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Year: 1874

WEST Va. NORMAL ScHooLs.-lf
there is one feature in the character OF
West Virginia which, more than any
other entities her to the regards and
confidence of the nation, it is her free
school system. 1t is the first matter OF
inquiry among emigrants, and in the
State, it is the guaranty that the people
shall have the facilities of al elementary
education. The entire value of the sys-
TEN depends upon its progressive char.
acter, and this in turn, is fed and fed
only, by our system of Normal Schools,
These Free Schools are the source of
the intelligence and social and political
responsibility of the State, and yet a
class of men-nineteen-twent OF
whom were never inside of one of our
Normal Schools, and know nothing OF
their internal workings; nothing as to
how they are compelled to work to
adapt themselves to the wants of the
Young persons of the State, and in their
utter ignorance Of these things, enter
tanning as facts every misrepresentation
of the Schools, and every slander against
their teachers,-congregate under the
name of Legislature, and in needless
mode and spirit, undertake to abolish all
of them alike 1t will be no answer to
this statement to say that our Normal
Schools are expensive. The University
costs far more than our Normal Schools,
and it should be literally fostered for
the credit of the State, although its pur-
pose is not to furnish strength for our
Free School work-Citizen, i'll Hea
Nirgiaian.
Year: 1874

ONE IDEA OF PovERTY.-It was Bull
wer who said that in nine cases out OF
ten poverty is only an idea. Some men
with ten thousand dollars year suffer
more want Of means than others with
three hundred. The reason is, the richer
man has artificial wants. His income Is
ten thousand, and he suffers enough
from being dunned for unpaid debts, to
kill sensitive man. A man who earns
a dollar a day, and who does not run in
debt, is the happier of the two. Very
few people who have never been rich
will believe this, but it is true. There
are thousands and thousands with
princely incomes who never know a
moments peace, because they live be-
yond their means. There is really more
happiness in the world among working
people, than among those who are call
ed rich-always providing that poor
folks do not, in smaller way, emulate
the prodigality of their rich brethren.
Poverty is simply a question of the
good or bad management Of money in
hand.
Year: 1874

A TRIBUTE TO CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
The New York Sun, in taking strong
ground against the increase of the Uni
ted States army, compares the material
of the Union army during the late war
with that of the Confederates, and says:


'The quality of the Confederate sol
diers efectually disposes of the plea that
it is necessary to keep the regular army
at a nucleus. On the Union side was
the entire rank and file of the old army.
Of that force the rebels had only Off
GERS. The Confederate rank and file
was composed wholly Of raw men, and
in the first two years of the war, volun-
teers. Yet what an infantry they werel
Those OF Us who saw them charge in
line of battle never approach Confed-
crate cemetery without taking off our
hats in homage to the devoted braves,
who ever walked straight into the jaws
of death without blanching"
Year: 1874

A poor scamp left his wife in great
rage, declaring that she should never
see his face again till he was rich e.
nough to come in carriage. lie kept
his word, for in two hours afterwards
be was brought home drunk in wheel
barrow.
Year: 1874

BY FATHER RYAN
These hearts of ours-how strange !


how strange
How they ycarn to ramble and love to


range
Down through the wales of the years


long gone,
Up through the future that is fast roll


ing on.
To-days are dull as they wend their ways
Back to their beautiful yesterdays
The present is blank, as they wing their


flight
To future to-morrows where all seems


bright.
Build them bright and beautiful home
They'll soon grow weary and want to
Find them spot without sorrow or


pain, >.
They may stay day, but they be off


again.
These hears of ours-how wild ! how
They're as hard to tame as an Indians


child;
They're as restless as waves on the


sounding sea,
Like the breeze and the birds-theyre


tickle and free.
These hearts of ours-how lone !! how


lone
Forever, forever they mourn and moan,
Let them revel in JOY, let them riot in


cheer,
The revelry over, they're all the more


drear.
These hearts of.ours-how warm! how


warm
Like the suns bright ray-like the


summers charm
How they beam and burn ! how they


CLEAN and glow,
Their flash and flame hide but ashes be-


low.
These hearts of ours-how cold ! how


cold
Like December's SHOWS on the waste or


mould
And though our Decembers melt soon


into May,
Some know Decembers that pass not


away.
These hearts of ours-how deep! how


deep!
You may sound the sea where the cor


ais sleep,
Where never billow hath rumbled or
Depths still the deeper our hearts hide


and hold.
Where the wild storm tramps hath neer
been known,
The wrecks of the sea lie low and lone;
Thus the hearts surface may sparkle


and glow,
There's wreck far down, they're graves
below.
These hearts Of ours-but after all
How shallow and narrow-how tiny


and small,
Like scantiest streamlets or summers


least rill,
They re as easy to empty as easy to fill.
One hour of storm, and how the streams
One hour of sun, and the streams are
no more
One grief, how the tears Of the heart


gush and glide
One smile, flow they ever 30 fast they


are dried.
These hearts of ours-how wise ! how


wise!
They can lift their thoughts till they


touch the skies;
They can sink their shafts like a miner


bold
Where wisdom mines-hide their pearls


and gold.
Aloft they soar with undazzled gaze,
Where the halls of the Day-king burn


and blaze,
Or they fly with a wing that never will


fall
Ger the skys dark sea where the star


ships sail.
These hearts of ours-what fools! what


fools
How they laugh at wisdom, their laws


and rules,
How they waste their powers,and when


wasted, grieve
For what they have squandered, but
cannot retrieve.
These hearts of ours-how strong! how


strong
Let thousand sorrows around them


throng,
They can bear them all-and thous-


and more
And they're stronger than they were


before.
These hearts Of hours-how weak! how


weak
But q single word of unkiukness speak,
Like poisoned shaft, like vipers fang
That one slight word leaves a lifelong
pang.
These hearts of ours-but I've said


enough,
Year: 1874

During social evu revival in the
city of Glasgow, Scotland, it was the
custom for clergymen to 60 about
the streets at night, and invite any
poor unfortunate who might be wan.
dering amid the lonely ehcoes to a
midnight tea party, where prayer
was mingled with hospitality. On
one occasion a respectable and port
ly divine found young woman
standing on the street corner in rath
er an undecided attitude. "Youpg
woman" said he, "wlll you go with
me to the house of prayer ? l would
save you from life of misery here
and damnation hereafter" so, if
you please, sir" said the unprotect-
ed female, 81 amt social evil
am only waiting for the bus"
Year: 1874

"When I was poor girl" relates
Mrs. Siddons, the actress, "work-
ing very hard for my thirty shillings
a week, l went down to Liverpool
during the holidays. where 1 was
kindly received. Twas to perform
in new piece, somewhat like those
pretty little affecting dramas they
get up now at the minor theaters ;
and in my character l represented
poor orphan girl reduced to the most
wretched poverty. A heartless
traaesman prosecutes the sad heroine
Tor heavy debt and insists in put.
ting her in prison unless some one
will be bail for her. The girl re-
plies "then have no hope-l have
not friend in the whole world"
"What /! will no one be bail to save
you from prison % asks the stern
creditor. 81 have told you that |
nave not a friend on the EARTH" was
my reply. But just as was utter
ing the words, l saw sailor in the
upper gallery springing over the
railing, letting himself down from
one tier to another, until he bounded
clear over the orchestra and foot
lights, and placed himself beside me
in a moment, "Yes, you shall have
one friend, at least, my poor yeung
woman 70 said he, with the greatest
expression in his honest, sun-burnt
countenance. 81 will go bail for
you to any amount And as for you
(turning to the frightened actor, il
you don't bear hand, shift your moor
lngs, you lubber, it will be the worse
for you when | come athwart your
bows" every creature in the house
rose the uproar was perfectly an
acknowledgements of laughter,
screams of terror, cheers from his
tawny ates in the gallery, pre-
paratory scraping of yiolins in the or
chestra and amid the universal din
there stood the unconscious cause OF
it sheltering me, the poor distressed
young woman, and breathing de-
fiance and destruction to my mimic
prosecutor. He was only persuaded
to relinquish his care OF me by the
managers pretending to arrive and
rescue me with profusion of theat-
rlcal bank notes.
Year: 1874

The merry birds are singing


And from the fragrant sod
The spirits of thousand flowers
GO sweetly up to God
While ia His holy temple


We meet to praise and pray,
With cheerful voice ana grateful lay,
This summer Sabbath day
We thank Thee, Lord, for one day
To look Heaven in the face
The poor have only Sunday:


The sweeter is the grace.
'Tis then they make the music
That sings tnelr week away;
O, there's a sweetness infinite
In the Poor Mans Sabbath day.
'Tis as burst OF sunshine,


A tender fall of rain
That sets the barest lif. abloom,
Makes old hearts young again.
The dry and dusty roadside


With smiling flowers is gay;
'Tis open heaven one day in seven
The Poor Mans Sabbath day.
'Tis here the weary pilgrim


Doth reach his Home of Ease
That blessed house called beautiful"
And that soft chamber Peace"
The River Life runs through his dream,
And the leaves OF heaven are at play
He sees the Golden City gleam
This shining Sabbath DAY.
Take heart, ye faint and fearful
Your cross with courage bear
So many face now tearIul
Shall shine in glory there,
Where all the sorrow is baIished,
The tears are wiped away
And all eternity shall be


An endless Sabbath day
All there are empty places
Since last we mingled here /;
There will be missing faces


When we meeL another year
But heart to heart before We part,
Now altogether pray
That we may meet in heaven to spend
The eternal Sabbath day
Year: 1874

Among the rare things given Patti
In Russia is canary bird of gold as
large as lite, with bill Of pearl and
diamond eyes.


In Denmark it has been made lille.
gal to manufacture matches other
than those which will ignite only
when struck on specially prepared
surfaces.


An exchange asks: "Is there
anything tha, man cannot do ?" To
which, DR.. Wood, of the Glasgow
Ky. Times, replies eyes, sir, we
never knew one to suckle baby"


IT you wish to drown yourself
kick and splash about as violently as
you can, and you will soon be to the
bottom. But if you rem en Der that
you are lighter than water, and if
you calmly and steadily refrain from
drawing your breath w,.iie under
the water, keep your head raised,
and your arms under, you will soon
learn to float aud swim like duck.
Year: 1874

st. Joseph Gazette says: "It may
have tendency to make some de-
signing people stay in the house to
learn that local editor recently killed
q man who came round to know who
who put that piece in the paper"
Year: 1874

The evening session of the convention
was tumultuous, owing to the presentation
OF the question Of the payment of the
PUBLIC debt in the shape of resolution by
Mr. flagg. A difference Of opinion exist
ed as to whether it should be paid in gold
or greenbacks.


A resolution was finally adopted that
the conventioned scorned the idea of repu-
dlatlon OF any portion of the public debt.


The convention then adjourned sine die
Year: 1874

A French writer says that fence
posts prepared with the following
receipt win last nearly as long as
iron : Take linseed oil, boil it, and
MKT with charcoal dust until the
mixture has the consistency of ordi-
nary paint. Give to the post a
single coat Of the mixture of paint
before planting them; and no farm
,er ever living to the age of the pa
triarelfs Of old, will live long enough
to see the same post rotten. Is -
Year: 1874

Persons receiving the GAzErTE with q RED X
MARK on it, notified that their subscription is
due for the current volume and they are respeet-
fully requested at once to remit the subscription
price. -
Year: 1874

EtbcE


To the Editor Of the Ne,o York Sun:


Having had my attention drawn
TO an article in a recent number of
the Catholic World. in which incl
dental reference to the rat as an ar
ticle of food was made, and which,
without straining its meaning, might
be easily construed as depreciating
the use of 1t, was somewhat sur
prised that writer's usually so we'll
informed upon general topics should
know so little of the very great
changes which have taken place in
this country on the subject of diet
Not many years ago it would be
difficult to find persons who would
acknowledge that they regarded
frogs as choice morceaux. which are
now to be found for sale in all the
markets. In like manner rats,
which have long been looked upon
with disgust by all manner of peo-
pie, now form no incOnsiderable
source of revenue to those who cater
to the public taste.


1t would perhaps be difficult to
assign any reason, other than that
of popular prejudice, for not EN-
ploying this animal as an article of
daily consumption, and 1t may sur
prise many to know that there are
at present restaurants in this city
which make the Wand a specially.


Having spent some years at the
East, chiefly in China, | acquired
taste for this species of food, the
flavor of which | was assured was,
and found TO be, superior to that OF
any meat that could be procured.
Nay, 1 may safely affirm that not
even the finest "porter- r-house," when
"done'' to that degree of perfection
for which many of our restaurateurs
are famous, can equal that of a rat
when properly cooked.


At the present time, when any
plan that would tend to increase our
food production would be hailed
with joy by rich and poor, it is
matter for regret that such an arti
Gle of diet, which needs but to be
once used to be appreciated, should
be neglected because of an unreas-
enable prejudice. RoDENs.


JERSEY CITY. January 2l.
Year: 1874

The first court held in Pike coun-


ty. convened in a barn on Absalom


Chenoweth's farm. on the s. Prairie"


in this pee Pee Township) in the
wear 1915. The first case that occu-
pied the attention Of the court was
the trial of man for stealing hog
from one of his neighbors. The
prisoner was found guilty, and was
sentenced TO be imprisoned for q
time. There being no jail in the
county, the prisoner was confined in
the hollow trunk of sycamore tree,
which had previously been used as
wheat bin and the sheriff stood
guard to see that he did not " break
jail" For a while all went well, but
one night while the Sheriff was ia
king a quiet snooze on the top of
the "jail the prisoner dug out and
was never again seen in that part OF
the country.-[Waverly Watchman-
Year: 1874

| have known country society
which withered away all 10 nothing
under the dry rot cf gossip only.
Friendships once as firm as granite
dissolved to Jelly, and then to water,
only because of this. love, that PROM
ise future as enduring as heaven and
as stable as truth, evsporating into a
morning mist that turned to a days
long tears, only because of this. A
father and son were set foot to foot with
the fiery breath of anger that would
never cool again between them, only
because of this, and hush and and his
young wife each straining at the hated
leash which in the beginning had been
the golden honda, of God-blessed
love. sat mournfully by the side Of the
grave where all their love and joy lay
buried, and only because of this. |
have seen faith transformed to mean
ness. hope gives place to grim despair,
and charity take on itself the features
of black malevolence, all because of the
fell words Of scandal and the magic
mutterings of gossip. Great crimes
work great wrongs. and the deeper
tragedies of life spring from its larger
passions, but woelul and most melsn-
chOly are the uncatalogued tragedies
that issue from gossip and detraction,
most mournful the shipwreck often
made of noble nature and lovely lives
by the bitter winds and the dead salt
waters of slander. So easy to say. yet
so hard to refute throwing blame on
the innocent, and FURNISHING them as
guilty, if unable to pluck out the
stings they never see, and to silence
words they never hear. Gossip and
slander are the deadliest and cruelest
weapons man has for his brothers
heart.
Year: 1874

Letter frOm the East Tennessee Senator
In Reply TO Hon. Truman Smith
Certain Effect Of the Civil


Rights Bin,
The Measure Fatal TO the Public School
System Determined Opposition
OF the Whites-The Bill Net
Necessary 10 the Pro-


lection Of the


Negro,
Year: 1874

I will soon return" she said softly.
hardly knowing whether she was heard
or not, and then in an instant she was
in her saddle, dashing at her utmost
speed towards the nearest farmhouse.


Dashing like the wind up to the
door, ana startling quiet Farmer Jes.
SUP sup and his :smily nearly out Of their
Year: 1874

1t is possible that the report of gold
discoveries by Gen. Clusters command
may presently stimulate a new gold fe-
yer among the adventurous classes. of
the west. They need to bear in mind
two or three things. First of all, as
Mr.. Greeley used to put it, statistics
demonstrate that, on the average, more
money has been made in proportion to
those engaged in the work by men dig
ging potatoes than by men digging
gold. Then the country is covered by
Indian claims, and although these are
not likely to stand against determined
invasion of gold diggers, they are pret-
ty Ger tain to be wiped out only in a
good deal of blood. Old gold miners
have less faith now in surface diggings,
and it must be remembered that only
surface diggings will be possible in the
new region for some time to come.
And, finally, it is fortunate that the
new Eldorado appears to be attractive
for other reasons than because of its
gold. If the emigrants Will only take
plows as well as picks, the country viii
be the better off for their movement. -.
Mean York T5-ib7Egae
Year: 1874

The process by which silver-plated
goods are made is a rather curious one.
and quite different from any the unin-
ltiated are led to suppose. Let us fol-
low the process of makinga teapot, for
instance A fiat piece of Britannia-
which is the basis for most plated goods
circular in form and about the size of a
common 0inner-plate, is fastened upon
lathe next a wooden form or mould,
and the lathe is set in motion. The
workman with the requisite tools presses
upon this revolving disc and shapes il
over the wooden block, giving it the re-
quisite Orm. The body of the teapot
is thus " turned off " in a moment or
two. The top is turned off in the same
way, also the lid, and at the proper time
they are put together. The legs,
handles, and whatever other ornaments
of solid nature are to be added, are
generally cast IN moulds and fastened
upon the pots by wOrkmen skilled in
that line.


If the pot is to be engraved or chased
1T will be necessary to hammer upon its
surface, and, as the metal is soft and
yielding, the pot must in some way be
made solid. This is done by filing the
vessel with hot pitch, and allowing it to
cool, when the whole mass is as flint al
most, and will bear any amount of bang
ing. The engraving and chasing finish
ed, the pot is hung upside down on the
top of the tank of pitch, and the heat
soon empties it of It's contents. It is
then placed in solutions of turpentire
and soda respectively, and all traces of
the pitch are removed.


From here it goes TO the polishing,
and then to the /" bathroom" ," where the
silver is added to the surface. The
great requisite in silver-plating is a
clear and smooth surface. Without
this the work would he very unsatisfac-
tory. In order to attain this, each piece
is thoroughly polished, and then thor
Oughly boiled in a strong solution of
potash and riused in clean cold water
before going into the bath of silver, in
which it remains a sufficient length of
time to obtain the coating required,
and is again thoroughly cleansed.


Another polisher gets it next, and by
means of a revolving brush of copper
wire takes off the heavy white appear
ance which the silver bath leaves, inter
stices of the engraved or chased parts.


The burnisher handles it next, and
with q steel instrument about one
eighth of an inch thick, shaped like
trOwel but smaller, by constant attrition
DIlhBS 4AbO OI4B1bAC56 bu6 uO" uuAt-
looking body, furnishing such portions
as are intended to be acted upon. The
remaining processes are those of finish
ing and packing, mainly.


The girls who are employed as burn
ishers work by the piece and get the
same compensation as men for the same
class of work. They earn from 81 to
$15 per week, according to capacity.


All work except the heaviest and odd
ly shaped, like large walters, etc, are
made by the lathe and pressure process
we have described, but the heavy work
is "struck up" with a dross, much as
jewelry is.


The process is a very interesting one,
and can be thoroughly understood only
by personal inspection.
Year: 1874

The pencil marks you see around thia
paragraph lthus) mean that your sub
scrIptior is out or unpaid, and that
You are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure In extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons.
but cash alone VIII pay expenses, and
we are forced 70 adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you win comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such q
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


81 We enter No new names on our
Docka without the money ia sdTs'ee
Year: 1874

BATHING cloaks, which are to be pul
on dry when leaving the water, and
worn across the beach to conceal the
moist figure, are made of Turkish towel
ing, trimmed with oriental braiding,
aud cut loose and very long.
Year: 1874

In consequence Of the brilliant success Of the FAST
FAMILY on saturday night and The immediate demand
for places to witness that sparkling performance, Mr.


EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK.
except Saturday, september u. when the ionS an
FOR SCANDAL will positively take place.
~ Box sheet open for all the week.
Only FAST FAMILY Matinee Saturday, at So
Year: 1874

The second complimentary entertainment
of the Variety Dramatic Club will be given
on Thursday evening, the eleventh of
June. The four act play, pure Gold, "and
the farce 'Benicia Boy" will be performed.