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Year: 1878

The Sandusky (O.) Register tells the
following story of member of the Grand
Jury at the October term of the Common
Pleas Court in that city: "One of the
jurors could neither read nor write, and
IN order to cast his ballots for or against
indictments in the cases, he got a friend
to write for him two sets of ballots-one
set reading YES, the other set NO
He folded the ballots carefully and placed
them in his vest pockets, those reading in
the affirmative in his right-hand pocket,
and those in the negative in his left-hand
pocket. During the examination of wit
neSses he was so occupied in listening to
the testimony that he forgot how he had
arranged the ballots, and when the jury
came to vote on one of the cases, he
couldn't tell for his life which pocket to
dive into for the right slip of paper. He
wanted to vote YES and so at venture
he fshed ballot out of his let-hand
pocket and voted it. When the ballots
were counted it was found that fourteen
of them read yes, and one No. Vote
after vote was taken on the case, and
with the same result, until in some way
It leaked out that the juror referred to
had his left-hand pocket stuffed with bal
lots reading No. which he had been
voting, when all the tine he wanted to
vote In the affirmative. Another vote
was then taken on the case, and the in
teligent juror went for the papers in the
right-hand pocket, and when the ballots
were counted they were all in favor of
the finding Of an Indictment"
Year: 1878

BRAINS CONE OUT AHEAD.-A young
man, graduate of Dartmouth, and a
noted law student in Merrimac county,
who had the misfortune to lose his hear
ing, having settled on farm, writes thus
of the Occapation he has chosen: "There
isn't much glory on a farm, but you get
a good, sure living. You are your own
master; you can't starve, or be turned
out of business and as far as the work
is concerned in these days of horse power,
man needn't kill himself farming any
more than at any other business. It is
brains that win on a farm, as well as
everywhere else, and the smart man is
going to ride, while the stupid one goes
on foot, in the corn-feld as well as in the
bar or pulpit. 1 should like to have my
hearing again, but I wouldn't leave my
farm again if I had it"
Year: 1878

SWEAR IN GAELIC.-A lady travel
ing from Edinburgh to Glasgow was
much annoyed by young officers CONVEX
satiOn in the carriage being interspersed
with oaths. She sat uneasy till she could
no longer keep silence. "Sir," she said
to the officer, i" can you talk in the Gaelic
tongue?" To this he replied in the
affirmative, seemingly with great pleasure,
expecting to have some conversation with
the lady in that dialect. She then
politely requested that if he wished to
sware any more, it might be in that
language, as the practice of swearing was
very offensive to herself and the rest Of
the company. The officer was cOnfounded
at this reproof, and no more oaths were
heard from him during the remainder of
the journey.
Year: 1878

Doyou know you have asked for the costIiest thing
Ever made by the hand above?
A wonan's heart and a wOman's life


And Womans wonderful lover
Do you know you have asked for this priceless thing
Asa child might ask for toy?
Demanding what others have died to win,


With the reckless dash of a boy?
You have written my lesson of duty out


Man-like you have questioned me;
Now stand at the bar of my wonan's soul.


Until shall question thee
oumayrequire that your mutton shall always be hot
= \ our socks and your shirts be whole;
require your heart 10 be true as Gods stars,


ana pure as his heaven your SOUL
YOU require cook for your mutton and beef,


1rePulre far greater thing:
sean1stress you're wanting for socks and for shrs
1E0oEJoT a man and a king.
4 king for the beautiful realm called bonna-


and man that he maker God,
Shall look upon s he did on the first


And say " It is very good"
1 am fair and young. but the rose will fade
From my soft young cheek one day
VIII you love me then mid the falling leaves,
As you did mOng the bloom Of May9
Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep
IE1dy launch my all on Us tideg
Il lOUing lUOnldI1 Rilds heaven or he'll


On ne day she Is made a bride.
Irequtre all things that are grand and true,
44H things that man should be;
u you 0tue this all I 1UiLt stake my Tie


10 be all you demand Of me.
If you cannot be this-a laundress and cook


You can hire, and little 10 nav:
But a wOman's heart and a wofnan's life


Are not to be won in that way.
Year: 1878

A BoY.-One of the best things in
the world to be is boy.


Boys have always been SO plenty that
they are not half appreciated.


A boy is willing to do any amount
of. work if it is called play.


The feeling Of boy toward pumpkin
pie has never been properly considered.


A boy furnishes half the entertain
ment, and takes two-thirds of the scold-
ing of the family circle.


1t is impossible to say at what age a
boy becomes conscious that his trouser-
legs are too short, and is anxious about
the part of his hair.


In fact boy is hard subject to get
a moral from.
Year: 1878

The advantages of the graded-school
system are too obvious to need mention
ing. But its disadvantages are not gen.
orally known to those who have not had
experience in organizing schools, in max
ing promotions of scholars from grade to
grade, and in classifying those who apply
for admission from the ungraded country
schools.


One of the first difficulties with the
system is that it is Procrustean bedstead; !;
the pupils must be pared down or drawn
out, to fit it. Many bright scholars
could easily go through the common
school course in one or two years less
time than it takes the machine to run
them through. Then, again, there are
many others who are carried through
in less time than they really need to
learn the grades thoroughly. Promotions
may be made at irregular intervals, of
course, but this always causes the pupil
to omit something he needs to know.
The pupil who fails in promotion, especi-
ally when these promotions are made
annually, IS usually put back farther then
he needs to go; the work of the lower
class is 80 easy for him that during
term or two he has much leisure time,
and the result is not difficult to imagine
it is well known to all who have had
much experience in graded school work


There are large numbers of young men
and women, in all our cities and towns
who ought to be in school, but who are
ashamed to go, because when examined
by the principal they are found to be 80
deficient in some of the essential studies
of the course that they must be graded
down among the little children. Now all
this trouble could easily be remedied by
establishing in connection with each large
graded school an ungrGded department.


Such department in the hands of a
competent, energetic teacher would be of
the greatest value. Here could be sent
those vigorous minded boys and girls
who have been irregularly taught in
country schools. Special attention could
be given to their neglected branches
until they we're ready to enter regular
grades. Here could be sent all scholars
who have but a short time to remain at
school. By teaching them only the
essential branches, they could, in short
time, learn what would be of great value
to them.
Year: 1878

The veritable "Miry (who) had a little
lamb whose fleece was as white as snow /"
visited the Old South spinning bee at
Boston a few months ago, and told
the ladies present the story of the lamb.
When she was 8 years old and was liv-
ing on a farm, one morning she went out
into the barn, where she found two little
lambs, one of them nearly dead. So she
took it into the house and sat up all
night nursing it with catnip tea. The
next morning the lamb could stand on its
teet and grew stronger every day.
OWlng to her loving care the lamb be-
came so attached to Mary that it fol-
lowed her about and one day to school,
where she hid it under her desk, so that
none Of the children knew it was in
school until Mary was called up to recite.
Then the lamb came out from its hiding
place, and made the children laugh and
shout, so that the teacher was obliged to
turn it out. The poem was written by
a friend of Mary's (the venerable Mrs.
Sarah JOsepha Hale, who has just retired
from the editorship of Godey's Lady
Book) soon after the lambs visit to the
schOol-room. Mary was married many
years since, and lives near Boston. She
says she will come again to the spinning
bee some afternoon. She took in some
of the first fleece of her little lamb, and
it is now for sale at the spinning bee.
Year: 1878

WHAT A REvILER GoT.-An Eng
ish correspondent relates the following
fresh story of the times of the Commune
in Paris As several Versaillese were
being led away to be shot, one man in
the crowd that accompanied them to see
the shooting made himself conspicuous
by taunting and reviling the prisoners.
There, cOnfound you,' said one Of the
prisoners at last, don't you try to get
out of it by edging off into the crowd,
and pretending you are one of them.
Come back here; the game is up; let us
all die together and the crowd was so
persuaded that the Communard's vehe-
mence was only assumed to cloak his
escape that he was marched into file with
the prisoners, and duly shot"
Year: 1878

A PROMPT MULE.-A good story is
told of a deacon in Tennessee, who was
in the habit of riding bucking mule
that is mule that can make camels
back of its straight one, and, by spas
mOdic movement of its four legs and
hump, discharge its rider like cannon
ball: The other day they came to the
worst mud hole in the State, and the
mule gave unmistakable indications of
bucking. The good deacon knew that
he was about to be thrown, and his mind
skurried about for prayer. His table
grace came easiest: "Lord, for what we
are about to receive make US humbly
thankful" he exclaimed, and the mule
had bucked and he was in.
Year: 1878

He COULDN'T SwEAR.-A driver of
coal-wagon up in A. would, On small
provOcation, swear furiously. One day
some boys in the place saw him with a
full load of coal driving slowly along the
street. As they were out for mischief,
and knew him well, one of the urchins
stole cautiously behind the team and let
down the tail board. Then they ran to
a respectful distance, and waited with
eager expectation for the volley they
knew would come. Jim got down from
his seat, looked at the boys moment,
then at their work, then again at them,
and calmly remarked, "Boys, II can't
do this thing justice go home!"
Year: 1878

A SMALL SPECIMEN OF HUMANITY.
Master Frankly Flynn, Of Norwich,
New York, is the smallest specimen Of a
boy ever known. He is four and half
years old, and is thus described by the
correspondent of the Utica "Observer":- =


owe went to see him, expecting a
Tom Thumb or Commodore Mutt to
walk in before US. Imagine our surprise
when his grandmother brought him in
as one would a good-sized cat. He is
not so large as one of Tom Thumbs legs.
In Tom Thumbs carriage he would look
as lonesome as an ordinary man in q
circus band wagon. To sit upon one Of
Tom Thumbs easy chairs would be to
him what it is to the ordinary boy to
perch upon a gate-post when the spring
comes. He is smaller than any one can
conceive who has not actually seen him.
Yesterday he had on two pairs of stock
ings, and even then the smallest-sized
baby-shoes were too large for him. His
wrist is of the size of an ordinary mans
thumb, his ankle but slight increase.
He was dressed in full suit like man.
He stands twenty-three inches in his
shoes, and weighs, clothes and all,
twelve pounds. That is the most he
ever weighed in his life Still he is q
lively, sprightly boy, very active, climb
ing into chairs, and getting down; walks
around with his hands back of him, Hke
his grandpa and talks and laughs, and
is as cute as any boy of his years. He
is no longer than he was when one year
old"
Year: 1878




Short-sightedness depends upon an
elongation of the gloge of the eye from
before backwards, and il is moulded in
this faulty form In the following way.
When children or young adults are
engaged many hours daily in close
work with bad light or imperfect type,
the eye Is constantly strained in the
effort to see, the internal blood vessels
become seriously eOngested, and in time
exude portion of their more fluid con-
tents; the outer coat of the ball, tender
and dilatable in youth, gives way at its
weakest spot posteriorly. The contents
of the globe are permanently increased,
and the eyeball, instead of a sphere,
comes in time TO resemble an egg In
form, being thus unduly elongated, the
rays of light which proceed from dis
tant objects are brought to focus in
front of the retina instead of upon it,
and in order to focus them on the
proper spot, it is necessary to cause
them to diverge before striking the eye
ball by the interpOsition of a concaye
lens.
Year: 1878

An orang-outang fully seven feet high
was discovered by the company of a
merchant ship, at place called RAM
boon, on the northwest coast of Sum-
| atra, on spot where there were few
trees and little cultivated ground. sit
was evident tha- he had come from a
distance, for his legs were covered with
mud up TO his knees, and the natives
were unacquainted with him. On the
approach of the boats crew he came
down from the tree in which he was dis
covered, and made for elump at some
distance; exhibiting, as he moved, the
appearance of a tall, man-like figure,
covered with shining brown hair, walk
ing erect, with waddling gait, but
sometimes accelerating his motion with
his hanCs, and occasionally impellins
himself forward with the bough of
tree. His motion on the ground was
evidently not his natural mode of pro-
gression, for, even when assisted by his
hands and the bough, it was slow and
vaclllating; it was necessary to see him
among the trees to estimate his strength
and agility. On being driven to a small
clump, he gained by one spring a very
lofty branch, and bounded from one
branch TO another with the swiftness of
common monkey; his progress being
as rapid as that of swift horse. After
receiving five balls his isexertioDs relaxed,
and, reclining exhausted against a
branch, he vomited a quantity of blood.
The ammunition Of the hunters being
by this time exhausted, they were
obliged to fell the tree in order to OBJ
tain him; but what was their surprise
TO see him, as the tree was falling, effect
his retreat to another, with seemingly


undiminished vigorl In fact, they We're
obliged to cut down all the trees before
they could force him to combat his enc
mics on the ground, and when finally
overpowered by numbers, and nearly In
dying state, he seized a spear made of
supple wood, which would have with
stood the strength of the stoutest man,
and broke it like reed. Ii was stated,
by those who aided in his death, that
the human-like expression Of his counte-
nance, and his piteous manner of plae-
ing his hands on his wounds, distressed
their feelings so as to almost make them
question the nature of the act they were
committing, He was seven feet high,
with broad, expanded chest and mar
row waist. His chin was frInged with
a beard that curled on each side, and
formed an ornamental rather than a
frightful appendage to his visage. His
arms were long, even in proportion TO
his height. but his legs were much
shorter. Upon the whole, he was
wonderful beast to behold, and there
was more about him to excite amazement
than fear. His hair was smooth and
glossy, and his whole appearance show
ed him to be in the full vigor of youth
and strength"
Year: 1878

1t is curious TO note that while to the


railroads is owing the abandonment of


the wind carriage formerly seen by


travellers in China, Spain and Holland)


to the same agency it now seems likely


that its rejuvenation will be due. Wind


vehicles are already in use on the long
stretches of tracks which extend over


the western prairies, and the speed at
tanned is said to rival that of the fast
express train. One has been in use en-


the Kansas Pacific railroad for the past


three years. The vehicle is said to av-
erage speed of thirty miles per hour,
and, with strong breeze, TO travel at
the rate of forty miles an hour. This


last speed was reached with the wind
right abeam. A distance of eighty
four miles has been passed over in four


hours, the car sailing part of this time
close hauled and over rdisadvantageously
curved track. The vehicle has four
wheels, each thirty inches in diameter,
is six feet in length, and weighs six
hundred pounds. The sail has two
boOms, respectively fourteen and fif-
teen feet in length, and an area of shout
eighty-one square feet. The mast is
eleven feet high, tapering from four in
ches square at the heel to two inches at
the truck. 1t will be obvious that many
of the laws applying to the iceboat ap-
ply equally well to the sailing car A
little consideration will show that when
the latter is sailing at forty miles per
hour it is travelling faster than the wind
that impels it, and this is constantly
the case in iceboat sailing. On the
other hand, iceboats always sail best
close hauled; in fact, the sheet is al
most constantly kept fiat aft. The sail
ing car, as stated above, goes fastest
with the wind directly on the beam or
side. OF course the difference is due
to the greater resistance offered by the
larger and more elevated surfaces of
the car body and its occupants, and to
the friction of the axle journals, which
probably, under ordinary conditions,
is sufficient to prevent the sailing car
ever attaining the iceboat's speed.
Year: 1878

From the splendor of cathedrals and
tha sacredness of pious relics we turned
to an institution of practical charity.
Taking a carriage we drove to the
founding hospital, founded by Catha-
rine the Great, and now supported by
the government at an annual outlay of
81 200, 900 in gold. 1t is an immense
structure, beautifully situated, and is
managed with the regularity of clock
work, under the supervision of medi-
cal staff and large corps of female
nurses. Not less than twelve thousand
infants are annually admitted, and are
retained for four weeks, when they are
placed in the care of nurses from the
neighboring villages, who receive 81 .25
a month for the care of the little ones
committed to their charge, under the
supervision of the doctor of the district.
But this part of the administration of
the institution is a mistake, as fifty per
cent. of the children die before the age
of one year, and only about quarter of
the whole number arrive at maturity.
This sad result is attributed to the coarse
fare of the peasant nurses and their
neglect of the children. The children
admitted to the hospital are not found
in the street, nor are they left at the
door of the building, but they are
openly brought there either by their
mothers or some kind friend. On the
day after its admission the child is bap-
tised, received into the church and is
named after the officiating priest. The
infant is then placed in charge of its
foster parent, who is the woman that
happens to stand, at the moment, at
the head of the long procession of peas
ant women who are in attendance.
Year: 1878

The stormy sea behind us raves


We're sailing home,
Welcome the tumult of the waves


We're sailing home
If our good ship her course shall keep,
We reck not danger Of the deep;
The waves leap not as our hearts leap


We're sailing home
Soon we may see our fatherland-


We're sailing homei
Soon mid its well loved hills may stand


We're sailing home
Soon eager heart to heart shall press,
After the seas wide loneliness
Soon We shall meet the old caress-


We're sailing home,
All. greet US well, eyes that are dear


We're sailing home,
The stormy waves give little cheer


But sailing home.
Yut IL old friends unfaithful be,
or love keep not its constancy,
Better the darkness in the sea


Than sailing home
But sh, we trust thst hearts are true


When sailing home;
We cherish still the last adieu


While sailing home.
Then let our ship her swift way keep
Amid the dangers of the deep;
Waves leap not as our fond hearts leap


We're sailing home,
Year: 1878

We have frequently referred to the
correct principle of horse-shoeing; but
there are many matters of detail that,
if overlooked, will spoil the best of
principles ever laid down. The nails
should be quite small. and driven in
more gently than is the custom. There
is no reason why the smith should
strike blow at the little nail-head as
strong as he would deliver at the head
ofa spike in an oak-beam. The hoof
of the horse is not an oak stick, and
the delicately-pOinted and slenderly-
headed nail is not a wrought iron spike
and you will see the mailer whack away
at them as if il was matter of life and
death to get them entirely set in at
two blows of the hammer. Insist that
the driver shall drive his nails slowly
and steadily, Instead of using violence.
In this case, if his nail is badly pointed
and gets out of the proper line of di-
rection, no great injury is done 1t can
be withdrawn, and 4 new one substitu-
ted, without harm having been done
the foot. But the swift, blind and vio-
lent way prevents all such care, and ex-
poses the horse to temporary if not per-
manent injury. Gentleness should be
exercised in clilching the nail. Never
allow a smith to touch a rasp to the
outer surface of the hoof. Nature has
covered 1t with thin filament or en-
amel, the object of which is to protect
the inner membrane and fibre from
exposure TO water or atmosphere. This
enamel is exactly what nature puts on
the surface of your finger-nail. Under
no circumstances should it ever be
touched. 1t it is removed, nature will
be wickedly deprived of her needed
covering, and cruelty left exposed to
the elements.
Year: 1878

The Congregational church In
Newton, Mass, resolved to reduce the
pastors salary from $1,000 to 5000,
whereupon he announced from the pull
pit that he would not submit to a cent
o decrease.
Year: 1878

While on our visit to Globe District, we made special arrangements with Expressman Saxe to carry THE CITI- ZEN packages from Silver King 10 Globe City, by this arrangement the paper issued Friday morning would reach Globe City, Saturday afternoon, but notwithstanding our efforts and care the packages have gone direct only twice. Tins delay was a great disappointment both to ourself and patrons, but we feel sure the brake is mended and THE CITIZEN will hence forth go direct and regular to Globe City. On Monday last We addressed a communication to Judge s. W. Blake ly, the new Postmaster at the Silver King requesting him to interest him self in the matter; we have received a very kind reply from Judge Blakely, the contents of which we are sure will be equally gratifying to our friends across the range" so here it is:

 SILVER KING, January 9.

 EDITOR CITIZEN :-I am just in re ceipt of your note in which you re- quest me 10 interest myself in getting THE CITIZEN packages for Globe and McMillen's forwarded from here with dispatch. In answer 1 will state that, if sent 10 my office, I will take special care to see them forwarded with prompt ness, and trust neither you nor your patrons "across the range" will have further cause for complaint in the matter. Respectfully yours,

 :. w BIAKELY.
Year: 1878

ROME, January 1.-The funeral of the late King Victor Emanuel took place today, and was very impressive. The procession was an hour and half passing q giving point. In addition to the official portion of the procession, which was mile long. there were . 700 doputations from all parts of the Kingdom