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Year: 1879

England incarcerates or hangs the
man who defends the honor Of his
daughter. Mr.. Pace, q clever, frugal
workman, invited q comrade from the
machine shop to share his hospitality.
He estranged the eldest daughter, the
idol of a father and the sunshine Of
that home. He robbed her Of her
innocence and caused her bosom to
nurse q sucking bastard. In an hour
Of mastery Indignation the outraged
father thrust an iron spanner through
the brain of the low bred brute who
destroyed one of the loveliest homes
Of the honest workingmen. A dis
tracted mother, and seven Of the halest
children Of England, and the blighted
daughter, are debarred the sturdy
industry, the goodly training and the
atfectionate heart Of this father and
defender of their honor. He is in
prison under a life sentence for man
slaughter. We have, it s true, in this
land, a bench perhaps not SO elevated
as that Of England. The law is doubt
less:not sternly meted out. But the
penitentiaries and the gallows avenge
many a public wrong. But he who
Stays the seducer Of his daughter or his
sister scarcely loses for an hour his
merited liberty as a free and on hon
Orable citizen. But two or three years
ago young man in Webster parish
stood beside the public highway with
shot gun prepared with deadly mis-
siles, and when he who tarnished the
fair name Of the formers sister, who
dehowered her unsuspecting inno-
cence, passed, the person Of the
seducer was rifled and slain by the
imperious hand ofthe enraged avenger.
A trial by jury said, guilty. But the
storm of public opinion. overrole the
most rigid forms and technicalities of
law, that young man was, by due pro-
cess, loosed from his accusers, and is
to-day the peer of other freemen.
Deviltry had better play the seductive
art elsewhere than in Louisiana. For
here the seducer is slain wherever
found, and over-mastering public
opinion says, $50 mote it be-" r.
Year: 1879

On Thursday evening last a white
man who has for some time past been
in the employ Of Mr.. A. Szabo as tailor,
was found dead on the levee near the
Bayou in Bayou Sara. On examina-
ton it was found that he had become
intoxicated and laid down in the sun,
and that the heat caused his DEATH
Feliciana Sentinel.
Year: 1879

The N. 0. City Item is fast becom-
ing one Of the best as well as most
popular papers in the city. Our peo-
pie should not forget it's solid stand
against paying the fraudulent bonds
saddled upon the State. Hand your
paw over, friend Item, and lets shake
Year: 1879

A great many people have caught
the fear from some silly source that
the convention would adjourn before
completing the work Of making the
Constitution No such resolution is to
be seen in the proceedings of that
body, and as it has nearly completed
the work before it, it is idle to sup
pose that they will adjourn to any
other period.
Year: 1879

The Convention referred the debt
question to a special committee of
eighteen Tuesday. Nothing definite
has yet been reached, but it is known
that a majority of the committee favor
scaling the debt to fifty cents on the
dollar, with four per cent interest.
The knotty problem will doubtless be
mravelled by this committee without
much trouble,
Year: 1879

The Denver News says that In
gersoll is doing a vast deal of mis-
chief with his eloquent infidelity.
Teaching vicious men that there is no
hell is what produced the horrors of
the French revolution.
Year: 1879

DR.. G.. Frost gives in Nature this
striking proof of mind in animals f:
His cat used to wait in ambush to
catch the birds that were fed by him
with crumbs from the breakfast table.
When he broke off the practice, the
cat initiated her master by spreading
over the grass the same bait for her
own victims.
Year: 1879

Reports from southeastern Missouri
and northeastern Arkansas along the
line of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern railway and the country
adjacent thereto, say harvesting is
we'll under way throughout that re-
gion. The wheat crop is very firm
and will yiela from fifteen to twenty
five bushels Per acre. Corn and cot
ton are looking unusually well. The
acreage Of wheat and corn is much
greater than any preceding year.
Year: 1879

The Board of Managers OF Hollywood
Memorial Association intended to thank tie
Grays (Cnmpauy ~ for their generous aid,
and not Company &, which is we'll known
to be company on Church Hill, and Of
course most interested in Oakwood Gene
Year: 1879

In these days of Temperance agi.
tation, is it not possible to do some
thing in the school-room "Oh,
yes, says some teacher. 'we are al
ready doing much. The Murphy
movement takes well in the school
room" Yes, but that is not all we
mean. We were wondering if it
were not possible to teach something
more of the nature of the food we
eat, and so train up the children,
that all this legislation would be IN
necessary.


It is an n,old saying that "an ounce
of prevention is better than a pound
of cure, and we are inclined to
think that a few grains of common
sense, in the training of children,
would be more powerful as reform
ers than many tons Of legislation.


We write to you, teachers, because
you are supposed to know something
of the nature of the viands that
grace too many tables.


A medical man, writing to the
chronological Journal on this sub
iect, says:


"Our Temperance reformers strike
at the most prominent head Of a
polycephalous hydra, and hope to
destroy a Upas-tree by looping off
its upper branches; and with the
same hand that strikes at the top,
they often water the root of the
poison tree, or pat one of the less
conspicuous heads of the reptile,
unable, as it seems, to comprehend
the connection and generic identity
of those parts. A hydropathist OF
Antwerp, whom I invited to hear an
English Temperance preacher a few
days ago, took his hat and left the hall
when the lecturer recommended a
''cup of good strong coffee as an
anti-alcoholic beverage. ''The man
might as well preach against high
way robbery, and recommend pOek-
et-picking," he told me the next
morning ''the difference is merely
one of degree. What we need is an
anti-stimulant, not an anti-alcohoic
association"


Could we not, at least, set the ez-
ample, by refusing to use any stim-
ulants ? A little atom of vapor is
not much, but many of them rising
into the atmosphere do a great work
and so we, though we can do but lit
tie alone, may, by quietly with
drawing, one by one, at last make
such a commotion, that we shall be
heard to the ends of the earth.
Year: 1879

salary Of the Superintendent. But
that makes it harder on the teacher.
Well, if four hundred men would
manage with one cigar less a week
for the year, it would amount to
about the same but it would be
just about as well to ask them to
give up one dram a week. But
surely, the self-sacrifcing ladies, a
thousand Of them, would be willing to
wear their last summers bonnets for
the good of the schools. Don't you
think they would? Thus we see that
every day there is thrown away
yea, worse than thrown away-money
enough to support a Superintendent
for a year, and all men who have
made the matter a study, think that
it Will be an economical movement
after all. Let US not speak Of ''econ-
omy' in this connection.
Year: 1879

We hope the Teachers are salts
fed with their Column. They sp-
pear to be. No one seems to think
that he could help to make it better.
We begin to think that we made a
mistake in taking charge of this de-
partment. It should have been Civ
en- to a married man; then the lady
teachers might have felt more free
dom in sending in their communica-
tions. But do not hesitate on that
account, ladies. If you are fearful
that letter would be considered as
a bid for the affections of the editor,
you might send note of ezplana
ton that would keep that matter
straight.


But, levity aside, the editor did
not expect to have to use the pen
and scissors so much when he took
charge of the work, and he would
repeat here what he has, in sub
stance, said before, that what you
write for the Column will benefit
you much more than what you read
init.
Year: 1879

We all of US, in a great measure, ere
ate our own happiness, which is not half
SO much dependent upon scenes and cir
cumstances as most people are apt to
imagine; and so it is with beauty. Ma
ture does little more than furnish us
with the materials of both, leaving us
to work them out for ourselves. "Stars,
and flowers, and hills, and woods, and
streams, are letters, and words, and voices,
vehicles, and missionaries" but they
need to be interpreted in the right spirit.
We must read, and listen for them, and
endeavOr to understand and profit by
them. And when we look around us
upon earth, we must not forget to look
upward to Heaven. Those who can see
God in everything writes popular au-
thor, "are sure to see good IN every
thing" We may add with truth, that
they are also sure to see beauty in every
thing and everywhere. When we are
at peace with ourselves and the world, 1t
is as though we gazed upon outward
things through a gOlden-tinted glass; and
saw a glory resting upon them all. We
know that it cannot be long thus; sin,
and sorrow, and binding tears, will dim
the mirror of our inmost thoughts; but
we must pray, and look again, and by
and-by the cloud will pass away. There
is beauty everywhere, but it requires to
be sought, and the seeker after us sure
to find tit may be in some Out-Of-the-
way place, where no one else would
think of looking. Beauty is a fairy ;
sometimes, she hides herself in a flow
Group, or under a leaf, or Creeps into the
old ivy, and plays hide and seek with
the sunbeams, or haUhts some ruined
spot, or laughs out of a bright young
face. Sometimes, she takes the form of
a bright cloud, and goes dancing over
the green fields, or the deep, blue sea,
where her misty form, marked out in
momentary darkness, looks like the
passing shadow of an angels wing.
Beauty is a coquette, and weayes her
self a robe of various hues, according to
the season,-and it is hard to say which
is the most becoming.
Year: 1879

Men say they cannot afford books,
and sometimes do not even pay fora
newspaper. In that case it does
them little good, they feel so mean
while reading them. But men can
afford what they really choose. IF
all the money spent in self-indul-
gence, in hurtful indulgence, was
spent in books or papers for self
improvement, we would seea change.
Men would grow handsome, and wo-
men too. The soul would shine out
through the eyes. We were not
meant for mere animals. Let US
have books and read them, and ser
mons and heed them.
Year: 1879

When I get soul-and-body weary, says
Fanny Fern, ike to stroll into the
Parks, sit quietly down, and watch the
children with their nurses. I think that
[ can PICK out every child there who has


sensible mother. She neither exposes


8 little bare legs to the treacherous
WinCs, nor puts out her baby's eyes with
! d"ZZling white veil, or dresses her
child so fine that it cannot sit down on
one Of the seats. If her child is hump
backed, or lame, she does not render the
poor little creatures misfortune more
conspicuous by a gaUdy costume. If her
boy has grown bigenough to be ashamed
of long, girlish ringlets about his shoul-
deTs, she does not insist upon sacrificing
his insipient manliness to her absurd
vanity. With these views, you may be
sure that my list of children who are
blessed with sensible mothers is rather
limited than otherwise. Stillit comforts
me that it takes q long time for the
weakest mamma TO spoil a very little
child; TO transmute its naturalness into
artifciality, and graduate lip, eye, and
brow, in fashions school, So I love TO
watch them, encountered as their grace
fulness often is with fine tgappings. 1t
is an article in my creed that a pretty
child looks prettiest when plainly
dressed, and that a plain one never can
be made pretty by ''fuss and feathers"


I saw a little girl, the other day, there,
skaking her golden ringlets about under
a sensible hat, and tOddling before me on
the gravel walk. l wanted to see the
face under that hat so stopped down
uncertain what reception I should meet
and peeped under the brim. Not a
droOp of the clear eyes; not a blush of
shyness; but instead-tWO of the sweet
est parted lips in the world, put trust.


ngly up to kiss me. Pm not ashamed
to say that there was a big lump in my
throat and a moisture about my eyes, as
7 returned it, or that 1 looked after heI
till she was out of sight, and prayed
heaven she might never give a kiss
less purely, or where it would be lesG
valued. I have felt the dewy, fragrant
touch of those little lips often since,
though I don't know what mothers pet
I blessed nor does If matter
Year: 1879

Fleury, who had been an eyewitness
of his early successes, and who, from the
political antagonism formerly existing
between them, can certainly not be
deemed an Over-partial Judge, thus
speaks of him in one of the concluding
chapters of his memoirs: "Ialma in
vests modern tragedy, which is in itself,
only a form of shadow, with reality; for
without him it would not exist. Nova
days, the tragedian is no longer the in
terpreter of the poet; the latter merely
furnishes the sketch which in the artists
hands becomes picture. With such IN
sufficient materials at his command,
Talma has, during the last twenty years,
IN my opinion, performed miracles" A
still more graphic description is that
given by MaCready, in a passage from
his diary dated 1922: "The genius Of
Talma rose above all the COnventionality
of schools. Every turn and movement
as he trOd the stage might have given a
model for the sCulptOr's art, and yet all
was effected with such apparent absence
Of preparation as made him seem utterly
unconscious of the dignifed and grace
ful attitudes he presented. His voice
was flexible and powerful, and his
delivery articulate to the finest point
without a trace of pedantry. x His
object was not to dazzle or surprise by
isolated effects the character was his
aim-he put on the man, and was atten-
tive to every minutest trait that might
distinguish him. To my judgment he
was the most finished artist of his time
not below Kean in his most energetic
DISPLAYS, and far above him in the re-
fnement of his taste, and extent Of his
research equaling Kemble in dignity,
unfettered by stiffness and fOrmalty."
This accomplished actor occasionally
visited London, and treated the amateurs
of that metropolis to a taste Of his
quality, by performing selections from
his most popular pieces in company with
Mile. Georges. He was an intimate
friend and great admirer Cf John Kem-
bic, and was present, not only at the
tragedian's farewell appearance, but also
at the dinner subsequently given in his
honor. He spoke English fuently, but
with strong accent; that he could write
it perfectly is evident from the letter
quoted in Mr.. RaymOnd's memoir of
EllistOn, in acknowledgment of a hand
some Roman sword sent to him by the
Drury Lane manager. This epistle was
highly interesting, and expressed with
equal elegance and correctness. In
private life he was thoroughly amiable,
fond of society, and entirely free from
pretensiOn. Once off the stage ne was
no longer the actor, but the polished
and genial man of the world, eager to
oblige others, and never happier than
when it was in his power to serve them.
Generous and open-handed to excess,
he was far more disposed to squander
than to hoard and through his reckless
ness in money matters, found himself
more than once in embarrassed circum-
stances. "If my tastes were as expen-
sive as yours" one day remarked his
wife; 'if I wished for diamonds and
brilliant equipages, what would you
sayF' 'In that case, my dear" coolly
replied Talma, II should say that we
were likely to be still more in debt than
we are now"
Year: 1879

The New Vienna Register says it
does not want a County Superinten-
dent, until balloons are so improved
as to be fit means of Iocomotion.
We would Just remark that the
Register" is behind the times. No
one now expects anything Of the
"balloon," " for the coming machine is
to be an "aero5at But, so far as
we are concerned, we do not care
how long it takes to go from one dis
trict to another, though we think
that could be done at the noon re-
cess, or before school in the morn
ing, and we think that a common
"buck wagon" or in improved bi-
cycle would be better than a balloon.
What troubles us most is, how the
Superintendent can Stay at a school
long enough to do much good that
| is the reason why most of US favored
Township Supervision, but it was
thought that it would be asking too
much at one time to ask for the
whole change at once, SO it was con-
cluded to get County Supervision, if
possible, and let the people see the
benefits of Supervision, and at the
same time, see the need of more than
the County Superintendent can give.
But thank you, Mr.. Register, we
are glad to meet a man who has an
opinion on the subject, for, so far,
we have found but two teachers in
this county who know whether they
want a County Superintendent or
not, and they are on opposite sides.
While on this subject, we will re
mark that we foresee that the move
ment will meet with opposition on
/ account of the cost


Let us look at this matter a little.
+ There are SIX national holidays in
the year, on which we pay teachers
for work not done. Without teach
ing on Christmas, we might have as
much school, close five days sooner,
and thus save every year the full
Year: 1879

lam no teller of stories, says Hazlitt
yet there is one belonging to Bur
leigh House of which 1 happened to
know some of the particulars. The late
Earl of Exeter was divorced from his
wife, a woman of fashion and of some
WhatmOre gayety of manners than lords
who love their ladies" like. He determ-
ined to seek a second in an humble
sphere of life, and that it should be one
who, having no knowledge of his rank,
should love him for himself alone. For
this purpose he went and settled incog-
nitO, under the name of Mr.. Jones, at
HOnet, an obscure village in Shropshire.
He made overtures to one or two damsels
in the neighbOrhOOd, but they were too
knowing to be taken in by him. His
manners were not bOOrish; his mode of
life was retired; it was odd how he got
his livelihood; and at last he began to
be thought a highwayman. In this di-
lemma he turned to Miss Higgins, the
eldest daughter of a small farmer at
whose house he lodged. Miss Higgins,
it would seem, had not been used to
romp with the village clowns; there was
something in the manner of their quiet
but eccentric guest which she liked.
Having inspired her with a kind of re-
gard which ne wished for, he made hon
orable proposals to her, and at the end
of some months they were married
without his letting her know who he was
They set off in a pOstchaise from heI
fathers house and travelled across the
country. In this manner they arrived
at Stamford. and passed through the
town without stopping, until they came
to the entrance to Burleigh Park, which
is on the outside of it. The gates flew
open. and the chaise drove down the
long avenue of trees that led up to the
front of this fine old mansion. As they
drew near to it, and she seemed suTpris-


cd at where they were going, her hus.
band said to her:


"Wel, my dear, this is Burleigh House
It is the house I promised to bring you
to; and you are the Countess of Exeterp
It is said that the shock was too much
] for the poor young creature, and that she
never recovered from it. twas a sensa
ton worth dying for. The world was


worth making, had it only been for this
I never wish to have been lord but
! when 1 think Of this story,
Year: 1879

A LONG TRAMP.-SOme time ago, says
the Hamilton Spectator, man and his
wife applied for lodging at the police
station. They gave their names as
Michael and Mary Cahill and they had
with them a tiny little babe, blue-eyed
tOotsey wOOtsey in a mans shirt. Cahill
was a little man, very polite to his wife,
a large red-faced motherly woman. As
they passed through the city on their
way out they put together what little
money they had and bought a little baby


carriage for the child. Last night they
came back again as large as life and the
baby larger. They had tramped to
Barrie, by way of Toronto, and back,
wheeling the baby all the way. Mrs.
Cahill said that the ladies along the line
of march had been very kind to her
baby, and had presented it with many


pretty articles of dress. 1t wore a nice


little cap, and looked rather nice in a
little cloak which some good woman
who pitied the little wanderer had given
to it. The child was born in a cell, and
has seldom passed more than one night
under the same roof since it was born.
Year: 1879

The Democrats are trying to form
a coalition with the Nationals, It is
said that they have offered Stephen
johnson, National candidate for
Governor last year, the Democratic
nomination for Lieutenant Govern
or this year if his party viii support
the Democratic ticket.
Year: 1879

Every editor loves to have his
friends, and particularly his readers,
call on him. They belong to the same
family, as it were. But when you
call to sec the editor, don't stay too
long. Editors are generally very
busy in business hours. If You have
a suggestion to make, or news to COM
municate, state it in the fcwcst words
possible. Don't offer any excuses, or
indulge i'll long preface to what you
have to say. Blurt it right out tell
the editor you wish him we'll, and
bid him good-day. Editors dote on
such men as that; they love to re.
ceive calls from them. Don't argue
with him-don't try to do it. They
have no time for argument while al
work.


When you write to an editor fol
publication, make it short-boil il
down. Pitch right into the middle OF
your subject, and be sure to stop when
you are through. Editors always like
something fresh and original in the
way of communications. and are
especially fond of news. But the
editor must always be the Judge OF
what is worthy of publication. OF
course, every writer thinks his own
publication the best, just as every
mother thinks her baby the prcttiest
that was ever born. But the editor
may DC so stupid a. to have different
opinion. If so, it can't be helped.
Don't try to argue him out of his
notion, if he is too stupid to remedy
his dullness. You may think you are
great deal smarter than the editor,
and this may be true; but the editor
may be responsible, and you are not.
There is no class of people so anxious
to please a majority of people as
editors are. There is no class so covet-
Gus of the good opinion Of others. 1t
is well to remember that fact.-Er-
change.
Year: 1879

l am well convinced that barn ma
nurc should be kept from spring until
fall and then spread on land intended
for crops the next year and plowcd
under in the fall. My reasons ARE:
First, the manure is much better pre-
pared for plant food than when used
in its green state. Second, the action
Of frost and rain will decompose or
puiverize all the lumpy parts of the
manure, mixing it with the soil and
it will readily become just what is
needed for the plants Third, the soil
will dry some four to six days sooner
in the spring with manure in the soil
than without the fall application, con-
sequently an earlier season is the re-
suit. Fourth, vegetation is much bet
ter prepared TO withstand drought
than when the manure is applied in
the Spring, as the manure has Il tend
ency to make the soil porous and dry,
sometimes almost drying up the tend
er plants. Fifth, fall manuring gives
more time for work in the spring,
which is of vast Importance, especially
in our climate. Sixth, in the fall the
fields and sward lands is dry and
hard. teams in good condition. and we
have more leisure for doing this work
than We can expect to have in the
Spring. Seventh, by fall manuring
and blowing VIC can reasonably expect
from ten to twenty per cent. better
results OH an average Of seasons than
when green manure is applied in the
Spring. Eighth, in very dry seasons,
when the manure is applied in the hill
especially, or bountifully applied
otherwise, i'll the Spring, benefit OF
the manure for that season is of trifling
value to the present crop. These are
some of the reasons why would ap


ply manure in the fall and plow i,
under; and if our farmers would
adopt the practice as above | have nc
doubt but good results would follow


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