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Year: 1874

RrGaTs OF PUPILs IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
An interesting case has lately been tried
in Illinois to test the right of Trustees OF
public schools to enforce uniform
course Of study for all the pupils.
Tbs case as reported presents the
toIloVing facts: Miss Post was a
member of the junior class in tho
HIGH School of Durand township, Win.
n,bapo county, for which class book
keeping was prescribed study. The
mother Of Miss Post objected to her
daughter studying bookkeeping under
tbe plea that her health would not adMit
of ii. For this refusal alleged as an act of
disobedepce. the young lady was ex-
pelled from the school, and it was averred
in the testimony that force was used in
puttng her out. After this proceeding
: the step father of Miss Post applied
TO the school directors for her
reinstatement, but they refused.
except on condition that she should study
bookkeeping. The parents were persis-
tent in their refusal, and they then sought
redress in the courts. A verdict was rem
dered for the plaintiff under the direction
Of the Judge, the teacher for the trespass
committed in the act of expulsion being
mulcted in the sum Of $3.50 damages.
The Judge held that although it is the
duty OF the School Boards to make rea-
sonable regulations for the conduct of
public schools, and to prescribe certain
course of study, parents and guardians
have right to select from the studies
prescribed the special ones they desire
their children or wards to pursue. An
intmation was, however, made by the
Judge that no study could be rejected
from mere whim or perversity, but only
nn fair and reasonable grounds. The
Judge also laid down the law that the
refusal of pupil, under the direction OF
parents, to pursue certain study, does
not warrant expulsion.
Year: 1874

Scarcely week elapses that an accident does
not occur at the new tunnel being constructed
under Bergen Hill, in Jersey City, for the Delaware
and Lackawanna Railroad. Yesterday forenoon
two laden with stone were running
down the incliued plane at the eastern end
oil the tunnel, when the brake of
car gave way. One OF the workmcn, seeing
ten cars rush at rapid rate OF speed, threw log
In 'front.' OF the wheels, but 1t was hurled aside.
The superintendent Of the work then ran In front
OF the cars and deposited large stone on the
track, but before lie mad time to get out OF the
way the car struck him the head and he was
hurled backward from the track He sustained
serious injuries, though he was fortunate In es-
Gaping horrible death by being run over. The
cars rushed to the end OF the line, where they
struck neavIly and were greatly damaged.
Year: 1874

ESCAPE AND REcAprCRE OF A PRfsoNER.- :
Yesterday morning, while officer Henry
O'Dwyer was assisting in taking a. batch
of prisoners from the Police Court to; the
Jail, one OF them. Lydia Wilkinson alias
Jessie Alley, deaf and dumb negro OF
bad repute, suddenly drew her garments
about her and ran, and officer O'DWyer
ran after her. For a time there was "a
lively chase, and the result doubtful, but
the woman presently gained ground 50
rapidly that the officer gave up the race. he
gave information at the Second station, and
officer Fowikes soon afterwards found her
on Third street and took her to Jail.
Year: 1874

AN Old Hand at the Business" gives
his method in the American Artizan. as
follows: Ito have good bottled cider, it
is necessary first that care should be'taken
in its manufacture. Apples picked bv
hand and perfectly ripe and sound are es-
sential TO the best quality. They should
lie some time after picking They should
then be sorted, their surface wiped dry.
and all the rotten fruit rejected The cider
may then be made in the usual manner bv
grinding and pressing The cider should
then be stored in cool place to mature
After three or four months. it should be
racked Oft carefully, and then fined by
adding to each hogshead pound OF isin-
glass Innings. In two weeks from the time
that the Things are added it should be
again racked off, and if found sufficiently
clear and sparkling it is ready for bottling


if not, it should be again fined and allow
ed to stand two weeks Before bottling
the bung should be left out OF the casks
tor ten OF twelve hours 10 permit the es-
cape of carbonic acid gas The cider may
then be placed in bottles, and the corks
loosely placed in The bottles should then
be allowed to stand twenty-tour hours


The cOrks may then be driven in and wired
down. If the cOrls are driven in and wired
when the cider is first put into bottles
there will be great danger of breaking the
hotties by the accnmulating pressure ot
the gas. All additions Of tlavoring mate
rials are, in my opinion, a damage to cider
made from fine quality Of fruit, though
they may improve Juice oi' a poor quality


Ii the directions l have given be strictly
followed, Il delicious c.dcr will be pro
Year: 1874

Sheep raising is undoubtedly looking
up. Wool brings satisfactory prices. Early
lambs are in brisk demand and the mar
ket would take a great many more We
can have mutton, at least in the winter,
and farmers look cheerful in view Of the
profits OF the flock at the end OF the year
The pastures, where the sheep have been
are blooming with white clover, and the
increase grass and the reduction Of brush
are strong points in favor Of sheep hus-
bandry. But the dogs still worry the tiocks
and kill the sheep, Notwithstanding the
legislation against them. Some Of the
States have good laws tor the protection
of sheep. The owners Of dogs have to
pay a license for every cur they keep. and
the money goes into a fund to pay for the
losses of sheep owners made by dogs.
This is a great security. 1t not only re-
duces the number ot dogs. but pays for
the damage they do. What is now most
wanted is the strict enforcement Of the
law where one exists Make every man
pay Tor his dog, and Kill the nnticenscd.
Am. A@riculturist
Year: 1874




in Sunday mornings Press appeared Il
2ong article giving an acoount OF the ex-
periments OF j, B, Brown, the socalled
"mind-reader, before several Of the learn
ed faculty of Yale College. 10 say the
least, it is somewhat remarkable to see
Professors of Yale College undUly sur
prised by the performances Of Brown,
when performances of the very same some
W hat miraculous teats lies within the power
of almost any person Mind-readiug as
performed BY Mr. Brown. is but simple
parlor amusement, which can be shown
anv evening, when the proper conditions.
which are simple, are complied with.


illustrative OF this fact a little personal
experience may be detailed;


More than three months ago a Press re
porter spending the evening with party
of Young ladies and eeutlemea first saw
the same principle exhibited and tn very
same feat which Mr. Brown performed up
or his first experiment shown Young
LADY of the party was bl;udtoiied One Of
the party then took q small table mat and
carried it into another room, placing 1t on
stand. Returning, the lady bindfolded
took with her LETT hand the right hand Of
the person who had placed the mat in the
other room, and she placed her right hand
tor a few moments upon her companions
forehead After standing in this position
for very short time the tight hand was
removed from the forehead, and raising
the left hand Of her companion, still hold
ing it in her own, TO her forehead, she went
directly through intricate passage-ways TO
the verv article.


After this experiment the same was re-
peated with other members OF the party,
the articles each time being different and
placed in place unknown to the person
blindfolded The reporter was one of the
number who took the character OF the
blind goddess, tor the performance OF
two experiments After being blindtolded
and the article hidden he began the search
it, going directly to it at first, and un-
co. Scioas of his relative position in the
house, and believing he was still going
forward in straight line, he suddenly
came TO pause, and experienced the
strangest feeling he had ever known in his
life. 1t is hard to explain 1t, but IT was
more like endeavoring to fly, without
knowing how to beg in--a seeming effort
to 60 up after something, This sensation
is explained by the fact that the article
secreted had been placed some distance
Year: 1874

The Argus has the following An affair
occurred in West Gorham last Wednesday
night which has been kept very quiet, and
which resulted in the death OF one man,
and the serious shooting of another We
are not in possession Of all the particulars
Of the sad affair, but as far as we have
been able to learn them the facts are sub
stantially that man named Skillings,
Wednesday night heard commotion
among his turkeys. and going out to as
certain the cause of the disturbance dis
covered two men attempting to steal the
fowl. He called out to them, but they
paid no attention TO him. when he took a
double barrel gun which he had and fired.
The first shot struck one OF TIC tmeVes
named Perkins, and wounded him 50
severely that he died soon after. Skllhngs
then fired again, and thirty-seven buck
shots lodged in different parts OF the pody
OF man named Blake. His injuries
although very serious, are not likely to
prove fatal. Last season Mr. Skillings had
twenty-five turkeys and chicken stolen
from him. Perkins was man of bad
reputation, as was also Blake
Year: 1874

A CUEE FOR HoARsENEss. Take the
white OF two eggs and beat them aad
two spconfuls of white sugar; grate IN
little nutmeg, and then add plnt OF luxe
warm water. Stir well and drink often.
Year: 1874

GERMAN FRUGALITY Hurst writes in
speaking Of Germany No stranger can
reside i'll Germany for any length Of time
and form even q moderate acquaintance
with the citizens without becoming i'm
pressed BY the c0ntentment, trugallty, and
union usually reigning IN the German
domestic circle The family OF many a
man doing a large business and moving in
society OF the highest responsibility often
occupy but one floor, and every room is
furnished with great simplicity. One Sc.
dom observes disposition to occupy the
whole OF large house Just enough
rooms to satisfy every requirement, and
they generally much smaller than Ameri-
cans are accustomed to, are all that are
desired A mans business may increase
every year, and vet he does not seem to De
troubled with the thought Of getting out
of his modest apartments into larger ones,
Or Of buying house tor its entire oocupa
ton The disposition, On the increase Of
wealth, to enter q more arstocratlc circle,
by buying stately mansion on fashion
able street, beautitying it with costly fur
niture. giving great entertainments, and
appearing every afternoon with grand
equipage, is not a part of the German :
character. II he INDUCES III all these
luxuries on anything less than an immense
fortune the presumption Is chat either he
or his wife has been to America. The
first thing q wealthy German thinks Of,
unless his tastes elevate him quite above
material pleasures, is to store his cellar
with wines of the oldest vintages, and
surround himself with an abundance OF
servants
Year: 1874

The strength Of the American republic


is the universal desire to own house. 1t
is molding all the people, native and for
eign born, into one homogeneous mass
The ownership OF home is something
which neither the Irish peasant nor the
German laborer has. in his own country,
amy conception, but it is here the goal OF
his hopes and desires. Education comes !;
it is something the need OF which is not
felt until the adornment of home is thought
OF. The desire to own the roof under
which one sleeps is instinctively an Ameri-
can characteristic, and seems by nature
adapted to the growth which is raising US
in importance III the scale Of nations. 1t
is the link which connects the man with
government; it adds to his interest in the
making and execution of laws, and iden-
tifies him With the usages and customs OF
the people 1t is the element which gives
Switzerland unity and power, and the lack
OF it causes nine-tenths of the unrest in
Ireland. No feeling is stronger than the
attachments OF home, and no nation whose
people possess this as a common sentiment
can lose its liberty
Year: 1874

What if the Canada thistle, seorned,
hacked at, hoed up, pIowed down pois-
oned, despitetully belabored by a million
tongues and pens, should, after all, prove
to be, as it We're, a veritable angel i'll dis
guise, and rise in Judgment to prick in
vital parts the army Of obtuse husband
men who failed to recognize its merits
Yet ii may be- 1t is possible there is more
in it and of it than is dreamed OF in our
agricultural philosophy. Only little
while ago we had the report that farmer
in New Zealand had discovered that no
crop is better to prepare the surface for
grass than one of thistles; that they kill
the ferns, clean the soil, and in three years
die out themselves, leaving the land in the
best condition. And now a farmer IN
Canada claims that heavy crop Of thistles
turned under is in point of fact more val
liable than clover to prepare the ground
for wheat
Year: 1874

The story is told by a Western paper
that Bishop Haven took unfair advantage
Of gushing youth At Marysville, IN
Marion county, Iowa The Bishop was
dedicating Methodist church, and So
Letting subscriptions for it, when young
man whispered that if certain young
lady in the congregation would marry
him. he would give $500 to the church.
The Bishop blurted it right out in meet
ing, and the young lady, like Barkls, an
nounced that she was willing. And now
the young man is exceedingly sorrowlul.
Not because his possessions are great,
but the reverse. He can't pay the S $500,
and connubial bliss is still one Of the
visions OF the distant future.
Year: 1874

Hxom the indianapolis Joucnal.J


Like the faint perfume of withered rose
long pressed in book and hidden from
sight, there comes to us 4 halt-torgotten
story Of the past The bloom and fresh
ness faded from the flower forty years ago.
AT its best it was but pale blush rose,
growing in the rarehed, somewhat chilly
atmosphere of intellectual friendship. A
different flower is the glorious crimson rose
that fourshes in the tropical air Of pas
sion, tragedy, and deathless love. The
idTl which we read. though full of pathos
of might have been, is not flushed with
tints OF the hearts life-blood The ele-
ments Of intense joy and grief are want
ing-there are none Of those bright lights
or deep shadows that make love story
"a thing woven ont of rainbow on the
ground of eternal black, like the episode
Of Francesca and kimini.


A party of young ladies and gentlemen
OF Mount Pleasant, Ohio, assembled at the
house Of friend in that village to watch
the old year OUT The incoming year was
l836-leap year Amid the merriment of
the occasion, some one suggested that the
ladies should avail themselves of the privi-
Iege which it brought, and open cores
p0ndence with different gentlemen, men
tIOnlng among others, the bachelor poet
Fitz-t4 eeue Halleck The proposal was
passed BY as inst, hut in a few minutes
it was noticed That Miss Abbie Flanner, a
young lady Of much talent and vivacitg,
was missing from the party. Quietly bid
ding good light TO her friends Of the house,
she had slipped out and gone home alone
The ground was covered with snow that
sparkles in the moonbcams. Walking
along slowly scarcely noting the beauty OF
the scene around her. She meditated po-
etical epistle to Fitz-Greene Halleck, and
reaching her room sat down, and wrote
the following
Year: 1874

THE DALLAS HERALD announces
that Colonel Martin has just returned
from trip through Rockwall and Hunt
counties, and reports that by the build
ing of the bridge across the Fest fork
Of Trinity would bring two thousand
bales of cotton to that city that with
out the bridge would find a market
elsewhere. That's worth striving for,
friend HERALD, when We put the figures
to il. You estimate the bridge will
cost your people 81, 500. Put that cot
ton ut AN average of four hundred
pounds 10 the bale, and let il he sold at
fifteen cents per pound, and it sums up
Sl20,000 local business for YOU this sea-
son alone that you would not have
were the bridge not built; then yOu
have the bridge for future business say
for five or ten years without further
expense, but with large increase OF
business each year. We have been
laboring in the same cause for some
time past, to get our citizens interested
and at work on bridge across the Sa-
biue river, which we believed could be
done at cost not exceeding 81 900,
with the same happy results to the
present and future trade of Mineola.-
MineOla Advertiser.
Year: 1874

The Gainesville Gazette copies the
paragraph in THE HERALD last week
on the above subject, and says:


Gainesville is situated about midway
between the Elm fork of Trinity end
Pecan creek-Pecan passing through
the corporate limits. The nearest
point from Elm to Red river is proba-
bly, not more than seven miles on an
air line. Pecan heads within less than
two miles of Red river, passing south
empties into Elm, some four or five
miles south of Gainesville.


A canal less than two miles in
length would reach Pecan from Red
river, and the deepening of the chan
mel of the creek for a short distance
would turn the waters of Red river into
the Trinity. TO say the least, the sub
ject is worthy the consideration of
practical men, and we hope some COM
petent engineer will take The matter
under consideration.
Year: 1874

In some localities the unusual drouth
has reduced the corn crop probably
about fifty per cent below the average
production, and in a few neighborhoods
fair crops have been made. Through
out the country generally the crop has
been materially injured by the unfavor-
able season, but plenty has been
raised. Merchants and livery stable
keepers in the city are now paying
fifty cents bushel for corii, seventy
five cents being the average price.


Accounts respecting cotton are con-
flictiBg. Some farmers say their crop
is not worth picking; some that they
will make from one-sixth to one-tenth
Of a bale per acre, and some that culti-
waited valley lands think they will
make half a crop, hut the general
conclusion is that the present dry sea-
son lias been more disastrous on this
production than any season for years,
and cotton will be almost a failure.
During bad year this crop generally
exceeds expectations.-lFo Fort Worth
Standard.
Year: 1874

This subject, which has been exciting
so much attention in Galveston, has,
within the last few days, assumed a
new phase. A correspondent of the
News, who is vouched for by that pa
per as being prominent lawyer, ex-
presses the opinion, after a careful
study of the different acts of the legis-
lature OH which the chartered rights Of
the company rest, that it has no right
to make any charge at all, and that all
the charges heretofore made were ille-
gal exactions. If this view of the law
is sustained by the courts, Galveston
will have mighty incubus lifted from
her trade and commerce.
Year: 1874

From Colonel Oglesby, of Plano,
whose opportunities for obtaining re-
liable information concerning the con-
dition of the crops in his section of the
county are in every particular good,
we were much pleased To learn yester-
day, that the fine rain which his own
immediate section, with large breadth
of country adjoining, was blessed with,
ON Sunday last, improved the condi-
ton of the cotton and corn very mate
rally and that the feeling among the
planters is Of the best and most cheer
ing character.
Year: 1874

Denison had an eight thousand dol
lar fire OH Friday afternoon. 1t broke
out in a livery stable on Crawford
street, between Austin avenue and
Rusk street, and burned all of the
buildings west of the stable, for the
entire length of the block. The New s
says the fire is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary, as it was dis
covered in the southwest corner of the
stable in lot of hay placed in an un-
used stall, because the loft was full.
Year: 1874

The republican party must abandon
the extreme points in the civil rights
bill. An influential portion of the re-
publicans will not take another step
In that direction. They will abide by
the three amendments which grew out
OF the war, but before they will consent
to confer any more special priv ileges
upon the emancipated negroes, they
will insist that they make better use
of the right of suffrage than they have
been wont to do under such leaders as
Casey, Moses Clayton, and their car
petbsg and scslawag allies.
Year: 1874

south Is prepared to support President
Grant in 1876, inasmuch as 1t will
serve to kill him of so completely In
the north that his name will never
again be mentioned in American poll
Year: 1874

We take pleasure in acknowledging
our Indebtedness to Major John Henry
Brown for the full and interesting
sketch of Major Schleicher, the nomi-
nee of the Goliad convention, that will
be found i'm another column.
Year: 1874

On some of the East India islands,
where so many queer things grow, is
found a flower that measures a full yard
across. Yet it has only cup.like center
and five broad, thick, tieshy petals. Seen
from a distance through the dark green
leaves of the vines among which it grows,
the rich wine.tint of the flower, tecked
with spots of a lighter shade, is said to
impart warmth and brilliancy of color
to the whole surrounding scene. But the
nearer the observer comes-all eagerness
to see more closely so wonderful flower
the less does he like it, Not that the
color is less beautiful; but who cares for
beauty in human beings when its possess
or is malicious, disdainful or untruthiulg
and who cares for beauty in a flower when
the odor is disagreeable?


So, notwithstanding its proudly brilliant
color and its great size, the rc1testd-Gr-
n0LdGG will never be admired, for we are
told that its "odor is intolerable, pollut.
ing the atmosphere for many feet around. ="
Another bad trait of its flower character
is, that it is too lazy to support itself, but
lives upon the lahors Of others. In the
forests where it is found there are many
vines, sometimes climbing up the trunks
of the trees and sometimes trailing along
the ground. Fastening itself to vine
in the latter position, the unprincipled
rabIeSSd grows without other trouble to
itself tnan TO draw for its own use the
nuriment which the industrious vine
roots are all the while collecting from
the earth. The vine must be very amiable'
you thinkS Ahl but the poor vine can
not help itself 1t cannot shake off the
big, selfish flower, and can only work
| harder than ever to collect supplies suit
fcient to nourish the odious hanger-on
and have enough in addition for its own
branches and leaves. Nicholas.