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Year: 1874

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When we were boy, if we did any
mischief at school, the stern old peda-
gogue dragged us out on the floor and
hagellated US until We couldn't wiggle.
We were thus placed in an unwigglety
situation on an average of about three
times a day, and we thought it was all
right aud our parents thought it all right,
and the public applauded it, and though
we didn't learn much, We grew healthy
and hardy and saucy. But in this day
and generation the sentiment Of the pub
lie seem to have undergone wonderful
change on the question of school punish
ment. Let teacher but compel child
to stand-a few minutes on the floor, as
chastisement for some misdemeanor, and
the parents or guardians of that child 60
Immediately into paroxysms of range,
and denounce the teacher as monster
and barbarian, and either withdraw the
child from school or. encourage in it
spirit of rebellion and insubordination
that will ultimately lead to its expulsion,
or harsher punishment, as the teacher
may deem necessary. In view of what
we suffered when youth, and what was
commended then, we cannot help being
astonished at the Indignation that's man
ifested in some quarters over the milk
and-water chastisements in vogue at
present. What would these grunIblers
have? Kindness and gentle words ?
These are all very well to talk about, but
try 1t once, and you'll find that kindness
and gentle words fall upon some children
like water upon ducks back, or like
that meteor which fell few weeks ago
no person can tell where it struck. If
this thing continues, and we become
imbued with the spirit of the age. we
will no doubt tottor to school one of these
days and shake our crutch at, and mum
bic our curses upon some teacher who
has dared TO look cross at one of our
grandchildren. But it will be when we
are in our dotage, aud unable to discrim-
mate between justice and injustice. We
trust that for many years vet we will be
able and content to wabble along in that
unfrequented but healthy path that lies
between bull-headed cruelty and velvet
handed etieminacy. y.-Brunaoicker.
Year: 1874

NOTHING SO strongly indicates the
man of pure and wholesome thought as
habitual purity of speech. BY his con-
versation among his own kind, you may
always pretty accurately form an opln-
ion as to the moral worth of man. Ii
is there where no restraint is supposed TO
be placed upon his words, that you dis
cover his true nature. Ii TO be given to
looseness Of discourse, or his mind wan
ders to the discussion of subjects pro-
scrlbed in mixed company or respectable
society, you may justly mark him US one
with whom association is undesirable.
Year: 1874

Punch says: "Tke cOquette is graduate
in the science of Irritation, has taken every
degree from her alma mater-who is so
good a mistress Of arts that she SnO longer
a tutor, and is competent to manage her
own affairs without the aid Of chaperOn.
She is a psychological cIriOsity-uudergo-
ING two changes before arriving at maturity
from the insect of the school period she
becomes the ehryst Ilis Of the ballroom,
whence she emerges from beneath the
wing Of her chaperon, to fatter forth
the fuIl-grown butterfly, or eoquette.
She has a scale Of attractions by which
she measures her department toward
different individuals. She can al mo
ment's notice be intensely agreeable or
0nietIy repeIlant. She can smile with one
side Of her face upon new conquest, and
frOwn with the other upon his wanlnS
rival. She knows instinctively the exact
moment when to commence a Irritation;
and having no passion, no feeling, can
adroitly break OF an ineligible one, even Il
the wedding liyeries have been ordered:
FIattery is her food and caprice her rule OF
conduct. She may win our establishment
by her boldness, ingenuity and protean
changes Of demeanOr, but not our admirar
tiOn or esteem
Year: 1874

The New State Omeers Quietly In


stalled.


LITTLE Rock, Nov. 12-About nine
o'clock this morning Gov. A. Ii. Garland
and the other State officers, elected on the
thirteenth of October under the new con-
stitution, were sworn in and entered upon
the discharge of their respective duties
without any ceremony and with the
knowledge of but very few persons.


Gov. GarIand's MessaSe-Let Us For


give and Forget.


At the meeting of the Assembly letter
was read from Gov. Garland, stating he had
qualified and was now exercising the duties
of Governor. The following extralts are
from his message:


In accepting the nomination | unre-
servedly committed myself to policy Just
and liberal to all, oppressive and proscrip-
tive to none. In taking the oath of office,
/ repeat the solemn avOWal that / shall
strive to 50 administer the government un-
der our constitution that the protection the
rights Ofthe wholepeOple shall be complete.


While we congratulate ourselves and the
people of Our sister States at the recent
splendid exhibition of popular supremacy
all over our Union, we must use the victory
prudently and wisely and show the world
We are worthy Of it. Let no animosities
of the past mar its beauty. Let no bitter
memories Of other DAYS spoil its charm or
lessen its benefit. Let us forget thu past,
only so far as it may serve to warn MS
against evils in the administration
of our Government, and go forward to
remedy those evils and make and enforce a
government for all alike, with its benefits
and its burdens. We want no strife, no
turmoil, but We want and must have peace
and order; and, to this end, the laws
should be enforced rigidly; but no men
living under them should be unjustly or
illegally deprived of one iota of his rights,
and let no man be put in fear, or injured,
or denied any right on account OF race,
color or previous condition Of servitude, or
on account of former residence OF differ
ence in political opinion.


Our united energies directed upon this
theory for development of the resources Of
the State, will, in a short time, destroy for
ever the dark and ugly spots in her history,
aud will make her place to be looked up
on and of which all people will delight to
write and speak. We will then prove we
not only have a good government, but that
we properly appreciate its blessings and
know how TO manage and control such a
government.


This message was received with general
satisfaction.
Year: 1874

A QUEER proof of the power of pelt
to dodge taxation is seen in Ohio's
attempt to tax Pullman's palace and
sleeping cars. All theorists agree that
Injuries should be taxed. and nothing
more luxurious than these rolling pala-
ces was ever realized in the loftiest
effort of Oriental magnifcence. They
certainly should bear their share
of taxes. They charge enough,
in all conscience. Yet, strange
to say, this rich and radiant class of
property seems to escape in nearly all
the States, not excepting our own.
Our surprise at this oversight is en-
hanced, when We remember the Pull
man company is entirely distinct from
the railroads, and is not covered by
their temporary charter privileges. The
art of taxation seems still in its in.
fancy.
Year: 1874

A German woman named Shillinger,
committed suicide last night by throwing
herself into cistern, where the body was
found this evening. Trouble, brought about
5v The drunkenness of her husband, who is
now serving out sente1oe in tbe work
house, is assigned as the cause.
Year: 1874

How CHIEF JUsTICE CHASE KILLED A
PIG.-Judge Chase tell an amusing story
of his Younger days in a letter to Il friend
He says:


.One ludicrous incident OF the chore
>inl impressed itself strongly on my
memory. The bishop and most of the
older members of the family went away
one morning, he having ordered me to kill
and dress pic while they were gone. to
serve for dinner that day or next. had
no great trouble in catching and slaughter
mo fat Young porker, AMI had the tub
of hot water all ready for plunging him in
preparatory to taking off the bristles. I'm
fortunately however, the water was too
hot or otherwise in wrong condition. or
perhaps when | sOIsed the PIG into it L
kept him too long. At any rate, when L
undertook to take off the bristles. thinking
thew would come off OF themselves, to my
dismav could not sts.rt one of them The
bristles were set. in pig-killing phrase /


picked and pulled in vain. What should L
| 10? The pig must be dressed In that
there must be no failure. | bethought me
of nv cousins raZors. Il nice, new pair.
! lust suited to a spruce young clergyman,


as he was No sooner imagined than done
cot the r:lzors and shaved the pig from


toe to snout. | think the shaving of the
pip WAS a success. The razors We're some
what damaged in the operation They
were carefully wiped and restored TO theiI
place. Nv impression is that, on the
whole. the pig-killing was not satisfactory
to my uncle. and my good cousin found
his raZors not exactly tit for use the mex
morning
Year: 1874

A SMART GIRL.-Woodchucks are Il
most intolerable nuisance in Rowlev, some
years cutting off half the pumpkin crop.
One enterprising farmer made formal
declaration of war against them, and
bought a 'yaller dorg that was reputed
to be the champion woodchuckist- Bose
did shake the life ont of half a dozen of the
varmints. just to show what might be done
in case of an emergency. but his interest
declined. and he didn't seem to take much
stock in woodchucks. One morning at
breakfast the farmers little daughter, nine
years old, told her f,ther that she believed
that she could beat the dog ut his own
game, and he replied that she should have
/ quarter apiece for all she would catch
and the chlmpion's belt, if she brought
home more chucks for the next week than
Bose did. Accordingly after breakfast she
went out with no arms except what nature
endowed her with. and no traps but her
cunning hands, and within an hour return
ed holding VIII 1t appeared to be the grand
father of all woodchucks, perfect mon
ster. by the hind legs. carrying him at
arms length, while he struggled to get
free, and scratched and bit To the best of
his ability. The farmer patted his daugh-
Ter on the head in appreciation of her
prowes~, and then patted the woodchuck
On the heal also. The girl caught ano her
in the afternoon. anil within week caught
five. betting the dog and claiming the


championship Her nodus Oporandi WAS


simply to lie down back of a hole and


patiently watch the appearance of the


tenant, grabbing him by the nape of the


neck as soon as his head emerged above


ground The farmer would dispose of the


dog at Il reasonable price, but that girl


isn't for le.-Ns,c5aryp0H Herald.
Year: 1874

Pennsylvania Central, when on nearing
Harrisburg the engineer of an express
train discovered little girl at play on the
track ahead of him Her back was toward
him but he saw the golden curls, the bare
arms, and almost imagined he heard the
Joyous prattle of the unsuspecting child
as the flying engine approached the cross
tie where she sat. Perhaps he thought OF
Just such another child ut home, for he
sprang from his cab--it was too late TO
stop the tran-and leaning over the "pl-
lot - reached out and caught the little girl
lust as she raised her head and saw her
danger Then the mother, who had seen
the brave act. rushed from her house and
took the child from his arms when the


train was brought to a stop.


| Last summer, the engine run by William


Baird. of the lightning express on the
| Hudson River Railroad, struck drunken
man who was sitting on the trestle-brltige
at Plum Point, and killed him instantly.


At the inquest, the day after, the engineer
| told the writer that exactly year before


on that very day he had " struck his first


man - somewhere just above 1onkers;;
Said he: - [ was running the lightning
then, and was making lively time past
Yonkers, when ! saw a Young fellow with


Il cane in his hand walking on the down
track. Just rs got within one hundred


feet of him. he deliberately walked over


to my track. | whistled and jerked back


nv lever. The light was full In his tace,


and when he heard my whistle, l saw an


expression of horror ON his face, for he


was blind and had thought | was coming


on the down track. He jumped, but IT


was too late; and [ saw him throw up hl>
hands, even heard him shriek-as the


pilot struck him. | sat up that night, anc


thought about that poor fellow-no ust
| trying to sleep with that on my mind
The next day | saw him laid out III The
; depot, all torn and mangled. but his face


wasn't touched Mt all, and after took one
l look ut him | saw that face day and nigh
| for six months every minute | was on my


engine. l shut my eyes when | passe'
t the place where | struck him. | managed
| to get another engine; | did everything


but all the time, especially at night, IN tn
glare of my head light | saw that pale
: thin. blind face, saw the hands thro"'
' up, and ! heard the poor fellow scream
: when the pilot seemed to strike him. =
l NeU York Graphic.
Year: 1874

his wife driven to death with homework. |
The bountiful table which you enjoy did |
not come of ITSELF though the fresh veget- |
ables were brought from the garden. not
from the market The cream and eggs Tn
which you feast might have pat money into
somebody's packet.


Do not attempt to reconstruct the
household habits and arrangements.
Doubtless light and mir are delightful lux
uries, but if the good woman shuts her
blinds and doors, do not tlaunt them open.
Perhaps she prefers GOODNESS to glare and
shade to flies. Moses and stones and
bark are treasures to you, but do not clut-
ter your friends room with them, nor
track mud or gravel over the floors while
her shoulders are still aching with the
sweeping and dusting. Newspapers and
books AMI sewing and straw hats about
may make the house look pleasant and
social to you, but if somebody is careful to
pick up and put away do not indulge in
attractive disorder. If you propose to
help. let Your work be Il real help, not IA
hinderancc. When you tlutter about
the kitchen, or put your hand heedlessly
to the domestic machinery, you may prove
vexation OF Il bother. Do not keep
around in the way all the time. Give the
family opportunities to be alone. Never
ntrude on individual privacy. Let your
knowledge of family affairs be that OF
/ friendly, personal interest, never that OF
/ curiosity. Be blind and deaf to whatever
f il is kinI not to know. Express Your ap-
probation of whatever is done for your
! comfort, AMI make your friends feel that
their hospitality is Il favor and pleasure to
you.


Finally, do nos assume that yol know
more of the world than these country peO-
Pile The neiglbors on one side may have
spent the previous year in Europe On
the other side perhaps the Member OF
Congress lives. The young lady in the straw
hat, who leans over the garden fence to
Tux with the girls may be Il correspondent
for several city newspapers. The boys
raking hay may have just returned from
Il surveying or scien itic toar among the


Sierras.


These very little things of this kind


make the difference between the desirable
and undesirable guest. People who arr


entertaining in the parlor are often uncom


Portable visitors. Put yourself IN he


place if YOU would learn how to max


your hostess enjoy You. - Cor. Bostoi


journal.
Year: 1874

A new invention has just been tried IN
Paris which is said to render drowning
a thing of the past. 1t consists in the en-
ployment of pneumatic lndia-rubber tube
rolled round the body Il sufficient number


of folds to contain the necessary amount
of air. The tube is placed concealed in a
double envelope forming shirt. 1t ter
inmates by mouth piece, which shuts with
the aid of :. simple copper button. The
operation is simple in the extreme, and
the swimmer or immersed person has
enough air for whole day. When the
apparatus comes to diminish in volume, it
is easy to expand it again by the principal
tube in deep water without any effort or
difficulty. The trial was witnessed in the
Henry the Fourth Baths. when the inven-
tor. Nj. Gosselin. shovel its properties. He
stood upright, the hands raised above the
head. when the water dill not come above
the shoulders; he then ioated on his back
with arms crossed. The apparatus can bt
worn under the clothes like a flannel waist
coat. 1t extends from the neck to thu
knees, fastened in front by row of but


tons. 1t is composed of IA double flannel


in the midst of which an India-rubber tub


circulates, starting from the top of tn


chest. ascending the left side of the neck
and following the central line of the back
Year: 1874

there it divides in two branches, encircling
the thighs as far as the knees. From the
central part of the principal tube twelve tc
fifteen lesser tubes diverge to make the
round of the body. and meet in front
where the row of buttons is. This i'm
provement on the life belt is said to be
certain to slperseie all existing appliances
in teaching winning or saving life from
shipwreck.
Year: 1874

this winter. threw the leaves on
the sidewalk, thinking of no harm. Soon
after valuable horse was hitched near by
md ate them, and died from the effects be-
fore morning. Since this casualty they


ire being destroyed in the writer's locality,
though some are 10th to part with them,
and allow them to stand in room where
small children are running about. not
knowing that the drop of gum that is left


where leaf is broken off. is sufficient to
poison person if taken into the stomach.
Year: 1874

A Vienna letter to the London Standard
announces that the Russian Government
is about sending another expedition to the
Arctic seas. The voyage in this instance
Is undertaken not in the mere spirit OF adj
venture or scientific enterprise. but for
the rescue of an Austrian party under
Captain Weyprecht and Lieut.. Payer,
which sailed in the ship Tegetthoh, just
two years ago, for that portion Of the
frozen deep which lies between the north
ern coasts of Siberia and the Pole. It was
in the latter part of August, 1872, that the
Tegetthoff was last seen in a violent storm
off the islands of Nova Zembla, and since
then no word of her fate has reached Eu-
rope, either through the whalers whose
track she might be expected to cross. or
the Siberian tribes with whom her boat
and sledge parties it was hoped would
communicate during the winter OF 1878.
The region which she attempted to ex-
plore has been memorable for three CEN
turtles bY deeds of heroism and endurance.
Captain Weyprecht intended to double the
lev cape at the north end of Nova Zpmbla,
and seeking the open water supposed to
lie on the east side of the islands, push
eastward till he reached the Paeific. That
is precisely the course which the Dutch
navigator William BarentZ laid down for
himself two hundred and eighty years
ago; and the story of his sufferings, his
Year: 1874

1t was formerly supposed that certain
fish, as the herring, the shad and the ale
wives, with others of like habits, prosecu-
ted an extensive migration along the
shores of the ocean. covering sometimes,
thousands Of miles In the sweep of their
travels; and much eloquent writing has
been expended by such authors as Pennant
and others in defining the starting point
and terminus, as well as the intermediate
stages of the voyage. The shad, too, which.
as is well known, occupies all the rivers of
the Atlantic coast from Florida to the Gulf
Of st. Lawrence, was thought to begin It's
course in the West Indies, and in an i'm
mense body, which, going northward, sent
detachment to occupy each fresh water
stream as it was reached, the last remnant
of the band finally passing up the st, Law
renee, and there closing the course. We
now, however, have much reason TO think
that. in the case of the herring. the silad,
the alewi.e and the salmon, the Journey is
simply from the mouths of the rivers by
the nearest deep gully or trough to the
outer sea, and that the appearance OF the
fish in the mouths of the rivers along the
coast at successive intervals, from early
spring in the South to midsummer in the
North. is simply due to their taking up
their line of march at successive ep0chs
from the open sea to the river they had
left during previous season, induced by
the stimulus of a definite temperature


which, of course, would De successfully at
tanned at later and later dates as the dis
tance northward increased.
Year: 1874

Happy is the farmer who, remote from
market, has few fat wethers to kill at
this time of year. Happy the farmer who
has a good ice-house filled with ice in
which to keep such meat fresh and sweet
until it is consumed. Happy the farmer
who knows the value of even a small flock
of sheep on the farm as means of keep
ing down the growth ofbushes and weeds
in his pastures. Happy the farmer who
knows that sheep in an orchard are far
better and more profitable than pigs.
Happy the farmer who has no lawn NOW
er, who has learned that a few sheep, even
if they are tied to a stake or hurdled, will
keep down the grass and weeds to proper
length about his home. Happy the farmer
who believes in the economy and profit OF
keeping sheep as an important agent in
keeping up the fertility of his farm, even
though his main reliance is upon grain
crops. Happy the farmer who has good
flock of sheep whose wool will bring him
As cents per pound this year. There is no
farm in the country, where mixed hus-
bandry obtains, that is not better for hav-
ing flock of sheep upon it, and no farm
er who is not better off at the close OF the
year for keeping sheep if he only knows
how to manage them and keeps the kind
best adapted to his locality and the wants
of his nearest market.
Year: 1874

Nearly all the newly-married couples
who come up to Columbus visit the peniten-
tiary, and the terror of IRON bars and
the exhibition of restraint and punish
ment of evil doers seems to have a pc
culiar effect in clasping together the
matrimonial paddock and making appar-
ent the loving "gush' of the honey
moon. The newly-tiedged bridegroom,
fresh from pastures green, and timidly
advancing into the shadow of the me-
tropolitan elephant. entwines the arm of
the blushing and nonresisting bride with
his own, when the conductor invites him
to move through and see the sights, as If
the separation to the extent of hairs
breadth might admit a blast of insidious
wind to edge in and wait his eharmer like
a flash into the delusions and snares of
the great city, and out of his sight for ev-
er. The bride clings like tender vine,
and the experienced officer can tell TO an
hour, by the degree of attachment, how
many days the couple have been married.
A bridegroom bugged his bride SO
close while entering the guardroom, the
other day, that an officer Histook him for
q rural sheriff, and with unfeigned sympa-
thy expressed his surprise and sorrow that
a girl so young and with countenance so
devoid of crime, should be subjected to the
penal affections of a term in State prison.
Year: 1874

the dark for the hat rack knocked against it


and upset it, Mr. Petty was up stairs just


about to 90 to bed When he heard the


noise he went to the head Of the staircase


and listened. lie discovered that there was
a man in the hall below and he knew at once


it was burglar. So went blck to Ills room
and got his revolver Then he shut his eyes
and fired at random. The noise walked Mrs.


Petty, and She began 10 scream Violently.
Then Bradbury felt certain that there was a
band of robbers upstairs engaged in hatcher
inc lrs Bradbury, and thc children. rs
he lrtcd to creep softly mp the staircase to
reeJlnoitrc Petty began to steal quietly down
the staircase TO look after the burglar he kill
ed They met on the first landing and al
though both we've terribly frightened they
gmrpcd, for both knew K woald be a -trIe-
gle to the death After fighting desperately
the combatant- rolled down the stairs to the
floor beneath. while Mr.. Petty sprang the
rattle for q policeman. Just as Petty got
the upper hand ol Bradbury and was multi
ating his nose wi,h his fist, the police burst
the front door open and -truci; q light. Then
an explanation cnsuci. and bradbury went
home. You have perhaps seen a prize es--
plant at an agricultural fair. Wcil Brad
bury nose rcscmb'ei that IN size and color
and shane.