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Year: 1875

The prevalent practice OF burdening
the young mind with large number
of studies at the same time is extreme
ly injurious. When small children
are hurried and worried with half a
dozen studies, sitting up late at night
to get their lessons, and "crammingo
as they plod along to school in the
morning, it is murder - murder of
common sense, the murder of intellect,
the murder OF health anu promise.
Suppose you grown-up people were
compelled to recite long lessons in
three neW studies daily in addition to
other tasks taking the part of your
time? You would break down under
the pressure-you could not perform
such task. And yet tender children
are required to do this, and more. The
result is a very few of the aptest pupils
keep up with the course, the slower
ones drag, and the slowest give up in
despair. This system kills some,
makes superficial scholars of Others,
and does a grievous wrong to all. We
should have fewer studies, and make
the instruction given more thorough.
One stndy mastered is better than
examining with dozen. Orthogra-
ply, reading, penmanship, arithmetic
and grammar are the studies in which
the pupils of our public schools should
be thoroughly grounded, letting the
'.ologies bide their time. The "olo-
gies" are well enough in their place,
but there Is no wisdom in this cram
ming to get smattering of them at
the expense Of solidity of learning in
the branches of practical business
education.
Year: 1875

The sons of poor men can stay only
q limited time in our public schools.
At an early age they are compelled to
leave school to earn their bread or aid
in supporting the families to which
they belong. From two to four years
at most is all they can spare for school
ing. 1t is therefore important that
this brief time should be used to Il E
best advantage; that they should
be employed, not in crammlng with a
medley of crude science and burlesque
of agriculture, but in penmanshir,
arithmetic, English grammar anu
bookkeeping. The children of the
poor are those to whom the public
school system should be adjusted.


The poor constitute the vast majority.
They are dependent on the public
schools; the rich are not; their money
will command educational advantages
denied to their poorer brethren. At
the time the son of rich man is get
ting ready for the high school or col


lege, the poor mans son, with sigh,
leaves school forever,a land goes to work
for his bread. There may be no injus-
tce in this, though there is inequality.
Inequalities of condition have always
existed and always will exist. But in
the name of justice and right give the
poor boy the best advantages you can
while he is permitted to attend school.


Plan your building so that it can be


finished, though it be small one, in
stead of planning grand edifice and
| finishing nothing-an ill-contrived
and chaotic mass remaining only as
costly monument of folly and waste.
We should attempt less and be more
thorough In what we do, Let us have
fewer studies, smaller classes, longer
ROTATIONS, and no more cram ming;
| let us have more substance and less
Year: 1875

Some men are contented with but
half chance, while others have the
largest kind of opportunities which
they don't know how to take advant-
age of, and so are continually bewail-
ing their i'll luck.
Year: 1875

ness Of the Republicans, and the biundeimg
management of their campaign.


Even in Maine it has ceased to be profitable
to keep alive the controversies of the past and
rckindle the issues of the war. 80
shrcwd politician as Mr.. Blaine,
who we suppose conducted the can
vass. made the mistake of appealing to
the animositics and passions which ought to
have been buried, and under wise admlnistra-
ton would have been buried long ago. 1t was
on his invitation that Senator Morton came from
Indiana and Unrolled his budget of dis
counted and rejected scarecrows. lie himself
was not above appealing to the same feeling
in the few speeches he made in the
canvass. The result shows that 1t
was mistake The people have gone
faster than the politicians, and. before the
latter were aware of it, forgiveness and
reconciliation weIe complete; appeal to
the burned out passions generated by
the war was in vain. The speeches OF
Senator Morton had no good effect AS The
TRIBUNE said on the occasion of tha
statesmans first speech in the State,
he was ga mistake in Maine" People
were considering other questions than





they were not so far in the woods nor
so far behind the times IA not to
know had been pretty eilectually settled
and put at rest by the Congressional
elections of 1874 Senator MortOn's own rec
ord on a question of much moro pcrtinencc
than any he discussed was serious
draw back to his efforts. The result Is
largely attributable to the laundering pol
icy of the Republican managers in under
taking to make the fight upon the dead issues
of the war, and in bringing into the State, ut
q time when the financial question aud the
question of administrative reform were the
leading issues of current politics, partisan
orator whose record on both was notably bad.


The precise figures of the decreased Rcpub-
lean majority will be known only 10y the OIL
fetal returns Enough is shown by the FIRST
figures TO indicate mere clearly than any polt-
ical event of the year the seriousness OF the
peril which bcseis the party i'll power Inc
further significance of the result may possibly
attach to the personal fortunes of Mr. Blaine
"a n Presidential candidate but of that 1t Is
too early to speak.
Year: 1875

distract its councils than to strengthen It..
The New-YOrk Democracy cannot array
itself with the party in Ohio and Penn
sylvania without sclf-stultifcation. Its sue
cess in this State is something entirely
distinct and separate from its fate elsewhere.
As National party it Is, upon the most i'm
porant question, without consistency or CO.
herence, having very little in common in the
several States except its name. The wisdom
of the Republican managers in New-York will
be in giving their opponents rope enough to
hang themselves. The Republican party has
come to grief by its own blundcrs, and it may
be said to its credit that it was long time
coming to 1t. 1t stood up under prosperity
good while. It's opponents have been ruined
by success several times in the past twenty
years 1t does not take much prosperity to
turn their heads. The Republicans can afford
to wait
Year: 1875

A curious story is told by q householder in
Greenwich-st. i'll his antemOItem statement to
a coroner. He was shot III the head Sunday
morning, and it was at first supposed
that ho attempted his own life. This
he denies strenuously, and asserts that
be was shot in his sleep, but is not
able to say who was his assalant. His narra-
tive reveals unhappy relations with his wife,
but he does not charge her with the shooting,
and declares that he did not know that he had
an enemy in the world. The room in which
he lay sleeping, according to his
story, when the shot was fired, is so
situated that the hypothesis that he was
wounded by some one outside the house is
hard to admit. The Coronel's jury found
verdict that the man was shot by some un-
known person. The case should have thor
Ough investigation.
Year: 1875

Tho interesting case in which colorcd
clergyman of Droolilyn sought the intervention
of the courts to compel the admission of his
son to public school set apart for the in
struction of white pupils exclusively, was
decided yesterday by Guprcme Justice Gil
bert. The decision sustained the claim
of the Board of Education that they
have the right under the statutes to
prescribe upon what terms and conditions
the benefits of the free school system shall be
enjoyed within their jurisdiction. 1t was held
further that the regulation under consideration
was not in conflict either with the acts OF the
Legislature or with the Civil Rights act be-
cause it does not appear that colored pupils are
thereby deprived of any advantages, facilities,
or rprivileges extended to another class. This de-
cision is amply sustained by precedent.
Year: 1875

a Nevada woman recently
knocked down seven burglars,
one after another. Her husband
watched her from the top of the
stairs, and felt so brimful of battle
that he couldn't cool off until he
had jerked his eight'year-oid boy
out Of bed and "whaled" HIM
soundly for not getting up and
helping his mother.
Year: 1875

A Hartford subscriber writes that
he is just recovering from smallpox,
and will be on In a few days TO renew
his subscription. We hope he won't
mind little thing like that. We
viii send the paper and wait for the
money. We will wait cheorfnlly.
We amt Of that ayarayious kind Of
people who will grab for money rs il
Tor life. WO despise such things.
There's no earthly reason for his
coming on; we win wait. Danbary
NewS.
Year: 1875

In the Summer Land 1--WE again
quote from the volumes Just alluded
to, and not from A. J, Davis this
time) the union of male and female
occur from very similar causes to
those which bring about like unions
on earth. The parties are drawn to
each other through the operation OF
n natural law, and the result is great
er happiness than is usually found
on earth in these relations. Marriage
in the spirit land is not an indissolu-
ble bond. Some minds associate to.
gether in harmony and expand in
the same direction, and with these
the union is permanent. There are
others whose states and conditions
after awhile become changed. Such
seek new companions, and this is
permitted without discredit to the
individuals. Many forms Of mar
rage ceremonies are extant 10 the
different societies and countries. -
Garlands Of towers and symphonies
of divine music arc bestowed upon
the bride and bridegroom. From
these spiritual marriages are born
soul attributes. Human beings are
never generated. They need what is
known as the material world for their
nature and growth
Year: 1875

They have arranged to have arrive MO1!th- ly, complete assortment of such goods as the people of Arizona want, and they Can Sell them at Wholesale and Re- tail Cheaper than they can be Afforded from any other

 Market, Not excepting the much extolIed Quay

 mas route.
Year: 1875

The Rod and Gun club of Springfield, Mass,
went out to shoot at Q mark. They were eating.
drinking, and firing at q tin cup set on wall,
when Q shAbbIly dressed old fellow sauntered up
to the party. They took him for the owner Of the
place, and asked the privilege Of continuing the
sport cordially inviting him In lieu of reeonpense
to Join them in their refreshment. The man gra-
cously complied, and, after he had greedily filled
himself with choice Viands and liquor and gone
away, they learned that he was only q tramp.
drove them of.
Year: 1875

FOIOMhC WaIeT % De bhut On.


With view Of gratifying the very generally
expressed public desire for a thorough flushing
OF the water mains throughout the city, we are
requested to announce that the entire water 81 D.
ply Of Washington will be cut of for five hours,
from midnight tonight until five O'Clock Tues
day morning, during which period all the water
mains will be all flushed out In case Of an
alarm Of hre arrangements have been made
whereby the water can be turned on immedL
ately. CD. Lubey, Water Registrar, Will super
intend the operation in person, for the purpose ol
securing the most prompt action In case Of FIRE.
Year: 1875

The cure ofany illness which does
not consist in a disorganization of
the tissues, can often be accomplished
when the person thinks that it can
be done. If We physicians, who
treat patients every day had the
power to make them believe that
they are to be cured, we certainly
would obtain less fees than we do,
and must say that the best of us
would rejoice at it. There is no
doubt at all that if we could give to
patients the idea that they are to be
cured, they would often be cured,
especially if we could name a time
for it, which is great element in
success. l have succeeded some
times, and l may say that l succeed
more now than formerly, because l
can in giving faith obtain a cure. |
wish, indeed, that physicians who
are younger men TINA myself and
who wilkhave more time to study
this question than have, would take
it up, especially in those cases in
which there is functional nervous
affection only to deal with, as it is
particularly, though not only, in
those cases that 4 cure can be obtain
ed. Indeed, a cure may thus be OBJ
tanned in certain organic affections;
even in dropsy it may lead to cure.
You know that it will stop PAIN
that going to a dentist is often quite
enough to make the toothache dis
appear. l have seen patients come
to me with a terrible neuralgia, who
dreaded the operation was about
to perform, and, just at the time |
was to undertake it, ceased to suffer.
DR.. Bro'on-Sequard.


The above explains all the mira
culous cures ofthe Church of Rome.
They are all cases of the kind de
scribed as curahle by faith, and when
that faith is excited by scapulary,

medal, a dream or a supposed rcve-
lation or vision, tho cure fellows as
natural result-and that is all there
is about the miracle.
Year: 1875

W Sdnl is


PROPERTY.


BY this term, | mean both kinds
of property, personal and real.


Money, or its equivalent is a source
of power and usefulness in every
community Capital represents la
bor,-we might almost say, it is ac-
cnmulated labor; for if ono dollar is
the wages for days labor, he who
has hundred dollars has at his COM
mand hundred days labor, and he
has but to speak the word and two
hundred brawny arms are ready to
do him service So every dollar
we save is a days work laid in store
for future contingencies.


We all know how much power is
lodged in the hands ofthe owner of
large factory. Hundreds look to
him for employment and are depen-
dent on him for livelihood.


Money, well-directed is of use in
more ways than one The late Hor-
ace Greely tells of a farmer in Yer
mont, whose lands were almost valu-
less untii spoke and handle factory
was established in his vicinity. Then
his acres became 1T once valuable on
account Of the timber used by the
factory.


Capital not only employs men and
remmerates labor, but also lessons
the cost Of living Many manufac-
tured articles in every day use are
much cheaper than they would be
il made by hand.


Without capital, no railroads or
steamboats, could be built, no manu-
factories established, no mines sue
cessfully worked. In short, all the
great business enterprises OF lie can
be prosecuted only by those who
possess property.


The possession of wealth affords
means for deeds of benefcence and
charity. 1t is the wealthy who found
hospitals, build colleges, and endow
institutions. Had we in our midst,
moneyed men, as there are among
the whites, Rush University would
not lack the thousands of dollars it
needs to become established and
made power in the land for good.
Instead of one, there would doubtless
be dozen or more such institutions
sustained by the muni6cence of our
wealthy citizens


In seeking thus to set forth the
advantages of wealth, l would by no
means advocate the idea that mere
money is the chief good, Indeed, a
slivish devotion to the acquisition of
riches is to DO deprecated. Money
is to be sought for tie good ii can do.
and with this end in view, it deserves
strong efforts to obtain it.


We need LAND. Ownership and
culture of the soil are among the feat
ures which distinguish civilized from
barbarous nations. These give to
men steady, Industrious habits, and
tend to make them peace-loving
ahd law-abiding. No man is more
Independent than the farmer In
this climate, he can produce all OF
the neccssaries aud many of the lux
uries of life. lie can raise his wheat
and his cotton.


The possession of land is the more
requisite for us, because most of us
were raised on farms, and ale well
acquainted with their management,
Let US gain foot-hold by the pur-
Year: 1875

1t was in 1869, when the directory
had named him commander in-chief of
the army of Italy, and at the same time
had refused, or were unable to supply
him with the means for repairing to
headquarters with the state and dignity
befittlng his new rank. In this diff
Guilty the young general raised as large
a sum as he could by means of his own
credit and the kindness of his friends,
and as this was miserably small, he in
trusted it TO Junot, young officer who
frequented gaming tables, and bade
him lose 1t all or increase it in enormous
proportions. "On your success" he
said, "depends the possibility of my
accepting this command, and taking
you as my and de-camp." According to
one account, Junot first augmented the
amount of his capital by selling a gold
bilted sword which belonged to him,


for B0naparte never failed to win the
love of those who came in close contact
with him. After several hours play, in
Year: 1875

Persons who ork hard under 20 years
of age, should be allowed ten hours
rest in bed. The health of girls is
sometimes ruined by pushing
mothers.


Always air your room from the out
side air if possible. Windows are made
to open, doors are made to shut-tha
truth of which seems extremely difficult
of apprehension. Every room must be
aired from without-every passage from
within.


Let it always be borne il mind that
eOld air is not necessarily pure, nor is
warm air necessarily impure.


In all ordinary ailments and accidents,
secure quiet of body, compOsUre of
mind, pure air, pure water and simple
food at regular intervals-being a little
hungry all the time.


Children should be compelled to be
out of doors for the greater part of day
light, from after breakfast until half an
hour before sundown.


We do not advise a warm bath Oftener
than once a week. But we must con
suit nature and facts. Each man should
bathe in a manner which, from Observa-
ton and personal experiment, does him
most good In matters of health and
disease each must be his own rule. I'M
mense mischief is daily done by ignor-
ing this principle, which is at once the
dictate of sound policy and of common
sense.


The more sick people can sleep, the
sooner they will get well. Sleeping in
the daytime, if before noon, enables
them to sleep better the following
night.


Fun is worth more than physic, and
whoever invents or discovers a new
source of supply deserves the name OF a
public beHefactor and whoever can
write an article the most laughter pro-
noting, and at the same time harmless,
is worthy of our gratitude and respect.


1t is bad plan to be always taking
medicine; such persons are never well.


A teaspoonful of blood from the nose
has prevented many a fatal attack of
apoplexy; hence a nose-bleeding is
sometimes the safety valve of life.


Multitudes bring on themselves the
horrors of a lifelong dyspepsia by
drinking large quantities of cold water
at their meals.


Infants and animals never have dys-
pepsia if let alone, for nature is the
wise apportioner. Thus is it with sleep.
Nature, herself sleepless, wakes us up
the moment we have had enough, if we
are not tampered with.


Swallowing ice freely in small Jumps
is the chief treatment in inflammation
of the stomach
Year: 1875

In the recent announcement that


Capt Eads was already beginning the


work of pile driving for the ietties to be


constructed in the South Pass of the


Mississippi, there is, we might almost


say, an occasion for national cOngratu-


lation. The whole country suffers so


long as navigation at the outlets of the


Mississippi is impeded. 1t is not only


our greatest river when we trace it


and its affiuents from the Alleghanies


to the Rocky mountains, from our


northern to our southern boundaries,


and count the sites of commerce and


industry that line either bank, no piIing


up of statistics is necessary to tell us


that the Mississippi should be our great


highway to the ocean. In a letter re-


Gently published, giving partial report


of the proceedings of the convention of


civil engineers at Pittsburgh there was


afforded the means of comparison be-


tween the cost of conveyance by rail-


roads and by our great river. Including
interest On their capital, it was shown
that railroads might afford to carry the
cereals of the west from Chicago to the
seabOard for eight mills per ton per
mule. Making the same calculation,


Dd5S1 Ou dCGlldl 0Ap0ElSUc0 lOI Two
years, the cost of water carriage be-
tween Cincinnati and New Orleans was
only one and foUr-tenths mills per ton
per mile. Here then is an artery of
trade by which four fifths Of the cost of
inland transportation might be saved


But the mouth of the artery is tied up.


In the closing letter reporting the
Engineers Convention, there is a brief
discussion on the work which C4pt


Eads has undertaken. No layman is so
competent to offer an opinion on the
subject as these professional experts,
and they regard the work with evident
favor, and consider the government for
tunate in its choice of the superintend-
ing engineer. 1t is an immense work,
and may require more time and expen-
diture than was at first estimated. But
the end will fully justify the means.
Some things, however, may warrant us
in expecting comparatively speedy sue
cess. A new survey of the South Pass
by the United States survey department
shows that most of the work will be in
very shallow water. There is now
depth of 81 to 9 feet on the bar. As the
work makes progress, the depth of wa
ter will increase, so that navigation will
be facilitated long before completion.
The experience of Gen. E lis, in charge
of the ietties now constructing in the
mouth of the Connecticut, shows that
when they are only finished in part,
there is depth of four or five feet
added .ver the bar. They produce a
marked and immediate DETECTION of the
current.


Especially is it a pleasant thing to
know that this Improvement will be of
great benefit to Louisiana. She has
not had mitch of late years to thank the
general government for. 1t will be a
experience to the tax-ridden,
plundered citizens of New Orleans, to
see the levee again crowded with traffic
and to count the tunnels of ocean
steamers among those of the river
boats. -Ne1U York Tribune.
Year: 1875

The Albemarle Club has at last, after


many months delay, opened it's doors.


This is an association organized on the


principle of ignoring sex, and giving to


men and women together the ordinary


facilities of a London club. 1t is the


first experiment of the kind. There is


club for women separately already in


existence on a small scale, but there
never has been one where the two sexes


meet on even terms Bold as the ven
ture is, it has the cOuntenance of some
of the best women and men in England,
and it begins with over three hundred
members, having accommodation for
five hundred Care has been taken to
meet some eff the obvious difficulties in
the case. Only some of the rooms are
to be used in cOmm-n. There is a sepa
rate drawing room for ladies and
smoking room for men, from which Ia
dies are expressly though
smoking among ladies is not unknown
The dining room is open to both, but if
lady likes a emp of tea i'll the ladies
drawing room sine may have that At
present there ls nothing in the rules to
prevent q member of the club of either


eX from asking n friend of either sex to

lunch or dinner. The only security
taken on this point is that the name Of
the guest and the host shall be entered
together in a book open to inspection.
The marriage relation gave rise 10
some debate, | hear, III connection
with the question OF membership,
but it was decided that the club
had nothing to do with TIN other
words, that wife might lie
q member without her husband and the
husband of course without his wife. !
Indicate only one or two ont of several
curious points of inquiry, some of
which remain yet in doubt and yet
must be disposed of. The experiment
is made in perfect good faith, and the
club IL entitled they would make
it to fair treatment. But j. il diflicut
to see how it's life can he much pro-
longed without giving rise to scandal,
though scandal and entire innocence, as
is often the case, go together, or to be
lieve that its members will not by and
by find that they have made a mistake.
-LOndOn Letter.