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Year: 1879

In the case of Trustees of Schools against
Van Allen, the question as to what right a
parent has to direct the studies pursued by
his child, who attends public school, is con-
sdered. 1t is held that the trustees of q
school district may prescribe what studies
may be pursued, and may regulate the classi-


ication of the pupils, but that parent may
select from the branches pursued those which
the child may study, so long as the exercise of
such selection does not interfere with the sys-
tenn prescribed for the school, and that the
child cannot be excluded from one study
simply because be is deficient in another In
this case the pupil was denied admission to a
public high school because OF his deficiency
in knowledge of grammar, which his father
had forbidden him to study. He had asked to
be admitted to pursue only those studies in
which he was sufficiently proficient to entitle
him to admission to the high school. The
Court held that rule requiring his exclusion
was unreasonable, and could not be enforced.
In Morrow against Wood, in Wisconsin, a
father directed his child, who attended pub
lie school, to study only certain branches
among those taught in the school. The teach
er, with notice of such direction, required the
child to study other subjects, and upon his
refusal to do so whipped him. This was
uClu " Uc du uuIoWAul ASSAULT. Al f1ul0SOQ
against Post, in Illinois, girl, sixteen years
of age, was in attendance upon public
school. and was in a class which, by the
course of study prescribed by the Directors
of the school, was required to study book
keeping Under the direction of her parents
she refused to pursue the study, and for that
reason was, by the teacher, acting under the
instruction of the Directors, forcibly expelled
from the school, The court held that the
Directors and teacher were all liable in an
action of trespass, the Directors having no
power to prescribe such rule or to author
ize the the teacher to enforce it, [Albany ~
Y, Lao Journal.
Year: 1879




Ever since geology was recognized as a
science, the attention of its votaries has been
turned to the above named range of noun
tains as the most stupendous manifestation OF
the operations Of nature which could be with
comparative facility subjected to their investi.
cations. The most eminent geologists are
now all agreed as 10 the mode in which the
mountain chain was formed. First of all
is recognized the existence of line of weak
ness in the earth's crust coincident with the
range of the present mountains. The fact
is proved by the circumstance that along the
whole line volcanic outbursts occurred, the
results of which can yet be traced. Second
ly, there followed along that line of weak
ness depression, and in that huge trough of
many miles in extent were accumulated
sands. limestones, and clays by various forms
of water agency, and by animals living in the
waters. Thirdly, there followed the consoli-
dation of those soft and loose materials.
Evidence exists that the accumulation was of
from six to seven miles in depth, and the
mere weight of the superintendent mass on
the lower strata would have share in effect
ing consolidation. Those operations of nature
must have taken an .ncOmprehensible amount
of ages, But that was not all. Under that
vast covering, heat had led to crystalization
from fusion. There was, too, the crushing
in from the sides of the trough, which pro-
duced disruption of the strata and caused the
confused piling of the various materials which
at first so puzzled the geologists. Fourthly
there occurred the sculpturing of that matter
into its present forms, which was the work Of
rains and frosts. Some of the existing peaks,
even 5000 feet high, were composed entirely
of the disintegrated materials resulting from
the action of water, either as ice or glaciers,
or as rain and streams. The amount of ma
terial removed in that way was so stupen-
dous that to attempt to grasp the facts is ab-
solutely staggering. The fourth stage was
of comparatively recent date, speaking
geologically, but the whole history involved
lapse of time which, at the beginning of
this century, no philosophers would have
been prepared to grant.
Year: 1879

From the New York Times.]


The fact that the late Richard Henry Dana
was regarded:as an invalid until he had reach
ed so, and yet outlved all his contemporaries,
is not so uncommon as it appears. The opin-
ion that it is usually the healthfdl. robust men
who attain longevity, while it is prevalent, is
not correct. Many of our citizens now over
70, and likely to last much longer, are not
and never have been vigorous of body. They
have been, on the contrary, delicate from
childhood, and keep themselves in active life
by prudence and the excellent care they take
of themselves. Peter Cooper is conspicuous
example, He was puny at his birth, and has
continued more or less feeble ever since
Nevertheless, he has engaged in various en-
terprises has created from nothing a large
fortune; has been most generous benefac-
tor to his native city; and will have COM
pleted on the 18th instant his 8Sth year. The
persons who 60 to their graves at 40 and so
have frequently had any amount of physical
stamina, and have depended on it so entirely
as to neglect all hygenic laws, and disregard
anything like discretion. There is certain
arrogance of health which ruins health by ex-
cess of confidence. Men of this sort are per-
suaded they can do and endure anything and
everything, and acting on their persuasion
they break down suddenly and Unexpectedly
and slip out of existence The .semi-invalid
or valetudinarian, on the other hand, seldom
incurs any risk. He guards himself at every
point; he sees where the danger is and sedu-
lously avoids it. His condition has rendered
him heedful and heedfulness has grown into
unchanged and Interchangeable habit. Ease of
circumstance also contributes greatly to lon-
gevity where man either has simple tastes
or is judicious in his mode of living. Ad-
versely to the accepted notion, poverty is
rarely good for anybody, for it entails not
only absence or comfort, but constant fric-
ton and endless worry. Other things being
equal, the rich long survive the INDECENT.
Year: 1879

By reference to a correspondence in another col
umn it will be seen that the Commissioner of Pen
sons declines giving up to relatives and friends let
ters which have been written by soldiers in the


ed-that such letters will be retained in the cuso-
dy of the Office The labor connected with the task
of separating those pertaining to the soldierss do
nestle relations from those belonging to his military
career is the trouble in the way But we hope
these letters will be preserved and ultimately dev
cred to the dear ones at home, as cherished memen-
toes of patriotic fathers, husbands and sons, who
gave up their lives that our country should not per-
ish. 1t has been privilege oftimes to peruse
many of these letters, and in what pathos, what
beauty are many of them clothed. Oft you will
find a sentence running thus: Mother if die it
viii be for my country and ! shall think of you at
my last breath" Father, / hope soon to send you
home some money to help pay for your little farm
You are getting old now and know need my help,
but my first duty, above all others, is to my
country Sister, how / should love to be at
home now to attend with you the singing schools,
you know often happily visited together,
but / mnst forego ALI such pleasures / must
stand by the old flag till union and peace are re-
stored" Ny dear wife Oh / / need not tell you
how / long to be home How oft think of you
and dear little Willie He was a baby when | left,
three years ago. | could kiss him thousand times
'Ts terrible hard to be so long away from you and
our dear child, but my duty is right here and if we
never meet again, may we all find blessed and
peaceful home in Heaven" But our pen must be
laid aside The subject is painful to dwell upon


Can we ever do too much for such patriots and
heroes and the loved ones who so dearly cherish
So -


augural address, written but few weeks preceding
his death-hs last will and testament--Abrab0m


Lincoln charges it upon to care for him acho
has borne the battle end has acidoacs and orphans"


Is the nation honestly and PAINFULLY doing tbas
Year: 1879

Now that the evenings are growing longer and
the rush of farmers labors is over, you will have
time to read. Everyone of you wants paper
which is working for your interests unremttingly
and which your wife and children, too will admire
for its variety of interesting reading Send your
subscriptions singly and by tens and hundreds Get
up clubs for us all over the land and we will be en-
couraged to labor, if possible more unremittingly.
In helping us you help yourselves.
Year: 1879

We want to hear Immediately from all postmasters
who would like to act as agents for The TRIBUNE
We will make it to their interest to act in this
pacity, and feel confident they will generally be
successful in securing subscribers to the paper it
is highly commended by all who patronize it.
Year: 1879

A lady residing near Cleveland, o.,
died short time ago from an unknown
disease, which greatly puzzled the at
tending physicians, the symptoms be-
ing similar to those experienced in rheu-
matism of the heart. After her long
suffering ended in death, post-mortem
examination revealed one of most won-
derful things known to the medical
profession. A large burdock burr was
found securely imbedded in the heart,
against the posterior surface of the
aorta, just at the point where it
emerges from the body of the heart,
completely covered with cystic-like It's
sue which had firmly enveloped all the
large blood-vessels leading to and from
the heart, which organ was in high
state of Inflammation, the left ventricle
being greatly enlarged. A feature which
greatly puzzles the doctors is the fact
that the large aorta about three inches
from the heart is found to be worn as
thin as tissue-paper for about the space
of an inch, only the outer covering of
the large artery remaining. This is sup
posed to have been produced by the
close proximity of the burr in its passage
towards the heart. The specimen was
forwarded to the Museum of the Ben
nett Medical College, of this city, and
has been inspected by large number of
leading physicians, who unite in pro-
nouncing it one of the most extraor-
dinary cases on record. Yesterday a
Tribune reporter happened in at the Of
flee of DIR. w. H. Davis, corner of State
and Madison Streets, while several
physicians were examining this medical
wonder. Prof. Davis and others are OF
the opinion that the burr must have
been breathed into the lungs while the
great sufferer for a number of years, dur.
ing which time the burr was migrating
from the bronchial tubes through the
tissues to its final NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
! cago Tribune.
Year: 1879

Nearly week has elapsed since the
readers of the Democrat were informed
through its columns of the painful and
serious accident which befell Mr.. Dick
Boaz, from the effects of which he lost
the lower portion of his left arm by am
putation. The surgical operation was
performed by Drs. Ansell and Burts,
who made a very neat and satisfactory
"job " of it. The next day following
the accident, some one or two members
of the family took the arm, or that por-
ton of it which was amputated, and
buried it about two feet deep above the
last resting-place of one of his little
children. Not long after the arm was
buried, Mr.. Boaz commenced to COM
plain of experiencing a cold, chilly feel
ing in his left arm. 1t seemed to him
as though he still had it. His COM
plants became so constant and bitter
that it actually alarmed his attendants,
knowing well that the object of his COM
plant was buried beneath the ground.
Finally, Boaz could stand it no longer,
the cold in his missing hand and wrist
became so intense that he inquired what
they had done with it. They informed
him that it was buried. He ordered
them to dig it up Immediately and bring
it in the house.


1t was done, and bottle of alcohol
was prepared for its receptacle. AS
soon as the missing member was ex-
humed and brought into the house, the
cold which had nearly driven him wild
disappeared, but pretty soon he COM
planned of a feeling as though his hand
and fingers were cramped, when The
source of the complaint was traced to
the fact that the alcohol bottle, in which
the hand and arm was contained, was
too small, and necessitated the turning
in of the fingers and closing them in
toward the palm of the hand. 1t proved
to be very annoying and made him so
restless that his folks were compelled to
send in yesterday and purchase large
bottle into which the arm and hand can
be placed without cramping.


This is one of the strange freaks OF
nature, instances of which have been
cited in medical journals, but none ever
came under the notice of the writer be-
fore.-FOrt Worth (1eGdS) Democrat.
SPONGE CAKE.-1 cotfee-cup sugar, ]
coffee. CUP flour 1 eggs, l lemon.
Year: 1879

The Rev. Thomas Aitken, pastor of
the First and Second Presbyterian
Churches in Sparta, N. Y, though now
in his 80th year, is still preaching every
Sabbath. Of late years he has been
subject to turns of fainting. Recently
he was taken with one in the pulpit, of
unusually severity. He was carried out
of it and ministered to. For some time
it was thought his labors were ended,
but after while he revived and said:
81 must go on with what 1 was saying"
which he did, conducting the service to
its close. His people have proposed to
release him from the afternoon service at
the Second Church during the winter,
but he is reluctant to accept their kind
ness. 1t is nearly 40 years since he be-
gan to serve them, and his heart is so
deeply in his work that he is 10th to dis
continue it.
Year: 1879

of but one other Northern State, while
it Is the rule in Southern States.


Ten of the County Superintendents
of Illinois are ladies. 1t is claimed that
they equal the men in duties requiring
legal and financial skill, and surpass
them in promptitude and in the moral
purity of both teachers and pupils in the
schools which they manage.
Year: 1879

Notwithstanding the vigor with which
the National House Of Representatives
set to work on the general appropriation
bills, getting three of them we'll under
way before the holiday recess, it has
come to pass that two more Of them, and
one special bill appropriating twenty
seven millions, have been rushed through
the House under suspensions of the rules.


This is a most reprehensible style Of
legislation. A suspension of rules means
the removal of all the checks in the way
of hasty and inconsiderate legislation :
The three readings of the bill are dis
pensed with /; the considera' ion in Com
mlttee of the Whole is set aside, the
chance for amendment is cut of, ami
nothing is left but the bare constitutional
right 10 demand the } eas and nays. 1t
is trne that this can be done only by p
twO-thirds vote of the House. but 1t IS
equally true that it takes away utterly
the right of the minority of one-third tp
be heard in the matter at all. 1t is quite
as bad as "cancus" legislation, and is ag-
gravated by the fact that there was mo
real necessity for it. 1t will be remark
able stroke of good luck, if two of the
bills so passed are not stocked with ap.
preparation for jobs and other Legislation


of a questionable character.-Ledyep.
Year: 1879

Vice in rags is one thing in this
world, and vice in diamonds anoth-
er. One who, if he were but poor
and unknown, would be cast aside
with contempt, has his sins cordial
ly forgiven him by society, if he is
the possessor of millions.


The worlds verdict is generally
a favorable one for the sinner, if
from that sinner there is something
to be got-if he has the power to
give office, to throw money into
others hands, or even to give great
dinner parties and drown his guests
in champagne.


This is the secret of it all: the
rich and powerful people are useful.
Society does not love them more.
Society loves no one; but its most
useful tools it will not cast away.
1t will say black is white, rather
than do that, and cry out it is
"only her way" when the woman
in power commits her folly for
which they would Danish helpless
woman from their ranks.


Heaven forbid that we should not
all be merciful, but it is not just to
be cruelty severe to the poor and
helpless, and very tender to toe
rich aDd powerful. But this is what
society is.


Perched upon her throne IL
Vanity Fair sits Madame Grundy
She has one blind eye, which she
turns upon the fashionable sinner
while she keeps a sharp and suspic
ious lookout over the people o.
whom she cannot make good use
and gives them double punishment
if they trip, to make up for her len
iencv to those others.
Year: 1879

/ cannot but envy the poor man,
for his is the happiest condition OF
life; the experience and lessons OF
humility, and patience and devotion
that he daily receives are strength
enlng his character and making his
influence nobler. 1 have thought
that poor, good men are given us,
that their lives may reflect the eter-
nal goodness OF the Creator. So
many of the sweetest songs haye
been sung, so many of the bravest
deeds have been done by men of
low estate, that l always look to
them for the great achievements in


thought and act. l cannot say why
it is, but money seems to cramp Our
nature, developing only what should
be destroyed and dwarfng the bet


ter parts, and / wish none of us
could have more than enough to
satisfy our reasonable wants, unless
for charity. If this world was the
sum of all we have been or hope 70
be, even then the poor man holds
the vantage ground. Health and
contentment follow his calling; hap
piness dearer than anything this
world can give is of his own right


These reflections are the result oi
! the sketch of the life Of rich mar
Year: 1879

1t is impossible to disguise the
fact that the love of money is our
national failing. The desire to
grow rich, the wish to possess
money, absorbs the American mind
almost TO the Moloch to whom we
sacrifice health, time, honor, repu
tation. We throw all into the bal
ance, even our immortal souls, and
care not if we lose so that we can
gain the world. Money has been
the root of all our evil, and to grasp
the gIlttering treasure, we have ruth
lessIy trampled on what we once
deemed sacred and precious. The
church, the Government, business,
society, the home, all show the
trail OF this serpent, and it is time
that the watchman on the tower
should warn the people of the dan
ger ahead. We are drifting away
from the strongholds of integrity,
as a nation we are losing caste; let
us return to the safe harbor of hon
estv and honor before we make a
total wreck of what is of more val
ue than money-our good name
here and our immortal souls hereaf-
ter. The decay of Greece can be
traced to the luxury of her people.
1t must not be said of future ages
that Americas decay was due to her
love of money.
Year: 1879

At the recent exodus convention
at Nashville, I. w. Henderson, q
colored citizen of Kansas, and edi
tor of the Kansas Colored Citizen,
read the following extract from his
paper to the conve ntion:


In regard to the migration OF
these people from the South to
Kansas, we have shese plain views
to express, and we shall send this
paper to many leading men of the
South, we hope they will make
known the views herein expressed.
We have to say


1. That reports circulated by
unprincipled persons that the col
ored people coming to Kansas
would receive home free, or any
thing else free, is false. Everybody
in Kansas has to get home just as
they would have to get it anywhere
else, except such of them as are
willing and prepared to go out upon
the frontier and run the risk of
making a living on the homestead
lands given by the government.
We want to tell our people plainly
that all the government land oh
tainable in Kansas is so far away
from the markets as to make them
for the poor man exceedingly unde-
sirable Then we say don come to
Kansas expecting to have a home
given you. You can only get a
home or tract of land in Kansas by
buying it. Let this be understood.
You can buy land at from So to $40
per acre.


2. Our advice is never leave home
for Kansas without having some
money over and above what it costs
to pay your transportation, nor
then, without some definite plan in
your head as to where you are 60
ing and what you mean to do after
you get there.


3. Remember that in Kansas
everybody must work or starve.
This is a great State for the ener-
getic and industrious, but fearful
poor one for the idle or lazy man,
"root hog or die'' is the motto here.


Now we hope all the above is
plain enough to be easily under
stood and we urge upon all the
truthfulness of what we have said.
Year: 1879




Exchange: "The man who in
vented the fish.hook will some day
have-a a monument. 1t will be a gran
ite column five hundred feet high,
built by the boys alone. A boy
might possibly get along with mar
bles, tops, stills, balls and kites,
yet he would feel that there was an
aching void somewhere. A kite
does well enough as long as it will
outsail all other kites and the
string doesn't break, and a pair of
stills are good enough property
until after the first fall; but for real
solid pleasure the fish-hook can
never be beaten, A boy will al
ways expect more and get less from
it than anything else invented, but
he never gets too discouraged to
try again. The Smith boy was OBJ


served trying his luck yesterday in
q pond on vacant lot on Alfred
street. AS far back as last Decem-
ber his mother promised him half
a day out of school as soon as the
fish began to bite and yesterday
was the glorious day. Where
there's water there ought to be fish,
according to every boys reckoning,
and this youth surrounded that
wee little pondehole with its barrel
of muddy water with just as much
enthusiasm as a man would throw
line into Lake st. Clair. He had
ham, sweetcake, potato, dried beef
and boiled egg for bait, and when
he had spit on the bait and cast in
his hook all the Seth Greens ever
born couldn't have convinced him
that he would fail of at least one
good big bite. For two long hours
he fished for sturgeon and pickerel
and pike, changing the bait now
and then and never forgetting to
spit on it, and as he hauled up fol
the last time he would simply ad


NIT that it wasn't just the right sorl
of day to go fishing. If he had
had a little one to carry home, his
triumph would have been more
complete, but yet his eyes were like
diamonds as he met two boys on
the Gorpyer;. and ealledaoUt =. '"sSfOIt
halliday and been a-fish1ngl
didn't catch any fish, COS they
were all on their nests, but you
ought to have seen the big frog
which tum bled off stonep
Year: 1879

So far as is known no genuine
case of hydrophobia has ever yet
been cured in this country. A cor
respondent of the New York Her
aid asserts that a discovery of a
cure for the fearful malady has
been made IN Russia, this remedy
being pure oxygen. A little Rus
sian girl was recently attacked by


the disease and the physicians
therenpon made her inhale three
cubic feet of oxygen. In the course
of an hour and half all the symp-
toms disappeared and the child re-
named calm. On the next day but
one the malady returned in all itS
distressing characteristics. A fresh


inhalation of oxygen was tried, and
at the end of forty-fve minutes the
attack subsidized and never returned.
Year: 1879

who lately died, who never knew
what it was to have a pleasant mo-
ment, and whose only struggle was
to get money and having it, to get
more. He died, without benefitting
himself or anyone else, perhaps
making some miserable. From the
hour he began to acquire wealth he
grew narrow minded, selfish and dis.
trustful, and passed his time in
what seemed to be a wretched way,
without friendship for men or love
of God or spiritual growth. Pardon
me for contrasting him with a
neighbor who is contrary in him
self and his relations to the other.
1t is a great victory gained when
we can be humble and contented,
poor in goods and rich In heart,
good and able to do no wrong for
conscience sake.