The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-01-21

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fered with under any circumstances.
He established rule that any child
coming to School after the ringing of
the "tardy- bell,'' could not get in. On
one of those bitter cold mornings,
two children arrived late benumbed
with cold, but the rule could not be
broken-they were locked out, and
sank, freezing, upon the steps where
they were picked up by neighbor.
1t was thought the legs Of one Of the
boys would have to be amputated.
Such rules as that, and the refusal to
permit children to go to the stove and
warm during School hours, should
subject the guilty Superintendent to
a cool bath in the nearest pond. A
teacher who would enforce cranky
rule to the torture Of a child is not fit
for the position of teacher, to say the
least.
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In an address before the American
Temperance Association, Of New
York, Rev. Joseph Cook declared
that the Americans are ''the most
drunken race on the planet" Joseph
has travelled about a good deal, and
has been a close observer Of human
nature, and his observations may be
for that reason regarded as valuable.
Among things suggested as remedies
for the great disease Of Intemperance,
as many are pleased to call it, Mr..
Cook mentions the teaching, in the
Public Schools, Of the injurious effects
Of alcoholic liquors. While this would
doubtless raise a tremendous howl
from the Observation-Disclosures, it
would perhaps be one Of the most val
liable things that could be taught in
the Schools. In fact it ought to be
taught, daily, in every School in the
land. Under no circumstances in life
could Temperance be taught so sue
cessfully, and the result Of such
teaching would be telling effect for
good, in after life.
***
A U. S. Senator has drafted a bill
providing for the disarming Of the
Indians in the West. We believe
this subject has been suggested
before, but it would be consol-
ing to know just how it is to be done.
Suppose the law be passed. and an at
tempt made to carry it into execution.
How are they to be disarmed? Who
will go after the guns? Where will
the disarming force go? In short,
how are you going to catch your In
dian to disarm him, when you cannot
catch him to kill him? As well pass
a law that every whale in the sea
should be killed at once
*.*
''Do you Think asked gentleman
in Sunday School, a short time ago,
shat there are any such things as
punishments and rewards in this
world?" This referred Of course to
the sinfulness or righteousness Of man
in the temporal life, and no matter
what answer, or multiplicity Of an
swers, might be given to the question,
certain it is that both reward and
punishment come in certain cases.
A man who can feel that he has lived
righteously, certainly has repose of
conscience which gives him an unde-
Enable Joy. while a man who has con-
sciously performed wicked deed, or
neglected to perform known duty
assuming that he is responsibly intel
ligent-must have an uneasy, troubled
time of it. An illustration of the lat
ter part Of this proposition comes from
Vincennes, Indiana. A colored man
named Eppes, committed brutal
murder-all murders are brutal, but
this one is described as exceptionally
so-and fled from justice. On the
night Of his flight the thermometer
registered fifteen degrees below zero,
and the fugitive walked some fifteen
miles. He is now in Jail at Vincennes,
his feet swollen to such an extent that
they literally bursted, amputation will
perhaps follow, and his state of mind
from the agony of his physical suffer
ings and the reflection upon his hor-
rible crime-is described as deplorable.
A. mob has been watched for, and the
poor wretch has endured indescribable
torment during his captivity. Ger
tainly punishment has come to this
unfortunate man, punishment from
which death itself would be a great
relief, if we could argue that death
ends all.
LATER.-Epps was taken from Jail
on Monday night, by mob, and
hung. He hobbled along in untold
agony, from the jail to the tree where
he met his death. He was in too
much bodily agony to even offer a
word Of prayer for his guilty soul.
~
II thank God," said the person who
was criticising the newspaper, ''that L
am not as this paper. I avoid every
thing that has the appearance Of evil;
| give aims to the poor; l pray once
week, and try to practice the Golden
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