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Year: 1874

The Co-EDUCATIoN OF TIE RACEs.-W. B.
Derrick, pastor of the Third-street Methodist
Church of Richmond, In the course of sermon
recently delivered upon the subject of the edu-
cation of the coored .ace, said


From information received the Government
now contemplates the passage OF bill IN which
the cocducation OF the races is to be attempted.
Now, | may be trowncd at by my people, but
regardless OF frowns and consequences will
say the moment such an enactment appears on
the te-book the public-school system in
the Souh will receive blow that will cause its
death, and no power this side of Heaven can
iptuse life into its dead carcase. Then who
will be the losers, the blacks or whites? need
not tell you. That [ leave to you to answer
and ponder over. | am anxious for the days
to come when caste will be abolished; but the
teachings Of two hundred years cannot be for
gotten in ten or twenty years. Will look Tor
ward with gloomy antlclpatlons 1t such law
is passed. Why, how long would such
system be maintained in the fifteen cx-save
States? Just as long as would be required
to 20 through the forms of law needed to de-
stroy it. Some bring the lawfulness of the
bill in question; but all things that are lawful
are not expediept. AS a negro, l am with you
as fur as consistency will allow me. There are
to be found in the South over one million OF
coored children attending schools. Arc we pre-
pared to furnish means to continue their cdu-
cation when these States refuse to impose taxa
ton for school purposes, which they will sure,
ly do? La Virginia there are $4,000 coorcd
children attending the public schools. hat
will become of them? Ii the government will
furnish US new props to the present system, SO
that when the old oues are removed we need
not suffer- let it come. But see no such guar
aztec have heard of no such promise. We
are now passing througo one of the most solemn
periods of cur existence. The education of
the rising generation is matter of no small


importance; strike it now and it will take
another generation to cure the injury | am
not discussing civil rights; am discussing
tie thing pertaining to our future wcltale-
Education and Wealth will rule. Tell the Gov
ernment to give US surety that when our pres
ent system is abolished they will provide for
US, and that ought to be done at once, for tune
is too precious to be wasted in experiments.
Year: 1874

On the eighth day of March it was, some people say,
That st. Patrick at midnight he first the day,
While others declare twas the ninth he was born,
And twas all a mistake between midnight and morn
For mistakes will occur in hurry and shock,
And some blamed the baby-and some blamed the


clock
Till with all their crossquestions sure could


know,


If the child fast-or the clock too slow.
Now the first faction fight in old Ireland they say,
Was all on account of st. Patriek's birthday,
Some fought for the eghtsfOr the ninth more would


die


And who wouldn't right. sure they blackened his


eye


At last both the factions positive grew
That each kept a birthday so Pat then had two
Till Father Mulcathy who showed them their sins,
Said, "NO one can have two birthdays but twins"
Says he, Boys don't be fighting for eight for nine
Don't be always dividn'-but sometimes combine;
Combine eight with nine, and seventeen is the mark
So let that be his birthday" "Amanr says the clark
'If he wasn't twins, history will show
That, at least, he's worth any two saints that we


know ~
Then they got blind drunk-which completed their


bliss,


And we keep up the practice from that day TO this.


-SAMUEI
Year: 1874

Tom Marshall was one of the most ell
oquent men the State of Kentucky ever
produced He was the peer of the Breck-
inridges, or Barry Bledsoes, the other
Marshalls, and many other Kentucky Or
ators, and even Of Henry Clay himself.
But his life was failure and the won
derful talents which God had given him
were buried in the Intoxicating cup.
Marshall deploreG his infrmity, and
while member of Congress in 1912, he
delivered an address before the Congress
ional Total Abstinence Society, in the
conclusion of which he paid this eloquent
tribute to sobriety i:


Sif, would not exchange the physi-
cal sensations, the mere sense of animal
being. which belongs to man who to-
tally refrains from all that can intoxicate
his brain or derange his nervous struc-
ture-the elasticity with which he bounds
from his couch in the morning-the sweet
repose it yields him at night-the feel
ing with which he drinks in, through
his clear eyes, the beauty and grandeur
of surrounding nature | say, sir, |
would not exchange my conscious being
as strictly temperance man-the sense
of renovated youth-the glad play with
which my pulses now beat healthful mu-
sic-the bounding vivacity with which
life blood courses its exulting way thro'
my frame-the communion nigh which
my healthful ear and eve now hold with
all the gorgeous universe of God-the
splendors of the morning, the softness of
the evening sky the bloom; the beauty,
the verdure of earth, the music of the
air and the waters-with all the grand
associations of external nature reopen
to the fine avenues of sense no, sir, al
though poverty dogged Mccullough
scorn pointed its slow finger at me as l
passed-although want and destitution
and every element of earthly misery, on.
ly crime, met my waking eye from day
to day nor for the brightest and the
noblest wreath that ever encircled a state
mans brow-not, if some angel commits
stoned by Heaven, or some demon rather
sent fresh from hell, to test the resisting
strength of virtuous resolution, should
tempt me back, with all the wealth and
all the honors which world can bestow
not for all that time and all that earth
can give, would [ cast from me this pre-
cious pledge of liberated mind this
talisman against temptation, and plunge
again into the dangers and horrors which
once beset my path so help me heaven
as l would turn beneath my very feet al
the gifts the universe could offer, and
live and die as | am poor but SOBER.


His biography says this speech made
a noise in the world at the time, bu
alas before its echoes had died away
the "pledge" was broken, the .talisman'
cast off, and the novitiate teetolaler wa
once more foundering amid the ''dan
gers and horrors" from which it seemed
Year: 1874

Too low an estimate is apt to be set
on the domestic value of newspapers.
After reading them, and putting our
selves, through their agency, in mental
correspondence with the world, they are
thrown aside and forgotten. But to sup
pose their usefulness bounded by their
news columns and the waste-bag, is a
thrlftless mistake.


In the first place, there are the house.
hold recipes, to be found in stray cor
ners, often excellent, and deserving a
refuge on the fy-leaf of the family cook
book. Then comes the pretty verses, the
strange and droll stories, the brief biog-
raphies and "reminiscences which, pasted
in scrap book, are source of never
ending pleasure. not only to those who
do not care for richer intellectual food,
but to those who have only odd minutes
for reading.


Notwithstanding the squibs jocular
journalists have penned on the use Of
newspapers for bed-clothing, We know
from experience that these are not to be
despised. They may not be as comfort
able as your blankets, but certainly they
keep out the cold. Two thicknesses. ot
papers are better than a pair of blankets
and in the case of persons who dislike
the weight of many bed-clothes, they arr
invaluable, a spread made of a double
layer of papers between covering o
calico or chintz. is desirable in ever
household. The papers should be tackec
together with thread, and also basted t,
the covering to keep them from slipping
An objection has been made on aceoun
of the rustling, but if soft papers be cho
sen the noise will not be annoying, es
pecially should the spread be laid be
tween blanket and the counterpane.


As protection to plants against cold
both in and out of doors, nothing is bel
ter. If newspapers are pinned up owe
night at a window between pots an
glass, the flowers will not only not b
|, frozen. but will not even get chilled. a
they are so liable to be at this seasor


In the same way, if taken to cover ga
| den-beds. on the frosty nights of earl
t autumn. they will allow the plants
i remain safely outdoors some time late
| than is common.


One of the oldest services to put o,
: journals to is the keeping Of ice in sun


mer. An ingenious housekeeper recen
Year: 1874

The Cry FOR REsT.-A physician
says the cry for rest has always been
louder than the cry for food. Not that
it is more important, but it is oftener
harder to obtain. The best rest comes
from sound sleep. Of two men or wo-
men, otherwise equal, the one who sleeps
the best will be the most moral, healthy
and efficient. Sleep will do much to cure
irritability of temper, peevishness, unea-
siness. 1t will restore to vigor an over
worked brain. 1t will build up and rem
der strong weak body. 1t will cure a
headache. 1t will cure broken spirit.
1t will cure sorrow. Indeed, we might
make long list of nervous and other
maladies that sleep will cure. The cure
of sleeplessness requires clean, good
bed, sufficient exercise to produce weari-
ness, pleasant occupation, good air and
not too warm room q clear conscience
and an avoidance of stimulants and mar
eotics. For those who are overworked,
haggard, nervous. who pass sleepless
nights, we commend the adoption of such
habits as shall secure sleep otherwise
life will be short, and what there is OF
it sadly imperfect.
Year: 1874

Senator Jones of Nevada, astonished


the Senate, by an elaborate and power
full speech against imitation. If argu-
ment and illustration could move the
members of the upper house, this great
effort might yet prevent them from be-
ing swept away by the tide of feeling
in favor ofexpanslon. There is slight
chance that the attempts of the infa-
tionists may be defeated. and should
this be the case Senator Jones's first
great oratorical effort may give him a
reputation like that which was gained
by the member of the British House Of
Commons who lives in history as .Sin-
gle Speech Hamilton. boston Globe.
Year: 1874

A WARNING TO BoYs.-A certain doc
tor, struck with the large number of
boys under fifteen years of age whom he
observed smoking. was led to inquire in
to the effect the habit had upon the gen.
eral health. He took for his purpose
thirty EIGHT boys, aged from nine to ff-
teen. and carefully examined them. In
twenty-seven of them he discovered in
furious traces of the habit In twenty
two there were disorders of the circula-
tion and digestion, palpitation of the
heart, and more or less marked taste
for strong drink. In twelve there were
frequent bleeding of the nose they had
disturbed sleep; and twelve had slight
liberation of the mucous membrane Of
the mouth. which disappeared on ceasine
from the use of tobacco for some days
The doctor treated them all for weak.
ness, but with little effect until the
smoking was discontinued, when health
and strength were soon restored. Now
this Is no ..old woman's tale" as thes,
facts are given on the authority of tn,
British Medical Journal.
Year: 1874

ly discovered that her daily lump of ice
would last nearly twice as long when
wrapped in newspapers and placed in
any kind of covered box, as when trust
ed solely to refrigerator. This is very
convenient. since it is possible to have
the best and cheapest refrigerator con-
stantly on hand.


To polish all kinds of glass after wash
ing, except table glass, no cloth or fan
mel is half so good as newspaper and
for bakers dozen of other uses, quite
foreign to its primal purpose it is with
out a rival.-.Scabaer's for March.
Year: 1874




A war against brandy is the peculiar
form the temperance struggle assumes
in Sweden. The Swede gets drunk on
brandy, if anything. but of late years
the incessant activity of the temperance
societies and the high excise duty on
this liquor have forbidden the laboring
man the luxury of spree, except at
rare intervals, so that it had come to be
fondly believed the foe was beaten down
for good. Recently, however, there has
been a universal rise in wages through
out the kingdom and the inebriating
cup has once more come within the easy
reach of the poorest working man.
And now the temperance folks are re-
doubling their efforts to bring moral
forces into action. Societies have been
formed among the working men, which
are widely spreading, the main idea Of
them being, not total abstinence, but
the restraint of intemperance. Some of
their novel provisions are, that no mar
ried man shall 60 into public house at
all, and the single man only at meal
time, when he is allowed to partake of
liquor along with his victuals. The
married man, although shut out from
the public bar, is not debarred from his
glass of brandy, which he may keep
stored in the cupboard at home. All
public treating is also forbidden, and
the transgression of any of these rules
subjects the delinquent to fine. The
town of Gothenburg is the most original
in the methods for the suppression of
drunkenness. Here the whole spirit
trade has been conferred upon company
of philanthropists, who run the business
solely for the benefit of the town. 1t
contrives that the public houses to which
licenses are dispensed shall derive no
profit from the traffic in liquors, forcing
the hotel keepers to derive their income
solely from a legitimate hotel business.
The result has been that the low, dirty
drinking-shops, formerly given over to
mere guzzling and carousing have been
transformed into neat and tidy restau-
rants and hotels, where wholesome food
and unadulterated liquor are supplied.
Year: 1874

Advices from Cuba show that the in
surgents are quite as strong and great
deal more hopeful of final success than
ever before. They claim that they have
an effective force of $4,000 men, and
announce that they are determined that
the island shall be laid desolate sooner
than that the Spaniards shall triumph.
Dispatches received, April Sd are to
the effect that they are burning large
sugar plantations and destroying an i'm
mense amount of property in stores and
buildings There seems to be an i'm
preston among the insurgents that the
new Governor General, Concha, will
make overtures of peace, as has been SO
generally stated; but no conditions will
be accepted short of the evacuation Of
the island by the Spanish forces. Sc
the prospect seems good for an indefinite
prolongation of the war
Year: 1874

THE POWER OF LovE.-It is Love
that causes peace among men, calm on
the sea, lulling of the winds, sweet
sleep on joyous beds. 1t is he who takes
from US the feeling of enmity and fills
us with those of friendship who estab-
fishes friendly meetings, being the lead
er in festivals, dances and sacrifices, Civ
ing mildness and driving away harsh
ness the benefceDt bestower of good
will, the non-giver of enmity gracious
to the good, looked up to by the wise,
admired by the gods envied by those
who have no lot in life. possessed by
those who have the parent of luxury,
of tenderness, of elegance, Of grace, of
desire and regret careful of the good.
regardless of the bad in labor, in fear,
in wishes and in speech, the pilot. the
defender, the bystander and best savior !;
of gods and men taken altogether the Or
nament; leader the most beautiful and
best, in whose train it becomes every
man to follow, bymning well his praise,
and bearing a part in that sweet song
which he sings himself when soothing
the mind of every god and man. Plato.
The Methodlsts are disputing wheth-
er John Wesley was Free Mason or
not The question is of little import
ance Let them rather discuss whether
John Wesley would have gone round
the world Oh pleasure trip with large
salary when there we're souls to save,
and real work to do, and whether the
dazzle of wealth and sboddy pomr
would have blinded his eyes to the sins
of men in high places.


The Massachusetts Legislature contin
ues to ballot for U. S. Senator once :
day without any material change in ths
Year: 1874

Tn this department everything is IN very
good order. The pumping power, though
taxed almost to its utmost capacity during
the summer, still performs its work success.
fully. As.an aid TO the present pumps, and
particularly for the purpose Of keeping. up
the supply ofWater during the work OF con.
meeting the new pump-pipes leading to the
reservoir, a steam-engine and pump Of large
Year: 1874

The bright sun shone as calmly
down, next morning, over wreck and
ruin, as though no sorrCwing heart,
mourning over lost homes and lost
possessions, were there to welcome
him. 1t shone also, on the pale, peace
ful features of the dead, for there was
a corpse in our little village. The no.
ble stranger Of the night before had
committed suicide lie had come to
"The Inn" only the evening before,
and the proprietor had found him next
morning lying back in an easy chair
beside the window, with his face up
turned TO the solemn sky-dead quite
dead Shot through the head by his
own hand The powerless hand, small
and delicate as woman's, had fallen
over the arm of the chair, and the re-
volver lay ON the floor by his side.
On small stand near him lay the
miniature Of most beautiful woman
in gold case, set ronnd by diamonds
of priceless value. Enough of the
bust was visible to disclose a dress of
blue satin, and there was a simple
turquoise necklace encircling the fault
less neck. The face was exceedingly
fair, with large deep blue eyes, and a
white regal brow, from which the part
ed hair fell in natural curls of rich
golden brown. The mouth was un-
commonly beautiful, and there was an
expression of angelic sweetness and in
nocence characterizing the whole face.
On the stand also, was a sheet of fools
cap paper, bl6tted and blurred, and
evidently written over at intervals dur
ing the night. 1t was as follows:


death has no bitterness like life,


Life, with a wasted heart. Miss LdndOR.


GLOW truel Unhappy L. E. L.!
But she is at rest little prussic acid
put an end to her sufierings. After
"Life's fitful fever" she sleeps well.


"The rain has ceased. Some pros
pect of clearing. Dreary enough not
withstanGiug. Dreary without, lonely
and desolate within. How tired and
bruised feel If | could but sleep /;
but there is neither sleep for my eyes,
nor slumber for my eyelids.


"Strong and well, not yet twenty
seven, and so weary of life o GCd
this intolerable weariness and restless
ness! What lifetime Of misery be-
fore me! | will not endure i'll But to
rid myself Of this accursed existence
without sin. Impossible! Only the
Creator can say: 81 lay down my life,
that might take it again. No man
taketh it from me, bat I lay it down
Of myself 1 have power to lay it
down, and | have power to take it
again" The power to lay it down,
and the power to take it again, being
equal; both rest with OMNIPO-
TENCE. To rush uusummoned INTO
the presence of God Fearful /!
Wretched man that l am. o Godl be
merciful! ANY other, and that raging
river would have engulphed him, but
no. Well, for the old people perhaps,
it is better. They at least find life
tolerable. They are together.


"How her face, pale and pitiful,
haunts me tonight! 1t looked up at
me from every flame of the fire till l
put it out; peeled over my shoulder
in the mirror; cleaned up at me from
between the blocks Of ice in the black
river; followed me through the dark
ness everywhere. There it is now,
! looking i'm at the window Hark, she
Year: 1874

u one God ~ revealed In the Trinity as the
Holy Ghost or Comforter. II there Is anything
necessary on this broad earth IL Is a comforter,
ana Wnen you And any one 0yerthrown 1t is your
place to comfort him. Another brother said that
ne nad Ielt the presence OF God In the meeting.
don't say IL is good meeting that makes you all
feel happy. want to know how much cream rises,
and that you VIII know to morrow or next day.n
Year: 1874

We, in common with almost every locali-
ty throughout the land, are having share
of interest in the Temperance question;
but it has taken on phase with us, q lit
tie peculiar. Our women have not vet
gone into the field, yet are not ciphers,
though in the background. Their influ-
ence is felt by those of us that are praying,
preaching and voting.


Some time in the latter part of February
we secured couple of Temperance Lee
lures, in addition to what we had already
given on the subject, and Good Templar's
Lodge was organized at once. In about
tive weeks we had over one hundred mem
bers, and still from six to ten names are
added every week, many of them from
among the influential men and women of
the village and vicinity.


Our three pulpits planted themselves
squarely on the subject, SO much so that
one of the ministers was met on the streets
afew days since and openly denounced,
with bitter oaths. Others fatty declare that
they will cut off their portion of what had
been promised of our ''bread and butter
But we are proposing to eight it out on
this line, bread and butter or not, so far
as this class are concerned.


But the strangest development is yet to
be noted As the Township Election came
on, two caucuses were held, the first evi-
IDENTIFY in the interest of the License Oues-
ton, and as Temperance men feared, their
ticket was carried by a decided majority.
Over the result music and rejoicing filed
the streets in the evening; but strange to
say, the next week, when application was
made to the new Town Board by the sa-
looms for renewal of their license, they
were fatty refusedI Verify, there is such
thing as men setting net in which their
own feet are taken. Public rumor says
that our two saloons and our whisky hotel
are really closed. But there is a terrible
under-current of feeling among the saloon
sympathizers. Temperance men are, how
ever, kindly suggesting to them to quietly



take their own pill.


We believe here, and say it, that an unseen
hand is at the helm in this great movement
In the land. The very wrath of man is Of
ten made to praise God. Not satisfied to
accept the situation, and sit down in ''the
pit their own handshave digged, the liquor
sellers plans now are to call village election
for change in the village charter, there
by giving the license matter into the hands
of the village officers, and by that dodge try
to carry their point; but we have given
them due notice, that by prayer, by sermon,
by vote, and in every possible honorable
way, this thing shall be squarely contested
at every step.


1t does seem that this dont-make-it-a-po-
itical-issue idea has got to be ground out of
us. God is evidently, as He did on another
great question, in days not yet forgotten
by this nation, pushing this question to the
front; and duh must be the man that does
not see that the present Spring Election, to-
gether with our State ,so-called 'sReform"
Election last fall, are saying to us, 'tyou're
slow"


Our Spring is backward-but few Spring
like days yet; very little garden yet made,
although the first day of May coolly looked
in on us this morning.


May l, 1874. J.T. SUFFRON.
Year: 1874

ALI the Democratic papers that
have come to our notice have given
the temperance movement the cold
shoulder. Why is it so? They GER
tainly can but acknowledge that in
the abstract, temperance is right, and
drunkenness wrong. Then why
throw the weight of their influence
against a great moral reform that
should enlist the sympathy of all good
men ?- Batavia Courier.


We have also noticed the fact stat
ed by our cotemporary, and believe
it is almost universally true. Is it
because Democratic editors are gen.
erallya little too fond of "John Barley
corn, or because they think the ma
jority of their readers are 50? Per-
haps little of both.
Year: 1874

l can not close my letter without express
ing delight in seeing the great evil of in
temperance so completely rooted out of my
old native county. The women have done
grand work. May God bless them for i'll
He only can repay them. am glad to say
that our town is not cursed with a single
grog-shop, and I hope it never may be.
The Crusaders have been at work at Koko-
mo, but I cannot say as to the result.


]. G. W.