make his crooked answers straight.
That pity though brothers..
Was forgotten in day;
But the loving help of mothers
Will never pass away.
have seen little two year-old
Stand crying by brook;
And I've marked a country maiden
Deep buried in book;
have known her rise up quickly
Lay the treasured work aside,
Lift the little fellow gently
Der the water clear and wide;
And pye seen the merry sunshine
Light up his face at last,
Which, if she had only pitied.
Would have still been overcast.
Oh! let pity lead to action,
For the world is full of need;
There are many eyes that water,
There are many hearts that bleed.
There are wounds that all want binding
There are feet that go astray.
There are tears all hot and binding
That our hands can wipe away;
For the blind man on the causeway.
The orphan with his fears,
The schoolboy in his troubles,
And the baby in it's tears,
Are all like a thousand others
Whom to help; if we but try,
We shall scatter seeds of kindness
For the reaping by and BY"
Let us ever act as brothers,
Meier with pity be content,
Always doing good to others
Both in action and intent.
Though the pity may be useful,
IT'S but little if it's all,
And the smallest piece Of needed help
Is better than it ALL
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plaid are arranged like sash-bcw IN the
back and around the neck.
In general, the costumes for morning
wear, for travelling and for the seaside
assume more and more masculine ap-
pearance. The jacs cts open over vests,
the latter call to their aid the jabot, and
these three costumes ladies look as if
ready to mount on horseback. The hand
only lacks the whip, and seems mortified
at being obliged to hold an umbrella or
parasol instead. AS to vests, it may as
we'll be said that they are worn with all
dresses, inasmuch as the morning and
travelling costumes have their vests, quite
as we'll as full toilets for dinners, recep-
tons, and balls.
People who like black dresses-and
they are numerous-have this season
adopted the Spanish dress. For the cha
teaux and seaside cottages the summer
wardrobe is not complete without Span
ish toilet This is made of black faille,
entirely covered with very transparent
black barege, or even black Grape. The
entire front is covered with rows Of wide
black lace, which are finished on each
side with bow, with long hanging loops,
made Of mario. PINK satin ribbon Each
bow is fastened with rosette Of black
jet, with two tasseIs Of uneven length to
match. The long train in the back (this
toilet is never made SHORTY is draped by
means of a single large bow of white
pink or satin ribbon. The corsage, cut
square in the neck, and the elbow sleeves,
are trimmed with pink bows and jet. In
guise Of couture small not Of jet, with
! large rose placed above the ear.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-08-02
aRIz0NA's CAPITAL.

The following Prescott items are
 from the daily Arisoaan of last l Wednesday:
 The recent floods in Granite Creek
 went plumb through" into the Yer
 de, something that has not happened
 in several years past.
 1 c. F. Head tS Co. have several
 thousand pounds of Apache county
 salt, which they offer to sell cheap. | D. c. Morsland and another man
 started csl ly this morning for Tonto
 Basin. They go to look at mines in
 that section of tie Territory. Ten to One that Dud will discover something almost as good as the Tiger, which |, he discovered.
 Waiter T. Hill, who has a fine
 band of sheep in the mountains,
 about fifty miles north of this place, came in today; says stock of all kinds are fat and sleek. He repor ts very heavy rains and splendid feed all the way from the San Francisco mountains to Prescott.
 The Board of Supervisors of this County, sitting as Board of Equali. zation, have worked hard for several weeks past, and yesterday thought that their arduous labors would be ended, when their ehagrin they ware informed by Judge Silent and Judge Hargrave that the assessment of property was in many instances, defective, and that it was the duty of the Board to notify owners of lots in this town to appear and give correct description of lots, etc. Our attention having been called to this matter, we were shown wherein | some assessments were, and are now, defective. For instance, A has three | lots in certain block, with improve | ments on one of them. The Assess ors have simply put him down as the owner of three lots and i'm prove ments, worth in the aggregate so much. Again some ranches and farms are very poorly described Now, a contest having been raised on just such technicalities, the District Judge was, according to a strict in of law, compelled to let the contestant go free of paying taxes The County cannot afford to lose much in this way, hence the necessity for acting in a legal way. We be- lieve it safe to assert that heretofore the assessing has been done in the same way, but people have become legal gentlemen whose duty it is to find flaws are more numerous han formerly, and patriotic" tax payers less numerous. So the Board will have to sit and sit until matters Ire set right, square and fair.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-08-02
FIavoring Meat on the Hoor.

M- Montclair, noted agriculturist in France, advocates the f1avoring of meat en foot, by appropriate feeding. He says tsaE by flavoring the food of cattle sheep, pigs aud poultry, their flesh may be rendered much more agreeable to the palate than it often IS. He is substantially right, for reas- oning by ccntraries, we know that rabbits, quail, deer, etc, which feed and browse upon the artemisia and bitter seeds have a dieagreeabIe fla vor when eaten. Any flavor may be given the meat-mint, anise. thyme, etc, and several tastes may be given the meat, or compound flavor may be added by variety of fiavors of any selection. Tor invalids particu ]arly or for cpicurian palates. the common meaty favor can be modified ln flavor to suit che palate, and the aversion to healthy. rusritious meat he overcome by desicicYs lglom- grafton of sweet favoEs
The Phoenix herald., 1879-08-02
The Queen of All.

Honor the dear old mother. Time
 has scattered the snowy flakes on her brow, ploughed deep furrows on her cheek, but is she not sweet and beau tiful now? The lips are thin and shrunken, but those are the lips which have kissed a many 8 hot tear from the childish cheeks, and they are the sweetest lips in all the world The eye is dim, yet it glows with the soft radiance of holy love which can never fade. An, yet, she is dear old mother. The sands of life are nearly run out, but feeble as she is. she will go further and reach down lower for you than any other upon earth. You cannot walk into a midnight where she cannot see you; you cannot enter prison whose bars vii keep her out, you can never mount scaf1old too high for her to reach that she may kiss and bless you in evidence of her deathless love When the world shall despise and forsake you; when it leaves you by the waysisde to die unnoticed, the dear old mother will gather you in her feeble arms and carry you home, and tell you of all her virtues until you almost forget that your soul is disf1gured by vices. Love her tenderly, and cheer her declining years with holy devotion
The Phoenix herald., 1879-08-02
NEVADA NOTES.

Cottonwood is selling at $8 per cord in Winnemucca, and seasoned pine for SIS.
 The daily business of the Virginia postoflice is from 1900 to 1,5OO let ters, four bags of newspapers, twenty to thirty registered letters, and thirty to forty packages.
 The air in the Julia lower levels is much better than at any time since the mine was connected with the tun- nel- The temperature on the 2,000- level is about 113 degrees That of the water Is much greater, however, as it exceeds 160 degrees.
 Colonel Hardwin shipped ten car loads of beef cattle to San Francisco from Winnemucca on Friday, and William H. Shirk shipped fourteen of similar cattle from the same place on Saturday.
 The north branch of the Sutro tun- nel is now in 175 feet, but the header Is still running the curve to make to the north Nothing is being done in the south lateral drift on account of the heat The company employees 120 men, some of whom are engaged in putting i2 the boxes which were left elevated wiacn the water of the Comstock was.sent in.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-08-02

The Bank of California has com menced an action in the Twelfth Dis trict Court against Henry F. Will liams ct al., to have certain instru- ments, executed by defendant Will Hams, declared to be mortgages and security for promissory notes amount ing to $267 ,652, ,65, and that the mor- tagged property be sold. The land consists of portion of the Rancho de PeGcadero in San Joaquin county, and large number of lots Tn the Paul Tracts, O'Neil and Haley Tracts, and the South San Francisco Homestead and Railroad Associ- ations.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-08-02

The gentlemen and ladies of Au- burn prison celebrated The pro- ceedings opened with the pa;rictic ai-. Sweet !s1G Of ljbe-ty1
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-17
European Cable News.
Railroad Accident In Russia

Railroad Accident In Russia
LONDON, Jan. 16.-A st. Peters
burg letter, dated January 1lth,
Gays a collision occurred on the
Warsaw Railway,thirty miles from
st. Petersburg, on the 10th inst, by
which twenty persons were killed
and thirty-two injured, twenty-one
dangerously.
Crisis Imminena IN France.
PARIS, Jan. 16.-In the Chamber
Of Deputies M. Dufaure yielded and
assented to the appointment of
Gen. Gresseley. All PERSONS ac-
quainted with the relations between
President MaUMahon and General
Gresseley are aware that the ap-
pointment Is equivalent to g refusal
to allow the Chambers to have
proper constitutional control over
the Office. AS long as Gen. Gresse,
leg is In Office there will be no re-
forms and no changes in the great
military commands. The Marshal
claims that he holds control over
the administration of the army,
which the Chambers claim for
themselves and which they are de-
termined to have. Another Paris
correspondent regards the situa-
tion as very critical. The over
throw of the Cabinet, he says,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-17

1T is now a matter of grave dis
cussion In thu Northern and GEN.
trail portions of the State as 10
whether the rains in those sections
have not been SO long delayed that
q crop of the cereals will be out of
the question this year. This de-
bate possesses grave interest for
our farmers. They are confronted
with the possibility that Southern
Galifornia may be the only quar-
tor in which grain may be raised
this year. In this county the rain
fall SO far has been abundant.
Large areas are already seeded
aud, we have no doubt, consldera-
tion oe ths possibility hinted at
will lead our farmers to strain every
perve to put more ground under
cultivation. 1t is almost an as
sured thing that, without any
more rain, most of our farmers can
raise q crop. Should the misfor-
tune of u drouth afflict the rest OF
the State both selfish motives aud
patriotism call upon the agricul-
turists Of Southern California to
stand ia the breach. Everything
raised by them would command
high prices and the large quanti-
ties of graiu Low OH hand would
appreciate heavily in value. 1t
would be turning the tables with a
vengeance if, this year, our section
should prove to be the Egypt Of
California and if, through the over
flowing condition of our granaries,
large importations of the cereals
from abroad should be prevented.
This year promises. to be one in
which even barley will be likely to
be profitable. We have no doubt
whatever but that there will yet be
plenty of rain in the upper portion
of the State, but speculation hinges
altogether on the facts whether,
the late attempts at copious rains
having failed even in those por-
tions of the State usually the M ost
moist, they are not thrown over to
February, with the result that they
will have come too late to insure
crops. The San Joaquin valley, in
an especial manner, seems to be
counted out of all reasonable prob
ability of contributing to our grain
yield tho current season.