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Year: 1877

it is superlatively absurd to be
classifying people, according to the
differences in the riches they pos
sess, or the vocations they pursue.


If boy prefers to be lawyer
or a doctor, and shows that his
preference is supported by an
especial fitness for such a vocation,
he ought to be trained for it, if he
can afford it. But, if he has a
natural aptitude for the mechanical
arts, whether he is rich or poor,
ambitious CT unambitious; whether
his great grandfather had fourth
cousin who was captain OF a volun~
tecr company in tic revolutionary
war, or his grand mother in her
girlhood danced at ball with a
gentleman who once dined with an
English nooleman, that boy ought
to be put to trade and kept at it
until he is a thorough master OF the
business. 1t is due to the boy him
self, to his parents, and to the com
munity in which he lives that this
should be so. Many an excellent
mechanic has been lost 10 the world
through the false pride Of wealthy
parents who thrught ''profession,"
not a trade, was the proper occrpa-
tion for their son. And many a
good lawyer ard doctor, many a
statesman, many man of science
has been lost to the world by max
ing mechanics of boys who should
have been in the s'professions,' and
would have been, if their fathers
had been able 20 educate them.


1t is to be hoped the day is not
distant when the means of acquiring
education will be within every
body's reach, and that boys, whcth
er rich or poor, will he trained TO
trades or professions according as
nature has fitted them for the one
or the other. A lawyer or doctor
is as respectable as mechanic, but
no more SO. In this country one
white man is as good as any other,
if he has moral worth, no matter
what may be his business. The
only other distinction that can be
consistently supported among the
American people is that ordained
directly by Deity between the two
races. The hammer. the saw and
the plane onght to be, and, sooner
or later, will be. aS nntnntinl :;
ononin,. - avenues to fame and
1drtunc as law books and lancets.--
The ''profcssions" arc we'll enough,
but they are no better than the
trades
Year: 1877

ing her husbands dwelling, and a
divorce is pronounced. Although


there is generally considerable
sprlnkling who come forward to
kneel down and put their faces in


the dust, it rarely happens that


they are not forgiven. A very
tragical case, however, is related


IN which the reverse took place.
A returning Cossack was informed


by a malicious neighbor before he


reached his home that his wife had


been unfaithful, without waiting to
see whether the guilty woman


would come forward and confess
her sins. The comrades of the
Cossack perceived that he had all
of sudden taken to drink and
dissipation, although he was not a


man given to these vices. When


he reached his village his wife. as


he feared, came forward. knelt


down, and put her face IN he dust


at his feet. The spectators saw


him look at her as she lay in the
dust for long time. Two or three


times he put his hand in his breast
for the white handkerchief, as ii
he were going to cover the repen-
tant woman's head-two or three
times the movement was restrained.
Finally, as if driven by q sudden
impulse, he all at once drew his
shashka, and with one stroke sew
cred her head from her body The
punishment for the crime was two
months' imprisonment, while the
malicious neighbor who bad taken
the trouble to inform him before


hand Of his wife's misconduct was
sentenced to Siberia for thre years.
Year: 1877

against the rock, and, though he
receives another and fatal shot,
kills two of the Turks before he
dies. The sister presses forward,
and grasps his rifle and his dag
ger. At last all are killed on both
sides excepting herself and Il single
Tux. She asks for mercy; and
he promises it, but names her
maidenly honor as the price. In,
diSnant, and perceiving that now
he is off his guard. she stabs hin
with the dagger. He tears it from
her hand, they close, and she
dashes the wretch over the preci-
pice into tue yawning depth be
low.


The second anecdote is not less
singular. Tidipgs reach a Monte
negrin wife that her husband has
just been slain by panty under
the command of a certain aga =
Knowing the road by which they
are travelling, she seizes rifle.
chooses her position, and shoots
the aga dead. The rest of the
party take to flight The wife OF
the dead aga sends her an epistle.
Thou hast robbed me of hoht
my eyes. Thou art a genuine
daughter of Tsernagora, Come
tomorrow alone to the border line.
and We will prove by trial which
of us was the better wife The
TserEagorine appeared, equipped
with the arms of tho dead aga,
and alone as she was invited. But
the Turkish woman had thought
prudence the better part of valor,
and brought an armed champion
with her, who charges her on
horseback. She shot him dead as
he advanced, and, seizing her faith
less antagonist, bound her and
took her home, kept her as a
nursemnid for fourteen years, and
then let her go back 10 her place
and people.
Year: 1877

We copy the following from the
DOtf0lk Journah It Is capital
article, and we advise all to read it:


"Years ago it was great thing
to be a lawyer or doctor. "Pro
fessions'' we're at premium, and
"trades' at a discount. Almost
every boy, whose father had the
good fortune to be able to afford
him the advantages of colleeiatn
education, was at once PIT i'll
caurse Of preparation for the bar,
or as member of the medical
tacnity Ii was thought to be 50
emlnently respectable to be at
tached 10 one of Tie "professiono


to unfold such bright prospects
for promotion in the world. 1t was
supposed to constitute claim to
social consideration, and to invest
every individual fortunate enough
to be doctor or lawyer with
especial Importance in the
estimation Of the ''rcst
Of mankind" Boys with law books
open before them had visions of the
Presidency, and young medical stu
dents dreamed of the Gay when they
would emulate the fame of the
greatest of the great men who were
known in the annals of their own
adopted vocation. Law and medi
cine were selected for the boys, not
the boys for law and medicine. II
a man was able to educate his son,
and especially if he had money, be-
sides, to give him, he was almost
certain to make a lawyer or doc
tor of him, whether the boy mani
tested any talent or turn that way.
or not. Al! this was founded upon
a false theory of society.


Every man everywhere ought to
be esteemed according to his own
intrinsic merit. And in this coun


try it net only should be so, bu'
the people themselves have theright
and the power to make it So


American attempts at immitatior


of the arlstocratic customs, usage:


and prejudices of the Old Worlo
are not only in conflict with the


democratic principals boasted here


by all men of all parties, but they
; are awkward, ludicrous and abort
i've, resulting in caricatures a
amusing as the shadows sometime


seen on the wall at night, in which


the features of comely people ar,
! distorted into all sorts of tunn,
2 figures and shapes.


Where the masses of the peopl
are mere "hewers of wood an,
: drawers of water for titled, prou
/, and privileged classes in whom III
!, authority OF the country is LODGED
it is not incongruous for distinction
, among men to be founded upo
Fictitious dogmas inconsistent wit
5 common sense and common justice
J But in a land of liberty where a
L power is with the people; wheI
. each individual citizen is himself
: sovereign; where every man is, {
. ougft to be, measured in privat


and public worth, not by what
IS has, but by what he
Year: 1877

An Illinois youth invested dol-
lar and a half in a New York firm
to discover GLOW to appear well
in society,"" The receipt which he
received by return mail was short,
simple, and easily understood: GAL
ways keep your nose clean, and
don't suck more than one finger al
{: time.o
Year: 1877

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF GEORGIA.-1 have used Simmons Liver
Regulator for constipation of my bowels, caused
by temporary arrangement Of the liver, for
tho last three or four years, and slways, when
used according to the directions, with decided
bonoit. think it is q good medicine for the
arrangement OF tho liver-at least such has beon
my personal experience in tho use Off


HIRAM WARNER,
Year: 1877

We are in receipt of many letters from our subscribers, asking us whether it is better to sell their wheat at the present market prices. Of course there are two ssdes to this, as there are to most questions. That there will be a great falling off in the production of wheat in the best wheat-growIng region of Europe, all of us know. Great Britain is large purchaser of wheat. She never pro- duces anywhere near the amount her people consume. She has in past years obtained her supplies of wheat from Turkey and Southern ern Russir. Of course she cannot obtain bushel from that section this year. It is knowledge of this fact that has kept up four to it's high price, and it will remain at-a comparatively high price as long as the war continues. But if the war stops, there will be big decline immediately, notwithstanding no wheat can be o5talned from Turkey or Southern Russia the present year. But with peace will come the largest effort to produce crops to make up for the heavy losses of the war.

 Great Britain must rely chiefly upon America for her wheat supply this year, and We have an abundance for ourselves and for that country also. California is the only state in which there is short crop; all the other states are blessed with more than averaged crops, and they have been harvested with safety. The yield in Minnesota is said to be wonderful, and although it is spring wheat, 1t makes the whitest flour and is in great demand in the east.

 There being an admitted large crop in this county, it is safe to speculate by holding on with the expectation that the war will be con tinuedp Nations do not want long wars nowadays. They want to make wars short, sharp and decisive; and it looks to us like the "Gobbler" was aDOut gone up. Inc other na- tons seem to be looking on with indifference, but they are ready, it seems to us, waiting for their share of the booty.

 It is always safe to sell an article when ready for market. Much more is lost by waiting for better price than is gained, nine times out of ten. It is speculating process to hold longer. Let others speculate. Far mers are poor hands at that business. They need the money to pay of their debts, to improve their farms. homes and stock. fout of debt, they want better breeds of domestic animals, for they are more profitable. They need the money to educate their sons and daughters, our advice is, to sell wheat as soon as it can be got to market.
Year: 1877

This question was propounded in our hearing a few evenings since, to young man who had been for sev- eral months unsuccessfully seeking employment as a clerk or salesman in some of our leading houses. Complaining of his i'll luck, one of friends who knew his mechanical talent, doubted whether he could make himself useful as a salesman, put the interrugatory to him which we have placed as the caption of this article, The reply was, that trade was not so respectable as . mercantile occupation. Under this delusive idea. our stores arc crowded with young men who have no capac ity for business, and who, because of the fancied responsibility of doing nothing, waste away their minority upon salaries which cannot possibly liquldate their expenditures. Late, too, in life, they discover their error, and, before they reach the age of thirty, many of them look with envy upon tue thrifty mechanic whom, in the days of their boyhood they were accustomed to deride. The false views of responsibility which pre- vail in the fashionable soclety of the present day have ruined thousands more. Learn a trade.-N. H. State and Unlon.
Year: 1877

The house will be kept in contin- ual turmoil when there is no tolera- tion of each others feelings, no meek submission to injuries, and no soft answer to turn away wrath. If you lay single stick of wood on the grate, and apply fire to it, 1t will go out; put on another stick, and they will burn; and half dozen and you will have an effective blaze.

 There are other friends subject to the same condition. If one member of a family get into passion, and is left alone, he will cool down, and possibly be ashamed, and repent. But oppose temper to temper, let one harsh answer be followed by another, and there will soon be D blaze which will enwrap them all in its Burning heat.
Year: 1877

The forty men who saved Scran. ton from the mob were commanded by an old confederate general, and didn't waste a bullet.

 The rioter who was shot dead by a Chicago Times reporter, keeps on in sisting that he stubbed his toe and fell down, and isn't dead either.

 Maine carries over a million dol lars worth of green corn every year She's by the ears more than any State in the Union.

 The Missouri river isn't but like Susan B. Anthony. She sticks for a single, marrow bed. While the river can't get one big enough.

 If any one asks you why it is that little girl would rather kiss a little hoy than one of her own sex, you can reply that it is intuition,
Year: 1877



 A Mlssissippian saw his first pos tai card last week. That male was late.

 The Graphic says Gen. Towards blarney is more brilliant than his battles.

 It's Imaginable to read of the num- Der of men who don't wana to be on the Commission to interview Sitting Bull.

 The house in which Martha Wash ington used to live is now cooper shop. Old memories promptly bar relied up.

 If Jay Gould should be killed in any of these little difficulties his wife would be certain of $75,000 life insurance.

 Serenades to public men not only show that the man is appreciated, but prove that he furnished the cash to pay for the band.

 The English have a society for the care of ancient buildings, but an an cient English woman has got to look out for herself.

 When a man hopes that you will live to a "green old age" lookout for him, he is waiting to trade you 8 spavined horse.
Year: 1877

come up the mountain near the lower crossing of the bayou, and come the old mountain route, so called, and intersect the road near Witt's Springs Postoffice, which will save crossing the bayou but once, and would be a good road if it was kept up.

 We have fine corn crop, we have not suffered day for rain this seas on; wheat is good, and we have an abundance of fruit. c.
Year: 1877

WE received letter from friend w. F. Gray, at Plumer, yesterday, which reads as follows: "Ouf church was burned last night. We were in the midst of revival. Messrs. Lucas, Wilkes and Rock say they put the lights out carefully. No furtaer particulars His letter leaves room for US to draw the infer ence that it was the work of an in- cendiary, but we hope however it is not so. The church was hand some new building not long since completed, and was credit to a place of such small population. We wish they may be enabled by the assistance of neighbor towns to re- build, at an early day. If the firing was the work of an incendiary we hope he may be brought to speedy justice.--Lewisburg State.
Year: 1877

Who shoots at the midday sun, though he be sure he will never hit his mark, yet as sure is he that he shall shoot higher than he who aims at bush.

 We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another to mediocrity. l am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.

 God has made no one absolute.

 The rich depend on the poor as well as the poor on the rich. The world is but mere magnificent building; all the stones are gradu- ally ccmented together. There IS no one subsists by himself alone.
Year: 1877

The best scholar in the class which was recently graduated at the Uni versiSy of Vermont was colored student, who was a slave twelve years rs'ago, and the place of honor on the commencement programme was given to young lady. This is the third New England College where the girls and colored lads have triumphed over the white youths this season. On the whole, is it worth while to send white boy to school?
Year: 1877

One of the most beautiful charac- teristics of woman is the unswerv- ing confidence she places in her husband. But we have observed that when a married man goes hone with light deposit of pearl powder on his left shoulder it is merely prudence to observe that he had stopped on the way up to play a game of checkers Tn the flour store on the corner.
Year: 1877

We are opposed to the disintegra- tion of the Democratic party of our State or nation or going of on side issues or national questions that can be carried out as we'll and with more certainty through the Democratic party, than through new departures when victory is nigh at hand. We favor the pressing forward in solid columns, until the great enemy and party of hate, the radical minions, shall be driven from the last ditch. Then we will be ready to settle ques- tions of lesser importance.-Inde- pendent Arkansian.

 Our sentiments exactly. We may differ on the finances, on the tariff, on internal improvements, etc, but we must put one broad solid front to the enemy. A dozen men will have as many different views on all these subjects and no two agreeing on any one. Until the Democratic party have put down such gigantic frauds as put Rutherford B. Hayes in the Presidential chair, there is no time for divisions on minor points in the party. There is too much dema- goguery cropping out in Arkansas, which if persisted in, will end in the defeat of the democratic and the resurrection of the old radical party of plunder and hate, under new name and led by ambitious dema- gogues from the other ranks. Look we'll to whither you are drifting, brother Democrats. Buren Press.

 Correct, both of you, gentlemen. Your doctrine has the ring of the true metal. We are sorry every democrat in the land does not see the matter just as you do. It is cer- tainly very foolish to be wrangling about what democrats should do with minor issues before we are in a position to do anything with them either one way or the other
Year: 1877

A young gentleman who ventured west in the prevailing fashion of neck wear, was immediately utilized by the thrifty grangers, who smear ed his lofty shirt collar with coal tar and set him up as grasshopper trap.
Year: 1877

-THE friends of repudiatlon are loud Tn their claim that the majority of the people are in favor of their pet hobby. Three representative bodies of the people have met in the last three years, the constitutional convention, and two legislatures. In all these bodies repudiation has been advocated strongly, but in every case it has been voted down by a handsome majority. In the face of this fact it looks a little cheeky for the friends of the measure to so loudly claim for it a popular major ity. The repudiationists have no evidence that their doctrine has the strength they claim for it.-Benton- vile Advance.

 So far as repudiation in it's dis reputable sense is concerned, that is, so far as repudiating any of our JUST indebtedness is concerned, "the friends of repudiation" do not claim that the majority of the people are in favor of it: no one wants any such thing. But we will wager you a gill of buttermilK that if you leave it to the people to say whether we shall pay the fraudulent claims agaiast us, they will say mary red. " Why do the scalers who pretend to be the friends to the holders of these fraudulent claims rather than the friends to our own people. fear to let the people get whack at this question? Why do they always stave it off when it is proposed to leave it to the people? and why do they try to patch it up among a little ring who compose the "syndi- cate" to get these fraudulent claims paid? Answer, Bro. Hynes.
Year: 1877

DEADwooD gambler 10 correspondent
g l am backleg, and you know it but
never take advantage of a mani mean
a miner working for stake, Traders
and merchants are my game. II I can
bleed a freighter | do so without the least
compunction. | never resort to violence
the knife. pistol, or black jack, While
| would rather steal than receive the
money as a gift, never leave Il man
uennilessn
Year: 1877

National Associated pres5 to the Star.


OSHKOSH, WIS, Sept. IA report OF
ID steamer having been burned on the
lake here is untrue. Au excursion boat
and Il bright light in that direction gave
rise o the report tnat she was burning.
The fire was on the Calumet shore Of the
lake, and was most probably straw
slark
Year: 1877

That steam can be applied economi-
cally to canal-boats admits of no ques-
ton, always provided that the vessel is
of certain size; and just here is the
difficulty-Ms Erie Canal boat is too
small. No practical man would dream
of applying steam to canal boat of fifty
tons, nor would he hesitate to apply it to
one of a thousand tons. Experience
alone must be the guide in determining
the smallest-sized vessel in which it can
be used to advantage, and there has been
large experience in this matter. Steam
ers have been plying on the Delaware
and Raritan and the Delaware and Chesa-
peake canals for over thirty years, and
the result has proved that steam is not
economical when applied to boats of two
hundred tons, and this is confirmed by
recent experiments on the Erie Canal
itself.


For steam implies skilled, and conse-
quently, expensive, labor, with addition
al capital, greater wear and tear and less
capacity for cargo, and these the gain in
time does not offset. No power for a
small vessel has been found so cheap as
a pair of horses and driver. A steamer
towing one or more barges has decided
advantages, but the serious loss of time
occurring at the locks, where each boat
has to be passed separately (thus delay
ing the others), will prevent this plan
from being adopted to any extent. The
same objection holds to the Belgian sys-
tem-which involves the laying on the
bottom of the Canal a wire cable, to
which steamer with tow of boats is
attached-though an economical use of
power is undoubtedly attained thereby.
But even if the application of steam to
the existing class of boats met with
partial success, yet the reduction of ex-
pense would be too slight to meet the
difficulty. To enable the Canal to COM
pete with the rail some radical change is
necessary.-JOhn G.'StsOerss, in Scribner.
Year: 1877

PHYSICIANS Of high standing Undertaking
ly give their Endorsement to the use of the
Graefenberg- -Marshal's Catholicon for all fe-
male complaints. The weak and debilitated
find wonderful relief from constant use of
this valuable remedy. Sold by all druggists.
$3.50 per bottle
Year: 1877

Learn not to judge too harsh ly ot any one, either in respect to good or evil, for both are dangerous.

 With men of small understand ing, the things they do not under stand makes the deepest impression.

 The excess of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable with interest, about thirty years aIterdate.

 To be covetous of applause discovers a slender merit, and self conceit is the ordinary attendant of ignorance.
Year: 1877

Tine greatest friend of truth is time; her greatest enemy is preju- dice; and her constant companion is humility,

 The newspaper is the only in- strument which can drop the same thought into a thousand mlnds at the same moment.