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Year: 1879

The high school question, which, at


various times, has formed a bone Of con-


tention in this city, was the subject Of dis
cussion by the Educational Association in
session at Philadelphia on Tuesday last.
The foundation Of the discussion was q
paper contributed by Mr.. S. W. Dickinson,
Secretary Of the Massachusetts, State Board
Of Education, which set forth that the high
schools hold the relation Of part to q
whole; that without them there could be
no true scientific teaching in our sys-
tenn Of public schools, as the pupils
Of the elementary schools would be
sent out into public life without prop
er training Of their reflective faculties, by
whose activity general principles are dis
covered and rules Of conduct are construct
ed. It was urged that the elementary
schools cannot teach methods Of thinking,
nor those doctrines which direct one in
all the affairs OF life. The further point
was made that If the high schools be re-
moved there will be no longer open to all
the means Of obtaining that knowledge
which "trains individuals to be intelligent
and good citizens in highly civilized and
free Commonwealth" After asserting,
with emphasis, that the high schools
should be upheld as a part Of the "sys-
TEN, it was admitted that, as these schools
exist to-day, they are far from perfect,


ltis assumed that these views are repre-
sentative and that Mr.. Dickinson speaks
for those who pin their faith to the high
schools as an essential part Of free public
instruction.


On the othrr hand it is urged that they
are radically detective for the reason that
the base Of the cherished system is an
ideal one. The assumption that all the
pupils OF the elem entary schools are can
didates for the high schools, though not
expressly stated, is apparent throughout
the paper. On this assumption the curric.
ulum Of the system is framed, and, mas
much as but slight fraction of the pupils
ever gets in sight OF the high school, the
vast majority OF them are compelled to
partake Of mental food which in many of
its characteristics is adapted only to the
wants of the few:
Year: 1879

STOLEN HARNESS RECoyERED.-On the
1st OF July last the Stable Of j. Fl. Jones
(colored), on Marshall street near Fifth, was
broken into and fine set OF single Xpress-
wagon harness stolen therefrom. Since
that time Sergeant Parater, of the police
force, has been diligently engaged trying to
work up the case. His efforts were crown
ed with success yesterday, and resulted in
his arresting i young white man who has
hitherto borne good character, but around
whom such Il network OF convicting proof
has been gathered as to leave little or no
doub. OF his being the guilty party. ..


Sergeant Paraler discovered the harness
yesterday On horse driven TO flruiture-
wagon by il colored man named Nicholas
Robinson. Upon being charged with hay.
ing stolen property be said he had bought it
from joseph Clark. Clark showed by re-
ccipt That be had bought it at auction on
the 10Th OF July at the Bazaar.


Upon an examination OF the books at the
Bazaar ii was found that the harness had
been sold for one Andrew Blackburn, a re-
specialize young white man, and that the
money for the sac had been duly paid over
TO him. He was sought out by Sergeant
Parater and found ut work at the store OF
MessrS. Cosby d liowle, on Marshall street
near Fourth, where he was employed. He
was arrested and taken TO the Bazaar, where
he was at once identified Jy the clerk As the
party for whom the harness was sold.


Blackburn did not say where he lIau got
ten the harness or deny having committed
the theft; nor did he seem aware OF the Sc
rious nature 0f the crime with which he is
charged. Said he would much rather pay
three times the price OF the harness than
lave any fuss made about il.
Year: 1879

ACCIDENT on THE RIvEE.-Ycs.erday az
ternoon rs the steamship Old Dominion
was coming UP the river she sheered and
ran into the drcdge Greenwich just below
Rockets, stove in her side, and sunk her.
The bark Sorrideren, which started down
in tow OF tug-boat just about the time the
steamer was coming in, was driven ashore
on the edge Of the channel in order to avoid
being run into. Steamers of the James
River Improvement and bargeS were sent
to the assistance Of the bark last evening.
She was lying easily on the gravelly bot
tom, and will doubtless get Oft early this
morning and proceed on her way.
Year: 1879

The action of the senate finance
committee in agreeing to reduce the
tobacco tax to twenty cents is not
satisfactory to anybody, The tobacco
trade wanted reduction to sixteen
cents or none, and the treasury officials
insist that it remain at twenty-four.
Whether the twenty-cent compromise
carries in the senate is very doubtful.
If it succeeds, the result will be a
seduction of revenue Of about four
and a half millions. Treasury officials
are a good deal alarmed at the drift of
things, as they are confronted with
decreased revenues and increased ex-
penses at the same time.
Year: 1879

Hastings Conrt.-The Hastings Court
Judge Clopton presidlng-was in session
yesterday, and was engaged in the disposing
OF civil business. The criminal cases on
docket that have no: as yet been disposed of
have been put off until the next term of the
court. The court will adjourn during the
present week. Several persons charged with
misdemeanors, who failed to obtain trial,
have been committed until the next term to
await trial.
Year: 1879

On Tuesday night of last week,
"Dock" Stevens and Pate Hamilton.
two of the inmates of the county Jail.
had lively set to. Moore and Tyro
had just been brought to Jail, for an
attempt at liberating Stevens from
Jail, on the preceding Friday night.
Stevens said to the iailer, in Hamil-
tons presence, that Moore and Stevens
were innocent that it was the Crow
boys who came to rescue Hamilton
from Jail. Hamilton said it was he
Stevens told Hamilton he was a liar,
that he knew it was the Crow boys,
and knew all about it, that he had
SAID they were to be there Thursday
night, but did not come. The jailer
told them to hush, and then went
down. Pretty soon after, they got
TO fighting over it. Hamilton hit
Stevens in the forehead with a pail,
and then caught him around the neck
and pelted him under the arm awhile.
The jaiIer, when hearing tine noise,
came to part them, when Hamilton
quit.


In consequence of the recent at
tempt at Jail delivery, the jailer has
prepared to give any other such visi-
tors a very warm reception. The Jail
is strongly guarded every night, and
will be as long as n single prisoner is
confined therein, and in addition, sew
eral resolute citizens of town have
prepared themselves with good shoot
ing irons, and have promised to come
to aid the jailer, on hearing any kind
of alarm.
Year: 1879

These well known manufacturers of
Cabinet and Parlor Organs celebrated
their silver anniversary on the 10th inst,
when they completed the twenty>finh
year since the establishment OF their bus
mess. In his remarks after dinner, the
President of company stated the Interests
ing facts that at first the capacity ct their
factory was only two or three melodeons
per week, worth less than one hundred
dollars each; now it IS more than two
hundred cabinet organs per week, the
best of which sells for five hundred to
one thousand dollars each, though the
great majority are one hundred and tweG
ty-five to one hundred and fifty dollars
each lie attributes their success to the
fact tnat they had always made the very
best organs and only the best. " hich had
enabled them to take The highest houors at
every worlds exhibition for many years,
and command a market for their organs
all over the world London alone J as
taken one thousand OF them in siugle
year
Year: 1879

they call u dyke, extending all along
the coast. What they are most trou-
bled with is largo species Of rat


which burrows under and makes holes
through their dyke. Now rat hole
is not very alarming thing in itself f;
but the action Of the water makes IL
larger every moment. If it be neg.
lectcd for a single night, by tho time
the morning dawns, tho rat hole has
widened into huge creDGSse, The ocean
goes pouring throughit and the whole


land is laid under water. So it is with
the Constitution, which is our dyke
If tho smallest breach is once made in
it, "the ever toiling wave of arbitrary
power which is continually surging
up against it, will constantly enlarge
it until all protection Of our rights il
washed away / tell you gentlemen,
II you desire TO save one remnant Of
your liberties, you must watch the
rat holes IN your Constitution.


But there is n necessity, some tell
us, for these violations Of law. 1t is
wonderful that any man possessed OF
reason could be imposed on by an ex-
cuse so weak, 80 shallow and SO child
ish. This necessity has often been
urged rs q reason Tor acts that every
body condemned it has never in all
the worlds history, had the sanction Of
one true patriot, or one great states.
man but it has been branded as "the
tyrants plea" by the universal sense of
all mankind. By all our ancestors in
the old world, by all our revolutionary
heroes, by all who administered our
government heretofore, the necessity
was always thought to be precisely
the other way. The supreme necessity
which presided over all others was
obedience to the law. That is the
very purpose and the only purpose for
which magistrates are chosen. When
q man who is appointed and sworn to
guard the laws and see them faithfully
executed, tells you that he will neces-
sarily violate them himself and en-.
courage others to do likewise, your
plain and obvious answer must be that
he is not fit for his business.


All these heresles must be extirpated
before we can hope for peace, or pro-
lection, or Union or prosperity. But
the election Of Woodward will be the
iorerunner Of National triumph for
the Democratic party. When that
happens, though we cannot certainly
promise, we can reasonably hope for a
restoration OF the Union. If our
Abolition enemies leave the country
in a salvablc state 1t viii be saved, and
this great nation viii start on "A new
career, whose glories will make the
splendors of the past look dim in com.
parison. At all events we can bring
back the reign Of order and law, under
which every citizen who is conscious
Of his innocence may breathe the
deep breath and sleep the sound sleep
of "A frpqman
Year: 1879

A small ragged boy entered an
oyster house in Salem, Mass and
asked. "Will sell me an oyster for a
cent? want it for my sick mother"
"What is the matter with your
mother ?" asked the man, as he pro-
ceeded to fill acan with oysters, think
ing he would help to relieve case OF
suffering. "she's got a black eye
was tho reply. The benevolence
rapidly faded from the mind of tn c
oyster man as he put one oyster in a
paper bag.
Year: 1879

An egg has been hatchcd in a man s
pocket on the North Carolina coast.
lie found a tcrrapln's egg beneath a
fragment of rock. lie put 1t into his
pocket in order to show it to a friend,
but forgot to take il out. lie was
startled in a few days after TO find a
young terrapin alive and kicking.
Year: 1879

In total Russian population of
eighty million, the enrolment of pupils
in schools numbers only one million
one hundred thousand The Firms in
Russia are the only people with whom
all the children are taught to read.
Year: 1879

We stated last week that we would,
this week, publish the names Of three
teachers in each district TO serve as a
Committee to secure exhibits for the
Institute Fair. We have decided TO
omit this until we arrange the pre-.
MUM list, and then the Committees
will be appointed. We hope, however,
that all will interest themselves in try.
ing TO secure something for the exhi-
bition.
Year: 1879


And do you know, l like to think
that love ia eternal that if you really
love the woman, for her sake you will
love her, no matter what she may do,
that if she really loves you for your
sake the same; thst love does not look
at the alterations through the altera-
tions Of time, through the marks of
years-if you really love her you will
always see the face you loved and Won
And like to think Of it. If man
loves woman she does not ever grow
old; man does not see that he grows
old. He is not decrepit to her. He
is not tremulouA He is not old. He
is not bowed. She always sees the
same gallant fellow that won her hand
and heart. like to think Of it ia
that way, and as Shakespeare says
''Let time reach with his sickle as fal
as he can, although he can reach ruddy
cheeks and ripe lips and flashing eyes
he cannot quite reach love" like te
go with it. We will go down the hill
of life together and enter the shadow
one with the other, and as we 60 dow,
we may hear the ripple Of the laughte
of grandchildren and the birds ant
spring, and youth and love will sin!
once more upon the>leafess branches o
the tree of age. love to think of i
in that way, absolute equals happy ant
free, all our own.--IagersaN.
Year: 1879

Ii the farmer improves his furm he
improves his financial condition. The
more valuable he makes it; the more
his capital stock is increased, the larger
will be his returns, and when he dies
the larger will be the patrimonk he
leaves his family Fit up the old
home then. Clean out the fence cor
ners. Destroy the noxious weeds.
Grub out the hazel and thistle. Burn
out the stumps. Clean off the logs
and stones. Make paradise on earth
and will not your family ike on it
when you lie in yonder graveyard
Plant out young orcherds so your fam
lily may enjoy the good fruit that you
had the foresight and energy to provide
for them. Er.
Year: 1879

A Paris letter says that suicide
took place on Monday at the Folies
Bergcre under very peculiar circum-
stances. The man appears from let
ter found ON his corpse to be a devotee
of science. He left the following let
ter: 81 desire that my body be given
to the Faculty of Medicine to study.
] shoot myself because ] am suffering
from an incurable disease. In spite
of that am as strong as horse and
cannot die. Let me he very carefully
aissect'd. [ shall afford the doctors a
very serious study.
Year: 1879

A young fellow in Big Rapids, la.,
was married under some difficulties
the other day. The parents OF the
girl refusing to allow him to see her,
he had himself arrested for breaking
into building, and then subpoenaed
the girl as witness. BY this means
he secured access to her long enough
to- accomplish his object, by the friend
ly help Of minister.
Year: 1879

A Fort Madison (Iowa) man went
home the other evening and fou2d his
house locked. Getting in at the win
dow with considerable difficulty he
found on the table note from his
wife--I have gone out; you will find
the door key on one side of tho door
step.
Year: 1879

The beautiful Buffalo Valley-the
mountaineer paradise, and one of the
most romantic spots in Tennessee-lies
along the eastern bank of that lovely
mountain stream, the Caney Fork.
Three or four miles from the mouth of
this valley stands an old water mill,
whose huge iron-bound wheel, it is
said, performed its last revolution
somewhere about the year 1918. The
mill in its day was no doubt a wonder
in that part of the country, for, judging
by its present appearance, it must have
been the most wonderfully constructed
building of its kind ever erected in that
vicinity. 1t is now the home of rats
and owls. and the ashes of the jolly old
miller, who long years ago was the
life and the light of the place, sleep
peacefully on a neighboring hill. IN
der this old mill is the most wonderful
spring of which the world has ever
heard. Among the inhabitants it is
known as the "Devi's Spring" No
one seems to know how or when it re-
ceived this unpleasing, importunate APP
pellation. Few people, other than
those living in the immediate neighbor-
nOOu, huOW Vi lto CAloIouCc, anu LucH
rarely visit it, from the fact that it is
believed to exert powerful and evil
influence over all who were rash enough
to venture sufficiently near its confines
to allow a single drop of the bubbling,


boiling fluid to fall ON them or their
garments. Besides, the old mill is said
to be haunted, and this alone would
keep those superstitious, though pious,
people from risking their lives by fire.
quenting the accursed place, much less
the fact that the devil keeps his spring
underneath it. Notwithstanding the
many narrowing tales related by the
natives of the loss of fortune, reason
and finally death to those who had
ventured In too close proximity to the
unhallowed spot, a gentleman recently
visited the mill and the spring, the lat
ter of which he thoroughly examined,
pronouncing 1t the most remarkable
natural curiosity he had ever seen. The
Year: 1879

The Duke of Argyll in his Reign of


Law" was, think, the first who pro-


mulgated the dictum that man is the


only tool-making animal. AS far as l


can ascertain, this assertion is admitted


by developmentists, yet it is undoubt-


edly true that the Indian elephant


makes two implements, or forms and


alters certain things so as TO adapt


them especially to fulfill definite pur-


poses, for which, unaltered, they would
not be suitable. One evening. soon


after my arrival in Eastern Assam, and
while the five elephants we're as usual
being fed opposite the bungalow, l OBJ
served a young and lately caught one
step up to bamboo-stake fence, and
quietly pull one of the stakes up.
Placing it under foot, it broke a piece
off with the trunk, and after lifting it
to its mouth, threw it away. 1t re-
peated this twice or thrice, and then
drew another stake and began again.
Seeing that the bamboo was old and
dry, asked tie reason of this and was
told to wait and see what it would do.
At last it seemed to get a piece that
suited, and holding it in the trunk
firmly, and stepping the left fore-leg
we'll forward, passed the piece of bam-
boo under the armpit, so to speak, and
began to scratch with some force. NY
surprise reached its climax when saw
large elephant leech fall on the
ground, quite six inches long and as
thick as ones finger, and which, from
its position, could not easily be de-
tached without this scraper, or scratch,
which was deliberately made by the
elephant. l subsequently, found thatit
was a common occurrence. Leech
scrapers are used by every elephant
daily. On another occasion, when
travelling at a time of year when the
large flies are so tormenting to an ele-
phant, noticed that the one 1 rode
had no fan or wisp TO beat them off
with. The mayhout, at my order,
slackened pace, and allowed her to go
to the side of the road, where for some
moments she moved along rummaging
the smaller jungle on the bank. At
last she came to cluster of young
shoots well branched, and after feeling
among them, and selecting one, raised
her trunk and nearly stripped down the
stem, taking off all the lower branches
and leaving fine bunch on top. She
deliberately cleaned it down several
times, then laying hold at the lower
end broke of beautiful fan or switch
about five feet long, handle included.
With this she kept the dies at bay as
we went along, tapping them of on
each side every now and then. Say
what we may, these are both really
bona fde implements, each Intelligent
ly made for definite purpose. Ma
Litre
Year: 1879

Lard tried out over stove fire should
be continued long enough TO evaporate
the particles. If two qualities are de-
sired try the leaf lard separately, but
where care and cleanliness are observed
a good article may be produced by
cooking the leaf and fat pieces together.
The fat from the intestines should,
however, be tried out by itself


An unpleasant odor and flavor of de-
cayi is after time produced in lard in
which fragments of membrane and
particles of animal fibre are intermixed.
For this reason especial care ought to
be exercised as to the purity of lard
that is to be keptA great length of time.
1t is also we'll TO exclude It from the
air and store it in a cool, dry atmos-
phere. 1t is generally conceded that
stoneware jars are preferable for pack
ing lard designed to be preserved an
indefinite time.
Year: 1879

SENATOR CoNoyER's return from Florida,
where he received the compliment of the
Republican vote for reelection to the Sem
ate, has revived some almost forgotten gos-
sip regarding his future intentions as par
tisan. 1t is admitted that his vote upon
the admission of Senator CoRBIS may be of
decisive Importance, and at the same that
his action in the contest over The New York
nominations will be hardly less important.
The result is that he is being vigorously
"log-rolled" with, so to speak, by the man
ayers of these conflicting interests. But he
preserves provoking silence in the premi-
ses, so far as any positive indications are
concerned, the probabilities being, however,
that he has made up his mind TO reoin the
Stalwarts and adhere to them persistently
until the end of his term. A statement in
our news columns this morning would
seem TO foreshadow this result.
Year: 1879

A RETURN to power in the Senate by The
Republicans in ISL is now conceded fact.
AT the same time Republican President
will certainly be inaugurated TO succeed
President HAYES, aud there is possibility
that the House may be regained to the
party. With these prospects before us, the
coming two years of Democratic supremacy
in Congress does not appear to be so very,
very irightiul, after all. And then there is
the consolation of knowing that the Demo
Gratis will abuse their brief lease of power by
the commission of enthusiastically urro-
CANT blunders, which win disgust the peo-
pie and assure Republican restoration.
Year: 1879

1t is well known-and, if not, we desire
that il shall be-that The NATIONAL RE-
PUBLICAN is uncompromisingl opposed to
all subsidies of land or moneys from the
Government to aid private enterprises. In


the past there may have been times and
occasions under which there were emergen-
cies aud necessities that would Justify
something of this soI1 but none of these
seem to exist now. The early efforts to
open n line of communication to the Pacific
coast-a measure Of vast importance to all
sections of our common eOuntry-were
generously aided by subsidies of land, &C.,
on the part of the Government. That work
has been accomplished, and the country has
been benefited by linking the Atlantic and


Pacific together by the ties Of direct and


rapid intercOmmuniCstion and COM
mercial advantage. The gift was
generous and the benefits have
been commensurate. The purpose in view
was accomplished, but that measure can
scarcely be regarded as a safe or wise pre-
cedent to be followed in cases where de.
mands are constantly being made for kin.
dred aid and benefits A hating point must
be found at some time or this matter may
so on ad Lbitam with draining power upon
the National Treasury Or an exhaustive in
Year: 1879

THE consistent methods Of politics con-
serve the unity Of things in the long run.
1t was no more natural that bogus Reform
should succeed in this country to the rele-
CATION of such men as LOGAN, CARPENTER,
and CHANDLER to private life, than it
would be for water 10 run up hill. Per-
sistent adherence to fixed principles always
wins with an intelligent people-a fact
which is most emphatically illustrated in
our recent Senatorial elections, as well as
by the widespread Civilizations over those
results.
Year: 1879

Brief but we'll expressed was Gov.
Nance's letter to the Legislature on
Tuesday, from which we extract as
follows:


hereby tender my resignation as
Governor of this State. to take effect
on Wednesday. the 9TH day of Feb
ruary, 1879. In thus surrendering in-
to your hands the great trust which
was placed in mine by the people of
North Carolina in 1876, in order to
accept another to which their Repre-
sentatives have thought proper to
transfer me, l deem it not unbecoming g
to say that | find it impossible ade-
quately to express the thanks of
which my heart is SO full, for this last
and greatest expression Of the conf
dence of my countrymen. To have
inspired such feeling fills me with
grateful pride, and to deserve it shall
constitute the sole aim of the remain
ing years OF my existence, and to
which all that I have and am shall be
sacredly dedicated.